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00:00The very day I died, my husband had his pregnant mistress in his arms.
00:04He was walking away from me.
00:06He had no idea.
00:08I am dying, and nothing can save me.
00:11The story really begins after I got married.
00:14Year three of my marriage.
00:16My husband hid an intern in Chelsea.
00:19Chloe.
00:20Blonde, sweet, fresh out of Parsons.
00:23Totally Alex's type.
00:24She lasted eight months.
00:26A record for him, besides me.
00:28A month ago, my best friend warned me.
00:31Careful, he might actually love this one.
00:34I gave a bitter smile and slowly shook my head.
00:37After some time, I woke up to blood on my pillow.
00:41I rushed to the clinic.
00:42You have until next spring.
00:44I just nodded.
00:45I wasn't scared of dying, just the pain.
00:48A new medicine could help.
00:50But my bank account was empty.
00:52So I went to Alex's office.
00:54I had to ask for the money.
00:56I waited in the lounge.
00:58Chloe was there, too.
00:59His brand new assistant.
01:01She stared at me.
01:03She whispered to a co-worker.
01:05That's the boss's wife?
01:07She looks awful.
01:08I can't believe people say we look alike.
01:10Come on.
01:11I'm way younger and prettier.
01:13I caught my reflection in the glass.
01:15Pale, messy hair.
01:17Old coat.
01:18She was right.
01:19I looked awful.
01:20I was dying after all.
01:22But her co-worker nudged her.
01:24She's just not trying today.
01:26If she actually put on makeup, she is way better than you.
01:30Don't mess with her.
01:31You don't know how much our boss loves her.
01:33If you make her mad, the boss will make you get out of New York.
01:40So, the office rumor is Alex was madly in love with me.
01:44Chloe didn't buy it.
01:45She rolled her eyes and walked over.
01:48Mrs. Harrington, he makes you wait this long?
01:52Whenever I visit him, he drops everything for me.
01:56He says I'm his priority.
01:58I looked at her.
02:00I saw myself ten years ago.
02:02Young, bold, full of life.
02:05And it was true.
02:06Alex did treat her differently.
02:09He's had countless women before.
02:11But they were just tools.
02:12Just used to make me mad.
02:14He'd get bored in weeks.
02:16Except Chloe.
02:17He rented her a Tribeca loft.
02:20They acted like a normal couple.
02:22He actually gave her his time.
02:24I gave her a calm smile.
02:26If you're so important, why are you his hidden mistress?
02:30Tell him to divorce me.
02:32Then he can marry you.
02:33Chloe's smile instantly vanished.
02:36You're the unloved one here.
02:38Look at you.
02:38Old and tired.
02:39You can't compete with me.
02:40A panicked co-worker dragged her away.
02:43Honestly, it didn't matter.
02:44I made a promise to myself.
02:46No more getting angry over Alex.
02:48No more crying.
02:49No fighting other women for him.
02:50He just isn't worth it.
02:52The co-worker yanked Chloe's arm.
02:54Chloe crashed to the floor.
02:56Her glass shattered.
02:58Blood dripped from her cut palm.
03:00Alex saw everything through the glass.
03:02He stormed out of his meeting.
03:04He scooped Chloe into his arms.
03:07His eyes were ice cold.
03:09Who did this?
03:11The co-worker backed away in terror.
03:13I let out a cold laugh.
03:16I did.
03:16She asked for it.
03:18I lied.
03:18Chloe buried her face in his chest.
03:21Yes.
03:22It's my fault.
03:23I deserve to be a mistress.
03:25But as long as you love me, no one can tear us apart.
03:29She looked so beautiful crying.
03:31Alex actually smiled.
03:33He gently wiped her tears.
03:36Alright.
03:37Your face is a mess.
03:38He really treated her differently.
03:40I didn't care.
03:42I looked right at him.
03:43Today is my birthday.
03:45I need a hundred thousand dollars.
03:47We're married, but we don't text.
03:49I only see him for money.
03:51He hates that I'm a gold digger.
03:53But he usually pays.
03:54No questions asked.
03:56Except for today.
03:58Alex gave me a freezing smile.
04:00You want the money?
04:02Fine.
04:04But apologize to Chloe first.
04:06He wanted to buy my dignity.
04:08Humiliating me for another woman.
04:10I slowly clenched my fists.
04:13The deep pain inside my body flared up.
04:16I turned around and walked away.
04:18I didn't want the money anymore.
04:19I was just suddenly very curious.
04:23Alex, if you knew this money bought me time,
04:26give me a few more months to live.
04:28If you knew the agony I'll be in,
04:30what would the look on your face be?
04:32I went back to my apartment alone.
04:36I curled up on the big bed.
04:38Covered in cold sweat from the pain,
04:41I swallowed two sleeping pills,
04:43lying to myself.
04:45If I sleep, it won't hurt.
04:48In my hazy sleep, I dreamt.
04:51I was 20 again.
04:52A junior at NYU.
04:55Alex wasn't a big boss back then.
04:57Just a broke student from Brooklyn.
05:00Working at a used car lot.
05:02But he loved me.
05:03He loved me so much.
05:05For my birthday that year,
05:07we passed a fancy dessert shop downtown.
05:10I saw a girl eating an opera cake.
05:13It looked like an expensive piece of art.
05:16It was snowing hard in New York.
05:18I scooped up a handful of snow.
05:20Lex, doesn't the snow look like cake?
05:22He clenched his jaw.
05:24He pulled me tightly into his arms,
05:26hiding his red, teary eyes.
05:28Three days later,
05:30outside my dorm,
05:32he held a cake
05:33from that exact shop.
05:35It cost $45.
05:36To buy it,
05:37he stood in the freezing cold,
05:39handing out 3,000 flyers,
05:42just to make 80 bucks.
05:44I saw his cracked, bleeding hands.
05:47I broke down crying.
05:48Alexander Harrington!
05:50Your hands are meant for coding and design,
05:53not for ruining them like this!
05:55He frowned and cut me off.
05:57Eleanor Waters,
05:58you're the best girl in the world.
06:00You deserve the best things in this world.
06:02I cried as I ate that whole cake.
06:04I can't even remember how it tastes it now,
06:06but I've never had a better cake since.
06:09The dream lasted a long time.
06:12Half awake,
06:13my phone rang.
06:14I picked it up.
06:16Eleanor,
06:17Alex said through the speaker.
06:19I smiled softly.
06:21Lex,
06:22it's snowing.
06:23I want some cake.
06:25I used a name I hadn't used in years.
06:28Before he could say a word,
06:30I rolled over
06:31and fell back into a deep sleep.
06:33I woke up at midnight starving.
06:36I went to the kitchen,
06:38and there he was,
06:39Alex.
06:40He practically lived with Chloe now.
06:42He hadn't been home in months,
06:44but now he was by the window,
06:47smoking a Marlboro,
06:48staring at me.
06:49As I walked past,
06:51he grabbed my wrist.
06:52How did you lose so much weight?
06:54He sounded so gentle,
06:56like he actually still loved me.
06:58Alex, are you crazy?
07:00I froze,
07:01then yanked my arm away.
07:02Then I saw the dining table,
07:04a cake covered in candles.
07:07The phone call wasn't a dream.
07:08He actually bought the cake.
07:10Was this his way of making peace?
07:12But I was dying.
07:14I didn't need a cake,
07:15and I didn't need him.
07:17I threw the cake straight into the trash.
07:20Alex completely lost it.
07:22He pinned me against the wall.
07:25Are you playing with me?
07:26He hissed.
07:27I looked in his eyes and smiled.
07:30Yeah, Alex.
07:31I am.
07:33You ran out just because I asked.
07:35How are you still so pathetic?
07:37His eyes turned ice cold.
07:39He dragged me to the bedroom
07:41and threw me onto the bed.
07:43He was completely out of control.
07:45Don't touch me.
07:46You're dirty.
07:47You disgust me.
07:48I hit his chest, crying.
07:50He pinned my legs down
07:51and bit hard into my collarbone.
07:54The pain made my tears spill.
07:56Would it kill you to just give in?
07:57I've waited years for you to be sweet.
08:00I was so happy you asked for cake.
08:02And you play me for a fool?
08:05He whispered, his voice broken.
08:07He leaned in closer.
08:09Then his phone rang.
08:10It was Chloe.
08:13His phone rang.
08:14It was Chloe.
08:15She was crying on the other end.
08:18I'm at a bar.
08:19I'm scared.
08:21Please come get me.
08:22Alex just looked down at me.
08:24A cold smirk on his face.
08:26Beg me.
08:27He whispered.
08:28Beg me.
08:29And I won't leave.
08:30He forgot.
08:32Years ago, I threw away my pride.
08:34I begged him to treat me better.
08:36He just looked at me and laughed.
08:38Eleanor.
08:39He said.
08:40You're not worthy.
08:41Those words broke me back then.
08:43But today, I gave them back.
08:45I grabbed his shirt collar.
08:47Alexander Harrington.
08:49You're not worthy.
08:50I whispered.
08:51He went completely silent.
08:53Then let out a bitter laugh.
08:56He put the phone to his ear.
08:58Wait there.
08:59I'm coming.
09:01He told Chloe.
09:02He got up and walked out.
09:04And slammed the door behind him.
09:07The next day, photos of Alex blew up.
09:10Every Upper East Side group chat went wild.
09:13He got into a massive bar fight.
09:15Over Chloe.
09:16With a hedge fund kid.
09:18My husband.
09:19Is a big deal on Wall Street.
09:22Forbes 30 under 30.
09:24So naturally, paparazzi swarmed my building.
09:28I walked out to a recorder in my face.
09:31Mrs. Harrington.
09:32Thoughts on your husband and Chloe?
09:34I kept walking.
09:36Not looking back.
09:38He's a cheater.
09:39She's the other woman.
09:40What exactly do you want me to say?
09:42But the girl chased after me.
09:44I heard you dumped him when he was broke.
09:48Then forced him to marry you when he got rich.
09:50Now he's found his true love.
09:52And you're just hoarding the wife title.
09:54Aren't you the one bullying them?
09:55I stopped and turned around.
09:57I looked her dead in the eye.
09:59And grabbed her press badge.
10:01Tucked behind it was an NYUID.
10:05You're Chloe's friend, aren't you?
10:07Everyone knows Alex forced me to marry him.
10:09I didn't want this.
10:10Did you come here to smear me?
10:12So your friend can steal my place?
10:14We are friends.
10:15But I'm a journalist.
10:17If you don't want him, why not divorce him?
10:19I smiled.
10:20I was about to answer.
10:22When my nose suddenly felt warm.
10:24Bright red blood dripped down.
10:26Landing right on my cashmere coat.
10:29The crowd gasped.
10:30Someone whispered.
10:32Look where she's bleeding.
10:34The crowd gasped.
10:35Look where she's bleeding.
10:37Someone whispered.
10:38I wiped the blood from my lips.
10:40I'm not mad.
10:41I'm just sick.
10:43I'm dying.
10:44This happens a lot lately.
10:46I said peacefully.
10:47The crowd went dead silent.
10:49People awkwardly looked away.
10:51But that girl?
10:52She didn't care.
10:54She just sneered at me.
10:56Stop faking it.
10:57A nosebleed and suddenly you're the victim?
10:59Pretending you're dying just to keep a man?
11:00You're an embarrassment to women.
11:01She flipped her ponytail and marched away.
11:05Watching her leave, I realized she was just as annoying as Chloe.
11:11The paparazzi video hit the trending page.
11:16Alex's PR team moved fast.
11:19They released a harsh statement.
11:21We will never divorce.
11:23Do not harass my wife.
11:25By that afternoon, Chloe's intern friend was fired.
11:29But the comments were ruthless.
11:31She's so gross, one said, playing the victim.
11:35Dumped him when he was broke.
11:37Married him when he got rich.
11:40Then, one comment stood out.
11:42Shut the hell up.
11:44If you don't know the truth, don't speak.
11:47Everyone replied immediately.
11:49What truth?
11:50What do you know?
11:53The truth?
11:54It's a tragic cliche.
11:56Thinking about 10 years ago breaks my heart.
11:59Up until now, Alex still doesn't know the truth.
12:03Well, I really left him years ago.
12:06Years ago, my mom got breast cancer.
12:09The doctor said it was highly genetic.
12:12A ticking time bomb for me and for any daughter I might have.
12:16One day, she had a massive hemorrhage.
12:19The bathroom floor was covered in blood.
12:22I held her cold hands to the ER.
12:25She was in a coma for three days.
12:27When she finally woke up, her very first words were,
12:32Break up with Alex.
12:34I froze.
12:35Break up with Alex.
12:37I froze.
12:38Mom, he won't leave me.
12:42I whispered.
12:42She squeezed my hand and smiled.
12:45I know he's a good boy.
12:46I saw him waiting on his bike.
12:48Every morning in high school, I saw him buy you breakfast once.
12:53He only had $7.
12:54He spent almost all of it on you and lied, saying he already ate.
13:01His parents abandoned him.
13:03He gave you his only food money.
13:06He's so good.
13:08That's why my heart aches for him.
13:12Back then, Alex's grandma was also sick.
13:15The woman who raised him was hospitalized.
13:18He worked multiple jobs to pay her bills,
13:21literally passing out in the college library.
13:23My mom looked at me with tears.
13:27Alex's wings are still too fragile.
13:31If he has to carry his grandma,
13:35and then carry you,
13:38he will never be able to fly.
13:41I dug my nails into my palms.
13:43It took me a long time to speak.
13:45Mom.
13:46I sobbed.
13:50I just can't bear to let him go.
13:53Today, I bought my mom's favorite irises,
13:56getting ready to visit her grave in Brooklyn.
13:58For the very last time, I'm dying.
14:01I needed to tell her.
14:03I couldn't visit her anymore.
14:05But first, I stopped by Alex's office.
14:08I needed to get something back.
14:10Before my mom got sick,
14:12back when Alex and I were deeply in love,
14:15she absolutely adored him.
14:17She bought us two guardian angel pendants.
14:20Silver for his birthday,
14:22gold for mine.
14:23Blessed for peace and health,
14:25and to keep us together forever.
14:27She told me to give Alex the silver one,
14:30but he insisted on taking mine.
14:32He said the engraving looked like my handwriting.
14:35Having it was like looking at me.
14:37And he loved looking at me.
14:39For years, it hung on his desk lamp.
14:42I was terrified that when I died,
14:44he would just throw it away.
14:46My mom prayed over that pendant.
14:48I needed it back.
14:49I wanted to leave it at her grave,
14:51so it could keep her company.
14:53When I walked into his office,
14:55he was watching the video from this morning.
14:58On his screen, I was bleeding,
15:00telling the cameras I was dying.
15:02He saw me and tossed his phone.
15:04He didn't say a single word.
15:06He didn't even ask if I was okay.
15:08I looked straight at his desk lamp,
15:11but the spot was empty.
15:13I frowned, staring right at him.
15:16Where is my pendant?
15:17Chloe followed me out.
15:19She heard what I was looking for.
15:20She smiled sweetly and chimed in.
15:23When I cut my hand,
15:25Alex felt so bad.
15:27He gave me that pendant.
15:29He said the angel looked like me.
15:32Clumsy, but he loved it.
15:35I clenched my fists and glared at Alex.
15:38How dare you give my things away?
15:40My mom prayed for that.
15:44That was yours?
15:47Sorry, I forgot.
15:48I thought it was a cheap trinket.
15:50I snapped.
15:51I grabbed a crystal paperweight
15:52and hurled it right at him.
15:54Alex didn't even try to dodge.
15:57It hit his forehead.
15:58He instantly started bleeding.
16:00Are you crazy?
16:03Chloe screamed.
16:05Are you crazy?
16:06She ran out and rushed back.
16:08She threw my pendant hard at me.
16:11Take your trash back.
16:13Stop acting crazy and get out.
16:15The pendant hit the marble floor.
16:17I dove to pick it up.
16:19The chain was broken.
16:20The clasp was completely smashed.
16:22My name and birthday
16:24twisted out of shape,
16:25just like my life.
16:27I realized I was actually dying,
16:30but I didn't want to die yet.
16:32I needed to see my mom
16:33or she'd just keep waiting for me.
16:36My mind went blank.
16:38That was my mother!
16:39I-
16:39Tears poured down my face.
16:41I lunged to grab her hair,
16:43but Alex caught my wrist.
16:45He stepped between us, frowning.
16:48I stared at him, crying,
16:50and then suddenly, I laughed.
16:52You know I'm dying.
16:54And you still bully me.
16:56Alex, you're a piece of shit.
16:59He wiped a tear from my face.
17:01First the cake,
17:02now pretending to die.
17:04What game are you playing, Eleanor?
17:05I'm never feeling sorry for you again.
17:08He stopped mid-sentence.
17:10A drop of blood fell on his hand.
17:12Then another, and another.
17:14My nose was bleeding again.
17:17My nose was bleeding again,
17:19but this time, it was worse.
17:20My legs gave out.
17:22The pain was blinding.
17:23I collapsed straight forward.
17:25Alex caught me.
17:26His voice cracked in pure terror.
17:29Call an ambulance!
17:31Now!
17:32His white shirt was covered in my blood.
17:35He just held me there,
17:36completely helpless.
17:38I was completely unconscious,
17:39but I could hear Alex crying.
17:41Why won't the bleeding stop?
17:44Please, please stop.
17:45I smelled the hospital disinfectant.
17:47I knew I was at NY Presbyterian.
17:50Through the haze, I heard the doctor.
17:52She could have lived until spring,
17:54but she ran out of insurance money.
17:56She stopped her treatments.
17:57It's completely out of control now.
17:59There's nothing more we can do.
18:01Alex sounded like he was choking.
18:03You're telling me my wife is dying?
18:07Alex sounded like he was choking.
18:09You're telling me my wife
18:10is dying?
18:12Then he completely lost his mind.
18:14I want my wife to live!
18:17If you can't save her, get out!
18:19Find someone who can!
18:21He almost destroyed the waiting room.
18:23He used all his connections.
18:26Called experts in Switzerland and Boston.
18:28He didn't care about the cost.
18:30He wanted to fly me to Europe.
18:32No one dared to stop him.
18:34Until my best friend, Emily, showed up.
18:37I gave Emily my medical proxy years ago.
18:40I told her,
18:41If I'm suffering, just let me go.
18:44I was too scared of the pain.
18:46Emily stormed into the waiting room
18:49and slapped Alex across the face.
18:55You have money?
18:57Where the hell were you?
18:59It's too late to play hero.
19:02She's dying.
19:04It's too late to play hero.
19:07She's dying.
19:09Alex stared at her legal documents.
19:11His voice broke into a pathetic sob.
19:14Emily, please let me take her.
19:17She can't die.
19:20If she dies, what do I do?
19:23Emily looked at him with pure disgust.
19:26You're a heartless man.
19:28You'll live just fine without her.
19:30Stop pretending to care.
19:32It's sickening.
19:33She pushed past him into my room.
19:36She held my cold hand.
19:38Her tears fell instantly.
19:41Do you really want me?
19:42She cried so hard my heart ached.
19:44I just wanted to sleep.
19:46If I slept, the pain would stop.
19:49But then she begged me,
19:50Just wake up one more time, okay?
19:53We need to say proper goodbyes.
19:56You haven't said goodbye to your mom.
19:58You haven't said goodbye to me.
20:01How could you just leave?
20:03A single tear slipped from my eye.
20:08You haven't said goodbye to your mom.
20:10You haven't said goodbye to me.
20:13How could you just leave?
20:15A single tear slipped from my eye.
20:18My heart monitor started beeping faster.
20:21The doctor rushed in.
20:22He told Emily to keep talking to me.
20:25I was showing signs of waking up.
20:27Emily gripped my hand tightly.
20:29She just kept talking,
20:31crying and laughing for hours.
20:33Honestly, I was ready to just die.
20:35But hearing her like that,
20:37I felt too guilty to leave.
20:39I couldn't leave without a hug.
20:41I fought against my broken body
20:43with everything I had left.
20:45And finally, late into the night,
20:48I opened my eyes.
20:50For two weeks after I woke up,
20:52Emily never left my side.
20:54She was so overprotective.
20:56She fed me, helped me to the bathroom.
20:59I felt like such a burden.
21:00I just wanted to get better.
21:03One day, she went out for coffee.
21:05I tried to use the bathroom alone.
21:06I thought I was fine.
21:08But my legs completely gave out.
21:10I crashed to the floor.
21:12My head hit the edge of the sink.
21:14Blood went everywhere.
21:16Struggling to get up.
21:18I pulled the cloth off the mirror.
21:20Emily had covered it to protect me.
21:22I looked up at a terrifying face.
21:25Sunken eyes sticking out cheekbones.
21:28Skin like old newspaper.
21:29Was that really me?
21:31Suddenly, the door flew open.
21:34Alex rushed in.
21:35Alex rushed in.
21:36He scooped me into his arms
21:38and covered my eyes with his hand.
21:41I just stepped out to pay the bill.
21:43He snapped.
21:44Where the hell is Emily?
21:46She's so useless.
21:47I frowned and pushed him away.
21:49Don't talk about her like that.
21:51She has her own life.
21:53I'm the one causing trouble here.
21:55Alex shut up.
21:56He wiped the blood off my face.
21:58His eyes were getting red.
22:00Why didn't you tell me you were sick?
22:03You could have gotten better.
22:04Why did you do this to yourself?
22:06I looked at him peacefully.
22:08Because I don't need you.
22:11I don't need your care or company.
22:14Whether you knew or not,
22:16it just didn't matter to me.
22:19Whether you knew or not,
22:22it just didn't matter to me.
22:24Honestly, I never tried to hide it.
22:26My medical report was on the cabinet.
22:29He just never bothered to look.
22:31While I was wasting away,
22:33he was busy with Chloe,
22:34staying out with a younger girl.
22:36So he never saw me collapse,
22:38crying in blinding agony,
22:41dialing 911 all by myself.
22:44Alex carried me back to bed.
22:46As he leaned over,
22:47a warm tear fell onto my face.
22:50He turned away,
22:51his voice broken.
22:53You're so tough, Eleanor.
22:55You tell me to get lost when you want.
22:59I know you don't need me.
23:00Fine.
23:01He paused, choking back a sob.
23:03But I need you.
23:08I didn't say a word.
23:09I just closed my eyes
23:11and pretended to be asleep.
23:13Alex still doesn't know the truth.
23:15Why I really left him years ago
23:17when he came back rich and successful
23:20and said he wanted to marry me.
23:22I owed him a real explanation.
23:24I planned to tell him everything
23:26about my mom,
23:28about my genetic disease.
23:29I practiced my speech a million times.
23:32I wanted to tell him
23:34he deserved the best girl,
23:36someone to give him healthy kids,
23:38without the burden of sickness.
23:40I cried so many nights,
23:42wishing that girl was me.
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