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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 38751" data-attributes="member: 57167">At that moment Pam’s car pulled up on the Southfork driveway and Pam and Sue Ellen stepped out of it with all their shopping bags. As they started walking towards the house they soon realized that something was not right, as they could hear the sound of a child crying. It was Rebecca who had started crying again from the shock. “Look Pam!” Sue Ellen pointed towards the pool. “It looks like something’s wrong!” She exclaimed, as they spotted their children standing over by the pool.Pam could feel her heart ache when she recognized her daughter’s crying. “Oh My God it’s Rebecca!” Pam exclaimed before she dropped the shopping bags and started running towards the pool, closely followed by Sue Ellen. “Rebecca!” Pam called out as she approached the pool.“Mommy!” Rebecca exclaimed, as she broke free from Bobby’s arms and ran over to her mother who took her into her arms and tried to soothe her.Watching them Christopher had to look away, since it hurt too much to see his mother with Rebecca.Feeling her daughter’s wet body pressed against her own Pam felt alarmed, “Rebecca what’s happened to you?” Pam looked worriedly at her daughter, “You’re all wet!”“I…oh mommy it was…so awful…” Rebecca cried, as she was too shocked to give her mother a coherent answer.Sue Ellen, who had spotted Bobby sitting on the ground all wet, asked him, “Bobby what’s happened to you?”“Oh you’d better ask Christopher and John Ross,” Bobby said before he stood up.  Sue Ellen turned her attention to her son, “John Ross! What have you’ve done?” But John Ross only looked down and refused to answer her. Sue Ellen then looked at Christopher and realizing that he had tears on his cheeks she asked him, “Christopher, what’s the matter?” But her nephew just looked away.Pam, who was still cradling her wet daughter in her arms, saw Bobby approaching them and said, “Bobby, what’s happened to Rebecca?” Pam looked questioningly at him. “I come home and she’s so upset that she can’t even speak. That’s not like her.”Looking into Pam’s brown eyes Bobby felt like a deer caught in headlights as the last thing he felt like was trying to explain to his ex-wife how their son had tried to kill their daughter. But knowing that there was no way around it he took a deep breath before he started explaining, “Um…I’m sorry Pam…but…”At that moment JR, Mitch and Lucy came running out of the house carrying blankets, Mitch called out, “Okay so the important thing is to get her temperature back to normal!”“Got it,” Lucy replied, as she ran over to Pam and Rebecca and wrapped a blanket around the shaking girl’s shoulders.“What’s going on?” Pam asked worriedly.“Haven’t anybody told you, Rebecca’s almost drowned!” Lucy replied.“What?” Pam dropped her chin.“Yeah the poor kid came up all blue and everything,” JR confirmed.“Oh My God, Rebecca are you ok?” Pam asked, as she cradled her daughter tighter to her, trying to warm her up.“Yes mom but I was so scared …” Rebecca started sobbing again.“Hush Rebecca, mommy’s here,” Pam said soothingly.“But I thought they were going to kill me…” Rebecca sobbed.This comment puzzled Pam but before she had a chance to ask Rebecca what she meant by that, Mitch sat down next to them and asked, “Can I have a look at her?”“Mitch is a doctor you know?” Lucy said.“Sure,” Pam said and as Mitch started to check Rebecca’s vital signs Pam turned to Bobby and said, “I still don’t understand what she was doing in the pool?” “Christopher and John Ross…um…” Bobby looked away as he couldn’t stand looking into Pam’s eyes. “They um…threw Rebecca into the pool,” he finally got it all out.Pam felt sick to her stomach when she heard that and a part of her just couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Then she could feel the rage grow inside of her until it boiled over and she unleashed her anger on her son. “Christopher! What the hell were you thinking?” Pam asked. “Are you out of your mind?”“No Mama, I’m sorry but she was bugging us about the doll and we thought she could swim and…” Christopher broke down crying.For a split second Pam felt torn between her love for her daughter and her son. A part of her wanted to hug him and tell him that everything was going to be okay, like she had done when he was a little boy. But she didn’t dare to as the teenager who stood before her was not the same boy that she had left. Since the Christopher I knew would never try to kill his sister. I can’t believe this is what’s become of him!Pam closed her eyes to gather her strength before she went on, “That still doesn’t forgive what you’ve done. I mean God Christopher I can’t believe how you could do this to Rebecca. I mean she could have been killed and after everything I went through to give her life…”“I said I’m sorry and I don’t want her to die, I…” Christopher interrupted her.“I hope you mean that, still I thought we had taught you more sense than to throw your sister into the pool!” “But Mama that’s just it, you haven’t been around to teach me anything since I was six.  You left me remember!” Christopher yelled.His words made Pam feel a little guilty. What if he is right? What if this is my fault for leaving? Pam bit her lip, as she could see Bobby walking up to their son and putting a comforting hand around his shoulder. “It’s alright Christopher, I know this is hard on you but don’t cry. Everything’s going to be alright and we know you didn’t mean to hurt Rebecca, right Pam?”“Right,” Pam reluctantly agreed. Before they all went silent. None of them could think of anything else to say so they just stood there looking at each other, their position locked as an awkward silence appeared. In the silence they could hear Sue Ellen and John Ross argue in the background. “But mom I’ve told you that she was very annoying and we thought she could swim!” “Still that’s not an excuse for throwing her into the pool. I’m ashamed of you John Ross!”“But why Mama?” John Ross asked. “I mean dad and Uncle Bobby fights in the pool all the time that’s what we do in our family.”Sue Ellen threw JR a chilly glance but he just said, “Don’t look at me.”“Okay John Ross, you may have a point,” Sue Ellen sighed. “Now go to your room. We’ll talk about this later.”“Okay mama,” John Ross sighed, before he walked towards his room.Sue Ellen then walked up to Bobby and Pam and said, “Bobby, Pam, I’m so sorry for what John Ross did. He should have known better.”“Well that’s to be expected from John Ross, I mean he’s just like his father,” Pam snapped. “Hey wait a minute now. I never had anybody killed and I never wanted anything to happen to your little girl!” JR objected. “Tell her Bob!”Bobby sighed before he said, “JR’s right Pam. He does care about Rebecca!” “Like hell he does!” Pam argued. Sue Ellen who didn’t want to be in the middle of an argument tugged at JR's arm, “Come on JR. Let’s go inside so we can talk.”“Good idea Sue Ellen, here’s so much tension that you can’t hear what you think,” JR replied and the two of them disappeared into the house leaving Christopher and Rebecca in the middle of an argument between their parents. “What do you mean you don’t believe him?” Bobby argued. “JR is not all that bad Pam!”“Oh so you honestly believe that uncle JR actually cares about our kids?” “Well he cares about me,” Christopher spoke up. Pam sighed, “Oh this is just great. Now you’re ganging up on me, father and son team huh?” “Yes and what’s wrong with that?” Bobby argued. “I mean for so many years it was just Christopher and me…” “That’s true but I’m back now and I really think that…”“But what if we don’t want you back?” Christopher yelled at Pam. “Christopher,” Pam said shocked, as his words felt like a kick in the stomach. Bobby looked troubled from his son to his ex-wife and said, “I think you two needs to talk, but this is not the time or place. So Christopher why don’t you go to your room and I’ll be with you in a minute?”“Okay dad,” Christopher nodded before he walked away.After he had gone Bobby turned his attention back to Pam and said, “I’m sorry Pam, but you had it coming.”“I had it coming?”“Yes you were the one who left us and do you have any idea what that’s done to Christopher?”“No not really,” Pam felt the guilt trip coming on. But then she decided to push it away and put the blame elsewhere, “But I can see it hasn’t done him any good and it looks to me like you haven’t done such a good job at raising him!”Bobby felt like he’d just gotten a cold shower. I can’t believe the nerve of that woman. She leaves me alone to raise our son and then she comes back and blames me for not doing a good enough job. How dare she?“I can’t believe you just said that!” Bobby said in disbelief. “That you have the guts to tell me how I should raise my son after everything that you put us through…”“Yeah but you know why I did it and I still think that what the boys did today was totally irresponsible. Rebecca can’t swim and…”“But they didn’t know that.”“Figures that you’d side with the boys, after all you Ewing men are all the same and…”“Stop it!” Rebecca screamed. Her voice caught her parents off guard but she did get their attention so she went on, “I don’t like it when you argue.”“But Rebecca honey I was only trying to explain to your dad why I think that your brother was out of line when he threw you into the pool…”“I know that mommy, but please don’t yell at daddy. It’s not his fault they threw me in and if it hadn’t been for daddy I’d be dead.”“What do you mean you’d be dead?” Pam asked confused.“Daddy was the one who saved me,” Rebecca spelled it out for her and in that moment Pam felt like an ass.“You did?” Pam asked, as she searched for the truth in Bobby’s eyes.  “Yeah of course I saved her,” Bobby nodded.“Oh…that explains why you’re soaking wet, you went into the pool after her?”“Exactly and I can’t believe that you’d even have to ask me that. I mean she’s our daughter and I love her so of course I’d jump into the pool after her, I mean what else could I do?”“Oh Bobby, I don’t know what to say…I…” Pam looked down for a moment before she managed to find her tongue. “I’m so sorry for yelling at you. It’s just that when I think about what could have happened to Rebecca I kind of lost my mind…”“You don’t have to explain anything to me, I know…”“You do?”“Yeah, I don’t want to lose her anymore than you do.”“And you’re not going to lose her,” Pam promised. “Whatever happens between us, I won’t take your child away from you.”“Thanks,” Bobby replied before a tense silence lingered between them as they both wondered just what their future had in store for them.Maybe he doesn’t want me back after all. He says he’s forgiven me for leaving, but yet he doesn’t act like he really has, Pam realized sadly.I can’t believe that woman. She’s impossible and yet I love her. Why do I love her when she does nothing to deserve it? Bobby sighed.Rebecca looked from one parent to the other, “So does this mean that you’re not going to get back together?”Rebecca’s innocent question really threw them since none of them could answer it, as they simply didn’t know what would happen next. So eventually Pam dodged the question by asking another question, “Rebecca honey, are you sure that you are alright?”“Yeah maybe we ought to take you to the hospital or something?” Bobby suggested.“No I don’t wanna go to the hospital,” Rebecca objected. “I am fine!”“Are you sure?” Pam asked.“Yes, really mom, I am fine,” Rebecca insisted.Bobby then turned to Mitch and said, “Mitch, what do you think?” “Well she seems to be doing okay, given the circumstances,” Mitch said, as he had finished examining Rebecca. “Still I would recommend you to take her to the hospital for a more throughout check up.” “Okay, thanks Mitch we’ll do that,” Bobby said.“Yeah but first you need to get out of those wet clothes, Pam said.For a moment Bobby thought she was talking to him, but then he realized that she was talking to Rebecca. So he just said, “Yeah I need to change too before we go to the hospital.”“You’re coming with us to the hospital?” Pam asked.“Well of course, she’s my daughter too!” Bobby insisted and Pam smiled a little at that, before they hurried inside the house. Mitch shook his head as he looked after them and Lucy quipped, “Well there's never a dull moment here at Southfork!”</blockquote>

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