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Billionaire Daddy's Sugar Baby#dramabox
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00:00:16i don't have your money but i'll get it i promise college student working in a cafe
00:00:20where are you going to get a hundred g's for your mom's medical beers huh you want to make
00:00:24that cash quick there's always the shipyard auctions bidders would pay for a turn with
00:00:29a rosy co-ed like you i'd never do that back off
00:00:41you're a bit early you must be the new girl come on get in
00:00:58huh she looks nothing like her photo this place is huge i'll just drop this coffee off
00:01:13new girl here already she looks so innocent
00:01:23bold of you to walk in like this
00:01:26your coffee sir
00:01:32god he looks so overwhelming
00:01:34something about you different but cute
00:01:45listen here new meat the accidental introsion trick is not going to work on mr serrano
00:01:50your little innocent virginal act isn't fooling anyone i don't know what you're talking about
00:01:56this what you're into now mr serrano broke delivery girl role play
00:02:03that's enough lucy mr serrano whatever act she's doing i'll do it 10 times better
00:02:08this boring bitch can't i didn't ask for your opinion you're done here
00:02:26not bad
00:02:28what
00:02:33i sir you've got the wrong person
00:02:39the wrong person
00:02:42interesting
00:02:47you took an hour for one coffee delivery that's coming out of your pay
00:02:51no please i'm sorry i really need this money my mom's surgery
00:02:55i run a business not a charity
00:03:00can't run forever little girl
00:03:03i told you i just need a few more days
00:03:05please
00:03:07time's up
00:03:09you can always pay with your body
00:03:12trouble seems to follow you i don't want any of it
00:03:14you're fired get out
00:03:33well look who's out of a job where you getting that a hundred grand from now mom's got cancer
00:03:37she's only gonna need more money
00:03:49all this fuss for a little bit of money
00:03:54i'm bella's friend
00:03:55don't touch her
00:04:01ellie
00:04:03where did you get that kind of money
00:04:07nice start sweetheart
00:04:09but this doesn't even cover the interest
00:04:12i i really don't have more right now
00:04:14then you're coming with us
00:04:15no please
00:04:16i'll get you the money tomorrow
00:04:19all right 24 hours
00:04:21paid in full
00:04:22last chance
00:04:26you don't have a way to get that money do you
00:04:28what do i do
00:04:34bella
00:04:36are you willing to do anything to clear your debt
00:04:46it's an app called sugar love
00:04:48sugar daddies pay my bills
00:04:50so clutch
00:04:54what's a sugar daddy
00:04:55a sugar daddy's just a rich guy
00:04:57looking to spoil some hot young thing
00:05:00and me
00:05:01i'm the hot young thing
00:05:02obvia
00:05:03you need money
00:05:04you should do it
00:05:05what do you have to like
00:05:07have sex with these guys
00:05:09i don't think i could do that
00:05:10we're sugar babies
00:05:11not hookers
00:05:12bella
00:05:12most of these guys just want company
00:05:15some girls do more
00:05:17but
00:05:18it's all mutual
00:05:19there's only one rule
00:05:21never ever
00:05:23fall in love with your sugar daddy
00:05:25could i really do this
00:05:32okay i'm in
00:05:33i'd never fall for a man who pays for my company
00:05:36but this has to stay between us
00:05:38if the school finds out i'll be expelled
00:05:41my lips are sealed
00:05:46sugar love
00:05:46what's your price
00:05:51now you just wait for the request to roll in
00:05:53you're a hottie
00:05:55you'll crush
00:05:58does that say penis size 7.6 inches
00:06:02holy shit that's huge
00:06:04have you ever taken a dick that big
00:06:06oh sweetie
00:06:08you don't have to
00:06:09but sometimes feelings develop
00:06:11between sugar babies and sugar daddies
00:06:13wait
00:06:14shut up
00:06:15this guy is the platform's top tier sugar daddy
00:06:19and he chose you
00:06:21waist 26
00:06:22hips 38
00:06:23looks like you're my new sugar baby after all
00:06:26so
00:06:28not a mistake
00:06:29just fate
00:06:32j
00:06:33turn around
00:06:34my new girl is on the way
00:06:45why does this feel so familiar
00:06:52mr serrano requests that you cover your eyes before you enter
00:07:07sir
00:07:09are
00:07:09are you my sugar daddy
00:07:11shh
00:07:13take off your coat
00:07:15oh no
00:07:15you told me not to wear a bra
00:07:17but
00:07:19lower your hands
00:07:23how many sugar daddies have you had before me
00:07:26a virgin
00:07:29yes
00:07:30pure
00:07:31take off your blindfold
00:07:33it's you
00:07:36sign the contract
00:07:38and you'll officially be my sugar baby
00:07:44so will we
00:07:45i mean do i have to
00:07:48you actually think i'm going to sleep with you
00:07:50won't you
00:07:51isn't that
00:07:53the whole point of this
00:07:57once you're new to this
00:07:59let me be very clear
00:08:01i have two rules for my sugar babies
00:08:03no love
00:08:05no sex
00:08:06just company
00:08:08then why
00:08:09buying a woman's body with wealth and power
00:08:12that's too easy
00:08:14and too pathetic
00:08:16women are meant to be protected
00:08:19not coerced
00:08:20i'll cut you off like i did the others
00:08:22sir i'm just here
00:08:23to get money for my mom's chemo
00:08:25and to pay off my debt
00:08:26can you keep your distance
00:08:28so you can resist me before you give me your word
00:08:32i'll do what you say
00:08:35good
00:08:36from now on you're my sugar baby
00:08:38you're different from the others
00:08:40don't disappoint me
00:08:44miss steel
00:08:45this is from mr serrano for your time today
00:08:47also please open the trunk after you get out
00:08:54to my sugar baby
00:08:55a gift for the new semester
00:08:57a gift
00:08:58i've never received a gift before
00:09:03girls
00:09:04i have tea
00:09:05the billionaire
00:09:07killian serrano
00:09:08aka the school's biggest donor
00:09:10is speaking at
00:09:11convocation today
00:09:14the mysterious mr serrano
00:09:17as in
00:09:18the sexiest billionaire bachelor
00:09:20an elite man like him
00:09:21will only date the best
00:09:23and who's the top bitch at this school
00:09:25you are june
00:09:29my father and he go way back
00:09:32and i'm the only one worthy of being his girlfriend
00:09:44still early
00:09:46i can pay the debt after the speech
00:09:50shut up
00:09:51not small town dud
00:09:53bella steel
00:09:54all glowed up
00:09:56okay sly
00:09:59that dress and bag are both limited edition dior
00:10:02how'd that broke bitch even afford them
00:10:17don't turn this convocation into a circus
00:10:19bella
00:10:20come sit with me
00:10:28you're so beautiful today bella
00:10:31are they dior
00:10:32they suit you perfectly
00:10:33i don't know
00:10:34it's a gift
00:10:38as if anyone could gift you
00:10:39a ten thousand dollars bag
00:10:40and a limited edition dress
00:10:41it's probably some cheap fake
00:10:43you plucked out of a dumpster
00:10:44on your way home from work
00:10:48careful june
00:10:49jealousy can lead to permanent wrinkles
00:11:01you bitch
00:11:02how dare you carry a fake bag
00:11:04and talk back to me
00:11:08stop
00:11:10stop
00:11:19killian serrano
00:11:21mysterious billionaire
00:11:22my sugar daddy
00:11:24why is he here
00:11:31why is mr serrano looking at bella like that it's as if they already know each other
00:11:38everyone's looking i can't be this close to him bella how dare you cause a scene at convocation
00:11:44get out now my family is one of saint maria college's biggest donors chancellor brown will
00:11:50no doubt take my side you're finished bella i didn't june started it i only warned her because
00:11:56of that cheap knockoff she's carrying we don't welcome vain little bitches in this school
00:12:05my bag isn't a fake and i'm not some vain bitch you're the one who's a power tripping bully june
00:12:10not a fake a broke loser like you buying luxury in your dreams you've gone too far you bitch
00:12:17if i say it's fake it's fake stop lying enough who says her bag is fake i believe her
00:12:26it's real
00:12:30real how can you possibly prove that
00:12:34do you have the receipt i didn't want to draw this much attention but she's left me no choice
00:12:40read the total june out loud
00:12:43two two million dollars two million june's whole outfit isn't even worth ten thousand
00:12:50who's the broke bitch now
00:12:53i don't care she's still a troublemaker chancellor she started the fight tell her to leave no not her
00:13:03you
00:13:07june carter it doesn't matter who your family is bullying and slander are serious offenses you're on
00:13:13sanitation duty for the rest of the month now get out
00:13:20how dare mr serrano side with that little bitch bella instead of me
00:13:24on what grounds i'm going to make her life a living hell
00:13:33bella come sit here
00:13:41college isn't just a vault for knowledge
00:13:45it's a trial of character no one here should be humiliated or trampled on because of where they come
00:13:51from brains are the new sexy and looking at him it's the absolute truth
00:13:57this year's freshman merit scholar is
00:14:00bella steel
00:14:01why would i imagine something like that what is wrong with me
00:14:05bella they called your name go and get your award from mr serrano
00:14:18you seem nervous
00:14:29congratulations miss steel
00:14:4110 minutes wait for me in the auditorium your sugar daddy
00:14:52this is such a bad idea if someone sees me with him i could get expelled what am i thinking
00:15:00that boy who was he you mean will i don't like people eyeing what's mine
00:15:08being my sugar baby requires absolute loyalty
00:15:12now you need to be punished
00:15:15mr serrano can we not do this here i can't risk expulsion
00:15:21the face of an angel
00:15:23you're my sugar daddy sir not my boyfriend i can talk with whoever i want
00:15:28you might look innocent
00:15:30but clearly you're not
00:15:32besides
00:15:33go on baby girl
00:15:34i enjoy watching you argue
00:15:38even when it doesn't work
00:15:39will and i are just friends
00:15:41no
00:15:42i saw the way he looked at you
00:15:45like you're his
00:15:46you're wrong it's not like that
00:15:50that little slot
00:15:52how dare a broke loser like her take the man i want i'll expose her and get her expelled
00:16:01attention everyone
00:16:03bella steel only got that award because she's hooking up with killin serrano
00:16:07don't believe me open the door and find out
00:16:11that goody two shoes is sleeping with the billionaire killian serrano what a sneaky slut
00:16:17that's enough
00:16:18bella's not like that
00:16:23bella
00:16:24watch me expose you and get you kicked out of school
00:16:35what's going on here do you all want to clean toilets with june
00:16:41one more mess like this june and you're expelled
00:16:43now get a mop and start scrubbing
00:16:52i paid for this
00:16:54that makes you mine
00:16:58i may be your sugar baby
00:17:00but i'm allowed to have my own life
00:17:03you don't own me
00:17:05i'm not your property or your pet
00:17:07i'm a person
00:17:10do you have any idea how easy it would be for me to take you right here
00:17:15on the stage
00:17:17you wouldn't dare
00:17:19watch me
00:17:22damn it
00:17:23other babies were always obedient
00:17:25but she's different
00:17:26i can't control her at all
00:17:28he stopped
00:17:29but why
00:17:30why was i actually expecting him to kiss me
00:17:37aha
00:17:38killian serrano caught in a torrid affair
00:17:41but who is the girl
00:17:46lux's corp ceo killian serrano is giving a talk here today
00:17:50his rivals will pay a fortune for any dirt on him
00:17:56jackpot
00:17:57unlocked
00:18:03mr serrano are you sleeping with a college student
00:18:06this is the scoop of the century
00:18:07damn it
00:18:31why is that man after you
00:18:35when you run a multi-billion dollar enterprise
00:18:37everyone watches your every move
00:18:39success breeds enemies
00:18:41and my rivals would pay to take me down
00:18:43if it's that serious
00:18:44why did he cover my face first back there
00:18:47was he protecting me
00:18:48ha
00:18:49found you
00:18:58america's top billionaire grooms college girls
00:19:02nice headline mr serrano
00:19:04don't you think
00:19:07if this guy catches us
00:19:09it'll ruin mr serrano
00:19:11he protected me back there
00:19:12now it's my turn
00:19:18oh yes
00:19:20baby
00:19:21that was pretty fake
00:19:22want me to make it real
00:19:28students skipping class to mess around
00:19:35pervert
00:19:35there's a pervert in the locker room
00:19:37security security
00:19:42stop stop
00:19:45silly girl
00:19:46that's not my belt
00:19:48can you
00:19:50just put me down now
00:19:52tell me
00:19:53why did you help me
00:19:56because you're my sugar daddy
00:19:59and i wanted to protect you
00:20:00she's not like the other babies
00:20:05check to see the coast is clear
00:20:07if someone catches you in the girl's locker room
00:20:09it won't look too good
00:20:14i thought i heard a man's voice
00:20:16are you turning tricks on school property bella
00:20:22i'm not in the mood for this june
00:20:23please move
00:20:28let me go
00:20:29you're sucking extracurricular dick aren't you
00:20:32trying to make a buck
00:20:33you have everyone else fooled
00:20:35but i know you're a little slut
00:20:36no wonder you had mr serrano
00:20:38wrapped around your finger
00:20:39you're just upset
00:20:41because he rejected you
00:20:42when you threw yourself at him
00:20:49what did you just say
00:20:51are you mr serrano's sugar baby
00:20:57i don't know what you're talking about
00:21:03playing dumb fine
00:21:05i'll expose you myself
00:21:07what are you doing
00:21:13everyone knows you're here
00:21:14on a charity scholarship bella
00:21:16so why are you carrying this much cash
00:21:18give my money back
00:21:20knew it
00:21:21bella steel spreading your legs
00:21:22for the highest bidder
00:21:24i'm gonna make you regret
00:21:25picking killian serrano from me
00:21:31no i need that for my mom's treatment
00:21:35mr serrano said it
00:21:37we're all equal
00:21:38what gives you the right
00:21:39to treat people like this
00:21:40equal come on
00:21:41i was born a princess
00:21:43you were born trash
00:21:44i can treat you however i want
00:21:46i may not know mr serrano well
00:21:48but i know this
00:21:49you're not worthy of him
00:21:50you're not even close to his level
00:21:52you think you can talk to me like that
00:21:54and just walk out bitch
00:21:56let's clean that thin mouth of yours
00:22:06let her go
00:22:07now
00:22:19mr serrano what what what are you doing here
00:22:23paparazzi was hunting me
00:22:25bella helped me avoid him
00:22:26didn't expect to hear you humiliating her
00:22:28i we were just joking around
00:22:31throwing her money into a toilet
00:22:32and forcing her head in
00:22:34that's a joke to you
00:22:35fascinating
00:22:37in that case i think it's your turn to try it
00:22:39pick up every bill
00:22:40one by one
00:22:42with your bare hands
00:22:43what no please mr serrano
00:22:45isn't there some other way i can make it up to you
00:22:48if you don't reach into that bowl
00:22:50i will make your life a living hell
00:23:05if i ever hear your bullying bell again
00:23:07you'll be expelled
00:23:09why is my heart racing so fast
00:23:11am i actually falling for my sugar daddy
00:23:14you
00:23:23take it
00:23:24a hundred thousand to clear your debt
00:23:26the rest is for your personal expenses
00:23:28and don't worry about tuition
00:23:29i took care of it
00:23:31you paid my tuition
00:23:33how did you even know i still owed tuition mr serrano
00:23:36i don't know how to thank you
00:23:38there's a reason i'm successful
00:23:39know what i'm doing baby girl
00:23:40but sir
00:23:41i don't want to accept this for nothing
00:23:44anything beyond the contract
00:23:45i'll pay it back once i graduate
00:23:47i promise
00:23:48back in the locker room
00:23:49why did you step out
00:23:51i'm just your sugar baby right
00:23:53because you're mine
00:23:54no one gets to hurt you
00:23:56he's protecting me
00:23:57not just the deal
00:23:59does it mean
00:24:04sir
00:24:05no love
00:24:06no sex
00:24:07never fall for the girl you're paying for
00:24:09get out
00:24:10i'll send for you when it's time for our next appointment
00:24:12i could feel his heart racing too
00:24:14why did he push me away
00:24:16yes
00:24:17yes sir
00:24:21damn
00:24:22she almost made me break my own rules
00:24:24i can't let it happen again
00:24:32lily
00:24:34i think i'm starting to fall for him
00:24:35you mean mr serrano
00:24:38but he said
00:24:39no love
00:24:41he won't allow any sugar baby to fall for him
00:24:45do you know why he's like that
00:24:47it's easy to understand
00:24:49in this messy
00:24:50high stakes world
00:24:51a sugar baby is his only escape
00:24:54love is a trap
00:24:56it makes you spiral
00:24:58why ruin a pure
00:24:59quiet arrangement
00:25:00with something as reckless as love
00:25:02or maybe
00:25:03there's a secret even deeper than that
00:25:05who knows
00:25:05a secret
00:25:06don't overthink it
00:25:08every sugar baby who fell for him got fired
00:25:10don't cross the line
00:25:11so if i fall for him
00:25:12he'll just throw me away like the others
00:25:15bella
00:25:16if you still need the money
00:25:17don't let him know how you feel
00:25:19keep it hidden
00:25:20she's right
00:25:21i need to get a grip
00:25:23but
00:25:23can i really do this
00:25:28tomorrow night
00:25:29you me my private jet
00:25:31i'll send an outfit
00:25:32your sugar daddy
00:25:41mr killian will be here soon
00:25:43please wait
00:25:50seen enough
00:25:53i didn't mean to
00:25:57didn't mean to
00:26:02so you just couldn't help yourself
00:26:08if you want to look
00:26:09go ahead
00:26:12next time
00:26:12don't get caught
00:26:14we've got a long flight
00:26:16stay with me
00:26:17i haven't slept in weeks
00:26:18shower first
00:26:19then sit next to me
00:26:20it'll help me relax
00:26:34sit here
00:26:39you look tired
00:26:41kings don't get tired
00:26:42just be quiet
00:26:44and do your duty
00:26:55he has all the money
00:26:56in the world
00:26:57but why does he seem so
00:27:00lonely
00:27:02it must be hard
00:27:03to make friends
00:27:04let alone date
00:27:05when you're that busy
00:27:06no wonder he pays
00:27:07for company
00:27:08i'll stay with you
00:27:09killian
00:27:17i was 25 weeks pregnant
00:27:20my husband's app said
00:27:22his second baby was already
00:27:24at 28 weeks
00:27:28that's how i discovered my marriage
00:27:30was a lie
00:27:31while i was carrying his child
00:27:34he was building another family
00:27:35behind my back
00:27:36and planning a future
00:27:37that didn't include me
00:27:38but my husband made one fatal mistake
00:27:41he thought i'd never uncover the truth
00:27:433 a.m
00:27:44the baby kicks me awake
00:27:46small foot
00:27:48familiar rhythm
00:27:5025 weeks of knowing this body
00:27:53from the inside
00:27:54my phone glows on the nightstand
00:27:56cole family network
00:27:58the app marcus installed for us
00:28:00our little family network
00:28:01i open it expecting my own chart
00:28:03my weight
00:28:04my water intake
00:28:05the lullaby playlist he made me
00:28:07instead
00:28:08a red banner
00:28:10i read it again
00:28:11second baby
00:28:13week 28
00:28:15i am 25 weeks
00:28:17there is no second baby
00:28:19the screen burns into my eyes
00:28:23my thumb hovers over the words
00:28:25like they might arrange themselves
00:28:26into something i understand
00:28:28they don't
00:28:29the room is quiet
00:28:30marcus is breathing beside me
00:28:32deep and even
00:28:33one arm thrown across his pillow
00:28:36the way he always sleeps
00:28:37my husband
00:28:38the father of my child
00:28:40only mine
00:28:41i look at him
00:28:42at the curve of his shoulder
00:28:44in the dark
00:28:46at the man i married
00:28:47three years ago
00:28:48in a chapel full of white peenies
00:28:49because i told him once
00:28:51they were my favorite
00:28:52i want to believe
00:28:53the screen is wrong
00:28:54a glitch
00:28:55a stranger's data
00:28:57crossed with mine
00:28:58in some server room
00:28:59a thousand miles away
00:29:00i want to believe it
00:29:02so badly
00:29:02my hands are shaking
00:29:03then he stirs
00:29:05his lips move
00:29:06against the pillow
00:29:07a whisper
00:29:08soft
00:29:09tender
00:29:09the voice he used
00:29:11to use on me
00:29:11before i got big
00:29:12and tired
00:29:13and quiet
00:29:14elena
00:29:16the baby kicks again
00:29:18harder this time
00:29:19like she heard it too
00:29:23i don't scream
00:29:24i don't cry
00:29:25i do something worse
00:29:27i reach across the bed
00:29:29and shake him awake
00:29:30wake up
00:29:31marcus
00:29:34what what time is it
00:29:36look at this
00:29:39sarah it's three in the morning
00:29:41read it
00:29:42he reads it
00:29:43i am watching his face
00:29:44the way a doctor watches
00:29:45a heart monitor
00:29:46every flicker
00:29:47every twitch
00:29:48for half a second
00:29:49his whole body goes rigid
00:29:50shoulders
00:29:51jaw
00:29:52the hand holding the phone
00:29:53then he laughs
00:29:54soft
00:29:55sleepy
00:29:56practiced
00:29:57baby
00:29:59it's a bug
00:30:00the app's been glitching
00:30:01for weeks
00:30:01daniel at work
00:30:02said the same thing
00:30:03happened to him
00:30:03it syncs somebody else's
00:30:05data to your profile
00:30:06it says
00:30:07second baby
00:30:08it says a lot of things
00:30:11i'll call the company
00:30:12tomorrow
00:30:12and tear them apart
00:30:14for scaring my pregnant
00:30:15wife at three in the morning
00:30:16okay
00:30:17he pulls me down
00:30:18against his chest
00:30:19his hand spreads
00:30:21wide across my belly
00:30:22warm
00:30:23steady
00:30:24the hand i fell asleep
00:30:26under for a thousand nights
00:30:27our baby
00:30:28is 25 weeks
00:30:29our baby
00:30:30right here
00:30:31feel that
00:30:33the baby kicks
00:30:33against his hum
00:30:34he laughs
00:30:35and i feel the vibration
00:30:36of it in his ribs
00:30:37if i had not been walking
00:30:38i would have believed him
00:30:39but i was watching
00:30:41and i felt it
00:30:42the half second
00:30:43his body forgot to be relaxed
00:30:44the half second
00:30:45his spine turned to wire
00:30:47under my cheek
00:30:47my husband is a very good liar
00:30:50i did not know that about him
00:30:52until tonight
00:30:55i close my eyes
00:30:56i make my breathing slow
00:30:58the way the prenatal videos taught me
00:31:00i count to 200
00:31:03at 180
00:31:04he moves
00:31:08he's sitting up
00:31:09hunched over the screen
00:31:10thumb flying
00:31:11he deletes something first
00:31:13a swipe
00:31:13a tap
00:31:14gone
00:31:15then he opens a chat
00:31:17the contact photo
00:31:19at the top
00:31:19is a woman
00:31:20her back to the camera
00:31:21long
00:31:22dark hair
00:31:23down to her waist
00:31:24saved as one letter
00:31:25E
00:31:27she found out
00:31:28the app data got through
00:31:29i thought you said
00:31:30it was airtight
00:31:32Marcus
00:31:33my belly is getting bigger
00:31:34every day
00:31:35don't worry
00:31:36i'll handle it
00:31:37handle it
00:31:38you call this handling it
00:31:39i need you at my
00:31:41prenatal appointment tomorrow
00:31:42riverside women's clinic
00:31:44don't forget
00:31:45i am not breathing
00:31:47i have not been breathing
00:31:48for a while
00:31:50Marcus's thumb hovers
00:31:51i can see his profile
00:31:52in the blue light
00:31:53the same profile
00:31:55i have kissed
00:31:55a thousand times
00:31:58i'll be there
00:32:01he deletes the conversation
00:32:03every message
00:32:04gone like it was never there
00:32:06he sets the phone
00:32:08face down on the nightcand
00:32:09he lies back
00:32:10within 90 seconds
00:32:11his breathing is even again
00:32:13my husband can fall asleep
00:32:15after that
00:32:15i stare at the ceiling
00:32:17until the dark
00:32:18turns gray
00:32:20riverside women's clinic
00:32:22tomorrow
00:32:23her belly is getting bigger
00:32:25every day
00:32:2528 weeks
00:32:27three weeks ahead of mine
00:32:29three weeks
00:32:31which means when he was
00:32:32promising me forever
00:32:33in front of a hundred people
00:32:35when he was pressing his ear
00:32:36to my stomach
00:32:37and whispering hello
00:32:38little one
00:32:38he was already with her
00:32:41i think about screaming
00:32:44i think about waking him up
00:32:45and clawing his face open
00:32:48i think about walking into the kitchen
00:32:49and picking up something heavy
00:32:51i don't do any of it
00:32:53because the woman who screams
00:32:54gets a story
00:32:57he'll say i'm hysterical
00:32:59hormonal
00:32:59unstable
00:33:01he'll get custody ready quotes
00:33:03from his mother
00:33:03he'll move money
00:33:05the woman who is quiet
00:33:06gets the truth
00:33:07i lay my hand on my belly
00:33:0925 weeks
00:33:10a daughter
00:33:11he doesn't know it's a girl yet
00:33:13i was saving it for his birthday
00:33:14next month
00:33:15i'm sorry baby
00:33:16mommy was stupid
00:33:18mommy is done being stupid
00:33:20the sun comes up
00:33:21i get out of bed
00:33:22i make him coffee the way he likes it
00:33:24two sugars
00:33:25a splash of cream
00:33:27love you
00:33:27get some rest today okay
00:33:28love you too
00:33:31riverside women's clinic
00:33:32i want to see her face
00:33:42i park across the street at 8 45
00:33:44a bench under a maple tree
00:33:47a bottle of water
00:33:48shun glasses
00:33:49a maternity coat big enough to hide me from anyone glancing twice
00:33:53i wait
00:33:54couples go in
00:33:56a woman with her mother
00:33:57a man pushing a wheelchair
00:33:59a teenager alone
00:34:00eyes red
00:34:01each time the glass doors slide open
00:34:03my heart slams against my ribs
00:34:05and the baby kicks like she's furious with me for it
00:34:08nine o'clock
00:34:10ten
00:34:12eleven
00:34:12at 11 47
00:34:14a black sedan pulls up
00:34:16his sedan
00:34:16the one i picked out with him at the dealership last spring
00:34:19because i said the leather smelled like a library
00:34:23in the navy shirt i ironed yesterday
00:34:25and she steps out
00:34:27i can't see her face
00:34:29she has her forehead pressed into his chest
00:34:31the second her feet touch the pavement
00:34:33like the walk from the car to the door is too much for her
00:34:36her belly
00:34:36it is bigger than mine
00:34:38round and high and proud under a soft white dress
00:34:41he walks her in like she is made of glass
00:34:43he has not walked me anywhere like that in eight months
00:34:46he told me last week he was just tired
00:34:48work was crazy
00:34:49work was crazy
00:34:50the baby would come
00:34:52and we'd find our way back
00:34:54i am taking pictures
00:34:55my hands are not shaking
00:34:58i am surprised by that
00:35:03forty minutes later they come out
00:35:05he has her arm
00:35:06he guides her to the passenger seat
00:35:08he buckles her seat belt himself
00:35:10leans across her belly
00:35:11careful
00:35:12slow
00:35:13the way men do in movies
00:35:15then he straightens
00:35:16he brushes her hair back
00:35:18he bends down
00:35:20he kisses her forehead
00:35:22i take the picture
00:35:23shutter silent
00:35:25the kiss freezes on my screen
00:35:26his lips on her hairline
00:35:28her eyes closed
00:35:29her hand resting on top of his on her belly
00:35:31i take three more
00:35:32from three angles
00:35:35i am very calm
00:35:36i am the calmest i have ever been in my life
00:35:39then i open my phone
00:35:41and i call my husband
00:35:44i watch through the windshield
00:35:45he pulls back from her
00:35:47he glances at the screen
00:35:48the line picks up
00:35:50in the background
00:35:51i hear the soft ding of an elevator
00:35:53he is not in
00:35:53office chatted that is not happening
00:35:56he has an app for it
00:35:57i never knew that until this second
00:35:59hey baby
00:36:00you okay
00:36:01i'm okay
00:36:02the baby's been quiet
00:36:03i just wanted to hear your voice
00:36:05oh
00:36:06i'm sorry
00:36:07i'm slammed back-to-back meetings
00:36:08until at least four
00:36:09the henderson deal blew up this morning
00:36:11are you coming home for lunch
00:36:13i can't
00:36:14order something for yourself
00:36:15okay
00:36:15get the soup you like
00:36:16okay
00:36:18i love you
00:36:19put your feet up
00:36:20i love you too
00:36:22he hangs up
00:36:23he turns back to the car
00:36:25he smiles at her through the window
00:36:26the smile i married
00:36:28he gets in
00:36:29the sedan pulls out into the noon traffic
00:36:31i watch the brake lights flare once at the corner
00:36:34the bench is still warm under me
00:36:36my water bottle is half full
00:36:41the world has not noticed that it ended
00:36:47seven thirty
00:36:50he comes home with champagne roses in one arm and a small velvet box in the other
00:36:55the roses are the exact shade i pointed at in a magazine eighteen months ago
00:36:59the necklace inside the box is the one i touched in a window last christmas and said
00:37:03jokingly
00:37:04someday
00:37:05for my girls
00:37:07both of you
00:37:08he clasps it around my neck himself
00:37:10his fingers brush the back of my hair
00:37:12i do not flinch
00:37:13i have practiced not flinching for nine hours
00:37:16it's beautiful
00:37:18how was work
00:37:20brutal
00:37:20new project
00:37:22meetings all day
00:37:22i don't want to talk about it
00:37:24i want to look at my wife
00:37:26i catch it
00:37:27faint
00:37:27sharp
00:37:28underneath the cologne
00:37:30hospital antisept
00:37:32not the brand we keep in our bathroom
00:37:34i go to the kitchen to get him a glass of water
00:37:37he goes to shower
00:37:38i move fast
00:37:40his jacket is on the back of the chair
00:37:42outer pockets
00:37:43empty
00:37:44wiped clean
00:37:45he thought of that
00:37:46inner pocket
00:37:47my fingers find something folded small
00:37:49hard edges
00:37:51glossy paper
00:37:52i pull it out
00:37:53a sonograph
00:37:54the little curled body
00:37:56the little curled spine
00:37:57twenty-eight weeks
00:37:58a boy
00:37:59the header at the top says riverside women's clinic
00:38:02today's date
00:38:03where the mother's name should be
00:38:04the paper has been torn
00:38:06carefully
00:38:06a clean strip removed
00:38:08only the first letter survives
00:38:10e
00:38:13i refold it along the same creases
00:38:16exactly
00:38:18i put it back in the inner pocket
00:38:20i straighten the jacket on the chair
00:38:22i am at the stove stirring soup
00:38:24when he comes out of the shower
00:38:26in a clean white t-shirt
00:38:27smelling like our soap again
00:38:28he kisses the top of my head
00:38:30he tells me i look beautiful in the necklace
00:38:32i let him feed me a spoonful of broth
00:38:34i sleep next to him that night
00:38:36i do not move for eight hours
00:38:39three days later
00:38:40marcus's mother rosa calls
00:38:44sarah sweetheart
00:38:45how's my granddaughter
00:38:46kicking
00:38:46she loves your voice
00:38:48listen
00:38:49your cousin margaret
00:38:50is coming through town next week
00:38:52i told her she could stay
00:38:54at the west side house
00:38:55there's plenty of room
00:38:56tell marcus to send someone over
00:38:58to air it out
00:38:59would you
00:39:00fresh sheets
00:39:01the usual
00:39:02i lower the spoon
00:39:03i am holding
00:39:04the west side house
00:39:06mom i thought marcus
00:39:07rented that place out last year
00:39:09he said the tenants
00:39:10were on a two-year lease
00:39:11rented
00:39:12honey no
00:39:13that house has been sitting empty
00:39:14since we bought it
00:39:15don't listen to marcus's nonsense
00:39:17he's always making things up
00:39:18to avoid having relatives stay
00:39:20just tell him to get it ready
00:39:21right
00:39:22of course
00:39:22i'll tell him
00:39:23good girl
00:39:24rest those feet
00:39:25the line clicks off
00:39:26i stand in the kitchen
00:39:28with the phone in my hand
00:39:29the soup is burning
00:39:30i do not turn off the stove
00:39:32empty
00:39:32the house has been empty
00:39:33for a year
00:39:34a whole house
00:39:35in the west part of the city
00:39:36with no one in it
00:39:37according to his mother
00:39:38and every time i have asked him
00:39:40about it in the last six months
00:39:42he has said the same easy thing
00:39:43oh the tenants are fine
00:39:44rent came in on time
00:39:45don't worry about it baby
00:39:48he has been lying about a house
00:39:51a house big enough to hide a woman in
00:39:56saturday morning he ties his tie in the mirror
00:39:58he tells me there's a fire at the office
00:40:01he'll be home by dinner
00:40:03i hate leaving you on a weekend
00:40:07it's okay
00:40:08go
00:40:10the door closes
00:40:11i open the tracking app i installed on his phone
00:40:14four nights ago
00:40:15while he was sleeping with one hand on my belly
00:40:18the blue dot moves across the city
00:40:20past his office building
00:40:21past the highway exit he would take for work
00:40:24west
00:40:25it stops
00:40:26the address that fills the screen is the west side house
00:40:29i do not get in the car
00:40:31i do not go there
00:40:32he would have a story ready before i finished knocking
00:40:35a contractor
00:40:36a leak
00:40:37a surprise for me
00:40:39anything
00:40:40he is too good at this
00:40:44instead i open the property management portal for the building
00:40:47i type in his phone number for the usernator
00:40:49i try his birthday for the password
00:40:52i am in
00:40:54visitor access
00:40:55six months of records
00:40:56one code
00:40:58used almost every day
00:41:00morning
00:41:01evening
00:41:01weekends
00:41:02the code is registered to a single resident
00:41:05i click the name
00:41:07the page loads
00:41:08facial recognition photo at the top
00:41:10required for entry
00:41:11a woman
00:41:12twenty something
00:41:13long dark hair down past her shoulders
00:41:15soft eyes
00:41:16a small private smile at the camera
00:41:18the kind you give someone holding the phone
00:41:20not the camera itself
00:41:21i know this face
00:41:22not from anywhere in my life
00:41:24from a contact photo
00:41:25saved under one letter
00:41:26on a phone screen in the dark at three in the morning
00:41:29e
00:41:29i look at her smile a long time
00:41:31i cannot stop looking
00:41:33she is beautiful
00:41:34that is the part that surprises me
00:41:36i thought she would be ugly
00:41:37i thought it would be easier if she was ugly
00:41:41i do not close the portal
00:41:43i scroll
00:41:44there is a tab at the top
00:41:45community board
00:41:46resident events
00:41:47photo galleries
00:41:48i click it
00:41:49because i am not ready to stand up yet
00:41:51because if i stand up
00:41:53something inside me is going to come apart
00:41:54and i am not ready
00:41:56last month's event
00:41:57most beautiful expectant mother
00:42:00building seven annual contest
00:42:02forty something entries
00:42:03pregnant women in soft dresses
00:42:05standing in the lobby with their partners
00:42:07captions underneath each photo
00:42:09resident names
00:42:10unit numbers
00:42:10cute little hearts
00:42:11i scroll
00:42:12page one
00:42:13page five
00:42:14page ten
00:42:15page fifteen
00:42:16i stop
00:42:17a photograph
00:42:17a woman in a pale blue dress
00:42:19hand resting on a high round belly
00:42:22long dark hair
00:42:23the same soft eyes from the facial recognition photo
00:42:26she is laughing at something off camera
00:42:28a man stands behind her
00:42:30his arm is around her shoulders
00:42:32his other hand is spread wide across her belly
00:42:35protective
00:42:36proud
00:42:36the way men do in the magazines i used to read
00:42:39he is laughing too
00:42:40it is marcus
00:42:41my marcus
00:42:42the man who tied his tie in our mirror this morning
00:42:46the man whose ring is on my finger
00:42:48the man whose daughter is kicking inside me right now hard
00:42:52like she is trying to get my attention
00:42:55my eyes drop to the caption beneath the photo
00:42:57small black letters
00:42:59cheerfy font
00:43:00resident of unit 11
00:43:01one
00:43:02miss elena
00:43:03and her husband mr cole
00:43:04her husband
00:43:05mr cole
00:43:06i read the three words again
00:43:08and again
00:43:08her
00:43:09husband
00:43:10mr cole
00:43:29i don't have your money
00:43:31but i'll get it
00:43:32i promise
00:43:32college student working in a cafe
00:43:34where are you going to get a hundred g's
00:43:35for your mom's medical beers
00:43:36huh
00:43:37you want to make that cash quick
00:43:39there's always the shipyard auctions
00:43:40bidders would pay for a turn
00:43:42with a rosy co-ed like you
00:43:44i'd never do that
00:43:45back off
00:43:54you're a bit early
00:43:55you must be the new girl
00:43:57come on get in
00:44:11huh
00:44:12she looks nothing like her photo
00:44:15this place is huge
00:44:17i'll just drop this coffee off
00:44:27new girl here already
00:44:30she looks
00:44:31so innocent
00:44:36bold of you to walk in like this
00:44:40your coffee sir
00:44:45god he looks so overwhelming
00:44:47something about you
00:44:49different
00:44:51but cute
00:44:59listen here new meat
00:45:00the accidental introsion trick
00:45:02is not going to work on mr serrano
00:45:03your little innocent virginal act
00:45:05isn't fooling anyone
00:45:07i don't know what you're talking about
00:45:09this what you're into now mr serrano
00:45:11broke delivery girl role play
00:45:16that's enough lucy
00:45:18mr serrano
00:45:19whatever act she's doing
00:45:21i'll do it ten times better
00:45:22this boring bitch can't
00:45:23i didn't ask for your opinion
00:45:24you're done here
00:45:40not bad
00:45:41what
00:45:47i sir you've got the wrong person
00:45:52the wrong person
00:45:55interesting
00:46:00you took an hour for one coffee delivery
00:46:02that's coming out of your pay
00:46:04no please
00:46:05i'm sorry
00:46:06i really need this money
00:46:07my mom's surgery
00:46:08i run a business not a charity
00:46:14can't run forever little girl
00:46:16i told you i just need a few more days
00:46:19please
00:46:20time's up
00:46:22you can always pay with your body
00:46:25trouble seems to follow you
00:46:26i don't want any of it
00:46:27you're fired
00:46:28get out
00:46:46well look who's out of a job
00:46:48where you getting that a hundred grand from now
00:46:50mom's got cancer
00:46:51she's only gonna need more money
00:47:03all this fuss for a little bit of money
00:47:07i'm bella's friend
00:47:09don't touch her
00:47:14ellie
00:47:16where did you get that kind of money
00:47:20nice start sweetheart
00:47:22but this doesn't even cover the interest
00:47:25i i really don't have more right now
00:47:27then you're coming with us
00:47:29no please
00:47:30i'll get you the money tomorrow
00:47:33all right 24 hours
00:47:34paid in full
00:47:35last chance
00:47:39you don't have a way to get that money do you
00:47:41what do i do
00:47:47bella
00:47:49are you willing to do anything to clear your debt
00:47:59it's an app called sugar love
00:48:01sugar daddies pay my bills
00:48:03so clutch
00:48:07what's a sugar daddy
00:48:09a sugar daddy's just a rich guy
00:48:11looking to spoil some hot young thing
00:48:13and me
00:48:14i'm the hot young thing
00:48:16obvia
00:48:16you need money
00:48:17you should do it
00:48:19what do you have to like
00:48:20have sex with these guys
00:48:22i don't think i could do that
00:48:23we're sugar babies
00:48:24not hookers
00:48:25bella
00:48:25most of these guys just want company
00:48:29some girls do more
00:48:30but
00:48:32it's all mutual
00:48:33there's only one rule
00:48:35never ever
00:48:36fall in love with your sugar daddy
00:48:38could i really do this
00:48:45okay i'm in
00:48:46i'd never fall for a man who pays for my company
00:48:49but this
00:48:50has to stay between us
00:48:52if the school finds out
00:48:53i'll be expelled
00:48:54my lips are sealed
00:48:59sugar love
00:49:00what's your price
00:49:04now you just wait for the request to roll in
00:49:07you're a hottie
00:49:08you'll crush
00:49:12does that say penis size 7.6 inches
00:49:15holy shit
00:49:16that's huge
00:49:17have you ever taken a dick that big
00:49:19oh sweetie
00:49:21you don't have to
00:49:22but sometimes feelings develop
00:49:24between sugar babies and sugar daddies
00:49:27wait
00:49:28shut up
00:49:29this guy is the platform's top tier sugar daddy
00:49:32and he chose you
00:49:34waist 26
00:49:35hips 38
00:49:36looks like you're my new sugar baby after all
00:49:39so
00:49:41not a mistake
00:49:43just fate
00:49:46jay
00:49:46turn around
00:49:47my new girl is on the way
00:49:58why does this feel so familiar
00:50:05mr serrano request that you cover your eyes before you enter
00:50:20sir
00:50:22are
00:50:22are you my sugar daddy
00:50:25shh
00:50:27take off your coat
00:50:28oh no
00:50:28you told me not to wear a bra
00:50:31but
00:50:32lower your hands
00:50:36how many sugar daddies have you had before me
00:50:39a virgin
00:50:42yes
00:50:43pure
00:50:44take off your blindfold
00:50:46it's you
00:50:50sign the contract
00:50:51and you'll officially be my sugar baby
00:50:57so
00:50:57will we
00:50:58i mean do i have to
00:51:01you actually think i'm going to sleep with you
00:51:04won't you
00:51:04isn't that
00:51:06the whole point of this
00:51:11once you're new to this
00:51:12let me be very clear
00:51:14i have two rules for my sugar babies
00:51:17no love
00:51:18no sex
00:51:19just company
00:51:22then why
00:51:23buying a woman's body with wealth and power
00:51:26that's too easy
00:51:28and too pathetic
00:51:30women are meant to be protected
00:51:33not coerced
00:51:33i'll cut you off like i did the others
00:51:35sir i'm just here
00:51:37to get money for my mom's chemo
00:51:38and to pay off my debt
00:51:40can you keep your distance
00:51:41so you can resist me
00:51:42before you give me your word
00:51:45i'll do what you say
00:51:48good
00:51:49from now on you're my sugar baby
00:51:51you're different from the others
00:51:53don't disappoint me
00:51:57miss steel
00:51:58this is from mr serrano for your time today
00:52:00also please open the trunk after you get out
00:52:07to my sugar baby
00:52:08a gift for the new semester
00:52:10a gift
00:52:11i've never received a gift before
00:52:17girls
00:52:17i have tea
00:52:19the billionaire
00:52:20killian serrano
00:52:21aka the school's biggest donor
00:52:23is speaking at
00:52:24convocation today
00:52:27the mysterious mr serrano
00:52:30as in the sexiest billionaire bachelor
00:52:33an elite man like him
00:52:35will only date the best
00:52:36and who's the top bitch at this school
00:52:39you are june
00:52:42my father and he go way back
00:52:46and i'm the only one worthy of being his girlfriend
00:52:57still early
00:52:59i can pay the debt after the speech
00:53:03shut up
00:53:04not small town dud
00:53:06bella steel
00:53:08all glowed up
00:53:09okay sly
00:53:12that dress and bag are both limited edition dior
00:53:16how'd that broke bitch even afford them
00:53:30don't turn this convocation into a circus
00:53:32bella
00:53:33come sit with me
00:53:41you're so beautiful today bella
00:53:44are they dior
00:53:45they suit you perfectly
00:53:47i don't know
00:53:47it's a gift
00:53:51as if anyone could gift you a ten thousand dollars bag
00:53:53and a limited edition dress
00:53:55it's probably some cheap fake you plucked out of a dumpster
00:53:58on your way home from work
00:54:01careful june
00:54:02jealousy can lead to permanent wrinkles
00:54:15you bitch
00:54:16how dare you carry a fake bag
00:54:17and talk back to me
00:54:22stop
00:54:33killian serrano
00:54:34mysterious billionaire
00:54:36my sugar daddy
00:54:37why is he here
00:54:44why is mr serrano looking at bella like that
00:54:47it's as if they already know each other
00:54:51everyone's looking
00:54:52i can't be this close to him
00:54:55bella how dare you cause a scene at convocation
00:54:57get out
00:54:58now
00:54:59my family is one of saint maria college's biggest donors
00:55:02chancellor brown will no doubt take my side
00:55:04you're finished bella
00:55:06i didn't june started it
00:55:08i only warned her because of that cheap knockoff she's carrying
00:55:11we don't welcome vain little bitches in this school
00:55:18my bag isn't a fake and i'm not some vain bitch
00:55:21you're the one who's a power-tripping bully june
00:55:24not a fake
00:55:25a broke loser like you buying luxury
00:55:26in your dreams
00:55:28you've gone too far
00:55:29you bitch
00:55:30if i say it's fake it's fake
00:55:32stop lying
00:55:34enough
00:55:37who says her bag is fake
00:55:38i believe her
00:55:39it's real
00:55:43real
00:55:43how can you possibly prove that
00:55:47do you have the receipt
00:55:48i didn't want to draw this much attention
00:55:51but she's left me no choice
00:55:54read the total june
00:55:55out loud
00:55:57two
00:55:58two million dollars
00:55:59two million
00:56:00june's whole outfit isn't even worth ten thousand
00:56:03who's the broke bitch now
00:56:07i don't care
00:56:09she's still a troublemaker chancellor
00:56:11she started the fight
00:56:13tell her to leave
00:56:14no
00:56:15not her
00:56:16you
00:56:20june carter
00:56:21it doesn't matter who your family is
00:56:23bullying and slander are serious offenses
00:56:26you're on sanitation duty for the rest of the month
00:56:28now get out
00:56:33how dare mr serrano
00:56:34side with that little bitch bella
00:56:36instead of me
00:56:37on what grounds
00:56:38i'm going to make her life a living hell
00:56:46bella come sit here
00:56:54college isn't just a vault for knowledge
00:56:58it's a trial of character
00:57:00no one here should be humiliated or trampled on
00:57:03because of where they come from
00:57:04brains are the new sexy
00:57:06and looking at him
00:57:07it's the absolute truth
00:57:11this year's freshman merit scholar is
00:57:13bella steel
00:57:14why would i imagine something like that
00:57:16what is wrong with me
00:57:18bella
00:57:19they called your name
00:57:20go and get your award from mr serrano
00:57:31you seem nervous
00:57:42congratulations miss steel
00:57:5410 minutes
00:57:55wait for me in the auditorium
00:57:57your sugar daddy
00:58:05this is such a bad idea
00:58:07if someone sees me with him
00:58:09i could get expelled
00:58:10what am i thinking
00:58:13that boy
00:58:14who was he
00:58:15you mean will
00:58:16i don't like people eyeing what's mine
00:58:21being my sugar baby requires absolute loyalty
00:58:25now
00:58:26you need to be punished
00:58:28mr serrano can we not do this here
00:58:30i can't risk expulsion
00:58:34the face of an angel
00:58:36you're my sugar daddy sir
00:58:38not my boyfriend
00:58:39i can talk with whoever i want
00:58:41you might look innocent
00:58:43but clearly you're not
00:58:45besides
00:58:46go on baby girl
00:58:47i enjoy watching you argue
00:58:51even when it doesn't work
00:58:52will and i are just friends
00:58:54no
00:58:56i saw the way he looked at you
00:58:58like you're his
00:58:59you're wrong
00:59:00it's not like that
00:59:04that little slot
00:59:06how dare a broke loser like her
00:59:08take the man i want
00:59:09i'll expose her and get her expelled
00:59:15attention everyone
00:59:17bella steel only got that award
00:59:19because she's hooking up with killin serrano
00:59:21don't believe me
00:59:22open the door and find out
00:59:24that goody two shoes
00:59:26is sleeping with the billionaire killian serrano
00:59:29what a sneaky slut
00:59:30that's enough
00:59:31bella's not like that
00:59:37bella
00:59:37watch me expose you
00:59:39and get you kicked out of school
00:59:48what's going on here
00:59:50do you all want to clean toilets with june
00:59:55one more mess like this june
00:59:56and you're expelled
00:59:57now get a mop and start scrubbing
01:00:05i paid for this
01:00:07that makes you mine
01:00:12i may be your sugar baby
01:00:14but i'm allowed to have my own life
01:00:16you don't own me
01:00:18i'm not your property or your pet
01:00:20i'm a person
01:00:23do you have any idea how easy it would be for me to take you right here
01:00:28on the stage
01:00:30you wouldn't dare
01:00:32watch me
01:00:35damn it
01:00:36other babies were always obedient
01:00:38but she's different
01:00:39i can't control her at all
01:00:41he stopped
01:00:42but why
01:00:43why was i actually expecting him to kiss me
01:00:50aha
01:00:51killian serrano
01:00:52caught in a torrid affair
01:00:54but who is the girl
01:00:59lux's corpse ceo
01:01:01killian serrano
01:01:02is giving a talk here today
01:01:03his rivals will pay a fortune
01:01:05for any dirt on him
01:01:10jackpot
01:01:10unlocked
01:01:16mr serrano
01:01:17are you sleeping with a college student
01:01:19this is the scoop of the century
01:01:20damn it
01:01:45why is that man after you
01:01:48when you run a multi-billion dollar enterprise
01:01:50everyone watches your every move
01:01:52success breeds enemies
01:01:54and my rivals would pay to take me down
01:01:56if it's that serious
01:01:57why did he cover my face first back there
01:02:00was he protecting me
01:02:02ha
01:02:02found you
01:02:12america's top billionaire grooms college girls
01:02:15nice headline mr serrano
01:02:17don't you think
01:02:21if this guy catches us
01:02:22it'll ruin mr serrano
01:02:24he protected me back there
01:02:26now it's my turn
01:02:31oh yes
01:02:33baby
01:02:34that was pretty fake
01:02:36want me to make it real
01:02:41students skipping class to mess around
01:02:48pervert
01:02:49there's a pervert in the locker room
01:02:50security security
01:02:56stop
01:02:56stop
01:02:58silly girl
01:02:59that's not my belt
01:03:01can you
01:03:03just put me down now
01:03:05tell me
01:03:07why did you help me
01:03:10because you're my sugar daddy
01:03:12and i wanted to protect you
01:03:14she's not like the other babies
01:03:19check to see the coast is clear
01:03:20if someone catches you in the girls locker room
01:03:22it won't look too good
01:03:27i thought i heard a man's voice
01:03:29are you turning tricks on school property bella
01:03:35i'm not in the mood for this june
01:03:37please move
01:03:41let me go
01:03:42you're sucking extracurricular dick aren't you
01:03:45trying to make a buck
01:03:47you have everyone else fooled
01:03:48but i know you're a little slut
01:03:50no wonder you had mr serrano
01:03:52wrapped around your finger
01:03:53you're just upset
01:03:54because he rejected you
01:03:55when you threw yourself at him
01:04:02what did you just say
01:04:04are you mr serrano's sugar baby
01:04:10i don't know what you're talking about
01:04:16playing dumb fine
01:04:18i'll expose you myself
01:04:20what are you doing
01:04:26everyone knows you're here on a charity scholarship bella
01:04:29so why are you carrying this much cash
01:04:32give my money back
01:04:33knew it
01:04:34bella steel spreading your legs
01:04:36for the highest bidder
01:04:37i'm gonna make you regret
01:04:39taking killian serrano from me
01:04:44no i need that for my mom's treatment
01:04:48mr serrano said it
01:04:50we're all equal
01:04:51what gives you the right to treat people like this
01:04:54equal come on
01:04:55i was born a princess
01:04:56you were born trash
01:04:57i can treat you however i want
01:04:59i may not know mr serrano well
01:05:01but i know this
01:05:02you're not worthy of him
01:05:04you're not even close to his level
01:05:05you think you can talk to me like that
01:05:07and just walk out bitch
01:05:09let's clean up the mouth of yours
01:05:20let her go now
01:05:33mr serrano what what what are you doing here
01:05:36paparazzi was hunting me
01:05:38bella helped me avoid him
01:05:39didn't expect to hear you humiliating her
01:05:41i we were just joking around
01:05:44throwing her money into a toilet
01:05:46and forcing her head in
01:05:47that's a joke to you
01:05:49that's a joke to you
01:05:50in that case i think it's your turn to try it
01:05:52pick up every bill
01:05:53one by one
01:05:55with your bare hands
01:05:57what no please mr serrano
01:05:59isn't there some other way i can make it up to you
01:06:01if you don't reach into that bowl
01:06:03i will make your life a living hell
01:06:18if i ever hear your bullying bell again
01:06:21you'll be expelled
01:06:22why is my heart racing so fast
01:06:25am i actually falling for my sugar daddy
01:06:36take it
01:06:37a hundred thousand to clear your debt
01:06:39the rest is for your personal expenses
01:06:41and don't worry about tuition
01:06:43i took care of it
01:06:44you paid my tuition
01:06:47how did you even know i still owed tuition mr serrano
01:06:50i don't know how to thank you
01:06:51there's a reason i'm successful
01:06:52know what i'm doing baby girl
01:06:54but sir i don't want to accept this for nothing
01:06:57anything beyond the contract
01:06:58i'll pay it back once i graduate
01:07:00i promise
01:07:02back in the locker room
01:07:03why did you step out
01:07:04i'm just your sugar baby right
01:07:06because you're mine
01:07:07no one gets to hurt you
01:07:09he's protecting me
01:07:11not just the deal
01:07:12does it mean
01:07:18sir
01:07:19no love
01:07:20no sex
01:07:20never fall for the girl you're paying for
01:07:22get out
01:07:23i'll send for you when it's time for our next appointment
01:07:25i could feel his heart racing too
01:07:27why did he push me away
01:07:30yes
01:07:30yes sir
01:07:34damn
01:07:35she almost made me break my own rules
01:07:37i can't let it happen again
01:07:46lily
01:07:47i think i'm starting to fall for him
01:07:49you mean mr serrano
01:07:51but he said
01:07:52no love
01:07:54he won't allow any sugar baby to fall for him
01:07:58do you know why he's like that
01:08:00it's easy to understand
01:08:02in this messy
01:08:04high stakes world
01:08:05a sugar baby is his only escape
01:08:07love is a trap
01:08:09it makes you spiral
01:08:10why ruin a pure
01:08:12quiet arrangement
01:08:13with something as reckless as love
01:08:15or maybe
01:08:16there's a secret even deeper than that
01:08:18who knows
01:08:19a secret
01:08:20don't overthink it
01:08:21every sugar baby who fell for him got fired
01:08:23don't cross the line
01:08:24so if i fall for him
01:08:25he'll just throw me away like the others
01:08:28bella
01:08:29if you still need the money
01:08:30don't let him know how you feel
01:08:32keep it hidden
01:08:33she's right
01:08:34i need to get a grip
01:08:36but
01:08:37can i really do this
01:08:41tomorrow night
01:08:42you me my private jet
01:08:44i'll send an outfit
01:08:45your sugar daddy
01:08:54mr killian will be here soon
01:08:56please wait
01:09:03seen enough
01:09:06i i didn't mean to
01:09:10didn't mean to
01:09:16so you just couldn't help yourself
01:09:22if you want to look
01:09:23go ahead
01:09:25next time
01:09:26don't get caught
01:09:28we've got a long flight
01:09:29stay with me
01:09:30i haven't slept in weeks
01:09:31shower first
01:09:32then sit next to me
01:09:33it'll help me relax
01:09:47sit here
01:09:52you look tired
01:09:53kings don't get tired
01:09:55just be quiet
01:09:57and do your duty
01:10:08he has all the money
01:10:09in the world
01:10:11but why does he seem so
01:10:13lonely
01:10:15it must be hard
01:10:16to make friends
01:10:17let alone date
01:10:18when you're that busy
01:10:19no wonder he pays
01:10:20for company
01:10:21i'll stay with you
01:10:23killian
01:10:30i was 25 weeks pregnant
01:10:33my husband's app said
01:10:35his second baby was already
01:10:37at 28 weeks
01:10:41that's how i discovered
01:10:43my marriage
01:10:44was a lie
01:10:44while i was carrying
01:10:46his child
01:10:47he was building
01:10:48another family
01:10:49behind my back
01:10:49and planning a future
01:10:50that didn't include me
01:10:52but my husband
01:10:53made one fatal mistake
01:10:54he thought i'd never
01:10:55uncover the truth
01:10:573am
01:10:57the baby kicks me awake
01:11:00small foot
01:11:01familiar rhythm
01:11:0325 weeks of knowing
01:11:06this body from the inside
01:11:07my phone glows on the nightstand
01:11:10cole family network
01:11:11the app marcus installed for us
01:11:13our little family network
01:11:15i open it expecting my own chart
01:11:17my weight
01:11:18my water intake
01:11:19the lullaby playlist he made me
01:11:21instead
01:11:21a red banner
01:11:23i read it again
01:11:25second baby
01:11:26week 28
01:11:28i am 25 weeks
01:11:30there is no second baby
01:11:33the screen burns into my eyes
01:11:36my thumb hovers over the words
01:11:38like they might arrange themselves
01:11:39into something i understand
01:11:41they don't
01:11:42the room is quiet
01:11:43marcus is breathing beside me
01:11:46deep and even
01:11:47one arm thrown across his pillow
01:11:49the way he always sleeps
01:11:50my husband
01:11:51the father of my child
01:11:53only mine
01:11:54i look at him
01:11:56at the curve of his shoulder
01:11:58in the dark
01:11:59at the man i married
01:12:00three years ago
01:12:01in a chapel full of white peenies
01:12:03because i told him once
01:12:04they were my favorite
01:12:05i want to believe the screen is wrong
01:12:07a glitch
01:12:08a stranger's data
01:12:10crossed with mine
01:12:11in some server room
01:12:12a thousand miles away
01:12:13i want to believe it so badly
01:12:15my hands are shaking
01:12:16then he stirs
01:12:18his lips move against the pillow
01:12:20a whisper
01:12:21soft
01:12:22tender
01:12:23the voice he used to use on me
01:12:25before i got big
01:12:26and tired
01:12:26and quiet
01:12:27elena
01:12:29the baby kicks again
01:12:31harder this time
01:12:32like she heard it too
01:12:37i don't scream
01:12:38i don't cry
01:12:39i do something worse
01:12:40i reach across the bed
01:12:42and shake him awake
01:12:43wake up
01:12:44marcus
01:12:47what
01:12:48what time is it
01:12:49look at this
01:12:52sarah
01:12:53it's three in the morning
01:12:54read it
01:12:55he reads it
01:12:56i am watching his face
01:12:58the way a doctor
01:12:58watches a heart monitor
01:12:59every flicker
01:13:00every twitch
01:13:01for half a second
01:13:02his whole body
01:13:03goes rigid
01:13:04shoulders
01:13:04jaw
01:13:05the hand holding the phone
01:13:06then he laughs
01:13:07soft
01:13:08sleepy
01:13:09practiced
01:13:10baby
01:13:12it's a bug
01:13:13the app's been glitching
01:13:14for weeks
01:13:14daniel at work
01:13:15said the same thing
01:13:16happened to him
01:13:17it syncs somebody else's
01:13:18data to your profile
01:13:19it says
01:13:20second baby
01:13:21it says a lot of things
01:13:24i'll call the company
01:13:25tomorrow
01:13:26and tear them apart
01:13:27for scaring my pregnant
01:13:28wife at three in the morning
01:13:30okay
01:13:30he pulls me down
01:13:32against his chest
01:13:33his hand spreads
01:13:34wide across my belly
01:13:35warm
01:13:37steady
01:13:37the hand i fell asleep
01:13:39under for a thousand nights
01:13:41our baby
01:13:41is 25 weeks
01:13:43our baby
01:13:44right here
01:13:45feel that
01:13:46the baby kicks
01:13:47against his hum
01:13:47he laughs
01:13:48and i feel the vibration
01:13:49of it in his ribs
01:13:50if i had not been walking
01:13:52i would have believed him
01:13:53but i was watching
01:13:54and i felt it
01:13:55the half second
01:13:56his body forgot
01:13:57to be relaxed
01:13:58the half second
01:13:59his spine turned to wire
01:14:00under my cheek
01:14:01my husband is a very good liar
01:14:03i did not know that
01:14:05about him until tonight
01:14:08i close my eyes
01:14:10i make my breathing slow
01:14:11the way the prenatal videos
01:14:13taught me
01:14:14i count to 200
01:14:16at 180
01:14:18he moves
01:14:21he's sitting up
01:14:22hunched over the screen
01:14:24thumb flying
01:14:25he deletes something first
01:14:26a swipe
01:14:27a tap
01:14:27gone
01:14:28then he opens a chat
01:14:31the contact photo
01:14:32at the top
01:14:32is a woman
01:14:33her back to the camera
01:14:34long
01:14:35dark hair
01:14:36down to her waist
01:14:37saved as one letter
01:14:38e
01:14:40she found out
01:14:41the app data got through
01:14:43i thought you said
01:14:44it was airtight
01:14:45marcus
01:14:46my belly is getting bigger
01:14:48every day
01:14:48don't worry
01:14:49i'll handle it
01:14:50handle it
01:14:51you call this handling it
01:14:53i need you at my
01:14:54prenatal appointment tomorrow
01:14:55riverside women's clinic
01:14:57don't forget
01:14:58i am not breathing
01:15:00i have not been breathing
01:15:01for a while
01:15:03marcus's thumb hovers
01:15:04i can see his profile
01:15:05in the blue light
01:15:06the same profile
01:15:08i have kissed
01:15:09a thousand times
01:15:12i'll be there
01:15:15he deletes the conversation
01:15:16every message
01:15:17gone like it was never there
01:15:19he sets the phone
01:15:21face down on the nightcand
01:15:22he lies back
01:15:23within 90 seconds
01:15:24his breathing is even again
01:15:27my husband can fall asleep
01:15:28after that
01:15:29i stare at the ceiling
01:15:30until the dark
01:15:31turns gray
01:15:34riverside women's clinic
01:15:35tomorrow
01:15:36her belly is getting bigger
01:15:38every day
01:15:3828 weeks
01:15:40three weeks ahead of mine
01:15:42three weeks
01:15:44which means when he was
01:15:45promising me forever
01:15:46in front of a hundred people
01:15:48when he was pressing his ear
01:15:50to my stomach
01:15:50and whispering hello
01:15:51little one
01:15:52he was already with her
01:15:55i think about screaming
01:15:57i think about waking him up
01:15:59and clawing his face open
01:16:01i think about walking into the kitchen
01:16:03and picking up something heavy
01:16:05i don't do any of it
01:16:06because the woman who screams
01:16:07gets a story
01:16:10he'll say i'm hysterical
01:16:12hormonal
01:16:12unstable
01:16:14he'll get custody ready quotes
01:16:16from his mother
01:16:17he'll move money
01:16:18the woman who is quiet
01:16:19gets the truth
01:16:20i lay my hand on my belly
01:16:2325 weeks
01:16:24a daughter
01:16:25he doesn't know it's a girl yet
01:16:26i was saving it for his birthday
01:16:27next month
01:16:28i'm sorry baby
01:16:30mommy was stupid
01:16:31mommy is done being stupid
01:16:33the sun comes up
01:16:34i get out of bed
01:16:35i make him coffee
01:16:36the way he likes it
01:16:37two sugars
01:16:38a splash of cream
01:16:39love you
01:16:41get some rest today okay
01:16:42love you too
01:16:44riverside women's clinic
01:16:45i want to see her face
01:16:55i park across the street
01:16:57at 8 45
01:16:58a bench under a maple tree
01:17:00a bottle of water
01:17:01shun glasses
01:17:02a maternity coat
01:17:04big enough to hide me
01:17:05from anyone glancing twice
01:17:06i wait
01:17:07couples go in
01:17:09a woman with her mother
01:17:10a man pushing a wheelchair
01:17:12a teenager alone
01:17:13eyes red
01:17:14each time the glass doors
01:17:16slide open
01:17:16my heart slams against my ribs
01:17:18and the baby kicks
01:17:20like she's furious with me for it
01:17:229 o'clock
01:17:2310
01:17:2511
01:17:25at 11 47
01:17:27a black sedan pulls up
01:17:29his sedan
01:17:30the one i picked out with him
01:17:31at the dealership last spring
01:17:32because i said the leather
01:17:33smelled like a library
01:17:36in the navy shirt
01:17:37i ironed yesterday
01:17:38and she steps out
01:17:41i can't see her face
01:17:42she has her forehead
01:17:43pressed into his chest
01:17:44the second her feet
01:17:45touch the pavement
01:17:46like the walk from the car
01:17:47to the door
01:17:48is too much for her
01:17:49her belly
01:17:50it is bigger than mine
01:17:51round and high
01:17:52and proud
01:17:53under a soft white dress
01:17:54he walks her in
01:17:55like she is made of glass
01:17:56he has not walked me
01:17:58anywhere like that
01:17:59in 8 months
01:17:59he told me last week
01:18:00he was just tired
01:18:01work was crazy
01:18:02work was crazy
01:18:03the baby would come
01:18:05and we'd find our way back
01:18:06i am taking pictures
01:18:08my hands are not shaking
01:18:11i am surprised by that
01:18:1640 minutes later
01:18:17they come out
01:18:18he has her arm
01:18:19he guides her to the passenger seat
01:18:21he buckles her seat belt himself
01:18:23leans across her belly
01:18:24careful
01:18:25slow
01:18:26the way men do in movies
01:18:28then he straightens
01:18:30he brushes her hair back
01:18:32he bends down
01:18:33he kisses her forehead
01:18:35i take the picture
01:18:36shutter silent
01:18:38the kiss freezes on my screen
01:18:39his lips on her hairline
01:18:41her eyes closed
01:18:42her hand resting on top of his
01:18:44on her belly
01:18:44i take three more
01:18:45from three angles
01:18:48i am very calm
01:18:49i am the calmest
01:18:50i have ever been
01:18:51in my life
01:18:52then i open my phone
01:18:54and i call my husband
01:18:57i watch through the windshield
01:18:59he pulls back from her
01:19:00he glances at the screen
01:19:01the line picks up
01:19:03in the background
01:19:04i hear the soft ding
01:19:05of an elevator
01:19:06he is not in
01:19:07office chatted
01:19:08that is not happening
01:19:09he has an app for it
01:19:10i never knew that
01:19:11until this second
01:19:12hey baby
01:19:13you okay
01:19:14i'm okay
01:19:15the baby's been quiet
01:19:16i just wanted to hear
01:19:18your voice
01:19:18oh i'm sorry
01:19:20i'm slammed back-to-back
01:19:21meetings until at least
01:19:22four
01:19:22the henderson deal
01:19:24blew up this morning
01:19:24are you coming home
01:19:26for lunch
01:19:26i can't
01:19:27order something for yourself
01:19:28okay
01:19:29get the soup you like
01:19:30okay
01:19:32i love you
01:19:32put your feet up
01:19:33i love you too
01:19:35he hangs up
01:19:36he turns back to the car
01:19:38he smiles at her
01:19:39through the window
01:19:40the smile i married
01:19:41he gets in
01:19:42the sedan pulls out
01:19:43into the noon traffic
01:19:44i watch the brake lights
01:19:46flare once at the corner
01:19:47the bench is still warm
01:19:48under me
01:19:49my water bottle
01:19:50is half full
01:19:54the world has not noticed
01:19:55that it ended
01:20:017 30
01:20:03he comes home
01:20:05with champagne roses
01:20:06in one arm
01:20:06and a small velvet box
01:20:08in the other
01:20:08the roses are the exact shade
01:20:10i pointed at in a magazine
01:20:1118 months ago
01:20:12the necklace inside the box
01:20:14is the one i touched
01:20:15in a window last christmas
01:20:16and said jokingly
01:20:17someday
01:20:18for my girls
01:20:20both of you
01:20:21he clasps it around
01:20:22my neck himself
01:20:23his fingers brush
01:20:24the back of my hair
01:20:25i do not flinch
01:20:26i have practiced
01:20:27not flinching
01:20:28for nine hours
01:20:29it's beautiful
01:20:31how was work
01:20:33brutal
01:20:33new project
01:20:35meetings all day
01:20:36i don't want to talk
01:20:36about it
01:20:38i want to look
01:20:38at my wife
01:20:39i catch it
01:20:40faint
01:20:41sharp
01:20:42underneath the cologne
01:20:44hospital
01:20:44antisept
01:20:45not the brand
01:20:46we keep in our bathroom
01:20:48i go to the kitchen
01:20:49to get him a glass of water
01:20:50he goes to shower
01:20:51i move fast
01:20:53his jacket is on the back
01:20:54of the chair
01:20:55outer pockets
01:20:56empty
01:20:57wiped clean
01:20:58he thought of that
01:20:59inner pocket
01:21:00my fingers find something
01:21:02folded small
01:21:03hard edges
01:21:04glossy paper
01:21:05i pull it out
01:21:06a sonograph
01:21:07the little curled body
01:21:09the little curled spine
01:21:1028 weeks
01:21:11a boy
01:21:12the header at the top
01:21:14says riverside women's clinic
01:21:15today's date
01:21:16where the mother's name
01:21:17should be
01:21:18the paper has been torn
01:21:19carefully
01:21:20a clean strip removed
01:21:22only the first letter survives
01:21:24e
01:21:27i refold it along the same creases
01:21:30exactly
01:21:31i put it back in the inner pocket
01:21:33i straighten the jacket on the chair
01:21:36i am at the stove
01:21:37stirring soup
01:21:38when he comes out of the shower
01:21:39in a clean white t-shirt
01:21:40smelling like our soap again
01:21:41he kisses the top of my head
01:21:43he tells me i look beautiful
01:21:44in the necklace
01:21:45i let him feed me
01:21:46a spoonful of broth
01:21:47i sleep next to him that night
01:21:49i do not move for eight hours
01:21:52three days later
01:21:54marcus's mother rosa calls
01:21:57sarah sweetheart
01:21:58how's my granddaughter
01:21:59kicking
01:22:00she loves your voice
01:22:01listen
01:22:02your cousin margaret
01:22:04is coming through town next week
01:22:05i told her she could stay
01:22:07at the west side house
01:22:08there's plenty of room
01:22:09tell marcus to send someone
01:22:11over to air it out
01:22:12would you
01:22:13fresh sheets
01:22:14the usual
01:22:15i lower the spoon
01:22:16i am holding
01:22:17the west side house
01:22:19mom i thought marcus
01:22:21rented that place out last year
01:22:22he said the tenants
01:22:23were on a two-year lease
01:22:24rented
01:22:25honey no
01:22:26that house has been sitting empty
01:22:28since we bought it
01:22:28don't listen to marcus's nonsense
01:22:30he's always making things up
01:22:32to avoid having relatives stay
01:22:33just tell him to get it ready
01:22:34right
01:22:35of course
01:22:36i'll tell him
01:22:36good girl
01:22:37rest those feet
01:22:38the line clicks off
01:22:39i stand in the kitchen
01:22:41with the phone in my hand
01:22:42the soup is burning
01:22:43i do not turn off the stove
01:22:45empty
01:22:45the house has been empty
01:22:47for a year
01:22:47a whole house
01:22:48in the west part of the city
01:22:49with no one in it
01:22:50according to his mother
01:22:52and every time i have asked him
01:22:53about it in the last six months
01:22:55he has said the same easy thing
01:22:56oh the tenants are fine
01:22:57rent came in on time
01:22:58don't worry about it baby
01:23:01he has been lying about a house
01:23:04a house big enough
01:23:05to hide a woman in
01:23:09saturday morning
01:23:10he ties his tie in the mirror
01:23:12he tells me there's a fire
01:23:13at the office
01:23:14he'll be home by dinner
01:23:16i hate leaving you on a weekend
01:23:21it's okay
01:23:21go
01:23:23the door closes
01:23:24i open the tracking app
01:23:26i installed on his phone
01:23:27four nights ago
01:23:29while he was sleeping
01:23:30with one hand on my belly
01:23:32the blue dot moves
01:23:33across the city
01:23:33past his office building
01:23:35past the highway exit
01:23:36he would take for work
01:23:37west
01:23:38it stops
01:23:39the address that fills the screen
01:23:41is the west side house
01:23:42i do not get in the car
01:23:44i do not go there
01:23:45he would have a story ready
01:23:47before i finished knocking
01:23:48a contractor
01:23:50a leak
01:23:50a surprise for me
01:23:52anything
01:23:53he is too good at this
01:23:57instead i open the property management portal
01:23:59for the building
01:24:00i type in his phone number
01:24:02for the usernator
01:24:02i try his birthday
01:24:04for the password
01:24:05i am in
01:24:06visitor access
01:24:08six months of records
01:24:10one code
01:24:11used almost every day
01:24:13morning
01:24:14evening
01:24:15weekends
01:24:15the code is registered
01:24:17to a single resident
01:24:18i click the name
01:24:20the page loads
01:24:21facial recognition photo
01:24:22at the top
01:24:23required for entry
01:24:24a woman
01:24:25twenty something
01:24:26long dark hair
01:24:27down past her shoulders
01:24:28soft eyes
01:24:29a small private smile
01:24:30at the camera
01:24:31the kind you give someone holding the phone
01:24:33not the camera itself
01:24:34i know this face
01:24:35not from anywhere in my life
01:24:37from a contact photo
01:24:38saved under one letter
01:24:40on a phone screen
01:24:41in the dark
01:24:41at three in the morning
01:24:42e
01:24:42i look at her smile
01:24:44a long time
01:24:45i cannot stop looking
01:24:46she is beautiful
01:24:47that is the part
01:24:48that surprises me
01:24:49i thought she would be ugly
01:24:50i thought it would be easier
01:24:52if she was ugly
01:24:54i do not close the portal
01:24:56i scroll
01:24:57there is a tab at the top
01:24:58community board
01:25:00resident events
01:25:01photo galleries
01:25:02i click it
01:25:02because i am not ready
01:25:04to stand up yet
01:25:04because if i stand up
01:25:06something inside me
01:25:07is going to come apart
01:25:08and i am not ready
01:25:09last month's event
01:25:11most beautiful expectant mother
01:25:13building seven
01:25:14annual contest
01:25:1540 something entries
01:25:17pregnant women in soft dresses
01:25:18standing in the lobby
01:25:19with their partners
01:25:20captions underneath each photo
01:25:22resident names
01:25:23unit numbers
01:25:24cute little hearts
01:25:25i scroll
01:25:25page 1
01:25:26page 5
01:25:27page 10
01:25:28page 15
01:25:29i stop
01:25:30a photograph
01:25:31a woman in a pale blue dress
01:25:33hand resting on a high round belly
01:25:35long dark hair
01:25:36the same soft eyes
01:25:37from the facial recognition photo
01:25:39she is laughing at something off camera
01:25:41a man stands behind her
01:25:43his arm is around her shoulders
01:25:45his other hand is spread wide
01:25:47across her belly
01:25:48protective
01:25:49proud
01:25:50the way men do in the magazines
01:25:51i used to read
01:25:52he is laughing too
01:25:54it is marcus
01:25:55my marcus
01:25:56the man who tied his tie
01:25:58in our mirror this morning
01:25:59the man whose ring is on my finger
01:26:01the man whose daughter is kicking inside me right now
01:26:05hard
01:26:06like she is trying to get my attention
01:26:08my eyes dropped to the caption beneath the photo
01:26:10small black letters
01:26:12cheerfy font
01:26:13resident of unit 11
01:26:151
01:26:15miss elena and her husband mr cole
01:26:18her husband mr cole
01:26:19i read the three words again
01:26:21and again
01:26:22her
01:26:22husband
01:26:23mr cole
01:26:24her husband
01:26:24husband and
01:26:25that's not murder
01:26:25husband the
01:26:25man who won't
01:26:26bless her
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