Fictional Moral Dilemma

I have a moral dilemma my dear readers. (A fictional one that is) The fictional story that I am currently working on (obsessed with) has hit a bit of a snag. As any good writer, I like to think ahead, and although the characters have not yet lead me to a ending, I have some subplot problems to deal with first. First of all the story kind of surrounds the main character, Alice’s brothers death, although I like to consider this a story about love and friendship centered around the last childhood summer and beloved beach house, I needed something to carry the story. The big problem is the main antagonist, Jacob. Although (I’m using that word a lot today) I think the real antagonist is the past, Alice’s brother’s death, Alice and Jacob’s past, as well as the future, where are they going to go from here, what happens next kind of thing. Which may or may not make sense, I’m really not sure yet. The point, my oh-so-lifeless friends [You get it? Because if you’re reading this blog you must have absolutely no life, because there is no way that this is at all interesting to any of you] is simple in my mind Alice isn’t the only one dealing with loss. Jacob himself has a sick mother at home (cancer) who dies just after graduation. The point is to make Jacob a victim so when the truth comes out about some of his. . . lets just call them flaws, we don’t leave the people thinking he’s a complete ass. You see my point of all this is to show everyone’s flaws as simply that, flaws, not something that completely overtakes their personality. Actually that’s a lie, I have no idea what the point of this story is.

I DIGRESS!

The question at hand lovely blog readers is this: Should Jacob (ex-boyfriend of Alice, wannabe player) have a mother dying of cancer, and should she die after graduation?