Summary

The next section is titled “Journal of Rose Ingrid Castle.” Rose recounts trying to remain close to Fern to avoid Gary (Nina's boyfriend who molested her) but he caught her alone one night and “massaged” her. She knew it was bad and that it meant she was also bad.

The next section is titled “Fern.” Fern begins to recount the event that happened when she was 12. She says Nina had a boyfriend named Daniel. Daniel and his son Billy were camping with Fern, Rose, and Nina. Fern had read about free diving and Billy spent a lot of time trying to hold his breath longer than Fern. Fern says one day she “helped” Billy stay down longer. She knew that an adult could drown in 60 seconds so she held Billy down for 40. She knew the exact length of time because “It was timed...