The Last Song

During dinner, Steve and Jonah look at an old family photograph. Steve recalls his childhood: his stoic father, his reserved mother, and discovering his passion for piano at a local church. Later, on a walk, Jonah asks Steve if he misses his own father.

The question triggers a painful memory of visiting his dying father six years earlier. His father had rebuffed his declaration of love, calling it weak. Steve later lied to Kim, claiming that his father had returned the sentiment. He also recalls a marriage-counseling session where he struggled to express his feelings.

Back in the present, Steve waits anxiously for Ronnie to return home. Worried, he sits at his piano but feels too emotionally empty to play.

Ronnie is at a bonfire at Bower’s Point, where she rejects an advance from Marcus. He retaliates by implying to his friends that she initiated it. Ronnie is shaken by the encounter but stays late, surrounded by Marcus’s group until she finally leaves for home. When she arrives home at two o’clock in the morning, Steve, instead of lecturing her, simply offers her food.

The next morning, Steve plays classical pieces that Ronnie once performed at Carnegie Hall. Angered by the music, Ronnie yells that she hates