I love that she's still wearing really high heels because he's not the kind of insecure guy to care that she's towering over him and she's not the kind of woman to compromise for a guy's sensibilities. Never been happier for two people I don't know.
This part is just so heartbreaking:
“For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”