“The death of any student is a tragedy, but a suicide is particularly difficult. Our hearts and prayers are with the Mortimers at this time. But I wanted to also talk about how this is affecting us here at Westhaven.”
“There have been rumors circulating that somehow the actions of a few students may have been in some way responsible for this. I want to assure all of you that this was an isolated incident and there is no relationship between what happened and hazing or bullying. Studies show that suicide is a lonely, solitary act. A cry for help that goes too far. The overwhelming cause is clinical depression.”
“May” and “somehow” and “isolated act”? I wanted to stand up and shout, “Hell yes, the actions of a few were responsible; he wasn’t bullied by ghosts!” but I didn’t. Cassandra and
