Guiding Light CAST - Dylan Lewis

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Wednesday, January 16 2008: Queen of the Safety Net

Arriving at Cedars, she drifts around aimlessly when Dylan suddenly runs out and starts telling her all about Daisy just being born. She stops him— he's gratuitously re-writing history. Daisy wasn't born in a hospital and they weren't excited parents, she reminds him. Suddenly, the conversations jump ahead to the end of their relationship and they start arguing. "Think about what you missed out on because you played it safe," he says. Seeing a shadowy figure in the distance, she runs after him. Confronting the figure on Main Street, she's shocked to find that it's Buzz. They sit down and he begins apologizing for abandoning her and Frank when they were children. She tells him that she's glad she had to grow up early because it made her strong and not prone to false hope. "Sometimes false hope is better than no hope at all," he tells her.

Later, a drowsy Harley sits in her car and tries to get it started. She falls asleep and imagines walking into Company and seeing all the men from her dream. They congratulate her on putting on the breaks with Cyrus. Once again she prevented herself from making a difficult choice and becoming an adult. She played it safe once again. She tells them all to stop, but they begin toasting to the "queen of the safety net". She starts to yell. She doesn't want to be rational and safe anymore; she can't walk away from something that could be great just because she's afraid of hurting other people and breaking up her family. That is no way to live. Things are already over between Cyrus and Marina and she isn't helping them by trying to keep them together, she tells herself. "I was an idiot!" she screams. She should never have pushed Cyrus away. Suddenly, Harley wakes up as a cop bangs on her window. Harley gets out and tells her that she isn't going to spend the rest of her life being afraid of someone she hasn't even seen in years. It's time for her to go home. She climbs in the car and it magically starts up. She smiles and drives off.

Monday, January 07 2008: Who Has Got the Button?

At Cedars, Lizzie sits at Bill's bedside. Since he can't move, she decides to use this time to get some things off her chest. He assumes she must enjoy seeing him in pain after all the hurt he's caused her. She apologizes for locking him out of his room and blames herself for his accident. As she touches his hand, tears fill her eyes. She walks out into the corridor, anxious to get Billy there to see his son. She explains what's happened to Josh, Reva and Vanessa until Billy and Dinah appear. Billy takes her aside and asks her if the police have gotten involved yet; Bill's made a lot of enemies lately, he hints. Dylan arrives and gets an update on what's going on. Later, Billy goes to his son's side. He warned him not to step on people's toes the way he has. "I'm mad... but I will be here for you," he promises.

Dylan follows Dinah outside for some air. She almost collapses and he catches her. She tells him that when she almost died, she realized that she couldn't handle anything in her life. It was enough to make her wish she had died. "I'm sorry," he offers. Mallet arrives and asks them if everything is alright. Dylan explains what's going on but says that Dinah is being a "rock". Mallet walks away and Dinah thanks Dylan for helping cover for her. Down the hall, Mallet finds Reva and tells her that he has a court order allowing him to search all of her possessions. She tells him to search away and hands him her purse. He quickly finds Edmund's buttons.