Roger, instead of going to the police, confronts Burke in
his inn room, accuses him of tampering with his car, and brings along Victoria
to elaborate what she saw the night he was harmed in the wreck. Sam is furious
with his daughter, Maggie (Leigh sans blonde wig for which I’m grateful), for
keeping tabs on him, afraid he might leave without her knowing. Roger is ready
to lay down the gauntlet on Burke, unleashing his intentions, a sly smile, and
his condition (the sling on his arm, bandages on forehead) is a reminder of the
wreck. Burke’s reasons for standing near Roger’s car, Vicky’s uneasy position
for seeing him by it with a wrench in his hand, and Roger knowing all of this
does seem to prove that Devlin will have a hard time defending himself against
the charges certain to be sent his way. How will he be able to escape an
injustice? This second confrontation, unlike the first, is a more accurate
depiction of how Roger and Burke feel about each other. Burke claims to have
been railroaded by his conviction ten years ago, enraged that Roger is now once
again accusing him of a crime he didn’t commit. I imagine that all this will do
is conjure the sins of the past, and while Burke may stand accused once again,
Roger and Sam’s feet will feel the fire and untold truths are bound to surface.
It’s a given that in Collins Port, a den of iniquity, has a few people who
might wish for Roger to keep silent about who he feels is responsible until all
the facts surface. But that would be a more rational approach…just let the
police handle an investigation to determine the person at fault for this
malicious act. Instead a media circus is bound to circulate around this
situation like buzzards and most of the cast will be involved in one way or
another.
Burke interrupts what could have been a decent dinner between Maggie, her father, and Vicky, and he's sore, agenda-driven, and pointed in defending himself, while also demanding answers...answers Sam is willing to flee to protect. Sam's only link to Burke at all, besides Roger himself, is the letter he wrote to Maggie. He escapes out the back door while the others were in the living room and heads to Collins Port Inn where the letter is kept but the owner will not give it over to him. The letter is Maggie's and she will have to give permission before Sam can get his hands on it. Malloy's death looms large and will not go away--especially as long as Burke steamrolls throughout Collins Port, pissed off and unrestrained. He wants to know Sam's connection to the wrongful conviction and isn't about to just forget his presence at the meeting that night. Maggie just cannot believe that her father had anything at all to do with Malloy's death; Sam and Malloy were fr...
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