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00:30My photo is on it. The whole card is smeared with dried, dark blood. Silence hits the ballroom. Hundreds of
00:36eyes stare at that plastic bag. Marcus looks up at Damien. His lips tremble several times before he forces the
00:42words out.
00:44Sir, your wife? She passed away 17 days ago.
00:49On the 10th day of the zombie siege, I leave the last protein bar for my husband and walk out
00:53of the safe house alone.
00:54A horde of zombies tackles me. Teeth and hands tear into my flesh. The pain is so intense I think
00:59it might kill me. Then I hear the snap of a clapperboard.
01:02Cut! Good take! Extras take five!
01:06The zombies scatter in an instant. The safe house door swings open behind me. My husband, Damien Blackwell, steps out.
01:13Celine Hart, Hollywood's newest-it girl, comes laughing from behind a half-collapsed fake storefront.
01:18Damien, you're a genius. You faked the apocalypse and she actually bought it.
01:22She tried to sabotage your audition behind our backs.
01:25I wanted her to feel desperate for once. Maybe now she'll learn.
01:28I lie on the ground and watch the extras pull off their zombie masks. Tears slide into the blood at
01:32my lips.
01:33What they don't know is that I hate pain more than anything.
01:36So before I walked out of the safe house, I drank Paraquat.
01:39I drank Paraquat, a restricted-use herbicide with no antidote.
01:43Once it's in your system, your lungs scar over until you suffocate.
01:47When I finally regain consciousness, I feel weightless.
01:50I hover in the air. I look down.
01:53The unmasked zombies drip with sweat.
01:55They pass around bottled water and joke around.
01:59Holy shit, I'm roasting in this suit.
02:01But Mr. Blacknell pays well.
02:03Way better than working as an extra on a real set.
02:05No kidding.
02:06Mr. Blacknell rented out the entire backlot just to cheer Miss Hart out.
02:09I see it now. There is no outbreak, no apocalypse.
02:12Just 10 staged days of fear and starvation.
02:15Staged by my husband for his college sweetheart.
02:17He rented an abandoned LA studio lot and hired 100 extras.
02:21I look down at the me on the ground.
02:23White foam has dried around my mouth.
02:25My eyes bulge from the pain.
02:26My fingernails claw bloody lines into the concrete.
02:29Damien walks over with an iced Americano.
02:32He nudges my leg with his expensive loafer.
02:34That's enough, Aria. We're done here. Get up.
02:36I don't move. I can't.
02:38Celine loops her arm through his and lowers her voice into something soft and practiced.
02:43Damien, Mrs. Blackwell is quite the actor.
02:45She's probably too embarrassed to face us.
02:47When she gave you her last protein bar and walked out to die, I almost shed a tear.
02:52Damien scoffs.
02:53Everything with her is a performance.
02:55She just wants my attention.
02:57She crossed a line when she tried to ruin your audition.
03:00Aria only hears you when it hurts.
03:01Celine covers her mouth and giggles.
03:03Oh, come on. I'm not even that mad anymore.
03:05Damien doesn't even spare me a glance.
03:07He pulls Celine toward the exit.
03:10Let her rot in the ground and think about what she did.
03:13Leave two guards.
03:14Once she apologizes, haul her back to the Malibu estate.
03:17The heavy iron gates of the backlit slam shut.
03:19The lock clicks.
03:21I want to scream.
03:22I want to ask him what the hell is wrong with him.
03:25But I am already a ghost.
03:26An unseen force yanks me back.
03:28Like a heavy chain strapped to my chest.
03:31It drags me straight into the backseat of Damien's Rolls Royce ghost.
03:34He sits in the driver's seat.
03:36One hand rests on the steering wheel.
03:38Celine sits shotgun.
03:39She touches up her lipstick in the vanity mirror.
03:45Damien, I start shooting tomorrow.
03:47The director says we need a new location.
03:50Take whatever you need.
03:51Any property owned by the company.
03:54Celine leans over and packs his cheek.
03:58Damien, you're so good to me.
04:00Everything with Aria has to become an ordeal.
04:03Damien tugs at his silk tie and says nothing.
04:05But something strange flickers in his eyes.
04:07Gone before I can even name it.
04:10We just left Aria out there alone.
04:13What if something happens?
04:15Celine applies another layer of lip gloss.
04:17Her voice soft and sugary.
04:18Damien snorts.
04:20There are guards everywhere.
04:22What could possibly happen?
04:23She's been spoiled rotten.
04:25She can't handle even the smallest setback.
04:29But she threw up so much blood.
04:32Fake blood, obviously.
04:34You know she's a drama queen.
04:35She'd do anything for attention.
04:37Damien slams on the gas.
04:40Forget her.
04:41Let her starve for a day.
04:43That will shut her up.
04:45Give her a day or two.
04:46She always comes back and apologizes.
04:48I float in the back seat, staring at the back of his head.
04:52Damien Blackwell has no idea that behind that locked gate,
04:54my body is already lying there.
04:56He will never hear my voice again.
04:58The backlit lights click off, one by one.
05:01The terrifying zombie siege looks pathetic in the dark.
05:03No screaming extras.
05:04No dramatic lighting.
05:05Just cheap plastic props and half-finished sets
05:07sagging under the dry California wind.
05:09I float back to my body.
05:10The night guards start their final patrol.
05:13Flashlight beams sweep across the fake ruins.
05:20Hey, we've got someone still here.
05:22One of the guards swings his flashlight over.
05:24The beam lands on me.
05:26The other guy walks over.
05:27He kicks the sole of my shoe.
05:30Hey, wake up.
05:32We wrapped hours ago.
05:34You can't sleep here.
05:35Get back to the lounge.
05:36I don't react.
05:38The guard crouches.
05:39He hesitates.
05:40Reaches out and presses two fingers against my neck.
05:43A second passes, then another.
05:45He jerks his hand back and scrambles to his feet.
05:49She's dead.
05:50Call 911.
05:51We got a dead body.
05:52The guard stumbles and sprints toward the gate.
05:55Sirens wail.
05:56Flashing red and blue lights soon wash over the fake ruins.
05:59EMTs lift me onto a stretcher.
06:01One peels back my eyelids and checks my pupils.
06:03Then he shakes his head.
06:07No vitals.
06:08She's already in rigor.
06:09Crime scene techs bag the evidence.
06:11They pry a tiny bottle from my clenched fist.
06:14A brown plastic vial.
06:15The label is half peeled off.
06:17But the EPA warning sign is still visible.
06:21Pericoid?
06:21A cop frowns and drops it into an evidence bag.
06:25Restricted use herbicide.
06:27Where the hell did she get this?
06:32Could be suicide.
06:34Runner ID.
06:34Notify the next of kin.
06:36Meanwhile, Damien pulls into his Malibu estate.
06:39His phone suddenly rings.
06:40The screen lights up.
06:42An unknown local number.
06:44Caller ID says county sheriff's department.
06:46He glares at the screen and hits decline.
06:49Two seconds later.
06:50The same number rings again.
06:52He snatches the phone off the dash.
06:54Tosses it into Selene's lap.
06:56Handle it.
06:56I don't have time for this.
06:59Selene nods politely.
07:00She swipes the screen and kills the call.
07:03Her eyes dart in thought.
07:04She opens his contacts.
07:06Pulls up Aria.
07:07Hits block without missing a beat.
07:09I hover in the back seat.
07:11Watching her fingers tap the screen.
07:13Smooth.
07:14Effortless.
07:15Like she's been dying to do this for years.
07:17The Malibu estate.
07:19Damien just gets out of the shower.
07:21A towel wrapped around his waist.
07:23His phone buzzes.
07:24A text notification has been filtered into the spam folder.
07:27He picks it up.
07:29Frowns.
07:30Moves to tap it.
07:31Selene snatches it right out of his hand.
07:33Damien, go dry your hair.
07:35I got this.
07:36Hmm?
07:37She unlocks the screen.
07:38Scans the message.
07:39Urgent.
07:40Aria Blackwell declared deceased at 4.14pm.
07:43Suspected cause.
07:44Paraquat poisoning.
07:45Suicide.
07:45Next of kin must report to the county medical examiner's office to identify the body.
07:49Selene's hand jerks.
07:51The phone nearly slips from her hand.
07:53Aria is actually dead?
07:54She stares hard at those words.
07:56Shock flickers across her face, then disappears.
07:59By the time she looks up again, her expression is smooth,
08:02but something brighter has already taken its place.
08:05She hits delete with no hesitation.
08:07Deleted items.
08:09Trash.
08:11Aria begging for forgiveness?
08:13Nothing important.
08:15Selene tosses the phone onto the table.
08:17Just spam.
08:18Want me to dry your hair, babe?
08:20Damien steps back, dodging her touch.
08:22No.
08:23Get some sleep.
08:26I'm heading to the office.
08:28Stay here for a few days.
08:29I won't be back.
08:30He stops at the door.
08:31Let me know when the location shoot is done.
08:33I'll send a crew to clean up.
08:36Otherwise that psycho area is going to throw another fit when she comes home.
08:40I hover near the ceiling, watching the whole thing play out.
08:44I always knew Selene was pure poison.
08:46Knew it from day one.
08:48But Damien, he just gave away my home.
08:51The house I decorated with my own hands.
08:53Let another woman move right in.
08:55And called me a psycho.
08:56I reach for a breath and find nothing.
08:59The good thing about being dead?
09:00Nothing hurts anymore.
09:02Emotions are trapped behind thick glass.
09:04You see the fire burning.
09:06But you don't feel the heat.
09:08Just like that.
09:09I vanished twice in one day.
09:11First, my body died on that cold concrete floor.
09:14Second, Selene deleted the last proof I was still expected anywhere.
09:17Three whole days.
09:19I haven't come home.
09:20Or at least, the me they still think is alive hasn't.
09:23I haven't called anyone else either.
09:26Damien sits on the leather sofa.
09:27His face is a thundercloud, ready to snap at any second.
09:31A bottle of Macallan 25 sits empty on the coffee table.
09:34The crystal ashtray overflows.
09:36He rarely smokes.
09:38Now the ashtray is overflowing.
09:40Rosa walks over with a breakfast tray.
09:42She sets it down carefully.
09:45Mr. Blackwell, please eat something.
09:48Damien splashes the coffee mug off the table.
09:50Ceramic shatters against the marble floor.
09:53Dark liquid splashes everywhere.
09:55Where is Aria?
09:56Has she called?
09:58Texted?
09:58Anything?
09:59He asks through gritted teeth.
10:01Every word drips with venom.
10:02Rosa trembles.
10:04The tray rattles in her hands.
10:05No.
10:07Mrs. Blackwell hasn't reached out.
10:09Maybe you should call her?
10:10Me?
10:11Call her?
10:13In her dreams.
10:14Damien points at the walk-in closet.
10:15Clear out her closet.
10:16All of it.
10:18Let's see how long she can play tough.
10:21Rosa doesn't dare argue.
10:22She grabs garbage bags.
10:24She hauls them out, one trip at a time.
10:26She stops when she reaches the terrace.
10:29An orchid stands there.
10:30A rare dendrobium orchid.
10:32Potted in simple clay.
10:33Green leaves.
10:35Strong roots.
10:36Damien planted it himself.
10:38On the night he proposed.
10:40He said,
10:41Aria, orchids are the hardest things to keep alive.
10:44They need perfect light, perfect water, and perfect temperature.
10:47One mistake, and they die.
10:49That's what finding you felt like.
10:51As long as this flower lives, we will never part.
10:54And then, somewhere along the way, he changed his mind.
10:57But the flower just kept growing.
10:59Watering it was my first chore every morning.
11:02Rotating the pot.
11:03Wiping the leaves.
11:05In five years, it bloomed only twice.
11:08Tiny white flowers.
11:09With a soft scent I could barely catch.
11:12This too?
11:13Crash it!
11:15Throw out everything she touched!
11:17I don't want to see a trace of her in this house!
11:20Crash!
11:21The pot is shoved off the balcony railing.
11:23It smashes against the patio stones.
11:26Shattered into pieces.
11:28Soil.
11:28Roots.
11:29Five years of my care.
11:31Gone in one second.
11:32Floating in midair, I stare at the broken stem line in the clay shards.
11:36Nothing reaches me in time.
11:38Not even this.
11:39Just then, the front door opens.
11:41Selene walks in.
11:43She is wearing a long ivory coat.
11:45I freeze.
11:47She just wants my attention.
11:49She crossed a line when she tried to ruin your audition.
11:52Aria only hears you when it hurts.
11:54Selene covers her mouth in giggles.
11:55Oh come on, I'm not even that mad anymore.
11:58Damien doesn't even spare me a glance.
12:00He pulls Selene toward the exit.
12:01Let her rot in the ground, and think about what she did.
12:05Leave two guards.
12:06Once she apologizes, haul her back to the Malibu estate.
12:09The heavy iron gates of the backlit slam shut.
12:11The lock clicks.
12:13I want to scream.
12:14I want to ask him what the hell is wrong with him.
12:17But I am already a ghost.
12:18An unseen force yanks me back.
12:20Like a heavy chain strapped to my chest.
12:23It drags me straight into the backseat of Damien's Rolls-Royce ghost.
12:26He sits in the driver's seat.
12:28One hand rests on the steering wheel.
12:30Selene sits shotgun.
12:31She touches up her lipstick in the vanity mirror.
12:37Damien, I start shooting tomorrow.
12:39The director says we need a new location.
12:42Take whatever you need.
12:43I need any property owned by the company.
12:46Selene leans over and packs his cheek.
12:50Damien, you're so good to me.
12:52Everything with Aria has to become an ordeal.
12:55Damien tugs at his silk tie and says nothing.
12:57But something strange flickers in his eyes.
13:00Gone before I can even name it.
13:01We just left Aria out there alone.
13:05What if something happens?
13:07Selene applies another layer of lip gloss, her voice soft and sugary.
13:11Damien snorts.
13:12There are guards everywhere.
13:14What could possibly happen?
13:17She's been spoiled rotten.
13:19She can't handle even the smallest setback.
13:23But she threw up so much blood.
13:26Fake blood, obviously.
13:28You know she's a drama queen.
13:29She'd do anything for attention.
13:31Damien slams on the gas.
13:42I float in the back seat, staring at the back of his head.
13:46Damien Blackwell has no idea that behind that locked gate, my body is already lying there.
13:50He will never hear my voice again.
13:52The backlit lights click off, one by one.
13:55The terrifying zombie siege looks pathetic in the dark.
13:57No screaming extras.
13:58No dramatic lighting.
13:59Just cheap plastic props and half-finished sets sagging under the dry California wind.
14:03I float back to my body.
14:05The night guards start their final patrol.
14:07Flashlight beams sweep across the fake ruins.
14:14Hey, we've got someone still here.
14:16One of the guards swings his flashlight over.
14:18The beam lands on me.
14:20The other guy walks over.
14:21He kicks the sole of my shoe.
14:24Hey, wake up.
14:26We rapped hours ago.
14:28You can't sleep here.
14:29Get back to the lounge.
14:30I don't react.
14:32The guard crouches.
14:33He hesitates.
14:35Reaches out and presses two fingers against my neck.
14:37A second passes, then another.
14:39He jerks his hand back and scrambles to his feet.
14:43She's dead!
14:44Call 911, we got a dead body!
14:48The guard stumbles and sprints toward the gate.
14:51Sirens wail.
14:52Flashing red and blue lights soon wash over the fake ruins.
14:55EMTs lift me onto a stretcher.
14:57One peels back my eyelids and checks my pupils.
14:59Then he shakes his head.
15:02No vitals.
15:04She's already in rigor.
15:05Crime scene techs bag the evidence.
15:07They pry a tiny bottle from my clenched fist.
15:10A brown plastic vial.
15:11The label is half peeled off.
15:13But the EPA warning sign is still visible.
15:17Paraquite?
15:17A cop frowns and drops it into an evidence bag.
15:21Restricted use herbicide.
15:23Where the hell did she get this?
15:28Could be suicide.
15:30Runner ID.
15:30Notify the next of kin.
15:32Meanwhile, Damien pulls into his Malibu estate.
15:35His phone suddenly rings.
15:36The screen lights up.
15:38An unknown local number.
15:40Caller ID says county sheriff's department.
15:42He glares at the screen and hits decline.
15:45Two seconds later.
15:46The same number rings again.
15:48He snatches the phone off the dash.
15:50Tosses it into Celine's lap.
15:51Handle it.
15:52I don't have time for this.
15:55Celine nods politely.
15:56She swipes the screen and kills the call.
15:58Her eyes dart in thought.
16:00She opens his contacts.
16:02Pulls up Aria.
16:03Hits block without missing a beat.
16:07I hover in the back seat.
16:09Watching her fingers tap the screen.
16:11Smooth.
16:12Effortless.
16:13Like she's been dying to do this for years.
16:15The Malibu estate.
16:17Damien just gets out of the shower.
16:19A towel wrapped around his waist.
16:21His phone buzzes.
16:22A text notification has been filtered into the spam folder.
16:26He picks it up.
16:27Frowns.
16:28Moves to tap it.
16:29Celine snatches it right out of his hand.
16:32Damien, go dry your hair.
16:33I got this.
16:34She unlocks the screen.
16:36Scans the message.
16:37Urgent.
16:38Aria Blackwell declared deceased at 4.14pm.
16:41Suspected cause.
16:42Paraquat poisoning.
16:43Suicide.
16:44Next of kin must report to the county medical examiner's office to identify the body.
16:48Celine's hand jerks.
16:49The phone nearly slips from her hand.
16:51Aria is actually dead?
16:53She stares hard at those words.
16:55Shock flickers across her face, then disappears.
16:57By the time she looks up again, her expression is smooth, but something brighter has already
17:02taken its place.
17:03She hits delete with no hesitation.
17:05Deleted items.
17:07Trash.
17:09Aria begging for forgiveness?
17:11Nothing important.
17:13Celine tosses the phone onto the table.
17:15Just spam.
17:16Um, want me to dry your hair, babe?
17:18Damien steps back, dodging her touch.
17:20No.
17:21Get some sleep.
17:24I'm heading to the office.
17:26Stay here for a few days.
17:27I won't be back.
17:28He stops at the door.
17:29Let me know when the location shoot is done.
17:31I'll send a crew to clean up.
17:34Otherwise, that psycho area is going to throw another fit when she comes home.
17:39I hover near the ceiling, watching the whole thing play out.
17:44I always knew Celine was pure poison.
17:46Knew it from day one.
17:48But Damien, he just gave away my home.
17:51The house I decorated with my own hands.
17:53Let another woman move right in.
17:55And called me a psycho.
17:56I reach for a breath and find nothing.
17:59The good thing about being dead?
18:00Nothing hurts anymore.
18:02Emotions are trapped behind thick glass.
18:04You see the fire burning.
18:06But you don't feel the heat.
18:08Just like that.
18:09I vanished twice in one day.
18:11First, my body died on that cold concrete floor.
18:14Second, Celine deleted the last proof I was still expected anywhere.
18:17Three whole days.
18:19I haven't come home.
18:20Or at least, the me they still think is alive hasn't.
18:23I haven't called anyone else, either.
18:25Damien sits on the leather sofa.
18:27His face is a thundercloud, ready to snap at any second.
18:31A bottle of Macallan 25 sits empty on the coffee table.
18:34The crystal ashtray overflows.
18:36He rarely smokes.
18:37Now the ashtray is overflowing.
18:40Rosa walks over with a breakfast tray.
18:42She sets it down carefully.
18:45Mr. Blackwell, please eat something.
18:48Damien slaps the coffee mug off the table.
18:50Ceramic shatters against the marble floor.
18:53Dark liquid splashes everywhere.
18:55Where is Aria?
18:56Has she called, texted, anything?
18:59He asks through gritted teeth.
19:01Every word drips with venom.
19:02Rosa trembles.
19:04The tray rattles in her hands.
19:05No, Mrs. Blackwell hasn't reached out.
19:09Maybe you should call her?
19:10Me?
19:11Call her?
19:13In her dreams.
19:14Damien points at the walk-in closet.
19:15Clear out her closet.
19:16All of it.
19:18Let's see how long she can play tough.
19:23Rosa doesn't dare argue.
19:25She grabs garbage bags.
19:26She hauls them out, one trip at a time.
19:29She stops when she reaches the terrace.
19:31An orchid stands there.
19:32A rare dendrobium orchid.
19:34Potted in simple clay.
19:36Green leaves.
19:37Strong roots.
19:38Damien planted it himself.
19:40On the night he proposed.
19:42He said,
19:43Aria, orchids are the hardest things to keep alive.
19:47They need perfect light, perfect water, and perfect temperature.
19:50One mistake, and they die.
19:52That's what finding you felt like.
19:53As long as this flower lives, we will never part.
19:56And then, somewhere along the way, he changed his mind.
20:00But the flower just kept growing.
20:02Watering it was my first chore every morning.
20:04Rotating the pot.
20:06Wiping the leaves.
20:07In five years, it bloomed only twice.
20:10Tiny white flowers.
20:11With a soft scent I could barely catch.
20:15This too?
20:16Crash it!
20:17Throw out everything she touched!
20:20I don't want to see a trace of her in this house!
20:23Crash!
20:24The pot is shoved off the balcony railing.
20:26It smashes against the patio stones.
20:28Shattered into pieces.
20:30Soil.
20:31Roots.
20:32Five years of my care.
20:33Gone in one second.
20:35Floating in midair, I stare at the broken stem lying in the clay shards.
20:38Nothing reaches me in time.
20:40Not even this.
20:41Just then, the front door opens.
20:44Selene walks in.
20:45She is wearing a long ivory coat.
20:47I freeze.
20:50You fake the apocalypse and she actually bought it.
20:53She tried to sabotage your audition behind our backs.
20:55I wanted her to feel desperate for once.
20:57Maybe now she'll learn.
20:58I lie on the ground and watch the extras pull off their zombie masks.
21:01Tears slide into the blood at my lips.
21:03What they don't know is that I hate pain more than anything.
21:06So before I walked out of the safe house, I drank Paraquat.
21:09I drank Paraquat, a restricted-use herbicide with no antidote.
21:13Once it's in your system, your lungs scar over until you suffocate.
21:17When I finally regain consciousness, I feel weightless.
21:20I hover in the air.
21:22I look down.
21:24The unmasked zombies drip with sweat.
21:26They pass around bottled water and joke around.
21:29Holy shit, I'm roasting in this suit.
21:32But Mr. Blacknell pays well.
21:33Way better than working as an extra on a real set.
21:36No kidding.
21:36Mr. Blacknell rented out the entire back lot just to cheer Miss Hart out.
21:39I see it now.
21:40There is no outbreak.
21:42No apocalypse.
21:43Just ten staged days of fear and starvation.
21:45Staged by my husband for his college sweetheart.
21:48He rented an abandoned L.A. studio lot and hired a hundred extras.
21:51I look down at the me on the ground.
21:53White foam has dried around my mouth.
21:55My eyes bulge from the pain.
21:57My fingernails claw bloody lines into the concrete.
22:00Damien walks over with an iced Americano.
22:02He nudges my leg with his expensive loafer.
22:04That's enough, Aria.
22:05We're done here.
22:06Get up.
22:07I don't move.
22:08I can't.
22:09Selene loops her arm through his and lowers her voice into something soft and practiced.
22:13Damien, Mrs. Blackwell is quite the actor.
22:16She's probably too embarrassed to face us.
22:18When she gave you her last protein bar and walked out to die, I almost shed a tear.
22:22Damien scoffs.
22:23Everything with her is a performance.
22:26She just wants my attention.
22:27She crossed a line when she tried to ruin your audition.
22:30Aria only hears you when it hurts.
22:32Selene covers her mouth and giggles.
22:34Oh, come on.
22:34I'm not even that mad anymore.
22:36Damien doesn't even spare me a glance.
22:38He pulls Selene toward the exit.
22:40Let her rot in the ground and think about what she did.
22:43Leave two guards.
22:44Once she apologizes, haul her back to the Malibu estate.
22:47The heavy iron gates of the backlit slam shut.
22:50The lock clicks.
22:51I want to scream.
22:52I want to ask him what the hell is wrong with him.
22:55But I am already a ghost.
22:57An unseen force yanks me back.
22:59Like a heavy chain strapped to my chest.
23:01It drags me straight into the backseat of Damien's Rolls-Royce ghost.
23:04He sits in the driver's seat.
23:06One hand rests on the steering wheel.
23:08Selene sits shotgun.
23:10She touches up her lipstick in the vanity mirror.
23:16Damien, I start shooting tomorrow.
23:18The director says we need a new location.
23:20Take whatever you need.
23:22Any property owned by the company.
23:24Selene leans over and packs his cheek.
23:28Damien, you're so good to me.
23:30Everything with Aria has to become an ordeal.
23:33Damien tugs at his silk tie and says nothing.
23:36But something strange flickers in his eyes.
23:38Gone before I can even name it.
23:39We just left Aria out there alone.
23:43What if something happens?
23:45Selene applies another layer of lip gloss.
23:47Her voice soft and sugary.
23:49Damien snorts.
23:50There are guards everywhere.
23:52What could possibly happen?
23:53She's been spoiled rotten.
23:55She can't handle even the smallest setback.
23:59But she threw up so much blood.
24:02Fake blood, obviously.
24:04You know she's a drama queen.
24:06She'd do anything for attention.
24:08Damien slams on the gas.
24:11Forget her.
24:12Let her starve for a day.
24:14That will shut her up.
24:15Give her a day or two.
24:16She always comes back and apologizes.
24:19I float in the back seat, staring at the back of his head.
24:22Damien Blackwell has no idea that behind that locked gate, my body is already lying there.
24:26He will never hear my voice again.
24:29The backlit lights click off, one by one.
24:31The terrifying zombie siege looks pathetic in the dark, no screaming extras, no dramatic lighting,
24:36just cheap plastic props and half-finished sets sagging under the dry California wind.
24:39I float back to my body.
24:41The night guards start their final patrol.
24:43Flashlight beams sweep across the fake ruins.
24:51Hey, we've got someone still here.
24:53One of the guards swings his flashlight over.
24:55The beam lands on me.
24:56The other guy walks over.
24:58He kicks the sole of my shoe.
25:00Hey, wake up.
25:03We rapped hours ago.
25:04You can't sleep here.
25:05Get back to the lounge.
25:07I don't react.
25:08The guard crouches.
25:10He hesitates.
25:11Reaches out and presses two fingers against my neck.
25:14A second passes, then another.
25:16He jerks his hand back and scrambles to his feet.
25:19She's dead!
25:20Call 911, we got a dead body!
25:23The guard stumbles and sprints toward the gate.
25:25Sirens wail.
25:26Flashing red and blue lights soon wash over the fake ruins.
25:29EMTs lift me onto a stretcher.
25:32One peels back my eyelids and checks my pupils.
25:34Then he shakes his head.
25:37No vitals.
25:38She's already in rigor.
25:40Crime scene techs bag the evidence.
25:42They pry a tiny bottle from my clenched fist.
25:44A brown plastic vial.
25:46The label is half peeled off.
25:48But the EPA warning sign is still visible.
25:51Pericoid?
25:52A cop frowns and drops it into an evidence bag.
25:56Restricted use herbicide.
25:57Where the hell did she get this?
26:03Could be suicide.
26:04Runner ID.
26:05Notify the next of kin.
26:06Meanwhile, Damien pulls into his Malibu estate.
26:09His phone suddenly rings.
26:11The screen lights up.
26:12An unknown local number.
26:14Caller ID says county sheriff's department.
26:17He glares at the screen and hits decline.
26:19Two seconds later.
26:21The same number rings again.
26:22He snatches the phone off the dash.
26:24Tosses it into Celine's lap.
26:26Handle it.
26:27I don't have time for this.
26:29Celine nods politely.
26:31She swipes the screen and kills the call.
26:33Her eyes dart in thought.
26:35She opens his contacts.
26:37Pulls up Aria.
26:38Hits block without missing a beat.
26:40I hover in the back seat.
26:42Watching her fingers tap the screen.
26:44Smooth.
26:45Effortless.
26:46Like she's been dying to do this for years.
26:48The Malibu estate.
26:50Damien just gets out of the shower.
26:52A towel wrapped around his waist.
26:53His phone buzzes.
26:55A text notification has been filtered into the spam folder.
26:58He picks it up.
27:00Frowns.
27:01Moves to tap it.
27:02Celine snatches it right out of his hand.
27:04Damien, go dry your hair.
27:06I got this.
27:07Hmm?
27:08She unlocks the screen.
27:09Scans the message.
27:10Urgent.
27:11Aria Blackwell declared deceased at 4.14pm.
27:13Suspected cause.
27:15Paraquat poisoning.
27:16Suicide.
27:16Next of kin must report to the county medical examiner's office to identify the body.
27:20Celine's hand jerks.
27:22The phone nearly slips from her hand.
27:24Aria is actually dead?
27:25She stares hard at those words.
27:27Shock flickers across her face, then disappears.
27:30By the time she looks up again, her expression is smooth, but something brighter has already
27:35taken its place.
27:36She hits delete with no hesitation.
27:38Deleted items.
27:40Trash.
27:42Aria begging for forgiveness?
27:44Nothing important.
27:45Celine tosses the phone onto the table.
27:48Just spam.
27:49Want me to dry your hair, babe?
27:50Damien steps back, dodging her touch.
27:53No.
27:54Get some sleep.
27:57I'm heading to the office.
27:59Stay here for a few days.
28:00I won't be back.
28:01He stops at the door.
28:02Let me know when the location shoot is done.
28:04I'll send a crew to clean up.
28:07Otherwise that psycho Aria's gonna throw another fit when she comes home.
28:11I hover near the ceiling, watching the whole thing play out.
28:15I always knew Celine was pure poison.
28:18Knew it from day one.
28:19But Damien, he just gave away my home.
28:22The house I decorated with my own hands.
28:24Let another woman move right in.
28:26And called me a psycho.
28:28I reach for a breath and find nothing.
28:30The good thing about being dead?
28:31Nothing hurts anymore.
28:33Emotions are trapped behind thick glass.
28:35You see the fire burning.
28:37But you don't feel the heat.
28:39Just like that.
28:40I vanished twice in one day.
28:42First, my body died on that cold concrete floor.
28:45Second, Celine deleted the last proof I was still expected anywhere.
28:48Three whole days.
28:50I haven't come home.
28:51Or at least, the me they still think is alive hasn't.
28:54I haven't called anyone else, either.
28:57Damien sits on the leather sofa.
28:59His face is a thundercloud, ready to snap at any second.
29:01A bottle of Macallan 25 sits empty on the coffee table.
29:05The crystal ashtray overflows.
29:07He rarely smokes.
29:09Now the ashtray is overflowing.
29:11Rosa walks over with a breakfast tray.
29:13She sets it down carefully.
29:16Mr. Blackwell, please eat something.
29:19Damien slaps the coffee mug off the table.
29:21Ceramic shatters against the marble floor.
29:24Dark liquid splashes everywhere.
29:26Where is Aria?
29:27Has she called, texted, anything?
29:30He asks through gritted teeth.
29:32Every word drips with venom.
29:34Rosa trembles.
29:35The tray rattles in her hands.
29:37No.
29:38Mrs. Blackwell hasn't reached out.
29:40Maybe you should call her?
29:41Me?
29:42Call her?
29:44In her dreams.
29:45Damien points at the walk-in closet.
29:46Clear out her closet.
29:47All of it.
29:49Let's see how long she can play tough.
29:52Rosa doesn't dare argue.
29:54She grabs garbage bags.
29:56She hauls them out, one trip at a time.
29:58She stops when she reaches the terrace.
30:00An orchid stands there.
30:02A rare dendrobium orchid.
30:03Potted in simple clay.
30:05Green leaves.
30:06Strong roots.
30:08Damien planted it himself.
30:09On the night he proposed.
30:11He said,
30:12Aria, orchids are the hardest things to keep alive.
30:16They need perfect light, perfect water, and perfect temperature.
30:19One mistake, and they die.
30:21That's what finding you felt like.
30:23As long as this flower lives, we will never part.
30:25And then, somewhere along the way, he changed his mind.
30:29But the flower just kept growing.
30:31Watering it was my first chore every morning.
30:33Rotating the pot.
30:35Wiping the leaves.
30:36In five years, it bloomed only twice.
30:39Tiny white flowers.
30:41With a soft scent I could barely catch.
30:44This too?
30:45Trash it!
30:46Throw out everything she touched!
30:49I don't want to see a trace of her in this house!
30:52Crash!
30:53The pot is shoved off the balcony railing.
30:55It smashes against the patio stones.
30:57Shattered into pieces.
30:59Soil.
31:00Roots.
31:01Five years of my care.
31:02Gone in one second.
31:04Floating in midair, I stare at the broken stem lying in the clay shards.
31:07Nothing reaches me in time.
31:09Not even this.
31:10Just then, the front door opens.
31:13Selene walks in.
31:14She is wearing a long ivory coat.
31:16I freeze.
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