CORY PUBLISHING/NIGHT

The fire is finally under control. Joe and Josie enter Carl's office, with various firefighters and police.

JOSIE
Where are they, Joe?

JOE
I don't know.

POLICE OFFICER #1
Captain, we just found a body in the hall.

JOSIE
Oh god!

JOE
Male or female?

POLICE OFFICER #1
Male.

JOSIE covers her mouth with her hand.

POLICE OFFICER #2
Captain! We found Burrell.

JOE
Is she --

POLICE OFFICER #2
She's gone, sir. I'm sorry.

JOSIE
(her eyes filled with tears)
Joe --

Joe hugs Josie as we:

FADE OUT


BCUH

VICKY is brought in to the E.R. JAKE is following the paramedicsas she's taken into a room. Jake tries to follow but is stopped.

JAKE
That's my wife!

Amanda is brought in to the E.R. Rachel and Alli are with her. Amanda is barely alert, but speaking. Jake rushes over to her.

JAKE
Amanda! What happened?

AMANDA
I don't know. It was a bomb or something. How's Vicky?

JAKE
She's bad.

AMANDA
She hit her head kind of hard.

JAKE
How are you?

AMANDA
I'm going to be fine...just...too much smoke. But I want to find Cameron.

RACHEL
You need to let the firefighters and the police do their jobs, while the doctors make sure you're okay.

AMANDA
Mom, I just want to be with Cameron.

RACHEL
Honey, Carl is waiting for Cameron. You'll see him soon.

As Amanda sighs with frustration, we:

FADE OUT

HARBOR CLUB/SAME NIGHT

LORNA wrings her hands together, as she avoids HAYLEY'S gaze.

HAYLEY
I can get you proof. I can go to my room and get the birth certificates, the PI records, anything. I wouldn't be coming here without being able to back up what I'm saying. I have them...I've saved them for this burden of proof moment. I won't blame you for wanting to see them, after all, some little pregnant teenager is claiming to be your long-lost, never-known-about kid sister. I'd be scrambling for documentation, too.

LORNA
Why wouldn't he have ever told me about you? Why wouldn't he have told me that I had a younger sister out there somewhere?

HAYLEY
He spent all those years looking for me. If he couldn't find me, maybe he didn't want to either get your hopes up or make you feel like I was more important. Whatever his reasons, I'm here now.

LORNA
(shaking her head)
I don't know. I don't know what to think. I thought you were here to swindle Felicia, I thought you were after her money...but I'll tell you this, Hayley. We'll get those documents. We'll see if it's true. If it is...God, a part of me wants to just open my arms and hug you. But it's not that simple. We have to make sure...we have to prove that you ARE Lucas' daughter, too.

HAYLEY
Why should I have to prove that he was my father when I KNOW he was my father? Is it my fault that I wasn't given the chance to grow up with him? Is it MY fault that I was taken away from him when I was so little?

LORNA
You're right. You're absolutely right. But you understand why it's necessary to be sure, don't you?

HAYLEY
I know. And to be perfectly honest, if I were in your position, I wouldn't believe me any more than you do right now. I just...all my life, I've had this fantasy family out there...my father, and sisters and brothers...and when that detective came to me and TOLD me I did have two sisters out there...I can't even describe how it felt. The only thing I wanted to do was find my family. I had to know.

LORNA
(tears in her eyes)
Okay. The first thing we need to do is to get those documents.

HAYLEY
I'm out of work in about a half hour...if you wait, we can go to my boarding house and get them.

LORNA
All right---

She's cut short by DONNA rushing over.

DONNA
Hayley! I have to go...there's been an explosion at Cory Publishing, my daughter's been hurt. Can you close up for me?

HAYLEY
(caught off-guard)
S-s-sure, Ms. Love. Go be with your daughter---

She stops talking as Donna runs out of the restaurant before she's able to finish a sentence.

HAYLEY
I guess I'm not leaving in half an hour.

LORNA
(with a small smile)
I'll wait. It's no problem.

As they move to the front of the restaurant, we:

FADE OUT