The next day, Tito, wearing a hooded grey jacket to avoid recognition, walked past the library. He saw Sofia seated at a table reading a magazine, walked inside and approached her.

"Excuse me," he whispered, "but is anybody sitting here?"

"Just me," Sofia whispered back. She looked up, and her eyes narrowed. "Wait a minute. I know who you are, even with that hood on. You're Tito Banecek."

"You must have me mixed up with someone else."

"No, I don't," Sofia hissed. "Now, please sit someplace else. I have nothing to say to you."

"There's no need to be hostile," said Tito

"Hostile? After what you did to my family?"

"Look, I don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know who you are."

"I'm Sofia Carlino."

"And is that supposed to mean something to me?" Tito asked, remembering that Grant had warned him to proceed with caution.

"Does the name Paulina Carlino mean anything to you?" Sofia asked sarcastically. "You remember. You pretended to be her long-lost son."

"I don't know what you're talking about," said Tito.

Sofia stood up, saying through her teeth, "I don't even want to be in the same room with you."

She walked out of the library as quickly as she could.

###

Felicia was going over the receipts at Tops when she heard a familiar voice.

"Hello, Fanny."

"Derek!" Felicia threw her arms around him. "When did you get here?"

"Yesterday," Derek answered, kissing her on the cheek.

"So what are your plans?" Felicia asked. "I was SO proud when you wrote and told me that you'd gotten your degree."

"I'm hoping to teach at Bay City University," Derek said.

"And where will you be staying?"

"For now, with the Carlino family. Paulina and Joe insisted that I stay in their guest room."

###

After his encounter with Sofia, Tito telephoned Grant.

"You're not supposed to call me," Grant reminded him. "You're supposed to wait for me to call you."

"We have a problem," Tito said. "I ran into Sofia at the library."

"And?" Grant said.

"She knew who I was."

"Well," Grant said, "this means we're going to have to change our strategy. You will meet Sofia again, and you will admit that she was right, that you are Tito Banecek," Grant said,

"and then you will convince her that you regret everything you did to her family, and you want her to help you to make amends."

"How do I do that?"

"You figure it out. I'm the man who got you out of prison, so you owe me. Never forget, you owe me."

"All right. So I pretend I've reformed," Tito agreed.

"And you get Sofia to trust you."

"And then what?" asked Tito

"And then, when the time is right," Grant said, "I'll drop the bombshell. The good citizens of Bay City are going to learn that Captain Joseph Carlino never was the saint

he pretends to be."