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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 and
01:37sent over to her just stay in a hotel tonight i'll be working late anyway my mind went blank my
01:43husband
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
02:01and 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 we've
02:23been trying for a baby we never used protection the dinner was pure torture he made some lame excuse
02:30about a work emergency and rushed out when the door closed behind him i finally understood by then it was
02:36obvious her role as his assistant extended all the way to his bed the next morning i was about to
02:41book a
02:41one-way ticket out of port victoria when my friend called claire i pulled some strings but all they
02:49would give me was the official marriage record it's fine just tell me what you found
02:55in port victoria sean was legally married to zoe zimmerman claire 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
03:18he always gave me the same answer even if i told you you wouldn't understand then i remembered the
03:24time he forgot an important file i took it to the apartment he kept near campus on the bathroom
03:29counter were two toothbrushes and stupidly i didn't think anything of it my mind drifted back to the day i
03:36first arrived in port victoria three years ago sean pulled me into his arms and spun me around like
03:41i was his whole world then zoe waved at us from nearby sean smiled took her suitcase oh i forgot
03:48to tell
03:48you zoe came too she's here all by herself things haven't been easy for her the whole ride his attention
03:58was already on another woman and i had actually been happy for him i really thought he had found the
04:03perfect assistant during those first few months in port victoria i couldn't find a job for the first
04:09time in my life i learned what rejection felt like eventually i swallowed my pride and asked sean for
04:15help 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 his university the job the benefits the place at his side and she wasn't nearly as qualified as i
04:42was
04:42that was when it finally hit me nothing had gone wrong that job was never meant for me sean had
04:49already reserved it all for the real mrs sterling
04:53i had already decided to leave i went to book the earliest flight out of port victoria for good
04:59finally it was my turn i slid my passport across the counter i just wanted to leave but after a
05:06few
05:06taps on the keyboard the agent frowned i'm sorry but there seems to be a problem with your immigration
05:11status why she turned the screen toward me our system shows that you've overstayed your most recent
05:19extension application was denied at the moment you no longer have valid immigration status in port
05:24victoria i had been living in port victoria for three years legally i had no status there at all
05:31not as a wife not as anyone i was just a stranger i stepped aside and immediately called the immigration
05:38consultant miss parker my extension was never approved now i can't even leave without running
05:45into legal trouble what exactly is going on mrs sterling let me ask you something when your
05:53husband filed on your behalf did he sponsor you as his spouse because the system shows that the
05:58approved spousal sponsor under your husband's file went to a woman named zoe widzemarkin he did file for
06:04you too but not as his spouse he filed you under a different category that category stopped accepting
06:10applications last year that's why your case has been stuck this whole time standing there on the
06:16sidewalk i suddenly wanted to laugh so that was the truth sean had already handed zoe the spousal
06:22sponsorship that should have been mine and me i had spent three years in the city only to find out
06:28i
06:28didn't even have legal status i was only one step away from leaving for good one step but there was
06:34still one final document he had to sign before my case could be cleared without it i still couldn't leave
06:39cleanly i went to his university to get his signature before i even reached his office
06:46i heard zoe's voice inside sean are you really giving me the arts foundation residency but i'm not
06:52qualified this should go to claire she actually trained for this i stopped cold outside the door
06:59the arts foundation residency the opportunity one had needed most and sean had never mentioned it to me
07:05then i heard him answer it's fine i already made the calls as for claire she has me she doesn't
07:13need
07:13it and even if you'd had the same chance you wouldn't have done any worse than claire i stood
07:18outside his office and almost laughed so everything i had sacrificed was just luck in his eyes and the
07:23career i had once been proud of was something he thought anyone could replace then the door opened zoe
07:29saw me and smiled claire visitors aren't allowed on this floor why don't you wait downstairs move
07:37i 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
07:55i didn't explain i held out the notice this is from immigration i need your signature claire
08:04when did you become this unreasonable sign now or i go straight to the dean and ask why the spouse
08:11sponsored placement in your faculty relocation package ended up with your assistant that's enough
08:16don't forget who's been supporting you without me you wouldn't even be able to stay here legally when
08:21he begged me to come he had said i'll take care of you now it had become i've been supporting
08:28you
08:28sign it now and you might still have a little dignity left
08:34escort my wife out she's not feeling well a second later two guards grabbed me i hadn't even spoken
08:40before someone covered my mouth talk tonight stop acting like a child talk tonight there was nothing left
08:46to say at nine that night sean came home he pushed open the half-closed front door the lights were
08:52on
08:52so he assumed i was inside enough already i told you from the beginning zoe needed that spot more than
08:58you did then he pushed the bedroom door open and froze the room was empty everything of mine was gone
09:0710 minutes later two police officers were standing in front of sean asking questions
09:12mr sterling are you sure this was a burglary yes my wife's things are all gone when i got back
09:19the
09:19door 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
09:32around to adding her fingerprint yet you hadn't added her fingerprint then how was your wife supposed to
09:36get in sean opened his mouth but no words came out then he remembered over the past three years
09:43he had made claire wait again and again maybe she couldn't get in so she found someone to change the
09:49lock herself so your wife couldn't get into her own home and instead of calling you or waiting for you
09:55to come back she hired someone to replace the lock yes
10:02what is your wife's phone number it's been off the whole time when was the last time you saw her
10:09he thought about what he had done to claire that afternoon then he lied
10:17this afternoon she was still home this afternoon besides your wife's belongings was anything else
10:22valuable missing no just her mr sterling this probably wasn't a burglary it looks like your wife
10:28changed the lock packed her things and left on her own that's impossible she wouldn't leave the doors
10:33and windows were intact nothing valuable was missing everything in the house was still there except claire's
10:39things and even then he still insisted my wife loves me she gave up everything for me there's no way
10:45she would leave on her own before leaving the officer asked one last question mr sterling did you and
10:53your wife have an argument this afternoon no we didn't argue the police left before they went they
11:01told him to contact claire's family and friends standing alone in the empty house he suddenly realized
11:07something in 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 why what
11:25happened nothing she lost her phone after he hung up he went through his contacts again and realized he
11:31didn't have the number of any of claire's friends that was when he remembered over the past three years
11:37claire had brought up going back more than once and every single time he had said don't bother it's too
11:42much
11:42trouble so in the end she really never went back he used to think she was simply going along with
11:48him
11:48only now did he understand she had known all along that he never wanted to 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
12:08for him she had given up everything and not once had she ever said she regretted it
12:13so he had taken it for granted that 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
12:30there were no signs that she was being forced leaning against the closet he looked at their wedding
12:35photo on the wall his face stricken he fought 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 at
12:46the 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
13:01it was a purchase alert the card he had given zoe had just been used in central 103 000 for
13:07a designer handbag
13:11while sean was still reeling from the fact that i was gone
13:14he received a purchase alert from his assistant it was over a hundred thousand suddenly he remembered
13:21two days ago zoe had said she wanted a new bag he had agreed without even thinking
13:26the money he gave me every month was only two thousand dollars that had to cover everything
13:32i had never asked him for anything more the only time i had ever asked him for anything
13:36was 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 she asked
13:49about her status recently she also asked me about her extension request she wanted to know what
13:55documents 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
14:19came in from zoe sean the bag needs a cute outfit to match too right after that another charge
14:24notification popped up this one was over 20 000 he stared at the number his mind completely blank
14:29when had zoe started spending his money as if she had every right to it then he remembered it had
14:35started the moment the extra card that should have gone to me ended up in her hands for three years
14:40i had given up everything and all that time he had been busy giving all his care to his assistant
14:47sean soon found out that i had never left port victoria he immediately arranged a meeting with
14:52miss parker and asked urgently what is the fastest way to fix claire status now
14:58mr sterling you have always known what the fastest way is a few years ago someone told me that during
15:04onboarding it was better to come in as single first then once everything was stable i could file the
15:11family paperwork later at the time i had no choice i only did it to keep the older people in
15:18the family
15:18calm weary that is nonsense who told you that my assistant she specifically asked around for me
15:27mr sterling i have worked in immigration for 15 years i have never heard of any rule like that
15:33when you joined the university you came in through an employment-based status route
15:37that 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
15:49during the 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
16:01onboarding forms relocation paperwork he had barely read any of them himself
16:06later with red eyes zoe had told him she wanted legal status here he had thought about how she was
16:12a
16:12young woman far from home who had followed him all the way here all it would take was one marriage
16:17certificate so he agreed without thinking twice mr sterling that assistant was miss zimmerman wasn't it
16:24he said nothing just as he stood up in a daze his phone rang sean please come to the office
16:33of
16:33academic affairs 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
16:45affairs i was not there i only learned the details later there had been two documents on the table in
16:52front of him the first was a copy of the certificate for the marriage he had registered in port victoria
16:56with zoe the second was a copy of the certificate for the marriage he had registered with me in
17:01another jurisdiction the director of academic affairs pushed the documents toward him professor
17:07sterling do you confirm that these materials are authentic sean said nothing under port victoria law
17:13bigamy is a criminal offense the university has already received a request for cooperation for
17:19immigration in addition you will need to explain the marital status declaration you submitted when you
17:25joined the university how was he supposed to explain it soon after the investigators arrived professor
17:32sterling are 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
17:53so he spent three years figuring out how to stay by his side i spent those same three years waiting
17:58for him to come home she fought for a place beside him i waited for him to remember i was
18:03there he never
18:04did sean 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 so he was already standing in the corridor waiting for
18:17him
18:17sean my work has been suspended too the residency program with the art foundation called they said
18:24my spot has been canceled when i first heard that part i felt nothing no triumph no relief he looked
18:32at her
18:33for the first time he really looked the coat the bag the lipstick all of it had been paid for
18:40with my card
18:40and me i had never spent like that even buying something small for myself i used to hesitate
18:47then sean said give the card back sean that card was for claire not for you
19:00she pulled her handbag behind her back her eyes reddened even more sean i've been with you for three
19:05years you were with me for three years she waited for me for three years zoe bit her lip and
19:12said
19:12nothing back then you kept claire and me from registering our marriage properly this was what you wanted
19:18wasn't it sean i just wanted to stay after that the legal battle turned ugly zoe refused to dissolve the
19:30spousal relationship she hired a lawyer and demanded compensation sean gave her nothing during those
19:36three years in port victoria she had already gotten plenty a respectable job residency status and the card
19:42he had handed over without a second thought what had i gotten nothing in court the two of them tore
19:50at
19:50each other until there was almost nothing left zoe was ordered to repay what she owed her reputation was
19:55ruined and she left sean did not fare much better he came back to my hometown several times to look
20:02for
20:02me but the people all told him the same thing i had never gone back he kept traveling back and
20:08forth
20:08day after day passed then month after month by the time i heard the rest his life had already been
20:15stripped 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 the last time i had looked at him from the doorway of his office there were only a few
20:43steps left
20:44between us then a hand came across in front of him and stopped him sir what exactly do you want
20:50with my
20:50wife your wife she's my wife it's fine i'll handle it mr sterling do you need something claire
21:06i'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
21:18you made me wait for three years he has never made me wait even three days at the time i
21:24had no money
21:25no connections and no way to leave port victoria i worked part-time jobs trying to save enough to pay
21:31the penalty first and buy a ticket out adrian could stand in a gallery for half an hour just to
21:36ask me how
21:37i read a painting what you could never give me he gave back to me one by one legal status
21:42respect and
21:43the chance to become myself again sean stood there and said nothing i looked at him for a few seconds
21:49i have things to do i'll be going now i turned away adrian followed beside me his hand resting lightly
21:57at
21:57the small of my back behind me sean instinctively took a step forward adrian turned his head and looked
22:03at him he did not say a word the meaning in his eyes was obvious enough don't come any closer
22:07sean
22:08stopped i did not look back again by the time i disappeared into the crowd he was still standing
22:14there the exhibition hall was full of people moving back and forth and in front of him was
22:18the painting i had been standing before its title was leaving port
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