Good Girl, Bad Blood

This summary section includes “Tuesday 4 Days Missing.”

Connor starts scanning the comments after the first podcast airs. Many of them are alarming and unhelpful, so Pip cautions him not to read them. At school, the two go to see their history teacher, Mr. Clark. He resists talking about his conversations online with Layla until Pip hints that she might publicly expose his activities. Clark reluctantly agrees to be interviewed, as long as his name is edited out. He says that he carried on a short correspondence with Layla in which she asked many questions about his age, where he lived, and what his job was. Layla was vague in answering anything about herself. Then, she abruptly ghosted Clark after she learned his occupation.

During lunch in the cafeteria, Pip is approached by a student named Tom Nowak, who claims he saw Jamie at 10:50 on the night of the memorial going into a house on Cross Lane. This is the street where Nat da Silva lives. When Tom describes the house that Jamie entered, Pip recognizes it as Nat da Silva’s home. Pip speculates about why Nat and her boyfriend would lie about seeing Jamie that night, but she reaches no conclusion.