My Sister Texted That 47 People Were Coming to My Beach House for Four Days and Told Me to Stock the Fridge

found it sad, and human, and something I was glad I stayed on the phone for.

The charges against Paige moved through the legal system slowly. That part wasn’t satisfying either.

I want to be clear about that, because people who hear this story often assume there was a moment of triumph, some clean feeling of vindication when the police arrived. There continue reading …