Summary

Chapter 21 shifts to Ali’s perspective on the night of April 26th, 2017, the third day of the trial. With her children asleep, Ali scans the newspaper headlines, remembering Kate’s big case. Included in the lurid details is mention of the fact that Mrs. Whitehouse was absent from the day’s proceedings, a fact which Ali finds odd. An internet search confirms she knows Sophie from her own time at Oxford when she was known as Alison, and that Holly/Kate’s old tutorial partner Sophie is James Whitehouse’s missing wife. Ali remembers finding Holly/Kate the morning after her Oxford assault, and knew her friend had been raped, even if she did not talk about it or name her attacker. But now, Ali thinks she understands and must talk to Kate to confront her about why she never mentioned this personal...