Some Mick fuck slashed up her face to send a message, and then she shot herself.
[His voice is measured and calm, but it's obvious he's still angry about what had happened. Sometimes he wonders: what would have happened to Pearl if she'd lived? Would she have made it to Hollywood? Would she have become a starlet, like she'd wanted?
He likes to think so. It's nicer than thinking of her lying in a pool of her own blood while the other prostitutes screamed in the background. Jimmy doesn't mention that the message was intended for him, nor does he say that the gun Pearl had used had been his. It's a little more of himself than he cares to reveal right now.]
cw: racist language, mention of suicide
Some Mick fuck slashed up her face to send a message, and then she shot herself.
[His voice is measured and calm, but it's obvious he's still angry about what had happened. Sometimes he wonders: what would have happened to Pearl if she'd lived? Would she have made it to Hollywood? Would she have become a starlet, like she'd wanted?
He likes to think so. It's nicer than thinking of her lying in a pool of her own blood while the other prostitutes screamed in the background. Jimmy doesn't mention that the message was intended for him, nor does he say that the gun Pearl had used had been his. It's a little more of himself than he cares to reveal right now.]