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What He Hid For 10 Years Ep
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00:00I played along with his act of not having kids for a decade.
00:03He asked for a divorce.
00:05Little did he know I had a secret that would ruin his reputation for good.
00:08I've been telling everyone we're child-free for 10 years for you.
00:11My husband and I, who are child-free, were just planning to travel around the world together.
00:15But he suddenly came clean.
00:17Now it's time to bring my two children back.
00:22I had expected it long ago and smiled meaningfully.
00:25There is a text message I just received three minutes ago hidden in my phone.
00:31He thought I was crazy.
00:33Are you crazy?!
00:34I could barely breathe, but I still thought he was ridiculous.
00:39My head was jerked to the side, blood trickling from the corner of my mouth.
00:45You know what you did.
00:46You're completely infertile.
00:48Putting up with you by my side for decades has already been more than kind enough.
00:51Then he slammed me hard onto the yellow rosewood coffee table we bought.
00:54You know what the worst part is?
00:56You think I'm the one who's infertile? You're the one with the problem!
00:58I immediately kicked him in the groin, and he winced in agony.
01:02Then I filed for divorce.
01:04The divorce was processed quickly, so fast I felt dazed, as if 10 years of marriage were just a flimsy
01:09piece of paper, when signing, his hand didn't shake at all.
01:13Well, we're both old, and our feelings died long ago.
01:15But luckily, I still have a son and daughter with me.
01:19Fine!
01:19I don't want such a dirty man, either.
01:21Just then, my phone buzzed softly in my pocket.
01:24A text from Joe Parker arrived quietly.
01:26Michael Harrison has contacted a moving company, planning to leave me with nothing.
01:30I saw Nina Davis leaning out of the luxury car's passenger window, flashing a victorious smile at me.
01:36I'm here.
01:37Then I grabbed her ear and slapped her.
01:39Wait!
01:40Wait!
01:41Isn't this-
01:43She's got it!
01:44She's got it!
01:46Truly, trash belongs in the trash can.
01:49I took a taxi back to the home I'd lived in for 13 years, but on the day Nina Davis
01:53moved to-
01:53I went back to pack the last of my theme study-
01:56What's the sewer smell?
01:57It's nauseating!
01:59Michael was sitting on the sofa, legs crossed, flipping through a newspaper.
02:03When they saw me walk in, the lively atmosphere instantly cooled.
02:06Oh, Sarah, did you forget something? Let me help you look.
02:10Oh, Sarah, did you forget something? Let me help you look.
02:14I sidestepped. My face showing undisguised disgust.
02:17Do I need to report to you what I take?
02:20This used to be my home, too.
02:22Mom, this house looks a bit outdated, doesn't it?
02:24My boyfriend's place is so nicely decorated.
02:27His sofa is also really comfortable.
02:29The sofa should be replaced, too.
02:32I really can't stand staying in this house anymore.
02:35It makes me feel sick.
02:36This was the home I'd share with Michael Harrison for 10 years.
02:42Look how opinionary the kids are.
02:44This place really needs a makeover.
02:46We can't short-charge ourselves, or the kids, or our feelings.
02:50Sarah Mitchell, pack your things and don't come to this house again anymore.
02:54This home is partly mine, too.
02:57Afraid I'll open the door later and catch you two going at it?
02:59Picked up my canvas bag.
03:01Stood at the door.
03:03Adina Davis was leaning delicately on Michael Harrison.
03:06I sneered inwardly.
03:07Fine.
03:08Since you're kicking me out, I'll leave cleanly.
03:12After the divorce,
03:13I moved into an apartment not far from my old home.
03:16Just a 10-minute drive.
03:17Yet a completely different world.
03:18The place is free of Michael Harrison's snoring and incessant demands for sex.
03:22No more cigarette butts he tossed around.
03:24Instead, it's peaceful and comfortable.
03:26But my friends ridiculed me.
03:28You're just no good.
03:29Think you can do everything and yet you can't even keep a man.
03:31What's up?
03:32Not charming enough, huh?
03:33My good mood was completely destroyed.
03:37So you're stuck with housework all day long.
03:39What have you really accomplished?
03:41You'll never know that my insistence on being child free was never my true intention.
03:4510 years ago,
03:46Michael Harrison and I were newlyweds.
03:48Deeply in love.
03:49Dreaming of having our own child.
03:51But after more than a year of marriage,
03:53I still hadn't conceived.
03:54So we went to the hospital for tests.
03:56When the test results came out,
03:58he felt like the sky had fallen.
04:01Please, please don't tell anyone.
04:03Okay.
04:04I watched his trembling back,
04:06wrapped my arms around him from behind.
04:08I knew what he was going through,
04:10that I felt for him,
04:11and I loved him.
04:12So I agreed to take on all the outside pressure.
04:14I took all the blame upon myself
04:16and publicly declared that I insisted on being child free
04:19and didn't want children.
04:20Michael Harrison's parents pressured him to divorce me.
04:22You must get a divorce.
04:24Our family cannot go without an heir.
04:28I don't care about having children.
04:30No one is notch and zearied.
04:32I don't care having children.
04:33As long as I can have a good life with her,
04:35that's all that matters.
04:37Back then,
04:37I was moved by his devotion,
04:39willingly taking all the blame to protect his reputation,
04:42even his manly pride and dignity.
04:44For 10 years,
04:45I swallowed my pride,
04:46cooked and cleaned for him,
04:47managed the household,
04:48and built a happy child free family for him.
04:51But in the end,
04:52I found it was all a complete deception.
04:54The day I discovered the truth
04:56was our fifth wedding anniversary.
04:58In that moment,
04:59I understood,
05:00gained my parents' trust and support,
05:02and climbed the ladder using my family's influence.
05:05Why wouldn't he?
05:06I sat in the car with the evidence all afternoon,
05:08going from initial breakdown and anger,
05:10and grief to final calm and clarity
05:12that I couldn't let it go.
05:14I couldn't let my 10 years of sacrifice become a joke.
05:17I was introduced to Joe Parker through a friend,
05:20a private investigator.
05:22I hired him to dig into Michael,
05:24Nina,
05:24and those so-called children.
05:29I gave him my all,
05:30and he just threw it away!
05:34Every piece of evidence,
05:35I wanted it all.
05:37For five years,
05:38Joe Parker never ceased his investigation.
05:41All the evidence was gathered into a thick folder.
05:43Locked in a safe in my apartment,
05:45now Michael Harrison can't pretend anymore.
05:48My counterattack begins.
05:4930 days after the divorce,
05:52a wedding invitation arrived.
05:53I let out a cold laugh and tossed it casually on the table.
05:57They just wanted a prop.
05:58A living, breathing symbol of their triumph.
06:01I picked up the phone and dialed Joe.
06:05Sarah.
06:06Hi, are you at home?
06:07The wedding.
06:08Grand Imperial main ballroom next Saturday at noon.
06:10Are we ready?
06:11Everything is in place.
06:12I have access to the ballroom's AV system.
06:14All the evidence is ready to play on the main screen.
06:16Oh, and speaking of her boyfriend,
06:18he's been demanding more money.
06:20My intel says he plans to crash the wedding to confront her.
06:22Perfect.
06:23Thank you, Joe.
06:25He had access to the ballroom's AV system.
06:28All the evidence was ready to play on the main screen.
06:30You can't be serious.
06:32He's trying to humiliate you.
06:34He kicks you out and marries his mistress a month later?
06:37It's a slappin' in face.
06:39Giving them satisfaction.
06:40Told me to just stay home.
06:42Don't you dare go, Sarah.
06:44Don't give them the satisfaction.
06:47Just stay home.
06:48Oh, I'm going.
06:50What?
06:51Why?
06:52To watch them kiss at the altar?
06:55Don't worry.
06:56I'm not going to be miserable.
06:57I'm going to watch a comedy.
07:01I spent the next week preparing.
07:03I bought a finna deep wine red dress.
07:06Elegant.
07:07I was going to walk into that wedding looking like a queen.
07:10The day of the wedding,
07:11Michael stood in the center of it all,
07:13soaking in the congratulations.
07:16Nina was on his arm,
07:17playing the part of the graceful,
07:19beloved bride.
07:21And then I walked in.
07:23The moment I walked in,
07:25the room went silent.
07:26I spotted Joe in a corner.
07:29Showtime.
07:30I picked up a glass of champagne
07:31and glided toward the happy couple.
07:40You bitch, I'll kill you!
07:42It's all in the past.
07:43What has happened to your gentle lovely bin Lingerger?
07:46Did you feed to the gogs?
07:55Just hope you two can stay this happy forever.
07:59I have a surprise for you two.
08:01The wedding went on as planned.
08:02The host started spinning this fairy tale about Michael and Nina.
08:06Michael was a long suffering romantic who waited 30 years for his true love.
08:11Nina was a patient saint who gave everything and asked for.
08:14I'm so happy for that.
08:15Nothing.
08:15The guests ate it up.
08:16Only two people in the room knew it was all bullshit.
08:19Me and Joe.
08:21I watched from my corner.
08:23Emma and Liam walked up the aisle and handed them flowers.
08:26Michael touched his son's shoulder,
08:28smoothed back his daughter's hair.
08:30He's thinking,
08:31this is what a real family looks like.
08:33Halfway through the reception,
08:35Michael held up a hand,
08:37stopping the music.
08:38He took the microphone.
08:40Dear guests.
08:43Today, with Nina by my side,
08:46and my beautiful children,
08:48Emma and Liam here with us.
08:51I am the happiest man in the world.
08:53Nina was in tears.
08:55Emma and Liam were crying too.
08:57I am so grateful to be standing here today.
09:00There was a time I thought I'd never be a father.
09:03That I was destined for a quiet, childless life.
09:07But fate, fate was kind to me.
09:11It's a great story.
09:13And it's a story that needs to be told.
09:16It's a beautiful story.
09:18It brought me Nina.
09:19Nina.
09:20She gave me the greatest gift of all.
09:22A son and a daughter.
09:25No.
09:26You gave me everything.
09:29And for that,
09:30I can never repay her.
09:39Today, in front of all of you,
09:41I am signing this house,
09:44our marital home,
09:45over to my children, Emma and Liam.
09:51What a great father!
09:53What lucky kids!
09:54Emma and Liam had their hands over their mouths,
09:56fake sobbing with joy.
09:58They looked at Nina,
09:59who gave them a triumphant nod.
10:01They thought they'd won.
10:03Just as Michael was about to sign,
10:05I stood up.
10:05I object!
10:08What the hell do you think you're doing?
10:09You just leave with me!
10:11You was rough it!
10:13You were, what the hell do you think you're doing?
10:14This is our day!
10:16Security!
10:17Get her out of here!
10:18Sarah, I know this is hard for you.
10:20Seeing me with my own kids,
10:21it must eat you up inside.
10:24But you have to accept reality.
10:26We're divorced now.
10:27We're old.
10:27What do we need a big house for?
10:29It's for the kids.
10:29It's the right thing to do.
10:30He was painting me as the bitter, jealous ex-wife.
10:32That's outrageous.
10:33The crazy old hat who couldn't stand to see him happy.
10:35Ruining someone's good life.
10:37Let's keep today positive.
10:38Any issues can be handled privately.
10:41I'm not the one who can't have children.
10:43What the hell is that supposed to mean?
10:46My eggs are perfectly healthy, frozen,
10:48and waiting for me at a fertility clinic.
10:50If I want a baby,
10:52all I have to do...
10:56What the hell is going on?!
11:00You bitch!
11:01I begged you for a baby!
11:03For years!
11:05And you said no!
11:06Now you're gonna go make some goddamn test pipe baby without me?!
11:10After everything?!
11:12He stumbled back, stunned into silence.
11:18I walked calmly toward the stage.
11:21It was never me who couldn't have children.
11:25It was you!
11:26Michael!
11:27You have severe male infertility!
11:29You can't have children!
11:31You never could!
11:33The truth!
11:34Finally!
11:35Ballroom went dead silent.
11:37He did that!
11:38This is unbelievable!
11:38I knew it!
11:39You're such a fool!
11:40What?
11:41Michael can't have kids?
11:43No way!
11:47I think it's her.
11:48See for yourself.
11:52But who are they?
11:54Michael's face was a thundercloud.
12:04Look at Michael's face.
12:06He looks like he's seen a ghost.
12:11You're lying!
12:12I can have children!
12:14Emma and Liam are my kids!
12:16You're a damn liar!
12:18I laughed and sidestepped him.
12:20I caught Josiah and gave him the signal.
12:22A recording began to play.
12:31You're the husband, right?
12:33The test results show that the sperm motility is only 2%.
12:37It's very difficult to make a woman pregnant.
12:40I understand.
12:42Doctor.
12:43Don't tell him.
12:44Don't tell anyone.
12:45That's why I did it.
12:46To protect him.
12:47I know that you're gonna listen to this and I need you to know that I'm so sorry.
12:50I'm so sorry that I put you in this position.
12:52But I had to.
12:53Mrs. Mitchell, this isn't something you can hide forever.
12:57It's going to come out one way or another.
13:10The looks on people's faces had changed completely.
13:14Hidden camera footage.
13:19When the kids are grown.
13:23When the kids are grown.
13:24When the kids are grown, I'll get Michael to leave them everything.
13:27Then we take the money and live how we want.
13:36It's a fake.
13:38She faked it.
13:39It's a deep fake.
13:40She's trying to frame me.
13:49Oh my god!
13:51Everyone stared at Nina.
13:53Oh my god!
13:53Michael stood frozen.
13:54His face a grotesque mix of rage and disbelief.
13:57Then, pure hatred.
13:59A shard sliced away.
14:01Nina lay there.
14:02A sobbing.
14:03Pathetic.
14:05What are you doing?
14:06Nina!
14:07You whore!
14:14Michael.
14:15Please.
14:17Let me explain.
14:19I just love you.
14:21Explain?
14:23You lied to me for 10 years.
14:26You had me raising another man's brats.
14:29Thinking they were mine.
14:31You made a fool of me!
14:34I did this for us.
14:35I just wanted to give you a child.
14:37Someone to be there for you when you got old.
14:45The wedding is off!
14:47Get out!
14:48You and those kids!
14:49Get the hell out of my life!
15:01Get out of my hands!
15:02Get out of my arms!
15:02You're not hiding!
15:07Nina, let's go.
15:08Forget him.
15:09We'll take the money and run.
15:15Emma and Liam stood by.
15:17Gail and Tara were on.
15:18You said my being here would make the wedding special.
15:21Well, was it special enough?
15:24I stood on the stage, looking down at the wreckage.
15:28Michael stared at me, his face ashen, his chest heaving.
15:32He opened his mouth, but no words came out.
15:35I turned my back on the circus.
15:37I walked out of that ballroom, head held high.
15:40Outside, Joe was waiting.
15:43Nina's offshore bank records and the official DNA test for the kids.
15:47Just in case you need them.
15:52I stepped out into the bright sunlight and took a deep breath.
15:55For the first time in 30 years, I felt like I could finally breathe.
15:59Michael Harrison's name became a punchline, and he deserved every bit of it.
16:04What? When I got home, Joe texted me.
16:07Michael kicked Nina and the kids out.
16:10He's destroying the house.
16:15Get your bastard children and get out!
16:18I should have known a slut like you could never be a Harrison.
16:22You're nothing but a gold-digging lying whore.
16:24Michael, please. I know I was wrong.
16:26Forgive me.
16:27The children are innocent.
16:29They've called you dad for 20 years.
16:30How can you be so cruel?
16:32Cruel?
16:33You lied to me.
16:34You had me raising another man's kids, making me the laughingstock of this entire city,
16:37and you want to talk about cruel?
16:39Go find your lover boy.
16:40The one you were going to rob me blind with.
16:42Go on.
16:43See if he'll take care of you now.
16:44Just get out of my sight.
16:51You can't do this.
16:52You need someone to take care of you.
16:53Hey!
16:59Silence.
17:00He knelt, picking up a piece of the broken glass.
17:04The four of them smiling.
17:07A perfect, happy lie.
17:09All of it a sham.
17:11And then, the memories came flooding back.
17:14The ones he tried so hard to bury.
17:17He remembered our wedding photo.
17:20He curled up on that exact sofa, reading a book, asking him what he wanted.
17:25He remembered me taking care of him when he was sick.
17:28He remembered me using my own savings to help him start his business when he was struggling.
17:33He thought I was being bitter.
17:35Just be careful.
17:36Now he realized I was trying to warn him.
17:38I hope you don't live to her about this.
17:39I thought that...
17:41He stumbled to the bar, grabbed a bottle of scotch, and started chugging it straight from the bottle.
17:47The burn in his throat was nothing compared to the bitterness in his heart.
17:51He needed to talk to me.
17:53His thumb hovered over the call button, but he couldn't press it.
17:58What right did he have?
17:59The phone slipped from his grasp and crashed to the floor, the screen chattering.
18:04Just like his life, he sank onto the sofa and started to laugh.
18:08A hollow, broken sound.
18:11He said it again and again to the empty room.
18:14Sarah.
18:14But it was too late.
18:17Sarah.
18:18Sarah.
18:19Sarah.
18:20Sarah.
18:20Sarah.
18:22Sarah.
18:28There are no second chances.
18:31Not for men like him.
18:33He was alone.
18:34In that empty house.
18:36Alone.
18:37After the truth bomb dropped, everything changed.
18:41A 30-year wait was gone.
18:43I could finally breathe.
18:45The old widow next door, who used to glare at me, grabbed my hand.
18:50She finally knew the truth.
18:52Sarah, honey.
18:54I'm so, so sorry.
18:59You suffered too much.
19:01The college girl and 3B brought me flowers.
19:04You're a total badass, Sarah.
19:06Watching you take them down was epic.
19:08If anyone ever says a bad word about you, I'll set them straight.
19:11Even my parents called.
19:15We had no idea.
19:18No idea what you were going through.
19:23My friends all wanted to take me out for freedom dinners.
19:27I turned them all down.
19:29That trip to Bali Michael and I were supposed to take.
19:32I never canceled my ticket.
19:34So I upgraded to first class.
19:37As for my eggs, I wasn't going to use them.
19:41I'd already arranged to have them donated.
19:45My legacy would live on, somewhere out there in the world.
19:49And Michael, he would have nothing.
19:52This was always my end game.
19:54I knew the truth for years.
20:03The moment I stepped off the plane in Den Bazaar, I could smell the frangipani.
20:08The noise of the city, the drama, the gossip.
20:11It all just melted away.
20:13My phone buzzed.
20:14It was a final report from Joe.
20:17I read the messages.
20:19I felt nothing.
20:20Not a flicker of pity.
20:22Not a hint of satisfaction.
20:24Just nothing.
20:27I rented a scooter.
20:29Abud's rice paddies.
20:30Oluwatu's cliffs.
20:32Seminyak's sunsets.
20:33I listened to the sound of the ocean.
20:36I hiked up a volcano before dawn.
20:39I did whatever I wanted.
20:41Whenever I wanted.
20:42No one to please.
20:44No one to answer to.
20:51I rented a small villa overlooking the ocean.
20:54Every morning, I woke up to the sound of the waves.
20:58I'd sit on the porch with a cup of coffee and just watch the water.
21:02And I felt a sense of peace I hadn't felt in 10 years for so long.
21:06I had lived my life for him.
21:09For our marriage.
21:11For his reputation.
21:13I played the part everyone expected me to play.
21:16And I completely forgot who I was.
21:19Now, sitting there, with the sun on my face and the whole world in front of me.
21:24I was finally finding myself.
21:26I was finally living for me 10 years now.
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