Dallas in the 90's

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback.

Miss Texas 1967, I got your joke!
Poor Sue Ellen though, I don't know what's worse having a sister like Kristin or a husband like JR...maybe they were equally to blame for what happened but that they had an affair is a double betrayal for Sue Ellen. So in a way that affair was much worse than all of the other women JR was with...
But yeah I agree with you, Sue Ellen had her postnatal depression to fight for at the time JR and Kristin got involved. She was pretty much numb and didn't care much about anything but she didn't like that her sister and her husband had an affair. She might have taunted him about it but she didn't like it. Just like I'm sure that she didn't like JR having an affair with any of the other women she knew he was seeing.

Ms Southworth, Sue Ellen's numb behavior went a lot deeper than being just an act she put on to keep up appearances. She was suffering from postnatal depression which was probably caused by that she had been used by two men (JR & Cliff) and she didn't know who was the father of her baby. So although she didn't show it Sue Ellen was actually hurting a lot at this time period of her life. She wasn't even able to show her own baby that she loved him.

I'm glad that you loved the Bobby & Pam update. Then as for Pam wanting a proper restaurant I imagine that has to do with the food they serve. She probably didn't want to eat at the joint since she thought they served junk food and she is not big on junk food. I think we can all agree about that.

I'm sure they make use of the spa but sorry you won't get to tack along for that.
There are some love scenes in this story but most of them are pretty tame. Originally there were no detailed love scenes at all in this story as it was always "they kissed and turned out the lamp." So well pretty much all love scenes have been added later on or been revised to a bit more details.

Anyway here's another update:


At Ewing Oil, Marilee came into JR’s office saying, “JR, I’m so sorry I’m delayed. But a meeting ran over time.”

“No worries,” JR replied as Marilee sat down.

“I’m so happy you called so quickly.”

“Well I looked it over and the deal looks good,” JR smiled, as he looked at the geological reports, “just one question, why aren’t we drilling in this area instead of here?” JR asked, pointing towards the area where Cliff had previously drilled.

Marilee hawked, “Well I have it from a good source that there’s more oil in this area,” Marilee pointed towards the marked area on the map.

“That might be so, but the terrain looks harder. So it would take us longer to drill…”

“True,” Marilee acknowledged. “But the profit would be bigger, since there’s a bigger pocket there.”

JR pondered it for a moment before he nodded, “Alright then, even though I’ve gotta say that I’m a little doubtful, I mean we’ve never drilled in this area of Montana before!”

“Well that’s why they call it unexplored,” Marilee remarked. “Just picture it, there’s a whole sea of crude waiting for us, underneath that hard terrain.”

“Well okay, you’ve convinced me,” JR agreed. “So when can we meet owners of Marinos Oil to seal the deal?”

“Um…” Marilee hesitated for a moment. “That won’t be necessary ‘cause I actually happen to have the contract right here!” Marilee took out some papers from her briefcase.

JR laughed, “Oh Marilee, you were pretty sure I would go for this deal weren’t you?”

“Well it’s a sweet deal…” Marilee smiled. “And I didn’t wanna lose it because you needed some time to go through the geological reports.”

“That makes sense, so where do I sign?”

“Here,” Marilee pointed towards the line.

JR signed the papers and said, “Good so I guess this means we’re back in business together!” JR grinned and Marilee grinned back, as she was relieved that JR had taken the bait.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great update!

When you know Marilee and the way she always moved and talked on "Dallas", this update is truly amazing! :girl::girl::girl:.

Just being able to imagine her actually having this conversation in JR's office is definitely at least half the pleasure, IMO!

Job well done, @Karin Schill! This update deserves 10 out of 10 points! :10::10:

I can't help but wonder who's fooling who though! :thinks: Who will have the last laugh? Marilee or JR?

Please update soon! :bravo: :site:

 

[Presea]

Charlie is right about Jenna. She needs to quit lounging around already and do something if she ever wants to resolve this Ray thing.

I'm not sure why Lucy doesn't like Afton. When was the last time they even talked on the show? A long time ago. It's sort of like how they made Sue Ellen hate Afton in the TNT Dallas, even though they had moved on from that a long time ago.

I hate how Bobby wanted to use Pam as bait to get some deals. He's not as bad as Cliff was, but it just shows that Bobby really isn't that good at the oil business if he has to resort to cheap tactics like this. Pam had every right to be upset. Pity how the writers never made her get any real experience in the oil business, though. They were starting to go that route in the dream season, but well, you know what happened then.

I am disappointed in JR. He should know better than to trust Marilee! I mean, doesn't this very situation look at least a LITTLE familiar to him!? I want to believe that he is somehow ahead of her, but now that he's actually signed something, it's a lot harder to. Please don't make Cliff win!

BTW, still waiting for more Katherine stuff.

 

[Ms Southworth]

I hate how Bobby wanted to use Pam as bait to get some deals. He's not as bad as Cliff was, but it just shows that Bobby really isn't that good at the oil business if he has to resort to cheap tactics like this.

Please give Bobby a break! :cooler:

@Presea: You've never used "tactics" or charm to get help from somebody? Change a tire? Put up a lamp? Carry heavy boxes? As far as I'm concerned, Bobby just played it safe by bringing Pam! He could probably have landed the deal himself, but if Pam's presense helped land the deal quicker, then ... ... Good for Ewing Oil! ... LOL ...

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback everyone.

Ms Southworth, I'm glad that you enjoyed the JR & Marilee scene. Only time will tell who will have the last laugh! :lolo:

Presea, I agree with you that Jenna needs to talk to Ray. She is not going to solve anything by avoiding him. Then as for Lucy and Afton I don't think they interacted much on the show at all. But there was a vibe there in one of their scenes where Afton was talking about JR that gave me the impression that Lucy doesn't like her much.

JR is trusting Marilee for now. But that might change later on...

The Katherine scene is coming later this day.

But first it's time for another update and you will get a double treat today:


At Southfork, Ray was standing on the porch by the pool, with a faraway look on his face when Donna came out of the house. Seeing him stand there she hesitated for a moment before she walked up to him, “What’s the matter Ray?”

“Oh hi Donna, it’s nothing really.”

“Ray Krebbs, you don’t have a nothing face, so why don’t you tell me what it is?” Donna insisted.

Ray sighed since that woman knew him too well for him to be able to hide something from her. “Alright then, if you must know it’s Jenna.”

“Jenna?” Donna asked, as she tried to hide her jealousy.

“Yeah, I can’t seem to get hold of her. I have tried to call her at the house in Italy several times but she never picks up or calls me back.”

“That’s not good,” Donna frowned, “Do you think something’s happened to her?”

Ray nodded, “That’s what I am afraid of.” Ray sighed before he went on. “It’s either that or she’s avoiding me.”

“I’m sorry so have you tried calling her cell phone?” Donna asked.

“I have but it’s turned off.”

“I see,” Donna replied. “So why do you think she’d avoid you?”

“Because we didn’t part on good terms,” Ray explained. “I sort of just left.”

“Ouch, if you’d done that to me I wouldn’t have liked it.”

“I don’t think Jenna did either…” Ray paused before he went on. “I just wish I knew where she was…and Lucas…I don’t know what I’d do if something happened to that child…”

“I’m sure they are both fine,” Donna said reassuringly.

“I really hope you’re right,” Ray replied, as he’d started to question if leaving Jenna and Lucas all alone in Italy had been the right thing to do. Because he was really worried about them as there was no way of knowing what went on, on the other side of the world. Little did Ray know that his family wasn’t on the other side of the world after all…

 

[Karin]

In a Dallas suburb south of town were Jenna, Charlie, Lucas carrying in their suitcases into the rented house when Randy came down the stairs and said, “There, now that car bed is finally set up!”

“Oh thank you,” Charlie said.

“No worries, but you’ll owe me for this, it was heavy,” Randy said playfully.

“Oh poor baby, how does a backrub sound?” Charlie smiled.

“Wonderful, followed by…” Charlie kissed Randy when Lucas came up to them.

“Hey Randy, can you come up and help me put up my curtains?” Charlie and Randy moved apart. “Oh I’m interrupting,” Lucas realized.

“No it’s fine I’ll help you,” Randy sighed and he and Lucas went up the stair to Lucas’ room.

“Here they are. Do you see the cars?” Lucas asked proudly.

Randy looked at the curtains covered with cars. “Yeah they’re cool,” Randy said and hung them up.

“Can you hang this up too?” Lucas asked and gave Randy a framed car painting.

“Sure,” Randy said and took up a hammer and a nail.

“My daddy gave that to me,” Lucas said. “Or Daddy-Ray anyway,” Lucas added, looking thoughtful. “Did you know Ray is not my father?”

Randy hawked, “Yeah Charlie mentioned something about it,” Randy said uncomfortably before he tried to steer Lucas attention back on the painting. “Is this alright?”

“Yeah, so my daddy isn’t my daddy…” Lucas said sadly.

“Um…I think you should talk to your mom about this,” Randy said.

Lucas sat down by the wall, “She won’t answer.”

“Then talk to Charlie.”

“She doesn’t have time for me.”

“Of course she does,” Randy insisted.

“No she’s just out partying with you all the time.”

“I’m sorry. I don’t mean to monopolize her time.”

“Monopolize what?”

“I’m sorry I used a too hard word for you to understand it means that we are together all the time, you know?”

“No, I don’t know what anyone means anymore. Dad left us but he is not my daddy. Charlie came back but she isn’t gonna stay.” Lucas said unhappily as he kept telling Randy exactly what was bothering him. “First she packed, then we packed and now we’re in this place where I don’t know anyone. Everyone speaks English, no signs are in Italian, the food is half weird, my friends aren’t here and suddenly you are here!”

“Oh,” Randy didn’t really know what to say. “Listen Lucas…” Randy sat down next to Lucas. “I’m not gonna take Charlie away from you. We won’t be living far away and you’re always welcome to visit us.”

“Really?”

“Yeah really,” Randy said and tousled Lucas hair.

“Do you know who Bobby is?” Lucas asked.

“Well I’ve heard of him,” Randy said.

“Is he nice?”

“Yeah I guess so.”

“Then why ain’t he married to my mom?” Lucas asked. Jenna who’d over heard the last part dropped the box with Lucas cars. Lucas and Randy looked up and Lucas screamed, “My cars!” Lucas started to collect his cars.

Randy got up and walked over to Jenna. “You better have a talk with your son. He has many questions about his father!” Jenna blushed and Randy continued, “I’m gonna go find Charlie.”

Randy left and Lucas looked questioning at Jenna, hoping she might talk to him now. But Jenna just said, “I better go start dinner,” Jenna excused herself. “You play with your cars.” Jenna left and Lucas sighed, as he wondered if his mother was ever going to explain things to him.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Thanks so much for the double scoop today, @Karin Schill!

Ray's concern for Jenna and especially Lucas was sweet and long overdue! I can kind of understand Ray's reservations for not attempting to talk to Jenna for the past month or so, but I don't quite understand how he has been able to "ignore" his son for as long as he supposedly has. I hope that it's just because this fanfic has so many characters that we're not able to keep up with everything that's going on with or within each character! I hope that Lucas' wellbeing has been on Ray's mind a lot more than what we've heard of!

Karin, I loved the way you wrote Donna in this scene! Very compassionate and understanding! And it's good to know that Donna did feel a spark of jealousy, since this can only mean one thing: Donna still has a thing for Ray! Oh, please speed up this part a bit! I want for things to progress so much faster when it comes to pairing up Ray and Donna again!

Oh Lucas, my heart just bleeds for you after today's update! It's no wonder that you're so into having a cars bed, a cars curtain, and a cars rug, since neither your mom nor your sister seem to have time for you.

I must say that Randy handled the "Lucas situation" in a good way. It wasn't his place to tell Lucas about his biological father. :cooler: When Jenna didn't pick up on Randy's suggestion to talk to Lucas about his biological heritage, and when she instead just walked away, I just wanted to punch her and shove her back in her son's room! "Jenna, why are you avoiding the truth? How can you turn away from your own son at a time like this?" :thinks: Please allow me to give Jenna a kick in the b***? Or a slap on the cheek? Someone needs to give her a serious reality wake up call! :hair:

Thanks Karin, you wrote Jenna just like I saw her on the show! Selfish and self-centered, ignoring all the signs that are all around her!!!
Please update soon! And thanks once again for the double scoop today!

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin. I still enjoy reading your story everyday. I feel sorry for Bobby and Jenna's son Lucas the most in your story right now. I really hope Lucas gets some answers soon from his mom and his sister to all of his questions that he has about his about his biological father Bobby before he decides to runaway from home and go to Southfork on his own to find Ray and Bobby and to get answers from them about his heritage.

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback.

Ms Southworth, Ray has attempted to talk to Jenna before but he can't get hold of her. He did talk to Lucas after he had arrived at Southfork and then Lucas told him they were going to Gstaad over the summer. But now he can't reach them at either Gstaad or at home and that worries him.

I'm glad you like the way I wrote Donna and you are right, she still has feelings for Ray.
Well I think Jenna was mostly just too stressed out with the move to talk to Lucas at that time. But I'm glad that you actually like the way we wrote Jenna and Randy in this scene. Poor Lucas surely is confused and it's not gonna get any better until he gets to meet Bobby and Ray...

Sanda, I'm glad that you still enjoy reading this story daily.
Yeah Lucas sure doesn't have it easy but I don't think he's inclined to run away to Southfork since he doesn't know how to get there as he can't remember ever visiting it.

Okay so update time and you'll get a double treat tonight too:


Donna was standing outdoors at Southfork, looking out over the paddocks with horses when Margaret and Rebecca came walking up to her. “Mom?” Margaret called her attention.

Donna jumped from the sound of her voice as she had her mind elsewhere and hadn’t even noticed that the girls were walking up to her. “Oh Margaret darling, you scared mommy there.” Donna said. “So what’s on your mind?”

“Well Rebecca and I have been talking and…” Margaret bit her lip.

“We want Margaret to move into my room,” Rebecca said.

Donna looked surprised at them, “You do?”

“Yes we thought since Rebecca’s mom moved in with her dad she has an extra bed and…” Margaret paused, “Would you mind a lot mommy if I didn’t share a room with you?”

“No honey if you want to share a room with your cousin instead. That’s fine,” Donna said.

“Thank you mommy” Margaret smiled and hugged Donna.

“You’re welcome,” Donna said and when she saw her daughter’s happy face Donna looked concerned before she added. “But you do know that we are just here for a visit?”

“Yeah, so I’d like to spend as much time with Cousin Rebecca as I can while we’re here.”

Donna smiled and nodded, “I understand that, however you have considered that Rebecca lives upstairs and your dad and I both have rooms on the bottom floor.”

“It’s not a problem. You live just down the stairs,” Margaret said.

“Well alright, come on I’ll help you move in with Rebecca,” Donna said.

“Yes, we’re gonna be roommates!” Rebecca beamed and the girls made a high five and started jumping up and down in excitement.

 

[Karin]

At Barnes Oil, Jackie buzzed Cliff, “Cliff, Marilee Stone’s here to see you!”

“Thanks Jackie, send her in and then you can go home,” Cliff said.

“Thank you Cliff,” Jackie replied.

Shortly thereafter Marilee walked in through the door of Cliff’s office. “So did he buy it?” Cliff asked impatiently.

“Well hello to you too, Cliff!”

“Sorry I’m just eager to hear how it went!”

Marilee laughed, “You’re eager to cut your losses, that’s what it is!”

“Yeah, yeah, but what did JR say?”

“Well the saying goes that no one fools old JR but we did it!”

Cliff’s facial expression brightened, “You mean he went for it?”

Marilee held up a check and said, “Yes that worthless field is JR’s and here’s your money!”

“Great,” Cliff grinned, as he took the check. But then he looked at the check and his expression changed as he went on, “Hey wait a minute, there’s 500 000 dollars missing from the amount!”

“Yes of course,” Marilee replied. “That’s to cover my drilling costs!”

“Oh right,” Cliff sighed. “I forgot.” Cliff walked over towards his drinking cabinet and poured two drinks.

“Well I might be stuck with a losers deal but I ain’t gonna lose a dime on it!”

“Of course not,” Cliff handed Marilee a drink. “So when will you start drilling?”

“As soon as possible,” Marilee replied.

“Good, because I can hardly wait until you do. I mean JR can drill all the way to China without finding a drop of oil.” Cliff smiled satisfied, before he raised his glass and they toasted to their success.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Beautiful scene with Donna and the girls! Absolutely loved it! Happy to see Margaret and Rebecca sharing a room! What a great experience for them ... Almost like being at summer camp ... chatting the night away ... being told time and time again to be quiet ... LOL ... I can't wait to hear more about this! Oh, and wait ... ... maybe Becky could join them for a weekend???

And then the business meeting with Cliff and Marilee! Great scene! :wink@ I can't help but wonder who's fooling who here! I love feeling the suspence and having no idea which way this storyline is going! :cooler: Great job, Karin and Jenny!
Thanks so much for the double scoop today! :loveit: Please update sooner rather than later!

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback Ms Southworth.
You are right that it'll be a good experience for the girls to share a room, especially since they have both been raised as an only child so far. So it's good for them to learn how to share things.

I'm glad you love the suspence of the "dry oil field" plot. It will have a pay off some time further down the line...

Then here's tonight's update:


Later that evening at Ewing Oil, JR had stayed at the office for an important business meeting. He looked a bit annoyed at his watch, as he wondered why he had agreed to scheduling the meeting that late in the day as he was going to miss dinner. Then finally his secretary buzzed him, “JR a Mr. Parker is here to see you.”

“Send him in and then you can go home for the day,” JR said.

“Thank you JR!” Sly smiled.

JR stood up behind his desk when the door opened and Tom Parker walked in. JR went to meet him and they shook hands. “Mr. Ewing. I’m Tom Parker.”

“JR Ewing, nice to meet you,” JR said, as he looked around. “So where’s Mrs. Parker?” JR asked. “I thought she was coming with you.”

“Oh my wife will be right with us. She just went to the ladies room,” Tom explained.

“Okay so how about a drink?” JR asked. But Tom shook his head. “Okay don't mind if I do,” JR said and poured himself a bourbon and branch. He then turned around to face Tom and said, “So Mr. Parker what’s the deal you have for me?”

“Well it’s not your usual deal. It’s a little on the illegal side but very profitable, for us and our partners,” Tom said.

“And what makes you think I’m interested in that kind of deal?” JR asked suspiciously, as he sized up the other man. He was tall, rather well built, with blond hair and a dangerous look in his blue eyes. Something told JR that guy was not to be messed with.

“I’ve been told you don’t necessarily care about the law if something needs to be done.”

“Okay you’ve got my attention, so tell me what the deal is.”

“Alright, you see me and my wife have a tanker ship that is designed to sink other tankers,” Tom revealed.

“Excuse me?”

“We let rich companies pay us to get rid of their competition,” Tom clarified for JR. “We think you would be an ideal partner. Don’t you have any enemies whose tankers you’d love to see sink to the bottom of the ocean?”

“Well that would be Cliff Barnes at Barnes Oil’s tanker but…”

“Just what I was hoping to hear JR,” said a familiar voice.

JR turned to look at the door where Pam’s sister Katherine was standing, as she’d just appeared. “Katherine?!” JR exclaimed, as he dropped his chin as she was about the last person he had expected to see show up at his office. “Katherine Wentworth?”

“Katherine Parker these days but yeah it’s me!” Katharine confirmed and JR felt a bit nervous by her presence. After all the woman had tried to kill his brother Bobby so he knew she was not to be trusted. JR drowned the rest of his drink in one gulp to steady his nerves before he put the glass down on the table.

“I didn’t expect to see you back in Dallas,” JR said uneasily and as Katharine walked into the room, JR opened a drawer in his desk to check that his gun was in the right place.

“Well I guess I got a bit homesick!” Katharine said. “So I thought I’d show my hubby where I used to live.” Katherine put a hand on Tom’s chest, as she stood by him.

“I don’t get it, why would you wanna be partners with me?” JR asked. “And why the hell do you think I want to do business with you?”

“Because we still want the same thing,” Katherine paused, “To bring down Cliff.”

“You are not wrong about that,” JR admitted, “Still why should I trust you?”

“What’s the matter JR are you afraid CIA might shut down your operation again?” Tom taunted him.

JR raised an eyebrow, as this man was obviously more dangerous than he first had given him credit for. No wonder they wanted to have the meeting in the evening. “You know about that?”

“Yeah,” Tom nodded.

JR took that in as Katherine went on, “Besides I read in the paper Bobby has found Pam again, that awful woman. I’m sure you want nothing more than to separate them again.”

“You know me,” JR said. “Actually I’m working on it.”

“You know I’d do anything to help.”

“Really?” JR grinned, as a plan started to form in his head. It was a crazy one but it might work. “Prove it,” he challenged Katherine.

“How?”

“By posing as Rebecca’s mother!”

“Rebecca who?” Katherine played dumb.

Tom rolled his eyes at her before saying, “Enough nonsense, know why I’m here?!”

“Yeah to sink tankers,” JR said.

“He handles that part of the business. I really shouldn’t be seen at your office,” Katherine said. “So tell me more about this Rebecca…”

“Well according to Pam she is Bobby’s biological daughter. I don’t believe a word of it and that is why I have arranged to have a blood test taken on Rebecca. So we can do a DNA sample and compare it to Bobby and Pam’s. But the hospital won’t allow such a test to be done unless her parents come with her to the doctors. So that’s where you come in. You can pretend to be her mom,” JR explained.

“Oh I don’t know if I like it,” Tom frowned at the idea. “That sounds risky to me.”

But Katherine smiled, “Nah, I think it sounds perfect, so what’s our reason for doing the test?”

“Well we need to make sure the child doesn’t have any infections since she’s recently been to South America…” JR went on filling in Katherine and Tom about his plans for Rebecca.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great scene ... ... although I'm nervous about what's going to happen next! :thinks:

JR, Katherine, Tom ... neither of them can be trusted based on past behavior!

What a dishonest way to make a living ... sinking ships for money! :mo: And I have to wonder why Katherine implied that she didn't know who Rebecca was!

Poor Rebecca! I do hope that she will fight tooth and nail to avoid having a DNA-test done in this way!

Lots of questions just hanging in the air ... we need another update ASAP, @Karin Schill ... ... PLEASE!

 

[Presea]

I loved the cute big brother moment with Lucas and Randy. Randy is such a nice guy! And he seems to be the only one who is taking Lucas' problems seriously at the moment. I hope that Jenna will explain things to Lucas.

The scene with Cliff and Marilee was interesting, because now I don't know who is working for who anymore!

I love the Ray and Donna stuff. Donna, you should know that you have nothing to be jealous of! I think that Jenna knows that her marriage isn't going anywhere. And it's cute how Rebecca and Margaret are besties!

As for the long-awaited Katherine scene....Holy s***! JR should NOT want this deal! And I can't believe that he thinks his blood test scheme will work just because he uses Katherine. Katherine is not Rebecca's mommy! I was surprised by JR and Katherine's reactions to each other, though. They almost seem like old pals, and it almost sort of seemed like JR respected her. But there is something to be said for having common enemies. However, a lot of JR's willingness is probably attributed to the scary as heck Tom. No wonder JR checked to make sure his gun was still there! The weird thing about Tom is that while he has no problem doing all sorts of illegal stuff, he is actually quite sensible when it comes to wanting to steer Katherine away from her ridiculous revenge plans. I just hope that JR doesn't get into any legal trouble here. After the events of season 10 (dvd), he really should know better. Either way, he is gonna be in big trouble with Bobby and Pam. Great scene, and I can't wait to see where it all goes. Especially what Wendy's role might be.

 

[Presea]

Please give Bobby a break! :cooler:

@Presea: You've never used "tactics" or charm to get help from somebody? Change a tire? Put up a lamp? Carry heavy boxes? As far as I'm concerned, Bobby just played it safe by bringing Pam! He could probably have landed the deal himself, but if Pam's presense helped land the deal quicker, then ... ... Good for Ewing Oil! ... LOL ...

Alright, I will give Bobby a break here. He only sort of wanted to use Pam for business stuff way back in season 2 (dvd). And he redeemed himself in a big way when he decided to put Pam first by telling her that she should go to Paris instead for her business trip with The Store. Cliff was the really the one who was bad about using Pam for deals.

 

[Presea]

Great scene ... ... although I'm nervous about what's going to happen next! :thinks:

JR, Katherine, Tom ... neither of them can be trusted based on past behavior!

What a dishonest way to make a living ... sinking ships for money! :mo: And I have to wonder why Katherine implied that she didn't know who Rebecca was!

Poor Rebecca! I do hope that she will fight tooth and nail to avoid having a DNA-test done in this way!

Lots of questions just hanging in the air ... we need another update ASAP, @Karin Schill ... ... PLEASE!

I completely agree here. They could have just proposed an honest deal with JR here. And I wish that Katherine would get off this revenge kick. Cliff and Pam aren't even in her life anymore, so what does she care? I really think that Katherine needs counseling for this. Or she should talk to Pam so that they could understand more. In fact, I don't understand why she even visited Pam at all back then? Was she starting to like her and now just brought up the old grudge just because she knows she is back with Bobby? It just seems weird for her to relapse after all of those years.

 

[Ray&Donna]

Katherine and J.R.--always a dangerous duo! :eck:

 

[Presea]

Katherine and J.R.--always a dangerous duo! :eck:

They would have made one hot couple, scheming away all of the time.

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback.

Ms Southworth, you are so right when you say that neither one of them can be trusted. Why Katherine implied that she didn't know about Rebecca was because she doesn't want JR to know about her involvement in Pam's disappearance from the hospital.

Presea, I'm glad that you think Randy's a nice guy and that you love the Ray and Donna stuff.
You are so right when you say that JR shouldn't want the deal with Tom and Katherine. Yet they do have an in common enemy...
There is more to Tom than meets the eye. But you won't get to know about his backstory until lots later.

I think the reason why Katherine is still out for revenge on Cliff is because she blames him for her mother's death. Katherine is still hurting from this loss since it was after her mother died that her life spiralled out of control. None of that probably would have happened if Rebecca hadn't died. She believes that her mother would still have been alive if it hadn't been for Cliff and even if it's been 12 years by now she hasn't been able to forgive Clifff for it. Katherine's relationship with Pam is more complicated though since in a way she sort of likes her. But at the same time she doesn't want Pam to be with Bobby. Not that she has a good reason for that but oh well.

JR and Katherine could have made one hot couple if it hadn't been for that JR belongs with Sue Ellen!

Tommie, true that JR and Katherine are a dangerous duo. From past experience we know that when they decide to collaborate on their schemes you can expect trouble...

Okay so it's time for tonight's update:


The next day at Southfork, Miss Ellie, Clayton, JR, Sue Ellen, John Ross, Christopher, Rebecca, Donna, Ray and Margaret were gathered at the lunch table. Miss Ellie smiled as she observed her family small talk happily. It made her heart good to see them all get along. Even JR was really trying to be on his best behavior and it made her glad. JR turned to John Ross and said, “So son, how is your schoolwork coming along?”

John Ross sighed, “It’s moving forward but it’s a hell of a lot of work.”

“Well of course since you neglected school for several weeks,” Sue Ellen remarked.

“I was trying to catch up with my family,” John Ross defended himself. “So dad when can I go with you to the office?”

“John Ross we’ve been through this before, not until after you’ve finished your schoolwork!”

“Oh man,” John Ross sighed.

“I know, groundings suck,” Christopher agreed.

“So roomie, what are we doing this afternoon?” Rebecca asked Margaret.

“Well roommate, maybe we can go riding with my parents,” Margaret replied.

“Oh honey, I’m sorry but we can’t,” Donna replied.

“Why not?” Margaret asked.

“Well your mom and dad have graciously offered to accompany me to Fort Worth this afternoon,” Clayton explained.

“What’s in Fort Worth?” Rebecca asked.

“Cattle auctions,” Ray replied. “You girls are welcome to join us.”

Margaret and Rebecca exchanged a look, “I don’t know dad,” Margaret hesitated before she turned to Miss Ellie. “Are you going too Ma’am?”

“No, I’m staying at home this time,” Miss Ellie replied.

“So am I, cattle auctions sounds smelly!” Rebecca frowned.

“Well Rebecca if you don’t wanna go there, why don’t I take you into town this afternoon?” JR asked.

“You want to spend time with me?” Rebecca was puzzled by the proposition, as she had gotten the impression that her uncle JR didn’t like her much.

“Sure you’re my favorite brother’s only daughter. So I thought it was about time that I’d get to know you a little better,” JR gave Rebecca a fake smile.

Luckily the little girl couldn’t tell that he was being insincere so she just said, “Okay uncle JR.”

Sue Ellen gave JR a suspicious glance as she couldn’t figure out why he was being all nice to Pam’s daughter.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great update, @Karin Schill! :loveit:

I loved that Miss Ellie took a moment to cheerish her family!

I also loved listening to the teenage boys complaining about school work and grounding! :lolo:

Rebecca and Margaret were real cute! It suits Margaret's personality to a t to put Rebecca in her place in regards to the roomie / room mate terminology! The same goes when Margaret calls Miss Ellie for "ma'm").

Yippi ... cattle auctions!!! I do hope that we will hear more about this event in the updates to come! It's just so "Dallas"-like!

Poor Rebecca! She will be so disappointed when she finds out about JR's true agenda!

JR and his fake smile! Now who doesn't remember that? I'm glad that Sue Ellen noticed that JR is up to something! I wonder if she will spy on him?

Please update soon! I want to know how things work out!