Terrible Ending!!!!

I wonder if Estelle did get away with it at the end? Obviously, the Governor recognized Holly and knew something was terribly wrong. I think he would have figured out his mother was behind it, and confronted her. Maybe she would even have confessed; she looked terrified when she recognized Holly in the courtroom. The Governor would have protected his mother, but maybe cast her out of his life. And I think he would have found a way to tell his son that Madam X was his mother.

OMG, OP...I howled.

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I rather liked the ending. But, as far as Estelle goes, I wouldn't be too hard on her. After all, remember that line from Socrates "There is a point where even justice is unjust." And, as another poster somewhere on this board so brilliantly pointed out, her character is actually the same as Lana's---just with different motives.

I personally pondered that guilt would have gotten the better of her not long after the trial, and she would have ended up committing suicide shortly after. Because one could see the tears in her eyes throughout, and I began to get the sense that she was really hurting.

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

I think that there was no option but for Estelle to get away with it. Holly's son was to be protected and never to find out the truth about his mother. So things had to be kept quiet.

Some people think a sad or unhappy ending is a "terrible ending."

They just don't understand the difference.

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