Roger is coming apart and his anger is directed
at Victoria. He’s a boiling pot, every word towards Victoria scalding and
blistering. What is amazing is that he turns on a dime, his personality
changing instantly when it appears Vicky was about to confront Elizabeth about
his temperamental behavior towards her. He accuses her of constantly snooping,
sneaking around and purposely listening in on private conversations. All this
derives from her walking in after he made another threat to Sam across the
phone. Sam writes a letter to Maggie who tries to hide her worries for him
behind a happy-go-lucky, jokey charm. He fears for his life and the letter
perhaps details the reasons why. The sobs echoing throughout the Collinwood
manor are heard by Vicky again and she traces them to the basement in a locked
room…who is it and why is she trapped in there? This time, however, fascinating
enough, Roger admits he hears it, but proclaims that it could be a ghost…
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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