The fundraising is successful and the sanctuary stays afloat. Kate begins a fundraising campaign by asking for help from her friends and ex-husband, and also sells her jewelry and other things. On New Year's Eve, Kate calls Jonathan, and he relays that the sanctuary cannot continue operating much longer due to the cut in funding. She convinces her son to continue in college, but to study music. Kate finally returns to New York, where she takes a job as a vet.

She retorts that the board will cut funding for the sanctuary. Leslie asks Derek to go away with her, but he refuses and breaks up with her. Leslie is angered when she discovers a portrait of Kate that Derek drew.

Luke comes to the sanctuary for Christmas and confesses he is unhappy in his business course he wants to be a musician. But Kate is upset when she receives divorce papers from Drew at the Sanctuary. Her relationship with Derek deepens as they talk about their previous lives. Kate extends her stay, even celebrating the Christmas season at the sanctuary. Kate forms a special bond with the elephant she and Derek found, and Derek's friend Jonathan suggests the name “Manu”, which means “second son”. Kate is intrigued by the elephant and when the rescue team arrives, Kate (who years earlier had trained as a veterinarian, but no longer practices) offers her services.Īt the sanctuary, Kate meets Derek's South African girlfriend, Leslie, who is part of the foundation that funds the sanctuary. They discover a traumatized baby elephant whose mother has been killed by poachers. During the flight, Derek unexpectedly lands the plane in the wild. The next day, Kate arrives for a chartered flight to her next resort, only to find Derek is the pilot. Kate irritably confesses her situation and then leaves in a huff. At dinner that evening, a man at the bar, Derek, notices her and strikes up a conversation with her. Drew confesses that he is no longer in love with her and was waiting for their son to go to college before ending the marriage. After their son Luke leaves for college, Kate Conrad surprises her husband Drew with a second honeymoon to Zambia.

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