"My Only Friend, the End"

p.364 Jordan explains to the jury how Peter acted in self-defense

p.387 Day of trial. "Maybe Peter had finally understood what people thought of him. I didn't want to be treated like him,' Josie said, answering her mother, when what she really meant was, I wasn't brave enough."

p. 390 Day of, before school. "He could hear them all laughing. Peter glanced at his computer again. His mother always said thatif something bad happened, you could look at it as failure, or you could look at it as a chance to head in another direction. Maybe this had been a sign. Peter's breathing was shallow as he emptied his school backpack of textbooks and three-ring binders, his calculator and pencils and crumpled tests he'd gotten back. Reaching beneath his mattress, he felt for the two pistols he'd been saving, just in case."

p. 454 One year after the shooting, the high school becomes "A Safe Harbor" with ID badges and open cubbies for lockers. Alex Cormier resigns her judicial appointment and becomes a DA. She and Patrick are expecting a child. Josie was charged as an accessory to second-degree murder and accepted a plea bargain of manslaughter with five years served.