ANOTHER WORLD 315 Bridget asks Michele about what happened at the Corys

 

ANOTHER WORLD 315

Created by William J. Bell and Irna Phillips

Fanfic Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

 

In this episode:  KC Burrell, Allen Love, Toni Burrell, Joy Kramer, Steven Frame, Thomasina Mason, Lily Mason, Jake McKinnon, Bridget McKinnon, Michele McKinnon

Steven and Joy argue about Vicky and Lily

Jake begins to ask questions about the security breach

 PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER WORLD

• KC Burrell and Eric Stenbeck were seeing each other, despite warnings from Allen and Toni for KC to stop seeing Eric.  Eric left Bay City after he realized he could not have a romantic relationship with Kirkland, whom Eric was blackmailing for sex.  Eric has not contacted KC since before he left.
• Lily Mason, who lived in Bay City in the 1980s, returned to make amends with her daughter, Joy Kramer.  
• Jake was suspicious of Michele's behavior after Bridget's anaphylactic episode.  Bridget was rushed to the hospital and put into a medically induced coma.  She has been taken out of that coma and is now ready to go home.

PART 1 

AT TONI’S HOUSE, KC AND ALLEN WALK IN.

Toni Burrell

Allen Love

KC Burrell

KC:  I can’t believe he did this.  He just ghosted me.

ALLEN:  I’m sorry that this happened to you.

KC:  So what are you gonna say?  I told you so?

ALLEN:  No.  Not yet.

KC:  I knew it was coming.

ALLEN:  I told you he wasn’t any good for you.  Your mother and I both were telling you.

KC:  I don’t even know what I was thinking.  Eric is part Stenbeck and part Christy. 

ALLEN:  Marked at birth.

KC:  He and his mother crashed Kirkland and Charlie’s wedding reception.  I should have known he was no good then.  How could I have been so stupid?

ALLEN:  Don’t say that. 

KC:  Well it’s true.  You and mom were trying to warn me about Eric and I didn’t listen.

TONI WALKS IN.

TONI:  That’s right.  Allen what are you doing here?  When did you get back to town?

ALLEN:  Earlier. 

TONI TAKES OFF HER JACKET.

TONI:  KC what happened? 

KC:  What didn’t happen?

TONI:  I dunno you gotta tell me.

ALLEN:  Eric ghosted her.

KC:  I hadn’t heard anything from him.  We went to his apartment and someone else was living there.  He was gone.  No call.  No text.  No nothing.

TONI:  Oh wow.  I’m sorry about that, but your father and I told you…

KC:  You told me so.  I know.

ALLEN:  Look you…you’re going to school; you got a great internship at the hospital.

TONI:  He’s right.  You’ve got too much going for you to worry about some guy, especially one like Eric Stenbeck.

KC:  I get it okay.  I really do.  Oh dad didn’t tell you that we ran into that girl at the Center.  Remember the one who said I broke her cell phone?

TONI:  Joy Kramer?

KC:  Yeah.  I saw her and dad talking.

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AT STEVEN’S LOFT, JOY IS SITTING ON THE COUCH WHEN STEVEN BRINGS TWO BOWLS FULL OF POPCORN. 

Joy Kramer

Steven Frame

JOY:  I didn’t start the movie yet.

STEVEN GIVES JOY HER BOWL OF POPCORN.

STEVEN:  How considerate of you.
JOY:  Oooh my feel good food.  I should call you the thoughtful one.  You didn’t put butter on mine.
STEVEN:  You’re the only person in the world that doesn’t like butter on her popcorn.
JOY:  You know what you signed up for.
STEVEN:  Weirdness.
JOY:  I guess so.
STEVEN:  So popcorn’s your feel good snack?  Is that to imply you’re feeling bad?

JOY SIGHS.

JOY:  As you probably can imagine I was thinking about my mother.
STEVEN:  I wasn’t trying to bring it up.  Whenever you feel comfortable talking about it, I’m here.
JOY:  You’re so good to me.  Actually I…feel very comfortable. 
STEVEN:  Thinking about your mom?
JOY:  After all these years, she shows up and tells me she has cancer, and asks for my forgiveness.  What am I supposed to do? 
STEVEN:  Might not be what you wanna hear but, maybe you should…let her off the hook.
JOY:  Easy for you to say.  Was it easy for you to forgive your mother?
STEVEN:  Why would I need to forgive my mother?
JOY:  Because she shipped you off to Paris like a package to live with your father in favor of Kirkland.  If I were you I’d be feeling some kind of way about that.

JOY GETS UP FROM THE COUCH.

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AT THOMASINA’S HOUSE, THOMASINA IS APPLYING SOME FINAL MAKEUP TOUCHES WHEN LILY MASON WALKS IN FROM THE GUEST ROOM.

Thoamsina Mason

Lily Mason

THOMASINA:  Are you enjoying yourself?

LILY:  Ohh child that bed you got in that guest room is comfortable.  Is that one of them memory foam beds?

THOMASINA:  Yes ma’am. 

LILY:  You heard from my daughter?

THOMASINA:  I haven’t heard from her.  She’s probably with Steven.  Why don’t you call her?

LILY:  Like she’s really gon’ answer the phone.

THOMASINA:  I mean, Aunt Lily, you did kinda drop a huge bomb on her. 

LILY:  I did what was best for her, and I’m very grateful to you and Carter for raising her.  The way I was living, there was no way I could’ve given her the life that you gave her. 

THOMASINA:  You gotta give her some time to process it.  For what it’s worth, I think she’ll eventually come around.  I’m headed to the hospital. 

LILY:  You got something to eat?  I’m hungry.

THOMASINA:  You know where the food is.  See you later.

THOMASINA WALKS TO THE DOOR. 

LILY:  Thomasina. 

 THOMASINA TURNS AROUND.

LILY:  Thanks for everything.  I love you.

THOMASINA (smiling):  I love you, too.

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AT THE HOSPITAL, JAKE IS THERE WITH BRIDGET AS BRIDGET LIES IN THE HOSPITAL BED.  JAKE SITS AT HER BEDSIDE ON A STOOL.

 

Bridget McKinnon

Jake McKinnon

BRIDGET:  I don’t think I’m ready to receive mom yet.

JAKE:  Sweetheart you can’t be like that.

BRIDGET:  Mom has mistreated me ever since Michele’s memorial service.  She blamed me for the accident and she embarrassed me in front of the whole town.

JAKE:  So you don’t forgive her?

BRIDGET:  I don’t know yet dad.  Does that make me a bad person? 

JAKE:  You and Vicky haven’t had a great relationship to say the least.  It’s going to take some time for you to rebuild it.

BRIDGET:  I’m not ready to forgive mom yet.

MICHELE WALKS IN.

Michele McKinnon

MICHELE:  What about me?

JAKE:  Hey you.

BRIDGET:  Michele.

MICHELE:  You called?

JAKE:  Maybe I…should leave you two alone.  You guys are gonna be fine here?

MICHELE:  We’ll be okay dad.

JAKE:  Alright.

JAKE GETS UP AND LEAVES.

MICHELE:  Hey.  Dad called me.

BRIDGET:  Yeah I wanted to talk to you.

CAMERA PAN ON BRIDGET.  SLOW FADE OUT.  FADE IN TO THEME SONG.

 

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PART 2 

TONI:  Oh. 

ALLEN:  She’s dating my cousin Steven.

TONI:  Well that’s good.

KC:  I don’t know.  Something about her isn’t right.

TONI:  Are you basing that judgment on that incident in the Center?

KC:  I don’t know.  I mean…she was real nasty and condescending toward me.

ALLEN:  Maybe she was just having a bad day.

TONI:  She was kind of mean about it.  I paid her off.

KC:  Oh you should have seen her.  Crying her little tears and dad comforting her.  She was probably playing it all up.

TONI:  Come on now you’re starting trouble.

ALLEN:  It wasn’t even like that.  I’m gonna get out of here.

ALLEN KISSES KC ON HER LEFT CHEEK.

KC:  Thanks dad.  Love you.

ALLEN:  Love you, too.

TONI:  Hey can we…talk for a minute. 

TONI LOOKS AT KC.

TONI:  In private.

KC:  Oh sorry.  I’ll go to my room.

 KC SMILES THEN LEAVES THEM ALONE.

TONI:  So where are my souvenirs?

ALLEN:  Whatchu talking about?

TONI:  You went all the way to Geneva and didn’t bring me anything back?

ALLEN:  I’m all you need.

TONI:  Uh huh.  Hey listen.  I’ve been doing some thinking while you were gone, and I…realized that I…still have feelings for you.

ALLEN:  Really?

TONI:  I guess just…with KC settling in, knowing the truth about being our daughter.  I never really got a chance to be in a family outside of my mom and Judy.

ALLEN:  Are you sure about what your feelings are?

TONI:  Do you think I’m talking about the house, kids, dog, and white picket fence?  Oh no I’m way past that.

THEY LAUGH.

TONI:  I know how I feel.  I just wasn’t sure whether to tell you. 

ALLEN:  Because you think I still have feelings for Amanda.

TONI:  Yeah that pretty much sums it up.  So…do you?

ALLEN:  We broke up before she went to help her daughter.  While I was gone, spending time with my mother I…realized that I can’t dwell on the past anymore.

ALLEN WALKS CLOSER TO TONI.

ALLEN:  And that I no longer have feelings for Amanda, and that I…want us to try again.  That is of course if you want to?

TONI:  Naaaah I was just kidding when I told you how I felt. 

 THEY BOTH LAUGH AND KISS.  KC WATCHES THEM AND SMILES.

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JOY IS FACING AWAY FROM STEVEN.

STEVEN:  And what’s that supposed to mean?

JOY TURNS AROUND AND FACES STEVEN.

JOY:  You mean to tell me you don’t feel any kind of resentment toward your mother sending you away.

STEVEN:  Is that how you think I should feel?

JOY:  I don’t know Steven I’m not you.

STEVEN:  You’re not talking about me are you?  You’re talking about you and your mother. 

JOY:  Look I don’t know.

STEVEN:  Do you want to walk around with this…this…chip on your shoulder for the rest of your life?  I did feel some kind of way about my mother sending me to Paris to live with my dad, but after I talked to her, I understood why she did it.

JOY:  There’s no justification for what Lily did.

STEVEN:  You can’t go back and change anything Joy.  Are you really gonna hold this grudge against her forever?  You said she has cancer.  What if she dies and you haven’t resolved your issues with her?  I don’t think that’s something you want.

JOY:  Do you really know what I want?  Is that a psychoanalysis doctor?

STEVEN:  You refuse to listen to me don’t you?

JOY:  You’re not getting it.

STEVEN:  No you’re not getting it.  You can’t change what your mother did, but your healing is your responsibility.  It looks like you’re shirking it. 

JOY GRABS HER COAT AND WALKS TO THE DOOR.

JOY:  I see we’re not getting anywhere here.

STEVEN:  Where are you going?

JOY:  Anywhere but here.

STEVEN:  So you’re gonna walk out because you don’t like what I’m telling you?

 JOY TURNS AROUND AND FACES STEVEN.

JOY:  You refuse to see things from my point of view.

STEVEN:  Well I think your point of view is wrong.

JOY:  Everybody’s entitled to their opinion.

STEVEN:  Joy wait.

 JOY LEAVES.

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AT THE HOSPITAL, THOMASINA WALKS UP TO THE NURSES’ STATION WHEN JAKE WALKS UP TO HER.

JAKE:  Dr. Mason.

THOMASINA:  Jake hi.

JAKE:  Are you headed to your office?

THOMASINA:  Yeah.  Do you have a concern about Bridget?

JAKE:  It has something to do with her yes.

THOMASINA:  Since Bridget’s awake, and she’s of age, I can’t tell you any medical record.

JAKE:  I’m aware and I appreciate that you wanna protect my daughter’s health information, but this isn’t about HIPAA. 

THOMASINA:  Then what is it about?

JAKE:  Security breach. 

THOMASINA:  I’m sorry I can’t go into that with you either.  The I.T. department is still investigating.

JAKE:  I’m not asking for any top secret intel, I just need to know when it happened.

THOMASINA:  I thought you said this has something to do with Bridget.  Do you think her information might have been compromised? 

JAKE:  I don’t really know.   I’m just trying to put together a timeline.  Bridget had an appointment with her O.B. doctor, and then shortly after that, Dr. Davidson told her she had chlamydia, and then they find out that she didn’t.

THOMASINA:  I know all about that.  Mistakes happen.

JAKE:  Maybe it...it wasn’t a mistake at all.  If the security breach happened after Bridget had her test…

THOMASINA:  Are you suggesting that someone hacked into the system to hurt Bridget on purpose?

JAKE:  I hope I’m wrong.

THOMASINA:  Listen I’ll…when I hear something I’ll let you know.  I hope that isn’t the case.

JAKE:  Me, too.

THOMASINA GOES TO HER OFFICE.

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MICHELE:  What about?

BRIDGET:  I’m just trying to kinda retrace my steps about what happened in front of the Corys.

MICHELE:  Well you…you know what happened.  You collapsed.  You had an anaphylactic episode. 

BRIDGET:   I remember seeing you with Cory, and then we argued.  I couldn’t breathe and then I collapsed.  I don’t quite remember what lead up to it.  I was hoping you could tell me.

MICHELE:  I don’t know what you want me to tell you.  We argued and you passed out.

BRIDGET:  What did we argue about?

MICHELE:  The same thing we’ve been arguing about since I got back.  You saw me with Cory and you got angry.  I see where this is going and I really don’t wanna go down that road.

MICHELE TURNS AROUND TO LEAVE.

 BRIDGET:  Michele wait.  We’re not done yet.

FREEZE FRAME ON MICHELE…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF 315