Ned and Brenda are in the living room, watching James play with his new Christmas toys. James was fascinated by everything. He looked a lot like Ned with the blue eyes and the dimples. Ned and Brenda had no formal agreement, just their friendship regarding the custody of James. Today, Ned was telling Brenda about his night of passion with Lucy. "Three times Brenda! That woman is a tigress! I have the scars to prove it."

Brenda laughed joyously. If there was one thing she could never see, it was Ned and Lucy, "Did she leave scratches?"

Ned lifted his shirt up, "Take a look." Brenda saw several long scratches that Lucy had left. "Oh my God." Brenda raised her hand to her mouth, "This is funny."

"She practically attacked me. I swear it's because she saw Scott Baldwin with Alexis. But that's ok, I reaped the benefits." Ned smiled down at James.

Brenda laughed out loud, "Are you going to see her again?"

Ned shrugged his shoulders, "I don't see why not. Lucy's fun. I like her and she's undemanding." Brenda and Ned were interuppted by Alice who announced the arrival of Jax. "Brenda, want me to stay?"

Brenda hung her face into her hands, "Arrgghh, yeah you better go.. He will just tell me that I shouldn't see Sonny. Although he should talk, he's marrying Carly."

"That I am Brenda." Jax strode into the room, "How are you Ned?"

"I am good. I will leave you two to talk. Jax, I will talk to you soon." With that, Ned left the room.

Brenda leaned down and picked up James. She kissed him on the head and asked, "Hi Jax, How are you?"

"I am doing well. I came here to talk to you about my impending marriage. I wanted you to hear this from me." Jax sat down across from her and smiled at James, tickling his stomach.

Brenda studied Jax, "Ok, what's going on Jax? You're scaring me."

"No, no, no. No mean to scare you." Jax reassured, "I just want you to know that Carly and I are getting married in a few days. With our past history, I thought you should hear it from me."

"I appreciate it Jax though there is no reason for you to explain yourself." Brenda said, "Mind if I ask if you know what you are doing in marrying Carly?"

Jax grinned at Brenda, "Mind if I ask what you are doing with Sonny again."

"Touche" Brenda smiled back, "However, I am not "with"him nor do I plan on marrying him. He has hurt me far too many times in the past. But Jax, whatever makes you happy, will make me happy. I just don't have to like it."

Jax stood up and Brenda stood up with him. "Brenda, always remember that I want the best for you." He leaned down to give her a kiss on the cheek. She turned so he captured her lips and she kissed him sweetly.

"That's for you to remember me by."

Bobbie let herself into the Scorpio house and called out for Mac. She searched in every room and finally found him sitting on his unmade bed staring at his wedding picture of him and Felicia. Tears were coming slowly out of his eyes and he made no effort to wipe them away. "Mac!" Bobbie said sternly. He ignored him and she spoke louder, "Mac! I know you can hear me and I won't go away."

Mac turned around and groaned, "What do you want Bobbie?"

"I want to know what the hell you are doing with your life. Mac, it's been over a month since Felicia and Maxie have died. You need to pull yourself together."

"I don't want to hear this Bobbie. Leave me alone." Mac said, turning away from her.

Bobbie walked around and faced him. She slapped him across the face and said, "Mac, you owe this to me to listen to me!"

Rubbing his cheek he mumbled, "Owe it to you? How do I owe it to you? You didn't lose your wife and daughter did you?"

"Oh don't even go there with me. I have lost just as many loved ones as you. So stop with the pity party! I want you to listen to me because for God's sake Mac, you owe me this." Bobbie said calmly but sternly.

"I still don't know how I owe this to you. Will you please get the hell out of my house!" Mac yelled.

Bobbie sat down and looked into Mac's sad eyes, "You WILL listen to me because if it wasn't for me and Tony, you wouldn't have had Maxie for the time you had her. May I remind you that my daughter's heart beat in her chest?" Bobbie waited a second for that to sink in. When she spoke again, she had to choke back tears. "I wish I could have had even one more day with BJ and you got so much more. I don't begrudge you that. BJ saved Maxie's life and you and Felicia got a wonderful gift. Do you think Felicia is proud of you right now?" Mac didn't say anything. "Do you?"

Mac mumbled, "No."

Bobbie continued, "So now you need to get yourself together. Stop the drinking Mac. You have lost your job. Frankly Mac, you look like awful and when was the last time that the sheets on this bed were cleaned? What about your clothes, when was the last time you took a shower or shaved?" Mac didn't say anything and Bobbie pressed on "You need to do it for the people you left behind. Georgie is a mess, have you even noticed her lately? She is going to come stay with me at the brownstone. But you need to get yourself together for Felicia and for Maxie. And for BJ. If it wasn't for BJ, you would have lost Maxie a long time ago."

"Thanks for the guilt trip Bobbie." Mac stated blankly.

"Georgie needs you! You need to go to rehab and get yourself better! You need to do this for Felicia, Georgie, Maxie and BJ. You owe it to us." Bobbie leaned back and hugged Mac. "We all love you and are concerned for you. We want you to get better. There is a place in a rehab center that you can enter tonight. DO you know that we love you? Please Mac, please."

For a long time Mac stared at the floor. Then he looked up with tears in his eyes. "I don't want to but I will do it."

Bobbie got up and walked out. Outside stood Robert and Robin. "He's going tonight."

Robert looked at Bobbie, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."