Count My Lies

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes depictions of sexual content, cursing, death, emotional abuse, violence, and bullying.

Violet narrates Chapters 19-29. Violet knows that Sloane is lying to her, but Violet is intentionally misleading Sloane. A year ago, Violet overheard Allison tell the other mothers about Sloane. The “melodramatic tone” made Violet want to laugh. Violet remembers using her mother’s things when she was a kid—though Violet admits that Sloane is an adult.

Using social media and the internet, Violet learned about Sloane. She followed Sloane around Brooklyn. She set up the first encounter at the park between Jay, Harper, and Sloane. She implies that something irrevocable occurred between her and Jay. She wants Sloane to be her.

Back in the present, she sends Sloane home with a bag full of her designer clothes. Alone, Sloane drinks Grey Goose vodka.

Violet reveals she set up the hair dye and the haircut. She also orchestrated Allison’s appointment at Rose & Honey. At the hairdresser’s, she intentionally dropped the Rose & Honey card to unsettle Sloane. When Sloane is out with Harper, Violet doesn’t study for the New York bar exam: She listens to crime podcasts.

The next afternoon, Sloane arrives in Violet’s Carolina Herrera tank top—Jay’s “favorite” shirt.