The House of the Scorpion epilogue

This is an epilogue I wrote for the book The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, because I thought the ending was incomplete. The book is about a clone that was created to harvest organs for an old man who does not want to die. In the story we see everything from the clone's (Matt's) point of view. We can see the day he learned he was a clone, when he understood what he was created for, when he escaped, his friendship with a girl, his life in a refugee camp, and we can feel all of his sentiments at each time. The book is very realistic, and although it can be very sad, it is also a book that makes you understand the joy of having people who love you. In the epilogue I created I hoped to give a little explanation of what happened to the main characters after the ending of the book, and give a concrete finish to the story of Matt.

Epilogue
“And then, grandpa, and then?” said a little boy with dark hair.
“Then I arrived at your grandmothers convent and there I met her mom and found out about Opium’s lockdown,” said 76 year old Mateo Alacran with a distant look clouding his eyes.
“And then….he told you its time to go eat and get ready for bed,” exclaimed 72 year old Maria coming through the door that led to the kitchen. She smiled while she cleaned her hands on her white apron, and spoke again. “Dinners ready, and its very late so we should go eat and then you have to go to bed.”
“But grandma,” protested a girl with bright eyes and brown hair. “We have not finished hearing grandpa’s story”
“You have heard it thousands of times Laura,” replied Maria. “But I guess…he can finish the story while we eat”
“OK then lets move to the dining room,” said Matt as he stood up and walked towards another part of the house.
They all sat down at the table, instinctively sitting at their usual places and then as if by a directed by a remote, all the heads turned expectantly towards the end of the table, where Matt sitting.
“All right, I’ll continue the story,” sighed Matt. “ So after I left for Opium, I started the process of transforming it into a good empire that helps people, rather than the empire it used to be which tortured people and injured the world. I called Esperanza, and I stopped the lock down so she, Fidelito, Ton Ton, Chacho, and your grandma could go to Opium and help me change it. We stayed there for two years, all of us becoming really close, while we received education from a private tutor. Ton Ton, Fidelito, and Chacho took a class separate to Maria’s and mine, but we spent the rest of the time together. After the empire was prospering peacefully and it was completely transformed, we went to California to finish our studies. Esperanza bought a house big enough for the five kids and we finished high school there. Then each of us went their own way for collage. I went to UT, and studied law.”
“I went to Yale and studied journalism and biology,” chimed in Maria. “Ton Ton went to Hartford University and studied mechanical engineering. Fidelito studied art at Eckerd, and Chacho studied business management at NYU. We all studied our interests, and graduated at the same time. As soon as we were out of collage, we went back to California where my mom lived. We all bought our places and found jobs. Then, your grandpa decided to sue the keepers and their systems. With a lot of research, time and help from other men who had been there, they won the law suite and the keeper system was eliminated.”
“Then,” continued Matt, “I asked your grandmother to marry me. She said yes, and we got married a year after that. Fidelito had been seeing a girl since he got his job as a graphic designer, and he too got married that same year. Three years later Chacho met aunt Emmy, and they got married. Following them came Ton Ton who married a woman he had been seeing for five years. Then we had your mom and she grew happily here in California with us. We still go to our house in former Opium, now Litum, in the summers.”
“Yes, we know grandpa,” yawned Tomas. “ We go there with you every summer.”
“Well kids,” sighed Maria, “ Its very late, and you look very tired. You should go to bed. Your mom will be picking you up early tomorrow and we don’t want you to be all sleepy at the soccer game do we?”
“Of course not grandma,” exclaimed Laura. She took her plate to the sink, followed by Tomas. They kissed their grandparents goodnight and left to bed.
“Our lives turned out very well after all didn’t they?” asked Maria as she walked towards the sink where Matt stood clearing up the plates.
“It did,” said Matt.
“Are you aver going to tell the about the CLO…well that part of your story?”
“No. There is no need to remember those bad days. We are now in the present, all our friends live happily. We see them all the time, and we have a perfect family.”
“It’s true. I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Maria and Matt hugged each other, and they stayed like that for a long time, remembering all the good and the bad times they spent together, and the miracle that had set them on a happy, perfect life.