You Killed Me First

Liv approaches Anna, having followed her. She states that she hasn’t seen either Anna or Margot in a while, and she asks if she has done something to offend Anna. Anna denies this, claiming that she has been busy because she and Drew have recently separated. Liv asks to talk to Anna about Margot, then shows Anna a clip on her phone. Liv is shocked and furious by Anna’s reaction, which suggests that Anna already knew about the information that the video reveals.

February: Three Months After Bonfire Night

Margot prepares to go to Liv’s house for brunch; Anna will also be there. Liv now knows that Margot is pregnant, though Anna was the first person whom Margot told. Nicu, who knows that the baby isn’t his, took the news well, promising to stand by Margot and help raise her child, just as she once did for him. Margot’s professional life has also improved, with the positive media interest leading to numerous projects and interviews.

Now, as Margot approaches Liv’s house, she runs into Anna, who begins to confess that there is something she should have told Margot earlier. However, they are interrupted by Liv.

Anna privately worries about the fact that she has not told Margot about the video Liv has; she kept the information quiet because she didn’t want to cause Margot additional stress. In her mind, Drew’s voice has been quite vocal in his displeasure about Anna’s concern for Margot’s welfare.

As Liv settles down to chat with Margot and Anna, she announces that her studio is not doing too well, and she asserts that Margot and Anna will be her new investors and will help her out.

Uncomfortable and disbelieving, Margot and Anna initially laugh off Liv’s assertion before they realize that she is serious. She asks each of them for £75,000, pointing out that she knows how much Margot is making with her new media deals. She also knows that Anna is apparently buying a new house. When both women refuse to give Liv the money, Liv reveals that on the day of her accident, she was wearing a video recording device that got dislodged when she was hit; however, she managed to find it at the site later and has recovered all the information it recorded, which “show[s] everything and everyone involved” (353).

A terrified Margot realizes that Liv is aware of her culpability in the hit-and-run incident. Margot turns to Anna in desperation, but Anna turns away while Liv continues to look expectantly at Anna.

Liv privately recalls that after the scent of Margot’s perfume jogged her memory, she also remembered that she had been wearing the video camera while on the run. Brandon didn’t know about it, as Liv had ordered it on her own and it had been delivered on the day before the run. Once Liv located it at the site of the accident, she got it working again and discovered footage of Margot looking over her and leaving her for dead. However, Liv has more surprises than Anna doesn’t yet know about.

Drew’s voice suddenly and urgently warns Anna to get herself and Margot out of Liv’s house. However, Anna wonders what other information Liv might have about her, as Liv clearly expects Anna to invest in the studio as well. As Anna and Margot prepare to leave, Liv claims that she has something to return to Anna and gives her Drew’s wedding ring. Anna realizes that Liv has been in Anna’s basement and seen Drew’s corpse; the last time Anna saw the ring, it was on Drew’s finger.

After Margot and Anna leave, Liv feels a sense of relief to know that they will come back to her shortly with an agreement to invest. Liv feels confident that she now has two women who will always come to her aid because they have to. She reflects that when she went over to meet Anna unannounced to discuss the video of Margot further, she noticed the garage door open. In her attempts to close it for Anna again, she accidentally discovered Drew’s body; his ring that had fallen off his hand. Instead of calling the police, Liv had resolved to keep this information quiet and use it as blackmail.

When Margot and Anna return to Margot’s house, they acknowledge that they are both in deep trouble. Anna reveals the significance of Drew’s ring, and Margot feels a sense of relief to realize that Drew is dead. She wonders whether they ought to kill Liv, but Anna has another idea altogether.

August: Eight Months After Bonfire Night

In an internet cafe in Pakistan, Anna and Margot read the latest news on Drew’s murder; Brandon and Liv have both been charged with the crime. Margot, however, doesn’t believe the case will go to trial.

Days after Liv first showed Anna the video of Margot, Anna buried Drew’s body behind Liv’s house in the dead of the night, where there was already ongoing construction for the planned extension. Two days later, Anna watched from her house as the builders poured concrete over the space where Drew was buried.

After Liv threatened them with blackmail, Anna and Margot set about framing Brandon and Liv for Drew’s murder. Anna managed to slip into Liv’s studio and plant Drew’s ring and the sim card that Margot used to contact him there; she also located and erased all the evidence of her and Margot’s crimes from Liv’s laptop. Meanwhile, Margot planted the pipe wrench (the murder weapon) in the trunk of Brandon’s car. A few days after Anna registered Drew as a missing person, Anna and Margot anonymously told the police that a body had been buried somewhere in Liv and Brandon’s house. Drew’s body was recovered, as was all the evidence that Anna and Margot had planted on the couple. The police arrested both Brandon and Liv, concluding that Brandon killed Drew after discovering that Drew and Liv had been having an affair. Amidst this turmoil, Anna and Margot simply disappeared.

Now, Anna hears Margot ask her if she feels guilty for everything they’ve done and accuse her of choosing herself over everyone in the end. Anna retorts that she truly believed Margot had changed, but as soon as Margot’s daughter, Ellie, was born, Margot was taking her on TV shows and making media appearances, revealing her true nature as shallow and fame-obsessed—just as she had always been. Anna reflects that as Ellie’s godmother, she had to take matters into her own hands and shield the girl from Margot’s terrible parenting. Margot’s voice asks Anna, “Is that how you justify murdering me?” (375).

From inside Anna’s head, Margot’s voice reflects on everything that has happened since Ellie’s birth. Ellie was seven weeks old when Anna killed Margot, ambushing and suffocating her with a plastic bag. Anna then fled with Ellie to Pakistan and told her waiting aunt and uncle that Margot was the one responsible for Drew’s murder. She states that Margot first seduced Drew and then denied him access to his child. She claims that Margot then framed Brandon and Liv for his murder, compelling Anna to flee with Ellie because she was worried for her niece’s life.

In the aftermath of murdering Margot, Anna made it look as though Margot had gone to be treated for postpartum depression. However, Margot’s body was eventually discovered, along with footage of Anna fleeing with Ellie. This development causes Margot’s voice to taunt Anna with the conviction that Brandon and Liv’s case will never reach trial, as Anna has now emerged as a suspect. Nevertheless, without an extradition treaty between Pakistan and the UK, Anna believes that she is safe where she is.

Margot’s enraged voice threatens to make Anna’s life hell unless she returns Ellie to Nicu. Anna responds to the voice, warning “Margot” that hurting Anna would be akin to hurting Ellie herself. Margot’s voice resignedly reflects on the first time that Margot and Anna crossed paths. The voice now claims that although Margot told Anna that Warren was responsible for the fire, Margot was the one who started it, while Warren tried to stop her when he discovered the kids. However, Margot’s voice concedes that Anna had always known this to be true; the young Anna had crept toward Warren and Margot from underneath the bed and witnessed Margot tossing the lighter.

Now trapped inside Anna’s head forever, Margot’s voice reflects that if she had known this was how things would have ended up, she wouldn’t have tossed the lighter at all. She would have shot Anna instead, making sure that she killed Anna first.