After a long season of hurt, betrayal and regret you'd expect with the protagonists being so young that they would talk and workout through things and brush it over. But that's the mistake of emotions "love"can make you think. The truth? It was simple. None of the supposed characters didn't need each other in the first place. We might as well conclude that love is dead at this point. Not for her parents, not for Tim and Venice and definitely not for Q and Venice.
I'm sure there's something that wiser people than us individually have said that will continue to be proven right. You can't love someone before yourself. Wake up in the morning and the first thing you want to see is their face but you can't even look at yourself in the mirror and be proud about what you say. Others know they need help and choose to bring their own notions on a new partner who may have been in a good space before.
Breaking someone is easy. Knowingly or unknowingly you may have shattered the last of their self confidence they had and all clarity out the window. If one has generational trauma and the other has a People pleasing disease that has never been recognized or treated by them individually, that's not love. There's no name for the feeling of realization when you both realise what's done is done, and you have ruined each other for yourselves.
You'd expect the one with the bigger damage to be at fault...
*. *. *
"The court is now back in session!" The crowd stands as the judge walks in. The atmosphere was heavy with anticipation. Q was finally going to get what was coming for him, Venice could finally rest and the family compensated. Everyone would be able to leave with peace of mind. Finally, it was over.
"This proceeding won't take long. After hours of analysis from the national coroners and autopsies done and analysed on both Jace's and Felicity's bodies. The jury have looked through and have come to their finally decision about the case."
Everyone remained silent. Breathing became near impossible as we all looked up at the judge and shook our heads and waited. Venice and Q gave each other one last long look before breaking contact to look ahead.
"Venice Allera you've been charged for murder of Nineteen year old Felicity Taylor. " There was shouts instead of gentle murmurs. How was she the one being charged for murder when Q is clearly the one who did it. All of the people around them simply looked at her, but she didn't move an inch, her expression didn't change, she didn't say a word and let the news sink in.
"Your DNA was found in different footprints in the system during miss Taylor's autopsy. And stab wonds that had traces of your DNA on them. Do you deny these charges and you did indeed put Miss Taylor's life to an end?" The judge asked and Venice remained unmoving or in bothered, not because she didn't want to but because she couldn't.
"No." One word. And it ended her inside completely.
Q remained silent and watched as she was helped to stand up.
"Due to the unsteady mental state that Miss Allera is in she will be taken through 9 months of psychiatric help to then be brought again to appeal or to face her charges."
"As for Q, due to some unfortunate circumstances...you will be let off with a bail of $130 thousand as you are a non citizen of the United States of America. You shall be dealt with accordingly on French soil as per requested by French authorities." Q nodded and didn't say a word about it after. It was fair for the French government to deal with him.
"The court is adjourned. You are all dismissed." And no one moved, it was still a shock what had really happened. For the deceased's parents and for friends and family as well.
*. *. *
There's still Alot that needs explaining. There are so many gaps in these characters stories that don't give clarity on how their dynamics actually worked at some point. Everything has an order, no matter how messed up it is, there is an order of events that we follow to understand how people came to be the way they are. Big question hanging should be...would we still accept them the way they are even when we know what made them the way they are?
THE END OF IN ONYX DARKNESS
BOOK ONE