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Ten Days in His Fabricated Doom to Die for Love Billionaire Romance
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00:00To entertain his mistress, my billionaire husband faked a zombie apocalypse.
00:11I gave him our last protein bar and walked out to die.
00:19I closed my eyes, waiting for the zombies to tackle me to the ground.
00:24Cut! Extras, take a ten minute break.
00:28The zombies climbed off me. Behind me, the bunker door swam open.
00:33My husband, Julian Hartley, walked out. Across the street...
00:37Julian, you're a genius. She believed the apocalypse was real.
00:44That's what she gets for trying to get you blacklisted.
00:46I wanted her to feel real despair. Consider it a lesson.
00:50I lay on the ground. The extras pulled off their masks.
00:54Tears mixed with the blood at the corner of my mouth.
00:58There was one thing they didn't know.
01:00Before I walked out of that bunker, I drank an entire bottle of Paraquat.
01:05When I opened my eyes again, I was floating above them.
01:08I looked down. The extras were laughing.
01:12It's hot in these masks.
01:13But Mr. Hartley pays great.
01:15No kidding. He rented the entire set just to make Serena happy.
01:18The truth hit me.
01:20There was no virus. No apocalypse.
01:24The terror I endured for two weeks was a massive prank.
01:27He did it all for his mistress.
01:30I stared down at my own body.
01:32White foam bubbled at my lips.
01:35My eyes bulged.
01:36My fingernails were shredded.
01:39Julian strolled over with a coffee.
01:41He nudged my leg with his shoe.
01:43All right, Anna, enough. Stop overacting.
01:45My body didn't move. It couldn't.
01:48Serena linked her arm through his.
01:51Her acting is amazing.
01:52She's probably just too embarrassed to get up.
01:54When she gave you the last protein bar, I almost cried.
01:58She's just being dramatic for attention.
02:00She sabotaged your audition.
02:02A selfish bitch like her deserves to be punished.
02:07I'm not even mad anymore.
02:08Julian didn't even glance down at me.
02:10She wants to play dead. Let her lie there.
02:11He dragged Serena toward the exit.
02:13She can walk back when she's ready to apologize.
02:16The iron gates slammed shut.
02:19I wanted to scream.
02:21But I was just a ghost.
02:23An invisible force suddenly yanked me backward.
02:26In a blink, I was sitting in the back seat of Julian's car.
02:30He was behind the wheel.
02:32Serena sat in the passenger seat and touched up her lipstick.
02:36Julian, shooting starts tomorrow.
02:39The director still needs a location.
02:41Pick whatever you want.
02:42Use any property under my company.
02:46You're the best.
02:48Anna is so ungrateful.
02:50Julian yanked at his tie.
02:53Julian, what if something happens to her out there?
02:55The set is crawling with security.
02:57She's fine.
02:58But she threw up so much blood.
03:02It's a blood pack.
03:04You know how dramatic she is.
03:05Let her starve for a few days.
03:07She'll learn.
03:08Give her three days.
03:08She'll come back to beg my forgiveness.
03:10I sat in the back seat and stared at him.
03:15Julian, I'm never coming back.
03:18The main floodlights shut off, leaving only dim security bulbs.
03:22I floated next to my corpse and watched the cleanup crew sweep the lot.
03:27Hey, someone's still here.
03:31Wake up.
03:32Go sleep in the trailers.
03:34The janitor checked my breath.
03:43Within minutes, police cruisers and ambulances arrived.
03:48They checked my pupils and shook their heads.
03:51Call it.
03:52She's gone.
03:53A detective pried a tiny glass bottle from my fingers.
03:57Paraquat?
03:58Where'd she even get this?
03:59Looks like a suicide.
04:01Run her ID and notify the next of kin.
04:03Across town, Julian was taking a shower in our master suite.
04:07His phone buzzed on the nightstand.
04:10Serena glanced at the screen.
04:12It was an unknown number.
04:13She frowned and hit decline.
04:15A moment later, a voicemail popped up.
04:20Mr. Hartley, this is Detective Webb with the LAPD.
04:23Your wife, Anna Shaw, was pronounced dead at 4.14 p.m.
04:26Please contact us immediately to claim the body.
04:29Serena's heart hammered against her ribs.
04:32Shock flashed through her eyes, quickly replaced by a sick joy.
04:37She deleted the voicemail and the call from the log.
04:40She blocked the detective's number.
04:42She blocked my number, too.
04:45The bathroom door opened.
04:46And Julian walked out with a towel around his waist.
04:51Was that Anna texting to apologize?
04:53No, just a spam text.
04:56Whatever.
04:56Get some sleep.
04:57I have to head to the office.
04:58You can stay here at the house for the next few days.
05:00Let me know when you're done filming at the set.
05:02I'll have a crew fix the place up before Anna gets back.
05:04Otherwise, that crazy bitch will throw a tantrum.
05:08I floated near the ceiling and watched the whole thing.
05:11Julian casually handed over the home I built,
05:14all while complaining about my tantrums.
05:17Dead hearts cannot break.
05:20For three days, I didn't come home.
05:23Julian sat on the sofa.
05:25The ashtray on the coffee table overflowed.
05:30Mr. Hartley, you should eat something.
05:33Julian swiped the glass of milk off the table.
05:35It shattered and splashed across the rug.
05:38Where the hell is Anna?
05:41There's been no word from Mrs. Hartley.
05:43Would you like to call her, sir?
05:45I'm not calling her!
05:47Throw out all her shoes, empty her closet, and burn everything!
05:52Let's see how long she can play this game.
05:54Mrs. Geller grabbed a trash bag and hurried toward the bedroom.
05:57She stopped by the balcony and looked at the fiddle leaf fig I had been growing for five years.
06:03Julian gave it to me the night he proposed.
06:06Anna, this tree is hard to keep alive, but with enough patience, it grows forever.
06:11I will give you that same patience.
06:12We will never be apart.
06:15He broke his promise, but the tree kept growing.
06:20Should I throw this out, too?
06:22Throw it out!
06:23Throw out everything she has ever touched!
06:26I don't want to see any of it!
06:28The ceramic pot hit the driveway and shattered.
06:32The roots tore apart, and the soil spilled across the pavement.
06:37The door opened.
06:39Serena walked in, wearing a white trench coat.
06:43I kept it locked in the back of my closet.
06:46Serena found it, and had the waist tailored.
06:49That coat.
06:51Julian, I have a press jugget today.
06:54I borrowed Anna's coat.
06:56She won't be mad, right?
06:59It's just clothes.
07:01She won't miss it.
07:02You're the best.
07:04As they walked toward the door,
07:06Serena's eyes darted to an old wooden chest in the corner.
07:10It held my childhood photos, and the only thing Mom left me.
07:14Why is this gross box sitting out here?
07:17She lifted her heel and kicked the chest.
07:20The wood cracked.
07:22My photos scattered.
07:24The pendant hit the baseboard and shattered into pieces.
07:28I dove toward the floor to catch it.
07:30It was all I had left.
07:34Mrs. Gaylor, sweep this garbage up.
07:37Mrs. Gaylor picked up the shards.
07:39Tears rolled down her cheeks.
07:42Sir, this was the last thing her mother gave her.
07:45If Mrs. Hartler comes home and sees this...
07:48Then she shouldn't have stayed out all night playing games.
07:50I'm not having this crap in my house.
07:53Throw it all out!
07:54Tell her if she doesn't want to come home,
07:56she can drop dead out there!
07:57I crouched and watched Mrs. Gaylor sweep my life into a dustpan.
08:02Two weeks went by.
08:03Julian lost his patience.
08:05He checked his phone constantly.
08:07His temper exploded, and he fired two executives.
08:11The boardroom was silent.
08:14Julian threw a folder at his director of sales.
08:16You call this a marketing strategy?
08:18It's trash!
08:19Do it again!
08:20Something was wrong.
08:22I had never ignored him for two weeks straight.
08:25Even after our worst fights,
08:27I would stay at my friend's house for two days.
08:30The second he texted me,
08:31I would go back to cook his favorite dinner.
08:34Jay!
08:36Find Anna!
08:38And drag her back here!
08:42Jay scrambled out the door.
08:47At eight o'clock,
08:48the hotel ballroom was packed for Serena's movie premiere.
08:52Julian sat at the center table.
08:56Mr. Hartley, where is Mrs. Hartley?
08:58Why isn't your wife here?
09:05My wife isn't feeling well.
09:06She's resting at home.
09:07There are rumors you two have separated...
09:09Slander will get you sued!
09:12I hovered near the chandelier
09:14and watched him perform.
09:17You're pathetic, Julian.
09:19You actually think I'm waiting for you to apologize?
09:23Jay sprinted into the ballroom.
09:26He looked terrified.
09:28Two guards tried to grab him,
09:30but he shoved past them.
09:33Mr. Hartley!
09:35What's wrong with you?
09:37Did the world end?
09:38Sir!
09:38LAPD just contacted the legal department.
09:41Is this another one of Anna's tricks?
09:44Did she file a fake kidnapping report?
09:48Tell her to stop this and come home!
09:51Tell her if she doesn't come back right now,
09:54she can stay gone forever!
09:55Jay shook his head.
09:56He pulled a printed file from his briefcase.
09:59Inside were photos from the LAPD.
10:02Sir, Mrs. Hartley is dead.
10:04She died two weeks ago.
10:08Julian clutched his chest.
10:10His mouth fell open,
10:11but no sound came out.
10:13No!
10:13That's impossible!
10:15Julian shoved Jay aside
10:17and stumbled toward the exit.
10:18Julian!
10:18Serena reached for his jacket
10:20as he bolted past.
10:21Julian, wait!
10:23Maybe it's just a mistake!
10:25Get off me!
10:26Get off me!
10:27Serena lost her balance
10:29and crashed onto the marble floor.
10:31Julian didn't look back.
10:32When he reached the coroner's office,
10:35he tripped on the concrete steps.
10:37His knees slammed into the ground.
10:39He scrambled up
10:41and sprinted through the glass doors.
10:43The door of the morgue swung open.
10:45Dr. Emily Ross pointed to a steel drawer
10:48near the back wall.
10:50She's right here.
10:52Julian stood in front of the cabinet.
10:54He gripped the handle,
10:56but his hands shook so hard
10:58he could not pull it open.
11:00Jay, are you sure it's her?
11:02Jay hung his head
11:03and stared at the floor.
11:05He couldn't look at his boss.
11:08Julian took a ragged breath
11:09and yanked the drawer open.
11:11A stark white sheet
11:13covered the body.
11:16He slowly pulled the sheet back.
11:18When he saw my face,
11:20bruised, stiff,
11:22and twisted in agony,
11:24Julian collapsed.
11:26He dropped to his knees
11:27on the freezing tile.
11:29Anna, you destroyed us!
11:31He reached out
11:32to touch my cheek.
11:34How could you do this?
11:37Doctors!
11:39Do something!
11:41Why are you just standing there?
11:44Save her!
11:46Dr. Ross sighed
11:47and shook her head.
11:48Mr. Hartley,
11:49Paraquian has no antidote.
11:51The dose she ingested
11:52was massive.
11:53She's been dead
11:54for two weeks.
11:55She's not dead!
11:57She's playing a trick on me!
11:59Anna!
12:00Get up!
12:01Get up!
12:02Get up!
12:04I forgive you.
12:06I'll fire Serena
12:07from the movie.
12:09I stood right next to him
12:11and watched him break down.
12:15It's too late, Julian.
12:18The morgue
12:19was freezing.
12:20Julian stared
12:21at my face.
12:22His bloodshot eyes
12:23begged for this
12:24to be a mistake.
12:25This is impossible!
12:26Doctor,
12:27you have the wrong body!
12:28He grabbed
12:28Dr. Ross
12:29by the arm.
12:31Anna is terrified
12:32of pain.
12:34Paraquian burns
12:35through her organs.
12:36She would never
12:37swallow something
12:38like that.
12:38This has to be
12:39someone else!
12:42Mr. Hartley,
12:43we ran the fingerprints.
12:44It's her.
12:45She pulled the sheet
12:46down and exposed
12:47my right hand.
12:49Julian locked
12:50his eyes onto it.
12:51It didn't look
12:52human anymore.
12:59Paraquian poisoning
13:01causes irreversible
13:02pulmonary fibrasis.
13:03It suffocates you
13:04from the inside out.
13:06Before she died,
13:08she experienced
13:08prolonged asphyxiation
13:10and agony.
13:10She rolled on the ground.
13:12She clawed at the floor.
13:14She dug that concrete
13:16dust out of the pavement
13:17with her bare hands.
13:18Julian stared
13:19at my bloody fingertips.
13:20His lips trembled.
13:22I hovered above him.
13:24I felt nothing.
13:26Yes, Julian.
13:28It hurt.
13:29The poison tore
13:30through my throat
13:31like burning razor blades.
13:35But nobody cared.
13:37You were laughing
13:38with Serena.
13:39Julian doubled
13:39over and clutched
13:41his chest.
13:41He gagged
13:42and vomited red wine
13:44onto the floor.
13:45He collapsed
13:45and buried his face
13:47in his hands.
13:50Sir,
13:51please sign the release forms.
13:54The funeral home
13:55is waiting.
13:58This feeder's won.
13:59The more you come out
14:00after you're going.
14:00Sign what?
14:02I swung you dead.
14:03Who said you could take her?
14:05She's not dead.
14:05She's just mad at me.
14:08Julian scrambled
14:09to the gurney
14:09and grabbed my frozen face.
14:11Anna, stop.
14:12Please stop.
14:13Let's go home.
14:15You wanted me
14:16to take you
14:17to the movies, right?
14:19I'll rent out
14:19the whole theater tomorrow.
14:21Just the two of us.
14:23Anna, please.
14:24Don't do this.
14:24Wake up, please.
14:25Anna, please.
14:27Don't do this.
14:28Wake up, please.
14:29He shook
14:30my stiff shoulders.
14:31Julian finally froze.
14:33The crushing reality
14:34set in.
14:35When Serena rushed
14:36into the morgue,
14:37Julian was still
14:38on the floor.
14:39She covered her nose
14:40and shot a disgusted
14:41look at the vomit.
14:44Julian,
14:45how could this happen?
14:46Why would Anna
14:47do something so stupid?
14:48If I'd known
14:49she was this unstable,
14:50I never would have
14:51suggested the game.
14:52This is all my fault.
14:54Julian didn't move.
14:56His eyes locked
14:58onto the empty
14:58paraquat bottle
14:59on the silver tray.
15:01He flipped it over.
15:03Where did this come from?
15:07I mean,
15:08she probably bought it herself.
15:10Julian slowly turned around.
15:12He stared dead
15:13into Serena's eyes.
15:16Anna was locked
15:17inside that bunker
15:18for ten days.
15:18She didn't have a phone.
15:20How did she get
15:21her hands on this?
15:22Julian,
15:23what are you implying?
15:23Are you accusing me?
15:25Get the security footage.
15:27All of it.
15:28Every camera on that set
15:29from the last ten days.
15:30I want to know
15:30who smuggled this
15:31into the quarantine zone.
15:35Jay bolted out the door.
15:37Julian pulled the sheet up,
15:38covering my face.
15:40I want her full autopsy report.
15:42Thirty minutes later,
15:43Julian sat in the office
15:44and clutched
15:45the stack of papers.
15:46There was zero food residue
15:48in her stomach.
15:49Her hydration levels
15:50were critically low.
15:51Her stomach lining
15:52had severely atrophied.
15:54Based on physiological markers,
15:55she had been starving
15:56for at least eight days
15:58before she swallowed the poison.
16:00Julian froze.
16:02Starving for eight days?
16:04He remembered the logistics.
16:07Julian ripped his phone
16:08from his pocket
16:08and called the production manager.
16:10He paced the cold hallway.
16:12How did you handle
16:13the ration drops
16:13for the bunker?
16:14Mr. Hartley,
16:15we dropped off
16:15full double rations
16:16the first two days.
16:17But on day three,
16:19Mrs. Lang told us to cut it.
16:20She said she wanted
16:21to make the simulation
16:22more realistic.
16:24The memories hit him
16:25like a freight train.
16:27Every night
16:27during the simulation,
16:29Julian watched me
16:30through the hidden cameras.
16:31He watched me
16:32break every protein bar
16:34in half.
16:35He watched me
16:36save the bigger half
16:37for him.
16:38He watched me
16:39wet my cracked lips
16:40with a Q-tip
16:41to save the water
16:42for him.
16:46Look how dramatic
16:47she is,
16:48playing the Martin.
16:49Let her starve
16:50for a few days.
16:51We'll see how fast
16:52she breaks.
16:54I wasn't acting.
16:56I starved for the Julian
16:58who I thought
16:59was out there
16:59fighting to find food.
17:01He was behind a screen,
17:03mocking me.
17:06Sir,
17:07we got the security footage.
17:08Julian ripped it
17:09from his hands
17:10and hit play.
17:11On the screen,
17:13I huddled in the corner,
17:14clutching the tin box
17:15of rations
17:16I had saved for him.
17:17A small glass bottle
17:19rolled down the air vent.
17:21It was the paraquat.
17:22A folded piece of paper
17:24fluttered down beside it.
17:26The handwriting
17:26was Serena's.
17:28Julian asked me
17:29to leave you this.
17:30It's a painless way out.
17:32It's the last thing
17:34he can do for you.
17:35Julian slammed his fist
17:37into the desk.
17:38He hit play.
17:40On the screen,
17:41I picked up the note.
17:42I read it
17:43over and over.
17:44I looked at the food
17:45I had starved myself
17:47to save.
17:48A broken smile
17:49crossed my face.
17:50I unscrewed the cap
17:52and swallowed every drop.
17:54On the monitor,
17:55I clutched my stomach
17:57and collapsed
17:58to the floor.
17:59I rolled across the ground.
18:01I smashed my forehead
18:03against the metal bed frame,
18:04leaving thick smears
18:05of blood on the steel.
18:06I dragged my body
18:08to the iron door
18:09and clawed at the metal.
18:11I clawed
18:12until my fingernails
18:13ripped off.
18:15Julian,
18:16it hurts.
18:18The video ended.
18:20Julian stared
18:21at the empty bunker
18:22on the screen.
18:23He knew what happened
18:25after I walked out.
18:26He turned around
18:27and kicked his chair
18:29across the room.
18:30Julian!
18:31Let me explain!
18:32The prop department
18:33messed up.
18:34I didn't know
18:34it was real poison.
18:36Julian didn't hear a word.
18:38You didn't know?
18:39A painless way out?
18:41When the fuck
18:42did I ever tell you
18:43to leave her
18:43a suicide pill?
18:45You handed her the poison.
18:47You told her
18:48I abandoned her.
18:49He grabbed
18:50a heavy glass ashtray
18:52off the table
18:52and smashed it
18:54into her shoulder.
18:55A sickening crack
18:56echoed through the room.
18:59Julian,
19:00I'm sorry.
19:01I just wanted to scare her.
19:02I didn't want her to die.
19:05Julian planted
19:06a brutal kick
19:06into her stomach.
19:08Serena spat out
19:09a mouthful of blood
19:10and gasped for air.
19:12He brought his shoe down
19:13onto the back of her hand
19:15and crushed it
19:16under his heel.
19:17You didn't want her to die?
19:18Bullshit.
19:19You wanted her to rot
19:21in despair.
19:22Julian leaned down
19:24and lifted her
19:25off the floor.
19:27Since you love
19:28survival games so much,
19:30I'm gonna let you
19:31play one.
19:37That night,
19:38Jay's men hurled
19:39Serena into the bunker
19:40and slammed
19:41the iron door.
19:43She pounded her fists
19:45against the metal.
19:46Julian!
19:47Let me out!
19:48I can't be in here!
19:50Julian stared at the monitors.
19:52Turn on the PA system.
19:58Serena,
19:59Anna offered in that room
20:00for ten days.
20:01She starved for eight.
20:02Now I'm locking you in.
20:04You get ten days.
20:05No food,
20:05no water.
20:07No!
20:08Julian,
20:09you can't do this!
20:10This is illegal!
20:11I'll call the cops!
20:12Serena,
20:12I'm sorry,
20:13but this is the only way.
20:14Go ahead.
20:15Call them.
20:16I already posted a statement
20:17on your Instagram.
20:18Hollywood's favorite actress
20:19is going off the grid
20:20for a ten-day method
20:22acting retreat.
20:23Nobody is looking for you.
20:24Serena collapsed
20:25onto the bloody floor
20:26and sobbed.
20:29Julian pointed to the air vent.
20:30Drop it in.
20:31Jay pulled a glass vial
20:33from his jacket
20:33and dropped it
20:34down the chute.
20:35It hit the concrete
20:36and shattered.
20:38A thick chemical cloud
20:39filled the room.
20:42Julian,
20:43what is this?
20:44It burns!
20:45It's a high-concentration
20:46carosted gas.
20:47It won't kill you,
20:48but it'll eat away
20:49your throat and lungs.
20:50I want you to feel
20:51what Anna felt.
20:53For three days,
20:54Serena screamed
20:55and smashed the metal
20:57cot against the walls.
20:59By night three,
21:00the hunger took over.
21:02She pressed her face
21:03to the concrete
21:04and licked up
21:05the protein bar crumbs
21:06I had dropped.
21:07She was half-conscious
21:08and delirious.
21:10Anna,
21:10stay away from me.
21:11It wasn't my fault.
21:13Julian did it.
21:15Julian wouldn't
21:15let me save you.
21:16Julian did it.
21:18Julian wouldn't
21:19let me save you.
21:22Shard sliced
21:23into his palm.
21:24If Julian had not
21:25orchestrated this
21:26twisted game
21:27to make his mistress
21:28smile,
21:29I would still be alive.
21:31Julian buried his face
21:32in his hands.
21:33His shoulders shook
21:35as a sob
21:36ripped through his chest.
21:41Julian ordered his team
21:43to pack my belongings.
21:44Inside the mansion,
21:45they found a few
21:46faded sweaters,
21:47some old cookbooks,
21:49and a nightstand drawer
21:50packed with antidepressants.
21:57When Julian pulled
21:58that drawer open,
21:59his body went rigid.
22:04He picked up an orange
22:06prescription bottle
22:07and checked the date.
22:08It was from three years ago,
22:10our second year of marriage.
22:14That was the year
22:15Serena moved back
22:16to Los Angeles.
22:18Julian ditched
22:19my birthday party
22:20to pick Serena up
22:21from the airport.
22:26I sat alone
22:28in the empty house.
22:29I ate a slice
22:30of cold cake
22:31and swallowed
22:32half a bottle
22:32of sleeping pills.
22:36Our housekeeper
22:37found me.
22:38I barely survived
22:40the stomach pump.
22:41When I woke up
22:42in the hospital,
22:43Julian stood
22:44at the foot of my bed.
22:45His eyes were cold.
22:49Anna,
22:50these pathetic stunts
22:51for attention
22:51are getting old.
22:55Is threatening
22:56to kill yourself
22:56the only trick you know?
23:01I stopped begging
23:03for his attention
23:03after that day.
23:05I just swallowed pills
23:06to numb the pain.
23:13Jay walked
23:13into the bedroom.
23:15He pulled a wooden lockbox
23:16from the back
23:17of my closet.
23:18There was no jewelry
23:19inside,
23:20just a stack
23:21of journals
23:21and a letter
23:22sealed in a plastic sleeve.
23:24Two words
23:25were written
23:26on the front.
23:27To Julian.
23:30Julian's hands shook
23:31as he took the letter.
23:32He tore the plastic open
23:34and unfolded
23:35the stationery.
23:36My handwriting
23:37was neat
23:38at the top,
23:38but the last lines
23:40were chaotic
23:40and smeared.
23:42Julian,
23:43Julian,
23:43if you are reading this,
23:44I'm already gone.
23:46Do not blame yourself
23:48for the prank.
23:48I knew the apocalypse
23:50was fake
23:50from the start.
23:52Julian gasped.
23:53Tears splattered
23:55onto the paper.
23:56I overheard you
23:57talking to the director
23:58in your studio.
24:01I heard you say
24:02you wanted to see me
24:03beg like a dog.
24:04Beg like a dog.
24:06You wanted me
24:07to suffer
24:07to make Serena happy.
24:10I could have ruined
24:11your game right then,
24:12but I was exhausted.
24:14For seven years,
24:16I followed you around
24:16like a stray
24:17and begged for scraps
24:18of your affection.
24:19I couldn't do it anymore.
24:24When the poison
24:25dropped through the vent,
24:26I felt relieved.
24:28I knew exactly
24:29what Paraquit was.
24:31I knew there was
24:32no going back.
24:34It was the only way
24:35I could finally escape you.
24:37My biggest regret
24:38in this life
24:38was walking down
24:39that rainy alley
24:40when I was 19
24:41and offering you
24:42my umbrella.
24:43If I could do it
24:44over again,
24:45I would have walked
24:46the other way.
24:50Goodbye, Julian.
24:52I pray we never
24:52cross paths again
24:53in this life
24:54or the next.
24:57No, Anna.
24:59I won't let you
25:00leave me.
25:01He slammed his head
25:02against the oak floorboards.
25:04You knew it was fake!
25:05Why did you drink it?
25:07You should have killed me!
25:08Why did you punish yourself?
25:12He screamed
25:13until his vocal cords
25:14tore.
25:16Jay rushed
25:16to restrain him,
25:18but Julian kicked him aside.
25:20Get out!
25:21Get out!
25:23Get the fuck out!
25:25Julian scrambled
25:26to his feet.
25:27He stumbled
25:28into the kitchen
25:29and ripped open
25:29the drawers
25:30until he found
25:30a chef's knife.
25:31He stared
25:32at a framed photo
25:33of my smiling face
25:35on the counter.
25:36He raised the blade
25:37and plunged it
25:39into his own thigh.
25:41Blood sprayed
25:42across the marble floor.
25:44Julian burst
25:45into a hysterical laugh.
25:47It hurts!
25:48Anna,
25:49it hurts so much!
25:50Is this how bad
25:52you hurt?
25:53I watched him
25:55hack himself
25:55to pieces.
25:57It hurts!
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