One Life to Live 4/3/1991

Jake comes home to tell Megan about her mother’s resignation. Megan is stunned at this turn of events, and heads to Llanfair to check in on Viki. Max goes to his old house and is flooded with memories of Gabrielle. Julia comes downstairs to find him there. He tells Julia he got a bid on the house this morning and he accepted it. He tells Julia that he hopes Gabrielle does get her sentence reduced or suspended, but even if she does, the two of them are done. Asa arrives in time to hear the last part, and is happy to learn Max is through with Gabrielle. Asa goads Julia and Julia responds by threatening that Gabrielle has the power to destroy Asa and his family. When prodded, she claims she was just lashing out and she meant that Gabrielle can see through the Buchanan’s phony facade to their true nature. Asa is unsettled by the threats nonetheless. Looking for comfort, Alex kisses Bo, but she pulls away and apologizes for using him to bury her feelings. DuAnn tells Julia they need to talk, and she threatens to let the cat out of the bag if Julia doesn’t comply. They set a meeting for later today. Clint comes home with a bouquet of flowers. He asks Kevin where Viki is, as he hopes to ask her why she resigned. Kevin says she tried to talk to him this morning, but he disappeared. Clint gets defensive and says his whereabouts are his own business. He apologizes for snapping at his son and says he was off chasing a story, but it fell through. Alex replaces a framed photo of her father with a picture of Bo. Max offers to sell Jake the house instead of his cash buyer, but Jake blanches at the offered price: $150k. Jake isn’t comfortable using Megan’s income to secure a mortgage. Julia writes to Gabrielle and tells her she was able to get into her house and steal the genuine letters from Max’s mother along with the ones she had forged. DuAnn arrives and jumps right into her blackmail pitch: Julia is to pay her $5,000 by tomorrow or she’ll ensure Max–and by association Al–is disinherited by Asa. After she leaves Julia’s apartment, DuAnn calls her daughter, LeeAnn Demerest (Yasmine Bleeth), and tells to come visit Llanview. Megan returns home to a romantic, candlelit dinner. Megan seems pretty surprised, but Jake says ever since everyone made fun of him on Badderly, he’s been reading cookbooks and practicing cooking when she isn’t home. Clint calls his lady friend, whom he calls Sondra, and says he’s feeling guilty about lying to Viki. Sondra says he has the option to tell her the truth. She acknowledges it will be painful at first but best for everyone in the long run. Clint hears Viki’s car in the driveway, and Sondra asks what he plans to do.