At Southfork Bobby walked into the house after being out in the fields, Gary was on his way out.

"Great news Bobby" Gary beamed

"Lucy?" Bobby asked

"She's awake Bobby, Ray just called from the hospital" Gary said

Bobby sighed with relief and smiled

"Thank god" Bobby stated

"I'm on my way over there" Gary replied

"Let me get cleaned up and I'll follow you over" Bobby replied

Gary left and JR, unshaven walked down the stairs

"Lucy is awake JR, " Bobby informed him

"Maybe she can give us some answers to what happened" JR responded unemotionally

At that point Detective Cronin knocked on the patio doors.

"Can I help you?" Bobby asked

"I'm looking for Mr JR Ewing, I'm Detective Cronin from the Dallas Police department, I'm investigating his son's death"

"You better come in" Bobby replied showing the Detective into the lounge

"JR there's someone to see you" Bobby explained

"What is it? I'm in no mood for visitors" JR snapped

"Mr Ewing, I'm sorry about your sons death, I'm detective Cronin and I need to ask you a couple of questions sir, if that's ok?"

JR poured himself a brandy. "Can I fix you one?" JR asked

"Little early for me Mr Ewing" Cronin replied

"Well right now I don't know what time it is, night and day seem to make no difference right now" JR replied as he downed a brandy with Bobby looking on concerned

"Mr Ewing an investigation has been carried out on the chopper which went down, it appears that there was malicious intent" Cronin stated

"What do you mean?" JR asked

"It seems the tail rotor belts and the right angled gear box were tampered with, deliberately" The Detective explained

Bobby walked over

"Are you saying the crash wasn't an accident?" Bobby asked

"We believe that whoever carried this out had one intent, and that was to bring that chopper down, now Mr Ewing, I know your son wasn't in the chopper at the time, but I do know he owned it, right now we can't determine if this was aimed at him or perhaps the deceased pilot, or maybe someone else, but what its boils down too is that we are no longer look at this as a simple accident but a murder inquiry.

JR put his glass down with a thud, his eyes widened with an intense hatred.

"You are telling me my son was murdered" JR said

"Yes Mr Ewing, right now, I'm saying it wasn't an accident" The detective stated

"This doesn't make sense" Bobby commented

"Now hold on a sec Bobby, this makes perfect sense, yeah, it all adds up" JR said thinking aloud

"What do you mean Mr Ewing?" The detective asked

"I find it quite ironic that my sons wife was having if off with her husbands cousin, that the chopper went down right after their sordid little affair came to light, that John Ross was with Becky at the time and was lured, yeah lured over to the barn by Christopher" JR stated

"No JR" Bobby said quietly shaking his head.

JR bolted out of the room and outside of the house and charged into his mercedes

Bobby ran after him

"JR wait" Bobby shouted, by JR sped off

Bobby ran over to his car and got in and sped off after JR.

At Dallas memorial Hospital, Lucy sat up in bed.

"I can't remember much, the last thing is the chopper going down, we were falling so fast, I released the belt and knowing that my only chance was to throw myself out of the side, that's all I recall" Lucy remembered

Ray smiled "Well you are ok now, you are so lucky to be alive"

"What about Phil? How's he?" Lucy whispered

"He didn't make it Lucy, he didn't get out" Ray explained

Lucy lay her head back on the pillow

"Oh god, poor Phil, that's so awful, oh Ray" Lucy replied in shock

Ray turned and looked over at Miss Ellie, Miss Ellie nodded

"Lucy, there is something else" Ray stated

"What? What's wrong?" Lucy asked looking over at Miss Ellie

"When the chopper went down, it hit the barn, do you remember why you were on your way over there?" Ray asked

Lucy thought for a moment

"Christopher? We were going to help Christopher" Lucy recalled

Ray nodded, his eyes became emotional

"What is it? What happened?" Lucy asked anxiously

"Becky and John Ross were at the barn too, John Ross was in the barn when it was hit" Ray explained taking Lucy's hand

"What do you mean? Is he ok? What happened?" Lucy asked fearing the worse

Ray looked down, Miss Ellie tried to hold back her tears

"No, he's not...........he can't be dead, no" Lucy stated

Ray looked up, as if to look to heaven for answers

"He was killed Lucy" Ray said bluntly

Lucy gasped as if for breath

"No" she said and burst into tears as the finally accepted what Ray had said.

Miss Ellie closed her eyes in pain.

JR's car skidded into the driveway of Pamela Ewing, Bobby drove in close behind.

Pamela stood in the kitchen making a coffee, she looked up as she heard a commotion outside.

"JR just leave" Bobby shouted

"Bobby I know you are trying to protect your son but right now I need to know the truth" JR snapped back.

Pam opened the front door

"What's going on?" Pam asked

JR turned and pushed past her and walked into her lounge

"Where is he Pamela, where is your son?" JR shouted

Pamela looked at Bobby

"What's going on?" she asked

"JR this isn't helping" Bobby said

JR turned to Pamela

"Where is he Pamela?" JR demanded

"Do you think I'm really going to tell you that when you are acting like this" Pamela replied

JR grabbed her arm

"My son is dead Pamela and I think Christopher knows something" JR snapped

Bobby pulled JR back

"JR I will drag you out myself" Bobby said angrily

"For your information JR , Christopher isn't here, he's gone away" Pamela said

Bobby looked confused

"Away? Where away?" JR asked

"He's gone away because he was driven away, by you and everyone else who wants to pinpoint blame" Pamela replied

"How convenient" JR replied

"Is that true Pam? Christopher has left? Where's he gone?" Bobby asked in hurtful voice

Pam looked away "He's gone to Europe, to sort himself out"

"Europe!" Bobby stated in a shocked manner

"Don't you find that a little strange" JR remarked "Christopher leaves Texas just as its revealed my sons death was no accident"

"I think you should leave JR, I'm sorry about about John Ross but that doesn't justify this" Pamela replied coldly

JR walked towards the door and turned

"I find it very strange Pam, you showed no reaction to the idea that John Ross was murdered" JR said as he left .

Pam stood and said nothing. Bobby looked over at her.

"What's going on Pam?" he asked

"Christopher just needed to get away, that's it, he's hurting right now on so many levels, that we thought it was for best" Pamela explained

"Really? Without a goodbye, without a phone call to his father, nothing? Don't I count anymore" Bobby responded

Pamela walked over to him

"Of course you do but right now you can't expect to look at things rationally" she replied

"Why do I feel I'm loosing everything? Why do I suddenly feel like the enemy here" Bobby asked Pamela

"Bobby I don't want you to feel like that, I love you, but things have become so complicated"

Bobby looked away

"I don't understand What's going on" Bobby stated

"Lets just give it time, please" Pamela requested

Bobby turned to her

"Well your call Pamela, once again, well I can't wait around forever, I won't wait around this time for you, god knows Iv done it long enough already" with that Bobby walked out of the house

Pamela sat down and put her head in her hands.

Christopher stood in the departure lounge at the airport,
He looked up at the departure times to Rome in Italy.
He thought for a moment and took out his cell phone from his bag.

Becky lay on her bed, playing 'Outside' by Fred Durst. She turned and hugged her pillow.
Her cell phone began to ring, she reached over and picked it up. She saw "Christopher's name flashing up on display.

She looked at it and hesitated.