As the picture on the left shows, Sam eventually forgives Charlie for kissing her instead of Mary Elizabeth. The day before Sam leaves, she takes him into her room and kisses Charlie. Then, when she says, "This will be our secret," it reminds him of his Aunt Helen, who said the same thing when she was molesting him. This reveals part of the reason Charlie has his emotional distress issues.
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As all of Charlie's friends start to leave for college, his flashbacks and depression starts to come back. Eventually, he calls his sister Candace. He starts to think that he is responsible for his Aunt Helen's death since she was on her way to get his birthday present when she got in the car crash that killed her. Confused, he hangs up the phone and goes into the kitchen, as shown on the left. He grabs a knife and is ready to commit suicide when the police break into his house and catch him before he is able to.
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