After a delicious dinner, the teens are gathered in the den and realize that Claire may be missing. Jane tells everyone that Claire’s family life is not what it seems.
“That doesn’t excuse her behavior,” Patti flared. “My folks expect me to behave well too, but I don’t go around pouring pee on other girls. That was the worst.”
Jane nodded. “I tried to talk her out of it. She wouldn’t listen.”
“We all did,” Beverly said. “Claire’s just got some problems.”
“She’s just mean,” Denise added. She was always the quiet one, hardly saying a thing. To have her speak so adamantly, was a surprise. “She calls me fat and she told me she was the most popular girl in school because she’s naturally blonde. She said I can’t ever be truly popular with brown hair.”
“We really shouldn’t talk about her,” Daniel said.
“Why? She’d talk about us!”…
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