Jackson had finally found a moment to read through the final draft of Adam Chandler's changed will, when there was a knock on the door… it was Henry, the new corporate lawyer, popping in.

"Sorry, Mr Montgomery…"

"Jackson." corrected Jack.

"Yeah… right… sorry, you said." stuttered Henry a little nervously. "Jackson, I've had a query from a client regarding the wording of a loan document; I was wondering if you could quickly check through it with me?"

Jackson moved the will to one side.

"Let's have a look." he said, more than happy to help his new colleague find his feet.

They were just half way through the first page when there was the sound of slamming doors and marching feet. Jackson looked up and had time to brace himself as an angry looking Erica Kane marched into his office.

"What was she thinking!" she exclaimed furiously, slamming a newspaper onto Jackson's desk. "What the hell did she think it would achieve?"

"Calm down." said Jackson sliding from his chair to pull his fiancée into his arms. He glanced towards Henry, his startled colleague clearly hadn't been expecting the sudden intrusion.

"Why don't we take this outside?" he suggested, grabbing the newspaper from the desk and leading Erica, who was still quivering with rage, out into the lobby.

…

Jackson took a moment to glance at the newspaper headline that had caused Erica's outburst.

'Baby-gate!' proclaimed the front page of the Inquirer. 'Further scandal surrounds poor AJ Montgomery!'

"Krystal must have talked to the papers about Babe." growled Erica. "I told her not to. I told her it would only draw attention to the baby abduction scandal. They will just be painting Marissa with the same brush."

"Have you read the article?" Jackson asked. He was skim reading it as he spoke.

"I don't have to." said Erica pointing at the headline and the pictures of Miranda and AJ that were blazoned underneath.

"And you're sure Krystal was the one to speak to them?"

Erica huffed for a moment.

"Well who else could it be?" she snapped. "She keeps insisting she has reporters as friends but clearly not!"

"I think the story could be from anyone." said Jackson. "I really don't think Krystal would risk this after the backlash from the press conference!"

Erica shifted uncomfortably.

Erica was very aware that after her statement that 'Lesbian wasn't a bad word' it had appeared on almost every front cover the following day.

Jackson finished the article and looked up.

"Well the paper doesn't quote its source." he said, "But they do quote some paragraphs from your autobiography."

"What!" exclaimed Erica snatching the paper from his hand.

"Here." he said pointing to the quote. 'I don't know what I found more upsetting, Babe's deceit or JR's. His behaviour, although it put my daughter in hospital, was at least borne of desperation; of a father's love for his child. Babe's actions were heartless and calculated; the cruellest kind of hurt. Anyone who could wilfully keep a grieving parent from their child is beyond contemptible.'

"And here." said Jackson pointing to the following paragraph. 'JR never strikes me as someone who is compassionate. He has passion, but that is not the same thing. The one chink in his armour may be his son; a charming little boy. I have rarely seen a father who cares more for his child.'

"But how could they do that!" demanded Erica, "Who gave them permission? I need to talk to Frederick… if he allowed this I will have words! And that last paragraph, I was talking about how twisted the Chandler relations can be and how love rarely lasts in that family, with the exception of Stuart. How could they use my words out of context like that!"

"I know." said Jackson putting a comforting hand on her shoulder before pulling her into an embrace. Erica happily hugged him back.

Jackson kissed the top of her head.

"Maybe you should talk to Krystal. Find out if she really is the source for this story, although I very much doubt it. Maybe you both need to work out your counter offensive. I've been thinking about the next Erica film coming out. That one is focusing on Bianca isn't it? Maybe you could tap into the media interest and start getting a little more sympathy coming Bianca's way… and Marissa and AJ's along with in."

Erica looked up at Jackson.

"That might be a good idea." said Erica slowly. "I'll ring Kit, he still owes me."

"Good." said Jackson. "But go and talk to Krystal first, see if she knows what's going on."

They shared a kiss goodbye and Jackson headed back to his office, glad he had been able to calm Erica down. He was a little angry himself now, the articles in the Inquirer were getting more and more personal – Jackson wondered where they were really getting their information from. When he got to his office he was surprised to see Henry still sat by his desk; the poor man had been waiting all that time!