I started going by Rae instead of Rachel shortly before eighth grade graduation . After all this , after my great escape and the opportunity to reinvent myself , my sister goes and gets herself killed . At the memorial service , these girls , who had just in the previous year relished every opportunity to see me cry , came up to me and professed their never - ending friendship .
According to the above context, answer the following question.
What are the girls trying to express


Sympathy