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    Chapter 4

    Soundtrack-Phoenix Wright Cadenza Epilogue

    Elizabeth's Journal


    tab "Why...What have you done?!" Uneasily, the man started walking up to me. He kneeled down, and looked at my hand.
    tab "It's bleeding pretty bad, but you'll live. Do you have any--"
    tab "I said," I started to repeated nice and loud, "what have you done?! You killed her! You killed my sister!"
    tab "I saved your life is what I did."
    tab "She wasn't going to shoot me..."
    tab "Oh yeah? Maybe you can explain why you're gushing puddles of blood from your knuckles?"
    tab "I--She..." I tried to find a reason. I really did. But, I knew. I knew Sarah would've shot me.
    tab "I don't understand. After...after she shot me in the knuckles, she asked me for the truth. And I just...don't know what she was talking about." The man stared at the ground, not saying a word. I could see this was hard for him.
    tab "But I...I can't forgive you," I went on to say. "My sister...I hadn't seen her for 21 years. And now...at the moment I do...at that moment, she get's shot."
    tab "I'm sorry..." the man whispered softly, the words chunked with bits of emotion. "I don't expect you to ever forgive me. But I did what I had to do...and that's that." I could feel my anger boiling up again.
    tab "Did what you had to?!" I exclaimed. "Who are you, anyway?! How'd you know this would happen?"
    tab "Let's just leave it with this: My name is John."
    tab "Well, that doesn't he--"
    tab "Now that I've told you that," he quickly interrupted, "I'm gonna need your phone number."
    tab "Why? Why should I tell you that? Why should I trust you?"
    tab "You want my trust?" John inquired, standing back up. "All right. Here's some meaty information. I was told originally not to involve myself in the murder directly. I was told to act like I was the murderer. But here I am. The real murderer was supposed to be your sister. She was supposed to kill you. That's why we both came on the same day. We were both used under the same person." I thought through all he said. It made sense, and yet it didn't. Why would my sister try to murder me?
    tab "So what am I supposed to do?" I asked after about ten seconds of letting it all in. "I'm gonna get killed eventually anyway."
    tab "No," John assured. "No, you're not. You two are twins, right?"
    tab "Yes..." Immediately, I saw where he was going.
    tab "You want me to pretend I'm...my sister?" John nodded.
    tab "We need to fool everyone. We need to make sure everyone thinks that you were the victim, and Sarah was still alive. Dress like her. Act like her. Talk like her. But don't make contact with Chad."
    tab "Don't talk...to my own husband?"
    tab "Yes. I know it's going to be tough, but we all have to make sacrifices." He paused for a second, and then added,
    tab "And I still need your phone number. Home phone. You need to leave your cell phone here."
    tab "I don't understand. Why should I tell you something so trivial? I have a murdered sister here!" Through the dark shadows of night, it was difficult to see, but I definitely saw a look of inspirational determination as John replied,
    tab "Just in case."