7 pages to go and it is still wide open how this is going to end for Sydney.

Good grief, Alicia is such an idiot.

Well, Highsmith is messing with me: I kind of want to root for Sydney, but I really also don't.

I'm really enjoying this.

However, this is such an odd story. We - the readers - know that part of the story that is being spun is false, so for the last I don't know how many chapters, I just wanted to shake Sydney and tell him to get a grip.

Alicia felt vaguely hurt. Edward wasn’t in the spirit of the thing at all. ‘You’d think there was something illegal about what we’re doing.’

Edward gave a laugh. ‘Darling, there is. And it’s worse with the police in it.’

‘If I do what you suggested, I won’t be able to see you or be with you for months and months.’

That was true. Edward was silenced for a moment, torn.

Alicia went into the kitchen to attend to the dinner.

Hah! Well, at least it sounds like Sydney and Alicia deserve each other. This story also has a hint of Double Indemnity in it. 

This is delicious. 

I have no idea where this is going.