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Blue Whale - How long can we go on telling lies? Sam asks Roger--they are now standing by the window--how long can we continue building a wall with bricks that have no substance? Those bricks will be real as long as we say they are, says Roger. It won't work, insists Sam, What would you prefer? Asks Roger--telling the sheriff that Malloy called that meeting to clear Burke's name manslaughter conviction--that you had information that would prove me guilty of that crime? But to pile lie upon lie, says Sam, can't you see--it build up like an inverted pyramid that sooner of later must topple of its own weight! Not if we stand together, points out Roger as they both sit down at the table--I'd better point out something to you--if Malloy had shown up at that meeting and proved his accusation, you wouldn't be sitting here today--you'd be in prison, awaiting trial, as an accessory after the fact--you know that, don't you? Yes, says Sam, rubbing his beard.[/spoiler]
Kendrick asks her to look at him, and she does. I want you to answer me something honestly, he says--is Gabriel in the house or near the house, I must know. He isn't, says Melanie. Where can he be? wonders Kendrick, frustrated, smacking his fist into his other hand--I've gone this far, I've got to find out--for Stella's sake!--he killed my sister and he must pay for it! He didn't kill her! says Melanie. What are you saying? asks Kendrick He didn't, she says, I just know it. Kendrick pulls her around to face him, demanding, "If Gabriel didn't do it, then who did?" I don't know, says Melanie, growing upset, but someone else, not Gabriel! Kendrick stares at her.[/spoiler]