After the alleged rape, Jason shot Franco and he was presumed dead.
He underwent a procedure to remove the tumor and was legally deemed not responsible for his past crimes.
However, he quickly realized that Nina was unstable and soon after the two were caught by police.

Franco and Elizabeth commiserated about being the “town pariahs and their friendship eventually bloomed into romance.
The two were able to help each other through traumas of their past and eventually married.
Unfortunately, in 2021 it was revealed that his tumor had reappeared and was seemingly inoperable.

