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