Madam Mayor vs. Clint the Jerk
Scary Dad vs. Keystone Cop
Hot DA vs. Hot Assistant
Psycho Marty vs. Everyone
Natalie and Jessica are at Llanfair, separately waiting for their test results, but nothing yet. Viki enters the living room, happy to see the two of them together because she wants to tell them both something. She tells them what was revealed at the party about Echo and her son; and that the father in question might be Clint. They get all excited when they realize they might have a half sibling and what to know "do we know this person?" Viki drops the bomb that Echo's baby is Rex!! Both girls are thrilled. Natalie talks about how they always thought Roxy was their mother and now, they might REALLY be brother and sister. She adds, "How fantastic is that!" Viki goes to the lab to meet Charlie.
Echo is at the clinic to do the DNA tests, but no one else is there yet. She calls Clint, but he says he is too busy; and besides, he is positive he is NOT Rex Balsam's father. He tells her to stick with the original story. She tells him she already feels guilty about what she is doing to Charlie. Charlie arrives just then and overhears her conversation. He wants to know what it is that Echo feels guilty about. She continues to spin the story about her pregnancy. When she came to Llanview (to supposedly tell Charlie about the baby) and found out Charlie had lost his son Jared, she didn't want to get his hopes up until she could find out if her son was even still alive. Charlie says he can understand that, but he is already getting his hopes up. He tells Echo about when he pretended to be Rex's father as a favor to Roxy and how he actually started to get very attached to Rex. Even though he knows that no one can replace Jared, he is hoping that Rex really is his son. Echo says she understands and she hugs Charlie. Viki arrives just then and has to witness their intimacy.
Dorian drops in on Clint at his office to needle him about the DNA test. Clint reiterates his side of the story about Echo's son and that he believes Charlie is Rex's father. Dorian wants to know why Echo would keep half of the heart necklace and leave the other half with the abandoned baby, if it were really Charlie's baby. Clint says he doesn't know anything about the necklace, but Dorian reminds Clint she SAW him with the other half of the heart necklace. He tells her, no, she saw him with a necklace he was planning to give to Inez and he shows it to her. She says, she knows what she saw. Dorian leaves Clint's office and Clint leaves for the lab. But Dorian knows Clint is lying, so she doubles back, and enters Clint's office to look around.
Bo goes over to see Eddie Ford. Eddie assumes Bo is Inez's boyfriend. He explains she is his assistant. Eddie says, well, he hasn't broken any laws. Bo suggests that "someone" gave his son, Bobby one hell of a beating. Eddie says he doesn't have any beef with the boys. Bo says, "That's good."
Eddie tries to put ideas in Bo's head about his ex-wife and the stories she keeps telling about him and that he shouldn't believe a word of it. He just can't leave things well enough alone though, and just before Bo leaves, he asks him how Bo's wife feels about Inez. That pushed the situation too far. Bo tells Eddie, the next time he is driving around Llanview and he looks in his rear view mirror, he will see HIM or one of his men; because he is going to be watching every move he makes. If he does ANYTHING, from speeding to double parking, he is going to be SO sorry he came to Llanview.
Nora drops by Bo's office and sees Inez putting a plant on Bo's desk. She is not happy to keep running into Inez like this. Nora tells Inez she is allergic to plants and since she is in there quite a bit.... She really wants to tell Inez to stay away from Bo, but she just can't. Inez says the plant is just to thank Bo for talking to Eddie. Nora explains that Bo is very kind and generous, and that it is important not to read too much into it. Inez wants to know if Nora thinks she is trying to steal her husband. Nora tells her that is such an out-dated concept, and anyway, her marriage is solid. She does not see Inez as a threat; but, what she has been doing is annoying.
After Inez leaves the office and closes the door, Nora has second thoughts about what she said to her and feels really sorry. Inez comes back into the office to get the plant and get it out of there, but now, Nora tries to apology and says it is okay and she should just leave the plant, but they both grab the plant at the same time and it gets knocked to the floor and the pot breaks. Bo has observed part of their interaction through the window, but now comes in through the side door and wants to know, "What's going on here?"
John sees Brody in the squad room and says he would like to have a conversation with him about Natalie. John tells Brody he heard about the possibility that Ford might be the father of Jessica's baby and that he thinks Brody is handling it very well. He doesn't think that he could be that generous. Brody wants to know if John could raise another man's baby and John says he doesn't know. He is just glad he doesn't have to make that decision.
Rex is the last to arrive for the DNA test, but at the last minute decides not to go through with it. He says he doesn't really want to know. [That decision should be filed under, "To be continued."]
Marty is at home going through some of her patient files and comes across Brody's. After reading her notes and then recalling several situations where she has seen Brody and Natalie in very "friendly" situations, hugging, etc. She finally puts two-and-two together about Natalie's paternity test. She realizes, Natalie slept with her sister's fiance! She asks herself, "Who am I going to tell first?!"
Natalie opens the front door of Llanfair and Marty is standing there. Marty gives Natalie a phony apology about telling John about Natalie's amnio at the party. She goes on to says she understands Natalie was only concerned about the health of the baby and didn't want to worry John, since he had already gone through the grief of losing THEIR baby. Natalie says, okay, she accepts the apology, so, goodbye. Marty tells her she came over to see Jessica.
Natalie directs her to the living room. Natalie goes to the station to see Brody. She tells him Marty is up to something and there is no telling what she is going to do next. She tells him she just left Marty at Llanfair, alone with Jessica. Brody's eyebrows go up and they both go into panic mode.
Jessica uses Marty's visit as an opportunity to try to smooth over the problems Marty has been having with Natalie. She defends Natalie's actions in regard to Cole, and says she doesn't believe Marty was really serious when she said she was planning to get back at Natalie. But Marty is getting more and more heated as Jessica continues to talk.
Marty tells Jessica she did not come there to talk about Natalie; she came to talk about Brody.
Dun, dun, da.....
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