The memories are overlapping with this moment and as the man is suddenly yanked away, Beth hears glass shattering, the jar shattering over Gorman's head. She can smell death in the bar, mingling with beer, hear Joan on the floor beside her, moaning in reanimation, as real as the sound of Chuck's voice.

She's angry suddenly. No longer just scared, but furious, and Chuck hits the guy, but then Beth pushes herself off the wall where she'd been pinned and flies at them both. Her hand lashes out, curled into a fist. It smashes hard into the guy's face, not a good punch necessarily, but her knuckles drive satisfyingly hard into his cheekbone.

"If you come anywhere near me again, I'll kill you," she says breathlessly.

"Fucking crazy bitch," the guy says, clutching his face. "It's a compliment."