Just Like That...

We are getting into the final moments of the book and I feel it is really starting to slow down...After Hanna had dropped off Aerin at her grandmother's house, her ride home was rough. She had kissed Will good-bye and went home with regret and a feeling of disappointment in herself due to the fact that she put Aerin in such a situation. Just as she was passing the lake she noticed a large group of people crowded by news reporters and firemen. She knew she couldn't handle the information from the lake so she kept driving. When she got home the house was empty and she was held up only by her own thoughts, she took three minutes to think things over and made her way down to the lake to find out what was going on.
As she approached the lake the crowd had grown larger and the tow truck was backed up to the water, finally the ATV was being pulled from the water from that fateful night in which two teens had perished at the unshared knowledge of Hanna. As she cried on the bench, most brushed it off as and emotional teen but as the news reporter approached Hanna panicked. She knew the reporter saw a story behind her hurt eyes not just a sad girl. Hanna had to react quickly and she did the only thing she could think of. She pulled out her phone and made a call. The reporter could see she was distracted and Hanna hoped she wouldn't ask her any questions, it worked. As the reporter grew impatient, she walked away and Hanna was in the clear but the call she had made went out to her ex- best friend Kelsey. No sooner then the call was ended Kelsey and Maura showed up to the park to meet Hanna.
Just as the girls showed up the tow truck pulled away and the crowd thinned out significantly. Hanna had noticed a small group of people still talking and knew who they must have been, the parents. They were smiling and laughing and Hanna had seen the closure in their pain. She walked up to the couple and had introduced herself. The mother didn't recognize her and Hanna said she was a friend of a friend. She told the parents she was the last to see them on the lake that night and she told her they were nothing but happy and with a smile on her face the mother of the dead teen smiled and thanked Hanna...