7. You Haven't Replaced Me

Tom Shayes travels to Antigua and follows up on his lead as to how Louis Tobin may have been smuggling money out of the country. Zedeck is on to him quickly however and Tom's source of information at the local bank soon dries up. Patty continues to play mind games with Ellen who decides to show her old boss that she too has learned a trick or two. Ellen finds out that Joe Tobin's sister Carol visited Danielle Marchetti the day she died. Not satisfied with her boss' single-minded pursuit of a conviction at the expense of those who were defrauded, she goes elsewhere with the information. In a flashforward 3 months into the future, the detectives confront Ellen about the expensive handbag they've found at the scene of the crime.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Patty sends Tom to Antigua to find the Tobins' hidden money, but he finds he already has enemies on the island. Ellen has Josh Reston write an article about Alex Benjamin that she knows Patty will dislike, knowing Patty will eventually figure out Ellen is behind the scheme. Leonard learns that his mother has died and winds up being blackmailed by his own father, Albert Wiggins, who knows a dark secret about Leonard. Ellen tells Patty that Carol Tobin visited Danielle Marchetti on the night Danielle died, and the two agree to collaborate on the case. Patty joins Tom in Antigua, and they meet with a contact who can help them gain access to the Tobins' bank accounts; the same man who was having Tom followed and who blocked the bank from giving Tom the information Tom requested. In the future timeline, Detective Huntley questions Ellen about her handbag. A partial fingerprint, belonging to a small-time criminal Lester Wiggins, is found on the bag.

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