September 7-11, 1998
Holden leaves the house to tell Jack about the note he found. David locks James and Carly in the trunk of his car. David finds Lily and uses Julia to kidnap her. Lily goes into labor. David ends up helping Lily give birth to her baby. The baby isn't making any noises. Jack and Holden realize that Lily is missing. Nikki is going to leave Oakdale to go to Yale. Rumour has it that Andy may find interest in Molly. Hal finds out that Carly is missing. Margo's half-sister shows up in Oakdale. Also, Rosanna plans on returning to Oakdale. Georgia will be moving in with Lucinda soon. Brad wants to be more than friends with Camille.
September 14-18, 1998
David plans on raising Lily and Holden's baby. When Julia realizes David's plan, she helps Lily and the baby escape. Julia plans to escape with Lily and the baby. When David finds out he takes his anger out on Julia. Tom watches Emily shower and they kiss. A phone call from Lisa interrupts. Emily is upset when Tom leaves. Carly tries to resume her relationship with Jack. Jack gives her advice about her marriage. Carly tries to save her marriage with Hal. Nikki leaves Oakdale and heads to college at Yale. Margo finds out she's pregnant but doesn't let Tom know as of yet. Emily finds out about this by listening in on a telephone conversation. She calls up a newspaper and says that Margo is pregnant...and Eddie is the father. James and Lucinda decide to work together to help Lily and David. Andy lets Molly stay at his place. Margo's half-sister, Katie, comes to town.
September 21-25, 1998
Emily has put together a package of material on abortion. She puts it with some work for Tom and heads off to the Hughes. When she gets to Tom and Margo's, they are having a party to celebrate Adam returning home. Adam greets Emily outside and invites her in. When she comes through the door, Tom looks at her and then he has a flashback of the hotel room scene. Tom asks her what she is doing there and she said that she has brought him some things to look at, they need him to do the morning news. The morning anchor is sick. She also hands him the package of information on abortion and says that it was on the walk outside, someone must have delivered it. Tom says thanks and sets everything down on the counter. (Mainly, Emily is trying to set up Margo by making Tom believe his wife wants an abortion.) David has the baby at a cottage somewhere. He is talking to the baby and telling her how he is going to take care of her. She starts to cry. David puts the baby down and goes to a door and opens it. Lily is tied up outside on the porch. She wants to know what David is going to do now. He tells her that the baby is hungry and she is going to feed her. While Lily is feeding the baby, she is asking David about where they are. He tells her that he owns this cottage. He had bought it for Molly. While walking along the pier on a foggy, moonlit night, Eddie is mesmerized by the angelic Katie. Thinking it an apparition, Eddie runs to Ben seeking a medical explanation. Ben assures Eddie that what he saw was probably real. Georgia goes into the hospital because of her heart.
September 28-October 2, 1998
Katie and Margo discuss Casey's death. Tom feels guilty about not being there for Margo. Molly sees Tom leave Emily's. She decides to use this information to get a job from Emily at the TV station. Molly tells everyone about the cottage where David was hiding. Tom and Molly have an argument. Holden decides to go along with the ransom drop with Julia. Jack finds David, but David escapes without the baby. Jack rescues the baby. Holden and David have a fight, and David is shot by his own gun. When David tells Holden that James will avenge his death, Holden decides the best thing to do is bury David's body. Lily gets bit by a poisonous spider. Holden gets to see his baby girl for the first time. Holden and Julia keep a secret. Rosanna returns to Oakdale and this has implications on Carly. Hal makes a decision about his marriage. Brad's feelings for Camille deepen. Camille is concerned about Ben. Georgia thinks Eddie's feelings for her are stronger than they are. (Georgia calls Eddie her boyfriend.) Margo has a miscarriage. Tom feels guilty about it because he was with Emily that night. Lily is in danger. Tom decides to quit his job.