No Funeral For This One

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TW: Mention of M()rder, Written Violence & M()rder

Continuing, 10PM -The Plaza Alleyway

Harlow walks back to the Alleyway when most stores are closed. He sees the woman is still there, Harlow assumes she's homeless. He puts the directional tape recorder in recording mode and walks up to the woman.

HARLOW
Hey, uh excuse me

WOMAN
Yes..?

HARLOW
Uh, earlier today you had a conversation with this girl

WOMAN
What girl?

HARLOW
Kyra Akkulan.

WOMAN
And what of her?

HARLOW
You mentioned a payment, what's that about?

WOMAN
What's it to you?

HARLOW
She's been accused of invasion of privacy, and the news has gone crazy over it.

WOMAN
Get to the point.

HARLOW
Okay, I actually think she deserved this. So if you could give me any information about the situation that would be very helpful.

WOMAN
What will you do with the information?

HARLOW
Depends what it is, some dirt in her past, some sort of secrets, or if the damage is already done atleast give me the satisfaction.

WOMAN
Well, I doubt there's anything you could do. I've already done it all.

HARLOW
what do you mean?

WOMAN
I'm not stupid, you're some friend of hers. You're trying to manipulate me into getting caught.

HARLOW
Spontaneous. Like how you were with the poisoning. There's jar of cocaine next to you, did you also use cocaine to poison Kyra's mom's food.

WOMAN
I don't know what you're talking about.

HARLOW
You don't need to act dumb with me. Afterall, you're more than just a murderer.

WOMAN
I'm just a homeless woman being harassed by some dickhead.

HARLOW
You're also a child-neglecter, another crime.

WOMAN
You don't know that.

HARLOW
You adopted some girl just for the sake of her paying up some money. Therefore, you only adopted her for money and you didn't care for any other aspect. By that logic, she's a money tree to you and improper care of your daughter is classified as child neglect.

WOMAN
I didn't f()cking adopt anybody, asshole.

HARLOW
Earlier, are you sure when you said you're not stupid that it's true? I've got you're voice on recording, once I've turned in the recordings into the police, they'll ask you the same questions I have. Incase you forgot, lying to a police officer is a crime.

Suddenly, the woman gets up and lunges on top of Harlow. She then keeps hitting him, until he kicks her off and he manages to run out of the alleyway. It's now 10:30, with the entire plaza empty, there's nobody to help him. Realising he's isolated, he devises a plan. If he were to let her into his car and try drive off until there's atleast a group of people nearby, he could then lock his car and the alarm would go off. He looks towards the car park and the woman is guarding his car. He bolts off to his car hoping by chance she'd try get in but it doesn't happen. Harlow then attempts to drive off, but the car doesn't seem to start.

WOMAN
Shame cars can't go without a spark plugs, ain't it?

Just like that, his plan had failed. Out of nowhere, the woman opens the mantle of the car and throws in a cigarette. With all the gasoline in the engine, the car would explode. If he stays, he'll get incinerated. If he calls the police, the woman would find him from the noise. With no choice, Harlow gets out of the car and runs off and runs into a street lamp. Whilst the woman does look middle aged, she's still very strong. She started another round of constant slapping in his face which ended the same fashion as the last time, kicking her off. Exhausted, Harlow knows that now is decision time. One of them is gonna die that night, she's not gonna give up and he can't hold up forever. He runs straight back to the car which is half burning by now, and he rips of the head rest of a seat to use as a weapon. Now is the time, Harlow will either walk away living, or breathe his last breath on some rundown carpark. The woman has already caught up and that's when Harlow goes in, he hits her head with the cushion of the head rest and uses the attachment legs to penetrate her. It's safe to declare she's long gone now.
Harlow then calls the police to clean up the crime scene and explains that it was a defensive-murder. The cops are suspicious at first, but once Harlow shows the tapes. He is trusted.

8AM The Next Day- The Cafeteria

Kyra is sitting at a cafeteria table alone, while Harlow walks up to her to tell her the news.

KYRA
So? How'd it go?

HARLOW
Uh... It didn't exactly go as planned.

KYRA
Oh no. What did she do?

HARLOW
Well she's not a problem anymore, because she's dead.

KYRA
W

hat?! Seriously?!

HARLOW
Sorry, I had to...

KYRA
No! It's perfect, trust me.

HARLOW
Hopefully, the news that you were framed is announced soon and everything is worked out.

Latest News Paper Titles

Harlow Amir, Member of Burbanock Records Commits Defensive Murder

Kyra Akkulan Framed By Homeless Woman

Burbanock Records Image is Restored, Violently

Friend Of Kyra Akkulan Is A Murderer

12 PM- Recording Room A-2

Kyra works on her demo recordings in the recordings room whilst Astrid and Kaite stop by her.

KAITE
Hey Kyra, look I'm really sorry I didn't believe you. Can we be friends again?

ASTRID
Same. And we're sorry for what happened to you.

KYRA
Aww it's okay! You were just mad...

They both leave, while Alexander and Matteo come by her too.

MATTEO
Kyra, we're sorry about what happened to you. Here's our numbers if you need to talk to us.

KYRA
Aww thanks but, it's okay though!

ALEXANDER
No, it's not. I feel an immense amount of shame brought upon me for not trying to listen to you.

KYRA
No worries, everything worked out fine.

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