"Alone in her suite, Erica held the queen of hearts while the apparition of her father's hands raised a card to reveal the king of spades. Erica dropped her card and hollered, "I don't want to play this game anymore." Someone knocked. Erica opened the door to reveal Zach. She threw her arms around his neck and begged Zach, "Please make him go away."
Erica returned to her senses and apologized to Zach for behaving so strangely. Zach looked around for the "him." Erica explained it was siesta time, and she had been having a bad dream when Zach had knocked. She offered Zach refreshments. He wanted food, but the best Erica could offer was brandy with a splash of soda. She was drinking on an empty stomach.
Erica's drinking concerned Zach. He confronted Erica about the phantom that wouldn't go away and asked if it was her father. The question caught Erica off guard. She asked who he'd been talking to. Zach told her he had done an Internet search and offered condolences on the loss of her father. Erica told him to save it.
Zach was also on the hospital board and knew Erica's father had died moments before she had gotten there. Zach tried to be a friend and discuss her problems with her. Erica wanted no part of his so-called friendship. She went for another drink. Zach physically separated Erica from the bottle.
"Don't touch me," Erica screamed at Zach. "What do you think you're doing?" she demanded. Zach told her he was cutting her off. None of his employees would ever serve her a drink again. "Nobody tells Erica Kane what to do," Erica reminded Zach. He said that was fine but reminded her he was still her boss. He told her to show up for work on time and sober, or she would be fired.
Left alone again in her room, Erica fell asleep and dreamed of seeing herself in a rocking chair like she was rocking a baby. She awakened and saw the rocking chair beside her bed, empty but rocking back and forth. The apparition's hand reached forward and stilled the chair.
Adam cornered Tad at the pre-wedding gathering and asked what his P.I. instincts were telling him about Babe. Adam let on that he wanted to help Babe by tracking her background and involvement with Paul Cramer. He wanted Tad to team up with him. Tad found Adam's request hilarious and refused to help him get rid of Babe.
Disappointed that his scheme hadn't worked with Tad, Adam left in search of Mary. Left alone in the front room, Tad answered the doorbell. It was Jack arriving. Tad had thought Jack had gone to Vegas. Jack told Tad he had gotten better advice, and as hard as it had been, he had taken it.
Outside in the patio area at Chandler Mansion, JR asked Bianca what she was so scared of. Bianca was honest with him and asked the same in return. Bianca knew Babe wanted her in Bess's life, but Bianca didn't get the same vibe from JR. He told her, "If I had my way, you'd never hold my baby again." JR explained he was concerned about what was best for his daughter and for Bianca too.
Bianca understood JR was in an impossible situation. JR pleaded with Bianca to see his point of view. She said she did, and she needed JR to understand hers. "As long as we're being perfectly honest, I've had the same fears myself," Bianca told him. That was why Bianca had been keeping Maggie so close, so if she skated too close to the edge, Maggie would be there to pull her back.
Bianca told JR she didn't want to ruin the day for Babe, so she was going through with the christening and being Bess's godmother, but then she would step back and find ways not to see Bess unless there was a crowd around. She asked JR if it was okay for her to see Bess when he was around. "Of course," JR sincerely replied. Glad they understood one another, Bianca went to help Babe get ready but not before telling JR what a beautiful daughter he had and how lucky he was to have her.
Babe paced nervously in her bedroom, talking to her mom. She wondered if she could keep the truth from Bianca. At the same time, she couldn't imagine hurting JR so badly. Babe said she couldn't take the secret to her grave the way Paul had. A knock on the door revealed Jamie, who said they needed to talk, and it couldn't wait until after the ceremony. Krystal left them alone.
Jamie mentioned Paul Cramer. He told Babe that the lie had really hurt his brother. Jamie needed to know before he stood up for them if that was the last lie she'd ever blindside JR with. Babe promised Jamie she'd be the best wife ever and thanked him for caring.
Tad bumped into Krystal on the patio. He made fun of her nervous munchies. Tad told her everything was going to be all right and that there wouldn't be any more bombs that day. They commiserated about how hard it was to raise children then let them go and make their own mistakes. Tad welcomed Krystal to the "can't win for losing club." Krystal thanked Tad for his kind words and left to find her date, David Hayward.
Maggie found Jamie and sensed something was bugging him. Jamie told her JR had been giving off weird vibes at his bachelor party, and earlier in that day, Jamie had been getting the same vibes from Babe. Maggie said any couple renewing their vows before their first anniversary had to be all right. Then again, Maggie admitted, she'd been concentrating on Bianca. Jamie still felt something was up.
Mary saw Greenlee and said she was very proud of Greenlee for capturing the heir to the Cambias fortune. Mary wanted to know what bait had finally snagged him. Greenlee told Mary that getting to have Mary as a mother-in-law had been the clincher then distracted her mother by saying she thought she'd heard someone say they had dropped the wedding cake. Frantic that the cake was ruined, Mary hastily exited.
Jack wandered in. Greenlee grabbed him and said, "Come with me. You're going to witness a real-life miracle." Jack asked what it was. Greenlee told him Miranda might be alive.
Having figured out that Bess might very well be Miranda, Kendall wanted Greenlee and Ryan to stay with Miranda while she went to tell Bianca. She wanted the baby back in her sister's arms that day. Ryan prevailed as the voice of reason, saying no one could tell Bianca anything until they knew more. Greenlee believed maybe Bianca had been right when she had taken Miranda/Bess from the hospital, that the baby really was hers. Kendall agreed and pointed out to Ryan the very fact that she and Greenlee agreed had to mean something.
Ryan still wanted solid proof first. "Like a DNA test?" David suggested as he walked in on their conversation. "Why didn't we see it? This could be Bianca's baby," David said, noting that Adam Chandler had scared Paul Cramer senseless that night. David said God might be redeeming Himself, and "on today of all days."
Ryan wanted to know what was so special about that day, but David blew him off. All David needed was a clean swab so he could get a DNA sample from Bess's cheek. As Jack, Greenlee, Ryan, and Kendall looked on, David took a DNA sample. JR walked in and wanted to know "what the hell" they were doing to his baby.
Ryan stepped forward and explained that questions had arisen, and there were serious doubts about who the baby really was. Kendall added that they thought Paul Cramer had made a mistake, and the baby was Miranda. JR gathered Bess in his arms and told them all to back off, insisting that none of them were his friends, and it was his baby. Adam entered. Seeing what was going on, Adam told all of them to get out of his house.
"If any of you try to lay claim to my grandchild, I swear to God, I will kill you," Adam warned. Kendall asked him to hear them out. She told JR she thought Babe knew it was Miranda because she had overheard Babe calling Bess by Miranda's name. JR demanded that Kendall get Babe down there -- immediately.
Upstairs in the bedroom, Babe and Bianca further bonded as "soul sisters" while Bianca fixed Babe's hair. Babe said she'd do anything for Bianca. Bianca called Babe her and her baby's savior. Babe talked to Bianca about keeping the annulment secret from her and hoped she wasn't upset. Bianca gave a brief and beautiful soliloquy about how secrets arose from fear then asked Babe if she was keeping another secret from JR.
Convinced all was okay, Bianca told Babe about the "legacy of strong women" speech Erica had given to her and Kendall prior to one of Erica's recent weddings. She told Babe that she was as strong as any Kane woman, past or present, and Bianca wanted Babe to pass that legacy on to Bess. "Bianca, I didn't think I had the strength, but after what you just said to me, I have the courage to tell you something," Babe said. Before Babe could say any more, Kendall interrupted. She sent Babe to see JR in the library.
Bianca objected because Babe was in her wedding dress. It was bad luck. Babe said it was okay. With all she and JR had already survived, a little superstition was not going to hurt them. Bianca wanted to follow Babe. Kendall told her it was between the bride and groom. "Just believe in happy endings," Kendall told her sister. She left the room to go back to the library herself. Krystal went to the bedroom, looking for Babe. Bianca told her JR had sent for Babe, but Bianca didn't know why.
Downstairs Babe stood in the middle of the library crowd, asking JR what he wanted. JR asked her to tell him their baby was not dead because everyone there thought the baby was Miranda. Babe stood speechless. Tears nearing her eyes, Babe was unable to utter a single word."
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