Bold and the Beautiful taunts with Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada), pregnant but arrested, and if there’s any justice, she will spend the rest of her natural life behind bars. But that leaves the question of who will raise her and Will Spencer‘s (Crew Morrow) baby. Even though Katie Logan (Heather Tom) already said she would, it might not work out that way at all.
And I suspect we could wind up with a custody battle for this unborn Spencer spawn for a few good reasons. All right, let’s talk about who might make a grab for the kid. Obviously, Luna was stunned when the new life she dreamed of with Will just poof went up in smoke. Even though the DNA test said Luna is pregnant by Will, he does not want her. and Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace) called the cops and Chief Baker hauled her away no matter that she was begging Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) and everybody else to save her.
So obviously if Luna stays in prison, she can’t be with her baby. And her jaw dropped when Katie Logan said she and Bill Spencer would be raising Luna and Will’s child. But just because Katie said it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. And as a matter of fact, Luna may not want that for her child. Even if she’s in prison, which seems likely since Bill says he won’t help her out, Luna may get some say in the matter of who raises her and Will’s child.
A Spencer Heir Unwanted: Why the Biological Parents Won’t Raise the Baby on Bold and the Beautiful
There are other people who may actually want to raise this baby, each with their own reasons for doing it. I will say off the cuff that despite this allegedly being Will’s baby, I don’t think he’s going to want to play daddy to the kid because Luna got him drunk and molested him and that’s unpleasant. And I don’t think Electra is going to want to be a stepmom to Luna’s spawn. So, I’m not even counting them as possibilities.
But there are other interested parties, some of them more legit than others, but all who could make a case that they have a legal claim to this child with its father Will apathetic about custody and its mom Luna locked up hopefully for life.
Bold and the Beautiful: Will Katie and Bill Secure Custody of the Spencer Child?
First of all, obviously there’s Katie and Bill as possible adoptive or custodial parents. He may want to do the adoption as Katie wants because Bill may hope that it’ll reconcile him and Katie and give them a new lease on life, but they may not wind up with the kid.
Second, I suspect Luna’s grandma, Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda), may throw her hat into the ring. She may want Luna’s baby to prove that she can raise it right and so Li can make sure the kid doesn’t turn out evil like Luna or her awful mother Poppy Nozawa (Romy Park).
I’m sure Li wants this child to be raised with good role models so that it has a sense of morality and good judgment. I mean, it’d be great if the kid turned out like Finn Finnegan (Tanner Novlan), who Li and Jack Finnegan (Ted King) raised very well. I credit Li with all of that. And you know, Finn turned out great despite having Sheila Carter’s (Kimberlin Brown) DNA in his bloodstream. So Li is somebody to think about.
Dr. Finn’s Bid for a Do-Over: Raising the Grandchild He Never Knew
Another option to consider after great grandma Li is the kid’s grandpa, Finn. He may also want to be considered as an adoptive or custodial father for Luna’s baby for a few reasons. First, Finn didn’t get to raise Luna, so this would be kind of a do-over. Second, Finn himself is adopted and he has a psychotic mom, Sheila. So, he may see something of himself in this child’s situation.
Third, Finn may want the kid away from Bill’s influence. I mean, Dollar Bill is a cheater, a liar, an attempted murderer. He’s not a great guy, you know, and Bill got Luna the pardon even after she tried to kill Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), and that all led to this mess. So, we also know that Finn and Steffy are great parents, and I could see Finn convincing Steffy that they could save this kid from Luna and protect the child from her horrible influence.
And if Finn makes the deal of let’s raise this kid and I’ll cut Luna and Sheila out of my life, not another word spoken to them forever. Steffy might go, “Okay, okay.” because she does like kids and she adopted before even though it turned out to be a stolen baby. So, we know she’s open to adoption.
Poppy’s Gold-Digging Scheme: A Grandchild as a Paycheck on Bold and the Beautiful
A fourth option to consider is someone who may want to raise Will and Luna’s baby for extremely selfish reasons, and that’s Poppy. Of course, she hates her daughter Luna. And this week, when Poppy finds out Luna’s alive, she even calls her the b-word, which completely shocks Li and Finn, although it shouldn’t. But that doesn’t mean that Poppy won’t make a grab for her grandkid. Here’s why. That baby of Luna’s is a Spencer. And Poppy is a well-known gold digger on Bold and the Beautiful.
So, she might fight to get custody of Luna’s kid so she can demand hefty child support from the Spencer family. Poppy might see that baby in Luna’s belly as a payday. You know, Poppy’s all about the money. That’s why she tried to pass Luna off as Bill’s kid. And if you remember, Poppy was pretending to be a chill hippie chick. But was actually thrilled to be living the cushy Spencer lifestyle with Bill. So yeah, I could see Poppy making a grab because she sees the baby as an ATM.
Bold and the Beautiful: Sheila Carter’s Desperate Bid for Family and Redemption
A fifth option to consider, of course, is eight-toed Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown). She might want her great-grandbaby because it’s her only link to Finn and Luna who are most likely going to be out of her life for good. Steffy had finally softened up on Sheila, but now she lied and helped hide Luna. So, I think she’s going to be on the outs again. As for Luna, she’s probably looking at life in prison, and that means Sheila can’t have her in her day-to-day life. So, she may want to get custody of Luna’s baby to feel closer to her son Finn and her granddaughter Luna when they are both out of her life.
But I can’t imagine Katie or Bill wanting their grandkid in the hands and eight toes of psycho Sheila. And I don’t think any judge in their right mind would give Luna’s baby to Sheila. That doesn’t mean she won’t try to get her hands on Luna’s kid, especially because Sheila might soon lose Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan). So, that’s one big loss. And she may lose Luna to prison. You know, she can probably see her, but not that often.
Sheila Loses Steffys Support on B&B
And I do think that Steffy’s going to push Finn to cut Sheila back out of his life. So, this child of Luna and Will’s could be all the family that Sheila has left. And if you remember, she does have some other kids. But when it came to Finn, she was cheated out of raising him. I mean, Jack basically strong-armed her into giving him the kid the same way that Finn was kind of deceived out of getting to raise Luna. So Sheila may feel like it’s an opportunity for a do-over for her.
So the bottom line is it may not be quite as easy as Katie thinks it will be for her and Bill to take that baby. There may be other people in the way and you never know. Luna might have some say in it. And if she does, I would expect that she would prefer Finn or Sheila over say Li or Katie or Bill or especially not Poppy, who we all know did her wrong as a kid.
