If you don't want to know ahead of time about
what's coming up this week for Kelly's character, DO NOT
read this post any further, because it's going to be a
big week for Livvie!<br><br>Right, so now that you've
been warned, on with the news...<br><br>Kevin and Lucy
put an end to Chris's scheme regarding Livvie. They
discover what he's been up to, and arrange it so that
Livvie finds her diary in Chris's possession. Livvie
tells Chris to take a hike. Livvie goes to make up with
Jack, and goes to his room at the bike shop, where she
finds Sam naked in Jack's bed. Livvie angrily leaves,
while Alison convinces Jack to go find Livvie. In an
effort to sort out her feelings and to face her fear
once and for all, Livvie goes to the river and takes
her first swim. Jack finds Livvie at the river, and
is stunned when she emerges naked from the water.
The two of them make up - and make love.<br><br>This
information was gathered from the latest issues of ABC Soaps
In Depth and Soap Opera Weekly.<br><br>Although I've
liked the character of Chris from the start, what I
didn't like was how he cruelly used Livvie and led her
along, making her believe he was someone she could
trust...someone she could care for, maybe even love. I'm happy
that Livvie will soon discover the truth about Chris
Ramsey, and I'm particularly glad it's because of Kevin
and Lucy that she finds out the truth. Hopefully this
will serve to strengthen the bond Livvie has with
those two, and I believe it will, as she has already
made up with Kevin, and Soap Opera Weekly says Livvie
is going to reconnect with Lucy, so that's
cool.<br><br>Even though Chris is about to get exactly what he's
got coming to him, I still feel a bit sorry for him.
Yes, what he did was totally wrong, and it's great
that Livvie is about to be spared any further grief
due to his manipulations. Kevin and Lucy may be
responsible for spoiling his scheme, however the only one
Chris truly has to blame is himself. He could've had a
chance to build something real with Livvie if he wanted
to, had he chosen to go about it honestly and gotten
to know all about what Livvie's likes, dislikes,
dreams, and desires were by spending time with her,
getting to know who she was(as opposed to who he wanted
her to be). Instead, he opted to spy on her and
invade her privacy, and there's no excuse for that.
There is a reason for it though, and even if Chris
won't admit it to himself or anyone else, I believe
it's because he found himself falling for Livvie more
than he was comfortable with, and after what happened
with Julie, it scared him. Maybe on some level, he
even sabotaged any chance he might have had for a real
relationship with Livvie because he feared she would one day
leave him as Julie did.<br><br>I feel sorry for Chris
because he seems determined to shut love out of his life,
deeming it to be an unnecessary source of pain. The truth
is, cutting yourself off from love doesn't keep you
from feeling pain...it keeps you from feeling happy,
to the point where pain is pretty much all you can
feel.<br><br>Some of us had to learn this lesson the hard way. If
he's lucky, Chris Ramsey will learn it before it's too
late for him, and he ends up completely alone. That's
no way to live, whether you're a soap character - or
a fan.<br><br>kellyfan1