What Have You Done (Adler and Dwyer, #0.5)

That afternoon, Paula speaks with Principal Kelly. He told her about a complaint that Diana had made against the gym teacher, Brad, who was making her uncomfortable. She asks Kelly if he told the police, but Kelly decided against it because he did not want to damage Brad’s reputation, and he is certain that Brad had nothing to do with Diana’s death. However, after Paula tells Kelly that Diana might have told someone else and that he needs to tell the police, Kelly decides that she is right.

Joe Prior is a construction worker. He discovers that his photo has been published in the news, and the police are trying to find him. He decides to go to the station voluntarily, as he knows he did nothing wrong. He answers the detectives’ questions, insisting that he flirted with Diana but never saw her or followed her outside of work. He tells them that he was with his friend, Roddy, the night before.

Brenda sits with her ex-husband, Lee, at her kitchen table. She thinks of how little he had to do with Diana’s life the last several years since he moved out, remarried, and had more children.

Two detectives arrive to speak with them. They inform them that they heard from Riley that Cameron and Diana were having some issues, but Brenda confirms that she did not know anything about it. No strange fingerprints were found in their home, and there were no signs of a break-in. They tell them about Joe but that he has an alibi. A neighbor did see a truck outside their home but no other details about the vehicle. The detectives point out that both Joe and Cameron drive a truck.

Roy sits down to dinner with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Ellen. Ellen’s wedding is planned for the winter to her fiancé, Brad—Diana’s running coach. They eat in silence, each thinking of Diana’s death. Ellen mentions the man from the news—Joe—and how the students at school are talking about how he is a customer at Home Depot. She also says that Brad thinks Diana was targeted because she was such an “attractive girl,” a thought that unsettles Susan due to the implication that it is somehow Diana’s fault.

Riley is insistent that she needs to speak to Cameron as she slowly begins to wonder if he is capable of murdering Diana. The two sit on Cameron’s bed and talk about what he told the police—that everything between them was fine. Riley asks about Diana’s desire to go to a different school than Cameron, and Cameron seems surprised that she knows that. However, he insists that he was fine with it and that Diana was happy when he dropped her off at home. Through it all, Riley questions whether she believes him.

After Riley leaves, Shelby decides that she needs to talk to her husband about Cameron lying to the police. She tells him that Cameron came home after 1:00 am and questions why he would lie to the police. However, before her husband can answer, she says that he must’ve lied to avoid getting in trouble about his curfew. Edward seems doubtful and insists that they ask their son, but Shelby says it’s probably “better if [they] don’t ask him” and “flees” the conversation (83).

Evan types in his diary and thinks back to a night two weeks before when he, Riley, Diana, and Cameron went to the graveyard together after the movies. He and Cameron had taken alcohol from their parents, and they sat together and drank and told ghost stories. However, he stops writing because the memory and the thought of Diana being buried in that graveyard makes him “sick.” He then gets a text from Riley.

Paula sits with her husband, Martin, on the couch. She tells him that she is worried about Taylor and her lack of friends and that she keeps thinking about Diana. They discuss whether Paula did the right thing by convincing Kelly to go to the police. Martin says he isn’t sure, and Paula responds that you never can be “with this kind of thing” (93).

Edward approaches his wife to speak with Cameron about why he lied to the police. She breaks down, telling him that she can’t know the truth—that if she is asked, she won’t be able to lie to the police about it. However, Edward assures her that their son is not a suspect, so the police won’t speak to them. He tells her that they don’t need to talk to Cameron, but internally, he decides that he will speak to him on his own and leave Shelby out of it. Unlike his wife, he tells himself he is prepared to lie to whomever he needs to, if it means protecting his son.

Riley tells Evan about her conversation with Cameron. Evan admits that Diana probably told Cameron the night before that she didn’t want to go to the same school as him, but he is still adamant that there is no way Cameron is a murderer. However, Riley isn’t as sure.

When his wife goes to take a bath, Edward hesitantly goes to his son’s room to ask him why he lied about what time he came home. Cameron tells him that he did come home at 11:00 pm, but he went back to Diana’s and sat outside her house for a couple of hours but never went in to see her. They fought about her going to a different school, and she broke up with Cameron. Edward is relieved that his son didn’t hurt Diana but knows that it will look bad if the police find out. Cameron asks if he should tell the police, but Edward says not to unless they find out another way.

Brad sits at home, leaning out his window, smoking a cigarette, and thinking how anxious he is about Diana’s death. At that moment, Principal Kelly calls him. He informs Brad that he has to tell the police about Diana’s accusation. He apologizes for doing it, but it just makes Brad angry, knowing that it will “ruin” him if it goes public. However, Kelly does not back down, instead reassuring Brad that there’s a possibility no one will find out other than the police. After Brad hangs up, Ellen calls him, but he doesn’t answer.

At home, Ellen is upset that Brad doesn’t answer but convinces herself he could just be busy or is too upset about Diana’s death. She thinks of how “dysfunctional” his family was growing up, which makes it difficult for him to share his feelings, instead “keeping part of himself locked away from her” (104). She sits down to work on their wedding plans, telling herself that when they start a family together, it will be different.

As Brenda struggles to fall asleep, she feels Diana’s “presence” around her, comforting her.

As Principal Kelly drinks a whiskey at home, he convinces himself that Brad will have an alibi and nothing will come of the police finding out about Diana’s accusation. He worries about whether his job will come under scrutiny for not reporting it in the first place.

Typing in his journal, Evan explains how Diana was the center of their friend group, and now that she is gone, they will likely drift apart—especially with Riley suspecting Cameron of killing her. He hates his life at home; his father was always disappointed that Evan was more into writing than sports. As he thinks of how Diana was the one who understood him and that he could share books with, he begins to cry.

The next morning, Saturday, Cameron is called down to the police station. Two detectives take him into a room, reminding him that he is there voluntarily. He can hardly control his fear and anxiety over whether they know that he lied to them. They ask if there were any problems in his relationship with Diana, and he insists that there weren’t. However, he realizes too late that Riley knew about their problems and likely told the police.

Edward watches his son answer the officers’ questions and notes how nervous he has become. The police tell Cameron that they know he and Diana were having some issues, but Cameron insists that they did not argue that night—and that Riley was just jealous of how much time they spent together. As Cameron answers, Edward realizes that his son is lying more and more but feels responsible for telling him to lie. At the end of their questioning, the police tell him that a neighbor saw his truck outside Diana’s house after midnight.

Cameron admits to the police that he went back to Diana’s and waited outside her house but tells them he never went in. They then tell him that they know he got out of his truck. Before Cameron can answer, Edward interrupts and demands a lawyer. The police inform them that Cameron’s questioning is no longer voluntary, and they will wait for his lawyer to continue.

Diana watches from above in the interview room, feeling as though she is alive but somehow “drugged,” as though she is separate from it all. As she watches the interview unfold, she grows angry at Cameron and wonders whether he killed her. Slowly, she remembers the night she died, how she and Cameron drove out in his truck, had sex, and then she suggested that they go to different schools. She initially wasn’t going to break up with him; she was just trying to get space, but when he responded angrily and acted “entitled” to her, she broke up with him and demanded he drive her home. She does not remember what came after that, as she realizes that maybe this is not a dream and she is intentionally not remembering her murder.