Recap by Ivy

One Life to Live Recap for Friday, November 1, 2002

Hank stopped Keri before entering Rae's house, with the intent of telling her of Liz's secret about the baby. Right before he was able to divulge this information, Liz emerged from the house, after speaking with Antonio on the phone. She was successful in stopping Hank from saying anything more about the baby. She took Keri and dragged her inside the house so that Keri could show her around, to see if they both liked the place enough to live in it. Hank followed, and Keri said that she wanted to hear what Hank had to say. Hank was about to speak again, when Keri interrupted and exclaimed that it was the baby! Upon further inquiry, she said that she felt the baby move. Hank thought that it was a little early for the baby to be moving, but Keri said that she had heard that the baby could move as early as the first trimester. In Keri's excitement, Liz encouraged her to go and find Antonio to tell him the good news. Keri left to find Antonio at the church. Liz followed her outside, and tried to reconfigure her story about when she thought she was pregnant. She mentioned that she had thought that she was pregnant well before Keri's trip to Chicago, and that her stress was really from the surrogate backing out at the last minute. Keri didn't think much of this change of story, as she felt as though she made a mistake with what she thought really happened. Liz went back inside, and thanked Hank for not telling Keri the truth. Hank said that she shouldn't thank him, as he didn't tell her at that point in time because she was "in the moment" of the baby's first movement, and he didn't want to break that excitement. He promised Liz that Keri would find out, whether or not he told her or not! Liz didn't seem to agree, saying that there was no way possible that Keri would ever find out about her indescretion. Keri found Antonio at the church, and she gave him the news about the movement of the baby. She also conveniently mentioned about what Liz had said earlier, confirming that Steve was, indeed, the father of the baby.  Antonio breathed a sigh of relief, as he shared a tender moment with Keri when he told her that someday they would have a child of their own to celebrate these wonderful moments and milestones.

Jen, after speaking with Viki on the phone and finding out that Natalie really wasn't going to leave, started to get even more antsy about this wedding taking place. She marched back into the sanctuary, where Carlotta, Antonio, and the priest were speaking about the wedding plans. She said that she wanted to get married the next day. The priest said that was not a possibility, since it would take time for both of them to go through all of the pre-marital counseling. Jen requested that this be shortened, as she thought that they could have "concentrated visits" over the next 12 hours in order to fit everything in that was needed. The priest said that was not possible, and said that a marriage that didn't first have the counseling was not sanctified by their church. Jen said that she didnt' want to get married through the church, then. She stormed out of the sanctuary, and Carlotta followed her in order to talk this over. Carlotta explained how shocked she was to hear that Jen would so quickly consider changing her mind about being married in the church. Jen told her that the reason was that Natalie wasn't really going to be leaving town, and that she didn't think that Cristian would be able to handle being so close in proximity to a vixen like Natalie. She depicted Natalie as someone who used sex to get what she wanted, and she left all of the men around her completely powerless. Carlotta fell to this lie, and her anger towards Natalie continued to rise. They walked back into the sanctuary, and Carlotta told both of the men that she agreed with Jen, that she should get married tomorrow. Shocked, the priest said that if this was the case, he couldn't marry them in his church. Carlotta said that she understood, and that they would just have to make it legal as soon as possible, even if it wasn't sanctified by God. The priest left, and both Carlotta and Jen looked to Cristian for his approval of the new wedding date, and he said that he needed time to think about this, and he left. Natalie and Michael met at the quarry again. This time, the conversation was much more intimate, speaking mostly of their friendship, and its growth. Michael told Natalie how happy he was that she was staying in Llanview. She said that she still had mixed feelings about the whole situation, because she still didn't want to be around for the marriage of Cristian and Jen. Michael said that everyone else outside of those directly involved with that would be very happy for her decision to stay in Llanview. Natalie knew that Jen would be unhappy with this change of plan, but she affirmed her decision to stay. Michael spoke of their continuing friendship, and he thanked Natalie for all that she has done for him. She was confused, of course, since she didn't think that she had done anything at all for him. Michael explained that he had fallen away from God, and that he went through a time when he wondered why God had forsaken him. He said that now he is back on track, and he is assured by his friendship with Natalie. He said that they connected on a much deeper level, and that he knew that they would only continue to get closer. Natalie was completely captivated by his speaking, and she fell for all of his stories. She told him how she just wanted to be happy, and that was it. Michael said that she was such a giving person, and that she deserved the best, and that she would get the best in her time. In her emotional state, Natalie gave Michael an embrace, which Cristian witnessed from a distance.

After Lindsay left Troy's apartment, Troy started to call people in order to find out where Nora was, so that he could find her before Lindsay did.  Troy told Emily, who stopped by after Lindsay left, that if Nora found out the truth about the fact that he was the reason Joanna was dead, Nora would never forgive him! Of course, Lindsay was able to find Nora almost immediately. Nora played her usual reaction to seeing Lindsay, by expressing her extreme displeasure over her presence.  Lindsay tried to talk to Nora, but Nora kept on cutting her off. Lindsay started in on her usual complaints about Troy, saying that he was the same as Colin, and that she was surprised that Nora hadn't found that out yet. Finally, Nora said that she didn't want to hear anymore, and she didn't want to waste anymore of her time, and she started to walk away. Lindsay stopped her before she left by saying that she couldn't believe that Troy could possibly be responsible for the death of a woman. That statement was enough to stop Nora in her tracks. Nora thought that Lindsay was referring to a woman that apparently had died under Troy's care at the clinic. Nora said that she couldn't believe that Lindsay was torturing him about something that was clearly an accident. Lindsay laughed at her and said that she had no idea about what she was referring. Lindsay said that she wasn't talking about a patient at his clinic in Llanview. She said that Troy was no different than Colin, and that it was only a matter of time before it all came out. Troy came in, and interrupted before Lindsay was able to do any more damage. Nora was relieved to see Troy, but Lindsay continued to make more and more comments referring to Joanna. Luckily, Nora and Troy were able to leave and go back to the loft. Once they were back home, Nora said that she saw how upset he was, and that she would stay with him that night. As she changed her clothes, Lindsay called and told Troy that he should consider himself lucky that she didn't spill everything. She said that she thought about it, and she decided that it would be better if she just let it draw out a bit.  She said that she wouldn't disclose when she would tell Nora.  She said that it would be sooner or later... but that he should count on it being sooner!

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Recap written by Ivy S. © Copyright by Katherine Thurston & 2002.