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The Beautiful Ending: Jason and Natalia Adopt Alex
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Blayne describes the adoption of Alex as a rare, genuinely beautiful ending in a genre defined by tragedy. Jason's reasoning was disarmingly simple: 'I love him simply because she loved him.' His current wife Natalia, who had no children of her own, stepped up without hesitation to become a full-time mother [1] — Blayne Alexander "After Ella's murder, her ex-husband Jason Hans and his wife Natalia adopted her young son Alex. Jason's reasoning was simple: he loved Alex…" 12:49 . For Blayne, the whole arc is a testament to the many forms love can take — Jason and Ella didn't make it as a couple, but their bond endured strongly enough that he was the person she called for advice on how to escape Glenn, and ultimately the person who would raise her son. Andrea calls it one of the best endings she's seen in a while.
Ella's neighbor JoLynn Stevenson describes her as completely devoted — someone who wanted to give her children a magical childhood to protect them from whatever she herself had been through. She never spoke negatively about her kids, never burdened others with frustration. It was, JoLynn says, an incredible skill.
