EPISODE 1304 / 06.06.26

Flashing lights from the squad car wash across the backyard in pulses of red and blue, turning the Fisher house into something surreal. Moments ago, the yard had been full of shouting, accusations, panic. Now there is only aftermath.

An officer finishes reading Sonja Kahele her rights, while another steps behind her with a pair of handcuffs. The metallic click seems to echo forever. Sonja flinches, not because the cuffs hurt, but because this is real.

She glances back at the house.

“Can I please see my son?” she asks the officers.

Brent Taylor steps up to the trio. “Not now, Sonja. We need to take you down to the station.”

“I have rights,” Sonja says through gritted teeth.

From our 20th anniversary in 2017:

Restauranteur Bill Fisher and his wife, Paula, raised four children in the scenic Northwest town of King’s Bay, Washington. Those children — Tim, Molly, Sarah, and Jason — grew up to have lives full of intrigue, passion, danger, heartbreak, and more. Since October 1997, Footprints has been telling the uninterrupted story of the Fisher family and their friends and foes… a story told in the vein of television’s great daytime dramas… a story with no end.