Above, the ceiling creaked some more.
“The disc was in your possession,” he continued, lowering his voice. “I told you we should've destroyed it, I said it
was dangerous to keep it around, that it was disrespectful. I don't understand why you couldn't just snap it or burn the damn
thing! It's like a ghost!”
“It was evidence,” Gorman pointed out. “I couldn't just throw it away.”
“Yes you could have,” Michael replied. “You absolutely goddamn could have.”
“I never knew if we'd need it one day.”
“We'd have managed,” Michael said firmly. “You'd have managed. Instead...”
“Destroying it wouldn't have made the things on that video not happen,” Gorman told him. “It wouldn't have made
anything better.”
“It would've been the right thing to do,” Michael continued. He paused, clearly at a loss for words. “For her, I
mean. For her dignity and her memory. If anyone watches the video on that disc, if anyone sees what really happened -”
“They won't.”