The last sentence in the story was not surprising. Paul statement to Edie clarified what Paul was really all about. Billy was right about Paul from the beginning. The only reason Paul married Liz was for her money and connections. It´s sad that Paul used the same line he used with Liz on Edie. Gaddis made it easy for the readers to dislike Paul.
Gaddis leaving us without a period on the last sentence was strange but could have been done for different reasons. Gaddis may have wanted the readers to create an ending to the story. Paul was the only character to be unsure about. He was such a cunning individual, you really didn't know his intentions until that last sentence.
I totally agree when you say that something was missing when Liz die. She is the protagonist, I was expecting strong emotions in her last minutes alive but Gaddis made it look like she was a secondary character in the novel. She unexpectedly die for the reader even if looking back I can notice some little clue left by the author like when they mention the naked scarecrow. It is somehow comparable to Liz.
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