Melissa answers “At the very end, I was a little confused...”

Barbara Benton asked this question about The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1):

At the very end, I was a little confused about the third flower that Maddy left. Is it for someone that she knows, or was it just that she can now "know" the buried people, like Arthur could?

Melissa If you notice, in the last few pages, as Maddy visits the cemetery she imagines the lives of those buried there just the same way Arthur did. She feel…moreIf you notice, in the last few pages, as Maddy visits the cemetery she imagines the lives of those buried there just the same way Arthur did. She feels comfortable there. She feels she knows these people just like Arthur did. “All the lives. All the whispering she hears! It really is true that cemeteries are busy places. I lived! I lived! I lived!” I think leaving a rose on one of these graves is her way of acknowledging these lives.(less)

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