 The two lovers part for the last time without letting on that they know each other's secret, and Joan collapses after Dan is out of sight.They had agreed to meet again a month later, on New Year's Eve, at a bar in Agua Caliente, Mexico.At the appointed time and place, the dance floor is full, but the long bar is empty except for Skippy, standing solemnly at one end, and two bartenders at the other.