Count My Lies

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

Sloane worries her boss Lena will confront her about Allison’s behavior yesterday, but Lena’s sister is visiting, so Lena isn’t there. To Chloe, Sloane dismisses Allison as a “lunatic.” Sloane eagerly awaits a text from Violet. Finally, Violet texts about the red flannel jacket that Sloane intentionally left behind. They plan to meet in the park tomorrow at 1 pm. Sloane doesn’t care that she’ll have to leave in the middle of her shift. She tells Natasha that her boyfriend is back early from a business trip and plans to take her out again tomorrow night.

On her way home from work, Sloane passes a shop that has the same wide-brimmed felt hat that Violet wears. Sloane buys the $85 hat, telling the shop worker that the hat is for a European vacation. Sloane thinks the hat makes her look like less of a “schlub.”

Before Sloane lost her job, she combed her hair and wore nicer clothes. She planned to move into a studio in Brooklyn Heights. Now, she doesn’t have a reliable income source and background checks are a problem.