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Why haven't you

picked me up yet?"

Even though,

he's the one who said

that he was coming

to get me on Saturday.

You know, somehow of course

it's just magically my fault.

Were you going to tell me?

Tell you what?

Come on, Claire.

You know.

Um, not really.

Eric.

How'd you find out?

His email. He doesn't

know i have the password.

- Sh*t

- yeah.

Holly, what do you

want me to say?

You know, I'm sorry.

We were so drunk. And it

didn't mean anything.

Oh, well, as long

as it didn't mean anything.

Okay, Holly,

please slow the car down.

You're unbelievable.

- Do you know that?

- I'm sorry.

You have no idea how shitty I

feel about this whole thing.

And if it... damn it, please

slow the car down, okay?

You're supposed to be

my best f***ing friend.

Holly, come on.

Jesus.

Holly! God damn it,

you're gonna kill us.

Boom.

Oh, my god.

Oh, my f***ing god.

We're okay.

I'm all right.

- We're gonna be okay, Holly.

We're okay, Holly.

We're gonna be fine.

We're gonna be okay.

I'm gonna be fine.

And you think that's what?

A confession?

I'm a writer, Seth.

Fiction's kind of what I do.

That's why I didn't go

straight to the police.

I had to be sure.

I thought I'd follow you

around for a few days,

but you didn't make me

wait long.

It was a risky move.

- No!

- Even for you.

There were so many.

You want to know what I think?

I think you wanted

to get caught.

That's why you kept the journal.

You wanted to get punished.

Lucky you came along.

You don't get it, do you?

This isn't punishment.

I'm trying to save you.

Then do it.

Save me.

I will.

I will.

I meant what I said.

I'm gonna stop you

hurting other people.

One way or the other.

And the Oscar goes to...

He wants to save me.

I have to let him

think there's a chance.

So that was all an act?

You were just humoring him?

- Playing along...

- If you've got something to say...

I'm just making sure

your head's still in the game.

I don't need another

useless pep talk, Claire.

And I don't need you.

Yes?

What?

No. Nothing.

Just was curious.

Why you did it.

I guess, when I saw

Eric's email,

all those messages

from Claire...

no, not Claire.

I understand that.

It's a crime of passion

or whatever.

I wanna know why

you didn't stop there.

Why you killed the others.

'Cause you feel guilty

for what you did to Claire,

for getting away with it.

You wanted to get caught,

didn't you?

No, because I could.

Yeah, I don't believe that.

Well, I don't care

what you believe.

'Cause see,

here's the thing, Seth.

When someone dies in front

of you, the way Claire died,

it's like you're whole world

just snaps into focus.

Cry for help?

It was a way to pass the time.

Don't pretend

you know what I am.

You're wrong, i do know you.

I know you from this.

And the girl who wrote

this, you had dreams.

She cared about people.

Who's scared to be alone.

This is the real you.

Not...

Seth's got a little crush.

This isn't about us.

If you love something,

set it free.

Isn't that how that goes?

You know I can't do that.

Do you know what happens

to a great white shark

when you put him

inside an aquarium?

It bashes its brains

against the glass.

Every time.

Come on.

Stop, Holly, stop!

Stop, Holly!

What are you gonna do when

you come down here tomorrow

and I'm belly up

in the tank, huh?

'Cause you can't just walk away.

Not with your finger prints

all over the place.

I kill myself,

your life ends too.

So how's that for the boundaries

of our f***ing relationship?

- Seth?

- Hmm?

Finish this up and come

see me in my office.

Something wrong?

"Is something wrong?" That's

the question, isn't it?

I'm not following you.

The kennels are filthy.

We've got bugs up

in the stock room.

And where's Seth? He's not

here, that's for sure.

Nate says you haven't

been here in two days.

Mrs. gundy,

Nate is hardly...

Nate does his job.

You should've done yours.

You're firing me?

Disciplinary notice.

This goes in your

permanent record.

One more strike and you're gone.

Understand?

Understood.

Thank you.

You don't know how much

this means to me.

This, this is what's

gonna happen to you

when you think

you're in control.

You think you're

in control, Holly.

Well, this is what'll happen

when you think you're in...

- I control the situation.

There's the man.

Just doing some maintenance.

Didn't ask.

Hey, Seth.

I got your paycheck.

Still here, huh?

Where's the rest?

There is no rest.

This is what happens when you start

acting like you're in control.

That's not enough.

You don't get to decide that.

F*** you.

F*** me? I go through

hell for you

and what do you do, threaten me?

You ever pull that sh*t again,

I'll show you what

a real hunger strike feels like.

F*** you.

I had a dream last night

and you were in it.

It was just the two of us.

And we were in this house

down by the water.

And I think we'd been

living there a long time

'cause there were these

pictures on the walls.

Pictures of us.

It was weird looking at them,

because something

about it felt right.

Like this, this whole

world is a dream

and that house on the beach,

that's reality.

That's how things

are supposed to be.

Maybe I can get you some snacks

from the vending machine.

Thanks, Seth.

Holy sh*t.

There's a light on the wall.

Hey, what's your name?

Um, I'm Nate.

Listen to me, Nate.

You have to find something

to break open this lock.

Can you do that?

What kind of f***ed up...

- Did Seth do this?

- Nate, there's no time for that right now.

Okay, go at it hard,

at an angle.

We gotta call somebody,

the cops or whatever.

You have to get me

out of here right now.

Keep going, try now.

That's what I'm doing.

No, just...

Harder.

This is all f***ed up.

Okay, that's great.

- Okay, on three.

- All right?

One, two, three.

Hold on.

Do you know

what real love is, Nate?

- What? You know, real love.

Say you loved somebody.

But she got sick.

And then someone

came along one day

to pull the plug on her

to take her away

from you forever.

What would you do?

I don't know, I just wanna

get you outta here.

You would do anything

to stop that from happening.

Anything at all, no matter

what the cost

because that's what love is.

Love is sacrifice.

What the f***?

You die.

Oh.

Are you stabbing me?

Motherf***er!

The block, Seth.

Use the cinder block.

He's moving.

Come on, use it.

- I can't.

- You have to.

Seth, I can't lose you.

- Please?

- Oh, f***.

I can feel my leg.

What the f***?

Somebody help me.

- Oh, my...

come on, do it again.

One more time.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Seth. You have

to listen to me, okay?

You have to do

exactly what I say.

Are you listening?

Okay, step one

is disposing of the body.

The sooner, the better.

Okay, burn it, bury it,

sink it, whatever.

Just get it out of here.

But you can't do that

before you get rid

of the identifiers.

Teeth, tattoos, fingerprints.

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