Simone and Chad went to Theresa. Chad held Theresa, and Simone got some water and splashed it on her face. Theresa slowly woke up.

“ Whoah…what happened. “ Theresa opened her eyes and looked up at Chad and Simone. “ You guys, I had the weirdest nightmare. Whitney told me that she was adopted, and then she told me that Rebecca Hotchkiss was her mother.”

Theresa looked from face to face to face. “ I….I didn’t dream it?”

Simone and Chad shook their heads. They helped Theresa up to her feet. “ Whit, it’s true? THAT WOMAN is your mother?”

” Theresa, you don’t have to say it like that.”, Simone chided.

“ Well, why not? It’s true. Rebecca Hotchkiss is one of the most hateful people on the planet. She’s mean, nasty, rude, and, on more than one occasion, has displayed a racist streak towards my family.”

Whitney closed her eyes and shuddered.

” Theresa!”, Chad said, as he looked at her with a ‘ you better shut up’ vibe.

” Ok…Ok….Maybe there’s parts to Rebecca that I don’t know about.”

” After all, why should she have been nice to you, Theresa. You were trying to steal her daughter’s fiancé.”, Simone responded.

” Her daughter! Oh my God! That means that GWEN is your sister!”

Whitney shook her head.

“ Resa, you really need to go if you’re only going to make Whitney feel worse.”

“ Chad, I wouldn’t do that. I don’t mean to. I mean, you have to admit, this is going to be a shock to the entire community.”

” ENTIRE COMMUNITY?! I don’t want anyone knowing about this?”, Whitney said.

” Whitney, I don’t think it’s going to be easy to keep this under wraps.”, Theresa replied.

“ Yeah, Whit, the cat’s out of the bag. Not only for you, but for Chad too.”

” Chad? What about Chad?”, Theresa asked.

” We found out today that Chad is our brother?”

Theresa glanced over to Chad, who asked her to play along.

” Another kid of your Dad’s, Whitney?”

” No, this one is all Mom’s.”, Simone replied.

” Um, how do you feel about it?”

“ It’s strange, but not in a horrible way.”, Simone replied.

” Simone has a way with words, but she’s right.”

” Well Chad, you found your family! Isn’t that great?”, Theresa went to hug Chad.

” Yeah, it’s a relief to finally be able to be with my sisters as my sisters. “

” So, who’s your Dad, Chad?”, Theresa asked.

” That’s still a mystery. Doc hasn’t told me yet.”

” Well,  I doubt it can top  Whitney’s surprise.”

They all laughed.

Eve was looking at the view from the roof when she heard the door close.

“ You’re early.”

” I could tell it was important.”

Eve turned around to face him. “ Julian, TC knows.”

” You told me that much on the phone. What I want to know is HOW and WHY this came up now?”

” Whitney is adopted. Long story short is that the first child TC and I had together was premature and died. I almost died of a broken heart.”

” Because you thought our son was dead.”

” Yes. I couldn’t live through the loss of a second baby. I know I was going downhill, and then one day, TC came and put this little baby in my arms. He told me that we could adopt her. I didn’t ask any questions, or want to ask any questions. I only wanted a child to love.”

” Whitney.”

“ Yes. Well, part of the agreement that I made with TC was that we’d never tell Whitney she was adopted. He was insistent upon it, and I didn’t care. So, we never did, and we never had a reason to tell her until..”

” Until she got sick and needed a bone marrow transplant.”

” Yes. I told TC that I wanted us to find a way to unseal Whitney’s records and find her biological parents.”

” Makes sense.”

” Well, my husband had other ideas. WE decided to tell the truth to Whitney. HE decided to tell the truth to me. “

” The truth?”

” The little truth that he and I adopted HIS child.”

Julian was stunned. “ Excuse me.”

” Exactly what you thought I said. We adopted HIS child. We’d had some difficulties in the beginning of our marriage. We had a separation for a bit. During that time, TC had an affair. An affair which produced a child. A little girl.”

“ The mother didn’t want Whitney?”

” She couldn’t exactly bring Whitney home to her HUSBAND and TWO other children.”

” Oh.”

“ So, TC brought her home to me. And, I was so desperate, I wasn’t going to ask any questions. He counted on that, and he got it.”

” Damn, what a cad.”

” Julian, I’m not going to defend TC. I’m angry with him right now, but I don’t need for you to dog him right now.”

” Ok. So, the mother, her children – they’re going to be tested?”

” She should be telling her kids as we speak.”

” Does….does she live in Harmony?”

” Yes, she does. “

” All this time, she’s had a daughter, and she’s never had any contact with her? How odd?”

” Well, I doubt that mother-daughter time at the Harmony Country Club would have been too approving of Whitney and her biological mother.”

” Are you saying that her mother is White? I know her?”

” Yeah, you know her. We all do.”

” Eve, I’m very curious. Who is she?”

” It’s Rebecca Hotchkiss.”

Julian stood there with his mouth open.

“ How long before we know the results?”, Gwen asked, as the nurse finished taking her blood. Robbie was sitting in the examination room, waiting for his sister.

“ We should know in the next 48 hours if either of you is a possible donor.”

“ That soon?”, Gwen replied.

“ Yep. Thank you for coming in.”

“ You’re welcome.”, Robbie said, as he led Gwen out of the lab. Robbie and Gwen walked down the hall in silence. Then the elevator was silent. Next they were silent as Robbie walked Gwen back to the limo. Gwen was about to get in, but Robbie blocked her.

” We HAVE to talk about this, you know.”

“ Robbie, please….I need to go home. Follow me to the Cranes, and we can talk there.”

” Fine.”

TC sat on a bench, staring into space. He didn’t even hear Sam come up.

” TC? TC?”

TC looked up at Sam. “ Hey Man.”

” What’s up? You sounded pretty bad on the phone.”, Sam replied as he sat down.

“ It’s pretty bad, Sam. I’ve fucked up my life.”

” TC, I don’t believe that.”

” Sam, I did. I lied to Eve for YEARS about something.”

” Something important?”

” Something crucial to our marriage. At this point, I don’t see how our marriage is going to survive.”

” TC, come on. You can’t be real. I can’t see you doing ANYTHING that would risk your marriage.”

” Not only did I risk it, I probably ruined it. “ TC put his head in his hands and began to cry. Sam reached out to him.

” Tell me, TC. I’ll help you ANYWAY I can.”

” Abridged version? I cheated on Eve. I had a child with another woman, and I convinced Eve to adopt that child.”

” Whitney?”

” And, because of Whitney’s leukemia, I had to contact the biological mother so that she and her children could get tested.”

” You knew where she was?”

“ Yes.”

” She’s in Harmony?”

” Yes.”

“ Who is it?”

” Rebecca Hotchkiss.”

Sam shook his head. “ Sorry, I thought you said Rebecca Hotchkiss.”

“ I did.”

Sam looked at TC. “ HOW? WHY? HOW?”

“ Sam…”

” TC, that woman, well…..come on. SHE’S Whitney’s mother?”

“ Yes.”

“ Damn. I don’t know what to tell you, TC. This is fucked up.”

” Tell me something I DON’T know.”