Hannah Harper Ablaze -split Scenes- ★ Recommended
The other Hannah smiles. "Neither are you. Not anymore." Church steps.
"Do you remember the first time you watched a forest burn from a safe distance?" asks Firestarter Hannah. "You were nineteen. You cried. Then you went back for more. Every season. Every burn. You chased the dragon." Hannah Harper ABLAZE -Split Scenes-
Her phone buzzes. Dispatch: New fire. Old St. Mary's Church. Ten minutes ago. The other Hannah smiles
Right: The roof begins to cave in. Hannah Harper — the one who exists, the one with the scar and the badge — lowers the gun. Walks forward into the heat. Through the doorway. Past her doppelgänger, who dissolves into embers as she passes. "Do you remember the first time you watched
Hannah Harper stares at the wall of scorched evidence. Charred wood, melted accelerant bottles, a single unburnt matchbook with a red rose emblem. Her third fire this month. Same signature. Same rage.
She holds out a matchbook. "Come with me. One last fire. No investigation. No report. Just the blaze." Left frame: Investigator Hannah raises her service weapon. Hands shaking. "Step away from the church."
She lets the heat touch her face.