#event three.

only a few days after your visit to the club, there’s a fresh new news story about the case in the papers. todd’s parents had cleared the press to publish details about their son’s murder, and publish they did -- as you read, you start to feel sick, cold.

there are the things that were already public domain: he had been shot with a .357 magnum revolver, six times in the chest and once in the head, between his eyes. this final shot had killed him, fired a little later than the others -- as if the killer had savoured watching him suffer. there’s no doubt in any expert’s mind that this was a crime of passion, something with motive. the question everyone is asking is simple: what is the motive?

as it happens, the press have an answer. an anonymous source had called up the night prior, ready to talk about the relationship between alice dubois and caleb todd. outwardly, they appeared tense, on the verge of separation, but that was, apparently, nothing compared to what happened behind closed doors.

caleb todd was not a nice man. it’s alleged that he sexually assaulted alice on more than one occasion -- something that alice had told the anonymous source, according to them -- and would often raise his hand to her when things did not go his way. apparently, he was a master of emotional manipulation, keeping alice under lock and key for over three years.

not only does alice have opportunity, she has motive. and now, the entire country knows it.

despite this, the news article argues, no one should resort to murder. they provide websites, phone lines, centres that provide help for those victims of assault and domestic abuse.

when this news makes it around the group, most of you are surprised -- alice never mentioned this to them. they knew little things were rocky, but they never expected her to have gone through so much. almost everyone is stunned -- everyone except rich.