ANOTHER WORLD 264 Felicia Confesses

ANOTHER WORLD 264

Created by William J. Bell and Irna Phillips

**the role of Victoria Hudson will now be played by Cynthia Watros**

**all characters not created by me are owned by Procter and Gamble**

Felicia Confesses

Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultants:  A. Washington Beeby and ML Cooks

Bradley Cole as Bradley O' Neill

Cynthia Watros as Vicky Hudson

AT THE CENTER, BRADLEY O’ NEILL AND VICKY ARE SITTING AT A TABLE ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER.

VICKY:  Oh wow.  Do you think she’ll take you back?

BRADLEY:  I’m honestly not too sure.  

VICKY:  Well obviously you think she’s worth the chance.

BRADLEY:  Yeah...she is.

Alice Barrett as Frankie Frame

MEANWHILE, FROM A SHORT DISTANCE, FRANKIE WALKS INTO THE CENTER AND STOPS.  SHE LOOKS AT THE DIRECTION WHERE VICKY AND BRADLEY ARE SITTING.  FRANKIE SEES BRADLEY’S BACK.

FRANKIE:  Who’s that with Vicky?

FRANKIE STARTS TO WALK TOWARD THEM AND THEN CHRISTY CALLS HER FROM BEHIND.

Robin Mattson as Christy Carson

CHRISTY:  Mary Frances?  May I talk to you?

FRANKIE TURNS AROUND AND FACES CHRISTY, AND SAYS NOTHING.

CHRISTY:  Please?

FRANKIE:  I thought you were leaving town.

CHRISTY:  I was...involved in that accident on Route 17 the other night.

FRANKIE:  Oh.  

CHRISTY:  My car was hit head on...and I lost my baby….mine and Cass’s baby.

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John DeLuca as Dante Carlino

Billy Flynn as Devin Hutchins

AT THE POLICE STATION, DANTE AND TWO OFFICERS ESCORT FELICIA AND DEVIN IN.  TONI APPROACHES THEM.  

Rhonda Ross Kendrick as Toni Burrell

Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant Blake

TONI:  Hi Felicia.  Devin Lucas.

DEVIN:  Why are we here?

TONI:  You’re not the person I want to talk to.

FELICIA:  It’s me.  They’re after me.

DANTE:  We need to ask you some questions about the night of the accident Felicia.

TONI:  Come into my office.

MITCH WALKS OUT AND SEES TONI AND DANTE ESCORT FELICIA TO TONI’S OFFICE.  MITCH GOES TO A PRIVATE CORNER AND DEVIN FOLLOWS HIM.

William Espy as Mitch Blake

DEVIN:  I take it they didn’t accept your confession.

MITCH:  I’m gonna call Cass.  I got a feeling she’s gonna need a lawyer.

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AT CASS’S OFFICE, CASS IS WITH CHARLIE.  CHARLIE JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM BAY CITY MEDICAL CENTER INFORMING HER THAT SHE DID NOT GET THE INTERNSHIP SHE APPLIED FOR.

Stephen Schnetzer as Cass Winthrop

Brittany Underwood as Charlie Winthrop Harrison

CASS:  I’m sorry kiddo.

CHARLIE:  I was so sure that I’d get it.  I’d taken P.R. classes at the other school I was in.  

CASS:  Maybe they chose someone with more experience?

CHARLIE:  I dunno about that.  

CASS:  Guess there’s only one way to find out.  

CHARLIE:  You think I could...go to Dr. Mason and ask her?

CASS:  Why not?  Can’t hurt right?

CHARLIE:  I’ll do it tomorrow.  I’m gonna go meet Kirkland.  

CASS:  Maybe he'll help you to feel better baby. Anything else I can do.

CHARLIE (smiles):  You've done enough already. Thank you dad.

CASS:  Okay honey. I love you.

CHARLIE: Love you, too.

CASS’S CELL PHONE AND HE ANSWERS.

CASS:  Winthrop?...Oh...okay I’ll be right there.

CASS PRESSES END CALL AND GRABS HIS SPORT COAT AND BRIEFCASE.

CHARLIE:  Dad what’s goin’ on?

CASS:  I’m going to the police station.

CHARLIE:  You look worried.  Is everything okay?

CASS:  It’s Felicia.

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FELICIA SITS ACROSS FROM TONI, WHO IS SITTING AT HER DESK.  DANTE IS STANDING TO THE RIGHT OF TONI.

DANTE:  Why are you so fidgety Mrs. Blake?

FELICIA:  Coming to the police station to be questioned could be a little nerve wracking don’t you think?

DANTE:  You wouldn’t be nervous if...there was nothing to be nervous about.

TONI:  Dante.  I got this.  Felicia.  I’ve known you a long time.  If something happened, you can tell me.  You don’t want anyone else to get in trouble.  Right?

FELICIA:  What is it that you want me to tell you?

TONI:  I need you to tell me what happened the night of the accident on Route 17.  

CASS WALKS IN DRESSED IN A SUIT CARRYING HIS BRIEFCASE.

CASS:  Felicia don’t say another word.  Toni I’d like to speak to my client.

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

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PART 2

FRANKIE:  What are you up to Christy?

CHRISTY:  Why would you think that?  I was involved in an accident and I lost a baby.  You know what that’s like, don’t you?

FRANKIE:  Is that why you stopped me here?  To remind of the two other times I miscarried?

CHRISTY:  No...no.  I just...I need a friend.  I need you Mary Frances.  I know I’ve done horrible things to you and Cass but...you’re the only friend I’ve ever had.

FRANKIE:  Really, Christy?  Are you trying to tell me that you treasure our friendship?  Wow...with friends like you I certainly don’t need any enemies.

CHRISTY:  Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?  Please.

FRANKIE:  Nothing’s changed Christy.  You used me to get sympathy.  To get me on your side.  I thought you had changed, but you haven’t.

CHRISTY:  I have changed.  I’m not that same person that…

FRANKIE:  That let me take the fall for you killing Douglas?  The same person that poisoned Cass?  The same person who forced Cass to give you a sperm sample so you could get pregnant with his baby?  You’re still obsessed with him, just like you were twenty five years ago.

CHRISTY:  That’s not true.  I wanted to be a mother.  From the beginning this time.  Whoever collided with me that night..is responsible for taking that away from me.  Cass is the least of my concerns.  I was on my way out of Bay City.

FRANKIE:  So then why are you still here?

CHRISTY:  I have a right to find out who hit me on Route 17.  

FRANKIE:  Listen I’m...I’m sorry for your loss.  I do know what that’s like to miscarry.  It’s a pain you never quite get rid of.

CHRISTY:  I have a right to find out who killed my baby, and when I do…I’m gonna make them pay.

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TONI WALKS UP TO MITCH AND DEVIN.

DEVIN:  So...what’s going on?

TONI:  Cass is speaking to her?

MITCH:  Are you going to arrest us?

TONI:  No.  I’m not.

DEVIN:  What about my grandmother?

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CASS IS WITH FELICIA IN AN INTERROGATION ROOM BY THEMSELVES.  CASS IS SITTING IN A CHAIR ACROSS FROM FELICIA.

FELICIA:  Did MItch call you?

CASS:  Yeah.  Yeah what’s goin’ on?

FELICIA:  They hauled me down here.

CASS:  Why?

FELICIA’S EYES BEGIN TO WELL UP.

FELICIA:  Cass I’m...I’m so sorry.

CASS:  What’s wrong?

FELICIA:  It’s all my fault.  I caused this to happen.  I don’t wanna hurt anybody else.

CASS:  Felicia what are you talking about?

FELICIA:  Everything just went so wrong that night.  Lorna left; Rachel disowned me as a friend, and I saw Mitch with Sharlene.  I was so...distraught.

CASS:  What do you mean?  What happened after that?

FELICIA:  I...had been craving..liquor...for weeks.

CASS:  My God.  Did you...take a drink?

FELICIA:  Yeah...I did.  Then I went driving.

CASS:  No…

FELICIA:  Yes.  I drove...down Route 17.  That night.  I swerved into the opposite lane and I...I hit...someone.

CASS:  Is that why you’re here?  I’ll...I’ll talk to Toni.  I’ll find out what they have.

FELICIA:  It was me Cass.  I caused Christy to lose her baby.  Her baby...and your baby.

CASS:  What?

FELICIA:  I’m so sorry Cass.  

CASS GETS UP AND WALKS TOWARD THE DOOR SLOWLY, ABSORBING THE SHOCK OF WHAT FELICIA JUST TOLD HIM.

CASS:  Wow.  I couldn’t imagine it would...hit me this hard.

FELICIA:  I shouldn’t have even gotten behind the wheel of a car after I took a drink.

CASS GATHERS HIMSELF, REFOCUSES, TURNS AROUND AND FACES FELICIA.

CASS:  We gotta focus.  You just sit tight.  I gotta find out what they’ve got.

TONI KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND WALKS IN.

CASS:  So what’s the deal?  Why did you drag Felicia down here?

TONI LOOKS AT FELICIA, AND LOOKS BACK AT CASS.

TONI:  We have reason to believe that your client caused that accident on Route 17.

CASS:  If you’re not going to charge her, then you need to let her go.

FELICIA STANDS UP.

FELICIA:  Stop it!  No more trouble!

CASS:  Felicia don’t say anything…

FELICIA:  I am responsible.  

TONI:  Felicia, is this a confession?

FELICIA:  I caused the accident!

FREEZE FRAME ON FELICIA...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 264

ANOTHER WORLD 263 Michele puts her dastardly plan into motion

ANOTHER WORLD 263

Created by William J. Bell and Irna Phillips

Michele puts her dastardly plan into motion

Consultants:  A. Washington Beeby and ML Cooks

Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson

IN A LIMOUSINE, DEVIN AND FELICIA ARE SITTING SIDE BY SIDE IN THE BACK ON THE BLACK LEATHER SEATS AS THEY ARE BEING DRIVEN.  THE LIGHTS IN THE BACK DIMLY SHINE ON THEIR FACES.

Billy Flynn as Devin Lucas Hutchins

Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant Blake

FELICIA:  I don’t know about this Devin.

DEVIN:  Come on grandma stop it.  This is the best thing for all involved.

FELICIA:  I need to face what I’ve done.

DEVIN:  Have you thought about Christy?  What she might do if she finds out you caused that accident?

FELICIA:  Christy can’t get to me in jail.

DEVIN:  You practically know everybody in Bay CIty.  She can get to any one of them.  What if she tries to hurt mom or Aunt Jenna?  Is that what you want?

DEVIN ADJUSTS HIMSELF IN THE SEAT AND FACES HER DIRECTLY.

DEVIN:  You could put everyone you love in danger.  From what I’ve heard Christy is crazy.  If she can’t get to you, she might try to get to someone you love, and that’s a lot of people.

FELICIA:  You and Mitch are very convincing.

DEVIN:  See grandma, you’re protecting everyone by not going to the police.

FELICIA:  I can’t let my husband take the fall for this.  How am I gonna live with myself?

DEVIN:  We’ll get him out, and he’ll join you.  Right now, let’s focus on getting to the airport and getting you outta here.

SUDDENLY THE CAR IS SLOWING DOWN.

DEVIN:  Hey what’s goin on?

DEVIN PRESSES THE POWER WINDOW BUTTON SO HE CAN SEE OUTSIDE.  HE THEN PRESSES THE BUTTON THE CLOSE THE WINDOW.

DEVIN:  Oh no!

FELICIA:  What’s wrong?

DEVIN:  Traffic.  We’re stuck.

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William Espy as Mitch Blake

Rhonda Ross Kendrick as Toni Burrell

AT THE POLICE STATION, MITCH HAS ASKED TONI TO ARREST HIM, BUT SHE REFUSES.

MITCH:  I’m not lying.

TONI:  Mr. Blake are you going to do this?  

MITCH:  I’m giving you a confession, and you’re wondering why I’m doing it?

TONI:  Well, there are a lot of things you haven’t considered.

MITCH:  There’s nothing to think about.  I was driving the car on Route 17 that night.  I hit Christy’s car head on, which also caused the car Gregory was driving to swerve and hit the tree.

TONI:  You know if you want me to lock you up, I will, but not for causing that accident.  

MITCH:  So what are you waiting for?

TONI:  I’m waiting for you stop lying, and tell the truth.

MITCH:  I am telling the truth.

TONI:  You are protecting the real hit and run driver...your wife.  Do us all a favor and tell us where she is.

MITCH:  I’m not sure.

TONI:  I’m gonna add lying to a police officer to your fast growing list of charges.

MITCH:  I’m not sure what you mean.  I was driving Felicia’s car that night, and I caused the accident.  I don’t know what else I need to tell you.

TONI:  We will find her, Mitch, and quickly.  I’d much rather not use manpower and resources to do it.  If you tell us where we can go pick her up, you will make things much easier on everyone.

MITCH:  You don’t have to pick her up.  You have your culprit right in front of you.

TONI  TURNS HER BACK TO MITCH, TAKES OUT HER CELL PHONE, AND MAKES A CALL.

TONI:  This is Burrell.  I want an APB put out on Felicia Gallant Blake.  I want the roads blocked.  Check the bus stations, the airport, wherever.  Pick her up as soon as you see her and bring her to the station.

TONI TURNS AROUND AND FACES MITCH.

TONI:  Now, do you wanna stop playing games and tell me the truth?  Or should I break things down to you?

MITCH:  I’m not playing any games.  I’m confessing to causing that accident.

Why do you think I’m lying?  

TONI:  Because there’s no possible way that you were the hit and run driver.

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Denyse Tontz as Michele McKinnon

James Black as Dr. Maurice Bingham

MICHELE IS IN DR. MAURICE BINGHAM’S OFFICE SITTING ON HIS  BROWN LEATHER COUCH.  MAURICE IS SITTING IN AN OFFICE CHAIR ACROSS FROM HER.

MAURICE (looking at his watch):  That’s time.

MICHELE (standing up and grabbing her backpack):  It went by so fast.

MAURICE:  The good sessions usually do.

MICHELE:  I...think this was very helpful.  I wasn’t too sure at first.

MAURICE:  Sometimes it helps to be able to talk to someone who’s objective, as opposed to your brother, who’s inclined to be more sentimental.

MICHELE:  I guess it makes sense now.  

MAURICE: My assistant will be in touch with you to schedule the next session.  If you change your mind just let me know.

MICHELE:  Oh I’ll be back.  This session made me feel so much better.

MAURICE (smiling):  Good.  See ya next time.

MICHELE WALKS OUT OF THE OFFICE AND CLOSES THE DOOR.  SHE LOOKS TO HER LEFT, THEN TO HER RIGHT, AND LEAVES.

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David Forsyth as Dr. John Hudson

Amelia Marshall as Dr. Thomasina Mason

MEANWHILE, THOMASINA AND JOHN WALK INTO THOMASINA’S OFFICE.  THOMASINA WALKS OVER TO HER DESK, SITS DOWN, AND SHAKES HER HEAD.   JOHN SITS ACROSS FROM HER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DESK.

THOMASINA:  You did warn me.

JOHN:  The board?  Yeah.  They’re tough, but even this proposal I couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t approve more funding.

THOMASINA:  The pilot program for the tablets is working great for the doctors.  We’re saving money on paper and patients are being served quicker with their prescriptions.

JOHN:  I have to be honest it’s gonna...take some getting used to.

THOMASINA:  I’ve heard nothing but good things about it from the staff.

JOHN:  But you know, they’re gonna have to upgrade the firewall.  I just couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t approve funding that we need for that.

THOMASINA:  I didn’t either.  I mean what is it going to take for them to fork over the money?  The last thing this hospital needs is a security breach.

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MEANWHILE, SOMEONE IS LEAVING A ROOM, AND BEFORE THE DOOR CAN CLOSE, MICHELE STOPS IT WITH HER RIGHT HAND, AND ENTERS.  SHE LOOKS AROUND AND SEES THE HOSPITAL SERVER.  SHE FINDS A TABLE, AND TAKES OUT HER LAPTOP.

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

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PART 2

JOHN:  Tell me about it.  This hospital’s been through scandal before.  In 1995 Cass Winthrop sued the hospital.  It affected a lot of people.

THOMASINA:  I heard about that, but it recovered right?  Bay City Medical Center is still here, and growing.

JOHN:  Yep...sure is.  Well I...gotta get back to my office.

JOHN GETS UP AND BEGINS TO WALK AWAY.

THOMASINA:  John.

JOHN LOOKS BACK AT THOMASINA.

THOMASINA:  Thank you.  I really appreciate the help you’ve been giving me.  

JOHN:  Yeah...of course.  Don’t be discouraged about the board’s decision.

THOMASINA:  I’m not.  I’m just concerned that it’s gonna take a real security breach for the board to give us the funding we need for a stronger firewall.

JOHN:  Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

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MEANWHILE, MICHELE IS IN THE SERVER ROOM ON HER LAPTOP.  

MICHELE:  There it is.  

ON HER SCREEN, SHE SEES BRIDGET MCKINNON, TYPES IN SOMETHING, HITS ENTER, AND CLOSES HER LAPTOP.

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AT THE POLICE STATION…

MITCH:  If you knew anything you’d have me booked by now.

TONI:  We traced your credit card.

MITCH:  So?

TONI:  Charged a ride from the airport to Bay City Center about an hour before the accident happened.

MITCH:  I went for a drive after I got back to town.

TONI:  Is that the story you’re sticking to?  Your credit card was charged again.  Traffic cameras place Felicia’s car on Route 17 at around 835pm.  You spoke to a guy at L&L catering at around 828.  We obtained a copy of the phone records.  We confirmed that the call came from your and Felicia’s suite.  The guy at the catering company spoke to a guy named...well...you know.  And...your credit card was charged again.  You were planning a dinner for Felicia.   

MITCH:  What...does this all mean?

TONI:  Oh I’m not finished.  You checked Felicia into Cedars Hospital in Springfield under Ember Snow about an hour and a half after the accident happened.  I gotta tell ya that was real clever, but I read Embers in the Snow.  Crass was my favorite character.

MITCH:  Felicia will be pleased that you like one of her books.

TONI:  We also obtained surveillance footage from Tops.  Felicia took a drink...at around 825pm.  You see, you couldn’t possibly be...the hit and run driver.  The police will be picking up your wife...at any moment.

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DEVIN AND FELICIA ARE IN THE BACKSEAT OF A LIMOUSINE RIDING.

DEVIN:  We finally got moving again.

FELICIA:  I really hope this works.

DEVIN:  It will grandma.  It’s all gonna work out.

SUDDENLY THE LIMOUSINE IS SLOWING DOWN.

DEVIN:  What the hell is going on now?

DEVIN USES THE POWER WINDOW BUTTON TO ROLL IT DOWN.  THIS TIME, DANTE IS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW SURROUNDED BY CARS WITH THE BLUE POLICE LIGHTS ILLUMINATING HIS BACKGROUND.

DANTE:  Hello Devin.  Mrs. Blake.  We’re turning this car around.  

DEVIN:  Where are we going?

DANTE:  Downtown.

DEVIN AND FELICIA LOOK AT EACH OTHER WITH WORRY.

FREEZE FRAME ON FELICIA...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 263