Loss of Innocence (2013)
“Numb, Whitney remained in the library, listening to fragments of news and speculation as she prayed for Bobby to live.
Her mother appeared. Glancing toward the screen with a pained expression, she asked her daughter gently, “Have you slept?”
“No.” Looking up, Whitney said, “I was up when Janine came in.”
“I haven’t seen her yet this morning. Did she have fun?”
“I guess so.” Whitney paused, then added, “Does it seem like she’s drinking more?”
“Why do you ask?”
“She was ti...psy, I thought, even at dinner. I guess it worried me a little.”
Anne arched her eyebrows. “She was celebrating, as were we all. No point in worrying about a girl so spirited and so sought after.”
Her unwelcoming tone was a signal for Whitney to back off. But she could not shake the image of her sister being taken against a pickup truck, or bent over her own vomit, begging Whitney not to tell their mother.MoreLess
Her mother appeared. Glancing toward the screen with a pained expression, she asked her daughter gently, “Have you slept?”
“No.” Looking up, Whitney said, “I was up when Janine came in.”
“I haven’t seen her yet this morning. Did she have fun?”
“I guess so.” Whitney paused, then added, “Does it seem like she’s drinking more?”
“Why do you ask?”
“She was ti...psy, I thought, even at dinner. I guess it worried me a little.”
Anne arched her eyebrows. “She was celebrating, as were we all. No point in worrying about a girl so spirited and so sought after.”
Her unwelcoming tone was a signal for Whitney to back off. But she could not shake the image of her sister being taken against a pickup truck, or bent over her own vomit, begging Whitney not to tell their mother.MoreLess
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