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At Ciffs Afton lay in bed, she turned over to see Cliff was not home. She sighed.
At Braddock Police Department Cliff lay slumped in a chair, unshaven as Sue Ellen walked out. Cliff awoke from his light sleep.
"Cliff what are you still doing here?" she asked."Huh Sue Ellen?" he said sitting up coming back to reality.
"Go home Cliff" Sue Ellen demanded
"What happened? " Cliff asked.
"I sorted out the bail, they say I was drunk" Sue Ellen explained
"But you weren't were you?" He asked
"NO, of course I wasn't. I have been sober for years Cliff" she snapped back at him
"Then how did this happen? "he asked.
"How do you think?" she said angrily "JR Ewing, that's how."
"So what are we looking at here Sue Ellen?" Cliff asks.
Sue Ellen looks down "Well Im being charged with a second degree felony"
"What does your attorney say?" Cliff asks.
"Up to a $10,000.00 fine and - " she pauses "and a term in the Penitentiary for anything between 2 and- "she pauses again and takes a breath "20 years".
She closes her eyes to retrain the pain. Cliff hugs her.
Pamela sits on her bed. The sound of a shower can be heard in the background.
"It doesn't make any sense Bobby. We were with Sue Ellen just moments before, she didn't touch a drop of alcohol. We can vouch for that and I would know if she had started drinking again" Pam calls out as she reads some papers on her lap.
Bobby exits the shower wearing a towel and drying his hair.
"I agree. Maybe we should go over there" Bobby said.
"I rang - no reply" Pam said.
Bobby shook his head spurting water over Pamela.
"BOBBY" Pamela called out.
Bobby smiled sarcastically.
"You have wet the papers now" Pam stated picking up the papers from her lap.
Bobby sat behind her and put his arms around her tightly. Pam closed her eyes feeling his touch.
"Thats very nice, but I still don't forgive you" she laughed,
"What is that?" he asked looking at the papers.
"Well this whole thing with Aunt Maggie, Garrison and Cherie, it got me curious. So Iv been doing a little bit of detective work myself and these are all the names that match her description" Pam stated.
"Why are you doing this Pam?" Bobby asked.
"Well Im curious. I don't know. Why do you think I should leave alone?" she asked.
"No......if you want to do that. But I don't know what you are going to achieve" Bobby replied.
"Well we'll see " Pam replied.
Pam turned to Bobby.
"Do you know that today marks the 24th anniversary of our first marriage. My arrival at Southfork" she smiled.
"Wow. Long time ago" Bobby replied.
"Lots happened" Pam said smiling
"Remember how cold it was" Bobby recalled rubbing Pams shoulders.
"Lots of snow and your mommas face when she opened the door" Pam said laughing.
"And daddy" Bobby said thinking back.
"Oh boy your daddy. Did he look stern, his favorite son marrying that poor Barnes girl" Pam smiled.
"Well he did have a point" Bobby said sarcastically.
"Oh really......too wild for ya Bobby was I?" Pam asked smiling seductively.
"I like wild......" Bobby said raising his eyebrows with that little boy look that melted Pams heart 1000 times.
"Oh I think I have plenty of wild left in me Bobby" Pam said getting closer to Bobby
Bobby breathed in heavily "I love you Pam" he smiled.
They kissed and fell back on the bed. Pam threw the towel covering Bobby to the floor.
At Sals home in downtown Dallas. Sal sits watching TV and drinking a beer. Tracy and Margaret walk in.
Sal turned down the TV."So what you got me today?" Sal asked.
"Nothing" Margaret replied.
"Excuse me" Tracy said scared running off.
"What do you mean nothing? Your joking right?" Sal said getting up, towering above Margaret.
"I don't want to do this Sal. I wont do it" Margaret stated strongly.
Sal shook her head "Won't . Honey there is no such word. Ok so pay up, lets see how much will food and lodging come to, or plus my expenses for time"
"I don't have any money" Margaret replied.
"Then you have a problem don't you" Sal said.
"I wont do it Sal" Margaret stated strongly
"If you run Margaret. I will find you" Sal replied viciously.
"Like I care" Margaret replied naively.
Sal stood in front of Margaret and laughed. She grabbed Margaret's hair. Margaret screamed.
Sal pushed her against the wall, hitting her head.
"Now don't you ever cheek me. You hear? You hear me? answer me dam it" Sal said smashing Margaret's head against the wall.
"I hear you, I hear you" Margaret replied pitifully, crying.
Sal let go. "Now get out my sight and don't let me down again"
Margaret nodded and ran out of the room.
Dallas airport JR waited at the arrivals. He paced up and down waiting for Lee Evans, he was growing impatient as other passengers left exited the area but no sign of Evans. JR walked over to the arrivals desk and addressed the woman sitting.
"Can I help you sir" she asked.
"I hope so a friend of mine was on flight 501, but I don't seem to see him, could you check for me" JR stated gruffly.
The woman looked at her computer
"Name please" she asked
"Evans...........Lee Evans" JR stated
The woman typed on her keyboard then looked up at J.R
"Yes sir, Mr Evans he was booked on that flight. But he never booked in. He didn't board the plane" she explained
"Your sure about that?" JR asked hoping for different news.
"Positive sir, maybe your friend was late , but he never got on board that plane" she restated
J.R sighed "Dam it Evans what game are you playing?" he asked himself.
The scene fades to black.
It was morning at Southfork, the air strangely still. Miss Ellie dressed in dignified black , her pearls laced around her neck stood on the Southfork stairs. Gary stood behind her as Jocks casket was led out of Southfork. Outside as the Texas sun shone down a fleet of black cars waited to take the family to Jocks final resting place. Bobby, JR, Pamela, John Ross and Christopher stood together with Becky. Valene and Lucy stood as the coffin was brought out of the house by 4 men. Sue Ellen in black stood next to Donna and Ray. Despite the problems in her life it was only right she attended Jocks funeral.
A single white rose lay on the casket as it was slid into the back of the hearse. JR , Gary and Bobby escorted Ellie behind the hearse and into a black limousine. Lucy looked at Valene and walked over to Pamela who gently hugged her. Punk Anderson and his wife Mavis walked over to their car. As the hearse drove away, Miss Ellies car followed slowly behind. The rest of the family gathered into their limousines. The procession of cars made their way across Southfork land emphasizing a dramatic moment in the life of the Ewing family. A moment that had been long in coming.
Scene fades to black.
The Ewing family and friends sat gathered around somberly as the Reverend read from his Holy Book.
"We are gathered here on this day to pay our respects to Jock Ewing. We can never understand the ways nor reasons of God. But, for comfort and hope, let us turn our thoughts to His Word. God cares for us even when we don't deserve it. He is a God of sympathy and understanding. He knows our hurts and loneliness. He knows how we feel. The Bible tells us that He knows our sorrows and records our tears. If He takes the time to see our tears then He knows why they fall from our eyes."
Miss Ellie sat emotionless, JR shifted in his chair uncomfortable with the word of God.
As the reverend continued his words of god and spoke of Jock , Lucy remembered her grandfather and could help but feel uncomfortable with the words of a man who had never met Jock Ewing.
The reverend beckoned Miss Ellie to the front of the Service. Assisted up by Bobby she walked to the front, she stopped and turned to look down at the coffin, its metal clasps of gold shining in the midday sun.
She looked up at the family and smiled "Jock went missing over twenty years ago and for all those years I have felt him close to me, drenched in this land that he loved so very much. Today isn't so much a time for tears but a time for remembering what a good man he was, a strong man and that this family was built on his strength. Its also a day for Justice and that those responsible for his death are exposed. Its not for revenge, its for Jock, he didn't deserve to die alone and so now we can say good bye with dignity. Jock is home at Southfork, I feel hes finally at peace"
Miss Ellie took a breath and stood next to the coffin. "good-bye Jock" she gently whispered laying a single hand on top of the casket.
The scene fades to black.