In the tight-knit community of Marfa, Texas, word spread around town quickly. When the newspaper headline read “Michelle Jones Found Guilty of Murder,” nearly all 1,800 people living in Marfa heard or read the news within a day. Many people wanted to do something for Jones’ child and husband, but their subconscious convinced them to do nothing. When Zach came to school the day after the trial, he faced verbal abuse from all the children in the entire high school. His teachers turned a blind eye to this misbehavior making Zach feel as if he were drowning in the deepest depths of the ocean; being suffocated by the hatred and vindictiveness of everyone around him. As the school year progressed, his grades plummeted and he began to slip into depression
