Here’s the thing: for Billy to have known that Abigail’s diary contained testimony that would disturb Flint’s trial, he had to have read it and he had to have known it wasn’t destroyed.
Was he under orders to read it?
Was he under orders to destroy it, decided to read it, and then decided to keep it?
Was he keeping it for himself? To remind him of a woman who looked at him with curiosity rather than fear? A woman who gave him a shy smile rather than a fake or predatory one?














