avel home with him. As they make the agreements Charlies old friends, representing his past, show up at the home of Marion and her family. When they leave Marion rushes out of the room. Her husband claims that shock makes her physically sick. I think that Fitzgerald is trying to make the notion here that Marion is in no better state than Charlie has ever been in. In the end Charlie is denied the chance to see another portion of his daughters childhood because of his past showing up to haunt him.In the very end Charlie is talking to the bar tender at his favorite bar, having his one drink of the day. The bartender remarks I heard you lost a lot in the crash. To which Charlie replies I did, but I lost everything that I wanted in the boom. This shows that sometimes no matter how well off you think you are, it can slip away at any minute....
