Alex卻最終爽約。 Kate終于意識到自己早已遠離現實，她一直在守候那觸摸不到的真情。她決定離開，告訴Alex不要再給她寫信，最后留下那句深情割舍不斷的“請讓我放開你的手”……

Kate：You weren't there. You didn't come.

Alex：I don't understand. Something must have happened. I'm sorry. I've got two years, Kate. We can try again.

Kate：No, Alex, it's too Iate. It already happened. It didn't work.

Alex：Don't give up on me, Kate. What about Persuasion? You told me. They wait. They meet again, they have another chance.

Kate：Life is not a book, Alex. And it can be over in a second. I was having lunch with my mother at Daley Plaza...and a man was killed right in front of me. He died in my arms. And I thought "It can't end just like that on Valentine's Day." I thought about all the people who love him, waiting at home...who will never see him again. And then I thought "What if there is no one?" What if you live your whole life and no one is waiting? So I drove to the lake house looking for any kind of answer. And I found you. And I let myself get lost. Lost in this beautiful fantasy where time stood still. But it's not real, Alex. I have to learn to live the life that I have got. Please don't write anymore. Don't try to find me. Let me let you go.

注釋：

1. give up：放棄

2. think about：v. 考慮，回想

3. what if：如果...將會怎么樣。例：What if it is true?如果這是真的又該如何呢？

4. get lost：迷路

5. fantasy：n. 白日夢，幻想