Written by: Dallas Walsh

"Celeste is pregnant and Marat is the father," Houston Blackmore blurts out to Stacey Rockwell, as her husband Marat Kafelinkov stands behind her and Cole Rockwell and Celeste Baldwin are on the steps of the Rockwell mansion. Stacey and Marat were just about to leave for the airport to go to Moscow, because Marat has taken over his family business, Kremlin Diamonds, because his father Yuri Kafelinkov, was killed in the explosion at the mansion triggered by Odette Williams. Houston has been desperate to think of a way to ensure Stacey doesn't leave town, so when his mother, Vivian Blackmore, revealed that Celeste was pregnant with Marat's child, he knew he had to stop Stacey.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Stacey asks her former fiancé in horror. She can't believe that he would go to such lengths to try to prevent her from leaving Kelsey Lake. She knows that he's still trying to be with her but this screams like a desperate plea. "Celeste was told that she couldn't have any more children. This is you grasping at straws."

Cole looks over at Celeste, who puts her hand over her face. "Celeste, are you okay?" he whispers to her, wondering what is happening. Everything is seemingly happening so quickly.

She looks back at him with tears in her eyes, unable to hide her emotions. "My God," Cole says out loud, realizing her tears are a sign of the truth. "It's true? You're pregnant with Marat's child?"

"I'm so sorry," she whispers back to him as a tear falls down her cheek. "It … it only happened once."

"Wait, it's true?" Stacey gasps as she turns to Marat, feeling her blood boil at the thought of him sleeping with Celeste. "You slept with Celeste? How could you?"

"Don't try to sugar coat this either, man," Houston looks at Marat, knowing that he won't let him get away with this. "You got another woman pregnant! That's twisted."

"Shut up, Houston," Marat spits back to him. "This is between Stacey and I."

"Like hell it is," Houston moves closer to him. "This involves all of us, and the fact that you two have been lying to everyone."

"It only happened once," Celeste chimes in. "And, it happened to produce this miracle baby! I wasn't supposed to have any more children. I'm sorry we've been lying. It's all just happened so fast. Our heads have been spinning."

"And, now you're going to have another man's child," Cole looks at her in disgust. "What were you going to do? Lie and pretend the baby was mine?"

"No," Celeste shakes her head back to him. "I was going to tell you after Stacey and Marat left town."

"I don't believe a single word you have to say," Cole lashes out at her, fed up with all of her lies. "You've lied to me so many fucking times, Celeste!"

"I'm so sorry!' she cries back to him. "Please, you have to hear me out, Cole! You have too!"

"Come on, Stacey," Marat touches his wife's shoulder. "We can talk about this on the way to Moscow. We have to get going."

"You expect me to leave with you?" Stacey gasps back to him, as she whips his hand off her. "You've lied to me, Marat! You got another woman pregnant, and all this time you've been telling me you want our marriage to work? What a load of garbage!"

"If you would just hear me out!"

"No!" Stacey yells at him. "Go to Moscow, but you're going without me. I can't be with you right now."

"You don't mean that," Marat protests to her. "I love you, Stacey!"

"Like hell I don't," Stacey yells back to him. "I need time to think if we even have a marriage left." She then rushes inside the mansion, as Cole follow her. Celeste looks back at Marat with tears in her eyes.

"Are you happy now?" Marat looks over at Houston. "You just ruined four people's lives. I hope you're able to sleep at night."

"Go to Moscow Marat," Houston replies to him. "And never come back. I'll take care of Stacey."

***

"So, right about now Cole and Stacey should be learning the truth about Celeste's baby," Odette says as she paces back and forth in the living room her house and looks back at Garrett Owen, who is sitting in the arm chair. "Which means, everything is working out perfectly."

"Lex is drinking his tea," Garrett nods back to her. "Stacey will be in a crisis mode because of Houston's affair with Lydia and Marat fathering Celeste's baby."

"Yes, but that won't be enough," Odette wags her finger back to him. "I want all of the children to suffer beyond imagination."

"What else do you have planned for Stacey and Cole?" Garrett asks her as he stands up and look at her.

Odette laughs back to him. "Just you wait," she purses her lips together. "By the time I'm done with the Rockwell's, they won't know what hit them."

***

"Do you really think that we could go after the Kelsey Lake mine?" Kent Blackmore asks Sabine Andrews as they sit at the bar in the country club, having a drink with one another. Kent had just told Sabine that he doesn't believe Lydia Rockwell is going to take him back since he dumped her after he found out about her affair with Houston. He still can't believe that his fiancé slept with his son, but as Sabine as pointed out, if he didn't forgive Lydia, he was risking losing her forever. When he went to try to get back together with her, though, she said she needed more time. Sabine, then, suggested that they use Rockwell Mining as leverage their positions.

"I know we can," Sabine replies to him. "You see, when I first came to Kelsey Lake, I was secretly working for Yuri Kafelinkov."

Kent arches his eyebrow as he takes another sip of his scotch. "You were? I have no idea."

"No one knew," Sabine tells him.

"In what capacity were you working for him?"

"He didn't like the back and forth business dealings at Rockwell Mining. One day Mac was in charge, then Lydia, then Mac again; he wanted information on the company that he could use to extract the Kremlin Diamonds from Rockwell Mining. That's where I came in; he wanted me to obtain that information for him."

"So you were spying while you were working at Rockwell and getting engaged to Mac?" Kent chuckles back to her. "That's something else."

"I tried to fend Yuri off for as long as I could," Sabine informs him. "But the night of the party, I couldn't help but tell him what I knew."

"What do you know, Sabine?" Kent asks her, curious to know if this plan of theirs could work.

"Before I tell you, are you sure you want to do this? Once we go in, there's no going back."

"I'm sure," Kent nods back to her. "You have been right the entire time. If we don't do something, Mac and Lydia will end up together."

"Okay," Sabine smiles back to him. "Brace yourself, because I will tell you everything and what our plan is going to be."

***

Lex Rockwell slowly walks through the stables, trying to clear his head. He has been meeting with Grant Shaw in hopes of finding out something that will help him uncovering some type of clue as to the whereabouts of his sister, Dixie Ryan. He still believes that if he finds Dixie, she will be able to give him information that he can use against Cole. Lex is still out for blood against Cole because of Cole's sexual indiscretion with Brock Jennings.

"Looking for me again?" Toby Sinclair comes out from behind one of the horse stalls and looks at Lex. "This seems to be a habit."

Lex uneasily smiles back to the attractive young man. "I feel at ease with you," Lex admits to him before he takes a sip of his tea that Tanner Young has been giving him. "With everything else going on in my life, I enjoy that."

"Well that's nice," Toby moves closer to Lex. "Because, I like when you're around. You know that I'm into you."

Lex uneasily chuckles back to him. "I have someone in my life."

"Tanner?" Toby asks him. "I've seen him around. I think we make a better looking couple."

Lex laughs back to him. "You're funny."

Toby comes up to Lex and suddenly kisses him passionately. Their lips part and Lex looks into Toby's eyes. "See, there is a spark between us."

"There definitely is," Lex nods back to him. "But, I need to focus on finding Dixie. I don't know that I should get distracted right now. And, you'd definitely distract me.""

Toby chuckles back to him. "That's fair," he tells him. "Because you're right, you have to find Dixie. So much is riding on that. Any new leads?"

Lex looks back at him and can't help but want to kiss him again. "No, but I'll keep you posted when I get one. I should get out of here before we do something we might regret."

Toby laughs back to him. "I wouldn't regret anything with you, Lex. I'll be here waiting when you're ready."

***

"Stacey," Marat calls out as he moves into the living room of the mansion and sees Stacey pouring herself a brandy. She takes a long drink of it before she turns around to face her husband. "Please, Stace, just listen to me, okay?"

"Listen to what?" She asks him back as she puts her hand on her lip. "More lies? I trusted you, Marat!"

"I know," he moves closer to her. "And, I know that I screwed up. It was a huge lack of judgement on my part, I get that."

"That might be the understatement of the year!"

"This doesn't have to change anything though, Stacey," he continues to move closer to her. "We can still go to Moscow together. We can still make our marriage work. That's what we were working towards, remember?"

Stacey shakes her head at him. "I don't think you understand," she glares back at him. "You got another woman pregnant, Marat. That changes everything. You have to see that. I do have one question though."

"What?"

"When did you sleep with Celeste? When did this tryst happen?"

"That doesn't matter," Marat turns his back to her. He knows that he can't possibly tell her that he and Celeste slept together while Stacey was in the hospital after being shot; it would add more salt to the open wound.

"Like hell it doesn't!" she yells at him. "Tell me, Marat. Tell me right now!"

"It was when you were in the hospital," he whispers back to her as she covers her mouth.

"After I was shot?" she gasps back to him. "You son of a bitch! I was fighting for my life and you fucked Celeste? You're disgusting!"

Marat turns to her. "Please, just come to Moscow. I promise I can make this up to you."

Stacey slaps Marat hard across the face. "Get out of this house," she spits at him. "Go to Moscow Marat, our marriage is over!"

"You don't mean that…"

"GO!" she yells at him. "Just go!"

Marat puts his hands up and moves to the door of the living room. "I'll be back Stacey," he tells her as she takes another sip of her brandy. "I will fight for our marriage, even if you won't."

***

Vivian Blackmore moves into the country club and walks up to the bar, ordering a champagne cocktail in the process. She sits down and waits for her drink and wonders if Houston has told Stacey the truth about Celeste and Marat's baby yet. She was hoping to tell Cole herself, but when Houston revealed that Stacey was going to leave Kelsey Lake with Marat, she knew that she had to give her some the information to stop Stacey from leaving town.

She takes a sip of her cocktail and then sighs to herself. "I did the right thing," she says to herself. "The truth was going to come out sooner rather than later. And, if I'm going to help Houston get Stacey back, that's even better. I can still focus on Cole myself."

Before she can reply, she sees Grant Shaw walk up to the bar. Vivian arches her eyebrow, thinking that she knows him from somewhere, but she can't quite place him. "How's your afternoon going?" she says looking over at him before she takes a sip of her champagne cocktail. "Looks like we had the same idea about a drink."

"That we did," Grant replies to her as he takes a sip of his whiskey sour. "It's been a long couple of days."

"I'm Vivian Blackmore," she extends her hand out to him. "You look familiar, but I'm afraid I can't place you."

"Grant Shaw," he shakes her hand back. "I believe we met briefly at the Rockwell's ball that ended with the bombs going off."

Vivian uneasily chuckles back to him. "I still can't believe that crazy woman did that," she admits to him. "But yes, that makes sense. You're the foreman of the Kelsey Lake mine?"

"Good memory."

"Once, you said your name it all came back to me," she purses her lips together. "I could have sworn, though, that you said you were from New York? How come you haven't returned to the Big Apple?"

Grant sighs and looks back to her. "It's a long story," he reveals to her. "But, my sister is missing. And, she was last seen here, in Kelsey Lake."

"That's awful," Vivian replies to him. "I'd like to hear more, if that's okay. I know a lot of people in this town, maybe I could help you find her?"

Grant shoots her a quick smile. "That's very sweet of you, thank you," he nods back to her as he begins to tell her the story of Dixie's disappearance.

***

Lex moves into the main office at Rockwell Mining and moves behind the desk. He touches his lips for a moment as he thinks about Toby kissing him earlier in the day. He can't help but be attracted to Toby, and the fact that he is helping him with his quest to get revenge on Cole makes him even more attractive to Lex. Still, he knows that he has to tread carefully because Tanner is still in his life. Lex slowly sits down as he remembers Tanner telling him that he loved him recently, which took Lex by surprise because he thought that they were going to go slowly.

"The sex with Tanner is really good," he tells himself. "But, there is something between Toby and I. I can't explain it but I can feel it."

He shakes his head as he opens his laptop. "Enough of that," he tells himself. "I have to figure out where Dixie Ryan is. I have to do this. But, where am I going to start?"

He looks up when he hears the office door open and Tanner is walking into the office. "Hey handsome," Tanner smiles to him. "I was heading to Blackmore and thought I'd stop by and see you. I brought you some of that tea you love so much."

"Oh thanks," Lex stands up to greet him. "I was actually craving it."

"Then my timing was perfect," Tanner licks his lips and then kisses Lex. "We need to find time to get together. I want you, I miss you."

Lex chuckles back to him as he runs his hand over Tanner's firm chest. "I'd like that a lot," he winks back to him. "I miss you, too."

"Cool, later?"

"Yea, definitely."

"Great, what are you working on? Anything fun?"

Lex shrugs back to him. "I'm trying to find Dixie Ryan," he reveals to Tanner. "I think she could be the way to bring down Cole."

Tanner uneasily nods back to him. "Well, if that's what you want, then you know you have support babe."

"Thank you," Lex looks him in the eyes.

"Okay, I'll let you get to it. Drink your tea, and get ready for later. I want that ass."

Lex chuckles back to him. "Deal Tanner."

***

"I can't believe this," Mac runs his hand over his face, having just heard from Celeste what happened earlier in the day with Houston exposing the fact that she is pregnant with Marat's baby. Mac worries that now both Cole and Stacey will be devastated by this, not that he can blame them. "How the hell could you be so stupid, Celeste? After everything you and Cole went through to find your way back to one another."

"I know," Celeste lets a tear fall down her cheek. "What you have to realize is that Cole and I weren't together when I was with Marat. Not that it's an excuse, I know."

"No, because Marat was married to my daughter at the time!"

"I know I screwed up," Celeste admits to him. "And so does Marat."

"I just don't know how Cole and Stacey will be able to move past this," Mac admits to her. "You are going to have a child with Marat, Celeste. That changes everything."

"I know!" Celeste tells him. "I'm trying here, Mac. I really am."

"I should go tell Lydia what has happened," Mac replies to her. "She won't be happy about this."

"God, another reason for her to hate me!"

Mac doesn't reply, he instead leaves the living room and walks towards the stairs in the foyer. He makes his way to Lydia's room and quickly knocks on the door. He opens the door when he hears a faint 'come in'.

Inside the room, Lydia turns and sees Mac and gets a smile on her face. "Darling, hi," she says to him, wondering if she should tell him that she's had feelings in her legs and feet. She doesn't want to get ahead of herself, but she realizes that this must be a very good sign.

"Hi, how are you feeling?"

"Really, really good," Lydia replies to him as Mac sits on the edge of her bed. "What is it? What's wrong? I Can tell by the look on your face that something is wrong."

Mac sighs and looks back at her. "I never could keep anything from you, could I?"

"No, and your'e not going to start now."

"It's Cole and Stacey," he says back to her. "They are going to need us, now more than ever."

"What's happened?"

"Celeste and Marat slept together," Mac reveals to her. "And, she's pregnant with his child."

"That slut!" Lydia shrieks back to him. "When I get out of here, I'm going to ring her little neck!"

"Just try to stay calm," Mac replies to her. "We have to think of the children first. Marat and Celeste, we can deal with them later."

"You're right," Lydia nods back to him. "We have to help the children. We must."

***

A short time later, Lydia lays in the large bed in her bedroom of the mansion holding a novel in her hands. She has been enjoying quiet time since she has been out of the hospital; she never realized how fast paced her life was before. Her mind, however, is on the news Mac just shared with her: Celeste is pregnant with Marat's baby. Cole and Stacey must be devastated, she thinks to herself.

She suddenly sets the book down when she feels a twinge in her legs. She has been feeling this more and more often lately; the doctors told her she would be paralyzed, but she refuses to accept that she will never walk away.

"This feeling," she whispers to herself. "I wonder if it means that I can walk."

She stops and wonders if she should try to walk. On one hand she could try, but she also doesn't know if she's ready. She almost wonders if she should call Dr. Chen and advise him of what she is feeling.

"No," she whispers to herself. "I will try to see if I can do this. I can call the doctor afterwards."

She scoots herself to the side of the bed and swings her legs around until her feet touch the ground. She slowly stands up and holds her hands on the bed, bracing herself up. She slowly removes her hands from the bed and stands still for a moment.

"I'm standing," she gasps to herself as she gets a small smile on her face.

She slowly tries to take a step, which she does, but she falls back losing her balance. She falls into the bed and she immediately covers her mouth. "I will walk again," she tells herself. "Maybe not today, but I will."

***

Lex types into the laptop, still in the Rockwell Mining offices, and hopes that his search on Dixie will finally come up with something. He reads some of the search results until he hears the door to the office open. When he sees Cole standing there, he quickly closes the laptop because he knows that his brother can't know about his investigation into Dixie's disappearance.

"I was hoping no one would be here," Cole admits to Lex as he closes the office door and walks over to the bar to pour himself a brandy.

Lex finishes drinking the tea that Tanner brought him and tosses the cup into the garbage. "Some of us have jobs to do."

"Yea, yea," Cole rolls his eyes as he takes a drink of his brandy. "I really don't want to fight with you right now, Lex. I've had a hell of a day."

"Is it Mom? Is everything okay?"

"Mom is fine," Cole turns to face him. "It's Celeste."

"What did she do this time?" Lex asks him as he folds his arms across his chest.

"She slept with Marat," Cole reveals to him as Lex's mouth opens in shock. "And, she's pregnant with his child."

"How is that even possible?" Lex asks him back. "I thought she couldn't have any more children."

"It's a miracle?" Cole replies to him, his voice filled with sarcasm.

"How is Stacey? She must be crushed by this news."

Cole looks back at him. "I'm right in front of you, Lex! You could at least care what this is doing to me too!"

"Ugh," Lex groans back to him. "Why does everything have to be about you, Cole? You're so egotistical, it's disgusting."

"We are all hurting right now," Cole replies to him. "This is the time for us to come together, not grow further apart."

"I just have to wonder…"

"Wonder what?" Cole shrugs his shoulders back to him.

"If Brock was still alive," Lex looks back at him. "Are you stressed enough that'd you'd ask him to suck you off again?"

"Shut up," Cole replies to him. "You need to let that go. It happened once. It was a mistake."

"You know what's funny about this Cole?" Lex taunts him. "You got with my boyfriend behind my back. And now, you find out Celeste was with someone else behind your back. That, brother dear, is karma. You're getting exactly what you deserve."

"I don't want to listen to his," Cole puts his glass down and rushes to the door.

"That's right, run away, like you always do," Lex calls out to his brother as the door slams behind Cole. Lex runs his hand through his hair. "I have to figure out what happened to Dixie, now more than ever," he whispers to himself. "This could be Cole's undoing."

***

Mac looks over at Lucinda Rockwell, who is rocking back and forth in a rocking chair in her suite at Avondale, the medical clinic where she is living now. Since the fire at her mansion, she has been in a semi cationic state because her brain without oxygen for too long. Mac can't believe that his mother hasn't gotten better yet; he had hoped, despite what the doctors said, she would make a full recovery.

"Mother," he grabs her hand and looks into her face, even though she doesn't look back at Mac. "Everything is a mess right now. And, my God, I wish you were here to help me solve these family problems."

Lucinda continues to look forward as she rocks in her chair. "Lex and Cole are fighting again; Celeste has betrayed Cole; Marat has betrayed Stacey… it just seems like the children are in chaos right now. You, you always had a way to bring us together, Mom. I wish you could do that now."

Mac looks at his mother and she doesn't say anything back to him. "Okay, I'm going to get going. I have to try to bring this family together. I love you, I'll see you soon," he whispers to her before he kisses her forehead. He then walks out of the room, closing the door behind himself.

Lucinda rocks in her chair. "Mmmmaaaaaaacccccccc," she manages to say loudly. "Maaaccccc!"

***

"Tanner, I hope you're calling me with good news," Odette says into her burner phone that she made Garrett pick up for her. "Please, tell me what you know."

Garrett pours two glasses of red wine while Odette listens to Tanner's story on the phone. He turns and passes her a glass. "Wonderful, I'll be in touch with your next steps very shortly. Good work, Tanner."

She hangs up the phone and looks over at Garrett. "Thank you," she says before she toasts him.

"What are we drinking too?" Garrett asks her before he takes a sip of his wine.

"Tanner informed me that Stacey and Cole know the truth about the baby and that all hell broke loose," Odette smiles to him. "This means that my plan is slowly working. Now, all I have to do is make sure Stacey and Cole suffer even more pain."

"How are you going to do that?"

Odette takes another sip of her wine before she locks eyes with him. "Wait and see Garrett," she purses her lips together. "Wait and see."

***

Tanner hangs up his phone while he stands in the country club entrance way. He just gave Odette the update; he is thrilled that she is so pleased with the progress of their plan. He just hopes that it continues to go as smoothly as it has been.

He looks down at his phone when he feels it vibrate in his hands. He reads the incoming message from Lex. "Sorry babe, have a million things to do. Rain cheque on sex?"

"Ugh," Tanner groans as he puts his phone in his pocket. He walks up to the bar and is about to order a drink, when he looks over and sees Grant Shaw sitting at the bar. "Hey, can I buy you a drink?"

Grant looks over at Tanner and nods back to him. "I'd like that, a lot."

***

"Marat, wait," Celeste rushes through the airport up to the gate where Marat was about to walk through to catch his private jet back to Moscow.

Marat turns and sees Celeste running up to him. "Celeste, what on earth are you doing here?"

Celeste shakes her head back to him. "I just…I had to see you one more time," she admits to him before she pulls him into a hug. "I'm pregnant, Marat, with your baby."

"I know," he looks at her as they exit their embrace.

"I just need to know that you will be back," she replies to him. "I need to know that I won't be raising this baby on my own. After today, I don't think that Cole will ever forgive me."

"Of course," Marat looks back at her. "I meant it when I told you that I want to be a part of this baby's life. Our baby. I'll be back, but I really do have to go now."

"Okay," Celeste licks her lips. "Have a good trip. I'll be here, and so will your baby."

Marat smiles back to her before he turns and leaves for his plane. Celeste watches him through the window, wondering if Marat is the only ally she has left in the world.

***

"Son, I'm glad you're home," Mac tells Cole, who walks into the living room of the mansion. "We need to talk, but first, I want you to come see your mother with me. We would like to talk to you."

Cole sighs back to his Dad, knowing that his parents are going to ensure that he is doing okay following Celeste's latest betrayal. The last thing he wants to do is have his parents talk to him about this; he is embarrassed enough by what has happened, but he also knows that he can't say no because his parents won't take no for an answer.

"Okay," Cole tells him. "Let's go see Mom."

Mac lets Cole lead the way as they head up the stairs to Lydia's room. Cole opens the door and sees his mother. "Oh Cole, darling," Lydia opens her arms to him as Cole walks up to her and hugs her. "I'm so sorry. Mac told me everything."

"I assumed he had," Cole exits his embrace with Lydia. "You guys need to know that I'm fine. I really am."

"You can't fool me," Lydia replies to him. "I know how much this must hurt you. That woman has caused you so much pain."

"That's why we asked you here," Mac chimes in, causing Cole to turn back and look at him. "We need you to really stay strong right now, Cole."

"What we mean," Lydia continues as she grabs Cole's hand. "You have to stay sober in this time, Cole. We know how easy it would be for you to fall off the wagon right now. But just know that we are here for you. Whatever you need."

Cole puts his head down. "Thanks guys," he says looking up at them with a half-smile on his face. "And, don't worry. I have no plans of letting Celeste Baldwin ruin my sobriety. I've worked too hard to get where I am."

"That's what we wanted to hear," Mac smiles back to his son.

***

Tanner lets out a final, loud, aggressive grunt as he explodes into orgasm. He smiles as he peels Grant's legs off his shoulders and then leans down and kisses him passionately.

"I needed that so bad," he tells Grant as their lips part.

"I could tell," Grant smiles back to him. "You're so hot when you're pent up."

Tanner chuckles as he lays next to Grant. "I'm glad I ran into you when I did. This is going exactly as we planned it would."

"I know," Grant tells him. "No one suspects anything, right?"

"Lex has no idea," Tanner laughs back to him. "And he never will. Everything is going according to Odette's plan. We just have to be careful to make sure no one knows that we are lovers."

"We will be together once this is all done, right?" Grant leans up in the bed. "We will get the money from Odette and start our life together?"

Tanner nods his head back to him. "Of course babe," he tells him. "That's exactly what will happen."

***

"I'm glad we had that talk with your mother," Mac tells Cole as they move back into the living room of the Rockwell mansion and Mac pours two brandies. He passes one to Cole, who takes a sip of his drink. "But, you and I, we have more unfinished business."

Cole arches his eyebrow back to his father. "What's going on?"

"Grant Shaw," Mac replies to Cole, as Cole shoots his father a look of intent. "He's still in town. Do you have any idea why?"

Cole shrugs his shoulders. "I mean, when I saw him at the party, he just revealed that he was Dixie's brother. Maybe he's looking for her?"

In the foyer, Lex opens the door to the house and steps inside. He moves towards the living room, but stops outside the entry when he hears Mac and Cole talking.

"He's still in town," Mac tells Cole. "As soon as you told me that he was in town, I had someone keep an eye on him. He's staying at the country club."

"Do you think he's telling the truth? Do you think he is Dixie's brother?"

"I don't know why he would lie about that," Mac looks back at Cole. "But, the bottom line is that no one knows what happened to Dixie. And, no one knows that I helped you cover up her death. And, Cole, no one else can ever know the truth. Understood?"

Cole uneasily nods back to him. "Yea, Dad, of course. No one will ever know."

Outside the living room, Lex gets a devilish grin on his face. "Got you brother."