Ace:I got rid of Dark Star.
Wren:Wonderful. You no longer carry her burden. How do you feel about that?
Ace:I feel great. It’s over. Everything is over. Now it’s just you and me.
Wren:You and me. Together for eternity.
Ace:I don’t want it any other way, but I have to say…
Wren:What?
Ace:There was so much blood.
Wren:Too much blood, my love?
Ace:I wasn’t expecting that. It’s different from what you see.
Wren:From what you see where?
Ace:In my games. On TV.
Wren:Have you changed your mind?
Ace:No, but I don’t like the blood.
Wren:Come to me, my hero. My prince.
Ace:I don’t know. Too much blood.
Wren:Be strong. There are other ways.
Ace:My mother has pills. I could get them.
Wren:You must finish what you’ve started. Then you’ll be my hero.
Ace:What you started.
Wren:They will search, seek, and know how this foul murder comes.
Ace:I just wish it wasn’t real.
Wren:Come to me, Romeo.
Ace:I’m not Romeo. This is not real.
Wren:Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity.
Ace:I’m not ready.
Wren:We can be like they are.
Ace:But what if I—
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After allowing time for the transcript to be read, I held up my copy at the lectern.
“Detective Clarke,” I asked. “Is this the conversation you heard when you were outside Aaron Colton’s bedroom in the Colton house?”
