Jonathan Goldstein

I find that very much so with the work that we do on the show.

And you wrote The Pain of Others 20 years after this terrible tragedy, and now eight years after that,

There's a new English translation.

What new discoveries have you made about the story?

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Skye and I get to work reaching out to the four girls, Sam, Nikki, Randy, and Tessa.

We begin with Sam, because Skye already has her contact info.

They'd run into each other at their ten-year high school reunion.

Skye, Sam had said, it's me.

It would have been the perfect opportunity to ask about the fuck you on the garage door, but Skye just couldn't bring herself to mention it.

So instead, they made awkward small talk.

I helped Skye write a Facebook message to Sam, saying she has some questions about the end of their friendship.

But with no response, Skye follows up again and again.

Eventually, Sam writes back, we just naturally grew apart as life events progressed, she says.

She concludes by saying that Skye's attempts to contact her are making her feel, quote, overwhelmed and stressed, and that makes Skye feel bad.

Second is Nikki, who says that, even though Sky's mom clearly remembers her being there that day, she absolutely wasn't.

In fact, she says, she and Sky weren't even that close.