Jimmy began, 'We had quite a journey, you and I.

You… you know, I never wanted any of this to happen. 

(Silence) (Sigh)

You were my confidant, the one person who truly understood me. 

(Sobbing)

(Stammering)

What has been happening in your room lately? Who we…were those men you were keeping hidden from me?

It tore me apart to witness you self-destruct like that. 

They didn’t deserve you, not a single man deserves you, Charli.

I… I don’t deserve you, not in the slightest.

I’ve let myself go, should’ve pursued sports in high school or college, but I chose banking instead. 

Books! 

If I did that, I would have a body like them, one of those hot bodies like the bartender’s and the other guy's. 

You fucked them, didn’t you?

 Look at me now – I’m as round as a rugby ball, despite all the wealth and promotions.

(Prolonged silence)

You were the only ray of light in my life, Charli. You should have pretended to care about me, even a little. 

Initially, you were so kind that I hoped you’d notice me. And thankfully, you did, as a friend. 

That broke me, but was more than nothing.

I’m sober now, haven’t had a drink since morning. 

I shouldn’t have come here sober, this pain is intolerable.

(Shouting)

 You turned ice-cold without warning, and since then, you’ve made my life a living nightmare.

You don’t pay rent, you complain incessantly, disturb the neighbors, and even pressure me into covering your bills.

 (Sobbing)

I feared you so much that I forgot my problems. I started living in fear.

But when you began bringing those strange men into your apartment, I knew it was the end of us. 

You shattered the little we had left.

That’s why I betrayed our friendship and sneaked into your apartment. 

(Pointing at the cold body)

 Yes! I did that.

But do you know what I discovered? 

(Crying)

 I found men’s clothing strewn all over your place.

I took something from you, and I want you to know it before they bury you. 

I have your pink underwear – the same one you were wearing when a gust of wind lifted your dress on the balcony.

I got excited, so excited that I came, but you never noticed me, or maybe pretended not to.

You must have wondered where they went the following day. Your quest is answered, I have them.

 I didn’t wash them, I just smelt them until they stopped smelling of you anymore.

I’ve held onto it for far too long to let it go.

(Silence)

The reason you’re lying here dead is me, Charli. I told them I wanted to end your life, because I couldn’t bear the pain you caused and the way you broke my heart.

If you had given me just ten minutes of your time or continued being there for me, you’d be alive right now.

Blame yourself.'

 (He concluded, drenched in sweat and tears streaming down his face.)

After fulfilling his part, he retreated to his room, spending the restless night haunted by his actions.

At eight in the morning, he reluctantly headed to his job at the bank, his mind tormented by guilt and regret.

Everywhere he looked, he saw Charlotte; every woman who smiled bore Charlotte’s face and her million-dollar smile. 

His productivity at work suffered, as he could hardly focus that day.

He reminisced about all the moments they had shared, the times they sat together and conversed about trivial matters.

 And as he sat in the bathroom, he couldn’t hold back the tears, sobbing for what he had done.

Whether Matt took the body to dispose of or not was not his business.

Jimmy asked for his unused vacations, and got two weeks leave. 

He noticed the pickup truck out of the garage, confirming the obvious, when he came back home from work.

His eyes were red and swollen from crying, his mind haunted him for what he had done.

 But, he never regretted it, because from now on nobody else would ever get to take her from him.

He closed her apartment, too sorrowful to let anyone else take it, or enter inside to take her staff out.Nobody came looking for her. 

They had committed a perfect murder.