Summary

In Chapter 25, when Alix asked Laney if she had done the right thing by releasing the video, Laney assured her that she had. She compared the situation to a one with a friend in high school who refused to report a sexual attack. Laney believed that girl asked her friends not to tell but probably wished now that they had.

As Alix, Briar, and Emira were prepared for the interview, Alix felt that the interview would connect her and Emira in a way they had never been connected before. Peter introduced the segment live, which led into a prerecorded segment in which Laney talked about how a rock was thrown through the Chamberlains’ window. Alix secretly wondered if Emira remembered if it had been an egg or a rock but they had decided a rock seemed more important.

The interview went as...