From: Susan Richmond <susan@webspan.net>

Hi everyone!



				THE CITY UPDATE
			   Thursday, March 6th, 1997

CARLA AND TONY
Location: Tony's apartment

Despite the efforts of Joey and Tony to calm her down, Carla is out for 
Tracy's blood. Carla doesn't believe her father died of natural causes. 
As Carla tries to leave, Tony grabs her arm and forces her to stay. He 
asks everyone to leave and Alex, Ally and Joey head for the door. Danny 
doesn't move until Carla tells him to go, she will be fine. After Danny 
leaves, Carla still refuses to listen to Tony. "My father is dead, and 
that woman is going to pay", Carla insists.

Tony convinces Carla to sit down, getting upset like this is no good for 
her or the baby. Carla's still insisting that Tracy killed her father 
despite what the autopsy said. "Doctors are not infallible, in fact, 
they've even been know to lie", Carla says, getting up and walking away 
from Tony. Tony looks at her strangely behind her back after this 
remark, realizing(I assume) she's probably referring to Dr. Marino. 
Carlo insists that all Tracy ever wanted from Gino was his money. Tracy 
showed her true self that first day they met when she barged into Tony's 
apartment and trashed everyone there. She realized then that Gino was 
rich and has been putting on an act to trap him ever since, Carla 
accuses. She still couldn't have caused Gino to have a ... you know.... 
whatever he died from, Tony says, forgetting the word aneurism. Carla 
insists that Tracy can't be trusted and all the medical reports in the 
world won't change Carla's mind, "I know that my father was murdered!"

Tony knows how much she loved Gino, he knows what she's going through. 
Tony can't possible know, Carla insists, he's never lost a parent. Carla 
feels like she has nothing, nobody. You have me, and you have the baby, 
Tony tries to comfort her. A baby Gino's never going to see, Carla says 
sadly, he used to talk about all the things he was going to buy for the 
baby, and all the things they would do together. Tracy is not going to 
get one cent of Gino's money, Carla swears, that money belongs to their 
baby. Think of all the great stories she'll have to tell the baby about 
"Grandpa Gino", Tony tries again to make her feel better. Carla cries, 
that's all our baby will ever have of Papa is stories. She asks Tony to 
hold her and he does, reassuring her that everything will be OK.

Tony, hugging Carla, tells her he wants her to relax and think about the 
baby, everything will be OK. Before she gets into bed, Carla promises 
Tony that she will stay away from Tracy. Tony helps her take off her 
shoes and tucks her into bed. He kisses her forehead and leaves. As soon 
as Tony is gone, Carla gets up and reaches for her shoes.

ALLY, DANNY, TONY, ALEX AND JOC
Location: Ally and Zoey's apartment

As Ally, Alex and Danny walk in, Jocelyn is packing some books in a box. 
No, they are not hers, Jocelyn explains to Danny, she is helping Ally 
pack. Alex strongly insists that he and Jocelyn go into the kitchen for 
a cup of coffee and let Danny and Ally talk alone. Joc doesn't think 
it's a good idea. Even if Ally does move to Paris, it doesn't mean that 
Danny is going to give up, Joc says. Across the room, Danny is telling 
Ally that he hates the fact she's leaving. It's the best for both of 
them, and Danny will see that eventually, Ally says. He apologizes for 
being a jerk on their date and rushing things, but Ally insists this has 
nothing to do with their date. Ally thinks that they have said all they 
have to say, but Danny disagrees. There's one more thing, "I love you, 
Ally". 

Ally can go to Paris or wherever she wants, she and Danny will be 
together someday, he insists. Ally tells him to stop it, there will be 
someone else for him. She and Danny are great as friends, Ally tells 
him, but as lovers they are a disaster. She can't talk about this 
anymore, she says, pulling away from him and running up the stairs. Alex 
wants to know what Danny said to upset Ally. When Danny doesn't answer, 
Alex follows her up the stairs. Ally is packing jeans in a suitcase. 
Alex wonders what her hurry is to get out of town, running away from her 
problems isn't going to solve them. Ally doesn't think that she is 
running away. What if there was no Carla and no baby, Alex asks. Ally 
can't think like that, she can't keep torturing herself by think things 
like that and she can't stand waiting around for Tony to become the 
father of that baby. Alex understand, but asks her to give it a little 
bit more time and gives her a kiss on the forehead. Downstairs, Danny 
says he will lose it if Joc says that Ally's leaving is for the best. 
OK, she won't say it, but he knows that's how she feels. Joc wouldn't be 
surprised if Danny got on the plane and went chasing after her. Danny 
won't do that, the timing for he and Ally is wrong and he's got things 
keeping him here. Like what, Joc asks, the magazine? For one, Danny 
says. The timing for Danny and Ally will never be right, Joc tries to 
tell him, Ally is in love with Tony, she would be with Tony now except 
for Carla and the baby. Changing the subject, Danny mentions that Carla 
is really broken up about Gino's death. He's not surprised, it's just 
very different than how he felt when his own father died. It's ironic, 
Danny says, his father was an upstanding citizen and turned out to be a 
monster. Gino was a mobster and turned out to be a decent guy. It's 
possible to do a lot of bad things and still a good father, Joc 
comments. "Then I should be a perfect one", Danny says. Joc says that 
Danny seems to be thinking alot about fatherhood these days. Danny 
explains it by saying he's been spending a lot of time with Tyler. That, 
in addition to Carla's pregnancy, has made him think a lot about 
fatherhood.  Joc thinks Danny would be a wonderful father. Joc wonders 
what is wrong with Danny, she wants to know. "OK, but you're not going 
to like it".

Joc doesn't like the fact that Danny is keeping secrets from her. 
Danny's about to tell her the truth when there's a knock on the door. 
It's Tony, he's come to see Ally. Joc tells him to wait and she'll let 
Ally know he's here. Danny leaves, telling Joc their conversation can 
wait. He goes over and knocks on Tony's apartment door, calling out 
Carla's name. Carla, who's standing right on the other side of the door, 
doesn't answer him or open the door. Joc goes upstairs to tell Ally that 
Tony is here. Alex goes downstairs to talk to Tony. Tony hasn't found 
any proof that Carla is carrying Danny's baby, he tells Alex. Joc comes 
back downstairs and interrupts their conversation to say that Ally will 
be down in a minute. Alex and Joc leave. Ally comes downstairs and 
apologizes for the mess, she's in the middle of packing. Tony tells her 
that she can stop packing, Tony will be leaving town. 

TRACY AND ZOEY
Location: Tracy's penthouse

Tracy is just walking into the apartment carrying some bags. As she is 
taking her coat off, Zoey arrives and quietly asks if there are any 
policemen around. No, why would there be, Tracy asks. Zoey thought the 
police might find it suspicious that "The Godfather" died just a few 
days after he got married. They did an autopsy, Tracy explains, and 
found that Gino died of natural causes, an aneurism. An 
an...your...what?, asks a confused Zoey, could Tracy explain that in 
plain English. Gino died of a brain hemorrhage, which means Tracy is in 
the clear. She isn't really worried about Carla putting a hit out on 
her, but Tracy is worried that Carla may try to have her marriage to 
Gino annulled. Zoey is curious to know what is in the box that Tracy 
just brought in. After being reminded that Zoey helped her dump Gino's 
body in the freezer, Tracy agrees to let her take a look. Zoey pulls out 
a handful of papers. They are stock certificates from Gino's safety 
deposit box, Tracy explains, looking pleased with herself.

Tracy asks Zoey to help her sort the stuff from the safe deposit box: 
stock certificates over there, files over there, and jewelry anywhere 
you can put it. Zoey wonders how Tracy managed to get this stuff out of 
Gino's safety deposit box, Gino couldn't have had time to put Tracy's 
name on his accounts yet. The bank hadn't heard yet of Gino's death, 
Tracy explains, and Tracy forged Rose Soleito's(Gino's dead wife) 
signature. Zoey is very impressed. Carla may be able to keep her from 
inheriting Gino's estate, but at least she'll have something, Tracy says 
referring to the contents of the safe deposit box. Zoey finds a key in 
an envelope and they wonder what it belongs to, Gino's place in 
Brooklyn, or Fort Knox, Tracy suggests. 

The key isn't labeled, it just has letters and numbers on it. Maybe it's 
a code, says Zoey. It looks like a house key, and I intend to find out 
where it is, Tracy replies. Zoey doesn't understand. Tracy owns half the 
building, plus the rings Gino gave her must be worth more than 1 million 
dollars, how much more does Tracy need? Tracy wants the money for 
Dillon. She doesn't want just enough for him to get by, she wants him to 
be rich and able to return and claim his rightful place in the 
Quartermaine family some day. Tracy needs to make enough money so she 
can go back to Port Charles and make sure Dillon gets the respect that 
she never got. "Nothing and nobody is going to stop me, least of all, 
Carla Soleito."

Tracy sends Zoey out to the stationery store to get some locking file 
boxes to organize Gino's "loot". Zoey leaves and Tracy slips on a large 
bracelet which looks like it's covered in diamonds. There's a knock on 
the door and Tracy answers it, thinking it's Zoey coming back for 
something. Instead, it's Carla, who just stands there and stares at 
Tracy.

That's it for today, see you next Thursday!

-- 
Susan

