One of the Girls

There were signs that something terrible would happen, but nobody saw them or acted upon them. The weekend started out wonderfully but ended in tragedy.

Thirty-one-year-old Lexi is getting married to Ed, the first man she has ever loved. She and five of her friends came from London to Greece for a “hen weekend” to celebrate the engagement. Lexi is less excited about the weekend than her best friend Bella, who organized it all and who is so thrilled she can’t stop talking. Bella’s girlfriend, Fen, seems troubled, but brushes it off when Lexi asks about it. The rest of the women are stopping for weekend provisions. As the cab drives over the hill, the villa (owned by Fen’s aunt) comes into view. It sits beside the ocean on top of a hill, with no other houses around it. The scenery is breathtaking, but Lexi can’t help feeling nervous, like perhaps she shouldn’t be here.

Robyn walks down the grocery aisles, annoyed that she’s been chosen to perform this task while the others go ahead to