Interpersonal rupture and accusation over caregiving: Claudia Jean Cregg confronting Molly/Lapham about perceived abandonment and the limits of reciprocal duty.
Interpersonal rupture and accusation over caregiving: Claudia Jean Cregg confronting Molly/Lapham about perceived abandonment and the limits of reciprocal duty.
Events in This Arc
C.J. arrives in Dayton and is met by neighbor Libby, who bluntly reveals that Molly has moved back into Tal’s house. Inside, domestic chaos — a child, Harry, and quiet …
C.J. returns to Dayton and discovers Molly has moved back in. In the kitchen Molly confesses, “I failed,” exposing the humiliation and exhaustion of caring for Tal; C.J. explodes, accusing …
At a quiet stream, a routine fishing lesson fractures into a painful turning point: Tal repeatedly mistakes C.J. for 'Molly,' then erupts into panic and shame when he cannot place …