"Strip Tease"
The news that Tracy is pregnant is a shock, and is something that Cameron Cassaro is not quite ready to hear. He has come over to discuss being engaged to another woman!
Where all this mess began, was really not something that Cameron was up to thinking about at the present moment. Clearly there were other more pressing issues besides their fight in Mayberry Park that they needed to talk about now. Breaking off a relationship is one thing, being pregnant is another more important matter.
Cameron barely has the time to think about things when, as he looks back up, he sees Tracy seated at her vanity dresser with the drawer open. She calls him over gently.
She holds the handle of the dresser drawer and opens it very, very slowly.
Inside are three home pregnancy test strips. All positives.
Cameron covers his mouth for a brief second before stepping back. He knows that if she is not ready for a baby, he certainly is not. He decides that he needs to tell her right away this fact. He needs to know who the child belongs to too. He knows that there is a bigger story behind the pregnancy. What was happening?
Cameron Cassaro is sure of one thing: the child Tracy is carrying is not his.
Tracy looks dead in the mirror. Cold, blank, expressionless.
*****
Carey walks down the upstairs hall to the rail landing over the winding staircase.
She yells out: "Mark I'm going to be upstairs taking a shower- oh, honey, you're not going to believe who just called! Anyway, get your little butt up here sooner rather than later. I want to see you babe."
In the living room, Samantha and Mark are quickly straightening themselves up. They can't let Carey know that they were making out.
"Is Samantha still there?" Carey yells out questioning.
Mark answers quickly, "Tes- sort of... she's just heading into the kitchen." Mark motions for Samantha to leave the room.
"OK, well tell her good night and tell her we'll finish taking about what we started to yesterday later. I would say later today but I have a feeling that we'll all be getting up some time late this afternoon. Gosh what a day - a bomb blast and a fire- Whew!"
Mark yells back: "OK, I'll by up in a minute... I just want to make sure things are OK here first. How are you feeling anyway? Are you bruised up at all?" Mark asks.
"Carey never bruises babe!" Carey exclaims and walks back down the hallway.
Mark, not so sure says: "OK, I'll bring up something from the kitchen for you on my way up, that will heal those bruises in no time at all."
*****
Trevor makes his way back upstairs and can't stop thinking about Tracy... He's fantasizing about her again.
Now in his bedroom, he looks in the mirror and realizes that the mistake that his father made in the lab was really for the best.
As Trevor looks harder at himself in the mirror, Trevor now knows that God has made the mistake happen for a reason. The lab mix-up was accelerating a process long over due anyway, Trevor can now see for what it is.
Trevor is finally going to become the person who he'd always known he could never become. He would have to be ready for the transition but would everyone else in Foxport be?
