#019 Thursday, May 3rd

(from now on, each episode will include a little dialouge in one or more of the scenes)

Norm returns home and Carol tells him about Cody's problems. Norm says that he sensed that Cody had come home because he was in some sort of trouble. Carol says that she's going to pay off the bookies to make them leave Cody alone, but Norm says that bailing Cody out is not the answer. Carol says that she will not stand by and let her son's life be in danger. Norm says that he doesn't want to see Cody get hurt, but says he needs to get himself out of this. Carol refuses to see things Norm's way and says that now isn't the time to try and teach a lesson. Norm backs off and says that Carol should do what she feels is best and if that means paying Cody's debt, than so be it, but he adds that she should make it clear that she won't bail him out every time he gets in a bind.

Carolee shows up at Donahue's corporate office with a judge and police. Joseph comes out and demands to know what is going on.

Carolee: I'm here to make your brother give me my children.

Joseph: This is not the place to pull your little stunts.

Carolee: You need to shut up and mind your own business

Joseph: My family owns this building, so it is my business when someone comes in and disrupts it

Judge: There is a court order for Mr. Edmund McGregor to turn over his children

Joseph: And does this look like a place children would be?

Edmund comes out of his office

Edmund: I'll handle this Joseph.

Carolee: So you decided to show your face? What happened, did you decide to stop letting your family defend you?

Edmund: After what you did, you shouldn't even asking for custody.

Carolee: You know what? I'm not here to listen to you rail against me, I'm here to get things settled.

Edmund: Why are you doing this? It wasn't enough that you had to leave those children, no, you had to take it to another level.

Carolee: I explained everything to you before I left.

Edmund: You can't explain what you did, because it was wrong.

Carolee: Look, if you do what I ask you to, we won't have a problem.

Edmund: Then I guess we'll have a problem. because I'm not giving in.

Carolee: Oh, that's just fine with me, if you want a long drawn out court battle that will drag you family's name through the mud, then so be it.

Edmund: You will never win.

Carolee: We'll see about that.

Judge: You need to turn the children over now or you will be detained until you do.

Edmund: Go right ahead and arrest me then.

The police put handcuffs on Edmund and escort him out of the building. Joseph promptly calls Anna.

Cody and Trish are at the Novi Donahue store, Cody is taking inventory while Trish asks him about the details about how he started gambling. Cody says that he didn't have a lot of cash, so he decided to try and double what little he had. He says that he got lucky for awhile, but eventually he hit rock bottom. Suddenly, something shatters a window and smashes into a display case. Trish barely misses being hit by it and Cody runs to the window to see who may have thrown it, but can't see anyone.