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00:00:00My son died in a hotel fire. My husband was on that rescue team. He's a firefighter, but he ran

00:00:07past our room.

00:00:08He went straight to his first love in the next room. Right before my son died, he looked at me

00:00:13and said,

00:00:14Dad saves strangers? Why won't he save me?

00:00:19I had no answer. At my son's funeral, I called my husband. He picked up. Sounded annoyed.

00:00:25Lauren and her son got burned. They're in the hospital. Can you just stop making everything

00:00:30about your jealousy? Don't call me unless it's important. Then he hung up. I sat in my wheelchair,

00:00:36my skin burning under the bandages. My son's name was carved into the stone right in front of me.

00:00:41That was when I knew my marriage was over. I'll never forget that night.

00:00:46Dad, I'm here.

00:00:51Nate, cover your mouth. Don't talk.

00:00:54By the time my son and I realized the house was on fire, it had already spread across half the

00:00:58floor. We were trapped in the room. My husband, Gavin Reed, was the captain leading the response

00:01:03that night. When I saw him down below, I thought we were saved.so did my son. Before this trip,

00:01:09I had texted Gavin the hotel name and the room number, so he knew exactly where we were. But

00:01:15when he came upstairs, he didn't stop at our door.he passed us. He went next door to save Lauren

00:01:20Blake

00:01:20and her little boy. That was when my son broke down. He started crying so hard he could barely

00:01:24get the words out. Mom, Miss Lauren is here too. Dad only cares about them, right? He's leaving us

00:01:46out. My hands were shaking. I grabbed a wet towel and pressed it over his nose and mouth.

00:01:51Then I picked him up and stumbled to the door. Gavin! Nate can't breathe! Please save us!

00:01:57Gavin, please!

00:01:58I begged him, please, just this time, but he passed right by our door. I screamed until my throat tore

00:02:05open. He didn't even stop. Over the fire, I heard his voice, soft, tender.

00:02:11Don't worry, Lauren. I got you. You and your boy are going to be fine.

00:02:16Okay.

00:02:17The smoke was thick.my had stopped working right. I tried to cover Nate's ears. His eyes

00:02:22were full of tears. His pupils were starting to drift. My little boy murmured in desperation.

00:02:27Dad, why? Why won't you see me? I yelled so loud. I tried. Mom, I'm so scared. I can't stay.

00:02:36Please, next time. Can you get me a different dad? That was the last thing my son ever asked me.

00:02:43Then his little hand dropped. Just like that. I lost him forever. Something inside me blew apart.

00:02:51My brain went blank. My chest felt like someone was driving nails into it. I forced myself up and

00:02:56held him tight. Okay. Okay, my boy. I hear you. Nate, don't fall asleep. Stay with me. Please,

00:03:05I'm getting you out. I swear I'm getting you out. The smoke got thicker. I couldn't even see his face

00:03:11anymore. The floor was burning. The door handled too. Then the fire hit me. My arms. My legs. Then

00:03:19it caught on him too. My poor boy. He must have suffered a lot. I beat at the flames with

00:03:25my hands.

00:03:25I cried and begged and hit and clawed. But the smoke got heavier. The heat got worse. I couldn't walk

00:03:32anymore. So I dropped to the floor and crawled. But that hallway would not end. It just kept going.

00:03:38And going. By the time another crew came through to clear the floor. Nate and I were barely there.

00:03:43They pulled us out. Took us to the hospital. Gavin was in the room next to mine. Lauren and her

00:03:49son

00:03:50were with him. And just like in that fire. There was only one wall between us. One wall. Still,

00:03:56he never came to see us. His whole world was still Lauren. Her and that child. The doctors tried to

00:04:03take me away to treat my burns. I dropped to my knees and begged them not to.

00:04:07Please save my son. He's just tired. He just passed out. Please, you have to save him.

00:04:14They took Nate into the ER. They shocked him again. And again. And again. His little body jerked every

00:04:21time. But he never opened his eyes. Finally, the doctor looked at me and said. He suffered enough

00:04:28while he was alive. Don't make his body suffer more. He was right. My boy hated pain. I should

00:04:34let him rest in peace. I had burns all over my body. Bad ones. I called my brother to handle

00:04:40the

00:04:40funeral. And the divorce. The papers were drafted the same day I got burned. I signed them. But Gavin

00:04:47wouldn't pick up. Just like that night in the fire. He had blocked me again. Every time he was

00:04:52with Lauren and her son. He blocked my number. He said my calls were annoying. Then when he felt like

00:04:58it, he'd unblock me. Like I was a notification he could mute. I lived like that for 6 years. But

00:05:05this

00:05:05time, something in me was done. Not angry. Not screaming. My brother had gone to the funeral home

00:05:12to make arrangements for Nate. Only the aide was with me. I asked her to help me into my wheelchair.

00:05:18Then I rolled myself next door. Toward Gavin, the man I should have left years ago. This marriage was

00:05:24a joke. I was done with it. The room next door was private too. My family has money. And I

00:05:30made good

00:05:31money on my own. I never needed Gavin to support me. On his salary alone, he could barely cover his

00:05:37own

00:05:37life. There was no way he could afford a private room for Lauren and her son. They came out of

00:05:42that

00:05:42fire with soot on their faces and a few small blisters. That was it. But Gavin looked at them

00:05:47like they'd been through war. Like one more scratch might break them. Then I thought about Nate. About

00:05:53what was left of my little boy's body. And my chest caved in all over again. That's the difference.

00:05:59Love. Or none at all. Gavin? I said his name through my teeth. He turned and looked at me. The

00:06:05second he

00:06:06saw me, the smile dropped off his face. His brows pulled tight. Claire, why are you here? Get out!

00:06:12I had on a hat and a mask. I didn't want to scare anybody with my burns. But I was

00:06:17in a hospital

00:06:18gown. In a wheelchair. Gavin saw none of it. He got up at once. Grabbed my wheelchair. Shoved me

00:06:25straight into the hallway. Lauren and I are just friends. I've told you a hundred times. Her

00:06:31husband's dead. She has nobody. She's been through enough. I'm just giving her a little support.

00:06:36I'd heard that speech a hundred times before. I was sick of it. Lauren didn't have a husband.

00:06:42But she had Gavin. I had a husband. And somehow I was the one alone. When a pipe burst at

00:06:49home,

00:06:49he was fixing Lauren's light. When I got in a car crash, he was shopping with her. When Nate had

00:06:55a

00:06:55fever, he stayed with her son. That was my marriage. A complete joke. When I looked at the shameless

00:07:02bastard standing in front of me. I felt sick. I didn't want to waste another breath on him.

00:07:08Sign the divorce papers. And I'm out of your life. I held the papers out. He didn't even take them.

00:07:14He thought I was bluffing again. You done yet? Once Lauren and Liam are better, I'll come home.

00:07:19He'd said that before. A hundred times. And stupid me. I always believed him. Not anymore.

00:07:26If you won't sign, my lawyer will file. I looked straight at him. Nate's funeral is in six days.

00:07:33You. From inside the room, Lauren let out this soft little cry.

00:07:37Gavin, it really hurts. He turned fast. All panic. All tenderness. That was it. He walked right back

00:07:45into the room. I stared at the closed door. It felt like something was tearing through my chest.

00:07:51I don't even remember how I got back to my room. I just know I couldn't breathe. Like the air

00:07:56had

00:07:57left the world. Up until the day of the funeral, Gavin never asked about Nate once. When the service

00:08:03was about to start, the boy's own father still wasn't there. Guests had started whispering.

00:08:09Where's his dad? I heard he's at the hospital with some woman and her kid.

00:08:14His ex, right?

00:08:15Even so, missing his own son's funeral?

00:08:18What a bastard.

00:08:20People looked at me with pity. A few came over and tried to comfort me. But my mind was all

00:08:25about

00:08:26Nate. The way he used to wait by the window for his dad. The way his whole face lit up

00:08:31over the

00:08:31smallest promise. My throat felt full of thorns. I clenched my hands so hard my nails tore open the

00:08:37blisters in my palms. The pain helped. Barely. Today was my son's goodbye to the world. I would not let

00:08:44Gavin ruin that too. I turned to my brother. Call him. He blocked me again. My brother's face went

00:08:51dark. He pulled out his phone and called. Gavin picked up fast. Gavin! My brother said.

00:08:57Today is Nate's funeral. But Gavin cut him off. Claire, are you serious? Lauren and her son were

00:09:04hurt in that fire. They're infected. Still in the hospital. I'm here taking care of them because

00:09:09someone has to. And now you're saying Nate is dead? Wow. You've really crossed a line.

00:09:15Then he hung up. Suddenly it all made sense. That day, when I told him Nate was gone, he barely

00:09:21reacted.

00:09:22Not because he didn't hear me. Because he thought I was making it up. He had accused me of a

00:09:27lot over

00:09:27the years. But this time? This time I shook so hard that I couldn't speak. My brother had heard every

00:09:34word. He grabbed my phone, found Nate's death certificate photo, and sent it to Gavin. Then

00:09:40he called him back. When Gavin answered, my brother's voice came out low and raw, like each word had to

00:09:46rip its way free. Do you see it now? Nate's been dead for a week. You're his father. But you

00:09:52never even

00:09:53showed up. Then he snapped. What kind of man does that, Gavin? What kind of father ignores his own son's

00:09:58funeral? But Gavin cut him off. Claire, are you serious? Lauren and her son were hurt in that fire.

00:10:05They're infected, still in the hospital. I'm here taking care of them because someone has to. And

00:10:10now you're saying Nate is dead? Wow. You've really crossed a line. Then he hung up. Suddenly it all

00:10:17made sense. That day, when I told him Nate was gone, he barely reacted. Not because he didn't hear me.

00:10:24Because he thought I was making it up. He had accused me of a lot over the years. But this

00:10:29time?

00:10:30This time I shook so hard that I couldn't speak. My brother had heard every word. He grabbed my phone,

00:10:36found Nate's death certificate photo, and sent it to Gavin. Then he called him back. When Gavin

00:10:42answered, my brother's voice came out low and raw, like each word had to rip its way free.

00:10:47Do you see it now? Nate's been dead for a week. You're his father. But you never even showed up.

00:10:53Then he snapped. What kind of man does that, Gavin? What kind of father ignores his own son's funeral?

00:10:59My brother said it clearly. I thought Gavin would finally get it. I thought once the truth hit him,

00:11:05he'd say he was sorry. He'd feel something. Guilt. Shame. Regret. But he said nothing. He just hung up.

00:11:14I held myself together the whole time. Or maybe I didn't. People came. People hugged me. But I don't

00:11:21remember any of it. I just remember sitting there in my wheelchair, staring at Nate's picture carved

00:11:27into stone. In my head, all I could hear was his voice. Mom, Miss Lauren is here too. Dad only

00:11:34cares

00:11:34about them, right? He's leaving us again. I can't breathe. It hurts so much. Mom, I don't want to go.

00:11:45And his last words. Dad, why? Why won't you see me? Can you get me a different dad? Those words

00:11:52kept

00:11:52looping in my mind. Again and again. Like an endless nightmare. When the funeral was over, my brother took

00:11:59me straight to the ER. I had burns all over my body. The infection got bad. My fever shot up.

00:12:15Everything

00:12:15only remember one thing for sure. Somebody kept holding my hand. Over and over, I heard a voice

00:12:22saying, Claire, stay with me. Don't fall asleep. When the fever finally broke and they moved me to

00:12:29a regular room, 10 days had passed. Gavin was sitting by my bed. Dark circles under his eyes. Stubble all

00:12:37over his jaw. Clothes wrinkled. He looked wrecked. Nothing like himself. The second he saw my eyes open,

00:12:44his whole face changed. Claire, you're awake. The second I saw him, everything came back. The fire.

00:12:51Nate's voice. That closed door. That empty seat at the funeral. All of it hit me at once. Like my

00:12:58chest was being crushed from the inside. I sat up and slapped him hard. How dare you show your face

00:13:05here. His cheek turned red right away. He looked at me with this hollow, bitter kind of pain. Gavin's

00:13:11voice was quiet. I should have been at Nate's funeral. I know. I screwed up. Then Lauren rushed

00:13:16in, pale, wide-eyed. Like always, she dropped to her knees beside my bed like we were in some cheap

00:13:22TV drama. The second she blinked, tears spilled. Claire, I'm so sorry for what happened. This is all

00:13:29my fault. Liam had a heart episode that day. I panicked. Gavin was worried about us. That's why

00:13:35he missed the funeral. Please don't blame Gavin. Don't divorce him because of me. She grabbed my

00:13:42hand and pressed it to her cheek. Eyes wide and trembling. The same trick she'd used before,

00:13:46daring me to hit her. Playing weak. Playing helpless. Setting the trap. Before, I used to freeze.

00:13:53But this time, I slapped her. Hard. Then I hit her again. Still not enough.

00:13:58You shameless bitch. What's wrong with you? There are millions of single men out there. So why do you

00:14:05keep going after someone else's husband? You got no shame? No self-respect? I raised my hand again.

00:14:12Gavin grabbed my wrist. His face went cold. Enough. I told you, Lauren and I are just friends. She's

00:14:19alone. She has a kid. Her life is hard enough. He glared at me. Do you have to twist our

00:14:25relationship?

00:14:26I yanked my hand free. I didn't even want to fight anymore. I pointed at the door. Get out.

00:14:36Claire, how can you talk to Gavin like that? He- I grabbed everything I could reach and hurled it

00:14:41at both of them. A cup. A tissue box. A remote. Get out! Both of you! Get the hell out!

00:14:49Gavin took a

00:14:50glance at me. A second later, he turned and pulled Lauren behind him. Then he walked her out. There was

00:14:55a time that would've destroyed me. Watching him choose her. Now, I felt nothing. I was born with

00:15:01doors that opened for me. Private schools. Summer houses. A last name that mattered. Gavin had none

00:15:09of that. He's just a firefighter from a normal family. A man who should've stayed out of my world.

00:15:14Gavin and I met by accident. One night, my best friend got dumped and dragged me out drinking.

00:15:20The bar caught fire. In the worst moment of my life, when I thought I was going to die on

00:15:25that

00:15:25filthy floor, Gavin found me. He carried me out. He nearly died doing it. He was handsome. Calm under

00:15:33pressure. And he saved my life. I fell for him hard. I found out he was single. I went after

00:15:40him.

00:15:41Persistent. Relentless. Finally, he said yes. Then, he proposed. Gavin was a gentle man. Always

00:15:50smiling, steady and calm. When you first met him, he felt warm and easy to talk to. But the longer

00:15:56you

00:15:57knew him, the more you realized something. He was polite to everyone. Even to me. Everybody said I'd

00:16:03married a good man. That I'd hit the jackpot. After we got married, he gave me every paycheck.

00:16:09He cooked. He cleaned. He handled the house. They didn't live in my marriage. They didn't feel the

00:16:16distance. The politeness. Even in bed, he felt, elsewhere. Like a man finishing a task. There is

00:16:24a wall between us. Invisible. Unbreakable. At first, I thought that was just who he was. Quiet. Closed off.

00:16:33Then Lauren came back. She had just gotten divorced and moved back with her son. The day she returned

00:16:39was our anniversary. Gavin took the day off. Not for me. For her. He didn't go to work. He didn't

00:16:47come home that night either. That's when I found out. Lauren wasn't just a friend. She was his ex.

00:16:53They'd been together since middle school. 10 years. First love. Their families forced them apart.

00:17:00That was the story. Gavin told me he helped her. We're just friends. I'll never betray you.

00:17:07Because she was a single mom. He looked me in the eye and said. I believed him. A big mistake.

00:17:13After he left my hospital room, Gavin started texting me. Long messages. I didn't read a single

00:17:19one. I blocked his number. Then I called my brother and told him to fire Lauren. Before all this,

00:17:26I didn't know she was Gavin's ex. I'd only heard she was a divorced mom with one kid,

00:17:31trying to start over, and that she worked in media. My family owns the company. I was the one

00:17:36who got her the job. Looking back, I'm sure people laughed behind my back the whole time.

00:17:41The rich wife. The fool. Lauren got fired the next day. And Gavin showed up right after. He walked in

00:17:48already angry. Jaw tight. Brows down. It's my fault, okay? I'm sorry. But that's none of her

00:17:56business. I stared at him. We're just friends. She has a little boy. That's it. And you had your

00:18:03brother fire her? Why are you being so harsh to a single mom? I gave her the job. Of course

00:18:07I can

00:18:07take it back. Listen, that's not the end. Every single dollar you spent on her, I'm taking it all

00:18:12back. Being harsh to a single mom? I nearly ended up letting her sleep in my bed. Gavin's face went

00:18:18dark. Claire, I'm saying this one more time. I've never done anything to betray you.

00:18:25Yes, she's my ex. But now, just a friend. A fucking friend. I was so sick of this cliche.

00:18:34And the hypocrite in front of me. I ground out through my teeth. Friend more important than

00:18:40your wife and your son? Nate's? Nate's funeral was 10 days ago. If you cared even a little about me

00:18:47or

00:18:47your son, you'd know he died just next door to Lauren. Gavin didn't move. I could feel every

00:18:53nerve in my body screaming. Nate screamed for you. He gasped. He choked. He begged. And you?

00:19:00You stood there. Broke every rule. Passed our door. Picked her and her kid over us.

00:19:06I shouted. My hands shook. My chest burned. My son is dead because of you. I'm not asking you to

00:19:13save us

00:19:13first. You wanted to save her first? Fine. But when you dragged her out, carried her son out?

00:19:18Did it ever cross your mind your wife and son were trapped in the same damn hotel? Did you tell

00:19:22your

00:19:23crew to check? Did you even care? If you thought for one second, my boy wouldn't have died in that

00:19:30fire! My voice turned raw. I was screaming by then. Years of rage. Humiliation. Grief. All of it came out

00:19:39at once. Gavin just stood there. For the first time, the anger drained out of his face. He looked

00:19:46wrecked. His lips parted, but no sound came out. Every time Gavin ever lost control, it was over

00:19:52Lauren and her son. This was the first time I had ever seen that much pain on his face because

00:19:56of

00:19:57me and Nate. He stared at me, lost, pale, shaking. Claire, I'm sorry. I didn't know. I swear to God,

00:20:07I didn't know you and Nate were there. I didn't mean it. Ah! I texted you everything. The hotel,

00:20:17the room number, more than once. You texted Lauren what to pack. You reminded her to be careful,

00:20:23but me and Nate going on a trip? You completely forgot about us? His face turned pale. He grabbed

00:20:31his phone and started scrolling through our messages with shaking fingers. I used to text him

00:20:36everything. Photos. Updates. Bits of life. But he hardly answered. The night before Nate died,

00:20:43he said he missed his dad. He wanted to FaceTime him. But Gavin was on a video call with Lauren's

00:20:49son,

00:20:49Liam. So he declined Nate's calls for three times. I couldn't stand seeing that look on his face.

00:20:55So I told him we'd make a little video for dad instead. I said, he'll watch it. He'll love it.

00:21:01Nate lit right up. He smiled into the camera and showed off every place we'd been that day.

00:21:06Then he gave the hotel name, the room number, and in the sweetest voice, full of hope, he said dad

00:21:13should

00:21:13come join us if he had time. Gavin opened the video. He watched it. His eyes went red fast.

00:21:20Then the tears came. Just poured down his face. His throat made this awful broken sound. Like he was

00:21:26choking on it. I had never seen him look like that. But his tears can't bring my boy back.

00:21:32Gavin held the phone so tight his knuckles went white. His voice was wrecked.

00:21:36It's all my fault. I failed Nate. I'm not a good dad. But please, don't blame Lauren and Liam. They

00:21:45didn't do anything wrong. I grabbed the water glass by my back. It hit his forehead. I was shaking so

00:21:52badly I could barely breathe. You want to protect the ones you love? Then you better see if you're

00:21:58man enough to pull it off. Get out. I was done. Done talking. Done explaining. He didn't deserve to be

00:22:06Nate's father. The room got loud enough that people came running. My brother came in with Wes and a

00:22:12couple of nurses. They pushed Gavin out. I had just gotten out of ICU. My body was wrecked, but my

00:22:18head

00:22:19was clear. My brother had barely been to the office for two weeks. Work was piling up. He told me

00:22:24to rest,

00:22:25left Wes with me, and rushed back downtown. Wes is his best friend. A smartass who never seemed to

00:22:31grow up. Then he became a lawyer. Shocked all of us. Now he was handling my divorce. He dropped into

00:22:38the chair by my bed, grabbed an apple off the tray, took a bite, and looked at me. Tell me

00:22:44how far you

00:22:44want to take this. Every dollar Gavin spent on Lauren and her son while he was married to me, I

00:22:48want it

00:22:49traced and clawed back. He used all of his income on them, and he used 200 grand of mine. I

00:22:53want the money

00:22:54back. And the divorce. Done. Now. And file a complaint with his department. He broke rescue

00:23:00protocol. He delayed help to our room. That delay? It killed Nate, and it left me burned half to hell.

00:23:07I was dizzy from the fight, but my mind was sharp as a blade. This wasn't about the money. I

00:23:14wanted

00:23:14Gavin and Lauren to feel my pain. And his team? They deserved to know the truth. That his negligence

00:23:20cost a life. That this was the kind of man he really was. Wes didn't waste time. He said he'd

00:23:26start on the financial claim and the filing that day. That night, Gavin came back. Bandage wrapped

00:23:32around his forehead. Thermos in one hand. Sorry I'm late. Got caught up at work. I made some food for

00:23:39you. Easy on your stomach, but still good for you. He opened the lids one by one. Soup. Rice. Soft

00:23:48vegetables. Gavin got 10 vacation days a year. Nine went to Lauren and her son. The last half? He saved

00:23:55it for them too. I looked at the food. It actually looked good. For one second, I just stared at

00:24:02it.

00:24:02Then I shoved the tray. Everything hit the floor. Food. Broth. Containers. All of it. I looked at him

00:24:11and felt sick. You bring over all this food here for what? So I dropped the claim? So you can

00:24:16keep

00:24:16sending money to your side, spit? Gavin stared at the food on the floor. His face went hard.

00:24:22Claire, can you quit talking like that? Nothing ever happened between me and Lauren.

00:24:26That money was just a loan. His voice sharpened fast. I don't get why you hate her so much.

00:24:31I had heard that speech so many times it made me choke. A cough tore out of me before I

00:24:35could stop it.

00:24:36Gavin froze. The anger dropped right out of his face. He came over and reached for my back,

00:24:42trying to steady my breathing. Before Lauren came back into his life, people thought we were the

00:24:47perfect couple. So sometimes I caught myself wondering, how did we end up here? Gavin let

00:24:53out a slow breath. You're weak right now. Can we not fight? When he spoke again, his voice was softer.

00:25:00You're a mom. You get how tough this is for Lauren, right? I just stared at him. He kept going.

00:25:06She lost her job. If I make her pay that money back now, what does that make me? Try putting

00:25:12yourself in her shoes. That was the moment I knew there was nothing left to say. I was too tired

00:25:17to

00:25:18argue. Get out. My voice was flat. If you don't want to leave here with more injuries, get out now.

00:25:24He frowned, acting like I was crazy. Then his phone rang. Lauren. Wait, any Lauren? Of course.

00:25:30He picked up, and I heard enough to know what it was. Liam kept calling for him. Just like that,

00:25:36he was done fighting with me. Claire, you're upset right now. Calm down. We'll talk later.

00:25:41That was always his move. Whenever I got angry over Lauren, he never fixed it. He'd blame me for

00:25:47getting upset. Then leave me alone with the damage. He probably thought this would go the way it always

00:25:52had. That eventually I'd stop pushing. Move on. What he still didn't understand was this.

00:25:59The second Nate died, whatever was left between us died too. That same evening, I completed the

00:26:04procedures for transferring to another hospital. I wasn't going to stay there another day and let

00:26:09him and Lauren keep circling my room like vultures. The next morning, Gavin couldn't reach me,

00:26:14so he started asking our mutual friends to check on me. Hey, Claire. You just got out of the hospital.

00:26:19Where are you? Gavin's been freaking out about you. Ask Gavin this. If he was so worried about me,

00:26:25why did he pick a fight the day I left ICU just to defend his ex and ask him this

00:26:31too? If he was so

00:26:32worried, why did he spend less than 10 minutes in my room before running back to Lauren? One of them

00:26:38called and said, I hung up. Then I went into the group chat. We all shared friends, coworkers,

00:26:43the whole fake little group, and tagged both Gavin and Lauren. Stop pretending everything's fine.

00:26:50Stop asking me to help you two play this game. Do you really think no one sees it? Gavin,

00:26:57just admit it. You're still in love with your ex. At least be honest about it instead of this crap.

00:27:06And ladies. I typed. The group chat went dead. No one replied. Silence in public. Chaos in private.

00:27:15A little later, Gavin texted me from a new number. You can hate me all you want. You can take

00:27:21it out

00:27:21on me. Leave Lauren and Liam out of this. They didn't do anything. How many times do I have to

00:27:27tell you?

00:27:28Didn't do anything? Ridiculous. I used to keep quiet. Out of pride. Out of mercy. But now my son

00:27:36was gone. All my mercy was buried with him. I called Gavin right away. When he answered, I didn't wait.

00:27:43Don't worry. You're on the list too. Do you really have to do this? No doubt. Yes. No pause. You're

00:27:51acting

00:27:51so crazy. I don't even know you anymore. He said something that almost made me laugh again. I closed my

00:27:57eyes. Funny. I guess I never knew you at all. If I had known what he really was. How weak.

00:28:04How blind.

00:28:05How messed up inside. I never would have married him. Nate wouldn't have been compared to Liam.

00:28:11He wouldn't have been called too sensitive. Too clingy. Not enough. He wouldn't have had to shrink

00:28:16himself for a father who always chose someone else. And maybe, he wouldn't have died still hoping that

00:28:22man would change. Wes moved fast. The money case came through first. The court ordered Lauren to pay

00:28:28me back 1.85 million. Wes warned me. He said the divorce wouldn't be easy. I didn't have hard proof

00:28:35Gavin had physically cheated. Without that, the court said the marriage was not legally beyond repair.

00:28:40So they denied the divorce. Gavin was furious that I forced Lauren to pay. He tried to borrow money and

00:28:47cover it for her himself. I shut that down immediately. I had Wes pass the message straight

00:28:52to him. Gavin. Want to raise your mistress and her kid? Fine. Once we're divorced, do whatever you want.

00:29:00But every dollar you spent on her? That's my money. So get it back. Now. I thought he'd agree.

00:29:07I thought there was no way he'd let Lauren suffer if he could stop it. But I was wrong.

00:29:12Gavin asked to meet. I said no. Wes came back later and told me. He won't sign. He says the

00:29:19marriage is fine. He says you're overreacting. He says you don't get him. I almost laughed. I realized

00:29:25I never really knew Gavin. For years, he gave everything to Lauren and Liam. His time. His care.

00:29:30His patience. And me. Shorter. Colder. Meaner. Some days, he treated strangers better than his own wife.

00:29:37I couldn't figure it out. Why drag this out? Why hold on? Then I stopped trying. I was done playing

00:29:44nice. He wanted to drag this out. I'd make him beg for the divorce. The complaint letter was already in.

00:29:50The review was moving. A few days later, someone from internal review called. I said yes. They showed

00:29:56up in a group. Too many suits. Too many fake smiles. They even brought health supplements. Like that would

00:30:02fix any of this. What I didn't expect. Gavin walked in with them. One of the senior men gave

00:30:07me a grave little smile. Gavin has already explained the situation. He knows he made a serious mistake.

00:30:13Then he turned to Gavin. Go on. Apologize now. Gavin looked thinner. Dark circles. Hollow cheeks.

00:30:19Like grief had finally found his address. He stepped up to me. His voice was rough.

00:30:25Claire, I'm sorry. I promise this will never happen again. I stared at him. My hands were clenched

00:30:30so tight it hurt. And what good is that now? Nate is dead. Does saying sorry bring him back?

00:30:36You didn't even show up to your own son's funeral. What kind of man does that? What kind of man

00:30:42is you about? Gavin swallowed hard. For once, he didn't look calm. He wasn't steady. He looked

00:30:48scared. I failed Nate. I know that. But Liam had a cardiac episode that day. He doesn't

00:30:53have a dad. Lauren didn't know what to do. I couldn't just leave. I...

00:30:57I cut him off so fast he flinched. Was she the only person in the world? She's 35, Gavin. Not

00:31:03a kid

00:31:03you have to babysit. If you didn't want to come, just say so. I looked around the room. The suits.

00:31:08The fake smiles. The men hoping I'd make this easy. You all came here to talk me out of this,

00:31:13didn't you? You really think that sounds okay? Nobody answered. Because nobody could. Once I got

00:31:20so caught up in all this, I even ran paternity tests. More than once. Gavin and Liam. Never

00:31:26father and son. Then it hit me. Love someone, you take everything with them. That was Gavin.

00:31:32He loved Lauren so much, he treated her kid like a saint too. The room went stiff. Everybody looked

00:31:38embarrassed. Finally, one of the leaders cleared his throat and tried again.

00:31:42Claire, you gotta think this through. Gavin's one of our top guys. People are already talking

00:31:47promotions. He's got a huge future ahead. And if you push this, you could ruin it for him.

00:31:54You still think you deserve to wear that uniform? When you ran off with your girlfriend and grabbed

00:31:59Liam, did you know my son was a doorway? Crying for you? Saying, Daddy, it hurts over and over?

00:32:05If anyone else had been on that call, he'd still be alive. You're the only one who let this happen.

00:32:12Gavin went white. He opened his mouth. Nothing came out. Then he turned and walked out. Ran. Almost.

00:32:19I looked past the window. The sky was dark and heavy. Storm colored. Like rain was coming. The next day,

00:32:25the department called. Their decision was in. Major disciplinary mark. Demotion. Removed from command.

00:32:32By then, my body had started to heal. Enough that I could go see Nate. It had only been a

00:32:38month since

00:32:38he died. One month. But it felt like years. Time had gotten strange after him. At night,

00:32:44I still woke up from dreams of him crying. Once I was up, I couldn't go back to sleep. Every

00:32:49minute

00:32:50dragged. I brought flowers to the cemetery. When I got there, I saw I wasn't alone. Gavin was already

00:32:56there. Flowers lined Nate's grave. A superhero figure. A little cake. Candy. Snacks. I kicked

00:33:03them all aside. Claire, whatever your problem with me, take it out on me. Don't do this here.

00:33:10He was my son too. No. That's not what Liam likes. I pulled out Legos, a Rubik's Cube,

00:33:16and Nate's favorite spicy snacks. Nate hated sweets. He didn't care about superheroes.

00:33:21I'm sorry. I thought all boys liked this stuff. If you don't care, don't fake it. Doesn't this

00:33:27embarrass you? He could remember Liam. Not Nate. Not one favorite toy or snack. Indifference.

00:33:33I just wanted more time with him. I was busy. I didn't get enough time. But Nate said he wanted

00:33:39a different dad next life. Gavin staggered. Kneeled. He whispered. It felt empty. Fake. Too late.

00:33:46If you really feel sorry, honor his wish. Stop showing up in front of him. His phone rang.

00:33:52Lauren. He answered, face changing instantly. Guilt. Claire, Lauren and Liam are innocent.

00:33:58Blame me. Not them. You're a mother too. How can you be this cruel? You wouldn't even leave them

00:34:04the house? Don't worry. I'm coming. Lauren knew Gavin had her back. Even with cash in hand,

00:34:09she refused to pay. I had Wes file for court enforcement. The property under Lauren and Liam's

00:34:14name was put up for forced sale. This morning, they were evicted. Gavin kept hovering, trying to

00:34:19calm her down, anxious and tense. I knew the truth. He wasn't sorry. Later, I remembered how he once

00:34:26risked his life to save me. He said that's the job. I asked if he was scared. Maybe it's how

00:34:31I grew up.

00:34:32His father, a firefighter, died when Gavin was 7. His mother sick. Died when he was 15. Crew and friends

00:34:39kept him alive. He grew up giving, helping, optimistic. That was the part one loved most.

00:34:45And the part one came to hate. Every time Lauren called, he answered, always softer, faster,

00:34:50more completely than me. I stayed calm at first. Then uneasy. Then furious. He never got it.

00:34:58You've never complained when I helped other people. So why are you obsessing over Lauren and Liam?

00:35:03I've never crossed a line with them. Stop making this about jealousy. Then I came back from the

00:35:09memory, empty. I stayed with Nate for over an hour, then left. Not sure if it was just my luck

00:35:15today,

00:35:15or some cosmic joke. Later, outside downtown, I saw them again. Lauren on the roof ledge,

00:35:21Liam in her arms. Police, firefighters, Gavin trying to calm her. A crowd had gathered, cameras flashing.

00:35:28She saw me. Screamed. Claire! Will you only stop when me and my son are dead? My phone rang.

00:35:35Blocked number. Gavin. Borrowed someone else's phone. Stop. Don't push her. Whatever you need to

00:35:41say, not her. Say it to me. I gripped the phone. Enough. Then I looked at Lauren on the ledge.

00:35:48At the hotel, she knew I was next door. So did Liam. We need to do in sakes there, but

00:35:54they's never

00:35:55responding. They knew we were there, but they never told you. Gavin froze just for a second.

00:36:02Then he said, too fast, too panicked. That's not possible. Lauren would never do that.

00:36:08She has a good heart. Of course, men like him only believe what they want to. I hung up and

00:36:13shouted at Lauren on the ledge. You want to jump? Then jump. Can't do it with your kid? Fine. Go

00:36:20by

00:36:20yourself. Cops and firefighters rushed toward me immediately. Hands raised. Voices loud,

00:36:25trying to stop me. The crowd stared. I laughed. A megaphone appeared. Wes. He raised an eyebrow.

00:36:31Use this. Save your voice. Your brother made me promise I'd keep you in one piece. I took it.

00:36:36She's not jumping! She wasn't leaning, shaking, or letting go. Wes muttered about my height,

00:36:42then brought a chair. I stepped up, lifted the megaphone higher. Since we're all watching,

00:36:47here's the truth. That woman up there, my husband's side swash. The guy behind her, my husband. My

00:36:54husband gave her 1.85 million during our marriage. I sued. She refused to pay. So the court moved to

00:37:01sell her house. She doesn't want to pay, doesn't want to lose the house. Today, she pulled this stunt

00:37:07hoping you'd pressure me into backing down. Still recovering from major burns. My son is dead. And now

00:37:14I'm supposed to be the cruel one? Because I won't let my husband's mistress bully me in public?

00:37:19If you still think I'm the villain here, fine. The crowd erupted. Voices from all directions.

00:37:25Shameless! Arrest her! The wife is the real victim. That's outrageous!

00:37:30Wes studied me and drove me home. By nightfall, the story was everywhere. Lauren had made too much

00:37:35noise. Reporters dug into the fire. Fire captain altered rescue order to save ex-girlfriend and her

00:37:41child first. Delay allegedly led to death of 5-year-old son and severe burns to wife. Dead

00:37:45child identified as captain's son, wife and child in room next to ex-girlfriend. Gavin and Lauren were

00:37:51dragged online. Lauren couldn't rent anywhere. Gavin's career took a hit. If he failed his own child,

00:37:56what could people trust him with? Gavin tried to contact me repeatedly. No luck. Finally, he hired a

00:38:02lawyer. He wanted a divorce. Wes handled the back and forth.

00:38:06He says Lauren panicked and forgot you and Nate were next door. He thinks you misjudged her. He's

00:38:11disappointed in you and wants a divorce. I looked at Wes. Tired. Done. I didn't care to untangle

00:38:16excuses anymore. Come with me. I want the divorce done face to face. Today. At my house. After Nate

00:38:23died, I couldn't go home. His shoes. His cups. His half-built toys everywhere. I couldn't live under the

00:38:29same roof as Gavin. But now the house was mine. Every memory of Nate stayed. Gavin would take only

00:38:34himself out. We arrived. Opposing counsel called. House not ideal. Moved to coffee shop. Fine. I just

00:38:42wanted it done. Since I was already there, I wanted Nate's favorite Lego set. I keyed the door. Wrong

00:38:47code. Again. Wrong. Then a voice. Who is it? My blood ran cold. The door opened. Lauren. Lauren was in

00:38:55my house. Wearing pajamas. Liam was right behind her. Dressed like you lived there too. One look past the

00:39:02door and I knew. The furniture had been moved. The decor was different. Their things were everywhere.

00:39:08They had settled in. But this was my house. My house with Gavin. We weren't even divorced yet.

00:39:15How the hell did he let another woman move in here with her kid? My blood went hot so fast

00:39:20my vision

00:39:20blurred. Lauren saw me and panicked. She tried to slam the door. Wes gave an annoyed click of his tongue

00:39:26and kicked the door back open. You can't go in there. Out of my way. I shoved her aside and

00:39:33went

00:39:33in. Then I saw the bedroom. Clean. Reset. Different. There was nothing left of Nate. My mind went blank.

00:39:42I turned and grabbed Lauren by the shirt. Where are Nate's clothes? His shoes? His toys? His pictures? Where are

00:39:51they? I was one second from falling apart. Lauren wouldn't look at me. But Liam answered

00:39:58for her. Mom said keeping dead people's stuff is creepy. So she threw it out. I screamed and grabbed

00:40:03the fistful of Lauren's hair. Then I hit her. Once. Twice. Over and over. She fell. I went down with

00:40:12her and kept swinging. I wanted to tear her apart. My son was already dead. Wasn't that enough? Why did

00:40:19she have to erase every trace of him too? Gavin kept saying Lauren and Liam were innocent. Then

00:40:25what about Nate? What about me? Claire what the hell are you doing? He tried to yank me off her.

00:40:31Wes stepped in front of him. Let's not do that. Breaking up a fight between women? Bad look for

00:40:36you. Wes looked lean. But he could fight. He'd competed at the national level. Gavin couldn't get past him.

00:40:43So he did what men like him always do when they lose control. He called the cops.

00:40:48Lauren didn't do anything to deserve that. She let the last time slide. And now you're attacking her

00:40:53again? I know you're hurting Claire. But that doesn't give you the right to go after her.

00:40:58I have never met a lower man than you. My brother had already handled it. He hired a crew to

00:41:04dig

00:41:04through the landfill for Nate's things. Wes and I drove out there fast. You're still recovering Claire.

00:41:10Go home. Get off your feet. I'll find everything. I swear to God I will.

00:41:16I didn't even spare him a glance. Wes handed me a pair of work gloves. I pulled them on and

00:41:22climbed

00:41:22into the mountain of trash. If Nate had anything left in this world, I was the one taking it home.

00:41:27Gavin just stood there, useless. Looking like a man who'd shown up too late and knew it.

00:41:32What exactly are we looking for?

00:41:34That almost broke me. Because there was a time he knew every single thing that mattered.

00:41:39When Nate was born, before Lauren came back, Gavin showed up. For those first three years,

00:41:44he was all in. He changed diapers, made baby food, sat on the floor for hours building block towers

00:41:50that always ended in laughter. When he wasn't on shift, he was all about Nate. People used to tell

00:41:56me I was the lucky one. They said I'd married the best man in the world. And Nate? Nate adored

00:42:01him.

00:42:02Then Lauren came back. After that, Gavin was never really home. He was either at the station or at her

00:42:08place. If you asked him about Liam, how tall he was, what snacks he liked, what size shoes he wore,

00:42:15he'd talk for days. But ask him where Nate went to preschool? Silence. Ask him which toy Nate couldn't

00:42:22sleep without. Blank. It was over a hundred out. The stink from the landfill hit like a wall.

00:42:28I kept digging. I didn't say a word. At one point, Gavin had to ask the crew what Nate's

00:42:34things even looked like. They had to show him pictures. That told me everything. He wasn't

00:42:40there for my son. He was there to quiet his own guilt. By early afternoon, the heat took him down.

00:42:46He collapsed right there in the middle of the trash. EMS had to take him out. Later, after they got

00:42:52him

00:42:52stable, he came back. Still pale. Still shaky. Still digging.

00:42:58Claire, Lauren wants to make a deal. She'll pay for all of it. She just doesn't want criminal

00:43:02exposure. Tell her this. If she wants mercy, she can start by saying my son's name in public.

00:43:08She can stand in front of every camera she's been dodging and admit what she did.

00:43:11She can do it at his memorial, and she can stay there until every last thing that belonged to him

00:43:15is found. If she agrees, I won't do anything to keep this in the headlines. Her lawyer can take the

00:43:20rest

00:43:20up with the DA. Lauren crossed a line this time. What she did was wrong, but she didn't mean-

00:43:29You can stand right beside them. You go with them, or she goes to jail.

00:43:33As for Nate's things, I didn't need Gavin. He'd already missed the last two years of my son's life,

00:43:39and now Nate didn't need him anymore either. I shoved past him and kept digging. For the next two days,

00:43:46Wes kept me updated. I meant every word I said. If they did what I told them to do, they

00:43:52were staying

00:43:52there. Day and night. Whether their bodies could take it? Not my problem. It wasn't even a fraction

00:43:59of what my boy went through. It took two full days to find everything. When the last box was finally

00:44:04pulled out, my knees nearly buckled. I held it in my arms, filthy, stinking, covered in ash and rot.

00:44:10I cried so hard I could barely see. When I got back to the house, I wanted to throw up.

00:44:21Everything

00:44:21Lauren had touched felt contaminated. I hired a crew on the spot. I told them to haul every single

00:44:28thing they'd brought into that house out to the curb. The furniture. The decor. The kitchen junk.

00:44:34All of it. Anything that smelled like them. They'd been out there for two days and two nights.

00:44:39Gavin, too. Lauren saw her things being hauled out and almost lost it.

00:44:44How? How could you do this? Gavin, do something!

00:44:49Her voice bored straight into my skull. I grabbed a framed photo and hurled it at her.

00:44:54It shattered right by her feet. In this city, money buys more than just silence.

00:44:58It buys me the pleasure of watching you crawl. And I've got very deep pockets.

00:45:05She just stood there, teary-eyed, looking at Gavin like he was going to save her.

00:45:12We did what you asked. You can drop the case now. Right?

00:45:17Of course. But Gavin? I changed my mind.

00:45:23I'm not divorcing you. Not yet. I'm gonna drag this out for as long as I can.

00:45:28And I'm gonna make sure all three of you know what it feels like to live inside a nightmare.

00:45:33I had their things thrown out. Gavin's. Two. Clothes. Shoes. Tools. Every last trace of him.

00:45:41Then I changed the door code. Before he could speak, I hit him where it hurt.

00:45:46You borrowed 200 grand from me, and you promised to pay it back.

00:45:49You were ready to chaff up nearly 2 million for Lauren.

00:45:52So don't even think about dragging your feet. You were payment successful.

00:45:58He transferred the money. Every cent he had. Then he tried one last time.

00:46:03You can hate me, Claire. I deserve it. But Lauren and Lemus, all they did was take the help I

00:46:09offered.

00:46:09They didn't do anything wrong.

00:46:11There it was again. The same blind spot that killed my son.

00:46:14I walked inside and slammed the door in his face. Hard.

00:46:18Wes was waiting.

00:46:19The reporters still want that interview about the fire. You want me to cancel?

00:46:23No. Let him come.

00:46:25I'd spent weeks covering for him.

00:46:27Staying quiet while people online came up with excuses for why he wasn't there.

00:46:31Where's Nate's grave?

00:46:32While he was alive, you barely acted like a father.

00:46:35Now that he's dead, don't you dare taint his rest.

00:46:38I will never let you see him again.

00:46:41I'm sorry. I swear I didn't mean to.

00:46:45Don't break yet. We're just getting started.

00:46:48That afternoon, the reporters came.

00:46:51I sat in front of the cameras.

00:46:52He knew exactly where we were.

00:46:54He just chose to stop listening.

00:46:56But he had blocked me.

00:46:58He wouldn't answer my calls or my son's because he was busy.

00:47:03Busy with work, with Lauren and with her son.

00:47:09He didn't want us bothering him.

00:47:15When he pulled them out, he walked right past our door.

00:47:22My boy, Nate, was screaming for his dad.

00:47:26He marked that floor clear while my son was still inside.

00:47:30He didn't make a mistake.

00:47:32He made a choice.

00:47:34And that choice killed my son.

00:47:39It's so good to talk it with me.

00:47:41We will end day that I didn't need to rambling.

00:47:43The I'm is horrible.

00:47:45The players group have supered and fired to let you.

00:47:47The rest of the train, you're gonna do it.

00:47:48The video exploded.

00:47:50The department put him on leave first.

00:47:52Then the investigation started.

00:47:54By the end of the week, his position, his reputation, his future there, gone.

00:47:59I pulled every mutual contact into one group chat.

00:48:02This is Claire, Gavin's wife.

00:48:04If he asks for money, it's for Lauren Blake.

00:48:07I am no longer his safety net.

00:48:09He has no savings, no assets, and now, no future.

00:48:14I was done paying for the other woman.

00:48:16People backed off.

00:48:17Fast.

00:48:18Whenever they moved, I found them.

00:48:21And once I did, they got the message.

00:48:24Filth at the door.

00:48:25Funeral flowers.

00:48:27Red words across the walls.

00:48:28Rotten food.

00:48:29Public shame.

00:48:31Fear.

00:48:32Everywhere they went, it followed.

00:48:34Grief had hollowed me out and left something mean in its place.

00:48:37By then, I wasn't trying to be good.

00:48:40I was trying to make them hurt.

00:48:42I knew what I was becoming.

00:48:44I just didn't care.

00:48:45Rotten hell.

00:48:46You home-wrecking bitch.

00:48:48A life for a life.

00:48:49Watch your son pay for your sins.

00:48:51Gavin, can you feel his eyes on you?

00:48:54They called the cops.

00:48:55I didn't care.

00:48:56As long as I had resources, they were never going to outrun the consequences.

00:49:00If they moved, I followed.

00:49:02New house.

00:49:03Same nightmare.

00:49:04Every week, Wes gathered the proof.

00:49:07Every cent Gavin spent on them, we filed to claw back.

00:49:10If Lauren didn't have cash, we took her car.

00:49:13We froze her accounts.

00:49:14Gavin used to say I was going after her.

00:49:17That I was being cruel.

00:49:19Fine.

00:49:19He hadn't seemed cruel yet.

00:49:21Wes usually handled the big fish.

00:49:24Cases worth hundreds of millions.

00:49:25Now, he was spending his days tearing my marriage apart.

00:49:29One filing at a time.

00:49:31It felt like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

00:49:34Your brother and his wife, they're still torn up about Nate.

00:49:38They feel like they failed him.

00:49:40They told me, don't let anyone pick on Claire again.

00:49:44If I even think about walking away, they'll have my head.

00:49:47Besides, big law is exhausting.

00:49:50Helping you tear these two down, it's the most fun I've had in years.

00:49:53One month.

00:49:55That's all it took for Lauren to break.

00:49:57Her son's condition got worse with every scare.

00:49:59The ER visits piled up.

00:50:01She couldn't even pay the bills.

00:50:03Liam was a child.

00:50:05I knew that.

00:50:06I just didn't have mercy left for anyone connected to her.

00:50:10Gavin showed up at my door.

00:50:12Curious.

00:50:12He looked at me like I was the monster.

00:50:15Do you have any idea what you're doing?

00:50:17You keep pushing like this, Claire.

00:50:20And you're gonna have blood on your hands.

00:50:23Is that what you want?

00:50:26Why would I be scared, Gavin?

00:50:29Because if someone dies, Claire, that's it.

00:50:34You're looking at prison time.

00:50:35Real time.

00:50:37Then I'll just go.

00:50:41Nate is gone.

00:50:42What's the difference to me now?

00:50:44Let's be real.

00:50:45All I did was lean on Lauren.

00:50:48If something happens to her kid, that's on her.

00:50:51Maybe one day I pay for how far I've gone.

00:50:53At that point, I didn't care.

00:50:56But if that buys you and Lauren a lifetime of pure hell?

00:51:01Totally worth it.

00:51:04Claire, how could you do this to me?

00:51:05You made me.

00:51:07You made me.

00:51:08That was the God honest truth.

00:51:10He helped kill my son.

00:51:11I was stuck in a hole I couldn't climb out of.

00:51:14So why should he and Lauren get to find peace?

00:51:17Why do they get to sleep?

00:51:19Why do they get to eat and breathe and have a life?

00:51:22Gavin opened his mouth to speak.

00:51:24Nothing.

00:51:25Just that same hollow, pathetic look.

00:51:28When he finally turned to go, he looked heavy.

00:51:30Like every step was a goddamn chore.

00:51:38I want to see you.

00:51:41Fine.

00:51:42The coffee shop then.

00:51:44When she walked in, she looked old.

00:51:46Not years damaged at eye.

00:51:48Like life had just worn her face down.

00:51:50The second she saw me, her eyes turned sharp.

00:51:53Pure hate.

00:51:57You know, I really did envy you.

00:52:00I didn't say a word.

00:52:01I just let her keep digging her own grave.

00:52:04You had everything I didn't.

00:52:06The money.

00:52:07The family.

00:52:08The kind of life that always has a safety net.

00:52:12I had none of that.

00:52:13You were born with a silver spoon, Claire.

00:52:16I had to scratch and claw for every scrap of attention Garvin gave me.

00:52:23I'm not here for the sob story, Lauren.

00:52:25That shut her up.

00:52:26For a second, anyway.

00:52:28See, that's the thing.

00:52:30Her parents might have been monsters, but that had nothing to do with me.

00:52:35I wasn't Gavin.

00:52:36She wasn't going to cry and watch me fold.

00:52:41I've been holding this in a long time.

00:52:43I've loved Gavin since middle school.

00:52:46Even after my divorce, I thought he'd hate me for marrying someone else.

00:52:52But he was so damn good to me.

00:52:54And I started thinking, maybe he still loved me too.

00:53:02Sometimes I'd say things, little things, just to set you off, just to see what happened.

00:53:08And when he'd get pissed at you, get pissed at you, because of me, because of Liam, God, that felt

00:53:15good.

00:53:15Look, Claire, Gavin never actually cheated.

00:53:19He just felt sorry for me.

00:53:22That's it.

00:53:23I tried.

00:53:24God, I tried.

00:53:25But he never let it happen.

00:53:29We've both paid enough now.

00:53:31I'm leaving town.

00:53:35So, stop.

00:53:37Just stop going after him.

00:53:39He's hurting too, Claire.

00:53:42After what happened to the kid, he's suffering.

00:53:45She kept talking.

00:53:46And talking.

00:53:48Confessional garbage.

00:53:49I didn't say a word.

00:53:51I just flipped my phone.

00:53:53Then, ding.

00:53:54Her screen lit up.

00:53:58Did you really think a few soft words would save you?

00:54:02You don't get to torture me and my son for two years?

00:54:05Then sit for coffee and ask for grace?

00:54:08She went ghost white.

00:54:09Her knees gave out.

00:54:11She hit the floor.

00:54:12I didn't help her.

00:54:14I didn't even look back.

00:54:16I just walked out.

00:54:17She made my son's life hell for two years.

00:54:20Fine.

00:54:21Now she can live inside my revenge for two.

00:54:23If the stress wrecks her kid?

00:54:25If she never sleeps again?

00:54:27Not my problem.

00:54:28What would Gavin do when he saw it?

00:54:30I got my answer sooner than I thought.

00:54:33Both of them were catching hell for weeks.

00:54:35No sleep.

00:54:37Harassment.

00:54:38Runs for Liam.

00:54:39Lawyers.

00:54:41Pressure.

00:54:41Gavin looked wrecked.

00:54:43He didn't just look tired.

00:54:45He looked used up.

00:54:46He smelled like whiskey.

00:54:48Bloodshot eyes.

00:54:55Clare.

00:54:56Claire.

00:54:57Claire, listen to me.

00:54:57I swear.

00:54:58I didn't know Lauren felt that way.

00:55:00I didn't know.

00:55:02I just thought your brother had your back.

00:55:04Your friends were there.

00:55:05You were the strong one.

00:55:06And she had nobody.

00:55:08Her parents used her.

00:55:09She had nothing.

00:55:10No one.

00:55:11I thought she needed the help more.

00:55:14That's all it was.

00:55:16I swear.

00:55:17I never loved her.

00:55:19I never betrayed you.

00:55:20I crossed lines.

00:55:22I messed up.

00:55:22I know that now.

00:55:24But I never slept with her.

00:55:26I never touched her.

00:55:27From now on, she's dead to me.

00:55:29Cut off.

00:55:30Completely.

00:55:31I'll do whatever you want, Claire.

00:55:32Anything.

00:55:33Please.

00:55:34Just one more chance.

00:55:35From the day we met, Gavin was the center of my universe.

00:55:39I was the one giving.

00:55:41He was always the one in control.

00:55:43But this?

00:55:44This was the first time I'd seen him this low.

00:55:47This desperate.

00:55:48This small.

00:55:50Okay.

00:55:51What did you say?

00:55:52She said okay, man.

00:55:54If you're hearing shots, see a specialist.

00:55:56You're too young for this.

00:55:57I'm dying of thirst, by the way.

00:55:59You gonna let me in for a drink or what?

00:56:01Come on in.

00:56:02I walked in right beside him.

00:56:04Gavin followed us fast.

00:56:06His hands were shaking as he poured the water.

00:56:08It was only two in the afternoon.

00:56:10I took a sip and set the glass down.

00:56:13Wes has been helping me non-stop.

00:56:15He's staying the night.

00:56:16You're a good cook, aren't you?

00:56:18Then cook.

00:56:19Depends.

00:56:20Does the husband mind?

00:56:22No.

00:56:23Fridge is empty.

00:56:23Can you grab some groceries?

00:56:25And Wes and I need some private time to unwind.

00:56:29I bought those ties for you.

00:56:30And the cufflinks.

00:56:32They should be here in a day or two.

00:56:35Usually that's girlfriend territory.

00:56:38Ties and cufflinks.

00:56:40You sending a message, Claire?

00:56:42You're my brother's best friend.

00:56:44You're family.

00:56:45Didn't you say you had a headache?

00:56:46You look exhausted.

00:56:48Lean back.

00:56:49It's easier this way.

00:56:51Your husband's standing right there.

00:56:52So?

00:56:53If you've got a dirty mind, Gavin, that's your cross to carry.

00:56:56Don't project your filth on us.

00:56:58Gavin just stood there.

00:57:00Watching.

00:57:01Still.

00:57:02Silent.

00:57:02His face was a wreck.

00:57:04Flickering between shock, pain, and pure jealousy.

00:57:07He looked exactly the way I used to look.

00:57:12If you don't want to make dinner, just say it.

00:57:16Wes and I can just head out.

00:57:17We can afford it.

00:57:18No.

00:57:19It's fine.

00:57:20I'll go.

00:57:22Between the store and the stove, he was gone four hours.

00:57:25By the time he came back, Wes and I were in the living room.

00:57:29Laughing over some messy divorce case he'd handled.

00:57:32Gavin brought the food out like it was glass.

00:57:34Everything looked perfect.

00:57:36Too bland.

00:57:37Wes won't like this.

00:57:39We're going out.

00:57:40I didn't even look at the expression on his face.

00:57:42I just grabbed Wes's arm and walked out.

00:57:45Like Gavin wasn't even in the room.

00:57:47We didn't get back until late.

00:57:49The house was spotless.

00:57:51Clean counters.

00:57:52Folded blankets.

00:57:54Dishes done.

00:57:55For a split second, it felt like the start of our marriage.

00:57:58Back when Gavin made everything feel safe.

00:58:01I killed the thought.

00:58:03It's late.

00:58:04Just crash here tonight, Wes.

00:58:05Look at you.

00:58:06All grown up.

00:58:08Taking care of people.

00:58:10You take such good care of me, Wes.

00:58:12Someone's got to appreciate you, right?

00:58:14And you know I always look after my favorites.

00:58:18Claire!

00:58:19Are you doing this to get back at me?

00:58:21Get back at you?

00:58:22Hilarious.

00:58:23He's staying because driving late sucks.

00:58:26Why are you making it weird?

00:58:27Come on.

00:58:28You're finishing the show with me.

00:58:30Gavin never watched anything but the news.

00:58:32I'd try to tell him about a series I loved.

00:58:35He'd just nod.

00:58:36Uh-huh.

00:58:37Never heard a word.

00:58:39Wes was different.

00:58:40He lived for the drama.

00:58:41Half his job was divorce law, and he always had a story that topped the script.

00:58:46We sat there for hours, laughing, talking, completely tuned in.

00:58:50Gavin tried to jump in once or twice.

00:58:53Nobody bit.

00:58:54He just sat there.

00:58:56Getting quieter.

00:58:57Smaller.

00:58:58By midnight, he gave up and went to the master bedroom.

00:59:01Alone.

00:59:02I waited a few minutes.

00:59:04Then I went to my room, changed, and came back out in silk.

00:59:08Gavin was still awake.

00:59:10The second he saw me, he flinched.

00:59:13Where are you going?

00:59:15Wes is taking the guest room.

00:59:16He's had a long day.

00:59:17Don't make it ugly just because that's where your mind goes.

00:59:20You're going in there dressed like that?

00:59:21He's a man for God's sake.

00:59:23You really think this is appropriate?

00:59:25Gavin, we're practically siblings.

00:59:27Don't make it weird just because your mind goes there.

00:59:29Everything I did that day, I'd already lived through the original version.

00:59:34He'd said those exact words to me.

00:59:36About Lauren, boundaries, my crazy jealousy.

00:59:39About how gross it was that I'd even think such a thing.

00:59:42I was just returning the favor.

00:59:44That wasn't cruelty.

00:59:46That was consequence.

00:59:48Honestly?

00:59:48I thought Gavin would last longer.

00:59:51A month, maybe two.

00:59:53He was always too stubborn, too proud to break.

00:59:56But it only took two days.

00:59:58Two days.

00:59:59That was it.

01:00:00He showed up with the divorce papers.

01:00:02Dark circles under his eyes.

01:00:04No sleep.

01:00:06No fight left.

01:00:07He looked like absolute hell.

01:00:09He held the papers out, his hand trembling slightly.

01:00:12He said sorry.

01:00:13Then he stopped.

01:00:15Because the rest of the words just wouldn't come.

01:00:18For years, he acted like as long as he didn't sleep with her, he was a saint.

01:00:22Like I was being dramatic.

01:00:24Like Nate and I were just, too much.

01:00:27Too needy.

01:00:28He thought all his choices lived on the right side of the line.

01:00:31Now?

01:00:31He couldn't even say the words.

01:00:33Good.

01:00:34At least shame finally caught up with him.

01:00:37I looked over the papers.

01:00:38He was giving me everything.

01:00:41No fight over the assets.

01:00:42No claim on the house.

01:00:44Nothing.

01:00:45I signed.

01:00:46Fast.

01:00:47Clean.

01:00:48No second thoughts.

01:00:50We filed, waited the mandatory days, and finalized it.

01:00:54Just like that.

01:00:55I was free.

01:00:56Gavin used to be a guy who never touched a drop.

01:00:59Now?

01:01:00He drank like it was his job.

01:01:02Every single night.

01:01:03He looked wrecked.

01:01:05Nothing like the man I married.

01:01:07After the ink dried, he told me he was quitting the department.

01:01:10Said he was heading out to some rural district to teach.

01:01:13He called it doing something for Nate.

01:01:16Trying to balance the scales, I guess.

01:01:18He said he was leaving the next day.

01:01:20From the second I met him, fire defined us.

01:01:23He saved my life in one.

01:01:25Then he took my son in another.

01:01:27Fire was what made me love him.

01:01:29It was also what took everything from me.

01:01:32Now the revenge was done.

01:01:33I won, if that word even means anything in a story like this.

01:01:37And still.

01:01:38Looking at him, all hollow and half gone.

01:01:41I didn't feel a thing.

01:01:43Not satisfied.

01:01:44Not even a little.

01:01:45Just heavy.

01:01:47Because once, before the world broke, we were real.

01:01:50A real family.

01:01:51A real life.

01:01:53A real love.

01:01:54I didn't say any of that.

01:01:56I just turned around and got in the car.

01:01:59Lauren and Liam?

01:02:00The world hounded them for a long time.

01:02:02Their life turned ugly.

01:02:04Small.

01:02:05Hard.

01:02:06Gavin went off to the middle of nowhere, living on pennies.

01:02:10Later, I heard he tried to help some woman out there.

01:02:13She'd been trafficked into a forced marriage.

01:02:15The locals beat him so bad they snapped his leg.

01:02:18The woman got out, eventually.

01:02:20Gavin had to leave and start over again somewhere else.

01:02:23Everyone who hurt Nate paid for it, one way or another.

01:02:27But it didn't lift the weight.

01:02:29His death stayed in me.

01:02:30Heavy.

01:02:31Permanent.

01:02:32I couldn't sleep.

01:02:34Couldn't focus.

01:02:35So I started volunteering.

01:02:37Charities.

01:02:39Shelters.

01:02:40Disaster relief.

01:02:41Anything to keep moving.

01:02:43Sometimes, helping someone else gave me a second to breathe.

01:02:47A moment where the emptiness didn't swallow me whole.

01:02:49Maybe one day, I'll be able to put Nate down gently in my heart.

01:02:53Instead of carrying him like an open wound.

01:02:56Maybe one day, I'll have a life that isn't just grief.

01:02:59I'm not there yet.

01:03:01But maybe one day.

01:03:03Saving Claire was an accident.

01:03:05Meeting her?

01:03:06An accident too.

01:03:07She was gorgeous.

01:03:08Sharp.

01:03:10Warm without even trying.

01:03:11The kind of woman people notice the second she walks into a room.

01:03:15I never meant to get close.

01:03:17A girl like that?

01:03:18From a family like hers?

01:03:19She wasn't supposed to be for a guy like me.

01:03:22I was just a guy in a uniform with a hero complex and an empty bank account.

01:03:27No money.

01:03:28No family.

01:03:29No safety net.

01:03:30Even Lauren's family.

01:03:32And they were regular people.

01:03:33Thought I wasn't good enough.

01:03:35So a woman like Claire?

01:03:37No shot.

01:03:38That's what I told myself.

01:03:40Didn't matter.

01:03:41The more time I spent with her, the harder it got to stay away.

01:03:44Lauren and I, we'd been together forever.

01:03:47Years.

01:03:48What we had was real.

01:03:50But she used to say the same thing.

01:03:52Over and over.

01:03:53Save more.

01:03:54Think about us.

01:03:55Stop giving your money away.

01:03:57She wasn't wrong.

01:03:58There are too many people in this world who need help.

01:04:01You can't save them all.

01:04:02You just end up broke and alone.

01:04:04But after my dad died, people carried us.

01:04:08When I was 15, my mom died too.

01:04:10After that, everything I had came from the kindness of strangers.

01:04:14Food.

01:04:15Clothes.

01:04:16A place to sleep.

01:04:17People just stepped in.

01:04:19Did right by me.

01:04:20Asked for nothing.

01:04:21My mom used to tell me.

01:04:23You're a kid right now.

01:04:25Your job is to study.

01:04:27But when you're grown.

01:04:28You give back.

01:04:29That's how you honor the people who kept us alive.

01:04:32So that stuck.

01:04:33When I got older.

01:04:34When I finally had a job and some skin in the game.

01:04:38Helping people didn't feel optional.

01:04:40It felt like a debt.

01:04:42I tried to ignore it.

01:04:43Tried walking away.

01:04:44But I couldn't do it.

01:04:46If I knew someone was hurting and I turned my back.

01:04:49I wouldn't sleep that night.

01:04:50Later, Lauren's family made demands I couldn't even touch.

01:04:54Money I didn't have.

01:04:55That was the end for us.

01:04:57I figured that was the lesson.

01:04:59Maybe a man like me wasn't built for marriage.

01:05:02Maybe I was never going to be enough for it.

01:05:04And then, Claire showed up.

01:05:06She started coming with me.

01:05:08Helping kids who couldn't even afford a backpack for school.

01:05:12Dropping off groceries to seniors living all by themselves.

01:05:15Writing checks for people drowning in medical bills.

01:05:18The longer I knew her, the worse it got.

01:05:20I wanted her.

01:05:22Bad.

01:05:23But I also knew I didn't belong in her world.

01:05:25Not in a million years.

01:05:27So before we got in too deep, I laid it all out.

01:05:30My family.

01:05:31My past.

01:05:33The fact that I gave away half of every paycheck.

01:05:35And the fact that I probably always would.

01:05:38I thought that would be.

01:05:39The catch.

01:05:40I thought she'd finally see the real me.

01:05:42The guy with nothing.

01:05:44And walk.

01:05:45Instead, her eyes lit up.

01:05:46Like I just told her she'd won the lottery.

01:05:49Do you know how rare that is, Gavin?

01:05:52Most people can't see past their own front door anymore.

01:05:55How is that a flaw?

01:05:57My family has money.

01:05:59I'm doing fine on my own.

01:06:01So go help people.

01:06:03I'm not stopping you.

01:06:04Claire's parents were already gone.

01:06:06It was just her brother and his wife.

01:06:09They weren't exactly thrilled about me.

01:06:11I got it.

01:06:11But they loved her.

01:06:13And they respected her enough to let her choose.

01:06:16So we got married.

01:06:17And for a while, it felt like a dream.

01:06:19Like I'd somehow slipped into someone else's life by mistake.

01:06:23I married the woman I loved.

01:06:25She believed in me.

01:06:26She backed me.

01:06:27She saw me as a hero.

01:06:29Even when I felt like a ghost.

01:06:31I didn't know what to do with that much happiness.

01:06:34So I did the only thing I knew.

01:06:36I tried to earn it.

01:06:37I worked.

01:06:38I cooked.

01:06:39I cleaned.

01:06:40I handled every little detail at home.

01:06:42If I wasn't on shift, I was with her.

01:06:45I figured if I loved her hard enough.

01:06:47If I just showed up and carried the weight.

01:06:50Maybe I could become the kind of man she deserved.

01:06:53Then Nate came.

01:06:54And for a little while, life got even better.

01:06:57Just the three of us.

01:06:59Quiet mornings in our tiny apartment.

01:07:01Late night feedings.

01:07:02Baby toys scattered everywhere.

01:07:04That was happiness.

01:07:06Real, bone-deep happiness.

01:07:08But it didn't stay simple.

01:07:09The first couple of years were good.

01:07:11And then the shift started.

01:07:13Little things at first.

01:07:15People cracked jokes.

01:07:17Friends.

01:07:18Co-workers.

01:07:19The guys down at the station.

01:07:20They'd see me helping someone or hear where my paycheck went and just laugh.

01:07:25So, all your cash just goes out the door, huh?

01:07:28Guess it's easy when your wife's loaded.

01:07:31Must be nice.

01:07:32The wife bought the cars.

01:07:33The whole setup.

01:07:34No pressure.

01:07:36Man, I'd do community service too if I'm married as well as Gavin.

01:07:40They laughed.

01:07:41I laughed too.

01:07:42Sometimes.

01:07:43But those comments, they stuck.

01:07:45Not all at once.

01:07:47Just bit by bit.

01:07:48Like sand in a shoe.

01:07:50Everyone meant it as a joke.

01:07:51But after a while, something started to turn inside me.

01:07:55I'd come home to Claire and I could feel it.

01:07:58This weird edge.

01:07:59Something ugly I didn't want to name.

01:08:01Sometimes I'd be trying to figure out how to help someone.

01:08:04How to cover a bill.

01:08:06And I'd realize I was short.

01:08:08Claire would just smile.

01:08:09Are you really stressing over that, Gavin?

01:08:12If you need the cash, just ask me.

01:08:14I've got it.

01:08:15She meant it.

01:08:16At first, I loved that.

01:08:18That generosity.

01:08:19That ease.

01:08:20That total, unshakable faith in me.

01:08:23But later, it started landing differently.

01:08:26It felt harder.

01:08:27Like every time she solved a problem I couldn't solve myself.

01:08:31I shrank.

01:08:32I got a little smaller.

01:08:34And then, there was her family.

01:08:36Especially her brother.

01:08:38Every time I went over there, it was only a matter of time.

01:08:41He'd pull me aside.

01:08:43I get it.

01:08:44You want to save the world.

01:08:45That's great, Gavin.

01:08:46But even people like us can't save everyone.

01:08:50And you?

01:08:51You're not us.

01:08:52You're just a firefighter.

01:08:55A man living in a house he didn't pay for.

01:08:57You have a wife.

01:08:59A kid.

01:09:00Start thinking about your own for once.

01:09:03You can't keep leaning on Claire forever.

01:09:05Other people had said it, but from her brother, it burned.

01:09:09Because some part of me knew he was right.

01:09:12I tried to stop.

01:09:13Tried to look away when people were hurting.

01:09:15I couldn't do it.

01:09:17At night, I'd just stare at the ceiling, feeling like I was rotting from the inside out.

01:09:22So I tried to fix it.

01:09:23Make more money.

01:09:25Be more useful.

01:09:26Be enough.

01:09:27But I was just a firefighter.

01:09:29That was it.

01:09:30I still came home.

01:09:31I still cooked her favorites.

01:09:33Still cleaned.

01:09:34From the outside, I probably looked the same.

01:09:37Inside, I was gone.

01:09:39By the time Nate turned three, I was coming apart at the seams.

01:09:43And then, Lauren came back.

01:09:45She showed up bruised and shaking, holding Liam.

01:09:48Everything in me snapped to attention.

01:09:50Claire was beautiful.

01:09:52Strong.

01:09:53Successful.

01:09:54She could solve anything.

01:09:55She didn't need me.

01:09:57Not really.

01:09:58But Lauren?

01:09:59She was a wreck.

01:10:00She cried.

01:10:01She froze up.

01:10:02She needed help with every little thing.

01:10:04And the sick part?

01:10:06Being needed felt good.

01:10:07I got used to being needed by her.

01:10:09Then I started needing it.

01:10:11The pressure in my chest started to ease.

01:10:13The shame faded.

01:10:15The feeling of being useless.

01:10:16It just went away.

01:10:18And Claire got angry.

01:10:19At the time, I honestly didn't get it.

01:10:22I told myself I was just being me.

01:10:25Just helping people.

01:10:26I told her again and again.

01:10:28I'm not cheating.

01:10:29I haven't crossed any lines.

01:10:31I knew Lauren was trying.

01:10:33The looks.

01:10:34The timing.

01:10:35The touches that lasted a second too long.

01:10:37But I told myself it didn't count if I didn't pull the trigger.

01:10:41As long as I didn't sleep with her, I was clean.

01:10:44I didn't understand then that you can betray your family without ever touching another woman.

01:10:48I lived inside that delusion for two years.

01:10:51While my family slowly bled out.

01:10:54Then Nate died.

01:10:55And Claire just broke open.

01:10:57Maybe she had let too much slide for too long.

01:11:00Maybe I had just gotten too used to being forgiven.

01:11:03Because when she finally blew up, I understood something way too late.

01:11:07You don't have to cheat to tear a family apart.

01:11:10I knew Nate died because of me.

01:11:12After that, the nightmares came every night.

01:11:14But even then, some sick part of me thought we could survive it.

01:11:19That if I just stayed.

01:11:20If I apologized.

01:11:22If I suffered enough.

01:11:23Maybe.

01:11:24Then I watched her in that house with Wes.

01:11:27Two days.

01:11:28That was all it took for me to feel like I was losing my mind.

01:11:31And then it hit me.

01:11:33Pain doesn't care about your excuses.

01:11:35Or your reasons.

01:11:36Or what you say you didn't do.

01:11:38I finally understood what I'd put her through.

01:11:41Every single day.

01:11:42For two damn years.

01:11:43By then, it was already over.

01:11:46Nothing I said mattered.

01:11:48Nothing I gave up mattered.

01:11:49Not even how much I hated myself for all of it.

01:11:52I lost my boy.

01:11:54And Claire.

01:11:55I'd lost her too.

01:11:56After that.

01:11:57I couldn't look at fire the same way.

01:11:59Every flame turned into that hallway.

01:12:01That door.

01:12:02I could still hear his voice.

01:12:04Dad!

01:12:05I still hear it.

01:12:07I started freezing up on calls.

01:12:09Every time I smelled smoke.

01:12:11Every time I felt the heat.

01:12:12I just stopped.

01:12:13So I quit.

01:12:14I wanted to do something for Nate.

01:12:17So I tried to pay a blood debt with community service.

01:12:20Thought if I saved enough strangers.

01:12:22The universe would forgive me for the one person I actually owed.

01:12:26In the 10th year.

01:12:27I tried to get a woman out of a forced marriage.

01:12:30The men there didn't like that one bit.

01:12:32They beat me so badly my leg broke in three places.

01:12:35I don't regret helping her.

01:12:37Not for a second.

01:12:38I only regret.

01:12:39I spent my whole life saving strangers.

01:12:42And I still couldn't save my own son.

01:12:44I couldn't save my marriage.

01:12:46I heard Claire stayed on Lauren and Liam for two years before finally backing off.

01:12:51Later, Lauren got involved with another guy.

01:12:54His wife found out.

01:12:55Things turned ugly.

01:12:56Liam got so scared his heart just gave out.

01:13:00Right there in the hospital.

01:13:01He didn't make it.

01:13:02Lauren lost the house, the money, and eventually, her mind.

01:13:06She ended up exactly where she started.

01:13:09Screaming at a world that no longer cared if she existed.

01:13:13In the 11th year.

01:13:14I heard Claire was getting married again.

01:13:16Not to Wes.

01:13:17Some guy I'd never met.

01:13:19I took two weeks off and just started moving.

01:13:22Bus.

01:13:23Train.

01:13:24Whatever was headed her way.

01:13:2658 hours straight just to get back to the city.

01:13:28I told myself I just wanted to give her my blessing.

01:13:32To wish her well.

01:13:33That was true.

01:13:34Mostly.

01:13:35Maybe another part of me just wanted to see her in the light one last time.

01:13:39I got lucky.

01:13:40I saw her almost the second I hit town.

01:13:43She was outside.

01:13:44Laughing with a man in a dark coat.

01:13:46He was handsome.

01:13:48Put together.

01:13:49Easy.

01:13:50He looked at her like she was the only thing that mattered in the room.

01:13:53No hesitation.

01:13:54No divided loyalty.

01:13:56He was the man I was supposed to be before I traded my soul for a hero complex.

01:14:01He reached out and tapped the tip of her nose.

01:14:03She smiled up at him.

01:14:05And the look in his eyes.

01:14:07It was soft.

01:14:08Warm.

01:14:09Full.

01:14:10The kind of look I should have given her.

01:14:12Claire!

01:14:13I shouted her name.

01:14:14But I was too far away.

01:14:16She didn't hear me.

01:14:18She got into the car with him.

01:14:19I started after them.

01:14:21Fast as I could.

01:14:22I never hated my bad leg more than I did in that moment.

01:14:26Then a car cut across the street.

01:14:28Way too fast.

01:14:29I didn't even see it coming.

01:14:31Just the impact.

01:14:32The ground came up hard.

01:14:34Pain everywhere.

01:14:35White hot and blinding.

01:14:37Then, the sound of something small skidding away.

01:14:40The ring box.

01:14:41It rolled right out of my hand and into the gutter.

01:14:44I'd saved for ten years to buy that ring.

01:14:46The one I should have given her the first time.

01:14:49The one she was never, ever going to wear.

01:14:51I reached for it.

01:14:53Couldn't move.

01:14:54I couldn't feel my hand and my leg.

01:14:56Blood filled my mouth.

01:14:58Everything just stopped.

01:15:00She'll never know about the ring.

01:15:02She'll never know I finally tried to be the man she deserved.

01:15:05Through the blur, I watched her car keep going.

01:15:08Smaller.

01:15:09Farther.

01:15:10Gone.

01:15:11And for the first time, I felt it in my bones.

01:15:14That horrible ache.

01:15:15That awful longing.

01:15:17That desperate need to do something.

01:15:19When Claire begged me in that fire.

01:15:20When Nate called out for me.

01:15:22Is this what it felt like?

01:15:24I coughed and tasted copper.

01:15:27The sky started to bleed into black.

01:15:29Nate.

01:15:30Then, a whisper.

01:15:31Claire.

01:15:31Maybe I'm finally going to see my boy again.

01:15:34I just hope Nate doesn't look at me the way his mother did at the end.

01:15:38And Claire.

01:15:39I hope your new life is beautiful.

01:15:41I hope someone loves you the way I should have.

01:15:44You deserve that much.

01:15:45Claire.

01:15:46I hope your wedding day is everything you wanted.

01:15:48I hope your wedding day started.

01:15:50I hope my wedding day is hearted.

01:15:51I hope I'm here.

01:15:51I hope my wedding day has been a good girl forní to me.

01:15:51I hope your wedding day has been my new room for fun to do business now.

01:15:53And it's time to see my husband, family, and my family.

01:15:54I hope my wedding day won,''

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