It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because she thought he'd understand since he died young just like her sister, May, did. She even writes about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May, and to see her as the person she was.