Summary

In “February,” Claudia reflected on the rampant nature of rumors. In “The Before,” Claudia apologized to Ms. Valente for disappointing her by fighting. She asked Ms. Valente to stop by Monday’s house to check if everything was alright. In “The After,” Claudia called Ms. Orman. Ms. Orman’s daughter picked up and told her that her mother had Alzheimer’s. Claudia asked Ms. Orman about Monday. Ms. Orman said that Monday had not visited her at the nurse’s office due to sickness. She got upset and Claudia hung up. Michael called Claudia and invited her to a basketball game at his school.

In “One Year Before the Before,” Trevor showed Monday and Claudia a picture posted on Facebook of Monday’s head in Claudia’s lap on the bathroom floor. Thousands of people had seen the picture and spread rumors that...