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Bow To 10-Year-Old Archmage Aldric
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00:00:03When I was 18, I signed a pre-knuckleable 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.
00:01:12So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
00:01:17Am I interrupting something?
00:01:19She 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?
00:01:36It'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 rule.
00:01:55Alistair, she's young. It's only natural she's being mature. Don't be too hard on her.
00:02:00Not even a single word of explanation?
00:02:02It's not necessary. I gave you a title and a life of dignity, not a license to come here and
00:02:06make a steam.
00:02:06Grow up, little girl. Don't make this any more embarrassing than it already is.
00:02:10Get out.
00:02:17Why the rush? Even a contract wife can feel embarrassed.
00:02:25Get out of my way.
00:02:26Does this look familiar?
00:02:28Alistair designed it himself. The size, the cut, even the curve of the setting. It's identical.
00:02:34The one on your finger is just a fake you bought later to replace it.
00:02:37What exactly are you trying to say?
00:02:38I'm saying you should know your place. So what if you're his wife?
00:02:42You live in his house, spend his money, and trade a contract for a last name.
00:02:46But I'm different. I 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.
00:03:01I designed this ring specifically for you. It's the only one of its kind in the world. After all, you
00:03:08are my one and only.
00:03:11Fine. I understand.
00:03:16What 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.
00:03:32I 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.
00:03:39No 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?
00:04:01What a shame. I 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.
00:04:12Is all this really necessary?
00:04:17Alistair!
00:04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it.
00:04:22I just wanted to see where she usually practices, but she started snapping at me the moment she got back.
00:04:26I'm a little scared.
00:04:27Victoria, you...
00:04:27Chloe, enough.
00:04:29What 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?
00:04:33I wrote every single note of this myself.
00:04:35This is two years of my hard work.
00:04:37Alistair, you know that better than anyone!
00:04:39Hard work?
00:04:40Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:04:42This score, or the status you've built using it as a prop?
00:04:45A student from a common background who managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate?
00:04:50Who are you trying to impress with this wronged woman act?
00:04:53Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the
00:04:57top?
00:04:58I didn't.
00:04:58Am I wrong?
00:04:59Now that Victoria is back, you know your position is shaky, so you're using these tears and your so-called
00:05:04hard work as leverage.
00:05:05At the end of the ale, isn't this whole tantrum just a way to get my attention, to get more
00:05:09money, and to squeeze more out of me?
00:05:11No!
00:05:11You've forgotten!
00:05:12I never married you for your wealth, and 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.
00:05:20If I could do it all over again, I would never marry a woman as calculating as you.
00:05:23We've been married for two years, and this is how lowly you think of me?
00:05:26What 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, what exactly am I to you?
00:05:41You're my wife.
00:05:42I sketched the design for this ring myself.
00:05:44That year you were playing the cello in the snow, your hands were beet red from the cold, yet you
00:05:47refused to stop.
00:05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour, and when I got back, I drew this.
00:05:52You still remember?
00:05:54Of course.
00:05:55Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
00:05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
00:06:00Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
00:06:03I took her side today, not because she's more important than Chloe, but because I had to keep the situation
00:06:07under control.
00:06:08Don't take those words to heart.
00:06:09Is that really all it is?
00:06:10You're too young.
00:06:12There 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.
00:06:22Please come quickly.
00:06:24Something came up at the office.
00:06:25I need to head out, but I'll be back soon.
00:06:28This late?
00:06:29Wait for me.
00:06:30Don't go anywhere.
00:06:33Little one, your father still cares for us.
00:06:36Just wait a little longer.
00:06:40Chloe, Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car.
00:06:43She 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.
00:06:54I'll handle everything.
00:06:55Just 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.
00:07:05We have to lock in the statement first so I can get you out of this mess.
00:07:07Don't be difficult.
00:07:08This is the fastest way.
00:07:09The 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?
00:07:15The ring, the promises, what did any of it mean?
00:07:17It means you need to be smart right now.
00:07:19Article 33 of the Prenuptal Agreement.
00:07:22You 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.
00:07:29Chloe, don't push me.
00:07:30Once you leave your print, this all ends tonight.
00:07:37Let go!
00:07:37You're hurting me!
00:07:45Chloe, why are you bleeding so much?
00:07:55Alistair, I'm pregnant.
00:07:57It's your baby.
00:07:58Please take me to the hospital.
00:08:00Now is not the time for this.
00:08:02I'm begging you.
00:08:05Please.
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.
00:08:17Take 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.
00:08:24And the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:08:26That's a human life!
00:08:28Not one of your PR crisis!
00:08:29You think the feds will just take your word for it?
00:08:32If you confess, it'll only be a few years.
00:08:34And 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.
00:08:44Chloe, be good.
00:08:44Just confess first.
00:08:45We'll talk about the baby later.
00:08:47Later?
00:08:48You don't even want it now.
00:08:49You said you'd never leave me alone.
00:08:53Sign it, now.
00:08:59Wait!
00:09:07Wait.
00:09:08Alistin, I knew you wouldn't.
00:09:10If 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.
00:09:19You stopped me!
00:09:20Just for this!
00:09:22The confession must be flawless.
00:09:23Nothing can happen to Victoria.
00:09:25I'm bleeding.
00:09:26And you're worried about the paperwork looking pretty?
00:09:28I already have a car waiting downstairs.
00:09:31Once you sign, I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
00:09:33And if I don't sign it?
00:09:35Then you can keep wasting time here tonight.
00:09:37Wait for the feds to arrive, or wait for the baby to mice wake on its own.
00:09:41Your choice.
00:09:44That's your child, too.
00:09:46Sign the papers first.
00:09:52Alistair, you'll pay for this.
00:09:55Sign it.
00:10:04Don't be afraid.
00:10:05I'm calling an ambulance for you right now.
00:10:11Alistair, save the baby first, I beg you.
00:10:15Save the baby.
00:10:17As long as the baby is safe, anything else, I'll agree to anything.
00:10:22Don't worry.
00:10:23You and the baby will be fine.
00:10:24Let's go!
00:10:25Coming through!
00:10:28Come on.
00:10:29Come on.
00:10:31The patient is facing a severe threatened miscarriage with significant uterine bleeding.
00:10:34We must operate immediately to stop the hemorrhage.
00:10:36She's in critical condition.
00:10:37Any 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.
00:10:41Sign us now to offer 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.
00:10:47Every minute counts.
00:10:48If we wait any longer, the baby is gone.
00:10:50And the mother's life will be at risk, too.
00:10:54Mr. Sterling, Victoria at UI.
00:10:55If you want your wife to take the fall, it's best she has no recent record of pregnancy.
00:11:00Otherwise...
00:11:00Understood.
00:11:02Hold 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?
00:11:20You'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.
00:11:28But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:11:30She cannot have a criminal record.
00:11:32Ma'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.
00:11:52You 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.
00:12:01You'll still be my most cherished wife.
00:12:03No.
00:12:04Alistair, I'm begging you.
00:12:22Alistair, where is my baby?
00:12:33The baby wasn't meant to be with us.
00:12:35Don'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.
00:12:48Answer 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.
00:13:09Once you're better, head back on your own.
00:13:11No need to let me know.
00:13:12Behave yourself.
00:13:26Oh, you're back.
00:13:28The 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?
00:13:42Didn't pay for it with his card?
00:13:46Chloe, the doctor said you shouldn't get worked up.
00:13:49Sit down first.
00:13:51Tell to take it off.
00:13:53Alistair, I'm just borrowing it.
00:13:55Does she really have to be so mean?
00:13:59It'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?
00:14:12Alistair?
00:14:16He said you looked pathetic last night.
00:14:17Did you know?
00:14:18He complained that your crying was too loud, so he held me in his arms all night.
00:14:21He 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 of me.
00:14:31Alistair!
00:14:31Help me!
00:14:32Calm down.
00:14:33Put the knife down first.
00:14:34Choose.
00:14:36Choose between us right now!
00:14:38Chloe, what the hell is wrong with you lately?
00:14:40Be reasonable.
00:14:41I 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!
00:14:52Fine.
00:14:53I choose you.
00:14:54Chloe, I choose you.
00:14:56Now let her go and come here.
00:15:05Don't you ever touch her again.
00:15:08This is your last warning.
00:15:11Don't you ever touch her again?
00:15:33Sign it, and you'll be Mrs. Sterling.
00:15:35It says here that I'm giving up almost all my rights.
00:15:37Don't worry, it's just a formality.
00:15:39Our backgrounds are so different.
00:15:41Without this, my family might not accept you.
00:15:43Listen, this agreement is only to appease the family.
00:15:45My promise to you is right here.
00:15:46I added a handwritten clause.
00:15:48If I ever betray you, or if you feel any unhappiness in this marriage,
00:15:50you can burn it at any time.
00:15:52No lawyers needed, no need to notify me.
00:15:53The moment you burn this agreement, you are free.
00:15:55This is my only true guarantee.
00:16:05You promised it's over.
00:16:11Brody, it's me.
00:16:12Get me a ticket to Europe for tonight.
00:16:14Sterling.
00:16:14I burned the agreement.
00:16:16Understood.
00:16:17Two hours, the usual spot.
00:16:18Okay.
00:16:27Goodbye, Alistair.
00:16:34It is late.
00:16:35Where do you think you are going?
00:16:36That's none of your business.
00:16:38None of my business?
00:16:39Did you forget the agreement?
00:16:40Wherever you go, you report to me first.
00:16:43The agreement?
00:16:43I burned it.
00:16:44Just now.
00:16:45Alistair, 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.
00:16:51I 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?
00:16:56How the hell am I supposed to protect you when you act like this?
00:16:58I know, but I cannot afford your kind of protection.
00:17:00Did you forget the clause you wrote yourself?
00:17:01You promised that if I was unhappy, I could burn it any time.
00:17:04The 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.
00:17:17Chloe!
00:17:21Alistair!
00:17:26Alistair?
00:17:27What happened out here?
00:17:28I thought I heard shouting.
00:17:29Was it Chloe?
00:17:29Is she throwing another tantrum?
00:17:31She ran at that ridiculous recording.
00:17:33Recording?
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.
00:17:39She knows nothing about the law.
00:17:42She is just shaken from the miscarriage, and 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.
00:17:50Let her cool off.
00:17:51When the money guns out and she has nowhere to go, she will come crawling back.
00:17:55You really think so?
00:17:56Of 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.
00:18:02Without this place, she cannot even afford a hotel room.
00:18:04What matters now is keeping the situation stable.
00:18:06We cannot let the FBI case get complicated because of her emotions.
00:18:09You are right.
00:18:10I am always on your side.
00:18:12Get some rest.
00:18:13You have the legal team tomorrow.
00:18:17Chloe, I will wait for you to come back to me.
00:18:24Your passport and ticket are in the inner pocket.
00:18:27He will not find you.
00:18:29The accounts are wiped.
00:18:30The cameras are covered.
00:18:32You are a ghost now.
00:18:33I handled the airport.
00:18:37We are here.
00:18:38Cargo gate C7.
00:18:40Someone will meet you.
00:18:41Direct flight to Paris.
00:18:43There is some cash inside.
00:18:45When you land, call this number.
00:18:50Chloe, forgive me for being reckless.
00:18:52But I cannot fight this anymore.
00:18:54Will 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...
00:19:00You cannot ever say that about yourself.
00:19:01To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world.
00:19:04You deserve everything.
00:19:05It is just a nightgown.
00:19:06Did you really have to come home and turn the whole place into a war zone?
00:19:12Chloe, are you done?
00:19:14Lately, you have been acting like a complete lunatic.
00:19:17Can you please grow up?
00:19:20It is over.
00:19:26Stop thinking about it, Alistair.
00:19:28Chloe needs time to 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.
00:19:46The woman Alistair loves is Chloe.
00:19:48It was always Chloe.
00:19:49It still is.
00:19:50But Chloe left.
00:19:52Chloe does not give a damn about Alistair.
00:19:54I do.
00:19:55Listen carefully, Victoria.
00:19:57I helped you because of your father.
00:19:58Because of those damn business ties.
00:20:00But you have always known where my heart is.
00:20:02Stop doing this.
00:20:03I 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.
00:20:15The number you have dialed is no longer in service.
00:20:23Where the hell did you go?
00:20:26What is that?
00:20:31She actually burned it.
00:20:33It is just a piece of paper.
00:20:35Burning it proves she cares.
00:20:36Cares about what?
00:20:37You.
00:20:38It is a little girl's stunt.
00:20:40The most dramatic way she could think of to get your attention.
00:20:42She thought if she burned the agreement, you would chase after her and prove you cannot live without her.
00:20:46She used a fake ID.
00:20:47She used a fake ID, emptied the accounts.
00:20:49So what?
00:20:50Every 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?
00:20:57The FBI case is still hanging over her.
00:20:59Besides you, who would dare take her in?
00:21:01The outside world is a hundred times scarier for her than this apartment.
00:21:04Give her time to act out.
00:21:06Once she has suffered enough, she will remember where she belongs.
00:21:09Then she will come back on her own, sweeter than ever.
00:21:12What if she does not come back?
00:21:14Then she never deserved to be Mrs. Sterling.
00:21:16A doll too stupid to understand her own position is not worth keeping, is she?
00:21:20Clean this up.
00:21:21Of course.
00:21:22Fly away, little bird.
00:21:24Let us see how long you last.
00:21:30Were the new spring pieces sent to the wardrobe?
00:21:32Yes, sir.
00:21:33Everything was delivered to the estate yesterday afternoon.
00:21:36As instructed, the sizes and styles followed.
00:21:39The previous records exactly.
00:21:40Some of the brands Chloe liked changed creative directors this season.
00:21:44I reviewed the new collections.
00:21:45There are a few dresses Chloe would like.
00:21:46Yes, sir.
00:21:47Every year you personally review the seasonal catalogs and reserve pieces for Mrs. Sterling
00:21:51for Mrs. Chloe.
00:21:52You have done that for three years.
00:21:54Chloe did not take a single thing when Chloe left.
00:21:57Perhaps Mrs. Chloe knows you have been waiting for Chloe to come back.
00:22:01Waiting for Chloe to come back?
00:22:02No.
00:22:03I am just confirming whether Chloe really has the nerve to stay gone forever.
00:22:08Sir.
00:22:08The emergency meeting is in two hours.
00:22:11They insist you attend.
00:22:12It is about the Asia market acquisition.
00:22:14Tell them I...
00:22:18That silhouette looks so familiar.
00:22:21Is that you, Chloe?
00:22:29Find out.
00:22:30Now.
00:22:31Sir.
00:22:32Confirmed.
00:22:33It is Miss Chloe Sterling.
00:22:34She is performing under the stage name Claire Moray now.
00:22:37She is the orchestra's newly signed principal cellist.
00:22:39Her debut is next Friday at the Music Vi-
00:22:41Three years.
00:22:43I had her wardrobe at the estate refreshed every season.
00:22:46Those dresses, she never touched a single one.
00:22:48Yes, sir.
00:22:49You have been waiting for her to come back.
00:22:52Claire Moray.
00:22:53You hid well.
00:22:58Cancel the board meeting.
00:22:59Or let them talk to an empty chair.
00:23:02Right now, contact the airport.
00:23:03I want the next direct flight to Vienna.
00:23:05But, sir, the board...
00:23:08Do it.
00:23:30Sir, rehearsal is closed.
00:23:32No outsiders.
00:23:33Move.
00:23:33I am here for Chloe Sterling.
00:23:35There is no Chloe Sterling here.
00:23:37The woman on taze is Claire Moray.
00:23:40Guest cello soloist for the...
00:23:43Festival.
00:23:55She never smiled like that.
00:24:03See that?
00:24:04She is doing well now.
00:24:05She does not need anyone disturbing her.
00:24:08Especially you.
00:24:09Who the hell are you?
00:24:10Her manager.
00:24:11And her friend.
00:24:12Leave before rehearsal ends or I call security.
00:24:32Chloe.
00:24:34We need to talk.
00:24:36Now.
00:24:36Sorry.
00:24:37Give me one minute to deal with old business.
00:24:42Have 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.
00:24:48Back then...
00:24:49I do not want to hear it.
00:24:51I swear.
00:24:51I did not know it would...
00:24:53If I had known you were pregnant, I never would have...
00:24:55You knew.
00:24:55And you still chose what mattered more to you.
00:24:57Your empire.
00:24:58Your Victoria.
00:24:59Now that the show is over, leave.
00:25:01Sir.
00:25:02Claire needs to continue rehearse.
00:25:04Your disruption is not welcome here.
00:25:07She will not even bother to hear you from the point.
00:25:26Tonight's piece is called Ashes.
00:25:32Chloria already said she didn't mean it.
00:25:34Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:25:36I wrote every single note of this myself.
00:25:38This is two years of my hard work.
00:25:40Allison, you know that better than anyone.
00:25:42Hard work?
00:25:44Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:25:46This score?
00:25:47Or the status of Bill 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.
00:26:12I thought you'd never ask.
00:26:14That last bar was brilliant.
00:26:15Only because your theme gave me something to work.
00:26:1830% of sterling group equity transferred to you unconditionally.
00:26:21Sign it and it is yours.
00:26:2330%?
00:26:24That is astronomical.
00:26:25Mr. Sterling is generous.
00:26:27The dividends alone must be tens of millions.
00:26:29Music.
00:26:30To 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.
00:26:52You do not have to accept it.
00:26:54Just come home with me.
00:26:55Let go.
00:26:56I waited for you for three years.
00:26:58Every single day I thought about you.
00:26:59The confession, Victoria, everything.
00:27:01I finally understand it all.
00:27:03And?
00:27:03The baby.
00:27:04Our baby.
00:27:05I never even got the chance to make it right.
00:27:07Alistair Sterling, is this your repentance act?
00:27:10Who is the audience?
00:27:11These guests or yourself?
00:27:12It is not an act.
00:27:14I am begging you, Chloe.
00:27:15Come home.
00:27:16Everything I have is yours.
00:27:18Sterling Group, my life.
00:27:19Take all of it.
00:27:19Home?
00:27:20Did that place not become yours and Victoria's love nest a long time ago?
00:27:24Did she slept in the bed I slept in?
00:27:26Did you whisper the same sweet lies to her that you whispered to me?
00:27:29Never.
00:27:30I never let her into the master bedroom.
00:27:32If you think the place is dirty, we can burn it down and rebuild it.
00:27:36Rebuild what?
00:27:37Ashes are ashes, just like our rings in that agreement.
00:27:40Burned.
00:27:41Gone.
00:27:42Never coming back.
00:27:43Then what about me?
00:27:43These three years I have been walking around like a corpse.
00:27:46What the hell am I supposed to do?
00:27:49You?
00:27:50Go back to Wall Street.
00:27:51Hold your equity papers tight.
00:27:52Take Victoria with you and grow old together.
00:28:07Do not go.
00:28:09Please.
00:28:10Let go.
00:28:11I was wrong.
00:28:12Everything.
00:28:13It started with Victoria's goddamn car accident and I was wrong from that moment.
00:28:16I forged the confession and used the agreement to force you to sign, not because I believed
00:28:21that bullshit.
00:28:22I did it because I was scared.
00:28:24Scared of what?
00:28:25Scared you would see how rotten I was.
00:28:27Scared you would realize I was framing my own wife to save another woman's freedom.
00:28:31Scared you would look down on me.
00:28:32Scared you would leave.
00:28:32Scared you would leave so I pushed you off the cliff first.
00:28:34I thought that would bind you to me.
00:28:36Guilt.
00:28:36The baby.
00:28:37The debt you owed me.
00:28:38But I...
00:28:38I destroyed everything with my own hands.
00:28:40The baby.
00:28:42Our baby.
00:28:42Are you done?
00:28:44We should go say goodbye to the conductor.
00:28:57I am honored by your invitation.
00:29:01Miss Sterling, congratulations on the huge success of your European tour.
00:29:05Many fans are curious.
00:29:05How did you create a piece as moving as ashes?
00:29:09I think it came from the people who helped me, and from things I had no choice but to
00:29:14survive.
00:29:15What experiences?
00:29:16There was a time in my life when I was very... closed off.
00:29:20On paper, I had a home.
00:29:22In reality, I was more like a carefully kept possession.
00:29:25You mean... your marriage?
00:29:28Yes.
00:29:29A marriage built on enormous equality and lies.
00:29:32I was too young then, naive enough to believe talent and love could bridge anything.
00:29:36Then I was betrayed, and I lost my child.
00:29:41That is... heartbreaking.
00:29:43I was lucky.
00:29:44After I escaped, I met people in Europe who truly respected art and human dignity.
00:29:49They gave me shelter and a stage, and allowed me to live purely for music.
00:29:53So you see that unhappy marriage as the catalyst for your artistic transformation?
00:29:57It is part of my life that cannot be erased.
00:30:00I do not thank that experience, but I thank the woman who crawled out of the rubbles.
00:30:04As for the other person in that marriage...
00:30:10My past, and that name with it, is over.
00:30:13Like a fire that burned itself out, only ashes remain.
00:30:16I will not, and I do not want to, have even the slightest connection with anyone from that
00:30:21past again.
00:30:22My life and my music are moving forward.
00:30:24I will not, and I do not want to, have even the slightest connection with anyone from that
00:30:30past again.
00:30:33Promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years.
00:30:36Not a hundred years.
00:30:38Forever, Chloe.
00:30:40Not even the slightest connection.
00:30:43Did we not promise each other?
00:30:45We were supposed to be together forever!
00:30:52Thank you for driving me home, Julian, and thank you for tonight's performance.
00:30:55The honor was mine.
00:30:57Get some rest.
00:30:59Move.
00:31:00Chloe, please.
00:31:01Just five minutes.
00:31:02No, one minute.
00:31:03Let me say one thing.
00:31:05One moment.
00:31:06I was wrong.
00:31:07I 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.
00:31:13Alistair, you are blocking my way.
00:31:15I said move.
00:31:16What?
00:31:17Chloe, I...
00:31:18I said move.
00:31:30Brody Cook, we need to talk.
00:31:32Name your price.
00:31:34Leave Chloe.
00:31:35Whatever resources, connections, channels you have, Sterling Group will double them.
00:31:39Alistair, Sterling, you still think money fixes everything?
00:31:42She is not safe in her current situation.
00:31:44With me, she would have the best protection.
00:31:47Protection?
00:31:48Was it not you who left her bleeding and 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?
00:31:56Respect?
00:31:57A place where she does not have to wonder if the man beside her will send her to prison.
00:32:01Save it, Mr. Staling.
00:32:02Your price cannot buy my conscience, and it sure as hell cannot buy back her three years.
00:32:08He came to see me.
00:32:10Offered a blank check if I would leave you.
00:32:11Oh.
00:32:12I blocked every way he can contact me, but you need to be careful.
00:32:15I'm afraid his next move will be even more unhinged.
00:32:18Three years ago, he used the law as a chain, our child as Albridge, and my life to buy another
00:32:22woman's freedom.
00:32:22What else can he possibly...
00:32:23Your reputation, your performance, everything you have in Europe.
00:32:26I have already lost the most precious thing I had.
00:32:28There is nothing left to concern me.
00:32:38Happy anniversary, my wife.
00:32:47Claire, you look pale.
00:32:50I am fine.
00:32:51I did not sleep well last night.
00:32:53Do you need to postpone this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal?
00:32:55What date is it?
00:32:57October 19th.
00:32:58Of course.
00:32:59Five years ago today, we were officially married.
00:33:02Why would Alistair send me this now?
00:33:04What the hell is he trying to do?
00:33:07Julian, if someone used a day you never wanted to remember to remind you how stupid you used
00:33:11to be, what 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.
00:33:17He really thinks this random photo and blessing can patch over my scars.
00:33:20You still care about him, do you not?
00:33:27I just think he is stupid and 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, those are blue phantom roses.
00:33:41They must have been flown in.
00:33:44The card is gorgeous.
00:33:46My other half of my soul...
00:33:48Who 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 and they bloom for only a moment.
00:34:06I guess they were never meant for me.
00:34:07Nothing is impossible for the Sterlings.
00:34:09Not if you want it.
00:34:10Forget it.
00:34:11Some things are just not meant to be.
00:34:13Chloe!
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?
00:34:35It's just a flower, Brody.
00:34:36I'm fine.
00:34:37Just drop it, will you?
00:34:40Chloe, you are the other half of my soul.
00:34:43The missing part of me.
00:34:45Only you can make me whole.
00:34:47In that moment, I 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, what happened?
00:35:12In that cafe in New York, before he kissed me for the first time, that is exactly what
00:35:17he said.
00:35:17My other half of my soul.
00:35:19I am getting you time off.
00:35:20Go home and really...
00:35:22No, I'm in fine.
00:35:23You're sure?
00:35:24I am sure.
00:35:25The harder he tries to nail me to the past, the more I will make him see those memories
00:35:28cannot hurt me anymore.
00:35:29I will not drown in the past.
00:35:31Never.
00:35:34Miss Sterling, these are the records you requested.
00:35:36How bad was she when she was brought in?
00:35:38All of them.
00:35:39Extremely bad.
00:35:39The patient was already showing early signs of hemorrhagic shock.
00:35:42We recommended immediate surgery.
00:35:43It was the only way to try to save both mother and child.
00:35:45Why did you not insist?
00:35:46You signed the form.
00:35:47You said as long as she could talk in authority to overturn the family's explicit instructions.
00:35:51If you had done the surgery with the baby, there would at least have been a chance,
00:35:53but after you refused, that child could not be saved.
00:35:56We later found the patient had already been delayed at home for at least more than 40 minutes
00:35:59before she arrived.
00:36:00After arrival, waiting for your signature cost the best intervention window.
00:36:03Delayed how long?
00:36:06Nearly two hours.
00:36:07The records show the hemorrhage became fully controllable after midnight.
00:36:10We later assessed that if she had arrived half an hour later, or if the bleeding had been
00:36:13slightly worse, we might not have saved the mother either.
00:36:17You're that child.
00:36:18It was me.
00:36:19It was all me.
00:36:22I killed Chloe's and my baby with my own hands, all for Victoria.
00:36:30At 10.17 p.m., she started bleeding.
00:36:33At 10.20, I took out the document.
00:36:35I made her sign.
00:36:37Her hands were shaking.
00:36:38She could not write.
00:36:40Blood soaked the paper.
00:36:42At 10.50, she finished signing.
00:36:44I called.
00:36:46Then I waited.
00:36:4747 minutes.
00:36:49After I hung up,
00:36:50I did not call again.
00:36:57Alistair, I'm pregnant.
00:36:59It's your name.
00:37:00Please take me to the hospital.
00:37:02Now is not the time for this.
00:37:04I'm begging you.
00:37:06Please.
00:37:08Sign this,
00:37:09and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
00:37:13You still want me to sign?
00:37:15The accident of this is already open.
00:37:17Victoria did not go to prison.
00:37:18I'll take the fall first,
00:37:20and I'll cover everything.
00:37:21The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:37:23If you don't sign,
00:37:24no one is coming for you tonight,
00:37:26and the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:37:28The doctor said surgery.
00:37:30I said no.
00:37:32Too risky.
00:37:37Cancel the surgery?
00:37:38You're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?
00:37:41As long as you take the fall for the accident,
00:37:43we can have other children here.
00:37:46But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:37:49She 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.
00:38:03Even the fall that sent her to the hospital,
00:38:07that was because of me too.
00:38:09Chloe, don't push me.
00:38:10Once you leave your print,
00:38:11this all ends tonight.
00:38:16Let go!
00:38:17You're hurting me!
00:38:24Every 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.
00:38:33Yes, it was her.
00:38:34She drove a wedge between us.
00:38:36She nailed 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.
00:38:42So what if you're his wife?
00:38:43You live in his house?
00:38:45Enter his office.
00:38:46I sit on his sofa,
00:38:47and he pours my drinks himself.
00:38:52Exactly.
00:38:53If it were not for Victoria,
00:38:54why would Chloe have been pushed that far?
00:38:56Why would I have forced Chloe?
00:38:57Why would I have lost our baby?
00:38:59That is right.
00:38:59It was all because of her.
00:39:01I need to find her.
00:39:02Now!
00:39:08Mr. Sterling was so easy to fool.
00:39:10One perfectly staged elevator malfunction,
00:39:12one perfectly timed twisted ankle,
00:39:14and he believed I was his destined soulmate.
00:39:17That 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,
00:39:29losing 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.
00:39:44No!
00:39:44I love you.
00:39:45Everything you did was for us.
00:39:47That Chloe never deserved you.
00:39:49She only dragged you...
00:39:50You...
00:39:51You built our beginning on lies.
00:39:54You schemed to tear Chloe and me apart.
00:39:56You...
00:39:57You killed my child!
00:39:59You drove her away!
00:40:00This is all your fault!
00:40:02There has to be a misunderstanding.
00:40:04I can explain...
00:40:05Save your explanation for the feds.
00:40:08You are turning me over to the bureau?
00:40:20For three years, you used my trust to move assets, forge documents, and frame Chloe.
00:40:29Any one of those could put you in federal prison for decades.
00:40:34Alistair, what are you talking about?
00:40:38The Bureau's preliminary evidence list.
00:40:41Your lawyer will receive official notice tomorrow.
00:40:44No!
00:40:45Alistair, you cannot do this to me!
00:40:47I love you!
00:40:48Everything I did was for you!
00:40:50We can explain!
00:40:51We can explain?
00:40:52To whom?
00:40:53To the child you helped kill?
00:40:55The baby!
00:40:56The baby was an accident!
00:40:58Chloe's body was weak!
00:41:00An accident?
00:41:02That night, you told me that once Chloe signed, everything would be fine.
00:41:06You said there was still time.
00:41:09And you believed whatever I said?
00:41:11Alistair, you were the one who did not want to call that ambulance.
00:41:14You were afraid she would back out, afraid she would run, afraid your perfect scapegoat would disappear.
00:41:21You pushed me to delay.
00:41:24You handed her the papers.
00:41:26You set the terms.
00:41:28You forced her to sign.
00:41:30You just do not want to admit that from start to finish, the person who most wanted her to take
00:41:34the fall was you.
00:41:35Me?
00:41:36I only said the filthy little thought already sitting in your head.
00:41:40Alistair, the person who killed your child was not me.
00:41:43It was you.
00:41:48Do you know what happened?
00:41:50That night, I came to you crying because I was scared.
00:41:54Alistair, help me!
00:41:56I hit someone!
00:41:57That person...
00:41:58That person is not moving!
00:42:00I did not mean to!
00:42:01The road was too dark!
00:42:03Who was the victim?
00:42:05Any witnesses?
00:42:06I do not know.
00:42:07Maybe a homeless man?
00:42:09I think...
00:42:09I do not think anyone saw.
00:42:11Victoria, you know what that means.
00:42:13Vehicular manslaughter.
00:42:14A federal felony.
00:42:16Your career, your reputation.
00:42:17Everything is over.
00:42:19Please.
00:42:20I know you have a way.
00:42:22You know so many people.
00:42:26Are you sure you left no evidence that can be traced back to you?
00:42:29I am sure.
00:42:29I already got rid of the car, and there are no cameras on that road.
00:42:33We need a scapegoat.
00:42:35Someone important enough and controllable enough.
00:42:40What?
00:42:41Close.
00:42:43No.
00:42:44That is not how it happened.
00:42:46Remember now?
00:42:47You said it yourself.
00:42:49We need a scapegoat.
00:42:51Someone important enough and controllable enough.
00:42:54Then you said her name.
00:42:57So do not put all of this on me, Alistair.
00:43:00You said your wife was held in your own hands.
00:43:17I can carry it myself.
00:43:19It is windy today.
00:43:23Coffee after rehearsal?
00:43:25That new place you wanted to try with the chestnut cake?
00:43:27Yeah.
00:43:29She smiled.
00:43:30In a world without me,
00:43:35she is so alive.
00:43:43What is it?
00:43:45Nothing.
00:43:56Chloe?
00:43:59Yes?
00:44:00There is something I have wanted to say for a long time.
00:44:02These three years,
00:44:03watching you rise from the wreckage and walk into the spotlight
00:44:05has been the greatest honor of my life.
00:44:07I admire your talent,
00:44:09and 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.
00:44:18Would you...
00:44:19give me a chance?
00:44:25Julian,
00:44:26you are my dearest friend
00:44:27and the person I am most grateful to.
00:44:29Without you,
00:44:30I would not be who I am today.
00:44:31But,
00:44:32my heart is a ruin.
00:44:34Nothing new grows there,
00:44:35and no one deserves to step inside it again.
00:44:38I understand.
00:44:39Thank you for understanding.
00:44:41We can still be friends, right?
00:44:43Of course.
00:44:44Let us go try that chestnut cake.
00:44:52Sir,
00:44:52the flight departs in 45 minutes.
00:44:54We should head to the gate.
00:44:55The highly anticipated
00:44:56Voices of Hope charity concert
00:44:58will be held tonight
00:44:59at City Hall Concert Hall.
00:45:01Organizers recently confirmed
00:45:03that the stage build and lighting work
00:45:04will be handled by local contractor
00:45:06Pinnacle Vision.
00:45:07Run that contractor.
00:45:09Pinnacle Vision,
00:45:09I want every background check and safety record.
00:45:15Found it.
00:45:16This company
00:45:17has three OSHA complaints,
00:45:19and last year in Munich
00:45:20there was a serious stage collapse.
00:45:23How the hell could they hire me?
00:45:32Cancel the flight.
00:45:33But,
00:45:34the meeting.
00:45:34Cancel it.
00:45:35Now.
00:45:36Yes.
00:45:37I will handle it right away.
00:45:39She is still that little girl
00:45:41who needs someone watching over her.
00:45:43Without me,
00:45:43she cannot even protect herself.
00:45:45Chloe,
00:45:46please do not let anything happen to you.
00:45:59Chloe!
00:46:00Move!
00:46:01It is dangerous!
00:46:03No!
00:46:20Oh 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.
00:46:37Just a scratch.
00:46:40Claire! Are you hurt?
00:46:45Why are you here? You again?
00:46:47The contractor's records were bad.
00:46:50I found out, but...
00:46:52I was half a step too late.
00:46:58Wipe 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.
00:47:17About 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.
00:47:36I got all the hospital records.
00:47:38That night,
00:47:39you were bleeding so much, lying on the floor begging me.
00:47:44I held the papers and waited for you to sign.
00:47:47I waited 47 minutes.
00:47:49The doctor said I signed a consent for bleeding control, not surgical authorization.
00:47:56The baby's heartbeat stopped at minute 35.
00:48:01I delayed him to death.
00:48:03Shut up!
00:48:05What is the point of saying this now?
00:48:07There is no point.
00:48:09None at all.
00:48:14I just wanted Chloe to know Alistair found out everything.
00:48:18Victoria, 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.
00:48:31So?
00:48:31So I disappear.
00:48:32It is the only thing I can still do for you.
00:48:35Alistair!
00:48:47Promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years.
00:48:51Not a hundred years.
00:48:54Forever, Chloe.
00:48:56Forever.
00:48:59Chloe, forgive me for being reckless.
00:49:01But I cannot fight this anymore.
00:49:03Will you marry me?
00:49:04Will you be my wife?
00:49:05I...
00:49:06I am just an ordinary girl.
00:49:07How could I ever be worthy of...
00:49:09Do not ever say that about yourself.
00:49:10To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world.
00:49:13You deserve everything.
00:49:18Alistair.
00:49:20Good.
00:49:21Go.
00:49:27It is over.
00:49:31Sir, please reconsider.
00:49:33These assets are to shape the entire industry.
00:49:34Especially the family fund and Kurgutran.
00:49:36Years of your life's work.
00:49:37I know.
00:49:37This is not just wealth.
00:49:39It is all your power and protection.
00:49:41Once you sign, there is no going back.
00:49:43Begin.
00:49:48The irreversible trust naming Miss Chloe Stangling as sole beneficiary
00:49:52is now officially in effect.
00:49:53It covers all equity, real estate, liquid assets, liquid assets, and family fund interests under your name.
00:49:59This is the copy.
00:50:01According to the terms, the trustee will notify the beneficiary at the appropriate time.
00:50:06She does not need to know.
00:50:09But you may leave.
00:50:23Chloe, this is the only thing I can still give you.
00:50:41Claire, your playing was so beautiful.
00:50:45I want to be a cellist like you someday.
00:50:50Thank you, sweetheart.
00:50:52I love them.
00:50:53When 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.
00:51:10My music is only for me.
00:51:12He did not come.
00:51:13I should have known.
00:51:14It really is all over.
00:51:22Chloe, 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.
00:51:38Tell them I refuse.
00:51:39Chloe, do you understand what this means?
00:51:41An astronomical fortune and in a way...
00:51:46In a way?
00:51:47Compensation?
00:51:48Or charity?
00:51:49Brody, I do not need it.
00:51:52Putting a price tag on a life with...
00:51:54Putting a price tag on a life with money?
00:51:57Alistair, you really have not changed.
00:51:59Send it back untouched.
00:52:01I do not need anything from him, and I do not need to leave him any message.
00:52:17Who happens to tell her?
00:52:20How dare they?
00:52:22Right.
00:52:23Even the last thing, she does not want it.
00:52:28Sir, we have news from the Federal side.
00:52:30Miss Victoria has been released on bail.
00:52:32I am worried she will...
00:52:32No, Chloe may be in danger.
00:53:00Chloe, what happened?
00:53:02What was that?
00:53:03Nothing.
00:53:03Just an old photo.
00:53:10This is not a prank, Chloe.
00:53:12This is dangerous.
00:53:14You cannot be alone.
00:53:15I am taking you home.
00:53:17I am fine.
00:53:18You have been busy lately, and I have already caused you enough trouble.
00:53:22Call me if anything happens.
00:53:26I will.
00:53:27come on.
00:53:31Come on.
00:53:57Do not move.
00:53:58We only want your hand.
00:54:05How much did Victoria pay you?
00:54:07I will double it.
00:54:09Save it, Mrs. Sterling.
00:54:11We get paid to do a job, and we follow rules.
00:54:24Alistair!
00:54:27Stop!
00:54:28Stop!
00:54:30Stop!
00:54:30Stop!
00:54:31Stop!
00:54:31Alistair, you said you would disappear from my world.
00:54:34Why did you come back?
00:54:36How did this happen?
00:54:38Do not scare me like this.
00:54:40You are safe.
00:54:42Thank God you are safe.
00:54:56Are you okay?
00:54:58Did they hurt your hand?
00:55:03I need to report a crime.
00:55:04South parking lot of the Vienna Concert Hall, armed assault, attempted 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
00:55:14from three years ago.
00:55:14I have the full chain of evidence.
00:55:18Watch him.
00:55:19Do not let anyone near him.
00:55:22Chloe, I'll tell us.
00:55:31Chloe is going to be okay with us.
00:55:37A cambio.
00:55:39Who are proceeding?essering
00:55:41Die. Chloe.
00:55:44How is
00:55:45he hot?
00:55:46Are youukt Seuss?
00:55:50How is he?
00:55:51the patient has lost too much blood his blood pressure is barely detectable
00:55:56he 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
00:56:18save 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
00:56:33agreement and consent form here she really signed it
00:56:41why he pushed you into hell and made you lose everything have you forgotten the baby
00:56:48i am not saving him i just do not want to owe him a life three years ago he gave
00:56:54me a home
00:56:54then destroyed me with his own hands now i give him my blood back from this moment on we owe
00:56:59each
00:56:59other nothing the stab wound is deep and he lost a lot of blood we saved him but whether he
00:57:06wakes 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
00:57:18forget every time you abandoned me for victoria i cannot forget i cannot forget when the doctor told me the
00:57:25baby
00:57:25was gone your signature was at the bottom of that document so cold so quick what is this you lying
00:57:32here
00:57:32repentance atonement it is too late my child is not coming back the chloe who once believed you in that
00:57:38practice room is not coming back either wake up look at me i want you to see with your own
00:57:43eyes that without you
00:57:44without the sterling name i can still stand at the very top i want you alive fully awake and remembering
00:57:50what you lost forever do not just die like this you still owe me too much
00:57:59you have to wake up
00:58:03allistern you heard me you are awake are you not allistern
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
00:58:20back 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
00:58:35and
00:58:35i do not want to waste it here
00:58:41you could even save her
00:58:44i saved myself from now on i owe them nothing
00:59:10chloe darling what time is it when did you change the bedroom no this is a hospital
00:59:19why 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 and have
00:59:32been
00:59:32unconscious for four days no i clearly remember us watching the city lights on the rooftop last night
00:59:38sir you need to lie down you had internal bleeding and just came out of surgery you need complete bed
00:59:44rest
00:59:45miss chloe sterling is not here not here where did she go i 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 maybe it is just a last minute performance
01:00:04or she did not tell me because she wanted to surprise me
01:00:08when is she coming back
01:00:09i really do don't know
01:00:11no what is this feeling it feels like i lost her what the hell happened
01:00:22choreo artists actually didn't mean it is it really worth making such a scene over nothing
01:00:25i wrote every single note of this myself
01:00:27this is two years of my hard work
01:00:29alistair you know that better than anyone
01:00:31hard work
01:00:34chloe what are you really afraid of doing
01:00:35this score or the status you built using it as a prop a student from a common background
01:00:40who managed to crawl into the sterling family through a marriage certificate
01:00:44who are you trying to impress with this wrong woman act
01:00:48didn't you approach me in the first place for the money the status and the chance of climbing the top
01:00:57cancel this surgery you're gonna kill our own flesh and blood just for victoria
01:01:01as long as you take the fall for the axis we can have other children
01:01:07why are these memories flooding my head
01:01:10where is chloe
01:01:12what what did i do to her
01:01:14okay okay okay mr sterling
01:01:16please calm down and stop thinking so hard
01:01:19you need rest right now
01:01:21you cannot get this agitated
01:01:23tell me
01:01:24were those real
01:01:26did i did i do that to her
01:01:27i please lie down first i will get the doctor
01:01:40the wound is healing well no sign of infection
01:01:43but the blood loss left you very weak
01:01:46you need time to recover
01:01:47blood loss
01:01:48yes
01:01:49when you were admitted your condition was critical
01:01:51acute massive bleeding hemogyme at a dangerous level
01:01:54we performed an emergency transfusion
01:01:55you were lucky
01:01:56someone volunteered to donate blood and saved your life
01:01:59who i am sorry mr sterling
01:02:02the donor signed a strict confidentiality agreement
01:02:04we are not authorized to disclose that
01:02:10allison look we have the same blood type what are the odds
01:02:13it is rare the odds feel like faith
01:02:16so if anything ever happens to either of us
01:02:18the other can be their blood bank right
01:02:20do not say unlucky things but yes
01:02:22i will protect you any way i can
01:02:27chloe was here
01:02:28was chloe not the donor was it chloe
01:02:31i cannot answer questions about visitors
01:02:33you need rest
01:02:36tell me
01:02:37mr sterling please calm down
01:02:39any information about the donor is legally protected
01:02:49mr sterling
01:02:51there is an update on miss thorne
01:02:53the extradition process is complete
01:02:55she was put on a flight back to new york under police escort this morning
01:02:58when
01:02:58three days ago
01:03:00the day after your surgery
01:03:01also chloe
01:03:03the afternoon after alistair's surgery ended
01:03:05and alistair was confirmed out of danger
01:03:06chloe boarded a flight and left
01:03:07destination zurich
01:03:08mr brodie cookup chloe's manager
01:03:10pumbrick released releg of chloe's odo tour schedule
01:03:12that afternoon
01:03:13yes
01:03:14flight records show takeoff at 4 15 p.m
01:03:17she gave blood
01:03:19and left without looking back
01:03:21should i contact mrs sterling
01:03:23or try to obtain the details of her tour
01:03:25no
01:03:26she was right to leave
01:03:29report the crime
01:03:30testify
01:03:30donate blood
01:03:31leave
01:03:32every step was calculated
01:03:34clean
01:03:34she thinks even hating me
01:03:36is a waste
01:03:41it was her
01:03:43david
01:03:44the person who gave me blood
01:03:45had to be her
01:03:46the blood bank record
01:03:48is anonymous
01:03:48we cannot confirm
01:03:50i can feel it
01:03:50my body
01:03:52knows her blood
01:03:53no one but chloe
01:03:56call her manager's number
01:03:58now
01:03:59the doctor said you need complete rest
01:04:01and must avoid emotional stress
01:04:03call
01:04:05brodie cook speaking
01:04:06who is this
01:04:07mr cook hello
01:04:08this is david mr sterling's assistant
01:04:09mr sterling would like to speak with mrs sterling
01:04:11miss claire moreo is in intensive tour rehearsal in zurich
01:04:14her schedule is full
01:04:15she is not accepting any non-performance related call
01:04:17tell her
01:04:18it is me
01:04:18tell her i know it was her
01:04:20that bag of blood
01:04:21i know she gave it
01:04:23if it is not business
01:04:24do not disturb her
01:04:25she has cut off even the chance for me to say thank you
01:04:29i'm sorry
01:04:30you think even hating me is a waste
01:04:31do you even letting me confirm this debt
01:04:34feels like another form of harassment
01:04:46do not go
01:04:49move
01:04:51mr sterling you need to be back at the hospital
01:04:53i have heard enough from doctors
01:04:54i'm not going anywhere
01:04:56brodie
01:04:57go confirm boarding
01:04:58chloe
01:04:59go
01:05:02let me
01:05:03stay by your side
01:05:05just this once
01:05:07on what grounds
01:05:08i
01:05:10i paid back your blood
01:05:11i saved your life
01:05:13we are even
01:05:14we are not
01:05:15we never will be
01:05:17let go
01:05:18i checked the flights
01:05:19i know your next stop is paris
01:05:21let me go with you
01:05:22i will watch from far away
01:05:23i swear i will not bother you
01:05:24alistair listen carefully
01:05:25you keep saying you want to protect me
01:05:27but when my manuscript was destroyed
01:05:29what did you do
01:05:30when my baby was gone
01:05:31what did you do
01:05:32and now you want to stay by my side
01:05:35too late
01:05:37way too late
01:05:40do not follow me again
01:05:41i want none of your guilt
01:05:43none of your repentance
01:05:44then what do you want
01:05:45tell me
01:05:48i will give you everything
01:05:49the company
01:05:51the shares
01:05:51all of it
01:05:54chloe
01:05:56i want you to disappear forever
01:06:01do not go
01:06:02please
01:06:04give me one chance
01:06:05even if it is only
01:06:06to watch you from a distance
01:06:09a chance
01:06:10three years ago
01:06:11when i was bleeding
01:06:12who gave me a chance
01:06:13when i miscarried it
01:06:15lying in that hospital bed
01:06:16listening to lawyers
01:06:17read charges
01:06:18for crimes
01:06:18i jettives
01:06:19i never committed
01:06:21who gave me a chance
01:06:22i know i was wrong
01:06:23i will spend the rest of my life
01:06:25i do not want the rest of your life
01:06:27alistair i just just want my peace
01:06:29chloe
01:06:30what about our child
01:06:31can that be settled too
01:06:33he never belonged to us
01:06:35he belonged only to the me
01:06:37who lost him
01:06:38before he ever got to see the sun
01:06:48chloe
01:06:48chloe
01:06:49sir are you alright
01:06:50let me take you to
01:06:53no no chloe
01:07:04sir
01:07:05you are awake
01:07:06you have been unconscious
01:07:08for five days
01:07:09the doctor said
01:07:11your last unauthorized discharge
01:07:12seriously worsened the wound
01:07:14you cannot keep doing this
01:07:16you must rest
01:07:17where is chloe now
01:07:19mrs sterling's tour team
01:07:20returns to the council
01:07:21vienna vienna this afternoon
01:07:23sir
01:07:24get the car
01:07:25now
01:07:26but your body
01:07:27i said
01:07:28now
01:07:33chloe
01:07:34why
01:07:35sir
01:07:35backstage is not open
01:07:36to the public
01:07:37please wait for me
01:07:38for a moment
01:07:42i have been looking for you
01:07:44i was wrong
01:07:45i will spend everything
01:07:46to atone
01:07:47your everything burned to ash
01:07:49three years ago
01:07:50everything i have now
01:07:51i earn myself
01:07:52including my peace
01:07:53so he can give you peace
01:07:56mrs sterling needs to prepare
01:07:57for her performance
01:07:58please leave
01:07:59you let him touch your score
01:08:01you let him stand beside you
01:08:03and what am i
01:08:11the blood
01:08:12chloe
01:08:14wait
01:08:14the blood that saved my life
01:08:16was it yours
01:08:20yes
01:08:21why
01:08:22you hate me
01:08:23to repay a debt
01:08:24what
01:08:25three years ago
01:08:26you signed a paper
01:08:27and traded my life for hers
01:08:29now i repay you once
01:08:31blood for blood
01:08:32nothing owed
01:08:33no
01:08:33it is not a debt
01:08:35i owe you
01:08:36and i can never repay it
01:08:37it is a debt
01:08:37it is paid
01:08:39from now on
01:08:40your blood
01:08:41your wounds
01:08:41whether you live or die
01:08:43none of it has anything
01:08:44to do with me
01:08:45i'm not gonna let you do this
01:08:48get the hell away from me
01:08:49let us go in
01:09:09oh no
01:09:10what is it
01:09:12god no
01:09:14that is impossible
01:09:15this
01:09:16how could this string
01:09:17i checked it yesterday
01:09:19it was fine
01:09:20and chloe are always so careful
01:09:22accidents happen
01:09:23it is not a big deal
01:09:24where are the spare strings
01:09:26did you bring an extra string
01:09:29here here
01:09:30i packed an extra set on purpose
01:09:32it is stanching a leon
01:09:33and when that
01:09:34this
01:09:34this is impossible
01:09:36i kept it in the humidity patch
01:09:38do not panic
01:09:40i will ask when the new cello arrives
01:09:44what
01:09:45the car broke down
01:09:46did you not guarantee
01:09:47it would be on time
01:09:48tomorrow morning
01:09:48at the earliest
01:09:49shit
01:09:49i contacted a friend
01:09:51in berlin
01:09:51his workshop has strings
01:09:53in the same gauge
01:09:54but driving them here
01:09:54will take at least four hours
01:09:56not enough time
01:09:58rehearsal is in two hours
01:09:59and the concert is tonight
01:10:01why now
01:10:01damn it
01:10:12claire's string snapped
01:10:13the spare
01:10:14is oxidized too
01:10:15the new cello
01:10:16is still on the road
01:10:17and they cannot reach
01:10:18the maker
01:10:18wait
01:10:19whose string broke
01:10:20claire's
01:10:21sir
01:10:21backstage matters
01:10:23are not disclosed
01:10:24to unrelated people
01:10:27now tell me exactly
01:10:28what happened
01:10:28it is mrs claire
01:10:30the principal cellist
01:10:31her main strings
01:10:32slapped her in pre-show check
01:10:33the prec
01:10:34the spare
01:10:35is oxidized
01:10:35and unusable
01:10:36and the emergency
01:10:37replacement cello
01:10:38is delayed
01:10:39it is bad
01:10:40it is chloe
01:10:41of course
01:10:42she is still
01:10:43the little girl
01:10:44who needs my shelter
01:10:45only under my wing
01:10:47can she play safely
01:10:48it is me
01:10:49use every resource
01:10:50find top tier
01:10:51gut cello strings
01:10:52that can reach
01:10:53the vienna musikheim
01:10:54within two hours
01:10:55send a private jet
01:10:56to berlin
01:10:56then transfer by helicopter
01:10:58directly to the
01:10:59musikheim plaza
01:10:59i want those strings
01:11:01in her hands
01:11:01before the concert starts
01:11:07chloe do not panic
01:11:08i already got the strings
01:11:16the string
01:11:17did it not snap
01:11:18it did
01:11:19i sent a plane
01:11:20the string should be here
01:11:21no need
01:11:21i contacted the luthori's workshop
01:11:23they sent top strings
01:11:24by special car
01:11:25and brought an extra cello
01:11:25for trial use
01:11:26when did you contact them
01:11:28when i found the broken string
01:11:29brody made a few calls
01:11:30julian confirmed the workshop inventory
01:11:32the car arrived 40 minutes ago
01:11:33good
01:11:34as long as it is solved
01:11:35alistair
01:11:35three years ago
01:11:36i lay in the hospital
01:11:37waiting for a consent call
01:11:38with your signature
01:11:39your signing was risky
01:11:40and you had to wait
01:11:40for the lawyers
01:11:41now one cello string breaks
01:11:42and you can immediately mobilize planes
01:11:44clear logistics and make an entire system move for you
01:11:47your help only appears when you think it is safe and convenient
01:11:49my life and death my career had to run on your schedule
01:11:52this time is different
01:11:53it is the same
01:11:54you always want to solve my problems your way
01:11:56then you tell me how much you sacrifice
01:11:57but i do not need it anymore
01:11:58my problems are mine to solve
01:12:01my way
01:12:02on my time
01:12:06these headlines
01:12:07they will ruin her performance
01:12:09what will she think of me
01:12:11sir mr brody cooks just notified the press
01:12:13miss chloe is holding a press conference
01:12:15right up ahead
01:12:15miss chloe and mr alistair steller
01:12:18ended their marriage
01:12:19three years ago
01:12:20now and in the future
01:12:22there is no legal connection between them
01:12:24nor any private relationship
01:12:26mr brody a photograph mr sterling here two mornings ago
01:12:29and wandering and he had contact with miss chloe
01:12:30does this mean mr sterling is trying to win her back
01:12:32mr sterling's actions are his personal choice
01:12:34miss chloe's position has been made clear in the statement
01:12:37her life and career are centered on music
01:12:39my team is fully capable of handling every performance matter
01:12:42any outside uninvited involvement is unnecessary and unwelcome
01:12:46as for the rest private grievances are not worth public resources
01:12:49my music will speak for itself
01:12:51that is the end of the statement
01:12:53please focus on tonight's performance
01:12:55thank you
01:13:08chloe
01:13:10i know you can hear me
01:13:15i saw the press conference
01:13:18you said we were even
01:13:19but how can i be even
01:13:20the baby is gone because i signed
01:13:22you almost died on that operating table
01:13:25because i stopped the doctors
01:13:26i cannot repay those debts
01:13:29you
01:13:30you will not even give me your hate anymore
01:13:33you treat me like
01:13:35some irrelevant stranger
01:13:42then tell me
01:13:43how do i pay it back
01:13:45do you want this life
01:13:49no
01:13:52just like this glass of water
01:13:56once it is poured out
01:13:57i will not pick it back up
01:14:01you could kneel until you die
01:14:02and it will not bring that child back
01:14:04it will not bring back the me who trusted you three years ago
01:14:23he should be gone now
01:14:46you should go to the hospital
01:14:50i just do not want tomorrow's headline to say
01:14:53former wall street kaidan bleeds to death
01:14:55outside ex-wife's apartment
01:14:57so to you
01:14:58i am just a nuisance
01:15:00noise
01:15:01i hate unnecessary noise
01:15:03i check the medical records from back then
01:15:04every minute
01:15:05i remember
01:15:06when the doctor recommended surgery
01:15:07i checked my watch three times
01:15:08i was calculating risk time
01:15:09and legal consequences
01:15:11i know
01:15:11i know exactly how long you calculated
01:15:13you do not know why
01:15:14long enough for me to lose half my blood
01:15:15and long enough for an eight week ambrose heartbeat
01:15:17to stop forever
01:15:17those fragments from back then
01:15:19you play in my head every day
01:15:21then let them keep playing
01:15:22that is your business
01:15:23but do not die dear
01:15:25get up
01:15:25i will call a car to take you to the hospital
01:15:27i am not going
01:15:28shoot yourself
01:15:30wait
01:15:38my sins
01:15:40can only be washed clean with blood
01:15:43is this
01:15:44enough
01:15:45put the knife down
01:15:51tell me
01:15:53how much blood is enough
01:15:56is this life
01:15:58enough to pay
01:15:59your life has no value to me now
01:16:01then what has value
01:16:03tell me
01:16:04what can i still give
01:16:05i want nothing
01:16:08especially nothing from you
01:16:09then watch me die
01:16:12you are forcing me again
01:16:13no
01:16:15this time i choose it myself
01:16:17you just watch
01:16:19take it as
01:16:20a late offering
01:16:22let go
01:16:24let me
01:16:25i said let go
01:16:34your blood cannot wash anything clean
01:16:35it will only stay in this street
01:16:37then what
01:16:39what the hell
01:16:39am i supposed to do
01:16:44at the very least
01:16:46you should not be kneeling here
01:16:48trying to die
01:16:56stop
01:16:59stop it
01:17:02is it enough
01:17:04is this life
01:17:05enough to pay
01:17:08put the knife down
01:17:10say it first
01:17:10is it enough
01:17:12i said put the knife down
01:17:15the baby is not coming back
01:17:17you could bleed yourself dry
01:17:19and he still would not come back
01:17:21when i was lying on the operating table
01:17:23waiting for your signature
01:17:25he was already gone
01:17:27what you are doing now
01:17:28has no meaning
01:17:30none of it has any meaning anymore
01:17:34we are even
01:17:36i forgive you
01:17:39what did you say
01:17:45i forgive you
01:17:46no
01:17:48chloe
01:17:49do not
01:17:49do not forgive me
01:17:50i do not deserve it
01:17:52it is not for you
01:17:53it is for me
01:17:55i have to move forward
01:17:56move forward
01:17:57good
01:17:59you go
01:18:00do not look back
01:18:02but do not forgive me
01:18:03please
01:18:04the baby will not come back
01:18:05the blood i lost
01:18:07cannot be returned
01:18:08none of this helps
01:18:10i know
01:18:11i know it does not help
01:18:13but i do not hate you anymore
01:18:14hate is exhausting
01:18:16from now on
01:18:17we are even
01:18:19even
01:18:19okay
01:18:21even
01:18:22never see me again
01:18:23chloe
01:18:25live well
01:18:32mr sterling
01:18:35mr sterling
01:18:37hold on
01:18:38i am calling an ambulance
01:18:40right now
01:18:41chloe
01:18:41what
01:18:43chloe
01:18:54sir
01:18:55you are awake
01:18:55the doctor said you lost too much blood
01:18:57but thank god
01:18:58you have been unconscious for two days
01:19:00miss chloe
01:19:01she
01:19:01david
01:19:02yes sir
01:19:03i will not go looking for her again
01:19:06she said we are even
01:19:08i should
01:19:09let go
01:19:23ashes should look like ashes
01:19:29they adjusted the sound post overnight
01:19:31want to try it
01:19:36it is quiet
01:19:39more reliable than people
01:19:46time to go stage
01:20:10the strings will never tremble for rising
01:20:12this first note is both a funeral and a rebirth
01:20:15every accident
01:20:17the echo of a golden cage shattering
01:20:19what he destroyed was never just a chloe
01:20:21my blood
01:20:22ever came lost
01:20:23it all burns inside this light
01:20:27there is no place to breathe in the ashes
01:20:33there is no going back
01:20:38look alistair
01:20:39without you i still stand in the light
01:20:42and this light will never shine
01:20:45can i imagine it
01:20:48i think i saw alistair
01:21:04claire these flowers are for you
01:21:06who asked you to bring them
01:21:08i
01:21:08i brought them myself
01:21:11white lilies of the valley
01:21:12we had a pot on the balcony of the new york apartment
01:21:15it died
01:21:16thank you
01:21:17they are beautiful
01:21:19i will keep them
01:21:20from a fan
01:21:21let me check them
01:21:23no need
01:21:24you know who sent them
01:21:26i do
01:21:27then why accept them
01:21:28the flowers are innocent
01:21:31the person who sent them has nothing to do with me
01:21:35sir
01:21:36she accepted them
01:21:37she said they were beautiful
01:21:39thank you little angel
01:21:42this is your reward
01:21:43go buy yourself some candy
01:21:45thank you sir
01:21:56mr sterling at the current rate of progression
01:21:59a conservative estimate gives you
01:22:00about three months
01:22:02understood
01:22:06mr sterling the will you requested has been drafted according to your final wishes
01:22:09under the terms all assets under your name
01:22:11after taxes and fees will be transferred to the anonymous donorx account
01:22:14and ultimately donated to the global fund for women artists
01:22:17no individual beneficiary is named
01:22:22the process is complete
01:22:24i will hold the original
01:22:25mr sterling
01:22:26please take care
01:22:35this is better
01:22:59excuse me sir
01:23:00could you tell me
01:23:02is this the right direction to the julie hart school
01:23:05wrong side
01:23:06across the platform
01:23:08thank you
01:23:09i i just got to new york
01:23:11your cufflinks
01:23:13they are beautiful
01:23:28the wrong way
01:23:30we both went the wrong way
01:23:32ay cloud-based
01:23:36bye
01:23:36close-bye
01:23:38bye
01:23:39bye
01:23:40bye
01:23:41bye
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