AN: 2.13

Diamond

Some moments are meant to be shared. Actually, some moments evoke a desire in people to share it with others.

Or maybe, some moments remind people of their loneliness and, therefore, people are driven to share them.

For Linden, this was a moment meant to be shared but she has chosen to take it for herself.

Alone in the darkness of the film room, she views Rosie's Super 8 film. She doesn't know what to expect when she turns on the projector but she is eager anyways.

What she sees is far more closure than she'd ever hoped for. The film reveals a heart for adventure, freedom and love for family. It is motion-picture scrapbook of memories past and hopes to come. It is crafted with the care of someone who wishes to preserve it forever and made to exist as a legacy.

It reaffirms the things Rosie's family had insisted were true about her and puts to rest all of the false accusations of her deeds at the Wapi Casino.

Linden learns something about her job as a detective. She learns that lines such as 'You don't know her, you don't know Rosie' shouldn't be dismissed completely and that there is reason for loved ones to be offended by her objectivity. The film is something that makes her rethink the potential for human innocence and it's resilience in a world full of corruption.

In her world as a detective, the view is breath taking. It is the view Rosie wanted to see from the tenth floor of that casino before she left, a view that brings peace and closure.

But it's also in this moment that Linden recognizes her selfishness. After all, the film had been handed to Holder (not her) and she'd snatched it out of his hands. Holder is her partner and pulled his weight through this case. He deserves to view the film as much as she does.

He should be here watching it with her.

But he's not. And maybe he's not because it means they'll enter into a space she doesn't want to go to. It'll be like adding another thread to this odd bond they have that will make it harder for her to leave. And didn't she try to leave several times already?

It's then that Linden realizes why she's doing this alone. She wants to leave with as little breakage as possible. She wants out of this life for real and the only time to do so is at the end of a case.

This is her last case. It's her last case and she'll enjoy her closure alone.

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