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From: cordet@mindspring.com (maryb)
Subject: GH: Update Wednesday 5/20
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 17:13:03 -0500
X-Server-Date: 31 May 1998 22:07:40 GMT

The Reluctant Groom

Stefan, not able to locate Nikolas, goes to his harborside bench
and plants himself. KatyBell disturbs his reverie to inform him
that the family heirloom ballgown he gave her just isn't working
out, so she bought a new dress. Stefan gets mildly put out and
promises to call Paris and get a new one made - but wait - it
turns out Katy was just joking. Ha ha ha ha.

Stefan asks his love why she was AWOL earlier in the day,
and she explains that she had "unfinished business with demons
of my past." And that she went back and paid a visit to Serenity,
stood in the window and proclaimed herself fit to be
mistress of the manor. More or less.

They cozy up and proclaim their blissful happiness,
though Bat looks less than ecstatic.

The Reluctant Groom and Bride

Mac and Felicia return from their camping trip to a beaming Maxie,
Georgie and Robin, who are all just bursting with plans for the
upcoming nuptials. Whoa, horsies, say our not-so-loving couple.
When the younger set leave the room, they get into another one
of their patented should-they-or-shouldn't-they tell the truth
debates, which was thankfully broken up when Luke rang at
the doorbell.

He wants to know if they're going to the Bacchanalia, says he
needs a favor, and the favor is that the couple keep an eagle
eye on Bobbie, as he won't be there to watch out for his sis.
Luke continues to yell 'alibi' by inviting the pair to the
club if they get bored of the Cassadine party - he'll be
in the backroom working on the books all night, but Claude
will take care of them. He rags on Mac and Filly about
setting a date, then splits.

The girls wander back in to show the couple the wedding gown
that Maxie designed - Barbie size. She then pulls Mac out,
and Robin and Filly get into girl talk, and Robin spills
the news about her renewed relationship with Jason.
Felicia tries to warn her young friend that Carly might
take lightly to Robin's presence in not just Jason's, but
BBQ's life, but Robin was unconcerned - Carly was, after
all in the loony bin, and might be sent to jail, anyhow.
Filly again warns her to be careful, they call Carly
a witch and giggle.

Mac re-enters with Maxie and a silly mask; they discuss
their dating plans for the ball (and July 17th is mentioned
for M & F's wedding date), and again after Robin leaves,
start up the "when will we tell them the truth" debate.

The Prodigal Son

Nikolas shows up on Laura's doorstep, full of questions about
his mother's past with his uncle.

In a nutshell:

Nik: Did he love you?
Laura: Well...
Nik: Did he love you?
Laura: Well...

In the end, after many evasions, she mirrored Stefan's tale that he
was mainly just sypathetic towards her, and that she was grateful
for it.

Still unsatisfied, he applied a wee little guilt trip on her and
left.

The Prodigal Son and Granddaughter

Lucky and Liz are packing their bags in preparation of running off
together when Audrey rudely interrupts their efforts. After
fighting with Elizabeth, Audrey grabs Lucky for a heart-to-heart,
begs him to talk Liz out of going with him. He doesn't answer,
but later tries to dissuade Ms. Webber from coming; she threatens
to leave with or withous him, so he brings her along.

Audrey opens the door to Lizzie's room, and sees they
have left through the window. Later, she brings Luke
into the room for a little show and tell, and bashes him
for his role in the misadventure. Luke promises her that
Lizzie's safe with his son, and that he'll keep an eye out
for them.

L & L mach II wind up at the docks, plotting their next step
and making plans to crash the Cassadine ball.

The Prodigal Carly

Bobbie pays a visit to the nuthouse - oops - evaluation center.
Her daughter dispenses with small talk and asks her straight
out if she'd still be willing to take custody of BBQ. Bobbie
was surprised, to put it lightly, and understanding when Carly
laid out all of her reasons for being upset about Jason's
living arrangement, but basically told Carly she was nuts,
that the baby couldn't be in safer hands.

This gets Carly to put her real cards on the table - her
insecurity and jealousy about Robin in Jason's life. Bobbie
attempts to straighten her out about what she did and didn't
have a right to expect from Jason, and Carly at least appears
to listen.

Endgame: various scenes of today's characters, ending with
Laura reading her Bacchanalia invitation and a note from
Stefan, telling her that he's giving Nik the "mother he
deserves."