The protagonist's older brother is found guilty by his college's administration of raping another student. Other than being suspended for a semester, he does not face any significant consequences or accountability. Their parents, specifically their mother, tries to save face and act as though nothing bad is happening. They don't believe they could have raised someone who could be capable of rape. The protagonist feels a great deal of sympathy for the rape survivor. There is a scene where she imagines in fairly graphic detail what the rape may have been like. The protagonist is upset that no one in her family seems concerned for the feelings of the student that her brother raped. They seem more concerned with placating their son's bruised ego. The protagonist contends with the fact that, prior to this event, she idolized her brother. There is a scene where the protagonist visits the rape survivor to apologize on her brother's behalf and check how she is doing. At the end, the protagonist doesn't forgive her brother but is still trying to make peace with him.