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00:00Ever since the miscarriage, I've become the perfect wife.
00:04I don't care that my husband vacations with my best friend, Elise.
00:09I don't care Elise's son calling my husband, Dad.
00:13Even now, I found used condoms on his car floor.
00:18I didn't blink.
00:20I just tossed it in the trash.
00:22Suddenly, Cameron slams on the brakes.
00:25Elise and I were together in this car.
00:27Is this all your reaction?
00:30You couldn't help yourselves.
00:31I get it.
00:33I'm finally the wife he always wanted.
00:35But he doesn't know.
00:37Back when I was difficult, I actually loved him.
00:42Winnie, you've changed.
00:44You used to care so much.
00:46I was immature back then.
00:48Winnie, I don't need you to be this way.
00:50You could scream at me like before.
00:52I smile and look at my crooked pinky finger.
00:55He broke it when he pushed me to slap Elise.
01:01After Christmas, I'll break it off with her.
01:03We can start over.
01:05A year ago, I would have cried with joy.
01:08Now, it's just a joke.
01:12We arrive at Silverstone Hall.
01:15Elise is already there, acting like she owns the place.
01:19I didn't know she was coming.
01:21I invited her.
01:23It's Christmas.
01:24Don't be difficult and cause a scene.
01:27It's exactly like last year.
01:29Back then, Elise walked in like family.
01:32I was so angry, I poured wine over her head.
01:36Cameron didn't hesitate.
01:38He splashed hot soup right into my face.
01:40I touch the faint scar on my forehead and smile.
01:44Thanks for the help, Elise.
01:45If she wants to play house, let her.
01:47Cameron grabs my arm, looking shocked.
01:49You're letting an outsider join our family dinner?
01:52Elise is a single mom.
01:53It's hard for her.
01:55It's Christmas.
01:55We can't leave them alone.
01:57She's my best friend.
01:58I don't mind.
02:00I use his own words against him.
02:02Suddenly, Elise's son runs up and hits my stomach.
02:05Bad woman!
02:06Don't steal my mommy's spot!
02:08Elise covers his mouth, but she isn't sorry.
02:10He watches too many cartoons.
02:12Oh, Jamie, stop it.
02:17I stand there, feeling the dull pain in my belly.
02:21Nothing in this world matters to me anymore,
02:23except for the baby I never got to meet.
02:28Cameron and I were the couple everyone envied in college.
02:31He knew my class schedule by heart.
02:35My coffee was always warm because of him.
02:39I knew he'd forget to eat during lab work,
02:42so I'd always bring his favorite food.
02:46We talked about books and the economy.
02:49We weren't just lovers.
02:51We were soulmates.
02:53The year we graduated, Cameron's business failed.
02:57His father's hair turned white overnight.
02:59Debt collectors drove his dad to jump from a building.
03:04Cameron had to drop out to face a mountain of debt.
03:09I dropped out of school in secret to help him.
03:12For seven years, I glued his broken pieces back together.
03:17We ran street stalls, delivered food, and worked odd jobs.
03:23We balanced the books together every morning at dawn.
03:27The night we paid off the last debt, he proposed.
03:31The ring was just glass he'd polished for six months.
03:35It was rough, but it was the most precious thing I'd ever worn.
03:40At our wedding, he cried in front of everyone.
03:44Winnie, I will never, ever, fail you.
03:53After the wedding, we were happy.
03:56The only thing missing was a child.
03:59Years of hard labor had wrecked our health.
04:01Getting pregnant became an impossible battle.
04:05Injections, egg retrievals, failure, and trying again.
04:12Every time I left the hospital, my body felt a cold, heavy ache.
04:18One day, Elise shows up at my door with a baby.
04:22We grew up together.
04:24We were like sisters.
04:26Her dad was a gambler and her mom ran away.
04:29My parents took her in and raised her.
04:32We were inseparable until college.
04:35I see the baby and smile.
04:37I hand over a gift envelope and tease him.
04:39When did you get married? You didn't even tell me.
04:42She looks away, acting strangely.
04:44Remember junior year?
04:46I visited your rental house.
04:47I felt so bad leaving you alone.
04:49I was stuck in the lab.
04:50One night, you didn't come home.
04:52He thought I was you.
04:57This is Cameron's son.
05:01My world goes silent.
05:02My ears are ringing.
05:04When Cameron finds out, he asks Elise to leave.
05:07Leave. Now.
05:09His eyes are bloodshot, holds me tight, and cries.
05:17Winnie.
05:18I was so drunk.
05:20I couldn't remember anything.
05:29I will never claim that child.
05:34Only Winnie's kids belong in this family.
05:38I had nowhere else to go.
05:41Take the money and disappear.
05:45Cameron loses his patience.
05:47He throws a check at her.
05:49She grabs the check and leaves.
05:52Life goes back to normal.
05:54Or so I thought.
05:57Cameron is the perfect husband again.
06:00He holds my hand during every doctor visit.
06:04He wipes my tears when the treatments fail.
06:08I finally started to forgive him.
06:13Three months later, the IVF finally works.
06:18I'm pregnant.
06:19I'm so happy.
06:21I hold the ultrasound and call Cameron.
06:24Then, I see him across the busy street.
06:30He's holding little Jamie's hand.
06:34His other arm is wrapped tightly around Elise.
06:38He leans down and kisses her deeply.
06:43I stand there, frozen.
06:46I'm crushing the medical report in my hand.
06:49My fingers are shaking as the phone rings.
06:57I try to keep my voice steady.
07:01Cameron?
07:02Where are you right now?
07:05His voice on the phone sounded rushed.
07:08I'm in a meeting at the office.
07:10I'll be home soon.
07:11How was the appointment?
07:13Did it work?
07:14It worked.
07:16But now, I wish it hadn't.
07:20I stay silent.
07:22He thinks I've failed again.
07:25Across the street, I watch him pat Jamie's head.
07:31If we can't have kids,
07:32we'll just be a duo.
07:34I don't mind.
07:36Elise is leaning into him,
07:38smiling.
07:39They look like the perfect, happy family.
07:44A tear hits my hand.
07:46I can't even speak.
07:49I watch them disappear into the crowd.
07:52I head home in a daze and check my finances.
07:57Fifteen million dollars are missing from our accounts.
08:09Cameron bought Elise a nine million dollar diamond ring.
08:14He even bought her a mansion and a luxury car.
08:19I sit in the dark, studying until midnight, staring at the numbers.
08:23The door opens.
08:25Cameron walks in, smelling like the cold air.
08:29Why are you still up?
08:31He tries to hug me, but I quietly step away.
08:36He smiles and hands me roses.
08:39Are you mad?
08:41The meeting ran late.
08:43I'm so sorry.
08:44But he forgot that I've always hated roses.
08:50Roses are Elise's favorite flower.
08:52Not mine.
08:59I turn the computer screen toward him.
09:03His smile freezes.
09:05But he tries to stay calm.
09:08It's a new project.
09:09We needed the cash flow.
09:11What project costs nine million dollars for a diamond ring?
09:15Cameron swallows hard, searching for an excuse.
09:18It's business, Winnie.
09:20Jamie, you have to pull strings sometimes.
09:22So the mansion and the car were for business, too?
09:31I didn't realize Elise was such a powerful connection.
09:34He stops.
09:36So, you know everything.
09:38The room goes dead silent.
09:41After a long pause, he sighs.
09:45Elise and Jamie were living in a tiny broken down apartment.
09:48She has no job.
09:49The conditions were terrible.
09:53Jamie is still my son.
09:54I can't watch him suffer.
09:56I'm only doing this for the kid, Winnie.
09:59I look at him, stone-faced.
10:02So you used company money to support them?
10:05Cameron's face turns dark and angry.
10:08This company belongs to me.
10:10I built it myself.
10:13I stare at him.
10:14He feels like a total stranger.
10:16Cameron, do you even remember who paid for this company on day one?
10:21He freezes.
10:23I sold everything I owned for this company.
10:26I worked three jobs.
10:29I drank until my stomach bled for our first deal.
10:35I mortgaged my late grandfather's house to save us.
10:44And now you say you built this alone?
10:46Cameron's face shifts from guilt to pure annoyance.
10:52Fine.
10:53You helped.
10:54But I gave you the title of Lady of Silverstown Hall.
10:58Isn't that enough?
10:59Elise will never have your status.
11:01Why shouldn't I compensate her?
11:04Besides, you can't get pregnant.
11:06Does this family not deserve an heir?
11:09I laugh through my tears.
11:11My body is still bruised from the IVF shots.
11:15I take off the glass ring he made me and smashed it on the floor.
11:23The truth?
11:24His sperm count is a disaster.
11:27He is the reason we have no kids.
11:31I stop playing nice.
11:33I sue Elise to get every penny back.
11:36I leak her story online and ruin her reputation.
11:41Within days, she loses everything.
11:44She's a pariah.
11:46She comes to me, kneeling on the ground with a knife to her throat.
11:50Winnie, I won't take your place!
11:52Just let us live!
11:54She's sobbing, begging for mercy.
11:57The second Cameron walks in, she slices her own neck.
12:02Cameron rushes in and slaps me across the face.
12:08He grabs the bleeding Elise and runs for the hospital.
12:12When he returns, he looks exhausted and cold.
12:17Winnie, let's divorce.
12:20Not for Elise, but for Jamie.
12:21Jamie, you've pushed them too far.
12:26I have to give them my name.
12:27I threw my pregnancy test on the table.
12:30Why should my baby grow up without a father?
12:33Why should a mistress and her son win everything?
12:37Cameron looks at the ultrasound and his face softens.
12:42He stops talking about divorce.
12:44He pretends to be kind again.
12:47Then, Jamie is pushed off the third floor.
12:49The boy wakes up and points his finger right at me.
12:53He tells the police.
12:54Winnie did it.
12:55She said if I died, daddy would belong only to her.
12:58The security cameras were conveniently broken.
13:02I'm the only suspect.
13:03The police investigate.
13:05But there isn't enough evidence to charge me.
13:08I hire the best lawyers to find the real truth.
13:12But Cameron has already judged me.
13:15The day I leave the station, he grabs my throat.
13:19His eyes are filled with pure hatred.
13:22How could you hurt a child?
13:24You're a monster!
13:32I gasp for air, barely breaking free from his grip.
13:38From that day on, Cameron stops coming home.
13:40If I touch Elise, he snaps my wrist.
13:44I'm atoning for your sins.
13:49If I post the truth online, he holds a press conference to lie.
13:55She was the mistress!
13:57The internet turns on me.
13:59People call me a monster.
14:01My parents try to defend me, but they get doxxed and beaten.
14:08Your daughter is a monster!
14:10I just wanted my son to have a father.
14:12After Elise does a live stream, someone cuts my parents' brake lines.
14:17They crash.
14:19They're in the hospital, fighting for their lives.
14:23Please, it's urgent.
14:24I'm sorry, ma'am.
14:25This account has been frozen.
14:27I go to pay the bills, but Cameron has frozen my account.
14:35I find him in bed with Elise.
14:41He buttons his shirt without looking at me.
14:44Jamie wants a sister.
14:46My parents are in the hospital.
14:48I need the money.
14:54Apologize.
14:56Tell Elise you're sorry for pushing Jamie.
14:59Confess.
15:00And the money is yours.
15:02Cameron, they treated you like a son for years!
15:08Parents?
15:11They fed Elise leftovers and treated her like a maid.
15:16He blames them for everything.
15:18He blames me.
15:19Elise lied on her live stream, and Cameron believed every word.
15:24He forgot my mom's homemade soup and my dad's secret savings.
15:28He forgot how my mom gave Elise new clothes while I wore her hand-me-downs.
15:34I'm ready to beg just to save my parents.
15:41Then, the hospital calls.
15:44They didn't make it.
15:49My wife's names.
15:53Elise blocks my way out.
15:55Where are you going?
15:56You haven't apologized for the money yet.
16:00I slap her every night I trust.
16:02Elise!
16:04Cameron hits me back instantly and shoves me away.
16:10My stomach slams into a sharp corner.
16:13Sharp pain hits.
16:15And then I feel warm.
16:17Wet blood.
16:18Cameron turns pale.
16:20He looks terrified.
16:22He scoops me up and races to the hospital.
16:27But it's too late.
16:28The baby is gone.
16:29When the surgery light goes off, Cameron is on his knees.
16:33He's sobbing.
16:35Slapping his own face in regret.
16:37I just stare at the empty ceiling.
16:40My heart feels just as blank.
16:43At the funeral, the pain is unbearable.
16:46But I have no tears left to cry.
16:55Cameron stays by my side, avoiding Elise for a long time.
17:04Winnie, do you want to talk about anything?
17:09He tries to talk to me like before, but I stay silent.
17:22I missed you, you know that?
17:24He tries to make me jealous by acting lovey-dovey with Elise.
17:29I feel nothing.
17:30The love is just gone.
17:39My lawyer handed me a new investigation report.
17:43There's also a second DNA report tucked inside.
17:47I flip to the end, and my blood runs cold.
17:51The truth is darker than I ever imagined.
17:54Years ago, when Cameron's father went bankrupt,
17:57the stolen money ended up in Elise's father's account.
18:02Cameron shows up too, yet he hasn't said a word.
18:07His phone started ringing.
18:13He answers the speaker.
18:15Mr. Cameron, we fixed the security footage from the third floor.
18:23And a voice fills the quiet room.
18:26Jamie's fall wasn't an accident.
18:34The trap is about to spring.
18:36He's looking at me the whole time.
18:39Send me the video.
18:40Don't call the police.
18:42He doesn't see Elise turn ghost white.
18:47Winnie, it's the holidays.
18:49I'll let it go.
18:50Let's move on.
18:51I want to laugh.
18:52Even now, he thinks I'm a murderer.
18:54Cameron, just delete it.
18:56Don't make Winnie feel embarrassed.
18:59Cameron hesitates, then actually moves to delete the file.
19:02No.
19:03I want to see the truth, too.
19:05I pressed my hand over his phone.
19:07He looks shocked, like there's no other possibility.
19:10Don't you want to know who hurt your son, Elise?
19:15Elise tries to stop me, but I glare her down.
19:18My son might protect you, Winnie, but I won't.
19:21Cameron's mom snatches the phone away.
19:23She hits play.
19:28In the video, Jamie is crying, shrinking into Elise's arms.
19:33No, Mommy!
19:35I'm scared!
19:41Elise whispers to him,
19:43Don't be scared.
19:45Just be brave once.
19:50Then you'll have a daddy forever.
19:54Either Cameron becomes your dad, or I send you back to your grandfather.
19:58Choose now.
19:59Jamie starts crying.
20:00I want Cameron!
20:01I don't want to go to Grandpa!
20:05The little boy crawls onto the railing and closes his eyes.
20:13The next second, Elise pushes him off.
20:18She doesn't call for help.
20:20Instead, she grabs a brick and smashes the camera.
20:25The phone slips from his mother's hand and hits the floor.
20:30No!
20:31That's not real!
20:32It's fake!
20:34You pushed him!
20:36You pushed Jamie!
20:37I'm his mother!
20:38I would never!
20:43Exactly because you're his mother,
20:46you knew exactly how to push him.
20:49Elise glares at me with pure...
20:50It was you!
20:51You paid someone to fake this video!
20:54I just smile.
20:57Only one person can get through to Cameron's tech team.
21:03And that's Cameron himself.
21:07It's his own team.
21:09They only listen to him.
21:16Elise's lips begin to tremble.
21:18She has nowhere left to hide.
21:27Cameron picks up the phone and watches it again.
21:32He watches slowly,
21:34like he's memorizing every frame.
21:42Why?
21:43Elise collapses into a chair,
21:45shrinking into a ball.
21:48Finally, she looks up with a twisted, hollow smile.
21:52Because I was sick of it, Cameron.
21:56I was sick of hiding.
21:59I was sick of Jamie calling you uncle.
22:02I hated watching you leave
22:04every time the clock ran out.
22:06So you gambled with Jamie's life?
22:08I didn't mean to hurt him!
22:10I knew that he's won his hate wrath with his fall!
22:13I just wanted you to hate Winnie!
22:16I did it for us!
22:18Cameron cuts her off with a look of pure disgust.
22:21Us?
22:22There is no us.
22:24There never was.
22:26Elise turns ghostly white.
22:28Her world is crumbling.
22:31But I'm not done yet.
22:33I pulled out the DNA report.
22:37Elise?
22:38Is Jamie even Cameron's son?
22:41What do you mean by that?
22:42I did a DNA test!
22:45Jamie is my biological son!
22:49Cameron always wanted a child.
22:50It was his greatest weakness.
22:53What if that hair sample wasn't Jamie's?
22:56What if it was yours?
22:59What?
23:00How could Elise even get my hair?
23:02She could.
23:04I toss him an employment record one month before she showed up at our door.
23:09Cameron's fingers freeze on the paper.
23:12Cameron's fingers freeze on the paper.
23:14Elise worked as a hair washer at Cameron's favorite barber shop.
23:21Two years ago, I did get a haircut there.
23:25I even complained that the new girl pulled my hair too hard.
23:30His eyes turn bloodshot as he looks at Elise.
23:33Is Jamie really not my son?
23:35I handed him the real DNA report.
23:38The probability of him being the father is 0.1%.
23:42Cameron's mother pulls her hand away from his shoulder, stunned.
23:45This can't be right!
23:47Cameron grabs Elise's wrist so hard she screams in pain.
23:54You lied to me!
23:56You made me raise another man's son!
23:59I just wanted Jamie to have a father!
24:03What's so wrong with that?
24:13Do you know how hard my life has been?
24:17Winnie has everything!
24:19Parents, a husband, a career!
24:22I only had Jamie.
24:24I just wanted to give him a real home!
24:26Cameron's voice is like ice.
24:28So you stole my hair, faked the DNA, and forced him to call me daddy?
24:33You even pushed him off a building just to seal the lie?
24:36He finally snaps.
24:39Elise, how many more lies are there?
24:41Glass flies everywhere.
24:43Jamie starts screaming and crying.
24:45For the first time, Cameron's mother doesn't comfort the boy.
24:48She just stares at Elise with pure disgust.
24:51Elise crawls over, grabbing Cameron's leg.
24:54But Jamie loves you.
24:56He really thinks you're his father.
24:58Shut up!
24:59Cameron kicks her hand away and turns to me.
25:01His eyes are bloodshot, filled with shame and total despair.
25:04Winnie.
25:05He chokes out, but he can't find the words.
25:08I look at him with a blank face.
25:10No anger, no sadness.
25:12You wanted a child, so she gave you a son.
25:15You wanted to feel like a hero, so she gave you someone to rescue.
25:19You wanted an escape from our marriage, so she put on a show.
25:28Everything you protected.
25:31Everything you hurt me for.
25:33I pull out the final, unthinkable truth from my lawyer's file.
25:39It was all a carefully designed trap, from the very beginning.
25:44I show him the proof.
25:46Elise's father caused his family's ruin.
25:50He even drove Cameron's father to his death.
25:53Cameron stares at the papers, his mind racing to keep up.
25:58He asks,
26:00Elise's father?
26:02That gambler?
26:03Yes.
26:08I flipped to a yellow bank statement ten years ago.
26:11Three months before your dad's company collapsed.
26:15He approved a final payment of $12 million.
26:18The money went to a company owned by Elise's father.
26:27I continue.
26:30But the construction materials were never delivered.
26:33The warehouse records and the supervisors all say the same thing.
26:36The money was wired to offshore accounts within 24 hours.
26:40Why didn't my dad call the police?
26:42Because you slept with his underage daughter, Elisa.
26:54Her father used that to blackmail your dad.
26:57The records about Elise were altered, of course.
27:00But your father didn't know.
27:06To keep you out of prison, he took on nearly $100 million in debt.
27:12Combined with his rivals attacking him, his business just snapped.
27:18My voice is calm, but I felt just as broken when I found out.
27:24His mother is speechless.
27:27Cameron says, looking up slowly.
27:30Elise.
27:31Cameron stands up and walks toward her, step by step.
27:34You crawled into my bed on purpose.
27:37You and your father set mine up.
27:40Your dad stole the emergency funds that could have saved my father.
27:45He drove my dad to suicide.
27:48And you...
27:50You used that money to raise Jamie.
27:54Then you brought him here to keep bleeding me dry.
27:57He grabs her chin, forcing her to look at him.
28:03Tell me...
28:05When you were lying next to me...
28:08Did you ever think about my father jumping off that building?
28:13Elise is shaking so hard he can barely speak.
28:16I was forced!
28:19My dad never gave me a penny of that money!
28:23I failed out of college.
28:25I got pregnant by a guy at the factory.
28:27My dad threatened me.
28:29He said if I didn't help trap you,
28:32he would kill my baby and my boyfriend.
28:35I had no choice!
28:39Then my boyfriend died in an accident.
28:44My dad wouldn't help me.
28:48I couldn't afford to feed Jamie.
28:50That's the only reason I found you.
29:02Fireworks are exploding outside,
29:04lighting up the room.
29:05In the fake festive glow,
29:07Cameron turns to me.
29:09When did you find out?
29:10I answer truthfully.
29:12Three months ago.
29:17I tracked Elise's money to an offshore account.
29:22That led me straight to her father.
29:26He's still blackmailing her even now.
29:33He's using her to drain your company for his gambling debts.
29:37He whispers.
29:39Why didn't you tell me sooner?
29:40I look at him in the eye.
29:41Would you have believed me?
29:47You never believed me about what happened to Jamie.
29:53How could you still believe that story about your father?
29:57He has no words left.
30:02I pulled out the final document.
30:05My voice is cold.
30:07Cameron.
30:08We're getting a divorce.
30:16Cameron is shaking,
30:17his eyes wide with panic.
30:19He grabs my wrist,
30:20his voice breaking.
30:21Winnie.
30:23Please.
30:23Please.
30:24Don't leave me.
30:27I gently pull my hand away and look down.
30:29Weren't you the one who asked for a divorce first?
30:33Back then, I couldn't leave.
30:34I was pregnant.
30:36Now, even that last reason is gone.
30:38Cameron, I don't owe you anything.
30:40And I don't want what you owe me.
30:42I just want a fair split.
30:44Cameron stumbles,
30:45grabbing the table for support.
30:48The dinner has gone cold,
30:49just like our marriage.
30:51What if...
30:52What if I give you everything?
30:55Every penny?
30:56I look at him.
30:57It's almost pathetic.
30:59And then what?
31:01You prove you're sorry by being broke?
31:05You want me to live in the shadow of your sacrifice?
31:08I shake my head.
31:09It was never about the money.
31:12His eyes are streaming tears.
31:14Then what is it?
31:16Tell me!
31:16What can I possibly do?
31:18Sign the papers.
31:20Give us both our freedom.
31:22I grab my coat from the chair.
31:26It ended the moment you chose to believe Elise.
31:30It ended every time you pushed me away for them.
31:34An apology can't fix what you destroyed.
31:37My baby is gone.
31:40My parents are gone.
31:42My love and trust have completely run dry.
31:45I walk toward the door.
31:47Every step feels like walking on broken glass.
31:50Cameron,
31:52I don't love you anymore.
31:54I don't love you anymore.
32:01I don't love you anymore.
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