The Dark Mirror Page #7

And if she refuses?

If you refuse... Terry,

I'm afraid I'll have to tell who

killed Frank Peralta, and why!

You can't!

You don't know!

I think I do.

Not that it matter, because there

is nothing you can do about it

even you guess.

Shall I remind you anyway?

If you wish.

Peralta was killed because the

same thing happened to you again

it was Ruth he really loved without

even knowing she even existed.

It was your he courted,

you he asked to marrying him.

He didn't know there were

twins, all he knew was that

sometimes the girl at the counter

lacked a warm that he missed.

That's why he asked me

about split personality.

Nor do I thing you knew about it

until that night in his apartment

where he spoke about the

curious difference in you.

Then you knew it had happen again.

It was Ruth he was in

love with, not you.

So you made sure that if

you couldn't have his love

neither should Ruth.

Who else have you told this to?

Who else have you told this

ridiculously story to?

Nobody else so far

and there'll be no need to tell it

again if you do what I suggest.

Go to your doctor and be

guided by what he says.

I see no need for that.

As I told you,

there's nothing you can do about it

no matter how strongly you feel.

You don't think so?

No. I'm afraid you've just

been wasting your time.

- Haven't you forgot Ruth?

- Not at all.

But you must have,

because she won't take this

"ridiculously" story so lightly.

I don't suppose so. She have

been behaving so strange lately

that I won't put anything past her.

But I doubt that anyone

would take seriously

the word of a girl who

suffers from hallucinations.

Or hasn't she told you?

What do you mean by that?

Where's Ruth now?

Are you so sure of which

one you've kissed?

Of course.

Look closely.

Are you certain?

Do you still got

that Terry with you?

Could you bring her here or do

you want me to sent the wagon?

- Who is that?

- The guy from the hospital.

I bee with you in a minute.

Sorry, doc, but I have bad news.

I got nervous when I left you and I

decided come here and take a look.

I hate to have to tell you this,

but when I got in here...

What?

All right Stevenson,

I'll be right over.

Ruth has committed suicide.

Does that surprises you?

I'm terribly sorry, but...

I'm terribly sorry, Miss Collins.

Sit here.

- May I go in...?

- If you want to.

The examiner is in there.

You go with him Franklin.

Can you tell me what happened?

She took some of

this sleeping pills.

It was empty in the bathroom.

She has been taking it for

the last 2 or 3 months.

I hate to have to

ask you questions,

but did she have any reasons?

Yes, I'm afraid she did.

- What was it, Miss Collins?

- Her conscience.

Take your time.

I'm not pressing you.

I'm all right...

It's just that I have been under

such a strain and now this.

She is free now, poor darling,

and I have a right

to some peace too.

Of course you have.

Tell me everything.

You'd feel better.

She killed him.

She killed him?

She said she didn't,

but I know she did.

I believed her at first.

Kept on believing her.

But now I know that she did it.

Take this down.

That night, what happened?

I got home from the

park, she was in bed.

I thought asleep.

When it all came out, she made

me promise not to say anything.

- You believed her then?

- Yes, but...

Something was the

matter with Terry.

- She was twisted.

- You mean Ruth?

No, Terry. I'm Ruth.

It was a kind of deep bitterness.

Wait! I thought you were Terry!

No, I'm talking about

Terry, I'm Ruth.

- But didn't you...?

- Didn't I what?

Nothing. I am a little...

Go on.

Then Scott found out about it

and he told me tonight,

he told me she was not right...

she was sick inside...

sick with jealousy...

and that is why she killed him.

He didn't know that

we were two of us...

Just a minute!

- What are you trying to pull?

- I'm just telling what you told me.

Just about what you told me.

But this isn't Ruth, this is Terry!

Scott, we've been over that.

This is ridiculous!

I know this is Terry!

How do you know?

I've been studying them daily

for almost two months.

I have no difficulty

with telling them apart.

Can you prove it?

She says she's Ruth and

she sounds like Ruth.

Prove me wrong...

- Shall I go on?

- We're getting somewhere.

The tests only showed what

I have known for a long time,

that she hated me, because men

finds it easy to like me.

It was always the same

story over and over again.

Whichever they met first...

I'm sorry, dear!

- You're not surly?

- Of course not.

I didn't explain because I didn't

know myself until I got here.

It was only after a talk with Ruth.

The idea came to me.

Then it was too late to explain.

I just had to take a chance.

You'd age me 10 years but under

the circumstances I forgive you.

You know why I got nervous?

Psychological reasons.

I got to think about

what you'd told me

and I realized that

Ruth was in danger.

It is simpler to get rid a rival

than go knocking off her boyfriends

all the rest of her life.

I take back what I

said about the police.

$9.75 this week only.

Was the mirror me?

The reflection was.

That's what twins are. Reflections

of each other. Everything in reverse.

- Will you answer one question for me?

- What?

Under the circumstance you'll

say it is impossible, but

why are you so much more

beautiful than your sister?

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