LIMERENCE, richard haywood

"anything here can kill you. i could just do it most efficiently."

"oh, really? in that basement you couldn't even lay a finger on me, blondie."

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marie jones has never given much thought to what it'll be like if she manages to live past eighteen. she's known from a very young age that her purpose in life is death, so she's not exactly unhappy when she finds herself in the basement of richard haywood.

but instead of getting the job done, despite justin's constant urges to get it over with, richard can't bring himself to hurt marie. there's something different, like the way he knows that she would look down the barrel of the gun with relief.

it was in that basement that she witnessed it - that she saw richard haywood cry and shake with her very own eyes. the same place that she granted him forgiveness, and that she was sworn to secrecy.