From: brwi@ix.netcom.com (Brad Williams)

Guiding Light Update for Wednesday May 21:
By Rhonda

JEFFREY and JENNA :
Jenna is at the penthouse playing with Coop. She is preparing to leave
for a visit with Buzz at the Diner when Jeffrey enters and interrupts.
He says he is not such a bad guy and he has a marvelous plan....

REVA, BLAKE and ROSS :
Ross enters the house and finds Reva in the den talking with Blake. He
is very upset and demands to know *why* she is there---warning her that
witness tampering is illegal and orders her to leave at once. Reva
defends herself as she explains she has only come to Blake for some
answers. Ross explains that Blake has already testified as to what she
knows and badgering her will not change these circumstances.  Reva
walks to Blake and staring in her eyes, says she only wants the truth.
Blake is pleading with Reva through eye contact not to say anything
further. Reva backs off and agrees to go but states as she exits: "I'm
not giving up".....

ANNIE and JOSH:
Josh has announced his plans to launch a full scale investigation into
the disappearance of their baby's remains. Annie is in a panic and
tries to get Josh to change his mind."Just drop this, Josh...I don't
want to keep rehashing this!"
 Josh explains " I am just trying to find out the truth." He mentions
wanting to involve the SF police as Annie then begins feeling sick and
dizzy. *She asks for a glass of water*  While Josh is in the kitchen,
she speaks aloud that Josh "cannot know I did this!". Josh returns and
continues his drive to make Annie crack under pressure. He has decided
to hire a P.I., he knows someone who is very thorough and he begins
looking up the phone number. " I am not comfortable with this!" Annie
shouts but Josh doesn't waver. He makes the call and begins to talk to
the P.I. as Annie grows steadily more and more panicky---chewing her
fingers, swaying, and rolling her eyes---when at last, she rushes over
and takes the phone from Josh's hand! "No, Josh, I can't let you do
this!" she yells. Josh is confused--"You are the one who planted this
seed ,Annie....I'm just trying to find all the facts!"
Well, she begins, "the night I told Frank Reva took the baby, I was
upset! I didn't know what I was really saying!" She continues to plead
her case, growing more desperate, when she reverts to her blackmail
tone, and raises the issue of Marah and Shayne. "They have suffered
enough,Josh," she says," do you want to traumatize them further? Do
you? Please Josh, for the children's sake, think about this.....Marah
and Shayne won't be able to come home for months if you do this. Is
that what you want? Is it? Promise me you won't do this !"
Josh's reply is a firm NO and Annie collapses in the chair, crying and
shouts " why are you doing this to me?!?" Well, okay Josh says,
smiling. He promises he won't investigate---he sees how upset it is
making her and he certainly doesn't want to hurt M&S. She hugs him
gratefully as he says he must go out. He has a cake to pick up for the
kids and he'll be back soon. After he exits, she expels a long sigh of
relief and says "Thank...God"... Josh is outside on the steps and says
aloud " You did it...Annie...you did it all yourself. Now, I just have
to prove it"....

REVA and BUZZ:
Reva arrives at the Diner  to see Buzz. She is lamenting about her
current situation and Buzz declares he believes her. She is relieved to
hear this, but she is frustrated by 'the system'. He encourages her to
hang in there and fight. She changes the subject by inquiring about
Jenna. Buzz's face positively glows as he tells her that he and Jenna
are very much in love and although he and Jenna and Coop are not a
family, he hopes they will be soon. He shows Reva a picture of
Coop---she ooh's and aah's and remarks that she is happy that Jenna and
Coop will be coming to the Diner---she can't wait to meet Coop. They
discuss how similar their lives are right now in that both of them are
being kept from the people they love. Reva wants to know "how do you
keep the faith?" Buzz replies simply " I have to..."

BLAKE and ROSS:
Blake begins to defend Reva and Ross wants to know *how* she could
defend Reva after what she did to Annie. "She's terrified" Blake states
and she can understand her terror. Ross notices  the cuts on Blake's
hands caused by her clenching her fists. " you haven't done that in a
long time...this whole thing has been rough on you, hasn't it?"
Blake confesses to Ross that she is feeling very fragile---that at any
minute she could break in two. Ross says he wants to protect her and
feels partially to blame for her current state of mind. He tells her
that the D.A.'s office has decided not to call her as a witness in the
trial. Blake is relieved but Ross states that if he knew that she had
any information that could shed light on the case, the situation would
be different and he can't speak for Griffin---he may have need for her
testimony....

JOSH @ CEDAR"S:
Josh arrives at Cedars to talk to Rick but settles instead for Lillian
. She offers her support and agrees to answer any questions he has. He
explains that Annie is having a difficult time dealing with the
miscarriage and can Lillian offer any insight into the night it
happened. Lillian explains that Annie was very upset that night and
asked about heaven and wanting to bury the baby and inquired about the
location of the baby's remains. Lillian tells Josh that she did indeed
tell Annie that the baby was in the morgue. Josh thanks her and enters
the elevator. Aloud he says "I knew it ! Annie stole the remains of
that baby herself!".......

THE DINER:
Reva is preparing to leave when Jeffrey enters with Coop. Reva takes
Coop over to the counter as Buzz confronts Jeffrey about Jenna. Jeffrey
explains that Jenna could't make it because she was just too tired.
"Another shopping spree?" Buzz asks. "No, actually, we never left the
hotel room", Jeffery says and continues by commenting on how wonderful
an afternoon he and Jenna had at the hotel and "all Jenna could do was
take a long hot bath" and "Gee, usually Jenna is so tireless...but then
again, you would know that wouldn't you, Buzz..." "Yep, I just wore her
out, I guess", Jeffrey says , and with that Buzz hits Jeffrey ! Eleni
rushes over, as does Reva with Coop, as Jeffrey picks himself off the
table and brushes off. He blasts Buzz for being " such a fine example
for Coop" and takes the child, declaring the visit is over. As he
leaves, Jeffrey swears to Buzz " You're going to regret you did that
,Cooper, that's a promise".....

BACK TO ANNIE"S:
Annie makes a quick phone call to Alan inviting him out the next
day---"Just the two of us"----she calls him "sweetie" as he agrees to
meet her and she concludes the scene with that famous Annie grin....

BLAKE and ROSS:
By now, they are face to face, and he confesses that he has been
thinking about "us". She says she loves him and their family and that a
part of her died when he left. They begin to kiss tenderly but Blake
breaks away  in tears. Ross is tearful, too, and apologizes if he has
hurt her---sending mixed messages. "No", she says, it's me.." He says
he must go but that he will call tomorrow and see her again. At the
door, he tells her "This trial is not going to last forever....someday
soon we're going to have our time..."
He leaves as Blake weeps tears of anguish........
=20


