"Fine," Monique said, distraught. "I'll talk to her."
Quarin thought for a moment. He wasn't sure his girlfriend would agree to listen to Monique. That witch had made her suffer too much. "I also want a full confession filmed, in front of a notary."
Monique protested, upset: “What are you saying! This is too much! That way you would have acceptable evidence in court! How can I be sure that you don't have me thrown in jail anyway?"
“You can't, but you have no other choice. You have my word though, on one condition."
"Which is?"
He bent, his face inches from the girl's. Gritting his teeth, he erupted, threatening: "You must disappear from our lives forever!"
*
Regina woke up suddenly. After a moment of bewilderment, she remembered that she was at Karl's house.
The memory of what had
