Time Period: A Flashback- 1-16-2015

Action: Mistaken for fireworks, bombs lite up the night sky. Paradise burns up into flames. In a world where friends become enemies, death doesn't practice discrimination. She is entangled up in a web of lies and deceit. Brought forth in strife, a knife shortens her life span. Unconscious, she falls to the ground with the gentle grace of an Autumn leaf. Uncontrollably, bloody raindrops pour down on her head.

(The flashback ends)

Time Period: Present Reality

Helen Girardi (hysterical, she flips over a table): She's dead

Will Girardi (Helen's husband): I never knew you were strong enough to flip over a table. I guess grief makes you do crazy things.

Helen (still screaming): Shut up

Kevin (confused): Who is dead?

Helen (screaming): My daughter is dead

Luke (shocked): Joan is dead

Helen(livid): Joan was assassinated tonight. Those monsters so called friends of hers had committed murder.

Luke (angry): I am going to kill them

Will (pulling Helen into an embrace): Let me hold you for a while

Helen (emotional, she pushes Will away): Don't touch me

Will (sobbing): I have lost my daughter. I know how much your heart bleeds, love.

Helen (hyperventilating, she collapses): I can't breathe..

Will (gathers Helen up in his arms): You are safe with me

Kevin: It appears if Joan's loss has affected Mom very deeply

Will: Helen gave birth to Joan afterall. She is her mother. What else do you expect?

Helen (depressed): You can take me to my deathbed. I shall die of heartache there.

Time Period: Joan's funeral-The Beach

Action: All of the people that truly cared about John attend the service. Even though John's murderers were captured and executed, the spirit of grief remains heavy. Crying, Helen spreads her daughter's ashes over the water. Bitterly, Grace and Adam weep over Joan's death. Will, Luke and Kevin remain at a loss for words. Stained with Joan's blood on his clothes, Ryan Hunter lingers somewhere in the shadows.