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00:00:00I had never worn anything that made me feel so exposed before.
00:00:07Stop covering your tits.
00:00:09The members don't buy wine.
00:00:12They buy the fantasy of fucking a girl like you.
00:00:16Smile.
00:00:17Let them stare at your ass.
00:00:19And think about Chris's surgery.
00:00:22I touched the little silver bead on my wrist, the one engraved with Kreese's name.
00:00:26For Chris.
00:00:27That's all this is.
00:00:28Before I could answer, a young attendant rushed in from the glass hallway, almost dropping a tray of cocktails.
00:00:34Oh my god, Audrey Vance is coming tonight!
00:00:36Two servers froze mid-count of their tips.
00:00:38A hostess by the bar blotted her lipstick and fluffed her hair.
00:00:41Even the general manager smoothed his tie and stood up straighter.
00:00:44The Audrey Vance.
00:00:45Vance Group CEO.
00:00:47The woman on every finance cover this year.
00:00:49I heard she bought three hotel chains before 30.
00:00:52One ring on her hand could pay for a child's heart surgery.
00:00:56Heart surgery.
00:00:57Chris needed it.
00:00:59If she so much as nods at you, you smile and you say yes.
00:01:04A woman like Audrey won't ask twice.
00:01:06Audrey Vance had asked me once, 12 years ago, if I would run away with her after graduation.
00:01:10I had said yes.
00:01:12Then I'd stood in front of half the school and told her I never wanted to see her.
00:01:15Again.
00:01:29Private area, no filming.
00:01:32Anyone who have sex can leave before Ms. Vancell has security escort them out.
00:01:50Audrey Vance, my first love, the girl.
00:01:52I'd shattered in front of everyone we knew, our eyes met.
00:01:55Her gaze landed on my bunny ears.
00:01:57Slid down to my uniform and froze on my face.
00:02:00Iris Hale.
00:02:01Her mouth curved, but there was no warmth in it.
00:02:06Her assistant signaled you, go.
00:02:11Find someone else.
00:02:13Brooke stared at me like I had lost my mind.
00:02:16That woman can tip more than you earn in six months.
00:02:19You need money, Iris.
00:02:25This is not about money.
00:02:27Across the pool, Audrey sat behind a curtain of gauze.
00:02:31One leg crossed over the other, Rachel bent beside her with a tablet.
00:02:36The server is 29, two years here, a six-year-old son in cardiac care.
00:02:43Audrey's fingers stopped against her glass.
00:02:46She has a son?
00:02:48Legal dependent, Chris Hale.
00:02:50Audrey looked at me again, slower this time as if the years between us had sharpened into a blade.
00:02:56Bring her in.
00:02:58Rachel came to me with a black VIP wristband.
00:03:00Miss Vance requests your service.
00:03:03Can she request someone else?
00:03:05Brooke pushed me forward before I could refuse again.
00:03:09Inside the private booth, I lowered the tray and kept my eyes down.
00:03:12Your wine, Miss Vance.
00:03:14Audrey did not take the glass.
00:03:16Her heel touched my knee.
00:03:17Look at me.
00:03:18When I raised my head, her mouth curved.
00:03:20So you work here now?
00:03:21I'm a bottle service attendant.
00:03:24Bottle service attendant.
00:03:25Or a bunny girl who sells drinks and lets people look at that body while they pay.
00:03:30I sell drinks, Miss Vance.
00:03:32Nothing more.
00:03:33She flicked a black card across the table with one finger, sliding it right to the edge in front of
00:03:37me.
00:03:39Open the wine.
00:03:42My finger shook as I peeled the foil from the bottleneck.
00:03:46She watched every single movement.
00:03:48You know what I remember?
00:03:50Senior year.
00:03:50You told me good girls like us deserve better than this.
00:03:55Better than hiding.
00:03:56Better than letting rich people stare at us like we're toys.
00:03:59Now here you are.
00:04:02Dressed like a whore for anyone who can pay the tab.
00:04:05Is this what a good girl like you deserves?
00:04:15People change.
00:04:17Audrey leaned closer and for one second I thought she would touch my face instead.
00:04:22She brushed a drop of champagne off my jaw with her thumb, slow and deliberate.
00:04:31I bit down so hard on my lip I tasted blood.
00:04:35Audrey picked up the glass I'd just poured, swirling the golden liquid slowly.
00:04:41Audrey.
00:04:42You think this is bad?
00:04:44You haven't seen what I'm really here for.
00:04:49Audrey ordered another bottle, then another.
00:04:52Each one more expensive than the last.
00:04:56His meaning clear.
00:04:57Make her happy.
00:04:58Make her spend.
00:04:59Do not ruin this.
00:05:01Audrey lifted her empty glass and held it out.
00:05:04Pour.
00:05:05Pour.
00:05:08Pour.
00:05:09Pour.
00:05:09Too slow.
00:05:11Did Adrian teach you to be this clumsy?
00:05:13His name hit me like a fist to the chest.
00:05:15My hand jerked and champagne sloshed over the rim, spilling onto her white suit pants.
00:05:19Don't bring him into this.
00:05:22Protecting him already?
00:05:2412 years and you still choose men when it matters.
00:05:27The words dragged me back to the hallway 12 years ago.
00:05:30Adrian's hand had been locked around my wrist.
00:05:32His phone had been pressed against my spine, full of photos that could destroy Audrey if I said no.
00:05:37Tell her you choose me.
00:05:38And so, looking at Audrey's hopeful face, I said with utter coldness and heartlessness.
00:05:45Two girls have no future.
00:05:47I choose Adrian.
00:05:48Back in the booth, Audrey took the half-full glass from my hand, tilted it, and slowly poured the remaining
00:05:53champagne over my head.
00:05:55Cold liquid ran down my chest.
00:05:57Slid over my thighs and soaked into my fishnet stockings.
00:06:00The guests gasped.
00:06:03Then teach me.
00:06:04How much does it cost now, to hear you tell the truth?
00:06:07How much to buy one honest set-in from Iris Hall?
00:06:10I looked up at her, and something in me snapped.
00:06:13The shame, the fear, the 12 years of quiet grief all boiled over.
00:06:18More than you can afford.
00:06:22Her smile disappeared.
00:06:25More than I can afford.
00:06:36This body used to be mine.
00:06:39Now you let strangers stare at these tits and this ass?
00:06:44Open your mouth.
00:06:52Then she opened her eyes and smiled.
00:06:57You are still the only woman brave enough to do that.
00:07:02The manager rushed in, bowing so fast his tie swung against his chest.
00:07:07Miss Vance, I am so sorry.
00:07:10I will fire her immediately.
00:07:15Fire her?
00:07:17Too easy.
00:07:18Her eyes were back on me.
00:07:20Rachel placed two bottles of vodka on the table.
00:07:23Audrey tapped the first glass.
00:07:26Drink.
00:07:29No.
00:07:30Then I will make sure no club in this city hires you.
00:07:34And hospitals can be very strict when bills are overdue.
00:07:38My phone buzzed in my pocket.
00:07:40Another hospital notice.
00:07:42Another number I could not pay.
00:07:4510,000 per glass.
00:07:51Done.
00:07:53The first glass burned all the way down.
00:07:55The second blurred the lights.
00:07:57By the third, my hands shook.
00:07:59Audrey laid a check beside the last drink.
00:08:02Finished the bottle.
00:08:04100,000.
00:08:05I thought of Kreese asleep with wires on his chest.
00:08:09Then I drank.
00:08:13I stumbled into the restroom, dizzy.
00:08:17Dizzy.
00:08:41You think Vance will protect you after tonight?
00:08:44Little bunny whore like you.
00:08:46Always acting innocent but dressed like you're begging to be fucked.
00:08:50Spread your legs.
00:08:51Let me check how wet that expensive champagne made you.
00:08:54A few minutes in the stall and I'll make sure you're in your keep properly.
00:09:04A few minutes in the stall and I'll make sure you're in your hands.
00:09:06Audrey stood there.
00:09:10Suspend his access, send the acquisition term sheet to the owner.
00:09:14Effective immediately, no staff member touches Iris Hall without Mrs. Vance's approval.
00:09:20Take your hands off what is mine.
00:09:22She stepped forward, he'll grinding down on his wrist as he groaned on the floor.
00:09:27If you ever look at her again, I'll make sure the only thing you can touch for the rest of
00:09:33your life is a hospital bed.
00:09:36Your manager touched my guest.
00:09:38Handle him before I do.
00:09:41The manager crawled out, white-faced.
00:09:45Do not misunderstand.
00:09:46I am not saving you.
00:09:48Then what are you doing?
00:09:51My prey does not get touched by anyone else.
00:09:55I hated the way relief moved through me before anger could stop it.
00:09:59Rachel brought me upstairs, as if I were part of the bottle service Audrey had purchased.
00:10:03In the top floor suite, Audrey opened my employee file, but her eyes kept returning to the robe, barely covering
00:10:09my bunny costume.
00:10:10The silk kept slipping off one shoulder, exposing the top of my breast.
00:10:16Iris Hale, 29, emergency contact, none.
00:10:20Debt advance requested three times.
00:10:22That file is private.
00:10:24So is my heart.
00:10:26You didn't mind breaking into that?
00:10:28Or letting me fuck you with my eyes back then?
00:10:30I looked away, but my body remembered every secret kiss from those empty classrooms.
00:10:35Where is Adrian?
00:10:36Did he get bored and left you here?
00:10:42Adrian and I were never what you thought.
00:10:47I saw you holding his hand.
00:10:50I heard you say two girls had no future.
00:10:53I remember every word.
00:10:57Audrey placed the black card on the table.
00:10:59Your night, and your night, and your body, belong to me now.
00:11:04Warm water filled the marble tub, steam curling thick around us.
00:11:07Audrey poured the deep red wine deliberately over my collarbone, letting it cascade down the valley between my breasts.
00:11:12Over my hardened nipples.
00:11:13And drip into the water where our bodies were already pressed close.
00:11:16The silk robe clung transparently to my skin, outlining every curve.
00:11:20Humiliation finished?
00:11:21I need to go.
00:11:23Audrey pressed a checkbook against my wet shoulder.
00:11:26Two million.
00:11:28One night.
00:11:29I stared at the number.
00:11:30Chris's surgery deposit.
00:11:32His medication.
00:11:33A chance.
00:11:34Audrey turned away as if she already owned my answer.
00:11:36My hand closed around her wrist.
00:11:42You want to buy me?
00:11:45No.
00:11:46I pulled her into the tub with me.
00:11:47Our mouths crashed together, tongues thrusting deep, teeth nipping.
00:11:51Breaths ragged.
00:11:55Audrey shoved me back against the slick marble, her hand sliding possessively under the soaked fabric to cut my breast.
00:12:01Thumb circling the stiff peak before pinching hard enough to make me gasp into her mouth.
00:12:09Her other hand dragged down my stomach, fingers pressing between my thighs through the thin, wet cloth, stroking the slick
00:12:16heat there with deliberate pressure.
00:12:19My first love chose Adrienne Cole.
00:12:22Tonight, I want her to remember exactly who she belonged to first.
00:12:29How wet you get from me.
00:12:31How your cunt clenches when I touch you.
00:12:47Did he ever fuck you like this?
00:12:49Did Adrienne ever make your pussy this soaked?
00:12:52This greedy?
00:12:54Do not say his name.
00:12:57Then say mine.
00:13:02Did he ever make your legs shake like I do?
00:13:05Audrey.
00:13:10Look at me.
00:13:11I bought you tonight.
00:13:13I want you to watch what you still do to me.
00:13:16The night blurred at the edges kisses arguments.
00:13:19Her teeth on my throat, my hands in her hair.
00:13:22My body answering every cruel thing she said with a heat I hated and wanted.
00:13:30Morning found me curled against Audrey's bare shoulder for a second.
00:13:34I forgot to hate myself for staying, then my phone lit with another hospital message.
00:13:57Running already?
00:14:00Last night was a mistake.
00:14:02We are even.
00:14:05our mouths brushed by accident and my whole body betrayed me audrey smiled even your body disagrees
00:14:14let me go the doorbell rang i tore myself free and grabbed the check audrey touched her own lip
00:14:21amused and breathless you can run iris you cannot pretend you felt nothing
00:14:31audrey sat up and her bathrobe slid down to her waist since we are so compatible name a monthly price
00:14:40in your dreams i opened the door and nearly collided with rachel who stood there holding
00:14:45a stack of contracts rachel looked from my bare feet to audrey's shirt on my body to the wrecked
00:14:50bed behind me boss i ducked my head and ran past her
00:15:02you bought the club's bunny girl brought her home and now she is wearing your shirt that is not a
00:15:08revenge strategy it is not strategy it is entertainment that is worse i did not hear
00:15:14the rest by the time i reached my apartment building my legs still ached and my heart felt raw
00:15:19creases scream cut through the stairwell to deck collectors had him by the arms his little
00:15:26dinosaur backpack hung crooked from one shoulder let him go your payment is late we had a hard time
00:15:33getting him out of the hospital i slapped audrey's check against his chest take it then get away from
00:15:42my son rich friends now good kids with heart problems get expensive i pulled crease into my
00:15:50arms as they left dot crease touched my neck innocent and worried mom did someone hurt you
00:15:56no sweetheart a mosquito bite but my hands would not stop shaking
00:16:02after the collectors left i checked every inch of crease's arms did they touch your chest did they
00:16:08scare you crease tried to smile for me even though his lips were pale i was brave like the dinosaur
00:16:15i held him tighter crease had been my sister emily's son first after she died i signed every adoption
00:16:22paper myself because letting him enter the foster system would have killed what was left of our family
00:16:28my phone rang before i could breathe mrs hale the new cardiac procedure you asked about has opened a
00:16:35candidate slot it is suitable for chris really yes but the cost is significantly higher the deposit
00:16:42must be secured soon i will find the money after i hung up crease touched the silver bead on my
00:16:48wrist
00:16:48are you going back to the club maybe tonight the phone rang again the club manager's name flashed
00:16:57i can work extra shifts no need you are fired my stomach dropped because of andre vance because
00:17:07someone bought out your contract from the club five times your salary don't act offended people like
00:17:13us do not get rescued iris we get transferred the call ended i stared at the blank screen audrey had
00:17:20not saved me from the club she had moved the cage brooke met me outside a private training center with
00:17:27a
00:17:27look that said she already knew more than i did do not glare at me the new client requested you
00:17:33by name
00:17:33who
00:17:37she opened the glass door audrey stood beside the bright blue pool wearing a skimpy black bikini that
00:17:43barely contained her high breasts and left most of her toned body exposed her short dark hair was
00:17:48slicked back from a recent swim water still dripping down her collarbone a fired instructor hurried past
00:17:55us in tears your shoulders collapsed on the turn useless rachel replace her luxor requires the deep
00:18:04water campaign 200 meters penalty for breach is severe audrey's face tightened for half a second then she saw me
00:18:11i stepped backward
00:18:16no absolutely not
00:18:21running again your son's hospital does not accept pride as payment you bought my job i upgraded it
00:18:28private swimming coach recovery massage 10 times your club income you can hire olympic trainers why me
00:18:39because anyone can teach technique only you make me angry enough to move
00:18:49there will be a private service contract swimming instruction recovery massage medical deposit escrow
00:18:55confidentiality term and a penalty clause for either side leaking client information audrey leaned closer
00:19:04sign it iris i can clear chris's deposit before dinner
00:19:08and triple your income by morning
00:19:11or you can keep pretending pride is a payment plan
00:19:16i yanked my wrist free
00:19:18this is not a job
00:19:20it is revenge with a salary
00:19:22call it whatever helps you sleep
00:19:25you are still angry about adrian after 12 years
00:19:29that is pathetic audrey's eyes changed do not say his name like you did not choose him you never asked
00:19:36why
00:19:36i watched you hold his hand then keep watching the memory you like i am not playing your game
00:19:42i turned and walked out before my courage failed behind me rachel spoke carefully
00:19:47you always said you were over her
00:19:50i am
00:19:51you bought her contract
00:19:53built a private job around her
00:19:55and nearly broke a glass when she said adrian's name
00:19:58she will come back
00:20:01because she needs money
00:20:02or because you need her to
00:20:05audrey did not answer
00:20:07in the elevator my own reflection looked like a stranger
00:20:1012 years ago audrey had met me in the west hallway after class
00:20:14holding to coffees and a ridiculous hopeful smile
00:20:17after graduation we leave
00:20:20new city
00:20:21new names if we have to
00:20:25i had wanted that future so badly i could taste it
00:20:28then adrian's message had lit my phone
00:20:30a photo
00:20:31audrey changing near the pool
00:20:33a threat and a command
00:20:34make her hate you or i publish everything
00:20:39adrian found me outside the locker room before i could reach audrey
00:20:42he held up his old phone
00:20:43on the screen was audrey half dressed near the school pool
00:20:46unaware anyone had followed her
00:20:53delete it
00:20:53i will
00:20:55after you help me
00:20:57help you with what
00:20:58end this disgusting little romance
00:21:03publicly
00:21:03take my hand
00:21:05let her see
00:21:06tell her you chose a man because you are not stupid enough to ruin your future over a girl
00:21:12no
00:21:12his smile vanished
00:21:14and the whole school sees these pictures
00:21:17so does her father
00:21:18so does the board that already watches every van's scandal
00:21:24the bell rang
00:21:26students poured into the hallway audrey appeared at the far end
00:21:29holding to coffees searching for me
00:21:31adrian grabbed my wrist and lifted it like a trophy
00:21:34smile
00:21:37i wanted to scream
00:21:38instead i let him pull me forward
00:21:42audrey we were kids i cannot do this anymore
00:21:48iris
00:21:48two girls have no future i choose adrian
00:21:51adrian leaned in and kissed the corner of my mouth before i could move away
00:21:55audrey's coffee slipped from her hand and burst across the floor
00:21:58her face went empty and away
00:21:59i had never seen before i wanted to tell her everything adrian's phone pressed against my spine
00:22:04think about her future
00:22:07don't you love her very much
00:22:12so i said nothing
00:22:13after audrey walked away i followed adrian into an empty storage room and slapped him as hard as i could
00:22:20you got what you wanted
00:22:21you got what you wanted
00:22:22delete them
00:22:22adrian wiped blood from his lip and laughed
00:22:26not yet
00:22:26you are too useful when you are scared
00:22:30he scrolled through more files photos messages a draft email addressed to school administrators and audrey's father
00:22:37if you speak
00:22:39i release everything
00:22:41if she comes near you again
00:22:43i release everything
00:22:45if you ever tell anyone i made you do this
00:22:47i release everything
00:22:48she did nothing to you
00:22:52she looked at you like i was invisible
00:22:54adrian's eyes hardened
00:22:56i swallowed the truth and buried it where no one could reach
00:22:58in the present rachel stood in audrey's office with the old school archive open
00:23:04adrian cole transferred three weeks after the breakup
00:23:06no public reason family covered it
00:23:10audrey stared at a yearbook photo
00:23:12in it i stood beside adrian but my hand was clenched so tightly my knuckles were white
00:23:19there were rumors about a phone scandal that vanished overnight
00:23:25why did no one tell me
00:23:26your father's office suppressed most school gossip involving you
00:23:30audrey looked toward the pool
00:23:31where i had refused her contract and walked out for the first time
00:23:34her anger looked uncertain
00:23:37find out what adrian cole kept
00:23:40and iris
00:23:41audrey closed the yearbook
00:23:44she comes back tomorrow
00:23:46she needs the job
00:23:48her voice was cold but not as certain as before
00:23:53i thought the check would buy us time
00:23:55it bought us one morning when i came back from the pharmacy
00:23:58a debt collector stood outside my apartment with a folder in his hand
00:24:03you paid part of the principal congratulations
00:24:07he opened the new contract and tapped the number
00:24:10interest remains
00:24:12this is double
00:24:14high-risk lending is expensive
00:24:16so is a sick kid
00:24:18from inside the apartment
00:24:19crease coughed
00:24:20i stepped between the door and the man before he could look in
00:24:24leave him out of this
00:24:28then find a richer buyer
00:24:30the word buyer made my face burn
00:24:35after he left
00:24:36i sat beside crease's bed and watched him sleep with one hand on his dinosaur toy
00:24:40the surgery brochure lay on the table
00:24:42the deposit deadline was circled in red
00:24:45my phone buzzed
00:24:46unknown number i already knew who it was
00:24:49ill proud
00:24:50did you send them
00:24:51no if i wanted you cornered
00:24:54you would know
00:24:54then why call
00:24:55because my offer is still open
00:24:57private coach
00:24:58private massage
00:25:00private term
00:25:00no touching chris's hospital
00:25:02sign the contract
00:25:03and his hospital stays untouched
00:25:05you are cruel
00:25:08you taught me
00:25:12send the address
00:25:14the next day i signed audrey's contract with a pen that felt heavier than a knife
00:25:19rachel reviewed the clauses
00:25:21no sexual service
00:25:23medical confidentiality
00:25:24salary deposited weekly
00:25:26termination requires 30 days notice
00:25:28unless miss hall endangers the client
00:25:30audrey leaned against the pool rail
00:25:38satisfied
00:25:43not even close
00:25:46training began in the shallow end
00:25:48audrey was strong precise and furious whenever i corrected her posture
00:25:53your breathing is too shallow
00:25:55my breathing is not your business
00:25:57it is if you plan to go 200 meters down
00:26:02she glared
00:26:02then pushed into the deep lane for the first few strokes she moved like the water obeyed her
00:26:07then her face changed
00:26:08her body locked one hand struck the surface not swimming anymore just searching for air
00:26:15rachel
00:26:16rachel shot up from the bench
00:26:18audrey
00:26:20i dove before she finished the word underwater audrey's eyes were wide and unfocused
00:26:25i wrapped an arm around her waist and hauled her upward
00:26:30when we broke the surface she gasped against my shoulder
00:26:34you are safe hold on to me
00:26:37audrey clung for one second to long then shoved me away
00:26:43i slipped
00:26:44you panicked massage room
00:26:47now
00:26:50rachel looked at me like she wanted to warn me and thank me at the same time audrey walked ahead
00:26:54but i saw her hands shaking
00:27:09i poured oil into my palm and tried to think like a professional
00:27:15your shoulder is locked breathe
00:27:19you sound like you care
00:27:21i care about the job
00:27:24liar
00:27:25i pressed my thumb into the knot below her shoulder blade
00:27:28she hissed then let out a breath that sounded too close to a moan my hands faltered
00:27:36careful iris you used to know exactly where to touch me
00:27:41a memory hit me without mercy audrey in an empty music room
00:27:45her blazer on the floor my mouth against her wrist because we were too afraid to kiss where anyone could
00:27:50see
00:27:52do not do that
00:27:57do what remember
00:28:04use what we were to punish me audrey sat up suddenly
00:28:07catching my wrist before i could step back
00:28:10what we were
00:28:12her grip was not hard but my pulse jumped anyway
00:28:15you threw that away you think i wanted to
00:28:19for a second the room froze audrey's eyes narrowed then say it tell me why
00:28:26my throat closed around adrian's threat old and alive i cannot
00:28:32audrey released me like my silence had burned her
00:28:38you left me for adrian then he left you with a child and debt
00:28:50was it worth it chris is not adrian's
00:28:56no then who's my jaw tightened crease's history belonged to him not to audrey's jealousy
00:29:03that is none of your business everything about you became my business when i started paying your bills
00:29:08you pay for my work
00:29:10not my life
00:29:12audrey glanced at the silver bead on my wrist
00:29:16you wear his name like a vow he is six
00:29:20and adrian still circles you
00:29:22the name made my skin go cold
00:29:24what do you know about adrian
00:29:27enough to know you flinch when i say his name
00:29:29then stop saying it
00:29:31why
00:29:32does he still own some part of you
00:29:35i pushed past her but she caught my elbow
00:29:40iris
00:29:42for the first time that day her voice was not cruel it was almost concerned that almost broke me
00:29:49do not look at me like that
00:29:52i survived 12 years by not talking audrey let go
00:29:57then i will find the truth without asking you behind her anger something uncertain moved
00:30:07vivian reed asked to meet me in a quiet bar near the medical district i almost refused until she
00:30:11mentioned crease's case in the school pool she looked different from the frightened girl i remembered
00:30:16but her eyes were the same soft green
00:30:20iris hale i have wanted to thank you for years i sat down slowly for what for pulling me out
00:30:27of the
00:30:36that was a long time ago not to me
00:30:40not after adrian twisted the story before i could answer she slid a folder across the table
00:30:47i run a medical charity now chris may qualify for support and if you need stable work
00:30:54i can use someone who understands families in crisis vivian i cannot accept charity because
00:31:00of an old debt vivian reached across the table and took my hand it is not charity
00:31:06it is gratitude the door opened audrey stood there rachel behind her her face carved from ice
00:31:11the door opened her eyes
00:31:17touching reunion this is not what you think
00:31:23with you iris it never is
00:31:28vivian stood calm but firm
00:31:33audrey she saved your life audrey's eyes flickered then pride shut them again
00:31:44stay out of this
00:31:49audrey ordered a private line of whiskey before anyone could stop her rachel's expression tightened
00:31:57audrey do not audrey ignored her and looked at vivian if you want to hire my coach make an offer
00:32:03better than mine i am not buying her how noble
00:32:11stop talking about me like i am not here audrey lifted a glass
00:32:16then choose my contract or her gratitude vivian's voice stayed even iris does not owe either of us her
00:32:25life that should have ended it instead audrey smiled
00:32:29one round if i win you stop interfering rachel stepped in
00:32:36this is absurd then it suits the night
00:32:42glass after glass disappeared vivian drank carefully slowly audrey drank like she wanted the burn to erase
00:32:48every image of my hand and vivian's i stood beside the bar furious and scared
00:32:54audrey enough audrey turned to me eyes bright and unfocused
00:33:02worried about me worried you will embarrass yourself
00:33:06she laughed but her hand trembled when she set the glass down vivian finally pushed her drink away
00:33:14i am not competing for iris i am trying to help her audrey stood to fast and nearly swayed
00:33:21i caught her by instinct she leaned into me breath warm against my neck
00:33:29you always catch me after i fall the words hit too close to the truth
00:33:36audrey collapsed into the passenger seat eyes half closed her collar open and sweat shining
00:33:42along her throat i gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles hurt audrey turned her head gaze
00:33:47unfocused but sharp enough to burn you're looking at me you're drunk and you're still pretending you
00:33:56don't want me i swallowed stop audrey laughed softly then leaned closer her breath brushed my ear
00:34:06did vivian touch your hand like she had the right
00:34:10did adrian did anyone ever learn what makes you tremble audrey don't do this in the car
00:34:20her hand closed around my wrist not forcing but keeping me there
00:34:27then take me home
00:34:30i should have left her at the door instead i helped her into the bedroom
00:34:34the moment i turned to go she caught the hem of my dress
00:34:41don't leave again the words were too broken to be a command
00:34:46i looked back her eyes were red
00:34:52you left me with everyone watching you made me feel disgusting for loving you
00:34:57i never thought you were disgusting
00:35:03audrey pulled me down and this kiss was not polished not calculated it was messy hungry
00:35:08furious full of everything we had swallowed for 12 years
00:35:12her hands slid up my thighs under my dress mine went to her shoulders then her hair then the open
00:35:17collar of her shirt say you don't want this
00:35:23i can't her hand guided mine between her legs
00:35:30feel how much i still want you
00:35:34she was dripping grinding against my fingers as i pushed inside her
00:35:38fucking her while she rode my hand until she came hard moaning my name
00:35:46that was all the permission she needed to kiss me harder rolling us onto the bed until the room
00:35:51narrowed to her mouth her breath and the heat between us
00:36:01audrey kissed down my neck then lower slow enough to make my hands twist in the sheets my back arched
00:36:06before i could stop it audrey audrey's breathing was rough against my skin
00:36:13say it again audrey her mouth curved against my chest better for a few minutes there was no adrian
00:36:23no debt no hospital no 12 years of silence there was only her hand on my waist my thigh hooked
00:36:29around
00:36:29her hip and the terrible truth that my body had never forgotten hers then the doorbell rang i shoved
00:36:35her shoulder someone's here audrey did not move let them wait the doorbell rang again sharper this time
00:36:50followed by rachel's tense voice from the hallway audrey it is lucia grant audrey went still i sat up
00:36:58clutching her shirt to my chest audrey's face hardened business arrangement you mean your fiancee
00:37:08before she could answer lucia's voice floated in from the living room audrey darling your assistant
00:37:16said you were resting i brought the engagement revisions i stepped into the living room barefoot
00:37:23wearing audrey's white shirt my hair tangled and my lips still swollen lucia's eyes swept over me
00:37:29then the open bedroom door lucia smiled like a knife so this is the charity case
00:37:38audrey stepped behind me still in yesterday's shirt and lucia's smile twitched
00:37:46how much did she cost for the night audrey's hand settled at my waist
00:37:50careful lucia you are talking about someone under my roof lucia placed the engagement papers on the
00:37:59coffee table as if she owned the room
00:38:04your father has reserved the venue the announcement goes out after the luxanar campaign audrey's jaw tightened
00:38:12nothing has been signed because felix vance still hoped you would behave without being forced
00:38:18i tried to leave through the kitchen but lucia's voice stopped me
00:38:25mrs hall do not worry rich women get bored they always return expensive mistakes audrey moved so
00:38:35quickly i barely saw it one second lucia was smiling the next audrey stood in front of me
00:38:44do not speak to her like that lucia blinked you cannot be serious
00:38:50i am she is a club girl with a sick child and debt she is under my protection audrey no
00:38:58she is not a transaction for you to insult lucia's face hardened your father will ruin her
00:39:07he can try and the marriage audrey's shoulders squared there will be no marriage for one reckless
00:39:16second hope stabbed through me then fear followed felix vance did not lose control quietly rachel
00:39:22appeared in the doorway phone in hand audrey your father is calling he saw the security
00:39:29fleed audrey took the phone eyes still on lucia good then he already knows my answer
00:39:38after lucia left the apartment stayed to quiet i retreated to the kitchen and filled a glass of
00:39:43water just to have something to hold audrey stood in the living room phone silent in her hand
00:39:49my father will not stop neither will lucia
00:39:55audrey looked at me and for a second i saw the girl from school that memory found us both
00:40:0312 years ago i had waited near the vending machines with two cans of cola because
00:40:07audrey used to pretend she hated sweet drinks and then steal mine
00:40:12she came around the corner eyes red face cold
00:40:22were you laughing at me the whole time audrey please audrey stepped closer
00:40:30you played best friend then ran to a adrian was i a joke
00:40:34i wanted to tell her i had no choice adrian stood at the end of the hall phone raised watching
00:40:40i am sorry audrey's mouth twisted do not i do not want apologies from someone who sells herself to
00:40:48whatever future looks safer the can slipped in my hand i could never love a coward i threw the cola
00:40:56in
00:40:56her face because if i did not move i would fall apart then i ran
00:41:02in the present audrey touched her own lips as if she could still taste sugar and shame
00:41:07i said unforgivable things we both did
00:41:14no you look terrified i called it guilt rachel knocked softly felix wants you at the office tonight
00:41:24audrey closed her eyes then he can wait
00:41:30about what i said in school
00:41:34her phone rang again felix vance filled the screen she ignored it
00:41:40you should answer he can shout into voicemail
00:41:44the phone stopped rachel's rang immediately rachel listened for three seconds then went pale
00:41:52he is threatening an emergency board review audrey took the phone
00:41:59father felix's voice was low but i could hear every word
00:42:05you humiliated lucia grant in your own home over a woman with debt collectors at her door
00:42:12i refused a marriage i never accepted you are advanced before you are anything else
00:42:18i am a person before i am an asset careful audrey's fingers tightened around the phone and this
00:42:26send the hail woman away or i will remove every protection you think you can give her
00:42:37audrey saw my face do not threaten her child then do not make him relevant
00:42:44the call ended this is why i left audrey looked wounded not because i wanted adrian
00:42:53because men like him and men like your father could destroy you with one scandal audrey whispered almost
00:42:59too quiet to hear then let me destroy them first audrey whispered almost too quiet to hear
00:43:09adrian did not invite me directly he had an old classmate send the message pretending it was a small
00:43:14reunion by the time i realized the table was for two he was already standing
00:43:22iris you look tired i stayed on my feet say what you want chris needs a specialist
00:43:27i know one attending the evans charity dinner tomorrow you checked my son's file i care you threaten
00:43:42adrian noticed my glance
00:43:46still orbiting abri vance dangerous habit you do not get to say her name his smile thinned
00:43:54i still have the originals photos time stanks drafts and now i have access to people who can
00:44:02make hospital schedules difficult my hands turned cold adrian leaned forward come to the dinner smile
00:44:07beside me where i send those old photos to every hospital board member along with a nice video edit
00:44:12showing exactly what a good little slut you were for me in those pictures chris's surgery list one phone
00:44:17call and it disappears you are sick no i am patient when i left the table audrey was already waiting
00:44:26near the hallway fury barely contained was one rich enemy not enough move did he touch you
00:44:35audrey caught my arm outside the restaurant answer me
00:44:41you do not own every conversation i have with adrian i might have to you think this is jealousy
00:44:48you think i dressed up to flirt with him over wine audrey's face tightened did you i stared at
00:44:55her suddenly too tired to defend myself against the same accusation for the thousandth time
00:45:01believe whatever hurts you most you always do she stepped closer voice low he had his hand near yours
00:45:09he also has something over me but you were too busy being angry to ask
00:45:15that struck her i saw it land for a moment audrey looked like she might soften
00:45:20then adrian appeared at the door iris are you appeared at the door old fear moved before thought
00:45:26i pulled my arm from audrey and walked toward him because if adrian thought i was slipping he would
00:45:31punish crease first yes audrey watched me leave with him i did not look back until we reached the corner
00:45:40when i did she was still standing there one hand pressed to her mouth as if she had been punched
00:45:47audrey whispered audrey whispered not to me but to herself damn it her laugh was broken
00:45:58this is not weakness this is unfinished business i do not lose people twice not to adrian cole not to
00:46:08my
00:46:08father not to anyone then her expression hardened and i am done losing to adrian cole
00:46:19water streamed down my neck and under the collar of my training top audrey took a towel from the bench
00:46:24and pressed it to my chest before i could reach for it i can do it myself audrey did not
00:46:30let go
00:46:31the towel moved slowly too slowly over my collarbone then lower brushing across my
00:46:37breast through the soaked fabric my breath caught audrey saw it still pretending i grabbed her wrist
00:46:43you said this was training audrey leaned close her mouth nearly touching my ear audrey it is i am
00:46:50learning exactly how fast you react to me it is i am learning exactly how fast you react to me
00:47:01her other hand slid to my lower stomach palm warm through the wet fabric fingers stopping just above
00:47:07the line where professionalism ended and danger began my knees almost gave
00:47:14audrey tell me about adrian
00:47:18the name cut through the heat i shoved her hand away do not use my body to drag out answers
00:47:24then stop letting him control every answer you refuse to give me
00:47:30you know nothing audrey stepped back jaw tight
00:47:38rachel does her phone lit up with rachel's name i found the old phone records adrian cole had access to
00:47:45a private school server a hospital donor list and a cloud account that still picks every 30 days audrey's
00:47:51face went cold send me everything and freeze every donor privilege tied to cole medical until i know
00:47:59which doctor is helping him that may start a war with his family good put it on my calendar i
00:48:07stood there
00:48:07wet shaking and suddenly the towel felt like the least dangerous thing in the room
00:48:14at the hospital service exit crease disappeared between the lobby and the transport desk one nurse swore a
00:48:20staff member had signed him out for a cardiac scan the transport order looked real the signature did not
00:48:25i ran into the street without knowing where to go chris my phone rang adrian
00:48:34this is what happens when you make new friends iris
00:48:39where is he and the dinner stand where i tell you maybe the boy comes home scared instead of missing
00:48:52the line died
00:48:55i called audrey because terror was stronger than pride when she arrived i hit her chest with both fists
00:49:02if you had not pushed if rachel had not investigated he would still be safe look at me i will
00:49:11find him
00:49:12she turned to rachel lockdown traffic cameras hospital exits private ambulances search any warehouse within
00:49:2015 minutes of the hospital now put van security on on every service lane flag every coal-owned vehicle
00:49:27and get police ready without tipping adrian off if lucia's office touch this i want her phone slim and ready
00:49:35rachel was already moving 30 minutes later we found the fake transport van outside an abandoned storage
00:49:42site near the hospital service road dot crease was inside with a terrified temporary driver who claimed
00:49:48lucia's office sent the order crease stumbled toward me clutching his dinosaur
00:49:58he sobbed into my coat beyond the service lane a truck horn screamed from the road
00:50:04crease's toy slipped from his hands and rolled past the curb toward the traffic lane he ran after
00:50:10it audrey moved before anyone else could breathe the truck missed crease by inches audrey hit the pavement
00:50:16with him locked against her chest her shoulder scraped across the curb tearing through her sleeve
00:50:20blood ran down her forearm for a moment all i could hear was my own scream crease blinked up at
00:50:25her are
00:50:27you a superhero audrey tried to smile through the pain only when dinosaurs run into traffic
00:50:37i fell beside them and pulled crease into one arm audrey into the other before i remembered we were
00:50:42not that kind of family you are bleeding he is not that answer ruined me that night i wrapped her
00:50:51arm in
00:50:52her apartment while crease slept on the couch under rachel's watch why did you jump like that audrey looked at
00:50:58crease
00:51:01because you would not have survived losing him my throat closed
00:51:07before i could answer my phone rang adrian again
00:51:14charity dinner tomorrow dr evans will be there bring gratitude leave audrey at home he is using the doctor
00:51:23chris needs that introduction then i am going with you you are injured
00:51:31and adrian is breathing i can handle one of those problems tomorrow
00:51:37the charity dinner looked like a world that would never let crease inside unless someone rich open the door
00:51:52you should be resting and let adrian play savior no adrian appeared with dr evans smiling like the knight belonged
00:52:00to him
00:52:05dr evans this is iris hale her son's case is the one i mentioned
00:52:12dr evans shook my hand warmly i have reviewed the summary there may be a surgical path hope struck so
00:52:20hard i nearly cried
00:52:23thank you adrian leaned close
00:52:29a little gratitude goes a long way
00:52:36audrey's hand tightened at her side before she could speak vivian reed joined us with a medical folder
00:52:47dr evans i also sent chris's file through the foundation channel iris does not need personal
00:52:52favors to get reviewed adrian's smile slipped audrey looked between vivian and me
00:52:57jealousy and confusion warring in her eyes dr evans brightened
00:53:02you two know each other she saved my life in school aubrey heard it i saw her hear it a
00:53:09staff
00:53:09member approached the private staff consultation room is ready dr evans gestured to me and vivian
00:53:16let's talk where it is quiet
00:53:20audrey stepped forward but the door closed before she could enter for once she was the one left outside
00:53:28inside the consultation room dr evans reviewed creases scans while vivian sat beside me
00:53:36he is fragile but not hopeless if the foundation clears emergency funding i can assemble a team i
00:53:44gripped the edge of the chair how soon sooner if adrian stops interfering i turned to her dot vivian
00:53:51lowered her voice i found an old drive from school pool footage partial security logs and adrian near
00:53:58the locker room before she could say more the door burst open audrey stood there eyes fixed on vivian's
00:54:02hand covering mine private meeting
00:54:06vivian withdrew calmly medical meeting adrian appeared behind audrey enjoying the chaos
00:54:22the announcement bell saved us from a fight
00:54:24in the auction hall the final item was placed beneath a spotlight a vintage white moon brooch bright as a
00:54:31frozen piece of midnight the host smiled a one-of-a-kind piece opening bid eight hundred thousand
00:54:41adrian lifted his paddle first a performance for me vivian followed not for romance but to keep it away
00:54:46from him then audrey raised hers
00:54:51audrey what are you doing
00:54:56winning adrian's bid climbed vivian's followed audrey's voice cut cleanly through both
00:55:05whatever they offer i double it
00:55:10the hall fell silent
00:55:14the final price made the entire hall gasped adrian lowered his paddle first vivian lowered hers after
00:55:20watching audrey with something like approval sold to audrey van
00:55:28i thought she had bought it to prove adrian could not win or to give it to someone important
00:55:32enough to stand beside her publicly i stood to leave before the disappointment showed iris hands no
00:55:42open it she pressed the velvet box into my hands inside the white moon brooch caught the light
00:55:50this is insane chris said mothers should have pretty things too consider it from him
00:55:58consider it from him i almost smiled almost then my phone buzzed we need to talk alone audrey saw the
00:56:06name before i could hide it the coffee shop lucia chose was nearly empty she sat by the window in
00:56:11cream silk and unsigned check in front of her fill in any amount then leave adrian i slid it back
00:56:20this is not about money lucia's polite mask cracked everything is about money you of all people
00:56:27should know that i know what love costs that is different lucia stood so quickly her cup rattled
00:56:33you think she will choose you a club girl with a hospital bill lucia slid a check across the table
00:56:39take it pay for the boy's surgery then disappear before aubrey ruins herself for you i looked at
00:56:46the number it was more money than i had ever seen you think love is something you can buy off
00:56:51because
00:56:51that is how you were raised lucia's smile broke love you were a bunny girl in a club a temporary
00:56:58addiction a shadow fell across the table if you have something to say say it to me
00:57:05lucia stood up looking furious i'm doing this for your own good she's just a prostitute who sells
00:57:12drinks at a club not only is she not good enough for you but she'll also ruin you say that
00:57:18again
00:57:19and i will freeze every deal tied to your signature rachel notify legal grant projects are frozen until lucia
00:57:28learns where my name ends and hers begins lucia turned pale audrey walked to my side and took my
00:57:34hand before i could pull away you cannot be serious this woman left you for adrian cole maybe she did
00:57:42maybe she broke me that still does not give you permission to touch her price her shame her or
00:57:49speak her name like she belongs below you lucia stepped toward me what did you do to her audrey's
00:57:57gaze dropped to my mouth and i understood too late that she had chosen a louder answer audrey grabbed
00:58:02my chin and kissed me hard in front of everyone tongue pushing into my mouth claiming biting my lower
00:58:07lip until i moaned her other hand gripped my ass through the dress pulling me against her thigh
00:58:14when she pulled back my lips were swollen lipstick smeared and a string of saliva connected us
00:58:19she's mine her mouth her cunt her everything the words should have humiliated me instead they
00:58:27ripped through the last bit of distance i had tried to keep between us lucia's face twisted
00:58:33you'll regret humiliating me i did not see her phone under the table the screen still showed
00:58:38a message to an unknown contact find out where the sea chute happens no delays
00:58:45no i regret waiting this long that night at the vance estate felix threw a check onto the table in
00:58:50front of me
00:58:51leave my daughter before you cost her the company audrey stood between us shoulders rigid
00:58:59she is not leaving because you are afraid of a scandal then you will learn what defiance costs
00:59:04the guards moved audrey did not step back for the first time i understood that the cage around
00:59:09her had always been prettier than mine but no less real i was led out of the study by the
00:59:15bodyguards when
00:59:16the study door opened again audrey stepped out the back of her shirt was stained black with blood i
00:59:22covered my mouth what did he do audrey tried to smile a family discussion felix followed cold and
00:59:32controlled the luxon deep sea campaign secures a 10-year contract fail it and the board will question your
00:59:39judgment she is injured felix looked at me as if my concern were dirt on his floor then she should
00:59:47have chosen a less expensive rebellion felix looked at me as if my concern were dirt on his floor audrey
00:59:53lifted her head then put it in writing excuse me i complete luxon sign the 10-year contract and the
01:00:02board signs my independent control clause you stop using my private life as company leverage and if you fail
01:00:11then bring the vote of no continents you have been polishing for years audrey no audrey touched my
01:00:18face with the hand that was not shaking i am not asking for permission i am setting terms
01:00:27i promised i would build a place where no one could force us apart let me keep one promise the
01:00:33next day
01:00:34the coast was gray and windy cameras divers and safety boats lined the shore audrey wore a black
01:00:39wetsuit the wounds across her back taped beneath it i stood waist deep beside her guiding breathing drills
01:00:45a black suv idled behind the equipment trucks rachel frowned at it but a production coordinator pulled
01:00:51her toward a contract dispute before she could check the plate focus on me not the depth
01:01:02audrey's smile was pale that has always been the problem i walked toward a small stand to buy water
01:01:09after a break behind the rocks something moved i turned too late a hard blow struck the back of my
01:01:15head the sky tilted and the last thing i saw was lucia's white coat against the gray sea
01:01:24the emergency procedure lasted through the night i sat outside the operating room with audrey's
01:01:28blood dried under my nails and crease asleep against rachel's coat
01:01:34when the doctor finally came out his face was grave doctor
01:01:42the bullet passed through the upper shoulder no lung damage no major vessel hit but the next 24 hours
01:01:49still matter in the recovery room audrey looked smaller than any woman that powerful should look
01:01:54tubes ran from her arm her breathing was shallow i held her hand to my cheek iris
01:02:00i loved you from the first day you stole my cola and pretended you hated it
01:02:04her fingers moved i froze audrey opened her eyes barely audrey say that again when i am less drugged
01:02:11i laughed and sobbed at once iris i love you audrey's mouth curved audrey then marry me someday
01:02:18wake up properly first outside the room two nurses whispered over a phone dot nurse one
01:02:23is that the woman from the kidnapping rumor the club girl people online are saying awful things
01:02:31my body went cold rachel showed audrey the trending tags because hiding them would only make it worse
01:02:37lucia's side had planted rumors that i had been assaulted that audrey had ruined herself for trash
01:02:41that crease was a pawn audrey's eyes turned deadly audrey press conference today you were shot
01:02:49then they can photograph the bandage while i bury them she turned to me audrey no one shames you for
01:03:01surviving audrey walked into the press conference in a hospital robe under a black coat every camera
01:03:06in the room flashed her hand held mine so tightly i could feel her pulse
01:03:11miss vance is it true your relationship with lucia grant ended because of miss hale
01:03:17my relationship with lucia grant never began
01:03:19the proposed alliance is cancelled audrey looked straight into the cameras
01:03:25audrey raised one hand iris is the woman i love
01:03:33my breath caught lucia's crime was not passion it was violence adrian cole's black rail was not romance
01:03:43it was abuse and anyone using rumors about a victim to entertain themselves should be ashamed
01:03:51vance group legal has filed criminal and civil actions against adrian cole lucia grant and every
01:03:58institution that helped them weaponize a child's medical care the police and medical reports confirm iris
01:04:07was rescued before lucia's staged video could be made but even if the worst had happened iris would not be
01:04:15dirty the criminals would be audrey turned to me audrey i will spend the rest of my life protecting her
01:04:23right to stand in the sun applause began in the back and spread
01:04:31applause began for the first time in years i did not lower my head later at the hospital
01:04:37the doctor reviewed audrey's wound and shook his head doctor
01:04:42your shoulder can recover deep water shooting with fresh stitches is medically reckless
01:04:47then cancel luxon rachel closed her eyes rachel audrey looked at me
01:04:53no i made a promise your life is not a bargaining chart it is the board's language
01:05:00i will answer it in numbers
01:05:05five days of recovery antibiotics and arguments bought audrey enough strength to stand
01:05:09it did not buy her anyone's approval luxon can be renegotiated pressure cold and panic can reopen
01:05:17those stitches rachel argued first then the doctor then me none of us moved audrey doctor
01:05:24i do not need your family's permission if it costs your life audrey sat on the edge of the hospital
01:05:29bed
01:05:29pale but stubborn audrey you should not have to live under threats because loving me is inconvenient
01:05:34for my father i would rather fight him broke than bury you rich her face softened i know
01:05:41but she still stood at the coast vivian waited near the safety tent with an old waterproof storage
01:05:46drive in her hand vivian audrey the pool accident is why you panic underwater audrey's expression closed vivian
01:05:58you nearly drowned iris pulled you out adrian and the others rewrote what happened after audrey looked at me
01:06:06i looked away why did you never tell me i looked away because the photos came after
01:06:13because every truth had a threat attached vivian's voice was gentle dot vivian
01:06:19do not go down to prove felix wrong go down only if you want your own fierce was gentle
01:06:26for 12 years fear owned that memory today i take it back
01:06:33she stepped into the wetsuit i knew i would follow her
01:06:39audrey entered the water without looking back because if she looked at me she might stop i stood
01:06:44on the platform with my nails digging into my palms the first marker went smoothly her body was
01:06:50controlled her kicks steady the photographer signaled approval at the second marker her breathing
01:06:55changed over the cum at the final lit platform her hand twitched
01:07:01i can do this her voice sounded like she was trying to convince the water then the current shifted
01:07:07a shadow crossed the lens audrey froze through the monitor i saw her eyes widen behind the mask vivian
01:07:18she is flashing back flashing back i was already moving i hit the water hard and followed the safety
01:07:26line down the cold stole my breath but i forced myself lower until audrey's shape appeared in the dark
01:07:36aubrey will get me she did not move i swam in front of her and pressed both hands to her
01:07:40helmet iris
01:07:44you are not in that school pool adrian is not here your father is not here i am i put
01:07:50my forehead to
01:07:50hers through the gear you once asked me to run away with you i could not then i am here
01:07:55now audrey's gloved
01:07:57hands grip my arms through the masks our mouths touched not perfect not easy but enough her eyes
01:08:04cleared audrey stay with me always
01:08:12she turned toward the camera
01:08:16audrey moved again the first pose was stiff then cleaner the second required her to release the safety
01:08:22rail and turn into the open dark i saw the fear strike her but this time she looked at me
01:08:27instead
01:08:27of the depth
01:08:31breathe
01:08:35audrey breathed the photographer's voice crackled through the cum final sequence in three two one
01:08:44audrey pushed downward spun through the silver beam and reached toward the light with a grace that made
01:08:49the whole ocean seem to pause the crew on the surface erupted through the radio
01:08:57perfect we got it audrey looked at me and the triumph in her eyes was so naked i nearly cried
01:09:03underwater when we surfaced rachel was shouting at everyone and crying at the same time rachel
01:09:19audrey laughed then winced from the wound i climbed onto the platform beside her and wrapped a towel
01:09:23around her shoulders never scare me like that again i won you survived that matters more vivian
01:09:31and approached with her phone in hand dr evans confirmed chris's emergency funding surgery can be
01:09:37moved to dawn my knees almost gave out audrey caught me even while injured see we are very good at
01:09:45impossible things i pressed my face into her shoulder and finally let myself believe her
01:09:53crease woke after surgery with a tiny bandage under his gown and his dinosaur toy tucked beneath one
01:09:58arm dot crease
01:10:01mom
01:10:03i burst into tears before i could answer
01:10:07i am here audrey stood behind me one hand in a sling eyes suspiciously bright crease looked at her dot
01:10:13crease
01:10:18superhero lady stayed superhero lady is hard to get rid of a few days later vivian met us by the
01:10:25same coast
01:10:26where audrey had completed the shoot she carried the old drive in a clear evidence bag
01:10:32the restored footage is enough it shows iris pulling audrey from the school pool it also shows adrian
01:10:39near the locker room before the photos were taken audrey watched the video in silence young me
01:10:44soaked and terrified dragging her unconscious body toward the tiles young adrian stepping into frame after
01:10:49too late to be a hero early enough to steal the story audrey covered her mouth
01:10:57it was you it was always me audrey's tears fell before she could hide them and i hated you for
01:11:04saving me you did not know rachel's evidence package finished what the video began adrian's encrypted files
01:11:11blackmail messages and hospital interference went to prosecutors lucia's staged kidnapping order and
01:11:17weapon charge destroyed the grant alliance felix lost the board vote he tried to use against audrey at
01:11:22the public follow-up audrey pinned the white moon broach to my dress odd i cannot give you back 12
01:11:28years
01:11:30and give me tomorrow she kissed me in front of every camera this time i did not hide