A stinging Bitch slap!

While the crowd booed Linda and cursed her for being a shameless bitch, Elliot turned his face towards her, looking down at her in silence for a brief moment before revealing a sly, crafty, sadistic, foxy, and evil smile on his face.

Linda looked at the expression on his face, then suddenly a realization hit her. From the very start, he wasn't aiming to harm her physically! No! He never wanted to kill her! He was just playing with her mind, and she had foolishly succumbed to his words and ended up playing out the act he wrote for her. Yes, from the very start, she was merely acting out the script he prepared to destroy her life!