Home Transcripts Snappies Fan Creations M & M Press Links September 28, 2004: Liza and Tad say goodbye. [Tad lets Liza into his home through the back door.] Tad: Hey. Liza: Hey. Tad: Were you followed? Liza: I don't think so. Tad: Good. Come on in. Liza: We good to go? Tad: Pretty much. Between all my contacts and Aidan's, we were able to get you everything you need for a complete life makeover -- most importantly, in a place where, chances are, Adam is never going to find you. Liza: [In a sing-song voice] You suppose there is a place like that, Toto? Tad: X marks the spot. [They both look at the map.] Liza: [She turns to Tad.] I'm starting a new life in a place named after a moose? Tad: [Grinning] Uh-huh. And your name is officially Ramona Beazley. [Liza is about to say something.] But -- but the good news is you now own an 800-watt radio station. Got you everything. We got your driver's license, we got you social security, and -- oh, I love this -- this is my piece de resistance. A high school yearbook. [He holds it up, smiling.] Liza: What? Tad: Yeah, turns out you were pretty popular. [He gives her the yearbook.] You were the captain of the pom and cheer, you were a member of the debating society, the Spanish club, and [he looks at her] unanimously voted by your senior class to be the woman most missed if you ever disappeared. Liza: [After a moment] You know, I noticed on this driver's license that it's your birthday. Tad: Yeah. I thought it would make it easier to remember. Liza: [She smiles, then sighs, turning away from him no longer smiling.] Well, I don't know what to say. Thank you. Tad: You know, um, this is hard enough as it is. Maybe you should just... get going. [Liza picks up the folder of information, then looks at him. Tad moves to her and kisses her. Liza smiles as the kiss ends, then starts to leave.] Tad: Liza? Liza: [She turns back, and sees that she forgot the map.] Oh. Tad: You're going to need this. [He hands her the map, and they share a smile. He watches as she goes to leave again.]. Liza: [She turns around.] Help me. Liza: Tad, help me. Tell me that I'm doing the right thing, taking Colby out of her life and just disappearing like this. It seems so final, so drastic. Tad: Well, Adam's the kind of man that drives people to drastic. Liza: I'm taking Colby out of her father's life. I mean, I'm making a decision for her that, until she's old enough, she can't make for herself. Do I have the right to do that? Tad: Liza, if you saw Colby playing in traffic, would you stop and ask somebody's advice before you pulled her out of the path of an oncoming car? Liza: No, I wouldn't. But that's -- Tad: You'd use your gut. That's what you got to do here. Because in the end, you're the only person with a vote. And if you want my opinion, okay, fine, here it is. I spent too many years watching Adam run and ruin his children's lives. Hayley, Skye -- they were both Daddy's little girl, the apple of his eye. Only problem was things got a little hairy when they began to grow up and had different ideas than Daddy. I can't tell you how badly JR broke my heart. I mean, I cheered when he took off on that ship and when he came home. He was married. He was his own man. Now look at him. I look in his eyes, I try to find Dixie. She's not there. Neither is he. The only thing that's left is Adam. [He stops for a moment.] Look, if you do decide to stay, then Marian and I and Stuart will do everything we can to watch out for Colby. But it's when you're not watching that you have to be careful. Like I said, in the end, this is your call. Liza: I mean, I go back and forth. First, I feel guilty. I mean, I have Colby. She's this young innocent. She still believes that Adam hung the moon. Tad: Well, look, he's always had power over women and children. You know that. That's his M.O. -- charm, manipulate, then destroy. Liza: I know, I just shudder when I think of the way that Colby was conceived, Adam buying the sperm bank, all so I could get the sample -- all in the name of love, mind you. That kind of love scares the life out of me. Tad: Well, then you stay scared, for Colby's sake. Because I couldn't help JR, but you still stand a chance with her. Liza: Taking Colby out of her father's life -- I don't -- I don't have a choice, do I? [Knock on door] Tad: Shh. [He points to a place for Liza to hide. After she's out of sight, Tad opens the door. It's Marian and Stuart.] Marian: Tad, where's Liza? Tad: Liza? [She comes out, a sad smile on her face as she sees her mother. They hug.] Liza: Stuart, you didn't come to try to talk me out of it, did you? Jamie: [He bursts in.] Hey, guys. [To Tad] I got to talk to you. Tad: I'm sorry, I'm kind of in the middle of something right now. Jamie: No, it's important. [Tad looks at Liza.] Liza: Don't worry. Tad: Okay. Let's go outside. [Tad gives Liza an apologetic look, then he and Jamie leave.] Marian: [Broken voice] This just gives me one more chance to say goodbye to you, darling. Liza: [Softly] Oh, mama. Don't cry. Marian: I can't help it, baby. [They hug.] I can't help it. Liza: I love you. [Tad's still talking to Jamie outside. Liza appears.] Liza: It's time. [Jamie leaves them to talk.] Tad: So? Liza: So, thank you. Tad: Oh, no, forget it. It's nothing. Stuff. Liza: No, I mean, not just the papers, but helping me disappear. Boy, that sounds final. Tad: Yeah. Well, we'll see each other. Liza: [Unconvinced] Sure we will. Tad: We will. At the next high school reunion, I'm going to be walking around looking for Ramona Beazley [Liza laughs] woman most likely to be missed. Liza: [She smiles for a moment, then looks at him.] You know, I'm going to say something, and if I don't say it right now, I probably won't, so I just want to thank you for always appreciating the inner bad girl. [They both smile.] I was a lot of things. I wasn't what you needed or what you wanted, but I was always enough. I mean, we partnered in crime and corporate raided and we knocked Adam on his butt a few times. [She laughs and Tad nods, smiling.] And through it all, we -- we loved each other. I'm going to miss you very much. It was a wild and wonderful ride, and I would've not traded it for anything. Tad: Me, neither. Liza: It's time for Colby and I to find our own life now, to make friends and have new adventures. [She smiles.] Part of my heart will always be in Pine Valley. I mean, what are you going to do without me here to drive you crazy? [Tad looks down.] You're all on your own. [She laughs.] Actually, no, no, you -- you have Krystal. Tad: [Unhappily] Hmm. Liza: Listen, just do me a favor. When you have one of those days where you stub your toe and you get stuck in traffic and it seems like a day of endless aggravation, would you think of me, like the old days? My oldest and best dear friend. [Her voice catches, and she holds back her tears. She opens her arms and Tad holds her to him tightly. They stay that way until Marian appears.] Marian: Liza? Oh. I'm sorry. Colby's waiting in the car with Stuart. Liza: Okay. [Marian goes back inside. Liza turns to Tad and smiles, taking his hand. Tad lifts her hand and kisses it, then touches it to his forehead.] Liza: [Softly] Hmm. Tad: [He's not able to look at her.] Be good. Liza: Yeah. And if I can't be good, I'll be careful. [She turns to leave, then turns back to him, grinning.] [At the same time] Tad: Huh. Who are you kidding? Liza: Who am I kidding! [She laughs.] [Tad smiles. His smile fades as he watches her leave. He closes his eyes, and she's gone.]