I watched her as she acted on the drugs I gave her. She had her eyes wide open and she was breathing heavily. I didn't give her a lot, just enough for her to trip for about half an hour. I watched as she struggled against the restraints. After a while she finally started talking. She was begging for her life. Her last words before I dumped hot water on her were "but I love you." When I asked her where she had gone she told me she had been in a fight, which explained the heavy breathing and the struggling. Then she wound up here, she had failed and I had killed her. I couldn't help smiling. She had said the words 'I love you' to me. Not to me in real life, but it was comforting… and it also hurt a bit to know her last words should I have to kill her would be "I love you." I wouldn't kill her though. It was why I was so hard on her. She wouldn't fail with me as her teacher. I was making sure of it.
After she had caught the eye of one of the guys and was invited on a date, we went and got her red lipstick and a red dress as well as heels. I dropped her off at the café and went to the hotel. That was when I saw her writing on the window. I had promised myself I'd never let her die. She thought she wasn't going to make it back… she had left me the note – I love you. I decided after the mission, if she survived on her own, I'd admit my feelings for her.
I watched her as she took out the first guy quickly. I was glowing with pride. I didn't have to save her from him and he seemed to be the craziest one of them. What the hell was a Babylonian whore? He continued to watch her as she took out the second guy. It took her a little longer, but she took him out. She was good and I was proud. She took the third guy out with some trouble, but I didn't feel like I needed to help. The last guy pissed me off. He was cocky and just overall a big dick. I wanted to just shoot him right then, but I couldn't take the kill away from her. She looked like she was planning something. He continued to hit on her as they fought and I only got more pissed. Finally she got a choke hold on him. I watched as she forced him to drink some of the drink she had mixed.
She was playing with him. She tied him up and threw his words back into his face. She watched him as the drugs kicked in and he hung himself. I came behind her with my gun and examined the swinging body of the last guy. I place the gun down before turning to Veronica. I lean in and whisper in her ear "I love you too." We leave to get her pancakes like I promised, but I can see in her eyes she has a different idea in mind.