Episode 716: Your True Love

"He doesn’t know what he’s talking about," Paul argued. "He doesn’t know me, Lucy. And he definitely doesn’t know us."

"Your boyfriend has been seeing Hope quite frequently, has he told you that?"

Lucy shook her head.

Curran suppressed a smile. It wasn’t time to celebrate yet, but maybe soon.

Paul was being as underhanded as Curran had suspected. Surely, Lucy wouldn’t take kindly to Paul sneaking visits behind her back. Surely, she’d see which side to trust, and back. Curran had been concerned when he’d seen her walking towards him so mesmerized by that ring, but now he thought he and Michael’s odds of holding on to Hope were greatly improved.

Paul touched the ends of Lucy’s hair. "I just didn’t tell you that I’ve seen her a couple extra times because sometimes hearing about her makes you really emotional, it puts you in a bad place. I just didn’t want to do that to you. I wasn’t hiding anything."

"Sure," Curran scoffed, "it’s not that he asked you to marry him because the court will look more favorably upon both biological parents attempting to gain custody of their child. Nope, that wasn’t his plan, that ring, that’s solely about how much he loves you."

"That’s exactly what it is, Lu," Paul insisted. "I was stupid to let you go the first time. I love you. I want to marry you. It’s not about custody of Hope. It isn’t about anything but you."

Lucy shook her head at both of them, her expression one of shellshock. She charged past them and stepped inside, pulling the door firmly shut behind her without another word.

Episode 717: Doom And Gloom