Joe intends to commit suicide, but Brandy appears and finally admits that she lied to him about his parents being dead because she had to protect him from them and their greed when she found out what horrible people they were. She reminds him that his parents didn't abandon him at the Grand Canyon but he ran away from them. Brandy invites Joe to come home with her, saying he "was home all along". Before Joe can come down from the ledge, he suffers a head injury in a freak accident when a policeman tries to prevent him from falling using a rope.