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

ANOTHER WORLD 271 Iris and Dana tell their stories about Mac Cory’s grandson

ANOTHER WORLD 271

Created by William J Bell and Irna Phillips

Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

Iris and Dana tell their stories about Mac Cory’s grandson

PART 1

AT THE CENTER, DANA AND THOMASINA SIT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER AS THEY CONVERSE..

Dr. Thomasina Mason

Dana Kramer

DANA:  I wanted him to finish school you know?

THOMASINA:  I know girl, but you’re not gonna be able to shield him anymore.

DANA:  Yeah it’s...the time is coming.  Bryant’s gotta learn the truth about who he is.

THOMASINA:  It doesn’t seem like you’re ready to tell him.

DANA:  That’s because I’m not.

THOMASINA:  I think you need to tell him as soon as possible.  You don’t want your son to resent you.

DANA:  I know I know.  

DANA TAKES HER TABLET OUT OF HER PURSE, POWERS IT ON, AND SHOWS THOMASINA SOMETHING.

THOMASINA:  What’s this?  BAYCorP?

DANA:  That’s an article from today’s business section of the Herald.  KBAY and Cory Productions officially merged today.  They’re expecting the SEC to approve it.

THOMASINA:  Cory Productions used to be Cory Publishing right?

DANA:  Right.  Did you read the part where Iris Spaulding was voted out?

THOMASINA (looking down at the tablet):  Now I see it.  She must be stark raving mad.  She came back to Bay City after I left.  I heard about everything that she did to Mac.

DANA:  Yeah.  She feels entitled to that company, and the fear that I have...is that my son is gonna get caught up in their war.

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IRIS IS IN HER SUITE SITTING ON HER COUCH IN THE LIGHTLY DIMMED LIVING ROOM WITH HER LEGS CROSSED.  SHE REACHES ACROSS ON THE COFFEE TABLE FOR THE BOTTLE OF RED WINE, AND POURS HERSELF A GLASS.  SHE IS WEARING A TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND HER HEAD, A WHITE TERRYCLOTH ROBE, AND THE ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN.  RUSS MATTHEWS WALKS DOWN THE STAIRS AND SITS ACROSS FROM IRIS ON THE CHAIR.

Iris Spaulding

Dr. Russ Matthews

RUSS:  You called?

IRIS:  You got here pretty quick.

IRIS GETS UP AND WALKS TOWARD HER CABINET WITH THE WINE GLASSES IN IT.

RUSS:  How many have you had?

IRIS:  Errrr a couple maybe?

RUSS:  Nooo I think you’ve had more than that.

IRIS:  Want one?

RUSS:  Sure why not?

IRIS PLACES THE GLASS ON A COASTER ON THE COFFEE TABLE IN FRONT OF RUSS.

IRIS:  I came home, took a nice hot shower, and now I’m relaxing with my wine.  Well certainly you don’t expect me to get it for you.  Pour it yourself.

RUSS GRABS THE BOTTLE OF WINE, POURS HIMSELF A GLASS AND LOOKS UP AT IRIS AS HE PLACES THE BOTTLE BACK ON THE TABLE AND SIPS HIS WINE.

RUSS:  Judging from that reaction I take it the meeting didn’t go well.

IRIS:  Not at all.  The BAYCorP kangaroo court has made its ruling.  

RUSS:  And what was that?

IRIS:  Rachel, Devin Lucas Hutchins, and Rachel’s children have decided that I am out of the company.

RUSS:  Wow.

IRIS:  You should’ve seen their faces.  Rachel, Amanda, Matt, Devin, and Paulina.  They had the look of victory.

RUSS:  But Mac built that company.  It should every bit yours as it is theirs.  

IRIS:  Well well well someone sees it my way.  Hmm.

IRIS SIPS HER WINE.

RUSS:  So how did they pull it off?

IRIS:  They made a stupid by-law...that...that a convicted felon could not work for them in a high level role.

RUSS:  Ooooh.

IRIS FORCEFULLY PLACES HER GLASS ON THE COASTER.

IRIS:  I did my time for shooting Carl!  Who the hell do they think they are?

RUSS:  Okay Iris.  Calm down.

IRIS:  Don’t tell me to calm down!  They brought up things that happened almost 30 years ago.  They’re so damned hateful!

IRIS POURS HERSELF ANOTHER GLASS OF WINE, DRINKS IT ALL, AND PLACES HER GLASS BACK ON THE COASTER.

RUSS:  All that stuff about...The Chief and...Carl’s shooting.  I bet Rachel said she couldn’t trust you, but...you’re good at business.

IRIS:  Yeah that’s what that old bitch said.  They really think they’ve won.

IRIS GETS UP AND WALKS SLOWLY TOWARD THE STAIRS.

IRIS:  They’ve forced me to use my ace in the hole.  I’m gonna grind that new company to dust.  They’ll have nothing.  I’m gonna destroy BAYcorP.

RUSS:  What’s going on?  What are you thinking about?

IRIS TURNS BACK AROUND, SITS BACK DOWN ON THE COUCH, AND POURS ANOTHER GLASS OF WINE.

IRIS:  For you to understand what I’m about to do, I’ve gotta tell you the backstory.  The story...of Mac Cory’s grandson.

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THOMASINA:  Well he’s about to graduate college.  How are his grades?  

DANA:  He’s got a 3.9 average.

THOMASINA:  So maybe you’re not giving him enough credit.  It seems like...it’s inevitable that he’s gonna find out who he really is, but maybe he will handle himself better than you might think.  If he’s got a 3.9 GPA, then he’s pretty smart.

DANA:  Yeah, but Iris is...she has a way of finding things out.  If she finds out who Bryant is…

THOMASINA:  She’s gonna use him to destroy that company.

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

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PART 2

RUSS:  Wow...alright.

RUSS TAKES A SIP OF HIS WINE AND PLACES ON THE COASTER ON THE COFFEE TABLE.

RUSS:  Mac originally left a third of Cory Publishing to you, Amanda and Rachel right?

IRIS:  Yep.

RUSS:  But a previous will came about that Mac actually left his fortune, including Cory Publishing, to his eldest child.

IRIS:  And that child would’ve been Michael.  Except...it wasn’t.

RUSS:  You mean there’s more to this?

IRIS:  Much, much more.

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DANA:  Sometimes I wish...his father was still here.  

THOMASINA:  He was raised in a loving home, right?

DANA:  Brad did me a huge favor.  I owe him big time.  It really helped to keep Bryant obscure.

THOMASINA:  So Bryant doesn’t know why you allowed him to be raised by Brad?

DANA DOESN’T RESPOND AND JUST LOOKS AT THOMASINA.

THOMASINA:  Oh my God.  You mean you haven’t told your son anything about this?  You took a big risk.  You could lose him.

DANA:  He knows that I’m his mother.  I visited him often.  

THOMASINA:  But you just didn’t stay long.  He had to have been wondering why.  

DANA:  He’ll understand once he realizes that I had to protect him.

THOMASINA:  You hope.  

DANA:  I would have raised him myself, but…

THOMASINA:  But what?

DANA:  His father left me after I got pregnant.

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RUSS:  So you’re saying that Mac had an affair with Clara Hudson.

IRIS (looking inside her glass as she sips her wine):  Right.

RUSS:  So Michael and Martin Hudson were twins and she gave them away.

IRIS:  No she didn’t give Michael away.  Only Martin.  She raised Michael and John.

RUSS:  But Mac only fathered one of the twins?

IRIS LAUGHS.

IRIS:  It was so easy.  Michael returned to Bay City, he went to see his poor mother, who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s.  She wasn’t lucid.  One of the hospital workers told me that they heard her reminiscing about her affair with Mac.  

RUSS:  This is a fascinating story.  What happened next?

IRIS:  Oh it’s fascinating indeed, because I fooled them.  Michael and Matthew decided they’re gonna looking for evidence to see if Michael was Mac’s son.  Some men can be so stupid.  I left clues leading them to believe that.  I planted all the evidence, and they fell hook line and sinker.

RUSS:  So they thought Michael was Mac’s eldest son.

IRIS:  For a while.

RUSS:  But Martin is actually Mac’s eldest child.

IRIS:  I don’t even know how they could begin to think that Michael was Mac’s son.  He and I were involved.  

IRIS POURS WINE INTO HER GLASS, SIPS, AND LOOKS STRAIGHT AHEAD.

IRIS:  I loved Michael, and I think he loved me, too.

RUSS:  You think?

IRIS:  He didn’t love me nearly as much as he loved Donna.  She will always be the love of his life.

RUSS:  Finish the story.

IRIS:  Okay, so, Martin got married to an up and coming lawyer named Dana Kramer, but he didn’t stay long.  

RUSS:  Where was Michael?

IRIS:  Reginald Love was holding him prisoner.   What most people don’t know is that Reginald knew about Martin’s child...and he threatened to hurt him if he didn’t come to Bay City.

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THOMASINA:  Why would Martin do that?  How could he have left you while you were still pregnant?

DANA:  Reginald threatened to hurt our child if he didn’t do what he asked.

THOMASINA:  Gosh that man is unspeakably evil.  What did Reginald want him to do?

DANA:  Assume Michael’s life in Bay City.

THOMASINA:  Unbelievable.

DANA:  Then two years after he left I received divorce papers.

THOMASINA:  Did you contest it?

DANA:  No. I couldn’t do that.   I didn’t want Reginald to get any hint of where my son was.  I had to keep Bryant hidden, well, as hidden as I possibly could.

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RUSS:  Are you serious?

IRIS:  Very.

RUSS:  So you’re gonna get Martin to take what’s rightfully his?

IRIS:  I can’t do that.  Martin Hudson is dead.  He died trying to keep his niece Vicky from sleeping with Shane Roberts.

RUSS:  Was he married?

IRIS:  No.  He was divorced at the time of his death.

RUSS:  Did he have any children?

IRIS LOOKS AT RUSS, SMILES, AND TAKES ANOTHER SIP OF HER WINE.

RUSS:  Whatever children Martin Hudson had...inherits all of Mac’s fortune.

IRIS:  Bingo.

RUSS:  How many children?

IRIS:  Just one.  Bryant Kramer.

RUSS:  Do you know where Bryant is?

IRIS:  Maybe. All I know is that he doesn’t know anything about being Mac Cory’s grandson...but I do...and he’s gonna help me rock Rachel’s world.  Oh they’ll never see it coming.

RUSS:  So Dana Kramer is his mother.  Where is she?

IRIS:  She’s right here in Bay City.

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DANA:  If Martin was still alive, he would have inherited a fortune according to Mac’s will, but he’s dead and he and I were divorced before he died, so Bryant gets it all.

THOMASINA:  That could get ugly.

DANA:  I want him to have a normal life.  I still do.  He was practically born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but I need him to learn the value of hard work.  Nothing is given freely.  Everything is earned.

THOMASINA:  You’re right about that.  Gotta scratch, claw and fight for every little thing.

DANA:  He’s gonna come into a hell of a lot of money and power.  How does that not get to his head?  I might lose my son one way or the other.  

THOMASINA:  So what are you gonna do?

DANA:  I’m gonna buckle my seat belt, and brace myself for a real bumpy ride.  

THOMASINA LOOKS AT A TEXT ON HER CELL PHONE.

THOMASINA:  Oh no.

DANA:  Everything okay?

THOMASINA:  That was Dr. Hudson.  I gotta get back to the hospital.  

THOMASINA GETS UP.

THOMASINA:  That story was...dramatic...I would swear it was a soap opera.  Good luck.

DANA:  Thank you.  I’m gonna need it.

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IRIS:  This stays between us.

RUSS:  Of course it does, but I have to admit, Rachel is my friend, too.  I don’t wanna be caught in the middle of it.

IRIS:  You don’t have to be.  Just know, Bryant Kramer is gonna be my ticket to the destruction of BAYCorP.

IRIS SIPS HER WINE AND SMILES.

FREEZE FRAME ON IRIS...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 271