the school play that year was a murder arranged. and in her mind now, says sally, it s clear why sean viehweg suddenly took such an interest in her shortly after russell s killing. the los gatos police s theory was that he was probably keeping close tabs on me. i was probably his biggest threat at the time. i should have made a stink. i don t remember sean before russell and yet he kept a pretty close eye on me afterwards. kind of a creepy thought. so why is it important now? somebody needs to say russell was a nice person. taten still has only the vaguest memories of russell but wishes now to claim the timid boy as a friend. all these years later, that s still torturing you, isn t it? i mean, i feel like i know russell jordan more now than anybody ever has even when he was you know, ever been alive. at least he s got some kind of ending to his story now.