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00:04I need your help to fake a private jet crash.
00:07It's the only way I can ever leave Luca Moretti.
00:16People said he'd given up the Mafia throne for me.
00:20They called him the man who traded power for love.
00:23The heir who walked away from blood and gold.
00:26Just to marry a waitress from the Slims.
00:28For years, he made the world believe in us.
00:32He built empires under my name.
00:38He sent me roses every Monday.
00:41He told the press.
00:43She's my salvation.
00:45She saved me when no one else could.
00:48But love doesn't always mean loyalty.
00:51While I was busy believing in forever,
00:54he was building a second home behind my back.
00:57One filled with laughter, toys, and twin sons who had his eyes.
01:03The night I disappeared, his empire burned.
01:06Oh God!
01:08What have I done, Valeria?
01:10I was wrong!
01:19He tore apart cities, bribed governments.
01:27And buried men alive just to find me.
01:31But by the time he did, I was already gone.
01:41Valeria, you scared me half to death.
01:46When I found out, my world stopped.
01:54I remember clutching the edge of the bed before everything went black.
01:59She must have fainted from the shock, huh?
02:02How pitiful.
02:03Who says otherwise?
02:04Anyone who saw themselves being played like that would faint on the spot too.
02:14Dropped a billion dollar deal and flew home overnight.
02:17Luca Moretti, my husband.
02:20The man everyone called the golden heir of the mafia.
02:23He didn't sleep for two days, sitting by my bedside.
02:27His face pale with fear.
02:31When I finally opened my eyes, he was right there.
02:36Valeria, you scared me half to death.
02:38He whispered, pressing my farm to his cheek.
02:41How are you now?
02:43Feeling any better?
02:44This was the same man who'd once stared down a loaded gun without flinching,
02:48now trembling because I'd collapsed.
02:50Looking into his eyes, those eyes I used to trust more than anything,
02:53hurt more than anything my body had felt.
02:56Love like that couldn't be faked.
02:59And yet I couldn't stop wondering.
03:01Did he ever look at her that way too?
03:03Bianca Rizzo, his childhood friend.
03:06The woman who had given birth to his twins.
03:08If I hadn't seen the proof with my own eyes,
03:10the photos, the DNA report, I would have never believed it.
03:15Positive.
03:16The hormone levels are very clear.
03:18Congratulations.
03:20The world saw Luca as perfect.
03:23But perfection hides things.
03:25And his secret had been breathing beside another woman for an entire year.
03:31I turned my face away and let the tears soak into the pillow.
03:35My hand drifted to my stomach, trembling.
03:38After years of failed IVF treatments, I was finally pregnant.
03:41Mrs. Marachi, the test results are in.
03:43You're pregnant.
03:44Approximately eight weeks along.
03:45I sat frozen on the examination table,
03:47my hand instinctively moving to my still flat stomach.
03:54Pregnant?
03:55Are you sure?
03:57Positive.
03:58The hormone levels are very clear.
04:00Congratulations.
04:03Luca pulled me into his arms,
04:05his voice low and tender.
04:08What's wrong, sweetheart?
04:09Who upset you?
04:10Tell me and I'll fix it.
04:12But then I caught a faint scent on his skin.
04:15Expensive perfume I didn't wear,
04:17mixed with the powdery sweetness of baby formula.
04:22My stomach twisted.
04:23I shoved him away and stumbled toward the bathroom, retching.
04:28He rushed after me,
04:30holding my hair, wiping my face.
04:32He hated messes.
04:34He hated the smell of sickness.
04:36And yet there he was, on his knees,
04:38whispering.
04:39It's okay.
04:41I've got you.
04:43It almost broke me again.
04:47Because in that moment,
04:48he was the man I fell in love with.
04:52Help me.
04:54I need you to fake a plane crash.
04:57The one who used to walk through fire for me.
05:01The one I thought I could never live without.
05:06I almost forgave him.
05:12I almost convinced myself that if he left Bianca,
05:15we could go back to what we were.
05:17Start over.
05:17Raise our baby together.
05:19Pretend the world hadn't already ended.
05:21I opened my mouth to tell him.
05:24Luca, I...
05:25But his phone rang.
05:28He kissed my oarhead and murmured.
05:31Baby, wait a second.
05:32It's a work call.
05:34Then he walked out the door.
05:3830 minutes later,
05:40Bianca sent me a photo.
05:43Luca was holding the twins,
05:45his lips pressed to their foreheads.
05:47The smile on his face wasn't guilt.
05:49It was peace.
05:53That photo destroyed the last bit of hope I had left.
05:59When I left the hospital,
06:00I didn't go home.
06:02I went straight to Clara,
06:04my oldest friend,
06:06the only person I could still trust.
06:19Help me.
06:22I need you to fake a plane crash.
06:28Everything's ready.
06:29Two days from now,
06:31you vanish.
06:33That night,
06:34I started packing.
06:37I opened the wardrobe
06:38and took out every shirt
06:40I'd ever sewed for him.
06:42I cut them into pieces
06:44and threw them away.
06:47The diamonds he gave me,
06:50I handed them to the housekeepers.
06:54And the 16 photo albums
06:55we'd made over the years,
06:57promising to look at them together
06:59when we were old,
07:00I fed them one by one
07:01into the fireplace.
07:02The pages curled,
07:04blackened,
07:05and turned to ash.
07:07Luka,
07:08goodbye.
07:10At midnight,
07:11my phone buzzed.
07:13Everything's ready.
07:14Two days from now,
07:15you vanish.
07:17I didn't sleep that night.
07:20Every time I closed my eyes,
07:22I woke up crying.
07:24By dawn,
07:25I just sat there,
07:26knees pulled to my chest,
07:28staring into the dark
07:29until the sky turned gray.
07:32When Luka came home the next morning,
07:35I pretended to be asleep.
07:37He took off his coat,
07:38waited for the chill
07:39to fade from his body,
07:41and then pulled me into his arms.
07:43I could feel his heartbeat,
07:45steady and strong,
07:47against my back.
07:48baby,
07:50baby,
07:50look.
07:51He said softly,
07:53opening his tablet.
07:54A picture of an island
07:56glowed on the screen.
07:58White sand,
07:59blue water,
08:00the kind of paradise
08:01people write about.
08:05Then you have nothing
08:06to worry about.
08:07The rest of the world
08:08might cheat,
08:09but not me.
08:10Never me.
08:18I just bought it.
08:19He said,
08:19his voice almost boyish.
08:26It's for our child,
08:27and that's not all.
08:28I've started building
08:29amusement parks
08:30across the country.
08:31Everyone will carry
08:32our child's name.
08:33When we finally have one,
08:34I'll throw a hundred day celebration.
08:35The whole city
08:36will come to celebrate.
08:37He looked so proud of himself,
08:38so full of plans
08:39for a future
08:40I knew would never come.
08:41He talked and talked,
08:43and it took him
08:43a full minute to realize
08:45I hadn't said
08:45a single word.
08:47Then he heard me sniffle.
08:49He turned towards me
08:50and froze.
08:54My face was wet with tears.
08:57Hey, what's wrong?
08:59He panicked instantly.
09:02Luca Moretti,
09:03the man who once faced down
09:05a rival family's gunman
09:07without blinking,
09:08was trembling
09:08because I was crying.
09:11If you had even
09:12one ounce of pain,
09:13I'd carry it
09:14a hundred times over for you.
09:16I forced a small smile
09:17and wiped my eyes.
09:21It's nothing.
09:22I just watched a movie.
09:24The husband cheated
09:25on his wife.
09:26He relaxed,
09:27a smile tugging
09:28at his lips.
09:29Then you have nothing
09:30to worry about.
09:32The rest of the world
09:32might cheat,
09:33but not me.
09:34Never me.
09:43Valeria's happiness
09:44is my oxygen.
09:45As long as she's happy,
09:46I can breathe.
09:48He cupped my face.
09:50I'll stay with you all day.
09:52Tell me what you want to eat.
09:53I'll cook.
09:55I shook my head.
09:58It's fine.
09:59I'm meeting some friends
10:00for lunch.
10:00You should go to work.
10:02He hesitated,
10:03but he never liked
10:05arguing with me.
10:06So he followed me instead.
10:09When we entered
10:10the private dining room,
10:11laughter filled the air.
10:12I knew it!
10:14One of my friends teased.
10:17If Valeria's coming,
10:18Luca's coming too.
10:19He never lets her
10:20out of his sight.
10:24Luca laughed,
10:26easy and charming,
10:27like he wasn't
10:28the most feared man
10:28in the city.
10:32He handed out
10:33the gifts he'd brought,
10:34one by one,
10:35to every woman
10:35at the table.
10:37Gasps followed.
10:38Oh my God!
10:39This is the new
10:40LT Jewelry line!
10:42This set costs
10:42seven figures!
10:44Yes!
10:45Yes!
10:46Luca, you spoil us
10:48every time!
10:49We're only this lucky
10:50because of Valeria!
10:52They were right.
10:56Luca would do anything
10:58to make my friends
10:58like him.
10:59Because when they smiled,
11:01I smiled.
11:06Valeria's happiness
11:06is my oxygen.
11:08As long as she's happy,
11:09I can breathe.
11:17Oh, did I walk
11:19into the wrong room?
11:21Everyone at the table
11:22looked at me
11:23with open envy.
11:25Valeria, you're so lucky.
11:28One of them said dreamily,
11:30He loves you so much.
11:36I smiled politely,
11:38the kind of smile
11:39that didn't reach my eyes.
11:42I'm very lucky indeed.
11:44They couldn't see
11:45that my luck
11:46was bleeding out of me,
11:47one quiet heartbeat
11:49at a time.
11:52The laughter
11:53was still echoing
11:54around the table
11:55when the door opened.
12:08Bianca Rizzo
12:09stepped in,
12:10draped in pearls
12:10and confidence,
12:12carrying the faint scent
12:13of expensive perfume.
12:16She paused dramatically,
12:18then smiled
12:19as if she owned
12:19the entire room.
12:21Oh,
12:22did I walk
12:23into the wrong room?
12:26She asked
12:27with a soft,
12:27melodic laugh.
12:36Wait.
12:39Aren't these
12:39my old college friends?
12:52I'm expanding
12:53the family business
12:54overseas.
12:55Things are just
12:55busy right now.
12:57The tension
12:57in the room
12:58turned solid,
12:59but Bianca
13:00didn't seem to notice
13:01or care.
13:02She slid into the seat
13:04right across from me
13:05and glanced
13:05casually at the gift boxes
13:07in everyone's hands.
13:12L.T.
13:14She said,
13:15smiling faintly.
13:18Famous brand.
13:20Though I guess
13:20most of you don't know.
13:22It's mine.
13:25My husband
13:26invested billions
13:27to start it
13:27two years ago.
13:28He worked so hard,
13:29built 26 stores
13:30worldwide.
13:31He is the best partner
13:32a woman could ask for.
13:33Her gaze flicked
13:34toward Luca,
13:35just for a heartbeat,
13:36then back to me.
13:36The smile that followed
13:38was razor sharp.
13:40I couldn't breathe.
13:43Two years ago,
13:45Luca started coming home
13:46later than usual.
13:47I'm expanding
13:48the family business
13:49overseas.
13:50Things are just
13:50busy right now.
13:52You promised we'd go
13:53to the beach together
13:54for our honeymoon?
13:55Be understanding, Valeria.
13:56I'm really busy
13:57every day.
13:59He sighed
14:00and pulled me gently
14:01into his arms,
14:02his voice softening.
14:04Once things calm down,
14:06I'll take you to the beach
14:06for a vacation.
14:07Just the two of us.
14:09Okay?
14:15But now I know
14:16the truth.
14:16He was busy building
14:17Bianca Rizzo's empire.
14:24The sound of the slap
14:25was sharp enough
14:26to silence the entire room.
14:29The pain hit me so hard.
14:31I had to clutch
14:32my chest to breathe.
14:37What's wrong, sweetheart?
14:39Luca stood instantly,
14:41his chair scraping
14:41against the marble floor.
14:43You're pale.
14:44I'm calling a doctor.
14:46Before I could speak,
14:48Bianna's voice
14:48sliced through the air
14:49like broken glass.
14:53Still playing
14:54the perfect wife act?
14:55Don't strain yourself.
14:57He gets tired
14:58of fragile toys fast.
15:02The sound of the slap
15:03was sharp enough
15:04to silence the entire room.
15:08Luca's hand came down
15:10across her cheek
15:10so hard
15:11that even I flinched.
15:12Say one more word
15:15and I'll make sure
15:17you never speak again.
15:19Bianca pressed a hand
15:21to her face,
15:22eyes blazing,
15:23but she knew better
15:24than to push him.
15:26She left without
15:26another word.
15:28The laughter slowly
15:29returned to the dinner table,
15:31but my skin felt cold.
15:32I could feel Luca
15:33watching me,
15:34his hand covering mine,
15:36voice soft with worry.
15:38Baby, what's wrong?
15:39Let me take you
15:40to the hospital.
15:41I pulled away.
15:43I'm fine,
15:43I just need the bathroom.
15:45I'm fine.
15:52But when I stepped
15:53into the hallway,
15:54she was waiting for me.
15:58Didn't you promise
15:59to stay with me today?
16:00Please, Luca.
16:04Bianca.
16:08You really think
16:09that slap means anything?
16:14You're his wife,
16:16sure.
16:17But I'm the one
16:17who gave him twins.
16:19If I tell him
16:20they're sick,
16:20he'll come running.
16:22Wanna bet?
16:24I didn't answer.
16:25I didn't have to.
16:30Because when I returned
16:31to the table,
16:32Luca's face was already
16:33pale with panic.
16:35He rushed to me,
16:36kissed my forehead.
16:39Sweetheart,
16:39something came up
16:40at work.
16:40I'll be right back,
16:41okay?
16:41The manager has
16:42everything covered.
16:43Enjoy yourself.
16:44I gripped his sleeve.
16:46Didn't you promise
16:47to stay with me today?
16:48Please, Luca, stay.
16:50Something flickered
16:51in his eyes.
16:52Guilt,
16:52hesitation,
16:53maybe fear.
16:54He looked at me
16:55like he knew leaving
16:56would cost him
16:56something he couldn't name.
16:58But then he said softly,
17:01I'll be home tonight.
17:02I promise.
17:05And just like that,
17:06he was gone.
17:12Half an hour later,
17:13my phone buzzed.
17:16A message from Bianca.
17:19A video.
17:21I pressed play,
17:23my hands shaking.
17:25Luca was there,
17:27feeding their children.
17:31You gave her an island
17:33as a love story.
17:35Bianca's voice
17:36floated through the recording.
17:42You bought her an island,
17:44Luca.
17:44I'm jealous.
17:45I want it for our
17:46twin's birthday.
17:49No.
17:50That island was for
17:52Valeria and our child.
18:01You gave her an island
18:02as a love story.
18:05Give this one to me
18:07so our sons will know
18:08they weren't born from shame.
18:10And then,
18:11he nodded.
18:21See?
18:23Even the things
18:24meant for you
18:24are mine
18:25the moment I ask.
18:27You lose.
18:28I sat there frozen,
18:30the phone heavy
18:31in my hand.
18:34Every memory
18:35of his kindness
18:36stabbed through me
18:37like glass.
18:38The way he once
18:39wrapped my injured hand
18:40in bandages.
18:42The way he carried me
18:43home through the rain.
18:45Everything he did for me,
18:46he could do for her.
18:58I was done.
19:00Tomorrow,
19:00I'd leave.
19:01For good.
19:06I missed you so much.
19:15That night,
19:16Luca came home
19:17to find me
19:18already in bed.
19:22We'd never slept
19:23apart before.
19:24We used to wait
19:25for each other,
19:26even if it was dawn.
19:42But this time,
19:43I couldn't bear
19:44to see his face.
19:45He lay beside me,
19:47pulling me close,
19:49breathing against my neck.
19:55I missed you so much.
19:57It's only been hours,
19:58but it felt like years.
19:59If you ever left me,
20:00I don't think
20:01I could live.
20:03Really?
20:05By the way,
20:06about that island,
20:07I found out
20:08it's not good luck
20:09for us.
20:12About two more.
20:14We'll pick one together,
20:16okay?
20:23Do whatever you want.
20:29By the time
20:30the news reached him
20:31that my jet
20:32had gone down
20:32over the Atlantic,
20:34he would open it.
20:36He hesitated,
20:37sensing something
20:38cold in my tone.
20:42Did I do something wrong?
20:46No.
20:47I'm just tired.
20:55Our anniversary
20:56is coming.
20:57Tomorrow afternoon,
20:58I'm flying out
20:59on a private jet.
21:00I ordered your gift
21:01overseas.
21:02I want to pick it up myself.
21:03You're pregnant, love.
21:04That's a 15-hour flight.
21:06Let me go instead.
21:12No.
21:13I want to do it myself.
21:15That broke him
21:16like it always did.
21:18All right.
21:19Whatever you want.
21:22The next morning,
21:24he made me breakfast
21:24before leaving for work.
21:33Before he walked out the door,
21:34I handed him
21:35a sealed envelope.
21:38It's for you,
21:39but don't open it
21:40until two days from now.
21:41No.
21:43No.
21:47Inside were two things.
21:49My pregnancy report
21:50and Bianca's video.
21:55By the time the news reached him
21:57that my jet had gone down
21:58over the Atlantic,
21:59he would open it.
22:03When have I ever treated her badly?
22:05When he left,
22:06I packed my things
22:07and headed for the airport.
22:11Halfway there,
22:12my phone buzzed again.
22:13A message from Bianca.
22:15Hotel Deluxe.
22:17He's here.
22:18Don't miss the show.
22:23I shouldn't have gone.
22:26I knew what I'd find.
22:30But I went anyway.
22:33It was their twin's birthday.
22:36The Moretti elders,
22:38the family's inner circle,
22:39all gathered around Bianca.
22:41Mrs. Moretti.
22:45Luca didn't correct them.
22:51He just smiled at her.
22:53That soft, familiar smile
22:55that once belonged to me.
22:56Even his parents smiled.
23:00If it weren't for Bianca,
23:02his mother said proudly,
23:04the Moretti family
23:05would have no heir
23:06to carry our name.
23:08Luca,
23:09promise me you'll take
23:10good care of her.
23:13When have I ever
23:14treated her badly?
23:16Whatever Valona has,
23:18Bianca has too.
23:19Jewelry,
23:20clothes,
23:20everything.
23:22Something in me snapped.
23:26Every sweet word
23:28he'd ever said,
23:29every kiss,
23:30every vow,
23:31they all exploded inside me,
23:33leaving only ashes.
23:36Goodbye, Luca Moretti.
23:38Never again.
23:48Everyone knew.
23:56Everyone except me.
23:58Nothing left to forgive.
24:01As I turned to leave,
24:03I looked back one last time.
24:09He was laughing,
24:11his arm around her shoulders.
24:15Goodbye, Luca Moretti.
24:17Never again.
24:23A few hours later,
24:25while he played with the twins,
24:27his phone rang.
24:40Mr. Moretti.
24:41His assistant's voice
24:43stammered.
24:44Your wife's jet,
24:45it went down
24:46just past the Atlantic border.
24:48There are no survivors.
24:55Luca froze.
24:56The color drained
24:58from his face.
25:00What
25:00did you just say?
25:03We believe
25:03Mrs. Moretti has...
25:08I felt the world
25:09tilt beneath me
25:10before my body
25:11hit the ground.
25:12Voices blurred.
25:14Luca!
25:15Someone shouted my name.
25:18Valeria couldn't be gone.
25:20She couldn't.
25:21I forced myself up,
25:23stumbled out of the mansion,
25:24and half ran toward the garage.
25:26The moment I got into the car,
25:28I saw the envelope
25:30she'd left on the passenger seat,
25:31the one she told me to open
25:32in two days.
25:33My chest seized.
25:35I could barely breathe.
25:37Ah!
25:40Why did I ever agree
25:41to let her fly alone?
25:43Because I'd been distracted,
25:45too busy throwing a birthday party
25:47for Bianca's twins,
25:49the twins I should never have had.
25:54The search went on
25:55for two full days.
25:57The Moretti family
25:58sent rescue teams,
25:59helicopters,
26:00ships.
26:01Every mile of the Atlantic
26:03within hundreds of miles
26:04was scanned.
26:06No survivors.
26:08Mr. Moretti,
26:10when a private jet
26:12goes down over open ocean,
26:14survival is nearly impossible.
26:16We believe Mrs. Moretti has...
26:21Shut up!
26:24Don't you dare say it!
26:26Don't you fucking say she's dead!
26:28She's not!
26:30She's not dead!
26:38It took two men
26:40to pull me off him,
26:41then silence.
26:43Only the sound of waves
26:45outside the hangar.
26:54Today's our anniversary.
26:56She said she'd be back
26:58before sunset.
27:09I had planned a celebration.
27:11Now it was a funeral.
27:15I couldn't stay there any longer.
27:17I went back to the chapel
27:19where we'd been married.
27:25Our wedding photo
27:26hung above the altar,
27:28her smile frozen in time.
27:31The moment I saw it,
27:32my chest cracked open again.
27:44While she was dying in the sky,
27:46I was drinking champagne
27:47with another woman.
27:49The thought made me sick.
27:51That's when I noticed
27:51the envelope again.
27:53My hands shook
27:54as I opened it.
27:56Inside.
27:57Her medical report.
28:00and screenshots
28:01of the messages
28:02Bianca had sent her.
28:03The truth hit like a bullet.
28:07Ah!
28:12Ah!
28:16Ah!
28:19I was in my car,
28:21heading for Bianca's house.
28:22When she opened the door,
28:24I slammed her
28:24against the wall.
28:25Ah!
28:29I told you,
28:30you could have
28:30anything you wanted.
28:32You were never
28:33to let Valeria find out.
28:34Never to provoke her again.
28:36So tell me, Bianca,
28:38how the hell
28:38did she see those messages?
28:41I...
28:41I didn't!
28:43But her eyes darted
28:44to the papers in my hand.
28:46The pregnancy report.
28:48The screenshots.
28:49Her face went pale.
28:52She...
28:52She must have...
28:55Ah!
29:01My hand connected
29:03with her face
29:04before I could
29:04stop myself.
29:09I've lived
29:10in your shadow.
29:12For your two years, Luca!
29:15I bore you two children
29:17without a name
29:18or a ring
29:19and you hit me?
29:21This isn't all my fault!
29:23If you could have
29:24kept your damn promises,
29:25I'd have no reason
29:26to hurt her!
29:26You think you're innocent?
29:27Look in the mirror.
29:28She's gone because of you!
29:30I froze.
29:31Her voice kept
29:32ringing in my head.
29:33Because of you.
29:52She's not dead.
29:54I said...
29:55still laughing.
30:05She can't be...
30:07Valerius
30:08stronger than that.
30:19I knew her better
30:20than anyone.
30:22She wouldn't give up
30:23her life because of me.
30:27No, she'd walk away.
30:30She'd hide somewhere
30:32I could never reach her
30:33because she knew me too.
30:35She knew I'd never
30:37let her go.
30:42I turned to my men.
30:44My voice was calm now.
30:46Too calm.
30:47Find her.
30:49Find everyone
30:49she's spoken to this week.
30:51I don't care what it takes.
31:00Somewhere out there
31:01she was still breathing
31:02and I'd tear the world apart
31:05until I found her.
31:08Small?
31:09Girl, this is blowing up!
31:13Three months later
31:15I could finally breathe again.
31:17Not healed
31:18but functional.
31:20Before all of this
31:21I'd earned dual degrees
31:22in software engineering
31:23and artificial intelligence.
31:25So I started again.
31:26I built something new
31:27from scratch.
31:28A small tech project.
31:30My own brand.
31:31One night
31:31while staring at lines of code
31:33Clara Video called me.
31:35Valeria
31:35Are you seriously
31:37starting a company
31:38right now?
31:39After everything?
31:41I need this Clara.
31:42If I stop working
31:43I'll lose myself completely.
31:44Working kept my hands busy
31:46my mind quiet.
31:48When the prototype was done
31:49I hired a few local factories
31:50to help me produce it.
31:59I didn't expect anything.
32:00I just wanted to see
32:02if I could still build
32:02something that worked.
32:04The launch was quiet
32:05but the response wasn't.
32:07A week later
32:07Clara burst into my apartment
32:09eyes wide with excitement
32:10holding up her phone.
32:12Valeria
32:12look at this!
32:13The orders are exploding!
32:15People are actually loving it!
32:17Wait
32:18really?
32:19I thought it was just
32:20a small test run.
32:22Small?
32:23Girl
32:23this is blowing up!
32:32People loved it.
32:34Orders flooded in.
32:36I'll go meet his assistant
32:38and sign everything today.
32:40You don't even have to show up.
32:42Then came investors.
32:44Offers
32:45partnerships
32:46money
32:51But I couldn't risk
32:52being seen.
32:58If anyone recognized me
33:00everything would crumble.
33:04So I handed the business side
33:06over to Clara.
33:07She handled the meetings
33:09the calls
33:09the contracts.
33:16She was my public face.
33:19I was just the shadow
33:20behind the screen.
33:29Another three months
33:31passed before
33:31Clara called me.
33:33Excitement in her voice.
33:34We've got a deal.
33:36Biggest one yet.
33:38Their CEO
33:39happens to be in town.
33:41I'll go meet his assistant
33:42and sign everything today.
33:44You don't even have to show up.
33:49I smiled for the first time
33:51in weeks.
33:54Be careful
33:55and don't mention me.
34:00She promised.
34:03If his memory
34:04served him right
34:05she was Valeria's
34:07closest friend.
34:08That afternoon
34:08she walked into the hotel
34:10where the meeting was set.
34:15But when the man
34:16across the table
34:17looked up
34:17he froze.
34:22His name was Ryan
34:24Luca's personal assistant.
34:32He knew that face.
34:33If his memory
34:34served him right
34:35she was Valeria's
34:36closest friend.
34:38According to the investigation
34:39the private jet
34:40that crashed
34:41three months ago
34:42hadn't gone down
34:43because of bad weather
34:44or engine failure.
34:45Someone had accessed
34:47its flight system remotely.
34:49That kind of
34:50digital interference
34:51wasn't something
34:51an amateur could pull off.
34:53And Clara
34:53Clara was one of the few
34:55experts capable
34:56of doing exactly that.
34:57There was more.
34:58In the 48 hours
34:59before the crash
35:00Valeria had made
35:01only two phone calls
35:02both to Clara.
35:03Each call had lasted
35:04just a few minutes.
35:05Both placed shortly
35:06before the jet
35:07lost contact.
35:08Piece by piece
35:09the puzzle
35:10began to fit.
35:11The jet that fell
35:13into the Atlantic
35:13hadn't been
35:14carrying Valeria
35:15at all.
35:16It had been
35:17flown remotely.
35:19An empty shell
35:20staged
35:21to disappear.
35:23If that was true
35:24then Valeria
35:25had planned
35:25everything
35:26from the start.
35:27She hadn't died.
35:28She'd escaped.
35:30If Clara
35:31was here
35:32then Valeria
35:33had to be here too.
35:37I faked my death
35:38because I wanted freedom.
35:41Ryan called
35:41Luca that night.
35:49By morning
35:50men from the
35:51Moretti family
35:51were already
35:52following Clara.
35:55When Luca
35:56finally saw me
35:57standing in the
35:58garden of the
35:59small townhouse
36:00I'd been renting
36:01he stopped
36:02dead in his tracks.
36:05For a moment
36:06neither of us
36:07moved.
36:08His eyes went
36:09red instantly
36:10like he'd been
36:10holding his breath
36:11for months.
36:12Seven months
36:13214 days
36:14he'd searched
36:15every continent
36:16turned every ocean
36:17upside down
36:17and yet
36:18when we finally
36:19stood face to face
36:20he looked terrified.
36:22terrified
36:23terrified that I was
36:23real
36:24terrified that I
36:25wasn't
36:25and when his gaze
36:27fell to my stomach
36:28his breath
36:29caught.
36:35Valeria
36:38Luca
36:39I faked my death
36:40because I wanted
36:41freedom
36:41but since you've
36:42found me
36:42let's make one
36:43thing clear
36:43you and I
36:44are over
36:44for good.
36:45Don't think you
36:46can guilt me
36:47chase me
36:47or wear me
36:47down until I
36:48forgive you
36:48it won't
36:49happen.
36:50I'll take it
36:50you can hate me
36:52hurt me
36:53kill me
36:53if that's
36:54what you need.
36:54I took a breath
36:55steady but
36:56shaking inside
36:58if you ever
36:59try to force me
37:00back I swear
37:01you'll lose me
37:02for good
37:02this time
37:03for real
37:04his face
37:05went ashen
37:07he took a step
37:08forward
37:08hands trembling
37:09Valeria
37:10please
37:11whatever punishment
37:12you want
37:13I'll take it
37:13you can hate me
37:15hurt me
37:16kill me
37:16if that's
37:16what you need
37:18just don't
37:18leave me again
37:22I can't live
37:23without you
37:24I pulled my
37:25hand out of
37:26his grip
37:28I don't want
37:29your life
37:30Luca
37:32I just want
37:33my own back
37:35then I laughed
37:36a hollow
37:38tired sound
37:40you already
37:40have Bianca
37:41and your
37:41perfect little
37:42family
37:42a pair of
37:44twins
37:44proud parents
37:45a happy
37:46home
37:49isn't that
37:49enough
37:51why come
37:52chasing the
37:52woman you
37:53destroyed
37:55I ended
37:56it
37:57his voice
37:58broke
38:00I haven't
38:01seen her
38:02since the
38:02disappeared
38:04I swear
38:05it
38:06please
38:07Valeria
38:08give me one
38:09chance to
38:09make things
38:09right
38:10he was already
38:11dropping to his
38:11knees
38:12his eyes
38:12wet and
38:13desperate
38:21I caught
38:22his wrist
38:23and yanked
38:23him back
38:23up
38:25perfect
38:26timing
38:28dinner's
38:28ready
38:29do you not
38:30understand
38:31plain English
38:31Luca
38:33I said
38:34there's no
38:35us
38:35there never
38:36will be
38:37stop
38:38humiliating
38:39yourself
38:39stop
38:40haunting
38:40me
38:41I
38:41can't
38:44I
38:44can't
38:45live
38:45without
38:45you
38:46I
38:52turned
38:52away
38:52forcing
38:53my
38:53heartbeat
38:53to
38:54steady
38:54if
38:55you
38:55keep
38:55coming
38:55near
38:56me
38:56you'll
38:57never
38:57see
38:57me
38:57again
38:58not
38:59even
38:59as a
38:59memory
39:00he
39:00didn't
39:00answer
39:01he
39:01just
39:01stood
39:02there
39:02crying
39:02silently
39:03like
39:04the
39:04weight
39:04of
39:04his
39:04sins
39:05had
39:05finally
39:05crushed
39:06him
39:06the
39:07next
39:07night
39:07I
39:07came
39:08home
39:08late
39:08from
39:08work
39:10the
39:11elevator
39:11doors
39:11opened
39:12and I
39:12smelled
39:13food
39:13warm
39:14rich
39:15familiar
39:18for a
39:19second
39:19I
39:19thought
39:19Clara
39:20was
39:20cooking
39:24but
39:24when I
39:25walked
39:25into
39:25the
39:25apartment
39:26Luca
39:27stepped
39:27out
39:27of
39:27the
39:27kitchen
39:28wearing
39:28an
39:28apron
39:29holding
39:29a
39:30tray
39:30perfect
39:31timing
39:33dinner's
39:33ready
39:37for
39:37a
39:37heartbeat
39:38I
39:39forgot
39:39how
39:39to
39:39breathe
39:41I
39:42it
39:43was
39:43a
39:43scene
39:44ripped
39:44straight
39:44from
39:44my
39:45past
39:45the
39:46steam
39:47rising
39:47from
39:47the
39:47dishes
39:48the
39:48scent
39:48of
39:49garlic
39:49and
39:49rosemary
39:53it
39:53was
39:54a
39:54scene
39:54ripped
39:54straight
39:54from
39:55my
39:55past
40:01for
40:01three
40:01years
40:02this
40:02had
40:02been
40:03our
40:03ritual
40:05no
40:05no
40:06matter
40:06how
40:06late
40:06I
40:06worked
40:07he'd
40:07always
40:07be
40:08home
40:08first
40:08waiting
40:09with
40:09dinner
40:10and
40:10that
40:10same
40:11smile
40:12that
40:12was
40:12what
40:13I
40:13used
40:13to
40:13call
40:13happiness
40:16but
40:16happiness
40:17doesn't
40:17survive
40:18betrayal
40:21I
40:21picked up
40:22the nearest
40:22plate
40:22and poured
40:24the food
40:24straight
40:24into
40:24the
40:25trash
40:28I
40:28said
40:28my
40:29voice
40:29flat
40:30I
40:31told
40:31you
40:31yesterday
40:36don't
40:37do
40:37pointless
40:37things
40:39the
40:40color
40:40drenned
40:40from
40:40his
40:41face
40:42his
40:43hands
40:43trembled
40:45but
40:46a moment
40:46later
40:46he
40:47smiled
40:47again
40:48too
40:49calmly
40:52I
40:53must
40:53have
40:53gotten
40:53the
40:53flavors
40:54wrong
40:55I'll
40:55make
40:56something
40:56else
40:58from
40:58now
40:59on
40:59I'll
40:59stay
41:00here
41:00and
41:00take
41:00care
41:00of
41:00you
41:00I
41:01clenched
41:01my
41:02jaw
41:02Luca
41:03do
41:03I
41:04need
41:04to
41:04repeat
41:04myself
41:05he
41:06looked
41:06at
41:06me
41:06eyes
41:07hollow
41:07but
41:07steady
41:08you
41:08can
41:08say
41:08it
41:08a hundred
41:09times
41:09I
41:09won't
41:10listen
41:10I'm
41:11not
41:11leaving
41:11I
41:12won't
41:12give
41:12up
41:13from
41:14now
41:14on
41:14I'll
41:14stay
41:15here
41:15and
41:15take
41:15care
41:15of
41:15you
41:17then
41:18I'll
41:18leave
41:18I
41:19snapped
41:22you're
41:23pregnant
41:23you
41:24shouldn't
41:24be out
41:24alone
41:24this
41:24late
41:25he
41:25paused
41:26voice
41:26low
41:27and
41:27broken
41:28I'll
41:29go
41:29instead
41:29and
41:30before
41:30I
41:30could
41:30answer
41:31he
41:31turned
41:32walked
41:32out
41:33and
41:33disappeared
41:34into
41:34the
41:34night
41:37the
41:37next
41:37morning
41:38I
41:38woke
41:38to
41:39the
41:39sound
41:39of
41:39clattering
41:40dishes
41:40downstairs
41:40sleep
41:41wouldn't
41:42come
41:42back
41:42no
41:43matter
41:43how
41:43tightly
41:43I
41:44closed
41:44my
41:44eyes
41:45when
41:45I
41:45finally
41:46went
41:46down
41:46Luca
41:47was
41:47already
41:47there
41:48sleeves
41:49rolled
41:49up
41:49standing
41:50by
41:50the
41:50stove
41:50pretending
41:51everything
41:51was
41:52normal
41:52the
41:53smell
41:53of
41:53simmering
41:54tomatoes
41:54filled
41:54the
41:55kitchen
41:56he
41:56looked
41:56up
41:56the
41:56second
41:57he
41:57heard
41:57me
41:58lunch
41:58is
41:58ready
41:59you're
41:59going
41:59out
42:00I
42:01grabbed
42:01my
42:01coat
42:03I
42:03am
42:11his
42:11voice
42:12softened
42:12even
42:12more
42:15won't
42:16you
42:16eat
42:16first
42:18I
42:18met
42:18his
42:18gaze
42:19cold
42:20and
42:20steady
42:28then
42:28come
42:28home
42:28early
42:29tonight
42:30every
42:30time
42:30I
42:30see
42:31you
42:31I
42:31lose
42:31my
42:31appetite
42:32if
42:33I
42:33stayed
42:33here
42:33I
42:34would
42:34starve
42:34to
42:34death
42:38the
42:39words
42:39hit
42:39him
42:40like
42:40a
42:40slap
42:40he
42:41lowered
42:41his
42:41head
42:42fingers
42:42tightening
42:43around
42:43the
42:43edge
42:44of
42:44the
42:44table
42:44then
42:45come
42:45home
42:45early
42:45tonight
42:46I
42:47didn't
42:47answer
42:48just
42:49slammed
42:49the
42:49door
42:49hard
42:49enough
42:50to
42:50make
42:50the
42:50frame
42:50shake
42:51outside
42:52the
42:52air
42:52was
42:52bright
42:53almost
42:53too
42:53bright
42:54I
42:55walked
42:55without
42:55direction
42:56hands
42:57buried
42:57in my
42:57coat
42:57pockets
42:58part
42:58a
42:59knot
42:59of
42:59noise
42:59I
42:59couldn't
43:00untwistle
43:00for
43:01years
43:01I'd
43:01watched
43:02Clara
43:02and
43:02her
43:02boyfriend
43:03fight
43:03and
43:03make
43:04up
43:04over
43:05and
43:05over
43:05again
43:07I
43:07used
43:07to
43:07wonder
43:08why
43:08people
43:08did
43:08that
43:09why
43:10stay
43:10in
43:10pain
43:14now I
43:14understood
43:15love
43:16has
43:16inertia
43:18even
43:18when
43:19it
43:19ends
43:19the
43:20heart
43:20keeps
43:20moving
43:20toward
43:21what
43:21it
43:21remembers
43:23even
43:24when
43:24you've
43:24decided
43:24to
43:24let
43:25go
43:25something
43:26inside
43:26you
43:26still
43:27bleeds
43:27for
43:27what
43:28used
43:28to
43:28be
43:32by
43:32noon
43:33the
43:33ache
43:33in
43:34my
43:34chest
43:34had
43:34turned
43:34into
43:35something
43:35else
43:36sharp
43:37twisting
43:39at
43:40first
43:40I
43:40thought
43:40it
43:41was
43:41stress
43:46then
43:47the
43:47pain
43:47spread
43:48lower
43:48gripping
43:49my
43:49stomach
43:50so
43:50hard
43:50I
43:50could
43:51barely
43:51stand
43:53no
43:56not
43:56now
43:59a
43:59small
44:00fragile
44:00sound
44:01that
44:01cracked
44:01the
44:01air
44:01open
44:03our
44:03son
44:05I
44:05tried
44:06to
44:06call
44:06Clara
44:06but
44:07the
44:07phone
44:07slipped
44:08out
44:08of
44:08my
44:08hand
44:10the
44:11next
44:11thing
44:11I
44:11heard
44:11was
44:12a
44:12familiar
44:12voice
44:13shouting
44:13my
44:13name
44:13Valeria
44:15Luca
44:15I
44:16didn't
44:16even
44:16know
44:16how
44:17he
44:17found
44:17me
44:17maybe
44:18he
44:18followed
44:18me
44:18or
44:19maybe
44:19he
44:19just
44:19knew
44:19he
44:20was
44:20already
44:20by
44:20my
44:21side
44:21catching
44:21me
44:21before
44:22I
44:22hit
44:22the
44:22ground
44:22his
44:23hands
44:23were
44:23shaking
44:24as
44:24he
44:24scooped
44:24me
44:25up
44:25and
44:25carried
44:25me
44:25to
44:25the
44:25car
44:26hold
44:26on
44:27he
44:28whispered
44:28voice
44:29breaking
44:29please
44:30just
44:30hold
44:30on
44:31the
44:31rest
44:32blurred
44:32into
44:32chaos
44:33the
44:34hospital
44:35lights
44:35the
44:36doctor's
44:36voice
44:37the
44:38sound
44:38of
44:39my
44:39own
44:39breathing
44:39echoing
44:40in
44:40my
44:40skull
44:43hours
44:44later
44:44I
44:45heard
44:45the
44:45faintest
44:45cry
44:47a
44:48heartbeat
44:48that
44:48wasn't
44:49mine
44:52a
44:53small
44:53fragile
44:54sound
44:54that
44:55cracked
44:55the
44:55air
44:55open
44:56our
44:57son
45:03when
45:04I
45:04woke
45:04again
45:05Luca
45:06was
45:06beside
45:06my
45:06bed
45:07still
45:07wearing
45:07the
45:08swearing
45:08the
45:08same
45:08blood
45:09stained
45:09shirt
45:09from
45:09the
45:09night
45:10before
45:10his
45:11face
45:11was
45:11pale
45:12his
45:12eyes
45:13swollen
45:15you're
45:16okay
45:16he said
45:17softly
45:17like he
45:18was
45:18convincing
45:19himself
45:19both
45:20of
45:20you
45:20are
45:20okay
45:23I
45:24didn't
45:24answer
45:24I
45:25couldn't
45:26all
45:27I
45:27could
45:27do
45:27was
45:27look
45:28at
45:28the
45:28tiny
45:28bundle
45:29in
45:29his
45:29arms
45:29our
45:29child
45:30sleeping
45:31peacefully
45:31against
45:32his
45:32chest
45:34I
45:34won't
45:34bother
45:34you
45:35I
45:35just
45:36want
45:37to
45:37make
45:37sure
45:37you're
45:38okay
45:39for
45:40the
45:40first
45:40time
45:40in
45:40months
45:41I
45:41didn't
45:41feel
45:41anger
45:44just
45:44exhaustion
45:47and a
45:48strange
45:48quiet
45:49ache
45:49that
45:50didn't
45:50know
45:51which
45:51side
45:51it
45:51belonged
45:51to
45:52anymore
45:53when
45:54we
45:54were
45:54discharged
45:54a
45:55few
45:55days
45:55later
45:55he
45:56insisted
45:56on
45:57driving
45:57us
45:57home
45:58I
45:59didn't
45:59fight
45:59him
46:09I
46:10didn't
46:10have
46:10the
46:10strength
46:16at
46:16the
46:16door
46:17he
46:17hesitated
46:32I'll
46:32stay
46:33downstairs
46:35he said
46:36softly
46:38I
46:39won't
46:39bother
46:39you
46:39I
46:39just
46:41want
46:41to
46:42make
46:42sure
46:42you're
46:42okay
46:42I
46:43didn't
46:43tell
46:43him
46:43to
46:44leave
46:44I
46:44didn't
46:44tell
46:45him
46:45to
46:45stay
46:45either
46:46some
46:46things
46:47couldn't
46:47be
46:47fixed
46:47with
46:47promises
46:48or
46:48tears
46:50some
46:51things
46:51needed
46:51silence
46:52and
46:53time
46:53so I
46:54let
46:54the
46:54door
46:54close
46:55between
46:55us
46:56and
46:56for
46:56the
46:57first
46:57time
46:57the
46:57quiet
46:57didn't
46:58feel
46:58empty
47:00it
47:01felt
47:01like
47:01the
47:01beginning
47:02of
47:02something
47:02new
47:03or
47:04maybe
47:04just
47:04the
47:04end
47:05that
47:05finally
47:05stopped
47:06hurting
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