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After Forcing Me To Take The Blame And Miscarry My Ex Is Destroyed By Regrets
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00:00:03When I was 18, I signed a pre-nupical agreement and married Alistair, a man 15 years my senior.
00:00:14Everyone says I'm just a canary he keeps in a penthouse, but only I know how much he has favored
00:00:19me.
00:00:21This ring, which he designed himself, is the proof.
00:00:25And now, we finally have a little angel of our own.
00:00:29I have to tell Alistair the good news. I wonder how happy he'll be.
00:00:33Alistair, are you free right now? There's something I want you to be the first to know.
00:00:37Something's come up on my end.
00:00:39What's so urgent?
00:00:40Victoria's back. She's not doing well, so I need to take care of her first. I'll find you later. Be
00:00:45a good girl.
00:00:46Victoria. The one name he never allowed anyone to mention.
00:01:10You said you were busy today. So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
00:01:16Am I interrupting something?
00:01:18She just got back and isn't doing well. Don't overthink it.
00:01:22Not 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-Hopful 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?
00:02:24Get 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 he 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? You live in his house, spend his
00:02:43money, and trade a contract for a last name.
00:02:45But I'm different. I don't need an appointment to enter his office. I sit on his sofa, and he pours
00:02:52my drinks himself.
00:02:53Alistair, I only have one question. Why is her ring the same as mine?
00:02:57It's just a ring.
00:03:00I designed this ring specifically for you. It's the only one of its kind in the world. After all, you
00:03:08are my one and only.
00:03:10Fine. I understand.
00:03:15What is this?
00:03:23It's just a manuscript for the competition. Don't bother yourself with it.
00:03:27I'll have the driver take you back.
00:03:29No need. I can get back on my own.
00:03:31I haven't had a chance to see her music room yet.
00:03:34See it if you want. You don't have to ask me twice about anything in this house.
00:03:38No problem. I'll send the manuscript over right now.
00:03:45My manuscript!
00:03:51This is my only original copy.
00:03:53I'm so sorry, Chloe. Who knew your music room would be such a mess? My hand slipped, and I spilled
00:03:58it.
00:03:59You won't blame me, will you?
00:04:00What 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!
00:04:09What? It's just a pile of paper. Is all this really necessary?
00:04:17Alistair!
00:04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it. I just wanted to see where she usually practices, but she started snapping at
00:04:25me the moment she got back. I'm a little scared.
00:04:26Victoria, you-
00:04:27Chloe, enough!
00:04:28What did you say?
00:04:29Victoria already said she didn't mean it. Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:04:33I wrote every single note of this myself. This is two years of my hard work. Alistair, you know that
00:04:37better than anyone!
00:04:38Hard work? Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing? This score, or the status you've built using it as
00:04:44a prop? A 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? Didn't you approach me in the first place for
00:04:55the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the top?
00:04:57I didn't-
00:04:58Am I wrong? Now that Victoria is back, you know your position is shaky, so you're using these tears and
00:05:03your so-called hard work as leverage.
00:05:05At the end of Yale, isn't this whole tantrum just a way to get my attention, to get more money,
00:05:09and to squeeze more out of me-
00:05:10No! You've forgotten! I never married you for your wealth, and I certainly wasn't plotting against the Sterling family. You
00:05:16were the one who begged me to marry you!
00:05:18I admit, I was blinded by you back then. If I could do it all over again, I would never
00:05:21marry 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. I sketched the design for this ring myself. That year you were playing the cello in the
00:05:45snow, your hands were beet red from the cold, yet you refused to stop.
00:05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour, and when I got back, I drew this.
00:05:52You still remember?
00:05:53Of course. Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
00:05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
00:05:59Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
00:06:02I took her side today, not because she's more important than Chloe, but because I had to keep the situation
00:06:06under control.
00:06:07Don't take those words to heart.
00:06:09Is that really all it is?
00:06:10You're too young. There are many things I don't want you to get mixed up in.
00:06:18Allister, I hit someone. There's so much blood. Please come quickly.
00:06:24Something came up at the office. I need to head out, but I'll be back soon.
00:06:28This late?
00:06:29Wait for me. Don't go anywhere.
00:06:30There.
00:06:33Little one, your father still cares for us. Just wait a little longer.
00:06:40Chloe, Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car. She can't be linked to this case. So, you're gonna take the
00:06:45fall for her.
00:06:52Chloe, don't be afraid. I'll handle everything. Just 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. The 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. This is the fastest way. The lawyers will arrange your bail. All you have to do is
00:07:10give your thumbprint.
00:07:12So, everything you said tonight was just a tactic to play me? The ring? The promises? What did any of
00:07:16it mean?
00:07:17It means you need to be smart right now. Article 33 of the prenuptal agreement. You are required to cooperate
00:07:23with family crisis management.
00:07:24Otherwise, you'll never be able to pay off the penalty in your lifetime.
00:07:27I'm not signing.
00:07:28Chloe, don't push me. Once you leave your print, this all ends tonight.
00:07:36Let go! You're hurting me!
00:07:41Blood.
00:07:45Chloe, how- why are you bleeding so much?
00:07:54Alistair, I'm pregnant. It's your baby. Please take me to the hospital.
00:08:00Now is not the time for this.
00:08:02I'm begging you! Please!
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. Victoria cannot go to prison.
00:08:17Take the fall first, and I'll cover everything. The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:08:21If you don't sign, no one is coming for you tonight. And the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:08:26That's a human life! Not one of your PR crisis!
00:08:29Do you think the feds will just take your word for it? If you confess, it'll only be a few
00:08:33years, and I can reduce your sentence.
00:08:36If you fight it, you won't even make it to bail.
00:08:40You're using the hospital to blackmail me?
00:08:42I'm giving you a way out. Chloe, be good. Just confess first. We'll talk about the baby later.
00:08:47Later? You don't even want it now. You said you'd never leave me alone.
00:08:52Sign it, now.
00:08:59Wait!
00:09:06Wait.
00:09:08Alliston, I knew you wouldn't...
00:09:09If you sign it like this, it looks too much like coercion. The police might not accept it.
00:09:16Press your thumbprint, then sign it again.
00:09:18You stopped me! Just for this?
00:09:21Your confession must be flawless. Nothing can happen to Victoria.
00:09:25I'm bleeding, and you're worried about the paperwork looking pretty?
00:09:28I already have a car waiting downstairs. Once you sign, I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
00:09:33And if I don't sign?
00:09:35Then you can keep wasting time here tonight.
00:09:37Wait for the feds to arrive, or wait for the baby to micewake on its own.
00:09:41Your choice.
00:09:43That's your child, too.
00:09:45Sign the papers first.
00:09:52Alistair, you'll pay for this.
00:09:54Sign it.
00:10:04Don't be afraid. I'm calling an ambulance for you right now.
00:10:12Alistair, save the baby first, I beg you. Save the baby.
00:10:17As long as the baby is safe, anything else, I'll agree to anything.
00:10:22Don't worry. You 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 threat and 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.
00:10:40Sign us now to authorize a combined procedure for surgery and fetal preservation, Mr. Sterling.
00:10:43There is no time.
00:10:44She's losing blood rapidly.
00:10:45She needs to be in the OR right now.
00:10:46Every minute counts.
00:10:47If we wait any longer, the baby is gone, and the mother's life will be at risk, too.
00:10:53Mr. Sterling, Victoria at DUI.
00:10:55If you want your wife to take the fall, it's best she has no recent record of pregnancy.
00:10:59Otherwise...
00:11:00Understood.
00:11:01Hold off on the filing.
00:11:03Suspend the surgery.
00:11:04Just stop the bleeding for now.
00:11:05What did you say?
00:11:08For her sake, you're even...
00:11:11abandoning our child?
00:11:18Cancel the surgery?
00:11:20You're gonna 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.
00:11:46No!
00:11:51You didn't come here to save me at all.
00:11:53You said only today that protect me.
00:11:55Is this what you call protection?
00:11:58Be a good girl and confess.
00:12:00You'll still be my most cherished wife.
00:12:02No!
00:12:04No!
00:12:05Alistair, I'm begging you.
00:12:06No!
00:12:17No, Alistair, I'm begging you.
00:12:20Alistair, where is my baby?
00:12:32the baby wasn't meant to be with us don't play games with me was it an accident or did you
00:12:37order
00:12:37the doctor to do it you're still young once you've recovered we'll have other children
00:12:48answer me victoria's legal team has been working through the night
00:12:51i've used the sterling family trust to post your 50 million dollar bail
00:13:00alistair even your way of killing is so refined i have no patience for your tantrums
00:13:05behave yourself focus on your recovery i'm busy lately once you're better head back on your own
00:13:10no need to let me know behave yourself
00:13:26oh you're back the 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 is there anything in this apartment that actually
00:13:39belongs to you even that your engagement ring you're wearing didn't pay for it with his card
00:13:46chloe the doctor said you shouldn't get worked up sit down first tell to take it off alistair
00:13:54i'm just borrowing it does she really have to be so mean
00:13:58it's just a pajama do you have to start a scene the second you get home
00:14:07chloe have you had enough you've been acting like a total lunaturk lately can't you be more sensible
00:14:11alistair
00:14:15he said you looked pathetic last night did you know he complained that your crying was too loud
00:14:19so he held me in his arms all night he also said he never forgot about me you were out
00:14:23of the game
00:14:24from the very beginning well that's very christ christian
00:14:31alistair help me calm down put the knife down first choose choose between us right now
00:14:37chloe what the hell is wrong with you lady be reasonable i can't be reasonable everything
00:14:43changed the moment she came back have you forgotten how we lost our baby have you forgotten what you
00:14:47promised me you said you would protect me but who are you protecting now look at me alistair look at
00:14:51me
00:14:51fine i choose you chloe i choose you now let her go and come here
00:15:05don't you ever touch her again this is your last warning
00:15:11you
00:15:33sign it and you'll be mrs sterling it says here that i'm giving up almost all my rights
00:15:37don't worry it's just a formality our backgrounds are so different without this my family might not
00:15:42accept you listen this agreement is only to appease the family my promise to you is right here i added
00:15:47a
00:15:47handwritten clause if i ever betray you or if you feel any unhappiness in this marriage you can burn
00:15:51it at any time no lawyers needed no need to notify me the moment you burn this agreement you are
00:15:54free
00:15:55this is my only true guarantee
00:16:04you promised it's over
00:16:11brody it's me get me a ticket to europe for tonight sterling i burned the agreement
00:16:15understood two hours the usual spot
00:16:18okay
00:16:27hi alistair
00:16:33it is late where do you think you are going that's none of your business none of my business
00:16:38did you forget the agreement wherever you go you report to me first the agreement
00:16:43i burned it just now alistair you dare to burn it that contract is legally binding chloe
00:16:48it is not some toy you can toss into the fire whenever you feel like it i have put up
00:16:51with
00:16:51enough from you lately do not push me do you have any idea that agreement is what keeps you
00:16:55mrs sterling how the hell am i supposed to protect you when you act like this i know but
00:16:58i cannot afford your kind of protection did you forget the clause you wrote yourself you promised
00:17:02that if i was unhappy i could burn it anytime the second it burned i was free that was something
00:17:06i said to make you happy you think a court will honor that
00:17:10i promise once you burn it you are free i will not stop you
00:17:16chloe
00:17:21alistair
00:17:26alistair what happened out here i thought i heard shouting was it chloe is she throwing
00:17:30another tantrum she ran at that ridiculous recording recording honey you cannot seriously
00:17:34be worried a pre-nap does not vanish because some 20 year old girl throws it into a fireplace
00:17:38she knows nothing about the law she is just shaken from the miscarriage and the bail pressure
00:17:44is getting to her she is trying to scare you the harder you chase the more power she thinks
00:17:48she has let her cool off when the money guns out and she has nowhere to go she will come
00:17:53crawling
00:17:53back you really think so of course it is just a little girl acting out for attention we both know
00:17:59it besides every account in her name is tied to your family trust without this place she cannot even
00:18:03afford a hotel room what matters now is keeping the situation stable we cannot let the fbi case get
00:18:07complicated because of her emotions you are right i am always on your side get some rest you have the
00:18:13legal team tomorrow chloe 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 the accounts are wiped the cameras are covered you are a ghost now i handled
00:18:34the
00:18:34the airport we are here cargo gate c7 someone will meet you direct flight to paris there is some cash
00:18:44inside when you land call this number thank you
00:18:50chloe forgive me for being reckless but i cannot fight this anymore will you marry me will you be my
00:18:56wife i am just an ordinary girl how could i ever be worthy of not ever say that about yourself
00:19:01to me you
00:19:01are the most beautiful purest woman in the world you deserve everything it is just night now did you
00:19:07really have to come home and turn the whole place into a war zone
00:19:12chloe are you done lately you have been acting like a complete lunatic can you please grow up
00:19:19it is over
00:19:26stop thinking about it alistair chloe needs time to calm down
00:19:32get out what i said get out take off chloe's nightgown do not touch chloe's things again it is
00:19:40just a nightgown why are you treating victoria like this because of chloe we are the ones who we
00:19:45are nothing the woman alistair loves is chloe it was always chloe it still is but chloe left chloe
00:19:52does not give a damn about alistair i do listen carefully victoria i helped you because of your
00:19:57father because of those damn business ties but you have always known where my heart is stop doing this
00:20:03i have done so much for you enough you are tired go rest
00:20:12three days sorry the number you have dialed is no longer in service
00:20:23where the hell did you go what is that
00:20:31she actually burned it it is just a piece of paper burning it proves she cares cares about what
00:20:37you it is a little girl's stunt the 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
00:20:45her she used a fake id emptied the accounts so what every dime she has eventually leads back to
00:20:51the sterling family trust where can she go without you sleep on the street what is she right now
00:20:55a suspect out on bail the fbi case is still hanging over her besides you who would dare take her
00:21:00in
00:21:00the outside world is a hundred times scarier for her than this apartment give her time to act out
00:21:05once she has suffered enough she will remember where she belongs then she will come back on her own
00:21:11sweeter than ever what if she does not come back then she never deserved to be mrs sterling adult
00:21:16who's stupid to understand her own position is not worth keeping is she clean this up of course
00:21:22fly away little bird let us see how long you last
00:21:30where the new spring pieces sent to the wardrobe yes sir everything was delivered to the estate
00:21:35yesterday afternoon as instructed the sizes and styles followed the previous records exactly some of
00:21:41the brands chloe like change creative directors this season i reviewed the new collections there are a
00:21:45few dresses chloe would like yes sir every year you personally review the seasonal catalogs and reserve
00:21:49pieces for mrs staling for mrs chloe you have done that for three years chloe did not take a single
00:21:55thing when chloe left perhaps mrs chloe knows you have been waiting for chloe to come back waiting for
00:22:01chloe to come back no i am just confirming whether chloe really has the nerve to stay gone forever
00:22:08sir the emergency meeting is in two hours they insist you attend it is about the asia market acquisition tell
00:22:15them i that silhouette looks so familiar is that you chloe
00:22:28find out now sir confirmed it is miss chloe sterling she is performing under the stage
00:22:35name claire moray now she is the orchestra's newly signed principal cellist her debut is next friday at the
00:22:40music vibe three years i had her wardrobe at the estate refreshed every season those dresses she
00:22:46never touched a single one yes sir you have been waiting for her to come back claire moray you hid
00:22:54well
00:22:57cancel the board meeting or let them talk to an empty chair right now contact the airport i want the
00:23:03next direct flight to vienna but sir the board do it
00:23:30i am here for chloe stingling there is no chloe stingling here the woman on tase is
00:23:39claire moray guest cello soloist for the festival
00:23:54she never smiled like that
00:24:03she is doing well now she does not need anyone disturbing her especially you
00:24:09who the hell are you her manager and her friend leave before rehearsal ends or i call security
00:24:32chloe
00:24:34we need to talk now sorry give me one minute to deal with old business
00:24:41have you been with him this whole three years what does that have to do with you mr sterling
00:24:47listen to me back then i do not want to hear it i swear i i did not know it
00:24:52would if i had known you
00:24:53were pregnant i never would have you knew and you still chose what mattered more to you your empire
00:24:57your victoria now that the show is over leave sir claire needs to continue rehearse your disruption is
00:25:04she is not welcome here she will not even bother to hate you
00:25:26tonight's piece is called ashes
00:25:32cloria already said she didn't mean it is it really worth making such a scene over nothing
00:25:35i wrote every single note of this myself this is two years of my hard work
00:25:39alice you know that better than anyone hard work chloe what are you really afraid of losing this score
00:25:46or the status you've built using it as a prop this is the piece she wrote back then
00:26:08i need to speak with you
00:26:11chloe i thought you'd never ask that last bar was brilliant only because your theme gave me something to
00:26:17work 30 of sterling group equity transfer to you unconditionally sign it and it is yours 30 that is
00:26:24astronomical mr sterling is generous the dividends alone must be tens of millions the music to rebirth
00:26:35see that he just got shut down hard 30 of sterling too bad she does not give a damn
00:26:43you will not even look at it
00:26:51you do not have to accept it just come home with me let go i waited for you for three
00:26:57years
00:26:57every single day i thought about you the confession victoria everything i finally understand it all
00:27:02and the baby our baby i never even got the chance to make it right alistair sterling is this your
00:27:09repentance act who is the audience these guests or yourself it is not an act i am begging you chloe
00:27:15come home everything i have is yours sterling group my life take all of it home did that place not
00:27:21become yours and victoria's love nest a long time ago did she slept in the bed i slept in did
00:27:26you
00:27:26whisper the same sweet lies to her that you whispered to me never i never let her into the master
00:27:31bedroom
00:27:31if you think the place is dirty we can burn it down and rebuild it rebuild what ashes are ashes
00:27:38just
00:27:39like our rings in that agreement burned gone never coming back then what about me these three years
00:27:44i have been walking around like a corpse what the hell am i supposed to do you go back to
00:27:50wall street
00:27:51hold your equity papers tight take victoria with you and grow old together
00:28:07do not go please let go i was wrong everything it started with victoria's goddamn car accident and i was
00:28:15wrong from that moment i forged the confession and used the agreement to force you to sign not because i
00:28:20believe that bullshit i did it because i was scared scared of what scared you would see how rotten i
00:28:26was
00:28:26scared you would realize i was framing my own wife to save another woman's freedom scared you would look
00:28:31down on me scared you would leave so i pushed you off the cliff first thought that would bind you
00:28:35to me
00:28:35guilt the baby the debt you owed me but i i destroyed everything with my own hands the baby
00:28:41our baby our baby are you done we should go say goodbye to the conductor
00:28:56i am honored by your invitation
00:29:01miss sterling congratulations on the huge success of your european tour many fans are curious how did you
00:29:06create a piece as moving as ashes thank you i think it came from the people who helped me
00:29:12and from things i had no choice but to survive what experiences there was a time in my life when
00:29:17i was
00:29:18very closed off on paper i had a home in reality i was more like a carefully kept possession you
00:29:25mean
00:29:27your marriage yes a marriage built on enormous equality and lies i was too young then naive enough to
00:29:34believe talent and love could bridge anything then i was betrayed and i lost my child that is
00:29:42heartbreaking i was lucky after i escaped i met people in europe who truly respected art and human
00:29:48dignity they gave me shelter and a stage and allowed me to live purely for music so you see that
00:29:54unhappy
00:29:54marriage as the catalyst for your artistic transformation it is part of my life that cannot be erased i do
00:30:00not
00:30:00thank that experience but i thank the woman who crawled out of the rubbles as for the other person in
00:30:05that marriage
00:30:10my past and that name with it is over like 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 past again
00:30:22my life and my music are moving forward i will not and i do not want to have even the
00:30:28slightest
00:30:28connection with anyone from that past again promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years
00:30:36not a hundred years forever chloe not even the slightest connection did 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 the honor was mine
00:30:56get some rest move chloe please just five minutes no one minute let me say one thing
00:31:04one moment i was wrong i know i was wrong i do not want anything anymore i will give you
00:31:11everything
00:31:11please look at me just look alistair you are blocking my way i said move what chloe i i said
00:31:18move
00:31:30brody cook we need to talk name your price leave chloe whatever resources connections channels you have
00:31:37sterling group will double them alliston sterling you still think money fixes everything she is not
00:31:43safe in her current situation with me she would have the best protection protection was it not you
00:31:49who left her bleeding and cost her the baby three years ago then what does she need that vanderbilt
00:31:54what can you give her peace respect a place where she does not have to wonder if the man beside
00:31:59her
00:31:59will send her to prison save it mr staling your price cannot buy my conscience and it sure as hell
00:32:04cannot buy back for three years he came to see me offered 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 i'm afraid his next move will
00:32:16be
00:32:16even more unhinged three years ago he used the law as a chain our child is albridge and my life
00:32:21to
00:32:21buy another woman's freedom what else can he possibly your reputation your performance everything
00:32:25you have in europe i have already lost the most precious thing i had there is nothing left to
00:32:51do you need to postpone this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal what date is it october 19th of course
00:32:59five years ago today we were officially married why would alistair send me this now
00:33:03what the hell is he trying to do julian if someone used a day you never wanted to remember to
00:33:09remind
00:33:10you how stupid you used to be what would you do i would tell myself that day is dead today
00:33:14is what
00:33:15survived he is such a fool he really thinks this random photo and blessing can patch over my scars
00:33:20you still care about him do you not
00:33:26i just think he is stupid and i feel sorry for the person i used to be
00:33:31it is over now there is nothing to care about
00:33:38oh my god those are blue phantom roses they must have been flown in
00:33:44the card is gorgeous my other half of my soul who brought these in did i not say every gift
00:33:50goes
00:33:50through me first the florist brought them straight to the backstage door they said they were specifically
00:33:54for claire they are beautiful i bet they are even prettier in real life but i heard they are almost
00:34:04impossible to grow and they bloom for only a moment i guess they were never meant for me
00:34:07nothing is impossible for the sterlings not if you want it forget it some things are just not meant
00:34:13chloe chloe are you okay give it to me leave the flowers put them here they are pretty
00:34:33chloe are you sure you're okay it's just a flower brody i'm fine just drop it will you
00:34:41chloe you are the other half of my soul the missing part of me only you can make me whole
00:34:47in that moment i thought i had caught every star in the sky the other half of my soul
00:34:57not mine never meant to be mine
00:35:05chloe
00:35:10tell me what happened in that cafe in new york before he kissed me for the first
00:35:15time that is exactly what he said my other half of my soul i am getting you time off go
00:35:21home and
00:35:21really no i'm fine you're sure i am sure the harder he tries to nail me to the past the
00:35:26more
00:35:27i will make him see those memories cannot hurt me anymore i will not drown in the past never
00:35:34mr sterling these are the records you requested how bad was she when she was brought in all of them
00:35:38extremely bad the patient was already showing early signs of hemorrhagic shock we recommended
00:35:42immediate surgery it was the only way to try to save both mother and child why did you not insist
00:35:46you signed the form you said as long as she could talk in authority to overturn the family's
00:35:50explicit instructions if you had done the surgery the baby there would at least have been a chance but
00:35:53after you refused that child could not be saved we later found the patient had already been
00:35:57delayed at home for at least more than 40 minutes before she arrived after arrival waiting for your
00:36:01signature cost the best intervention window delayed how long nearly two hours the records show the
00:36:08hemorrhage became fully controllable after midnight we later assessed that if she had arrived half an
00:36:12hour later or if the bleeding had been slightly worse we might not have saved the mother either
00:36:17child it was me it was all me i killed chloe's and my baby with my own hands all for
00:36:26victoria
00:36:30at 10 17 pm she started bleeding at 10 20 i took out the document i made her sign her
00:36:37hands
00:36:37were shaking she could not write blood soaked the paper at 10 50 she finished signing i called
00:36:45then i waited 47 minutes after i hung up i did not call again
00:36:56alistair alistair i'm pregnant please take me to the hospital now is not the time for this
00:37:04i'm begging you please sign this and i'll arrange for the hospital immediately
00:37:13still want me to sign the accident is already open victoria did not go to prison
00:37:18take the fall first and i'll cover everything the bail the lawyers the hospital and if you don't
00:37:23sign no one is coming for you tonight and the hospital won't prioritize you the doctor said surgery
00:37:30i said no too risky
00:37:37cancel the surgery you're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for victoria
00:37:41as long as you take the fall for the accident we can have other children
00:37:46but victoria's reputation is vital to her she cannot have a criminal record
00:37:52i chose it no ambulance no surgery she had to sign first
00:38:03even the fall that sent her to the hospital
00:38:06that was because of me too chloe don't push me once you leave your print this all ends tonight
00:38:25it was her she was driving she killed that person she begged me to save her yes it was her
00:38:34she
00:38:34drove a wedge between us she nailed in front of me saying her career her name her future were over
00:38:38she cried that only chloe could save her i'm saying you should know your place so what if you're his
00:38:43wife you live in his house enter his office i sit on his sofa and he pours my drinks himself
00:38:52exactly if it were not for victoria why would chloe have been pushed that far
00:38:55why would i have forced chloe why would i have lost our baby that is right it was all because
00:39:00of her
00:39:00i need to find her mr sterling was so easy to fool one perfectly staged elevator malfunction one
00:39:12perfectly timed twisted ankle and he believed i was his destined soulmate that old money type is
00:39:18arrogant and naive to the bone i played the independent self-made woman for him all these
00:39:22years for exactly this sooner or later every sterling group asset will carry the thorn name
00:39:27as for the baby losing that common girl's child was good for me an heir with ordinary blood would only
00:39:33dilute the sterling fortune
00:39:39alistair what are you doing here you have been playing me this whole time no i love you everything
00:39:45you did was for us that chloe never deserved you she only dragged you you built our beginning on lies
00:39:54you scheme to tear chloe and me apart you you killed my child you drove her away this is all
00:40:01your fault
00:40:01there has to be a misunderstanding i can explain save your explanation for the feds
00:40:06for three years you used my trust to move assets forge documents and frame chloe any one of
00:40:29those could put you in federal prison for decades allister what what are you talking about
00:40:38the bureau's preliminary evidence list your lawyer will receive official notice tomorrow
00:40:43no alister you cannot do this to me i love you everything i did was for you we can explain
00:40:51we can
00:40:51explain to whom to the child you helped kill the baby the baby was an accident chloe's body was weak
00:41:00an accident that night you told me that once chloe signed everything would be fine you said there was
00:41:08still time and you believed whatever i said alistair you were the one who did not want to call that
00:41:13ambulance you were afraid she would back out afraid she would run afraid your perfect scapegoat would
00:41:19disappear you pushed me to delay
00:41:24you handed her the papers you set the terms you forced her to sign you just do not want to
00:41:31admit that
00:41:31from start to finish the person who most wanted her to take the fall was you
00:41:34me i only said the filthy little thought already sitting in your head
00:41:40alister the person who killed your child was not me it was you
00:41:47do you know what happened that night i came to you crying because i was scared
00:41:54alister help me i hit someone that person that person is not moving i did not mean to the road
00:42:02was too dark who was the victim any witnesses i do not know maybe a homeless man i think i
00:42:09do not
00:42:10think anyone saw victoria you know what that means vehicular manslaughter a federal felony your career
00:42:16your reputation everything is over please i know you have a way you know so many people
00:42:26are you sure you left no evidence that could be traced back to you i am sure i already got
00:42:30rid of
00:42:31the car and there are no cameras on that road we need a scapegoat someone important enough
00:42:36enough and controllable enough what close no that is not how it happened remember now you said it
00:42:48yourself we need a scapegoat someone important enough and controllable enough then you said her name
00:42:57so do not put all of this on me alistair you sent your wife to hell with your own hands
00:43:16i can carry it myself it is windy today
00:43:23coffee after rehearsal that new place you wanted to try with the chestnut cake yeah she smiled in a
00:43:31world without me she is so alive
00:43:44what is it nothing
00:43:55chloe
00:43:57chloe
00:43:58yes
00:43:59there is something i have wanted to say for a long time these three years watching you rise
00:44:04from the wreckage and walk into the spotlight has been the greatest honor of my life i admire your
00:44:08talent and i ache for how strong you have had to be if you would let me i want to
00:44:13stand by your
00:44:13side in the future not only as your patron and friend would you give me a chance
00:44:25julian you are my dearest friend and the person i am most grateful to without you i would not
00:44:30be who i am today but my heart is a ruin nothing new grows there and no one deserves to
00:44:36step inside
00:44:37it again i understand thank you for understanding we can still be friends right of course let us go
00:44:45try that chestnut cake
00:44:51sir the flight departs in 45 minutes we should head to the gate the highly anticipated voices of hope
00:44:57charity concert will be held tonight at city hall concert hall organizers recently confirmed that the
00:45:03stage build and lighting work will be handled by local contractor pinnick vision run that contractor
00:45:08pinnacle vision i want every background check and safety record
00:45:14found it this company has three osha complaints and last year in munich there was a serious stage
00:45:21collapse how the hell could they hire
00:45:31cancel the flight but the meeting cancel it now yes i will handle it right away she is still
00:45:40that little girl who needs someone watching over her without me she cannot even protect herself
00:45:45chloe please do not let anything happen to you
00:45:58chloe
00:46:00chloe move it is dangerous
00:46:03no
00:46:17oh
00:46:18oh 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 the contractor's records were bad
00:46:50i found out but i was half a step too late
00:46:58wipe it
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
00:47:16about the chandelier by the time i found the records it was too late
00:47:20i could only run you do not need to explain
00:47:24i said thank you that is all
00:47:35chloe i got all the hospital records that night
00:47:38you were bleeding so much lying on the floor begging me
00:47:43i held the papers and waited for you to sign
00:47:47i waited 47 minutes the doctor said i signed a consent for bleeding control not surgical authorization
00:47:56the baby's heartbeat
00:47:58the baby's heartbeat stopped at minute 35
00:48:01i delayed him to death
00:48:02shut up
00:48:04what is the point of saying this now
00:48:07there is no point
00:48:09none at all
00:48:13i just wanted chloe to know alistair found out everything
00:48:17victoria the accident and alistair's own choices alistair was the source
00:48:23my existence is the source of all your pain every time i come near you you remember blood you
00:48:27remember the child who never got to be born you remember how filthy i am so so i disappear it
00:48:32is
00:48:32the only thing i can still do for you alice
00:48:47promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years
00:48:51not a hundred years forever chloe
00:48:56forever
00:48:59chloe forgive me for being reckless
00:49:01but i cannot fight this anymore will you marry me will you be my wife
00:49:05i i am just an ordinary girl how could i ever be worthy of
00:49:08do not ever say that about yourself to me you are the most beautiful purest woman in the world
00:49:12you deserve everything
00:49:21good go
00:49:27it is over
00:49:31sir please reconsider these assets are to shake the entire industry especially the family fund and
00:49:35curgutran years of your life's work i know this is not just wealth it is all your power and
00:49:40protection once you sign there is no going back begin
00:49:48the irreversible trust naming miss chloe stangling as sole beneficiary is now officially in effect it
00:49:54covers all equity real estate liquid assets liquid assets and family fund interests under your name
00:49:59this is the copy according to the terms the trustee will notify the beneficiary at the
00:50:04appropriate time she does not have to know but you may leave
00:50:23chloe this is the only thing i can still give you
00:50:30chloe stangling aså
00:50:41Claire! Your playing was so beautiful!
00:50:44I want to be a cellist like you someday!
00:50:50Thank you, sweetheart. I love them.
00:50:53When you bowed just now, you kept looking over there.
00:50:56Was your music for someone who sat there? Like in a story?
00:51:09No. My music is only for me. He did not come. I should have known. It really is all over.
00:51:22Chloe, this arrived anonymously this morning. It is a family trust beneficiary transfer worth hundreds of billions.
00:51:30You are named the sole beneficiary.
00:51:36It is Alistair. Tell them I refuse.
00:51:39Chloe, do you understand what this means? An astronomical fortune and...
00:51:44In a way...
00:51:45In a way? Compensation? Or 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 will happen to tell her?
00:52:19How 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. I am worried she...
00:52:32No, Chloe may be in danger.
00:53:00Chloe, what happened? What was that?
00:53:03Nothing. Just an old photo.
00:53:10This is not a prank, Chloe. This is dangerous.
00:53:14You cannot be alone. I am taking you home.
00:53:16I am fine. You have been busy lately, and I have already caused you enough trouble.
00:53:22Call me if anything happens.
00:53:26I will.
00:53:27I will.
00:53:56Do not move.
00:53:58We only want your hand.
00:54:05How much did Victoria pay you?
00:54:06I will double it!
00:54:09Save it, Mrs. Sterling.
00:54:11We get paid to do a job, and we follow rules.
00:54:23Alistair!
00:54:26Stop!
00:54:31Alistair, you said you would disappear from my world.
00:54:34Why did you come back?
00:54:36How did this happen?
00:54:38Do not scare me like this.
00:54:40You are safe.
00:54:41Thank God.
00:54:43You are safe.
00:54:56Are you okay?
00:54:58Did they hurt your hand?
00:55:02I need to report a crime.
00:55:04South parking lot of the Vienna Concert Hall.
00:55:06Armed assault.
00:55:07Attempted intentional injury.
00:55:08The suspect is restrained.
00:55:09Also, this involves cross-border crime and a federal felony state voting case in New York from three years ago.
00:55:14I have the full chain of evidence.
00:55:18Watch him.
00:55:19Do not let anyone near him.
00:55:31Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:42Doctor.
00:55:44How is he?
00:55:51The patient has lost too much blood.
00:55:53His blood pressure is barely detectable.
00:55:56He needs an emergency transfusion, but...
00:55:59But what?
00:56:01He is RH negative.
00:56:03The blood bank has no supply.
00:56:05His condition is critical, and we must find a matching donor immediately.
00:56:08We have contacted every nearby hospital and blood center, but...
00:56:12Take mine.
00:56:14What?
00:56:15Do you hear yourself?
00:56:17You are going to save him?
00:56:19The man who nearly destroyed you?
00:56:21Anonymous.
00:56:22Do not record my name.
00:56:24Draw the blood, and I leave immediately.
00:56:27If you agree, I will sign now.
00:56:30Alright.
00:56:31Please sign the confidentiality agreement and consent form here.
00:56:35She really signed it.
00:56:41Why?
00:56:42He pushed you into hell and made you lose everything!
00:56:45Have you forgotten the baby?
00:56:48I am not saving him.
00:56:49I just...
00:56:50Do not want to owe him a life.
00:56:53Three years ago, he gave me a home, then destroyed me with his own hands.
00:56:56Now I give him my blood back.
00:56:57From this moment on, we owe each other nothing.
00:57:02The stab wound is deep, and he lost a lot of blood.
00:57:05We saved him, but whether he wakes up, and when, depends on his will and recovery.
00:57:09The next 24 hours are critical.
00:57:11Wake up.
00:57:12You think taking that knife and bleeding like this makes us even?
00:57:15You think because you are lying here, I can forget my child?
00:57:18Forget every time you abandoned me for Victoria?
00:57:21I cannot forget.
00:57:22I cannot forget when the doctor told me the baby was gone, your signature was at the bottom
00:57:26of that document.
00:57:28So cold.
00:57:29So quick.
00:57:30What is this?
00:57:31You lying here?
00:57:32Repentance?
00:57:33Atonement?
00:57:34It is too late.
00:57:35My child is not coming back.
00:57:36The Chloe who once believed you in that practice room is not coming back either.
00:57:40Wake up.
00:57:41Look at me.
00:57:42I want you to see with your own eyes that without you, without the sterling name, I
00:57:45can still stand at the very top.
00:57:47I want you alive, fully awake, and remembering what you lost forever.
00:57:51Do not just die like this.
00:57:53You still owe me too much.
00:57:59You have to wake up.
00:58:02Alistairn, you heard me.
00:58:04You are awake, are you not?
00:58:05Alistairn!
00:58:09Direct flight to Zurich.
00:58:11Leaves in two hours.
00:58:11The studio and apartment there are ready.
00:58:15News just came from the States.
00:58:17Victoria's extradition is complete.
00:58:19She is being flown back this afternoon under escort.
00:58:21Federal felony?
00:58:22Multiple charges, including attempted murder, cross-border murder for here, and financial
00:58:26fraud.
00:58:27With stacked sentences, she is never getting out.
00:58:29Got it.
00:58:30That is your reaction?
00:58:31She almost ruined your life and-
00:58:33It takes energy.
00:58:33I do not have any left, and I do not want to waste it here.
00:58:41You could even save her.
00:58:44I saved myself.
00:58:46From now on, I owe them nothing.
00:59:10Chloe.
00:59:11Darling.
00:59:12What time is it?
00:59:13When did you change the bedroom?
00:59:15No.
00:59:16This is a hospital.
00:59:19Why am I in a hospital?
00:59:22Mr. Sterling, please do not move.
00:59:25I am fine.
00:59:27Where is Chloe?
00:59:28Where am I?
00:59:29Mr. Sterling, this is the ICU.
00:59:31You were stabbed and have been unconscious for four days.
00:59:33No.
00:59:34I clearly remember us watching the city lights on the rooftop last night.
00:59:38Sir, you need to lie down.
00:59:40You had internal bleeding and just came out of surgery.
00:59:43You need complete bed rest.
00:59:45Ms. Chloe Sterling is not here.
00:59:47Not here?
00:59:48Where did she go?
00:59:49I heard she went to Zurich.
00:59:53Zurich?
00:59:54For work?
00:59:55For work?
00:59:55Why did I not know?
00:59:58I do not know the details.
01:00:00I only heard she left.
01:00:01Maybe 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 not know.
01:00:11No.
01:00:12What is this feeling?
01:00:13It feels like I lost her.
01:00:15What the hell happened?
01:00:21No.
01:00:22No.
01:00:22Victoria already said she didn't mean it.
01:00:23Is 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.
01:00:29Allison, you know that better than anyone.
01:00:31Hard work?
01:00:33Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
01:00:35This score?
01:00:36Or the status you've built using it as a prop?
01:00:39A student from a common background managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate.
01:00:44Who are you trying to impress with this wrong woman actor?
01:00:48Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the
01:00:53top?
01:00:57Cancel this surgery?
01:00:58You're going to 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?
01:01:11Chloe?
01:01:12What...
01:01:13What did I do to her?
01:01:14Okay, okay, okay.
01:01:15Mr. 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?
01:01:28I...
01:01:29Please lie down first.
01:01:30I will get the doctor.
01:01:40The wound is healing well. No sign of infection.
01:01:44But 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, we performed an emergency transfusion.
01:01:55You were lucky.
01:01:56Someone volunteered to donate blood and saved your life.
01:02:00Who?
01:02:00I am sorry, Mr. Sterling.
01:02:02The donor signed a strict confidentiality agreement.
01:02:04We are not authorized to disclose that.
01:02:06How?
01:02:10Alistin, look!
01:02:11We have the same blood type.
01:02:12What are the odds?
01:02:13It is rare.
01:02:14The odds...
01:02:15feel like fate.
01:02:16So if anything ever happens to either of us, the other can be their blood bank, right?
01:02:20I do not say I'm lucky things, but...
01:02:22yes.
01:02:22I will protect you.
01:02:23Any way I can...
01:02:27Chloe was here.
01:02:29Was Chloe not...
01:02:30the donor?
01:02:30Was 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 Ms. 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?
01:02:59Three days ago.
01:03:00The day after your surgery.
01:03:01Also...
01:03:02Chloe.
01:03:03The afternoon after Alistair's surgery ended and Alistair was confirmed out of danger,
01:03:06Chloe boarded a flight and left.
01:03:07Destination Zurich.
01:03:09Mr. Brody Cookup, Chloe's manager, Pumbrick released her leg of Chloe's Odo tour schedule.
01:03:12That afternoon?
01:03:13Yes.
01:03:14Flight records show takeoff at 4.15pm.
01:03:17She gave blood and 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.
01:03:29Support the crime, testify, donate blood, leave.
01:03:32Every step was calculated.
01:03:34Clean.
01:03:34She thinks even hating me is a waste.
01:03:41It was her.
01:03:43David, the person who gave me blood had to be her.
01:03:46The blood bank record is anonymous.
01:03:48We cannot confirm...
01:03:49I can feel it.
01:03:51My body knows 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 and must avoid emotional stress.
01:04:03Call.
01:04:05Brody 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.
01:04:11Ms. 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 it is me.
01:04:19Tell 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, do 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, do you?
01:04:32Even letting me confirm this debt feels 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.
01:04:56Brody.
01:04:57Go confirm boarding.
01:04:58Chloe.
01:04:59Go.
01:05:02Let me stay by your side.
01:05:05Just this once.
01:05:07On what grounds?
01:05:08I...
01:05:10I paid back your blood.
01:05:12I 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, what did you do?
01:05:30When my baby was gone, what did you do?
01:05:32I...
01:05:33And now you want to stay by my side?
01:05:35Too late.
01:05:37Way too late.
01:05:39Do not follow me again.
01:05:41I want none of your guilt, none of your repentance.
01:05:44Then what do you want?
01:05:44Tell me!
01:05:48I will give you everything.
01:05:50The company, the shares, all of it.
01:05:54Chloe!
01:05:57I want you to disappear forever.
01:06:01Do not go.
01:06:02Please.
01:06:03Give me one chance, even if it is only...
01:06:06To watch you from a distance.
01:06:09A chance.
01:06:10Three years ago when I was bleeding.
01:06:12Who gave me a chance?
01:06:13I...
01:06:13When I miscarried it.
01:06:15Lying in that hospital bed.
01:06:16Listening to lawyers recharges for crimes.
01:06:18I never committed.
01:06:21Who gave me a chance?
01:06:22I know I was wrong.
01:06:24I will spend the rest of my life.
01:06:25I do not want the rest of your life, Alistair.
01:06:28I 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 who lost him before he ever got to see the sun.
01:06:48Chloe!
01:06:49Sir, are you alright?
01:06:50Let me take you to...
01:06:53No.
01:06:54No.
01:06:54Chloe.
01:07:04Sir.
01:07:05You are awake.
01:07:07You have been unconscious for five days.
01:07:09The doctor said your last unauthorized discharge seriously 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 returns to the council.
01:07:22Vienna, Vienna this afternoon.
01:07:24Sir!
01:07:24Get the car.
01:07:25Now!
01:07:26But your body...
01:07:27I said, now!
01:07:33Chloe!
01:07:34Why?
01:07:35Sir, the backstage is not open to the public.
01:07:37Please wait for me for a moment.
01:07:42I have been looking for you.
01:07:44I was wrong.
01:07:45I will spend everything to atone.
01:07:47Your everything burned to ash three years ago.
01:07:50Everything I have now I earn myself.
01:07:52Including my peace.
01:07:54So he can give you peace?
01:07:56Mrs. Sterling needs to prepare for her performance.
01:07:58Please leave.
01:07:59You let him touch your score.
01:08:01You let him stand beside you.
01:08:03Then what am I?
01:08:11The blood?
01:08:12Chloe.
01:08:13Wait.
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.
01:08:25What?
01:08:25Three years ago, you signed a paper and 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 and I can never repay it.
01:08:37It is a debt.
01:08:37It is paid.
01:08:39From now on, your blood, your wounds.
01:08:41Whether you live or die.
01:08:43None of it has anything to do with me.
01:08:45I'm not gonna let you do this.
01:08:47Get the hell away from me!
01:08:49Let us go in.
01:09:09Oh no!
01:09:10What is it?
01:09:12God, no.
01:09:13That 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.
01:09:31It is stained in a lien and...
01:09:33When that...
01:09:34This...
01:09:35This 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 it would be on time?
01:09:48Tomorrow morning at the earliest?
01:09:49Shit!
01:09:50I contacted a friend in Berlin.
01:09:51His workshop has strings in the same gauge,
01:09:53but driving them here will 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?
01:10:02Damn it!
01:10:12Claire's string snapped.
01:10:13The spare is oxidized too.
01:10:15The new cello is still on the road,
01:10:17and they cannot reach the maker.
01:10:18Wait.
01:10:19Whose string broke?
01:10:20Claire's?
01:10:21Sir.
01:10:22Backstage matters are not disclosed to unrelated people.
01:10:26Now tell me exactly what happened.
01:10:28It is Mrs. Claire, the principal cellist.
01:10:31Her main string slapped her in pre-show check.
01:10:33The spare is oxidized and unusable,
01:10:36and the emergency replacement cello is delayed.
01:10:39It is bad.
01:10:40It is Chloe.
01:10:41Of course.
01:10:42She is still the little girl who needs my shelter.
01:10:45Only under my wing can she play safely.
01:10:48It is me.
01:10:49Use every resource.
01:10:51Find top-tier gut cello strings that can reach the Vienna Musikheim within two hours.
01:10:55Send a private jet to Berlin,
01:10:56then transfer by helicopter directly to the Musikheim Plaza.
01:10:59I want those strings in her hands before the concert starts.
01:11:06Chloe, do not panic.
01:11:08I already got the strings-
01:11:16The string, did 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 by special car and brought an extra cello for 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 I lay in the hospital waiting for a consent form with your signature.
01:11:39Your signing was risky and you had to wait for the lawyers.
01:11:41Now one cello string breaks and 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.
01:11:50My 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, then you tell me how much you sacrificed.
01:11:57But I do not need it anymore.
01:11:59My problems are mine to solve.
01:12:01My way, on my time.
01:12:06These headlines, they will ruin her performance.
01:12:09What will she think of me?
01:12:11Sir, Mr. Brody Cooks just notified the press.
01:12:13Ms. Chloe is holding a press conference right up ahead.
01:12:15Ms. Chloe and Mr. Alistair Stellar ended their marriage three years ago.
01:12:20Now and in the future, there is no legal connection between them nor any private relationship.
01:12:26Mr. Brody have photographed Mr. Sterling here two mornings ago in Wandering
01:12:29and he had contact with Ms. Chloe.
01:12:30Does this mean Mr. Sterling is trying to win her back?
01:12:32Mr. Sterling's actions are his personal choice.
01:12:34Ms. 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.
01:13:08Chloe!
01:13:10I know you can hear me!
01:13:15I saw the press conference.
01:13:17You 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 because I stopped the doctors.
01:13:26I cannot repay those debts.
01:13:29You, you will not even give me your hate anymore.
01:13:33You treat me like some irrelevant stranger.
01:13:41Then 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.
01:13:55Once it is poured out, I will not pick it back up.
01:14:00You could kneel until you die, and it will not bring that child back.
01:14:04It will not bring back the me who trusted you three years ago.
01:14:24You should be gone now.
01:14:32You should be gone now.
01:14:46You should go to the hospital.
01:14:50I just do not want tomorrow's headline to say former Wall Street Kaidan bleeds to death outside ex-wife's apartment.
01:14:57So, to you, I am just a nuisance?
01:15:00Noise.
01:15:01I hate unnecessary noise.
01:15:03I checked the medical records from back then.
01:15:04Every minute, I remember.
01:15:05When the doctor recommended surgery, I checked my watch three times.
01:15:08I was calculating risk, time, and legal consequences.
01:15:11I know.
01:15:11I know exactly how long you calculated.
01:15:13You do not know why-
01:15:13Long enough for me to lose half my blood, and long enough for an eight-week Ambrose heartbeat to stop
01:15:17forever.
01:15:17Those fragments from back then replay in my head every day.
01:15:21Then let them keep playing.
01:15:22That is your business.
01:15:23But do not die here.
01:15:25Get up.
01:15:25I will call a car to take you to the hospital.
01:15:27I am not going.
01:15:29Treat yourself.
01:15:30Wait!
01:15:38My sins can only be washed clean with blood.
01:15:43Is this enough?
01:15:45Put the knife down.
01:15:50Tell me, how much blood is enough?
01:15:56Is this life enough to pay?
01:15:59Your life has no value to me now.
01:16:02Then what has value?
01:16:03Tell me, what can I still give you?
01:16:05I want nothing.
01:16:07Especially nothing from you.
01:16:10Then watch me die.
01:16:12You are forcing me again.
01:16:14No.
01:16:15This time I choose it myself.
01:16:17You just watch.
01:16:19Take it as a late offering.
01:16:22Let go.
01:16:23Let go.
01:16:24Let me.
01:16:25I said let go!
01:16:33Your blood cannot wash anything clean.
01:16:35It will only stay in this street.
01:16:36Then what?
01:16:38Then what?
01:16:39What the hell am I supposed to do?
01:16:44At the very least, you should not be kneeling here trying to die.
01:16:56Stop!
01:16:59Stop!
01:17:00Stop it.
01:17:02Is it enough?
01:17:04Is this life enough to pay?
01:17:08Put the knife down.
01:17:09Say it first.
01:17:11Is 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 and he still would not come back.
01:17:21When I was lying on the operating table waiting for your signature,
01:17:25he was already gone.
01:17:27What you are doing now has 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, do not.
01:17:49Do not forgive me.
01:17:51I 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.
01:18:01But do not forgive me.
01:18:03Please.
01:18:04The baby will not come back.
01:18:06The blood I lost cannot 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.
01:18:15Hate is exhausting.
01:18:16From now on, we are even.
01:18:19Even.
01:18:20Okay.
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.
01:18:39I am calling an ambulance right now.
01:18:41Chloe.
01:18:42What?
01:18:44Chloe.
01:18:54Sir, you are awake.
01:18:55The doctor said you lost too much blood.
01:18:57But thank God.
01:18:59You have been unconscious for two days.
01:19:00Miss Chloe, she...
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.
01:19:32Wanna try it?
01:19:36It is quiet.
01:19:38More reliable than people.
01:19:45Time to go stage.
01:20:10The strings will never tremble for lies again.
01:20:13This first note is both a funeral and a relook.
01:20:16Every accent is the echo of a golden cage shadowing.
01:20:19What he destroyed was never just a cello.
01:20:21My blood and everything I lost.
01:20:23It all burns inside this melody.
01:20:27There is no place to groove in the ashes.
01:20:33There is no going back.
01:20:35There 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 for you.
01:20:45Can I imagine it?
01:20:48I think I saw Alistair.
01:20:52You still got a miracle?
01:20:54You still don't want an absolutely wonderful face.
01:21:04You dont want to see much of this.
01:21:04It is very wonderful.
01:21:05These flowers are for you.
01:21:06Who asked you to bring them?
01:21:08I, I brought them myself.
01:21:10White lilies of the valley.
01:21:12We had a pot on the balcony of the New York apartment.
01:21:15It died.
01:21:18They are beautiful.
01:21:19I will keep them.
01:21:20From a fan?
01:21:22Let 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, she accepted them.
01:21:37She said they were beautiful.
01:21:39Thank you, little angel.
01:21:40Well, this 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 about 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, after taxes and fees,
01:22:12will be transferred to the anonymous donor X 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, please take care.
01:22:35Lord, this is better.
01:22:42Lord, this is better.
01:22:45Lord.
01:22:59Excuse me, sir.
01:23:01Could you tell me, is this the right direction to the Julie Hart School?
01:23:05Wrong side. Across the platform.
01:23:08Thank you. I just got to New York.
01:23:11Your cufflinks, they are beautiful.
01:23:27The wrong way. We both went the wrong way.
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