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stop within feet of the bloody mess once known to police and others as Big Max Cody.
    He could feel himself passing out, but Max really needed to see her. He lifted his chin and felt something in his neck give way, but managed to balance his head in that position just long enough to see her one last time.
    Once again, Max just couldn’t let it go.
    They each had only one good eye, but they locked immediately in a fun house mirror kind of way, reflecting horrors neither could have expected.
    Both of them would have been shocked to know, but shouldn’t have been, that the same image flashed through their fading synapses at that very moment, before they each welcomed the darkness fast descending upon their consciousness.
    Claire. After all, it was she who had brought them together.
    If she could have spoken, the only thing she would have wanted to tell Big Max was her name. Melissa Williamson. Sister of Claire Williamson.
    You can’t have everything, she thought as she faded. This will have to do.
    Melissa died as she planned; comforted by the image of her sister and the knowledge that she’d done her best to both end her suffering and take Max with her.
    As for Max, his nightmare was just beginning.

2 MONTHS AFTER TOWY WEBSITE LAUNCH
     
     
     
    Eyewitness 10 News Transcript
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    SHOOTOUT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BETWEEN TOWY “FARMERS” AND POLICE AT WILLOW CREEK MALL
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    WELCOME
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    Good evening, I’m Beth Montoya…
    and I’m Mike Jennings…This is Eyewitness News.
    Debra and John are off tonight…
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    MALL SHOOTING
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    BETH
    Shots rang out near the southwest entrance of Willow Creek Mall in downtown Greenville today, sending dozens of office workers into a panic during their lunch hour.
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    WILLOW CREEK MALL
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    BETH
    Eyewitness news reporter Katy Nolan is live at the scene with the latest. Katy?
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    KATY
    Beth, no one was injured, but three suspects were taken into custody after police received a tip that the suspected operators of the pirate website towy.la were in the area. What happened next was shocking.
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    2259 They just started shooting. The cops barely got out of their cars.
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    2267 I ran like hell, man. Them Towys are (expletive deleted) crazy.
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    3531 It was chaos for a couple minutes, then the shooters just stopped. One of them waved a white rag and then it was over. Like it was planned.
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    KATY
    The three shooters, whose names have not been released, are apparently self-identified “farmers”, thusly named because they believe they are cultivating and cleansing the lands of evil, those who plan to follow the advice posted on the Towy web site by killing someone else, usually those judged to have escaped punishment for serious crimes, before killing themselves. Towy is an acronym, meaning “take one with you.” I spoke with Detective Thane Parks earlier, who heads the local task force in conjunction with the FBI.
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    KATY
    Detective, who were the shooters and why did they open fire?
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    PARKS
    They’re fans of the website that’s been causing all this trouble. I don’t know why they did what they did, but it was pretty stupid.
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    KATY
    Have they been ID’d?
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    PARKS
    No.
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    KATY
    Is there any reason to believe the attack was planned or coordinated with the founders of the website?
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    PARKS
    We don’t know.
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    KATY
    The ACLU says the founders of the site aren’t actually breaking any laws.
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    PARKS
    No comment.
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    KATY
    What can you comment on?
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    PARKS
    If the founders are out there watching this, I’ll make a personal guarantee: Our system of justice is going to work for you just like it’s worked for so many others. You know what I mean. And if anyone has any information on these kids, call the Greenville Police Department and ask for Detective Parks.
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    KATY
    Do you know they’re kids, Detective? Do you have