ANOTHER WORLD 298 Cass and Frankie make a shocking discovery

ANOTHER WORLD 298
Created by:  William J. Bell and Irna Phillips
Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

Characters in this episode:  Eric Stenbeck, Cass Winthrop, Frankie Frame, Felicia Gallant Blake, Christy Carson, Devin Hutchins, Brianna Jameson

PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER WORLD

---Eric Stenbeck got footage of Kirkland Harrison sleeping with another man.  Eric used this footage to blackmail Kirkland into having sex with him
---Someone tampered with the brakes on Sharlene's car, and tried to run Sharlene over in the Bay City Medical Center parking garage.  Cass and Frankie have been investigating these attacks and it has lead them to Brianna Jameson.
---A mystery person has been harassing Devin so Devin can agree to use his new club as a front for drug distribution and money laundering.  Devin has not complied, and was subsequently beaten by goons.
---Christy Carson knows that Brianna Jameson is really Ellen Benson, Taylor Benson's daughter, and Brianna is out for revenge on Sharlene.
---Christy poisoned Felicia with a substance that caused Felicia to crave liquor.  After Rachel disowned Felicia as a friend, Lorna leaving town, and Felicia witnessing Mitch hugging Sharlene, Felicia fell off the wagon.  That same night, a pregnant Christy was leaving Bay City.  Felicia, Christy and Gregory (who was driving Sharlene's car) got into a three car accident.  Christy miscarried as a result, but she dropped the charges against Felicia.  Felicia later discovered a box containing a dead fetus outside of the door of her suite.

PART 1

AT ERIC’S PLACE, A BARECHESTED GUY PICKS UP HIS SHIRT OFF OF THE FLOOR AND PUTS IT ON.  ERIC LIES ON HIS BED STARING AT THE CEILING.

Eric Stenbeck

GUY (buttoning up his shirt):  You’re good.
ERIC:  I guess so.
GUY (looking at Eric):  Looks like something’s on your mind.  Wanna talk about it?
ERIC:  No offense but I’m not gonna tell my troubles to a guy I just hooked up with.
GUY:  Sorry I just…I’m gonna leave.

"Guy"

THE GUY WALKS OUT AND ERIC HAS A FLASHBACK. (EPISODE 262)

ERIC:  What?  Don’t you...like this?
KIRKLAND:  Hell no I don’t like this!  I hate it!  I hate what I’m doing to my wife, and I’m not gonna hurt her anymore.
ERIC:  And you don’t have to.  I’m not gonna tell her anything about us.

KIRKLAND TURNS TO ERIC.

KIRKLAND:  You don’t get it do you?   There’s no us!  No more of this!  It’s over.

KIRKLAND WALKS TO THE DOOR.

ERIC:  No.  Please.  Don’t leave.  What do you want me to do?  I’ll...I’ll give you all the footage I have of you. 

KIRKLAND STOPS.

ERIC:  I’m...I...I’m getting feelings for you.  I’ll do whatever.  I’ll give you all the material of you sleeping with the bartender.  I just wanna...start fresh.

KIRKLAND TURNS AROUND.

KIRKLAND:  You can’t be serious.
ERIC:  I am.  I’m falling in love with you.
KIRKLAND:  Oh my God. 
ERIC:  Is something wrong with me? 
KIRKLAND:  Wrong?  This whole situation is wrong!
ERIC:  I mean...you don’t feel anything for me?  After what we’ve done together.
KIRKLAND:  You are truly sick aren’t you?  You and your mother.

KIRKLAND TURNS TO WALK TO THE DOOR AND ERIC GRABS KIRKLAND’S RIGHT ARM.

ERIC:  Come on Kirkland.  Please.  Don’t leave me like this.  Please.

KIRKLAND SHAKES HIS HEAD AND WALKS OUT

ERIC FLASHES BACK TO THE PRESENT AS A TEAR ROLLS DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

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AT THE WINTHROP’S, CASS AND FRANKIE ARE IN BED.  FRANKIE IS LYING HER HEAD ON CASS’S BARE CHEST.

Cass Winthrop

Frankie Frame

CASS:  Two more weeks.
FRANKIE:  That’s right.
CASS:  You sure you wanna be Mrs. Winthrop again?
FRANKIE:  Why wouldn’t I be?  I’m a glutton.  I mean you were so impossible when we were married before.
CASS:  It wasn’t as though you were a walk in the park either.
FRANKIE:  Oh come on I was a good wife.
CASS:  For the most part.

FRANKIE LIFTS HER HEAD UP AND LOOKS AT CASS.

FRANKIE:  What is that supposed to mean?
CASS:  Nobody’s perfect.  I mean you…burned some meals and arrived late to our meetings sometimes.
FRANKIE:  Wow that pales in comparison to things you’ve done.  I mean I caught you kissing Cecile.
CASS:  You know that was because she drugged me.
FRANKIE:  And you mean to tell me that a little bitty part of you didn’t enjoy that?
CASS:  No…I mean…no.
FRANKIE:  Oh you had to think about that one for a minute.  You’ve never caught me kissing another guy during our first marriage did you?
CASS:  Oh come on Frankie I’m joking.  You’re perfect for me, and we had Charlie.
FRANKIE:  And Charlie’s having a baby.
CASS:  Things are almost perfect.

FRANKIE LIES HER HEAD BACK ON CASS’S CHEST.

FRANKIE:  Thinking about Maggie huh?
CASS:  Yeah she’s in Wood Pines.
FRANKIE:  After everything she’s done I don’t believe for one second she abuses drugs. 
CASS:  That Brianna girl is after her.  I’m not gonna let her hurt my daughter.
FRANKIE:  Neither am I.

FRANKIE’S CELL PHONE VIBRATES.  SHE LEANS OVER AND CHECKS IT.

CASS:  Who’s that?
FRANKIE:  I’ve been waiting for this. 
CASS:  For what?  A booty call?
FRANKIE:  These are Brianna Jameson’s cell phone records.

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AT THE HOSPITAL…
BRIANNA IS ON HER CELL PHONE IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

Brianna Jameson

BRIANNA:  Hi this is Dr. Taylor Benson.  I’m treating Marguerite Winthrop.  The last time I was there she was extremely volatile.  I suggest that you increase the dosage on her sedative.  For her safety she must remain sedated.  A written…I’ll fax something over…in person?  I am her doctor.  I have other patients I must tend to I don’t have time to…alright I’ll be down there to sign.

BRIANNA PRESSES END CALL.

BRIANNA:  Dammit!

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MEANWHILE, FELICIA IS IN DEVIN’S ROOM…

Felicia Gallant Blake

Devin Hutchins

FELICIA:  I know exactly who’s responsible for this.
DEVIN:  Grandma don’t go confronting everyone.
FELICIA:  She left a dead fetus in a box in front of my door, and now she sent goons to beat up my grandson. 
DEVIN:  Wait a minute.  Who left a dead fetus at your doorstep?
FELICIA:  Christy Carson.  She’s not gonna get away with this.
DEVIN:  Christy?
FELICIA:  Yes that vile woman.
DEVIN:  You told me about her.
FELICIA:  She blames me for killing her unborn baby in that accident on Route 17, so I figured she was going to come after me.
DEVIN:  I know what you told me about her but I don’t think she’s responsible for what happened to me.
FELICIA:  Really?  How could she not be?  That spineless jellyfish has no regard for anyone.  It’s one thing to come after me.  I can deal with that, but she’s coming after you.  What if she goes after Lorna or Jenna?
DEVIN:  We discussed this before but I really don’t think it was her this time.
FELICIA:  Well who else could it have been?  She’s the only logical choice.  Well I’m not gonna let her attack someone else in my family.
DEVIN:  Grandma wait.  There’s really no proof that…that Christy sent those goons to beat me.
FELICIA:  Oh my God you sound like Toni Burrell!  It was Christy who put the dead fetus at my doorstep and it was she who sent those goons to beat you up!
DEVIN:  I don’t…want you to go accusing her of something and she didn’t do it.
FELICIA:  Are you actually defending her?
DEVIN:  No I just don’t want you to do anything stupid.  Look why don’t you go and…take a walk.  Calm down and little bit and we can talk okay.
FELICIA:  I won’t be calm until Christy is gone.

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AT CHRISTY’S SUITE, CHRISTY TAKES OUT A BOTTLE OF FLURAZEPAM AND A BOTTLE OF VODKA.  SHE PLACES BOTH ON A DESK.

Christy Carson

CHRISTY:  Time for Felicia to pay once and for all.

CAMERA PAN ON CHRISTY…SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG

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PART 2
CASS AND FRANKIE ARE LOOKING OVER PAPERS IN THE LIVING ROOM.

CASS:  Find anything?
FRANKIE:  I’m looking for the day that Sharlene was attacked in the parking garage.  Here it goes. 
CASS:   Thank God Lindsay was there.  Your aunt would have been roadkill.
FRANKIE:  Brianna’s cell phone signal pinged off of the tower nearest to the hospital around the time that she tried to run down Sharlene.
CASS:  Frankie I…hate to break it to you but that doesn’t prove anything.
FRANKIE:  What do you mean?  It proves Brianna was at the…hospital.
CASS:  She could have been anywhere in the hospital.  It doesn’t mean that she was in the parking garage.
FRANKIE:  You’re right but you’re wrong.  Brianna tried to run down my aunt, and she more than likely tampered with the brakes in her car that night of the Route 17 accident.
CASS:  We don’t have proof that Brianna committed either act.

SOMETHING ON THE PAPER CATCHES FRANKIE’S ATTENTION.

FRANKIE:  Oh my God.
CASS:  What is it?
FRANKIE:  The last number that Brianna called around that time the signal pinged off the tower.  It looks familiar.  I’m gonna look in my contacts.
CASS:  Someone you know?

FRANKIE SCROLLS IN HER CELL PHONE CONTACTS AND SUDDENLY STOPS.

FRANKIE:  You’ve gotta be kidding me.  How do they know each other?
CASS:  Who?
FRANKIE:  Christy.
CASS:  Really? 
FRANKIE:  This number is to Christy’s cell phone. 
CASS:  Wow.  Why would Brianna be working with Christy?
FRANKIE:  Christy probably has something on her.  If we find out what that is, we will know everything we need to know about Brianna.

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FELICIA WALKS OUT OF DEVIN’S ROOM…AND BRIANNA EMERGES.  SHE TAKES OUT HER CELL PHONE AND MAKES A CALL TO CHRISTY.

BRIANNA:  Thought you might wanna know.  Felicia’s grandson was brought into the hospital, and she just left his room.  She wasn’t very happy. 
CHRISTY:  And she probably thinks I had something to do with it.
BRIANNA:  She might be heading directly to you.
CHRISTY:  And that would work perfectly.  Thanks for the heads up.
BRIANNA:  No problem.

BRIANNA PRESSES END CALL.  AS BRIANNA LEAVES, A MYSTERY PERSON WALKS UP TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKS IN AT DEVIN.

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IN DEVIN’S ROOM, HE GETS A TEXT AND LOOKS AT IT.  THE TEXT READS:  DID MY GUYS DELIVER THE MSG?  I SUGGEST YOU COMPLY.   IT CAN GET WORSE IF YOU DON’T.
DEVIN TEXTS BACK:  I WILL COMPLY.

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THE MYSTERY PERSON OUTSIDE THE DOOR, WEARING BLACK LEATHER GLOVES, PUTS THE PHONE AWAY IN THEIR RIGHT POCKET AND WALKS AWAY.

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AT CHRISTY’S SUITE, SOMEONE RINGS THE DOORBELL, AND CHRISTY LOOKS AT THE DOOR AND SMILES.  SHE GOES, OPENS IT, AND SEES ERIC.

CHRISTY:  You?
ERIC:  Nice to see you, too mom.
CHRISTY:  No it’s not like that.  I’m always happy to see you.  I’m just surprised that’s all.
ERIC:  I guess I’m surprised, too.  Look I know it’s late and I’m not gonna keep you but…I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and…there’s nothing really here for me in Bay City. 
CHRISTY:  Okay uh, so what exactly does that mean?
ERIC:  I wanna leave town…with you.
CHRISTY (smiles):  Oh…oh my God.  Wow that’s the best news I’ve heard in a long time.

CHRISTY HUGS ERIC TIGHTLY.

CHRISTY:  Oh son we’re…finally gonna get the hell out of Bay City for good.  Do you need to go and pack anything?
ERIC:  Everything’s packed.
CHRISTY:  Okay well I’ll send for your things and…I’ll book you a flight now.
ERIC:  Where?
CHRISTY:  Just think of it as…paradise.

SHE SHOWS HIM THE FLIGHT SHE BOOKED ON HER PHONE.

ERIC:  Paradise, New Mexico.  Isn’t that where Paul and Henry live?
CHRISTY:  You’ll be with your brothers until I arrive. 
ERIC:  When are you going?
CHRISTY:  Honey I’ll be down fairly shortly.  There’s something I have to do first.

ERIC LOOKS OVER ON THE TABLE AND SEES THE PILLS AND VODKA.

ERIC:  Why do you have that on the table?
CHRISTY (sighs):  The less you know, the better.  Just...go to the airport.
ERIC:  Okay um…Mom?
CHRISTY:  What is it honey?
ERIC:  I’m sorry.
CHRISTY:  Listen you’ll have plenty of time to apologize when I get to Paradise.  I just need you to get out of here.

CHRISTY ESCORTS ERIC TO THE DOOR AND HE LEAVES.  THE DOOR IS OPEN AS CHRISTY TURNS HER BACK TO IT.

CHRISTY:  This couldn’t have worked out any more perfect.

SUDDENLY, FELICIA WALKS IN AND SLAMS THE DOOR. 

FELICIA:  You vile, evil bitch!

CHRISTY SMILES, PULLS OUT A GUN, AND TURNS AROUND TO FACE FELICIA.

CHRISTY:  Felicia I’ve been expecting you.

FREEZE FRAME ON FELICIA…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF 298