And that's what kills Wellington, tells Christopher that his mother, Judy, died of a heart attack, and hides all his mother's letters to him for two years. Because of his actions, the reader must believe that Ed is a very shady character and that what he says cannot be trusted. He is consistent with his lies, even if the lies end up being revealed, but he is an inaccurate character because the audience and Christopher believed he was telling the truth and that wasn't the case. Ed tries to console Christopher after all the lies are revealed and quotes, “I'm sorry, Christopher. I promise you, I never wanted it to be like this,” (122). She admits that the reason she killed Wellington was because she had had an intense argument with Mrs. Shears about whether she cared more about her dog than of Ed and Christopher, and as a result, Ed took his anger out on the dog. However, he knew that Christopher liked Wellington, so he never told him that he was the one who killed him because he didn't want to hurt Christopher. He also says that he told him Christopher that Judy died because Ed didn't know how to deal with the situation on his own, so he thought that if he couldn't handle it, how would Christopher. That's why he didn't let Christopher know that his mother had abandoned him situation, Ed's lies are reasonable, but not excusable, and Christopher knows it Ed is a character we can't always trust, he's too imprecise during phases