Tuesday, February 2, 2010 (3552)

At Schneider’s, Carla is all in tears when Elisabeth offers to take her home. Maria again tries to talk to Carla, but Carla refuses to listen. Still furious, Carla tells Maria that if it had been up to her, Maria would not have gotten off cheaply without having to pay for her deceit. [Writer's note: Maria plead insanity in order to avoid punishment, a plan Ludwig came up with]. Carla calls Maria dangerous and ruthless and tells her that she does not want to have anything to do with Maria anymore.

Ludwig tries to reason with Carla, saying that they are a family after all, but Carla snaps at him to stay out of her business and sarcastically tells him how wonderful it is that he supports Maria. Then she leaves with Elisabeth.

Stella is waiting for Carla at No Limits. When Carla arrives, Stella gets up to greet her and wants to know how the meeting with her uncle was, but Carla evades her embrace and just sits down without saying a word. Stella sits down next to her and wants to know whether everything is alright.

Carla tells Stella about the fiasco at Schneider’s, that Ludwig brought Maria along in the hope that they would make up. Stella touches Carla’s arm to comfort her, and Carla takes her hand.

Carla tells Stella that, except for a few friends, she did not miss anything from her old life while they were gone, especially not Ansgar and the Holding, and that she would love to leave again right away. Stella is sympathetic, but reminds Carla that they returned because Carla is still the majority shareholder of the Lahnstein Holding and has to be there. Carla agrees that she has to stay – but only as long as she actually is the majority shareholder.

Upon her return to the Holding’s premises, Carla goes to see Elisabeth and asks her to run the company in her place. She explains to Elisabeth that so much has happened since her return, that the longer she stays, the more she feels like she does not belong anymore, and that she intends to leave Königsbrunn and Düsseldorf for good. Elisabeth is perplexed, but then she declines Carla’s offer as she does not feel that she is up to the job.

At Königsbrunn, Carla and Stella talk about who should be put in charge of the Holding now that Elisabeth declined Carla’s offer. Stella suggests to hire someone from the outside, but Carla explains to her that Ansgar would try to bring an outsider over to his side.

When Stella brings up Ludwig, Carla tells her that he is out of the question, and not only because he was in prison, but because she barely knows him and does not trust him, especially because of what happened earlier that day.

Meanwhile, Ludwig returns to the castle. He meets Maria in the hall, and they talk about Ludwig’s failed attempt to reconcile Maria with Carla. When Carla and Stella are about to leave the dining room, they notice Maria and Ludwig in the hall and hide behind the door to eavesdrop.

Ansgar joins Maria and Ludwig, and upon hearing that Carla is mad at Ludwig, he tries to make use of the situation and to win Ludwig over by telling Ludwig that he is not in need of Carla’s favour. Much to Carla’s relief, Ludwig makes it clear to Ansgar that he does not plan on playing a part in Ansgar’s power game, but that he intends to reconcile the family.

Later, Elisabeth and Ludwig meet Carla in the living room. Carla apologizes to Ludwig for what she said at Schneider’s. Then she tells Ludwig that she does not want to carry on running the Holding.

Right at that moment, Ansgar enters the room. He of course pricks up his ears when he hears Carla, but she tells him to not get his hopes up too soon. Then she asks Ludwig to take charge of the Lahnstein Holding.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

No new episode.

Carla realizes that she does not want to stay in Düsseldorf. But before she and Stella can leave again, she has to take care of the Lahnstein Holding - and of Ansgar...

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