As The World Turns

Ep. #12378 (49x149)

Air date: Nov 01, 2004

Will finds Rick choking Barbara and isnt sure whether he wants to save his mothers life or not. Will runs off and Rick laughs at Barbara, saying that her own son left her to die. Suddenly, Will hits him from behind with a blunt object. Rick staggers off, but not before warning Barbara hell be back to make her pay. Barbara thanks Will for saving her life and pleads with him to let her hold him. Meanwhile, Hal learns Rick forced Barbara to leave with him. After finding out Will was headed to the Old Mill, Paul races there and is stunned to find his brother in Barbaras arms. Jack and Julia are joyfully reconnecting when Carly bursts in and witnesses their intimacy. Devastated Carly admits to Holden shes going to have to face the fact that Jack is in love with Julia. Holden urges Carly not to give up. Meanwhile, Jack stuns Julia with his plan to fight Carly by filing for divorce. Craig cant wait to tell Lucy that Dustys involved in a fixed fight, but she snubs him. Meanwhile, Bud worries that Rafi wont fight when he realizes his gloves are loaded. Staring at Lucy, Dom assures Bud hes sure Rafi will go along. Meanwhile, Aaron refuses to go down in the third round. Dusty works to get through to him, pointing out that in spite of losing, Aaron will still get paid and Aaron appears to accept this. Later, Emily races to Metro and alerts Alison to Rick Deckers escape. Alison refuses to return to the Lakeview with Emily, insisting that she feels safer with Aaron looking after her.