Joanna is not a particularly self-centered person, and she really cares about James's feelings. Add to that her father, Robert, owes Sean a large sum of money—this emotional debt makes Joanna somewhat uncertain in handling her relationship with James.
Joanna also knows that Sean is a busy man, and each year he can only spend a short time with her, which seems to be getting even shorter, so she especially treasures the time they have together.
However, things do not always go as one wishes; Sean had to leave New York after staying for less than half a month because of urgent matters.
Heilemann made one phone call, which Sean ignored, but what surprised Sean was that soon after, Heilemann came to visit him personally.
This time, Heilemann's attitude was very sincere, showing none of his former arrogance.
Unfortunately, Sean was not swayed by his performance.