Deirdre continues pointing her gun at Trevor.
Deirdre
Why did you have to get involved in this, you stupid boy?
Deirdre
Now I’m going to have to kill you, too.
Trevor
Stop—Ms. Lane, you need to give yourself up.
Trevor
There’s no way you can get away with this.
Deirdre
Oh, I will. I most definitely will.
Deirdre
I just wish it didn’t mean killing three people instead of one.
Trevor
You don’t have to do this…
Deirdre
Sure I do. I’m going to make it look as if you killed that hit man.
Deirdre
Because you refused to pay him for killing Frank.
Deirdre
And then everyone will think you went on the run again.
Deirdre
But in actuality, you’ll be dead in the middle of the lake.
Trevor
That doesn’t make any sense.
Trevor
Why would I hire someone to kill Mr. Cassidy?
Deirdre
Because you had a gambling addiction, of course.
Deirdre
And you were stealing from the lodge’s safe to pay for it.
Deirdre
And then Frank found out.
Trevor
YOU have the gambling addiction. I saw you at the casino!
Trevor
And I saw you taking money out of Mr. Cassidy’s safe!
Trevor
And then you lost it at the blackjack table.
Deirdre
Shut up, stupid boy.
Trevor
I just don’t understand how you could do that.
Trevor
I mean, you hired a hit man to kill your own stepfather.
Trevor
After all he’s done for you.
Deirdre
I do regret I had to do it. He wasn’t a bad stepfather.
Deirdre
And honestly, if there had been any way to avoid it, I would have.
Deirdre
But I had no choice.
Trevor
Everyone has a choice.
Deirdre
Because I need his insurance money now.
Deirdre
My law practice will go under without it.
Deirdre
I can’t let that happen.
As the two continue to argue,
Neither Trevor nor Deirdre sees Helen and Matt.
They flatten themselves against the side of the cabin,
Inching closer to hear every word.
Helen pulls out her phone, and covering the light, dials 911.
Deirdre
Listen, how about we strike a deal?
Deirdre
I’ll give you a few more minutes of life, if you tell me...
Deirdre
How did you figure all this out?
Now Trevor catches sight of Helen and Matt edging closer to Deirdre.
Helen catches Trevor’s eye, and gives him a slight nod,
Silently begging Trevor to keep Deirdre talking.
Trevor
Do you really want to know?
Deirdre
Yes! I thought I hid my tracks well.
Trevor
Not as well as you thought.
With one fluid motion, Helen lunges at Deirdre,
Knocking the gun out of her hand.
Simultaneously, Matt grabs Deirdre and points his own gun at her.
Two hours later, Deirdre is in jail.
She has confessed to hiring a hit man to kill Frank Cassidy.
And then killing the hit man after she refused to pay him.
Helen and Matt have brought Trevor back to be reunited with his mother and Chloe.
After the tears, joy and excitement wane a bit,
Trevor explains that he saw Deirdre stealing from the lodge
And then, after following her in his car,
Saw her lose all the money at a nearby casino.
Anna
Why didn’t you just go to the police with what you found out?
Trevor
I was about to. But I felt I had to tell Frank first.
Trevor
But he refused to believe that Deirdre had done anything wrong.
Trevor
He got mad at me for accusing her of stealing.
Trevor
After we argued, he walked out of the office and out the back door toward the lake.
Trevor
I wanted to tell him that I had no choice but to go to the police.
Trevor
But before I could get to him, this guy comes up and shoots him down!
Anna
Oh my God. You witnessed a murder?
Trevor
Yeah! And then the hit man turned around and saw that I had watched him kill Frank!
Trevor
I ran as fast as I could and dropped my phone.
Trevor
I snuck into one of the cabins. It was empty.
Anna
And he ran after you?
Trevor
Yeah, but thank God I’d been in that cabin before.
Trevor
And I knew there was a trapdoor in the closet to a basement area.
Trevor
I quick went down there before the hit man could find me.
Trevor
And then I heard him talking to someone on the phone.
Chloe
Oh my God! Did you hear what he said?
Trevor
Yeah. He was like, “He’s dead, but some kid saw me do it.”
Trevor
He told the person to come down to the cabin to help find “the kid.”
Trevor
And then he was like, “Bring the money.”
Helen
But the police came. They were everywhere!
Trevor
I know. I heard them come to the door!
Trevor
But the guy was smart—he just answered it and pretended he was staying in the cabin.
Trevor
The police asked if he’d seen the lead suspect in Franks’ murder.
Trevor
And then they described ME!
Trevor
I was too scared to come out.
Chloe
Oh my God! I would have been too.
Trevor
I stayed down there for hours.
Trevor
The guy was pacing almost the whole time.
Chloe
That must have been torture!
Trevor
And then there was a knock at the door.
Trevor
I heard a woman’s voice. I knew it was Deirdre.
Trevor
Right away the guy says, “Give me the money.”
Trevor
And she says, “I don’t have it–so I’m going to have to kill you.”
Trevor
And then I hear a gun shot.
Trevor
And the door slams.
Trevor
At that point, I had to see what was going on.
Trevor
I climbed out of the basement.
Trevor
The cabin was empty.
Trevor
I saw the hit man on the shore.
Trevor
He must have tried to chase her and collapsed.
Trevor
I started running after Deirdre.
Anna
But she had a gun, Trevor!
Trevor
I know, but something came over me.
Trevor
I just couldn’t let her get away with that.
Trevor
And that’s when she saw me.
Trevor
She pointed a gun at me.
Trevor
I thought for sure I was a goner, but then I saw Chloe’s parents.
Anna
My baby! You were so brave.
Anna goes over to Trevor and showers him with hugs and kisses.
Trevor blushes and squirms, but puts up with it.
Trevor looks up from his mother’s affectionate mauling.
Chloe
Can we go to my room?
Chloe
I need to tell you something.
