The Poison Of Ivy (Ivy Hart Mystery Book 2) by Jessica King

Author:Jessica King [King, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

“So, this is a trick knife,” Aline said, pretending to stab herself in the chest. It didn’t matter many how many times one might use a trick knife; she felt that regular spike of adrenaline and could see it in the people around her as they fought through the involuntary pause a body went through when the eyes saw a dagger plunged into flesh.

It was helpful to actors, when they had to do stabbing scenes, that natural moment of “What have I done?” made things much more believable.

“You’re already good at this!” Aline said, noting Katie’s alarmed eyes. She pulled the hilt of the knife away from herself, the retractable blade screeching. “I’m just going to try it slowly on you so we can see how the angle looks, okay?”

Katie nodded, and Aline slowly pressed the point of the blade into Katie’s chest near the blood bag until it looked like the entire blade was in her body. She pulled back slowly. “Could you see the retraction, Lindsey?” Aline asked, turning behind her.

“Nope! You won’t be able to see the knife for almost the entire movement, that’s what we’re looking for!” Lindsey said. She was standing behind where they planned to leave Mason’s phone for the recording, and she flashed them a thumbs up. The man holding the boom mic accidentally allowed it to dip and sway, and a young man covered in backpacks and extension cords attempted to untie himself from an unfortunate knot. The picture of it gave her a sudden surge of nostalgia for her own film classes back in France.

“Perfect!” Aline said.

“I-I’m not much of an actress?” Katie said it like a question.

“Look, I’ll never admit to it in front of a camera,” Aline said, lowering her voice secret-low, “but acting is super easy.”

Katie’s lips curled at the edges, which was what Aline was after.

“But dying isn’t just a flop on the floor, you know?” she said. “You’ve got to—” she plunged the pretend knife into her heart and staggered back “—pretend like you think you’re gonna make it!” She raised her voice, and her eyes went wide. She stared at Katie like the other woman had stabbed her and let her feet start to drag.

“Then you feel your blood pressure drop, and you try to come to terms with the fact that you are dying. You are leaving everyone behind that you love. And you have no idea what comes next.” Her knees slackened, and her upper body tilted—she was suddenly aware of the weakness of her body without the blood to hold it up, give it strength.

Aline told herself she was dying, dying, dying—what was death, really?—No! She couldn’t go like this. She tried to take a staggering breath in, but she could hardly taste the fresh air around the blood in her mouth. No, no, no, no, I—she fell to her knees—a safer fall than from a standing position and collapsed onto her hands in front of her. Is this really it? My mom, Emily, how—

She let go of every muscle of her body at once, letting herself fall as she may.

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