After his incident with almost committing suicide, Charlie goes to a mental hospital. It is there that he finally confesses to his parents what his Aunt Helen had done to him before she died. He comes to terms with this though, and doesn't hold any grudges about her. Charlie still remains friends with Sam and Patrick, who are off to college, but come back to visit him every once and a while. He ended up staying in the hospital most of the summer before his sophomore year, but returns home just in time. At the end of the story, he lets the readers that he isn't afraid anymore, of school or whatever life may bring.
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