Debbie finds Jesse unconscious and holds the gun in her gloved hand, but Debbie decides she cannot simply shoot Jesse herself. Because Debbie has worked to frame Jesse for multiple murders, Debbie needs Jesse’s death to look like suicide rather than an outside killing.

Debbie thinks through the evidence: the coroner would distinguish a distant gunshot from suicide, and gunshot residue must be on Jesse’s right hand. To make the scene convincing, Debbie sits beside Jesse despite her revulsion and the traumatic memory of the last time Jesse was close to her.

Debbie repeats to herself that Jesse cannot hurt her anymore. Debbie wraps Jesse’s fingers around the gun, points the barrel at Jesse’s throat toward his head, and places Jesse’s index finger on the trigger.

Before Debbie fires, Cooper calls for Debbie from outside. Debbie realizes Cooper must have tracked the house through her phone history from Debbie’s earlier visit to Harley and has been searching for Debbie across the South Shore.

Cooper’s declaration of love makes Debbie hesitate. Debbie reflects that Jesse damaged her life, but did not destroy it: Debbie has daughters and a husband who loves her. Still, because two people are dead and abandoning the plan would expose Debbie, Debbie decides she has no choice and pulls the trigger over Jesse’s finger.