Cast A Dark Shadow

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"It's Time to Die" Dallas Welles, wife and mother, drama teacher at the local Community College has a picture perfect life. Right! The ugly truth, it's only perfect on the outside. It's her Twentieth Wedding Anniversary and her husband Bart has just told her, "I will only make love to you when I want to whether you like it or not." Over the past year his manner and bouts of violence had become more erratic and frightening. Truthfully, the marriage is over and the only solution is to leave. Unfortunately, Dallas finds that leaving is not as easy as it should be. Before she knows it her husband is stalking her and threatening her life if she doesn't return home, it's the only way for the 'plan' to be completed he tells her. A plan only her husband understands a plan that frightens her beyond reason, yet she refuses to return home. While in a meeting with Irma, at the Senior Community Center, she is drawn to an older gentleman in a wheelchair. Irma tells her, "Stay away from that man, he's dangerous. He's Victor DeAngelo, retired Mob Boss." Despite the warning Dallas finds herself intrigued rather than frightened by him. Dallas finds an apartment where she can be comfortable and fear free, or so she thinks. Her favorite student Robbie has just brought Boo back from the beach when Bart storms into her apartment and tells her, "Get rid of him or I will." "It's time to die," the Shadow figure tells Robbie and then puts a neat bullet hole, in his head. Dallas is devastated. Enter local police Detective Jesse Kelly. "Do you know of anyone who might have wanted to hurt Robbie?" he asks. Did she, Bart wouldn't have done this just because she refused to return home, would he? Of course not, she tells herself besides he's out of town. Although the reason for Detective Kelly's visit was purely professional he finds himself attracted to Dallas beyond any normal attraction he has ever felt before. Within days another student is murdered and Dallas finds herself revealing her suspi