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Gonzo placed printouts of Facebook posts with their comments highlighted.
Gia:Where did this girl come from all of a sudden, and how is she allowed to outshine girls who’ve spent years in this program?
Pascal:I’d like to know that, too.
Another post showed Eloise on a podium with two other girls. Eloise was in the center with a gold medal, while two other girls were on either side of her, one with a silver medal, the other bronze.
Freddie pointed to the silver medalist. “Is that your daughter?”
“Yes,” Gia said, “but what—”
“And is that your comment about your daughter being ‘robbed’ by someone who ‘doesn’t deserve’ the accolades?”
Gia stared at the highlighted comment. “I, um… Yes, I wrote that, but I was just saying what everyone is thinking. Look, other parents said the same thing!”
“We’re talking to them, too.”
“Blanchet killed his family,” Pascal said. “It was a murder-suicide.”
“That hasn’t been confirmed,” Freddie said.
“Well, we didn’t do it,” Gia said. “We didn’t like them, but that doesn’t mean we killed them. You aren’t accusing us of that, are you?”
“Where were you the night before last?”
“We were home!” Gia’s voice took on an almost hysterical edge. “With our children. We didn’t even know where they lived until we saw the report yesterday about them being found dead.”
“How did you feel when you heard they were dead?” Freddie asked.
“Horrible!” Gia said. “We felt horrible, like any decent people would.”
“Were you glad Eloise wasn’t going to be a threat to your daughter’s aspirations any longer?” Gonzo asked.
“We were sad that four children were murdered,” Pascal said in a low tone, as if he was trying to contain his rage. “We weren’t thinking about gymnastics when we heard that news.”
“Really?” Gonzo asked. “You never gave a thought to your daughter’s rival being eliminated?”
“We didn’t,” Gia said. “We were shocked and saddened to hear of such a senseless crime. Lacey was devastated to hear Eloise was dead.”
“Were they friends?”
“Not outside of gymnastics,” Gia said. “They went to different schools.”
“And Lacey considered the girl who’d been winning all the competitions a friend?”
“Yes, she did.”
“Does she know what you thought of Eloise?”
“We had nothing against her personally,” Gia said.
“I find that hard to believe,” Gonzo said. “Your posts would say otherwise.”
“We were upset with thesituation,” Gia said. “Eloise started gymnasticstwoyears ago. Lacey has been in the program since she was three. She’s put in the time and the work. It wasn’t fair.”
“So let me get this straight,” Gonzo said. “Eloise was newer to the sport, so she didn’t have the right to excel at it?”
“That’s not what I said!”
