Paul Beauregard

Justin Beauregard (brother)

Paul Beauregard was a teen residing in Sunset Ridge, Colorado. He was first introduced in *Grinded*, depicted as being the middle child of a wealthy family.

He is a cynical and inconsiderate person, showing little empathy towards Michael LeBeck or anyone else, for that matter. Being the child of a wealthy family, he believes them to be untouchable. Paul also had a brief hook-up with August Thrombey, but dropped him almost instantly, believing that he deserved better than someone like August.

In the first story, he is introduced as a bit of a bully towards August and his friends, clearly not getting along with any of them. He is also shown to have a negative relationship with his brother, whom is the last person he see's before Paul is killed, becoming the second victim of the Sunset Ridge Murders.

## Biography

### Early Life

Not much is known regarding Paul's early life, other than he comes from a rich, upper class family that moved to Sunset Ridge in the late nineties. He was the first of his parents sons to be born in Sunset Ridge, something he refuses to claim as he has no love for the town.

### The Sunset Ridge Murders

On the morning after Michael LeBeck's murder, Paul is brought in for an interview with Sheriff Sarah Abbott and her two deputies, Clint Denson and Erica Rhodes, much to their displeasure. Paul is less than thrilled to be answering questions he believes to be pointless and trivial, which begins to aggrivate the officers. Sarah grills him on his relationship with Michael and then follows it up with asking if Paul believes the motive could be rooted in homophobia. Paul doesn't give any credence to her idea and is then asked to list the gay students in school, that he knows of, which he does. Sarah then excuses him and Paul leaves gratefully.

Paul attends the safety assembly later that day at school, where he stands behind August and his friends. As Sarah is speaking, Paul continues to make remarks that rile Thomas up. As the assembly is wrapped up, Paul tells Thomas to quit complaining over extra-curricular activities being cancelled, but Thomas snaps back, leading to Paul standing firm and not backing down. Before the situation can esculate any further, Marcus and Quentin step in between them. He scoffs and flips the group off before walking away in frustration.

At around 10pm, Paul is heading back home after a quiet drive around the countryside by himself. He pulls up into his big country house and immediately notices his car to be the only one on the driveway; being home alone isn't something he's too happy with but decides to get himself on Grindr, hoping to pass the time with some fun. As he walks through the house he calls out for his parents, to no avail, before making his way into the kitchen. A message from a blank profile comes through from Grindr, piquing his interest until he is suddenly started by Justin, his younger brother. Paul berates him for creeping around and Justin meets his cynicism and snark equally, their relationship volatile and hostile. Justin tells him he is headed out for the night, leading to Paul warning him that he's not covering for him anymore.

Paul then grabs his phone and some snacks, heading to his bedroom without saying goodbye to Justin, who is eager to hurry out the front door. The blank profile has continued their flirting and Paul is feeding into it, until the messages take a turn and begin to unnerve Paul. He closes his curtains when he gets a message asking if he is scared yet. Paul wastes no time after that and starts calling the police, until another message stops him, when they mention his name.

Terrified, Paul flees his bedroom and makes a beeline for the stairs when he's suddenly pounced on by the killer, who was hiding in the linen closet. Paul tries to free himself but the killer proves to be too brutish. A 911 operator answers the phone as Paul screams, leading the killer to kiuck the phone away. Paul tries climbing over the railing but the killer stabs him in the nape of his neck, the blade cutting through his throat, killing him.

## Relationships

#### Family

* **Unnamed mother**
* **Unnamed father**
* **Unnamed older sibling**
* **Justin Beauregard** - Brother

#### Enemies

* **Freddie Blackwell** † - Killer
* **August Thrombey** - Former fling
* **Quentin Vaughn** †
* **Thomas Strode**
* **Marcus Winters**