She wore a smile, but not a pleasant one. The eyes were narrowed, and her hands around the dish towel suddenly clenched in some reflexive death grip. All evening Anneliese had looked gentle and frail and ladylike, but she didn't look like that here.
-- Jordan (chapter 1)

Importance: This is one of the most important moments for Jordan's character in the entire novel, as this is when she is looking over the photograph she took of Anneliese while she was doing the dishes. It is the first moment when Jordan suspects something is amiss with her new step-mother (which is almost immediately, it is worth pointing out, as this demonstrates just how astute Jordan is). Not only does the photograph show that there is something more sinister to Anneliese that lies beneath the surface, but it also confirms Jordan's belief that photographs are one of the only ways to gather the complete truth about...