About This Book
ALICE:We were together in high school, Alice said in a near whisper.Don nodded like he'd known it all along. Here at work too? he asked.No... Of course not. April isn't... April's not... She likes boys... It was... It was just a thing for a little while... This guy... She took a deep breath and swiped at her eyes. This guy forced her, you know and so she stayed away from guys after that for a while. She focused on Don, refusing to look at Sammy.This guy... Know his name? The one who raped her? Don asked.She didn't say raped she said forced, Alice corrected.Okay, forced... But you can see, Alice, that even if you don't say it is rape; it is still rape, right? Are you saying there was no intercourse? Don asked.No... There was, she admitted.Then its rape, Alice. Let's not cut the guy any slack at all on that, okay? Don asked.Okay, Alice agreed.So, his name?He's dead, Alice said. Tyler Matthews, he died in an automobile crash a few months back, remember?Yeah... The local football star, Sammy said.Don just nodded. So it was just the two of you. What came between you? he asked.I told you, guys. She's not like me, she looked down at the table and then back up. But I don't know this Billy. I never heard her say anything about him. Maybe a cute guy that lived at the end of the road. And two guys on either side of the trailer who have been bothering her, Alice said.
