She was being abused and was afraid of what her husband might do to her next.
100
Where does Alex work?
His own convenience store with his two kids.
100
What is Kevin's occupation?
A detective with the Boston police.
100
Where does Katie end up staying?
A beach town called Southhport.
100
What did Alex's wife leave before she died for her family to open on certain days of their lives?
Letters
200
Who did Katie meet and begin to have a relationship with?
Alex (the store owner)
200
What are Alex's kids' names?
Lexi and Josh
200
How does Kevin discover where Katie went?
He breaks into the old woman's house that Katie went to for help. He then listens to her messages and discovers the address where Katie had called from.
200
On what day did Katie's husband come to Southport to find her?
The Fourth of July
200
Who was the lady that walked with Katie everywhere throughout the story?
Jo - Katie's neighbor. (Katie later discovers that she was Alex's wife)
300
Where did Katie live before she ran away?
Boston
300
How did Alex's wife die?
Cancer
300
What did Katie's husband send out to all police stations to help him find her?
A wanted poster saying she was wanted for first degree murder.
300
What color did Katie paint the floor in her kitchen and why?
Yellow because Lexi told her it was a happy color.
300
How did the convenience store catch fire?
Kevin (Katie's husband) covers it in gasoline and the sparks from the fireworks cause it to catch fire.
400
What was Katie's real name?
Erin
400
What is Alex's favorite thing to do?
Canoeing (what he used to do with his wife)
400
How did Katie's husband find out that she knew the old lady in the neighborhood?
He found a recipe that Katie had with the old lady's handwriting on it and compared it to her mail.
400
Where do Alex and Katie go when it starts to rain on their canoeing trip?
An old resturaunt where they wait for hours for a ride while they talk and dance to music.
400
What is the only thing that survived the fire?
The metal desk with the letters that Alex's wife wrote to everyone.
500
Why is Katie so standoffish at first?
She is scared and afraid to trust people.
500
Why did Alex tell Katie to leave?
He saw a wanted sign and believed she was a murderer.
500
What did Katie's husband do at the end to Alex's convenience store?
He burned it down.
500
Where did Kevin trace Katie's bus to?
Atlanta which then can go to any other city in America.
500
What does Alex find in the rubble of the burned down store that he later gives to Katie?
A letter that Alex's wife wrote "for her" - this was to e the person that he would fall in love with.