The Lake

Esme’s mind races as she considers the possibility that Olly knows Lillian or knows what happened to her. When Olly suggests watching Netflix together, Esme agrees, but she can’t enjoy herself as her suspicion grows. She tries to distract Olly by asking him to go get some water. She realizes he hasn’t complained about the heat once.

When Olly leaves to get water, Esme starts looking through his drawers. She manages to find a wallet, but before she can look inside, Olly comes back and catches her. He reacts with disappointment and confusion, but Esme tries to explain it away as the result of jealousy and past relationship trauma. She distracts him with a series of questions about his favorites, and then they watch Netflix together. Esme tries to drop her suspicions of Olly but can’t help thinking he might still be hiding something.

Two days later, Esme’s nails are bitten down, and her lips are bleeding from biting them too much. People start to notice that something is wrong, and Mary approaches Esme to talk. Esme tries to resist but then admits that she’s still worried about what’s going on.