20:21Mais, Clara, je vais te retourner.
20:36Le jour où j'ai été déchargé, la soleil était brillante.
20:40Donc brillante, que pour un moment j'ai l'impression que je n'étais pas juste à partir de l
20:43'hôpital,
20:44mais à partir d'un rêve d'un absurde.
20:48Je me suis déjà contacté et m'aiderait m'aiderait mon assistant a rentré un lieu d'un lieu d
20:53'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu
20:55d'un lieu d'un lieu de 10 minutes.
20:56Je me suis besoin d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d
20:59'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu d'un lieu.
21:01Rant Biotech CEO's Family Drama, Mysterious Widow Suspected Third Party, Evelyn Shaw posts long statement,
21:09«I only seek a mother's identity ».
21:11Evelyn's tear-streaked photos were shared repeatedly, while I, the heartless lawyer wife, was portrayed as cold-blooded, selfish,
21:19the villain who drove away a good friend's widow.
21:22Public opinion, I knew it too well. Truth never mattered. Emotion drove traffic.
21:29Are the documents ready? Grant's legal team contacted us yesterday saying they hope for an out-of-court settlement.
21:37They want to buy time? What are they waiting for? For me to back down. But I won't.
21:48Can we talk? Come in.
21:51Clara, you're a smart girl. You know clearly that if this divorce goes to court, it won't be good for
21:58you, for the company, or for Alex.
22:01Not good. But there will be a conclusion.
22:06A woman's life shouldn't only be about winning and losing.
22:11Then what should it be about? Tolerance?
22:15The child Evelyn is carrying. It's Grant family blood. By choosing to fight this divorce now, you're not just ending
22:21the marriage. You're cutting off this family's legacy.
22:24Ma'am, I'm not destroying this family. I'm simply refusing to continue being sacrificed as background.
22:29You're a lawyer. You should understand the need to weigh options.
22:33I do. Better than anyone. Which is exactly why I know that any marriage, at its core, is just a
22:40contract. And when a contract fails, it should be terminated.
22:46You'll never know who you're up against. Is that so? We will see.
23:05That night, my phone lit up. It was Alexander.
23:10Why did you have to make the divorce public? You knew perfectly well the media would run with it. Now
23:14they're all smearing you.
23:15I know. But I also know that only in sunlight do bacteria die.
23:19Clara, I'm begging you. Don't leave me. We can start over, can't we?
23:27You still haven't signed? I won't sign. Then I'll have the judge sign for you.
23:34That night I didn't sleep. I stayed up late to finish writing my divorce petition.
23:41This was the most personal complaint of my legal career. And my declaration of freedom.
23:50Next time in court, I won't be Alexander's wife. Only his opponent.
23:58Clara, I just want to talk.
24:00Talk about what? Child support, reputation, or the new script you want to perform in the media.
24:06Don't be like this. I didn't come to fight over anything.
24:11I just want you to know that this child isn't the result of artificial insermination.
24:23What do you mean? He's Alexander's child. That day in the lab, he'd been drinking, was in a bad mood.
24:29I was just comforting him. Didn't expect. He only found out later that we actually slept together.
24:39Do you understand? He chose me, not you.
24:44No matter how rational, how strong you are, you can't keep him.
24:55I don't need this trash. I mean Alexander.
25:04Actually, after that day, Alexander felt a bit guilty. I told him it was fate.
25:09Ethan was gone. The child was like a gift he left me. And you? You're too cold, Clara. Men don't
25:16like living with legal documents. They want tenderness.
25:19Tenderness, Evelyn. In your eyes, is betrayal also a form of tenderness?
25:30Clara, you should let yourself go. Stop fighting. It's meaningless.
25:34You're right. It's meaningless.
25:39But thank you for every word you said today. They all have excellent evidential value.
25:45What do you mean?
25:47Professional habit. All conversations are recorded for documentation.
25:52You can't! That's invasion of privacy! Give me the phone!
25:56You voluntarily stated facts, and I'm simply preserving the truth.
26:02You're crazy!
26:05Maybe. But crazy people are often better at surviving than victims.
26:10Late that night, I simply anonymously sent the recording to an independent journalist known for exposing the false faces of
26:17the elite.
26:18The next morning, the internet no-wunter brought a wide...
26:22Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Evelyn alleges that she conceived a child following an intimate relationship with you.
26:27Can you confirm or deny this claim?
26:29In the morning, Grant Biomyological's stock price dropped 14% within an hour.
26:34As the company's CEO, what are your thoughts?
26:41I'm sorry.
26:48It was you, wasn't it?
26:52You wanted the truth, didn't you?
26:54I helped you make it public.
26:58Clara, you ruined me!
26:59Wrong. I only let the world see what you and she really are.
27:03I never meant to hurt you. I thought it was just a mistake.
27:07A mistake. No, that was the only time you were honest in your choice.
27:11Alexander, starting tomorrow we'll see each other in court.
27:15Remember to bring your lawyer.
27:20Three days after the recording incident, the news was still fermenting.
27:26Alexander was temporarily suspended investigation.
27:30Investors demanded he temporarily step back.
27:33Evelyn's PR team worked through the night deleting posts and controlling damage.
27:39But the recording had already spread everywhere.
27:41Her image instantly collapsed from kind widow to textbook mistress.
27:47Media captured her losing emotional control and smashing a car,
27:50then being pulled into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
27:56That same night, she miscarried it.
28:02When I saw the news, I was silent for a while.
28:06Not gloating, no pity either.
28:09All of it was no longer related to me.
28:12Does the defendant consent to the divorce?
28:23I consent.
28:28Clara!
28:31I signed.
28:34I know.
28:36But I haven't let go.
28:38Whether you let go or not is your business.
28:41What about you?
28:44I'm free.
28:49Several months later, I moved to a small coastal city.
28:54I handed off the firm's cases to my partner and took on international arbitration projects.
29:00My new life was clean, quiet, like a contract without footnotes.
29:04I was no longer anyone's wife nor anyone's enemy.
29:09I was just Clara Grant, a woman starting her life over.
29:14That evening, I updated my Instagram for the first time in ages.
29:19The wind carries away the sound of the tide and everything from the past.
29:25The first person to like it was my father.
29:32The second was a stranger's account with just one letter for a name, A.
29:37I didn't click on it and didn't block it either.
29:41Outside the window, the sound of waves rose and fell, like a long trial finally reaching its conclusion.
29:48You know...
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