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Divorce Papers for Our 30th Anniversary ASD
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00:00You have two grown children and a grandson.
00:02Mrs. Bennett, you've been married for 30 years.
00:04You have two grown children and a grandson.
00:06Are you sure you want to walk away from all of it?
00:09A happy life? That almost made me laugh.
00:13I'm sure.
00:14Draw up the divorce papers and the stock transfer.
00:17A few weeks ago, I was in a car wreck.
00:19The hospital called my husband and my children again and again.
00:22Not one of them picked up.
00:24When I finally woke up, I learned they were in Dubai,
00:28celebrating Sylvia Lane while I was lying in a hospital bed.
00:34No, the fireworks need to look like a night sky.
00:37If they're for Sylvia, they have to be perfect.
00:3930 years of marriage, and he had never once brought me flowers.
00:43You're home late. Where's the dinner?
00:46I was out getting your anniversary gift ready.
00:49I've got to go back out. Work emergency. Eat without me.
00:52Before you go, I want to replace the car.
00:54You spend money like it's a hobby. Happy now?
00:57I had made that scarf for him by hand last anniversary.
01:01It had taken me more than a month.
01:04Then I slipped off my wedding ring and went into his room.
01:07The code to William's safe was Sylvia's birthday.
01:10It opened on the first try.
01:12For 20 years, my husband's fixed business trips had not been business at all.
01:16They were holidays with her around the world.
01:19This was disappointment number 66.
01:24Are you still interested in William's shares?
01:27Wow. Did I hear that right?
01:29You love that man so much I thought you'd go to the grave with his last name.
01:34If I'm getting a gift that big, I should probably give you one back.
01:38How do you feel about signing a lifetime contract with me instead?
01:42You love travel, don't you?
01:43I funded a large-scale travel series, and we're looking for the right host.
01:47I'm 55. I don't exactly look camera-ready anymore.
01:50You're 55, not dead. Look forward, not back.
01:53By early the next morning, William was already texting me orders.
01:57An hour and a half later, I pushed open the door to his office.
02:01And there she was.
02:02At her feet lay my favorite painting, ripped apart, the frame split.
02:07Who did this?
02:09That was my painting.
02:10Oh my god, Evelyn.
02:12I thought it was some old Isaac nobody cared about.
02:14I'm so sorry.
02:15No need. It wasn't worth anything anyway.
02:18Sylvia's work actually elevates the room.
02:21He smiled at her as he walked past me,
02:23and knocked me hard enough that I lost my footing.
02:25That was when I saw it.
02:27A pink thong lying in the corner of his office.
02:30William, there are peanuts in this.
02:31You know I'm severely allergic. I could die.
02:33Stop being dramatic, Evelyn.
02:34Get rid of that mess and don't cook with peanuts again.
02:36Every holiday gift had come indeplicult.
02:38One for me, one for Sylvia.
02:41Leo, is that your grandma?
02:43No, she's our nanny.
02:44That's my real grandma.
02:46She's a famous sculptor.
02:47I had raised that child.
02:50And still, I was the embarrassment.
02:52Leo, if you want a different grandmother, I can make that happen.
02:55Are you mad?
02:56By the time I got home, I was exhausted to the bone.
02:59But the second I turned into the driveway, I stopped cold.
03:02My piano was sitting out on the lawn.
03:04Not covered. Not protected.
03:06Just dumped there like junk.
03:08Mom, Aunt Sylvia's staying with you and Dad for a while.
03:10She needs a quiet space to work.
03:12That piano had been my birthday present from Ethan when he was eight years old.
03:16So I turned your music room into a studio for her.
03:19Sylvia doesn't sleep well in dark rooms.
03:21Yours gets the best light.
03:22Move your things out.
03:24Fine.
03:25I'll clear it out.
03:27I spent the next hour dragging 30 years of my life out of that room, one arm loaded in time.
03:33Oh, Evelyn, you're wonderful.
03:35We're going to have such, such a lovely time living together.
03:38Old keepsakes.
03:39Old gifts.
03:40Old lies.
03:46Why are you throwing so much away?
03:48Because I don't need any of it anymore.
03:50These are the things I gave you.
03:52That's right.
03:53Decades-old junk.
03:54Should have been thrown out a long time ago.
03:58He hadn't taken me to a formal event in years.
04:01Not since I stopped fitting the polished image he preferred at his side.
04:06Mr. Bennett, your wife is just as beautiful as she was years ago.
04:11And this lady is?
04:13Our assistant.
04:15I felt it like a blade.
04:17Even expecting humiliation by now, it still tore through me.
04:23Then pain lashed through my right leg so hard it nearly bucked.
04:27Pain shot through my right leg so hard it nearly dropped me where I stood.
04:33Ever since the car crash, that leg had never really been right.
04:37Is there somewhere I can sit down for a few minutes?
04:43They handed me a key to what turned out to be a freezing little storage room.
04:51William has always loved me.
04:53You can hang on to his name for another 30 years if you want.
04:56It still won't make him love you.
04:58You saw it tonight, didn't you?
05:00I was the one in his passenger seat.
05:02Your daughter bought me that custom gown.
05:04Your son bought me that cardiac watch.
05:05You can have him.
05:06You can have all of them.
05:07Just let me out and let me get to a hospital, please.
05:10Stay in there and think about what your place really is.
05:13I reached for my phone with trembling hands, only to find the battery dead.
05:17Help!
05:18Somebody help me!
05:19No one came.
05:20The gala was too loud, too glittering, too full of people who didn't care.
05:26Aren't we missing someone?
05:26I told her to stay put.
05:28Where the hell did she go?
05:28Do you think she got upset because you let people assume I was your wife?
05:31I should have said something.
05:32Everyone there was from our world.
05:33Did you really want Evelyn wandering around making me look bad?
05:36As for Evelyn, she's being dramatic.
05:37Let her.
05:38We're going home.
05:39Take Leo to school.
05:40I stayed in there all night.
05:41Not one person in that family remembered I was missing.
05:45Ma'am?
05:45Ma'am, can you hear me?
05:47By the time I got my phone charged again, there wasn't a single worried message from William.
05:51Instead, there was a headline about Sylvia standing beside him.
05:54Elegance personified.
05:55Evelyn Bennett, I've been calling you all night.
05:57Where the hell have you been?
05:58Are you okay?
06:00I'm okay.
06:01No, you're not.
06:02You don't sound okay at all.
06:03I'm cutting my trip short.
06:04I'm coming to get you.
06:07And I'm sorry.
06:09When I got home from the hospital, Sylvia was stretched out across William's bed in one
06:13of his shirts.
06:14Twenty years ago, he wouldn't even let me into that room after I nearly drank myself for his
06:21business.
06:21William was insatiable last night.
06:24He kept saying how boring it was to be with you.
06:26And what does that make you, Sylvia?
06:28Other than a mistress.
06:30That word landed exactly where I meant it to.
06:36William!
06:37Evelyn was trying to kill me!
06:39She shoved me into the glass!
06:42Apologize to her.
06:43I didn't touch her.
06:44She did that herself.
06:45Maybe I should just leave.
06:47Obviously, she's going to keep finding ways to hurt me.
06:50You are so petty, Evelyn.
06:52Go downstairs and think about what you've done.
06:56Dad already told me what happened.
06:58Mom, seriously?
06:59Could you at least try to learn something from Aunt Sylvia for once?
07:01A little grace?
07:02A little poise?
07:03Do you have any idea how embarrassing this is for the family?
07:06A full day and a night later, the old house manager finally took pity on me and let me
07:10out in secret.
07:11While I sat there, I saw Sylvia's newest post.
07:14William hurrying through the hospital for her.
07:16Her pregnancy report.
07:17The comments underneath were all from my family.
07:20Congratulations on the late-in-life baby.
07:22Don't worry.
07:22I won't get in the way of your happy little family.
07:25William and I are getting divorced.
07:27What the hell are you saying online?
07:29Sylvia and I are not having an affair.
07:32She wants a child of her own.
07:34And I agreed to be her donor.
07:37That's it.
07:38Interesting.
07:39Since when did adultery become a public service?
07:42You're here?
07:43Were you following us?
07:44No.
07:45My leg hurts.
07:46And I'm running on low blood sugar because I've barely eaten.
07:49I'm here beneath medical care.
07:50Really?
07:50You've always been sturdy as an ox, Evelyn.
07:53Strange that you suddenly have so many health problems.
07:55What happened to your leg?
07:56Why didn't you call me?
07:57What Sylvia and I are doing is medical, Evelyn.
08:00That's all.
08:00I promise you, she and that baby won't affect our marriage.
08:04Tomorrow is our 30th anniversary.
08:06I'm going to make it special for you.
08:08Oh, I'll be giving you something special, too.
08:11Dad and Sylvia really aren't like that.
08:14A text came through just then.
08:16I'm coming tonight.
08:16Be ready.
08:17If you're not, I'll carry you out myself.
08:20Be on time.
08:22Who are you texting?
08:24The credit card company.
08:25Apparently, they still expect to get paid.
08:27For the rest of the day, he played the attentive husband.
08:29Water, fruit, dinner, soft voice, careful hands.
08:33But I knew the difference now.
08:34None of it was affection.
08:36Something came up at the office.
08:37I won't be long.
08:37Get some rest.
08:38Don't flatter yourself.
08:40One phone call and he still runs straight to me.
08:41He won't be spending the night with you.
08:46A Bentley waited under the streetlight.
08:48I selected the proof.
08:49The ring, the divorce papers, my hospital records, and the notebook.
08:53Sixty-six disappointments later, I was free.
08:55I think it's time I went public with something.
08:58Happy 30th anniversary, William.
09:00Divorce looks good on you.
09:09How's your leg?
09:12It's fine.
09:13Just take me home.
09:15No.
09:16I'm taking you to a doctor.
09:21This is one of mine.
09:28He won't find you here.
09:29A medical team was already waiting.
09:33He helped me into bed himself.
09:38What happened to your hand?
09:40Evelyn.
09:41Who did that?
09:45I told him enough.
09:46The storage room.
09:48The glass.
09:49The basement.
09:52I'm not letting him get away with it.
09:54Your leg needs real rest.
09:56At least one to two months.
09:58Will that delay filming?
09:59Your job right now is to heal.
10:03The show can wait.
10:05It was always meant for you.
10:06This is my daughter, Sophie.
10:07And this is Poppy, my little girl.
10:09It's so good to finally meet you.
10:12Grandma.
10:17No.
10:17You're safe.
10:19It was just a dream.
10:21You're up.
10:21I made breakfast.
10:23Today is my 30th anniversary with Evelyn.
10:28Sir, you need to see what your wife just posted.
10:30That morning, William finally saw the post.
10:35What did she post?
10:39Mrs. Bennett posted that she's divorcing you.
10:43No.
10:44Evelyn wouldn't do that.
10:46The papers mean nothing if I don't sign.
10:51She doesn't get to do this.
10:55She only wants your attention.
10:59Dad, did you see Mom's post?
11:01She put the divorce papers online.
11:03I had blocked everyone else, but I hesitated with Leo.
11:10Go on.
11:11Say hi to Grandma.
11:12Grandma.
11:15Sweetheart, you've got that wrong.
11:17Your grandma is Sylvia.
11:18No!
11:19You're my grandma!
11:24You'd rather play grandma to another kid?
11:27Mom, please.
11:29Just come back.
11:31Do you think I'm that stupid?
11:33I spent 30 years as this family's unpaid maid.
11:37I am done.
11:38I feel like a person again.
11:40Evelyn!
11:41I can explain!
11:42I'm not divorcing you!
11:46William, what do you think I saw?
11:48I loved you once, but I don't love you anymore.
11:51Please, don't ruin my breakfast.
11:54Grandma!
11:56Mr. Thornton could have any woman he wants.
12:00You haven't changed to me.
12:01You're still Evelyn.
12:03For once, care did not feel like something I had to earn.
12:09It felt quiet.
12:11It felt safe.
12:15Start with this.
12:16Read it.
12:17Mark anything you want changed.
12:21I'm going to start working out.
12:23You don't have to lose weight for me.
12:25I'm not doing it for you.
12:27I need my body back.
12:30We protect the leg first, then we build strength.
12:34For the first time in years, I started sweating for myself.
12:37Not in a kitchen.
12:39Not in a kitchen.
12:40Not for anyone else.
12:42That same day, William found out my shares now belong to Daniel Thornton.
12:56Have you lost your mind, Evelyn?
12:58Daniel Thornton is my competition.
13:00Why would you give him your shares?
13:02What gives you the right to question me?
13:04Bennett Holdings was not built by you alone.
13:06My parents' money helped launch you.
13:08My labor held your home and business together.
13:10I know what you did for me.
13:12That's why I gave you that 15% in the first place.
13:15That was never a gift.
13:17It was what I was already owed.
13:18I just stopped lying to myself.
13:23Just superficial bruising.
13:25He'll be fine.
13:25Relax.
13:26He still threw a punch at me over the shares.
13:28He looks worse than I do.
13:31Good.
13:33He deserved worse.
13:35The video spread fast.
13:42Do you know what you've done?
13:44Bennett Holdings is buried in scandal.
13:48When did any of you think about me?
13:50Don't call me again.
13:56Mom, please.
13:58Let Ethan come get you.
14:01He has a new grandma, mother.
14:05Mom, I hurt you.
14:07I know that now.
14:10Please forgive me.
14:12Forgive Dad, too.
14:13No family stops working because one woman leaves.
14:17You treated me like household scaph.
14:20The difference is, staff can quit.
14:22They tried to pull me back.
14:24I hung up.
14:25Then I blocked Leo's number, too.
14:30A few days later, I moved into my own house.
14:34My coach came every day.
14:36For once, my life revolved around healing.
14:45How are you this good at cooking?
14:47I can cook for you for the rest of your life.
14:49Two months passed.
14:50My leg was much better.
14:52Mrs. Bennett?
14:53Sylvia Lane won another prize.
14:56Read this.
14:57Sylvia's file.
14:58It's explosive.
14:59What are you going to do with it?
15:00I owe her something in return.
15:04The noise came from the front gate.
15:06I put the file down and walked over myself.
15:12Evelyn?
15:13Is that really you?
15:17You look beautiful.
15:19I was wrong.
15:21I was wrong.
15:23Come home.
15:24There is no home for me there anymore.
15:26What happened with Sylvia was a mistake.
15:3020 years is not a mistake.
15:33Please leave.
15:40Why is he here?
15:42He is the man in my life now.
15:47Help!
15:48No!
15:49You love me!
15:50I did.
15:51That was the problem.
15:53Come on.
15:53Let's go inside.
15:58I'm sorry.
15:58That was impulsive.
16:01I only wanted to get under his skin.
16:04So you use me, then apologize?
16:08I said I was sorry.
16:10Can I kiss you back?
16:12No tongue.
16:18I'm going to be Mrs. Bennett soon.
16:21If collecting crash is your passion, enjoy him.
16:27The next day was Saturday.
16:35You still haven't said yes to him, have you?
16:40No one says no to my father.
16:43But I've never seen him this happy.
16:48She was right.
16:50I could see it.
16:51I could see it.
16:52By night, the guests began to leave.
16:57What's this?
16:59Open it.
17:03Inside were tickets for a six-day cruise.
17:10Then footsteps came from the street.
17:17So this is it?
17:20You threw us away for him?
17:23Stop acting entitled to your mother's life.
17:27Mom, I saw you laughing with them.
17:32Claire's hand was warm.
17:34I still removed it.
17:36What about Leo?
17:37He's your grandson.
17:37Children learn from the adults around them.
17:40Leave.
17:40Or I call the police.
17:42Grandma!
17:43Grandma's bad!
17:44Grandma left me!
17:46That was when I stopped reaching back.
17:51On my birthday, Daniel took me onto the cruise.
17:59Happy birthday, Evelyn.
18:05Thank you, Daniel.
18:07I had almost...
18:08I had almost said it.
18:11Daniel, I...
18:14You're my wife.
18:15Let go.
18:16We're divorced.
18:18Let her go.
18:20She belongs with me.
18:26She belongs to herself.
18:29See?
18:30She found a richer man and forgot her family.
18:33Then the ship lurged.
18:38Something hit the ship!
18:42Move!
18:43Get to the lifeboats!
18:44Get out of my way!
18:45Oh!
18:50Evelyn!
18:50William, the baby!
18:53Think about our baby!
18:55He stopped.
18:59Evelyn, hold on to me.
19:02One seat left!
19:05William, wait!
19:07Go now.
19:08Evelyn, I love you.
19:10I always will.
19:11No, Daniel, get on!
19:13Go.
19:14Go.
19:15I still hadn't said it back.
19:17The lifeboat reached shore.
19:20Daniel did not.
19:25Please.
19:26Daniel Thornton is still out there.
19:28We're searching, ma'am.
19:30Evelyn, you need to sit down.
19:33They found him alive.
19:36Daniel, you're alive.
19:40Sorry.
19:41Have we met?
19:43What?
19:44Daniel, don't do this.
19:45I'm sorry.
19:47Who are you?
19:50I'm the woman who loves you.
19:54That was not funny.
19:59You said you loved me.
20:03Evelyn, I didn't mean to leave you.
20:05Sylvia wasn't feeling well.
20:08My partner is resting.
20:10Leave.
20:12Mrs. Bennett, did you leave your husband for Daniel Thornton?
20:15Were you planning this before the divorce?
20:19Move!
20:20I'm not answering this.
20:23Then I saw Sylvia behind them.
20:27Don't touch me.
20:29She had sent them.
20:32Keep pushing me, Sylvia.
20:36William was mine first.
20:39Then I'll stop holding back.
20:42I waited until Sylvia stood under the brightest light.
20:45Please welcome Sylvia Lane, winner of Sculptor of the Year.
20:57Art must face cruelty and protect life.
21:08I need to report a homicide.
21:10The suspect's name is Sylvia Lane.
21:15Was that you?
21:17Did you call the police?
21:18You're trying to ruin me!
21:20Take one more step.
21:24Sylvia Lane, if this is false, there are consequences.
21:27I have evidence.
21:28And I have a witness.
21:32Then the real artist walked in.
21:36Look closely, Sylvia.
21:38Tell them who he is.
21:41Victor did the field work.
21:42Sylvia took the credit.
21:44She stole his work and abandoned him in the field.
21:46I bought the work.
21:48I didn't abandon anyone.
21:51You took everything and left me behind.
21:54Sylvia Lane, you're coming with us.
21:56William, stop them!
21:58Evelyn, do something!
22:00If this gets out, her career is finished!
22:05Now you know what ruin looks like.
22:11Talk to Daniel.
22:12Get him to drop the case.
22:14Sylvia swears she's innocent.
22:15I'm not lifting a finger for a murderer.
22:24I went straight to Thornton Group.
22:26This version is much stronger.
22:29The emotional arc finally works.
22:32Stop working.
22:34Come eat.
22:43Grandma!
22:44Leo!
22:45What are you doing here alone?
22:47The scandal had reached his school.
22:50They said my grandma is a murderer.
22:54They threw away my shoes.
22:57I don't want that grandma anymore.
23:00Leo, I have a home now.
23:03A real one.
23:14Is he my new grandpa?
23:16Yes.
23:17Eat first.
23:17We'll talk after.
23:22Evelyn, I miss you.
23:24You don't miss me.
23:25You miss being served.
23:26Evelyn is with me now.
23:27She's my family.
23:28Come near her again, and it won't end politely.
23:31He's done.
23:32Completely finished.
23:34William still pulled Stregs and got Sylvia released.
23:37Evelyn wanted to ruin my whole life.
23:46Who is that?
23:47Ben is just a friend's son.
23:49He only needs a place to stay.
23:52William didn't answer.
23:54And Sylvia took his silence as permission.
24:01Get out.
24:02I don't want strangers in my house.
24:05You should leave too.
24:06Go stay at the apartment.
24:10Mom, what do we do now?
24:12By then, my life had moved somewhere entirely different.
24:20The show is bigger than we expected.
24:22Do you still want to destroy her?
24:25Watch this.
24:26Then decide if you still want to save her.
24:28Ben wasn't a stranger.
24:30He was Sylvia's son.
24:33William was only one man in a very long line.
24:39Bennett Holdings has removed William Bennett from leadership.
24:44I'm innocent.
24:45If I weren't, I wouldn't even be out on bail.
24:48She still believed someone would save her.
24:50You lied to me!
24:52You took everything from me!
24:54Let me go!
24:59William was sentenced to 20 years.
25:02I was such a fool.
25:05If I had chosen you on that ship, would you have forgiven me?
25:11There are no alternate endings.
25:13You did what you did.
25:15Now live with it.
25:16Daniel and I are getting married next month.
25:20A month later, I married Daniel by the sea.
25:23I'm not missing your next 30 years.
25:25I love you, Daniel.
25:27I love you, Daniel.
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