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of a seedy motel in town, Mr. Gould is summoned one day by Santana
Andrade at the Orient Express. She wants to know who Mason was with on
May 15, that day when Brandon almost died of overdose : the young boy
had indeed swallowed a whole bottle of his mother's pills. To obtain
this information, Santana undertakes to pay the price of the room that
Mason has not settled.
Astonished
by the behavior of the young Mexican woman, Mr. Gould assumes initially
that she is his wife, or a rejected mistress.
Mr.
Gould is not fooled by the prestige of his establishment, which is why,
as he explains to Santana, he does not ask for the papers of his clients
and even less those of the women who accompany them. The description he
gives to Santana of the young woman who accompanied Mason that day is
very classic : she was a blonde woman, pretty, thin, of the same age as
him, with big eyes, and with a very, very great nervousness. If Santana
thinks for a moment of Julia Wainwright, Mr. Gould is certain that it is
not about this name.
It
is when he leaves the restaurant that the truth is revealed. On leaving,
Mr. Gould crosses Gina DeMott Capwell and he recognizes her immediately.
He hastens to return to Santana's table to tell her the news. He amuses
himself, understanding the comical nature of the situation, by learning
that she is Mason's stepmother...
Portrait
written for this site by Lilian
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