Subj: DS:Legends 12
Date: 2/28/02 4:21:03 PM Central Standard Time
From: Aesgaard

Chloe Harridge (alexandra moltke) screamed "Witchcraft !" and hurled a tomato at the Collinwood. The workers had fled and the townsfolk were ready to burn it down to keep it from being finished. Isaac (johnathan frid) sat in his jail in the basement partly in shock and mostly humiliated by the turn of events. Josh Harridge had been his best friend; he could not understand Chloe thinking he wanted him dead. As he sat defeated, he heard footsteps coming down toward him.

"Isaac !" Clara (nancy barrett) delivered his meal as she unlocked the door and delivered his meal. "You did not eat your lunch."

"I'm not hungry." Isaac barely turned round.

"But you must eat." She put some veal on his fork and carried to him, but he turned away. Sighing out loud, she tried to lift his spirits.

"Ben has taken to the docks to protect them."

"From the ghost ?"

"From the people." Clara mooned over her sister's husband. She reached to him, then pulled back. "But.....I've heard tell that many have seen the horseman coming and going from Old Lady Bouchard's shack. Maybe, she's the fault of the murders."

"Why would she........." Isaac began then shrugged it off.

"Oh, Isaac...." Clara sighed even deeper. "I would do anything to help you !"

Amadeus(john karlen) was preparing his case as Benjamin(david selby) charged inside and punched him. The younger Collins brother hit the floor and rubbed his chin as he lifted himself up and struck him in the stomach. One blow was prevented as Ben blocked it and then gave Amadeus a right cross.

"Why are you ruining your brother ?!" Ben asked.

"Because he's a killer !" Amadeus struck him with his fist. Ben felt blood as he pushed Amadeus across the desk.

"You don't know him like I do." Collins stood up. "Isaac would do anything to get ahead. Even witchcraft !! Ever hear of Brutus Collins. He was our brother. He was hanged ten years ago for being a devil worshipper. It's in the blood. It's everything I've fought against."

"But you don't have proof that Isaac is a witch." Ben staggered back.

"Yes I do." Amadeus led Ben out, down an alley and to the docks. The old shanty where Valerie DuVal once lived had been reduced in the fire to a black stone foundation. The last remaining floorboards had been propped upside on the ground outside. He yanked off the sheet to reveal the demonic symbol on the unburned bottom.

"That's my proof." Amadeus scowled back as he held something up. "And this - my brother's cigarette holder. What he used to burn down the cabin !!"

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