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00:04When I was 18, I signed a pre-nupical agreement and married Alistair, a man 15 years my senior.
00:14Everyone says I'm just a canary he keeps in a penthouse, but only I know how much he has favored
00:20me.
00:21This ring, which he designed himself, is the proof.
00:25And now, we finally have a little angel of our own.
00:30I have to tell Alistair the good news. I wonder how happy he'll be.
00:33Alistair, are you free right now? There's something I want you to be the first to know.
00:37Something's come up on my end.
00:39What's so urgent?
00:40Victoria's back. She's not doing well, so I need to take care of her first. I'll find you later. Be
00:45a good girl.
00:46Victoria. The one name he never allowed anyone to mention.
01:10You said you were busy today. So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
01:17Am I interrupting something?
01:19She just got back and isn't doing well. Don't overthink it.
01:22Not doing well? Is that an excuse to be intimate with my husband in here?
01:26Alistair, you promised me you'd forget her.
01:29Chloe, watch your attitude.
01:32I'm your wife. I don't even have the right to ask a question?
01:36It's precisely because you are my wife that you should know your place.
01:41My place? What about you? Bringing another woman into your office? Is that your idea of knowing your place?
01:48Article 32 of the pre-Hopful Agreement. You are not to interfere with my social life, schedule, or business arrangements.
01:53You signed it. Now follow the rules.
01:55Alistair, she's young. It's only natural she's being mature. Don't be too hard on her.
02:00Not even a single word of explanation?
02:02It's not necessary. I gave you a title and a life of dignity, not a license to come here and
02:06make a steam.
02:07Grow up, little girl. Don't make this any more embarrassing than it already is.
02:10Get out.
02:17Why the rush? Even a contract wife can feel embarrassed?
02:25Get out of my way.
02:26Does this look familiar?
02:28Alistair designed it himself. The size, the cut, even the curve of the setting. It's identical.
02:34The one on your finger is just a fake you bought later to replace it.
02:37What exactly are you trying to say?
02:39I'm saying you should know your place.
02:40So what if you're his wife?
02:42You live in his house, spend his money, and trade a contract for a last name.
02:46But I'm different. I don't need an appointment to enter his office.
02:50I sit on his sofa, and he pours my drinks himself.
02:53Alistair, I only have one question. Why is her ring the same as mine?
02:57It's just a ring.
03:01I designed this ring specifically for you.
03:04It's the only one of its kind in the world.
03:06After all, you are my one and only.
03:11Fine. I understand.
03:16What is this?
03:23It's just a manuscript for the competition. Don't bother yourself with it.
03:27I'll have the driver take you back.
03:29No need. I can get back on my own.
03:32I haven't had a chance to see her music room yet.
03:35See it if you want. You don't have to ask me twice about anything in this house.
03:39No problem. I'll send the manuscript over right now.
03:45My manuscript!
03:51This is my only original copy.
03:53I'm so sorry, Chloe.
03:55Who knew your music room would be such a mess?
03:57My hand slipped, and I spilled it.
03:59You won't blame me, will you?
04:01What a shame.
04:02I heard you were in a rush to submit this.
04:05What are you going to do now?
04:08Get your foot off it!
04:10It's just a pile of paper.
04:12Is all this really necessary?
04:17Alistair!
04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it.
04:22I just wanted to see where she usually practices,
04:24but she started snapping at me the moment she got back.
04:26I'm a little scared.
04:27Victoria, you...
04:28Chloe, enough.
04:29What did you say?
04:29Victoria already said she didn't mean it.
04:31Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
04:33I wrote every single note of this myself.
04:35This is two years of my hard work.
04:37Alistair, you know that better than anyone!
04:39Hard work?
04:40Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
04:42This score, or the status you've built using it as a prop?
04:45A student from a common background
04:47who managed to crawl into the Sterling family
04:49through a marriage certificate?
04:50Who are you trying to impress with this wronged woman act?
04:53Didn't you approach me in the first place
04:55for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the top?
04:58I didn't.
04:59Am I wrong?
05:00Now that Victoria is back,
05:01you know your position is shaky,
05:02so you're using these tears
05:03and your so-called hard work as leverage.
05:05At the end of the ale,
05:06isn't this whole tantrum
05:07just a way to get my attention,
05:09to get more money,
05:10and to squeeze more out of me?
05:11No!
05:11You've forgotten!
05:12I never married you for your wealth,
05:13and I certainly wasn't plotting
05:15against the Sterling family.
05:16You were the one who begged me to marry you!
05:18I admit, I was blinded by you back then.
05:20If I could do it all over again,
05:21I would never marry a woman as calculating as you.
05:23We've been married for two years,
05:24and this is how lowly you think of me?
05:26What else would I think?
05:34I'm still throwing a tantrum over what happened today.
05:36I'm not throwing a tantrum.
05:38I just want to know,
05:39what exactly am I to you?
05:41You're my wife.
05:42I sketched the design for this ring myself.
05:44That year you were playing the cello in the snow.
05:46Your hands were beet red from the cold,
05:47yet you refused to stop.
05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour,
05:50and when I got back,
05:51I drew this.
05:52You still remember?
05:54Of course.
05:55Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
05:59Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
06:03I took her side today,
06:04not because she's more important than Chloe,
06:05but because I had to keep the situation under control.
06:08Don't take those words to heart.
06:09Is that really all it is?
06:10You're too young.
06:12There are many things I don't want you to get mixed up in.
06:18Alistair, I hit someone.
06:20There's so much blood.
06:22Please come quickly.
06:24Something came up at the office.
06:25I need to head out,
06:26but I'll be back soon.
06:28This late?
06:29Wait for me.
06:30Don't go anywhere.
06:33Little one,
06:34your father still cares for us.
06:36Just wait a little longer.
06:40Chloe,
06:41Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car.
06:43She can't be linked to this case,
06:44so you're going to take the fall for her.
06:52Chloe,
06:53don't be afraid.
06:54I'll handle everything.
06:55Just sign the papers,
06:56and I promise you'll be fine.
06:57You want me to take the fall for her killing someone?
06:59Alistair, you just said you would protect me.
07:01I am protecting you.
07:02The press is swarming outside,
07:03and the police are already watching us.
07:05We have to lock in the statement first,
07:06so I can get you out of this mess.
07:07Don't be difficult.
07:08This is the fastest way.
07:09The lawyers will arrange your bail.
07:10All you have to do is give your thumbprint.
07:12So everything you said tonight
07:13was just a tactic to play me?
07:15The ring,
07:16the promises,
07:16what did any of it mean?
07:17It means you need to be smart right now.
07:20Article 33 of the prenuptal agreement,
07:22you are required to cooperate
07:23with family crisis management.
07:25Otherwise,
07:25you'll never be able to pay off
07:26the penalty in your lifetime.
07:27I'm not signing.
07:29Chloe,
07:29don't push me.
07:30Once you leave your print,
07:31this all ends tonight.
07:36Let go!
07:37You're hurting me!
07:42What?
07:45Chloe,
07:46why are you bleeding so much?
07:55Alistair,
07:56I'm pregnant.
07:57It's your baby.
07:59Please take me to the hospital.
08:00Now is not the time for this.
08:02I'm begging you.
08:05Please.
08:06Sign this,
08:08and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
08:11You still want me to sign?
08:13The accident case is already open.
08:15Victoria cannot go to prison.
08:17Take the fall first,
08:18and I'll cover everything.
08:19The bail,
08:20the lawyers,
08:20the hospital.
08:21If you don't sign,
08:22no one is coming for you tonight,
08:24and the hospital won't prioritize you.
08:26That's a human life,
08:28not one of your PR crisis.
08:30You think the feds
08:30will just take your word for it?
08:32If you confess,
08:33it'll only be a few years,
08:34and I can reduce your sentence.
08:36If you fight it,
08:37you won't even make it to bail.
08:40You're using the hospital to blackmail me?
08:42I'm giving you a way out.
08:44Chloe, be good.
08:44Just confess first.
08:45We'll talk about the baby later.
08:47Later?
08:48You don't even want it now.
08:50You said you'd never leave me alone.
08:53You said you'd never leave me alone.
08:53Sign it now.
09:00Wait!
09:08Alistin,
09:09I knew you wouldn't.
09:10If you sign it like this,
09:11it looks too much like coercion.
09:13The police might not accept it.
09:16Press your thumbprint,
09:17then sign it again.
09:19You stopped me!
09:20Just for this!
09:22The confession must be flawless.
09:24Nothing can happen to Victoria.
09:25I'm bleeding,
09:26and you're worried about
09:27the paperwork looking pretty?
09:28I already have a car
09:30waiting downstairs.
09:31Once you sign,
09:32I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
09:33And if I don't sign it?
09:35Then you can keep
09:36wasting time here tonight.
09:37Wait for the feds to arrive,
09:39or wait for the baby
09:40to mice rape on its own.
09:41Your choice.
09:44That's your child, too.
09:46Sign the papers first.
09:52Alistair,
09:53you'll pay for this.
09:55Sign it.
10:04Don't be afraid.
10:05I'm calling an ambulance
10:06for you right now.
10:11Alistair,
10:13save the baby first,
10:14I beg you.
10:15Save the baby.
10:17As long as the baby is safe,
10:19anything else,
10:20I'll agree to anything.
10:22Don't worry.
10:23You and the baby will be fine.
10:24Let's go!
10:25Coming through!
10:28Come on.
10:30Come on.
10:31The patient is facing
10:32a severe threatened miscarriage
10:33with significant uterine bleeding.
10:34We must operate immediately
10:35to stop the hemorrhage.
10:36She's in critical condition.
10:37Any further delay,
10:38and we won't be able to save
10:38either the mother or the child.
10:39These are the prenatal records
10:40of the bleeding logs.
10:41Sign us now to authorize
10:41a combined procedure for surgery
10:42and fetal preservation.
10:43Mr. Sterling,
10:44there is no time.
10:44She's losing blood rapidly.
10:45She needs to be in the OR right now.
10:47Every minute counts.
10:48If we wait any longer,
10:49the baby is gone,
10:50and the mother's life
10:51will be at risk, too.
10:53Mr. Sterling,
10:55Victoria at DUI.
10:56If you want your wife
10:56to take the fall,
10:57it's best she has no recent
10:58record of pregnancy.
11:00Otherwise...
11:00Understood.
11:02Hold off on the filing.
11:03Suspend the surgery.
11:04Just stop the bleeding for now.
11:05What did you say?
11:08For her sake,
11:09you're even...
11:11abandoning our child?
11:19Cancel the surgery?
11:20You're gonna kill
11:20our own flesh and blood
11:21just for Victoria?
11:23As long as you take
11:24the fall for the accident,
11:25we can have other children later.
11:28But Victoria's reputation
11:29is vital to her.
11:30She cannot have
11:31a criminal record.
11:32Ma'am, please calm down.
11:34She's eight weeks pregnant
11:35and hemorrhaging.
11:36And you want her
11:37to confess to a crime?
11:40Save your misplaced
11:41sense of justice
11:42and do as I say,
11:43or you'll be kicked out
11:44of the medical profession
11:45for good by tomorrow.
11:52You didn't come here
11:53to save me at all.
11:54You said only today
11:54that protect me.
11:55Is this what you call
11:56protection?
11:58Be a good girl
11:59and confess.
12:01You'll still be
12:01my most cherished wife.
12:03No.
12:05Alistair,
12:05I'm begging you.
12:20Alistair,
12:22where is my baby?
12:33The baby wasn't meant
12:34to be with us.
12:35Don't play games
12:36with me.
12:36Was it an accident
12:37or did you order
12:38the doctor to do it?
12:42You're still young.
12:43Once you've recovered,
12:45we'll have other children.
12:48Answer me!
12:49Victoria's legal team
12:50has been working
12:51through the night.
12:52I've used
12:52the Sterling Family Trust
12:53to post your
12:54$50 million bail.
13:00Alistair,
13:01even your way
13:01of killing
13:02is so refined.
13:03I have no patience
13:04for your tantrums.
13:05Behave yourself.
13:06Focus on your recovery.
13:08I'm busy lately.
13:09Once you're better,
13:10head back on your own.
13:11No need to let me know.
13:13Behave yourself.
13:26Oh, you're back.
13:28The fabric of this
13:29at four is really nice,
13:30though the waist
13:30is a bit tight.
13:35Who gave you permission
13:36to wear my clothes?
13:37Is there anything
13:38in this apartment
13:39that actually belongs to you,
13:40even that your engagement ring
13:41you're wearing?
13:42Didn't pay for it
13:43with his card?
13:46Chloe,
13:47the doctor said
13:47you shouldn't get worked up.
13:49Sit down first.
13:50Tell
13:52to take it off.
13:53Alistair,
13:54I'm just borrowing it.
13:55Does she really
13:56have to be so mean?
13:59It's just a pajama.
14:01Do you have to start
14:01a scene the second
14:02you get home?
14:07Chloe,
14:08have you had enough?
14:09You've been acting
14:09like a total lunaturk lately.
14:11Can't you be more sensible?
14:12Alistair?
14:16He said you looked
14:17pathetic last night.
14:17Did you know?
14:18He complained
14:18that your crying
14:19was too loud,
14:19so he held me
14:20in his arms all night.
14:21He also said
14:22he never forgot about me.
14:23You were out of the game
14:24from the very beginning.
14:26That's very
14:27Christian of you.
14:31Alistair!
14:31Help me!
14:32Calm down.
14:33Put the knife down first.
14:35Choose.
14:36Choose between us
14:37right now!
14:38Chloe,
14:38what the hell
14:39is wrong with you,
14:40lady?
14:40Be reasonable.
14:41I can't be reasonable.
14:42Everything changed
14:43the moment she came back.
14:44Have you forgotten
14:45how we lost our baby?
14:46Have you forgotten
14:47what you promised me?
14:48You said you would
14:48protect me,
14:48but who are you
14:49protecting now?
14:50Look at me,
14:51Alistair!
14:51Look at me!
14:52Fine.
14:53I choose you.
14:54Chloe,
14:55I choose you.
14:56Now let her go
14:56and come here.
15:05Don't you ever
15:06touch her again.
15:08This is your last warning.
15:11I don't want to touch her.
15:33Sign it and you'll be
15:34Mrs. Sterling.
15:35It says here
15:35that I'm giving up
15:36almost all my rights.
15:37Don't worry,
15:38it's just a formality.
15:39Our backgrounds
15:40are so different.
15:41Without this,
15:42my family might not
15:42accept you.
15:43Listen,
15:43this agreement
15:44is only to appease
15:45the family.
15:45My promise to you
15:46is right here.
15:47I added a handwritten
15:47clause.
15:48If I ever betray you
15:49or if you feel
15:49any unhappiness
15:50in this marriage,
15:51you can burn it
15:51at any time.
15:52No lawyers needed,
15:52no need to notify me.
15:53The moment you burn
15:54this agreement,
15:54you are free.
15:55This is my only
15:56true guarantee.
16:05You promised.
16:06It's over.
16:11Brody, it's me.
16:13Get me a ticket
16:13to Europe for tonight.
16:14Sterling.
16:14I burned the agreement.
16:16Understood.
16:17Two hours,
16:18the usual spot.
16:19Okay.
16:27Goodbye, Alistair.
16:34It is late.
16:35Where do you think
16:36you are going?
16:37That's none of your business.
16:38None of my business?
16:39Did you forget
16:40the agreement?
16:41Wherever you go,
16:42you report to me first.
16:43The agreement?
16:43I burned it.
16:44Just now.
16:45Alistair,
16:46you dare to burn it?
16:47That contract
16:47is legally binding,
16:48Chloe.
16:48It is not some toy
16:49you can toss into the fire
16:50whenever you feel like it.
16:51I have put up with
16:52enough from you lately.
16:52Do not push me.
16:53Do you have any idea
16:54that agreement
16:54is what keeps you,
16:55Mrs. Sterling?
16:56How the hell am I supposed
16:57to protect you
16:57when you act like this?
16:58I know,
16:58but I cannot afford
16:59your kind of protection.
17:00Did you forget
17:01the clause you wrote yourself?
17:02You promised that
17:02if I was unhappy,
17:03I could burn it anytime.
17:04The second it burned,
17:05I was free.
17:05That was something
17:06I said to make you happy.
17:07You think a court
17:08will honor that?
17:10I promise,
17:11once you burn it,
17:12you are free.
17:13I will not stop you.
17:17Chloe!
17:21Alistair!
17:26Alistair?
17:27What happened out here?
17:28I thought I heard shouting.
17:29Was it Chloe?
17:29Is she throwing another tantrum?
17:31She ran
17:31at that ridiculous recording.
17:33Recording?
17:33Honey,
17:34you cannot seriously be worried.
17:35A pre-nap does not vanish
17:36because some 20-year-old girl
17:38throws it into a fireplace.
17:39She knows nothing
17:39about the law.
17:42She is just shaken
17:43from the miscarriage
17:44and the bail pressure
17:45is getting to her.
17:45She is trying to scare you.
17:47The harder you chase,
17:48the more power
17:48she thinks she has.
17:50Let her cool off.
17:51When the money guns out
17:52and she has nowhere to go,
17:53she will come crawling back.
17:55You really think so?
17:56Of course.
17:57It is just a little girl
17:57acting out for attention.
17:58We both know it.
17:59Besides,
18:00every account in her name
18:01is tied to your family trust.
18:02Without this place,
18:03she cannot even afford
18:04a hotel room.
18:04What matters now
18:05is keeping the situation stable.
18:06We cannot let the FBI case
18:07get complicated
18:08because of her emotions.
18:10You are right.
18:10I am always on your side.
18:12Get some rest.
18:13You have the legal team tomorrow.
18:16Chloe,
18:18I will wait for you
18:19to come back to me.
18:24Your passport and ticket
18:25are in the inner pocket.
18:27He will not find you.
18:29The accounts are wiped.
18:30The cameras are covered.
18:32You are a ghost now.
18:33I handled the airport.
18:37We are here.
18:38Cargo gate C7.
18:40Someone will meet you.
18:41Direct flight to Paris.
18:43There is some cash inside.
18:45When you land,
18:45call this number.
18:50Chloe,
18:51forgive me for being reckless,
18:52but I cannot fight this anymore.
18:54Will you marry me?
18:55Will you be my wife?
18:56I am just an ordinary girl.
18:59How could I ever be worthy of...
19:00Do not ever say that about yourself.
19:01To me,
19:01you are the most beautiful,
19:03purest woman in the world.
19:04You deserve everything.
19:05It is just a nightgown.
19:07Did you really have to come home
19:08and turn the whole place
19:09into a war zone?
19:12Chloe,
19:13are you done?
19:14Lately,
19:15you have been acting
19:15like a complete lunatic.
19:17Can you please grow up?
19:20It is over.
19:26Stop thinking about it,
19:27Alistair.
19:29Chloe needs time
19:30to calm down.
19:32Get out.
19:33What?
19:34I said get out.
19:36Take off Chloe's nightgown.
19:38Do not touch Chloe's things again.
19:39It is just a nightgown.
19:42Why are you treating Victoria
19:43like this because of Chloe?
19:44We are the ones who...
19:45We are nothing.
19:46The woman Alistair loves is Chloe.
19:48It was always Chloe.
19:49It still is.
19:50But Chloe left.
19:52Chloe does not give a damn
19:53about Alistair.
19:54I do.
19:55Listen carefully,
19:56Victoria.
19:57I helped you
19:57because of your father,
19:58because of those
19:59damn business ties.
20:00But you have always known
20:01where my heart is.
20:02Stop doing this.
20:03I have done so much for you.
20:05Enough.
20:06You are tired.
20:07Go rest.
20:12Three days.
20:14Sorry.
20:15The number you have dialed
20:16is no longer in service.
20:24Where the hell did you go?
20:26What is that?
20:31She actually burned it.
20:33It is just a piece of paper.
20:35Burning it proves she cares.
20:37Cares about what?
20:38You.
20:38It is a little girl's stunt.
20:40The most dramatic way
20:41she could think of
20:41to get your attention.
20:42She thought if she burned
20:43the agreement,
20:43you would chase after her
20:44and prove you cannot
20:45live without her.
20:46She used a fake ID.
20:48Emptied the accounts.
20:49So what?
20:50Every dime she has
20:51eventually leads back
20:51to the Sterling Family Trust.
20:53Where can she go without you?
20:54Sleep on the street?
20:54What is she right now?
20:55A suspect out on bail?
20:57The FBI case
20:58is still hanging over her.
20:59Besides you,
21:00who would dare take her in?
21:01The outside world
21:02is a hundred times scarier
21:03for her than this apartment.
21:04Give her time to act out.
21:06Once she has suffered enough,
21:07she will remember
21:08where she belongs.
21:09Then she will come back
21:10on her own,
21:11sweeter than ever.
21:12What if she does not come back?
21:14Then she never deserved
21:15to be Mrs. Sterling.
21:16A doll too stupid
21:17to understand her own position
21:18is not worth keeping,
21:19is she?
21:20Clean this up.
21:21Of course.
21:22Fly away, little bird.
21:24Let us see how long you last.
21:30Were the new spring pieces
21:31sent to the wardrobe?
21:33Yes, sir.
21:33Everything was delivered
21:34to the estate
21:35yesterday afternoon.
21:36As instructed,
21:37the sizes and styles
21:38followed the previous records exactly.
21:41Some of the brands
21:42Chloe liked
21:42changed creative directors
21:43this season.
21:44I reviewed the new collections.
21:45There are a few dresses
21:46Chloe would like.
21:46Yes, sir.
21:47Every year you personally
21:48review the seasonal catalogs
21:49and reserve pieces
21:50for Mrs. Sterling
21:51for Mrs. Chloe.
21:52You have done that
21:53for three years.
21:54Chloe did not take
21:55a single thing
21:56when Chloe left.
21:57Perhaps,
21:58Mrs. Chloe knows
21:59you have been waiting
21:59for Chloe to come back.
22:01Waiting for Chloe
22:02to come back?
22:03No.
22:03I am just confirming
22:05whether Chloe really
22:06has the nerve
22:06to stay gone forever.
22:08Sir,
22:09the emergency meeting
22:10is in two hours.
22:11They insist you attend.
22:12It is about
22:13the Asia market acquisition.
22:15Tell them I...
22:18that silhouette
22:19looks so familiar.
22:21Is that you, Chloe?
22:29Find out.
22:30Now.
22:31Sir, confirmed.
22:32It is Miss Chloe Sterling.
22:34She is performing
22:35under the stage name
22:36Claire Moray now.
22:37She is the orchestra's
22:37newly signed principal cellist.
22:39Her debut is next Friday
22:40at the Music Vi...
22:41three years.
22:43I had her wardrobe
22:44at the estate
22:45refreshed every season.
22:46Those dresses,
22:46she never touched
22:47a single one.
22:48Yes, sir.
22:49You have been
22:50waiting for her
22:51to come back.
22:52Claire Moray,
22:53you hid well.
22:58Cancel the board meeting
23:00or let them talk
23:00to an empty chair.
23:02Right now,
23:02contact the airport.
23:04I want the next
23:04direct flight to Vienna.
23:05But, sir,
23:06the board...
23:08Do it.
23:30Sir, rehearsal is closed.
23:32No outsiders.
23:33Move.
23:34I am here for
23:35Chloe Sterling.
23:36There is no
23:36Chloe Sterling here.
23:38The woman on Taze
23:39is Claire Moray,
23:40guest cello soloist
23:41for the...
23:43festival.
23:55She never smiled
23:56like that.
24:03See that?
24:04She is doing well now.
24:05She does not need
24:06anyone disturbing her.
24:08Especially you.
24:09Who the hell are you?
24:10Her manager
24:11and her friend.
24:12Leave before rehearsal ends
24:13or I call security.
24:32Chloe.
24:34We need to talk.
24:36Now.
24:36Sorry.
24:37Give me one minute
24:38to deal with old business.
24:42Have you been with him
24:43this whole three years?
24:43What does that have
24:44to do with you,
24:45Mr. Sterling?
24:47Listen to me.
24:48Back then...
24:49I do not want
24:50to hear it.
24:51I swear,
24:52I did not know
24:52it would...
24:53If I had known
24:53you were pregnant,
24:54I never would have...
24:55You knew.
24:55And you still chose
24:56what mattered more to you,
24:57your empire,
24:58your Victoria.
24:59Now that the show
25:00is over,
25:00leave.
25:01Sir,
25:02Claire needs to
25:03continue rehearse.
25:04Your disruption
25:04is not welcome here.
25:07She will not even
25:08bother to hear you.
25:26Tonight's piece
25:27is called
25:27Ashes.
25:32Coria already said
25:33she didn't mean it.
25:34Is it really worth
25:34making such a scene
25:35over nothing?
25:36I wrote every single
25:37note of this myself.
25:38This is two years
25:39of my hard work.
25:40Allison,
25:41you know that
25:41better than anyone.
25:42Hard work?
25:44Chloe,
25:45what are you really
25:45afraid of losing?
25:46This score
25:47or the status
25:48of the build
25:48using it as a prop?
25:50This is the piece
25:50she wrote back then.
26:08I need to speak
26:09with you.
26:12Chloe.
26:12I thought you'd
26:13never ask.
26:14That last bar
26:14was brilliant.
26:16Only because your
26:17theme gave me
26:17something to work.
26:1830% of sterling
26:19group equity
26:19transferred to you
26:20unconditionally,
26:21sign it
26:21and it is yours.
26:2330%
26:23that is astronomical.
26:25Mr. Sterling
26:25is generous.
26:26The dividends
26:27alone must be
26:28tens of millions.
26:29Music.
26:30To rebirth.
26:35See that?
26:36He just got
26:37shut down hard.
26:3830% of sterling.
26:38Too bad she does
26:39not give a damn.
26:43You will not
26:44even look at it.
26:52You do not have to
26:53accept it.
26:54Just come home
26:55with me.
26:55Let go.
26:56I waited for you
26:57for three years.
26:58Every single day
26:58I thought about you.
26:59The confession,
27:00Victoria,
27:01everything.
27:01I finally understand
27:02it all.
27:03And?
27:03The baby.
27:04Our baby.
27:05I never even got
27:06the chance to make
27:07it right.
27:07Alistair Sterling,
27:08is this your
27:09repentance act?
27:10Who is the audience?
27:11These guests or
27:12yourself?
27:13It is not an act.
27:14I am begging you,
27:15Chloe, come home.
27:16Everything I have
27:17is yours.
27:18Sterling group,
27:18my life,
27:19take all of it.
27:20Home?
27:20Did that place
27:21not become yours
27:22and Victoria's
27:22love nest a long
27:23time ago?
27:24Did she slept
27:25in the bed I slept
27:25in?
27:26Did you whisper
27:27the same sweet lies
27:28to her that you
27:28whispered to me?
27:29Never.
27:30I never let her
27:31into the master
27:31bedroom.
27:32If you think
27:33the place is dirty,
27:33we can burn it
27:34down and rebuild it.
27:36Rebuild what?
27:38Ashes are ashes,
27:39just like our rings
27:39in that agreement.
27:40Burned.
27:41Gone.
27:42Never coming back.
27:43Then what about me?
27:44These three years
27:44I have been walking
27:45around like a corpse.
27:46What the hell
27:47am I supposed to do?
27:49You?
27:50Go back to Wall Street,
27:51hold your equity papers
27:52tight,
27:52take Victoria with you
27:53and grow old together.
28:07Do not go.
28:09Please.
28:10Let go.
28:10I was wrong.
28:12Everything.
28:13It started with
28:14Victoria's goddamn
28:14car accident
28:15and I was wrong
28:16from that moment.
28:17I forged the confession
28:18and used the agreement
28:19to force you to sign,
28:20not because I believed
28:21that bullshit.
28:22I did it because
28:23I was scared.
28:24Scared of what?
28:25Scared you would see
28:26how rotten I was.
28:27Scared you would realize
28:28I was framing my own
28:29wife to save
28:29another woman's freedom.
28:31Scared you would look
28:31down on me,
28:32scared you would leave,
28:33so I pushed you
28:33off the cliff first.
28:34Thought that would
28:35bind you to me.
28:36Guilt,
28:36the baby,
28:37the debt you owed me,
28:38but I destroyed
28:39everything with
28:40my own hands.
28:41The baby,
28:42our baby.
28:43Are you done?
28:44We should go say
28:45goodbye to the conductor.
28:57I am honored
28:58by your invitation.
29:01Miss Sterling,
29:02congratulations on
29:03the huge success
29:03of your European tour.
29:05Many fans are curious,
29:06how did you create
29:06a piece as moving
29:07as ashes?
29:09I think it came
29:10from the people
29:11who helped me
29:12and from things
29:13I had no choice
29:14but to survive.
29:15What experiences?
29:16There was a time
29:17in my life
29:18when I was very
29:18closed off.
29:20On paper,
29:21I had a home.
29:22In reality,
29:23I was more like
29:24a carefully kept
29:25possession.
29:25You mean
29:27your marriage?
29:28Yes,
29:29a marriage built
29:30on enormous
29:31equality and lies.
29:32I was too young
29:33then,
29:34naive enough
29:34to believe talent
29:35and love
29:35could bridge anything.
29:36then I was
29:37betrayed
29:37and I lost
29:38my child.
29:40That is
29:42heartbreaking.
29:43I was lucky.
29:44After I escaped,
29:45I met people
29:46in Europe
29:46who truly respected
29:47art and human dignity.
29:49They gave me shelter
29:50and a stage
29:51and allowed me
29:52to live purely
29:52for music.
29:53So you see
29:54that unhappy marriage
29:55as the catalyst
29:55for your artistic
29:56transformation?
29:57It is part of my life
29:58that cannot be erased.
30:00I do not thank
30:01that experience,
30:01but I thank the woman
30:03who crawled out
30:03of the rubbles.
30:04As for the other
30:05person in that marriage,
30:10my past
30:11and that name
30:12with it
30:12is over.
30:13Like a fire
30:14that burned itself out,
30:15only ashes remain.
30:16I will not
30:17and I do not want
30:18to have even
30:19the slightest connection
30:20with anyone
30:21from that past again.
30:22My life
30:23and my music
30:23are moving forward.
30:24I will not
30:25and I do not want
30:27to have even
30:28the slightest connection
30:29with anyone
30:30from that past again.
30:33Promise me
30:34we will not be apart
30:35for a hundred years.
30:36Not a hundred years.
30:38Forever, Chloe.
30:40Not even
30:41the slightest connection.
30:43Did we not promise
30:45each other
30:45we were supposed
30:46to be together
30:47forever?
30:48Forever.
30:52Thank you for driving
30:53me home, Julian.
30:54And thank you
30:54for tonight's performance.
30:56The honor was mine.
30:57Get some rest.
30:59Move.
31:00Chloe, please.
31:01Just five minutes.
31:02No, one minute.
31:03Let me say one thing.
31:05One moment.
31:06I was wrong.
31:07I know I was wrong.
31:08I do not want
31:09anything anymore.
31:10I will give you everything.
31:11Please look at me.
31:12Just look at me.
31:13Alistair,
31:14you are blocking my way.
31:15I said move.
31:17What?
31:17Chloe, I...
31:18I said move.
31:30Brody Cook,
31:31we need to talk.
31:32Name your price.
31:34Leave Chloe.
31:35Whatever resources,
31:36connections,
31:37channels you have,
31:38Sterling Group
31:38will double them.
31:39Alistair,
31:40you still think
31:41money fixes everything?
31:42She is not safe
31:43in her current situation.
31:45With me,
31:46she would have
31:46the best protection.
31:47Protection?
31:49Was it not you
31:49who left her bleeding
31:50and cost her the baby
31:51three years ago?
31:52Then what does she need?
31:53That Vanderbilt?
31:54What can you give her?
31:55Peace?
31:56Respect?
31:57A place where she does
31:58not have to wonder
31:59if the man beside her
32:00will send her to prison.
32:01Save it, Mr. Staling.
32:02Your price cannot buy
32:04my conscience
32:04and it sure as hell
32:05cannot buy back
32:05her three years.
32:08He came to see me.
32:10Offered a blank check
32:11if I would leave you.
32:11Oh.
32:12I blocked every way
32:13he can contact me
32:14but you need to be careful.
32:15I'm afraid his next move
32:16will be even more unhinged.
32:18Three years ago,
32:18he used the law as a chain,
32:20our child as Albridge,
32:21and my life to buy
32:22another woman's freedom.
32:23What else can he possibly do?
32:24Your reputation,
32:25your performance,
32:25everything you have in Europe.
32:26I have already lost
32:27the most precious thing I had.
32:28There is nothing left
32:29in this game.
32:38Happy anniversary,
32:39my wife.
32:47Claire,
32:49you look pale.
32:50I am fine.
32:51I did not sleep well last night.
32:53Do you need to postpone
32:53this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal?
32:55What date is it?
32:57October 19th.
32:58Of course.
32:59Five years ago today,
33:01we were officially married.
33:02Why would Alistair send me this now?
33:04What the hell is he trying to do?
33:07Julian,
33:07if someone used a day
33:08you never wanted to remember
33:09to remind you how stupid
33:11you used to be,
33:12what would you do?
33:13I would tell myself
33:13that day is dead.
33:14Today is what survived.
33:16He is such a fool.
33:17He really thinks
33:18this random photo
33:18and blessing
33:19can patch over my scars.
33:21You still care about him,
33:21do you not?
33:27I just think
33:28he is stupid
33:29and I feel sorry
33:29for the person
33:30I used to be.
33:31It is over now.
33:33There is nothing
33:33to care about.
33:38Oh my God,
33:39those are blue
33:40phantom roses.
33:41They must have been
33:42flown in.
33:44The card is gorgeous.
33:46My other half
33:47of my soul.
33:48Who brought these in?
33:49Did I not say
33:50every gift goes
33:51through me first?
33:51The florist brought them
33:52straight to the backstage door.
33:53They said they were
33:54specifically for Claire.
34:00They are beautiful.
34:01I bet they are
34:02even prettier in real life.
34:03But I heard
34:04they are almost impossible
34:05to grow
34:05and they bloom
34:05for only a moment.
34:06I guess they were
34:07never meant for me.
34:08Nothing is impossible
34:08to disturb us.
34:09Not if you want it.
34:10Forget it.
34:11Some things
34:11are just not meant to be.
34:13Chloe!
34:14Chloe?
34:15Are you okay?
34:17Give it to me.
34:18Leave the flowers.
34:20Put them here.
34:20They are pretty.
34:33Chloe, are you sure
34:34you're okay?
34:35It's just a flower, Brody.
34:36I'm fine.
34:37Just drop it,
34:38will you?
34:40Chloe,
34:41you are the other
34:42half of my soul.
34:43The missing part of me.
34:45Only you can make me whole.
34:47In that moment,
34:48I thought I had caught
34:49every star in the sky.
34:50The other half of my soul.
34:58Not mine.
34:59Never meant to be mine.
35:05Chloe!
35:10Tell me,
35:11what happened?
35:12In that cafe in New York,
35:14before he kissed me
35:15for the first time,
35:16that is exactly
35:16what he said.
35:17My other half of my soul.
35:19I am getting you time off.
35:21Go home and really...
35:22No, I'm in fine.
35:23You're sure?
35:24I am sure.
35:25The harder he tries
35:26to nail me to the past,
35:27the more I will make him see
35:28those memories
35:28cannot hurt me anymore.
35:30I will not drown in the past.
35:31Never.
35:34Mr. Sterling,
35:35these are the records
35:36you requested.
35:36How bad was she
35:37when she was brought in?
35:38All of them.
35:39Extremely bad.
35:39The patient was already
35:40showing early signs
35:41of hemorrhagic shock.
35:42We recommended
35:42immediate surgery.
35:43It was the only way
35:43to try to save
35:44both mother and child.
35:45Why did you not insist?
35:47You signed a form.
35:48You said as long as
35:48she could talk in authority
35:49to overturn the family's
35:50explicit instructions.
35:51If you had done
35:51the surgery with a baby,
35:52there would at least
35:53have been a chance,
35:54but after you refused,
35:54that child could not be saved.
35:56We later found the patient
35:57had already been delayed
35:57at home for at least
35:58more than 40 minutes
35:59before she arrived.
36:00After arrival,
36:01waiting for your signature
36:02across the best
36:03intervention window.
36:04Delayed how long?
36:06Nearly two hours.
36:07The records show
36:08the hemorrhage
36:08became fully controllable
36:09after midnight.
36:10We later assessed
36:11that if she had arrived
36:12half an hour later
36:13or if the bleeding
36:13had been slightly worse,
36:14we might not have
36:15saved the mother either.
36:17You're that child.
36:18It was me.
36:19It was all me.
36:22I killed Chloe's
36:23and my baby
36:24with my own hands,
36:26all for Victoria.
36:31At 10.17 p.m.,
36:32she started bleeding.
36:33At 10.20,
36:34I took out the document.
36:35I made her sign.
36:37Her hands were shaking.
36:38She could not write.
36:40Blood soaked the paper.
36:42At 10.50,
36:43she finished signing.
36:44I called.
36:46Then I waited.
36:4847 minutes.
36:49After I hung up,
36:50I did not call again.
36:57Alistair,
36:58I'm pregnant.
36:59It's your name.
37:00Please take me to the hospital.
37:02Now is not the time for this.
37:04I'm begging you.
37:06Please.
37:08Sign this
37:09and I'll arrange
37:10for the hospital immediately.
37:13You still want me to sign?
37:15The accident for this
37:16is all a rope.
37:17Victoria did not go to prison.
37:19Take the fall first
37:20and I'll cover everything.
37:21The bail,
37:22the lawyers,
37:22the hospital.
37:23If you don't sign,
37:24no one is coming for you tonight
37:26and the hospital
37:27won't prioritize you.
37:28The doctor said surgery.
37:30I said no.
37:33Too risky.
37:37Cancel the surgery?
37:38You're going to kill
37:39our own flesh and blood
37:40just for Victoria?
37:41As long as you take
37:42the fall for the accident,
37:44we can have other children.
37:46But Victoria's reputation
37:48is vital to her.
37:49She cannot have
37:50a criminal record.
37:52I chose it.
37:53No ambulance,
37:54no surgery.
37:56She had to sign first.
38:03Even the fall
38:04that sent her to the hospital,
38:07that was because of me too.
38:09Chloe,
38:09don't push me.
38:10Once you leave your print,
38:11this all ends tonight.
38:17Let go!
38:18You're hurting me!
38:24Every step
38:26was me.
38:26It was her.
38:27She was driving.
38:29She killed that person.
38:31She begged me to save her.
38:33Yes,
38:34it was her.
38:34She drove a wedge between us.
38:36She nailed in front of me
38:36saying her career,
38:37her name,
38:38her future were over.
38:39She cried that only Chloe
38:39could save her.
38:40I'm saying you should
38:41know your place.
38:42So what if you're his wife?
38:43You live in his house,
38:45enter his office.
38:46I sit on his sofa,
38:47and he pours my drinks himself.
38:52Exactly.
38:53If it were not for Victoria,
38:54why would Chloe
38:55have been pushed that far?
38:56Why would I have forced Chloe?
38:57Why would I have lost our baby?
38:59That is right.
38:59It was all because of her.
39:01I need to find her.
39:02Now!
39:08Mr. Sterling was so easy to fool.
39:10One perfectly staged elevator malfunction,
39:13one perfectly timed twisted ankle,
39:14and he believed I was his destined soulmate.
39:17That old money type is arrogant
39:18and naive to the bone.
39:20I played the independent self-made woman
39:21for him all these years
39:22for exactly this.
39:24Sooner or later,
39:24every Sterling group asset
39:25will carry the Thorn name.
39:28As for the baby,
39:29losing that common girl's child
39:30was good for me.
39:31an heir with ordinary blood
39:33would only dilute
39:33the Sterling fortune.
39:38Alistair?
39:39What are you doing here?
39:41You have been playing me
39:42this whole time.
39:44No!
39:45I love you.
39:45Everything you did was for us.
39:47That Chloe never deserved you.
39:49She only dragged you...
39:50You.
39:51You built our beginning on lies.
39:54You schemed to tear Chloe and me apart.
39:56You...
39:57You killed my child!
39:59You drove her away!
40:00This is all your fault!
40:02There has to be a misunderstanding.
40:04I can explain...
40:05Save your explanation for the Feds.
40:08You are turning me over to the Bureau?
40:20For three years,
40:22you used my trust to move assets,
40:25forge documents,
40:26and frame Chloe.
40:29Any one of those
40:30could put you in federal prison
40:31for decades.
40:34Alistair,
40:35what are you talking about?
40:39The Bureau's preliminary evidence list?
40:41Your lawyer will receive
40:42official notice tomorrow.
40:44No!
40:45Alistair,
40:46you cannot do this to me!
40:47I love you!
40:48Everything I did was for you!
40:50We can explain!
40:51We can...
40:51Explain?
40:52To whom?
40:53To the child you helped kill?
40:55The baby!
40:56The baby was an accident!
40:59Chloe's body was weak!
41:00An accident?
41:02That night,
41:03you told me that once Chloe signed,
41:05everything would be fine.
41:06You said,
41:07there was still time.
41:09And you believed whatever I said?
41:11Alistair,
41:12you were the one
41:12who did not want to call that ambulance.
41:14You were afraid she would back out,
41:16afraid she would run,
41:18afraid your perfect scapegoat
41:19would disappear.
41:21You pushed me to delay.
41:24You handed her the papers.
41:27You set the terms.
41:28You forced her to sign.
41:30You just do not want to admit
41:31that from start to finish,
41:32the person who most wanted her
41:33to take the fall was you.
41:35Me?
41:36I only said the filthy little thought
41:38already sitting in your head.
41:40Alistair,
41:41the person who killed your child
41:42was not me.
41:43It was you.
41:48Do you know what happened?
41:50That night,
41:51I came to you crying
41:52because I was scared.
41:54Alistair,
41:55help me!
41:56I hit someone!
41:57That person,
41:58that person is not moving!
42:00I did not mean to.
42:02The road was too dark.
42:04Who was the victim?
42:05Any witnesses?
42:06I do not know.
42:08Maybe a homeless man?
42:09I think,
42:09I do not think anyone saw.
42:11Victoria,
42:11you know what that means.
42:13Vehicular manslaughter,
42:15federal felony,
42:16your career,
42:17your reputation,
42:18everything is over.
42:19Please.
42:20I know you have a way.
42:22You know so many people.
42:26Are you sure you left no evidence
42:27that can be traced back to you?
42:29I am sure.
42:30I already got rid of the car,
42:31and there are no cameras on that road.
42:33You need a scapegoat.
42:35Someone important enough,
42:37and controllable enough.
42:40What?
42:42Chloe.
42:43No.
42:44That is not how it happened.
42:46Remember now?
42:47You said it yourself.
42:49We need a scapegoat.
42:51Someone important enough,
42:52and controllable enough.
42:54Then you said her name.
42:57So do not put all of this on me, Alistair.
43:00You sent your wife to hell
43:02with your own hands.
43:17I can carry it myself.
43:19It is windy today.
43:24Coffee after rehearsal?
43:25That new place you wanted to try
43:26with the chest?
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