In Another Life

**If Wishes Were Horses** is the fourth episode of the second season of Truth Be Told. It is the twelfth episode of the series overall. It aired on September 10, 2021.

## Synopsis

'The case takes a turn when another person close to Micah is found dead. Poppy and Ingram's marriage reaches a crossroads.

## Plot

Ramon accuses Micah of betraying him, and he’s absolutely furious. Micah tries to calm him down, but eventually, she has no choice but to threaten him with a knife, so he leaves, as he was getting way too aggressive. When Poppy arrives, she is worried about Micah, but Micah refuses to press charges. Meanwhile, a fretting Markus wants a new security set-up for Micah.

Tragedy soon strikes; as Markus heads to see Ramon, when the man falls from a high floor of a hotel. Ramon is badly injured, and he dies on the scene. Markus sees a suspicious figure nearby and chases after him, as he believes Ramon was pushed, but predictably, Micah feels guilty.

Detective Aames is snooping around aimlessly when he asks Markus if he trusts Poppy, and obviously, he has her back. Markus then tells Aames to work with Poppy, not against her. Aames speaks to Poppy and tells her that he is not her enemy. He wants her help, but it is clear he wants information from her without a two-way arrangement. Poppy declines.

Meanwhile, Markus looks into why Lachlan hid personnel files at Micah’s company. He finds out that Lachlan was running illegal surveillance on all staff, prompting the question, “did Lachlan kill Ramon?”. There was surveillance on Markus, and CCTV footage reveals that Markus is having a baby, which comes as a surprise for Poppy. Markus rings Ivy from the company and tells her about the illegal surveillance. He raises how the legalities around it are awkward. In the files, there’s footage of Ivy having an affair on footage. She feels guilty as it was a “moment of madness,” and she loves her husband.

Markus finally finds footage of the man he chased whose name is Holt. He tells Poppy that he could have been hired. As it turns out, this is the same man that threatened Cydie Scoville on the bus.

Ingram tells Poppy that their marriage is over. Poppy wants to fight, but Ingram asks the vital question — “are you happy?” She admits to not being happy because she knows Ingram does not like who she is. And then Ingram lands another blow as he tells her he is going back to New York.

Poppy then heads to Micah’s place and assumes she is getting sexually assaulted by Holt, so she attempts to ring the authorities. However, Poppy is knocked out by an unknown person.

## Cast

### Main

* Octavia Spencer as Poppy Parnell
* Mekhi Phifer as Markus Killebrew
* Michael Beach as Ingram Rhodes
* Tracie Thoms as Desiree Scoville
* Haneefah Wood as Cydie Scoville
* Ron Cephas Jones as Leander "Shreve" Scoville
* Kate Hudson as Micah Keith
* Christopher Backus as Holt Redding
* Alona Tal as Ivy Abbott
* Katherine LaNasa as Noa Havilland
* David Lyons as Inspector Aames
* Andre Royo as Demetrius
* Merle Dandridge as Zarina Killebrew
* Mychala Faith Lee as Trini Killebrew
* Tami Roman as Lillian Scoville

### Recurring

* Irene Choi as Blaine
* Hale Applemanas Lachlan
* Anthony Lee Medina as Ramon Tomas
* Cranston Johnson as Moss
* Donald Dash as Aubrey Siddons

### Co-Starring

* Rico E. Anderson as Herbie
* Julie Craig as Shae

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