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The marriage had been rocky since day one with daily arguments being "the norm". Hardly surprising given the husband, Tony, is a serial killer who is struggling to hide his hobby from his family.

One night, things come to a violent a dramatic conclusion with his wife when Tony ends up murdering her. As he drags her body out into the garden, ready to dispose of it, he looks up and sees his daughter watching him from the bedroom window. Knowing he cannot leave any witnesses alive, even if they are his blood, he goes up to her bedroom to do what must be done. He's expecting screaming and tears and fear but - he is confronted with a very calm and curious little girl. As she continues colouring in her book, she asks her father, "How did it feel to kill someone?"

Even the most rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.