Nobody's Fool

In the middle of the night, Sami and Molly discuss Sami’s father’s offer. They weigh the positives and negatives but ultimately decide that they don’t want to leave their home in New York. Sami wakes later to Henry’s cries. Arthur forwards Sami a meeting request from Tad Grayson, and Sami reluctantly agrees to go to Tad’s house. He lies that he’ll arrive at 6:00 pm, but he quickly gets ready and makes his way to Tad’s family home by 8:00 am.

Sami knocks on the door, and Tad answers in the middle of cleaning up after his ailing mother. Tad is surprised but invites Sami in. Sami sees that Tad has been sleeping in the living room, which is full of dated furniture and old family photos. Tad complains about how the prison refused to grant him compassionate furlough to help his mother, and Sami retorts that Nicole’s mother didn’t get to say goodbye to her murdered daughter. Tad called Sami to his house so he could talk to his mother, Patricia, who has evidence of his innocence.

Sami follows Tad into Patricia’s room, where he speaks to her privately. Patricia repeats her official testimony that Tad was with her the night of Nicole’s murder.