Recap by Jill

ONE LIFE TO LIVE RECAP FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2001
 
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Ben, Viki, Allison and Rae

Ben overhears Alison on the phone telling whoever is on the other end not to call her there.  He wonders what she’s up to and at that moment Viki shows up.  She is in a very good mood and he is wondering how the meeting went.  She told him that it went very well and that she feels very good.  He remarks that she looks so much more relaxed than she was before and she tells him that she is.  He wonders how she is so relaxed from just that one meeting and she explains to him that Niki is gone.  She tells him that Niki and all the other alters were there to protect her from things that were too upsetting for her to face and since Allison told her everything that happened when she took Jessica, Viki was able to put her fears behind her and not see Niki any more.  Ben is very happy for her, but of course he has it in his mind that he overheard something in Allison’s phone call that was unsettling.  Viki goes in to say goodbye to Allison and Ben and Rae talk outside the dayroom.  Ben doesn’t tell Rae that he overheard Allison on the phone, but he asks her about Allison’s condition and Rae tells him that Allison cannot function in the outside world.  Ben asked about visits and contact with the outside world and Rae told him that it’s not a prison and the more healthy patients are allowed to have visitors and phones.  Obviously Ben doesn’t think Allison is one of those healthier patients.

Viki goes in to say goodbye to Allison, who thanks her again for forgiving her.  Viki says she’s glad she came, even thought at first she didn’t want to.  She wishes Allison well and good luck.  When Ben and Viki leave, Rae comes back to Allison and tells her that since she had such a breakthrough today,  she might even be getting out of St. Ann’s in a few months.  Allison is very grateful for Rae’s help and when Rae leaves, Allison dials the phone again and tells the person on the other end that she will be out of that place before long.  Then she sits on the couch with her scrapbook and looks at an article about Mitch Lawrence’s murder.

Ben and Viki go home and Ben is still preoccupied about Allison.  Viki asks what’s wrong and he tells her it’s just separation anxiety over her leaving for a book tour.  He tells her that he’s happy she didn’t listen to him when he told her not to see Allison and he’s glad Niki is gone.  Ben promised Viki a bubble bath and she decides to collect.

Sam and Troy

Troy wants Sam out of his place and Sam is just furious at him.  He demands to know why he’s staying in town and why he bought Will’s loft.  Troy doesn’t see the need to explain and tells Sam that Will did not show him the place…Will did not show up at the closing and the broker never told him who lived there before.  Sam doesn’t believe it.  Troy tells him that if he gets out now he won’t call the police.  Sam refuses to leave.  Troy says he doesn’t have to answer any of Sam’s questions and Sam tells him that he’s going to get to the bottom of Troy’s reason for staying in Llanview.  Troy tells him that he’s using Colin’s money for the clinic and he’s in Llanview to make amends for his brother’s actions.  Again, Sam doesn’t believe him.  Things get heated and again, Troy tells Sam to get out.  Sam picks up one of Troy’s boxes and throws it on the floor.  Troy tells him that he knows he’s made because Nora saved his life and never told him and Sam warns him never to talk about Nora and to leave her alone.  Troy tells him about Nora coming on her own to his hotel room because she wanted to see him and he also tells Sam that if he wants Nora, he will have her.  They started fighting and Sam throws him through the window….Troy ends up out on the fire escape.

Seth, Jess and Natalie

Jess still wants to know why Natalie used Seth’s address on the hospital form and they don’t know what to say.  Seth finally comes up with the story that Natalie begged him to let her use his address because she’s homeless.  She says she’s been sleeping on a bench in Angel Square and Jessica is horrified.  She asks Natalie where she sleeps when it rains and how she comes to school after sleeping on a bench.  Natalie says when it rains she goes to the bus station and she showers at the gym at school.  Jess wants to help and Natalie says she can’t take anything from her…she already got her a great job and maybe she can get her old room back that she was thrown out of when she couldn’t pay the rent.  Jess says they’re friends and friends help each other, so she decides she’s going to talk to Viki about letting Natalie live at Llanfair.  Jess leaves and Seth and Natalie congratulate each other on finally getting Natalie into the house.

Jen, Lindsay, Cris and Antonio

Cris and Antonio are at the coffee house and Cris tells him about Lindsay setting him up.  Antonio can’t believe that Cris didn’t tell Jen the truth about her mother and Cris tells him that Jen is going through so much with Will leaving and all her family has been through and he just can’t tell her.  Antonio asks him if he’d rather be without Jen than to tell her the truth about Lindsay and he says yes.  Antonio asks him who will protect Jen from Lindsay if he’s not with her.  Then Antonio convinces him to tell her and he leaves to go find Jen.

Antonio sees an attractive woman across from him at the coffee house (Sherry Saum) and he is getting ready to go over and talk to her when he gets a call from the station.  He takes the call and says he’ll be right there…that he has to meet someone first…and as he’s about to go meet the woman, she has already disappeared while he was on the phone.

Lindsay goes back to Sam’s and finds Jen very upset.  Jen tells her that she and Cris broke up and Lindsay fakes being sorry, but she’s very happy.  She asks Jen what happened and Jen tells her about seeing Cris kiss Shauna.  Lindsay realizes that Cris did not tell her about what she did.  Jen tells Lindsay how stupid she’s been to fall for Cris and Lindsay tells her that he was never right for her.  Lindsay wants to take Jen out and Jen decides to just go to lie down.  Cris comes to the door and he and Lindsay have words.  He is looking for Jen and in the conversation, Lindsay admits that she did set him up, although he can’t prove it, but she didn’t set him up to be kissing Shauna at the Break Bar.  Cris is very angry and can’t believe Lindsay actually admitted that she set him up.  He is about to go look for Jen when Lindsay tells him to stay away from her and that he can’t prove she was involved at all…and at that moment Jen walks in the room and Lindsay doesn’t know how much she heard.

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Recap written by Jill Berry, 
copyright by Katherine Thurston, 
and , 2001