Rich are Different Part VII

Steve and Emily have gone to Paris, for Steve to work in the bank there. They have had a second daughter, Lorraine, but Steve by then was realising that his marriage was a mistake. He was fond of his wife, but her perfection began to irritate him and he hated himself for getting fed up with her. He has always been a heavy drinker and he begins to realise that staying with his wife would drive him to drinking even more. He goes to London, and tells Dinah that he still cares for her. He moves to a job in the London branch of the bank. Emily accepts that the marriage is over, and returns to New York, with her children. Steve contacts sees Dinah who has been very lonely, alone with her 3 children. He tells her that he is finished with Emily and that he wants to marry her... so they make plans. Emily makes no trouble about a divorce, as she is a good kindly woman. However, Steve's 2 sons are angry and upset at their father's leaving Emily, whom they love. Emily, who adores children, agrees to keep them with her. Steve feels that it would only upset the boys for him to insist on them living with him and Dinah. So he leaves the boys with his ex wife. Steve and Dinah get married. Cornelius gives his partner a strong hint that he could ruin Steve's career by revealing how Steve covered up the deaths of Paul's murderers. Dinah suggests to her husband that he could get away from Cornelius by setting up a bank on his own. She is willing to fund him by selling her make up business. He is delighted at first and says that he will take her into the bank as a partner, but that she will have to wait a while, as it's not easy for him to put a woman into that role. Dinah is having another baby, so she is happy to stay home for a while and the new bank opens. Steve is still drinking a lot and the bank does not do as well as they had hoped. Within a couple of years, he has lost a lot of clients. Dinah is worrying about his drinking. She finally tells him that she loves him but if he doesn't stop, it is going to kill him and she walks out. Steve goes back to her and says he will go into a clinic, and that he wants to save their marriage. While he is in the clinic, Sam Keller, Cornelius' right hand man, comes to London. Suddenly, a picture appears in the paper of Steve outside the clinic. He gets drunk and drives off to confront Sam, and crashes his car. Dinah has closed down the bank and paid off her debts, and now she is called to Steve's bedside. He is dying, and tells her he has always loved her and that he was a fool to throw away all their happiness. He dies, and Dinah is kept busy with looking after her children and preparing for the war. Antony, Steve's second son, comes to stay, and tells Dinah that he's not happy in America and would like to live with her in England.