“It contains private information.”

The school intervened because portions had been recorded on campus and involved students discussing sensitive personal matters.

Eventually the copies disappeared as much as anything ever disappears from teenagers’ phones.

Madeline remained angry with Travis for weeks.

Rightfully.

His confession about her goodness had still violated people.

Kindness does not cancel privacy.

PART 38 — TRAVIS’S MOTHER

Months later, I met Travis’s mother.

She had recovered enough from her own illness to attend a school event.