The relationship between Walter and Phyllis change after they murder Mr. Nirdlinger. “When she got my car she stopped and I got out. We didn’t even say good-bye. I got out her car, got in mine, started and drove home” (Cain 53). In this quote shows the tension between them. It seems to me that Huff got used by Phyllis to plan the perfect murder of Mr. Nirdlinger. “I started to think I tried not to but would creep up on me. I knew then what I had done, I had killed a man. I killed a man to get a woman. I had put myself in her power, so there was one person in the world that could point a finger at me, and I would have to die. I done all that for her, and I never wanted to see her again as long as I lived” (Cain 54). To this point Huff realized what he did, he did it, because he fell in love with Phyllis. Huff was part of Phyllis plan. By this point it gives it the film noir feel because Phyllis is being the femme fatale. Huff feels disappointed and mad at Phyllis; he does not want to speak to her ever again. His love towards Phyllis turns in to hate.
That is what I can't wait to read. Keyes does not seem as if he is going to let up. I am a little nervous for Huff. I want to see if Phyllis will crack under the pressure. There are so many factors that are now coming into play, it will be interesting to see how this will all pan out. We have to remember Phyllis is the femme fatale character, which means we don't know what she could be holding up her sleeves.
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