As The World Turns

Ep. #12280 (49x51)

Air date: Jun 14, 2004

Katie envisions her future with Simon, fighting off any doubts that she isnt doing the right thing choosing him over Mike. Meanwhile, Simon is paying off Pilar for the work she did to put distance between Mike and Katie. After, Mike rejects Pilar, who cannot seem to let him go. Later, Simon and Katie discuss plans for their future. When Pilar shows up at Katies, Simon fears that Pilar will ruin everything. The local newspaper announces the Six Keys to The Kingdom contest where the first team to solve the clues in the paper and gather 6 keys wins $300,000. Various teams including Tom and Casey, Alison and Chris, Aaron and Curtis and Susan and Emily begin to form while Henry scrambles to find a partner. Alisons lack of knowledge puts her at a disadvantage. When Chris is forced to leave her and go to the hospital, and she ends up on a wild-goose chase. Tom and Casey solve the clue, and win the first part of the contest. Meanwhile, Margo still cant get Doc out of her thoughts. She has to drop off some things for Tom at WOAK and Doc misreads this as a sign she wants to see him and follows her. Margo tries to resist, but once again they end up kissing and accidentally fall to the ground, only to be discovered by Alison.