In the Sterling family's living room, Joy Dalton was still crying, her face streaked with tears as she shouted hoarsely, "It's all my fault! I've failed my sister, and I've failed Aurora. I don't have the face to go on living! All these years, I've been living with guilt, but I couldn't help it. I truly love Timothy..." Joy Dalton cried until her body went limp, and she collapsed onto the floor. "I'll go die right now! I'll go and atone to my sister!"
As she spoke, Joy Dalton's hand shot out toward the fruit fork in the fruit bowl on the coffee table. She grabbed it and was about to stab herself in the neck.
Seeing this, Timothy Sterling rushed forward, grabbed Joy Dalton in a hug, and snatched the fruit fork from her hand, throwing it to the floor. "Joy, what are you doing!"
Sharon Dalton also screamed and lunged forward, hugging Joy Dalton and crying, "Mom! Don't do this! Are you abandoning me? What did you do wrong? You just did it for love! You're not wrong at all!"
