All My Children - 2001 - The Letter and a Ring

All My Children, 2001, Brooke is at her daughter's apartment. She expects to find one or both of them at home, but instead finds only a note addressed to Laura sitting next to Leo's wedding ring. Elsewhere in the hospital, Brooke is concerned about her daughter. She hesitantly opens the letter she found in Laura and Leo's condominium and is disappointed to read that Leo has left his wife. Jake approaches Brooke and suggests that she arrange for Laura to see a psychiatrist. Evidently there is nothing physically wrong with Laura's heart, but she is exhibiting symptoms of a panic attack. Unbeknownst to anyone, Laura is eavesdropping from within her hospital room. During a brief visit with Phoebe, Laura procures some of the elderly woman's medicine and ingests it, hoping that Leo will come to her rescue as he has always done. Once Laura feels the effects of Phoebe's medication, Jake must alter his diagnosis and inform a relieved Brooke that her daughter is in fact suffering from some type of physical ailment. Brooke then reads the letter that Leo had left for Laura. Brooke later goes to check on Laura. When Laura asks her mother when Leo will be coming to see her, Brooke softly replies that Leo won't be coming. In her hospital room, Laura nervously asked Brooke why Leo wasn't coming to see her. Fumbling for the right words, Brooke reached into her purse for the letter so Leo could explain it "in his own words." Suddenly, the door burst open and Leo strolled in. "Sounds like a plan to me," he declared, as he shot Laura a wide smile. Leo walked over to Laura's bed and explained that he had been "fact finding" for an article and lost track of time. He promised her it would never happen again and she readily forgave him. Edmund suddenly burst in, saw that Leo was there and stepped out again. As Brooke looked on, Leo asked his wife if she was alright. Laura explained that her heart rate had fallen for no apparent reason and that she felt fine. As she held his hand, she confided that she just wanted to go home. She suddenly gave out a little cry as she held up Leo's hand and asked where his wedding ring was. Leo searched his pockets and reasoned that it was probably at home. He kissed her and left to find it and Brooke followed him out into the hallway. She coldly presented the "missing ring" and the letter to him. Brooke admitted that she had opened the letter and cringed to think about what would have happened had Laura seen it. Angry, Leo told her she should thank him for coming back because he had planned to leave for good. As Laura looked on from her hospital room, Brooke told Leo that she wasn't going to thank him for returning after his cowardly act. Leo explained that he had been in a "fun" place before he decided to check the "fifteen messages" on his phone. He asked her to not tell Laura and Brooke suggested that they go back to the way things were. Leo only replied that he wasn't going to act like someone else and demanded the ring and letter back. Reluctantly, Brooke passed them over, told Leo she would be back and left. Leo balled up the letter and threw it into the janitor's garbage then walked away.Julia Barr, Brooke English, Laura Allen, Laura Kirk English, Josh Duhamel, Leo du Pres, John Callahan, Edmund Grey, J. Eddie Peck, Jake Martin