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00:00The first year of Ethan and my best friend Lily's business arrangement.
00:04Ethan threw himself off a third floor balcony, broke his leg, and still managed to swear to his parents.
00:10Claire is the only person I'll ever love.
00:14Lily held me while I cried all night, never leaving my side.
00:18Don't worry. Once we're in charge, I'll give Ethan back to you.
00:24I'll keep an eye on him. I won't let him hurt you.
00:28Everyone said I was lucky. A boyfriend who loved me to the bone, and a best friend who felt like
00:33family.
00:33But five years later, I slid Lily's pregnancy report across the table to Ethan.
00:38Lily is my fiancé. Her being pregnant is perfectly normal.
00:44Don't play these games to get my attention again. Understand?
00:47Five years of fighting. Five years of screaming.
00:53Ethan, you always told me to wait! I waited five years!
00:57And this is what I got?
00:59I'm done wasting my time on you. We're over!
01:03Saw the suitcase I'd already packed.
01:05Dropped onto the couch like he had all the time in the world.
01:09You packed pretty fast.
01:11But I bought everything in there.
01:13You sure it's yours to take?
01:16Claire, can you even survive without me?
01:18Just like every time before, over five years, I'd always back down.
01:23Lily spent the best years of my life on me.
01:25I can't betray her.
01:27Ethan gave Lily his warmth. His kisses. His body.
01:30The glaring photos of them in bed were like countless sharp knives, stabbing me raw and bloody.
01:35But before I could even say a word, he'd always come rushing back.
01:44Baby, Lily said she'd never experienced intimacy. I just wanted to give her something. Just once, I swear! That means
01:50nothing!
01:51I believed him.
01:52But what I received were increasingly explicit videos of their intimate moments.
01:56I couldn't take his betrayal.
01:58I screamed at him, hit him, fell apart. That even got him hospitalized.
02:02I'd said break up countless times. His attitude changed from initial panic and helplessness to increasing indifference.
02:15I don't want any of your things.
02:17No one in this world can't live without someone else.
02:28Lily, why are you here?
02:34This place is a mess.
02:37She stumbled. Ethan grabbed her hand right in front of me, matching wedding bands.
02:45I'm so sorry. Today's my prenatal appointment. I'm sorry to interrupt. After today, I'll have him come see you, okay?
02:53She's rabid right now, biting everyone she can reach.
02:56Why are you explaining anything to her? I have no interest in seeing her. Let her stand there and wait.
03:06I picked up my things and went to the hospital. The moment I walked into the lobby, Ethan, who couldn't
03:11stand dirt or mess, was crouched on the floor, gently massaging Lily's calves.
03:16Focused, like he was holding something priceless. I wasn't trying to watch. I turned and headed toward my department.
03:22I didn't expect Lily to be waiting for me in the hallway. When she saw me...
03:25Claire, while I'm pregnant, can you please stop seeing Ethan? The baby still needs its father around.
03:29You love Ethan so much, you wouldn't want something to happen to his child, would you?
03:34She pulled out a thick envelope of cash, right there in the hallway. In front of everyone, she pushed it
03:39into my arms.
03:43Consider this your compensation.
03:45I heard someone call me a whore.
03:47Claire!
03:48Lily heard it too.
03:49I'm sorry, Claire. I didn't mean for it to come out like that.
03:54Just keep your distance from Ethan for now. The baby needs its father.
04:02Lily, you've been playing this for years. You got what you wanted. Are you happy now?
04:12Claire, I said the wrong thing. Please don't be angry.
04:19You hit a pregnant woman. What is wrong with you?
04:24Get on your knees and apologize to Lily.
04:27Or I promise you, I won't let this go.
04:31For the thousandth time, Ethan took her side, without asking a single question.
04:37Before, I would have fought back. Demanded the truth. Stayed until I'd proven I did nothing wrong.
04:42But now I just felt tired.
04:44Lily knew me well enough. Before I said a word, she tugged at Ethan's sleeve.
04:49Please, don't talk to Claire like that. I tripped. It was my fault.
04:56You don't need to protect her. We both know what she's like.
05:01Claire, if you want to walk out of here, you better apologize to Lily. Right now!
05:06Check the footage. You'll see what happened.
05:36Stop being dramatic.
05:40You're not some delicate thing like Lily. You can handle a little pain.
05:45Please! No!
05:52Apologize.
05:53That face, familiar and unrecognizable at the same time, made my vision blur.
05:5818 years old. He was reckless back then. Made enemies. Got himself in trouble.
06:03I took a knife meant for him.
06:06He held me. His eyes red.
06:09Sobbing so hard, he couldn't breathe.
06:11He promised he'd never let anything hurt me again.
06:14Now every wound I had came from him.
06:17I closed my eyes. Breathed.
06:19I won't apologize for something I didn't do.
06:22Ethan, that's enough!
06:23Lily choked out the words and reached for me.
06:25Ethan moved her behind him.
06:26Then his palm came across my face.
06:28Lily went still. The crying stopped.
06:31She threw herself over me.
06:32Ethan didn't care.
06:33He pulled her into his arms.
06:35Gently, like she was the one who'd been hit.
06:37His eyes passed over the red mark blooming on my face.
06:41I'm warning you for the last time.
06:42What happened between us, it's on both of us for what we did to Lily.
06:45You want to be angry? Take it out on me.
06:47But if you ever touch Lily again, you will pay for it a thousand times over!
06:51I dragged myself off the floor.
06:53You gave yourself to her.
06:55I made him back.
06:56What exactly do I owe her?
06:58I didn't wait for the rest.
07:00Lay down on the bed. Couldn't sleep.
07:05A text from Lily. I didn't reply.
07:12Hey, I'm at the airport. I'll be in the city soon.
07:15My old colleague from grad school had reached out.
07:18A strong research opportunity, he said.
07:21Did I want in?
07:22Once, I was the person people talked about.
07:25Shark. Ambitious. Going places.
07:28I gave all of that up for Ethan.
07:30Waited for the future he promised.
07:32But just as I was about to board...
07:42Miss Claire, I thought you had some sense.
07:46I didn't expect you was on Lily.
07:48Lily. You did something wrong. There are consequences.
07:53Lily stood just behind her. She didn't look surprised. She looked away. Her lips moved.
07:59Barely. She was saying,
08:01I'm sorry, Claire. You wouldn't let Ethan go. I had no other choice. Please don't hate me.
08:06The security men shoved me to the floor. Something went out of me all at once.
08:11I actually thought Lily was my best friend. I had no idea she'd do this. Again and again.
08:17Ethan's mother had a butler bring in a long leather whip.
08:20This is how this family handles problems.
08:23That it's being used on you is almost an honor.
08:27I wrestled out from under the hands, pinning me down.
08:30Ethan and I are already broken up.
08:31Can't take responsibility for what you did, so you're making things up.
08:36You've gotten used to doing whatever you want.
08:38A little discipline, it's good for everyone.
08:43They dragged me into this twisted situation, both of them.
08:47Ethan, I said we're done. Are you deaf?
08:51No matter what I said, they looked straight through me.
08:54Women like you, the second you get a taste of money, you never let go.
08:59Break up? Who do you think you're fooling?
09:02She gave the order. The first blow landed across my back.
09:06The pain turned my vision white. My whole body was cold sweat. My face twisted.
09:12Lily had gone pale. Something tore loose inside me. Iron filled my mouth.
09:18A mouthful of blood hit the core. Lily threw herself in front of me, crying.
09:24Lily! What are you doing? Don't you dare take a hit for her. She's not worth it.
09:28When Ethan looked at me, there was something in his face I hadn't expected. Resentment.
09:33Ethan picked up the whip. He brought it down across my already ruined back.
09:37Why can't you just be still for once? Lily is pregnant. She can't take the stress.
09:42I thought once the pain was bad enough, it would go numb.
09:44But when Ethan's hand came down on wounds that were already bleeding,
09:48I felt something deeper than my body break. His eyes were red. He raised the whip again.
09:54Claire, I swear I'm just-
09:55Lily clamped her hand over his mouth before he finished.
09:57He was going to say he regretted ever loving me. I let out a quiet, falling laugh.
10:03Ethan shoved me into a car. He was going to keep me locked up.
10:22I held the pain back, stumbled to the floor-to-ceiling window.
10:30What, are you going to pull the suicide card now? You're not a kid, Claire.
10:36Ethan, I regret ever loving you. If this is what it takes to cut you out of my life,
10:41then fine. You don't get to say that. Lily and I sacrifice so much for you. You don't get to
10:47give up.
10:49It's my life. I get to decide.
10:54I jumped. The last thing I saw was the panic on Ethan's face.
10:59Claire, don't!
11:22Ethan, are you out of your mind? Get back from there!
11:34What happened? You said you were going to keep her here. Where's Claire?
11:41Ethan turned his head. Claire's gone.
11:53You're joking, right? Claire is tough. She wouldn't actually do it.
11:59Ethan, you're trying to scare me, aren't you?
12:03You're trying to scare me, aren't you?
12:05We both did this.
12:09We drove her to it.
12:16No. No, that's not true.
12:18Claire was her best friend. How could she have driven Claire to this?
12:31We've both been played.
12:33Ethan, think about it. Claire can swim.
12:37Don't you remember? She's doing this to force us apart.
12:46Call people. We have to find her. We can't let her win.
12:57You're right. Claire's petty. We just have to find her.
13:01Ethan put out the word and sent people into the water.
13:05But both of them were forcing themselves not to think about what my body had already been through.
13:10They didn't want to be the ones who killed me.
13:13They couldn't live with it hanging over them.
13:15So they told themselves I was alive and kept searching every day for a month.
13:21The longer it went, the less hope there was.
13:27My face floated up in his mind. Maybe she was never coming back.
13:32That thought spread through him like something infectious.
13:36All those years, he'd kept himself between two women.
13:47I'm still carrying your child. Can you please control yourself?
13:53Ethan's gaze dropped to her stomach.
13:56The small, visible curve.
14:00Lily, after the baby comes, I don't want to see you again.
14:03I'll give you whatever you need, but don't come back.
14:08Because if Claire comes home and sees you, she won't like it.
14:13Lily's face drained white.
14:15She'd spent the past weeks accepting that Claire wasn't coming back.
14:19She'd already started making arrangements.
14:21Why? We worked so hard to get here! The baby needs both of us!
14:27Do you remember what you are? You were her best friend!
14:29I was her boyfriend! What exactly do you think I'm going to build with you?
14:38Don't say another word. After the baby, I'm dissolving the engagement. Both families will be told.
14:45My wife's name was always going to be Claire's. I failed her.
14:53When she comes back, I'll spend whatever time I have making it up to her.
14:58Lily pressed her lips together and said nothing.
15:00But she made calls in the dark. Quietly worked to pull back the people Ethan had sent to find me.
15:07Claire, I'm sorry, but you're gone. I still have to think about my own future. I hope you can forgive
15:12me.
15:13Would you stop eating my food?
15:25Okay, okay. I'm done. Happy?
15:29You can't eat heavy food right now. It's bad for your recovery. Do you want to end up back in
15:34the hospital?
15:36I met his glare and looked down, appropriately chastened. Fine. I get it. You don't have to lecture me.
15:44He finally let it go and left the room. I stretched out on the bed and stared out the window.
15:50Three years ago, when I jumped from that beach house, I'd already pressed the emergency locator on my watch.
15:56Something he and I had built together back in grad school. It let him know where I was at any
16:02time.
16:04After I hit the water, he tracked the signal and pulled me out.
16:14But my body had taken a serious amount of damage. I spent a year in the hospital before they let
16:20me go.
16:21To cheer me up, he made a habit of finding out what Ethan and Lily were up to when reporting
16:25back.
16:28Ethan kept searching for me. Lily's people kept quietly blocking the search.
16:34Ethan found out. They had a bad fight. During the struggle, Lily's stomach hit the corner of a table.
16:39Seven months along, the baby didn't make it. Lily lost any chance of having children.
16:58After that, Ethan cut the engagement completely. Made it official with both families.
17:07His mother nearly had a breakdown. Two people who'd been hiding their love from me for years,
17:12sneaking around behind my back. After I was gone, they fell apart on their own.
17:20Two people who betrayed everything they were given.
17:31Two people who betrayed everything they were given.
17:32Keep it down. The professor is still asleep. Honestly, when I heard all of it, I felt nothing.
17:38What they liked was the thrill of it. The secrecy. The fact that I was right there and didn't know.
17:44Once I was gone, there was nothing left to burn. Eventually, my body healed enough. Once I had something
17:52to focus on, the past started to feel like it happened to someone else. The university had a large,
17:58formal event. Our professor didn't want to go and shoved us out of the lab to attend in his place.
18:04He sends us out because he doesn't want to be here and doesn't even make sure we get fed properly.
18:09Unbelievable.
18:16There's a full spread right in front of you and you're still complaining?
18:19I'm looking out for you. You can't survive on this kind of food.
18:23Was actually holding one out toward my mouth when Ethan appeared out of nowhere.
18:29Let go!
18:34Is he your new boyfriend? Is that why you left me?
18:40Was it always him?
18:42I frowned.
18:44Don't put words in my mouth. Let go of me. Now!
18:47He still didn't hear it or he didn't care. He pulled me in closer.
18:51I've been looking at you for so long. Claire, I'm not letting you go anywhere. Not again.
18:55Before I could say anything, Ethan made a sharp sound and went down.
18:59Touch her with your filthy hands. You don't deserve to.
19:03Who do you think you are? Claire is my girlfriend. This has nothing to do with you.
19:08People around us had started to look. I wasn't interested in making a scene.
19:12I picked up a glass of wine and threw it in Ethan's face.
19:15If you haven't lost your mind completely, you'll remember we broke up a long time ago.
19:19Ethan stared at our hands.
19:21Because of him? What is he to you?
19:25I said it clearly, one word at a time. None of your business. You don't have the right to ask
19:31me
19:31anything. Ethan? Something collapsed behind his eyes. I walked out of the event with my colleague
19:38and found a pharmacy nearby. I carefully cleaned the red mark on his hand. He grinned like an idiot.
19:46What are you smiling at? We're going to hear about this from the professor.
19:50He shrugged it off. Ran his thumb lightly across the back of my hand. I never liked that guy. But
19:56you
19:56were set on him, so there was nothing I could do. Now I finally got to do something about it.
20:02I'm glad, Claire. His eyes were bright. Only one thing in them. Me. My throat went tight.
20:08Idiot. I let all of that go a long time ago. He tightened his hand around mine. He held my
20:13gaze.
20:14But I didn't. His ears went red. He didn't look away. Quiet, but certain. I didn't let it go.
20:19Something in me that had been still for a long time started to move. Just as he was slowly leaning
20:24in,
20:25a voice came from behind us. Claire, can we talk? She was standing under a streetlight. I didn't want
20:31to say yes, but something in her eyes stopped me. I nodded. Inside the coffee shop, she wrapped both
20:38hands around her cup and didn't speak for a long time. I thought the three of us would be in
20:42each
20:42other's lives forever. When I first found out what they'd done, I was hurt, but a bigger part of me
20:48wanted to step aside for them. It was Lily who couldn't stand being seen as the one who betrayed her,
20:53so she kept promising me it meant nothing. That she just wanted to know what a normal relationship
20:58felt like. And she kept sending me those videos anyway. Over and over. Pushing at me. Testing me.
21:06She wore away every good thing I'd kept for her. If you don't have anything to say, I'm leaving.
21:12Lily grabbed my hand in a panic. Under my flat stare, her grip loosened. She let go.
21:19Claire, I'm sorry. I just needed to say it once. I'm sorry. Her eyes moved to my face.
21:24Are you feeling better? Are you okay? I nodded once and turned to go. Her voice followed me.
21:31Is that man your boyfriend now? Does he love you? Not yet, but he loves me. I'm glad,
21:38Claire. I really am. You deserve to be happy. She said it like we were still close. Like nothing had
21:44happened. We both knew better. The day we were heading back to the city, Ethan showed up somehow.
21:51Claire, are you leaving again? Ethan, I gave everything I had to that relationship.
21:56I never did anything to deserve what you did to me. So why did you keep hurting me? He opened
22:02his
22:02mouth. Lily and I are done. We have been for a long time. Claire, I just want to make it
22:06right.
22:06Let me make it right. Come back. He dug through his bag, the one he'd thrown in the trash.
22:13I kept it. Claire, can we start over? I picked it up and dropped it into the drain at my
22:18feet.
22:19Every time I look at you, all I see is everything that hurt me. If you have even a little
22:23bit of
22:23conscience left, stay out of my life. I walked away and walked forward.
22:28I'll see you next time.
22:28I'll see you next time.
22:28Bye.
22:29Bye.
22:29Bye.
22:30Bye.
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