Episode 14
LAD World
[Recap: Tad and Liza almost kissed the day before. Bad news hit Liza: Hollings Holdings took over Liza`s bank loan]
Part 14: Where Raving Crazies Work (WRCW)
Tad`s office: Liza, Marty and Tad are hard at work early in the morning. Belinda joins them.
Belinda: (taking out a legal brief from her satchel) Adam is suing for sole custody of Marty. Barry Shire messengered the papers to me this morning.
Liza: (stunned) What? (clinging to Marty)
Tad: (in disbelief) I think I know who`s behind Hollings Holdings, now.
Liza: He can`t do that? Can he?????
Belinda: I`m sorry, Liza.
Holly Colby (walking into the room): Good, you`re here. We have business to discuss.
Liza: What are you doing here? (Liza gives Marty to Tad)
Holly: Business.
Liza: We`re in the middle of a crisis, I don`t have time....
Holly: Liza, dear. *I`m* the crisis.
Tad: Excuse me?
Holly: I am the CEO of Hollings Holdings. (walks around and turns to Tad holding Marty) What a lovely picture. (with a touch of irony)
Liza: Tad is a business associate...
Holly: And full time babysitter no doubt, but this is serious.
Liza: Are you this bitter, Holly???
Holly: Like I said, this is business. Nothing personal.
Liza: Right. Who`s behind Hollings?
Holly: Investors.
Liza: Adam.
Holly: Does it matter?
Tad: Don`t forget Dimitry.
Holly: My investors want their money back, Liza. For you, that`s all that matters. You have two weeks.
Liza: Tad, Belinda, would you mind taking Marty out of here for a little while. I need to talk to Holly alone.
Tad: You sure?
Liza nods yes. Belinda and Tad who is holding Marty leave the office.
Holly: (looking around) I`ve never seen this particular office before, very nice. Altho it needs some redecorating: more white paint maybe.... (she looks at Jamie`s picture on Tad`s desk) ...And he`s a family man too??? Well! Wonders never stop. How does one become best friend with an ex-lover who happened to cheat on one with one`s mother?
Liza: Why are you doing this, Holly?
Holly: I`m getting to know my future employee...
Liza: Cut the crap, Holly, if this is about what happened 7 years ago when I left your station, I think it`s a little over done.
Holly: You cost me my station.
Liza: Bull! All I did was find another job, Holly! Like the hundreds of people that went thru the doors of the station..., of any station. I think Roger was the one responsible for lost of the station.
Holly: Treachery is the highest crime.
Liza: You think I knew about Roger`s plan??? I didn`t. Even if I did, it would not be a crime. You could never beat Roger so you`re beating up on me? Is that the plan?
Holly: Like you could never beat Adam?
Liza: So you`re working for him? Do you know that he filed for custody of Marty today? (Holly stays silent) Of course, you do, that was part of the plan: get me to do battle on two different fronts at the same time.
Holly: (eluding eye contact) You have two weeks to find the money you now owe Hollings Holdings. If you don`t comply, we will foreclose and take possession of the station.... Have a nice day.
Holly walks out of the office and walks right past Tad and Marty. She stops to smile at the child and tickle his chin. And she then looks at Tad with the same smile.
Holly: Nice looking young men.
Belinda, Tad and Marty get back into the office to find Liza, sitting at Tad`s desk, stunned.
Belinda: Well?
Liza: She wants my station and Adam wants my child.
Tad: Why?
Liza: Revenge? Bitterness? Jealousy?
Tad: When is she expecting her money?
Liza: Two weeks.
Tad: I`ll get right on it! (Tad gives Marty back to Liza and picks up the phone)
Belinda: I`ll see if I can push the hearing date, to give us a few more weeks and then, I`ll get right on the defense strategy to be use against Adam. (Belinda leaves but stops at the door) Liza, we`ll beat him, I promise.
Liza hugs Marty.
Cut to the Valley Inn Restaurant. Miles Christopher is having breakfast with Adam.
Miles: I suppose the former Mrs Chandler just received that double shot of bad news at this time.
Adam (smiles) : I suppose so. Indeed. How are we doing on the judge front?
Miles: Your lawyer, Mr Shire and his associate, Ms Kramer have just faxed to me the name of the judge for your hearing. Judge Anderson is a flakey, shakey man who happened to be in great need of money. He will do just fine.
Adam: How flakey?
Miles: Just enough to have this aura of seemingly unwavering credibility.
Adam: I want to win this, Miles. No false move! After all, you stand to win quite a lot yourself.
Miles: I remember.
Adam: Good. `Cause I hate to lose.
Cut to the Valley Inn bar, Holly enters and sits without hesitation.
Holly: Margarita. Just the way I like `em....
The waiter looks at her as if to remind her of the time of the day. It`s still morning.
Holly: What’s the matter, dear, did you lose the recipe? I want it *today*. He obeys.
She sadly pulls out a Xmas-time picture out of her wallet: it`s a picture of her daughter Blake [played by Sherry Stringfield] with her father Roger Thorpe [played by GL`s Michael Zaslow], all smiles. She raises her glass to the picture.
Holly: Here`s to your darling daughter, Roger!
End of part 14.