On the morning of her wedding, Saint sits at the piano in her robe while autumn wind strips leaves outside. Norma hears the tune and calls it sad, but Saint insists it is for lovers and dreamers, revealing how she is trying to frame the day as hopeful even as she feels its sorrow.

As Saint plays, she looks at Patch's painting of the white house and remembers his delicate way of painting and the voice message he left the night before. Patch talked about a gold rush and a summer in Colorado's Kingdom, and the call affects Saint so deeply that she wakes Norma and makes her promise to keep the recordings after Saint moves out.

Saint and Norma then share breakfast for the last time in the old house. Saint is preparing to move into the small house on Alexander Avenue, given by Jimmy's mother before Jimmy's parents leave Monta Clare for retirement in Florida. Jimmy has promised that he and Saint will remake the house together, but to Saint the place already carries loud reminders of the life that came before.

Saint dresses in a simple ivory gown and comes downstairs ready for the church, where the town will watch the rookie cop marry the rookie veterinarian. She chooses not to wear her usual French braid, and because Jimmy refused the expense of buying a car, Saint and Norma walk slowly to the church. At the crossroads and along the familiar path, Saint is overcome with emotion.

Outside the church, Norma gently asks whether Saint's tears are happy tears, wipes Saint's face, and cleans the mud from Saint's shoes. Kneeling before her granddaughter, Norma offers the reassurance Saint seems to need most before the ceremony: Jimmy will be kind to her.