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Ten Years Of Deception Ep
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00:00My husband, who married into my family's wealth a decade ago, had no idea I was about to transfer a
00:0515th or stake in a Brownville Corporation to his name.
00:10That is, until our routine physicals. That's when I discovered something biologically impossible.
00:15My husband and I are both blood type O, but our 9-year-old son is type A.
00:19Staring at the boy who looked like a miniature version of my husband, I didn't say a word. I just
00:24calmly did two things.
00:25First, I plucked a few hairs from his head while he was sleeping.
00:29Second, I shredded those stock transfer epocuments to pieces.
00:34After watching Leo walk through the school gates, I drove straight to a private DNA testing lab.
00:39I need this expedited. How fast can you get me the results?
00:42Standard is five business days. We can have it by 4 p.m. today, but it'll cost triple.
00:46My hands were shaking as I handed over the samples.
00:49Do it.
00:50After doing my own cheek swab, I sat in the waiting room watching the clock tick.
00:53To kill time, I made a call to a private investigator.
00:56I need a full background check on my husband, David. Track his every move over the last few months.
01:00Based on DNA analysis, the probability of maternity between Victoria and Leo is 0.0001%.
01:06I had spent nine years raising a child that wasn't my flesh and blood.
01:12So, where the hell was my real baby?
01:14I immediately drove to the maternity hospital where I gave birth nine years ago.
01:21Dr. Lewis, I need to pull my medical records and delivery files from nine years ago.
01:26That was a long time ago. Those files are likely deep in the archives.
01:30The file was suspiciously bare.
01:32Just the admission dates, delivery method, and birth weight.
01:35No detailed delivery logs, no nurse shift handovers, no pediatric clearance reports.
01:43Is this it? This is everything?
01:45That's all we have in the system.
01:46Physical maternity records are only kept for 10 years, so yours were about to expire anyway.
01:51Where are the newborn footprints?
01:53The heel prick blood test logs?
01:55Those should be in the nephenol logs, but we couldn't locate them.
01:58It couldn't be more obvious.
01:59A scrubbed medical file, missing newborn logs.
02:05A son who shared my husband's face, but none of my DNA.
02:10Someone orchestrated this.
02:15I'm running some errands. I'll be home soon.
02:20Once the house was dead silent, I started tearing the place apart.
02:26I searched the master bedroom, the living room, even Leo's room. Nothing.
02:32Finally, my eyes landed on the desktop in the home office.
02:36The truth had to be in there.
02:45You're still up.
02:46Just sorting through some old files.
02:48I didn't touch the computer again that night.
02:50My mind swirling into madness.
02:56I woke up the computer and typed in the password.
02:58Our anniversary? Incorrect.
03:00His birthday? Incorrect.
03:02Leo's birthday? Incorrect.
03:04This was a computer we bought together, and now I was completely locked out.
03:07I've got a last-minute business trip to Chicago tomorrow.
03:10Not sure how long I'll be gone.
03:12That's sudden.
03:13Who are you going with?
03:14Victoria.
03:15Seriously, can you not do this right now?
03:18You interrogate me over everything.
03:19You're constantly suspicious.
03:21It was just a question.
03:22Dinner was suffocatingly quiet.
03:24Leo must have sensed the tension because for once, he didn't complain about his vegetables.
03:28After David took a shower, he picked up his coat from the couch to hang it up.
03:31A crumpled receipt fell out of the pocket and landed right at my feet.
03:35I didn't recognize the brand, but I knew damn well it wasn't for me.
03:39David hadn't bought me a gift in ten years.
03:41I always made excuses for him.
03:43He's just not romantic.
03:44He's too busy with work.
03:46Turns out, he was plenty romantic.
03:48Just not with his wife.
03:50Hi, I need to check the loyalty account associated with the receipt from yesterday afternoon.
03:53Let me pull that up.
03:54Yes, that purchase was made under the name Sarah Jenkins.
03:58Sarah Jenkins.
03:59I knew that name.
04:00She was David's new executive assistant.
04:02I drove straight to the airport, not even sure what I was hoping to find.
04:04I parked outside the departure terminal and waited for half an hour.
04:08Then, I saw him.
04:10And I saw her.
04:13David had this relaxed, genuine smile on his face.
04:17A smile I hadn't seen in years.
04:19Right before the security checkpoint, Sarah stopped and naturally reached up to adjust his collar.
04:24David didn't pull away.
04:25He leaned in and whispered something in her ear.
04:28She giggled, went up on her tip pose, and kissed him on the lips.
04:31Any delusion I was holding onto shattered right then and there.
04:34All those late nights at the office, the constant irritation every time he looked at me.
04:38It all made sense.
04:40The son who wasn't biologically mine, could he somehow be connected to the woman standing right next to my husband?
04:50I have a new target.
04:51Sarah Jenkins.
04:53I want everything you can find on her, but specifically, find out if she has a kid.
05:02Sarah's son was born exactly one week after Leo.
05:07For the first time in ten years, I felt pure, unadulterated rage boiling in my veins.
05:20After ten years, the password turned out to be her birthday.
05:26From school uniforms to college, from graduation to work, they have never been apart.
05:33Ten years of deception.
05:35I've lived like a fool in the play they wove.
05:42I stopped breathing.
05:44Noah, no.
05:45That was my son.
05:47My own child walked home alone with shoes falling apart while I raised the child of my enemy for ten
05:52years.
05:52I raised my enemy's child for ten years, while my own flesh and blood son suffered outside for a decade.
06:01David, Sarah, you owe me, and you owe my son.
06:05I will make you pay back a thousand times, ten thousand times over.
06:09I want a divorce.
06:10He gets nothing.
06:11I get full custody.
06:13He will pay.
06:14And one more thing.
06:15I'm going to make those two rot in jail for the rest of their lives.
06:19Ten years ago, he promised me lifelong stability.
06:21Turns out his lifetime was just ten years.
06:24Arthur?
06:25We need to talk before next week's board meeting.
06:27David forgot who really runs this empire.
06:29I got him the CEO job by begging my father to give him a chance.
06:32I put him in power and now I'm taking it all away.
06:34While David was away on business, I liquidated our joint assets.
06:37Every afternoon, I waited outside Westside Elementary.
06:40One pouring day, Noah had no umbrella and ran through the rain.
06:44I sat in my car, heartbroken.
06:53Here you are.
06:54Thank you, kiddo.
06:56Have some water.
06:59Just consider it a thank you for helping me with my papers.
07:02Go buy yourself some new sneakers, okay?
07:05Dad said if I get top grades on my midterms, he's taking me to Disney World.
07:11That's wonderful.
07:12My own child rode the city bus in worn-out shoes, while his illegitimate son lived like a prince at
07:18my expense.
07:25Where's Leo?
07:26Why is it so quiet in here?
07:29I signed him up for a cramp school, which lasts two hours in the evening.
07:32Why did he suddenly sign up for a class?
07:34He's only in the fourth grade.
07:40Come here.
07:41Why do you smell of perfume?
07:43Who'd you go to dinner with again?
07:44Victoria, are we really doing this again?
07:46I was at a crowded restaurant.
07:48You need to stop being so paranoid.
07:57You hired someone to follow me?
07:59What matters is, what do you think would happen if these photos landing on the desks of the board of
08:03directors?
08:04Or your biggest clients?
08:06What do you want?
08:07First, fire Sarah Jenkins and never see her again.
08:10Second, tell me exactly what you did in that delivery room ten years ago.
08:13So as long as you cut Sarah out completely, get her out of the company and out of our lives,
08:18I will let the past go.
08:19We have Leo, and now we have this baby.
08:24I need to think.
08:34I've made my decision, Victoria.
08:36We should...
08:36Save it.
08:40We have kids!
08:42Can't you think about the new baby?
08:44Can't you think about Leo?
08:46You mean the kid I raised for ten years?
08:48Who turned out to be the love child of you and Sarah?
08:52How...
08:52How do you know that?
08:54Since when?
08:55Thanks to your backup folder.
08:57Password was Sarah's birthday, which you've used for ten years.
09:02You were never going to New York.
09:04You were going to Hong Kong.
09:06Where is Noah?
09:07I need to see him.
09:08Victoria, you can't do this.
09:10He's my son!
09:10The second you swapped those babies, you lost the right to be a father.
09:15Now get the hell out of my house.
09:18Victoria!
09:19Victoria!
09:20I knew where he was headed, to find Sarah and the son he abandoned ten years ago.
09:24But he'd never find Noah.
09:26Three days prior, I told Noah the entire truth.
09:29I always knew I wasn't her son.
09:31Why else leave me here to rot?
09:32Noah, I'm your real mother.
09:34I'm sorry I'm late.
09:36Will you come with me?
09:37I'll take you away from here and we can start over.
09:43Listen to your assistant, sister.
09:45Mom will come to find you soon, okay?
09:51Once I finished burning David's life to the ground here,
09:54I was going to reunite with my real son.
09:56Victoria, please.
09:58We need to talk.
09:59The settlement is crystal clear.
10:00There's nothing to discuss.
10:02You go to see her every week.
10:04Haven't you noticed the injuries on your son?
10:11Four days post-divorce, David and Sarah's wedding foe hit my feed.
10:15She in a white gown, his arm around her.
10:18He looked incredibly stiff.
10:27Victoria, we've got everything.
10:29The wire transfers from the hospital swap,
10:31their text logs, the abuse footage, the medical records.
10:33It's more than enough for criminal charges.
10:35Good work.
10:36Do you want to see David one last time?
10:39It's too late.
10:44Noah's doing much better this week.
10:46He's opening up more.
11:01Noah, I'm your mom.
11:06I'm so sorry, baby.
11:08Mom got here too late.
11:09For the next two weeks, I fully stepped away from work to focus only on him.
11:13I took him to the park.
11:15He gripped the carousel pole for dear life on his first ride.
11:28Mom, please don't.
11:30Not the dark room.
11:31There are rats.
11:32Mom, I'm scared.
11:33The storage room is so dark.
11:35I screamed for so long, but nobody came.
11:38The rats crawled on my feet.
11:40It's okay, Noah.
11:41Mom is right here.
11:42No one is ever locking you up again.
11:44No rats are ever coming near you.
11:46I've got you.
11:50I wanted to physically tear apart anyone who had ever laid a finger on him.
12:09I held him in my arms and sat on the sofa until dawn, telling him stories from my childhood,
12:15and later took him to the observatory on the outskirts of the city.
12:20Mom, the stars are so far, but just seeing them calms me down.
12:36Mr. David?
12:39I just want to see him.
12:41Our son.
12:42I keep having nightmares about when he was little.
12:44About Sarah hitting him.
12:45I swear to God, I didn't know.
12:47You should have known I snapped.
12:49You just chose to be blind.
12:52Now you know.
12:53You may leave.
12:55Is...
12:55Is the baby still okay?
12:58Of course the baby's fine.
12:59The doctor says everything is perfect.
13:01Due next spring.
13:03Victoria, let me see my son.
13:04You can't keep him from me.
13:05If you want this kid, you need to handle Sarah.
13:08Clean up your own mess.
13:10Don't do this!
13:11Get out!
13:12I feel disgusted just looking at you right now.
13:18Let the dogs tear each other apart.
13:20That was their problem now.
13:25Victoria, it's a mess.
13:26And it's not the outcome we wanted.
13:28David and Sarah had divorced and were slandering each other in court.
13:31I saw this coming long ago.
13:33Even like birds flee apart in disaster, let alone two selfish scoundrels.
13:37Sarah faced child abduction, forgery and corporate fraud.
13:40Jailed for three years.
13:40David walked free, playing the victim and sobbing on the stand about a decade of manipulation by a psycho.
13:45I'm sorry, Victoria.
13:46It's an infuriating verdict.
13:48If you want, we can appeal and plan our next move.
13:49Drop it.
13:50At least my son is finally home.
13:52Noah, Mom made sure the bad people got punished, but maybe not as harshly as they deserved.
13:57Are you mad at me?
13:58Mom, I know exactly who loves me and who doesn't.
14:02You look really ugly when you cry.
14:05I legally transferred my company shares into a trust in his name.
14:08Over the past decade, the child has fallen far behind in studies and is greatly lagging behind peers of the
14:13same age.
14:14It doesn't matter.
14:15We can make up for it.
14:16I believe in my child.
14:17The main character in this novel.
14:19So he substitutes a significant into this equation.
14:21The present perfect tense is used to describe an action that...
14:25My child is even stronger and more promising than I imagined.
14:35Mom, I passed the math quiz today.
14:37Noah, you're awesome.
14:39Mom, I'm so proud of you.
14:53Let's go.
14:54We're heading home.
14:59Noah, you get in the car first.
15:01Victoria, can we please talk?
15:03Sarah is in prison.
15:04I handled everything.
15:05I cut her off completely.
15:06She's gone.
15:07I know I messed up, Victoria.
15:10But for the sake of the baby, just forgive me this once.
15:14The baby?
15:15Yes.
15:16Our baby.
15:17Oh, right.
15:19That.
15:20Fake.
15:21You...
15:22What did you say?
15:23The prenatal checkup report was forbidged.
15:26I just wanted to see what she would actually make.
15:29It's been several months.
15:31If I were really pregnant, I should be showing by now, right?
15:38This was your 30th birthday gift.
15:40I didn't give it to you when my company was in trouble.
15:42I bought one for you every year since then, but never gave them away.
15:45Now I want to make it all up to you.
15:47Please, just give me one more chance.
15:49David, I loved you most when you left Texan Reed and I lost sleep worrying you were okay
15:53when you pulled late nights and I brought you hot office meals.
15:55When you just said thanks for your hard work and I felt like I've won the lottery.
15:59That me is dead.
16:00And these?
16:01Just expensive garbage.
16:03That me is dead.
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