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00:01I played along with his act of not having kids for a decade.
00:05He asked for a divorce.
00:06Little did he know I had a secret that would ruin his reputation for good.
00:10I've been telling everyone we're child free for 10 years for you.
00:13My husband and I, who are child free,
00:15were just planning to travel around the world together.
00:18But he suddenly came clean.
00:19Now it's time to bring my two children back.
00:24I had expected it long ago and smiled meaningfully.
00:27There is a text message I just received three minutes ago hidden in my phone.
00:33He thought I was crazy.
00:35Are you crazy?
00:37I could barely breathe, but I still thought he was ridiculous.
00:41My head was jerked to the side, blood trickling from the corner of my mouth.
00:47You know what you did.
00:49You're completely infertile.
00:50Putting up with you by my side for decades has already been more than kind enough.
00:53Then he slammed me hard onto the yellow rosewood coffee table we bought.
00:56You know what the worst part is?
00:58You think I'm the one who's infertile?
01:00You're the one with the problem.
01:01I immediately kicked him in the groin.
01:03And he winced in agony.
01:05Then I filed for divorce.
01:07The divorce was processed quickly, so fast I felt dazed.
01:10As if 10 years of marriage were just a flimsy piece of paper.
01:13When Simee, his hand didn't shake at all.
01:16Well, we're both old.
01:17And our feelings died long ago.
01:19But luckily I still have a son and daughter with me.
01:22Fine.
01:22I don't want such a dirty man either.
01:24Just then, my phone buzzed softly in my pocket.
01:27A text from Joe Parker arrived quietly.
01:30Michael Harrison has contacted a moving company, planning to leave me with nothing.
01:34I saw Nina Davis leaning out of the luxury car's passenger window, flashing a victorious
01:39smile at me.
01:39I'm here.
01:40Then I grabbed her ear and slapped her.
01:42Wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:44Isn't this...
01:47She's got it.
01:47She's got it.
01:50Truly, trash belongs in the trash can.
01:52Went to the taxi back to the home.
01:54I'd lived in for 13 years.
01:55But on the day Nina Davis moved...
01:57I went back to pack the last of my things today.
01:59What's the sewer smell?
02:01It's nauseating.
02:03Michael was sitting on the sofa, legs crossed, flipping through a newspaper.
02:06When they saw me walk in, the lively atmosphere instantly cooled.
02:10Oh, Sarah, did you forget something?
02:12Let me help you look.
02:14Oh, Sarah, did you forget something?
02:16Let me help you look.
02:18I sidestepped.
02:19My face showing undisguised disgust.
02:21Do I need to report to you what I take?
02:24This used to be my home too.
02:26Mom, this house looks a bit outdated, doesn't it?
02:29My boyfriend's place is so nicely decorated.
02:31His sofa is also really comfortable.
02:33The sofa should be replaced too.
02:36I really can't stand staying in this house anymore.
02:39It makes me feel sick.
02:40It was the home I'd shared with Michael Harrison for 10 years.
02:46Look how opinionary the kids are.
02:48This place really needs a makeover.
02:50We can't short charge ourselves or the kids or our feelings.
02:54Sarah Mitchell, pack your things and don't come to this house again anymore.
02:59This home is partly mine too.
03:01Afraid I'll open the door later and catch you two going at it?
03:04Picked up my canvas bag.
03:06Stood at the door.
03:07Nina Davis was leaning delicately on Michael Harrison.
03:11I sneered inwardly.
03:12Fine.
03:13Since you're kicking me out.
03:14I'll leave cleanly.
03:17After the divorce, I moved into an apartment not far from my old home.
03:21Just a 10 minute drive.
03:22Yet a completely different world.
03:23The place is free of Michael Harrison's snoring and incessant demands for sex.
03:27No more cigarette butts he tossed around.
03:29Instead, it's peaceful and comfortable.
03:31But my friends ridiculed me.
03:33You're just no good.
03:34Think you can do everything and yet you can't even keep a man.
03:36What's up?
03:37Not charming enough, huh?
03:38My good mood was completely destroyed.
03:42So you're stuck with housework all day long.
03:45What have you really accomplished?
03:46They'll never know that my insistence on being child free was never my true intention.
03:5010 years ago, Michael Harrison and I were newlyweds.
03:53Deeply in love.
03:55Dreaming of having our own child.
03:56But after more than a year of marriage, I still hadn't conceived.
04:00So we went to the hospital for tests.
04:02When the test results came out, he felt like the sky had fallen.
04:07Please, please don't tell anyone.
04:09Okay.
04:10I watched his trembling back, wrapped my arms around him from behind.
04:14I knew what he was going through, that I felt for him, and I loved him.
04:18So I agreed to take on all the outside pressure.
04:20I took all the blame upon myself and publicly declared that I insisted on being child free
04:25and didn't want children.
04:26Michael Harrison's parents pressured him to divorce me.
04:29You must get a divorce.
04:31Our family cannot go without an heir.
04:34I don't care about having children.
04:37No one is notch and zearied.
04:38I don't care having children.
04:39As long as I can have a good life with her, that's all that matters.
04:43Back then, I was moved by his devotion, willingly taking all the blame to protect his reputation,
04:48even his manly pride and dignity.
04:50For ten years, I swallowed my pride, cooked and cleaned for him, managed the household, and built a happy, child
04:56-free family for him.
04:58But in the end, I found it was all a complete deception.
05:01The day I discovered the truth was our fifth wedding anniversary.
05:04In that moment, I understood, gained my parents' trust and support, and climbed the ladder using my family's influence.
05:12Why wouldn't he?
05:12I sat in the car with the evidence all afternoon, going from initial breakdown and anger,
05:17and brief to final calm and clarity that I couldn't let it go.
05:20I couldn't let my ten years of sacrifice become a joke.
05:24I was introduced to Joe Parker for a friend, a private investigator.
05:29I hired him to dig into Michael, Nina, and those so-called children.
05:36I gave him my all, and he just threw it away!
05:41Every piece of evidence, I wanted it all.
05:44For five years, Joe Parker never ceased his investigation.
05:47All the evidence was gathered into a thick folder, locked in a safe in my apartment.
05:53Now Michael Harrison can't pretend anymore.
05:55My counterattack begins.
05:57Thirty days after the divorce, a wedding invitation arrived.
06:01I let out a cold laugh and tossed it casually on the table.
06:04They just wanted a prop.
06:06A living, breathing symbol of their triumph.
06:09I picked up the phone and dialed Joe.
06:13Sarah.
06:13Hi, are you at home?
06:14The wedding, Grand Imperial Main Ballroom, next Saturday at noon.
06:18Are we ready?
06:19Everything is in place.
06:20I have access to the ballroom's AV system.
06:22All the evidence is ready to play on the main screen.
06:24Oh, and speaking of her boyfriend, he's been demanding more money.
06:28My intel says he plans to crash the wedding to confront her.
06:30Perfect.
06:31Thank you, Joe.
06:32He had access to the ballroom's S-V system.
06:36All the evidence was ready to play on the main screen.
06:39You can't be serious!
06:40He's trying to humiliate you!
06:42He kicks you out and marries his mistress a month later?
06:45It's a slapping in face!
06:47...giving them satisfaction.
06:48Told me to just stay home.
06:51Don't you dare go, Sarah.
06:53Don't give them the satisfaction.
06:55Just stay home.
06:57Oh, I'm going.
06:59What?
07:00Why?
07:01To watch them kiss at the altar?
07:03Don't worry.
07:04I'm not going to be miserable.
07:06I'm going to watch a comedy.
07:10I spent the next week preparing.
07:12I bought a fitted deep white red dress.
07:15Elegant.
07:15I was going to walk into that wedding looking like a queen.
07:19The day of the wedding, Michael stood in the center of it all, soaking in the congratulations.
07:25Nina was on his arm, playing the part of the graceful, beloved bride.
07:30And then I walked in.
07:32The moment I walked in, the room went silent.
07:35I spotted Joe in a corner.
07:38Showtime.
07:39I picked up a glass of champagne and glided toward the happy couple.
07:51It's all in the past.
07:52What has happened to your gentle, lovely bin Lingerger?
07:55Did you feed to the gogs?
08:04Just hope you two can stay this happy forever.
08:08I have a surprise for you two.
08:10The wedding went on as planned.
08:12The host started spinning this fairy tale about Michael and Nina.
08:16Michael was a long-suffering romantic who waited 30 years for his true love.
08:20Nina was a patient saint who gave everything and asked for.
08:24Nothing.
08:24The guests ate it up.
08:26Only two people in the room knew it was all bullshit.
08:29Me and Joe.
08:31I watched from my corner.
08:33Emma and Liam walked up the aisle and handed them flowers.
08:36Michael touched his son's shoulder.
08:38Smoothed back his daughter's hair.
08:40He's thinking, this is what a real family looks like.
08:43Halfway through the reception, Michael held up a hand, stopping the music.
08:48He took the microphone.
08:51Dear guests,
08:54Today, with Nina by my side and my beautiful children, Emma and Liam here with us,
09:01I am the happiest man in the world.
09:03Nina was in tears.
09:05Emma and Liam were crying too.
09:07I am so grateful to be standing here today.
09:11There was a time I thought I'd never be a father.
09:14That I was destined for a quiet, childless life.
09:17But fate, fate was kind to me.
09:22It's a great story.
09:24And it's a story that needs to be told.
09:27It's a beautiful story.
09:29It brought me Nina.
09:31She gave me the greatest gift of all.
09:33A son and a daughter.
09:35No, you gave me everything.
09:40And for that, I can never repay her.
09:50Today, in front of all of you, I am signing this house, our marital home, over to my children,
09:58Emma and Liam.
10:02What a great father.
10:04What lucky kids.
10:05Emma and Liam had their hands over their mouths, fake sobbing with joy.
10:09They looked at Nina, who gave them a triumphant nod.
10:13They thought they'd won.
10:14Just as Michael was about to sign, I stood up.
10:17I object.
10:19What the hell do you think you're doing?
10:21You just leave with me.
10:23You was roughed.
10:24You were, what the hell do you think you're doing?
10:26This is our day.
10:27Security.
10:28Get her out of here.
10:30Sarah, I know this is hard for you.
10:32Seeing me with my own kids, it must eat you up inside.
10:36But you have to accept reality.
10:38We're divorced now.
10:39We're old.
10:39What do we need a big house for?
10:41It's for the kids.
10:41It's the right thing to do.
10:42He was painting me as the bitter, jealous ex-wife.
10:45This crazy old hat couldn't stand to see him happy.
10:47Ruining someone's good life.
10:49Let's keep today positive.
10:50Any issues can be handled privately.
10:53I'm not the one who can't have children.
10:56What the hell is that supposed to mean?
10:58My eggs are perfectly healthy, frozen, and waiting for me at a fertility clinic.
11:03If I want a baby, all I have to do.
11:08What the hell is going on?
11:13You bitch!
11:14I begged you for a baby!
11:16For years!
11:17And you said no!
11:18Now you're going to go make some goddamn test pipe baby without me?
11:23After everything?
11:25He stumbled back, stunned into silence.
11:31I walked calmly toward the stage.
11:34It was never me who couldn't have children.
11:38It was you!
11:39Michael!
11:40You have severe male infertility!
11:42You can't have children!
11:44You never could!
11:46The truth, finally!
11:49Ballroom went dead silent.
11:50He did that.
11:51This is unbelievable!
11:52I knew it!
11:52He's such a fool!
11:53What?
11:54Michael can't have kids?
11:56No way!
12:07Michael's face was a thundercloud.
12:18Look at Michael's face.
12:20He looks like he's seen a ghost.
12:25You're lying!
12:26I can have children!
12:28Emma and Liam are my kids!
12:30You're a damn liar!
12:32I laughed and sidestepped him.
12:34I caught Josiah and gave him the signal.
12:36A recording began to play.
12:45You're the husband, right?
12:48The test results show that the sperm motility is only 2%.
12:52It's very difficult to make a woman pregnant.
12:54I understand.
12:56Doctor, don't tell him.
12:58Don't tell anyone.
12:59That's why I did it.
13:00To protect him.
13:01I know that you're going to listen to this,
13:03and I need you to know that I'm so sorry.
13:04I'm so sorry that I put you in this position.
13:06But I had to.
13:08Mrs. Mitchell,
13:08this isn't something you can hide forever.
13:11It's going to come out one way or another.
13:25The looks on people's faces had changed completely.
13:29Hidden camera footage.
13:33When the kids are grown.
13:38When the kids are grown,
13:39I'll get Michael to leave them everything.
13:42Then we take the money
13:44and live how we want.
13:52It's a fake!
13:53She faked it!
13:54It's a deep fake!
13:55She's trying to frame me!
14:04The room in front of everyone stared at Nina.
14:08Michael stood frozen.
14:10His face a grotesque mix of rage and disbelief.
14:13Then, pure hatred.
14:14A shark sliced away.
14:22Nina, you whore!
14:30Michael, please.
14:32Let me explain.
14:34I just love you.
14:37Explain?
14:39You lied to me for ten years.
14:42You had me raising another man's brats,
14:45thinking they were mine.
14:47You made a fool of me!
14:50I did this for us.
14:51I just wanted to give you a child.
14:53Someone to be there for you when you got old.
15:01The wedding is off!
15:03Get out!
15:04You and those kids!
15:05Get the hell out of my life!
15:24Nina, let's go.
15:25Forget him.
15:26We'll take the money and run.
15:31Emma and Liam stood by.
15:33Gail and Cheryl.
15:35You said my being here would make the wedding special.
15:39Well, was it special enough?
15:41I stood on the stage,
15:43looking down at the wreckage.
15:45Michael stared at me,
15:46his face ashen,
15:48his chest heaving.
15:49He opened his mouth,
15:50but no words came out.
15:52I turned my back on the circus.
15:54I walked out of that ballroom,
15:56head held high.
15:57Outside, Joe was waiting.
16:00Nina's offshore bank records,
16:02and the official DNA test for the kids.
16:05Just in case you need them.
16:10I stepped out into the bright sunlight and took a deep breath.
16:13For the first time in 30 years,
16:14I felt like I could finally breathe.
16:17Michael Harrison's name became a punchline,
16:19and he deserved every bit of it.
16:22When I got home,
16:24Joe texted me.
16:25Michael kicked Nina and the kids out.
16:28He's destroying the house.
16:32Get your bastard children and get out!
16:36I should have known a slut like you
16:38could never be a Harrison.
16:40You're nothing but a gold-digging lying whore.
16:42Michael, please.
16:43I know I was wrong.
16:44Forgive me.
16:45The children are innocent.
16:46They've called you dad for 20 years.
16:48How can you be so cruel?
16:50Cruel!
16:51You lied to me.
16:52You had me raising another man's kids,
16:53making me the laughingstock of this entire city,
16:55and you want to talk about cruel?
16:57Go find your lover boy.
16:59The one you were going to rob me blind with.
17:01Go on.
17:01See if he'll take care of you now.
17:03Just get out of my sight.
17:09You can't do this.
17:10You need someone to take care of you.
17:12Hey!
17:18Silence.
17:18He knelt, picking up a piece of the broken glass.
17:23The four of them smiling.
17:25A perfect, happy lie.
17:28All of it a sham.
17:30And then, the memories came flooding back.
17:33The ones he tried so hard to bury.
17:36He remembered our wedding photo.
17:38Me curled up on that exact sofa,
17:41reading a book,
17:42asking him what he wanted for dinner.
17:43He remembered me taking care of him when he was sick.
17:47He remembered me using my own savings
17:49to help him start his business when he was struggling.
17:52He thought I was being bitter.
17:54Just be careful.
17:55Now he realized I was trying to warn him.
17:56I hope you don't live to about this.
17:59I thought that...
18:00He stumbled to the bar,
18:02grabbed a bottle of scotch,
18:03and started chugging it straight from the bottle.
18:06The burn in his throat was nothing compared to the bitterness in his heart.
18:10He needed to talk to me.
18:12His thumb hovered over the call button,
18:14but he couldn't press it.
18:17What right did he have?
18:18The phone slipped from his grasp and crashed to the floor,
18:21the screen chattering.
18:23Just like his life,
18:25he sank onto the sofa and started to laugh.
18:28A hollow, broken sound.
18:30He said it again and again to the empty room.
18:33Sarah.
18:34But it was too late.
18:36Sarah.
18:38Sarah.
18:48There were no second chances.
18:50Not for men like him.
18:53He was alone.
18:54In that empty house.
18:56Alone.
18:58After the truth bomb dropped,
19:00everything changed.
19:01A 30-year wait was gone.
19:03I could finally breathe.
19:05The old widow next door,
19:07who used to glare at me,
19:08grabbed my hand.
19:10She finally knew the truth.
19:12Sarah, honey.
19:14I'm so, so sorry.
19:19You suffered too much.
19:22The college girl in 3B brought me flowers.
19:25You're a total badass, Sarah.
19:27Watching you take them down was epic.
19:28If anyone ever says a bad word about you,
19:30I'll set them straight.
19:32Even my parents called.
19:36We had no idea.
19:38No idea what you were going through.
19:44My friends all wanted to take me out for freedom dinners.
19:47I turned them all down.
19:50That trip to Bali, Michael and I were supposed to take.
19:53I never canceled my ticket.
19:56So I upgraded to first class.
19:58As for my eggs,
20:00I wasn't going to use them.
20:02I'd already arranged to have them donated.
20:05My legacy would live on somewhere out there in the world.
20:10And Michael?
20:11He would have nothing.
20:13This was always my end game.
20:15I knew the truth for years.
20:17Warning for life.
20:18Reso 2.
20:24The moment I stepped off the plane in Den Bazaar,
20:27I could smell the frangipani.
20:29The noise of the city,
20:30the drama,
20:31the gossip,
20:32it all just melted away.
20:34My phone buzzed.
20:36It was a final report from Joe.
20:38I read the messages.
20:40I felt nothing.
20:42Not a flicker of pity.
20:44Not a hint of satisfaction.
20:47Just nothing.
20:48I rented a scooter.
20:51Abud's rice paddies,
20:52Oluwata's cliffs,
20:53Seminyak's sunsets.
20:55I listened to the sound of the ocean.
20:58I hiked up a volcano before dawn.
21:00I did whatever I wanted,
21:03whenever I wanted.
21:04No one to please.
21:06No one to answer to.
21:13I rented a small villa overlooking the ocean.
21:16Every morning,
21:18I woke up to the sound of the waves.
21:20I'd sit on the porch with a cup of coffee
21:23and just watch the water.
21:24And I felt a sense of peace I hadn't felt in 10 years for so long.
21:29I had lived my life for him.
21:32For our marriage.
21:33For his reputation.
21:35I played the part everyone expected me to play.
21:39And I completely forgot who I was.
21:42Now, sitting there,
21:43with the sun on my face
21:45and the whole world in front of me,
21:46I was finally finding myself.
21:49I was finally living for me 10 years now.
21:55And I billed up.
21:58I don't know back.
21:59At least we have to sit on a second deep in the summer.
21:59Almost…
22:00mesmo…
22:00Maybe you didn't do that.
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