But he didn’t see what Hannah saw that night. And he didn’t have to spend the next weeks, months, even years going over and over and over what happened. First with the police. Then with the prosecution lawyers. And finally in court, in the witness box. But it didn’t stop, even after the conviction. Because the fact is that the case against John Neville rested on her evidence — and that’s something no one has ever allowed her to forget.
-- Narrator (Chapter 6)

Importance: Hannah is troubled because she has so much trouble getting Will to talk to her about his thoughts about April’s death. When he does finally start talking, he assures her that he will be okay, but is most worried about her. He knows that she was forced to go over and over what she saw during the trial. He is also aware that it was her...