"Maria and Zach are in the stables discussing the breakup of Maria's marriage to Edmund. Zach wants Maria to go away with him but she refuses explaining to him that she loves Edmund and can't leave her children. Zach tries to be understanding and comforts Maria when she breaks down in tears.
Meanwhile, Brooke is at the house with Edmund trying her best to talk some sense into him. She suggests that maybe the real reason he had decided to end his marriage to Maria is not because he felt betrayed but because of his paralysis. She points out that her actions when she married him were a betrayal not Maria keeping a secret about Zach's true identity. She goes on to tell him that she feels he would have used any excuse to end his marriage...Maria burning the toast...just to avoid admitting that what he really was feeling was fear. Fear that he is inadequate without the use of his legs and that Maria can't accept him. Brooke doesn't let up and eventually seems to get through to him. After she leaves, Edmund goes down to the stables to talk to Maria. Unfortunately when he arrives he sees her in Zach's arms. He leaves before either of them notice that he's there.
Moments after Edmund leaves Maria pulls away from Zach and decides to return to the house. When she walks in she finds Edmund and Maddie together. Maddie looks upset. She asks Edmund why and he informs Maria that he just told Maddie that he was moving into the Hunting Lodge and that they were divorcing. Maria is shocked. After telling Maddie to go to her room, that she would be up shortly, Maria tells Edmund that she's tired of fighting him so he is welcomed to move out and get the divorce.
A distraught Maddie goes to the stable where she throws herself on to the sofa sobbing out loud how upset she is over her parents' divorce. Zach, having hidden in a corner when he heard someone approach, overhears her and is visibly shaken.
Jamie and Babe are in the car with James. Jamie falls asleep behind the wheel but luckily Babe's shout wakes him up in time to avoid crashing. Seeing that Jamie is clearly exhausted, Babe suggests they rest. Jamie mentions having seen a motel not too far back, so they decide to go there. While Jamie is in the shower, Babe sees a story on the news about Ace's kidnapping. Afterwards, she and Jamie are in bed with James discussing their plans. Babe offers to go on without Jamie, not wanting him to suffer because of her, but Jamie refuses to listen. He reminds her that they are the good guys. Later, while all three are sleeping, Babe has a nightmare about JR showing up at the motel and taking James away from her while Jamie sleeps on. She wakes up shaking. Jamie comforts and reassures her.
At the mansion, Bianca is demanding answers from Tad and David. David does his best to stall Tad and warn him not to say anything without revealing anything to Bianca. He receives aid in his endeavor when JR returns home. Tad fishes, hoping that JR will reveal what Babe's letter said but JR lies telling him it was nothing but a hate letter. That she was running off to live happily ever after with his brother. Tad tells Bianca that rather than say something that may hurt someone unintentionally; he's going to further investigate things beginning with David. David and Tad leave.
JR, now alone with Bianca, continues painting himself the innocent party and Babe the villain. Bianca doesn't buy it but stays because JR reminds her that he still wants Bianca to be a mother figure in Bess's life. Bianca readily accepts the offer. JR hands her a fussy Bess and watches as Bianca begins to sing a lullaby. When Adam arrives home, Bianca decides to leave.
Adam is furious with JR for allowing Bianca near Bess but JR isn't moved. He tells Adam that he and Bianca are working things out. Then he asks Adam where he's been. Adam's attention is quickly diverted and he tells him that he has been busy making plans to force Jamie's return to town and having him charged with the theft of the $10,000.00 which was taken from his safe. JR is angry. He tells Adam to drop it but Adam refuses to listen. He is desperate to force Tad to tell him where Liza took Colby. JR then threatens to take the stand on Jamie's behalf and tell the judge that he, JR, gave Jamie the money if that is what it takes. He then goes on to tell Adam that he does not want Jamie and Babe to return to town. That he will do whatever it takes to keep his daughter even if it means leaving town with her and never returning. Adam is shocked.
Tad and David walk into David's cabin where Krystal is waiting. Tad is livid. Even more so when Krystal shares with him what she discovered when she was confronted by Erica at Bianca's loft. Namely that JR knows all about Babe's claims that Bess is really Miranda. He is further amazed that Erica bought JR's story that Babe made the whole thing up in an effort to punish JR by having Bess taken away from him. Tad still isn't convinced that he shouldn't tell Bianca the truth so he demands to know what David and Krystal could possibly tell him that would change his mind about telling Bianca the truth. David tells him about the night that he found Paul Cramer's body.
According to David, he had confronted Paul in an alley when Jamie showed up and gave him the opportunity to get away. David gave chase but could not catch up with Paul. Later, when he finally did he was standing outside of a cemetery and heard a gunshot. When David ran to where he heard the shot fired from, he found Jamie standing over Paul's dead body. Jamie took off immediately and did not know David was there. Admittedly David did not see Jamie shoot Paul.
Tad is stunned but does not believe for a minute that his son shot Paul dead. When Tad announces that David's revelations do not impact his decision to tell Bianca the truth, Krystal reaches for the newspaper and shows him the headline of Ace's kidnapping. She then tells Tad that Ace is in fact Babe's biological son. Tad is speechless.
David and Krystal go on to tell him how Paul staged the helicopter crash, gave Ace to his sister Kelly and told Babe that Miranda was her daughter. Tad still refuses to change his mind about telling Bianca the truth so David points out just what Jamie is facing. Even if Jamie didn't murder Paul, the circumstances make him and Babe the prime suspects in his murder. Moments later, Bianca walks in and demands that one of them tell her the truth about what is going on."
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