Helen Courage Quotes

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“I eat myself up with guilt every minute of every day. Of course I do. But L was thirteen years old. You’d killed two people. Killed my mum and dad in their bed, for god’s sake. You murdered our parents! What was I supposed to do?” (M.J. Arlidge p 393)

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During this event in the story DI Helen Grace come face to face with the killer. Just after she spots one of her detectives who were kidnapped by the killer. She stops to find out where her other detective is. Charlie (her detective) states Mark (her other detective) killed himself to save her. Helen rus to the tower where the incident happened hoping that mark might have survived. When she gets to the basement, she finds mark dead. The killer enters the basement Helen and the killer (who is her sister) start to talk. Her sister blames her for what happened because she did not help her, claiming the reason why she killed their parents was for Helen. Then the police get to the basement and shoot the killer (Helen's sister) dead. …show more content…
This quote is important because it explains why Helen is so distant from others, why she lets no one in, and why she self hates. This event is also important because you see why the killer did what she did. She wanted to get her sister, DI Helen Grace’s attention. The killer resented her sister because of an incident that happened when her sister was 13. It also states the killer has killed before her suspected first victim sam. The killer killed her own mom and dad. She claims it was for her sister's sake, Helen states that she never wanted her sister to that, never wanted it to happen. Its an important quote because it give insight on the main characters and killers past. This quote left me feeling sorry for the main character, so did this event her someone close to her died and the one to blame was her own
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