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He Laughed While I Bled And Lost Me Forever
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00:00But that night, betrayal touched her skin before it reached her heart.
00:04Nathan, get me to the ER now. I'm having a reaction.
00:09Strawberry? You use strawberry? You know I'm deathly allergic?
00:13Once, Nathan would have carried her through fire. Now, he raised his phone.
00:18Haley, Stella's breaking out bad.
00:20No way! I told you I was right. I'm a genius. Does it itch like crazy? Put her on speaker,
00:27I want to ask.
00:28Stella, does it?
00:29He stopped only because he saw her tears, not because he understood her pain.
00:35Enough. I'm taking her to the hospital.
00:37Okay, okay. Okay. Hurry up, Mrs. Foster. Maybe try my little trick later.
00:43Come on. I'll drive.
00:47You have nothing to say? Nothing to explain?
00:51Explain what? Haley's young. It was just a prank. Stop turning everything into drama.
00:57The first time she had an allergic reaction, Nathan ran across campus with her in his arms, terrified of losing
01:02her.
01:03For five years, he panicked before she did.
01:06He checked her pulse. He begged her to stay awake.
01:09But tonight, her pain had become his entertainment.
01:12So Stella stopped waiting for the man who used to save her.
01:15With shaking hands, she saved herself.
01:17And with a broken heart, she finally chose herself.
01:20Nathan, I want a divorce.
01:23And in his eyes, she saw no regret. Only calculation.
01:28Nathan didn't panic when she asked for a divorce.
01:31He looked annoyed.
01:34Oh, here we go again. How long this time? One day? A week? A whole month?
01:42Forever.
01:44Haley's young. She likes jokes. And yes, I play along. That's it. She's just young.
01:49He called her pain a joke, then called her reaction exhausting.
02:04That night, Stella went to the ER alone.
02:07By morning, she still showed up.
02:09Nathan didn't.
02:11No call. No text. No apology.
02:14When numbness replaced heartbreak, Stella went straight to his company.
02:19Then his post appeared.
02:21Not an apology to his wife, but a public tribute to Haley.
02:25The necklace on Haley's neck was Stella's anniversary gift.
02:29Build the case.
02:30Sue Haley Vance for unjust encryptment.
02:32I want every cent back.
02:35Once, Nathan had told everyone in this building that Stella had his full authority.
02:40Now, even entering his office made her look like an intruder.
02:43Stella opened the door and found the answer Nathan never gave her.
02:46You little troublemaker. What do you want to play now?
02:49Let's make a bet. See how long you can keep pretending you're serious.
02:52Mr. Foster, your wife is here.
02:55And this time, Stella didn't look away.
02:59For one frozen second, everyone saw the truth.
03:03Then Haley moved first.
03:06Are you serious right now? You followed us here like some creep?
03:10Stella, what the hell are you doing here? We were just fooling around.
03:13Haley wasn't embarrassed. She was enjoying this.
03:17That's what young people do.
03:19Mrs. Foster's basically ancient, so I guess this is hard for you to understand.
03:23And wow, your face looks terrible.
03:25Are you about to throw another fit?
03:27Enough, Haley. Knock it off.
03:29Let's go. We're filing today.
03:31You said it yourself yesterday.
03:339 a.m., or you're the one who looks unhinged.
03:38Stella, you're actually serious?
03:40She's bluffing. You really think she'd give up being Mrs. Foster? No way.
03:44Then Stella saw the necklace. Her anniversary gift was hanging around Haley's neck.
03:49You're apologizing for him?
03:54You've got nothing but nerve. I'll give you that.
03:57What do you mean by that?
03:59You told me last night that if it itched too much, I should smack it with a slipper.
04:05So let me help you try your own advice.
04:08Mr. Foster! Help me!
04:10What the hell is wrong with you?
04:11Have you lost your mind?
04:14Mr. Foster, it hurts so bad.
04:16It's okay. I've got you. I'm taking you to the hospital.
04:18You crossed the line. I'll deal with you later.
04:21That was the moment Stella stopped expecting him to protect her.
04:24One hour. Courthouse. Don't make me come find you.
04:31Stella came back to the courthouse with bruises under her coat and no hope left in her eyes.
04:39You actually filed against Haley? After what you did to her?
04:42A few gifts? A stupid fight? And now you're turning this into a legal war?
04:47When did you become this bitter? I gave her things, that's all.
04:50Then let's call them what they are. Marital assets you handed to another woman.
04:55Bracelets, watches, jewelry, private purchases. Add them up, Nathan. It's not pocket change.
05:02Fine. I shouldn't have given her your gift. I'll replace it. I'll buy you something better.
05:07Drop the lawsuit. Stop the divorce. We can still fix this tonight.
05:14They called us. Move.
05:17At the filing window, the marriage they once celebrated became a stack of papers.
05:23Both parties are present. Are you confirming the filing today?
05:26Yes. There's nothing left here worth saving.
05:30Confirmed. Please process it.
05:32The filing is received. Finalization requires the mandatory waiting period.
05:39You've got time to calm down. Use it.
05:43When you regret this, don't expect me to make it easy.
05:48Mr. Foster, I'm scared. Can you come back to the hospital?
05:51I'm on my way. Stay there.
05:53Three years ago, outside these same doors, he had lifted her up and called her his whole world.
05:57Now he walked away without looking back, and she finally felt how cold freedom could be.
06:04After the filing, Stella drove with no destination, only memories chasing her through the city.
06:09Every street carried a version of Nathan who used to love her loudly, recklessly, completely.
06:14But that man was gone, and the stranger wearing his face had just chosen another woman again.
06:21She cried only when no one could see her.
06:24Then she made the first decision that was entirely hers.
06:30Understood. Take care of yourself first.
06:33We'll prepare your position here.
06:35When Stella opened the door to the home she had built with Nathan, another woman was already inside it.
06:41Mrs. Foster. Mr. Foster was worried I wouldn't recover properly alone, so he let me stay for a while.
06:46You don't mind, do you?
06:47You couldn't even wait until I was gone.
06:50You hurt her.
06:51Letting her stay here is the least we can do.
06:54Apologize properly, and I might still stop the divorce filing before it becomes final.
06:58Then I won't disturb your guest.
07:00He thought he was offering mercy.
07:02Stella heard only a door closing.
07:05She packed only what belonged to her.
07:07Anything touched by their marriage, she left behind.
07:13You're actually packing?
07:15You're leaving over this?
07:16I'll see you in 30 days.
07:18At court.
07:20Mrs. Foster, don't leave like this.
07:22I already said I'm sorry.
07:23Move.
07:24Mr. Foster, help me!
07:25Hayley!
07:30He caught Hayley without hesitation.
07:32And Stella became the one he pushed away.
07:37Blood touched Stella's fingers, and for half a second, Nathan looked like he remembered she was human.
07:42I only wanted to stop her from leaving.
07:45She tried to shove me first.
07:47If you hadn't caught me, I could have fallen instead.
07:50You brought this on yourself, Stella.
07:52She got herself to the hospital because the man who hurt her had already walked away.
07:57You have a concussion.
07:58Stay under observation and don't move around tonight.
08:04Mrs. Foster, Mr. Fowler wants you brought to him.
08:08No.
08:09I'm injured.
08:10Tell him I'm not going anywhere.
08:12We weren't told to ask.
08:14Her body could barely stand, but Nathan still wanted her dragged to him like a criminal.
08:25They brought her to a public stairway, as if humiliation needed witnesses.
08:31Nathan, what is this?
08:32Why did you drag me here?
08:34Because you still haven't learned where the line is.
08:38You couldn't push her at home, so you sent someone to finish it outside?
08:42I don't know what I did to make her hate me this much.
08:45I didn't send anyone.
08:46She fell because she staged everything herself.
08:49Still blaming her, even now.
08:52Nathan, don't do this.
08:54You know I'm hurt.
08:55Hayley was hurt because of you.
08:57Now she gets to decide what's fair.
09:00I promised I'd protect her, even for my wife.
09:05Go on, push her.
09:10Nathan, look at me.
09:11Are you really going to do this?
09:13I can't.
09:14She's still your wife.
09:16I'm scared.
09:17Then watch carefully.
09:19This is how you make someone remember.
09:21He did not hesitate.
09:23Not once.
09:25The first fall stole the air from her lungs.
09:28Before she could breathe, they dragged her back up.
09:31Now you understand.
09:32Go ahead.
09:34I just want this to be fair.
09:41Are you ready to admit what you did?
09:43Once, he had sworn he would believe her before the world did.
09:45Now he was the one breaking her and asking her to apologize for bleeding.
09:50The worst thing I ever trusted was your love.
09:54Still proud.
09:55Still refusing to learn.
09:57Mr. Foster, can we leave?
09:59I'm shaking.
10:00They left together.
10:02Stella stayed behind with the wind, the stone, and the pain.
10:07911, what is your emergency?
10:09You're stable, but the injuries are extensive.
10:12You'll need time and documentation.
10:14I need every scan, every diagnosis, every injury note.
10:18Nothing missing.
10:18While Stella collected evidence from a hospital bed, Haley was already posting proof that Nathan
10:23had chosen her.
10:24While Nathan traveled with Haley, Stella erased herself from the life he had ruined.
10:28Photos, locks, shared promises.
10:30One by one, she let them die.
10:32Then she sent the divorce papers, the evidence, and the police report.
10:36Goodbye, Nathan.
10:37This time I'm not looking back.
10:42Nathan watched the call end, but something in the crowd pulled his eyes away from the
10:46screen.
10:46For one second, he thought he saw Stella walking toward a flight to San Francisco.
10:51Mr. Foster, what are you staring at?
10:55Nothing.
10:55I thought I saw someone.
10:57He opened their messages, expecting anger, threats, anything.
11:00What he found was silence.
11:02No calls, no pleading, no waiting.
11:04Stella had stopped reaching for him.
11:06She's still angry.
11:08That's all.
11:08She always cools down eventually.
11:10You're texting her again?
11:14She blocked me?
11:15Stella blocked me?
11:17Maybe she's just trying to make you chase her.
11:23Come home.
11:24Now.
11:25And bring Haley Vance with you.
11:27Nathan decided Stella must have run to his parents.
11:30It was the only explanation he could accept.
11:32Should I bring something?
11:34It feels rude to meet them empty-handed.
11:36This isn't a visit.
11:37Just stay quiet.
11:39Haley heard family and mistook it for an invitation.
11:42The moment they stepped inside, the room felt colder than the airport glass.
11:50It's nice to finally meet your parents.
11:53What is this about?
11:54Did Stella come here first?
11:55If she's twisting the story again, I'm not interested.
11:57Diane did not ask questions.
11:59She already had answers.
12:02Mrs. Foster, I think there may be a misunderstanding.
12:05Don't perform innocence in my house.
12:15Mrs. Foster, why would you hit me?
12:20I haven't done anything to you.
12:21No, you did worse.
12:23You taught my son to become cruel.
12:25Let her speak.
12:26I want to hear how far she can lie.
12:28Mrs. Foster, I don't know.
12:36Then someone hurt me at the plaza.
12:37Mr. Foster only wanted justice.
12:39Every sentence was polished.
12:41Every tear arrived exactly on time.
12:43You knew Stella wanted distance, yet you walked into her home and called it peacemaking.
12:48You provoked her, cornered her, then cried when she reacted.
12:52Mom, you're making it sound worse than it was.
12:53Stella wasn't seriously hurt.
12:55She was your wife, Nathan.
12:56You threw her away like an enemy.
12:58Haley was childish, not evil.
13:00Stella kept escalating everything until I had to stop her.
13:03If I kept giving in, she would have gone even further.
13:07You call that stopping her?
13:09You became the danger.
13:13Read before you defend her again.
13:18Screenshots, dates, receipts, messages, everything Stella had endured alone was finally in his hands.
13:24No, those are fake.
13:25She made them to ruin me.
13:27Don't touch it.
13:28Then he saw the words she had written when she thought he would never know.
13:32So I was a joke to you.
13:33A tool?
13:35And the camera stills showed the truth.
13:38Stella had screamed until no one listened.
13:40Nathan, please, I can explain.
13:46For one ridiculous second, Nathan thought Stella had come back.
13:50But Stella no longer came to him.
13:53She sent the law instead.
13:56Mr. Foster, Ms. Hayes has filed a report.
13:59We need you and Mrs. Vaunt to come with us for questioning.
14:01She called the police?
14:02She's your wife!
14:03How could she do this to you?
14:05Enough!
14:06You dragged our name into this because you couldn't tell poison from innocence!
14:10For her, you helped break the woman who trusted you.
14:14Please come with us.
14:15Both of you.
14:16Bail came quickly.
14:17Consequences did not.
14:19They sat between them like a third person.
14:21The release paperwork is being processed.
14:22Say nothing without me present.
14:24Then Nathan saw Stella's injury report.
14:26Not rumors.
14:27Not drama.
14:28Documentation.
14:29This...
14:29This was all from that night?
14:32Nathan, please believe me.
14:33She planned this.
14:34She wanted you to hate me.
14:37Those messages, those pictures, none of it is real.
14:40You still think this is about Stella being jealous?
14:44Who are you to even stand beside her name?
14:46Take her away.
14:47Remove her from the company, from my house, from every place Stella might ever see her again.
14:52No, Nathan, please!
14:53I only did it because I loved you!
14:55No, you loved winning.
14:56You loved watching someone else bleed for it.
14:59Don't leave me like this!
15:00Please!
15:01Nathan did the only thing Panic knew how to do.
15:04Mr. Falster, we have a cash-on-delivery envelope from Stella Hayes.
15:08Are you available to collect it?
15:09He called Stella.
15:11Maybe even a chance.
15:12Then he saw the final divorce decree and understood she had not reached out.
15:17She had returned him.
15:20Stella landed in San Francisco with one suitcase, a healing body, and a life she had to rebuild
15:25from nothing.
15:26The company gave her an apartment.
15:28Work gave her structure.
15:30Exhaustion gave her sleep.
15:31For the first time in years, a day could pass without Nathan being the center of it.
15:35At a team dinner, Stella stepped outside for air, thinking the worst part of her life
15:39was behind her.
15:41New City must feel lonely, Stella.
15:42You shouldn't wander off by yourself.
15:44I'm fine.
15:45I'm going back inside.
15:46Don't be so stiff.
15:48I'm the person you need to stay close to.
15:50I can make things easy for you at HQ.
15:53Or I can make every day miserable.
15:58And who would believe you over me?
16:00My wife owns part of this company.
16:03You're very confident for someone talking this loud.
16:05Then consider this my first rule in San Francisco.
16:09Don't touch me.
16:12You're going to regret that!
16:17She told you not to touch her.
16:19Seems simple enough.
16:20She came on to me first, then attacked me when I rejected her!
16:23Good.
16:24Then let's hear what actually happened.
16:26New City must feel lonely, Stella.
16:28You shouldn't wander off by yourself.
16:31You used my name to threaten women?
16:33You pathetic idiot!
16:35Thank you for stepping in.
16:36I owe you dinner.
16:38Careful.
16:38I might actually collect.
16:41The Beaumont Air is back.
16:42Apparently he's taking over the division himself.
16:48Morning, Stella.
16:49Small world, isn't it?
16:52Todd vanished from the office without a farewell email,
16:55without a meeting, without a second chance.
16:58And Stella was moved straight into the center of Carter Beaumont's orbit.
17:03Todd's badge stopped yurking this morning.
17:05Stella, bring the project files.
17:07We start now.
17:08Carter looked careless from a distance.
17:10Up close, he was fast, sharp, and impossible to fool.
17:14Stop circling the same problem.
17:16Show me numbers that can survive a client call.
17:17Page four.
17:18Revised margins, risk notes, and the foul-back plan.
17:21Good.
17:21That's the version we use.
17:23The client meeting ended cleaner than expected,
17:25and Stella felt the rare relief of a win she had earned herself.
17:29Send us the revised terms by tonight.
17:30We're close.
17:31You'll have the summary within the hour.
17:34Within the hour, remind me not to compete with you.
17:38Mr. Beaumont, your resort project guest arrived early.
17:41They're waiting inside.
17:42Stella, bring the resort file.
17:43You're with me.
17:45Stella had trained herself not to look backward.
17:48Then the past stood up in front of her.
17:52Stella.
17:53Stella gave Nathan nothing.
17:54No anger, no tears, not even the satisfaction of a trembling voice.
17:58The resort was competitive, but the margin remains our main answer.
18:01Foster gummings can improve the margin 1% lower.
18:04On one condition.
18:05Mrs. Haley's remains the point person for this project.
18:08So, old boyfriend?
18:10Old husband.
18:11That explains the staring.
18:13The man looks like he crossed the country to haunt you.
18:15Then put hazard pay in writing.
18:16I'll do the job.
18:20Stella.
18:21Please.
18:22Wait.
18:25Nathan had rehearsed a hundred ways to speak to her.
18:28Stella gave him only a stranger's distance.
18:31Stella, please.
18:31Just give me a minute.
18:35Go ahead without me.
18:37I'll catch up later.
18:38Mr. Forster, is this about the project?
18:40Not business.
18:41I need to talk to you alone.
18:42Then there's nothing to discuss.
18:43Personal matters between us ended with the divorce.
18:46One lunch.
18:46After that, I won't let personal tension touch the project.
18:50Fine.
18:51One meal.
18:51Keep it short.
18:56Talk.
18:57What do you want?
18:59When I learned you were here, I wanted to come immediately.
19:02I should have.
19:03The company nearly collapsed into a mess.
19:06And I spent two weeks cleaning it up.
19:07He offered reasons.
19:09Stella heard delays.
19:13You keep explaining like I was here counting the days until you arrived.
19:17I wasn't.
19:19People move, Nathan.
19:20I move.
19:20Stella, I know I'm late.
19:21Late is still late.
19:24I know now Haley wasn't harmless.
19:26She hurt you, and I kept calling it nothing.
19:28But worse than that, I helped her.
19:30I made your pain look like a problem you caused.
19:32I'm sorry, Stella.
19:33I should have protected you.
19:34The apology came so late, it no longer sounded like healing.
19:37It sounded like another injury.
19:43If you had loved me properly, you wouldn't need a speech now.
19:45I don't love you anymore.
19:46From now on, speak to me only about work.
19:50Stella, wait!
19:51Please, I...
19:57The water did what Nathan's regret could not.
19:59It stopped him.
20:01Don't grab me again.
20:02Not in public.
20:03Not in private.
20:04Not ever.
20:06Stella, I didn't mean to scare you.
20:07You don't get to explain my fear anymore.
20:11Stella walked out before the room could turn her pain into a spectacle.
20:15Please, just let me take you back.
20:17I won't touch you, I swear.
20:20She looks like she already said no.
20:21Did you miss that part?
20:23Mr. Baymont, I'm ready to leave.
20:25Carter didn't ask for the story.
20:26He noticed the shaking and gave her room to breathe.
20:29Drink, and tell me where you want to go.
20:34Not back to the company apartment.
20:35He knows that address.
20:36Then we change it today.
20:37I'll handle the place.
20:38You handle what you want to keep.
20:39By afternoon, Stella was already leaving another address behind.
20:43This time, she chose it before anyone could force her out.
20:47You pack like you're escaping a fire.
20:49I learned not to get attached to walls.
20:52Fair.
20:53Then let's make these walls safer.
20:55Nathan followed them anyway, carrying regret like it gave him permission.
21:00Let me help with that.
21:01I'm not here to fight.
21:02We've got it.
21:03Hands off for things, too.
21:06Nathan, stop following me.
21:08This is not concern, it's pressure.
21:09If you're sorry, respect the one thing I'm asking for.
21:12Leave me alone.
21:13Okay, I'll go.
21:14I won't force you today.
21:15For the first time, Nathan stepped back.
21:17Not because he understood her pain, but because he finally feared losing the last shadow of her.
21:21I have to ask, what did he do to make you look at him like that?
21:28Was it just cheating?
21:30Or did he do something worse?
21:32For a moment, Stella almost gave him the easy answer.
21:35The answer people understood.
21:37If it had only been another woman, I could have walked away clean.
21:41That wasn't what broke me.
21:42They called it jokes.
21:44Little games.
21:45Harmless fun.
21:46But every joke left me smaller, lonelier, less safe in my own life.
21:51He didn't just choose her.
21:53He helped her turn me into something they could laugh at.
21:56Carter stopped smiling.
21:57The story took the light out of her face faster than Carter expected.
22:00No.
22:01We're not letting this apartment feel like a crime scene.
22:03You moved today.
22:04That deserves food.
22:06Then pick some more expensive.
22:08I'm emotionally damaged, not cheap.
22:09That's the spirit.
22:10Terrible for my wallet.
22:11Great for your recovery.
22:13Nathan had not left.
22:14He sat in his car, watching the life Stella was building without him.
22:18That smile used to be his.
22:20Now he could only see it through glass.
22:22I did this.
22:23I made her look at me like a stranger.
22:28Wine loosened what pride kept sealed.
22:30And Carter, for once, did not joke.
22:32He listened.
22:33The stares were the part I still feel in my sleep.
22:35Not the pain.
22:36The way he watched.
22:37He won't get close enough to do that again.
22:39Across the room, Nathan watched her trust another man with the truth he had refused to hear.
22:43Stella fell asleep with tears still drying on her face.
22:46Carter lifted her like something he had no right to damage.
22:49Give her to me.
22:50I'll take her home.
22:51You lost the right to call anywhere with her home.
22:56Get out, Nathan.
22:57Right now.
23:00Carter's fist had bruised Nathan's face.
23:02Stella's slap took away the last of his pride.
23:06He hit me first.
23:07You didn't even ask what happened.
23:10Why should I ask?
23:11You never did.
23:13Stella.
23:14You hurt my friend.
23:15So no, I don't care that you got hit.
23:18That was your rule, wasn't it?
23:19Protect the person you choose.
23:21Ignore the person bleeding.
23:22If you need someone to punish, hit me.
23:24You've done it before.
23:25The words opened a door Nathan had spent weeks trying not to see.
23:29Memory hit him harder than Carter's punch.
23:31The plaza, the stairs, the body he had sent falling.
23:35I'm sorry.
23:36I don't know how to undo that.
23:37You can't.
23:38Leave.
23:39He obeyed.
23:40And the glass showed him what he had lost.
23:42Her concern given to someone else.
23:44Carter refused the hospital, so Stella bought Halfelhan Pharmacy instead.
23:48Hold still.
23:49You look worse when you try to act fine.
23:55I've had worst.
23:56Usually from people with better aim.
23:59Why fight him?
24:00The partnership matters.
24:02The partnership met Mr. Baymont.
24:04The punch came from Carter.
24:05Different departments.
24:05That is not how departments work.
24:08Relax.
24:10Make the company money.
24:12That's a safer thank you than running for the door.
24:14Nathan stopped appearing.
24:15The gifts did not.
24:17Stella returned every box unopened.
24:19Another delivery from Mr. Foster?
24:20Same return instruction?
24:21Same.
24:22Refuse it.
24:24Then construction began.
24:26And at the site, the past was waiting in a suit.
24:31Nathan looked thinner.
24:33Weaker.
24:33Like regret had been eating him from the inside.
24:37Stella.
24:38You came in person.
24:41I'm here for the site infection.
24:43Show me the west section.
24:45Of course.
24:45This way.
24:46She was all business.
24:48The danger above her was not.
24:51Watch out!
24:52Move!
24:57Stella!
24:58Down!
25:01Don't panic.
25:02You're safe.
25:04That's enough.
25:05Nathan.
25:06Nathan, stay with me.
25:07Why are you all standing there?
25:09Call an ambulance!
25:12The man who had once hurt her was now bleeding because he had saved her.
25:16Outside the operating room, Stella sat with Nathan's blood on her hands and no room left
25:21inside her to think.
25:23Stella, look at me.
25:24Are you hurt?
25:26You're safe.
25:27Breathe.
25:28I've got you.
25:30Only then did she break.
25:31Carter washed the blood from her fingers as if gentleness could keep her from falling
25:35apart again.
25:36Tell me he has a chance.
25:37I can't carry another death on my body.
25:39He has a chance.
25:41I called the best trauma team I know.
25:43And this wasn't an accident.
25:45Someone aimed that rod at you.
25:46Bring her here.
25:47I want Stella to see who tried to kill her.
25:51Hayley Vance.
25:52Of course it was you.
25:54Why are you still alive?
25:55Everything was supposed to be mine!
25:59Then I'll finish it myself!
26:05If I can't have a life, neither can you!
26:08Carter moved before fear could reach Stella's body.
26:17Stella, look at me.
26:19Did she cut you?
26:20No, wait!
26:21I lost control!
26:23I didn't mean it!
26:24She brought a knife into a hospital and ran at Stella.
26:27That is not losing control.
26:31Call the police.
26:32Preserve the footage.
26:34Notify legal.
26:34Yes, Mr. Beaumont.
26:36Stella, please!
26:37I'll disappear!
26:38I swear you'll never see me again!
26:41You weren't sorry when you tried to kill me.
26:43Don't ask me to feel sorry now.
26:45You made your choice.
26:46Now live with the consequences.
26:47Take her in.
26:54The surgery is over.
26:55He survived the injury.
26:57Then why do you look like that?
26:59Because the wound is not our only concern.
27:00We found late-age stomach cancer.
27:04Nathan lived.
27:05The words should have been simple.
27:07They were not.
27:09Stella sat beside a man she no longer loved
27:11and still could not treat his dying like nothing.
27:17You're awake.
27:18Don't move.
27:19I called your parents.
27:21They're coming.
27:23Can you stay until they get here?
27:25Just a few days.
27:27Please.
27:28Stay?
27:29As what, Nathan?
27:30Your ex-wife?
27:37Do you understand what you're doing to me right now?
27:40This doesn't make me miss you.
27:42It makes everything hurt again.
27:44You chose someone else,
27:46destroyed me for reacting,
27:47and now you want me to sit here and watch you die?
27:50If Haley was the life you wanted,
27:51then stay in that life.
27:52Stay away from mine.
27:55Don't make your ending another wound I have to carry.
27:58So you know about the cancer.
28:01Maybe this is what I earned.
28:03Maybe hurting you finally came back for me.
28:05She did not love him anymore.
28:07That was true.
28:08But once,
28:09she had loved him with her whole life.
28:11And ruined love still leaves fingerprints.
28:15So she let herself break
28:16where no one could ask her to forgive,
28:18stay,
28:19or understand.
28:22Nathan,
28:23how did it get this bad?
28:25Why didn't you tell us?
28:28We'll bring in every specialist,
28:30whatever it costs.
28:31You're going to fight this.
28:32Do you hear me?
28:33You're going to fight.
28:35Money can buy doctors.
28:36It can't buy back the years
28:38I ignored every warning.
28:39Stella used to guard his health
28:40like it mattered more than her own comfort.
28:42Then he called her cure boring
28:44and mistook Haley's recklessness for freedom.
28:46Maybe this is karma.
28:47I threw away the person
28:49who was trying to keep me alive.
28:50Stella returned to work
28:51because grief had no right
28:53to take the life she rebuilt.
28:55But two weeks later,
28:57Nathan's illness moved faster
28:58than anyone wanted to admit.
29:00Diane?
29:02What are you doing here?
29:11Diane Foster had once entered rooms
29:13like a queen.
29:13Now she knelt in an office,
29:15begging.
29:16Diane, please get up.
29:16Don't do this here.
29:17He's dying, Stella.
29:19I know he hurt you,
29:20but please,
29:21see him once.
29:23Let him have one final wish.
29:25I'm begging you.
29:26You hate him.
29:27I won't defend him,
29:28but I'm his mother.
29:30I can't watch him wait
29:31for someone who never comes.
29:33Stop.
29:33Don't lower yourself any further.
29:35I'll go.
29:36Just stand up first.
29:38I'll drive.
29:39No one else needs to see this.
29:41On the ride to the hospital,
29:42Diane's grief filled
29:43every corner of the car.
29:45We wanted to take him home
29:46for treatment.
29:46He refused.
29:47He said there was no point.
29:49He keeps saying if he has to die,
29:51he wants to be close to you.
29:52Stella said nothing.
29:54Some truths were too cruel to answer.
29:56Stella had prepared for sickness.
29:58She had not prepared
29:59for how small Nathan looked
30:01inside the sheets.
30:02Nathan, look.
30:03She came.
30:04Stella came.
30:07Stella.
30:08The name left him
30:09like a breath he had been saving.
30:11For once,
30:12there was no shouting between them,
30:14only the sound of a machine
30:15keeping time.
30:16I look terrible, don't I?
30:18I didn't want this to be
30:19how you remembered me.
30:20Don't talk like that.
30:21Save your strength.
30:22Then let me spend it carefully.
30:24I don't have much left.
30:26Nathan spoke of old days
30:27until the words
30:28became too heavy
30:29for his body.
30:31Nathan,
30:32I release you.
30:33I release myself too.
30:34Two tears answered her.
30:36Nothing else could.
30:38Nathan!
30:39No!
30:40Please wake up!
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