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After_Forcing_Me_To_Take_The_Blame_And_Miscarry_My_Ex_Is_Destroyed
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00:00:03When I was 18, I signed a pre-nupical agreement and married Alistair, a man 15 years my senior.
00:00:14Everyone says I'm just a canary he keeps in a penthouse, but only I know how much he has favored
00:00:19me.
00:00:21This ring, which he designed himself, is the proof.
00:00:25And now, we finally have a little angel of our own.
00:00:29I have to tell Alistair the good news. I wonder how happy he'll be.
00:00:33Alistair, are you free right now? There's something I want you to be the first to know.
00:00:37Something's come up on my end.
00:00:39What's so urgent?
00:00:40Victoria's back. She's not doing well, so I need to take care of her first. I'll find you later. Be
00:00:45a good girl.
00:00:46Victoria. The one name he never allowed anyone to mention.
00:01:10You said you were busy today. So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
00:01:16Am I interrupting something?
00:01:18She just got back and isn't doing well. Don't overthink it.
00:01:21Not doing well? Is that an excuse to be intimate with my husband in here?
00:01:26Alistair, you promised me you'd forget her.
00:01:29Chloe, watch your attitude.
00:01:32I'm your wife. I don't even have the right to ask a question?
00:01:35It's precisely because you are my wife that you should know your place.
00:01:41My place? What about you? Bringing another woman into your office? Is that your idea of knowing your place?
00:01:47Article 32 of the pre-hopal agreement. You are not to interfere with my social life, schedule, or business arrangements.
00:01:53You signed it. Now follow the rules.
00:01:54Alistair, she's young. It's only natural she's being mature. Don't be too hard on her.
00:01:59Not even a single word of explanation?
00:02:01It's not necessary. I gave you a title and a life of dignity, not a license to come here and
00:02:05make a steam.
00:02:06Grow up, little girl. Don't make this any more embarrassing than it already is.
00:02:09Get out.
00:02:17Why the rush? Even a contract wife can feel embarrassed?
00:02:24Get out of my way.
00:02:25Does this look familiar?
00:02:27Alistair designed it himself. The size, the cut, even the curve of the setting. It's identical.
00:02:33The one on your finger is just a fake you bought later to replace it.
00:02:36What exactly are you trying to say?
00:02:38I'm saying you should know your place.
00:02:40So what if you're his wife?
00:02:41You live in his house, spend his money, and trade a contract for a last name.
00:02:45But I'm different.
00:02:46I don't need an appointment to enter his office.
00:02:49I sit on his sofa, and he pours my drinks himself.
00:02:53Alistair, I only have one question. Why is her ring the same as mine?
00:02:57It's just a ring.
00:03:00I designed this ring specifically for you. It's the only one of its kind in the world.
00:03:06After all, you are my one and only.
00:03:10Fine. I understand.
00:03:15What is this?
00:03:23It's just a manuscript for the competition. Don't bother yourself with it.
00:03:27I'll have the driver take you back.
00:03:29No need. I can get back on my own.
00:03:31I haven't had a chance to see her music room yet.
00:03:34See it if you want. You don't have to ask me twice about anything in this house.
00:03:38No problem. I'll send the manuscript over right now.
00:03:45My manuscript!
00:03:51This is my only original copy.
00:03:53I'm so sorry, Chloe.
00:03:55Who knew your music room would be such a mess?
00:03:57My hand slipped, and I spilled it.
00:03:59You won't blame me, will you?
00:04:00What a shame.
00:04:01I heard you were in a rush to submit this.
00:04:05What are you going to do now?
00:04:08Get your foot off it!
00:04:10It's just a pile of paper.
00:04:11Is all this really necessary?
00:04:16Alistair!
00:04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it.
00:04:21I just wanted to see where she usually practices,
00:04:23but she started snapping at me the moment she got back.
00:04:25I'm a little scared.
00:04:26Victoria, you...
00:04:27Chloe, enough.
00:04:28What did you say?
00:04:29Victoria already said she didn't mean it.
00:04:31Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:04:32I wrote every single note of this myself.
00:04:34This is two years of my hard work.
00:04:36Alistair, you know that better than anyone!
00:04:38Hard work?
00:04:39Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:04:41This score, or the status you've built using it as a prop?
00:04:44A student from a common background who managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate?
00:04:49Who are you trying to impress with this wronged woman act?
00:04:52Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the
00:04:57top?
00:04:57I didn't.
00:04:58Am I wrong?
00:04:59Now that Victoria is back, you know your position is shaky,
00:05:02so you're using these tears and your so-called hard work as leverage.
00:05:04At the end of the ale, isn't this whole tantrum just a way to get my attention,
00:05:08to get more money, and to squeeze more out of me?
00:05:10No!
00:05:11You've forgotten!
00:05:11I never married you for your wealth,
00:05:13and I certainly wasn't plotting against the Sterling family.
00:05:16You were the one who begged me to marry you!
00:05:18I admit I was blinded by you back then.
00:05:19If I could do it all over again,
00:05:20I would never marry a woman as calculating as you.
00:05:23We've been married for two years,
00:05:24and this is how lowly you think of me?
00:05:25What else would I think?
00:05:34Still throwing a tantrum over what happened today?
00:05:36Not throwing a tantrum, I just want to know,
00:05:39what exactly am I to you?
00:05:41You're my wife.
00:05:41I sketched the design for this ring myself.
00:05:43That year you were playing the cello in the snow,
00:05:45your hands were beet red from the cold, yet you refused to stop.
00:05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour,
00:05:50and when I got back, I drew this.
00:05:52You still remember?
00:05:53Of course.
00:05:54Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
00:05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
00:05:59Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
00:06:02I took her side today, not because she's more important than Chloe,
00:06:05but because I had to keep the situation under control.
00:06:07Don't take those words to heart.
00:06:09Is that really all it is?
00:06:10You're too young.
00:06:11There are many things I don't want you to get mixed up in.
00:06:18Alistair, I hit someone.
00:06:20There's so much blood.
00:06:21Please come quickly.
00:06:23Something came up at the office.
00:06:25I need to head out, but I'll be back soon.
00:06:27This late?
00:06:28Wait for me.
00:06:29Don't go anywhere.
00:06:33Little one, your father still cares for us.
00:06:35Just wait a little longer.
00:06:40Chloe, Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car.
00:06:42She can't be linked to this case.
00:06:44So, you're going to take the fall for her.
00:06:52Chloe, don't be afraid.
00:06:53I'll handle everything.
00:06:54Just sign the papers, and I promise you'll be fine.
00:06:57You want me to take the fall for her killing someone?
00:06:59Alistair, you just said you would protect me!
00:07:01I am protecting you.
00:07:02The press is swarming outside, and the police are already watching us.
00:07:04We have to lock in the statement first so I can get you out of this mess.
00:07:07Don't be difficult.
00:07:07This is the fastest way.
00:07:08The lawyers will arrange your bail.
00:07:10All you have to do is give your thumbprint.
00:07:12So, everything you said tonight was just a tactic to play me?
00:07:14The ring, the promises?
00:07:16What did any of it mean?
00:07:17It means you need to be smart right now.
00:07:19Article 33 of the prenuptal agreement.
00:07:21You are required to cooperate with family crisis management.
00:07:24Otherwise, you'll never be able to pay off the penalty in your lifetime.
00:07:27I'm not signing.
00:07:28Chloe, don't push me.
00:07:29Once you leave your print, this all ends tonight.
00:07:36Let go!
00:07:37You're hurting me!
00:07:41What?
00:07:45Chloe, how...
00:07:46Why are you bleeding so much?
00:07:54Alistair, I'm pregnant.
00:07:56It's your baby.
00:07:57Please take me to the hospital.
00:08:00Now is not the time for this.
00:08:02I'm begging you.
00:08:04Please.
00:08:06Sign this, and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
00:08:11You still want me to sign?
00:08:13The accident case is already open.
00:08:15Victoria cannot go to prison.
00:08:16Take the fall first, and I'll cover everything.
00:08:19The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:08:21If you don't sign, no one is coming for you tonight, and the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:08:26That's a human life, not one of your PR crisis.
00:08:29Do you think the feds will just take your word for it?
00:08:32If you confess, it'll only be a few years, and I can reduce your sentence.
00:08:36If you fight it, you won't even make it to bail.
00:08:40You're using the hospital to blackmail me?
00:08:42I'm giving you a way out.
00:08:43Chloe, be good.
00:08:44Just confess first.
00:08:45We'll talk about the baby later.
00:08:47Later?
00:08:47You don't even want him now.
00:08:49You said you'd never leave me alone.
00:08:52Sign it now.
00:08:59Wait!
00:09:06Wait.
00:09:08Alistin, I knew you wouldn't...
00:09:09If you sign it like this, it looks too much like coercion.
00:09:12The police might not accept it.
00:09:16Press your thumbprint, then sign it again.
00:09:18You stopped me.
00:09:20Just for this?
00:09:21Your confession must be flawless.
00:09:23Nothing can happen to Victoria.
00:09:24I'm bleeding.
00:09:26And you're worried about the paperwork looking pretty?
00:09:28I already have a car waiting downstairs.
00:09:30Once you sign, I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
00:09:33And if I don't sign?
00:09:34Then you can keep wasting time here tonight.
00:09:37Wait for the feds to arrive, or wait for the baby to mice-crake on its own.
00:09:40Your choice.
00:09:43That's your child, too.
00:09:45Sign the papers first.
00:09:52Alistair, you'll pay for this.
00:09:54Sign it.
00:10:03Don't be afraid.
00:10:05I'm calling an ambulance for you right now.
00:10:12Alistair, save the baby first, I beg you.
00:10:14Save the baby.
00:10:17As long as the baby is safe, anything else, I'll agree to anything.
00:10:22Don't worry.
00:10:22You and the baby will be fine.
00:10:24Let's go!
00:10:25Coming through!
00:10:27Come on.
00:10:29Come on.
00:10:31The patient is facing a severe threat and miscarriage with significant uterine bleeding.
00:10:34We must operate immediately to stop the hemorrhage.
00:10:35She's in critical condition.
00:10:36Any further delay, and we won't be able to save either the mother or the child.
00:10:39These are the prenatal records of the bleeding logs.
00:10:40Sign us now to authorize a combined procedure for surgery and fetal preservation.
00:10:43Mr. Sterling, there is no time.
00:10:44She's losing blood rapidly.
00:10:45She needs to be in the OR right now.
00:10:46Every minute counts.
00:10:47If we wait any longer, the baby is gone.
00:10:49And the mother's life will be at risk, too.
00:10:53Mr. Sterling, Victoria had DUI.
00:10:55If you want your wife to take the fall, it's best she has no recent record of pregnancy.
00:10:59Otherwise...
00:11:00Understood.
00:11:01Hold off on the filing.
00:11:03Suspend the surgery.
00:11:04Just stop the bleeding for now.
00:11:05What did you say?
00:11:08For her sake, you're even...
00:11:11abandoning our child?
00:11:18Cancel the surgery?
00:11:19You're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?
00:11:22As long as you take the fall for the accident, we can have other children later.
00:11:27But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:11:30She cannot have a criminal record.
00:11:31Ma'am, please calm down.
00:11:33She's eight weeks pregnant and hemorrhaging.
00:11:36And you want her to confess to a crime?
00:11:39Save your misplaced sense of justice and do as I say,
00:11:43or you'll be kicked out of the medical profession for good by tomorrow.
00:11:51You didn't come here to save me at all.
00:11:53You said only today that protect me.
00:11:55Is this what you call protection?
00:11:58Be a good girl and confess.
00:12:00You'll still be my most cherished wife.
00:12:03No.
00:12:04Alistair, I'm begging you.
00:12:21Alistair, where is my baby?
00:12:32The baby wasn't meant to be with us.
00:12:34Don't play games with me.
00:12:36Was it an accident or did you order the doctor to do it?
00:12:41You're still young.
00:12:43Once you've recovered, we'll have other children.
00:12:47Answer me!
00:12:49Victoria's legal team has been working through the night.
00:12:51I've used the Sterling Family Trust to post your $50 million bail.
00:13:00Alistair, even your way of killing is so refined.
00:13:03I have no patience for your tantrums.
00:13:05Behave yourself.
00:13:06Focus on your recovery.
00:13:07I'm busy lately.
00:13:08Once you're better, head back on your own.
00:13:10No need to let me know.
00:13:12Behave yourself.
00:13:26Oh, you're back.
00:13:27The fabric of this at four is really nice, though the waist is a bit tight.
00:13:35Who gave you permission to wear my clothes?
00:13:37Is there anything in this apartment that actually belongs to you,
00:13:40even that your engagement ring you're wearing?
00:13:41Didn't pay for it with his card?
00:13:46Chloe, the doctor said you shouldn't get worked up.
00:13:48Sit down first.
00:13:50Tell to take it off.
00:13:53Alistair, I'm just borrowing it.
00:13:55Does she really have to be so mean?
00:13:58It's just a pajama.
00:14:00Do you have to start a scene the second you get home?
00:14:07Chloe, have you had enough?
00:14:08You've been acting like a total lunaturk lately.
00:14:10Can't you be more sensible?
00:14:11Alistair?
00:14:15He said you looked pathetic last night.
00:14:17Did you know?
00:14:17He complained that your crying was too loud, so he held me in his arms all night.
00:14:20He also said he never forgot about me.
00:14:23You were out of the game from the very beginning.
00:14:26Well, that's very Christian.
00:14:30Alistair!
00:14:31Help me!
00:14:32Calm down.
00:14:33Put the knife down first.
00:14:34Choose.
00:14:35Choose between us right now!
00:14:37Chloe, what the hell is wrong with you lately?
00:14:39Be reasonable.
00:14:40I can't be reasonable.
00:14:42Everything changed the moment she came back.
00:14:44Have you forgotten how we lost our baby?
00:14:46Have you forgotten what you promised me?
00:14:47You said you would protect me, but who are you protecting now?
00:14:50Look at me, Alistair!
00:14:51Look at me!
00:14:51Fine.
00:14:52I choose you.
00:14:53Chloe, I choose you.
00:14:55Now let her go and come here.
00:15:05Don't you ever touch her again.
00:15:08This is your last warning.
00:15:32Sign it and you'll be Mrs. Sterling
00:15:34It says here that I'm giving up almost all my rights
00:15:37Don't worry, it's just a formality
00:15:38Our backgrounds are so different
00:15:40Without this, my family might not accept you
00:15:42Listen, this agreement is only to appease the family
00:15:45My promise to you is right here
00:15:46I added a handwritten clause
00:15:47If I ever betray you, or if you feel any unhappiness in this marriage
00:15:50You can burn it at any time
00:15:51No lawyers needed, no need to notify me
00:15:53The moment you burn this agreement, you are free
00:15:54This is my only true guarantee
00:15:56You promised it's over
00:16:11Brody, it's me
00:16:12Get me a ticket to Europe for tonight
00:16:13Sterling
00:16:14I burned the agreement
00:16:15Understood
00:16:16Two hours, the usual spot
00:16:18Okay
00:16:26Goodbye, Alistair
00:16:33It is late
00:16:34Where do you think you are going?
00:16:36That's none of your business
00:16:37None of my business?
00:16:38Did you forget the agreement?
00:16:40Wherever you go, you report to me first
00:16:42The agreement?
00:16:43I burned it
00:16:44Just now
00:16:44Alistair, you dare to burn it?
00:16:46That contract is legally binding, Chloe
00:16:48It is not some toy you can toss into the fire whenever you feel like it
00:16:50I have put up with enough from you lately
00:16:52Do not push me
00:16:53Do you have any idea that agreement is what keeps you, Mrs. Sterling?
00:16:55How the hell am I supposed to protect you when you act like this?
00:16:57I know, but I cannot afford your kind of protection
00:16:59Did you forget the clause you wrote yourself?
00:17:01You promised that if I was unhappy, I could burn it anytime
00:17:03The second it burned, I was free
00:17:05That was something I said to make you happy
00:17:07You think a court will honor that?
00:17:10I promise, once you burn it, you are free
00:17:12I will not stop you
00:17:16Chloe!
00:17:21Alistair!
00:17:26Alistair?
00:17:26What happened out here?
00:17:27I thought I heard shouting
00:17:28Was it Chloe?
00:17:29Is she throwing another tantrum?
00:17:30She ran at that ridiculous recording
00:17:32A recording?
00:17:33Honey, you cannot seriously be worried
00:17:35A pre-nap does not vanish because some 20-year-old girl throws it into a fireplace
00:17:38She knows nothing about the law
00:17:41She is just shaken from the miscarriage
00:17:43And the bail pressure is getting to her
00:17:45She is trying to scare you
00:17:46The harder you chase, the more power she thinks she has
00:17:49Let her cool off
00:17:50When the money guns out and she has nowhere to go, she will come crawling back
00:17:54You really think so?
00:17:55Of course
00:17:56It is just a little girl acting out for attention
00:17:58We both know it
00:17:59Besides, every account in her name is tied to your family trust
00:18:01Without this place, she cannot even afford a hotel room
00:18:04What matters now is keeping the situation stable
00:18:05We cannot let the FBI case get complicated because of her emotions
00:18:09You are right
00:18:10I am always on your side
00:18:11Get some rest
00:18:12You have the legal team tomorrow
00:18:15Chloe
00:18:17I will wait for you to come back to me
00:18:23Your passport and ticket are in the inner pocket
00:18:27He will not find you
00:18:28The accounts are wiped
00:18:29The cameras are covered
00:18:31You are a ghost now
00:18:33I handled the airport
00:18:37We are here
00:18:38Cargo gate C7
00:18:39Someone will meet you
00:18:40Direct flight to Paris
00:18:43There is some cash inside
00:18:44When you land, call this number
00:18:45Thank you
00:18:50Chloe, forgive me for being reckless
00:18:51But I cannot fight this anymore
00:18:53Will you marry me?
00:18:55Will you be my wife?
00:18:56I am just an ordinary girl
00:18:58How could I ever be worthy of...
00:18:59You may not ever say that about yourself
00:19:00To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world
00:19:03You deserve everything
00:19:04It is just a nightgown
00:19:06Did you really have to come home and turn the whole place into a war zone?
00:19:11Chloe, are you done?
00:19:14Lately, you have been acting like a complete lunatic
00:19:16Can you please grow up?
00:19:19It is over
00:19:25Stop thinking about it, Alistair
00:19:27Chloe needs time
00:19:29To calm down
00:19:32Get out
00:19:33What?
00:19:34I said get out
00:19:35Take off Chloe's nightgown
00:19:37Do not touch Chloe's things again
00:19:39It is just a nightgown
00:19:41Why are you treating Victoria like this because of Chloe?
00:19:44We are the ones who...
00:19:45We are nothing
00:19:45The woman Alistair loves is Chloe
00:19:47It was always Chloe
00:19:49It still is
00:19:49But Chloe left
00:19:51Chloe does not give a damn about Alistair
00:19:54I do
00:19:54Listen carefully, Victoria
00:19:56I helped you because of your father
00:19:58Because of those damn business ties
00:19:59But you have always known where my heart is
00:20:01Stop doing this
00:20:02I have done so much for you
00:20:05Enough
00:20:06You are tired
00:20:07Go rest
00:20:12Three days
00:20:14Sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service
00:20:23Where the hell did you go?
00:20:25Where the hell did you go?
00:20:26What is that?
00:20:30She actually burned it
00:20:33It is just a piece of paper
00:20:34Burning it proves she cares
00:20:36Cares about what?
00:20:37You
00:20:37It is a little girl's stunt
00:20:39The most dramatic way she could think of to get your attention
00:20:41She thought if she burned the agreement
00:20:43You would chase after her
00:20:44And prove you cannot live without her
00:20:45She used a fake ID
00:20:47Emptied the accounts
00:20:48So what?
00:20:49Every dime she has eventually leads back to the Sterling Family Trust
00:20:52Where can she go without you?
00:20:53Sleep on the street?
00:20:54What is she right now?
00:20:55A suspect out on bail?
00:20:56The FBI case is still hanging over her
00:20:58Besides you, who would dare take her in?
00:21:01The outside world is a hundred times scarier for her than this apartment
00:21:03Give her time to act out
00:21:05Once she has suffered enough, she will remember where she belongs
00:21:09Then she will come back on her own, sweeter than ever
00:21:11What if she does not come back?
00:21:13Then she never deserved to be Mrs. Sterling
00:21:15A doll too stupid to understand her own position is not worth keeping, is she?
00:21:20Clean this up
00:21:20Of course
00:21:21Fly away, little bird
00:21:23Let us see how long you last
00:21:29Were the new spring pieces sent to the wardrobe?
00:21:32Yes, sir
00:21:32Everything was delivered to the estate yesterday afternoon
00:21:35As instructed, the sizes and styles followed
00:21:38The previous records exactly
00:21:40Some of the brands Chloe liked changed creative directors this season
00:21:43I reviewed the new collections
00:21:44There are a few dresses Chloe would like
00:21:46Yes, sir
00:21:46Every year you personally review the seasonal catalogs
00:21:49And reserve pieces for Mrs. Sterling
00:21:50For Mrs. Chloe
00:21:51You have done that for three years
00:21:53Chloe did not take a single thing when Chloe left
00:21:56Perhaps Mrs. Chloe knows you have been waiting for Chloe to come back
00:22:00Waiting for Chloe to come back?
00:22:02No
00:22:03I am just confirming whether Chloe really has the nerve to stay gone forever
00:22:07Sir
00:22:08Sir, the emergency meeting is in two hours
00:22:10They insist you attend
00:22:11It is about the Asia market acquisition
00:22:14Tell them I...
00:22:17That silhouette looks so familiar
00:22:20Is that you, Chloe?
00:22:28Find out
00:22:30Now
00:22:30Sir
00:22:31Confirmed
00:22:32It is Miss Chloe Sterling
00:22:34She is performing under the stage name Claire Moray now
00:22:36She is the orchestra's newly signed principal cellist
00:22:38Her debut is next Friday at the Music Vi-
00:22:40Three years
00:22:42I had her wardrobe at the estate refreshed every season
00:22:45Those dresses, she never touched a single one
00:22:48Yes, sir
00:22:48You have been waiting for her to come back
00:22:51Claire Moray
00:22:53You hid well
00:22:57Cancel the board meeting
00:22:59Or let them talk to an empty chair
00:23:01Right now, contact the airport
00:23:03I want the next direct flight to Vienna
00:23:05But, sir, the board...
00:23:08Do it
00:23:29Sir, rehearsal is closed
00:23:32No outsiders
00:23:32Move
00:23:33I am here for Chloe Sterling
00:23:35There is no Chloe Sterling here
00:23:37The woman on tase is Claire Moray
00:23:39Guest cello soloist for the...
00:23:43Festival
00:23:54She never smiled like that
00:24:02See that?
00:24:03She is doing well now
00:24:05She does not need anyone disturbing her
00:24:07Especially you
00:24:08Who the hell are you?
00:24:10Her manager
00:24:10And her friend
00:24:11Leave before rehearsal ends or I call security
00:24:31Chloe
00:24:32Chloe
00:24:34We need to talk
00:24:35Now
00:24:36Sorry
00:24:36Give me one minute to deal with old business
00:24:41Have you been with him this whole three years?
00:24:43What does that have to do with you, Mr. Sterling?
00:24:47Listen to me
00:24:47Back then
00:24:48I do not want to hear it
00:24:50I swear
00:24:51I did not know it would...
00:24:52If I had known you were pregnant
00:24:53I never would have...
00:24:54You knew
00:24:55And you still chose what mattered more to you
00:24:57Your empire
00:24:57Your Victoria
00:24:58Now that the show is over
00:25:00Leave
00:25:00Sir
00:25:01Claire needs to continue rehearse
00:25:03Your disruption is not welcome here
00:25:06She will not even bother to hate me
00:25:25Tonight's piece is called Ashes
00:25:32Chloria already said she didn't mean it
00:25:33Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:25:35I wrote every single note of this myself
00:25:37This is two years of my hard work
00:25:39Allison, you know that better than anyone
00:25:41Hard work?
00:25:44Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:25:46This score
00:25:46Or the status you've built using it as a prop?
00:25:49This is the piece she wrote back then
00:26:08I need to speak with you
00:26:11Chloe
00:26:11I thought you'd never ask
00:26:13That last bar was brilliant
00:26:15Only because your theme gave me something to work
00:26:1730% of Sterling Group Equity
00:26:19Transferred to you unconditionally
00:26:20Sign it and it is yours
00:26:2230%?
00:26:23That is astronomical
00:26:24Mr. Sterling is generous
00:26:26The dividends alone must be tens of millions
00:26:28The music
00:26:29To rebirth
00:26:35See that?
00:26:36He just got shut down hard
00:26:3730% of Sterling
00:26:38Too bad she does not give a damn
00:26:43You will not even look at it
00:26:51You do not have to accept it
00:26:53Just come home with me
00:26:55Let go
00:26:55I waited for you for three years
00:26:57Every single day I thought about you
00:26:59The confession, Victoria, everything
00:27:00I finally understand it all
00:27:02And?
00:27:03The baby
00:27:04Our baby
00:27:05I never even got the chance to make it right
00:27:07Alistair Sterling
00:27:08Is this your repentance act?
00:27:09Who is the audience?
00:27:10These guests or yourself?
00:27:12It is not an act
00:27:13I am begging you, Chloe
00:27:15Come home
00:27:15Everything I have is yours
00:27:17Sterling Group
00:27:18My life
00:27:18Take all of it
00:27:19Home?
00:27:20Did that place not become yours
00:27:21And Victoria's love nest
00:27:22A long time ago?
00:27:24Did she slept in the bed I slept in?
00:27:25Did you whisper the same sweet lies
00:27:27To her that you whispered to me?
00:27:29Never
00:27:29I never let her into the master bedroom
00:27:31If you think the place is dirty
00:27:33We can burn it down and rebuild it
00:27:36Rebuild what?
00:27:37Ashes are ashes
00:27:38Just like our rings
00:27:39In that agreement
00:27:40Burned
00:27:40Gone
00:27:41Never coming back
00:27:42Then what about me?
00:27:43These three years
00:27:44I have been walking around like a corpse
00:27:46What the hell am I supposed to do?
00:27:48You?
00:27:49Go back to Wall Street
00:27:50Hold your equity papers tight
00:27:52Take Victoria with you
00:27:53And grow old together
00:28:07Do not go
00:28:08Please
00:28:09Let go
00:28:10I was wrong
00:28:12Everything
00:28:12It started with Victoria's goddamn car accident
00:28:15And I was wrong from that moment
00:28:16I forged the confession
00:28:17And used the agreement to force you to sign
00:28:19Not because I believed that bullshit
00:28:22I did it because I was scared
00:28:23Scared of what?
00:28:24Scared you would see how rotten I was
00:28:26Scared you would realize I was framing my own wife
00:28:28To save another woman's freedom
00:28:30Scared you would look down on me
00:28:31Scared you would leave
00:28:32So I pushed you off the cliff first
00:28:34Thought that would bind you to me
00:28:36Guilt
00:28:36The baby
00:28:36The debt you owed me
00:28:37But I
00:28:38I destroyed everything with my own hands
00:28:40The baby
00:28:41Our baby
00:28:43Are you done?
00:28:44We should go say goodbye to the conductor
00:28:57I am honored by your invitation
00:29:00Miss Sterling
00:29:01Congratulations on the huge success of your European tour
00:29:04Many fans are curious
00:29:05How did you create a piece as moving as ashes?
00:29:08Thank you
00:29:09I think it came from the people who helped me
00:29:11And from things I had no choice but to survive
00:29:14What experiences?
00:29:16There was a time in my life when I was very closed off
00:29:19On paper I had a home
00:29:21In reality I was more like a carefully kept possession
00:29:25You mean
00:29:26Your marriage?
00:29:28Yes
00:29:28A marriage built on enormous equality and lies
00:29:31I was too young then
00:29:33Naive enough to believe talent and love could bridge anything
00:29:36Then I was betrayed
00:29:37And I lost my child
00:29:39That is
00:29:41Heartbreaking
00:29:42I was lucky
00:29:43After I escaped
00:29:45I met people in Europe
00:29:46Who truly respected art and human dignity
00:29:48They gave me shelter and a stage
00:29:50And allowed me to live purely for music
00:29:52So you see that unhappy marriage
00:29:54As the catalyst for your artistic transformation?
00:29:57It is part of my life that cannot be erased
00:29:59I do not thank that experience
00:30:01But I thank the woman who crawled out of the rubbles
00:30:03As for the other person in that marriage
00:30:10My past
00:30:11And that name with it
00:30:12Is over
00:30:12Like a fire that burned itself out
00:30:15Only ashes remain
00:30:16I will not
00:30:17And I do not want to
00:30:18Have even the slightest connection
00:30:20With anyone from that past again
00:30:21My life and my music
00:30:23Are moving forward
00:30:24I will not
00:30:25And I do not want to
00:30:26Have even the slightest connection
00:30:28With anyone from that past again
00:30:32Promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years
00:30:35Not a hundred years
00:30:38Forever Chloe
00:30:40Not even
00:30:40The slightest connection
00:30:43Did we not promise each other
00:30:45We were supposed to be together forever
00:30:51Thank you for driving me home Julian
00:30:53And thank you for tonight's performance
00:30:55The honor was mine
00:30:56Get some rest
00:30:58Move
00:30:59Chloe
00:30:59Please
00:31:00Just five minutes
00:31:02No one minute
00:31:02Let me say one thing
00:31:04One moment
00:31:06I was wrong
00:31:06I know I was wrong
00:31:08I do not want anything anymore
00:31:10I will give you everything
00:31:11Please look at me
00:31:12Just look at me
00:31:12Alistair
00:31:13You are blocking my way
00:31:15I said move
00:31:16What?
00:31:17Chloe
00:31:17I
00:31:18I said move
00:31:30Brody Cook
00:31:30We need to talk
00:31:32Name your price
00:31:33Leave Chloe
00:31:35Whatever resources
00:31:36Connections
00:31:36Channels you have
00:31:37Sterling Group will double them
00:31:38Alistair Sterling
00:31:40You still think money fixes everything?
00:31:42She is not safe in her current situation
00:31:44With me
00:31:45She would have the best protection
00:31:46Protection?
00:31:48Was it not you who left her bleeding
00:31:50And cost her the baby three years ago?
00:31:52Then what does she need?
00:31:53That Vanderbilt?
00:31:54What can you give her?
00:31:55Peace?
00:31:55Respect?
00:31:56A place where she does not have to wonder
00:31:58If the man beside her will send her to prison
00:32:00Save it Mr. Sterling
00:32:02Your price cannot buy my conscience
00:32:04And it sure as hell cannot buy back her three years
00:32:08He came to see me
00:32:09Offered a blank check if I would leave you
00:32:11Oh
00:32:12I blocked every way he can contact me
00:32:14But you need to be careful
00:32:15I am afraid his next move will be even more unhinged
00:32:17Three years ago he used the law as a chain
00:32:19Our child as Albridge
00:32:20And my life to buy another woman's freedom
00:32:22What else can he possibly use?
00:32:23Your reputation
00:32:24Your performance
00:32:25Everything you have in Europe
00:32:26I have already lost the most precious thing I had
00:32:27There is nothing left that can scare me
00:32:38Happy Anniversary my wife
00:32:47Claire
00:32:48You look pale
00:32:50I am fine
00:32:51I did not sleep well last night
00:32:52Do you need to postpone this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal?
00:32:55What date is it?
00:32:56October 19th
00:32:57Of course
00:32:58Five years ago today we were officially married
00:33:01Why would Alistair send me this now?
00:33:03What the hell is he trying to do?
00:33:06Julian
00:33:07If someone used a day you never wanted to remember
00:33:09To remind you how stupid you used to be
00:33:11What would you do?
00:33:12I would tell myself that day is dead
00:33:14Today is what survived
00:33:15He is such a fool
00:33:16He really thinks this random photo and blessing
00:33:18Can patch over my scars
00:33:20You still care about him
00:33:21Do you not?
00:33:26I just think he is stupid
00:33:28And I feel sorry for the person I used to be
00:33:31It is over now
00:33:32There is nothing to care about
00:33:38Oh my god
00:33:38Those are blue phantom roses
00:33:40They must have been flown in
00:33:44The card is gorgeous
00:33:46My other half of my soul
00:33:47Who brought these in?
00:33:49Did I not say every gift goes through me first?
00:33:51The florist brought them straight to the backstage door
00:33:53They said they were specifically for Claire
00:34:00They are beautiful
00:34:01I bet they are even prettier in real life
00:34:03But I heard they are almost impossible to grow
00:34:04And they bloom for only a moment
00:34:06I guess they were never meant for me
00:34:07Nothing is impossible for the Sterlings
00:34:08Not if you want it
00:34:09Forget it
00:34:10Some things are just not meant to be funny
00:34:12Chloe
00:34:13Chloe?
00:34:15Are you okay?
00:34:17Give it to me
00:34:18Leave the flowers
00:34:19Put them here
00:34:20They are pretty
00:34:33Chloe, are you sure you're okay?
00:34:34It's just a flower, Brody
00:34:36I'm fine
00:34:36Just drop it, will you?
00:34:40Chloe
00:34:40You are the other half of my soul
00:34:42The missing part of me
00:34:44Only you can make me whole
00:34:46In that moment
00:34:47I thought I had caught every star in the sky
00:34:50The other half of my soul
00:34:57Not mine
00:34:59Never meant to be mine
00:35:05Chloe
00:35:10Tell me
00:35:10What happened?
00:35:12In that cafe in New York
00:35:13Before he kissed me for the first time
00:35:15That is exactly what he said
00:35:17My other half of my soul
00:35:18I am getting you time off
00:35:20Go home and really
00:35:21No, I'm in fine
00:35:23You're sure?
00:35:23I am sure
00:35:24The harder he tries to nail me to the past
00:35:26The more I will make him see
00:35:27Those memories cannot hurt me anymore
00:35:29I will not drown in the past
00:35:30Never
00:35:34Miss Sterling, these are the records you requested
00:35:35How bad was she when she was brought in?
00:35:37All of them
00:35:38Extremely bad
00:35:39The patient was already showing early signs of hemorrhagic shock
00:35:41We recommended immediate surgery
00:35:42It was the only way to try to save both mother and child
00:35:44Why did you not insist?
00:35:46You signed the form
00:35:47You said as long as she could talk in authority
00:35:49To overturn the family's explicit instructions
00:35:50If you had done the surgery with the baby
00:35:52There would at least have been a chance
00:35:53But after you refused
00:35:54That child could not be saved
00:35:55We later found the patient had already been delayed at home
00:35:57For at least more than 40 minutes before she arrived
00:36:00After arrival, waiting for your signature
00:36:01Cost the best intervention window
00:36:03Delayed how long?
00:36:05Nearly two hours
00:36:06The records show the hemorrhage became fully controllable after midnight
00:36:10We later assessed that if she had arrived half an hour later
00:36:12Or if the bleeding had been slightly worse
00:36:14We might not have saved the mother either
00:36:16I killed that child
00:36:17It was me
00:36:18It was all me
00:36:21I killed Chloe's and my baby with my own hands
00:36:25All for Victoria
00:36:30At 10.17pm she started bleeding
00:36:33At 10.20 I took out the document
00:36:35I made her sign
00:36:36Her hands were shaking
00:36:37She could not write
00:36:39Blood soaked the paper
00:36:42At 10.50 she finished signing
00:36:44I called
00:36:45Then I waited
00:36:4747 minutes
00:36:48After I hung up
00:36:50I did not call again
00:36:56Alistair, I'm pregnant
00:36:58It's your death
00:36:59Please take me to the hospital
00:37:01Now is not the time for this
00:37:03I'm begging you
00:37:06Please
00:37:08Sign this
00:37:09And I'll arrange for the hospital immediately
00:37:12You still want me to sign?
00:37:15The accident for this is already open
00:37:16Victoria did not go to prison
00:37:18Take the fall first
00:37:19And I'll cover everything
00:37:20The bail, the lawyers, the hospital
00:37:22And if you don't sign
00:37:24No one is coming for you tonight
00:37:25And the hospital won't prioritize you
00:37:28The doctor said surgery
00:37:29I said no
00:37:32Too risky
00:37:36Cancel the surgery?
00:37:38You're gonna kill our own flesh and blood
00:37:39Just for Victoria?
00:37:41As long as you take the fall for the accident
00:37:43We can have other children
00:37:46But Victoria's reputation is vital to her
00:37:48She cannot have a criminal record
00:37:52I chose it
00:37:53No ambulance
00:37:54No surgery
00:37:55She had to sign first
00:38:02Even the fall that sent her to the hospital
00:38:06That was because of me too
00:38:08Chloe, don't push me
00:38:09Once you leave your print
00:38:11This all ends tonight
00:38:16Let go, you're hurting me
00:38:23Every step was me
00:38:26It was her
00:38:27She was driving
00:38:29She killed that person
00:38:31She begged me to save her
00:38:32Yes, it was her
00:38:34She drove a wedge between us
00:38:35She knelt in front of me
00:38:36Saying her career, her name, her future were over
00:38:38She cried that only Chloe could save her
00:38:40I'm saying you should know your place
00:38:41So what if you're his wife?
00:38:43You live in his house?
00:38:44Enter his office
00:38:45I sit on his sofa
00:38:47And he pours my drinks himself
00:38:51Exactly
00:38:52If it were not for Victoria
00:38:54Why would Chloe have been pushed that far?
00:38:55Why would I have forced Chloe?
00:38:57Why would I have lost our baby?
00:38:58That is right
00:38:59It was all because of her
00:39:00I need to find her
00:39:02Now
00:39:07Mr. Sterling was so easy to fool
00:39:09One perfectly staged elevator malfunction
00:39:12One perfectly timed twisted ankle
00:39:14And he believed I was his destined soulmate
00:39:16That old money type is arrogant and naive to the bone
00:39:19I played the independent self-made woman for him all these years for exactly this
00:39:23Sooner or later every sterling group asset will carry the thorn name
00:39:27As for the baby
00:39:28Losing that common girl's child was good for me
00:39:31An heir with ordinary blood would only dilute the sterling fortune
00:39:38Alistair
00:39:39What are you doing here?
00:39:41You have been playing me this whole time
00:39:43No
00:39:44I love you
00:39:45Everything I did was for us
00:39:46That Chloe never deserved you
00:39:48She only dragged you
00:39:50You
00:39:51You built our beginning on lies
00:39:53You schemed to tear Chloe and me apart
00:39:56You
00:39:57You killed my child
00:39:58You drove her away
00:40:00This is all your fault
00:40:01There has to be a misunderstanding
00:40:03I can explain
00:40:04Save your explanation for the feds
00:40:07You are turning me over to the bureau?
00:40:19For three years
00:40:21You used my trust to move assets
00:40:24Forge documents
00:40:25And frame Chloe
00:40:28Any one of those could put you in federal prison for decades
00:40:33Alistair, what are you talking about?
00:40:38The bureau's preliminary evidence list
00:40:40Your lawyer will receive official notice tomorrow
00:40:43No!
00:40:44Alistair, you cannot do this to me
00:40:46I love you
00:40:47Everything I did was for you
00:40:49We can explain
00:40:50We can...
00:40:51Explain?
00:40:51To whom?
00:40:53To the child you helped kill?
00:40:54The baby
00:40:55The baby was an accident
00:40:58Chloe's body was weak
00:41:00An accident?
00:41:01That night
00:41:02You told me that once Chloe signed
00:41:04Everything would be fine
00:41:06You said
00:41:07There was still time
00:41:08And you believed whatever I said?
00:41:10Alistair, you were the one who did not want to call that ambulance
00:41:13You were afraid she would back out
00:41:15Afraid she would run
00:41:17Afraid your perfect scapegoat would disappear
00:41:20You pushed me to delay
00:41:24You handed her the papers
00:41:26You set the terms
00:41:27You forced her to sign
00:41:29You just do not want to admit that from start to finish
00:41:32The person who most wanted her to take the fall was you
00:41:34Me?
00:41:35I only said the filthy little thought already sitting in your head
00:41:40Alistair, the person who killed your child was not me
00:41:42It was you
00:41:47Do you know what happened?
00:41:50That night, I came to you crying because I was scared
00:41:54Alistair, help me
00:41:55I hit someone
00:41:56That person
00:41:58That person is not moving
00:41:59I did not mean to
00:42:01The road was too dark
00:42:03Who was the victim?
00:42:04Any witnesses?
00:42:06I do not know
00:42:06Maybe a homeless man?
00:42:08I think
00:42:09I do not think anyone saw
00:42:10Victoria, you know what that means
00:42:13Vehicular manslaughter
00:42:14A federal felony
00:42:15Your career
00:42:16Your reputation
00:42:17Everything is over
00:42:18Please
00:42:20I know you have a way
00:42:21You know so many people
00:42:25Are you sure you left no evidence that can be traced back to you?
00:42:28I am sure
00:42:29I already got rid of the car
00:42:31And there are no cameras on that road
00:42:32We need a scapegoat
00:42:35Someone important enough
00:42:36And controllable enough
00:42:39What?
00:42:41Chloe
00:42:42No
00:42:43That is not how it happened
00:42:45Remember now?
00:42:47You said it yourself
00:42:48We need a scapegoat
00:42:50Someone important enough
00:42:51And controllable enough
00:42:53Then you said her name
00:42:57So do not put all of this on me, Alistair
00:42:59You sent your wife to hell with your own hands
00:43:16I can carry it myself
00:43:19It is windy today
00:43:23Coffee after rehearsal?
00:43:24That new place you wanted to try with the chestnut cake?
00:43:27Yeah
00:43:28She smiled
00:43:30In a world without me
00:43:34She is so alive
00:43:43What is it?
00:43:45Nothing
00:43:56Chloe
00:43:58Yes?
00:43:59There is something I have wanted to say for a long time
00:44:02These three years
00:44:03Watching you rise from the wreckage
00:44:04And walk into the spotlight
00:44:05Has been the greatest honor of my life
00:44:07I admire your talent
00:44:08And I ache for how strong you have had to be
00:44:11If you would let me
00:44:12I want to stand by your side in the future
00:44:14Not only as your patron and friend
00:44:17Would you
00:44:18Give me a chance?
00:44:20Give me a chance
00:44:24Julian, you are my dearest friend and the person I am most grateful to
00:44:28Without you I would not be who I am today
00:44:31But my heart is a ruin
00:44:33Nothing new grows there
00:44:35And no one deserves to step inside it again
00:44:37I understand
00:44:38Thank you for understanding
00:44:41We can still be friends, right?
00:44:43Of course
00:44:44Let us go try that chestnut cake
00:44:51Sir, the flight departs in 45 minutes
00:44:54We should head to the gate
00:44:55The highly anticipated Voices of Hope charity concert
00:44:58Will be held tonight at City Hall Concert Hall
00:45:00Organizers recently confirmed that the stage build and lighting work
00:45:04Will be handled by local contractor Pinnacle Vision
00:45:07Run that contractor
00:45:08Pinnacle Vision
00:45:09I want every background check and safety record
00:45:14Found it
00:45:15This company has three OSHA complaints
00:45:19And last year in Munich there was a serious stage collapse
00:45:22How the hell could they hire me?
00:45:31Cancel the flight
00:45:32But the meeting
00:45:34Cancel it
00:45:34Now
00:45:35Yes
00:45:37I will handle it right away
00:45:39She is still that little girl who needs someone watching over her
00:45:42Without me she cannot even protect herself
00:45:45Chloe, please do not let anything happen to you
00:45:58Chloe, move!
00:46:01It is dangerous!
00:46:03No!
00:46:19Oh my god! Call an ambulance!
00:46:23Are you... are you okay?
00:46:26Are you insane?
00:46:29As long as you are okay.
00:46:34Your arm.
00:46:36Just a scratch.
00:46:39Claire! Are you hurt?
00:46:44Why are you here? You again?
00:46:47The contractor's records were bad.
00:46:49I found out, but...
00:46:51I was half a step too late.
00:46:57Wipe it. Your hand.
00:47:08As long as you are safe.
00:47:10I asked about your injury.
00:47:12Surface wound. I will not die.
00:47:16About the chandelier, by the time I found the records, it was too late.
00:47:20I could only... run...
00:47:22You do not need to explain.
00:47:24I said thank you.
00:47:26That is all.
00:47:34Chloe.
00:47:35I got all the hospital records.
00:47:37That night,
00:47:39you were bleeding so much, lying on the floor, begging me.
00:47:43I held the papers and waited for you to sign.
00:47:46I waited 47 minutes.
00:47:49The doctor said I signed a consent for bleeding control, not surgical authorization.
00:47:55The baby's heartbeat stopped at minute 35.
00:48:00I delayed him to death.
00:48:02Shut up!
00:48:04What is the point of saying this now?
00:48:07There is no point.
00:48:09None at all.
00:48:13I just wanted Chloe to know Alistair found out everything.
00:48:17Victoria, the accident, and...
00:48:20Alistair's own choices.
00:48:22Alistair was the source.
00:48:23My existence is the source of all your pain.
00:48:25Every time I come near you, you remember blood,
00:48:27you remember the child who never got to be born,
00:48:29you remember how filthy I am.
00:48:30So?
00:48:31So I disappear.
00:48:32It is the only thing I can still do for you.
00:48:34Alistair!
00:48:47Promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years.
00:48:51Not a hundred years.
00:48:53Forever, Chloe.
00:48:56Forever.
00:48:58Chloe, forgive me for being reckless,
00:49:00but I cannot fight this anymore.
00:49:02Will you marry me?
00:49:04Will you be my wife?
00:49:05I am just an ordinary girl.
00:49:07How could I ever be worthy of...
00:49:08Do not ever say that about yourself.
00:49:10To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world.
00:49:12You deserve everything.
00:49:18Alistair.
00:49:20Good.
00:49:21Go.
00:49:26It is over.
00:49:31Sir, please reconsider.
00:49:32These assets are to shake the entire industry,
00:49:34especially the Family Fund and Kirk Lutron.
00:49:36Years of your life's work...
00:49:36I know.
00:49:36This is not just wealth.
00:49:38It is all your power and protection.
00:49:40Once you sign, there is no going back.
00:49:43Begin.
00:49:47The irreversible trust naming Miss Chloe Stangling as sole beneficiary
00:49:51is now officially in effect.
00:49:53It covers all equity, real estate, liquid assets,
00:49:56liquid assets, and family fund interests under your name.
00:49:59This is the copy.
00:50:00According to the terms,
00:50:01the trustee will notify the beneficiary at the appropriate time.
00:50:06She does not need to know.
00:50:08But you may leave.
00:50:23Chloe, this is the only thing I can still give you.
00:50:39Claire, this is the only thing I can still give you.
00:50:44I want to be a cellist like you someday.
00:50:49Thank you, sweetheart.
00:50:51I love them.
00:50:52When you bowed just now, you kept looking over there.
00:50:56Was your music for someone who sat there?
00:50:58Like in a story?
00:51:09No.
00:51:09My music is only for me.
00:51:12He did not come.
00:51:13I should have known.
00:51:14It really is all over.
00:51:21Chloe, this arrived anonymously this morning.
00:51:24It is a family trust beneficiary transfer worth hundreds of billions.
00:51:30You are named the sole beneficiary.
00:51:36It is Alistair.
00:51:37Tell them I refuse.
00:51:39Chloe, do you understand what this means?
00:51:41An astronomical fortune and in a way...
00:51:45In a way?
00:51:46Compensation?
00:51:47Or charity?
00:51:49Brody, I do not need it.
00:51:51Putting a price tag on a life with money?
00:51:56Alistair, you really have not changed.
00:51:59Send it back untouched.
00:52:01I do not need anything from him,
00:52:03and I do not need to leave him any message.
00:52:17Who will happen to tell her?
00:52:19How dare they?
00:52:22Right.
00:52:23Even the last thing,
00:52:24she does not want it.
00:52:28Sir, we have news from the federal side.
00:52:29Miss Victoria has been released on bail.
00:52:31I am worried she will be...
00:52:32No, Chloe may be in danger.
00:53:00Chloe, what happened?
00:53:01What was that?
00:53:02Nothing.
00:53:03Just an old photo.
00:53:09This is not a prank, Chloe.
00:53:12This is dangerous.
00:53:14You cannot be alone.
00:53:15I am taking you home.
00:53:16I am fine.
00:53:17You have been busy lately,
00:53:18and I have already caused you enough trouble.
00:53:21Call me if anything happens.
00:53:25I will.
00:53:34I will.
00:53:38I will.
00:53:56Do not move.
00:53:58We only want your hand.
00:54:04How much did Victoria pay you?
00:54:06I will double it!
00:54:09Save it, Mrs. Sterling.
00:54:10We get paid to do a job, and we follow rules.
00:54:23Alistair!
00:54:26Stop!
00:54:31Alistair, you said you would disappear from my world.
00:54:34Why did you come back?
00:54:36How did this happen?
00:54:37Do not scare me like this.
00:54:40You are safe.
00:54:41Thank God you are safe.
00:54:56Are you okay?
00:54:57Did they hurt your hand?
00:55:02I need to report a crime.
00:55:04South parking lot of the Vienna Concert Hall.
00:55:06Armed assault.
00:55:07Attempted intentional injury.
00:55:08The suspect is restrained.
00:55:10Also, this involves cross-border crime and a federal felony state voting case in New York
00:55:13from three years ago.
00:55:14I have the full chain of evidence.
00:55:18Watch him.
00:55:19Do not let anyone near him.
00:55:31Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:42Doctor, how is he?
00:55:45He's...
00:55:51the patient has lost too much blood his blood pressure is barely detectable
00:55:55he needs an emergency transfusion but but what he is rh negative the blood bank has no supply
00:56:04his condition is critical and we must find a matching donor immediately we have contacted
00:56:09every nearby hospital and blood center but take mine what do you hear yourself you are going to
00:56:17save him the man who nearly destroyed you anonymous do not record my name draw the blood
00:56:25and i leave immediately if you agree i will sign now all right please sign the confidentiality
00:56:32agreement and consent form here she really signed it why he pushed you into hell and made you lose
00:56:44everything have you forgotten the baby i am not saving him i just do not want to owe him a
00:56:52life
00:56:52three years ago he gave me a home then destroyed me with his own hands now i give him my
00:56:56blood back
00:56:57from this moment on we owe each other nothing
00:57:02the stab wound is deep and he lost a lot of blood we saved him but whether he wakes up
00:57:07and when depends on his will and recovery the next 24 hours are critical wake up you think taking that
00:57:13knife and bleeding like this makes us even you think because you are lying here i can forget my child
00:57:17forget every time you abandoned me for victoria i cannot forget i cannot forget when the doctor told
00:57:24me the baby was gone your signature was at the bottom of that document so cold so quick what is
00:57:31this
00:57:31you lying here repentance atonement it is too late my child is not coming back the chloe who once
00:57:37believed you in that practice room is not coming back either wake up look at me i want you to
00:57:42see
00:57:42with your own eyes that without you without the sterling name i can still stand at the very top
00:57:46i want you alive fully awake and remembering what you lost forever do not just die like this
00:57:52you still owe me too much
00:57:58you have to wake up
00:58:02alistan you heard me you are awake are you not alistan
00:58:09direct flight to zurich leaves in two hours the studio and apartment there are ready
00:58:15news just came from the states victoria's extradition is complete she is being flown
00:58:19back this afternoon under escort federal felony multiple charges including attempted murder
00:58:24cross-border murder for here and financial fraud with stacked sentences she is never getting out
00:58:29got it that is your reaction she almost ruined your life it takes energy i do not have any left
00:58:34and
00:58:35i do not want to waste it here
00:58:40you could even save it
00:58:44i saved myself from now on i owe them nothing
00:59:09chloe
00:59:11darling what time is it when did you change the bedroom like this no this is a hospital
00:59:18why am i in a hospital
00:59:22mr sterling please do not move
00:59:25i am fine where is chloe where am i mr sterling this is the icu you were stabbed
00:59:31and have been unconscious for four days no i clearly remember us watching the city lights on
00:59:36the rooftop last night sir you need to lie down you had internal bleeding and just came out of
00:59:42surgery you need complete bed rest miss chloe sterling is not here not here where did she go
00:59:49i heard she went to zurich
00:59:53zurich for work why did i not know
00:59:58i do not know the details i only heard she left
01:00:01maybe it is just a last minute performance or she did not tell me because she wanted to surprise me
01:00:08when is she coming back i really do don't know no what is this feeling it feels like i lost
01:00:14her what
01:00:15the hell happened
01:00:21toria already said she didn't mean it is it really worth making such a scene over nothing
01:00:25i wrote every single note of this myself this is two years of my hard work
01:00:29allison you know that better than anyone hard work chloe what are you really afraid of
01:00:35losing this score or the status you built using it as a prop a student from a common background who
01:00:40managed to fall into the sterling family through a marriage certificate who are you trying to
01:00:45impress with this wrong woman act didn't you approach me in the first place for the money
01:00:50the status and a chance to climb to the top
01:00:56cancel the surgery you're gonna kill our own flesh and blood just for victoria
01:01:01as long as you take the fall for the accident we can have other children
01:01:07why are these memories flooding my head where is chloe what what did i do to her okay okay okay
01:01:14mr
01:01:15sterling please calm down and stop thinking so hard you need rest right now you cannot get this agitated
01:01:22tell me were those real did i did i do that to her i please lie down first i will
01:01:30get the doctor
01:01:40the wound is healing well no sign of infection but the blood loss left you very weak you need time
01:01:46to recover blood loss yes when you were admitted your condition was critical acute massive bleeding
01:01:52hemogyme at a dangerous level we performed an emergency transfusion you were lucky someone
01:01:57volunteered to donate blood and saved your life who i am sorry mr sterling the donor signed a strict
01:02:03confidentiality agreement we are not authorized to disclose that allison look we have the same
01:02:11blood type what are the odds it is rare the odds feel like fate so if anything ever happens to
01:02:17either
01:02:17of us the other can be their blood bank right not say unlucky things but yes i will protect you
01:02:23anyway
01:02:27chloe was here was chloe not the donor was it chloe i cannot answer questions about visitors you need
01:02:33rest tell me mr sterling please calm down any information about the donor is legally protected
01:02:48mr sterling there is an update on miss thorne the extradition process is complete she was put on a
01:02:55flight back to new york under police escort this morning when three days ago the day after your
01:03:00surgery also chloe the afternoon after alistair's surgery ended and alistair was confirmed out of
01:03:05danger chloe boarded a flight and left destination zurich mr brodie cookup chloe's manager pumbrick
01:03:10released her leg of chloe's odo tour schedule that afternoon yes flight records show take off at 4 15 p
01:03:17.m
01:03:17she gave blood and left without looking back should i contact mrs sterling or try to obtain the details
01:03:24of her tour no she was right to leave report the crime testify donate blood leave every step was
01:03:33calculated clean she thinks even hating me is a waste
01:03:41it was her david the person who gave me blood had to be her the blood bank record is anonymous
01:03:48we cannot
01:03:49confirm i can feel it my body knows her blood no one but chloe
01:03:56call her manager's number now the doctor said you need complete rest and must avoid emotional
01:04:02stress call brodie cook speaking who is this mr cook hello this is david mr sterling's assistant
01:04:09mr sterling would like to speak with mrs sterling miss claire moreo is an intensive tour rehearsal in
01:04:13zurich her schedule is full she is not accepting any non-performance related call tell her it is me
01:04:18tell her i know it was her that bag of blood i know she gave it if it is not
01:04:23business do
01:04:24not disturb her she has cut off even the chance for me to say thank you we're sorry you think
01:04:30even
01:04:30hating me is a waste do you even letting me confirm this debt feels like another form of harassment
01:04:46do not go move mr sterling you need to be back at the hospital i have heard enough from
01:04:54doctors i'm not going anywhere brodie go confirm boarding chloe go
01:05:02let me stay by your side just this once on what grounds i i paid back your blood i saved
01:05:12your life
01:05:13we are even we are not we never will be let go i checked the flights i know your next
01:05:20stop is paris
01:05:20let me go with you i will watch from far away i swear i will not bother you alistair listen
01:05:24carefully
01:05:25you keep saying you want to protect me but when my manuscript was destroyed what did you do when my
01:05:30baby was gone what did you do and now you want to stay by my side too late way too
01:05:37late
01:05:39do not follow me again i want none of your guilt none of your repentance then what do you want
01:05:44tell me
01:05:48i will give you everything the company the shares all of it chloe
01:05:56i want you to disappear forever
01:06:01do not go please give me one chance even if it is only to watch you from a distance
01:06:08a chance three years ago when i was bleeding who gave me a chance when i miscarried it lying in
01:06:15that
01:06:15hospital bed listening to lawyers recharges for crimes i jetives i never committed who gave me a
01:06:21chance i know i was wrong i will spend the rest of my life i do not want the rest
01:06:26of your life alistair
01:06:27i just just want my peace chloe what about our child can that be settled too he never belonged to
01:06:34us
01:06:35he belonged only to the me who lost him before he ever got to see the sun
01:06:47chloe
01:06:49sir are you all right let me take you to
01:06:53no no chloe
01:07:04sir you are awake you have been unconscious for five days the doctor said your last unauthorized
01:07:11discharge seriously worsened the wound you cannot keep doing this you must rest where is chloe now
01:07:18mrs sterling's tour team returns to vienna vienna this afternoon sir get the car now but your body i said
01:07:27now
01:07:33chloe why sir backstage is not open to the public please wait for me for a moment
01:07:42i have been looking for you i was wrong i will spend everything to atone your everything burned to ash
01:07:48three years ago everything i have now i earn myself including my peace so he can give you peace
01:07:55mrs sterling needs to prepare for her performance please leave you let him touch your score you let him
01:08:02stand beside you and what am i
01:08:11the blood chloe wait the blood that saved my life was it yours
01:08:20yes why you hate me to repay a debt what three years ago you signed a paper and traded my
01:08:28life for
01:08:28hers now i repay you once blood for blood nothing owed no it is not a debt i owe you
01:08:35and i can never
01:08:36repay it is debt it is paid from now on your blood your wounds whether you live or die none
01:08:43of it has
01:08:43anything to do with me i'm not gonna let you do this get the hell away from me let us
01:08:49go in
01:09:08oh no what is it god no that is impossible this how could this string
01:09:17i checked it yesterday it was fine and chloe are always so careful accidents happen it is not a big
01:09:24deal where are the spare strings did you bring an extra string here here i packed an extra set on
01:09:31purpose it is stange in the leon and when that this this is impossible i kept it in the humidity
01:09:37patch do not panic i will ask when the new cello arrives
01:09:44what the car broke down did you not guarantee it would be on time tomorrow morning at the earliest
01:09:49shit i contacted a friend in berlin his workshop has strings in the same gauge but driving them
01:09:54here will take at least four hours not enough time rehearsal is in two hours and the concert is tonight
01:10:00why now damn it
01:10:11claire's string snapped the spare is oxidized too the new cello is still on the road and they cannot reach
01:10:18the maker wait whose string broke claire's sir backstage matters are not disclosed to unrelated people
01:10:26now tell me exactly what happened it is mrs claire the principal cellist her main strings slapped
01:10:32during pre-show check the prec the spare is oxidized and unusable and the emergency replacement cello
01:10:38is delayed it is bad it is chloe of course she is still the little girl who needs my shelter
01:10:45only under
01:10:46my wing can she play safely it is me use every resource find top tier gut cello strings that can
01:10:52reach the vienna musikheim within two hours send a private jet to berlin then transfer by helicopter
01:10:57directly to the musikheim plaza i want those strings in her hands before the concert starts
01:11:06chloe do not panic i already got the strings
01:11:15the string did it not snap it did i sent a plane the string should be here no need i
01:11:21contacted the
01:11:22luthori's workshop they sent top strings by special car and brought an extra cello for trial use when did
01:11:27you contact them when i found the broken string brody made a few calls julian confirmed the workshop
01:11:31inventory the car arrived 40 minutes ago good as long as it is solved alistair three years ago i lay
01:11:36in the hospital waiting for a consent form with your signature your signing was risky and you had
01:11:40to wait for the lawyers now one cello string breaks and you can immediately mobilize planes
01:11:44clear logistics and make an entire system move for you your help only appears when you think it is
01:11:48safe and convenient my life and death my career had to run on your schedule this time is different
01:11:53it is the same you always want to solve my problems your way then you tell me how much you
01:11:56sacrifice but i do not need it anymore my problems are mine to solve my way on my time
01:12:06these headlines they will ruin her performance what will she think of me
01:12:10sir mr brody cooks just notified the press miss chloe is holding a press conference right up ahead
01:12:15miss chloe and mr aliston stellar ended their marriage three years ago now and in the future there is no
01:12:22legal connection between them nor any private relationship mr brody a photograph mr sterling
01:12:28here two mornings ago and wandering and he had contact with miss chloe does this mean mr sterling's
01:12:31trying to win her back mr sterling's actions are his personal choice miss chloe's position has been
01:12:35made clear in the statement her life and career are centered on music my team is fully capable of
01:12:40handling every performance matter any outside uninvited involvement is unnecessary and unwelcome as for the
01:12:46rest private grievances are not worth public resources my music will speak for itself
01:12:51that is the end of the statement please focus on tonight's performance thank you
01:13:09chloe i know you can hear me
01:13:15i saw the press conference you said we were even but how can i be even the baby is gone
01:13:21because i
01:13:22signed you almost died on that operating table because i stopped the doctors i cannot repay those debts
01:13:29you you will not even give me your hate anymore you treat me like some irrelevant stranger
01:13:41then tell me how do i pay it back do you want this life
01:13:49no
01:13:52just like this glass of water once it is poured out i will not pick it back up
01:14:00you could kneel until you die and it will not bring that child back
01:14:03it will not bring back the me who trusted you three years ago
01:14:23you should be gone now
01:14:49i just do not want tomorrow's headline to say former wall street kaidan bleeds to death
01:14:54outside ex-wife's apartment so to you i am just a nuisance noise i hate unnecessary noise
01:15:02i checked the medical records from back then every minute i remember when the doctor recommended
01:15:06surgery i checked my watch three times i was calculating risk time and legal consequences
01:15:10i know i know exactly how long you calculated you do not know long enough for me to lose half
01:15:14my blood and long enough for an eight week ambrose heartbeat to stop forever those fragments from
01:15:18back then we play in my head every day then let them keep playing that is your business but do
01:15:24not
01:15:24die here get up i will call a car to take you to the hospital i am not going shoot
01:15:29yourself wait
01:15:38my sins can only be washed clean with blood is this enough put the knife down
01:15:50tell me how much blood is enough is this life enough to pay your life has no value to me
01:16:01now
01:16:01then what has value tell me what can i still give you i want nothing especially nothing from you
01:16:09then watch me die you are forcing me again no this time i choose it myself you just watch take
01:16:19it as
01:16:21a late offering let go let me i said let go
01:16:33your blood cannot wash anything clean it will only stay in this street then what what the hell am i
01:16:40supposed to do
01:16:44at the very least you should not be kneeling here trying to die
01:16:56stop
01:16:59stop it
01:17:02is it enough is this life enough to pay
01:17:08put the knife down say it first is it enough i said put the knife down
01:17:15the baby is not coming back you could bleed yourself dry and he still would not come back
01:17:20when i was lying on the operating table waiting for your signature
01:17:24he was already gone what you are doing now has no meaning none of it has any meaning anymore
01:17:34we are even i forgive you
01:17:39what did you say
01:17:44i forgive you no
01:17:48chloe do not do not forgive me i do not deserve it it is not for you it is for
01:17:54me i have to move
01:17:55forward move forward good you go do not look back but do not forgive me please the baby will not
01:18:04come back the blood i lost cannot be returned none of this helps i know i know it does not
01:18:12help
01:18:12but i do not hate you anymore hate is exhausting from now on we are even
01:18:19even okay even never see me again chloe live well
01:18:32mr sterling
01:18:35mr sterling hold on i am calling an ambulance right now chloe what chloe
01:18:54sir you are awake the doctor said you lost too much blood but thank god you have been unconscious
01:18:59for two days miss chloe she david yes sir i will not go looking for her again
01:19:06she said we are even i should let go
01:19:23ashes should look like ashes
01:19:29they adjusted the sound post overnight want to try it
01:19:36it is quiet more reliable than people
01:19:45time to go stage
01:20:10the strings will never tremble for lies again this first note is both a funeral and a rebirth
01:20:16every accent is the echo of a golden cage shattering what he destroyed was never just a cello
01:20:21my blood
01:20:21my blood everything i lost it all burns inside this melody there is no place to breathe in the ashes
01:20:33there is no going back
01:20:38look alistair without you i still stand in the light and this light will never shine for me
01:20:46my blood and this light will never shine for me
01:20:49i think i saw alistair
01:21:04claire these flowers are for you
01:21:06who asked you to bring them i i brought them myself white lilies of the valley we had a pot
01:21:13on the
01:21:13balcony of the new york apartment it died thank you they are beautiful i will keep them
01:21:20from a fan let me check them no need you know who sent them i do then why accept them
01:21:28the flowers are
01:21:29innocent the person who sent them has nothing to do with me
01:21:35sir she accepted them she said they were beautiful thank you little angel
01:21:41this is your reward go buy yourself some candy thank you sir
01:21:55mr sterling at the current rate of progression a conservative estimate gives you about three months
01:22:01yes understood mr sterling the will you requested has been drafted according to your final wishes
01:22:09under the terms all assets under your name after taxes and fees will be transferred to the anonymous
01:22:13donor x account and ultimately donated to the global fund for women artists no individual beneficiary is named
01:22:22the process is complete i will hold the original mr sterling please take care
01:22:35now this is better
01:22:58excuse me sir could you tell me is this the right direction to the julie hart school
01:23:05wrong side across the platform thank you i i just got to new york your cufflinks they are beautiful
01:23:27it's that wrong way we both went the wrong way
01:23:36it's
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