Bluebird, Bluebird

Faith helps Darren clean the blood from his truck and he notes she has a lot of knowledge about bloodstains. Faith asks Darren if he likes Randie and tells him she has never met a Ranger in person. Darren repairs the shattered front door with boxes and tape. Faith prepares him food and explains why her mother Mary is in jail. Lil’ Joe, light-skinned like Faith, was unfaithful to Mary with Missy Dale and she confronted him one day while he was in the tub. Mary threatened to shoot or electrocute him. Mary shot him in the back and is now in prison. Faith had to clean up the crime scene. Lil’ Joe used to patronize the icehouse before it was infiltrated with ABT. After the murder, Faith dropped out of Wiley College where she was studying public relations. She now lives with Geneva. Faith feels her mother ruined her life as she was publicly shamed after her father’s death. Faith never knew Missy personally, although they were the same age. Geneva will be the only family member at Faith’s wedding to Rodney. Faith says Geneva closed the café after Lil’ Joe’s death, something she had never done. Faith washes and presses Darren’s clothes. He wipes his truck for prints and plans to interview Geneva about the new information. The café is busy with customers though, and she does not have time to talk with him, but she thanks him for the door repair. Darren and Randie check in to another motel so Randie can shower. Darren’s feelings for Randie are growing more intense. Darren goes outside to give her privacy and to answer a call from Wilson. Darren will meet with Keith Dale at two o’clock but must be careful not to push the limits of his jurisdiction and respect Van Horn’s authority. Wilson says he has new information about Missy’s cause of death and that Geneva may have a connection, but he will not give specific details. Randie finishes dressing and comes outside just as Chris Wozniak, a reporter from the Chicago Tribune, arrives.

Wozniak begins with questions for Randie who knows his editor, Teresa Martin. The reporter notes that Darren and Michael attended the same school. Wozniak has a camera crew coming in later. He wants photos of the crime scene. Darren is anxious to get back and interview Geneva. Darren thinks Keith Dale murdered Michael Wright as punishment for Missy’s affair with Lil’ Joe and then killed her two days later. Darren leaves Randie with Wozniak and he makes his way back to Geneva’s. Wendy is outside the café with her collection, drinking a beer, and holding her gun. Darren tells her he suspects Keith Jr. is Lil’ Joe’s biological son. The sky clears and Wendy begins to tell Darren the story of how Geneva became the owner of the café. Wallace Jefferson’s family, wealthy slave owners, goes back more than 170 years. They constructed the palatial home believing themselves to be distant relatives of Thomas Jefferson. After the emancipation of enslaved people, they adopted the system of sharecropping. Geneva’s family was poor, and she never finished high school. Her father became terminally ill, so she began working for the Jefferson family as a cook. She and young Wally were close in age, and he was spoiled but took a liking to Geneva. Wally’s father Wallace Jefferson II, or Jeff, had two wives. Wally has one brother who died in a car accident. Jeff fell in love with young Geneva and the two began a secret affair. Jeff built Geneva a small building across the street, paying Isaac, who worked for the Jeffersons, to help with the project. Wally was displeased with the care his father gave Geneva. Geneva’s business became profitable, and Jeff often dined there. Joe Sweet arrived in town and swept Geneva off her feet. She ended her relationship with Jeff, and he never spoke to her again. Joe purchased the café before his death, and Wally has held a grudge ever since. Wendy hints that Lil’ Joe was Jeff’s biological son. Wendy finishes just as police cars enter the lot, and Van Horn moves inside to arrest Geneva. Darren tells her not to speak and promises he will help her.