And with that , he left her behind , practically fleeing the scene . I was surprised . Was he finally done with her ? Had the magic of his so - called devotion and love worn off ? Not that it mattered to me anymore . How he dealt with Selena was no longer my concern . I glanced at my phone . There was still a connection to the home surveillance system . I opened it one last time to wipe the memory and prepare to uninstall the app . Before doing that , I downloaded the old videos stored in the cloud - clips of our daughter . I wanted to keep those . While scrolling , the real - time feed blinked on by accident . Nate had come home . He was drunk and staggering . His steps were uncertain . " Christine , " he called out , voice echoing through the empty house . " My stomach hurts . Make me some soup . " He shouted my name again , louder this time . But no answer came . He walked through the house . Room by room . They were empty . And finally , it seemed to hit him we were gone . I'd taken our daughter and left . He made his way to the dining table and poured himself a glass of water . Then froze . His hand reached out and picked up a cartoon - print cup I used to drink from . He stared at it for a long time … then , strangely , he smiled . It was a soft , indulgent smile , like a reflex from some warm memory . Out of nowhere , Selena interrupted to share her opinion . +25 Bonus She claimed that killing in self - defense was still premeditated murder and shouldn't be considered self - defense at all , that it should be punishable by death . Viewers immediately pushed back . They said she was arrogant , that her argument lacked objectivity . But instead of backing down , she took it personally and started accusing the viewers of disrespecting her . She then started arguing with them . Nate kept glancing at her , signaling with his eyes to stop . He even tried to grab her arm , gently tugging at it to get her to be quiet . But she ignored him and kept talking . The livestream chat spiraled into chaos , flooded with insults . It got so bad that the platform issued a violation warning . As the comments grew more vicious , Nate finally lost it . " Enough ! " he shouted . He covered her mouth with his hand and tried to pull her away from the camera . But she was furious . She shoved him off . " Nate , they're all aftacking me . You should be defending me ! "