Transcribed by Kathy

Scene 1 (At Santos House)

Carmen- (on the telephone) As far as Daniel is concerned, Michelle gave him up. Good work, Dietz. Of course, we'll never know if she really called the FBI, but I wasn't willing to wait and find out. Thank you for uh..(Danny walks in)…. handling this. As always, your loyalty is appreciated.

Danny- You know about last night.

Carmen- Daniel….I'm very sorry.

Danny- No your not! You wanted Michelle to betray me. You wanted her to sign her death warrant. You got your wish.

Carmen- All I wanted was for you to open your eyes to this girl. You gave Michelle a test and she failed. Now you know what must be done.

Scene 2 (at Millenium)

Drew- This is getting old Michelle.

Michelle- Drew, I told you I'm sorry.

Drew- First, you want me to call the FBI. Then you tell me not to. What are you trying to do? Are you trying to kill the messenger?

Michelle- It won't…Drew, it won't happen again.

Drew- I'm the messenger. Gee, thanks, thanks!

Michelle- Ok…You know what? I can't involve you in this anymore because it's getting way to high strung and dangerous and just…you're our, okay?

Drew- Fine….I'm out. And where does that leave you?

Michelle- Who knows?

Drew- Married to the mob, Michelle. Why? Because Danny was nice to his grandmother.

Michelle- It was more than that, Drew.

Drew- What? Did he give her flowers, Michelle? Did you know Hitler liked the pit?

Michelle- It was something he said about me.

Drew- What?

Michelle- It's not important.

Drew- Obviously it was important. What is it?

Michelle- He said he loved me. I heard him tell his grandmother that he loved me and there's no way he could have known that I was listening, so I know that he meant it. And when I heard that I couldn't do it. Do you understand now? I couldn't go through with it. I couldn't betray him like that. I'm telling you Drew, in that moment, he was different.

Drew- Or maybe you're just falling in love with your husband.

Scene 3 (still at Millenium)

Drew- You…you just don't know what you want.

Michelle- What does that mean?

Drew- I mean, Jesse loves you…Danny loves you. I mean, God, It must feel so good to have all these guys just falling all over you, huh?

Michelle- Oh Drew…..Why do we keep coming back to this?

Drew- To what?

Michelle- To Jesse…

Drew- That's old news Michelle.

Michelle- It's not old news for you. Come on…Are you jealous? Are you…

Drew- Ha ha ha….give me a break Michelle. I wouldn't want you life if it was wrapped in gold. Okay?

Michelle- Even if it meant having Jesse.

Drew- No. Because he loves you. And I've accepted that and I've realized that and it's not going to change.

Michelle- Do you love him?

Drew- What does that matter, Michelle? Do you love him?

Michelle- I've tried really hard to put him out of my mind. And I did it because I knew that I had to. But…no. I'm not going to deny that I didn't…I'm not going to say that I didn't feel something when he came into that emergency room, yesterday.

Drew- Right. And what about Danny…Danny…Danny's the sensitive, misguided gangster that you have to save, right? Like one of you lost puppies.

Michelle- I don't know, I don't know…Okay? That's the truth. Anyway, the good…the good part is that um…that I can use this blindness thing to stay with Rick and Abby.

Drew- Your brother is going along with this?

Michelle- Well, yeah….I mean…he thinks that I'm crazy but so far he's good.

Drew- Well, he's right. You are crazy. Because what are you going to do, Michelle? You can't pretend to be blind forever.

Michelle- I don't know. I need time to think. I need time to breathe. I need to think…to think about how to nail the Santos family and just…just keep Danny out of it.

Scene 4 (Santos House)

Danny- You really…you really know how to twist the knife, don't you, mother?

Carmen- Daniel, how can you trust anything that girl has ever said? Or the way she looked at you? How can you believe any kind loving words she's ever spoken?

Danny- Because!

Carmen- How do you know for sure…that it isn't all a lie?

Danny- Because….I know her.

Carmen- You know her? You know that she hasn't been playing at being your wife? Slipping out to be with her boyfriend Jesse? Planning it behind your back…laughing at you behind your back.

Danny- Stop it…Stop it.

Carmen- You made me a vow, Daniel. If Michelle betrayed this family, you promised to avenge this death in your own way. Daniel…she made a fool out of you…You call me judge, jury, executioner. Well then, I leave her fait up to you….you decide. You decide, Daniel.

Scene 5 (Still at Santos House)

Danny- What do you…what do you want me to say, Mother?

Carmen- That this marriage is a charade. That is a moment of weakness you developed feelings for a girl who murdered your brother, and then used those feelings to…to manipulate you, humiliate you into sparing her life. And you, hoping all along that she would learn to care for you and all along she was hoping to destroy you! Tell me I'm wrong!

Danny- You left this up to me and I thank you for that.

Carmen- Daniel, you will be head of this family, one day. You must protect it. It's all we have.

Danny- I brought Michelle into this house….into this family. I created it and I, uh….I'll put an end to it.

Carmen- (huge sigh) Good-bye Michelle.

Scene 6 (at Millenium)

Drew- Michelle…You actually believe that you can take down Carmen and not hurt Danny.

Michelle- I don't know, I don't know. I don't want to think about it right now. I want to go home, to my home and I want to take a bath and I want to relax without having to worry about Carmen's jerks watching me.

Drew- It's that bad?

Michelle- Yeah, it's that bad. But, you've helped me a little bit.

Drew- What? Me?

Michelle- Well, yeah. I mean, I've put you through a lot, you know? And…and…you've been there.

Drew- And who would have thought, right?

Michelle- Yeah, well, you know. I'm still not even sure that I like you. Come on…I'm just saying thanks for helping me through it, you know?

Drew- Yeah, well for a chick from the suburbs, you know, you've taught me a little bit about wild and crazy!…..Oh what time is it…Do you have a watch?

Michelle- I don't….I don't..Why?

Drew- Oh I forgot…I forgot I'm being interviewed for a magazine today. I figured it would be good publicity for Millenium. So they want to do a whole story about me…you know…daughter of a famous record producer…Yada yada yada. Anyway, they want pictures of me when I was a kid.

Michelle- So, what they're in here?

Drew- yeah

Michelle- oh my gosh….Okay…Do you mind? Please, Please, please….

Drew- All right…all right

Michelle- I'm such a sucker for these things…I can't even tell you. Look at these…composition books from…this is a riot. Oh…they want pictures? They got pictures. Look at this…this looks like a cool guy.

Drew- That is a cool guy. That's my dad. No one thought he was the dad type. Actually, he scared the hell out of a lot of people. But they didn't know him, you know? Like I knew him. He believed in me. No matter how hard me was on me…I know it's because he believed in me.

Michelle- He would be really proud of you now, Drew. He would. Oh, come on. Look at yourself. Your running a club…successful.

Drew- I hope so.

Michelle- Yeah. (pulls out a letter from the box) What's this? Stuck in a book. You mind?

Drew- Read it, I don't care.

Michelle- All right. "Dear Mrs. Jacobs. Congratulations on your new child." This sounds like it was written on the day you were born, this is so cool. "She's a beautiful little girl and I can tell by the looks on your faces that you love her very much. I know that you will give her a good home and a chance at a better life."

Drew- What?

Michelle- Uh, nothing…I just.

Drew- What? What did it say? " I know you will give her a good home and a chance at a better life. I know you will love her like..your own" Like your own? What? What? Is that something you say when you adopt someone, Isn't that? Oh my gosh! "Mr. And Mrs. David Jacobs, 151 Rexreid Ave. Beverly Hills, California" (crying)

Michelle- I'm sorry

Drew- Don't be sorry for me.

Michelle- Drew…

Drew- This is wrong…This has to be wrong!

Scene 7 (at Santos house…Danny and Michelle's bedroom)

Danny- What are you doing?

Michelle- I'm packing some stuff to go to my brother's house.

Danny- Why?

Michelle- Because, Uh…He wants to keep me overnight for observation. And I told him that I was…that I was okay and I was fine but he still wants to see me. So, I don't really want to take any chances.

Danny- You seem nervous.

Michelle- Yeah, I'm just worried about a friend.

Danny- Who?

Michelle- Drew just uh….something happened and I….I have a lot going on right now.

Danny- Well, it's amazing. Your eyesight seems to be improved.

Michelle- Yeah, uh….yeah. It comes and goes. See that's why…that's why I'm so scared right now.

Danny- I think your lying Michelle.