Kendall Hart @ soapcentral.com

“I have the story of the century for you.” Greenlee said letting herself into the office. “This will sell a ton of copies for you.” She was getting irritated talking to the back of the chair. “Do I get to see your face or not?” The chair swiveled around and Greenlees jaw dropped.

“Whats the matter Greenlee, expecting someone else?” Erica asked. “You should know better than to try and one up me.”

“What?” Greenlee asked confused. She wasn’t sure exactly what was going on but she was taken by surprise. “I thought that Brooke English owned Tempo.”

“She did, until she got cocky, and left the American version of the magazine vulnerable. I bought up the stock and now own both versions of the magazine.”

“You really are a bitch.” Greenlee scowled. Her big revenge plan went bust before she ever had a chance to pitch it.

“You have no idea.” Erica shot.

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“Start talking.” Zack demanded again. He wasn’t going to sit around and let his family be tormented by this duo. “I will kill him.”

“I-I-I d-d-d-ont know what you’re talking about.” Taylor stammered, hoping for a moment or some opportunity to save herself and Michael. She got it when the door opened and Myrtle walked in.

“Oh my what have we got here?” She asked, surveying the situation. “Tsk, tsk, Zack you have been a bad boy.”

“Myrtle, uh nows not really a good time.” Zack was amused by his friends reaction to the scene, it was as though she had seen this many times before. She walked over ot him, and kept an eye on Michael. She grabbed for the gun. “What do you think you’re doing?”

“Im going to kill the son of a bitch who hurt Bianca so badly and the hussy who brought him back to town.”

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Bianca met her mother for lunch. She was going to tell her about Michael being back in town. At first she wasn’t sure that it was a good idea but now she knew for sure that she needed Ericas help.  She spotted her mother making her way through the crowd. She stood when her mother made her way to the table.

“Bianca you look horrible.” Erica surveyed her daughter and immediately knew that something was amiss.

“Thanks mom.” Bianca smiled weakly. “I wasn’t going to tell you right away but I might as well just come out with it.” Bianca took a deep breath, “Michael Cambias is alive and back in Pine Valley.” She was stunned by Ericas no response.

“Everyone else has come back from the dead, its not a surprise that he did.” Erica said calmly. She was formulating a plan as she spoke. “I’ll take care of this for you.”

“What are you going to do?” Bianca asked not liking the look in her mothers eye. It seemed very dangerous to her.  “Please tell me.”

“What the hell are you up to mother?” Kendall demanded. She had eyed Erica and Bianca having lunch and decided it was time to act. She had to know what game her mother was playing.

“I’m having lunch with my daughter, you are more than welcome to join us if you’d like.” Erica said.

“No thank you--” Kendall noticed Bianca. “You look like hell.”

“That’s because that nightmare, Michael Cambias that you brought to town has conviently come back form the dead.” Erica shot.

“What? Oh my God.” Kendall sat down and buried her face in her hands.
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“What do you think Mirror Janet would tell you to do about this place?” Annie asked her newfound friend.

“She would tell me to break out of this place.” Janet answered matter of factly. “What would Richie tell you to do?”

“He would tell me to do the same thing.” Annie surveyed her friend and knew that they were on the same page.

“So then we have a deal?” Janet asked, hopefully. She desperately missed her Mandy, and hoped that Trevor would be back form his mission by now.

“Yea I think we do.” Annie answered. “I just don’t how we are going to go about this.”

“Just ask yourself, WWRD.” Janet smiled broadly. “What would Richie do?”

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Greenlee knew that she had to find Brooke, she wasn’t going to allow Erica to win so easily. There had to be a way to bring her down. She headed straight for Tad, he would know. He had to know where his ex wife was. She knocked on the door, and was greeted almost immediately.

“How can I help you Greenlee?” Tad asked, stifling a yawn.

“Tell me where Brooke English is.” She decided to get straight to the point. “I need to find her immediately.”

“Why is everything ok?” Tad asked, immediately concerned. “Is there anything I can do for you?”

“You can quit stalling and tell me where she’s at.” Greenlee demanded.

“I don’t know. She sent Jamie one postcard in Africa saying she was done with it all and disappeared……”

Erica smiled, everything was going according to her plan. Soon everyone in Pine Valley who had crossed her would regret it. There was a knock at the door. She opened it, and found Jr on the other side.

“Hello Erica.” He said, full of sex.

“Hello Jr.” She smiled, she knew what he wanted. “How can I help you?”

“I did exactly what you asked of me.” He said. “I had sex with Krystal and made sure Babe caught us.”

“I know I got your message.” She brushed his face with the back of her hand.

“So I get my reward now, don’t I?” Jr asked, cupping Erica’s right breast in his hand. “I did right by you.”

“Not yet.” Erica smiled a seductive smile, you know the rest of what you have to do.”

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Bianca gave Josh an ice pack. She couldn’t believe that her brother had jumped right into over protective mode as fast as he had.

“How are you?” She asked.

“I’m fine, what about you?” Josh asked. “I thought that Michael Cambias died.”

“This is Pine Valley, does anyone ever stay dead?” Bianca asked flipply. “I’ve lost count of how many times Dixie Martin has come back.”

“I’m moving in here with you and Miranda, at least until I know that you guys are safe.” Josh decided on the spot. He doubted that his sister would put up to much of an argument.

“Josh, you don’t have to do that.” She smiled, secretly comforted with the thought of him being there. Seeing Michael alive and well scared her to death.

“I don’t want to hear any more arguments.” Josh smiled.

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Taylor walked cautiously into Zacks office.  He had summoned her and she felt very unsure of what she was about to do. Seeing Michael had unsettled her, she wasn’t sure why though. If she were honest with herself it was because she felt betrayed. He was suppose to be dead and when he showed himself to be alive it wasn’t the romantic reunion she had hoped I would but rather he was taunting Bianca. Poor, sweet, innocent Bianca. She wanted to find out the truth about Michael and Biancas past, she couldn’t believe that someone as good as Bianca would lie about  being raped, however she also knew that her husband didn’t need to rape any woman, they were always throwing themselves at him. Especially that bitch Kendall.

She gasped at what she saw when she opened the office door. Michael was tied up in a chair. She felt the scream stick in her throat and got a sick feeling in her stomach. She turned around and was faced with Zack, who was holding a gun to her.

“Now Taylor, You are going to tell me exactly what the hell is going on, or else I will pump you and you’re husband full of lead.” Zack cocked his gun as if to prove his point.

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Jake watched Greenlee as she paced around the penthouse. Obviously her meeting with Jack hadn’t gone well and now she was upset.

“What can I do to help?” Jake asked, hoping to calm her down.

“Nothing, kill Erica Kane?”  Greenlee answered, realizing she was being a bitch but not caring.

“There has to be something I can do for you.” Jake responded, trying not to let Greenlees foul mood get to him,

“No there isn’t.” Greenlee stopped and looked at him. “Apparently there’s nothing anyone can do for me. Erica wins again.”

“Erica has messed with a lot of people over the years, its amazing to me that she has gotten away with it.” Jake said, hoping to calm her down.

“This time, she wont.” Greenlee said with steely determination. “I will find a way to bring her down.”

“How? Its not like shes with anyone that will give a damn about her activities, and they’ve already run millions of tabloid stories about her.” Jake wasn’t comfortable with the direction of this conversation.

“That’s it!!” Greenlee said, the idea hitting her in the head. “You Jake are a genius, I love you.” She grabbed and kissed him. Then took off pulling out her cell phone. “I have a proposition that you wont say no to.”