The Honor Roll: Episode 25. Secrets And Truths

    As the day has ended at Waters Elementary, Dwight sits in his office, as Anna arrives, and asks Dwight "Are everyone still here?" Dwight tells Anna "Thomas is home. What's going on?" Anna pulls out a file, and Dwight looks at it, and his eyes widen, as he asks "Who could be stealing money from the schools?" Anna answers "That's what I want to know. We need to fix this situation now or else the outcome will be bad. I could lose my career, and our students will suffer if we lose accreditation." Dwight pages the staff to the Media Center, and Anna tells him "Call Thomas. He needs to be here. There's only one person I'm really scared of learning of this." Dwight goes "I take it you're referring to..." They both respond "Eliza." At The Courthouse Inn, Eliza is inside, as she smokes a cigarette, and Maura storms inside, and yells "Hey old woman! Who do you think you are spilling lies to my Daughter? I've had enough of you bitch!" Eliza sighs, and goes "And I've had enough of you trying to torment my Son. And if you leave now, maybe I won't go blind." Maura snaps back "I am disgusted you are willing to turn my only child against me! Why Eliza? What in the hell would ever make you go this low?" Eliza quips "Maybe you should go ask Mom. Or Dad. Whoever they are. Now leave before I call the cops." Maura heads to the door, and smiles "And by the way, there's some missing money from the school system. Looks like we'll have to send the bad kids like Thomas back to the Bankhead School..." Eliza yells "Halt! What are you talking about?" Maura smirks "Somebody's a thief in this town and it isn't me. Now there's a meeting I have to attend." Maura leaves, as Eliza gets up, and heads across the street to the Caswell County BOE, with rage in her eyes.
    At Thomas' Farm, Thomas sits on the back porch, as he shoots his rifle at cans, as Bill and Scarlet arrives, and tells his Son "You really kicked that Cobain's ass today boy! I bet it felt good didn't it?" Thomas tells his Father "Hell, he wants to start a war with me, and he knows what he's going to get." Thomas' phone rings, as he answers it, as it's Dwight, and he tells Thomas "Anna's called an emergency staff meeting. You need to be here." Thomas takes a deep breath, and sighs "On my way." Thomas hangs up, and snarls "Damn! I didn't want to see Cobain again, but apparently something's going on." Bill tells his Son "Well if he starts anymore shit, then kick his ass again. He'll learn eventually." Thomas quips "I might shoot him if he doesn't watch it." Thomas takes his rifle inside, as Bill looks at his puppy, and tells Scarlet "And you ruined my bed today little girl." Scarlet growls, as Bill smiles, and quips "My little girl. Let's go down to Mommy Eliza's, and see if she wants to pleasure your Daddy." Inside Thomas' home, Thomas' phone rings again, as it's Missy, and ignores the call, as he leaves his phone in the living room, and heads back to Waters Elementary.
    At the Caswell County BOE, Corey finishes packing, with sadness in his eyes, as he snarls to himself "I'm being set up by Erica. She's going to destroy me..." Corey turns around, as he sees Eliza, and she asks him "So Corey, why are you packing?" Corey sighs with disgust "Did that bitch tell you?" Eliza asks in a unassuming tone "Which bitch tell me what?" Corey yells "I've been suspended for stealing from the school system Ms. Sullivan and I am innocent!" Eliza stares at Corey for a moment, and asks "Did Snowball..." Corey screams with fury "Look! How many times to I have to defend myself? I am friends with Maura! And hell no I don't go see my Grandmother in Milledgeville, and neither does she! Erica's making a power play!" Eliza quips "You lose a few points being buddies with that bitch Maura, but surprisingly I might believe you." Corey steps back, and asks "What are you plotting?" Eliza smiles "You do have the best of intentions Corey. I am sadden that you've been suspended, but I'll make sure you are taken care of. And also take care of Maura. She's going to need a friend when her world is shattered into a million pieces." Corey asks with fear "Where are you going with this umm, Eliza?" Eliza tells him in a calm tone "Let me worry about that. I am angry someone's stolen from this school, and my money to top, but I know what I know, and well, just cool out, finish packing, and enjoy a paid vacation. And oh yeah, if you tell anyone I was nice to you, I'll kick your ass." Eliza walks out, as Corey finishes packing, as he has some thoughts, and says to himself "Something's not adding up there." Meanwhile in Bankhead, Erica sits in a restaurant, as her Husband walks inside, and snaps "So Erica, can you explain why the bank's taken our home?" Erica tells her Husband "Rick..." Rick yells "And my truck was repossessed!" Erica quietly asks "Why are you yelling?" Rick tells his Wife "I hope you are happy Erica! I'm moving in with my Mama, and you can do whatever you are doing! I'm finished!" Rick walks out of the restaurant, as Erica sits back, and opens her bottle, and someone watches her, as Erica smiles "My medicine. Stress."
     Back at Waters Elementary, Alice, Effie, Winnie, Missy, Jacob, Susan, Marian, Jean, Diane, April, Judy, Connie, and Didi are inside the Media Center, as Alice asks everyone "So any word why we're having an emergency meeting?" Everyone are also in the dark, as Mary walks inside, and tells everyone "Anna's gonna be in here shortly." Winnie snaps "I had plans tonight." Judy quips "I know you do. Maybe this will be short, and you and April can go to y'all's bench out back." Jacob tells everyone "Well I hope we're voting to have that Principal Duncan fired. I called Anna on him. He had no right to beat the shit out of me!" Missy gasps "He beat you up?" Jacob yells "Who here thinks he's good for this school?" Everyone raises their hands, as Missy sighs with regret "I shouldn't had asked you out." Jean looks over to her Daughter, and warns her "If you want to meet a man, don't go after Mr. Cobain." Susan asks her Mother "And didn't you have something to do tonight Mama?" Jean smiles "Yes, Hollis was going to skype me. It's that time of the week..." Susan and Diane rolls their eyes, as Susan warns everyone "Mama and Daddy haven't lived together since he moved to California, but when she starts talking about him.." Jean gushes "He's so hot for his age. I miss him living with me here in Caswellton, but once a year, for two weeks, we always catch up on lost time." Anna and Dwight walks inside, as Susan yells "Thank God!!!" Anna tells everyone "Thomas should be here shortly. Where's Maura?" Maura storms inside, and snarls "That damn Eliza's about to learn about pushing my buttons." Anna asks Maura "From the sounds of it, you have seen her." Maura snaps "Damn right I did! And she can joke all she wants, but I gave her a warning to stop digging in my past." Dwight quips "May be smart of her to do." Anna meanwhile tells everyone inside "I think I'll get this started before Thomas arrives, someone's stealing money from the school system, and we're in danger of losing our accreditation over it. I have one suspect in here now I think could be doing it." Maura yells "I haven't stolen anything! And Anna, I told Eliza." Silence fills the Media Center, as Anna warns Maura "You should have stayed quiet. I was planning to tell her myself at my Mama's." Alice asks "So who's the other suspects Anna?" Anna answers "I have placed Corey Horton on Suspension until further notice, and Maura's the only other one I'm watching." Jacob asks Anna "And what are you going to do with Thomas? He kicked my ass today!" Anna responds "You get what you asked for, and he's too valuable to lose." Jacob gets up, and yells "Ok. I see how it is here, and I think I have some better things to do." Anna warns him "I'm watching you, and if you provoke him, then you'll get what you get." Maura snides "Ahh, that's exactly why you don't need to be Supertendient Anna. Partiality." Jacob leaves, as Anna looks at Susan, and goes "Well Susan, you are now our lead teacher of Special Ed now since Maura's being watched and until further notice." Maura warns Susan "You're going to regret working here." Jean gets up, and snaps "I've about had enough of you. I'll kick your ass right here in front of everyone!" Maura opens her arms and laughs "Come on and try me." Susan and Diane holds Jean down, as Dwight looks at Anna, as the staff all have doubt in their eyes and Alice looks to her Sister, and tells Effie, as Winnie looks towards them "This isn't good." Outside the Media Center, Thomas listens, as the school door swings open, and Eliza asks her Son "How long have you been standing at the door?" Thomas turns to his Mother, and sighs with disgust "Someone's stolen your money, and Missy's a damn liar. Snitchy Missy has struck again." Thomas heads to his office, as Eliza's eyes turn red, and stands in the hallway, as inside the Media Center, Anna yells, as Jean and Maura gets into a shouting match "Meeting over!" Eliza sneaks down to Missy's classroom, as everyone inside the Media Center begins to leave, talking amongst themselves, as Susan and Diane walks to each side of Jean, as Jean snarls "I'm going to beat her damn ass!" Susan warns her Mother "Cool it Mama. This was your idea to work here, and I'm not getting into it with Maura." Diane tells her Niece "I'll try to distract your Mama." Jean yells "I'm going home and skype my Husband!" Jean storms out, and Susan and Diane both say at the same time "Jean's about to tear her apart."
    Meanwhile at The Rooming House, Corey's returned to his room, as he sits at the side of the bed, and says to himself "Well Erica, I know one thing, you didn't turn Eliza against me... but something's not right. Someone's up to something." There's a knock at the door, as Corey answers, and it's the landlord, as he hands an envelope to Corey, and walks away, as Corey opens it and reads the letter, and a smile comes across his face. In Bankhead, Erica pulls up to her home in the Lakeview Country Club, as she notices the door unlocked, and stumbles inside, as she yells "Rick? Did you decide to stay?" Suddenly a man walks from downstairs, and mumbles "Like doing puzzles my little disco whore?" Erica shrieks "Whip? How in the hell did you get out of Milledgeville?" Whip Morris looks around, and asks Erica "So the redneck dumped you? And I've been doing questionnaires this strange man's been giving me." Erica yells at Whip "Leave!" Whip laughs "Nope. I'm going nowhere. Better pay up, either way, won't work out for you." Erica's phone rings, and she answers, and goes "I'll see you in a few." Whip asks "Seeing somebody on the side?" Erica responds "None of your damn business! Now leave before I call the police!" Whip walks back and forth, and says "They can arrest me, but you'll be sitting next to me in the back seat." Erica's face turns white, as Whip holds up a bag, and asks "I see you're turned back into the whore of Studio 54 again? Want to dance?" Erica runs out, as Whip yells "I'll still be here when you return." Erica gets into her Corvette and drives away, as panic grows in her eyes, as she gets a text from Rick, as he texts "I've called my lawyer." Erica screams, as she swerves off the road, and hits the gate.
    Back at Waters Elementary, Anna, Dwight, Alice, Effie, and Judy are inside Thomas' office, as Anna asks him "Why did you stand at the door the entire time?" Thomas tells them "I heard what I needed to hear, and I think I'm going to resign." All are shocked, as Alice tells Thomas, with sadness "You can't do this. This school needs you." Anna adds "Mama would be sad if you left." Thomas looks at everyone and asks "How can I do my job, and see a liar, and someone I want to bury behind my house?" In Maura's classroom, Maura walks inside, as April and Winnie laugh together, and Winnie asks Maura "So Warden, how does it feel that that sweet Susan is better than you?" April laughs, as Maura snaps angrily "I've had enough of Thomas' deranged family trying to destroy me, and then Eliza digging up my family history and turning my Daughter against me, she's going to regret it." April looks at her phone and smiles "My second job awaits. Yay me." April leaves, as Winnie follows, and turns to Maura and smiles "I hope you get fired. Nobody deserves it more than you." Maura grows angry, as she hears a yell down the hall, as Missy's walked inside her classroom, and holds her face, as Eliza yells "You lying slut. Asking that son of a bitch out and hurting my Son again? I don't like a damn liar! And I don't want Thomas around you!" Missy cries "Eliza...." Eliza slaps Missy again, and snaps "Bitch, it's Ms. Sullivan to you! And I know more shit about you and your Mommy than you'd think I know." Maura storms inside, and Eliza snaps at Maura "And so you know. I'll expose your ass, so you better be booking a room near Snowball in Milledgeville!" Missy cries "I'm sorry!" Eliza laughs to herself "Sorry is right. You are as sorry as your Mama. Lying slut!" Eliza storms down the hall, as Susan and Diane yell for her, and Eliza turns and snaps "Someone's stolen my damn money. Yes I know, and I'm going to find out who, and when I do, they're dead!" Eliza walks out, as Diane turns to her Niece, and sighs "I think my work here is done." Back in Thomas' office, Anna, Dwight, and Alice are inside, as they try to talk Thomas out of leaving, and Thomas sighs "I'm taking a week off. And then I'll make my decision." Anna, Dwight, and Alice all breathe a sigh of relief, as Missy walks inside, and Thomas yells at Missy "I have no damn use for you, and you and I are finished!" Thomas storms out, as Missy looks at Anna, Dwight, and Alice, as all of them warn her "It looks like someone else visited you." Missy cries "What can I do?" Alice and Dwight looks at each other, and Alice advises Missy "I think you've lost. You may win him back, but I doubt you'll win back Eliza or Bill." Missy shakes her head, and leaves, as Anna tells Dwight and Alice "We need to find out who's behind this." All agree. Back in Bankhead, the Paramedics arrive, as one of them say as Erica's put on a stretcher "I found this in the floorboard." A policeman looks, and calls the Sheriff's Office, and Erica, sitting in the ambulance, as she's concicous, is handcuffed, as she's read her rights. Meanwhile in another area of Bankhead, Jacob pulls up to a bank, and makes a deposit, and smiles "Now to see the Cougar."