LILA AND CASS'/NIGHT

REGINALD is still out cold on the floor. Cass has hung up his cell phone and Lila is holding onto him for dear life.

CASS
Umm...this may be an awful question, but...what's going on? Why is Reginald Love---excuse me, a supposed-to-be-DEAD Reginald Love--- laying on my living room floor?

CARL
It's a long story, Cass.

CASS
I'm up for the explanation. (To Lila) Honey, are you okay?

LILA
(nodding)
I'm just shaken up. I think we all are...this man...my God, what a horrid man.

CASS
I know...he's done some terrible things in Bay City. Why is he in our living room, though?

LILA
Apparently, he has some sort of vendetta against Carl...

CASS
Okay...Carl---vendetta---gun. That explains a few things. But it still doesn't explain how he ended up here.

LILA
(dryly)
He also claims that he's my father.

Cass just stares at her, silently.

LILA (cont'd)
You've got the same reaction I had.

CASS
Do you know who this man is, Lila?

LILA
I know he's a psychopath. That's about all I need to know.

CASS
He's also Donna's father. Vicky and Marley's grandfather.

LILA
(stunned)
What? I knew their family was wacked, but I didn't realize they were THIS wacked.

CASS
Now you know, sweetheart. Where are the girls?

LILA
Asleep, thank God. This didn't wake them up.

The door opens and the police enter, Joe approaching the small group.

JOE
Okay, so what's happened here?

LILA
That man--(She points to Reginald)---attempted to come in here and hold us all hostage.

JOE
The guy who's asleep on the floor?

LILA
(exasperatedly)
We knocked him OUT, Joe.

JOE
You did a damn good job, too, looks like. (Turning to his men.) All right, let's get him to the ER to have his head checked out, and then we'll question him. (He turns back to Cass, Lila, Carl, and Amanda.) The four of you can go, but I'll need you in the morning at the station for questioning.

CASS
I'll make sure Lila's there.

LILA
I don't want to wait until morning.

CASS
(softly to her)
You've been through a lot tonight. I think you need to time to digest it.

Lila grudgingly nods.

JOE
Amanda...I think you should get home...we received another call at the station...from Rachel. It seems that Alli may have run away.

AMANDA
What? Run away?

JOE
She and Sean are both gone.

AMANDA
(realization coming across her face)
Oh, no...Carl, we've got to go home.

She rushes out and Carl follows.

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CORY MANSION/NIGHT

RACHEL is alone in the living room. As the phone rings, she grabs it.

RACHEL
Alli?

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BC Airport

JAKE
No, it's not Alli.

RACHEL
Jake.

JAKE
Sorry to disappoint you. We're at the airport, Rachel, and there's no sign. Of either one of them.

RACHEL
Did you find out if anyone matching their descriptions purchased tickets?

JAKE
They won't give us names, something about airline rules, but they did say that they haven't seen anyone who looks like Sean or Alli traveling together.

RACHEL
Have you checked the train station yet?

JAKE
No...we're on our way there now. If we find anything, we'll call you immediately.

RACHEL
Please do, Jake...

They hang up and Rachel resumes pacing. Almost immediately, the phone rings again. Rachel picks it up.

RACHEL
Hello?

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BC Bus Station

MATT
It's me, Mom. I'm at the bus station.

RACHEL
Anything?

MATT
Nothing, Absolutely nothing.

RACHEL
Damn it! Jake just called from the airport and they came up with zero, too.

MATT
There's a chance that they're still in Bay City, Mom. They may not have gone anywhere.

RACHEL
And they could be halfway to Timbuktu by now. And where is your sister? God, she's out somewhere and doesn't even know that her only daughter is missing!

MATT
Mom, I'll be home in a few minutes.

Matt hangs up and Rachel stands there with the phone in her hands. The front door opens and AMANDA comes flying in, followed by Carl.

AMANDA
Mom? What's going on, where's Alli?

RACHEL
Amanda! I don't know....we've got the police looking for her, Matt and Jake and Vicky are at the airport, and the train station, and the bus station...

AMANDA
When did she leave? How the hell did she get out of here without anyone noticing?

RACHEL
I'm afraid none of us have been noticing her lately.

AMANDA
God....(she glances at Carl)...maybe if I hadn't been so intent on revenge...my daughter wouldn't be God knows where.

RACHEL
Where have you two been tonight?

CARL
We'll explain later. It's a long story and it's one that I think you'll need to be sitting down for. What's important right now is finding Alli.

Rachel hugs Amanda.

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BCUH-HAYLEY'S ROOM/NIGHT

FELICIA walks in with a pitcher of water. HAYLEY is half asleep, but looks over at Felicia.

HAYLEY
I thought you were going to sleep.

FELICIA
That's what you should be doing yourself, young lady. Giving birth is exhausting enough as it is, and you've been through triple the stress of a normal birth.

HAYLEY
(shrugging)
I keep drifting in and out. I keep thinking about the baby. Do you think I could see him before they take him?

FELICIA
Honey, until you sign those papers, he's still legally your son. I think you should hold him. You need to be able to have closure.

HAYLEY
I know. I'll see him in the morning. (She yawns) Lorna looked completely wiped out.

FELICIA
She was. This has been almost as rough on her as it has been on you.

HAYLEY
She's done a lot for me. So have you. I couldn't get through this without you.

FELICIA
Hayley, I want to tell you something, just so you know...before someone else tells you.

HAYLEY
Okay...

FELICIA
It's about Lorna.

HAYLEY
What about her?

FELICIA
When you were in the coma...she told Josie and Gary that she wasn't going to let you adopt your baby.

HAYLEY
(stunned)
What?

FELICIA
Hear me out, Hayley. She did that because she thought she was going to lose you. And if she did, it would have broken her heart to let go of the last piece of you.

HAYLEY
So she was going to raise my son because she didn't want to let go of me?

FELICIA
I don't think you realize how much she's come to love you, Hayley. You're a part of our family now, as much as if you'd been with us since you were born. It was almost effortless for all of us to make you a part of the family. And the thought of you slipping out of our lives just as quickly as you slipped in---

Felicia pauses, choking up. Hayley reaches out and takes her hand, her own eyes filling with tears. Neither of them speaks again as Hayley closes her eyes and drifts off to sleep.

FADE OUT