She didn’t know what else to say, so they set up a time to Skype later that night. When Derek called, he could see a few of Rose’s friends seated behind her, and Rose explained that they had come to offer her emotional support. She had spent the day in her room, fighting off anxiety and hiding on a campus where she was now the object of speculation and derision. A neo-Nazi with a Jewish girlfriend? Had he been using her for cover?
