Just finished the Reacher again and watching Alicia just giving up, taking the chance to die because there's nothing and no one left for her to stay for is heartbreaking.
Renoir is dead, Aline is gone, Clea has been gone for years and Verso has completely replaced her.
Because that's essentially what he did, right?
We saw how he interacted with Maelle throughout the game, and we know from Alicia's letter that she has been watching the expedition and specifically watching Maelle and Verso's interactions.
Alicia most likely watched as Verso played the piano for Maelle. Played her song for her. And yeah, it is actually Maelle's song - not hers - but if Verso has the memory of creating and playing the song for Alicia, then Alicia must have the memory of him creating and playing the song for her. It is her song but also not her song.
And she watched him play it for another version of her. The real, unburdened version of her who doesn't walk around carrying the painful reminder of why he exists.
He interacts with Maelle as if she is his sister (she is, but isn't) while Alicia stands there and watches.
Then the final nail in the coffin?
He doesn't read the letter, doesn't give it to Maelle. He puts it in his pocket and forgets about it until the last possible second, chooses the real family over her - as he does time and time again.
Even if she didn't know when he in fact read it, she knows he did. He gives her back the letter, tells her he read it, and yet - he chose to go ahead with his plan. That's just confirmation for her.
Yeah, no wonder she essentially disowns Verso in her final moments: Verso did it first.
(And if Verso did in fact Gommage during that scene with everyone else in Lumiere before coming back, then so did she. She comes back knowing he killed her too.)
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