Previously in Chapter 24:
Martin: Do you have any idea when we are going to get married?
Ruthie: I was thinking during the winter holidays.
Martin: I can't wait until the winter holidays.
Chapter 25: Martin surprise visit (part 1)
Ruthie knocks on the door. Matt opens it.
Ruthie: Hey matt.
Matt: Hey, what brings you by?
Ruthie: nothing much, I just had some free time so I decided to drop by.
Matt: No, I can tell that there is more going on with you.
Ruthie: Actually there is.
Matt: What is it?
Ruthie: I got a phone call from James and he is getting out in October.
Matt: there letting him go that early.
Ruthie: Yeah. There letting a kidnapper out of jail, just because he behaved so well while behind bars.
Matt: I'm sure that he will go back to London and leave you and Allison alone.
Ruthie: I know that the old James would do that. You know the one I loved and Allison loved as a father, but once I told him that Allison wasn't his that James disappeared. And turned into a psycho.
Matt: look he will never miss with your child or you again. You are safe and sound. I don't know if you know this but the court order him to leave the United States and return to London.
Ruthie: What?
Matt: He had to serve his sentence here and since he doesn't have a green card they order him out of the United States.
Ruthie: how do you know that?
Matt: I was there in the courtroom when the judge told him that.
Ruthie: you went.
Matt: you bet I wanted to make sure he got what he deserved.
Ruthie: you know I rode by the courthouse that day a thousand times and could never bring myself to get out. I also wanted to make sure he got what was coming to him, but I felt like if I would have told him from the beginning that he would have never kidnapped her.
Matt: yes, I do think you should have told the truth from the beginning but you didn't but it is still not your fault for what he did. He was the one who got the gun and kidnapped your daughter. You did not make that decision for him nor did you force him to do that. He did what he did because he was a selfish man who did not care enough not to put a gun to a little girls head. You are not responsible for his actions nor should you feel guilty about them.
Ruthie: You always know what to say. You made me feel a lot better. Thank you. I better be going now so I can grab some groceries before I have to pick the kids up.
Matt: Well, it was a nice visit. Ruthie, don't let this man ruin what you got. Don't let him get to you. It was not your fault. I love you.
Ruthie: Bye.
An hour later she enters her house.
There is a trail of roses to the living room.
She opens the door.
Ruthie: Martin.
Martin: Hey babe.
Ruthie kisses Martin.
Ruthie: What are you doing here?