Summary

• 1)Mickey finds out about Edward and Linda and this has disastrous consequences .

  Mrs Lyons goes to Mickey's work abd reveals the afffair . A furious Mickey grabs Sammy's gun from its hiding place and goes to confront Edward at the town hall . Edward is giving a speech when Mickey storms in with the gun . He says he had stopped taking the pills so that he could start thinking again . He tells Edward that he has taken the ' one thing he had left ' ( Linda ) . Edward tries to assure him that he and Linda are just friends which angers Mickey further .
• 2)

  Policemen and armed marksmen enter and order Mickey to lower the gun . He starts to do so , saying he didn't evem know if the gun was loaded and he wouldnt be able to go through with it . Mrs Johnstone rushes in and reveals the truth about the boys being twins . Mickey asks why she didn't give him away instead , realising that his life could've been completely different . He shouts , ' I could've been him ! ' and points the gun hand at Edward , accidentally shooting him . The police shoot Mickey at the same time . The play ends how it began , with both boys dead on the floor .