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[mynameisbaker]

[...oh.

She frowns and then snorts.]

What did he do to you?

[Folding her hands she chuckles] Take it form someone who knows him better than he knows himself. It's not your fault. He is emotionally stunted. So am I, but...don't blame yourself.

[11calls]

[Alex looks offended, both for herself and for him.]

He didn't do anything to me. I did it to him, and he has a right to be pissed off at me. I did it because you set me on the case of Bobby Maimes, Cheryl. So if there is a Strand to blame for this, it's probably you.

[A beat.]

You could have told me what I was looking for before I started looking. And what it would mean. And what the hell did you mean by 'drifting?' You'll find out isn't really an answer.

[mynameisbaker]

[Her features stiffen and Alex might notice that she looks like Richard when he's displeased, when he's upset.

She stares at her fingers.]

...He never would have told you. And he needs to face it.

[She grimaces]

...He likes you. He'll never admit it but he does. I knew he'd at least talk to you about it.

[11calls]

Well, he's not talking to me about it. He's ignoring my calls and Nic's calls and everything else. He's definitely not happy with me, and I don't even think he likes me at this moment.

[Does Alex think that Cheryl is talking about him liking her as anything more than a person and maybe a friend? But nothing beyond that. Strand loves Coralee, and more often than not lately, Alex feels like she's an intrusion on that.

But she does know that Cheryl is upset, that look is too familiar for her not too. ]

What is it you want from me, Cheryl?

[mynameisbaker]

[She hesitates, opening a slim black briefcase and pulling out a manila folder and pushing it over to her.]

I found this in the papers I was given as executor.



They're letters. Addressed to someone named Warren.

[11calls]

What?!

[Alex’s voice is sharp, shocked, quick and she reaches out to touch the file that Cheryl is holding before she jerks them back.]

You’ve been listening to the show. You know who your brother thinks Thomas Warren is. Why are you just coming with these now? And why to me? Why not bring them directly to him?