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Double Betrayal
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00:00Actually, I am his legal wife of seven years.
00:05And this little girl, she is his daughter, born while we were still married.
00:13A year into my long-distance marriage with Ryan, I met his co-worker.
00:17Hey, Claire! Congratulations!
00:21I heard Ryan and Wendy had a lovely baby girl.
00:24My blood ran.
00:26I'm definitely going to their baby shower this weekend.
00:30She held up an invitation with silver edges and tiny angels.
00:34Isn't the design thoughtful? It's gorgeous.
00:38I forced a stiff smile and took the invitation calmly.
00:43It clearly read parents, Ryan and Wendy, that weekend.
00:46I arrived at the hotel on the invitation.
00:48A beautiful woman stood holding a six-week-old baby girl.
00:53You must be Ryan's new co-worker. Come in!
00:56He was nowhere to be seen, but I spotted his relatives.
00:59I recognized them from our wedding seven years ago.
01:04Shock and rage crashed through me.
01:07I stared at the baby eyebrows exactly like Ryan's.
01:12Where's Ryan?
01:13Ryan has gone to pick up his parents.
01:16There's a little traffic.
01:18They'll be here soon.
01:21My heart felt ripped open.
01:23I could barely breathe.
01:25Two days earlier, they said they booked an Alaska senior cruise.
01:30Worried their pension was low, I transferred $8,000.
01:34They'd never traveled.
01:35I wholeheartedly supported them.
01:38All these years, I treated them like my own parents.
01:41She's the most reliable daughter-in-law.
01:44They always said I was the most reliable daughter-in-law.
01:47I had no idea his entire family was playing me for a fool.
01:52Wendy led me to the section for Ryan's co-workers.
01:55Lucky Ryan.
01:57Beautiful wife.
01:58Even more beautiful daughter.
02:01Six years, and you two are still so happy.
02:05I dug my nails into my palms.
02:08Married seven years, he'd been with Wendy over six.
02:12The most ridiculous part?
02:15I had no idea for seven years.
02:18That morning, he sent his usual good morning kiss emoji.
02:22Wife, I miss you so much.
02:25For seven years, we were everyone's perfect couple.
02:29Every month, he deposited $15,000 into our joint account.
02:34I only keep $5,000 for spending money.
02:37Every year, he bought me a Tiffany bracelet with his bonus.
02:41The jewelry box is full of Tiffany jewelry.
02:44The company is opening a branch in Seattle.
02:47I volunteered to be regional manager.
02:49It's a $30,000 raise.
02:50We need to save for Ethan.
02:52After much thought, I agreed to let him move thousands of miles away.
02:56Now I realized I had never truly known this man.
03:00Ryan is amazing.
03:02He's been sales champion every year.
03:04His base is $20,000.
03:06Commissions are through the roof.
03:08Only then did I realize he only told me his base salary.
03:13So they had a grand wedding.
03:15I only had a small ceremony in his hometown.
03:18Didn't invite any of his colleagues to our wedding.
03:22Wendy, how do you keep him so devoted?
03:25My husband works overtime and never comes home.
03:29I watched her.
03:30No emotion showing on my face.
03:35Ryan is just a great person.
03:38I'm so lucky.
03:40He gives me all his income.
03:44He told me he kept $5,000 for himself.
03:47Every year, he buys me a Cartier bracelet bracelet with his bonus.
03:50A man's ma-money follows his heart.
03:56My already shattered heart split open all over again.
04:02Then what were the Tiffany bracelets he bought me?
04:06A tidal wave of emotion choked me.
04:10I bit my lip hard to stop myself from crying.
04:16It's Ryan.
04:21Can you hold her for a second?
04:23My hands are full.
04:26I was stunned for a moment.
04:31Wami, don't overwork yourself.
04:33I picked up my parents.
04:35Even in on the verge of breaking down,
04:37I forced down my emotions.
04:41This tiny, soft baby girl lay quietly in my arms,
04:45staring up at me with bright eyes.
04:47Not a single cry or fuss.
04:49Faced with this innocent little life,
04:51I forced myself to push down every single emotion.
04:58Quenny, you just had the baby.
05:01Don't overdo it.
05:01I picked up my parents on Rian the Ruit.
05:04Don't seen?
05:07I'm not tired.
05:09Drive slowly and be careful, okay?
05:13That's just him,
05:14always pressing over every little thing.
05:16You two are so perfect together.
05:18You've been married six years,
05:20and you're still glued to each other.
05:21I'm so jealous.
05:33One's for our little granddaughter.
05:35One's for our little grandson.
05:38One's for our little grandson.
05:53If it's a girl, we'll name her Luna.
05:55May she be as bright and joyful as the moonlight.
05:58I'm sorry.
05:59We lost your baby girl.
06:03My daughter really took to you.
06:05She cries for everyone else,
06:06but she's been perfectly calm and quiet in your arms this whole time.
06:09Probably because I used to have a baby.
06:13I know how to hold a baby.
06:15This bracelet was custom made just for her by Rian.
06:18It's one of a kind in the entire world.
06:20The name,
06:21was that his idea too?
06:23Yeah,
06:24Ryan picked Luna,
06:26like moonlight.
06:36That was my daughter's name.
06:41All those years,
06:43he bought me fakes,
06:44but for her,
06:45real Cartier,
06:46I was never his wife,
06:48just a placeholder.
06:51Darling,
06:52it's a Tiffany limited edition.
06:53I only love you.
06:54He's so good to you.
06:56He gives you his entire paycheck
06:57and buys you Cartideck every single year.
06:59Where a man puts his money,
07:00that's where his heart is,
07:01you know?
07:03Those words drove a knife straight into my chest.
07:07Honey,
07:08this is my whole paycheck.
07:09I only kept a tiny bit for spending money.
07:11Ryan's top sales every year
07:13makes a ton.
07:14He gave me all his base salary
07:16and all his commissions.
07:19Went to his other home.
07:20He makes great money
07:22and is such a family man.
07:24Guys like this are one in a million.
07:25Could you hold her for me again?
07:27More guests just arrived.
07:29It's fine.
07:30I've got all the time in the world.
07:33Welcome everyone to Baby Luna's welcome party.
07:39It felt like I was swallowing shards of glass.
07:43Ethan never even had a proper welcome party.
07:50Don't throw a welcome party.
07:52Seeing other babies would make me think of our daughter we lost.
08:00So, it was just my daughter who wasn't welcome.
08:05Welcome.
08:31These are basic social nices.
08:34Don't be so unreasonable.
08:54Hello?
08:55Claire, did you see my text?
08:56It's so noisy on your end.
08:58Are you at the supermarket?
08:59Hurry up and take care of it.
09:00I have no money.
09:07What do you mean?
09:09My son makes so much money.
09:11Did he give it all to you?
09:13Stop pretending to be poor.
09:23Forget it.
09:24I won't argue with you.
09:25Ethan left the silver star bracelet with me.
09:27It's too valuable.
09:28I was afraid he'd lose it.
09:37This is your grandma's amulet.
09:39Wear it always.
09:40Take it off before you lose it.
09:43Grandma, please keep it safe for me.
09:58Mom, you're too sweet.
10:00What gift you got for the baby?
10:02It's the star bracelet.
10:03It was blessed at church.
10:05It's not an ordinary bracelet.
10:07It has meaning.
10:08Grandma insists on sending another bracelet for the baby.
10:11She says it has special meaning.
10:12Look how much she loves this granddaughter.
10:15They should be here soon.
10:18Yes, almost here.
10:19Come on, give her to me.
10:20Thank you so much for your help.
10:22No.
10:23I'll keep holding her.
10:39Honey, where's our baby?
10:57Actually, I am his legal wife of seven years.
11:02And this little girl, she is his daughter, born while we were still married.
11:30I watched as their perfect world crumbled around them.
11:53Ma'am, I don't know who you are.
11:54Can you talk about this privately?
11:57Please, just give me my baby first.
12:01I am his wife of seven years.
12:06We have a six-year-old son named Ethan.
12:12And this was only the beginning.
12:16This can't be happening.
12:21Ryan, tell me!
12:24How long have we been married?
12:31He had nowhere to hide.
12:37Ryan?
12:44Silence was his only confession.
12:51Tell me!
12:53Answer me!
12:54Arthur, Mary, I get Senra Sidney.
12:58You tell us.
13:00Who's your daughter-in-law?
13:06I want you to tell me now!
13:08You crashed our baby's party!
13:10This has to be settled right here, right now!
13:12Whoever the other woman is, we're both Vicks here.
13:16We both got played by you.
13:23I'm sorry.
13:25I'm such an asshole.
13:30Then what am I?
13:31Ryan, how could you do this to me?
13:36No, we have a marriage license.
13:39I'm your legal wife.
13:41Marriage license is fake.
13:50It was never filed with the government.
13:52I lied to you.
13:53I said we got married in Las Vegas
13:55and the certificate was with our lawyer.
13:57But I never filed any paperwork.
13:59Never.
14:01Fake!
14:01You paid the down payment on my apartment,
14:03bought me a car,
14:04flew across the country for my parents' funerals,
14:06and handled everything!
14:08We have a baby together now,
14:09and you're telling me the marriage was fake?
14:14He treated you way better than he ever treated me.
14:18He only deposited $15,000 a month
14:21into our joint count,
14:23claiming that was his entire salary.
14:26But all his commissions went to you.
14:33He bought you real cardatic bracelets every year.
14:36The Tiffany bracelets he gave me?
14:39Knockoffs.
14:40He lied about moving to Seattle to be regional manager.
14:44He just wanted to live with you openly.
14:55Do you know where this bracelet came from?
14:59What?
15:02Seven years ago,
15:04I was pregnant with fraternal twins.
15:06I never thought he'd steal my dead daughter's name
15:08and bracelet bracelet for your daughter.
15:20And my wonderful mother-in-law here
15:22was going to give Ethan's star bracelet to this baby, too.
15:26For seven years,
15:27I did all the housework,
15:29all the driving,
15:30all the parenting alone.
15:33I hosted every single one of your visits.
15:35I took time off work
15:37to take you to every doctor appointment.
15:39Two days ago,
15:41I sent you $8,000 for your cruise.
15:46I treated you like my own parents.
15:49And this is how you repay me?
15:54This is how you treat your only grandson?
15:58This is insane.
16:00The son cheats and the parents help him lie?
16:02Like father, like son.
16:04What a terrible family.
16:05They had the perfect wife
16:06and they threw her away?
16:08They're crazy.
16:17Claire.
16:19Claire, I'm sorry.
16:20I'm such an asshole.
16:23I know I messed up.
16:24I'll never do it again.
16:26Please forgive me.
16:27Just this once.
16:43What about me?
16:45What about the six years you stole from me,
16:48you piece of shit?
16:56I'm sorry I lied to you.
16:58I wasted so many years of your life.
17:03You deserve someone better than me.
17:05Someone who isn't a scumbag.
17:07So he knew he was a scumbag.
17:10Scumbag?
17:10You're a fucking monster!
17:14Baby, let's go home.
17:15Please.
17:21What about her?
17:22What are you going to do about her?
17:26I know you always wanted a daughter.
17:28If you want to raise her, we can keep her.
17:30Please, sister.
17:31I'm begging you.
17:32Give me my baby.
17:34I don't want Ryan.
17:36You can have him.
17:36I don't want anything.
17:37I just want my baby.
17:39I had no idea he was married.
17:41I swear I didn't.
17:43Please.
17:45Please give her back to me.
17:57I'm going to ask you a few questions and you're going to answer them honestly.
18:16I don't want your baby.
18:18I have my own son.
18:21How much money has Ryan given you total since you've been together?
18:24He paid $300,000 for my apartment down payment and $50,000 for my car.
18:28After we moved in together, he gave me $30,000 to $50,000 a month plus jewelry every year with
18:31his bonus.
18:32Altogether, about 2.3 million dollars.
18:33The jewelry is worth another $300,000.
18:36I know you'll take me to court to get it back.
18:38I'm not going to lie to you.
18:42Are you willing to give all that money back to me?
18:44Yes.
18:45Give me your account number and I'll do it right now.
18:59The money's yours.
19:01You can have Ryan too?
19:03I just want my baby.
19:04Can I have her now?
19:13She's your baby.
19:14No one's going to take her from you.
19:18I'll take the money.
19:20But I don't want Ryan.
19:37Claire!
19:38Wait!
19:41Don't.
19:53Claire, there will never be another time.
19:55I swear, this was the only mistake.
19:57Don't touch me!
19:59You make me sick.
20:03I'm sorry.
20:09I used to feel warm seeing this.
20:11Now.
20:13Now it feels like a knife twisting in my chest.
20:31I swear, this is worth it.
20:59The deeper I loved him, the deeper I hated him now.
21:05Claire, open the door, please.
21:15I'm begging you, please, for Ethan.
21:40Claire, open the door, Claire, we need to talk, here, Ethan's bracelet, I know I was wrong,
21:59please, just one more chance, for Ethan, I'm begging you, I'm doing you a favor by letting
22:05you be with Wendy, you should be happy, now you don't have to sneak around anymore.
22:10I don't want to lose this family, you're the most important thing to me.
22:13You make me sick!
22:14If you really cared about me, you never would have hurt me in the first place!
22:28I bought this place with my own money, it's mine, and Ethan's.
22:37Damn it.
22:38Claire's gone for good, good riddus.
22:41Wendy's way nicer.
22:42No parents, ten mem dollars inheritance, marry her, it's all yours!
22:53Claire makes decent money, but she's too stubborn.
22:55Marry Wendy, and you'll be set for life.
22:57If Claire insists on the divorce, I guess that's what I'll have to do.
23:01I heard enough.
23:08Due to marital asset concealment and Big Mermy, our client demands 70% of assets and solo custody.
23:21Regarding division of marital assets, the wife is awarded 70%.
23:27Sole legal and physical custody of the minor child, Ethan, is granted to the mother.
23:32The father shall pay 30% of his monthly income as child support until the child turns 18.
23:36Additionally, the court finds the defendant guilty of bigamy.
23:40Sentenced to one year of probation with a permanent criminal record.
23:56The court finds the court documents and juvenile plate.
23:58I am free.
23:58As the court finds the court's daughter's daughter's two.
24:00For the court, they try to judge the court as the court believed in by a fraud.іти,
24:02whom are the last few years after the court finds the court's daughter's daughter. He is
24:02procured to a good night to see about the court... And that's
24:04nice with the court. You're given
24:06the court's daughter's daughter. The court's
24:09daughter. Who's going
24:12to be a 41-year-old? It's been
24:23Ryan told me you two got divorced
24:26Yeah
24:27I got full custody of Ethan
24:29I'm sorry
24:31For everything
24:33It's not your fault
24:36Ryan's the only one to blame here
24:38I don't know if you're planning on staying with Ryan or not
24:40But before you decide
24:42I need you to listen to this
24:49Claire's gone for good
24:50Good riddice
24:51Wendy's way nicer
24:52No parents
24:52Ten mil dollars inheritance
24:54Marry her
24:54It's all yours
24:55Claire makes decent money
24:56But she's too stubborn
24:58Marry Wendy
24:58And you'll be set for life
24:59If Claire insists on the divorce
25:01I guess that's what I'll have to do
25:06So I was just a second choice
25:12That whole family is fucking evil
25:15We're both victims here
25:16I got out of this mess
25:18I don't want you to get stuck in it too
25:19Take care of yourself, okay?
25:22Thank you
25:22Really, thank you so much
25:24You deserve so much better than him
25:26Ryan doesn't deserve either us
25:27Let's start over
25:28I'm Wendy
25:30I'm Claire
25:37We didn't fight over a worthless man
25:48Wendy, it's me
25:50Can we talk?
26:05They're at my door again
26:07Ignore them
26:13You're such a good big brother
26:15She's so tiny
26:16I have to take care of her
26:17Thank you, both of you
26:29He spent the rest of his end life alone
26:31With nothing
26:33We made it
26:35Yeah, we did
26:38For you
26:39Thank you
26:41You didn't have to
26:42I wanted to
26:45The deeper I loved him
26:46The deeper I hated him
26:47But now
26:48I feel nothing at all
26:49And that's the real victory
26:50For everyone who was told
26:51They weren't enough
26:52You are
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