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00:00for my husband three years later i found out i wasn't his i give up everything to move to port
00:04victoria for my husband three years later i found out i wasn't his legal wife in port victoria
00:10right after our wedding my husband sean sterling was recruited by port victoria university i left
00:16my entire career behind to go with him i thought i was sacrificing for love yet three years went by
00:22i still didn't even have valid status let alone a local id card sean told me i was on a
00:28temporary
00:28dependent permit but his assistant zoe she already had her permanent residency he got it for her
00:34through his connections i was furious i threatened to leave for the first time ever my calm husband
00:41actually cried i'm already supporting you those documents can wait and zoe came here to work for
00:48me helping her settle in is only fair i believed him until last week i went to the immigration bureau
00:54to check my status i handed the clerk at the desk our marriage certificate she stared at her screen
01:02ma'am our system shows you are not listed as mr sterling spouse in that instant everything became
01:08clear all those delays all those excuses sean had never listed me as his wife i said nothing i went
01:16straight home and started packing my bags but when i reached my own front door my fingerprint was
01:22rejected three times access denied the lock had been changed i called sean immediately why did you
01:30change the lock oh zoe's lock was broken she's familiar with this model so i had ours taken off and
01:37sent over to her just stay in a hotel tonight i'll be working late anyway my mind went blank my
01:43husband
01:43had taken the lock off our door and given it to another woman so i went to a hotel but
01:48when i swiped my
01:49card it was declined when we first moved in sean had given me an unlimited black card but little by
01:55little zoe took over his personal shopping eventually that card ended up in her wallet
02:00and somehow i believed him until our third anniversary just as the evening was turning
02:06intimate it was zoe she casually handed sean a box of ultra thin condoms
02:14professor it's a special night you always say this brand feels the best
02:18thoughtful of me right i didn't even know what brand he preferred for the past three years
02:23we've been trying for a baby we never used protection the dinner was pure torture he made
02:29some lame excuse about a work emergency and rushed out when the door closed behind him i finally
02:34understood by then it was obvious her role as his assistant extended all the way to his bed
02:39the next morning i was about to book a one-way ticket out of port victoria when my friend called
02:43claire i pulled some strings but all they would give me was the official marriage record
02:51it's fine just tell me what you found
02:55in port victoria sean was legally married to zoe zimmerman
02:59claire are you okay i'm fine
03:03the woman by his side had never been me it had always been zoe and in that moment every detail
03:09i had forced myself to ignore came rushing back all those weekends when he claimed he had work
03:14at the university and was gone all day whenever i asked what could possibly be so important he
03:19always gave me the same answer even if i told you you wouldn't understand
03:23then i remembered the time he forgot an important file i took it to the apartment he kept near campus
03:28on the bathroom counter were two toothbrushes and stupidly i didn't think anything of it
03:34my mind drifted back to the day i first arrived in port victoria three years ago
03:38sean pulled me into his arms and spun me around like i was his whole world
03:41then zoe waved at us from nearby sean smiled took her suitcase
03:47oh i forgot to tell you zoe came too
03:53she's here all by herself things haven't been easy for her the whole ride his attention was
03:58already on another woman and i had actually been happy for him i really thought he had found the
04:03perfect assistant during those first few months in port victoria i couldn't find a job for the
04:08first time in my life i learned what rejection felt like eventually i swallowed my pride and asked sean
04:14for help doesn't the university have some kind of placement program for spouses could you look into
04:22it for me he didn't even look up he just kept sorting through his papers and said i'll ask around
04:28i waited three months when i asked again i got the same answer meanwhile zoe had already landed a job
04:35at
04:35his university the job the benefits the place at his side and she wasn't nearly as qualified as i was
04:42that was when it finally hit me nothing had gone wrong that job was never meant for me sean had
04:49already
04:49reserved it all for the real mrs sterling
04:53i had already decided to leave i went to book the earliest flight out of port victoria for good
04:59finally it was my turn i slid my passport across the counter i just wanted to leave
05:05but after a few taps on the keyboard the agent frowned
05:08i'm sorry but there seems to be a problem with your immigration status
05:11why she turned the screen toward me our system shows that you've overstayed
05:17your most recent extension application was denied
05:21at the moment you no longer have valid immigration status in port victoria
05:25i had been living in port victoria for three years
05:28legally i had no status there at all not as a wife not as anyone
05:33i was just a stranger i stepped aside and immediately called the immigration consultant
05:41miss parker my extension was never approved now i can't even leave without running into
05:45legal trouble what exactly is going on
05:50mrs sterling let me ask you something when your husband filed on your behalf did he sponsor you as
05:55his spouse because the system shows that the approved spousal sponsor under your husband's file
06:01went to a woman named zoe widzemarkin he did file for you too but not as his spouse
06:05he filed you under a different category that category stopped accepting applications last year
06:11that's why your case has been stuck this whole time
06:15standing there on the sidewalk i suddenly wanted to laugh
06:18so that was the truth sean had already handed zoe the spousal sponsorship that should have been mine
06:23and me i had spent three years in the city only to find out i didn't even have legal status
06:29i was only one step away from leaving for good one step but there was still one final document
06:35he had to sign before my case could be cleared without it i still couldn't leave cleanly
06:42i went to his university to get his signature before i even reached his office i heard zoe's voice inside
06:48sean are you really giving me the arts foundation residency but i'm not qualified this should go to
06:54claire she actually trained for this i stopped cold outside the door the arts foundation residency
07:01the opportunity one had needed most and sean had never mentioned it to me then i heard him answer
07:07it's fine i already made the calls as for claire she has me she doesn't need it and even if
07:14you'd
07:14had the same chance you wouldn't have done any worse than claire i stood outside his office and
07:19almost laughed so everything i had sacrificed was just luck in his eyes and the career i had once
07:24been proud of was something he thought anyone could replace then the door opened zoe saw me and smiled
07:30claire visitors aren't allowed on this floor why don't you wait downstairs move
07:37i barely touched her before she stumbled backward
07:43are you hurt
07:48i'm fine i just lost my balance it's not claire's fault zoe was just doing her job
07:54why would you shove her i didn't explain i held out the notice this is from immigration
08:00i need your signature claire when did you become this unreasonable sign it now or i go straight to
08:10the dean and ask why the spouse sponsored placement in your faculty relocation package ended up with your
08:14assistant that's enough don't forget who's been supporting you without me you wouldn't even be
08:20able to stay here legally when he begged me to come he had said i'll take care of you now
08:25it had
08:26become i've been supporting you sign it now and you might still have a little dignity left
08:34escort my wife out she's not feeling well a second later two guards grabbed me i hadn't even spoken
08:40before someone covered my mouth talk tonight stop acting like a child talk tonight there was nothing
08:46left to say at nine that night sean came home he pushed open the half-closed front door the lights
08:52were on so he assumed i was inside enough already i told you from the beginning zoe needed that spot
08:58more than you did then he pushed the bedroom door open and froze the room was empty everything of mine
09:04was gone 10 minutes later two police officers were standing in front of sean asking questions
09:12mr sterling are you sure this was a burglary yes my wife's things are all gone when i got back
09:19the
09:19door was unlocked someone must have come in one of the officers examined the lock
09:26the lock is brand new there are no signs of forced entry i changed the lock yesterday i just
09:31hadn't gotten around to adding her fingerprint yet you hadn't added her fingerprint then how was your
09:35wife supposed to get in sean opened his mouth but no words came out then he remembered over the
09:42past three years he had made claire wait again and again maybe she couldn't get in so she found
09:47someone to change the lock herself so your wife couldn't get into her own home and instead of
09:53calling you or waiting for you to come back she hired someone to replace the lock yes
10:02what is your wife's phone number it's been off the whole time when was the last time you saw her
10:09he thought about what he had done to claire that afternoon then he lied
10:16this afternoon she was still home this afternoon besides your wife's belongings was anything else
10:22valuable missing no just her mr sterling this probably wasn't a burglary it looks like your
10:28wife changed the lock packed her things and left on her own that's impossible she wouldn't leave the
10:33doors and windows were intact nothing valuable was missing everything in the house was still there
10:38except claire's things and even then he still insisted my wife loves me she gave up everything
10:44for me there's no way she would leave on her own before leaving the officer asked one last question
10:51mr sterling did you and your wife have an argument this afternoon no we didn't argue the police left
11:00before they went they told him to contact claire's family and friends standing alone in the empty house
11:06he suddenly realized something in the past three years claire had not made a single friend here
11:11because he had always told her you have me that's enough
11:19he pulled out his phone and called claire's mother mom has claire contacted you today no why what
11:25happened nothing she lost her phone after he hung up he went through his contacts again and realized he
11:31didn't have the number of any of claire's friends that was when he remembered over the past three
11:36years claire had brought up going back more than once and every single time he had said don't bother
11:41it's too much trouble so in the end she really never went back he used to think she was simply
11:47going
11:48along with him only now did he understand she had known all along that he never wanted to go back
11:53with
11:53her he called her number again and again every time all he heard was the same cold message her phone
12:02was off he walked back into the bedroom and stood in front of the empty side of the closet for
12:08him
12:09she had given up everything and not once had she ever said she regretted it so he had taken it
12:14for
12:14granted that she had done it willingly just then his phone rang it was the police mr sterling we
12:23reviewed the building's exterior surveillance footage at around five this afternoon your wife
12:28was seen leaving with a suitcase there were no signs that she was being forced leaning against the
12:33closet he looked at their wedding photo on the wall his face stricken he thought back to the promises
12:39they had made three years ago then he buried his face in his hands in it i was in white
12:43and he was in a
12:44suit we were both smiling at the camera three years ago i had asked him we'll always stay together
12:53right of course and i had believed him for three whole years i had believed him then his phone rang
12:59again
13:00it was a purchase alert the card he had given zoe had just been used in central 103 000 for
13:07a designer
13:08handbag while sean was still reeling from the fact that i was gone he received a purchase alert from
13:16his assistant it was over a hundred thousand suddenly he remembered two days ago zoe had said
13:23she wanted a new bag he had agreed without even thinking the money he gave me every month was only
13:28two thousand dollars that had to cover everything i had never asked him for anything more the only time
13:35i had ever asked him for anything was when i needed his signature on that immigration form
13:42sean shot to his feet and called ms parker has claire contacted you she came to me before
13:48she asked about her status recently she also asked me about her extension request she wanted to know what
13:55documents she needed to fix everything so she could leave without any legal complications
14:01mr sterling there is something else i think you should know when claire spoke to me she mentioned
14:06the marriage certificate i think she already knows what you did she knows yes that is why she never
14:12asked you again about filing for her as your spouse sean stood there frozen just then another message came
14:19in from zoe sean the bag needs a cute outfit to match too right after that another charge notification
14:25popped up this one was over 20 000 he stared at the number his mind completely blank when had zoe
14:30started spending his money as if she had every right to it then he remembered it had started the
14:36moment the extra card that should have gone to me ended up in her hands for three years i had
14:40given
14:40up everything and all that time he had been busy giving all his care to his assistant
14:47sean soon found out that i had never left port victoria he immediately arranged a meeting with
14:52miss parker and asked urgently what is the fastest way to fix claire's status now
14:58mr sterling you have always known what the fastest way is a few years ago someone told me that during
15:04onboarding it was better to come in as single first then once everything was stable i could file the
15:11family paperwork later at the time i had no choice i only did it to keep the older people in
15:18the family
15:18that is nonsense who told you that my assistant she specifically asked around for me mr sterling
15:28i have worked in immigration for 15 years i have never heard of any rule like that when you joined
15:34the university you came in through an employment-based status route that permit has never required an
15:39applicant to be single
15:42he suddenly remembered what zoe had told him sean it is better not to list yourself as married during
15:49the hiring process the background check gets messy he had believed her he had always buried himself
15:56in research and handed all those details over to the assistant he trusted most immigration rules
16:01onboarding forms relocation paperwork he had barely read any of them himself later with red eyes zoe had
16:08told him she wanted legal status here he had thought about how she was a young woman far from home
16:13who
16:14had followed him all the way here all it would take was one marriage certificate so he agreed without
16:19thinking twice mr sterling that assistant was miss zimmerman wasn't it he said nothing just as he stood up
16:28in a daze his phone rang sean please come to the office of academic deferred is as soon as possible
16:35there are some matters we need you to explain in person
16:41at three o'clock that afternoon sean was sitting in a conference room at the office of academic
16:45affairs i was not there i only learned the details later there had been two documents on the table in
16:51front of him the first was a copy of the certificate for the marriage he had registered in port victoria
16:56with zoe the second was a copy of the certificate for the marriage he had registered with me in another
17:01jurisdiction the director of academic affairs pushed the documents toward him professor sterling do you
17:08confirm that these materials are authentic sean said nothing under port victoria law bigamy is a
17:14criminal offense the university has already received a request for cooperation for immigration
17:20in addition you will need to explain the marital status declaration you submitted when you joined the
17:25university how was he supposed to explain it soon after the investigators arrived professor sterling
17:33are you saying you did not know that forging documents is illegal
17:40later when i heard those words repeated i almost laughed did he know maybe he didn't that was the
17:47cruelest part sean had never carefully planned to ruin me he just never thought about me enough
17:53zoe spent three years figuring out how to stay by his side i spent those same three years waiting
17:58for him to come home she fought for a place beside him i waited for him to remember i was
18:03there he never
18:04did sean was suspended from all teaching and research duties during the investigation his salary was
18:11stopped as well when he walked out of academic affairs zoe was already standing in the corridor waiting
18:17for him sean my work has been suspended too the residency program with the art foundation called
18:23they said my spot has been canceled when i first heard that part i felt nothing no triumph no relief
18:31he looked at her for the first time he really looked the coat the bag the lipstick all of it
18:39had
18:39been paid for with my card and me i had never spent like that even buying something small for myself
18:46i used to hesitate then sean said give the card back sean that card was for claire
18:56not for you
19:00she pulled her handbag behind her back her eyes reddened even more sean i've been with you for
19:05three years you were with me for three years she waited for me for three years zoe bit her lip
19:12and
19:12said nothing back then you kept claire and me from registering our marriage properly this was what you
19:18wanted wasn't it
19:23sean i just wanted to stay after that the legal battle turned ugly zoe refused to dissolve the
19:30spousal relationship she hired a lawyer and demanded compensation sean gave her nothing during those three
19:36years in port victoria she had already gotten plenty a respectable job residency status and the card he
19:42had handed over without a second thought what had i gotten nothing in court the two of them tore at
19:50each
19:50other until there was almost nothing left zoe was ordered to repay what she owed her reputation was
19:55ruined and she left sean did not fare much better he came back to my hometown several times to look
20:01for
20:02me but the people all told him the same thing i had never gone back he kept traveling back and
20:08forth
20:08day after day passed then month after month by the time i heard the rest his life had already been
20:15stripped down to almost nothing no job no home no one
20:23a year later i was at the port victoria art fair claire i turned around i saw sean the moment
20:31i saw him
20:31the smile faded from my face there was no surprise no anger no grievance nothing at all it was just
20:39like the last time i had looked at him from the doorway of his office there were only a few
20:43steps left
20:44between us then a hand came across in front of him and stopped him sir what exactly do you want
20:50with my
20:50your wife your wife
20:55she's my wife it's fine i'll handle it mr sterling do you need something
21:05claire i've been looking for you for a year as for the marriage certificate i can explain mr sterling
21:13it has been a year my husband and i are doing very well
21:18you made me wait for three years he has never made me wait even three days at the time i
21:24had no money
21:25no connections and no way to leave port victoria i worked part-time jobs trying to save enough to pay
21:31the penalty first and buy a ticket out adrian could stand in a gallery for half an hour just to
21:36ask me how
21:37i read a painting what you could never give me he gave back to me one by one legal status
21:42respect and
21:43the chance to become myself again sean stood there and said nothing i looked at him for a few seconds
21:49i have things to do i'll be going now
21:53i turned away adrian followed beside me his hand resting lightly at the small of my back
21:58behind me sean instinctively took a step forward adrian turned his head and looked at him he did
22:03not say a word the meaning in his eyes was obvious enough don't come any closer sean stopped
22:09i did not look back again by the time i disappeared into the crowd he was still standing there the
22:14exhibition
22:15hall was full of people moving back and forth and in front of him was the painting i had been
22:19standing
22:20before its title was leaving port
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