From: Deborah Graham <dgraham@centra.com>

Tuesday, in "the city", from home, but mailed Wednesday morning from work...:

Ally is still packing, looking over a pile of paperback books. Tess 
shows up and they talk about Ally leaving. Tess tries to talk Ally 
into staying, and Ally admits that she loves Tony, but she knows it 
will never work out. Ally says Tony asked her to postpone her trip to 
Paris for two weeks. Tess says she has known Tony for a long time, and 
if he wants her to stay, he must have something planned. Ally says it 
doesn't matter, she is leaving. She tells Tess that Tony wanted her 
to stay so much that he told Ally he and Carla were leaving the city. 
Tess laughs at the thought of Carla in the country. Tess leaves, after 
having the last word, "Stay." Ally sits down and writes Tony a letter, 
telling him she has decided to go to Paris, and she doesn't want to 
ever see him again.

Danny, carrying Carla, tells her the baby will be okay. Danny takes 
her to Angie's place. Angie and Jacob are trying to agree on whether 
Dorothy, the first surrogate they talked to is the best choice. Angie 
is unsure, and Jacob thinks she's perfect. She's detached, and very 
professional, isn't that what they wanted? Angie guesses so, but Dorothy 
seemed "too professional". She seemed too unconcerned about their baby. 
Jacob says the easier to let go. Angie says she just doesn't feel right 
about it. Danny pounds on the door to Angie's apartment. he sets Carla 
down on the couch. Angie gives her a preliminary exam, and then wants to 
take her to the clinic to get a sonogram done. Angie asks if she can walk. 
Danny says lets not take chances, he'll carry her. Jacob and Angie look 
at each other as Carla puts her arms around Danny's neck. In the clinic, 
Angie tells a much calmer Carla that the sonogram showed only what it was 
suppose to show, except maybe the baby was a little smaller than expected. 
She asks if Carla is sure of the conception date. She thought so. Angie 
suggests that Carla have her doctor recalculate a due date from the size. 
Carla says she will. Angie asks if Carla wants to hear the baby's heartbeat. 
Outside, Jacob leaves a message on Tony's machine. Danny is pacing. Jacob 
says the baby's father should be here. Danny looks up. Angie gets the 
baby's heartbeat. Carla glows. Danny wants to come in. Angie leaves. Carla 
says she heard "their" baby's heartbeat. Does Danny want to hear the 
heartbeat? Carla sets up the machine, and Danny is asking "is that it?" I 
don't hear anything. You have to be quiet, Carla says. Danny says he's 
trying. Then, there is the heartbeat. Is that it? Yes, Carla beams. Wow, 
Danny says. Carla thanks Danny for finding her. She is so glad that their 
baby is going to be okay. They hug, then kiss.

Alex is on the phone with Sandy (we only hear Alex) and he's folding clothes 
while he's talking. It's just a party, Alex says, folding a pair of jeans. 
With girls. Well, he'll like girls soon. He already does? Alex says, picking 
up Jocelyn's bra and folding it. Two? Two of his girlfriends will be at the 
party? Has he talked to his mother about this? There is a knock at the door. 
It's Tony. He tells Alex that the talked to Tracy, and she knocked him for a 
loop. She went on and on about how something happened to the baby, Tony 
would be relieved. Alex says Tracy says dumb things sometimes. Tony says 
well, this one hit home. Sometimes, at night, as he's falling asleep, he 
wishes that when he woke up, there was no baby. Alex tries to get Tony to 
realize these are normal feelings, and that it won't cause anything to happen 
to the baby. Tony tells Alex about his plan to prove Danny is the father. 
He's going to tell Carla that they're moving away. He figures Danny won't 
be able to stand having his kid so far away. Alex says this assumes that 
Danny will do the right thing, and there is no indication that Danny will 
do that. Tony says he plans on playing this father thing up. About how 
he'll raise *his* baby as a Soleito, he'll bring the baby up Catholic, and 
Tony figures that Danny is about to blow. Alex wonders why Tony doesn't 
just wait until the baby is born and then have a paternity test done. Tony 
wants to get to Ally before she leaves for Paris. He figures that if she 
goes to Paris, he will never see her again. He shows Alex that he still 
carries around the engagement ring he wanted to give her. Alex suggests 
he just tell Ally about his suspicions. No, Tony says, he has to have 
proof, or if he's wrong, she'll never forgive him for trying to pin the 
paternity on Danny. 

Two-and-a-half-weeks(12-days)-to-wrap-it-all-up-hanger

deb
(dgraham@centra.com)


