“It made a lot of sense, actually. Because deep down, you knew that this was how you were going to meet me. Your excitement about it made me so happy.” Thorin grew silent, staring down at the paralyzed woman below him.
“How did it go wrong?” he asked her. “I’ll tell you how. It was him,” he said, pointing at me.
“His lies screwed it all up. He was supposed to be a Corporate Recruiter. His psychological profile told me that you would eliminate him on the first day, but he lingered and infected you with his ravings.
“It wasn’t meant to be him in the end. It was a guy named Kurt who you eliminated on the first night. With him and me standing in front of you by the waterfall near the pool, you would have chosen me. The two of us would have lived happily ever after.”
Thorin quieted, losing
