<P> Atop the Great Pyramid, looking out over the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, they confide about faith and family, revealing that Carter has long been feeling less in love with his wife and that Edward is deeply hurt by his estrangement from his only daughter, who disowned him after he drove away her abusive husband . In Hong Kong, Edward hires a prostitute for Carter, who has never been with any woman but his wife . Carter declines and realizing that he loves his wife, asks to return home . </P> <P> On the drive back, Carter reciprocates by trying to reunite Edward with his daughter . Believing it is a breach of trust, Edward angrily storms off . Carter returns home to his family while Edward stays home alone . However, the family reunion is short - lived: Carter suffers a seizure and is rushed to the hospital, the cancer having spread to his brain . </P> <P> Edward, who is now in remission, visits him and they share a few moments, wherein Carter reveals how Edward's Kopi Luwak coffee is grown in Sumatra and then fed to and defecated by a jungle cat before being harvested because of the special aroma of the gastric juices . Carter crosses off "laugh till I cry" from his bucket list and insists Edward finish the list without him . Carter goes into surgery and dies on the operating table . </P> <P> As news of Carter's death is given to his wife and family, Edward attempts to reconcile with his daughter . She accepts him back into her life and introduces him to the granddaughter he never knew he had . After greeting the little girl with a kiss on the cheek, Edward crosses "kiss the most beautiful girl in the world" off the list . Edward delivers a eulogy at the funeral, explaining that the last three months of Carter's life were the best three months of his life . He crosses off "help a complete stranger for the good" from the list . </P>

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