The 5th person Eddie meets in heaven is someone Eddie didn't expect. He had pushed this person out of his mind for so long, trying to convince himself this person didn't exist. He had nightmares about this person and terrible flashbacks about the moment. This person cost Eddie his happiness, but Eddie cost this person much more. He took this person's life. This child's name is Tala. Tala was the shadow Eddie saw burning down the hut that fateful night. He thought he saw something running into the burning hut and it was Tala. He wanted to save her, but was shot before he died also. Tala was a 5 year who was hiding from the soldiers. Her mother told her to run into the hut to hide and she stayed there in as it burned. This taught Eddie not to be vengeful and to think before you do. He realized foolish deeds can cost others minor things, but even in the most serious cases, their lives. Eddie was scarred after meeting Tala and he shook on the ground crying. When he recovered asked Tala if he has saved the girl on the pier. Tala said he had pushed her out of the way in time. Eddie then said he felt the girl's hands in his, but Tala said those were HER hands pulling him up to heaven. Next Tala grabbed Eddie's hand sand took him into the river. There she every cut, scar, or wound Eddie had was healed. He was finally pure spiritually, mentally, and physically. The journey ended with Tala when Eddie floated above Ruby Pier. He saw the hundreds of people's lives he changed and finally came to Marguerite calling him mouthing these words: HOME.
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After Ruby floats away everything turns black. When Eddie is in the light again he is in a small white room with multiple doors. He feels older and more flabby than he did before and knows he is getting older. He also knows his only choice is to go through the door. When he opens it he is at a wedding of people he's never met before. It reminds him that he hasn't been of fan of weddings ever since Marguerite died. He soon leaves the door only to find the the subsequent doors are all weddings from around the world. Finally, when he wonders when this never ending cycle of weddings is Eddie he sees her. The love of his life who died-Marguerite. He is shocked and doesn't know what to say. She comes over to him and she asks him about his death and while he is in the middle of explaining he breaks down in tears. He says he has been feeling so empty ever since she died of a brain tumor. He says every day felt sad and lonely without her. Marguerite explains that love never dies and his love for her was so strong she could feel it all the way in heaven. Love is never ending is the major lesson she teaches Eddie. Eddie spends a long time with her until one night wen they are slow dancing. Eddie asks her why she choose to be young when she met him. She says she thought he would like it that way. Then, she turns to the age she dies at, 47. Eddie closes his eyes and says he wishes his time with her would never end. That's when Marguerite fades away....
The 3rd person Eddie meets is Ruby. When Eddie first meets Ruby he still doesn't recall having met her in his life. Ruby then explains she is the Ruby who Ruby Pier was based off of. This women is one of the reasons Eddie works at Ruby Pier. She is why Eddie's life is so miserable. Ruby explains how the Pier was built and how it was burned down. She explains that the fire ruined her life, by almost killing her husband physically and crushing his spirits. Both of them have the same wish, that it was never built. Ruby says that life with Emile after the fire was too troubling and her heaven is just wishing to be in a simpler place. She decides for it to be the dinner because she wants to be in a place where she can simply make others happy. Next, Ruby brings up Eddie's father. She says there was a side to him he didn't know about. Eddie has a flashback to his father walking in on his mother and Mickey Shea having an affair. His father then chases Mickey Shea intending to kill him, but when Mickey Shea falls into the water Eddie's father saves his life by pulling him back to the beach. Eddie's father had the kindness in his heart to forgive another; love over hate. After that Eddie's father falls ill because of his encounter in the ocean. He dies without making up with Eddie, but Ruby says right before he died he showed out Eddie and the rest of his family's name through the hospital window. Ruby explains that the way for him to move on is by forgiving his father. Eddie is instantly transported to the dinner, where he sees his father sitting on a bench in the back. He begs his father to forgive him and his father says on last thing to him which was.......... . " It's fixed."
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