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TREVOR: ‘After all, it is you who’s responsible for all of this. Kate, too. I always knew she was ruthless, but when she told me about what your little crew of trash-bags did to Henry… even I admit I was surprised. I mean… hacking up a body?That’s fucking grim.’
BILLIE: ‘Yeah? And what do you call what you’ve been doing? Decorating?’
Leathered fingers cut the audio with an abrupt press of the stop button.
A gloved hand creaks into a fist.
Billie killed Henry Maxwell… Billie and her friends…
One heartbeat,
two beats,
three beats.
Then, the hand relaxes. And it reaches for the tape players; ejects both tapes; takes them into its grip and turns for the fire in the hearth.
Both tapes are tossed into the flames.
And those furious eyes watch the flames devour them. Those eyes, the ones that reflect the raging red and orange of the fire, burn with a hatred of their own.
