It Ends With Us
This article contains discussions and descriptions of domestic violence and verbal abuse.
Lily watches her mother go through abuse, thinking shell never be in that kind of situation.
After two hours of watching Lily, its easy to grow attached to the character.
For those who want to know what happens next, Colleen HooversIt Starts With Usprovides answers.
However, this story includes Ryle because the movie and book end differently.
Sadly, Lily never reports the instances of abuse or pushes to have full custody of her daughter.
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She also doesnt press charges against Ryle because she wants her daughter to have a relationship with her dad.
In the movie, she asks if hes seeing anyone, which is much more subtle.
In the book, she directly tells him that shes ready.
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However, their path to a relationship isnt as clear-cut as it seems fromIt Ends With Us.
At the beginning ofIt Starts With Us, Lily questions whether getting together with Atlas is right.
She realizes that her life is messy, so she doesnt want to burden him with that.
Unfortunately, Ryle does become physically and verbally abusive towards Lily after learning about her romance with Atlas.
The first incident of violence from the book is often disregarded because Ryle backed down before hurting Lily.
This incident is still a form of domestic violence, even if it isnt him hitting her.
The second one happens when Ryle finds two wine glasses at Lilys house after showing up uninvited and unannounced.
The third incident happens when he goes to Atlas restaurant and hurts him.
On top of this,he becomes verbally violent towards Lily on two occasions.
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The first time, he sends her a barrage of degrading and harassing texts.
The second time, he threatens her for reaching out to a lawyer.
In Chapter Thirty-Four, its six months from the start of the book.
This makes Ryle deeply uncomfortable, but the two at least pretend to be civil for Emersons sake.
The book makes another time jump in chapter 37 to the day of their wedding.
Approximately two years after Atlas and Lily start a relationship in adulthood, they are getting married.
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