obviously cleo wasn’t actually going to stay married. anyone who’d ever interacted with them in their lifietime would have guessed as much. so when the wedding had happened it shocked many, but they were happy. cleo, was happy. cleo was happy because, well, they knew that in a few short weeks they would have every last cent of their new spouse’s riches. no one would suspect poor weak cleo, blinded at fourteen would have a single bone in their body capable of such a thing as paying someone to kill another, let alone someone they claimed to love, but alas . . .
they were at the funeral. faking a lot of emotions is exhausting for cleo, and they’re about to put forth the performance of their life as they say a few words about their fallen lover. they take a deep breath and begin. “my. . . baby--” the sound of the door opening, hard, startled them into silence (based).