Mr. Gomez was pressing his phone while Quentin was standing before him. Neil walked into the room with the smoke of a cigarette and leaned on the wall beside his father.

“Mrs. Jones wants to show me madness. And I will show her crazy,” Mr. Gomez said.

“I don’t understand. She doesn’t want me to marry Rosalie again?” Neil asked.

“She wants us to reveal that you stab Brittany. She wants Dallas to be free because Rosalie wasn’t feeling well.”

“Father, tell her it’s impossible.”

“I explained the consequences to her. But she wants us to put the crime on someone else.”

“If that’s the only way to marry Rosalie, I would put the crime on someone else.”

Mr. Gomez gave Neil a critical eye. “Neil, this is the time to quit loving that Rosalie. Mrs. Jones must die before she acts on her words. Rosalie must die, too.”

Neil dropped the cigarette and matched on it.

Mr. Gomez looked at the Quentin. “Stop chasing after Dallas. I give you five hours to kill Mrs. Jones. And I give you ten hours to kill Ro