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Where We Never Meet Again
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00:00:01Where the hell are you?
00:00:05Grace, I-
00:00:05Save the excuses!
00:00:07I don't care about the storm. I gave you five minutes.
00:00:10Ethan, you only have 30 seconds left!
00:00:37Ethan, seven days left before you leave this world.
00:00:46I do not belong to this world.
00:01:0310 years ago, my wife and daughter died on our anniversary.
00:01:08No! No! No!
00:01:11My life ended with them.
00:01:16I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:01:31System activated.
00:01:3210 years, serve a stranger and her child.
00:01:36Obey every order they give.
00:01:38Then your wife and daughter live again.
00:01:41Do you accept?
00:01:43Yes! Yes!
00:02:05The revised pledge packet.
00:02:07Your speaking cards, the speaking cards, the seating chart.
00:02:11We're late!
00:02:16Grace, the reserve service for table one is missing.
00:02:20Which one?
00:02:21The 2018 Reserve Osestra.
00:02:23That was the course I agreed to.
00:02:28You know where everything is.
00:02:31Go to the cold room and get the 2018 Reserve 10.
00:02:40To the freezer? He's soaked. Wouldn't he freeze in there?
00:02:46No.
00:02:48Ethan handles it. He always does.
00:02:55Not always.
00:02:57Seven more days, I leave for good.
00:03:01What did you just say?
00:03:07I've traveled a long way to get here.
00:03:10To find something I lost a long time ago.
00:03:13A part of myself I thought was gone forever.
00:03:17I have to go in there.
00:03:19I have to face the truth.
00:03:27and get the 2018 Reserve 10.
00:03:32unafant
00:03:40Hilary
00:04:01Open the door!
00:04:02Open the door!
00:04:04Help!
00:04:06Help!
00:04:07Open it!
00:04:08Open the door!
00:04:11Help!
00:04:15Mom!
00:04:18Open it now!
00:04:33This one.
00:04:42Inside the house, you are my husband.
00:04:44To Lily, you are a father in practice.
00:04:47Outside the house, you support the image when I need it.
00:04:51Okay.
00:04:53There is no legal marriage, no wedding, no shared room, no rights to my money, my company, or my life.
00:05:04Okay.
00:05:08Ten years.
00:05:10He never said no.
00:05:12Not once.
00:05:14His hands are freezing.
00:05:16Grace, table one is waiting.
00:05:21Get him a blanket.
00:05:28What am I thinking?
00:05:30It couldn't be a concern.
00:05:30It couldn't be a concern.
00:05:39Breakfast is ready.
00:05:47Nice to see the place still runs.
00:05:52Dad!
00:05:54Dad!
00:05:58Peace, sweetheart.
00:06:04You're staying here, right?
00:06:08For a while.
00:06:12Which room is mine?
00:06:13Open the East Guest Unit.
00:06:15Have the closet cleared and the bathroom stocked.
00:06:19Okay.
00:06:20You can settle in after breakfast.
00:06:22You can settle in after breakfast.
00:06:49Grace says you've built systems for everything.
00:06:53Someone had to.
00:07:00I need a full transition binder by tonight.
00:07:03Medical, school, food, panic triggers, writing notes, sleep routine, therapy, emergency contacts, everything.
00:07:14That'll help.
00:07:19Ryan is stepping into more of the parenting load.
00:07:21This has to be smooth.
00:07:23Okay.
00:07:27Dad, can you do my bracelet?
00:07:31Sure, honey.
00:07:40The lash catches left.
00:07:43I've got it.
00:07:54Dad, are you coming to pick up today?
00:07:57Yeah.
00:08:07Mr. Cole.
00:08:08I'm here for Lily.
00:08:14Dad!
00:08:18Dad!
00:08:23Ten years, I learned every way to keep her safe.
00:08:27None of it was ever mine to keep.
00:08:34Looks like they got the update through.
00:08:43Dad!
00:08:44You came!
00:08:45Dad!
00:08:55A few more days.
00:08:57Cross into another parallel world to bring my real daughter home.
00:09:10Can I have dessert first?
00:09:12Sure.
00:09:12One bite won't kill ya.
00:09:14No.
00:09:15Excuse me?
00:09:16If she has dessert first, she won't touch dinner.
00:09:18He's right.
00:09:19Dinner first.
00:09:21Fine.
00:09:41Grace said I'm taking her.
00:09:42Do not put her on Monarch.
00:09:46Why?
00:09:47He spooks in weather changes and drifts left on landing.
00:09:51You've got a note for everything, huh?
00:09:54Dad!
00:09:55Are we doing jumps?
00:09:59No jumps today.
00:10:01We'll see how you feel.
00:10:05She's not supposed to school over lines today.
00:10:12You can't let her do this.
00:10:24One small vertical win won't hurt.
00:10:30Don't.
00:10:33You can't let her go.
00:10:38No!
00:10:41No!
00:10:45No!
00:10:51No!
00:10:55No!
00:10:56No!
00:10:56No!
00:10:57No!
00:10:58No!
00:10:59No!
00:11:00No!
00:11:00No!
00:11:00No!
00:11:00Oh my god!
00:11:10No, no, Lily, Lily, Lily, Lily, Lily.
00:11:20Lily, Lily, Lily!
00:11:24Let me take her.
00:11:26No.
00:11:49I can't feel my hand.
00:11:51Stay with me.
00:11:55What the hell are you doing?
00:11:56I didn't listen to you, but you still came, Dad.
00:12:00I always do.
00:12:00I always come.
00:12:03Riding fall.
00:12:04Possible head injury.
00:12:05Child.
00:12:11Are you the child's guardian?
00:12:16Lily!
00:12:17I tried to stop her, Grace.
00:12:19She was so upset.
00:12:21Lily!
00:12:22I can't run on it where I just steered.
00:12:25The horse was calm until he rushed the ring.
00:12:29That's a lie!
00:12:33We need a signature.
00:12:35Give it!
00:12:37To her father.
00:12:46History of panic.
00:12:48Current meds.
00:12:49Prior injuries.
00:12:51Allergies.
00:12:51Sedation concerns.
00:12:53She had a-
00:12:53Shut up!
00:12:54Let Ryan talk.
00:12:59I-
00:12:59We need accurate information.
00:13:03Answer the doctor.
00:13:05Penicillin, amoxicillin, and other beta-like biotics.
00:13:08She's also allergic to ibuprofen and aspirin.
00:13:21Take him downstairs.
00:13:22I don't want him near her right now.
00:13:24You, go to the basement and reflect on your actions.
00:13:43I made a bad call.
00:13:49I didn't mean for you to get hurt.
00:13:51Ethan told you not to do it.
00:13:54Yes.
00:13:56Then tomorrow you don't get ice cream.
00:14:00Not even if you want it.
00:14:04Okay.
00:14:07That's the punishment.
00:14:14Dad.
00:14:18Dad.
00:14:19Come home.
00:14:34Ryan made a bad call.
00:14:35He knows that.
00:14:36He feels terrible.
00:14:37That helps.
00:14:40Lily won't eat for anyone else.
00:14:42She wants your grilled cheese and tomato soup.
00:14:44You know it wasn't my fault.
00:14:46I know what happened.
00:14:47And this is still what you're doing.
00:14:49There are bigger things going on than how you feel about Ryan.
00:14:55Three more days.
00:14:57Then my time in your world is over.
00:15:00What does that mean?
00:15:05Nothing you need to worry about.
00:15:06Nothing you need to worry about.
00:15:13Hold on my wife.
00:15:14Hold on my little girl.
00:15:16I'll soon travel back to our world and bring you back to life.
00:15:20Nobody hurts.
00:15:33Did it hurt?
00:15:36Eat before it gets cold.
00:15:51you feel better yeah but mom says i need calm
00:16:00check this out
00:16:11thanks daddy besides mom you're my favorite person
00:16:23this isn't because they chose him
00:16:27it's because in three days the 10 years end and when it ends i leave this world i go
00:16:35back to my own timeline to my wife and my daughter
00:16:44what are you doing
00:16:53clearing out where's lily's keepsake box
00:16:57what the white memory box her hospital bracelet first curls ryan's cards baby
00:17:03photos i didn't touch it
00:17:11you've been clearing things out
00:17:17go get it back
00:17:17go get it back
00:17:28go get it back
00:17:34go get it back
00:17:38go get it back
00:17:47go get it back
00:18:00go get it back
00:18:00i didn't find it
00:18:01it was here
00:18:16I shouldn't have assumed
00:18:19About the box
00:18:22Her therapist moved Thursday to Friday
00:18:28The house was perfect
00:18:30Just like before
00:18:32But I could feel him pulling away
00:18:34And I hated myself for wondering
00:18:37Since when was I so afraid of losing him?
00:18:43My last birthday in this world
00:18:45Two more days
00:18:46Then I go home
00:18:59Make a wish, Dad
00:19:01A real one
00:19:03Write it down or it won't work
00:19:07Thank you
00:19:12For my wife and daughter
00:19:15Safe, happy, and loved
00:19:24Mr. Cole
00:19:25Ms. Miller wants you downstairs to celebrate the birthday
00:19:27My birthday?
00:19:35Is this for me?
00:19:38Thank you, Grace
00:19:39You're welcome
00:19:41Daddy, I got you a birthday gift
00:19:45Okay, ready?
00:20:06Oh, you're here
00:20:07Great
00:20:07When they bring out dessert
00:20:09You can cut the cake
00:20:10Funny thing
00:20:11We share a birthday
00:20:18Then Ethan can wish too
00:20:20Come on
00:20:23Come on
00:20:25Just do it
00:20:32Let me leave
00:20:33Let me leave this world
00:20:35Let me never see any of you again
00:20:38One more day
00:20:44Grace?
00:20:47Happy birthday
00:20:54Miss Miller
00:20:55Miss Miller
00:20:56The board guests are here
00:20:57Set the bar site up for service
00:21:03Perfect timing
00:21:09Well, I guess I'll be going then
00:21:16This is a beautiful party
00:21:18It is
00:21:19Thank you so much for coming
00:21:20Thank you
00:21:20We're so glad you could make it
00:21:22Thank you
00:21:22You didn't really have the
00:21:23I'm just going to be like
00:21:24How did you could make it?
00:21:25Oh, that's your first taste
00:21:32You run this place beautifully
00:21:38He's still here
00:21:40That arrangement lasted longer than I expected
00:21:42At least Lily finally has her real father back
00:21:46That's a little too simple
00:21:48Ethan has been here every day
00:21:57Can we do this every year?
00:21:59As long as I'm around
00:22:10One more day
00:22:12Then I'll have the best birthday gift of all
00:22:14Go back to my wife and daughter
00:22:16And bring them to life
00:22:31Can you bring the appetizer platter over?
00:22:49And thank you all for coming to my birthday party
00:23:02Ryan
00:23:13He's not breathing
00:23:16Severe reaction
00:23:19What did he eat?
00:23:23He only touched
00:23:24What you brought over
00:23:26He asked me to carry the tray
00:23:31He knows my allergies
00:23:35Call emergency transport and police, Ryan
00:23:38I'll make Ethan give you an explanation
00:23:43No police
00:23:46If this turns public
00:23:48It hits Lily
00:23:49You're bored
00:23:50All of it
00:23:53Let me handle him quietly
00:23:57Mom
00:24:01Let me talk to him
00:24:02And get the truth
00:24:05Fine
00:24:14You go with him
00:24:17If that's what you want
00:24:18If that's what you want
00:24:22Sir
00:24:33Let's see if you make it through tonight
00:24:36I'll pick you up tomorrow
00:24:49I'll pick you up tomorrow
00:24:50Last night in this world
00:24:52Grace told me to go with him
00:24:58Ten years of doing every assigned thing
00:25:01Ten years of doing every assigned thing
00:25:04I can't break the rules now
00:25:06I can't break the rules now
00:25:12You weren't allergic at all
00:25:14Why are you trying to frame me
00:25:17So what?
00:25:22You should have left when you had the chance
00:25:32You should have left when you had the chance
00:25:43You stood beside my woman
00:25:49You stood beside my woman
00:26:16What is that?
00:26:20For my wife and daughter
00:26:22Safe, happy, and loved
00:26:28These are birthday cards
00:26:30His birthday wish is all about us
00:26:33He didn't even write it for himself
00:26:35What if we've wronged him again?
00:26:42If I make one wrong move now
00:26:44I don't just lose my own world
00:26:46I lose my wife and daughter with it
00:26:54You got too comfortable
00:26:56She was never yours to leave and come back to
00:27:03And she still picked me
00:27:08Ethan, I need you downstairs
00:27:09Ethan, where's my blue sweater?
00:27:12Ethan, my pills
00:27:13Handled
00:27:14Now
00:27:14You can go
00:27:16One more night
00:27:17Then the ten years are over
00:27:19And I return to the world where I belong
00:27:22To my wife and daughter
00:27:29Shit
00:27:34Fuck
00:27:42Say hello
00:27:43Ethan
00:27:45Did he hurt you?
00:27:51No
00:27:52We're coming!
00:27:57Keep going!
00:28:08Do not make any sound
00:28:10Do not make any sound
00:28:10Do not make any sound
00:28:30Mission complete
00:28:32Original world restoration approved
00:28:35You may exit this world
00:28:37And restore your wife and daughter to the original world
00:28:42One thing first
00:28:44State request
00:28:45Every lie
00:28:47He knows my allergies
00:28:48Deception detected
00:28:50Every hit
00:28:54Every second
00:28:55Every second
00:28:56System analysis indicates a high probability of deception
00:28:59Leave it for them
00:29:00Confirming
00:29:09Ethan
00:29:10Ethan?
00:29:11Ethan?
00:29:13He made me
00:29:14Please
00:29:21No!
00:29:23No!
00:29:33I'm sorry
00:29:34You may be
00:29:36No!
00:29:36You may be
00:29:37You may be
00:29:53left for you you did that Grace listen to me get away from us Grace security
00:30:24he was unstable I was trying to contain him you touched him again after he was tied down
00:30:31don't call me he's gone because he wanted to leave you
00:30:39mom where did he go I don't know but we will find
00:31:02he told us
00:31:10he knew everything
00:31:22take Ryan's access away from every property it's done pull every bank trance every travel
00:31:29record every call I want all of it
00:31:36was he telling the truth about what everything
00:31:47go to bed he said he always came go to bed Lily
00:32:09he was packing
00:32:39he didn't keep anything
00:32:48I thought I lost this he labeled everything he was really leaving no he he won't leave us like this
00:33:01he loves us so much
00:33:07this isn't how he cuts it it's the same sandwich sweetheart it's it's the
00:33:11syrup you want from attach it's not move the donor brunch to Friday what now the
00:33:18soup was wrong last night the toast is wrong now the pills came late my sweater
00:33:23mother wasn't in the car nobody told the driver I have therapy sit down
00:33:30he never forgot anything miss Miller mr. Cole used to send us the order every
00:33:35morning and why did that stop because he did it himself
00:33:44that one is expired
00:33:51mr. Cole rotated them every week
00:33:57you said people would handle it
00:34:03he handled it
00:34:07there's news a mysterious person says they can help find mr. Cole
00:34:22he vanished in front of me did you see a body no a vehicle no a normal exit no
00:34:31you're not describing a disappearance you're describing a displacement event
00:34:38I didn't come here for nonsense then don't pay me with disbelief
00:34:48when did he appear in your life what records existed before that did he ever
00:34:53speak about time running out did he ever refer to another family did he leave any
00:35:00object that felt out of place he did mention about seven days did he say that
00:35:04more than once yes then he knew he was on borrowed time where is he not dead not in
00:35:16your say that again he is not dead then where most people never get close enough to
00:35:32prove it grief covers what logic cannot hold
00:35:40can he come back that depends on why he came here and what he left unfinished where he belongs
00:35:48can I reach him
00:35:52possibly tell me a crossing is not travel the way you mean it it takes an anchor and it takes
00:35:59a cost
00:35:59what cost what cost memory is the usual first price
00:36:05whose memory the one who crosses when
00:36:12not until you know what you are crossing for
00:36:17I'm crossing because I owe him the truth if you go you need to survive
00:36:23seeing a life that was never used
00:36:32you should be asleep I was looking for something
00:36:39I made this when I was seven
00:36:45did you ever give it to him
00:36:48I forgot
00:36:53Lily if I found him what would you want him to know
00:36:56sorry sorry dad I picked someone else
00:37:00just because I knew he'd come when I called I didn't know he could leave
00:37:07tell him I was wrong
00:37:10I will
00:37:14why this drawing
00:37:16because he stayed in that picture longer than he stayed in our lives
00:37:20it is an anchor then
00:37:25what happens if I cross
00:37:26you get one chance to arrive where his imprint is strongest now
00:37:35and after that if you return you will not come back untouched
00:37:41you may remember what you did
00:37:43you may remember what he meant
00:37:47faces and voices are less stable
00:37:50can I bring Lily?
00:37:51no
00:37:54a child does not survive this kind of displacement well
00:37:58then I go alone
00:37:59you are not going to get him back
00:38:01I know
00:38:02then why are you going?
00:38:07because if he really belonged somewhere else
00:38:10I need to see what I stole from him
00:38:15then tomorrow night you try
00:38:26if I don't come back
00:38:27you are not going there to disappear
00:38:38it's tonight
00:38:43will he come home with you?
00:38:48I don't know
00:38:49I don't know
00:38:50if he doesn't
00:38:51does that mean he hates us?
00:38:53no
00:38:55it may mean he belongs somewhere else more
00:39:01then give him this
00:39:02don't make him forgive us if he doesn't want to
00:39:09I won't
00:39:14come back
00:39:15I'll try
00:39:21I'll try
00:39:21mom
00:39:24if he looks happy
00:39:25don't ruin him
00:39:27shh
00:39:28shh
00:39:28shh
00:39:29shh
00:39:29shh
00:39:29shh
00:39:30shh
00:39:30shh
00:39:31shh
00:39:31shh
00:39:31shh
00:39:32shh
00:39:33shh
00:39:35shh
00:39:43shh
00:39:45th
00:39:50shh
00:39:52shh
00:39:52shh
00:39:53shh
00:39:53shh
00:39:53shh
00:39:54eанию
00:39:54shh
00:39:57shh
00:39:57shh
00:39:59now say what ties him to you he raised my daughter again he kept my house running
00:40:11he loved us in ways we did not deserve
00:40:38mr. Cole they're alive the surgery held
00:40:53your wife regained consciousness twice your daughter once memory response is inconsistent
00:40:58what does that mean they know their names they know who they are but personal recall is incomplete
00:41:10one minute
00:41:18i know your face that's enough what happened the crash happened surgery happened you made it
00:41:29my father's company tell me it's still standing they froze the succession meeting when you went
00:41:36into surgery and it's not lost yet
00:41:56mrs. Cole the board wants guidance before noon then bring me the numbers
00:42:28he looks thinner more tired
00:42:32but more alive
00:42:54emma can bear the limited decision making not for strain my father built this company with full
00:42:59control if i don't show up they'll split it before i can stand we have a liquidity breach in 48
00:43:04hours
00:43:05unless the bridge facility closes
00:43:12they've been circling us for months can we survive without them
00:43:20not long enough
00:43:25mrs. Cole
00:43:26your blood pressure is already climbing then don't stand in the doorway like i'm a child
00:43:41ethan can just split himself cleanly into protect the woman protect the company hold the child together do all of
00:43:49it at once
00:43:53if we don't sign by tomorrow they call default language
00:43:57i need the truth
00:43:58the truth is we don't have enough information and we still may have to sign
00:44:14did mom win
00:44:15not yet
00:44:19we are working
00:44:21that is his polite word for losing slowly
00:44:24then win faster
00:44:39i need 10 minutes
00:44:54you should not be here
00:44:56i wanted to know if you made it back alive
00:44:59you know now
00:45:00go home
00:45:02i do not have one here
00:45:03that is not my problem
00:45:06i am not here to take anything from them
00:45:13then stay away from them
00:45:19who is she
00:45:20someone who should leave
00:45:33ava
00:45:37breathe with me
00:45:38four in
00:45:40four out
00:45:41four out
00:45:50you've done this before
00:45:55yes
00:45:56many times
00:45:58yes
00:46:01stay until i sleep
00:46:06i will
00:46:12i told you to leave
00:46:15i helped your cfo flag the shell entity connected to sable ridge
00:46:18that was you
00:46:19yes
00:46:20why
00:46:21because i know what it looks like when you decide you can carry everything yourself
00:46:24i know what happens after
00:46:25do not use what happened in your house to step into mine
00:46:28i am not asking to step into anything
00:46:30i am giving you something you need
00:46:33you still should not be here
00:46:35i know
00:46:35i also know i was wrong about why you stayed in our world
00:46:40i thought if someone carried us for 10 years it had to mean we were the center of his life
00:46:45good
00:46:46ethan
00:46:48i am not asking you for anything
00:46:54then keep it that way
00:47:03i want no filtered version give me the real exposure
00:47:06if we do nothing payroll fails first
00:47:08if we move too fast control shifts before we can map the hidden structures
00:47:12your father's old enemies are not buying debt
00:47:14they are buying position
00:47:16and the bridge paper
00:47:19predatory
00:47:19maybe survivable if we cut their teeth out before we sign
00:47:28then do that
00:47:29mrs cole this meeting should have ended 15 minutes ago
00:47:33then come back in 15 more
00:47:52ethan
00:47:53stay
00:47:54okay
00:47:55i'm here with you
00:48:13we need execution tonight
00:48:15where is the affiliate control disclosure
00:48:19appendix 3
00:48:26this is summary language
00:48:28i want beneficial ownership
00:48:30you do not have the time for a forensic exercise
00:48:32then give us enough time
00:48:34time is exactly what the market has decided
00:48:37not to offer
00:48:38maturity dates move
00:48:40fees cap
00:48:41asset ring fashion expands
00:48:43cross default language narrows or there is no signature tonight
00:48:53you did not answer my question earlier
00:48:56which one
00:48:58would you sign this
00:49:01only if doing nothing kills us faster
00:49:12you again
00:49:15sable ridge used a shell in zurich three years ago to strip collateral through a delayed
00:49:20disclosure chain
00:49:21i had someone pull the old arbitration notes
00:49:23who is someone
00:49:24some of them are people who owe me favors from another life
00:49:34why are you doing this
00:49:36because if i am going to stand in the part of your life i do not belong in it should
00:49:40at least help you survive it
00:49:42you are still standing in it
00:49:44i know
00:49:45do not come upstairs
00:49:46i won't
00:49:56where did this come from
00:49:58a source that wants sable hurt more than we do
00:50:10then i already like them
00:50:39you crossed worlds to help me with paper
00:50:41work
00:50:42i crossed because leaving you with what i did felt worse than the cost of coming
00:50:46i am not confused anymore that matters
00:50:50about what
00:50:50about the 10 years
00:50:52you were not loving us the way i thought
00:50:54you were surviving us while trying to get back here
00:50:57that changes what i'm allowed to ask from you
00:51:00you should not be asking for anything
00:51:03then i won't
00:51:05but i can still tell you when i see you caring too much
00:51:12that has never stopped being true
00:51:14does emma know about me
00:51:18no
00:51:21will she
00:51:23i hope not
00:51:30then i stay out of her way
00:51:42i heard you nearly sold the company to wolves
00:51:44we nearly died in surgery too
00:51:47recovery does not mean the first decisions were clean
00:52:18and you
00:52:20yes
00:52:22that means we are allowed one decent meal tonight
00:52:28can it be fries
00:52:29for 90 days of breathing
00:52:31yes
00:52:37yes
00:52:46okay
00:52:48okay
00:52:49you know where everything is already
00:52:52i put it there
00:52:53that sounds like dad
00:52:56hello
00:52:58no public statement yet
00:53:00we need one more week of calm
00:53:08sit down
00:53:11i am standing
00:53:14barely
00:53:21i hate this part
00:53:25which part
00:53:30needing you this much while still feeling pieces missing
00:53:34you do not owe me
00:53:36completed memory
00:53:38before you lean on me
00:53:40that sounds practiced
00:53:48we can restart one line by monday
00:53:50if the old supplier releases inventory
00:53:52that still leaves reputational risk
00:53:55and labor panic
00:53:57can one line hold the room
00:54:01one line tells everyone we are not dead
00:54:03then one line lives
00:54:11that means we won right
00:54:15it means we did not lose today
00:54:22you will never stay with me again ethan
00:54:40this is the last time
00:54:42i am leaving soon
00:54:46lily made it when she was seven
00:54:48she found it after you were gone
00:54:51she told me not to make you forgive us
00:54:53if you did not want to
00:54:55i came here to give you this
00:54:56and to say one thing clearly
00:54:57the ten years you carried in our house
00:54:59should not disappear like they meant nothing
00:55:02thank you
00:55:03goodbye ethan
00:55:12do not disappear like that
00:55:16what would happen in the house
00:55:16do not disappear like that
00:55:34does not match the earlier terms and conditions list they staged the exposure
00:55:43in layers the first set got us to sign the second set is meant to close around
00:55:47whatever we still have left how much time not much if we move loudly now we
00:55:53show them where we are weak then we move quietly if they think we are
00:56:01stabilizing they will relax around the edges that is where we pull proof this
00:56:10is the cleanest version of a dirty option we can force by morning do you still hate
00:56:13it yes do we have better I narrowed cross default language I pushed
00:56:19disclosures I boxed off what I could if they are still hiding something it is
00:56:23under a structure we cannot see yet
00:56:28Ethan let me look at you one more time I'm leaving tonight not signing may kill
00:56:34them faster than signing no if this goes wrong
00:56:43it goes wrong with both our names on it
00:56:45no
00:56:53cash pressure eases one creditor backs off
00:56:57two board threats go quiet tell me this one holds it bought us room
00:57:08did we win we survived the morning
00:57:19that would have meant nothing to me in my world here it says everything
00:57:27if we get another week I can rebuild supplier trust if we get another week I can map the affiliates
00:57:34deeper then maybe we really can hold this
00:57:45what is it they moved through a controlled affiliate we were not shown the asset ring fast is being
00:57:49pierced through an internal timing trigger Christ this was held back
00:57:58can we stop it
00:58:02Emma
00:58:10answer me
00:58:12maybe part of it not all of it
00:58:21hello
00:58:22the vendors got the notice
00:58:24if they file before morning we lose the hold
00:58:27take the injunction language strip it to what survives tonight
00:58:31I believe you
00:58:38Sable triggered the affiliate lock the board just voted to recognize the transfer
00:58:45say it clearly
00:58:46we lost control of the company
00:58:52I signed the term sheet this is on me
00:58:54you signed what was in front of you
00:58:56I should have seen more they hid more
00:58:58I still signed it
00:59:03everybody out
00:59:07you too
00:59:10okay
00:59:22I know what happened
00:59:27then you know I should have done better I was so close to happiness but I made a mistake
00:59:32what if Emma doesn't want me anymore
00:59:34you did everything you could
00:59:35she won't hold a grudge against you
00:59:44it was not enough
00:59:46that matters to me
00:59:48you should not be here
00:59:49I did not cross worlds to leave that unsaid
00:59:52you should go
00:59:53not before you hear me
00:59:59you came every time I called
01:00:01you raised my child
01:00:03you held my house together
01:00:04I let myself believe that would go on forever
01:00:07I know what I did
01:00:08I know who I kept choosing
01:00:10I know how late I am
01:00:12Grace
01:00:13no
01:00:14if you want me gone
01:00:16tell me to my face
01:00:17those ten years meant nothing
01:00:18they did not mean nothing
01:00:22then do not stand there
01:00:23and make me feel insane
01:00:24for still carrying them
01:00:27I am not making you insane
01:00:29I am trying
01:00:31not to making this worse
01:00:35you do not get to decide that alone
01:00:43you matter to me
01:00:44what happened in your house mattered
01:00:48what happened to Lily mattered
01:00:50what happened to me there mattered
01:00:52but Emma is my wife
01:00:54Ava is my daughter
01:00:55even if she never remembers me the way she used to I stay
01:00:58I will not betray them
01:01:00so that is the truth
01:01:02yes
01:01:05then look at me and say there is nothing left of us in you
01:01:11there is something
01:01:13there will always be something
01:01:16that is enough to ruin me
01:01:18and not enough to keep you
01:01:25do you know what the worst part is
01:01:29I still cannot hate you for telling me the truth
01:01:33I was selfish
01:01:35I was blind
01:01:37I kept taking and taking and calling it normal
01:01:42I still came here thinking maybe
01:01:44if I stood in front of you long enough
01:01:46you would turn and choose me
01:01:48Grace
01:01:49I know
01:01:50I know
01:01:53I live with you for ten years
01:01:58I know how you walk when you are tired
01:02:00I know what you do when you are angry
01:02:05I know the sound of your keys when you come in late
01:02:08I know what silence means when it comes from you
01:02:11you do not get to tell me I imagined all of that
01:02:18I am not saying you imagined it
01:02:21then say what I was to you
01:02:25you were my family there
01:02:33I am not going to ask you to come with me
01:02:38I am not going to ask you to choose me
01:02:43I want one thing
01:02:45do not forget me
01:02:47I will not
01:02:48do not let those ten years disappear like they were a job you survived
01:03:00I want to erase them
01:03:10I want to erase them
01:03:21do not move
01:03:23do not move
01:03:24do not move
01:03:26I need to look at you while I still can
01:03:28do not move
01:03:29do not move
01:03:58Did you find him?
01:04:00Yes.
01:04:01Did you bring him back?
01:04:04No.
01:04:05Then go home before your mind starts protecting you from what it cannot keep.
01:04:14What fades first?
01:04:15His voice.
01:04:17Then his face.
01:04:18And one day, you realize you cannot remember him at all.
01:04:23Maybe that is the punishment.
01:04:25Maybe it is also the mercy.
01:04:45Did you see him?
01:04:48Yes.
01:04:49Did he look happy?
01:04:52He was where he belonged.
01:04:56Did he say anything?
01:05:02Is that enough?
01:05:05You're forgetting him.
01:05:08Will you forget him before I do?
01:05:13I will remember what matters.
01:05:29You should be resting.
01:05:30I was.
01:05:33Then I noticed my husband disappeared into a glass box to decide my life for me.
01:05:40Emma.
01:05:41If you came out here to say it, you do not have to make it gentle.
01:05:44Say what?
01:05:46That it is over.
01:05:48Remember, I don't have the right to stay after this.
01:05:51I should have protected it better because it was his and because it was yours.
01:05:56You trusted me and I still let it happen.
01:06:08Are you done?
01:06:15Emma.
01:06:25We are standing in a world where I woke up from surgery without half the map in my head.
01:06:30And you came back to me from something I still do not understand.
01:06:34At this point, I am not interested in pretending certainty is our only respectable option.
01:06:38On a world this unknown, we move together.
01:06:42I already lost my father's company.
01:06:44I am not losing you two.
01:06:47You do not know everything.
01:06:48I woke up missing pieces of my life.
01:06:51I watched my daughter know you before I did.
01:06:53I watched you carry my company on no sleep and no room to fail.
01:06:58My standards for impossible are lower now.
01:07:01I did not come out here to dismiss you from my life.
01:07:08I came out here because I have been watching you since I woke up.
01:07:13And you were the only person in that room who kept telling me the truth, even when it cut your
01:07:18own throat.
01:07:25After the crash, I did not wake up here.
01:07:32I woke up in another life.
01:07:36There was a woman named Grace and a little girl named Lily.
01:07:40They thought I was there to stay.
01:07:42I knew I was there on borrowed time.
01:07:45Something called Atlas told me that if I completed the term there, I could come back here and restore you
01:07:49and Ava.
01:07:50That was the deal.
01:07:52Ten years in their world for one chance to get my wife and daughter back in this one.
01:07:56Grace needed a husband in public.
01:07:58Lily needed a father in practice.
01:08:00I became the person who handled everything.
01:08:02School, medicine, meals, night terrors, logistics, board dinners, family emergencies.
01:08:08Every day I told myself it was temporary.
01:08:10Every year it stopped feeling temporary.
01:08:14Near the end, Grace's old partner came back.
01:08:17He framed me, hurt Lily, blamed me for things he did himself.
01:08:24Then he tied me to a chair and beat me because he knew I was in the way.
01:08:28Atlas gave me the way back, right before Grace found me.
01:08:33Grace was the woman who came here.
01:08:41And all the time you were there, you knew you were trying to get back to us?
01:08:45Every day.
01:08:45I wrote the same birthday wish every year for my wife and daughter.
01:08:51Safe, happy, and loved.
01:08:53I came back for you.
01:08:54I came back for Ava.
01:08:56If the deal opened again tomorrow, I would still choose the road that led back here.
01:09:02Did you love Grace?
01:09:06No.
01:09:10It's you.
01:09:14Always and forever.
01:09:16That is the answer I needed.
01:09:18Then stop standing out there like you're waiting for judgment.
01:09:22You're in it.
01:09:30Tell me something only my husband will know.
01:09:34You hate the smell of hospital flowers.
01:09:39You say they make sick rooms for more like sick rooms.
01:09:42You sleep with one foot outside the blanket.
01:09:44You read bad news twice before you say it out loud.
01:09:47You always pretend Ava's school projects are easy and then stay up until one in the morning fixing them.
01:09:51Again.
01:09:52You steal fries and call it quality control.
01:09:55When you're annoyed, you always start turning your cup in your hands.
01:09:58On our second anniversary, you said if we ever got rich, you still wanted ugly kitchen mugs because expensive ones
01:10:02make coffee taste like meetings.
01:10:04I don't remember saying that.
01:10:06You did.
01:10:08It sounds like me.
01:10:10It is you.
01:10:14Say one more.
01:10:22I missed your voice.
01:10:23I missed your voice.
01:10:26You still have it.
01:10:30Not like this.
01:10:32Not when it's aimed at me.
01:10:37I missed you, too.
01:10:39I just didn't know what I was missing.
01:10:46Look at me.
01:10:49You are home.
01:10:56Mom?
01:11:05Did I do something wrong?
01:11:07No, baby.
01:11:11No.
01:11:12Come here.
01:11:14Are you fighting?
01:11:19No.
01:11:20You looked serious.
01:11:23We were.
01:11:24That doesn't mean bad.
01:11:29Are you staying tonight?
01:11:34If you want me to.
01:11:36That's not what I asked.
01:11:41Yes.
01:11:42I'm staying.
01:11:43For real?
01:11:44For real.
01:11:50That's Grandpa's watch.
01:11:52It is.
01:11:53Why do you have it?
01:11:55Because we're carrying this together.
01:11:57Okay.
01:12:00So that means you're on the same team now.
01:12:02Yes.
01:12:04Good.
01:12:05Because when you're not, everything feels weird.
01:12:10We're on the same team.
01:12:13Then what happens to Grandpa's company?
01:12:16It means we have work to do.
01:12:19Did bad people take it?
01:12:22Yes.
01:12:22Are you going to take it back?
01:12:24We're going to build again.
01:12:26From scratch.
01:12:28Maybe not all the way from scratch.
01:12:30Is that better or worse?
01:12:32Harder at the start.
01:12:33Better at the end.
01:12:35Okay.
01:12:37You two better still be on the same team when I wake up.
01:12:40We will.
01:12:41Promise.
01:12:44We should go.
01:12:45Yeah.
01:12:49Tomorrow, no guilt.
01:12:50No retreat.
01:12:51No disappearing into shame.
01:12:53Yes, ma'am.
01:12:55Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:56Good.
01:12:57Good.
01:12:57Good.
01:12:58Good.
01:12:58Good.
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