<P> Desperate for help, Kathy seeks out Lester and seduces him into abandoning his wife and children and becoming her protector . Using a pseudonym, Lester confronts Massoud and threatens to have him deported if he refuses to sell the house back to the county . Massoud reports this to the police and identifies Lester from a photo, resulting in a reprimand by internal affairs, and gives Kathy a furious warning to back off and leave him and his family alone . Now aware that Lester is in trouble, Kathy calls her brother Frank, but cannot bring herself to admit that she is homeless, and he is unable to help her . </P> <P> Despondent, Kathy first considers driving to the house and burning it, but after becoming drunk attempts suicide in the driveway with Lester's sidearm instead . Massoud finds her in her car drunkenly unable to discharge the gun, and brings her inside . Kathy again tries to kill herself with pills, but Nadereh saves her by inducing her to vomit . As she and her husband carry Kathy to the bedroom, Lester breaks into the house, retrieves his sidearm, sees Kathy unconscious, and locks the Behranis in their own bathroom, refusing to let them out until Massoud agrees to relinquish the house . Massoud eventually offers to sell the house back to the county for the price he paid and will give Kathy the money in exchange for her putting the house in his name . Lester agrees to take Massoud and Esmail to the county office to finalize the transaction, and Kathy reluctantly goes along with the plan . </P> <P> Outside the office, Lester begins to manhandle Massoud and Esmail seizes Lester's gun and aims it at him . Massoud grabs hold of Lester and screams for help, drawing the attention of nearby police officers who misinterpret the situation and shoot Esmail instead of Lester . Massoud is arrested but is released after Lester confesses and is incarcerated . </P> <P> Massoud rushes to the hospital and while he is there he prays, begging God to save his son and vowing to make whatever changes he needs to in his life . But he finds his son did not survive . Distraught and grief - stricken, Massoud goes home and, believing they have nothing left to live for, kills Nadereh by lacing her tea with pills . He then dons his old military uniform, tapes a plastic dust cover over his head, and asphyxiates himself while clutching his wife's hand . Kathy eventually discovers the couple and frantically attempts to resuscitate Massoud but she is too late . As the bodies of Massoud and Nadereh are taken away by paramedics, a policeman asks Kathy if the house is hers . After a long pause, she quietly replies, "No, it's not my house ." </P>

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