Adrian suffered in prison; was always going to because he was a cop. But his treatment went beyond that. Sadistic violence, not from the inmates but from those who ran the institution, was intended to break him, to finish him. And even out of prison, on parole, they make sure they control his future; watch his every step.
Elizabeth Black brings Adrian the help she couldn’t in the past, provides Channing with the means to recover from her ordeal and remains resolutely at Gideon’s side.
Her concern for Gideon, concern for Channing, and concern for Adrian is what drives Elizabeth Black, without any concern for her own future. All because of events in her past. Events that set the pattern and direction of her life.
If there is any justice in the world, that life and the choices she made should lead her into the sunshine and to that ‘crock of gold at the end of the rainbow’.