ANOTHER WORLD 272 Christy asks Brianna for a mysterious favor

ANOTHER WORLD 272

Created by William J. Bell and Irna Phillips

Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

PART 1

AT THE CENTER, DEVIN STANDS IN FRONT OF THE COFFEE SHOP ON

HIS CELL PHONE.

Devin Hutchins

DEVIN:  I visited the site yesterday.  Things are coming along really quickly.  
We’re gonna probably gonna open ahead of schedule.  Yep...Club Freedom.  
It’s a place where people can be...free.  They won’t be getting in free though.  
I appreciate your support mom.  Love you.

DEVIN STARTS WALKING AND GETS ANOTHER PHONE CALL.

DEVIN:  Hello?... What?... Who is this?  I don’t know how you got my number,
but I’m not interested in that type of thing.

MEANWHILE, DONNA WALKING WHILE TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE.

Donna Love

DONNA:  What do you mean you and Tyrone aren’t coming back?  
When am I supposed to see my grandson?  What?  Reginald is dead?  
Unbelievable.  So now you have no excuse not to come back to Bay City.  
Marley?  Don’t hang up.  Marley wait….

DONNA LOOKS AT HER BLINKING CELL PHONE SCREEN
INDICATING THE CALL HAS ENDED, AND SIGHS.  
DONNA BACKS UP AND BUMPS INTO DEVIN.  
DEVIN GRABS DONNA BEFORE SHE FALLS DOWN.  
THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS DEVIN HOLDS DONNA’S RIGHT ARM.

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AT JOHN AND SHARLENE’S (the Frame farm), SHARLENE OPENS THE DOOR AND
IT’S FRANKIE.

Sharlene Hudson

Frankie Frame

SHARLENE:  Heeey.

FRANKIE:  Hi Aunt Sharlene.

SHARLENE:  Come on in.  Do you want some tea?

FRANKIE:  Not right now.

SHARLENE:  Well it’s not like you don’t know where it is.

FRANKIE:  Right.

FRANKIE SITS ON THE COUCH AND SHARLENE SITS NEXT TO HER.

SHARLENE:  Frankie is something on your mind?

FRANKIE:  Yeah.  Very much so.

SHARLENE:  Well what is it?  Anything I can do to help?

FRANKIE:  If you can expedite my divorce that’ll be great.

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IN CASS’S OFFICE, CASS IS ON THE LANDLINE PHONE WHILE ORGANIZING FOLDERS.

Cass Winthrop

Felicia Gallant Blake

CASS:  So it’s confirmed?   Good.  

FELICIA WALKS IN.

CASS:  It’s all set thank you.

CASS HANGS UP AND RETURNS TO ORGANIZING HIS FOLDERS.

CASS:  Hey there.

FELICIA:  Hey.  Looks like you’re pretty busy.

CASS:  I am.  Comes with being the sole owner of a law business.

FELICIA:  So Tyrone just called...and said he wasn’t coming back?

CASS:  Pretty much.  I just finalized his purchase of the business.

FELICIA:  So this big old place is all yours now.

CASS: And so are all of his cases.  

FELICIA:  You’re gonna need an assistant.

CASS:  Yeah good idea.  

FELICIA:  Can you take a break for a moment?

CASS CONTINUES TO FUMBLE HIS FOLDERS, THEN HE JUST STOPS.

CASS:  Another good idea.

FELICIA:  I need my friend right now.

CASS:  What’s wrong honey?   You seem nervous.

FELICIA:  You think after the charges were dropped I’d feel relieved.

CASS:  But you don’t.  You’re worried about Christy aren’t you?

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Christy Carson

AT CHRISTY’S SUITE, CHRISTY PICKS UP HER CELL PHONE AND MAKES A CALL.

CHRISTY:  Get here...now.

CAMERA PAN ON CHRISTY...SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG

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PART 2

DONNA:  I’m fine.

DEVIN:  Is everything...better since we talked last?

DONNA:  Yes it is.  Everything’s just...perfect.

DONNA STARTS TO CRY AND DEVIN EMBRACES HER.

DEVIN:  I’m so sorry Donna.

DONNA:  What are you sorry about?  I mean, this doesn’t concern you.

DEVIN:  You don’t look like you’re in good spirits.  At least let me walk you home.

DONNA:  Stop treating like I’m some helpless old lady.  I’m not that old for one thing and...I can’t get myself home thank you.  

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SHARLENE:  Divorce?  What?  Frankie what are you talking about?

FRANKIE GETS UP AND TAKES A STEP TOWARD THE KITCHEN, WITH HER BACK TO SHARLENE, AS SHE BRACES HERSELF TO TELL HER STORY.

FRANKIE:  I...I had no recollection of who I really was.  Why did this even happen?

SHARLENE:  Frankie sit down and talk to me.

FRANKIE TURNS AROUND AND FACES SHARLENE.

FRANKIE:  You can’t tell anyone about this, especially Cass.

SHARLENE:  You’re scaring me what’s going on?  Come on sit down.

SHARLENE PATS THE SEAT CUSHION WITH HER LEFT HAND AS FRANKIE SITS.

FRANKIE:  I left Bay City in 1999 when I realized that...Cass and Lila were very much in
love.  I saw how much Lila really loved Charlie.  
You know that...Charlie ran off and...I found her.  She said she wanted to go with me.  
That’s when I realized that I could never...rock her stability.  
She had her daddy, Lila and Jasmine.  She had a family.  
I didn’t want to get in the way of that.

SHARLENE:  Of course not you...you would never hurt Charlie.

FRANKIE:  I had to plant that phony story...that Anne O’ Donnell got Fax Newman
acquitted.  I knew Cass would drop me like a hot potato.  That’s exactly what he did.

SHARLENE:  So what does have to do with a divorce?   
You were declared legally dead so Cass was free to marry Lila.

FRANKIE:  I know.  I was driving away from Bay City and...and I swerved and crashed.

FRANKIE HAS A FLASHBACK...SHE’S LYING IN A DITCH WITH BLOOD
SEEPING FROM HER HEAD.  BRADLEY O’ NEILL COMES AND PICKS HER UP.  
 FRANKIE WAKES UP LYING IN A BED.

Bradley O' Neill

FRANKIE:  Where...where am I?

BRADLEY IS SITTING VIGIL AT HER BEDSIDE STRADDLING FRANKIE’S HAIR.

BRADLEY:  You’re fine.  You’re safe.  You were in an accident.  

FRANKIE:  What...accident?

BRADLEY:  You were injured, but you’re fine now.  I’ve been taking care of you.

FRANKIE:  Who are you?

BRADLEY:  I’m Dr. Bradley O’ Neill.

FRANKIE:  Who am I?  

BRADLEY PICKS UP FRANKIE’S WALLET, LOOKS AT FRANKIE’S IDENTIFICATION,
AND SHOWS HER THE PICTURE.

FRANKIE:  Mary-Frances Ordway?  Sounds like an old lady.  I’m Frankie.

BRADLEY:  So we’ll...we’ll call you Frankie.

FRANKIE:  Okay...I don’t want it to be….a derivative of Mary Frances.

BRADLEY:  It’s a derivative of...Francesca.

FRANKIE:  Okay so...I’ll be Francesca.  My real name will be Francesca.

FRANKIE FLASHES BACK TO THE PRESENT.

SHARLENE:  Francesca?  That’s not a name you would choose.

FRANKIE:  But I did.  I guess I...subconsciously wanted to forget about everything that
happened in Bay City.  Losing Cass, losing my daughter.  

SHARLENE:  So Bradley O’ Neill saved your life.  What happened after that?

FRANKIE HAS ANOTHER FLASHBACK.  IT’S A FLASHBACK TO A WEDDING
IN A CHURCH.  THE CHURCH IS DECORATED WITH WHITE STREAMERS.  
GUESTS HAVE FILLED THE PEWS.  FRANKIE IS WEARING A WHITE DRESS.  
BRADLEY O’ NEILL LIFTED THE VEIL AND THE MINISTER SAYS “I PRONOUNCE
YOU MAN AND WIFE.  YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE.”  
FRANKIE FLASHES BACK TO THE PRESENT.

SHARLENE:  So...that’s the man you are currently married to?  But you...you weren’t in
your right mind.  You thought you were Francesca.  You had no idea of your true identity.

FRANKIE:  Maybe I did Aunt Sharlene.

SHARLENE:  So you....are you saying that...you knew deep down that you were
Frankie Frame, but you went and built a marriage with Bradley O’ Neill?

FRANKIE:  He nursed me back to health.  He showed me...so much love.  
There was no condition; there was no pretense.  He just loved me.  
We raised a beautiful young boy together.

SHARLENE:  You had a baby with him?

FRANKIE:  No...no he was doing it as a favor to a friend.

SHARLENE:  You and this Bradley O’ Neill had a whole life together.  Were you happy?

FRANKIE:  Yes..very.  Until I recovered all of my memories of my life with Cass.

SHARLENE:  And you came back to Bay City.

FRANKIE:  And he loved me enough to let me go, and I still love him for it.

SHARLENE:  But you’re still married to him.  At some point you will have to tell
Cass the truth.

FRANKIE:  I gave divorce papers to Tyrone to file.  Cass...may never need to know.

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FELICIA:  Not exactly, but it does seem odd that she decided not to pursue charges.

CASS:  Makes you think she’s got something up her sleeve.

FELICIA:  Well you know what, I’m not scared of her.

CASS:  That’s great but...she’s lost a baby that she really wanted.  
Who knows what she’s gonna do?  We have to be prepared.

FELICIA:  I’m not gonna spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder for Christy.

CASS:  Of course not honey, but she has nothing to lose now.  
Her whole plan was to have a baby by me, and you took that away.  
There’s really no telling what she’s planning.

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BRIANNA IS IN CHRISTY’S SUITE.

Brianna Jameson

BRIANNA:  How do you expect me to do that?

CHRISTY:  I strongly suggest you find a way.  

BRIANNA:  That’s not as easy as you think.  Everything is on the doctor portal.  
They don’t use prescription pads anymore.  This is the 21st century.

CHRISTY:  Oh I’m sure you’ll think of something.

BRIANNA:  Aren’t you leaving?  What are you still here for?  Why are you still in Bay City?

CHRISTY:  I don’t appreciate you questioning me.  Just do as I ask you,
because the consequences would be far more dire for you if you don’t...Ellen.

FREEZE FRAME ON CHRISTY...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 272