Q4: Post #2

Ed got the first ace (the Ace of Diamonds) in the mail. It had three locations written on it, each with a time. The first location was at a run-down house where a women was being sexually assaulted by her husband. Ed realizes he has to help her, but he is scarred of the husband so he decides to go to the other places. The next location has a lonely old women. Ed befriends her by going to her house for dinner a few times every week. The third location has an extremely shy girl who runs every morning barefoot. Ed gives her confidence by convincing her to run barefoot in her races. Ed then goes back to the first house but still can't muster the courage to stop the man. So a few days later he finds a gun in his mailbox with a single bullet in it. After worrying for a few more days Ed devises a plan and ends up drugging the man, bringing him out to an old church, and shooting him. That is when the first part of the book ends, and so far it is really exciting. I can't stop wondering who is sending the cards. The way that Ed has to workout how he needs to help the different people is brilliant. Also the internal battle before Ed pulls the trigger and when he finally does is electric. You have no idea wether he will do it or not, its an incredibly tense scene with an explosive ending.