"Mr. Glurk, you may call your first witness." Glurk stood up and said, "I'd like to call Krystal Carey to the stand." Krystal stood up and walked to her platform. The bailiff then said, "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" "I do," she replied and sat down. Gary approached the bench and began his questioning.
"Now Ms. Carey, You saw Babe with Bess everyday, correct?" "Correct." "And you saw the way she treated that baby?" "Yes, I did." "And did Babe ever do anything to hurt Bess in any way?" "No, Babe was the best mother I'd ever seen. She catered to Bess' every need, her every whimper, Babe was there. Bess was the best cared for baby I ever even heard of." "Thank you, Ms. Carey, your Honor, no more questions."
"Ms. Frye." Jackson said. Olivia approached Krystal. "Were there any blood or DNA tests administered to Miranda Montgomery?" Krystal looked nervous, she knew where this was going. "Yes, there was." "And what did the results say?" "That Bess was Babe's." "And did you have anything to do with those results?" "Yes." Krystal said, slowly. "And what exactly did you do with those test results?" "I doctored them so that Babe could keep Bess. I couldn't stand the thought of Babe losing two babies." "So, you helped your daughter keep an innocent child from her mother?" Krystal looked down and said softly, "yes." "Ms. Carey, you'll need to speak up, we can't hear you..." Olivia said. "Yes, damnit! I helped keep Bess from Bianca!" Olivia turned to Jackson. "No further questions your Honor."
Jackson let Krystal go back to her seat and Olivia said, "I'd like to call Bianca Montgomery to the stand." Bianca handed Miranda to her mother and Joey to Greenlee. She went to her place and said her oath. She sat and Olivia began with, "Bianca, you have a beautiful daughter..." Bianca smiled. "Thank you..." "And how long has she been with you, not counting her birth?" "Two days..." "And why is that?" "She was with Babe and JR Chandler." "And you are the birth mother of Miranda, correct?" "Yes." Olivia pretended to look puzzled. "Then why have you been Miranda's Godmother for the past few months?" "Because Babe tried to pass Miranda off as her own. And when I took Miranda from the hospital, she said I kidnapped my own child." "Babe Chandler said you kidnapped your own child??" Olivia looked appalled. "Yes, and she quickly forgave me, knowing that that baby was truly mine. She made me Miranda's Godmother to sooth her own guilt." "Now what kind of person would do that?" "Someone like Babe, a gutter snipe." "Thank you, Bianca. No more questions, your Honor."
"Glurk..." Jackson said. "No questions..." "Then your next witness..." Glurk then said, "I'd like to call Babe Chandler to the witness stand." Babe stood up and walked to the witness stand and said the oath. She sat down. "Mrs. Chandler, you have a son, yes?" "Yes..." "And you love him?" "With all my heart..." "And you've never held him, except for the night of his birth?" "Yes..." "Why haven't you been taking care of your son, Asa Buhanan II?" "Jamie won't let me even touch him..." "But Asa is you son..."
Just then Kelly Cramer, Dorian Lord and Blair Cramer walked in and sat on Jamie's side. Kelly was crying. Kelly looked at her Ace, the son she's raised from birth. Babe answered, "Yes, Ace is my son." Kelly wanted to stand up and scream, "No, Ace is MY son!!!!" But Dorian and Blair held her down. "I love Ace with all that is within me, and Bess, too, but they are being kept from me." Glurk touched Babe's hand and made Babe look like the victim.
