Ed is the one who kills Wellington, he tells Christopher that his mother, Judy, died of a heart attack and hides all the letters from him. his mother for two years. Because of his actions, the reader is left to believe that Ed is a very sketchy character and that he should not be trusted with what he says. He is consistent with his lies, even though the lies eventually come to light, but he is an inaccurate character because the audience and Christopher thought he was telling the truth and that was not the case. Ed tries to console Christopher after all the lies are exposed and he quotes, “I'm sorry, Christopher. I promise you, I never wanted it to happen like this” (122). He admits that the reason he killed Wellington was because he had an intense argument with Mrs. Shears over the fact that she cared more about her dog than Ed and Christopher, and as a result, Ed vented his anger on the dog. However, he knew that Christopher loved Wellington, so he never told him that he was the one who killed him because he didn't want to hurt Christopher. He also says that he told Christopher that Judy died because Ed didn't know how to handle it himself, so he thought if he couldn't handle it, how would Christopher. That's why he didn't let Christopher know that his mother had abandoned him. Given the situation, Ed's lies are to some extent reasonable, but not excusable and Christopher knows it. Ed is a character who cannot always be trusted, he is too imprecise during