At Katherines hotel room , Afton is still searching. She looks under the bed and pulls out a case. She tried to open it but it is locked.

Katherine pulls up at a petrol garage and looks in her bag. "Damn I left my purse" she mutters. She turns the car around and starts heading back for the hotel.

Afton finds a dinner knife and begins to prise open the case, she struggles with it for a while then the case pops open. Afton opens it and sees some papers and underneath them she finds a small book. She opens it and begins to read it.
"Oh my word" Afton says under her breath astonished at what she has found.

Katherine walks into the hotel and walks towards her hotel room, as she takes out her key she hears a noise from the room. She opens her bag and takes out a small hand gun.

Katherine opens the door and walks in. Afton looks up startled.

Katherine smiles "well well what a surprise....Afton!!"

Afton stands up holding the book "Your crazy, your damn well crazy Katherine".

Katherine pulls the door shut.

Katherine smirks "you are rather a curious little cat aren't you and we all know what happened to that"

Afton stands her ground "please Katherine, Im not into clichés, but I sure like a good read"

Katherine walked over to her "don't you know its rude to read other peoples diaries, but then again I guess it depends on how a person is brought up "

Afton shook her head "not peoples, yours, your diary"

Afton went to walk past Katherine. Katherine grabbed her arm.

"You made a very big mistake Afton" Katherine declares.

Katherine points the gun into Aftons face and gently presses the tip into Aftons cheek.

"I have a plan to carry out, I have waited years, I have lived for this, I have waited for this, and I will not have you come and ruin it for me" Katherine declares

Afton takes a breath and Katherine's face is filled with anger and hate a consequence of years of twisted hate which was now more deadlier then ever before.

Becky walks alone in the shopping mall, she carries some bags. Ratigan, JR`s detective walks over to her, with two other men.
"Excuse me" he calls. He shows her his badge "Your under arrest lady for theft".

Becky looks shocked "what?" she yells.

The man pull her out of the store to the empty parking lot.

"This is crazy, this is a mistake" she yells at them

Ratigan smiles "sure is a mistake, yours"

Becky looks at him aggressively. The other men take her bag and pull out a small bag of cocaine.

"Well will you look at this" he says.

Becky swallows "thats not mine"

Ratigan laughs "sure it is, I know miss that you have been a user in the past, I guess your still a user"

Becky shakes her head "I don`t use that crap anymore, this is a set up"

Ratigan walked closer to her "what ever it is, I have a warning for you, stay away from the Ewings, any of em, for your own sake. If I see you anywhere near them next time I`ll charge you"

He smiles then goes to walk away. Becky looks furious, she runs up to Ratigan and begins to attack him, she hits him in the face and scratches his face. The other two men hold her back and Ratigan slaps her around the face.

"Don`t mess with me Miss, you`ve been warned" he states

The two men throw Becky onto the ground and they leave with Ratigan.

Becky stands up holding her face "Bastards" she yells.

Sue Ellen drives up the ranch next to Southfork. She gets out her car and stands and looks around then walks up to the door and enters.

She walks in and puts her brief case down. She hears a noise from the lounge and walks in and sees JohnRoss sitting down.

"Hi mom" he says somberly.

Sue Ellen smiles and walks over to him.

"How do you like the house?" she asks.

He looks around "its ok, at least your not too far away" he smiles.

Sue Ellen sits down next to him "Im sorry JohnRoss, but I had to leave, but I wasn`t leaving you" she says.

JohnRoss nods "I know mom, you don`t need to explain, I sometimes feel that thats all you and dad have ever done, explain, explain to me why things don`t work out, so don`t explain now"

Sue Ellen nods "it was never easy for you was it?"

JohnRoss smiles and looks down "well lets just say that it could of been better, I don`t know half of what went on and Id rather not know,"

"You know your father expects you to take over Ewing Oil" she says.

"Yep I know, I think thats what he lives for but right now I dont even know if thats what I want, its been there all my life, like a shadow, every fight, every conversation was and is about Ewing Oil. About this damn legacy. I don`t want to spend my life fighting, There was so much out there you know , There was this whole world" he says looking at him mother.

Sue Ellen looks at him and smiles "you seem different, I guess your growing up,"She touches his hair.

JohnRoss stands up "well I better go, "

Sue Ellen looks at him "is something on your mind JohnRoss?" she asks.

Johnross shakes his head "no ma’am" he bends forward and kisses his mother and smiles.

He then walks out. Sue Ellen sits alone in the house.

Pamela sits on the patio as a gentle breeze slowly and silently touched her hair, she was deep in thought contemplating her future. Miss Ellie walked out and stood and hesitated as she wondered if she should disturb Pam. Pam turned and spotted Ellie and smiled.

"Hello Pam" said Ellie sympathetically.

Pam smiled and squeezed Miss Ellies hand "I wish I knew where Christopher were" Pam said.

Ellie nodded "I am sure he is fine Pam, he is finding this all very difficult" Ellie said,

Pam nodded "I know" She rubbed her arm "I just feel things are so messy, I should never have come back, it was a mistake".

Ellie moved closer to Pam and looked at her closely
"Don`t you ever say that, do you hear me? We are your family and we love you deeply and you will survive this, you belong here with Bobby and your son, surrounded by people who care. Its all very nice being a martyr but right now you need your family and maybe its time to realize your family needs you too" Ellie said directly

Pam looked up "God I know that, but I don`t know where to begin, I have lost so much time with my son and Bobby, where do I start?" Pam turns to Ellie.

Ellie smiles and puts her hand on Pams shoulder "from the beginning Pam, thats where. You love Bobby?" she asks

Pam smiles "oh yes but I just havn`t told him in a very long time"

Ellie smiled "well maybe that is somewhere to start".

Bobby walked out onto the patio. Ellie turned to him and stood up and kissed Pam on the cheek and walked past Bobby and smiled at him.

Bobby smiled uncomfortably and sat down next to Pam.

"That all looked rather secretive "Bobby joked

Pam smiled "Miss Ellie is a wonderful woman"

"Runs ins the family" Bobby joked.

Pam laughed and nodded "I guess it does"

Bobby turned to her "its good to see you laugh" he said

"Its good to laugh again, perhaps now this is all out in the open I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders" Pam said.

Bobby nodded

"It will all work out Bobby, it will all be fine" she said.

Bobby nodded "I know"

There was a silence

"Bobby" Pam said

"Pam" Bobby said back smiling

"Bobby I just want you know that Im sorry about all this"

Bobby put his finger on her lip

"Don`t explain, don`t ever say sorry" he whispered.

Pam smiled.

"I know a lot of things have changed and it may take time, but Bobby.....I do love you"

Bobby took a breath

"Oh Pam, oh I love you too, I love you so much" he said leaning forward and they began to kiss.

John Ross walked past them and smiled as he arrived home at Southfork. He walked into Southfork and began to walk up the stairs. JR walked out the lounge. JR stood staring at him, there was a silence.

"Something wrong?" Johnross asked.

"Johnross will you come down here a minute please" JR demanded

JohnRoss looked puzzled and walked over to his father. JR stood in front of Jocks portrait.

"You see this JohnRoss, this is your blood, and attached to that is a long long history" JR began to say.

"I know dad, why are you telling me now?" JohnRoss asked.

"This man, your granddaddy, built an empire, he sweated blood to create my future, to build this family a firm base, something no one can touch, and now JohnRoss, now its your turn, and nothing can interfere with that" JR stated emotionless.

John Ross looked confused.

JR took the photographs of Becky and JohnRoss together from his jacket pocket and threw them down on the bar.

John Ross looked at them.

John ross shook his head "No way" he said.

"Exactly JohnRoss, No way, that girl is trouble, not only is she a Barnes, but shes also trash, its time to end this little liaison of yours" JR stated

Johnross stood angry. "If you weren't my father..........." Johnross stopped.

"This is for your own good JohnRoss" JR stated.

Johnross laughed "My own good? This is about you, what you want. Well not this time, I will choose who I want to be with, I will choose who I want to be and how I live my life"

Johnross turned to walk away.

"Your granddaddy built you a life" JR replied

John Ross stopped and turned "well I didn`t ask for that, I didn`t ask for any of this, just stay out of my life or you just may loose me again"

Miss Ellie stood in the hallway watching as John Ross walked past her, he stopped and kissed her on the cheek and carried on walking out.

Miss Ellie walked into the lounge.

"What are you doing JR?" she demanded.

"Hes my son momma, I`ll do as I see fit" JR replied cooly.

"You`ll push him away, or you`ll destroy him just like......." Miss Eliie stopped.

JR turned to his mother "don`t say it.....don`t compare my son to Gary"

"Your daddy pushed Gary too far, he turned to drink, he turned away from his family and I lost him forever.....is that what you want for JohnRoss.....if nothing else can`t we learn from the past" she said.

"Like I said Momma I`ll do as I see fit" JR said and walked off.

Miss Ellie stood alone in the room, she looked emotional as she walked over to the fireplace where a fire was burning. She looked at the photographs on the mantelpiece, Clayton, Bobby, Lucy, JR with Sue Ellen, and Gary. Miss Ellie picked up the photo of Clayton . She put the photo back then picked up the one of Gary. She looked at it for a moment then walked over to the portrait of Jock and stood looking at it. She turned and looked around the empty room as she remembered her past, her family, her life at Southfork Ranch.