The narrator tells us that ten years have passed. He's now in love with a guy named Martin, who's only ten years older than him. Martin doesn't realize that he's in love only with another woman. The narrator explains that she's been living with Martin's parents for ten years now, and they've tried to get her to marry him, but she refuses. She's so miserable that she even tried to kill herself, but the bridge group managed to bring her back to life. Martin and the narrator have been married for nine years, and now they're divorced. Martin says that he still wants to marry her, but he knows that she won't accept him. He begs her to give him a chance, and she agrees.