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