Zach winced as he swallowed, but he felt the effects almost immediately. A warmth and courage coursed through his veins. He could do anything! The past be damned. He was one hot back from the dead casino king identity thief! What woman would NOT fall for him!

"Hayward!" he gushed. "This is great! I'm SURE this will work! How could Kendall NOT love me!" He grabbed David in a huge bear hug.

David gingerly pulled away. "It only works for 12 hours at a time, " he said. "You better hurry! Here" David put another two bottles of the black goo in Zach's hand. "Free refills."

He waited till Zach was well down the road before he let himself laugh. And did he laugh. He laughed till he was doubled over and tears ran down his cheeks. This ought to be SO good. Slater was already under the influence within minutes of drinking the formula- but if it worked according to projections it wouldn't reach full effect for a half hour. A shame he couldn't see it play out.

Or could he? He grabbed his keys and headed to town.

He assumed Zach would head to Fusion- to Kendall. But he saw signs of his brew's effect long before he got to the office. As he passed the park, he saw Myrtle Fargate standing on the corner, blouse disheveled, with a look of pure joy on her face. A police officer was speaking to her.

David pulled over and parked across the street. He rolled down his window and listened.

"Ma'am, are you sure that man wasn't bothering you?" asked the officer.

"Oh, NO, dear." said Myrtle pleasantly, and a bit dreamily. "No bother at all!"

"Witnesses say he accosted you, springing out from behind that tree and planting a big kiss-"

"Now, dear, when I'm accosted I'll let you know. Zach is a dear friend. A dearer friend than I realized!" She laid her hand gently on the cops arm. "You know, I think he'd been nipping at the brandy a bit. Life's been hard on him recently. I don't think he knew if it was day or night!"

"Yes," said the officer. "That's part of the problem. It seems he's been kissing everything in sight."

"Well, don't be to hard on him when you find him, dearie," said Myrtle. "In fact, just give me a call if you see him. I'm sure i can bring him in." She winked at the officer and walked away, smiling and adjusting her blouse.

David scanned the street ahead. He saw a group of kids who had been walking their dog, all clustered together talking... he listened... yes, some strange man had come up, said he loved puppies, picked up the 130 lb Rottweiler and kissed it. David got out of his car. He ought to be close enough to walk and catch up to Zach now. Not too close- just close enough to see what was unfolding.

Uh-oh. Walking up the street was a furious looking Babe.

"Babe, what's wrong?" he asked as she tried to brush by him.

"I'm not talking to you anymore. I've disowned you, remember?" she said hotly.

"Yeah. So what's wrong?"

"That MAN!" she said. "Zach Slater! He grabs my arm while I was at the hospital the other week- that was creepy enough. But today , he sees me, say's 'hi ya, ya hot babe!' and KISSES me!" She wiped her lips in disgust. "It was like he was drugged or--"

She stopped and looked at David shrewdly. He tried to look innocent.

"Oh- you are so EVIL" she shrieked. "Do you have to keep ruining people's LIVES? When are you going to stop this sort of nasty behavior? How can you be SO EVIL! What did you do?"

He took her arm and led her to a quiet side of the park. "Shh.. hold on. He just came to me for a little help in gaining confidence with women."

"Confidence! Oh!" She glared at David with righteous fury. "This really messed him up. - he thinks he's in love with-" She stopped a moment and thought. "I don't suppose that stuff would work on JR, would it?" a sly gleam in her eye.