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