The rain poured down onto the green Southfork grass. The day before was perfect for a memorial service; the rain held off long enough to honor the lost Ewings. While the Rain poured, the Family gathered in the den for the reading of the Wills. Although not all the family will be mentioned, they wanted to be apart of the readings. Clark Bennett arrived a few minutes late and went straight to the desk.

“I’m sorry I’m late, the Rain is really bad.” Clark sat down and opened his brief case. “We’ll start with J.R.’s will first, and then we’ll do Ray, and then Donna’s.” Clark pulled out J.R.’s Will and looked at John Ross. “Okay, J.R. send this to me the day before he left for South America.

Clark started to read the Will:

First I want to say that although I have put my family through a lot of trouble; I have always loved each of you. So with that, I will start. To my wife, Sue Ellen, what do I have that you need? You have everything that anyone could ask for. So I leave to you, my ongoing love. To John Ross, my namesake. I have wanted you to follow in my footsteps. You have made a life for yourself, and you have made me proud. To you I leave Three Percent of my Shares, of Ewing Oil. I would also like you to have the pearl handled revolver that my Daddy gave to me. I hope you know how much I love you. To James, my oldest son. I leave to you two percent of Ewing Oil. To Justin, I wish that I could’ve known you better. I am sorry for not being there for you. I leave to you five percent of Ewing Oil. To each of my Grandchildren that are over the age of eighteen. I leave two percent of Ewing Oil. To each of my children I leave the sum of three million dollars. To my grandchildren, I leave two million dollars, for the ones who are under eighteen; the money will go into an account. To be collected on you’re eighteenth Birthday. I hope that you all will remember me and remember the love I have for you.

Clark closed the Will, and then opened another book.

“I have one thing to add to J.R’s will before I go onto Rays. I have the Will of Jock Ewings. Jock had invested money into a computer company back into the eighties and is now worth over Ten Billion Dollars. The sum that was invested, is now worth 600 million, it is to be awarded to John Ross Ewing III upon the death of J.R. There was also the sum of 45 Million Dollars to be awarded to each of the Grandchildren and their Heirs from a separate account that Jock had set aside. Now we’ll go onto Rays Will.”

As Clark got Ray’s Will out of his brief Case, John Ross stood up and went to the window. “Thank you Daddy, Granddad.” John Ross turned back around to hear what Ray left his family.

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Frankie walked into the Starr House, he wanted to be with Megan today, but because of the Wills, he knew that he would have to wait. AS he walked into the living room he saw his mother sitting on the sofa.

“Hi Honey,” Beth said as she looked up at her son. “Could I have a minute please?”

“Sure Mom” Frankie walked over and sat next to his mom. “What’s up?”

“I wanted to talk to you about Megan.”

“Mom, please”

“I want to know if you really do love her, or if this is your fathers plan.” Beth put her hand on Frankie’s knee and patted it.

“Mom, I love Megan, I always have, I guess my hate for her overwhelmed my love.” Frankie looked his mother in the eyes.

“Son, I’m glad, I like her too. But I’m worried about your father.”

“Don’t worry about him, I can take care of him.” Frankie leaned over and kissed his mother on the cheek then went up to his room.

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The Ewing Family sat in the den waiting for Clark Bennett to read Ray and Donna’s Will.

“Ray and Donna both had separate Wills, however, they also had a mutual Will that in the event of both their deaths, would be read, so, I will start.

“In the event of our deaths, we have decide to divide our estate three ways. Margaret, Lucas and Charlie will receive One Third of the Ranch, profits. The Oil that is underneath the Ranch ground is not to be drilled. IT was the wish of Enoch Southworth, founder of Southfork that Oil never be drill on the land. We hope that you will respect that wish. We have three separate envelopes with the list of personal item that you will all receive. We have always wanted to be fair and equal, so we leave to the three of you a sum of 20 million dollars, we also have put a Trust together that will go for our Grandchildren when they reach the age of eighteen. We love all of you and hope you will remember us always.”

Clark put the Will down and picked up another piece of paper.

“This was given to me yesterday by Gary, he said that before Ray left for South America that he gave Ray his eight percent of Ewing Oil. I have already talked to Charlie and she decided to take the lesser amount, so she will take Two percent, and Lucas and Margaret will get Three percent.

The Ewings all looked at each other, each knowing that trouble will be stirring.

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Sam sat in his office looking through the mail, he couldn’t wait to find out what the Wills said. If it turned out like Ed said it would, he could make his move. Sam sat back and was enjoying the rain coming down when his buzzer went off.

“Yes?” Sam asked speaking into the phone.

“Mr. Dooley is here.”

“Good send him in.” Sam stood up and went to the door.

“Hello Dooley.” Sam said as the door opened.”

“Hello Mr. Starr.” The two went over to the conference table and sat down.

“I take it the meeting went well?” Sam asked.

“Christopher is has stupid has everyone said he is.”

“Good, Plan One is done, you know the rest.. Right?”

“Yes sir.”

“Good” Sam looked out the window and started to laugh.

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The family started to get up and go their separate ways when Bennett stopped then.

“I almost forgot. I also have something else.” Clark opened up another envelope and the family came back and sat down. “I have something that was given to the firm over twenty years ago. It was ordered to open twenty-one years from the time of the Southfork fire. Just so everyone knows, this hasn’t been opened since then.” Clark took out a sheet of paper and started to read:

TO my living family:

When you read this, I will be long gone, and some of you I may not have known. But please know I love you all. For most of my life, I had lived on Southfork; I saw the good times, and the bad times. The good times like when I married Jock, then Clayton, and when my sons were born. The bad times like the depression, and the Southfork fires. For those of you that don’t know the history of Southfork, there was another main house that burned down many years ago, My daddy and Jock built a new Southfork, but never completely tore down the original house. The house now sits on a part of Southfork that isn’t used. I’m pretty sure that not even Bobby or Ray has been there. That is the reason for this letter. I want my family to know the history of the Ranch, and to understand what family means. That is why, with this letter you will find a map. Clayton and I buried time capsule twenty-one years ago, find it, and then you will receive more instructions. Until then…

Love,

Ellie.

Clark closed up the letter and unfolded the map showing where the time capsule was located. Bobby stood up and walked over to the desk. Clark handed him the map then sat back down. Bobby looked at the family.

“You know, Momma gave me Southfork because I loved the land as she did. I’m glad that she did this. When the rain clears up, we’ll find this time capsule and we’ll start are joinery.” Bobby smiled at the family.

“Dad, have you ever been to the old Southfork?” Chris asked.

“Well, it’s funny,” Bobby said with a grin. “When I was about ten, and Gary and I went exploring and we came upon the remains of a burned down house, Gary of course remembered it, but not me, when Daddy found out he gave us the biggest whoop’n, we never went back. I don’t even think I could find it now.” Bobby let out a small laugh. Most of the family couldn’t wait until the rain stopped so they could find out what was in the time capsule.

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Sue Ellen was still unconscious; the doctors didn’t give much hope for her. The door to her room opened, and a man of medium height walked in. He made his way to her bed, being careful not to run into any doctors or nurses, since only family was suppose to see her. The man picked up her hand a stroked it.

“Oh, my sweet Sue Ellen, it’s been so long, I’ve missed you.” He said with tears in his eyes. “I wish I didn’t have to leave you like I did. I had no choice. Please wake up, we can still have a chance.” The man laid his head onto her chest. And continued to hold her hand.

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The sky was beautiful over the South American land. The team that had found Jocks remains had finally finished and was packing up. Joe Clark was looking around for one last look. It was a shame that the same fate Jock Ewing met had to be his son’s fate also. Joe wanted so much to find the lost Ewings, if only the rest of them had been as easy to find as Sue Ellen was. Joe climbed into the chopper and closed to door. As the chopper took off a man and a woman hurried to the campsite. The two of them saw the chopper take off.

“NO, WAIT, COME BACK!” After a moment the man and woman were left alone.