From: Marni Centor <marni@panix.com>

GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE -- THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1997

         JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE LIGHT OF DAY

Highlights:
* Blake testifies & tries unsuccessfully to win Ross's understanding.
* Hart worries that Dinah's buying into Matt's fantasies.
* Matt continues his attempts to track down Tess/Vanessa.
* Buzz sulks after believing that Jenna has dumped him for Jeffrey.
* Josh fills in Reva & Griffin on his discoveries.

COMPANY: Hart impatiently waits for Dinah. Nola tells him to chill & 
have his lunch. Dinah finally arrives & Hart asks her what happened the 
night before. She says she ran into Matt when she stopped by the house 
Matt was building for Vanessa. Dinah & Hart sit down to eat. Hart asks 
if Matt was OK. Dinah's not sure. She tells Hart that Matt really 
believes Vanessa is still alive.

REGENCY: Buzz is enraged to find Jenna & Jeffrey in bed together. He 
grabs a statuette & tries to conk Jeffrey over the head with it, but 
Jenna screams at him to stop.

COURTHOUSE HALLWAY: Roger tells Holly that they're still connected & he 
knows she feels it as much as he does. She disagrees & turns toward the 
courtroom, but Rog grabs her arm, pulls her back & asks why she allows 
him to stay in her life. She says he's deluding himself if he thinks she 
cares a fig about him. He kisses her hard & she pushes him away. He 
dares her to tell him she didn't feel anything. Holly slaps him in 
response. Fletcher comes over & asks what the hell is going on.

COURTROOM: Ross asks Blake why anyone should believe her. She says she 
has nothing to gain & everything to lose by coming forward. He aks why 
she decided to speak now, at this late date. Blake says she's trying to 
do the right thing, even if it means losing him. Ross asks her to 
confirm that Annie used her to get information on Reva. Blake says Annie 
used the information to make Reva think Annie was her sister. The 
audience gasps. Josh enters the courtroom & sits beside Annie. She's not 
exactly thrilled to see him. Annie tells Josh that Reva must have gotten 
to Blake and made her lie.

HALL: Fletcher asks what happened with Roger. Holly says they were 
arguing about Blake. Flectch doesn't buy it, but Rog backs up Holly's 
story. They all head back to the courtoom to watch Blake's testimony. 

COURTROOM: Ross asks why she betrayed his trust by giving Annie 
information from his files and tapping his phone. Blake says Annie was 
blackmailing her. Annie tells Josh this is a dmaned lie. Blake 
reluctantly explains that Annie trheatened to tell Ross that Kevin was 
Rick's son.

COMPANY: Hart thought Matt had accepted Vanessa's death. Dinah explains 
that Matt thinks Tess is Van. Hart thinks this is very bad. Dinah 
outlines Matt's theory that Van had a terrible disease & faked her death 
to spare them all. Hart thinks this is crazy. Dinah points out that 
there was no body found & all the clues Matt has gotten from Tess. Hart 
thinks the chances of Matt & Van finding each otehr over the Internet 
are a zillion to one. Dinah knows & says she told this to Matt, but she 
seems to be buying into it a little. Part of her thinks Matt is nuts, 
but maybe he's right.

REARDON HOUSE: Bill asks why Matt is freaking out over finding Tess. 
Matt bursts out that she's his life, then apologizes. She hasn't 
answered any of his messages. He thinks she's afraid of him because she 
doesn't know who he is. Bill says Matt doesn't know who she is either. 
Matt says he's grown to really care about Tess & he needs to talk to her 
1 more time. Bill has a final, so he has to go. Matt asks him to ask his 
friend to see if she can help track down Tess. Bill notices a piece of 
Van's jewelry & Matt says it's a good luck charm for him. Bill leaves.

Matt hears a door close & thinks Bill has returned. Then he hears 
Vanessa's voice. He turns & imagines that she has materialized before 
him. He imagines huggin her & welcoming her home. She says she was 
scared & afraid he'd be disappointed in her. He says he will always love 
her. [How many imagined reunions do we have to watch of these 2? We get 
the idea already!] Vanessa apologizes. Matt says all that matters is 
that she's there. They kiss.

The phone rings, pulling Matt from his daydream. He vows to find Van.

REGENCY: Jenna apoogizes to Buzz. She didn't plan this, but when she 
came to get her things, she realized she didn't want to leave Jeffrey. 
Buzz doesn't believe it. Jenna knows it's hard to understand. She 
explains that when she returned, she found Jeffrey crying. She hadn't 
realized how much he loved her. He reminded her how much she missed 
their exciting life together. There's no way she could be happy as Mrs. 
Buzz Cooper of 5th St., working in the diner. She wants the thrill of 
her life as a jewel thief & she's finally admitted it to herself. Buzz 
is nearly speechless. He asks if it's really the truth. Jenna says her 
future is with Jeffrey. She's very sorry & she hopes someday he'll find 
it in his heart to forgive her. Buzz leaves in a daze.

Jeffrey says he knew Buzz would rather be dead. He gets out of bed, 
still wearing his pants. Jenna cries & tells him to shut up.

COURTROOM: The judge calls for order to quiet the noisy courtoom. Blake 
apologizes to Ross from the stand, saying she thought if she did what 
Annie asked, they could be a happy family. She loves Ross & was only 
trying to protect him & the boys. Ross asks what other secrets Blake has 
left to drop on him. None, she says. Ross asks why he should believe an 
admitted liar/theif/adulteress. Griff objects that Ross is badgering 
Blake. The judge calls both lawyers to the bench.

The judge reprimands Ross for turning the courtroom into a bad TV movie. 
Ross apologizes for letting his emotions get the best of him. The judge 
warns Ross to be professional, or else. Ross apologizes to the jury & 
regains his professional demeanor.

Ross asks: since Blake was not with Annie when she was artificially 
inseminated, how does she know it actually happened? Blake says Annie 
told her about it. Ross points out that Blake has no evidence. He asks 
if Blake planted any of the clues Annie supposedly laid for Reva. No, 
she says. Ross says Blake's testimony about Annie & Reva is all second-
hand & worthless. Blake admits this, but says she has no reason to lie. 
Ross says it has nothing to do with Reva pushing Annie down the stairs.

Ross asks if Blake saw Reva push Annie. Nos, says Blake. She heard them 
yelling, but she was watching Ross at the time. All she saw was Annie's 
fall. Ross is done. Annie bites her lip.

REARDON HOUSE: Matt tries to track Tess down via her Internet service 
provider, but they won't give him any information. He tries to figure 
out where 7 hours away would put her, but quickly realizes that it's a 
fruitless effort. He wonders why Van wouldn't tell him something was 
wrong. He decides to go pump Nola for information.

COMPANY: Buzz enters & orders a double scotch. Nola hands him the bottle 
& suggests that he really needs someone to listen to him. Buzz 
wordlessly slugs some scotch.

REGENCY: Jeffrey tells Jenna she should be happy about how well she 
handled Buzz. Jenna says Jeffrey got what he wanted & now they should 
leave. Jeffrey suggests finishing what they started, but this is not 
Jenna's idea of a good time. She sets Jeffrey straight--she may be going 
away with him, but she will never love him or share his bed again. She 
slams out of the room & tells him not to bother waiting up for her.

COMPANY: Buzz asks Nola to leave him alone, but she is genetically 
incapable of that. Besides, it's her job. "You're fired," tries Buzz. 
Nola says she owns the place. [Funny, last time I checked, Bridget owned 
it. They're not wasting any time eliminating her from the canvas, are 
they?] Nola guesses that Buzz has woman trouble. Buzz decides to stay & 
asks for coffee. He asks if there's anything stupider than being dumped 
twice by the same woman. Nola winces. Buzz thought Jenna had changed. 
"Sorry," says Nola. "Yeah, me too," he replies.

COURTROOM: Griff asks if Blake ever went through Ross's papers or bugged 
his phone before Annie blackmailed her. No, she says. She loved & 
respected Ross too much. But Annie made it clear that she would ruin 
Blake's marriage if Blake didn't help her. Griff asks why Blake didn't 
come forward sooner. Blake was afraid. She reminds Ross about the time 
he found her at Annie's house after the fall--she was trying to get 
Annie to come clean & Annie was pressuring Blake to keep her mouth shut.

Griff asks what Blake could have lost by coming forward then, since the 
truth was already out about her sons at that time. Blake said she didn't 
want to lose her chance to put her marriage back together. She was 
afraid of losing Ross forever, so she kept quiet & hoped it would all go 
away. But when she saw how bad things were going for Reva, she stepped 
forward. "Lies destroyed my life & I wasn't going to sit back & let the 
same thing happen to Reva." Griff asks if Blake has anything to gain by 
coming forward now. Now, she cries. She's afraid she's lost everything. 
Griff is done & the judge calls a brief recess.

Blake wants to talk to Ross alone, but he says he doesn't talk to 
strangers. With all her lies, he doesn't know who she is. Blake says 
everything she did was because she loved him & was afraid to lose him. 
"If you can't understand that, then the way your heart works is a myster 
to me," she adds. She walks out & dodges the reporters as Ross stares 
after her.

Annie tries to tlak to Ross, but he stalks out of the courtoom. She 
gives up on him & returns to Josh, feigning incredulity & betrayal over 
Blake's testimony. She guesses that Blake muct be pathological & want 
Annie to be as miserable as she is. [Can you say "projection"?] Annie 
insists that she was never artificially inseminated. Josh calmly asks 
Annie why Blake would make up something so outrageous. Annie says maybe 
Blake took something out of context. She might have said she'd do 
anything to have a baby & Blake misunderstood. She says she's going to 
try to talk to Blake.

After Annie leaves, Josh tells Reva that Marah's back in town & is fine, 
but worried about her mama. Right now, she's staying with Michelle. 
Griff joins them & Josh tell them about locating Dr. Levine, who treated 
Annie when she lost the baby, & about finding out that Alan was with her 
at the time. Unfortunately, Levine is out of the country, but Josh has a 
PI working on it. If they can get the doctor to testify, it will make 
all the difference in the world.

COMPANY: Nola tells Buzz it's important not to wallow in self-pity. Buzz 
says he has his son to worry about. He thanks Nola for her help with a 
little kiss.

Hart tells Dinah that he's worried about her. She has to accep tthat Van 
is dead. But what if Matt's right, she asks. Hart doesn't want her to 
get hurt. She says she won't, but appreciates his concern. She heads for 
the ladies' room.

Matt enters, looking for Nola. Hart says he hasn't seen her, but wants 
to talk to Matt outside.

DINER: Buzz carries Coop to a booth & sits with his back to the door. 
Jenna watches unseen fromt he door & thinnks about how sorry she is to 
have hurt Buzz. She hopes he'll take good care of their son while she 
takes care of Jeffrey.

COMPANY (EXTERIOR): Hart tells Matt he should keep his fantasies about 
Van to himself. He doesn't want to see Dinah hurt. Matt says he's got 
good reason to believe that Van is alive. Hart warns Matt to leave Dinah 
out of his wild goose chase.

BACK OF COURTROOM: Annie agonizes to Alan over Blake's testimony. She 
can't believe Blake turned on her. Alan comments dryly that some people 
don't like blackmail & threats. Annie worries that her case may be 
ruined. What if the jury or Josh believes Blake? Alan says Annie 
shouldn't worry because the trial is far from over. Josh joins them & 
Annie covers by saying that she was telling Alan how Blake's lies hurt 
her. Josh says lies upset him too.. He asks Alan to excuse them, then 
tells Annie it's time for them to have a little talk. Annie looks 
worried & irritated as Josh takes her by the arm and escrots her through 
the media mob. At the other end of the hall, Reva breathes a guarded 
sigh of relief as the screen fades to black.

--Marni (marni@panix.com)



