I Am the Messenger Part 2 / Chapter 4 Summary

just ed

  • Ed needs help, which is pretty understandable since he's receiving random messages on cards and doesn't even know how to interpret them and all. So he heads over to Audrey's.
  • When he gets there she's entertaining a male friend who asks who's at the door. "Just Ed," Audrey replies.
  • Ouch. Ed takes it hard. He doesn't like being "just Ed" so he turns and leaves, but Audrey calls after him and says she'll stop by later.
  • Ed wishes he were the guy in there with Audrey; he wishes he were more than "just Ed" to her.
  • Back at home, Ed thinks about the aces and imagines he has a full set, which would be a great hand… except that he's not playing a game.
  • Audrey comes over as promised, and has about a million questions about the first card.
  • He tells her all about reading to Milla, getting Sophie to run, and… he's guilty about what happened with the Edgar Street guy. He finally tells us (or Audrey, to be exact) what went down. He took the guy up to the Cathedral and stuffed the gun in his face; then he told him to leave town and never come back. Guns can be pretty persuasive.
  • But Audrey isn't convinced that was the best move. She asks Ed if that guy deserved what he got, and he gets ticked off.
  • It's kind of tense now, so Audrey breaks the ice by telling Ed he's her bestie. How sweet.
  • Ed tells us those words could kill a man. Then he rests with her next to him and tries to decide what to do next.