Episode Ninety-five: Jack is Concerned
for Isabella's Safety, Is He Falling
in Love with Her? Steve and Kayla
Tell the Family That She Is Pregnant.

 

SCENE ONE: STEVE AND KAYLA ARRIVE HOME AND STEVE WANTS TO KNOW WHY SHE WENT RUNNING AFTER JACK. SHE SAYS THAT HE WAS DESPERATE. STEVE, AS USUAL, TRIES TO PUT JACK DOWN BUT KAYLA TELLS HIM THAT JACK FEELS BAD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND NEVER WANTED HER TO BE IN DANGER. STEVE GETS UPSET THAT SHE IS ALWAYS DEFENDING JACK; SHE SAYS THAT SHE HAS REALIZED THAT HE NEEDS DEFENDING BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS HELPING THEM AND SHE BELIEVES HIM. AS THEY ARE TALKING THERE IS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

 

STEVE: Well speaking of the devil.

JACK: I....er....I brought your keys back.

KAYLA: Did you find Isabella?

JACK: No. No. It got too dark. I couldn't find her.

KAYLA: Sorry.

 

JACK LOOKS ACROSS AT STEVE. HE FEELS VERY AWKWARD BEING NEAR THEM BOTH.

 

JACK: Yeah. Ah....Steve....ah. Look, actually, you have every right to turn me down but I could use your help looking for her tomorrow morning.

STEVE: After what you put Kayla through, I should help you?

JACK: Look the girl is alone. She's lost and she isn't even from here. And....er....well I mean we can't just turn our backs on her and....er....I....I could use your help.

STEVE: Alright, but only because I want to find her too.

JACK: Alright. I'll be back by here first thing in the morning. (Beat) Thank you. Both of you.

SCENE TWO: A SHORT TIME LATER, JACK IS DOWN ON THE PIER LOOKING FOR ISABELLA. JENNIFER SEES HIM AND IS OVERJOYED. SHE LEAPS ON HIM.

JENNIFER: Jack!

JACK: Oh! Eeeeeew! Gee!

 

WHILE SHE IS CLINGING TO HIM WITH HER LEGS WRAPPED AROUND HER WAIST, SHE BEGINS TO PUNCH HIM IN THE ARM.

 

JENNIFER: Where have you been? I've been so worried about you. Why didn't you tell me where you were going?

JACK: I....I....I'm fine Jennifer, I'm fine. Well with the exception of my arm....and my back.

 

HE PUTS HER DOWN. THROUGHOUT THIS TIME IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THEY BOTH FEEL SOMETHING FOR EACH OTHER, BUT JACK ALSO IS CONCERNED FOR ISABELLA AND DOES NOT WANT JENNIFER INVOLVED.

 

JENNIFER: You lied to me about being on vacation and don't tell me that you didn't Jack, because I found this under your desk.

JACK: My wallet! Well thank you, I've been looking for this.

JENNIFER: Tell me what's going on.

JACK: Nothing, nothing's going on.

JENNIFER: Nothing. Then why is Kayla looking for you? Why is Steve looking for you?

JACK: Popular, I guess.

JENNIFER: Why didn't you call? You should have called me.

JACK: Look, there's nothing to call about. Everything is just fine.

JENNIFER: Fine. Fine. You keep saying that. Stop saying that!

 

SHE HITS HIS ARM AGAIN.

 

JACK: Well I'll stop it when you stop asking questions.

JENNIFER: No! I want some answers right now.

JACK: Look, I don't have time for this. I don't. Ah, excuse me.

JENNIFER: Where do you think you're going?

JACK: I'm....er....looking for somebody.

JENNIFER: For Isabella Toscano at the Bayview Sanitarium.

JACK: (Fake laugh) Ah, excuse me?

JENNIFER: Jack, let me help you. I know you're in trouble.

JACK: Look, I think that your imagination's on overload.

JENNIFER: Oh my imagination. I suppose that this is a figment of my imagination.

 

SHE HOLDS UP A GUN.

 

JACK: WHOA! PUT THAT DOWN! CAREFUL PUT THAT DOWN!

JENNIFER: Jack. It's not loaded, Jack.

JACK: Oh. (Beat) Where did you get this?

JENNIFER: In your desk.

JACK: Listen, I tell you, keep your hands out of my drawers.

JENNIFER: Excuse me?

JACK: I mean....Look, just....er....just keep out of my things.

JENNIFER: Jack, just let me help you, please. Tell me what's going on.

JACK: Look, you want to help me? You want to help me? Keep out....keep out of my things.

JENNIFER: Why didn't you call me?

 

JUST THEN EMILIO ARRIVES.

 

EMILIO: Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?

JACK: Oh great, here comes Yogi Bear.

EMILIO: Well I guess that means you're little Boo Boo.

 

EMILIO MAKES A MOVE TOWARDS JACK AND JENNIFER INTERVENES.

 

JACK: Whoa, whoa!

JENNIFER: No, stop it.

JACK: Look, if you want to help me, keep out....keep out of my things, alright. Both of you.

 

JACK WALKS AWAY AND JENNIFER IS VERY SAD THAT HE PUSHED HER AWAY.

SCENE THREE: LATER THAT NIGHT ISABELLA IS ON THE WHARF WHEN SCOTT SEES HER FROM HIS BOAT. SHE SAYS SHE IS LOOKING FOR JACK DEVERAUX AND HE TELLS HER THAT JACK LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE IN A BIG GRAY HOUSE. HE GOES TO CALL JACK FOR HER BUT SHE DISAPPEARS.

SCENE FOUR: AT LONG LAST JACK RETURNS HOME. HE COMES INTO HIS BEDROOM, COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED. HE TAKES OFF HIS COAT AND THEN SITS ON THE BED TO REMOVE HIS SHOES. WE NOTICE THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY ASLEEP IN HIS BED. SHE MOVES AND JACK LEAPS UP IN SURPRISE. IT IS ISABELLA.

 

JACK: Wha....This is my house.

ISABELLA: I was kind of cold outside and I....

JACK: No, no, no. Explain something to me. How did you find me?

ISABELLA: It wasn't difficult.

JACK: It wasn't difficult....you're a lot scrappier than you look.

ISABELLA: Thank you I think.

JACK: (Beat) You can't stay here!

ISABELLA: Why not?

JACK: Well, if it's easy for you to find me, think how easy it going to be for Victor to find you.

ISABELLA: Can I stay here tonight? I'm really tired.

JACK: No, no. I'm saying it's going to be dangerous, alright. Victor is a very dangerous person.

ISABELLA: Just tonight.

 

SHE LEANS OVER AND PUTS HER HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER.

ISABELLA: Just for a little while.

JACK: Ah....okay tonight. Okay, just go ahead, lie down and tomorrow we'll find a place for you. Okay. In the meantime, I....I don't know what I'll do in the meantime.

 

JACK WALKS OVER AND SITS ON THE END OF THE BED WHILE ISABELLA CURLS UP AND GOES BACK TO SLEEP. JACK LOOKS AT HER AND SMILES AS IF HE IS HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO TRUSTS AND LIKES HIM. HOWEVER, IS JACK FEELING MORE FOR ISABELLA, COULD HE BE FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER?

SCENE ONE: IT IS THE NEXT MORNING AND JACK KNOCKS THEN COMES INTO HIS OWN BEDROOM CARRYING A TRAY WITH TWO CUPS OF COFFEE. ISABELLA IS IN THE SHOWER.

 

JACK: Hello, I've got some coffee here.

ISABELLA: (From the shower) Thanks.

JACK: You know there are some little towels in the little closet....

ISABELLA: I found them. Thanks.

JACK: Okay, great. Just take your time. I'll just have some coffee.

 

ISABELLA COMES OUT OF THE BATHROOM WEARING JACK'S ROBE.

 

ISABELLA: Morning.

JACK: Oh, good morning.

ISABELLA: I hope you don't mind.

JACK: No, no, not at all. Please have some coffee.

ISABELLA: Thanks.

JACK: Ah, shoot!

 

JACKS PICKS UP THE PHONE.

 

ISABELLA: Who are you calling?

JACK: Ah....my.....ah.....my....brother. (Beat) Steve.

ISABELLA: Steve?

JACK: Yeah, Steve. Steve Johnson.

 

ISABELLA IS SHOCKED.

 

ISABELLA: Steve Johnson is your brother?

JACK: Yeah.

ISABELLA: You can't tell him about me!

 

SHE TAKES THE PHONE FROM HIS HAND AND HANGS IT UP.

 

ISABELLA: You can't call him Jack.

JACK: Well, look, I know that you don't want anybody to know that you're here but I'm telling you, Steve is on your side.

ISABELLA: He's not going to be an ally of mine when he finds out that I'm Marina's sister.

JACK: Well, it's a given that there's no love lost between the two of them but he's not going to blame you for what she did.

ISABELLA: You can't be sure of that.

JACK: I'm telling you, we need his help. We need him.

ISABELLA: If you call him Jack, I'm leaving!

JACK: Isabella, if....

ISABELLA: I MEAN IT. I'LL WALK OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW IF YOU CALL HIM!

SCENE TWO: STEVE GOES OVER TO SEE JO AND ASKS HER TO MEET HIM FOR LUNCH AT WINGS. HE HAS SOMETHING TO TELL HER. HE GOES BACK AND TELLS KAYLA; SHE HAS ASKED ADRIENNE TO COME TOO. KAYLA THINKS THAT THEY SHOULD ASK JACK. STEVE DECIDES TO CALL HIM.

 

JACK: Hello.

STEVE: Jack, this is Steve.

JACK: Oh....ah....ah Steve, oh look I'm sorry I didn't call you earlier about Isabella.

STEVE: Listen, ah, I want to meet you at Wings later for lunch. 12:30.

JACK: Wings?

STEVE: Yeah, will you be there?

JACK: Yeah, sure. I'll be there.

STEVE: Good.

 

STEVE HANGS UP AND JACK IS MYSTIFIED BY STEVE'S CALL.

 

ISABELLA: What are you doing?

JACK: I'm going out. (Beat) Look Steve called me. He called me.

ISABELLA: You didn't tell him anything?

JACK: No. I didn't tell him anything.

ISABELLA: Good.

JACK: Look, we have to deal with this little problem.

ISABELLA: Jack, you know my feelings.

JACK: Well I thought I did. I mean after all that time we spent in that sanitarium together, I thought maybe you were coming to trust me a little bit.

ISABELLA: I do.

JACK: Then you have to trust me on this. Steve is going to help you. But he has to know where you are. I want you to tell him. It's the best thing to do.

ISABELLA: Jack, there is something that you don't know about us, that you're not going to like.

JACK: Huh? Like what?

ISABELLA: Promise me you won't say anything until I've finished, okay?

JACK: Okay.

ISABELLA: Marina and I were working together to get the key back.

JACK: Working together?

ISABELLA: Yeah. The key belongs to my family. Victor Kiriakis was trying to get it away from us. Marina and I wanted to be sure that didn't happen. My being in Bayview was part of that plan. But somewhere along the line, Marina decided to have me committed permanently. She wanted the key all to herself. She double crossed me and then she double crossed Steve. If he finds out that I was part of the plan, you don't....

JACK: Ah, I know....you don't want to know what he'll do. I mean, this face could tell stories.

ISABELLA: Now you know why he can't know about this.

JACK: I think you should have told me about this from the start.

ISABELLA: Jack, I couldn't. I didn't know you. I didn't trust you. But I do now. You're the only one I trust.

JACK: I'm going to go.

ISABELLA: Jack please don't say anything.

JACK: Look. If I don't go, Steve is going to show up here and you don't want to know what he's going to do.

ISABELLA: You're not going to tell him about this, are you?

JACK: I tell you what. I won't do anything that will jeopardize your life. How about that?

ISABELLA: That's all I can ask, eh. Thank you.

JACK: I'm going to go.

ISABELLA: Okay.

 

JACK GOES OUT THE DOOR AND SHUTS IT THEN PAUSES, VERY PUZZLED ABOUT ISABELLA.

SCENE THREE: JO AND ADRIENNE ARE WAITING AT WINGS AS STEVE AND KAYLA WALK IN FOLLOWED BY JACK ON THE RUN TO BE ON TIME.

 

JO: Hi kids.

STEVE: Hi. I'm glad you could all be here.

JACK: Hi.

 

STEVE TURNS AROUND TO STARE AND JACK. JACK STARES BACK.THEY ALL SIT DOWN AND STEVE ANNOUNCES THAT HE AND KAYLA ARE HAVING A BABY. JO AND ADRIENNE ARE VERY EXCITED, AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE HAD THEIR SUSPICIONS. JACK SITS THERE WITH A HALF GRIN ON HIS FACE.

 

JO: Jack, you don't seem surprised.

JACK: Well I guess I've had my suspicions too. Ah mostly while we're on the subject, congratulations Steve.

 

JACK PUTS OUT HIS HAND TO SHAKE STEVE'S BUT STEVE DOES NOT RESPOND. JACK PULLS HIS HAND AWAY QUICKLY. STEVE DECIDES TO SHAKE IT. JACK IS PLEASED.

 

JACK: And I think you're going to be a really good mother, too, Kayla.

KAYLA: Thanks.

JO: I guess I got my Christmas present early this year.

 

THEY ALL DECIDE TO SIT DOWN AND CELEBRATE.

 

JACK: Well, look, if you're going to eat, why don't we...let's get some food.

STEVE: No I'll take care of it.

JACK: No, I'll help. Dave, get some menus over here. Some champagne or something.

 

ROMAN COMES IN AND CONGRATULATES STEVE AND KAYLA, THEN JO ANNOUNCES THAT SHE HAS TO GO TO MEET NEIL.

 

JACK: I guess we can forget about the menus then.

 

STEVE WALKS JO OUT TO THE CAR.

 

JACK: Maybe I could get somebody something to drink?

KAYLA: No, no thank you.

JACK: Okay, I'm going to go.

 

JACK GOES OVER TO THE BAR AND GETS HIMSELF A DRINK THEN RETURNS TO KAYLA AND ADRIENNE. ADRIENNE IS UPSET BECAUSE JUSTIN HAS JUST WALKED IN AND SHE RUNS AWAY CRYING.

 

JACK: Seat's empty now. Mind if I sit down?

KAYLA: No, go ahead.

JACK: Okay, some party eh?

KAYLA: Yeah. Thanks for coming Jack.

JACK: Well thank you for inviting me.

KAYLA: Well now that we're alone, I'd really like to talk to you about something. It's about Isabella.

JACK: What do you want to know about Isabella?

KAYLA: Well Steve thinks that she can help him find the key.

JACK: Yeah?

KAYLA: Well what if he's wrong? I mean she was Marina's sister and maybe she's not willing to help Steve. Or maybe she was in on this key thing together with Marina and she's just going to bring more danger and....I just....what if Steve's bringing more problems into our lives? It scares me Jack. I'm not sure I want Steve to find her.

JACK: Have you told him about this?

KAYLA: Well he's so determined.

JACK: Here he is.

 

JACK QUICKLY STANDS UP SO THAT IT APPEARS HE AND KAYLA WERE NOT IN DEEP CONVERSATION.

 

JACK: Hi.

STEVE: Baby.

KAYLA: Hi. What did your mom want?

STEVE: She's just giving me a little bit of advice.

KAYLA: Already being a grandmother, eh?

STEVE: Something like that.

JACK: I'm going to go. See you all later.

STEVE: Yeah, listen Jack come here.

 

THEY WALK AWAY FROM KAYLA.

 

STEVE: You get any leads on Isabella yet?

JACK: Um, no. I guess we're going to have to keep looking for her.

STEVE: Yeah, well when you do you're going to let me know, aren't you?

JACK: Ah, sure.

 

STEVE RETURNS TO THE TABLE AND LEAVES JACK CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT APPROACH TO TAKE. STEVE AND KAYLA DANCE TOGETHER WHILE JACK WATCHES FROM THE DOOR.

SCENE FOUR: JACK RETURNS HOME AND SLOWLY COMES IN HIS BEDROOM DOOR.

 

JACK: Hello?

ISABELLA: Did you tell your brother? Does he know that I'm here?

JACK: No, he doesn't.

ISABELLA: Thank you Jack.

JACK: I didn't just do this for you. I did it for Kayla too. She's Steve's wife and she doesn't want him getting involved with Marina, anymore. I mean she said that Marina messed up their lives enough.

ISABELLA: What does that mean now?

JACK: I think it means that we're going to have to find this key without Steve's help. Kayla's pregnant and I don't think she can stand anymore stress or strain. It's not good for her.

ISABELLA: You're very protective of her. It sounds like you care about her a great deal.

JACK: Yeah. (Grin) I guess I want to help.

ISABELLA: Like you're helping me?

JACK: Huh, uh.

ISABELLA: I do trust you Jack.

JACK: Well, I'll try not to let you down. (Beat) I'll try not to let anybody down.