David attempts to talk with a grouchy Burke who hasn't slept much
over the last few days as Patterson and his officers have given up searching
Collinwood grounds. Meanwhile, Matthew is hearing the voices of the Widows’
ghosts, calling his name antagonistically, and this is starting to cause him to
unravel, fracturing his confidence in escaping Collinwood in one piece. Vicky
remains bound and gagged unless Matthew gets a little rough with her,
especially after her calling out to David and his hearing those voices. Carolyn
wants to talk to Burke but he isn’t interested at the moment, clearly concerned
more for Vicky’s welfare. I think it is visible that Carolyn is growing
restless and uncomfortable the longer she is away from the man she has a
passion for, while perhaps there’s the knowledge, no matter if she wants to
accept it or not, that the true object of Devlin’s desires is Vicky, not her,
and that her family was right about him all the while.
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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