00:00The day my family went bankrupt, my dad was desperate.
00:04He tried to kill himself.
00:06No!
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.
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.
00:39My 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.
00:52I 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.
01:36I let out a weak laugh.
01:38Fourteen dollars covered the prescription.
01:40Not 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.
01:59One after another.
02:00Mean.
02:01But 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.
02:23Your 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.
02:36I tried to explain.
02:37More than once.
02:38But he never let me finish.
02:41My phone buzzed again.
02:43Someone sent me $371.
02:45The note said,
02:46Here.
02:47Consider it a tip.
02:49Dragging you was fun.
02:50I wiped my face.
02:51Then 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.
03:00Flat.
03:00On a cold table.
03:03I felt everything.
03:05The metal going in.
03:06The scraping.
03:07And 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.
03:14His voice soft.
03:16But when I got pregnant,
03:18this is what he said instead.
03:20When we get married,
03:21when we get married, we'll have a baby.
03:22I'll love you both with my life.
03:24But when I got pregnant,
03:26this 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.
03:36I didn't know when the procedure ended.
03:39I just lay there, hollow and bleeding.
03:41I 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.
03:53A 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.
04:08Now, she ranks below the house staff.
04:11On the way home,
04:12I 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.
04:23I just couldn't afford the ride.
04:27That was unreal.
04:28If a man did that for me,
04:29I could die happy.
04:30In your dreams.
04:32Not everyone gets a guy like Graham Blake.
04:34People were still talking about the fireworks from tonight.
04:37I had my fireworks.
04:40Sienna, 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,
04:52I just pulled my father off a rooftop.
04:54The men he owed were inside our house,
04:57threatening my mother,
04:58threatening my seven-year-old sister.
05:00I had no choice, thought.
05:02So, instead of saying yes,
05:04I looked at him and said,
05:06Graham,
05:08can 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.
05:20I didn't believe them.
05:22Sienna Hale,
05:23you 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.
05:34The fireworks stopped.
05:36Then he pulled out a check,
05:38signed it,
05:39and threw it in my face.
05:42Well,
05:43you're cheaper than I thought.
05:45No matter how hard I tried to explain,
05:48I was still the gold digger.
05:49I became a joke in his whole social circle.
05:52I kept waiting for him to calm down,
05:54to finally hear me out.
05:55But I couldn't bear it
05:57when I saw another girl on his arm.
06:00At that time,
06:01he 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,
06:08I couldn't fight back.
06:09And now,
06:10I had walked six hours to get home.
06:13I was barely holding myself together.
06:15I just wanted my bed.
06:17Then,
06:18a sweet little voice
06:19floated over from the couch.
06:21You're back.
06:22Where are my churros?
06:24I froze.
06:25I 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,
06:48she 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 churvos, isn't it?
07:02Go buy it.
07:04Don'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?
07:23What's the holder?
07:24Need more money?
07:25He pulled out some cash.
07:27Dropped it on the floor dot.
07:29Then he stopped.
07:31That 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,
08:02I 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.
08:18It 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,
08:27Graham 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.
08:37the hour so I found a feeling that you can see.
08:37The room was cold again.
08:37The days were cold.
08:37départm ashe W pot too.
08:37You,graphed
08:37All Iafs
08:37me. I Boomman and the second.
08:37Follow me. The darkness began twice.
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