We Are Not Like Them

In a handwritten letter to Tamara, Kevin acknowledges that he will never take away her pain, and he can’t make excuses for his actions. All he can do is work to be a better man for his son, whom he will one day have to tell about the boy he killed. He knows he cannot make this right, but he will use his own life to honor Justin’s.

The letter is on the kitchen table, and Riley is on her way over. Jenny is making miracle bread, Gigi’s infamous dish. When Riley arrives, Jenny shares her big news: Kevin, Jenny, and Chase are moving to Florida. Kevin took the deal because he of his family and his son—“I want him to respect me […] To look up to me, but I’ll never be able to change what happened” (295). Kevin found work at a landscaping company in Florida, and Jenny found an office manager position. Most of Kevin’s family has stopped talking to him now that he will be testifying at the trial against Cameron. Even though money is tight, Jenny cashed the Order of the Kings’ check and gave half the funds to Strawberry Mansion High School to start a scholarship fund and the rest to Riley to pay back the money she lent Jenny for IVF.