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Where We Never Meet Again
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00:00:01Where the hell are you?
00:00:04Grace, I...
00:00:05Save the excuses!
00:00:07I don't care about the storm. I gave you five minutes.
00:00:10Ethan, you only have 30 seconds left.
00:00:37Ethan, seven days left before you leave this world.
00:00:46I do not belong to this world.
00:01:03Ten years ago, my wife and daughter died on our anniversary.
00:01:07No! No! No!
00:01:11My life ended with them.
00:01:16I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:01:30System activated.
00:01:32Ten years.
00:01:34Serve a stranger and her child.
00:01:36Obey every order they give.
00:01:38Then your wife and daughter live again.
00:01:41Do you accept?
00:01:42Yes! Yes!
00:02:05The revised pledge packet.
00:02:07Your speaking cards, the speaking cards, the seating chart.
00:02:11You're late.
00:02:16Grace, the reserve service for table one is missing.
00:02:20Which one?
00:02:21The 2018 Reservo Sestra.
00:02:23That was the course I agreed to.
00:02:28You know where everything is.
00:02:31Go to the cold room and get the 2018 Reserve tin.
00:02:39To the freezer? He's soaked. Wouldn't he freeze in there?
00:02:45No.
00:02:48Ethan handles it. He always does.
00:02:55Not always.
00:02:57Seven more days, I leave for good.
00:03:01What did you just say?
00:03:07I've traveled a long way to get here.
00:03:10To find something I lost a long time ago.
00:03:13A part of myself I thought was gone forever.
00:03:16I have to go in there.
00:03:19I have to face the truth.
00:03:26如何 to get the 2018 Reserve tin.
00:03:29And get the 2018 Reserve tin.
00:03:31Oh!
00:03:32Oh!
00:03:36Oh, God!
00:03:39Oh, God!
00:03:42Oh!
00:03:44Oh!
00:04:00Open the door!
00:04:02Open it!
00:04:04Help! Help!
00:04:07Open it!
00:04:08Open the door!
00:04:15Mom!
00:04:18Open it now!
00:04:21Open it now!
00:04:33This one.
00:04:34Open it now!
00:04:41Inside the house, you are my husband.
00:04:44To Lily, you are a father in practice.
00:04:46Outside the house, you support the image when I need it.
00:04:51Okay.
00:04:52There is no legal marriage, no wedding, no shared room, no rights to my money, my company, or my life.
00:05:04Okay.
00:05:08Ten years.
00:05:10He never said no.
00:05:12Not once.
00:05:13His hands are freezing.
00:05:16Grace, table one is waiting.
00:05:22Get him a blanket.
00:05:28What am I thinking?
00:05:29It couldn't be a concern.
00:05:38Breakfast is ready.
00:05:47Nice to see the place still runs.
00:05:52Dad!
00:05:53Dad!
00:05:58Peace, sweetheart.
00:06:04You're staying here, right?
00:06:07For a while.
00:06:11Which room is mine?
00:06:13Open the East Guest Unit.
00:06:15Have the closet cleared and the bathroom stocked.
00:06:18Okay.
00:06:19Sure.
00:06:20You can settle in after breakfast.
00:06:47You can settle in after breakfast.
00:06:49Grace says you've built systems for everything.
00:06:53Someone had to.
00:06:59I need a full transition binder by tonight.
00:07:02Medical, school, food, panic triggers, writing notes, sleep routine, therapy, emergency contacts, everything.
00:07:14That'll help.
00:07:18Ryan is stepping into more of the parenting load.
00:07:21This has to be smooth.
00:07:23Okay.
00:07:27Dad, can you do my bracelet?
00:07:30Sure, honey.
00:07:40The last catch is left.
00:07:42I've got it.
00:07:54Dad, are you coming to pick up today?
00:07:57Yeah.
00:07:57Yeah.
00:08:07Mr. Cole.
00:08:08I'm here for Lily.
00:08:14Dad!
00:08:22Ten years, I learned every way to keep her safe.
00:08:26Lisa.
00:08:27None of it was ever mine to keep.
00:08:33Looks like they got the update through.
00:08:43Dad, you came!
00:08:45Looks like they got the update through.
00:08:58The parallel world to bring my real daughter home.
00:09:10Can I have dessert first?
00:09:12Sure.
00:09:12One bite won't kill you.
00:09:14No.
00:09:15Excuse me?
00:09:16If she has dessert first, she won't touch dinner.
00:09:18He's right.
00:09:19Dinner first.
00:09:21Fine.
00:09:41Grace said I'm taking her.
00:09:42Do not put her on Monarch.
00:09:45Why?
00:09:46He spooks in weather changes and drifts left on landing.
00:09:51You've got a note for everything, huh?
00:09:54Dad, are we doing jumps?
00:09:59No jumps today.
00:10:01We'll see how you feel.
00:10:05She's not supposed to school over lines today.
00:10:12You can't let her do this.
00:10:23One small vertical wind won't hurt.
00:10:29Don't.
00:10:36Don't.
00:11:00Oh my god!
00:11:10No.
00:11:11No, no Lily.
00:11:11Lily.
00:11:12Lily.
00:11:13Lily.
00:11:18Lily, Lily.
00:11:19Lily, Lily.
00:11:24Let me take her.
00:11:26No.
00:11:48I can't feel my hand.
00:11:51Stay with me.
00:11:54Hey, what the hell are you doing?
00:11:56I didn't listen to you, but you still came, Dad.
00:11:59I always come.
00:12:03Riding fall.
00:12:04Possible head injury.
00:12:05Child.
00:12:11Are you the child's guardian?
00:12:16Lily!
00:12:17I tried to stop her, Grace.
00:12:19She was so upset.
00:12:21Lily!
00:12:22I can't run on your way and just steer.
00:12:24The horse was calm until he rushed the ring.
00:12:28That's a lie!
00:12:32We need a signature.
00:12:35Give it.
00:12:37To her father.
00:12:46History of panic, current meds, prior injuries, allergies, sedation concerns.
00:12:52She had a...
00:12:53Shut up.
00:12:54Let Ryan talk.
00:12:58We need accurate information.
00:13:02Answer the doctor.
00:13:05Penicillin, amoxicillin, and other beta-like biotics.
00:13:08She's also allergic to ibuprofen and aspirin.
00:13:21Take him downstairs.
00:13:22I don't want him near her right now.
00:13:24You, go to the basement and reflect on your actions.
00:13:43I made a bad call.
00:13:49I didn't mean for you to get hurt.
00:13:51Ethan told you not to do it.
00:13:53Yes.
00:13:56Then tomorrow you don't get ice cream.
00:14:00Not even if you want it.
00:14:03Okay.
00:14:07That's the punishment.
00:14:14Dad.
00:14:17Dad.
00:14:19Come home.
00:14:33Ryan made a bad call.
00:14:35He knows that.
00:14:36He feels terrible.
00:14:37That helps.
00:14:40Lily won't eat for anyone else.
00:14:42She wants your grilled cheese and tomato soup.
00:14:44You know it wasn't my fault.
00:14:45I know what happened.
00:14:47And this is still what you're doing.
00:14:49There are bigger things going on than how you feel about Ryan.
00:14:55Three more days.
00:14:57Then my time in your world is over.
00:14:59What does that mean?
00:15:05Nothing you need to worry about.
00:15:12Hold on, my wife.
00:15:14Hold on, my little girl.
00:15:16I'll soon travel back to our world and bring you back to life.
00:15:32Did it hurt?
00:15:36Eat before it gets cold.
00:15:50You feel better?
00:15:52Yeah.
00:15:53But mom says I need calm.
00:16:00Check this out.
00:16:11Thanks, daddy.
00:16:12Besides mom, you're my favorite person.
00:16:23This isn't because they chose him.
00:16:26It's because in three days, the ten years end.
00:16:31And when it ends, I leave this world.
00:16:35I go back to my own timeline.
00:16:37To my wife and my daughter.
00:16:44What are you doing?
00:16:53Clearing out.
00:16:54Where's Lily's keepsake box?
00:16:57What?
00:16:58The white memory box.
00:16:59Her hospital bracelet.
00:17:01First curls.
00:17:02Ryan's cards.
00:17:03Baby photos.
00:17:03I didn't touch it.
00:17:10You've been clearing things out.
00:17:16Go get it back.
00:17:28I don't know.
00:18:00I didn't find it.
00:18:01It was here.
00:18:16I shouldn't have assumed about the box.
00:18:21Her therapist moved Thursday to Friday.
00:18:28The house was perfect, just like before, but I could feel him pulling away, and I hated
00:18:35myself for wondering, since when was I so afraid of losing him?
00:18:43My last birthday in this world, two more days, then I go home.
00:18:59Make a wish, Dad.
00:19:01A real one.
00:19:03Write it down or it won't work.
00:19:12For my wife and daughter.
00:19:15Safe, happy, and loved.
00:19:23Mr. Cole, Ms. Miller wants you downstairs to celebrate the birthday.
00:19:27My birthday?
00:19:34Is this for me?
00:19:38Thank you, Grace.
00:19:39You're welcome.
00:19:41Daddy, I got you a birthday gift.
00:19:45Okay, ready?
00:20:06Oh, you're here.
00:20:07Great.
00:20:08When they bring out dessert, you can cut the cake.
00:20:09Funny thing, we share a birthday.
00:20:18Then Ethan can wish, too.
00:20:21Come on.
00:20:23Come on.
00:20:25Just do it.
00:20:32Let me leave this world.
00:20:34Let me never see any of you again.
00:20:38One more day.
00:20:44Grace?
00:20:47Happy birthday.
00:20:54Ms. Miller, the board guests are here.
00:20:57Set the bar site up for service.
00:21:02Perfect timing.
00:21:09Well, I guess I'll be going then.
00:21:16This is a beautiful party.
00:21:18It is.
00:21:19Thank you so much for coming.
00:21:20We're so glad you could make it.
00:21:22You didn't really have the...
00:21:23I was going to be like, how did you could make it?
00:21:25Oh, that's your first taste.
00:21:32You run this place beautifully.
00:21:38He's still here.
00:21:40That arrangement lasted longer than I expected.
00:21:43At least Lily finally has her real father back.
00:21:46That's a little too simple.
00:21:49Ethan has been here every day.
00:21:57Can we do this every year?
00:21:59As long as I'm around.
00:22:10One more day.
00:22:12Then I'll have the best birthday gift of all.
00:22:14Go back to my wife and daughter.
00:22:16And bring them to life.
00:22:31Can you bring the appetizer platter over?
00:22:48And thank you all for coming to my birthday party.
00:23:01Ryan.
00:23:13He's not breathing.
00:23:16Severe reaction.
00:23:19What did he eat?
00:23:22He only touched what you brought over.
00:23:26He asked me to carry the tray.
00:23:31He knows my allergies.
00:23:35Call emergency transport and police, Ryan.
00:23:38I'll make Ethan give you an explanation.
00:23:43No police.
00:23:46If this turns public, it hits Lily, your board, all of it.
00:23:53Let me handle him quietly.
00:23:57Mom.
00:24:01Let me talk to him and get the truth.
00:24:05Fine.
00:24:14You go with him.
00:24:17If that's what you want.
00:24:22Sir.
00:24:33Let's see if you'll make it through tonight.
00:24:36I'll pick you up tomorrow.
00:24:49Last night in this world.
00:24:52Grace told me to go with him.
00:24:58Ten years of doing every assigned thing.
00:25:04I can't break the rules now.
00:25:12You weren't allergic at all.
00:25:14Why are you trying to frame me?
00:25:17So what?
00:25:21You should have left when you had the chance.
00:25:28That's fine.
00:25:31You stayed in my place for ten years.
00:25:38You fed my kid.
00:25:43You stood beside my woman!
00:25:56Lily?
00:25:57Lily?
00:26:01Lily?
00:26:02What are you doing in here?
00:26:04There's nothing here anymore.
00:26:16What is that?
00:26:20For my wife and daughter, safe, happy, and loved.
00:26:27These are birthday cards.
00:26:29His birthday wish is all about us.
00:26:32He didn't even write it for himself.
00:26:35What if we've wronged him again?
00:26:42If I make one wrong move now, I don't just lose my own world.
00:26:46I lose my wife and daughter with it.
00:26:54You got too comfortable.
00:26:56She was never yours to leave and come back to.
00:27:03And she still picked me.
00:27:07Ethan, I need you downstairs.
00:27:10Ethan, where's my blue sweater?
00:27:11Ethan, my pills.
00:27:13Handled.
00:27:14Now.
00:27:14You can go.
00:27:15One more night.
00:27:17Then the ten years are over.
00:27:19And I return to the world where I belong.
00:27:21To my wife and daughter.
00:27:26Fuck.
00:27:29Fuck.
00:27:39Fuck.
00:27:42Fuck.
00:27:43Hello.
00:27:44Ethan.
00:27:46Did he hurt you?
00:27:51No.
00:27:53We're coming.
00:27:57Keep going.
00:28:08Do not make any sound.
00:28:30Mission complete. Original world restoration approved. You may exit this world and restore your wife and daughter to the original
00:28:40world.
00:28:42One thing first.
00:28:44State request.
00:28:45Every lie.
00:28:47He knows my allergies.
00:28:49Deception detected.
00:28:50Every hit.
00:28:54Every second.
00:28:55System analysis indicates a high probability of deception.
00:28:59Leave it for them.
00:29:00Confirming.
00:29:09Ethan?
00:29:13He made me.
00:29:15Please.
00:29:21No!
00:29:25No!
00:29:50Now we will play the video Ethan left for you!
00:30:11you did that
00:30:14grace listen to me
00:30:17get away from us
00:30:18grace
00:30:19security
00:30:24he was unstable
00:30:25i was trying to contain him
00:30:27you touched him again after he was tied down
00:30:29sweetheart
00:30:31don't call me that
00:30:32he's gone because he wanted to leave you
00:30:39mom where did he go
00:30:41i don't know
00:30:43but we will find him
00:31:02he told us
00:31:09he knew everything
00:31:22take ryan's access away from every property
00:31:25it's done
00:31:27pull every bank trance
00:31:28every travel record
00:31:30every call
00:31:31i want all of it
00:31:35was he telling the truth
00:31:38about what
00:31:39everything
00:31:47go to bed
00:31:47he said he always came
00:31:49go to bed
00:31:50lily
00:32:10he was packing
00:32:38he didn't keep anything
00:32:48i thought i lost this
00:32:51he labeled everything
00:32:53he was really leaving
00:32:55no
00:32:56he
00:32:59he won't leave us like this
00:33:01he loves us so much
00:33:07this isn't how he cuts it
00:33:08it's the same sandwich
00:33:10sweetheart
00:33:10it's it's the syrup you want from attach
00:33:12it's not
00:33:13move the donor brunch to friday
00:33:17what now
00:33:18the soup was wrong last night
00:33:19the toast is wrong now
00:33:20the pills came late
00:33:22my sweater wasn't in the car
00:33:24nobody told the driver i have therapy
00:33:26sit down
00:33:29he never forgot anything
00:33:31miss miller
00:33:32mr cole used to send us the order every morning
00:33:35then why did that stop
00:33:37then why did that stop
00:33:37because he did it himself
00:33:43that one is expired
00:33:51mr cole rotated them every week
00:33:57you said people would handle it
00:34:03he handled it
00:34:06i know
00:34:07there's news
00:34:08a mysterious person says they can help find mr cole
00:34:21he vanished in front of me
00:34:23did you see a body
00:34:25no
00:34:26a vehicle
00:34:27no
00:34:27a normal exit
00:34:29no
00:34:31you're not describing a disappearance
00:34:33you're describing a displacement event
00:34:38i didn't come here for nonsense
00:34:40then don't pay me with disbelief
00:34:47when did he appear in your life
00:34:49what records existed before that
00:34:52did he ever speak about time running out
00:34:55did he ever refer to another family
00:34:58did he leave any object that felt out of place
00:35:01he did mention about seven days
00:35:03did he say that more than once
00:35:05yes
00:35:07then he knew he was on borrowed time
00:35:11where is he
00:35:12not dead
00:35:15not in your world
00:35:22say that again
00:35:23he is not dead
00:35:25then where
00:35:30most people never get close enough to prove it
00:35:32grief covers what logic cannot hold
00:35:39can he come back
00:35:41that depends on why he came here
00:35:44and what he left unfinished where he belongs
00:35:48can i reach him
00:35:52possibly
00:35:52tell me
00:35:54a crossing is not travel the way you mean it
00:35:56it takes an anchor and it takes a cost
00:35:59what cost
00:36:01memory is the usual first price
00:36:05whose memory
00:36:06the one who crosses
00:36:09when
00:36:12not until you know what you are crossing for
00:36:17i'm crossing because i owe him the truth
00:36:20if you go
00:36:21you need to survive
00:36:23seeing a life
00:36:24that was never yours
00:36:32you should be asleep
00:36:33i was looking for something
00:36:38i made this when i was seven
00:36:45did you ever give it to him
00:36:48i forgot
00:36:53lily if i found him
00:36:54what would you want him to know
00:36:56sorry
00:36:57sorry dad
00:36:57i picked someone else
00:36:59just because i knew he'd come when i called
00:37:01i didn't know he could leave
00:37:07tell him i was wrong
00:37:10i will
00:37:14why this drawing
00:37:16because he stayed in that picture longer than he stayed in our lives
00:37:20it is an anchor then
00:37:25what happens if i cross
00:37:26you get one chance
00:37:28to arrive where his imprint is strongest now
00:37:35and after that
00:37:36if you return you will not come back untouched
00:37:41you may remember what you did
00:37:43you may remember what he meant
00:37:47faces and voices are less stable
00:37:50can i bring lily
00:37:51no
00:37:53a child does not survive this kind of dysplacient well
00:37:58then i go alone
00:37:59you are not going to get him back
00:38:01i know
00:38:02then why are you going
00:38:07because if he really belonged somewhere else
00:38:10i need to see what i stole from him
00:38:14then tomorrow night we try
00:38:26if i don't come back
00:38:27you are not going there to disappear
00:38:37it's tonight
00:38:43will he come home with you
00:38:48i don't know
00:38:49if he doesn't
00:38:50does that mean he hates us
00:38:53no
00:38:55it may mean he belongs somewhere else more
00:39:00then give him this
00:39:02don't make him forgive us if he doesn't want to
00:39:08i won't
00:39:14come back
00:39:15i'll try
00:39:21mom
00:39:23if he looks happy
00:39:25don't ruin it
00:39:53say his name
00:39:56ethan cole
00:39:59now say what ties him to you
00:40:03he raised my daughter
00:40:05again
00:40:07he kept my house running
00:40:11he loved us in ways we did not deserve
00:40:17if you see him
00:40:18do not touch
00:40:19if you see him do not touch
00:40:53your wife regained consciousness twice
00:40:54your daughter once
00:40:56memory response is inconsistent
00:40:58what does that mean
00:40:59they know their names
00:41:00they know who they are
00:41:01but personal recall is incomplete
00:41:09one minute
00:41:18i know your face
00:41:20that's enough
00:41:21what happened
00:41:23the crash happened
00:41:25surgery happened
00:41:26you made it
00:41:28my father's company
00:41:31tell me it's still standing
00:41:33they froze the succession meeting
00:41:35when you went into surgery
00:41:37then it's not lost yet
00:41:42dad
00:41:45ava
00:41:51ava
00:41:56mrs cole
00:41:57the board wants guidance
00:41:58before noon
00:42:01then bring me the numbers
00:42:28he looks thinner
00:42:31more tired
00:42:32but more alive
00:42:54emma can bear the limited decision making
00:42:56not for strain
00:42:57my father built this company with full control
00:42:59if i don't show up
00:43:00they'll split it before i can stand
00:43:01we have a liquidity breach
00:43:03in 48 hours
00:43:04unless the bridge facility closes
00:43:07who offered the bridge
00:43:08sable ridge
00:43:13they've been circling us for months
00:43:15can we survive without them
00:43:20not long enough
00:43:24mrs cole
00:43:26your blood pressure is already climbing
00:43:28then don't stand in the doorway
00:43:30like i'm a child
00:43:41ethan can just split himself cleanly in two
00:43:43protect the woman
00:43:44protect the company
00:43:46hold the child together
00:43:48do all of it at once
00:43:53if we don't sign by tomorrow
00:43:55they call
00:43:55default language
00:43:57i need the truth
00:43:58the truth is
00:43:59we don't have enough information
00:44:00and we still may have to sign
00:44:14did mom win
00:44:16not yet
00:44:19we are working
00:44:21that is his polite word for losing slowly
00:44:24then win faster
00:44:37i need ten minutes
00:44:54you should not be here
00:44:56i wanted to know if you made it back alive
00:44:59you know now
00:45:00go home
00:45:01i do not have one here
00:45:03that is not my problem
00:45:06i am not here to take anything from them
00:45:13then stay away from them
00:45:19who is she
00:45:20someone who should leave
00:45:31ava
00:45:36breathe with me
00:45:38four in
00:45:40four out
00:45:51you've done this before
00:45:55yes
00:45:56many times
00:45:58yes
00:46:02stay until i sleep
00:46:05i will
00:46:12i told you to leave
00:46:15i helped your cfo flag the shell entity
00:46:17connected to sable ridge
00:46:18that was you
00:46:19yes
00:46:20why
00:46:21because i know what it looks like
00:46:22when you decide you can carry everything yourself
00:46:24i know what happens after
00:46:25do not use what happened in your house
00:46:27to step into mine
00:46:27i am not asking to step into anything
00:46:30i am giving you something you need
00:46:33you still should not be here
00:46:35i know
00:46:35i also know i was wrong about why you stayed in our world
00:46:40i thought if someone carried us for 10 years
00:46:42it had to mean we were the center of his life
00:46:45good
00:46:46ethan
00:46:48i am not asking you for anything
00:46:54then keep it that way
00:47:03i want no filtered version
00:47:04give me the real exposure
00:47:05if we do nothing
00:47:07payroll fails first
00:47:08if we move too fast
00:47:10control shifts before we can map the hidden structures
00:47:12your father's old enemies are not buying debt
00:47:14they are buying position
00:47:15and the bridge paper
00:47:19predatory
00:47:19maybe survivable if we cut their teeth out before we sign
00:47:28then do that
00:47:30mrs cole
00:47:31this meeting should have ended 15 minutes ago
00:47:32then come back in 15 more
00:47:52ethan
00:47:54stay
00:47:54okay
00:47:55i am here with you
00:48:13we need execution tonight
00:48:15where is the affiliate control
00:48:17we need to have a full disclosure
00:48:19appendix 3
00:48:26this is summary language
00:48:27i want beneficial ownership
00:48:29you do not have the time for a forensic exercise
00:48:32then give us enough time
00:48:34time is exactly what the market has decided
00:48:37not to offer
00:48:38maturity dates
00:48:40maturity dates move
00:48:40fees cap
00:48:41asset ring fashion expands
00:48:43cross default language narrows
00:48:44or there is no signature tonight
00:48:53you did not answer my question earlier
00:48:56which one
00:48:57would you sign this
00:49:00only if doing nothing kills us faster
00:49:12you again
00:49:15sable ridge used a shell in zurich three years ago
00:49:18to strip collateral through a delayed disclosure chain
00:49:20i had someone pull the old arbitration notes
00:49:23who is someone
00:49:24some of them are people who owe me favors from another life
00:49:34why are you doing this
00:49:35because if i am going to stand in the part of your life i do not belong in
00:49:40it should at least help you survive it
00:49:42you are still standing in it
00:49:43i know
00:49:45do not come upstairs
00:49:46i won't
00:49:56where did this come from
00:49:58a source that wants sable hurt more than we do
00:50:10then i already like them
00:50:39you crossed worlds to help me with paper
00:50:41work
00:50:41i crossed because leaving you with what i did felt worse than the cost of coming
00:50:46i am not confused anymore that matters
00:50:49about what
00:50:50about the 10 years
00:50:52you were not loving us the way i thought
00:50:54you were surviving us while trying to get back here
00:50:57that changes what i'm allowed to ask from you
00:51:00you should not be asking for anything
00:51:03then i won't
00:51:05but i can still tell you when i see you caring too much
00:51:12that has never stopped being true
00:51:14does emma know about me
00:51:18no
00:51:21will she
00:51:22i hope not
00:51:30then i stay out of her way
00:51:41i heard you nearly sold the company to wolves
00:51:44we nearly died in surgery too
00:51:47recovery does not mean the first decisions were clean
00:51:51and you
00:51:54we were boxed in
00:51:56i am not asking you to trust the paper i almost signed
00:51:59i am asking you to look at the structure we have now
00:52:03this keeps one facility alive
00:52:05one facility becomes proof
00:52:08proof
00:52:10becomes leverage
00:52:17we bought time
00:52:20yes
00:52:22that means we are allowed one decent meal tonight
00:52:28can it be fries
00:52:29for 90 days of breathing
00:52:31yes
00:52:47okay
00:52:48okay
00:52:49you know where everything is already
00:52:52i put it there
00:52:53that sounds like dad
00:52:56hello
00:52:57no public statement yet
00:53:00we need one more week of calm
00:53:08sit down
00:53:11i am standing
00:53:14barely
00:53:22i hate this part
00:53:25which part
00:53:30needing you this much
00:53:31while still feeling
00:53:32peace is missing
00:53:34you do not owe me
00:53:36completed memory
00:53:37before you lean on me
00:53:39that sounds practiced
00:53:47we can restart one line by monday
00:53:50if the old supplier releases inventory
00:53:52that still leaves reputational risk
00:53:55and labor panic
00:53:57can one line hold the room
00:54:01one line tells everyone we are not dead
00:54:03then one line lives
00:54:11that means we won right
00:54:14it means we did not lose today
00:54:22you will never stay with me again
00:54:23you will never stay with me again ethan
00:54:40this is the last time
00:54:41i am leaving soon
00:54:46lily made it when she was seven
00:54:48she found it after you were gone
00:54:51she told me not to make you forgive us
00:54:53if you did not want to
00:54:55i came here to give you this
00:54:56and to say one thing clearly
00:54:57the ten years you carried in our house
00:54:59should not disappear like they meant nothing
00:55:01thank you
00:55:02thank you
00:55:04goodbye ethan
00:55:31the date of related party disclosed
00:55:34exposure does not match the earlier terms and conditions list
00:55:41they staged the exposure in layers
00:55:43the first set got us to sign
00:55:45the second set is meant to close around whatever we still have left
00:55:49how much time
00:55:50not much
00:55:52if we move loudly now we show them where we are weak
00:55:57then we move quietly
00:55:59if they think we are stabilizing
00:56:01they will relax around the edges
00:56:05that is where we pull proof
00:56:09this is the cleanest version of a dirty option we can force by morning
00:56:12do you still hate it
00:56:13yes
00:56:14do we have better
00:56:16i narrowed cross default language
00:56:18i pushed disclosures
00:56:19i boxed off what i could
00:56:20if they are still hiding something
00:56:22it is under a structure we cannot see yet
00:56:28ethan
00:56:28let me look at you one more time
00:56:30i'm leaving tonight
00:56:32not signing may kill them faster than signing
00:56:34no
00:56:36ethan
00:56:41if this goes wrong
00:56:43it goes wrong with both our names on it
00:56:45no
00:56:52cash pressure eases
00:56:54one creditor backs off
00:56:56two board threats go quiet
00:57:02tell me this one holds
00:57:04it bought us room
00:57:08did we win?
00:57:10we survived the morning
00:57:19that would have meant nothing to me in my world
00:57:21here it says everything
00:57:27if we get another week
00:57:28i can rebuild supplier trust
00:57:32if we get another week
00:57:33i can map the affiliates deeper
00:57:35then maybe we really can hold this
00:57:45what is it?
00:57:46they moved through a controlled affiliate
00:57:47we were not shown
00:57:48the asset ring fast is being pierced through an internal timing trigger
00:57:52christ
00:57:54this was held back
00:57:58can we stop it?
00:58:02emma
00:58:09answer me
00:58:12maybe part of it
00:58:13not all of it
00:58:21hello?
00:58:22the vendors got the notice
00:58:23if they file before morning
00:58:25we lose the hold
00:58:27take the injunction language
00:58:29strip it to what survives tonight
00:58:31i believe you
00:58:37sable triggered the affiliate lock
00:58:39the board just voted to recognize the transfer
00:58:45say it clearly
00:58:46we lost control of the company
00:58:52i signed the term sheet
00:58:53this is on me
00:58:53you signed what was in front of you
00:58:56i should have seen more
00:58:57they hid more
00:58:58i still signed it
00:59:02everybody out
00:59:07you too
00:59:10okay
00:59:22i know what happened
00:59:27then you know i should have done better
00:59:29i was so close to happiness
00:59:30but i made a mistake
00:59:32what if emma doesn't want me anymore
00:59:34you did everything you could
00:59:35she won't hold a grudge against you
00:59:44it was not enough
00:59:46that matters to me
00:59:48you should not be here
00:59:49i did not cross worlds to leave that unsaid
00:59:52you should go
00:59:53not before you hear me
00:59:58you came every time i called
01:00:01you raised my child
01:00:02you held my house together
01:00:04i let myself believe that would go on forever
01:00:07i know what i did
01:00:08i know who i kept choosing
01:00:09i know how late i am
01:00:12grace
01:00:13no
01:00:14if you want me gone
01:00:15tell me to my face
01:00:16those ten years meant nothing
01:00:18they did not mean nothing
01:00:21then do not stand there
01:00:23and make me feel insane
01:00:24for still carrying them
01:00:27i am not making you insane
01:00:29i am trying
01:00:31not to making this worse
01:00:34you do not get to decide that alone
01:00:43you matter to me
01:00:44what happened in your house
01:00:46mattered
01:00:48what happened to lily mattered
01:00:50what happened to me there mattered
01:00:52but emma is my wife
01:00:54ava is my daughter
01:00:55even if she never remembers me
01:00:57the way she used to i stay
01:00:58i will not betray them
01:01:00so that is the truth
01:01:02yes
01:01:05then look at me and say
01:01:06there is nothing left of us in you
01:01:11there is something
01:01:12there will always be something
01:01:16that is enough to ruin me
01:01:18and not enough to keep you
01:01:24do you know what the worst part is
01:01:29i still cannot hate you
01:01:30for telling me the truth
01:01:34i was selfish
01:01:35i was blind
01:01:37i kept taking and taking
01:01:38and calling it normal
01:01:42i still came here thinking
01:01:43maybe if i stood in front of you
01:01:45long enough
01:01:45you would turn and choose me
01:01:48grace
01:01:49i know
01:01:50i know
01:01:53i live with you for ten years
01:01:58i know how you walk when you are tired
01:02:00i know what you do when you are angry
01:02:05i know the sound of your keys when you come in late
01:02:07i know what silence means when it comes from you
01:02:10you do not get to tell me i imagined all of that
01:02:18i am not saying you imagined it
01:02:21then say what i was to you
01:02:25you were my family there
01:02:32i am not going to ask you to come with me
01:02:38i am not going to ask you to choose me
01:02:43i want one thing
01:02:45do not forget me
01:02:46i will not
01:02:48do not let those ten years disappear like they were a job you survived
01:03:01i want to erase them
01:03:05goodbye
01:03:06goodbye ethan
01:03:11goodbye grace
01:03:21do not move
01:03:23what
01:03:50grace
01:03:52what happened to you
01:03:56i'm fine
01:03:57did you find him
01:03:59yes
01:04:00did you bring him back
01:04:03no
01:04:04then go home before your mind starts protecting you from what it cannot keep
01:04:13what fades first
01:04:15his voice
01:04:16then his face
01:04:18and one day
01:04:19you realize you cannot remember him at all
01:04:23maybe that is the punishment
01:04:24maybe it is also the mercy
01:04:45did you see him
01:04:48yes
01:04:49did he look happy
01:04:52he was where he belonged
01:04:56did he say anything
01:05:02i said enough
01:05:05you're forgetting him
01:05:08will you forget him before i do
01:05:13i will remember what matters
01:05:28you should be resting
01:05:30i was
01:05:33then i noticed
01:05:34my husband
01:05:35disappeared into a glass box
01:05:37to decide my life for me
01:05:40emma
01:05:41if you came out here to say it
01:05:43you do not have to make it gentle
01:05:44say what
01:05:46that it is over
01:05:48i don't have the right to stay after this
01:05:51i should have protected it better because it was his and because it was yours
01:05:56you trusted me and i still let it happen
01:06:08are you done
01:06:15emma
01:06:18you are my man
01:06:20if you were wrong then i was wrong with you
01:06:25we are standing in a world where i woke up from surgery without half the map in my head
01:06:30and you came back to me from something i still do not understand
01:06:33at this point i am not interested in pretending certainty is our only respectable option
01:06:38on a world this unknown we move together
01:06:42i already lost my father's company
01:06:44i am not losing you too
01:06:47you do not know everything
01:06:48i woke up missing pieces of my life
01:06:50i watched my daughter know you before i did
01:06:53i watched you carry my company on no sleep and no room to fail
01:06:57my standards for impossible are lower now
01:07:01i did not come out here
01:07:03to dismiss you from my life
01:07:07i came out here because
01:07:10i have been watching you since i woke up and you are the only person in that room who kept
01:07:16telling me the truth even when it cut your own throat
01:07:25after the crash
01:07:26i did not wake up here
01:07:32i woke up in another life
01:07:36there was a woman named grace and a little girl named lily
01:07:40they thought i was there to stay i knew i was there on borrowed time
01:07:45something called atlas told me that if i completed the term there i could come back here and restore you
01:07:49and ava that was the deal
01:07:51ten years in their world for one chance to get my wife and daughter back in this one
01:07:56grace needed a husband in public lily needed a father in practice
01:08:00i became the person who handled everything
01:08:02school medicine meals night terrors logistics board dinners family emergencies
01:08:07every day i told myself it was temporary
01:08:10every year it stopped feeling temporary
01:08:14near the end grace's old partner came back
01:08:17he framed me
01:08:18hurt lily
01:08:19blamed me for things he did himself
01:08:24then he tied me to a chair
01:08:25and beat me because he knew i was in the way
01:08:28atlas gave me the way back
01:08:29right before grace found me
01:08:33grace was the woman who came here
01:08:40and all the time you were there you knew you were trying to get back to us
01:08:44every day
01:08:45i wrote the same birthday wish every year
01:08:48for my wife and daughter
01:08:50safe happy and loved
01:08:53i came back for you
01:08:54i came back for ava
01:08:56if the deal opened again tomorrow
01:08:58i would still choose the road that led back here
01:09:02did you love grace
01:09:06no
01:09:10it's you
01:09:14always and forever
01:09:15that is the answer i needed
01:09:17then stop standing out there like you're waiting for judgment
01:09:21you're in it
01:09:30tell me something only my husband might know
01:09:34you hate the smell of hospital flowers
01:09:38you say they make sick rooms for more like sick rooms
01:09:42you sleep with one foot outside the blanket
01:09:44you read bad news twice before you say it out loud
01:09:46you always pretend ava's school projects are easy
01:09:49and then stay up until one in the morning fixing them
01:09:52you steal fries and call it quality control
01:09:54when you're annoyed you always start turning your cup in your hands
01:09:57on our second anniversary you said if we ever got rich you still wanted ugly kitchen mugs
01:10:01because expensive ones make coffee taste like meetings
01:10:04i don't remember saying that
01:10:05you did
01:10:08it sounds like me
01:10:09it is you
01:10:14say one more
01:10:21i missed your voice
01:10:26you still have it
01:10:30not like this
01:10:32not when it's aimed at me
01:10:37i missed you too
01:10:39i just didn't know what i was missing
01:10:46look at me
01:10:48you are home
01:10:56mom
01:11:05did i do something wrong
01:11:07no baby
01:11:11no
01:11:11come here
01:11:14are you fighting
01:11:19no
01:11:20you looked serious
01:11:22we were
01:11:23that doesn't mean bad
01:11:29are you staying tonight
01:11:33if you want me to
01:11:36that's not what i asked
01:11:40yes
01:11:42i'm staying
01:11:43for real
01:11:44for real
01:11:50that's grandpa's watch
01:11:52it is
01:11:52why do you have it
01:11:54because we're carrying this together
01:11:56okay
01:11:59so that means you're on the same team now
01:12:02yes
01:12:03good
01:12:04because when you're not
01:12:06everything feels weird
01:12:10we're on the same team
01:12:13then what happens to grandpa's company
01:12:16it means we have work to do
01:12:19did bad people take it
01:12:21yes
01:12:22are you gonna take it back
01:12:24we're going to build again
01:12:26from scratch
01:12:27maybe not all the way from scratch
01:12:29is that better or worse
01:12:31harder at the start
01:12:32better at the end
01:12:34okay
01:12:37you two better still be on the same team when i wake up
01:12:40we will
01:12:41promise
01:12:43we should go
01:12:44yeah
01:12:48tomorrow
01:12:49no guilt
01:12:50no retreat
01:12:51no disappearing into shame
01:12:53yes ma'am
01:12:53no guilt
01:12:54no guilt
01:12:55good
01:12:55no guilt
01:12:56no guilt
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