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00:00friend for three months then i slept with his dad it all started the night i lost my virginity
00:06that night i booked a hotel lit the candles sprayed the perfume the kind that's supposed
00:12to get you both worked up i was gonna give him my first time i figured once we did it
00:17we'd be
00:18solid i texted him i was waiting in the room nothing back time kept going i was about to call
00:23him then there was a knock quiet fast i was so excited i barely thought twice just ran to the
00:29door and opened it a gun right against my forehead i froze there was a guy at the door soaked
00:35through
00:36breathing hard eyes like nothing i had no clue who he was only one thing in my head one wrong
00:42move
00:43and i was dead i'll do whatever you want take your clothes off
00:50he's on this floor i got it he was running from somebody and i was just the unlucky girl who
00:56opened the door next thing he had me on the bed kissing me hard i didn't fight i couldn't those
01:01footsteps kept getting closer my heart was so loud i could hear it a few seconds the footsteps stopped
01:08then started moving away we were good he let go didn't say a word just got up to leave wait
01:13he
01:14stopped the room got quiet too quiet i sat there on the bed heart going crazy i'd set everything up
01:21for
01:21ethan tonight the perfume the kind of perfume that makes things get out of hand now there was just
01:27me and him the smell was still in the air something was shifting he turned around looked at me different
01:34look this time not cold not calculating something he wasn't quite holding back he stood there for a
01:40second then walked back over i didn't move didn't even think about who he was anymore my head was
01:46empty one thought left don't let him leave he came toward me slow no room to back up too close
01:56i could feel him breathing close enough i could feel his heat coming through his clothes it wasn't
02:02just physical pressure it was like being seen all the way through locked down nowhere to go i should
02:07have fought should have pushed him off but i didn't move worse i let him just thinking that made my
02:13chest
02:13tight my body went rigid i knew this was bad i couldn't stop the next evening i had to drag
02:19myself
02:19to that party i've been zoning out all day all day my mind kept replaying last night every lingering
02:26tangled moment of it i was supposed to give ethan my first time instead i gave it to a guy
02:31whose name
02:32i didn't even know i was lost in it when ethan walked up big smile little apology said something came
02:38up last night he hadn't meant to bail he said he will make it up to me tonight the party
02:43kicked off
02:43lights music people everywhere ethan was working the room drinks handshakes dancing with two different
02:50girls he looked like he belonged there like that was actually his life i just stood off to the side
02:56felt like i didn't fit then the whole place went quiet just for a second a car pulled up a
03:02guy got out
03:03suit presents so heavy you couldn't really look straight at him people started whispering
03:08that's victor he actually showed up
03:17dad you made it i looked up right at his eyes time stopped for a second i knew that face
03:23and he knew
03:24mine the guy from last night my head went blank i forgot how to breathe he wasn't just some guy
03:30he was ethan's dad the one everyone here was scared of victor ethan pulled me forward big grin
03:37ethan introduced me to victor the air went dead i forced a smile and got out a little sir victor
03:43looked at me long second he stepped in for the hug polite controlled sir that's not what you called me
03:49last night last night you were calling me daddy
03:58my eyes went huge the whole room blurred took me forever to even hear what was happening around me
04:05ethan caught something was off he asked victor what he just said victor smiled real small looked me up
04:12and down then turned to ethan said his tastes improving that was the first time his dad had ever
04:18said anything good about him ethan was blown away he couldn't even hide how excited he was i couldn't
04:24breathe victor said a couple more polite things and walked off but i knew him leaving wasn't the end
04:31you two still going it's been what three months i heard she's still a virgin
04:36so what's she like in bed man she a freak she act like a porn star for you i felt
04:41the rage hit
04:42hot all up my throat but the worst part ethan didn't shut it down he just laughed like this was
04:48a normal thing his friend said i shoved him off the guys around us were stunned for half a second
04:54then somebody jumped in kiss her kiss her kiss her getting louder ethan's face came down toward mine i
05:00don't know why but the face in my head right then wasn't his it was the guy from last night
05:05the one i
05:06couldn't stop thinking about the one i couldn't look at myself for right before ethan's mouth hit mine
05:11i shoved him off i basically ran out of there got back to my hotel room leaned against the door
05:17for a
05:18long time couldn't think straight i kept asking myself was it last night or was it him then a hand
05:24from behind wrapped around me i jumped a foot in the air victor i yanked away from him spun around
05:31why is him here victor was just standing there said he wanted to see me like it was the most
05:36obvious
05:37thing i backed up he grabbed my wrist last night i was leaving you're the one who told me to
05:43stay
05:45i'm dating your son then tell me are you scared of me i'm not scared of you
05:59the way you called me daddy last night
06:06i'm not going to forget that
06:11you wanted it didn't you
06:18you're a freak
06:23you're nothing compared to ethan
06:27i basically ran out of the room the hallway lights were too bright
06:31i felt hollow went straight downstairs didn't look back once what i didn't know victor wasn't
06:36following me he was just standing there watching the way i'd gone his eyes deeper than before like
06:42for the first time something actually had his attention i got outside tried to get a cab but
06:47of course nothing was coming not at this hour empty street just me my heart was still slamming then a
06:54whistle from somewhere down the block i looked some guy was staring at me a kind of look that makes
06:59your skin crawl he started walking over looked me up and down i went stiff that's when it hit me
07:05i
07:05just got out of one mess and walked straight into a worse one
07:15you've you've got the wrong girl
07:18i'm just waiting for a ride
07:23waiting for a ride dressed like that i've got cash come with me stop pretending i lost it pulled out
07:32my
07:32phone called ethan the line picked up but it wasn't him it was a girl laughing saying something soft
07:38flirty and ethan in the background close voice i'd never heard him use before i just stood there
07:44forgot to even talk the line went dead i stared at my phone heart sinking by the second the guy
07:50in
07:50front of me was done waiting whoever you're calling not coming come with me
08:00stop fighting my boss is victor nobody touches me on this block victor i went rigid for a second
08:09crazy thought hit me was this his setup was he testing me punishing me the guy saw me freeze
08:14he liked it that made me explode i said they both fucking sipes that set him off his grip got
08:20worse
08:20i dropped my head and bit hot he yelped and let go i was at the end of it the
08:25fear had peaked right
08:26when i thought i was done headlights blasted into the alley so bright i couldn't see a black car doors
08:33opened somebody got out gun in his hand steel cold in the half light he didn't say a word just
08:39walked
08:39toward us the whole alley shifted the guy holding me got cocky for a second he stopped mid-word like
08:46something hit him in the throat because he could see who it was the cocky look fell off his face
08:51pure fear he stepped back i went still as well my heart skipped i followed his eyes and i saw
08:58the
08:58guy walking up him the guy from last night ethan's dad victor victor raised the gun aimed steady bang
09:08right in the leg the guy screamed and went down face white as paper get lost
09:15don't let me see you here again next time i won't be this merciful the guy crawled away
09:20didn't even look back the alley went silent just rain victor walked over to me i was frozen couldn't
09:27move he didn't say anything just bent down and picked me up i didn't even register what was happening
09:33before i was in his car the rain got harder the car was so quiet i could hear my own
09:38heart victor
09:39tossed me a towel to let me dry off i took it started wiping my arms couldn't stop looking at
09:44him he was soaked too water running down the side of his face i hesitated unsure whether i should help
09:51him wipe the water before i could think it through i was already reaching for him before i finished
09:55wiping his face soft he let me the air slowed down and my head wouldn't stop last night the one
10:02night
10:02i was trying to forget couldn't my breath went ragged i yanked my hand back like i'd scared myself
10:09victor watched me there was a hint of something in his eyes i couldn't name his eyes went down my
10:14body
10:15stopped at my legs i looked away fast tried to dry myself
10:27break up with ethan be with me no way i'm not breaking up with him
10:36we're serious and you're his dad we can't ever happen
10:47yeah wasn't i already your daddy last night
10:55his mouth was on mine the car went dead silent distance gone breathing tangled for a second
11:01i forgot who he was forgot who i was i don't know how long it lasted we finally broke i
11:07was dazed looks
11:08like your body is more honest than you are i basically ran into my building but my head was
11:13full of it i could have pushed him off i didn't i didn't even want to i was still spaced
11:18out when wendy
11:19came down the stairs she didn't push just reminded me don't forget about the party tomorrow night and
11:25picked my outfit i don't want to go but i cannot refuse otherwise wendy would have me thrown out of
11:31a
11:31organization the one i had always longed to be a part of i went quiet nodded next night i put
11:37on what
11:37wendy had laid out for me some skin tight little kitten thing way too much dot i walked into the
11:43venue stop dead soft lights everyone in formal wear nobody in costume nobody dressed crazy this wasn't
11:50a costume party i was the joke every eye in the room every flash all on me i scanned the
11:55crowd wendy
11:56was standing in the middle of it gown hair done right next to ethan like they belonged there like that
12:02was their default why would you do this
12:12wendy walked up to me real slow eyes full of it she wasn't even hiding the contempt she looked me
12:19over
12:19said i'm interesting today i just stood there my chest sinking by the second wendy just turned and
12:25grabbed ethan right in front of me kissed him the crowd went insane she finally pulled back and looked
12:31at me smiling i felt like somebody had hit me with a bat i just stared at them my boyfriend
12:37my best
12:37friend standing there like it was nothing that broke something in me i stepped up and slapped
12:42wendy across the face the sound cut through the whole hole she didn't even react for a second then
12:48she covered her cheek and ran into ethan's arms tears already coming next thing i knew ethan kicked me
12:54hard i went down back hit the floor couldn't breathe ethan stood over me looked down at me who do
13:00you
13:00think you are when did i ever say you were my girlfriend it was just a bet see if i
13:07could close
13:07you in three months you were way easier than i thought that was it my world collapsed the crowd was
13:16eating it up their voices everywhere too loud wendy walked up heels clicking stopped right in front of
13:21me looked down eyes empty i tried to get up wendy stepped on my hand pain shot up my arm
13:27i grit my teeth
13:28the crowd just laughed louder somebody started seeing it was all just a game somebody said they'd
13:33been watching me make a fool of myself the whole time my ears were ringing you guys don't even know
13:39what she's like in private looks all sweet right trust me she's a thirsty little slut all right
13:48let me show you the real her
13:52i started backing up inch by inch like i was trying to dodge something i couldn't take heart pounding
13:59couldn't breathe right i'd never been this scared in my life i jumped up didn't think just went for his
14:06phone i couldn't let him show it i couldn't right as i almost got there my foot caught somebody tripped
14:11me i went down hard palms scraping the floor burning before i could get up somebody grabbed
14:17my hair wendy she looked down that cruel little smile the screen at the front of the hall lit up
14:23every head in the room turned i followed everything in me dropped on the screen videos i'd sent even
14:28the ones i thought were just for the two of us the most private things i had now blown up
14:34public
14:34in front of everyone i couldn't even react the room was already laughing no way she did that she
14:42acts so innocent she's freaky in private total opposite huh wendy yanked my head harder made me
14:48look at the screen i was shaking couldn't fight back had nothing left ethan was just standing there
14:54didn't try to stop it he was watching it all happen like he was enjoying a show i couldn't breathe
14:59the laughing got worse phones came out everybody filming like i was the joke i gave up collapsed on
15:05the floor tears wouldn't stop i tried to talk nothing came out the whole world was going blurry
15:11then the doorway went quiet for a second like somebody had walked in i didn't have it in me to
15:16look i just lay there let it happen until i heard somebody say he's here
15:23i was on the floor done tears just kept coming then a hand right in front of me i looked
15:30up through
15:30the tears victor i grabbed his hand on instinct like i was drowning he pulled me up took off his
15:36jacket wrapped it around me pulled me into him then his other hand came up gun pointed at the crowd
15:42the whole hall went dead his eyes moved across every face finally landed on ethan ethan went white he
15:50stepped back bang a shot the bullet grazed ethan's ear blood ran down the side of his neck
15:55ethan grabbed his ear and screamed hit his knees total silence nobody moved you're shooting at me
16:03for her
16:07be glad all i did was hurt you i didn't kill you victor finally looked at ethan eyes ice everybody
16:17in the room sucked in a breath at the same time then victor turned kissed me right there
16:22in front of everyone like he was making a statement starting now zoe is mine
16:31which makes her your stepmom call her that or i take your name throw you out of this family
16:44victor took me home carried me the whole way i was still coming down off the chaos my fingers
16:50were still shaking i thanked him quietly he looked at me eyes deep he looked at me his gaze deep
16:56almost
16:56as if my thanks weren't enough for him the air shifted got dangerous i froze heart picking up i
17:03couldn't keep holding it back i stood up walked over to him step by step leaned in kissed him i
17:10thought
17:10he'd go for it instead he pushed me off i just stared victor was looking at me voice low holding
17:18back
17:18he said if he come for me he'll do it right and i'll come to him willing not like this
17:25not when i'm not
17:26myself he turned and walked out the door closed i just stood there heart everywhere
17:34next morning doorbell i opened it i froze roses in his hand suit calm face like the guy who'd been
17:43firing a gun yesterday wasn't even him he looked at me said he'd like to take me out properly i
17:49wanted
17:50to say no but the word wouldn't come finally i just said okay but today we do what i want
17:56done
17:58today's all yours you're the princess i'm just your knight
18:07i took victor to an amusement park he didn't fit not even close suit ara standing in a crowd of
18:15teenagers eating cotton candy but i went and bought a pair of cat ears handed them to him he frowned
18:22a
18:22second then he took them put them on i almost laughed out loud this guy who controlled everything
18:28wearing cat ears because of me
18:33we did the carousel i kept looking at his face none of it felt real yesterday he was holding a
18:40gun today
18:40he was riding a kid's ride and i was actually starting to feel happy night came we got on the
18:47ferris wheel the city lights got smaller the car got quiet private he looked at me i looked at him
18:54neither of us said anything then he reached over and pulled me into him i didn't fight it we were
19:00close
19:01breeding together he kissed me slower than any of the others deeper like he was making sure of something
19:08right when we hit the top fireworks i froze he whispered it is for me that was it he gave
19:16in
19:16i nodded said yes to him protecting me said yes to not running anymore he looked at me eyes deeper
19:24than before then he picked me up i yelped and threw my arms around his neck now time for the
19:32grown-up part
19:41next morning i got woken up by somebody banging on the door my chest tightened for no reason i dragged
19:48myself over i opened it froze eaten wendy right behind him stepped back demanding to know what they
19:54were doing here they didn't answer just walked in before i could react somebody shoved me hard
20:00i hitched the floor couldn't breathe for a second i curled up you ruined our lives you think you can
20:07hide forever i was glaring up at her full of rage before i could speak a shadow moved over me
20:14i looked
20:15up ethan was standing there holding a baseball bat his face cold vicious almost out of control he walked
20:23closer slow stood over me then raised the bat time stretched out i forgot to breathe i just watched it
20:31come down survival kicked in i scrambled up bolted i couldn't stop i stopped i was dead just get out
20:43just get out and i had a chance i made it to the door stopped dead outside already waiting ethan's
20:50guys
20:51that was it last hope gone a hand grabbed me from behind somebody clamped a hand over my mouth i
20:57could
20:57only manage broken little sounds they were rough dragged me to a car rope went on me wrists waist
21:04cold and tight other end of the rope tied to the car the engine started the car moved i had
21:10to run i
21:11kept up at first but i burned out fast breathing went wild vision started going my legs felt like lead
21:17one step two then i went down hard the road tore through my skin like a knife every second vision
21:24started fading right before everything went black only one face in my head victor
21:32i came to head was a mess my body felt wrecked even breathing hurt i opened my eyes victor was
21:38standing
21:39there ethan took me to victor before i could get a word out ethan threw a stack of so-called
21:45evidence
21:45down in front of victor he accused me of going behind victor's back his voice kept getting bigger
21:51like he was scoring points i panicked shaking my head i tried to crawl over tried to get to victor
21:57my body gave out i went down again black spots right as i was about to lose it hands picking
22:03me up victor
22:04there was a flicker of panic in his face then the air changed i felt it everything in him went
22:11dark like
22:11the calm before a storm he looked at ethan that looked pure ice before ethan could speak bang a
22:18shot right by my ear anybody who touches her dies
22:27the whole place went out of control every guy who'd been so cocky a minute ago was being dragged out
22:34pinned hauled away nobody got to even fight the air was just fear ethan and wendy were on their knees
22:41begging ethan was scrambling pushing the evidence forward again like it was his last shot then the
22:47room went silent because victor barely glanced at it then gave a little laugh the kind that makes you
22:53cold victor looked up said ethan didn't notice the man in those photos is himself that landed like a
23:00bomb ethan went stiff all the color drained out of his face wendy froze forgot to breathe victor didn't
23:07give them a chance he just lifted his hand both of them got dragged out i could hear them begging
23:13all
23:13the way down the hall then nothing i was just standing there i just wanted to leave right now
23:19but victor didn't move he was just standing there thinking about something that's when i noticed it
23:24the other side of the room stuff in the corner i really didn't want to see rope a whip cold
23:30metal my
23:31stomach dropped bad feeling was he still not believing me then victor walked over picked up
23:37a length of rope turned to me but his face was calm calm in a way i hadn't expected
23:44you went through a lot today use this tie me up whatever you want to do to me i want
23:52you to feel
23:52a few days later ethan and wendy showed up at my door said there was something i had to know
24:01i frowned
24:01got nervous ethan said slowly my father was not who i think he was he was victor's traitor i jerked
24:08my
24:08up no way my dad lived a quiet life never made enemies worked came home repeat there was no way
24:15he was tied up with victor wendy stepped in voice ice 15 years ago he betrayed william victor's
24:21predecessor that whole thing almost destroyed the family my head went blank no they're lying
24:29ethan threw a photo in my face a photo of my dad's back showing a long scar a bullet wound
24:36my hand started shaking regular guys don't have scars you know how he died
24:49he got handled and the guy who did it was victor that scar on victor's back that's from your dad
25:01you really think if you found out who you really are i'd keep you around
25:07take the hint and leave don't make him come do it himself
25:11i didn't stay to listen i left feeling completely empty but there was one thing in my head i needed
25:18to hear it from victor i didn't trust them i trusted him i went to his office the door was
25:24open a crack
25:24i pushed it open a little more then i went stiff inside the office there was a woman beautiful i
25:34didn't
25:34know her sitting next to him close then she kissed him and victor didn't move away
25:42what i just saw i felt it like a fist to the chest tears just came no warning that woman
25:48she was striking
25:49confident standing next to victor like she belonged there then i remembered something ethan had said
25:56the one that got away that was her i couldn't watch i turned around and ran night came i was
26:04alone in my
26:04room just hugging myself the scene from earlier was on a loop in my head i figured he wouldn't come
26:11familiar footsteps before i could react he was right in front of me no explanation no pause he just leaned
26:19in and kissed me i went still right then i couldn't tell was i angry or was i just craving
26:25him when i
26:26came back to myself the bad feeling was even worse i backed up a little i asked who was that
26:32woman told
26:32a quiet voice but i couldn't hide what was in it victor didn't answer right away he just looked at
26:37me
26:38then pulled me back into him his breath was right against my ear my breathing went wrong before i could
26:44deny it his hand tightened on me i couldn't go anywhere then today you take control
26:55something pushed me i climbed onto his lap we were close close enough i could hear his heartbeat i tried
27:02not to think about anything from earlier but the harder i tried the louder it got in my head ethan's
27:07voice on a loop i started slowing down drifting victor noticed next thing he pulled me back in
27:13took control again then my hand brushed his back a scar long real right then everything snapped
27:19together what ethan said what wendy said the stuff i didn't want to be true was getting more real by
27:25the
27:25second this man i'd fallen for might be the man who destroyed everything i came from victor stopped
27:32looked at me asked what am i thinking i didn't answer i just looked at him then set it quiet
27:37if
27:37somebody lied to you betrayed you what would you do the room went still kill them that's the only
27:44outcome everything in me went under every little hope gone i looked at him eyes hardening pulling away
27:50i knew time to go next morning i left a note on the table two lines i'm gone don't look
27:59for me
27:59the sun was out there was a couple holding hands on the corner i looked once looked away that kind
28:05of simple thing wasn't going to happen for me what was between us wasn't just secrets or our families
28:10it was something we couldn't get past my dad him the whole bloody mess between us even if i still
28:16loved
28:17him i didn't get to stay the airport was packed i was just rolling my suitcase lining up going through
28:22security like a normal person almost at the gate i noticed a few guys looking around black suits
28:28earpieces sharp eyes they were looking for somebody were they here for me they moved
28:33fast right when i was about to clear security pain somebody yanked me back by my hair ethan
28:39wendy right beside him cold stare i didn't even get to fight back
28:47they had me in a car next second a gun against my side victor knows who you really are
28:54you think he's letting you walk away he wouldn't you're too naive you think he's gonna keep his
29:03enemy's daughter around the air got tight i didn't want to believe but the fear was crawling up then out
29:10the window a car i knew coming up the road my heart slammed him victor came out of me before
29:17i could stop
29:17it pure panic last sliver of hope the car outside slowed down like it picked up no something
29:26a hand clamped over my mouth cut me off i fought couldn't get more than a muffled sound out that
29:32car
29:32i knew was right there the window came down victor was inside i needed him to see me
29:37i needed him to hear me i couldn't do anything victor's voice slow calm he asked if ethan had found
29:43her ethan was visibly thrown as he said they hadn't a second of silence i stared at the car
29:49tears blurring everything i just wanted him to look one more time victor just nodded the window
29:55went up the car drove off got smaller then gone everything in me sank that was the last hope gone
30:01with him the car started up again drove out somewhere remote empty quiet enough to scare you the door yanked
30:08open somebody dragged me out before i got my feet under me slap across the face so hard my head
30:14snapped
30:14ringing in my ears windy standing in front of me eyes i didn't recognize today
30:24i'm going to make you
30:25i fought it didn't matter next thing kick to the side i went down couldn't breathe ethan stood over me
30:34eyes i didn't know don't worry we're not letting you out that easy that was when i got it they
30:40weren't going to kill me they were going to drag it out they hauled me to some abandoned warehouse
30:45empty dead silent before i got my balance somebody grabbed my hair next second my head was in a bucket
30:53of water cold flooded everything i couldn't breathe i tried to fight they held me down that my lungs burned
30:59right before i blacked out they pulled me up i coughed everywhere couldn't catch my breath pushed
31:05back down again again again then bang the warehouse door slammed open a guy in the doorway backlit gun
31:12in his hand then i caught even's face he had this weird little smile
31:20the second i saw who walked in my heart dropped not victor iris the woman
31:27she walked in calm like she owned everything victor's guys behind her last hope crushed
31:38you actually thought you could beat me
31:44victor and i have known each other for decades
31:51what we have you don't get to touch
31:57stop bothering him you're just something he picked up on a whim
32:06that's all you are
32:25i didn't want to believe it i had one thing in my head i wanted to see victor one more
32:32time
32:32just once iris just stared at me like i was an idiot she said he's not coming you disappointed him
32:40too
32:40much she pulled out her phone hit play a voice came out deal with her victor's let iris handle me
32:47two words cut me wide open i went still tears just kept falling so it was real
32:55do it everything left me a gun pointed at my chest cold final i shut my eyes last thing in
33:02my head victor
33:04do you really want me dead ethan and wendy were laughing somewhere sharp smug i didn't even fight
33:11then bang but the pain didn't come i opened my eyes the bullet that should have hit me got knocked
33:17off
33:17of course by another one everybody froze
33:26door a figure walked in black suit heavy presence guns still smoking victor he came the whole world came back
33:36on
33:55i'm sorry i'm late
34:03she's a traitor's daughter she has to die
34:13it's not what you think if she doesn't die we don't follow you anymore
34:20we can pick iris power was shifting in real time victor was quiet for a beat then he let go
34:29of me
34:30i felt it like a hole opening up next second he raised his hand black gun barrel pointed at me
34:39i went rigid couldn't breathe i couldn't believe it wouldn't was he actually going to kill me
34:51the gun was on me air went solid ethan and wendy were right there smug eyes full of payback
35:03iris walked up voice also i just stood there tears running heart breaking apart i looked at victor i
35:10wanna know what was i to him he didn't answer he just looked at me then bang i shut my
35:17eyes
35:18the pain didn't come next second something gave it my wrist cut by the bullet clean i opened my eyes
35:26before i could process victor dropped the gun and ran at me
35:41don't be scared nobody's hurting you i'm never leaving you ever
35:50are you planning to have everyone betray you
35:58boss you're putting yourself at odds with your own family just for a woman
36:06two things one anyone who wants to walk walk now
36:16two
36:18zoe's father wasn't a traitor whole room went still then even bigger noise voices everywhere
36:26even iris's face changed then victora lifted his hand old file up in the air
36:38he said the proof's right here 15 years ago
36:43zoe's father had always only been in touch with me he wasn't a traitor he was my man inside the
36:49enemy's
36:49house he is victor's informant
36:54if it wasn't for tom if he hadn't sacrificed himself none of us would be standing here he gave
37:00us our chance to live his death that's on me but i didn't kill him every doubt in the room
37:06dropped
37:07his people looked at each other started bowing their heads apologies all over the place i just
37:14stood there couldn't see straight from the tears only iris hadn't moved everything's in here
37:21tom never betrayed anybody he's clean
37:26he was a hero standing straight eyes hard she said even if she died for it she would never apologize
37:33victor looked at her didn't say anything he just handed the gun to me he said it's my call the
37:39whole
37:39room went still every eye on me i took the gun my hands were shaking i walked over to iris
37:44one step
37:45at a time she was still smiling still looking down on me i stared at her every bit of pain
37:51humiliation
37:51despair came back at once next second bang
37:57the shot went off iris jerked back with a sharp sound the bullet grazed her shoulder not fatal enough
38:03to break her she closed her eyes her breathing went off freedom the room stayed dead quiet
38:08everybody waiting on her a few seconds she opened her eyes i'm sorry pride still there but humiliation
38:15under it now take her away den ethan and wendy wendy went white before she could speak somebody had her
38:22victor said starting today wendy is never to set foot in this city again starting today wendy doesn't
38:28set foot in this city again she fought they dragged her out anyway ethan was just standing there
38:32hollow victor looked at him voice colder he said ethan doesn't belong to his family anymore that hit
38:38him harder than any beating could ethan's legs gave he went down right there just empty victor turned
38:44around didn't look at any of them he walked over to me put his hand out i looked at him
38:51for a second
38:52then i put my hand in his he held it tight we walked out of there together
39:06back in the car the air was charged i leaned into the seat head still messy i had to ask
39:12the
39:12relationship between victor and iris i want to know if i am just a stand-in for her victor looked
39:17at me and
39:18then laughed small reached out touched my face said that's bullshit she's a business partner that's
39:24it something in me let go a little without thinking i'd already leaned into him his hand came around my
39:29waist didn't move it tightened slowly instead the air in the car went thick my heart blew up before i
39:34could react can we start the divider between us and the driver came up sealed off just us
39:45he pulled his tie loose slow easy then the tie was right in front of my eyes then over them
39:51black my
39:52breathing went off
39:57everything else got louder closer his breath coming in heat closer right at my ear so low it shook me
40:05kiss me kiss me i grabbed onto his shirt i was a mess already he kept coming on purpose inch
40:14by inch
40:14wasn't giving me anywhere to go
40:23i was in his arms then my breathing went wrong something nasty came up out of nowhere next second
40:32i started gagging couldn't breathe right victor's whole face changed one hand kept me steady the other
40:39was on his phone no room to argue
40:48arrange a doctor immediately the car turned around fast drove like hell
40:56his private doctor did a quick check his face shifted he congratulated us he said congratulations
41:04she is not sick she is pregnant the room stopped for a second victor and i both looked up met
41:11each
41:11other's eyes everything froze his hand was still holding mine slowly tightened i could feel it he was
41:19holding back how happy he was
41:25the high from the news hadn't even won off my head was already nervous ethan he's never going to accept
41:33this kid i knew exactly what he was he hated me hated all of this victor looked at me his
41:40face went
41:40serious like he was deciding something there's something i've never told you
41:46i knew ethan isn't my biological son he's my brother's child
41:53before my brother died he handed ethan to me he doesn't know and he doesn't need to
42:07you don't worry about him starting now nobody touches you every nervous thing in me settled down
42:16right then every fear every old hurt i'd been carrying i felt them land somewhere safe
42:23i leaned into him first time i thought maybe the future actually was something i could trust
42:34first prenatal checkup victor was supposed to come right before we left he got an emergency call
42:40had to run before he left
42:45he put a small diamond pin in my hand he said anything happens i can use this however something
42:52in me felt off i'll see you around
42:57okay
43:03the hospital looked normal i was cold for no reason the exam started the doctor was looking at the
43:09chart frowning he said the baby's a little unstable the tests they came back with some unusual results
43:16they need to give me a quick injection something was wrong i stood up wait i want to click the
43:23door
43:23locked i went stiff spun around locked from the inside air got heavy heart picking up what are you
43:30i didn't get to finish the curtain on the other side of the room moved somebody walked out ethan
43:36looked at me smiled smiled that made my skin crawl
43:47the baby is innocent
43:53innocent
43:55that kid is going to take everything that should be mine everything in me dropped i'm not letting it live
44:02he picked the syringe up off the tray started walking toward me i backed up the door was locked
44:11nowhere to go don't shaking head whole body trembling he didn't slow down the needle caught the light
44:20closer closer i was almost done then the pin victor said use it that was the last shot i reached
44:27for it
44:28before i could press it slap eason grabbed it stomach dropped next second he smashed it on the floor sharp
44:35crack
44:42diamond split into pieces like my last hope gone
44:51ethan tied me back to the chair
44:53the rope cut into my wrist the fear ran through me i was shaking my head voice broken please just
45:00leave
45:00the baby alone nothing in his face moved next second he punched me pain everywhere i almost blacked out
45:08he looked down at me like i was something he had to take out raised his hand again this one
45:14was going to
45:14do it then bang the hospital room door got kicked in i jerked my head up victor standing in the
45:22doorway
45:23next second he was across the room punched ethan square in the face ethan staggered victor didn't
45:30even look at him came around to me are you okay his hand was tight i shook my head i'm
45:37fine voice small
45:38i'm okay just shaken he let out a tiny breath then another shot bullet hit ethan's arm are you out
45:49of
45:49your mind i'm your son you're not my son victor pulled adoption papers out of his coat held them
46:04in front of ethan air went dead ethan's hand started shaking he stared at that paper like the floor had
46:09dropped out murmuring under his breath that's not possible next second he pulled out a gun pointed it
46:14at us i held my breath art almost stopped before anybody could move bang not at us at himself blood
46:19everywhere the adoption papers soaked red
46:31later victor took me back to the room where everything started he stood there he looked off
46:40in a way i'd never seen i'm sorry that you had to go through this no you're my hero
46:56marry me
47:02yes the ring went on
47:05he stood up pulled me into him this was it the whole storm done we made it to each other
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