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00:00A man gripped my wife's hips, pounding into her relentlessly.
00:06My wife moaned under him shamelessly.
00:09She arched her back, pressing herself closer to him.
00:12The man captured one of her nipples between his teeth, sucking at the sensitive bud.
00:17The wet sounds of their coupling fill the air, punctuated by their cries of pleasure.
00:22Tears stung my eyes, but I couldn't look away,
00:25forced to witness every intimate detail of her infidelity.
00:28My wife cheated on me with her first love, even gave all my money to him.
00:34I finally divorced her. Now she begged me to come back.
00:37The day our son lay on the narrow hospital bed, his skin pale and lips dry.
00:42I begged everyone I knew, still short $200 for surgery.
00:47No matter how I pleaded, my wife only said she had no money,
00:50because she gave all the money to her first love, Sebastian.
00:54I have no money.
00:55To save my son, my mother secretly sold the life support medicine meant to keep her alive.
01:00She died soon after, untreated.
01:02I buried her alone.
01:04Then I picked Jason up from the hospital.
01:06That's when I found my wife's receipts.
01:08Haute couture suits.
01:09Luxury watches worth millions.
01:11A private jet.
01:13My hands shook as I held them.
01:15I went home with everything in my grip.
01:17Before I could speak, Jason stepped in front of me.
01:20Dad, Mom just needs money to help Uncle Sebastian.
01:23Do you have to make such a big fuss?
01:25I looked at my son, the one my mother died for.
01:28My chest felt like it was collapsing.
01:30Evelyn didn't even deny it.
01:32Sebastian has culture.
01:33He needs nice things.
01:35Unlike you, a house husband who cries over $200.
01:40I laughed and threw the receipts onto the floor.
01:43After that, I walked out of the house alone.
01:46The evening air was cold against my skin.
01:49Behind me, I heard the front door open.
01:52Footsteps followed.
01:53Evelyn caught up to me and pushed a reusable grocery bag into my hands.
01:57Jason is getting better.
01:59Pick up some steak on your back.
02:01Then, as if nothing unusual had happened, she added,
02:04I've transferred your weekly grocery money.
02:06Don't ask me for any extra.
02:08Her face still carried that same gentle smile.
02:11As if the argument we just had meant nothing.
02:14When we were young, we had almost nothing.
02:17Back then, Evelyn used to hand me a small envelope every Friday.
02:20Not much, but enough to get us through the week.
02:23Sometimes she'd smile shyly, like we were partners building a life together.
02:27Now?
02:28Evelyn earned more in a single month than I used to make in half a year.
02:31But the amount of money she gave me to run the household hardly changed at all.
02:36Still the same tight weekly budget.
02:38She always had reasons.
02:40Jason's tuition is expensive.
02:42We need to be disciplined with our spending.
02:45She never told me she had so much money.
02:47Money she was secretly sending to Sebastian.
02:51I'm not cooking tonight.
02:53You and Jason can figure something out yourselves.
02:56The moment the words left my mouth, something shifted.
02:59Evelyn's expression darkened.
03:03Daniel, are you still sulking about that $200?
03:09I really don't know what you're getting so bent out of shape about.
03:13She had always been like this.
03:14Giving orders, without even realizing it.
03:17A good life, she called it.
03:19A life where she decided what mattered.
03:22So she drained every dollar I had.
03:24Textbooks.
03:25Expensive supplements.
03:26Things I never questioned.
03:28So I stood on a chair, in the middle of the night, catching rainwater, just so she could
03:33sleep through a leaking roof.
03:35I wasn't even 30 when the joint pain started.
03:38Whenever the weather turned, it came crawling back.
03:41Sharp.
03:42Relentless.
03:43Impossible to ignore.
03:45The first time I asked her for money, to see a doctor, she didn't even look up.
03:49When you get older, take some painkillers, you'll be fine.
03:54Back then, I believed her.
03:56Now, I know the truth.
03:58While I was swallowing cheap painkillers, pretending not to hurt, she was buying Sebastian medication
04:03that cost a fortune.
04:0530 years of sacrifice, of compromise.
04:08And I was the only fool who believed we were building a life together.
04:13I slowly lifted my head and let out a bitter laugh.
04:16Evelyn laughed like I'd said something ridiculous.
04:20Divorce?
04:20Daniel, don't be dramatic.
04:22You're still angry over money.
04:25She pulled out two crumpled $10 bills and shoved them into my hand.
04:29Buy yourself that pastry you like and grab bread for Jason.
04:33Then she turned and walked back inside.
04:36The door shut without another word.
04:38I stayed outside, staring at the money in my palm.
04:41Jason's voice came through the wall.
04:43Mom, why did you even give Dad money?
04:47He's acting up because you keep letting him.
04:50Just stop giving him anything.
04:52Let him live off his pension.
04:53There was a pause inside.
04:56Then Evelyn spoke, calm and certain.
04:59Your father already sends his entire pension to Uncle Sebastian.
05:03Sebastian is a respectable man.
05:05After the factory let him go, he had nothing.
05:08I tightened my grip on the worn grocery basket.
05:11My mind flashed back.
05:13Years ago, Evelyn had just given birth to our daughter.
05:17I received the notice from the factory.
05:19Termination.
05:20I couldn't believe it.
05:21I told myself I had to go to the factory and ask the manager why.
05:25Evelyn holding my hand, crying, begging me not to go back.
05:29She said she would work and support me and the children.
05:31So I believed her.
05:33I left the factory and never went back.
05:36Only later did I learn the truth.
05:38The man fired from the factory was not me.
05:41It was Sebastian.
05:43Evelyn replaced my identity with his and let him take my position.
05:47But the factory refused to keep him on the benefits plan.
05:50No pension.
05:51No security.
05:52So Evelyn took my pension and sent it to him every month for 25 years.
05:57I lived as a house husband with no income.
06:00I never understood why I had been fired.
06:03Now I finally did.
06:04It was all done by the woman I loved.
06:07My hand trembled.
06:08The grocery bag slipped and hit the ground.
06:10I pulled out my phone.
06:12Lawyer.
06:13I want a divorce filed.
06:14Today.
06:15I came back from Leo, the neighbor lawyer, and pushed open the door.
06:20Evelyn was in the living room, watching TV, face cold under the bright lights.
06:25Gray hair, wrinkles, but still composed, still elegant.
06:30A month ago I had seen Sebastian's post on social media.
06:34He was in France, smiling under the sun.
06:37He looked nothing like a man approaching 60.
06:40At the time I even felt a trace of envy.
06:43I told Evelyn,
06:45Why do others get to travel the world when we're stuck here?
06:48She smiled.
06:52Once Jason settles down, we'll go too.
06:56I actually believed her.
06:58I worked harder, took more odd jobs, saved for Jason's future.
07:03Then I saw the cropped photo.
07:05Sebastian wasn't alone.
07:08Evelyn was there too, same color outfit, standing beside him like a couple.
07:13I was the only one left behind in this aging apartment, surrounded by smoke and silence.
07:20Evelyn turned off the TV when I walked in, arms crossed, waiting.
07:25I ignored her, changed my shoes, walked toward the bedroom.
07:30The remote hit the table hard behind me.
07:33Daniel!
07:34If you're unhappy, just say it!
07:36Stop acting like this!
07:38I didn't turn around.
07:40I spoke flatly.
07:42I did.
07:43I want a divorce.
07:47You're really doing this over money?
07:50You think you can survive on your own?
07:55I finally looked at her.
07:57All these things in this house.
07:59How many did I pay for with my own labor?
08:05And where did my money go, Evelyn?
08:08The door burst open.
08:10Jason rushed out.
08:11Headphones still hanging around his neck.
08:15What now?
08:16You accusing mom of cheating again?
08:19Sebastian and mom are innocent.
08:21You're just disgusting for thinking that.
08:26Your grandmother died because your mother refused to give me $200.
08:31She sold her medicine to save you.
08:38Jason froze just for a second.
08:43You're insane.
08:45You're making up stories just to attack mom.
08:49Evelyn sighed like she was tired of all this.
08:53She reached into her bag, pulled out $200 and placed it on the table.
09:03And she turned, comforting Jason, like nothing had happened.
09:09I looked at the money, then shook my head.
09:15This can't be ended.
09:16It's already too late.
09:22That night, I didn't go home.
09:26I checked into a cheap hotel with the $200 Evelyn had thrown at me.
09:30That was all the money I had left.
09:33Everything else had already been spent.
09:34On Jason's hospital bills.
09:36On treatments.
09:37On survival.
09:39When we were short just $200, even the hospital staff didn't believe it.
09:44How can someone be so poor they don't even have that?
09:48But I was.
09:50I cleaned apartments for $50 an hour.
09:53I collected scrap and trash in the Northern District for $80 a trip.
09:57And still, Jason's school fees were $300,000 a year.
10:01His monthly allowance alone was $8,000.
10:05I never stopped working, never stopped saving, never stopped cutting myself down to nothing.
10:11In the end, I scraped together just over $50,000 and I gave it all to save my son.
10:18I truly had nothing left.
10:20I thought Evelyn was struggling too.
10:23I thought she was drowning in research expenses, supporting students, funding projects, burdened by family.
10:33I was wrong.
10:34She had already become a renowned academic.
10:37One project alone could bring in millions.
10:42And all of it went to Sebastian.
10:50I know it sounds pathetic at my age to still care about something like this.
10:54But after 30 years of scraping and sacrificing, shouldn't there be an answer?
11:00That night, away from them, I slept better than I had in years.
11:05In my dream, I was back in the village where it all began.
11:09And then, Evelyn was the only educated girl there.
11:12Every family wanted her for their son, but she chose me.
11:16She said we were promised since childhood.
11:19She bought a bicycle with all her savings and called it her dowry for me.
11:32Evelyn built a small flashlight for me so I could walk home safely at night.
11:37Whenever she could, she waited for me after shifts, no matter how late.
11:42And before her morning classes, she still prepared food for me.
11:46Back then, I thought I had married the best woman in the world.
11:50So when did it change?
11:55Maybe...
11:56It started when she was transferred to the city's elite school.
12:00She was 28, young, admired, full of future.
12:04I was 30, already worn down like a man twice my age.
12:08I was assigned to a factory near her school.
12:11That's where she met Sebastian, the supervisor.
12:14He was educated, like her.
12:16Polished, confident, effortless in speech.
12:20And I...
12:21I was just working.
12:23Surviving.
12:24Unaware of what was forming behind my back.
12:26For 25 years.
12:29So what was I, in all of this?
12:32Her husband?
12:33The father of her children?
12:35Or just a tool she never stopped using?
12:39The next morning, I went to the bank.
12:41I checked my pension account with my ID.
12:44I withdrew what was left.
12:46Just a few thousand dollars.
12:48Then I walked into a shopping mall.
12:49And bought something I had wanted for years.
12:52A massage device.
12:53For my back.
12:54My spine had been damaged for a long time.
12:57Even the doctor said, it couldn't be fully fixed.
13:00Every time I mentioned the pain, Evelyn would sigh.
13:04Everyone has back pain. Don't be dramatic.
13:07I wasn't being dramatic.
13:08I just realized, this family is no longer worth my devotion.
13:13I came back from the mall with takeout in my hands.
13:16No cooking.
13:17No chores.
13:18No noise.
13:19For the first time in years, I felt strangely light.
13:22I even hummed as I unlocked the door.
13:25Then I heard screaming.
13:26I dropped everything and rushed inside.
13:28Jason was on the floor, just out of surgery, unable to move.
13:32I lifted him onto the sofa in a panic.
13:34Before I could speak, he snapped at me.
13:37Where were you last night?
13:38Do you even care about this family anymore?
13:41Because of you upsetting mom, this is happening to me!
13:44Then he ordered me to wash fruit for him like nothing had happened.
13:47I stopped.
13:48I understood immediately.
13:50Evelyn knew I was pulling away.
13:52So she used Jason as pressure.
13:54She always knew where to strike me.
13:56I looked at my son differently now.
13:58He was like her.
14:00Sharp.
14:00Proud.
14:01Used to being obeyed.
14:03His entire future depended on her side of the family.
14:06And I was just the inconvenient one.
14:08When he was small, he clung to my neck and said,
14:11Dad, I'll love you forever.
14:14Back then, I was the only one raising him.
14:16So he loved me the most.
14:18Now that he was grown, I had become replaceable.
14:22You're the shadow to my life.
14:24Then at him lying there, ordering me around.
14:27Do it yourself.
14:28I said calmly.
14:30He stared at me like I had changed into someone else.
14:33Then he called Evelyn.
14:34Her voice came through the speaker, calm as always.
14:38Don't worry.
14:38I'll deal with it when I finish things with Sebastian.
14:41Just coax your father.
14:42He'll calm down.
14:43As if I was predictable.
14:45As if I could never leave.
14:47I almost laughed.
14:48Then my phone rang again.
14:50It's Leo, the lawyer.
14:51Sir, we found something serious.
14:53Your wife and Sebastian registered a marriage abroad 20 years ago.
14:57They also have a child together.
15:00My husband's friends.
15:00They were very helpless.
15:01My low.
15:02After all.
15:15After all.
15:21Paul Hold tight.
15:21Movie Better.
15:21Have a great day.
22:25both traveling you've worked your whole life now it's your turn to rest for the first time i felt
22:31my life hadn't been completely wasted back home emily had already prepared a room for me i noticed
22:38how few clothes i had brought she said she would take me shopping on the weekend then she asked
22:43quietly why didn't you tell me about the divorce that was the question i had avoided too i was
22:49afraid she wasn't doing well afraid my decision years ago had hurt her life but she just held my
22:54hand and smiled dad no one survives by holding on to the wrong people if someone makes your life
23:00heavier you don't owe them your suffering you were just too focused on keeping the family together
23:05i stayed silent she was right a truth i only learned at the end of my life but she had
23:12learned
23:12it much earlier and maybe that was the only comfort left for me now dad this time can you really
23:18stay
23:18firm can you really stop caring about mom and jason i talked with emily for a long time that day
23:3335 years had i not cared enough already what did i get in return evelyn took everything i did as
23:41something she deserved jason treated my existence like an inconvenience if i still couldn't let go
23:47now then my entire life would truly be wasted they don't matter to me anymore i only care about
23:53myself now and you and eva that's enough
24:02after that my life became simple i signed up for a few hobby classes i met new people
24:09sometimes i helped emily with housework or cooked meals when i felt like it she always told me not to
24:16overdo it she even gave me money sometimes telling me to buy things for myself i stayed at her home
24:23for two months and i could already imagine what life looked like on the other side
24:30without me the house must have fallen apart jason had moved out after recovering living with
24:36classmates no one was cleaning no one was maintaining anything laundry piled up dirty dishes filled the sink
24:44the smell of decay filled the kitchen evelyn was no longer the composed woman she used to be
24:50she had become someone who could barely take care of herself her hair had turned whiter her clothes were
24:56unwashed for days one night the power went out because the bill wasn't paid she walked through the
25:02dark house hitting furniture she couldn't see and only then did she realize something a home doesn't
25:08stay in order by itself it is maintained by someone who never stopped working now that person was gone
25:14her life collapsed into chaos she started calling jason jason the electricity bill hasn't been paid
25:21jason come home for dinner jason how do i use the washing machine
25:26at first he answered then he stopped picking up even jason who had once depended on her grew tired of
25:33her
25:33voice evelyn spent her life traveling with sebastian eating in luxury restaurants living as if she were
25:41finally free she thought that was happiness but she forgot the man who stayed behind the man who raised
25:48the children who maintained the house who gave up everything she had forgotten her husband me now alone in
25:56the dark she finally understood i was wrong but regret doesn't fix anything she sat in the darkness for an
26:03entire night a few days later her lawyer came again mrs chin the divorce case is approaching trial
26:12i came to add more documents evelyn had already turned him away twice before but this time she stood up
26:18slowly and let him in leo she said hoarsely i can agree to the divorce i can return everything just
26:25let
26:25me see daniel once more evelyn knew i had already made my decision there was no turning back but she
26:33still wanted to see me one last time at least to say a proper apology for 35 years of my
26:39life for
26:40everything i had done for that family for the lies she built around me she wanted to say it to
26:46my face
26:47so her lawyer called me again i didn't even hesitate i refused there was nothing left to
26:53meet for i had waited for an apology for 30 years now i was old i didn't need it anymore
26:59no need to
27:01meet let's keep whatever dignity is left if she doesn't want court we can settle through agreement
27:08because i didn't even want to see her in court anymore evelyn gave a bitter smile when she heard it
27:12i was wrong i was wrong she whispered i really was wrong then she asked her lawyer leo one last
27:20thing can you give him my apology she took out a bank card and a document this is everything i
27:26have
27:26left and this is the divorce certificate from abroad i'm not asking him to forgive me i just think
27:33he deserves closure her hands shook as she signed the divorce papers daniel i trapped you for your
27:41whole life i'm sorry i respect your decision i set you free tears ran down her face as she signed
27:50her name the agreement was complete two signatures the marriage was over my lawyer called me again
28:00it's done she signed everything at that moment my life finally broke away from hers a few seconds
28:07later my phone rang again a transfer notification evelyn had sent everything she owned to my account
28:1330 years of guilt paid in full i didn't refuse it because it was never a gift it was what
28:19i had
28:20already earned to celebrate my freedom i went to the market i bought food my daughter and granddaughter
28:25liked my granddaughter ava had just finished her entrance exams when they came home i told them
28:31everything your mother and i are officially divorced she transferred me a sum of money i want to use it
28:37to take both of you on a trip emily agreed immediately but she didn't let me spend that money she
28:43booked
28:43everything herself dad keep it for yourself you'll need it later so i kept part of it aside
28:52the rest i used for the trip that whole summer we traveled together
29:04one autumn afternoon my phone rang dad jason called me mom is in the hospital i see it's emily
29:12her voice was serious then jason himself called me dad i know you and mom are divorced but she wants
29:19to
29:19see you please no i didn't even wait for him to finish because i knew what it really meant just
29:30another
29:30request for me to return and take care of everything again to become the caretaker again i had escaped
29:37once i would not go back they had lived freely by pushing everything onto me now it was my turn
29:45to live
29:46as if none of it belonged to me anymore jason i've already told you your mother and i are divorced
29:56her matters have nothing to do with me anymore i hung up the phone i thought that was the end
30:01of it
30:02but jason still came he stood in front of me and called out dad mom doesn't want anything she just
30:10wants to see you
30:14we're not asking you to take care of her if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have grown up like
30:20this
30:21mom wouldn't have lived so well either
30:26his voice was steady honest i'm sorry for a moment i almost believed it maybe they really had realized my
30:33value after i left but understanding comes too late sometimes once a person's heart goes cold
30:41nothing can warm it again i won't go back if your mother needs care hire a caregiver i can pay
30:46half
30:51emily stood beside me if there's a cost i'll cover half the rest is your responsibility jason frowned
30:59a star is know that here but you even i'm looking in the never half do you even know how
31:03expensive
31:04caregivers are right now i have a family loans everything i can't afford this mom gave all her
31:11money to you shouldn't you return some of it i almost laughed so that was it jason i said slowly
31:18that money
31:19is what your mother owes for 30 years people pay for what they do i won't take anything out if
31:26you still
31:26see me as your father then leave silence then he spoke again softer this time dad can you really
31:35bear to see her alone like this before i came she said even if she dies she just wants to
31:41see you once
31:41i remembered something i had heard recently sebastian was dead fell down a staircase abroad
31:47the man she had spent her entire life protecting was gone first funny how life works people chase
31:53illusions for decades and end up abandoned by them in the end i looked at jason then said coldly
31:58then let her go she spent her whole life with him anyway let her continue i turned and left without
32:04another word the sun was setting golden lights spilled across the trees quiet and distant i sat down
32:11on a bench and watched it fall do not think the sunset means the end the old saying goes even
32:16at dusk
32:17the sky is still full of light my life had not ended it had simply turned and for whatever years
32:23remained
32:23i would finally live for myself
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