ANOTHER WORLD 196
Carl makes another secret move.
Written by: C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultants: aMLCproduction, beebs, and DRW50
CORY MANSION
Outside the front door, Frankie rings the doorbell as she waits with Cass and Charlie.
Frankie: I wonder what Carl wanted.
Cass: Maybe he wants to get to know his daughter.
Charlie: And his granddaughter.
Frankie: I’ve been bad. I haven’t even reached out to him since he got back.
Cass: Maybe this is the perfect opportunity for you to bond.
Matt opens the door, and Frankie hugs him.
Matt: Wow...what was that for?
Frankie: I never thanked you did I?
Matt: For what?
Frankie: I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.
Carl and Rachel walk up to them.
Carl: Thank God.
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BAY CITY CENTER
Reporters gather and set near their chairs while Grant is near the podium. He is signaled by Christy. They slink off into a secluded corner.
Grant (whispering): What the hell is wrong with you? We can’t be seen together!
Christy: Is that any way to treat the lady who’s gonna get your lady for you?
Grant: I have a press conference shortly. What is it?
Christy: This is everything.
Grant: Everything?
Christy: Everything you’re going to need to get Jack away from Paulina.
Christy gives him a jump drive.
Christy: I had all the evidence moved to this.
Grant: Hmm. How do I know this is what I’m looking for?
Christy: Well you’ll need to look at it won’t you? Hurry, you’ve got a press conference coming up.
Christy sneaks away unseen by anyone.
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POLICE STATION
Paulina walks into Jack’s office.
Jack: Hi. Sorry. I didn’t mean to keep you waiting. Just making all the detail was in place for Grant’s press conference at the Center.
Paulina: Right.
Paulina sighs nervously.
Paulina: So...what did you want to see me about? Could it have something to do with our kiss?
Jack closes the door and pulls Paulina into a kiss.
Jack: Now...what was that you asked me?
They continue to kiss, then Paulina stops him.
Jack: Hey. Is everything okay?
Paulina has a flashback while looking at Jack’s face.
(EPISODE 195)
Jake: Listen, just be careful okay. He’s going through a rough patch with his wife. Believe me, I know what those are.
Paulina: I’m going to help him through that.
Jake: I don’t think you’re considering the possibility that Jack could go back to Carly. You need to be ready for that.
Paulina flashes back to the present.
Paulina: We can’t do this. This isn’t right.
CAMERA PAN ON PAULINA...SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG
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PART 2
Grant is back at home, and he plugs in the contents of the jump drive that Christy gave him at the Center...and grins with pleasure...with Christy in the background.
Grant: Gotcha Jack.
Christy: What’s your next move?
Grant: You first.
Christy: Well you know I can’t do that. You’ll have to wait just like everybody else.
Grant: Just know that whatever Jack and Paulina think they have, it’s going to be over.
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Jack: What do you mean?
Paulina: I’ve been doing some thinking. You’re still married to Carly.
Jack: On paper.
Paulina: And you two have a long history together.
Jack: So do we.
Paulina: And you have two daughters. I can’t come between everything you have with Carly.
Jack: This is a competition?
Paulina: You still love her don’t you?
Jack: A part of me is always gonna love Carly.
Paulina: Is the same part thinking about going back to her?
Jack: Where am I?
Paulina: Here.
Jack: Yes...with you. That’s who I wanna be with...you.
Paulina smiles.
Jack: Carly is the mother of my children, but you are the woman I...I love.
Paulina: Jack? Did you just say…?
Jack: Paulina Cory Carlino, I love you.
They kiss.
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AT THE CORYS…
Cass, Frankie, Charlie, Carl, Rachel and Matt are gathered in the living room.
Carl: Thank you for coming Frankie. Glad you’re here, too Cass. Charlie, my beautiful granddaughter.
Frankie sighs nervously.
Frankie: I’m glad you called, but I can’t help but wondering what this might be about.
Cass: After all this time, you called Frankie to come over.
Carl: I owe you an apology. I owe you both...an apology.
Frankie: I don’t understand.
Carl: I caused a lot of pain in your lives in the past...with what I did to Kathleen McKinnon.
Frankie: Especially the first time we met.
Carl: I threatened Cass’s life.
Cass: Well Carl I can speak for Frankie and myself on that. We forgive you.
Carl: However, there’s something else. I wasn’t here for you when that stalker tried to kill you.
Matt: We’ll leave you three alone.
Rachel: I have some errands to run.
Frankie: No please. Stay...both of you, especially you Matt, and you, too Rachel. I wouldn’t have been able to reunite with Cass.
Frankie clenches Cass’s right hand.
Frankie: I wouldn’t have been able to see Charlie get married. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.
Matt: Frankie you don’t have to…
Frankie: Yes, Matt, I do. I never thanked you and Rachel...for saving my life.
Rachel: Dr. Wu saved your life. He gave you a life saving injection.
Matt: He came from Salem. I called him right before mom and I walked the grounds.
Rachel: I heard you screaming.
Matt: We both did, but I didn’t want mom in danger, so I told her it was our old dog Adelaide.
Rachel: We had to let everything play out.
Matt: As we walked toward the ice house I knew the stalker was near when we heard him slam the door.
Frankie then begins to recall the events of that horrific night.
Frankie: I confronted him, and ripped his mask off. I couldn’t believe it was him. Then...I begged him not to kill me.
After Fax tried to kill me, I was only able to carve part of an F in the rock. After I hunched over, I felt an injection, but I.... I couldn’t move, but I was alive. I couldn’t say anything, I couldn’t do anything.
Matt: The drug that Dr. Wu gave you gives you the appearance that you were dead.
Rachel: It also slowed down your pulse.
Cass starts to rub Frankie back in support.
Cass: I was frantic. I knew you were in danger. I had no idea what to do.
Frankie: I’m so sorry Cass that I put you through that.
Cass: You didn’t do anything wrong honey.
Frankie: I heard you in the morgue when you were holding me. You told Felicia that you wanted to take me home. She and John talked you out of it, but I heard everything you said.
Cass: Rachel, if you knew Frankie was alive, then why didn’t you tell us?
Charlie: Dad was devastated. I was, too. Why didn’t you say anything?
Rachel: Charlie, honey, If Fax had found out that your mother was still alive, he probably would have come after her or your father, or even you.
Matt: We couldn’t take that risk.
Rachel: Shortly after that, he was captured.
Cass: But Frankie you didn’t come back.
Matt: Fax Newman came from a very rich and powerful family.
Rachel: And a corrupt onee. We didn’t want to risk them doing anything to you because of their son.
Charlie: But you did come back...as Anne O’Donnell.
Matt: His family died before 1999, and it was safe for Frankie to come back.
Carl: And I’m very happy about that.
Carl gets an alert on his cell phone.
Carl: I’ll be right back. I have to take this.
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OUTSIDE THE LIVING ROOM
Carl leaves through the glass double doors and looks at the alert on his cell phone which reads: TRANSFER COMPLETE. Then he makes a phone call.
Carl: It’s me. It’s finally over. It’s safe now.
FREEZE FRAME ON CARL...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 196
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