Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 (3474)

Stella and Carla are still at Schneider’s, having a drink with Ansgar’s ex-wife Natalie and her new boyfriend Matthias Brandner. Their mood changes when Ansgar enters Schneider’s. When he sees the two couples, he makes a sarcastic remark that he can barely stand all the harmony. Carla, in the same sarcastic tone, offers him a seat, saying that she would like to see him suffer, to which Ansgar replies that he would not suffer but be bored to death. Natalie suggests that he should better leave them alone then, which he finally does.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 (3475)

Carla and Stella are at Stella’s office and talk about fairy tales and which ones the liked as a child. When Elisabeth joins them and sees the storybooks, Carla explains to her that they intend to record some fairy tales for Sophia’s birthday to give them to her as self-made audio books. Stella gets up to look for the recorder and leaves the office.

Elisabeth and Carla talk about Ansgar and what they can do to stop him. Elisabeth is glad that Carla gave up her plan to blackmail Ansgar, but says that they need to do something against Ansgar, soon. Carla agrees, and assures her that she will come up with something.

Carla and Stella are on their way to the park to record the fairy tales when they meet Maria, who just returned from visiting Leonard and Sarah in Boston, in the entrance hall. Maria, who still pretends to be Carla’s mother Francesca, tries to make conversation, asking Carla how she is and whether they are going on a trip, but Carla is dismissive and only gives short answers. Stella asks Maria about her trip, and also tells her what they are planning for Sophia’s birthday, ignoring that Carla glares at her. Maria says that she brought gifts for Sophia, and offers to get and give them to Carla right away, but Carla rebuffs her by telling her to give them to Justus instead. Then she leaves with Stella in tow.

In the evening, Carla and Stella are back in Stella’s office, wrapping gifts and preparing the decoration for Sophia’s birthday. Carla gives Stella a lot of balloons to blow them up. Stella takes one of the balloons and blows air into it while flirtingly smiling at Carla. When she is finished, Carla tells her that she did a great job and kisses her.

Justus enters the office and asks whether there is anything else he can get Carla. She tells him that he can go home for the night. Before he leaves, Justus brings Carla the gifts that Maria got for Sophia and puts them on the table, but Carla ignores them. She even accidentally pushes one of the gifts off the table when she and Stella try to knot one of the balloons. When Stella goes to pick it up, Carla tells her to leave it alone. Stella gets the gift anyway, then says that it is obvious that Sophia is important to Maria and asks Carla why she is so dismissive. Carla replies that she wouldn’t if Maria hadn’t made Ansgar boss of the Lahnstein Holding. Stella looks a little annoyed, but lets it go.

The next morning, Carla overhears a conversation between Maria and Ansgar in which Ansgar threatens Maria to send her away again if she does not do what he wants, behaving not at all like the loving son he pretends to be.

Later, she is in the library with Elisabeth when Stella brings in a huge gift that was sent by Lars, Sophia’s father. [Writer's note: Carla got pregnant by means of artificial insemination because her ex-wife Susanne wanted a child but could not get pregnant herself, and Lars Schneider, Charlie's brother, was the sperm donor.] Carla tells them that she saw Ansgar not being very nice to their supposed “mother” Maria. Before she continues, Stella prefers to leave them alone. Carla then tells Elisabeth that she has come up with a plan that could damage Ansgar: Be nice to Maria when Ansgar is not and, by playing the loving daughter, get Maria to reinstate her as CEO of the Lahnstein Holding.

Carla eventually realizes that she was about to go too far and makes up with Stella. Together, they celebrate Sophia's second birthday.

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