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“You were a stubborn old man, you know that? But god, I…I loved you,” Ellie whispers. “I loved you so much, and I… I never even got to tell you, Joel. You fucking died before I could tell you that we were gonna be okay. You should have been there when JJ was born, it should have been you walking me down that aisle when I got married. You should have been there, for all of it.”
Ellie presses her palms into her eyes, biting back a sob as she shakes. “This is so stupid, but do you remember that cassette you gave me? The one where you play “Future Days”, so I could learn the chord progression? I played that fucking thing on my wedding night. I was so nervous, but I played that song before I went down the aisle, and it was…” Ellie sniffles, a fresh wave of tears wetting her cheeks as she recalls her wedding night.
“It was like you were there with me. Listening to your voice, it was like you had never left. I know this is crazy, but… I felt like you were right there beside me, telling me it was okay.”
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Ellie goes back to Jackson in search of the life she left behind and gets something even better: the happy ending she always wanted with her family.