meanwhile, unity uses one of john's suits and pretends he is asking her to marry him. when he comes home heartbroken over losing stella, she tries to busy herself with work. as she hears aunt gladys' concerns about john's inability to be free to love stella while louise lives, unity realizes she and john can never be a couple. at her relatives' home, stella reconciles with them and comes to the realization that while there will be sadness and pain in the world, there are also joy and happiness that follows it. at aunt gladys' home, unity writes him a note which she thanks him for showing her kindness and says he should get together with stella. she secretly grabs a gun from a gun collection and settles the score by killing louise for the pain she inflicted on herself, stella and john. unity next kills herself, making the police think it was a revenge murder as her troubled history is well known even to them. aunt gladys convinces stella's wealthy relatives to give john another chance and not think badly about unity for she helped free him from his abusive wife. john is reunited with stella and they marry.