"The lie we lived, she and I"

The truth. It is revealed. Maxim expresses what really happened between him and Rebecca. At first, he feels as though Mrs. de Winter will never forgive him for what he has done. He passionately kisses her and tells her that he loves her, something that she has yearned for all along. Then he describes he had killed her. He says that Rebecca was not the person that she had made herself out to be, rather quite the opposite. She was more of a villainous, even human-being who only told you what you wanted to hear. He said that if she had met Mrs. de Winter, she would walk hand in hand with her through the rose garden, but wouldn't truly mean all that she was saying.

Rebecca and Maxim had an agreement. Rebecca used Maxim for the title of being married. She promised him that she would "take care of his precious Mandelery" if he agreed to make it seem as though they had the perfect, fairy-tale marriage, which they didn't. Max repeatedly says that he never loved Rebecca, and actually quite hated her for what she did and who she was. This anger and rage left him with no other choice but to kill her. Rebecca was even so cruel that she tried to go after Frank, and get him to come to the cottage with her.

It is made very apparent that Rebecca was quite the Marilyn Monroe. She got together with Giles one afternoon while him and Beatrice were visiting. Beatrice knew of the affair and couldn't bare to stand Rebecca. She hated her.

Max de Winter reveals the truth behind the death, or murder, of Rebecca de Winter:

• 10:30 PM: Max returns and sees her belongings at the estate. He believes that she is with a man at the cottage. He sees this as the perfect opportunity to go and straighten her out.
• Maxim entered the cottage and to his surprise, she was alone. He starts to confront her, but she threatens her and says that he will never be able to build a case against her, since everyone thought that they had 'the perfect marriage.'
• Rebecca threatens Maxim with a child. She says that he will need a heir to take over the estate. 
• Rebecca cannot stop smiling at Maxim, because she has thought that she won.
• Maxim pulls the trigger, all while Rebecca is still smiling, and kills her. A shot right through the heart, which creates a messy, bloody death.
• Maxim cleans the blood up with salt water from the sea, drags her body out to the boat, and takes her out to the sea. Maxim sung the boat, and through the life preserver and other objects from the boat overboard to make it seem like it had been an accident.
• At approximately 11:30 PM, Maxim returns to the Mandelerly estate.

Rebecca was also having an affair with her cousin... Frank Favell.. Gag!

I'm blown away that Maxim murdered her. I knew that they couldn't have had the perfect marriage as everyone had thought, because any human being, no matter the circumstances wouldn't be able to get it over it that quickly. In addition, it seemed odd the secrets that were kept between the two, such as the cottage, the West Wing, and the cliff. They didn't have a perfect relationship, but in fact it was, "the lie we lived, she and I." 

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