Episode 1257: Wishes

“I really wish I could buy into whatever you’re selling here,” Lucy said, hugging her sides. “But somehow I doubt this new strategy of yours involves sitting down with Curran and the two of you finding a way to meet in the middle. And I don’t see any other path forward that’s actually going to be in Hope’s best interest.”

“Don’t you think if Curran was willing to be civilized I would have already taken him up on it?”

“This war between you two hasn’t been one-sided so forgive me if my faith in your good sense is shaken.”

“I didn’t start the war,” Paul said.

“You have escalated it,” Lucy pointed out.

“Only when I have no choice. I’m trying to spend time with my kid and Curran had been blocking me at every turn. I guess its easy to sit in judgment when you’ve wiped your hands of our daughter. You might be fine with just throwing away a relationship with her, but I-”

“Okay. Yep. That’s it. You need to go. Whatever so called help you wanted from me was probably just another thing that would make it all worse rather than better. And contrary to what you seem to think, I care about Hope, I love her, I did not throw her away. I just wasn’t ready to be anyone’s mom, and you certainly weren’t as desperate to step up back then as you are now, so I made the most difficult decision I’ve ever made in my life. Now here you are trying to unravel it, trying to take away the peace I’d made with entrusting her to Michael and Curran. Everything was fine, she had the happy solid family life I wanted for her and you had to go and mess with it and-”

“I’m sorry,” Paul said. “I didn’t come here to pick a fight with you, my intentions were the exact opposite. I shouldn’t have said you threw her away, I know that’s not what you did, this Curran thing just has me on edge and lashing out. I know giving her up was hard for you and if someone else had to be her parent, Michael was a good choice.” Never would he say the same about Curran. Never.

“Like you said, she had a happy solid family, you did that with no help from me. I’m grateful you did that for her. But where you’re wrong is that I messed it all up by re-entering Hope’s life. Hope is the one who showed up at my house. And she sought you out, too. She wanted us back in her life and Curran is disrespecting her wishes. And since she showed up at your door, too, you should join me in this fight, she wanted you in her life just like she wanted me there.” With that, Paul got down on bended knee.

Episode 1258 (Title?) Coming September 10, 2024