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Journal No. 3
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The book “The Newcomer” written by Robyn Carr, navigates letting go of the past and find something worth moving on towards the future. McCain is the town’s sheriff deputy and a venerable person works hard to keep his children happy and protected. He has a relationship with his longtime friend Gina who has an adolescent daughter. They have an intense romance however as things seem to be settling, their lives are turning into chaos. McCain’s ex-wife whom he has been divorced with for ten years decided to show up in town to reunite with her children and asks McCain for another chance. Yet according to Robyn Carr, Gina and McCain are meant for each other but the problem is if they can maintain their relationship having McCain’s ex-wife Cee Jay involved in their lives now. Cee Jay and McCain had a relationship when they were in college and after finding out she was pregnant they decided to get married. Their marriage lasted seven years but she could not handle the pressure of they lifestyle she was living so she ran off abandoning McCain and her children. Unfortunately McCain suffered a lot along with his three children who he had to raise on his own since they did not have any contact with Cee Jay throughout the separation. Therefore, over time he initiated a relationship with Gina where he decided to reconnect his life again. Cee Jay unexpectedly shows up in town looking for McCain telling him she wants to meet her children and asking for a second chance. McCain disagrees with the idea of her trying to supplant all the damage she has caused. On the other hand, he does let her meet her children with the conditioned of being supervised. Her children don’t approve of her showing up after a decade and hoping they all act warm, loving, and nice. They have no interest in getting to know their mother and having her in their lives. Gina is aware of what is happening and understands the situation. Both McCain and she love each other very much so she trusts that McCain has no intentions in getting back with his ex-wife. They have had their relationship for a while now and are not going to let anything get in their way of maintain happy like how they were before.