 Rex is pulled out of the water, barely alive, and returned to the Spanish dock, where Stella and the police are waiting.As Rex dies, Stella still continues the ruse, stating to the police that he is Jim Jerome, an Australian man she barely knew, but she does have time to inform Rex that Stephen had become only a paint salesman who was not onto their scam, leading Rex to the realisation before he dies that all his machinations leading to his death were completely unnecessary.