Otherwise, Dailey wouldn't have been oblivious to his phone being confiscated.

Getting tangled up with the Clarksons for so long, he missed Christine's distress call. This was turning into a serious mess.

Normally, he'd kick up a fuss over the slightest thing, but now he was unusually quiet. Jane glanced at him, then took a step closer to Merritt.

""What video?"

Merritt handed Christine's phone to Jane.

Jane hadn't seen Christine's phone, assuming the situation was so dire it was left at home.

Turns out Merritt had it.

Instead of watching it first, she said to Dailey, "Let Chris rest first, she's got a concussion."

Dailey hurriedly helped Christine lie down, tucking her in comfortably.

He then sat beside the bed, keeping her IV fluids warm.

Only then did Jane play the video.

She shut it off right after the beginning but the room, having just fallen silent, allowed some sounds to leak through.

Gregory muttered a curse under his breath, unable to meet Jane's gaze.

Jane asked Dailey, "Can you explain this to Chris?"

planned on

if Nelly

importantly, Christine shouldn't get the wrong idea and be upset over

He told the truth.

listening, Jane's expression

prove the child isn't yours?

will," Dailey said confidently,

a DNA test. But with Nelly's scheming, she probably won't let you. So, you'll have to play along,

at Gregory, who

He nodded, "Exactly."

it, cutting to the chase, "So, Chris has

"Let's separate for now."

immediately objected, "No

Jane looked towards Gregory.

Gregory sighed.

have been just

dragged into the

and you won't be able to focus with the Clarksons breathing down your neck. Plus, she and Jane's company are launching their winter

we're saying you should

didn't mean that, but she didn't correct

up or not wasn't

better, we'll ask

recover, the

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