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00:00The night before my wedding, I walked in on my fiancé entangled with his saviour's younger sister.
00:05The woman was wrapped in my wedding blanket, a lingering look of passion still in her eyes.
00:09I threw the pregnancy test result in his face and assed.
00:12Do you still want this child?
00:13He smoked half the night.
00:15At dawn, stubbing out his cigarette, he said.
00:18I have a duty to her, but I love you.
00:21Hearing that, I put on my wedding dress, deciding to give him one last chance.
00:26However, what I got was.
00:28Sorry, Mrs. Southwheel. Mr. Vox says the wedding is cancelled.
00:32Mrs. Woods has suffered a heart attack and is undergoing emergency resurgitation.
00:36My bouquet dropped to the ground, my dignity shattered.
00:39I ran outside just in time to see his car speeding away.
00:43Julian! If you dare to go to her today, I'll be at the hospital tomorrow. You'll lose your child!
00:49He was silent for a moment, and then hung up.
00:52Only the dial tone remained in my ear.
00:54I stood at the hotel entrance, still in my wedding dress.
00:58The guests around me whispered as they stared.
01:01The host froze on stage, unsure what to say.
01:04Julian's mother, Lydia Finch.
01:07Sophia, go inside first. Don't let them see it.
01:11The wedding is off.
01:13Nonsense. Julian just had a momentary Mary lapse of judgment.
01:18Vivian's situation is critical. He couldn't ignore her.
01:22So he could ignore me?
01:24You're going to be his wife. Don't make a scene.
01:31I'm done being his wife.
01:34Leave today and forget being a Borg ever again!
01:42In the dressing room, I took off the wedding dress and changed into my own clothes.
01:47The makeup artist carefully removed all hair accessories.
01:50Mrs. Southweal, your makeup.
01:51Leave it.
01:53I picked up my bag and left.
01:55Outside the hotel, the sky was overcast.
01:58I hailed a taxi.
02:00Trinity Hospital, please.
02:02My phone vibrated in my bag.
02:04It was Julian's assistant, Daniel Bright.
02:06I didn't answer.
02:08I knew what he would say.
02:10Mr. Voight is handling an emergency.
02:12Mr. Voight didn't mean it.
02:14Mr. Voight will explain to you later.
02:17Such words sounded in my mind.
02:19I'd heard excuses like this for 10 years.
02:21Vivian had been Julian's responsibility ever since her brother, Leonard Woods,
02:26died saving him 5 years ago.
02:28This responsibility had weighed on Julian for 5 years.
02:32I used to think it was right for him to take care of Vivian.
02:35Today, I realized just how far he'd let that responsibility go.
02:39The taxi stopped at the hospital entrance.
02:41I paid and walked into the emergency building.
02:44Julian was sitting on the long bench outside the emergency room.
02:48Head down, elbows propped on his knees, hands dug into his hair.
02:52He sat there with his suit jacket tossed carelessly to one side.
02:55Hearing my footsteps, he looked up and stood up when he saw me.
02:59Oh, Sophia, why are you here?
03:02I'm sorry.
03:04How is she?
03:05The doctor said it was acute heart failure.
03:07They're still trying to stabilize her.
03:09She's in critical condition.
03:15I see.
03:17Sophia, please don't be like this.
03:21Leonard died because of me.
03:23I can't abandon Vivian.
03:26She has no family in this world.
03:30Julian, I'm not doing anything.
03:33I just feel our wedding doesn't seem as important as a girl you've known for 5 years.
03:38No!
03:38Sophia, you're the most important to me!
03:40The doctor didn't say she's dying.
03:43But she's dying!
03:45Just then, the emergency room door opened.
03:49Family of Vivian?
03:51I am.
03:53The patient's heart rate spiked due to excitement.
03:56It's stable now, no danger.
03:58She'll be transferred to a regular board for observation for two days.
04:03Julian heaved a sigh of relief.
04:06See?
04:08She's so pitiful.
04:10Can't you be a little understanding?
04:14I said nothing.
04:15The hospital bed was wheeled out.
04:18Vivian was lying on it, pale and with her eyes closed.
04:21As she passed me, her eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes opened a slit.
04:25Seeing me, she soon got tears welling up.
04:28Julian immediately held her hand.
04:30Vivian, don't be afraid.
04:32I'm here.
04:35I turned and walked out of the hospital.
04:38The cold wind hit my face.
04:40Only then did I realize my heart was pounding wildly.
04:48The next day, Julian didn't come home.
04:51The house was deathly silent.
04:54I called a real estate agent to list the house.
04:57Yes, we need to sell it right away.
04:59In the afternoon, Julian came back.
05:01Sophia, I apologize on Vivian's behalf.
05:05She didn't mean it yesterday.
05:08Can't she apologize herself?
05:12She's still very weak.
05:13Julian, don't talk about her.
05:15Let's talk about us.
05:16What about the wedding?
05:18How do we explain to our relatives and friends?
05:21He was silent for a while.
05:23Once things settle down, we can have the wedding again.
05:28Again?
05:29You think this is something that can be done again?
05:33Then what do you want me to do?
05:34It already happened.
05:37Sophia, I know you have endured a lot, but Vivian just came back from the brink of death.
05:42Can't we be a little more understanding?
05:47Again, understanding.
05:48I went into the bedroom, pulled out a suitcase, and started packing.
05:53What are you doing?
05:57His face darkened, folding my clothes neatly into the suitcase.
06:02I'm selling this house.
06:04Sophia, have you had enough of this scene?
06:06I'm not making a scene.
06:08I just don't want to live here anymore.
06:11Don't you dare sell it!
06:13This is our home!
06:15Me is right.
06:17The moment you abandoned it for another woman, it stopped being our home.
06:22You're being utterly unreasonable!
06:25At this moment, his phone rang.
06:28He answered, and soon his tone shifted.
06:30What's wrong?
06:31Another nightmare?
06:33Don't be scared.
06:34I'm coming right now.
06:35After hanging up, he released me with impatience on his face.
06:39Sophia, stop this.
06:41Vivian's still shaking.
06:44I need to check on her.
06:46We'll talk when I get back.
06:47He thought I would compromise like before.
06:50If you leave, then don't come back.
06:59Sophia, my patience has limits.
07:01Then he left anyway.
07:03Listening to the door slam shut, I placed the last item in the suitcase and zipped it shut.
07:12I moved back to my studio.
07:15A small loft, design work downstairs, living space upstairs.
07:19Julian never contacted me again.
07:22I didn't contact him either.
07:24A week later, Lydia asked to meet me.
07:26In a coffee shop, she slid a check across the table.
07:3210 million.
07:34Leave Julian.
07:36Lydia, it's not about money between him and me.
07:40I know.
07:41You two have been together for 10 years, but you must understand, the Vogue family needs
07:45a wife who is understanding and can share Julian's burdens, not a troublemaker who only
07:50causes trouble.
07:52Vivian is understanding?
07:53Vivian is simple and kind.
07:56Her brother saved Julian's life.
07:59It's only right Julian protects her.
08:01As his fiancée, you should support him, not oppose him.
08:05I understood.
08:06In their eyes, all my grievances were causing trouble.
08:10I don't want the money.
08:12And I don't want Julian either.
08:15May he and Vivian have a lifetime of happiness.
08:20Stepping out of the coffee shop, I blocked all the Vogue's contacts.
08:23The world grew quiet.
08:29I began focusing on preparing for Milan Jewelry Design Competition three months later.
08:34That was my highest aspiration as a designer.
08:37My days were fulfilling and peaceful.
08:40Until that day, an uninvited guest showed up at my studio.
08:46Sofia, I came to apologize.
08:50On the wedding day, it was my fault.
08:52I shouldn't have get to the point.
08:55Julian has been in a terrible mood these past few days, drinking heavily.
08:59I know it's all because of me.
09:01Sofia, this is the card Julian gave me.
09:03I've saved all the money, never used it.
09:05I'm giving it back to you.
09:06Please don't be angry with him anymore, okay?
09:08Please?
09:10Vivian, do you think this is funny?
09:13I don't know what you're talking about.
09:15Vivian's still shaking.
09:16I'm coming right now.
09:17Every time you got sick or had an accident, it coincided with crucial moments for him and me.
09:23Vivian, you planned this, didn't you?
09:27I didn't.
09:29Take your card and get out of my place.
09:33Sophia, I know you hate me, but if the person who died five years ago was Julian instead of my
09:39brother, what would you have done?
09:41Believe it or not, I never meant to break you two up.
09:44I'm just so terribly lonely.
09:46She left.
09:47I threw the card in the trash.
09:49Sophia!
09:50What did you do to Vivian?
09:54Sophia!
09:55What did you do to Vivian?
09:58She slid her wrist after she went home.
09:59If the housekeeper hadn't found her in time, she'd be dead.
10:02Are you satisfied now?
10:03I did nothing to her.
10:04Still lying.
10:05She's so kind, even giving you all her savings to pay you back.
10:08Why did you still provoke her?
10:09Julian, do you believe her or me?
10:15I'm taking you to the hospital.
10:17Apologize to her.
10:18I'm not going.
10:19You have no choice.
10:20Julian, you're crazy!
10:22You're the crazy one!
10:24You weren't like this before!
10:25When did you become so vicious, so unreasonable?
10:28Yeah, I wasn't like this before.
10:30The old me believed his every word, understood his every difficulty, and took his responsibilities
10:35as my own.
10:36When did I change?
10:38Probably from the moment he kept choosing another woman over me.
10:41He dragged me all the way downstairs.
10:44His car was parked right at the door.
10:46He opened the door, trying to shove me inside.
10:49I used all my strength to break free.
10:52We're over.
10:54What did you say?
10:56I said we're breaking up.
10:57From now on, you and Vivian have nothing to do with me.
11:00Sophia, don't regret this!
11:01The thing I regret most is pulling you out of the mind ten years ago and spending another
11:05ten years watching you push me back in!
11:07I went upstairs, locked the door, and then leaned against it, listening to him pounding
11:11on the door.
11:13Then the car's engine started.
11:15He left.
11:16I slid to the floor, hugging my knees.
11:19A sharp pain stab through my lower abdomen.
11:22I looked down.
11:23Blood was trickling down my thigh.
11:28Seven weeks pregnant.
11:30Signs of threatened misnarrriage.
11:31Your emotional state is too volatile.
11:33Can my baby be saved?
11:35You need to be hospitalized for observation.
11:37As for saving your baby, we need a family member's consent.
11:40Where is your husband?
11:41He's away on business?
11:43Then have another relative come.
11:45I had no relatives.
11:47My parents passed away when I was very young.
11:49I was raised by my grandfather, who had also passed away five years ago.
11:54In this world, I thought I still had Julian.
11:57Now, I had no one.
11:59I sat on a bench in the hallway for a long time.
12:02My phone lit up.
12:03It was a photo from Daniel.
12:05Ms. Southwield, Mr. Vox says he will come find you once Ms. Wood's condition stabilizes.
12:10Then I stood up and walked back to the doctor's office.
12:13Doctor.
12:16Made a decision?
12:17I don't want this child.
12:19Then I lay on the operating table.
12:22The anesthesia coursed through my body.
12:24In the last second before my consciousness faded, I thought,
12:27Julian, we're even now.
12:32The day I was discharged, it was raining.
12:35I didn't return to the studio.
12:37Instead, I went to the airport.
12:40I bought a one-way ticket to Milan.
12:42Before leaving, I sent Julian a final text.
12:45My lawyer will send you the divorce papers.
12:48I don't want the house or the car.
12:50Just sign it.
12:52After sending it, I deactivated my phone number.
12:56As the plane took off, watching the city grow smaller beyond the window,
13:00I told myself,
13:03Life in Milan was harder than I had imagined.
13:06Language barrier, no friends, no money.
13:10I lived in the cheapest apartment, ate the simplest food.
13:13By day, I audited classes at a jewelry institute,
13:16and by night, I washed dishes in a small restaurant.
13:20It was tough.
13:21But my heart was at peace.
13:23I devoted all my energy into designs.
13:26I poured all the love and pain of those 10 years into the drawings.
13:30Three months later,
13:31I stood on the stage of the Milan jewelry design competition with my entry,
13:35Caged Bird.
13:36I got the gold medal.
13:38That day, under the spotlight,
13:40I smiled at the sea of flashbulbs below.
13:42I was no longer the Sofia who needed Julian to survive.
13:46Now I was a designer, Sofia Southwell.
13:49Three years later,
13:50I returned to my country with my personal brand,
13:53Glimmer Snow.
13:53My first major show was set in Rivermore.
13:56The runway was star-studded.
13:59Backstage,
13:59I watched models wearing my jewelry creations step onto the stage.
14:03My assistant, Anna,
14:05approached and handed me a glass of champagne.
14:07Mrs. Southdale,
14:09Julian Voth,
14:09the president of Voth Group,
14:11is here too.
14:11I swirled the liquid in my glass without responding.
14:14He's in the front row.
14:16Hasn't taken his eyes off you.
14:18Is that so?
14:21He's lost a lot of weight.
14:23Looks haggard.
14:25I took a sip of champagne.
14:28Anna, go prepare the showstopper.
14:31Yes, Mrs. Southwell.
14:34Ladies and gentlemen,
14:35let's put our hands together
14:36for the jewelry designer of tonight's show,
14:39Sofia Southbury.
14:51Our gaze is locked for three seconds.
14:54I gave him a faint smile,
14:55then left the stage.
14:57Backstage,
14:58Anna told me Julian wanted to see me.
15:01Tell him I'm busy.
15:03He says he'll wait.
15:06Then let him wait.
15:07I changed out of the dress.
15:09I left through a side entrance
15:11and got into my car.
15:12Thanks, Mia.
15:14Hello, miss.
15:15Hi.
15:16As we drove away,
15:17I glanced back.
15:18He was still standing there.
15:20Anna was right.
15:22He was thinner and older,
15:23no longer the vibrant man I remembered.
15:25The car radio played an old song.
15:27I finally learned how to love,
15:31but sadly you,
15:33you had long vanished into the crowd.
15:38I turned off the radio.
15:42My brand became an overnight sensation domestically.
15:46Orders poured in like snowflakes.
15:48I was swamped with work.
15:50Julian tried many ways to see me.
15:52He bought the coffee shop downstairs from my studio
15:55and sat by the window every day.
15:57He purchased the billboard opposite my company,
15:59displaying my photos 24 hours a day.
16:02He bought every single one of my designs.
16:05I ignored him completely.
16:07The more he acted like this,
16:08the more ridiculous I found it.
16:10Hindsight was always 20-20.
16:13Thank you, everyone.
16:14I had just finished a meeting when Anna came in.
16:17Miss Southwield?
16:18There's a lady downstairs asking to see you.
16:21She says her name is Vivian Woods.
16:22My pen paused.
16:24Let her come up.
16:25Years had changed Vivian a lot.
16:27She wore exquisite makeup and a designer suit
16:30with a hint of malice in her eyes.
16:32No longer the delicate,
16:34pitiable girl she once was.
16:36Sophia, long time no see.
16:38She sat down in my office.
16:40What do you want to say?
16:42I come to ask you to leave Rivermore.
16:47I laughed.
16:48Why?
16:51Julian loves you now.
16:52Ever since you came back,
16:54he changed.
16:55He wants to send me away and break up with me.
16:59Isn't that good?
17:01You two never should have been together.
17:04No.
17:07It's me who stayed by his side
17:10these past three years.
17:12I took care of him at his lowest.
17:14How dare you take him away from me?
17:16I looked at her,
17:18feeling ridiculous.
17:19Vivian, have you forgotten?
17:21He was originally mine.
17:23You gave up on him.
17:24He gave up on me first.
17:27She was speechless with her face flushed red.
17:30Finally, she pulled a stack of photos from her bag
17:33and slammed them onto my desk.
17:35Sophia, don't get cocky.
17:37You think he really loves you?
17:39It's just guilt.
17:40Look at this.
17:43I picked up a photo.
17:45It showed a tombstone.
17:47The name on it was Leonard Woods.
17:49Next to it stood a smaller tombstone,
17:51bearing no name.
17:53Only a date.
17:54The date of my surgery.
17:56Below it was engraved two words,
17:58my son.
17:59With the signature,
18:00father, Julian Voigt.
18:02My mind exploded.
18:04He had actually set up a tombstone
18:06for our unborn child.
18:07Seeing my deftly pale face,
18:09Vivian laughed triumphantly.
18:11He told me the child was his greatest regret,
18:13so he wanted to make amends.
18:14He wanted to get you back.
18:16Sophia, you're just a tool he's using
18:19to compensate for that child.
18:21My hands shook so badly
18:22that I couldn't hold the photos.
18:24They scattered all over the floor.
18:26Get out!
18:27Get out?
18:30Sophia, you can't win against me.
18:31As long as my brother's favor remains,
18:34Julian can never truly ignore me.
18:36I walked up to her and slapped her face.
18:38She covered her face,
18:40staring at me in disbelief.
18:41You dare slap me?
18:43This slap is for my unborn child.
18:47I picked up the phone.
18:49Security, throw this person out.
18:51Being held by two security guards.
18:54Sophia, just wait!
18:56I'll make you pay!
18:58Yeah.
18:58The office door closed.
19:00I crouched down,
19:02picking up the photos one by one,
19:03looking at that small tombstone.
19:05My tears finally fell.
19:11I fell ill with a persistent high fever.
19:14Anna took me to the hospital.
19:16Lying in a hospital bed,
19:18I drifted in and out of consciousness.
19:20It felt like I was back in that cold operating room
19:23three years ago.
19:24I kept having nightmares.
19:25A tiny infant was crying out to me.
19:28Mommy, why didn't you want me?
19:30I woke up sobbing.
19:31The moment I opened my eyes,
19:33I saw Julian.
19:34He sat at my bedside,
19:36holding my hand,
19:37with his jaw shadowed by rough stubble
19:39and his bloodshot eyes.
19:41Sophia, you're awake.
19:43His voice was hoarse.
19:45I pulled my hand back and turned away,
19:47not wanting to see him.
19:48He said behind me,
19:49I'm sorry about the child.
19:52I'm sorry.
19:54Back then,
19:56I thought you ended the pregnancy
19:57because you hated me.
19:59I didn't dare ask,
20:00didn't dare look for you.
20:01I was afraid you'd hate me even more.
20:05I visit him every year.
20:07I named him Sasha Valk.
20:09My body stiffened.
20:11I looked for you for three years.
20:13Sophia, I know I was wrong.
20:15Give me another chance, please.
20:17I didn't turn around,
20:18nor did I speak.
20:20I'll handle things with Vivian.
20:21I swear,
20:22from now on,
20:23my world will only have you and the child.
20:25The child he spoke of
20:27was the one long gone.
20:29How laughable.
20:31Julian,
20:33leave.
20:38I won't.
20:39He came to face me
20:41and tried to hug me.
20:42I avoided him.
20:44Sophia.
20:45You're right.
20:47I ended the pregnancy
20:48because I hated you.
20:50I hated you
20:51for abandoning our wedding,
20:52for abandoning our ten years,
20:54for choosing her
20:55again and again,
20:56so I abandoned your child.
20:58No, that's not true.
20:59You're not that kind of person.
21:01I am that kind of person.
21:02So it's impossible
21:04between us now.
21:06The person you see now
21:07is not the fool
21:08who loved you enough
21:09to give up everything.
21:11That fool died
21:13on the operating plate
21:14three years ago.
21:15The hospital room door opened.
21:18Anna entered with medicine.
21:19Seeing Julian,
21:21she paused.
21:23Mrs. Southwin,
21:25time for your medication?
21:28I nodded and told Julian.
21:31I need to rest.
21:32Please leave.
21:33He stood there,
21:34lips trembling.
21:35Finally,
21:36he gave me one last deep look
21:38before walking out.
21:39His back was hunched,
21:41looking ten years older.
21:45After I was discharged
21:47from the hospital,
21:48Julian didn't come
21:49to bother me again.
21:50He must have
21:51finally given up.
21:52I poured myself
21:53into work.
21:54My brand grew
21:55larger and larger,
21:57expanding worldwide.
21:58I spent most of my time abroad.
22:00My returns to Rivermore
22:01were brief and hurried.
22:03News of Julian
22:04came from financial reports,
22:06resulting in heavy losses.
22:07Vogue Group's investment
22:08failed,
22:09and its stock fell.
22:10Several major investments
22:11failing.
22:12It seemed his luck
22:13ran out after I left.
22:14Anna once shared
22:15some gossip with me.
22:16I heard Julian
22:17kicked Vivian out,
22:19didn't give her a cent.
22:22Vivian isn't
22:23an easy person either.
22:24She's been telling
22:25the media Julian
22:26is ungrateful,
22:28even that he has
22:28a love child.
22:29But no one believes her.
22:31She's in a bad way now.
22:32I just listened,
22:33having no feelings.
22:35None of it
22:35concerned me anymore.
22:37A year later,
22:38my retrospective exhibition
22:39opened at
22:40Rivermore Art Museum.
22:41All my representative
22:42works from my debut
22:43until now were on display.
22:45Many people attended
22:46the opening ceremony.
22:48I was preparing
22:49my speech in the lounge.
22:51Anna suddenly rushed in.
22:52Miss Southfield,
22:53something's happened.
22:55What happened?
22:56Vivian is here.
22:57She's making a scene
22:58in the exhibition hall
22:58saying your breakthrough work
22:59is a copy of hers.
23:01Is she mad?
23:02She showed the so-called
23:03original design draft
23:04almost identical to yours
23:05with just minor difference.
23:07Now the reporters
23:07are all gathered around.
23:09This piece was just
23:10designed in my brother
23:11Leonard Woods.
23:12It's his final work.
23:13Sophia was an assistant
23:14in my brother's studio.
23:15She stole my brother's draft.
23:19Mrs. Woods,
23:20do you have any evidence?
23:21The evidence
23:22is my manuscript.
23:23It has my brother's signature.
23:26Vivian.
23:28Sophia.
23:29You thief.
23:30How dare you show up?
23:32You say this work
23:32was designed by you
23:33and your brother together?
23:34Yes.
23:35When?
23:36Six years ago.
23:39Everyone.
23:40The inspiration for this work
23:41did come from one person.
23:43But it wasn't Leonard Woods.
23:44It was Julian Vaught.
23:45I created this work
23:46during the most painful period
23:47after our breakup.
23:48It symbolizes my trapped love
23:49and my longing for freedom.
23:50As for Mrs. Woods' evidence,
23:52if I'm not mistaken,
23:52it was drawn by Julian, right?
23:54You're lying.
23:55Whether I'm lying or not,
23:56a handwriting expert
23:57can verify it.
23:58Julian has been painting
23:59for ten years.
24:00I can recognize
24:01his brush strokes
24:02even with my eyes closed.
24:03I don't know
24:03what you're talking about.
24:04This is my brother's.
24:05Is this?
24:05A deep voice
24:06came from behind the crowd.
24:08Julian walked in.
24:09He wore a black suit,
24:11looking more gaunt
24:11than the last time
24:12I saw him.
24:13It was drawn by me,
24:13not by Leonard.
24:14I drew it to a tome to Sophia.
24:16I gave it to you
24:17to pass to her,
24:18not for you to frame her with.
24:21I didn't...
24:22I really was...
24:23Enough!
24:24I come here
24:25to tell you a thing.
24:26Leonard did not die
24:27saving me.
24:31The entire exhibition hall
24:33was deathly silent.
24:34Everyone was stunned
24:35into speechlessness.
24:37What...
24:37What did you say?
24:39I've been investigating
24:40the car crash
24:41from five years ago.
24:43I found several people
24:44to recover the dashcam footage
24:46at that time.
24:47A car was driving
24:48along a winding mountain road.
24:50Julian was the driver,
24:51and Leonard was sitting
24:52in the passenger seat.
24:54Suddenly,
24:54a large truck
24:55feared toward them.
24:56A second before impact,
24:59Leonard unbuckled
24:59his seatbelt
25:00and shielded Julian
25:01with his own body.
25:04See it clearly?
25:05That truck had brake failure.
25:07It wasn't a premeditated murder.
25:09As for Leonard,
25:11he was drowning
25:12in 30 million
25:13in gambling debt.
25:14He couldn't go on living anyway.
25:17He didn't die saving me.
25:18He just wanted to use his life
25:20to give you a secure future.
25:22He wrote it all clearly
25:23in his will,
25:24asking you to live well
25:25with my guilt,
25:26not to use that guilt
25:27to hurt the one
25:28I love the most.
25:29I was held hostage
25:30by this so-called kindness
25:31for five years.
25:33I lost my love,
25:34my child.
25:35I've become a laughing doc.
25:37Vivian,
25:38if your brother
25:39could see you now,
25:40would he get peace?
25:45No!
25:46It's not true!
25:48It's not!
25:53The farce finally came to an end.
25:56Julian turned to look at me.
25:58Sophia,
25:59the truth is finally out.
26:02I no longer owe anyone anything.
26:06Can we start over?
26:09Julian,
26:10it's too late.
26:13With that,
26:14I walked back to the lounge,
26:16leaving everything behind me.
26:21After that day,
26:22Julian vanished.
26:24Voight Group announced
26:25bankruptcy liquidation.
26:26He dismissed all employees,
26:28liquidated all assets,
26:30and paid off all debts.
26:31Then he left Rivermore alone.
26:33No one knew where he went.
26:35My life finally returned to calm.
26:38My brand went public in Paris,
26:40becoming truly international.
26:42I lived mostly in Paris.
26:44Occasionally,
26:45Anna mentioned Julian.
26:47She said someone saw him
26:48doing volunteer work,
26:49and someone saw him teaching
26:50in a mountain village.
26:52He seemed to be punishing himself
26:53like an ascetic.
26:55While listening,
26:56I felt nothing.
26:57We ultimately took different paths in life.
27:00Five years later,
27:01I returned to my country
27:02and settled down.
27:03I bought a house
27:04with a garden in Rivermore.
27:06I adopted a little girl named Ava.
27:08She was adorable,
27:10with two dimples when she smiled.
27:12I loved her dearly.
27:13We lived happily together.
27:16One winter afternoon,
27:17I took Ava to a park.
27:19It was snowing heavily.
27:20Ava was building a snowman.
27:22I sat on a bench,
27:24watching her.
27:25Not far away,
27:27a man in a janitorial uniform
27:28was sweeping snow slowly
27:29and laboriously.
27:31He wore a hat and mask,
27:32his face obscured.
27:34He seemed to have a leg issue.
27:36A slight limp.
27:37Ava's snowball rolled to his feet.
27:39She ran over to retrieve it.
27:41The man stopped sweeping,
27:43bent down,
27:44and picked it up for her.
27:45When he looked up,
27:46his mask slipped down slightly.
27:48I saw his face.
27:53It was Julian.
27:55His hair was much grayer,
27:56his face weathered.
27:58Seeing me,
27:59he froze.
27:59The snowball fell from his hand
28:01and was shattered.
28:02Ava looked up,
28:03asking in a babbish voice,
28:05Sir, what's wrong?
28:06He didn't answer,
28:08and just looked at me
28:09with so many emotions in his eyes.
28:11I stood up and walked toward them
28:12while waving to Ava.
28:14Ava, come here,
28:15we're going home.
28:17Ava ran to me,
28:18taking my hand.
28:20Mom, he's crying.
28:21I glanced back.
28:23Julian remained motionless
28:25where he stood.
28:26His tears rolled down his face,
28:28mingled with snowflakes,
28:29and fell to the ground.
28:31A man nearing 40 cried like a child.
28:33Holding Ava's hand,
28:35I didn't look back.
28:36We walked into the snow,
28:38getting further and further away.
28:39I knew he was watching,
28:41until we vanished from sight.
28:43Just like many years ago,
28:44I watched him leave without hesitation.
28:47We both had stood at life's crossroads.
28:49He chose his so-called responsibility,
28:51and I chose myself.
28:53Now, the dust had settled.
28:55We keep moving forward.
28:57Ava's laughter filled the way.
28:59The sun was shining,
29:00and the breeze was gentle.
29:01Ava's laughter filled the way.
29:03Ava's laughter filled the way.
29:05Ava's laughter filled the way.
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