Sam wants to tell Elizabeth about his
association with Roger and the secret they have been holding onto for 10 years.
Every time he is about to let it out, something interferes; Liz even interrupts
right as he is about to finally unleash the burden. This secret, such a burden,
Sam just will not let go; he holds onto it for dear life. He has probably aged
30 in the 10 years, and it has been a yolk around his soul for far too long.
Joe stops by to tell Elizabeth that he hasn’t seen Carolyn. Carolyn drives to
Bangor, following Burke, unaware that his business meeting is with a man
responsible for capitalizing on buying up all the debt owed by the Collins
family; if this is successful, Burke will own everything except Collinwood
itself! She doesn’t overhear anything and Burke decides to have dinner with
Carolyn. She is putty in his hands, and he can toy with her emotions in any way
he sees fit. She’s his.
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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