Beware the Young Stranger

Cast of Characters

JOHN VALLANCOURT — He had played for high stakes before — but never for his daughter’s life

KEITH ROLLINS — Life was a survival of the fittest, and he would stop at nothing to reach his querencia

HOWARD CONWAY — Married into the country club, he resented any tremor that might affect his money-in-law

RALPH HIBBS — With his major stockholder lying in a funeral home, Ralphie boy could finally make his own decisions

IVY FERGUSON CONWAY — To her, existence was a cocktail in one hand and a bridge deck in the other

DORCAS FERGUSON — She had built a financial empire out of debts and despair, and a private life out of deception

NANCY VALLANCOURT — Young and vulnerable, she could not attach conditions to her loyalty

SAM ROLLINS — Ironically, he was paid to keep silent when the last thing he would have done was to talk