Percy and Sam are resting on the raft after their charged time in the boat when Charlie arrives and invites them up for barbecue. Over lunch, Percy notices that Charlie is no longer carefree around Sam; he watches his brother closely and seems keyed up beneath his usual charm. When Percy jokingly asks Charlie about his latest girlfriend, the comment sparks a tense exchange between the brothers, and after Percy steps inside, she overhears Charlie accusing Sam of repeating old mistakes.

Charlie leaves abruptly after warning Percy not to be fooled by Sam’s polished exterior and inviting her to sit with him at Sue’s funeral, since Sam will have Taylor. Back on the deck, Sam admits he has not been sleeping, and the conversation leads them downstairs into the untouched basement family room that feels frozen in their teenage years. There Sam shows Percy a box of ninety-three horror DVDs he bought over the years for her and never watched, a private record of how long he carried her with him.

They decide to watch one together, but before the movie starts Sam addresses Taylor directly. He explains that although he and Taylor had been seeing each other for about two and a half years, they were broken up for part of that time, briefly got back together a month earlier, and he ended things again after dropping Percy at the motel the night before. Sam says he wants Percy to know he is being honest and that what happened between them earlier was not happening while he was still with Taylor. As they settle into their old places on the couch, Sam finally falls asleep during the movie, and Percy realizes how intimate even this quiet closeness feels.

The next morning Percy wakes with Sam still tangled against her and gently rouses him because Sue’s funeral is approaching. Sam confirms that Julien is handling the preparations at the Tavern, then drives Percy back to the motel in near silence. In the parking lot, Sam finally breaks down, admitting that he had been dreading this day and confessing a deeper fear: with his father dead young from a bad heart and Sue now gone before fifty, he is terrified that he may also die before he has truly lived. Percy does not try to talk him out of his grief; she stays with him, holds his hand, and lets him cry.

That closeness tips into desire when Sam kisses Percy’s palm, lifts her onto his lap, and they begin touching and kissing with years of buried longing behind every move. Both admit they have thought about and wanted each other for a long time, and the encounter becomes both consolation and release. But once the intensity subsides, the emotional truth underneath it surfaces: Sam tells Percy that he loved her, and Percy acknowledges that she broke his heart.