what happened?
she just turned off her light.
well?
did you warn her?
this will relax her.
hi princess.
yes?
you can ask me anything.
lisa sherman?
i don't know. where did you hear that name.
what?
did he say anything else about her?
i've never heard of her. maybe something else was on his mind.
not that i know of.
where are you going?
i want you to come home with me right now, jody.
she's nobody you should be concerned with.
don't make me order you.
if i have to. please let me protect you.
what?
years ago, something horrible happened in this town. when i was still in high school. a girl named elizabeth sherman was attacked by four drunken seniors.
she was raped. at least that's what she claimed.
no, i believed her. she was in pretty bad shape. inside and out. but the boys were never formally charged.
they were children of our leading citizens, stars of the football team. and she was a loner. an angry girl that no one really liked. she'd called them 'queers'.
they were proving to her they weren't. they were very drunk. things were different back then. you think kids are sexually bottled up today.
i don't know. we just did. i guess i was kind of scared going against the gain. against the whole town.
i've regretted it ever since. never run with the herd just because they're the herd.
who?
two men left town right after it happened.
mr. sisler was one of them.
yes.
god. it's like everything that was ever repressed in this town is suddenly bubbling up through the ground.
not a day has gone by where your father has not torn himself to shreds for what happened. we both have.
he dedicated his life to law enforcement after.