Chapter 20

Summary

• Kyle appeared suddenly at the narrator's house with two police officers, Clark Egan and Calvin Dodge. They wanted to investigate as the car found in the lake belonged to Emmy, a person of interest in their current investigation.
• The narrator presented Emmy's broken necklace, which was found on the scene, to the police as potential evidence.
• Kyle, acting more distant than usual, asked to see Emmy's room and belongings. During the search, the officers focused their attention beneath the porch.
• Under the porch, they discovered a container with cleaning supplies and noted evidence of recent digging.
• The narrative then shifted to a scene where the narrator and the three officers are sifting through the details of Emmy's disappearance, creating a cloud of suspicion as to whether Emmy might have been involved in illegal activities.
• The narrator aimed to convey Emmy's innocence, emphasizing that Emmy had seemed scared and distrusted before her disappearance.
• Kyle then asked whether it would be characteristic of Emmy to disappear or run away, to which the narrator responded with uncertainty, casting further doubt on Emmy's innocence.
• After their investigation, the officers left the narrator's house, leaving it slightly disrupted. The narrator considered Emmy's tendency to disappear before her disappearance and how she had told stories to Kyle about Emmy's behavior, causing the narrator to question her own perceptions and understanding of her friend.