How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
When they called us out of the dressing room, she didn't walk out with the rest of us. Instead, she showed up after we were all in our places to take her spot second in line, three people ahead of me. (12.150)
After what happens to Emily, she's set apart just like Annabel was. But she doesn't hide away like Annabel did—she holds her head up high and walks down that runway, unashamed about what happened to her.
Quote #8
Instead, I walked out of the room and everyone watched me. I could feel their eyes as I stepped around Sophie, then pushed out into the hallway and started for the stairs. (13.157)
Directly after being raped, Annabel doesn't reach out to anyone, and no one reaches back to her. Instead she has to extract herself from the situation and drive herself home, knowing that everything will be different from here on out.
Quote #9
I'd been so alone and scared and yes, angry, and somehow Owen had seen it, even when everyone else had chosen to look away and act like it wasn't happening. Just like I'd done, and was doing, to Emily tonight. (14.212)
There's something very lonely about hiding a horrible secret, and Annabel recognizes that loneliness in Emily when she sees her at the fashion show. Instead of reaching out to her and forming a little support group of two though, Annabel decides to go with her current M.O.—stay away from everyone.