I’m not sure the current “Vicky Imprisonment” storyline has
legs. It could get awfully repetitive really fast if we get the same routine of
Matthew keeping a watch for others who might pass by the Old House, keeping
Vicky hid away, warding off David’s thoughts of where he hides and the scary
idea of being an accessory after the fact in regards to helping harbor a known
fugitive. Sheriff Patterson tells an inquisitive David this while the two are
chatting about Matthew. Patterson is reluctantly honest with Elizabeth about
the chances of finding Vicky. Matthew is spending a lot of time having to
persuade David not to keep coming over to him, trying to keep his secrets under
wraps, and this mission of escaping law enforcement dwindles the longer he puts
his trust in a curious child.
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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