At The Adam's Landing Courthouse, everyone sits down, as Ava looks towards Beth, Frank, Xavier, Cale, and Allison, as Jo sits and silently reads up the papers on the case before her "She hasn't said a word." Frank is quiet, as he goes "Damn she looks good these days like she did in high school." Beth turns to Frank, and asks "And what secret could you be hiding?" Frank shrugs "A few dates and my second time." Cale and Allison's eyes widen. Meanwhile at the table where Jamie and her attorney, Luke Mason sits, Luke asks Jamie "Now if the chance does come that you're freed, wanna go up to where I live in the months that's name is shared with.." Jamie snarls "I want everything I earned back also." Luke quips "I can only do so much." Over at the table where Bree and Bobby sits, Bree is silent, as Jo tells everyone in the courtroom "I want a verdict now after reading all of that!" Luke stands, and yells "Your honor I know this is a town my client's family is known for buying people off, but I ask for a fair trial at most. Even at least two percent fairness." Bree stands, as she counters "I will be fair on prosecuting my Mother." Jamie glares towards her Daughter, as Jo laughs "Now everyone today we just get Jamie to tell us whether or not she's guilty, which we know she is. My God. That low to take your Sister's Husband Jamie?" Jamie snaps at Jo "It's Ms. Lord to you." Jo snaps back "And I'm the judge and you can kiss my soon to be retired after this case ass! Now I would just like a simple plea so we can all go back to our lives! Mine includes reading this paperwork." Luke looks at Jamie, as Bree also turns and stares at her Mother, as Bobby looks towards Jo, as she gives him a thumbs up. In the back, Frank tells them "She's always been sensitive. Why we never lasted. Then she married Jeffrey Chase, and they started a law firm together up in LaFayette for many years until he passed and she took the bench full time and sold the firm." On the other side of the room, Angelica sends a text to Roger, that reads "She's going to swim in the river after the trial with this judge."
At Class, Ruthie sits inside her Mother's former office, currently used by Ruthie, as she's following Sully's footsteps becoming a fashion designer, as Jared walks in and Ruthie asks her Father "I see you stay too busy to call me. Cain's on his way back to boarding school. I took him to the airport this morning and think we're growing closer though he idolizes that bum Henry too much." Ruthie takes a deep breath, as she looks at her Dad, and asks him "Why can't you and Mom reunite?" Jared tells his Daughter "Sully is different now. Too much like Xavier. That's not a good trait to have sweetie." Ruthie disagrees, telling her Father "Dad, if used correctly. Mom though seems weak with Henry. I don't like him at all. She's better than him." Bridget walks inside, as she tells Ruthie "I need some salespeople on the floor right now. Samantha Hale needs some help!" Jared hugs his Daughter, and tells her "Let's have dinner tonight and we'll talk more. Go help the team." Ruthie heads out, as Bridget looks at Jared, and laughs "Nice way to sneak down to visit me." Jared tells Bridget "We both had too much to drink at Jazz, and that was one time!" Bridget tells Jared "I'm almost about to be available since Wade can't get away from Granny." Jared reminds her "I'm raising Russ also on my own and I want to be single. And you're married to my Brother who I have to see daily. May I too add, I can't stand?" Bridget kisses Jared, as he doesn't fight back, as they wrap their arms around each other, as they try their best to stop themselves from passion. Meanwhile in the store, Ruthie sees Samantha, as she asks Ruthie "I told Bridget I didn't need assistance. Only about one thing non related to shopping." Ruthie takes a deep breath, with red in her eyes as she snarls "That whore." Jared walks out, as Bridget tells Ruthie "Well false alarm on help it seems." Samantha looks at Bridget, and tells her "You are lucky Sully hasn't fired you." Ruthie laughs "Mom keeps her on here to keep tabs on her." Bridget storms off, as Samantha asks Ruthie, changing subjects "So how did you know Ava's drinking?" Ruthie tells her "Mom. and Uncle Jack. I worry about the man Mom's seeing. He really enjoys anything alcohol and Mom turns the other way." Samantha looks at Ruthie, and tells her "If you need someone to talk to, call me. We are family, and I guess your Aunt." Ruthie hugs Samantha, as she leaves, and Ruthie walks upstairs, into Bridget's office, and boldly warns her "Ever interrupt my Dad and I from visiting again I'll tell Mom and well, she already told you the outcome." Bridget, in a snarky and cocky tone, laughs to Ruthie "Well you are innocent, and Mommies and Daddies move on. So get used to it. We share something much older than you." Now go to your area and draw me a picture little girl." Ruthie walks out, as she fumes with anger, as Bridget checks her email, as she opens one to reveal a photo, as Bridget gasps with fear in her eyes.
At The Holiday Hotel, Brock sits inside his suite, as Leigh walks around, and tells her Son "I have met with Monica, and I'll make sure you have what you deserve from Xavier whether he wants you to have it or not. He's about to get a taste of his own damn medicine." Brock tells his Mother "Gram sent me this last night." Leigh reads Beth's message to Brock, as Leigh yells "Beth can go to hell on her praises for a man that only loves those who praise him and never calls out his twisted bullshit he has done over the years!" Brock asks his Mother "So are we going to sell anymore stories so I can pay for this suite and you won't have to face the wrath of Dad?" Leigh tells her Son "He's going to take care of you. I'll make sure of that!" Leigh hugs her Son, as she leaves, and Brock heads downstairs, taking the stairs, as he sends a text, saying "I'll be down shortly."
Meanwhile at Jackson Inc, Sully, Jack, and Javon are inside Sully's office as Sully tells them "All our retail chains are doing well. I'm going to try some things with Class and Emery's, but Jim's is Daddy's call." Javon tells them "We've really rebounded as a company and I am seeing something promising for us to consider." Javon pulls out his phone, as Sully and Jack looks, and Sully asks Javon "A school turned into lofts. Alford Lofts does sound nice and would be wise to buy into completely. Good area too." Javon asks Sully "Want to buy the property since there's a chance?" Sully nods, as Jack heads off to make the phone call, and Javon looks at Sully, and asks her "So what's with you dating a proud criminal like Henry Jennings?" Sully responds asking "How does it feel having a Great Uncle who is a proud killer named Sayyid Ross?" Javon is quiet, as he too heads to his office, as Sully returns to work, and thinks of Henry. At Sully's Mansion, Henry takes a drink, as his phone rings and he walks into the living room to answer it, and Jared warns Henry "If you hurt my children I'll make your days hell. Sully is a hell of a lot better than you and deserves better!" Henry yells at Jared "We are fine and you are jealous because Summer Whitten is dead and she would proudly give you what you wanted. Sully's moved on loser. You, Jared Hale is a loser. A sorry piece of shit Father of a loser." Jared starts to yell at Henry, as the doorbell rings, and Henry lays the phone down, and pours another glass of moonshine, as he heads to the door, and opens it and is silent, as the person at the door is quiet, and goes "Well it's all over back home. So here I am." Henry hugs them. Meanwhile, as he drives to HaleCorp, Jared notices no response, as he yells "Henry!" Henry!" Jared hangs up, with rage in his eyes. At Sully's Mansion, Henry welcomes the person inside and goes "Make yourself at home and I'll pour us a strong one."
Back at Adam's Landing Courthouse, Ava stands in the hallway, with her Brothers, Cale, Allison, Beth, Willie, and Aretha, as Ava takes a drink from her flask, as she shakes, and Beth assures her "Everything will be fine. Bobby's right there next to Bree and she's sending Jamie away forever. That judge's already on our side I think." Everyone agrees with Beth. Inside the Courtroom, Bree stands alone at her desk, as Country walks up and hugs his Daughter, and tells her "I love you." Angelica also walks inside, as she walks towards Jamie, as Luke sits next to her, and immediately warns Angelica "Stay away from Ms. Lord!" Angelica laughs in an evil tone "How's Jake, Russ, and Evan? Are you a hands on Granny.." Bree yells to the baliffs "Please have this woman removed from the courtroom!" Angelica warns Bree "Better win or the little whore you called Summer Whitten, her kids will be Hales, with the Hale name! And I'll make sure they are taught the Santiago family values unlike simpletons like yourself." Angelica walks out of the Courtroom, as Bree and Luke get their files ready when the judge walks back inside. Jamie is silent, with anger in her eyes. In the Judge's Chambers, Jo tells Bobby "She and her Brother hired a man to literally rape her Sister so she could sleep with Russell Marx and have him to herself. And then make Ava out to be the whore?" Bobby nods, and sighs "A dark time in the Jackson family saga. Ruth divorced B.R. once he covered things up with his donation." Jo sighs with sadness "That was B.R. Jackson. He ran this town. And I remember Ava before that happened. She was the sharpest mind I knew." Bobby sighs "She still is, but losing Winston, and all that pain really changed her. Were y'all friends?" Jo answers "Kind of. We both slept with Allan James once." Bobby laughs, as Jo asks her longtime friend "Ready to get the bitch's plea so we can just all go home?" Bobby nods, as Jo tells him "I'm honored to retire with this case. My son, Ryan wanted to also send his thanks." Bobby tells her "It was no problem. I'm just the mayor." They laugh as they head back to the Courtroom.
At HaleCorp, Jared returns, as Wade sits inside his office, and asks his Brother "So went to visit my Niece, and likely flirted with my Wife while there I take it knowing how we are." Jared snaps at his Brother "You don't know me like that! Bridget is in charge of Class, or so she thinks if I know Sully." Wade gets a call, and goes "Send him in." The door opens, as Brock walks inside and Wade tells Jared "He's going to be an intern for HaleCorp. Be our version of you basically at Jackson Inc when Xavier liked you." Brock is quiet, as Jared warns Wade "This is a bad idea. He is the Son of a man that would be thrilled if either of us was killed tomorrow." Brock adds "Me three!" Wade tells Jared in a cocky tone "Brock will work out fine here and Grandmother will be happy when I tell her later." Wade leaves, as Jared looks at Brock, and asks his former Brother In Law "How's being a grown up treating you? I read the story." Brock tells Jared "Life's been hell for me because I'm the namesake of Xavier Jackson and such a shadow to live up to. It's too damn much. Why I like to be called Brock." They begin to talk, as Wade listens outside, and gets an idea.
Back at Sully's Mansion, Henry and the guest lay back in the living room, as they ask in a slurred tone "Anymore of that stuff we just finished off?" Henry answers "Nope." The guests goes "Well damn! Now time to go buy some good hard stuff and get trashed. I'd prefer that in my old age." Henry asks the person "You've acted like something's happened. What happened?" The person tells him, which sends Henry into tears, as he and the person hug, as the door opens, and Sully stands back, as she is silent. At Class, Bridget sits inside her office, as Ginny arrives and tells Bridget "I was stuck in traffic." Bridget snarks "Likely lazy from the trip to the beach. If only we all could do that.." Ginny snaps at her boss "Why are you such a bitch?" Bridget gets up, and reminds Ginny in a calm tone "Since Wade considers you his Niece, you can call me Aunt Bridget and that's the reason there. Now go make some sales for the company so when Aunt Bridget strikes on her own, she has something to use to back up the talk." Ginny walks out, and heads to Ruthie's office, as Ruthie asks Ginny "Why do you bother talking to Bridget? My Mom owns this. She really runs things." Ginny sits down, as she tells her Cousin "She talks down to me like I'm below her and I've had enough of it." Ruthie laughs, as she finishes a design "We could always go see Mom at her office. It should be quiet today." Ruthie and Ginny heads to Jackson Inc. Inside Bridget's office, Bridget talks on the phone with Jared, as he's in his office at HaleCorp, and asks "So my place tonight around Midnight?" Bridget tells him "Maybe sooner. I've come up with a reason to not come home. Call you later." Bridget hangs up, as she looks up, and sighs "Wade, you've pushed me to this."
At Beth and Ciarra's Penthouse, Ciarra walks inside with Precious, as she tells him "I needed that walk. Thank you for being nice today. I'm already shamed enough just walking by a coffee shop where there's television." Ciarra sits down, as there's a knock at the door, and Ciarra answers, as Leigh stands on the other end, and Ciarra warns Leigh, noticing a scheming eye "I'm not getting involved Leigh! It's between Xavier, and Brock. Now I want to go back to my life behind these curtains and have my solitude." Leigh tells her "If you love Brock, then you need to do it for him." Ciarra asks "Do what for Brock?" Leigh answers "I'll pay you back with interest if you can help him out. I want to save things with X." Ciarra is silent, as Leigh awaits her answer, and Ciarra goes "I'll call you on that." and shuts the door. Leigh grows angry, and makes a phone call. At The Adam's Landing Courthouse, Jo returns inside, after she laughs "Had to take a smoke break before returning. Now Jamie! Do we have the correct plea?" In the back, Ava, Frank, Beth, Xavier, Cale, Allison, Willie, Aretha, and Country sits on Bree's side of the Courtroom, as the door opens behind, as Rachel sneaks in, sitting behind Angelica, as she tells Rachel "Good thing to see you working for once." At Jamie's table, Luke argues to the Judge "This is a bullshit trail paid and bought by Xavier Jackson's family and Roger Lord! You read those papers I hope and know what's said in there! She's a poor victim of a sick, twisted bunch and we don't know if Summer's really dead or alive!" Bree yells from her side, with Bobby sitting next to her "This is my Mom playing the victim card. She didn't like seeing the things she has done to people done back to her, such as Roger and Summer's one night stand that the woman walked in and witnessed. Karma!" Jo laughs "Oh yes I'd say so. Even being set on fire by her own Sister one would think would stop this madness!" Jamie yells "I'm innocent damnit!" Jo laughs at Jamie "Are you pleading not guilty? All I wanna hear from you is a plea and court is over for today." Jamie yells "Damn right not guilty. I did NOT kill my Daughter!" Jo swings the gavel, as she releases the court, and Bobby heads to the judge's chambers, as Bree walks over to her Mother, and warns her "You will pay for taking my Sister from her three boys, and from me. All the things you've done to the people I love, you will pay heavy." The jailer arrives to take Jamie back to jail, as Jamie's silent, and Bree's embraced by her Father, as Country holds his Daughter as she cries with hurt, and anger. In the back, Frank gets emotional as well, as Beth and Cale console him, as Ava walks outside and Xavier, Willie, and Aretha follow, as Ava tells them "She's about to be away forever. Too damn long." Xavier, Willie, and Aretha comforts Ava, as Rachel and Angelica walk out, as Rachel looks at Angelica as she reads a text, and smiles "So he's really mine to have and you'll promise that to me?" Ava and Xavier notice Rachel, and Ava quips "At least she's not my problem anymore. Inside the Courtroom, Frank comforts his Niece, as Bobby assures Country "She's got this won." In a hallway heading towards the back of the Courthouse, Jamie is stopped by Jo, and is slapped forcefully, as Jo snaps angrily "That's for sleeping with my Husband you whore! Just know I'm going to enjoy watching you cringe in your chair as your story's told and I hold your fate. This will be exciting now won't it? I'd say it will." Jo leaves, as Jamie's carried back to jail.
A fictional serial set in the Southeastern City of Adam's Landing, and The Jackson, Sullivan, Hale, and Evans Families.
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