MAX
She stared at the boat controls, why would I think I would know what to do with this? It's a boat…I'm going to drive out to the middle of the ocean, then starve to death…no, think Max, use your brain. You got this far…no one can hurt you again. Poking at the GPS, I can't just drive up to the beach, I don't know how to dock this, I'll crash and have to explain. Think. You're not high, you're not dumb, you're not a whore…Get close. Drop an anchor. Take the dinghy in somewhere…you have passports, the flash drive, credit cards and billions of dollars now. You don't look like the girl Adam left on the beach, the one in black leather performing and sucking off, the super feminie Sasha in her girly dresses…you're this you now. Make them look, stare, they won't see anything past my body and blonde hair. Go. Go now.
KENNY
Max, he thought, sitting in his cell, the pictures haunting him. I did this to her, I shouldn't have dragged her into this. He's going to kill her, she should have never gone with him, we would have found a way…she can't end up like Sarah.
"Where is your wife?"
He looked up. "My lawyer said not to talk to you."
The blood, Jimmy thought, the missing Sarah and their daughter. "She's gone."
MAX
She looked back at the sea, watching her boat drift away as she crawled out of her dinghy and onto the rocks. Gasping for air, she hugged her drybag backpack with everything she owned now. Just a girl on the beach, she thought, looking down at her scant bikini. Casual, stroll, look like you belong…just a sexy blonde in a thong. Oh, it's a topless beach…let them look. Slicking back her hair, she walked along the shore, slowing her gait, and glancing around under her sunglasses. Okay…I need to get a hotel room, lay low, get the hell out of here…I need to see what people know. I can't go home…but I can destroy them.
KENNY
"I didn't kill her!" he shouted. "Where is my kid? She did this! She…she did this!"
Blood all over their house, Jimmy thought, the burned photos… "What did you do?"
"Nothing! Sarah set us up!"
MAX
Insane, Max thought, I should do the right thing…turn myself in. Trust the system. No, those men…there are more, I saw them on the flash drive. There are too many, Adam was right, they'll kill me to keep their secrets. The women like me…I'm not a whore. I covered up murders, killed Adam…no, I'm fine. I'll be a model citizen, live off the grid…Grimacing a bit, she glanced at herself in the window. Still too thin, she thought, in these cutoffs, bikini top, sandals…I do like the hair, she mused, I look like the passport…okay. Scrolling through the phone she bought, she winced at the news…pictures of me. Old me, Sasha me…most of the story. Running away with Adam to save Kenny and Sarah, even if they left me out of the murder cover up. Sarah gone, Kenny in jail…he wouldn't kill her. Damn it…She's like me. A whore who will do anything to keep her secrets.
Sitting on the sea wall, she sipped her water and tucked her phone away. No, I won't go back…Gulping she looked at the helicopters and boats speeding out in the direction she came from. It's too soon…he won't be gone yet. No…breathe, Max, breathe. Move like you don't have a care in the world. Just a girl at the beach, a tourist, let them ogle you, all they see is a body.
KENNY
"Max knew," Kenny said. "She didn't do anything, I wouldn't let her. I didn't want to drag her into this, but Sarah knew and so did Adam. I didn't know about Adam. Sarah wanted Peter gone, she didn't trust Max and…we screwed up. Max went with Adam to save herself and us. She always…she always makes the worst choices. Where is my wife? My daughter?"
Max, Jimmy thought, damn it Max…
"Sarah is dangerous. You have to stop her."
MAX
She curled up in her hotel room, flipping through all te videos, names, accounts, contacts, that Adam had, grimacing at the ones of herself drugged and doing what he wanted…and I liked it, she admitted, the sex was…stop it. You're not her anymore. You're free. Am I? Yes. Frowning, she clicked on the video of Peter Wilson's murder, seeing Sarah bludgeon him to death…he wasn't attacking her, Max thought, her blood running cold at that. She said…the scene…oh god. I know what he did, I know she was made to be a whore, her parents bought her back and…she…it wasn't self defense. That was cold blooded murder…that Kenny and I made disappear, and he's in jail for. She's gone and…Adam got rid of me in these videos, he said he would and… "Damn it."
He was my friend, my best friend, how can I leave him in jail? She was a victim, I know what it's like to be…a whore for them. She set us up, she knew I would go with Adam to save them.
Sitting back, she stared at the videos and began to plan.
KENNY
"Wait!" Kenny said, as Jimmy turned to go. "I didn't…Sarah's parents. Talk to them. They knew the people that took her before. Don't let them hurt our daughter."
MAX
Found him, she thought, dissolving in the chemicals…pictures of me. Old me, me dressed for bondage, all done up like his proper wife…not this me. A person of interest…She leaned back against her balcony lounger, flipping through the videos again. They'll find the boat…damn it. I thought I had more time. I look different, but not that different. I'm not going to be locked up, not for a man and not for a crime that I…just vanish. I have billions, I can be anyone…how can I let Kenny rot? I did this to save them and still…why can't I just save me? Maybe I won't screw up if it's just me.
Looking out over the beach, she sipped her wine and looked back at the videos. I have it all, I can…and what? They're everywhere. They'll make it vanish. They'll come for me, make me be one of them again. A whore. I belong to them…
"No," she breathed. "Never. They won't hurt anyone ever again."