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00:00:00My name is John Morgan. On our 20th wedding anniversary, I found out the truth.

00:00:06My cold, conservative wife could be that wild in another man's bed.

00:00:1120 years ago, Eva suddenly fell seriously ill.

00:00:15She lay in that hospital bed, pale and trembling, begging me.

00:00:19John, find yourself a healthy woman. I'll only drag you down.

00:00:26I stayed by her side, through endless nights. Swore to love her in sickness and in health, till death.

00:00:33What Eva never knew was, I was never some broke nobody.

00:00:37I was the billionaire CEO of Nexus. I hid it to protect her feelings.

00:00:42For 20 years, I took care of Eva, and our two children.

00:00:46Every Christmas, I cooked a feast for them.

00:00:49I was basting the turkey, when my sister Mia called again, urging me to come back and be my billionaire.

00:00:55Go back?

00:00:56I looked at the family photo on the table, and smiled, taking care of Eva and the kids.

00:01:02That was the life I wanted.

00:01:04The company gala? Let Eva take that COO position, and have her start paving the way for my son Alex,

00:01:10too.

00:01:11I carried a fresh-baked apple pie toward the bedroom.

00:01:14Thought she's going to say my cooking got better.

00:01:17Like always, I started tidying up her room.

00:01:20Then a bag by the bed caught my eye.

00:01:22I opened it, a red lace nightgum.

00:01:26This has to be Eva's surprise for me.

00:01:28Ever since we had kids, we've slept apart.

00:01:31She's always been so reserved.

00:01:34I grinned to myself.

00:01:35Tonight, I'll show her, I've still got it.

00:01:38While I was thinking, the door opened.

00:01:41Eva's home.

00:01:42I took her bag, not like I always did.

00:01:44What have you got for me tonight?

00:01:46She shoved me off, looked at me like I'm filth.

00:01:49She tossed her hair back, and I caught the hickey on her neck.

00:01:53Don't touch me.

00:01:55Get your filthy hands off me.

00:01:56I froze.

00:01:57She changed and curled up on the couch, smiled at her phone in a way I haven't seen in years.

00:02:03I stood there, like an idiot.

00:02:06Go get me a blanket from the bedroom.

00:02:07I nodded without thinking.

00:02:09Taking care of her is just instinct now.

00:02:12Then, while I pulled a blanket from the closet, a box fell in front of me.

00:02:17A red nightgown, love letter, and a DB fell out from the box.

00:02:22I turned the DB on, and there she was, wearing that red nightgown, all over another man.

00:02:29The affection I never got from her is right there on the screen.

00:02:33It was thunderstruck.

00:02:35Every word in those letters played out right there on the video.

00:02:38So she wasn't cold.

00:02:40She just saved all that heat for someone else.

00:02:42I lost it.

00:02:43I grabbed the box and the DB and stormed out.

00:02:46I slammed the box down at her feet, and shoved the DB screen in her face.

00:02:52Her laughter echoed through the room.

00:02:54I looked at her panic, and said, slowly,

00:02:57You better explain who the hell this is.

00:03:00I stand there holding my face, looking into Eva's eyes.

00:03:05And at that moment, I finally understood.

00:03:08In this house, I matter less than a stranger.

00:03:11What gives you the right to tell Phil to leave?

00:03:13I clawed my way up on my own.

00:03:16I'm about to be COO, and I have Phil to thank for that.

00:03:19And you?

00:03:20Marrying you was the worst mistake I ever made.

00:03:23You useless piece of shit.

00:03:25Useless?

00:03:25If I hadn't been pulling strings behind the scenes,

00:03:28how would an ordinary sales manager ever make it to COO?

00:03:32Eva, 20 years ago you were dying.

00:03:35I fed you medicine one spoon at a time.

00:03:38Stayed at your bedside day and night.

00:03:40Did you forget what we promised each other?

00:03:42I even missed my mother's funeral for you.

00:03:45Did I ask you to do it?

00:03:48Every one of those choices was yours.

00:03:50And let's be honest, I've supported you for years.

00:03:53We're even.

00:03:54I gave up my billion dollar fortune for her.

00:03:57Even missed my mom's last moments.

00:03:59And she actually dares to say we're even.

00:04:02Eva, I'm sorry.

00:04:03This is all my fault.

00:04:05I never meant to cause trouble in your marriage.

00:04:07These are Christmas gifts for your whole family.

00:04:09And if your husband doesn't want me here,

00:04:12I promise I'll never come around again.

00:04:13Alex opens his box.

00:04:16A brand new car key.

00:04:18His eyes light up as he looks at Phil in awe.

00:04:21Amy opens hers.

00:04:22A designer handbag.

00:04:24She screams and hugs it to her chest.

00:04:27Eva opens the last gift.

00:04:29A Harry Winston necklace.

00:04:30She gasps, holding it like it's priceless.

00:04:34I stand there watching.

00:04:36Their eyes on the gifts.

00:04:38No one gives a damn about how I feel.

00:04:40Phil, this must have cost a fortune.

00:04:43I saw you looking at it in that shop window.

00:04:46Think of it as my congratulations for becoming COO.

00:04:49My wife lowers her head, blushing like a girl.

00:04:52Uncle Phil, you're still trying to win mom over, aren't you?

00:04:56Her first love just never quits, huh?

00:04:58Alex suddenly jabs Amy's arm hard.

00:05:01She stumbles, covers her mouth, and looks at me guilt.

00:05:04First love.

00:05:05I look at Amy panicking after letting it slip.

00:05:08And I realize they never saw me as one of them.

00:05:12Eva, I know I failed you once.

00:05:15As long as you're happy now, I'm willing to walk away.

00:05:19He turns for the door.

00:05:20And I watch my own children beg the man destroying my family to stay.

00:05:24Wait.

00:05:25He's not the one who should leave.

00:05:27He is.

00:05:28Dad, you can't give mom happiness.

00:05:31Uncle Phil can.

00:05:32Just leave.

00:05:34That man Phil just walked into my home.

00:05:37His shoes click across the floor.

00:05:39I clean myself, wearing that perfect smile, like some honored guest.

00:05:44Eva sees him, and her eyes light up.

00:05:46She practically throws herself at him.

00:05:49Alex and Amy look up at the same time, faces lighting up.

00:05:54Uncle Phil!

00:05:55The three of them gather around him, and I'm standing in the middle of my own living, like

00:06:00I'm invisible.

00:06:03So you're the famous Phil.

00:06:05Uh, yeah.

00:06:06Nice to meet you.

00:06:08I'm Phil, finance manager at Nexus Capital, and Eva's best friend.

00:06:14Best friend?

00:06:15Eva betrayed me for this piece of trash.

00:06:17I lunge at him and grab his collar.

00:06:20Then I hear Eva scream.

00:06:22Stop!

00:06:23She rushes in between us, and shoves me to the floor.

00:06:27She turns, touches Phil's arm.

00:06:29Are you alright?

00:06:30Looks up at him with worry all over her face.

00:06:33Then she looks at me, cold.

00:06:35Listen, I hid those things because I knew you'd lose your mind.

00:06:39I knew Phil before I even met you.

00:06:41And if something was going to happen between us, it would have happened long ago.

00:06:45Why wait till now?

00:06:47Dad, are you serious?

00:06:48You and Mom have been married for decades.

00:06:50Where's the basic trust?

00:06:52Dad, stop embarrassing yourself.

00:06:54Uncle Phil helped me get where I am.

00:06:56I'm so angry, I can barely breathe.

00:06:59My hand clamps over my chest.

00:07:01Even I really are just friends.

00:07:03I only wanted to make her happy.

00:07:04If any of us cross the line, I'll stay out of your business.

00:07:08He looks at Eva and smiles.

00:07:10Polite and elegant.

00:07:12Somehow, it made me look like a clown.

00:07:15Get out of my house!

00:07:16I swang my fist with everything I've got.

00:07:18At that fake, lying face.

00:07:21Then, a slap cracks across my left cheek.

00:07:24My head jerks sideways.

00:07:26My ears rang.

00:07:28The wife I spent 20 years caring for

00:07:30slapped me for another man.

00:07:34After they threw me out,

00:07:35I had nowhere to go.

00:07:37So I went to my sister Mia's.

00:07:39She looks at me.

00:07:40Blood all over.

00:07:41And she knew everything.

00:07:43Her hand slams down on the table.

00:07:45Eva has what she has because of you?

00:07:47Alex got his job because of you!

00:07:49You gave them everything

00:07:51and this is what you get back?

00:07:53A bunch of ungrateful leeches!

00:07:55Mia's right.

00:07:56Eva became sales manager

00:07:58because I had a headhunter recruit her.

00:08:01Alex got his interview

00:08:03because I made it happen.

00:08:04I gave them everything

00:08:05and got this in return.

00:08:08Mia's eyes reddens.

00:08:09She hands me an old pocket watch.

00:08:12My hands shake as I open it.

00:08:15Mom left this for you.

00:08:16If she were alive,

00:08:17she'd never want to see you treated like this.

00:08:19Eva doesn't deserve you.

00:08:21It's me and my mother in that photo.

00:08:23And I remembered the hospital.

00:08:25It was when I missed seeing my mother

00:08:27one last time

00:08:28because I stayed with Eva.

00:08:30The biggest regret of my life.

00:08:32My mother was dying

00:08:33and I didn't even know it.

00:08:35When she called me,

00:08:36I was tending to Eva.

00:08:38Mom was already fading.

00:08:39Her voice was weak

00:08:40and I was too blind to hear it.

00:08:42Mom.

00:08:43John.

00:08:44What's wrong?

00:08:45Nothing, baby.

00:08:46Just wanted to hear your voice.

00:08:48Then Eva coughed a few times

00:08:50and I rushed my mother off the phone.

00:08:53Mom, something's come up here.

00:08:54I'll call you later.

00:08:55The call ended.

00:08:56I hurried to Eva's bedside

00:08:57asking if she was hurting,

00:08:59if she needed a doctor.

00:09:01Later I learned

00:09:02that was the last time

00:09:03I ever spoke to my mother.

00:09:04I stare at the watch,

00:09:06tears falling.

00:09:07Mom, I failed you,

00:09:09but not anymore.

00:09:11Never again.

00:09:12I'm divorcing Eva

00:09:13and I'm taking back

00:09:14everything that's mine.

00:09:16Mia, I need a favor.

00:09:18Mia looks at me.

00:09:19I still read

00:09:21and gives one hard nod.

00:09:23And just as I make up my mind

00:09:25to take everything back,

00:09:27something else is happening

00:09:28in that house.

00:09:29The kitchen sink is clogged.

00:09:31Phil has been wrestling

00:09:32with it forever.

00:09:33Clearly, he's not handy.

00:09:36It's Christmas.

00:09:37There's no plumber coming today.

00:09:39Dad used to fix stuff like this.

00:09:41I'll give John this.

00:09:43He was always better

00:09:44at fixing things than I am.

00:09:45Fixing pipes is about

00:09:47all he was good for.

00:09:48Don't compare that loser

00:09:49to you.

00:09:50Then the pipe burst.

00:09:52All four of them

00:09:53scream at once in chaos.

00:09:55Water went everywhere.

00:09:56Then Phil's phone rings.

00:09:58He gets word

00:09:59that I met with Mia

00:10:00and his face changes.

00:10:02My uncle's high up at Nexus.

00:10:04He said he saw John

00:10:05with the COO.

00:10:06What if John told her everything?

00:10:07If the COO believes his lies,

00:10:09all the years I put into this

00:10:11go up in smoke!

00:10:13I gave up everything for them.

00:10:16And now,

00:10:17for what Phil can give them,

00:10:18they're ready to kick me

00:10:19to the curb.

00:10:20You brought this on yourself!

00:10:22Uncle Phil already got me

00:10:24into Nexus Capital.

00:10:25What could you ever give me?

00:10:28Uncle Phil hands me 50 grand

00:10:29for pocket money

00:10:30like it's nothing.

00:10:31Aren't you embarrassed?

00:10:32If you really love Mom,

00:10:34let her go.

00:10:34I look at these two children

00:10:36standing before me

00:10:38like strangers.

00:10:39Are these really the same kids

00:10:41who once said,

00:10:43Dad,

00:10:43I'll take care of you.

00:10:45Six years ago,

00:10:46in the summer,

00:10:47I was wearing that

00:10:48faded blue apron,

00:10:49flower still on my hands.

00:10:51Alex and Amy ran in

00:10:53waving their Harvard

00:10:54acceptance letters

00:10:55and throw themselves

00:10:56into my arms.

00:10:58I'm so proud of you.

00:10:59I looked down at those letters.

00:11:01Tears of joy were in my eyes.

00:11:03I guessed they forgot

00:11:04those words a long time ago.

00:11:07I sacrificed everything for you.

00:11:09And this is how you treat me?

00:11:10Fine.

00:11:11I'll go.

00:11:12I was ready to walk away

00:11:14for good.

00:11:14But Phil wasn't done with me.

00:11:16No, John.

00:11:17I'm the one who should leave.

00:11:19He grabbed my arm,

00:11:20then suddenly threw himself

00:11:22backward like I shoved him.

00:11:23His body slammed

00:11:25into the entry cabinet

00:11:26with a thud.

00:11:26Then he slid down

00:11:27to the floor,

00:11:28grimacing.

00:11:29John!

00:11:30What are you doing?

00:11:31What pathetic acting

00:11:33and my wife and children

00:11:34by every second of it.

00:11:36Eva got up

00:11:37and slapped me hard.

00:11:39I fell backward

00:11:39into the coffee table.

00:11:41A picture frame

00:11:42crashed to the floor.

00:11:44My palm drove

00:11:44into the broken glass

00:11:46and blood seeped

00:11:47from the base of my palm

00:11:49onto the photo.

00:11:50Our family portrait

00:11:51lay in the wreckage.

00:11:53A crack in the glass

00:11:54cut right between me

00:11:56and Eva,

00:11:57splitting our smiles

00:11:58in two.

00:11:59John,

00:11:59what the hell

00:12:00are you doing?

00:12:01Today you hit Uncle Phil,

00:12:03tomorrow you'll hit Mom.

00:12:05Mom,

00:12:06divorce him!

00:12:07Now!

00:12:11I didn't touch him.

00:12:12Shut up!

00:12:13John,

00:12:14you're gonna kill us all.

00:12:15Throw him out!

00:12:16The door opens.

00:12:18The three of them

00:12:18grab me

00:12:19and throw me out.

00:12:20Get out of our house!

00:12:21You don't belong here!

00:12:22You're not my father anymore.

00:12:24Not ever again.

00:12:25I'm divorcing you.

00:12:26Then I see Phil

00:12:28standing behind

00:12:29the three of them

00:12:30smiling,

00:12:31satisfied.

00:12:32The door starts to close.

00:12:34The warm light

00:12:35disappears.

00:12:36And on my face,

00:12:37I can't tell

00:12:38if it's melted snow

00:12:39or my tears.

00:12:41Fireworks suddenly

00:12:42burst overhead

00:12:43all over the street.

00:12:45People laughing

00:12:46and wishing each other

00:12:47Merry Christmas.

00:12:48Every family

00:12:49was celebrating Christmas.

00:12:50And on Christmas,

00:12:52I lost my family.

00:12:54While those idiots

00:12:56were panicking,

00:12:57Mia and I

00:12:57were sitting in a coffee shop,

00:12:59drinking coffee

00:12:59like nothing was wrong.

00:13:01John,

00:13:02you sure you wanna do this

00:13:03at the company gala?

00:13:04Mia asks

00:13:05if I'm sure.

00:13:06I was the one

00:13:07who put her where she is.

00:13:09Now I'm only taking back

00:13:10what I once gave.

00:13:11Mia's foam

00:13:12suddenly buzzes.

00:13:13Call her

00:13:14ID Phil.

00:13:15We look at each other

00:13:16and smirk.

00:13:16She puts him on the speaker.

00:13:18Hello Director Morgan,

00:13:19this is Phil.

00:13:20I just wanted to remind you

00:13:21about Eva's promotion

00:13:22to COO.

00:13:23Please don't let rumors

00:13:24affect your judgment.

00:13:26Eva is extremely capable.

00:13:28She's fully qualified

00:13:29for the job.

00:13:30That self-important idiot

00:13:31thinks being finance manager

00:13:33gives him enough pull

00:13:34to put in a good word

00:13:36for Abba.

00:13:36He has no idea.

00:13:38The COO he's trying

00:13:39to flatter

00:13:40is the blood sister

00:13:41of the loser

00:13:42he looks down on.

00:13:44Enough.

00:13:45How I make my decisions

00:13:46is none of your concern.

00:13:48Tell Eva to be ready

00:13:49for the gala.

00:13:50I've got quite a surprise

00:13:51for her.

00:13:52The second she hands up

00:13:53I can picture Eva

00:13:54and Phil

00:13:55already acting

00:13:56like they've made it.

00:13:57Still dreaming

00:13:58they're about to hit

00:13:59the big time.

00:14:00The night of the gala

00:14:01the four of them

00:14:02showed up

00:14:03in fancy clothes.

00:14:04Eva is ready

00:14:05for what she thinks

00:14:06will be the proudest

00:14:07moment of her life.

00:14:08Co-workers

00:14:09crowd around her

00:14:10with congratulations.

00:14:12Eva,

00:14:12heard they're announcing

00:14:13your promotion

00:14:14to COO tonight.

00:14:15Congratulations.

00:14:16Eva,

00:14:17looks like you're

00:14:18about to be our boss.

00:14:20Don't forget us

00:14:21when you make it

00:14:22to the top.

00:14:23Of course.

00:14:24Uncle Phil

00:14:25and my mom

00:14:26are basically

00:14:26a match made in heaven.

00:14:28No kidding.

00:14:29That loser

00:14:30my mom used

00:14:31to be married to

00:14:31he wouldn't make it

00:14:32through the front door

00:14:33here.

00:14:34They're right.

00:14:35A loser

00:14:35couldn't get in here

00:14:36because the man

00:14:38walking through

00:14:39those doors tonight

00:14:40is the true owner

00:14:41of this empire.

00:14:43Dozens of men

00:14:44in black

00:14:44stand beside the cars

00:14:46with Mia

00:14:46waiting for me.

00:14:48My brother

00:14:48will be out

00:14:49any second.

00:14:50Everyone

00:14:50be ready.

00:14:52Yes ma'am.

00:14:53I step out

00:14:54the front door

00:14:55one step at a time

00:14:56under security escort.

00:14:59I slid into

00:14:59the back seat

00:15:00of a Maybach.

00:15:01The motorcade

00:15:02starts moving

00:15:03rolling into the city.

00:15:0420 years

00:15:05I gave up

00:15:07everything

00:15:07for that ridiculous

00:15:08thing called love.

00:15:10I made myself

00:15:12their servant

00:15:12and all my sacrifice

00:15:14bought me

00:15:15was contempt.

00:15:16Now

00:15:16the game is over.

00:15:19In the ballroom

00:15:21Eva

00:15:21is still soaking

00:15:22up the praise.

00:15:23Heard the CEO

00:15:24is back

00:15:25and he's personally

00:15:26handing out

00:15:26the promotion letters

00:15:27to everyone

00:15:28getting promoted.

00:15:29Wow

00:15:30that's the highest

00:15:31honor there is.

00:15:32He's not just

00:15:33our chairman

00:15:33he's the richest

00:15:34man in the country.

00:15:36If I were the

00:15:36CEO's son

00:15:37I'd never have to

00:15:39work a day

00:15:39in my life.

00:15:40If I could get

00:15:41the CEO

00:15:41to be my wedding

00:15:42witness

00:15:42I'd brag about it

00:15:44forever.

00:15:44What they don't know

00:15:45the CEO

00:15:46they're talking

00:15:47about

00:15:47is me.

00:15:50Eva

00:15:50when the CEO

00:15:52hands you that promotion

00:15:53make sure you mention

00:15:54my name.

00:15:56Don't worry

00:15:57I will.

00:15:59A bodyguard

00:16:00opens my car door

00:16:01Mia stands

00:16:02beside me

00:16:03hundreds of

00:16:04executives

00:16:04and staff

00:16:05line up

00:16:06on both sides

00:16:07of the entrance

00:16:07vowing at me.

00:16:09Good evening

00:16:10Mr. Morgan

00:16:11Mr. Morgan

00:16:12a title

00:16:13of power

00:16:14and wealth

00:16:14I haven't heard

00:16:15it in 20 years

00:16:17Eva

00:16:18are you ready

00:16:18for the biggest

00:16:19surprise of your life?

00:16:21John's never seen

00:16:22anything like this

00:16:22you should have

00:16:24brought that loser

00:16:24to open his eyes

00:16:25a guy like him

00:16:26wouldn't know

00:16:26what to do

00:16:27with opportunity

00:16:27if it hit him

00:16:28in the face

00:16:29he deserves

00:16:30nothing

00:16:31exactly

00:16:31not everyone

00:16:32can get in here

00:16:33that old loser

00:16:34doesn't belong

00:16:35anywhere near

00:16:36the spotlight

00:16:37the CEO

00:16:38is here

00:16:39the doors

00:16:40swing open

00:16:41a spotlight

00:16:42hits me

00:16:43and I look

00:16:43at those four clowns

00:16:45the same people

00:16:46trashing me

00:16:46one second ago

00:16:47now frozen

00:16:48where they stand

00:16:49I am John Morgan

00:16:51CEO of Nexus Capital

00:16:53and I'm back

00:16:54their judgment

00:16:55is over

00:16:55mine has just begun

00:16:58I stride

00:17:00into the ballroom

00:17:00first time

00:17:01in 20 years

00:17:02I'm out in public

00:17:04wearing a custom suit

00:17:06look at that suit

00:17:08that's QTor

00:17:09you can't just buy that

00:17:10and those cufflinks

00:17:11wait

00:17:12no way

00:17:13that's the billionaire

00:17:14CEO everyone's

00:17:15been talking about

00:17:16I hear the whispers

00:17:17Eva's in the crowd

00:17:19just staring at me

00:17:20frozen

00:17:21my dad

00:17:22is that billionaire

00:17:23CEO

00:17:24oh please

00:17:25no way

00:17:27John's a broke

00:17:28nobody living off me

00:17:29I was married to him

00:17:30for years

00:17:31I know exactly

00:17:32what he is

00:17:32she dregs Alex

00:17:34and Amy with her

00:17:35and storms over

00:17:36John

00:17:36who the hell

00:17:38let you in

00:17:39you think

00:17:40dressing up fancy

00:17:41is gonna make me

00:17:42believe you

00:17:42in your dreams

00:17:44who said I came

00:17:45for you

00:17:45I'm here for the gala

00:17:47they laugh

00:17:48in my face

00:17:49not a second

00:17:50of doubt

00:17:51to them

00:17:51I'm still just trash

00:17:53you think a suit

00:17:54makes you CEO

00:17:55get real

00:17:56this isn't your world

00:17:58you don't belong here

00:17:59stop embarrassing yourself

00:18:02out of pity

00:18:03for whatever family

00:18:05we have left

00:18:06here's a tip

00:18:0810 minutes

00:18:09the COO and CEO

00:18:11are about to present

00:18:12the appointment certificate

00:18:13to my mom

00:18:14I let out a cold laugh

00:18:15we'll see who's presenting

00:18:17the certificate to who

00:18:19Eva pulls out a stack

00:18:20of papers

00:18:21and slams them

00:18:22against my chest

00:18:23divorce papers

00:18:24sign them

00:18:26then get the hell out

00:18:28once I'm COO

00:18:30you're nothing to me

00:18:31you're not even fit

00:18:32to shine my shoes

00:18:33I flip through it

00:18:35line by line

00:18:36even the asset

00:18:37splits done

00:18:38I walk away

00:18:39with nothing

00:18:40she cheated first

00:18:41and she makes it

00:18:42look like somehow

00:18:43she's the victim

00:18:44you haven't made a dime

00:18:46all these years

00:18:47you've been living off me

00:18:48they still don't get it

00:18:50everything they have

00:18:52I gave them

00:18:53without me

00:18:54they're nothing

00:18:55I look at them

00:18:56and smile

00:18:57my heart and bitter

00:18:58fine

00:18:58if that's what they want

00:19:00I pull a pen

00:19:01from my suit

00:19:02about to sign

00:19:03when Alex suddenly

00:19:04stops me

00:19:05wait

00:19:07Alex suddenly cuts in

00:19:08for a second

00:19:09I thought he had

00:19:10finally come to his senses

00:19:11but I'm wrong

00:19:13he frowns

00:19:14looking at me

00:19:14like I'm garbage

00:19:15then shoves another

00:19:16document right into my face

00:19:18go ahead

00:19:19sign this too

00:19:20I'm done with you

00:19:22my sister and I

00:19:23own a loser like you

00:19:24for a dad

00:19:24sign it

00:19:25and we're done

00:19:26I take it

00:19:27and look down

00:19:28agreement to end

00:19:30father-son relationship

00:19:32my fingers start to shake

00:19:33Alex Morgan

00:19:34John Morgan

00:19:36my own son

00:19:37cutting me off

00:19:38from now on

00:19:39we take Phil's name

00:19:40I'm Alex Fry

00:19:41my sister's Amy Fry

00:19:44sign it

00:19:45now

00:19:46from today on

00:19:48I'm Amy Fry

00:19:49sounds way better

00:19:51than Amy Morgan

00:19:52Eva stands there

00:19:53arms crossed

00:19:54smirking

00:19:55the three of them

00:19:56together

00:19:57like a real family

00:19:59I stare at the paper

00:20:01eyes stinging

00:20:0220 years

00:20:03everything I gave them

00:20:05and this is what I get

00:20:06Alex

00:20:07Amy

00:20:08that's a bit much

00:20:10you really are gonna

00:20:11humiliate your own

00:20:12father like this

00:20:13John you've been

00:20:14a pretty lousy father

00:20:15just look

00:20:17your own kids

00:20:17don't even want you

00:20:18everything I gave

00:20:19all these years

00:20:21this is what it comes

00:20:22down to

00:20:22I raise them myself

00:20:23and turn them

00:20:24into monsters

00:20:25Eva watches coldly

00:20:27arms folded

00:20:28waiting for me to sign

00:20:29so she can toss me

00:20:31out like trash

00:20:31my pen hits the paper

00:20:34stroke by stroke

00:20:35I sign my name

00:20:36I fling the sign

00:20:38papers at Alex

00:20:39they scatter across

00:20:40the floor

00:20:40as he scrambles

00:20:41to pick them up

00:20:42Eva

00:20:44Amy

00:20:44Alex

00:20:45you just killed

00:20:47whatever love

00:20:48I had left

00:20:48for you

00:20:49my mom's about

00:20:50to be COO

00:20:52without her

00:20:53you won't even

00:20:54be able to feed

00:20:55yourself

00:20:55congrats mom

00:20:56looks like you

00:20:57and uncle phil

00:20:57are finally getting

00:20:58their happy ending

00:20:59mom

00:20:59once you're COO

00:21:01I basically run

00:21:02this place

00:21:02I wipe the tears

00:21:04from my eyes

00:21:05and look up at them

00:21:06their faces

00:21:07are full of hope

00:21:08for the future

00:21:09how nice

00:21:10too bad

00:21:10it's about to end

00:21:12and what makes you

00:21:13think that's a promotion

00:21:14and not a termination

00:21:16I look at Eva

00:21:17still so full of herself

00:21:19she really thinks

00:21:21she's won

00:21:21she really thinks

00:21:23that COO

00:21:24seat

00:21:24is hers

00:21:29and what makes you

00:21:30think that's a promotion

00:21:33and not a termination

00:21:35I hold Eva's promotion letter

00:21:37and tell Mia

00:21:38I'm pulling her promotion

00:21:40Eva and Alex are out

00:21:41and I'll make sure

00:21:42no one in this industry

00:21:43ever hires them again

00:21:45I put her there

00:21:46I can drag her down myself

00:21:48I flick my lighter open

00:21:50the flame catches the edge

00:21:52of the paper

00:21:53I watch it burn to ash

00:21:54the ashes drift beside my coffee

00:21:57my face stays cold

00:21:5920 years

00:22:00it ends now

00:22:01I look at them

00:22:02ice cold

00:22:03a bunch of clowns

00:22:04and they have no idea

00:22:05what's coming

00:22:08fired?

00:22:09do you even know

00:22:10what this event is?

00:22:11it's to celebrate

00:22:13my mom's promotion

00:22:14fired

00:22:15yeah right

00:22:18John

00:22:19after the divorce

00:22:20I hope you can at least

00:22:21take care of yourself

00:22:22living off others

00:22:24that's just pathetic

00:22:25living off others

00:22:27pathetic

00:22:27and she says that

00:22:28with a straight face

00:22:29every meal she's eaten

00:22:31every outfit she's worn

00:22:33every promotion she's had

00:22:34none of it happened

00:22:36without me

00:22:36I shove past

00:22:37Bill and Eva

00:22:38and walk forward

00:22:39steady

00:22:43Jesus

00:22:44John's gone crazy

00:22:46hey

00:22:46that's the CEO's chair

00:22:48I stop in front of the chair

00:22:50and stare everyone down

00:22:51that chair was mine

00:22:5320 years ago

00:22:54I'm just taking my seat back

00:22:56Eva

00:22:56he's your ex-husband

00:22:57if he pulls something

00:22:59and pisses off the higher ups

00:23:01your promotion's done

00:23:02he's trying to ruin you

00:23:04I don't hesitate

00:23:05I sit in the CEO's chair

00:23:07Eva rushes up

00:23:08and shoves me down

00:23:09the chair crashes to the floor

00:23:11with a dull thud

00:23:14John what the hell

00:23:15are you doing

00:23:16I told you

00:23:18I'm here for the gala

00:23:19oh please

00:23:21still lying

00:23:22some nobody sneaks in

00:23:24without an invite

00:23:25just to make a scene

00:23:26get out

00:23:27now

00:23:28she raises her hand

00:23:30to hit me

00:23:31the same hand

00:23:32that slapped me twice before

00:23:34not this time

00:23:35I catch her wrist

00:23:36Eva

00:23:37the moment the door

00:23:38bursts open

00:23:39me lying

00:23:40me lying in a pool

00:23:40of blood

00:23:41her eyes turn red

00:23:42instantly

00:23:43we were married

00:23:45I put up with you

00:23:46because I loved you

00:23:47that's over now

00:23:48we're divorced now

00:23:51you touch me again

00:23:54try it

00:23:55I shove her hand off

00:23:57Eva stumbles back

00:23:58and Phil catches her

00:23:59without thinking

00:24:00nice teamwork

00:24:03John

00:24:03do you even know

00:24:05what that chair is

00:24:06that's the CEO's seat

00:24:07you're going to get us

00:24:09all screwed

00:24:12that seat is always mine

00:24:13I pick up the chair

00:24:15Eva knocked over

00:24:16and set it back in place

00:24:17what's the problem

00:24:19with me sitting here

00:24:19this was my seat

00:24:20to begin with

00:24:21I sit down

00:24:22in the CEO's chair

00:24:2320 years

00:24:24and it finally

00:24:25has its owner back

00:24:35Eva tries to rush me

00:24:36but Phil holds her back

00:24:38what's he afraid of

00:24:39her getting hit again

00:24:40or things getting

00:24:41out of hand

00:24:42listen

00:24:43the billionaire CEO

00:24:44and the COO

00:24:45are about to show up

00:24:46you want to die

00:24:47don't drag us down

00:24:48with you

00:24:48Alex shoves me

00:24:49but I don't move an inch

00:24:50I just sit there

00:24:51while they keep screaming

00:24:53John

00:24:53you're going to cost

00:24:55Eva everything

00:24:57mom

00:24:57if he keeps this up

00:25:00I'm screwed

00:25:03get up

00:25:04if you ruin my promotion

00:25:07I swear

00:25:08I won't let this go

00:25:09bother responding

00:25:11then

00:25:12the ballroom doors

00:25:13burst open

00:25:14as security

00:25:15steps aside

00:25:16as a man in his 50s

00:25:17storms in

00:25:18full of authority

00:25:19I know him

00:25:20Gilbert Newman

00:25:21Phil's uncle

00:25:22one of the top guys

00:25:24at Nexus

00:25:24everyone turns

00:25:25Phil's eyes light up

00:25:27relief washes over

00:25:28his face

00:25:29he thinks his savior

00:25:30just walked in

00:25:31his grin stretches

00:25:32ear to ear

00:25:33as he rushes over

00:25:34what's all this noise

00:25:36the CEO and COO

00:25:38will be here any minute

00:25:39uncle

00:25:40Gilbert

00:25:40perfect timing

00:25:41that idiot's sitting

00:25:42in the CEO's chair

00:25:43he's basically

00:25:44challenging the CEO

00:25:45you've got to teach him

00:25:46a lesson

00:25:53what

00:25:55challenging the CEO

00:25:56where'd this clown

00:25:58come from

00:25:59I'll make him

00:26:00pay for this

00:26:04Gilbert stops

00:26:05right in front of me

00:26:06eyes wide

00:26:07I just sit there

00:26:08smirking

00:26:08Mr. Newman

00:26:11if I were you

00:26:11I'd think very carefully

00:26:13before making your next move

00:26:14Gilbert meets my eyes

00:26:15for a second

00:26:16I see hesitation

00:26:17a nobody like him

00:26:19has never met

00:26:20the real CEO

00:26:21he doesn't know

00:26:22what to make of me

00:26:23Uncle Gilbert

00:26:24don't let him bluff you

00:26:25he's just

00:26:26Eva's deadbeat

00:26:27ex-husband

00:26:28he came here

00:26:29to sabotage her promotion

00:26:30Dodd Phil grins

00:26:32fawning like a dog

00:26:33begging for scraps

00:26:34Mr. Newman

00:26:35please get him out of here

00:26:36don't let my family mess

00:26:38ruin the gala

00:26:38got it

00:26:39leave it to me

00:26:40drag this old fool out

00:26:42the security guards

00:26:43close in

00:26:44smirking

00:26:45I frown

00:26:45not out of fear

00:26:46out of rage

00:26:47dot 20 years

00:26:48and now even some nobody

00:26:50who came in after me

00:26:51thinks he can walk

00:26:52all over me

00:26:53I thought one look at me

00:26:54would make him panic

00:26:55and start apologizing

00:26:57instead

00:26:57he doesn't even recognize me

00:26:59you've got some nerve

00:27:00sitting in the CEO's chair

00:27:02get the hell up right now

00:27:03while I'm being nice

00:27:04unless you want trouble

00:27:06John

00:27:06cut the act

00:27:07Mr. Newman's a company veteran

00:27:09I almost forgot this

00:27:10nobody joined after I left the company

00:27:14he's been with the company longer than I have

00:27:17who the hell are you

00:27:18you really think

00:27:19Mr. Newman would even look twice at you

00:27:22you pathetic old loser

00:27:24stop running your mouth

00:27:25you're only making yourself look worse

00:27:27just get out

00:27:28Mr. Newman

00:27:29that's my useless father

00:27:31he lives in his own fantasy

00:27:32and actually thinks

00:27:33he's the CEO

00:27:34who vanished 20 years ago

00:27:36the guards circle around me

00:27:38but I don't back down

00:27:39my calm is starting to rattle them

00:27:41want to know if I'm really the CEO

00:27:42call your CON Mia Morgan

00:27:44she can clear it up right now

00:27:46who the hell are you

00:27:47to order me to call the COO

00:27:48she already said tonight

00:27:50is the CEO's homecoming party

00:27:53you better get out now

00:27:55or I'll beat your ass first

00:27:57and throw you out myself

00:27:59John

00:28:00stop clinging to my mom

00:28:01like some parasite

00:28:03you're after her money

00:28:04and you just won't go away

00:28:05we signed the divorce papers

00:28:07let's just end this

00:28:08and move on

00:28:08stop bothering me

00:28:09okay

00:28:10bothering her

00:28:10I let out a cold laugh

00:28:12just looking at her

00:28:13makes me sick

00:28:14this company

00:28:15is mine

00:28:16they're the ones

00:28:16who should be thrown out

00:28:17security

00:28:18get him out of here

00:28:19the guards rush me

00:28:21and drag me out of the chair

00:28:22I fight back

00:28:23but there are too many of them

00:28:25in this struggle

00:28:26a pocket watch

00:28:27slips from my suit

00:28:28and hits the floor

00:28:29my mother's pocket watch

00:28:31the last thing she left me

00:28:33I lunge for it

00:28:34but Eva gets there first

00:28:35I yell at her

00:28:36to give it back

00:28:37but Eva looks at the watch

00:28:39and lets out a mocking laugh

00:28:40so this is the watch

00:28:42your old hag of a mother left you?

00:28:44disgusting

00:28:45she crouches

00:28:46and dangles it

00:28:47in front of me

00:28:47like teasing a dog dot

00:28:49two guards pin my arms down

00:28:51while I struggle to reach it

00:28:53but Eva pulls it back

00:28:54laughing like a maniac

00:28:56I'm shaking with rage

00:28:57I didn't even make it

00:28:59to see my mother

00:29:00before she died

00:29:00and now the last thing

00:29:02she left me

00:29:02is being ruined

00:29:03by this woman

00:29:04where'd all that backbone go?

00:29:06want it back?

00:29:06fine

00:29:07Neil

00:29:08slap yourself a hundred times

00:29:10admit you were wrong

00:29:11and maybe I'll give it back

00:29:13she sneers

00:29:14there's nothing in her eyes

00:29:16but cruelty

00:29:16Neil

00:29:17slapped myself

00:29:18what does she think I am?

00:29:20but the watch keeps swinging

00:29:21in her hand

00:29:22it's the last thing

00:29:23my mother left me

00:29:24Phil smirks

00:29:25Alex stands with his hands

00:29:27in his pockets

00:29:28Amy throws me a look of contempt

00:29:30no one says a word for me

00:29:31they're all enjoying the show

00:29:33slowly

00:29:33I sink to my knees

00:29:35both knees

00:29:36slam against the marble floor

00:29:38pain shoots through me

00:29:40John after all these years

00:29:42you haven't changed a bit

00:29:43still so quick to kneel

00:29:45pathetic

00:29:45like some dog

00:29:47begging for scraps

00:29:49I beg her to give me the watch back

00:29:51she has no intention

00:29:53of letting me have it

00:29:54she throws the watch

00:29:55I scream in despair

00:29:57it spins through the air

00:29:58like a Madeira

00:29:59and shatters in two

00:30:00I threw myself

00:30:01toward the broken pocket watch

00:30:03my shaking hands

00:30:04clutch the two halves

00:30:05one side the photo

00:30:07one side the dial

00:30:08I try like a madman

00:30:09to piece it back together

00:30:10it won't go back together

00:30:12broken

00:30:12like my heart

00:30:13Phil picks up a bottle

00:30:14and walks toward me

00:30:15the bottle explodes over my head

00:30:17glass flies

00:30:18blood pours down my face

00:30:20a ringing fills my ears

00:30:22like a funeral bell

00:30:23before blacking out

00:30:24I see Phil grinning

00:30:26Ava

00:30:26Alex

00:30:27Amy

00:30:27just standing there

00:30:28cold

00:30:29like they're watching

00:30:30someone else's tragedy

00:30:31I close my eyes

00:30:32mom

00:30:33I'm coming to find you

00:30:34the doors slam open

00:30:35Mia storms in

00:30:37furious

00:30:37she swings the pocket watch

00:30:39in front of me

00:30:40leaning in

00:30:41daring me with her eyes

00:30:43she loves having me

00:30:44under her heel

00:30:45what

00:30:45you won't do it

00:30:47then I'll throw it away

00:30:48every time I see

00:30:50that old hag

00:30:51she makes my blood boil

00:30:52she raises her arm

00:30:54to throw the watch

00:30:55the last thing

00:30:56my mother left me

00:30:57I was young then

00:30:58my mother was still alive

00:31:00I stood close beside her

00:31:01posing for the camera

00:31:02the shutter caught our smiles

00:31:04I opened the old watch

00:31:06inside is the photo

00:31:08we just took

00:31:08when I'm not with you

00:31:10keep this watch

00:31:11close to your heart

00:31:12think of it as your mother

00:31:14staying beside you

00:31:15mom

00:31:15I'm sorry

00:31:16I couldn't protect

00:31:17what you left me

00:31:18fine

00:31:21I'll kneel

00:31:22the moment the door

00:31:23bursts open

00:31:24Mia sees me lying

00:31:25in a pool of blood

00:31:26her eyes turn red

00:31:27instantly

00:31:28a crowd gathers around

00:31:30whispering among themselves

00:31:31dot Mia helps me up

00:31:32her fingers trembling violently

00:31:34you're my only brother

00:31:37I will never let anyone hurt you

00:31:39what?

00:31:40her brother

00:31:40brother?

00:31:42since when did she have a brother?

00:31:44Mia gently brushes my forehead

00:31:45her eyes fill with pain

00:31:47are you alright?

00:31:48someone call a doctor

00:31:49doctor now

00:31:50help him

00:31:51the doctors rush over

00:31:53and help me

00:31:54into a nearby chair

00:31:55Mia clench her fists

00:31:57stands up

00:31:58and stares fiercely

00:31:59at everyone

00:32:00who did this?

00:32:02Miss Morgan

00:32:03we were wrong to hit him

00:32:05but he started it

00:32:05he impersonated the CEO

00:32:07crashed the annual gala

00:32:08and sat in the CEO's chair

00:32:10we were defending the CEO's dignity

00:32:12Mia said nothing

00:32:13she raises her hand

00:32:15and slaps Phil hard

00:32:16across the face

00:32:17the slap echoed

00:32:18through the entire hall

00:32:19Eva catches the staggering Phil

00:32:21what the hell

00:32:22are you talking about?

00:32:24my fault

00:32:24Miss Morgan

00:32:26security was far too lax

00:32:28he managed to slip in

00:32:30I'll deal with this immediately

00:32:32I'll sort everything out

00:32:33the CEO will never find out

00:32:35Mia turns and slaps Gilbert

00:32:37again across the face

00:32:39Gilbert's head

00:32:39snapped to the side

00:32:41he covers his cheek

00:32:42and doesn't dare

00:32:43to make a sound

00:32:44you idiot

00:32:45do you have any idea

00:32:47who he is?

00:32:48isn't he just a piece of trash

00:32:49for god's sake

00:32:51Mia hears him muttering

00:32:53she turns

00:32:54and slaps him again

00:32:55watch your mouth

00:32:56why?

00:32:59you hit me again?

00:33:00Miss Morgan

00:33:01that man is nothing

00:33:02but a parasite

00:33:03what else am I supposed

00:33:05to call him?

00:33:06quite right

00:33:07Miss Morgan

00:33:08Mia's fury

00:33:09erupts completely

00:33:10her eyes blaze

00:33:12as if spitting fire

00:33:13you venomous woman

00:33:14and you two

00:33:15ungrateful little beasts

00:33:17you're lower than dirt

00:33:20you've bullied him

00:33:21for 20 years

00:33:22today I'm gonna make you

00:33:23pay for every bit of it

00:33:24guards

00:33:25surround them

00:33:26five guards

00:33:27step forward

00:33:28and surrounds Eva

00:33:29and the others

00:33:30Eva's expression

00:33:31finally changes

00:33:32what is all of this?

00:33:35Mia stop

00:33:36I regain consciousness

00:33:38and stride toward them

00:33:39blood still streams

00:33:40down my forehead

00:33:41but I had never been

00:33:42so clear headed

00:33:43in my life

00:33:44Eva stares at me

00:33:46in shock

00:33:46she probably never

00:33:47imagined

00:33:48that the worthless

00:33:49trash she has

00:33:50trampled underfoot

00:33:51would ever be called

00:33:52brother

00:33:53by the CO

00:33:54Mia

00:33:55stop

00:33:56brother

00:33:57are you alright

00:33:59it's all my fault

00:34:01my only brother

00:34:04hurt on my own turf

00:34:05I pat Mia's shoulder

00:34:07reassuringly

00:34:08her eyes turns red

00:34:09just like when she was

00:34:11a little girl

00:34:11who had been wronged

00:34:12except this time

00:34:13it was me

00:34:14Mia reaches out

00:34:15and examines the wound

00:34:16on my forehead

00:34:17with concern

00:34:18her actions

00:34:19made others

00:34:19jump to all sorts

00:34:20of malicious conclusions

00:34:21about the relationship

00:34:22between her and me

00:34:24why is dad so close

00:34:25to miss morgan

00:34:25I'm wondering too

00:34:28why did miss morgan

00:34:29hit uncle phil

00:34:30for that loser

00:34:30what's really between them

00:34:32if miss morgan

00:34:33values him this much

00:34:35maybe he really is

00:34:37someone important

00:34:37we shouldn't mess with

00:34:39shit

00:34:39I messed with

00:34:41the wrong person

00:34:43looks like john

00:34:44and the COO

00:34:45have something special

00:34:46going on

00:34:47miss morgan

00:34:48what exactly

00:34:50is your relationship

00:34:51with my good for nothing

00:34:52ex-husband

00:34:56that's none of your

00:34:57damn business

00:34:58I swear

00:34:59today

00:35:00every single one of you

00:35:02who hurt him

00:35:02is going to pay

00:35:04phil

00:35:04gilgret

00:35:05and eva's expressions

00:35:06grew complicated

00:35:07fear

00:35:08began to creep

00:35:09across their faces

00:35:10phil you tell me right now

00:35:12who the hell

00:35:13did you just beat up

00:35:14he's just eva's

00:35:15pathetic ex-husband

00:35:16who else would he be

00:35:18gilbert slaps phil

00:35:19across the face

00:35:20this lap

00:35:21is even harder

00:35:22than mia's

00:35:22a pathetic ex-husband

00:35:24then why the hell

00:35:26is the COO

00:35:27getting involved

00:35:28and how did this

00:35:30so-called nobody

00:35:31even get into the

00:35:32gala in the first place

00:35:33phil clutches his face

00:35:35stunned

00:35:35he finally realizes

00:35:37something was terribly

00:35:38wrong

00:35:38mia hands the broken

00:35:40pocket watch

00:35:41back to me

00:35:41brother this watch

00:35:43is over 10 years old

00:35:44i'm afraid it can never

00:35:46be put back together

00:35:47i gaze at the photo

00:35:48inside the watch

00:35:49of my mother and me

00:35:50mom

00:35:51are you watching

00:35:52from above

00:35:52watching your son

00:35:53get bullied

00:35:54by these scumbags

00:35:55what do you want

00:35:56to do with them

00:35:56i lift my head

00:35:58and glare at eva

00:35:59furiously

00:36:00she shook with terror

00:36:02phil alex

00:36:03and amy

00:36:04try to stand

00:36:05calm and firm

00:36:06but their gazes

00:36:07shift

00:36:08restlessly

00:36:09they were finally

00:36:10afraid

00:36:10too late

00:36:11i clenched the

00:36:12broken pocket watch

00:36:13this shattered watch

00:36:14was the last thing

00:36:15my mother left me

00:36:16she shouldn't have

00:36:17touched it

00:36:18eva there's one thing

00:36:19you never should have

00:36:20done

00:36:22smash my mother's

00:36:23last keepsake to me

00:36:24it's just a piece of

00:36:26junk

00:36:26what you want to

00:36:28hit my mom or

00:36:28something

00:36:29you've given them

00:36:29everything and this

00:36:30is how they pay you

00:36:32do you think they

00:36:33even deserve all of

00:36:34this

00:36:34suddenly phil points

00:36:35at me and mia

00:36:36like he just

00:36:37discovered a new

00:36:37world

00:36:38i get it now

00:36:39mia's been protecting

00:36:41you this whole time

00:36:42no wonder you got

00:36:43into the gala so

00:36:44easily

00:36:46you

00:36:46and

00:36:47mia

00:36:49you two have been

00:36:50having an affair

00:36:51this whole time

00:36:52haven't you

00:36:55nice one john

00:36:56you accuse me

00:36:57of cheating

00:36:57you're the one

00:36:58who's been cheating

00:36:59this whole time

00:37:01you old bastard

00:37:03i thought you

00:37:04were decent

00:37:06you betrayed

00:37:07my mom

00:37:07my face turns

00:37:09even colder

00:37:09they're such

00:37:10experts at

00:37:11twisting the truth

00:37:12when you divorced

00:37:13mom

00:37:13you acted like

00:37:15the victim

00:37:15turns out you'd

00:37:17already been sleeping

00:37:18with this woman

00:37:18how disgusting

00:37:20do you really think

00:37:22there is something

00:37:23going on between

00:37:23mia and that man

00:37:24hard to say

00:37:26otherwise

00:37:27why would mia

00:37:28stand up for him

00:37:29buoyed by the

00:37:30voices agreeing

00:37:31with her

00:37:32eva grew

00:37:32increasingly arrogant

00:37:34she approaches

00:37:35mia

00:37:35speaking in a

00:37:36bitterly sarcastic

00:37:37tone

00:37:38mia

00:37:38so you like

00:37:39picking up the

00:37:40trash i've already

00:37:40played with

00:37:41this is the kind

00:37:42of man you go

00:37:43for

00:37:43no wonder you're

00:37:44still single in

00:37:45your 30s

00:37:46who knows how many

00:37:47younger men you're

00:37:47keeping on the

00:37:48side

00:37:48you really think

00:37:49no one knows

00:37:50about all the

00:37:50dirty little secrets

00:37:51you've got going

00:37:52on behind the

00:37:52scenes

00:37:53she doesn't get to

00:37:54finish her sentence

00:37:55i give her a sharp

00:37:57brutal slap

00:37:58that single blow

00:37:59held all the

00:38:00resentment i'd

00:38:01bottled up for

00:38:0220 years

00:38:02amy and alex

00:38:03are utterly

00:38:04dumbfounded

00:38:05their mouths

00:38:06hanging agape

00:38:07phil hurries

00:38:08to steady the

00:38:09staggering eva

00:38:10i stand before

00:38:11them cold

00:38:12and unyielding

00:38:13motionless

00:38:14like a stone

00:38:15statue

00:38:15eva covers her

00:38:16cheek staring

00:38:17at me in

00:38:18utter disbelief

00:38:19she had never

00:38:20once thought the

00:38:21docile submissive

00:38:22nobody would dare

00:38:23to lay a hand

00:38:24on her

00:38:25this slap was

00:38:26not for me

00:38:27it was for my

00:38:28mother and for

00:38:29mia

00:38:29six bodyguards

00:38:31in black suits

00:38:31storms in

00:38:32looking fierce

00:38:33ready for action

00:38:35but eva doesn't

00:38:36panic

00:38:36instead she holds

00:38:37her head high

00:38:38don't you dare

00:38:40the ceo is giving

00:38:42me my well-deserved

00:38:43promotion at the

00:38:43annual gala

00:38:44if you throw me

00:38:46out and he can't

00:38:46reach me

00:38:47do you think you

00:38:48can handle the

00:38:48consequences

00:38:51that's right

00:38:52mom becoming

00:38:53ceo was the

00:38:55ceo's decision

00:38:56once she gets

00:38:58this position

00:38:59you'll all be

00:39:00screwed

00:39:01glad you reminded

00:39:03me

00:39:03i almost forgot

00:39:04about this

00:39:05mia and i

00:39:06exchange look

00:39:07we both knew

00:39:08eva wasn't getting

00:39:09any promotion

00:39:10letter today

00:39:11at all

00:39:11mia holds out

00:39:12her hand

00:39:13an assistant

00:39:14promptly hands

00:39:15her a red

00:39:15leather folder

00:39:16the ceo does

00:39:17indeed have

00:39:18something he

00:39:19needs me to

00:39:19hand to you

00:39:19personally

00:39:21mom this is

00:39:22wonderful

00:39:23congratulations

00:39:24after all these

00:39:25years your dream

00:39:27has finally come

00:39:28true

00:39:28eva tries hard to

00:39:30suppress the smile

00:39:31tugging at the

00:39:32corners of her lips

00:39:33she thinks she is

00:39:34winning

00:39:34mom

00:39:35in the struggle

00:39:36home for mission

00:39:38once you become

00:39:39coo

00:39:40don't forget the

00:39:41house you promised

00:39:42me

00:39:42mia hands the

00:39:43red folder to

00:39:44eva like handing

00:39:46over a knife

00:39:47quick eva open

00:39:48it open it now

00:39:49smiling eva opens

00:39:51the red folder

00:39:52i smirk

00:39:53alex and amy lean

00:39:54in faces full of

00:39:55anticipation then

00:39:56their smiles

00:39:57froze

00:39:58how is this

00:39:59possible

00:40:03the termination

00:40:04notice

00:40:05eva covers her

00:40:07face utterly

00:40:08dumbfounded

00:40:09she never thought

00:40:10she would ever

00:40:10take a slap

00:40:11from me

00:40:11never

00:40:12but i've wanted

00:40:13to slap her

00:40:13for way too

00:40:14long

00:40:16john

00:40:17how dare you

00:40:18hit me

00:40:19just because of

00:40:20your little

00:40:21mistress

00:40:21shut your mouth

00:40:22up

00:40:23he's my sister

00:40:25i won't you

00:40:26slander her like

00:40:27that

00:40:27i've known you

00:40:28for over 20

00:40:29years and i've

00:40:30never heard a

00:40:31single word about

00:40:31you having a

00:40:32sister

00:40:32and you call me

00:40:34a cheater

00:40:34turns out you

00:40:36hooked yourself a

00:40:36rich woman huh

00:40:37the divorce worked

00:40:39out perfectly for

00:40:40you didn't it

00:40:42mom you were

00:40:44blind to even

00:40:45fall for him

00:40:45this is absolutely

00:40:47ridiculous

00:40:48guards throw

00:40:49them out

00:40:50phil's eyes

00:40:51shift slyly

00:40:52putting on yet

00:40:53another pitiful

00:40:54performance

00:40:55he won't see us

00:40:56this is all

00:40:57you're doing

00:40:58i get it now

00:40:59miss morgan

00:41:00you were afraid

00:41:01eva becoming

00:41:02coo would threaten

00:41:03your position

00:41:04so you spread

00:41:05rumors

00:41:05you and john

00:41:06doctored the

00:41:07letter together

00:41:10i'm i'm going

00:41:12to report this

00:41:13to the ceo

00:41:14i'll make

00:41:14every single

00:41:15one of them

00:41:15pay

00:41:16mia looks at

00:41:17them coldly

00:41:17like she was

00:41:18watching a bunch

00:41:19of clowns

00:41:20eva

00:41:20phil

00:41:21gilbert

00:41:22you assaulted

00:41:23a guest

00:41:25that's it

00:41:26you're all

00:41:27fired

00:41:27gilbert's jaw

00:41:28drops in

00:41:29utter disbelief

00:41:30how dare you

00:41:31i want to see

00:41:32the ceo

00:41:33i'm reporting

00:41:34you for

00:41:34abuse of

00:41:35power

00:41:35enough

00:41:37throw them

00:41:38out

00:41:38the guard

00:41:39swum forward

00:41:40dragging them

00:41:41out

00:41:41eva struggles

00:41:42and screams

00:41:43her voice

00:41:43echoing sharply

00:41:44throughout the

00:41:45ballroom

00:41:45even as she

00:41:46was being

00:41:47escorted out

00:41:47she kept

00:41:48howling

00:41:49like a

00:41:49pathetic

00:41:49stray

00:41:50cur

00:41:50i want to

00:41:51see the

00:41:52ceo

00:41:52you can't

00:41:54shut me

00:41:54up

00:41:57mia and

00:41:58i stand

00:41:58in the

00:41:59center of

00:41:59the ballroom

00:42:00watching them

00:42:00being driven

00:42:01out

00:42:01the moment

00:42:02the doors

00:42:02close

00:42:03the world

00:42:04finally falls

00:42:05quiet

00:42:05brother do you

00:42:06think they're

00:42:06gonna let

00:42:06this go

00:42:07i look at

00:42:08the closed

00:42:09doors a

00:42:09cold smile

00:42:10curling at

00:42:11the corner

00:42:11of my lips

00:42:12i shake

00:42:13my head

00:42:13let them

00:42:14do whatever

00:42:14they want

00:42:15they're just

00:42:16a bunch

00:42:16of clowns

00:42:1720 years

00:42:17of bond

00:42:18between us

00:42:19has ended

00:42:19completely

00:42:20from this

00:42:21day forth

00:42:22we are

00:42:22strangers

00:42:23eva stands

00:42:24there holding

00:42:25the termination

00:42:26notice

00:42:26frozen stiff

00:42:27as if struck

00:42:28by lightning

00:42:29no way

00:42:30this can't

00:42:31be true

00:42:34john

00:42:34you're behind

00:42:36all of this

00:42:36miss morgan

00:42:37let's be

00:42:38fair here

00:42:38eva has

00:42:40worked her

00:42:40ass off

00:42:41for over

00:42:41a decade

00:42:43what possible

00:42:44reason does

00:42:44the ceo

00:42:45have to

00:42:45fire her

00:42:46john are

00:42:46you doing

00:42:47this just

00:42:47to get

00:42:47back at

00:42:48my mom

00:42:48i sneer

00:42:49revenge

00:42:50she did

00:42:51this to

00:42:51herself

00:42:51suddenly

00:42:52eva bursts

00:42:53out laughing

00:42:53like she'd

00:42:54lost her

00:42:54mind

00:42:55the laughter

00:42:55echoes

00:42:56through the

00:42:56ballroom

00:42:57sending chills

00:42:57down everyone's

00:42:58spine

00:42:59she throws

00:42:59the termination

00:43:00notice to the

00:43:01ground

00:43:01seething with

00:43:02rage

00:43:02and strides

00:43:03toward me

00:43:04this can't

00:43:05be true

00:43:05the ceo

00:43:07was supposed

00:43:07to promote

00:43:08me

00:43:08where is the

00:43:09ceo

00:43:09i need to

00:43:10see him

00:43:10he doesn't

00:43:11want to

00:43:11see you

00:43:13three days

00:43:14later

00:43:14i push open

00:43:15the door

00:43:16of the coffee

00:43:16shop

00:43:17sunlight

00:43:17streams

00:43:18through the

00:43:18floor to

00:43:19ceiling windows

00:43:20falling upon

00:43:21a woman

00:43:21sitting alone

00:43:22i slow

00:43:23my steps

00:43:24staring at

00:43:24her back

00:43:25it was a

00:43:26silhouette

00:43:26i know

00:43:27all too

00:43:27well

00:43:28she turns

00:43:29and stands

00:43:29up

00:43:29smiling

00:43:30though she's

00:43:3140 now

00:43:32but when she

00:43:33smiles

00:43:33she looks

00:43:3420 again

00:43:35john

00:43:36annie

00:43:38it's you

00:43:45annie

00:43:45my old

00:43:46friend

00:43:4720 years

00:43:48had gone

00:43:48by

00:43:49yet she

00:43:50seemed

00:43:50unchanged

00:43:51no

00:43:51she has

00:43:52changed

00:43:53she's even

00:43:54better

00:43:56i was

00:43:57concentrating

00:43:58on my

00:43:58wood carving

00:43:59wood shavings

00:44:00curled off

00:44:01beneath my

00:44:01fingers

00:44:02these hands

00:44:03had cooked

00:44:04for eva

00:44:04for 20

00:44:05years

00:44:05now they

00:44:06finally get

00:44:07to do

00:44:07something

00:44:08for me

00:44:09mia enters

00:44:09the room

00:44:10holding an

00:44:11invitation

00:44:13john now

00:44:14that you're

00:44:14back as

00:44:14ceo

00:44:15you really

00:44:16should attend

00:44:16the meeting

00:44:17three days

00:44:17from now

00:44:19i nod

00:44:20and tell her

00:44:20i got it

00:44:21mia didn't

00:44:22leave

00:44:22she stands

00:44:23quietly behind

00:44:24me

00:44:24hesitant to

00:44:25speak her

00:44:26mind

00:44:27john

00:44:27you've

00:44:28thrown

00:44:28yourself

00:44:28head first

00:44:29into work

00:44:30you don't

00:44:31go to any

00:44:31of the events

00:44:32i set up

00:44:32for you

00:44:32are you

00:44:33still hung

00:44:34up on

00:44:34eva

00:44:34she grabs

00:44:36my arm

00:44:36her eyes

00:44:37full of

00:44:38concern

00:44:40john

00:44:40i've

00:44:41scheduled

00:44:41a dinner

00:44:42with that

00:44:42investor

00:44:43she's

00:44:44stunning

00:44:45go meet

00:44:46her

00:44:46maybe

00:44:47she can

00:44:47help

00:44:47you

00:44:47forget

00:44:48about

00:44:48eva

00:44:48i put

00:44:49down

00:44:49my

00:44:49carving

00:44:50and sigh

00:44:51mia

00:44:52i don't

00:44:52need

00:44:52that

00:44:52she's

00:44:53coming

00:44:54to

00:44:54discuss

00:44:54business

00:44:54a private

00:44:55meeting

00:44:56like that

00:44:56would look

00:44:57bad

00:44:57i'd rather

00:44:58not go

00:44:58you've

00:44:59got it

00:44:59wrong

00:45:00she asked

00:45:01me to

00:45:01invite

00:45:01you

00:45:02and you

00:45:02know

00:45:03her

00:45:03too

00:45:04if

00:45:04you

00:45:04don't

00:45:04go

00:45:05you'll

00:45:05regret

00:45:05it

00:45:06i look

00:45:07up

00:45:07at

00:45:07mia's

00:45:08mysterious

00:45:08smile

00:45:09and

00:45:09nod

00:45:09dot

00:45:10i trust

00:45:10mia

00:45:11she never

00:45:12lied

00:45:12to me

00:45:12when i

00:45:13opened

00:45:13the book

00:45:14a bookmark

00:45:15slipped out

00:45:17written on

00:45:18it was a

00:45:18simple

00:45:18confession

00:45:20i like

00:45:21you

00:45:21i smile

00:45:22wistfully

00:45:2320 years

00:45:24had passed

00:45:24i still

00:45:25kept that

00:45:26precious

00:45:26bookmark

00:45:26i never

00:45:28imagined

00:45:28that little

00:45:29girl who

00:45:30came to

00:45:30borrow

00:45:30books from

00:45:31me every

00:45:31day

00:45:32would grow

00:45:32into such

00:45:33an

00:45:33extraordinary

00:45:34woman

00:45:34annie

00:45:35blushes

00:45:36and smiles

00:45:36bashfully

00:45:37at 40

00:45:39she still

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00:53:02representative

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00:53:04mr.

00:53:04charles

00:53:05the host

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00:53:06charles

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00:53:10subordinate

00:53:13charles

00:53:14raises his

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00:53:15politely

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00:53:19officially

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00:54:25ex

00:54:25husband

00:54:26John

00:54:27the

00:54:28guests

00:54:29and

00:54:29Charles

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00:54:35Mia

00:54:36and

00:54:37another

00:54:37of

00:54:37John

00:54:37with

00:54:38Annie

00:54:38Mr.

00:54:39Charles

00:54:40John's

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00:54:40leech

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00:54:57Capital

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00:55:02Mia

00:55:02Morgan

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00:55:17what

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00:55:18Eva

00:55:19sashays

00:55:20towards

00:55:20Charles

00:55:20a

00:55:21warm

00:55:21smile

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00:55:22on

00:55:22her

00:55:22face

00:55:23Mr.

00:55:24Charles

00:55:24as

00:55:25the

00:55:25investors

00:55:25representative

00:55:26I'm

00:55:27sure

00:55:27you

00:55:27will

00:55:27make

00:55:27the

00:55:28right

00:55:28judgment

00:55:28Charles

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00:55:40years

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00:56:15Alex

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00:56:16Amy

00:56:16rushes

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00:56:18Eva

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00:56:19dare

00:56:19you

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00:56:20investor

00:56:20Charles

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00:56:23Eva

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00:56:25floor

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00:56:26didn't

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00:56:28slander

00:56:28the

00:56:28investor

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00:56:31of

00:56:32trash

00:56:32John

00:56:33Charles

00:56:34follows

00:56:34her

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00:56:36me

00:56:36I

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00:56:39a

00:56:39circus

00:56:41Alex

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00:56:44with rage

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00:56:45don't

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00:56:47bastard

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00:57:03Annie

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00:57:06Eva

00:57:07then

00:57:07Alex

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00:57:11smiles

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00:57:14stupid

00:57:14woman

00:57:15out

00:57:15Alex

00:57:15and

00:57:16Amy

00:57:16look

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00:57:19finally

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00:57:20are

00:57:20in

00:57:20trouble

00:57:21and

00:57:21panicked

00:57:22get out

00:57:23get out

00:57:24all of you

00:57:25shut up

00:57:26I haven't

00:57:27slandered

00:57:28anyone

00:57:28I haven't

00:57:31stares

00:57:31at me

00:57:32and walks

00:57:32toward me

00:57:32every step

00:57:33was filled

00:57:34with hatred

00:57:34John

00:57:35are you

00:57:36telling me

00:57:36you and

00:57:36your COO

00:57:37don't have

00:57:37something

00:57:38going on

00:57:38the doors

00:57:39swing open

00:57:40once again

00:57:41Mia

00:57:41strides in

00:57:42with an

00:57:43imposing

00:57:43presence

00:57:44of course

00:57:44I dare

00:57:45John

00:57:46is my

00:57:46brother

00:57:47there is

00:57:48absolutely

00:57:48no improper

00:57:49relationship

00:57:49between us

00:57:50and there

00:57:50never will

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00:57:51Mia

00:57:51walks

00:57:52over

00:57:54and links

00:57:55her arm

00:57:55with mine

00:58:00everyone

00:58:01watches

00:58:02as Annie

00:58:02walks in

00:58:07I smile

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00:58:09fix on her

00:58:10Eva

00:58:10stands

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00:58:12wide open

00:58:12as if

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00:58:15isn't

00:58:15she the

00:58:16other woman

00:58:16from the

00:58:16photo

00:58:17how did

00:58:18this guy

00:58:19manage

00:58:19to win

00:58:20up

00:58:20two

00:58:21beautiful

00:58:22women

00:58:26there's

00:58:26nothing

00:58:27going on

00:58:27between

00:58:27John

00:58:28and me

00:58:28go ahead

00:58:29say

00:58:29another

00:58:29word

00:58:30see

00:58:30what

00:58:30happens

00:58:31nothing

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00:58:32holding

00:58:32each

00:58:32other

00:58:33so

00:58:33closely

00:58:33that's

00:58:34nothing

00:58:34Eva

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00:58:35embrace

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00:58:36photo

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00:58:37screen

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00:58:41on a

00:58:41comedy

00:58:41show

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00:58:42watch

00:58:43her

00:58:43expressionless

00:58:44she

00:58:44can't

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00:58:45a

00:58:45tantrum

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00:58:47I

00:58:47bet

00:58:47this

00:58:47old

00:58:47bastard

00:58:48has

00:58:48completely

00:58:48fooled

00:58:49you

00:58:49hasn't

00:58:50he

00:58:55my name

00:58:56sounds

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00:59:00John

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00:59:05John

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00:59:06treat

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00:59:07this

00:59:07whole

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00:59:08is

00:59:08that

00:59:08stupid

00:59:08woman's

00:59:09fault

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00:59:10us

00:59:10John

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00:59:11the

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00:59:12a

00:59:12good

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00:59:13us

00:59:13buddy

00:59:13I

00:59:14remain

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00:59:15listening

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00:59:23the

00:59:24CEO

00:59:24of

00:59:24Nexus

00:59:25Capital

00:59:25Group

00:59:25my

00:59:26older

00:59:27brother

00:59:27John

00:59:28Morgan

00:59:28Eva

00:59:29was

00:59:30dumbfounded

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00:59:33the

00:59:34CEO

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00:59:35Nexus

00:59:35Capital

00:59:36Group

00:59:36that

00:59:37legendary

00:59:38billionaire

00:59:39Charles

00:59:40nods

00:59:41smiling

00:59:41calmly

00:59:42Alex

00:59:42and

00:59:43Amy

00:59:43look at

00:59:43the

00:59:43crowd

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00:59:44faces

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00:59:46be

00:59:47Eva

00:59:48Collins

00:59:48you

00:59:49have

00:59:49no

00:59:49idea

00:59:50what

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00:59:50lost

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00:59:51every

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01:00:07the

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01:00:08keeping

01:00:09Eva

01:00:11still

01:00:11can't

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01:00:15Capital

01:00:16is

01:00:16I've

01:00:17warned

01:00:17you

01:00:17many

01:00:17times

01:00:18too

01:00:18lazy

01:00:19to

01:00:19check

01:00:19no

01:00:20no

01:00:21way

01:00:22Alex

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01:00:23his

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01:00:24his

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01:00:25trembling

01:00:28he's

01:00:29just

01:00:29a

01:00:29loser

01:00:30who

01:00:30stayed

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01:00:31decades

01:00:31but

01:00:32Eva

01:00:32kept

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01:07:57even

01:07:57once

01:07:58each

01:07:59step

01:07:59fills

01:08:00with

01:08:00un

01:08:01un

01:08:01resolve. Annie glances at her softly. There was no smugness in that look, only pity. From behind

01:08:08us, Eva's cries drift over, clear and heavy. The next day, I am working in my office when a noisy

01:08:19commotion drifts up from downstairs. I stand by the window and pull back the curtain. Eva is

01:08:28kneeling on the street holding up a sign that reads, John, I was wrong. Beside her, stand another

01:08:34sign. I just want us to remarry. Please forgive me. I'll wait for you right here, for the sake of

01:08:40our

01:08:40children. A crowd of passers-by had gathered around her, pointing, whispering, and taking photos,

01:08:47some feeling sympathy for her, others mocking her. I stand by the window, expressionless,

01:08:54and pull the curtain shut.

01:08:59Moments later, the office door creaks open. Annie walks in, holding a warm lunchbox. I hurry over

01:09:06to greet her. We sit down together, to enjoy our lunch. In this world, some people will throw you

01:09:13away like trash, while others will treasure you like gold. Don't waste your heart, on the wrong person.

01:09:21I slam the evidence down in front of her. Eva freezes for a second. The panic passes,

01:09:26then turns into anger. Are you some kind of creep, going through my stuff? Phil and I were discussing

01:09:32photography, that's all. Photography? Did she thought I'm an idiot? That's how you dress to

01:09:37discuss photography? For 20 years, I backed your career, gave you everything, and this is how you

01:09:43repay me? Cheating on me? Who is he? Tell me! Who the hell is that bastard? I grip her wrist.

01:09:50Then the door

01:09:51opens. Alex and Amy stand in the doorway. My son and my daughter. I don't want this exploding in front

01:09:58of them. I let go of Eva and step back, but she refuses to back down. Phil cares about me.

01:10:05He

01:10:05understands and supports me. He's my soulmate, my best friend. My finger pointed her, shaking.

01:10:12Soulmate? Best friend? Then what have I been for 20 years? Your unpaid servant? Amy and Alex rush

01:10:19over and grab my arms. What are you doing? I look at them, and for a moment, hope rises. They'll

01:10:25take

01:10:25my side. They have to. I'm their father. Eva, look at your children. Can you swear in front of them

01:10:32that you and Phil are just friends? Eva looks away, unable to meet my eyes. Amy and Alex look down

01:10:38at

01:10:38the love letter that scattered across the floor. There should have been shock, rage, something,

01:10:44but all I saw was guilt. Dad, you've got it wrong. Mom and Phil are friends. What, a woman can't

01:10:51have

01:10:51a guy best friend now? Yeah, Dad. Uncle Phil's just Mom's CFO. The truth is, he's the one who got

01:10:57me my job.

01:10:57I stare at their faces, like it was no big deal. They knew. They all knew. And they hid it

01:11:04from

01:11:04their father. I jabbed a finger into my chest. I'm your father. Why are you taking his side?

01:11:10No. Dad, that's not what I... Eva! Everyone turns. Phil stands in the entryway, holding three

01:11:17elegant gift bags. Eva! Wearing that perfect smile, like he belongs here. You left your clothes at my

01:11:23place. He lifts the bags casually, like he was mentioning nothing at all.

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