a light bulb went off in Hope’s mind after Bo suggested charitable contributions. If Alice knew Maggie had a child, and that she was unaware of it, why wait this long to tell her about it? Could the money have been something so simple as a means of building the Horton Town Square? If so, and if those bank statements were being sent to her by her financial advisers, perhaps they were using Basic Black to invest them, with John overseeing their distribution? If so, then maybe he was still in "Robo-John" mode from what Stefano did to him, as Ms. Jake mentioned, and that’s why he has no memory of it now. I hope not, and admittedly I’m grabbing at straws here, but I truly do not believe that John, in his right mind, would have misappropriated those funds; but, obviously someone else did — say, for instance, the "puppet master himself?" Why else would John be having these flashbacks now where he is in Paris at the time he was going over those statements? I don’t know, but my brain is starting to bubble, so I’m switching my mind back to "wait and see" position.