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Ed tells Ritchie that he won't stop helping him. He even goes as far as to say that Ritchie is a disgrace and lazy. One night, Ed goes over to Ritchie's. Ritchie comes out and asks Ed to go for a walk with him. They go to the river. Ritchie walks into it and then he tells Ed that he wants to want. Ritchie decides to get a job and make something of himself.

Next is Marv, Ed isn't sure what he wants. He decides to ask Marv for money to see why Marv never spends any of his money. He tells Ed that the money is locked away for a few years because he is saving it for someone. Marv tells Ed about why Suzanne Boyd, the girl that Marv is in love with, left. She left because Marv got her pregnant. He is saving up fifty thousand dollars for his child and he has never even seen it. Ed convinces Marv to go see her in Auburn, the town she moved to. Ed drives Marv to the house, and the father comes out and beats up Marv. Ed tells the man that at least Marv cares about the kid and is saving money for her. The dad is in awe that Ed had the courage to stand up to him. Later, Suzanne calls Ed and Ed picks her up with his taxi. He takes Suzanne and her daughter to a playground to meet up with Marv. Marv plays with his daughter, Melinda, and he is so happy that he cries.

Audrey comes last, he knows that she needs to embrace love instead of hide from it. When she was only a little girl, her family hurt her and she is afraid to get close to anyone. Ed goes over to her house and watches her. Every night, he watches Audrey's house. Simon comes over every night, they have sex, and then he leaves in the morning. One morning Ed waits until Simon, the boyfriend, leaves. He brings a radio and makes Audrey dance in the parking lot with him for three minutes. For three wonderful minutes, Audrey is able to love and be loved. Then, Ed leaves knowing that his message has been delivered.

Ed thinks that he is done, but in reality there is one more card to deliver. He finds there is a card in his mailbox. It is a Joker with the address 26 Shipping Street; this is his address. He doesn't know what to do so he waits. A man comes to his house and tells him to go to the cemetery. At the cemetery, Keith and Daryl wait for him. They tell him that his father didn't plan this and that he was to wait a little longer. He waits and finally a man in his taxi tells Ed to go to his house. While he is driving, he realizes that the passenger is the bank robber. The man has Ed go to all of the place where he sent messages. He asks Ed if he remembers what he told him early. The bank robber told Ed that when he is looking in the mirror he is looking at a dead man. He pulls out a mirror and asks Ed if he sees a dead man now. Ed says no!

They return to Ed's house and the card sender is there. He has been watching Ed for a year and knows everything about him. He has documented all of Ed's travels. He tells Ed that he killed his father, made the man beat his wife, and had Keith and Daryl help Ed. The card sender is Markus Zusak, the author, and Ed isn't the messenger, he is the message! If Ed can do all of these things then anyone can do anything that their heart desires.

After the author leaves, Audrey comes back and tells Ed that she loves him and wants to stay with him for good. They finally get to express the love that they have always felt.