Friday, 5 June 2026
The Peacock 1955
Erik says, "You can't be older than me, in fact, you look even younger. If you are that old then you must be at least eighty."
"I am older than that." And Tron, now not Ethan, looks at us all solemnly and authoritatively. "My name then was Theo."
"You were mentioned in Cosme's diary", say I.
"I was appointed to oversee the end of this cult, before any more lives were destroyed. I could only persuade Cosme and both women, Lydia and Rhona to leave. All the others..."
"How did they die?" says Carl.
"They all had a stockpile of sleeping medication. They all filed, one by one, into a room in the basement of this house. On the orders of the leader, Phillip, Cosme and I shut and sealed the door behind them. They were all dead within minutes....
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