![]() We’ll say most of us hide what troubles and confuses us, displaying instead the facets we hope others will approve of, the parts we hope others will like. We’ll say no one can be known by only what’s visible. It’s trite to say appearances can be deceiving, so we won’t say that. A difficult age, no question, even if you have everything going for you-which it seemed to us she did. Juniper Whitman, the poolside girl, was seventeen. They’ll challenge attendees to say on-camera whose side they’re on.įor the record: we never wanted to take sides. Later this summer when the funeral takes place, the media will speculate boldly about who’s to blame. A Sunday afternoon in May when our neighborhood is still maintaining its tenuous peace, a loose balance between old and new, us and them. We begin our story here, in the minutes before the small event that will change everything. A girl on a chaise beside a swimming pool, who wants to be left alone. ![]() An upscale new house in a simple old neighborhood. ![]()
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