Cory agrees to help Ed hide the body

"Ok... ok..." Cory repeated as she tried to process the magnitude of what Ed had done. Idris had been an asshole but no one deserved to be murdered.

She looked at Ed, if she didn't help would Ed hurt her she wondered. He'd always been a sweet kind boy but maybe something had happened to him on his trip or the trauma of losing his mother had perhaps driven him insane. She tried to rationalise his actions as Cory pondered where her loyalties lay.

"Cory..." Ed prompted as he reached out to touch her arm causing her to jump back from fright. She immediately saw the look of fear and misery on Ed's face at her reaction to his touch.

"I'm sorry..." Ed offered quietly as he pulled his hand from her looking confused and dejected. Cory's heart leapt as she saw the lost orphaned boy before her.

She pulled him close to her and hugged him tight. Holding his head tight against her breast.

"We can do this together. I'll help you, whatever it takes. It will always be our secret" she reassured him feeling his body relax from her words "but you must promise to never ever speak a word of this to anyone. As far as you know he skipped town. You don't know why he left, you don't know where he went, he was just some guy your mum had been seeing and you barely spoke with him."

Even though his head was pressed against Cory's breast Ed nodded.

"But.. Shauna..." he murmured.

"Shit" thought Cory to herself.