Effy and Freddie ended in beautiful and gruesome tragedy.

Of course, the police catch him. Words like "careful" and "precaution" aren't in Cook's vocabulary, so his fingerprints are all over the bat he had managed to wrest from Foster's grasp (Effy still can't believe that it was him), and they don't know it yet but a little bit of his own blood is on Foster's floor, because the doctor had managed one well-aimed punch before Cook started REALLY going at him. After that, he had had no chance at fighting back…or even living, Effy assumes. Cook wasn't the smartest kid in the world, but his fists were strong and his heart was huge and he was a slave to adrenaline.

He's probably going to go away for life, especially since he doesn't regret it. Not at all. Cook's never said anything to that effect, but she can see it in his eyes.

It occurs to her, one day. She got one of the boys she loved killed, and the other thrown in jail,.

Just like Midas, left by himself because everyone he touched turned to gold, she faces the world alone, because Effy Stonem destroys everyone she touches.