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Monday, May 31, 2004

Nick tells his father he thinks he is in over his head. Victor wonders if Nick would feel differently if he asked Nick to be an equal partner. Nick thinks about the offer and decides that he will give it a shot. He tells his dad they have a deal and that they will discuss the matter further later on. When Nick leaves, Victor smiles slightly. This has been one of the first positive things in their relationship in a long time.

Michael shows up at Sharon's door and wants to know why she wants to apologize to him. Sharon says that she realizes now that she should have told Nick about Cameron. Now that Cameron is alive, everything is worse now. Cameron is alive? Michael can't believe his ears. He thinks Sharon would be delighted. But Sharon says that now Cameron is back in their lives, pretending nothing ever happened. What's worse, is Cameron has offered Nick the position of C.O.O., and she thinks that Nick is considering taking it. Sharon thinks that if she doesn't tell Nick the truth, Cameron may have something else up his sleeve. She wonders if she has a chance getting custody of her children if the issue of divorce comes up between her and Nick. Michael tells Sharon that she would be crazy to tell Nick the truth, especially now when she is free and clear of her felonies against Cameron. Nick returns home and tells Sharon he is glad to see her. Her wonders if she is okay, she sounded worried on the phone. Sharon tells Nick that she has to tell him something really important. Something she should have told him a long time ago.

Olivia comes to see Drucilla and wants to help her with her hair-loss problem. She tells Dru that she has read a lot about it, and there are a lot of things you can learn and do about the problem. Dru confides in Olivia and admits that she hasn't wanted to leave the house. Even though Neil is very supportive, Dru says, men can't understand what it's like for a woman to lose her hair. Olivia is surprised Dru would rely so much on her hair. She'd always thought Dru was so confident in herself. The two share a sister-to-sister moment.

Chris tells Danny that they have to try to convince Daniel to stay longer. Chris is really bothered that Phyllis would accuse her of taking her son away from her. Chris is worried about Daniel. She's also worried about the Kevin Fisher case. Her new job is a tough one because she feels that as a prosecutor she can't really get the whole story. Especially with her boss telling her what to do. She tells Danny that even Paul is questioning the Fisher case. Just then, Paul knocks on the door. He tries to convince Chris to take new evidence on Kevin's behalf to her boss. Chris agrees.

Diane goes to see Jack to give him some news. She knows he has a lot on his mind lately, but as his friend and a major contributor to Jabot, she thinks he should know something able some people that he works for. Diane spills the beans about Damon's theft of the hair product and how Dru had also stolen a vile and used it on herself. Jack is happy about this new tidbit of information. It gives Jack a great opportunity to fire Damon and Drucilla and also be guilt-free. He thanks Diane for the information.

Phyllis is really quiet, and Damon wonders if anything is wrong. Phyllis tells him she is worried that Diane has some tricks up her sleeve where Damon is concerned. Damon laughs it off and thinks that Diane is harmless. Although Phyllis is determined to convince him that he should be more skeptical of Diane, he seems to believe that she is harmless. Just as he wonders what's the worst thing she could do, the phone rings. It's Jack, and he wants Damon over to meet him right away.



Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Ashley and Olivia discuss the Victor/Abby situation. Ashley wants to speak with Wesley. Olivia reveals that she and Wes are no longer engaged. Wesley is in Europe. They both realized they've drifted apart. She's fine. The topic of Drusilla comes up and Ashley is shocked to hear about the hair product results.

Phyllis taunts Diane at the Athletic club but Diane isn't fazed. She enjoys throwing Phyllis' insecurities in her face. Michael spots Phyllis with Diane and almost leaves to avoid the sure to be mess until he spots Grace with Cameron. Diane wonders why Phyllis is so concerned about her if she and Damon are so solid. Phyllis threatens to tell Jack but Diane doesn't care. Phyllis tells her to back before she embarrasses herself. Diane laughs that Damon is as useful to her as he is to Jabot. His days are numbered.

Grace and Cameron have breakfast at the club. She is still furious he revealed he is alive. She is worried he's becoming obsessed. He wants to see Sharon suffer. Michael joins them for breakfast to catch up with pal and Grace and meet the 'back from the dead' Cameron. He knows how much his disappearance upset the Newmans. Michael can't believe Cam was able to convince an ex to fly off and live on an island for months and then convince Grace to take him back.

Jack meets with Damon and tells him his employment is terminated. Damon doesn't believe this is professional but all about Phyllis. Damon wonders if Jack has told anyone else on the board about this. Jack is the President and can fire as he pleases. Damon's sole major project is a failure and hadn't even been told by Damon. Damon said it was only an experiment but Jack begs to differ. Damon touted it as a miracle product. Damon is effusive until Jack mentions that Damon stole from Jabot. He knows about the vials he stole from Jabot. Damon should consider himself lucky for not being prosecuted. Damon bumps into Ashley who is stunned to hear he was fired. Ash storms into Jack's office and demands to know what's going on.

Nick tells Sharon that, thanks to Cassie, he is thinking about taking his dad upon his offer to work on the recreation center. He weighs the options still since the job with Cameron would require a move to Colorado. Sharon flips and tells him she can help him make the decision. She has to tell him about Cameron and her.

Chris has the DA meet at her apt. She doesn't think Kevin Fisher attacked Brittany Hodges. She tells them about Neil's PI info but he won't do anything until the info is confirmed. Chris points out that the only witness is the bartender at Marsino's. They owe Kevin some leeway. He orders her to her job and to bring proof into open court. She tells him this isn't working out. She quits.

Victor meets with Miss Davis at the rec center's site. She has brought 3 teenagers to help Vic clean. Victor offers to make the three young men's name on a plaque outside the centre. He gets them to get working on cleaning. One kid refuses to help so Victor lets him know that he can help whenever he wants.



Wednesday, June 2, 2004

Ashley confronted Jack about firing Damon. Jack told her that as CEO, he had the right to do that. Not only had Damon's work come to nothing and his salary was a drain on Jabot, but he'd just discovered that Damon had stolen from the company. Ashley wasn't impressed by Jack's story or that he'd gotten his information from Diane. She said Damon was a brilliant chemist and it wasn't Jack's place to hand out pink slips to her employees. She was sure this was all just payback because Damon was involved with Phyllis. It was her intention to rehire Damon; Jack warned her not to fight him, but Ashley left his office with a vow that it was Jack who shouldn't fight her, because he wouldn't win.

Damon stopped by the athletic club to have a drink, where he ran into Diane. He was interested when he told her that he no longer had a job that she immediately asked if Jack had fired him. Diane managed to evade his questions, and said that she and Jack had talked and found some common ground, but she wasn't any more specific than that. She then left him, saying she needed to get back to Kyle, and Damon watched her leave.

Jill arrived home to find Esther and Arthur trying to persuade Katherine to check herself into rehab. Jill was happy to hear that Katherine hadn't had a drink all day, but she took her side against the others, asking for some time alone with her mother. Jill reassured Katherine that she believed in her and thought she was a strong enough woman to do this without rehab, just as she had twenty years before. But the more important question was, did Katherine believe in herself? Katherine finally broke down and said she didn't know if she could do it, and she couldn't bear to disappoint everyone who believed in her. Jill vowed that she would sit up with her mother all night, and stay with her all day the next day, if it would help her get through this desire to have a drink. She wrapped her arms around a suffering Katherine.

Christine went to Paul's office and enjoyed a warm reunion with Lynne, who she hadn't seen in a while. But she was there to tell Paul about her meeting with Glenn Richards to discuss Kevin's case. Paul was sorry to hear that Glenn hadn't been moved by the new evidence or Christine's argument on Kevin's behalf. He was surprised to hear that Christine had resigned from the prosecutor's office and apologized, saying he hadn't meant to get her in hot water by asking for her help. Christine said that her resignation had actually been very civil, and she had no regrets. She was excited about all the possibilities that it opened up for her future. She didn't want to hear Paul's warnings about not getting back into practice with Michael, and she was also a little distressed when Paul speculated that Victor's recommendation of her to the assistant district attorney position might have been because he wanted a friend there when his own activities came to light. They were surprised when Lynne buzzed Paul to let him know that Detective Weber was there to talk to him.

Michael continued to bait Grace and Cameron at the athletic club, talking about how the Grace he'd once known would never have tolerated the public humiliation of Cameron leaving her for months with another woman while the rest of the world thought he'd met with foul play. Cameron began to suspect that Michael knew much more than he was letting on, and the three of them danced around the subject of Sharon and the rest of the Newmans. Michael was obviously pleased that he'd managed to strike a few nerves and left a disgruntled Grace and a curious Cameron alone.

Sharon began her confessions to Nick, beginning with the incident in Denver. Nick was at first angry to hear about Sharon's sexual encounter, and wondered if he knew her at all, but he suppressed his anger when she told him that Cameron had brutally beaten her. As she went on to talk about the things Cameron had done after coming to Genoa City, he asked Sharon why she'd never come to him about any of that. It was possible he could have helped her. Sharon said she'd been terrified of losing him and she'd made a lot of mistakes. Nick listened with disbelief to the tale of New Year's Eve and all the things she'd done afterward, including seeking legal advice from Michael and getting help from Larry. He said it was all like a bad horror story, but Sharon said there was more and begged him to hear her out.



Thursday, June 3, 2004

In Paul's office, Det. Weber arrives and explains the evidence exonerating Kevin didn't check out because the private investigator refused to stand up in court and back up his activity log. Paul is certain somebody scared Eddie into not testifying. Meanwhile, at the mental hospital, Michael visits Kevin and reveals evidence has surfaced which proves he didn't electrocute Brittany.

Unable to fight the urge, Kay goes for a drink. Jill stops her and suggests they sing instead. She launches into "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die," and Kay reluctantly joins in. Soon, Kay breaks down in tears unable to cope with the craving and pours herself some Vodka. Ashamed, Kay asks Jill to leave, but Jill insists she isn't going anywhere and hugs her.

Meanwhile, Cameron worries Michael may unravel all he and Grace worked so hard to do. In an attempt to get Cameron's mind off things, Grace tries to seduce him, but is rejected.

At home, Victor continues working on plans for the rec center when Nikki arrives. Victor mentions the foster kids Lorena brought him and in particular, Devon. He hopes he'll be able to reach out to some of the kids and have a positive impact on their lives. Nikki is thrilled when Victor reveals Nick has agreed to help in the project hoping this will allow them to repair their relationship. Victor is inspired by Nikki's faith and kisses her passionately.



Friday, June 4, 2004

When Sharon joined Nick at the Newman pool after they both had a sleepless night, they reviewed some of the details of what she'd told him about Cameron. Nikki was relieved to find out that Sharon had told Nick the whole truth, and the three of them speculated on what Cameron was up to. When Sharon continued to be baffled by Cameron's interest in her, Nick brought up Grace, wondering if she was conspiring with Cameron because of her vendetta against Sharon.

Michael startled Grace by coming up behind her at Crimson Lights, then he sat down to have a little talk with her. Grace deftly handled his questions, especially when Michael speculated that Grace might have been in Genoa City with Cameron as early as New Year's Eve. Grace insisted that her delay in coming there wasn't because she knew Cameron was okay, but because she'd had to wait until she could take a leave of absence from work. She wondered if Michael had something going on with Sharon. Michael said that he and Sharon had become close when he offered her legal advice, but he wouldn't give Grace any of the details she wanted. Finally he told her that he liked her and thought she might be in over her head. When he questioned the nature of their sex life, Grace tried to leave, and Michael urged her to call him if she ever needed him.

Victor visited Cameron in his hotel room and asked him to withdraw his offer of a COO position to Nick. He insisted that he and his son would be working side by side on projects to benefit the community, and he didn't trust Cameron's motives in wanting to hire Nick. When Cameron refused to withdraw his offer, but reassured Victor that he wouldn't make things worse between him and his son by telling Nick that Victor had been meddling in his life, Victor warned him not to interfere with his family, or he'd be very sorry.

Bobby went to see Paul, who told him about the new information that exonerated Kevin. The problem was, the P.I. who'd done it had refused to testify as to its accuracy. In Paul's opinion, someone in Bobby's organization had leaned on him. Bobby was furious, saying if anyone he knew had done that to Brittany, then Bobby hadn't been part of it and would make them pay. He left, telling Paul that they hadn't had that conversation.

Brittany wasn't impressed by the research Raul had been doing on the Internet to find a means for removing her scar. She said she was just learning to live with it, and she didn't want to try things that would give her false hope. All she wanted to do was adjust, and Bobby's offer to give her a venue to sing in was what she really wanted. When Raul tried to get romantic with her, Brittany's withdrawal made him suspicious. He asked Brittany what was going on with Bobby, telling her he knew they weren't sleeping together. But was something going on in her heart? Brittany said she didn't know and left to get dressed. As Raul brooded, Bobby arrived at the loft and told Raul that something bad was going down, and Raul needed to get Brittany out of town.

Lauren went to visit Kevin in the psych ward and was impressed by the relaxed way he handled the other patients there. Kevin said it felt good not to be the most messed up person there. When Lauren suggested that when he got out, Kevin consider becoming a counselor, Kevin said he didn't know about that. But he was going to do something with his life. He was tired of being a screw-up and he felt like he'd been given a second chance. He borrowed Lauren's cell phone, and while she was distracted by another patient, Kevin called Detective Weber and chided him for having arrested him. He admitted that he'd been faking being crazy and gloated that he'd gotten the best of Hank Weber. Weber told Kevin he should have played his game a little longer, because the evidence that he'd thought would clear him hadn't panned out. Kevin was still under arrest. Kevin snapped the cell phone shut and began screaming, "No!" as Lauren looked on in dismay.




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