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00:00:01On notre troisième anniversaire,
00:00:03j'ai activé mon plan
00:00:04pour fêter mon propre mort.
00:00:11À la fin de la nuit,
00:00:12il lui a dit ses amis en italien.
00:00:17Il n'a jamais eu compris.
00:00:18J'ai compris tous les mots.
00:00:20J'ai découvert la mafia de Don's Trophy Wife.
00:00:21J'ai découvert la mafie de Don's Trophy Wife
00:00:23et la chaise de haut-héel
00:00:24que j'ai abandonné dans ma maison.
00:00:26Je n'ai pas d'enduré plus tard.
00:00:27Ten days from now,
00:00:29only the gun he custom,
00:00:30made for me and a pool of blood,
00:00:33will remain on the seaside cliff.
00:00:35Don, those 99 times you said you loved me,
00:00:39I don't want them anymore.
00:00:41I was standing in the corridor
00:00:43outside the private dining room
00:00:44when I dialed the number.
00:00:46Project Ash, initiate now.
00:00:48The male voice on the other end
00:00:49was calm and steady.
00:00:50Received.
00:00:51The faked death protocol is ready to go.
00:00:53In ten days, you'll vanish from everyone's world.
00:00:56I ended the call,
00:00:56Pied out the SIM card
00:00:58And dropped it into the wastebasket beside the wall
00:00:59From inside the room came a roar of laughter
00:01:01Familiar enough to turn my stomach
00:01:03That was Dante Moretti, my husband
00:01:05The 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
00:01:17The most dishonest smiles
00:01:19A performance called Love
00:01:21Staged entirely for my benefit
00:01:23I pushed open the door and walked in
00:01:25Wearing the same smile I always wore
00:01:27Finished your call
00:01:28Dante sat at the head of the long table
00:01:30And 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
00:01:47Resuming 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
00:01:55I smiled along and took a sip of wine
00:01:58I had taught myself Italian over the past three years
00:02:00Dante 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
00:02:09Luca, second, in command
00:02:11Another man, Cesare, grinned
00:02:13Is he already here? Dante is coming this evening
00:02:17I can't blame the head
00:02:18Keep a respectable one at home
00:02:20Keep a insistent on the side
00:02:22Keep him down
00:02:23His wife is right there
00:02:29Cesare turned to me
00:02:30Switching 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
00:02:37They exchanged a look
00:02:39And cut back to Italian
00:02:46Dante finally spoke
00:02:47His tone easy and indifferent
00:02:55I felt his hand give my waist a light
00:02:59Absent-minded pet
00:03:01The way you'd sue the pet
00:03:02Besides, he continued in Italian
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
00:03:12And they had always looked at me that way
00:03:14Pity threaded through contempt
00:03:15I was the godfather's wife
00:03:16And had no real power
00:03:17I was his companion
00:03:19And nothing more than a prop
00:03:20What they didn't know
00:03:21Was that the most dangerous hunter
00:03:23Is the one who looks the most harmless
00:03:24I set my glass down
00:03:25And stood up from Dante's lap
00:03:27Tired?
00:03:28He looked up at me
00:03:29I'll head home
00:03:30I'll have someone drive you
00:03:31No need
00:03:32I'll call a car
00:03:33I picked up my bag
00:03:35And walked toward the door
00:03:36As I pulled it open
00:03:37I heard someone say one last thing
00:03:39In Italian behind me
00:03:42I let the door close behind me
00:03:44I knew everything
00:03:46I knew who Scarlett was
00:03:47I 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
00:04:26Our home
00:04:27That was what Dante called it
00:04:29When 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
00:04:36I used to find that smell comforting
00:04:41Now it made my skin crawl
00:04:42I started packing
00:04:45The bedroom first
00:04:48On the nightstand sat the only photo of us together
00:04:50The 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
00:04:58He 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
00:05:08I was the only woman he would ever love
00:05:10I picked up the frame
00:05:11Opened the back
00:05:12And slid the photo out
00:05:15Then I tore it in half
00:05:16His half went into the trash bag
00:05:17My half I held in my fist
00:05:19Into the walk-in closet
00:05:21I opened the jewelry cabinet
00:05:22Everything 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
00:05:30A 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
00:05:40He'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 Herms Chanel
00:05:52Limited editions from boutiques around the world
00:05:54Ferried back from his men
00:05:56All of it
00:05:57Into the bag
00:05:58When the bag was full
00:06:00I dragged it to the elevator
00:06:01Rode down
00:06:02And heaved it into the dumpster
00:06:06Back in the apartment
00:06:07I poured a whiskey
00:06:08The 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
00:06:17This 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 was yanking me
00:06:52Backward by the arm
00:06:53It was Dante
00:06:54I 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
00:07:03His 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
00:07:17Fast and hard
00:07:17Like 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
00:07:27Pulled into something
00:07:28That wasn't quite a smile
00:07:30You're okay
00:07:31That's what matters
00:07:36I 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 on 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
00:08:21Like a kid
00:08:23You finally let me in
00:08:25He sent flowers every day
00:08:27Picked me up from work every day
00:08:28Said he loved me every day
00:08:31I turned him down 99 times
00:08:34On the 100th
00:08:35He proposed
00:08:36He went down on one knee
00:08:37Those hands that could take a life
00:08:39At a thousand yards
00:08:40Were shaking as 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 without blinking
00:08:50Kneeling in front of me
00:08:51And barely able to form words
00:08:53Marry 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
00:09:01He held me
00:09:03And whispered against my ear
00:09:04You're my only weakness
00:09:06And my armor
00:09:08I thought that was an eternal vow
00:09:10My phone buzzed
00:09:16I thought that was an eternal vow
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
00:09:25I 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
00:09:32Does your wife
00:09:34Know 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 heard from him
00:09:43Relaxed
00:09:44Unguarded
00:09:47She's the one I keep at home
00:09:48You're the one who lets me breathe
00:09:50Different things
00:09:52How different?
00:09:54She'll always be my wife
00:09:55But you?
00:09:57His voice dropped
00:09:59You make me want to let go
00:10:01You're not afraid she'll find out
00:10:03Her?
00:10:04She'll never find out
00:10:06And even if she did
00:10:08What could she do?
00:10:10She couldn't survive without me
00:10:13The recording kept going
00:10:15I didn't want to hear anymore
00:10:18The man who had taken a bullet for me
00:10:20The man who had stood in the rain
00:10:22Waiting for me to say yes
00:10:23The man who told me I was his armor
00:10:26That man was lying
00:10:27In another woman's bed
00:10:30I set the phone on the table
00:10:32My fingers brushed something 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 shielded me with his body
00:10:46The man who had called me his only one
00:10:48The man who had made me believe in love
00:10:50He had changed
00:10:51Or maybe he had always been this way
00:10:53And I was only seeing it clearly now
00:10:59The next afternoon at two
00:11:01Dante's car pulled up in front of the building
00:11:03When I got in
00:11:04He leaned over out of habit
00:11:05And pressed a kiss to my cheek
00:11:07I pulled back
00:11:08He went still
00:11:10I caught the flash of hurt in his eyes
00:11:12Which struck me as almost funny
00:11:13He was the one who had betrayed me first
00:11:15And here he was
00:11:17Genuinely wounded
00:11:18Nothing's wrong
00:11:19I said
00:11:20Just a bit of a headache
00:11:21He 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 the entire ride
00:11:30Thumb brushing slow circles across my knuckles
00:11:32His habitual small gesture
00:11:34I used to think it was intimacy
00:11:35Now it just felt like irony
00:11:38The car turned into a warehouse
00:11:40Wound between rows of cargo containers
00:11:42And stopped in front of a steel door
00:11:44The door opened onto a staircase
00:11:46That led two flights down
00:11:48And then the space opened up
00:11:50Into something unexpected
00:11:51An underground shooting range
00:11:53Twenty or so people were already there
00:11:55The core of the family
00:11:56Luca
00:11:57Gacicere
00:11:58A handful of district captains
00:11:59Whose names I had never bothered to learn
00:12:01They all stopped talking
00:12:02When we walked in
00:12:05Dante led me forward by the hand
00:12:06His grip warm and tight
00:12:08Césaray called out
00:12:09Boss
00:12:10Heard the delivery came in
00:12:11Let's see it
00:12:12Dante ignored him
00:12:14And brought me to the long table
00:12:16In the center of the range
00:12:17A black metal case sat on the table
00:12:19Solid craftsmanship
00:12:21Copper banded at the corners
00:12:22He 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 with dark filigree
00:12:35That caught the light
00:12:35In 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 was on me
00:12:51He placed the gun in my hands
00:12:54The curve of the grip settled perfectly against my palm
00:12:57The weight was right too
00:12:58A little lighter than what I trained with 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 the size of my hands
00:13:07Remembered the grip I preferred
00:13:09Knew exactly how heavy
00:13:10I liked a gun to be
00:13:11He had brought me here many times over the past three years
00:13:14Every session side by side
00:13:15Shot by shot
00:13:16Until we had built something like fluency in each other's habits
00:13:19He kept a record of all of them
00:13:20Custom made to your specifications
00:13:22He said
00:13:23Right-handed grip
00:13:24Barrel rifled one degree left
00:13:26The best gunsmith in Italy
00:13:28Handmade
00:13:29Three months in the making
00:13:31There isn't another one like it in the world
00:13:33I looked down
00:13:35Along the grip
00:13:36Etched in fine flowing script
00:13:37Were two letters
00:13:38VR
00:13:40My initials
00:13:41The room erupted
00:13:43The boss never gave a woman a gun before
00:13:45And it's custom
00:13:46I've been with him ten years
00:13:48Never got this treatment
00:13:51Viviana
00:13:51Do you know what this thing is worth?
00:13:53You could buy a Manhattan apartment with that money
00:13:56Dante smiled and raised one hand
00:13:58The room quieted
00:13:59That gun is yours
00:14:01He said
00:14:01Not loud
00:14:02But the whole range could hear him
00:14:04Nobody touches it without my permission
00:14:07Are we clear?
00:14:09I looked up at him
00:14:10There was a smile in his eyes
00:14:11But something else beneath it
00:14:13That possessiveness of his
00:14:14The pride of claiming ownership in front of everyone 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 over mine
00:14:24And we held the gun together
00:14:26His chest was against my back
00:14:29Warm
00:14:29Three years ago
00:14:31This would have made my pulse race
00:14:33Now all I can think about
00:14:34Is the recording from last night
00:14:37Does he press himself against her the same way?
00:14:40Speak in that low
00:14:41Gentle voice into her ear
00:14:42Line up the sights
00:14:44Aim for center
00:14:45Ten rings
00:14:47When the magazine ran dry
00:14:48I turned to face him
00:14:56His eyes were full of pride
00:14:58The kind that says I trained her myself
00:15:00He pulled me into him
00:15:01And bent his head to kiss my hair
00:15:03I breathed in the smell of him
00:15:04And could only think about how that same smell
00:15:07Had clung to another woman last night
00:15:10The others were already clamoring
00:15:11To go drinking
00:15:12Dante walked out with his arm around me
00:15:14The district captain's trailing behind
00:15:16Still debating my last few shots
00:15:18We were at the warehouse entrance
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 carefully arranged
00:15:31To look like concern
00:15:32Yeah
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 that specific blend of apology
00:15:44And urgency
00:15:45He wore so well
00:15:46Vivian
00:15:47There's a problem down at the port
00:15:48I have to go handle it
00:15:50Cesar will take you home
00:15:53I didn't tell him I'd heard Scarlet's voice in the background
00:15:57God
00:15:57He was good
00:16:00Come on
00:16:01I'll drive you
00:16:02Cesar stepped forward
00:16:03I followed him to 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 was parked with its lights on
00:16:13A Porsche
00:16:15New model
00:16:15I couldn't make out the face inside
00:16:17But I could see the 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 a photo of herself
00:16:25Leaning against the hood
00:16:25Smiling with a caption that read
00:16:27Come pick me up
00:16:28He wasn't going to the port
00:16:30That shipment had arrived three days ago
00:16:33Luca had reported last night that everything was fine
00:16:35He was going to her
00:16:38Three months ago
00:16:39Scarlet had appeared in his life
00:16:41He had been commissioning custom gifts for me while texting her
00:16:44Memorizing my shooting habits while figuring out how 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 I didn't know
00:16:51At how convincing his performance had been
00:16:54Or at myself
00:16:55Knowing everything perfectly
00:16:56And still feeling it like 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 as I'd left it
00:17:11But something felt off the moment
00:17:13I stepped through the door
00:17:14The air had changed
00:17:17A trace of perfume
00:17:18Faint but real
00:17:20Sweet and cloying
00:17:22With a floral undertone
00:17:24Not mine
00:17:26I had never worn anything like that
00:17:28I went into the bedroom
00:17:31I had left in a hurry that morning
00:17:33The comforter shoved aside
00:17:34Pillows askew
00:17:36Now the bedding was smooth
00:17:37Both pillows set neatly side by side
00:17:40The corners tucked
00:17:41Someone had been here
00:17:42Someone had come into my bedroom
00:17:44And touched my bed
00:17:46I checked the wardrobe
00:17:49All my clothes were hanging where I'd left them
00:17:51Undisturbed
00:17:52I exhaled
00:17:53And was about to turn away
00:17:55When something caught the edge of my vision
00:17:57On the innermost shelf
00:17:59A single high heel
00:18:00Red stiletto
00:18:02The vamp glittering with rhinestones
00:18:04Not my size
00:18:06Not my style
00:18:07I had never owned anything like it
00:18:10She had left it here
00:18:11On purpose
00:18:12This apartment
00:18:13Was Dante's private ground
00:18:14In three years
00:18:16I had never seen a 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 delivered things
00:18:26To the lobby downstairs
00:18:27Anyone else didn't even come into the building
00:18:30And yet someone had been inside
00:18:31A woman
00:18:32Wearing perfume I would never wear
00:18:35Shoes I would never own
00:18:36And she had made herself at 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 another woman here?
00:18:54He would say no
00:18:55He'd say I was imagining things
00:18:57He'd say that must be the cleaning lady's perfume
00:19:00He would perform it flawlessly
00:19:01He always did
00:19:03The nausea rose again
00:19:05She had been here
00:19:06Maybe yesterday
00:19:07Maybe this very afternoon
00:19:09I went to the guest room
00:19:11And closed the door
00:19:11It smelled faintly of dust
00:19:13No one had slept here in a long time
00:19:16But it was better than the bedroom
00:19:17No perfume
00:19:19No sign of anyone
00:19:20I lay down and stared at the ceiling
00:19:22My phone buzzed
00:19:23A message from Dante
00:19:25Asleep already?
00:19:27I looked at those two words
00:19:28And tried to picture where he was when he sent them
00:19:30In 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 immediately
00:19:38I watched his name on 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 in his voice
00:19:47You woke me up
00:19:49I miss you
00:19:50He said
00:19:50I'll definitely come home early tomorrow to 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 on his neck
00:20:00With that gentle face of his
00:20:02Telling me he had missed me
00:20:04And I
00:20:04Would pretend I had no idea
00:20:12When I came downstairs the next morning
00:20:14Dante was already at the table
00:20:16He stood up when he saw me
00:20:18And crossed the room to hold me
00:20:25Got back late last night
00:20:27Hope I didn't disturb you
00:20:28No
00:20:29I said
00:20:29I 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
00:20:43Three years
00:20:44Every time he came home late
00:20:46The next morning looked like this
00:20:48Attentive
00:20:49Solicitous
00:20:49Walking 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 that I'd noticed something
00:20:58I didn't care which
00:21:03Get the situation sorted out last night
00:21:06I asked
00:21:06Yeah
00:21:07That shipment at the port was a headache
00:21:09But we handled it
00:21:11I nodded and took a bite of toast
00:21:14He watched me eat
00:21:15His fingers tapped lightly 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
00:21:22He 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 with his expression
00:21:37Doing something careful and deliberate
00:21:40I have a surprise for you
00:21:48That small island off Long Island
00:21:49He'd bought it two years ago
00:21:51We had only been twice
00:21:52And neither time for more than a day
00:21:55A surprise?
00:21:56I said
00:21:57Beloved
00:21:57He squeezed my hand
00:21:58I promise
00:22:01I looked at the expectation in his eyes
00:22:03He thought I knew nothing
00:22:04He thought a weekend getaway could patch over every late night he'd clocked lately
00:22:08Alright
00:22:09I said
00:22:10He smiled and leaned in to kiss me
00:22:12I closed my eyes behind them
00:22:15The red stiletta
00:22:15The cloying perfume
00:22:17The particular way he had smelled when he came home last night
00:22:23I had a great deal to do in the next three days
00:22:26On the first night, Dante drank
00:22:27He had always had a good head for liquor
00:22:29But he drank heavily that evening
00:22:31Maybe guilt
00:22:32Maybe shame
00:22:33I didn't care about his reasons
00:22:34I only needed him drunk
00:22:36When he was out sprawled across the bed
00:22:38I took his phone
00:22:39Lifted his right hand
00:22:40And pressed his thumb to the screen
00:22:43Unlocked
00:22:45I pulled up the documents I needed signed
00:22:47One by one
00:22:49Asset transfer paperwork I had spent the last few days preparing
00:22:53More than enough to live on after I disappeared
00:22:56I went back to the bedroom
00:22:57He was half conscious, mumbling something
00:23:02Dante, I need your signature on a few things
00:23:05I said softly
00:23:07Sign what?
00:23:08He murmured
00:23:11For the company
00:23:12Luca said it's urgent
00:23:14He nodded
00:23:15I eased him upright and put a pen in his hand
00:23:17Without looking at a single page
00:23:19He signed wherever I pulled
00:23:23When the last signature was done
00:23:24He dropped back against the pillow and was fully out
00:23:27I stood at the edge of the bed looking at him
00:23:30Three years I 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 it had been pressed against another woman's neck
00:23:40No matter
00:23:41This island trip would be my best opportunity
00:23:44Two days from now, gone for good
00:23:48Goodbye Dante
00:24:00Saturday night, 8 o'clock
00:24:02Two suitcases stood side by side in the entryway
00:24:06The boat to the island left first thing tomorrow morning
00:24:08I was packed and ready
00:24:11Dante was on the sofa taking a call
00:24:13His voice kept deliberately low
00:24:15But I was in the kitchen doorway pouring a glass of water
00:24:17And I caught the last few words anyway
00:24:21Got it, I'm coming now
00:24:23He hung up and came to find me
00:24:26Wearing the expression I knew far too well
00:24:30Apologetic, urgent
00:24:31And underneath it, that almost invisible guilt
00:24:37He laid his hand on my shoulder
00:24:39And gave it a gentle squeeze
00:24:41Vivian
00:24:42I have to step out and handle something
00:24:45I looked at him over the rim of my glass and said nothing
00:24:48There's an emergency at the port
00:24:50I have to go myself
00:24:54We're leaving for the island first thing tomorrow morning
00:24:56I said
00:24:57I know
00:24:58I'll deal with it and come straight to the island
00:25:01You go ahead with the boat
00:25:02I'll be there a few hours behind you
00:25:04Liar
00:25:05I looked at his eyes
00:25:06Grey blue, beautiful
00:25:07Right now they carried a flicker of evasion
00:25:09But mostly that uncompromising certainty
00:25:12The look of a man who has already made his choice
00:25:14And is merely informing you of it
00:25:17But I wanted to try one last time
00:25:19For the sake of my three years
00:25:20To give him one final chance
00:25:23Can't someone else go?
00:25:24Luca or Seseza?
00:25:27I heard something in my own voice
00:25:29A plea I hadn't intended to let through
00:25:31Something crossed his face
00:25:32Quick, but I saw it
00:25:33Luca's in Brooklyn dealing with something else
00:25:36Cesari can't handle this one
00:25:38He smiled
00:25:39That soothing, coaxing smile
00:25:41His hand came up to touch my face
00:25:46Business stuff
00:25:47You wouldn't understand it
00:25:52It'll only be a few hours
00:25:53I promise I'll spend all day with you tomorrow
00:26:06I held his gaze for several seconds
00:26:08His eyes slid sideways for just a moment
00:26:10Then came back to me
00:26:12I mean it
00:26:13I promise
00:26:16That's what you said last night too
00:26:18Last chance, Dante
00:26:20He exhaled and reached out to hold me
00:26:22I stepped back
00:26:23His arms stayed open in the air between us
00:26:27This one is a real emergency
00:26:28That cargo run
00:26:30Something's gone wrong with 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
00:26:40You know, the one
00:26:41I didn't
00:26:42He had never told me the details of his business
00:26:45He always said not to worry
00:26:47Now he was using it as an excuse
00:26:49Knowing I had nothing to push back with
00:26:51I nodded
00:26:51Go ahead then
00:26:53He visibly relaxed
00:26:55A smile broke across his face
00:26:56He stepped forward and pulled me in
00:26:59Thank you for understanding
00:27:01I swear tomorrow is all yours
00:27:04Anything you want on the island
00:27:06Will do it
00:27:07His chin rested on top of my head
00:27:09His hand moved in slow, familiar circles on my back
00:27:12He had done this thousands of times
00:27:14Over three years
00:27:14I used to think it 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 from the entryway
00:27:29And pushed through the door
00:27:35I went to the window and looked down
00:27:38His black sedan was at the curb
00:27:39The driver already holding the rear door open
00:27:42And at the corner
00:27:43Under the street lamp
00:27:44The red sports car was parked and waiting
00:27:46I couldn't tell from here whether someone was inside
00:27:48But I knew there was
00:27:49That car was waiting for him
00:27:51For her
00:27:52He wasn't going to the port
00:28:01I could picture it
00:28:02He would get out of his car
00:28:03She would come forward to meet him
00:28:05He would pull her into his arms
00:28:09I watched his sedan pull away
00:28:11Then I watched the red car follow it and vanish
00:28:18Then I went to the bedroom
00:28:19And took out the gun he had given me
00:28:24I drove to the cliffs at the shore
00:28:29The eastern tip of Long Island below
00:28:31Black rocks and open sea
00:28:33No one came here at night
00:28:35Just the wind and 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 with the gun
00:28:41The wind was fierce enough
00:28:43To whip my hair across my face
00:28:44All I could hear was the water
00:28:46Far away and close at once
00:28:47Like another world
00:28:49I crouched down
00:28:50Took out the bag of blood I'd brought
00:28:52And poured it over the gun
00:28:53And across the rocks around it
00:28:57I stood
00:28:58Stepped back
00:28:59Studied the scene
00:28:59Then I drew the gun
00:29:00And fired once
00:29:01Into the open air
00:29:02Bang
00:29:02The casing landed in the blood
00:29:04I dropped the gun beside it
00:29:05It struck the stone
00:29:07And left a dent on the barrel
00:29:08Gun blood
00:29:08Casing
00:29:09It looked like someone had 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 everything else
00:29:15Was perfect
00:29:16By morning someone would find it
00:29:17The police would be called
00:29:18He would be notified
00:29:19I stood there a moment longer
00:29:21Looking at what I'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 the airport
00:29:37Parking 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
00:29:45The agent glanced at 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 your 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 in my pocket
00:30:05I took it out
00:30:06And dropped it into the trash
00:30:07On my way through
00:30:10Goodbye Dante
00:30:11Goodbye to your world of lies
00:30:12And deceit
00:30:19The plane began to taxi
00:30:21Then it accelerated
00:30:22And lifted off
00:30:23New York shrank below 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
00:30:32No Dante
00:30:33No Scarlet
00:30:34No lies
00:30:35No betrayal
00:30:35He would spend the 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
00:30:42Dante's boat docked
00:30:44At the pier of the private island
00:30:45The sun was strong
00:30:46The water a brilliant blue
00:30:47Dante jumped off the bow
00:30:49Bodyguards behind him
00:30:50A bunch of white roses in his hand
00:30:52He'd had them flown in from Manhattan
00:30:53The night before
00:30:54She here yet?
00:30:55He asked
00:30:56The steward who came to meet him
00:30:57The steward's face was 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 she never boarded
00:31:05He pulled out
00:31:06His phone and called her
00:31:07Switched off
00:31:08Called again
00:31:09Still switched off
00:31:10Send someone to check the apartment
00:31:11He said it to the bodyguard behind him
00:31:13And kept walking toward the villa
00:31:15She'd overslept probably
00:31:16Missed 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 the eastern bluffs
00:31:23Of the island three stories
00:31:25White floor to ceiling windows
00:31:26Facing the sea
00:31:27Dante pushed inside
00:31:29The living room was empty
00:31:31On the table sat a bottle of wine
00:31:33And two glasses
00:31:34He had asked someone to set that up
00:31:36He'd been planning to sit here
00:31:38With her tonight
00:31:39And watched the sun go down
00:31:41His phone rang
00:31:46Sir
00:31:46No one at the apartment
00:31:48But we found something at the shore
00:31:51What shore?
00:31:52Be specific
00:31:52Two seconds of silence on the line
00:31:54The bluffs on the eastern end of Long Island
00:31:57You should come see this yourself
00:31:58Three hours later
00:31:59Dante stood at the edge of those cliffs
00:32:01The sun had shifted west
00:32:03The sea wind tore at his hair
00:32:04He looked down at what lay on the rocks
00:32:07A gun, silver
00:32:08The grip engraved with VR
00:32:09The one he had given her
00:32:11The stones around the gun were stained
00:32:12Dark red-brown
00:32:14Dried now
00:32:19A white silk scarf soaked through
00:32:21Had blown into the scrub at the edge
00:32:22He crouched and reached for the gun
00:32:24The instant
00:32:25His fingers touched the metal
00:32:27His entire body went rigid
00:32:28Sir
00:32:29The bodyguard behind him said
00:32:32We received a report this morning
00:32:34Someone spotted blood
00:32:36At the base of the cliffs
00:32:37The coast guard is 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 last night
00:32:44With his gun
00:32:45He saw it in his mind
00:32:46The moment he'd left the apartment
00:32:48She had been standing at the window
00:32:50Looking down at the street
00:32:51When he'd settled into the car
00:32:53Had he glanced back
00:32:54He hadn't
00:32:55He had told his driver to take
00:32:57Him straight 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 toward the car
00:33:05Moving fast
00:33:05Sir
00:33:06Where to?
00:33:07The island
00:33:10Now
00:33:12It was nearly six by the time
00:33:14The boat reached the island again
00:33:15The sun was sinking
00:33:16Turning the water red
00:33:18Dante went through
00:33:19The villa room by room
00:33:20Bedroom empty
00:33:21Her luggage gone
00:33:22Bathroom
00:33:23Her skin care things gone
00:33:25Wardrobe
00:33:26Her clothes
00:33:26All 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
00:33:33She had smiled and said thank you
00:33:35Two 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 in the room
00:33:41She is mine
00:33:42Last night when he left
00:33:43She had been standing at the window
00:33:45Watching the street below
00:33:46He had assumed she 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
00:33:54Her credit cards
00:33:55Bank accounts
00:33:56Anyone she's been in contact with 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 at the wall
00:34:14It bounced off
00:34:15And landed on the floor
00:34:16Screen shattered
00:34:17The bodyguard stood in 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
00:34:22The sky was going dark
00:34:24Waves beat against the rocks below
00:34:25She had stood at the sea last night
00:34:27Alone
00:34:28With that gun
00:34:29His phone buzzed from the corner
00:34:30Luca calling back
00:34:32He walked over and 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
00:34:39Her credit card went dark
00:34:40After yesterday
00:34:41Her bank account
00:34:42Transferred two million dollars
00:34:44To a anonymous account
00:34:45In Switzerland
00:34:46No airline has any record
00:34:48Of her leaving
00:34:49What do you mean?
00:34:51No record?
00:34:53Could be a fake ID
00:34:54If she'd been planning this ahead of time
00:34:56Luca didn't finish the 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 the faint smell
00:35:04Of her laundry soap
00:35:05He pressed his face into the pillow
00:35:07The door opened
00:35:07The click of heels on 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
00:35:15I heard something happened
00:35:18Are you alright?
00:35:19Dante looked at her for 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 toward the exit
00:35:33She shrieked and 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
00:35:42Out
00:35:45The words came out loud enough
00:35:46To startle even him
00:35:47Scarlet scrambled to 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 occurred to him
00:35:57He turned and 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
00:36:06White silk
00:36:07She wore it sometime
00:36:08Just the one
00:36:09He took it down
00:36:10Silk cool and smooth
00:36:11Carrying the faintest trace of her
00:36:13He sat on the edge of 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
00:36:20Waves came in off 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 to his knees
00:36:27Holding that silk nightgown
00:36:29Crying until he couldn't breathe
00:36:30She was gone
00:36:31She had planned it all well in advance
00:36:33She had waited until he left
00:36:35Driven to the shore
00:36:36Used his gun
00:36:36When he had walked out the door
00:36:37She had been standing at 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 the reality
00:37:12Nobody survived those 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 to the apartment
00:37:25After dark
00:37:26When he pushed the 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
00:37:32A 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
00:37:43I 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
00:37:55He pulled off his soap jacket
00:37:57And dropped it on 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
00:38:04She stopped
00:38:05Then she smiled a gentle
00:38:07Slightly wounded smile
00:38:08I want to be here for you
00:38:10I've been worried about you all week
00:38:12Another step forward
00:38:13Don't bother
00:38:14Dante
00:38:15I know losing her is devastating
00:38:17But life goes on
00:38:18You still have me
00:38:19He looked at her
00:38:21Have what?
00:38:22I can take care of you
00:38:23We could be together
00:38:25I know you might not want to hear this now
00:38:28But time heals 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 for a moment
00:38:37Then he laughed
00:38:38And the sound of it made Scarlet
00:38:40Take a step back
00:38:41Start what?
00:38:44Just
00:38:45Us
00:38:46She gestured vaguely between them
00:38:47I know this might be too soon
00:38:49But I just want you to know
00:38:50I'm willing to be there for you
00:38:52You don't have to carry this alone
00:38:55You think you can replace her?
00:38:59Scarlet bit her lip
00:39:01I'm not saying replace her
00:39:02I just want to
00:39:03You want to take her place
00:39:05She went quiet
00:39:07Dante walked toward her
00:39:09Slowly
00:39:10Each step deliberate
00:39:11Scarlet retreated until the back
00:39:13Of her knees hit the sofa
00:39:15And she couldn't go further
00:39:21Do you know what kind of person she was?
00:39:23His voice was very low
00:39:25She was with me for three years
00:39:28Three years
00:39:29And she never complained once
00:39:33I left in the middle of the night
00:39:35And she never asked where I was going
00:39:37Whatever I was doing outside
00:39:38She never once pried
00:39:39Scarlet opened her mouth
00:39:40No sound came out
00:39:42I gave her that gun
00:39:44She practiced until she shot ten rings
00:39:46I said in front of everyone
00:39:49She's mine
00:39:51And she smiled
00:39:52He stood directly in front of her
00:39:54Looking down
00:39:54What are you?
00:39:57The color drained from Scarlet's face
00:39:59You were the woman I kept on the outside for amusement
00:40:02He spoke each word with surgical precision
00:40:05You're comparing yourself to her?
00:40:07What exactly would you be comparing?
00:40:10Scarlet's eyes went red
00:40:11Dante, I know you're not in a stable place right now
00:40:14I'm perfectly stable
00:40:15He cut her off
00:40:17More stable than I've ever been in my life
00:40:21Listen to what I'm saying
00:40:22He pointed at the door
00:40:23Don't come back here
00:40:25Don't call me
00:40:26Don't let me see your face again
00:40:28A tear slid down Scarlet's cheek
00:40:30I love you
00:40:31He laughed
00:40:32And something in that laugh rooted her
00:40:34To the floor
00:40:35You love me
00:40:36He leaned down until he was level with her face
00:40:39You love my money
00:40:41My position
00:40:42The apartment and the bags I bought you
00:40:44You have never loved me
00:40:46That's not true
00:40:48Do you know what she loved?
00:40:50She loved me
00:40:53Three years ago, I was nothing
00:40:55Just some blood-stained thug
00:40:58She came with me anyway
00:40:59And she never once asked what I could give her
00:41:02He straightened
00:41:02Leave
00:41:05Scarlet stood there without moving
00:41:08He walked to the door
00:41:09And held it open
00:41:13Don't make me call someone in
00:41:15She stared at him
00:41:16Lips trembling
00:41:17Then she picked up her bag
00:41:18And walked out quickly
00:41:20As she passed him, she stopped
00:41:23Dante
00:41:25She's dead
00:41:26Wake up
00:41:27He looked at her
00:41:28That one look sent a cold shock down Scarlet's spine
00:41:31She had never seen
00:41:32That kind of emptiness
00:41:33In another human being's eyes
00:41:34Hollow and utterly still
00:41:35But somehow terrifying
00:41:36She turned and ran
00:41:37The door closed
00:41:38Dante stood in the entryway
00:41:40Without moving
00:41:44After a long time
00:41:46He went back to the living room
00:41:47And sat down
00:41:47The bottle of wine still stood
00:41:50On the coffee table
00:41:51The two glasses side by side
00:41:53He stared at them for a long time
00:41:54Then he picked one up
00:41:56And hurled it at the floor
00:41:57Glass exploded across the room
00:41:59He got up
00:42:00Went to the guest room
00:42:01And took the white silk nightgown
00:42:03From the wardrobe
00:42:04He sat on the edge of the bed
00:42:05And held it
00:42:06Outside
00:42:07A siren wailed
00:42:08Coming closer
00:42:09Then fading
00:42:10He looked out the window
00:42:11The sky was fully dark
00:42:15Six weeks later
00:42:17St. Catherine
00:42:18Louisiana
00:42:20Sunlight filtered through the sycamore leaves
00:42:22And scattered across the dirt road
00:42:23In uneven patches of light and shadow
00:42:30A pickup truck rattled past
00:42:32The bed loaded with hay bales
00:42:34The old man driving it
00:42:35Gave a short press of the horn
00:42:37As he went by
00:42:37I nodded and kept walking
00:42:39The main street wasn't long
00:42:41A few shops on either side
00:42:42A general store
00:42:43A bakery
00:42:44A second-hand bookshop
00:42:46At the far end
00:42:47A small white church
00:42:48With a bell in its steeple
00:42:50The orphanage sat right next to the church
00:42:54I had come here six weeks ago
00:42:56Nothing but a new passport
00:42:58And some cash
00:42:59When I walked into the church
00:43:00The old priest had asked what I needed
00:43:02I told him I was looking for somewhere to stay
00:43:04Somewhere I could be of use
00:43:06He brought me here
00:43:09The sister who ran this place
00:43:11Passed away last month
00:43:12He said
00:43:13These children need someone
00:43:17So I stayed
00:43:19The children called me Sister Maria
00:43:21Though I wasn't a real nun
00:43:23Nobody asked too many questions
00:43:25Small towns don't pry
00:43:27With the money I had brought out
00:43:29I bought drawing paper and crayons
00:43:31And started teaching art
00:43:33I cleared out the weeds in the yard
00:43:35And planted flowers
00:43:38Repainted the common room
00:43:40Hung new curtains
00:43:43The orphanage
00:43:43Which had been falling apart at the seams
00:43:45Was now the prettiest building on the street
00:43:48Sister Maria
00:43:49A small girl held up her drawing
00:43:51Look
00:43:51The paper showed a figure
00:43:53With brown hair and a blue dress
00:43:54Beside it in unsteady letters
00:43:56Maria
00:44:00Is that me?
00:44:02She nodded
00:44:05I picked her up and kissed her cheek
00:44:09There was a knock at the door
00:44:11I turned
00:44:14A man stood in the frame
00:44:16Black shirt and trousers
00:44:17A paper bag in one hand
00:44:18Somewhere around 30
00:44:20Dark hair
00:44:20Light brown eyes
00:44:22Hello?
00:44:24He said
00:44:29I'm Michael
00:44:30The new priest
00:44:31It took me a second
00:44:32The old priest had mentioned
00:44:34Someone was coming to take over
00:44:35Maria
00:44:36I said
00:44:37The children call me Sister Maria
00:44:38He smiled
00:44:40An easy, unhurried smile
00:44:42I brought some food
00:44:44He set the bag on the table
00:44:46Just out of the oven at the bakery
00:44:48The children swarmed the bag
00:44:49Cookies still warm
00:44:51He turned and looked at me
00:44:53His gaze was careful
00:44:54As though he was afraid
00:44:55Of disturbing something
00:44:56After he left
00:44:57The children went back
00:44:58To their drawings
00:44:59I stood at the window
00:45:00And watched his figure
00:45:01Disappear through the church doors
00:45:05At three in the afternoon
00:45:06I walked into town
00:45:07To buy paint
00:45:08The woman at the general store
00:45:09Greeted me
00:45:10And said the new priest
00:45:11Was a good man
00:45:12Had fixed the leaking roof
00:45:14On her house
00:45:14Just yesterday
00:45:16I smiled
00:45:17Paid for the paint
00:45:19And headed out with the bag
00:45:22I stopped at the community notice board
00:45:24In the town square
00:45:25All sorts of things pinned up
00:45:27Lost and found
00:45:29Rooms for rent
00:45:30Announcements from the church council
00:45:31At the top was a sheet of paper
00:45:33That looked newly posted
00:45:34Its corners barely beginning to curl
00:45:36It was large white
00:45:37And on it was printed a face
00:45:39A face I knew
00:45:40Dante Marietti
00:45:41The man in the photograph
00:45:42Looked haggard
00:45:43Dark circles carved deep
00:45:44Under his eyes
00:45:45Stubble unshaved
00:45:46Like someone who hadn't slept in days
00:45:47But I knew it was him
00:45:49I had spent three years
00:45:50Looking at that face
00:45:51I could have picked it out blind
00:45:52The notice said this individual
00:45:53Was a person of interest
00:45:54In multiple cases
00:45:55Anyone with information
00:45:56Was asked to call the number below
00:45:58My hand went slack
00:45:59The basket dropped
00:46:00Tomatoes spilled out
00:46:02And rolled to the edge of the road
00:46:04I bent to pick them up
00:46:05My fingers were shaking
00:46:07One, two, three
00:46:08The tomatoes felt very soft
00:46:09Almost bruised
00:46:10When I touched them
00:46:12He'd tracked me here
00:46:13No, that was impossible
00:46:15This was a wanted notice
00:46:16They'd be posted statewide
00:46:25Maybe it was just chance
00:46:26Maybe this town was so remote
00:46:28They'd only just put them up
00:46:29I stood
00:46:30A tomato in my fist
00:46:32The board held all the usual things
00:46:34A missing dog
00:46:36Grooms for rent
00:46:37Used furniture
00:46:38Only the wanted notice was new
00:46:40The paper still white
00:46:41Corners not yet lifted by the wind
00:46:43He has come looking for me
00:46:44Or he is on the run
00:46:45Either way
00:46:46Whatever the reason
00:46:47He had appeared on this paper
00:46:48In this town
00:46:50In the place I had finally
00:46:51Carefully made my own
00:46:52The sun was fierce
00:46:53It made my head spin
00:46:55I stood there a long time
00:46:57Looking at that face
00:46:59The photo had aged him by five years
00:47:01The man who had held me
00:47:02At the shooting range and smiled
00:47:03Who had said in front of everyone
00:47:05She is mine
00:47:06Who had held me one last time
00:47:08On that last night
00:47:08And told me he loved me
00:47:11Now he was on this paper wanted
00:47:13I picked up the basket
00:47:15And turned back
00:47:15A few steps on I stopped
00:47:17Glanced back
00:47:20That face was still there
00:47:21Watching me
00:47:22I walked quickly
00:47:24By the time I reached
00:47:26The orphanage gate
00:47:26I walked straight into someone
00:47:29Father Michael caught me
00:47:30By the shoulders
00:47:31Sister Maria
00:47:32Are you alright?
00:47:33You're pale
00:47:34I looked up at him
00:47:36His face was open with concern
00:47:38Clean, genuine
00:47:40I'm fine
00:47:41I said
00:47:42It's the heat
00:47:42He held my gaze for a moment
00:47:44Without speaking
00:47:46I stepped past him
00:47:47And went into the yard
00:47:48The children were napping
00:47:50The yard was quiet
00:47:52The flowers on the wall
00:47:53Were blooming well red
00:47:54And yellow and pink
00:47:55Blazing in the afternoon sun
00:47:56I crouched down
00:47:57And pressed my face to my knees
00:48:00Three months
00:48:01I had thought I'd escaped
00:48:02That I could start over
00:48:03That that name would never
00:48:05Find its way back
00:48:05Into my life
00:48:06Now he was somewhere
00:48:07In this town
00:48:08Maybe already through the gate
00:48:10Maybe already asking around
00:48:11For a woman named Maria
00:48:13I pressed my nails
00:48:14Into my palm
00:48:21I pressed my nails
00:48:22Into my palm
00:48:24The sun scorched my back
00:48:26My whole body was cold
00:48:35The black SUV rolled into St. Catherine
00:48:37While I was standing at the orphanage gate
00:48:39Handing out candy to the children
00:48:41The sun was brutal
00:48:42I squinted as the vehicle
00:48:44Came slowly down the road
00:48:45Moving as if it didn't want to startle anyone
00:48:48The windows were tinted dark
00:48:50I couldn't see inside
00:48:52But I knew
00:48:53The SUV stopped in front of the gate
00:48:55Two men in black suits
00:48:56Climbed out first
00:48:58Then the rear door opened
00:49:00And Dante Moretti stepped down
00:49:02He had lost a great deal of weight
00:49:04His cheekbones jutted
00:49:05His eyes had gone hollow
00:49:07He hadn't shaved in days
00:49:09His dark suit hung on him
00:49:10As if it belonged to someone slightly larger
00:49:12He stood beside the car
00:49:14And looked at me
00:49:15I kept handing out candy
00:49:17The last piece went to Lily
00:49:19She grabbed it
00:49:20And ran back inside
00:49:21Peering over her shoulder
00:49:23At the strangers
00:49:23Inside
00:49:24I said to the children
00:49:26They ran
00:49:31The yard went quiet
00:49:33Dante walked toward me
00:49:34He moved as though every step cost him something
00:49:37He stopped three paces away
00:49:39Vivian
00:49:41His voice had gone hoarse
00:49:42Like someone who hadn't spoken in days
00:49:45I didn't move
00:49:46I looked at him
00:49:47He took another step forward
00:49:48I've been looking for you a long time
00:49:51I stepped back
00:49:52He stopped
00:49:52Something flickered in his eyes
00:49:54Brief
00:49:55But I caught it
00:49:56Pain
00:49:57Come home with me
00:49:58He said
00:49:59I don't know who you are
00:50:00His brow creased
00:50:02Vivian
00:50:03There's no one here by that name
00:50:05I turned
00:50:06And started toward the building
00:50:07Behind me footsteps
00:50:09Quick and heavy
00:50:10Then my wrist was seized
00:50:12His hand was burning hot
00:50:13His fingers locked around me like a vice
00:50:16Listen to me
00:50:17I wrenched free
00:50:18The force of it surprised even me
00:50:21He stood where he was
00:50:22Hands still extended
00:50:24In the shape of the grip
00:50:32Let me go
00:50:33Vivian
00:50:33I was wrong
00:50:34His voice had started to shake
00:50:37I know I was wrong
00:50:38Come back with me
00:50:39We can talk it through
00:50:41I don't know who you are
00:50:42I met his eyes
00:50:43Sir
00:50:44You have the wrong person
00:50:45He stared at me
00:50:46For a long time
00:50:48Red veins threaded through the whites of his eyes
00:50:50His lids were slightly swollen
00:50:52Your name is Vivian Rossi
00:50:54You're my wife
00:50:55Three years ago you and I
00:50:57My name is Maria
00:50:58I cut him off
00:50:59Sister Maria
00:51:00I have been here for three months
00:51:02My children are inside waiting for me
00:51:04His bodyguards moved forward two paces
00:51:06I glanced at them
00:51:08Then back at him
00:51:09You brought these men here
00:51:11What exactly are you trying to do?
00:51:14I want to take you home
00:51:15I've told you
00:51:17You have the wrong person
00:51:18He took a step forward
00:51:20I took one back
00:51:22He advanced
00:51:23I retreated
00:51:25Until my back was against the Iron Gate
00:51:37Vivian
00:51:38He dropped his voice
00:51:39To almost nothing
00:51:41Please
00:51:42I looked at him
00:51:43Three years
00:51:44I had memorized that face
00:51:46Once
00:51:47I'd thought it was the most dependable face in the world
00:51:50Now
00:51:51It just felt strange to me
00:51:53Sir?
00:51:54I said
00:51:55Slowly
00:51:55Each word separate
00:51:57And clear
00:51:58I don't know who you're looking for
00:52:00But my name's Maria
00:52:02I am a nun in this town
00:52:04I do not know you
00:52:05His hand rose
00:52:06Reaching for my face
00:52:08I turned my head
00:52:09His hand hung in the air
00:52:10And stilled
00:52:12His bodyguards stood behind him
00:52:14Expressionless
00:52:15Down the street
00:52:16A few townspeople had stopped to watch from a distance
00:52:18Too far away to come closer
00:52:20I looked at them
00:52:21Then back at him
00:52:22You came here with these men
00:52:24Are you threatening me?
00:52:26No!
00:52:27Then what?
00:52:27Frightening my children?
00:52:29The blood
00:52:30Left his face
00:52:31I only wanted to find you
00:52:33You found me
00:52:34I said
00:52:34Now you've seen me
00:52:35I'm alive
00:52:37You can go
00:52:38Vivian
00:52:39My name is Maria
00:52:40He opened his mouth
00:52:41No sound
00:52:42I pushed the gate open and walked through
00:52:45Vivian!
00:52:46He called out behind me
00:52:48I didn't turn
00:52:57I went inside
00:52:59The children gathered around
00:53:01Asking who those men outside were
00:53:03I said they were travelers
00:53:04Who had taken a wrong turn
00:53:07Lily took my hand and looked up at me
00:53:09Sister Maria
00:53:11Your hand is so cold
00:53:13I looked down at her
00:53:15Small face
00:53:16Round eyes
00:53:17Clear and uncomplicated
00:53:19I'm fine
00:53:20I said
00:53:21Just hot outside
00:53:22Better in here
00:53:24I crouched
00:53:24And held her for a moment
00:53:26From outside came the sound of an engine
00:53:28Turning over
00:53:29Then fading
00:53:30I stood up
00:53:31Walked to the window
00:53:33The black SUV was pulling away
00:53:35A wake of dust rose behind it
00:53:36And dissolved at the end of the road
00:53:38He was gone
00:53:39At least for today
00:53:40I leaned against the window frame
00:53:42And looked outside
00:53:43The sun was still relentless
00:53:44The flowers on the wall blazed in it
00:53:47Behind me the children
00:53:48Ran and laughed
00:53:49I pressed my nails into my palm
00:53:51It hurt
00:53:52Good
00:53:53Pain
00:53:54Meant I was still here
00:54:00The news that Dante had bought the crumbling house next to the orphanage
00:54:03Reached me through the mayor himself
00:54:06The following morning
00:54:07Sister Maria
00:54:09He said
00:54:09Standing in the yard
00:54:10And wringing his hands
00:54:11You know
00:54:12The old place that's been empty for years
00:54:15Right next door
00:54:16Someone bought it yesterday
00:54:17Man from New York
00:54:19The price he paid
00:54:21Could have bought
00:54:21Half this street
00:54:23I was crouched by the flower bed with a watering can
00:54:26I didn't look up
00:54:27Is that so?
00:54:29He says he plans to stay a while
00:54:32He also mentioned making a donation to the orphanage
00:54:35I was wondering if you
00:54:37I stood
00:54:38The watering can tilted in my hand
00:54:42The mayor blinked
00:54:44No
00:54:45Tell him we don't need it
00:54:47He started to say something
00:54:48Thought better of it
00:54:49And nodded on his way out
00:54:52From that point on
00:54:53Dante came every day
00:54:55The first day he stood at the gate holding a bag of fruit
00:54:58I ignored him
00:54:59He stood there for an hour
00:55:00When he left he set the bag by the gate
00:55:03The second day he brought a box of art supplies
00:55:06Brand new
00:55:06Expensive brands
00:55:08I had the gatekeeper send them back
00:55:10He wouldn't take them
00:55:12The box sat at the gate
00:55:14The third day he arrived with two workers
00:55:16And said he wanted to fix the orphanage roof
00:55:18Mother Superior came out to thank him
00:55:20I stayed inside
00:55:22Day four
00:55:23Day five
00:55:24Day six
00:55:24Every day
00:55:25Each time with something
00:55:26Each time standing in his usual spot
00:55:29Watching me
00:55:30Waiting for me to say something
00:55:32I said nothing
00:55:34On the afternoon of the seventh day
00:55:36Scarlet appeared in town
00:55:42I was watering the flowers in the yard
00:55:44When a red sports car stopped in front of the gate
00:55:46I barely recognized her when she got out
00:55:49She had put on some weight
00:55:50Her belly curved slightly
00:55:52Her makeup was still heavy
00:55:53But the dark circles under her eyes were deep
00:55:56She stood beside the car looking at me
00:55:58And the corner of her mouth pulled into a smile
00:56:01Long time no see Vivian
00:56:03I turned off the hose
00:56:05There's no Vivian here
00:56:06She made a dismissive sound and walked through the gate
00:56:09Her heels were unsteady on the gravel
00:56:11She stopped in front of me
00:56:12And looked me up and down
00:56:15Dressed like that I barely knew you
00:56:17A nun's habit?
00:56:18Is this really how you plan to spend the rest of your life?
00:56:22What do you want?
00:56:23She put a hand on her stomach
00:56:24I wanted you to see this
00:56:27I glanced down
00:56:28Then looked back up at her
00:56:30I see it
00:56:31She frowned
00:56:33So that's it?
00:56:34Pustoli Gens?
00:56:36Is there something you'd like me to say?
00:56:37She leaned forward
00:56:38And lowered her voice
00:56:40This is Dante's child
00:56:42I'm carrying his baby
00:56:44You think by hiding out here
00:56:46He'll come running back to you?
00:56:48Keep dreaming
00:56:49I studied her face
00:56:50There was triumph in it
00:56:52And provocation
00:56:53And something else I couldn't quite name
00:56:55Something like nerves
00:56:56Something like fear
00:56:59Congratulations
00:57:00I said
00:57:01She blinked
00:57:02What?
00:57:03I said congratulations
00:57:04A baby is a good thing
00:57:06Take care of yourself
00:57:07I turned back to the hose
00:57:09She stood behind me for a long time
00:57:11Then she surged forward
00:57:12And grabbed my arm
00:57:13You're not angry!
00:57:15You don't care!
00:57:16Let go of me
00:57:16Stop pretending!
00:57:18I know you still love him!
00:57:21Looking at me carrying his child
00:57:23Must be tearing you apart!
00:57:26I turned my head to look at her
00:57:27Her grip dug into my arm
00:57:33You're hurting me
00:57:34She stared at me
00:57:35Chest heaving
00:57:36Just then
00:57:37Footsteps sounded at the gate
00:57:39Let go of her
00:57:40Dante stood there
00:57:41He was wearing a plain t-shirt and jeans
00:57:43His hair was a mess
00:57:45And there was dust on his face
00:57:46He looked like he'd come straight from a worksite
00:57:48Scarlet turned
00:57:50And immediately released her hold
00:57:53Dante, I just
00:57:54What are you doing here?
00:57:56His voice was cold
00:57:57I had never heard him speak like that
00:58:00Scarlet retreated
00:58:01A step
00:58:03I only came to see her
00:58:05You've seen her
00:58:06Now go
00:58:08Scarlet's eyes went red
00:58:10Dante
00:58:10I'm carrying your child
00:58:13He looked at her
00:58:14Not a ripple moved through his expression
00:58:16You know exactly how that child happened
00:58:19Her face changed
00:58:20What are you saying?
00:58:22You know what I'm saying
00:58:23I had it looked into
00:58:24There were a few times I got drunk during that period
00:58:28You put something in the drinks
00:58:29Scarlet opened her mouth
00:58:31Nothing came out
00:58:32Did you think I didn't know?
00:58:34I knew
00:58:35I just didn't bother dealing with it then
00:58:38His voice was very even
00:58:40But now that you've come here
00:58:42I don't feel like tolerating it anymore
00:58:45Scarlet backed up two steps
00:58:46And hit the iron gate
00:58:48I just
00:58:51I love you
00:58:54You don't love me
00:58:56He said
00:58:57Cutting her off
00:58:58You love what I can give you
00:59:00Now get out
00:59:01Don't let me see you again
00:59:03Scarlet stood there
00:59:04As tears spilled down her face
00:59:05Then she turned
00:59:06Shoved through the gate
00:59:07And ran
00:59:13The sound of the red sports car faded quickly in the distance
00:59:16The yard was quiet
00:59:17Dante looked at me
00:59:20Are you alright?
00:59:21Fine
00:59:22He came closer and looked at my arm
00:59:24Where Scarlet had grabbed me
00:59:26The skin was flushed red
00:59:27Scored with faint nail marks
00:59:31I'll get something for that
00:59:34Don't
00:59:34He stood where he was
00:59:36Didn't move
00:59:38Vivian
00:59:38My name is Maria
00:59:41He closed his mouth
00:59:44That night I couldn't sleep
00:59:45I kept turning over Scarlet's words
00:59:47And Dante's
00:59:48The baby was something she had engineered
00:59:50I found that I wasn't surprised
00:59:52Scarlet was capable of exactly that
00:59:54And Dante's months of betrayal
00:59:57Was that her doing too?
00:59:58I didn't know what to believe
01:00:01The midday quiet was broken by gunshots
01:00:03Two weeks later
01:00:05I had been in the kitchen
01:00:06Helping with lunch
01:00:08It had been so long
01:00:09Since I'd lived anywhere dangerous
01:00:10That even my instincts had gone soft
01:00:13The first shot was distant enough
01:00:15That I thought it was a car backfiring
01:00:18The second was close
01:00:19Just outside the yard
01:00:23The third came at the same time
01:00:24As the sound of shattering glass
01:00:27Children screaming
01:00:29I ran out
01:00:35Two men in black were in the yard
01:00:37Moving fast in my direction
01:00:38Guns in their hands
01:00:44Then someone hit me from the side
01:00:46And drove me to the ground
01:00:47Shots exploded overhead
01:00:49Loud enough to leave my ears ringing
01:00:51The person on top of me
01:00:52Made a low, choked sound
01:00:54I turned my head
01:00:55It was Dante
01:00:57His face was pressed close to mine
01:01:00White, forehead sheened with sweat
01:01:09Are you hurt?
01:01:11He didn't answer
01:01:12I looked down
01:01:13His hand was pressed against his side
01:01:16And blood was seeping through his fingers
01:01:17His bodyguards came running
01:01:20More gunfire going on for him
01:01:22Then silence
01:01:26I helped roll Dante over
01:01:28He lay on his back
01:01:30Eyes half open
01:01:31Looking at me
01:01:33You were shot
01:01:34He looked up at me
01:01:35The corner of his mouth
01:01:36Moved slightly
01:01:37Yeah
01:01:39What were you thinking?
01:01:40Why did you run over here?
01:01:42Force of habit
01:01:44It hit me then
01:01:45He meant three years ago
01:01:46The dock warehouse
01:01:48The time he had taken a bullet
01:01:50That was meant for me
01:01:52The ambulance came
01:01:54I rode along
01:01:57He held my hand the entire way
01:01:59Gripping hard
01:02:00The surgery took three hours
01:02:02I sat in the corridor
01:02:04With the red light
01:02:05Burning above the operating room door
01:02:09The light went out at dawn
01:02:12The doctor came out
01:02:13And told me the bullet
01:02:14Had stopped two centimeters
01:02:15From his heart
01:02:16He was very lucky
01:02:19I went into the room
01:02:21He was lying in the bed
01:02:22Tubes everywhere
01:02:23The color of the sheets
01:02:25But alive
01:02:27I sat in the chair beside him
01:02:32He owed me
01:02:33A great deal
01:02:34Three years of betrayal
01:02:35All those lies
01:02:36That woman
01:02:37That red stiletto
01:02:40But there he was
01:02:42And the bullet he'd taken for me
01:02:43Had nearly killed him
01:02:45I didn't know how to settle
01:02:47That account
01:02:51He was in the hospital
01:02:52For two weeks
01:02:53I stayed beside him
01:02:54For two weeks
01:03:01When he came around
01:03:02He looked at me
01:03:03The moment he opened his eyes
01:03:04And went still
01:03:17You're still here
01:03:19I said nothing
01:03:20His eyes slowly reddened
01:03:22I'm sorry
01:03:23I stood up
01:03:24And moved to the window
01:03:32Don't say that
01:03:35I want to say it
01:03:37I know you hate me
01:03:39You should
01:03:40His voice was quiet and rough
01:03:42What I did
01:03:43I can't forgive myself for it
01:03:47Marco's people are dealt with
01:03:49The ones who ran are gone
01:03:50The ones who didn't
01:03:51Were picked up
01:03:52I said
01:03:55Scarlet's gone too
01:03:59Your men have been by a few times
01:04:01I told them you were still unconscious
01:04:04Thank you
01:04:06I turned
01:04:09Dante
01:04:11There's something you need to understand
01:04:15He looked at me
01:04:18I can let you stay here
01:04:21I can let you do those things
01:04:23Fix the roof
01:04:24Bring things over
01:04:25Stand at that gate
01:04:28But I can't forgive you
01:04:30The color shifted in his face
01:04:32I know
01:04:34No you don't
01:04:36I walked back to the side of the bed
01:04:37And looked down at him
01:04:41You have no idea
01:04:42What those three years were like for me
01:04:44No idea what it felt like
01:04:46To find that shoe
01:04:49No idea
01:04:50What I was thinking
01:04:51When I drove alone to the shore
01:04:56He said nothing
01:04:57He just looked
01:05:00You can be good to me
01:05:02You can protect me
01:05:05You can do whatever you want to do
01:05:10But there's a line inside me
01:05:12I can't cross back over
01:05:15He closed his eyes
01:05:23After a long time
01:05:24He opened them
01:05:27And looked at the ceiling
01:05:30I understand
01:05:34Good
01:05:35I turned to go
01:05:38Vivian
01:05:39His voice
01:05:39From behind me
01:05:40I stopped
01:05:42I'm staying
01:05:44Not to make you forgive me
01:05:48Because I want to watch you live
01:05:51Watch you be okay
01:05:53I didn't turn around
01:05:55I walked out of the room
01:05:57And the morning sun hit my face
01:05:59Sharp and bright
01:06:00I stood in the doorway
01:06:01And let it be for a while
01:06:04A month later
01:06:05He was discharged
01:06:06He came back to the little town
01:06:08And moved back into the house next door
01:06:10Each morning he was up early
01:06:12Patching the roof
01:06:13Painting walls
01:06:15Replacing windows
01:06:18He made that ruin livable
01:06:21He stopped coming to stand
01:06:23At the orphanage gate every day
01:06:24Occasionally he'd come by with something
01:06:26Set it down
01:06:27And go
01:06:31The children started getting used to the neighbor man
01:06:33And sometimes they'd wander over
01:06:35To watch him work
01:06:36He didn't shoo them away
01:06:38He just let them play nearby
01:06:43One afternoon Lily came running back
01:06:45And pulled my hand
01:06:46And told me the man next door
01:06:47Had planted a whole yard of flowers
01:06:49The same kinds as the ones on our wall
01:06:51I didn't go to see
01:06:54But I knew
01:06:55I looked down at my hands
01:06:57These hands had held a gun
01:06:58Had taken lives
01:07:00Had also painted a wall full of flowers
01:07:02And now they would build something new
01:07:05I knew it could hold this to mine
01:07:22Then I knew it wasстав
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