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Octuplets Love Gone, Life Reborn Asm
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00:00Octoplets! My goodness!
00:02A multiple gestity like this carries extremely high risks.
00:05The pregnancy is exceptionally fragile during the first trimester.
00:09You must be on strict bed rest.
00:11Even the smallest misstep could lead to a miscarriage.
00:13Harrison and I had been married for seven years.
00:16I'd stood by him as he built his business from the ground up.
00:19And he'd always said his greatest wish was to have a house full of kids with me.
00:23Finally, on our seventh wedding anniversary,
00:25this incredible gift had fallen into our laps.
00:28I carefully tucked the ultrasound report into a custom jewelry box,
00:31planning to open it and reveal the surprise to him at midnight that night.
00:35I waited from afternoon until late into the night.
00:38The clock struck 12, and finally, the front door lock clicked open.
00:42I stood up with a smile, ready to greet him, only to freeze dead in my tracks.
00:47Harrison strode in.
00:49Glued to his side was a young girl with tear-filled eyes, Vivian.
01:07The surprise I'd spent all afternoon preparing felt like a red-hot branding iron press to my chest.
01:12He didn't even look at me, not a single flicker of guilt for forgetting our anniversary.
01:17All he did was rush forward, his face etched with concern, and scoop Vivian up into his arms.
01:22This man, who'd always had a severe germophobia, fumbled frantically to wipe the tears from her cheeks.
01:28Vivian's been with me this whole time, with no title, no security.
01:32I can't let her down.
01:33Don't worry, she's not after anything.
01:36It's just the thing I'd ever bring to eat this I can do anything.
01:39It's just one more mouth to feed in this house, that's all.
01:41Holding Vivian tight, he walked straight into the master bedroom we'd shared for seven years.
01:46He'd forgotten.
01:48Today was our seventh wedding anniversary.
01:50He'd forgotten that seven years ago, there was another girl who'd followed a broke, penniless version of him,
01:56with no title and nothing to her name.
01:58He'd never know that I'd planned to give him the biggest surprise the world had ever seen that night.
02:03The cake on the dining table had melted and warped, the carefully cooked dinner had gone stone cold.
02:08I pulled out my phone, about to take a photo of the mess, hoping to edit it into something warm
02:13-looking,
02:14when a notification from Vivian's social media popped up.
02:17From today on, I finally have a place by his side attached was a photo of her and a man,
02:22fingers intertwined in a car.
02:24I recognized it instantly, it was Harrison's car, throbbing pain flared in my lower stomach.
02:29I remembered the doctor's warning, took a deep breath to steady my emotions,
02:33I was curious to see just how far this little performance would go.
02:42Vivian's young, she posted that on a whim, don't let it bother you.
02:47I messed up today, I ordered you the newest jewelry line, a whole set of designer bags,
02:53they'll be here tomorrow.
02:54Just stop being mad at me, okay?
02:58If Stella doesn't want me here, then I'll go!
03:01I can't be the reason you and Harrison fight!
03:08How are you going to survive without me?
03:10I don't want to leave, but Stella won't let me stay, Harrison, just let me go.
03:15I'll always wish you and Stella happiness, even if you never see me again.
03:19If I want you here, no one can kick you out.
03:21Shh, baby, you're pregnant.
03:23You can't cry like this, it's bad for the baby.
03:26Vivian, our baby doesn't want to see you upset over someone else, right?
03:33I watched him lead Vivian back into the master bedroom, cooing and comforting her the whole way.
03:38My stomach turned violently, and I ran to the bathroom, throwing up until there was nothing left.
03:44It wasn't my old stomach bug acting up.
03:46It was the morning sickness from the pregnancy, and pure, physical revulsion at the two people in the next room.
03:52When I came out, I stared at the mess on the table.
03:55I stood up, grabbed the cake, the cold food, and the jewelry box with my surprise still inside, and dumped
04:01it all straight into the trash can.
04:03It hit me, all at once, how ridiculous it all was.
04:07On our seventh wedding anniversary, my husband had brought his mistress into our home, given her a claim to our
04:12life in our own house, and served me the most humiliating night of my life on a silver platter.
04:17I didn't sleep a wink all night. I'd always been terrible at sleeping anywhere but my own bed.
04:22When we were young, Harrison had a bed custom-made, an exact replica of the one I'd had at my
04:27parents' house, just so I could sleep soundly.
04:29But now, that bed held him and another woman.
04:33I lay on the couch in the guest bedroom, staring at the ceiling until the sun came up, the throbbing
04:37in my stomach getting worse with every passing hour.
04:40The doctor had told me, over and over, that I needed complete rest.
04:44But a night of overwhelming emotion, plus not a single bite of food or drop of water, had left me
04:49barely strong enough to stand.
04:50The morning sickness hit again, hard, and I dragged myself to the kitchen to make a bowl of soup.
04:56I had to give the babies inside me at least a little nutrition.
05:00As the soup cooked, another wave of nausea hit me.
05:03I spun around and ran straight to the bathroom.
05:05When I came back out, what I saw at the dining table turned the blood in my veins to ice.
05:10Vivian was sitting in my seat. Harrison stood beside her, holding a napkin.
05:15Is it that good, you little greedy thing? If you like it, I'll have Stella make you another bowl.
05:23Really, Harrison? I'm scared Stella won't want to. After all, this was for herself.
05:28Harrison followed her gaze to me, and finally noticed the cold sweat on my face, the way my hand was
05:33clamped tight over my stomach.
05:36What's wrong, Stella? You look like you've seen a ghost.
05:39I refused to show an ounce of weakness in front of him and Vivian.
05:43I especially refused to let him know about the babies.
05:46It's none of your damn business!
05:48Vivian was on her feet in an instant.
05:50Stella, if you're angry, take it out on me!
05:53Don't yell at Harrison! I shouldn't have eaten your soup! I'm so sorry!
05:58She picked up the half-empty bowl of soup, holding it out to me like she was handing it over.
06:13The burn made me stumble backward, my lower back slamming hard into the sharp...
06:19Harrison ran over. It was to shove me, hard, with all his strength.
06:24Blood poured down my thighs, soaking through my nightgown.
06:27Worse was the pain in my stomach, the tearing agony getting worse and worse.
06:31Vivian was clutching her stomach.
06:33It hurts so bad!
06:35Blood trickled down my temple.
06:37Stella, if you hated me, you could have hit me! Yelled at me!
06:42Why would you hurt my baby? He's innocent!
06:46But Harrison didn't even glance at me. He was holding Vivian tight on the floor.
06:51Stella, have I spoiled you too much? How could you be this cruel?
07:00You'd hurt an unborn baby?
07:02I leaned weakly against the wall, looked at him.
07:06Harrison, you two cheating, lying pieces of shit were made for each other.
07:11One's a liar, the other's a blind fool!
07:23The pain in my stomach hit its peak, holding back the tears that threatened to fall.
07:28I couldn't reconcile the man in front of me, the one who wanted me dead, with the gentle, loving man
07:33I'd fallen for all those years ago.
07:35Now you're crying? Where was this remorse when you tried to hurt her?
07:40Stella, you've really disappointed me.
07:42Lying there in a pool of my own blood, and rushed out of the house with Vivian in his arms,
07:47hurrying into the hospital.
07:48The huge, empty mansion was left with only me.
07:56I could feel it, clear as day.
07:59The eight tiny lives inside me were slipping away, one by one.
08:03Before my consciousness faded completely, I used the last of my strength to dial 911.
08:08When I woke again, it was already late afternoon the next day, the sharp, acrid smell of antiseptic burned my
08:14nostrils.
08:15I opened my eyes to a blindingly white hospital room, and the first thing I saw was the doctor's face.
08:22Stella, you were in hemorrhagic shock when you were brought in.
08:26We did everything we could to save the pregnancy, but we couldn't keep the babies.
08:31All eight fetuses have ceased development.
08:34We just completed a dilation and corruption procedure for you.
08:37A multiple gestation like this was already high risk, and the severe physical trauma and emotional distress you endured caused
08:43critical damage to your endermenium.
08:45We can't guarantee you'll be able to carry another pregnancy to term in the future.
08:49You need to prepare yourself for that possibility.
08:54I lay in the hospital bed, my fingertips brushing over my still aching lower stomach.
08:58There had once been eight tiny heartbeats here, the anniversary surprise I'd planned for Harrison.
09:03Now, that gift had been crushed by his own hands.
09:06I spent three days recovering in the hospital, and checked myself out the moment I could stand on my own.
09:11As I walked out of the hospital doors,
09:13I spotted Harrison at the entrance of the obstetrics ward.
09:17He was carefully guiding Vivian toward a patient room, her body curled into his chest.
09:23His gaze swept over me, lingering for barely half a second, as if he'd seen a total stranger.
09:28I tugged at the corner of my mouth and turned to leave, without a single pause.
09:33I'd lay this gift right in front of him, in person.
09:36When I got back to the mansion, the bloodstains in the living room had been cleaned up by the housekeepers.
09:41This house, the home we'd shared for seven years, was now filled floor to ceiling with Vivian's things.
09:47My clothes had been tossed haphazardly into the back corner of the closet.
09:50I only opened the small suitcase I'd carried when I ran away with him all those years ago,
09:55packing only the things that had belonged to me from the start.
09:57It was laughable, really.
10:00Seven years of marriage.
10:02And it all fit in this one case.
10:04Once I was done, I pulled a specimen container out of my bag.
10:07Inside, suspended in preservative fluid, were the eight unformed fetuses.
10:12Alongside it were the octuplet ultrasound report and the surgical records.
10:16Harrison, is the anniversary gift you destroyed with your own two hands.
10:20I zipped up the suitcase and walked out of the home I'd lived in for seven years.
10:24I left the light on in the foyer, just like I had every night for seven years, waiting for him
10:29to come home.
10:29But this time, I'd never be coming back.
10:32I boarded a flight to country F.
10:35My home, and the place where I'd start over.
10:38Ten years of love, seven years of marriage, eight unborn babies.
10:41It all ended here.
10:43Wiped clean.
10:47Every single day, Vivian curled up in his arms, her face streaked with tears,
10:51sobbing about the pain of losing her baby that he gritted his teeth and promised her,
10:55over and over, that he'd make Stella pay for what she'd done.
10:58But that nameless, gnawing unease in his chest only grew heavier, day by day.
11:02He couldn't stop replaying that day.
11:04Stella collapsed on the floor, blood streaming down her temple, the huge, bright pool of red beneath her.
11:10He'd been so fixated on Vivian's baby that he hadn't even glanced at her,
11:14just grabbed Vivian and raced to the hospital.
11:16And that emergency call, the one from the number he'd set himself, his one and only emergency contact.
11:23He'd been annoyed and flustered at the time, hung up straight away, and never called back.
11:27He'd tried calling me a handful of times over those three days, but it always went straight to voicemail.
11:33He'd just assumed I was hiding away, too ashamed to face him after my vicious act had been exposed.
11:37But in the dead of night, he couldn't get the image of her clutching her stomach so tightly out of
11:42his head.
11:42Harrison, what are you thinking about?
11:46Are you still thinking about Stella?
11:48I know you still care about her.
11:50Maybe, maybe I should just go.
11:53I don't want to put you in this position.
11:55Don't be ridiculous.
11:56You've been through so much for me.
11:58I'd never let you leave.
11:59Just focus on getting better, and don't worry about anything else.
12:04Harrison stared at her sleeping face, the unease in his chest spiraling out of control.
12:08He slipped quietly out of the patient room, needing to try calling Stella one more time.
12:15This temper tarum has gone on long enough.
12:17He'd told himself I was just being stubborn, but even in our worst fights, I'd never once ignored his calls.
12:22Rich guys are so easy to fool.
12:25This worked out perfectly.
12:26I pinned everything that happened on that frungy old wife, Stella.
12:29And now, Harrison feels so guilty, he can't say no to me.
12:33I've got this in the bag.
12:34I'm gonna be the Mrs. Hale for real.
12:36Harrison froze outside the door, his mind going completely blank.
12:40He'd been a total, utter fool, played like a fiddle by this woman.
12:44Mr. Hale, don't you worry.
12:47You and your wife will have another baby some.
12:50She's not my wife.
12:52I'm sorry.
12:54She was saying she'll never be able to get pregnant again after the miscarriage.
12:58The miscarriage was because the fetus wasn't developing normally.
13:02I actually advised her to terminate the pregnancy last week.
13:06She didn't tell you that?
13:08What?
13:10It was like a bomb went off in his head, wiping every thought clean.
13:14Every piece of the puzzle clicked into place all at once.
13:17Stella's deathly white face, her hand clamped tight over her stomach, a huge pool of blood on the floor.
13:22That unanswered emergency call, the number that would never pick up.
13:27Stella!
13:28Spinning on his heel and sprinting down the stairs, he raced to the parking garage, threw himself into his car,
13:34and slammed the gas pedal to the floor.
13:35He ran countless red lights on the drive, racing like a madman toward the mansion.
13:41Stella!
13:43Stella!
13:45Stella!
13:46Stella!
13:46Stella!
13:46Stella!
13:46Stella!
13:46Stella!
13:46Stella!
13:47Stella!
13:47Stella!
13:49Stella!
13:49Stella!
13:51Stella!
13:51Stella!
13:52Stella!
13:53Stella!
13:54Stella!
14:00Stella!
14:12dated the day of their seventh wedding anniversary patient name stella ultrasound finding intrauterine
14:19pregnancy eight live fetuses his hands began to shake uncontrollably he flipped through the pages
14:25one by one the incomplete abortion diagnosis the dilation and curatage surgical records the medical
14:30evaluation confirming severe permanent damage to her uterus every single word was a knife twisted
14:36deep into his heart stella you finally answered i'm so sorry none of this is real right harrison
14:43this is the anniversary gift i had for you the preserved remains of the eight babies you never
14:47got to meet that you killed with your own hands harrison let out a guttural animalistic scream
14:53his knees gave out and he collapsed to the floor the paper scattering all around him he clung to
14:58the specimen box like a lifeline his forehead pressed to the cold nightstand and wailed loud
15:03and broken tears and snot streamed down his face unhinged and broken he finally understood on their
15:10seventh anniversary she hadn't come empty-handed she prepared the biggest surprise in the world
15:15eight babies that were his he was the one who brought his mistress into their home and shattered
15:20that gift with his own two hands he was the one who pushed her to the ground the woman carrying
15:24his
15:25eight children for a lying con artist and killed his own babies he was the one who'd hung up on
15:30her
15:30desperate call for help left her bleeding out on the floor and nearly cost her her life he was the
15:35one who'd pushed the girl he loved for 10 years straight into hell and burned every last bridge
15:40between them to ash he called stella again and again frantically endlessly but the only thing that
15:46came through the speaker was the same unchanging automated message telling him the number he dialed could
15:51not be reached he was finally panicking finally terrified he'd lost his girl he'd lost his eight
15:57babies he'd lost every last bit of good fortune he'd ever had in his life no no harrison sat on
16:05the
16:05master bedroom floor for an entire night clutching the specimen box to his chest he read and reread those
16:10medical reports whispering stella's name over and over until his voice went completely hoarse
16:15not a single sound able to come out as soon as dawn broke he headed back to the hospital his
16:21eyes
16:21bloodshot he didn't step into the patient room instead he had his lawyers and the police waiting
16:26outside and secured full evidence of vivian and the doctor conspiring to falsify medical records
16:31commit fraud and file false accusations he had both of them sent to prison that same day using every
16:38connection and resource at his disposal to make them pay the steepest possible price for what they'd done
16:42after it was all handled he felt no relief whatsoever the hollow void in his chest only grew
16:48wider and regret washed over him like a tidal wave drowning him day and night he used every single one
16:54of his connections and resources searching for stella like a man possessed he pulled security footage
16:59flight records hotel bookings and called every single one of her friends until he finally found out
17:05that the day she was discharged from the hospital she'd booked a one-way flight to country f after she
17:10landed there was no record of her ever leaving the country again country f was where her parents had
17:15settled for years all those years ago she cut ties with her parents and given up her chance to study
17:20abroad just to stand by him and build his business from nothing now with nowhere else to go she'd finally
17:27gone home to her family he booked a flight to country f immediately but right before he boarded the plane
17:32he was stopped by customs a travel ban had been issued against him due to his involvement in an ongoing
17:37financial case as well as accessory liability for the false accusation he smashed up his entire office
17:44in a fit of rage but it did nothing to change the outcome he could only wait in that empty
17:48mansion
17:49guarding the specimen box and those medical reports waiting for the travel ban to lift waiting for any
17:54word from stella it was his birthday for the past 10 years stella had never missed his birthday every
18:01single year she'd spend weeks preparing his gift and cook him a pot of spaghetti from scratch but this year
18:06there was no gift not even a text not a single phone call he sat at the dining table staring
18:13at
18:13the cold bowl of spaghetti in front of him he'd cooked it over and over following stella's old
18:18recipe down to the last detail but he could never recreate the taste he remembered he picked up his
18:23phone and dialed that number he knew by heart once again this time all that came through the speaker
18:28was an automated message telling him the number he had dialed was no longer in service she changed her
18:33number she cut off every last tie to him completely and utterly harrison collapsed onto the table and
18:39broke down and loud heaving sobs like a lost child he finally understood how stella had felt all those
18:45years ago at the airport clinging to his hand and refusing to let go he finally understood the soul
18:50crushing despair she'd felt watching him hold another woman in his arms he finally understood that some
18:56things once lost can never be found again i thrived in country f the moment the plane touched down and
19:03i saw my mom and dad waiting for me at the airport all the grief and pain i bottled up
19:07for months came
19:08flooding out i collapsed into their arms and cried they didn't blame me they didn't bring up what had
19:14happened all those years ago they just rubbed my back whispering over and over you're home now it's okay
19:21you're home it turned out they'd never truly cut ties with me all those years they'd been quietly
19:27keeping tabs on how i was doing they just never reached out scared i wouldn't want to see them
19:32scared they'd disturb my life under my mom's meticulous care my body slowly healed and the scars on my heart
19:39were gently mended little by little by the warmth of family mason one of my mom's former students
19:45stopped by the house often after he heard i'd come home he was a gentle steady man
19:50he knew what i'd been through but never pressed for painful details he only ever gave me exactly
19:56the right amount of company and support exactly when i needed it with his referral i joined his
20:02investment firm stepping back into the work i'd excelled at all those years ago after all it was
20:08i who'd landed the very first windfall that built harrison's company from nothing it was i who designed
20:13and executed his first breakout hit project but somewhere along the way i'd given up my career for him
20:19trapped myself in the four walls of a house and lost myself in the process the moment i stepped
20:25back into the corporate world i finally found myself again i no longer lived in fear of losing
20:30a man's love no longer drained myself over a relationship that was never worth it i had my own
20:35career my own family my own life mason's presence was like soft spring rain gentle and unwavering
20:42he remembered i had a sensitive stomach and would always ask the restaurant to make my food mild
20:47ahead of every meal he remembered i was afraid of the dark and would always drive me home personally
20:53if i worked late he respected every single one of my thoughts supported every decision i made and
20:59never once asked me to change a single thing about myself for him unlike harrison's love which had
21:04burnt hot and wild until it scorched everything in its path mason's love was quiet steady and deep
21:10it was a safe harbor where i could let my guard down completely without fear we fell into a relationship
21:16naturally no grand dramatic vows only quiet consistent companionship on my birthday mason took me to the
21:23beach the sunset spilled over the water painting the waves in gold he took my hand in his and asked
21:29me
21:29softly if i'd marry him i looked into his eyes full of warmth and sincerity and smiled nodding yes
21:36the sea breeze blew over us carrying the salt of the ocean i suddenly remembered the line i'd written
21:42on the card i left for harrison my love has gone to the sea it turned out to be true
21:46all the regret
21:47and pain i'd buried in the depths would finally be smoothed away by the tide a new love would always
21:52find its way to you riding on the wind from the sea the day mason and i got engaged i
21:57saw harrison
21:58standing outside my apartment building it had been a full year since i'd left
22:10his eyes were bloodshot and clouded only flaring to sudden finally found you sharp life the second
22:16he saw me i finally get to see you like a drowning man grabbing for his last lifeline stella i
22:22know i was
22:22wrong i know it with every fiber of my being what i did with vivian i was blind i was
22:28stupid i failed
22:29you i failed our babies hit me yell at me punish me however you want i'll give you all my
22:34companies
22:34my life everything just please come home with me please i looked at him calmly not a single ripple in
22:45my
22:46chest no hatred no resentment only complete and total peace it was like watching a stranger put
22:53on a belated overwrought tragedy stand up what we had ended a long time ago
23:00it ended the day you walked through that front door with vivian
23:04it ended the day you killed our eight babies with your own two hands
23:13no we had 10 years together you can't just throw that away i know you're still angry at me let
23:20me
23:20spend the rest of my life making it up to you okay we can have more babies we can go
23:26back to the way
23:27things were please we can never go back
23:33what you owe me what you owe those eight babies then bees can never be repaid with a single i'm
23:40sorry
23:41you saw the gift i left you you destroyed it with your own hands and it can never ever be
23:46fixed
23:47i'm happy now i have a partner a home a life of let go of the past i'm asking you
23:53to leave me alone
23:54and never bother me again i'm going with him
24:11stella don't go
24:16please
24:25later i heard he'd been forcibly deported back to his home country
24:31after that word got around that he'd liquidated every last one of his companies and assets
24:36holing up a loan in that empty mansion he never dated again never married anyone else
24:43mason and i had our wedding in country f it was a small simple ceremony but it was brimming with
24:50more
24:50happiness than i'd ever known a year later i gave birth to a healthy set of boy-girl twins on
24:56the
24:56twins first birthday a breaking international news alert flashed across the tv american national harrison
25:02illegally flew a small private plane into country f's restricted airspace the plane lost control and
25:07crashed into the gulf with no survivors on our wedding day i'd send a single white rose to him
25:13through a courier it was my final goodbye to the 10 years of my youth i'd given to him
25:18now he'd sunk to the bottom of the sea along with that crashed plane and the love that had died
25:25in me
25:25long ago had already been laid to rest in those same waters with the eight babies we never got to
25:30hold what we had is gone forever my love has sunk to the sea for the rest of my days
25:36i will walk
25:37every mile of this world in peace and joy never again to be shaken
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