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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.
00:40But I couldn't argue. Then came the day. I started bleeding.
00:45The doctor said it was a threatened miscarriage. I stood at the counter, counting every dollar.
00:52I was fourteen bucks short. Just fourteen. I called Graham. His voice came through.
00:57Sharp 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. At first, I thought I could
02:13cover my own bills. Maybe even save up two million and pay him back one day, Dot. But Graham shut
02:18every 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. Because he thought I had turned our relationship into a cash deal. I tried
02:36to explain. More than once. But he never let me finish.
02:40My phone buzzed again. Someone sent me three hundred seventy one dollars. The note said, Here. Consider it a tip.
02:49Dragging you was fun. I wiped my face. Then I looked at the nurse. Please schedule the procedure. But I
02:55still did not have enough ranaesthesia. So I lay there awake, flat, on a cold table. I felt everything. The
03:05metal going in. The scraping. And the pain tore through me. I thought of being a
03:10Graham. Of the way he used to hold me. His hand on my head. His voice soft. But when I
03:17got pregnant, this is what he said instead.
03:19When we get married, we'll have a baby. I'll love you both with my life. But when I got pregnant,
03:26this is what he said instead. Go ahead. How much are you asking for this time?
03:30No more, Graham. I don't want your money. I don't want your love. And I don't want you. I didn't
03:37know when the procedure ended. I just lay there. Hollow and bleeding. I stared out the clinic window. The sky
03:44was dark. My tears kept falling. Then a firework shot up. Thought the whole city lit up. The sky was
03:52bright 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. Loves? Please. He has
04:04a wife. But I heard the wife's just a gold digger. Now, she ranks below the house staff.
04:10On the way home, I could barely walk. Dot an empty cab slowed beside me. Where to? I forced a
04:20weak 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. In your dreams. Not everyone gets
04:32a guy like Graham Blake. People were still talking about the fireworks from tonight. I had my fireworks.
04:40Santa. Let me love you for life. Marry me.
04:44Behind him, fireworks lit up the sky. Brighter than anything I saw tonight. But that same night, I just pulled
04:53my father off a rooftop. The men he owed were inside our house. Threatening my mother. Threatening my seven-year
04:59-old sister.
05:00I had no choice, thought. So instead of saying yes, I looked at him and said, Graham, can you lend
05:09me two million dollars? His face changed on the spot. The warmth drained from his eyes. He stood up slowly.
05:17People said you were with me for money. I didn't believe them. Sienna Hale, you really played this well.
05:25You waited until I proposed. Until everyone was watching. Then you showed me who you are.
05:32He lifted one hand. The fireworks stopped. Then he pulled out a check, signed it, and threw it in my
05:40face.
05:45No matter how hard I tried to explain, I was still the gold digger.
05:49I became a joke in his whole social circle. I kept waiting for him to calm down, to finally hear
05:55me out.
05:55But I couldn't bear it when I saw another girl on his arm.
05:59At that time, he just looked at me and asked,
06:02What exactly gives you the right to be mad?
06:05My heart broke right there. And still, I couldn't fight back. And now, I had walked six hours to get
06:12home.
06:13I was barely holding myself together. I just wanted my bed. Then, a sweet little voice floated over from the
06:20couch.
06:20You're back. Where are my churros?
06:24I froze. I looked at the girl in Graham's arms. Young. Sweet. Pretty.
06:34What churros?
06:36Don't play dumb. I texted you. I told you to pick some up for Vera. I spend all this money
06:41on you. You can't do one simple thing.
06:44I bit my lip and forced the words out.
06:46If 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? Go buy it. Don't let me see you
07:05without churros.
07:07This wasn't new. Graham had talked to me like this for months. I 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?
07:22What's the holer? Need more money?
07:25He 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?
07:41Sienna, 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.
07:49I heard Vera laughing. I heard them making out.
07:53I held onto the wall and slowly sank onto the front steps.
07:57The wind cut through my collar, right into my skin.
08:01Then, I heard the door open.
08:06Are you insane? You couldn't find somewhere warm?
08:10What is this, some pity stunt?
08:12He sounded mad.
08:13Then, strong arms wrapped around me.
08:16Warm, 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.
08:29Oh, good. You're awake.
08:31His voice was cold again.
08:33So, you finally dropped the act?
08:34All I did was ask you to buy churros.
08:38What now?
08:39As he knew you that, it was weren't.
08:41You 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.
08:56Where's the family doctor?
08:58Doctor, what's taking so long?
09:00Don't let her die in my house!
09:01Tears slid down my face.
09:04What do you want from me, Graham?
09:06You're the one who wanted me gone.
09:08But why do you sound scared now?
09:10I shut my eyes.
09:12Graham, let's get divorced.
09:15His head snapped toward me.
09:17Then he laughed.
09:19Divorce? Fine.
09:20He took one step closer.
09:23Pay back the two million, then I'll sign.
09:25Then he paused, like something clicked.
09:28Oh, I get it now.
09:29You think carrying my kid means you get one more payday?
09:33That was it.
09:34I couldn't hold it in anymore.
09:37Our baby is already...
09:39I never got to finish.
09:41The sound of gagging came from outside the room.
09:44Vera, at the same moment.
09:46The family doctor rushed in.
09:49Mr. Blake, Miss Fredda is most likely pregnant.
09:52Something 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 set 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.
10:12I didn't even look up.
10:13That made him smile.
10:15Oh, I get it.
10:16You want money.
10:17He leaned back in his chair.
10:19Fine. I'll pay.
10:20Deal.
10:21I finished my last bite.
10:23Got up.
10:24Went straight to the kitchen.
10:26I heard Graham sneer behind me.
10:29She will do anything for cash.
10:30She'd sell her soul for it.
10:32For once, he was right.
10:33I needed that money to pay back the two million.
10:37Then I could leave.
10:38So I did whatever they wanted.
10:40After that, I became Vera's personal maid.
10:43Pour her tea.
10:44Thirty grand.
10:45Rub her feet.
10:46Fifty.
10:47And when Graham was in the mood, he made me stay in the room while they slept together.
10:52Eighty grand a night.
10:54At first, it made me sick.
10:57Then I got used to it.
10:58I could stand there with a blank face.
11:01Wait for them to finish.
11:03Then hand Graham another condom.
11:06Like I was refilling napkins.
11:08Then one night, he snapped.
11:10He slapped the box from my hand.
11:13Grabbed my chin hard.
11:15Sienna, what the hell is wrong with you?
11:16I looked him right in the eye.
11:18And didn't say a thing.
11:19In just two weeks, I had saved one million and six hundred thousand dollars.
11:24I only needed four hundred thousand more.
11:28And I could pay Graham back.
11:29Divorce him.
11:31And 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.
11:44They just had to bring me along.
11:46The whole day was a nightmare.
11:48Not only did Vera boss me around,
11:50Graham also asked me to take off my jacket
11:52and put it over Vera's belly.
11:54To keep the baby warm.
11:56Finally, I made it to nightfall.
11:59They went to a Japanese hot spring house
12:01right at the foot of the mountain.
12:04While having dinner,
12:05Vera suddenly touched her neck and gasped.
12:08Oh my god.
12:10My necklace.
12:11I 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?
12:19Before I could answer,
12:21the new housekeeper spoke up.
12:23Mr. Blake, the roads are icy.
12:26Mrs. Blake is pregnant too.
12:28Maybe she can go tomorrow.
12:29Graham didn't even look at her.
12:31He just kept staring at me.
12:33Forty grand.
12:35Take it or leave it.
12:38Deal.
12:38Exactly what he expected.
12:41I loved money too much to say no.
12:43At least, that's what he believed.
12:46The road up the mountain was a mess.
12:48The 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.
12:59Mrs. Blake, please hurry.
13:01If Miss Freddie gets upset,
13:03Mr. Blake docks my pay.
13:05I nodded,
13:06then started up the trail.
13:09The path was slick with ice.
13:11I watched every step.
13:13Two hours later,
13:15I made it to the platform,
13:16and there it was.
13:18Where is necklace?
13:19I let out a dry laugh.
13:21Then I turned and started back down.
13:24That's when I slipped.
13:25One bad step.
13:26Then nothing under my feet.
13:29I went over the edge.
13:31Branches tore at my skin.
13:33Rocks slammed into my body.
13:36I rolled until I caught a dead tree with both hands.
13:39Barely.
13:40I screamed for help.
13:42All I heard back was wind.
13:44I grabbed my phone.
13:46Tried to call 911.
13:47Then my screen lit up.
13:49Battery low.
13:51Powering off in 30 seconds.
13:53Right then,
13:54a transfer alert came through.
13:56$40,000.
13:57A message followed.
13:59Got the necklace?
14:00Then get your ass back here.
14:03A tear slid down my face.
14:05Before the phone died,
14:07I sent him everything.
14:08The full two million.
14:10And my surgery record.
14:15Gran Blake,
14:16I don't owe you a damn thing now.
14:18The next morning,
14:20Graham's driver shook him awake.
14:22Panic all over his face.
14:24Mr. Blake,
14:24something's wrong.
14:26Mrs. Blake never came down the mountain.
14:30Graham says straight up.
14:32Snatched his phone off the nightstand.
14:34He saw it.
14:36The transfer.
14:37The photo.
14:38That medical report.
14:40His whole face went rigid.
14:41Then a news alert hit his screen.
14:44This morning,
14:45authorities found
14:46the frozen body
14:47of an unidentified woman
14:49on Mount Rainier.
14:51Graham Blake stared at his phone
14:53like it had turned
14:54into a foreign language.
14:56He near every word on the screen.
14:58But together,
14:59they made no sense.
15:02Find her.
15:03His voice cracked like a whip.
15:06Whatever it costs,
15:07find her.
15:08He refused to believe
15:09the body in that alert
15:10was Sienna.
15:12She left money too much.
15:13She would never just die.
15:15Grandma looked down
15:16at his phone again.
15:17The transfer record.
15:19The surgery report.
15:20Every line cut deeper.
15:22Sienna had picked
15:23the cheapest clinic.
15:25The most basic procedure.
15:27No extra meds.
15:28No pain pump.
15:30Nothing.
15:31And she used to be
15:32terrified of pain.
15:33Back when we were dating,
15:35one tiny paper cut
15:37would bring her to me,
15:38nagging about
15:39how much it hurt.
15:41So how had she
15:42gone through
15:43the abortion alone?
15:44And then he realized
15:46Sienna hadn't said,
15:47that hurts
15:48in a very long time.
15:51Was it their wedding night?
15:53The night he took her heart
15:55over and over.
15:57The night she cried
15:58and begged him to stop.
16:00And he grabbed her jaw
16:01and said,
16:02I paid two million for this.
16:04You can handle
16:05a little more.
16:07Was it that night?
16:08Or the first time
16:09he brought another woman home?
16:11Or later?
16:12The nights he forced her
16:14to bow her head.
16:15The nights he threw her
16:17out in the cold.
16:18The nights he made her
16:20serve his mistress.
16:22Then his eyes
16:22landed on the surgery date.
16:24That day,
16:26Sienna asked him
16:27for fourteen dollars.
16:28Said she needed medicine.
16:30And what had he done?
16:32He mocked her,
16:33hung up,
16:34and bought a fourteen million
16:36dollar necklace
16:37for Vera.
16:38He laid up the whole city
16:39with fireworks.
16:40Made sure everyone saw it.
16:43Made sure Sienna saw it.
16:44He wanted to punish her.
16:46He wanted her to know.
16:48He could spend money
16:49on any woman he wanted.
16:51Just not on Sienna.
16:53He loved watching her
16:55come to him for cash.
16:56Loved watching her
16:58lower herself.
16:59But now,
16:59now that Sienna
17:01might be dead,
17:02none of that mattered.
17:04Only one thought
17:04stuck in his head.
17:06Please let her be alive.
17:08She wanted money.
17:10He had money.
17:11He would give her
17:12all of it.
17:13Please,
17:15don't leave him.
17:17A body on the mountain?
17:19You think it could be Sienna?
17:22Vera's voice
17:22sliced through the room.
17:24Graham looked up.
17:25Her eyes were bright,
17:26like she was trying
17:28not to smile.
17:29The roads were icy.
17:30She went up there
17:31for money.
17:32She tilted her head.
17:33That's not my fault.
17:34You said you hated her.
17:35So if she's dead,
17:37isn't that a good thing?
17:38Every word
17:39hit like a blade.
17:40Graham shot to his feet.
17:42Before Vera
17:43could react,
17:44his hand
17:45was around her throat.
17:46His eyes went red.
17:48She is not dead!
17:49Vera clawed at his wrist.
17:51Panic flooded her face.
17:53Graham tightened his grip.
17:55His voice rose.
17:56If it weren't for you,
17:57none of this
17:58would have happened!
17:59Vera couldn't breathe.
18:01A few seconds
18:02stretched forever.
18:03Finally,
18:04he let go.
18:05She collapsed
18:06to the floor
18:07and realized
18:08she had gotten
18:09too comfortable,
18:10too spoiled.
18:11She forgot
18:12who Graham Blake
18:13really was.
18:14He was the man
18:15people feared
18:16in business.
18:17The one they called
18:18a killer
18:19in a suit.
18:21So even through
18:22her tears,
18:23she still asked,
18:24Why are you doing
18:26this to me?
18:27I thought you loved me.
18:29Graham didn't
18:30even blink.
18:31Love?
18:31He looked down
18:32at her like
18:33she was dirt.
18:34You think
18:35you deserve
18:36my love?
18:41Vera was
18:42never special.
18:43To Graham,
18:45she was just
18:45another woman
18:46who threw
18:48herself at him.
18:49The only reason
18:50Vera lasted
18:51longer than
18:52the others
18:52was simple.
18:54She looked
18:55the most like
18:55Sienna.
18:56They had
18:57the same eyes.
18:58Graham found
18:59that out
19:00by accident.
19:01One night,
19:02drunk out
19:03of his mind,
19:04he called
19:04Vera by
19:05Sienna's name.
19:06When he woke
19:07up,
19:08he hated
19:09Sienna even
19:09more.
19:10At least,
19:12that's what
19:12he told
19:12himself.
19:14Vera's voice
19:14cracked.
19:15But I'm
19:16pregnant with
19:16your baby!
19:19She wasn't
19:20about to let
19:21go.
19:21Graham wasn't
19:22the first
19:22sugar daddy
19:23she'd chased,
19:24but he was
19:25the best one.
19:26Young,
19:27hot,
19:28loaded.
19:29The only problem
19:30was Sienna.
19:31That wife title
19:32was still hers.
19:33And as long
19:34as Sienna
19:35stayed alive,
19:36Vera could
19:36never take
19:37her place.
19:38So yes,
19:39part of her
19:40had hoped
19:40Sienna would
19:41disappear.
19:42That was why
19:43she forgot
19:43the necklace
19:44at the platform.
19:46She knew
19:46Graham would
19:47make Sienna
19:48go get it.
19:48And when she
19:49saw the news
19:50that morning,
19:51she had
19:51almost laughed.
19:52She had
19:53already started
19:54picturing the
19:54wedding.
19:55Then Graham
19:56snapped.
19:57He wasn't
19:57the man she
19:58thought she knew.
19:59Still,
20:00she had
20:00one card
20:01left.
20:01The baby.
20:03That was
20:03supposed to
20:04be her
20:04safety net.
20:05What she
20:06didn't know
20:06was that
20:07Graham had
20:08known the
20:08truth all
20:09along.
20:10I never
20:11told you
20:11what I
20:11knew
20:11because
20:12you
20:12weren't
20:12important.
20:13His voice
20:14was calm
20:14now.
20:15You really
20:15thought I
20:15believed
20:16that kid
20:16was mine?
20:17Vera
20:17went still.
20:19After
20:20Sienna
20:20got pregnant,
20:21I got a
20:21varexamine.
20:22He took
20:23one slow
20:23step closer.
20:24So no,
20:26the baby
20:27in your
20:27stomach
20:28cannot be
20:29mine.
20:30His eyes
20:31locked on
20:31hers.
20:32Did you
20:32really think
20:33I didn't
20:33know about
20:34your college
20:34boyfriend?
20:35All the
20:35color drained
20:36from Vera's
20:37face.
20:38That boyfriend
20:39was real.
20:40They had been
20:41together a long
20:42time.
20:43He was the
20:44only one she
20:45had ever
20:45actually loved.
20:47Too bad he
20:48was broke.
20:49Graham didn't
20:49say anything
20:50because she
20:51meant so little
20:52to him that he
20:53didn't even care
20:54enough to call
20:55her out.
20:56He just
20:57didn't care.
20:58Vera used
20:59to think she
20:59was different.
21:00Now she knew
21:01better.
21:01She was just
21:02another toy.
21:03One he could
21:04use up and
21:05toss aside.
21:06No,
21:07worse than
21:08that.
21:08Now all the
21:09rage he used
21:10to aim at
21:11Sienna had
21:12nowhere to go.
21:13So it landed
21:14on Vera.
21:16She pushed
21:17herself up
21:17from the
21:18floor and
21:19wiped the
21:20tears from
21:20her face.
21:22Didn't care
21:23that her
21:23mascara was
21:24wrecked.
21:25For the
21:26first time
21:26she dropped
21:27the act.
21:28Then she
21:29looked Graham
21:30dead in the
21:31eye.
21:31You want
21:32someone to
21:32blame?
21:32Look in
21:33the mirror!
21:34His face
21:35changed
21:35instantly.
21:37What did
21:38you just
21:38say?
21:39Vera let
21:40out a
21:41bitter laugh.
21:42Was I
21:43wrong?
21:45If you
21:46hadn't pushed
21:47Sienna this
21:47far she
21:48never would
21:49have gone
21:49up that
21:49mountain in
21:50the middle
21:50of a
21:50snowstorm.
21:51You made
21:52her stand
21:52there and
21:53listen while
21:53we slept
21:54together.
21:54She stepped
21:55closer.
21:56You drove
21:56her away and
21:57you're the
21:57one to
21:57blame.
21:58By then the
21:59room fell
21:59frozen.
22:00With every
22:01word Vera
22:02said Graham's
22:03face got
22:04colder.
22:04Finally he
22:05snapped.
22:06His voice
22:07came out
22:07low and
22:08deadly.
22:09Do you
22:10want to
22:10die?
22:11Right then
22:11someone came
22:12running into
22:13the room.
22:14Mr. Blake!
22:15He bent
22:15over gasping.
22:17We got a
22:17call from the
22:18police.
22:19The body
22:19they found
22:21it's not
22:21your wife.
22:24hope showed
22:25on his
22:26face.
22:26So she's
22:26alive.
22:27The assistant
22:27froze for
22:28half a
22:29beat.
22:29In theory
22:30yes.
22:30We've got
22:31over a
22:31hundred
22:32people out
22:32there plus
22:33a full
22:34search and
22:34rescue team.
22:35He swallowed.
22:36But so
22:37far there's
22:37still no
22:38sign of
22:38Mrs.
22:38Blake.
22:40For now
22:41no news
22:42was good
22:42news.
22:43That thin
22:44thread of
22:44hope was
22:45the only
22:45thing holding
22:46Graham
22:46together.
22:47Find
22:48her no
22:48matter what
22:49it took.
22:49From that
22:51day on
22:51Graham
22:52barely slept.
22:53He watched
22:54every update
22:55himself.
22:56Tracked
22:56every search
22:57route.
22:57Every delay.
22:59Every lead.
23:00More than
23:01once he
23:02went up the
23:02mountain in
23:03person.
23:04Mount
23:04Rainier in
23:05winter was
23:06brutal.
23:07Nothing but
23:08white snow.
23:09He knew
23:09the us.
23:10A person
23:11alone in
23:12that kind
23:12of cold
23:13didn't last
23:14long.
23:14And Sienna
23:15had just had
23:16surgery.
23:17She was
23:17weak.
23:18One of the
23:19search team
23:19members led
23:20Graham to
23:21the place
23:22where she
23:22most likely
23:23fail.
23:24He pointed
23:24at a patch
23:25of frozen
23:26blood on
23:27the rocks.
23:27She probably
23:28hit here
23:28first.
23:29The branches
23:29and rocks
23:30slowed the
23:30fall.
23:31That may
23:31have bought
23:32her some
23:32time.
23:33Then he
23:33handed
23:33Graham an
23:34evidence
23:34back.
23:35Inside
23:36were three
23:36things.
23:37A necklace,
23:38a phone,
23:39and a ring.
23:40Graham stared
23:41at the ring,
23:42the one he
23:43had custom
23:43made.
23:44When he
23:45proposed,
23:46Sienna wore
23:46it every
23:47day.
23:48He used
23:48to think
23:49she kept
23:49it on
23:50because it
23:50was expensive,
23:51because she
23:52liked what
23:52it was worth.
23:53But later,
23:54he learned
23:55the truth.
23:56Even when
23:57she had no
23:58money for
23:58medicine,
23:59she still
24:00kept the
24:00ring.
24:01And now
24:01she had
24:02left it
24:02there.
24:03Like a
24:03goodbye.
24:04Graham's
24:05knees almost
24:06gave out.
24:07Someone
24:07grabbed him
24:08fast.
24:11Mr. Blake,
24:12watch it.
24:12That's a
24:12straight drop.
24:13That cliff
24:13was exactly
24:14why the search
24:15team kept
24:15saying her
24:16odds were
24:16slim.
24:17But Graham
24:18refused to
24:19stop.
24:19He paid
24:20more.
24:21Then more
24:22again.
24:22He gave
24:23only one
24:24order.
24:24Keep
24:25searching.
24:26Do not
24:26stop until
24:27you find
24:28her.
24:29When Graham
24:29finally went
24:30back home,
24:31it had been
24:32two weeks.
24:33He hadn't
24:34really been
24:34living there.
24:35He slept
24:36at the
24:36office.
24:37If he slept
24:38at all,
24:38his assistant
24:39told him to
24:40go home.
24:41But Graham
24:41knew he was
24:42staying away
24:43because he
24:44was scared.
24:45That house
24:45was full of
24:46Sienna.
24:47Every trace
24:48of her
24:48hurt like
24:49hell.
24:50That was
24:51when he
24:51started noticing
24:52things.
24:53Sienna's
24:54clothes were
24:54old.
24:55Years old.
24:56Not like
24:57Vera,
24:58who had
24:59counters
24:59full of
25:00makeup and
25:01shopping bags
25:02everywhere.
25:03Sienna had
25:04a few
25:04drugstore
25:05skincare
25:05bottles.
25:06That was
25:07it.
25:07How could
25:08she have
25:08ever been
25:09the gold
25:09digger,
25:10he called
25:10her.
25:10Then he
25:11remembered
25:12what she
25:12told him.
25:13That night,
25:14her family
25:14had lost
25:15everything.
25:16That was
25:16why she
25:17asked him
25:17for the
25:18two million.
25:18Something
25:19clicked.
25:20Graham
25:20grabbed
25:20his keys
25:21and headed
25:21straight
25:22for the
25:22Hale
25:23home.
25:24The
25:24old
25:25Hale
25:25family
25:25house
25:26was
25:26long
25:26gone.
25:27Sold
25:28off.
25:28It
25:29took
25:29Graham
25:29some
25:30time
25:30to
25:30check
25:31down
25:31where
25:31her
25:31parents
25:32live
25:32now.
25:32It
25:33was
25:33a
25:33worn
25:33down
25:34apartment
25:34complex.
25:35The
25:36kind
25:36of
25:36place
25:36he
25:37would
25:37never
25:37have
25:37stepped
25:37into
25:38before.
25:38When
25:39Sienna's
25:39parents
25:39opened
25:40the door
25:40and saw
25:41him.
25:41They
25:42both
25:42froze.
25:43Back
25:43when
25:43Graham
25:43and
25:44Sienna
25:44were
25:44dating,
25:45they
25:45had
25:45met
25:45him
25:45a few
25:45times,
25:46but
25:46after
25:46the
25:47wedding,
25:47they
25:47never
25:48saw
25:48him
25:48again.
25:49They
25:49kept
25:49asking
25:50Sienna
25:50to bring
25:50him
25:51by
25:51for
25:51dinner.
25:52They
25:52wanted
25:52to
25:52thank
25:53him
25:53in
25:53person
25:53for
25:54helping
25:54their
25:54family
25:55in
25:55a
25:55crisis
25:55every
25:56time
25:56Sienna
25:57covered
25:57for
25:57him.
25:58He's
25:59busy.
25:59Maybe
26:00next
26:00time.
26:00A
26:01mother
26:01always
26:01knows.
26:02Mrs.
26:03Hale
26:03had
26:03seen
26:03the
26:03cracks,
26:04but
26:04Sienna
26:05never
26:05told
26:05him
26:05the
26:05bad
26:06parts,
26:06only
26:07the
26:07good,
26:07so
26:08they
26:08were
26:08shocked.
26:09What
26:10brings
26:10you
26:10here,
26:11Graham?
26:11His
26:12forehead
26:12was
26:12damp
26:13with
26:13sweat.
26:16Has
26:16Sienna
26:17come
26:17back
26:17here?
26:18Mrs.
26:18Hale's
26:18face
26:19changed
26:19at
26:19once.
26:20What
26:20happened
26:20to
26:21her?
26:21That
26:22was
26:22it.
26:22The
26:23last
26:23piece
26:23of
26:24hope
26:24in
26:24him
26:24broke.
26:25Sienna
26:25had
26:26not
26:26come
26:26home.
26:27Then
26:27where
26:27the
26:28hell
26:28was
26:28she?
26:29It's
26:30nothing.
26:30We
26:31had
26:31a
26:31fight.
26:31I
26:32thought
26:32she
26:32might
26:32be
26:32here.
26:33Before
26:34leaving,
26:34he
26:34looked
26:35around
26:35the
26:35apartment.
26:36It
26:36was
26:36clean,
26:37carefully
26:37kept,
26:38but
26:38everything
26:38in
26:39it
26:39was
26:39old.
26:40Old
26:40couch,
26:41old
26:41cabinets,
26:42old
26:42table.
26:43Sienna
26:44had
26:44told
26:44the
26:44truth.
26:45Her
26:45family
26:45really
26:46had
26:46lost
26:46everything.
26:47Graham
26:47reached
26:48into
26:48his
26:48pocket,
26:49pulled
26:49out
26:49a
26:50bank
26:50card,
26:50but
26:51she
26:51pushed
26:51it
26:51back.
26:52Then
26:53she
26:53went
26:53inside
26:53and
26:54got
26:58but
26:59take
26:59it
26:59for
26:59now.
27:00We'll
27:00save
27:01the
27:01rest.
27:02Graham,
27:04Sienna
27:04really
27:05loves
27:05you.
27:06If
27:07you
27:07two
27:07had
27:07a
27:07fight,
27:08please
27:08don't
27:08blame
27:09her.
27:10And
27:10don't
27:10be
27:11hard
27:11on
27:11her.
27:13Please,
27:14just
27:15let her
27:15come
27:15home.
27:16Graham
27:17didn't
27:17even
27:17know
27:18how
27:18he
27:18got
27:18out
27:18of
27:19that
27:19building.
27:20It
27:20was
27:20as
27:21if
27:21he
27:21had
27:21lost
27:21his
27:22soul.
27:22Half
27:23a
27:23month
27:23had
27:24passed
27:24since
27:24I
27:25woke
27:25up.
27:26Lying
27:27in
27:27that
27:27freezing
27:27mountain
27:28ravine,
27:29I
27:29was
27:29sure
27:29I
27:30was
27:30going
27:30to
27:30die.
27:31Luckily,
27:32two
27:32strangers
27:33found
27:33me.
27:34They
27:34were
27:34out
27:34went
27:34to
27:34hiking,
27:35just
27:35there
27:36for
27:36the
27:36view.
27:36They
27:37heard
27:37me
27:37before
27:37they
27:38saw
27:38me.
27:38That
27:38same
27:39night,
27:39they
27:40got
27:40me
27:40to
27:40a
27:40hospital.
27:41They
27:41even
27:42paid
27:42my
27:42medical
27:42bill
27:43up
27:43front.
27:43I
27:44had
27:44no
27:44money,
27:45no
27:45phone,
27:45and
27:46I
27:46couldn't
27:46let
27:46my
27:46parents
27:47find
27:47out.
27:48So
27:48I
27:48asked
27:49the
27:57to
27:57cover
27:57what
27:57I
27:58owed.
27:58Over
27:58those
27:59two
27:59weeks,
27:59I
28:00thought
28:00about
28:00a lot.
28:01If
28:01I'm
28:01honest,
28:02I
28:02used
28:02to
28:03blame
28:03Graham.
28:03But
28:04once
28:04you
28:04almost
28:04die,
28:05something
28:06shifts
28:06dot.
28:07It
28:07wasn't
28:07that
28:07I
28:07forgave
28:08him.
28:08It
28:08was
28:09that
28:09none
28:09of
28:09it
28:09mattered
28:10anymore.
28:10After
28:11I
28:11got
28:11out
28:11of
28:11the
28:11hospital,
28:12I
28:12went
28:12home.
28:13My
28:13mom
28:13had
28:14more
28:14gray
28:14hair
28:14than
28:27that's
28:28all
28:28that
28:28matters.
28:29You're
28:30home.
28:30I fell
28:31into
28:31her arms
28:31and
28:32broke.
28:32Every
28:32bit
28:33of
28:33pain
28:33I
28:33had
28:33buried
28:34came
28:34out
28:34at
28:34once.
28:35I
28:35cried
28:35so
28:36hard
28:36I
28:36couldn't
28:36breathe.
28:37Dot
28:37so
28:37when
28:38I
28:38saw
28:38Graham
28:38again,
28:39I
28:39was
28:39calmer
28:40than
28:40I
28:40expected.
28:41Sienna.
28:42When
28:42I
28:42looked
28:43up,
28:43he
28:43was
28:44standing
28:44there
28:44like
28:44a
28:44man
28:45who
28:45hadn't
28:45slept
28:46in
28:46days.
28:48You're
28:49okay.
28:51He
28:51looked
28:51wrecked.
28:53Do you
28:53know how
28:57the key
28:57was
28:57the
28:57one
28:58who
28:58had
28:58almost
28:58died?
28:59I
28:59didn't
29:00die.
29:01That
29:01must
29:01be
29:01a
29:01let
29:02down.
29:03Don't
29:04say
29:04that.
29:05As
29:05long
29:05as
29:05I'm
29:05here,
29:06nothing
29:07will
29:07happen
29:07to
29:07you.
29:08I
29:09had
29:09just
29:09gotten
29:09out
29:09of
29:09the
29:10hospital.
29:11I
29:11didn't
29:11have
29:11the
29:12strength
29:12for
29:12one
29:12more
29:13uncomfortable
29:13conversation.
29:15I
29:16got
29:16right
29:16to
29:16it.
29:17Graham,
29:18I
29:18paid
29:18you
29:18back.
29:19Every
29:19dollar.
29:21As
29:21for
29:21interest,
29:22I
29:22think
29:22everything
29:22you
29:27changed
29:27fast.
29:29No,
29:30I'm
29:31not
29:31divorcing
29:31you.
29:32I
29:33know
29:33I
29:33was
29:33wrong.
29:34I
29:34know
29:34that
29:34now.
29:35My
29:36money
29:36is
29:36yours.
29:37All
29:37of
29:37it,
29:38okay?
29:38And
29:38Vera
29:38is
29:39gone.
29:39I
29:39took
29:40care
29:40of
29:40her
29:40for
29:40you.
29:41There
29:41will
29:41never
29:42be
29:42another
29:42woman
29:42again.
29:43Sienna,
29:44can
29:45you
29:45give
29:45me
29:45one
29:45more
29:46chance?
29:46The
29:46pain
29:47on
29:47his
29:47face
29:47was
29:48real.
29:48This
29:48was
29:49nothing
29:49like
29:49the
29:49grand
29:50black
29:50I
29:50knew.
29:51The
29:54arrogant
29:57Graham
29:57was
29:57ruthless.
29:58He
29:58always
29:59had
29:59been.
29:59But
29:59what
30:00happened
30:00to
30:00Vera
30:00didn't
30:01make
30:01me
30:01feel
30:01better.
30:02He
30:02was
30:02wrong.
30:03The
30:03person
30:03who
30:03hurt
30:03me
30:04the
30:04most
30:04was
30:04never
30:05Vera.
30:05It
30:05was
30:05him.
30:06Graham,
30:07if
30:07it
30:07wasn't
30:08Vera,
30:08it
30:08would
30:08have
30:08been
30:08someone
30:09else.
30:10Alice,
30:11Chloe,
30:12Madison,
30:13whoever.
30:14His
30:15face only
30:16got worse.
30:17You
30:17know me
30:18better than
30:18anyone.
30:19When
30:19I
30:20make up
30:20my
30:20mind,
30:20nobody
30:21can
30:21change
30:21it.
30:22I
30:22took
30:27each
30:27other
30:27with
30:27that
30:28little
30:28bit
30:28of
30:28dignity.
30:29He
30:29opened
30:29his
30:30mouth.
30:30Nothing
30:31came
30:31out.
30:32Then
30:32tears
30:33started
30:33falling.
30:34I
30:34turned
30:35around
30:35and
30:35walked
30:36away.
30:36I
30:37never
30:37looked
30:37back.
30:40A
30:40month
30:40passed.
30:41Graham
30:41still
30:42refused
30:42to sign.
30:43So I
30:43hired
30:44a
30:44lawyer.
30:44I
30:44was
30:45done
30:45waiting.
30:45The
30:46hearing
30:46was
30:46set.
30:47Then,
30:48the
30:48night
30:48before
30:48the
30:49hearing,
30:50Graham
30:50killed
30:50himself.
30:51He
30:52jumped
30:52from
30:52a
30:52cliff
30:53on
30:53Mount
30:53Rainier.
30:54By
30:55the time
30:55they
30:55found
30:55him,
30:56he
30:56was
30:56already
30:57gone.
30:58Lawyers
30:58from
30:58Blake
30:59Holdings
30:59called
30:59me
30:59the
31:00next
31:00day.
31:00Dot
31:01Graham
31:01had
31:01left
31:01a
31:01will.
31:02Everything
31:02he
31:03owned
31:03was
31:03left
31:03to
31:03me.
31:04I
31:04donated
31:04most
31:05of
31:05it.
31:05The
31:06rest,
31:06I
31:06kept.
31:07Just
31:08enough
31:08to
31:08live
31:08the
31:08rest
31:09of
31:09my
31:09life
31:09in
31:09peace.
31:10The
31:10truth
31:10is,
31:11he
31:11called
31:11me
31:12the
31:12night
31:12he
31:12died.
31:13I
31:13answered.
31:14All I
31:15could
31:15hear
31:15was
31:16wind.
31:17For
31:17a
31:17few
31:17seconds
31:18he
31:18said
31:18nothing.
31:19Then
31:19he
31:19asked
31:20one
31:20question.
31:22Sienna,
31:23if there's
31:24a next
31:25life,
31:25would you
31:25give me
31:26one more
31:26chance?
31:27And
31:27I
31:27heard
31:28myself
31:28say,
31:29no.
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