From: Susan Richmond <susan@webspan.net>

Hi everyone,

All the pieces are finally starting to fall into place.  Molly was 
getting the hotel room ready for Danny, and Alex and Jocelyn are talking 
to Tommy at Portland Pines.  On the wedding front, Angie was tormenting 
Jacob by pretending she wouldn't be coming to Nick's party. Here we 
go....


				THE CITY UPDATE
			  Thursday, September 26, 1996



JUST GET HER TO THE LOFT ON TIME
Location: Jacob and Angie's apartment

*Tess is very excited, Angie asked her to be her maid of honor.  It's 
only right, Angie wouldn't have even known about the wedding if Tess 
hadn't overheard the guys talking about it.  Angie is "ecstatic" about 
the wedding, but she's going to "beat this man at his own little game". 
Angie wants to take one more look at her dress before Tess takes it to 
the clinic.  Tess open the black garment bag to show her, then quickly 
closes it and changes the subject when she sees Jacob walk in.  Angie, 
whose back is toward the door, picks up on Tess's obvious change of 
subject and starts talking about lancing a boil(Yuk!).  Jacob doesn't 
think he wants to know what they're talking about.  Angie spies a pad in 
his hand, what's it for?  It's a list for Nick's party, Jacob lies to 
her.  He tells Tess that he wants to see her at the party.  She'll be 
there, but now she's off to the dry cleaners (which explains why she's 
holding a garment bag, she's actually on her way down to the clinic) She 
leaves, taking Angie's dress with her.  Jacob hugs Angie from behind, 
kisses her and asks her if she'll be at Nick's party at 7:00 PM.  She 
can't make it, she's got late appointments.  Jacob stares at her in 
shock.

*"Not going to be there! You have to be there", Jacob tells her.  She'll 
be there, she'll just be a little late. "You just go ahead and start 
without me", Angie smiles and almost starts to laugh. (She's clearing 
the dishes from the table with her back toward him, so he can't see her 
face) How can he have a party in their apartment without her? Angie's 
sure that Buck will help him straighten things up (Angie smiles and 
almost laughs again).  Nick is going to be disappointed, Jacob tries to 
make her feel guilty.  Nick saw more than enough of her at the hospital, 
she replies.  How's it going to look if he shows up at his own apartment 
stag?  Can't she just cancel a few appointments, he begs.  He needs her 
there.  Since when have they become inseparable, Angie asks.  Nick's 
party is important to him, isn't it? "Uh...Yeah", Jacob says. Well, 
Angie will be there then....."9:00 - 9:30 at the latest. That's not a 
problem, is it?"

*Jacob's pleading with her, Nick will be so disappointed. Angie, with 
her back turned, is smiling again.  She turns around, Jacob's right, 
they should be together.  She starts unbuttoning his shirt.  Jacob's 
been so tense lately, she kisses his chest, he needs to relax, she 
pushes him down on the couch.  She kisses him, and when he starts to 
talk, she yanks his head back by his hair and kisses him some more.  
He'd love to be with Angie, but he's got a lot to do.  Not here, she 
says, down in the clinic, like they used to before she moved in, she 
tells him, pulling his shirt loose and unbuckling his belt.  He'd love 
to be with her, but tonight is not about them.  If it's not about them, 
"then why do I have to cancel all my appointments?" Jacob doesn't have 
and answer for that question. 

*Jacob gets up off the couch, trying to get away from Angie, but she 
follows him, trying to take off his shirt.  He wants her, but doesn't 
she think that after the party might be better.  She might not be in the 
mood after the party, Angie says, turning her back to him, hands on hips 
and a big smile on her face.  If she didn't know any better, she'd think 
he was hiding something from her, she says, turning to face him.  He 
promises to make this night unforgetable. "Sounds like big talk to me", 
says Angie.  Alright...Angie agrees to move around a few appointments. 
"Yes, thank you!" he says, kissing her.  Jacob keeps saying thank you as 
he rushes out the door.  Angie tells him she loves him and after he 
leaves she calls Tess down at the clinic, laughing.  Angie says that she 
"ought" to be ashamed of what she's doing to Jacob, but a little of Tess 
must have rubbed off on her.  Angie says that after what she just pulled 
on him, he might just stand her up at the altar.  Jacob, out in the 
stairwell, is tucking in his shirt and buckling his belt.  He's talking 
to himself, "Surprise, what the hell am I thinking about. Surprise 
wedding.  Surprise, right! No bride, that'll be the surprise."


THE HONEYMOON SUITE
Location: Molly's hotel room

*A bellboy, carrying Molly's ever-present black bag, lets her into the 
hotel room.  She tells him that this is the room where she and her 
fiance fell in love. She gives him a tip and he leaves.  She opens her 
black bag and pulls out the cellular phone and the red negligee and puts 
them on the bed.

*Molly's in the hotel room on the phone, ordering champagne and candles. 
 It's her wedding night and she's getting things ready for her 
"husband", she tells the person on the phone.

*Molly lets room service in with a bottle of champagne and candles.  She 
tips him and asks him to be sure there will be no calls or 
interruptions. He leaves and Molly walks around the room, looking 
pleased with herself.  She lies back on the bed, smiling and says "so 
happy now".


FOR LOVE OR MONEY?
Location: Tony and Danny's apartment

*Danny and Tony are having breakfast at the counter in their apartment. 
So, Syd wants to take you to London to be her right hand man, Tony asks 
Danny.  Only if he drops everything, especially Molly, says Danny.  
Danny told Sydney that he wouldn't go with her. Tony thinks it's the 
right thing to do.  Danny's bank account will recover. When you have a 
choice between love and anything, choose love, Tony tells him. Danny 
doesn't think they have a relationship like Tony and Ally, but he does 
care about Molly and she stood by him when he went to jail.  "She's good 
people", Tony says. (Boy, will he be surprised:-) Danny tells him that 
Molly rented a cabin in the woods for them to get away.  Tony wishes he 
could go, too.  He's married to someone he doesn't like and loves 
someone he can't touch.  He'd love to just take Ally away.  Danny and 
Molly may be the "real deal", Tony says, "go for it, man".  Danny thinks 
that this trip may be just what he and Molly need.

*Tony throws a basketball to Danny.  This trip may be the best thing for 
Danny, he can clear his head.  But he's coming back to nothing, 
complains Danny.  When someone like him makes Sydney Chase mad, they 
don't get a second chance. Danny dribbles once, then makes a basket 
through the hoop on the wall.  What if he can find a way to take the job 
in London and take Molly with him.  And how is he going to keep Sydney 
from finding out about Molly, Tony asks.  That's Danny's problem, he 
wants it all.  But you can't have it all and live to tell about it, Tony 
warns him.  Carla strolls in the room, Danny's basketball playing woke 
her up, she complains. "Good almost afternoon", Danny says, looking at 
his watch.  Carla tells him, Tony's wrong, "you can have it all, if you 
forget the rules and want the prize bad enough". Carla doesn't really 
know Danny well enough to give him advice (that won't stop her, of 
course!), but does he realize what he gave up at Chase International?  A 
six figure salary, travel, and expense account, etc.  "You're an idiot", 
Carla tells him.  Is Molly really worth giving all that up?

*Carla tells Danny about her job as a business consultant for Jared, it 
was a fairy tale. "Right out of Grimm", Tony comments. Danny says that 
he's such an 'idiot' he probably wouldn't appreciate it. Carla 
apologizes for her earlier remark.  Danny tells her that he did make the 
right choice. His life with Molly isn't a fairy tale, it's the "real 
deal". "She's what I need right now". Carla tells him that if he says it 
enough, he may convince himself.

*Danny thanks Carla for her advice, but he's made the right decision. 
Carla thought she was a good judge of character, but she obviously 
misread Danny.  He didn't strike her as the "love's worth more than 
money type". She's found that when people make noble gestures which are 
not in their nature, they usually end up resenting the person they made 
the sacrifice for.  Does he really love Molly?  Carla thinks he's not 
sure. Love is "elusive, temporary, here today, gone tomorrow.  Money, on 
the other hand, is the gift that keeps on giving, if you're smart." Tony 
gets off the phone.  It was Nick inviting them to Angie and Jacob's 
wedding tonight.  The doorbell rings and Danny answers it.  It's Molly. 
Tony goes to call Ally about the wedding, but Carla grabs the phone and 
reminds him that all of his dates are with his wife now.  Danny tells 
Molly that he wants them to go to the wedding and she flips out. "No, I 
will not cancel this trip! Why should I be the one to sacrifice my 
plans! No, I won't! This is our night, Danny!"


AT PORTLAND PINES
Location: Portland Pines Psychiatic Hospital - recreation room

*Joc and Alex are asking the woman in charge of the facility to help 
them find out which patient was called last night from Carla's cellular 
phone.  The woman won't tell them anything since they are not police 
officers and have no warrant. It would be violating a patient's privacy. 
The woman leaves the room. Joc and Alex look at each other, then turn to 
follow the woman.

*They follow the woman into the hall.  They tell her they're working 
with the NYC Police department.  The warrants are in the works, but 
there's no time to waste.  Joc shows her a copy of the police report 
from when she was sealed up in the wall.  The woman changes her mind 
(amazingly fast) and goes to get the information.  She comes back and 
tells them that a patient named Tommy Kissle(sp?) took the call.  Alex 
wants to talk to him now.

*Joc and Alex question Tommy.  He refuses to admit to anything.  The 
call was from his brother's friend who was calling him about baseball 
cards, he claims.  Alex tries to get him to reveal the "friend's" name 
or phone number, but Tommy says nothing.  Alex and Joc pretend to give 
up, but Joc asks the woman to show her to the ladies room, while Alex 
remains behind with Tommy. 

*Joc comes back in, pretending to have talked with the NYPD, who have 
'arrested' Tommy's partner.  Tommy's partner gave him up, that he knew 
all about the poison and rigging the elevator. "No, you are wrong. She 
said that she would be my friend forever. Sandra would never do that!"

To be continued..... 


That's it for today.  See you next Thursday!

-- 
Susan

FCC Tony


