It's the next day, early afternoon. Roark Grimes and his girlfriend Fawn Hollister are sitting at the counter in the Sherwood Diner, eating lunch and talking with Tess Harper.
Roark: Do you think Loretta has any jobs for Fawn and I?
Tess: If there's anybody I know that doesn't have to work, it's you two. You guys actually want to work here?
Fawn: Staying home and watching All My Children while the maid brings you lunch gets old after a while. I want to work, to have money that I earned myself.
Roark: I need to start saving if I want to open my own business. Job money combined with my trust fund will be the extra help I need. So what do you say Tess?
Tess: I'll ask Mom. You two are really great you know that? Just like my husband. He went with his sisters to see their father in jail.
Fawn: My heart goes out to them. Their father committed a horrible act of violence, and to go through life knowing he almost tried to kill their brother....it gives me the chills.
At the Breckenridge police station jail, Drennen Talbot is sitting on the hard bed, with his head in his hands when Officer Wade Atherton comes up.
Wade: You have vistors Drennen.
Drennen (looking up): I do? Who are they? (Just then, Zoe and Amaya appear, and Drennen runs toward them). My girls!
Wade (to the girls): Call me when you're done. (He leaves).
Drennen: I'm so glad you're here. You don't know how much I've wanted to see you.
Zoe: We're only here because Paul and Kane asked us to be here, and Paul's outside waiting.
Amaya: So just say what you want to say quickly so we can get out of here and on with our lives.
Meanwhile, Cordelia Burnham is at the University of Maryland's registration center, having finished signing up for classes. She's relived to see other older people registering too. She decides to take a walk around the campus.
Cordelia: I'm so glad I decided to go back to school. (A voice from behind speaks up).
Voice: I'm glad too, if there's more girls here that look like you. (Cordelia jumps a little and turns around to face a tall, well-built, handsome young man with short, spiky hair).
Cordelia: Excuse me?
Guy: You're very pretty. My name's Brody Pearce. (He holds out his hand).
Cordelia: Why thank you. I'm Cordelia Burnham. (She shakes his hand).
Brody: Cordelia? Like as in Cordelia from the TV show Angel?
Cordelia: I was named after my mom's childhood friend who died of leukemia.
Brody (moving closer to Cordelia): I bet you have lots of interesting stories to tell. And I'd like to hear them over coffee.
Cordelia: Well, um, that's very flattering, but I have to get home to my daughter.
Brody: You have a daughter?
Cordelia: Yes, she's four. I also have a husband too. (Holds up her left hand, showing her wedding band).
Brody: Well, well, well, isn't that convienent?
Cordelia: What?
Brody: A sudden child and husband. I've heard some lame excuses to turn down a date, but putting on a fake wedding ring is really pathetic!
Cordelia: Wait a minute----you think I'm making up being married and having a child to blow you off??? Why in hell would I do something like that? You're really sick for thinking that way! I wouldn't have gone out with you if I was single! I'm out of here! (She storms away).
Back to the jail.
Drennen: Nothing I can say can change what happened----and nothing I can say can change your feelings for me. But I want you to know I love you and your mom very, very much, which is why I agreed to a divorce.
Zoe: Mom will be much happier now that she's free of you.
Drennen: I know baby.
Amaya: So will Zoe and I too. Mom and us can start our lives over with our new family.
Drennen (wincing a little): Paul and Kane will be very lucky to have you in their lives. I know I was. (Pause) Please tell me you'll be at my hearing. Not to defend me, but just to let me know that I'm still somewhere in the back of your mind.
Amaya: We'll be there alright, to make sure justice is done. You can count on it. (To Zoe) Come on, Paul's waiting.
Drennen: Goodbye princesses. Remember, Daddy will always love you.
Zoe: We're going now. Goodbye. (She and Amaya walk away).
Drennen watches them leave. After they're out of sight, he walks up to the wall, slams his hand hard against it, then sits down on his bed and begins to cry.
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Next on come nightfall....
Lance and Rosamond get romantic at the beachouse.
Cordelia learns from Roark and Fawn how troubled Brody really is.
A night prowler invades Valerie's home.