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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 71157" data-attributes="member: 57167">Thank you everyone for the feedback. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Ms Southworth, I am glad that you still love this story and that there's so many things in the dialogue that you find funny. I think the humor in Dallas really comes from knowing the characters. If you know the characters certain situations will become funny just because. I'm sure you know what I mean. :wink@Maybe that's why Dallas TNT lacked humor most of the time, because the showrunner and writers didn't know the characters as well as they should. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />Miss Texas 1967, I look forward to when you've caught up properly. In the meantime I am glad that you enjoy the JR and Rebecca scenes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />You are all right that JR usually likes kids and whether he likes it or not Rebecca has started to worm her way into his heart. Okay so here's tonight's update: Ray and Clayton were out working the ranch, moving some cattle together by horse, at another part of the property. They were talking as they worked. “Ah it sure is good to be out on the ranch like this,” Ray grinned. “I sure missed it when I was in Italy.”“Yeah there’s nothing like working the ranch,” Clayton agreed. He then hesitated for a moment before he went on. “Although I must say I was surprised to hear that you and Jenna have separated.” Ray grimaced and Clayton continued. “I thought that the two of you would stay together for the rest of your lives.”“I know. So did I,” Ray said sadly. “I guess sometimes things don’t work out the way we’ve planned them.”“So what happened?” Clayton asked.“It’s a long story.”“I’ve got time, so did you two have an argument?”“Not exactly.”“So what happened then?” Clayton prompted. “Too tell you the truth, I am not even sure myself,” Ray sighed. “I guess I just missed Texas.”“Well if that’s the case why didn’t you just relocate here as a family?”“Jenna likes it in Italy,” Ray sighed. “Lucas does too. It’s all he’s ever known.” Ray looked longingly into the horizon. “I really miss him now though. He’s such a car-crazy little boy,” Ray said warmly. “I know he’s not really my son, but it feels like he is.”“I can understand that, I feel the same way about Dusty.”“Right I almost forgot that he isn't your son.”“Well Amy and I were the ones that raised him. So, in all the ways that count, Dusty is my son. Just like Lucas is your son Ray.”“I’m glad that you can see that. Miss Ellie asked me this morning if Lucas was anything like Bobby,” Ray sighed.“And it bugged you?”“Yeah,” Ray nodded. “I guess that’s why we moved away really. Since it was too hard for Jenna to live so close to Bobby…”“I see, so you don’t think she’s over him?”“I don’t know,” Ray sighed. “I guess he has a piece of her that I can’t touch. Still Bobby’s not really the problem though.”“Then what is?”“Charlie,” Ray sighed. “She doesn’t like me much.”“Are you sure that you’re not over reacting?”“I am sure. When we were first married I tried too hard to be her father. I gave her rules and we were arguing all the time. Then I had her sent off to boarding school. I don’t think she has forgiven me for that.”“I’m sure she must have.”“I don’t think so,” Ray said sadly. “Anyway I haven’t seen that much of her since she moved back to the US to go to college,” Ray sighed. “Just for some holidays.”“So if she hasn’t really lived with you for years, what’s the problem then?”“That Jenna is always taking her side. I mean every discussion we have about her is always turning out the same.”“How do you mean?” Clayton frowned.“Jenna sides with Charlie,” Ray explained. “Like for instance I really wanted to go to Charlie’s graduation from Berkley this spring but Jenna said that Charlie didn’t want me to come.” Clayton made a face and Ray added. “So I didn’t go.”“Ouch, that must have hurt,” Clayton said.“It did,” Ray acknowledged. “The worst part is that it’s been the same ever since she first moved to the US. Every time I’ve suggested that we should go visit Charlie at college Jenna has always said no and gone alone. If I didn’t know better I’d say they were trying to hide something from me…”“I am sorry. I had no idea that things were so bad between you.”“They are. I mean I know that Charlie’s an adult now and I came into her life too late to be a real father to her. But it still hurts.”“That’s understandable,” Clayton said before he went on. “Also I don’t mean to butt in but don’t you think that your marriage is strong enough to survive the problems you’ve had with Charlie?”“Maybe, I know Lucas does bind us together. But I don’t know if I can go back to Italy. I felt like I was suffocating over there.”“And if you moved here?”“Then we might have a chance,” Ray agreed.“I am glad to hear that,” Clayton said. “I wouldn’t worry too much about it if I were you. I mean as long as the love you have for each other is strong, things will work themselves out, you’ll see.”“I hope so. Even though to be honest I think that’s a part of the problem.”“What is?”“That our love has never been that strong. I mean we were friends before we married.”“That’s not a bad thing, Ellie and I started out as friends too and look how well we are doing?”“That’s true, but you didn’t get married when you were on the rebound. Jenna and I are only together because Bobby and Donna left us and that gave us a shaky start that didn’t get any better with all the conflicts with Charlie. So I feel like our love has never had a chance to grow that strong,” Ray explained. “But you still sleep together, right?” “We did,” Ray admitted. “Even though I must admit that things have never been the same between Jenna and me as it was between Donna and me.” “Well of course not, you and Donna were a real love match,” Clayton agreed. “Yeah, we were just head over heels,” Ray reminisced. “It was passionate” Ray smiled, as he remembered some of the good times. “But it also ran hot and cold a lot. Maybe it’s because we weren’t very alike. At first it didn’t matter since we were so in love. But then it caught up with us and towards the end we were just arguing all the time and then before I knew it she had moved to Washington and divorced me even though she was pregnant with my child,” Ray said bitterly.  “I know how much that hurt you,” Clayton remembered. “It did…” Ray said sadly. “For a while I couldn’t forgive her. Then Margaret was born and she just bound us together for life. I feel like I’ve missed out too much on her childhood though.” “I’m sure it’s good to see her now though?” “It’s wonderful,” Ray said. “It’s amazing how much that child takes after her mother.” “That she does,” Clayton agreed. “Speaking of Donna, how are things between you now?” “Good, all the bitterness between us is gone. We are having a good time together with our daughter. It’s beginning to feel like we are a real family.”  “That’s good, so do you still love her?” Clayton asked bluntly and Ray grimaced, as the question really threw him.  He’d spent a lot of time with Donna this summer and yet in all the time they’d spent together he hadn’t even allowed himself to think about it. But now when he did the answer was pretty clear to him. “I think a part of me will always love Donna,” Ray sighed. “Even though a part of me wishes that I didn’t, since it sure complicates things between me and Jenna. Especially now when Donna’s divorced from that Dowling guy.”Clayton raised an eyebrow in surprise, as this was the first he'd heard about it,  “Oh so she’s divorced now?”“Yeah, happened about a year ago.” “That’s interesting, so what do you think that means for you and Donna?” Clayton asked.  “I don’t know…all I know is that I’m married to Jenna.” “And if you weren’t, do you think something might happen between you and Donna?” “Clayton if you don’t mind I really don’t feel like discussing what could have been.” “Okay,” Clayton nodded, before he looked at his watch and went on. “Oh it’s getting late, we better return to the ranch right away. I promised Ellie we’d be back for lunch today.” “You’re right, we’d better head back,” Ray agreed, before they rode off towards the ranch.</blockquote>

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