Jimmy and Nina celebrate their wedding at Blakely Farm with a registry office ceremony followed by a larger service in a decorated barn. Beth feels the day as a communal turning point after so much family pain, but beneath the festivities she is consumed by one private concern: finding a chance to speak to Gabriel. Gabriel and Leo were invited late because Leo befriended Nina while helping prepare the farm, and Beth is immediately unsettled when Gabriel comes to greet her and openly admires her.

Frank, who notices the exchange, stays guarded and soon turns Beth’s attention to the speeches. In his best man’s speech, Frank praises Nina for standing by Jimmy through hard times and says she is not only Jimmy’s soulmate but someone the whole family depends on. The speech underlines how much the wedding means to Frank, who sees it as a sign of recovery for the family.

During the dancing, Jimmy and Nina choose an Elvis song for their first dance in honor of Bobby, and Nina pulls Beth and Frank onto the floor with them. Beth cries because the moment stirs memories of Bobby, but Frank assumes her emotion is about Gabriel and says inviting him may have been a mistake. Beth denies that, yet the strain between Beth and Frank remains visible beneath their outward appearance of closeness.

As the celebration continues, Beth dances with guests, watches Nina charm the crowd, and dances with Leo, whose energy painfully reminds her of Bobby. Across the marquee, Beth and Gabriel keep track of each other until Gabriel silently signals for her to follow him outside. Beth slips away to the elm trees, where Gabriel says he has something he must finally tell her.

Gabriel tells Beth that she was wrong to believe he slept with Louisa while they were together. He admits Louisa stayed in his room, but insists nothing happened, and explains that when Louisa spoke of his doubts, he had meant doubts about Oxford because he was considering leaving to write full time. Gabriel says pride and anger stopped him from correcting Beth’s belief after she accepted his mother’s version of events, and Beth realizes how stubbornness, hurt, and his mother’s interference destroyed their chance together.

Once the truth is spoken, neither Beth nor Gabriel can deny that their feelings have survived the years. When Gabriel asks what they are going to do, Beth answers by kissing him. Their long-delayed kiss becomes an overwhelming release of the love and desire they have suppressed, while the wedding party continues behind them.