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 Derek
Griffin appears first as a rich philanthropist businessman, before
revealing his true face the weeks passing by. After Eden Capwell, it is
Julia Wainwright who meets him in Canada, by helping him to make cross
the border to two young orphans whom Derek wants to take with him in the
United States. Arrived in Santa Barbara, Derek succeeds in integrating
and be accepted by the high society, participates in the polo
competitions of the Country-club and starts to frequent the wealthy
heiress Kelly Capwell.
This
is there that Derek begins to reveal his plan. Orphan since his birth,
Derek turns out to share with the district attorney Ethan Asher, Craig
Hunt and Stephen Slade the will to discover the identity of the murderer
of Cassandra Benedict, a young orphan raised with them and killed after
her adoption by the Capwells. His suspicions go very fast towards Mason,
whom he eventually accuses publicly during a reception given by the
Capwells. His will of vengeance is so strong than Derek even admits to
his butler, Alfred Wright, that he plans to get rid of Mason. Alfred
informs Craig about it, who recommends to Mason to leave the town to
avoid any risk. But Derek succeeds in localizing his enemy and organizes
a stratagem to make Mason come in the tunnel where Cassandra had
disappeared. He tries to kill him, but Craig intervenes and helps Mason
to run away. Derek has only the time to shot Craig to make him pay his
betrayal.
However,
Derek always tries to have Mason's skin. He succeeds in holding him in a
cabin and gets ready to kill him again, when arrives this time...
Cassandra herself, who turns out to be still alive. In spite of excuses
to Julia and Mason, Derek is arrested by the police. He is released
thanks to Ethan's intervention, but is again arrested before leaving the country. It is obviously
in prison that he ends his days, away from the Capwells and from all his
resentments towards them...
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A
charming, mysterious character...,
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