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Even as Shannon is thinking she should find a better way to kill Brandy, Brandy confesses her love to Shannon. Brandy tells Shannon she wanted to mutilate herself and having a gender confirmation operation was the only way she could successfully find to do it.
Evie sends the insurance money to Shannon in Seattle and warns her that if she ever sees her again, she will kill her. Brandy, Shannon, and Manus move on to Los Angeles where Shannon is left alone again while Brandy and Manus go to sell their drugs. Shannon suspects they are sleeping together. Brandy and Manus pick another open house from which to steal, but Shannon is shocked to discover they have chosen Evie’s home and Evie’s mother is the real estate agent. Evie’s mother tells them Evie is getting married, and then announces that Evie is a transgender woman whose previous name was Evan.
Brandy, Shannon, and Manus attend Evie’s wedding reception. As Shannon observes the guests, she decides that everyone at the wedding deserves to be burned. Shannon slips into the house and goes up to Evie’s bedroom where her trousseau is laid out on the bed. Shannon spills perfume on the collection and lights it on fire before returning to the reception.
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