We pick up where we left off.
Dorian: You owe me an apology? What for? Wait, let me get comfortable. I want to savor this moment. Okay, go ahead.
Viki: Looking at these pictures there is no doubt that Adriana is your daughter. She looks so much like you and so much like Cassie.
Dorian: I told she was mine. You really think she looks like me?
Viki: Yes, I do. Why'd you give her up? I know how much it bothered you that you didn't have Cassie.
Dorian: I did what was best for her at the time. I wanted to keep her but I knew she wouldn't be safe.
Viki: And now she is?
Dorian: I don't know. I hope so. I was fine until I saw her. River started dating her. She was at the house all the time. I needed her with me. And then when we were in the cave you gave me the perfect idea on how get her back. And then I manipulated David into coming up with the same idea.
Viki: You brought her back for the money?
Dorian: No, I brought her back because she's my baby. The money was the perfect cover. No one would believe she was really mine. They would think I did it for the money, so I figured she would be safe.
Viki: The $30 million was just a nice bonus?
Dorian: I thought it would make up for me not being there. Plus, it would pay for any kind of protection I needed for her.
Viki: You don't have to use money to make it up to her. Money isn't everything.
Dorian: That's easy for you to say. You've never been poor. You don't know what it's like to do without. Talk to Natalie. I'll bet she'll have a different view.
Viki: It's strange, isn't it?
Dorian: What?
Viki: Bonding with them when they're grown up. They are already their own person and they did it without help from us.
Dorian: I think they had help from us. We are the ones that carried them for nine months. They have half our DNA. That has to count for something.
Viki: That's true. I wish I had Natalie and Megan when they were babies.
Dorian: But then they wouldn't be the people that they are.
Viki: I never thought of it like that.
Dorian: Well, I've had a lot of time to think about it. Unlike you, I knew my kids existed. I thought about them everyday.
Viki: It's hard, finding out this person you don't like is your own child.
Dorian: Well, I hated Blair when I first met her and she hated me. But look at us now. I think I'm closer to her than any of the other kids.
Viki: Really? I thought you were closest to Kelly.
Dorian: When things get rough, Kelly always turns to me. But she spends so much of her time trying to run away from us, because of Melinda, that it makes it hard. Blair, on the other hand, I can always count on to keep my secrets.
Viki: And you keep hers?
Dorian: Exactly. What about you?
Viki: What about me?
Dorian: Who are you closest too?
Viki: I'm not sure. Kevin's the one I turn to in times of crisis. But Jessica is my baby. And then Natalie, well it's complicated. We are close, but she has another family and she turns to them a lot. And then Joey's been gone for so long, so that makes it hard.
Dorian: You talk to him a lot, don't you?
Viki: Sure, we talk all the time. I'm sure you talk to Cassie a lot.
Dorian: I try. It's hard though. She doesn't really approve of anything that I do. I wish she'd move back here, but maybe it's best if she doesn't.
Viki: Why doesn't she move back here? Her whole family is here. River is here.
Dorian: I don't know. I think maybe she's afraid and ashamed after everything that happened.
Viki: Well, she shouldn't be. We all make mistakes. God knows I've done much worse than she can ever think about doing.
Dorian: So have I. I've tried to convince her but I try not to push. And not pushing is very hard for me.
Viki: I'm proud that you make the effort.
Dorian: What about Todd?
Viki: What about him?
Dorian: He's more like your kid than your brother.
Viki: In a lot of ways he is. It's like that with you and your sisters, isn't it?
Dorian: Yeah, I've always taken care of Melinda. And even though Addie is older, I take care of her too.
Viki: It makes it hard to let someone else take care of you when you spend all your time taking care of everyone else.
Dorian: Yes, it does. But I'm working on that.
Viki: With David?
Dorian: Yes.
Viki: I'm doing the same thing with my kids. How's it working for you?
Dorian: Not so good. What about you?
Viki: I'm not doing to well either.
Dorian: Something else we have in common.
Viki: Maybe that's why we fight so much. We're too much alike.