I promise, she did get to live a mostly normal, happy life until she and Grace died of old age. It wasn't all sadness and gloom; most of her days, especially after she met Grace, were happy ones. They did get to live to be old ladies and even got legally married, so there's decades there.

It's just, the theme wanted me to keep mostly on point. I think I owe these guys at least a happy sequel at this point.