Summary

Jamie’s condition worsens over the night. When he wakes he can hear Bryony meeting with Charlotte and Milo in the next room. He tries to get off the bed and ends up making a big noise in the process, bringing Charlotte to his bedside. Bryony calls for Jamie to join them. When Charlotte pulls him upright. she tells him to “play his last card,” when she blinks twice. He is not certain of his last card.

Bryony is gloating about how she got away with everything. She starts with Dobson, how she steered him towards getting Charlotte high so he could take advantage of her. Bryony calls Charlotte a catalogue of names. She added arsenic to his protein powder. Bryony turns on Charlotte, telling her how she had been with August for years, and how Charlotte ruined her life when she ruined August...