A few people commented on the last page: “Why doesn’t Carol just go to the cops?” I think all but the most strident police reformists would agree this is one situation where cops would be useful. Gather a little evidence beforehand and even HR’s money probably wouldn’t save him. But turning HR in and ending the Grand Experiment is just unthinkable to her. He’s the only meaningful relationship in her life and she’s already given so much, sacrificed so much… and the narrow-minded law enforcement would just see her as an accessory to kidnapping…

In an earlier draft, she contemplated just driving to Tijuana instead of coming back to work… or just swimming out into the same water she was dropping Ferris’ body into, and never swimming back in. But even those “solutions” don’t seem like they’d enter her head here.

As Karishi pointed out, the least Carol could do for Ferris is give him that attendance bonus anyway, since after all, he is still in attendance! Raise your hand if you agree!