ANOTHER WORLD 332 The Love/Hudson family is torn apart

 
ANOTHER WORLD 332
Created by:  William J. Bell and Irna Phillips
Fanfic Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

 
IN THIS EPISODE:  Jake McKinnon, Bridget McKinnon, Donna Love, Vicky Hudson, Michele McKinnon, KC Burrell, Allen Love, Thomasina Mason, Joy Kramer, Lily Mason, Felicia Gallant, John Hudson, Bradley O’ Neill
 
·         The Love/Hudson family is torn apart
·         Felicia confronts John
 
PART 1
 
JAKE TAKES THE PAPER OUT OF THE ENVELOPE.
 
JAKE:  This is a document from the hospital.  The switch occurred the day after Bridget’s test.
BRIDGET:  And my test was negative.
DONNA:  Michele?  Is this true?
 
VICKY WALKS OVER TO MICHELE AND PUTS HER RIGHT ARM ON MICHELE’S LEFT SHOULDER.
 
VICKY:  This is so ridiculous!   Of course she didn’t switch those tests!
BRIDGET:  You can take her side all you want mom, but the truth is the truth.  Michele switched my tests, didn’t you?
 
MICHELE’S EYES WELL UP WITH TEARS.  KC INTERJECTS.
 
KC:  Hey maybe you guys should go and talk about in private.
BRIDGET:  No.  This is perfect.
ALLEN:  I don’t think you really want to humiliate your sister.
BRIDGET:  She did it to herself.
JAKE:  Michele, please tell us the truth…
VICKY:  She didn’t DO anything!
JAKE:  Let her tell us.  I’ll ask you again, did you switch those tests?
 
MICHELE SOBS.
 
MICHELE:  YES!  OKAY!  I switched the tests!
 
DONNA WALKS UP TO MICHELE.
 
DONNA:  Oh my God.  Are you sure about this?
ALLEN:  Um, I think you guys need to talk about this without us here.
KC:  Yeah I think we should leave.
DONNA:  I’m so sorry.
ALLEN:  No no no.  Go ahead and handle it.
DONNA:  Thank you for coming.
KC:  We’ll see ya.
 
ALLEN AND KC LEAVE AS VICKY WALKS UP TO MICHELE AND PUTS HER ARMS AROUND MICHELE’S SHOULDERS.
 
VICKY:  There’s got to be some mistake.  I can’t believe you’re accusing her of this.
BRIDGET:  There you go mom taking her side again.
 
VICKY TURNS AROUND AND FACES BRIDGET.
 
VICKY:  You just refuse to take responsibility for your part in all of this!
MICHELE:  No mom.  I did it.  I switched the tests.

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AT THOMASINA’S, THOMASINA WALKS IN WITH A PLASTIC BAG FULL OF FOOD.
 
THOMASINA:  Hey Aunt Lily I stopped at the store and got those shortbread cookie squares that you like. 
 
THOMASINA SHUTS THE DOOR AND WALKS TO THE COUCH, WHERE LILY IS LYING DOWN WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.
 
THOMASINA:  You must be in a deep sleep.
 
SOMEONE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND THOMASINA ANSWERS IT.  IT’S JOY.
 
THOMASINA:  Hey girl.
JOY:  Heyyyy. 
THOMASINA:  How was the party?
JOY:  Depends on who you ask?
THOMASINA:  Uh oh.  Did something happen?
JOY:  Oh something definitely happened.  For me, it was a great night.
 
JOY HOLDS OUT HER LEFT HAND.
 
THOMASINA:  Oh my God.  He…he…
JOY:  Yes he sure did.  Steven asked me to be his wife.  I came to share the news with mom.
THOMASINA:  Well you might have to wait til she wakes up.  She looks like she’s sleeping peacefully.
 
THEY BOTH LOOK AT LILY.
 
JOY:  And whatever she’s having in that dream, I want it with that smile she’s got on her face.
 

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AT THE CENTER, FELICIA IS SITTING AT A TABLE WHEN JOHN SITS ACROSS FROM HER.
 
FELICIA:  Thank you for meeting me.
JOHN: it sounded urgent.  How are you doing?
FELICIA:  If how I was doing depended on capturing Christy, then I’m not well.
JOHN:  Do they have any leads?
FELICIA:  Dante came to the suite and told us they didn’t have enough evidence to arrest her.
JOHN:  That’s ridiculous.  How could that be?
FELICIA:  Christy covered her tracks. 
JOHN:  Do they at least know where she is?  As long as she’s out there she’s still a threat.
FELICIA:  No they don’t.  I mean not only am I in danger, but Lorna, Jenna and Devin are, too.
JOHN:  Is there anything that Sharlene and I can do?
FELICIA:  And that leads to why I called you.
JOHN:  I came right away.  What’s going on?
FELICIA:  Dante said that you prescribed Flurazepam to me, so what you can do is answer this question for me, why the HELL did you do that?
 

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AT A HOTEL ROOM, BRADLEY IS ON HIS CELL PHONE WITH HIS NEPHEW COLIN.
 
BRADLEY:  Come on man, I thought you loved living with your mom and Josh…well if you’re in their house, you gotta follow their rules…
 
BRADLEY ROLLS HIS EYES.
 
BRADLEY (Continuing):  Colin we’ve been over this.  I told you it’s not a good idea for you to come to Bay City, and you know why.  Besides, your mom’s not gonna let you.  I have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow.  Hopefully they’ll tell me what I wanna hear…Yes I made a friend.  Her name’s Vicky. 
 
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VICKY TURNS AROUND AND WALKS UP TO JAKE.
 
VICKY:  How could you do this? 
PAULINA:  That’s what I’ve been asking him.
DONNA:  You knew about this?
PAULINA:  I’ve been telling him how wrong this is.
JAKE:  Listen I don’t care what you think.  I’m tired of seeing my girls fight.  All this back and forth for months.  I’m SICK of it!
VICKY:  You humiliate your OWN daughter in front of everyone!
BRIDGET:  Isn’t that what you did at the memorial service?
DONNA:  My GOD will everyone just STOP IT!  When is this family gonna get it together? 
BRIDGET:  Don’t worry grandma.  We will be fine once Michele is held accountable for what she’s done.
 
MICHELE WALKS UP TO BRIDGET SLOWLY.
 
MICHELE:  So what are you gonna do?  You’re gonna call the police?  You’re gonna make me go to jail?  CALL EM!  CALL THE DAMNED COPS I DON’T CARE!
BRIDGET:  No.  We’re not involving the authorities.
 
CAMERA PAN ON BRIDGET.  END OF PART 1

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PART 2
 
THOMASINA AND JOY ARE SITTING AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE.
 
THOMASINA:  You look really happy.  It’s great to see.
JOY:  I don’t think I’ve ever felt this feeling in my life.  It’s almost as if I’m floating through the air.
THOMASINA:  I’m so happy for you.  You really love him don’t you?
JOY:  Yes he…Steven is the one for me you know?   He’s not perfect.  He thinks he’s right all the time.
THOMASINA:  Probably because he’s a doctor.
JOY:  But if that’s the only problem I have, then I’ll take it.  He’s kind, compassionate, considerate, not to mention handsome.
THOMASINA:  That certainly helps.
JOY:  Oh does it ever, especially in the bed….wait a minute why am I talking to YOU about this?
THOMASINA:  You’re not a little girl anymore.
JOY: But you raised me.  You’re practically like my mom you know?
THOMASINA:  Your mother is sleeping on that couch.  It was a privilege to raise you, and it warms my heart to see you engaged to the man of your dreams.
 
JOY GETS UP AND TAKES FIVE STEPS TOWARD LILY, WHO IS LYING ON THE COUCH.
 
JOY:  You see that’s just it.  Dreams feel so good when you’re in them, but then you wake up to reality.  You know all the mistakes I’ve made in my life.  I don’t wanna mess this up with Steven.
THOMASINA:  Don’t put that into the atmosphere.  You’re not gonna screw up.  Don’t wait for the other shoe to drop, because often times it will.
 
JOY TURNS AROUND TO FACE THOMASINA.
 
JOY:  It’s almost like it’s too good to be true.  This man wants to marry me.  ME.
THOMASINA:  Don’t talk like you’re not worthy.  You ARE worthy of love I don’t care how many mistakes you've made.  Stop thinking that YOU’RE the only one’s that’s lucky.  He is, too. 
JOY:  For the first time in my life, everything seems to be falling into place.  Steven asked me to marry him, and mom and I are in a great place. 
 
JOY TURNS AROUND AND LOOKS AT LILY.
 
JOY:  But she must in some kind of deep sleep because that smile is still on her face.
 
THOMASINA BECOMES CONCERNED, GETS UP AND SEES LILY.
 
THOMASINA:  Really? 
 
THOMASINA GOES AND CHECKS ON LILY.
 
THOMASINA:  Aunt Lily?  Wake up.  Joy’s here. 
 
LILY DOESN’T MOVE.
 
THOMASINA:  Aunt Lily?  Aunt Lily?
 
THOMASINA NUDGES LILY, BUT LILY STILL HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE.  THOMASINA CHECKS HER PULSE.
 
JOY:  What’s going on?
THOMASINA:  There’s no pulse.
JOY:  What? 
 
THOMASINA PUTS HER FOREFINGER UNDERNEATH LILY’S NOSTRILS.
 
THOMASINA:  And she’s not breathing. 
JOY:  I mean she’s…no…she’s smiling.  She can’t be…all this time we were here.
THOMASINA:  When I left she was going to lie down on the couch.  She must have passed away before I got back. 
 
JOY’S EYES WELL UP WITH TEARS.
 
JOY:  Just the other day I forgave her and…
THOMASINA:  That must have given her the peace that she needed…to go home.
 
JOY AND THOMASINA LOOK AT LILY.
 

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JOHN:  There’s no WAY I prescribed that to you without your PCP’s authorization.
FELICIA:  Dante showed me everything.  The pills were prescribed to me and it listed you as the prescribing physician.  Now you’re telling that you DIDN’T do it.  How stupid do you think I am?  And why would you even do something that to me?
JOHN:  I swear to you I didn’t authorize that prescription.  Someone broke into my doctor portal at the hospital. 
FELICIA:  Are you sure that nobody else had access to it?
JOHN:  No.  They’re completely secure.
FELICIA:  Apparently not if someone can break into it that easily.
JOHN:  You said Christy forced you to take the pills right?
FELICIA:  At gunpoint.
JOHN:  Why would Christy need ME to prescribe flurazepam?  She could have gotten any doctor to do it.  Why me?
FELICIA:  Either she did it herself…
JOHN:  No Christy couldn’t have done it.  Someone at the hospital helped her.
FELICIA:  So who could she have been working with?
JOHN:  I don’t know, but I’m gonna find out.
 
NEARBY, BEHIND A BUSH, SOMEONE IS WATCHING THEM.
 

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BRADLEY IS ON HIS CELL PHONE WITH HIS NEPHEW COLIN.
 
BRADLEY:  She looks like who?  Annie?  You don’t even know who Annie is…I guess your mother told you about her.  Vicky may look like Annie but trust me she’s nothing like her.  She’s been a pleasant surprise.  This isn’t about me okay and the answer is still no.  You can’t come to Bay City.
 

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JAKE:  I actually think that’s a good idea.
VICKY:  I don’t believe for a minute you’re gonna just sweep this under the rug.
BRIDGET:  No I’m not.
MICHELE:  Don’t draw this out any further.  Call the damned cops and put me in jail.
BRIDGET:  No you can’t get the help you need in there.
MICHELE:  What are you talking about?  You think I’m crazy?
DONNA:  Bridget what exactly are you getting at?  If you’re not gonna turn her into the cops then what’s your solution?
BRIDGET:  I’ll give that to you in a second, but there’s one thing that Michele has to do first.  You’re gonna have to tell everyone in here what you did at the hospital.
MICHELE:  What do you mean?
BRIDGET:  Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about!  You know exactly what you did it and why you did it! 
 
END OF PART 2
 

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CONCLUSION
 
BRIDGET:  Oh you’ve conveniently forgotten.  I’ll tell you what happened.
 
MICHELE FLASHES BACK (EPISODE 191)
 
Michele turns around, and walks to the counter slowly.  She secretly grabs a pair of gauze scissors and starts digging them into her left arm until she draws blood.
Michele:  I was going to Harvard, but of course, you wanted to sabotage that by stealing my acceptance letter.  If I didn’t respond in time, I would have gone on their lonnnng waiting list.  
Bridget:  Look I know what I did was wrong, it took me a long time to forgive myself for it.
Michele:  My brain injury; spiking Cory’s drink at the prom; kissing him at the wedding; the fact that I have to learn how to read again..and you somehow made it...about you forgiving yourself.  How fitting.
Bridget:  Cory helped me to come to terms with what happened.
Michele:  Cory?  Ha!  Not only are you a selfish bitch, you’re a manipulative bitch, too.
Bridget:  You have every right to be angry.
Michele:  You’re damned right I do.
Bridget:  But I’m not gonna sit by and watch you carry out whatever it is you’re plotting.
Michele:  I don’t care what you try to do sis, because you are going to pay for what you’ve done.
Bridget:  You need help.
Michele:  The only one who’s gonna need help...is you.
Vicky knocks on the door asking if Michele is in there and suddenly…
Michele:  Bridget stop it!  Mom help!  Don’t hurt me!
Bridget:  What?  I’m not doing anything!
 
MICHELE FLASHES BACK TO THE PRESENT.  DONNA GENTLY PLACES HER LEFT HAND ON MICHELE’S RIGHT SHOULDER.
 
DONNA:  My God.  Michele honey did you really do that?
BRIDGET:  Tell the truth Michele, or I WILL call the cops.
MICHELE (crying):  I did.  I cut myself on purpose.  I wanted…to turn mom against you.
VICKY:  Oh God. 
 
MICHELE TURNS TO VICKY.
 
MICHELE:  Mom please I’m so sorry.
VICKY:  Honey we…it’s alright.  But I think we need to get you some help.
BRIDGET:  And that’s exactly what my solution is.  If you commit yourself to a mental health facility, then I won’t call the cops.
 
FREEZE FRAME ON MICHELE…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF 332