Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (S56E71): The Pre-nup

Michael asks Nelle to sign a pre-nup before they get married; she calls a lawyer to represent her.  He tells her “it’s just a formality,” saying everyone who marries into the family signs one; she says okay, because “as long as [they] are together, these papers don’t mean anything.”  He thanks her and says he is going to file them; the he will bring her copy to put in a drawer and never look at it again.  Ned comes in; Nelle thanks him for helping them with the wedding.  He says no problem; she mentions the pre-nup Michael just had her sign.  Ned tells her Olivia signed one too; he mentions, however, that she did it because she wanted to… not that it is mandatory.  Nelle looks pissed.

Olbrecht moves Peter to Wyndemere (in the stables); he screams for help, she asks if he wants to experience the kind of pain that warrants such cries.  She looks in her purse and suddenly realizes the notebook is missing; Chase tells Finn that he needs to talk to him about his mom and their father.  They aren’t coming to town after all; Finn is holding the notebook.  Chase gets a text from Michael, saying “she signed the pre-nup.”  Chase calls and asks Nelle to meet him; he tells her he is sorry for everything he laid on her yesterday.  She asks if he meant it; he says yes… but he says he was wrong.  It’s clear that Michael wants to spend the rest of his life with her; he says, “he hasn’t given you any reason to doubt that, has he?”  She says, no; Michael is from a wealthy family, so of course, he is going to ask her to sign a pre-nup.  He sees that she is upset and questions it; he tries again to talk her out of going through with the marriage.  He tells her they can still be together; he tells her he will give her the life she deserves and they can raise the baby together.  He says he can give her the love Michael never will; she says, “he can give me something you can’t.”  A life of stability and comfort, is what she says; she asks how they would start a life together with Michael’s family after them… she says this is a mistake and she shouldn’t have come.  She says she’s moved on and walks away; Chase says, to himself, “we got her.”

Drew asks Nina what is up; he tells her he knows, the last few weeks, she has been hiding something.  She has forgotten about a deadline for this month’s issue; she assures him “this is an anomaly” for her.  She tells him she will get the ads sold by tomorrow night; Valentine, standing outside the door, sees Drew leave.  He goes in; Nina gets a call that he has purchased all of the ad space for the August issue… one of the ads is a plea for her forgiveness.  She tells him she isn’t running these ads; she says she still loves him too, but she cannot trust him anymore, and what he did with Heinrik changed the way she looked at him, forever.  He says as long as they love each other, they can fix anything; he tells her he has to go back because the stable master has a problem, and he has to take care of the horses.  Nina tries to call Leisel to warn her; but she is busy taking notes, in a new notebook, as she forces Heinrik to finish his sequel.

Lulu finds Maxie at Crimson and questions why she isn’t with James; she says her mom and Mac took him for the afternoon.  They end up getting in another argument; Lulu says Maxie is just looking for a reason to be mad at her… Maxie says she doesn’t have to look very far.  Lulu asks how they could have a day like yesterday, then treat her like dirt today; Maxie starts talking about how Nathan will never be able to hold James and blaming Lulu for printing that story again.  Lulu says she doesn’t even remember how long it’s been; Maxie says, “five months.”  She tells Maxie she thought her article would lure Faison out, then he would be arrested, and they would be safe; she tells Maxie if she never wants to talk to her again, she needs to just say it.  She is tired of this back and forth, hate and hope game they are playing; Lulu tells Maxie at least she is there, trying.  She says Maxie is the one treating someone she loves like garbage; she starts to walk away, and Maxie throws a beach ball at her.  Lulu turns around and throws a pool toy, and they start throwing all kinds of stuff at each other.  They end up laughing.  Then the conversation turns sentimental; Maxie admits that she is just angry because the man Lulu loves is coming home eventually, and the man she loves never will.

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