Chapter 17
Rebecca visits Julian in jail. Eve gives Lexie a timetable.
Julian sat in his cell, looking at the lunch that one of the officers had dared to set in front of him. The sandwich, consisted of something called bologna, and it was repulsive!
Sure, he had seen the ungodly meat before, back when he was on the run with Tabitha Lennox's nephew, Timmy. But one bite had almost made him lose all of his stomach contents.
And his water was in a coffee cup, that Julian had no doubt, had not been washed out properly. He stood up and began banging the cup against the bars! It did not take long for a guard to come and see what the problem was.
'What the hell is the problem back here, Crane?'
Julian sniffed.
'This meal is totally unacceptable! I don't even think this plate is clean!'
The guard folded his arms and smiled. Julian Crane was standing before him...behind bars! He couldn't think of a better way to start off his day! The prick had hit on his sister, years ago, when she worked at Crane Industries as a secretary. When she wouldn't put out for him, Crane here fired her!
Of course, his sister had known back then, that there was no way to prove those allegations, and that it would be her word against his, so she dropped it and left town. She found a good job in Salem, but it didn't take away the sting, or the humiliation, of being groped by that lech, Julian Crane.
'No, it probably isn't. If you want a meal, lick the remnants off of the plate.'
Julian gasped! The insolence in this guard's face, was something he would never forget! When Eve got him out of here, Julian was going to make sure he had this man's badge!
Julian said nothing more, and turned away. The guard smirked and walked off. Julian sat down on his bed.
When Luis had brought him in, he had broken the news to him about Alistair. Julian had not even been slightly horrified. But he was curious as to why Alistair was kidnapped, and not some other resident from the home?
Abe did not know Alistair. Actually, Julian began to wonder, how anyone knew that Abe Carver was indeed the creature? Who saw him change into it?
'Hey Crane!'
Julian rolled his eyes. The insolent guard was back. He probably wanted him to now get is water out of the toilet or something! Julian stood up and sighed, then walked up to the bars.
'You have a visitor!'
Julian looked at the woman beside him, then smiled.
'Rebecca, darling!'
Rebecca smiled back, then glared at the big galoot that was next to her. He had tried to pat her down, in some attempt to search her. Rebecca, not liking the guard's calloused hands, loudly complained that the guard had put his hand up under her skirt! Of course, he had not, but she didn't want anyone to find the small amount of food she had brought for her pookie!
Luis and Sam, who had both been on the phone, looked over to see what the problem was. Luis hung up his call, and told the guard to leave her alone. Rebecca then followed the perv guard, back to the cells.
Now, Rebecca glared at the creep, who was still standing there.
'You can go back to your minimum wage job now!' she snapped. Julian smiled again. The guard glared at both of them, before slowly walking off.
Once gone, Rebecca opened up the light, spring like coat she had on, and handed him a bag from a fast food restaurant. She then brought out a can of Coke. The bars were wide enough to slip them through. Rebecca looked around.
'You're the only person in jail?'
'Yes! Isn't appalling? I'm really thinking about lowering the police budget next year.'
Rebecca nodded.
'I heard about Alistair.'
Julian had taken a bite of a hamburger. He swallowed.
'Yes, well, all I'll say about him is that I won't shed a tear. But what are you doing back in Harmony?'
'Oh, Pookie, you will never believe what's been going on in my life!' Rebecca then proceeded to tell Julian about Marlena's press conference with Abe, and how Marlena had said that she was the one that had had her kidnapped!
'Well, Becks, you did...'
'But she really doesn't know that for sure! Anyway, John still doesn't quite believe her, and watching her face grow all hot, knowing that she hadn't turned John against me, has been the most enjoyable thing of all!'
Julian set aside his burger.
'Not the fact that he cares enough about you to believe in you?' he asked quietly.
Rebecca eyed him.
'That too, Julian! Look, I didn't come here for a lecture!'
'I know you didn't.'
'Then why did you just make it sound as if I got more satisfaction over seeing Marlena miserable, then being happy with John.'
Julian stuck one of his hands out towards her. She reluctantly took it.
'Is this really going to happen? Do you really have a chance with John? What has he told you?'
Rebecca squeezed his hand.
'It's not so much what he told me, as how he looks at me, Julian. And do you know what the worst part of all of this is? I know, that somewhere out there, there is something linking me to Stefano DiMera. If John ever finds out I lied...'
'Then tell him the truth.' Julian urged.
'Julian! He doesn't love me! If I told him what I did, that would push him right back into Marlena's arms! John would never forgive me! Never!'
'Maybe, maybe not.'
Rebecca snatched her hand away!
'Oh what do you mean 'maybe not'? You can talk, because Eve forgives every scummy thing you do! I can't take that chance!'
'But Becks, that's not the whole story.'
Rebecca eyed him.
'What do you mean?'
'I mean, that you could also tell John why you did it. Tell him what you feel for him and why. You were glued to that man's side for a year! Surely, you have a place in his heart somewhere?'
Rebecca sighed. She then shook her head.
'I can't take that chance. Look, let's not talk about me anymore. I'm glad you're back. Now I don't have to pretend to go to the Himalayas to look for you.'
'What???'
Rebecca waved her hand.
'Nothing! Tell me what was going on in Stefano DiMera's world?'
Julian looked around, just to make sure the surly guard wasn't nearby. He then spoke.
'When I got there, I found out that Stefano and Liz were married.'
'Liz? Liz who?'
'Oh, you remember Liz! Eve's annoying sister that whined around this town?'
Rebecca gave him a blank stare.
'She used to hang around Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald? He was practically her only friend?'
'Did she used to wear a head band all of the time?'
Julian nodded.
'Oh yeah...SHE married Stefano DiMera? I thought she had the hots for T.C. Russell?'
'Well that didn't work out, once Lexie Carver entered the picture. Anyway, when I get there, Stefano and Tony tell me that Eve may have died in an avalanche! Well, after they impart that bit of news, oh, by the way, Tony was sobbing when he was telling me this! Sobbing, but too lazy to go out and look for Eve! Okay, then, I'm escorted to this storage room down in the basement, where low and behold, Eve is hiding!'
'I thought you said she was in an avalanche?'
'No, I said that the DiMera's thought she had been in one! So, Eve and I stayed there for a bit, until we were caught by Stefano. He then announced his plans to throw us out into the elements and leave us to die in the cold!'
Rebecca gasped! Her eyes were even bigger than normal. Julian nodded.
'Oh yes! Believe me, Eve and I weren't too thrilled at the prospect, but things got worse, when Stefano decided to throw Tony and Liz out too!'
'Why?!'
'Well, dear, it turns out, that Liz and Abe Carver, had something going on behind Stefano's back!'
Rebecca made a face!
'First of all, if I were drunk or stupid enough to marry Stefano DiMera, I wouldn't then cheat on him in his own house! What the hell was Liz thinking?!'
Julian shook his head.
'I don't know, though it was revealed that Abe slept with Liz in exchange for his freedom.'
'Oh. Well, I guess he had to do what he had to do. So, when Stefano learned this, he decided to throw Liz out, along with Eve and you?'
'And Tony! Tony was the one that broke the news of the affair to his father, and he was quiet disrespectful about it. That and Liz lied about being pregnant with Stefano's baby!'
Rebecca put a hand over her mouth, as if she were trying to keep from throwing up!
'Oh believe me, dear, I felt the same way! Anyway, Tony had no coat and Stefano ripped Liz's dress off of her. My dear, the woman was running around in the cold in nothing but her bra and underwear!'
'No!'
'Yes!' Julian nodded excitedly. He then suddenly stopped himself. His expression was somber.
'What is it, Pookie? Go on with the story!'
'Well, it only gets worse. We ran into one of those creatures Abe turns into.'
Rebecca coughed!
'There were Sasquatches up there too?'
'Yes. And the one we saw, murdered Liz.'
Rebecca began to back away a bit. She then started to sway. Julian tried to reach his hands out through the bars to steady her, but she had moved out of his reach.
'Rebecca! Rebecca what is it?!'
John Black and Bo Brady made their way back to Julian's cell. John rushed up behind Rebecca, as he saw her start to fall to the ground. He caught her and picked her up in his arms.
'What in God's name is wrong with her?!' Julian cried, his eyes wide with worry.
Bo watched, as John took Rebecca out of the cellblock. He shook his head. John needed to forget about Rebecca Hotchkiss, and concentrate on putting his marriage to Marlena back together!
Bo turned to Julian.
'How would I know what's the matter with her, Crane? What were you two talking about before we got here?'
Julian shrugged.
'I was telling her that my wife and I encountered a Sasquatch while being held prisoner by Stefano DiMera, and that this creature murdered someone.'
Bo sucked in a breath. He then nodded.
'Well, your ex-wife, barely escaped being attacked by the creature Abe Carver is, last night. Maybe your story hit a little too close to home. Now, I want you to tell me everything you remember about Stefano's compound.'
****
'Tell me, Lexie, does Abe know that you and T.C. are back together?' Eve sneered.
Lexie looked back towards T.C.'s door.
'Of course.'
Eve said nothing, but just looked the woman over. Lexie was such a damned liar! Eve remembered her conversation with Abe earlier. He had been afraid of Lexie finding out about his liaison with Liz. If he knew Lexie was with T.C., that little revelation wouldn't have mattered to him.
Yet, she couldn't say anything about it, because until she could check on the medications Roy Boon had been taking, to see if they might be helpful to Abe, then no one could know that she had seen Abe at all.
'I don't believe you. But that's beside the point. I want you to go back in there, and get T.C. to drop the charges against Julian.'
Lexie snorted!
'Ha! That's never going to happen because I won't do it! I was there, Eve! Julian knocked my poor T.C. off of the balcony! Not to mention what he did to me! Julian is where he belongs!'
Lexie then moved to go back into T.C.'s room, but Eve snatched her back, yanking her arm!
'Abe told me about Alicia, and how it was Liz and your's idea to kidnap me and put her in my place. I'm willing to bet, that if I went in to T.C.'s room and told him that, he might not believe me, but he'd begin to have doubts about you! I know that man in there...I may not understand him, but I know him well enough. I would be willing to bet that he's secretly wondering why you're not at Abe's side right now, or even out looking for him!'
Lexie just stared at Eve, then smiled.
'Eve, how do I begin? Julian already tried telling T.C. all of that...that's why he's in the hospital. T.C. didn't believe a word out of his mouth! I could have you kidnapped again...and he still would not believe you, and he damned sure wouldn't believe Julian Crane! You see, it's the Julian factor, dear! I do believe T.C. would forgive me, if he knew that what Julian had told him about me was true. The only thing he could not forgive, is my sleeping with Julian Crane! That's why, nothing you say to him in there, will ever hurt me! Goodbye Eve!'
Eve then reached inside her blouse and pulled hard, then yiped! She had had a mini-recorder, taped inside her bra, that had recorded Lexie's confession! Unfortunately, Eve had been in a hurry and had had to use gray tape!
Lexie's mouth dropped open!
'What the hell...'
'That's right, dear! Now, either I go in there and play this for T.C. and he hears how little you think of him, or I don't play this for T.C., and you get your little self in there and get him to drop the charges against my husband! Oh, and by the way, I would only play that last part, you know, the passage that makes you look bad!'
Lexie tried to make a mad leap for the recorder that Eve was holding! Eve moved the recorder quickly to her other hand, then then took her hand and pushed Lexie's face back! Lexie reached out and tried to shove her, but Eve shoved her face even harder, until she fell back up against a wall!
Eve let go of her quickly.
'You have one hour. If you haven't convinced T.C. to drop the charges against Julian, by then, I will play this tape for him!'
Eve then turned abruptly and walked away. Lexie was breathing hard and seething! T.C. hated Julian's guts! How was she going to get T.C. to drop the charges against the man he still thought, had ruined his life?!
****
Thirty minutes later, Eve came out of her office, after looking up the drugs that Roy Boon had had in his medicine cabinet.
They all appeared to be for mood disorders. Eve suspected that anger was what caused the creature to emerge, and Roy Boon had tried different types of drugs to keep himself from getting too excited. The site of the four of them in his cabin, probably interrupted what little tranquility he had already experienced.
She walked down the hallway, and realized she was nearing the oncology department. She had already done some snooping and discovered that Dr. Livingston was Ivy's doctor. Eve walked down to her colleague's office. What she would find out, would not please her.
****
Eve left Dr. Livingston's office, absolutely livid! What the hell was wrong with Ivy?! What was she trying to pull now?!
She headed towards the elevators, looking at her watch. Lexie had five minutes left. Eve reached into her pocket, and began rewinding the tape towards the spot she needed. She prayed that Lexie would not want to do things the hard way!
Eve was about to step on the elevator, when the doors opened. Eve was about to get on, when she gasped!
'Julian?'
Julian pulled her into an embrace. Eve slipped the tape into her doctor's coat. She let go of him.
'What are you doing here? How did you get free?'
Julian smiled.
'Sam and Luis told me that they received a video tape, sent anonymously to the station. There were cameras on that balcony. The tape clearly shows that T.C. took his own leap off the edge. I didn't lay a hand on him.'
'There was a tape? I wish I had known that from the beginning!'
'So do I dear, believe me. But never mind that! Now you don't have to do anything that you might regret. So, let's go and pick up Evan and Erin, then go home. I want to see the damage to the house myself.'
Abe! Eve thought. She smiled cattily at him.
'What?' Julian asked, not fooled by the sudden, coy look on her face.
Eve pulled him away to a quiet corner.
'I was at the house this morning. I found Abe Carver there.'
'What?!'
'Julian, please keep your voice down! He doesn't remember anything! He was so horrified when he heard about Alistair. We need to try and find a way to cure him.'
'No, we don't, Eve.'
'Julian!'
'Eve! The answer is no! Now, I'm calling the police and he's getting the hell out of our home! My God! How long did you think you would be able to hide the man on our property?'
'Julian, please, I will tell him he has to go. Just don't call the police on him! He deserves better than that.'
Julian raised a brow.
'Why?'
'Why what?'
'Why does he deserve better than that? Eve, the man whored his way out of the DiMera compound, without giving you a second thought!'
'Now that we know he was being drugged, who knows what those chemicals were doing to his thought process!' Eve said.
'Oh come on, darling! Abe was lazy because it was cold. That's the cold, sad, truth. Now come on! We're going to the mansion to put the beast out, then we'll bring our children home.'
Julian pulled on her arm, and Eve realized there was no reasoning with him. She idly wondered what Lexie had decided.
****
It had begun to rain when Julian and Eve returned to the mansion. Julian turned off the car and peered at the ruined part of the house.
'You say he's in there?'
Eve glanced at him.
'It's not like he's turned into the creature now, Julian.'
'You don't know that! God! We barely escaped that beast in the Himalayas, and now we have one living in our home!'
'Don't be angry with me! Julian, Abe is good man. He was a victim of Stefano DiMera's just as we were.'
'I'm not angry with you, dearest. More like annoyed. You have a caring nature for the undeserving, that I do wish you would try and curb.'
'The 'undeserving'? Why is Abe not worthy of our compassion?'
'Because he has a yen for you, darling! He was always making cow eyes at you on that damned island! And if Lexie left him tomorrow, he would be over here, trying to move in on you!'
Eve said nothing to that. Once Julian had convinced himself he was right, there was no convincing him otherwise!
'Look, let's just go in and tell Abe what you've decided, okay?'
'What 'I've' decided? Eve, we can't let him stay here with the twins on the premises! You don't even know if you can cure him! Now, I'm going in there and I would hope you would back me up on this.'
Eve sighed heavily, then nodded. She opened up her door and got out. Julian did the same. They walked up to the damaged part of the house and carefully stepped in.
The study door was open, and both Julian and Eve could see Abe standing by Julian's desk. The only light was coming from a desk lamp. They also saw that he was not alone! Ivy peeked out at them and waved! Julian looked at Eve.
'What's going on here, darling?'
Eve said nothing, and walked towards the study. Abe looked upset. She walked up to him.
'Abe try and calm yourself.'
Julian looked at Ivy. She seemed better in appearance.
'What are you doing here?' Julian asked Ivy.
Ivy smiled.
'I've been staying with our son and his lovely wife, while I try and beat my cancer. Anyway, I went for a walk on the grounds and found our resident monster, in the study here.'
Eve looked from Abe to Ivy.
'You already have beaten your cancer.'
Ivy folded her arms.
'Yeah, somehow I knew you'd find that out.'
Julian peered at Ivy.
'But Fox and Whitney still think you're sick? Oh, and don't tell me you haven't mentioned this miracle to them, have you?'
'Oh Julian! After 20 years of marriage, you are finally becoming sharp as a tack!'
'Ivy, why?' Julian asked, looking her up and down.
'Because I wanted a relationship with my son before I...before I thought I might die. I was just as shocked as anyone, when my doctor told me my cancer was in remission.'
Thunder erupted and there was a brief flash of lightening. Julian shook his head.
'You could still have that if you told them the truth.' he said.
Ivy looked at Eve.
'I think that's up to your wife, Julian. Eve, are you going to tell Fox and Whitney that I lied about being in remission?'
'Are you going to tell them that you are?' Eve retorted.
Ivy did not answer, but took out her cellphone. She held it up for all in the room to see.
'How about I just call the police and tell them that you've been harboring this murdering animal on the grounds for God knows how long?! Hey? Alistair may have been loathsome, but he's still an important man. Kidnapping him is a one way ticket to prison, Commander Carver!'
Abe stepped in.
'I won't let you threaten Eve! I'll turn myself in before I get her into trouble.'
'Oh! Did you hear that Julian? It looks like you have yet another competitor for your wife's affections!'
'That's enough, Ivy!' Julian snapped. But he was not so much furious at his ex-wife, as he was by her words. He knew he hadn't been imagining things! Whatever Ivy's many faults, she had always been annoyingly perceptive. She could even see that Abe had a thing for Eve!
Eve walked up to Ivy.
'I won't be the victim of your blackmail ever again, Ivy!' she hissed.
Ivy's eyes widened in a look of mock surprise.
'Well, well, well! What a backbone we've grown since you've been married to Julian here! But let me tell you how it's going to be: either you both keep quiet about my remission, and let ME tell Fox and Whitney, when I decide they need to know, or your legal problems will never end! I have Sam Bennett on speed dial.'
'Why am I not surprised? Tell me Ivy, just when would you think that it would be 'important' for our son and his wife to learn that you're not really dying? When you've put one of them in their graves, from making an utter pest of yourself in their home?' Julian asked dryly.
'And that was so funny, I forgot to laugh!' Ivy remarked, as she began to press buttons on her phone. She then looked from Eve to Abe. Her gaze remained on Abe.
'You know Abe, I'm doing you a favor here. Eve really isn't worth it. Did you know that she used to put out for pills?'
'SHUT-UP!' Abe growled and fell to the ground. Ivy squealed and backed away, dropping her phone! The back of Abe's shirt began to rip!
'Is that my good silk shirt?!' Julian hissed, looking at Eve accusingly. But she bent down to try and help Abe, who was quickly growing a thick matt of hair!
Julian pulled her away from him! He then pulled on her arm.
'Eve, let's go! We're going now! Now!'
'But Julian! He needs help!'
'No, dearest, we're the ones that are going to need help if we don't GET OUT OF HERE!' he screamed.
Abe was no longer on the floor and Ivy, Julian and Eve, faced the true horror of what Abe had become. Abe howled loudly, his cries muffled by another clap of thunder.
Ivy fainted! The Sasquatch growled at Julian, who stood in front of Eve. Eve peeked around Julian to stare at the Sasquatch. He tilted his head as he looked at Eve, and for the briefest moment, it was as almost as if Abe were still inside the beast, and was aware of who he was looking at.
Then, there was a flash of lightening. The light seemed to bring the creature back to reality. He growled/ screamed, then reached down and picked up Ivy in his arms. Julian and Eve backed away, watching him.
The Sasquatch screamed one last time, before he burst through the glass patio doors, with a passed out Ivy in tow. He then ran off into the night.
Julian looked at Eve.
'I'm calling the police and I'm telling him that Abe BROKE in here, are we clear?'
Eve just nodded, not paying any attention, as Julian picked up Ivy's cell phone and began punching numbers. She walked over to the shards of glass and stared off into the direction that Abe had run off in. She barely felt the wind and rain, as it hit her face.
Rebecca visits Julian in jail. Eve gives Lexie a timetable.
Julian sat in his cell, looking at the lunch that one of the officers had dared to set in front of him. The sandwich, consisted of something called bologna, and it was repulsive!
Sure, he had seen the ungodly meat before, back when he was on the run with Tabitha Lennox's nephew, Timmy. But one bite had almost made him lose all of his stomach contents.
And his water was in a coffee cup, that Julian had no doubt, had not been washed out properly. He stood up and began banging the cup against the bars! It did not take long for a guard to come and see what the problem was.
'What the hell is the problem back here, Crane?'
Julian sniffed.
'This meal is totally unacceptable! I don't even think this plate is clean!'
The guard folded his arms and smiled. Julian Crane was standing before him...behind bars! He couldn't think of a better way to start off his day! The prick had hit on his sister, years ago, when she worked at Crane Industries as a secretary. When she wouldn't put out for him, Crane here fired her!
Of course, his sister had known back then, that there was no way to prove those allegations, and that it would be her word against his, so she dropped it and left town. She found a good job in Salem, but it didn't take away the sting, or the humiliation, of being groped by that lech, Julian Crane.
'No, it probably isn't. If you want a meal, lick the remnants off of the plate.'
Julian gasped! The insolence in this guard's face, was something he would never forget! When Eve got him out of here, Julian was going to make sure he had this man's badge!
Julian said nothing more, and turned away. The guard smirked and walked off. Julian sat down on his bed.
When Luis had brought him in, he had broken the news to him about Alistair. Julian had not even been slightly horrified. But he was curious as to why Alistair was kidnapped, and not some other resident from the home?
Abe did not know Alistair. Actually, Julian began to wonder, how anyone knew that Abe Carver was indeed the creature? Who saw him change into it?
'Hey Crane!'
Julian rolled his eyes. The insolent guard was back. He probably wanted him to now get is water out of the toilet or something! Julian stood up and sighed, then walked up to the bars.
'You have a visitor!'
Julian looked at the woman beside him, then smiled.
'Rebecca, darling!'
Rebecca smiled back, then glared at the big galoot that was next to her. He had tried to pat her down, in some attempt to search her. Rebecca, not liking the guard's calloused hands, loudly complained that the guard had put his hand up under her skirt! Of course, he had not, but she didn't want anyone to find the small amount of food she had brought for her pookie!
Luis and Sam, who had both been on the phone, looked over to see what the problem was. Luis hung up his call, and told the guard to leave her alone. Rebecca then followed the perv guard, back to the cells.
Now, Rebecca glared at the creep, who was still standing there.
'You can go back to your minimum wage job now!' she snapped. Julian smiled again. The guard glared at both of them, before slowly walking off.
Once gone, Rebecca opened up the light, spring like coat she had on, and handed him a bag from a fast food restaurant. She then brought out a can of Coke. The bars were wide enough to slip them through. Rebecca looked around.
'You're the only person in jail?'
'Yes! Isn't appalling? I'm really thinking about lowering the police budget next year.'
Rebecca nodded.
'I heard about Alistair.'
Julian had taken a bite of a hamburger. He swallowed.
'Yes, well, all I'll say about him is that I won't shed a tear. But what are you doing back in Harmony?'
'Oh, Pookie, you will never believe what's been going on in my life!' Rebecca then proceeded to tell Julian about Marlena's press conference with Abe, and how Marlena had said that she was the one that had had her kidnapped!
'Well, Becks, you did...'
'But she really doesn't know that for sure! Anyway, John still doesn't quite believe her, and watching her face grow all hot, knowing that she hadn't turned John against me, has been the most enjoyable thing of all!'
Julian set aside his burger.
'Not the fact that he cares enough about you to believe in you?' he asked quietly.
Rebecca eyed him.
'That too, Julian! Look, I didn't come here for a lecture!'
'I know you didn't.'
'Then why did you just make it sound as if I got more satisfaction over seeing Marlena miserable, then being happy with John.'
Julian stuck one of his hands out towards her. She reluctantly took it.
'Is this really going to happen? Do you really have a chance with John? What has he told you?'
Rebecca squeezed his hand.
'It's not so much what he told me, as how he looks at me, Julian. And do you know what the worst part of all of this is? I know, that somewhere out there, there is something linking me to Stefano DiMera. If John ever finds out I lied...'
'Then tell him the truth.' Julian urged.
'Julian! He doesn't love me! If I told him what I did, that would push him right back into Marlena's arms! John would never forgive me! Never!'
'Maybe, maybe not.'
Rebecca snatched her hand away!
'Oh what do you mean 'maybe not'? You can talk, because Eve forgives every scummy thing you do! I can't take that chance!'
'But Becks, that's not the whole story.'
Rebecca eyed him.
'What do you mean?'
'I mean, that you could also tell John why you did it. Tell him what you feel for him and why. You were glued to that man's side for a year! Surely, you have a place in his heart somewhere?'
Rebecca sighed. She then shook her head.
'I can't take that chance. Look, let's not talk about me anymore. I'm glad you're back. Now I don't have to pretend to go to the Himalayas to look for you.'
'What???'
Rebecca waved her hand.
'Nothing! Tell me what was going on in Stefano DiMera's world?'
Julian looked around, just to make sure the surly guard wasn't nearby. He then spoke.
'When I got there, I found out that Stefano and Liz were married.'
'Liz? Liz who?'
'Oh, you remember Liz! Eve's annoying sister that whined around this town?'
Rebecca gave him a blank stare.
'She used to hang around Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald? He was practically her only friend?'
'Did she used to wear a head band all of the time?'
Julian nodded.
'Oh yeah...SHE married Stefano DiMera? I thought she had the hots for T.C. Russell?'
'Well that didn't work out, once Lexie Carver entered the picture. Anyway, when I get there, Stefano and Tony tell me that Eve may have died in an avalanche! Well, after they impart that bit of news, oh, by the way, Tony was sobbing when he was telling me this! Sobbing, but too lazy to go out and look for Eve! Okay, then, I'm escorted to this storage room down in the basement, where low and behold, Eve is hiding!'
'I thought you said she was in an avalanche?'
'No, I said that the DiMera's thought she had been in one! So, Eve and I stayed there for a bit, until we were caught by Stefano. He then announced his plans to throw us out into the elements and leave us to die in the cold!'
Rebecca gasped! Her eyes were even bigger than normal. Julian nodded.
'Oh yes! Believe me, Eve and I weren't too thrilled at the prospect, but things got worse, when Stefano decided to throw Tony and Liz out too!'
'Why?!'
'Well, dear, it turns out, that Liz and Abe Carver, had something going on behind Stefano's back!'
Rebecca made a face!
'First of all, if I were drunk or stupid enough to marry Stefano DiMera, I wouldn't then cheat on him in his own house! What the hell was Liz thinking?!'
Julian shook his head.
'I don't know, though it was revealed that Abe slept with Liz in exchange for his freedom.'
'Oh. Well, I guess he had to do what he had to do. So, when Stefano learned this, he decided to throw Liz out, along with Eve and you?'
'And Tony! Tony was the one that broke the news of the affair to his father, and he was quiet disrespectful about it. That and Liz lied about being pregnant with Stefano's baby!'
Rebecca put a hand over her mouth, as if she were trying to keep from throwing up!
'Oh believe me, dear, I felt the same way! Anyway, Tony had no coat and Stefano ripped Liz's dress off of her. My dear, the woman was running around in the cold in nothing but her bra and underwear!'
'No!'
'Yes!' Julian nodded excitedly. He then suddenly stopped himself. His expression was somber.
'What is it, Pookie? Go on with the story!'
'Well, it only gets worse. We ran into one of those creatures Abe turns into.'
Rebecca coughed!
'There were Sasquatches up there too?'
'Yes. And the one we saw, murdered Liz.'
Rebecca began to back away a bit. She then started to sway. Julian tried to reach his hands out through the bars to steady her, but she had moved out of his reach.
'Rebecca! Rebecca what is it?!'
John Black and Bo Brady made their way back to Julian's cell. John rushed up behind Rebecca, as he saw her start to fall to the ground. He caught her and picked her up in his arms.
'What in God's name is wrong with her?!' Julian cried, his eyes wide with worry.
Bo watched, as John took Rebecca out of the cellblock. He shook his head. John needed to forget about Rebecca Hotchkiss, and concentrate on putting his marriage to Marlena back together!
Bo turned to Julian.
'How would I know what's the matter with her, Crane? What were you two talking about before we got here?'
Julian shrugged.
'I was telling her that my wife and I encountered a Sasquatch while being held prisoner by Stefano DiMera, and that this creature murdered someone.'
Bo sucked in a breath. He then nodded.
'Well, your ex-wife, barely escaped being attacked by the creature Abe Carver is, last night. Maybe your story hit a little too close to home. Now, I want you to tell me everything you remember about Stefano's compound.'
****
'Tell me, Lexie, does Abe know that you and T.C. are back together?' Eve sneered.
Lexie looked back towards T.C.'s door.
'Of course.'
Eve said nothing, but just looked the woman over. Lexie was such a damned liar! Eve remembered her conversation with Abe earlier. He had been afraid of Lexie finding out about his liaison with Liz. If he knew Lexie was with T.C., that little revelation wouldn't have mattered to him.
Yet, she couldn't say anything about it, because until she could check on the medications Roy Boon had been taking, to see if they might be helpful to Abe, then no one could know that she had seen Abe at all.
'I don't believe you. But that's beside the point. I want you to go back in there, and get T.C. to drop the charges against Julian.'
Lexie snorted!
'Ha! That's never going to happen because I won't do it! I was there, Eve! Julian knocked my poor T.C. off of the balcony! Not to mention what he did to me! Julian is where he belongs!'
Lexie then moved to go back into T.C.'s room, but Eve snatched her back, yanking her arm!
'Abe told me about Alicia, and how it was Liz and your's idea to kidnap me and put her in my place. I'm willing to bet, that if I went in to T.C.'s room and told him that, he might not believe me, but he'd begin to have doubts about you! I know that man in there...I may not understand him, but I know him well enough. I would be willing to bet that he's secretly wondering why you're not at Abe's side right now, or even out looking for him!'
Lexie just stared at Eve, then smiled.
'Eve, how do I begin? Julian already tried telling T.C. all of that...that's why he's in the hospital. T.C. didn't believe a word out of his mouth! I could have you kidnapped again...and he still would not believe you, and he damned sure wouldn't believe Julian Crane! You see, it's the Julian factor, dear! I do believe T.C. would forgive me, if he knew that what Julian had told him about me was true. The only thing he could not forgive, is my sleeping with Julian Crane! That's why, nothing you say to him in there, will ever hurt me! Goodbye Eve!'
Eve then reached inside her blouse and pulled hard, then yiped! She had had a mini-recorder, taped inside her bra, that had recorded Lexie's confession! Unfortunately, Eve had been in a hurry and had had to use gray tape!
Lexie's mouth dropped open!
'What the hell...'
'That's right, dear! Now, either I go in there and play this for T.C. and he hears how little you think of him, or I don't play this for T.C., and you get your little self in there and get him to drop the charges against my husband! Oh, and by the way, I would only play that last part, you know, the passage that makes you look bad!'
Lexie tried to make a mad leap for the recorder that Eve was holding! Eve moved the recorder quickly to her other hand, then then took her hand and pushed Lexie's face back! Lexie reached out and tried to shove her, but Eve shoved her face even harder, until she fell back up against a wall!
Eve let go of her quickly.
'You have one hour. If you haven't convinced T.C. to drop the charges against Julian, by then, I will play this tape for him!'
Eve then turned abruptly and walked away. Lexie was breathing hard and seething! T.C. hated Julian's guts! How was she going to get T.C. to drop the charges against the man he still thought, had ruined his life?!
****
Thirty minutes later, Eve came out of her office, after looking up the drugs that Roy Boon had had in his medicine cabinet.
They all appeared to be for mood disorders. Eve suspected that anger was what caused the creature to emerge, and Roy Boon had tried different types of drugs to keep himself from getting too excited. The site of the four of them in his cabin, probably interrupted what little tranquility he had already experienced.
She walked down the hallway, and realized she was nearing the oncology department. She had already done some snooping and discovered that Dr. Livingston was Ivy's doctor. Eve walked down to her colleague's office. What she would find out, would not please her.
****
Eve left Dr. Livingston's office, absolutely livid! What the hell was wrong with Ivy?! What was she trying to pull now?!
She headed towards the elevators, looking at her watch. Lexie had five minutes left. Eve reached into her pocket, and began rewinding the tape towards the spot she needed. She prayed that Lexie would not want to do things the hard way!
Eve was about to step on the elevator, when the doors opened. Eve was about to get on, when she gasped!
'Julian?'
Julian pulled her into an embrace. Eve slipped the tape into her doctor's coat. She let go of him.
'What are you doing here? How did you get free?'
Julian smiled.
'Sam and Luis told me that they received a video tape, sent anonymously to the station. There were cameras on that balcony. The tape clearly shows that T.C. took his own leap off the edge. I didn't lay a hand on him.'
'There was a tape? I wish I had known that from the beginning!'
'So do I dear, believe me. But never mind that! Now you don't have to do anything that you might regret. So, let's go and pick up Evan and Erin, then go home. I want to see the damage to the house myself.'
Abe! Eve thought. She smiled cattily at him.
'What?' Julian asked, not fooled by the sudden, coy look on her face.
Eve pulled him away to a quiet corner.
'I was at the house this morning. I found Abe Carver there.'
'What?!'
'Julian, please keep your voice down! He doesn't remember anything! He was so horrified when he heard about Alistair. We need to try and find a way to cure him.'
'No, we don't, Eve.'
'Julian!'
'Eve! The answer is no! Now, I'm calling the police and he's getting the hell out of our home! My God! How long did you think you would be able to hide the man on our property?'
'Julian, please, I will tell him he has to go. Just don't call the police on him! He deserves better than that.'
Julian raised a brow.
'Why?'
'Why what?'
'Why does he deserve better than that? Eve, the man whored his way out of the DiMera compound, without giving you a second thought!'
'Now that we know he was being drugged, who knows what those chemicals were doing to his thought process!' Eve said.
'Oh come on, darling! Abe was lazy because it was cold. That's the cold, sad, truth. Now come on! We're going to the mansion to put the beast out, then we'll bring our children home.'
Julian pulled on her arm, and Eve realized there was no reasoning with him. She idly wondered what Lexie had decided.
****
It had begun to rain when Julian and Eve returned to the mansion. Julian turned off the car and peered at the ruined part of the house.
'You say he's in there?'
Eve glanced at him.
'It's not like he's turned into the creature now, Julian.'
'You don't know that! God! We barely escaped that beast in the Himalayas, and now we have one living in our home!'
'Don't be angry with me! Julian, Abe is good man. He was a victim of Stefano DiMera's just as we were.'
'I'm not angry with you, dearest. More like annoyed. You have a caring nature for the undeserving, that I do wish you would try and curb.'
'The 'undeserving'? Why is Abe not worthy of our compassion?'
'Because he has a yen for you, darling! He was always making cow eyes at you on that damned island! And if Lexie left him tomorrow, he would be over here, trying to move in on you!'
Eve said nothing to that. Once Julian had convinced himself he was right, there was no convincing him otherwise!
'Look, let's just go in and tell Abe what you've decided, okay?'
'What 'I've' decided? Eve, we can't let him stay here with the twins on the premises! You don't even know if you can cure him! Now, I'm going in there and I would hope you would back me up on this.'
Eve sighed heavily, then nodded. She opened up her door and got out. Julian did the same. They walked up to the damaged part of the house and carefully stepped in.
The study door was open, and both Julian and Eve could see Abe standing by Julian's desk. The only light was coming from a desk lamp. They also saw that he was not alone! Ivy peeked out at them and waved! Julian looked at Eve.
'What's going on here, darling?'
Eve said nothing, and walked towards the study. Abe looked upset. She walked up to him.
'Abe try and calm yourself.'
Julian looked at Ivy. She seemed better in appearance.
'What are you doing here?' Julian asked Ivy.
Ivy smiled.
'I've been staying with our son and his lovely wife, while I try and beat my cancer. Anyway, I went for a walk on the grounds and found our resident monster, in the study here.'
Eve looked from Abe to Ivy.
'You already have beaten your cancer.'
Ivy folded her arms.
'Yeah, somehow I knew you'd find that out.'
Julian peered at Ivy.
'But Fox and Whitney still think you're sick? Oh, and don't tell me you haven't mentioned this miracle to them, have you?'
'Oh Julian! After 20 years of marriage, you are finally becoming sharp as a tack!'
'Ivy, why?' Julian asked, looking her up and down.
'Because I wanted a relationship with my son before I...before I thought I might die. I was just as shocked as anyone, when my doctor told me my cancer was in remission.'
Thunder erupted and there was a brief flash of lightening. Julian shook his head.
'You could still have that if you told them the truth.' he said.
Ivy looked at Eve.
'I think that's up to your wife, Julian. Eve, are you going to tell Fox and Whitney that I lied about being in remission?'
'Are you going to tell them that you are?' Eve retorted.
Ivy did not answer, but took out her cellphone. She held it up for all in the room to see.
'How about I just call the police and tell them that you've been harboring this murdering animal on the grounds for God knows how long?! Hey? Alistair may have been loathsome, but he's still an important man. Kidnapping him is a one way ticket to prison, Commander Carver!'
Abe stepped in.
'I won't let you threaten Eve! I'll turn myself in before I get her into trouble.'
'Oh! Did you hear that Julian? It looks like you have yet another competitor for your wife's affections!'
'That's enough, Ivy!' Julian snapped. But he was not so much furious at his ex-wife, as he was by her words. He knew he hadn't been imagining things! Whatever Ivy's many faults, she had always been annoyingly perceptive. She could even see that Abe had a thing for Eve!
Eve walked up to Ivy.
'I won't be the victim of your blackmail ever again, Ivy!' she hissed.
Ivy's eyes widened in a look of mock surprise.
'Well, well, well! What a backbone we've grown since you've been married to Julian here! But let me tell you how it's going to be: either you both keep quiet about my remission, and let ME tell Fox and Whitney, when I decide they need to know, or your legal problems will never end! I have Sam Bennett on speed dial.'
'Why am I not surprised? Tell me Ivy, just when would you think that it would be 'important' for our son and his wife to learn that you're not really dying? When you've put one of them in their graves, from making an utter pest of yourself in their home?' Julian asked dryly.
'And that was so funny, I forgot to laugh!' Ivy remarked, as she began to press buttons on her phone. She then looked from Eve to Abe. Her gaze remained on Abe.
'You know Abe, I'm doing you a favor here. Eve really isn't worth it. Did you know that she used to put out for pills?'
'SHUT-UP!' Abe growled and fell to the ground. Ivy squealed and backed away, dropping her phone! The back of Abe's shirt began to rip!
'Is that my good silk shirt?!' Julian hissed, looking at Eve accusingly. But she bent down to try and help Abe, who was quickly growing a thick matt of hair!
Julian pulled her away from him! He then pulled on her arm.
'Eve, let's go! We're going now! Now!'
'But Julian! He needs help!'
'No, dearest, we're the ones that are going to need help if we don't GET OUT OF HERE!' he screamed.
Abe was no longer on the floor and Ivy, Julian and Eve, faced the true horror of what Abe had become. Abe howled loudly, his cries muffled by another clap of thunder.
Ivy fainted! The Sasquatch growled at Julian, who stood in front of Eve. Eve peeked around Julian to stare at the Sasquatch. He tilted his head as he looked at Eve, and for the briefest moment, it was as almost as if Abe were still inside the beast, and was aware of who he was looking at.
Then, there was a flash of lightening. The light seemed to bring the creature back to reality. He growled/ screamed, then reached down and picked up Ivy in his arms. Julian and Eve backed away, watching him.
The Sasquatch screamed one last time, before he burst through the glass patio doors, with a passed out Ivy in tow. He then ran off into the night.
Julian looked at Eve.
'I'm calling the police and I'm telling him that Abe BROKE in here, are we clear?'
Eve just nodded, not paying any attention, as Julian picked up Ivy's cell phone and began punching numbers. She walked over to the shards of glass and stared off into the direction that Abe had run off in. She barely felt the wind and rain, as it hit her face.