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Steve doesn't trust any of this. He's seen a movie like this once, he knows stuff. And everything Sam is telling him? Well, it sounds like a plot to capture him and to do God knows what. No, he can't trust this. Any of it.
Sam is trying to negotiate with him, trying to convince him to come with him. Like Steve is a fool!
He pretends to be sick and ditches the car. He knows where he needs to go. He needs to see Bernice. She'll know what to do, she'll tell him the truth.
When he gets there it's… it's devastating. It's not Bernice who greets him, but her daughter Sharon. Sam had been telling the truth… all those years, they did pass. Steve’s heart breaks. Bernice is married now. Even though she still cares about him, she is married.
Not much later, the worst happens. There was an evil plot but not the one Steve initially believed. Bernice dies and her husband nearly does. Steve curses himself.
He teams up with Sharon, which takes quite a bit of negotiation since Steve isn't sure if she should join but she's as persistent as her mother so she wins. They go to Italy. They will sort this out.
They save the president. Sharon asks him to stay, Steve isn't sure if he can. He doesn't want people to know him.
So they come up with a brilliant plan (with the president). The president provides Steve a job, protecting him where the secret service can't and doing missions where sending in a regular man won't do the trick. His identity is protected, he has a job, and he has a place to stay thanks to Sharon.
There's a spark between them and definitely a lot of kissing. Steve thinks Bernice wouldn't mind, as long as he and Sharon are both happy. That's what her husband says, too.
Steve never could have imagined this was what would happen when he agreed to the experiment but he's glad that he can do something. He's glad doctor Vaselli believed in him. He's glad he could prove all the doubters wrong. He's also glad he can have his own life, too, alongside fighting for what's right. That's all he ever wanted.
He hopes his mother is proud, even if she can't tell him that anymore.