The Outcome

I was not happy with the ending. I was okay with it for Walter Huff. You could tell through the book that Walter Huff genuinely felt sorry for what he had done. Every time he was around Lola he felt guilty for what he had done. The more he got to know her and spend time with her the more he could not stand what he had done. Then after he got shot and winded up in the hospital, he wanted to make sure that Lola did not get hurt by the police. He knew she did not do it. He also knew that Nino did not do it. He knew they were there and did not know why they were there. He still knew that Phyllis is the one that did it. I think his confession came because he cared so much for Lola and he wanted to finally be punished for what he did. For phyllis though I thought she got off to easy. Especially since this was not her first murder. She had killed kids, the first Mrs. Nirdlinger, and then finally had Mr. Nirdlinger killed. I don’t think the punishment was really a punishment for her. For Walter Huff having to be around Phyllis was probably punishment. To have remember everything that happened when you are by yourself thinking about is enough, but then he will probably also remember every time he sees her face. The person he first cared about. The person he ultimately killed for. The person he now did not want to have anything to do with.