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00:05your mom was someone's whore so what does that make you
00:12Dante what are you saying it's in your blood baby being a mistress that's what you were born for
00:20from now on you're my mistress Scarlet Marchetti a Marchetti you know what that
00:27name means I'm marrying her your mother knew the man had a wife still crawled into his bed she could
00:38do it why can't you I was quiet for a long time my mother and I are different I will
00:50never be
00:51anyone's mistress then we're done fine done I've only ever made one vow I'd die before I turned into
01:04my mother Dante didn't know that don't be stupid you walk out that door what have you got I'm the
01:14only
01:14reason nobody's touched you your mom jumped off your father never even gave you his name
01:25he saw me climb took it as a win his thumb wiped under my eye look at you one word
01:34about ending
01:34this and you fall apart if I really cut you loose one day you think you'd make it don't test
01:42me
01:43Mirena staying by my side that's your only way out he took my silence as surrender and the engine
01:52turned over halfway oh almost forgot you sit in the back now Scarlet says this seats hers I gave her
02:01my
02:01word you know me I don't go back on what I say I promise to take care of you for
02:08life even if I marry
02:09someone else that still stands bet you didn't know three days from now I'm marrying her took me six
02:22months to get her to say yes she's not like you can't just sweet talk her into anything she told
02:29me
02:29she's a red rose you love her you bleed on the thorns Dante was lost in his little love story
02:34and
02:34I actually felt the thorn go in sharp real right through my palm my hand had pressed into an earring
02:40left on the seat the thin needle tip broke my skin what the hell did you do for a split
02:47second I thought
02:47he was worried about me that's Scarlet's earring she's a serious germaphobe if she finds out her
02:55favorite piece got dirty you don't want to know what happened so my blood was dirty to him my head
03:00was spinning from the pain I just looked at him for a long time long enough that he finally squeezed
03:06out something that almost looked like guilt forget it don't touch your things again I sat there didn't
03:13move he finished wiping the earring wrapped it in a clean tissue and placed it gently in the glove
03:21compartment you still sitting there I told you to get in the back no need I'll walk suit yourself
03:29I've got a family event tonight anyway gotta take Scarlet to pick out a dress head home on your own
03:35he didn't care that it was pouring outside didn't even leave me an umbrella I stood on the side of
03:42the
03:42road soaked through people passing by looked at me like I'd lost my mind there was one thing Dante got
03:48wrong I didn't need him to protect me three seconds the reply came back
03:58the thing about my mom being a mistress it didn't come out one day like some big reveal in this
04:04circle
04:04there are no secrets she was Enzo Farhani's mistress that's what everyone said Farhani was the Moretti
04:10family's conciate while his wife was pregnant he had my mother on the side when his wife and baby didn't
04:16make it everyone said my mom drove them to their deaths my mom jumped off the roof when I was
04:21ten
04:22after she died Farhani never came for me it was some elder in the family who couldn't stomach it
04:27stuck me in St. Anna's a roof over my head but no name no status from the first day I
04:33walked through
04:34those doors I was one thing and one thing only the thing that whore left behind the family kids at
04:40St. Anne's kept it subtle they wouldn't touch me drop their voices when I passed in the hallway
04:45look Farhani's bastard the wives were the ones who got physical Mrs. Conti Sal Conti's wife when she
04:56talked the other wives listened stay standing your mother was on her knees serving someone else's
05:03husband never complained a whore's daughter will always be a whore I knew my mom was guilty I didn't
05:11think I was innocent either I never fought back let them take it out on me that went on for
05:17years
05:18until Dante stepped in who says a whore's daughter has to end up a whore what does your daughter do
05:26my
05:26daughter works in investment banking and you before you married Sal Conti where were you she was
05:37tending bar before she married him see your daughter turned out nothing like you after that he brought
05:45light into my life and now here I was standing in the pouring rain trying to make sense of it
05:51how did the
05:52man who saved me become the one destroying me I wiped the rain off my face barely able to see
05:59where I was going and then everything was black I passed out when I woke up it was already dark
06:09I was
06:10lying on a bed in the ER a thin blanket over me a blood pressure monitor clipped to my wrist
06:17blood
06:17pressure's too low don't go anywhere tonight okay the second I said it my phone rang Dante I stared at
06:25the screen for a long time picked up anyway Scarlett's dress got ruined go get the starry dime and bring
06:32it to me she needs a change starry night the gown Dante had custom made for me meant for our
06:37wedding
06:38reception now he wanted me to hand it over to another woman his woman it didn't matter anymore
06:44Dante I'm in the ER the ER cut the act don't pull this shit with me right now I didn't
06:52bother arguing
06:55call it repaying a debt for the time he once saved me I walked back out into the storm picked
07:01up the
07:01dress and brought it all the way to the venue on the phone Dante said Scarlett's waiting for you at
07:06the door she wants to say thank you in person be good don't make a scene but what Scarlett gave
07:12me
07:12wasn't a thank you it was a slap no warning the hits spun me halfway around Elena if you didn't
07:19want to do it you could have just said so why throw the dress on the ground I didn't even
07:25understand what
07:26she was playing at but Dante did and he decided to play along Dante maybe we shouldn't force Elena to
07:33do things she doesn't want to do have I been too easy on you apologize to Scarlett now Dante I
07:40hope you
07:40don't live to regret this I'm sorry Scarlett I shouldn't have dropped your dress that didn't
07:51sound very sincere try harder then what do you want from me I won't be anyone's mistress Dante and I
08:01are done I pulled off the ring right in front of her the one Dante had made for our wedding
08:06take it
08:07back you and me it's over Dante's body went still he didn't reach for it I threw it at him
08:15it hit the
08:15floor with a sharp clean sound you want to go Carlett grabbed the back of my neck and shoved me
08:23through
08:24the doors into the hall upstairs like dragging a prisoner come look at this a woman begging to be
08:32someone's mistress not Dante's girl not anymore I'm with Scarlett Martetti now what did I tell you a whore's
08:47daughter always ends up a whore and you used to stick up for her Dante right dirty whore Dante would
08:55never want a woman like that baby's right it went through me like a knife I was to say something
09:04a glass of
09:05red wine hit me full in the face I couldn't breathe a mistress spawn belongs where a mistress belongs
09:13who gave you the nerve to sit at the real table more of them closed in
09:21one of them grabbed my jaw forced my mouth open poured wine straight down my throat
09:30die whore I was blown to the ground slaps and heels came down on me the thing I feared most
09:37had
09:37finally come before my mom died this is what happened to her surrounded beaten cursed stomped on
09:44she couldn't take it climb to the rooftop and jump that's why I cut things off with Dante because I
09:48was
09:49terrified of this exact moment and it came anyway Dante why is it that the man who pulled me out
09:54of the
09:54dark is the same man who threw me back in I went crazy ripping free from the crowd crashing into
10:01the
10:01hallway throwing myself at the stairs running all the way up to the roof he must have thought of my
10:07mother Dante's face changed
10:18but I didn't jump like my mom did I came up one step at a time onto the rope ladder
10:23hanging from a helicopter
10:29I'm sorry Scarlet I shouldn't have dropped your dress
10:34that didn't sound very sincere try harder then what do you want from me
10:41I won't be anyone's mistress Dante and I are done I pulled off the ring right in front of her
10:47the one
10:48Dante had made for our wedding take it back you and me it's over Dante's body went still he didn't
10:56reach
10:56for it I threw it at him it hit the floor with a sharp clean sound you want to go
11:03Carlet grabbed the back of my neck and shoved me through the doors into the hall upstairs like dragging
11:10a prisoner come look at this a woman begging to be someone's mistress
11:17isn't that Dante's girl
11:21not anymore I'm with Scarlet Martetti now
11:27what did I tell you a whore's daughter always ends up a whore and you used to stick up for
11:33her Dante
11:35right dirty whore Dante would never want a woman like that
11:42baby's right
11:44it went through me like a knife I was to say something a glass of red wine hit me full
11:49in the face
11:50I couldn't breathe a mistress's spawn belongs where a mistress belongs who gave you the nerve to sit at the
11:59real table
11:59more of them closed in
12:04one of them grabbed my jaw forced my mouth open poured wine straight down my throat
12:11die
12:13whore
12:14I was thrown to the ground slaps and heels came down at me
12:19the thing I feared most had finally come before my mom died this is what happened to her
12:24surrounded beaten cursed stomped on she couldn't take it climb to the rooftop and jump
12:29that's why I cut things off with Dante because I was terrified of this exact moment
12:33and it came anyway Dante why is it that the man who pulled me out of the dark is the
12:38same man who threw me back in
12:40I went crazy ripping free from the crowd crashing into the hallway throwing myself at the stairs running all the
12:47way up to the roof
12:48he must have thought of my mother
12:51Dante's face changed
13:01but I didn't jump like my mom did I went up one step in time onto the rope ladder hanging
13:07from a helicopter
13:11the helicopter came early
13:13my aunt Lydia she started from nothing in Monte Carlo
13:18built herself up to the point where even the old family dons think twice
13:22when they hear her name last week she reached out asked if I wanted to leave
13:28this hellhole and go with her I said no because I couldn't let go of Dante
13:34looking back now what a fucking joke I was so tired I passed out on the plane
13:39I was lying in a clean bed buried under a thick comforter the room smelled like
13:46disinfectant
13:51I knew I was in bad shape body and mind both broken
13:55Lydia was sitting by the bed
13:57sons of bitches
14:01then she turned to me her voice dropping soft
14:04it's over
14:05I got you the best doctors
14:08everything's gonna be okay
14:10drink
14:12you're safe now
14:16Dante watched me climb the rope ladder
14:18frozen
14:19then suddenly
14:20he bolted forward chasing after you
14:23why are you going after her
14:24that kind of woman
14:26just let her go
14:29what kind of woman
14:31the kind who likes being someone's mistress
14:35she was never anyone's mistress
14:38we forced her into that
14:41and even then
14:43she didn't take it
14:44you're yelling at me
14:46over her
14:49do you still love her
14:51yes
14:52I still love her
14:53I always have
14:55then what about me
14:57what am I
14:58you're the biggest mistake I ever made
15:01I finally get it
15:02why you wanted to be with me
15:04why you had to turn her into a mistress
15:06because you get off on crushing people
15:08you need it
15:09that's not true
15:12Dante took a folded document from his bodyguard
15:15threw it in her face
15:19back in high school
15:21Scarlett had singled out her classmate
15:23and turned the whole school against her
15:25the girl hadn't done a single thing wrong
15:27Scarlett pinned it on her anyway
15:29and it was enough for Scarlett to destroy her life
15:32she enjoys that
15:33while we're at it
15:35are you even a real Marchetti
15:42you came after me because of Elena
15:45from the very start
15:49the next day he started tracking down the helicopter
15:53nothing
15:53he pulled every string he had
15:56not a single useful lead
15:58Lydia had wiped the trail clean
16:00like Elena had never existed
16:02three full years
16:03not a word
16:04we have a contract Dante
16:06you don't get to walk away
16:08just because you feel like it
16:11you know what happens when you break a deal
16:13I had a contract with Elena too
16:17the wedding was a week out
16:21the one on the ground
16:22that was my promise
16:23she went door to door
16:24every family's wife
16:26every woman who mattered
16:28Scarlett showed up with tears in her eyes
16:30playing the victim
16:36a few families bought it
16:38started pulling away from the moretties on business
16:42Dante didn't explain
16:44didn't defend himself
16:48he waited three months
16:50let Scarlett put on her little show
16:59he waited three months
17:00let Scarlett put on her little show
17:06then at a joint family dinner
17:08he laid it all out on the table
17:10in front of everyone
17:12Scarlett's real background
17:13her history of bullying
17:15her real reason for getting close to Dante
17:18her fake connection to the Marchetti family
17:21all of it
17:22page by page
17:24dead silence
17:25and then something interesting happened
17:28history repeated itself
17:30years ago
17:31Ferrante threw Elena's mother under the bus
17:34to save his own skin
17:35now it was Scarlett's turn to be stripped bare
17:38her mother was someone's mistress too
17:40and she herself was just another illegitimate kid
17:44her father threw away
17:45the circle turned on her overnight
17:48the same wives who had stood with Scarlett
17:51who had helped her humiliate Elena
17:53turned around and did the exact same thing to Scarlett
17:57she became a joke
17:59fraud
18:00fake
18:01Scarlett's ending was the same as Elena's mother's
18:04she jumped off the roof
18:05Scarlett's ending didn't bring Dante any relief
18:09Scarlett had her sins
18:11but his were no lighter
18:13he wanted to make things right
18:15but where was Elena?
18:20he wanted to make things right
18:22but where was Elena?
18:24he searched damn near the whole globe
18:26but Elena had vanished
18:28like she'd been erased from the face of the earth
18:31just when he was about to give up
18:33someone said they might have seen her in Paris
18:35he rushed to Paris
18:37then someone said Berlin
18:40he chased it to Berlin
18:41the trail went cold
18:43eight full years
18:44that's how long it took before he finally spotted her
18:47on the street in London
18:48but she was walking hand in hand with another man
18:51that should have been him
18:54his voice was so rough he barely recognized it himself
18:59Elena
19:00I didn't recognize him at first
19:02because he looked nothing like the man in front of me
19:04the man in front of me was wrapped in a black overcoat
19:06the cheekbones jutting out
19:07worn down
19:08eased up
19:08it's been a long time Mr Moretti
19:13can we talk?
19:15I looked at my husband Julian
19:16he nodded
19:21we found a small cafe on the corner and sat down
19:37after you left Scarla and I were done pretty quick
19:41I looked for you
19:43eight years
19:46Elena I'm sorry
19:50he wanted to make things right
19:52but where was Elena?
19:54he searched damn near the whole globe
19:57but Elena had vanished
19:59like she'd been erased from the face of the earth
20:02just when he was about to give up
20:04someone said they might have seen her in Paris
20:07he rushed to Paris
20:08then someone said Berlin
20:11he chased it to Berlin
20:13the trail went cold
20:14eight full years
20:15that's how long it took
20:16before he finally spotted her
20:17on a street in London
20:19but she was walking hand in hand
20:20with another man
20:21that should have been him
20:25his voice was so rough
20:27he barely recognized it himself
20:30Elena
20:31I didn't recognize him at first
20:33because he looked nothing like the man in front of me
20:35the man in front of me was wrapped in a black overcoat
20:37the cheekbones jutting out
20:38worn down
20:39eased up
20:39it's been a long time Mr Moretti
20:44can we talk?
20:46I looked at my husband Julian
20:47he nodded
20:52we found a small cafe on the corner and sat down
21:08after you left Scarla and I were done pretty quick
21:12I looked for you
21:14eight years
21:17Elena I'm sorry
21:22after you left Scarla and I were done pretty quick
21:26I looked for you
21:28eight years
21:31Elena I'm sorry
21:35it's in the past
21:36ancient history Mr Moretti
21:39don't lose sleep over it
21:41something about my tone
21:42or maybe it was the name
21:43set him off
21:44he got agitated
21:45in the past?
21:46this is the only love I've ever
21:49I couldn't help it
21:50I laughed
21:51so that's what he calls love
21:53interesting
21:54Mr Moretti if there's nothing else I need to go
21:57Julian's waiting for me outside
21:59don't go
22:01have you been okay?
22:02all these years
22:06as you can see
22:07Julie and I are doing just fine
22:09I'd rather be back with Julian than sitting here listening to this
22:12we'd only been apart a few minutes and I already missed him
22:16I'm not
22:17so I kept glancing out the window
22:19Dante noticed
22:20every time my eyes drifted outside his face got a little darker
22:27then he'd rush to say something to hold me back
22:29do you live in London?
22:32no
22:34where then?
22:35can you tell me?
22:37no
22:39how long are you staying?
22:41will I see you again?
22:43I don't know
22:48Dante finally stopped holding me back
22:51go
22:53go find your husband
22:55I hope we meet again
22:57I let out a breath
22:58stood up
22:59he called after me
23:00Elena!
23:03hmm?
23:05I never loved Scarlett
23:08she fooled me
23:09that's all it was
23:10I didn't react
23:12just nodded, turned and started walking
23:14as I passed him he spoke again
23:16can you call me Dante?
23:18just once
23:19I didn't
23:20I'm someone else's wife now
23:21he just stood there
23:23a long time passed before he said quietly
23:25then can I call you baby?
23:28one last time
23:29that's your business
23:31nothing to do with me
23:32I was almost at the door when it came
23:35loud, almost a shout from behind me
23:38BABY!
23:39I turned my head
23:40Dante was standing at the entrance of the cafe
23:43tears streaming down his face
23:45I really miss you
23:46if I could do it over
23:48I wouldn't do that to you
23:49I gave him a small smile
23:51didn't stop, walked out
23:52Julian was right there
23:54he took my hand the second I stepped outside
23:56fingers laced
23:57same as before
23:59we walked back down the same street where we'd run into Dante
24:03London was still wet
24:04but the rain inside me had stopped
24:06we stayed in London for a month
24:08we didn't run into Dante again
24:09didn't hear a thing about him
24:12then, the day before we were set to leave
24:14the news hit
24:15two weeks ago a man had spent the last of his savings
24:18buying a small cafe on the corner of Carnaby street
24:21last night he died there
24:23Dante, I knew it instantly
24:24every drop of blood in my body went cold
24:29we rushed to the cafe together
24:30and it was Dante
24:32just as I had feared
24:33the scene was still taped off
24:35the body had already been taken away
24:38we waited a week
24:39the autopsy came back
24:42cause of death
24:42chronic alcoholism
24:44late stage stomach cancer
24:46my legs almost gave out
24:48his stomach was always bad
24:49when we were together I made sure he took his pills
24:52never let him drink on an empty stomach
24:55all these years on his own
24:57he probably didn't bother with any of it
24:59he had no one in London
25:01cut ties with the family years ago
25:03there wasn't even anyone to notify
25:06Julian and I handled the funeral arrangements
25:09going through what he left behind
25:11I found a journal
25:12he left it for me
25:13every page was filled
25:15years of searching for me all over the world
25:17far more detailed than what he told me in person
25:21he wrote
25:22after the last time I saw her
25:24I kept telling myself she's doing fine
25:26I shouldn't bother her but I can't help it
25:28especially that man
25:29the one she calls Julian
25:31I wanted to kill him
25:33but I knew I couldn't
25:34it would hurt her
25:35day 18 since I saw Elena again
25:38and lost her again
25:39I miss her
25:41more than yesterday
25:42I can't stop it
25:43I just want to hold her
25:44this ring
25:45I picked it up off the floor that night
25:48if I'm gone and you're still in London
25:50take it with you
25:52the journal ended there
25:55Julian and I held a small funeral for Dante
25:58as friends
26:00nothing more
26:01no family
26:02no guests
26:03just the two of us
26:04and a local priest
26:06the headstone was simple
26:07just his name
26:09and the years he lived
26:10I placed the journal and the ring together
26:13at the base of the stone
26:15Dante
26:16I said softly
26:17voice steady
26:19it's over
26:20rest now
26:21I don't hate you
26:23and I don't forgive you
26:25we owe each other nothing
26:27I'm going to live well
26:29safe
26:30whole
26:31happy
26:31that's what you owed me
26:34and it's what I built for myself
26:37I stood there for a long time
26:39then I reached out and touched the cold stone at my fingertips
26:43not saying goodbye to a lover
26:45saying goodbye to a heavy past
26:47to the girl I used to be
26:49small, helpless, trampled under everyone's feet
26:53Julian's arms came around my shoulders
26:55let's go
26:55let's go home
26:57I nodded, turned around, walked away
27:00this time I didn't look back
27:02later Julian had the ring made into a necklace
27:05wear it
27:07I'm not going to be jealous of a dead man
27:12but I didn't put it on
27:13I locked it in a drawer
27:14that was the end of it
27:16everything between me and Dante
27:18all the love
27:19all the damage
27:20finished
27:21I didn't need him watching over me
27:23not in any form
27:24I never did
27:27after the funeral I got sick
27:28nothing serious
27:31just drained
27:31no energy
27:32sleeping all the time
27:34low fever on and off
27:35Julian insisted on taking me to a doctor
27:38they couldn't find anything wrong
27:40but I knew what it was
27:42some kind of withdrawal
27:43like when you finally set down something you've been carrying your whole life
27:47and your body doesn't know what to do without
27:49Julian took time off work
27:51stayed home with me everyday
27:53he never asked what's wrong
27:55just stayed close
27:56made me pasta
27:57pulled the blanket over me
27:59held my hand while I slept
28:01I woke up half conscious and heard him on the balcony
28:04yes, her mood is stable
28:05just a bit tired
28:06don't worry, I'll take care of her
28:08yes, for now
28:09don't let her come into contact with anything related to that side
28:13six months after Dante died
28:15someone tracked me down
28:17Mr. Moretti left a will
28:19the cafe on Carnabut Street is yours
28:23it was his last wish
28:26I won't accept it
28:28his last wish was for me to be happy
28:31and my happiness now has nothing to do with him
28:34sell the cafe
28:36donate the money to girls who have nowhere to go after being bullied
28:42this is our decision
28:43thank you for coming all this way
28:49after the man left, Julian came back and found me staring at nothing on the couch
28:53he sat down next to me, arm around my shoulders
28:55reluctant?
28:56no, I just suddenly feel that world is so far away
29:04after the funeral I got sick
29:06nothing serious
29:07just drained
29:09no energy
29:10sleeping all the time
29:11low fever on and off
29:13Julian insisted on taking me to a doctor
29:16they couldn't find anything wrong
29:18but I knew what it was
29:19some kind of withdrawal
29:21like when you finally set down something you've been carrying your whole life
29:24and your body doesn't know what to do without it
29:27Julian took time off work
29:28stayed home with me everyday
29:30he never asked what's wrong
29:32just stayed close
29:34made me faster
29:35pulled the blanket over him
29:36held my hand while I slept
29:38I woke up half conscious and heard him on the balcony
29:41yes, her mood is stable
29:43just a bit tired
29:44don't worry, I'll take care of her
29:45yes, for now, don't let her come into contact with anything related to that side
29:50six months after Dante died
29:52someone tracked me down
29:54Mr Moretti left a will
29:56the cafe on Carnabut Street
29:58is yours
30:00it was his last wish
30:04I won't accept it
30:06his last wish was for me to be happy
30:08and my happiness now has nothing to do with him
30:12sell the cafe
30:13donate the money to girls who have nowhere to go after being bullied
30:19this is our decision
30:20thank you for coming all this way
30:26after the man left
30:28Julian came back and found me staring at nothing on the couch
30:30he sat down next to me, arm around my shoulders
30:33reluctant?
30:34no, I just suddenly feel that world is so far away
30:41after Dante died, I never thought about the name Scarlet again
30:46but the world is small
30:47one year I was in Rome on business
30:50walked past a community rehabilitation center
30:54there was a woman out front
30:56grey hair, face aged beyond her
30:59a nurse pushing her, letting her get some sun
31:02Ms Marcelli, time to go back
31:04Scarlet
31:05she seemed to hear something in the air
31:08lifted her head slowly, completely without warning
31:11she was thin
31:13unrecognizably so
31:14deep exhaustion behind her eyes
31:16numb
31:18I stood there, it took me a while to come back to myself
31:22Carm is a bitch
31:23she didn't escape it either
31:24Dante's journal had mentioned it
31:27don't push me, don't push me
31:29I did nothing wrong
31:31ended up the same as my mother
31:33jumped off a roof
31:34she didn't die
31:36broke her spine
31:37spent the rest of her life in that chair
31:40I didn't feel satisfaction
31:41didn't feel pity either
31:43just calm
31:44not the cold kind
31:45not the kind where you pretend you didn't cheat
31:50it was a late autumn afternoon
31:52Lydia once asked me
31:53do you hate your mother?
31:56I thought about it for a long time
31:58I hated her when I was a child
32:00hated her for what she did
32:02hated her for making me live under those insults
32:04also hated her for leaving too early
32:07abandoning me alone in this world
32:09Aunt Lydia listened
32:10didn't interrupt
32:11but later I stopped hating
32:15she made a mistake and paid with her life
32:19Elena, you know
32:20your mother called me before she died
32:25she said she regretted it deeply
32:27that the she wronged most in her life was you
32:31she asked me if possible to find you and take care of you for her
32:35I kept my head down
32:36I didn't say anything
32:38Aunt Lydia took my hand
32:39I think you should know this
32:42and in that last phone call
32:44she was a decent mother
32:47I started to cry
32:49after a long while
32:50I got up and put my arms around her
32:53she gave birth to me
32:54you saved me
32:57silly girl
32:58I just sent a helicopter
32:59you climbed up yourself
33:02we both laughed
33:03yeah
33:04yeah
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