After Bette has left heading back to the Liberty, Olivia thought to call Ben before the break was about to be over. She dialed his number and waited for him to pick up.

"Ben? Hi, it's Olivia." She started. "Yes, I'm sorry I couldn't return your call earlier, we are kind of busy here at the radio station."

"It's okay, I'm glad you called anyway. Look, I have to talk to you about Gregory."

"I know, Maria has told me. Can we talk over the phone?" She asked.

"I would prefer it if we could meet. I'm at The Deep now, can you come over?" Ben asked.

"Now? Oh...well let me see what I can do, I'm actually quite full at the moment."

"Olivia, I don't want to pressure you, but Gregory's trial is next week. We need to talk and clear some things. Can't you get anyone else to take over your appointments?" Ben tried.

"I guess I can do that. Give me a half an hour. Bye." She said while they hung up.

Olivia left the interviews for Doug and Charlie to take care of, even if they weren't so happy about it.

"Olivia, look, I want to apologize for our behavior earlier." Doug started.

"What do you mean?" She was wondering.

"Well, you know, joking around about you and that Foster guy. We didn't intend to be rude." He apologized.

"Oh that's okay, really. I love both of you just the way you are. Never change." She said smiling. "Look, I really have to go now. I'm sorry for leaving you alone with this but you know...Gregory's trial is next week. I have to take care of some things." She explained.

"Olivia, don't explain yourself to us." Charlie said quickly. "Take care of your family and take your time. We love having you back here but, it's not doing anyone any good if you're stressed out and your head elsewhere..."

Olivia was smiling at her two managers "you're amazing you know that?" She said.

"We know." They both said laughing.

Olivia left her office, feeling at ease that at least one thing in her life went right, even if it was just the radio station.

Just as Bette arrived back at her office, Annie and AJ were waiting for her.

"Oh, poopsie! AJ, it's so nice to see you! What brings both of you here?" Bette asked.

"Well, AJ called me he said he had something for me." Annie answered.

"My my, full of surprises molto suave. And so mysterious. What's the deal?" Bette was wondering.

"My dear, let's go into my office. I have something to tell you both." AJ said.

Arriving in Ajs office, Bette couldn't keep her curiosity any longer.

"Well shoot, what is going on?"

"Yes AJ, why did you have me come over?" Annie asked.

"Well, actually it concerns only you, Annie. But since Bette is your aunt I think she should be here for you, and hear what I have to say." AJ started.

"Come on AJ, you're starting to scare me." Annie said worried.

"Well, I have two things for you." He said picking up two envelopes from his office. "I have a bad news and a surprisingly good one. Which one do you want first?" AJ asked.

"Well, give me the bad one first, I guess..." she said.

AJ cleared his throat "as from today, you are no longer Mrs. Richards." Ha said making it quick and handing the first envelope to Annie."

"Wohow, how could this happen so fast?" Bette interfered while Annie was looking trough the papers.

"Well, I got this today from Gregory's attorney. It seems that thanks to the prenup he had Annie sign, he was able to cancel the marriage without Annie's consent. He filed the papers yesterday, so today...he is a free man." AJ explained.

"But, but what about my bank account, do I get anything?" Annie asked.

"I'm afraid not Annie. His prenup had it clear that if he decides to divorce you, you are not entitled to anything he owns. Your accounts are frozen. The credit cards blocked. It's all gone." AJ said a bit triumphing.

"Great, just great! Aunt Bette, what am I going to do?" Annie was scared. "Damn you Gregory! You could have at least leave me something. Damn him!" Annie shouted throwing the divorce papers on the floor.

"Annie calm down, look, you have your salary from the Liberty. You'll come trough. Besides. Gregory's bank accounts are under investigation, they probably would be frozen sooner or later." Bette explained.

"Still, how can he humiliate me like this? Divorcing me like this, not even speaking to me about it. He could have at least warn me, or leave me at least something for putting up with his..."

"Annie stop. You knew that Gregory didn't actually love you, why are you surprised at his actions." AJ asked.

"Well thanks for the reminder AJ. I thought he at least cared in the slightest. Obviously he didn't. I was just a game to him." Annie said sad.

"But poopsie. You've moved on, why would you even still care?" Bette didn't understand.

"Because there was a time I really was falling for him. I loved him aunt Bette. It's hard to accept that the one you loved never shed a lousy feeling for you." Annie explained.

"Anyway, so now I'm finally free I guess. What's the good news AJ?" Annie asked trying to get over the first news.

"Ben, are you here?" Olivia asked while opening the door to the club.

"In my office." He replied coming to the door and greeting her.

She made her way to the stairs up to his office as he gave her a hug.

"Olivia, I'm glad you made it. Come in. Do want anything to drink?" He asked while heading to the bar.

"No, no I'm fine thank you. I just had something on my way here." She replied.

"Well, sit down please." He invited.

"Thank you. How are you Ben?" She asked him.

"Well, good." He laughed.

"Yeah, I suppose I am too." She laughed with him, both knowing they were lying.

"Olivia, first of all I want to thank you for letting Maria stay at the beach house. It meant a lot to her, me and Benji." He started.

"Oh, don't be silly. I'm glad I can help. I know what it's like to be at a distance from your child. I couldn't say no when you both asked me." She said understanding.

"Well, we are deep in your debt. I will never forget that. But, I'm afraid Maria won't need the house anymore." He said.

"Wow, she found another place to stay, so soon?" Olivia was wondering.

"Yeah...she did." He said smirking.

"What's that supposed to mean? Ben? You're not saying she.."

"She moved in with me Olivia."

"I don't know what to say, what about Meg?" Olivia asked.

"Look, I would love to tell you everything but, at the moment I don't want to burden you with my problems. Besides, we have other pressing matters to talk about." He said.

"Well, I guess we could catch up after everything is over with Gregory..." she said. "Did you tell anyone that Maria moved in with you?"

"Yes, I informed AJ this morning. He said he had some papers of yours concerning the house and that you'd need to know as soon as anything changes." Ben explained.

"Well, I guess that AJ must be telling Annie about the house as we speak..." Olivia said more to herself.

"Anyway, Ben, what did you want to talk to me about?" She asked.

"Olivia," he sighed. "The authorities called me a witness to the trial. I will have to make a statement about the Liberty. The financials and the supposed embezzlement that Gregory had going on." He started.

"I see." She said.

"Now you know I respect Gregory a lot. He's always been like a father to me."

"I know. You two were a perfect duo." She said smiling.

"But you also know that Annie is a good friend of mine and Maria's and I will have to take that into consideration. Luckily I won't have to say anything about Francesca's murder since I wasn't involved in all that. But I still have to consider Annie." Ben explained.

"Ben..." Olivia paused. "I am well aware of your friendship with Annie and your relationship with Gregory. And I trust your reason. And...I will respect your decision. I can't and won't tell you what to say or what to do. All I can ask you is, to be honest." She said.

"I intend to to that. But I have to be careful, I don't want to see any of them get into more trouble than they both actually are in."

"Well, it won't be an easy ride I can tell you that." Olivia laughed.

"No. Now I wanted to ask you if there is anything I should know..." Ben started.

"Like what?" Olivia asked trying to keep her calm.

"Like I don't know, are you aware of anything that could help or compromise Gregory during the trial? I would like to be prepared."

"No, why would I know anything? Gregory and I weren't quite on speaking terms the past year." She said but had to think about what Duke had told her about the house at One Ocean Ave.

"Are you sure?" Ben insisted.

"I ...I think so." She continued lying. "Look, Ben, what could I possibly know that you wouldn't know concerning the Liberty?" She asked trying to move the focus.

"Olivia, please. I'm begging you, if you know anything please tell me. Trust me, I wouldn't do anything to compromise Gregory." He begged.

"Oh Ben, his lawyer asked me not to say anything. I don't want to harm Gregory. I can't tell you."

"Olivia, maybe I can help there. What is it that you have to keep quiet about?"

"Oh alright, but please, swear you won't say a word about it!"

"Alright. I swear." He promised.

"Well, Duke, Gregory's lawyer. He found out that Gregory never sold the house at One Ocean Ave."

"What?"

"No, you see he gifted it to his uncle Tobias." She continued.

"The dead uncle Tobias?" Ben was puzzled.

"No, no he is alive. Actually he is at our house as we speak." She informed.

"Wow. But, I've seen the contract between Gregory and Baxter. They signed it right before my eyes." Ben didn't understand.

"What you saw Ben, what everyone thought was a contract to sell the house, was in fact a renting contract. Dave Baxter Jr is renting our house."

"What? But...but Baxter payed Gregory for the house."

"Well that's the point. He payed Gregory for something just not for the house. Gregory bought the current house after we thought I had the miscarriage, it was the same month. It cost about 4 million dollars. The rest 2,5 million , he picked them up from the bank and that was it. Now Duke and I don't understand what happened there. But we promised to keep quiet so that it won't come out. Imagine how this will get both Gregory and Dave Baxter into trouble. The Liberty would be ruined if this would go public. Two of the board members embezzling money from the corporation? It would be fatal."

"You're right. But...I can't believe Gregory would do anything like that. I...I remember that year, the Liberty, with the publicity help from the Baxter family, raised 15 million dollars for charity. Baxter took care of everything, I didn't get to see where the money went."

"Yes, a charity, I also remember that. What are you saying Ben, that Gregory and Dave stole the money?"

"As I said, I don't think Gregory would do something like that. I mean, he knows the law." Ben tried to figure all out.

"A-hah! That's the problem Ben. He knows the law too damn good. He knows every little hole in our system and how to use it." Olivia said.

"I still can't think that Gregory would do such a thing, at least not without a damn good reason. Look, Olivia," he began with a serious look on his face. "Thank you for trusting me with this. I am going to have a check done on the Baxters. We need to find out what this is all about. And I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Thank you Ben, if you find anything out, please tell us." She made an attempt to stand up and leave.

"Olivia, not that it's my business but. Aren't you going to pick up your phone?" He asked smiling.

"Oh, that... yes. Olivia Richards" she said. "What? Oh my God when did that happen? Is he alright? No! Where is he? I-I'll be right there!"

Ben couldn't stop noticing the horrified look on Olivia's face and started worrying.

"Olivia, what's the matter?" Ben asked.

"Oh God it's Gregory! He had a stroke." She cried and leaned into Bens arms for support while he was looking concerned himself.

She rushed down the hall and got a grip of the first nurse she saw at the information office as Ben followed her steps.

"Excuse me, I need to see Gregory. Gregory Richards." She said in a hurry.

"And you are?" The nurse said visibly annoyed by the interruption.

"Olivia" Duke called.

"Oh thank God, Duke! Where is Gregory, what the hell happened?"

"I don't know, I just got here after I talked to the detective on the phone." Duke said turning around to Ricardo.

Ricardo was sitting on a chair in front of the examination room, with his head in the palm of his hands. He looked tired and worried. Olivia walked towards him, she lowered herself to face him and asked:

"Ricardo, are you alright? What happened, please, tell me what happened to Gregory!"

"I'm sorry Olivia. I don't know... the doctor is still examining him."

"Who is his doctor?" She continued.

"It's Tyus Robinson. He's in there with Gregory right now." He answered.

"Well what the hell happened?" Duke and Ben both came closer.

"I told you on the phone. We were talking about Rowland and ...and Cole. I had the impression he wanted to lash out at me, but he...he couldn't. He wanted to say something but couldn't...I called his name, I tried to get him to focus on me but before I knew it, he fell to the floor and was unconscious. We had him over here right away." Ricardo explained.

"So you were arguing?" Duke shouted.

"Well, no... Yes... i don't know." He said. "Look, Olivia, this is all my fault." Ricardo said putting his head back into the palm of his hands while Olivia looked shocked at him.

"So, come on AJ, what about the good news?" Annie asked excited.

"The good news is," he paused to raise suspense, "that if you sign these papers," he continued pausing handing Annie the second envelope, "you will be the old new owner of the beach house." He finally let out.

Bettes jaw dropped. Annie quickly pulled the envelope from AJ, taking the contract out of it.

"I-I don't get it." Annie said overwhelmed.

"Hahaha" AJ laughed.

"But, but AJ, how?" Bette tried.

"You see, Olivia had these papers ready a few weeks ago. She sent them to me, asking me to give them to Annie as soon as Maria is out of the house. Ben called me this morning telling me that Maria has moved in with him. So, there you go. I'll have to say I never thought of this being possible...but you know Olivia, always ready for a surprise." He said still laughing at Annie's face.

"She is giving me the house? Just like that? What's the deal?" Annie still tried to figure out.

"Annie, there is no deal. Olivia apparently wants to fix the wrongs, get things straighten out." AJ stated.

"Oh boy," Bette started, "so this is what she meant when she said she had to leave to straighten up her thoughts and make things right. Gregory would have never allowed her to do this. All this time...she left, trying to figure out a way to straighten the wrongs she has done" Bette explained.

"She inherited the house and the jewels from Del but deep in her heart she always knew it wasn't right for her to keep them." AJ continued.

"I still can't believe this. Olivia giving me the house... so, what about the jewels?" Annie asked.

"Olivia contacted Juliana, my mother, and offered to give her the jewels that belong to our family." AJ said.

"AJ this is unbelievable! I always thought she was a greedy bitch who tried to get her hands on everything... but now..." Annie paused.

"Poopsie, I told you there was more to Olivia than you ever wanted to admit seeing. She's my best friend and I know she is not what she apparently has turned into in the past years. Sadly, it took a disaster for her to realize her mistakes but in the end, the good heart she carries won over her reason." Bette said warmly.

"I, I thought she always hated me, especially after what I've done to her." Annie said.

"Well, poopsie, don't expect her to ever forgive you for that. I don't think I could." Bette said while Annie looked with regret in her eyes. "I just think she wants Dels burden off her shoulders. Aaand, she wants you off her back." Bette said patting Annie's shoulder.

"But I am off her back already aunt Bette. I told you I don't want to keep the feud with her. I even hope to be able to have a decent conversation with her." Annie said

"Now now poopsie, don't get your hopes too high, hm? Just let Livvy and Greggy be, okay. Focus on your life with Jude. And embrace this wonderful thing that has happened today!" Bette said happy as Jude walked in curious about the moving conversation Annie, AJ and Bette seemed to have.

"Ricardo, what do you mean this is all your fault?" Olivia was in shock.

"I, I tried to trigger some information out of him and what I said to him made him lose his composure... he looked like he was about to explode." He explained.

"What could you possibly tell him?" Olivia asked still in shock.

"I, I told him Cole was snooping around at the station."

Olivia turned her head to look at Duke who nervously went trough his hair.

"Cole? Was snooping around?" She paused. "Wha- what did he want?" She asked carefully.

"Honestly I don't know. That's what I wanted to find out. It definitely had something to do with the DNA sample Gregory gave tough. He played all concerned for Gregory being at the doctors office and I didn't buy that." Ricardo answered while Olivia and Duke were eyeing each other worried.

"Look, Olivia, I'm sorry, I never thought this would happen. It wasn't the first time we had this type of conversation. Had I known..." Ricardo was blaming himself for what happened with Gregory.

Olivia was so scared that she couldn't bring it up to tell Ricardo that he wasn't to blame. She was still petrified to hear that Cole was after finding out the reason Gregory had given a DNA sample.

She couldn't believe how far Cole would go just to find out.

Before she could ask any more questions or say anything reassuring, Tyus came out of the examination room to talk to Duke.

"Mr. Bourne, Olivia, Mr. Evans." He began.

"Doctor, how is my client?" Duke asked.

"He is stabilized."

"Can we speak to him?" Olivia asked.

"Speak? Olivia, I'm afraid not. He suffered a stroke and is in a coma. He didn't wake up yet, I'm sorry."

"What? But, but how?" She continued.

"My guess is that this is a side effect of his fall from the pier."

"But that was months ago doctor." Ben stated.

"True. But side effects can appear even years after such trauma. Olivia, did you ever notice anything wrong about Gregory in the past months, blackouts, dizzy spells?" Tyus asked.

"No... everything was alright." She tried to remember.

"Detective Torres, was Mr. Richards complaining about anything since his imprisonment? We're there any signs that he might have a condition?" Tyus turned around to ask Ricardo.

"No, I'm sorry Tyus, nothing." He replied.

"We will know more when the test results are here. Until then, I can't give you an accurate diagnosis I'm afraid." Tyus finished.

" I understand." Olivia said. "Can we see him?"

"Sure. But please, not too long. We still need to take some tests." He allowed them to walk into the room.

Ricardo informed Ruiz about the procedures and asked him to have someone watching the room Gregory was lying in 24/7. Ruiz offered to take the first shift and promised to arrange everything.

As Ricardo and Ben stood in front of the room, they watched Olivia and Duke entering it. From the open crack of the door, Ricardo saw Gregory lying peacefully on the bed.

"Come on, Richards, you have to wake up..." he mumbled.

Bette ran through the hallway and found Ricardo staring at the ceiling and Ben pacing nervously in front of the door of Gregory's room.

"Ricardo, Ben what are you doing here? Where is Olivia, what happened?" She began.

"Bette, Olivia's inside," Ben pointed at the door of the room behind him. "She and Duke are with Gregory as we speak." Ricardo answered.

Bette and AJ were looking at each other worried, not understanding what happened.

Ricardo explained everything to them, including the fact that Cole was snooping around.

"My son would never do such a thing!" AJ was appalled.

"Your son, Mr. Deschanel, did very well snoop around. Or would you say he and Gregory Richards are all of the sudden such best friends to be concerned about each other?" Ricardo was pissed.

"Oh would you stop it! That doesn't matter anyway, all that matters is that Greggy wakes up. Ooh..." Bette couldn't take the fight AJ and Ricardo were about to begin and moved forward to Ben to embrace him.

"Look, AJ, I know you are Coles father and that you've been trough a lot, but he definitely is up to something." Ricardo paused. "Everybody is up to something damn it." He muttered to himself.

AJ turned around telling Bette he needed to make a call. He left for a more private place in the hospital and started dialing Coles number.

Olivia couldn't believe her eyes looking down on Gregory who was so peacefully lying on the bed. He looked so serene and contempt.

"Oh Duke, I can't..."

"It's alright Olivia, the doctors will take care of him." Duke reassured her.

She nodded, trying to tell herself it was all going to be okay. She walked towards his bed and looked down on him. Her hand made a move she couldn't control, she touched his forehead and caressed his dark hair from his face.

In a flashback she remembered the way she caressed him when he was imprisoned, how he gave in that caress. Now, he was just lying there, emotionless to her touch.

"Do you think he'll make it?" She finally asked Duke.

"Olivia, Greg is a fighter! He will, I am sure of this." He said strong.

Olivia smiled: "you know, I always wondered when his glass was going to be full. When the day will come where he won't be able to take all this anger, this hatred any longer." She drifted, continuing to caress him.

Duke sighed. He had no answer or reply to that.

"Look, Olivia. I don't want to sound insensitive here, but I tried to get a hold on you the whole morning." He began.

"I know. I was just so busy with the radio station." She replied still looking down on her ex-husband.

"I have some good news. Well...considering the circumstances I guess..." he paused waiting for Olivia to say something. But she didn't. She didn't care about anything else right now.

"I managed to talk to the authorities and have the paternity test to be performed sooner. We should have the results in two weeks." He informed.

"Nice." She said not caring.

"Nice? Olivia..." he sighed. "We'll have the results in two weeks instead of six."

"Oh that doesn't matter anymore. Don't you see? There will be no trial as long as Gregory is in here. And if he'll never get out of here" she started crying "...it, it won't make a difference!"

"He will get out of here! Think positive!" Duke tried.

Olivia laughed "I'm sorry, I can't. I can't..."

"I'm sorry, I will have to ask you to leave the room" the nurse said as she entered the room. "We need to take a few more tests."

"Sure. Sure, there." Olivia said nervous tucking Gregory in. "I won't be far, Gregory." She whispered to him, leaning down and placing a kiss on his cheek. She then bursted into tears while remembering that the last time she kissed someone lying on a hospital bed, it was Del and he was dead.

"Come on, Olivia. Let's get you something to drink." Duke offered walking her out of the room.