Cliff sat in the lounge of his home and looked at his wrist watch wondering where Afton was.

The front door opened.

"Afton?" he called.

Becky stood there "no just me" she said.

Cliff smiled "your moms not home yet , I guess she got caught up somewhere"

Becky looked awkward and nodded then went to walk away.

Cliff stood up "Becky, can I speak with you?"

Becky walked into the lounge "sure" she said.

Cliff rubbed his hands "Im not very good at this stuff, maybe I don`t have the right to be" He said.

Becky thought and sniggered "you mean father type stuff?" she said

Cliff laughed "yeah, but I would like to try, if you will let me"

Becky looked down "I don`t blame you, I don`t know you, not the same way other people know their dads, but I hope if anything, the one thing you have learned about me is that I am not the lets be happy family type, if there is one thing I hate its pretentiousness So if you have something to say, I`ll listen" Becky said cooly.

Cliff nodded "I had a visitor today, JR Ewing"

Becky laughed "JR Ewing, what a surprise, so what did he have to say?" she asked.

"Becky, listen to me, I know about you and JohnRoss and all I want for you is to be happy" he said.

Becky nodded "so its not a problem?" she said with a slight edge of sarcasm

"JR will never let you be happy, he nearly destroyed Pam when she was with Bobby and you know all about what he did to me, that man is amoral, he is rotten to the core and I can`t stand by and watch him destroy you too, I love you too much for that" Cliff explained.

"So what are you saying?" she asked directly.

"I got this today" Cliff said taking a envelope from the table and handed it to her.

Becky opened it up "a flight to London?" she said throwing them back at him.

"How dare you" she said.

"Its for your own good, for the sake of all of us, if you get involved with JohnRoss something big will start that once started will never end, it will get so bitter and twisted Becky" he said.

Becky looked at him, her eyes filled with contempt.
"This is for me right? What bull, your as bad as JR, you can`t stand the thought of me being with a Ewing anymore than JR can`t stand JohnRoss with a Barnes. Thanks for the fatherly speech, but please excuse me if I decline your generous offer" she said.

Cliff looked down "this is not negotiable Becky, you will go to London and your mother will agree with me."

Becky stood looking bitter "screw you" she said and walked away,

Cliff shouted after her "Hey you can`t speak to me like that, come back here now"

The front door slammed shut as Becky left.

"Well I`ll be dammed.......she can`t speak to me like that" he said mellowly looking confused.

Katherine sat pointing the gun at Afton as Afton sat opposite.

"So what are you going to do?" Afton asked trying to keep cool

"Shut up Afton" Katherine said.

"I can`t believe that after all this time, you still hate so much" Afton stated.

"I said shut up, don`t judge me, you all think your so much better than me, but your not. With you cozy little lives, and how dare you name your daughter after my mother, how dare you ruin her memory for me, if it wasn`t for all of you she would still be alive, if hadn`t been for Pamela and your sick little husband things would of been different" Katherine stated

Afton shook her head "You made your own choices Katherine" Afton said.

Katherine walked over to her and slapped her hard across the face and laughed.

There was a knock at the door. Katherine stood up and walked over to it.

"Who is it?" Katherine asked

"Its me" Tony called back.

Afton recognized the voice.

Tony walked in and Katherine shut the door.

Afton looked shocked "Tony?" Afton said.

Tony smiled "why howdy Afton, here to give us a song?" he laughed.

Katherine walked over to Afton "I believe you know Tony, he will be looking after you, I have things to attend to. Perhaps he can fix you something to eat" Tony laughed then picked up her bag and left.

Tony sat down directly opposite Afton stood staring.

Tony smiled "how you feeling Afton,you did enjoy my meals? any pains, coughing up blood?" he smiled

Afton looked scared as the awful realization that something sinister had happened became to penetrate her thoughts as she took a breath and held her stomach.

"Don`t worry, the pain won`t last long, not in your case anyway" he smiled.

Afton took a breath.

Christopher stood at Jenna Wade Krebbs grave side. He stood looking, he then turned to Lucy.

"Why here Christopher?" Lucy asked.

Christopher shook his head "I don`t know, maybe because I never got the chance to come here before, or perhaps because right now, I know how Lucas may feel, or will feel"

Lucy walked over to him

"And hows that?" she asked.

"Alone.....confused....full of blame, full of hurt, angry , really angry" He replied.

Lucy stood silently looking on at him.

"This family is so full of crap, JR and his schemes, Sue Ellen thinks she some new tough person when inside shes dying, my dad...always wanting to do the right thing, and mom, so noble" Christopher said angrily.

Lucy stepped closer to him "and what about you Christopher .....what are you?"

"Me?" he looked at her and thought as the wind blew his hair in front of his face....."me....im just really pissed off". He stated profoundly.

He turned to walk away.

Lucy grabbed his arm.

"Stop being so angry, I know this is hard for you, but you gotta let go" she advised

"Yeah im angry, im so angry, she deserted me, made me feel like crap, growing up with a smile on my face, seeing my dads pain, and now she walks back, not a damn word...expecting everything to be ok, well its not ok. Im sick of pretending otherwise, this family is screwed up, the all mighty Ewings, how high they climb, how hard they fall, but they do fall, but with a grin and bear it attitude, well not anymore not for me, Iv had it....so yeah...yeah im angry.....is that a problem for you?" he said.

Lucy stood silent. "No Christopher its not a problem"

He turned from her and looked back at the grave.

Lucy stood watching, her face expressing immense concern.