ANOTHER WORLD 234 Christy's news shocks everyone

ANOTHER WORLD 234

Christy’s news shocks everyone

Written by C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultants:  Alex Beeby, ML Cooks, and Nick Monarco

PART 1

MCKINNONS HOUSE...VICKY IS SITTING ON THE LIVING ROOM COUCH WHEN MICHELE WALKS DOWNSTAIRS AND SITS NEXT TO HER.  

Denyse Tontz as Michele McKinnon

Jensen Buchanan as Vicky Hudson

VICKY:  Hi honey.  How’d you sleep?

MICHELE:  I slept okay.

VICKY:  It was pretty eventful night.

MICHELE:  The never ending night.

VICKY:  And you and Bridget fighting in the Cory gazebo.

MICHELE:  Yeah.

VICKY:  We know that your sister started all of this.

MICHELE:  Why is it that you’re the only one who sees it my way?  

VICKY:  Because...her jealousy of you is so obvious and everything she’s done is because of that.  I wish your father would see it.  

MICHELE:  Where is dad?

VICKY:  Your guess is as good as mine.  Why don’t you call him?

MICHELE:  I dunno I...I’m really sorry that you guys got a divorce.

VICKY (sighing):  Sometimes you just can’t fix everything.  You have to let it go.  

MICHELE:  Do you guys...blame me?

VICKY ADJUSTS HERSELF TO SIT FACE TO FACE WITH MICHELE AND PUTS HER HANDS ON MICHELE’S SHOUDLERS.

VICKY:  Look at me.  Our problems were never your fault.  Don’t you even start thinking that.  You girls are the best thing that ever came of our marriage.  

VICKY EMBRACES MICHELE.

VICKY:  Truth is...our problems started for your father and I before you and Bridget were even born.

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P.I. FIRM...Jake is on his desk phone…

Renee Goldsberry as Dana Kramer

Tom Eplin as Jake McKinnon

JAKE:  You’re what!  You can’t do that!  We...we need...I can find whomever you’re looking for…oh...okay.

DANA KRAMER WALKS IN AND LOOKS AROUND...

JAKE:  Can I help you Dana?  You need help finding someone?

DANA:  Oh no.  I found exactly what I’m looking for...

JAKE:  Then what are you doing here?

DANA:  This would be a nice place.

JAKE:  For what?  Freeing kidnappers?

DANA:  Oh Jake.  Such a laugh track.  I’m thinking about buying this place.

JAKE:  Well you’ll have to talk to the leasing office.

DANA:  How do you know I haven’t already done that?  

JAKE:  Get to the point.

DANA:  You and Frankie are in a...rather lengthy lease agreement.

JAKE:  And?

DANA:  And you guys aren’t getting many clients from what I was able to gather.

JAKE:  How did you know?

DANA:  A good lawyer never reveals her sources.  Just know that I know that your overhead costs are sinking you and Frankie’s business, and you need a way out.  

JAKE:  Annnnnd you are going to be our savior?

DANA SMILES….

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BAY CITY CENTER…CHRISTY HAS JUST REVEALED TO CASS and FELICIA that she is pregnant with Cass’s baby, but FRANKIE shows up and also hears the news...and so does ERIC from a close distance at the door of the coffee shop.

Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant Blake

Robin Mattson as Christy Carson

Alice Barrett as Frankie Frame

Jason Shane Scott as Eric Stenbeck

ERIC:  So...I’m gonna have another sibling.

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FRANKIE:  This...this can’t be true.

CHRISTY:  Mary-Frances I...I didn’t want you to find out this way.

CASS:  You did.  You calculated everything.

FELICIA:  You don’t give a damn about Frankie’s feelings!  

FRANKIE:  Cass, Felicia can you leave us alone for a minute?

CASS:  Are you gonna be okay here?  

FRANKIE:  I’ll be fine.  

CASS:  We’ll be right in the coffee shop.

FRANKIE:  You guys don’t have to stay.

FELICIA:  I’m gonna go check on Rachel.

CASS:  I’ll come with you.

FRANKIE:  I’ll catch up with you later.

FRANKIE AND CASS EXCHANGE A QUICK KISS AND THEN FRANKIE TURNS HER ATTENTIONS TO CHRISTY.

FRANKIE:  Please sit down.

CAMERA PAN ON FRANKIE….SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG

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PART 2

MICHELE:  If you guys were having problems for that long then why did you stay together?

VICKY:  Honey, sometimes people bury things.  They stick their heads in the sand about problems because they don’t wanna face them.

MICHELE:  I thought you and dad started having problems when you didn’t tell him about Lindsay being his daughter.

VICKY:  Well...that was a big part of it.  I didn’t believe in us.  I didn’t believe in our family.

MICHELE:  How could you guys’ divorce not be my fault?  I showed up at Kirkland’s wedding without telling you, and I tore up the living room.

VICKY:  You listen to me.  You are not to blame for our marriage breaking up.  Like I said, the problems started long before you girls ever came along.

MICHELE:  What does that mean?  What problems did you have?  

VICKY:  That’s something I’m gonna...have to talk to your father about.

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DANA:  Jake let’s face it.  You and Frankie’s P.I. firm might as well be the Titanic.  

JAKE:  Now you’re comparing our business to a large boat.

DANA:  I know that you’re not getting many jobs.  You’re not gonna be able to keep this business afloat much longer.

JAKE:  Why is that your concern?

DANA:  Because I’m offering you both a way out.  I’m willing to buy out the both of you for the business, and I’ll take over the lease.  You and Frankie can get something out of it before you both run out of money paying for the overhead.

JAKE:  Dana this is really not the time to make an offer like that.  LIke I said, the business isn’t for sale.

DANA:  I get it.  I dropped the hammer on you, but I tell ya what...I’ll give you some time to think about it.  Twenty four hours.

DANA GIVES JAKE HER BUSINESS CARD.

JAKE:  I would have to...talk to Frankie.

DANA:  Absolutely.  We all can help each other.  I get a place to run my practice, and you and Frankie will be out from under the lease, and walk away with money in your pockets.  It’s a win win situation Jake.  

DANA WALKS TO THE DOOR, AND TURNS BACK AROUND TO FACE JAKE.

DANA:  Think about it.

DANA WALKS OUT AND JAKE LOOKS AT THE CARD AS IF TO MULL OVER DANA’S OFFER.  HE TAKES OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND MAKES A PHONE CALL…

FRANKIE (voicemail voiceover):  This is Frankie Frame leave a message…

JAKE:  (after the beep):  Frankie it’s your business partner.  Call me as soon as you get this.

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BAY CITY CENTER...FRANKIE CONTINUES HER CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTY AS SHE CHECKS HER CELL PHONE WHICH DISPLAYS A MISSED CALL FROM JAKE...

CHRISTY:  Mary-Frances please….I...I can explain...

FRANKIE:  I thought we were friends, but apparently I was wrong.

CHRISTY:  We are friends.  I didn’t set out to hurt you.

FRANKIE:  What did you think it was going to do?  You force the man I love to impregnate you!  Cass told me what happened, and it all makes sense.  Cass would never willingly give you a sperm sample, so you had to get leverage...something that would make him do it, so you kidnap his daughter Maggie.

CHRISTY:  I don’t know what you’re talking about.  You don’t understand...

FRANKIE:  Oh but I do.  I understand that everything you said...all the letters we exchanged were lies!  I thought you had changed Christy.  I thought you were the Christy McHale I went to college with.  

CHRISTY:  I am.  I’m still that person.

FRANKIE:  No..no you’re not.  Your whole endgame was this.  You were faking the entire time.  You were lying to me.  Cass tried to warn me.  He tried to tell me that you hadn’t changed.  I defended you.  Felicia tried to warn me, too.  I just wouldn’t listen.  I had to go to bat for my friend.  I just knew you had changed.  You were not the same person that killed Douglas and framed me for it.  You weren’t the person who was obsessed with Cass.  

CHRISTY:  And I’m not.  You’re the only friend I’ve got.  Please don’t be angry.  Please don’t turn your back on me.

FRANKIE:  My God!  Listen to yourself.  Don’t be angry!  After all the lies you’ve told!

CHRISTY:  Look, if it makes you feel better I will leave Bay City for good.

FRANKIE:  But you already warned us of that when you came over to our house.

CHRISTY:  I will leave all of you alone.  It hurts me to see you like this Mary Frances.  I never wanted to hurt you.  You have to believe me.  I’m not gonna ask for anything from Cass.  I promise.

FRANKIE:  That’s not the point of this.  You’re not a friend.  You never were.

CHRISTY:  You’re just like the rest of them aren’t you?  Self righteous; santicmonious..

FRANKIE:  You really don’t see what you’ve done do you?  You crash Kirkland and Charlie’s wedding reception and now this!  I don’t wanna ever see you again you understand?

FRANKIE GETS UP AND WALKS AWAY TO A CORNER AND CALLS SOMEONE

FRANKIE:  Jake what is it?  Okay I’ll be right there.

MEANWHILE...ERIC WALKS UP TO CHRISTY.  SHE TURNS AROUND AND FACES HIM.

CHRISTY:  Oh...aren’t you a sight for sore eyes.

ERIC:  I heard you telling Cass and Felicia the news.  Congratulations.

FREEZE FRAME ON CHRISTY...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 234