Eliza Goes Missing

As the World Turns Update for Monday February 2, 2009

In Dusty's hotel room, Dusty wakes up to find Meg getting ready to leave. He thanks her for staying with him and for being a good friend. They talk about their very short-lived marriage and Eliza. Meg tells Dusty she needs to see Paul to set him straight about their future. She says Paul won't believe her lawyer or anyone else; she has to tell Paul they have no future together herself. Dusty insists Meg leave Eliza with him so that she is safe. Meg agrees.

At Fairwinds, Paul tells his mom about Johnny. Barbara is angry and asks how Paul could have done such a thing as to get Johnny taken away from Dusty. She also tells him that he probably alienated Meg terribly, but Paul insists that Meg still loves him and wants to be with him.

Alison runs into Emily at the Lakeview. She admits to Emily she did have feelings for Casey and apologizes. She says she feels really dumb because she thought Casey might have feelings for her, too, but she knows he doesn't now because he stood her up. Emily listens as Alison tells her all about Casey stood her up for the rooftop meeting. Emily acts like she is sorry to hear this, but then tells Alison Casey was probably using her to get back at Emily. Emily tells Alison she thinks Casey never got over her, but Alison isn't so sure.

When Luke finds Casey at Al's, he is upset. He tells Luke Alison keeps pushing him away. Luke inquires about how the rooftop meeting went, but Casey has no idea what Luke is talking about. Luke tells Casey he was supposed to meet Alison on the hospital rooftop and that Jade was supposed to give him the message. Casey tells Luke he saw Jade, but she never gave him the message.

Meg arrives at Fairwinds to find Paul and Barbara talking. Barbara gives them some privacy to talk while she makes some tea. Meg tells Paul she is upset with him for how he acted at the trial. Paul tells her he did that for her own good, and Meg tells Paul that he is scaring her. Meg tells Paul that she is going to have her lawyer do everything he can do to quickly finalize the divorce and to provide Paul with limited, supervised visitations. Paul is outraged, telling Meg she can't do that. Paul accuses Meg of loving Dusty the whole time they were married. Meg, pushed to the edge, tells Paul he is right. As the yelling escalates, Barbara comes back into the room and demands to know what is going on. Meg tells her that Paul has just made her decision much easier - she will do everything she can to keep Paul out of Eliza's life.

Luke spots Jade outside and drags her in. He demands to know why she didn't tell Casey to meet Allie. Jade insists she was doing it for Casey's own good. Jade says she wanted to protect Casey from getting hurt. Casey is furious and storms off to find Allie.

At the hospital, Matt surprises Allie. He asks if Casey is working today and how he is, but Allie tells Matt he should ask Casey himself. Matt wants to know what is going on and convinces Allie to go on a walk with him in the park. Casey just misses Alison at the hospital and another nurse tells him where he can find her. In the park, Allie tells Matt about her feelings for Casey and what happened on the roof. Matt wants to know if he can do anything to help, and Allie tells him to kiss her. He is confused, but he does it anyway. Casey sees the kiss in the distance. When he's gone, Allie tells Matt Casey was just there watching them. He tells Allie she should just talk to him about the way she feels, but Alison doesn't think that's a good idea.

At the Lakeview, Emily runs into Dusty. Emily asks about how the hearing went, and Dusty lets her know Craig got custody of Johnny. Emily says if Dusty married her, he would have had a better shot of keeping Johnny. She says she bets Dusty regrets not taking her up on her offer, but Dusty says he doesn't regret it at all. Emily tells Dusty she thinks he is using Eliza as a substitute child. She finally leaves.

Meg returns to Dusty's room and tells him what happened with Paul. Dusty suggests she stay with him because Paul might try to find her and Eliza at the farm, but Meg insists she can handle Paul. She tells Dusty she has to deal with Paul herself. She offers to stay with Dusty another night if he needs her to, but Dusty says he needs to deal with not having custody of Johnny on his own, too.

At Fairwinds, Barbara tells Paul he needs to be calm and patient if he is going to have any chance of having Eliza or Meg in his life. She tells him she is going to call her legal team for a recommendation for a lawyer for him. He finally agrees, but asks her to do him a favor first. He wants her to call Meg and see if she will allow Barbara to see Eliza to make sure she is okay. Barbara does and Meg agrees to meet her in the lobby of the Lakeview as long as Paul does not come with her or show up. Barbara assures her that he won't.

After Casey leaves Al's, Luke asks Jade the real reason she kept Casey from meeting Allie. She insists she was doing a good deed, but Luke says he knows her better than that. He says Jade doesn't do good deeds unless there's something in it for her. Jade asks him how to fix things, and Luke tells her to figure it out and not put Luke in the middle of it.

Matt finds Casey at Al's and tries to explain to him what happened in the park and Allie's perspective, but Casey doesn't want to hear about it. Matt tells Casey he should talk to Allie, but Casey insists their relationship, or any chance of one developing, is over.

Jade goes to Emily's office to pick up her first paycheck. Emily tells Jade she certainly earned her first paycheck. Jade asks Emily if she still loves Casey. Emily admits she has always cared about and still cares about him. Jade asks if Emily loves Allie and Emily tells her Allie is her sister. Jade asks if she wants two people she cares about to be happy, and Emily says she does, just not together.

Luke finds Alison at the hospital and he tells her Casey didn't know about the rooftop meeting. Allie is surprised. She seems to feel guilty about kissing Matt earlier, but doesn't tell Luke. She tells Luke she and Casey's relationship is over.

Meg meets Barbara in the lobby at the Lakeview. Barbara admires her sleeping granddaughter. Barbara begins to plead Paul's case, but Meg doesn't want to hear it, and starts to leave. Barbara then pleads her own case, and asks Meg not to exclude her from Eliza's life. Meg assures Barbara she won't exclude her from the baby's life. The lights go out and everyone is shocked and alarmed. The hotel manager comes out and tells everyone to remain seated and calm and that the generator will be on soon. When the lights come back on, Dusty comes down to check on Meg and Eliza. Meg says Eliza is fine, she probably slept through it. But when she goes to look at her daughter, she realizes she is gone!

Paul walks in the park with Eliza telling her that daddy is here, everything is okay.