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Ben isn't present when Beth confronts Logan about the photo. |
Ben hears Beth tell Logan she doesn't want to see him and he goes to meet him and give him the book on chess strategy. |
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Ben tells his mother about the photo Logan gave him as a good luck charm. This makes Beth want to reconcile with Logan and she goes to his house. |
Logan helps Keith save Ben and after it is all over, Beth and Logan reconcile.
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Keith goes to Beth's place and wants her to kiss him and suggests that she will have to have sex with him in order to maintain custody of Ben. He tells her she has to dump Logan or he will take Ben away. Ben yells that he won't live with Keith and runs off. Keith tells her not to worry about it, but then they go to look for him at the tree house. |
He goes and begs for them to be a family again. She tells him no, and he tries to grab Ben. Ben flees out the back door and Keith chases after him to the tree house. |
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Beth breaks her foot running to try and save Ben. |
She doesn't.
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Drake was killed five days after the invasion in Iraq started. |
Drake was killed during a raid that Logan took part in. He recognized his nickname of "Aces" from a tattoo he saw in a picture and told Beth the story of how he died protecting another soldier. |