After a bitter quarrel with Carla, Stella decides to take time out and leaves Carla and the castle. Devastated by losing Stella, Carla has an accident and nearly drowns.

Stella (Anne Wis) cries for Carla

Carla (Claudia Hiersche) has a near death experience

Monday, October 19th, 2009 (3487)

No Carla & Stella scenes, none of them was in the episode.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 (3488)

Maria tries to convince Ansgar to assign leadership of the Lahnstein Bank in Shanghai to Carla, just like she promised it to Carla, but he refuses because it would mean that Carla would regain too much power.

Stella is in her office and on the phone with Christian, who tells her that Gregor finally awoke from the coma. She tells the good news to David and Carla, who embraces her. David interrupts them politely and asks for the key to the tool chamber, because he needs a pipe wrench. Stella gives the key to him and he leaves.

Stella notices that Carla is holding some papers in her hand and asks whether the real-estate agent has already sent proposals. Together, they look at the proposals and seem to have found the perfect apartment for them when Maria joins them. Carla shows the proposal to Maria and thanks her for her job offer. She says that she starts to look forward to leading the Lahnstein Bank in Shanghai. Carla and Stella smile at each other and start to laugh, then embrace again, while Maria quietly leaves Stella’s office.

In the living room, Maria, who realized that Carla will never leave Königsbrunn without the job she promised her and that things will even get worse if her plan fails, breaks down and starts to cry. Stella comes into the living room and finds her like that. She thinks that Maria cries because Carla is moving to Shanghai, but Maria confesses to her that she only promised Carla the job to make her leave Düsseldorf, but that she cannot keep the promise now because Ansgar refuses to go along with her plan.

Stella is outraged when she learns about Maria’s true intentions, and says that without the job, Carla will never go away. Maria thinks that she might find a way to convince Ansgar, and asks Stella not to tell Carla about her plan. Reluctantly, Stella agrees, but says that she only does it to protect Carla.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 (3489)

When Maria threatens to tell the family that she is not – like she claims to be – Francesca von Lahnstein, Ansgar eventually gives in to Maria’s demand. At the family breakfast, he announces to Carla, Elisabeth, Maria and Stella, who happens to be in the room, that he appointed Carla as the new director of the Lahnstein Bank in Shanghai.

While Carla is willing to believe that it was Maria who actually gave the job to her and that Ansgar only agreed to get rid of her, Elisabeth questions Ansgar’s motives and asks Carla to be careful.

Carla eventually becomes suspicious as well. When she tells Stella about her concerns that something is not right about Ansgar’s noble gesture, Stella gets noticeably uncomfortable. She is about to tell Carla about her conversation with Maria, but Carla interrupts her. Eventually, Stella tells Carla that she does not know what is going on. Carla says that she believes Stella, because if there is someone who is always honest with her, it is Stella.

Stella tells Maria about Carla’s suspicion that Ansgar’s decision is just another one of his tricks. She wants to know why  why she should not tell Carla that it was Maria who convinced Ansgar, as she is afraid that keeping secrets from Carla could make things even worse. Maria talks insistently to her not to tell Carla, because it would only make Carla more suspicious if she knew. She persuades Stella that it is for the best to keep quiet, and tells her that sometimes, lying to a loved one can be legitimate in order to protect them.

Later, Ansgar comes into Stella’s office, Maria in tow. He wants to know when Stella and Carla intend to leave Düsseldorf. When Stella tells him that it is up to Carla, he demands of Stella to convince Carla to leave as soon as possible, otherwise he might reconsider his decision. Stella refuses. Meanwhile, unnoticed by Maria, Stella and Ansgar, Carla has entered the kitchen next to the office and overhears their conversation.

Maria tries to calm Ansgar down by saying that Carla will eventually go away with Stella as planned, that Stella will get the job in Shanghai and will in return keep quiet about their arrangement. Stella agrees, saying that nothing about their arrangement has changed.

After hearing that, Carla storms into the office, looking hurt and asking whether they think that she is stupid. Maria tries to tell Carla that her conversation with Stella was harmless and that they acted with the best of intentions, but Carla does not believe her.

After both Ansgar and Maria have left the office, Carla blames Stella for being hand in glove with Ansgar and Maria from the very beginning. Stella tells Carla that she is wrong, and that going to Shanghai is the right decision, no matter how it came about. Carla disagrees. She says that she trusted Stella more than anyone, and then Stella of all people allies herself with Ansgar.

Stella tells Carla that she only did what she did to protect Carla, that she did not intend to interfere with Carla’s affairs, but that Carla had been so obsessed with the fight for the Holding that she wouldn’t even listen to her anymore.

Carla sarcastically replies that she in fact did not hear Stella say that she is making common cause with Ansgar and Maria.

When Stella asks Carla what all of this means, Carla tells her that it is over.

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