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00:01the day i go into labor my husband's sister locks me in the leonetti family dungeon
00:05she presses a beretta to my temple the leonati family doesn't need your child
00:09you better pray to god she's never born and my husband the second son of the leonetti crime
00:14family is upstairs in a delivery suite holding the hand of his dead brother's widow the woman
00:18who might give the leonettis their male heir i don't cry i don't scream that i reach behind me
00:23and press the button hidden inside my clothes in 30 minutes the king of the entire east coast
00:27brava will descend on this building with a fully armed detail at his back that king is my father
00:31victor balcov i lie on the birthing bed contractions rolling through me in waves each one tighter and
00:36more savage than the last this is the leonetti family's private clinic in brooklyn black
00:40suburban's idol at the curb downstairs arms soldati line the corridors my husband dante leonetti holds
00:47my hand just a little longer sarah we're about to meet our baby shaking with pain but i still manage
00:52a smile for him then a nurse walks in carrying a syringe i assume it is the epidural
00:57but dante lets go of my hand he steps back the needle pierces my skin and in that sliver of
01:02silence i hear him murmur to the nurse in italian aggiusta il dosamengio deve resistere finque
01:07sofia non parterta i stare at him he doesn't meet my eyes he just glances down at his watch
01:12sofia's already at 6 centimeters siamo a 6 centimetri basta ancora due ore
01:18i want to scream i want to claw his face off but the drug is already flooding my veins
01:23it isn't anesthesia it is a tocolytic a contraction suppressant the violent clenching in my belly is
01:28seized by an invisible fist and crushed into silence stopped dead they are forcing my child not to be
01:34born i am wheeled into the basement iron rings still jut from the walls the concrete floor is stained in
01:39patches so dark they are almost black this has been the leonetti family's dungeon dante's sister
01:44julia stands in the doorway a compact beretta is tucked into her waistband don't take it personal
01:49sofia is carrying marco's posthumous child you know the leonetti rule the primo sangue la prima
01:54voce first blood first voice the firstborn son's bloodline takes priority over everything don enzo
01:58has spoken marco's child is the legitimate heir she glanced at my belly if your baby comes first
02:03the cappy out there will use it as ab mutition claim dante's bloodline has a stronger claim to
02:08succession they already resent him for running the family in marco's place give them one more excuse and
02:13the whole house tears itself apart so sofia's child has to arrive first then yours can come as if this
02:18were all for my benefit call the doctor and the pain is turning my vision black the baby's coming
02:24please julia crouches in front of me she draws the beretta and taps the barrel against my cheek
02:29light little pats the drug's good for another three hours sofia's already in the delivery room
02:34sit tight once her baby's out you can push to your heart's content she stands and turns to the
02:41soldado at the door watch her if she screams shut her up the door closes the basement has a single
02:47emergency light a sick jaundiced glow i lie on the floor blood is seeping through my hospital gown
02:53spreading in a slow dark bloom beneath me my phone was confiscated the moment i arrived at the clinic
02:58dante said the signal interfered with the fetal monitors they are afraid i'll contact the outside
03:03i curl onto my side and try to breathe all i can see is the look in dante's eyes just
03:07before he stepped
03:07back cold calculating he wasn't looking at his wife he was looking at an inconvenience that needed to be
03:14shelved three months ago his older brother marco died officially it was a car accident
03:20a maserati on the belt parkway punched through the guardrail and rolled into jamaica bay the medical
03:25examiner's report listed a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit but marco didn't drink
03:29anyone in this life knows that he left behind a widow three months pregnant the funeral was held in
03:35the family chapel don enzo the iron-fisted patriarch of the leonetti dynasty wept in public for the first
03:39time in living memory he gripped sofia's hand il sangue tutto blood is everything marco will not
03:45have died for nothing the firstborn heir's bloodline must not be broken then he turned to look at dante
03:50i didn't understand that look at the time i understand it now he was telling his second son
03:54you are managing this family because your brother is dead when his child is born the true heir returns
04:00know your place i'd actually stepped forward to comfort him father don't worry dante and i will hold
04:06this family together don enzo looked at me once it turns out that from that very moment my child
04:11and i had already been erased from the plan another contraction crashes through me more ferocious than
04:16the last the drug and my body are locked in a tug of war i crawl to the iron door
04:19and pound
04:20somebody the baby's coming please save my child nothing dead silence on the other side i scream until
04:27my voice gives out then finally shut up miss julia says wait but the baby that's her problem i sink
04:34to the
04:34floor my whole body is cold this isn't fate this isn't god's will someone is deciding whether my
04:40child lives or dies and that someone is her own father i don't know how long i last in that
04:45basement
04:45the blood keeps coming the gown beneath me is soaked through my consciousness is fraying at the
04:50edges when the door suddenly opens not julia not the soldado it is dr luca ferrara the leonetti
04:56family's private physician a man who has served don enzo for 30 years he sees me and every drop of
05:01color
05:01drains from his face mrs leonelli what are you doing down here dante told me you were resting upstairs
05:08i can't make a sound i can only point at my belly tears streaming dr ferrara crouches and presses his
05:14hand to my abdomen his breath catches like he's been punched dio mio you're fully dilated the membranes
05:20have ruptured this needs to happen now he tries to lift me but the moment i move a hot gush
05:25pours
05:25from between my legs blood a terrifying amount of blood dr ferrara shouts toward the open door
05:31i need help the patient is hemorrhaging the corridor is empty tonight for sophia's delivery
05:37every medical resource has been redirected to the third floor even the soldati have been pulled up to
05:42stand guard outside the delivery suite in this family the birth of the first born heir takes priority
05:46over everything over anything dr ferrara pulls out his phone no signal the basement is a dead zone
05:53i'm carrying you upstairs hold on
05:58a man in his 50s running up a staircase with a woman in active labor every step a ragged gasp
06:04i can feel
06:05the baby bearing down descending but she can't come the residual tocolytic is still fighting my body
06:10contraction surge and stall labor has begun but can't progress my baby is wedged in the birth canal
06:16and with every passing minute the risk of asphyxiation climbs dr ferrara i grip his collar
06:21save my baby please whatever happens save her you'll both be fine
06:28he reaches the first floor and runs for the surgical suite we both stop dead in the doorway
06:33the operating room is wide open and completely empty the surgical lights the operating table
06:39the fetal monitors the oxygen machine the neonatal incubator all gone nothing but a bare room naked power
06:47outlets on the walls drag mark scored into the floor where heavy equipment had been hauled away
06:52dr ferrara stands frozen
06:53i checked every piece of equipment this afternoon
06:57footsteps echo from the far end of the corridor
06:59someone is coming
07:01please i pray
07:03please let it be someone who can save us
07:08julia rounds the corner with two nurses in tow
07:10she sees us and raises an eyebrow
07:12luca what are you doing down here
07:16sophia's in the delivery room on three why aren't you up there
07:19dr ferrara points at the gutted operating room
07:21his voice shakes
07:22where is the equipment
07:24julia spreads her hands
07:26move to the third floor
07:28sophia's having a cesarean the lead surgeon wanted every contingency covered
07:32don enzo approved it
07:36dante gave the order to transfer all first floor equipment upstairs
07:39her gaze drifts to me
07:41sarah's in labor
07:42well she'll have to wait
07:45sophia isn't finished yet
07:47luca torna su
07:49hanno bisogno di te
07:50go back to three
07:52they need you
07:53dr ferrara doesn't move
07:55he looks at julia
07:56then at me
07:58then back at julia
07:59and slowly heavily understanding settles over his face
08:02this isn't an oversight
08:04it isn't a coincidence
08:05it has been arranged
08:07but dr ferrara still turns and charges into the adjacent medical supply room
08:11tearing open cabinets
08:12empty
08:13every last one
08:14not even basic chemostats
08:16not even gauze
08:18where are the drugs
08:19the coagulants
08:21the oxytocin
08:22a nurse whispers
08:22everything was sent to the third floor
08:24mr leonelli's orders
08:25all resources are to be prioritized for sophia
08:29dr ferrara slams his fist into the cabinet door
08:31he looks at me
08:33his eyes red
08:33i'm sorry mrs leonetti
08:37i can't
08:38there's nothing i can't
08:41julia walks over
08:42and pats his shoulder
08:43luca
08:44relax
08:44sarah hasn't delivered yet
08:46has she
08:46once sophia's done
08:47we'll move everything back down
08:49she pauses
08:50then adds
08:50besides
08:51even if sarah's child is born
08:53it changes nothing
08:53the right of succession
08:55belongs to marco's line
08:56don enzo decided
08:58dante's child
08:59boy or girl
08:59will never be named heir
09:01in this family sarah and her baby are
09:03how do i put this
09:04not essential
09:05i stare at her
09:06stare at this woman
09:07i have loved like a sister for three years
09:09then i summon every last shred of strength in my body
09:12and force out two words
09:13fuck you
09:14julia's face goes cold
09:16she leans down to my ear
09:17her voice barely above a breath
09:19go ahead
09:20get it out of your system
09:23once you've delivered and your body's wrecked
09:25i have plenty of ways to make you disappear quietly
09:27when the time comes
09:29the leonetti succession
09:30only needs sophia and her child
09:32as for you
09:33for dante's sake
09:34i'll let you live
09:35sign the annulment papers
09:37take a check
09:38disappear
09:39don't be an eyesore
09:40dr ferrara can't take any more
09:42julia
09:43do you understand what you're doing
09:46two souls
09:47two souls before god
09:48two souls
09:50julia straightens
09:51luca you've been the family doctor for 30 years
09:54what haven't you seen
09:55a woman dying in childbirth
09:57it's the most natural thing in the world
09:59and this
10:00this is family business
10:03know your place luca
10:05she waves at the soldati
10:07escort dr ferrara back to three
10:09i'll take care of sarah
10:11two soldiers step forward
10:12and sees dr ferrara
10:13dragging him toward the stairwell
10:15no
10:15he fights them every step
10:16shouting back over his shoulder
10:18mrs leonetti
10:19use the heel of your man
10:21press on the top of the uterus
10:22and push downward
10:23help the contractions
10:24stay on your left
10:25side
10:25it increases blood flow
10:27don't give up
10:29the baby still has a chance
10:31his voice grows fainter and fainter
10:32until it is gone
10:33julia shuts the door to the supply room
10:35turns to me
10:37pulls out her phone
10:38and places a video call
10:44dante sarah's about to deliver
10:46don't you want to see
10:47dante's face appears on the screen
10:50he is standing outside the third floor
10:51delivery suite
10:52behind him
10:53medical staff move in urgent blurs
10:55one hand keeps turning the signet ring on his thumb
10:57the ring every leonetti man receives when he comes of age
11:01sara non fare senane
11:03don't make a scene
11:07sofia's in trouble
11:08fetal heart rate is dropping
11:11look at sara she's lost so much blood
11:13doesn't look good does it
11:14dante glances at the screen
11:15his eyes flick away almost immediately
11:19tell her to wait
11:20once sofia delivers
11:21the doctors will come down
11:24sara tieni duro
11:25non posso venire adesso
11:28the call ends
11:29hear that
11:30in dante's heart
11:32sofia and that baby come first
11:34you're just
11:34how did i put it
11:35a vessel
11:37once you've served your purpose
11:39you have no value
11:41i close my eyes
11:42i stop looking at her
11:44my hand creeps behind my back
11:46fingers finding the button size device sewn into the lining of my undergarment
11:49papa gave it to me
11:50sara the leonetzis are not what they seem
11:53these people will eat you alive
11:54if anything goes wrong press this
11:56i'd laughed at him then
11:59dante is good to me
12:00god what a fool i was
12:02i work my nail under the protective cover and press down
12:04no sound
12:05no light
12:06but i know
12:07the gps beacon and emergency pulse have been transmitted
12:10papa promised me
12:11press that button
12:12and someone will come within 30 minutes
12:14but 30 minutes
12:15can my baby last 30 minutes
12:17my consciousness dims
12:18sliding in and out like a bad signal
12:20julia sits in a chair
12:21sipping espresso
12:22every now and then she glances up at me like i am something mildly unpleasant
12:25she's been asked to keep an eye on
12:27sara tell me
12:28why did you marry into this family in the first place
12:31dante's pretty face
12:32or the leonati name
12:34think about it
12:35a nobody
12:36a girl from nowhere
12:37what made you think you deserve to be called a leonati
12:41i say nothing
12:42i just keep doing what dr ferrara told me
12:45heel of the palm against the top of the uterus
12:47push downward
12:48left side
12:49stay on your left side
12:50even if it is hopeless
12:53if you hadn't gotten pregnant first
12:55dante would never have married you
12:56you think don enzo would have let a nobody into this house
12:59that baby in your belly
13:00that was your ticket in
13:01nothing else
13:01the plan was simple
13:02you give dante an heir
13:05carry on his branch of the bloodline
13:07and at least you'd have some use
13:08then marco died
13:09and everything changed
13:12what don enzo needs now
13:14is the firstborn heir
13:15not what's in your belly
13:19so know your place
13:21you were never the main character in this family
13:23once sofia delivers
13:25you sign the annulment papers
13:27take the money
13:28and walk away
13:29start over
13:30far away from this life
13:32it could be worse
13:33does dante
13:35does dante know you talk to me like this
13:37julia smiles
13:39of course
13:40he's the one who sent me
13:42said you're stubborn
13:43said he was worried
13:45you'd do something foolish
13:46he asked me to help you see reality
13:48a spasm rips through my abdomen
13:50the worst yet
13:51the drug has burned off completely
13:53the baby is coming
13:56i can't hold it in
13:57julia steps back
13:58what a mess
14:04someone come look at her
14:06a nurse creeps in
14:08she's fully dilated
14:09i can see the head crowning
14:11but there's too much blood loss
14:12if she delivers like this
14:13both she and the baby will
14:14no medication
14:15there's nothing i can do
14:20clean this up
14:21she gives her orders
14:22and walks upstairs
14:23without looking back
14:24not once
14:25the nurse is too frightened to argue
14:27she kneels between my legs
14:28and tries to help me dilate
14:29with her bare hands
14:30but i have nothing left
14:32to push with
14:32too much blood gone
14:34no strength
14:35the baby is stuck
14:36can't go back up
14:37can't come down
14:38seconds crawl past
14:39each one an eternity of agony
14:41then from the corridor
14:42a sudden thunder of footsteps
14:44many
14:45boots hitting concrete
14:46in unison
14:47and the sharp
14:48metallic snap of charging
14:49handles being wracked
14:50the nurse's face drains
14:51of color
14:52the door explodes inward
14:53a black clad squad
14:54pours through the breech
14:55compact ak pattern
14:56rifles at the shoulder
14:57tactical vests unmarked
14:58no badges
14:59no insignia
15:00no agency lettering
15:02this isn't law enforcement
15:03this is a private army
15:06the soldati are down
15:07the man at the point of entry
15:09reaches up and pulls off
15:10his tactical helmet
15:10revealing a face cut
15:11from hard slavic angles
15:12high cheekbones
15:13pale eyes
15:14a jaw like the edge of a blade
15:16he sees me
15:17and his eyes go red
15:21they've called me that
15:22since i was a little girl
15:23i reach for him
15:25no sound will come
15:26who are you
15:27this is leonetti territory
15:29the man doesn't even glance at her
15:35he gathers me into his arms
15:36and barks over his shoulder
15:39sweep the building
15:40get the trauma team in
15:41every leononi in this facility
15:42disarm and detain
15:43yes
15:44the men in black move like a machine
15:46the nurse tries to bolt
15:48a hand catches her shoulder
15:49and presses her flat to the ground
15:51you can't do this
15:53this is leonetti
15:55the man looks back at her
15:56his gaze is arctic
15:59leonati
16:00in about five minutes
16:01there won't be a leonati
16:02i am carried into a modified medical vehicle parked outside
16:05outfitted like a mobile operating theater
16:07surgical lights
16:09monitors
16:10ventilator
16:11a full team of doctors and nurses already gloved and waiting
16:14they descend on me instantly
16:16bp 60 over 40
16:17hemorrhagic shock
16:19fetal distress
16:19we need an emergency cesarean now
16:22mother's vitals are too unstable
16:24surgical risk is
16:25is do it
16:28she dies i die
16:30get your hands in there
16:31now
16:31save my baby
16:33whatever happens
16:36save her first
16:43the cardiac monitor tree
16:45she's coding
16:47get the crash cart
16:47defib
16:49fetal heart rate is dropping
16:50prep for section
16:52right now
16:54the anesthesia mask
16:55comes down over my face
16:56in the last flicker of consciousness
16:58i hear a doctor shout
16:59the baby
17:01the baby has no heartbeat
17:03then darkness
17:04i don't know how long i am under
17:06when my eyes open
17:07i am staring at an unfamiliar ceiling
17:09the air smells of antiseptic
17:11she's awake
17:12it's not awake
17:13familiar faces crowd around the bed
17:15papa's personal guards
17:17men who have been part of my world for as long as i can remember
17:19the baby
17:21my voice is wrecked
17:22a stranger's rasp
17:23where's my baby
17:24the room goes silent
17:26a terrible
17:27ringing silence
17:28seconds pass
17:29then the man standing at the foot of the bed turns slowly to face me
17:32my father
17:33victor volkov
17:34they call him the old wolf
17:36from brighton beach to boston
17:38every branch of the east coast brapa answers to him
17:40but the man who makes the entire eastern seaboard tremble is gone
17:43the person standing before me is just a father
17:45a father who has been broken
17:47he walks to the bed and sits on the edge
17:49takes my hand
17:53i look into his bloodshot eyes
17:55and i already know
17:56she's gone
17:57she's gone
17:58isn't she
17:58platenal abduction
18:01massive hemorrhage
18:02the baby was deprived of oxygen for too long
18:05he pauses
18:07the doctors did everything they could
18:09i close my eyes
18:11i don't cry
18:12i don't scream
18:13the tiny life that spent nine months inside me
18:15who kicked me awake every morning
18:17who i whispered secrets to in the dark
18:19is gone
18:19where's dante
18:22papa wipes his eyes
18:23with sophia
18:24she delivered
18:25a boy
18:27the entire leonetti family is celebrating
18:30no one remembered you
18:36good
18:37that's good
18:38papa grips my hand tighter
18:40sarah
18:41come home with me
18:42the leonettis don't deserve you
18:44that man least of all
18:46i open my eyes and look at him
18:47a plan
18:48perfect in its cruelty
18:49exquisite in its patience
18:51has already finished assembling itself inside my mind
18:54papa
18:56i need you to do something for me
18:58i need you to fabricate a body
18:59a woman who just gave birth
19:01dead from postpartum hemorrhage
19:04i want them to think i'm dead
19:06and then i want to watch with my own eyes
19:07how they celebrate a new life
19:08while mine lies cold in a drawer
19:10done
19:12my princess
19:12for the volkov family
19:14fabricating a corpse is routine
19:16an unclaimed jane doe of similar build
19:18is sourced from the new york city morgue
19:19the family's own plastic surgeon works through the night
19:22reshaping the facial features
19:23injecting embalming fluid and blood simulation compounds
19:26postpartum hemorrhage markers are meticulously replicated
19:29the waxy pallor
19:30the blood-soaked sheets between the legs
19:32the slack
19:33deflated abdomen of a woman who has just delivered
19:35then a medical examiner at the OCME
19:37the office of the chief medical examiner
19:39is paid to sign the death certificate
19:41in this world
19:42making someone disappear
19:43or making someone dead
19:44is a phone call and a wire transfer
19:46the body is delivered to the clinic's base in cold storage
19:50indistinguishable from the real thing
19:51i sit in the surveillance room of a safe house three blocks away
19:54watching the monitors
19:55our people wired the clinic months ago
19:57papa insisted on at the moment i became pregnant
20:00at the time i told him he was being paranoid
20:03papa sits beside me now
20:04holding my hand
20:05any regrets
20:08about what
20:08marrying him
20:10i think about it
20:11no
20:12at least now i've seen these people for what they really are
20:14on the screen
20:15dante finally emerges from the third floor delivery suite
20:18he is carrying a swaddled infant
20:20the joy on his face is unmistakable
20:22but it isn't the joy of a new father
20:24it is the joy of a man who has won
20:26everything has gone according to plan
20:28sophia has safely delivered marco's posthumous son
20:31the firstborn heir has arrived
20:33and dante's position as acting head of the family is
20:35for the moment
20:36secure
20:37sophia is wheeled out on a gurney
20:39pale but beaming
20:39don enzo hobbles over on his cane
20:41trembling
20:42and peers down at the baby
20:43tears stream down the old man's face
20:47he keeps repeating it
20:48marco your son is here
20:50the leonetti bloodline is unbroken
20:53a crowd gathers around the child
20:54laughter
20:56congratulations
20:57embraces
20:58no one asks about me
21:00no one remembers that another woman has been in labor
21:02fighting for her life
21:03and losing
21:04until a nurse says quietly
21:05mr leonetti
21:06your wife
21:08dante frowns
21:09as if reminded of a chore
21:10no update yet
21:12dr ferrara is with her downstairs
21:14i'll go check
21:16he hands the baby to the nurse and heads for the elevator
21:19julia hurries after him
21:21i'll come with you
21:22they step in
21:22one after the other
21:23the doors close
21:26the surveillance feed switches to the first floor
21:28dr ferrara is standing outside the empty operating room
21:31his back against the wall
21:32his face is the color of ash
21:34he sees dante and snaps upright
21:36mr leonetti
21:38where's my wife
21:39dr ferrara opens his mouth
21:40he just turns his body in points toward the basement cold storage
21:43the color drains from dante's face
21:45what do you mean
21:46mrs leonelli
21:47hemorrhage
21:50dr ferrara's head drops
21:52the baby didn't make it either
21:54the air turns to stone
21:55dante stands motionless
21:57impossibile
21:58she was fine
21:59just
22:00she was not fine
22:01she lost too much blood
22:03no equipment
22:03no medication
22:04tried everything
22:06he crouches down
22:08and buries his face in his hands
22:09he disappeared
22:10i tried everything
22:12dante seizes him by the collar
22:13and hauls him up
22:14what did you just say
22:15dr ferrara nods
22:17tears falling
22:18i'm sorry
22:19dante releases him
22:20staggers back two steps
22:22and hits the wall
22:23that's not possible
22:25this morning she was fine
22:27dante
22:27calm down
22:28let me go look
22:29she walks briskly to the cold storage unit
22:32and pulls open the door
22:33the body inside lies with an expression
22:35that is peaceful and agonized at once
22:36the white sheet beneath it is drenched in blood
22:39julia stares for several seconds
22:41then she claps a hand over her mouth
22:43spins around
22:43and rushes out
22:44it's real
22:45dante pushes past her and goes in
22:47the surveillance camera captures him standing in front of the storage drawer
22:51perfectly still
22:52for so long that julia grows frightened and goes in after him
22:55dante
22:56he raises his fist and drives it into the wall
22:59why
23:00why didn't someone tell me sooner
23:02dr ferrara's voice drifts from outside the door
23:05barely audible
23:05your phone was off
23:07no phones allowed in the delivery suite
23:09dante whips around
23:10then come find me
23:11third floor to first floor
23:13how long does that take
23:14you just stood there and watched her die
23:18dr ferrara says nothing
23:19his shoulders shake
23:21julia steps in
23:22conciliatory
23:23don't blame luca
23:24i told him not to go upstairs
23:25sophia was in critical condition
23:27i didn't want to distract you
23:28a slap
23:29so hard it snaps julia's head to the side
23:31you hit me
23:33you hit me for her
23:36you
23:37locked her
23:38in the basement
23:41julia's eyes darted away
23:42i only told her to wait
23:44wait
23:45dante's voice drops to a whisper
23:46that was two lives
23:48a woman
23:49and a child
23:50i asked you to take care of her
23:53and this is what you did
23:54i did it for the family
23:56sophia's baby carries marco's blood
23:59he's the first born heir
24:00serra's child was never going to
24:02don enzo set the rules
24:04don enzo set the rules
24:06dante repeats
24:07something in his expression fractures
24:09he stands there
24:10the rage drains out of him slowly
24:12replaced by a hollow
24:13vacant stare
24:14so her life just
24:16didn't matter
24:17no
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