Down the Road
By Lee Blessing

Down the Road is the story of a married couple who make a living writing the biographies of serial killers. Their current project is a ruthless killer named Bill Reach. In this scene, Iris speaks directly to Reach.

IRIS

I wanted to prove... I wanted to prove that I could listen to the worst crimes. That I could hear what killers did from the killers themselves. That I could face... That I could work with you, write the story without becoming... I thought I could look at you for what you are: both a cause and a result, both human and... something else. A final judgment, and a warning of something even more final. Part of me - as you were once, part of a woman - and part of nothing. That's all I wanted: to record each detail, one after another, no matter how foreign - without getting lost. And I could, once. Before you.

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