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<blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 212433" data-attributes="member: 57167">Thank you for the feedback [USER=130]@stevew[/USER] I do appreciate it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />You are right, I had forgotten about Nicolas having Cliff&#039;s proxy in the company. I am not sure what happened after they went public though as the details towards the end was a bit confusing and too much focus was on the cartel.I agree with you about Dynasty. Alexis was my favorite character on that show! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Joan Collins was really perfect for that part.Of course Elena hopes that the baby is Christopher&#039;s. You do raise a good point that they would have a problem if it turns out to be John Ross&#039; since he wouldn&#039;t just give up his paternal rights. Sue Ellen would also want to be a hands on grandma.It&#039;s nice to hear that you are rooting for Ann. I really liked the character too. Even though I think the plot where she shot Harris and ended up on trial after finding out about Emma&#039;s kidnapping was a bit far fetched. It really didn&#039;t present her in the best light. But yes I agree that Ann tried to keep Bobby grounded and tell him when he was out of line. I also like her friendship with Sue Ellen. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[USER=72]@Pammy P[/USER] thank you. You will see what will happen. This next update will explain a bit more about what happened to Pam after she left Dallas.*Chapter three&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Today had been one of the worst days in Pam’s life. Not only had she buried her brother but she had also been confronted with her old life. Seeing Bobby and Christopher again had brought it all back. The memories, the emotions and struggles of her old life here in Dallas. She remembered their lives together and how they had been a family. She remembered how badly she had wanted to have a baby and how Christopher had filled a void in her life. She hadn’t given birth to him, but she couldn’t have loved him any more if she had. He had brightened her world and filled her heart with joy and contentment. She had been at peace with herself. Her marriage to Bobby had been a good one too. They had shared a love that had been really special and had stood by each other through good and bad times. Their love had remained strong and they had loved each other unconditionally. At the very beginning their love had been red hot and so passionate. With time the bond between them had deepened and the passion had started to subside a little. Their marriage had crumbled after her mother had died and yet she would never have divorced him if it hadn’t been for Katherine’s meddling. She could still remember how much it had hurt during the years when they had been divorced and how being apart had only made her love him more. There had been a time when she had loved Bobby Ewing so much that her heart had hurt. Their marriage had never made sense as their families had been in a feud with each other. To this very day she could still remember Digger’s reaction when he’d found out that she had married his sworn enemy.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; She had brought Cliff along for moral support as they had gone looking for their father. Just as they had expected they had found him drunk in a bar a couple of blocks from the reunion towers where he was holding court. A bunch of drunks were listening to him going on and on about how Jock Ewing had robbed him out of the oil they had found. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “He looked at me and laughed in my face and said that I owned nothing. Nothing at all. I even owed him some money. Well I tried to kill...I’ve tried to kill Jock Ewing once or twice but I bungled it. You see I could drill but I can’t kill,” Digger had told his friends and it was the same old story that Cliff and Pamela had been fed as children. Their father had done his best to pass on a legacy of hate to them and he had succeeded whereas Cliff was concerned but Pam had gone her own way. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “There you have it Pammy. The product of Jock Ewing’s ethics,” Cliff said accusingly, as he hated what Jock had done to their father. But Pam just rolled her eyes at him, before they walked up to Digger hand in hand. The other drunks in the bar had objected when they had pulled Digger aside so that she could tell him her big news. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Pammy,” her father had been happy to see her and had given her a hug. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Hi daddy,” She’d kissed him on the cheek, “Are you okay?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Sure, sure,” he’d said as they had sat down at a table in a nice quiet corner so they could talk.&nbsp; Telling her father of her marriage had been the hardest thing she had to do up until that point in her life. She hadn’t known where to begin. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Daddy I...I came...” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Hmm...” Digger raised his chin, as he was trying to focus. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I came to tell you,” she looked down gathering up her courage, “I came to tell you that I’ve got married,” she smiled. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Well now what do you think of that?” Digger raised his eyebrows in surprise but then he smiled proudly and patted her on her hand. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; She looked down again before she looked up throwing back her hair, “Daddy please don’t be mad or hurt.” Her father had made a face that indicated that nothing she ever did could upset him. “I love my husband daddy.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Sure you do,” he’d nodded and then he’d kept having that silly drunk smile on his face.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “But he’s,” she raised her eyebrows, “he’s Bobby Ewing,” She had told him but he hadn’t really been reacting to what she was trying to tell him as he’d been too intoxicated to put two and two together.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Aha,” Digger was not making this easy for her, as the name didn’t ring any bell. Cliff looked from his father to his sister as he was anxiously expecting a reaction, “Daddy the boy I married is a Ewing,” Pam raised her voice. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Hmm...” Digger still didn’t get it and knowing that his sister couldn’t get her point across Cliff decided to help out.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Jock Ewing’s boy,” Cliff said harshly, the disapproval noticeable in his tone of voice. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Her father’s eyes widened in pure shock and disgust as he finally took in what she was trying to tell him. He then looked at Pam in a way he had rarely ever done before, like if she’d betrayed him and knowing that she had the tears started to well up in her eyes. Cliff looked down wanting to stay out of their upcoming confrontation. But it never came. She moved her lips as if she wanted to tell him something more, but not finding the words. Seeing how much she had hurt her father she couldn’t take it anymore. So she’d gotten up from the table and ran outdoors where she’d cried in the car. It had just hurt her so much that her father didn’t approve of her husband.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Looking back on it now it felt like it was something from another lifetime. It was as distant to her like a dream that she had dreamt a long time ago. The lines between what had been real and what she thought had happened were getting blurred. It was just so long ago.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Her memories then turned to Cliff and she remembered the last time she had seen him before she’d found him in that horrible Mexican prison. He had travelled out to California to meet her but she hadn’t been allowed to see him. Instead he’d met an actress who had impersonated her. At first when she’d heard about Katherine’s plan she had been convinced that it would never work. She and Cliff had grown up together, so surely he would realize that it was not really her he was talking to, or wouldn’t he?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pam’s heart had taken a leap upon seeing her brother entering the room. It was so good to see Cliff again and she had wanted nothing more than to run over to him and give him a big hug. But she hadn&#039;t been able to do that since she wasn’t really in the room with him. “Pam?” Cliff had asked hopefully, as he had looked at the actress who was impersonating her.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Hello Cliff,” the actress had replied in a voice that sounded nothing like hers. She had remained sitting, keeping her distance from him. “This is doctor David Gordon. I really don’t think I could have made it without him.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Watching the meeting unfold from behind a two way mirror Pam had hoped that Cliff would see through her bad act. But to her disappointment he had bought it. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I’m Cliff Barnes, Pam’s brother,” Cliff had smiled and in that moment Pam’s heart had dropped as her one hope of being rescued had been crushed.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Pam’s told me a lot about you,” the actor they had hired to play the doctor said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Oh nothing good I bet,” Cliff had smiled broadly before shifting his attention to the woman with a sigh, “How are you?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Fine, I suppose Jordan Lee told you he saw me?” The woman had replied in a chilly tone of voice. “I was hoping he hadn’t recognized me.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Oh no, he recognized you. I couldn’t believe it when he told me. I just kept thinking it couldn’t...” Cliff’s voice broke and his eyes filled up with tears, watching them from behind the two way mirror Pam’s eyes filled up with tears too, “really be you but boy it is.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No it’s not!” Pam said upset from behind the mirror. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “He can’t hear you,” Katherine grinned gleefully, as they went on watching the actors do their job. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “So when can you travel?” Cliff had asked.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I’m not going back Cliff,” the actress had said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Oh no of course you’re going back ‘cause Bobby is there and Christopher and me, everybody,” Cliff had objected.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No I’m divorced from Bobby,” the woman said in a somber voice that sounded awfully one note to Pam. “I love Christopher with all my heart but that part of my life is over. I am staying here with David.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Seeing Cliff drop his jaw in surprise Pam groaned, “Oh come on Cliff you know me, I wouldn’t do that!”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But to her disappointment Cliff still bought it, “Who is this guy? Some kind of Svengali or something? So he’s done plastic surgery on you but you belong in Dallas and I could get you the best doctors in the world.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I have the best and I have fallen in love with him. I belong here with him and we’re going to be married soon. I wish you had never found me.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yeah but I did and you can’t turn your back on us, you know on me,” Cliff looked so defeated, like if he was about to cry and watching him through the two way mirror the tears ran down Pam’s face. ”You’re all I’ve got.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Not anymore Cliff, forget you ever had a sister. Go home. Live your own life. It’s what I’m gonna do here.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No Pam,” Cliff finally objected. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Goodbye Cliff, we’re never gonna see each other again,” the woman said and Cliff then stood there for a while blinking back the tears before he turned away and walked out the door. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pam wanted so much to go with him back to Dallas but she couldn’t. Instead she was frozen to the spot watching the stupid woman who had destroyed her one hope of being rescued. It felt like a nightmare. “I don’t believe it,” Pam shook her head in disbelief at what she had just seen.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “See I told you our brother would be dumb enough to buy it!” Katherine said gloatingly. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “You did but...” Pam swallowed. “How could he believe that woman was me?” Pam looked at Katherine with the tears rolling down her cheeks. She was visibly upset. “She’s nothing like me!”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Maybe not like you were before the accident but plastic surgery can change a person...”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I’m not talking about her looks, I am talking about her manners. I would never say that.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Well Cliff thinks you did,” Katherine laughed.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes you could fool him but you’re never gonna fool Bobby. When he comes here to find me he’s gonna see right through her bad act.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “He won’t come for you Pam. He’s stopped looking for you already and thanks to that actress Cliff will too now,” Katherine said. “Now watch this. I think I’ve really captured your feelings in this dialogue.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Pam, why didn’t you tell him the truth?”The actor playing David Gordon went on, moving into the next scene of their script. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “They’ve lost me once, they’ve adjusted to it. How could I really go back, knowing I only have a few months left to live. Get their hopes up and then have them stand by and watch me die. I love them all too much for that,” the woman finally showed some more emotions. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “But what about you?” the guy asked. “At least in the end you’ll be surrounded by people who loved you. You deserve that much.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No, I know it’s better this way. They won’t look for me anymore and if there is pain in the end, in my mind I have Cliff and Christopher and Bobby to be with me. I love them so that is all I really need,” the actress whispered as the tears ran down her cheeks. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Watching them Pam turned to Katherine, “You think that’s what I would say and do?” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But Katherine had already left the room and in the next second she walked into the doctor’s office with a huge smile on her face, “Bravo!” She applauded. “You two were even better than I had hoped.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Thank you and your writing was marvelous too,” the woman said. “It’s easy to put in a good performance when you have material like that to work with.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yeah I really like the last scene, it’s just like something from out of an old movie,” the man said. “You should write more.”&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Well luckily I won’t have to since my dumb brother totally bought your performance,” Katherine grinned, as she picked up two checks from her purse. “Now here is your money.” Katherine handed the actors a check each and watching them greedily accept it Pam felt like her life was over. That one note performance hadn’t been anywhere near as good as Katherine had said and yet it had managed to fool their brother and that really broke her heart.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The tears streamed down Pam’s face when she thought of all the time she and her brother had spent apart because of their sister’s meddling. Katherine had always been jealous of her relationship with Cliff and she had done her best to come between them and she had really succeeded back in 1988. Pam had watched her brother leave her life and there had been nothing she could do to stop it. She had been completely helpless. Back then she had wondered if she’d ever see her brother again and thankfully she had. But it had taken 27 years until she could finally hug him and tell him what really had happened to her.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cliff had been so confused when he’d first woken up. The last thing he remembered was that he was being transferred out of Mexico to some godforsaken country in the middle East. Cliff hadn’t really liked that idea as he had thought that he’d be transferred there because someone wanted him dead. Not that he had much left to live for these days but there was something about ending his days in the electric chair or by a lethal injection or even worse, by being stoned to death by some uncivilized people in some country still abiding to the laws of the 5th century that truly petrified him. So to find himself waking up, not on the floor in some prison cell, but in an actual bed, in a nice room with a view, had come like a total shock to him. For a moment he had thought he had already died and gone to heaven. But then he noticed the woman who was sitting by his bedside. “Nurse?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No Cliff it’s me Pam,” she had corrected him.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; He squinted his eyes to get a better look at her, “Pam?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes I’m really here,” she said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “You mean here as in heaven?” He asked her. “Have I died and gone to heaven?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No we are both still alive,” Pam told him. “I never died.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Then it wasn’t an hallucination,” Cliff realized. “You really came to see me in that Mexican prison?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I did,” Pam confirmed. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “My God Pam,” Cliff began to sob, as he sat up and traced the lines of her face with his fingers, “I can’t believe it’s really you and that I’m here. All these years I thought you were dead.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I know, that’s what Katherine wanted you to believe,” Pam informed Cliff.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Katherine?” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes,” Pam nodded. “She kidnapped me from the hospital. I never wanted to leave you or Bobby or Christopher.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “You didn’t?” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No,” Pam said as a tear ran down her cheek. “It was Katherine’s doing. She wrote a letter to Bobby telling him that I’d left them for their own good and that they should not look for me. I had hoped he wouldn’t have bought it considering that Katherine already used the letter trick to break us up once before but...”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “He bought it alright,” Cliff sighed. “I was there when he read that letter. I didn’t think it sounded like you so I had a detective looking for you in secret. He didn’t find you. But then Jordan Lee told me he’d seen you at a party...”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I know that’s when you came out to see me,” Pam said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes but you sent me away,” Cliff said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No I didn’t,” Pam shook her head. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes I remember you told me that you were marrying that doctor...”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I never did,” Pam said. “I saw you but you never even saw me Cliff.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I don’t understand,” Cliff said in a broken voice.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “It was Katherine, she had hired two actors to talk to you. The woman who played me was named Margaret Michaels, she resembled me a bit but she was not me.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I should have known,” Cliff sighed heavily, as the penny finally dropped.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes I didn’t think her plan was going to succeed at first, after all you and I grew up together so I was sure you would have seen through it but...”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I didn’t,” Cliff said, slumping his shoulders in defeat.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “No I watched you through a two way mirror Cliff, together with Katherine and I hoped you would call her bluff but you never did.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “It was because of the plastic surgery. I just figured it had made you look different.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Not that different,” Pam said. “You mistook her for me Cliff and it broke my heart. Since Bobby wasn’t looking for me, you were my last hope of being rescued.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I’m sorry Pam,” Cliff apologized. “I never meant to give up on you.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “But you did!”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I did, I failed you, just like I’ve failed everyone else,” Cliff said with tears rolling down his cheeks. “You, Afton and my daughter...”Cliff continued sobbing and Pam put her arms around him, trying to comfort him. But he was inconsolable as he told her about his daughter’s betrayal. “She helped the Ewings frame me for JR’s murder. They left me to rot in that prison. How did you ever get me out?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I bribed the manager of the prison to have you transferred to Abi Dhabi.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cliff pulled back from Pam, taking a closer look at the room they were in, “Is that where we are?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes I live here now,” Pam said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “But that’s where your death certificate was from,” Cliff frowned. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes Katherine had me transferred here after you came to see us in LA. She figured it wasn’t safe for us to stay in the states anymore. So she moved me to the other side of the world. She had that death certificate printed out in 1989 and sent to you.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “But you’re not dead, so why did she want me to believe that you were?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Because she wanted you to suffer in order to avenge our mother’s death. She blamed you for it so she wanted you to lose the one person that you loved the most.” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Katherine hated me that much?”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes,” Pam nodded. “She hated both of us much more than I could ever imagine.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “I’m sorry Pam, I should have known you’d never abandon me,” Cliff said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “It’s okay Cliff, at least now you know.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Yes but we’re both old now and I’m sick with neurofibromatosis. I don’t think I have that much time left...” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “It’s okay Cliff, I’m going to take care of you and whatever time you have left, we’ll spend it together. We’ll never be apart again,” Pam promised Cliff as she pulled him into another hug and the siblings cried against each other’s shoulders. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The tears still ran down Pam’s face when she thought of all the time she’d lost together with her brother because of Katherine’s meddling. The seven months Cliff had spent with her before he died was not enough time to make up for the 27 lost years that Katherine had caused them to miss out on. But she was still glad that she’d found Cliff before it was too late. He’d been really lost without her and it felt good to know that thanks to her he had at least met a dignified ending instead of dying all alone in some prison cell. Still it hurt her to think about how Bobby and Christopher and even Cliff’s own daughter had turned their backs to him. Yes Cliff had done some bad things, but he had been a sick man who deserved their compassion instead of their wrath. For the life of her Pam couldn’t understand why things had turned out so badly for Cliff without her in his life or why the people she had loved had deserted him. But she intended to find out why they had done that once she’d stopped crying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Karin, post: 212433, member: 57167"] Thank you for the feedback [USER=130]@stevew[/USER] I do appreciate it. :) You are right, I had forgotten about Nicolas having Cliff's proxy in the company. I am not sure what happened after they went public though as the details towards the end was a bit confusing and too much focus was on the cartel. I agree with you about Dynasty. Alexis was my favorite character on that show! :D Joan Collins was really perfect for that part. Of course Elena hopes that the baby is Christopher's. You do raise a good point that they would have a problem if it turns out to be John Ross' since he wouldn't just give up his paternal rights. Sue Ellen would also want to be a hands on grandma. It's nice to hear that you are rooting for Ann. I really liked the character too. Even though I think the plot where she shot Harris and ended up on trial after finding out about Emma's kidnapping was a bit far fetched. It really didn't present her in the best light. But yes I agree that Ann tried to keep Bobby grounded and tell him when he was out of line. I also like her friendship with Sue Ellen. :) [USER=72]@Pammy P[/USER] thank you. You will see what will happen. This next update will explain a bit more about what happened to Pam after she left Dallas. * [B][U]Chapter three[/U][/B] Today had been one of the worst days in Pam’s life. Not only had she buried her brother but she had also been confronted with her old life. Seeing Bobby and Christopher again had brought it all back. The memories, the emotions and struggles of her old life here in Dallas. She remembered their lives together and how they had been a family. She remembered how badly she had wanted to have a baby and how Christopher had filled a void in her life. She hadn’t given birth to him, but she couldn’t have loved him any more if she had. He had brightened her world and filled her heart with joy and contentment. She had been at peace with herself. Her marriage to Bobby had been a good one too. They had shared a love that had been really special and had stood by each other through good and bad times. Their love had remained strong and they had loved each other unconditionally. At the very beginning their love had been red hot and so passionate. With time the bond between them had deepened and the passion had started to subside a little. Their marriage had crumbled after her mother had died and yet she would never have divorced him if it hadn’t been for Katherine’s meddling. She could still remember how much it had hurt during the years when they had been divorced and how being apart had only made her love him more. There had been a time when she had loved Bobby Ewing so much that her heart had hurt. Their marriage had never made sense as their families had been in a feud with each other. To this very day she could still remember Digger’s reaction when he’d found out that she had married his sworn enemy. [I] She had brought Cliff along for moral support as they had gone looking for their father. Just as they had expected they had found him drunk in a bar a couple of blocks from the reunion towers where he was holding court. A bunch of drunks were listening to him going on and on about how Jock Ewing had robbed him out of the oil they had found. [/I] [I] “He looked at me and laughed in my face and said that I owned nothing. Nothing at all. I even owed him some money. Well I tried to kill...I’ve tried to kill Jock Ewing once or twice but I bungled it. You see I could drill but I can’t kill,” Digger had told his friends and it was the same old story that Cliff and Pamela had been fed as children. Their father had done his best to pass on a legacy of hate to them and he had succeeded whereas Cliff was concerned but Pam had gone her own way. [/I] [I] “There you have it Pammy. The product of Jock Ewing’s ethics,” Cliff said accusingly, as he hated what Jock had done to their father. But Pam just rolled her eyes at him, before they walked up to Digger hand in hand. The other drunks in the bar had objected when they had pulled Digger aside so that she could tell him her big news. [/I] [I] “Pammy,” her father had been happy to see her and had given her a hug. [/I] [I] “Hi daddy,” She’d kissed him on the cheek, “Are you okay?”[/I] [I] “Sure, sure,” he’d said as they had sat down at a table in a nice quiet corner so they could talk. Telling her father of her marriage had been the hardest thing she had to do up until that point in her life. She hadn’t known where to begin. [/I] [I] “Daddy I...I came...” [/I] [I] “Hmm...” Digger raised his chin, as he was trying to focus. [/I] [I] “I came to tell you,” she looked down gathering up her courage, “I came to tell you that I’ve got married,” she smiled. [/I] [I] “Well now what do you think of that?” Digger raised his eyebrows in surprise but then he smiled proudly and patted her on her hand. [/I] [I] She looked down again before she looked up throwing back her hair, “Daddy please don’t be mad or hurt.” Her father had made a face that indicated that nothing she ever did could upset him. “I love my husband daddy.”[/I] [I] “Sure you do,” he’d nodded and then he’d kept having that silly drunk smile on his face.[/I] [I] “But he’s,” she raised her eyebrows, “he’s Bobby Ewing,” She had told him but he hadn’t really been reacting to what she was trying to tell him as he’d been too intoxicated to put two and two together.[/I] [I] “Aha,” Digger was not making this easy for her, as the name didn’t ring any bell. Cliff looked from his father to his sister as he was anxiously expecting a reaction, “Daddy the boy I married is a Ewing,” Pam raised her voice. [/I] [I] “Hmm...” Digger still didn’t get it and knowing that his sister couldn’t get her point across Cliff decided to help out.[/I] [I] “Jock Ewing’s boy,” Cliff said harshly, the disapproval noticeable in his tone of voice. [/I] [I] Her father’s eyes widened in pure shock and disgust as he finally took in what she was trying to tell him. He then looked at Pam in a way he had rarely ever done before, like if she’d betrayed him and knowing that she had the tears started to well up in her eyes. Cliff looked down wanting to stay out of their upcoming confrontation. But it never came. She moved her lips as if she wanted to tell him something more, but not finding the words. Seeing how much she had hurt her father she couldn’t take it anymore. So she’d gotten up from the table and ran outdoors where she’d cried in the car. It had just hurt her so much that her father didn’t approve of her husband. [/I] Looking back on it now it felt like it was something from another lifetime. It was as distant to her like a dream that she had dreamt a long time ago. The lines between what had been real and what she thought had happened were getting blurred. It was just so long ago. Her memories then turned to Cliff and she remembered the last time she had seen him before she’d found him in that horrible Mexican prison. He had travelled out to California to meet her but she hadn’t been allowed to see him. Instead he’d met an actress who had impersonated her. At first when she’d heard about Katherine’s plan she had been convinced that it would never work. She and Cliff had grown up together, so surely he would realize that it was not really her he was talking to, or wouldn’t he? [I] Pam’s heart had taken a leap upon seeing her brother entering the room. It was so good to see Cliff again and she had wanted nothing more than to run over to him and give him a big hug. But she hadn't been able to do that since she wasn’t really in the room with him. “Pam?” Cliff had asked hopefully, as he had looked at the actress who was impersonating her. [/I] [I] “Hello Cliff,” the actress had replied in a voice that sounded nothing like hers. She had remained sitting, keeping her distance from him. “This is doctor David Gordon. I really don’t think I could have made it without him.” [/I] [I] Watching the meeting unfold from behind a two way mirror Pam had hoped that Cliff would see through her bad act. But to her disappointment he had bought it. [/I] [I] “I’m Cliff Barnes, Pam’s brother,” Cliff had smiled and in that moment Pam’s heart had dropped as her one hope of being rescued had been crushed.[/I] [I] “Pam’s told me a lot about you,” the actor they had hired to play the doctor said. [/I] [I] “Oh nothing good I bet,” Cliff had smiled broadly before shifting his attention to the woman with a sigh, “How are you?”[/I] [I] “Fine, I suppose Jordan Lee told you he saw me?” The woman had replied in a chilly tone of voice. “I was hoping he hadn’t recognized me.”[/I] [I] “Oh no, he recognized you. I couldn’t believe it when he told me. I just kept thinking it couldn’t...” Cliff’s voice broke and his eyes filled up with tears, watching them from behind the two way mirror Pam’s eyes filled up with tears too, “really be you but boy it is.”[/I] [I] “No it’s not!” Pam said upset from behind the mirror. [/I] [I] “He can’t hear you,” Katherine grinned gleefully, as they went on watching the actors do their job. [/I] [I] “So when can you travel?” Cliff had asked.[/I] [I] “I’m not going back Cliff,” the actress had said.[/I] [I] “Oh no of course you’re going back ‘cause Bobby is there and Christopher and me, everybody,” Cliff had objected.[/I] [I] “No I’m divorced from Bobby,” the woman said in a somber voice that sounded awfully one note to Pam. “I love Christopher with all my heart but that part of my life is over. I am staying here with David.”[/I] [I] Seeing Cliff drop his jaw in surprise Pam groaned, “Oh come on Cliff you know me, I wouldn’t do that!”[/I] [I] But to her disappointment Cliff still bought it, “Who is this guy? Some kind of Svengali or something? So he’s done plastic surgery on you but you belong in Dallas and I could get you the best doctors in the world.”[/I] [I] “I have the best and I have fallen in love with him. I belong here with him and we’re going to be married soon. I wish you had never found me.”[/I] [I] “Yeah but I did and you can’t turn your back on us, you know on me,” Cliff looked so defeated, like if he was about to cry and watching him through the two way mirror the tears ran down Pam’s face. ”You’re all I’ve got.” [/I] [I] “Not anymore Cliff, forget you ever had a sister. Go home. Live your own life. It’s what I’m gonna do here.”[/I] [I] “No Pam,” Cliff finally objected. [/I] [I] “Goodbye Cliff, we’re never gonna see each other again,” the woman said and Cliff then stood there for a while blinking back the tears before he turned away and walked out the door. [/I] [I] Pam wanted so much to go with him back to Dallas but she couldn’t. Instead she was frozen to the spot watching the stupid woman who had destroyed her one hope of being rescued. It felt like a nightmare. “I don’t believe it,” Pam shook her head in disbelief at what she had just seen. [/I] [I] “See I told you our brother would be dumb enough to buy it!” Katherine said gloatingly. [/I] [I] “You did but...” Pam swallowed. “How could he believe that woman was me?” Pam looked at Katherine with the tears rolling down her cheeks. She was visibly upset. “She’s nothing like me!”[/I] [I] “Maybe not like you were before the accident but plastic surgery can change a person...”[/I] [I] “I’m not talking about her looks, I am talking about her manners. I would never say that.”[/I] [I] “Well Cliff thinks you did,” Katherine laughed.[/I] [I] “Yes you could fool him but you’re never gonna fool Bobby. When he comes here to find me he’s gonna see right through her bad act.”[/I] [I] “He won’t come for you Pam. He’s stopped looking for you already and thanks to that actress Cliff will too now,” Katherine said. “Now watch this. I think I’ve really captured your feelings in this dialogue.” [/I] [I] “Pam, why didn’t you tell him the truth?”The actor playing David Gordon went on, moving into the next scene of their script. [/I] [I] “They’ve lost me once, they’ve adjusted to it. How could I really go back, knowing I only have a few months left to live. Get their hopes up and then have them stand by and watch me die. I love them all too much for that,” the woman finally showed some more emotions. [/I] [I] “But what about you?” the guy asked. “At least in the end you’ll be surrounded by people who loved you. You deserve that much.”[/I] [I] “No, I know it’s better this way. They won’t look for me anymore and if there is pain in the end, in my mind I have Cliff and Christopher and Bobby to be with me. I love them so that is all I really need,” the actress whispered as the tears ran down her cheeks. [/I] [I] Watching them Pam turned to Katherine, “You think that’s what I would say and do?” [/I] [I] But Katherine had already left the room and in the next second she walked into the doctor’s office with a huge smile on her face, “Bravo!” She applauded. “You two were even better than I had hoped.”[/I] [I] “Thank you and your writing was marvelous too,” the woman said. “It’s easy to put in a good performance when you have material like that to work with.”[/I] [I] “Yeah I really like the last scene, it’s just like something from out of an old movie,” the man said. “You should write more.” [/I] [I] “Well luckily I won’t have to since my dumb brother totally bought your performance,” Katherine grinned, as she picked up two checks from her purse. “Now here is your money.” Katherine handed the actors a check each and watching them greedily accept it Pam felt like her life was over. That one note performance hadn’t been anywhere near as good as Katherine had said and yet it had managed to fool their brother and that really broke her heart. [/I] The tears streamed down Pam’s face when she thought of all the time she and her brother had spent apart because of their sister’s meddling. Katherine had always been jealous of her relationship with Cliff and she had done her best to come between them and she had really succeeded back in 1988. Pam had watched her brother leave her life and there had been nothing she could do to stop it. She had been completely helpless. Back then she had wondered if she’d ever see her brother again and thankfully she had. But it had taken 27 years until she could finally hug him and tell him what really had happened to her. [I] Cliff had been so confused when he’d first woken up. The last thing he remembered was that he was being transferred out of Mexico to some godforsaken country in the middle East. Cliff hadn’t really liked that idea as he had thought that he’d be transferred there because someone wanted him dead. Not that he had much left to live for these days but there was something about ending his days in the electric chair or by a lethal injection or even worse, by being stoned to death by some uncivilized people in some country still abiding to the laws of the 5th century that truly petrified him. So to find himself waking up, not on the floor in some prison cell, but in an actual bed, in a nice room with a view, had come like a total shock to him. For a moment he had thought he had already died and gone to heaven. But then he noticed the woman who was sitting by his bedside. “Nurse?[/I] [I] “No Cliff it’s me Pam,” she had corrected him.[/I] [I] He squinted his eyes to get a better look at her, “Pam?”[/I] [I] “Yes I’m really here,” she said.[/I] [I] “You mean here as in heaven?” He asked her. “Have I died and gone to heaven?”[/I] [I] “No we are both still alive,” Pam told him. “I never died.” [/I] [I] “Then it wasn’t an hallucination,” Cliff realized. “You really came to see me in that Mexican prison?”[/I] [I] “I did,” Pam confirmed. [/I] [I] “My God Pam,” Cliff began to sob, as he sat up and traced the lines of her face with his fingers, “I can’t believe it’s really you and that I’m here. All these years I thought you were dead.”[/I] [I] “I know, that’s what Katherine wanted you to believe,” Pam informed Cliff.[/I] [I] “Katherine?” [/I] [I] “Yes,” Pam nodded. “She kidnapped me from the hospital. I never wanted to leave you or Bobby or Christopher.”[/I] [I] “You didn’t?” [/I] [I] “No,” Pam said as a tear ran down her cheek. “It was Katherine’s doing. She wrote a letter to Bobby telling him that I’d left them for their own good and that they should not look for me. I had hoped he wouldn’t have bought it considering that Katherine already used the letter trick to break us up once before but...”[/I] [I] “He bought it alright,” Cliff sighed. “I was there when he read that letter. I didn’t think it sounded like you so I had a detective looking for you in secret. He didn’t find you. But then Jordan Lee told me he’d seen you at a party...”[/I] [I] “I know that’s when you came out to see me,” Pam said.[/I] [I] “Yes but you sent me away,” Cliff said.[/I] [I] “No I didn’t,” Pam shook her head. [/I] [I] “Yes I remember you told me that you were marrying that doctor...”[/I] [I] “I never did,” Pam said. “I saw you but you never even saw me Cliff.” [/I] [I] “I don’t understand,” Cliff said in a broken voice.[/I] [I] “It was Katherine, she had hired two actors to talk to you. The woman who played me was named Margaret Michaels, she resembled me a bit but she was not me.”[/I] [I] “I should have known,” Cliff sighed heavily, as the penny finally dropped.[/I] [I] “Yes I didn’t think her plan was going to succeed at first, after all you and I grew up together so I was sure you would have seen through it but...”[/I] [I] “I didn’t,” Cliff said, slumping his shoulders in defeat.[/I] [I] “No I watched you through a two way mirror Cliff, together with Katherine and I hoped you would call her bluff but you never did.” [/I] [I] “It was because of the plastic surgery. I just figured it had made you look different.”[/I] [I] “Not that different,” Pam said. “You mistook her for me Cliff and it broke my heart. Since Bobby wasn’t looking for me, you were my last hope of being rescued.” [/I] [I] “I’m sorry Pam,” Cliff apologized. “I never meant to give up on you.” [/I] [I] “But you did!”[/I] [I] “I did, I failed you, just like I’ve failed everyone else,” Cliff said with tears rolling down his cheeks. “You, Afton and my daughter...”Cliff continued sobbing and Pam put her arms around him, trying to comfort him. But he was inconsolable as he told her about his daughter’s betrayal. “She helped the Ewings frame me for JR’s murder. They left me to rot in that prison. How did you ever get me out?”[/I] [I] “I bribed the manager of the prison to have you transferred to Abi Dhabi.”[/I] [I] Cliff pulled back from Pam, taking a closer look at the room they were in, “Is that where we are?”[/I] [I] “Yes I live here now,” Pam said.[/I] [I] “But that’s where your death certificate was from,” Cliff frowned. [/I] [I] “Yes Katherine had me transferred here after you came to see us in LA. She figured it wasn’t safe for us to stay in the states anymore. So she moved me to the other side of the world. She had that death certificate printed out in 1989 and sent to you.”[/I] [I] “But you’re not dead, so why did she want me to believe that you were?”[/I] [I] “Because she wanted you to suffer in order to avenge our mother’s death. She blamed you for it so she wanted you to lose the one person that you loved the most.” [/I] [I] “Katherine hated me that much?”[/I] [I] “Yes,” Pam nodded. “She hated both of us much more than I could ever imagine.”[/I] [I] “I’m sorry Pam, I should have known you’d never abandon me,” Cliff said.[/I] [I] “It’s okay Cliff, at least now you know.”[/I] [I] “Yes but we’re both old now and I’m sick with neurofibromatosis. I don’t think I have that much time left...” [/I] [I] “It’s okay Cliff, I’m going to take care of you and whatever time you have left, we’ll spend it together. We’ll never be apart again,” Pam promised Cliff as she pulled him into another hug and the siblings cried against each other’s shoulders. [/I] [I] [/I]The tears still ran down Pam’s face when she thought of all the time she’d lost together with her brother because of Katherine’s meddling. The seven months Cliff had spent with her before he died was not enough time to make up for the 27 lost years that Katherine had caused them to miss out on. But she was still glad that she’d found Cliff before it was too late. He’d been really lost without her and it felt good to know that thanks to her he had at least met a dignified ending instead of dying all alone in some prison cell. Still it hurt her to think about how Bobby and Christopher and even Cliff’s own daughter had turned their backs to him. Yes Cliff had done some bad things, but he had been a sick man who deserved their compassion instead of their wrath. For the life of her Pam couldn’t understand why things had turned out so badly for Cliff without her in his life or why the people she had loved had deserted him. But she intended to find out why they had done that once she’d stopped crying. [/QUOTE]

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