Lumen[As Dexter enters the apartment] I've been trying to get a handle on this Emily Birch, and there is nothing. She graduates high school in 1992 and then it's just a big blank. Except for those DUIs you found. [Noticing his somber expression] What?
We found this, at a search at Cole's. [He takes out the DVD that has her torture on it] The men who hurt you, they made DVDs of everything they did.
Lumen
[After a long pause, reading the number on the DVD] Thirteen. Is that me? [Dexter nods, she takes the DVD] [With a mixture of fear and shame] Did everyone watch it?
No. I managed to get it out of evidence in time.
Lumen
[With even more fear and shame] Did you- did you watch it?
Only enough to make sure I had the right one. Are you sure you want to keep it?
Lumen
Number Thirteen. That's what I was to them. [Drops the DVD on the desk with disgust] [She struggles to contain herself] It must have been hard for you to get that. [Dexter does not respond] I know that you risk your life, every day that you're with me. [Crying] You've been my only way through this.
Well I guess, we both met each other at the right time.
Lumen
What else did Jordan say?
[Examining his knives] That you were toxic. And dangerous, that I was on a self-destructive path.
Lumen
That sounds like a threat.
[As Lumen comes into the room] He was trying to make me doubt [turns to look at her] you.
Lumen
[She is dressed in all black "serial-killer garb"] What do you think?
[He stares at her, clearly finding her beautiful] You look...
Lumen
I look stupid don't I?
Lumen
You can tell me the truth.
[Lumen enters the kill room, where Dexter is waiting and Alex Tilden is restrained]
Lumen
I look different don't I? Without my hands tied behind my back. But you recognize me, I can tell. [Dexter removes Tilden's gag]
TTilden
I never wanted to do any of it.
Lumen
Really?
TTilden
It-it wasn't me. It-it was Jordan. It's all Jordan. You know, he has this way...
Of getting inside your head, getting you in touch your primal nature.
TTilden
He made me do things I never would have done.
Lumen
[Angry] No, [putting a finger on his head] you made me do things I never would have done. Ever. EVER!
TTilden
What do you people want? I can give you Jordan Chase.
TTilden
Well, what do you want? Everybody wants something. I mean, that-that-that's what brought us to this fucking unfortunate situation. Am I right? I'm a banker. I can get money, lots of it. We can work this out, just tell me what's this gonna cost? Just give me a number!
Lumen
[Leans in close to whisper] Thirteen. [She smiles at him]
TTilden
No, I- (Dexter regags him)
[Walks over to a table and picks a knife, voiceover] There's a first time for everything. A first step, a first word, a first kiss, a first kill. Somehow you know when the time is right. [He gives Lumen the knife, and then says aloud] Aim for the heart.
[Lumen stares at the pictures of the other victims for a while, before she closes her eyes in grief. She walks up to the table that Tilden is restrained on, and climbs on top of it. She then stabs him in the heart. She pants in horror for a few seconds, and then manages to control herself]
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