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00:00I was Samuel Hansen's pep woman for three years.
00:02The day I found out I was pregnant,
00:04and the same day he ordered me to bring a shirt to the club he usually visited.
00:25I stood in front of the door, overheard a similar male voice said,
00:29Sam, I've been pretending to be you and sleeping with your woman for so long.
00:33If she finds out, won't she get mad and leave?
00:35So what? She's not going anywhere.
00:37Besides, it's not the first time we've switched.
00:40Just don't let her get pregnant. That's gross.
00:44I was shivering. Rain dripped from my eyelashes.
00:47The room erupted in laughter. Someone said,
00:49Jimmy, even playing your own brother's girl?
00:56Come on, who wouldn't want to with that face of Michelle's?
00:59Someone else cut in.
01:00Her body's insane, too.
01:02That bouncy ass, ripe and ready.
01:04Only Samuel, who's always cold towards women, would stay away from her.
01:10I pressed my back against the cold wall outside the door.
01:13Then I turned back into the rain, picked up a taxi.
01:18The call from Samuel was rang.
01:20Where are you? My patience is wearing...
01:22I won't get there.
01:25I cut him off and hung up immediately.
01:30That afternoon, I called the clinic and scheduled my abortion.
01:34Then I bought a plane ticket.
01:35The date?
01:36The exact same day as the wedding.
01:40My coldness wasn't born out of thin air.
01:43I also heard her voice that day.
01:49Why does Michelle sound like a public toilet?
01:51Like anyone can use her?
01:53Shania Beaufort, princess of the elite circle.
01:56Samuel's childhood sweetheart.
01:58He's pampered her all his life.
01:59She was laughing, leaning back with her wine.
02:02Whose idea was this?
02:04Taking it this far?
02:05Shania raised an eyebrow.
02:06They're too dumb.
02:08Of course it was me.
02:10Michelle would never imagine Samuel had a twin brother.
02:14You all should thank me.
02:15Without me, none of you would have had this much fun.
02:17Samuel smiled indulgently at her.
02:19Yes, you're the smartest.
02:21Then another voice.
02:22I heard Samuel is marrying Michelle in seven days.
02:25That true?
02:25Samuel chuckled into his glass.
02:27Of course not.
02:30She wanted a title, so I played along.
02:33After you two get married in seven days, tell her the truth.
02:37Tell her you and Jimmy took turns playing with her this whole year.
02:41I want to see her reaction.
02:43Push her into the abyss right at her happiest moment.
02:45Isn't that fun?
02:46How old are you?
02:48Still so childish.
02:50Childish or not, haven't you always given me whatever I wanted?
02:55But still, you guys better be careful not to get her pregnant by accident.
02:59Girls from the slums are real trouble once they're knocked up.
03:03Samuel frowned slightly.
03:05Impossible.
03:06Don't joke like that.
03:07But what if she really is pregnant?
03:10And she can get lost.
03:11Right, Jimmy?
03:12Jimmy was staring into space.
03:14He snapped back at his name.
03:16Yeah.
03:16He muttered.
03:17The memory cut through me like a dull blade, leaving only one clear thought.
03:22I had to get out.
03:23I tapped the flight confirmation email again, ditched their wedding, and turned their whole
03:28script into a fucking joke.
03:30My sugar daddy Samuel would keep sending living expenses until then.
03:34Might as well cash in.
03:36I'd saved a lot over the years.
03:38Lately, my savings had been growing twice as fast.
03:41No wonder.
03:41Samuel wire transferred money, then forgot and did it again.
03:44Only it wasn't Samuel doing it twice.
03:46It was Samuel once.
03:48Jimmy once.
03:50Mystery solved.
03:51I said to myself, staring at the double deposits on my screen.
03:55Two idiots, two transfers.
03:57I thought back to how it all started.
03:59College.
04:00Shania was my roommate.
04:01On move-in day, she brought a Louis Vuitton trunk and head-to-toe designer labels.
04:06The trunk sat open on the bed.
04:07Jewelry inside.
04:08Skincare sets.
04:09A silk robe.
04:11She looked at me.
04:13Instant noodles on my desk.
04:14Three part-time job schedules pinned to the corkboard.
04:17Worn-out sneakers by the door.
04:19You've got that hungry look.
04:21She said, touching my sleeve.
04:22I like that.
04:23She had done this before.
04:28There was a girl in high school.
04:29Quiet.
04:30Glasses.
04:31Back row.
04:31Top of her class.
04:32Completely invisible.
04:34Then one day, a boy showed up.
04:36Rich.
04:36Handsome.
04:37Every girl's dream.
04:38He knelt in the school courtyard.
04:39Roses in his hands.
04:40A camera filming for the whole school.
04:42I love you.
04:43He said.
04:43For the camera.
04:46The girl cried.
04:47No one had ever loved her like that.
04:49She believed every word.
04:51Then Shania told her friend to dump the girl.
04:53Right before the set.
04:54The girl used to score at the top of her class.
04:57She bombed the exam.
04:59That night, she climbed to the roof and jumped.
05:03She was in the ICU.
05:05She never woke up.
05:07Shania went to prom in a gown that cost more than the girl's hospital bill.
05:11She didn't lose a minute of sleep.
05:13Back in college.
05:14First semester.
05:15One evening, I was rushing to work and she stopped me in the hallway.
05:19Your dad's a gambling addict.
05:21Your mom's dead.
05:23Your grandmother's sick in bed.
05:25And you're working three jobs.
05:28She looked at me, tilting her head.
05:30You're interesting.
05:31I didn't know what she meant.
05:33I just knew she was dangerous.
05:34That night, she lay in bed, perfectly still.
05:37I pretended to be asleep.
05:39In the dark, I listened to her breathing.
05:41Slow.
05:41Steady.
05:42Then she spoke.
05:43I never hurt the ones who see me clearly.
05:45Only the ones who don't.
05:47After that night, she started getting close.
05:50Giving me things.
05:51Taking meplices.
05:52Paying for everything.
05:54I thought it was kindness.
05:55Later, I understood.
05:56That was the sound of a gun being loaded.
05:58Then one night, she brought a boy to the dorm room.
06:00His name was Samuel.
06:02Harvard math genius.
06:03Campus heartthrob.
06:04One candid photo of him online had gotten 100 million views.
06:08Also the heir to the handsome group.
06:10With a future as bright as it gets.
06:12Samuel, this is my roommate.
06:14Help me figure out if she's worth it.
06:17And Samuel.
06:18He was the perfect weapon she handpicked for me.
06:21According to her script, Samuel would pursue me.
06:24Spoil me rotten with money.
06:26Make me his girlfriend.
06:27Then once I got used to it all, he'd dump me.
06:30Crush me with the fall.
06:32And Samuel played his part well.
06:34Gifts every week.
06:35Attention every day.
06:37Forbad me from working.
06:39Something new every single day.
06:40Forget about working.
06:41He'd say, sliding his credit card into my hand.
06:44Let me take care of you.
06:45That's all I want.
06:48He asked about my family.
06:50Remembered every detail.
06:52My grandmother's illness.
06:53My favorite flowers.
06:55But I was a hoarder.
06:56However much money he gave me, I saved it all.
07:00The jewelry he gave me.
07:01I never wore it.
07:02I sold it online at high prices.
07:05I was scared of being poor.
07:07Felt unworthy.
07:08The more I saved, the safer I felt.
07:10And I wasn't stupid.
07:12I could tell Samuel was acting.
07:14Every time he held my hand, I caught that flash of mockery in his eyes.
07:18I didn't know why he claimed to like me.
07:20Even though he clearly didn't.
07:22But he was rich.
07:23And dumb.
07:24So I kept hoarding.
07:26Because opportunities like this don't come twice.
07:30Keep acting, rich boy.
07:32I whispered to myself one night.
07:34Staring at the growing number in my savings account.
07:37I'm getting richer every time you fake an I love you.
07:41We dated like a normal couple.
07:44Hand holding.
07:45Hugs.
07:46Kisses.
07:47One winter.
07:48I even knitted him a scarf.
07:50Dark blue.
07:51Every stitch done by hand.
07:53Then my grandma got critically ill.
07:55For the first time ever, I asked Samuel for something expensive.
08:00Can you give me a birthday gift?
08:02I remember how he froze.
08:04A full second of stillness.
08:05Then he smiled.
08:06I will never forget what I saw in his eyes in that moment.
08:09Glee.
08:10Pure.
08:10Venomous glee.
08:11Like a snake who'd finally sunk its fangs in.
08:14They thought I had been spoiled.
08:15Corrupted by the money.
08:16Everything was going according to their plan.
08:18The next day.
08:19A coffee shop.
08:21Samuel slid an envelope across the table.
08:26Something came up.
08:28I think we should stop seeing each other.
08:29His voice was calm.
08:31Almost gentle.
08:32I stared at him.
08:33A full ten seconds of silence.
08:35Then I smiled.
08:36Thanks for the scholarship.
08:37I stood up.
08:38Picked up the envelope.
08:39Tore it open.
08:40Inside.
08:41A refund receipt.
08:42Everything I'd ever borrowed from him.
08:43The amount was zero.
08:44He froze.
08:45Keep the change, rich boy.
08:47I walked out.
08:48Didn't look back.
08:49Back at the dorm.
08:50Shania was waiting by her phone.
08:52She'd set up a camera angle.
08:54Good lighting.
08:54She was ready to capture the meltdown.
08:56When I walked in, she looked up.
08:59No tears.
08:59No trembling.
09:01She stared.
09:02You're supposed to be crying.
09:04I sat down on my bed.
09:06Took off my shoes.
09:07Reached for a book.
09:10Sorry to disappoint.
09:12She said nothing.
09:14Right after the breakup, I deleted everything.
09:17Every number.
09:18Every photo.
09:19Every message thread.
09:21Clean.
09:22Complete.
09:22This game is boring!
09:24She screamed in our dorm room.
09:25I could hear her through the walls.
09:27You were supposed to break!
09:28What's wrong with her?
09:29After that, she got mean.
09:31Nails in my shoes.
09:32Ice water dumped on my blankets in the dead of winter.
09:35Small, petty cruelties.
09:37Then my dad lost a fortune gambling.
09:39His debt.
09:40It was to the Hanson family, to pay it off.
09:42He offered me up as compensation.
09:44That was how I became Samuel's kept woman.
09:46That night, I stood in front of the mirror.
09:48Poor Shania.
09:49I whispered.
09:50You wrote a tragedy.
09:52And your star actress won't follow the damn script.
09:56Then early this year, everything shifted.
09:58He started kissing me.
10:00One night, he came home drunk.
10:02I helped him to the sofa.
10:04Made him tea.
10:05He pulled me onto his lap and kissed me.
10:08Soft, at first.
10:09Then deeper.
10:10I barely knew how to breathe through it.
10:15So this is what you taste like.
10:17He murmured.
10:18Sweet.
10:20Next time, remember to breathe.
10:23That night, he took my virginity.
10:28After that night, he couldn't get enough every position, every room, every surface.
10:34He hated condoms.
10:35He loved doing it when the staff were around.
10:37I'd bite my lip and stay silent.
10:39The quieter I was, the more he wanted.
10:42But the strangest thing.
10:44He had a ritual every time we were in bed together.
10:47He'd make me say his name.
10:48Over and over.
10:49What's my name?
10:53Samuel.
10:54You're Samuel.
10:55Wrong.
10:56Say it again.
10:58What's wrong with you, Samuel?
11:00He held back the rage in his eyes.
11:02I never understood why it was there the closer I held him.
11:05The rougher he got.
11:06Like a mad dog that needed to be stroked the right way.
11:09But outside the bedroom.
11:11He was tender.
11:12He kissed my forehead.
11:14Knew my stomach was weak.
11:16Made me porridge to soothe it.
11:18On my birthday, he set off fireworks all night across the entire Cambridge sky.
11:25Baby.
11:25He whispered, stroking my hair.
11:27Let's live a good life together.
11:28He pulled me out of nightmares.
11:30Held me close in the dark.
11:32Gently.
11:32Every time.
11:35Don't be scared, baby.
11:37I'm here.
11:37And slowly, I started to believe it.
11:40I started to think.
11:41Maybe I could love this man.
11:43A few months ago, he pushed me down again.
11:45No condom.
11:46What if I get pregnant?
11:48Then have it.
11:49I'll raise it.
11:53One night, after everything, he leaned over me.
11:58Baby.
11:59Don't be my lover anymore.
12:01I said yes.
12:02I meant it.
12:03Be my partner.
12:03Now I look back at everything, and I know the truth.
12:06From that very first night, the man in my bed wasn't Samuel.
12:09It was Jimmy.
12:10The proposal.
12:11Just another piece of their game.
12:12I really did want this child.
12:14But now, it wasn't worth it anymore.
12:18Five days before I leave the country, I can tell the Hanson brothers apart now.
12:22Izzly.
12:23Samuel.
12:24Cold.
12:25Gloomy.
12:26Never smiles.
12:27Total workaholic.
12:28Jimmy.
12:29Acts clingy.
12:30Has a mole on his ABS.
12:32I've seen it every single time he strips.
12:35I don't know if Samuel has that same mole.
12:37He's never touched me.
12:40This morning, I came downstairs and found Samuel reading the newspaper.
12:44Gold-rimmed glasses.
12:46Distant.
12:47Clipped tone.
12:48Michelle.
12:50Dress nicely today.
12:51We have guests.
12:54Classic Samuel.
12:55I went back upstairs and changed.
12:58At noon, the doorbell rang.
13:00Jimmy walked in with Shania.
13:01I looked at that face, identical to Samuel's, and I pretended to be surprised, just the right
13:06amount of shock.
13:07Nothing overdone.
13:07Michelle, this is my twin brother.
13:13He just got back from a business trip abroad.
13:16Nice to meet you.
13:16Jimmy extended his hand toward me.
13:18I took it.
13:19Nice to meet you.
13:21I didn't expect you two to look exactly the same.
13:24Jimmy's expression didn't flicker.
13:26His smile stayed warm, harmless.
13:28Sometimes I really admire him.
13:30After all those times we slept together, he still pretends like we're strangers.
13:35There's still a lot you don't know.
13:37The audacity.
13:39After every night we've spent tangled together, he's standing here shaking my hand like a
13:44stranger.
13:45Honestly, I admire the performance.
13:49Shania grabbed my arm, beaming.
13:51No need to introduce me.
13:53Michelle and I were college roommates.
13:55I heard you're getting married soon.
13:58Samuel and I talked.
13:59I'll be your bridesmaid.
14:01Before I responded, the chef announced lunch.
14:03At the dining table, Shania wedged herself right between Samuel and Jimmy.
14:07She rested her chin on her hand, eyes sparkling.
14:12Michelle, have you noticed any changes in Samuel lately?
14:15I saw right through her.
14:16She wanted me to fumble, to say something stupid, to give them all a show.
14:20So I gave her one.
14:21I set down my fork and nodded thoughtfully.
14:23Yeah.
14:24He really has changed a lot this past year.
14:28The entire table went still.
14:30The brother's faces stiffened like stone.
14:33I smiled and let my cheeks blush pink.
14:36He's been treating me so much better.
14:39I honestly think I'm falling for him more and more.
14:42Samuel's gaze cut to Jimmy, sharp enough to wound.
14:44Then, Jimmy reached across the table.
14:46He peeled several shrimp and laid them gently on my plate.
14:49Baby garlic shrimp.
14:50No shell's your favorite.
14:51One second passed.
14:52No one breath.
14:53We had all frozen solid.
14:55Especially the Hanson brothers, their faces went stiff.
14:58Jimmy's realization hit a beat too late, but his face stayed composed.
15:02Sam likes to call you that.
15:03It just slipped.
15:04Samuel shot Jimmy a warning glance.
15:06I nodded, keeping my expression pleasant.
15:08You're surprisingly sweet.
15:12Samuel's glare could have started a fire.
15:14I ignored them both and stuffed the shrimp into my mouth.
15:17I chewed and immediately regretted it.
15:20I frowned.
15:21Not good.
15:22It tasted fishy.
15:23My stomach flipped violently.
15:25I covered my mouth and sprinted to the bathroom.
15:29After I'd emptied my stomach,
15:31I walked back to find Shania studding me with narrowed eyes.
15:35Could it be morning sickness?
15:40Both brothers' heads snapped toward me.
15:42I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand.
15:45No, just an upset stomach lately.
15:48And what's wrong with throwing up?
15:49It's good for weight loss.
15:51Samuel set his utensils down with deliberate slowness.
15:54His smile could have frozen water.
15:55Any skinnier and you'll feel like bones when I touch you.
16:00After the meal,
16:01Samuel and Jimmy walked Shania home.
16:04They came back late.
16:06The door opened.
16:07Whoever it was went directly to the shower without a word.
16:10I still couldn't tell which one had just walked in.
16:13Then my eyes landed on his phone,
16:15left carelessly on the knitstand.
16:16I picked it up.
16:22I typed in Shiana's birthday.
16:25We'd been roommates.
16:26She celebrated her birthday like a national holiday.
16:30Not something you forget.
16:32The phone unlocked instantly.
16:35WhatsApp.
16:37The chat thread between Samuel and Jimmy.
16:40I scrolled up and started reading.
16:44Switch back in a few days.
16:47No, I'm not done playing.
16:49She said you treated her really well this year.
16:52Don't tell me you caught feeling.
16:54No way.
16:55Didn't you say it yourself?
16:56The better we treat her,
16:57the harder she'll fall when the dream shatters.
17:00Most of the year, it's been me with her.
17:04Just a few days left.
17:07I don't want her to get suspicious.
17:09Got it.
17:10You really didn't do it with her?
17:12No.
17:13Why?
17:14Do you care?
17:15No.
17:16I just don't want my toy to get dirty.
17:20Listen.
17:21Play if you want,
17:22but don't cross the line.
17:24That's the rule.
17:26I read the last line again.
17:30Toy, don't cross the line.
17:33I realized my hands were trembling.
17:35Not from fear.
17:37From disgust.
17:41So the man in the shower was Jimmy.
17:45Ten minutes later,
17:47Jimmy walked out.
17:49Hair still wet.
17:51Towel slung low.
17:55I kept my eyes on Candy Scrush,
17:57matching colors like nothing had happened.
18:01Jimmy took my wrist gently,
18:03finger running along my nails.
18:06You got him done that long again?
18:09His voice dropped,
18:10suggestive.
18:12My back is covered in scratch marks.
18:15I didn't look up from the screen.
18:17Then call the cops.
18:19He paused.
18:20Then laughed low in his throat.
18:25Baby,
18:26why are you so cute?
18:30His hand cupped my face and tilted it up.
18:33He leaned in to kiss me.
18:35His other hand slid under my shirt.
18:40I pushed against his chest.
18:45My stomach hurts today.
18:47Your stomach?
18:48Is it acting up again?
18:54No.
18:55His palm moved down to my lower belly.
19:00I'll rub it for you then.
19:02I brushed his hand away.
19:05No need.
19:06His arm froze mid-air.
19:09A beat passed.
19:11Then he sutted coldly.
19:14Fine.
19:15Suffer then.
19:16I don't care anymore.
19:21Long silence filled the room.
19:23I could feel him watching me.
19:25That night,
19:26the ache in my belly
19:27wouldn't ease.
19:32I tossed and turned,
19:34curled into a tight ball.
19:41Then,
19:43somewhere in the dark,
19:45a soft sigh,
19:47Jimmy pulled me into his chest
19:49and gently patted my back.
19:50His voice was thick with sleep.
19:53Hoary.
19:55Almost tender.
19:57Baby, it's okay.
19:58It's okay.
20:00My mother used to do that
20:02when I was very small.
20:05It felt like a memory from another life.
20:08And having Jimmy do it now,
20:10the irony burned.
20:17Morning light.
20:18I woke slowly
20:19to find Jimmy already standing beside the bed.
20:23He was holding my phone.
20:26Scrolling.
20:27His expression?
20:28Like a ghost from a horror film.
20:33Damp.
20:34Cold.
20:36Smiling without warmth.
20:39Baby.
20:42His voice was silk wrapped around something sharp.
20:46Be honest with me.
20:49Are you hiding something?
20:51I stretched and awed.
20:53What could I possibly hide from you?
20:56His face darkened.
20:57The fake smile vanished.
21:09He shoved the phone inches from my nose.
21:13On the screen,
21:13an email from an abortion clinic.
21:16Pre-operational instructions.
21:18Patient, Michelle.
21:20Why did an abortion clinic send you this?
21:22His voice went colder still.
21:24And how come I didn't know you were pregnant?
21:28My heart stopped.
21:29Blood pounded in my temples.
21:32But I pulled it together.
21:34Fast.
21:35Oh, don't overreact.
21:37I was on some shady sites.
21:39Probably clicked an ad by accident.
21:41If I really were pregnant,
21:43of course I'd tell you.
21:47I could wrap you around my finger so tight
21:50you'd never untangle.
21:55Jimmy's eyebrow arched.
21:57You browse shady sites?
22:02I gave him a fluked.
22:05Learning a bit more never hurt anyone.
22:07He tilted my chin up with two fingers.
22:12The things I teach you every day aren't enough?
22:17You keep this up,
22:19and I might just lose my mind.
22:24He pulled me into his arms.
22:26Cheek pressed to my hair.
22:29Come on.
22:30Tell me.
22:32What exactly have you been learning?
22:34No idea.
22:36Didn't remember any of it.
22:39He laughed suddenly.
22:41The tension cracking.
22:43You're so dumb.
22:45Guess I'll just have to teach you myself.
22:48Then he pulled back and looked into my eyes.
22:56Michelle.
22:58In four days,
23:01we're getting married.
23:03When that day comes,
23:07I'll make you the happiest bride
23:09in the whole world.
23:21I didn't answer.
23:24We were never getting married.
23:26We had no future together.
23:32outside,
23:33Samuel and Jimmy ran around
23:34preparing a wedding.
23:39Inside,
23:40I packed my bags
23:41and moved every asset
23:42I'd taken from the Hansons
23:44out of the country.
23:49Erica,
23:50my best friend abroad.
23:54She had already reserved my bed
23:56at the clinic.
23:59She'd found me an apartment,
24:00too.
24:03Floor-to-ceiling windows,
24:05huge balcony.
24:08Just like I'd asked.
24:14Everything's ready,
24:15she texted.
24:17Just get here.
24:20Living expenses came like clockwork.
24:24Two deposits.
24:26One from each brother.
24:27Afternoon,
24:29Jimmy took me wedding dress shopping.
24:36He poked at my belly
24:37through the white satin.
24:40Getting a little round here.
24:42Been eating too well?
24:43I covered my stomach
24:44with both hands.
24:46Mind your own business.
24:51Jimmy laughed at my glare.
24:54We're about to be married.
24:56How is your temper getting worse?
24:59He lifted my left hand
25:00and slid a ring onto my finger.
25:06The diamond was massive.
25:08The size of a pebble.
25:10Maybe bigger.
25:12He wrapped his arms around me
25:14from behind.
25:16Good.
25:17Soon you'll belong to me.
25:19Completely.
25:22I let him hold me.
25:24Mm-hmm.
25:26Silently,
25:26I calculated the resale value.
25:29Two days left.
25:34Yeah.
25:35That night,
25:36I went to a bar alone
25:38for the first time in my life.
25:40I spent money recklessly.
25:42Hired a group of gigalos
25:44to drink and dance with me.
25:46I wanted to feel what it was like.
25:49Choosing a man purely for fun.
25:54One drink in,
25:55I choked.
25:56I choked.
25:56Coughed.
25:57Then,
25:58I heard a voice.
25:59Not a stranger's voice.
26:01Shanana was at the bar nearby,
26:03drunk beyond reason.
26:05Her words came out sluttered.
26:09Once we're finished with her at the wedding,
26:12just kick her out.
26:13She's always hanging around you two.
26:16It's so damn annoying.
26:18And Samuel,
26:19for the first time,
26:21he didn't agree right away.
26:23He paused.
26:24A long pause.
26:27His jaw tightened.
26:30Then he spoke slowly.
26:37We'll talk about it later.
26:39Shana's head whipped to Jimmy.
26:42Jimmy!
26:43What about you?
26:44Jimmy looked away.
26:46She's so clingy.
26:47I mean,
26:48to Sam.
26:49If we just throw her out,
26:51I'm worried she won't handle it well.
26:54Diana's expression soured.
26:56You're not getting soft,
26:58are you?
27:00Shana slammed her glass down.
27:03Back in college,
27:05you both agreed to this.
27:07Both of you.
27:08We didn't pull it off back then.
27:10Michelle didn't even break
27:11after the breakup.
27:13And you two weren't satisfied.
27:15You wanted another chance
27:17to mess with her.
27:18What would a reason
27:19anybody be one
27:21to find back here?
27:24This time is perfect.
27:25We can crush her.
27:27Completely.
27:30The men at the table
27:32started smoothing things over.
27:35Shana actually cares about you two.
27:38Michelle is nothing.
27:40Play her and toss her.
27:42Simple.
27:46Do you really want to make
27:48Shania sad
27:50after everything?
27:51Don't forget,
27:52when we played house as kids,
27:54you fought over
27:56who got to be
27:57her husband.
27:58She grew up with you.
28:00You'd give her the stars
28:01if she asked.
28:02This is nothing.
28:03If she's being difficult,
28:05Samuel,
28:06give her that last closeness.
28:09You never had that kind
28:11of connection
28:11with her all these years.
28:14At least let her
28:15have that much.
28:16I held my breath.
28:18My lungs burned waiting.
28:20After an eternity
28:21of silence,
28:23Samuel spoke.
28:24Softly.
28:26Yeah.
28:26Got it.
28:28My heart stopped beating
28:30just for a moment.
28:33Then I exhaled.
28:37Yeah.
28:39Just as expected.
28:42Wedding day.
28:44Samuel wore black.
28:46Tailored.
28:47Precise.
28:51Every inch
28:52the billionaire air.
28:54Jimmy wore
28:56a white groomsman suit.
28:58Women surrounded him
28:59like moths to a flame.
29:01Shiana wore
29:02a custom gown
29:03that cost more
29:04than most people's cars.
29:06It was shinier
29:07than my actual
29:08wedding dress.
29:11She looked like
29:13a princess.
29:16She held a camcorda
29:17already recording.
29:19She wanted to capture
29:21my breakdown.
29:23My humiliation.
29:25Add it to her
29:26trophy collection.
29:27She filmed every victim
29:29before destroying them.
29:31She'd hired someone
29:32to live-screen
29:33the whole event too.
29:34The viewers didn't know
29:35what was happening.
29:37They just saw a wedding
29:38and sent congratulations.
29:40Shimana smiled
29:41into the camera.
29:43No, no.
29:44I'm not the bride.
29:46I'm just the
29:47childhood suite
29:48of the groom.
29:49And the best man.
29:53They've spoiled me
29:54since we were little.
29:55Of course I'd be
29:56the bridesmaid.
29:58Oh,
29:59you're too kind.
30:00I'm not that pretty.
30:03If you keep
30:04complimenting me like
30:05the bride might get upset.
30:07She's actually
30:08a bit petty.
30:10But I have a special
30:11surprise for her today.
30:13Stay tuned.
30:15The chat exploded
30:16with speculation
30:17about the bride.
30:19Noon came.
30:21The guests filled the hall.
30:23The bride did not appear.
30:25Samuel's smile vanished.
30:27He knew.
30:28He dialed my number.
30:35Blocked.
30:37His jaw tightened.
30:38He typed furiously.
30:45Michelle.
30:46It's our wedding day.
30:48Don't cause trouble.
30:51Then gasps.
30:53Every head turned
30:54toward the big screen.
30:58The screen lit up.
31:00And that night
31:01at the club
31:01played in full.
31:03Jimmy's voice
31:04filled the wedding hall first.
31:06Sam.
31:07I've been pretending
31:08to be you
31:09and sleeping with your woman
31:09for so long.
31:11If she finds out,
31:12won't she get mad
31:13and leave?
31:15Then Samuels.
31:17Casual.
31:19Cold.
31:21So what?
31:23She's not going anywhere.
31:25Besides,
31:25it's not the first time
31:26we've switched.
31:28Just don't let her
31:29get pregnant.
31:31That's gross.
31:36The guests
31:37couldn't look away.
31:38I heard Mr. Samuel
31:40is marrying Michelle
31:40in seven days.
31:42That true?
31:44Of course not.
31:45The girl wanted a title,
31:47so I played along.
31:50Shawna's laugh
31:50rang out next.
31:52Why does Michelle
31:54sound like a public toilet?
31:55Like anyone
31:56can use her?
31:59After you get married,
32:00tell her the truth
32:01that you two took turns
32:03playing with her
32:03this whole year.
32:04I want to see
32:05her reaction.
32:06Push her into the abyss
32:08right when she's
32:09at her happiest.
32:10Isn't that fun?
32:12Women screamed.
32:13Men cursed.
32:14Champagne glasses
32:15shattered on the marble floor
32:17as everyone scrambled
32:18to understand
32:19what was happening.
32:20The wedding
32:20dissolved into chaos.
32:24The recording ended.
32:25A mocking yellow emoji
32:27filled the massive screen.
32:32Then lines of text.
32:35One by one.
32:38Game over.
32:40Satisfied?
32:42Oh, right Jimmy.
32:44I've been too polite
32:45to say this,
32:46but you're terrible in bed.
32:49I didn't enjoy it.
32:52At all.
32:53Not.
32:54One.
32:55Bit.
32:56Not even close
32:57to the eight gigolos
32:58I hired.
32:59Goodbye forever.
33:00I really don't have time
33:02to play with you all anymore.
33:03The livestream chat
33:05went nucleo.
33:07They tried to prank her
33:08and got absolutely reversed.
33:11Disgusting.
33:12Girl deserves a slap,
33:13but the guys deserve
33:14ten each.
33:15Where's the bride?
33:16Did she run?
33:18It's half past the ceremony
33:19and she never showed.
33:20They wanted to humiliate her
33:22at her own wedding
33:23and now they're the ones
33:24being humiliated.
33:25How's that feel?
33:27Shiana's face drained
33:28to ghostly white.
33:30Her voice came out shredded.
33:32Turn it off!
33:33Turn the livestream off!
33:36Right now!
33:37But I didn't see
33:38any of it in person.
33:40I learned every detail later.
33:43From Erica
33:44who watched the whole thing
33:46happen from her apartment
33:47in France
33:48while laughing so hard
33:49she nearly fell off
33:50her chair.
33:53At that exact moment
33:54my plane landed.
33:56French soil.
33:58The French sun
34:00was warm on my face
34:01and I'd never felt
34:02more awake in my life.
34:03I burst through the gate
34:06arms thrown wide open.
34:09Erica!
34:11She stood there
34:13with tears already
34:14streaming down her face.
34:15I'm finally free!
34:18We crashed together
34:20laughing and crying
34:22all at once.
34:25You crazy genius!
34:29She kept repeating it.
34:34You crazy brilliant genius!
34:41The sun was warm
34:42on my skin.
34:44No more Samuel.
34:45No more Shiana.
34:47No more Jimmy.
34:48Just me,
34:50my best friend
34:51and whatever came next.
34:56I had been their toy
34:57for three years.
34:59Their inside joke.
35:01Their puppeter's doll.
35:03But today
35:06the puppet cut her own strings
35:09and their entire theater
35:11burned down around them.
35:13I was free.
35:17Erica's apartment.
35:18Sunlight pouring through
35:19those gorgeous
35:20floor-to-ceiling windows.
35:21She kept replaying clips
35:22from the wedding live stream.
35:23Slapping her thigh.
35:26Howling.
35:28They were putting on
35:29this whole elaborate
35:30performance to fool you
35:32and you were acting
35:33the whole damn time!
35:36When exactly
35:37did your brain
35:38get this smart?
35:39She leaned in.
35:40Eyes wide.
35:41You hear about the Hansons?
35:43Total chaos.
35:44Those two brothers
35:45have been losing
35:46their minds looking through.
35:48I wasn't surprised.
35:49I'd humiliated them
35:50in front of everyone
35:51they knew,
35:51especially Jimmy.
35:53I made sure.
35:53The world thought
35:54he was pathetic in bed.
35:56That was brutal.
35:57Erica said,
35:57grinning.
35:58Was he actually that bad?
35:59I snorted and bit into my apple.
36:04Honestly,
36:05he was good.
36:06Really good.
36:08He used to leave me half dead.
36:10But to walk away clean,
36:11I had to be ruthless.
36:13I chewed and swallowed.
36:15By the way,
36:17the abortion appointment?
36:18Don't worry.
36:19Just a few more checkups
36:21and you're clear.
36:21Good.
36:22I set down the apple core.
36:24Let's do it as soon as possible.
36:26I wanted every trace
36:27of them gone.
36:27Nothing left inside me.
36:29Nothing left at all.
36:31The week before surgery,
36:33Erica showed up
36:33with a giant box of snacks.
36:35She announced,
36:36pre-surgery morale a boost.
36:38I hugged it tight.
36:42My eyes went blurry.
36:44Life really can't be the same
36:46with just anyone around,
36:47she said.
36:48Damn right it can't.
36:50Surgery day arrived.
36:51I lay on the cold hospital bed
36:53as the anesthesia
36:53crept into my veins.
36:54My limbs grew heavy.
36:56My mind started to blur,
36:57then footsteps.
36:58Is that the doctor?
36:59I thought hazily.
37:00They came closer.
37:02Closer.
37:02I fought to lift my eyelids.
37:04I couldn't see clearly.
37:06But something ice cold
37:07shot down my spine,
37:08then came the horror.
37:09Those weren't white coats
37:10entering the room,
37:10it was Samuel,
37:11and Jimmy,
37:12and a wall of
37:13black-suited bodyguards
37:14behind them.
37:15My mind screamed
37:15but my mouth wouldn't work.
37:17I tried to move.
37:18I tried to run.
37:19The drugs had stolen
37:20every muscle,
37:21a lamb waiting for the knife.
37:22Last moment of awareness.
37:24Samuel bent down,
37:25gently he lifted me
37:26from the table
37:26and carried me out.
37:28Jimmy stood frozen
37:29at the doorway.
37:30Fists clenched so tight
37:31his knuckles went white.
37:32Then everything went black.
37:35I woke in a strange house.
37:36The ceiling was unfamiliar.
37:38The bed was enormous.
37:39Samuel sat in a chair
37:40right beside me,
37:41waiting.
37:41Around his neck my scarf,
37:43the dark blue one.
37:44I'd knitted for him
37:45with my own hands,
37:46back in college.
37:47Back when I thought
37:47any of it was real,
37:48it clashed.
37:49Horribly with his
37:50luxury suit.
37:51You're finally awake.
37:52His voice scraped
37:53like sandpaper.
37:54Are you hungry?
37:56I stared at his hands.
37:57The same hands
37:58that had held me
37:58through so many nights.
38:00Now wrapped around
38:00a plate of food
38:01I refused to touch.
38:02I stared at him.
38:03What are you doing here,
38:04Samuel?
38:05A soft exhale.
38:06He reached out
38:07and stroked my hair.
38:14If I want to find you,
38:15I will always find a way.
38:17I flinched back
38:18against the pillow.
38:19Why find me?
38:21To keep torturing me?
38:23His brow furrowed,
38:25genuinely confused.
38:28Why would you think that?
38:29Have I ever been rough
38:30with you?
38:35Then let me go.
38:37He wrapped both arms
38:38around me and held tight.
38:40Not a chance.
38:43From this moment on,
38:45I won't let you go
38:46anywhere at all.
38:48That was the day
38:49I stopped eating.
38:51Samuel discovered
38:52my hunger strike quickly.
38:53He came in with a plate of food
38:55and sat directly
38:55in front of me.
38:58I know I wronged you,
39:00but you can't destroy
39:01yourself like this.
39:06I want to leave.
39:08Leave?
39:09And go where?
39:11Anywhere without you.
39:13A sharp breath.
39:13I can give you
39:14everything you've ever wanted.
39:17I'll hold you
39:18in the palm of my hand
39:19and give you a life
39:20of absolute luxury.
39:24Or,
39:25his voice hardened.
39:26Have you fallen for Jimmy instead?
39:27I looked at him,
39:28cold as the steel railing
39:29on that hospital bed.
39:30What's the difference?
39:31You're both equally worthless.
39:35Don't ask me to pick
39:36between shit-flavored chocolate
39:37and chocolate-flavored shit.
39:38They taste the same.
39:40The words landed
39:40like a physical blow.
39:41He was silent
39:42for a very long time.
39:43When he finally spoke,
39:44his voice had cracked open.
39:46Something raw.
39:46Something desperate.
39:47Michelle,
39:49I genuinely wanted
39:50to marry you.
39:51Properly.
39:53That day,
39:54at the wedding,
39:55I'd already warned Jimmy.
39:57Told him not to listen
39:58to Shiana.
39:59Not to say anything to you.
40:06I wanted you
40:06to marry in peace.
40:08I wasn't going
40:09to let him come near you
40:10ever again.
40:11I let out a bitter laugh.
40:14You were perfectly generous
40:16when you handed me over
40:17to his bed.
40:18His face lost all color.
40:20I never meant for that.
40:21I never gave him
40:22permission to touch you.
40:24That was always the rule.
40:26I didn't know he would...
40:28He stopped himself.
40:30I know you're hurting.
40:33I know you feel betrayed.
40:34I'll find you better doctors.
40:36Better nurses.
40:38You won't suffer through
40:40losing this child.
40:41I've already destroyed
40:42Shian's entire family.
40:44She'll never bully you again.
40:48I'll use everything I have
40:49to make it right.
40:51We can pretend
40:52nothing ever happened.
40:53Whatever you want,
40:55I'll give it.
40:56I raised my hand
40:57and I slapped him
40:58as hard as I could.
40:59In your dreams.
41:01Do you actually
41:02think I can just forget?
41:04Never.
41:09Samuel slowly turned
41:10his face back toward me.
41:11A trickle of blood
41:12traced down from his split lip.
41:14He pressed his thumb to it.
41:16Feel any better?
41:17If not,
41:18keep hitting me.
41:19Get out of my sight.
41:21He was motionless
41:22for what felt like minutes.
41:23Then he stood with heavy limbs.
41:25I'll come again tomorrow.
41:27That night,
41:28I dreamed of my old dormitory bed,
41:30curled under the covers,
41:31crying by myself.
41:32I've never spoken this to anyone.
41:34But the night Samuel
41:35broke up with me in college,
41:37I cried.
41:37Alone and silent.
41:39I had gotten so good
41:40at hiding my wounds,
41:41good at weeping
41:41without making a sound.
41:43Did I love him?
41:44I must have.
41:45Why else would my heart
41:46have shattered like that?
41:47Why else would I have spent
41:48that entire night
41:48blaming myself
41:49for asking him for gifts,
41:50knowing he'd never
41:51truly liked me?
41:52In the dream,
41:53someone's hand covered my eyes,
41:54gentle,
41:55a voice beside my ear.
41:56Baby,
41:57don't cry anymore.
41:59Don't cry.
42:01The next day,
42:03eyes open up,
42:03Jimmy stood in front of me.
42:04He had smuggled me out
42:06of Samuel's locked wing,
42:07bruises circling his throat,
42:09blood vessels burst
42:09across his eyes.
42:11It looked like he hadn't
42:12slept in a week.
42:15I'm sorry.
42:16Two words,
42:17flat.
42:17I felt absolutely nothing.
42:19I had heard too many apologies
42:20in too few days.
42:21His eyes searched my face
42:23with raw pain.
42:24Did he hurt you?
42:26I almost laughed.
42:28You're asking me that?
42:30Isn't that the definition
42:31of irony?
42:32Of the two men
42:33who have hurt me,
42:35which one do you think
42:36was better?
42:37He pressed his lips
42:38into a bloodless line,
42:40his jaw clenched so hard.
42:41I thought it might crack.
42:42I could see him struggling.
42:44He wanted to ask.
42:45Why I hadn't told him
42:46about the pregnancy,
42:47his mouth opened.
42:48Nothing came out.
42:49He already knew the answer.
42:51They had said it themselves,
42:52if I got pregnant,
42:53I could get lost.
42:54He had absolutely no right
42:55to demand answers now.
42:57His hands clenched
42:57at his sides.
42:59Michelle,
43:00you knew this was all a game
43:01from the very beginning.
43:03So every kiss,
43:04all the embraces,
43:06every fight,
43:07every single I love you
43:08you whispered to me
43:08this past year,
43:09was all of it just fake?
43:12I wanted to say yes.
43:13I wanted it to be that simple.
43:14Instead,
43:15the truth came out
43:15in a long broken exhale.
43:18Jimmy,
43:20I am not
43:21a professional actress.
43:23I cannot perform love.
43:24The night you kissed me
43:25for the first time,
43:26I was so happy
43:27I couldn't sleep.
43:29I lay awake
43:30until sunrise,
43:31thinking,
43:33he finally cares about me.
43:36Finally.
43:37I promised myself
43:39I'd treat you
43:39even better
43:40than you treated me.
43:42I really imagined
43:44having your baby.
43:48I truly wanted
43:49to build a life with you.
43:50His eyes began to shake,
43:52the color draining
43:53from his face like water.
43:54I kept speaking.
43:55Steady,
43:55quiet.
43:57I admit it.
43:59On my birthday,
44:00when you lit up
44:01the entire sky
44:01with fireworks,
44:03I was happier
44:04than I have ever been.
44:06When I had nightmares
44:07and you pulled me close
44:08no matter how exhausted
44:09you were,
44:11I felt safe.
44:12You said you wanted
44:12to give me a grand wedding.
44:14You said you wanted
44:15a child together.
44:16Before I stood outside
44:17that club
44:18and heard those words
44:19come out of your mouth,
44:20I believed
44:20every single syllable.
44:21I even started
44:22to love poetry.
44:24I secretly dreamed up
44:26names for our child.
44:30That day,
44:31I ran through
44:32a rainstorm
44:33to find you.
44:34I wanted to tell you
44:35I was carrying your baby.
44:37But I'm not stupid,
44:38Jimmy.
44:39No one can survive
44:41being treated
44:41as a plaything
44:42by the person they love.
44:43Now I can tell you
44:44with absolute clarity,
44:46I hate you.
44:47I hate both of you.
44:50Tears flooded.
44:51Jimmy's eyes.
44:52He reached his hand
44:53toward me,
44:54then wrenched it back.
44:55He bit down
44:55on his own lip.
44:56Blood welled up,
44:57dripped.
45:00Please.
45:00His voice broke.
45:01Don't write me off.
45:02Not like this.
45:04At least,
45:04at least tell me
45:05what can I do
45:06to make you hate me
45:08even a little bit less.
45:09Outside,
45:10the autumn wind
45:11scraped dead leaves
45:11across the window.
45:12I looked into
45:13his completely shattered eyes
45:14and I whispered,
45:16Let me go.
45:17He closed his fist.
45:19His whole body shook,
45:20a deep breath,
45:21ragged,
45:21tearing,
45:22after what felt like forever.
45:24The words struggled
45:24out of his throat,
45:25broken,
45:26barely audible.
45:27Fine,
45:27I'll let you go.
45:28I turned away from him,
45:29didn't look back once,
45:30each step felt like
45:31walking on cracked ribs,
45:32but I kept walking.
45:33Away from him,
45:34away from Samuel,
45:35away from the wreckage
45:36they had made of me.
45:37I walked until there was
45:38nothing behind me
45:38but distance.
45:40Erica nearly flew back
45:41across the ocean
45:42when she found out
45:42what happened at the hospital,
45:43at the airport.
45:44She found me sitting alone
45:45in front of the departure board.
45:46I was just staring,
45:47blank.
45:48She sprinted over
45:49and checked my arms,
45:50my neck,
45:51my face everywhere.
45:52They didn't hurt you,
45:53did they?
45:56They didn't.
45:58I reached up
45:58and patted her head.
45:59She burst into tears
46:01against my shoulder.
46:05I thought those two psychos
46:07weren't going to stop
46:07until they'd skinned you alive.
46:11And they just
46:14let you walk away?
46:15I thought about it
46:16for a moment.
46:19Maybe they wanted
46:20to do one good deed
46:21before they died.
46:23After that day,
46:24I never saw
46:24the Hanson brothers again.
46:27Erica and I
46:27shared an apartment.
46:28We filled it with laughter,
46:29inside jokes,
46:30terrible takeout.
46:32Life started
46:32to taste good again.
46:41News trickled back
46:42from home sometimes.
46:44Shania's family
46:44went completely bankrupt.
46:46Every one of her
46:46dirty tactics
46:47got dragged into the open.
46:50Her so-called
46:51prank trophy collection
46:52was made public.
46:53Images and videos
46:54of every life
46:55she had ruined.
46:55Then someone leaked
46:56her location online,
46:57that girl from high school,
46:59the one Shania drove
46:59to jump off a building.
47:01Her mother tracked
47:02Shania down,
47:03didn't say a single word
47:04to her,
47:04just threw sulfuric acid
47:05directly in her face.
47:06The Hanson family
47:07was rotting
47:08from the inside too.
47:09The brothers fought
47:10like animals.
47:10The company bled money.
47:12I heard,
47:13Samuel never gave up
47:14searching for me.
47:15But I also heard
47:16someone tampered
47:16with the wiring in his car.
47:18He,
47:18crashed,
47:19badly,
47:20paralyzed from the waist down.
47:22Three years passed.
47:23Like the turn of a page,
47:25I bumped into Jimmy once.
47:26Only once.
47:27I was out walking
47:28with my daughter.
47:29She had just turned
47:30three years old,
47:31a little dress,
47:32a tiny backpack
47:33bobbing with each step.
47:34Jimmy saw her beside me
47:36and his whole face transformed.
47:37His eyes went bright,
47:38alive for the first time
47:39in years.
47:44Michelle,
47:45Michelle,
47:47is she-
47:48I knew what he was
47:48about to ask,
47:49I didn't let him finish.
47:50She's not yours.
47:52I got married.
47:54The light in his eyes
47:54died instantly,
47:55long silence.
47:56Finally,
47:57he forced some words
47:58past his lips.
47:59Right,
48:00that's,
48:01that's good.
48:02He turned and walked away,
48:04his shoulders curved inward,
48:05hollow,
48:06broken.
48:07I released a long-held breath,
48:09but here is the truth
48:10I've never said out loud,
48:11I never remarried.
48:12That day in the abortion clinic
48:13after being dragged out
48:14by Samuel,
48:15after everything that happened
48:16I couldn't do it.
48:18I couldn't go through
48:19with ending the pregnancy,
48:20over the years,
48:21my daughter grew more beautiful
48:22with each passing season.
48:24And she started looking
48:24more and more like Jimmy,
48:26he's not an idiot.
48:27He clearly knows.
48:28All this time,
48:29every month,
48:30an anonymous transfer
48:31appears in my account.
48:32He's been sending money
48:33for years,
48:34but he has never once
48:35dared to come find me.
48:37Seven in the morning,
48:38I was curled up
48:38under the duvet,
48:39yawning into my pillow.
48:40My daughter stood beside the bed,
48:42backpack already strapped on.
48:43She patted my shoulder
48:44with her tiny hand.
48:46Mom,
48:46I'm going to school now.
48:49I kissed her forehead.
48:52Sweetheart,
48:53don't forget,
48:54two hot dogs
48:54after school.
48:56Extra spicy.
48:57She giggled,
48:58bright as a bell.
48:59Got it,
49:00foodie mom.
49:01I watched her skip
49:02out of the bedroom.
49:03The front door
49:03clicked shut behind her.
49:04I lay back
49:04and stared at the ceiling.
49:06Three years since
49:06I'd last seen a Hanson,
49:07and every day since then,
49:08I've built this life
49:09with my own hands.
49:10My daughter,
49:10my freedom,
49:11my peace,
49:12no one's game,
49:12no one's toy,
49:13no one's kept woman,
49:14just me,
49:15and that is more than enough.
49:17On the day Jimmy let me go,
49:18he had words wedged
49:19in his throat
49:19that he could not force out.
49:20At the very start,
49:21he truly had been
49:22following Shania's script.
49:23Just a prank,
49:24just entertainment,
49:25but I was too quiet
49:26when I cried.
49:26I never screamed
49:27or threw things
49:28or made a scene.
49:28I wept like a stray cat
49:30completely soundlessly,
49:31and when he saw me
49:32crying like that,
49:32something inside his chest ached?
49:34It hurt.
49:34Physically hurt.
49:35He had not expected
49:36that at all.
49:36By the time he realized
49:37what was happening to him,
49:38he was already in love.
49:39First it felt romantic,
49:41like a secret just for him.
49:42Then terror crept in,
49:43fear that Shania
49:44would discover
49:44he had strayed
49:45from her script.
49:46He drowned in the lies
49:47he was spinning,
49:47clawing to be good to me.
49:48He wanted that good life together,
49:50genuinely wanted it,
49:51but he never knew
49:51did my heart belong to Samuel
49:53or to him.
49:53He even considered
49:54getting me pregnant on purpose,
49:55using a child
49:56to tie me to him forever.
49:57It was the only leverage
49:58he had.
49:59On the wedding morning,
49:59he wanted me to know everything,
50:01but he was terrified.
50:02He had planned it in his head.
50:04A gentle reveal,
50:05careful words.
50:06He would stand up
50:07and tell everyone present
50:08that he loved me,
50:09deeply,
50:09absolutely,
50:10for real.
50:12Then the day he found me
50:13at the abortion clinic,
50:14Samuel seized him
50:15by the throat.
50:18Who gave you permission
50:19to touch her?
50:20He had never witnessed
50:21Samuel lose control like that,
50:22not once in their entire lives,
50:24in that single flash.
50:25Jimmy understood,
50:26Samuel was in love with me too.
50:27The two of them deserved
50:28every horrible thing
50:29that was coming.
50:30Jimmy wanted to tell me the truth,
50:31that his whole existence with me
50:32had been built on lies.
50:34But the one thing
50:35that had never been a lie
50:36was his love.
50:36Yet when he opened his mouth
50:37and the words rose to his tongue,
50:39he couldn't release them.
50:41He thought,
50:42Forget it.
50:43This love that had been born
50:44in darkness
50:45and had lived its entire life
50:46in shadow,
50:47let it die in the dark too.
50:48He didn't need to make me feel
50:49more disgusted
50:50than I already felt.
50:51I should walk a wide
50:52and open road,
50:53straight,
50:54into the light,
50:55a road where he didn't belong,
50:56a road without him.
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