Later That Night

It was dark out when Dean got home from work. He was surprised to see lights on in the house. Elizabeth should have been at work.

Dean felt guilty about not coming home again last night. But he kept worrying about Lily. He drank with friends from work and crashed at one of their houses.

Dean noticed his front door was left open. Something didn't feel right. He slowly opened it more.

"Elizabeth? Are you home?"

Dean slipped into the kitchen. He groaned as a rancid smell hit him.

He walked into the living room, where the smell grew stronger. The floor was covered in blood. The blood seemed to flow out from the other side of the couch. He peered over the couch and saw a horrible sight.

Dean stumbled back. He started to gag and choke.

"Oh my god!" He slammed into the dining room table.

Elizabeth's body was hanging off the couch. It looked like she had been stabbed multiple times with her throat slashed.

After he hit the table, something fell to the floor. It was a note with a memory stick taped to it. It said PLAY ME.

Dean grabbed the stick. His hand trembled. He was afraid of what he would see. The memory stick entered his computer, and videos popped up. Dean watched the most recent one.

After watching the first one, Dean was livid. He had no idea Scott would ever do something like that. Then Dean decided to see what the other videos were. He was shocked.

He looked back to the living room. He suspected Scott had killed Elizabeth.

Dean's phone buzzing made him jump. He checked it and saw a message from Caroline.

Scott has gone crazy! He killed Lily and Elizabeth! Now, he's trying to kill me! I'm hiding at the cabin! Please help!

Without hesitation, Dean ran out the door to his truck. He wouldn't let Scott kill Caroline too.

-

Scott sped up the cabin's dirt driveway. Dirt was flying everywhere. It couldn't be seen from the road due to all the trees and thick brush. He didn't notice the other car parked behind some trees.

The SUV skidded to a stop. Scott flung himself out of the vehicle and into the cabin. He was covered in sweat.

In seconds, he opened the bedroom closet and tossed some boxes aside to reveal a small safe.

He spun the combination lock and opened the door. He sighed in relief as he saw all the money still there.

A woman's cackle made him jump.

"I bet you didn't think I would know about the safe."

Scott spun around and saw something come flying at his face. He was knocked out.

-

Caroline mailed copies of Scott's videos to the police station. It was the day after she discovered them. She figured they would receive them at any time now.

A little while after Caroline sent Dean a text, Scott woke up. Caroline looked down at him in disgust.

"I guess I should do this before Dean gets here."

"What?" Scott was shaking his head. It felt like it split open. He touched his forehead and felt blood. He looked up at his wife carrying a baseball bat.

"Listen, I can explain those videos. They wanted me to do that. It was just roleplay."

"Ha!" Caroline scoffed. "Do you really think I'm that stupid?"

"I swear I didn't kill Lily!"

"I know. I did." Caroline grinned.

Scott was in shock. He couldn't believe his sweet wife would kill someone.

"You know, I've fantasized about killing you for a long time, ever since you got Levy killed! But I couldn't get myself to do anything about it. Until I saw your dirty little videos. I found a way to make it work."

Caroline smirked at Scott's dumbfounded expression.

"You drank and drank and made me feel like I wasn't allowed to grieve for my little boy. I had to care for you. You didn't do shit for me! Do you know who was there for me? Dean was. That was when I stopped loving you. I love Dean, but you got him involved with Lily!"

Caroline began swinging the bat. Scott flinched. He had no idea she was capable of doing something like this.

"What the fuck happened to you?" Scott growled.

"Didn't you hear what I said? It's all your fault! You killed Levy! You fucked Lily. You ruined my Dean!"

"Levy was an accident! You used to tell me that all the time!"

"I lied! Why didn't you hold his hand? Why weren't you paying attention to him? Why did you let him run in front of a car?"

Caroline screamed and hit Scott repeatedly with the bat as hard as she could.

After Scott had already gone limp, Dean rushed inside. He ran over to Caroline and grabbed her.

"Stop! Caroline! He's dead!"

Caroline was sobbing. She dropped the bat and turned to face Dean. "I'm so sorry!"

Dean hugged her. "Why are you sorry? You didn't know Scott would do this."

She embraced his touch. This moment had been in her dreams for a long time.

"I'm going to call the cops. They already know about Elizabeth." Dean hesitated. "Did you... watch the videos?"

Caroline nodded her head.

Dean kissed the top of Caroline's head. "I'm sorry you saw that." He unwrapped his arms around her. "I'm going to call the cops now, okay?"

Caroline nodded her head again and looked at him with sad eyes.

"It'll be okay." Dean turned away to call.

"Wait." Caroline grabbed his hand. "Please, just hold me."

Dean smiled and wrapped his arms around her again.

Caroline didn't want to waste time. "I stopped loving Scott a long time ago."

"What?" Dean was curious. He believed they were happily married.

"Ever since Levy, I just couldn't look at Scott the same." Caroline looked up at Dean. "But you were there for me. I really appreciate you." She smiled at him.

Dean smiled back. "Of course, I care about you." He paused. "I know it's not the best time to say this. But... I've loved you for a long time."

Caroline was ecstatic. Though, she didn't want to show it.

"Really? But you and Elizabeth?"

"I stopped loving her a long time ago too. But I couldn't just end things. We were together for so long. And you were with Scott. I didn't want to be alone." Dean looked away.

Caroline had tears in her eyes. "I should have left Scott after Levy died. He seemed so pathetic. I couldn't leave him like that. Then things got better, and I thought it would all work out. But I was wrong. I didn't know what kind of man he really was."

"I didn't know either. If I had, I would have told you."

Caroline went on her tiptoes and kissed Dean. He smiled and kissed back. They stayed in place for a moment. After they let go of each other, they looked down at Scott's dead body.

"I have to call the cops, okay?" Dean cupped Caroline's cheek.

She nodded her head.

Dean stepped outside to get better cell service. Caroline stared down at Scott. She thought maybe she would finally be happy again.

Several minutes later, Dean came back inside. He had a blank expression.

"Are they on their way?" Caroline asked.

"Yeah, they had a team at my house going over everything. They said a package was sent to the station just an hour ago. It contained the same videos left at my house. But they said you were the one who sent it to them. The handwriting on the package matches the handwriting on the note left at my house."

Caroline froze. She didn't think about sending that package anonymously. What a stupid mistake. Her heart dropped to her feet. She slowly picked up the baseball bat lying next to Scott.

Dean was baffled. He couldn't understand what the officer was trying to tell him.

"So, you knew about the videos days ago? And you brought them to my house?" Dean looked at Caroline.

"Did you kill Elizabeth?"

Caroline swung the bat at Dean.