Livvie #5A Torn September 16 - 23, 2002:

Livvie #5B Torn/Naked Eyes September 30, 2002:

Karen says she needs some air and leaves. Livvie reassures Frank that he won’t have room in his life for Karen when he is helping Livvie raise their baby. He tells her she is crazy. She tells him she's doing what's best for their child.  He wants to know what kind of fairy tale she's been reading to think he'll miraculously fall in love with her.  She tells him she doesn't believe in love anymore.  "Rafe's gone, my father's gone, Jack's decided he'd rather be alone than with me," she replies.

Karen returns and tells LIvvie that no one will believe that she was raped. Livvie insists she has suffered.  Karen says Livvie’s game is over, that she won’t let her make light of the pain of rape. Livvie tells Karen she can't beat her, that by the time she's done, everyone will know the truth.  Karen then tells Livvie she's Frank's alibi, he was with her when this allegedly happened. Karen assures Livvie, "You try to blame this on Frank and I'll make you wish you'd never been born."  

Karen can't even imagine the kind of mother Livvie will be after this baby is born.  Livvie insists she'll be the kind who fights for her child.  Karen hopes so but Livvie isn't going to blame this baby on a rape that never happened. She's not going to ruin anymore lives, she's done enough damage around here.  Livvie insists Karen is a fool for trusting Frank.  Once more she reminds Karen this baby is Frank's.  "Deal with that," Livvie tells her and walks out the door.  

Livvie sits on the bench outside the Recovery Room and promises her baby she'll give it the best of everything.  She tells it it will grow up to be just like her, a survivor.  People just don't understand, if she doesn't take care of them then no one will.  This is supposed to be the happiest time of her life, now everything's falling apart.

Jack lies unconscious in some unfamiliar underground cavern.  A woman's voice hums a tune as she approaches him, a rag doll in her hand.  She sharpens a knife on a nearby stone. Jack momentarily wakes up and tries to look around.  Noticing the woman's presence, he says "hello," then notices the rag doll from his pictures. "You're the one who's been following me aren't you?" he asks.

Jack tries to get up, but the pain in his leg is intense. "My leg...my leg...it really hurts," he mumbles before passing out again. The woman, still humming, walks up to him while holding the knife in her hand. Jack, while unconscious, has a dream about this woman.  He's pursuing her.  He wants her to come out and show her face.  She steps out, but the only face he sees is that of the rag doll.  The woman now uses her knife to cut his pants leg to expose the wound, while Jack lies still unconscious on the ground.

10/1 "Jack," Livvie calls as she knocks on the door of the home she once shared with him.  She lets herself in.  Suddenly, she's flooded with memories of the two of them together.  She remembers telling Jack that he was her home where she felt safest. Livvie murmurs to herself, puzzled how everything in her life went so wrong. She had a man who loved her, friends, family. "Alison...it's all her fault...I hope she rots in hell," Livvie says.  

Livvie wanders through the house, still missing Jack.  She tells herself it all seems like a million years ago.  Tired, she reclines on the sofa and falls asleep.  She dreams that Jack is there, kissing her awake.  She's surprised to see him, and asks what's going on.  He tells her she overslept.  Alison and Jamal are coming over for dinner and they have to get ready.  She asks if he's angry with her.  

She mentions Caleb, but the name doesn't register with Jack.  She mentions several episodes they've experienced, but he tells her he doesn't know what she's talking about.  She realizes she must have  been dreaming.  She was having a nightmare, she tells him. He didn't love her anymore, everyone thought she was this horrible evil person.  Jack tells her he loves her so much and he always will.  They kiss and hold each other.  "Jack loves me. They all still love me," Livvie mumbles in her sleep.  

Her dream with Jack continues. She tells him the dream seemed so real and horrifying.  She tells him she felt so empty inside without any love in her life.  "So empty without you in my..." but she turns to face him, and Jack is no longer there.  "Jack," she calls, panicked.  She gets up to look for him, "please don't leave me alone," she cries.  Livvie wakes up suddenly from her dream, and looks around.  "Where did you go?" she cries, "why did you all have to leave me?"  Once more, she lies down on the sofa.

10/2 Jack opens his eyes and looks around.  He realizes he wasn't dreaming.  He looks at his leg.  It's been treated wtih a splint made of twigs.  He admits it does feel better.  He hears humming and realizes he's not alone.  He looks to see the partial figure of a woman sitting behind the rocks.  He tells her he can hear her humming. Why is she hiding from him?   Jack’s leg does feel better and he's grateful to her for that.  The woman remains behind the rock, humming to the rag doll.  

Jack tells her he remembers falling and then waking up in that cave.  They need to talk to each other.  He tells her he'll go first.  "My name is Jack," he says.  He tells her he lives in Port Charles, he works in a bike shop, and he's a photographer. He asks her if she likes jokes.  He tells her one, but gets no response.  Now he admits he's getting irritated.  "The last time I was lost in the woods...I got bit by a vampire," he tells her.  She giggles then. She starts humming again.  He then tells her he has friends out looking for him. He doesn't want them to worry about him.  Would she hand him his cell phone so he can call them and let them know where he is?  She picks up the cell phone, but drops it on the ground, out of his reach.  

Jack wonders why she's helping him with his injury, but won't offer to help him call his friends.  He then asks her for a drink of water.  She rushes off to get it for him.  Jack maneuvers himself to get ahold of the cell phone.  Before he can put a call through to Jamal, she's back.  She places a piece of material over his nose and mouth. Jack struggles and attempts to yell.  Very quickly, he's unconscious.  The woman, still holding the doll, grabs her knife and prepares to attack any intruders.

10/3 The woman takes a rope and prepares to tie up a still unconscious Jack. Jack opens his eyes and complains about his head.  He tries to move but realizes he's tied up.   He then demands that she come over and untie him.   Livvie is still pacing the floor at Jack's home.  Where is he?  She really needs to talk to him.  She picks up a snapshot taken of the two of them.  "Come home to me, Jack please," she says.  

Alison knocks on Jack’s door. She realizes the door's unlocked.  "Jack...are you home?" she calls as she opens the door.  "You," Livvie turns to face her.  Alison asks Livvie if she thinks her tired old tricks will work on Jack now.  Livvie tells Alison she and Jack are "meant" for each other.  "In your dreams," Alison replies.  Livvie admits to Alison that when Rafe died she was just a little bummed.  

Livvie tells Alison it's because she's finally realized she didn't love Rafe at all, not the way she loved Jack.  Allison observes that after everything Livvie put him through no one would believe she ever loved him. Alison forcefully grabs Livvie by the shoulders and turns her around to face her.  Allison warns that she will never let Jack get sucked into Livvie’s web again. Livvie insists that Jack has never stopped loving her, and then accuses Alison of turning Jack against her.  

Allison tells her that Livvie drove him away with her bitterness, anger, and lies. Livvie gloats that she has her baby while Allison is alone, left to mourn Rafe for the rest of her life. Livvie grabs her jacket and opens the door to leave.  Rafe is standing there. Rafe moves towards her and she backs down the steps into the living room.  

"What's the matter, Livvie?" he asks, "you look like you've seen a ghost."  Rafe says that its funny how things work out sometimes, yah she shot him but sometimes the good guys win after all. Livvie turns and accuses Alison of using witchcraft or black magic to get Rafe back.  Alison moves into Rafe's arms, "True love did this. It's something that you will never understand."  Rafe warns her that he's not an angel anymore.

10/4 Livvie pushes Rafe away from her and starts up the steps.  She tells them she doesn't have to stand there while they rip her apart.  Rafe is angry now.  He tells Livvie no one wants to hear the garbage she continually spews.  Livvie says what she knows and can never forget is that Rafe could never get enough of her. Now they are going to stand there and act like it never happened.  "What a couple of losers," Livvie tells them.  "You don't get it...do you?" Alison replies, "you got Rafe into your bed by telling him you were already lovers...and yeah...you got him to marry you...but you never got what you really wanted...you never captured his heart...because that always belonged to me...now, who's the real loser, Livvie?"  

Livvie tells them to believe whatever gets them through the night.  She tells him he's so pathetic, having to convince himself he never loved her, and trying to make her out the bad guy.  "Your lies," Rafe says softly, "have hurt anyone that ever cared about you."  Livvie accuses Alison of turning everyone against her.  Rafe suddenly realizes what was behind all of Livvie's lies. Livvie didn't want Rafe except to hurt Alison.  

Livvie admits she wanted Alison to see what it felt like to lose the person she loved most in the world.  Alison asks Livvie if she really hated her that much.  "You took something from me so I took something from you," Livvie responds. Rafe tells her that he will have this nightmare of a marriage dissolved as soon as he can."  Livvie laughs and tells them it isn’t over.

Meanwhile, struggles against the ropes that bind him.  "What do you want with me?!" he yells.  He wants to know why she won't talk to him, and why she's doing this. She picks up a plate of food and prepares to feed him. Jack kicks at the plate and tells her he doesn't want her food, he just wants to get out of there.  He insists she can't keep him tied up like some kind of animal.  He stomps his foot on the ground.  Scared, the woman whimpers and runs away.  

He's still wondering about this girl, at least she performed some kind of miracle on his leg as now he can move it.  He struggles against the ropes but they still won't budge.  Then he sees the woman's knife.  She had run off so quickly she had forgotten her knife, a smiling Jack realizes.  Later, the woman slips back to where her captive was held.  She picks up a piece of the cut rope.  "There you are," Jack grabs her arm and holds the lantern to her face.  "Livvie," he whispers as he stares at a face looking very much like his ex.

10/7 In the Abandoned Mine Shaft, Jack is convinced that his captor is Livvie in ragged clothes and with disheveled hair and that she is playing some kind of game. Jack angrily demands answers from 'Livvie.' Jack tells the mystery woman he believes is Livvie that it is no secret to anyone that she has gone completely crazy lately but the cave woman act is carrying things too far! Jack tells 'Livvie' that it is fine with him if she stays to play in her cave alone because no one in the real world wants anything to do with her! As Jack leaves, his mystery woman sits down and begins to hum and rock her rag doll.

As Jack leaves the cave, talking to himself, he discovers the real Livvie. Livvie rushes into Jack's arms, but Jack can not understand how Livvie could look so different just a few minutes after Jack left her, in tatters and disheveled, in the cave. Then Livvie explains that she came to the woods to find Jack, but has not been in any cave.

Livvie describes running through the woods earlier and getting a very strange feeling and being afraid and then she ran right into Jack. Livvie tries to convince Jack that she truly loves him and that there is some kind of mysterious force that keeps drawing them together. But Jack does not believe a word of what Livvie says, and strongly suggests that Livvie just learn how to resist that mysterious force. Jack just walks away from Livvie, and, as he leaves, Livvie tells Jack that she hates him! Jack decides that he has to be having a bad dream with two Livvies in it!

Alison asks if Rafe thinks Livvie might be behind Jack's disappearance, but Rafe assures Alison that Jack knows Livvie well enough to avoid Livvie like the plague. Rafe and Alison make plans to move forward with Rafe's plans for obtaining an annulment and then they go inside. When they leave, Livvie appears beside the porch, then abruptly leaves.

Jack returns to the cave and finds his mystery woman, still humming and rocking her rag doll. Jack tries to talk to her, but she draws back, as if frightened by him. Jack asks, "Who are you?"

10/8 At Livvie's Place, Livvie makes an urgent telephone call regarding Rafe.

In the Cave, Jack tells his Mystery Woman that he is amazed that his leg feels so much better and asks how she learned to take care of injuries that way. But the Mystery Woman only hums and rocks her rag doll. Jack continues to marvel at the way the Mystery Woman resembles Livvie. As Jack talks to her, Jack decides that the Mystery Woman can understand him, but might be unable to speak. Jack suggests that Jack could take her back to town with him, where his brother and some friends are doctors, who might be able to help her.

But the Mystery Woman shrinks away from Jack, and huddles in a corner, humming to her doll. In a few minutes, though, she comes back and touches Jack's face. Jack tells his Mystery Woman that it was good when she laughed. Jack asks if the Mystery Woman would know Livvie, but she just looks at Jack without saying anything. Jack observes that the Mystery Woman could pass for Livvie's twin. Then Jack wonders if the Mystery Woman might actually be related to Livvie.

Jack notices that the Mystery Woman's rag doll has the name 'Tess' embroidered on her dress, and Jack tells his Mystery Woman that he plans to call her Tess. Jack then coaxes 'Tess', until she finally says 'Jack.'

Back at Jack's Place, Jamal, Marissa, Alison and Rafe speculate about Jack's new girlfriend. Alison says: "I don't care if she has three heads, just so long as she is not Livvie!' As Alison says that, Livvie suddenly shows up at the front door and announces that she needs to speak to Rafe.

Livvie expresses surprise that Jack appears to have a new girlfriend. Marissa and Jamal decide to leave and try to convince Livvie to go with them. But Livvie insists that she needs to talk to Rafe. After Jamal and Marissa leave, Rafe asks Livvie what she wants to say and Livvie says that she something to give to Rafe and that, actually, it is for both of them. As Livvie reaches into her purse, Alison asks; "My God what are you doing?"

10/9 Rafe grabs Livvie's purse fearing she has a gun. Instead, he finds annulment papers. Rafe is suspicious why Livvie would let him go so easily and wants to know what she is getting out of the deal. Livvie replies that she wants both him and Alison out of her life as soon as possible. After carefully reading the document, Rafe signs it.

After Livvie leaves, Alison and Rafe sit on their porch swing and plan their future. When Rafe asks Alison to pick a wedding date, she tells him that a Christmas Day wedding would be perfect. As they kiss, Livvie watches from behind a bush. She tells her baby that Rafe and Alison will have to pay.

10/10 Down in the Cave, Jack is helping 'Tess' learn how to speak. As Jack teaches Tess a few words, like 'beautiful' and 'stars,' Tess suddenly runs back into the cave. Tess brings Jack's camera to him, but she jumps back when the flash goes off accidentally. Jack takes a picture of himself with Tess to show her that the camera is nothing to be afraid of. When Jack shows her own picture to Tess, Jack says: "Beautiful Tess.' But Tess suddenly rushes back into the Cave again. This time, Tess brings out a book with a picture of an angel in it. Pointing to the picture of the angel, Tess tells Jack 'Beautiful Tess!'

Livvie lets herself into Rafe and Alison’s. Livvie puts some poisoned bath oil beads in the tray next to the bathtub and visualizes Alison dying from the poisoned bath, and then Rafe trying vainly to revive Alison. Livvie takes off her wedding ring and says, "You know, a ring is a promise, Rafe. And I promise you that you will NEVER get your happy ending with Alison!' Livvie puts the ring down on the rim of the tub and says, "You wanted so much to be one of us, Rafe. To be mortal? To feel what it is like to join the human race. To be real? Now you will know what it feels like to lose the love of your life!'

Livvie hears Alison returning home and Livvie runs outside and watches through a window as Alison runs water for her bath. Livvie tells herself, "So much for Happily Ever After!"

Jack decides that Tess needs to see herself when she is cleaned up, so he gets some water and begins to scrub away some of the dirt. Then Jack coaxes Tess into smiling for him as he takes a picture of her. Tess insists that it is her turn to help Jack get cleaned up and Tess begins to tenderly scrub away some of the accumulated grime on Jack's face.

10/11 Jack teaches Tess about hands and how to count up to three on her fingers. Jack asks himself, "How is she so innocent? It is like looking at Livvie before she became Livvie. Livvie watches from hiding as Alison runs water for her bath and then adds the poisoned bath oil beads to the water. Livvie contemplates the sweet revenge she will experience when Alison dies from the toxic water. Livvie congratulates herself for picking a poison that will be undetectable as soon as Alison's heart stops beating. However, before Alison gets into the tub, Livvie realizes that she left her ring on the rim of the tub.

Before Alison can get into the tub of toxic water, she hears a crash. When Alison goes into the living room to investigate the cause of the crash, she discovers that someone has thrown a rock through the front window. When Alison goes to get a broom to clean up the glass, Livvie slips into the bathroom to retrieve her ring.

Alison cleans up the glass while Livvie slips into the bathroom to get her ring. But Livvie accidentally knocks the ring into the toxic water! As Alison puts cardboard up over the hole in the window, Livvie tries to fish her ring out of the tub, but falls into the toxic water instead. Livvie struggles out of the tub of toxic water and tries to dry herself off.

Marissa is thrilled when Jamal announces he sent their song to Stephen Clay. Jamal announces that Stephen Clay is listening to their song right at that very moment! And, in Stephen Clay's office, Stephen Clay is listening to Ricky's song, 'Hey Sister.' Stephen Clay's assistant apologizes that one of the Roadies sent that song in, but, when she starts to turn it off, Stephen grabs her hand and motions her away. The assistant asks, "What? Is she the one?'

In her cave, Tess is showing Jack that she has learned to count to three, and excitedly brings Jack three books. Jack hugs Tess and then Jack tries to explain to her about hugs. Tess gives Jack three hugs. But Jack is shocked when Tess suddenly pulls away from Jack and begins to gasp for air. Then Tess passes out on the floor of the cave.

10/14 In Tess's Cave, Jack is shocked when Tess begins to gasp for air and collapses on the ground. Jack realizes his cell phone is dead, so he can not dial 911. Jack decides to carry Tess into town to the Emergency Room.

Livvie pulls herself out of the poisoned water in Alison's tub and staggers out the door, hoping to race to the E.R. in time to save her life and the life of her unborn child. Livvie staggers into the E.R., Frank and Karen begin immediate First Aid.

Back at the Recovery Room, Marissa is impressed when she receives a call from Stephen Clay himself! Marissa announces that Stephen Clay loved their song and is coming to Port Charles to meet Marissa and Ricky.

At the hospital, Livvie remembers how she tried to poison Alison's bath, but fell into the poisoned water herself. Karen finally gets Livvie to admit that Livvie believes there was something poison in her bath water. But Livvie begins to go into cardiac arrest. As Jack races toward town with Tess in his arms, Jack realizes that Tess's heart has stopped and there is no pulse.

As Frank and Karen work to get Livvie's heart started again in the E.R., Jack is in the woods, frantically working to start Tess's heart. When Frank and Karen finally succeed in getting Livvie's heart started in the E.R., Tess suddenly sits bolt upright and Jack holds her. As Livvie begins to regain consciousness, she calls for Jack. Then Livvie assures her baby that they are all going to be just fine now. 

10/15 As Tess recovers in the woods, Jack takes her back to her cave. But, as soon as Tess arrives at the cave, Tess begins a frantic search for her 'baby.'

Livvie begins to recover in the Emergency Room. When Karen and Frank come in, Livvie apologizes to Frank and Karen for the way she has been behaving and promises them that she is going to do better. But, as Livvie talks about her baby and how her baby is all that she has left now, Karen reluctantly informs Livvie that they have not been able to detect a fetal heartbeat. Livvie refuses to believe that her baby is dead and accuses Karen of just wanting to convince Livvie that the baby is dead so that Karen can get rid of the baby. Livvie freaks out when Karen hands her a consent form for a procedure to remove the dead fetus before the toxins again threaten Livvie's life.

Jack tries to calm Tess down by helping her search for her missing 'baby.' And Jack finally finds Tess's 'baby' for her. Tess grabs the 'baby' and lays down beside it in a corner of the cave. Meanwhile, in the E.R., Frank tries to convince Livvie that she needs the procedure to protect her own life.

Back in the Cave, as Jack tries to comfort Tess, she runs to get a book and wants Jack to read a story to her. Instead of reading a story, Jack tells a fractured fairy tale about Cinderella meeting the seven dwarfs and three bears. When one of the bears got gruff with her, Cinderella went up on the Interstate to try to hitch a ride to get out of town, but met a handsome Prince on a big, white, Harley-Davidson, who gave her a lift. Jack tries to explain to Tess what 'happily ever after' means. Tess impulsively kisses Jack's hand and he kisses her hand.

In the E.R., as Frank tries to reason with Livvie, Livvie insists that her baby is alive because Livvie would know it if the baby were dead. Livvie reminds Frank that they both mnow that this was a special child, who would have special powers. Livvie suddenly appears to accept what Frank is saying about the baby being dead, but Livvie asks to be alone for a little while, so Frank and Karen leave.

10/16 At the Recovery Room, Marissa, Ricky, and Jamal wait anxiously to met Stephen Clay. As they wait, two guys and a girl, all decked out in leather, enter the restaurant. The girl comes up to Marissa and introduces them as The Band. As the two guys stand behind Marissa and Ricky, the girl explains that Stephen Clay liked the song. He sent The Band there to check them out. One of the guys rudely asks Marissa how the girl in the song died. Jamal takes offense at his tone and there verbal argument nearly turns into a fist fight until Marissa diffuses the situation.

10/17 At the Recovery Room, Joshua Temple (played by Ian Buchanan) explains that he is not Stephen Clay -but is the manager of The Stephen Clay Experience. Joshua tells Jamal, Marissa and Ricky that no one ever meets Stephen unless Stephen thinks it is necessary and, at this point, Stephen does NOT believe it is necessary to meet Marissa or Ricky.

In the woods, Livvie sits down by a rock and promises her baby that Livvie will take care of her baby and that Jack will love the baby also. Livvie remembers Karen telling her that her baby is dead, but Livvie remains positive that her baby is still alive. As Livvie promises her baby that Jack will make them whole again, Jack prepares to leave Tess's Cave to get some supplies in town but Tess begs Jack to stay with her.

As Jack prepares to leave the cave, he promises Tess that he will return by sundown - and gives her a long, lingering kiss good-bye. Livvie promises her baby that Jack will arrive soon to help them. After Jack kisses Tess good-bye at the Cave, Livvie paces nervously around in the forest, expecting to find Jack at any minute. Livvie suddenly believes she hears someone in the bushes, but decides that no one was really there. But Livvie suddenly begins to experience serious pain and falls to the ground, calling out for Jack.

Back at the Recovery Room, Joshua hands a contract to Jamal and Jamal promises that he will have a lawyer check it out. Marissa casually asks when Joshua will see Stephen Clay next and Joshua answers that he is headed to see Stephen as soon as he leaves the meeting at the Recovery Room. Outside Joshua makes a call, "It is a go! Yeah. The girl is a little too curious about the great Stephen Clay. I have got it covered!' As Joshua leaves, Marissa follows him!

In the woods, Livvie writhes in pain, calling out for help for her baby. At the same time, in her cave, Tess clutches her rag doll and writhes in pain, calling out for help for her baby.

10/19 Joshua makes a cell phone call: "Everything is as we discussed? Excellent! No, I am almost there and I am bringing the package with me!' Joshua looks back to make sure that Marissa is still following him. Marissa is trying to follow Joshua through the darkened hallway. Marissa tells Jamal that she is following but, before Marissa can tell Jamal WHO she is following, Marissa stumbles and screams. Jamal hears Marissa call Joshua's name, before Marissa's phone falls on the floor and goes dead. A door suddenly opens and Marissa screams.

As Jack heads through the Park, Lucy sees Jack and informs Jack that Livvie lost her baby and that Livvie ran out of the hospital before she could have a procedure to remove the dead fetus from her womb. As Lucy insists that Livvie's life is in danger and that Jack should help her look for Livvie, Jack protests that he has someone special waiting for him to return.

In the woods, Livvie is doubled over in pain, but assures her baby that everything will be okay. Tess is also doubled over in pain in her cave! Clutching her rag doll, Tess promises her 'baby' that everything will be all right. Livvie promises her baby that they will wait for Jack and, when Jack gets there, they will begin a wonderful life together - just the three of them.

Back at her cave, Tess picks up Jack's digital camera and is happy to see Jack's face in the camera. But the image suddenly disappears. Tess hears a noise outside and leaves the cave to look for Jack. Jack finds Livvie in the woods and tries to convince her to return to the Hospital with him, while Livvie tearfully tells Jack that she loves him.

Jack promises Livvie that he will not let anyone hurt her, and gently prods her to trust him. As Livvie gets up, apparently prepared to go to the Hospital with Jack, Tess stumbles out to the road, still clutching her doll. A car suddenly stops and Lucy rushes to Tess's side, mistaking her Livvie. But Tess has no idea who Lucy is and Tess recoils in fear.

10/21 Jamal and Ricky barge into Joshua's practice session with the band and demand to know where Marissa is. When Jamal threatens Joshua, Joshua's guards move in on Ricky and Jamal. Meanwhile, Marissa protests being locked into an office alone until she spots the gardenias and double fudge chocolate cake waiting there for her.

As music begins to play, Marissa is suddenly entranced by the music. Marissa finds a note signed by Stephen Clay, "For so long I have been searching for something rare - elusive. I had almost given up, but finally I found you, the one to put words to my music, to give voice to the stories in my soul.' Marissa becomes inspired and sits down and furiously begins to write.

Jack tries to convince a reluctant Livvie to go to the Hospital, but Livvie insists that Jack should just take her home to their little house by the water, where Jack and Livvie and the baby can finally live together as a family. As Livvie insists that her baby will be fine now that Jack has arrived, Jack insists that Livvie's baby is gone. But Livvie continues to deny that that could be possible. Jack finally manages to convince Livvie that the baby is dead and Livvie tells Jack that her reason for living is now gone as well.

Lucy tries to convince a frightened Tess to go to the Hospital, believing that Tess is Livvie. Tess tries to tell Lucy that her name is Tess, but Lucy fails to understand. As Lucy struggles with the cowering Tess, Lucy finally tells Tess that she will take her to Jack. This appears to calm Tess and Lucy calls Ian to tell him she has found Livvie and is bringing Livvie into the Hospital. But, as Lucy drags the protesting Tess toward the car, Tess suddenly collapses.

Livvie tells Jack that Livvie believes that her baby is dead because Livvie wanted to hurt Rafe and Alison the way Livvie had been hurt. As Livvie protests that her life does not matter any more, Jack suddenly tells Livvie that her life matters to him. Livvie is immediately interested in what Jack has to say, but is engulfed by waves of pain. Jack gathers Livvie up and begins carrying her to the hospital.

Jamal and Ricky find themselves tied up in the band's rehearsal hall. Joshua soon returns, orders Ricky and Jamal untied and tells them that Marissa is an honored guest, holed up in a quiet place, working on new lyrics. Jamal and Ricky refuse to believe Joshua until Joshua opens the door to the office where Marissa is absorbed in writing new lyrics. Jamal and Ricky are happy to find Marissa, but puzzled at how thrilled she appears to be with the music she has just heard.

As Jamal finally convinces Marissa to go home, Joshua tries to get the lyrics Marissa has just written away from her. But Marissa insists that the lyrics need some polish before she will be ready to show them to anyone. After Jamal, Marissa and Ricky leave the rehearsal hall, Marissa insists that she believes that Joshua is Stephen Clay. But Jamal reminds everyone that Jamal believes there is something 'off' about the whole Stephen Clay crowd.

Jack arrives at the hospital with a very ill Livvie and Ian rushes Livvie up to the Operating Room. Livvie insists that Jack go with her. After Ian, Jack and Livvie leave for the OR, Lucy arrives with Tess. Lucy leaves Tess in the Waiting Room while Lucy goes to look for Ian. As soon as Lucy leaves, though, Tess becomes frightened by the strange, loud surroundings and wanders away from the Waiting Room.

In the OR, Livvie tells Jack she is sorry for the awful things she has put him through. Livvie asks Jack to stay with her, and Jack agrees. But, when Livvie drifts under the anesthesia, Jack leaves the OR and suddenly remembers that Tess is waiting and that Jack had promised to return to the cave by sunset. But, as Jack begins to leave, Deniece stops him and reminds Jack that Livvie is depending on Jack's promise that he would stay. So Jack goes for coffee instead.

Tess hides out in a supply closet and calls out for Jack when she sees him coming down the hall. But, before Jack can locate the source of the voice calling for him, Tess slips into unconsciousness beside the door of the supply closet.

10/22 Ricky arrives at the recording studio to speak to Manager Joshua Temple. But Ricky is shocked when Joshua comes out and informs Ricky that Joshua no longer requires Ricky's services.

Alison turns on the radio and "Naked Eyes' is playing! Rafe and Lucy both startle Allison when they both order Alison to 'turn that song off' at the same time! Alison is shocked when Rafe and Lucy BOTH react so strongly to the sound of the Stephen Clay song that they rush to yank the plug out of the socket.

When Alison leaves the room, Rafe and Lucy compare notes on their mutual strong reaction to the song. Lucy tells about hearing the song while she was in Canada and believing that she had to get back to Port Charles. Rafe tells Lucy about hearing the same song on the train and getting an overwhelming feeling that it was imperative that Rafe return to Port Charles as quickly as possible.

At the Studio, Ricky is shocked when Joshua coldly informs Ricky that the band does not need another musician but they plan to never let Marissa go! Ricky accuses Joshua of being the REAL Stephen Clay. An enraged Joshua throws Ricky out of the Studio. After Ricky is gone, Reese tells Joshua that she thought Ricky was 'cute!' But Joshua coldly informs Reese that they do not have time for 'cute.'

Back at Jack's Place, as Marissa and Jamal talk about Marissa's new lyrics, Joshua watches them through a hidden video camera and Joshua already has the lyrics for 'The Gift!' written down! Joshua, “Trying to keep secrets from us so soon? After how hard we have worked to take you under our wing! There will be no secrets, not from Stephen Clay!”

10/23 Jamal stops at the hospital to see Jack. He is surprised that Jack is being so nice to Livvie and tells Jack that he thought Jack was seeing someone new. Jack tells Jamal all about Tess. He tells him how Tess lives in a cave in the woods and more importantly, she looks exactly like Livvie. Jamal thinks Jack is exaggerating the likeness so Jack decides to take Jamal to the cave so he can see Tess for himself.

When they get to the cave, Tess is nowhere to be found. Jack tells Jamal how Tess healed his broken leg. When Jamal is still unconvinced, Jack gets his camera to show Jamal her picture, but the pictures are gone. Tess leaves the closet and begins wandering the halls at the hospital.

As Tess passes outside her door, Livvie feels a chill. She asks Lucy if she felt it as well. Lucy says no. Livvie, suddenly afraid, asks Lucy to look out in the hall to see if anyone is out there. Lucy looks out, but doesn’t see Tess who is hiding behind a chair. Tess continues wandering the halls until she comes to Brennan’s room. She listens as Kate cries and wishes Brennan would recover. When Kate leaves, Tess goes into the room and looks at Brennan. Tentatively she touches his forehead and face as she whispers, “Better.” Soon, Brennan’s fingers begin to twitch.

10/24 At the hospital, Jack tries to convince Jamal that there really is a girl named Tess who lives in a cave in the woods. Jack is confident that, when Chris returns with an x-ray of Jack's leg, it will prove that Tess miraculously healed Jack's broken leg. But, when Chris returns, Chris tells Jack that there is no evidence that Jack's leg had ever been broken. Tess is in Brennan's room, telling him that he will be better. But Tess stumbles over some of the equipment and sets off an alarm. The alarm frightens her and Tess quickly leaves.

A nurse comes to Livvie's room to check on the patient. When Livvie wonders where Jack has gone, the nurse informs Livvie that she just saw Jack down in x-ray. Livvie becomes worried that something has happened to Jack, and Livvie leaves her room to look for Jack.

Jack is shocked that there is no evidence that his leg was ever broken, but Chris assures Jack that it is nearly impossible to misread a fracture x-ray. After Chris leaves, Jack is surprised when Jamal suddenly tells Jack he believes Jack's story about Tess. Jamal suggests that they tell Chris the whole story and see if Chris can run some more tests to see if Chris could tell what exactly did happen with Jack's leg. But Jack vetoes the idea, telling Jamal that Jack wants to find out who Tess is and IF she is connected to Livvie before anyone else finds out about Tess.

Livvie discovers that Jack is not in x-ray. But, as Livvie looks for Jack, Tess has wandered into the vicinity of Livvie's room. Chris sees Tess, but mistakes her for Livvie. Only briefly wondering where Tess got the clothes and the hair-do, Chris escorts Tess back to Livvie's room. When Tess asks about Jack, Chris reassures her that he will send Jack to her room and that it is now time for Livvie to follow doctors' orders and stay in bed.

Jamal reminds Jack that Livvie sincerely believes that she has a real reconciliation going with Jack. Jack admits that he will have to straighten Livvie out and Jack heads off to Livvie's room. Tess explores the contents of Livvie's purse, then decides to look for Jack again and leaves the room.

Livvie finds Chris at the Nurses' Station and is surprised when Chris lectures Livvie, telling her that he JUST told her to stay in bed and Livvie needs to get back to bed. Livvie asks about Jack, and Chris assures her that Chris will send Jack to Livvie's room as soon as Chris runs into Jack.

While Chris and Livvie talk, Tess wanders toward the Nurses' Station. After Chris leaves, Livvie tries to find Jack's file to see if Jack really is okay. Tess finally sees Livvie. But, when Livvie feels a sudden cold chill and looks around, Tess drops her doll and stoops down to pick the doll up, so Livvie does not see Tess.

Marissa storms into Joshua's office and reads the band manager the riot act about the way he treated Ricky. But, as Marissa threatens to quit the band if they do not want Ricky, Marissa suddenly realizes that the song playing in Joshua's office is using some of her lyrics , lyrics that Marissa has shown ONLY to Jamal! Marissa demands to know how Joshua got hold of her lyrics.

Livvie leaves the Nurses' Station to look for Jack. Tess, meanwhile, picks up her doll and wanders toward the coffee room. But an orderly knocks over a tray and the noise frightens Tess. Tess runs back to hide in the supply room. Livvie returns to her room and sees Jack. As Livvie hugs Jack, Tess sits in the supply room, clinging to her doll and calling for Jack.