Royela Joyce asked Bryn Greenwood:

Ugh. My heart. My brain. You really packed this with punch! And the different perspectives offer such depth - especially to the theme of the power (whether destructive or restorative) of love. Only questions I really felt left with at the end, however, was regarding Donal. Why did he enter foster care? Brenda never moved and even after all that time he forgot his address, he couldn't say he had family in OK?

Bryn Greenwood The real question is why would he say he had family in OK? After years of being told he was protecting Wavy by staying away from her, he came to believe it. The way you believe things that are told to you over and over when you're a child. He went into foster care, because the alternative was to go against all that indoctrination, and in his mind, endanger Wavy. Also, why would he expect to be welcomed by his aunt, who hated Kellen, someone Donal aspired to be like? If you want to know what exactly happened to him in those seven years, you can sign up for my newsletter and get deleted scenes. http://eepurl.com/bNx2Rz

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