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Subject: GH: Update Wed. 3/6/96
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 18:04:36 -0800
From: Pat Herman pat@aimnet.com

General Hospital Update
Wednesday, March 6, 1996

The Mobster vs. The Principal
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It's morning at the Penthouse and Sonny comes down the stairs to the living
room.  Lily comes out of the kitchen holding a tray with two coffee cups.
She tells Sonny that she is having a wonderful fantasy, but he needs to be
clean shaven with a towel around his waist.  He tells her he'd be more than
happy to cooperate, after he finishes his business.  The doorbell rings and
two rather large bodyguards are standing there.  Lily is worried about what
Sonny is going to do, but he tells her not to worry.  She goes back
upstairs and Sonny makes sure that his two assistants know what they are
supposed to do.  They take off to pay Mr Marley (Lily's principal) a visit.

As the three men enter his office, Mr Marley tells Sonny that as his
secretary told them he really doesn't have a lot of time this morning.
He's got another meeting to attend.  Sonny makes himself comfortable in a
chair opposite Mr. Marley while the two bodyguards stand at the door.
Sonny's appearance and mannerisms are clearly intimidating Mr. Marley, and
Sonny asks him to explain why Lily was fired.  Mr. Marley tries to get an
explanation out, but before he's done, Sonny has managed to convince him
that Lily should have her job back, and Mr. Marley will personally
apologize to Lily for the "misunderstanding".  Mr Marley leaves his office
and Sonny looks quite pleased with himself.

Back at the Penthouse, Sonny tells Lily that she is expected back at school
tomorrow.  Lily and Sonny celebrate with a glass of chanpaign.  Sonny tells
Lily that he is worried about his reputation affecting her.  She assures
him that things will bet back to normal soon.  However, Sonny's not so sure
since he's lost his privacy.  His life is in the newspaper for all to read.
Lily tells him that she is okay, and it makes her feel closer to him.
These's only one thing that she's worried about - Damian.  She thinks that
he might try to make trouble for Sonny.  Sonny assures her that all of the
links between him and Damian have been destroyed or tainted and promises
that "Damian can't make trouble for anyone."

It's a Date
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Felicia is in her apartment picking up stuffed animals and toys that are
scattered about.  There's a knock at the door and the act of opening the
door causes her to drop all of the items she just picked up.  Tom enters
and helps her pick everything up.  She says she furious over the article
about Justice in the newspaper.  Tom tells her that they are going away on
Friday. She agrees to the plan, and he says that he'll take care of all the
arrangements, including the child care.  She can just sit back and be
surprised.

At the hospital, Tom, Steve, and Audry are at the nurse's station.  Another
doctor has resigned and Steve is upset that that makes four doctors that
have resigned in the last month.  They're all leaving to join HMO's.  Tom
tells Steve that he shouldn't worry - He's got his core staff of doctors
and they aren't going anywhere.  Besides Tom is in a good mood due to his
upcoming date and nothing is going to spoil that.  He invites Steve to join
him in the cafeteria for a cup of coffee.

Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?
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Kathy (I love when Lucy calls her that) and Mac are at the outback.  Kathy
tells Mac that she's going to do something she normally doesn't do - She's
going to pamper herself with a massage, facial, pedicure - the works.  Mac
offers her his pedicure services for free, but she turns him down.  Mac's
reading the newspaper and says he's disgusted by the stories about Justus.
In typical Kathy fashion, she is concerned about herself and asks if her
name is mentioned.  It's not and Mac says that he's sure that Damian is
behind all of this.  Kathy offers to cancel her appointment to keep Mac
company, but he tells her that it's not necessary and off she goes.

Justus, Luke, and Laura arrive at the Outback.  Luke warns Mac that he
better have had a good reason for dragging them down there as his plate of
sausage and eggs is getting cold on his breakfast table.  Mac tells them
that he's been following Justus' campaign and has a very important question
for him.  "When did you stop beating your wife?", Mac asks.  Before Justus
can answer Mac keeps at it with more personal questions about his childhood
(Did his father beat his mother?) as well as Mary Mae and Ward House.  Luke
and Laura catch on and tell Justus that he better have answers for Mac's
questions and things like this will keep coming up.  By now, Felicia has
come over to the table and wonders what's going on.  Justus is taken aback
by the question, but answers that he's never been married and his family
wasn't abusive.  As he gets more impassioned with his rebuttal, Luke,
Laura, and Mac get an approving look on their faces.  Justus, a little slow
this morning, finally realizes that this was a test.  He's going to have to
be prepared for these types of accusations.  In order to be prepared, Mac
and Felicia talk Justus into hiring them to investigate him.  Their job
will be to come up with anything that could be damaging to Justus before
his opponents do.

Later Mac and Felicia are brainstorming ideas for gathering information
about Justus.  Kathy comes in fresh from her makeover and listens to what
they are saying.  She offers to help, but Mac turns her down.  She then
offers to do PR work for Justus, since that's her specialty.  Mac turns her
down again.  He tells her that he and Felicia will be done soon and tells
her to go get a cup of coffee.  Mac explains to her and Felicia that he
doesn't want Kathy involved because of Damian.   She goes and sits at the
end of the bar looking all mad and pouty.

Since she's working on a case, Felicia realizes that she can't go away with
Tom this weekend.  She tries to tell him she can't go, but he says it's too
late.  All of the plans have been made, and she can't get out of it.

The Interpretation of Dreams
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Bobbie has her recurring dream again - the window with the light coming
through the blinds, the red rose, and the voice saying "time".  Tony comes
into the bedroom, and she tells him she had the dream again.  However, it's
different this time.  There was a clock ticking and bars that looked like a
prison cell.  Then a woman's hand reached through the bars.  Tony thinks
that she's dreaming because she's overworked.  He asks her to talk to Kevin
since he also thinks that the dream has to do with Bobbie's greiving for
BJ.  Bobbie promises to talk to Kevin is she has the dream again.

At the hospital, Diane (the teen mother) comes to see Bobbie.  They start
to talk but Bobbie gets called away on an emergency.  When Bobbie gets
back, Diane is still there.  She couldn't leave.  She needed to talk to
Bobbie because she's the only one who understands.  She tells her that she
knows she doesn't have the means to take care of the baby and she should go
back to school, but she wants her baby back.  Diane asks Bobbie to find out
how her baby is doing.  If she knows he's okay, maybe she can move forward
with her life.  She thanks Bobbie and leaves.

THE END
--
Pat
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