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Leaving Port, Scum Is Unworthy - She Vanished After His Betrayal ASM
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00:00for my husband three years later i found out i wasn't his i gave up everything to move to port
00:05victoria 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
00:35through 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
00:55to 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
01:37and sent over to her just stay in a hotel tonight i'll be working late anyway my mind went blank
01:42my husband
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 intimate
02:07it 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
03:09had forced myself to ignore came rushing back all those weekends when he claimed he had work at the
03:14university and was gone all day whenever i asked what could possibly be so important he always gave
03:19me the same answer even if i told you you wouldn't understand then i remembered the time he forgot an
03:25important file i took it to the apartment he kept near campus on the bathroom counter were two toothbrushes
03:31and stupidly i didn't think anything of it my mind drifted back to the day i first arrived in port
03:37victoria three years ago sean 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 oh i forgot to tell you zoe came
03:49too
03:53she's here all by herself things haven't been easy for her the whole ride his attention was already on
03:59another woman and i had actually been happy for him i really thought he had found the perfect
04:03assistant during those first few months in port victoria i couldn't find a job for the first time
04:09in my life i learned what rejection felt like eventually i swallowed my pride and asked sean for
04:14help doesn't the university have some kind of placement program for spouses could you look into it for me
04:22he 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 i had already decided to leave i went to book the
04:56earliest flight out of port victoria for good finally it was my turn i slid my passport across the counter
05:03i just wanted to leave but after a few taps on the keyboard the agent frowned i'm sorry but there
05:09seems to be a problem with your immigration status why she turned the screen toward me our system shows
05:16that you've overstayed your most recent extension application was denied at the moment you no
05:22longer have valid immigration status in port victoria i had been living in port victoria for
05:27three years legally i had no status there at all not as a wife not as anyone i was just
05:34a stranger
05:35i 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 legal
05:45trouble what exactly is going on mrs sterling let me ask you something when your husband filed on your
05:54behalf did he sponsor you as his spouse because the system shows that the approved spousal sponsor
05:59under your husband's file went to a woman named zoe wizamarkin he did file for you too but not as
06:05his
06:05spouse he filed you under a different category that category stopped accepting applications last year
06:12that's why your case has been stuck this whole time standing there on the sidewalk i suddenly wanted to
06:18laugh so 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
06:30one step away from leaving for good one step but there was still one final document he had to sign
06:36before
06:36my case could be cleared without it i still couldn't leave cleanly i went to his university to get his
06:44signature before i even reached his office i heard zoe's voice inside sean are you really giving me the
06:50arts foundation residency but i'm not qualified this should go to claire she actually trained for this
06:57i stopped cold outside the door the arts foundation residency the opportunity one had needed most
07:03and sean had never mentioned it to me then i heard him answer it's fine i already made the calls
07:10as for claire she has me she doesn't need it and even if you'd had the same chance you wouldn't
07:16have done any worse than claire i stood outside his office and almost laughed so everything i had
07:21sacrificed was just luck in his eyes and the career i had once been proud of was something he thought
07:26anyone could replace then the door opened zoe saw me and smiled claire visitors aren't allowed on this
07:32floor why don't you wait downstairs move i barely touched her before she stumbled backward
07:44are you hurt
07:48i'm fine i just lost my balance it's not claire's fault zoe was just doing her job why would you
07:55shove her i didn't explain i held out the notice this is from immigration i need your signature
08:03claire when did you become this unreasonable sign
08:08now or i go straight to the dean and ask why the spouse-sponsored placement in your faculty
08:13relocation package ended up with your assistant that's enough don't forget who's been supporting you
08:18without me you wouldn't even be able to stay here legally when he begged me to come he had said
08:23i'll
08:24take care of you now it had become i've been supporting you sign it now and you might still have
08:30a little
08:30dignity left escort my wife out she's not feeling well a second later two guards grabbed me i hadn't
08:40even spoken before someone covered my mouth we'll talk tonight stop acting like a child talk tonight
08:44there was nothing left to say at nine that night sean came home he pushed open the half-closed front
08:51door the lights were on so he assumed i was inside enough already i told you from the beginning
08:57zoe needed that spot more than you did then he pushed the bedroom door open and froze the room
09:03was empty everything of mine was gone ten minutes later two police officers were standing in front of
09:11sean asking questions mr sterling are you sure this was a burglary yes my wife's things are all gone
09:18when i got back the door 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 hadn't
09:31gotten around to adding her fingerprint yet you hadn't added her fingerprint then how was your wife
09:36supposed to get in sean opened his mouth but no words came out then he remembered over the past three
09:43years he had made claire wait again and again maybe she couldn't get in so she found someone to change
09:49the lock herself so your wife couldn't get into her own home and instead of calling you or waiting for
09:55you to come back she hired someone to replace the lock yes what is your wife's phone number it's been
10:06off the whole time when was the last time you saw her he thought about what he had done to
10:11claire that
10:12afternoon then he lied this afternoon she was still home this afternoon besides your wife's
10:21belongings was anything else valuable missing no just hers mr sterling this probably wasn't a
10:27burglary it looks like your wife changed the lock packed her things and left on her own that's
10:31impossible she wouldn't leave the doors and windows were intact nothing valuable was missing everything in
10:37the house was still there except claire's things and even then he still insisted my wife loves me
10:43she gave up everything for me there's no way she would leave on her own
10:48before leaving the officer asked one last question mr sterling did you and your wife have
10:54an argument this afternoon no we didn't argue the police left before they went they told him to
11:02contact claire's family and friends standing alone in the empty house he suddenly realized something
11:08in the past three years claire had not made a single friend here because he had always told her
11:14you have me that's enough
11:19he pulled out his phone and called claire's mother mom has claire contacted you today no
11:24why what happened nothing she lost her phone after he hung up he went through his contacts again
11:30and realized he didn't have the number of any of claire's friends that was when he remembered over
11:36the past three years claire had brought up going back more than once and every single time he had
11:40said don't bother it's too much trouble so in the end she really never went back he used to think
11:47she
11:47was simply going along with him only now did he understand she had known all along that he never wanted
11:53to go back with her
11:56he called her number again and again every time all he heard was the same cold message her phone was
12:03off
12:04he walked back into the bedroom and stood in front of the empty side of the closet for him
12:09she had given up everything and not once had she ever said she regretted it so he had taken it
12:14for granted
12:15that she had done it willingly
12:18just then his phone rang it was the police mr sterling we reviewed the building's exterior
12:25surveillance footage at around five this afternoon your wife was seen leaving with a suitcase there
12:30were no signs that she was being forced leaning against the closet he looked at their wedding photo
12:35on the wall his face stricken he thought back to the promises they had made three years ago
12:40then he buried his face in his hands in it i was in white and he was in a suit
12:44we were both smiling
12:46at the camera three years ago i had asked him we'll always stay together right of course and i had
12:55believed him for three whole years i had believed him then his phone rang again it was a purchase alert
13:02the card he had given zoe had just been used in central 103 000 for a designer handbag
13:11while sean was still reeling from the fact that i was gone he received a purchase alert from his
13:16assistant it was over a hundred thousand suddenly he remembered two days ago zoe had said she wanted
13:23a new bag he had agreed without even thinking the money he gave me every month was only two thousand
13:29dollars that had to cover everything i had never asked him for anything more the only time i had ever
13:35asked him for anything was when i needed his signature on that immigration form
13:42sean shot to his feet and called miss 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
13:54she wanted to know what documents 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 in
14:19from zoe sean the bag needs a cute outfit to match too right after that another charge notification popped
14:25up this one was over 20 000 he stared at the number his mind completely blank when had zoe started
14:31spending
14:31his money as if she had every right to it then he remembered it had started the moment the extra
14:36card
14:37that should have gone to me ended up in her hands for three years i had given up everything and
14:41all that
14:42time he had been busy giving all his care to his assistant sean soon found out that i had never
14:49left port victoria he immediately arranged a meeting with miss parker and asked urgently what is the
14:54fastest way to fix claire's status now mr sterling you have always known what the fastest way is a few
15:03years ago someone told me that during onboarding it was better to come in as single first then once
15:09everything was stable i could file the family paperwork later at the time i had no choice
15:16i only did it to keep the older people in the family calm wearied up that is nonsense who told
15:22you that my assistant she specifically asked around for me mr sterling i have worked in immigration
15:29for 15 years i have never heard of any rule like that when you joined the university you came in
15:35through an employment-based status route that permit has never required an applicant 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
15:56himself in research and handed all those details over to the assistant he trusted most immigration rules
16:01on boarding 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 had
16:14followed him all the way here all it would take was one marriage certificate so he agreed without thinking
16:24he said nothing just as he stood up in a daze his phone rang sean please come to the office
16:33of academic
16:33affairs as soon as possible there 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 affairs
16:46i was not there i only learned the details later there had been two documents on the table in front
16:52of him the first was a copy of the certificate for the marriage he had registered in port victoria with
16:56zoe 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 criminal
17:14offense 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
17:26university 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 for
17:58him to come home she fought for a place beside him i waited for him to remember i was there
18:03he never did
18:04sean 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
18:16waiting for him sean my work has been suspended too the residency program with the art foundation called
18:24they said my spot has been canceled when i first heard that part i felt nothing no triumph no relief
18:31he
18:32looked at her for the first time he really looked the coat the bag the lipstick all of it had
18:39been paid
18:39for 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 she pulled her handbag behind her back her eyes red and even more sean i've been with
19:04you for three years you were with me for three years she waited for me for three years zoe bit
19:11her
19:12lip and said nothing back then you kept claire and me from registering our marriage properly
19:17this was what you wanted wasn't it sean i just wanted to stay after that the legal battle turned
19:28ugly zoe refused to dissolve the spousal relationship she hired a lawyer and demanded compensation sean
19:34gave her nothing during those three years in port victoria she had already gotten plenty a respectable
19:39job residency status and the card he had handed over without a second thought what had i gotten nothing
19:48in court the two of them tore at each other until there was almost nothing left zoe was ordered to
19:53repay what she owed her reputation was ruined and she left sean did not fare much better he came back
20:00to
20:00my hometown several times to look for me but the people all told him the same thing i had never
20:05gone
20:05back he kept traveling back and forth day after day passed then month after month by the time i heard
20:13the rest his life had already been stripped 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
20:39the last time i had looked at him from the doorway of his office there were only a few steps
20:43left
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 she'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 you made me wait for three years
21:20he has
21:21never made me wait even three days at the time i had no money no connections and no way to
21:27leave
21:27port victoria i worked part-time jobs trying to save enough to pay the penalty first and buy a ticket
21:33out
21:34adrian could stand in a gallery for half an hour just to ask me how i read a painting what
21:38you could
21:38never give me he gave back to me one by one legal status respect and the chance to become myself
21:44again sean stood there and said nothing i looked at him for a few seconds i have things to do
21:50i'll be
21:51going now i 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 not
22:03say a word the meaning in his eyes was obvious enough don't come any closer sean stopped i did
22:09not look back again by the time i disappeared into the crowd he was still standing there the exhibition
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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