Billie: Well, the truth is, I was a teenager lured to a secluded place by a grown man who wanted what he wanted. I was flattered by the attention until I figured out where it was going, and I got out of there as fast as I could. Thank God I was able to claw myself away before anything happened. But it didn’t matter because he said what he said, and Violet, you, my own father, and this whole town believed it. My word was nothing to anyone.
Nova: You were someone to me. You were my best friend. I was young and uneducated about assault and abuse in the world outside of St. Jo. I believed what everyone else believed at the time, and I’m sorry, Billie. I let you down then. I won’t let you down now.