After her conversation with Julia, Alice returns to her apartment and tells her roommate, Carrie, everything. Alice feels Julia was trying to hurt her with the secret, claiming Julia doesn’t approve of how Alice lives her life. Carrie tells Alice that when Julia told Alice her father died, Alice sealed herself off from ever opening up to anyone who wasn’t already in her life. Carrie encourages Alice to use this opportunity to open up her heart to new people and experiences. Alice and Carrie stay up until the morning researching William. The next day, another friend, Rhoan, comes over to help with the research. Alice’s friends encourage her to go to Chicago, and when Alice protests that her father didn’t want her, Carrie points out that it has been a long time and he might have changed. Alice struggles with the decision because although she wants answers, she knows that traveling to Chicago will change the safe life she has constructed for herself.

William watches Sylvie slowly lose weight and strength. In her final days, she tells William she feels like everything that has ever happened to her is there with her. That night, before they go to bed, Sylvie tells William she is proud of herself for living a brave life.