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Engsub Delivery Room Betrayal 🍲Bros Channel
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00:02the surgical light burned into my eyes i lay on the delivery table listening to my own blood
00:08pouring out of me not an exaggeration eight years of medical school meant i recognized every signal
00:13of a blood pressure cliff dive she's hemorrhaging where the hell is her husband isn't he supposed
00:18to be here the attending's voice came from somewhere far away i wanted to say that dominic
00:23was a doctor that something must have come up but i couldn't speak then my phone lit up
00:28amber thompson his high school friend the woman he trusted most in this world had sent me a photo
00:33a wedding photo hers and dominic's thanks for lending me dominic sis best day of our 18 year
00:40friendship don't worry we won't actually sleep together promise in the photo dominic was wearing
00:46the suit i'd had custom made for him his arm was around amber's shoulder they were both smiling at
00:51the camera their old high school crew stood around them grinning like this was the happiest day of
00:56their lives my contraction monitor started screaming a nurse glanced at my phone and went pale
01:02bp 7080 she's losing blood fast we can't reach the husband take her to the or now
01:08as they wheeled me away my phone lit up again amber had sent another photo a hotel lobby all golden
01:14crystal with a massive flower arch dominic was fixing her veil he said he owed me a ceremony
01:21you don't mind do you sis i stared at the screen the pain of the contractions and the pain in
01:26my
01:26chest blended together until i couldn't tell them apart dominic my husband of seven years the father
01:32of my child he was playing groom for another woman the moment the or doors closed i heard a nurse
01:38shout
01:38call him again keep calling until he picks up i closed my eyes my consciousness started to fray
01:44memories shattered like broken glass the shards cutting everywhere seven years ago on our wedding day
01:49he was two hours late he said the hospital had an emergency i believed him five years ago he said
01:56amber had just gone through a breakup and needed him he stayed with her for a week came back wearing
02:01a
02:01scarf she'd knitted him a friendship scarf he called it i believed him three years ago the day i got
02:06my
02:07medical license amber just happened to get into a minor car accident he left my celebration dinner to go
02:13to the r with her didn't come back until morning i still believed him because i loved him because i
02:19thought seven years together meant more than a so-called high school friend until this moment
02:23i reached for my phone with everything i had left not to ask him to come not to confront him
02:28i just
02:29wanted him to know i was dying the mother of his child was dying and he was playing groom for
02:35another
02:35woman the message went out red no reply we've got blood starting transfusion
02:43bp still understable does anyone have consent from family forget consent we're operating i'll take
02:47responsibility the attending's voice sounded like it was underwater i dimly realized it was familiar
02:53then a face appeared in front of me samuel my senior from medical school two years ahead of me
02:59known as the ice king in the lab he'd made me cry three times jessica listen to me your situation
03:06is critical but my team and i are going to do everything we can the only thing you have to
03:11do
03:11is stay alive your baby is in the ncu waiting for you i couldn't move but tears slid down my
03:17face
03:17he wiped them away don't cry you don't have the energy to waste then he turned and started giving
03:23orders fast precise like a scalpel for the first time i thought maybe i wouldn't die i don't know how
03:29long the surgery took when i woke up samuel was standing beside my bed checking my monitors
03:33your husband called three times i answered for you what did he say he said he said he couldn't
03:41get away he booked a beachfront suite he'll take you there when you're discharged i waited that's it
03:46oh he also said to feed amber's cat she forgot to leave food out i stared at the ceiling samuel
03:52yeah help me draft divorce papers he looked at me no surprise no pity just the quiet calm of
03:59someone who'd been waiting for this okay he said the messages from amber didn't stop during my
04:05hospital stay they weren't accidents i knew that she sent photos of dominic cutting her wedding cake
04:11of their high school crew drinking champagne of fireworks over the ocean at 3 a.m 35 never looks so
04:17good when you've got your best friend by your side i didn't reply to any of them on the sixth
04:22day
04:22she sent a message with an invitation attached my first solo exhibition sis you have to come
04:28the invitation read birth the truth and courage of the female body i stared at the invitation
04:34something sank in my chest i opened her social media pinned at the top was a preview three photos
04:40all black and white silhouettes faces hidden the caption read to all the brave mothers out there
04:46including my dearest sister below it hundreds of comments amber's work is always so powerful
04:52this is what real female art looks like i didn't reply to the message but i asked samuel to look
04:58into
04:58it two days later he came back with answers that exhibition he said his voice flat but i could hear
05:04the anger underneath is centered around your maternity photos i stopped breathing the ones dominic took when
05:09you were eight months pregnant amber turned them into a series called raw beauty he paused she didn't ask
05:15for your permission 12 photos all blown up to four feet by four feet hanging in the center of the
05:21gallery i sat down my water glass the reception is friday yeah
05:30get me an invitation samuel looked at me you don't need an invitation he said
05:36you're the subject you just show up friday night 7 p.m light box gallery chelsea i wore a black
05:44trench coat pushed the stroller up to the entrance jason was asleep inside it his tiny fists clenched
05:50i handed him off to samuel who was waiting outside the gallery was packed art world types
05:56media photography critics amber's old high school crew all of them a three-tiered champagne tower
06:02perfect lighting every photo matted and framed hanging on white walls my photos 12 of them me at
06:10stretch marks like worms crawling across my skin some photos i was in lingerie some i was wrapped
06:15in sheer fabric some were taken while i was changing angles i never knew existed every photo blown up to
06:21life size every photo labeled with one word wrong people stood with their champagne glasses pausing in
06:28front of my four foot body commenting nodding power amber's vision is extraordinary this is what real
06:35female art looks like amber stood beneath the largest white suit champagne flute perfect smile
06:41her high school friends crowded around her phones out amber this is incredible this is gonna put you
06:47on the map does your sister know is she gonna be mad amber smiled her voice was light but i
06:53heard
06:53every word from the entrance she won't mind she said it herself these photos are beautiful they shouldn't
07:00we hid it i did say that but i said it to dominic to my husband when i trusted him
07:05enough to give him
07:06my most vulnerable self i didn't say it to her i didn't say it to everyone in this gallery i
07:11pushed
07:12open the door and walked in my coat caught a champagne glass of the entrance shattered on the floor
07:17everyone turned i remember smile froze when she saw me jess what are you doing here you just had the
07:24baby
07:24i'm out of the hospital i said her voice faltered you got my invitation i was going to you were
07:31going
07:32to what i walked toward her you wanted me to come and play nice or you wanted me to stay
07:37away so your
07:38art could keep selling the gallery went silent everyone with champagne everyone with phones everyone
07:43who had been nodding and commenting all staring amber's face went white then recovered jess let me
07:48explain she reached for me her voice suddenly loud like she wanted everyone to hear this series is
07:53about the raw truth of the female body i asked you back then and you said it was fine let
07:58me ask you
07:59something quiet but every word clear the photos you took while i was changing when did i said those were
08:05fine she froze four of these 12 photos were taken without my knowledge you had dominic keep shooting
08:14while i was changing clothes you think i didn't know i turned to the crowd you want to know how
08:19this art
08:20was made the day i almost died giving birth her photographer my husband was playing groom for
08:26another woman while i was bleeding out on an operating table she was sending me wedding photos
08:31these photos were taken because i trusted my husband to document our child's arrival i gave him
08:36my most vulnerable self i didn't give it to her i didn't give it to any of you i turned
08:42back to amber
08:42her you call this art her lips were trembling she couldn't speak her high school friends looked at
08:48each other a few started backing away i pulled an envelope from my coat pocket and placed it in her
08:53hand that's a cease and desist you used my image without consent for commercial gain take down the
09:00exhibition apologize pay damages i pulled out my phone opened a document held it up so everyone could
09:07see it was a surrogacy contract it was a surrogacy contract client dominic harrison surrogate amber
09:14thompson relationship high school friends note embryo provided by client five prior attempts current
09:21pregnancy confirmed this i said you signed a surrogacy contract with my husband you started trying on
09:27our wedding day seven years five rounds the gallery was dead silent no champagne glasses clinking no
09:34whispers amber's face went from white to gray dominic pushed through the crowd his face was ashen
09:39jess what are you doing here i came to see the show he opened his mouth nothing came out i
09:45looked at
09:45them both of them my husband the woman i thought was my friend standing beneath my photos the gallery
09:50lights on their faces caught like thieves at the scene i pulled the divorce papers from my coat
09:55held them out to dominic i pulled the divorce papers from my coat you keep nothing the baby is mine
10:01child support according to the law his hands were shaking as he looked down at the papers
10:06amber grabbed his sleeve her voice going sharp dominic don't sign sign signed signed i took the
10:14papers and turned to leave i stopped in front of the largest photo four feet by four feet my belly
10:21my stretch marks my body hanging on a wall like merchandise i reached up and took it down the frame
10:26was heavy but i could carry it no one stopped me i carried my photo out of the gallery into
10:31the night
10:32samuel was leaning against the car jason was still asleep inside he saw the frame in my hands didn't say
10:38just open the trunk done he asked done get in i put the frame in the trunk climbed into the
10:46back seat
10:48jason stirred in his car seat opened his eyes looked at me and smiled a gummy smile soft simple
10:54i smiled back after the divorce i took jason and moved to the west coast
11:00samuel found me a job obstetrics attending at a private hospital don't waste what you learned he said
11:06i didn't as for dominic and amber i thought the divorce closed that chapter
11:11i was wrong amber disappeared from social media for two months i thought she'd finally back down
11:16then she came back one post new chapter the photo was a marriage certificate the groom wasn't
11:22dominic it was warren foster another member of their high school crew family money the guy who
11:28gave us the biggest wedding gift i stared at that photo for a long time amber was carrying dominic's
11:33baby but she married warren i called samuel he asked you saw it i saw it voice had an edge
11:39there's more
11:40warren signed a prenup three days before the wet amber takes half his asset i was quiet for a moment
11:46does dominic know you tell me i didn't know but i guessed it wouldn't matter if he did he'd never
11:52said no to amber i put down my phone and went back to making jason's bottle this wasn't my problem
11:57anymore but it didn't stay that way six months after the divorce i got a text from an unknown number
12:04jessica it is warren can we talk i hesitated then i called back warren's voice wasn't how i remembered it
12:11harder and colder i need a favor what kind of favor amber's suing me for divorce she hired the
12:18best lawyers in the city they're coming for half my net worth my lawyers say if i can prove she
12:24married
12:25me under false pretenses i have a case what does that have to do with me i need what you
12:30have the
12:31surrogacy contract the photos the messages she sent you i was quiet for a long time you want to use
12:37them
12:37against her i want to use them to protect what's mine i'm not asking for charity i'm offering a deal
12:44you help me i put her down for good she never comes near you again i'll think about it i
12:52hung up
12:53and sat by the window watched jason chase a butterfly in the yard samuel came out of the kitchen handed
12:59me
12:59a coffee warren called how did you lucky guess he sat next to me he wants your evidence give it
13:08to him
13:10you're not gonna tell me to think it over no samuel took a sip of coffee people like amber don't
13:16stop
13:17you let her go she comes back warren's got the resources and the motive let him do the work i
13:23watched
13:23jason catch the butterfly he crouched down to look at it then he let it go okay i said yeah
13:31i gave
13:33warren's lawyers everything the surrogacy contract every photo amber sent every message the exhibition
13:39invitation the call logs and the night i was hemorrhaging warren's team put it together in one
13:44thick file three months later the case went to trial three months later the case went to trial
13:49i didn't go samuel did he told me what happened warren's lawyer played a recording in court amber's
13:55voice came through sweet as honey the way i knew too well dominic's baby is my baby warren's just a
14:01name on paper it is not like he cares he just wants the company anyway the courtroom went quiet amber
14:08sat
14:08in the defendant's chair white as paper dominic took the stand the opposing lawyer took him apart piece
14:13by peace mr harrison where were you on the day your wife nearly died giving birth amber thompson's
14:20birthday party your wife was dying and you were at a party he didn't answer mr harrison did your wife
14:26know about the surrogacy's contract with amber thompson did she no how many attempts did you make
14:36five when did you start on my wedding day someone in the courtroom gasped
14:45the judge's expression didn't change but samuel her voice was colder than usual warren won amber
14:51got nothing she had to pay warren damages for fraud dominic was suspended from the hospital pending
14:57investigation he used his position to arrange private medical services their old friend leo published
15:01a long post on social media he called it i thought we were friends amber played everyone he wrote
15:06dominic was her accomplice they used the group one for money one for biology the post went viral
15:12but that didn't undo the damage what happened after was almost too dramatic to believe
15:17amber lost everything her marriage her reputation lightbox canceled her show permanently she went
15:24to dominic but dominic had nothing left to give the hospital didn't fire him but they sent
15:28him to a satellite clinic in the middle of nowhere he spent six months there drank too much sent gifts
15:35for jason i sent them all back when jason was three dominic came back he was thinner i took jason
15:43to the
15:43park let him watch from a distance jason was playing in the sandbox he built a crooked castle turned around
15:51and yelled mom dominic stood 30 feet away watching crying i didn't go to him he left a year later
16:01amber
16:02died in a car accident she ran a red light a truck hit her she was alone in the car
16:06samuel saw the news
16:08he was quiet he was quiet for a long time what are you thinking
16:15i'm thinking about dominic
16:19i waited after the surrogacy news broke the pregnancy didn't stick all five rounds nothing
16:26by the time amber married warren she'd given up on the baby dominic ended up with nothing
16:30jason was calm like he was analyzing a case no you no baby no amber no friends
16:42you feel sorry for him
16:47no i'm thinking about how a person can destroy their own life like that
16:51i didn't say anything jason was stacking blocks on the floor humming to himself
16:56mom let's go high that's high i'm going higher okay samuel looked at me and smiled he rarely smiled
17:05the ice king who'd made interns cry in the oar who'd yelled at patients families in the ar who'd pulled
17:12me back from the edge of death on a delivery table but he smiled then jessica have you ever thought
17:19thought what nothing forget it when jason was five i got a letter from dominic handwritten messy
17:29he said he was working at a small clinic in a rural town didn't make much but enough he said
17:34he'd
17:34stopped drinking he said he sometimes dreamed about the day in the park watching jason play in the sand
17:39he said he'd replayed that moment a hundred times and every time he wanted to walk over and every time
17:45he couldn't move his feet i read the letter put it on the table jason came over picked it up
17:51flipped
17:52through the pages mom what's this a letter from someone what someone you don't know him why is he
18:00writing to you i thought for a second because he did something wrong he wants to say sorry jason tilted
18:08his head did you forgive him i was quiet for a moment not yet when will you maybe never jason
18:19nodded
18:20like that made perfect sense then don't then he ran off to play with his dinosaurs i watched him go
18:27i remembered what the nurse said in the delivery room your baby is waiting for you in the neq that
18:32was the only reason i fought to live now that reason was running around the house telling me
18:37not to forgive his father that was enough i put the letter in the drawer didn't reply when jason was
18:45seven something happened his school had an event parents were supposed to bring a family photo from
18:50the classroom wall jason came home and told me while i was cooking mom we don't have a family photo
18:59yes we do
19:00we took one when you were little that one has just you and me the teacher said a family photo
19:05needs a
19:06mom and a dad i turned off the stove crouched down to look at him jason your father i know
19:14he's not a
19:15good person you don't have to explain he looked at me eyes clear but what about samuel does he count
19:23i didn't know how to answer that that night after jason fell asleep i sat in the living room and
19:28thought
19:30samuel he'd been there since the night i almost died he drafted the divorce papers he'd investigated
19:36amber's exhibition he'd found me a job on the west coast he'd helped jason get into a good school
19:44every birthday he came with gifts and a cake sitting beside jason with his cold unsmiling face while he
19:50blew out candles he'd never said anything i'd never asked i wondered if we were both waiting for the right
19:56moment for one of us to speak for jason to get a little older for for what i didn't know
20:03the
20:04turning point came sooner than i expected jason was eight his school had career day parents were
20:09invited to come talk about their job samuel came white coat a model surgical setup he demonstrated a
20:18heart surgery for the kids fake of course with a pig heart and teaching tools but jason's eyes went wide
20:25after the event jason held samuel's hand and walked him around the schoolyard lap after lap i stood at the
20:32gate and watched the sun was setting their shadows stretched long jason said something i couldn't
20:38hear samuel bent down to listen and then he smiled not the polite tight-lipped smile he used with
20:47patience a real smile his eyes crinkled his whole face softened something in my chest cracked open
20:55on the way home jason was in the back seat he said mom samuel was happy today how do you
21:02know he
21:03smiled he never smiles but today he smiled a lot i glanced at him in the rear view do you
21:09like samuel
21:10of course he's a million times better than that guy what guy the guy who wrote you that letter
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