Johnny and Clarissa stayed in the Myrtle Beach area, specifically Surfside Beach, with his parents through Christmas 2011, which was that coming Sunday. Between that first night of Hanukkah and Christmas, Clarissa was getting worse with each passing night. By the Christmas weekend, she was barely getting out of bed, and Johnny had to tell his parents that she caught the cold/flu. He spent much time next to her in his old room in his parent’s home. He really could only get Clarissa to eat soft foods and soups as her appetite was poor. She did manage to make it to the bathroom to fix herself up a bit for him, though. She did not want his last memories of her to be any more unattractive then they had already become in her opinion. Johnny told
