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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 108626" data-attributes="member: 130">The truck from Lone Star pulls past a sign which reads ‘Ewing Labs’ and around back into the loading bay.  Ellie walks to the truck and directs a group in lab coats, “You go over everything and give me viability.”  Then to a group in suites, “And your job is to check legalities.” In an apartment over looking Dallas, Petrio assures Jeremy they’ll find everything.   Amy, on the lap top says, “Listen Jeremy the patents belong to you.  No one can take them from us. We’ll figure this out.  The apartment is yours.  No one’s kicking you out.”“I don’t have anything.  The house and all it’s contents sold and we didn’t even break even.”“Who cares about any of that.  Lone Star is all we’re worried about and I’ll take care of its creditors.  You need to worry about your sister.  Now go and take that shower.  Petrio will get you a drink.  Just relax.”“Alright.  Yes.   I will.   Thank for taking care of this for me.”   “Of course.  I’ll return from D.C. and figure it out.” He leaves and Amy says, “How the hell did you loose a truck?”“I didn’t think I had to follow it.  What’s your plan?”“I’ll figure it out.  The patents are register so even if we don’t have a copy they’re still his.  I’m more worried about him.  He him a drink and a sedative.  Then lay down with him.  When he gets up I want you holding him.  He thinks we love him. Make sure you remind him.”“Easy for you.  You’re in D.C.”“Oh what do you care. You had fun last time.  The man’s broken.  Keep him that way but not so broken we can’t use him.”Petrio enters the shower with Jeremy.  Jermey at first objects, not sure if this is what he wants, not without Amy.  Petrio caresses him and assures him it is.  Jolie sets with Lucas on the back porch of the Wade Ranch.  “You know I rely on your opinion more than anyone.  Jeremy sent me these papers.” “What are they?”“To clear up out father and aunt’s estates.  Assets are being sold pretty quick but they’re not covering the debts.  I don’t really care, except.  Well the company.  It appears bankrupt and it’s trying to negotiate with its creditors, apparently some Russians.  Jeremy wants me just to sign it over to him.  The letter says so they won’t came after me.   I don’t want them going after him either.”“It’s beyond me.  Let’s talk to John Ross about it after dinner.  He’ll know what to do.”“That’s a good idea.  I don’t know why I didn’t think about it.”  John Ross approaches Logan walking to the house from the driveway.  “Tough day at work.”“It was alright.”John Ross pats him on the back.  “You’re suppose to tell the boss it was brutal.” Laughing, “Oh yeah, a bitch of a day.”  “Listen. Melanie.  You see who you want to see, but I gotta tell ya.  Before you got here.”“Who says I’m seeing Melanie?”“Don’t lie to me boy.  You don’t have enough respect for me to tell me the truth or man enough to tell me mind my own business you sure as hell better fear me.  You got that?”“I suppose I do.”  “Like I said, see who you wanta see, but you should know that before you got her.  She tried with me.”“No doubt succeeded.  His about you give me a list so I know who to stay clear of?”“Watch your mouth boy.  Ain’t no list. But yes.  I should’ve had her let go.  I’m not proud of what I’ve done, but I take responsibility for it.”“That why Karin still on Southfork?  How about why you’re so good to Jolie?  You know my mother was right to leave you.”  John Ross grabs him up by the jacket.  “You listen to me good.  I didn’t have to warn you off her.  I did because it’s the right thing.  I made a mistake with your mother and left me.  I ain’t ever crawled to no woman. But love her.  Ain’t no woman hurt me like she’s done.  Ain’t no woman ever will.  You want to go seein’ that tramp, you go right ahead but don’t say I didn’t warn you.”“Thanks for the warning.”  John Ross let’s him go.  Logan walks in the house.  Lucy walks up from the pool.  “Secrets aren’t ever a good thing when it comes to sex.  Trust me.” “That girl’s dangerous.  I tried to warn him.  She’s gonna fill his head with all sorts of things and I can tell you they ain’t about being close to his family.”“Leave her to me.”  In the living room, the family gathered fir dinner, Pamela asks Lucy how long she’ll be gone.”“Oh I never know. My friends have so many things going on I never know.  Then someone will try and drag me to Europe.  You should have seen me when the kids were younger. We traveled everywhere.  And got into all the best parties.  Most of their behavior is my fault.  Steven was in love with the Brant Boys at way to young of an age.”“I was a very good boy.  They just made me laugh.”Ellie says, “They made a lot of people laugh.”“They were all very good.   I never remember them once getting drunk or into drugs.”  Lucy winks at Jack.  Jack says, “I tried pot but choked to death.  Came home and told Lucy.  She asked me why and we stayed up all night figuring out why.  All week I spent to doctors and researchers and therapists.  Honest to god I think if Lucy really was trying to honestly figure out the best course of action with me.”  “And I trusted you with my kids?”“Oh hush.”Steven laughs.  “Jack, wasn’t that the summer we visited the Pope?”  “I think it was.”“My husband at the time was Catholic.  Jack laughs, “Remember the summer in the Jewish kibbutz?   Even Lucy worked the farm then.”  Out by the barns, late at night, Steven kisses Alex.  “I can’t stand pretending.  I want everyone to know where together.”   Pushing him away Alex says, “That not going to happen.  I’ve told you that over and over again.”   “But. . .”“No ‘buts.’   We’ve talked about this.  We can continue to see each others away from here but this stops.  I’m serious Steven.  Or else we just don’t see each other at all.”Steven looks down, sullen.Alex huffs off.  Steven whispers, “I’m sorry.” In the dark of night, in front of an apartment building, Petrio steps into the back of a limousine and faces Ellie.  “I’m glad you were fear.”“I told you I’m not.  I’m watching a sick friend.”“Well then let’s not waste your time with small talk.  Take your clothes off.”   He begins to undress.  “I do like looking at you.”  “Should I say thank you.”“I don’t care what you say.  The fact is I keep your secrets and you perform for me.”  “You get off on forcing men.”“Sex seems to me a game of domination and submission.  I choose the dominate role.”“Even with an unwilling participant?”“I wasn’t aware that bothered you.  Being used.  You don’t seem bothered by using Jeremy Wendell.”  Ellie grins looking at him sitting before her in just a pair of skimpy, black bikini briefs.  “Oh I’m sorry.  You’d rather use your body to use people than them use you.  Well life doesn’t work that way.”  “Jeremy Wendell.”“He’s not doing well.  He’s lost every dime and you can’t come up with the money to help him.  But if you could find a backer for the loot you took out of Lone Star’s office.”“What do you know about that?”   Ellie puts her shoe on his crotch and pushes.  “Probably more than you do.  But let’s pretend I know nothing at all.  You tell me what you know.”“Just that these papers have value.  Charlotte told me about them.  I’m helping Jeremy.”  “Well then you need money.  Cut me in.”“That’s not possible.  Someone took them.”“Well that makes you extremely careless.”“Maybe so.  Should I assume you know where they are?”“Assumption makes an ass out of you and while I love looking at your ass, that doesn’t help here.”Petrio walks back into the apartment and straight to the bar where he pours himself a large drink. Looking toward the wall of glass, seeing his reflection among the nighttime city skyline, he throws the heavy, lead crystal tumbler at.  Then pours himself another, downing it.  Petrio marches to the bedroom and looks in, checking on Jeremy like one would check on a child, but he’s missing.  This begins a frantic search of the apartment.  Jeremy is no where to be found.  Petrio grows angry.</blockquote>

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