Written by: Dallas Walsh

Kent Blackmore, Houston Blackmore and Stacey Rockwell urgently walk through the long corridor of the Kelsey Lake Hospital as they are looking to get more information on Vivian Blackmore, who was in a car accident. Houston got a call from his half-sister, Madison Stewart, advising him of the accident and he immediately called his father about his mother. He has no idea how bad the car crash could have been, but the worry in Madi's voice has left him thinking that it is lucky that Vivian is still alive.

They arrive at the nurses' station and see a young woman behind the counter. "We are looking for information on my mother," Houston tries to ignore the large lump in his throat. "Vivian Blackmore; she was brought in after a car accident."

The nurse nods back to him. "Are you family?"

"I am her son," Houston replies to her. "And this is my father, and this is the mother of her grandson."

"Alright," the nurse tells him. "I'll call the doctor to come and see you all. He should give you the latest information."

They watch as the nurse turns and picks up the phone. Stacey puts her hand on Kent's arm, and they lock eyes, unaware that Houston sees the interaction. Houston tries to ignore the jealousy he feels but he still hates the fact that his former lover is now sleeping with his father. Then, Houston turns and sees Madi moving closer to them.

"Madi," Houston rushes up to her and pulls her into a hug. "How are you?"

"I've been better," Madi replies to him as they exit their embrace. "Have you seen Mom yet?"

"We just got here," Houston tells her. "The nurse is calling the doctor now. Do you know what happened?"

"It's a long story," Madi starts to explain to her half-brother. "Apparently, it was snowing in Pasadena and Mom's car rolled 5 times; the last I heard, she has a broken ankle and a head injury."

Houston shakes his head in shock. "Snow in Pasadena? My God, so this could be bad…?"

Meanwhile, at the nurses' station, Stacey and Kent lock eyes while the nurse continues to be on the telephone.

"How are you holding up?" Stacey asks him quickly.

Kent shrugs back to her. "I am worried about my ex-wife; the last thing we need is for Vivian not to come through the other side of this."

Before Stacey can reply, she sees the doctor approaching Houston and Madi. "Looks like we are about to get an update."

Kent nods to her as they start to walk towards Madi and Houston. "Doctor, please tell us what is going on with Vivian," Kent says as he stands behind Houston.

"Thank you all for being here," the doctor replies to the family. "I'm afraid it's not good news. The number of rolls the vehicle took was very damaging to Vivian," he tells them. "She has a broken ankle and she's currently in a coma; we are hoping that the swelling in the brain will decrease and she will start to show signs of improvement."

"I need you to be honest with us," Madi looks back at the doctor. "Is my mother going to survive? Will she pull through?"

"We are doing everything we can to ensure that happens," the doctor replies to her quickly. "I'll be back later with another update, but if you'll excuse me, I have other patients to tend too."

Madi pulls Houston into a deep hug while Kent and Stacey nervously look at one another, hoping that Vivian is able to survive this terrible crash.

***

A short time later, Kent opens the door to the hospital room where Vivian is resting in. He looks at his ex-wife, who is still in her coma, and feels his eyes swell with water. He never thought that he would see Vivian this way; she was always so full of life and energy; seeing her in a coma is very difficult for him.

He grabs her hand after he sits next to her and looks at her face. "Vivian," he whispers to her. "You're in the hospital; we have the best doctors looking after you, but you, you have to do your part, okay? You have to fight, you have to pull through. We can't lose you, not now, not yet."

Vivian doesn't stir, despite Kent pleading with her to get better. He sighs as he caresses her face. "Please Vivian, don't give up, your family, we need you."

***

Back in the waiting room, Houston looks over at Madi, who is pacing back and forth. He can tell that she is worried about Vivian's chances of survival.

"I don't like this," she finally stops walking and looks over at Houston. "The doctor, he didn't seem convinced that Mom would pull through."

"Mom is the strongest woman I know," Houston moves up to her. "We have to believe that she will survive."

"I…" Madi looks back into his eyes. "I need to call my Dad. He should know what is going on."

Houston nods back to her. "You're right, Chase should know," he agrees with her, thinking about how close Vivian and Chase Cooper were for many years. "You call him now, and I'll see how my Dad's visit was."

Madi moves to her large Gucci purse and pulls out her cell phone. She quickly dials a number and then waits for her father to answer his phone.

"Daddy, it's me, Madi," she says into her phone. "It's Mom…she's…she's been in an accident," she says as chokes on her words. "And it's bad, it's really bad."

***

The dining room at the country club has been transformed into a romantic setting; there is only one table, which is placed in front of the large fireplace; in the corner of the room, there is an 8-piece orchestra, which is playing soft music while a bottle of champagne chills at the table.

"When you said that you wanted to have a romantic dinner, I had no idea that you were going to rent out the entire country club," Helena Grant smiles over to MacKenzie Rockwell, as he pours two glasses of the champagne and passes her one. Helen was pleasantly surprised when Mac asked her to dinner after she tried to convict him of Nathan Lockhart's death, which was overturned when Nathan turned out to be alive.

Mac chuckles back to her. "I like to make grand gestures," he admits to her. "Especially when I am trying to impress a woman that has caught my eye."

Helena blushes back to him. "Is that what I have done? I've caught your eye?"

"Do you remember the first day we met?"

Helena looks back at him quickly. "The day at the hospital? After Nathan had been shot?"

Mac nods back to her as he takes another sip of his champagne. "You were trying to figure out who shot my brother," he reminds her of when they first met. "And you were asking me a lot of questions, hell you even arrested me," he chuckles to her. "But the first time I saw you, I saw you and my heart skipped a beat. I thought you were the most beautiful woman I had seen."

"You flatter me," Helena replies to him quickly. "I have to admit, I am surprised that you have gone to all of this trouble for me. I almost had you killed."

"It all turned out," Mac says as he moves up to her. "Are you having a good time?"

"I am."

"Good," Mac licks his lips before he leans in and kisses her on the lips. "Because this is the start of a beautiful relationship, Helena. I can feel it."

Helena looks back into his eyes before she is drawn into another deep kiss with Mac, as the soft music continues to play behind them.

***

Nathan Lockhart moves up to the bar that is in the living room of the Rockwell mansion and pours himself a healthy glass of brandy. He takes a sip of it as his mind races back to a few days earlier when he was at the hospital and he overheard his fiancé, Sabine Andrews, talking to her nephew, Cole Rockwell, about her pregnancy and miscarriage. To Nathan's horror, he overheard Sabine admit that she didn't know who the father of her unborn child was: him or Mac. After everything that happened between himself and Mac, he thought that they were going to try to co-exist and end their feud.

"How convenient," he whispers to himself as he takes another sip of his brandy. "Mac wants to bury the hatchet, all the while knowing that he slept with my fiancé!"

He shakes his head in disgust at the thought of Sabine being with his brother. "How could she do that to me? She tells me she loves me and then she sleeps with my brother? Oh, I don't think so," he glares forward. "The question is, what am I going to do about it? How will I make Mac and Sabine pay for playing me for a fool? Once I figure that out, the games will begin."

***

The following morning, Lydia Rockwell moves into the country club and waits for a table to be assigned to her. She hopes to have some breakfast before she touches base with her children to see where they are in their lives. For the first time, she feels like there might be a sense of calm with the family.

The hostess takes Lydia to her table, where she sits alone. She opens the menu and looks up, where she sees Lucinda Rockwell dining with Dane Ashby. She arches her eyebrow at the two of them, who are chuckling with each other.

"They have been growing closer for a while now," Lydia whispers to herself. "I just wonder if we should be concerned, after all, we barely know anything about Dane."

Lydia takes a sip of her mimosa as she continues to watch Dane and Lucinda. "I think it's time that we find out everything about Dane, before Lucinda gets in any deeper with this man."

***

Quinn Cunningham steps off the elevator on the second level of the country club where the suites are located. She moves towards the suite where Deacon Cooper has been staying; she hasn't seen him since she went into labour, but she is hoping that she can talk some sense into him. She can't help but recall how when she woke up after giving birth to her son, James "Jumper" Cunningham, Marat Kafelinkov revealed to her that Deacon had filed annulment papers. Quinn knows that when the truth came out that Marat is really Jumper's father, not Deacon, he was furious and that's why he filed for an annulment, just hours after they were married.

She takes a deep breath before she starts knocking on the door to the suite. "Deacon? Deacon, it's me," she calls out as she continues to knock on the door. "I'm not leaving here until we talk, so if you're in there, you might as well open up!"

Deacon, finally, opens the door only with a white towel wrapped around his waist; his toned chest is still wet as he was in the shower when Quinn started knocking on his door. "You have a lot of nerve showing up here, you know that?"

"We need to talk," Quinn says as she licks her lips as she moves into his suite. "You've been avoiding me long enough."

Deacon smirks as he shuts the door behind her before he turns to face her. "You lied to me for months about being Jumper's father, and you expect me to be warm and fuzzy with you? What delusional world are you living in?"

"It wasn't like that," Quinn purses her lips together. "You and I, we had been growing closer, Deacon. I just wanted a chance to be with you, I still do."

"You lied to me about being the baby's father!" he yells back at her. "The minute the truth came out, Quinn, you showed your true colors! You are a lying bitch! And I never want to see you again!"

"You don't mean that," Quinn shakes her head back to him. "You will realize that you still love me, Deacon. I know this for sure."

"Get out of my suite and my life, Quinn," he spits back to her. "I never want to see you again."

***

A short time later, Quinn is sitting across from her mother, Sabine Andrews, at the country club as they are catching up with one another.

"You must still be in shock that Nathan is actually alive," Quinn tells her mother before she takes a sip of her champagne cocktail.

"I am," Sabine nods back to her. "Everything happened so quickly, I have to tell you, but I am so glad that he is back. And because it means that Mac isn't going to spend anymore time behind bars."

"We all should have known that Carmen Santos was the one behind the shooting," Quinn quips back to him. "Her and her bother caused nothing but heartache with the family."

Sabine chuckles back to her before she takes a sip of her drink. "Tell me, how is my grandson? My goodness, I can't believe that I am a grandmother."

"Jumper is getting bigger and bigger each day," Quinn admits to her. "Part of me can't believe that I am a mother."

"Motherhood looks good on you darling," Sabine winks back to her. "And later, I'd love to see Jumper to spend some time with him."

"We'd love that."

"What is going on with you and Deacon? Or you and Marat?"

Quinn sighs back to her. "Interestingly enough, I just came from seeing Deacon; I hadn't seen him since I gave birth."

"And? How did that go?" Sabine asks before she takes another sip of her champagne cocktail.

"He's furious with me," she tells her mother. "But I am determined to make him realize that everything that I did, I did because I wanted to be with him. I won't let him go without a fight."

***

"Oh Levi, good morning," Lucinda announces to her son as she moves into the Rockwell Mansion and sees Nathan pouring himself a cup of coffee. "I mean, Nathan. It is still a process for me to call you Nathan and not Levy."

"It is fine, mother," Nathan chuckles to her. "Can I get you a cup of coffee?"

"Yes, that would be lovely," Lucinda replies to her. "Are you going into Rockwell Mining today?"

"Mac and I are going to have to learn how to work together since we agreed to end our feud."

"Did I hear my name?" Mac asks with a grin on his face as he moves into the living room. "Good morning mother."

"Mac, good morning," Lucinda turns to him as Nathan passes her the coffee. "You seem to be in a chipper mood."

Mac nods back to her as he thinks about the previous night when he had a date with Helena. "I am in a good space today, yes. And Nathan, you're right. We do need to discuss how we can run Rockwell Mining together moving forward."

"Together?" Lucinda asks him in surprise as the brothers look at one another.

"We agreed to bury the hatchet, so this is what the new normal looks like," Nathan says as he gets a sly grin on his face, knowing that he is still thinking about how he is going to get back at his brother for sleeping with Sabine. "Everyone will just have to get used to the fact that Mac and I are getting along now."

***

Lexington Rockwell steps off the elevator at Rockwell Mining and makes a beeline to the main office. He had taken some time off working but he is back, and he knows that he is a good asset to the company. He opens the door to the office and sighs heavily when he sees Cole Rockwell sitting behind the desk. Lex looks at his brother and can't help but recall him admitting that he and Casper Ross had an affair; of course, Lex and Casper ended up growing much closer, however learning that Casper and Cole were sleeping together left a bad taste in Lex's mouth.

"What are you doing here?" Lex asks as he moves into the office. "I thought Mac and Nathan were going to be here?"

"Apparently they are coming in together," Cole replies to him as he stands up from behind the desk. "And hello to you too, Lex. Let me guess? You're still upset about learning about my brief fling with Casper?"

"How would you feel like if I told you that I fucked Celeste?" Lex asks him quickly, thinking about Cole's on again and off again relationship with Celeste Baldwin. "Never mind, that's a bad example because I'd never sleep with her. The thing is, Cole, the gay community is small; it's not like I can meet guys anywhere. It really sucks that the guy I was into, you were also into. It's gross."

"So, you're going to walk around with an attitude with me now? Because a brief affair that ended years ago?" Cole huffs back to him.

"I don't know," Lex admits to him as they lock eyes with one another. "All I know is that this has left a really gross taste in my mouth and I'm not sure if you can do anything to fix it, Cole."

***

"What is the latest on Vivian's condition?" Chase Cooper asks as he moves into the waiting room of the hospital, where he sees Stacey, Houston, Kent and Madi all sitting. "I brought some coffee for everyone; hopefully it is better than the cafeteria."

"Anything is better than that swill," Madi moves up to her father and hugs him. "Thanks Daddy."

"We are expecting the doctor to come anytime," Houston informs him. "We just hope that the update is good."

"It will be," Stacey comes up behind him and puts her hand on her ex's shoulder. "We have to believe that Vivian is getting better."

"Stacey is right," Kent chimes in. "We can't assume the worst; Vivian is a very strong woman. We have to believe that she will pull through."

Before anyone can say anything else, the doctor appears in the waiting room. "Doctor, hi," Madi moves up to him. "What is the latest on my mother? How is she doing?"

The doctor sighs back to the family. "I wish I had better news," he admits to the group. "But I just got her latest test results back; the swelling in her brain is still severe, which is why she is still in her coma."

"Can you do anything to help reduce the swelling?" Chase asks him.

"I'm switching her medication," the doctor admits to them. "But this if the new medication doesn't work, there isn't much more I can do. The rest will be up to Vivian."

"Oh God," Houston whispers as he turns and pulls Stacey into a hug, which Kent sees. He knows that his son is trying to be strong, but Kent still doesn't like seeing his lover in the arms of his son, considering their complicated history.

***

Celeste Baldwin sits at the bar of the country club with a Manhattan in front of her. She picks up her drink and takes a long sip of it as she recalls how she and Houston recently ended up in bed together as they were growing closer as they both felt rejected from the ones they truly love, Cole for her, and Stacey for him, respectively. She never thought that she and Houston would become lovers, but she can't help but think that the sex was great.

"I know that the sex was good," she whispers to herself before she takes a sip of her drink. "But if I am honest with myself, I am still in love with Cole. I always have been."

She wonders if they will be able to get back together, since she knows that he is still upset with her for her role in Sabine's miscarriage, which was an accident. Still, after she had to confess that she had an affair with Nathan, she can understand why Sabine was upset with her.

"Somehow, someway, I have to make Cole realize that we belong together," she whispers to herself before she turns her head and sees Cole moving into the country club.

Cole sees Celeste is about to ignore her, but he finds himself moving towards the bar to see his former lover. "Hi Cole," Celeste says as he approaches her. "Do you have time for a drink?"

"No," Cole shakes his head back to her, as he recalls seeing her and Houston in bed together. "I just wanted to tell you to stop thinking that we are going to get back together; that ship has sailed, and it's time we both move on, for good this time."

Celeste feels the blood drain from her face at his words to her. She tries to not get tears in her eyes, but she can't help but feel emotional about it.

"You don't mean that…"

"I do," Cole nods back to her. "And if you ask yourself, you'll probably know why that is the case."

***

"Well, this is a sight for sore eyes," Lydia smiles as she opens the door to the main office at Rockwell Mining and she sees Mac sitting behind the CEO desk. After months of Mac being on trial for murder, Lydia never thought she would see him back in his element: running the family company.

"Lydia, good morning," Mac stands up from behind the desk and greets his former wife. "This is a nice surprise."

"After we almost lost you, I wanted to come and see for myself that you were actually back at work," Lydia teases him. "Are you and Nathan really going to work together at the company?"

"That's the plan," he chuckles back to her. "I am going to give it my best effort. The last thing Nathan and I need is to be at each other's throats again."

"I couldn't agree more," Lydia replies to him, as she looks at Mac and recalls how they shared a close moment recently. Deep down, she has always wondered if they would get back together and try to make their relationship work again, but she knows that he mentioned that he was having dinner with Helena Grant. "So, how was that dinner with Helena?"

Mac continues to smile back at her. "It was wonderful," he admits to her. "I know it is early days, but I feel like Helena and I might be a great match."

Lydia gulps heavily. "That's…well, that's great," she manages to say back to him. "After everything you went through, it is good to see you happy MacKenzie."

"Thank you, Lydia," he tells her. "I feel like I have a new lease on life, and I am not going to let it pass me by."

***

Nathan finishes putting some files into his briefcase as he stands in the living room of the Rockwell mansion. He wants to go into office so he and Mac can iron out how the division of duty at the company.

He turns his head when he hears someone else walk into the living room. He arches his eyebrow when he sees Helena moving into the living room.

"Ms. Grant," Nathan looks over at her. "This is a surprise. What brings you by?"

Helena clears her throat as she looks over at Nathan. "I was actually here to see Mac. Is he home?"

"I'm afraid you've missed him," Nathan replies to her. "He has already gone to the office. Were you looking for him as a follow up to the case? Is there something I can help you with?"

Helena chuckles back to him. "No, this has nothing to do with the case. Once we discovered that Carmen Santos was the killer, the case was closed officially."

"I see. Then, if I may enquire, why do you need to see my brother?"

Helena feels her cheeks flush back to him. "I…I guess you hadn't heard?" she tells him. "Mac and I…we had a date the other night. And…it was really wonderful."

Nathan looks back at her in surprise. He was not expecting to hear that Mac asked the police detective out on a date, yet alone that it was "wonderful."

"Did my news catch you by surprise?" she asks him, noticing that he looks stunned.

"I just wasn't expecting to hear that," he admits to her. "Not that I can blame my brother, you're a very beautiful woman."

"Why, thank you."

"Of course," Nathan nods back to her. "I have to get running, but should I tell my brother you stopped by? I will see him at the office."

"No, it's fine," Helena waves her hand back to him. "I will send him a text and we can connect when he's free. It was nice seeing you, Nathan. Take care of yourself."

"You as well detective."

***

Lex sits at a table in the country club with a brandy in front of him while he types into his laptop as he tries to come up with a new proposal for Rockwell Mining. While he tries to focus on his report, he can't help but think about his conversation with Cole earlier in the day; Cole was telling him that his affair with Casper was years ago, and so, Lex should just move on.

"I wish it was that easy," Lex tells himself. "I just hate that the guy I was falling for was involved with my brother. It's not right."

He shuts his eyes for a moment and thinks about how he made love to Jaxson Williams, Jarek's twin brother. He hasn't seen Jaxson since, but he has been on his mind.

"Well, fancy meeting you here," a voice calls out at the table causing Lex to look up and see Jaxson standing in front of him. Lex immediately notices how tight Jaxson's polo is, which show off his biceps and pecs. "How's it going, Lex?"

"Hey Jaxson," Lex replies to him as his lover sits across from him. "I have been…uh…busy, I guess. How are you?"

"Been solid," Jaxson tells him. "I was hoping that I would have heard from you by now. Unless you didn't enjoy our night together?"

Lex uneasily chuckles back to him. "I very much so enjoyed it," Lex admits to him. "You are very good at what you do."

Jaxson winks back to him. "Thanks. Then, why have you ghosted me?"

Lex uneasily sighs back to him. "Honestly? It is because I am trying to get my head sorted out. I have a lot going on; I was involved with another man before we hooked up, and, I mean, you're Jarek's twin. My head is just spinning."

"I suppose that makes sense," Jaxson looks back at him. "I'll give you some time, but man, I don't have a lot of patience. So, you let me know what you wanna do, but I might not wait around for you to make up your mind."

***

"I actually am okay with this division of duties," Mac admits to Nathan as they stand next to one another in the main office of Rockwell Mining and look at a computer screen. They just finished dividing up the CEO duties, and they are both in agreement of what the other will do.

"So am I," Nathan looks back at Mac. "How is it possible that we didn't realize that if we worked together, we wouldn't have the huge workload of one CEO?"

Mac chuckles back to him. "I hope you know, Nathan, that I meant it when I said I wanted our feud to be a thing of the past. You almost dying and me going to jail and being on death row, I think we have both learned our lessons."

Nathan finds himself nodding back to him, as he recalls how he heard Sabine admit her affair with Mac to him. "I couldn't agree more brother, shall I pour two drinks to toast us getting along and not letting anything, or anyone, come between us again?"

"That sounds like a great plan," Mac replies to him as Nathan moves to the bar, his head spinning about how he will get back at Mac and Sabine.

***

"I can't believe that bitch had the nerve to show up here and plead her case," an exasperated Dyhannah Cooper tells Deacon as they face one another in his suite at the country club. Deacon just finished telling his mother about the visit that Quinn paid him the previous day; she can't believe that Quinn is still trying to get back together with Deacon, despite lying about her son's paternity for months. "I hope you told her were to go and fast she could get there."

Deacon chuckles back to her. "I told her that I never wanted to see her again," he reveals to his mother. "I just hope that she listens to me."

"I can ask your father to get a restraining order against her if you'd like," Dyhannah suggests to him. "I know you want to stay away from her so you can try to move on from this mess."

"I want nothing more than to move on from Quinn Cunningham and her lies," Deacon replies to her. "Let's give it a few days, okay? If Quinn is still pestering me, I will file the restraining order."

"Sounds good, baby."

"Speaking of Dad, how is he? I can only imagine that he is worried about Vivian Blackmore; I heard about her accident."

Dyhannah uneasily sighs back to Deacon. "Chase is at the hospital; I hadn't heard the latest but … well, never mind, it's nothing."

"It's not nothing," Deacon looks back at her with intent. "What is it? What's wrong?"

"I don't want to admit this," Dyhannah admits to him. "But Chase and Vivian were very close once upon a time. I just hope her return doesn't mean that your father realizes that he still has feelings for her and not me."

"Oh Mom, that won't happen."

"I hope so," Dyhannah uneasily looks back at him. "I really hope so."

***

Chase slowly opens the door to Vivian's hospital room and moves inside. He closes the door behind himself before he looks over at his former lover, who is still in her coma. He hates seeing her this way, with so many tubes running in and out of her, but he hopes that they are helping her get better.

He sits next to her and grabs her hand. "Viv, it's me, it's Chase," he whispers to her as he moves some of her hair out of her face. "I came as soon as Madi called me. Our daughter, she is so worried about you, so am I."

He pauses for a moment as he continues to look at her. "I am begging you, please get better, okay? Please fight and come back to us. We are all waiting for you to open your eyes and tell us how much you hate the hospital," he says with half a chuckle. "In all seriousness, please keep fighting, you have too many people who love you for you to give up now."

***

"How are you holding up?" Stacey asks Kent as they stand in the corner of the waiting room. Stacey knows that Kent, and Houston, are still concerned about Vivian's prognosis after the car accident. She just hopes that they are taking everything in strides. "This can't be easy for you."

Kent sighs back to her as he runs his hand through his hair. "I am trying to stay strong, but I have to admit, it was difficult being in that room with her."

"She was unresponsive?"

"Completely," Kent nods back to her. "I don't know if she could hear anything I said or not."

"Oh Kent," Stacey pulls him into a hug. "I am so sorry that you and your family are going through this. Can I do anything to help?"

"You're doing it Stacey," he says as hey continues to hold her. "I don't think that I could do this without you."

"I'm not going anywhere, Kent. I'm right here, right by your side."

At the entrance to the waiting room, Houston freezes when he sees Kent and Stacey in each other's arms. He turns to leave, as he doesn't want to interrupt, and he still hates the fact that they are together. After his history with Stacey, he hates that she has now moved on with his father, and they even share a child together.

"Damn it," he whispers to himself. "Seeing them together still makes my blood boil. I don't know how I am ever going to get used to seeing them like that."

"Houston," a voice calls out from the other end of the hallway. He looks up and sees Celeste rushing towards. "Hey, I came as soon as I heard about your Mom. How is she?"

Houston hugs Celeste and holds her tightly for a moment. "Celeste, thanks for coming. It means a lot to me."

They exit their embrace and look into each other's eyes. "Of course, you are my friend, I am here for you if you need me."

"It's bad Celeste," Houston admits to her as he bites his lower lip. "It's really bad."

"Vivian is a strong woman," Celeste encourages him. "She will pull through this. She will make it through this accident."

"That's what I'm praying for," he nods back to her. "That's what we are all praying for."

***

Cole moves through the front doors of the hospital carrying some takeout food from the country club. He heard from Stacey that the Blackmore's are still at the hospital waiting for another update on Vivian, so he thought it would be nice to bring them some real food instead of eating the cafeteria food.

As he moves towards the waiting room, he freezes in his tracks when he sees someone emerge from Vivian's hospital room. Cole's mouth opens in shock as he sees his former fiancé in the hallway in front of him.

"Madi?" he calls out as he rushes up to her. "Madi, is that really you?"

Madi turns and feels her heart skip a beat when she sees her former. "It's me Cole," she says as she looks back at him. "I'm back."

***

Nathan moves to the bar in the living room of the Rockwell mansion and pours himself a brandy, which he takes a sip of immediately as he thinks back to how he and Mac were getting along as they divided up the duties at Rockwell Mining, but deep down, Nathan still wants to exact revenge on his brother for sleeping with Sabine.

"The thought of them together still makes my blood boil," he whispers to himself as he takes another sip of his brandy. "How the hell could she betray me like that? With Mac, of all people? No, she has to pay, they both have to pay for this."

He moves up to the fireplace mantel and looks at a picture of himself and Sabine. "I still have to figure out what I am going to do but I can't let this go unpunished. They will not make a fool out of me. I refuse to let that happen."

He sets the picture back down and takes another sip of his brandy. He turns his head when he hears the front door to the mansion open and, soon, Sabine appears in the living room.

"Nathan, hi," Sabine says as she moves a piece of her hair behind her ear. "How are you? What's going on with you?"

Nathan looks back at her and forces a smile on his face as he tries to keep images of her and Mac in bed from haunting him. "I'm glad you're here, Sabine. I think it's time we talk and get a few things straight, don't you?"