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In the kitchen
at The Terrace, Beryl lays into John and Angela about the way they have been
treating
David. She tells Angela that the only time she comes to see David is when
SHE has a problem.
She tells Angela that Patricia had a letter from Martin proving that he committed
suicide, but instead
of taking it to the police, she destroyed it. Beryl tells John that if Martin
had taken time to write to his
kids, he would have also written to the woman he was going to marry. She tells
John that if his family
meant anything to him, he would have checked it out. She warns them that if
they don't stop treating
David the way they are, she'll disown them. She tells them to get out.
They travel back to Toorak, where Angela is delighted to find Paul waiting
for her. He tells her he has
found a way to speed up adopting a child. He tells her that they find an unmarried
mother who doesn't
want her baby, and she puts his name on the birth certificate as the father.
Angela doesn't like the idea.
Later, Paul tells Angela he doesn't want her going to any more counselling
sessions with Rob - every
time she comes back she is in a mood. Angela tells him that Beryl said some
terrible things about
Patricia. Paul tells her that there is a lot she doesn't know. Angela demands
to be told.
John goes to see Amanda in her room. She is bored
again, and makes sure that he knows it.
Angela comes in and tells John she knows how they can prove whether Patricia
is telling the truth
or not. Amanda looks puzzled.
Paul tells John that Patricia was furious when she found out that her sister
Margaret had an affair
with Martin Healy years ago, and decided to get back at them both. She wanted
to get Margaret so
used to having money, then kick her out. And she was going to jilt Martin
on their wedding day.
Margaret found out and told Martin. When he committed suicide, Margaret tried
to make it look like
Patricia had murdered him. He says that Patricia used Martin's letter to put
the screws on Margaret.
Paul tells John to go and see Margaret - if her story tallies with his, then
this proves there was a letter
and Patricia destroyed it. John and Angela leave to see Margaret in prison.
Amanda has been snooping
around and eavesdropping on their conversation. Later, she invites Paul into
her room for a drink, and
tries to get him to tell her what is going on. But John and Angela arrive
back and Paul leaves.
They tell Paul that everything he said checked
out. John storms into the living room, obviously upset.
Angela tells Paul that the news has hit him pretty hard. Amanda goes in to
see John. He tells her that
Patricia drove Martin to suicide, and kept his farewell letter to keep David
in jail. He tells Amanda
that the way he feels now, he could kill the bitch....
LEILA HAYES (as Beryl
Palmer), PETER PHELPS (John Palmer), ALLY FOWLER (Angela Keegan),
MARK FERGUSON (Paul Sheppard), ALYCE PLATT (Amanda Morrell)
Written by MAUREEN ANN
MORAN
Directed by RUSSELL WEBB
Channel
Five broadcast: Saturday 1st June 2002