Knives out| Marta x oc

Who would blackmail us?

Previously on the last chapter

Ransom: "Come on pretty boy Get in."

William: "No way."

Ransom: "One last change Fields Come in the car I'm trying to save your ass."

William: "No."

Ransom: "Fine be that way."

As he guns it and careens out of the driveway, he shouts back at the family with a wave

Ransom: "I think this could be the best thing to happen to all of you!"

And they're gone. The family keeps shouting at each other.

Blanc watches the Porsche recede, his expression is unreadable. DING! His phone buzzing. He checks it. His expression darkens.

Blanc: "Let me drive you to where I'm going, William."

William: "Thanks."

As Blanc was about to open his door to his car the family noticed that William was still here so they kept asking questions and comments. William quickly goes into Blanc's car and he drives him to someplace William doesn't know."

Back to the Present

Tearing down the private road, away from the house. He's still laughing, she's still shell shocked. Slowly, his laughter eases to a stop. A moment of silence.

Ransom: "Ok seriously though, what the hell? "

She shakes her head, looks at him. What the hell indeed.

Linda stands in her childhood room, by the window in the ebbing light. From a shelf, she pulls a stack of pink notecards, identical to the one Harlan showed Richard in his office. But these are covered in writing, sweet little notes, a father to his daughter.

She looks up. Walt in the doorway. She wipes her eyes, indicates the notes.

Linda: "I was just thinking about dad's games. This all feels like one, it feels like something he'd write, not do. I keep waiting for a big reveal, where it all makes sense. How nice would that be? "

Her little brother hugs her. His eyes were tired and dark.

RESTAURANT

The Porsche parked out front.

Tucked into a dark corner, Marta is miserable. Ransom is bemused but regards her closely.

They sit in silence. A waitress sets a sausage plate down.

Ransom: "Could we get an extra bowl, please? You look like you're gonna pass out. Have you eaten all day? Eat."

She joylessly shovels food in her mouth, starving.

Marta: "This is a nightmare."

Ransom: "Uh-huh. So why. "

Marta: "Why."

Ransom: "Why. Did he leave you and William everything?

Marta: "Are you asking if we were screwing? "

Ransom: "Hey."

Ransom: "I know my granddad. That wasn't him. But this is everything, there must have been a bigger why and you know it. "

Marta: "Well Ransom how about it had more to do with you guys than with me."

Ransom: "Yeah."

Ransom: "Yeah that's the only thing that makes sense. In which case this was a really shitty thing for him to do to you."