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At Bart’s funeral, attended by friends and family—including his girlfriend Janet and best friend Joey—mourners grapple with their grief. Janet is particularly tormented by the thought that Bart went to war to escape their relationship, having never said the words "I love you." But Joey reassures her that Bart deeply loved her, even enlisting his help to choose a ring. This revelation sends Janet into emotional turmoil, and she flees to cry alone, unknowingly setting off a chain reaction that will ripple through the rest of the narrative.