Recap by Jill

ONE LIFE TO LIVE RECAP FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2001
 
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Viki, Niki, Rae and Allison

Niki tells Viki that she shouldn’t be surprised to find her at St. Ann’s since she told her she was coming along.  She tells Viki to chill out and tells her she’s going to deal with Allison her way.  Viki is getting upset with Niki and all of a sudden Viki is in the room alone with Allison.  Allison gets scared and goes to find Rae and in the meantime, Niki tells Viki to just ‘let her out’ a little bit and she will take care of Allison.  Viki asks how she would do that and Niki tells her she would give Allison a “makeover.”  Niki says she owes Allison for setting her up and Viki doesn’t want to hear it.  Rae and Allison come back and Viki tells Rae about hearing Niki Smith.  Rae offers to let Viki call off the meeting since they knew it could bring up bad feelings about Niki.  Allison asks Viki not to leave and Rae tells Viki that Allison wants to tell her what happened the day she took Jessica.  Allison doesn’t think Viki wants to hear it, but Viki says she wants to hear every detail.  So Allison tells her how she snuck into the house through the French doors when Viki left the room.  She drugged Viki’s pot of tea and then went to wait outside.  Viki came back, drank the tea and fell asleep.  Allison went upstairs, got Jessica and took her back out right past Viki sleeping on the couch.  Viki is furious all over again and Allison tries to explain that she was under Mitch’s influence…that her mind was controlled and she heard his voice in her head.  She said to Viki, “You must hate me.”  Viki said, “Yes, I do.”  Viki asked what she did with Jess all the time she had her and she said she took very good care of her…that she was with Allison all the time and her mother and friends helped take care of her…and Jess was such a good baby.  Viki asked why she dressed up as Niki and Allison said she was terrified of being caught.  She said she didn’t expect Viki to forgive her and Viki said she wasn’t going to.  Then Allison tried to explain again how it was like voices in her head pulling her in different directions and Viki couldn’t understand what that’s like.  Then she realized that Viki certainly could understand that and then Viki started to understand more.  She said she needed time and Rae and Allison left her alone.  Niki wanted to take over again and Viki considered it…then a nun came to get Allison and said that Viki wanted to see her alone.  Allison went back to the room and Viki was calmly sitting in the chair.  She asked Viki if she’s had enough time and Viki said yes, and she said that Allison had touched her with her story.  She thought about all Allison had said and told her she knew what it was like to have inner voices pulling you apart and controlling you.  She forgave Allison and told her she was glad she was getting help.  Allison was shocked that Viki forgave her and went to hug her…Viki said, “no” and they just shook hands.

Allison went to tell Rae the good news and Niki appeared to Viki again.  Viki seemed very much at peace and Niki was mad that she forgave Allison.  Viki said that she now realizes why she needed Niki all this time…it was because she had all that pent up anger over what happened and she used Niki to vent it…just like with her father.  Niki says that’s not true and Viki tells her she doesn’t need her any more…and Niki vanishes.  Viki looks happy and at peace and Allison goes to tell Rae the good news.  She is very excited.  Rae decides to go tell the nun the good news and leaves Allison alone.  Allison pulls out a cell phone and says, “Viki forgave me.  It’s all set.”  At that moment, Ben walks in and overhears her.

Ben and Sam

Earlier at the coffee house, Ben meets Sam, who called him and was very upset.  Ben wanted to know what Sam was so upset about and Sam told him about Troy staying in town,  and buying himself a position at the hospital. Ben asks how he bought a position at the hospital and Sam tells him he used Colin’s money to set up the free clinic that the hospital has been wanting.  Ben says that doesn’t sound like an evil thing to do and Sam is mad that Ben is not on his side.  Ben makes sure that Sam doesn’t think Troy is Colin and Sam tells him he knows he’s not Colin, but he thinks he’s up to something and it’s no good.  Ben doesn’t quite know what to make of Sam’s ranting and then Sam tells him about Nora saving Troy’s life and not telling him about it.  Ben now sees that it’s all about Nora.  Sam says that it is all about Nora, and Ben asks if Sam talked to Nora before she left town.  Sam tells him that she needs more time and he finally convinces Ben that maybe Troy is up to no good and at that moment Lindsay calls Sam to tell him that Troy bought Will’s loft…so Ben tells him to take his spare set of keys to Will’s place and go check it out, since Troy is probably at the hospital.  Sam doesn’t want to break in, and Ben tells him it’s not breaking in if you have a key.  Sam says he doesn’t break the law and Ben reminds him that he buried Colin’s body.  Sam agrees to do it and Ben goes back to find Viki.  Sam lets himself into Troy’s house.  He looks around and opens a box that’s filled with what appears to be statues from Africa…then Sam sees a photo of Colin and Troy as boys.  Earlier, Troy had been looking at that picture and thinking about his brother.  Sam is looking at the picture and Troy walks in and asks, “What the hell do you think you’re doing here?”

Seth, Natalie and Jess

They walk into the Break Bar apparently after Jess has accidentally slammed Natalie’s hand in the door.  Jess feels so bad and Natalie tells her it was an accident, but when Jess goes to get some ice, Natalie tells Seth that Jess thinks it was an accident but it happened because she never thinks of anyone but herself.  Jess comes back and says they should go to the hospital.  Natalie says she doesn’t have health insurance and Jess tells her she can take care of it.  This annoys Natalie once again because Jess has everything, but she plays along.  They go to the hospital and Jess goes to find Larry….Seth and Natalie wind up in a kiss and Troy walks in on them.  Natalie tells him about her hand and he says he’ll look at it.  She says she has no insurance and he says they can process it through the new free clinic.  He looks at Natalie’s hand, tapes it up and gives her a prescription for painkillers.  Jess comes back and sees Troy.  From the look on her face he knows she’s someone who was a victim of Colin and he introduces himself…so does she.  She was fairly nice to him and he says he’s sorry for what his brother did to her.  She said it was weird seeing him because she found Colin’s body.  He tells her that he hopes by helping her friend that he has made up for a little of what Colin did.  She is grateful that he took care of Natalie and he says that she should go home and rest with her boyfriend.  Natalie says Seth is not her boyfriend and Jess has a confused look on her face…so does Troy.  They leave and go back to the Break Bar.  Natalie’s purse falls and Jess picks it up and notices a piece of paper from the hospital pharmacy.  Jess looks confused and asks Natalie why she listed Seth’s address on the pharmacy form.

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