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00:05your mom was someone's whore so what does that make you
00:12Dante what do you say it's in your blood baby being a mistress that's what you were born for
00:21from now on you're my mistress Scarlet Marchetti a Marchetti you know what that name means
00:28I'm marrying her your mother knew the man had a wife still crawled into his bed she could do it
00:39why can't you I was quiet for a long time my mother and I are different I will never be
00:51anyone's mistress then we're done fine done I've only ever made one vow I'd die before I turned into
01:05my mother Dante didn't know that don't be stupid you walk out that door what have you got I'm the
01:14only reason nobody's touched you your mom jumped off your father never even gave you his name
01:25he saw me crying took it as a win his thumb wiped under my eye look at you one word
01:34about ending
01:35this and you fall apart if I really cut you loose one day you think you'd make it don't test
01:43me
01:43Elena staying by my side that's your only way out he took my silence as surrender and the engine
01:52turned over halfway oh almost forgot you sit in the back now Scarlet says this seats hers I gave her
02:01my
02:02word you know me I don't go back on what I say I promise to take care of you for
02:08life even if I marry
02:10someone else that still stands bet you didn't know three days from now I'm marrying her took me six
02:22months to get her to say yes she's not like you can't just sweet talk her into anything she told
02:29me
02:29she's a red rose you love her you bleed on the thorns Dante was lost in his little love story
02:34and
02:35I actually felt the thorn go in sharp real right through my palm my hand had pressed into an earring
02:40left on the seat the thin needle tip broke my skin what the hell did you do for a split
02:47second I thought
02:48he was worried about me that's Scarlet's earring she's a serious germaphobe if she finds out her
02:55favorite piece got dirty you don't want to know what happened so my blood was dirty to him my head
03:00was spinning from the pain I just looked at him for a long time long enough that he finally squeezed
03:06out something that almost looked like guilt forget it don't touch your things again I sat there didn't
03:13move he finished wiping the earring wrapped it in a clean tissue and placed it gently in the glove
03:21compartment you still sitting there I told you to get in the back no need I'll walk suit yourself
03:29I've got a family event tonight anyway gotta take Scarlet to pick out a dress head home on your own
03:36he didn't care that it was pouring outside didn't even leave me an umbrella I stood on the side of
03:42the
03:42road soaked through people passing by looked at me like I'd lost my mind there was one thing Dante got
03:49wrong I didn't need him to protect me three seconds the reply came back
03:58the thing about my mom being a mistress it didn't come out one day like some big reveal in this
04:04circle
04:04there are no secrets she was Enzo Farhani's mistress that's what everyone said Farhani was the Moretti
04:11family's conciate while his wife was pregnant he had my mother on the side when his wife and baby didn't
04:17make it everyone said my mom drove them to their deaths my mom jumped off the roof when I was
04:2210.
04:23after she died Farhani never came for me it was some elder in the family who couldn't stomach it
04:28stuck me in Saint Anna's a roof over my head but no name no status from the first day I
04:34walked through
04:34those doors I was one thing and one thing only the thing that whore left behind the family kids at
04:40Saint
04:40Anne's kept it subtle they wouldn't touch me dropped their voices when I passed in the hallway look
04:46Farhani's bastard the wives were the ones who got physical Mrs. Conti Sal Conti's wife when she talked
04:56the other wives listened stay standing your mother was on her knees serving someone else's husband and
05:04never complained a whore's daughter will always be a whore I knew my mom was guilty I didn't think I
05:12was innocent either I never fought back let them take it out on me that went on for years until
05:19Dante
05:19stepped in who says a whore's daughter has to end up a whore what does your daughter do my daughter
05:27works
05:28in investment banking and you before you married Sal Conti where were you she was tending bar before
05:38she married him see your daughter turned out nothing like you after that he brought light into my life
05:46and now here I was standing in the pouring rain trying to make sense of it how did the man
05:53who saved me
05:54become the one destroying me I wiped the rain off my face barely able to see where I was going
06:01and then everything was black I passed out
06:07when I woke up it was already dark I was lying on a bed in the ER a thin blanket
06:13over me a blood
06:15pressure monitor clipped to my wrist blood pressure's too low don't go anywhere tonight
06:20okay the second I said it my phone rang Dante I stared at the screen for a long time picked
06:27up
06:28anyway scarlet's dress got ruined go get the starry dime and bring it to me she needs a change starry
06:34night the gown Dante had custom made for me meant for our wedding reception now he wanted me to hand
06:40it over to another woman his woman it didn't matter anymore Dante I'm in the ER the ER cut the
06:48act
06:49don't pull this shit with me right now I didn't bother arguing call it repaying a debt for the time
06:58he once saved me I walked back out into the storm picked up the dress and brought it all the
07:03way to
07:03the venue on the phone Dante said scarlet's waiting for you at the door she wants to say thank you
07:08in
07:09person be good don't make a scene but what scarlet gave me wasn't a thank you it was a slap
07:15no warning
07:16the hits spun me halfway around Elena if you didn't want to do it you could have just said so
07:22why throw the dress on the ground I didn't even understand what she was playing at but Dante did
07:28and he decided to play long Dante maybe we shouldn't force Elena to do things she doesn't want to do
07:35have I been too easy on you apologize to scarlet now Dante I hope you don't live to regret this
07:46I'm sorry scarlet I shouldn't have dropped your dress
07:51that didn't sound very sincere try harder then what do you want from me
07:58I won't be anyone's mistress Dante and I are done I pulled off the ring right in front of her
08:05the one
08:05Dante had made for our wedding take it back you and me it's over Dante's body went still he didn't
08:13reach
08:13for it I threw it at him it hit the floor with a sharp clean sound you wanna go carlet
08:21grabbed the
08:22back of my neck and shoved me through the doors into the hall upstairs like dragging a prisoner come
08:28look at this a woman begging to be someone's mistress isn't that Dante's girl
08:38not anymore I'm with scarlet martetti now
08:45what did I tell you a whore's daughter always ends up a whore and you used to stick up for
08:51her Dante
08:52right dirty whore Dante would never want a woman like that
09:00baby's right it went through me like a knife I was to say something a glass of red wine hit
09:06me full
09:07in the face I couldn't breathe
09:10a mistress's spawn belongs where a mistress belongs who gave you the nerve to sit at the real table
09:17more of them closed in
09:21one of them grabbed my jaw forced my mouth open poured wine straight down my throat
09:28die
09:31I was thrown to the ground slaps and heels came down at me
09:36the thing I feared most had finally come before my mom died this is what happened to her
09:41surrounded beaten cursed stomped on she couldn't take it climb to the rooftop and jump
09:47that's why I cut things off with Dante because I was terrified of this exact moment and it came
09:51anyway Dante why is it that the man who pulled me out of the dark is the same man who
09:56threw me back in
09:57he went crazy ripping free from the crowd crashing into the hallway throwing myself at the stairs running
10:04all the way up to the roof he must have thought of my mother Dante's face changed
10:18but I didn't jump like my mom did
10:20one step at a time onto the rope ladder hanging from a helicopter
10:29I'm sorry scarlet I shouldn't have dropped your dress
10:34that didn't sound very sincere try harder
10:39then what do you want from me
10:42I won't be anyone's mistress
10:44Dante and I are done
10:45I pulled off the ring right in front of her
10:48the one Dante had made for our wedding
10:50take it back
10:52you and me
10:53it's over
10:54Dante's body went still
10:55he didn't reach for it
10:57I threw it at him
10:58it hit the floor with a sharp clean sound
11:02you wanna go
11:04Carlette grabbed the back of my neck
11:06and shoved me through the doors into the hall upstairs
11:09like dragging a prisoner
11:11come look at this
11:13a woman begging to be someone's mistress
11:18not Dante's girl
11:21not anymore
11:23I'm with scarlet martetti now
11:28what did I tell you
11:29a whore's daughter always ends up a whore
11:32and you used to stick up for her Dante
11:35right
11:36dirty whore
11:38Dante would never want a woman like that
11:43baby's right
11:44it went through me like a knife
11:46I was to say something
11:48a glass of red wine hit me full in the face
11:51I couldn't breathe
11:53a mistress's spawn belongs where a mistress belongs
11:57who gave you the nerve to sit at the real table
12:00more of them closed in
12:05one of them grabbed my jaw
12:06forced my mouth open
12:07poured wine straight down my throat
12:12die
12:14or I was blown to the ground
12:16slaps and heels came down on me
12:19the thing I feared most had finally come
12:22before my mom died this is what happened to her
12:24surrounded beaten
12:25cursed
12:26stomped on
12:27she couldn't take it
12:28climb to the rooftop and jump
12:29that's why I cut things off with Dante
12:31because I was terrified of this exact moment
12:34and it came anyway
12:35Dante why is it that the man who pulled me out of the dark
12:38is the same man who threw me back in
12:40I went crazy
12:41ripping free from the crowd
12:43crashing into the hallway
12:45throwing myself at the stairs
12:47running all the way up to the roof
12:49he must have thought of my mother
12:51Dante's face changed
13:01but I didn't jump like my mom did
13:03and came up
13:04one step at a time
13:06onto the rope ladder hanging from a helicopter
13:12the helicopter came early
13:14my aunt lydia
13:15she started from nothing in monte carlo
13:18built herself up to the point where even the old family
13:22dons think twice
13:23when they hear her name
13:25last week she reached out
13:26asked if I wanted to leave this hellhole and go with her
13:30I said no
13:31because I couldn't let go of Dante
13:34looking back now
13:35what a fucking joke
13:37I was so tired I passed out on the plane
13:40I was lying in a clean bed
13:42buried under a thick comforter
13:45the room smelled like disinfectant
13:51I knew I was in bad shape
13:53body and mind both broken
13:55lydia was sitting by the bed
13:57sons of bitches
14:01then she turned to me
14:02her voice dropping soft
14:04it's over
14:06I got you the best doctors
14:08everything's gonna be okay
14:11drink
14:12you're safe now
14:17dante watched me climb the rope ladder frozen
14:19then suddenly he bolted forward chasing after you
14:23why are you going after her
14:25that kind of woman just let her go
14:29what kind of woman
14:31the kind who likes being someone's mistress
14:35she was never anyone's mistress
14:38we forced her into that
14:41and even then
14:43she didn't take it
14:45you're yelling at me
14:47over her
14:50do you still love her
14:51yes
14:53i still love her
14:54i always have
14:56then what about me
14:58what am i
14:59you're the biggest mistake i ever made
15:02i finally get it
15:03why you wanted to be with me
15:04why you had to turn her into a mistress
15:06because you get off on crushing people
15:08you need it
15:09that's not true
15:12nante took a folded document from his bodyguard
15:15threw it in her face
15:20back in high school scarlet had singled out her classmate
15:23and turned the whole school against her
15:25girl hadn't done a single thing wrong
15:27scarlet pinned it on her anyway
15:30and it was enough for scarlet to destroy her life
15:32she enjoys that
15:33while we're at it
15:35are you even a real marchetti
15:42you came after me because of elena
15:46from the very start
15:50the next day he started tracking down the helicopter
15:53nothing
15:54he pulled every string he had
15:56not a single useful lead
15:59lydia had wiped the trail clean
16:00like elena had never existed
16:02three full years
16:03not a word
16:04we have a contract dante
16:07you don't get to walk away just because you feel like it
16:11you know what happens when you break a deal
16:13i had a contract with elena too
16:17the wedding was a week out
16:21the one on the ground that was my promise
16:23she went door to door
16:25every family's wife
16:26every woman who mattered
16:28scarlet showed up with tears in her eyes
16:31playing the victim
16:37a few families bought it
16:39started pulling away from the moretties on business
16:43dante did explain
16:44didn't defend himself
16:49he waited three months
16:50let scarlet put on her little show
16:59he waited three months
17:01let scarlet put on her little show
17:07then at a joint family dinner
17:09he laid it all out on the table
17:11in front of everyone
17:12scarlet's real background
17:14her history of bullying
17:15her real reason for getting close to dante
17:18her fake connection to the marchetti family
17:21all of it page by page
17:24dead silence
17:26and then something interesting happened
17:28history repeated itself
17:31years ago ferrante threw elena's mother under the bus
17:34to save his own skin
17:36now it was scarlet's turn to be stripped bare
17:38her mother was someone's mistress too
17:41and she herself was just another illegitimate kid
17:44the father threw away
17:46circle turned on her overnight
17:49the same wives who had stood with scarlet
17:52who had helped her humiliate elena
17:54turned around and did the exact same thing to scarlet
17:58she became a joke
18:00fraud
18:01fake
18:01scarlet's ending was the same as elena's mother's
18:04she jumped off the roof
18:06scarlet's ending didn't bring dante any relief
18:10scarlet had her sins
18:12but his were no lighter
18:14he wanted to make things right
18:16but where was elena
18:24he searched damn near the whole globe
18:26but elena had vanished
18:28like she'd been erased from the face of the earth
18:32just when he was about to give up
18:33someone said they might have seen her in paris
18:36he rushed to paris
18:38then someone said berlin
18:40he chased it to berlin
18:42the trail went cold
18:43eight full years
18:44that's how long it took before he finally spotted her
18:47the street in london
18:48but she was walking hand in hand with another man
18:51that should have been him
18:55his voice was so rough he barely recognized it himself
19:00i didn't recognize him at first
19:02because he looked nothing like the man in front of me
19:05he was wrapped in a black overcoat
19:07cheekbones jutting out worn down
19:08used up
19:09it's been a long time mr moretti
19:14can we talk
19:15i looked at my husband julian
19:17he nodded
19:22we found a small cafe on the corner and sat down
19:37after you left scarla and i were done pretty quick
19:42i looked for you
19:44eight years
19:47elena i'm sorry
19:51he wanted to make things right
19:53but where was elena
19:55he searched damn near the whole globe
19:57but elena had vanished
19:59like she'd been erased from the face of the earth
20:03just when he was about to give up
20:04someone said they might have seen her in paris
20:07he rushed to paris
20:08then someone said berlin
20:11he chased it to berlin
20:13the trail went cold eight full years
20:15that's how long it took before he finally spotted her
20:18a street in london
20:19but she was walking hand in hand with another man
20:22that should have been him
20:26he was walking hand in hand with another man
20:26his voice was so rough he barely recognized it himself
20:31elena
20:31i didn't recognize him at first
20:33because he looked nothing like the man in front of me
20:35the man in front of me was wrapped in a black overcoat
20:37she pulled jetty now
20:38worn down
20:39used up
20:39it's been a long time this one already
20:44can we talk
20:46i looked at my husband julian
20:48he nodded
20:52we found a small cafe on the corner and sat down
21:22after you left
21:23scala and i were done pretty quick
21:27i look for you eight years
21:32elena i'm sorry
21:35it's in the past
21:37ancient history mr moretti
21:40don't lose sleep over it
21:41something about my tone
21:42or maybe it was the name
21:44set him off
21:44he got agitated
21:45in the past
21:47this is the only love i've ever
21:49i couldn't help it
21:50i laughed
21:52so that's what he calls love
21:54interesting
21:55mr moretti if there's nothing else i need to go
21:58julian's waiting for me outside
22:00don't go have you been okay all these years
22:06as you can see julie and i are doing just fine
22:09i'd rather be back with julian than sitting here listening to this
22:13we'd only been apart a few minutes and i already missed him
22:16i'm not
22:18so i kept glancing out the window
22:20dante noticed
22:21every time my eyes drifted outside his face got a little darker
22:28then he'd rush to say something to put me back
22:30do you live in london
22:33no
22:35where then can you tell me
22:37no
22:40how long are you staying will i see you again
22:44i don't know
22:48dante finally stopped holding me back
22:52go
22:53go find your husband
22:56i hope we meet again
22:57i let out a breath stood up he called after me
23:01elena
23:05i never loved scarlet
23:08she fooled me
23:09that's all it was
23:11i didn't react just nodded turned and started walking as i passed him he spoke again
23:16can you call me dante just once
23:19i didn't i'm someone else's wife now he just stood there a long time passed before he said
23:25quietly then can i call you baby one last time that's your business nothing to do with me
23:33i was almost at the door when it came loud almost a shout from behind me
23:40i turned my head dante was standing at the entrance of the cafe here streaming down his face
23:45i really miss you
23:47i really miss you if i could do it over i wouldn't do that to you
23:49i gave him a small smile didn't stop walked out julian was right there he took my hand
23:56the second i stepped outside fingers laced same as before we walked back down the same street where
24:02we'd run into dante london was still wet but the rain inside me had stopped we stayed in london
24:08for a month we didn't run into dante again didn't hear a thing about him then the day before we
24:14were
24:14set to leave the news hit two weeks ago a man had spent the last of his savings buying a
24:19small cafe
24:20on the corner of carnaby street last night he died i knew it instantly every drop of blood in my
24:26body
24:26went cold we rushed to the cafe together and it was dante just as i feared the scene was still
24:35taped
24:35off the body had already been taken away we waited a week the autopsy came back cause of death chronic
24:43alcoholism late-stage stomach cancer my legs almost gave out his stomach was always bad
24:50when we were together i made sure he took his pills never let him drink on an empty stomach
24:55all these years on his own he probably didn't bother with any of it he had no one in london
25:02cut ties with the family years ago there wasn't even anyone to notify julian and i handled the funeral
25:08arrangements going through what he left behind i found a journal he left it for me every page was filled
25:15years of searching for me all over the world far more detailed than what he told me in person
25:21he wrote after the last time i saw her i kept telling myself she's doing fine i shouldn't bother
25:27her but i can't help it especially that man the one she calls julian i wanted to kill him but
25:34i knew
25:34i couldn't it would hurt her day 18 since i saw elena again and lost her again i miss her
25:41more than
25:41yesterday i can't stop it i just want to hold her this ring i picked it up off the floor
25:47that night
25:48if i'm gone and you're still in london take it with you the journal ended there
25:56julian and i held a small funeral for dante as friends nothing more no family no guests just the
26:04two of us and a local priest the headstone was simple just his name and the years he lived i
26:11placed the journal and the ring together at the base of the stone dante i said softly voice steady
26:20it's over rest now i don't hate you and i don't forgive you we owe each other nothing
26:28i'm going to live well safe whole happy that's what you owed me and it's what i built for myself
26:37i stood there for a long time then i reached out and touched the cold stone at my fingertips
26:44not saying goodbye to a lover saying goodbye to a heavy past
26:48for the girl i used to be small helpless trampled under everyone's feet julian's arm came around my
26:55shoulders let's go let's go home i nodded turned around walked away this time i didn't look back
27:03later julian had the ring made into a necklace wear it i'm not going to be jealous of a dead
27:09man
27:12but i didn't put it on i locked it in a drawer that was the end of it everything between
27:17me and
27:17dante all the love all the damage finished i didn't need him watching over me not in any form
27:24i never did after the funeral i got sick nothing serious just drained no energy sleeping all the
27:34time low fever on and off julian insisted on taking me to a doctor they couldn't find anything wrong but
27:41i knew what it was some kind of withdrawal like when you finally set down something you've been carrying
27:47your whole life and your body doesn't know what to do without it julian took time off work stayed home
27:52with me every day he never asked what's wrong just stay close baby pasta pulled the blanket over me
27:59held my hand while i slept i woke up half conscious and heard him on the balcony yes her mood
28:05is stable
28:06just a bit tired don't worry i'll take care of her yes for now don't let her come into contact
28:11with
28:11anything related to that side six months after dante died someone tracked me down mr moretti left a will
28:19the cafe on carnivore street is yours it was his last wish
28:27i won't accept it his last wish was for me to be happy and my happiness now has nothing to
28:33do with him
28:35sell the cafe donate the money to girls who have nowhere to go after being bullied
28:42this is our decision thank you for coming all this way
28:50after the man left julian came back and found me staring at nothing on the couch
28:53sat down next to me arm around my shoulders reluctant no i just suddenly feel that world is so far
29:01away
29:04after the funeral i got sick nothing serious just drained no energy sleeping all the time low fever on
29:13and off julian insisted on taking me to a doctor they couldn't find anything wrong but i knew what it
29:19was some kind of withdrawal like when you finally set down something you've been carrying your whole life
29:25and your body doesn't know what to do without them took time off work stayed home with me every day
29:31he never asked what's wrong just stayed close made me pasta pulled the blanket over me held my hand
29:38while i slept i woke up half conscious and heard him on the balcony yes her mood is stable just
29:43a bit
29:44tired don't worry i'll take care of her yes for now don't let her come into contact with anything
29:49related to that side six months after dante died someone tracked me down mr moretti left a will the cafe
29:57on carnabot street is yours it was his last wish i won't accept it his last wish was for me
30:08to be happy
30:09and my happiness now has nothing to do with him sell the cafe donate the money to girls who have
30:15nowhere
30:16to go after being bullied this is our decision thank you for coming all this way
30:27after the man left julian came back and found me staring at nothing on the couch
30:31sat down next to me arm around my shoulders reluctant no i just suddenly feel that world is so far
30:38away
30:42after dante died i never thought about the name scarlet again but the world is small one year i was
30:49in
30:49rome on business walked past a community rehabilitation center there was a woman out front gray hair face
30:58aged beyond her a nurse pushing her letting her get some sun miss marcelli time to go back
31:05scarlet scarlet she seemed to hear something in the air lifted her head slowly completely without
31:11warning she was thin unrecognizably so deep exhaustion behind her eyes numb i stood there
31:20took me a while to come back to myself karma's a bitch she didn't escape it either dante's journal
31:26had mentioned it don't push me don't push me i did nothing wrong ended up the same as my mother
31:33jumped
31:34off her roof she didn't die broke her spine spent the rest of her life in that chair i didn't
31:41feel
31:41satisfaction didn't feel pity either just calm not the cold kind not the kind where you pretend you didn't
31:50it was a late autumn afternoon lydia once asked me do you hate your mother i thought about it for
31:58a
31:58long time i hated her when i was a child hated her for what she did hated her for making
32:03me live under
32:04those insults also hated her for leaving too early abandoning me alone in this world and lydia listened
32:11didn't interrupt but later i stopped hating she made a mistake and paid with her life elena you know
32:21your mother called me before she died she said she regretted it deeply that the she wronged most in her
32:29life was you she asked me if possible to find you and take care of you for her i kept
32:36my head down
32:37didn't say anything aunt lydia took my hand i think you should know this
32:43and in that last phone call she was a decent mother i started to cry after a long while i
32:51got up and put
32:51my arms around her she gave birth to me you saved me silly girl i just sent a helicopter you
33:00climbed up
33:01yourself we both laughed yeah
33:04you
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