Grown

In the Will and Willow group chat, the teenagers discuss that Enchanted has run away, and word has spread that “Korey used to hang out around [another member’s] high school and pick up girls” (358). They realize that Enchanted was telling the truth about Korey.

While Gab causes a distraction, Enchanted runs into Korey’s apartment building and re-enters the crime scene. While security chases her down, she finds a knife and her stuffed Flounder toy and “[stabs] his underbelly, but there’s already a hole. One I never noticed before [...] And inside the fluff of fish guts… is a camera” (363).

Detectives interview Gab and ask her to explain why they couldn’t find her when they were looking for answers. Gab explains that she went by a different name at school, and she accuses the detectives of not taking Enchanted’s claims of abuse seriously. They argue that Enchanted had “multiple opportunities to report her abuse” (366), but Gab insists that they didn’t do enough to protect her or listen to her.

Footage from the Flounder camera shows Korey knocking Enchanted unconscious and Richie entering. “Its battery died right as Richie shoved the knife into Korey’s chest” (367). Jessica and Richie worked together to kill Korey and pin the murder on Enchanted, “the girl who took [Jessica’s] place” (367). More and more girls come forward with allegations of abuse, and a collection of videos is discovered among Korey’s belongings.

As more victims come forward, the record label cancels Enchanted’s contract, freeing her to produce her own songs. Enchanted continues to deny that she was the girl in the sex tape, “Because if I keep denying the memory, it’ll make it untrue” (370). She remembers bits and pieces of the night in the penthouse, including the part where she woke up and saw Korey bleeding out, reaching for the knife. She remembers “wobbling to [her] feet, grabbing the knife, and plunging it into his chest” (371).