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00:00:00Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE

00:00:30The gun he custom, made for me, and a pool of blood will remain on the seaside cliff.

00:00:35Don, those 99 times you said you loved me, I don't want them anymore.

00:00:41I was standing in the corridor outside the private dining room when I dialed the number.

00:00:45Project Ash, initiate now.

00:00:48The male voice on the other end was calm and steady.

00:00:50Received. The faked death protocol is ready to go.

00:00:53In 10 days you'll vanish from everyone's world.

00:00:55I ended the call, pried out the SIM card, and dropped it into the wastebasket beside the wall.

00:01:00From inside the room came a roar of laughter, familiar enough to turn my stomach.

00:01:04That was Dante Moretti, my husband.

00:01:06The godfather of the most powerful mafia family on the East Coast.

00:01:09Surrounded by his loyal and oblivious men.

00:01:11Tonight was our third wedding anniversary.

00:01:14He had rented out the entire restaurant.

00:01:16The most expensive champagne.

00:01:18The most dishonest smiles.

00:01:19A performance called Love, staged entirely for my benefit.

00:01:23I pushed open the door and walked in, wearing the same smile I always wore.

00:01:27Finished your call.

00:01:28Dante sat at the head of the long table and reached out to me.

00:01:31I crossed the room and placed my hand in his.

00:01:33He pulled me into his lap in one smooth motion.

00:01:35One arm circling my waist.

00:01:37Tender and practiced.

00:01:38The kind of gesture that now made me want to be sick.

00:01:41All done.

00:01:42The cleaning service confirmed they'll send someone to the apartment tomorrow.

00:01:45Dante nodded and turned back to his underboss, resuming a conversation in Italian.

00:01:49Fast, clipped, thick with a Sicilian accent.

00:01:52The private language of his bloodline.

00:01:53And the wall they'd always used to keep me out.

00:01:56I smiled along and took a sip of wine.

00:01:58I had taught myself Italian over the past three years.

00:02:01Dante didn't know that.

00:02:02He thought I only spoke English.

00:02:04His men thought so too.

00:02:08That was Dante's cousin, Luca, second, in command.

00:02:11Another man, Cesare, grinned.

00:02:29Cesare turned to me, switching to English.

00:02:31His eyes testing the water.

00:02:33Vivian, good wine.

00:02:34I smiled and nodded.

00:02:35Very good.

00:02:36My gaze perfectly clear.

00:02:38They exchanged a look and cut back to Italian.

00:02:41Non capisce una parola.

00:02:43Rilasciati.

00:02:43Dante, davvero non le lo diresti.

00:02:45E se lo scopri...

00:02:46Dante finally spoke.

00:02:47His tone easy and indifferent.

00:02:49Cosa è da scoprire?

00:02:50È mia.

00:02:51Sarà sempre mia.

00:02:52Ho bisogno di lei dove deve essere.

00:02:54Facendo quello che dovrebbe fare.

00:02:55Il resto non ha nulla a che avere con lei.

00:02:58I felt his hand give my waist a light.

00:03:00Absent-minded pet.

00:03:01The way you'd sue the pet.

00:03:02Besides, he continued in Italian.

00:03:04Lei è così brava, non farà danni.

00:03:06Low laughter rippled around the table.

00:03:08I looked down at the dark red liquid in my glass.

00:03:11Three years of marriage, and they had always looked at me that way.

00:03:14Pity threaded through contempt.

00:03:15I was the godfather's wife and had no real power.

00:03:18I was his companion and nothing more than a prop.

00:03:20What they didn't know was that the most dangerous hunter is the one who looks the most harmless.

00:03:24I set my glass down and stood up from Dante's lap.

00:03:27Tired?

00:03:28He looked up at me.

00:03:29Mmm.

00:03:29I'll head home.

00:03:30I'll have someone drive you.

00:03:32No need.

00:03:33I'll call a car.

00:03:33I picked up my bag and walked toward the door.

00:03:36As I pulled it open, I heard someone say one last thing in Italian behind me.

00:03:40Non ti preoccupare.

00:03:41Non sam niente.

00:03:42I let the door close behind me.

00:03:44I knew everything.

00:03:46I knew who Scarlett was.

00:03:48I knew that woman had been living in the apartment.

00:03:50Dante bought her for the past month.

00:03:52I knew the entire family had been laughing behind my back,

00:03:55calling me a fool who couldn't see what was in front of her.

00:03:57But I wouldn't cry.

00:03:58I wouldn't rage.

00:03:59I wouldn't ask him a single question.

00:04:01Ten days from now,

00:04:02they would all believe I was dead.

00:04:04And Dante Moretti

00:04:06would spend the rest of his life

00:04:07remembering every word he said tonight.

00:04:15I walked out of that building

00:04:16like a ghost.

00:04:18A cab idled at the curb.

00:04:20I pulled open the door and gave the address.

00:04:23Thirty minutes later,

00:04:24I was standing in the living room

00:04:25of our penthouse apartment.

00:04:27Our home.

00:04:28That was what Dante called it when he bought this place.

00:04:30The air inside was thick with his present cigars.

00:04:34Whiskey.

00:04:34The particular aftershave he wore.

00:04:37I used to find that smell comforting.

00:04:41Now it made my skin crawl.

00:04:43I started packing.

00:04:44The bedroom first.

00:04:48On the nightstand sat the only photo of us together.

00:04:51The one taken on the yacht.

00:04:52He had his arm around me.

00:04:54And I was laughing so hard my eyes were nearly shut.

00:04:57That was two years ago.

00:04:59He had just been made godfather.

00:05:00And all of New York's underworld was saying his name.

00:05:03He'd had too much to drink that day.

00:05:05Held me close.

00:05:07And swore to God I was the only woman he would ever love.

00:05:10I picked up the frame,

00:05:12opened the back,

00:05:12and slid the photo out.

00:05:15Then I tore it in her.

00:05:16His half went into the trash bag.

00:05:18My half I held in my fist.

00:05:19Into the walk-in closet.

00:05:21I opened the jewelry cabinet.

00:05:23Everything he had ever given me was in there.

00:05:25A diamond bracelet.

00:05:26A third anniversary gift.

00:05:28Ruby earrings.

00:05:29Bought last Christmas.

00:05:31A necklace he'd had custom made.

00:05:33The pendant engraved with my initials.

00:05:35One by one,

00:05:36I took them out.

00:05:37One by one,

00:05:38I dropped them in.

00:05:39The clothes, too.

00:05:41He'd always said I looked best in the red dress.

00:05:43Made me wear it to every family gathering.

00:05:46The fur coat he'd draped over my shoulders himself.

00:05:48Claimed he'd brought it back from Milan.

00:05:50And the bags Hermes Chanel,

00:05:52limited editions from boutiques around the world,

00:05:54ferried back by his men.

00:05:56All of it.

00:05:57Into the bag.

00:05:59When the bag was full,

00:06:00I dragged it to the elevator.

00:06:01Rode down.

00:06:03And heaved it into the dumpster.

00:06:06Back in the apartment,

00:06:07I poured a whiskey.

00:06:09The liquor burned down my throat

00:06:10and made my eyes sting.

00:06:13I moved to the window

00:06:14and looked out over New York.

00:06:16This city was everywhere his.

00:06:19The casino below.

00:06:20The container terminal at the port.

00:06:22The weapons depot in Brooklyn.

00:06:25He sat at the center of all of it,

00:06:27controlling everything,

00:06:28including what I used to be.

00:06:31That night,

00:06:32three years ago,

00:06:33came flooding back.

00:06:34I had been in New York

00:06:35for only three months.

00:06:37Running an errand for a friend

00:06:39at one of the dock warehouses.

00:06:41And gunshots.

00:06:42I didn't even understand

00:06:44what was happening.

00:06:50I just knew someone

00:06:51was yanking me backward

00:06:52by the arm.

00:06:53It was Dante.

00:06:55I didn't know who he was yet.

00:06:56All I knew was that

00:06:57he shoved me into a corner

00:06:59and put himself between me

00:07:00and the bullets.

00:07:01One of those bullets

00:07:02punched through his shoulder.

00:07:04His blood splattered

00:07:05warm across my face.

00:07:06He kept firing.

00:07:08One arm around me,

00:07:09the other shooting back,

00:07:10shouting at his men

00:07:11to break through.

00:07:12He pinned me so tightly

00:07:13I couldn't move.

00:07:14And all I could hear

00:07:15was his heartbeat,

00:07:16fast and hard,

00:07:18like a drum.

00:07:19Then he collapsed against me.

00:07:20I was soaked in blood

00:07:22and I thought he was dead.

00:07:23He looked up at me

00:07:24with what remained

00:07:25of his breath.

00:07:26And his mouth pulled

00:07:27into something

00:07:28that wasn't quite a smile.

00:07:30You're okay.

00:07:31That's what matters.

00:07:35I got him to the hospital.

00:07:48Six hours of surgery.

00:07:51When he came around,

00:07:52the first thing he did

00:07:53was ask if I was hurt.

00:07:55I put flowers

00:07:56on his nightstand

00:07:57and asked him

00:07:58why he had saved me.

00:08:00He took my hand

00:08:01and pressed his lips

00:08:01to the back of it.

00:08:03Because you're the only person

00:08:04I've ever wanted to protect.

00:08:07After he was discharged,

00:08:08he pursued me

00:08:09for three months.

00:08:10I said no

00:08:11and he stood outside

00:08:12my building and waited.

00:08:13One day it poured

00:08:14and he stood there

00:08:15for three hours.

00:08:17Eventually I went downstairs

00:08:18and dragged him inside.

00:08:19He was soaked through

00:08:20but he grinned like a kid.

00:08:23You finally let me in.

00:08:25He sent flowers every day.

00:08:27Picked me up

00:08:27from work every day.

00:08:29Said he loved me

00:08:30every day.

00:08:31I turned him down

00:08:32ninety-nine times.

00:08:34On the hundredth,

00:08:35he proposed.

00:08:36He went down

00:08:37on one knee,

00:08:37those hands

00:08:38that could take a life

00:08:39at a thousand yards

00:08:40were shaking

00:08:40as they held the ring.

00:08:42I had never seen him like that.

00:08:44The youngest godfather

00:08:45in New York Mafia history.

00:08:47A man who killed

00:08:48without blinking.

00:08:50Kneeling in front of me

00:08:51and barely able

00:08:52to form words.

00:08:54Marry me.

00:08:54He said.

00:08:55I'll spend my life

00:08:57shielding you with mine.

00:08:58I said yes.

00:09:00The day he left the hospital,

00:09:02he held me

00:09:03and whispered

00:09:04against my ear.

00:09:05You're my only weakness

00:09:06and my armor.

00:09:09I thought that was

00:09:09an eternal bow.

00:09:10My phone buzzed.

00:09:16I thought that was

00:09:17an eternal bow.

00:09:18My phone buzzed.

00:09:19I picked it up

00:09:20and opened the recording

00:09:21I had copied.

00:09:22Dante's call last night

00:09:24from inside Scarlet's apartment.

00:09:26I pressed play.

00:09:27You like it.

00:09:28His voice,

00:09:28low and graveled.

00:09:30Scarlet's laugh.

00:09:31I love it.

00:09:32Dante,

00:09:33does your wife

00:09:33know you're like this?

00:09:35Don't bring her up.

00:09:36Why not?

00:09:38Isn't she your one and only?

00:09:40Dante laughed.

00:09:41A laugh I had never

00:09:42heard from him.

00:09:43Relaxed.

00:09:44Unguarded.

00:09:47She's the one

00:09:47I keep at home.

00:09:48You're the one

00:09:49who lets me breathe.

00:09:51Different things.

00:09:52How different?

00:09:54She'll always be my wife.

00:09:56But you?

00:09:57His voice dropped.

00:09:59You make me

00:10:00want to let go.

00:10:01You're not afraid

00:10:02she'll find out?

00:10:03Her.

00:10:04she'll never find out.

00:10:07And even if she did,

00:10:09what could she do?

00:10:10She couldn't survive

00:10:11without me.

00:10:13The recording kept going.

00:10:15I didn't want

00:10:16to hear anymore.

00:10:17The man who had

00:10:18taken a bullet for me.

00:10:20The man who had

00:10:21stood in the rain

00:10:22waiting for me

00:10:22to say yes.

00:10:23The man who told me

00:10:24I was his armor.

00:10:26That man was lying

00:10:27in another woman's bed.

00:10:30I set the phone

00:10:31on the table.

00:10:32My fingers brushed

00:10:33something cold.

00:10:34The engagement ring.

00:10:35Three years on my hand.

00:10:37Taken off only just now.

00:10:38I walked to the window.

00:10:43And threw it out.

00:10:44The man who had

00:10:45shielded me with his body.

00:10:46The man who had

00:10:47called me his only one.

00:10:48The man who had

00:10:49made me believe in love.

00:10:50He had changed.

00:10:51Or maybe he had

00:10:52always been this way.

00:10:53And I was only

00:10:54seeing it clearly now.

00:10:59The next afternoon

00:11:00at two

00:11:01Dante's car pulled up

00:11:02in front of the building.

00:11:03When I got in

00:11:04he leaned over

00:11:05out of habit

00:11:05and pressed a kiss

00:11:06to my cheek.

00:11:07I pulled back.

00:11:09He went still.

00:11:10I caught the flash

00:11:11of hurt in his eyes

00:11:12which struck me

00:11:12as almost funny.

00:11:13He was the one

00:11:14who had betrayed me first

00:11:15and here he was

00:11:16genuinely wounded.

00:11:18Nothing's wrong.

00:11:19I said.

00:11:20Just a bit of a headache.

00:11:22He relaxed.

00:11:23I want to show you something.

00:11:25You'll see when we get there.

00:11:27He said.

00:11:28He held my hand

00:11:29the entire ride

00:11:30thumb brushing

00:11:30slow circles

00:11:31across my knuckles.

00:11:32His habitual

00:11:33small gesture.

00:11:34I used to think

00:11:35it was intimacy.

00:11:36Now it just felt

00:11:36like irony.

00:11:38The car turned

00:11:39into a warehouse

00:11:40wound between

00:11:40rows of cargo containers

00:11:42and stopped

00:11:43in front of a steel door.

00:11:44The door opened

00:11:45onto a staircase

00:11:46that led two flights down.

00:11:48And then the space

00:11:49opened up

00:11:50into something unexpected.

00:11:51An underground

00:11:52shooting range.

00:11:53Twenty or so people

00:11:54were already there.

00:11:55The core of the family.

00:11:56Luca.

00:11:57Gacisere.

00:11:58A handful of district captains

00:11:59whose names

00:12:00I had never bothered to learn.

00:12:01They all stopped talking

00:12:02when we walked in.

00:12:05Dante led me forward

00:12:06by the hand.

00:12:07His grip warm and tight.

00:12:08Cesare called out.

00:12:09Boss!

00:12:10Heard the delivery came in.

00:12:12Let's see it.

00:12:13Dante ignored him

00:12:14and brought me

00:12:15to the long table

00:12:16in the center of the range.

00:12:17A black metal case

00:12:18sat on the table.

00:12:20Solid craftsmanship.

00:12:21copper banded

00:12:22at the corners.

00:12:23He let go of my hand

00:12:24and entered the code.

00:12:25A click.

00:12:26The lid opened.

00:12:29Inside

00:12:30lay a gun.

00:12:31Silver,

00:12:32small and elegant.

00:12:33The grip inlaid

00:12:34with dark filigree

00:12:35that caught the light

00:12:36in tiny scattered glints.

00:12:37Dante lifted it out

00:12:38and turned to face me.

00:12:40Come here.

00:12:47I walked over.

00:12:49Every eye in the room

00:12:50was on me.

00:12:51He placed the gun

00:12:52in my hands.

00:12:54The curve of the grip

00:12:55settled perfectly

00:12:56against my palm.

00:12:57The weight was right too.

00:12:59A little lighter

00:12:59than what I trained

00:13:00with before.

00:13:01I tested the trigger.

00:13:02The pull was just right.

00:13:04No need to force it.

00:13:05He had memorized

00:13:06the size of my hands.

00:13:07Remembered the grip

00:13:08I preferred.

00:13:09Knew exactly how heavy

00:13:10I liked a gun to be.

00:13:11He had brought me here

00:13:12many times

00:13:13over the past three years.

00:13:14Every session

00:13:15side by side

00:13:15shot by shot.

00:13:16Until we had built

00:13:17something like fluency

00:13:18in each other's habits.

00:13:19He kept a record

00:13:20of all of them.

00:13:20Custom made

00:13:21to your specifications.

00:13:22He said.

00:13:23Right handed grip.

00:13:25Barrel rifled

00:13:26one degree left.

00:13:27The best gunsmith

00:13:28in Italy.

00:13:29Handmade.

00:13:29Three months

00:13:30in the making.

00:13:31There isn't another one

00:13:33like it in the world.

00:13:34I looked down.

00:13:35Along the grip

00:13:36etched in fine flowing script

00:13:37were two letters.

00:13:39VR.

00:13:40My initials.

00:13:41The room erupted.

00:13:43The boss never gave

00:13:44a woman a gun before

00:13:45and it's custom.

00:13:46I've been with him

00:13:46ten years.

00:13:48I've never got

00:13:48this treatment.

00:13:51Viviana,

00:13:52do you know

00:13:52what this thing is worth?

00:13:53You could buy

00:13:54a Manhattan apartment

00:13:55with that money.

00:13:57Dante smiled

00:13:57and raised one hand.

00:13:58The room quieted.

00:14:00That gun is yours.

00:14:01He said.

00:14:02Not loud.

00:14:02But the whole range

00:14:03could hear him.

00:14:04Nobody touches it

00:14:05without my permission.

00:14:07are we clear?

00:14:09I looked up at him.

00:14:10There was a smile

00:14:11in his eyes

00:14:11but something else

00:14:12beneath it.

00:14:13That possessiveness

00:14:14of his.

00:14:15The pride of claiming

00:14:15ownership in front of

00:14:16everyone he commanded.

00:14:17Clear.

00:14:18I said.

00:14:20He nodded,

00:14:21satisfied.

00:14:22Then he stepped behind me,

00:14:23closed his hands

00:14:24over mine

00:14:24and we held

00:14:25the gun together.

00:14:26His chest

00:14:27was against my back.

00:14:29Warm.

00:14:30Three years ago.

00:14:31This would have

00:14:32made my pulse race.

00:14:33Now all I can think about

00:14:34is the recording

00:14:35from last night.

00:14:37Does he press himself

00:14:38against her the same way?

00:14:40Speak in that low,

00:14:41gentle voice

00:14:42into her ear?

00:14:43Line up the sights.

00:14:44Aim for center.

00:14:46Ten rings.

00:14:47When the magazine ran dry,

00:14:49I turned to face him.

00:14:56His eyes were full of pride.

00:14:58The kind that says

00:14:59I trained her myself.

00:15:00He pulled me into him

00:15:01and bent his head

00:15:02to kiss my hair.

00:15:03I breathed in the smell

00:15:04of him

00:15:04and could only think

00:15:06about how that same smell

00:15:07had clung to another woman

00:15:08last night.

00:15:10The others were already

00:15:11clamoring

00:15:11to go drinking.

00:15:12Dante walked out

00:15:13with his arm around me.

00:15:14The district captain's

00:15:15trailing behind,

00:15:16still debating

00:15:17my last few shots.

00:15:18We were at the warehouse

00:15:20entrance

00:15:20when his phone rang.

00:15:22He glanced at the screen

00:15:23and his expression shifted

00:15:25just for a moment.

00:15:26But I saw it.

00:15:27That pleased,

00:15:28loosened look

00:15:28instantly suppressed,

00:15:29replaced by something

00:15:30carefully arranged

00:15:31to look like concern.

00:15:33Yeah.

00:15:34He listened for a few seconds.

00:15:36Got it.

00:15:37I'm on my way.

00:15:39He ended the call

00:15:40and looked at me.

00:15:41His face carried

00:15:42that specific blend

00:15:43of apology

00:15:44and urgency

00:15:45he wore so well.

00:15:46Vivian,

00:15:47there's a problem

00:15:48down at the port.

00:15:49I have to go handle it.

00:15:51Cesar will take you home.

00:15:53I didn't tell him

00:15:54I'd heard Scarlet's voice

00:15:55in the background.

00:15:57God,

00:15:58he was good.

00:16:00Come on,

00:16:01I'll drive you.

00:16:02Cesar stepped forward.

00:16:03I followed him

00:16:04to the other car.

00:16:06Before I got in,

00:16:08I glanced back.

00:16:10At the corner,

00:16:11a red sports car

00:16:12was parked

00:16:13with its lights on.

00:16:14A Porsche,

00:16:15new model.

00:16:15I couldn't make out

00:16:16the face inside,

00:16:17but I could see

00:16:18the long blonde hair.

00:16:19Scarlet's car.

00:16:20I had seen it once before,

00:16:21last week on Dante's phone.

00:16:23Scarlet had sent him

00:16:24a photo of herself

00:16:24leaning against the hood,

00:16:26smiling with a caption

00:16:27that read,

00:16:27Come pick me up.

00:16:28He wasn't going

00:16:29to the port.

00:16:30That shipment

00:16:31had arrived

00:16:31three days ago.

00:16:33Luca had reported

00:16:34last night

00:16:34that everything was fine.

00:16:35He was going to her.

00:16:38Three months ago,

00:16:39Scarlet had appeared

00:16:40in his life.

00:16:41He had been commissioning

00:16:42custom gifts for me

00:16:43while texting her,

00:16:44memorizing my shooting habits

00:16:45while figuring out

00:16:46how to get her into bed.

00:16:47I almost laughed at that.

00:16:48What was I laughing at?

00:16:50At how certain he was,

00:16:51I didn't know.

00:16:51at how convincing

00:16:53his performance had been

00:16:54or at myself,

00:16:55knowing everything perfectly

00:16:56and still feeling it

00:16:57like a punch to the chest

00:16:58when I saw that red car.

00:17:04The elevator doors opened.

00:17:07I walked into the apartment.

00:17:09Everything looked exactly

00:17:10as I'd left it,

00:17:11but something felt off

00:17:13the moment

00:17:13I stepped through the door.

00:17:15The air had changed.

00:17:17A trace of perfume.

00:17:19Faint,

00:17:20but real.

00:17:21Sweet and cloying.

00:17:22With a floral undertone.

00:17:25Not mine.

00:17:26I had never worn

00:17:27anything like that.

00:17:28I went into the bedroom.

00:17:31I had left in a hurry

00:17:32that morning.

00:17:33The comforter shoved aside,

00:17:35pillows askew.

00:17:36Now the bedding was smooth.

00:17:37Both pillows set neatly

00:17:39side by side.

00:17:40The corners tucked.

00:17:41Someone had been here.

00:17:43Someone had come

00:17:44into my bedroom

00:17:44and touched my bed.

00:17:46I checked the wardrobe.

00:17:49All my clothes were hanging

00:17:50where I'd left them,

00:17:51undisturbed.

00:17:52I exhaled

00:17:53and was about to turn away

00:17:55when something caught

00:17:56the edge of my vision

00:17:57on the innermost shelf.

00:17:59A single high heel.

00:18:01Red stiletto.

00:18:02The vamp glittering

00:18:04with rhinestones.

00:18:05Not my size.

00:18:06Not my style.

00:18:08I had never owned

00:18:09anything like it.

00:18:10She had left it here

00:18:11on purpose.

00:18:12This apartment

00:18:13was Dante's private ground.

00:18:15In three years,

00:18:16I had never seen

00:18:17a single family member

00:18:18set foot inside

00:18:19without being invited.

00:18:21Even Luca called ahead

00:18:22and waited at the door.

00:18:24Cicere only ever

00:18:25delivered things

00:18:26to the lobby downstairs.

00:18:27Anyone else didn't even

00:18:28come into the building.

00:18:30And yet someone

00:18:31had been inside.

00:18:32A woman.

00:18:33Wearing perfume

00:18:34I would never wear.

00:18:35Shoes I would never own.

00:18:36And she had made herself

00:18:38at home in my bed.

00:18:46I picked up my phone

00:18:48and almost called Dante.

00:18:49Then I didn't.

00:18:50What would I even say?

00:18:52Did you bring

00:18:53another woman here?

00:18:54He would say no.

00:18:56He'd say I was

00:18:56imagining things.

00:18:57He'd say that must be

00:18:58the cleaning lady's perfume.

00:19:00He would perform it

00:19:01flawlessly.

00:19:02He always did.

00:19:03The nausea rose again.

00:19:05She had been here.

00:19:06Maybe yesterday.

00:19:07Maybe this very afternoon.

00:19:10I went to the guest room

00:19:11and closed the door.

00:19:12It smelled faintly of dust.

00:19:14No one had slept here

00:19:15in a long time.

00:19:16But it was better

00:19:17than the bedroom.

00:19:18No perfume.

00:19:19No sign of anyone.

00:19:20I lay down

00:19:21and stared at the ceiling.

00:19:22My phone buzzed.

00:19:23A message from Dante.

00:19:25Asleep already?

00:19:26I looked at those two words

00:19:28and tried to picture

00:19:29where he was

00:19:30when he sent them.

00:19:31In his car?

00:19:31In her apartment?

00:19:33Just out of her bed?

00:19:34I typed back.

00:19:35Yes.

00:19:36His call came through

00:19:37immediately.

00:19:38I watched his name

00:19:39on the screen.

00:19:41Hesitated two seconds.

00:19:42Picked up.

00:19:43You're asleep

00:19:44and you still answered?

00:19:46There was a smile

00:19:46in his voice.

00:19:47He woke me up.

00:19:49I miss you.

00:19:50He said.

00:19:50I'll definitely come home

00:19:52early tomorrow

00:19:52to be with you.

00:19:53I closed my eyes.

00:19:54Okay.

00:19:55He would come home

00:19:56wearing her perfume

00:19:58maybe with a mark

00:19:59on his neck

00:20:00with that gentle face

00:20:01of his

00:20:02telling me he had missed me.

00:20:04And I

00:20:04would pretend

00:20:06I had no idea.

00:20:12When I came downstairs

00:20:14the next morning

00:20:14Dante was already

00:20:15at the table.

00:20:16He stood up

00:20:17when he saw me

00:20:18and crossed the room

00:20:18to hold me.

00:20:26Got back late last night.

00:20:27Hope I didn't disturb you.

00:20:28No.

00:20:29I said.

00:20:30I slept soundly.

00:20:34He walked me to the table

00:20:35and pulled out my chair.

00:20:38The coffee was hot.

00:20:39The toast was golden.

00:20:41He had buttered it himself

00:20:42and set it on my plate.

00:20:44Three years

00:20:44every time he came home late

00:20:46the next morning

00:20:46looked like this.

00:20:48Attentive, solicitous.

00:20:50Walking on eggshells.

00:20:53Only this time

00:20:54it was more than usual.

00:20:55Guilt from cheating maybe.

00:20:56Or the sense

00:20:57that I'd noticed something.

00:20:58I didn't care which.

00:21:03get the situation

00:21:05sorted out last night.

00:21:06I asked.

00:21:06Yeah.

00:21:07That shipment at the port

00:21:08was a headache

00:21:09but we handled it.

00:21:11I nodded

00:21:12and took a bite of toast.

00:21:14He watched me eat.

00:21:15His fingers tapped

00:21:16lightly on the table.

00:21:17That was his nervous habit.

00:21:19Three years of watching him.

00:21:20I could read it easily.

00:21:22Vivian.

00:21:23He began.

00:21:23I want to make it up to you.

00:21:25I looked up.

00:21:27I've been neglecting you lately.

00:21:29Too much going on.

00:21:30This weekend

00:21:32let's go to the island.

00:21:33Just the two of us.

00:21:35He covered my hand

00:21:36with his expression

00:21:37doing something careful

00:21:38and deliberate.

00:21:40I have a surprise for you.

00:21:48That small island

00:21:49off Long Island

00:21:49he'd bought it

00:21:50two years ago.

00:21:51We had only been twice

00:21:52and neither time

00:21:53for more than a day.

00:21:55A surprise?

00:21:56I said.

00:21:57You'll love it.

00:21:57He squeezed my hand.

00:21:59I promise.

00:22:01I looked at the expectation

00:22:02in his eyes.

00:22:03He thought I knew nothing.

00:22:05He thought a weekend getaway

00:22:06could patch over

00:22:07every late night

00:22:07he'd clocked lately.

00:22:09All right.

00:22:10I said.

00:22:11He smiled and leaned in

00:22:12to kiss me.

00:22:13I closed my eyes

00:22:14behind them

00:22:15the red stiletto

00:22:15the cloying perfume

00:22:17the particular way

00:22:18he had smelled

00:22:19when he came home

00:22:19last night.

00:22:23I had a great deal

00:22:24to do in the next

00:22:24three days.

00:22:26On the first night

00:22:27Dante drank.

00:22:28He had always had

00:22:28a good head for liquor

00:22:29but he drank heavily

00:22:30that evening.

00:22:31Maybe guilt.

00:22:32Maybe shame.

00:22:33I didn't care about

00:22:34his reasons.

00:22:35I only needed him drunk.

00:22:36When he was out

00:22:37sprawled across the bed

00:22:38I took his phone

00:22:39lifted his right hand

00:22:40and pressed his thumb

00:22:41to the screen.

00:22:43Unlocked.

00:22:45I pulled up the documents

00:22:47I needed signed.

00:22:48One by one.

00:22:49asset transfer paperwork

00:22:50I had spent

00:22:51the last few days

00:22:52preparing.

00:22:53More than enough

00:22:53to live on

00:22:54after I disappeared.

00:22:56I went back

00:22:56to the bedroom.

00:22:57He was half conscious

00:22:58mumbling something.

00:23:02Dante,

00:23:03I need your signature

00:23:04on a few things.

00:23:05I said softly.

00:23:07Sign what?

00:23:08He murmured.

00:23:10For the company.

00:23:12Luca said it's urgent.

00:23:14He nodded.

00:23:15I eased him upright

00:23:16and put a pen

00:23:17in his hand.

00:23:17Without looking

00:23:18at a single page

00:23:19he signed wherever

00:23:20I pointed.

00:23:23When the last signature

00:23:24was done

00:23:24he dropped back

00:23:25against the pillow

00:23:26and was fully out.

00:23:27I stood at the edge

00:23:28of the bed

00:23:29looking at him.

00:23:30Three years

00:23:31I had loved that face.

00:23:33That face had smiled at me

00:23:34cried in front of me

00:23:35made promises to me.

00:23:37Last night

00:23:38it had been pressed

00:23:38against another woman's neck.

00:23:40No matter.

00:23:41This island trip

00:23:42would be my best opportunity.

00:23:44Two days from now

00:23:46gone for good.

00:23:48goodbye Dante.

00:24:00Dante

00:24:01Saturday night

00:24:018 o'clock

00:24:02two suitcases

00:24:03stood side by side

00:24:05in the entryway.

00:24:06The boat to the island

00:24:07left first thing

00:24:08tomorrow morning.

00:24:08I was packed

00:24:09and ready.

00:24:11Dante was on the sofa

00:24:12taking a call

00:24:13his voice kept

00:24:14deliberately low

00:24:15but I was in the

00:24:16kitchen doorway

00:24:16pouring a glass of water

00:24:17and I caught

00:24:18the last few words anyway.

00:24:21Got it.

00:24:21I'm coming now.

00:24:23He hung up

00:24:24and came to find me

00:24:26wearing the expression

00:24:27I knew far too well.

00:24:30Apologetic,

00:24:30urgent

00:24:31and underneath it

00:24:32that almost invisible guilt.

00:24:37He laid his hand

00:24:38on my shoulder

00:24:39and gave it

00:24:39a gentle squeeze.

00:24:41Vivian

00:24:42I have to step out

00:24:43and handle something.

00:24:45I looked at him

00:24:45over the rim

00:24:46of my glass

00:24:46and said nothing.

00:24:48There's an emergency

00:24:49at the port.

00:24:50I have to go myself.

00:24:54We're leaving

00:24:55for the island

00:24:55first thing

00:24:56tomorrow morning.

00:24:56I said.

00:24:57I know.

00:24:58I'll deal with it

00:24:59and come straight

00:25:00to the island.

00:25:01You go ahead

00:25:02with the boat.

00:25:03I'll be there

00:25:03a few hours behind you.

00:25:04Liar.

00:25:05I looked at his eyes.

00:25:06Gray blue.

00:25:07Beautiful.

00:25:07Right now they carried

00:25:08a flicker of evasion

00:25:09but mostly that

00:25:10uncompromising certainty.

00:25:12The look of a man

00:25:13who has already

00:25:14made his choice

00:25:14and is merely

00:25:15informing you of it.

00:25:17But I wanted to try

00:25:18one last time

00:25:19for the sake of

00:25:20my three years

00:25:20to give him

00:25:21one final chance.

00:25:23Can't someone else go?

00:25:25Luca or Seseza?

00:25:27I heard something

00:25:28in my own voice.

00:25:29A plea I hadn't

00:25:30intended to let through.

00:25:31Something crossed his face.

00:25:32Quick,

00:25:33but I saw it.

00:25:33Luca's in Brooklyn

00:25:35dealing with something else.

00:25:36Chesari can't handle this one.

00:25:38He smiled.

00:25:39That soothing,

00:25:40coaxing smile.

00:25:41His hand came up

00:25:42to touch my face.

00:25:46Business stuff.

00:25:47You wouldn't understand it.

00:25:52It'll only be a few hours.

00:25:54I promise I'll spend

00:25:55all day with you tomorrow.

00:26:06I held his gaze

00:26:07for several seconds.

00:26:08His eyes slid sideways

00:26:10for just a moment.

00:26:11Then came back to me.

00:26:12I mean it.

00:26:14I promise.

00:26:16That's what you said

00:26:17last night too.

00:26:18Last chance, Dante.

00:26:20He exhaled

00:26:21and reached out

00:26:22to hold me.

00:26:22I stepped back.

00:26:24His arms stayed open

00:26:25in the air between us.

00:26:27This one is

00:26:27a real emergency.

00:26:29That cargo run,

00:26:30something's gone wrong

00:26:31with the shipment.

00:26:31If I don't deal with it tonight,

00:26:33the losses will be significant.

00:26:34What cargo?

00:26:39Just...

00:26:39the port job.

00:26:41You know, the one.

00:26:42I didn't.

00:26:43He had never told me

00:26:44the details of his business.

00:26:45He always said

00:26:46not to worry.

00:26:47Now he was using it

00:26:48as an excuse,

00:26:49knowing I had nothing

00:26:50to push back with.

00:26:51I nodded.

00:26:52Go ahead, then.

00:26:53He visibly relaxed.

00:26:55A smile broke

00:26:56across his face.

00:26:57He stepped forward

00:26:58and pulled me in.

00:26:59Thank you for understanding.

00:27:01I swear tomorrow

00:27:03is all yours.

00:27:04Anything you want

00:27:05on the island

00:27:06will do it.

00:27:07His chin rested

00:27:08on top of my head.

00:27:09His hand moved

00:27:10in slow, familiar circles

00:27:11on my back.

00:27:12He had done this

00:27:13thousands of times

00:27:14over three years.

00:27:15I used to think

00:27:15it was comfort.

00:27:16Now it felt like a courtesy.

00:27:21I love you.

00:27:22Wait for me.

00:27:23He said.

00:27:26He walked past me,

00:27:27picked up his coat

00:27:28from the entryway

00:27:29and pushed through the door.

00:27:35I went to the window

00:27:36and looked down.

00:27:38His black sedan

00:27:39was at the curb,

00:27:40the driver already

00:27:41holding the rear door open.

00:27:42And at the corner,

00:27:43under the street lamp,

00:27:44the red sports car

00:27:45was parked and waiting.

00:27:46I couldn't tell from here

00:27:47whether someone was inside,

00:27:49but I knew there was.

00:27:50That car was waiting for him.

00:27:51For her.

00:27:51he wasn't going

00:27:53to the port.

00:28:01I could picture it.

00:28:02He would get out

00:28:03of his car.

00:28:03She would come forward

00:28:04to meet him.

00:28:05He would pull her

00:28:06into his arms.

00:28:09I watched his sedan

00:28:10pull away.

00:28:11Then I watched

00:28:12the red car

00:28:12follow it and vanish.

00:28:18Then I went to the bedroom

00:28:19and took out the gun

00:28:20he had given me.

00:28:24I drove to the cliffs

00:28:25at the shore.

00:28:29The eastern tip

00:28:30of Long Island

00:28:30below,

00:28:31black rocks

00:28:32and open sea.

00:28:33No one came here

00:28:34at night,

00:28:35just the wind

00:28:36and the sound of waves

00:28:37beating against the reef

00:28:38over and over.

00:28:39I parked at the roadside

00:28:40and walked to the edge

00:28:41with the gun.

00:28:41The wind was fierce enough

00:28:43to whip my hair

00:28:43across my face.

00:28:44All I could hear

00:28:45was the water,

00:28:46far away

00:28:46and close at once,

00:28:47like another world.

00:28:49I crouched down,

00:28:51took out the bag of blood

00:28:52I'd brought

00:28:52and poured it over the gun

00:28:53and across the rocks

00:28:54around it.

00:28:57I stood,

00:28:58stepped back,

00:28:59studied the scene.

00:29:00Then I drew the gun

00:29:00and fired once

00:29:01into the open air.

00:29:02Bang!

00:29:03The casing landed

00:29:03in the blood.

00:29:04I dropped the gun beside it.

00:29:06It struck the stone

00:29:07and left a dent

00:29:07on the barrel.

00:29:08Gun blood,

00:29:09casing.

00:29:09It looked like someone

00:29:10had come here

00:29:11to end their life

00:29:12and gone over the edge.

00:29:13The ash team

00:29:14would make sure

00:29:14everything else

00:29:15was perfect.

00:29:16By morning someone

00:29:16would find it,

00:29:17the police would be called.

00:29:18He would be notified.

00:29:19I stood there

00:29:20a moment longer,

00:29:21looking at what

00:29:21I'd left behind.

00:29:22Then I turned

00:29:23and walked back to the car.

00:29:24I didn't look back.

00:29:35At three in the morning

00:29:36I pulled into

00:29:37the airport parking structure,

00:29:38grabbed my bags,

00:29:39and walked into the terminal.

00:29:41I found the check-in counter.

00:29:43Good evening.

00:29:44A one-way ticket to Zurich.

00:29:46The agent glanced

00:29:47at my passport

00:29:47and tapped at her keyboard.

00:29:49Miss Phoenix,

00:29:50your flight departs at six.

00:29:52You can check

00:29:52your luggage now.

00:29:55Yes.

00:29:56Have a pleasant journey.

00:30:01I took the boarding pass

00:30:02and walked toward security.

00:30:04My phone was still

00:30:05in my pocket.

00:30:05I took it out

00:30:06and dropped it

00:30:07into the trash

00:30:08on my way through.

00:30:10Goodbye, Dante.

00:30:11Goodbye to your world

00:30:12of lies and deceit.

00:30:19The plane began to taxi.

00:30:21Then it accelerated

00:30:22and lifted off.

00:30:23New York shrank

00:30:23below the window,

00:30:24the towers,

00:30:25the streets,

00:30:26the places I had lived

00:30:27for three years.

00:30:28The world that belonged

00:30:29to Dante Moretti.

00:30:30In ten hours

00:30:31I would wake up

00:30:32in another country.

00:30:33No Dante,

00:30:33no Scarlet,

00:30:34no lies,

00:30:35no betrayal.

00:30:36He would spend

00:30:36the rest of his life

00:30:37remembering that the night

00:30:38he chose to leave,

00:30:39his wife had walked to the sea

00:30:40and never come back.

00:30:41The next morning at ten,

00:30:43Dante's boat docked

00:30:44at the pier

00:30:44of the private island.

00:30:45The sun was strong,

00:30:46the water a brilliant blue.

00:30:48Dante jumped off the bow,

00:30:49bodyguards behind him,

00:30:50a bunch of white roses

00:30:51in his hand.

00:30:52He'd had them flown in

00:30:53from Manhattan

00:30:53the night before.

00:30:55She here yet?

00:30:55He asked.

00:30:56The steward who came

00:30:56to meet him.

00:30:57The steward's face

00:30:58was wrong.

00:30:58Sir,

00:30:59Miss Vivian hasn't arrived.

00:31:01Dante frowned.

00:31:02Hasn't arrived.

00:31:03The boat left at eight.

00:31:04The pier reports

00:31:05she never boarded.

00:31:06He pulled out.

00:31:06His phone and called her,

00:31:08switched off.

00:31:08Called again,

00:31:09still switched off.

00:31:10Send someone

00:31:10to check the apartment.

00:31:11He said it

00:31:12to the bodyguard

00:31:13behind him

00:31:13and kept walking

00:31:14toward the villa.

00:31:15She'd overslept,

00:31:16probably,

00:31:17missed the boat.

00:31:17Let her phone die.

00:31:18He kept telling himself things.

00:31:20Like that as he walked.

00:31:21The villa was on

00:31:22the eastern bluffs

00:31:23of the island

00:31:24three stories

00:31:24white floor

00:31:25to ceiling windows

00:31:26facing the sea.

00:31:28Dante pushed inside.

00:31:29The living room

00:31:30was empty.

00:31:32On the table

00:31:32sat a bottle of wine

00:31:33and two glasses.

00:31:35He had asked someone

00:31:36to set that up.

00:31:37He'd been planning

00:31:37to sit here

00:31:38with her tonight

00:31:39and watched the sun

00:31:40go down.

00:31:41His phone rang.

00:31:46Sir,

00:31:46no one at the apartment,

00:31:48but we found something

00:31:49at the shore.

00:31:51What shore?

00:31:52Be specific.

00:31:53Two seconds of silence

00:31:54on the line.

00:31:55The bluffs

00:31:55on the eastern end

00:31:56of Long Island.

00:31:57You should come

00:31:58see this yourself.

00:31:59Three hours later,

00:32:00Dante stood at the edge

00:32:01of those cliffs.

00:32:01The sun had shifted west.

00:32:03the sea wind tore

00:32:04at his hair.

00:32:05He looked down

00:32:06at what lay on the rocks.

00:32:07A gun,

00:32:07silver,

00:32:08the grip engraved

00:32:09with Fyar.

00:32:10The one he had given her.

00:32:11The stones around the gun

00:32:12were stained.

00:32:13Dark red brown,

00:32:14dried now.

00:32:19A white silk scarf

00:32:20soaked through

00:32:21had blown into

00:32:21the scrub at the edge.

00:32:22He crouched

00:32:23and reached for the gun.

00:32:24The instant.

00:32:25His fingers touched

00:32:26the metal.

00:32:27His entire body

00:32:28went rigid.

00:32:29Sir.

00:32:29The bodyguard

00:32:30behind him said.

00:32:32We received a report

00:32:33this morning.

00:32:34Someone spotted blood

00:32:36at the base of the cliffs.

00:32:37The coast guard

00:32:38is conducting a search.

00:32:39Dante said nothing.

00:32:40He stared at the gun,

00:32:41at the blood,

00:32:42at the scarf.

00:32:43She had been here

00:32:44last night,

00:32:44with his gun.

00:32:45He saw it in his mind

00:32:46the moment he'd left

00:32:47the apartment.

00:32:48She had been standing

00:32:49at the window

00:32:50looking down at the street.

00:32:51When he'd settled

00:32:52into the car,

00:32:53had he glanced back?

00:32:54He hadn't.

00:32:55He had told his driver

00:32:56to take him

00:32:57straight to Scarlett's.

00:32:58Sir.

00:32:59The bodyguard's voice came

00:33:01from far away.

00:33:02Dante stood up,

00:33:03turned and walked

00:33:04toward the car,

00:33:05moving fast.

00:33:06Sir, where to?

00:33:08The island.

00:33:10Now.

00:33:12It was nearly six

00:33:13by the time

00:33:14the boat reached

00:33:14the island again.

00:33:15The sun was sinking,

00:33:17turning the water red.

00:33:18Dante went through,

00:33:19the villa room by room.

00:33:20Bedroom empty,

00:33:21her luggage gone,

00:33:23bathroom,

00:33:23her skin care things gone,

00:33:25wardrobe,

00:33:26her clothes,

00:33:27all gone.

00:33:27He stood in the middle

00:33:28of the empty wardrobe

00:33:29and looked at the bare racks.

00:33:31Three months ago,

00:33:32when he'd commissioned the gun,

00:33:34she had smiled

00:33:34and said thank you.

00:33:36Two weeks ago,

00:33:36he had brought her

00:33:37to the shooting range

00:33:38and she had fired ten rings

00:33:40and he had told everyone

00:33:41in the room,

00:33:41she is mine.

00:33:42Last night when he left,

00:33:43she had been standing

00:33:44at the window.

00:33:45Watching the street below,

00:33:46he had assumed

00:33:47she would be there.

00:33:48When he got back,

00:33:49he went to the living room

00:33:50and grabbed his cracked phone.

00:33:51Luca,

00:33:52I need you to check everything,

00:33:53every airline,

00:33:54every exit record,

00:33:55her credit cards,

00:33:55bank accounts,

00:33:56anyone she's been in contact

00:33:57with recently.

00:33:58Boss,

00:33:59what happened?

00:34:02She's gone.

00:34:08Who?

00:34:11Vivian.

00:34:12He hung up

00:34:13and hurled the phone

00:34:14at the wall.

00:34:14It bounced off

00:34:15and landed on the floor.

00:34:16Screen shattered.

00:34:17The bodyguard stood

00:34:18in the doorway

00:34:19and didn't dare come in.

00:34:20Dante moved to the window

00:34:21and stared out at the sea.

00:34:23The sky was going dark.

00:34:24Waves beat against

00:34:25the rocks below.

00:34:26She had stood

00:34:26at the sea last night,

00:34:28alone,

00:34:28with that gun.

00:34:29His phone buzzed

00:34:30from the corner,

00:34:31Luca calling back.

00:34:32He walked over

00:34:32and picked it up.

00:34:33The screen was cracked

00:34:34but still worked.

00:34:35Boss,

00:34:36nothing.

00:34:37No records of anything.

00:34:39Luca,

00:34:40her credit card

00:34:40went dark after yesterday.

00:34:42Her bank account

00:34:42transferred two million dollars

00:34:44to an anonymous account

00:34:45in Switzerland.

00:34:46and no airline

00:34:47has any record

00:34:48of her leaving.

00:34:50What do you mean,

00:34:51no record?

00:34:53Could be a fake ID

00:34:54if she'd been planning

00:34:55this ahead of time.

00:34:56Luca didn't finish

00:34:57the sentence.

00:34:58Dante ended the call.

00:34:59He went to the bedroom

00:35:00and lay down on the bed.

00:35:02The sheets still carried

00:35:03the faint smell

00:35:04of her laundry soap.

00:35:05He pressed his face

00:35:06into the pillow.

00:35:07The door opened,

00:35:08the click of heels

00:35:08on the floor.

00:35:10Dante.

00:35:10He looked up.

00:35:12Scarlet stood in the doorway

00:35:13in a red dress,

00:35:14bag on her arm.

00:35:16I heard something happened.

00:35:18Are you all right?

00:35:19Dante looked at her

00:35:20for a few seconds.

00:35:21Then he got up

00:35:22and crossed the room.

00:35:24How did you get in?

00:35:27The door was open,

00:35:29so I just...

00:35:30He grabbed her arm

00:35:32and pushed her

00:35:32toward the exit.

00:35:33She shrieked

00:35:34and stumbled,

00:35:35one heel twisting,

00:35:36and nearly fell.

00:35:37Get out.

00:35:40Dante,

00:35:40I only wanted to...

00:35:41Get out!

00:35:45The words came out loud enough

00:35:46to startle even him.

00:35:48Scarlet scrambled

00:35:48to her feet

00:35:49and ran.

00:35:49He stood in the middle

00:35:50of the living room

00:35:51breathing hard.

00:35:56Then something

00:35:56occurred to him.

00:35:57He turned

00:35:58and went to the guest room.

00:35:59He pushed the door open.

00:36:00Everything in order.

00:36:01Bed made.

00:36:02Curtains drawn.

00:36:03He went to the wardrobe

00:36:04and opened it.

00:36:05A nightgown hung inside.

00:36:07White silk.

00:36:07She wore it sometime.

00:36:08Just the one.

00:36:09He took it down.

00:36:10Silk cool and smooth.

00:36:12Carrying the faintest

00:36:12trace of her.

00:36:13He sat on the edge

00:36:14of the bed.

00:36:14He held the nightgown

00:36:15in both hands

00:36:16and stayed there.

00:36:17Head bowed motionless.

00:36:18Outside,

00:36:19the sky went completely dark.

00:36:21Waves came in

00:36:22off the water.

00:36:22Steady and rhythmic.

00:36:23His shoulders began to shake.

00:36:24Then he broke.

00:36:25He bent over.

00:36:26Forehead pressing

00:36:26to his knees.

00:36:27Holding that silk nightgown.

00:36:29Crying until he couldn't breathe.

00:36:31She was gone.

00:36:32She had planned it

00:36:32all well in advance.

00:36:33She had waited

00:36:34until he left.

00:36:35Driven to the shore

00:36:36and used his gun.

00:36:36When he had walked

00:36:37out the door,

00:36:37she had been standing

00:36:38at the window,

00:36:39watching him.

00:36:40He had ducked into the car.

00:36:41The car pulled away.

00:36:42She had stood there

00:36:43until it disappeared

00:36:44then turned

00:36:44and picked up her back.

00:36:45What had she been thinking?

00:36:47He kept seeing her face

00:36:48the way she had looked

00:36:49at him one last time.

00:36:51The light had been behind her

00:36:52and he hadn't been able to

00:36:53read her expression.

00:36:55He could read it now.

00:36:56It hadn't been anger.

00:36:57It hadn't been disappointment.

00:36:59It had been goodbye.

00:37:01Scarlet appeared

00:37:01in front of Dante again

00:37:03one week later.

00:37:04He had just come back

00:37:05from the shore,

00:37:06soaked through.

00:37:06The Coast Guard

00:37:07had been searching

00:37:08for three days

00:37:09and found nothing.

00:37:10They told him

00:37:11he should accept

00:37:12the reality.

00:37:12Nobody survived

00:37:13those conditions.

00:37:14He didn't accept it.

00:37:15He sent everyone away

00:37:16and drove to the shore alone

00:37:18and stood there

00:37:19for an entire day.

00:37:24He came back

00:37:25to the apartment

00:37:25after dark

00:37:26when he pushed

00:37:27the door open.

00:37:28Scarlet was sitting

00:37:29on the living room sofa.

00:37:30Black dress,

00:37:31careful makeup,

00:37:32hair down,

00:37:33a bottle of wine

00:37:34and two glasses

00:37:34on the coffee table.

00:37:36How did you get in?

00:37:38Your bodyguard knows me.

00:37:39She stood and took

00:37:40two steps toward him.

00:37:43Dante,

00:37:44I saw the news.

00:37:45I'm so sorry.

00:37:46He looked at her

00:37:47without speaking.

00:37:48I know you're hurting

00:37:49right now,

00:37:50she said softly.

00:37:51But you can't keep

00:37:52doing this to yourself.

00:37:54You need someone with you.

00:37:56He pulled off

00:37:56his soap jacket

00:37:57and dropped it

00:37:58on the floor.

00:37:59What do you want?

00:38:00Scarlet moved closer

00:38:01and raised her hand

00:38:02toward his face.

00:38:03He stepped back.

00:38:05She stopped.

00:38:06Then she smiled

00:38:06a gentle,

00:38:07slightly wounded smile.

00:38:09I want to be here

00:38:09for you.

00:38:10I've been worried

00:38:11about you all week.

00:38:12Another step forward.

00:38:13Don't bother.

00:38:14Dante,

00:38:15I know losing her

00:38:16is devastating,

00:38:17but life goes on.

00:38:18You still have me.

00:38:20He looked at her.

00:38:21Have what?

00:38:22I can take care of you.

00:38:24We could be together.

00:38:25I know you might not

00:38:26want to hear this now,

00:38:28but time

00:38:29heals everything.

00:38:31After a while...

00:38:32After a while,

00:38:33what?

00:38:35We could start something.

00:38:36Dante held her gaze

00:38:37for a moment.

00:38:38Then he laughed.

00:38:38And the sound of it

00:38:39made Scarlet.

00:38:40Take a step back.

00:38:42Start what?

00:38:45Just us.

00:38:46She gestured vaguely

00:38:47between them.

00:38:47I know this might be

00:38:48too soon,

00:38:49but I just want you to know

00:38:50I'm willing to be there

00:38:51for you.

00:38:52You don't have to

00:38:53carry this alone.

00:38:55You think you can

00:38:56replace her?

00:38:59Scarlet bit her lip.

00:39:01I'm not saying

00:39:02replace her.

00:39:03I just want to...

00:39:04You want to take

00:39:04her place.

00:39:05She went quiet.

00:39:07Dante walked

00:39:08toward her.

00:39:09Slowly.

00:39:10Each step deliberate.

00:39:12Scarlet retreated

00:39:13until the back

00:39:13of her knees

00:39:14hit the sofa.

00:39:15And she couldn't

00:39:16go further.

00:39:21Do you know

00:39:21what kind of person

00:39:22she was?

00:39:23His voice was

00:39:24very low.

00:39:25She was with me

00:39:26for three years.

00:39:28Three years

00:39:29and she never

00:39:30complained once.

00:39:33I left in the

00:39:34middle of the night

00:39:35and she never

00:39:35asked where I was

00:39:36going.

00:39:36Whatever I was

00:39:37doing outside

00:39:38she never

00:39:38once pried.

00:39:39Scarlet opened

00:39:40her mouth.

00:39:41No sound

00:39:41came out.

00:39:42I gave her

00:39:42that gun.

00:39:44She practiced

00:39:45until she shot

00:39:45ten rings.

00:39:46I said in front

00:39:47of everyone

00:39:49she's mine.

00:39:51And she smiled.

00:39:52He stood

00:39:52directly in front

00:39:53of her

00:39:53looking down.

00:39:54and what

00:39:55are you?

00:39:57The color

00:39:57drained from

00:39:58Scarlet's face.

00:39:59You were the

00:40:00woman I kept

00:40:00on the outside

00:40:01for amusement.

00:40:02He spoke each

00:40:03word with

00:40:04surgical precision.

00:40:05You're comparing

00:40:06yourself to her?

00:40:07What exactly

00:40:08would you be

00:40:08comparing?

00:40:10Scarlet's eyes

00:40:10went red.

00:40:11Dante, I know

00:40:12you're not in a

00:40:13stable place

00:40:13right now.

00:40:14I'm perfectly

00:40:15stable.

00:40:16He cut her

00:40:16off.

00:40:17more stable

00:40:18than I've

00:40:19ever been

00:40:19in my life.

00:40:21Listen to

00:40:22what I'm

00:40:22saying.

00:40:22He pointed

00:40:23at the door.

00:40:24Don't come

00:40:24back here.

00:40:25Don't call

00:40:26me.

00:40:26Don't let

00:40:27me see

00:40:27your face

00:40:27again.

00:40:28A tear

00:40:29slid down

00:40:29Scarlet's

00:40:30cheek.

00:40:30I love

00:40:31you.

00:40:31He laughed

00:40:32and something

00:40:33in that

00:40:33laugh rooted

00:40:34her to

00:40:35the floor.

00:40:35You love

00:40:36me.

00:40:37He leaned

00:40:38down until

00:40:38he was

00:40:38level with

00:40:39her face.

00:40:40You love

00:40:40my money,

00:40:41my position,

00:40:42the apartment

00:40:43and the bags

00:40:44I bought

00:40:44you.

00:40:45You have

00:40:46never loved

00:40:46me.

00:40:47That's not

00:40:48true.

00:40:49Do you know

00:40:49what she

00:40:50loved?

00:40:50She loved

00:40:51me.

00:40:53Three years

00:40:53ago, I was

00:40:54nothing.

00:40:55Just some

00:40:56blood-stained

00:40:57thug.

00:40:58She came

00:40:59with me

00:40:59anyway, and

00:41:00she never

00:41:00once asked

00:41:01what I could

00:41:01give her.

00:41:02He straightened.

00:41:03Leave.

00:41:05Scarlet stood

00:41:06there without

00:41:06moving.

00:41:08He walked

00:41:09to the door

00:41:09and held

00:41:10it open.

00:41:13Don't make

00:41:13me call

00:41:14someone in.

00:41:15She stared

00:41:15at him, lips

00:41:16trembling.

00:41:17Then she

00:41:18picked up her

00:41:18bag and

00:41:19walked out

00:41:19quickly.

00:41:20As she

00:41:20passed him,

00:41:21she stopped.

00:41:23Dante.

00:41:25She's dead.

00:41:26Wake up.

00:41:27He looked

00:41:28at her.

00:41:28That one

00:41:29look sent

00:41:29a cold

00:41:29shock down

00:41:30Scarlet's

00:41:30spine.

00:41:31She had

00:41:31never seen.

00:41:32That kind

00:41:32of emptiness

00:41:33in another

00:41:33human being's

00:41:34eyes, hollow

00:41:34and utterly

00:41:35still, but

00:41:35somehow terrifying.

00:41:36She turned

00:41:37and ran.

00:41:38The door

00:41:38closed.

00:41:39Dante stood

00:41:39in the entryway

00:41:40without moving.

00:41:45After a long

00:41:45time, he went

00:41:46back to the

00:41:46living room

00:41:47and sat

00:41:47down.

00:41:48The bottle

00:41:49of wine

00:41:49still stood

00:41:50on the coffee

00:41:51table, the

00:41:51two glasses

00:41:52side by side.

00:41:53He stared

00:41:53at them

00:41:54for a long

00:41:54time.

00:41:55Then he picked

00:41:55one up and

00:41:56hurled it at

00:41:57the floor.

00:41:57Glass exploded

00:41:58across the

00:41:59room.

00:41:59He got up,

00:42:00went to the

00:42:01guest room, and

00:42:02took the white

00:42:02silk nightgown

00:42:03from the wardrobe.

00:42:04He sat on the

00:42:05edge of the bed

00:42:05and held it.

00:42:06Outside, a

00:42:07siren wailed,

00:42:08coming closer

00:42:09then fading.

00:42:10He looked

00:42:10out the window.

00:42:11The sky was

00:42:12fully dark.

00:42:15Six weeks

00:42:16later, St.

00:42:17Catherine,

00:42:18Louisiana.

00:42:20Sunlight filtered

00:42:21through the

00:42:21sycamore leaves

00:42:22and scattered

00:42:22across the

00:42:23dirt road in

00:42:24uneven patches

00:42:24of light and

00:42:25shadow.

00:42:30A pickup truck

00:42:31rattled past.

00:42:32The bed loaded

00:42:33with hay bales.

00:42:34The old man

00:42:35driving it gave

00:42:36a short press

00:42:36of the horn

00:42:37as he went

00:42:37by.

00:42:38I nodded

00:42:38and kept

00:42:39walking.

00:42:39The main

00:42:40street wasn't

00:42:40long, a few

00:42:41shops on either

00:42:42side, a

00:42:43general store, a

00:42:44bakery, a

00:42:45second-hand

00:42:45bookshop.

00:42:46At the far

00:42:47end, a small

00:42:48white church

00:42:48with a bell

00:42:49in its steeple.

00:42:50The orphanage

00:42:51sat right next

00:42:52to the church.

00:42:54I had come

00:42:55here six weeks

00:42:55ago.

00:42:56Nothing but a

00:42:57new passport

00:42:58and some cash.

00:42:59When I walked

00:42:59into the church,

00:43:00the old priest

00:43:01had asked what

00:43:01I needed.

00:43:02I told him I

00:43:03was looking for

00:43:03somewhere to

00:43:04stay, somewhere

00:43:04I could be of

00:43:05use.

00:43:06He brought me

00:43:07here.

00:43:09The sister

00:43:10who ran this

00:43:10place passed

00:43:11away last

00:43:12month.

00:43:13He said,

00:43:14These children

00:43:15need someone.

00:43:17So I stayed.

00:43:19The children

00:43:20called me

00:43:20Sister Maria,

00:43:21though I

00:43:22wasn't a real

00:43:22nun.

00:43:23Nobody asked

00:43:24too many

00:43:24questions.

00:43:25Small towns

00:43:26don't pry.

00:43:27With the money

00:43:28I had brought

00:43:29out, I bought

00:43:30drawing paper

00:43:30and crayons

00:43:31and started

00:43:31teaching art.

00:43:33I cleared

00:43:34out the weeds

00:43:34in the yard

00:43:35and planted

00:43:35flowers, repainted

00:43:38the common

00:43:38room, hung

00:43:40new curtains.

00:43:42The orphanage,

00:43:44which had been

00:43:44falling apart

00:43:44at the seams,

00:43:45was now the

00:43:46prettiest building

00:43:46on the street.

00:43:48Sister Maria!

00:43:49A small girl

00:43:50held up her

00:43:51drawing.

00:43:51Look!

00:43:52The paper showed

00:43:52a figure with

00:43:53brown hair and

00:43:54a blue dress,

00:43:54beside it in

00:43:55unsteady letters

00:43:56Maria.

00:44:00Is that me?

00:44:02She nodded.

00:44:05I picked her

00:44:06up and kissed

00:44:06her cheek.

00:44:09There was a

00:44:10knock at the

00:44:10door.

00:44:11I turned.

00:44:14A man stood

00:44:15in the frame,

00:44:16black shirt

00:44:16and trousers.

00:44:17A paper bag

00:44:18in one hand.

00:44:19Somewhere around

00:44:19thirty, dark

00:44:20hair, light

00:44:21brown eyes.

00:44:22Hello?

00:44:23He said.

00:44:29I'm Michael,

00:44:30the new priest.

00:44:31It took me

00:44:32a second.

00:44:33The old priest

00:44:33had mentioned

00:44:34someone was

00:44:34coming to

00:44:35take over.

00:44:35Maria, I said.

00:44:37The children

00:44:37call me

00:44:38Sister Maria.

00:44:39He smiled.

00:44:40An easy,

00:44:41unhurried smile.

00:44:42I brought

00:44:43some food.

00:44:44He set the

00:44:45bag on the

00:44:45table.

00:44:46Just out of

00:44:47the oven

00:44:47at the bakery.

00:44:48The children

00:44:48swarmed the

00:44:49bag, cookies

00:44:50still warm.

00:44:51He turned

00:44:52and looked at

00:44:52me.

00:44:53His gaze

00:44:53was careful,

00:44:54as though he

00:44:54was afraid

00:44:55of disturbing

00:44:55something.

00:44:56After he

00:44:57left, the

00:44:57children went

00:44:58back to

00:44:58their drawings.

00:44:59I stood

00:45:00at the window

00:45:00and watched

00:45:01his figure

00:45:01disappear

00:45:01through the

00:45:02church doors.

00:45:04at three

00:45:05in the

00:45:05afternoon, I

00:45:06walked into

00:45:06town to

00:45:07buy paint.

00:45:08The woman

00:45:08at the

00:45:09general store

00:45:09greeted me

00:45:10and said

00:45:10the new

00:45:10priest was

00:45:11a good

00:45:11man, had

00:45:13fixed the

00:45:13leaking roof

00:45:14on her

00:45:14house just

00:45:14yesterday.

00:45:16I smiled,

00:45:17paid for

00:45:17the paint,

00:45:19and headed

00:45:19out with

00:45:20the bag.

00:45:22I stopped

00:45:23at the

00:45:23community

00:45:24notice board

00:45:24in the

00:45:24town square.

00:45:25All sorts

00:45:26of things

00:45:26pinned up,

00:45:27lost and

00:45:28found.

00:45:29Rooms for

00:45:29rent,

00:45:30announcements from

00:45:30the church council.

00:45:32At the top

00:45:32was a sheet of

00:45:33paper that

00:45:33looked newly

00:45:34posted,

00:45:34its corners

00:45:35barely beginning

00:45:36to curl.

00:45:36It was large

00:45:37white, and

00:45:38on it was

00:45:38printed a

00:45:39face.

00:45:39A face I

00:45:40knew, Dante

00:45:40Marietti.

00:45:41The man in

00:45:41the photograph

00:45:42looked haggard,

00:45:43dark circles

00:45:43carved deep

00:45:44under his

00:45:44eyes, stubble

00:45:45unshaved, like

00:45:46someone who

00:45:46hadn't slept

00:45:47in days, but

00:45:48I knew it

00:45:48was him.

00:45:49I had spent

00:45:49three years

00:45:50looking at

00:45:50that face.

00:45:51I could

00:45:51have picked

00:45:51it out

00:45:52blind.

00:45:52The notice

00:45:52said this

00:45:53individual was

00:45:54a person of

00:45:54interest in

00:45:54multiple cases.

00:45:55Anyone with

00:45:56information was

00:45:57asked to

00:45:57call the

00:45:57number below.

00:45:58My hand

00:45:59went slack.

00:45:59The basket

00:46:00dropped.

00:46:01Tomatoes spilled

00:46:01out and rolled

00:46:02to the edge

00:46:02of the road.

00:46:04I bent to

00:46:05pick them up.

00:46:05My fingers

00:46:06were shaking.

00:46:07One, two,

00:46:08three, the

00:46:08tomatoes felt

00:46:09very soft,

00:46:09almost bruised.

00:46:10When I

00:46:11touched them,

00:46:12he tracked

00:46:12me here.

00:46:13No, that

00:46:14was impossible.

00:46:15This was a

00:46:16wanted notice.

00:46:16They'd be

00:46:17posted statewide.

00:46:25Maybe it

00:46:25was just

00:46:26chance.

00:46:27Maybe this

00:46:27town was so

00:46:28remote they'd

00:46:28only just put

00:46:29them up.

00:46:30I stood, a

00:46:31tomato in my

00:46:31fist.

00:46:32The board

00:46:33held all the

00:46:33usual things.

00:46:34A missing

00:46:35dog, grooms

00:46:36for rent, used

00:46:38furniture.

00:46:38Only the

00:46:39wanted notice

00:46:39was new, the

00:46:40paper still

00:46:41white, corners

00:46:42not yet lifted

00:46:42by the wind.

00:46:43He has come

00:46:44looking for

00:46:44me, or he

00:46:45is on the

00:46:45run.

00:46:46Either way,

00:46:46whatever the

00:46:47reason he

00:46:47had appeared

00:46:48on this

00:46:48paper in

00:46:48this town.

00:46:50In the

00:46:50place I

00:46:51had finally

00:46:51carefully made

00:46:52my own.

00:46:52The sun

00:46:53was fierce.

00:46:54It made

00:46:54my head

00:46:55spin.

00:46:55I stood

00:46:56there a

00:46:56long time

00:46:57looking at

00:46:57that face.

00:46:59The photo

00:46:59had aged

00:47:00him by

00:47:00five years.

00:47:01The man

00:47:01who had

00:47:02held me

00:47:02at the

00:47:02shooting

00:47:02range

00:47:03and smiled.

00:47:04Who had

00:47:04said in

00:47:05front of

00:47:05everyone,

00:47:05she is

00:47:06mine.

00:47:06Who had

00:47:07held me

00:47:07one last

00:47:07time on

00:47:08that last

00:47:08night, and

00:47:09told me

00:47:09he loved

00:47:10me.

00:47:11Now he

00:47:11was on

00:47:11this

00:47:12paper

00:47:12wanted.

00:47:13I

00:47:14picked up

00:47:14the basket

00:47:15and turned

00:47:15back.

00:47:17glanced

00:47:18back.

00:47:20That face

00:47:21was still

00:47:21there,

00:47:22watching me.

00:47:23I walked

00:47:23quickly.

00:47:24By the

00:47:25time I

00:47:25reached the

00:47:26orphanage

00:47:26gate, I

00:47:26walked

00:47:27straight

00:47:27into

00:47:27someone.

00:47:29Father

00:47:29Michael

00:47:30caught me

00:47:30by the

00:47:30shoulders.

00:47:31Sister

00:47:31Maria, are

00:47:33you alright?

00:47:33You're

00:47:34pale.

00:47:34I looked

00:47:35up at

00:47:35him.

00:47:36His face

00:47:37was open

00:47:38with concern,

00:47:38clean,

00:47:39genuine.

00:47:40I'm

00:47:41fine.

00:47:41I said.

00:47:42It's the

00:47:42heat.

00:47:43He held

00:47:43my gaze

00:47:43for a

00:47:44moment

00:47:44without

00:47:44speaking.

00:47:46I

00:47:46stepped

00:47:46past

00:47:47him and

00:47:47went into

00:47:48the

00:47:48yard.

00:47:48The

00:47:49children

00:47:49were

00:47:49napping.

00:47:50The

00:47:50yard

00:47:50was

00:47:50quiet.

00:47:52The

00:47:52flowers

00:47:52on the

00:47:53wall

00:47:53were

00:47:53blooming

00:47:53well

00:47:54red

00:47:54and

00:47:54yellow

00:47:54and

00:47:55pink

00:47:55blazing

00:47:55in the

00:47:55afternoon

00:47:56sun.

00:47:56I

00:47:57crouched

00:47:57down

00:47:57and

00:47:58pressed

00:47:58my

00:47:58face

00:47:58to

00:47:58my

00:47:59knees.

00:48:00Three

00:48:00months.

00:48:01I

00:48:01had

00:48:02thought

00:48:02I'd

00:48:02escaped,

00:48:02that I

00:48:03could

00:48:03start

00:48:03over,

00:48:04that

00:48:04name

00:48:04would

00:48:04never

00:48:05find

00:48:05its

00:48:05way

00:48:05back

00:48:05into

00:48:06my

00:48:06life.

00:48:06Now

00:48:07he

00:48:07was

00:48:07somewhere

00:48:07in

00:48:07this

00:48:07town,

00:48:08maybe

00:48:21pressed

00:48:22my

00:48:22nails

00:48:22into

00:48:23my

00:48:23palm.

00:48:24The

00:48:24sun

00:48:24scorched

00:48:25my

00:48:25back.

00:48:26My

00:48:26whole

00:48:27body

00:48:27was

00:48:27cold.

00:48:35The

00:48:35black

00:48:35SUV

00:48:36rolled

00:48:36into

00:48:36St.

00:48:37Catherine

00:48:37while

00:48:38I

00:48:38was

00:48:38standing

00:48:38at

00:48:39the

00:48:39orphanage

00:48:39gate

00:48:39handing

00:48:40out

00:48:40candy

00:48:40to

00:48:41the

00:48:41children.

00:48:41The

00:48:42sun

00:48:42was

00:48:42brutal.

00:48:43I

00:48:43squinted

00:48:43as

00:48:43the

00:48:44vehicle

00:48:44came

00:48:44slowly

00:48:45down

00:48:45the

00:48:45road,

00:48:46moving

00:48:46as

00:48:47if

00:48:47it

00:48:47didn't

00:48:47want

00:48:47to

00:48:47startle

00:48:48anyone.

00:48:48The

00:48:49windows

00:48:49were

00:48:49tinted

00:48:50dark.

00:48:50I

00:48:51couldn't

00:48:51see

00:48:51inside,

00:48:52but

00:48:52I

00:48:52knew.

00:48:53The

00:48:53SUV

00:48:53stopped

00:48:54in

00:48:54front

00:48:54of

00:48:54the

00:48:54gate.

00:48:55Two

00:48:55men

00:48:56in

00:48:56black

00:48:56suits

00:48:56climbed

00:48:57out

00:48:57first.

00:48:58Then

00:48:59the

00:48:59rear

00:48:59door

00:48:59opened

00:49:00and

00:49:00Dante

00:49:00Moretti

00:49:01stepped

00:49:01down.

00:49:02He

00:49:02had

00:49:02lost

00:49:03a

00:49:03great

00:49:03deal

00:49:03of

00:49:03weight.

00:49:04His

00:49:04cheekbones

00:49:05jutted.

00:49:06His

00:49:06eyes

00:49:06had

00:49:07gone

00:49:07hollow.

00:49:07He

00:49:07hadn't

00:49:08shaved

00:49:08in

00:49:08days.

00:49:09His

00:49:09dark

00:49:09suit

00:49:10hung

00:49:10on

00:49:10him

00:49:10as

00:49:11if

00:49:11it

00:49:11belonged

00:49:11to

00:49:11someone

00:49:12slightly

00:49:12larger.

00:49:13He

00:49:13stood

00:49:13beside

00:49:14the

00:49:14car

00:49:14and

00:49:15looked

00:49:15at

00:49:15me.

00:49:15I

00:49:16kept

00:49:16handing

00:49:16out

00:49:16candy.

00:49:17The

00:49:17last

00:49:18piece

00:49:18went

00:49:18to

00:49:19Lily.

00:49:19She

00:49:19grabbed

00:49:20it

00:49:20and

00:49:20ran

00:49:20back

00:49:21inside,

00:49:21peering

00:49:22over

00:49:22her

00:49:22shoulder

00:49:23at

00:49:23the

00:49:23strangers.

00:49:24Inside!

00:49:25I

00:49:25said

00:49:25to

00:49:25the

00:49:25children.

00:49:26They

00:49:26ran.

00:49:31The

00:49:32yard

00:49:32went

00:49:32quiet.

00:49:33Dante

00:49:34walked

00:49:34toward

00:49:34me.

00:49:35He

00:49:35moved

00:49:35as

00:49:35though

00:49:36every

00:49:36step

00:49:36cost

00:49:37him

00:49:37something.

00:49:37he

00:49:38stopped

00:49:38three

00:49:39paces

00:49:39away.

00:49:40Vivian.

00:49:41His

00:49:41voice

00:49:41had

00:49:42gone

00:49:42hoarse

00:49:42like

00:49:43someone

00:49:43who

00:49:43hadn't

00:49:44spoken

00:49:44in

00:49:44days.

00:49:45I

00:49:45didn't

00:49:45move.

00:49:46I

00:49:46looked

00:49:47at

00:49:47him.

00:49:47He

00:49:47took

00:49:47another

00:49:48step

00:49:48forward.

00:49:49I've

00:49:49been

00:49:49looking

00:49:50for

00:49:50you

00:49:50a

00:49:50long

00:49:50time.

00:49:51I

00:49:51stepped

00:49:51back.

00:49:52He

00:49:52stopped.

00:49:53Something

00:49:53flickered

00:49:54in his

00:49:54eyes.

00:49:55Brief.

00:49:55But I

00:49:56caught

00:49:56it.

00:49:57Pain.

00:49:57Come

00:49:58home

00:49:58with

00:49:58me.

00:49:59He

00:49:59said.

00:49:59I

00:49:59don't

00:50:00know

00:50:00who

00:50:00you

00:50:00are.

00:50:03His

00:50:04turned

00:50:05and

00:50:06started

00:50:06toward

00:50:07the

00:50:07building.

00:50:07Behind

00:50:08me

00:50:08footsteps

00:50:08quick

00:50:09and

00:50:09heavy.

00:50:10Then

00:50:11my

00:50:11wrist

00:50:11was

00:50:11seized.

00:50:12His

00:50:12hand

00:50:12was

00:50:13burning

00:50:13hot.

00:50:13His

00:50:14fingers

00:50:14locked

00:50:14around

00:50:15me

00:50:15like

00:50:15a

00:50:15vice.

00:50:16Listen

00:50:17to

00:50:17me.

00:50:18I

00:50:18wrenched

00:50:18free.

00:50:19The

00:50:19force

00:50:20of

00:50:20it

00:50:20surprised

00:50:20even

00:50:20me.

00:50:21He

00:50:21stood

00:50:22where

00:50:22he

00:50:22was.

00:50:22Hands

00:50:23still

00:50:23extended

00:50:24in

00:50:24the

00:50:24shape

00:50:25of

00:50:25the

00:50:25grip.

00:50:32Let

00:50:33me

00:50:33go.

00:50:33Vivian.

00:50:34I

00:50:34was

00:50:34wrong.

00:50:35His

00:50:35voice

00:50:36had

00:50:36started

00:50:36to

00:50:36shake.

00:50:37I

00:50:37know

00:50:38I

00:50:38was

00:50:38wrong.

00:50:39Come

00:50:39back

00:50:39with

00:50:39me.

00:50:40We

00:50:40can

00:50:40talk

00:50:40it

00:50:40through.

00:50:41I

00:50:41don't

00:50:41know

00:50:41who

00:50:42you

00:50:42are.

00:50:42I

00:50:42met

00:50:43his

00:50:43eyes.

00:50:43Sir,

00:50:44you

00:50:44have

00:50:44the

00:50:44wrong

00:50:45person.

00:50:45He

00:50:46stared

00:50:46at

00:50:46me

00:50:46for

00:50:47a

00:50:47long

00:50:47time.

00:50:48Red

00:50:48veins

00:50:48threaded

00:50:49through

00:50:49the

00:50:49whites

00:50:49of

00:50:49his

00:50:50eyes.

00:50:50His

00:50:51lids

00:50:51were

00:50:51slightly

00:50:51swollen.

00:50:52Your

00:50:52name

00:50:53is

00:50:53Vivian

00:50:53Rossi.

00:50:54You're

00:50:54my

00:51:04for me.

00:51:04His

00:51:04bodyguards

00:51:05moved

00:51:05forward

00:51:05two

00:51:05paces.

00:51:06I

00:51:07glanced

00:51:07at

00:51:07them,

00:51:08then

00:51:08back

00:51:08at

00:51:09him.

00:51:09You

00:51:10brought

00:51:10these

00:51:10men

00:51:11here.

00:51:11What

00:51:12exactly

00:51:12are

00:51:12you

00:51:13trying

00:51:13to

00:51:13do?

00:51:14I

00:51:14want

00:51:15to

00:51:15take

00:51:15you

00:51:15home.

00:51:16I've

00:51:16told

00:51:16you,

00:51:17you

00:51:17have

00:51:17the

00:51:18wrong

00:51:18person.

00:51:19He

00:51:19took

00:51:20a

00:51:20step

00:51:20forward.

00:51:21I

00:51:21took

00:51:22one

00:51:22back.

00:51:22He

00:51:23advanced.

00:51:24I

00:51:24retreated,

00:51:25until

00:51:26my

00:51:26back

00:51:26was

00:51:26against

00:51:26the

00:51:27Iron

00:51:27Gate.

00:51:37Vivian.

00:51:38He

00:51:39dropped

00:51:39his

00:51:39voice

00:51:39to

00:51:40almost

00:51:40nothing.

00:51:41Please.

00:51:42I

00:51:43looked

00:51:43at

00:51:43him.

00:51:44Three

00:51:44years,

00:51:45I

00:51:45had

00:51:45memorized

00:51:46that

00:51:46face.

00:51:47Once,

00:51:48I'd

00:51:48thought

00:51:48it

00:51:48was

00:51:49the

00:51:49most

00:51:49dependable

00:51:49face

00:51:50in

00:51:50the

00:51:50world.

00:51:50Now,

00:51:51it

00:51:52just

00:51:52felt

00:51:52strange

00:51:53to

00:51:53me.

00:51:53Sir?

00:51:54I

00:51:54said,

00:51:55slowly,

00:51:56each

00:51:56word

00:51:57separate

00:51:57and

00:51:57clear.

00:51:58I

00:51:58don't

00:51:59know

00:51:59who

00:51:59you're

00:51:59looking

00:51:59for,

00:52:00but

00:52:01my

00:52:01name's

00:52:01Maria.

00:52:02I

00:52:03am

00:52:03a

00:52:03nun

00:52:03in

00:52:03this

00:52:03town.

00:52:04I

00:52:04do

00:52:04not

00:52:04know

00:52:04you.

00:52:05His

00:52:05hand

00:52:06rose,

00:52:06reaching

00:52:07for

00:52:07my

00:52:07face.

00:52:08I

00:52:08turned

00:52:08my

00:52:09head.

00:52:09His

00:52:09hand

00:52:10hung

00:52:10in

00:52:10the

00:52:10air

00:52:10and

00:52:11stilled.

00:52:12His

00:52:12bodyguard

00:52:13stood

00:52:13behind

00:52:13him,

00:52:14expressionless.

00:52:15Down

00:52:15the

00:52:16street,

00:52:16a few

00:52:16townspeople

00:52:17had

00:52:17stopped

00:52:17to

00:52:17watch

00:52:17from

00:52:18a

00:52:18distance,

00:52:18too

00:52:19far

00:52:19away

00:52:19to

00:52:19come

00:52:19closer.

00:52:20I

00:52:21looked

00:52:21at

00:52:21them,

00:52:21then

00:52:22back

00:52:22at

00:52:22him.

00:52:23You

00:52:23came

00:52:23here

00:52:23with

00:52:23these

00:52:24men.

00:52:24Are

00:52:25you

00:52:25threatening

00:52:25me?

00:52:26No!

00:52:34I

00:52:34said,

00:52:35now

00:52:35you've

00:52:35seen

00:52:35me.

00:52:36I'm

00:52:36alive.

00:52:37You

00:52:38can

00:52:38go.

00:52:38Vivian.

00:52:39My

00:52:39name

00:52:40is

00:52:40Maria.

00:52:40He

00:52:40opened

00:52:41his

00:52:41mouth.

00:52:41No

00:52:42sound.

00:52:42I

00:52:43pushed

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00:52:43open

00:52:44and

00:52:44walked

00:52:44through.

00:52:45Vivian!

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00:52:47out

00:52:47behind

00:52:48me.

00:52:48I

00:52:49didn't

00:52:49turn.

00:52:58I

00:52:58went

00:52:58inside.

00:52:59The

00:53:00children

00:53:00gathered

00:53:00around,

00:53:01asking

00:53:01who

00:53:01those

00:53:02men

00:53:02outside

00:53:02were.

00:53:03I

00:53:03said

00:53:04they

00:53:04were

00:53:04travelers

00:53:04who

00:53:05had

00:53:05taken

00:53:06a

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00:53:08my

00:53:08hand

00:53:08and

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00:53:09at

00:53:09me.

00:53:10Sister

00:53:11Maria,

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00:53:12hand

00:53:12is

00:53:13so

00:53:13cold.

00:53:14I

00:53:14looked

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00:53:15at

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00:53:15small

00:53:16face,

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00:53:17eyes,

00:53:18clear

00:53:18and

00:53:19uncomplicated.

00:53:20I'm

00:53:20fine,

00:53:21I

00:53:21said.

00:53:21Just

00:53:22hot

00:53:22outside,

00:53:23better

00:53:23in

00:53:24here.

00:53:24I

00:53:24crouched

00:53:24and held

00:53:25her for

00:53:25a

00:53:25moment.

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00:53:26outside

00:53:27came

00:53:27the

00:53:27sound

00:53:27of

00:53:27an

00:53:28engine

00:53:28turning

00:53:28over,

00:53:29then

00:53:30fading.

00:53:33the

00:53:33black

00:53:33SUV

00:53:34was

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00:53:34away.

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00:53:36and

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00:53:37at

00:53:37the

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00:53:38of

00:53:38the

00:53:38road.

00:53:38He

00:53:38was

00:53:39gone,

00:53:39at

00:53:39least

00:53:39for

00:53:40today.

00:53:40I

00:53:41leaned

00:53:41against

00:53:41the

00:53:41window

00:53:41frame

00:53:42and

00:53:42looked

00:53:42outside.

00:53:43The

00:53:43sun

00:53:43was

00:53:44still

00:53:44relentless.

00:53:45The

00:53:45flowers

00:53:45on

00:53:45the

00:53:46wall

00:53:46blazed

00:53:46in

00:53:46it.

00:53:47Behind

00:53:47me

00:53:48the

00:53:48children

00:53:48ran

00:53:49and

00:53:49laughed.

00:53:49I

00:53:50pressed

00:53:50my nails

00:53:50into

00:53:51my

00:53:51palm.

00:53:51It

00:53:52hurt.

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00:53:54I

00:53:55was

00:53:55still

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00:54:00The

00:54:01news

00:54:01that

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00:54:01had

00:54:02bought

00:54:02the

00:54:02crumbling

00:54:02house

00:54:02next

00:54:03to

00:54:03the

00:54:03orphanage

00:54:03reached

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00:54:05the

00:54:05mayor

00:54:05himself

00:54:06the

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00:54:06morning.

00:54:07Sister

00:54:08Maria,

00:54:09he

00:54:09said,

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00:54:10yard

00:54:10and

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00:54:11his

00:54:11hands.

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00:54:12know

00:54:12the

00:54:13old

00:54:13place

00:54:13that's

00:54:14been

00:54:14empty

00:54:14for

00:54:14years

00:54:15right

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00:54:15door?

00:54:16Someone

00:54:16bought

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00:54:17yesterday.

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00:54:19York.

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00:54:20price

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00:54:21bought

00:54:21half

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00:54:22street.

00:54:24I

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00:54:25with a

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00:54:26I

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00:54:28that

00:54:28so?

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00:54:29says

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00:54:34a

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00:54:35the

00:54:35orphanage.

00:54:36I

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00:54:42mayor

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00:54:57of

00:54:57fruit.

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00:55:05supplies.

00:55:06Brand

00:55:06new

00:55:06expensive

00:55:07brands.

00:55:08I

00:55:08had

00:55:09the

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00:55:09send

00:55:09them

00:55:09back.

00:55:10He

00:55:10wouldn't

00:55:11take

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00:55:19to

00:55:19thank

00:55:20him.

00:55:20I

00:55:20stayed

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00:55:22Day

00:55:22four.

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00:55:23five.

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00:55:24six.

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00:55:25day.

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00:55:26time

00:55:26with

00:55:26something.

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00:55:28his

00:55:28usual

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00:55:31to

00:55:31say

00:55:31something.

00:55:32I

00:55:32said

00:55:33nothing.

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00:55:34the

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00:55:35the

00:55:35seventh

00:55:35day

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00:55:36appeared

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00:55:42I

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00:55:43the

00:55:43flowers

00:55:44in the

00:55:44yard

00:55:44when

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00:55:44red

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00:55:45stopped

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00:55:46the

00:55:46gate.

00:55:46I

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00:55:50put

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00:55:50some

00:55:50weight.

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00:55:51slightly.

00:55:52Her

00:55:52makeup

00:55:53was

00:55:53still

00:55:53heavy.

00:55:54But

00:55:54the

00:55:54dark

00:55:54circles

00:55:55under

00:55:55her

00:55:55eyes

00:55:55were

00:55:55deep.

00:55:56She

00:55:57stood

00:55:57beside

00:55:57the

00:55:57car

00:55:58looking

00:55:58at

00:55:58me.

00:55:58And

00:55:59the

00:55:59corner

00:55:59of

00:55:59her

00:55:59mouth

00:56:00pulled

00:56:00into

00:56:00a

00:56:00smile.

00:56:01Long

00:56:02time

00:56:02no

00:56:02see

00:56:02Vivian.

00:56:03I

00:56:04turned

00:56:04off

00:56:04the

00:56:04hose.

00:56:05There's

00:56:06no

00:56:06Vivian

00:56:06here.

00:56:07She

00:56:07made

00:56:07a

00:56:07dismissive

00:56:08sound

00:56:08and

00:56:08walked

00:56:08through

00:56:09the

00:56:09gate.

00:56:09Her

00:56:10heels

00:56:10were

00:56:10unsteady

00:56:11on the

00:56:11gravel.

00:56:11She

00:56:12stopped

00:56:12in front

00:56:12of me

00:56:12and

00:56:13looked

00:56:13me

00:56:13up

00:56:13and

00:56:13down.

00:56:15Dressed

00:56:15like

00:56:15that

00:56:16I

00:56:16barely

00:56:16knew

00:56:16you.

00:56:17A

00:56:17nun's

00:56:17habit?

00:56:18Is

00:56:19this

00:56:19really

00:56:19how

00:56:19you

00:56:19plan

00:56:20to

00:56:20spend

00:56:20the

00:56:20rest

00:56:20of

00:56:20your

00:56:21life?

00:56:22What

00:56:22do

00:56:22you

00:56:22want?

00:56:23She

00:56:23put

00:56:23a

00:56:23hand

00:56:24on

00:56:24her

00:56:24stomach.

00:56:25I

00:56:25wanted

00:56:26you

00:56:26to

00:56:26see

00:56:26this.

00:56:27I

00:56:27glanced

00:56:28down

00:56:28then

00:56:29looked

00:56:29back

00:56:29up

00:56:29at

00:56:30her.

00:56:38and

00:56:39lowered

00:56:39her

00:56:39voice.

00:56:40This

00:56:41is

00:56:41Dante's

00:56:42child.

00:56:42I'm

00:56:43carrying

00:56:43his

00:56:44baby.

00:56:44You

00:56:45think

00:56:45by

00:56:45hiding

00:56:46out

00:56:46here

00:56:46he'll

00:56:47come

00:56:47running

00:56:47back

00:56:47to

00:56:47you?

00:56:48Keep

00:56:48dreaming.

00:56:49I

00:56:50studied

00:56:50her

00:56:50face.

00:56:51There

00:56:51was

00:56:51triumph

00:56:51in

00:56:52it

00:56:52and

00:56:52provocation

00:56:53and

00:56:54something

00:56:54else

00:56:54I

00:56:54couldn't

00:56:55quite

00:56:55name.

00:56:55Something

00:56:56like

00:56:56nerves.

00:56:57Something

00:56:57like

00:56:57fear.

00:56:59Congratulations.

00:57:00I

00:57:00said.

00:57:01She

00:57:01blinked.

00:57:02What?

00:57:03I

00:57:03said

00:57:03congratulations.

00:57:05A

00:57:05baby

00:57:05is

00:57:05a

00:57:05good

00:57:06thing.

00:57:06Take

00:57:07care

00:57:09she

00:57:09stood

00:57:10behind

00:57:10me

00:57:10for

00:57:10a

00:57:10long

00:57:10time.

00:57:11Then

00:57:11she

00:57:12surged

00:57:12forward

00:57:12and

00:57:13grabbed

00:57:13my

00:57:13arm.

00:57:13You're

00:57:14not

00:57:14angry.

00:57:15You

00:57:15don't

00:57:15care.

00:57:16Let

00:57:16go

00:57:16of

00:57:16me.

00:57:17Stop

00:57:17pretending.

00:57:18I

00:57:19know

00:57:19you

00:57:19still

00:57:19love

00:57:20him.

00:57:21Looking

00:57:21at

00:57:21me

00:57:22carrying

00:57:22his

00:57:22child

00:57:23must

00:57:24be

00:57:24tearing

00:57:24you

00:57:25apart.

00:57:25I

00:57:26turned

00:57:26my

00:57:26head

00:57:26to

00:57:26look

00:57:27at

00:57:27her.

00:57:27Her

00:57:27grip

00:57:27dug

00:57:28into

00:57:28my

00:57:28arm.

00:57:33You're

00:57:33hurting

00:57:33me.

00:57:34She

00:57:35stared

00:57:35at

00:57:35me,

00:57:35chest

00:57:36heaving.

00:57:39Let

00:57:39go

00:57:39of

00:57:40her.

00:57:40Dante

00:57:40stood

00:57:41there.

00:57:41He

00:57:41was

00:57:42wearing

00:57:42a

00:57:42plain

00:57:42t-shirt

00:57:43and

00:57:43jeans.

00:57:43His

00:57:44hair

00:57:44was

00:57:44a

00:57:44mess

00:57:45and

00:57:45there

00:57:45was

00:57:45dust

00:57:46on

00:57:46his

00:57:46face.

00:57:46He

00:57:47looked

00:57:47like

00:57:47he'd

00:57:47come

00:57:47straight

00:57:48from

00:57:48a

00:57:48work

00:57:48site.

00:57:49Scarlet

00:57:49turned

00:57:50and

00:57:50immediately

00:57:50released

00:57:51her

00:57:51hold.

00:57:53Dante,

00:57:54I

00:57:54just...

00:57:54What

00:57:55are

00:57:55you

00:57:55doing

00:57:55here?

00:57:56His

00:57:57voice

00:57:57was

00:57:57cold.

00:57:58I

00:57:58had

00:57:58never

00:57:59heard

00:57:59him

00:57:59speak

00:57:59like

00:57:59that.

00:58:00Scarlet

00:58:01retreated.

00:58:01A

00:58:02step.

00:58:03I

00:58:03only

00:58:04came

00:58:04to

00:58:04see

00:58:04her.

00:58:05You've

00:58:06seen

00:58:06her.

00:58:06Now

00:58:07go.

00:58:08Scarlet's

00:58:08eyes

00:58:08went

00:58:09red.

00:58:10Dante,

00:58:11I'm

00:58:11carrying

00:58:12your

00:58:12child.

00:58:13He

00:58:13looked

00:58:14at

00:58:14her.

00:58:14Not

00:58:15a

00:58:15ripple

00:58:15moved

00:58:16through

00:58:16his

00:58:16expression.

00:58:17You

00:58:17know

00:58:18exactly

00:58:18how

00:58:18that

00:58:18child

00:58:19happened.

00:58:19Her

00:58:20face

00:58:20changed.

00:58:21What

00:58:21are

00:58:21you

00:58:21saying?

00:58:22You

00:58:22know

00:58:22what

00:58:23I'm

00:58:23saying.

00:58:23I

00:58:24had

00:58:24it

00:58:24looked

00:58:24into.

00:58:25There

00:58:25were

00:58:25a

00:58:25few

00:58:25times

00:58:25I

00:58:26got

00:58:26drunk

00:58:26during

00:58:26that

00:58:26period.

00:58:28you

00:58:28put

00:58:28something

00:58:29in

00:58:29the

00:58:29drinks.

00:58:30Scarlet

00:58:30opened

00:58:30her

00:58:31mouth.

00:58:31Nothing

00:58:32came

00:58:32out.

00:58:33Did

00:58:33you

00:58:33think

00:58:33I

00:58:34didn't

00:58:34know?

00:58:34I

00:58:35knew.

00:58:35I

00:58:36just

00:58:36didn't

00:58:36bother

00:58:37dealing

00:58:37with

00:58:37it

00:58:37then.

00:58:38His

00:58:39voice

00:58:39was

00:58:39very

00:58:39even.

00:58:40But

00:58:41now

00:58:41that

00:58:41you've

00:58:41come

00:58:41here

00:58:42I

00:58:42don't

00:58:43feel

00:58:43like

00:58:43tolerating

00:58:44it

00:58:44anymore.

00:58:45Scarlet

00:58:45backed

00:58:45up

00:58:46two

00:58:46steps

00:58:46and

00:58:47hit

00:58:47the

00:58:47iron

00:58:47gate.

00:58:48I

00:58:49just

00:58:49I

00:58:51love

00:58:52you.

00:58:54You

00:58:55don't

00:58:55love

00:58:55me.

00:58:56he

00:58:56said

00:58:57cutting

00:58:57her

00:58:58off.

00:58:58You

00:58:59love

00:58:59what

00:58:59I

00:58:59can

00:58:59give

00:58:59you.

00:59:00Now

00:59:01get

00:59:01out.

00:59:01Don't

00:59:01let

00:59:01me

00:59:02see

00:59:02you

00:59:02again.

00:59:03Scarlet

00:59:03stood

00:59:03there as

00:59:04tears spilled

00:59:04down her

00:59:05face.

00:59:05Then

00:59:06she

00:59:06turned

00:59:06shoved

00:59:07through

00:59:07the

00:59:07gate

00:59:07and

00:59:08ran.

00:59:13The

00:59:13sound

00:59:13of the

00:59:14red

00:59:14sports

00:59:14car

00:59:14faded

00:59:14quickly

00:59:15in

00:59:15the

00:59:15distance.

00:59:16The

00:59:17yard

00:59:17was

00:59:17quiet.

00:59:18Dante

00:59:18looked

00:59:19at

00:59:19me.

00:59:20Are

00:59:20you

00:59:20alright?

00:59:21Fine.

00:59:22He

00:59:23came

00:59:23closer

00:59:23and

00:59:24looked

00:59:24at

00:59:24my

00:59:24arm.

00:59:25Where

00:59:25Scarlet

00:59:25had

00:59:25grabbed

00:59:26me

00:59:26the

00:59:26skin

00:59:27was

00:59:27flushed

00:59:27red

00:59:27scored

00:59:28with

00:59:28faint

00:59:29nail

00:59:29marks.

00:59:31I'll

00:59:31get

00:59:31something

00:59:32for

00:59:32that.

00:59:34Don't.

00:59:35He

00:59:35stood

00:59:35where

00:59:36he

00:59:36was.

00:59:36Didn't

00:59:37move.

00:59:38Vivian.

00:59:39My

00:59:39name

00:59:39is

00:59:40Maria.

00:59:41He

00:59:42closed

00:59:42his

00:59:42mouth.

00:59:44That

00:59:44night

00:59:44I

00:59:45couldn't

00:59:45sleep.

00:59:45I

00:59:46kept

00:59:46turning

00:59:46over

00:59:46Scarlet's

00:59:47words

00:59:47and

00:59:48Dante's.

00:59:48The

00:59:49baby

00:59:49was

00:59:49something

00:59:49she

00:59:50had

00:59:50engineered.

00:59:50I

00:59:51found

00:59:51that

00:59:51I

00:59:51wasn't

00:59:52surprised.

00:59:53Scarlet

00:59:53was

00:59:53capable

00:59:54of

00:59:54exactly

00:59:54that

00:59:54and

00:59:55Dante's

00:59:55months

00:59:56of

00:59:56betrayal.

00:59:57Was

00:59:57that

00:59:57her

00:59:58doing

00:59:58too?

00:59:58I

00:59:59didn't

00:59:59know

00:59:59what

00:59:59to

00:59:59believe.

01:00:01The

01:00:01midday

01:00:02quiet

01:00:02was

01:00:02broken

01:00:02by

01:00:03gunshots

01:00:03two

01:00:03weeks

01:00:04later.

01:00:05I

01:00:05had

01:00:05been

01:00:06in

01:00:06the

01:00:06kitchen

01:00:06helping

01:00:06with

01:00:07lunch.

01:00:08It

01:00:08had

01:00:08been

01:00:08so

01:00:09long

01:00:09since

01:00:09I'd

01:00:09lived

01:00:10anywhere

01:00:10dangerous

01:00:10that

01:00:11even

01:00:11my

01:00:12instincts

01:00:12had

01:00:12gone

01:00:12soft.

01:00:13The

01:00:14first

01:00:14shot

01:00:14was

01:00:14distant

01:00:15enough

01:00:15that

01:00:15I

01:00:15thought

01:00:16it

01:00:16was

01:00:16a

01:00:16car

01:00:16back

01:00:16firing.

01:00:18The

01:00:18second

01:00:19was

01:00:19close

01:00:19just

01:00:20outside

01:00:20the

01:00:21yard.

01:00:23The

01:00:23third

01:00:23came

01:00:24at

01:00:24the

01:00:24same

01:00:24time as

01:00:25the

01:00:25sound

01:00:25of

01:00:25shattering

01:00:25glass.

01:00:27Children

01:00:27screaming.

01:00:29I ran

01:00:30out.

01:00:35Two men

01:00:36in black

01:00:36were in

01:00:36the yard

01:00:37moving

01:00:37fast in

01:00:38my

01:00:38direction

01:00:38guns

01:00:39in

01:00:39their

01:00:39hands.

01:00:44Then

01:00:45someone hit me

01:00:45from the

01:00:45side

01:00:46and drove

01:00:46me to

01:00:47the

01:00:47ground.

01:00:47Shots

01:00:48exploded

01:00:48overhead.

01:00:49Loud enough

01:00:50to leave

01:00:50my ears

01:00:50ringing.

01:00:51The

01:00:51person

01:00:52on top

01:00:52of

01:00:52me

01:00:52made

01:00:53a

01:00:53low

01:00:53choked

01:00:54sound.

01:00:54I

01:00:55turned

01:00:55my

01:00:55head.

01:00:56It

01:00:57was

01:00:57Dante.

01:00:58His

01:00:58face

01:00:58was

01:00:59pressed

01:00:59close

01:00:59to

01:00:59mine.

01:01:00White

01:01:00forehead

01:01:01sheened

01:01:01with

01:01:02sweat.

01:01:10Are

01:01:10you

01:01:11hurt?

01:01:11He

01:01:12didn't

01:01:12answer.

01:01:13I

01:01:13looked

01:01:13down.

01:01:14His

01:01:14hand

01:01:14was

01:01:14pressed

01:01:15against

01:01:15his

01:01:15side

01:01:16and

01:01:16blood

01:01:16was

01:01:16seeping

01:01:17through

01:01:17his

01:01:17fingers.

01:01:18His

01:01:18bodyguards

01:01:19came

01:01:19running.

01:01:21more gunfire

01:01:21going on

01:01:22for

01:01:22him.

01:01:23Then

01:01:23silence.

01:01:26I

01:01:26helped

01:01:27roll

01:01:27Dante

01:01:27over.

01:01:28He

01:01:28lay

01:01:28on

01:01:29his

01:01:29back.

01:01:30Eyes

01:01:31half

01:01:31open

01:01:31looking

01:01:31at

01:01:32me.

01:01:33You

01:01:33were

01:01:33shot.

01:01:34He

01:01:34looked

01:01:35up

01:01:35at

01:01:35me.

01:01:35The

01:01:35corner

01:01:36of

01:01:36his

01:01:36mouth

01:01:36moved

01:01:37slightly.

01:01:37Yeah.

01:01:39What

01:01:39were you

01:01:40thinking?

01:01:40Why

01:01:40did

01:01:40you

01:01:41run

01:01:41over

01:01:41here?

01:01:42Force

01:01:43of

01:01:43habit.

01:01:44It

01:01:44hit

01:01:45me

01:01:45then.

01:01:45He

01:01:45meant

01:01:45three

01:01:46years

01:01:46ago.

01:01:47The

01:01:47dock

01:01:47warehouse.

01:01:48The

01:01:48time he

01:01:49had

01:01:49taken a

01:01:49bullet that

01:01:50was meant

01:01:50for me.

01:01:52The

01:01:53ambulance

01:01:53came.

01:01:54I

01:01:55rode

01:01:55along.

01:01:57He

01:01:58held my

01:01:58hand the

01:01:59entire

01:01:59way,

01:01:59gripping

01:02:00hard.

01:02:00The

01:02:01surgery

01:02:01took

01:02:01three

01:02:02hours.

01:02:02I

01:02:03sat

01:02:03in the

01:02:03corridor

01:02:04with the

01:02:04red light

01:02:05burning above

01:02:05the operating

01:02:06room door.

01:02:09The

01:02:10light went

01:02:10out at

01:02:11dawn.

01:02:12The

01:02:12doctor came

01:02:13out and

01:02:13told me

01:02:14the bullet

01:02:14had stopped

01:02:15two

01:02:15centimeters

01:02:15from his

01:02:16heart.

01:02:16He

01:02:17was very

01:02:17lucky.

01:02:19I

01:02:19went

01:02:19into

01:02:20the

01:02:20room.

01:02:21He

01:02:21was

01:02:21lying

01:02:22in

01:02:22the

01:02:22bed,

01:02:22tubes

01:02:23everywhere,

01:02:23the

01:02:24color of

01:02:24the

01:02:24sheets,

01:02:25but

01:02:25alive.

01:02:27I

01:02:28sat

01:02:28in

01:02:28the

01:02:28chair

01:02:28beside

01:02:29him.

01:02:32He

01:02:33owed

01:02:33me a

01:02:33great

01:02:33deal.

01:02:34Three

01:02:35years of

01:02:35betrayal,

01:02:36all those

01:02:36lies,

01:02:37that

01:02:37woman,

01:02:37that

01:02:37red

01:02:38stiletto.

01:02:40But

01:02:40there he

01:02:41was,

01:02:42and the

01:02:42bullet he'd

01:02:43taken for

01:02:43me had

01:02:44nearly killed

01:02:44him.

01:02:45I

01:02:46didn't

01:02:46know how

01:02:46to settle

01:02:47that

01:02:47account.

01:02:51He

01:02:51was in

01:02:52the

01:02:52hospital

01:02:52for

01:02:52two

01:02:52weeks.

01:02:53I

01:02:54stayed

01:02:54beside

01:02:54him

01:02:54for

01:02:55two

01:02:55weeks.

01:03:01When

01:03:01he came

01:03:02around,

01:03:02he looked

01:03:03at me

01:03:03the moment

01:03:03he opened

01:03:04his eyes,

01:03:05and went

01:03:05still.

01:03:05in

01:03:22and moved

01:03:24to the

01:03:25window.

01:03:32he

01:03:32Don't

01:03:32say that.

01:03:35I

01:03:35want to

01:03:35say it.

01:03:37I

01:03:37know you

01:03:37hate me.

01:03:39You

01:03:39should.

01:03:40His

01:03:40voice was

01:03:41quiet and

01:03:41rough.

01:03:42What I

01:03:42did,

01:03:43I can't

01:03:44forgive myself

01:03:45for it.

01:03:47Marco's

01:03:47people are

01:03:48dealt

01:03:48with.

01:03:49The

01:03:49ones who

01:03:50ran

01:03:50are gone,

01:03:51the ones

01:03:51who didn't

01:03:51were picked

01:03:52up.

01:03:52I

01:03:53said,

01:03:55Scarlet's

01:03:55gone too.

01:03:59Your

01:04:00men have

01:04:00been by a

01:04:01few times.

01:04:01I told

01:04:01them you

01:04:02were still

01:04:02unconscious.

01:04:04Thank

01:04:05you.

01:04:06I

01:04:07turned.

01:04:09Dante,

01:04:11there's

01:04:12something you

01:04:12need to

01:04:12understand.

01:04:15He

01:04:16looked at

01:04:16me.

01:04:18I

01:04:18can

01:04:18let you

01:04:19stay

01:04:19here.

01:04:21I

01:04:22let you

01:04:22do

01:04:22those

01:04:22things,

01:04:23fix

01:04:23the

01:04:23roof,

01:04:24bring

01:04:24things

01:04:25over,

01:04:26stand

01:04:26at

01:04:26that

01:04:26gate.

01:04:29But I

01:04:29can't

01:04:29forgive

01:04:30you.

01:04:30The

01:04:31color

01:04:31shifted

01:04:31in

01:04:31his

01:04:32face.

01:04:33I

01:04:33know.

01:04:34No,

01:04:35you

01:04:35don't.

01:04:36I

01:04:36walked

01:04:36back

01:04:37to

01:04:37the

01:04:37side

01:04:37of

01:04:37the

01:04:37bed

01:04:37and

01:04:38looked

01:04:38down

01:04:38at

01:04:38him.

01:04:41You

01:04:41have

01:04:41no

01:04:42idea

01:04:42what

01:04:43those

01:04:43three

01:04:43years

01:04:43were

01:04:44like

01:04:44for

01:04:44me.

01:04:44No

01:04:45idea

01:04:45what

01:04:45it

01:04:46felt

01:04:46like

01:04:46to

01:04:46find

01:04:46that

01:04:47shoe.

01:04:49No

01:04:50idea

01:04:50what I

01:04:51was

01:04:51thinking

01:04:51when I

01:04:52drove

01:04:52alone

01:04:52to

01:04:53the

01:04:53shore.

01:04:56He

01:04:57said

01:04:57nothing.

01:04:58He

01:04:58just

01:04:58looked.

01:05:00You

01:05:01can be

01:05:01good to

01:05:02me.

01:05:02You

01:05:03can

01:05:03protect

01:05:04me.

01:05:05You

01:05:05can

01:05:06do

01:05:06whatever

01:05:06you

01:05:07want

01:05:07to

01:05:07do.

01:05:10But

01:05:11there's

01:05:11a line

01:05:11inside

01:05:12me

01:05:12I

01:05:12can't

01:05:12cross

01:05:13back

01:05:13over.

01:05:15he

01:05:15closed

01:05:15his

01:05:16eyes.

01:05:23After

01:05:24a long

01:05:24time

01:05:24he

01:05:24opened

01:05:25them

01:05:27and

01:05:27looked

01:05:28at

01:05:28the

01:05:28ceiling.

01:05:30I

01:05:31understand.

01:05:34Good.

01:05:35I

01:05:36turned

01:05:36to

01:05:36go.

01:05:38Vivian.

01:05:39His

01:05:39voice

01:05:39from

01:05:40behind

01:05:40me.

01:05:40I

01:05:41stopped.

01:05:42I'm

01:05:42staying.

01:05:44not

01:05:44to

01:05:44make

01:05:44you

01:05:45forgive

01:05:45me.

01:05:48Because

01:05:49I

01:05:49want

01:05:49to

01:05:49watch

01:05:49you

01:05:50live.

01:05:51Watch

01:05:51you

01:05:51be

01:05:51okay.

01:05:53I

01:05:53didn't

01:05:54turn

01:05:54around.

01:05:55I

01:05:56walked

01:05:56out

01:05:56of

01:05:56the

01:05:56room

01:05:57and

01:05:57the

01:05:57morning

01:05:57sun

01:05:58hit

01:05:58my

01:05:58face.

01:05:59Sharp

01:05:59and

01:06:00bright.

01:06:00I

01:06:01stood

01:06:01in

01:06:01the

01:06:01doorway

01:06:01and

01:06:02let

01:06:02it

01:06:02be

01:06:02for

01:06:02a

01:06:02while.

01:06:04A

01:06:05month

01:06:05later

01:06:05he

01:06:05was

01:06:05discharged.

01:06:06He

01:06:07came

01:06:07back

01:06:07to

01:06:07the

01:06:07little

01:06:07town

01:06:08and

01:06:08moved

01:06:08back

01:06:08into

01:06:09the

01:06:09house

01:06:09next

01:06:09door.

01:06:10each

01:06:10morning

01:06:11he

01:06:11was

01:06:11up

01:06:11early

01:06:12patching

01:06:12the

01:06:12roof

01:06:13painting

01:06:13walls

01:06:15replacing

01:06:16windows.

01:06:18He

01:06:19made

01:06:19that

01:06:19ruin

01:06:19livable.

01:06:21He

01:06:22stopped

01:06:22coming

01:06:22to

01:06:22stand

01:06:23at

01:06:23the

01:06:23orphanage

01:06:23gate

01:06:24every

01:06:24day.

01:06:25Occasionally

01:06:25he'd

01:06:25come

01:06:26by

01:06:26with

01:06:26something

01:06:26set

01:06:27it

01:06:27down

01:06:27and

01:06:28go.

01:06:31The

01:06:31children

01:06:32started

01:06:32getting

01:06:32used

01:06:33to

01:06:33the

01:06:33neighbor

01:06:33man

01:06:33and

01:06:34sometimes

01:06:34they'd

01:06:35wander

01:06:35over

01:06:35to

01:06:36watch

01:06:36him

01:06:36work.

01:06:36He

01:06:37didn't

01:06:37shoo

01:06:37them

01:06:37away.

01:06:38He

01:06:38just

01:06:39let

01:06:39them

01:06:39play

01:06:39nearby.

01:06:43One

01:06:44afternoon

01:06:44Lily

01:06:44came

01:06:45running

01:06:45back

01:06:45and

01:06:45pulled

01:06:46my

01:06:46hand

01:06:46and

01:06:46told

01:06:46me

01:06:47the

01:06:47man

01:06:47next

01:06:47door

01:06:47had

01:06:48planted

01:06:48a

01:06:48whole

01:06:48yard

01:06:48of

01:06:49flowers

01:06:49the

01:06:50same

01:06:50kinds

01:06:50as

01:06:50the

01:06:51ones

01:06:51on

01:06:51our

01:06:51wall.

01:06:52I

01:06:52didn't

01:06:52go

01:06:53to

01:06:53see

01:06:54but

01:06:54I

01:06:54knew.

01:06:55I

01:06:56looked

01:06:56down

01:06:56at

01:06:56my

01:06:56hands.

01:06:57These

01:06:57hands

01:06:57had

01:06:58held

01:06:58a

01:06:58gun

01:06:58had

01:06:59taken

01:06:59lives

01:07:00had

01:07:01also

01:07:01painted

01:07:01a

01:07:01wall

01:07:02full

01:07:02of

01:07:02flowers

01:07:02and

01:07:03now

01:07:03they

01:07:03would

01:07:03build

01:07:03something

01:07:04new.

01:07:19PYM JBZ

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