Southport was having a Carnival so Alex, Katie and the kids decieded to go on the opening day. . Kevin
eventually got to Southport. After a fun day in
the Carnival, the family went back to Alex`s place, Kevin was following their
steps very closely. Alex had to get a friend from the airport so he
let his kids with Katie; he didn’t know it but Kevin was there too. All Kevin
wanted to do was kill Alex and take Erin back home with him. There was no time
to do both, so he decided to just kill everyone, including the kids. He waited
for all the lights to go off and crated a fire in the house. Katie was asleep
and in her dream, Jo was telling her to wake up! She was just
in time to save kids and herself, but when they got out, Kevin was there, drunk
and holding a gun. She got the kids to scape and she faced the devil. There was
a violent fight, Kevin died. He bled to
death and had just too much alcohol in his system. After a couple of nights in
the hospital, everyone was okay, and Katie could finally say it was over, even
though it wasn’t. A safe was saved from the fire, and Alex gave Katie an unseen
letter. It was from Carly, Alex`s dead wife, called by her friends Jo. Here she
stated that she is glad that Alex found someone and her kids found a mother.
And then Katie understood, Jo, her friend was Carly´s sprit. She was her
guardian angel; she saved her from the fire and her past. Carly was her only
friend, she might not exit physically, but she was there, somewhere, watching
out for her new family.
Katie and
Alex had a fight, their first real one, with yelling and screaming. The next
morning she regarded many of the things she had said and had no idea what to do
and decided to talk to Jo. She told her that she was just in time to apologize.
“It is never too late to do the right thing” (259).
This is the
simple and honest truth. Doing the right things doesn’t have an expiration
date, because when it comes to apologizing or make up things, there is never an
exact or predetermined date for it. As long as the correct thing somehow done,
then everything is okay. People appreciate the apologize more than the time and
place it is being said.
After the
fire, Alex lost almost everything he owned or had. The store was destroyed as
well. Toys, furniture, TVs, tables, windows, clothes, etc. But, what do all of
these things have in common? They are all material things.
“But you lost everything.” “Not everything,” he said. “Not the important things. My kids are safe. You´re safe. That is all I care about. This” – he said motioning—“is just stuff” (326).
At the end
of the day, what matters are not stuff or material things, people are the ones
that matter. Materials can always be replaced. People, not at all. Clothes will
fit differently in just a matter of time. Loved ones will always fit right in
the heart. Cellphones will eventually stop working, pencils will break or get
lost, money will come and go. People will stay forever.
I loved this
book; it taught me so much about life. Things are happening, women are
suffering. Some marriages are not working; some men are mean and abusive. But
also wonderful things are happening like love. There are happy families and
happy couples. There are people looking out for me for me from a better place.
And, finally, I learned that there is always hope.
