I like how this started, and your first person use/description.

I got a bit lost in the middle, lots of detail and a feeling of being rushed.

My recommendation would be to trip some of the characters. Perhaps just focus on one severe consequence (the parents) and then the new friend (one) in jeopardy.

The objective of the story appears to be hope/closure - they got the bad guy and she can move on with her life. In the middle it seemed to want to communicate caution/danger and the past vs. present idea. I think the plot got too rich for the number of words. If you expanded it to twice the size you might be able to have that much content, but as a short story my primary recommendation would be to simplify.

A good read. Keep writing.