George：
Steve, why are you hiding in the dark? Why have you shut everything out?
Steve：
Because I'm terrified.
George：
Terrified of what, Steve?
A sudden crack of light cuts through the dark. A woman's silhouette—Lily—appears in the doorway.
Lily (Projection)：
It's not death he's scared of. It's the silence. He's terrified that he'll never be loved by anyone ever again.
George：
How can you be so sure? Who are you to him?
Lily (Projection)：
Because I've lived in that loneliness with him.
Lily：
We were everything to each other. When I got the diagnosis, I left so he wouldn't have to watch me die. He thinks I'm a ghost. I actually survived, but by then, he'd already moved on with a new family. I didn't want to ruin that for him.
Steve：
Lily? Is that... is that really you?
George feels it clearly now. The betrayal of his current family isn't the end of the story. There is a deep, unfinished love waiting for him. Lily is the reason Steve needs to keep breathing.