"Jamie sat at a table in a restaurant in Llanview, working on his laptop. Lily, Reggie, Danielle and Maggie all arrived. Jamie told them their mission was to find out why Babe went back to JR. He told them that Babe wound up in Llanview the night they got Bess back from JR, and that she talked to Kevin Buchanan. But he knows that she made another stop before she ended up in the hotel restaurant. Lily asked if he'd questioned Babe, because that's the first thing that should be done to solve a mystery. Jamie said yes and that Babe told him pretty much to buzz off. Lily took the Llanview map and went to sit alone to study it for clues. The rest of the group argued about Babe's motives for staying with JR. A guy sat next to Lily and asked if she needed directions. She innocently explained she was looking for clues. He asked if he could join her and Lily said yes he could sit next to her but she couldn't talk to him anymore because he was a stranger. The guy introduced himself as Frank and said they weren't strangers anymore. He asked if she was lost and Lily said she was looking for someplace but not sure where. Frank said he'd lived in Llanview his whole life and he could help her find any place around. He said his car was out front and they could leave right now. Lily agreed to go with him and headed towards the door. Fortunately Reggie stopped them and told the guy to leave his sister alone. Lily said Frank was helping her with the mystery but Maggie and Danielle joined them and said Lily should not go anywhere with this guy. Reggie forced him to leave and Lily sat back down with them. She told them she figured out where Babe had been so Reggie, Maggie and Danielle followed her outside. Jamie stayed behind to do more research on the computer.
Bianca heard Babe say "He's my son!" and barged into David's office, demanding to know what was going on. David and Krystal tried to distract her with excused but Bianca was very suspicious. Babe said she hated to keep things from Bianca, "If I can't trust you, who can I trust?" Babe told her parents she wanted to speak with Bianca alone, so they stepped outside. Babe told Bianca she hadn't gone insane and she doesn't love JR anymore. She was just staying with him to buy some time. Bianca wanted to know why she needed time and Babe said that everything she was doing was for her child. Bianca asked "Which one? Bess or your son?" Babe said she loved Bess more than anything and that she knows Bess will end up with the right parent. She was very vague and Bianca was even more suspicious. Babe hugged her friend and promised to make everything work out "for all of us." Bianca agreed to trust Babe and left the office. She went into the hallway and called Jamie, and told him she had to talk to him about Babe. David and Krystal returned to the office and Babe told them she didn't tell Bianca the truth. She said that even if things don't work out with Ace, Bianca will still get Bess back. Krystal said they can't let JR hear a word about this because he would swoop in and take Ace. David said the Buchanans and the Chandlers will fight for the boy. Mother and daughter exchanged a look and David demanded to know what it was about. Babe said she knows that Ace is hers and it's a miracle. And she is hoping for another miracle, one that will let her name her son after his father, James Martin. David was stunned and asked how she could believe Jamie could be the father after they had a DNA test done on Bess, proving JR was the father. Babe explained that she forced Paul to make sure the test results showed JR as the father. "If it turns out Jamie is the father, all our problems will be solved!" Babe smiled. David snarled "Poor kid, first a Chandler, then a Martin. That's no step up!." Babe and Krystal got very angry and stood up for Tad and Jamie. "Don't trash the Martin men in front of us!" David remarked "I don't have to, they'll self-righteously self-destruct when they find out the truth about Bess." Krystal and Babe said he was right. David conceded that if he got to chose who the father was, between JR and Jamie, he'd choose Jamie. Babe sadly said that Jamie may want to fight for the baby though. They discussed the possibilities surrounding Paul's connection with all of this, with David being the voice of doom. Krystal finally yelled at him and told him to "stop torching our hope of untangling this mess with as few casualties as possible!." David told her to calm down and that he was in this with them till the end. Babe asked how they could prove that Ace is her child. David said he has a way to get it done.
Bianca joined Jamie in the Llanview restaurant. She told him she heard Babe say she has a son. Jamie asked if maybe Babe just had a dream about having a son. Bianca said Babe told her that she's only staying with JR to buy time. Jamie told Bianca how Babe ended up in Llanview talking to Kevin Buchanan. She said David was getting a fax from a doctor in Llanview regarding a baby boy. After he received the fax she heard Babe say "He's my son!." Jamie said "That's pretty big!." He thought they were close to finding out what was going on. He pulled up information about Kevin on the computer and told Bianca that Kevin has a baby boy. Bianca wasn't impressed with this information and wondered how it all tied together. Jamie said they just had to work harder and help Babe whether she wanted them to or not.
JR went to Zach's office and told him he knows a large crate was shipped from the casino the night of Ryan's shooting. He demanded to know where it went. Zach said he had no reason to ship anything of that size and that he wasn't in the habit of shipping human cargo. JR accused him of being David's accomplice. Zach said he would never help David Hayward. JR asked about the surveillance discs and demanded to see all of the ones from that night. Zach said "Why? Your maniac father is missing, enjoy your freedom!." JR wasn't amused, especially when Zach said it was cosmic justice that Adam was unaccounted for. Zach began listing all of Adam's evil deeds. JR growled "You don't care where my father was shipped but you memorized his whole life?" Zach quipped "It's a hobby." He asked JR why he ran away and shipped out on a steamer, wondering if Adam tried to run his son's life. JR said Zach didn't know his father. Zach said Adam was proof that some men should never be fathers. Then he told JR that he was a pale reminder of his old man, "Adam Chandler Junior is the name you go by, is that all you want to be?" He then told JR that he could still break away from Adam, and that was the only way to become human again. JR said he'd get a court order to get those surveillance discs. Zach said "Two things. 1. Don't ever threaten me. 2. The discs are recorded over every 24 hours." JR said he could make an exception, "Like you did for those 2 bitches!" Zach got very angry and told him never to talk like that about Bianca or Babe. JR replied "Or what? You can't touch me." Zach told him he did screen the disc for a cop friend of his, he watched it in real time and that way JR can't say Babe doctored the DVD. Zach glared at JR and told him "We're finished here, junior." JR stared at Zach and then went out the door. He pulled his phone out and called someone, demanding results from Adam's search. He also ordered a tail put on Zach Slater. In the office Zach watched a recording of David nailing the crate shut.
Liza stopped by Tad's house to ask if he knew where Adam was. She told him Babe wasn't the only one battling the Chandlers for the good of a child. Tad said he had no idea where Adam was. Liza said she was worried about Adam trying to take Colby and what Colby would become if he succeeded. Tad reminded her that she started the whole thing with Babe and JR by telling JR Babe never got her marriage to Paul annulled. She said she never believed the fallout would hurt innocent children. Tad said she was hoping to get rid of Babe and Krystal. Liza nodded and said she wouldn't blame him for hating her. Tad remarked "Hate the sin, not the sinner." Liza said there was no possibility of a peaceful existence with the Chandlers. Tad told her he had proposed to Krystal. Liza smiled at him sadly and said it was ok, she had encouraged him to fall in love again after Dixie, but she hadn't thought it would be Krystal. She said she wanted Tad to be happy and that they tried every which way to be happy together but it just didn't work. Tad asked if they could go back to being friends and Liza agreed. She said she couldn't walk around Adam's mine fields anymore and that she wasn't going to let him work on Colby. Tad said "You're not really thinking of........." Liza smiled sadly and said why not, it's time to honestly and clearly evaluate her life. Tad said he was on her side and told her to let him know what she needed and when she needed it. Liza told him he'd be the first person she'd call."
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