The Best of Friends

On her way to Kendra’s house for a meeting with her two friends, Dani sees from their texts that Lindsey and Kendra have already been together for half an hour without telling her, which stirs age-old grievances of feeling like a “third wheel.” Arriving at the house, she notes that it’s the largest house on the block and is elegantly, almost ostentatiously furnished. As Paul welcomes her in, she feels a spark of ancient jealousy, remembering the mutual crush they secretly nursed in school. In the master bedroom, she joins Kendra and Lindsey, who are huddled together on the bed. Dani has a flashback to junior high, when they doted on each other and did each other’s hair, concerning the guidance counselor. Now, her two friends seem to be arguing about which is them is the worst mother; Kendra says that her mourning has made her neglect Reese, while Lindsey suggests she’s neglecting Wyatt and Sutton. Dani thinks of how “awful” the local media has been to Kendra, as if the long hours she works at the family real estate business somehow led to the tragedy.

Without meaning to, Dani blurts out that her daughter Luna has hardly talked to her in years, largely because of Dani’s inability to stand up to Bryan.