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00:00:03When I was 18, I signed a pre-nupical agreement and married Alistair, a man 15 years my senior.
00:00:14Everyone says I'm just a canary he keeps in a penthouse, but only I know how much he has favored
00:00:19me.
00:00:21This ring, which he designed himself, is the proof.
00:00:25And now, we finally have a little angel of our own.
00:00:29I have to tell Alistair the good news. I wonder how happy he'll be.
00:00:33Alistair, are you free right now? There's something I want you to be the first to know.
00:00:37Something's come up on my end.
00:00:39What's so urgent?
00:00:40Victoria's back. She's not doing well, so I need to take care of her first. I'll find you later. Be
00:00:45a good girl.
00:00:46Victoria. The one name he never allowed anyone to mention.
00:01:10You said you were busy today. So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
00:01:16Am I interrupting something?
00:01:18She just got back and isn't doing well. Don't overthink it.
00:01:22Not doing well? Is that an excuse to be intimate with my husband in here?
00:01:26Alistair, you promised me you'd forget her.
00:01:29Chloe, watch your attitude.
00:01:32I'm your wife. I don't even have the right to ask a question?
00:01:36It's precisely because you are my wife that you should know your place.
00:01:41My place? What about you? Bringing another woman into your office? Is that your idea of knowing your place?
00:01:47Article 32 of the pre-Hopful Agreement. You are not to interfere with my social life, schedule, or business arrangements.
00:01:53You signed it. Now follow the rule.
00:01:55Alistair, she's young. It's only natural she's being mature. Don't be too hard on her.
00:02:00Not even a single word of explanation?
00:02:02It's not necessary. I gave you a title and a life of dignity, not a license to come here and
00:02:06make a steam.
00:02:06Grow up, little girl. Don't make this any more embarrassing than it already is.
00:02:10Get out.
00:02:17Why the rush? Even a contract wife can feel embarrassed?
00:02:24Get out of my way.
00:02:26Does this look familiar?
00:02:28Alistair designed it himself. The size, the cut, even the curve of the setting. It's identical.
00:02:34The one on your finger is just a fake he bought later to replace it.
00:02:37What exactly are you trying to say?
00:02:38I'm saying you should know your place. So what if you're his wife? You live in his house, spend his
00:02:43money, and trade a contract for a last name.
00:02:45But I'm different. I don't need an appointment to enter his office. I sit on his sofa, and he pours
00:02:52my drinks himself.
00:02:53Alistair, I only have one question. Why is her ring the same as mine?
00:02:57It's just a ring.
00:03:00I designed this ring specifically for you. It's the only one of its kind in the world. After all, you
00:03:08are my one and only.
00:03:10Fine. I understand.
00:03:15What is this?
00:03:23It's just a manuscript for the competition. Don't bother yourself with it.
00:03:27I'll have the driver take you back.
00:03:29No need. I can get back on my own.
00:03:31I haven't had a chance to see her music room yet.
00:03:34See it if you want. You don't have to ask me twice about anything in this house.
00:03:38No problem. I'll send the manuscript over right now.
00:03:45My manuscript!
00:03:51This is my only original copy.
00:03:53I'm so sorry, Chloe. Who knew your music room would be such a mess? My hand slipped, and I spilled
00:03:58it.
00:03:59You won't blame me, will you?
00:04:00What a shame. I heard you were in a rush to submit this.
00:04:05What are you going to do now?
00:04:08Get your foot off it!
00:04:09What? It's just a pile of paper. Is all this really necessary?
00:04:17Alistair!
00:04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it. I just wanted to see where she usually practices, but she started snapping at
00:04:25me the moment she got back. I'm a little scared.
00:04:26Victoria, you-
00:04:27Chloe, enough!
00:04:28What did you say?
00:04:29Victoria already said she didn't mean it. Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:04:33I wrote every single note of this myself. This is two years of my hard work. Alistair, you know that
00:04:37better than anyone!
00:04:38Hard work? Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing? This score, or the status you've built using it as
00:04:44a prop? A student from a common background who managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate?
00:04:50Who are you trying to impress with this wronged woman act? Didn't you approach me in the first place for
00:04:55the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the top?
00:04:57I didn't-
00:04:58Am I wrong? Now that Victoria is back, you know your position is shaky, so you're using these tears and
00:05:03your so-called hard work as leverage.
00:05:05At the end of Yale, isn't this whole tantrum just a way to get my attention, to get more money,
00:05:09and to squeeze more out of me-
00:05:10No! You've forgotten! I never married you for your wealth, and I certainly wasn't plotting against the Sterling family. You
00:05:16were the one who begged me to marry you!
00:05:18I admit, I was blinded by you back then. If I could do it all over again, I would never
00:05:21marry a woman as calculating as you.
00:05:23We've been married for two years, and this is how lowly you think of me?
00:05:26What else would I think?
00:05:34Still throwing a tantrum over what happened today?
00:05:36Not throwing a tantrum, I just want to know, what exactly am I to you?
00:05:41You're my wife. I sketched the design for this ring myself. That year you were playing the cello in the
00:05:45snow, your hands were beet red from the cold, yet you refused to stop.
00:05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour, and when I got back, I drew this.
00:05:52You still remember?
00:05:53Of course. Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
00:05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
00:05:59Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
00:06:02I took her side today, not because she's more important than Chloe, but because I had to keep the situation
00:06:06under control.
00:06:07Don't take those words to heart.
00:06:09Is that really all it is?
00:06:10You're too young. There are many things I don't want you to get mixed up in.
00:06:18Allister, I hit someone. There's so much blood. Please come quickly.
00:06:24Something came up at the office. I need to head out, but I'll be back soon.
00:06:28This late?
00:06:29Wait for me. Don't go anywhere.
00:06:30There.
00:06:33Little one, your father still cares for us. Just wait a little longer.
00:06:40Chloe, Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car. She can't be linked to this case. So, you're gonna take the
00:06:45fall for her.
00:06:52Chloe, don't be afraid. I'll handle everything. Just sign the papers and I promise you'll be fine.
00:06:57You want me to take the fall for her killing someone?
00:06:59Alistair, you just said you would protect me!
00:07:01I am protecting you. The press is swarming outside and the police are already watching us.
00:07:05We have to lock in the statement first so I can get you out of this mess.
00:07:07Don't be difficult. This is the fastest way. The lawyers will arrange your bail. All you have to do is
00:07:10give your thumbprint.
00:07:12So, everything you said tonight was just a tactic to play me? The ring? The promises? What did any of
00:07:16it mean?
00:07:17It means you need to be smart right now. Article 33 of the prenuptal agreement. You are required to cooperate
00:07:23with family crisis management.
00:07:24Otherwise, you'll never be able to pay off the penalty in your lifetime.
00:07:27I'm not signing.
00:07:28Chloe, don't push me. Once you leave your print, this all ends tonight.
00:07:36Let go! You're hurting me!
00:07:41Blood.
00:07:45Chloe, how- why are you bleeding so much?
00:07:54Alistair, I'm pregnant. It's your baby. Please take me to the hospital.
00:08:00Now is not the time for this.
00:08:02I'm begging you! Please!
00:08:06Sign this, and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
00:08:11You still want me to sign?
00:08:13The accident case is already open. Victoria cannot go to prison.
00:08:17Take the fall first, and I'll cover everything. The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:08:21If you don't sign, no one is coming for you tonight. And the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:08:26That's a human life! Not one of your PR crisis!
00:08:29Do you think the feds will just take your word for it? If you confess, it'll only be a few
00:08:33years, and I can reduce your sentence.
00:08:36If you fight it, you won't even make it to bail.
00:08:40You're using the hospital to blackmail me?
00:08:42I'm giving you a way out. Chloe, be good. Just confess first. We'll talk about the baby later.
00:08:47Later? You don't even want it now. You said you'd never leave me alone.
00:08:52Sign it, now.
00:08:59Wait!
00:09:06Wait.
00:09:08Alliston, I knew you wouldn't...
00:09:09If you sign it like this, it looks too much like coercion. The police might not accept it.
00:09:16Press your thumbprint, then sign it again.
00:09:18You stopped me! Just for this?
00:09:21Your confession must be flawless. Nothing can happen to Victoria.
00:09:25I'm bleeding, and you're worried about the paperwork looking pretty?
00:09:28I already have a car waiting downstairs. Once you sign, I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
00:09:33And if I don't sign?
00:09:35Then you can keep wasting time here tonight.
00:09:37Wait for the feds to arrive, or wait for the baby to micewake on its own.
00:09:41Your choice.
00:09:43That's your child, too.
00:09:45Sign the papers first.
00:09:52Alistair, you'll pay for this.
00:09:54Sign it.
00:10:04Don't be afraid. I'm calling an ambulance for you right now.
00:10:12Alistair, save the baby first, I beg you. Save the baby.
00:10:17As long as the baby is safe, anything else, I'll agree to anything.
00:10:22Don't worry. You and the baby will be fine.
00:10:24Let's go!
00:10:25Coming through!
00:10:28Come on.
00:10:29Come on.
00:10:31The patient is facing a severe threat and miscarriage with significant uterine bleeding.
00:10:34We must operate immediately to stop the hemorrhage.
00:10:36She's in critical condition.
00:10:37Any further delay, and we won't be able to save either the mother or the child.
00:10:39These are the prenatal records of the bleeding logs.
00:10:40Sign us now to authorize a combined procedure for surgery and fetal preservation, Mr. Sterling.
00:10:43There is no time.
00:10:44She's losing blood rapidly.
00:10:45She needs to be in the OR right now.
00:10:46Every minute counts.
00:10:47If we wait any longer, the baby is gone, and the mother's life will be at risk, too.
00:10:53Mr. Sterling, Victoria at DUI.
00:10:55If you want your wife to take the fall, it's best she has no recent record of pregnancy.
00:10:59Otherwise...
00:11:00Understood.
00:11:01Hold off on the filing.
00:11:03Suspend the surgery.
00:11:04Just stop the bleeding for now.
00:11:05What did you say?
00:11:08For her sake, you're even...
00:11:11abandoning our child?
00:11:18Cancel the surgery?
00:11:20You're gonna kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?!
00:11:22As long as you take the fall for the accident, we can have other children later.
00:11:28But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:11:30She cannot have a criminal record.
00:11:32Ma'am, please calm down!
00:11:33She's eight weeks pregnant and hemorrhaging!
00:11:36And you want her to confess to a crime?!
00:11:39Save your misplaced sense of justice and do as I say,
00:11:43or you'll be kicked out of the medical profession for good by tomorrow.
00:11:46No!
00:11:51You didn't come here to save me at all.
00:11:53You said only today that protect me.
00:11:55Is this what you call protection?
00:11:58Be a good girl and confess.
00:12:00You'll still be my most cherished wife.
00:12:02No!
00:12:04Alistar, I'm begging you!
00:12:21Alistar, where is my baby?!
00:12:32the baby wasn't meant to be with us don't play games with me
00:12:36was it an accident or did you order the doctor to do it
00:12:41you're still young once you've recovered we'll have other children
00:12:48answer me victoria's legal team has been working through the night
00:12:51i've used the sterling family trust to post your 50 million dollar bail
00:13:00alistair even your way of killing is so refined i have no patience for your tantrums
00:13:05behave yourself focus on your recovery i'm busy lately once you're better head back on your own
00:13:10no need to let me know behave yourself
00:13:26oh you're back the fabric of this at four is really nice though the waist is a bit tight
00:13:35who gave you permission to wear my clothes is there anything in this apartment that actually
00:13:39belongs to you even that your engagement ring you're wearing didn't pay for it with his card
00:13:46chloe the doctor said you shouldn't get worked up sit down first tell to take it off
00:13:53alistair i'm just borrowing it does she really have to be so mean
00:13:58it's just a pajama do you have to start a scene the second you get home
00:14:07chloe have you had enough you've been acting like a total lunaturk lately can't you be more sensible
00:14:11alistair
00:14:15he said you looked pathetic last night did you know he complained that your crying was too loud
00:14:19so he held me in his arms all night he also said he never forgot about me you were out
00:14:23of the game
00:14:24from the very beginning well that's very christian christian alistair help me calm down put the knife
00:14:33down first choose choose between us right now chloe what the hell is wrong with you lady be reasonable
00:14:40i can't be reasonable everything changed the moment she came back have you forgotten how we lost our baby
00:14:46have you forgotten what you promised me you said you would protect me but who are you protecting now
00:14:49look at me alistair look at me fine i choose you chloe i choose you now let her go and
00:14:56come here
00:15:05don't you ever touch her again this is your last warning
00:15:33sign it and you'll be mrs sterling it says here that i'm giving up almost all my rights
00:15:37don't worry it's just a formality our backgrounds are so different without this my family might not
00:15:42accept you listen this agreement is only to appease the family my promise to you is right here i added
00:15:47a
00:15:47handwritten clause if i ever betray you or if you feel any unhappiness in this marriage you can burn
00:15:51it at any time no lawyers needed no need to notify me the moment you burn this agreement you are
00:15:54free
00:15:55this is my only true guarantee
00:16:05you promised it's over
00:16:11brody it's me get me a ticket to europe for tonight
00:16:14sterling i burned the agreement understood two hours the usual spot okay
00:16:27hi alistair
00:16:33it is late where do you think you are going that's none of your business none of my business
00:16:39did you forget the agreement wherever you go you report to me first the agreement i burned it
00:16:44just now alistair you dare to burn it that contract is legally binding chloe it is not some toy you
00:16:49can
00:16:49toss into the fire whenever you feel like it i have put up with enough from you lately do not
00:16:52push me do
00:16:53you have any idea that agreement is what keeps you mrs sterling how the hell am i supposed to protect
00:16:57you when you act like this i know but i cannot afford your kind of protection did you forget the
00:17:00clause
00:17:01you wrote yourself you promised that if i was unhappy i could burn it anytime the second it burned i
00:17:04was
00:17:05free that was something i said to make you happy you think a court will honor that
00:17:10i promise once you burn it you are free i will not stop you
00:17:16chloe
00:17:21alistair
00:17:26alistair what happened out here i thought i heard shouting was it chloe is she throwing another
00:17:30tantrum she ran at that ridiculous recording recording honey you cannot seriously be worried
00:17:35a pre-nap does not vanish because some 20 year old girl throws it into a fireplace she knows nothing
00:17:39about the law she's just shaken from the miscarriage and the bail pressure is getting to her she is
00:17:45trying to scare you the harder you chase the more power she thinks she has let her cool off when
00:17:51the
00:17:51money guns out and she has nowhere to go she will come crawling back you really think so of course
00:17:56it is just a little girl acting out for attention we both know it besides every account in her name
00:18:00is tied to your family trust without this place she cannot even afford a hotel room what matters now
00:18:05is keeping the situation stable we cannot let the fbi case get complicated because of her emotions
00:18:09you are right i am always on your side get some rest you have the legal team tomorrow
00:18:15chloe
00:18:16chloe i will wait for you to come back to me
00:18:24your passport and ticket are in the inner pocket
00:18:27he will not find you the accounts are wiped the cameras are covered you are a ghost now i handled
00:18:34the
00:18:34airport
00:18:37we are here cargo gate c7 someone will meet you direct flight to paris
00:18:43there is some cash inside when you land call this number thank you
00:18:50chloe forgive me for being reckless but i cannot fight this anymore will you marry me will you be my
00:18:56wife i am just an ordinary girl how could i ever be worthy of not ever say that about yourself
00:19:01to me you
00:19:01are the most beautiful purest woman in the world you deserve everything it is just night now did you
00:19:07really have to come home and turn the whole place into a war zone
00:19:12chloe are you done lately you have been acting like a complete lunatic can you please grow up
00:19:19it is over
00:19:26stop thinking about it alistair chloe needs time
00:19:29to calm down
00:19:32get out
00:19:33what
00:19:34i said get out take off chloe's nightgown do not touch chloe's things again
00:19:39it is just a nightgown
00:19:41why are you treating victoria like this because of chloe we are the ones who
00:19:45we are nothing the woman alistair loves is chloe
00:19:47it was always chloe it still is
00:19:50but chloe left chloe does not give a damn about alistair
00:19:54i do listen carefully victoria i helped you because of your father because of those damn business ties
00:19:59but you have always known where my heart is stop doing this
00:20:03i have done so much for you
00:20:05enough
00:20:06you are tired go rest
00:20:12three days
00:20:14sorry the number you have dialed is no longer in service
00:20:23where the hell did you go
00:20:26what is that
00:20:31she actually burned it
00:20:33it is just a piece of paper
00:20:34burning it proves she cares
00:20:36cares about what
00:20:37you
00:20:38it is a little girl's stunt
00:20:39the most dramatic way she could think of to get your attention
00:20:42she thought if she burned the agreement you would chase after her and prove you cannot live without her
00:20:45she used a fake id
00:20:48emptied the accounts
00:20:49so what
00:20:49every dime she has eventually leads back to the sterling family trust
00:20:52where can she go without you sleep on the street what is she right now
00:20:55a suspect out on bail
00:20:56the fbi case is still hanging over her
00:20:59besides you who would dare take her in
00:21:00the outside world is a hundred times scarier for her than this apartment
00:21:04give her time to act out
00:21:05once she has suffered enough she will remember where she belongs
00:21:09then she will come back on her own sweeter than ever
00:21:12what if she does not come back
00:21:14then she never deserved to be mrs sterling
00:21:16a doll too stupid to understand her own position is not worth keeping is she
00:21:20clean this up
00:21:21of course
00:21:22fly away little bird
00:21:23let us see how long you last
00:21:30were the new spring pieces sent to the wardrobe
00:21:32yes sir
00:21:33everything was delivered to the estate yesterday afternoon
00:21:35as instructed
00:21:37the sizes and styles followed
00:21:38the previous records exactly
00:21:40some of the brands chloe like changed creative directors this season
00:21:43i reviewed the new collections
00:21:45there are a few dresses chloe would like
00:21:46yes sir
00:21:46every year you personally review the seasonal catalogs
00:21:49and reserve pieces for mrs staling for mrs chloe you have done that for three years
00:21:53chloe did not take a single thing when chloe left
00:21:56perhaps miss chloe knows you have been waiting for chloe to come back
00:22:00waiting for chloe to come back
00:22:02no i am just confirming whether chloe really has the nerve to stay gone forever
00:22:07sir the emergency meeting is in two hours they insist you attend it is about the asia market acquisition
00:22:14tell them i
00:22:17that silhouette looks so familiar
00:22:20that silhouette looks so familiar
00:22:21is that you chloe
00:22:28find out
00:22:29now
00:22:31sir confirmed
00:22:32confirmed
00:22:33it is miss chloe sterling
00:22:34she is performing under the stage name claire moray now
00:22:36she is the orchestra's newly signed principal cellist
00:22:38her debut is next friday at the music vi-
00:22:41three years
00:22:42i had her wardrobe at the estate refreshed every season
00:22:45those dresses she never touched a single one
00:22:48yes sir
00:22:48you have been
00:22:49waiting for her to come back
00:22:51claire moray
00:22:52you hid well
00:22:57cancel the board meeting
00:22:59or let them talk to an empty chair
00:23:01right now contact the airport
00:23:03i want the next direct flight to vienna
00:23:05but sir the board
00:23:08do it
00:23:09do it
00:23:26do it
00:23:30sir
00:23:30rehearsal is closed
00:23:32no outsiders
00:23:33move
00:23:33i am here for chloe stingling
00:23:35there is no chloe stingling here
00:23:37the woman on taze is claire moray
00:23:39guest cello soloist for the
00:23:43festival
00:23:54she never smiled like that
00:24:02see that
00:24:03she is doing well now
00:24:05she does not need anyone disturbing her
00:24:07especially you
00:24:08who the hell are you
00:24:10her manager
00:24:11and her friend
00:24:12leave before rehearsal ends
00:24:13or i call security
00:24:32chloe
00:24:34we need to talk
00:24:35now
00:24:36sorry give me one minute to deal with old business
00:24:38yes
00:24:41have you been with him this whole three years
00:24:43what does that have to do with you mr sterling
00:24:47listen to me
00:24:48back then
00:24:48i do not want to hear it
00:24:51i swear i i did not know it would
00:24:52if i had known you were pregnant i never would have
00:24:54you knew
00:24:55and you still chose what mattered more to you
00:24:57your empire
00:24:57your victoria
00:24:58now that the show is over
00:25:00leave
00:25:00sir
00:25:02claire needs to continue rehearse
00:25:03yes
00:25:03your disruption is not welcome here
00:25:06she will not even bother to hate you
00:25:26tonight's piece is called ashes
00:25:49this is the piece she wrote back then
00:26:08i need to speak with you
00:26:11chloe
00:26:12i thought you'd never ask
00:26:13that last bar was brilliant
00:26:15only because your theme gave me something to work
00:26:17thirty percent of sterling group equity
00:26:19transferred to you unconditionally
00:26:21sign it and it is yours
00:26:22thirty percent that is astronomical
00:26:24mr sterling is generous
00:26:26the dividends alone must be tens of millions
00:26:29the music
00:26:29to rebirth
00:26:35see that he just got shut down hard
00:26:37thirty percent of sterling
00:26:38too bad she does not give a damn
00:26:43you will not even look at it
00:26:51you do not have to accept it
00:26:53just come home with me
00:26:55let go
00:26:55i waited for you for three years
00:26:57every single day i thought about you
00:26:59the confession victoria everything
00:27:01i finally understand it all
00:27:02and
00:27:03the baby
00:27:03our baby
00:27:05i never even got the chance to make it right
00:27:07alister sterling is this your repentance act
00:27:09who is the audience these guests or yourself
00:27:12it is not an act
00:27:13i am begging you chloe come home
00:27:15everything i have is yours
00:27:17sterling group my life take all of it
00:27:19home
00:27:20did that place not become yours and victoria's love nest a long time ago
00:27:23did she slept in the bed i slept in
00:27:25did you whisper the same sweet lies to her that you whispered to me
00:27:29never
00:27:29i never let her into the master bedroom
00:27:31if you think the place is dirty we can burn it down and rebuild it
00:27:36rebuild what
00:27:37ashes are ashes just like our rings in that agreement
00:27:40burned
00:27:40gone
00:27:41never coming back
00:27:42then what about me
00:27:43these three years i have been walking around like a corpse
00:27:46what the hell am i supposed to do
00:27:48you
00:27:50go back to wall street hold your equity papers tight
00:27:52take victoria with you and grow old together
00:28:07do not go
00:28:08please
00:28:09let go
00:28:10i was wrong
00:28:11everything
00:28:12it started with victoria's goddamn car accident and i was wrong from that moment
00:28:16i forged the confession and used the agreement to force you to sign not because i believe that bullshit
00:28:22i did it because i was scared
00:28:24scared of what
00:28:24scared you would see how rotten i was
00:28:26scared you would realize i was framing my own wife to save another woman's freedom
00:28:30scared you would look down on me scared you would leave so i pushed you off the cliff first
00:28:34thought that would bind you to me
00:28:36guilt
00:28:36the baby the debt you owed me but i i destroyed everything with my own hands
00:28:40the baby
00:28:41our baby
00:28:42our baby
00:28:43are you done
00:28:44we should go say goodbye to the conductor
00:28:56i am honored by your invitation
00:29:01miss sterling congratulations on the huge success of your european tour
00:29:04many fans are curious how did you create a piece as moving as ashes
00:29:08thank you
00:29:09i think it came from the people who helped me
00:29:11and from things i had no choice but to survive
00:29:14what experiences
00:29:16there was a time in my life when i was very closed off
00:29:19on paper i had a home
00:29:21in reality i was more like a carefully kept possession
00:29:25you mean
00:29:27your marriage
00:29:28yes
00:29:28a marriage built on enormous equality and lies
00:29:31i was too young then naive enough to believe talent and love could bridge anything
00:29:36then i was betrayed and i lost my child
00:29:40that is
00:29:41heartbreaking
00:29:42i was lucky
00:29:43after i escaped i met people in europe who truly respected art and human dignity
00:29:48they gave me shelter and a stage and allowed me to live purely for music
00:29:53so you see that unhappy marriage as the catalyst for your artistic transformation
00:29:56it is part of my life that cannot be erased
00:29:59i do not thank that experience but i thank the woman who crawled out of the rubbles
00:30:03as for the other person in that marriage
00:30:10my past and that name with it is over
00:30:13like a fire that burned itself out only ashes remain
00:30:16i will not and i do not want to
00:30:18have even the slightest connection with anyone from that past again
00:30:22my life and my music are moving forward
00:30:24i will not and i do not want to
00:30:27have even the slightest connection with anyone from that past again
00:30:32promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years
00:30:35not a hundred years
00:30:38forever chloe
00:30:40not even
00:30:41the slightest connection
00:30:43did we not promise each other
00:30:45we were supposed to be together forever
00:30:52thank you for driving me home julian
00:30:53and thank you for tonight's performance
00:30:55the honor was mine
00:30:56get some rest
00:30:58move
00:30:59chloe
00:31:00please
00:31:01just five minutes
00:31:02no one minute
00:31:02let me say one thing
00:31:04one moment
00:31:05what
00:31:06i was wrong
00:31:07i know i was wrong
00:31:08i do not want anything anymore
00:31:10i will give you everything
00:31:11please look at me
00:31:12just look at me
00:31:13alistair
00:31:13you are blocking my way i said move
00:31:16what
00:31:17chloe i
00:31:18i said move
00:31:30brody cook
00:31:31we need to talk
00:31:32name your price
00:31:33leave chloe
00:31:35whatever resources connections channels you have sterling group will double them
00:31:39aliston sterling
00:31:40you still think money fixes everything
00:31:42she is not safe in her current situation
00:31:44with me she would have the best protection
00:31:47protection
00:31:48was it not you who left her bleeding and cost her the baby three years ago
00:31:52then what does she need that vanderbilt
00:31:54what can you give her
00:31:55peace
00:31:56respect
00:31:57a place where she does not have to wonder if the man beside her will send her to prison
00:32:00save it mr staling
00:32:02your price cannot buy my conscience and it sure as hell cannot buy back her three years
00:32:08he came to see me
00:32:09offered a blank check if i would leave you
00:32:11oh
00:32:12i blocked every way he can contact me but you need to be careful
00:32:15i'm afraid his next move will be even more unhinged
00:32:17three years ago
00:32:18he used the law as a chain
00:32:19our child as albridge
00:32:20and my life to buy another woman's freedom
00:32:22what else can he possibly
00:32:23your reputation
00:32:24your performance
00:32:25everything you have in europe
00:32:26i have already lost the most precious thing i had
00:32:28there is nothing left against him
00:32:30you
00:32:37happy anniversary my wife
00:32:47clare
00:32:48you look pale
00:32:50i am fine i did not sleep well last night
00:32:52do you need to postpone this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal
00:32:55what date is it
00:32:56october 19th
00:32:58of course
00:32:58five years ago today we were officially married
00:33:02why would alistair send me this now
00:33:03what the hell is he trying to do
00:33:07julian
00:33:07if someone used a day you never wanted to remember
00:33:09to remind you how stupid you used to be
00:33:11what would you do
00:33:12i would tell myself that day is dead
00:33:14today is what survived
00:33:15he is such a fool
00:33:16he really thinks this random photo and blessing can patch over my scars
00:33:20you still care about him do you not
00:33:27i just think he is stupid and i feel sorry for the person i used to be
00:33:31it is over now
00:33:32there is nothing to care about
00:33:35there is nothing to care about
00:33:38oh my god those are blue phantom roses
00:33:40they must have been flown in
00:33:44the card is gorgeous
00:33:46my other half of my soul
00:33:48who brought these in
00:33:49did i not say every gift goes through me first
00:33:51the florist brought them straight to the backstage door
00:33:53they said they were specifically for claire
00:34:00they are beautiful
00:34:01i bet they are even prettier in real life
00:34:03but i heard they are almost impossible to grow
00:34:05and they bloom for only a moment
00:34:06i guess they were never meant for me
00:34:07nothing is impossible for the sterlings
00:34:09not if you want to
00:34:10forget it
00:34:10some things are just not meant to be like
00:34:12chloe
00:34:13chloe
00:34:15are you okay
00:34:17give it to me
00:34:18leave the flowers
00:34:19put them here
00:34:20they are pretty
00:34:33chloe
00:34:33are you sure you're okay
00:34:34it's just a flower brody
00:34:36i'm fine
00:34:37just drop it will you
00:34:40chloe
00:34:41you are the other half of my soul
00:34:43the missing part of me
00:34:44only you can make me whole
00:34:47in that moment
00:34:48i thought i had caught every star in the sky
00:34:50the other half of my soul
00:34:53the other half of my soul
00:34:57not mine
00:34:59never meant to be mine
00:35:05chloe
00:35:10tell me
00:35:11what happened
00:35:12in that cafe in New York
00:35:13before he kissed me for the first time
00:35:15that is exactly what he said
00:35:17my other half of my soul
00:35:18I am getting you time off go home and really sure I am sure the harder he tries to nail
00:35:26me to the
00:35:26past the more I will make him see those memories cannot hurt me anymore I will not drown in the
00:35:30past never
00:35:34Ms. Sterling these are the records you requested how bad was she when she was brought in
00:35:37all of them extremely bad the patient was already showing early signs of hemorrhagic shock we
00:35:42recommended immediate surgery it was the only way to try to save both mother and child why did you
00:35:45not insist you signed the form you said as long as she could talk in authority to overturn the
00:35:49family's explicit instructions if you had done the surgery the baby there would at least have been
00:35:53a chance but after you refused that child could not be saved we later found the patient had already
00:35:57been delayed at home for at least more than 40 minutes before she arrived after arrival waiting
00:36:01for your signature cost the best intervention window delayed how long nearly two hours the
00:36:07records show the hemorrhage became fully controllable after midnight we later assessed that if she had
00:36:11arrived half an hour later or if the bleeding had been slightly worse we might not have saved the
00:36:15mother either child it was me it was all me I killed Chloe's and my baby with my own hands
00:36:25all for
00:36:26Victoria
00:36:30at 10 17 p.m. she started bleeding at 10 20 I took out the document I made her sign
00:36:36her hands were shaking
00:36:37she could not write blood soaked the paper
00:36:42at 10 50 she finished signing I called then I waited 47 minutes after I hung up I did not
00:36:51call again
00:36:56Alistair I'm pregnant please take me to the hospital now is not the time for this I'm begging you
00:37:08sign this and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately
00:37:13still want me to sign the accident this is already open Victoria did not go to prison
00:37:18take the fall first and I'll cover everything the bail the lawyers the hospital if you don't sign no
00:37:24one is coming for you tonight and the hospital won't prioritize you the doctor said surgery I said no
00:37:32to risk cancel the surgery you're gonna kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria as long as you
00:37:42take the fall for the accident we can have other children but Victoria's reputation is vital to her
00:37:48she cannot have a criminal record I chose it no ambulance no surgery she had to sign first
00:38:03even the fall that sent her to the hospital that was because of me too Chloe don't push me
00:38:10once you leave your print this all ends tonight
00:38:16let go you're hurting me
00:38:23every step was me
00:38:26it was her she was driving she killed that person she begged me to save her yes it was her
00:38:34she drove a
00:38:35wedge between us she nailed in front of me saying her career her name her future were over she cried
00:38:39that only Chloe could save her I'm saying you should know your place so what if you're his wife you
00:38:43live
00:38:44in his house enter his office I sit on his sofa and he pours my drinks himself exactly if it
00:38:53were not for
00:38:53Victoria why would Chloe have been pushed that far why would I have forced Chloe why would I have
00:38:57lost our baby that is right it was all because of her I need to find her now
00:39:08Mr. Sterling was so easy to fool one perfectly staged elevator malfunction one perfectly timed
00:39:13twisted ankle and he believed I was his destined soulmate that old money type is arrogant and naive to the
00:39:19bone I played the independent self-made woman for him all these years for exactly this sooner or later
00:39:24every sterling group asset will carry the thorn name as for the baby losing that common girl's child
00:39:30was good for me an heir with ordinary blood would only dilute the sterling fortune
00:39:39Alistair what are you doing here you have been playing me this whole time
00:39:43no I love you everything you did was for us that Chloe never deserved you she only dragged you
00:39:50you you built our beginning on lies you scheme to tear Chloe and me apart you you killed my child
00:39:58you drove her away this is all your fault there has to be a misunderstanding I can explain save
00:40:05your explanation for the feds you are turning me over to the bureau
00:40:20for three years you used my trust to move assets forge documents and frame Chloe any one of those
00:40:29could put you in federal prison for decades
00:40:34Alistair what what are you talking about
00:40:38the bureau's preliminary evidence list your lawyer will receive official notice tomorrow
00:40:43no Alistair you cannot do this to me I love you everything I did was for you we can explain
00:40:51we
00:40:51can explain to whom to the child you helped kill the baby the baby was an accident Chloe's body was
00:40:59weak
00:41:00an accident that night you told me that once Chloe signed everything would be fine you said there was
00:41:08still time and you believed whatever I said Alistair you were the one who did not want to call that
00:41:13ambulance you were afraid she would back out afraid she would run afraid your perfect scapegoat
00:41:19would disappear you pushed me to delay you handed her the papers you set the terms you forced her to
00:41:29sign
00:41:30you just do not want to admit that from start to finish the person who most wanted her to take
00:41:33the fall
00:41:34was you me I only said the filthy little thought already sitting in your head Alistair the person who
00:41:41killed your child was not me it was you do you know what happened that night I came to you
00:41:52crying
00:41:52because I was scared Alistair help me I hit someone that person that person is not moving I did not
00:42:01mean to the road was too dark who was the victim any witnesses I do not know maybe a homeless
00:42:08man I
00:42:09think I do not think anyone saw Victoria you know what that means vehicular manslaughter a federal felony
00:42:15your career your reputation everything is over please I know you have a way you know so many people
00:42:26are you sure you left no evidence that can be traced back to you I am sure I already got
00:42:30rid of the
00:42:31car and there are no cameras on that road you need a scapegoat someone important enough and
00:42:37controllable enough what close no that is not how it happened remember now you said it yourself we need
00:42:49a scapegoat someone important enough and controllable enough then you said her name so do not put all of
00:43:16this on me I can carry it myself it is windy today coffee after rehearsal that new place you wanted
00:43:26to
00:43:26try with the chestnut cake yeah she smiled in a world without me she is so alive what is it
00:43:44nothing
00:43:58Chloe yes there is something I have wanted to say for a long time these three years watching you
00:44:04rise from the wreckage and walk into the spotlight has been the greatest honor of my life I admire
00:44:08your talent and I ache for how strong you have had to be if you would let me I want
00:44:13to stand by your
00:44:13side in the future not only as your patron and friend would you give me a chance
00:44:25Julian you are my dearest friend and the person I am most grateful to without you I would not be
00:44:30who I am today but my heart is a ruin nothing new grows there and no one deserves to step
00:44:37inside it
00:44:37again I understand thank you for understanding we can still be friends right of course let us go try
00:44:45that chestnut cake sir the flight departs in 45 minutes we should head to the gate the highly
00:44:56anticipated voices of hope charity concert will be held tonight at City Hall Concert Hall organizers
00:45:01recently confirmed that the stage build and lighting work will be handled by local contractor pinnick vision
00:45:07run that contractor pinnick vision I want every background check and safety record
00:45:14found it this company has three OSHA complaints and last year in Munich there was a serious stage
00:45:21collapse how the hell could they hire
00:45:31cancel the flight but the meeting cancel it now yes
00:45:36yes I will handle it right away she is still that little girl who needs someone watching over her
00:45:42without me she cannot even protect herself Chloe please do not let anything happen to you
00:46:00Chloe move it is dangerous
00:46:19oh my god call an ambulance are you are you okay are you insane as long as you are okay
00:46:34your arm just a scratch Claire are you hurt
00:46:45why are you here you again the contractors records were bad I found out but I was half a step
00:46:53too late
00:46:57wipe it wipe it your hand
00:46:59wipe it your hand
00:46:59wipe it your hand
00:47:24I said thank you I said thank you that is all
00:47:27I got all the hospital records that night you were bleeding so much lying on the floor begging me I
00:47:44held the papers and waited for you to sign I waited 47 minutes the doctor said I signed a consent
00:47:51for bleeding control not surgical
00:47:53authorization the baby's heartbeat the baby's heartbeat the baby's heartbeat stopped at minute 35 I delayed him to death
00:48:02shut up
00:48:03shut up
00:48:04what is the point of saying this now
00:48:06there is no point none at all
00:48:13I just wanted Chloe to know Alistair found out everything Victoria the accident and Alistair's own choices Alistair was the
00:48:22source my existence is the source of all your pain every time I come near you you remember blood you
00:48:27remember the child never got to be born you remember how filthy I am so so I disappear it is
00:48:32the only thing I can still do for you
00:48:34Alice
00:48:47promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years
00:48:51not a hundred years
00:48:53forever Chloe
00:48:56forever
00:48:58Chloe forgive me for being reckless
00:49:01but I cannot fight this anymore
00:49:02Will you marry me?
00:49:04Will you be my wife?
00:49:05I am just an ordinary girl.
00:49:07How could I ever be worthy of...
00:49:08Do not ever say that about yourself.
00:49:10To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world.
00:49:12You deserve everything.
00:49:18Mr.
00:49:20Good.
00:49:21Go.
00:49:26It is over.
00:49:31Sir, please reconsider.
00:49:32These assets are to shake the entire industry, especially the family fund and Kurgutran years of your life's work.
00:49:37I know.
00:49:37This is not just wealth.
00:49:38It is all your power and protection.
00:49:41Once you sign, there is no going back.
00:49:43Begin.
00:49:48The irreversible trust naming Miss Chloe Stangling as sole beneficiary is now officially in effect.
00:49:53It covers all equity, real estate, liquid assets, liquid assets, and family fund interests under your name.
00:49:59This is the copy.
00:50:00According to the terms, the trustee will notify the beneficiary at the appropriate time.
00:50:06She does not need to know.
00:50:08But you may leave.
00:50:23Chloe, this is the only thing I can still give you.
00:50:41Claire, your playing was so beautiful.
00:50:44I want to be a cellist like you someday.
00:50:50Thank you, sweetheart.
00:50:51I love them.
00:50:52When you bowed just now, you kept looking over there.
00:50:56Was your music for someone who sat there?
00:50:58Like in a story?
00:51:09No.
00:51:10My music is only for me.
00:51:12He did not come.
00:51:13I should have known.
00:51:21Chloe, this arrived anonymously this morning.
00:51:24It is a family trust beneficiary transfer worth hundreds of billions.
00:51:30You are named the sole beneficiary.
00:51:36It is Alistair.
00:51:37Tell them I refuse.
00:51:39Chloe, do you understand what this means?
00:51:41An astronomical fortune and in a way...
00:51:45In a way?
00:51:47Compensation?
00:51:48Or charity?
00:51:49Brody, I do not need it.
00:51:52Putting a price tag on a life with...
00:51:54Putting a price tag on a life with money?
00:51:57Alistair, you really have not changed.
00:51:59Send it back untouched.
00:52:01I do not need anything from him, and I do not need to leave him any message.
00:52:06I do not need anything from him, and I do not need anything from him, and I do not need
00:52:34anything from him.
00:52:35I do not need anything from him, and I do not need anything from him.
00:53:10This is not a prank, Chloe.
00:53:12This is dangerous.
00:53:14You cannot be alone.
00:53:15I am taking you home.
00:53:16I am fine.
00:53:17You have been busy lately, and I have already caused you enough trouble.
00:53:22Call me if anything happens.
00:53:26I will.
00:53:36You have been busy lately, and I do not need anything from him.
00:53:56Do not move. We only want your hand.
00:54:05How much did Victoria pay you? I will double it!
00:54:09Save it, Mrs. Sterling. We get paid to do a job and we follow rules.
00:54:23Alistair!
00:54:26Stop!
00:54:31Alistair, you said you would disappear from my world. Why did you come back?
00:54:36How did this happen? Do not scare me like this.
00:54:40You are safe. Thank God you are safe.
00:55:02I need to report a crime. South parking lot of the Vienna Concert Hall. Armed assault, attempted intentional injury, the
00:55:08suspect is restrained.
00:55:09Also, this involves cross-border crime and a federal felony state voting case in New York from three years ago.
00:55:14I have the full chain of evidence.
00:55:18Watch him. Do not let anyone near him.
00:55:31Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:37Okay.
00:55:42Doctor, how is he?
00:55:51The patient has lost too much blood. His blood pressure is barely detectable. He needs an emergency transfusion, but...
00:55:59But what?
00:56:01He is RH negative. The blood bank has no supply. His condition is critical, and we must find a matching
00:56:07donor immediately. We have contacted every nearby hospital and blood center, but...
00:56:12Take mine.
00:56:14What? Do you hear yourself? You are going to save him? The man who nearly destroyed you?
00:56:21Anonymous, do not record my name. Draw the blood, and I leave immediately. If you agree, I will sign now.
00:56:30Alright. Please sign the confidentiality agreement and consent form here. She really signed it.
00:56:41Why? He pushed you into hell and made you lose everything! Have you forgotten the baby?
00:56:48I am not saving him. I just... do not want to owe him a life. Three years ago, he gave
00:56:54me a home, then destroyed me with his own hands. Now I give him my blood back. From this moment
00:56:58on, we owe each other nothing.
00:57:02The stab wound is deep, and he lost a lot of blood. We saved him, but whether he wakes up,
00:57:07and when, depends on his will and recovery. The next 24 hours are critical.
00:57:11Wake up. You think taking that knife and bleeding like this makes us even? You think because you are lying
00:57:16here I can forget my child? Forget every time you abandoned me for Victoria?
00:57:21I cannot forget. I cannot forget when the doctor told me the baby was gone, your signature was at the
00:57:26bottom of that document. So cold. So quick.
00:57:30What is this? You lying here? Repentance? Atonement? It is too late. My child is not coming back. The Chloe
00:57:37who once believed you in that practice room is not coming back either.
00:57:40Wake up. Look at me. I want you to see with your own eyes that without you, without the sterling
00:57:45name, I can still stand at the very top. I want you alive, fully awake, and remembering what you lost
00:57:50forever.
00:57:51Do not just die like this. You still owe me too much. You have to wake up.
00:58:02Alistairn, you heard me. You are awake, are you not? Alistairn!
00:58:09Direct flight to Zurich. Leaves in two hours. The studio and apartment there are ready.
00:58:15News just came from the States. Victoria's extradition is complete. She is being flown back this afternoon under escort.
00:58:21Federal felony? Multiple charges, including attempted murder, cross-border murder for here, and financial fraud.
00:58:27With stacked sentences, she is never getting out.
00:58:29Got it. That is your reaction? She almost ruined your life and-
00:58:33It takes energy. I do not have any left, and I do not want to waste it here.
00:58:40You could even save her.
00:58:44I saved myself. From now on, I owe them nothing.
00:58:47There was nothing.
00:59:09Chloe. Darling. What time is it?
00:59:13When did you change the bedroom...
00:59:15No. This is a hospital.
00:59:18Why am I in a hospital?
00:59:22Mr. Sterling, please do not move.
00:59:25I am fine. Where is Chloe? Where am I?
00:59:29Mr. Sterling, this is the ICU. You were stabbed and have been unconscious for four days.
00:59:33No. I clearly remember us watching the city lights on the rooftop last night.
00:59:38Sir, you need to lie down. You had internal bleeding and just came out of surgery.
00:59:43You need complete bed rest. Miss Chloe Sterling is not here.
00:59:47Not here? Where did she go?
00:59:49I heard she went to Zurich.
00:59:53Zurich? For work? Why did I not know?
00:59:58I do not know the details. I only heard she left.
01:00:01Maybe it is just a last minute performance. Or she did not tell me because she wanted to surprise me.
01:00:08When is she coming back?
01:00:09I really do not know.
01:00:11No. What is this feeling? It feels like I lost her. What the hell happened?
01:00:21Gloria already said she didn't mean it. Is it really worth making such a scene over night?
01:00:25I wrote every single note of this myself. This is two years of my hard work.
01:00:29Allison, you know that better than anyone.
01:00:31Hard work?
01:00:33Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing? This score? Or the status you built using it as a prop?
01:00:39A student from a common background who managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate.
01:00:44Who are you trying to impress with this wrong woman actor?
01:00:48Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the
01:00:53top?
01:00:57Cancel this surgery? You're going to kill our own sweats and blutches for Victoria?
01:01:01As long as you take the fall for the access, we can have other children in the room.
01:01:07Why are these memories flooding my head? Where is Chloe? What did I do to her?
01:01:14Okay, okay, okay. Mr. Sterling, please calm down and stop thinking so hard. You need rest right now. You cannot
01:01:21get this agitated.
01:01:23Tell me, were those real? Did I do that to her?
01:01:28I... Please lie down first. I will get the doctor.
01:01:40The wound is healing well. No sign of infection. But the blood loss left you very weak. You need time
01:01:47to recover.
01:01:47Blood loss?
01:01:48Yes. When you were admitted, your condition was critical. Acute massive bleeding, hemogyme at a dangerous level. We performed an
01:01:54emergency transfusion.
01:01:55You were lucky. Someone volunteered to donate blood and saved your life.
01:02:00Who?
01:02:00I am sorry, Mr. Sterling. The donor signed a strict confidentiality agreement. We are not authorized to disclose that.
01:02:10Allison, look! We have the same blood type. What are the odds?
01:02:13It is rare. The odds feel like fate.
01:02:16So if anything ever happens to either of us, the other can be their blood bank, right?
01:02:20I did not say a lot of things, but yes, I will protect you any way I can...
01:02:27Chloe was here. Was Chloe not? The donor, was it Chloe?
01:02:31I cannot answer questions about visitors. You need rest.
01:02:36Tell me!
01:02:37Mr. Sterling, please calm down. Any information about the donor is legally protected.
01:02:49Mr. Sterling.
01:02:51There is an update on Ms. Thorne. The extradition process is complete. She was put on a flight back to
01:02:56New York under police escort this morning.
01:02:58When?
01:02:59Three days ago. The day after your surgery. Also, Chloe.
01:03:03The afternoon after Alistair's surgery ended and Alistair was confirmed out of danger, Chloe boarded a flight and left. Destination
01:03:08Zurich.
01:03:08Mr. Brody Cookup, Chloe's manager, Pumbrick released her leg of Chloe's Odo tour schedule.
01:03:12That afternoon?
01:03:13Yes. Flight records show takeoff at 4.15 p.m.
01:03:17She gave blood and left without looking back.
01:03:21Should I contact Mrs. Sterling or try to obtain the details of her tour?
01:03:25No. She was right to leave.
01:03:29Support the crime, testify, donate blood, leave. Every step was calculated. Clean.
01:03:34She thinks even hating me is a waste.
01:03:41It was her.
01:03:43David, the person who gave me blood had to be her.
01:03:46The blood bank record is anonymous. We cannot confirm...
01:03:49I can feel it.
01:03:51My body knows her blood. No one but Chloe.
01:03:56Call her manager's number.
01:03:58Now.
01:03:59The doctor said you need complete rest and must avoid emotional stress.
01:04:03Call.
01:04:05Brody Cook speaking. Who is this?
01:04:07Mr. Cook, hello. This is David, Mr. Sterling's assistant. Mr. Sterling would like to speak with Mrs. Sterling.
01:04:11Ms. Claire Moreo is in intensive tour rehearsal in Zurich. Her schedule is full. She is not accepting any non
01:04:16-performance related call.
01:04:17Tell her it is me. Tell her I know it was her. That bag of blood. I know she gave
01:04:22it.
01:04:23If it is not business, do not disturb her. She has cut off even the chance for me to say
01:04:27thank you.
01:04:29I'm sorry. You think even hating me is a waste, do you? Even letting me confirm this debt feels like
01:04:34another form of harassment.
01:04:46Do not go.
01:04:49Move.
01:04:51Mr. Sterling, you need to be back at the hospital. I have heard enough from doctors. I'm not going anywhere.
01:04:56Brody, go confirm boarding.
01:04:59Chloe...
01:04:59Go!
01:05:02Let me... stay by your side. Just this once.
01:05:06On what grounds?
01:05:08I...
01:05:10I paid back your blood. I saved your life. We are even.
01:05:14We are not. We never will be.
01:05:17Let go.
01:05:18I checked the flights. I know your next stop is Paris. Let me go with you. I will watch from
01:05:22far away. I swear I will not bother you.
01:05:24Alistair, listen carefully. You keep saying you want to protect me.
01:05:27But when my manuscript was destroyed, what did you do? When my baby was gone, what did you do?
01:05:32I...
01:05:33And now you want to stay by my side? Too late. Way too late.
01:05:39Do not follow me again. I want none of your guilt, none of your repentance.
01:05:44Then what do you want? Tell me!
01:05:48I will give you everything. The company, the shares, all of it.
01:05:54Chloe!
01:05:57I want you to disappear forever.
01:06:01Do not go. Please.
01:06:03Give me one chance, even if it is only to watch you from a distance.
01:06:09A chance. A chance. Three years ago when I was bleeding, who gave me a chance?
01:06:13I...
01:06:13When I miscarried it, lying in that hospital bed, listening to lawyers recharges for crimes,
01:06:18I jetives, I never committed. Who gave me a chance?
01:06:22I know I was wrong. I will spend the rest of my life...
01:06:25I do not want the rest of your life, Alistair. I just just want my peace.
01:06:29Chloe! What about our child? Can that be settled too?
01:06:33He never belonged to us. He belonged only to the me who lost him before he ever got to see
01:06:39the sun.
01:06:48Chloe!
01:06:49Sir, are you all right? Let me take you to...
01:06:53No, no, Chloe.
01:07:04Sir, you are awake.
01:07:07You have been unconscious for five days.
01:07:10The doctor said your last unauthorized discharge seriously worsened the wound.
01:07:14You cannot keep doing this.
01:07:16You must rest.
01:07:17Where is Chloe now?
01:07:19Mrs. Sterling's tour team returns to the hospital.
01:07:22Vienna, Vienna this afternoon.
01:07:24Sir!
01:07:24Get the car.
01:07:25Now!
01:07:26But your body...
01:07:27I said, now!
01:07:29Now!
01:07:29Now!
01:07:33Chloe!
01:07:34Why?
01:07:35Sir, backstage is not open to the public.
01:07:37Please wait for me for a moment.
01:07:42I have been looking for you.
01:07:44I was wrong.
01:07:45I will spend everything to atone.
01:07:47Your everything burned to ash three years ago.
01:07:50Everything I have now I earn myself, including my peace.
01:07:54So he can give you peace?
01:07:56Mrs. Sterling needs to prepare for her performance. Please leave.
01:07:59You let him touch your score.
01:08:01You let him stand beside you, and what am I?
01:08:11The blood?
01:08:12Chloe, wait.
01:08:14The blood that saved my life?
01:08:16Was it yours?
01:08:20Yes.
01:08:21Why?
01:08:22You hate me.
01:08:23To repay a debt.
01:08:25What?
01:08:25Three years ago, you signed a paper and traded my life for hers.
01:08:29Now I repay you once.
01:08:31Blood for blood.
01:08:32Nothing owed.
01:08:33No.
01:08:33It is not a debt.
01:08:35I owe you, and I can never repay it.
01:08:37It is a debt.
01:08:37It is paid.
01:08:39From now on, your blood, your wounds, whether you live or die, none of it has anything to
01:08:44do with me.
01:08:45I'm not going to let you do this.
01:08:47Get the hell away from me!
01:08:49Let us go in.
01:09:09Oh, no.
01:09:10What is it?
01:09:12God, no.
01:09:13That is impossible.
01:09:15This...
01:09:16How could this string...
01:09:17I checked it yesterday.
01:09:19It was fine.
01:09:20And Chloe are always so careful.
01:09:22Accidents happen.
01:09:23It is not a big deal.
01:09:24Where are the spare strings?
01:09:26Did you bring an extra string?
01:09:29Here, here.
01:09:30I packed an extra set on purpose.
01:09:31It is staged in a Leon and...
01:09:33When that...
01:09:34This...
01:09:35This is impossible.
01:09:36I kept it in the humidity, Pash.
01:09:38Do not panic.
01:09:40I will ask when the new cello arrives.
01:09:44What?
01:09:45The car broke down?
01:09:46Did you not guarantee it would be on time tomorrow morning at the earliest?
01:09:49Shit!
01:09:50I contacted a friend in Berlin.
01:09:51His workshop has strings in the same gauge, but driving them here will take at least four
01:09:55hours.
01:09:56Not enough time.
01:09:58Rehearsal is in two hours, and the concert is tonight.
01:10:01Why now?
01:10:02Damn it!
01:10:12Claire's string snapped.
01:10:13The spare is oxidized, too.
01:10:15The new cello is still on the road, and they cannot reach the maker.
01:10:18Wait.
01:10:19Whose string broke?
01:10:20Claire's?
01:10:21Sir.
01:10:22Backstage matters are not disclosed to unrelated people.
01:10:26Now tell me exactly what happened.
01:10:28It is Mrs. Claire, the principal cellist.
01:10:30Her main strings slapped during pre-show check.
01:10:33The spare is oxidized and unusable, and the emergency replacement cello is delayed.
01:10:39It is bad.
01:10:40It is Chloe.
01:10:41Of course.
01:10:42She is still the little girl who needs my shelter.
01:10:45Only under my wing can she play safely.
01:10:48It is me.
01:10:49Use every resource.
01:10:50Find top-tier gut cello strings that can reach the Vienna Musikheim within two hours.
01:10:55Send a private jet to Berlin, then transfer by helicopter directly to the Musikheim Plaza.
01:10:59I want those strings in her hands before the concert starts.
01:11:06Chloe, do not panic.
01:11:08I already got the strings.
01:11:16The string, did it not snap?
01:11:18It did.
01:11:19I sent a plane.
01:11:20The string should be here.
01:11:21No need.
01:11:21I contacted the Luthori's workshop.
01:11:23They sent top strings by special car and brought an extra cello for trial use.
01:11:26When did you contact them?
01:11:28When I found the broken string.
01:11:29Brody made a few calls.
01:11:30Julian confirmed the workshop inventory.
01:11:32The car arrived 40 minutes ago.
01:11:33Good.
01:11:34As long as it is solved.
01:11:35Alistair.
01:11:35Three years ago, I lay in the hospital waiting for a consent form with your signature.
01:11:39Your signing was risky, and you had to wait for the lawyers.
01:11:41Now one cello string breaks, and you can immediately mobilize planes, clear logistics,
01:11:45and make an entire system move for you.
01:11:47Your help only appears when you think it is safe and convenient.
01:11:50My life and death, my career, had to run on your schedule.
01:11:52This time is different.
01:11:53It is the same.
01:11:54You always want to solve my problems your way, then you tell me how much you sacrificed.
01:11:57But I do not need it anymore.
01:11:59My problems are mine to solve.
01:12:01My way, on my time.
01:12:06These headlines, they will ruin her performance.
01:12:09What will she think of me?
01:12:11Sir, Mr. Brody Cooks just notified the press.
01:12:13Miss Chloe is holding a press conference right up ahead.
01:12:15Miss Chloe and Mr. Alistair Stellar ended their marriage three years ago.
01:12:20Now and in the future, there is no legal connection between them, nor any private relationship.
01:12:26Mr. Brody, I photographed Mr. Sterling here two mornings ago in Wandering,
01:12:29and he had contact with Miss Chloe.
01:12:30Does this mean Mr. Sterling's trying to win her back?
01:12:32Mr. Sterling's actions are his personal choice.
01:12:34Miss Chloe's position has been made clear in the statement.
01:12:37Her life and career are centered on music.
01:12:39My team is fully capable of handling every performance matter.
01:12:42Any outside uninvited involvement is unnecessary and unwelcome.
01:12:46As for the rest, private grievances are not worth public resources.
01:12:49My music will speak for itself.
01:12:51That is the end of the statement.
01:12:53Please focus on tonight's performance.
01:13:10Chloe, I know you can hear me!
01:13:15I saw the press conference.
01:13:17You said we were even.
01:13:19But how can I be even?
01:13:20The baby is gone because I signed.
01:13:22You almost died on that operating table because I stopped the doctors.
01:13:26I cannot repay those debts.
01:13:29You, you will not even give me your hate anymore.
01:13:33You treat me like...
01:13:35some irrelevant stranger.
01:13:41Then tell me!
01:13:43How do I pay it back?
01:13:45Do you want this life?
01:13:49No.
01:13:52Just like this glass of water.
01:13:55Once it is poured out, I will not pick it back up.
01:14:00You could kneel until you die, and it will not bring that child back.
01:14:04It will not bring back the me who trusted you three years ago.
01:14:23You should be...
01:14:26gone now.
01:14:46You should go to the hospital.
01:14:50I just do not want tomorrow's headline to say
01:14:52former Wall Street Kaidan bleeds to death outside ex-wife's apartment.
01:14:57So, to you, I am just a nuisance?
01:15:00Noise.
01:15:01I hate unnecessary noise.
01:15:03I checked the medical records from back then.
01:15:04Every minute, I remember.
01:15:05When the doctor recommended surgery, I checked my watch three times.
01:15:08I was calculating risk, time, and legal consequences.
01:15:11I know.
01:15:11I know exactly how long you calculated.
01:15:13You do not know why...
01:15:13Long enough for me to lose half my blood,
01:15:15and long enough for an eight-week Ambrose heartbeat to stop forever.
01:15:17Those fragments from back then, replay in my head every day.
01:15:21Then let them keep playing.
01:15:22That is your business.
01:15:23But do not die here.
01:15:25Get up.
01:15:25I will call a car to take you to the hospital.
01:15:27I am not going.
01:15:29Treat yourself.
01:15:30Wait!
01:15:38My sins can only be washed clean with blood.
01:15:43Is this enough?
01:15:45Put the knife down.
01:15:50Tell me...
01:15:53How much blood is enough?
01:15:56Is this life enough to pay?
01:15:59Your life has no value to me now.
01:16:02Then what has value?
01:16:03Tell me.
01:16:04What can I still give you?
01:16:05I want nothing.
01:16:07Especially nothing from you.
01:16:10Then watch me die.
01:16:12You are forcing me again.
01:16:14No.
01:16:15This time I choose it myself.
01:16:17You just watch.
01:16:19Take it as...
01:16:21A late offering.
01:16:22Let go.
01:16:24Let me.
01:16:25I said let go!
01:16:33Your blood cannot wash anything clean.
01:16:35It will only stay in this street.
01:16:37Then what?
01:16:38What the hell am I supposed to do?
01:16:44At the very least,
01:16:46you should not be kneeling here trying to die.
01:16:56Stop!
01:16:59Stop!
01:17:00Stop it!
01:17:02Stop!
01:17:03Is it enough?
01:17:04Is this life...
01:17:05enough to pay?
01:17:08Put the knife down.
01:17:09Say it first. Is it enough?
01:17:12I said put the knife down!
01:17:15The baby is not coming back.
01:17:17You could bleed yourself dry, and he still would not come back.
01:17:21When I was lying on the operating table waiting for your signature,
01:17:25he was already gone.
01:17:26What you are doing now has no meaning.
01:17:30None of it has any meaning anymore.
01:17:34We are even.
01:17:36I forgive you.
01:17:39What did you say?
01:17:45I forgive you.
01:17:46No.
01:17:48Chloe, do not. Do not forgive me.
01:17:51I do not deserve it.
01:17:52It is not for you. It is for me.
01:17:55I have to move forward.
01:17:56Move forward. Good.
01:17:59You go. Do not look back.
01:18:02But do not forgive me. Please.
01:18:04The baby will not come back.
01:18:06The blood I lost cannot be returned.
01:18:08None of this helps.
01:18:10I know. I know it does not help.
01:18:13But I do not hate you anymore.
01:18:15Hate is exhausting.
01:18:16From now on, we are even.
01:18:19Even. Okay.
01:18:21Even.
01:18:22Never see me again.
01:18:23Chloe.
01:18:25Live well.
01:18:32Mr. Sterling!
01:18:35Mr. Sterling!
01:18:37Hold on.
01:18:38I am calling an ambulance right now.
01:18:41Chilaui.
01:18:42What?
01:18:44Chilaui.
01:18:52Chilaui.
01:18:54Sir, you are awake.
01:18:56The doctor said you lost too much blood, but thank God.
01:18:58You have been unconscious for two days.
01:19:00Miss Chloe, she...
01:19:01David.
01:19:02Yes, sir.
01:19:03I will not go looking for her again.
01:19:06She said we are even.
01:19:08I should...
01:19:09Let go.
01:19:23Ashes should look like ashes.
01:19:29They adjusted the sound post overnight.
01:19:32Want to try it?
01:19:36It is quiet.
01:19:38More reliable than people.
01:19:45Time to go stage.
01:20:10The strings will never tremble for lies again.
01:20:13This first note is both a funeral and a relook.
01:20:16Every accent is the echo of a golden cage shattering.
01:20:19What he destroyed was never just a cello.
01:20:21My blood, everything I lost.
01:20:23It all burns inside this melody.
01:20:27There is no place to prove in the actions.
01:20:33There is no going back.
01:20:38Look, Alistair.
01:20:39Without you, I still stand in the light.
01:20:42And this light will never shine for you.
01:20:45Can I imagine it?
01:20:48I think I saw Alistair.
01:21:04Claire, these flowers are for you.
01:21:06Who asked you to bring them?
01:21:08I...
01:21:09I brought them myself.
01:21:11White lilies of the valley.
01:21:12We had a pot on the balcony of the New York apartment.
01:21:15It died.
01:21:17They are beautiful.
01:21:19I will keep them.
01:21:20From a fan?
01:21:22Let me check them.
01:21:23No need.
01:21:24You know who sent them.
01:21:26I do.
01:21:27Then why accept them?
01:21:28The flowers are innocent.
01:21:31The person who sent them has nothing to do with me.
01:21:35Sir, she accepted them.
01:21:37She said they were beautiful.
01:21:39Thank you, little angel.
01:21:42This is your reward.
01:21:43Go buy yourself some candy.
01:21:45Thank you, sir.
01:21:56Mr. Sterling, at the current rate of progression, a conservative estimate gives you about three months.
01:22:02Understood.
01:22:06Mr. Sterling, the will you requested has been drafted according to your final wishes.
01:22:09Under the terms, all assets under your name, after taxes and fees will be transferred to the anonymous DonorX account
01:22:14and ultimately donated to the Global Fund for Women Artists.
01:22:17No individual beneficiary is named.
01:22:22The process is complete.
01:22:24I will hold the original.
01:22:25Mr. Sterling, please take care.
01:22:35This is better.
01:22:59Excuse me, sir.
01:23:01Could you tell me, is this the right direction to the Julie Hart School?
01:23:05Wrong side.
01:23:06Across the platform.
01:23:09I just got to New York.
01:23:11Your cufflinks, they are beautiful.
01:23:27That wrong way.
01:23:30We both went the wrong way.
01:23:33Wrong side.
01:23:34That wrong way.
01:23:37That right.
01:23:39All right.
01:23:40We both went the wrong way.
01:23:41We both went the wrong way.
01:23:41We both went the wrong way.
01:23:41We both went the wrong way.
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