Candy is looking for fun, but discovers that the only way to find it is to create it for herself. The next day she continues to seek out the truth of her uncle Braydon's reappearance and Rena suddenly feels very sick.
2. Itโs time for Garretโs party to begin. Candy gets dressed and does her hair,
only to be bitterly disappointed. Not only are the number of guests sparse,
but no one else fully got the concept of this being a โformalโ party.
3. Candy feels over dressed and out of place amongst the silver
haired guests. Why did Garret invite so many old people? Candy
was looking forward to really partying.
4. Candy goes upstairs and greets Garret, just to let him know that she
stopped by. Then she makes up an excuse so that she can leave. Candy
refuses to waste her bold look on such a drab party. There isnโt even any
music.
5. Candy promptly walks back downstairs and out the door. There
has to be a real party somewhere in this boring town.
6. Candy remembers Spencer telling her how nice the newly remodeled Le
Petit Poolside Club is. She decides to head there, only to find a ghost
town. At least thereโs music here. Candy throws herself a one person party.
7. Candy quickly finds that when you enjoy being around yourself,
youโre never alone.
8. She spends a few hours on the dance floor, dancing like no ones
watchingโฆparty because no one else was there to watch.
9. At home, Spencer and Rena take advantage of the quiet house.
They are both feeling very romantic.
10. The next morning, Candy is on a mission. She has never gotten to
the bottom of the mystery of her uncle Braydonโs sudden
reappearance in Sunset Valley. She heads back to the museum
bar to track him down.
11. She enters the music room and finds that the mixologist has yet to
arrive. She occupies herself on the bass guitar while she waits for
the mixologist, which she hopes will be Braydon.
12. Rena wakes up feeling terrible. Her stomach is a turbine of
queasiness.
15. She stares in disbelief. Her sudden sickness can only mean one
thing. In her youthful naivety she wonders if itโs possible to get
pregnant so quickly.
16. Rena brushes her teeth, lost in thought, barely aware that sheโs
doing it. โIs it possible that I may be a mother?โ She wonders in
her mind.
17. Candy continues to play the bass guitar until she sees the mixologist
arrive. She is very disappointed that itโs not her uncle. She walks over to
the bar and sits down. โDo you know where Braydon Murphy is?โ She
asks the mixologist.
โWho?โ The mixologist asks.
Candy realizes that Braydon may have been using an alias, โUmโฆ the bar
tender who used to work hereโฆthe older black guy.โ
18. โOh you mean Billy, he passed away a few days ago.โ The mixologist
reveals.
Candy is speechless. She knew that Braydon had to be pretty old, but she
didnโt realize that he was so close to death. He appeared so healthy.
โThanks,โ she barely mumbles while stepping away from the bar.
19. Candy heads straight for the cemetery. She walks into the mausoleum
and asks for a Billy. Only they had him listed under his real name,
Braydon Murphy. โHeโs buried with his family plots, just head straight out
the door and to the right.โ The cemetery clerk directs.
20. Candy walks over to the oh so familiar Murphy family plots; where
her mother is buried and where she herself will someday be buried.
She gazes upon Braydonโs headstone and cannot help bursting
into tears.
21. She wipes away her tears. โOh uncle Braydon. What happened in your
life that forced you away from your family for so long?โ She regrets that
she was never able to get to the bottom of it. Some secrets are just made
to die with the person whoโs keeping them. It appears that his was one of
them.
22. Candy stands for a few moments reading all of the Murphy family
headstones; Savannah Murphy, Malcolm Murphy, Trenton Murphy, Jaden
Murphy, Yasmin Murphy, Carmen Murphy -Weems and now Braydon
Murphyโฆall here together again at last.
