Scott's last text to Megan

Scott's last text to Megan is the final message Scott says she read before her death: “Go to hell you lying bitch.” Found on the phone in her pocket, as he recounts it, the message turns an angry exchange into a lasting source of guilt and a possible piece of evidence in the investigation.

Discovery and Content

Scott tells Rachel that Megan's phone was in her pocket and that it contained a message from him. He identifies it as the last thing he ever said to her and the last words she ever read. The message is bluntly hostile, and its place at the end of their recorded communication gives it a finality beyond an ordinary quarrel.

Scott's Guilt and the Message's Weight

Scott's confession comes as he explains why he believes he appears guilty: he had a motive, did not react quickly enough when Megan left, and did not call for help soon enough. He also points to the pattern of abusive behaviour described by Kamal. The text therefore sits within a wider accumulation of circumstances that Scott fears will convict him; it is not presented as proof that he killed Megan.

Rachel responds with sympathy, recognizing how people who love one another can say terrible things in anger or anguish. But she also tells Scott that the text alone is not enough if it is all the authorities have. The message's significance lies in that tension: it is both an intimate trace of the couple's conflict and, in Scott's own reading, a damning fragment of the case against him.