IMPORTANT NOTE: During this scene, Viki has been "replaced" by one of her alternate personalities, Jean Randolph. Only the audience is aware of this change -- the other people in this scene aren't aware that anything is wrong. For clarity's sake, all of Jean Randolph's lines and actions will be recorded in this transcript as Jean.

Jean, Jessica, Tina, Kevin and Joey are eating together at the country club and discussing the issue of Victor's illegitimate son.

Jean: It's really ironic, isn't it? I mean, just as we were ready to accept David Vickers into our family as a member, he turns out to be...I'm sorry, Tina. I'm very sorry, but you know the fact remains --
Tina: No, no, it's all right, it's all right -- David fooled all of us...especially me.
Jessica: He seemed so nice...so sweet.
Kevin: So phony.
Joey: (reassuringly to Jessica) Hey, it's easy to be fooled when you want to believe.
Jean: Well, I keep looking for some sort of lesson that we were supposed to have learned from this -- some meaning that we can take away with us, but try as I might I can't seem to find any. All I see are the facts. David Vickers pretended to be Victor's illegitimate son, and Todd Manning turned out to be the real one.
Tina: Wait, don't -- don't even mention that name.
Kevin: Well, whether we like it or not, he is entitled to the money.
Jean: Well, that may be...that may be. But there is fortunately no law that says we have to accept him into our home.
Tina: "Accept him"? Viki, I think we should sue him.
Joey: What would be the good in that?
Tina: Oh, I could give you 27.8 million very good reasons why. Who died and left Todd Manning in charge of everything?
Jessica: (looking around the table in confusion) Grandpa Victor, right?
Tina: Well, no, Jessie. Your grandfather, my father Victor Lord, he was a product of a sexist culture.
Jessica: He was?
Tina: Ask yourself -- why should Todd be entitled to all that money? Because he was Victor's illegitimate son? I'm Victor's illegitimate daughter -- why don't I deserve that money?
Jean: Oh, no, wait, wait, wait, Tina, please, this family has suffered enough. I really -- I don't want to hear any more of this ugly squabbling. Especially about money -- it doesn't matter. Let Todd have the money. It's unimportant. What we have is far more precious. We have each other. Now, Todd Manning, for all that he appears to have changed, he hasn't. He is who he always was, and he will never be a part of our family.

Jean doesn't realize that Todd is standing behind her and that he heard the tail end of what she was saying.

--end scene--

Viki's family sees Todd standing next to their table before Jean does.

Jessica: (trying to get Jean's attention) Mom...
Jean: (finally seeing Todd) Todd! What a coincidence, we were just talking about you.
Todd: I know -- I heard. And don't worry -- I don't want to be a part of your little family. All I want is the money that Victor Lord left me -- no more, no less.
Tina: Oh, gosh, that's so big of you, considering you're walking away with almost 30 million dollars.
Todd: Listen, Tina, I never asked to be your brother. And, hey...not my fault the trust fund turned out to be a jackpot. Life just ain't fair, is it?
Kevin: Well, I got a great idea, Todd. Why don't -- why don't you just take all the money...and move?
Joey: Now, that's good thinking, Kev. Might I suggest Cuba?
Tina: Yeah!
Jean: Oh, oh, that's enough -- that's enough. Come on, this -- this rancor is pointless.
Todd: Rancor, huh? I thought they just hated my guts.
Jean: Todd, don't let us keep you from your meeting with Arthur.
Todd: (surprised that she knows about the meeting) What are you doing butting your nose in my business?
Jean: (chuckling) Arthur Vandenburg is a friend -- he asked me to be present at this meeting. Unless, of course, you prefer that I not attend...?
Todd: No. No, actually, I -- I want you there -- there was something I wanted to talk to you about before the meeting. I need you ask you a question...in private.

--end scene--

Todd and Jean go to a nearby table and sit down. It is a few minutes before they are supposed to meet with men in charge of the trust fund that Victor Lord had set up for Todd. Todd now has some questions for his sister regarding his parents, Victor and Irene.

Todd: So when I meet with these guys that run the trust fund, they're going to ask me all kinds of questions.
Jean: Mm-hmm.
Todd: They want me to prove that I am who I say that I am.
Jean: Yes, well, I expect that's why Arthur asked me to be present...sort of as a representative of the family. You don't think I'm going to protest your claim, do you?
Todd: No. You said that you wouldn't, right? Your word is good.
Jean: Yes.
Todd: Well, then, fine. Look, uh...you know, when I came to your house and I acted like a jerk?
Jean: Yes.
Todd: Well, I know that "I'm sorry" doesn't count for much, but -- but none of this has been easy for me...finding out that I'm Victor Lord's son.
Jean: Todd, I told you, don't --
Todd: No, I know, you said that -- that I shouldn't worry about it, that I shouldn't try to figure out what kind of a man that he was. That I should get on with my life, but I just can't do that. At least not until I know more about the man.
Jean: You know as much as anyone --
Todd: No, not as much as you. Now, you said there was more to learn about Victor Lord. Now what is it? Tell me.

As Todd continues with his questions, it becomes increasingly clear to the audience (if not to Todd himself) that Jean is growing very uncomfortable, as if she's about to jump out of her skin. This is the way she gets whenever anyone tries to drudge up her buried memories of her father.

Jean: Oh, I don't think that this is the time or the place --
Todd: This is the perfect time and the perfect place -- I'm about to become an official member of this family! Now there are some things that I need to know. Did my mom and my dad ever say anything about me? I mean, did they ever pretend that I existed? I mean, did they ever worry about handing me over to some other family? Come on, Viki -- this is my life we're talking about. I deserve to know. You're the only one that can tell me.

Jean stares at Todd impassively and does not answer.

--end scene--

When the scene returns, Todd is still trying to get answers about Victor Lord out of Jean, who is becoming more and more uncomfortable with each passing moment.

Todd: Come on -- you grew up with Victor Lord. He must have said something, sometime. Even if he wouldn't admit that you had a bastard brother. He must've let something slip.
Jean: No, Todd, no. He didn't -- he didn't. You didn't know him. All that was important to him was the appearance of virtue, of rectitude. He -- he never let the world see the other side, the dark side.
Todd: Yeah, but there was a dark side -- I mean, you must have seen it. I mean, he could be honest with his favorite daughter, right?

Jean is starting to lose control completely, taking a sigh and letting her head fall back wearily on the chair.

Jean: I don't really think I can deal with this right now...
Todd: Come on -- I'm not asking for any kind of secrets, okay? I just want to know if ever mentioned me.... If I mattered. Or if I was just some kind of a mistake that -- that he just wanted to forget.
Jean: (happy to change the subject) Well, he didn't forget about you -- he never forgot about you.

Jean digs around in her purse and pulls out an appointment book, which is titled Daily Reminder 1970.

Jean: I have Father's appointment book from the year that you were born. I thought it might be useful in meeting with the trustees. I've earmarked some pages for you to take a look at.

Todd takes the book and turns to one of the pages that is marked.

Todd: (reading) "Meeting with lawyers at 2:00 PM. Subject -- Bitsy and the boy." The boy. That's what I was? "The boy" that he gave to Bisty and Peter Manning?
Jean: Yes, I've marked more pages -- keep reading.
Todd: (turning to a new page) "Arrange limo. Irene flying with baby to Chicago tomorrow night, 9:00 AM." Limo? Well, at least he dumped me in style.
Jean: There's another entry.
Todd: (turning to the final page) "Reminder: send Bitsy medical info on the boy. O negative. Has all his shots." Sounds like he's talking about a golden retriever.

Todd, looking mildly disgusted, closes the book and puts it back on the table.

Todd: What about my mother?
Jean: What about Irene?
Todd: Come on -- you two were friends. She must've mentioned something.
Jean: Nope. No, she never confided in me that she had a son, nor did she ever tell Tina that.
Todd: So I never existed -- for my mother or my father. I was just an accident that they walked away from.
Jean: Look, Todd, your mother was very young, and really quite foolish when she, uh, became my father's lover. As she grew older, I'm quite sure she just wanted to forget about that chapter in her life --
Todd: I am not a "chapter" in someone's life -- I'm her kid!
Jean: (testily) I don't really see the point of this anymore. Why do you want to relive the past?
Todd: I don't want to relive anything -- I just want to understand it. (pausing to regain his composure) I -- I have one more question. Do you really think that Dorian Lord killed our father? Or was it Irene Manning? Did my mother kill him?

--end scene--

Jean: For years, I was convinced that Dorian had killed Father. But then David came forward with his evidence.
Todd: David Vickers was a fake.
Jean: The evidence is not. The evidence is real. Sloan took it to some of his military experts, and they authenticated it, and Bo also had that done at the police lab.
Todd: He could have forged my mother's diary, even the part about the confession.
Jean: Todd, you asked me what I think. Probably the truth is that none of us will ever know who really killed Father. It could've been Irene, it could've been Dorian, it could've been --

At this point in their conversation, the men from the trust fund -- Arthur Vandenburg and Barnaby Collins -- show up for their meeting with Todd.

--end transcript--