Response #4

The final section of the book that I am writing about is the ending. After Eric dies Cardinal and Delorme think that the case has been closed. However little do they know there were infact two killers, one of which is still out there. After Cardinals address was released in a newspaper article Eddie shows up at Cardinals house, supposedly just having a car accident. She is infact there to do away with Cardinal, the man who did away with her one true love, Eric. After playing damsel in distress she reveals herself as the other killer, and attempts to murder Cardinal. Luckly for him, he called 911 to get her an ambulance, and the police and ambulance arrive just in time for Delorme to save Cardinals life. Eddie had show Cardinal in the leg and was standing over him, ready to do away with him for good, when Delorme shoots Eddie in the back.

This is a significant part not only because it is the end of the novel but also because you get a real insight into who Detective Lise Delorme really is. After she shoots a woman she is incredibly shook up, she also had a rock solid exterior, and this is where you get to see who she really is. The fact that she saved Cardinals life however over rides her feelings of guilt for shooting Eddie. A friendship between Cardinal and Delorme never quite happened throughout the rest of the novel because of the fact that Detective Delorme was also working in Special Investigations and was investigating Cardinal. He was suspected of stealing money because "how could a police detective in a small town, with a wife in the hosptial afford to send his daughter to Hardvard?". After Cardinal clears his name their friendship can really begin.