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00:00:04I've been given a second chance, waking up on the eve of my wedding to Dante.
00:00:09While I was asleep, his assistant, Vera, took it upon herself to ink the word bitch across my face.
00:00:18Don't you think the label fits you perfectly?
00:00:23Oh, is Dorothy getting upset?
00:00:25It was just a joke, Dorothy. Don't start a scene.
00:00:30In my previous life, I would have pulled a Glock, pressed it to her skull, and screamed for a divorce.
00:00:37Not this time, because this time, I'm already dying.
00:00:41In my previous life, after I snapped and cut ties with Dante, the aftermath was a living nightmare.
00:00:48He refused to sign the papers, clawed back every asset I owned, and left me with nothing but the clothes
00:00:55on my back.
00:00:56The whites have put a price on your head.
00:01:00No one in New York will touch your case.
00:01:02If you want to keep your life, you need to get out of the city.
00:01:07Now.
00:01:10To make matters worse, no sooner had I fled New York, than a free clinic diagnosed me with late-stage
00:01:17Adam Asinoda.
00:01:18Without immediate intervention, you're looking at six months, at best.
00:01:26Treatment?
00:01:28I didn't even have enough to buy a loaf of bread for tomorrow.
00:01:32At my absolute breaking point, I swallowed what was left of my pride, and crawled back to Dante's estate, on
00:01:39Long Island.
00:01:40The master says he won't see you.
00:01:43Did you explain the situation?
00:01:44Did you tell him I'm sick?
00:01:46The word from inside is, if you're going to die, don't do it in front of the gates.
00:01:52It's bad for business.
00:01:54Ten years of love, and I never imagined he could be this heartless.
00:02:00I turned to walk away, and that's when I heard Vera's voice.
00:02:06Dante, the obstacle is finally gone.
00:02:10Now we can be together forever.
00:02:12The last image burned into my eyes, before I died, was the two of them, kissing in the very rose
00:02:18garden I had spent years nurturing with my own hands.
00:02:25So this time around, screw dignity.
00:02:28Survival is the only thing that matters.
00:02:30Dorothy, we're postponing the wedding.
00:02:33Vera's dog just passed away.
00:02:36Don't you think it's a bit cruel to celebrate a marriage while she's in mourning?
00:02:40We've been legally married for five years, yet the ceremony has been pushed back countless times.
00:02:46Last time, it was because Vera got a zit and didn't want to look bad.
00:02:51This time, it's because of a dog.
00:02:54You're right.
00:02:58Wait.
00:03:06Vera is young and impulsive.
00:03:09She didn't mean anything by it.
00:03:11Her father was a loyalist to mine.
00:03:15She's like a sister to me.
00:03:17But you, you are my wife.
00:03:21There's a difference.
00:03:22The same old speech from my previous life.
00:03:25Word for word.
00:03:27But now, it doesn't even sting.
00:03:30I understand.
00:03:31Dorothy, what's the game this time?
00:03:35I've told you a thousand times.
00:03:37Vera's father died for this family, and she is essential for the Victoria negotiations.
00:03:44Why can't you just get that through your head?
00:03:46Why must you be so paranoid?
00:03:51No, I'm being serious.
00:03:53I'm not angry.
00:03:54Go on back.
00:03:55Vera and the others are waiting for you.
00:03:58I caught a flicker of bewilderment in it.
00:04:00Composed.
00:04:01Dorothy.
00:04:02I thought I heard someone call my name.
00:04:04I didn't bother to look back.
00:04:06My family needs you.
00:04:08Correct.
00:04:10A full-spectrum cancer screening.
00:04:12As soon as humanly possible.
00:04:14At least for now, I'm still Mrs. White.
00:04:17I have an Amex black card with no limit.
00:04:20Plenty of cash.
00:04:21And, for the moment, time.
00:04:25Vera wants you in the garden.
00:04:27Move it.
00:04:27Don't keep her waiting.
00:04:29That's my standing in the White Helmhold.
00:04:31Lady of the Manor on paper.
00:04:33But, in reality, even the help thinks they can order me around.
00:04:44Do you like it?
00:04:45I mentioned to Dante that I'd love to try on a wedding dress.
00:04:49And, he just...
00:04:49Handed me yours.
00:04:51It's not bad.
00:04:52Although, the waistline looks like it needs some serious taking in.
00:04:56You bitch!
00:04:57Is that supposed to be a jab?
00:04:59Who do you think you are?
00:05:00The actual mistress of this house?
00:05:02I'm the one on Dante's arm at every gala.
00:05:05Out there?
00:05:06I'm the one they call Mrs. White.
00:05:08Nobody even knows you exist.
00:05:10Dante never took me public.
00:05:13Driven by resentment.
00:05:14I once snuck into a party just to watch.
00:05:17Everyone was cheering for him and Vera.
00:05:19Egging them on to kiss.
00:05:21Dante didn't say a single word to correct them.
00:05:24I'm sick of that pathetic look on your face.
00:05:27Grab her!
00:05:27Hold her down!
00:05:37If it weren't for you, Dante and I would have been official years ago.
00:05:42You're just a piece of used up trash!
00:05:44A total bitch!
00:05:50What the hell is going on here?
00:05:56Dante!
00:05:57I'm the one who's going on here.
00:05:58Dorothy!
00:05:58Dorothy saw me in the dress and just lost it.
00:06:00She attacked me!
00:06:01Look at my face!
00:06:02How am I supposed to meet Mr. Vidorio tonight looking like this?
00:06:07I told you, Dorothy.
00:06:09Tonight's deal is vital to the organization.
00:06:11The same routine.
00:06:13No matter how absurd Villa's lies are, Dante will always take her side.
00:06:17What's so funny?
00:06:18As the matriarch of the white family, you're petty, blinded by jealousy, and clearly unrepentant.
00:06:24Fine.
00:06:25Let's give you something to remember.
00:06:32Dorothy.
00:06:33Have you learned your lesson yet?
00:06:35The crushing weight of the humiliation and physical pain was too much.
00:06:40Everything went black.
00:06:42And the world gave out beneath me.
00:06:49The crushing weight of the humiliation and physical pain was too much.
00:06:54Everything went black.
00:06:56And the world gave out beneath me.
00:07:02I dreamt about the way we used to be.
00:07:06Back then, we were just kids in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a neighborhood teeming with dock workers and Italian immigrants.
00:07:12My family lived on 3rd Avenue, and Dante's house was right across the street.
00:07:18You held back in the ring today?
00:07:20The whites have no use for a weeking.
00:07:22You need to crush them, cripple them.
00:07:24Only then will your father finally acknowledge you.
00:07:26Otherwise, you'll never be more than a bastard hiding in the shadows.
00:07:31Did your mother hurt you again?
00:07:33Old Mr. White was a womanizer with countless illegitimate children, and Dante was one of them.
00:07:38His mother was obsessed with becoming Mrs. White, so she pinned all her hopes on Dante.
00:07:43The training she put him through was basically torture.
00:07:46I often heard the crack of whip's gunshots and a woman's hysterical screams and sobs.
00:07:51I felt sorry for him.
00:07:53Every time I got my hands on some candy, I might secretly slip him a piece.
00:08:03I don't care for sweets.
00:08:05Then don't eat them.
00:08:06But Dante, you really should speak up more.
00:08:09You have a beautiful voice.
00:08:14Before long, it became our ritual.
00:08:17That solitary boy started waiting for me.
00:08:25I did some digging.
00:08:26It's a safe area, and it's close to where I'll be stationed.
00:08:30Your grades might not get you into the degree program yet, but they have a summer foundation course.
00:08:35I'll take care of the tuition.
00:08:38I never had the heart to tell him that my parents, who ran a gallery, had already mapped out my
00:08:44entire future.
00:08:45I ditched my acceptance letter and followed him to Rhode Island.
00:08:49Even when my father disowned me for it, I didn't regret a thing.
00:08:53Dante eventually earned his stripes and was named the White Air.
00:08:56He became ruthless, efficient, a total stranger to the world.
00:08:59But with me, he was still that same shy boy.
00:09:10Who were they?
00:09:12Why can't I be the only one in your world?
00:09:15Can't you just look at me?
00:09:18I love you, Dorothy.
00:09:19I've loved you since we were kids.
00:09:21I knew exactly who he was.
00:09:23The boy who purged traders at 16 and ran the East Coast arms trade at 18.
00:09:27I thought a gulf of blood and shadows stood between us.
00:09:30But then he said he loved me.
00:09:32And in that moment, I threw caution to the wind and held him back.
00:09:37Why hasn't she woken up yet?
00:09:39And she's burning up.
00:09:40Move!
00:09:40Get the private doctor on the phone.
00:09:44Victor.
00:09:45Dorothy is sick.
00:09:46Get down to the man in this instant.
00:09:49What do you mean she scheduled tests?
00:09:51What kind of tests?
00:09:57Victor.
00:09:58Dorothy is sick.
00:09:59Get down to the man in this instant.
00:10:01What do you mean she scheduled tests?
00:10:04What kind of tests?
00:10:14Dante.
00:10:15Quiet.
00:10:20I'm right here.
00:10:23What are you doing here?
00:10:25At this hour, shouldn't you be with Vera?
00:10:29The deal fell through.
00:10:30I can't have the word getting out that the lady of the white family is a jealous mess who
00:10:34starts catfights over nothing.
00:10:37Tomorrow, you're going to apologize to Vera.
00:10:39She branded my face with a marker and beat me until I was unrecognizable.
00:10:44And I'm the one who has to apologize to the culprit?
00:10:46I wanted to laugh, but the irony was too heavy for my lungs.
00:10:50Vera said this ink washes right off.
00:10:53Are you keeping it there on purpose just to milk my sympathy?
00:10:59Why isn't it coming off?
00:11:00Never mind.
00:11:01We're visiting a man tomorrow afternoon.
00:11:04Be ready by two.
00:11:06I can't make it.
00:11:09Have you had enough yet?
00:11:11I've told you.
00:11:12There is nothing between me and Vera.
00:11:14Why are you so obsessed with this?
00:11:15Dante has always been a man of few words.
00:11:18This is the first time he's ever felt the need to explain himself over and over.
00:11:24Was he trying to convince me?
00:11:26Or was he trying to convince himself?
00:11:28I'm unwell.
00:11:30And I have a doctor's appointment.
00:11:32Besides, your father never liked me anyway.
00:11:35Said I was too artistic for this life.
00:11:38He has a heart condition.
00:11:40Why risk raising his blood pressure?
00:11:42Take Vera instead.
00:11:43She's more your speed.
00:11:47Fine.
00:11:48Keep nursing your little tantrum.
00:11:50Just don't come crying to me when the fallout hits.
00:11:55See?
00:11:57That's the bitter divide between loved and being tolerated.
00:12:01The Dante of the past would panic if I so much as frowned.
00:12:04Begging to know what he'd done wrong.
00:12:07But this rot didn't set in overnight.
00:12:10By our third year together,
00:12:11he had officially ascended as the godfather of the White family.
00:12:15Wipe out the remaining minor families within three days.
00:12:19I want zero loose ends.
00:12:21Yes, godfather.
00:12:27My parents' car exploded in a supposed accident.
00:12:31Both were killed instantly.
00:12:34The police ruled it a mechanical failure.
00:12:36But I knew better than to believe in coincidences in this city.
00:12:40They were just coming to see my exhibition.
00:12:43They were murdered because it wouldn't help those animals launder their blood money.
00:12:49I'm sorry.
00:12:51It's my fault I couldn't protect them.
00:12:53From this moment on,
00:12:54I swear to spend the rest of my life making it up to you.
00:12:57I will never let another soul hurt you again.
00:13:01Dante defied his father's direct orders just to marry me.
00:13:05Mrs. White,
00:13:06This is your third misparriage.
00:13:08In your current condition,
00:13:10carrying a child to term is simply not viable.
00:13:13I strongly suggest you look into surrogacy or adoption.
00:13:18It's okay, Dorothy.
00:13:20Children or not,
00:13:21it doesn't change anything.
00:13:22I only care about you being whole.
00:13:25Her poverty is the least of her sins.
00:13:28Now she's a hen that can't even lay eggs.
00:13:31This family needs an heir, Dante.
00:13:34I'm not going to replace her.
00:13:36After that,
00:13:37my health spiraled.
00:13:39Insomnia,
00:13:39anxiety,
00:13:40the nights became endless.
00:13:43Depression swallowed me like a rising tide.
00:13:46And in my darkest hour,
00:13:48Vera appeared.
00:13:50Godfather,
00:13:51here is the latest market analysis on the arms trade.
00:13:54She could talk strategy and business.
00:13:57Walking shoulder to shoulder with him through the blood and the fire.
00:14:01Impressive work.
00:14:02And me,
00:14:03I was reduced to asking about his dinner or matching his ties.
00:14:07He began to see me as hollow.
00:14:09A relic that couldn't keep up.
00:14:11I knew then,
00:14:12there was no going back.
00:14:19He began to see me as hollow.
00:14:21A relic that couldn't keep up.
00:14:24I knew then,
00:14:25there was no going back.
00:14:27In my previous life,
00:14:29I was left without a safety net.
00:14:31Post-divorce,
00:14:33Dante froze in every single one of my accounts.
00:14:36Stripped of everything,
00:14:37I had to sell off my life piece by piece.
00:14:39Eventually,
00:14:40I found myself standing in a pawn shop.
00:14:43Holding my own wedding ring.
00:14:52Five grand.
00:14:54It's worth at least a hundred and fifty thousand.
00:14:58Market price is for the dreamers.
00:15:00Cash is for the desperate.
00:15:02You want the money or not?
00:15:03Even back then,
00:15:05when hunger and sickness had me at death's fore,
00:15:08I couldn't bring myself apart with that ring.
00:15:11I held on to it,
00:15:12and went to find Dante.
00:15:14Only to catch him and Vera locked in an embrace.
00:15:18What a pathetic joke.
00:15:20Ma'am,
00:15:21I'm afraid the results are concerning.
00:15:24It's pancreatic cancer.
00:15:26We need to perform a bone marrow biopsy immediately,
00:15:29to confirm the extent of the lesions.
00:15:37The local amesthetic only numbs the surface.
00:15:40You're going to feel a significant amount of pressure,
00:15:42and pain.
00:15:43I'll need you to hold as still as possible.
00:15:51The report will hit your phone in five hours.
00:15:54Once you're home,
00:15:55stay flat on your back.
00:15:56Do not irritate the wound.
00:15:58The pain alone could send you into shock.
00:16:03She's back!
00:16:10How dare you betray the family!
00:16:14My biopsy wound.
00:16:16I can feel it tearing open.
00:16:18What the hell are you talking about?
00:16:22The second you left,
00:16:24the family's purge list was leaked.
00:16:28You're the only one with access to Dante's study.
00:16:31If it wasn't you,
00:16:32then who?
00:16:33Give me a name!
00:16:34I have no idea what you're talking about!
00:16:40I look the other way when you came for me personally,
00:16:43but selling our lives to the blacks?
00:16:45Just to spine us?
00:16:50That's a death sentence!
00:16:52Dante,
00:16:53you can't protect her this time.
00:16:56Dante, help me!
00:16:57You know I would never...
00:16:59Vera had the right idea after all.
00:17:01You're nothing but a bitch.
00:17:03And a bitch belongs exactly where she can be used.
00:17:17It's strange.
00:17:19Mrs. White was so desperate for these results,
00:17:21but now that they're in,
00:17:23she's not picking up.
00:17:24Victor,
00:17:24how do you want to handle this?
00:17:26Mrs. White?
00:17:27You mean Dorothy?
00:17:28What was she in for?
00:17:30Cancer?
00:17:31Cancer?
00:17:32This can't be right.
00:17:33I need to get to the White Estate immediately.
00:17:42No!
00:17:43I never betrayed this family!
00:17:45Let me talk to Dante!
00:17:46Just let me see him!
00:17:47This is Dante's order.
00:17:59You have a gift.
00:18:01Honestless puts half the artists in the galleries to shame.
00:18:05Do you really think so?
00:18:07I was thinking of entering it into a competition.
00:18:10Absolutely.
00:18:11One day,
00:18:12I'm going to host the most lavish exhibition the world has ever seen for my star artist.
00:18:16These are the hands of a master.
00:18:18We have to keep them safe.
00:18:20The man who swore to protect me for a lifetime
00:18:23is the same one who shattered the hands I used to create.
00:18:27The pain is unbearable.
00:18:29I need the doctor.
00:18:30Sir,
00:18:32everything is
00:18:32fading.
00:18:35Sir,
00:18:35your own investigation cleared her.
00:18:37You know for a fact that Dorothy wasn't the mole.
00:18:41Vera is my most trusted lieutenant.
00:18:43She made a public accusation in front of the entire organization.
00:18:46I couldn't humiliate her by proving her wrong.
00:18:48Dorothy just had to take the fall for the sake of optics.
00:18:51To save Vera's reputation, he sacrificed my hands.
00:19:02I couldn't humiliate her by proving her wrong.
00:19:04Dorothy just had to take the fall for the sake of optics.
00:19:06To save Vera's reputation, he sacrificed my hands.
00:19:12I'll make it up to her later.
00:19:15Besides, given her status as my wife, the men know better than to push her too far.
00:19:21Vera played the part of the white matriarch for years and Dante never once correct her.
00:19:24In this house, I was less than a servant.
00:19:27He wasn't blind to the contempt and the mockery.
00:19:29He just didn't care anymore.
00:19:33Dante, how can you keep making excuses for a rat?
00:19:35Because of that leak, my family was nearly wiped out and the organization took a massive hit.
00:19:39You know what's at stake.
00:19:41Tell me you aren't actually still falling for her act?
00:19:44She had no motive to do this on purpose.
00:19:47No motive?
00:19:49What if she found out her parents died in my parents' place?
00:19:55Thank God we swapped those license plates.
00:19:58Otherwise, it would have been my parents blown to pieces by the Red Oaks instead of hers.
00:20:02Dante, I know you've been carrying that guilt.
00:20:04But you've compensated her plenty.
00:20:07Four years of luxury is more than enough payment for two dead gallery owners.
00:20:16What she said, is it true?
00:20:19You murdered my parents.
00:20:23Why are you...
00:20:25here?
00:20:26So what if it is?
00:20:28Stop looking at me like that.
00:20:29I'm telling you, some lives are just worth more than others.
00:20:32Your parents were nobodies.
00:20:34Dying for mines was the most useful thing they ever did.
00:20:36Calm down, Dorothy.
00:20:38Don't act like a lunator.
00:20:40How am I supposed to be calm?
00:20:42I loved you for half my life.
00:20:44And all this time, you were an accomplice to their murder.
00:20:47Dorothy, listen to me.
00:20:49I never wanted to hurt you.
00:20:51Go to hell, you bitch!
00:20:55I never wanted to hurt you.
00:20:57Go to hell, you bitch!
00:21:03Vera!
00:21:21Dante, do you have any idea what Dorothy is?
00:21:26Why?
00:21:28The throbbing in my chest was a brutal reminder of reality.
00:21:31My husband of four years used me as a human shield, shoving me into the line of fire to save
00:21:37another woman.
00:21:38It's just a flesh wound.
00:21:40Who are you putting on this fragile act for?
00:21:42Hate to break it to you, but the boss isn't coming.
00:21:45Vera is traumatized, and he's busy playing hero by her bedside.
00:21:49I wasn't even surprised.
00:21:53I didn't realize the help in the White family had grown so insolent.
00:21:58Know your place.
00:22:02You're not out of the woods yet.
00:22:04That bullet missed your heart by a fraction of an inch.
00:22:06If I hadn't made it in time, Dante would be picking out your cospet right now.
00:22:11How did it come to this?
00:22:12I remember when he'd call me in a panic if you so much as scraped a knee.
00:22:16Now-
00:22:16That's a question you should be asking him.
00:22:19Does he even know about the diagnosis?
00:22:22Cancer isn't something you can just brush off.
00:22:25Are you sure you want to keep him in the dark?
00:22:27You performed the surgery.
00:22:28You must have seen the other marks on me.
00:22:30He's the one who put them there.
00:22:31I'm terrified of being tied to him any longer.
00:22:33Victor, for the sake of our old friendship, please, help me.
00:22:40What do you need me to do?
00:22:42Help me apply for medical assistance.
00:22:44I need a way to pay for treatment once the divorce goes through and I'm cut off from the White
00:22:48family assets.
00:22:49Dorothy, just how little faith do you have left in him?
00:22:52Do you really think he'd refuse to cover your medical bills?
00:22:54He dropped eight figures on a diamond for Vera just last month.
00:22:58I'm sorry.
00:22:59I didn't mean to throw that in your face.
00:23:02It's fine.
00:23:04I'm well aware.
00:23:06Every time Dante abandoned me for Vera, she made sure to rub it in with a smug text.
00:23:12Before the wedding, Dante and I were supposed to pick out our rings together.
00:23:15He never showed.
00:23:16I spent five hours calling him over and over.
00:23:19Until.
00:23:23Dante's with me.
00:23:24He just won the auction for the heart of the ocean.
00:23:26999 carats of pure devotion.
00:23:28He says it's for his one true first love.
00:23:30He never loved you, Dorothy.
00:23:31Don, you feel like a clown standing in the middle of something that was never yours.
00:23:36There's one more thing I need from you.
00:23:37I need you to draft a set of divorce papers.
00:23:40You're not thinking clearly.
00:23:48There's one more thing I need from you.
00:23:50I need you to draft a set of divorce papers.
00:23:58That's not the outfit you left in.
00:24:00You've showered and changed.
00:24:02Where the hell have you been?
00:24:04Chemotherapy, obviously.
00:24:06I was drenched in a cold from the pain so the nurse had to change me.
00:24:09It's pathetic.
00:24:10He crosses every line imaginable with Vera.
00:24:14Yet he has the audacity to play the suspicious husband with me.
00:24:20None of your business.
00:24:23None of my business?
00:24:25You are my wife.
00:24:26What right do you have to question me?
00:24:29You and Vera parade around like a couple at every gala.
00:24:32She flaunts my wedding dress and plays Mrs. White while you stand by and say nothing.
00:24:38You delayed our wedding for her, tortured me for her, and used me as her human shield.
00:24:43Is that your version of being innocent?
00:24:46It was for the business.
00:24:48Dante, do you actually believe your own lies?
00:24:51If there's a sure of the man I used to know left in you, then give me a divorce.
00:24:56Set yourself free.
00:24:58And for God's sake, let me go.
00:25:00You want a divorce?
00:25:01Unless there's someone else waiting for you.
00:25:04Why are you so desperate to leave?
00:25:06I've been too soft on you.
00:25:07I've spoiled you to the point where you've forgotten the price of defying me.
00:25:18Dante, what are you doing?
00:25:20You know perfectly well I could never betray you.
00:25:23Dorothy, still playing the victim?
00:25:25I gave explicit orders to the intergation room to just put on a show.
00:25:28I didn't realize you were this desperate to go this far just to trick me.
00:25:33Dorothy, when did you become so manipulative?
00:25:36You have no right to judge me.
00:25:40Then let's see if I can't remind you exactly what my rights are.
00:25:52Then let's see if I can't remind you exactly what my rights are.
00:26:02I stood there, at the wreckage of my parents' car, watching my world collapse.
00:26:08For two years, Dante held my hand, guiding me through the trauma and the nightmares of twisted metal.
00:26:14I never imagined that one day, he would be the one behind the wheel, driving straight at me.
00:26:27Dante, stop!
00:26:29Please, don't do this to me!
00:26:31Isn't this what you're so terrified of?
00:26:33Fine, let me help you refresh your memory.
00:26:36I'll show you exactly how your parents looked in that wreck.
00:26:39Like two piles of mangled, unrecognizable flesh.
00:26:43You...
00:26:44Wait...
00:26:44Why do I smell gasoline?
00:26:47Die, you bitch.
00:27:11I'll be your knight, Dorothy.
00:27:12I swear, I'll never let another soul lay a finger on you.
00:27:20Everything started to fade.
00:27:23Through a haze of crimson, I saw Dante leap from his car and sprint towards me.
00:27:29But his face was a blur, a shadow retreating into a distance I could no longer reach.
00:27:35Dorothy!
00:27:36Dorothy!
00:27:48Dorothy, stay with me.
00:27:50Keep your eyes on me.
00:27:51I reinforced this car myself.
00:27:53It shouldn't have gone up like this.
00:27:54Don White, it's too dangerous.
00:27:56The frame could blow any second.
00:27:58You have to get back.
00:27:59Dante, stop!
00:28:00You're the head of this family.
00:28:01She's just some girl from the sticks.
00:28:03You can't risk your life for her.
00:28:08She is my wife.
00:28:17Get Victor out here.
00:28:19Now!
00:28:20In the final flickering moments of consciousness, I felt a familiar embrace.
00:28:24It was warm, reminding me of the safety he used to offer when we were young.
00:28:27But this warmth arrived far too late, and the cost was far too cheap.
00:28:35Dorothy, you're awake.
00:28:36Can you feel anything?
00:28:38Victor looked you over.
00:28:39He says you're out of danger, but you're badly hurt.
00:28:43Dorothy, please, forgive me.
00:28:45I only did it because I couldn't stand the thought of you leaving me.
00:28:49Your hands?
00:28:50God, I'm so sorry.
00:28:52I never intended for them to go that far.
00:28:54Everyone in the interrogation room has been dealt with.
00:28:57I'll find the best specialists in the world.
00:28:59They'll heal.
00:29:00I promise they will.
00:29:02It's permanent damage.
00:29:03Some things don't mend.
00:29:05Just like a heart.
00:29:06Once it's gone, it never comes back.
00:29:08You're not thinking clearly right now.
00:29:10Did you bother to find out why the car exploded?
00:29:13Or who poured gasoline all over the scene?
00:29:16It was an accident, Dorothy.
00:29:18A freak occurrence.
00:29:20Vera was the one in charge of that car's maintenance.
00:29:24I know you've been through hell.
00:29:25But don't drag Vera into this.
00:29:27You're becoming obsessive, Dorothy.
00:29:29It's unhinged.
00:29:31Get out.
00:29:33Dorothy, I'm not letting you go.
00:29:35You just need time to calm down.
00:29:37Call me if you need anything.
00:29:38Victor left some paperwork.
00:29:40The final medical report from your checkup.
00:29:42It needs your signature.
00:29:43It's on the table.
00:29:46The medical assistance is approved.
00:29:49Finally, I can disappear.
00:29:58The medical assistance is approved.
00:30:01Finally, I can disappear.
00:30:05The next day, I packed what little I had left.
00:30:08A few basic changes of clothes.
00:30:11Nothing more.
00:30:12I didn't touch a single luxury item Dante had ever bought me.
00:30:16He felt guilty, I suppose.
00:30:17But not enough to care.
00:30:19He bought it with such indifference that he didn't even check the size.
00:30:23The band was far too wide.
00:30:26It was never meant for me.
00:30:27A ring was never the promise I was looking for.
00:30:30This marriage has mere drained the last of my love and every shred of hope I once held.
00:30:36From this moment on, Mrs. White is dead.
00:30:40There is only Dorothy, a woman who finally belongs to herself.
00:30:47Dante, why all the drinking?
00:30:50You're going to ruin yourself at this rate.
00:30:52It's her, isn't it?
00:30:55That bitch Dorothy!
00:30:57I can't believe he's still moping over her after everything!
00:31:01Having the interrogation room crush her hands was far too mercy.
00:31:05Next time, I'll make sure she's erased for good.
00:31:10The interrogation room is your jurisdiction.
00:31:12Tell me, did you know they were going to shatter her hands?
00:31:18Dante, are you actually accusing me?
00:31:20Why on earth would I do that?
00:31:22Did Dorothy whisper something in your ear?
00:31:25Look, I know she's been through a lot.
00:31:27If making me the villain helps her cope or helps you calm down, then fine.
00:31:32I'll take the blame.
00:31:34Enough!
00:31:34Head out!
00:31:35Unless you have something useful to say.
00:31:38Dante, stop.
00:31:40If Dorothy isn't here to care for you, I am.
00:31:42I'm the only one who truly does.
00:31:45No matter what happens, I'm right here.
00:31:48Look at me.
00:31:59I'm right here.
00:32:01Look at me.
00:32:02Look at me.
00:32:07Vera, you've overstepped.
00:32:09Get out.
00:32:11Dante, you know my feelings for you have always been...
00:32:14Miss Vera, this way, please.
00:32:19Godfather, stop.
00:32:20Your body can't take much more of this.
00:32:22Dorothy and I, it's like there's an ocean between us now.
00:32:26She used to be so fragile.
00:32:27She'd wait for me to comfort her over a tiny scratch.
00:32:31Now, after all this hell, she won't even give me the dignity of a grievance.
00:32:36She looks at me like I'm some stranger.
00:32:39And then she demands a divorce?
00:32:42Divorce?
00:32:43Not in this life.
00:32:45Never.
00:32:45Maybe she's just lashing out in the heat of the moment?
00:32:48Lashing out?
00:32:49What right does she have to be angry?
00:32:52She's become willful.
00:32:54Completely irrational.
00:32:55She doesn't have the slightest clue.
00:32:57Have you seen her lately?
00:32:58The staff says she hasn't set foot outside her room.
00:33:02Still playing the martyr?
00:33:04Fine.
00:33:05Let her be.
00:33:07It's not like she's actually gonna starve herself to death.
00:33:12Chemo is agonizing.
00:33:14But in a strange way.
00:33:15The pain is a reminder.
00:33:17It means I'm still alive.
00:33:20Dorothy White, ready for billing.
00:33:23She's asleep.
00:33:25I'll just charge it to the house account then.
00:33:27The usual White family line of credit?
00:33:34A hospital bill?
00:33:36Patient?
00:33:36Dorothy White?
00:33:38Diagnosis?
00:33:39Pancreatic cancer?
00:33:45A hospital bill?
00:33:47Patient?
00:33:48Dorothy White?
00:33:49Diagnosis?
00:33:50Pancreatic cancer?
00:33:53This can't be real.
00:33:55How is that even possible?
00:33:58Godfather.
00:33:59I have the weekly ledgers and the syndicate contact list.
00:34:02You look pale.
00:34:03Did something happen?
00:34:06Has Dorothy left her room these past few days?
00:34:09She hasn't set foot outside all day.
00:34:11The trays the staff left are still sitting there.
00:34:14Untouched.
00:34:15I assume she's still playing the martin.
00:34:18So it really was a scam text.
00:34:21Then why the hell am I so unsettled?
00:34:25Move the wedding preparations to the top of the agenda.
00:34:29We're holding it in the rose garden here at the estate.
00:34:32I want the most lavish ceremony possible.
00:34:35Send invites to every faction head and all the family elders.
00:34:41Godfather?
00:34:41A wedding?
00:34:42You've pushed the date back a dozen times already.
00:34:46Are you sure now is the time?
00:34:48Especially with Madam in her current state of mind.
00:34:51I'm afraid, between us, someone has to be the first to blinks.
00:34:56Someone has to bridge the gap.
00:34:58This wedding is happening, Quinn.
00:35:00I owe her this much.
00:35:02Understood, sir.
00:35:04I'll see to the arrangements immediately.
00:35:06I used my savings to rent a small apartment.
00:35:09It's modest, but for the first time in years, I feel safe.
00:35:18People these days really are cold-blooded.
00:35:20You're just going to leave a man to bleed out on the pavement?
00:35:23Let go.
00:35:24That's a gunshot wound on your shoulder.
00:35:26Judging by your suit, you've crossed the wrong kind of people.
00:35:29I have no intention of getting dragged into your underworld drama.
00:35:40There's hemostatic powder and bandages in there.
00:35:43It's yourself up.
00:35:45Dorothy.
00:35:46Still trying to hide that soft heart behind a wall of ice.
00:35:51So you actually staged a collapse just to catch a girl's attention, only to get rejected?
00:35:56If the streets ever found out the head of the black family was playing damsel in distress and failed, we'd
00:36:01never hear the end of it.
00:36:14What's so embarrassing about chasing my future wife?
00:36:18I told you to look into why she moved out of the white residence.
00:36:22Any updates?
00:36:23Boss.
00:36:24You'd better brace yourself.
00:36:25Those bastards in the white family.
00:36:27They're absolute monsters.
00:36:33Dante.
00:36:34I heard you're planning a wedding with Dorothy.
00:36:36That can't be true, can it?
00:36:40We'll have a date set very soon.
00:36:42Dante, didn't you say Dorothy was immature, willful, and obsessive?
00:36:47That she never understood you or supported your work?
00:36:51Why not postpone the wedding?
00:36:53You're in the middle of a power struggle with Vincent for the title of Cod of Godfather.
00:36:57If Dorothy becomes a liability...
00:37:00She is my wife, the matriarch of the white family.
00:37:04I should have given her a proper wedding a long time ago.
00:37:07It's my responsibility.
00:37:10So all you feel for Dorothy is an obligation?
00:37:13If you feel guilty, just give her some money.
00:37:15Why sacrifice your life for her?
00:37:18Besides, you already have me.
00:37:20What kind of nonsense are you talking?
00:37:22When I wanted a wedding dress, you gave me Dorothy's.
00:37:26When I wanted a diamond ring, you bought me the priceless heart of the ocean.
00:37:31Every time I felt even slightly slighted.
00:37:35You took my side and protected me.
00:37:37Dante, you've never treated us the same.
00:37:40Deep down, I'm the one you love.
00:37:42You're just too afraid to admit it, aren't you?
00:37:49My wife will only ever be Dorothy.
00:37:53Get any other ideas out of your head before it's too late.
00:37:57I overstepped.
00:37:58Get out.
00:38:03Did you get the shot?
00:38:06Nice work.
00:38:07Send it to the media.
00:38:09The family has been fed up with Dorothy for a long time.
00:38:13Once once everyone thinks Dante and I are an item.
00:38:18He'll have to consider the eldest issues and opinions before he tries to marry that worn out hag.
00:38:29He'll have to consider the eldest issues and opinions before he tries to marry that worn out hag.
00:38:40Hey there, my lifesaver.
00:38:43Don't call me that.
00:38:45You saved my life.
00:38:46Walking you home and carrying your bags is the least I can do.
00:38:49If it wasn't for that medical kit yesterday, I'd be a goner by now.
00:38:54Come on, don't be shy.
00:38:55It's not like you've got anything worth stealing anyway.
00:38:58He's got a point.
00:39:00I'm on my deathbed anyway.
00:39:02What do I have to lose?
00:39:15What are you doing?
00:39:16I can take it from here.
00:39:17You should get going.
00:39:19The wound is fine.
00:39:20Don't worry about it.
00:39:20If I'm going to thank you for saving my life, I should at least least show some real appreciation.
00:39:26Making you dinner isn't too much to ask, is it?
00:39:33A man who's a gentleman in public and a pro in the kitchen?
00:39:36Guys like Wei are hard to find.
00:39:38Consider yourself lucky today.
00:39:40Get over yourself.
00:39:42Just finish the food and get out of here.
00:39:45Dante White, godfather of the White family.
00:39:48Caught an intimate moment with Mystery Woman.
00:39:51Wedding bells in the air.
00:39:55I was going to ask how you like your steak, but more importantly, are you okay?
00:39:59I'm fine.
00:40:01Medium well for the steak, please.
00:40:02Those people and their drama, they mean nothing to me anymore.
00:40:08We've got people scrubbing the news and photos as we're speaking.
00:40:11We're still tracking down who's behind this, so it might take a moment to clear everything.
00:40:16I don't care what it takes.
00:40:18Wipe every photo and article.
00:40:19I want every trace of this gone.
00:40:21Do I make myself clear?
00:40:23Yes, sir.
00:40:24I'll take care of it immediately.
00:40:27God knows how long I'll have to deal with her attitude this time.
00:40:30Dorothy was always the jealous kind.
00:40:32If she just apologizes for that whole divorce nonsense and admits she was wrong,
00:40:37I might give her another chance.
00:40:40After all, we've been together for ages.
00:40:48Dorothy was always the jealous kind.
00:40:51I might give her another chance.
00:40:53After all, we've been together for ages.
00:40:57Dorothy, are you here?
00:41:03Quinn, get in here.
00:41:06Godfather, what are your orders?
00:41:07Dorothy isn't here.
00:41:11This dust looks like it's been here for at least a week.
00:41:14How is this possible?
00:41:15The staff kept saying Madam was in her room.
00:41:18It wasn't my place to barge in and check,
00:41:20so I just assumed she was still in there sulting.
00:41:23Solling, I told you to keep an eye on her.
00:41:26And this is the best you could do?
00:41:28How do you lose a whole person?
00:41:30What the hell is wrong with you?
00:41:31Don't just stand there.
00:41:32Get everyone on this.
00:41:34I want the city turned upside down.
00:41:36Find Dorithia and bring her back to me.
00:41:38Yes, sir.
00:41:39I'll get right on it.
00:41:43Godfather, it looks like Madam left this for you.
00:41:50Divorce?
00:41:51She's actually divorcing me?
00:41:53How does she even dare?
00:41:54What does Mr. Quinn want with us now?
00:41:57It's something about that Dorothy woman again.
00:42:00What a drag.
00:42:01Seriously.
00:42:02She clings to that title of Mistress of the White Family,
00:42:05but can't do a damn thing right.
00:42:07Except piss off the Godfather.
00:42:09Who cares if she eats or where she sleeps?
00:42:11We used to serve her literal scraps and rotten food,
00:42:14and she never said a word.
00:42:16What a loser.
00:42:17And she calls herself the Lady of the House.
00:42:20Everyone knows Vera and the Godfather are the real couple.
00:42:23She's only sticking around and taking Miss Vera's spot because she's a gold digger.
00:42:28Honestly, I'm glad she's gone.
00:42:31Saves us the trouble of dealing with her.
00:42:36Good Godfather!
00:42:43Saves us the trouble of dealing with her.
00:42:49Good Godfather!
00:42:50Handle them.
00:42:53Mercy, Godfather!
00:42:55Please, have mercy!
00:42:56We didn't mean it!
00:42:57We'll never open our mouths again!
00:42:58Please, just let us live!
00:43:00It was...
00:43:00It was Miss Vera!
00:43:02She made us do it!
00:43:03She ordered us to give Madam a hard time,
00:43:05to serve her spoiled, rotten food, and force her to kneel!
00:43:07She said she was the future matriarch!
00:43:09She threatened to kill our families if we didn't obey!
00:43:13We had no choice!
00:43:15Please, Godfather, show some mercy!
00:43:18Drag them out and finish them.
00:43:19Don't make me say it again.
00:43:22Godfather, this was my failure.
00:43:24I should have kept a tighter leash on them.
00:43:31Nice work.
00:43:32The news and those photos are spreading like wildfire.
00:43:35Now every soul in the underworld knows Dante and I are an item.
00:43:38The boss hates being played.
00:43:40If he finds out...
00:43:41He just doesn't realize who he truly loves yet.
00:43:44I'm simply helping him see the light.
00:43:46That pathetic Dorothy is beneath him.
00:43:49Only I am fit to stand by his side.
00:43:52As the lady of the white family.
00:43:56Just the thought of that bitch makes my blood boil.
00:43:59She's like a cockroach that won't die.
00:44:01I finally had my chance with that gasoline explosion and she still survived.
00:44:06If I'd known, I would have finished her off back at the punishment hall instead of just ruining her hand.
00:44:12She got off way too easy.
00:44:14Miss, did she really betray the family?
00:44:18She wouldn't dare.
00:44:19I was the one who leaked the secrets and used her as a scapegoat.
00:44:23But luckily, Dante chose to believe me.
00:44:26Once I'm officially the woman of this house, I'll find a dozen ways to end her.
00:44:41I'll find a dozen ways to end her.
00:44:48Dante?
00:44:49How long have you been standing there?
00:44:51You didn't hear any of that, did you?
00:44:53I was just talking nonsense.
00:44:57Dante, stop!
00:44:59Please!
00:44:59Every bone in her fingers was shattered because of you.
00:45:03The car bomb, that was you too.
00:45:05You fed her scraps, forced her to her knees, and tortured her for four years right under my nose.
00:45:12Every hymn.
00:45:15He's actually going to kill me!
00:45:17I only did all of this because I love you so much!
00:45:20You're not even worthy of saying that word.
00:45:23I'm not worthy?
00:45:24Everything I did was because you looked the other way.
00:45:27Without your silent approval, who would have dared to touch Dorothy?
00:45:31You have a death wish.
00:45:33My father is the family's second-in-command.
00:45:36You can't kill me!
00:45:39I knew it.
00:45:40You don't have the guts to kill me!
00:45:42You're right.
00:45:43I'm not going to kill you.
00:45:44You tortured Dorothy for four years.
00:45:47Death would be an easy way out for you.
00:45:52Dante!
00:45:53You can't do this to me!
00:45:55Dante!
00:45:58When are you ever going to finish?
00:46:00You're here cooking every single day.
00:46:03Don't you have a real job?
00:46:05I'm just a low-level thug.
00:46:07I spend my days running errands.
00:46:09I've got all the time in the world.
00:46:10There isn't a shred of truth in anything he says.
00:46:14That suit he was wearing is the same brand Dante wears.
00:46:17He's clearly loaded.
00:46:19Why would someone like him bother cooking for me every day?
00:46:22What's with the face?
00:46:23Scared I'm a bad guy?
00:46:25Bad guys don't show up every day to make dinner.
00:46:28Honestly, there's no future in being a thug.
00:46:31I'm thinking of brushing up on my skills and becoming a chef.
00:46:36There you go with the tall tales again.
00:46:42He left his coat behind.
00:46:49Boss.
00:47:05Boss.
00:47:07That car.
00:47:09There's only one like it in all of New York.
00:47:11The Black Family.
00:47:12Vincent Black.
00:47:17Leave us.
00:47:22Are you scared of me?
00:47:24I never would have guessed
00:47:25that the kingpin of New York's underworld,
00:47:29the head of the Black Family,
00:47:31would pose as some petty thug
00:47:33just to cook for me every day.
00:47:36I've officially cut ties with the Whites.
00:47:39There's nothing left for you to gain from me.
00:47:42What if I told you
00:47:43I'm not after any of that?
00:47:45I don't care what your angle is.
00:47:47I'm done with the White Family.
00:47:48I want nothing to do with your world anymore.
00:47:55I'll stop following me.
00:47:58You came all the way downstairs to return my coat.
00:48:01The least I can do is see you to your door.
00:48:08Dorothy let's talk we have nothing to talk about it's nine o'clock don't forget to take your
00:48:13medicine how do you know that did you dig into my past I know a lot more than you think
00:48:20Dorothy
00:48:20truth is we met a long time ago long before you ever ran into Dante you just don't remember
00:48:33Dorothy I'm downstairs I've come to take you home
00:48:46Dorothy I'm downstairs I've come to take you home
00:48:57what did he say to you you have to leave no wait if you go now you'll run right into
00:49:04him
00:49:06Dorothy don't be afraid of him I know what he's put you through I won't let him lay another finger
00:49:11on you then you should know I'm a sick woman all I want is to be left alone to recover
00:49:16I don't want to be dragged back into your world of chaos Dorothy I know you're in there open up
00:49:24you're living in a dump like this it suits me just fine it's peaceful you're coming home with me
00:49:32Dante you must have seen the divorce papers by now I'm not signing them Dorothy come home I know
00:49:38everything via did she switched the plates and caused your parents accident she made them serve
00:49:44you scraps forced you to kneel tampered with the car I've uncovered it all I've dealt with everyone
00:49:51who ever hurt you the maids those thugs in the interrogation room and Vera and what about you
00:49:57you say you've punished everyone who hurt me but Dante what about you did you count yourself among them you
00:50:03know I only did what I had to for for the white family stop lying to yourself Dante you're just
00:50:09a selfish
00:50:10man I'm selfish what about you throwing a tantrum over every little thing and actually running away
00:50:16this time Dorothy enough is enough come home I know a wedding is what you've always wanted fine I'll give
00:50:24it to you next week at the rose garden the most lavish ceremony possible everyone will know you're
00:50:30the lady of the white family Dante you still don't get it I never cared about some grand wedding
00:50:38all I ever wanted was for you to treat me like a human being are you really going through with
00:50:43this divorce you're broken now who else would ever want a cripple like you
00:50:51she said she's done with you was that not clear enough
00:51:03she said she's done with you was that not clear enough
00:51:12Vincent Black
00:51:17don't move
00:51:19Dorothy tell me why he's coming out of your apartment
00:51:24a soon-to-be ex-husband has no right to ask that
00:51:28Dante I should never have let you take her in the first place
00:51:30let me take her who the hell do you think you are
00:51:37you're not good enough for her
00:51:39don't move are you looking for a war
00:51:46Godfather it's the docks
00:51:48something's gone wrong
00:51:52Godfather the docks have been blown sky up
00:51:54the containers are gone
00:51:56we're not going to make the delivery tens of millions of dollars are on the line
00:52:01shouldn't you be going
00:52:03did you do this I've been standing right here
00:52:05how could I have blown up your docks
00:52:09Godfather the fire is out of control the clients are breathing down our necks
00:52:13if we don't deliver tonight we're finished
00:52:17Dorothy we're not finished
00:52:24Dorothy you can't stay here anymore
00:52:26Dante's already tracked you down
00:52:28do you really think he'll let it go
00:52:30he was distracted by business tonight
00:52:32but what about tomorrow
00:52:34or the day after
00:52:37once Dante sets his mind on something
00:52:39he never lets go
00:52:41and now that he's convinced something is going on between Vincent and me
00:52:45he'll never leave me alone
00:52:47Dorothy
00:52:48come with me
00:52:49where to
00:52:53haven't you always wanted to know what my angle is
00:52:57come with me
00:52:59once we get there you'll understand everything
00:53:10I expected the black estate to be just like the whites
00:53:12code fortress-like and reeking of power and isolation
00:53:15it actually feels like a home
00:53:25every single painting in this room is mine
00:53:28the watercolors from my days in Rhode Island
00:53:30the oils I painted in secret after I got married
00:53:33even the sketches I scribbled during my darkest hours at the White House
00:53:37all of these
00:53:38how did you find them?
00:53:40some I picked up from galleries
00:53:42others I tracked down at auctions
00:53:44why go through all that
00:53:46trouble?
00:53:49I just wanted them to be where they belong
00:53:51somewhere they'd be seen and cherished
00:53:53just like the woman who painted them
00:53:55I know you're confused
00:53:57I'll explain everything
00:53:59my mother, Eleanor
00:54:01was a visiting professor at the Rhode Island School of Design
00:54:04she was your teacher
00:54:06Mrs. Black
00:54:07you're Eleanor's son?
00:54:09how is she?
00:54:10is she doing well?
00:54:12she's great
00:54:12she still takes on a few students every year
00:54:15even in retirement
00:54:16she talks about you all the time
00:54:22how many times do I have to tell you?
00:54:24you're the head of this family
00:54:25not some street soldier looking for a fight
00:54:30Godfather
00:54:30the fire at the docks is out
00:54:32as for the Klanomers
00:54:33thank God you stepped in personally
00:54:37they've agreed to a two week extension
00:54:39we're still digging into the cause
00:54:41though there's not much evidence left
00:54:47are you even listening?
00:54:48don't bother
00:54:50it was black
00:54:52I can't believe he had the nerve
00:54:54to take Dorothy right from under my nose
00:54:56Godfather
00:54:57about Madam Dorothy and Vincent
00:54:59when did this even start?
00:55:01should I look into it?
00:55:03then
00:55:05it's just
00:55:06according to family protocol
00:55:07anyone who betrays the organization
00:55:09starting now
00:55:11I want every single one of the black family's business lines dismantled
00:55:16ports
00:55:17shipping
00:55:18arms
00:55:19I want it all
00:55:21when their empire starts to crumble
00:55:23Dorothy will come crawling back to me
00:55:26and I won't be soft on her
00:55:29I'll make sure she understands the price of betrayal
00:55:34Dante
00:55:34you need to hear this
00:55:37if you don't
00:55:40you'll regret it for the rest of your life
00:55:48if you don't
00:55:51you'll regret it for the rest of your life
00:55:57she talks about me?
00:55:59she said you were the most talented student she ever taught
00:56:02it's just a shame you gave up painting
00:56:09a few times
00:56:10I went to see my mother in the studio
00:56:12every time
00:56:13I saw you painting
00:56:15sunlight would fall on your hair
00:56:17when you painted
00:56:19you were so focused
00:56:20you never noticed anything around you
00:56:23the colors you used were bright and warm
00:56:26different from everyone else in class
00:56:28my mother said
00:56:30your faded ray dye world must be full of color
00:56:34I was already getting my hands dirty with family business back then
00:56:38not by choice
00:56:39but being the black air didn't leave me with many options
00:56:42every time I walked out of those dark rooms
00:56:44I'd head straight to the studio just to watch you paint
00:56:48I never said a word
00:56:49I just watched you from afar
00:56:52how did I never notice you?
00:56:54because you never looked back
00:56:56eventually I started leaving flowers on the windowsill
00:56:59before you arrived each morning
00:57:00daisies, roses, sometimes just wild flowers I'd picked
00:57:04I never signed a note
00:57:06the flowers?
00:57:08they were from you?
00:57:11that summer I turned 16
00:57:12there was always a fresh bouquet waiting on that windowsill
00:57:16I asked around but no one had a clue
00:57:18I eventually convinced myself it was just a habit of Mrs. Black's
00:57:23I was waiting for the perfect moment to tell you it was me
00:57:26but on the day you finished your graduation piece
00:57:29I showed up with red roses only to find Dante already there to pick you up
00:57:33I realized I was too late
00:57:35but I never imagined he'd treat you so poorly
00:57:38I'm not trying to force my feelings on you
00:57:41I just want you to realize Dorothy
00:57:43that you have worth
00:57:45real worth
00:57:46my worth?
00:57:48what good is a painter who can't even hold a cup steady?
00:57:52focus on getting better first
00:57:54heal your body, then your hands
00:57:57this brush isn't going anywhere
00:57:59it'll be right here waiting for you
00:58:01whether it takes a year or a decade
00:58:04it'll be here when you're ready
00:58:07Vincent, you don't need to do all this for me
00:58:11I told you, this isn't pity
00:58:13your only job right now is to eat, sleep, and get through your treatment
00:58:18leave the rest to me
00:58:21besides, there's someone else you should see
00:58:23who?
00:58:24my mother
00:58:26she's coming to New York tomorrow
00:58:27and she's dying to see you
00:58:36there's someone else you should see
00:58:37who?
00:58:39my mother
00:58:40she's coming to New York tomorrow
00:58:41and she's dying to see you
00:58:44thank you Vincent
00:58:45I never imagined I'd see my teacher again
00:58:48let alone that she'd still remember me
00:58:50and even go as far as setting me up with a doctor
00:58:53Dorothy
00:58:54everything is going to be alright
00:58:56to be honest
00:58:58there was a time when I truly felt
00:59:00I couldn't go on
00:59:01ever since I found out it was Vera
00:59:03who swapped those plates and killed my parents
00:59:06and that Dante had been covering for her all along
00:59:09the nightmares haven't stopped
00:59:12every night
00:59:13I see my parents
00:59:15they're standing in the flames
00:59:17covered in blood
00:59:18asking me why I'm still living with the people who destroyed them
00:59:22every time I woke up
00:59:24I'd ask myself what the point of living even was
00:59:26chemo is agonizing
00:59:28in my weakest moments I'd think
00:59:31maybe dying wouldn't be so bad
00:59:33at least I wouldn't have to face any of this anymore
00:59:36but things are different now
00:59:38seeing my teacher again
00:59:40knowing she still cares and believes in me
00:59:43it makes me realize I have to keep fighting
00:59:46thank you Vincent
00:59:48thank you for making me realize that I actually want to live
00:59:53Dorothy
01:00:02Dorothy
01:00:05Dante you're on black family ground now
01:00:07you just trashed my front gate
01:00:08I'll be sure to send you the bill later
01:00:10Dorothy come back with me
01:00:12I'm not going anywhere with you
01:00:13but you can't just give up
01:00:15you need treatment
01:00:16come with me
01:00:17I'll get you the best doctors in the world
01:00:21I know the truth now
01:00:22I know everything
01:00:24pancreatic cancer
01:00:25Dorothy
01:00:26how could you be so cold
01:00:28you actually went and applied for medical aid
01:00:30do you really think I'm that heartless
01:00:33that time I went for the bone marrow biopsy alone
01:00:36when I came back
01:00:37Vera accused me of betrayal
01:00:39that biopsy was excruciating
01:00:42but it was nothing compared to the pain of you ruining my hands just to save Vera's pride
01:00:47Dante
01:00:48stop pretending you're so devoted
01:00:50you're far more ruthless than you care to admit
01:00:53if you have any humanity left in you at all
01:00:56just let me go
01:01:02Dante
01:01:03stop pretending you're so devoted
01:01:05you're far more ruthless than you care to admit
01:01:08if you have any humanity left in you at all
01:01:11just let me go
01:01:13you have no right to set foot near Dorothy again
01:01:16back off
01:01:17this is between us
01:01:18we're still husband and wife
01:01:21who the hell do you think you are to interfere
01:01:23didn't you hear a word she said
01:01:25if you have a shnera of humanity left
01:01:28let her go
01:01:29her parents are dead
01:01:30her hands are mangled
01:01:32and she's fighting cancer
01:01:33all thanks to you
01:01:35Dante
01:01:35I'll settle the score with you eventually
01:01:37but for now
01:01:39you aren't getting anywhere near her
01:01:40I'm not giving up on her
01:01:43through every round of chemo that followed
01:01:46Eleanor and Vinicent were right there by my side
01:01:49with them supporting me
01:01:51I felt myself getting stronger every day
01:01:57Dorothy
01:01:58you're doing great
01:01:59all your vitals are heading in the right direction
01:02:02just a few more sessions and you're cleared to go home
01:02:07after that
01:02:08after that
01:02:08we'll just stick to a full check-up every six months
01:02:13thank you Victor
01:02:18Dorothy
01:02:20Victor gave me the update
01:02:21you're recovering
01:02:22you're recovering well
01:02:24and honestly
01:02:25knowing you're okay is all that matters to me now
01:02:27don't be so guarded Dorothy
01:02:29I knew you had your follow-up today
01:02:31and I just
01:02:33I wanted to be near you
01:02:35I know I'm a bastard
01:02:36and I don't deserve you
01:02:38but Vincent isn't a saint either
01:02:40Dorothy
01:02:41if you ever need anything
01:02:42just call
01:02:43I'll be there in a heartbeat
01:02:44I was aware that the blacks and the whites
01:02:46had been at each other's throats lately
01:02:48Dante's family was losing ground fast
01:02:50and he looked like he was at his breaking point
01:02:54but none of that was his concern anymore
01:02:56are you finished?
01:03:03you should have cherished her while you had the chance
01:03:06she's done with me
01:03:08so that's it?
01:03:10you're just giving up?
01:03:13Victor
01:03:14do you believe in past lives?
01:03:21Victor
01:03:22do you believe in past lives?
01:03:24seriously Dante?
01:03:27maybe you should see a therapist instead of me
01:03:30I've been having these dreams lately
01:03:32but the things that happen in them
01:03:35they feel real
01:03:37like they actually happened
01:03:39what kind of dreams?
01:03:42in the dream Dorothy died
01:03:45right at the gates of my estate
01:03:47she was sick
01:03:49she had cancer and came back to find me
01:03:51but Vera blocked all her calls
01:03:54and
01:03:54I was looking at the ring in my hand
01:03:57thinking I'd go find her the very next day
01:04:00we'd been together so long
01:04:01it was time for me to swallow my pride
01:04:05but then
01:04:05Vera suddenly approached me
01:04:07Dante
01:04:09you have a petal on your shoulder
01:04:10just as I was about to warn her off
01:04:13I heard someone collapse behind me
01:04:16it was Dorothy
01:04:17she was lying right outside the garden gates
01:04:21still clutching that ring in her hand
01:04:26she was lying in the middle
01:04:29DANTE
01:04:30are you sure this isn't just extreme stress talking?
01:04:34everything that followed
01:04:37even now
01:04:39it feels too vivid to be just a dream
01:04:43I completely fell apart
01:04:44the black family tore the whites to pieces in revenge
01:04:49Vincent literally broke my legs. The family empire collapsed overnight. I ended up a vagrant
01:04:57and died alone in the snow. In my final moments, I was still whispering, Dorothy, I'm sorry.
01:05:05When I woke up, it all finally clicked. No wonder she hated me so much. No wonder she looked at
01:05:13me
01:05:13like I was a complete stranger. Thank God this life turned out differently. She got away from a
01:05:21bastard like me, and she's actually living. That's enough for me. You have no one to blame but yourself.
01:05:34A year has passed. My cancer is in remission, and I've regained most of the use of my hands.
01:05:43Vincent has been courting me for the last six months,
01:05:48and I think it's finally time I gave him an answer.
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