Milt looks into Doreen's tear-ridden eyes, "Eddie told me not to tell you, but as good of friends as we've been through the years, I just can't support that sort of thing. He wants you to just assume what you will, that he is missing in action. I told him he should come home to you, that it was terrible to cut out on you like that, but he said he wanted to live his life with this other woman. He said he didn't want to hurt you, and that it would be better if you marry me, your high school sweetheart. I told him I wouldn't tell you about the other woman, but I feel you have the right to know."