"It's really been a long day kids, let's get some rest!"
You can believe she wishes she'd done just that. She could also have gone with them, if they wanted to go for a swim, or whatever. Obvioulsy these "good" girls went straight to the bottle with strange men, which to me is pretty wild behaviour. It's never good to drink with strangers. And I've done it, and I survived it, and I know.
"It's been a long day kids, let's get some rest!"
As the mom of 3, and my oldest a girl, I can testify that the girl who tragically fell to her death would'nt have stayed in the safe hotel room, unless the chaperone chained her to the bed.(Ropes- no good- the girl would've bitten thru them eventually.) My kids aren't perfect- I am not perfect- but I am truly shocked and amazed at what the parents of young girls will let them wear, let them watch on tv,etc. And that is just a start- our 10 yr old neighbor girls has had 2 'boyfriends' already.
If the chaperone HAD been responsible and kept the girls safe and in their room, the parents would probably still be enemies...the girl who would've lived-but been denied fun and death- and certainly bad mouthed the chaperone, perhaps made up things to get her in trouble or cause problems.
And I know many decent, well adjusted, polite girls- it just seems there is just as many troubled girls who parents' are unwilling to do what is right. Best intentions work.