Alex却最终爽约。 Kate终于意识到自己早已远离现实，她一直在守候那触摸不到的真情。她决定离开，告诉Alex不要再给她写信，最后留下那句深情割舍不断的“请让我放开你的手”……

Kate：You weren't there. You didn't come.

Alex：I don't understand. Something must have happened. I'm sorry. I've got two years, Kate. We can try again.

Kate：No, Alex, it's too Iate. It already happened. It didn't work.

Alex：Don't give up on me, Kate. What about Persuasion? You told me. They wait. They meet again, they have another chance.

Kate：Life is not a book, Alex. And it can be over in a second. I was having lunch with my mother at Daley Plaza...and a man was killed right in front of me. He died in my arms. And I thought "It can't end just like that on Valentine's Day." I thought about all the people who love him, waiting at home...who will never see him again. And then I thought "What if there is no one?" What if you live your whole life and no one is waiting? So I drove to the lake house looking for any kind of answer. And I found you. And I let myself get lost. Lost in this beautiful fantasy where time stood still. But it's not real, Alex. I have to learn to live the life that I have got. Please don't write anymore. Don't try to find me. Let me let you go.

注释：

1. give up：放弃

2. think about：v. 考虑，回想

3. what if：如果...将会怎么样。例：What if it is true?如果这是真的又该如何呢？

4. get lost：迷路

5. fantasy：n. 白日梦，幻想