Daily Updates

Subject: gh update 5/11/95
Date: Fri, 12 May 95 09:08:11 -0700
From: Nancy Spera njs@chevron.com

You say what...this is the Thursday update, not Wednesday.  True.  Jan is
off picking up the Booklist Boy from school so here I am with the Thursday
update.

                                GENERAL HOSPITAL
                             Thursday, May 11, 1995

Today's Stories         Spying on the Spy
                        Lila to the Rescue
                        A New Dawn Breaking

Spying on the Spy
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At the Charles Street Foundation office, Keesha paces, driving Justus
crazy.  She's disturbed by Mary Mae's date with Rakeem, a spy of all
people.  Keesha has a plan.  She'll find out where Mary Mae and Rakeem
are going, will call Justus and he and Simone can casually end up at
the same place.  Justus doesn't really want to do it but does give in.
AJ stops by with the grant papers for Justus to sign.  He learns that
Jason and Keesha will be babysitting that evening at the Bradley Ward
house.  At the Bradley Ward house Mary Mae has put on the finishing
touches but doesn't appreciate the role reversal with Keesha as Keesha
gives Mary Mae the third degree.  When Keesha gets all her instructions
about the kids she claims she won't be able to remember it all and asks
where Mary Mae and Rakeem are going in case of an emergency.  LUKE'S is
the answer.  Just then Jason arrives with a laptop that ELQ was about to
discard with software and games for the kids.  Mary Mae isn't sure she
wants to move into the computer age.  Then Rakeem arrives.  The saccharine
is heavy in the air.  Once Mary Mae and Rakeem leave Keesha calls Justus.
When Mary Mae and Rakeem arrive at LUKE'S, they're given a table after
Mary Mae tells Sonny there will be no singing this night, she's off duty.
Rakeem and Mary Mae are having fun as he tells her of some of his exploits.
Before long Justus and Simone show up, Rakeem and Mary Mae are busted.  The
smooth Rakeem makes a fuss over Simone and then invites them to join him
and Mary Mae.  Justus is saying yes but Mary Mae puts her foot down. NO!
As Mary Mae and Rakeem have fun Justus isn't a happy camper but Simone
thinks Mary Mae should go for it.  Finally Mary Mae wants to be out from
under her grandson's eye so they head back to the Bradley Ward house.
Meanwhile Keesha and Jason are about to get romantic when they heard the
door slam...back to studying.  It's only AJ with pizza, figuring they'd
need a break.  He informs them the grant papers are in the mail.  When
Keesha goes to get plates AJ lets Jason know that Ned actually asked AJ
to be in the wedding party.  Keesha is dozing in a chair when Rakeem and
Mary Mae return.  Keesha finally heads upstairs leaving the two adults
alone.  Rakeem is surprised that what Mary Mae really wants during their
time alone is instructions on "how to surf the net."  Rakeem starts with
"this is the on button."

Lila to the Rescue
------------------
A panicked Lois comes into the Q's den babbling away about canceling the
wedding.  Finally Ned figures out she has had no luck finding a wedding
dress.  She's had nightmares about the Bridal Barn.  Windhyms was so
nice but the price tags really woke her up.  She figures she'll be coming
down the aisle in an Idle Rich T-shirt and white Levis.  Just then in
comes Lila.  She thinks she has a solution.  She has Reggie bring in a
box, but sends Ned out of the room.  Ned is jealous, he's always being
sent out of the room.  He figures he'll go off and find Emily.  Lila is
offering Lois the dress that Lila wore when she married Edward.  Lois
loves it and is truly touched by Lila's offer.  Lois accepts.  Lila has
also figured that traveling back and forth from Brooklyn to the club would
be too much so she has another suggestion for the rehearsal dinner.  They'll
use the yacht instead.  They'll pick up everyone at Sheepshead Bay and
have a champagne cruise around NY Harbor, return the Cerullo's to Brooklyn
and then PC contingent will sail back to Oyster Bay, sailing back to
Sheepshead Bay in the morning for the wedding.  That's "far out" to Lois
and she's off to tell Nedly all is ok.  Later Lois seems to be calm but
once again is in a panic over the bridesmaids' dresses.  Finally she figures
out to delegate.  She'll send her cousin, sister and sisters-in-law on a
shopping spree providing they come up with something that goes with the
dress.  She'll even give them all her savings, all $5000+, having faith
that "Eddie" will take care of her in her old age.  Later Ned reports he
"did" ask AJ to be in the wedding.  Lois is glad, since it's all about the
melding of their two families, even if only for a short time.  They assure
each other of their love.

A New Dawn Breaking
-------------------
Luke wants to know why Laura is back.  He is concerned to hear the baby
needed to see Simone but wants to know if she's well enough to return to
Beechers Corners.  He tells Laura of the expected fallout from Scully's
death and Laura finally figures out there never will be an end to the
danger and threats.  Laura doesn't buy that it will all be over once
this situation is handled.  She calls Luke on his promise to buy out
Sonny if Sonny's business ever put their family in danger.  But Luke
won't buy out Sonny, this is Luke's business and buying out Sonny won't
solve anything since Luke is "in."  That just confirms to Laura that
they and their kids will never be safe.  Laura doesn't want to run any
more since moving won't change anything.  She realizes Luke will never
change.  She didn't mind signing on to the danger when it was just the
two of them but with the kids to consider she wants Lesley Lu to have
the safety Lucky didn't have.  Laura says she loves Luke, with all her
being but she and her children aren't safe with Luke in the house.  She
wants him out.  Luke says no to long term separation and until this mess
is over he won't leave.  Laura puts her foot down and won't return to
Beechers Corners.  Luke leaves to tell Sonny the change in the situation
despite Laura's objections.  A little later Laura hears a sound on the
porch which startles her.  It's Lucky with Foster.  [A hair cut!]  He
needed to check to see she was ok.  Meanwhile back at LUKE'S Sonny has
learned he has reinforcements coming in from out-of-town and he informs
Harry.  It's a new dawn breaking but Harry warns him, only if Sonny is
standing when the dust settles.  Sonny offers Harry an out but Harry is
in for the long haul.  Luke returns to the club and informs Sonny that
Laura is back and is not budging.  The baby is back too.

Till Next Time
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(c) Nancy Spera, 1995 - reprint permission to other bbs -
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