Daily Updates

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Date:        10/16/98 9:16 AM
From:        Jan Yarnot, jyarnot@netcom.com

UPDATE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10

1. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

Monica and Alan are in the Quartermaines' living room for a family
meeting.  He knocks back a pill or 10 while her back is turned.  Lila and
Emily come in.  Edward arrives, bubbling.  He announces: "..." and just
then Reginald yells that he won't carry Katherine's stuff.

Edward presents Katherine to the family.  She'll be staying with them,
"knowing no one in this family would turn a cold shoulder to a woman in
need."  [What's he been drinking?]  She'll be taking over the East Wing.
Monica: "What?"
Emily: "When?"
Reginald: "Why?"

Lila says she's glad to see Katherine alive and well.  But Katherine
needs peace and quiet now and this is not the place.  Edward goes
maudlin: "I only hope, if I am ever alone, that someone will reach out to
me."  Monica: "You may find out a lot sooner than later, Edward."

Lila suggests: "Reginald and I will show Katherine to her room."  Alan
and Emily seem to like the idea.  Monica, on the other hand, goes to
throw Edward out.  "You can't throw me out of my house!" "It's my
house!"  Alan drones his "I gave it to you" line.  Edward: "The
woman just came back from the dead.  Monica: "So did the bride of
Frankenstein.  What are we, a Welcome Wagon??  Can you imagine her every
morning gorging herself on croissants and picking up any information she
can get?  She thrives on gossip, she'll sell it to anybody."
Edward: "That was the Old Katherine."
Monica: "Well, how do we know she won't have an attack of nostalgia?
Edward, guilelessly: "Besides, we don't have anything to hide any more!
A.J. is sober and Alan's weaned himself from that narcotics addiction...
and look, if she is here, she'll be safe from that hideous Helena and her
oily offspring.
Monica: "And how do you know that they won't follow her here? Before you
can say 'Eurotrash' we'll be wall to wall Cassadines!"  Emily wouldn't
mind that at all!

Katherine and Reginald come back.  Edward gives her a hug.  "Mi casa es
su casa."  Monica assures him that it is HER casa!

Later Alan and Monica talk.  She's admiring him again.  She's missed
him.  They hug, but he backs off.  He says he "wants to make it
memorable."  After Monica leaves, Alan phones for a Viagra prescription.

2. EUROTRASH

Laura comes over to see Stefan.  She is worried about Katherine.  Stefan
says Katherine has been unpleasant.  If Katherine remembers that Nik is
Stefan's son, then Helena will know as well. Stefan says Katherine can't
blame Laura for the things he left unsaid.  He never told Katherine he
loved her, and the night of the ball she found out why.

Nik comes in and greet Laura. Stefan flashes back to the Greek island.
Nik and Laura talk about Katherine. Nik thanks his mother for putting
his welfare first by testifying.  He's sorry it caused trouble at home.
He asks her to come back later with Lulu.

Helena has been waiting for Katherine, but it's Stefan who visits.  He
says Katherine is entitled to her freedom as well as her life.  Helena
says that Katherine has become the daughter she never had.  Stefan warns
her off.  Katherine comes in like an avenging angel.

3. A FATAL DISEASE?

Brenda is looking at the shawl from her mother.  Robin talks to her and
Brenda tells her about Veronica's illness and herself.  Robin, the Queen
of Denial, says "I KNOW you're OK."  Robin says Jax could find strength,
based on her year with Stone. Brenda still has years, and look how much
Robin's situation has improved!  There's a phone call for Robin.  Luther
is "having another adventure."  [Yet Another Example of Brenda's great
business skills!] Robin goes to handle it on her own.

Brenda starts to cry.  Mike comes by and comforts her.  She tells him
about Veronica.  He tries to explain the mother's side, like him and Sonny.
Mike leaves and the hotel manager comes, telling her the theater tickets
have come, but Veronica checked out on Tuesday.

Brenda talks to a private investigator, and leaves a message for Jax.

Meanwhile, Jax and Jerry are at the Docks.  The future looks bright.
[Ominous Knell of Doom rings.]  Jax tells Jerry he won't manage Brenda's
crisis.  Jerry points out maybe the wedding is not a good idea.  If she
doesn't have the gene than can get married and never look back, but if
she does, "Good God, you can still be the most important person in
her life."  He calls Jax a dumb Aussie for turning Brenda down when she
offered to call the wedding off.  "Brenda's MY world," says Jax.

Later, Robin sees Jax.  Jax wants to marry Brenda now and to hell with
the results.  Robin agrees even though "I really don't believe in running
away from my problems." Jax runs off, and finds out that Brenda is off
chasing Veronica.