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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ray&amp;Donna" data-source="post: 45843" data-attributes="member: 42">I think she was definitely his mother's sister.  We could argue that subtle hints were dropped within the season; J.R. taking a dig at Krebbses overrunning the ranch, to which Mickey replies that he's a Trotter, and near the season's end when Ray admits his true paternity to Aunt Lil and she seems to want to stop him from impugning his mother's honor by suggesting she had an affair with a married man.  "She never said a thing!"  I can't imagine, had Margaret been merely her sister-in-law, that Lil would have cared so much.  Additionally, Mickey wouldn't have been his cousin in anything but a legal sense had Lil been Amos's sister.  Of course you could also make the argument that Lil wouldn't have cared about Amos being old sick and dying had he been only her wayward brother-in-law.  DALLAS was vague sometimes, to the point of madness<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />  Just my opinion.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />***Donna smiled the whole way back to Southfork.  She hadn’t planned to kiss Ray, but it was something they’d done thousands of times before, and in that moment, it just felt right.  He seemed like his old self again—sensitive, caring, even a little bit charming.  She still loved him, and she didn’t regret kissing him.  She just hoped he’d still feel the same after tomorrow and the meeting with Dave.  She went upstairs to find something to wear—she wanted to look great tonight at dinner.  Maybe this time, Ray would kiss her.***After dinner Ray and Donna went out to the patio.  They held hands as they stared at the stars, surrounded by silence for what seemed like an eternity.“Here we are again.”  Ray gazed at Donna as the stars seemed to sparkle in her eyes.“Here we are.”  She smiled back at him. “Nice night out here.  You’d never know it was 95 degrees in the shade today.”Donna laughed.  “I figured a tough old cowboy like you could take the heat.”“I can take the heat, alright.”  He smiled at her as he put his arm around her waist.“Ray, I need to tell you something.”  She looked at him.  “And I’m hoping it won’t change things between the two of us.” “Okay,” he said. She looked away from him and stared off into the night sky.  “There’s an important meeting this weekend of politicians and oilmen. Dave is going to ask me to go tomorrow, and I’m going to tell him yes.”  Ray nodded at her.  “And I want you to be there with me.”“I will.  I’ll go with you.  I’ve never been comfortable at those kinds of things, but I want to be with you.”  He pulled her close to him again, so he could look into her eyes.  “What matters right now is that we support each other—that we put aside our differences and just love each other.  Our marriage, your happiness—that’s what’s important to me.”She smiled at him as a tear rolled down her cheek.  “Ray, I’m so sorry about everything that’s gone on this year.  Maybe I should’ve been home more.  Maybe I should’ve thought more about you.”He shook his head.  “No, it’s my fault.  I stay gone all day, working on the ranch, and I shouldn’t expect you to sit around and wait for me.  You think about me all the time, you take care of the house, but you need to have your own life, too.  You need to share your gifts with the world.  I just want us to be together when that baby comes.”“I’ve been thinking—after the baby is born, I think I’d like to go back to writing again.  The oil business is okay but I prefer writing.  I can do all my research during the week and then spend the weekends with you.” “That sounds good to me.”  He pulled her into him and kissed her, slowly.“I want to spend the night with you,” she said, “but I’m not sure I’m ready.”He nodded.  “I understand.  I’ll walk you back inside whenever you’d like.”“Thank you.”  She kissed him again and they watched the stars in the night sky until it was time for the two of them to part for the evening.</blockquote>

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