Ending...

Waking up the next day, MC realizes that he needs to patch things up with the women in his life. So one by one he talks to Jessie, sister in-law, and mother-in-law. They all forgived him, happily ever after.Maybe not so much. All his time the author is hinting not very covertly about something happening to Paul. I predict he's going to die. After fishing at Seeley lake with Paul and Neal, Paul and MC were sick of Neal so they drove up to their father and mother's house. Their father is a retired preacher and a very good fisherman himself, having taught both of his sons. After a long greeting where their mom is really excited to see Paul, Paul leaves a little after dinner to "meet up with some friends" Their father knows what he's up to, and almost tries to talk to MC about it. He stops mid-sentence. The next day, all three of them go fishing on the big blackfoot. All three catch their limit and it is easy for me to picture this scene with the sun, and the water and the big fish jumping out of the water. Father was fishing one hole, and then at the end stopped and Paul moved over to catch "one last fish" in the same hole his father was, he caught a massive rainbow trout, and fought it for a long time, having lots of fun. After he got to the bank where his brother and father were resting, he said something about needing three more years before he could think like a fish. He didn't get three more years, because six months later, MC drove up to the parents house and broke the news that Paul had been beat to death with the butt end of a revolver. The last scene in the book was MC wondering what he could have done and realizing that he couldn't have done anything. He was his own man, and haunted by waters, he made his own choice. This connects to the world because a lot of really god people get killed for no reason, and i think it's because we focus too much on the bad stuff and not on the the good stuff. (read coffee news)