With a Vengeance

Anna knows how to fight; Aunt Retta had Anna train with a boxer. Anna fights Herb off, hitting him in the groin and getting out of his grip before using a plate to defend herself from his knife slashes. Herb begs Anna to let him off the train, as he’s convinced that the killer is working their way through the train, and Herb is next. Anna feels bad for Herb before she remembers what he did to her family. She again asks him why he agreed to the plot, and Herb tells her that he desperately needed the money to survive. Many of them were motivated by greed, but Herb admits Judd was bitter at Arthur for taking credit for the Phoenix. Anna is enraged, and she takes the knife from her sheath and holds it against Herb’s throat, feeling the urge to stab him. She fights her violent desires until Seamus interrupts and tells Anna to stop. She does, and Seamus takes Herb back to his cabin and agrees to stand guard for the rest of the trip.