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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 141194" data-attributes="member: 130">JR sits in the dark out back of Southfork.   “Ray.”As Ray approaches he doesn’t see JR but turns once he hears his voice.  “JR.  What are you doing sitting in the dark?   Carlos called.  Said you needed to see me.”  “I have a favor to ask.”“What’s that?”  “I’m headed to the Mayo Clinic tomorrow for a procedure.  If I don’t comeback . . .”“If you don’t come back?  What kind of procedure is this?”“They found cancer.  That’s just between me and you.  I told everyone I’ve got business in the Middle East.”  “What?  Why would you do that?”  “I don’t need everyone huddle around me when I’m like that.  They’re better off thinking I’m strong, at least until I am again.”“Sue Ellen must be a wreak.”“She especially can’t know.”“What?  JR what the hell.”“Listen Ray, I don’t expect you to understand.  Women are interest in Ewing men because of who we are, rich, powerful, strong.”“That’s not true, JR.  Sue Ellen loves you, remember for richer or poorer, in sickness and health?”“Really?  And Pam?  When she had her mommas money she left. Then when it was all gone she was right back.  Val?   Don’t get me wrong.  I understand my brothers, because in spite of it all, everything’s that’s gone down between us, I love Sue Ellen.  And I’ve gotta take care of her.”  “Then tell her.”“No.  She’ll just be worried.  I know she loves me.  Took me a good long while to figure that out.  No she don’t need to worry.  If all goes well I’ll be back as if nothing happened.  If it doesn’t, we’ll that’s why you’re here.”  JR slides a large, metal, back box toward Ray.  “What’s that!”  “Everything you need to know, and pass onto John Ross.  The world’s not as nice as you and my brothers seem to think.  And the part the Ewing’s have made money off of is particularly dirty.  People will visit you and bring the key.  You’ll have a lot of help, but I need you to take care of Sue Ellen, John Ross and Ellie.  Keep the vultures away.  And keep these secrets until my boy’s old enough to carry them himself.”“JR . . .”“Ray I came to you because while I don’t like admitting it, you’re the most like my daddy.  Our dad.”  “Thank you, but JR . . .”  “But this is only in-case.  I’ll be back.  I ain’t loosen this fight.  My momma beat cancer and so will I.  You won’t even notice a difference when I get home.”  Begin a story line where Clayton deals with issues of early on set Alzheimer's and the family rally’s around him.  Lucy and Donna go into labor and have babies around the same time:Hugh Edward “Ned” Garrison Arthur Stathamand Steven Clayton Krebs.  Note: Clayton is Steven Clayton Farlow, II and “Dusty” is Steven Clayton Farlow, III.  Though the baby is tiny and premature he does not have Down Syndrone.  He has to stay in the hospital as he’s tiny, with concerns for his heart and breathing.  This becomes an on going story line at least until Steven comes home.  Also: Sue Ellen (and Miss Ellie) watch the babies while Donna and Lucy go off to work, leaving Sue Ellen to comment, “Its like having twins.”  Meanwhile John Ross makes a friend of one of the ranch hands’ sons, Mateo Calderon and Carlos’s son Juan with a crush on Mateo’s sister.  His sister, Ellie, tags along everywhere.  Mickey breaks up with Muriel.  Muriel’s heart broken and Mickey’s lonely but he can’t see her anymore, he doesn’t love her.  Ray is proud that Mickey did the right thing.   After trying to and partially being able to build a relationship with Ray, Wes dies, throat cancer he knew about but went untreated.  Wendell has bought out Wes for a hundred and fifty million dollars (a steal if the courts side with Wes on Nancy Ewing’s ownership of half of Ewing Oil).  Mickey inherits a hundred and fifty million dollars.  He tells no one but Donna and Ray to help him manage his money and set up income for his momma in Kansas.  After sometime gone Sue Ellen begins to panic about not hearing from JR.  Ray goes to Minnesota to find him still recovering in bed from brain surgery.  He’s not very coherent and the doctors are doubtful.  Ray rushes home to tell Sue Ellen and take her to see JR.At his hospital bed she breaks down in tears.  She begs him to come home.  Ray and Donna care for her.  Gary and Bobby show up to pay their last respects. Sue Ellen pleads, “Please JR.  Please come home.  I’ll take care of you no matter what.  Just don’t leave me.”  Miss Ellie sits stunned.  “Oh Donna.  It’s not suppose to be this way.  A mother isn’t suppose to burry her child.”  Donna holds her.  Lucy confronts Carlos in a hospital meeting room.  “So if JR knew about this, he was prepared.  What did he tell you if he dies!”  “I don’t know what your talking about.”“Bull!  He took care of everything and so if he dies what did he say?”“He’s not dead Miss Lucy.”  “I can’t wait until he is.  My family’s falling apart.  What did he say?”John Ross and Ellie visit their daddy.  Ellie reads him a book.  John Ross tells him about school.  Ray talks to Donna on the phone, “Nothings improved . . .  No Sue Ellen is a bad as he thought she’d be.  I have half a mind to take her to a bar so she can get some peace . . .  No of course I won’t . . .  Yes I’ll keep you posted . . .  I love you . . .”  He hangs up as Lucy and Carlos approach.  Lucy holds up a key.  “OK where’s the box?”  “What box?”“Cut the crap Ray.  We’ve got to be prepared.  When he dies we’ve got to be able to handle it.  This isn’t like grandpa.  Who’s left to handle things?  None of us might like it, but that’s how it goes.  JR took care of things.  And it’s more than money Ray.  If he left you that box, he certainly explained that.”Lucy walks into a judge’s chambers, “Your honor this is my uncle’s death certificate.”  The judge looks over them.  “I’m not disputing my great uncle Jason Ewing died.  But these are his divorce papers.  He was divorced long before he died.  That means Jock Ewing was his next of kin, not his x-wife.”  “I’ll take a look at it.”  Sue Ellen sleeps with her head on JR’s chest, leaning over from chair.  Miss Ellie sleeps on a sofa with John Ross and Ellie.  Ray sleeps sitting on the floor.  With his eyes closed JR says, “Sue Ellen you know I need my space to sleep.”  Sue Ellen bolts up.  “JR.  What did you say?”“You know I can’t sleep with you on top of me.”  The family rushes over to him. Sue Ellen crying tears of joy.  “Oh JR.  Oh my dear god.  I love you so much.”“In the mornin’ darlin’ I need my sleep.” His eyes still closed, a devilish grin across his face.   Jeremy walks in the front door of his mansion.  “What’s going on?”Lucy walks down the stairs, almost to the bottom.  “What’s it look like.”  A crew is busy inventorying the house.  “Why are you in my house?”“Your house.  No. This is my house.”“You must have lost your mind.  The strain of loosing Ewing Oil.”Lucy Chuckles.  “Do you know to save Southfork it ended up in Jock and Jason’s hands.”“Did it?”“Yes.  Jock turned it over to Ewing Oil.  Used it as collateral to build the company.  Before the Ewing’s took it away from the company.  I’ll be going after it as well.”  “No you won’t,” Lucy chuckles.  “You borrowed the money to buy Wes Parmalee’s claim from my husband.  As a matter of fact you owe my husband and I an awful lot of money.”   “Get out.”  “The Parmalee loan was based on your court case, which was thrown out.  Jason Ewing divorced his wife before he died.  And as this house, it’s contents and your NorCo-Wendell shares backed up that loan; I’m here to take stock of everything which you’re forfeiting.”“You bitch!”   Jeremy lunges for Lucy but Andy holds him back.  Miss Ellie walks into the room.  “You’d better settle down Jeremy.  You’re already in enough trouble.  You don’t want to add assault.”  “I’m warning you, the Ewing’s are going pay for this.”“No were not,” Miss Ellie says, “Your mistake was to think JR was the only Ewing willing to do what had to be done. You attacked my husband when he couldn’t fight for himself.  Now you’re being put you down.”  Agents come, identify themselves as FBI and begin to arrest Jeremy.  “What?  What the hell for?”Miss Ellie says, “Selling drilling technology to the Soviets.”   Wendell is removed from the house. Lucy hands Andy an envelope.  “This is a Swiss account with money that should make up for some of this.  And Donna, wants you to stay on with Ewing Oil.  She wants you in London to over assist with the merger on that end.” JR returns home to a roaring rodeo at Southfork with all the usual suspects, Jordan Lee, Marilee Stone, Punk and Mavis Anderson, of course Ray and Donna and their son Steven, and Lucy and her son Ned, Miss Ellie and Clayton and Sue Ellen with John Ross and Ellie, all there to great JR.  There’s talk of Donna completing the merger of NorCo-Wendell into Ewing Oil and oilmen trying to talk her into running for Governor.  There’s talk of Miss Ellie and Clayton going on another long trip and Punk and Mavis joining them.   There’s talk that one day Lucy might be running Ewing Oil, before John Ross and then one day even little Hugh Statham.   Then Miss Ellie turns pale.  Clayton asks what’s wrong as she stares across the crowd at a man who approaches.  “That’s Jason Ewing.”  Lucy looks, her jaw drops, her eyes wide open.  JR turns around and looks. Jason nods and smiles.  Cliff Hanger to replace Bobby turning around and a dream.  Cliff gone bankrupted. Wendell ruined.  Now Jock’s brother to claim 1/2 of the family’s control of Ewing Oil and 1/2 the Southfork Ranch.</blockquote>

Verification: What month follows July?