Yours Truly

On the day of Jeremiah and Amy’s wedding, Jacob’s family gathers at a hotel for the ceremony. Briana is amused to see Benny arrive as Jacob’s sister Jane’s date. Jacob and Briana annoy Jewel and Gwen with their constant public displays of affection.

Briana and Jacob stay at the wedding reception until it ends and then kiss on the elevator ride to their room. They are so focused on each other that they don’t notice when the elevator stops to allow more people on. When Briana turns, she comes face-to-face with Nick and Kelly. They are wearing wedding rings, and Kelly is obviously pregnant. Briana feels ill.

Briana is silent on the ride back to Jacob’s. When they arrive, she announces that she’s moving home. When Jacob protests, Briana tells him how she learned Nick was cheating on her and that she miscarried shortly after he left. Jacob tries to convince her that he won’t do those things to her, but Briana insists she needs to be alone.

Briana realized when she saw Kelly that she, too, is pregnant. She tells her mother that she took several tests as soon as she got home. Briana refuses to entertain the idea of marrying ever again, insisting that men all leave. Rosa tells her that some men leave, but not all. She talks about her second marriage and how happy it is. Although Briana knows Jacob is different, she can’t believe he won’t leave, so she feels that she needs to leave him first.

After a few days, Briana agrees to see Jacob. She tells him she’s pregnant but says that she can’t be in a relationship with him because she won’t be able to handle it if he ever leaves her. Jacob visits his mother and tells her everything that’s happening with Briana. Joy advises Jacob to continue showing up for Briana and encourage her to talk to a therapist.

Alexis arrives at the hospital to be with Briana during Jacob’s and Benny’s surgeries. Briana goes to see Jacob, and he gives her his journal, asking her to read the marked passages. During the surgery, Briana sits in the chapel and reads Jacob’s journal, starting on the day they met. She reads his impressions of her and the emotions he felt, all the things he could never directly tell her. At the end of the journal, Jacob has written a letter to her, promising to “be harmless” to her. Briana decides to be brave.

Briana is with Jacob when he wakes up after surgery. She tells him she wants to move back in with him, and he suggests they get a house together that will be in both their names. Jacob promises to help Briana with trust the same way she helped him with his anxiety.

Two years later, Briana and Jacob prepare to get married at his cabin. Briana has attended counseling, and Jacob has become a stay-at-home dad to their daughter, Ava. Benny’s transplant went well, and he’s back at work and dating Jane. Jacob and Briana write their own vows in which they simply promise to “be harmless” to each other.