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00:00The day my family went bankrupt, my dad was desperate.
00:03He tried to kill himself.
00:05No!
00:07I dragged him off the roof, and I said yes to Gran Blake, with one condition.
00:12Two million. Two million. And I will be yours.
00:17He went quiet for a moment.
00:19Deal.
00:20Six months after the wedding, he brought his mistress home, right into our house.
00:25I was about to lose it.
00:27He threw the prenup in my face.
00:31Don't forget your place. You sold yourself, remember?
00:34He looked me over like I was nothing.
00:37I clenched my fists. My nails cut into my palms.
00:40But I couldn't argue.
00:42Then came the day. I started bleeding.
00:45The doctor said it was a threatened miscarriage.
00:48I stood at the counter, counting every dollar.
00:51I was fourteen bucks short. Just fourteen.
00:55I called Graham. His voice came through. Sharp and bored.
00:59Didn't I already pay you off before the wedding?
01:06What?
01:07You insist on being a gold digger?
01:11That same day, he dropped fourteen million on a necklace for Vera Freda, his latest date.
01:17Ma'am, do you want the medication or not?
01:19I held back my tears and forced a smile.
01:23No meds. Please schedule the abortion.
01:25A marriage bought for two million had come to an end over fourteen bucks.
01:30I got a message right after I said it.
01:33Bank deposit. Fourteen dollars.
01:36I let out a weak laugh. Fourteen dollars covered the prescription, not the abortion.
01:41I knew Graham would not send another dime.
01:43So I texted some old friends, asking for three hundred seventeen dollars.
01:47It would be just enough. Enough for the cheapest procedure.
01:51Oh wow. Sienna Blake is broke now?
01:54If you hadn't shaken Graham down, maybe you wouldn't be begging for pocket change.
01:58More came in, one after another.
02:00Mean, but predictable.
02:02I had heard it all before.
02:04Gold digger.
02:05Leech.
02:06Paid wife.
02:07I was used to it.
02:09Used to Graham treating our marriage like a deal.
02:12At first, I thought I could cover my own bills.
02:14Maybe even save up two million and pay him back one day, Dot.
02:17But Graham shut every door, Dot.
02:20I bought the rest of your life.
02:21Your time is mine.
02:22Your freedom is mine.
02:24So he cut off every way I could make money.
02:26No company would hire me.
02:27He wanted me to beg.
02:29That was how he punished me.
02:32Because he thought I had turned our relationship into a cash deal.
02:35I tried to explain.
02:37More than once.
02:38But he never let me finish.
02:40My phone buzzed again.
02:42Someone sent me $371.
02:45The note said,
02:46Here.
02:47Consider it a tip.
02:48Dragging you was fun.
02:50I wiped my face.
02:51Then I looked at the nurse.
02:53Please schedule the procedure.
02:55But I still did not have enough for anesthesia.
02:57So I lay there, awake.
02:59Flat.
03:00On a cold table.
03:03I felt everything.
03:04The metal going in.
03:06The scraping.
03:07When the pain tore through me.
03:09I thought of Graham.
03:10Of the way he used to hold me.
03:12His hand on my head.
03:14His voice soft.
03:16But when I got pregnant, this is what he said instead.
03:20When we get married, we'll have a baby.
03:22I'll love you both with my life.
03:24But when I got pregnant, this is what he said instead.
03:28Go ahead.
03:29How much are you asking for this time?
03:30No more, Graham.
03:32I don't want your money.
03:33I don't want your love.
03:35And I don't want you.
03:37I didn't know when the procedure ended.
03:39I just lay there.
03:40Hollow and bleeding.
03:42I stared out the clinic window.
03:43The sky was dark.
03:46My tears kept falling.
03:47Then a firework shot up.
03:49Thought the whole city lit up.
03:51The sky was bright as daylight.
03:53A few nurses nearby started whispering.
03:57Did you hear?
03:58Mr. Blake set this up for the woman he loves.
04:00God, she's lucky.
04:02Loves?
04:03Please.
04:04He has a wife.
04:05But I heard the wife's just a gold digger.
04:07Now, she ranks below the house staff.
04:11On the way home, I could barely walk.
04:14Dot an empty cab slowed beside me.
04:17Where to?
04:19I forced a weak smile.
04:21I'm fine.
04:22I wasn't fine.
04:23I just couldn't afford the ride.
04:27That was unreal.
04:28If a man did that for me, I could die happy.
04:30In your dreams, not everyone gets a guy like Graham Blake.
04:34People were still talking about the fireworks from tonight.
04:37I had my fireworks.
04:40Santa, let me love you for life.
04:43Marry me.
04:44Behind him, fireworks lit up the sky.
04:48Brighter than anything I saw tonight.
04:50But that same night, I just pulled my father off a rooftop.
04:54The men he owed were inside our house, threatening my mother, threatening my seven-year-old sister.
05:00I had no choice, thought.
05:02So, instead of saying yes, I looked at him and said,
05:07Graham, can you lend me two million dollars?
05:10Of course, his face changed on the spot.
05:12The warmth drained from his eyes.
05:15He stood up slowly.
05:17People said you were with me for money.
05:20I didn't believe them.
05:22Sienna Hale, you really played this well.
05:26You waited until I proposed.
05:28Until everyone was watching.
05:29Then you showed me who you are.
05:32He lifted one hand.
05:34The fireworks stopped.
05:36Then he pulled out a check, signed it, and threw it in my face.
05:42Well, you're cheaper than I thought.
05:45No matter how hard I tried to explain, I was still the gold digger.
05:49I became a joke in his whole social circle.
05:52I kept waiting for him to calm down, to finally hear me out.
05:56But I couldn't bear it when I saw another girl on his arm.
06:00At that time, he just looked at me and asked,
06:03What exactly gives you the right to be mad?
06:05My heart broke right there.
06:07And still, I couldn't fight back.
06:09And now, I had walked six hours to get home.
06:13I was barely holding myself together.
06:15I just wanted my bed.
06:17Then, a sweet little voice floated over from the couch.
06:21You're back.
06:22Where are my churros?
06:24I froze.
06:26I looked at the girl in Graham's arms.
06:28Young.
06:30Sweet.
06:31Pretty.
06:34What, churros?
06:36Don't play dumb.
06:37I texted you.
06:38I told you to pick some up for Vera.
06:40I spend all this money on you.
06:42You can't do one simple thing.
06:44I bit my lip and forced the words out.
06:47If she wants, she can buy it herself.
06:49That set him off.
06:51What now?
06:52You need money again?
06:54He pulled cash from his wallet, then tossed it at me.
06:59I just gave you 14 bucks.
07:01That's enough for churvos, isn't it?
07:02Go buy it.
07:04Don't let me see you without churros.
07:08This wasn't new.
07:09Graham had talked to me like this for months.
07:12I thought I'd gone numb.
07:13I hadn't.
07:15My chest hurt worse than my body did.
07:18It was midnight.
07:19Where was I supposed to find churros at this hour?
07:23What's the hauler?
07:24Need more money?
07:26He pulled out some cash, dropped it on the floor dot, then he stopped.
07:31Is that enough for you?
07:33Then he stopped, looked me over.
07:36Wait.
07:37You asked me for money earlier for medicine.
07:39Where is it?
07:42Sienna, you really have no shame now.
07:44You lied over 14 bucks.
07:45Before I could answer, Grandma waved into the guards and shoved me outside.
07:49I heard Vera laughing.
07:51I heard them making out.
07:53I held onto the wall and slowly sank onto the front steps.
07:58The wind cut through my collar, right into my skin.
08:02Then, I heard the door open.
08:07Are you insane?
08:08You couldn't find somewhere warm?
08:10What is this, some pity stunt?
08:12He sounded mad.
08:14Then, strong arms wrapped around me.
08:17Warm, solid.
08:18It had to be a dream.
08:20Graham hated me.
08:21He wouldn't worry about me.
08:23I don't know how long I was out.
08:25When I opened my eyes, Graham was there.
08:28His face was dark.
08:30Oh good, you're awake.
08:31His voice was cold again.
08:33So you finally dropped the act?
08:35All I did was ask you to buy churros.
08:38What now?
08:40I seen you did that, it was worms.
08:42You want people to hear you almost froze to death outside the Blake house while pregnant?
08:46He looked at me with disgust.
08:48I opened my mouth.
08:50I wanted to fight back, but my throat was raw.
08:54Every word burned.
08:57Where's the family doctor?
08:58What's taking so long?
09:00Don't let her die in my house!
09:02Tears slid down my face.
09:04What do you want from me, Graham?
09:06You're the one who wanted me gone.
09:08But why do you sound scared now?
09:10I shut my eyes.
09:12Graham, let's get divorced.
09:15His head snapped toward me.
09:17Then he laughed.
09:19Divorce?
09:20Fine.
09:21He took one step closer.
09:23Pay back the two million, then I'll sign.
09:25Then he paused, like something clicked.
09:28Oh, I get it now.
09:30You think carrying my kid means you get one more payday?
09:32That was it.
09:35I couldn't hold it in anymore.
09:37Our baby is already...
09:39I never got to finish.
09:42The sound of gagging came from outside the room.
09:45Vera, at the same moment, the family doctor rushed in.
09:49Mr. Blake, Miss Fredda is most likely pregnant.
09:53Something inside me collapsed on the spot.
09:56After Vera found out she was pregnant, she moved in.
10:00A few days later, we were at dinner.
10:03Vera suddenly set down her spoon.
10:05I want potato leek soup.
10:07There was already creamy mushroom soup on the table.
10:10Graham looked at me.
10:11You heard her.
10:12I kept eating.
10:13I didn't even look up.
10:14That made him smile.
10:15Oh, I get it.
10:17You want money?
10:18He leaned back in his chair.
10:19Fine.
10:20I'll pay.
10:20Deal.
10:21I finished my last bite.
10:24Got up.
10:25Went straight to the kitchen.
10:26I heard Graham sneer behind me.
10:29She will do anything for cash.
10:31She'd sell her soul for it.
10:32For once, he was right.
10:34I needed that money to pay back the two million.
10:37Then I could leave, so I did whatever they wanted.
10:40After that, I became Vera's personal maid.
10:43Pour her tea.
10:44Thirty grand.
10:45Rub her feet.
10:47Fifty.
10:48And when Graham was in the mood,
10:49He made me stay in the room while they slept together.
10:53Eighty grand a night.
10:54At first, it made me sick.
10:57Then I got used to it.
10:59I could stand there with a blank face.
11:02Wait for them to finish.
11:04Then hand Graham another condom.
11:06Like I was refilling napkins.
11:08Then one night, he snapped.
11:11He slapped the box from my hand.
11:13Grabbed my chin hard.
11:15Sienna, what the hell is wrong with you?
11:17I looked him right in the eye and didn't say a thing.
11:20In just two weeks, I had saved one million and six hundred thousand dollars.
11:25I only needed four hundred thousand more.
11:28And I could pay Graham back.
11:30Divorce him and walk away clean.
11:32That same week, the first snow of the year hit.
11:35Vera begged Graham to take her to Mount Rainier to see the snow.
11:40Of course, Graham couldn't say no to her.
11:42He took her up there for a grand date.
11:45They just had to bring me along.
11:46The whole day was a nightmare.
11:48Not only did Vera boss me around,
11:51Graham also asked me to take off my jacket
11:53and put it over Vera's belly to keep the baby warm.
11:56Finally, I made it to nightfall.
11:59They went to a Japanese hot spring house
12:02right at the foot of the mountain.
12:04While having dinner,
12:06Vera suddenly touched her neck and gasped.
12:08Oh my god.
12:10My necklace.
12:11I think I left it at the viewing platform.
12:14Then she turned to me and smiled.
12:17Sienna, can you be a doll and go get it for me?
12:20Before I could answer,
12:21the new housekeeper spoke up.
12:23Mr. Blake, the roads are icy.
12:26Mrs. Blake is pregnant too.
12:28Maybe she can go tomorrow.
12:30Graham didn't even look at her.
12:32He just kept staring at me.
12:34Forty grand.
12:35Take it or leave it.
12:38Deal.
12:39Exactly what he expected.
12:41I loved money too much to say no.
12:43At least, that's what he believed.
12:46The road up the mountain was a mess.
12:48The driver could only take me halfway up.
12:51We took the cable car to the platform during the day,
12:54but it was already closed now.
12:56The driver glanced at me, nervous.
13:00Mrs. Blake, please hurry.
13:01If Miss Freddie gets upset,
13:03Mr. Blake docks my pay.
13:05I nodded,
13:07then started up the trail.
13:09The path was slick with ice.
13:12I watched every step.
13:14Two hours later,
13:15I made it to the platform,
13:16and there it was.
13:18Where is necklace?
13:19I let out a dry laugh.
13:21Then I turned and started back down.
13:24That's when I slipped.
13:25One bad step.
13:27Then nothing under my feet.
13:30I went over the edge.
13:32Branches tore at my skin.
13:34Rocks slammed into my body.
13:36I rolled until I caught a dead tree with both hands.
13:40Barely.
13:41I screamed for help.
13:43All I heard back was wind.
13:44I grabbed my phone.
13:47Tried to call 911.
13:48Then my screen lit up.
13:50Battery low.
13:51Powering off in 30 seconds.
13:53Right then,
13:54a transfer alert came through.
13:56$40,000.
13:58A message followed.
13:59Got the necklace?
14:01Then get your ass back here.
14:03A tear slid down my face.
14:05Before the phone died,
14:07I sent him everything.
14:08The full two million.
14:10And my surgery record.
14:15Grand Blake.
14:17I don't owe you a damn thing now.
14:19The next morning,
14:20Graham's driver shook him awake.
14:22Panic all over his face.
14:24Mr. Blake.
14:25Something's wrong.
14:26Mrs. Blake never came down the mountain.
14:31Graham says straight up.
14:32Snatched his phone off the nightstand.
14:35He saw it.
14:36The transfer.
14:37The photo.
14:38That medical report.
14:40His whole face went rigid.
14:42Then a noose alert hit his screen.
14:44This morning,
14:45authorities found
14:46the frozen body
14:47of an unidentified woman
14:49on Mount Rainier.
14:52Graham Blake stared at his phone
14:54like it had turned
14:55into a foreign language.
14:57He near every word on the screen.
14:59But together,
15:00they made no sense.
15:02Find her.
15:04His voice cracked like a whip.
15:06Whatever it costs,
15:08find her.
15:08He refused to believe
15:10the body in that alert
15:11was Sienna.
15:12She left money too much.
15:14She would never just die.
15:15Grandma looked down
15:16at his phone again.
15:17The transfer record.
15:19The surgery report.
15:21Every line cut deeper.
15:22Sienna had picked the cheapest
15:24clinic.
15:25The most basic procedure.
15:27No extra meds.
15:29No pain pump.
15:30Nothing.
15:31And she used to be terrified
15:33of pain.
15:34Back when we were dating,
15:36one tiny paper cut
15:37would bring her to me,
15:39nagging about how much it hurt.
15:41So how had she gone through
15:43the abortion alone?
15:44And then he realized
15:46Sienna hadn't said,
15:48that hurts
15:49in a very long time.
15:52Was it their wedding night?
15:54The night he took her heart
15:55over and over.
15:58The night she cried
15:59and begged him to stop.
16:01And he grabbed her jaw
16:02and said,
16:03I paid two million for this.
16:04You can handle a little more.
16:07Was it that night?
16:09Or the first time
16:10he brought another woman home?
16:12Or later?
16:13The nights he forced her
16:15to bow her head.
16:16The nights he threw her
16:18out in the cold.
16:19The nights he made her
16:20serve his mistress.
16:22Then his eyes landed
16:23on the surgery date.
16:25That day,
16:26Sienna asked him
16:27for $14.
16:29Said she needed medicine.
16:31And what had he done?
16:32He mocked her,
16:34hung up,
16:35and bought a $14 million
16:36necklace for Vera.
16:38He laid up the whole city
16:40with fireworks.
16:41Made sure everyone saw it.
16:43Made sure Sienna saw it.
16:45He wanted to punish her.
16:47He wanted her to know
16:48he could spend money
16:50on any woman he wanted.
16:52Just not on Sienna.
16:54He loved watching her
16:55come to him for cash.
16:56Loved watching her
16:58lower herself.
16:59But now,
17:00now that Sienna
17:01might be dead,
17:03none of that mattered.
17:04Only one thought
17:05stuck in his head.
17:07Please let her be alive.
17:09She wanted money.
17:10He had money.
17:12He would give her
17:13all of it.
17:14Please,
17:15don't leave him.
17:17A body on the mountain?
17:19You think it could be Sienna?
17:22Vera's voice
17:23sliced through the room.
17:25Graham looked up.
17:25Her eyes were bright,
17:27like she was trying
17:28not to smile.
17:29The roads were icy.
17:31She went up there
17:32for money.
17:32She tilted her head.
17:33That's not my fault.
17:34You said you hated her.
17:36So if she's dead,
17:37isn't that a good thing?
17:39Every word
17:39hit like a blade.
17:41Graham shot to his feet.
17:42Before Vera
17:43could react,
17:44his hand
17:45was around her throat.
17:46His eyes went red.
17:48She is not dead!
17:50Vera clawed at his wrist.
17:52Panic flooded her face.
17:53Graham tightened his grip.
17:55His voice rose.
17:56If it weren't for you,
17:58none of this would have happened!
18:00Vera couldn't breathe.
18:01A few seconds
18:02stretched forever.
18:04Finally,
18:05he let go.
18:06She collapsed
18:07to the floor
18:08and realized
18:09she had gotten
18:10too comfortable,
18:11too spoiled.
18:12She forgot
18:13who Graham Blake
18:14really was.
18:15He was the man
18:16people feared
18:17in business.
18:18The one they called
18:19a killer
18:19in a suit.
18:21So even
18:22through her tears,
18:23she still asked,
18:25Why are you
18:26doing this to me?
18:27I thought
18:28you loved me.
18:29Graham didn't
18:30even blink.
18:31Love?
18:32He looked down
18:33at her
18:33like she was dirt.
18:35You think
18:36you deserve
18:36my love?
18:41Vera was never special.
18:44To Graham,
18:45she was just
18:46another woman
18:47who threw herself
18:49at him.
18:50The only reason
18:51Vera lasted longer
18:52than the others
18:53was simple.
18:55She looked
18:55the most like Sienna.
18:57They had the same eyes.
18:59Graham found that out
19:00by accident.
19:02One night,
19:03drunk out of his mind,
19:04he called Vera
19:05by Sienna's name.
19:07When he woke up,
19:08he hated Sienna
19:10even more.
19:11At least,
19:12that's what he
19:13told himself.
19:14Vera's voice
19:15cracked.
19:16But I'm pregnant
19:17with your baby!
19:20She wasn't
19:21about to let go.
19:22Graham wasn't
19:23the first sugar daddy
19:24she'd chased,
19:25but he was
19:25the best one.
19:26Young,
19:27hot,
19:28loaded.
19:29The only problem
19:30was Sienna.
19:31That wife title
19:32was still hers.
19:34And as long as
19:35Sienna stayed alive,
19:36Vera could never
19:37take her place.
19:38So yes,
19:40part of her
19:40had hoped
19:41Sienna would
19:42disappear.
19:43That was why
19:43she forgot the
19:44necklace
19:45at the platform.
19:46She knew Graham
19:47would make Sienna
19:48go get it.
19:49And when she saw
19:50the news that morning,
19:51she had almost
19:52laughed.
19:53She had already
19:54started picturing
19:55the wedding.
19:56Then Graham snapped.
19:57He wasn't the man
19:58she thought she knew.
19:59Still,
20:00she had one card
20:01left.
20:02The baby.
20:03That was supposed
20:04to be her safety net.
20:06What she didn't know
20:07was that Graham
20:08had known the truth
20:09all along.
20:11I never told you
20:12what I knew
20:12because you weren't
20:13important.
20:14His voice was
20:15calm now.
20:15You really thought
20:16I believed that kid
20:17was mine?
20:17Vera went still.
20:20After Sienna
20:20got pregnant,
20:21I got a varexamine.
20:23He took one
20:23slow step closer.
20:25So no,
20:26the baby in your
20:28stomach
20:29cannot be mine.
20:31His eyes locked
20:32on hers.
20:32Did you really
20:33think I didn't
20:34know about
20:34your college
20:35boyfriend?
20:35All the color
20:36drained from
20:37Vera's face.
20:38That boyfriend
20:39was real.
20:41They had been
20:41together a long
20:42time.
20:43He was the only
20:44one she had
20:46ever actually
20:46loved.
20:47Too bad he was
20:48broke.
20:49Graham didn't
20:50say anything
20:51because she meant
20:52so little to him
20:53that he didn't
20:54even care enough
20:55to call her out.
20:57He just didn't
20:58care.
20:59Vera used to
20:59think she was
21:00different.
21:00Now she knew
21:01better.
21:02She was just
21:03another toy.
21:04One he could
21:05use up and
21:06toss aside.
21:07No,
21:08worse than that.
21:09Now all the
21:10rage he used to
21:11aim at Sienna
21:12had nowhere to
21:13go.
21:14So it landed
21:15on Vera.
21:16She pushed
21:17herself up from
21:18the floor and
21:20wiped the tears
21:21from her face.
21:22Didn't care that
21:23her mascara was
21:25wrecked.
21:25For the first
21:27time, she
21:28dropped the act.
21:29Then she looked
21:30grim dead in
21:31the eye.
21:32You want
21:32someone to
21:33blame?
21:33Look in the
21:34mirror!
21:35His face
21:35changed instantly.
21:38What did you
21:39just say?
21:40Vera let out
21:41a bitter laugh.
21:43Was I wrong?
21:46If you hadn't
21:47pushed Sienna
21:48this far, she
21:49never would have
21:49gone up that
21:50mountain in the
21:50middle of a
21:51snowstorm.
21:52You made her
21:52stand there and
21:53listen while we
21:54slept together!
21:55She stepped
21:55closer.
21:56You drove her
21:57away and
21:57you're the
21:58one to blame!
21:59By then, the
22:00room fell
22:00frozen.
22:01With every
22:02word Vera
22:02said, Graham's
22:03face got
22:04colder.
22:05Finally, he
22:06snapped.
22:07His voice came
22:08out low and
22:09deadly.
22:10Do you want
22:10to die?
22:11Right then,
22:12someone came
22:13running into
22:13the room.
22:14Mr. Blake!
22:15He bent over,
22:17gasping.
22:18We got a call
22:18from the police.
22:19The body they
22:20found, it's not
22:22your wife.
22:25Hope showed
22:26on his face.
22:27She's alive.
22:28The assistant
22:28froze for half a
22:29beat.
22:30In theory, yes.
22:31We've got over
22:32a hundred people
22:33out there, plus
22:34a full search and
22:35rescue team.
22:35He swallowed.
22:37But so far,
22:38there's still no
22:38sign of Mrs.
22:39Blake.
22:40For now, no
22:42news was good
22:43news.
22:43That thin thread
22:44of hope was the
22:45only thing holding
22:46Graham together.
22:48Find her, no
22:49matter what it
22:50took.
22:50From that day
22:52on, Graham
22:53barely slept.
22:54He watched
22:55every update
22:55himself, tracked
22:57every search
22:57route, every
22:59delay, every
23:00lead.
23:01More than
23:01once, he went
23:03up the mountain
23:04in person.
23:05Mount Rainier in
23:06winter was brutal.
23:08Nothing but
23:08white snow.
23:09He knew the
23:10us.
23:11A person alone
23:12in that kind
23:13of cold didn't
23:14last long.
23:15And Sienna had
23:16just had surgery.
23:17She was weak.
23:18One of the
23:19search team
23:20members led
23:21Graham to
23:22the place
23:22where she
23:23most likely
23:23fail.
23:24He pointed
23:25at a patch
23:26of frozen
23:26blood on
23:27the rocks.
23:28She probably
23:28hit here
23:29first.
23:29The branches
23:30and rocks
23:31slowed the
23:31fall.
23:32That may
23:32have bought
23:32her some
23:33time.
23:33Then he
23:34handed
23:34Graham an
23:34evidence back.
23:36Inside
23:36were three
23:37things.
23:37A necklace,
23:39a phone,
23:40and a ring.
23:41Graham stared
23:42at the ring,
23:43the one he
23:43had custom
23:44made.
23:45When he
23:45proposed,
23:46Sienna wore
23:47it every
23:48day.
23:48He used
23:49to think
23:49she kept
23:50it on
23:50because it
23:51was expensive,
23:52because she
23:52liked what
23:53it was worth.
23:54But later,
23:55he learned
23:55the truth.
23:57Even when
23:58she had no
23:58money for
23:59medicine,
24:00she still
24:00kept the
24:01ring.
24:01And now
24:02she had
24:02left it
24:03there.
24:03Like a
24:04goodbye.
24:05Graham's
24:06knees almost
24:06gave out.
24:08Someone
24:08grabbed him
24:09fast.
24:11Mr. Blake,
24:12watch it.
24:12That's a
24:13straight drop.
24:13That cliff
24:14was exactly
24:15why the
24:15search team
24:16kept saying
24:16her odds
24:17were slim.
24:18But Graham
24:19refused to
24:20stop.
24:20He paid
24:21more.
24:22Then more
24:22again.
24:23He gave
24:24only one
24:24order.
24:25Keep
24:25searching.
24:26Do not
24:27stop until
24:28you find
24:29her.
24:29When Graham
24:30finally went
24:31back home,
24:32it had been
24:33two weeks.
24:34He hadn't
24:34really been
24:35living there.
24:36He slept
24:36at the office.
24:37If he slept
24:38at all,
24:39his assistant
24:40told him to
24:40go home.
24:41But Graham
24:42knew he
24:43was staying
24:43away.
24:44Because he
24:44was scared.
24:46That house
24:46was full of
24:47Sienna.
24:48Every trace
24:48of her hurt
24:50like hell.
24:51That was
24:51when he
24:52started noticing
24:52things.
24:54Sienna's
24:54clothes were
24:55old.
24:56Years old.
24:57Not like
24:58Vera, who
24:59had counters
25:00full of
25:00makeup and
25:02shopping bags
25:03everywhere.
25:04Sienna had
25:04a few drugstore
25:05skincare bottles.
25:07That was
25:07it.
25:08How could
25:09she have
25:09ever been
25:09the gold
25:10digger,
25:10he called
25:11her.
25:11Then he
25:12remembered
25:12what she
25:13told him.
25:14That night,
25:14her family
25:15had lost
25:16everything.
25:17That was
25:17why she
25:17asked him
25:18for the
25:18two million.
25:19Something
25:20clicked.
25:20Graham
25:21grabbed
25:21his keys
25:22and headed
25:22straight for
25:23the Hale
25:23home.
25:25The old
25:25Hale family
25:26house was
25:27long gone.
25:28Sold off.
25:29It took
25:30Graham some
25:30time to
25:31check down
25:32where her
25:32parents live
25:33now.
25:33It was a
25:34worn down
25:34apartment
25:35complex.
25:36The kind
25:37of place
25:37he would
25:37never have
25:38stepped into
25:38before.
25:39When Sienna's
25:40parents opened
25:41the door
25:41and saw
25:42him.
25:42They both
25:43froze.
25:43Back when
25:44Graham and
25:44Sienna were
25:45dating,
25:45they had
25:46met him
25:46a few
25:46times,
25:47but after
25:47the wedding,
25:48they never
25:48saw him
25:49again.
25:49They kept
25:50asking Sienna
25:51to bring him
25:51by for
25:52dinner.
25:52They wanted
25:53to thank
25:53him in
25:54person for
25:54helping their
25:55family in a
25:56crisis every
25:57time Sienna
25:58covered for
25:58him.
25:59He's busy.
26:00Maybe next
26:01time.
26:01A mother
26:02always knows.
26:03Mrs. Hale
26:04had seen the
26:04cracks, but
26:05Sienna never told
26:06him the bad
26:06parts, only the
26:08good.
26:08So, they
26:09were shocked.
26:10What brings you
26:11here, Graham?
26:12His forehead was
26:13damp with sweat.
26:17Has Sienna come
26:18back here?
26:18Mrs. Hale's face
26:19changed at once.
26:20What happened to
26:21her?
26:22That was it.
26:23The last piece of
26:24hope in him broke.
26:26Sienna had not come
26:27home.
26:28Then where the hell
26:28was she?
26:30It's nothing.
26:31We had a fight.
26:32I thought she
26:33might be here.
26:34Before leaving, he
26:35looked around the
26:36apartment.
26:36It was clean,
26:37carefully kept, but
26:39everything in it was
26:40old.
26:41Old couch, old
26:42cabinets, old
26:43table.
26:44Sienna had told the
26:45truth.
26:46Her family really had
26:47lost everything.
26:48Graham reached into
26:49his pocket, pulled
26:50out a bank card, but
26:52she pushed it back.
26:53Then she went inside
26:54and got a deposit
26:55book.
26:56She handed it to
26:57him.
26:57It's not two million
26:58yet, but take it for
27:00now.
27:01We'll save the rest.
27:03Graham.
27:04Sienna really loves
27:06you.
27:07If you two had a
27:08fight, please don't
27:09blame her.
27:10And don't be hard
27:12on her.
27:14Please.
27:15Just let her come
27:16home.
27:17Graham didn't even
27:18know how he got out
27:19of that building.
27:21It was as if he had
27:22lost his soul.
27:23Half a month had
27:24passed since I woke
27:26up.
27:27Lying in that
27:28freezing mountain
27:28ravine, I was sure I
27:30was going to die.
27:32Luckily, two strangers
27:34found me.
27:34They were out
27:35winter hiking, just
27:36there for the view.
27:37They heard me before
27:38they saw me.
27:39That same night, they
27:40got me to a hospital.
27:42They even paid my
27:43medical bill up front.
27:44I had no money, no
27:46phone, and I couldn't
27:47let my parents find
27:48out.
27:49So I asked the
27:50hospital to hold a
27:51gold necklace I had
27:52worn since birth.
27:53My mom gave it to me
27:54when I was a baby.
27:55A good luck charm.
27:57That was enough to
27:58cover what I owed.
27:59Over those two weeks, I
28:01thought about a lot.
28:01If I'm honest, I used
28:03to blame Graham.
28:04But once you almost
28:05die, something shifts
28:07odd.
28:07It wasn't that I
28:08forgave him.
28:09It was that none of it
28:10mattered anymore.
28:11After I got out of the
28:12hospital, I went home.
28:14My mom had more gray hair
28:15than the last time I saw
28:16her.
28:17The second she saw me,
28:18she burst into tears.
28:20But she didn't ask any
28:21questions.
28:21She just grabbed my
28:23hands and kept saying
28:24the same thing.
28:26You're home.
28:28That's all that matters.
28:30You're home.
28:31I fell into her arms and
28:32broke.
28:33Every bit of pain I had
28:34buried came out at once.
28:36I cried so hard I
28:37couldn't breathe.
28:38Dots so when I saw
28:39Graham again.
28:39I was calmer than I
28:41expected.
28:42Sienna.
28:43When I looked up, he
28:44was standing there like a
28:45man who hadn't slept in
28:47days.
28:49You're okay.
28:51He looked wrecked.
28:54Do you know how much I
28:55missed you?
28:56Hollowed out.
28:57Like he was the one who
28:59had almost died.
29:00So I didn't die.
29:01That must be a letdown.
29:04Don't say that.
29:05As long as I'm here,
29:07nothing will happen to
29:08you.
29:09I had just gotten out of
29:10the hospital.
29:11I didn't have the strength
29:13for one more uncomfortable
29:14conversation.
29:16I got right to it.
29:18Graham, I paid you back.
29:20Every dollar.
29:21As for interest, I think
29:23everything you did to me
29:24more than covers that.
29:25So sign the divorce
29:26papers.
29:27But his face changed
29:28fast.
29:30No.
29:31I'm not divorcing you.
29:33I know I was wrong.
29:34I know that now.
29:36My money is yours.
29:38All of it, okay?
29:39And Vera is gone.
29:40I took care of her for
29:41you.
29:42There will never be
29:43another woman again.
29:45Sienna, can you give me
29:46one more chance?
29:47The pain on his face was
29:49real.
29:49This was nothing like
29:50the Graham Black I knew.
29:52The arrogant man who
29:53always looked down at me.
29:54I had heard what
29:55happened to Vera.
29:56None of it surprised me.
29:58Graham was ruthless.
29:59He always had been.
30:00But what happened to
30:01Vera didn't make me feel
30:02better.
30:03He was wrong.
30:03The person who hurt me
30:04the most was never Vera.
30:06It was him.
30:07Graham, if it wasn't
30:09Vera, it would have been
30:09someone else.
30:12Alice, Chloe, Madison,
30:14whoever.
30:15His face only got worse.
30:18You know me better than
30:19anyone.
30:20When I make up my mind,
30:21nobody can change it.
30:23I took a breath.
30:25So let's end this.
30:27Let's at least leave each
30:28other with that little bit
30:29of dignity.
30:30He opened his mouth.
30:31Nothing came out.
30:33Then tears started falling.
30:34I turned around and
30:36walked away.
30:37I never looked back.
30:41A month passed.
30:42Graham still refused to sign.
30:44So I hired a lawyer.
30:45I was done waiting.
30:46The hearing was set.
30:48Then, the night before
30:49the hearing, Graham killed
30:51himself.
30:52He jumped from a cliff
30:54on Mount Rainier.
30:55By the time they found him,
30:57he was already gone.
30:59Lawyers from Blake Holdings
31:00called me the next day.
31:01Dot Graham had left a will.
31:03Everything he owned was
31:04left to me.
31:05I donated most of it.
31:06The rest, I kept.
31:08Just enough to live the
31:09rest of my life in peace.
31:11The truth is, he called
31:12me the night he died.
31:14I answered.
31:15All I could hear was wind.
31:17For a few seconds, he said
31:19nothing.
31:20Then he asked one question.
31:24Sienna, if there's a next
31:25life, would you give me
31:27one more chance?
31:28And I heard myself say,
31:29No.
31:33I heard myself say,
31:34I heard myself say,
31:35I heard myself say,
31:35I heard myself say,
31:35I heard myself say,
31:36I heard myself say,
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