Lilly Basra, a girl full of life, she has friends and a loving mother. Lilly has an active online life yet she was good in school and is approaching her GCSEs. Lilly had this one friend, Tilly who is a kind-hearted girl who not only support Lilly but also stands up for the one who get bullied. They both have a lot of friends in high school but the relationship between them was stronger as they knew each other since nursery.
While the girls were busy making friends online and juggling with school work, they haven’t realized that there is a terrifying predator - 'the Spider' out there in the dark depths of the Web, using the Internet to access the most intimate feelings and secrets of teenagers which he used to destroy them. The spider takes the victims who are almost broken and pushes them over the edge. (p.12). He was already in action.
Lilly’s outgoing personality changed completely after meeting an online friend – Benedict. They both could share a good bounding; they talk everyday about anything from school to personal. They were emotionally very connected even though they never met in person. “Benedict was just like me and that felt lovely” (p.45). Lily
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Things started to get even more tense, secrets start to be kept from each other, their friendship was affected. Lilly was shocked to to find out that Tilly was dating an older man. Tilly took the concern of Lily in a negative way. She started to feel that Lily is judging by asking questions about the guy she was dating. ‘I just want you to pay attention to me, like, listen and not judge’, said Tilly. (Rai,2014 p.167) With the influence of her boyfriend, Tilly became moody and started to ignore Lily. “tilly stayed angry with me. I’d left her to stew for a day before calling and then sent messages, but she’d ignored them all” (p.151). She was lost in her own little