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She Was Never Just a Mistress - Full Episode
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00:00That was the day my husband told me he was marrying someone else, and I was pregnant.
00:04Look, Isabella, I love you, okay? You know that.
00:06But I have to marry Olivia. I don't have a choice.
00:08My wedding has to be perfect, so I have to erase every trace of us.
00:12Every. Single. One.
00:14I stare at Alexander. I'm in shock.
00:16He lifts a hand.
00:17The bodyguard behind him flicks a lighter and heads straight for the apartment.
00:20In a heartbeat, the flames swallow everything.
00:22I'm wiping down the counter when Alexander Loras walks in.
00:26I look up, rags still in my hand.
00:28I'm marrying Olivia Silverwood in three days.
00:31I'm Alexander Loras, heir to the Loras group.
00:33Her and me, we run in the same circles. It's already a done deal.
00:36I freeze. The rag hits the floor.
00:43I'll buy you a house outside the city. You and the baby will want for nothing.
00:49So, I'm just gonna be your dirty little secret? Forever?
00:53She's chill.
00:54As long as you don't make a scene in front of her, I can give you and the baby everything.
00:57Everything. Except the title.
00:59Three years together. And all of it means nothing to him.
01:03What if I told you I can be your equal too?
01:10Isabella, I know I screwed up.
01:12Hiding who I am, moving on to someone else.
01:15But it is what it is.
01:16In this whole city, the Silverfields are the only family on my level.
01:19We've played house in this tiny apartment for three years.
01:22I know exactly who you are. You don't have some powerful family.
01:25I look around this tiny apartment. The walls we painted together.
01:29The furniture we picked out. The daisies he planted for me on the balcony.
01:32I can't make myself believe this.
01:34Alexander, I'm having your baby.
01:37Can't we just go back to how it was? Please, don't marry her. Please.
01:41If he just says yes, I'll pretend none of this ever happened.
01:45He presses his lips together.
01:48I already hooked up with her. Okay? I have to make this right.
01:51And what about me? You don't think you owe me and your baby the same?
01:54Alexander wipes my tears.
01:56The pain in his eyes looks so real.
01:59Baby, I'm just taking a new wife.
02:01I am not leaving you.
02:04There's a three-story house on Long Island. I already bought it.
02:07You love flowers, right?
02:08I'll have roses planted all over the yard.
02:10Whatever you want, I'll do it. Trust me.
02:13You want me stuck in some house?
02:15Being your dirty little secret?
02:17No.
02:17I'm not letting me and my kid live in the shadows.
02:20Not anymore.
02:22I've never treated you like a mistress.
02:24Long as you don't make a scene in front of Olivia,
02:26you'll still be my woman there. Okay?
02:28He still hasn't said wife.
02:30Not once.
02:31To him, I'm only ever the mistress.
02:33No.
02:34I'm not going anywhere.
02:35I'm staying here.
02:37Then, a sharp pain at the back of my neck.
02:39I black out.
02:40When I wake up, I'm locked inside that Long Island villa.
02:46The Lawrences actually called the Andersons for Olivia's ring.
02:50Pulled strings to get that heirloom designer.
02:53The Silver Sids are old money, too.
02:55They deserve that kind of treatment.
02:57I remember all the sweet things Alexander once said.
03:00My woman deserves nothing but the best.
03:02I mean, even those Andersons jewels.
03:04And now, that ring is on Olivia's finger.
03:08Funny thing.
03:09Nobody knows this, but that ring's designer?
03:12He's been designing for me since I was little.
03:14I'm Isabella Anderson.
03:15The only heir to one of the biggest business empires in North America.
03:20Three years ago, I had a massive fight with my father and ran away from home.
03:24I wanted to prove I could survive on my own.
03:27No family, no nothing.
03:29I ditched my bodyguards and landed a job at a convenience store in some forgotten corner of the city.
03:35That's where I met Alexander.
03:37He pushed the door open that day.
03:39Suit soaked from the rain.
03:41Got any umbrellas?
03:43Aisle three.
03:44He grabbed one, came to the register.
03:47Glanced down at my name tag.
03:49Isabella? You knew?
03:51Yeah.
03:52He slid the change back towards me.
03:55Keep it.
03:56I'm Alexander.
03:57I'm a lawyer.
03:59And then he smiled, eyes crinkling at the corners, and I fell.
04:03Hard.
04:04He told me later he never even needed an umbrella.
04:07His car was parked right across the street.
04:10He just saw a girl with a ponytail through the window, and something pulled him inside.
04:14On our hundredth day together, he took me to that old church on the corner.
04:18No flowers, no guests, just a silver-haired priest and two silver rings.
04:25I can't give you a mansion or a fancy car, but every morning, I'll make the coffee.
04:31Every week, I'll push the cart at the grocery store.
04:35Isabella, will you marry me?
04:38I held out my hand.
04:41After everything thing we've been through, I decide to give him one last chance.
04:47Alexander, can you just not marry her?
04:50Not marry her?
04:52And marry you instead?
04:54You really gonna make me say the ugly part out loud?
04:58She's Olivia Silverwood.
04:59And you?
05:00A cashier at a convenience store.
05:02How exactly would you be fit to be Mrs. Loris?
05:06All the blood drains from my face, but I can't let it go.
05:09So three years together?
05:10That means nothing if I don't have the right status?
05:13In our cycle, status is everything.
05:15He pauses.
05:16Then that guilt-stricken look slides back across his face.
05:18Olivia, she might be pregnant.
05:21I blank.
05:22When did that happen?
05:23My voice is shaking.
05:25Alexander can't even look at me.
05:27Your birthday.
05:29My birthday.
05:31Alexander just vanished.
05:33I searched for him the whole damn night, every floor of the apartment building, everywhere.
05:39He didn't show up until the next day, looking wrecked, telling me he got lost trying to find me the
05:45perfect gift.
05:45Then, like he was unveiling some grand gesture, he pulled a Tiffany necklace from behind his back.
05:51I'd been up all night, but seeing how much effort he'd put in, I couldn't be mad.
05:55I just tucked the necklace away.
05:58And now he's telling me, that whole time, my birthday, he was with Olivia.
06:03A sick feeling twists in my stomach.
06:06The villa on Long Island.
06:07Fences everywhere.
06:09The only way I can see the outside world is from that second floor window.
06:12At dusk, Alexander comes in carrying a whole box of my favorite tiramisu.
06:16He sits across from me.
06:17Eat something.
06:18The baby's hungry.
06:21So I pick up the spoon.
06:23Tiny bites.
06:24Just a few bites in, a sharp pain starts spreading through my lower belly.
06:28I curl up on the couch.
06:30Cold sweat soaks through my clothes.
06:33Alexander, my belly.
06:35It really hurts.
06:36He glances at me.
06:37There's pity in his eyes, sure.
06:38But mostly, just resignation.
06:40Isabella, just, it'll pass.
06:42Get a doctor.
06:42I'm gripping the cushion so hard my knuckles are white.
06:44Please, please, call a doctor.
06:46He shakes his head.
06:47Isabella, the drug's already working.
06:49Just give up.
06:50After Olivia has her baby, we can try again.
06:52Alexander, listen to me.
06:54I have a name.
06:56Okay?
06:57I'm not nobody.
06:58Please, just get a doctor.
07:03You're disappointing me big time.
07:05If you're gonna lie, at least make it believable.
07:08A miscarriage won't kill you.
07:09You made your bed.
07:10I watch him walk away.
07:12The very last flicker of hope inside me just died.
07:15I collapse onto the couch, my mind going dark.
07:17And right when I think I'm gonna die in this place, nobody even knows why.
07:21The door smashes.
07:22Then someone's right next to me, calling out, panicked.
07:24Miss, miss, we're here.
07:25My father's personal assistant.
07:29The chairman, get the hospital on the line.
07:30Have the best OB team standing by right now.
07:33As they rush me into a black SUV, I barely make out her voice on the phone.
07:36Sir, we found her.
07:38They gave her something to end the pregnancy.
07:40The baby might not make it.
07:41After that, I don't remember a thing.
07:48Dad.
07:50Don't talk.
07:52The baby's still here.
07:55What?
07:56The baby's still here.
07:57The doctors fought for six straight hours.
08:00The baby made it.
08:02But your body's been through a lot.
08:05Next few months, bed rest.
08:06Total bed rest.
08:07You can't move.
08:08Not one step out.
08:09That man and the Loris family.
08:11I'm gonna make them pay.
08:13No, Dad.
08:14Don't tip them off.
08:16I want them to walk into hell on their own.
08:18And I want them to watch in front of everyone while they lose everything they threw away.
08:23The wedding day.
08:24Loris state.
08:25Red carpet stretching out.
08:26The whole place buzzing.
08:28The Anderson heiress is here.
08:32Silence.
08:33The crowd goes dead quiet.
08:35Olivia's bouquet trembles.
08:37A faint smile flickers at the corner of her mouth.
08:39She never actually thought the Andersons would show up.
08:42The Anderson heiress?
08:43The Loraises actually got the Anderson family to come?
08:46They say she never attends any social events.
08:48Nobody's ever even seen her face.
08:49She's a complete mystery.
08:50The murmurs haven't died down when a black stretch limo pulls up at the entrance.
08:54The door opens.
08:56Custom heels hit the red carpet.
08:58I'm wearing the Anderson family's signature gown.
09:00The crest embroidered right over my chest.
09:02On my head, the diamond tiara.
09:04The one the heirloom designer made.
09:06The one everyone talks about.
09:08Flanked by bodyguards and my assistant,
09:09I walk slowly into the Loris mansion.
09:11The ring box slips from Alexander's hands.
09:14Hits the floor with a sharp crack.
09:16Is Isabella?
09:18I stop in the middle of the red carpet.
09:20You could hear a pin drop.
09:22Olivia rips off her veil.
09:23A cold laugh.
09:25The Anderson heiress?
09:26You?
09:27She looks me up and down, mouth twisting into a sneer.
09:30I've been in New York society for three years.
09:32I've never once laid eyes on you.
09:34Does anyone here actually buy this?
09:36Enough.
09:38Miss Silverwood, do you recognize this?
09:42She raises her hand.
09:44An antique signet ring.
09:46Every classified letter, every billion dollar contract the Anderson family sends,
09:50sealed with the wax stamp of this exact ring.
09:53Olivia's smirk freezes solid.
09:54This is Isabella Anderson, the sole heir to the Anderson family.
09:59Emily finishes, then her gaze drops to Olivia's hand.
10:02Oh, and that ring on your finger?
10:04It was made by our family's heirloom designer too.
10:07Yours?
10:07He was a little short on cash.
10:09Took a side job.
10:10That's all.
10:11Olivia's face goes from white to green, then green to gray.
10:15No.
10:15No way.
10:16She yanks the ring off her finger and hurls it at the ground.
10:18Diamonds scatter everywhere.
10:19You lied to me!
10:20Everyone lied to me!
10:22She jabs her finger at the noble lady's, heads bound, her voice sharp enough to cut glass.
10:26Lena!
10:26Hannah!
10:27Say something!
10:27Not a single person looks up.
10:29Olivia's knees buckle.
10:30She crumbles to the floor.
10:32I...
10:32I am Olivia Silverwood.
10:34I cannot lose to a cashier.
10:36I cannot...
10:37Dead silence.
10:37I walk slowly over to Alexander.
10:39He kneels on the red carpet, looking up at me, tears falling silently.
10:43Isabella, I didn't know.
10:45I swear, I didn't know.
10:46Didn't know what?
10:47My voice is perfectly calm.
10:48Didn't know I'm the Anderson air-ret?
10:50If I were still just that cashier at the convenience store, would you be down on your knees right now?
10:54I let the silence stretch.
10:55His mouth opens, shuts.
10:57Nothing comes out.
10:58I crouch down, right next to his face.
11:00Do you know what it felt like, lying on that operating table?
11:04Alexander's whole body starts shaking.
11:06The doctor said if they'd gotten there ten minutes later, I would have died.
11:11And our baby.
11:12I pause.
11:13Alexander's face drains completely.
11:15His body trembles violently now.
11:17She was already gone.
11:19Inside me.
11:21You killed her.
11:22I take a step back, my voice thick with disgust.
11:24Alexander Loris.
11:25You will never get her forgiveness.
11:27Not ever.
11:28The wedding can go on.
11:30I wish you both a lifetime of happiness.
11:34Isabella.
11:35Isabella, please.
11:37Three years.
11:38Three years together.
11:39Does that mean nothing to you?
11:41When you burned down our home, when you killed our baby, did it mean anything to you?
11:48I was wrong.
11:49I was so wrong.
11:51I shouldn't have married her for the family.
11:54I shouldn't have drugged you.
11:57Isabella, just give me one chance.
11:59I'll divorce her.
11:59I'll divorce her right now.
12:00We can start over, please.
12:05Alexander, get up.
12:07You're begging another woman in front of the entire New York elite?
12:11What exactly am I to you?
12:13There's nothing between me and her.
12:15You know that.
12:15It's just a family arrangement.
12:17The one I love has always been you, Isabella.
12:20Always.
12:22Alexander Loris.
12:23Say that one more time.
12:25I said I want a divorce!
12:28The wedding's off.
12:30I'll take responsibility for that baby in your stomach.
12:32I'll send money every month.
12:34But don't you dare try to trap me.
12:38Olivia stares at him, and then a smile slowly creeps across her lips.
12:43Alexander Loris, you are the biggest fool on this earth.
12:46Alexander sobs Chokoff.
12:48He looks up at her.
12:50Olivia wipes the laughter tears from her eyes.
12:52You actually thought this baby in my tummy was yours?
12:57Alexander freezes.
13:00What are you saying?
13:01Olivia glances down at her barely there bump, a mocking smirk on her face.
13:05This baby's my cousin's.
13:06We hooked up a few times.
13:08Didn't bother with protection.
13:10I was gonna get rid of it.
13:12But then I did some digging.
13:13And guess what?
13:15You're the eldest son of the Loris family.
13:17She tilts her head, looking at him still there on his knees.
13:21And you were so damn easy.
13:23I said the baby was yours.
13:24And you just believed it.
13:25Wedding all set up and everything.
13:27I figured I'd keep the secret forever.
13:30But today?
13:32Since you're about to throw me away for that woman,
13:35I see no reason to protect your pride anymore.
13:39Right?
13:40You.
13:41Pathetic.
13:43Chump.
13:43Alexander is completely frozen.
13:46His mouth opens and closes.
13:49No sound.
13:50And then his whole body starts shaking.
13:53Violently.
13:54Lie!
13:57You whore!
13:59You ruined me!
14:01You ruined everything!
14:05Olivia squeaks, clawing and trashing at him.
14:08The guests rush in and pull them apart.
14:11I turn and walk out of the estate.
14:14I don't look back.
14:16The next few months, I stay at our family's private hospital.
14:20My father locks down all information.
14:23The official story.
14:24I'm recovering in Europe.
14:26And Alexander?
14:26He's drowning in his own mess.
14:28Olivia was humiliated in public at the wedding.
14:31The Silverwood family was furious.
14:32The whole alliance between the two families turned into a complete circus.
14:35Every day, they tear each other apart, pointing fingers, the entire upper clard laughing at the spectacle.
14:41Seven months later, in the delivery room, I give birth to a baby girl.
14:45The nurse lays her in my arms.
14:47Her tiny hand wraps around my finger and won't let go.
14:51I name her Scarlet.
14:53Starlight.
14:54She's my Starlight.
14:56My father holds her.
14:57His big, rough hands cradle her tiny head so carefully.
15:00His eyes are all red.
15:02Just like you when you were little.
15:04Exactly the same.
15:06My brother stands beside him, reaching out awkwardly to touch her face, then pulling back, afraid he'll hurt her.
15:13My mother flies back from Italy, brings the best children's designer from Milan straight to our home.
15:19Box after box of tiny dresses fill the nurbury.
15:22That day, the whole Anderson estate overflows with joy.
15:27Nobody mentions Alexander.
15:29Nobody needs to.
15:30This baby, from beginning to end, is the Anderson family's most precious jewel.
15:36And nothing else matters.
15:38Whenever I'm bored, my best friend Sophie comes over.
15:41She shows up with a ton of snacks and gossip, flops onto the couch, and starts filling me in on
15:46everything going on out there.
15:48Alexander and Olivia?
15:49Divorce?
15:50Not happening.
15:51I flip a magazine page.
15:53I don't even look up.
15:54The Loricks and Silverwood families are locked in deep.
15:57Joint ventures, cross-shareholderships, billions in projects, all tangled up together.
16:01Divorce?
16:02No way in hell.
16:03Sophie takes a sip of her Coke.
16:04Pure shed and dagae in her voice.
16:06So now they're stuck in the same mansion.
16:08Separate bedrooms.
16:09I heard they don't even eat at the same table.
16:11The staff have to make two separate meals delivered to different rooms.
16:14Last week, at the family dinner, they went at each other in front of everyone.
16:22And there's more.
16:26Olivia's baby?
16:27You remember that whole thing?
16:29Alexander had been drinking.
16:31They got into another fight.
16:32And he shoved her.
16:33She fell down the stairs.
16:34My hand freezes.
16:36The baby's gone.
16:37Seven months.
16:38A boy.
16:39Didn't make it.
16:41Sophie lets out a sigh.
16:43I heard when Olivia came out of surgery, she was laughing and crying at the same time.
16:48Total breakdown.
16:49Like she's lost her mind.
16:51The entire New York elite is watching them crash and work.
16:55I set the magazine aside.
16:58I look down at Scarlett's tiny sleeping face and gently stroke her cheek.
17:04All right.
17:06No more about them.
17:07They're not worth it.
17:09Yes, yes.
17:10No more about them.
17:10Now, look what I brought for the little princess.
17:14A birth gift.
17:16After that, Alexander starts coming for me.
17:19First time, he shows up at the estate gates and stands there all night in the pouring rain.
17:24Emily comes in to tell me.
17:27I'm feeding Scarlett.
17:28Let him stand.
17:31Even if he drops dead out there, it's none of my business.
17:37Next morning, they carry him away.
17:39For three months after that, the same act plays out.
17:43Over and over.
17:44I never see him.
17:45Not once.
17:46Scarlett's growing every day.
17:49One afternoon, the weather's gorgeous.
17:51The nanny takes her out to the garden to get some sun.
17:54She spots a butterfly in the grass and just laughs.
17:57This perfect little giggle.
17:59I didn't know Alexander was here.
18:02He didn't come through the main gate.
18:03He climbed over a side fence into the garden.
18:06I hear something.
18:07When I look up, he's already standing at the entrance to the garden.
18:10Eyes locked on the tiny person in the grass.
18:12Scarlett happens to look up and gives him a big grin.
18:15Soft little cheeks.
18:17Big, bright eyes.
18:18She looks so much like him.
18:19Who is she?
18:21I don't answer.
18:23Isabella, who is she?
18:26You said the baby...
18:27You're mistaken.
18:29That's my brother's daughter.
18:30My niece.
18:31You're lying to me!
18:33She looks just like me!
18:35Look at her eyes!
18:37Alexander, you're seeing things.
18:39There is no child of yours here.
18:40Leave.
18:41Now.
18:42The nanny scoops up Scarlett and heads straight for the house.
18:46Alexander tries to go after her.
18:48Two bodyguards block him.
18:49He struggles against them.
18:51Eyes fixed on the direction Scarlett disappeared.
18:53That's my daughter, isn't it?
18:55Isn't it?
18:56I don't answer.
18:57I turn and walk inside.
19:00Three days later, Emily finds me.
19:02Alexander's lost his mind.
19:04He pulled some strings, got hold of Scarlett's birth certificate.
19:06He knows.
19:07He's on his way here right now.
19:09From downstairs, I can already hear it.
19:11Bodyguards trying to hold him back and Alexander shouting.
19:15Isabella!
19:16I know she's my daughter!
19:18Let me see her!
19:19And that's only the beginning.
19:21Every single day after that, he shows up.
19:24Some days he brings toys.
19:25Some days, little clothes.
19:27Other days, nothing at all.
19:29He just stands at the gate calling her name.
19:31We upgrade security again and again.
19:33He always finds a way.
19:35Leaks stories to the press.
19:37Bribes the staff to pass along messages.
19:40He even bursts into my father's office to beg.
19:42Let me see her.
19:44She's my daughter.
19:45I have rights.
19:46Lawyers' letters, one after another.
19:49It just keeps escalating.
19:51And somehow, word of it reaches Olivia.
19:54Emily bursts into the nursery.
19:56Olivia knows!
19:57My hand freezes.
20:00She just lost her child.
20:02She's not right.
20:03The staff says she locks herself in her room all day, talking to the air, going over that
20:07one ultrasound photo again and again.
20:09And now she knows your baby is alive.
20:12Isabella, something's very wrong with her.
20:14Before I can speak, a scream tears through the house from downstairs.
20:17I walk to the window.
20:18Olivia is standing outside the estates' iron gates.
20:21She's in her nightgown, hair a wild mess, clutching a pillow to her chest.
20:27I know you're in there.
20:29I know you have a daughter.
20:31My baby's dead.
20:33Why does yours get to live?
20:35Touch me!
20:36Why?
20:38Don't touch me!
20:40Don't you dare touch me!
20:41She stumbles backward, still clutching that pillow, then stops.
20:45Isabella Anderson, your daughter is going to join my son in the grave.
20:51Just you wait.
20:53And then she smiles, turns, and walks away.
20:57Emily stands behind me, her voice shaking.
20:59Isabella, you need to tell the family.
21:01This is not a game.
21:02That night, I call Alexander.
21:04Keep your people in line.
21:05Silence.
21:06Then, a few seconds later, she came to you.
21:09She stood at my gate and told me my daughter would join her son in the grave.
21:12Then one afternoon, the nanny is in the garden with Scarlet, playing.
21:18Six bodyguards spread around the perimeter.
21:21Everything normal.
21:22A delivery truck pulls up at the estate's back gate.
21:24The driver hands over a manifest.
21:25Baby supplies.
21:26Ordered by Mr. Anderson.
21:27Security checks the information.
21:28Cleared.
21:28The truck drives into the back courtyard.
21:30The driver gets out and starts unloading.
21:31Nobody notices the second person slipping out of the cargo hold.
21:34Within minutes, someone comes up behind the nanny in the garden and clamps a hand over her mouth.
21:38By the time the bodyguards realize something's wrong, Scarlet is gone.
21:42On the other end, the Nancy can barely get the words out through the sobs.
21:45The baby, she's gone.
21:47There's this buzzing in my head.
21:49Within minutes, every Anderson family asset is mobilized.
21:52My father's private security unit.
21:54The family surveillance network.
21:56Every connection that can be pulled, all of it, in motion.
22:00My brother calls from London.
22:01I'm already on a plane.
22:03My father says exactly one thing.
22:05Find her.
22:06I don't care what it costs.
22:07I don't care whose strings you have to pull.
22:09An hour later, Emily gets a lead.
22:11Olivia left the mansion she shares with Alexander this morning, destination unknown.
22:14And a remote property under the Silverwood name?
22:16Someone spotted a black SUV coming and going.
22:20Two hours later, our car pulls up up in front of that house.
22:24The door isn't locked.
22:26I push it open.
22:27From upstairs.
22:30Scarlet's crying.
22:32I run up the stairs.
22:33The second floor bedroom.
22:34Olivia is sitting on the edge of the bed, holding Scarlet in her arms.
22:37Scarlet is thrashing against her.
22:38Little face bright red.
22:39Tears everywhere.
22:40Olivia looks down at her.
22:41This soft smile on her lips.
22:43You came.
22:44Look how beautiful she is.
22:45My son, if he had lived, he would have been this beautiful too.
22:48Olivia, give Scarlet to me.
22:51Why?
22:52My baby is gone.
22:55Why does yours get to live?
22:58Give Scarlet to me.
22:59Don't come any closer!
23:03I stop dead.
23:05My heart feels like someone's squeezing it in their fist.
23:08Olivia, don't do anything from behind me, stupid.
23:09Think about what happens next.
23:11You hurt her?
23:11Not even the Silverwood family can save you.
23:14Olivia laughs.
23:15My son is dead.
23:17What consequences could I possibly be afraid of?
23:19I take a deep breath, force myself to stay calm.
23:22Olivia, put her down.
23:23Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.
23:25I don't want any.
23:25She looks down at Scarlet.
23:26Her voice suddenly goes soft, almost tender.
23:28I just want her to stay with me.
23:30My son's all alone.
23:32It's too lonely for him.
23:33The scissors go up.
23:34No!
23:35The door gets kicked open.
23:36Alexander bursts in.
23:37The second he sees the scissors in Olivia's hand, all the blood drains from his face.
23:41Olivia, put her down.
23:42You let her go, I'll give you anything.
23:43The divorce, the assets, whatever you want.
23:45Anything?
23:45Then can you give me back my baby?
23:47Alexander falters.
23:48Just for a split second.
23:50In that split second, Olivia raises the scissors.
23:53A gunshot.
23:54Outside the window.
23:55My father's sniper, already in position.
23:58Olivia takes the bullet in her wrist.
24:00The scissors hit the floor.
24:01She collapses.
24:02I lunge forward and scoop up Scarlet.
24:05She's trembling all over, her tiny hands clutching my collar, not letting go.
24:08It's okay, baby.
24:10Mommy's here.
24:11She buries her face against my chest.
24:12The crying slowly fades.
24:14I crouch there on the floor, holding her.
24:16And the tears finally break free.
24:18Alexander stands in the doorway, eyes red, trying to step forward.
24:21Stay away from them.
24:22Emily blocks him.
24:23He opens his mouth.
24:24Nothing comes out.
24:25From that day on, the Anderson family launches an all-out assault on the Silverhost.
24:28Their stocks get hammered.
24:30Business partners poached.
24:31Banks call in loans.
24:32Supply trains snap.
24:33Scarlet is three years old now.
24:37Mommy, I love you.
24:39I thought that nightmare was behind us.
24:41For good.
24:43Then the phone rings.
24:44Miss Anderson, your daughter's blood work shows her bone marrow is failing.
24:47Did you take any medication during your pregnancy?
24:48It's caused a congenital blood disorder.
24:50My hand holding the phone is just a shade.
24:51The drug Alexander gave me.
24:52Right now, the only a marrow transplant or a full blood exchange with a specific antibody serum.
24:56We need all immediate family members tested for a match.
24:59Immediately.
24:59Right now, the only options are a bone marrow transplant or a full blood exchange with a specific antibody serum.
25:03The doctor's voice is urgent.
25:04No match.
25:04I'm the first to get blood drugs on.
25:06No match.
25:06Immediately.
25:06My brother flies back.
25:07No match.
25:08The entire Anderson family.
25:09Not a single match.
25:10What about the biological father?
25:12The doctor asks.
25:13I don't answer.
25:15Scarlet's condition.
25:16He's the one who caused it.
25:19How could I possibly go to him?
25:23But Scarlet doesn't have time.
25:25Day three.
25:26Her face turns pale.
25:28She can barely stand.
25:29Mommy, I'm tired.
25:31Day four.
25:31I'm holding her.
25:32I dial the number I swore I'd never dial again.
25:35He comes.
25:36He stands at the door of the hospital room, staring through the glass at Scarlet, completely hollowed out.
25:41She...
25:42Is it because of me?
25:44I don't say a word.
25:47He drops his head.
25:48His shoulders start to shake.
25:51He goes.
25:51He is greater than you.
25:51He comes.
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