living under a cloud of suspicion had taken its toll. do you feel like this verdict cleared your name. the only thing i m guilty of is being a bad boyfriend, and i can t change that. i wish i could. if i had three wishes, all three would be to change that. i can t. on a rainy sunday afternoon the verdict, hannah s friends and families gathered for a balloon release in her memory. they passed around sharpies and wrote messages for the lost girl, her brother. i m glad that it s over with. now i can start mourning. they are father her father, her best friend, and then after a brief prayer, they stood by the pond and the brisk wind carried away their good-byes.