The problem is, Joni has always known who I am. And that’s exactly why she’s back.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2 paragraph N/A)

Importance: These words help to characterize the relationship between Joni and Bess as Bess sees it. Bess is aware of the deep connection the two women have. Their bond as teenagers is an emotional one. They are close friends who allow the horrible time they have in Evangeline’s Greek house to bring them together. Their lives are further cemented together as they both are incarcerated for Evangeline’s death and as their lives and history are torn apart by the media. Because of this shared traumatic history, they are the only two who can truly understand each other. Evangeline’s death and its aftermath sever the relationship between the two, but they still maintain a connection.

There was no way of clearing any of it up, of explaining that the reason I...
-- Narrator (Chapter 10 paragraph N/A)