Chapter 12. Summary

Ray and Julie have left Helen's house and are going home. Julie is nearly hysterical and can't understand why Mr. Cox, Barry or Helen would lie about the phone call. She thinks about Megan alone at the Gregg house and the picnic area. Ray finally figures out that they could all be telling the truth, their own truth of the situation, which leads them to the conclusion that somebody could have been imitating Helen on the phone.

Julie concludes that the woman on the phone could have been Helen's sister Elsa. She recalls meeting for the first time when Helen invited her over to see her prom dress. Elsa was rude and derogatory towards Helen and Julie believes that she would be jealous enough of her to have wanted to hurt Helen by hurting Helen's boyfriend.

Ray agrees, Elsa is a possible prospect...