Bonnie watched Connor leave quietly. The table for 6 looked remarkably empty with just herself and Annalise sitting at it.
"They'll understand eventually," she began, looking down at her plate, "that this is good for them."
A tear rolled down Annalise's cheek and Bonnie wished she could just wipe it away. She realised how hard this must be for her. The Keating 5 had been much more than a project for Annalise this time.
They'd bonded through all the bullshit and strife and now to reach this point. It didn't feel as conclusive as perhaps it should.
Bonnie sat still. The chair felt hard. She watched Annalise reach for her bag and figured it was the right time to leave. Maybe they could retire to her place and watch a film like the good old days. The
times before so much death consumed their lives.
But Annalise didn't rise back up with her bag. Instead she rose with a familiar looking letter. The same very letters that had been resting so clinically on the K4's plates.
Something grasped Bonnie's heart. She felt an electric chill descend her spine. This couldn't be- No.
Annalise wouldn't do this to her.
She couldn't.
Bonnie wanted to run. To simply get up and run away, pretend this wasn't happening but she was rooted to the spot, forced to watch the events unfold in slow motion.
Annalise placed the letter on Bonnie's plate, the tear disappearing into her steely expression. Bonnie flinched away from the letter.
"Annalise?" She asked, disbelief and pain evident in her voice. She sounded like a small child that had realised their parents weren't always right and fair.
Bonnie dared to look at her, tears pricking her eyes.
"No." She whispered, pulling back. She was drowning and she needed Annalise to take her hand back. This was fixable. This didn't have to be it. She could convince Annalise somehow that this wasn't the right decision. There had to be another way. She wouldn't…
Annalise didn't say a word as she stood, placing her napkin back on the plate.
"You don't have to do this!" Bonnie blurted out desperate. Annalise picked up her bag and walked off silently.
"Annalise!"