- 4 hours ago
He left her standing alone in her white dress, choosing his past over their future. He thought she would wait, cry, and beg for him to come back. He was wrong. Watch the heart-wrenching and empowering journey of a woman who turned her wedding tears into the fuel for her success. When he finally realizes his mistake and comes crawling back, he’ll find that she has already Walked Away Forever. Some bridges are meant to be burned. ✨🥀👠
Dive into emotional, romantic, and addictive stories of power, revenge, and hidden identities. Watch full movies with English and Spanish subtitles in High Definition. 🎬✨💎Follow our channel to never miss the latest billionaire and CEO drama series! 🚀📈🎬 Details:Language: English & Spanish Subtitles (EngSub / Sub Esp).Genre: Billionaire Romance, Revenge, CEO Drama, Identity Reveal.Status: Full Movie / Full Episodes.
#Billionaire #CEORomance #Revenge #HiddenHeiress #FullMovie #ShortDrama #RomanceDrama #EngSub #SubEsp #DramaSeries #Venganza #IdentityReveal #JefeRico #ShortFilm
Dive into emotional, romantic, and addictive stories of power, revenge, and hidden identities. Watch full movies with English and Spanish subtitles in High Definition. 🎬✨💎Follow our channel to never miss the latest billionaire and CEO drama series! 🚀📈🎬 Details:Language: English & Spanish Subtitles (EngSub / Sub Esp).Genre: Billionaire Romance, Revenge, CEO Drama, Identity Reveal.Status: Full Movie / Full Episodes.
#Billionaire #CEORomance #Revenge #HiddenHeiress #FullMovie #ShortDrama #RomanceDrama #EngSub #SubEsp #DramaSeries #Venganza #IdentityReveal #JefeRico #ShortFilm
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00The night before my wedding, I walked in on my fiancé entangled with his savior's younger sister.
00:05The woman was wrapped in my wedding blanket, a lingering look of passion still in her eyes.
00:09I threw the pregnancy test result in his face and asked.
00:12Do you still want this child?
00:14He smoked half the night.
00:16At dawn, stubbing out his cigarette, he said.
00:18I have a duty to her, but I love you.
00:21Hearing that, I put on my wedding dress, deciding to give him one last chance.
00:26However, what I got was.
00:28Sorry, Mrs. Southwil. Mr. Vox says the wedding is cancelled.
00:32Mrs. Woods has suffered a heart attack and is undergoing emergency resurgitation.
00:36My bouquet dropped to the ground, my dignity shattered.
00:39I ran outside just in time to see his car speeding away.
00:43Julian! If you dare to go to her today, I'll be at the hospital tomorrow.
00:47You'll lose your child!
00:49He was silent for a moment, and then hung up.
00:52Only the dial tone remained in my ear.
00:54I stood at the hotel entrance, still in my wedding dress.
00:58The guests around me whispered as they stared.
01:01The host froze on stage, unsure what to say.
01:04Julian's mother, Lydia Finch.
01:07Sophia, go inside first. Don't let them see it.
01:11The wedding is off.
01:13The wedding is off.
01:14Nonsense!
01:15Julian just had a momentary merry lapse of judgment.
01:18Vivian's situation is critical.
01:20He couldn't ignore her.
01:22So he could ignore me?
01:24You're going to be his wife.
01:26Don't make a scene.
01:31I'm done being his wife.
01:34Leave today and forget being a Borg ever again!
01:42In the dressing room, I took off the wedding dress and changed into my own clothes.
01:47The makeup artist carefully removed all hair accessories.
01:50Mrs. Southweal, your makeup.
01:51Leave it.
01:53I picked up my bag and left.
01:55Outside the hotel, the sky was overcast.
01:58I hailed a taxi.
02:00Trinity Hospital, please.
02:02My phone vibrated in my bag.
02:04It was Julian's assistant, Daniel Bright.
02:07I didn't answer.
02:08I knew what he would say.
02:10Mr. Voight is handling an emergency.
02:12Mr. Voight didn't mean it.
02:14Mr. Voight will explain to you later.
02:17Such words sounded in my mind.
02:19I'd heard excuses like this for 10 years.
02:21Vivian had been Julian's responsibility ever since her brother, Leonard Woods,
02:25died saving him 5 years ago.
02:28This responsibility had weighed on Julian for 5 years.
02:32I used to think it was right for him to take care of Vivian.
02:35Today, I realized just how far he'd let that responsibility go.
02:39The taxi stopped at the hospital entrance.
02:41I paid and walked into the emergency building.
02:44Julian was sitting on the long bench outside the emergency room.
02:48Head down, elbows propped on his knees, hands dug into his hair.
02:52He sat there with his suit jacket tossed carelessly to one side.
02:55Hearing my footsteps, he looked up and stood up when he saw me.
02:59Oh, Sophia, why are you here?
03:02I'm sorry.
03:04How is she?
03:05The doctor said it was acute heart failure.
03:07They're still trying to stabilize her.
03:09She's in critical condition.
03:15I see.
03:17Sophia, please don't be like this.
03:21Leonard died because of me.
03:24I can't abandon Vivian.
03:26She has no family in this world.
03:31Julian, I'm not doing anything.
03:33I just feel our wedding doesn't seem as important as a girl you've known for 5 years.
03:38No!
03:38Sophia, you're the most important to me!
03:41The doctor didn't say she's dying.
03:43But she's dying!
03:45Just then, the emergency room door opened.
03:49Family of Vivian?
03:51I am.
03:53The patient's heart rate spiked due to excitement.
03:56It's stable now, no danger.
03:58She'll be transferred to a regular board for observation for two days.
04:03Julian heaved a sigh of relief.
04:06See?
04:08She's so pitiful.
04:10Can't you be a little understanding?
04:14I said nothing.
04:15The hospital bed was wheeled out.
04:18Vivian was lying on it, pale and with her eyes closed.
04:21As she passed me, her eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes opened a slit.
04:25Seeing me, she soon got tears welling up.
04:28Julian immediately held her hand.
04:30Vivian, don't be afraid.
04:32I'm here.
04:36I turned and walked out of the hospital.
04:38The cold wind hit my face.
04:40Only then did I realize my heart was pounding wildly.
04:49The next day, Julian didn't come home.
04:52The house was deathly silent.
04:54I called a real estate agent to list the house.
04:57Yes, we need to sell it right away.
04:59In the afternoon, Julian came back.
05:01Sophia, I apologize on Vivian's behalf.
05:05She didn't mean it yesterday.
05:08Can't she apologize herself?
05:12She's still very weak.
05:13Julian, don't talk about her.
05:15Let's talk about us.
05:17What about the wedding?
05:18How do we explain to our relatives and friends?
05:21He was silent for a while.
05:23Once things settle down, we can have the wedding again.
05:28Again?
05:30You think this is something that can be done again?
05:33Then what do you want me to do?
05:34It already happened.
05:37Sophia, I know you have endured a lot, but Vivian just came back from the brink of death.
05:42Can't we be a little more understanding?
05:47Again, understanding.
05:49I went into the bedroom, pulled out a suitcase, and started packing.
05:53What are you doing?
05:57His face darkened, folding my clothes neatly into the suitcase.
06:02I'm selling this house.
06:04Sophia, have you had enough of this scene?
06:06I'm not making a scene.
06:08I just don't want to live here anymore.
06:11Don't you dare sell it!
06:13This is our home!
06:15Mae is right.
06:17The moment you abandoned it for another woman, it stopped being our home.
06:22You're being utterly unreasonable!
06:26At this moment, his phone rang.
06:28He answered, and soon his tone shifted.
06:31What's wrong?
06:31Another nightmare?
06:33Don't be scared.
06:34I'm coming right now.
06:36After hanging up, he released me with impatience on his face.
06:39Sophia, stop this.
06:41Vivian's still shaking.
06:45I need to check on her.
06:46We'll talk when I get back.
06:48He thought I would compromise like before.
06:51If you leave, then don't come back.
06:59Sophia, my patience has limits.
07:01Then he left anyway.
07:03Listening to the door slam shut, I placed the last item in the suitcase and zipped it shut.
07:13I moved back to my studio.
07:15A small loft, design work downstairs, living space upstairs.
07:20Julian never contacted me again.
07:22I didn't contact him either.
07:24A week later, Lydia asked to meet me.
07:27In a coffee shop, she slid a check across the table.
07:3210 million.
07:34Leave Julian.
07:36Lydia, it's not about money between him and me.
07:40I know.
07:41You two have been gathered for 10 years, but you must understand.
07:44The Vogue family needs a wife who is understanding and can share Julian's burdens, not a troublemaker
07:50who only causes trouble.
07:52Vivian is understanding?
07:54Vivian is simple and kind.
07:56Her brother saved Julian's life.
07:59It's only right Julian protects her.
08:01As his fiancée, you should support him, not oppose him.
08:05I understood.
08:07In their eyes, all my grievances were causing trouble.
08:10I don't want the money.
08:12And I don't want Julian either.
08:15May he and Vivian have a lifetime of happiness.
08:20Stepping out of the coffee shop, I blocked all the Vogue's contacts.
08:24The world grew quiet.
08:30I began focusing on preparing for Milan Jewelry Design Competition three months later.
08:35That was my highest aspiration as a designer.
08:38My days were fulfilling and peaceful.
08:40Until that day, an uninvited guest showed up at my studio.
08:46Sophia, I came to apologize.
08:50On the wedding day, it was my fault.
08:53I shouldn't have get to the point.
08:56Julian has been in a terrible mood these past few days, drinking heavily.
08:59I know it's all because of me.
09:01Sophia, this is the card Julian gave me.
09:03I've saved all the money, never used it.
09:05I'm giving it back to you.
09:07Please don't be angry with him anymore, okay?
09:09Please?
09:11Vivian, do you think this is funny?
09:13I don't know what you're talking about.
09:15Vivian's still shaking.
09:17I'm coming right now.
09:18Every time you got sick or had an accident, it coincided with crucial moments for him and me.
09:24Vivian, you planned this, didn't you?
09:27I didn't.
09:29Take your card and get out of my place.
09:33Sophia, I know you hate me.
09:36But if the person who died five years ago was Julian instead of my brother, what would you have done?
09:41Believe it or not, I never meant to break you two up.
09:44I'm just so terribly lonely.
09:46She left.
09:47I threw the card in the trash.
09:49Sophia!
09:50What did you do to Vivian?
09:55Sophia!
09:55What did you do to Vivian?
09:58She slid her wrist after she went home.
10:00If the housekeeper hadn't found her in time, she'd be dead.
10:02Are you satisfied now?
10:03I did nothing to her.
10:04Still lying.
10:05She's so kind, even giving you all her savings to pay you back.
10:08Why did you still provoke her?
10:10Julian, do you believe her or me?
10:15I'm taking you to the hospital.
10:17Apologize to her.
10:18I'm not going.
10:19You have no choice.
10:21Julian, you're crazy!
10:22You're the crazy one!
10:24You weren't like this before!
10:26When did you become so vicious, so unreasonable?
10:29Yeah, I wasn't like this before.
10:31The old me believed his every word, understood his every difficulty, and took his responsibilities as my own.
10:37When did I change?
10:38Probably from the moment he kept choosing another woman over me.
10:42He dragged me all the way downstairs.
10:44His car was parked right at the door.
10:47He opened the door, trying to shove me inside.
10:50I used all my strength to break free.
10:53We're over.
10:55What did you say?
10:56I said we're breaking up.
10:57From now on, you and Vivian have nothing to do with me.
11:00Sophia, don't regret this!
11:02The thing I regret most is pulling you out of the mind ten years ago and spending another ten years
11:06watching you push me back in!
11:07I went upstairs, locked the door, and then leaned against it, listening to him pounding on the door.
11:14Then the car's engine started.
11:16He left.
11:17I slid to the floor, hugging my knees.
11:20A sharp pain stabbed through my lower abdomen.
11:23I looked down.
11:24Blood was trickling down my thigh.
11:29Seven weeks pregnant.
11:30Signs of threatened misnarriage.
11:32Your emotional state is too volatile.
11:34Can my baby be saved?
11:35You need to be hospitalized for observation.
11:38As for saving your baby, we need a family member's consent.
11:41Where is your husband?
11:42He's away on business?
11:43Then have another relative come.
11:45I had no relatives.
11:47My parents passed away when I was very young.
11:50I was raised by my grandfather, who had also passed away five years ago.
11:55In this world, I thought I still had Julian.
11:58Now, I had no one.
12:00I sat on a bench in the hallway for a long time.
12:02My phone lit up.
12:04It was a photo from Daniel.
12:06Miss Southwield, Mr. Vox says he will come find you once Ms. Wood's condition stabilizes.
12:11Then I stood up and walked back to the doctor's office.
12:14Doctor.
12:16Made a decision?
12:17I don't want this child.
12:20Then I lay on the operating table.
12:22The anesthesia coursed through my body.
12:24In the last second before my consciousness faded, I thought,
12:28Julian, we're even now.
12:33The day I was discharged, it was raining.
12:36I didn't return to the studio.
12:38Instead, I went to the airport.
12:40I bought a one-way ticket to Milan.
12:43Before leaving, I sent Julian a final text.
12:46My lawyer will send you the divorce papers.
12:48I don't want the house or the car.
12:51Just sign it.
12:52After sending it, I deactivated my phone number.
12:56As the plane took off, watching the city grow smaller beyond the window, I told myself,
13:02Sophia, you are reborn.
13:04Sophia, you are reborn.
13:05Life in Milan was harder than I had imagined.
13:07Language barrier, no friends, no money.
13:10I lived in the cheapest apartment, ate the simplest food.
13:14By day, I audited classes at a jewelry institute, and by night, I washed dishes in a small restaurant.
13:20It was tough, but my heart was at peace.
13:24I devoted all my energy into designs.
13:27I poured all the love and pain of those 10 years into the drawings.
13:30Three months later, I stood on the stage of the Milan jewelry design competition with my entry, Caged Bird.
13:37I got the gold medal.
13:38That day, under the spotlight, I smiled at the sea of flashbulbs below.
13:42I was no longer the Sophia who needed Julian to survive.
13:47Now I was a designer, Sophia Safra.
13:49Three years later, I returned to my country with my personal brand, Glimmer Snow.
13:54My first major show was set in Rivermore.
13:57The runway was star-studded.
13:59Backstage, I watched models wearing my jewelry creations step onto the stage.
14:04My assistant, Anna, approached and handed me a glass of champagne.
14:08Mrs. Southdale, Julian Voth, the president of Voth Group, is here too.
14:12I swirled the liquid in my glass without responding.
14:15He's in the front row.
14:16Hasn't taken his eyes off you.
14:19Is that so?
14:21He's lost a lot of weight.
14:24Looks haggard.
14:26I took a sip of champagne.
14:28Anna, go prepare the showstopper.
14:32Yes, Mrs. Southwell.
14:34Ladies and gentlemen, let's put our hands together for the jewelry designer of tonight's show,
14:39Sophia Southbury.
14:52Our gaze is locked for three seconds.
14:54I gave him a faint smile, then left the stage.
14:58Backstage, Anna told me Julian wanted to see me.
15:01Tell him I'm busy.
15:04He says he'll wait.
15:06Then let him wait.
15:08I changed out of the dress.
15:10I left through a side entrance and got into my car.
15:13Thanks, Mia.
15:15Hello, miss.
15:16Hi.
15:16As we drove away, I glanced back.
15:19He was still standing there.
15:21Anna was right.
15:22He was thinner and older, no longer the vibrant man I remembered.
15:26The car radio played an old song.
15:28I finally learned how to love, but sadly you, you had long vanished into the crowd.
15:39I turned off the radio.
15:43My brand became an overnight sensation domestically.
15:47Orders poured in like snowflakes.
15:49I was swamped with work.
15:51Julian tried many ways to see me.
15:53He bought the coffee shop downstairs from my studio and sat by the window every day.
15:58He purchased the billboard opposite my company, displaying my photos 24 hours a day.
16:02He bought every single one of my designs.
16:05I ignored him completely.
16:07The more he acted like this, the more ridiculous I found it.
16:11Hindsight was always 20-20.
16:13One day, I had just finished a meeting when Anna came in.
16:18Miss Southwield?
16:19There's a lady downstairs asking to see you.
16:21She says her name is Vivian Woods.
16:23My pen paused.
16:25Let her come up.
16:26Years had changed Vivian a lot.
16:28She wore exquisite makeup and a designer suit, with a hint of malice in her eyes.
16:33No longer the delicate, pitiable girl she once was.
16:37Sophia, long time no see.
16:39She sat down in my office.
16:41What do you want to say?
16:43I come to ask you to leave Rivermore.
16:48I laughed.
16:49Why?
16:51Julian loves you now.
16:53Ever since you came back, he changed.
16:56He wants to send me away and break up with me.
17:00Isn't that good?
17:03You two never should have been together.
17:04No.
17:08It's me who stayed by his side these past three years.
17:12I took care of him at his lowest.
17:15How dare you take him away from me?
17:17I looked at her, feeling ridiculous.
17:20Vivian, have you forgotten?
17:22He was originally mine.
17:23You gave up on him.
17:25He gave up on me first.
17:28She was speechless with her face flushed red.
17:31Finally, she pulled a stack of photos from her bag and slammed them onto my desk.
17:36Sophia, don't get cocky.
17:38You think he really loves you?
17:40It's just guilt.
17:40Look at this.
17:44I picked up a photo.
17:46It showed a tombstone.
17:48The name on it was Leonard Woods.
17:50Next to it stood a smaller tombstone, bearing no name.
17:54Only a date.
17:55The date of my surgery.
17:57Below it was engraved two words, my son.
18:00With the signature, father, Julian Voigt.
18:03My mind exploded.
18:04He had actually set up a tombstone for our unborn child.
18:08Seeing my deftly pale face, Vivian laughed triumphantly.
18:12He told me the child was his greatest regret, so he wanted to make amends.
18:15He wanted to get you back.
18:17Sophia, you're just a tool he's using to compensate for that child.
18:21My hands shook so badly that I couldn't hold the photos.
18:25They scattered all over the floor.
18:27Get out!
18:28Get out?
18:30Sophia, you can't win against me.
18:32As long as my brother's favor remains, Julian can never truly ignore me.
18:37I walked up to her and slapped her face.
18:39She covered her face, staring at me in disbelief.
18:42You dare slap me?
18:44This slap is for my unborn child.
18:48I picked up the phone.
18:50Security, throw this person out.
18:52Being held by two security guards.
18:55Sophia, just wait!
18:57I'll make you pay!
18:58Yeah.
18:59The office door closed.
19:01I crouched down, picking up the photos one by one.
19:05Looking at that small tombstone, my tears finally fell.
19:12I fell ill with a persistent high fever.
19:15Anna took me to the hospital.
19:17Lying in a hospital bed, I drifted in and out of consciousness.
19:21It felt like I was back in that cold operating room three years ago.
19:24I kept having nightmares.
19:26A tiny infant was crying out to me.
19:28Mommy, why didn't you want me?
19:31I woke up sobbing.
19:32The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Julian.
19:35He sat at my bedside, holding my hand, with his jaw shadowed by rough stubble and his bloodshot eyes.
19:42Sophia, you're awake.
19:44His voice was hoarse.
19:46I pulled my hand back and turned away, not wanting to see him.
19:49He said behind me,
19:50I'm sorry about the child.
19:53I'm sorry.
19:55Back then, I thought you ended the pregnancy because you hated me.
20:00I didn't dare ask, didn't dare look for you.
20:02I was afraid you'd hate me even more.
20:06I visit him every year.
20:08I named him Sasha Valk.
20:10My body stiffened.
20:12I looked for you for three years.
20:14Sophia, I know I was wrong.
20:16Give me another chance, please.
20:18I didn't turn around, nor did I speak.
20:21I'll handle things with Vivian.
20:22I swear, from now on, my world will only have you and the child.
20:26The child he spoke of was the one long gone.
20:29How laughable.
20:32Julian, leave.
20:39I won't.
20:40He came to face me and tried to hug me.
20:43I avoided him.
20:45Sophia.
20:46You're right.
20:48I ended the pregnancy because I hated you.
20:51I hated you for abandoning our wedding,
20:53for abandoning our ten years,
20:55for choosing her again and again,
20:57so I abandoned your child.
20:59No, that's not true.
21:00You're not that kind of person.
21:02I am that kind of person.
21:03So it's impossible between us now.
21:07The person you see now is not the fool who loved you enough to give up everything.
21:12That fool died on the operating clade three years ago.
21:15The hospital room door opened.
21:19The hospital room door opened.
21:19Anna entered with medicine.
21:21Seeing Julian, she paused.
21:25Mrs. Southwin, time for your medication?
21:29I nodded and told Julian.
21:32I need to rest.
21:33Please leave.
21:34He stood there, lips trembling.
21:36Finally, he gave me one last deep lip before walking out.
21:40His back was hunched, looking ten years older.
21:46After I was discharged from the hospital,
21:49Julian didn't come to bother me again.
21:51He must have finally given up.
21:53I poured myself into work.
21:55My brand grew larger and larger, expanding worldwide.
21:59I spent most of my time abroad.
22:01My returns to Rivermore were brief and hurried.
22:04News of Julian came from financial reports,
22:07resulting in heavy losses.
22:08Vogue Group's investment failed, and it stocked back.
22:11Several major investments failing.
22:12It seemed his luck ran out after I left.
22:15Anna once shared some gossip with me.
22:17I heard Julian kicked Vivian out, didn't give her a cent.
22:23Vivian isn't an easy person either.
22:25She's been telling the media Julian is ungrateful,
22:28even that he has a love child.
22:30But no one believes her.
22:32She's in a bad way now.
22:33I just listened, having no feelings.
22:36None of it concerned me anymore.
22:38A year later, my retrospective exhibition
22:40opened at Rivermore Art Museum.
22:42All my representative works from my debut
22:44until now were on display.
22:46Many people attended the opening ceremony.
22:49I was preparing my speech in the lounge.
22:52Anna suddenly rushed in.
22:53Miss Southfield, something's happened.
22:56What happened?
22:57Vivian is here.
22:58She's making a scene in the exhibition hall
22:59saying your breakthrough work is a copy of hers.
23:02Is she mad?
23:03She showed the so-called original design draft
23:05almost identical to yours with just minor difference.
23:07Now the reporters are all gathered around.
23:10This piece was just designed in my brother Leonard Woods.
23:13It's his final work.
23:14Sophia was an assistant in my brother's studio.
23:16She stole my brother's draft.
23:20Mrs. Woods, do you have any evidence?
23:22The evidence is my manuscript.
23:24It has my brother's signature.
23:27Vivian.
23:29Sophia.
23:30You thief.
23:31How dare you show up?
23:33You say this work was designed by you and your brother together?
23:36Yes.
23:36When?
23:37Six years ago.
23:40Everyone, the inspiration for this work did come from one person,
23:44but it wasn't Leonard Woods.
23:45It was Julian Vaught.
23:46I created this work during the most painful period after our breakups.
23:49It symbolizes my trapped love and my longing for freedom.
23:51As for Mrs. Woods' evidence,
23:53if I'm not mistaken, it was drawn by Julian, right?
23:55You're lying!
23:56Whether I'm lying or not,
23:57a handwriting expert can verify it.
23:59Julian has been painting for ten years.
24:01I can recognize his brush strokes even with my eyes closed.
24:04I don't know what you're talking about.
24:05This is my brother's.
24:06Is this?
24:06A deep voice came from behind the crowd.
24:09Julian walked in.
24:10He wore a black suit,
24:12looking more gone than the last time I saw him.
24:14It was drawn by me, not by Leonard.
24:15I drew it to atone to Sophia.
24:17I gave it to you to pass to her,
24:19not for you to frame her with.
24:22I didn't...
24:23I really was...
24:24Enough!
24:25I come here to tell you a thing.
24:27Leonard did not die saving me.
24:32The entire exhibition hall was deathly silent.
24:35Everyone was stunned into speechlessness.
24:38What...
24:39What did you say?
24:40I've been investigating the car crash from five years ago.
24:44I found several people to recover the dashcam footage at that time.
24:48A car was driving along a winding mountain road.
24:51Julian was the driver,
24:52and Leonard was sitting in the passenger seat.
24:55Suddenly, a large truck feared toward them.
24:58A second before impact,
25:00Leonard unbuckled his seatbelt and killed at Julian with his own body.
25:05See it clearly?
25:06That truck had brake failure.
25:08It wasn't a premeditated murder.
25:10As for Leonard,
25:12he was drowning in 30 million in gambling debt.
25:15He couldn't go on living anyway.
25:18He didn't die saving me.
25:20He just wanted to use his life to give you a secure future.
25:23He wrote it all clearly in his will,
25:25asking you to live well with my guilt,
25:27not to use that guilt to hurt the one I love the most.
25:30I was held hostage by this so-called kindness for five years.
25:34I lost my love, my child.
25:36I've become a laughing doc.
25:38Vivian,
25:39if your brother could see you now,
25:41would he get peace?
25:46No!
25:47It's not true!
25:49It's not!
25:50Ah!
25:51Ah!
25:52Ah!
25:53Ah!
25:55Ah!
25:55Ah!
25:56Ah!
25:56Ah!
25:58Ah!
26:01Ah!
26:17Ah!
26:22After that day,
26:24Julian vanished.
26:25Voight Group announced bankruptcy liquidation.
26:27He dismissed all employees, liquidated all assets, and paid off all debts.
26:32Then he left Rivermore alone.
26:35No one knew where he went.
26:36My life finally returned to calm.
26:39My brand went public in Paris, becoming truly international.
26:43I lived mostly in Paris.
26:45Occasionally, Anna mentioned Julian.
26:48She said someone saw him doing volunteer work, and someone saw him teaching in a mountain village.
26:53He seemed to be punishing himself like an ascetic.
26:56While listening, I felt nothing.
26:58We ultimately took different paths in life.
27:01Five years later, I returned to my country and settled down.
27:05I bought a house with a garden in Rivermore.
27:07I adopted a little girl named Ava.
27:10She was adorable, with two dimples when she smiled.
27:13I loved her dearly.
27:15We lived happily together.
27:17One winter afternoon, I took Ava to a park.
27:20It was snowing heavily.
27:22Ava was building a snowman.
27:24I sat on a bench, watching her.
27:27Not far away, a man in a janitorial uniform was sweeping snow slowly and laboriously.
27:32He wore a hat and mask, his face obscured.
27:35He seemed to have a leg issue.
27:37A slight limp.
27:39Ava's snowball rolled to his feet.
27:41She ran over to retrieve it.
27:43The man stopped sweeping, bent down, and picked it up for her.
27:47When he looked up, his mask slipped down slightly.
27:49I saw his face.
27:54It was Julian.
27:56His hair was much grayer, his face weathered.
27:59Seeing me, he froze.
28:01The snowball fell from his hand and was shattered.
28:04Ava looked up, asking in a babbish voice,
28:06Sir, what's wrong?
28:08He didn't answer, and just looked at me with so many emotions in his eyes.
28:12I stood up and walked toward them while waving to Ava.
28:15Ava, come here, we're going home.
28:18Ava ran to me, taking my hand.
28:21Mom, he's crying.
28:23I glanced back.
28:25Julian remained motionless where he stood.
28:27His tears rolled down his face, mingled with snowflakes, and fell to the ground.
28:32A man nearing 40 cried like a child.
28:35Holding Ava's hand, I didn't look back.
28:37We walked into the snow, getting further and further away.
28:41I knew he was watching, until we vanished from sight.
28:44Just like many years ago, I watched him leave without hesitation.
28:48We both had stood at life's crossroads.
28:50He chose his so-called responsibility, and I chose myself.
28:54Now, the dust had settled.
28:57We keep moving forward.
28:59Ava's laughter filled the way.
29:00The sun was shining, and the breeze was gentle.
29:04To be continued.
29:04To be continued.
29:06To be continued.
Comments