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Goodbye To My Don - Ep
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00:00:00Penzo Moretti was Stonehow's youngest financial titan, a tech mogul commanding a multibillion-dollar empire and gracing magazine covers as
00:00:08a modern legend.
00:00:09But only a select few knew the truth.
00:00:12He was also the ruthless Don controlling the East Coast Mafia, and I was just another pawn used to stabilize
00:00:18a fragile family alliance.
00:00:21In our ten-year marriage, he slept with my friends, my co-works, every single person I once trusted.
00:00:31Then one morning, as I took our one-mold baby for a routine check-up, Sienna Newton, his latest mistress,
00:00:38ran me down with her car.
00:00:39The baby screamed endlessly in my arms.
00:00:43Please, take us to the hospital. He can't breathe. Please.
00:00:48Stop acting. You just want Venezzo to pity you.
00:00:53When Vincenzo arrived, he looked at me with cold disdain.
00:00:58Isabella, when did you learn to stage accidents?
00:01:02I clutched the baby tighter, blood running down my leg.
00:01:05He's your son. He needs a doctor.
00:01:08Even if you died here, I wouldn't bat an eye.
00:01:11Then he took Sienna's hand and walked away without a backward glance.
00:01:21By the time I was rushed to the hospital, the child in my harps had suffocated.
00:01:29Upon hearing the news, my mother suffered a heart attack.
00:01:33She didn't survive.
00:01:34I slipped into a coma for two days.
00:01:37When I finally woke up, Vincenzo had never visited.
00:01:40Instead, Renati Moretti, the true king of the Moretti Empire, stood by my bedside.
00:01:47Isabella.
00:01:49Let me go.
00:01:51Whatever I owed your family, I've repaid in full with two lives.
00:01:58My phone would not stop rubbing.
00:02:01One photo after another of Vincenzo Morelli and his new lover, Sienna Newton, flooded in.
00:02:06A five-star hotel, a champagne-filled bathtub, her seductive red lips.
00:02:11They kissed like no one else existed.
00:02:14And me?
00:02:15I, Isabella Bradfin, an executive at Stonehaven Health Tech,
00:02:19once the most independent and clear-headed kind of woman,
00:02:22lay in a hospital bed, hooked to an IV, drugged, stitched up, and hanging by a thread.
00:02:28Renato still did not know the full truth.
00:02:31Isabella.
00:02:32Vincenzo.
00:02:33He's a good kid at heart.
00:02:34You've been together so many years.
00:02:36Why not give him another chance?
00:02:38As long as I'm here, no one can take your place in this family.
00:02:41I didn't answer.
00:02:43Instead, I tapped on the video Sienna had sent me,
00:02:46a provocation in digital form.
00:02:48Their voices echoed through the sterile hospital room.
00:02:53Look at me.
00:02:55I am.
00:02:56Then tell me, who do I belong to?
00:02:58You belong to me.
00:02:59Only you?
00:03:00Only me.
00:03:00Then why is Isabella still Mrs. Moretti?
00:03:03A title means nothing.
00:03:04I love you.
00:03:05Her?
00:03:06Even if she bore my child, she'll never compare to you.
00:03:09Renato's face darkened.
00:03:10The original Don lowered his head as if age had crushed him in a single second.
00:03:15The Morettos owe you.
00:03:16I'll take care of the divorce.
00:03:18In seven days, you'll have your freedom.
00:03:20A nurse walked in, carrying the lifeless body of my baby.
00:03:24Mrs. Moretti, I'm sorry.
00:03:26That tiny bundle who had nursed in my arms that morning was now cold to the touch.
00:03:30With him, the last of my heart died.
00:03:36I reached out and touched my baby's cold cheek.
00:03:40There was no warmth left.
00:03:42No breath.
00:03:44No tiny fingers curling around mine.
00:03:47The nurse turned away, wiping her eyes.
00:03:51Mrs. Moretti, do you need more time?
00:03:53I wanted to say yes.
00:03:55I wanted to hold him forever.
00:03:57He will be buried under the Moretti name.
00:04:00But my mother's ashes, I'll take them.
00:04:04Renato's throat tightened.
00:04:07Thank you, Isabella.
00:04:09You're a good woman.
00:04:10You don't deserve to be chained to a son like mine.
00:04:14With that, Rinaldi took my baby and left.
00:04:17Only then did my tears finally break free.
00:04:21Marrying Vincenzo had always been about mutual interests.
00:04:25About exchange.
00:04:26He needed a respectable wife to mask his blood-stained rise through the underworld.
00:04:31And I needed money.
00:04:33A fortune.
00:04:34To save my mother's life.
00:04:36So I put on a wedding gown and walked into the trap called marriage.
00:04:41At first, I thought he was not entirely heartless.
00:04:45I heard him cry in his sleep.
00:04:47Calling out for Mama.
00:04:50He had lost both parents as a child.
00:04:53And Renato later adopted him.
00:04:55Back then, he was like a child trapped in a nightmare.
00:04:59I had felt something stir in me.
00:05:02Maybe two broken souls can keep each other warm.
00:05:07That was what I told myself.
00:05:09With a heart full of compassion, I learned his mother's cooking,
00:05:12rebuilt the wooden cabin from his childhood memories,
00:05:15and endured every demand, every controlling impulse he had.
00:05:20I foolishly believed love might call him back to humanity.
00:05:24In the end, he devoured me, leaving not even my bones behind.
00:05:34The first time Vincenzo betrayed me, he took my best friend to a hotel.
00:05:38I still remembered the hallway outside that suite.
00:05:41The carpet was soft, the air smelled like roses,
00:05:45and my hands were shaking so badly I could barely hold my phone.
00:05:51I pushed the door open and saw them together.
00:05:54My best friend pulled the blanket to her chest.
00:05:58Isabella, I can explain.
00:06:00But Vincenzo did not bother explaining anything.
00:06:03He buttoned his shirt slowly,
00:06:05as if I were an interruption to his evening.
00:06:09Who do you think you are?
00:06:11I'm your wife.
00:06:14You're nothing but a dog my father took in to polish my image and cover up my identity.
00:06:18I stood there, numb.
00:06:21Vincenzo, my mother is still in treatment.
00:06:23I only asked you for basics respect.
00:06:26Don't test me,
00:06:27or I'll immediately stop all of your mother's medical treatments.
00:06:31That sentence chained me harder than any wedding vow.
00:06:34After that, he shamelessly continued sleeping with other women.
00:06:38He destroyed my social circle.
00:06:40I had worked hard to become a department header at my company,
00:06:43but he threw everything into chaos.
00:06:46Projects stalled.
00:06:47Meetings were disrupted.
00:06:49Clients were lost.
00:06:51Because I had to drop everything at a moment's notice
00:06:53to clean up whatever mess he made.
00:06:56Every time I wanted to leave,
00:06:58I saw my mother lying in a ward,
00:07:00depending on money I did not have.
00:07:04Just endure a little longer.
00:07:06That was what I told myself for 10 years.
00:07:08And now my mother was dead anyway.
00:07:11I endured the rot of my marriage
00:07:13until I could no longer recognize myself.
00:07:21One day, in a haze of exhaustion,
00:07:24I fell down the stairs.
00:07:29In a haze of exhaustion,
00:07:31I fell down the stairs.
00:07:35When I woke up,
00:07:36the ceiling above me was white,
00:07:38and a doctor stood by my bed with a file in his hand.
00:07:41Mrs. Marotti, you're pregnant.
00:07:44For a long moment, I could not speak.
00:07:46A child.
00:07:47Mine and Vinchazzo's.
00:07:49I should have been terrified.
00:07:50Instead, I felt a fragile, foolish spark of hope.
00:07:56Renato came to see me that evening.
00:07:58The old Don stood beside my bed.
00:08:02Keep the child.
00:08:03Father, a baby won't change him.
00:08:06Renato's hand tightened around his cane.
00:08:08Maybe this baby will soften his heart.
00:08:11If he still doesn't change after the child is born,
00:08:14I swear,
00:08:16I won't stop you from leaving.
00:08:18I hesitated.
00:08:19I struggled.
00:08:21Part of me wanted to run.
00:08:23Another part remembered Vincenzo crying in his sleep.
00:08:26Remembered the boy who had lost everything.
00:08:28Remembered the man I had once tried to heal.
00:08:32If I keep this child, will you protect him?
00:08:37With my life.
00:08:39So in the end, I agreed.
00:08:42I let myself believe that a baby might build a bridge between us.
00:08:46But a beast does not become human because someone offers it tenderness.
00:08:50My mother died.
00:08:52My child was gone.
00:08:53And I laughed at myself for trying to tame Vincenzo Moremmi with gentleness.
00:08:58Yes, I had lost everything.
00:09:00Finally, I feared nothing.
00:09:07I wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes.
00:09:12Looked out at the gray, overcast sky.
00:09:15Autumn in Stonehaven was as bleak and cold as ever.
00:09:21The phone rang.
00:09:22It was Vincenzo.
00:09:25For ten years, whenever his name flashed on my screen, my body reacted before my mind did.
00:09:31I would panic, apologize, and prepare myself for punishment.
00:09:34This time, I answered calmly.
00:09:38Did you go complaining to my father again?
00:09:41His voice was full of irritation.
00:09:43Sienna and I finally had a moment alone, and you had to ruin everything again.
00:09:47I didn't call him.
00:09:49I'm warning you.
00:09:50If you stick your nose in my business one more time, I'll cancel every single one of your credit cards.
00:09:55In the past, I would have apologized instinctively, bowed my head, even when it was not my fault.
00:10:00But now, with my baby dead and my mother gone, those threats sounded almost ridiculous.
00:10:06Do whatever you want.
00:10:08There was a pause on the other end.
00:10:10Vincenzo was stunned by my indifference, but quickly recovered.
00:10:15Don't play games, Isabella.
00:10:17As long as you're still Mrs. Moretti, I have a hundred ways to break you, piece by piece.
00:10:22I already knew the depths of his cruelty.
00:10:24I had seen every version of it.
00:10:26I lifted my chin, my voice calm and openly defiant.
00:10:29Then try.
00:10:38I hung up the phone, stood up, and called the funeral home to schedule my mother's cremation.
00:10:45My voice was calm enough to scare even myself.
00:10:50Madam, do you have a preferred time?
00:10:52As soon as possible.
00:10:56When I returned to the hospital room, a familiar figure blocked my path.
00:11:02Vincenzo stood there, gazing at me coldly.
00:11:05No more pretending?
00:11:08He looked me up and down, his mouth twisting.
00:11:12You were just in a car accident, and now you're walking around?
00:11:16Seems like you're strong enough to skip recovery.
00:11:21I did not answer.
00:11:23Darling, I'm bringing Sienna to live at the villa.
00:11:26She's young and doesn't know how to run a household.
00:11:30When you're discharged, come home and be our maid.
00:11:34He leaned in, voice laced with twisted pleasure.
00:11:38Your pain is the best catalyst I've ever had in bed.
00:11:41He cupped my face, waiting for tears.
00:11:43He wanted to see me break, to see me beg, just like I used to.
00:11:47But I looked at him like he was a stranger.
00:11:48Vincenzo lost interest.
00:11:51He shoved me aside and turned toward the nurse.
00:11:55Where's my baby?
00:11:56Are the test results in?
00:11:58Bring the child to me.
00:11:59The young nurse turned pale.
00:12:01The baby.
00:12:02Your father took him.
00:12:04Our child.
00:12:07His expression changed instantly.
00:12:11What?
00:12:12Sienna, you were in an accident?
00:12:13Are you okay?
00:12:14Sienna's sobbing voice burst through the speaker.
00:12:18Vincenzo, Renato's men forced my car off the road.
00:12:21Isabella must have told him to punish me.
00:12:24I'm bleeding.
00:12:26Please come to me.
00:12:30Stay where you are.
00:12:31I'm coming.
00:12:38Isabella, you are so wicked.
00:12:40You deliberately used the child to distract me and then let Renato hurt Sienna.
00:12:44Sienna, you have really disappointed me.
00:12:52The slap knocked me into the metal railing behind me.
00:12:56Pain seared through my chest.
00:12:57My surgical wound felt as if it had been torn open again.
00:13:01What did you do to Sienna?
00:13:04If anything happens to her, I swear I won't forgive you.
00:13:09For a second, I almost laughed.
00:13:12The woman who ran me down with her car was now playing victim,
00:13:15and the man who abandoned his own child believed her without hesitation.
00:13:18I just had surgery.
00:13:20What could I possibly do to her?
00:13:22My voice was weak, but every word was clear.
00:13:25Vinenzo took another step toward me.
00:13:28Mr. Morelli, you'll kill her if you hit her again.
00:13:31Vincenzo paused.
00:13:32The nurse rushed forward and caught me before I collapsed.
00:13:36Not because he cared about me,
00:13:38but because the corridor had gone silent.
00:13:42Doctors, nurses, and patients were watching.
00:13:44The great dawn of Stonehaven could humiliate his wife in private,
00:13:48but he still cared about the Moretti image.
00:13:52You'd better pray Sienna is fine.
00:13:55Then he stormed off.
00:13:56The nurse looked at me with pity.
00:13:59My body trembled, barely staying upright.
00:14:01But inside, something had become strangely still.
00:14:05Mrs. Moretti, please sit down.
00:14:07You're bleeding again.
00:14:08I had once feared his anger more than anything.
00:14:10Now his anger flaked background noise.
00:14:14Please help me back to my room.
00:14:15Of course.
00:14:16I took one step forward and finally understood.
00:14:19The woman who had begged for his mercy died with my child.
00:14:28The doctor instructed me to rest, but rest was impossible.
00:14:32I finally pieced together the reason behind Vincenzo's violent outburst.
00:14:36The death of my baby had devastated Renato.
00:14:39In his grief, he immediately mobilized the family's power
00:14:43to blacklist Sienna across the board.
00:14:47Sienna, convinced that I was behind it all,
00:14:50exaggerated the story and complained bitterly to Vincenzo.
00:14:53In a fit of rage, he came to the hospital and laid his hands on me.
00:14:58Mrs. Moretti, your body cannot withstand more trauma.
00:15:03I know.
00:15:05But Vincenzo did not stop there.
00:15:09To appease Sienna, he revoked my shareholder status in the Moretti family business
00:15:14and transferred all my shares to her.
00:15:20Then he spent millions purchasing naming rights to an entire star field
00:15:24from an astronomical institute.
00:15:29Renaming 20 stars after Sienna.
00:15:33On social media, he posted one line, Vincenzo's post.
00:15:37I bought the stars so she alone could shine.
00:15:39The photo showed him kissing Sienna at a private observatory.
00:15:43In a later interview, Sienna flaunted her diamond ring,
00:15:47beaming with pride.
00:15:48I never saw myself as a homewrecker.
00:15:51If a woman can't hold on to her husband's heart,
00:15:54she deserves to live like a widow.
00:15:57Isabella only married Vincenzo for the Moretti fortune.
00:16:00But me?
00:16:02I gave him nothing but love.
00:16:04The comments flooded in, insulting me,
00:16:07demanding I step aside and give Sienna her place.
00:16:10Vincenzo had used the same tricks on me.
00:16:13Now, watching him repeat them for another woman,
00:16:16I felt nothing but disgust.
00:16:24After all these years,
00:16:26Vincenzo's tricks for seduting women had not changed.
00:16:29He knew I came from poverty.
00:16:31He knew I had never celebrated a proper birthday.
00:16:34So on my 20th birthday,
00:16:36he gave me 20 gifts.
00:16:38From a gold necklace meant for my first birthday
00:16:41to a villa and a sports car.
00:16:44Beneath a sky full of stars,
00:16:46he held my hand and whispered with aching tenderness.
00:16:52I lost my parents when I was young.
00:16:54From now on,
00:16:55I'll treat your mother as my own
00:16:57and together we'll build the happiest family in the world.
00:17:01Do you really mean that?
00:17:03I swear on the Moretti name.
00:17:06I naively believed I had found the man
00:17:08I would spend my life with.
00:17:10But once the novelty wore out,
00:17:13Vincenzo quickly moved on.
00:17:14One time,
00:17:16we planned a sunrise date by the sea.
00:17:19Halfway through the drive,
00:17:21he suddenly disappeared.
00:17:23Hours later,
00:17:25I learned he had taken a detour
00:17:27to deliver flowers to another woman.
00:17:29Meanwhile,
00:17:30I was left alone in the countryside,
00:17:33stranded without even a cell signal.
00:17:35That day,
00:17:36I walked dozens of miles alone.
00:17:38By the time I got home,
00:17:40the blisters on my feet
00:17:42had bled through my shoes.
00:17:44When he finally came back,
00:17:46he tossed his coat onto the sofa and frowned.
00:17:49Why do you look so pathetic?
00:17:50You left me there.
00:17:52Then you should have found your own way home.
00:17:55Honestly,
00:17:56I should have known even then.
00:17:57Vincenzo was selfish and fickle.
00:17:59He would never settle down with anyone.
00:18:06Thinking of those old memories,
00:18:09I left a comment under Sienna's video,
00:18:12wishing you both a long, happy marriage
00:18:14and a child soon.
00:18:17Not long after,
00:18:19Sienna deleted the video.
00:18:22Then I received a call from Vincenzo,
00:18:25demanding answers.
00:18:26What the hell did you mean by that comment?
00:18:29I ignored it.
00:18:30He called again and again,
00:18:33as if the world still had to answer
00:18:35whenever he snapped his fingers.
00:18:36One call from him could pull me out of a meeting.
00:18:41Okay, I'm on my way.
00:18:43I'll be right there.
00:18:45A hospital room
00:18:47or my mother's bedside.
00:18:49But today was my mother's cremation.
00:18:52I looked at the vibrating phone
00:18:54and calmly blocked him,
00:18:55just as he had done to me
00:18:57countless times before.
00:18:58A nurse standing beside me
00:19:00saw the screen go dark and hesitated.
00:19:02Mrs. Moretti,
00:19:04are you sure?
00:19:05Mr. Moretti may be angry.
00:19:07Let him be angry.
00:19:08But he is the Don.
00:19:10And I am done being afraid of him.
00:19:13The nurse lowered her eyes,
00:19:15as if she finally understood
00:19:16that the woman in front of her
00:19:18had already buried more than one life that week.
00:19:20I asked for an early discharge.
00:19:23The attending doctor had her concerns,
00:19:25but he could not change my mind.
00:19:28At least let me accompany you.
00:19:37When the funeral staff placed my mother's urn in my hands,
00:19:41I did not feel the overwhelming sorrow I had imagined.
00:19:44All I felt was that the shackle I had worn for ten long years
00:19:49had finally broken clean.
00:19:58My mother was gone.
00:19:59My baby was gone.
00:20:01I was on my own.
00:20:03The funeral home was quiet that afternoon.
00:20:05The walls were pale.
00:20:07The floor was spotless.
00:20:09And the air carried the faint smell of smoke and flowers.
00:20:12Your stitches may reopen if you stand too long.
00:20:15I only need a few more minutes.
00:20:18Mrs. Morati, please accept our condolences.
00:20:21I held the urn close to my chest.
00:20:23For years, my mother had been the reason I stayed.
00:20:26Every insult, every betrayal,
00:20:29every night I spent waiting for Vinanzo
00:20:31to come home from another woman's bed.
00:20:33I told myself it was worth it if my mother lived.
00:20:36But she had not lived.
00:20:37She had died because of the man I married.
00:20:41Where would you like to go now?
00:20:44Home, one last time.
00:20:48The Moretzi Villa?
00:20:50No.
00:20:52A place can have walls and still never be home.
00:20:54He did not ask again.
00:20:56He simply drove,
00:20:58while I sat in the back seat
00:20:59and watched Stonehave pass by
00:21:01like a city I had already left.
00:21:03By the time we reached the villa,
00:21:05the sky had turned turn gray.
00:21:07I opened the front door,
00:21:08only to find Vinanzo and Sienna
00:21:10tangled together on the living room's sofa.
00:21:13For a moment,
00:21:14neither of them noticed me standing there
00:21:16with my mother's urn in my arms.
00:21:26Vincenzo still did not react at first.
00:21:29Sienna's bra was on the floor,
00:21:31her lower body was connected to Vincenzo's,
00:21:33and Vincenzo was kneading her breasts
00:21:35while thrusting his body.
00:21:40Their naked skin was covered in red hickeys and sweat,
00:21:43and perhaps even semen.
00:21:45The air was thick with the smell of having slept together.
00:21:51Vincenzo, look at me.
00:21:53He lowered his head toward her,
00:21:55still not noticing me at the door.
00:21:57The urn in my arms lightly hit the door one.
00:22:01Only then did Vincenzo look up.
00:22:03For one second,
00:22:05the arrogance on his face cracked.
00:22:07He scrambled to zip up his pants.
00:22:10But the kiss marks across his neck and chest
00:22:12gave everything away.
00:22:14Sienna looked at the urn in my arms,
00:22:16then at my pale face and slowly smiled.
00:22:20Oh, Isabella, you're back early.
00:22:23I felt no sorrow, no anger.
00:22:29I simply walked past them,
00:22:31into the bedroom as if I had not seen a thing.
00:22:36Vincenzo's voice followed me.
00:22:39What attitude is that?
00:22:42I did not stop.
00:22:45In the bedroom,
00:22:47I placed my mother's urn on the table,
00:22:50took out a black dress,
00:22:52and put my remaining documents into a folder.
00:22:56Sienna deliberately raised her voice.
00:22:59Vincenzo, maybe your wife is jealous.
00:23:01Should I leave?
00:23:03She doesn't get to be jealous.
00:23:05But this is still her house?
00:23:07Vincenzo laughed.
00:23:09Everything here belongs to Moretti.
00:23:11She only lives here because I allow it.
00:23:14Their words drifted into the room like smoke.
00:23:20But they could no longer choke me.
00:23:24When I came back out,
00:23:26Sienna was gone.
00:23:27Only Vincenzo remained,
00:23:29drinking alone on the couch.
00:23:30He slowly raised his head.
00:23:32I heard you were discharged early.
00:23:35Where were you all day?
00:23:36That's none of your business.
00:23:41Vincenzo's expression darkened immediately.
00:23:43He pulled out his phone and threw it down in front of me.
00:23:49What's this?
00:23:50On the screen was a surveillance snapshot.
00:23:52My attending doctor and I were standing at a garage entrance.
00:23:56He was handing me a bottle of water,
00:23:58leaning in to remind me not to miss my follow-up appointment.
00:24:01Still pretending to be pure.
00:24:03He is my doctor.
00:24:04I saw the way you looked at him.
00:24:06The little glances you two kept exchanging.
00:24:10Is that it?
00:24:11You couldn't hold back anymore?
00:24:13Feeling lonely?
00:24:15Neglected?
00:24:15He stormed toward me in fury.
00:24:20Fine.
00:24:21I'll give you exactly what you want.
00:24:28Then he grabbed me roughly and tore up my clothes
00:24:30as he dragged me toward the bed.
00:24:32Fear gripped me.
00:24:33Are you insane?
00:24:34I just got out of the hospital!
00:24:35He ignored my words and sunk his teeth in my shoulder.
00:24:39The pain was sharp enough to make my vision blur.
00:24:43Vincenzo, stop!
00:24:44You're hurting me!
00:24:46You used to beg for my touch.
00:24:48That woman is dead!
00:24:50For one second, his hand froze.
00:24:52Then rage swallowed his face again.
00:24:55I pushed him off with all my s***.
00:24:58Vincenzo launched again.
00:24:59Vincenzo dragged me toward him,
00:25:01trying to overpower me.
00:25:06My feet slipped on the broken glass scattered across the floor.
00:25:10In the struggle, my head struck the corner of the table.
00:25:13The sound was dumb and sickening.
00:25:16A warm trail of blood slid down my forehead.
00:25:19Vincenzo froze, instinctively reaching to steady me.
00:25:24Why didn't you move?
00:25:27I staggered back a few steps.
00:25:30His voice suddenly sounded far away.
00:25:32Because I'm tired.
00:25:34For the first time that night, he looked at me properly.
00:25:37Not at Mrs. Moretti.
00:25:39Not at the woman he could punish.
00:25:40Not at the wife he believed would never leave.
00:25:43He looked at my blood, my white face,
00:25:45the surgical bandage butter my torn clothes,
00:25:48and something like fear flickered in his eyes.
00:25:51Isabella?
00:25:52I tried to speak, but my body gave out.
00:25:57Before darkness swallowed me, I heard his voice crack.
00:26:02Call a doctor! Now!
00:26:05Ah!
00:26:06Madam is bleeding!
00:26:08Don't stand there! Move!
00:26:10His arms caught me before I hit the floor,
00:26:12but it was too late for tenderness to mean anything.
00:26:15The last thing I saw was his blood-stained hand pressing against my forehead,
00:26:19as if he could hold my life in place after crushing it for ten years.
00:26:24Then, darkness embraced me.
00:26:29I did not know how much time had passed
00:26:32before the sound of a heated argument pulled me out of unconsciousness.
00:26:37I realized I was once again lying on the cold, sterile bed of a hospital room.
00:26:45Pulled me out of unconsciousness.
00:26:48I realized I was once again lying on the cold, sterile bed of a hospital room.
00:26:55This is the perfect wife you picked for me?
00:26:58Out all day, meeting some pretty boy doctor, then acting like I'm the villain?
00:27:03Meeting?
00:27:04Do you even know where Isabella went yesterday?
00:27:06I know enough.
00:27:07No.
00:27:08You know nothing.
00:27:09The room tightened around us.
00:27:11I could see Renato was close to revealing everything.
00:27:14Father, it's over now.
00:27:17He read the exhaustion and resolve in my eyes.
00:27:20Slowly, he suppressed his anger.
00:27:24What does that mean?
00:27:26It means I no longer expect you to understand anything.
00:27:30Don't speak to me like that.
00:27:32Then stop giving me reasons to.
00:27:35She's awake now.
00:27:38That means I'm done here.
00:27:40Sienna's waiting, and I'm leaving.
00:27:44Stop right there.
00:27:45I don't care where you run off to today, but tomorrow, you're coming back to my estate with Isabella.
00:27:51But before Renato could finish, Vincenzo had already disappeared through the door.
00:27:55The silence he left behind was colder than his presence.
00:27:58For the first time, the original Don looked truly old.
00:28:03This is the paperwork for your divorce from Vincenzo.
00:28:06I've arranged everything.
00:28:08Sign it, and your marriage will be officially over.
00:28:10Ten years of humiliation.
00:28:12Ten years of fear.
00:28:13Ten years of pretending to be Mrs. Moretti.
00:28:15It all came down to a few pages.
00:28:17Tomorrow is the funeral for your son.
00:28:19I hope you'll attend, to send him off one last time.
00:28:23Will Vincenzo come?
00:28:26I ordered him to.
00:28:28That meant no.
00:28:34You can wait until you're stronger.
00:28:36No.
00:28:37I've waited enough.
00:28:38The pen scratched across the paper.
00:28:40My signature looked thin, almost fragile.
00:28:43But to me, it felt like the first blade cutting through the cage.
00:28:46Looking at the silver-haired man before me, I could not refuse the funeral.
00:28:49My son deserved at least one parent who came.
00:28:53The next morning, dressed in black, I arrived at the Moretti estate.
00:28:59May this child rest in peace.
00:29:01From the moment my baby was born, I had been the one caring for him.
00:29:05I fed him.
00:29:05I held him through the night.
00:29:07I learned the difference between his hungry cry and his sleepy cry.
00:29:10But fate had no mercy.
00:29:12A child barely a month old was ripped away forever.
00:29:15I'm sorry.
00:29:18You came.
00:29:21That's more than his father did.
00:29:23Until the burial ended, Vincenzo never appeared.
00:29:27The wind moved through the trees.
00:29:29The tiny coffin disappeared beneath the earth.
00:29:31I wiped a tear from the corner of my eye.
00:29:34My heart felt hollow, and every last tie I had to this world had been severed at the root.
00:29:41After the priest left, I knelt before the grave.
00:29:45Sweetheart, Mama failed you once.
00:29:48But I won't fail you again by staying in the place that killed you.
00:29:53For a man who had ordered executions without blinking, he looked broken before that small grave.
00:30:01Hours after the burial, the top trending post exploded across the internet.
00:30:06It was a photo of Vincenzo and Sienna.
00:30:09She was trying on wedding dresses at a high-end bridal boutique.
00:30:14My son's grave soil had not even dried, and his father was choosing lace and diamonds for another woman.
00:30:20So what if you had his child?
00:30:22Vincenzo chose me in the end.
00:30:23Oh, and did you really think he was by your side while you were unconscious?
00:30:26He was with me the whole time.
00:30:28We were in the VIP suite next door, trying out all sorts of new positions.
00:30:32The bed was surprisingly soft.
00:30:33I did not reply, and instead I forwarded every message and photo to Renato.
00:30:40Renato called almost immediately.
00:30:43Isabella, where are you?
00:30:45Still at the estate.
00:30:47I will handle this.
00:30:50No.
00:30:52Let him see what he chose.
00:30:58You should not have had to become this strong.
00:31:01I didn't become strong.
00:31:02I just ran out of things to lose.
00:31:05Then I picked up a small leather box.
00:31:08Inside was the front card the hospital had given me the day my baby was born.
00:31:13My sweet baby.
00:31:15Mama will always love you.
00:31:20I held the tiny footprint card for a long time.
00:31:25The little print was so small, it barely covered my thumb.
00:31:30I remembered the first time the nurse placed him in my arms.
00:31:34He had been warm then.
00:31:36Soft.
00:31:37Alive.
00:31:38Now all I had was paper, ashes, and silence.
00:31:42For ten years, that ring had marked me as Mrs. Moretti.
00:31:45It had opened doors, silenced enemies, and made people lower their heads when I passed.
00:31:50But to me, it had always been a collar.
00:31:57Renato stood at the end of the hallway, watching me.
00:32:01Where will you go?
00:32:04Somewhere Vincenzo won't think to look first.
00:32:07Let me send guards with you.
00:32:10No.
00:32:11If I leave with Marati guards, I'm still leaving as a Marati.
00:32:15Then take money.
00:32:17I earned enough before this marriage.
00:32:19I'll survive.
00:32:20I promise to protect you.
00:32:22You tried.
00:32:24But some cages are still cages, even when built by people who mean well.
00:32:30If Vincenzo comes to his senses...
00:32:33Then let him live with it.
00:32:36Goodbye, father.
00:32:43Then, I walked out of the Morecchia Sad Estate without looking back.
00:32:53Vincenzo returned to the Moretti Estate.
00:32:57Night fell.
00:32:58Vincenzo returned to the Moretti Estate, reeking of alcohol.
00:33:03The atmosphere in the living room was heavy.
00:33:05The fireplace sat cold and dark.
00:33:07Only one chandelier old glowed dimly above.
00:33:09At the center of the long table lay a piece of black velvet.
00:33:13Candles flickered in solemn silence.
00:33:15A single vase of white roses stood quietly at the head.
00:33:19Vincenzo froze.
00:33:20Lee's eyes widened, and he instinctively stepped back.
00:33:24Who died?
00:33:25The housemaid stood along the wall with their heads bowed.
00:33:30Panic surged through him as he looked around.
00:33:33Was it Isabella's mother?
00:33:35He took two steps forward, suddenly sounding almost anxious.
00:33:39What happened?
00:33:40Where's Isabella?
00:33:41How's her mother?
00:33:43She must be devastated.
00:33:44I need to go to her.
00:33:45A maid lifted her head, eyes filled with disbelief.
00:33:48Don...
00:33:49Speak!
00:33:49Before she could answer, Renato appeared from the shadows.
00:33:54The old man's face was carved from grief and fury.
00:33:57Renato threw the divorce papers at Vincenzo's chest.
00:34:00Isabella is gone.
00:34:02Vincenzo caught the papers by reflex.
00:34:04Her mother is dead.
00:34:06The room went silent.
00:34:07Then Renato's next words split the air.
00:34:10And today is the seventh day since your son passed.
00:34:20Vincenzo stared at him as if the language had become foreign.
00:34:23Renato finally erupted.
00:34:25Your mistress ran Isabella over with her car.
00:34:28Because of the delay in treatment, the child died in her arms.
00:34:34Isabella's mother fainted on the stite when she heard the news.
00:34:37A few hours later, she was gone too.
00:34:40His cane struck the floor like a gunshot.
00:34:43Vincenzo!
00:34:45That was your son!
00:34:47Your flesh and blood!
00:34:49Do you even have a shred of humanity left?
00:34:52Vincenzo froze.
00:34:56Then he burst into manic laughter.
00:35:01Father, you were born for the stage.
00:35:04Renato stared at him in disbelief.
00:35:07What did Isabella cry to you about this time?
00:35:09To make me come crawling back?
00:35:11Now you're staging a whole funeral drama?
00:35:13Creative.
00:35:14He grabbed the divorce papers and tore them to pieces.
00:35:19Who said I agreed to a divorce?
00:35:21She'd never dare to leave me.
00:35:23Don't kid yourself.
00:35:24She'd never give up the power and fortune that comes with the Moretti name.
00:35:28With one swift kick, he flipped the black velvet-covered table.
00:35:32Candles and photographs flew to the floor as the flames flickered and died.
00:35:36Don!
00:35:37Please!
00:35:39Vincenzo's voice rose in panic.
00:35:41Where's my son, then?
00:35:44If he's dead, where's the body?
00:35:48Renato's face turned ashen.
00:35:50Remember the day I begged you to come home?
00:35:53It was so you could attend your son's funeral.
00:35:56Yet you never showed up.
00:35:59For the first time, Vincenzo trembled.
00:36:13Vincenzo stormed through the estate like a madman, searching for any trace of the child.
00:36:18He pushed open the nursery door.
00:36:22The crib was empty.
00:36:23The little blue blanket was folded neatly on the chair.
00:36:26The bottle warmer had been unplugged.
00:36:28The faint scent of baby powder still lingered in the air.
00:36:33Where are you hiding, my son?
00:36:35Vincenzo stood there, breathing hard.
00:36:38No one answered.
00:36:39Is Isabella here?
00:36:41Bring her to me.
00:36:42I'll apologize.
00:36:44Is that what you want?
00:36:45He turned on the housemaids.
00:36:47The maids all stood in silence, heads bowed.
00:36:55Father, I know I went too far last time.
00:36:59But I won't divorce her.
00:37:01Renato followed him slowly, looking at him with complete exhaustion.
00:37:06You still think this is about divorce?
00:37:12Vincenzo snatched up his phone and dialed my number.
00:37:15The call failed.
00:37:17He tried again.
00:37:19Failed.
00:37:21He opened the message thread and saw the truth.
00:37:23I had blocked him.
00:37:25You think she'd come back to you?
00:37:27You think you deserve her?
00:37:29Vincenzo stood frozen as reality crashed onto him.
00:37:32This is all to force me to break up with Sienna, isn't it?
00:37:35You couldn't win her back with your life, let alone your words.
00:37:38But Vincenzo was deaf to reason.
00:37:41He dialed Sienna's number with shaking fingers.
00:37:44He still believed one sacrifice could make everything normal again.
00:37:53Vincenzo, are you coming back?
00:37:55I picked another dress.
00:37:57That gown you liked last week?
00:37:59I bought it.
00:38:00Really?
00:38:01Then when will we...
00:38:02You're not young anymore.
00:38:05Find a nice guy and settle down.
00:38:07Don't show up in front of me again.
00:38:09We're done.
00:38:12What?
00:38:13Vincenzo, you can't be serious.
00:38:15I said we're done.
00:38:17He hung up and blocked her just as quickly.
00:38:23Happy now?
00:38:24Renato stared at him, horrified.
00:38:27I ended it.
00:38:28So when are Isabella and the baby coming home?
00:38:31For a moment, no one breathed.
00:38:33Renato's expression changed instantly.
00:38:35His chest heaved and the hand glitching his candle trembled violently.
00:38:38You still don't understand.
00:38:40I did what you wanted.
00:38:41They are dead, Vincenzo!
00:38:43Your son is dead.
00:38:45Isabella's mother is dead.
00:38:46And Isabella is gone!
00:38:48The old man's body crumpled to the floor.
00:38:50Housemaids screamed and rushed forward.
00:38:53Mr. Moretti Sr!
00:38:55But Vincenzo stood momentless and pale-faced.
00:38:59For the first time, fear slowly surfaced in his eyes.
00:39:03This time, no one would be waiting for him to come home.
00:39:09Renato stood at a deserted intersection.
00:39:11The cigarette in his hand burnt down to ash.
00:39:14Yet his fingertips felt nothing.
00:39:16He gazed at Stonehaven's indifferent night sky
00:39:18and finally realized that the woman who once tried to heal him with gentleness
00:39:22was never coming back.
00:39:23Like a madman, he mobilized the entire Moretti network.
00:39:27Lock down every airport, every seaport, every private runway.
00:39:30Done.
00:39:32If we move that loudly, the police will notice.
00:39:34Then make them look away.
00:39:36He scoured every outgoing record and placed surveillance
00:39:39on the accounts of every friend and relative Isabella had.
00:39:42But he forgot something.
00:39:43Isabella was never the obedient domcile woman he imagined.
00:39:47Isabella was never his possession.
00:39:49Never his puppet.
00:39:51Ten years ago, Isabella stepped into the underworld to save her mother.
00:39:55Ten years later, Isabella cut every tie
00:39:57and walked out of the darkness on her own terms.
00:39:59In the surveillance room, monitors flickered with images of train stations,
00:40:02hospitals, highways, and hotel lobbyists.
00:40:04No trace of Mrs. Moretti.
00:40:08Her name is Isabella.
00:40:11Yes, Don.
00:40:13Vincazzo stared at the screens until dawn,
00:40:15looking for a woman he had never truly seen when she was beside him.
00:40:18At that moment, Renato still lay in a coma,
00:40:21and the Moretti empire began to shake.
00:40:25Renato's surgery fees climbed into seven figures,
00:40:28and Vintenzo barely noticed.
00:40:29The company, shaken by his volatile state, plunged into chaos.
00:40:33The stock price collapsed.
00:40:34Shareholders storaged a rebellion.
00:40:36Rumors spread within the Sandiquette.
00:40:37It may be time for him to step down.
00:40:39Moretti Group cannot survive another week like this.
00:40:42Vincenzo sat at the head of the conference table,
00:40:44eyes hollow, fingers clenched around his phone.
00:40:47Mr. Moretti, we need your decision on the merger.
00:40:50Find Isabella.
00:40:52The room went silent.
00:40:54Sir, this is about three billion dollars.
00:40:58Vincenzo slowly raised his eyes.
00:41:01Did I ask about money?
00:41:03No one spoke again.
00:41:05He had lost his father's support,
00:41:07lost control of the Morelli empire,
00:41:09and lost the respect of the Stonehausman financial world
00:41:13that once revered him.
00:41:14But none of it hurt more than losing me.
00:41:17After the meeting, Gianni followed him into the hallway.
00:41:20Don, the men are scared.
00:41:22They need a leader.
00:41:24Then find one.
00:41:28You are the leader.
00:41:30Vincenzo laughed once, without humor.
00:41:35A leader protects what belongs to him.
00:41:38He looked down at the wedding ring still on his finger.
00:41:41I couldn't even protect my son from myself.
00:41:44The Moretti throne beneath the three fees
00:41:46climbed into seven figures,
00:41:48and Vincenzo barely noticed.
00:41:49The company, shaken by his volatile state,
00:41:52plunged into chaos.
00:41:53The stock price collapsed.
00:41:55Shareholders storaged a rebellion.
00:41:56Rumors spread within the Sandiquette.
00:41:58It may be time for him to step down.
00:42:00Moretti Group cannot survive another week like this.
00:42:02Vincenzo sat at the head of the conference table,
00:42:04eyes hollow, fingers clenched around his phone.
00:42:07Mr. Moretti, we need your decision on the merger.
00:42:10Find Isabella.
00:42:12The room went silent.
00:42:15Sir, this is about three billion dollars.
00:42:18Vincenzo slowly raised his eyes.
00:42:21Did I ask about money?
00:42:24No one spoke again.
00:42:26He had lost his father's support,
00:42:28lost control of the Morelli Empire,
00:42:30and lost the respect of the Stonehouseman financial world
00:42:33that once revered him.
00:42:34But none of it hurt more than losing me.
00:42:38After the meeting,
00:42:39Gianni followed him into the hallway.
00:42:41Don,
00:42:41the men are scared.
00:42:43They need a leader.
00:42:45Then find one.
00:42:48You are the leader.
00:42:51Vincenzo laughed once,
00:42:53without humor.
00:42:55A leader protects what belongs to him.
00:42:58He looked down at the wedding ring still on his finger.
00:43:01I couldn't even protect my son from myself.
00:43:05The Morelli throne beneath him was cracking,
00:43:07but he kept staring at a blocked number.
00:43:11One week later,
00:43:13Vincenzo received an anonymous package.
00:43:16The courier pushed it on his desk
00:43:18and left without a word.
00:43:21No sender, sir.
00:43:24Vincenzo cut it open with a letter opener.
00:43:28Inside was a thick stack of documents,
00:43:31every page detailing what Isabella had done for him over the years.
00:43:35Isabella had funded charitable projects,
00:43:38all under his name.
00:43:40Isabella had negotiated with doctors,
00:43:42donors,
00:43:42and local officials
00:43:44when Morelli needed a cleaner public mimager.
00:43:47Isabella had repaired his scandals
00:43:49before they reached the press.
00:43:52Isabella had made the world believe
00:43:54Vincenzo Moratti was not a monster.
00:43:56His hand shook as he turned the pages.
00:43:59Then he found the organ donor consent form
00:44:02I had signed when faced with death.
00:44:04The last page was written in Isabella's rough
00:44:07yet deeply moving handwriting.
00:44:09Isabella's note,
00:44:10May all those who cherish life be treated with kindness.
00:44:14And if not loved,
00:44:15then at least understood.
00:44:17Every word cut him like a knife.
00:44:19He remembered all the times he had mocked Isabella for being soft.
00:44:23You waste money on strangers.
00:44:25And Isabella had answered calmly.
00:44:27Some strangers are only alive because someone cared in time.
00:44:30Back then,
00:44:31he had laughed.
00:44:32Now he understood the joke had always been on him.
00:44:35That night,
00:44:36Vincenzo locked himself in his office.
00:44:38No women,
00:44:39no alcohol,
00:44:40no power games.
00:44:41Only the sound of paper turning
00:44:42and a man breaking under the weight of what he had destroyed.
00:44:46The next day,
00:44:47Vinanzo appeared at the Stonehoven Times annual charity gala.
00:44:50He was wearing a black suit
00:44:52with a white camellia brooch pinned to his littel,
00:44:54Isabella's favorite flower.
00:44:55The world's media turned toward him.
00:44:57Mr. Moretti,
00:44:58is it true Moretti Group is facing an internal crisis?
00:45:00Where is Mrs. Moretti?
00:45:01The old Vincenzo would have smiled,
00:45:02lied,
00:45:03and controlled the room.
00:45:04This Vincenzo looked as if he had not slept in days.
00:45:07He stepped to the microphone.
00:45:08The Moretti Group will be reinstructured
00:45:10into a global foundation for medical research
00:45:12and women's health.
00:45:15Mr. Moretti,
00:45:16you can't announce this without approval.
00:45:18I will spend the rest of my life atoning for her.
00:45:20That was all he said.
00:45:21The press conference spiraled into chaos.
00:45:23Dozens of media outlets rushed to report
00:45:25on the cold-blooded heir
00:45:26who bared his soul in a rare public confession.
00:45:29Are you saying this is for your wife?
00:45:33No.
00:45:35I lost the right to call her that.
00:45:40The hall fell silent.
00:45:44This is for Isabella Bradford,
00:45:46the woman I failed,
00:45:48and for the child I never protected.
00:45:50That night,
00:45:52the Stonehausen Evening Post
00:45:54devoted eight full pages
00:45:56to one headline,
00:45:57the most expensive transformation
00:45:59in Moretti history
00:46:00for the woman who got away.
00:46:17When Vincenzo returned to the empty villa,
00:46:20silence greeted him.
00:46:21He sat at Isabella's old desk
00:46:24and turned through the pages
00:46:25of Isabella's household planning journal,
00:46:27the quiet sketches of a life
00:46:29they never really had.
00:46:31There were meal plans
00:46:33for his stomach problems,
00:46:34lists of medications
00:46:36for his migraines,
00:46:37notes about his nightmares.
00:46:39He had never read any of them.
00:46:42Then, tucked deep in the bottom drawer,
00:46:45he found an unsent letter.
00:46:47It was addressed
00:46:48to their deceased child.
00:46:49The date matched the days
00:46:51right after Isabella's surgery.
00:46:53His breath caught
00:46:54as he opened it.
00:46:56Dear little one,
00:46:58I once thought
00:46:59the hardest thing in the world
00:47:00was forgiving Vincenzo.
00:47:02But I later realized
00:47:04forgiving myself was harder.
00:47:06Forgiving the version of me
00:47:07who knew everything
00:47:08was slowly rotting,
00:47:10yet stayed anyway.
00:47:11I thought I was protecting you,
00:47:13that I was giving you
00:47:14a whole family.
00:47:15But in the end,
00:47:17I couldn't even protect you.
00:47:18You were so small.
00:47:20You never even got the chance
00:47:22to open your eyes
00:47:23and see this world.
00:47:24I will crawl out of this hell.
00:47:28For us.
00:47:29But the letter did not stop.
00:47:31It kept speaking
00:47:32with Isabella's voice,
00:47:33calm and wounded,
00:47:35forcing him to hear
00:47:36every truth
00:47:37he had refused
00:47:38for ten years.
00:47:40Vincenzo broke down.
00:47:48His sobs came in waves.
00:47:51A crushing ache
00:47:52tore through Vincenzo's chest
00:47:54like a blade
00:47:55through flesh.
00:47:56He staggered out the door,
00:47:58blind with grief.
00:48:03And sped through the city
00:48:05to the place I used to work,
00:48:06the health tech company
00:48:07I had once managed.
00:48:18But everything had changed.
00:48:20New security systems,
00:48:22new receptioners.
00:48:24My world had moved on.
00:48:26Sir, you can't wait inside
00:48:27without an appointment.
00:48:29Tell Isabella Bradford
00:48:30I'm here.
00:48:31Miss Bradford no longer
00:48:31works in this building.
00:48:35He did not leave.
00:48:36He waited outside
00:48:38from dawn to dusk.
00:48:39Just when hope began to wane,
00:48:42he saw me.
00:48:43I walked out in a tailored
00:48:45slate blue suit,
00:48:46poised and sharp as ever,
00:48:48my heels steady,
00:48:49my gaze cool.
00:48:50For a moment,
00:48:51the entire street
00:48:52seemed to go silent.
00:48:55Isabella!
00:48:57Vintenzo ran to me,
00:48:59arms outstretched.
00:49:01I stopped,
00:49:02but I did not step toward him.
00:49:04He looked thinner,
00:49:05paler,
00:49:06almost unrecognizable.
00:49:08I finally found you!
00:49:10Mr. Moradi,
00:49:12have some self-respect.
00:49:16Don't call me that.
00:49:19Whatever was between us
00:49:21ended long ago.
00:49:24He reached for my hand,
00:49:25but I moved away
00:49:27before he could touch me.
00:49:28Please.
00:49:30Just give me five minutes.
00:49:32You had ten years.
00:49:33The words landed harder
00:49:35than any slap.
00:49:39I walked past him,
00:49:41and this time,
00:49:42he was the one
00:49:43left standing in the cold.
00:49:44Vintenzo followed me
00:49:45for half a block.
00:49:49Miss Bradford,
00:49:50do you want me
00:49:51to call someone?
00:49:51No.
00:49:52He won't touch me.
00:49:55The certainty and voice
00:49:56made Vintenzo flinch.
00:49:58Is that what I am
00:49:59to you now?
00:50:00Someone dangerous?
00:50:04You were always dangerous.
00:50:07I was just too desperate
00:50:08to admit it.
00:50:09A new colleague
00:50:10hurried out of the building.
00:50:12Isabella,
00:50:13you forgot this.
00:50:16Vincenzo's eyes
00:50:16moved from him to me,
00:50:17old jealousy surfacing
00:50:19by instinct.
00:50:19Who is he?
00:50:20I almost smiled.
00:50:22I almost smiled.
00:50:23A colleague.
00:50:23Not that I owe you an answer.
00:50:25Vincenzo swallowed the words
00:50:26he used to throw at me.
00:50:27For once,
00:50:28he did not dare accuse me.
00:50:31I'm sorry.
00:50:32For what?
00:50:37Vincenzo froze.
00:50:38For cheating?
00:50:39For letting Sienna hit me?
00:50:41For leaving our baby
00:50:42in the street?
00:50:43For missing his funeral?
00:50:45For trying to force me
00:50:46in that bedroom?
00:50:47Pick one.
00:50:49All of it.
00:50:50Then live with all of it.
00:50:53The city flows around them,
00:50:55indifferent yet bustling.
00:50:58Isabella,
00:50:58tell me what to do.
00:51:03Disappear.
00:51:04For a man
00:51:05who once controlled
00:51:06Stonehaven,
00:51:07that was the one order
00:51:08he could not obey.
00:51:11I got into a taxi
00:51:13and closed the door.
00:51:16That man bothering you?
00:51:19He used to be my husband.
00:51:26Used to be
00:51:27is a powerful phrase.
00:51:36Isabella, please.
00:51:38I can give back your shares.
00:51:40I can give you the company.
00:51:41I can make Sienna pay.
00:51:43I can...
00:51:44You still think
00:51:45everything has a price?
00:51:46No.
00:51:47I know it doesn't.
00:51:49I know now.
00:51:51If you knew,
00:51:53you wouldn't be standing here
00:51:55bargaining with grief.
00:51:58Then what do you want?
00:52:00I thought of my baby's cold face,
00:52:02my mother's urn,
00:52:04the black velvet table
00:52:05he had kicked over.
00:52:06Nothing from you.
00:52:09Isabella!
00:52:13Some men only learn love
00:52:14after they've buried it.
00:52:17For years,
00:52:18I had run after him.
00:52:19Now he ran after me
00:52:21and the distance between us
00:52:23had never been wider.
00:52:25At night,
00:52:26through Gianni,
00:52:27I later heard
00:52:27what happened to Sienna.
00:52:29Vinenzo did not go
00:52:30go to her with flowers
00:52:31or apologies this time.
00:52:33He went with files,
00:52:35bodyguards,
00:52:36and the cold face
00:52:37of the dawn.
00:52:38Vincenzo,
00:52:39I knew you'd come back.
00:52:41Isabella is just
00:52:42manipulating you.
00:52:50You ran down
00:52:51my wife and son.
00:52:52It was an accident.
00:52:55You reversed once,
00:52:57then drove forward again.
00:52:59The footage is clear.
00:53:01She provoked me!
00:53:02She always looked down on me!
00:53:05My son screamed
00:53:07till he suffocated.
00:53:12I loved you.
00:53:13I did everything for you.
00:53:17No.
00:53:18You loved the name Moretti.
00:53:21Freeze every account
00:53:23tied to her.
00:53:24Cancel the apartment,
00:53:25the car,
00:53:26the contracts,
00:53:26the interviews.
00:53:27Send the evidence
00:53:28to Renato's legal team
00:53:30and the police.
00:53:32You can't do this to me!
00:53:37You wanted Isabella's place.
00:53:39Start by carrying
00:53:40the weight of what
00:53:41you did to get it.
00:53:44For the first time,
00:53:46Sienna understood
00:53:46that being loved
00:53:47by a monster
00:53:48was protection
00:53:49only until
00:53:50the monster
00:53:51turned around.
00:53:54Two days later,
00:53:55my lawyer asked me
00:53:56to come in
00:53:57to sign a few
00:53:58final release forms.
00:54:00I did not expect
00:54:01to see Sienna there.
00:54:03Miss Newton
00:54:04has requested
00:54:05to offer
00:54:05a formal apology.
00:54:07You arranged this?
00:54:10I thought you
00:54:11deserved to hear it.
00:54:12I deserved
00:54:13a living child.
00:54:14The room went silent.
00:54:17Isabella,
00:54:17I'm sorry.
00:54:18I was jealous.
00:54:19I was stupid.
00:54:20I never thought
00:54:21the baby would die.
00:54:22But you did think
00:54:23I might.
00:54:24Sienna's sob
00:54:24stopped for half a second.
00:54:27That was answer enough.
00:54:29Vincenzo's jaw tightened.
00:54:31Please tell him to stop.
00:54:33I lost everything.
00:54:34My accounts,
00:54:35my contracts,
00:54:36my followers.
00:54:37Everyone is calling
00:54:38me a murderer.
00:54:39Are they wrong?
00:54:42She covered her face.
00:54:50I can't go to prison.
00:54:51My son didn't get
00:54:53to grow up.
00:54:54My mother didn't
00:54:55get to wake up.
00:54:57You don't get
00:54:58to choose comfort now.
00:54:59Isabella.
00:55:01I turned to him.
00:55:02And you don't get
00:55:03to use her punishment
00:55:04as proof
00:55:04that you loved me.
00:55:06His face crumpled.
00:55:07Both of you
00:55:08were part
00:55:08of the same knife.
00:55:11I signed the papers
00:55:12and left them
00:55:13behind the glass,
00:55:14begging different ghosts
00:55:15for mercy.
00:55:25Miss Bradford,
00:55:27Mr. Moradery Sr.'s condition
00:55:28is deteriorating.
00:55:30He told us
00:55:31if he doesn't get
00:55:32to see you
00:55:32one last time,
00:55:34he won't be able
00:55:34to die in peace.
00:55:36Renato Moretti.
00:55:38Ruthless in the eyes
00:55:39of the world,
00:55:40yet in my darkest hour,
00:55:41he had quietly
00:55:43traped a coat
00:55:43over my shoulders.
00:55:46Don't be afraid.
00:55:47You're part
00:55:48of the Morettis now.
00:55:49No one can touch you.
00:55:51He had been
00:55:52the true head
00:55:52of the Mafia
00:55:53and the only one
00:55:54who ever made me
00:55:55feel safe.
00:55:57When I reached
00:55:58the hospital room
00:55:59and saw him
00:56:00lying there,
00:56:01frail and unconscious,
00:56:03my chest tightened.
00:56:08Before he lost
00:56:09consciousness,
00:56:10he kept calling
00:56:11for you.
00:56:12Renato.
00:56:13It's me.
00:56:15Isabella.
00:56:19Issa,
00:56:20Abela,
00:56:21I failed you.
00:56:22I meant to protect
00:56:23you for life,
00:56:24but instead,
00:56:24I dragged you
00:56:25into this mess.
00:56:26It wasn't your fault.
00:56:28I chose this road
00:56:30myself.
00:56:32If there's a next life,
00:56:35don't ever walk
00:56:36through the doors
00:56:36of the Moretti family.
00:56:47The true king
00:56:48of a fallen empire
00:56:49was gone.
00:56:50His funeral
00:56:51was held
00:56:51with solemn grandeur.
00:56:53The oldest Mafia
00:56:54families in Stonehave
00:56:55gathered in full
00:56:56black suits,
00:56:57their expressions
00:56:58carved in stone.
00:56:59I stood apart
00:57:00from the crowd,
00:57:01no black veil,
00:57:02no bouquet,
00:57:04just a plain white blouse
00:57:05beneath the tree's
00:57:06quiet shadow.
00:57:08By evening,
00:57:09I walked along
00:57:10the far end
00:57:11of Fifth Avenue.
00:57:15My phone rang.
00:57:16It was Vincenzo.
00:57:19I did not answer.
00:57:30Two days later,
00:57:32I showed up
00:57:33at the lawyer's office.
00:57:34The letter
00:57:34was in Renato's
00:57:36strong, bold script.
00:57:38Isabella,
00:57:39you are the purest
00:57:40soul I have ever known.
00:57:42If one day
00:57:42he truly repents,
00:57:44would you be willing
00:57:45to give him
00:57:45another chance?
00:57:47I stood frozen
00:57:48for a long time.
00:57:50I'm willing
00:57:51to give myself
00:57:52another chance,
00:57:53but not him.
00:57:54This time,
00:57:55I understood.
00:57:56Letting go
00:57:57meant I could
00:57:58see clearly
00:57:58and still walk away
00:58:00with peace in my heart.
00:58:04In the seat.
00:58:05Sunlight.
00:58:05The taxi rolled
00:58:07through the
00:58:08bustling streets.
00:58:09I leaned back
00:58:10in the seat,
00:58:10sunlight pouring
00:58:11through the glass
00:58:12and warming my face,
00:58:13yet I felt numb
00:58:14to its gentleness.
00:58:15Don't look back,
00:58:16sweetheart.
00:58:17Look ahead.
00:58:18He spoke the words
00:58:19I had not dared
00:58:20to say aloud.
00:58:21Three days later,
00:58:22the entire
00:58:23Stonehaver financial world
00:58:25erupted in shock.
00:58:27Renato Moretti
00:58:27had passed away,
00:58:28and his final will
00:58:29stunned everyone.
00:58:31He left the family's
00:58:32core assets
00:58:32and controlling shares
00:58:33to me.
00:58:34As for Venazo,
00:58:35the golden boy
00:58:36and presumed key,
00:58:37he was granted
00:58:38a mere 2% of the company
00:58:40and a forgotten villa
00:58:41in the countryside.
00:58:48Reporters swarmed
00:58:49the gates
00:58:49of the Moretti estate.
00:58:51Mr. Moretti,
00:58:53did your father disown you
00:58:54because of Mrs. Moretti?
00:58:56Headlines blared everywhere.
00:58:58Underworld throne
00:58:58flips away.
00:58:59Tragic downfall
00:59:00of a dynasty.
00:59:01Meanwhile,
00:59:03I walked alone
00:59:03through the narrow lanes
00:59:04of old Lanswick.
00:59:06Someone advised me
00:59:07to take it easy.
00:59:09You own Moretti shares now.
00:59:11You could live
00:59:1110 lifetimes
00:59:12without lifting a finger.
00:59:14I plan to donate
00:59:15every cent.
00:59:16I refuse to live
00:59:18as someone's legacy
00:59:19or carry the weight
00:59:19of another's redemption.
00:59:21What I sought
00:59:22was a kingdom
00:59:22built with my own hands.
00:59:24by the time
00:59:25the interview ended.
00:59:28A black Rolls Royce
00:59:29eased to a stop
00:59:30in front of me.
00:59:32Inside sat a figure
00:59:34I knew all too well.
00:59:36Vincenzo.
00:59:37He looked thinner,
00:59:38worn down,
00:59:39haunted by a remorse
00:59:40he could no longer conceal.
00:59:42He stepped out
00:59:43and moved
00:59:44to block my path.
00:59:45Isabella,
00:59:46I came to pick you up
00:59:47from work.
00:59:48I did not look at him.
00:59:55Do you hate me that much?
00:59:57It's not hate.
00:59:59It's that I finally
01:00:00stopped loving you.
01:00:03You know what my father
01:00:05always said
01:00:05before he died?
01:00:06I stayed silent.
01:00:08The Morettos owe her
01:00:09and one day
01:00:10we'll repay that debt.
01:00:13I'm not part of
01:00:13the Morettis anymore.
01:00:15The only person
01:00:15I owe now is myself.
01:00:17It's a chance
01:00:18to begin again.
01:00:19Can I at least
01:00:20wait for you?
01:00:21No.
01:00:22Not even from far away?
01:00:23Your waiting
01:00:24is not love.
01:00:25It's punishment
01:00:26you chose for yourself.
01:00:29He stood frozen
01:00:30and watched me
01:00:31walk away
01:00:31until I disappeared
01:00:32from view.
01:00:36Later I learned
01:00:37that Sienna Newton
01:00:38was formally charged
01:00:39several weeks later.
01:00:40The footage,
01:00:41the deleted messages,
01:00:43the false complaint,
01:00:43and the financial transfers
01:00:45all became evidence.
01:00:47Miss Newton,
01:00:48did you intentionally
01:00:49delay treatment
01:00:50for Mrs. Moretti's baby?
01:00:54Vincenzo made me believe
01:00:56I mattered.
01:00:57No one made her
01:00:58press the accelerator.
01:00:59That line made
01:01:00the evening news.
01:01:01Vincenzo watched it
01:01:02from the old villa
01:01:03Renato had left him.
01:01:04The once powerful Don
01:01:06now lived among
01:01:07dusty furniture,
01:01:08unpaid bills,
01:01:09and silence.
01:01:12The board accepted
01:01:13Miss Bradford's
01:01:14donation plan.
01:01:15The medical foundation
01:01:16will carry her name,
01:01:17not yours.
01:01:19Good.
01:01:20Gianni hesitated.
01:01:22Don, there are still
01:01:23men willing to follow you.
01:01:24You could rebuild.
01:01:26Rebuild what?
01:01:27I spent ten years
01:01:28teaching Isabella
01:01:29that love was a cage.
01:01:32Now the only decent
01:01:33thing I can do
01:01:34is stay out of her sky.
01:01:35For once,
01:01:35he did not chase.
01:01:37He sat alone
01:01:38until Don,
01:01:39holding the tiny copy
01:01:40of my son's footprint
01:01:41Renato had left behind,
01:01:42and finally understood
01:01:44that some debts
01:01:45could not be paid back,
01:01:46only carried.
01:01:51One month later,
01:01:52I signed my employment
01:01:53contract at the
01:01:54new biotech firm.
01:01:57The office was small,
01:01:59the walls still smelled
01:02:00of fresh paint,
01:02:02and the coffee machine
01:02:03broke twice before noon.
01:02:06But when my new boss
01:02:08handed me an access card,
01:02:09I felt something
01:02:10I had not felt in years,
01:02:12choice.
01:02:13Welcome to the team,
01:02:14Miss Bradford.
01:02:16I'm ready to start.
01:02:18On my desk,
01:02:18I placed only three things.
01:02:20My laptop,
01:02:21my mother's old scarf,
01:02:22and a tiny framed copy
01:02:23of my baby's footprint.
01:02:25No diamonds,
01:02:26no Morelli crest,
01:02:27no wedding ring.
01:02:29At lunch,
01:02:29a colleague mentioned
01:02:30the latest headline.
01:02:32Did you see?
01:02:34Vincenzo Moraudi
01:02:35stepped down
01:02:36from all executive roles.
01:02:38No.
01:02:40You don't want to know?
01:02:42I looked out the window
01:02:43at the bright city street.
01:02:46His ending is no longer
01:02:48part of my story.
01:02:49That evening,
01:02:51the same elderly taxi driver
01:02:52from before
01:02:53picked me up
01:02:54outside the office.
01:02:56Where to, sweetheart?
01:02:59Forward.
01:03:00He laughed,
01:03:02started the meter,
01:03:03and pulled into traffic.
01:03:04Stone Hicksand's lights
01:03:06flowed past the window
01:03:07like a river.
01:03:08Somewhere behind me,
01:03:09Vincenzo Moretti
01:03:11lived with regret,
01:03:12Sienna paid for her cruelty,
01:03:14and the Moretti empire
01:03:15carried the scars
01:03:16of what it had done.
01:03:17But I did not look back.
01:03:19I had been the Dawn's wife,
01:03:21the pawn,
01:03:23the silent woman
01:03:24waiting for love
01:03:25to become mercy.
01:03:27Now,
01:03:28I was Isabella Bradford,
01:03:30and my new life
01:03:31had only just begun.
01:03:35The End
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