A man in an expensive Italian suit sidled up beside her. He was tall and obviously fit, with blond hair that had been carefully cut and styled. Banker, probably, or corporate lawyer. Too young for her, of course. He couldn't be much past thirty-five. How long was he there, trolling for a date, looking for the best-looking woman in the room? One drink, two? As her final act, Kate leaves Tully a note asking her to take care of Johnny and the kids, and to tell them stories of their friendship. "I know you'll be thinking that I left you, but it's not true. All you have to do is remember Firefly Lane, and you'll find me. There will always be a TullyandKate," she writes. As the years go by, Kate's insecurities about Johnny's true affections continue to haunt her. At a party, Tully and Johnny (who works as her producer) even have a conversation about whether Johnny ever "got over her." Johnny never gives Tully a concrete answer—instead, they slow dance together and Kate runs off, jealous once again. Afterwards, Johnny reaffirms his love for Kate. "She vowed to herself she wouldn't let her insecurities run rampant again, wouldn't forget his love," she thinks. When she opened her eyes again, she stared, bleary-eyed, at the pile of mail on her coffee table. Junk mail, mostly; catalogs and magazines she didn't bother to read anymore. She started to look away, but a picture snagged her attention.

Speaking to OprahMag.com, star Ben Lawson gives his take on his character's (somewhat intrusive) role in Tully and Kate's friendship. "He gets swept up into the orbit of Kate and Tully and this whirlwind that comes into his life," Lawson says. "Like all of the men and women who meet Tully, he's drawn to her. She's cool, magnetic, sexy, fun and smart. Then he starts to develop feelings for her and is completely blind to Kate. Over time, though, he realizes Kate is the person he wants to have a relationship with. Tully and Johnny together would be a disaster." Still, Lawson says that when you factor in decades of friendship, "there's a lot of layers by the end of it." Kate and Tully get into a major fight, which the series finale only hints at . Tully’s mother, Cloud, a child of the Sixties, has lived a world of her own dependent on drugs for most of her adult life. She now wants to prove that she can help her daughter. But what will it take for Tully to forgive? Currently, it's unclear whether the series will use the same incident as the basis for Tully and Kate's long-lasting fight. Speaking to OprahMag.com, Katherine Heigl gave her take on the pivotal moment from the book. "Tully was trying to help but in a really thoughtless way that was all about Tully. She doesn't realize that she's publicly humiliating her friend on live television, and at the same time, taking the 14-year-old's side. That would be enough to put a serious rift in the friendship," Heigl says. Unlike the Netflix series, the book end's with Kate dying of cancer.

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Fly Away” is a novel by Kristin Hannah, published in 2013. It is a sequel to her earlier novel, “Firefly Lane,” and continues the story of the lifelong friendship between Kate Mularkey and Tully Hart. She was sitting in a restroom stall, slumped over, with tears drying on her cheeks. How long had she been here? She got slowly to her feet and left the bathroom, pushing her way through the theater's crowded lobby, ignoring the judgmental looks cast her way by the beautiful people drinking champagne beneath a glittering nineteenth century chandelier. The movie must be over.

Fly Away” is a powerful and emotional story about love, loss, and the enduring bonds of friendship. It explores themes of grief, addiction, and forgiveness and shows how even the strongest relationships can be tested by tragedy. Fly Away Book Review A single, tragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another--and maybe a miracle--to transform their lives. Towards the end of the book, Tully has a dream about Kate, in which Kate tells her that she loves her and that she forgives her. Tully wakes up with a sense of peace and closure, and she finally accepts that she can never replace Kate in her life but that she can honor her memory by being a better friend and a better person. But there are enough similarities between both Firefly Lanes that prove Hannah's book is the spine of the show—and therefore, some of the book's darkest twists have yet to occur. “I put my characters through really terrible things. In doing that, they find out who they really are,” Hannah told The University of Washington Magazineof said twists.For Kate, the moment is nothing short of a betrayal. "The full impact of what was happening hit Kate. They were calling her a bad mother, on national television, with her family right here," she thinks. She wrenches Marah off the stage. Johnny, who works for Tully, quits immediately. With that, Kate and Tully's 30-year friendship comes to a close—until their reconciliation at the book's end. Fly Away” by Kristin Hannah is a novel about the enduring power of friendship, love, and forgiveness. It is a sequel to the novel “Firefly Lane” and continues the story of the lifelong friendship between Kate Mularkey and Tully Hart. Fly Away Book Summary She frowned and leaned forward, pushing the mail aside to reveal a Star magazine that lay beneath the pile. There was a small photograph of her face in the upper right corner. Not a good picture, either. Not one to be proud of. Beneath it was written a single, terrible word. After eons of pining, Kate decides to end her crush on Johnny once and for all. "Kate knew how Johnny felt about Tully, how he'd always felt. He wanted a woman with passion and fire; losing Tully wouldn't make him turn to Kate. And maybe it was time for drastic measures, finally. Kate's hope had endured so much, but this—him sleeping with Tully—would be the end of it," she thinks. Sequel to Firefly Lane, now a major Netflix series, Kristin Hannah's Fly Away is the story of three women who have lost their way and need each other – plus a miracle – to transform their lives . . .