Maybe, Larry could be persuaded to adopt this alternative. Though he'd been adamant about the necessity of killing the guy, he'd also pointed out that the final murder would be insurance, extra protection which might never be needed. If Larry's story was true, his theories accurate, Billy's life had already been straightened out; the other murders had eliminated the prime movers of Billy's downfall, and the final execution would just be icing on the cake. That being the case, maybe Larry could be talked out of killing again, talked into trying to change the out-of-towner instead of expunging him.
If Larry had told the truth, if Dave could convince him to spare the next victim--the last victim, according to Larry--the whole deadly fiasco could be resolved satisfactorily. Dave's twin du
