Part One, The Boy Next Door: Then, December 1993 and Now, Mid to Late November 1997 Summary

December 1993. The Golds and the Hartes take a ski trip to Sugarloaf over the Christmas holiday. James meets a man on the ski lift who offers to take James and Chris hunting. On the trip, Chris shoots a rabbit. Chris finds the death of the tiny animal revolting and he throws up, embarrassing himself and his father. Later that night, Chris sneaks downstairs and gets into a bottle of liquor, trying to make the memory of the hunting trip go away. Emily comes down and joins him, trying to talk him into putting the liquor away. However, Chris dares her to take a drink, which she does seconds before both sets of parents come down. Emily tells...