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