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The Captain's Wife Flew Solo #ASD
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00:00The sudden vertigo, I'd been writing off as typical pregnancy fatigue.
00:04Across the hall, my husband's hand was posted firmly on another woman's waist,
00:08steering her through the clinic.
00:10The betrayal didn't just break me, it rewired me.
00:18Dad?
00:19Remember what you told me? I'm doing it.
00:22I'm taking the baby overseas, and the baby's going to have my last name.
00:26About time you woke up.
00:27The Millers walk around like they're untouchable because they own the sky,
00:30but we're not some family begging for scraps.
00:32If you're miserable over there, you leave.
00:35You hear me? I will support you being a single mom by choice.
00:38You're right.
00:39Honey, if you're here with me, she's going to be upset.
00:42She won't know.
00:42She's pregnant too. Aren't you worried she'll...
00:45I don't know what's gotten into her lately, maybe hormones, but she's been acting up.
00:48If she starts something and stresses you out, that's on her.
00:51If she runs into us, she's so far along, I'm scared she might...
00:54What's there to be scared of?
00:55I'm supposed to be here. That baby's mine too.
00:57If she wants to pop off, I'll file.
00:59Since she returned one text from her, and he'd walk out mid-speetons like I was nothing,
01:03he called me jealous and unreasonable.
01:05Eight months pregnant, and he'd never once come with me to an appointment.
01:09Not one scan.
01:10Before I'd left for the hospital, he'd told me he had work stuff,
01:14simulator training, or a mandatory briefing.
01:18Work?
01:19Mrs. Miller, you're so lucky. Your husband comes to every appointment.
01:21Not many men are like that.
01:23I wasn't just being betrayed.
01:25I was being replaced.
01:33You can come out now.
01:34You've been standing there forever.
01:36What? Are you still not satisfied with the show?
01:38So you're really gonna keep pretending?
01:40Pretending you're Mrs. Miller?
01:41Even though you know damn well Elijah doesn't love you?
01:45That's bold. You knew he was married and still slid right into his schedule.
01:49Honey, I knew Elijah long before you did.
01:52If I hadn't gone overseas, you wouldn't have gotten within ten feet of his ring.
01:56But I'm back now, and I'm carrying his child.
01:59It's time you hand over what was mine.
02:02Oh my god.
02:04Cancer?
02:05Seriously?
02:07So tell me, are you even gonna make it long enough to have that baby?
02:10Or are you and your little bastard both going down together?
02:19I wasn't trying to hide anything.
02:21I swear.
02:22I'm pregnant.
02:24Please don't hurt me.
02:29What the hell is wrong with you?
02:31Do you have any idea she's pregnant?
02:34Elijah, don't fight with her because of me.
02:37You're wrong.
02:38Apologize.
02:40Apologize?
02:41Elijah, do you even know what this is?
02:43Enough.
02:44I don't care what that is.
02:46Today you were cruel.
02:48How can you be so heartless to another pregnant woman?
02:53I'm not apologizing.
02:54You're the ones who should be apologizing.
02:57Both of you.
03:02Elijah, my belly hurts.
03:05But she matters more.
03:06You should go after her, honey.
03:08Forget her.
03:09She's eight months pregnant and still throwing tantrums.
03:12She's not going anywhere.
03:13I'll smooth it over later.
03:27Scarlet's not feeling well.
03:29You pushed her earlier.
03:31If she's sick, she should be in the hospital.
03:33Or did our living room suddenly become an ER?
03:37Watch your mouth.
03:39I'm cleaning up your mess.
03:42Scarlet is staying here.
03:45Don't get it twisted.
03:47I'm just here to rest and keep the baby safe.
03:50That's all.
03:51Elijah, this is our home.
03:53I'm not letting her move in.
03:57Enough.
03:58You're pregnant too.
03:59How do you have zero compassion?
04:01You started this.
04:02I need to keep an eye on her.
04:04If you can't handle her being here, then you can be the one to leave.
04:09Fine.
04:11I'll go.
04:15Honey, don't fight with her because of me.
04:17She's so upset she even took down your wedding photo.
04:21Ignore her.
04:22She loves drama.
04:23Once she realizes it doesn't work on me, she'll behave.
04:51Our little aviator deserves the best.
04:55Our child is going to have a legacy of excellence.
05:05Get out.
05:10What's wrong with you?
05:12You're giving her this room?
05:15Scarlet said she likes it.
05:17Let her stay in here for now.
05:19What's the big deal?
05:24Enough.
05:28The past couple of days, you've been a disappointment.
05:31If you keep acting like this, I'll seriously reconsider whether this marriage should even exist.
05:36You don't want our kid growing up without a father, do you?
05:42Don't be scared.
05:45We don't need this room.
05:48Mom's going to give you better.
05:51Scarlet had sent voice messages.
05:53I pressed play, and Elisha's voice filled the room.
05:56He hadn't been learning for me.
05:57I wasn't his partner.
05:59I was the training ground.
06:00My baby was the trial run.
06:02It's okay.
06:03I'm leaving soon, and I won't be anyone's practice wife.
06:11Honey, I heard the Miller family legacy pendant is lucky.
06:15The baby's been keeping me up, and I'm so exhausted.
06:19Can I wear it for a while?
06:20Just until he settles down?
06:23There will never be another.
06:26This is the Millen promise.
06:29You're my wife.
06:31No one else wears this.
06:36Of course, honey.
06:37I'll get it for you.
06:38Wear it as long as you need, and we'll talk after the baby's born.
06:44You heard that?
06:47She hasn't been sleeping, and she's pregnant.
06:50She needs support.
06:51Just let her wear the pendant for a while, okay?
06:55She can have it.
06:58But you're going to do one thing for me.
07:04Nobody's taking your place.
07:05You're still my...
07:05Don't get excited.
07:07I don't care if she ever gives it back.
07:14Just sign this.
07:17Come on.
07:18You don't have to make this so dramatic.
07:20See?
07:20Happy now?
07:21If you want to shop, buy whatever you want, I'll pay.
07:24I know I've neglected you.
07:25We'll fix it.
07:30After the baby's born, it goes back to you.
07:33She can wear it as long as she wants.
07:37Oh my God, you got it!
07:40Honey, you got it.
07:41It's so easy.
07:56Okay, okay.
07:57I'm coming over right now, honey.
07:59Don't cry.
08:00When you cry, it messes me up.
08:07Hey.
08:10I've got you.
08:12I'm here.
08:16Elijah.
08:17I can't sleep without you.
08:20Every time I close my eyes, I see it.
08:22The engagement ending, everyone staring, me being tossed aside like I didn't matter.
08:27I wake up shaking, honey.
08:29I'm scared.
08:30It's okay.
08:31I'll protect you.
08:34I'm not going back to that room tonight.
08:36I'm staying with you, all right?
08:37I'm right here.
08:39But I keep taking you away from her.
08:41If she finds out, she's going to freak out.
08:45And the baby's been restless.
08:47When you're here, he calms down.
08:49You're the only thing that works.
08:51Don't worry about her.
08:53Even if she finds out, we've got nothing to feel guilty about.
08:56She can take care of herself.
08:57Elijah, the doctor said the baby's stable now.
09:00Four months.
09:01We're past the scary part.
09:04Tonight, let me take care of you, okay?
09:07Okay.
09:22Scarlet didn't feel great this morning, so I made her some soup just to help her stomach.
09:27What do you think you're doing?
09:30Seriously?
09:31I cook her soup and you're going to make a scene?
09:33You're that petty now?
09:36It's just soup?
09:38Want to check your neck in a mirror before you try to sell me that line, Captain?
09:44Mosquitoes.
09:45There were mosquitoes in the room last night.
09:47That's all it is.
09:50Enough!
09:51I said mosquito!
09:52Stop acting jealous and crazy!
09:56Elijah, I have fault too.
09:59Let me apologize to her.
10:02Don't be mad.
10:03You can have this.
10:05Back off.
10:06I'll let you drink it.
10:09Elijah!
10:10It burns!
10:11Hey, hey.
10:12I've got you.
10:13Didn't I tell you to put yourself in someone else's shoes?
10:17You're the one throwing a tantrum.
10:20Scarlet was trying to be kind and you attacked her.
10:23Elijah, stop!
10:24No.
10:25You're going to learn.
10:30That's a warning.
10:31Hurt her again and you'll wish you hadn't.
10:40Are you scared of me?
10:43Elijah, the baby.
10:45Don't use the baby to manipulate me.
10:47You just hurt Scarlet's.
10:48I haven't forgiven you.
10:49Right now, you and that kid together still don't matter as much as her.
11:00Get OB down here!
11:02She's crashing.
11:03Possible placerial abruption.
11:05We need a doctor now!
11:08Honey, we need to call your husband.
11:10We need consent form signed.
11:16Do you have anyone else?
11:20I'll sign.
11:22Why are we waiting?
11:24A Miller VIP came in.
11:26His pregnant girlfriend has a minor burn.
11:28He pulled the on-call team.
11:30Even some of our OB staff were redirected.
11:35Stay with me.
11:36We need help here!
11:39We're losing her!
11:41Get in here now!
11:50My baby.
11:52Where's my baby?
12:01No one would ever treat us as disposable again.
12:04Two weeks later, I'd filed the paperwork and signed the exit forms.
12:08On a nearby screen, a headline flashed about Elijah Miller going to war for his pregnant lover.
12:15I boarded my flight to London without looking back.
12:17The captain thought he owned the sky, but I had already flown beyond his reach.
12:28Elijah.
12:29Honey, it hurts.
12:31It really hurts.
12:35They just treated you.
12:36How are you still in pain?
12:37My stomach is cramping.
12:40What if something happens to the baby?
12:43I was just trying to apologize to her, but she totally lost it.
12:46I spoiled her.
12:48That's the problem.
12:50I already handled her.
12:53Honey,
12:54I think she knows about us.
12:56She's been texting me.
12:58Threatening me.
13:00Threatening you how?
13:01She said she's going to kill my baby.
13:05No, she gets emotional, but she isn't that kind of person.
13:08I wish I was wrong.
13:16I won't let her touch you.
13:18Or the baby.
13:24A month passed.
13:25The silence grew from a minor annoyance into a deafening roar.
13:29He remembered her weak call for help again.
13:32Grinting his teeth, Elijah went to the police station.
13:36He gave them my name and my photo.
13:39Mr. Miller,
13:40our system shows your marriage to Ms. Langfield was legally dissolved a month ago.
13:45What did you just say?
13:47You and Ms. Langston are divorced.
13:49You don't have the standing to request her location,
13:52and we can't release her information to you.
13:56No.
13:57That's not possible.
13:59I never divorced.
14:03This is the documentation.
14:06He was the captain,
14:08the one in charge.
14:09Yet he had signed away the only thing that mattered,
14:12without even reading the manifest.
14:14I was gone,
14:14and for the first time in his life,
14:16Elijah was flying blind.
14:18What did you just say?
14:20The marriage is dissolved, Elijah.
14:22Amelia Langfield isn't your wife anymore.
14:24By the letter of the law,
14:26you're a stranger to her medical records and her location.
14:30He had signed those papers in the hallway weeks ago,
14:33but he hadn't read them.
14:34He had treated the document like a minor maintenance write-up.
14:39He had assumed I was throwing a tantrum,
14:42a brief bit of turbulence he could smooth over
14:43with his usual quiet authority.
14:45He never thought I would actually steer the plane into the ground.
14:52The air was cloying with Scarlet's perfume.
14:55The crib was buried under luxury shopping bags
14:58and silk pregnancy pillows.
15:00The space he had imagined for his child
15:02had been converted into a warehouse for Scarlet's vanity.
15:12What is this?
15:14Elijah,
15:15how did you and Amelia get divorced?
15:19For the first time,
15:20Elijah trained to spot the smallest anomaly in a cockpit,
15:23saw the greed beneath the grace.
15:25The spell didn't break,
15:27but it cracked,
15:28revealing the cold reality
15:30of the woman he had sacrificed his wife to protect.
15:37The police must have made a clerical error.
15:40Amelia and I didn't divorce.
15:42I wouldn't allow it.
15:48Well,
15:50if the papers are real,
15:51why don't we just make it official?
15:53Let's go down to the courthouse and get married, honey.
15:57What did you just say?
16:00I'm just-
16:01I just told you!
16:02I'm not divorced!
16:04Why are you jumping to this?
16:06My wife is missing
16:07and you're talking about a courthouse?
16:13Elijah,
16:15I wasn't trying to steal anything.
16:18I'm thinking about our baby.
16:20I can't let him be born into a mess.
16:23It hurts.
16:25Please take me to the hospital.
16:27I'm begging you.
16:29He hadn't planned to investigate her.
16:31For months,
16:31he had treated Scarlet as a sacred debt,
16:33his savior from the fire years ago.
16:35But her reaction to the divorce papers
16:37had been too eager,
16:38too opportunistic.
16:39The selfless woman
16:40who supposedly only wanted security for her child
16:42was starting to look like a strategist
16:43who was eyeing the captain's chair.
16:47Logan?
16:50I want a full report on Scarlet.
16:51Every flight she's taken,
16:53every man she's seen,
16:54every cent she's spent.
16:55And pull the surveillance tapes.
16:57My house,
16:59the clinic,
16:59the street cameras.
17:00I want to see everything I missed
17:02while I was in the clouds.
17:05I need everything.
17:14What the hell are you doing?
17:15I can't let you think I'm that kind of woman.
17:19But I can't accept my child
17:21being treated like a dirty secret, either.
17:23I know I ruined your marriage.
17:27I'm the bad guy, right?
17:31Fine.
17:32I'll take the baby and disappear.
17:35You can go find Amelia with a clear conscience.
17:38Scarlet, stop.
17:40Don't do this.
17:42Then what am I supposed to do?
17:44Let my baby be born without a legal father?
17:48If that's his future,
17:49I'd rather leave now.
17:50That day in the fire,
17:52I don't regret saving you, honey.
17:55I don't.
17:56But I can't let our baby suffer.
17:58Okay, okay.
17:59If you come down,
18:01I'll handle it.
18:01I'll make sure the baby
18:02won't be treated like that.
18:04When I find Amelia,
18:05we can work something out.
18:07But you're already divorced,
18:08aren't you?
18:09The baby's due in a few months.
18:11Is he just supposed to be born into nothing?
18:13Scarlet!
18:14Say it clearly.
18:15I'll do it.
18:16I'll marry you.
18:20For the first time in months,
18:22I could breathe without the static
18:24of Elijah's commands ringing in my ear.
18:29Easy, sweetheart.
18:30You've got a baby.
18:32Don't squeeze him.
18:42I'm here.
18:46You're home.
18:51I told you Elijah would never give you
18:53a peaceful life.
18:54Elijah.
18:55That man doesn't know how to be happy
18:56unless he's making someone else miserable.
19:01You brought the baby back
19:02and you did the right thing.
19:04From now on,
19:06he's a Langford.
19:07We don't need Miller money.
19:10We have our own.
19:14When the time is right,
19:15I'll host a gala.
19:17I'll announce the Langford air.
19:19Loudly.
19:20And don't get me started on that fire.
19:22You saved him,
19:23and he didn't even thank you when he woke up.
19:25The second I saw that,
19:26I knew he was the type to take
19:28until there was nothing left.
19:29Those scars on your back,
19:31your father and I,
19:32we wanted to tear the world apart
19:33when we saw them.
19:34Elijah had built a life
19:36on a lie about a fire
19:37while the woman
19:38who actually pulled him out
19:40was fighting a battle
19:41he had no right to witness.
19:42The captain thought
19:43he had grounded me,
19:44but I was finally learning
19:46how to fly on my own terms.
19:57Honey, I'm starving.
19:59The baby's been kicking like crazy.
20:01Make me that creamy mushroom soup
20:03you did last time, okay?
20:06Uh, hello?
20:09Why are you just standing there?
20:12Don't tell me you got what you wanted
20:13and now I'm suddenly annoying?
20:16Seriously, Elijah?
20:17He remembered why he'd made that soup
20:19in the first place.
20:20Scarlet had claimed the baby
20:21needed better nutrition,
20:22and he'd played the doting man
20:23in the kitchen.
20:24And me, his actual wife,
20:26had never once been offered
20:27a bowl of it.
20:29I'm exhausted.
20:31Not tonight.
20:32I'll make it tomorrow.
20:33So you don't care anymore?
20:35That's what this is?
20:37You're already tired of me
20:38and the baby
20:39and I'm only four months along.
20:41I should have jumped
20:41at the hospital.
20:42I should have just done it.
20:49Enough.
20:50Come down.
20:51I'll make the soup.
20:56Okay?
20:59Okay.
21:00Okay.
21:00Okay.
21:02Okay.
21:04Okay.
21:07Honey, feed me like you did before.
21:13Honey?
21:27Babe, get over here.
21:28You said you wanted to see me in it.
21:31Do I look okay?
21:33It was smooth.
21:34It was perfect.
21:36No.
21:37Where are the scars?
21:39If Scarlet wasn't the one
21:41who had pulled me out of that fire,
21:43then who was?
21:55Where are you going, honey?
21:57What's so secret
21:58you can't say it in front of me?
21:59It's just work, honey.
22:01You're pregnant.
22:02I'm not going to stress you out
22:03with boring aviation business stuff.
22:07Watch TV.
22:09If you get bored,
22:10go shopping.
22:11Don't pinch pennies.
22:14Oh, thanks, hubby.
22:29Show me.
22:32Show me the wreckage I've caused.
23:06Amelia.
23:08Amelia.
23:14I'm starting out at Ravens.
23:15What happened?
23:16Where are you taking him?
23:20Where are you taking him?
23:48So what if you know
23:50you're not getting rid of me
23:51that easily?
24:09Later, he learned a detail.
24:11To speed up the divorce proceedings,
24:13I pawned a Yadite pendant,
24:14not the one he'd given me
24:15from the Miller family.
24:17This one belonged to the Langfords.
24:18It was the heirloom
24:19I'd worn close to my heart,
24:20pressed tight against my skin
24:21than any promise he'd ever made.
24:23I took it off my neck
24:24and traded for a clean set
24:25of legal papers.
24:26All just to get away from him
24:28as fast as I could.
24:30Find Amelia.
24:31Now.
24:32I don't care what it costs.
24:34Use every asset we have.
24:35Bring her back.
24:37She has cancer.
24:41And she has my child.
24:44I need her back.
24:46And ground Scarlet.
24:48Put her somewhere she can't
24:49run her mouth,
24:50can't disappear,
24:51can't play the victim.
24:52Whatever she says,
24:54she doesn't leave the premises.
24:58What are you looking at?
24:59Move!
25:06Mr. Miller,
25:07there's a problem.
25:10Don't waste my time,
25:11Logan.
25:13Scarlet left a note.
25:14She's gone.
25:15Her closet's empty.
25:16Bags,
25:17clothes,
25:17jewelry.
25:19She thinks she can run.
25:20She can try.
25:21She won't make it
25:22to another gate.
25:24Forget her for now,
25:24you find Amelia.
25:25Three days.
25:26Use every Miller group resource,
25:27every private investigator,
25:29every flight manifest in the system.
25:30And if you don't find her,
25:31you're not going to like the consequences.
25:55Elijah!
25:57Thank God you're here.
25:59He broke in.
26:00He attacked me.
26:02I was so scared.
26:04I didn't know what to do.
26:10Elijah,
26:11I'm carrying your baby.
26:13Why would I ever...
26:16Wow, Scarlet.
26:18So you've been lying
26:19about more than one thing.
26:23Sir, please.
26:24She came on to me.
26:26I didn't know who she was.
26:27I can pay you
26:28whatever you want.
26:30Elijah, honey,
26:30you have to listen to me.
26:32Benjamin Hayes,
26:33he's a stalker.
26:34He's been following me
26:36since I left the estate.
26:38I was so scared for the baby
26:40that I didn't know
26:41who else to turn to.
26:42The baby, Scarlet?
26:47You've been playing
26:48a very dangerous game
26:49with my flight plan.
26:50You used the fire,
26:52the lie about saving my life
26:54to hijack my marriage.
26:55You used a pregnancy
26:56that isn't mine
26:57to ground my wife.
27:00And you thought
27:00I'd never check the black box.
27:07It was her idea, Captain.
27:09She said you were
27:10a cash cow,
27:10that you were so blinded
27:12by gratitude
27:12that you'd never look closely
27:13at the manifest.
27:14I just wanted the payout.
27:19Ground them.
27:22I want their professional
27:23reputations incinerated.
27:25Every airline,
27:25every charter service,
27:27every high-end hospitality group
27:28in the country
27:28is to receive a copy
27:29of this file.
27:30They are to be blacklisted
27:31from every restricted zone
27:32and lounge from here to London.
27:33Elijah, no!
27:33You can't do this!
27:34I saved you!
27:36Without me,
27:36you'd be ash!
27:40If you don't start talking,
27:41we are going to have
27:42a very different
27:42kind of conversation.
27:44You don't get to walk away
27:46clean from this, Scarlet.
27:47Everything you did to Amelia,
27:49I am going to pay it back
27:50with interest.
27:51I handle my flight logs
27:53and I handle my debts.
27:55You are a liability
27:56that is about to be decommissioned.
27:58If she keeps her mouth shut,
28:00she is no longer my concern.
28:03Handle it.
28:04I don't care about the optics.
28:06Don't touch me!
28:07Get your hands off me!
28:10Fine!
28:10Fine!
28:11I'll talk!
28:12Just make them stop!
28:13I only know it was a girl
28:15with the last name Langford.
28:18She was torn up
28:19from saving you.
28:20Her back was covered in burns.
28:22When you were brought
28:22into the clinic,
28:23she was being treated
28:24in the room right next to you.
28:26I wasn't trying
28:27to do all this.
28:29You asked me
28:30if I saved you.
28:31I just...
28:32I nodded.
28:33You're the one
28:33who believed it, Elijah.
28:36Find the patient
28:37who was in the room
28:37next to mine
28:38after the crash.
28:39Match the age,
28:40match the name.
28:42That's the biggest lie
28:43of all, isn't it?
28:44I saw the medical record, Scarlett.
28:47I saw the lack
28:47of scar tissue
28:48on your back
28:48at the boutique.
28:49My wife,
28:51Amelia Langfield,
28:52she's the one
28:53who carries the burns.
28:54She's the one
28:55who pulled me out
28:55while you were busy
28:56running for the exits.
28:58You're not a savior.
28:59You're just a stowaway
29:01who stayed too long.
29:03Get them out of my sight.
29:07I hate you, Elijah!
29:09You're never gonna find Amelia,
29:11and even if you do do,
29:12she'll never come back to you.
29:15Why would she?
29:16You pulled every doctor
29:17in that hospital
29:18to help me.
29:18Me!
29:19Your baby probably died
29:21because you were too busy
29:22worrying about my minor burn.
29:23You pushed her down.
29:24You cheated on her.
29:25You shredded her life.
29:27She has cancer, Elijah.
29:29Too late.
29:29You already hit the ground.
29:31She talked,
29:33so drag her out anyway.
29:37I meant what I said
29:38about the interest.
29:44Elijah, please.
29:45I'm sorry.
29:46I really am.
29:48Don't do this to me.
29:49We were together.
29:50You can't let them
29:51treat me like this.
29:53Amelia is sick.
29:54She won't live long.
29:56Keep me.
29:57I'll be whatever you want.
29:58I'll be your dog.
30:00I'll give you
30:00as many kids as you want.
30:02I'll even serve her.
30:03I'll be her nurse,
30:04her maid, anything.
30:05Just don't ground me
30:06like this, please.
30:10Get her out.
30:11Do I have to teach you
30:11how to do your jobs?
30:13Clear the deck.
30:23When they're done with her,
30:24take him too.
30:26He thought he could
30:27scam a miller.
30:30He can pay the price
30:31in full.
30:32Please, I can pay.
30:34I can give you information.
30:36I'll disappear.
30:37You'll never see me again.
30:45Tell me you have
30:46a location for Amelia.
30:47Tell Almi the flight
30:48is clear.
30:48She's in London, sir.
30:49But there's a problem.
30:50Her father, Thomas Langfield,
30:51has placed the entire
30:51head under a no-fly zone.
30:52No one gets in,
30:53especially not you.
30:54Prepare the private jet.
30:55We're going to London.
30:56I'm taking back my command.
31:01She's recovering
31:02from the surgery, Miller.
31:03I just need to see her, Thomas.
31:05You had your chance
31:06to be her captain.
31:07I know the truth now.
31:08I know she saved me.
31:09I know about the cancer.
31:10You shredded her medical reports.
31:11You chose a mistress
31:12over your pregnant wife
31:13while she was bleeding
31:14on your kitchen floor.
31:15There is no making it right.
31:16The lawsuit Elijah
31:17had initiated
31:18wasn't just about the money.
31:19It was about
31:20professional annihilation.
31:21Scarlett was no longer
31:22a glamorous socialette.
31:23She was a convicted fraudist
31:24with 20 years of grounding
31:25ahead of her
31:26in a federal facility.
31:43Mom, I have cancer.
31:50Why didn't you tell us sooner?
31:53What did he do to you?
31:55What did Elijah Miller
31:56do to my daughter?
31:57I was scared you'd hate me
31:59for choosing him.
32:02I stayed too long.
32:04I thought I could
32:04handle the descent
32:05on my own.
32:20Amelia.
32:23You stubborn girl.
32:25Why did you carry
32:26this manifest alone?
32:29It's mid-stage.
32:32Treatable,
32:33but the procedure
32:34is delicate.
32:36The specialist we need,
32:37Julian Hill,
32:38is currently in France.
32:39His schedule is locked.
32:41Name the price.
32:42I'll move the entire
32:44Langford liquid acid pool
32:45if I have to.
32:46My daughter is not
32:47going down.
32:49Mr. Lang,
32:49I know Julia.
32:50I can reach him.
32:51Consider the frequency open.
32:54Miles moved
32:55with a quiet,
32:56lethal efficiency
32:57Elijah's had never possessed.
32:58Within days,
32:59he cleared the regulatory hurdles
33:00and secured a specialist.
33:02Under Julian's care,
33:03my prognosis shifted
33:04from a desperate maybe
33:06to a calculated probable.
33:07The surgery was scheduled.
33:09The month before
33:09the procedure
33:10was the quietest
33:11I'd known in years.
33:12My body stabilized.
33:14My strength returned
33:15in small increments.
33:16I believed I had left Elijah
33:17in the wreckage of the past.
33:19Then,
33:19the day before my surgery,
33:21I saw him.
33:22Elijah stood at the gates
33:23of the Langdor estate
33:24like a man waiting
33:25for a flight he'd already missed.
33:26The second he saw me,
33:27he lit up with a desperate,
33:29flickering hope.
33:29I didn't feel nostalgia.
33:30I didn't feel the old urge
33:32to soothe him.
33:33I felt only a cold,
33:34professional indifference.
33:35I angled my body away
33:37and headed toward the house.
33:39Amelia, wait!
33:41It's me!
33:42I finally found you!
33:44I've been looking everywhere!
33:47Why did you leave like that?
33:50Why did you go overseas
33:51without a word?
33:52Why did you...
33:53Why did you divorce me?
33:54Mr. Miller,
33:55we are no longer
33:56on the same manifest.
33:57You are an unauthorized person
33:59on this property.
34:00I'm your husband!
34:01I don't care
34:02what those papers say.
34:03I signed them
34:04when I was under stress.
34:05It doesn't count.
34:09Mr. Miller,
34:10let go of me.
34:11The flight has landed
34:12and the doors are locked.
34:13You are no longer
34:14the captain here.
34:17I'm your husband.
34:19Why are you calling me,
34:20Mr. Miller?
34:20We're not divorced.
34:22That signature,
34:23I signed it when I was
34:24under extreme operational stress.
34:26It doesn't count.
34:27It's an invalid manifest.
34:32Mr. Miller,
34:33let go of me.
34:35Whether you choose
34:36to acknowledge the paperwork
34:37or not,
34:37the divorce is final.
34:41The flight is over.
34:43Amelia,
34:44I missed you.
34:47I know I messed up
34:48the flight plan.
34:49Please,
34:50just give me a chance
34:51to recalibrate,
34:52okay?
34:57What do you actually want?
34:59If you came all this way
35:01to cry and play the victim,
35:02I'm going to save you
35:03some fuel.
35:03Get out.
35:04I'm not granting you
35:05forgiveness.
35:06I know you're still
35:07hung up on the
35:08Scarlet situation.
35:10I admit,
35:11I leaned too far
35:12toward her before.
35:14She was going
35:15through a crisis
35:15and I felt a professional
35:16duty to support her.
35:18But after you left,
35:19I found out she was
35:19doing things behind my back.
35:21She compromised
35:22everything.
35:23Amelia,
35:24I punished her.
35:25She's grounded.
35:27She's finished.
35:27After what she did to you,
35:29that's what the
35:29investigation demanded.
35:30Enough.
35:31I don't want to hear
35:32another word about
35:33you or Scarlet Taylor.
35:34Wasn't she your
35:34life-saving hero
35:35and you can still
35:36treat her like trash
35:36the second she
35:37becomes a liability?
35:38You can even throw
35:39away a child
35:39like it's a failed
35:40engine part.
35:40No,
35:41it's not like that.
35:42I never even slept
35:42with her.
35:43That baby wasn't mine.
35:44I was lied to,
35:44Amelia.
35:44I was hijacked.
35:53You're still lying,
35:53Elijah.
35:55You're still trying
35:56to talk your way
35:57out of a crash.
35:57Just go.
35:58You know I have
35:59cancer, right?
36:01My surgery is
36:02tomorrow morning
36:02at 8 o'clock.
36:03I don't have time
36:04to play tug-of-war
36:05with your conscience.
36:09Amelia,
36:09no.
36:10I can't lose you.
36:13Don't be like this.
36:14You loved me.
36:15Don't you remember
36:16our flight over the Alps?
36:18Don't you remember
36:18the promises?
36:20We have a baby.
36:21Are you really
36:21going to let our child
36:22grow up without a father?
36:23I haven't even seen him once.
36:24I didn't even know his name
36:25until the private investigators
36:27found the birth certificate.
36:28Worried about my baby?
36:29When you pulled
36:30every specialized doctor
36:31off my case
36:32because Scarlett
36:32had a minor burn,
36:33where was that father energy then?
36:35When I was on that kitchen floor
36:36screaming your name
36:37and begging you
36:37to take me to the ER,
36:38where was your concern?
36:39Where was your child then?
36:41You told me he didn't matter
36:42as much as she did.
36:43That child is mine.
36:45Not ours.
36:46Mine.
36:47A Langford does not share
36:48bloodlines with men
36:49who abandon their crew
36:50in an emergency.
36:51My son will be
36:52a Langford heir.
36:53You don't get to claim him.
36:54Not now.
36:55Not ever.
36:56You've been stricken
36:57from the manifest.
36:58Amelia, I did screw up.
36:59But Scarlett tricked me.
37:01She played on my gratitude
37:02for the fire.
37:03I only found out the truth
37:04a couple of days ago.
37:07Just give me one chance
37:08to fix the wreckage.
37:10Let me make it up to you, please.
37:11Enough!
37:12I don't want to hear
37:12your excuses.
37:13In my eyes,
37:14you are the reason
37:14the engines failed.
37:15You are the reason
37:16we crashed.
37:17If I hadn't gotten lucky,
37:18my baby and I
37:19would have died in that hospital
37:19while you were playing
37:20house with a fraud.
37:21Stay far away from us, Elijah.
37:23The best thing you can do
37:23is disappear
37:24and never cross my path again.
37:26I can't.
37:27I can't leave you.
37:29I'll spend my whole life
37:30making it up to you.
37:31You said you'd love me forever.
37:32Why can't you give me
37:33one more chance?
37:41Enough!
37:43Did you not hear her?
37:44She doesn't forgive you.
37:46She doesn't want you
37:46on her manifest.
37:48Her surgery is at
37:49eight o'clock tomorrow
37:50and you're here
37:51stirring up turbulence,
37:53acting like a selfish,
37:54desperate mess.
37:55Who the hell are you?
37:56This is a private matter
37:58between me and my wife.
38:00Elijah,
38:01we have been divorced
38:02for a month.
38:03I am no longer
38:04part of your crew.
38:05I am not your wife.
38:08Elijah,
38:09I'm Amelia's fiance.
38:10After her procedure
38:11is cleared,
38:12we're getting married.
38:13And you,
38:14you're just the ex-husband
38:15who is stripped of his rank.
38:18Stop acting like
38:19you own the airspace.
38:22She told me
38:22everything you did.
38:25The neglect,
38:26the betrayal,
38:27the way you abandoned her
38:28in an emergency.
38:29If you don't clear
38:30the perimeter now,
38:31I won't hesitate
38:31to have you removed.
38:34We've only been apart
38:35a month.
38:36She can't be your fiance.
38:38And we have a child.
38:40You don't have the authority
38:41to talk about my son.
38:42I'm not like you, Miller.
38:44I don't throw away
38:46something precious
38:46and then cry
38:47when a better man
38:49picks up the pieces.
38:50I don't care that
38:50Amelia has a child.
38:52I'll love that boy
38:52like he's my own co-pilot.
38:55You've been out of the game
38:56for a long time.
38:58That baby and Amelia
38:59are my future.
39:00And you don't get a vote
39:01on the flight plan.
39:05Security!
39:12Amelia.
39:14Why won't you look at me?
39:16I'm hurt worse than he is.
39:17Look at me.
39:18Why would I care, Elijah?
39:20We have nothing to do
39:20with each other.
39:21You are an unauthorized person
39:22on this property.
39:23Miles is my fiance.
39:24You put your hands on him
39:25because you can't handle
39:26a change in command.
39:27Get him out of here.
39:27He's grounded.
39:33I'm really sorry, Miles.
39:34You shouldn't have had to deal
39:35with that kind of turbulence.
39:36It's my mess
39:37and you're the one
39:38taking the impact.
39:40We have the gate security footage.
39:41If you want to file
39:42an incident report,
39:43if you want to press charges,
39:44I'll back you 100%.
39:45No hesitation.
39:47Yeah?
39:48You're always going to be
39:49on my side, Amelia?
39:50Always.
39:51Compared to Elijah,
39:52you're the only one
39:52I trust in the cockpit.
39:53What I said out there,
39:54I wasn't just broadcasting
39:55for the sake of the argument.
39:57You want to think about
39:58the flight plan, truly?
39:59Sorry, Miles.
40:00I think I hear the baby.
40:01Make yourself comfortable, okay?
40:09We're going to be okay.
40:11Mom's going to get through
40:12the procedure tomorrow.
40:13And after that,
40:14nobody gets to touch
40:15our flight path again.
40:17Breathe, sweetheart.
40:18The procedure's going
40:19to be a success.
40:20Your father and I
40:21will be right outside
40:22at the gate.
40:23And your baby,
40:23he's waiting for you
40:25to come home
40:25and take the controls again.
40:27I will.
40:27I'm coming out healthy.
40:29Mom,
40:30I'm not grounded yet.
40:32Amelia!
40:33Wait!
40:34I have something to say,
40:35please.
40:36Just one minute
40:36before you go in.
40:40You've got some damn nerves
40:41showing up here, Miller.
40:43What?
40:43Are you trying
40:43to finish the job?
40:45When we trusted you
40:45with our daughter,
40:46you promised you'd
40:47protect her for life.
40:48Not even two years later,
40:49you were cheating,
40:50humiliating her,
40:51and now she's fighting
40:51for her life
40:52because of the neglect
40:53you put her through.
40:54Get out!
40:54And don't you ever
40:55show your face
40:56near my daughter again.
40:57Ever!
40:59Emma,
41:00Thomas,
41:01please,
41:01I know I was wrong.
41:03I swear I didn't know
41:04Scarlet's doing all that
41:04behind my back.
41:05I'll make it up
41:06to Amelia and the baby.
41:07No,
41:07I haven't targeted
41:08the Miller group yet.
41:09That's the only mercy
41:10you've gotten
41:10and you didn't deserve it.
41:11We should have let you
41:12burn in that cockpit
41:13that night.
41:14What?
41:14You want the truth?
41:16Amelia saved you.
41:17She was the one
41:18who pulled you
41:19out of that fire.
41:19She's the one
41:20who carries the scars
41:20on her back
41:21while you were
41:21worshipping a fraud.
41:23Drag him out.
41:24Amelia doesn't need
41:25to see that animal
41:25when she wakes up
41:26and if he fights,
41:27break him.
41:29By the time I woke up
41:30from the anesthetic clouds,
41:32Elijah was gone,
41:33flown back to the States
41:34to face a storm
41:35he couldn't outrun.
41:36Weeks later,
41:37I finally had the strength
41:38to hold my son
41:39without my arms shaking.
41:40I looked into his bright,
41:41clear eyes
41:42and felt the last
41:43of the turbulence fade away.
41:44My father and Miles
41:45mobilized the Langford influence
41:47targeting Elijah's investors,
41:48regulators,
41:49and contracts.
41:49Elijah,
41:50too busy drowning his guilt
41:51in a bottle
41:51to maintain his command,
41:52let the company rot
41:53from the inside,
41:54with once Mighty Airline
41:55filed for bankruptcy.
41:56The final blow
41:57came from the very woman
41:58he'd sacrificed everything for.
42:00Scarlett and her lover,
42:01Benjamin,
42:01they sued him
42:02for the trauma
42:02of his final retaliation
42:04and the ensuing legal battle
42:05stripped him
42:06of his last remaining assets.
42:08In the end,
42:08between the corporate collapse
42:09and the criminal
42:10investigation into his conduct,
42:13Elijah was sentenced
42:13to 20 years.
42:14I had my son,
42:16I had my name,
42:17and I had a new flight plan.
42:18I was a single mom
42:20by choice
42:20and I was going to build
42:21the Lang group
42:22into an empire
42:23so untouchable
42:24that no man
42:25like Elijah Miller
42:26would ever be allowed
42:27to enter my airspace again.
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