HELP!!! How do you rationalize killing someone? V.Important need answer ASAP?

Question by TheAdversifyer: HELP!!! How do you rationalize killing someone? V.Important need answer ASAP?
Calm down, I am not actually planning on killing somebody.
I am writing a script for a short film for my art class.
The story was that a hot-shot business woman was taking drugs (cocaine) and her rival came in and caught her. There was a big argument because if this got out her whole career would be ruined.

It was a brilliant idea and it wasn’t as though we were actually going to have someone actually snorting cocaine but we had to scratch the whole drug thing because we are 15/16 and “representing our school.”

It’s an all girls school so it can’t really be affair or anything along those lines.
Some ideas were that she was stealing money from the office and looking in restricted files but i am not entirely sold on either. Also i dont want it to be that she kills the rival because she is mentally unstable because it is just a misconception that I do not want to feed into.

I really need help on this I can’t for the life of me decide.
the ending is that she is running away from what she did, she has to kill someone or do something severly wrong for this to work
please help, this is due in 8 1/2 hours!!!

Best answer:

Answer by Ben
what about an accidental death? a killing but not nessararily a “murder”

Blackmail is always a good reason for murder!!

wat about you find out that your rival is actually your half sister, as a result of your father having an affair (your rich father who is dead) and she could take half your inheritance……. bit out there but its an idea.

good luck

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