After prayers at the hospital, a doctor confirms Ian's surgery succeeded; he had held a paper crane and showed a strong will to live. Ian says he beat the illness and has come to find Alice as promised. Alice recalls learning from her strict grandmother, finally understanding and mourning after Grandma dies. Days later a knock at the empty house raises hopes it might be Ian, but the visitor is confronted and branded the mistress Dad married. The episode closes on that tense doorstep confrontation, with Ian’s presence and the visitor’s purpose unresolved.