Friday 3 May 2024

Wheel of Fortune VI

Harry is a miserable man, by now... living as a recluse in a cottage near Oxmoon... with his second wife and step brother Daffyd Morgan as his only friends. He has developed a skin condition which makes his life a misery and suffers from depression and has tried suicide. However he married a pscyhiatrist, Pamela Mallinson who loves him and looks after him. Harry has generally refused help from his family and he also refuses to sell Kester's art and beautiful things, and the house is tumbling into ruin. He tries to discourage Hal from finding out what happened in the past. He and Kester both went out that night across a bridge of land which is daily covered by water....and only one of them came back. Hal talks to his various relatives in the area - including Bronwen's children who are now all grown up... and his cousins the Llewellyns who have a farm nearby. During his conversations with the Llewellyn girls, he has a brief romance with Gwyneth, who is a teacher. She tells him that she loved Kester but that he once kissed her and frightened her. Hal turns to a friendship with Caitlin her younger sister who is only 17. Eventually, Hal finds out what happened. Kester did write a note to Harry to lure him into meeting him on the Shipway. Harry however did not trust him and realises that Kester is going to kill him...so he strikes first and knocks Kester out. He throws him into the water and concocts a story which gets him off the hook though some people think he might have killed Kester. Hal is horrified by all this, as he loved both Kester and Harry. He had turned to Kester because Harry was a rather harsh father. But he's shocked to find that Kester killed Thomas, his uncle and that he also tried to kill Harry. And he is horrified to hear that his father DID indeed kill Kester. That's why he refuses to sell Kester's paintings and valuables, because if he does so, he fears that he will never recover from his illnesses... and he will never be able to play music again.

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