Updated 2006-08-22 19:30:04
At the park, a Policeman broke the news to Theresa that her mother had been shot. Jared asked if he was sure she was dead and the officer radioed for an update, He found out that Pilar was still alive, hanging on by a thread and after Theresa told the officer to find Luis and Miguel to tell them, she and Jared raced to the hospital to see her mother.
On the waterfront at the Summer Fair Luis gave Fancy her first Tango lesson and a jealous Sheridan told Chris she wanted to go home right away. He told her it was too early and said it was doing her good to be out socializing. A policeman told Sheridan and Chris about the shooting and was looking for Luis and Miguel. Luis sensed something wrong as he danced, so he stopped and seeing the officer went to get the news of his mother. Chris got a call from Spike at the moment and walked away to take the call. A suspicious Luis went up to him and wanted to know who was calling and Chris lied, saying that it was a pesky telemarketer. The four of them left to go to the mansion. Ethan and Gwen watched Chad win a stuffed elephant for Whitney by knocking over milk bottles. Ethan wondered why Theresa wasn't manning her booth. Whit let slip how proud she was that she and Gwen had gotten Jared and Theresa back together. Ethan glared daggers at her and asked the others if he could talk to her privately. Whitney and Chad took the opportunity to head home to Miles. Ethan was angry with Gwen for manipulating the situation and Gwen said she'd do it again in a heartbeat to save her marriage since she never knew when Theresa would be back throwing herself in Ethan's arms. At that moment, Theresa burst on the scene and flung herself at Ethan to tell him about Pilar. She and Jared then hurried off to the hospital and Ethan wanted to follow them. Gwen was very irritated with his inability to let go of Theresa and when he went to get the car, she muttered under her breath that he better stop pining after Theresa or she was going to drop him. Tabitha and Kay read the spell that would break the Mermaid's curse and Kay despaired of getting the potion made before Siren had her way with Miguel. The spell book started glowing and Tabitha said it looked like they were getting an IM. She opened up the book and found a page that showed what was happening in the tent where Siren was seducing Miguel. As Kay dithered about finding Miguel Fox came back from talking to his father, determined to get Kay back from Miguel. He started to read her the riot act when the police officer asked her where Miguel was and told them about Pilar. Fox assumed that was why Kay had been looking for him and apologized. They split up to find him quicker. Kay knew where he was and hurried there with Tabitha and Endora close behind. Miguel was deeply enthralled with Siren's song and Kay couldn't get his attention. Rather than tell him that his mother had been shot she played tug-of-war with Siren to get him and whispered in his ear to leave Siren because she was still in love with him. That snapped him out of the trance a bit just as Fox raced in and wanted to know how Miguel was. Kay said he was fine under the circumstances and that they had to get him to the hospital to be with his mother. Fox ran to get the car and call the police to clear traffic for them to get to the hospital quickly. Miguel was still fuzzy as he stood up to go with them and could barely walk on his own. As they went to the car, Kay was fawning over Miguel and Fox muttered that maybe his father was right that nice guys finish last. Siren whined to Tabitha that she almost had Miguel and Tabs reminded her that Kay was only going after her because Siren had gone after Fox. Tabitha told her that she's fickle, flitting between the two men and not really wanting either. Siren stomped off after declaring that she would have both of the men and Kay wouldn't get either of them.
At the Crane mansion Luis surveyed the crime scene for clues and Fancy asked what she could do to help. He reluctantly accepted her help and then asked Sheridan where Chris was. She wasn't sure and Fancy opined that he'd gone to the cottage to check on Chris. Sheridan left to find Chris. Luis told Fancy that when he found the guy, he'd put him where he belonged. Fancy was concerned as she asked him if he meant jail and Luis just repeated "where he belongs." They re-enacted the shooting and looked for what was out of place. Chris was out in the bushes looking for Spike and when he found him clocked him soundly for shooting Pilar. Chris told him that he'd said no guns and Spike sad that a guy had to do what a guy had to do. Chris was angry at him for hurting Pilar and getting Luis involved. Spike was surprised that she was still alive. Chris told him that Luis would hunt him down and make him pay. Spike said Luis wouldn't catch him because if he caught Spike, he'd catch Chris too. As they argued, Sheridan found them and wanted to know why Chris was talking to Spike. Luis was close behind her.
Chad and Whitney arrived at Chad's studio to find a romantic dinner setting with candles and champagne. For dessert, they unwrapped each other and ended in bed. Whitney declared that she couldn't even imagine loving another man as much as she loved him and asked if he felt the same-if he ever thought about loving another woman. He reflected on the secretive cell phone calls he'd made and then thought about himself presumably naked in bed telling someone that Whitney could never know about this because she'd never understand. He told Whitney, "not in a million and one years." After Whitney fell asleep, Chad made another secret phone call asking someone to get together with him at a motel.
Theresa and Jared arrived at the hospital after the emergency room doctors had stabilized her mother. She and Jared stood there watching and Theresa wondered what kind of monster could do that. She got a call from Luis at the mansion. He told her that the shooter might still be on the grounds and she told him to be careful. She went back into the room and Jared went to get her some coffee (Ethan and Gwen were watching from the hallway and Gwen wanted them to leave but Ethan went to Theresa's side the second Jared stepped out). When Jared got back her mother had lost blood pressure. The doctors brought in the crash team and shocked her.
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