<P> Meanwhile, Luke injures himself again, causing him to be rushed to the hospital . As Sophia is leaving for New York, she gets a call and goes to see him . Luke is advised not to ride again but refuses to accept that his career is over . Following an argument, Luke and Sophia break up . In flashbacks, Ira and Ruth also break up because she can't see a life with him without children in their future . However, weeks later, Ruth returns and they confess their love for one another . One morning, now eighty years old, Ira wakes up to find Ruth has died in her sleep . He boxes up all of the paintings they collected together to sell them at an auction . One night, a woman knocks on his door claiming to be the wife of Daniel McDonald, the child they almost adopted when they were younger, to inform him that Daniel, who later became an astronomer in Britain, has died . She gives him a portrait of Ruth that Daniel had painted and the photograph Daniel had kept of Ira and Ruth (the one Luke found in his car the day of the crash) with a message on the back that reads: "Ruth Levinson, third grade teacher . She told me I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up". Daniel became a professor of astronomy in memory of his favorite teacher . </P> <P> Sophia continues her studies at Wake Forest and Luke continues to ride bulls . One day, they are both contacted by Ira's attorney, (Sophia receives a phone call while in class; Luke opens a letter after a difficult ride) to inform them that Ira has died and that there will be an auction held for the paintings . Luke wins his last ride and wins the championship bull cup, but feels disappointed because Sophia isn't there with him . He then decides to go to the auction, where he buys the first painting, Daniel's portrait of Ruth . Sophia and Luke talk, and he tells her he won't ride anymore because what he really wants is to be with her . While they kiss, an uproar breaks out in the auction room . Luke is informed that he is now the owner of all of Ira's paintings since Ira left a message in his will stating that whoever bought the portrait would get them all since it was the most important one to him, making Luke very wealthy in the process . </P> <P> One year later, Luke and Sophia, now married, have built a museum dedicated to Ira and Ruth and their paintings . Luke takes Sophia to the old college where Ira and Ruth used to spend their wedding anniversary . They sit under exactly the same tree and read Ira's letters together . </P> <Ul> <Li> Scott Eastwood as Luke Collins </Li> <Li> Britt Robertson as Sophia Collins (née Danko) </Li> <Li> Alan Alda as Ira Levinson </Li> <Li> Melissa Benoist as Marcia </Li> <Li> Jack Huston as Young Ira </Li> <Li> Oona Chaplin as Ruth </Li> <Li> Lolita Davidovich as Linda Collins </Li> <Li> Gloria Reuben as Adrienne Francis </Li> <Li> Barry Ratcliffe as the Auctioneer </Li> <Li> Peter Jurasik as Howie Sanders </Li> <Li> Brett Edwards as Jared Middleton </Li> <Li> Hunter Burke as David Stein </Li> <Li> Alina Lia as Brooke </Li> <Li> Rango the Bull as Himself </Li> </Ul>

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