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You might have hoped that Johnny’s confession to involvement in Dennis’s murder would somehow draw a line under the whole sorry business, bring what daytime talk show hosts call “closure”. Some hope. With guilt gnawing away at his psyche like an eager beaver, Jake’s mental state deteriorates – and it wasn’t all that steely to begin with. Pat’s attempts at intervention hardly pay dividends, as the last remaining Moon sits broken and alone. With Jake looking over her, Ruby, too, walks troubled in the night. Naturally, Stacey, with her heart as big as her earrings, frets for her friend, but with gossip about Ruby’s dad sweeping the Square, mere concern may be no comfort for poor Miss Allen.
Uh. Yeah. My initial thought was (in an exact quote) “Ick!” There may have also been a “Ew,” thrown in. I think it’s in character for Jake to try and find someone else to take care of, and I think it’s believable that, after what he did to Danny, he’d take it too far. My misgivings are, 1) I don’t like Ruby. 2) She’s a 17 year old girl, and there’s a big risk that it could come across the wrong way. The word ‘obsession’ just has all these icky connotations, and while he’s not interested in Ruby in a sexual way there’s a chance it might come across that way. So ‘Ick’.