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As the driver headed to my residence, I knew Gatsby was still confounded about tonight’s events. I knew better than to assume Gatsby would let Daisy take the blame for the death of Mrs. Wilson. I was aware that this night had intimidated him. Gatsby was not easily frightened but tonight would alter his future, I was more than terrified to leave him there all alone. But I did.
When I returned home I headed straight for the mattress. I was sound asleep until it crept to the hour of one, the sound of deafening sirens filled my ears. The midnight air was blowing sultry when I tiptoed out of my front door. Police cars were in a line, one in front of another outside Gatsby’s house. I felt as if I had watched him being escorted by a patrolman down
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Suddenly there she was, standing directly in front of me full of the look of absolute perfection.
Daisy was quick to break the trance by explaining the nights events to Mrs. Baker. Every word that slipped out of her seductive lips captivated me more every passing second. She made the room come alive and take me under her spell. Daisy slipped out the door and I stayed behind with the hopes of expressing my love.
Jordan Baker escorted me out the door as though she was in a hurry before I could let the words slip from my mouth. As I stepped out of her house onto her doorstep, I turned to her and stared into her eyes that resembled the sun's radiance.
All my hopes in expressing my feelings were symbolized by a flame. My hopes were burning bright as ever.
As I inhaled slowly to prepare what I was about to say, her eyes looked right past me. In my peripherals I saw the beams of light that escaped from the vehicle. Out stepped a dapper young man. He paraded up to Miss Baker and planted a kiss on her cheek. My flame of hope had been snuffed
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Daisy interrogated me but I ignored her questions.
After Daisy left the vehicle with an almost relieved reaction to my conversation with Jordan Baker, I went home to get as much uninterrupted rest as I could before all the problems came back to the surface in the morning.
A few days passed before the trial for Mrs. Wilson’s death, there Mr. Wilson presented the judge with the fake suicide note and everyone was dismissed.
Daisy divorced Tom while her and Gatsby got engaged. They proceed to fall deeply in love with no signs of having other affairs again. Daisy and her daughter moved in with Gatsby, together they made a perfect family.
George Wilson lived a depressed lifestyle but no longer held a grudge against Gatsby. Myrtle Wilson had a bench dedicated to her with her quote below her name that said “You can’t live forever”.
Miss Baker continued to fall in love with the man who came to her doorstep while I lived lonely until I would eventually find the girl to give my heart away to. Gatsby and I became the best of friends going

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