Dallas Memorial Hospital

JR woke up the following morning to find Sue Ellen watching him.

"Hey" He smiled "Shouldn't you be asleep?"

Sue Ellen laughed "I was just enjoying watching you and our son sleeping; you both look so angelic and peaceful"

JR kissed her "That's because we are"

Sue Ellen smiled "Do you know you sleep with the same expression on your faces, you both bite down on your lower lip as though you're deep in thought"

"How are you feeling?" JR asked

"Tired, sore but happy…I can't wait to see the babies"

"All in good time…you know yesterday was the most amazing experience I have ever had. Holding your hand and watching as the doctors removed the babies from you, then holding our first newborn daughter; it just felt so incredible"

Sue Ellen smiled "What even better than an oil strike"

JR moved closer to her and gently kissed her forehead "Yes…even better than an oil strike"

"You don't mind having two daughters?"

"Of course not…however once they reach 13 I'm thinking of locking them both in their bedrooms until they're 50" he replied "I seem to remember the trouble momma and daddy had trying to keep Lucy in order when she was a teenager"

"I'd love to see you try" she laughed "I was thinking…how about Aaron's name"

"What about it?"

Sue Ellen thought for a moment "How about we called him Aaron Clayton Southworth Ewing?"

JR smiled "Hmmm I was wondering when that was going to come up…after all I know you think of him as a father"

"So what do you soy?"

JR kissed her "That's fine….it's funny but these past few months I seem to have grown closer to him then I ever was to Jock. We've spent quite a bit of time together whether it's been taking the boys fishing or decorating the nursery"

"I have noticed" Sue Ellen said "Although I'm slightly worried about Thanksgiving especially with Dusty coming down"

"Sue Ellen I'm not going to cause trouble" JR said

"I know you won't but something inside me doesn't trust him to use what Clayton told him against you and then you know the truth about his own parentage…."

"We'll face that when we have to but I will promise you one thing whatever he says I will never use his parentage as a form of attack. I know it will upset you and it will also upset momma and Clayton." JR said "He can say what he likes I don't care….the truth is I've got you and he hasn't and that's all that matters to me"

"Okay and I had another thought I want to change one of our daughter's name from Emily to Kaitlin"

JR laughed "You are so indecisive Mrs. Ewing…what am I going to do with you"

"Well I always wanted to call my daughter Katie but I realized that as Katie is short for Katherine there was no way we could call her that however I thought we could call her Katilin and Katie for short…Emily just sounds so old fashioned"

"Kaitlin Alice…hmm I like that" JR said

"Are you sure JR…are you really happy I mean is this what you really want"

JR kissed her "Hey where is this coming from?" JR looked at John Ross "You know laying here and holding you two all night has been brilliant. I knew after the babies were born I wasn't going back to Southfork last night and I wanted John Ross with us"

"He hasn't stirred all night long. He's been so good" Sue Ellen said

"Actually I think it's time we got up and had some breakfast…I wonder if the canteen is open"

"Hospital food…you must be hungry"

John Ross opened his eyes and smiled at his parents watching him "Momma, daddy…where are we?"

"Hey we're in the hospital with your momma…don't you remember?" JR said

"I forgot….where are the babies?"

"They're in another part of the hospital being taken care of because they're so little" Sue Ellen said

"Can I play with them later" John Ross asked

"They need to grow a little bit but when they come home you can help look after them"

"How about we go and get some food" JR said

"Yes" John Ross replied

JR got out of bed and put his jacket and shoes on "So my darling, can I bring you back anything…like ice cream and tomato ketchup!" he laughed

"NO" Sue Ellen said "That's disgusting…can't believe I ate that"

JR laughed "Come on son…let's go and get something to eat"

Half an hour later Miss Ellie and Clayton walked into Sue Ellen's room.

"How are you?" Miss Ellie asked

"A bit sore…but other than that I'm fine" Sue Ellen replied"

"I called your mother last night. She said she'll come in and see you this afternoon" Miss Ellie said

"Thank you" Sue Ellen said "Wonder if she will stop going on all her cruises now and start to get to know her grandchildren"

"Speaking of which…when do we get to see our new grandchildren?" Clayton asked

"Soon, hopefully they're be home by Thanksgiving"

"That's still two weeks away" Clayton said "Well I'll let you two ladies talk while I go and find JR and John Ross"

Miss Ellie sat on a chair next to Sue Ellen's bed "So how did my son enjoy yesterday. We both know he's squeamish"

Sue Ellen laughed "He was great. He just held my hand and spoke words of encouragement, then when they put the first baby in his arms…well I wished I had a camera…because the look on his face was amazing"

"You've come a long way this year…I never thought I would see the day when you two were settled as a family"

"I have what I've always wanted, JR and this time he kept his promise and made a real commitment to our marriage"

"I sometimes wonder how he would have turned out if Digger had brought him up instead of Jock. I mean let's face it Jock brought him up to be a cruel uncaring man devoid of any emotions who only care was for the business"

Sue Ellen laughed "He comes across like that….but there's a different JR, a JR that has a vulnerable side. That night you told him about Digger…he walked out and you said he would be fine….I knew he wouldn't be… I found him in the treehouse sobbing his heart out. I think this has made us closer; we've talked so much about our childhoods and how we want our children brought up. He still visits Digger's grave…I'm just hoping that Cliff never turns up at the same time"

"Clayton heard from Dusty last night he's coming down for Thanksgiving; he wasn't sure if he could make it at first. Will your mother be joining us?"

"Well if you don't mind, I'm sure she'd love to spend it with her grandchildren"

"No that's fine…Pam and Mark are coming so there will be a house full, and you know how much I love seeing Southfork full"

"We're giving Aaron the second name of Clatyon" Sue Ellen said "So his full name is gong to be Aaron Clayton Southworth Ewing"

"That's a bit of a mouthful" Miss Ellie said "I noticed the change in Clayton and JR's relationship…they're no longer fighting"

"JR was saying earlier how he's spent more time these past few months doing things with Clayton that he never did with Jock."

"I remember when those two first met"

"Well it wasn't under very friendly circumstances…I mean I had taken JR's son and gone to live with Clayton's son. JR told him he'd destroy him unless he threw me and our son off the ranch to which Clayton told him to basically get lost"

" I remember how JR used me to get John Ross away from you" Miss Ellie said

"But you didn't play along…you gave him back to me even though you knew Jock would want him at Southfork. Why?"

"Because John Ross needed you more than he needed JR; I knew that JR would get fed up looking after him and leave it to me and I wasn't prepared to bring up another grandchild, but more than that I wasn't going to allow another mother to have her child removed from her by the Ewings…I made that mistake with Valene, I was damn sure I wasn't going to do the same thing with you"

Meanwhile JR and Clayton sat chatting in the canteen.

"So how is Sue Ellen this morning?" Clayton asked

"She's fine…I don't think I slept much last night though, I just lay there holding her and our son in my arms, listening to her breathing" JR said "It must have been three o'clock before I drifted off! and I woke up to her watching me sleep"

"You're not still worried about that dream you had the other night?

JR laughed "I guess I was…..I just wanted to make sure she was okay"

"When can we see the babies?"

"John Ross and I looked in on them before we came down here…they're so tiny even smaller than John Ross was. I guess we can go and see them before you go home"

"Sue Ellen's mother is going to be here this afternoon. Miss Ellie phoned her last night "

"Hmm I'm still not convinced she's happy about us being back together"

"Well let's face it….things were really bad when she was here after Bobby's death. Sue Ellen in the sanitarium"

"Don't remind me" JR said "I still feel so guilty about that time….I pushed her over the edge after John Ross' operation and after Bobby died….things just went downhill"

"She's much stronger than any of us thought" Clayton said

"I know…when my whole world came down she was there to build it back up…and when I think back over the years she has always been my greatest ally"

"Why don't we go back upstairs?" Clayton said

The three of them went back upstairs into Sue Ellen's room, half an hour later Miss Ellie and Clayton left. JR looked at Sue Ellen and seeing how tired she looked decided that maybe he and John Ross should let her rest.

"Don't go" Sue Ellen said

"Honey…we're just going back to Southfork to have a shower and change then I'll be right back…beside your momma will be here soon and I'm sure she'd like some time alone with you"

"Bored of me already"

JR laughed "Never…I'll be back soon I promise"

JR and John Ross kissed her before leaving, after hearing the door shut Sue Ellen lay down in the bed and drifted off to sleep. She was awoken a few hours later by the sound of her mother's voice.

"Hi Momma" she said sitting up in bed

"Hi darlin' how are you feeling?"

"Tired…but happy…did you look in the nursery at the triplets"

"No not yet…Miss Ellie told me that you had two girls and a boy"

"Yes…I think it's what we both wanted now our family is even…two boys and two girls…everything is perfect"

Patricia Shepard looked at her daughter wondering whether everything was perfect or whether this was Sue Ellen trying to make things perfect. Her thoughts went back to the time shortly after Bobby's death when she has arrived back in Dallas to find her daughter in the sanitarium. There had been nothing but animosity between Sue Ellen and JR during that time, in fact JR wasn't hiding the fact that he was seeing another woman. She didn't want this kind of life for her daughter, she didn't want her daughter married to JR.

"Momma we've already named them"

Patricia smiled "What did you call them"

"Well the girls are Sophie Eleanor and Kaitlin Alice and the boy is Aaron Clayton Southworth"

"Aaron…Sue Ellen that's not after your daddy?"

"No momma…it's after JR's grandfather…I forgot that was also daddy's name"

"You surprise me you were always daddy's little girl"

Sue Ellen went quiet "I know…JR and I talked a lot about our childhood when we were on holiday….remember the time we buried you in the sand and you complained all afternoon, when we finished daddy took me for an ice cream and we came back and ate it in front of you"

Yes I remember…you always were like your father even when he wasn't around. Kristin was more like me but you are your father's daughter"

"In more ways than one" Sue Ellen said

"Darlin' I've been thinking….about you and JR"

"What about him"

"While I've been on holiday…you have been in my thoughts a lot. I know I haven't been the perfect mother but I did love you and I guess I'm just worried about you"

"Momma I'm fine"

"Sue Ellen I saw how you were after Bobby's death…you went through that alcoholic program on your own with no support from JR…he flaunted his girlfriend in front of you and made perfectly clear that he wanted nothing to do with you"

"Momma that's water under the bridge…it's in the past…a lot has happened since then"

"How do you know in a few years time JR wont be bored of playing happy families and some other young pretty thing will attract him and all the hurt and pain will begin again"

"Because we've both changed. We're not the people we were back then"

"Sue Ellen…I want us to take the triplets and leave Dallas…bring them up between us without any influence from the Ewings. We can leave John Ross with JR..he's already under his father's influence and I know he wouldn't come with us but the babies are different...maybe one day you'll find someone who will treat you better than JR"

"Momma I can't do that….not to JR and most certainly not to John Ross."

"Sue Ellen…how can you stay with a man that has constantly cheated on you, abused you and treated you like you're nothing?"

"Momma I love him and he loves me and we both love our children. We're raising them together and if you stay in Dallas you will see that nothing will ever change that"

Patricia shook her head "Something else you share with you father…stubbornness"

"Momma….please be happy for me….I've finally have the only man I've ever truly loved and I know he loves me"

"Are you sure"

"Positive...now are you going to stay in Dallas"

Patricia smiled "I might do"

Their conversation was interrupted by the door opening.

"JR…you're back…where's John Ross"

"Well he wanted to go and tell Christopher all about his new brother and sisters so I dropped him at Pam's and she said she'll bring him home in the morning"

"I'll leave you two alone" Patricia said "Goodbye darlin' she said kissing Sue Ellen on the forehead

"Bye momma"

Patricia looked at JR but said nothing and walked to the door, before walking out she looked at the couple. They looked so happy and she prayed that this time it would last.

"Ouch" JR said "If looks could kill…"
Sue Ellen laughed and kissed him "I love you…you do know that don't' you"

"Of course and I love you too…more than life itself…what's wrong"

"Momma…she's not happy with us being together"

"I thought she was okay before we went on holiday"

"She's been thinking a lot while she's been away. She wants me to take the triplets and leave Dallas with her. Bring them up between us. She thinks that as long as you have John Ross you'll be content with that"

"Like hell" JR said "Sue Ellen I'm not going to let her drive a wedge between us…we are going to bring our children up together, as a loving partnership…when you took me back I made a solemn vow to you…to love you forever and stay faithful to you and I intend to do that to my dying day….don't ever leave me"

Sue Ellen stroked his face "I love you so much…you're stuck with me I'm not going anywhere"

"But your mother will try and convince you otherwise"

"No she wont…beside you don't think I would put the girls through the childhood I went through…..to be brought up to believe that the most important thing in life is money and securing a rich husband, anyway JR we made a promise to each other that we would learn from the mistakes of our parents and bring our children up to feel loved and secure"

JR kissed her tenderly on the lips holding her closely making sure she knew that he would never let her go. After a while Sue Ellen suggested they go and see the babies.

JR beamed with pride as he touched his children through the incubators, their tiny fingers so small as he gently took them in his palm.

"I can't believe how tiny they are"

"But perfect…just like their big brother"

"John Ross" JR smiled "Do you realize that that child has always been the glue that binds us…no matter how far apart we were he was what always brought us back together. Even this last time I made him a promise that he would have a mom and dad who loved each other and I would make everything perfect for him"

"John Ross is so precious…..do you realize almost every time we have a conversation about the children it always comes back to him…we waited so long for him and he's the most important part of our lives and that is why I know that he will never experience what you went through JR…we will always have time for him"

"Earlier today when momma and Clayton were making a fuss of the triplets I just held John Ross tightly in my arms just to make sure he didn't feel threatened!"

"I don't think he does feel threatened….he's just looking forward to having them home so that he can play with them"

JR looked at his twin daughters "You know….I think these two are identical….absolutely beautiful just like their momma"

"And our son is just like you and John Ross"

"Can't wait for the next one" JR laughed.

Two weeks later, Sue Ellen and JR finally had their family home. Dusty has arrived early for Thanksgiving and the family enjoyed a rather subdued dinner, JR feeling uncomfortable having to sit at the table with the cowboy, knowing how he felt about Sue Ellen. Later that evening JR was in the nursery checking on the triplets when Dusty walked in. JR looked up at the sound of footsteps.

"What do you want Farlow?"

"Just wondering how long this playing of happy families is going to last"

"It's not an act, Sue Ellen's happy…she has everything she ever wanted"

"I sincerely doubt that" Dusty said "In fact I'm willing to bet that I could make her come back to me anytime I want to"

"Don't be so sure of that"

Sue Ellen heard voices and stood listening by the door

"JR…don't forget she left you for me….even though I was in a wheelchair and incapable of making love to her she still chose me over you…..she loves me, I'm the only man who ever truly loved her"

"Farlow…you chose the rodeo over her…in fact you did it twice"

"A mistake….I won't be doing that again…I plan on relieving you of this little family…I want to show Sue Ellen that I'm ready to settle down and want her and her children"

"It'll be a cold day in hell before I let that happen"

"Let's face it JR..you're nothing but a bastard….a Barnes' Bastard…you're daddy was the local drunk not the great Jock Ewing…you're nothing"

JR felt himself tense up, he so wanted to beat the life out of this cowboy but knew he couldn't. Sue Ellen sensed the tension in the room and walked in.

"JR why don't you go and check on John Ross" she said "He's ready for you to read him a story"

JR looked from her to Dusty…unable to read what Sue Ellen was thinking, feeling a little scared that Dusty was right and she would leave him. Sue Ellen touched his hand as he walked past her, for a moment their eyes locked, JR breathed a sigh of relief at what she silently said to him. When they were alone Dusty looked at her

"You look beautiful"

"Thankyou" she said "What was all that about?"

"JR just starting trouble….you know what he's like, how have you been?"

"I've been fine, Dusty"

"Sue Ellen come away with me"

"I don't think so….you see I heard what you said to JR and there's a slight problem. JR is right I love him and there is no way that I'm going to leave him or even take his children away from him."

"You can't love him…he's a lying cheating bastard….how many times has he destroyed you""

"It's in the past" Sue Ellen said

"You told me you loved me….you once told me that your life had been a mockery until you met me and that all you wanted was for us to be together"

"I thought I loved you….you made me feel so special but if I'm honest the only man I've ever truly loved is JR…he's what I want him and our children"

"Is that why you didn't come away with me last time because you wanted to get back with JR"

"No…I wanted to be close to John Ross…Dusty the one thing I will never do is desert my children…maybe if you had stayed in Dallas things would have been different I don't know"

"But we could get back what we once had"

"You're not listening to me, I love my husband more than anything in this world and I'm not leaving him"

"Tell me you don't feel anything for me"

"Sorry I love you as a friend but that's it…JR has my heart he always had…it's just taken us a long time to realize that we're in fact married to the people we want to be with"

Dusty looked at her and in her eyes he saw the truth. He had lost her for good, silently he walked past her, he needed to get out of Southfork. Sue Ellen watched him walk away, she never wanted to hurt him but knew that whatever feelings she had for him were gone. She walked over to the cribs and looked at the babies peacefully sleeping. She gently stroked the face of one of her daughters and smiled, nothing was more important than her family. After a while she walked out of the nursery and into John Ross' room and sat on the bed listening to JR read his son a story, for a moment JR looked at her and reached out his hand to her, taking it she moved closer to him. After turning off John Ross' light they went into their own room. Sue Ellen put her arms around JR and kissed him.

"Guess he didn't talk you into leaving me then?" JR said

Sue Ellen laughed "Why would I leave I have everything I want in this house, in this room"

"If there's one person that I thought could take you away from me it would be him"

"No….I love you and only you" she replied "I'm also proud of you"

"Why?"

"Because when he flung the fact that Digger was your father and not Jock you didn't inform him that at least you knew who your father was"

"Well…that would upset Clayton and I still have to live in this house with him after Dusty has gone beside I knew that would upset you too"

Sue Ellen kissed him "The only thing you have to believe in is that I love you, I always have and I always will and nothing will ever change that. For the last eight months since we got back together we have been happy, you've been faithful, loving and attentive and all I want to do is make sure that you know that your family love you…forget the past JR and let's move on. The future is secure…our love will last forever I promise…nobody will ever separate us again"

JR pulled her to him and held her tightly, knowing that everything she said was true.

Meanwhile at the Cattlemen's club, Dusty drowned his sorrows, staring at the empty glass he ordered another drink. Looking around he saw Cliff Barnes seated at a table. An evil thought suddenly came to him and he walked over.

"Well Barnes what do you think of your new half brother"

Cliff looked up "Farlow…you're drunk"

"hmm maybe but that doesn't change anything…guess you haven't heard the news" looking around him he saw the bar was full of oil people.

"Listen up everyone…we all know that JR Ewing is a complete bastard but recently it has been discovered that he's a bastard in more ways than one….his father wasn't Jock Ewing after all"

"What do you mean?" Cliff said

"JR's father wasn't Jock Ewing it was Digger Barnes"

Meanwhile at another table, a young man stayed hidden waiting for the ruckus to stop, silently he thought about the information that had just been given to everyone in the club that night…this could make big news and maybe might help his career as a journalist. When everything had quietened down he walked over to the cowboy.

"Hi" he said "My name is Nick James and I'm with the Dallas Star…what you were saying back there is it true"

Dusty Farlow looked at the young man standing before him

"Just give me the details of what you know…I'll make it worth your while…this story could be huge if it's true"

"Oh it's true" Dusty said "The great JR Ewing, the illegitimate son of a drunk"

"How do you know?" Nick James asked "I mean what proof have you got"

"My father is married to his mother"

"How much will it cost for you to tell me everything?"

Dusty thought for a moment. The look on JR's face when he read about his mother's secret in the paper was worth more than money.

"Okay why don't you buy me a drink and I'll tell you what I know"

Nick James went and ordered two drinks at the bar while Dusty found them a secluded booth so that they could talk without being overheard. His mind was racing thinking about how to start the story. When Nick was seated he began.

"This goes back to about six months ago when a ranch worker began working at Southfork. His name was Ben Stivers. Well strange things started to happen, first of all a watch turned up on Bobby's grave and then a picture of Digger Barnes and Miss Ellie…."

"Who told you this?"

"My father…a few months ago we were together at the Southern Cross…he and Miss Ellie were having problems and he confided in me"

"Okay..carry on"

"Where was I…oh yes well one day Miss Ellie wandered into his room, looking for him and Clayton but came across old letters and items belonging to Jock…Stivers revealed to her that they were his belongings and he was Jock."

"That was quite a statement after all the man has been dead for four years"

"Well…noone believed him…JR wanted blood tests done but Miss Ellie argued against it, she didn't want the scandal. It caused a rift between the family, miss Ellie was adamant and then one night she revealed to my dad that Jock wasn't JR's father and Digger was"

"Does JR know?"

"Yes he walked in on his mother telling my father"

"How did he take the news?"

"From what my father said he was pretty devastated, it caused no end of friction at Southfork which is one of the reasons my father left to go to the Southern Cross, just to get away from things"

"Is Ben Stivers still around?"

"I'm not sure…I haven't spoken to my father about it since I've been in Dallas…but I get the feeling he's gone"

"So you don't know if he's Jock or not?"

"Well put it this way…Miss Ellie and my father are still together"

"Hmm that's a very interesting story….look I've got to get going…see if my editor will go with this"

"Front page news" Dusty said "I mean everyone loves a scandal"

Southfork

JR and Clayton sat in the nursery soothing the cries of the triplets while Sue Ellen and Miss Ellie were downstairs in the kitchen preparing the bottles.

"You need three pairs of hands with these three" JR laughed

"Well you knew it would be hard work" Clayton said "One baby is bad enough but you never do anything by half"

"Guess I don't, beside I love a challenge"

"I'm sorry about Dusty….I thought once he saw that you and Sue Ellen were happy he'd be okay"

"What I don't understand is that he had his chance. She left me and went to live at the Southern Cross but still once he could walk he chose the rodeo over her; then he went and married someone else"

"That marriage is over…she couldn't compete with Sue Ellen"

"No woman can…believe me"

"When she was at the Southern Cross, I'm not convinced she left you completely"

"What makes you say that?"

"There were times when she looked sad as though living at the Southern Cross wasn't what she wanted. I remember the day you tried to get Miss Ellie to help you get John Ross back on the helicopter…she looked so upset as the helicopter moved off"

"I had just tried to take her son from her" JR said "But she did tell me not so long ago that part of her had wanted to go home with me. Clayton I can't explain Sue Ellen and my relationship….there were times when we hated each other and yet there were times when we couldn't get enough of being together…..I don't know why she keeps coming back to me after everything I've put her through but she does and thankfully John Ross is the tie that binds us. To be honest I think if it hadn't of been for John Ross, she would have left with Dusty the last time he was here"

"I can't see Sue Ellen enjoying the rodeo circuit to be honest" Clayton said

JR laughed "No…not much chance for shopping!"

Sue Ellen and Miss Ellie walked back upstairs and into the nursery.

"Okay what are you two plotting?" Miss Ellie asked

"Nothing" JR said

Sue Ellen walked over to JR and lifted one of her baby daughters out of his arms and gave her to Miss Ellie.

"Right…let's get these three fed so that we can't go to bed before they decide they're hungry again"

Clayton fed the little boy while Sue Ellen and JR fed their other daughter together. Miss Ellie watched and smiled at the closeness of the couple. After feeding the triplets Miss Ellie and Clayton went to bed while Sue Ellen and JR stayed and watched their children drift to sleep.

"I can't believe how much they've grown in two weeks" JR said

"Yeah…all that worrying you did during the early stages of the pregnancy was all for nothing. I told you everything would be fine"

JR smiled "Yeah it is…well almost"

"What do you mean?"

"Let's face it we've got two people here at Thanksgiving who would love us to split up. Your momma wants you to take the triplets and live with her while that cowboy wants you to take all the children and live with him"

"And neither of them are going to win" Sue Ellen said kissing him

Pam's House

Pam answered her front door to find her brother on her doorstep

"Hi Cliff…what brings you here this early in the morning?"

"I need to ask you something"

"What?"

"You still see the Ewings, I mean you know what's happening with them"

"I'm spending Thanksgiving with them"

"Dusty Farlow was at the Cattlemen's club last night…he must have had a row with JR because he was drunk….he also said a few things about JR"

"Go on"

"He said that Jock wasn't JR's father"

"Cliff…be serious Dusty is just jealous of the fact that JR has Sue Ellen and he doesn't. Who did he say was JR's father then?"

"That's the problem…he told the entire Club that Digger was"

Pam laughed "Well I can just see JR's reaction if that was true…he'd self destruct..Cliff do you really want to stand on the doorstep discussing this or would you like to come inside?"

Cliff thought for a moment "No…I've got work to do"

"Don't worry about JR…I'm sure it's not true"

Pam watched her brother leave then shut the door behind her. Mark was standing in the hallway holding the morning newspaper.

"I take it he's heard the news?"

"What?" Pam asked "There was some trouble down at the Cattlemen's last night. Dusty Farlow stirring up trouble"

"You haven't seen the morning newspaper then?"

Pam took the paper. She closely scanned the headline "Oh my god…I can't believe the Dallas News printed this without confirmation"

"Apparently Dusty told the reporter that he heard the news from Clayton so I guess they thought it was okay to print"

"Poor Miss Ellie…this is one scandal she could do without"

"There's no proof Pam…it's his word against the Ewings."

"I'm going to go to Southfork after breakfast…check Miss Ellie is okay"

Southfork

JR sat at the breakfast table and picked up the paper, seeing the headlines he gasped in horror.

"Damn" he said "Clayton you're son has just made the biggest mistake of his life"

Sue Ellen looked at him; she hadn't seen him look so angry in ages. "JR…what's wrong?"

JR handed her the paper, got up from his seat and walked into the den. Sue Ellen glanced at the headlines that had bothered JR.

"Oh my god no…what the hell was he thinking of?"

"Sue Ellen what is it?" Clayton asked

"JR Ewing…the illegimate son of Digger Barnes by his stepbrother, what on earth made him say that…I know he was hurt because I wouldn't go with him, but to say this in the middle of a crowded bar"

"Sue Ellen I'm sorry I should never have told him about JR and Digger…this is my fault" Clayton said

"Well you should have know better than to say anything to your son" Miss Ellie remarked "You knew he'd use it against JR"

"I was upset…I needed someone to talk, hell my own wife didn't want me around her. What I said to him was in confidence and he knew it"

"Miss Ellie…fighting among ourselves isn't going to solve this…I'm going to find JR"

Sue Ellen headed into the house and towards the den, knowing that JR was probably on the phone to Harve Smithfield trying to file a lawsuit against both Dusty and the Dallas News. Something struck her…she knew that JR would do anything he could to make Dusty pay for this but just at the moment all she cared about was JR which proved to her that whatever she felt for Dusty was not as strong as what she felt for JR. Not finding him in the den she wandered upstairs. She heard a soft voice coming from the nursery and saw JR with his back to her holding one of the triplets., gently stroking it back. She stood watching them for a while.

"Hey" she said

JR turned around and smiled "How long have you been there?"

"Not long…went to look for you in the den but you weren't there!"

"No…I came up here and this one was awake so I picked her up before she woke the other two"

Sue Ellen walked towards them "I'm sorry"

"It's not your fault…but I'm not sure how to deal with it"

"What do you want to do?"

"Basically kick his backside out of Dallas, sue him for every penny he has until he's crawling in the mud begging for mercy"

Sue Ellen smiled "What's stopping you"

"You are….I know if I go after him…you'll hate me for it also there's momma and Clayton to consider, so I can't do anything"

Sue Ellen kissed him "Darlin' you know the great JR Ewing has never allowed anyone or anything to step in his way before"

"What are you saying?"

"Why change the habits of a lifetime…if I were you I'd be after his blood too, in fact I'm going to be having words with him when he shows up here that's if I get to him before you"

"So you don't mind what I do"

"There are two conditions JR"

"Okay"

"One…you don't blame Clayton…he was going through a bad time and needed someone to talk to ideally it would have been better to be someone else and two…you don't use his parentage because that will hurt Clayton too"

"Fine"

Sue Ellen laughed "Beside I shouldn't imagine that you're going to be the only one suing him…I mean I'm sure Cliff isn't going to be too please with what's in that paper"

"No…he's probably going to be suing both Dusty and the paper for defamation of character…I mean just imagine Digger Barnes the real father of JR Ewing, the paper might have well have said that Digger was the father of Satan"