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Written by Doctor Who writer, Robert Shearman.
“It’s a digital camera,” Gary said helpfully, as Deena stared down at her birthday present.
“So I see.” Deena pointed out, rather gently she thought, that she’d been angling for a holiday in Paris, something romantic. She’d rather hoped she’d be unwrapping a Eurostar ticket, quite frankly.
Gary shrugged. You had to take photos in Paris, hadn’t you? But after buying the camera he couldn’t afford the holiday as well. “Look, it’s got telescopic zoom!”
That evening, she gave in and installed it on her computer. “Welcome, Deena!” flashed the screen in colourful writing, and in spite of herself, she was impressed. “Click here for your photos!”
Of course she knew the gallery would be empty, but she clicked anyway. And blinked. There it was, a picture of herself and Gary, smiling and waving. Over her shoulder she could see the Eiffel Tower.
Dazedly she scrolled through the album. Notre Dame. Montmartre. Gary joking around with a baguette. Happy pictures. Impossible pictures, of a holiday they hadn’t taken.
And then Deena froze. Gary filled the screen again, but no longer clowning; instead, blood trickling from his mouth, eyes staring out at her vacantly. It was a picture of his death.
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