Part 34
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| Replay of the scene. CC's collapsing. Gina afraid that he is dead. She collects papers signed by CC and hiding it behind books on the shelves. Then she found that the divorce papers are not signed and leaves it on the table. She looks out the corridor making sure there is nobody and calls for help, pretending that she just walked in the study and saw CC on the floor. |
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| Ted is still trying to convince Christy to give the rapist to police. Steve quietly watching them through the window. Christy says it's too late and the rapist is ready to hurt Ted if she names him. Ted says that the rapist would not be able to from the jail cell. He is not all powerful monster unlike what she seems thinks. They'll stop him. Ted takes the gun from Christy's hands and put it down nearby. |
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| Christy does not get it. Why Ted care so much about her life. He does not love her. Ted replies that he does love Christy as a friend. As a big brother. In fact he never had a little sister. Christy just moved, she smiles and says that she would be so lucky to have Ted as a big brother. Ted answers that anybody would be lucky to have her as a friend. |
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| Christy reacts with the incredulous "what?" It upsets Ted. He says that Christy acts like she deserves to be treated badly. But that is not true. She's so wonderful and she doesn't even know it. She's willing to let the rapist go and to go on living scared to Ted's sake so he will not get hurt. And Christy surrenders, she answers "yes" when Ted offers her to drive him to Santa Barbara and go to the police station in turn this creepy. |
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| First Ted just cannot believe that she's agreed after all. He is very happy and says that there is nothing to worry about. He immediately wants to leave but Christy wants first to pack up her stuff and take a shower. Ted agrees and leaves refill the car. Christy thanks him and then she left alone. |
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| She puts the gun under the sofa cushion and leaves the room. Meanwhile Steve quietly sneaks into the house. |
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| Sophia and Eden run in CC's study. Eden kneeling nearby her father and Sophia grabs the phone and call the doctor. Eden tries to learn from Gina what's happened but Gina replies that she just came in here. |
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| Sophia runs out of the study and see Lionel who just coming in Capwells' house. She says that CC collapsed and they run back to the unconscious patriarch. |
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| CC suddenly stops breathing, his heart stops too. Lionel and Sophia perform CPR and they are able to restore CC's breathing and heart beating. Dr. Biddles and paramedics appearing and CC Capwell's taken to the hospital. |
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| Cruz calls in Steve's apartment. Then he hears Mary's muffled screams and breaks in. |
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| He finds out Mary and frees her hands. Mary explains that it was Steve who raped Christy and that now he's on his way to Ventura to kill Ted. |
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Mary frantically dials the house in Ventura but Christy's afraid to take up. Finally she decides to answer. Mary's begging her sister and Ted to get out there right now and explains that Steve know that she's here. He's on his way. Christy shocked that Mary knows about Steve but Mary says that she's not about right now; Christy must get out right now. Right in 10 minutes. Christy agrees but as she turns around as she sees Steve and loses her voice.
Steve says Christy that no lucky for her to get away this time and he takes her phone. |
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| Mary hears his voice and shouts Christy that she can run. Steve hangs up. Cruz calls the police and orders to send the police squad to the named address. He offers Mary to stay at home but she wants to go with him. |
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| Steve promises Christy a good future but she's afraid of him and he growls that it's driving him crazy: he'd feel so good when she did look him with awe. And it should be clear for her that nobody ever loves her as much as he does. Christy tries to fight but Steve slaps her and Christy loses consciousness. |
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| Steve picks her up and carries on the sofa. When Christy comes up, he says that everything depends on her behave. |
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| If she'll say that she loves him then everything will be easy. Christy hardly manages to repeat after him "Steve, I love you." Steve tries to kiss her but Christy turns away. |
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| Steve tries to threaten her but Christy suddenly jumps up and shouts that she does not love him - she hates him! Steve grabs her by arms and says that she just made her choice between life and death. And he's not going to kill her. He'll kill Ted. After staging her rape by Ted. Christy says that Mary knows about him but Steve is not scary. |
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He is sure that his word as ex-assistant DA is much weightier then Mary's word after all. And he would say that Capwells just put pressure on Christy so she changed her testimony. Christy tries to convince him that the police will be here soon. Steve replies that so he had to hurry up and prepare the scene of crime.
On the way Cruz calls to the police station and got informed that the squad car sent but they still not reached yet because the house is outside of the city. Mary's speeding, she is so afraid that they would be late and even if Ted is there too, Steve still can - and want - to kill him.
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| Cruz asks Mary what's happened in the apartment. Mary explains that she finally just realized what had been going on and confronted Steve. He denied and then after a while he stopped. Cruz realizing the rest of it: Christy ran away from home to get away from Steve and he terrorized her to accuse Ted. Mary repeats Steve's words that this is her fault. If she not gone into the convent he do not go to Christy. Cruz calls Steve a psychopath but Mary says that part of it is real truth. She did get away and did leave Christy to be victim. Cruz says that she was a kid, she cannot blame for that. Mary still blames herself and Cruz says that everybody have things in mind that they should go back. The truth is Mary did the best she could at the time. |
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| Cruz got the call from Eden who is in the hospital because CC's condition - he was unconscious and doctors do not sure about his prognosis. She asks Cruz to come there but he must to say that he cannot yet because he's need to help Ted and Christy. |
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| Mason appears in the hospital. He sees sorrowful faces of Gina and Sophia and assumes for a moment that his father died. Sophia says that CC is alive and Mason wants to visit him. Gina says that it's impossible: Eden is with CC now. |
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| At this point Lionel comes in the hall. After Mason's a few sarcastic remarks Sophia tells him that Lionel saved CC's life tonight. Mason surprised and wonder if he would have done the same under the circumstances. Lionel thinks that he would do. Mason sneers that Lionel is too very kind-hearted and a real softie. He saved life of the formidable foe with who he's engaged in a duel to the death. Lionel retorts that Mason is trying to disguise their feelings with sarcasm but in vain. He thinks that Mason cares his father more then he really going on. In fact CC is the driving force plan of his life. Mason says that now he might have to ask Lionel to step aside. Mason has a reputation to defend. |
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| Sophia tells Lionel that he's wrong - Mason does not love CC, so that night. Gina replies that Sophia is the only one who loved CC. This is what she thinks. But she is who hurt him most. Mason interjects in the dispute. He says that this is a contest he's proud to say he wins, hands down. Asking Lionel to become the judge he voiced his sins. He tells that only recently he let CC catch him in an affair with his most recent wife Gina. Then he starts talking about his revelation about Channing's real father but Sophia stops him. Shocked Mason realizes that Lionel knows nothing about his paternity. Despite Sophia's resistance he is going to open the secret to Lionel but at this point the doctor comes to them and says that Eden just is out and someone else can visit CC. Mason grabs his chance and goes to his father's room. |
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In CC's room Mason tries to talk to his father. But CC Capwell is not responding to his words.
Christy pushes Steve away. She pulls the gun out from under the sofa cushions and points Steve.
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| She says that she's going to kill him but Steve is sure that she will not be able to. Christy replies that she hates him and she will be happy to see him dead. Steve quietly offers her to shoot him. Christy answers that she wants to kill him slowly so he suffer much more. When Steve came in their family Christy was so happy to have a big brother... who supposed to take care of her, not be so cruel! Steve retorts that she also was cruel to him by rejecting his love. He feels absolutely done too so she can kill him for the better. |
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| He takes Christy's gun, cocks it and then returns it to Christy. And he continues goad her saying that the shot make free both of them and finish their mutual suffering. |
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| Returning Ted sees the scene through the window and quickly goes in the house. |
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| Steve turns to the sound of the door opening and staggers back pushing the coffee table. |
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The table hits Christy's leg and she shoots by surprise. The bullet hits Steve and he collapses. Ted stunned looks on.
Mason is sitting at the bedside of his father and saying mostly to himself.
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| He does not know why he had come and tries to imagine what the father feels right now. And that he would leave for his children if he dies. And this bleak picture: Ted, his youngest, he leaves a burning memory of a father who doubted his own son's innocence. To Kelly, he leaves a heart filled with resentment, because he destroyed the life of the only man she ever loved. To Eden, he leaves the impossible task of living up to his expectations. And Mason, his first born, the one who loved him more and hated him more than all the others, the one who wished you dead a thousand times, he leave with nothing. And some kind of need to be here talking with him like this. |
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| Mason asks for forgiveness and asks his father not to die, holding up CC's hand to his face. |
