Cole turns himself in and John lets James go.
Rex talks to Bo about Echo and the necklace. Bo tells Rex he needs to pursue the mystery of the necklace. He offers to help Rex by bringing her in for questioning, but Rex tells Bo how he actually got into Echo's room to see the necklace in the first place; and that Echo threatened to press charges. [You can imagine Bo's reaction to that bit of news.]
Ford runs into Jessica and Brody as he is checking out of the hospital. They are there for the paternity test. Jessica keeps Brody from getting completely in Ford's face about who the father is going to be, no matter what; but Ford expresses concern for the risk involved for the baby, in doing the amnio-test, especially if the paternity doesn't matter.
Natalie is also at the hospital for her paternity test. She runs into Marty who is just as hostile as she was before. The Chief of Staff passes by and reminds Marty she has a hearing scheduled for noon with the Review Board in "the Hannah O'Connor matter." She replies, "Ill be there." Marty tells Natalie she might actually lose her job over Hannah and Natalie says, "Oh!" Marty's response: "Oh? Is that all you've got?" Then Marty receives a phone call.
When Brody sees Natalie's name on the sign-in sheet, he goes into her examine room. Natalie tells the doctor Brody is a friend, and it is okay for him to stay. They look at the baby on the monitor during the ultra sound and he holds her hand during the procedure. Then, he goes into Jessica's exam room and does the same thing! [Can you even imagine what Dr. Wright must be thinking?!?]
As Cole is being handcuffed and John reads him his rights, Starr comes rushing into the station and says, "Cole, you can't do this." Starr gets on her knees and begs Cole to reconsider. When they are preparing to take him to his cell, she doesn't want to leave him. It is a very sad day for these two young parents.
Nora asks John to hold off on the booking, until she can figure out a charge that won't send Cole to prison for the rest of his life; then she calls Marty to let her know Cole has turned himself in. When Marty arrives, she tells John she's surprise Natalie didn't trip over herself getting to the station to see her suffer. John wants to know where she saw Natalie, and she tells him, at the hospital. John calls Natalie to see if everything is okay and she tells him she just stopped by to pick up vitamins—same story she gave when she ran into Jessica.
Marty gets Cole set up with an attorney, but she has to get back to the hospital for the Review Board meeting. Just as she is passing the OB exam rooms, she overhears Natalie asking the nurse how long it be before she will know the DNA results, and you can tell Marty is making a mental note of that information. [You know it won't be long before she blurts out that tidbit to John!! Either that, or she will deliberately alter the DNA test in some way, so that it will show Brody to be the father instead of John. Oh-oh! Look for a new drama to develop soon.]
Bo and Nora discuss Cole's charges, and they both feel they have to go for the maximum; otherwise the judge could see it much differently and refuse to accept the charges. She concedes that if the defense attorney argues for other consideration, she won't object to it. Bo is in agreement.
Viki talks to Charlie about Echo. He starts to get on her case again, but she asks him to at least hear her out. She tells him about the book and the love letters, and explains that Rick and Lili are fictional characters in an old western novel. Charlie is still not getting the connection and wants Viki to "just let this go." Viki persists and Charlie wants to know what her theory is. Viki concludes that it is possible Echo is Rex's mother or she knows his mother. Charlie asks Viki, "Well, if Echo is Rex's mother, then who is his father?" Viki just looks at Charlie.
Clint and Echo continue their conversation, but Clint isn't really interested in hearing about Echo's son until she says, "Clint, my son is Rex Balsam." Clint doesn't believe Rex is Echo's son and wants to know WHY she would think that. She says, "Viki, of all people." She told her about the Rick and Lili letters and it all came together.
She tells Clint the story and then says, "How can you be so dense!" Clint wants to know why Echo left Llanview in the first place instead sticking around to try to get her hands on some Buchanan money. She says she didn't know she was pregnant. She tells the story about her ex-boyfriend and how he wanted to get money from Clint, but she was more interested in coming back to Llanview to share the joy with Clint.
When she went to Llanfair, she overheard Clint and Viki reconciling and knew she could not tell Clint. So she left the baby at the Llanview Hospital, drove out of town, and never looked back. Clint says "That is the biggest load of crap I ever heard."
She confronts Clint about forging the letters and he finally gives in and admits he did. Echo wants to know why, and Clint says, "I did whatever it took to make sure that little bastard, Rex, didn't find out he was my son."
Dun, dun, da.....
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