"Sutcliff, do you realize just how much trouble you are in?!" William's powerful voice echoed through the small office. "B-but, Will... those women they des-" "I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DESERVED!" William cut in "You illegally modified your death scythe, offered out classified information, and killed humans not on the To-Die list! The higher-ups could have you execute...d, you know! And there wouldn't be a damn thing I could do about it. Furthermore, I now have more overtime because I have to fix YOUR mistakes!" Grell silenced, William wouldn't understand, those women had something he could never have... and they threw it all away without a second thought, 'Those women were as good as murderers, basically killing off their unborn children before they even had the chance to live. Those women needed to be punished.' Grell thought bitterly, he remembered that night, the night he killed Madam Red... "If you don't end him, he'll end you" that was his final warning, he knew it was a lie, the Phantomhive brat wouldn't have killed her, but Grell needed to cover up the truth, the whores he had helped murder hadn't been on the To-Die list, but Madam Red was... during his time posing as a butler, Ronald Knox had made frequent visits under William's orders to warn Grell that he was needed back at headquarters. During one particular visit, Grell had caught a glimpse at Ronald's To-Die list, Madam Red was scheduled to die and be reaped by Ronald on the same night Grell murdered her. 'How foolish I was, letting silly emotions get in the way of my actions, she could've lived at least another 3 hours, but I couldn't let anyone else reap her soul, I needed to do it, I couldn't have let anyone else... they didn't know her like I did, they wouldn't mourn her death like me, they would just think of it as more work to be done, nothing special...' the red-haired shinigami told himself. For the first time, Grell cried, he allowed the hot tears to stream down his face, he didn't care what William thought at this point, the pain was too powerful, he fled from the room, leaving William in a confused daze. Nothing mattered, it seemed everyone he ever loved left him somehow, this was how it felt in the end.