From His Shadow to Her Light tells the story of Elara, who discovers her fiancé’s betrayal right before their wedding. Pregnant and heartbroken, she leaves everything behind and rebuilds her life as a successful jewelry designer. When she returns years later, the man who ruined her life desperately wants her back—but some regrets come too late.
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00:02The night before our wedding, I caught my fianc in our bed with his savior's sister, Sylvia Glenn.
00:08She was literally wrapped in our wedding sheets, her eyes still flushed with passion.
00:14I flung the pregnancy test, strip away violently, hitting him in the face, and asked,
00:19Do you even want this baby?
00:21He smoked all night, but in the end, he said,
00:25She's just a responsibility. You're the one I love.
00:27After hearing this, for the sake of my child, I put on my wedding dress and decided to give him
00:34one last chance.
00:36But what about the wedding? He didn't even show up.
00:41His assistant rushed over and told me,
00:44I'm sorry, Miss Frost. The wedding is cancelled. Mr. Cross is on his way to the hospital. Miss Sevilla has
00:49suffered a heart attack.
00:50The bouquet fell to the ground and my dignity shattered into pieces.
00:53I chased after them, out of the manor, clutching my wedding dress, and hysterically screamed into the phone.
00:59Damien! If you go to her today, I'm going to the clinic tomorrow! Your family will never have this child!
01:07He didn't say a word. He just hung up.
01:09I walked back to the manor gate, still wearing my wedding dress.
01:13Damien's mother rushed over and grabbed me.
01:16Alara, get inside! Don't make a scene in front of everyone!
01:22The wedding is over.
01:25Nonsense! Damien is just confused. Sylvia's in critical condition. He had to go.
01:29So he can show up for her, but not for me?
01:31You're going to be a cross. Learn to be tolerant.
01:35I'm done being Mrs. Cross!
01:37Leave today! And you are no longer a cross!
01:41I walked away, without looking back.
01:44In the dressing room, I stripped off the white lace.
01:46The stylist carefully removed my headpiece.
01:49Miss Frost, your makeup?
01:52Leave it.
01:54I grabbed my bag and walked out.
01:56Under the gray Long Island sky, I hailed a cab.
02:02Press Mysterion Hospital, please.
02:05Damien's assistant, Owen chased after me.
02:07I ignored him. I already knew the script.
02:09Mr. Cross is busy.
02:11Mr. Cross didn't mean it.
02:12For 10 years, I've heard it all.
02:15Sylvia was his responsibility.
02:16Because her brother died saving Damien's life, 5 years ago.
02:20I used to think his care for her was honorable.
02:22Now I realize some responsibilities have no boundaries.
02:27The cab pulled up at the hospital entrance.
02:29I paid the driver and walked straight into the ER.
02:32I found Damien on a bench outside the operating room.
02:35He saw me and stood up.
02:36Laura? You're here?
02:38Look, about today, I'm so...
02:40How is she?
02:43Acute heart failure.
02:45They're still trying to save her.
02:46It's not looking good.
02:49I see.
02:50Alara, don't be like this.
02:53Simus Glenn died for me.
02:54I can't just abandon Sylvia.
02:56She has no one else in this world.
02:58I'm not being anything, Damien.
03:00I just realized that our wedding isn't as important as a little sister you've known for five years.
03:05No!
03:05You're the most important thing to me.
03:09But she's dying.
03:10What did you never take gone?
03:12The doctor never said she was dying.
03:15Just then, the ER doors swung open.
03:18Family for Sevilla?
03:19I am.
03:21The patient had an episode of rapid heart rate due to emotional stress.
03:25She's stable now.
03:26We're moving her to a regular room for observation.
03:29Damien let out a long breath.
03:31See?
03:31Look how fragile she is.
03:33Why can't you just be more understanding?
03:35At that moment, the nurses rolled her out on a gurney.
03:37Sylvia was lying there.
03:39She opened her eyes just a crack.
03:41Damien rushed to her side, clutching her hand.
03:43Sylvia, don't be scared.
03:45I'm here.
03:46I walked out of the hospital without looking back.
03:49The freezing wind hit my face.
03:51Only then did I realize my heart was racing.
03:56The next day, Damien didn't come home.
03:58The house we bought for our marriage was dead silent.
04:01I called a real estate agent and put the house on the market.
04:04Yes, a quick sale.
04:06That afternoon, Damien finally showed up.
04:09He looked exhausted.
04:11Alara, I'm apologizing for Sylvia.
04:13She didn't mean to ruin yesterday.
04:16Can't she apologize for herself?
04:19She's still very weak.
04:22Damien, let's stop talking about her.
04:25Let's talk about us.
04:26What about the wedding?
04:28What are we supposed to tell our friends and family?
04:29He fell silent for a moment.
04:31Let's just wait a bit.
04:32Once the drama dies down, we'll have a redo.
04:35A reboot?
04:36You think a wedding is something you can just reboot?
04:39Then what else can we do?
04:40It already happened, Alara.
04:42I know you're upset, but Sylvia just cheated death.
04:45Can't we just show a little more understanding?
04:48Understanding?
04:49Always with the understanding.
04:50I walked into the bedroom and pulled out my suitcase.
04:54I started packing my things.
04:57What are you doing?
05:00I'm selling the house.
05:03Damien's face darkened instantly.
05:05Alara, haven't you had enough of this little tantrum?
05:10I'm not throwing a tantrum.
05:12I just don't live here anymore.
05:14You're not going anywhere!
05:16This is our home!
05:17I looked at him expressionlessly and said,
05:20The second you abandon it for another woman,
05:23it stopped being a home.
05:24You are being completely irrational!
05:27Just then, his phone buzzed.
05:30He picked up, and his voice shifted instantly.
05:34What's wrong?
05:35Another nightmare?
05:37Don't be scared.
05:38I'm coming right now.
05:39He ended the call.
05:40A flicker of impatience on his face.
05:42Stop acting out, Alara.
05:44Sylvia is still unstable.
05:45I have to check on her.
05:46We'll talk when I'm back.
05:48He thought I'd cave in, like I always did.
05:51If you walk out that door today,
05:53don't bother coming back.
05:55Alara, my patience has its limits.
05:58Then, he left anyway.
05:59I listened to the sound of the door slamming shut.
06:02I placed the last piece of clothing into my suitcase,
06:05and pulled the zipper.
06:08I moved back to my city studio,
06:10a red brick brownstone with my office downstairs,
06:13and my life upstairs.
06:14Damien didn't call.
06:15I didn't reach out either.
06:17A week later, his mother, Vera, asked to meet.
06:21Ten million dollars.
06:22Leave Damien.
06:25Vera, between Damien and me,
06:27it was never about the money.
06:28I know you've been together for ten years,
06:30but Elida, understand this.
06:33The Cross family needs a wife who is sensible,
06:36someone who supports Damien,
06:37not a troublemaker who creates scenes.
06:40And Sylvia?
06:41She's sensible?
06:42Sylvia is pure and kind.
06:44Her brother saved Damien's life.
06:46He should protect her.
06:47As his fiancée, you should support him,
06:50not fight him.
06:52I don't want the money,
06:53and I don't want Damien anymore either.
06:55I hope he and Sylvia have a long, happy life together.
06:58They deserve each other.
06:59I stepped out, changed my number,
07:01and dumped every Cross family business card into the trash.
07:05The world grew quiet.
07:07I started focusing all my energy
07:09on preparing for the Milan Jewelry Design Competition,
07:12three months away.
07:13It was my ultimate dream as a designer.
07:16My days were full and peaceful.
07:22Until the day an uninvited guest showed up at my studio.
07:26Alara, I'm here to apologize about the wedding.
07:29It was my fault.
07:30I shouldn't get to the point.
07:31Damien has been in a really bad place lately,
07:33drinking constantly,
07:34and I know it's all because of me.
07:36This is the card he gave me.
07:37I haven't spent a dime.
07:39Please just don't be mad at him anymore, okay?
07:41Sylvia, do you think this is funny?
07:43I don't know what you mean.
07:45Every time you get sick,
07:46every emergency you have,
07:48it always happens exactly when Damien and I have a milestone.
07:51You've timed it all perfectly, haven't you?
07:53I didn't take your card and get the hell out of my studio.
07:56I know you hate me.
07:58But if Damien had been the one who died five years ago
08:01instead of my brother,
08:02how would you feel?
08:04Believe it or not,
08:05I never wanted to ruin you two.
08:07I'm just so lonely.
08:10She turned and left.
08:14I swiped that card straight into the trash.
08:18Allura!
08:19What the hell did you do to Sylvia?
08:26Allura!
08:28What the hell did you do to Sylvia?
08:29She slit her wrist the moment she got home.
08:32If the nurse he hadn't found her in time,
08:34she'd be dead!
08:36Are you satisfied now?
08:39I didn't do anything.
08:41You're still lying!
08:42She's so kind,
08:43she brought you all her savings to make amends
08:45and you still had to provoke her?
08:48Damien,
08:49do you trust her or me?
08:52I'm taking you to the hospital.
08:54Apologize to her.
08:55I'm not going.
08:56You don't have a choice!
08:57Damien, you've lost your mind!
08:59You're the one who's lost it!
09:00You weren't like this before!
09:00When did you become so vicious?
09:02So unreasonable?
09:03He was right.
09:04I wasn't like this before.
09:05The old me would have believed every word he said.
09:07I would have felt his pain as my own
09:09and taken all his problems on my shoulders.
09:11When did I change?
09:13He flung the car door open
09:14and tried to shove me inside.
09:17I used all my strength and ripped myself free.
09:22Damien,
09:25we're over.
09:27What did you say?
09:28I said, we're over.
09:30From now on, you and Sylvia have nothing to do with me.
09:32Allura, don't you dare regret this!
09:34My only regret is pulling you out of the mud ten years ago
09:37just for you to push me back in.
09:39I leaned against the door,
09:40listening to him pounding on it.
09:42Allura!
09:43Open the door!
09:45Then,
09:46the roar of an engine.
09:47He was gone.
09:48Suddenly,
09:49a sharp searing pain shot through my lower abdomen.
09:51I looked down.
09:53Blood was trickling down my legs.
09:55Seven weeks pregnant.
09:56You're showing signs of a threatened miscarriage.
09:59Your stress levels are too high.
10:02My baby.
10:03Can it be saved?
10:05We need to observe you,
10:07but we need a family member to sign the papers.
10:09Where's your husband?
10:10He's away on business.
10:13Then call someone else.
10:19I had no one else.
10:21My parents died when I was young.
10:23My grandfather raised me,
10:25and he passed away five years ago.
10:28I thought I had Damien.
10:30Now,
10:30I have no one.
10:32Owen sent an envelope.
10:33Inside was a photo.
10:40And there was a note.
10:42Miss,
10:43Mr. Cross said he'll come find you once Miss Glenn is stable.
10:47Then,
10:47I stood up and walked back into the doctor's office.
10:52Doctor.
10:52Have you decided?
10:53I don't want the baby anymore.
10:57I lay down on the operating table.
10:59As the anesthesia kicked in,
11:01my last thought was,
11:03Damien,
11:03we're even now.
11:05I didn't go back to the studio.
11:07I went straight to the airport,
11:09and bought a one-way ticket to Milan.
11:13Before leaving,
11:14I left a note for Damien through my lawyer.
11:17The breakup agreement is on its way.
11:19I don't want the house,
11:20the car,
11:21or anything else.
11:22Just sign it.
11:23I sealed the envelope,
11:24leaving my past,
11:25and those ten years behind.
11:27As the plane took off,
11:28watching the city shrink below,
11:30I told myself,
11:33Elora,
11:33you are reborn.
11:35Life in Milan was harder than I imagined.
11:38No friends,
11:39no money,
11:40and a massive language barrier.
11:42By day,
11:43I audited classes at the jewelry academy.
11:45By night,
11:47I washed dishes in a small bistro.
11:50It was grueling,
11:51but my mind was at peace.
11:54I poured every ounce of my love and pain
11:56from the last decade
11:57into my sketches.
11:59Three months later,
12:00I stood on the stage
12:01of the Milan International Jewelry Design Competition
12:04with my masterpiece,
12:06The Caged Bird.
12:08I won the gold medal.
12:09Standing under the sparklights,
12:11surrounded by camera flashes,
12:12I finally smiled.
12:13I was no longer the Elora
12:15who lived in Damien's shadow.
12:16I was Elora,
12:18the designer.
12:19Boss,
12:19Cross Group CEO,
12:20Damien Cross is here.
12:21Three years later,
12:22I returned home with my own brand,
12:24reflecting snow.
12:25He's in the front row.
12:25He hasn't taken his eyes off you.
12:27Oh?
12:27I took a sip of my drink
12:29and stayed silent.
12:30Anna,
12:31go get the finale piece ready.
12:32On it.
12:33He's lost a lot of weight.
12:34He looks exhausted.
12:38Ladies and gentlemen,
12:39please join me in welcoming
12:41the designer of tonight's show,
12:42Elora Frost.
12:47We held each other's gaze
12:48for three seconds.
12:50I gave him a faint smile,
12:52then turned
12:53and walked off the stage.
12:56Backstage,
12:56Anna told me,
12:58Damien wants to see you.
13:00Tell him I'm busy.
13:02He will wait
13:03as long as it takes.
13:05Then let him wait.
13:07I left the venue
13:08through the side exit
13:09and got into my car.
13:11After driving a good distance,
13:13I took one last look back.
13:14He was still there.
13:15Just as Anna said.
13:17He'd lost weight.
13:18He looked older.
13:19He wasn't that sharp,
13:20confident man
13:21I remembered anymore.
13:22A jazz song started playing
13:24on the car radio.
13:25I turned it off.
13:26My brand exploded
13:27in New York overnight.
13:29Orders started pouring in
13:30like a blizzard.
13:31I was buried in work.
13:32Damien tried everything
13:33to see me.
13:34He bought the cafe
13:35right under my studio
13:36just to sit by the window
13:37every day.
13:38He bought every single
13:39one of my designs.
13:40Wrap all of these up.
13:41I ignored him completely.
13:42One day,
13:43right after a meeting,
13:44Anna walked in.
13:45Boss,
13:46there's a Ms. Glenn
13:46downstairs here to see you.
13:48She said her name
13:48is Sylvia Glenn.
13:50My pen paused for a second.
13:53Tell her to come up.
13:55Years later,
13:56Sylvia changed.
13:57Elora,
13:58long time no see.
13:59She wore heavy makeup
14:00and designer suits.
14:02Her eyes now sharp and bitter.
14:03She wasn't that helpless
14:05little flower anymore.
14:06Did you come here for something?
14:08I'm here to ask you
14:09to leave New York!
14:10On what grounds?
14:11I asked calmly.
14:15Because Damien loves you now!
14:17Everything changed
14:18the moment you came back!
14:21He's trying to kick me out!
14:22He wants to break up!
14:25Isn't that perfect?
14:26You two were never
14:27meant to be anyway.
14:29No!
14:30I'm the one who stayed
14:31by his side
14:32these last three years.
14:33I was there
14:34when he hit rock bottom.
14:35What gives you the right
14:36to just walk back in
14:38and steal him away?
14:39I looked at her
14:40like she was a joke.
14:42Sylvia,
14:43have you forgotten?
14:44He was mine
14:45to begin with.
14:46But you threw him away!
14:49No.
14:51He gave up on me first.
14:53I had nothing left.
14:55She choked on her words,
14:56finally.
14:57She snatched a stack
14:58of photos from her bag
14:59and slammed them
15:00onto my desk.
15:00Don't get too smug,
15:02Alara!
15:02You think he actually
15:04loves you?
15:05It's just guilt!
15:06Take a good look
15:08at these!
15:09I picked up the photos.
15:11It was a headstone.
15:13The name on it,
15:15Silas Glenn.
15:16My mind went blank.
15:18The world seemed
15:19to explode.
15:20He actually,
15:21he built a monument
15:22for the baby
15:22who never had a chance
15:23to be born.
15:24He told me
15:25his biggest regret
15:26in life is that child.
15:27He's only trying
15:28to get you back
15:28to make amends.
15:30Alaya,
15:30you're just a tool
15:31for his guilt.
15:31My hands shook so hard
15:33I couldn't hold the photos.
15:34Get out!
15:36You're kicking me out?
15:37You can't win,
15:39Alara.
15:39As long as he owes
15:41my brother for saving
15:42his life,
15:42Damien can never
15:43truly leave me.
15:44I stood up,
15:45walked over to her,
15:46and slapped her hard
15:47across the face.
15:48She gasped,
15:50clutching her cheek
15:50in disbelief.
15:51You dared to hit me?
15:52She grabbed my hair.
15:54I pushed her away hard,
15:55and she stared at me
15:57in complete shock.
15:58That was for my
15:58unborn child.
15:59I picked up
16:00the office phone.
16:01Security,
16:02throw this woman out.
16:04Now.
16:05Alara,
16:06you'll pay for this!
16:07I'll make your life
16:08a living hell!
16:10Nameless grave,
16:11my tears finally broke.
16:13I fell ill,
16:14a fever that wouldn't break.
16:15Anna rushed me
16:16to the hospital.
16:17I lay in the hospital bed,
16:19drifting in
16:19and out of consciousness.
16:21It felt like I was back
16:22in that freezing
16:23operating room
16:24three years ago.
16:25The nightmares
16:26were relentless.
16:27Tiny baby
16:28kept crying in my dreams.
16:29Mommy,
16:30why didn't you want me?
16:33I was scared,
16:34awake.
16:35The first thing I saw
16:36was Damien.
16:37He was sitting by my bed,
16:39his face covered
16:40in dark stubble,
16:41his eyes bloodshot.
16:42Alara,
16:43you're awake.
16:44I pulled my hand away
16:46and turned my head.
16:47I'm sorry about the baby.
16:49I'm so sorry.
16:52Back then,
16:53I thought you aborted
16:54the child because
16:55you hated me.
16:56I was too afraid
16:57to ask,
16:58too afraid to find you.
17:00I thought it would
17:00only make you
17:01hate me more.
17:02I visit the grave
17:03every year.
17:04I even gave him
17:05a name,
17:06Snowcross.
17:08My entire body
17:09froze.
17:10I've been looking
17:11for you for three years,
17:12Alara.
17:13Alara.
17:14I know I messed up.
17:16Just give me one more chance,
17:18please?
17:18I kept silent,
17:20watching him.
17:21I'll handle Sylvia.
17:22I'll cut her out completely.
17:23I swear.
17:24From now on,
17:25my world will only be you
17:26and our child.
17:26Our child.
17:28The one who's already gone.
17:29How pathetic.
17:31Damien,
17:31just leave.
17:34I won't!
17:35He stood up
17:36and tried to pull me
17:37into his arms.
17:37I dodged him.
17:39Alara?
17:40You're right.
17:41I aborted the baby
17:42because I hated you.
17:44I hated you
17:45for walking out
17:46on our wedding.
17:47I hated you
17:48for throwing away
17:49our ten years together.
17:51I hated you
17:53for choosing her
17:53over and over again.
17:56So I gave up
17:57on your child.
17:58The color drained
17:59from his face instantly.
18:01No.
18:02No, you're not like that.
18:03You couldn't be.
18:05I am exactly like that.
18:06I watched his agony
18:07but felt nothing.
18:08There is no us anymore.
18:10The woman standing before you
18:12is Alara,
18:13the designer.
18:14Not the fool
18:15who would give up
18:16everything for you.
18:17That fool died
18:19on that operating table
18:20three years ago.
18:21She's gone.
18:22Anna walked in
18:23with my medication
18:24and froze
18:24when she saw Damien.
18:27Boss,
18:27are you okay?
18:29I need to rest.
18:31Please,
18:32get out.
18:33He stood there,
18:34his lips trembling.
18:35Finally,
18:36he gave me one last
18:37lingering look
18:38and turned to leave.
18:39His back was hunched
18:40as if he'd aged
18:41ten years
18:42in a single moan.
18:43After I was discharged,
18:44Damien stopped pestering me.
18:46I guess he finally gave up.
18:48I poured everything
18:49into my work.
18:50My brand went global,
18:52expanding into Europe.
18:53I spent most of my time abroad,
18:55only passing through New York
18:56for quick trips.
18:58I only heard about Damien
19:00through the financial news.
19:01He'd liquidated
19:02almost all of
19:03Cross Group's assets.
19:05His major investments
19:06were failing.
19:07Word is,
19:08Damien kicked Sylvia
19:09out without a penny.
19:10She's been trashing him
19:11to the press,
19:12claiming he's ungrateful
19:13and has a secret child.
19:15But no one believes her.
19:17She's hit rock bottom.
19:18I listened,
19:19feeling nothing.
19:21None of it mattered
19:21to me anymore.
19:23A year later,
19:23my solo retrospective
19:25opened at the New York
19:26Museum of Art.
19:27Every milestone piece
19:29of my career
19:29was on display.
19:30The opening night
19:31was packed.
19:32I was in the lounge,
19:34prepping my speech,
19:35when Anna rushed in,
19:37looking pale.
19:38Boss,
19:39we have a problem.
19:40What is it?
19:42Sylvia's here.
19:43She's making a scene
19:44in the gallery,
19:45claiming your breakout piece
19:46was plagiarized.
19:47Has she lost her mind?
19:49She brought original sketches
19:51that look almost identical
19:52to yours,
19:53just with minor differences.
19:55The press is swarming her.
19:57I stood up
19:57and walked out of the lounge.
19:59The gallery was in chaos.
20:00Sylvia stood in front
20:01of the caged bird,
20:03sobbing for the cameras.
20:03This piece was designed
20:04by me and my brother,
20:06Silas Glenn.
20:07It was his final work.
20:09Allura was just an assistant
20:11in his studio back then.
20:12She stole his manuscript.
20:14Cameras flashed incessantly.
20:16Do you have any proof?
20:16My proof is the manuscript.
20:18It has my brother's
20:19signature on it.
20:21Sylvia.
20:24Allura,
20:25you thief.
20:26You actually showed up.
20:28You claim you and your brother
20:29designed this piece?
20:31Exactly.
20:32When?
20:33Six years ago.
20:34I smiled.
20:36Everyone,
20:37listen.
20:38The inspiration for this piece
20:40did come from someone,
20:42but it wasn't Simus Glenn.
20:44It was...
20:46Damien Cross.
20:49I created this piece
20:50in my darkest hours
20:52after our breakup.
20:53It symbolizes my trapped love
20:55and longing for freedom.
20:57As for Miss Glenn's evidence,
20:59I looked at her.
21:00I knew it was drawn by Damien.
21:02You're...
21:03You're lying!
21:04We can call a handwriting expert
21:06right now.
21:07Damien has been drawing
21:09for ten years.
21:10I could recognize his brush strokes
21:12with my eyes closed.
21:14And I know that you...
21:19The gallery fell into a deathly silence.
21:21Everyone was too stunned to speak.
21:24Sylvia's eyes widened,
21:25staring at Damien in disbelief.
21:27I've been digging into that accident
21:29from five years ago.
21:31I tracked down the original officers
21:33and got the full investigation report.
21:35That truck had a brake failure.
21:38Only brake failure.
21:39No murder.
21:40Silas Glenn was driven to despair
21:42by 30 million dollars
21:43in gambling debts.
21:45In his suicide nota,
21:46he told you clearly,
21:48use my guilt
21:49to live a good life.
21:53He never told you
21:54to use that guilt
21:56to destroy
21:57the woman I love.
22:00Because of that guilt,
22:01I sacrificed my wedding.
22:03I sacrificed Alera.
22:06I lost my lover
22:08and I lost my child.
22:10I've lived my life
22:11as a total joke.
22:13Damien's eyes welled up,
22:14voice trembling.
22:15He lost the wedding.
22:16Lost me.
22:18Lost our unborn child.
22:19If your brother
22:19is watching you from above,
22:21do you think he would
22:22truly be at peace?
22:26I don't know.
22:30Sylvia clutched her head
22:31and broke down hysterically.
22:33Cameras flashed non-stop,
22:35recording her humiliating collapse.
22:37Security dragged her away.
22:39The farce ended at last.
22:40Damien turned slowly,
22:42his eyes sweeping across
22:43every piece of my work.
22:45Deep, raw regret
22:46filled his gaze.
22:48Alera,
22:49the truth is out now.
22:52Can I,
22:52can I make it up to you?
22:55Can we
22:56start over?
22:57I looked at him.
22:58After a long,
23:00heavy silence,
23:01I shook my head.
23:02It's too late, Damien.
23:05With that,
23:06I turned and walked
23:07back into the lounge.
23:08I shut the door,
23:09leaving him
23:10and everything else
23:11behind me.
23:13After that day,
23:14Damien vanished.
23:15Cross Group went bankrupt
23:16and liquidated.
23:17He dismissed all staff,
23:19sold all assets,
23:21paid all debts,
23:22then left New York alone.
23:24No one knew his whereabouts.
23:26My life finally returned.
23:28To a state of peace.
23:30My brand went public in Paris,
23:32becoming a truly global name.
23:34Only occasionally hearing whispers of Damien,
23:36from Anna.
23:37Some said they saw him working in the fields on a ranch out west.
23:40Others saw him volunteering at a rural church in the south.
23:44It was as if he were living like a monk,
23:46punishing himself through labor.
23:48I listened,
23:49but felt nothing.
23:50Or paths had diverged for good.
23:52Five years later,
23:54I moved back to New York
23:55and bought a house with a garden.
23:57I adopted a little girl named Iris.
24:00She's precious,
24:01with two tiny dimples when she smiles.
24:03I love her dearly.
24:05We are happy.
24:08One winter afternoon,
24:10I took Iris to the park.
24:12The snow was falling heavily.
24:14Iris was building a snowman,
24:15while I watched from a bench.
24:17Nearby,
24:17a man in a janitor's uniform was shoveling snow.
24:20He wore a hat and a mask,
24:22hiding his face.
24:23But his movements were slow,
24:25strained.
24:26He had a limp.
24:27Iris' snowball rolled to his feet.
24:29She ran over to pick it up.
24:31The man stopped his broom,
24:33leaned down,
24:34and handed it back to her.
24:37As he looked up,
24:38his mask slipped slightly.
24:40I saw his face.
24:42It was Damien!
24:43My heart didn't skip a beat.
24:45I just sat there quietly,
24:46watching him.
24:47Damien also froze when he saw me.
24:49His eyes widened,
24:50filled with shock,
24:51guilt,
24:52and a hint of embarrassment.
24:53He quickly pulled up his mask,
24:56turned around,
24:57and continued shoveling snow.
24:59His movements even more strained than before.
25:01Iris looked up at him,
25:03then at me,
25:04confused.
25:05Mommy, who is he?
25:07I smiled and stroked her head gently.
25:09Iris nodded happily and ran back to the snowman.
25:11I stood up,
25:12took one last glance at Damien's back.
25:15He was hunched over,
25:16shoveling snow,
25:18one slow,
25:18laborious stroke at a time.
25:20Iris, come here.
25:21It's time to go home.
25:23Mommy?
25:25That mister is crying.
25:30The past is gone.
25:31I have my life now,
25:33my Iris,
25:33and a future full of hope.
25:35Damien's atonement,
25:36his regrets,
25:37they are no longer my burden.
25:39We finally parted ways,
25:41in the heavy snow,
25:42with no more entanglement.
25:43You
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