"ONE LIFE TO LIVE"

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Bo has arrived to the police station. He casually walks in and says hi to several of his police officer friends before stepping into his old office. His old room is still empty and silent. All there is his old desk and a couple of chairs sitting in the corner. After stepping inside, he sees Mayor Finn approaching as she walks in and shuts the door behind her.

"Well…hello Mayor." Bo says brashly.

"Thanks for meeting me." Kathleen says honestly, "I don't want to waste much of your time…so I'm just going to go ahead and ask this."

"Ask me what?" Bo says suspiciously as he folds his arms.

"You can have your police commissioner position back if you want it." Mayor Finn asks quickly and looks away.


Vimal and Rama Patel have just returned to their apartment. Rama lays her purse on the coffee table as Vimal goes over and punches a pillow is the lying on the end of the couch.

"Vimal…you really need to calm down!" Rama says to her husband.

Vimal just stares at Rama in a borderline angry/annoyed kind of way.

"Say that again." Vimal demands.

"Why?" Rama wonders.

"Just do it!" Vimal says.

"Look…I know this is awful for you!" Rama begins to say, "But you have to mourn, and at some point you have to be able to make peace with all of this!"

"You know what…get out!" Vimal says as he stomps over to the door and opens it.

"What?" Rama asks bewildered.


"Okay, Téa…I just checked with the head nurse and there are open rooms upstairs in the maternity ward, so that is where we are heading." Dorian said, "I have already called Tomas and Daniela, they should both be on their way."

"Oh my God, Victor…we are having this baby now!" Téa says shocked.

"I made it back just in time!" Victor says and smiles.

Jack is also smiling as he runs and follows Victor, Téa and Dorian into the elevator.


***Opening Sequence/Version A: Victor, Téa, Tomas, Jack, Danielle, Nate, Shaun, Destiny, Matthew, Nora, Bo, Natalie, Clint & Viki***


"You would like for me to take my job back?" Bo asks Mayor Finn.

"Exactly." Mayor Finn responds

"You're just doing this to better your chance in winning your recall election." Bo contemplates, "But…I accept…I want my job back."

"Yes!" Kathleen Finn celebrates to herself, "You can start back tomorrow. I'll also make sure you get a small pay increase for your first three months back on the job. Now…I need to go and release this news to the media!"

Mayor Finn rushes out the door and out of sight. Bo grabs his jacket and quickly runs to his car so he can get home and tell Nora the good news.


"You heard me…I want you to leave!" Vimal says nervously.

"No…I am not going to leave you alone now!" Rama says worriedly, "You need me!"

"Oh…no I don't!" Vimal stays strongly.

"Look…I know you are upset about what happened to Neela…but you can't just push me away." Rama said.

"I am upset…Neela is gone because of you!" Vimal says and points at Rama.

"Me? What did I do?" Rama says defensively.

"You were so cool with Neela seeing Jack, even when I was against it. I told you nothing good happens around that Manning!" Vimal says emotionally.

"Vimal…what happened to Neela was an accident!" Rama says as she grabs Vimal's hands.

"An accident that would not have happened if she was not around Jack." Vimal vents.

"Vimal…you are not making sense!" Rama said, "Just take a moment and breathe."

"I'm not making sense? Today I just lost my younger sister. I had to call our parents, half of the world away, to tell them what had happened. Do you know how distraught they were? They also blame the Manning kid, just like I do. Now…I must plan a funeral. You just don't get that my sister is gone and that it is because of you!" Vimal states.

"Vimal!" Rama tries to say.

"No! I don't wanna hear you say anything else!" Vimal interrupts, "I'm going to leave for an hour…when I get back, you and your things better be gone!"

Vimal stomps out of the door, shutting it behind him. Rama falls to the floor and starts crying.


Upon arriving to the room, Téa has changed into a gown and is lying on the bed. Jack is holding a bucket of ice chips as Tomas arrives.

"There's my sister!" Tomas says gleefully as he enters the room, "How are you holding up?"

"Just fine now…since Dorian just gave me some good drugs." Téa smiles.

"That is great." Tomas smiles back, "Dorian hinted on the phone that Victor is alive…if that is true, where the hell is he?"

"I'm right here bonehead!" Victor says and smiles in the doorway.

"Well…it is you." Tomas says dullfully surprised, "Where the hell have you been all of this time?"

"Guys…guys…let's not fight right now, okay?" Téa beams.

"Fine." Tomas agrees.

"Sure." Victor says.

Dorian reenters the room and checks the status of Téa's labor. She quickly sees that the baby is due anytime now.

"She is practically ten centimeters dilated." Dorian says to the nurse before turning to Téa, "Okay Téa…we are getting ready to spit this baby right out of you!"

"But we can't do this yet!" Téa says panicked, "Daniela isn't here yet!"

"You aren't actually thinking of letting everyone stay in the room with us when you have this baby?" Victor asks Téa.

"Well…Victor, just this morning I thought I was going to be having this child all by myself. Now that you're back, I want everyone to be here." Téa says teary-eyed, "Plus, everybody here are all adults. As long as you all stay off to the side or the corner of the room, I don't care if you are all here.

Everybody in the room shares a smile with one another. Téa looks around at everyone. First at Victor, then to Tomas, then Jack and Dorian. Jack also takes a second to hug Victor once more.


Bo quickly runs in his apartment to find Nora watching 'Law & Order' and eating a bag of popcorn. Nora instantly notices how giddy Bo is.

"What's up?" Nora asks diligently.

"You will not believe this…Mayor Finn gave me my job back!" Bo says excitedly.

"Did she now?" Nora says surprised and drops her popcorn on the table.

"Yes!" Bo said, "I know she only did it to help herself stay in office…but hey, I get my job back!"

"That is so wonderful honey!" Nora says wonderfully.

"So red…you wanna go with me back to the station so I can get my things settled into the office again?" Bo asks.

"Let's go!" Nora agrees.

Bo dashes to his bedroom to grab his box of things from the closet. He hasn't even touched the box or its contents since he last placed it there last November. Nora opens the door, and she and Bo make their way back to the station.


Rama is still all to pieces over Vimal kicking her out of the apartment. She quickly gathers all her clothes and packs them up one by one. She collects the few other things that are hers. Some pictures and her remaining jewelry pieces. As she starts her way across the living room to leave, Vimal arrives back. He strolls in and slowly shuts the door behind him. He seems calmer now, but still looks concerned. He and Rama lock eyes.


Dorian has moved a stool up to the foot of the bed and has put on her gloves as she is prepared to deliver this baby.

"Okay Téa, when I say push, I need you to push for me…got that?" Dorian asks.

"Yeah…yeah…" Téa says energetically, "Victor…you hold my left hand and Tomas, you hold my right…okay?" Téa asks the men.

Both guys move closer to Téa and Jack takes himself a seat in the corner of the room.

"Mom!" Dani says in an exhausted voice as she hurries in the room and hugs her mom.

Right after she hugs her mother, she realizes that the man standing behind her look very much like Victor.

"Mom…who is this guy and why does he look so much like Victor?" Dani asks.

"Since I'm in the middle of having a baby…I'll give you the short version." Téa says while breathing heavily, "This is Victor, sweetheart…he never died…he was held captive by Irene and other people after her death…and he has found his way back to us just in time for me to have his son."

"Oh my God!" Dani screams as she nearly tackles Victor down to the ground.

"I missed you so much sweetheart!" Victor says to Danielle as he embraces her.

"I thought you were gone forever!" Dani says to Victor as she starts to cry.

"Hey now…don't cry." Victor says to Dani as he wipes the tears from her eyes, "We have to make sure you mom can handle having this baby."

"Victor…grabs Téa's hand so we can get this show on the road." Dorian suggests.

Victor grabs Téa's hand and Dani goes over to Jack.

"Okay Téa…let's see if we can do this in one big push…" Dorian instructs, "When I could to three, push! Now here we go…one…two…and…three!"

Téa pushes extremely hard and her face turns beet red instantly. Jack looks around the room and tries not to focus on all of Téa's screaming. Danielle's eyes are just wide open throughout the whole thing. She cannot wait seeing her new baby brother or sister. After about two minutes of pushing, the baby is delivered and Dorian cradles it in her arms.

"Oh boy…" Dorian sighs.

"What?" Téa says terrified, "Is my baby okay?"

"It has a yoo-hoo…you all have a boy." Dorian smiles to the group, "Let me just go and clean him up a little…then I will bring him right back to you…I promise."

Dorian slowly takes the boy over into the next small room. Tomas places a kiss on Téa's forehead, and then Victor and Téa hug again once more as she starts to relax.

"Can you believe it? We have a boy!" Victor says ecstatically.

"Actually…yes." Téa jokes while catching her breath, "With the way he had been kicking the last two months, I figured it had to be a boy."


"This room looks like it was never empty." Nora says while staring around the newly filled room.

"It's wonderful to have everything back where it belongs." Bo adds.

"You know Mr. Police Commissioner; we've had some pretty memorable times in here." Nora reflects.

"That's true, red." Bo agrees and looks around.

"So…let's clear that desk." Nora smirks as she closes the office door and shuts the blinds.


"I've made up my mind." Vimal says coldly.

"Thank goodness!" Rama smiles and drops her bags, "See…I knew after taking some time to think that you would come back and realize that Neela's death was just an accident."

"No…it's not that." Vimal says stoically, "I've decided that first thing tomorrow morning, I am going to the courthouse and I am filing for divorce…I want nothing more to do with you!"

"You don't mean that!" Rama begs.

"I mean it…and that is what I'm doing…now please leave." Vimal said.

Tears start to fill up Rama's eyes as she turns to grab her bags and walk out of the door. She stops in the doorway to tell Vimal that she loves him one more time. He just looks away, so Rama walks out sluggishly and Vimal slams the door shut behind her.


Dorian finished cleaning the baby and gave it back to Téa. Dorian left the room to go and complete some paperwork. Jack and Dani both went downstairs to the lobby to get some snacks. Victor, Téa, and Tomas are sitting on the bed together with the baby.

"What are we going to name this little guy?" Tomas asks the group.

"I think it should be a name in which all three of us are represented." Téa adds.

"Why should his name be represented in our child's name?" Victor asks and points to Tomas.

"Because…he was the strongest person here for me this whole time I was pregnant. I know you didn't plan on leaving me…but really, Tomas was here for me. Not to mention, that he is my big brother after all." Téa concludes.

"Well…didn't you already come up with anything?" Victor says, "I mean, you have been pregnant for quite some time now."

"I actually did think of one name for a boy that I thought made sense." Téa says, "I'm sure Tomas will love this name, but I am not so sure you will love this name.

"Spill it already!" Victor says anxiously.

"What about…Thomas Victor Delgado?" Téa blurts.

"I'm already a fan of that!" Tomas beams as he rubs the baby's forehead.

"Eh…I guess it's not that bad." Victor emphasizes, "I mean…I just shudder at the idea of calling this beautiful kid a Lord."

"So…you are really okay with the name?" Téa mentions once more.

"Yeah…it's fine." Victor grins to Téa.

"Alright then." Téa smiles and says to her baby, "Welcome to the world Thomas Victor Delgado."

(End Chapter/Episode)