Joel's grandmother kept teasing them about the kind of love he had with Mercy she told him he was going to find someone who would live and here he was in life with someone of his age group and also wanted to know that he should not bear the wounds he suffered from Ruby else he would not just be hurting him but he would be hurting his wife and might not even be able to start up a family.
He needed to clear out what he was feeling inside of him.
It was a relief to know that Carin and Nelly were not part of the evil plans of Ella and her auntie everything was a mess when Ella was around because everyone just wanted to be free it's like they were walking on eggshells.