I skimmed through the end of the book mostly because I couldn't believe these people were going to go through with what they were going through with. I was only looking for the part where David helps her and Susan escape and the evil family gets locked up, but it doesn't happen, so what's the point. It's difficult to fathom how a person could actually write a book like this, and why they would want to write it. Humans are sinful at best and there are many who are depraved. You have to be somewhat disturbed to write a book like this. There's nothing positive about it. It's one of the saddest books I've even read.