4338.206 · July 25, 2018 AD
The Last Two
Two packages left. Two more doorsteps. Two more chances to get caught. But as Gladys drops parcels and questions whether any of this matters, a darker truth settles in: maybe the police won't believe Joel made these deliveries at all. Maybe they're just creating more evidence of their own guilt. Then Luke calls with new requests, and the cover-up expands into something neither sister fully understands.
The road winds along the river. Gladys fidgets. Beatrix snaps. The tension between them sharpens with every kilometre.
Then Gladys voices what's been gnawing at her: What if this doesn't matter? If no one sees Joel making deliveries, there's no proof he was alive. They're just leaving packages on doorsteps—boxes that might link back to them, not him. The doubt spreads like rot.
Two more stops. Beatrix parks at a distance. Gladys stumbles through the motions, exhausted, defeated, certain they're screwed either way.
When the last package is finally delivered, relief should follow. Instead, Luke calls. More errands. Beatrix offers to pay—money she shouldn't have. Gladys is too drained to question it.
The deliveries are done. But the list of tasks? That's just getting started.
And somewhere in the back of both their minds: What is Luke building?
