Vicious

In his hotel room, Eli tells Stell he wants a meeting with the entire police force while under Serena’s influence. Stell says that he first needs to find the officer helping him, who has gone missing. Eli calls the other officer, whose phone just keeps ringing.

Meanwhile, Victor waits with the officer’s corpse. Mitch arrives with Sydney, and Victor explains that he killed the officer because he was helping Eli and that he needs Sydney to bring him back. Sydney is scared but raises the officer. Victor asks the officer about Eli, and the officer repeats that Eli is a hero. Victor kills him again, now understanding that death “doesn’t seem to sever the connection” (261). The officer’s phone rings. Victor answers Eli’s call. Eli tells Victor he won’t get out of the city alive. Victor says he has no plans to get away and ends the call by saying “see you at midnight” (263). Victor takes Sydney for a hot chocolate, leaving Mitch to dispose of the officer’s body.

Chapter 50 takes place an unspecified amount of time ago and shows Mitch’s progression through his life of crime. Though people think he’s stupid because he’s big, the opposite is true—Mitch is very intelligent, which means it was “easy to get into trouble” (265).