No One Can Know: A Novel

Juliette flees Saracen House after kissing Nina, Logan on her heels. She recalls Randolph showing her his guns the first time he saw her kissing a boy, suggesting he would rather she be dead than promiscuous. She cannot imagine how much worse his reaction would be if he knew she liked girls. Logan catches up with Juliette and makes love to her to comfort her. Afterward, Juliette screams at him to leave. Nina comes out and hugs her, draping her red flannel shirt around Juliette’s shoulders. The women share a drink, and Juliette heads home hours before her parents’ murders.

In the present day, JJ thinks about how her girlfriend, Vic, asked her to stay away from Emma and their past. Now, the closer JJ gets to Emma, the more the past begins to reappear. Logan texts JJ about Emma’s questions regarding that night. JJ keeps getting a flashback from the night of the murders: “yellow wallpaper, white grip, red hand” (158). The truth is, JJ does not remember much about that night because drugs and alcohol altered her perception. She does remember the secret she and Daphne kept from Emma. JJ and Daphne discovered their parents’ bodies first. They found a gun, which Daphne hid somewhere.