Jakob Bailey
June 13, 2017
English
D Block

What's It Worth?

Imagine yourself, stuck between a rock and a hard place; you have no money, your parents don't love you, your husband left you, and you work a crappy housekeeping job. What would you do to get back up on your feet? Or would you even try? As we left off in my last post, Kathy is hopeless. She goes to her house to ask Behrani what the deal is, and steps on a plank filled with nails. She goes to her lawyer, who informs her that she needs to pay market value, roughly, $135,000, to get her own house back. Let me remind you that her house was taken from her over the government thinking she was running a business from her house, which she wasn't. At witts ends, she appears to be saved by the heroic Officer Lester Burton, who has fallen in love with Kathy. First, he threatens Behrani with deportation. Then, to help Kathy directly, they move into a friends fishing house for a little bit, but then Kathy loses hope a day later. She attempts to kill herself by shooting herself, only to be saved, ironically, by Behrani. But, her faith was not restored. Only a day later, again, she tries to overdose on pills. Yet again, however, she is saved. Not by Behrani this time, but his wife, Nadereh. She is nursed back to health by the family. Then, Lester crosses the line: he kidnaps Esmail, Behrani and Nadereh's son. Before I ask the obvious, I highly recommend this book. It is full of life lessons, inspiring thoughts, and overall engaging. Now for the corny ending that is supposed to make you go out and buy the book: What will happen? Will Lester convince Behrani?  Will Kathy get the house? That's for me to know and you to figure out.