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Shattered Glass 2
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00:00Jonathan Asher?
00:09I knew it was you.
00:12Congratulations to the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Jonathan Asher.
00:17Well, thank you, but the award hasn't been signed quite yet. I'm still just a nominee.
00:21Darling, nobody's more deserving of the award than you.
00:28Oh my God.
00:30Dad, did you propose already?
00:36Congratulations, Mr. Asher. I see you wasted no time.
00:40I'm overjoyed to be marrying Jonathan, but spending a million dollars on a ring is a little over the top.
00:46Don't you think?
00:49In my humble opinion, only a woman as beautiful as Lillianne is worthy of an author as talented as you, Jonathan.
00:57You two really make a beautiful couple.
01:00By the way, I heard you separated from Roy Publishing.
01:03Maybe in the future we could work together?
01:05You can speak to me about any future book deals.
01:08I'm also Jonathan's agent.
01:11Dad, we've invited all of our friends in the media.
01:17Tomorrow's front pages will be plastered with your breaking news.
01:21Today you will bring Roy Publishing House to its knees.
01:24During my acceptance speech, I am going to announce the scandalous affair of Anne and Henry, and I'm going to knock those two bastards right off their high horse.
01:37Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
01:45Thank you for attending our prestigious awards ceremony.
01:49Now, for tonight's main event, please join me in welcoming this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature,
01:59the author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Burning Bush, Mr. Jonathan Asher.
02:07Please, come to the podium.
02:09Excuse me!
02:13Jonathan Asher is a fraud.
02:17Thank you very much, baby.
02:18Thank you so much.
02:28Excuse me.
02:33Jonathan Asher is a fraud.
02:44Who is this woman?
02:45What kind of person causes a scene as such a prestigious event?
02:48Oh, my God. I know her.
02:51That's Jonathan's ex-wife.
02:56Mom?
02:57What are you doing here?
02:58This is the Nobel Prize award ceremony.
03:01I'm warning you.
03:02Don't start me thinking.
03:04Naturally, I'm here at this award ceremony in my role as chairwoman of Roy Publishing.
03:12I know what she's doing.
03:13Jonathan, she got all dressed up so she could barge in here to this event and beg for me to take her back.
03:23In all honesty, a spatula and an apron better suits you.
03:27And if she thinks she can compete with a stunner like you, she's sorely mistaken.
03:38Babe, you are too sweet.
03:41What?
03:44Oh, in case you haven't heard, your husband...
03:49Oh, no.
03:50Your ex-husband has already proposed to me.
03:53Just days ago, you were begging to grow old with me and now you've already proposed to another woman?
04:00Talk about jumping the gun.
04:03Now that I'm free of you, you filthy gold digger, I've decided to move on with my life.
04:09Start a new one.
04:10On our first day officially together, he gave me this million dollar pen in a ring.
04:18What did you get?
04:20After 25 years?
04:22A plastic hotel pen.
04:23Go ahead and laugh.
04:24Once I take back everything that belongs to me, you won't be laughing anymore.
04:34Hey, you have nothing that belongs to you anymore.
04:39Your husband, your child, the home that you put your whole life and soul into, it's all mine.
04:48Everything that belongs to you?
04:52Oh, come on in. Good luck with that.
04:55We don't owe you anything.
04:58Dad is a Nobel Prize laureate now.
05:02Bet you're having some regrets, Mom.
05:04But it's too late.
05:06Even without you, Mr. Asher's reputation will let us dominate the publishing world.
05:13Are you sure about that?
05:16Don't try to bluff, Mom.
05:17Everyone knows Dad is the true pillar of Roy Publishing House.
05:21Ever since you kicked out your biggest author,
05:23now you're going to be the laughing stock of the entire publishing world.
05:27Ms. Roy, you really shouldn't have gone against us.
05:30Your biggest mistake was believing you were more than just a sheltered housewife.
05:38So because I was a housewife, you all think it's okay to humiliate me?
05:42I mean, look around, Mom.
05:45Everyone's here because they believe in Dad.
05:48His reputation, his prestige.
05:51They all just want to revel in his success.
05:55You know the company can't survive without him.
05:58So you're all here to grab a piece of Jonathan Asher's glorious reputation.
06:08Well, there's just one little problem.
06:11It's all fake.
06:12What do you mean by that?
06:13Oh, she's a lonely, vengeful ex-wife trying to bleed her ex-husband dry.
06:25How pathetic.
06:26I'm guessing that she neglected her husband during her marriage.
06:32And now that she's tossed aside, she's finally regretting it.
06:36What an ignorant woman.
06:40Jonathan, did you forget how your books were actually written?
06:45The acknowledgements you wrote at the front.
06:47The acknowledgements were written for me.
06:50I'm Jonathan's real muse.
06:52After he ditched his basic orange housewife like you,
06:57now Jonathan can be inspired to write even better novels.
07:02Oh, his real muse.
07:07That's beautiful.
07:09Did you inspire him with all of your lacy underwear?
07:12You think you can humiliate me?
07:17Look at me.
07:19I'm gorgeous.
07:21Seductive.
07:23Like a luxury purse.
07:25And you're just a filthy kitchen rat.
07:34Jonathan, it seems that you haven't told your new fiancé the truth yet.
07:39But don't worry, I can do that right now.
07:41The truth is that the copyrights to Jonathan Asher's novels do not belong to him.
07:54That's right.
07:56The copyrights were transferred to me.
07:59We wanted to make sure you didn't get one cent for the royalties.
08:03You transferred the copyrights to your mistress?
08:07I've known you for 25 years and in all those 25 years you were a stingy miser.
08:12Lily's my true love.
08:14And she's now my fiancé, so everything that belongs to me belongs to her.
08:18Mr. Asher, you're a real romantic.
08:22And it was all my idea, Mom.
08:24Mom, now that we kicked you out of the house, don't even think about coming for our wealth.
08:34You hit me.
08:36I can't believe you just hit me.
08:38I should have taught you a lesson a long time ago.
08:41Then maybe you would have grown into a person who knows right from wrong.
08:45Get off.
08:47Jonathan, you, you're the boldest liar of them all.
08:50You know damn well that those copyrights belong to me.
08:55You have no right to transfer them to your whore.
09:01Jonathan, what is she talking about?
09:04Oh, God, don't.
09:05Didn't you write all of your own novels?
09:08Don't believe some ravings of a mad woman, darling.
09:13This is your last warning.
09:15If you don't get the hell out of here, you're gonna regret.
09:21I'm not going anywhere.
09:24Today, I'm exposing the truth.
09:28Jonathan?
09:30What in the world is she talking about?
09:35Here it goes.
09:45Good evening, everyone.
10:02As tonight has been so inconveniently hijacked by this woman, I suppose it's appropriate to introduce you.
10:12Everyone, this is my ex-wife, Anne.
10:16For 25 years, I have worked like a dog to provide you with a life of luxury.
10:24Meanwhile, she and former CEO of Roy Publishing House, Mr. Henry Harper, have been having a sordid affair.
10:40Since then, the two have conspired to oust myself, my lovely daughter Olivia, out of the company and blacklist us from the industry.
10:55She's handing Harper's mistress?
11:01Betraying her husband and her daughter?
11:04How shameless.
11:06I never wanted to expose you like Ms. Anne.
11:08You did all our years together.
11:10But today, you took it too far.
11:12Coming in here, tarnishing my reputation.
11:16So don't blame me for exposing your secret affair to the press.
11:22You brought this on yourself.
11:23Jonathan, how dare you try and twist the facts like this?
11:29Have you no shame?
11:31You should have come here today.
11:33Now the whole world knows you're a cheating slut.
11:38Who's gonna believe your empty accusations now?
11:41So, if I got this right, the CEO and chairwoman of an elite publishing house had an affair.
11:49And then I'll save you from the company as revenge for uncovering it?
11:53Oh!
11:54This is a huge suit.
11:57Once the news breaks, Roy Publishing House's stocks are going to plummet.
12:04What are you gonna tell the board members then?
12:06I got it all planned out.
12:12You're willing to tell outright lies about me?
12:15To destroy me and all just for money?
12:17You need to understand that ruining you is easier than lifting my pen.
12:21This is what you need to learn your place.
12:26What happened to you?
12:28You're a monster.
12:29You're a monster.
12:30Just admit that you lost, Anne.
12:34I could destroy you right now, but I won't.
12:37Given our years together, if you can shut your mouth and be the subservient housewife that you once were, I may take it easy on you.
12:45You think you're so clever.
12:53You disgust me.
12:57Acclaimed guests, I came here today to expose a dirty lie.
13:02All of Jonathan Asher's novels were actually written by me.
13:09I, his wife of 25 years and the true author of all of his books.
13:16This woman is crazy.
13:19Ever since I divorced her, she's been having a mental breakdown.
13:23She is hallucinating that she wrote all my novels.
13:28The truth is, she can't accept the fact that her life, it's amounted to nothing.
13:35I can testify to that.
13:37My dad wrote all those books.
13:38That's the absolute truth.
13:40Exactly, exactly.
13:41Mr. Asher is the author.
13:42Of course Jonathan wrote all of his own novels.
13:46I'm the inspiration.
13:48Or his masterpiece is.
13:50That's right, my darling.
13:51I wrote every single line.
13:58Every single line was written for you?
14:01You're delusional.
14:02You lunatic.
14:03You don't have a shred of evidence.
14:06Who's gonna believe your empty accusation?
14:09Oh, you'd like to see the evidence.
14:11Can't present evidence?
14:14Then this counts as defamation and I'll put you in prison.
14:17Miss Roy?
14:19You should leave.
14:21Otherwise, we're gonna have to teach you a lesson.
14:24I've already said I'm not leaving until I take back everything the Ashers took from me.
14:29Everything we took from you.
14:34From you.
14:57Clean this up, housewife!
14:59Maybe it'll help you remember your place.
15:06You know, second thought.
15:11Why don't you come on over here?
15:13Crawl.
15:14Shine my shoes like you used to.
15:16And then maybe I can get you some work as our new maid.
15:19Look at Johnny trying to help you find a job.
15:25You can be a maid for everyone here.
15:35Go on.
15:36Show them all how good you are at cleaning.
15:38Yeah.
15:39Look at her.
15:40She really is having a mental breakdown.
15:42If you ask me, she should have cut her losses and left way earlier.
15:45Cleaning up messes like this is all you're good for.
15:50Dressing up, trying to steal everybody's attention.
15:52It doesn't suit you.
15:58The center of attention suits me just fine.
16:01But you're right.
16:02I am good at cleaning.
16:03And since this place is absolutely filthy, I'm not opposed to doing a big clean up.
16:08Dressing up.
16:13Wow.
16:14She's really pulling off that filthy housekeeper look.
16:24What the fuck?
16:27You fucking crazy woman!
16:29I am Roy, stand before you today reclaiming everything that belongs to me.
16:39I am taking back every single thing that I have sacrificed over the past two and a half decades and nothing less.
16:48How dare she attack tonight's guest of honor?
16:51She's really lost her mind.
16:53Mom, what the hell?
16:54How could you splash that shit all over them?
16:56She's always been like this.
16:58A vulgar shrew!
17:00Your dirty secret.
17:02Tomorrow it's gonna hit the front headlines and you deserve it.
17:05Not only are you an adulterer, but you stole the stocks that rightfully belong to myself and Olivia.
17:11Then you come here to ruin the Nobel Prize ceremony.
17:16I'll testify on dad's behalf.
17:18You're a cheater and a thief.
17:20You're really screwed up now, Miss Roy.
17:21Miss Roy.
17:22The negative press is gonna absolutely ruin Roy Publishing House.
17:29Jonathan.
17:31You have deluded even yourself.
17:35You forget that everything you possess is built on lies.
17:38Stop fighting.
17:40You don't have any evidence.
17:42You can't take me down with your empty accusation.
17:45That's where you're wrong, dear husband.
17:47I do have evidence.
17:49And I'm going to show it to everyone right now.
17:57Inside this box are the original manuscripts for all of my novels.
18:02Oh, my God.
18:04The original manuscripts?
18:06If she's telling the truth, this is huge news.
18:10No. No. No. She...
18:12You're lying. You're lying.
18:14I burned your manuscripts.
18:16I burned every single page in that entire house.
18:18I know. You have nothing.
18:22Johnny, what did you just say?
18:25I said... I said there... there are no...
18:28There's no such thing as original manuscripts.
18:30See, you are forging evidence now, and I'm gonna sue you.
18:33That's right. They must be forged.
18:35Stop lying, Miss Roy.
18:37Are you sure you burned everything?
18:39What if a few pages were left for me?
18:42Right, Kent?
18:44No. No way, no.
18:45We were there. You were all there.
18:46We burned everything.
18:47You saw.
18:51Shut up, you fucking idiot.
18:54Jonathan.
18:56What's really going on here?
18:58Did she really write old novels and listen to that delusional nonsense?
19:03She's taking shots in the dark!
19:05Yeah. What's in that box? Cookie recipes?
19:08I know you're trying to use it as evidence, but we won't fool that easily.
19:12That box is probably empty, for all we know.
19:15Since you all still doubt me, why don't I open it and show everyone?
19:23What are those?
19:24Little scraps for your silly little crafting projects?
19:26I told you I didn't save anything!
19:27We lived with my mother for 25 years.
19:28She's just a desperate, delusional housewife trying to pass off my father's talent as her own.
19:33That's right. How could a housewife write masterpieces like Mr. Asher?
19:34And she almost fooled us all.
19:35Looks like she's all bark and no bite.
19:36You've crashed my award ceremony.
19:37You slandered my reputation.
19:38You slandered my reputation and you don't have a shred of evidence.
19:40All you've got are your empty accusations.
19:42So don't blame me.
19:43That is why I'm wrong with your mother.
19:45Okay.
19:46We lived with my mother for 25 years.
19:47She's just a desperate, delusional housewife trying to pass off my father's talent as her own.
19:50Mr. Asher. And she almost fooled us all. Looks like she's all bark and no bite.
19:57You've crashed my award ceremony. You slandered my reputation and you don't have a shred of
20:02evidence. All you've got are your empty accusations. So don't blame me for sending you straight to jail.
20:09Security! Get this woman! Wait! Wait, wait, wait! This is part of the manuscript of the burning bush!
20:33It looks like written on all these scraps of papers are parts of the original manuscripts
20:38from all of Mr. Asher's award-winning novels. Oh my god, is she actually the real author of those books?
20:46What a plot twist. Johnny, please explain those manuscripts scrap.
20:57Those are my manuscript scraps. I, you know, have this funny habit where I take notes whenever
21:02inspiration scrap. That's right. Those are my god's manuscripts. His writing style is unconventional.
21:16Jonathan, since you admit that these are the original manuscripts,
21:20we can determine the true author through a handwriting analysis. I have nothing to hide,
21:25and I would relish the opportunity to prove you wrong. But everybody knows that takes a forensic expert.
21:34No fraud would agree to that. Mom, you're grasping at straws. Just let it go.
21:44Hurry up and throw her out!
21:46Oh, actually, we have a forensic handwriting expert here, one of our honored guests. Perhaps they could do
21:56the handwriting comparison.
22:05The results of the restoration just came in. It looks like we were able to find what you were looking for.
22:09Yeah, that's great. I thank you. I gotta run. Thank you so much.
22:35The results of the restoration just came out. Good. I'll be waiting. Well, I hope that was your little
22:55lover rushing over to help you. If so, it'll be easier to put you both in jail. Are you so sure that
23:00I'm the one getting arrested? Oh, stop laughing, mom. Soon, you'll have nothing to laugh about. Those
23:07little scraps of paper don't prove anything. You brought this upon yourself, Ann. You used to have
23:14a luxurious life being taken care of, but your stubborn and jealous little heart has cost you
23:21everything. You used to have a sweet husband, a loving family, big house, nice car. I could go on.
23:30You were even the heiress to an elite publishing company. Roy Publishing was at its peak
23:37when Mr. Asher was set to become CEO. But now, your stock?
23:43The results of the handwriting analysis are out.
24:01According to this analysis, the handwriting on the manuscripts of the burning bush and the other 16
24:08novels all belong to Ann Roy.
24:19You only burned the manuscripts that I had recompiled. The originals were written over the course of 25
24:26years whenever and wherever I could find a moment. All while I served this family as a dedicated wife and mother.
24:36Oh my god, this is so exciting. I think I'm having a heart attack.
24:40This proves nothing. Anyone could have copied dad's books down on sticky notes.
24:49New scripts were written on receipts, greeting cards, newspaper margins.
24:54All of them clearly dated, spanning the course of two and a half decades.
25:02Johnny, you can't let her do this. You have to explain.
25:05Don't oversell yourself. All those menial house tasks you did, back home, they're just like you.
25:19Worthless.
25:19I'll be there as soon as I can, Ann.
25:30Oh, Ann, look at you. You're so emotionally unstable.
25:37You're so emotionally unstable.
25:41I'll be there as soon as I can, Ann.
25:43Oh, Ann.
25:45Ann, look at you. You're so emotionally unstable that you're gonna cry over a bunch of scraps of paper.
25:54You are a stay-at-home housewife. You've had nothing but time to sit and doodle and copy down my
26:01manuscripts. What, you think this proves anything? You could have been just copying my novels before
26:05they're even published. He has a point and has secretly copied down Jonathan's manuscript.
26:11She's clearly crazy obsessed with Dad. Emphasis on the crazy. She probably copied down his manuscript
26:19whenever she had time. I've seen her do it with my own two eyes.
26:23Oh, that's what it was. Anything makes sense now. What a psychotic woman. She's trying to ruin him
26:31because she can't have him.
26:38Do you hear that, Ann? You thought you were so clever.
26:44Now get down on your knees. Polish my shoes till they sparkle. You made you a mess. Housewife.
26:53You have no idea how badly you regret this. Ann, hold on. I'm almost there.
27:07Everything I've ever wanted, I've achieved. Money, prestige, a fantastic lover. I've got it all.
27:17You're the one who should be regretting the choices. You have nothing.
27:27Mom, you can't blame anyone but yourself. You chose to be a housewife,
27:34and you should have chosen to spend more time trying to keep your husband's attention.
27:37You're right. I did choose this, and I don't regret being a stay-at-home mom. Nothing gave me more
27:48pleasure than making sure that my family was loved and cared for. Now that I'm chairwoman again,
27:56I'll nurture Roy Publishing in much the same way. I am going to reorganize this company, establish better
28:02standards, and make sure to blacklist toxic people like the Ashers.
28:09Oh, come on. Stop dreaming, Ann. The writing's on the wall. Roy Publishing House is done for.
28:15Let me get this right. You think the industry should trust a homeless,
28:21jobless, divorced failure of a housewife to establish better standards?
28:25You couldn't even keep your own house in order. They'll trust Ann Roy. They'll trust the heiress of
28:35the Roy empire and the true author of this company's best-selling books. And your delusions long enough.
28:43Go spout your crazy nonsense elsewhere. Security, what are you waiting for?
28:47Don't touch her.
28:55Sorry, I'm late. No, you're right on time.
29:06Oh, good. Now little lover boy has finally arrived. We can send the two lovebirds to the police station
29:13together. Well, you are right to assume that someone's going to jail tonight. Oh, Mr. Harper.
29:22I know you just arrived, so you probably haven't heard. But you two are done for. Once news of your
29:29filthy affair gets out, the board members will kick us both out of the company. Then Mr. Asher will be
29:36asked to take over as CEO. It's a pretty good plan you got there, except for one little hiccup. Ann
29:44predicted everything you were going to do one step ahead the whole time. She even planned a little
29:49surprise for this exact occasion. This here is a report from a forensic trace analyst. We recovered some
30:00shards of a Burt manuscript from the Asher family fireplace. And it confirms the aldermen's on the
30:06Burt writing. And the results confirmed the handwriting and all the papers in there were that of Miss Anne Roy.
30:13That's impossible. Those ashy scraps, you can't test those. They're worthless.
30:27That's not all. Hold on. We also recovered deleted footage from your security cameras in your house,
30:34which showed you throwing all the manuscripts in the fire clearly.
30:39Johnny, you never did that, right? The results must be forged. That's impossible.
30:46No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. These, these have been forged. This is ridiculous.
30:53How low can you go, Mom? Outright forgery? You're trying to trick us. You two are frauds.
31:00Only an idiot would be convinced by some trumped up report. Rip it up all you want. That's just one of,
31:06like, many, many copies. It's time, Henry. Time to crush their hopes.
31:12It would be my pleasure.
31:18Ewan, you should release the news of Jonathan's scandal. Please. I'm on it.
31:29Bluffing, you fool! How far you think your fake news is gonna get? You know how high up my friends are in the media?
31:36It won't get past their desk.
31:43Oh, it's the top.
31:54All of our media contacts have cut ties with us.
31:58They're releasing headlines that say you used a ghostwriter on the front page!
32:04Ladies and gentlemen, I've just received official word after reviewing the evidence provided by Miss Roy.
32:11The Nobel Prize jury has reason to believe that all of Mr. Asher's novels were ghostwritten by her.
32:18They have subsequently decided to revoke Mr. Asher's award.
32:27Additionally, he is banned from Nobel consideration for life.
32:34Oh, my God! No, you can't do this!
32:42This can't be happening.
32:45His career is down the drain now, and he's offended the most prestigious publishing house.
32:50Jonathan Asher and his family are absolutely done for.
32:54All 16 books you published on your own were written by her.
33:02Of 16 books, did you write a single one?
33:06I wrote the acknowledgements.
33:10The acknowledgements.
33:15You liar!
33:17You ruined my life!
33:18You told me you wrote every single one of those books!
33:26How could I have believed a fraud like you?
33:29Dad?
33:31What are we going to do now?
33:32My business is going to go bust!
33:34You're just going to kill me!
33:36No, darling, please.
33:38Do not worry about your safety.
33:40I've already filed a lawsuit, and given this new evidence,
33:44you'll all be living in complete safety very soon.
33:49Behind prison bars.
33:53Dan, you've always been so nice.
33:57You're such a kind person.
33:59You didn't really do this to us, right?
34:00Get your filthy hands off!
34:06Don't sue us!
34:08Wait, I was bewitched by this vixen!
34:10I always loved you.
34:17You can save your fake affection.
34:20It disgusts me.
34:22Please give me another chance.
34:25If you go through with this, you'll ruin my life.
34:29You ruined your life all by yourself.
34:31I didn't need to help you with that.
34:37Please, I'm thanking you.
34:40You thought that you were destroying my work.
34:49But what you really destroyed was the last shred of affection that I had for this family.
34:57I wrote my manuscripts while making your meals.
35:01While changing our daughter's diapers.
35:04While making our house a home.
35:06Every single word that I put down on that page is a testament to what I have done for this family.
35:14Every page, every book, every accolade belongs to me, Anne Royce.
35:23And you're just the parasites who feasted off my blood, sweat, and tears.
35:27Please, I'm thanking you.
35:33You can repent in jail.
35:35You know, thanks to you, I'm thinking about maybe a promotion in your future.
35:49I'm a Nobel Prize winning author.
35:55I'll ghost write you a novel.
35:56I'll do anything you want.
35:57For food or a place to sleep.
36:01Anything you want.
36:02Just sleep, please.
36:03Don't hurt me.
36:05Jonathan?
36:06I'll leave, I'll leave.
36:19I'll leave.
36:28Henry.
36:52Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
36:55Well, I spoke to the agent.
36:56It seems as though Olivia and Jonathan had a massive falling out.
37:01Jonathan sold his house, and Olivia fled to Mexico.
37:10I guess they couldn't do so well without you after all.
37:13It's no longer my concern.
37:23I love that sofa.
37:24I used to lie there when I would write.
37:29And the dining room table, oh.
37:32No matter how many times I bumped it, whatever I spilled on it, it would just wipe right up.
37:40Did you know that I designed the kitchen?
37:42You did.
37:43I did not know that.
37:44Oppressive.
37:46I used to love cooking in there.
37:47Did you ever want to cook in there again?
37:49This house has a buyer?
37:54I don't understand.
37:55How can I cook in someone else's kitchen?
37:58I'm the buyer.
38:02I bought the house for you.
38:05After all the love and time you put into this home, only...
38:08Only you deserve to have it.
38:11Henry, that...
38:13I can't accept that kind of gift.
38:16It's too much.
38:17Well, hold on, because there's more.
38:19Anne, in this life I will never let you down.
38:24I'll be loyal to you and our family.
38:28And I will be an amazing husband to you.
38:33Henry?
38:37Will you marry me?
38:40I don't know what to say.
38:45Say yes.
38:47Yes.
38:49Yes.
38:58I don't know what to say.
39:12I don't know what to say.
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