The Kids Are Alright

Belle sits in the Brady Pub with a pathetic look on her face. Marlena is "comforting" her.
"It's okay honey, we'll find her I promise" Marlena says

"Mom I just can't help thinking this is all my fault!" Belle whines

"Well of course it is sweetheart." Marlena says "You ARE the one who messed up her life because you couldn't keep it in your pants."

"MOM!" Belle is shocked "How can you say that to me!"

"Well honey it's the truth." Marlena flips her hair and smiles "And we both know it runs in the family. Your sisters Sami and Carrie, Me, none of us are happy unless we have at least 2 men fighting over us at any given time."

"But I was married to Shawn, and I screwed it all up by telling him the truth." Belle keeps whining

"Yes I know" Marlena agrees "I tried so hard to teach you to lie better. I just don't understand what I did wrong. Sami got it, she lies like George Bush during a press conference. And Carrie, I mean come on, she stole her sister's husband, then slept with her fiance, and still managed to come out looking the the innocent one. Now THAT girl knows how to lie!"

The door to the pub opens and Mimi comes in. She stares at Belle across the room. Belle's mouth drops and she dons her patented "deer in the headlights" expression.

"YOU IDIOT!" Mimi screams "I handed you Shawn on a silver platter and what do you do? You sleep with PHILLIP??? I didn't switch those embryos so you could turn around and screw this all up!"

Marlena stands up "YOU switched them? I switched them!"

"What are you two talking about?" Belle is freaking "I switched the vials that held the sperm!"

"WHAT?" Hope steps out from the kitchen "Oh my God! What did you three do?"

The four women stand in the middle of the pub and stare at each other.

"None of that matters, now!" John walks into the pub holding a gun

"John!" Hope says, shocked "What are you doing?"

"Oh please, spare me the theatrics Hope" John says "It's time everyone knew the truth."

The entire room turns to look at Hope, who starts hyperventilating

"You hated Belle from the beginning." John says "You always thought your precious Shawn was too good for her. So when they did the in-vitro you saw Belle switch the sperm vials, so you waited then switched the lids. Then you got Mimi to switch the lids by telling her what Belle had done. But what you didn't tell her was that the eggs had already been fertilized, so it was already too late."

"But what you didn't know was that I'd already told Marlena about the sperm switch, knowing she would switch them again so her baby Belle could get Shawn back by having not one but two of his children. But what she didn't know was that in reality Belle would be carrying Mimi and Phillip's baby." John continues

"But everything fell apart didn't it?" Mimi says "Because Belle miscarried and my mother made sure my surrogate had the baby."

"MY BABY!" Belle shrieks "You stole my baby you bitch!"

"YOU STOLE MY HUSBAND! YOU WHORE!" Mimi screams back

Chairs and tables fly as the girls go at it. Screaming, hair pulling, scratching.

Finally John fires a shot into the ceiling to stop them. They look up at him shocked.

"Okay ladies, enough." John says "None of that matters now because my brother Stefano sent me to let you know, he has the baby and he will grow up to be the heir to the Dimera throne."

"Brother?" Marlena turns white "Stefano is your brother?"

"Of course he is." John explains "My mother is Colleen Brady, my father is Santo. Why do you think Stefano has been trying to keep us apart all these years. He wanted you for himself, sibling rivalry you know."

"So I'm a Dimera?" Belle finally figures it out "Oh my God! I'm RICH! I get to go shopping in Paris, and live in Italy!"

"Belle!" Marlena freaks "You can't do this! Stefano is our mortal enemy! He has destroyed our family."

"Pfft, not MY family." Belle says "Dad, can I have my own villa? And can Claire have a pony?"

"Yes, Princess" John laughs "All that and more! I have the jet waiting for us if you're ready."

"BELLE NO!" Marlena melts down "You're my daughter, you can't leave me!"

"Mom, get over it. I'm sick of being good, I'm sick of being poor, and I am sick of you treating me like a baby. Meems, you ready to cut out of here and go rock Rodeo Drive with my dad's credit card?"

"Hell yeah!" Mimi smiles "So what are we talking here, Visa Platinum or Master Card?"

"Girls, have you ever heard of the secret American Express card that has no limit and you have to be invited to apply for?"

"I think so." Belle says "have you heard of it Mimi?"

"OH MY GOD, Belle." Mimi grabs Belle's shoulders "Think about it, they call it the BLACK card!!!!"

"Dad? Really???" Belle's eyes light up like a Christmas tree

John laughs and escorts the girls out the door, then turns to give a final smirk to Marlena. "See ya Doc."