As Joe wearily entered his hotel room, he immediately sank down on the bed and began reading Sugar's letter for a third time.
He still couldn't believe it.
"Is that you, Joe?"
The bathroom door opened and Jerry emerged wearing a terrycloth robe; drying his hair with a towel.
"So how'd it go?" Jerry asked.
"Oh, well..."
"Did you see Sugar?"
"Uh huh." Joe said glumly.
Jerry smiled. "You know, I always liked her. She may be a little dim ,but boy can she sing! I mean, the way she moved when she played that ukulele on the train... WOW! It just... What's wrong?"
Joe looked down at the letter and then wordlessly handed it to Jerry.
"What's this?"
"It's from Sugar." Jerry said sadly.
Jerry began to read and suddenly lowered himself onto a nearby chair.
"Oh boy."
He finished the letter quickly, and then returned it to the envelope and looked at his friend.
"Gee, I'm sorry Joe. What happened?"
Joe sighed. "You were right. I shouldn't have told her the truth."
Jerry shrugged. "Well, actually I was wrong about that. I-I mean, I know we paraded around as Daphne and Josephine and I admit, I did fudge the truth with Osgood quite a bit. But Osgood and I... we had a relationship based on honesty!"
At Joe's incredulous look, Jerry shook his head and sighed.
"Oh who am I kidding? I didn't love Osgood. I didn't even really like him. I'm a boy! I led him on for months! No wonder he left me!"
At Jerry's ridiculous ranting, Joe suppressed a smile.
"No dame is ever going to treat me as well as Osgood did, you know? I guess I'm doomed to stay single forever."
"That makes two of us." Joe said.
"Look, I know you think that now, but we're in California! There are hundreds of girls in this state who would fall for you! Just like Sugar fell for you. Literally I might add." Jerry said, laughing at the irony.
"Yeah..." Joe sighed. "But I don't want anyone else. I want Sugar Kane."
"You really loved her didn't you?"
When Joe stood and walked out of the hotel room, Jerry smiled. He didn't need an answer. He already knew.