Chapter 7

• Sarah's words lingered palpably, every syllable weighted with the disclosure of a past association that not a solitary one of us might have expected. The climate in the room moved as Sarah marshaled the boldness to talk her reality.
• "Miranda was my harasser back in secondary school," Sarah admitted, her voice touched with a combination of weakness and valid frustration. "She took my beau as well as took incredible measures to embarrass me. I made her compensation for her activities by uncovering her double-crossing, scouring period blood on her uniform skirt."
• A shocked quiet settled upon us, the gravity of Miranda's disclosure soaking in. Gwen's eyes broadened with shock, while Jason' foreheads wrinkled in dismay. The heaviness of the circumstance was immediately suspended, as we retained the crude genuineness of Sarah's admission.