Deb struggles with the burden of keeping the pills that Billy acquired for his potential assisted death. Later, they attend Josie’s performance in a musical, and Billy enjoys the show. While Billy rests afterward, April visits and asks about her parents’ early marriage. Deb confesses that their early years were incredibly difficult. She realizes that she did her children a disservice by hiding their marital flaws.

While looking for a real-estate agent’s card to begin selling their home and move to the Greenwood Hills assisted-living community, Deb discovers old letters from Billy’s college girlfriend, Patsy. The letters reveal that Patsy asked Billy to leave Deb when Deb was pregnant with April, but Billy firmly chose his wife and never looked back. Moved by this profound testament to his love, Deb flushes the pills down the toilet, deciding to fully embrace whatever time they have left together.

Leo and April formally authorize the demolition of their fire-damaged house, choosing to sell the empty lot. Days later, April brings Leo a newly published novel titled Identity, written by their former student Jonathan and dedicated to them. They watch the demolition crew destroy the remains of their home and then retreat to a bookstore to read the novel aloud together.