Series 1; Episode 10: Parting Ways

1.
The New Heiress

Things weren't going too well for Mortimer Goth. He was far too old to deal with the many changes occurring in his life.

He had lost his entire family. He lost has wife, and his two children, meaning he was without an heir. And if that weren't bad enough, the papers and protesters were saying things about him - saying he wasn't mentally stable enough to mayor the town. They wanted him out of power. John Burb and Mary-Sue Pleasant were making his life a nightmare, and his health was deteriorating from all the frustration. 

Even the ghost of Don Lothario was harassing him, refusing to leave the Goth Mansion, which made life difficult while Mortimer gave his new wife, Dina Goth, piano lessons.

Mortimer became so fed up with the ghosts harassing him that he started spitting on the tombstones in the backyard, but this only made the ghosts angrier.

Luckily, Dina was carrying Mortimer's child. He was enthusiastic, because as long as nothing went wrong, he now had an heir of his magnificent fortune when he and Dina passed on.

But she ended up giving birth to twin girls. The first born girl, who resembled Mortimer, was named Dedra, and the second born girl, who resembled Dina, was named Nevarina.

And so, Mortimer officially declared the Dedra Goth was next in line to the fortune, after her parents passed away. It was strange for Mortimer to think that he wouldn't be around to see that happen.

'Remember, Dina,' Mortimer began, 'you are not only the current heir, you are set to be the leader of this family. I leave you these two daughters, and they shall be yours, and yours alone, to command, discipline and direct in true Goth fashion.'

But Dina wasn't listening. He could only hope that when the time comes, Dina would make the smart decision. To think otherwise would only make his passing much less comfortable.

Would Dina Goth maintain the titles, honours and styles of the prestigious Goth dynasty? All he could do is have faith in the woman he had so briskly and desperately married.




2.
The Others

With the death of Don Lothario, Cassandra had inherited his home, where she would raise her little brother Alex like a son.

Cassandra continued her scientific research for Sim State Labs to keep Alex and herself fed, but her pregnancy would slow her work down. Alex was forced to be more independent, as his sister had nobody but him to care for her.

Cassandra did not end her lament over Don Lothario. She would play 'moonlight sonata' on the piano, which would haunt the walls once reverberating the sound of hot salsa music, during the time in which Don was still alive.

3.
Flowers in the Attic

Mortimer Goth passed away, just as he had predicted, and he chose not to drink the Elixir of Life. He didn't want to take the stress anymore, and it was, in his opinion, a better time to go than ever. With his death, it was formalised that Dina Goth was the new heiress of the Goth family fortune. She now had untold riches, far greater than anything she had seen with Michael Bachelor.

However, there was one thing that was set to interfere - the twin daughters, Dedra and Nevarina. 

Dina was worried. She couldn't bare the thought of being a solo mother. The diapers, the dummies, the caring and affection! All those things made her nauseous. She moaned and groaned... until he reminded herself of how rich she was. She was a Goth!
She had Pleasantview in her pocket.



Dina had a plan, and a most evil one indeed. She commissioned a new room to be built on the third floor attic, containing a locked fence, cribs and a changing table.

Surely the sounds of whining and crying wouldn't travel to the bottom floor...

She then hired the Nanny service to come over and take care of the twins every day. These Nannies would be the new parents to the girls. They would provide the twins with food, care and company, because Dina Goth sure didn't want to do any of that.




She didn't want the girls to exist. All she wanted to do was play the piano, continuing from Mortimer's teachings, without the whining and complaining of two baby girls. Her options were few - it was too late for an abortion, (which isn't legal in Pleasantview), but confining them to an attic was the next best thing. 

The twins would live in the mansion, but completely hidden. The nannies were forced to leave no trace of their presence, nor the girl's. They would be unknown by anyone but the moaning, whimpering ghosts that circled the grounds of Goth Manor - a place where very frightening things were going down.

4.
A Brighter Future

Meanwhile, nobody at Don's condo could spare too much time for Mortimer's death, because Cassandra had given birth to a healthy baby boy, and she named him Donald, after the father that he would sadly never meet.


Despite Alex' heavy workload, he took the time to get to know his half brother. He wanted to stay in contact with his family. Alex was feeling upset about his father's passing, and he found comfort in the kind baby Donald.


On Donald's birthday, the family hosted a party, inviting a few guests, including Mary-Sue Pleasant and Darren Dreamer. Most others were too afraid of Mortimer to go anywhere near Don Lothario's old house. It was a small party, but everyone had fun. 

It was a great thing that they could enjoy themselves, and celebrate, despite all the dark things that were happening.



















What would become of Don Lothario II? Would he grow up to be like his father, or his mother? The blood of playboys and madmen ran through his veins, but did that mean anything?

As a scientist, raised by a scientist, Cassandra had been bought up to believe so. She had been bought up to believe that you're only as good as your blood - the Goth name must be preserved and untarnished. If so, was Don Lothario II a testament of that?

No, she couldn't look at her son that way. Gone were those days. She had been banished from the Goth fortune. Throughout her whole life she had been an outcast, and now she was an outcast to even her own family. Perhaps it was time to look towards to future, and he it could be a brighter future for young Don Lothario II.

5.
Through the Looking Glass, Again


Alex had to work extra hard while his sister raised young Donald. Due to his excellent mathematical skills, he landed a part time job assisting a local detective, all the while he continued to attend Smuggsworth Prep, the same private school as his father. He would often come home from school, grab a coffee and head straight to work.










But even with his busy schedule, he still managed to find time to help around the house; as well as pursuing his interests. 

He loved to read books, and he wanted to become a novelist. His favourite genre was science-fiction, because he had a fascination with space.

At the end of a long hard day, Alex would climb up to the deck - the same deck where his Mother disappeared all those years ago, and he would gaze into the telescope, just as she had done.


What had happened to her? Where had she gone? Had Don Lothario really been behind it? Had his father been right about Don?



Why hadn't he asked either of them while they had been alive? 

Alex knew he would get no answers from old ghosts. Something told him the truth lay through the lens of the scope, through the infinite depths of space, just as his Mother had seen, on this very same deck, on the night she disappeared forever.

A once united family, torn apart by revenge and ambition. What will become of the fortune, now it is in the hands of the materialistic Dina? What will be heard of the twin girls, trapped and isolated in the attic by an unloving mother? How will young Donald grow into the strange world around him, and exactly what secrets await Alex, hidden beneath the stars, through the looking glass?

Find out in next season, because the truth is out there!