EPISODE

13. Another Single Parent

In Sam Angela's new neighbor Kelly has found a babysitter for her daughter Melissa. When Tony and Kelly are out once again and Sam wants to go to a concert, Angela takes care of the kid. As she did so, Melissa tells Angela that her dad called her once, though he, according to Kelly, is dead. On the basis of the circumstances Angela assumes that Kelly could have abducted Melissa from her father.

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Mona is off to a murder mystery weekend. A woman named Kelly ( D.D. Howard ), whose husband recently died and has a daughter named Melissa ( Jessica Player ), moves into the neighborhood. Kelly is a sports nut and she invites Tony to a few sporting events, but Tony has no feelings for her. Angela is roped into babysitting when Samantha gets invited to a U2 concert in the middle of her duties. When Angela is babysitting, Melissa tells her that her dad called one day and her mother would not let her talk to him, and the next day they moved. Angela and Tony start to suspect that Kelly might have stolen Melissa from him. Kelly divorced her husband, and it was a very rough custody battle during which she gave up her parental rights, but she decided that she could not live without her and stole her back.

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