 Eddie, who had been backing Geiger, helped Vivian conceal it by helping to dispose of Rusty's body, inventing a story about his wife running off with Rusty, and then blackmailing her himself.Vivian says she did it to keep it all from her father, so he would not despise his own daughters, and promises to have Carmen institutionalised.With the case now over, Marlowe goes to a local bar and orders several double Scotches.