Purple Hyacinth 44: Culpable Confession (with Fwoot and Inspirashamul)

We see the aftermath of Lauren and Kieran's explosive encounter.  

Lauren crashes her way through the forest, reliving Kieran's words and actions, pausing at his last statement, a lie.   

She walks through the streets of Ardhalis, oblivious to the concerned stares she is getting by walking through the rain, soaked and scratched in her uniform. She is about to knock on Kym's door, with Kym looking cozy and safe in her warm home, but thinks better of it, and walks away.  

She goes to the police station gym instead, taking her anger out on the punching bag. Mixed in with her anger at Kieran is anger at herself, for going along with him, for thinking he was human, and for bein most upset about Anslow's death and the end of answers for her.  

Her bout with the bag tears open her stitches, a symbol of the unraveling of her and Kieran's relationship.   

She stops when she notices the blood on the bag, and lets herself fall to the floor, where she ruminates about the guilt that is always with her, a tear sliding down her cheek.  

Meanwhile, back at the house, uncle Tristan is examining Lauren's board, paying special attention to the picture with Sake in her parent's car.  

Sake himself is at the dock with Phantom Scythe papers, meeting Belladonna.  

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