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Message: <blockquote data-quote="80&#039;s Cha Cha Cha" data-source="post: 320323" data-attributes="member: 6964">Chapter 5    Bobby had given Katherine no trouble at all with regards to taking Christopher to visit with Mark at Pam’s old house/Mark’s new one.  She sat on a chaise, wearing a midnight blue bathing suit and watched Mark fling Christopher up in the air while they were both in the pool! Christopher was too big for such a game but Mark didn’t seem to care.  Katherine stared at him, worried that he was exerting himself when he shouldn’t be.  But Mark said all signs of his illness were gone, so she decided to take him at his word.    She allowed her mind to wander to other things now.  Like Princess Amanda showing up at Southfork last night.  Something was off about it.  Bobby wasn’t stupid or naive(or at least overly so).  Bringing her home with him not only ticked off his wife, but actually put everyone at Southfork in danger.  While the ranch had capable ranch hands that new how to handle weapons, were they any match for terrorists?  Katherine didn’t quite get why suddenly a ranch in Texas was safer than the protection Amanda’s father, a billionaire named Blake Carrington, could have provided?    Mark and Christopher got out of the pool and a housekeeper that Mark had hired named Mrs. Hutchinson, took Christopher inside for lunch.  Mark told Christopher that him and Katherine would be in in a minute and Christopher padded off towards the house.  Mark sat down next to Katherine and toweled off.    “I think Christopher and you should stay here.” Mark said.  Katherine looked up at him with surprise!    “What do you mean?”    “You know what I mean.  You have a journalism background and I know people.  Something is off about Bobby and Princess Amanda.  I don’t think anything is going on with them romantically.  And if nothing is going on between them then Bobby’s involved in something else.” Mark said pointedly.    “Like what?” Katherine asked.    “Something that Christopher and you should stay far away from.”  Mark said.    Katherine leaned forward.    “I was thinking something was off about this whole thing as well.  But with Kristin shooting Miss Ellie…well…no one is thinking beyond that.”  Katherine mused.    “Okay, then you see my point.  Let’s leave Christopher here with Mrs. Hutchinson and go back to Southfork to pack some things.  You will stay here until Bobby gets his life together.”  Mark said firmly.    Katherine could not help but smile.    “Okay but Bobby is not going to let Christopher live with you…”    “Katherine, Bobby is hiding something about this whole thing.  And if he doesn’t want that to come out, he’ll let Christopher stay here.”    “I was just mulling this around in my mind, Mark.  I mean, yes, things seem off but do you really think Bobby is part of this whole thing?”    “I don’t know.  But I do know that Moldavia is divided.  Galen has a son that was born to an American mother, that the people want to see on that throne before Prince Michael.  Bringing Princess Amanda here put a lot of people in danger.” Mark said.    “How do you know that for sure? You said something at the barbecue about it but you didn’t elaborate.”    Mark sighed.    “The clinic I was in…it was in Moldavia.”    “Oh my God, Mark! Did you know that something was being planned for that wedding?” Katherine asked, unable to hide her shock.    “No.  All I ever heard was that the ‘American Son’ could do a better job as King than Galen or Michael.”  Mark admitted.  Katherine reached out to touch his arm.    “You know you can’t tell anyone you were there, don’t you?” Katherine asked him.    “I’ve told you.” Mark said with a smile.  He reached for her hand and squeezed it.    “I’m serious!” Katherine exclaimed, squeezing his hand back. “I just…I don’t want you to go through stress of it and maybe have…have a setback.”    Until that moment, Katherine had not realized how important having Mark back here, in the land of the living, had meant to her.  And the more she took in the enormity of it, the more fearful she became.  And that was because in that moment, Katherine suspected that Mark Graison was not telling her everything.    “Okay, Mark. I’ll talk to Bobby.”    “We’ll talk to Bobby.  And J.R..” Mark said, kissing her hand before releasing it.         ****    Dusty pulled into the hospital parking lot, found a spot and looked over at a fuming Kristin.    “Maybe now is not the time to visit Miss Ellie.” he cautioned.    Kristin looked at him.    “I’m not here to visit her.  Mother is coming home today.” Kristin revealed.  She had actually stayed at her mother’s house after Dusty bailed her out.      “Oh.” was all Dusty said to that.    “Yeah.  ‘Oh’.’ Mother probably knows everything.  She’s in the same hospital Miss Ellie is in and she reads the papers.”  Kristin sighed.  She was dreading a lecture from Patricia, knowing full well that she had went against her mother’s teachings.  To Patricia’s way of thinking, Kristin should have welcomed Amanda into her home with open arms and forgot that Bobby had disrespected her.      Dusty looked away from Kristin when he heard some commotion in front of the entrance of the building.  He looked back at Kristin.    “There are reporters over there.”    “Oh God! Let’s just go! I’ll…”    But to Dusty and Kristin’s surprise, Sue Ellen came out of the hospital, pushing Patricia in a wheelchair! Kristin got out of Dusty’s car and gaped at the sight, while Dusty slowly got out on the driver’s side.  He caught Sue Ellen’s eye but she did not give him a welcoming look.  Soon, Sue Ellen and Patricia were swarmed by media!    “Mrs. Ewing, is it true that your sister is having an affair with King Galen and that Princess Amanda knew?” a reporter yelled out.    Patricia kept her cool but inwardly she was livid! How could Kristin mess up her own life so badly? She had Bobby and her son! Now this! And she hoped what that reporter was alleging wasn’t true!    But Sue Ellen was as poised as ever.    “My sister was cleaning her gun and it went off, unfortunately.  There is nothing more to the tragic events that took place last night at Southfork.  Now if you will excuse me, my mother needs her rest and I have to get her home.”  she answered.    But there were more than a few reporters that weren’t buying Sue Ellen’s story…    “Mrs. Ewing, is it true…” the reporter began.  But Sue Ellen gave him a sharp look.    “Aren’t you from the Houston Mirror?” she asked.  Patricia rolled her eyes and spoke!    “That paper is trash, Sue Ellen! Do not give him the time of day!”    But the reporter was used to such put downs about his newspaper.  And he didn’t care!    “I don’t want to ask about the shooting at Southfork or even about the Moldavian terrorist wedding.  I want to know if there is any truth at all to the allegation that your ex brother-in-law, Bobby Ewing, really went to Moldavia to get his lost son back?”    Sue Ellen just stared at the reporter as if he were nuts! Patricia did as well, before looking up at Sue Ellen.  Dusty and Kristin looked at one another!    “What is he talking about?” Dusty asked Kristin.    “How would I know? Bobby doesn’t have any other children but Christopher and Lucas.” Kristin said, now watching Sue Ellen to see if she could tell if she was lying or not.  Kristin could honestly say her sister didn’t look as if she knew what the HELL that reporter was talking about!    Kristin moved away from Dusty before he could stop her, and walked up to the reporters.  They saw her and turned away from Sue Ellen and Patricia to pepper her with questions!    “Mrs. Ewing, is it true that your husband has a Moldavian child?”    “Of course not.  Now I am here to make amends with my mother-in-law.  You people are bothering my mother and sister.” Kristin said coolly.    But the Houston Mirror reporter was not so easily cowed.    “I’m not saying the child is Moldavian, Mrs. Ewing.  I’m saying that your husband’s first wife was pregnant when she was in that car crash. I’m saying that Pamela Ewing knew King Galen, HE got her out of Texas and brought her to a clinic where the baby was saved.  I’m saying that Galen is raising him, secretly and the terrorists think that that child is really the King’s.  Your husband, Mrs. Ewing, doesn’t agree.  He thinks the child is his…”    The fetid reporter’s words were cut off by a punch for Dusty, just as Kristin slipped to the ground in a dead faint.             ****    Lucas Wade met with Ray, Harris and Ann in his office.  He addressed Harris first.    “Harris, I want you to bring Ray and Ann in on a deal I’ve been working on.” he said.  Harris kept his expression neutral.    “What kind of deal, Lucas? I didn’t know you had anything going on.”  Harris said.  He had realized long ago that Lucas would have to die before he got full control of the company that the Ryland’s had controlling interest in.    “No.  This was delicate.” Lucas said and his eyes slid off him and looked at Ray.    “You were once involved with Bobby’s first wife, right? Pamela? Cliff Barnes’s sister?”    That was the last question Ray ever expected to hear come out of Lucas’s mouth! He glanced at Harris, who looked just as perplexed as he did.  Ann backed back a little, not liking where this meeting was going already!    “Yes.  It was a long time ago. Why?” Ray asked.    “I wasn’t in Moldavia just to attend a wedding.  I’ve secured the drilling rights down there from King Galen.  But I don’t want anymore terrorist nonsense blocking profits.  Those people seem to think Galen has another child.  A young one.”    Ray folded his arms.    “I still don’t get what you’re saying, Lucas? What does Pam have to do with any of that? She’s dead.”    “Maybe.  Maybe not.” was Lucas’s reply.  “But I have it on good authority that Bobby Ewing didn’t go down to Moldavia to help J.R. get his boy back.  He thinks Pam’s alive and he thinks that boy is his.  Apparently she was pregnant at the time of her accident and the baby lived.”    Harris interrupted.    “Lucas, I’m afraid I’m going to have to agree with Ray.  I don’t get where you’re going with this.” he said.    “Ray,” Lucas said, ignoring Harris, “I need for you to find out if Pamela Ewing gave birth to a boy and if Galen is raising it.  You’ll go down with my men to begin the drilling operations.  You find out what we need to know however you have to.”    Ray just shook his head.    “No.” Ray finally said.    “Excuse me?” Lucas asked.    “You heard me, Lucas! None of that is true and I wouldn’t hurt Bobby that way…”    “Oh, Bobby knows it.  And that’s why he can’t give that pretty young wife of his, the time of day in bed.  He thinks Pamela is alive and he thinks he has a son.  I don’t know that it’s not true.”    “Why would Galen keep the child if it isn’t his?” Harris asked.    “That’s the interesting part,” Lucas said, “there is an allegation that Pam did lose the baby and had an affair with Galen after she recovered.  Apparently, the first Mrs. Ewing is living in Moldavia.”    “She was burned, wasn’t she?” Harris asked.  “I don’t see it, Lucas…”    “You don’t have to see it, Harris, just do as I say! And that means you make sure you’re properly married to Monica Colby.  We’re going to need all of ColbyCo’s resources when we merge with them.”  Lucas said.  He then turned to Ann.    “Ann…your mother informed me of what was going on between Prince Michael and yourself.  Your being married to him would help the family out a lot, sweetheart.”    Harris’s face grew beyond red with rage!    “What in the hell are you talking about, Lucas?! Annie doesn’t even know him!”    “That isn’t true.” Lucas said calmly.  “Is it, honey?”    Ann cleared her throat and ignored Ray’s curious look and Harris’s accusatory stare!    “Daddy, I didn’t know he was engaged to be married. We broke up when we found out.  He’s married to Princess Amanda now.”    “That’s not going to work out.  And when it doesn’t, we’re need to get you a wedding dress even prettier than Princess Amanda’s.” Lucas said in a tone one would use with a pet.    Harris and Ray were about to say something else to Lucas, when the door opened and Lucas’s secretary walked in with none other than Bobby Ewing.  Bobby ignored Ray, Harris and Ann and walked right up to Lucas.    “Alright, Lucas.  Tell me where my son is?” Bobby asked, his tone one of restrained fury.</blockquote>

Verification: Who played JR Ewing?