'no, i'm sorry, i don't . . . i wouldn't know,' he could have left it there for ten years, for all alice knew. that's how long it's been since malcolm had left, and she hadn't seen him since, not with her own eyes. sometimes she felt like he was watching her. she had to check her closet every night before bed, and she slept with her daddy's revolver in her nightstand drawer. with how she acted, no one in their tiny town would know how scared she really was of crossing paths with her abuser again, but she was. hiding it was easy, but the fear was starting overcome her body in waves. she couldn't help the way she started to shake a bit, her skin going cold, the woman only holding herself together with one desperate thread. 'surprisingly comforting, thank you,' partly a joke, partly true, alice gives antonin a close lipped grin, only stopping in front of him again when he asks his question. 'uh . . . i mean, i've thought about running him over with my trunk a few times. but it'd probably be more fulfilling to know he was rotting in jail, somewhere,' would he be brought to justice, though? technically, he hadn't done anything. nothing she could prove. and the statute of limitations had surely run out on his abuse. nervous hand runs through her hair, alice taking a breath as she glanced at antonin once more. 'so — what do we do?'