Leather & Lark

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Lark straps fireworks to the thighs of her ex-lover, Andrew, then puts tape over his mouth. Lark asks him if he knows why he is in this situation. She mentions that he probably believes it is because he had sex with their friend Savannah. Lark tells him that this is not the reason for her attack. Then she thinks about why she was attracted to him in the first place. When she looked through his phone, she found out that he was actually a predator. She tells him, “[Y]ears ago, I promised myself one thing: Never again” (iii). Lark plays music as she lights the fuse on the fireworks and listens to Andrew’s screams. When she realizes that he is still alive, she shoots him in the head.

Lark stands on the edge of a reservoir, watching as a car sinks beneath the water, its male occupant, Jamie, still inside. Lark recently discovered that Jamie was a predator and approached him on social media, pretending to be a teen.