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