It Could Have Been So Different…

So, Damien is Georgia’s killer, but I obviously considered how the story would have played out if it had been someone else before I came to a final decision.

What would have happened if Lucas killed Georgia? 

Jake tells Damien that he had wanted Georgia to stop having any more children, before having a breakdown about not knowing what really happened. Damien comforts him and Jake decides to go to bed early. However, going up there, he finds the ghost of Lucas in his room. Lucas explains that he can come back as a spirit, but when Jake asks why, he reveals that he has something to tell his son.

Lucas reveals that he snuck back to the house that night, and saw Georgia in the back room. He knew that Jake didn’t want any more kids, and came to the decision that she wasn’t right for his son. Seeing her fall asleep, he crept in and set the room alight, blocking the doorways so that nobody else could be hurt. After this revelation, Jake banishes Lucas’ spirit from the house and completely loses it. Damien supports him and he eventually sorts out his problems.

What would have happened if Leona killed Georgia?

Jake reveals that he had wanted Georgia to stop having any more kids, before a knock on the door interupts the conversation. It’s Leona, and she is in floods of tears. She tells Jake that she was the one who started the fire, because she wanted another child. When Jake asks why she couldn’t just get pregnant instead of murdering another child’s mother, she makes a revelation. A few hours before the murder, a doctor told her she couldn’t have any more children- due to being pregnant without knowing and miscarrying.

She explains, crying heavily, that she was in such a state that night and, while hiding it well, was dying inside. She was desperate for another child to raise alongside Anastasia, and knew that Jake would probably let her have Alex due to being unable to cope from grief. Jake tells her that he understands- it does take a while but he does forgive her. She dries her eyes and is told to go and sleep. However, tragedy strikes when Leona tumbles down the stairs- and dies. Jake and Damien get Alex and Anastasia back with them and together they build their relationship.

What would have happened if Jake killed Georgia?

Jake admits that he didn’t want any more kids, thus highlighting his motive. As he tries to walk off, Damien stops him. ‘Don’t lie to me, dad. That’s not what’s bothering you. I saw you. You killed her. And now it’s tearing you apart.’ Jake confesses to everything, breaking down in the kitchen. He wanted Georgia dead because he was desperate not to neglect the children he had. He decides that it was not a strong enough motive to kill her, but explains that on the night he didn’t know what he was thinking. As the Neurotic he is, Jake runs off. Damien follows, but cannot keep up and his father disappears from his sight.

Hiding in the moutains, Jake looks out across the beatiful Sunset Valley, in a state of complete despair. Unable to face his family knowing they will find out the truth, he slowly turns away and starts walking toward Stoney Falls. Looking up in the sky one final time, he wishes that his beloved Georgia was still here with him. But she isn’t, and Jake knows that it’s because of him. Wiping a tear from his eye, he slowly walks toward the lake and disappears beneath its surface…

I think that if Damien had not been the killer, I would have chosen Leona, as it would have been touching to see Damien and Jake raising the three children and building their relationship.

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