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00:03Hello. I'm here to get a replacement's marriage certificate. I spilled coffee on this.
00:10Okay, please wait a moment.
00:16Ma'am, you're not in our system.
00:18What?
00:19You're not married.
00:20That's impossible. I got married right outside this building three years ago.
00:24Just a moment.
00:27I'm sorry.
00:28Mary, there's no record of your marriage in the system.
00:31One of the commissioners here was our witness.
00:33Let me check again for you.
00:37The man listed here as your husband, Mr. Aaron Parker, is married to a woman named Chloe Morgan.
00:44Chloe Morgan? He was already married to her?
00:48That means the ceremony with me was a sham?
00:54If studying abroad is your dream, of course I'll support you.
00:58Two years. That's the longest I can stand being apart from you.
01:02When you come back, we get married. Deal?
01:16Aaron?
01:20I swear, nothing happened.
01:23I'll send her away.
01:31Chloe will be fine. It's just a few scratches. So stop worrying. Stay here with Natalie.
01:35How many times have I told you? No smoking in my house. Natalie hates the smell.
01:39Okay, okay. God, the perfect husband, huh?
01:42But seriously, why did you let Chloe move in then?
01:45Just got used to having Chloe around. Natalie's the only one I love.
01:48Then why is Chloe the one you actually married?
01:51It's just a title. Something to keep her quiet.
01:53Chloe stays in the shadows. Natalie gets my love. Out in the open.
01:57If Natalie ever finds out, she'll never take you back.
01:59She'll never find out.
02:00You should have listened to your friend, Aaron. I'm done being your clown.
02:05For three years, I thought I was his wife. I won't be a fool anymore.
02:09I am changing my name. Erase the pathetic woman I was Natalie Cooper.
02:13Request to amend your records and legally change your name will be processed within two weeks.
02:17Aaron, in two weeks, you'll never find me again.
02:29Natalie, I've been looking for you. Where have you been?
02:35I went shopping. Forgot to tell you. Sorry.
02:39Don't apologize. I'm not mad at you. I was just worried.
02:45You had a craving for surf and turf yesterday, didn't you?
02:48I made it for you. Try it.
02:50You're a CEO, a billionaire. So important, so powerful.
02:54And you still learn to cook for me.
02:56Do I really deserve this?
02:57Of course you do.
02:59You are everything to me, Natalie.
03:00I've been taking care of you for the past ten years.
03:04And I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
03:06Am I the only one you love and care for?
03:10Natalie, you're my one and only.
03:13My only wife. My only love.
03:17Shit.
03:19Something came up at work.
03:20I have to go.
03:33Mr. Parker, we're so sorry.
03:35Ms. Morgan slipped in the bathroom.
03:36We'll add more staff to her care.
03:38This won't happen again.
03:40Yes.
03:40You make sure it doesn't, else I'll shut this hospital down for good.
03:44Of course, Mr. Parker. We'll be extra careful.
03:48A few scratches, and you're ready to tear the whole hospital apart.
03:51And you still say you don't love her?
03:54How are you feeling?
03:55It's all my fault.
03:56First the car accident.
03:58Now the fall.
03:59I'm taking up all your time.
04:01Time you should be spending with Natalie.
04:03What if she gets the wrong idea?
04:04I'm such a burden.
04:06Hey, stop that.
04:08Don't worry about her.
04:09Just focus on getting better.
04:11I've worn this for seven years.
04:12It's my lucky charm.
04:14It's yours now.
04:15It'll keep you safe.
04:16Happy birthday, my love.
04:18Natalie, are you serious?
04:19How did you even afford this?
04:21You didn't have to do this for me.
04:23I wanted to.
04:24Wear it.
04:25It'll bring you luck in everything you do.
04:28Natalie, I'll wear it forever.
04:34Aaron, you're so good to me.
04:38That was the first gift I ever gave him.
04:40I saved for a whole year working as an 18-year-old waitress just to buy it for him.
04:46And now it sits on another woman's wrist.
04:52Babe, I can't come home.
04:53Things got complicated.
04:54I have to fly to Chicago for a few days.
04:56Don't be mad.
04:57I'll make it up to you.
04:58A business trip to Chicago.
05:00Or is it a few days with your actual wife?
05:02Either way, I'll be gone in a few days too.
05:05None of it matters anymore.
05:09Honey, I'm home.
05:11Look, I got your favorite flowers and the perfume you love.
05:16Running a company isn't easy.
05:18I know I haven't been around much, but I'm here now.
05:21I understand.
05:22Work comes first.
05:23No, you come first, Natalie.
05:25Go get changed.
05:26I've got a surprise for you.
05:28Come on, let me see that beautiful smile.
05:30Smile.
05:31Smile.
05:31Smile.
05:32Smile.
05:32Smile.
05:32Smile.
05:32Smile.
05:32Smile.
05:41Smile.
05:57Smile.
05:59Smile.
06:00Smile.
06:02Smile.
06:06do you want to leave okay hang on i'll have mike bring some painkillers over
06:14yeah right now it'll be here soon just lean on me try to relax
06:34you're supposed to be resting what are you doing here i told mike to bring it mike's stuck in a
06:39meeting i heard mrs cooper's not feeling well so i rushed here
06:45it was pouring outside i forgot my umbrella but don't worry i didn't let the pills get wet
06:54thanks here take this
06:58didn't she move back to northvale her parents aren't well
07:01she desperately needed the job back honey and what happened years ago it wasn't really
07:06her fault of course i believe you if you'll excuse me i need to use the restroom
07:20hey it's pouring outside chloe's a big orchestra person too you don't mind if she stays right
07:27you're so sweet baby
07:36natalie i'm freezing come on warm me up
07:42you held my hand today from now on don't you ever let go
07:55you like these instruments right i bought them for you miss cooper mr parker went to extraordinary
08:01lengths for these some were acquired at private auctions others were on loan from museums what's
08:23natalie hey how are you feeling i'm so sorry everything happened so fast i thought i was saving you but
08:30i
08:30i was mistaken chloe she she didn't mean for it to happen but it was her fault
08:36i'm hungry natalie i'm hungry okay i'll go get you something
08:41i'll be right back
08:46love makes you frantic hate makes you loud but i feel neither
08:56welcome home ma'am
08:58you did all this
09:00yes consider this a token of my love
09:03i know you had a bad few days at the hospital
09:05still mad natalie i swear to you i thought she was you i was trying to save you
09:10tell me what to do so you'll forgive me please
09:13fine fire chloe
09:17fire chloe
09:17her family doesn't have much and her parents are sick
09:20wouldn't that be cruel
09:22you just said you'd do anything
09:27it's chloe
09:28mr parker aaron help me please some men are here they're harassing me
09:33come here pretty lady can't believe someone's paying us to do some nasty things
09:37where are you chloe hey natalie where is she
09:41one call from her and you're falling apart what exactly is she to you
09:46this isn't about that this could be a matter of life and death you're choosing now to be jealous
09:52jealous you're the one losing your mind over some assistant you claim you don't care about
09:56i told you i punished her already what more do you want hiring people to scare her like that
10:01that's just vile i'm asking you one last time where is chloe
10:07i'll say this one last time i don't know where she is
10:10i don't even recognize you right now maybe i never really knew you at all
10:16pull the security footage find chloe's last known location now
10:20you're bleeding should we call an ambulance
10:26no need i will be fine
10:32what about all this throw it out all of it
10:37go through the house anything that belongs to me throw it in the garbage
10:41and don't say a word to erin yes madam
10:45so that's it erin you're done pretending it's about time
10:53you don't value what we had anymore
10:55why should i let them rot in the trash
11:07erin maybe let it go
11:10you came on time i wasn't hurt no i won't lay a hand on natalie but the people she sent
11:15after you
11:16that's different i'll make an example out of him if you have to then go easy he's just hired to
11:21do a job
11:22easy not a chance he thought he could touch you i'll make sure he never tries again i won't kill
11:29him but
11:31i'll make sure he wishes i had
11:39throw him out of here
11:41let's go
11:43erin
11:47erin
11:47natalie
11:50erin
11:51i don't feel good
11:53stay with me
11:55i'm taking you to the hospital
11:57come on
12:04babe i was out of line earlier i shouldn't have snapped at you
12:08i'm at the hospital with chloe but i'll come home as soon as she's stable
12:13what kind of a monster have you become erin
12:17miss cooper your legal name change has been approved effective immediately
12:23i can be free now it's over
12:29i brought you something there is a tiny camera in this necklace you are never getting out of my
12:34sight again wow you care about me that much you care about me that much much erin when you check
12:42that camera you'll see it all it was you it was always you it was always you from now on
12:47natalie
12:48cooper doesn't exist
12:57hey you okay yeah just a cold i used to be a doctor that doesn't sound like a cold it's
13:05nothing i uh
13:07i took a fall those aren't from a fall they're from blunt force something's wrong internally
13:12are you being abused did someone hurt you
13:23help we need medical assistance now
13:28hey stay with me keep your eyes open i'll take you to the hospital no hospital please okay
13:35i have a private clinic 20 minutes from here can i take you there stay with me hey hey
13:47easy don't sit up yet you had two fractured ribs one punctured your lung you were developing a
13:54hemothorax at the airport there i placed a chest tube and stopped bleeding you feeling better now
14:01thank you doctor lucas bennett i was a trauma surgeon now i just run medical clinics and hospitals
14:09still remember how to keep someone alive may i ask your name laura laura anderson
14:16dr bennett time to change her dressings
14:29these injuries they didn't come from a fall but if you ever decide you want help i have attorneys
14:35law enforcement contacts you wouldn't be alone thanks but really i'm okay get some rest
14:42your body needs to heal i will
14:46they won't budge on price but the comms don't support their valuation we're looking at at least
14:51a 30 percent premium over fair market it's not just the valuation the cash flow assumptions are
14:58aggressive they've restructured short-term liabilities to make the balance seth look cleaner
15:02but the debt's still there keep going take a look the premium shouldn't be 30 it should be closer to
15:1012.
15:19you look stronger all thanks to you the merger's closed your assessment was key in the negotiation if
15:26you're interested i could use someone like you as my strategic advisor you're not worried i might be
15:32planted by a competitor i'm not a fool i ran a background check on you nothing came back it's
15:37strange but my gut tells me i can trust you
15:44aaron you are all that's on my mind i'll destroy you piece by piece and you won't see me coming
15:54lowly it's still hot i had it simmered for four hours it'll help with the inflammation
16:01aaron you've been here every day won't natalie get mad she won't she understands i haven't heard
16:09from natalie for days i need to make a call
16:15aaron there's only room for one woman by your side and that's me
16:22the number you have reached is not in service please check the number and dial again natalie
16:29really you never do this where are you mike any updates mr parker someone's wiped the security
16:40footage clean what i asked around but no one's seen natalie since the day you left the hospital for miss
16:45morgan
16:54passport bank card all the important things are gone natalie where did you go mike
17:03check airports banks traffic cameras whatever it takes find her
17:10mr parker miss cooper's id profile it's gone driver's license tax records social all of it
17:19it's like she doesn't exist
17:24the gift i gave her for her 18th birthday she never took it off all these years
17:35what what what have i done chloe you made me you bitch you'll pay for this
17:48relax he won't find anything i wiped her medical records and the surveillance footage gone not a trace
17:55left that bitch had it coming for trying to steal my husband
18:01aaron why are you you knew it was her in that sack didn't you i don't know what you're talking
18:06about answer me i didn't know yes i was scared she'd take you from me but i didn't do it
18:12i swear i love you so much how could i ever hurt someone you love you want proof fine i'll
18:19give it to you
18:21you're too late aaron there's nothing left to find
18:27mr parker please you can check the bank records it was miss morgan hired us she told us it was
18:33just
18:33a prank we only pretended to harass her get out now now chloe you have been taking money out from
18:41my
18:42company behind my back you hurt my wife how are you planning to justify this
18:48miss morgan is here aaron what's going on you sounded urgent
18:55explain this is fake someone set me up it has to be natalie yeah she hates me she's trying to
19:03frame me
19:05that had it coming for trying to steal my husband
19:12aaron i can explain it's natalie the recording it's a fake too she did all this so you'd hate me
19:20i recorded it myself aaron i love you aaron love you think that word will save you what the hell
19:30aaron
19:30you came to me first you used me you let me believe i mattered and don't say you love her
19:35you
19:35don't know what love is you married me and kept her on the side and now you're pretending to be
19:39loyal
19:40pathetic natalie will never come back to you never fine i misjudged you it's time to make things right
19:48right you can't do this to me i'm your legal wife i can return every cent i stole from you
19:57for you
19:59it's always about money for me i just want you to suffer where are you taking me get off me
20:06aaron
20:07you can't do this
20:24baby look i got a new dress do you like it it's beautiful
20:36naturally
20:42his company's on the guest list tonight too he could be here did you come for him of course not
20:50you
20:51no move the presentation to q3
20:55is that natalie no way excuse me the lady who just walked in who is she you mean miss laura
21:03anderson
21:03she's the founder of nnc capital and see her initials natalie cooper natalie it's you it has to be
21:18you
21:19you
21:47laura
21:48laura
21:48Here drink this
21:51Want to talk about it?
21:59Sometimes I can feel the cold metal rod on my skin
22:04Do you know how it feels when you scream helplessly and
22:10No one around you can hear it
22:14Eventually a
22:15Screaming stopped when I realized help wasn't coming
22:19When the man hurting me was the same one who promised to keep me safe
22:27The drawer over there
22:30Can you grab what's inside for me?
22:35My medical records
22:42And a coffee-stained fake marriage certificate
22:46Three fractured ribs, one punctured lung
22:49Commitative fracture of the right big toes
22:51And patient name Natalie Cooper
22:53Yeah, wife to Aaron Parker
22:56Except we were never legally married
22:59He thought he was beating a thug who went after his actual wife, Chloe Morgan
23:03The person inside the sack
23:06Was me
23:08Natalie Cooper
23:13That's why you've been so obsessed with the Parker group
23:15Asking about it all the time
23:16This isn't a business strategy
23:18It's personal
23:19You want revenge?
23:20I want him to know what it's like to lose everything
23:24His company
23:25His money
23:26His name
23:27Revenge
23:28Can feel powerful at first
23:31But it won't bring you peace
23:32Not really
23:34Then what will?
23:36Forgiveness?
23:44I'm not trying to stop you
23:46I just don't want this hatred for him to eat you alive
23:50Those scars don't define you
23:52But if going after him
23:54Is what you need to close this chapter
23:55Then I'll do it with you
23:57Show me the plan
23:59Let me help you destroy the Parker group
24:04Lucas, you needn't get involved
24:06I can take care of him myself
24:08I am sure you could
24:09But I am not giving you a choice
24:11Alright
24:13Start with your equity structure
24:14Major shareholders
24:16Offshore holdings
24:17Then I'll walk you through the strategy
24:19I'll get right on it
24:20But tonight
24:22You sleep
24:27Wait
24:31Throw this away
24:32For me
24:39Okay, Laura
24:44Miss Cooper
24:45Parker group dropped another 5% this morning
24:48The market's reacting to Aaron Parker's liquidancy issues
24:56Good
24:57Now he's liquidating personal assets
25:00Trying to plug the hole from Chloe's embezzlement
25:03Continue offloading our Parker group bonds
25:05If they collapse
25:06We'll take a hit too
25:08I know
25:09I don't care
25:10I don't care
25:32Find out who's behind this
25:33We trace where the pressure came from
25:35We trace where the pressure came from
25:35It's coming through a Swiss company
25:37Newly formed
25:38Heavy capital
25:39No visible control
25:41Name
25:42NC capital
25:45Natalie
25:45Keep digging
25:47I want ownership trails
25:49Shell layers
25:50Everything
25:51If it's really her, I'll know
25:53Yes, sir
25:57Yes, sir
25:59Miss Cooper
26:00This is Harry West
26:01Former CFO of Parker group
26:03All right
26:03Got it
26:06Miss Cooper
26:08About the terms
26:09About the terms you promised
26:14Here's your deposit
26:15You'll get the rest after the job's done
26:18Aaron's scrambling to stabilize the Kiziti
26:20He's planning to leverage core patents to calm the market
26:23With my guidance
26:25He'll think he's contained the bleeding
26:27No
26:29You'll actually help him
26:30What?
26:31You'll help him breathe for a bit
26:33So he thinks he survived this
26:35Then you strike him down
26:38Understood
26:47The stock's stabilized
26:48I can see that
26:51But how?
26:52It was Mr. West
26:53He brought in emergency capital
26:55Several institutional placements
26:56Funds cleared with an hour
26:58Harry?
26:58We're all surprised how he pulled it off
27:00But we're grateful
27:01At least for now
27:02The liquidities restored were safe
27:04No
27:05Look into it
27:06That was too fast
27:07I want every firm Harry contacted
27:09Now
27:10Yes, sir
27:17Aaron is suspicious
27:19Just as expected
27:21Should we act now?
27:23Not yet
27:24Let him breathe
27:26When he realizes
27:27I want him to come to me begging
27:30The way I once begged him to come back
27:32Mr. Parker, you were right
27:34The capital's gone
27:35The same firms withdrew immediately after stabilization
27:38Massive sell-off has triggered
27:39We're at a historic low
27:42Where is Harry?
27:44He's disappeared
27:45And the thumbs?
27:47Did you identify who owns those thumbs?
27:52We traced the ownership
27:54The shell companies all rolled up to one parent entity
27:57NNC Capital
27:58Natalie Cooper
28:00Cooper
28:01Leave me
28:04Did you come back for revenge?
28:06Revenge
28:13Mr. Parker
28:14I believe you know you're trespassing
28:16Should I have security escort you out?
28:18Natalie
28:20I know it's you
28:21It's Laura now
28:24I know what Chloe did
28:25She staged the whole thing
28:27The attack
28:27The hospital
28:29All of it
28:30She made me believe
28:31I didn't know it was you in that sack
28:32If I had known I would have never
28:34Never what?
28:37Never beaten me with a rod?
28:39Never shattered my ribs?
28:40Never punctured my lungs?
28:42Never crushed my toes?
28:43Or is that just the part you remember?
28:47I'm sorry
28:47I didn't know, Natalie
28:48I was wrong
28:49So, so wrong
28:51Tell me what to do
28:52Anything
28:53I'll do it
28:53If you could forgive me
28:56You want
28:59Parker Group?
29:04What I want is
29:06For you to hand me your company
29:08You'll sit back and watch
29:09While I dismantle it
29:11Division by division
29:12Asset by asset
29:16If you sign it over
29:17Your company's legacy
29:18Ends with me
29:19If you don't
29:20You lose any chance
29:21Of Natalie again
29:25Right now
29:26You're in no position
29:28To negotiate
29:36Sell the new energy division
29:38Transfer healthcare
29:40To Bennett Group
29:40Keep the other shells
29:42Intact for restructuring
29:45And the Parker brand?
29:46There's no more Parker Group
29:52I'll let you keep your CEO title
29:54Ceremonial only
29:55No voting authority
29:56No independent sign-off
29:58You report to me daily
30:03Mr. Parker
30:04You got a problem with that?
30:10Mr. Parker
30:11You got a problem with that?
30:19Mr. Parker
30:20Today's compliance report
30:24Exterior signage cleaned
30:25Five times
30:26Plants watered
30:27No visitors logged
30:32Here
30:32Per Ms. Cooper's instruction
30:34I required to sign off
30:36To verify active management
30:37Of the holding entity
30:39If this will get you to forgive me
30:41I'll keep doing it
30:47So
30:49How does revenge taste?
30:52Hollow
30:54That's Altair
30:55Part of the Aquila constellation
30:58And over there
31:00Vega
31:01Some tales say they meet once a year
31:04Once a year?
31:07That sounds cruel
31:12But at least they meet every year
31:14Don't they?
31:16Natalie
31:22Mr. Parker
31:23Are you stalking me?
31:25Who is he?
31:25Lucas Bennett
31:26My partner
31:27Partner?
31:29Boyfriend?
31:30Or future husband?
31:31Call it whatever you want
31:32It has nothing to do with you
31:33We're still married
31:34Mind you
31:35Married?
31:36Our certificate was fake
31:37Last time I checked
31:39Your real wife is in prison
31:41You knew?
31:42Of course I know
31:43I know all of your pathetic sick games
31:46Mr. Parker
31:47I'm warning you
31:48If you harass my girlfriend again
31:50I'll file for a restraining order
31:56Was that too much?
31:57Compared to what he did?
31:59No
32:01Look, that's Vega
32:02Turns out the stars can be warmer than the sun
32:10Natalie
32:11Give me one more chance
32:13Please
32:14Leave before I call the police
32:15Natalie
32:16We were together for ten years
32:18That's not nothing
32:19Come out
32:19Come out
32:29Aaron
32:31Do you think I am going to fall for this pathetic act?
32:34Please
32:34Just forgive me
32:36We loved each other once
32:37Why are you so sure we can't love again?
32:43I won't leave
32:43Until you forgive me
32:45I won't
32:48Natalie
32:48Aaron's still outside
32:49I checked
32:50He's been drinking heavily
32:51For weeks
32:52Barely eating
32:53He could collapse
32:54If he stays out there
32:56It could be serious
33:01So?
33:02Are you really going this far?
33:03You took his company
33:04Stripped his authority
33:05You made him report to you like a housekeeper
33:07Now you want to watch him
33:09Watch him
33:10What?
33:11What?
33:11Suffer physically?
33:13Well, he deserves it
33:14Is that truly what you think?
33:16Natalie
33:17Tell me honestly
33:18Have you truly let him go?
33:20I have
33:21Then can't you see this is too much?
33:23You know what he did to me
33:24I do
33:25But right now
33:26You're becoming him
33:30If you hold on to hate too long
33:32It doesn't just burn the people you hate
33:33It burns you
33:35Miss Cooper
33:36Parker Group just teamed up
33:38With three PE firms
33:39They've launched a hostile bid
33:41On our public shares
33:42When did it start?
33:43Half an hour ago
33:44They've already picked up 12%
33:45And they're still buying
33:46NNC Capital's tactics
33:47Destabilized the market
33:49It was hostile
33:50And irresponsible
33:51We're stepping in
33:52To restore order
33:53And reclaim what belongs
33:54To Parker Group
33:55We need to call the board
33:56Lock up liquidity
33:57Trace their funding
33:58Now
34:00Harry was
34:01Probably never truly on our side
34:03What do you mean?
34:04I don't believe he's doing this
34:06For Parker Group
34:06He's only loyal to his own gains
34:08What's your plan?
34:09I don't need to do anything
34:11Send Aaron up
34:12Let him clean up his own mess
34:17Fine
34:18I'll go get him
34:21Aaron
34:22You've been a CEO for years
34:24This should be easy for you
34:28Lucas told you wanted me
34:29To deal with Harry
34:29Yes
34:31I want you to fix this
34:32Why me?
34:34Because you built
34:35The old Parker Network
34:37You know where the leverage
34:38Is buried
34:41In my safe
34:42There's a ledger
34:43With all the data
34:44That I can use as leverage
34:45It's enough to bring them down
34:54Your severance packages
34:55Have been wired
34:57Effective immediately
34:58The Parker Group
34:58Is dissolving
34:59Its current executive structure
35:01You are all released
35:02From your positions
35:03Miss Cooper
35:04We've served the Parker family
35:06For over 30 years
35:07That's why you're getting
35:08Double severance
35:09And full non-compete waivers
35:10You leave with your reputation
35:12Intact
35:12Mr. West
35:13I hope you'll accept
35:14The generous package
35:15Because the alternative
35:16Is an orange jumpsuit
35:17Just like Chloe Morgan
35:27Mr. Parker
35:32You did great
35:37Do you know what I thought
35:39In that sack
35:40I kept waiting for you
35:42To hear my voice
35:43I'm sorry
35:44But you didn't
35:46So my answer is no
35:47You don't need to report
35:49To me anymore
35:50No daily signatures
35:52No more humiliations
35:53You and I are done
35:54Let's stop being
35:56In each other's lives
35:57Ever again
36:03There's something
36:04I've been meaning to do
36:05I kept waiting
36:06For the perfect moment
36:08Turns out
36:09I can't wait any longer
36:11Is it a ring?
36:13How did you know?
36:14When you thought
36:15I was asleep
36:15You measured my finger
36:16I can't hide anything
36:18From you
36:18And I don't want to
36:23Laura, Anderson
36:25Whatever you want
36:26To call yourself
36:26Is fine with me
36:27But know this
36:29I don't want to save you
36:30I don't want to fix you
36:32Because you're perfect
36:33The way you are
36:34I just want to stand
36:35Next to you
36:36On the good days
36:37On the hard ones
36:39As your equal
36:39Will you marry me?
36:41Yes
36:43Yes
36:43Yes
36:44Yes
36:44Yes
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