Friday, January 19th

Jack continues to worry about what might go wrong with Dina in Paris. Ashley thinks the benefits outweigh the risks. When Dina asks ‘John’ to bring down her luggage, he second guesses this being a good idea. Dina reassures him – look after the children. They all love you very much, Jack chokes up – I’ll miss you. The world will bring us together when the time’s right, Dina goes back upstairs. Jack reluctantly agrees with Ashley but vows this is temporary.

Ashley says a weepy goodbye to Dina. Tell Jackie that I had to leave, Dina tells ‘John’ (who looks devastated when he hugs his Mom) After Traci and Dina head off to the Jabot jet, Ashley reassures her brother that Dina be back in no time to make their lives hell again.

At the club, Noah asks what happened with Devon. He believed me and went to smooth things over with Mariah, Tessa answers. Noah’s sorry she had to go through this – it’s not fair. Definitely not, Tessa hugs him.

Whose side are you taking? Hilary wonders. Giving nothing away, Devon then goes over to tell Mariah that he’s sorry. Sorry enough to not release the song and delete the files??? Devon’s put on the spot.

At the club’s bar with Phyllis, Billy knows that JT’s a guys guy – all fun and games. He’ll hurt Vikki. Vikki’s making a huge mistake.

To our first real night back together, Vikki and JT clink wine glasses ~kiss~ When Vikki goes up to tend to Katie, JT says he’s calling work – but instead pulls a bottle of pills out of his bag and washes one down with wine.

At the house to update Jack, Mike also lets Ashley know what her attorney, Tony will be calling her about; the arbitration hearing will take place the day after tomorrow. God forbid we have a moment to breath, Ashley quips. You can always cancel, Mike reminds. No, things have been said and done by Jack and me – we need to do this and move on, Ashley’s firm. Jack agrees – decisions have to be made once and for all.




My Thoughts: Not sure Mariah has any legal grounds to force Hilary to remove the segment. Any footage should be the property of GC Buzz. Plus, there’s no proof that Tessa stole Mariah’s journal/lyrics. If only a TV studio had cameras. Devon should believe Mariah.She’s not deceptive (with the exception of stalking Abby/Tyler and the whole ghost-Cassie thing) If not, Sharon could easily verify that Mariah’s journal had gone missing yesterday. Hilary could vouch for her looking for it today. In fact, Hilary was standing in the spot were Tessa put the journal to be ‘found’ … Abby has no concept of how all-consuming it will be to take care of Dina properly. And after all that’s happened, why is Dina allowed to leave the country? What if she starts torching, stabbing and abducting in France? Shouldn’t the Abbotts at least run it by Paul and Dina’s doctors? ….. I wonder what pills JT’s hooked on (because they wouldn’t have shown it if he was just taking harmless daily vitamins) Clearly it’s nothing with erectile dysfunction listed as a side effect. Hey – maybe it’s Viagara.