Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story incoherent / implausible by indicating 1 or 2 in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes less sense.

Beginning: Steve was out with his wife for dinner on his birthday. Middle 1: When they arrived, his friends walked out. Middle 2: when they arrived, his friends were there. Ending: His wife admitted that she had told them about his birthday.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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1