Tell Me What You Did

Content Warning: This section contains descriptions of violence (including violence against children and sexually motivated violence), death, emotional abuse, stalking, and substance abuse.

As Poe waits for Kip, she tries to recall Hutchins’ face, but the details of her memory are indistinct. There is a chance Hindley might be Hutchins, but Poe reassures herself he’s likely just an internet troll trying to frighten her.

Kip arrives, and Poe tells him about her conversation with Hindley. She says that she wants to go ahead with the live show. Kip is incredulous but agrees to set it up. Poe confesses that she has been keeping a secret. She begins telling Kip the story of her mother’s murder.

On the live stream, Hindley asks Poe to contextualize the events leading up to her mother’s murder. Poe states that her parents were always close, but their relationship was focused on her and not one another. As she grew up and began to push them away, their relationship struggled. Poe’s mother began an affair at 37.

Poe knew her parents’ email credentials and regularly read through their inboxes. One day, she discovered an email from lhutchins20@aol.com, referencing a meeting happening the following day. Hutchins detailed his excitement for the upcoming sexual encounter and asked Margaret to come up with a safe word.