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00:30The sheets are dirty, send someone to change them
00:32I called housekeeping
00:35Change them again
00:37I did
00:40At 2 a.m. the third call came
00:42I'm sorry sir, but housekeeping is off duty for the night
00:46Then you come up and change them yourself
00:48I hung up the phone right away
00:52That guy in the penthouse again?
00:53Three times in one night?
00:55That's either a lot of red wine or something else
00:57He asked me to come up and do it myself
01:00Just because he can afford the penthouse doesn't mean he owns us
01:03What an ass
01:05The guest asked for Scarlett personally, send her up now
01:07Yes manager, you want Scarlett to go up right now?
01:10You know what the manager just told me?
01:12If that man wants to tear down this hotel, we hand him the sledgehammer ourselves
01:14Who the hell is he?
01:16I didn't answer, but of course I knew
01:18There's an unwritten rule in every hotel in New York
01:20Just follow the requests of the Vitale family
01:22No questions, no checks, no refuses
01:25Fifteen minutes later, I was standing outside the penthouse suite
01:27Pressing the doorbell like I was walking to my own execution
01:35He didn't say hello
01:36Just stepped aside and let me in
01:45Sorry about the trouble
01:46My girlfriend is sensitive
01:48She can't sleep on wet sheets
01:50Five minutes
02:09Your girlfriend will hear
02:13All these years there's one thing I never understood
02:17Why him?
02:18Why the hell did you choose that bastard?
02:42Let her go
02:46You're ridiculous
02:46If you call for new sheets again, I swear I'll have no face left tomorrow
02:53I'd pictured our reunion a hundred different ways
02:55But never once did I think
02:57Three years apart would leave him hating me this much
03:00Maybe I never should have come back at all
03:04I looked him up
03:05Dante Vitale was a member of the Mafia family
03:10Vitale Air makes low-key appearance after old Don's death
03:17Three years ago, after the old Don died, there was a bloodbath
03:20Dante was supposed to take over
03:21But then he got sick
03:23Really sick
03:24Everyone thought he was going to die
03:25His girlfriend betrayed him when he was admitted to the ICU
03:28And the man she cheated with was his father's favorite illegitimate son
03:32Who knew that an anonymous donor would suddenly save him?
03:35That's why people on the internet still call her a heartless, money-driven woman
03:38And one of the most foolish women there is
03:42You don't need to look it up
03:43I'm that woman
03:48Meeting Dante Vitale was the most unlikely accident of my life
03:52I was 20, a sophomore at NYU
03:54A drunk guy put his hand on my waist at the subway station
03:57I turned and kicked him, right where it counted
03:59He doubled over, I grabbed his collar and dragged him to the police booth on the platform
04:05Do I have the honor of getting your number, miss?
04:08Why?
04:08Because I've never seen anyone kick with such precision
04:11I almost laughed
04:12In that split second, he'd already grabbed my phone and dialed his number
04:16Dante
04:17Dante Vitale
04:18I'd never heard the name before
04:20Later I learned that people all over New York lowered their voices when they said it
04:24The first six months we were together, he treated me like I was the only woman on earth
04:29He casually bought a $3 million apartment and said it was closer to my school
04:33Once I was on a video call with my grandmother
04:35She mentioned her dentures didn't fit anymore
04:37The next day Dante took her to the best private clinic in Manhattan and got her full mouth implants
04:42When he signed the bill I saw the number $23,000
04:47He didn't even blink
04:48What if we break up someday?
04:50You're not going to make my grandmother give the teeth back, are you?
04:53He froze for a shout laughing
04:55Then burst out on the couch and laughed for a full two minutes
04:57Back then I only knew he had a family business
04:59That he was rich
05:01I didn't know how rich
05:02Till one day I complained in the apartment that the scholarship process at school was too slow
05:06That the money hadn't come through
05:08The next day the scholarship office director called me personally
05:11The Vitale Family Foundation has streamlined the disbursement process
05:14The funds will be in your account today
05:15That's when I realized my boyfriend was the first son of the Vitale family
05:19The old Don's legal heir
05:24Then the old Don died
05:25My father is gone
05:28Are you okay?
05:29I might not be able to come back for a few days
05:31I'll have people around the apartment
05:33Don't go anywhere
05:33Don't open the door for anyone
05:36That was the last normal phone call we ever had
05:38After the old Don was buried
05:40New York called what followed the biggest mafia war in 40 years
05:44Deontay was the legal heir
05:45But the Don had hidden children
05:47And Damien was his favorite
05:49They united with money, territory, and men
05:51Dante was trapped in the fire
05:53Then Dante collapsed
05:55Acute kidney failure
05:56Eleven days in the ICU
05:57Two rounds of dialysis
05:59No recovery
06:00A doctor told me
06:01Without a donor
06:03He might not last three months
06:04I went to every one of his half-siblings
06:06He's not my problem
06:07I begged them to get tested
06:08Don't come here again
06:09Not one of them said yes
06:10If Dante dies
06:11That's God's will
06:12They all knew the same thing
06:13If Dante died
06:14There would be more for them to inherit
06:17Dante must have sensed it too
06:20He had his lawyer transfer all his assets into my name
06:24Meeting you in this life
06:25I have no regrets
06:28But what no one expected was this
06:30I signed the transfer papers
06:32And the next thing the world saw was me in public
06:34With Damien on my arm
06:36I didn't stay with Dante through those final days
06:38I betrayed him
06:40And I chose the old Don's favorite bastard son
06:45What came next was exactly what the gossip rates printed
06:47Dante was still in the ICU
06:49When his first love turned around
06:50And ran off with half the half-brother he hated most
06:52The news spreaded across New York
06:54Dante's friends called me a gold digger
06:55A whore, a piece of heartless trash
06:56Every word was a poison-tipped knife
06:58I swallowed them all
07:00Dante begged to see me one last time
07:02His friend had no choice but to call me
07:06He was fading fast
07:08Please, just go see him once
07:11When I went to the hospital to see Dante
07:12He'd lost so much weight
07:14His cheekbones protruded
07:15His arms were covered in needle marks
07:16But the moment he saw me
07:17His eyes lit up
07:18I almost couldn't bear it
07:19I nearly told him everything
07:23They say you're with Damien
07:24I don't believe it
07:25Tell me yourself
07:25Tell me they're lying
07:27Dante
07:28I don't love you anymore
07:29His face crumbled
07:30The Vidala heir who had once ruled Manhattan's underworld
07:33In that moment he looked like a child
07:34Who had everything taken from him
07:35He cried
07:36He held my hand and begged me not to leave
07:39He said he would get better
07:40He would crush every bastard under his steel
07:42He would make me the most respected woman in this city
07:45If I would just stay
07:47I stood there
07:47I didn't move
07:50Finally, his childhood friend Enzo Falco burst in
07:53And shoved me out of the room
07:54Get out!
07:55If you ever show up in front of him again
07:57I'll throw you into the ocean myself
07:59And feed you to the sharks
08:10Dante
08:19You okay?
08:22Of course
08:24At 8am
08:25I finally got off the night shift
08:29Get here now
08:30The penthouse guest says something valuable is missing
08:32The manager wants you here immediately
08:34I threw on my clothes and rushed back to the hotel
08:50We can't afford to offend this guest
08:52Just play along
08:53Go through the motions
08:54Only two people entered our room last night
08:56One was the maid
08:57She's been cleared
08:58The other is her
09:01Take off your clothes
09:02I need to check you
09:04If you suspect I stole it
09:05Then call the police
09:06You have no right to strip search me
09:09My boyfriend doesn't have time
09:10To waste on police station procedures with you
09:14Do you know who he is?
09:17My earrings are worth $3 million
09:19They were my boyfriend's birthday gift to me
09:22I knew something was off about you
09:23Last night I barely came out of the bathroom
09:25And you were already running out like a rabbit
09:27If you didn't do anything wrong
09:28Why were you running?
09:43Dante's coffee cup froze midair
09:44His gaze landed on the shattered pieces
09:46His fingers tightened slightly
09:48It was the first gift Dante ever gave me
09:50$20, worthless
09:52But I'd never thought of throwing it away
09:54He told her to stop
09:55Enough, stop this
09:56Tomorrow you can go pick a new set
09:58Any store you want
10:00You're so sweet
10:01Dante didn't look at her
10:02His eyes remained fixed on the crystal shards on the floor
10:05Dante asked everyone in the reception room to leave
10:08Suddenly the room fell silent
10:09And a profound silence enveloped us
10:12I crouched down and picked up each item one by one
10:14Putting them back into my bag
10:15A shard of crystal my finger up as I picked it up
10:18I didn't look up
10:19But I knew he was watching me
10:21Didn't he ever give you anything nice?
10:23Damien at least got some scraps from the old man's table
10:26And you're still holding on to cheap junk from your ex?
10:31We've already broken up
10:32So there's no need for you to be so sarcastic
10:35Got played and then dumped?
10:37No wonder you ended up here as a front desk clerk
10:39Shame, if you just held out a little longer
10:41You wouldn't have bet on the wrong horse
10:42That useless piece of trash Damien
10:44I crushed him under my heel in the end
10:46I knew exactly what he meant
10:48After Dante took over
10:49He eliminated every bastard who'd fought him for the inheritance
10:51With brutal efficiency
10:53The entire city of New York knows that the new godfather of the Vichato family
10:56Shows no mercy to those who betray him
10:58I didn't want to hear any more
11:00I turned to leave
11:01He grabbed my wrist and slammed me against the wall
11:04My shoulder hit the hard surface
11:06And I let out a painted grunt
11:07He gripped my chin, forcing me to look up at him
11:10His green eyes brimmed with emotions I couldn't read
11:13Anger, jealousy, and something else
11:15His gaze dropped to my calf
11:17A cut-cut from the crystal shards opened a line of red
11:20Blood trickling down my leg
11:21I'll drive you back
11:22There's meds in the car
11:25I should have refused, but I didn't
11:27Maybe it was the brief softening in his tone
11:29That I craved so desperately
11:31The car was spacious
11:32Leather seats dim, bloom
11:34He sat on the other side
11:35He did a half meter of space between us like a river
11:37I didn't take your girlfriend's earrings
11:39He didn't answer
11:40He opened the center console and searched inside
11:43Handle it yourself
11:44Then he found a box of bandages and tossed it onto my leg
11:46I tore one open and bent down to cover it on my calf
11:49And then something rolled out of the console landed on the floor mat
11:52A St. Christopher for pendant
11:54I'd gotten it from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
11:56Shortly after Dante's incident, I prayed alone before the statue of the Virgin Mary for three nights and finally obtained
12:01this pendant
12:01I hung it on his rearview mirror and told him it was a charm to keep him safe
12:04He teased me for being superstitious, but he never took it off
12:07I thought he'd thrown it away long ago
12:13This thing actually got me through the worst of it
12:16Who would have thought the woman who prayed for my safety was the same one who nearly destroyed me?
12:24The car approached my building
12:25In the distance, I saw a familiar figure standing downstairs
12:29Damien
12:30I incentively turned to look at Dante
12:32His fingers gripped the steering wheel
12:34Veins bulging one by one
12:36The Mayock surged forward
12:37Speeding straight towards Damien
12:42My body lunged forward
12:43The seatbelt cutting into my shoulder
12:45As the car screeched to a halt right in front of Damien
12:47Damien stood his ground
12:48Seeing the two of us in the car
12:50He frowned slightly
12:51Are you this attached to all your ex-boyfriends?
12:56By the way, I forgot to ask
12:58Damien didn't even give you a severance package?
13:01Or did he find your services undisfaxedry not worth the price?
13:04He didn't dodge
13:05He didn't strike back
13:06He just turned his head slowly
13:08Rolled his jaw on the side I'd hit
13:09His gray eyes churning with a storm
13:11Damien saw everything from outside
13:13His face changed
13:14He rushed to the passenger side
13:16And pounded on the window anxiously
13:17Get out
13:33Tell him the truth
13:34I don't mind if he comes after me once he knows
13:36That's what I deserve
13:43The next afternoon
13:44I got a group message
13:45The manager was holding a team dinner that night
13:48At an exclusive private club in midtown Manhattan
13:50I wanted to decline
13:51But the message added
13:53Everyone must attend
13:55So I went
13:58The private room was huge
14:00But the people inside were all Dante's friends
14:03I recognized one face
14:04Enzo Falco
14:05Dante's childhood friend
14:06And the owner of our hotel
14:07Dante sat at the head of the table
14:09The moment he saw me walked in
14:11His green eyes narrowed
14:12Then looked away
14:14Scarlet!
14:15Long time no see
14:16Come sit
14:17He placed me in the empty seat
14:19Right next to Dante
14:20I sat down reluctantly
14:22I heard our hotel misplaced a guest's
14:23Three million dollar item yesterday
14:25Tonight we've called you here
14:26To offer an apology on behalf of the hotel
14:28I picked up the glass
14:30Said nothing
14:30And downed it in one go
14:32The vodka burned down my throat
14:33Like wildfire
14:34Good!
14:35Scarlet's still got that spirit
14:36But a three million dollar pair of earrings
14:38One glass won't cover it
14:40Here's the deal
14:40One glass, a hundred thousand
14:41You drink your way to three million
14:43And we call it even
14:44Enzo's tone sounded like a joke
14:45But his eyes weren't laughing
14:47Three hundred thousand a glass
14:49Something stronger
14:50Fine, whatever you say
14:54I raised the glass and downed it again
14:55The liquor slid down my throat
14:57And into my stomach
14:57Like a serpent of five
14:58By the fifth glass
14:59My vision started to blur
15:00Five glasses
15:01One point five million
15:02Keep going
15:02I reached for the sixth glass
15:04My fingers slipped on the rim
15:06A little spilled onto the tablecloth
15:07Enough
15:12I could barely see anymore
15:13I collapsed on the table
15:15My forehead against the cool tablecloth
15:17Their muffled laughter buzzing in my ears
15:20If you can't let her go
15:21Just have some fun with her again
15:22I've got a room upstairs
15:23Here's the key card
15:24A woman Damia got tired of
15:26You think I'd want her?
15:27Fine, beat her up then
15:28Either way, the room's yours
15:30Before consciousness fade
15:32I felt someone lift me from the chair
15:33His arms were hard
15:34His chest broad
15:35He smelled of cigars and cologne
15:37It was Dante's smelt
15:39I was curled up on the couch
15:40With menstrual cramps
15:42He searched every cabinet
15:43And found no painkillers
15:44He drove out in the middle of the night
15:46And hit three 24-hour pharmacies
15:48Before he found one
15:49When he came back
15:50His coat was soaked
15:51It was raining outside
15:52And he hadn't brought an umbrella
15:54He carried me off the couch
15:56Fed me the pill
15:56And somehow pulled a piece of chocolate
15:58Out of nowhere
15:58And put it in my mouth
16:00Eat this
16:00It's sweet
16:01It'll make it better
16:02It's too bitter
16:04Still bitter?
16:08Good
16:09From now on
16:10Whenever you take medicine
16:11I'll feed you like this
16:12Did you do this
16:13With all your girlfriends?
16:14What other girlfriends?
16:15Only you
16:16In the dream
16:17He was gentle
16:18Like a different person
16:19Then the dream changed
16:21The gentle kiss
16:22Turned rough and brutal
16:23Biting and hard
16:24Like he was devouring me
16:26I couldn't breathe
16:27I instinctively pushed
16:28Against his chest
16:29Dante, be gentle
16:38Tell me
16:39Did you really betray me back then?
16:43I never betrayed you
16:46Then why were you with him?
16:48I was about to speak
16:50Then my phone rang
16:51The screen lit up with a name
16:52I'd scored three years ago
16:54Damien Vitale
16:55Dante and I saw it at the same time
16:58Like a bucket of ice water
17:00Dumped over me
17:00All the alcohol and longing
17:02Vanished in an instant
17:06Scarlet, explain yourself!
17:09This man
17:09The Vitale Don
17:11Who made all of New York's
17:12Underworld tremble
17:13His eyes were so red
17:15It looked like he was about to cry
17:19I have nothing to say
17:23You love him that much?
17:24One call from him
17:25And you're ready to run back
17:26And reconcile?
17:26What's so great about him
17:27That you'd throw me away?
17:29Scarlet
17:30I was insane to think
17:32You might have a reason
17:37I stumbled out of the room
17:38The hallway was long
17:39The lighting dim
17:40I'd lost one of my shoes somewhere
17:42One barefoot
17:43On the carpet
17:43The other on cold tile
17:44Like Cinderella
17:45Throssed out of the ball
17:46No, Cinderella at least
17:48Had a prince I'm looking for her
17:49My prince had just told me to get out
17:51As I reached the elevator
17:52I nearly collided
17:53With Dante's girlfriend
17:54Her phone was pressed to her ear
17:56She didn't even look at me
17:58She deliberately bumped my shoulder
18:00She knocked me sideways
18:01My shoulder hit the wall
18:03And I let out a pained grunt
18:05No condom?
18:06It's my aviation day?
18:07You gonna take responsibility
18:08If something happens?
18:10Whoever was on the other rowan
18:11Said something that made her laugh
18:12Marriage?
18:13You really mean that?
18:14I stood there
18:15Frozen like a statue
18:16I suddenly remembered that night
18:18Many years ago
18:19We were so young then
18:20In his apartment
18:21That night
18:22Everything changed
18:23I trembled with nerves
18:24He stayed with me
18:25He stared at the faint mark
18:26On the sheetsel
18:27Soothing me again and again
18:30What's wrong?
18:31Giving yourself to me like this
18:33Aren't you afraid I'll fail you someday?
18:34I'm not afraid
18:35I don't believe you'd ever fail me
18:38Neither do I
18:39I'd marry you tomorrow if I could
18:40He'd probably forgotten those words long ago
18:43But I hadn't
18:48Outside the hotel's side entrance
18:49A black SUV sat at the curb
18:51The window rolled down
18:52Damien in the driver's seat
18:53He got out as soon as he saw me
18:55What happened?
18:56Did you drink a lot?
18:56He didn't ask further
18:58He opened the passenger door for me
18:59And waited until I was seated
19:01Before walking around to the driver's side
19:02The car merged into the Manhattan night
19:04I leaned again
19:05After the noon avenue's lights
19:06Blur past one by one
19:07The neon glow flickering across my face
19:09Let's go back
19:10Damien let's go back in a couple of days
19:12He knew back
19:13Meant London
19:16He'd been with me all these three years
19:17In London
19:18He'd confessed his feelings
19:19Said he'd loved me for years
19:20From the first moment he saw me
19:21I saw my every school
19:22And he never changed
19:23But I turned him down
19:24Gently
19:24So he'd step back into the role of a friend
19:26And he'd stayed there until now
19:28Okay
19:28We'll go back
19:29I'll book the tickets right away
19:31Back at the apartment
19:32I went straight to the bathroom
19:33And closed the door
19:34I took off my clothes
19:35And stood in front of the mirror
19:36Turning sideways
19:37In the mirror
19:38The ugly scar on my abdomen
19:39Was clearly visible
19:40Three years ago
19:41The kidney transplant surgery
19:42Had taken one of my kidneys
19:43And left behind a scar
19:44That would never fade
19:49Back then Dante forbade me
19:51From getting tested
19:51He said if he had to take one of my kidneys
19:53To save his own life
19:53He'd rather die
19:54So I went behind everyone's back
19:56And got tested at another hospital
19:57The result
19:58I was the only match
20:00But the bad news
20:01My test results showed stage 2 hypertension
20:04Donating a kidney for transplantation
20:05Given your current health condition
20:07Carries extremely high risks
20:08And severe complications
20:09Are highly likely to occur post-operative
20:11I don't care
20:16I went through with the surgery
20:17Without telling Dante
20:18I had Damien help me put on that betrayal act
20:20No one knew the truth
20:21Except Marmion
20:22After the surgery
20:23I required lifelong monitoring
20:24He helped me find the best kidney specialist in London
20:26And took me abroad to recover
20:27Over three years
20:28My kidney function had been slowly declining
20:31Three months ago
20:32The doctor told me
20:33I needed another surgery
20:34The risks were high
20:35The day I came out of the hospital
20:37London was unexpectedly sunny
20:38The breeze light
20:39And broke down crying
20:40Is there anything you want to do?
20:42Damien
20:42I want to see him one more time
20:44If this really was my last chance
20:46Then let me say goodbye to you properly
20:51The next day
20:52Dante was in a meeting
20:53At the Vittorra family's headquarters
20:55The long conference table
20:56Was packed on both sides
20:58Damien Vittorra is downstairs
20:59He says he wants to see you
21:01The atmosphere in the room
21:02Shifted instantly
21:03Everyone knew who Damien was
21:05The old Don's most favored bastard
21:07The one who'd nearly taken
21:08Half the Vittorra empire
21:09Three years ago
21:10And the miserable rich
21:11Deontay had crushed into nothing
21:12Deontay's expression didn't change
21:14Send him up
21:15Everyone else out
21:16Within 30 seconds
21:17Deontay was alone in the room
21:20What?
21:23Where do you think that kidney
21:24Came from three years ago?
21:25You were lying in the ICU
21:26And suddenly anonymous young man
21:27Who died in a car accident
21:28Turned out to be a perfect match
21:29Don't you think that's a little
21:30Too convenient?
21:31What do you mean?
21:32See for yourself
21:50She came to me crying
21:51Kneeling in front of me
21:52She said Damien only you can help me
21:54I got tested
21:55I wasn't a match
21:56Then she went to another hospital
21:58On her own behind your back
21:59And got tested herself
22:00She was the only match
22:01She had stage 2 hypertension
22:03The doctor said the risk
22:04Was extremely high
22:05But she signed anyway
22:06She gave you her kidney
22:07And then she begged me
22:08To put on an act with her
22:09She pretended to be with me
22:10Made you hate her
22:11So you wouldn't question
22:12Where the kidney came from
22:14Why did you go along with her madness?
22:16Why didn't you tell me?
22:18Why didn't you take her away?
22:19I tried
22:20I even stooped so low
22:22As to persuade her to give up on you
22:23But she said she couldn't stand by
22:24And watch you die
22:25Before she came back
22:26She just had a check up in London
22:27Her kidney function was declining
22:28She told the doctor
22:29She had one wish before the operation
22:30To come back and see you
22:31High risk
22:34She didn't want to disturb you
22:36Just wanted to see you from afar
22:37Enough
22:38But she had no idea
22:39You'd bring a girlfriend to check in
22:40No idea you'd call her up
22:41To change sheets
22:42No idea you'd force her to drink
22:43And no idea you'd tell her to get out
22:45Enough
22:48She's having surgery this Wednesday
22:50New York Presential Hospital
22:51Eighth floor nephrology
22:57I was in my hospital room
22:59Doing pre-op prep
23:00When the nurse came in
23:01To take my blood pressure
23:01The numbers weren't good
23:03I stared at the ceiling
23:04Trying to steady my breathing
23:05It was time
23:06The nurse wheeled me out of the room
23:07As the door opened
23:08I instinctively looked down the hallway
23:10A man stood at the end of the corridor
23:12Navy suit
23:13No tie
23:14The top buttons of his shirt undone
23:16His hair was messy
23:17Like he just ran here
23:19His eyes were red
23:20He stood right in the middle of the hallway
23:22Blocking everyone's path
23:23It was Dante
23:25I froze
23:26I thought I was hallucinating
23:27How did he know?
23:29How did he find me here?
23:30Dante walked toward me
23:32His steps were quick
23:33Yet it felt like he was traversing
23:35An endless road
23:36The hallway was silent
23:37Except for the sound
23:38Of his leather shoes
23:39Against the floor
23:42Scarlet
23:43If I'd known
23:44I would have rather
23:45You actually betrayed me
23:48You have to come out alive
23:49I was wrong
23:50I owe you
23:50When you come out
23:52Let's start over
23:53Please
23:57Okay
23:58I'll come out alive
23:59The nurse wheeled me
24:00Into the OR
24:01The doors closed
24:02In front of Dante
24:03And the red light above him
24:04Turned on
24:05In surgery
24:09Dante leaned against the wall
24:10Completely hollowed out
24:11The navy suit jacket he wore
24:13She'd bought it for his birthday in college
24:15Saving up from her part-time jobs
24:17He hadn't worn it once
24:18In the three years
24:19They'd been apart
24:19But even in his deepest hatred
24:21He'd never thought of throwing it away
24:23He reached into his pocket
24:25Searching for a lighter
24:26His fingers touched something
24:29He pulled out
24:30A dozen dried daisies
24:31Petals turned pale brown
24:32Thin as ring-good ones
24:34Said to bring good luck
24:36She dragged him all over campus
24:37Looking for them
24:38Insisting that only the ones
24:39You found yourselves count
24:40How many do you want?
24:41I'll have a truckload delivered
24:42Only the ones we find ourselves count
24:44In the end
24:45They found 18 double-ring daisies
24:46She knelt on the grass
24:47Counted them one by one
24:49Pressed her palms together
24:50And made a wish
24:50With her eyes closed
24:51She'd secretly tucked them
24:53Into his pocket
24:54He thought he'd lost them long ago
24:56He clutched the dried flowers
24:58In his palm
24:58His knuckles white with tension
25:00Outside the window
25:01The New York May sun
25:02Streamed through the blinds
25:03Painting golden stripes
25:04Across the hallway floor
25:05Through his tear-blurred vision
25:07He seemed to see her again
25:08That summer
25:09In a white dress
25:10Standing among the daisies
25:11Waving at him
25:12I made a wish
25:12I want to be with you forever
25:13Those words
25:15Settled slowly in time
25:16Becoming the single faith
25:18Of his life
25:21The first year we were apart
25:23I hated her
25:24Hated her so much
25:25I erased every trace
25:26Of her from New York
25:27Packed up everything of hers
25:28From the apartment
25:29And threw it out
25:30Deleted every photo
25:31From my phone
25:32Forbade my friends
25:33From even mentioning her name
25:34But I'd wake up
25:35In the middle of the night
25:36Clutch my pillow
25:37And catch a faint
25:38Elusive scent of daisies
25:40That was the scent
25:40Of her shampoo
25:41The second year
25:42I went to St. Patrick's Cathedral
25:44Not to pray
25:46I just wanted to see
25:47The place where she'd
25:48Once prayed for my pendant
25:49The third year
25:50Enzo told me that
25:51She works at the front desk
25:52Of his hotel
25:52My first reaction
25:53Wasn't hatred
25:55My heart skipped a beat
25:57Then I had Enzo
25:57Get her schedule
25:58Book the penthouse
25:59And specifically
26:00Brought a woman with me
26:02I told myself
26:02I just wanted to
26:03Humiliate her
26:04But when I stood
26:05In the hotel lobby
26:06And saw her
26:07My mind went blank
26:08She looked up at me
26:10With those grey blue eyes
26:12I forgot every line
26:13I'd rehearsed
26:14Three years
26:16That hollowed out heart
26:17Finally beat again
26:19After a month
26:20Of recovery in the hospital
26:22Dante brought me back
26:23To the Vittoria estate
26:24He'd been preparing
26:25A grand wedding for us
26:26The date was set
26:27Two months out
26:28Taking care of everything
26:29All you need to do
26:30Is rest
26:30Pick flowers
26:31And pick a dress
26:34But the Vittarley Dunn
26:36Had too much to handle
26:36He was on the phone
26:37Almost all day
26:39One afternoon
26:40I brought coffee
26:40Up to his studio
26:41And heard him say
26:42Voice low
26:42She's pregnant
26:43Mine
26:45Find out
26:46I want an answer tomorrow
26:49That night
26:50When he came out
26:50His face was easy
26:51He lodled soup for me
26:52What color do you want
26:53The floral arrangements
26:54Changed to?
26:55What have you been
26:55Busy with lately?
26:57The wedding
26:58Custom set up on site
26:59Security
26:59That kind of thing
27:00When you lie to me
27:01Your eyes drift to the left
27:03Same as three years ago
27:05Scarlet
27:05There's something
27:06I'm still looking into
27:07When I have answers
27:07You'll be the first to know
27:08Alright?
27:10Alright
27:10But you owe me the truth
27:11Before the wedding
27:14Done
27:16Three days later
27:17Dante went out
27:19Less than an hour
27:20After he left
27:21The housekeeper
27:22Came hurrying into the garden
27:23Madam
27:23There's a woman at the gate
27:25Asking to see you
27:25I hadn't even stood up
27:27Before she came sweeping in
27:28Off white knit sweater
27:29The curve of her belly obvious
27:30The woman who had gone up
27:32To the presidential suite
27:33With Dante
27:33Maria
27:34Dante isn't here
27:35I know
27:36Take a look
27:37I'm 14 weeks pregnant
27:5214 weeks
27:53When did you and he
27:55While you were in the hospital
27:56He came back to New York
27:58To handle business
27:58I was with him the whole time
28:00He told me your body
28:01Wouldn't hold out much longer
28:02The Vitano family
28:03Can't be left without an heir
28:04He said that himself?
28:06Why else do you think
28:07I got into the presidential suite?
28:11That night when you were outside
28:12The bathroom changing the sheets
28:13I was inside listening
28:15He called me over
28:17What did you think
28:17He was bringing you up there for
28:18Old time's sake?
28:20You came to find me
28:21Just to tell me this?
28:23I came to tell you
28:24To be smart about it
28:25Call off the wedding
28:26No family
28:27No name
28:28No proper body
28:29What do you have to offer him?
28:30I can give him an heir
28:32Can you?
28:33And what makes you so child
28:34Is his?
28:34The paternity test
28:35Is right there
28:36In black and white
28:37That paper can be forged
28:40Do you have the nerve
28:41To wait until Dante comes back
28:42And say all this to his face?
28:50Hold her
28:55You better pray that child is his
28:57Because if it's not
28:59You know what the mafia does to traitors
29:06If Dante hadn't insisted on marrying you
29:08Right would you have to fight me?
29:10The Viterle family has to have an heir
29:12That broken body of yours
29:14Do you think it can even carry?
29:17Are you done?
29:18Not yet
29:20Do you know why he brought you back to the estate?
29:24Guilt
29:25He took your kidney
29:26And now he feels sorry for you
29:27But the one he loves
29:29Is what's here in my
29:43She touched you
29:46She showed me this
29:55Take her to the reception room
29:56Keep her under watch
29:57Dante
29:58I'm carrying your child
30:01Do you believe her?
30:03I believe you
30:04Tell me
30:05Is that child yours?
30:09If it's a Vitari child
30:10I'll handle it
30:11But you are my only wife
30:12Ever
30:13He hadn't answered me directly
30:18Dante called Damien to the estate
30:19Damien came through the door
30:20With rain on his coat
30:21When he saw me sitting
30:22On the living room sofa
30:23He paused for a beat
30:24Then walked over
30:25And took the seat across from me
30:26He asked me to stay with you
30:28He's in the reception room
30:29Questioning her
30:30Says to sit tight
30:31Why can't he tell me himself?
30:33Because there are things
30:34He isn't certain of yet
30:35Scarlett
30:36Do you trust him?
30:37I do
30:37But he said
30:38If the child is family
30:39What does that mean?
30:41It means
30:42If that child
30:42Really does carry
30:43Vitane blood
30:44He won't turn his back on it
30:45But if someone
30:46Tried to force it on him
30:47Then it's a different conversation
30:51That woman spent two months in Florida
30:53Came back pregnant
30:54Do you know who's in Florida?
30:56Who?
30:57Marco
30:57The old Don's youngest
30:58Illidimate son
30:59Deontay had him thrown
31:00Into federal prison
31:01Three years ago
31:02Once that woman was back
31:03None of her timeline lines up
31:05The baby is Marco's?
31:07Dante will have the answer
31:08For me tonight
31:09You answer me first
31:10If he tells you tomorrow
31:12That the child
31:12Has nothing to do with him
31:14Are you still marrying him?
31:16Yes
31:17Then that's that
31:18Drink your milk
31:19Stop overthinking
31:20I can't stop thinking
31:22Then think about something else
31:25Like what you're gonna say
31:26For your vows
31:35At dusk
31:36I watched the bodyguards
31:37Escort Maria
31:38Out of the reception room
31:39And load her into a black car
31:40Her hair was a mess
31:41Across her face
31:42Through the window
31:43She shot the estate
31:44One last hateful glare
31:45The car pulled away
31:46Kicking up a trail of dust
31:47Dante stood beneath
31:48The portico speaking
31:49To one of his men in black
31:50The man nodded
31:51Again and again
31:52Then got into another car
31:53And drove off
31:55Dante turned
31:55And came toward the living room
31:57A fresh cut had opened
31:58Along his brow bone
31:59You're hurt
31:59Just a scrape
32:02Tell me what she said
32:03To you today
32:04Word for word
32:05I leaned against his chest
32:06And repeated the whole afternoon
32:07When I got to the paternity test
32:09His arm tightened around me
32:10For a beat
32:10When I got to her pushing me
32:12He asked
32:12Voice muffled
32:13Which hand did she use
32:15Left
32:17She spent two months
32:19In Florida
32:20With one of Marco's people
32:21Came back pregnant
32:22And tried to pin it on me
32:23The paternity test
32:24Is a fake
32:26Then why didn't you
32:27Just tell me this afternoon
32:28Because there's someone else
32:30Behind her
32:30I had to let the fish
32:31Set the hook first
32:32I'll be back
32:33Before the wedding
32:34You promise?
32:35I promise
32:37You are my only wife
32:38That's not something
32:39I say to soothe you
32:40You said that last time too
32:42This time it's true
32:44He left
32:45The taillights vanished
32:46Past the iron gate
32:47I stood alone
32:48Under the empty portico
32:49The wind lifting
32:50The hem of my dress
32:54Dante had been gone
32:55From the estate for a week
32:56Last night
32:57After my bath
32:57I sat on the window ledge
32:58In my robe
33:03How did you
33:18Your wound?
33:20Leave it
33:25Seven days without you
33:27Let me hold you for a minute
33:29It's done?
33:31Nets closed
33:32Your sleeve
33:34Someone else's blood
33:35Most of it isn't mine
33:38Anywhere else
33:39When you hurt?
33:39Grazed my side
33:40Not deep
33:42Feel for yourself
33:43I'm not lying to you
33:51How did this happen?
33:56Knife
33:56Enzo blocked one
33:58I took the other
33:59We got the man
34:00Behind that woman
34:01One of Marco's
34:02Inner center
34:03Been hiding in New York
34:04This whole time
34:04Netted him in Brooklyn
34:05This afternoon
34:06He's in federal custody now
34:07The baby?
34:08One of Marco's men
34:09She spent two months
34:10With him in Florida
34:11She knew
34:11Marco's side paid her
34:12To pin it on me
34:14She did all of this
34:15For money?
34:16She thought Marco
34:17Would marry her
34:18Once the baby was born
34:18Idiot
34:20Marco was running her
34:21From prison
34:21She was a pawn
34:24Did you think about me
34:26At all out there?
34:28Every night
34:29Every night
34:30When I couldn't sleep
34:31I looked at your picture
34:32I looked at your picture on my phone
34:33The one from three years ago
34:35When you climbed to my back
34:36I never deleted it
34:38Liar
34:39Haven't you dropped your phone
34:40A dozen times?
34:41The photos are backed up
34:43Whenever I get it repaired
34:44I have them exported
34:45The text sighs at me
34:46Every single time
34:49Don't go closing a net
34:50Alone anymore
34:52Okay
34:53I swear
34:55You swore last time too
34:57This time I mean it
34:59Bring up last time
35:01One more time
35:01And I'll kiss you
35:02Until you can't talk
35:12That day you said
35:13If the child is family
35:14I'll handle it
35:18If she really had been
35:20Carrying yours
35:20How were you planning
35:22To handle it?
35:22There was no chance
35:25You're the only woman
35:26I've ever had
35:28I didn't tell you before
35:29Because it sounded so cheap
35:31Saying it out loud
35:31And it made me sound stupid
35:35And the wedding?
35:36As planned
35:37You're the only woman
35:38Who will ever be my wife
35:40Don't keep things from me
35:41Like that again
35:42It scared me
35:43I won't hide anything
35:44From you again
35:45I thought about it a lot
35:46These last few days
35:47If I hadn't made it back
35:49Before the wedding
35:49What would you have done?
35:51I don't know
35:53Probably gone to Florida
35:54To find you
35:56You can't do that
35:57But I'm glad to hear it
35:58You
35:59Yeah
35:59Me
36:01Sleep
36:02Wedding prep starts tomorrow
36:03I'm not going anywhere
36:04I'm not going anywhere
36:09For the two weeks
36:11Before the wedding
36:11Dante really didn't
36:12Leave the estate
36:13He handed everything off
36:14To Enzo
36:15And the lawyers
36:16Every day
36:16He was there
36:17Trying on my dress with me
36:18Choosing flowers
36:19Going over the guest list
36:21Ask him anything
36:21And he just says
36:22Sounds good
36:22Might as well not ask
36:30You invited people
36:31From the bureau?
36:31They gave me quite a gift
36:33Marco's case is being closed
36:34Next week ahead of schedule
36:35Every charge stuck
36:36The inner circle man
36:37Gave up everything
36:38That woman went on the record
36:39As a witness
36:39The prosecutor's deal
36:40Was that once she testifies
36:41She goes to the west coast
36:43Out of New York
36:43For good
36:45She agreed?
36:46She had no choice
36:49After tomorrow
36:50She'll have nothing
36:51To do with us
36:51Ever
36:53You're sure?
36:54I'm sure
36:56Marco is looking at
36:56At least 30 more years
36:57His man?
36:5820
36:58That woman will be
36:59Under federal protection
37:00As a witness
37:01She won't get anywhere
37:01Near you again
37:03And the baby she's carrying?
37:05Given to a welfare agency
37:06Once it's born
37:06Nothing to do with me
37:08The morning of the wedding
37:10There was a sun shower
37:11Maya was fixing my veil
37:12In the dressing room
37:13I gripped the
37:14St. Christopher pendant
37:15My palm dreamt with sweat
37:16Outside the window
37:17The rain had stopped
37:19Sunlight broke through the clouds
37:20And lit the wet lawn
37:21In a bright shine
37:25Nervous?
37:26Yes
37:27Dianco's worse
37:27He's already redone his tie
37:29Three times at the altar
37:30Enzo's about to lose it
37:31He said he wanted to change
37:32To a dark red one
37:33And pushed Enzo far enough
37:34That he was about to
37:35Shove the tie in his mouth
37:36Dark red?
37:37Yeah
37:38Said it's the one you gave him
37:39On your hundredth day together
37:41He's kept it at the bottom
37:42Of his closet for four years
37:43Today's the first time
37:44He's opened the box
37:48When the doors of the church opened
37:50Sunlight and the organs
37:51Swept in together
37:52Dante stood before the altar
37:53A dark gray suit
37:55A dark red tie
37:55The moment he saw me
37:57His whole body went snarid
37:58He closed his fingers around him
37:59His thumb settling against my pulse
38:02Your hand is shaking
38:04Shut up
38:05He watched me the whole time
38:06The priest read the vows
38:07His voice was steady
38:09But the last note lifted
38:10I do
38:11As though a string
38:12That had been drawn tight
38:13For three years
38:14Had finally been let go
38:16Exchanging rings
38:16I lowered my head
38:18To slide his onto his finger
38:21You picked this?
38:22Enzo did
38:23He said your taste is god awful
38:25He's right
38:33The church doors stood open behind us
38:35Autumn sunlight spilled across the ground
38:38I closed my hand tightly
38:39Around the ring on his finger
38:41Fingers laced together
38:42We walked side by side
38:44Into that dazzling
38:45Blinding light
38:46Are you ever going to hide anything
38:48From me again?
38:49No
38:50You said that last time too
38:53This time it's true
38:54Rings are on
38:55You can't run now
39:01One week into our marriage
39:03I took over the Vitale family's
39:04Internal affairs
39:05Every day brought another guest list
39:08Another dinner
39:08Another rule to learn
39:10And some of the old guards
39:12Still whispered that I wasn't fit
39:13To be Donna
39:16On Wednesday morning
39:17Enzo drove over himself
39:19What is wrong with you today?
39:21You look so fancy
39:22Are you wearing someone else's suit?
39:23My dear Donna
39:24Today is the monthly meeting
39:25All the Vitale partners will be there
39:26Didn't your man tell you?
39:27I looked at the door
39:28Dante walked out
39:28He was slowly fixing his cuffs
39:30It is no big deal
39:31It is just a monthly report
39:32From the business heads
39:33Sit next to me
39:35Do not be nervous
39:37You are just meeting some people
39:38But when he got into the front seat
39:40But when he got into the front seat
39:40He looked back at me
39:41His eyes said
39:41God help you
39:42We were on the top floor
39:44Of the Vitale building
39:44Twelve people seated
39:45Around a long table
39:46Dante pulled out my chair
39:48As I sat down
39:49I noticed a man at the far end
39:51His hair slicked back
39:52His eyes settled on my wedding ring
39:53For two full seconds
39:55That is Brown
39:56He runs the East Docks
39:58Don Dante
40:00Usually only core members
40:01Can come to this meeting
40:02My wife is the Donna
40:03Of the Vitale family
40:04Do you think she has no right
40:06To be here
40:07Of course she does
40:08But the reports have
40:09Too many numbers
40:10I'm afraid she will
40:11Find it boring
40:12I minored in accounting
40:14In college
40:15That is great
40:16Then please listen
40:17To last month's
40:18Doc numbers ma'am
40:18He rattled off the doc numbers
40:19So fast it sounded
40:20Like a tongue twister
40:21Dante tapped the table twice
40:23He was holding back
40:24I ran the numbers in my head
40:26And found a problem
40:27Mr. Brown
40:28Your numbers do not match
40:30The cargo numbers
40:30Do not match
40:31The strike percent
40:31Schlageport from three days ago
40:33Where is that 4%
40:34My worker made a mistake
40:35I will have them
40:36Redo it later
40:37Later
40:38Redo it today
40:39Send the new numbers
40:40To my study
40:40Before three this afternoon
40:42The meeting ended in silence
40:43One by one they left
40:45Come here
40:49I watched that 4%
40:51For three months
40:51No one else found it
40:53Did you do that on purpose?
40:54I wanted to see
40:55Who would find it
40:56You were faster than all of them
40:58He will cause more trouble
40:59I know
41:00But he cannot do much
41:03Federico's corrected accounts
41:04Arrived at Dante's study
41:05On time that afternoon
41:07Every number was perfect
41:08Not a single mistake
41:13Sly old dog
41:16I thought this was over
41:17But on Saturday morning
41:18Maya called me
41:19Where are you?
41:20Open your phone
41:21And look at Instagram
41:22Right now
41:23What is wrong?
41:24You are all over
41:24The Manhattan rich girl's page
41:27I opened Instagram
41:28The post was from
41:29Rosella Brown
41:30Federico's daughter
41:31She had shared a photo
41:32From an afternoon tea party
41:33The caption read
41:34Had a great afternoon
41:36With real ladies
41:37I guess a certain new wife
41:38Is still learning
41:39How to hold a teacup
41:42There were already
41:43Hundreds of comments
41:44The top two said
41:45She used to work
41:47At a hotel front desk
41:48Right?
41:49Miss Brown is so nice
41:50She did not even
41:51Say her name
41:53Do you want me
41:53To make a fake account
41:54And fight back?
41:55No need
41:56Then what are you gonna do?
41:58Nothing
42:03Dante came out
42:04Of his study
42:04With a black envelope
42:05In his hand
42:06He had clearly
42:07Seen the post
42:08The Brown family
42:09Charity auction
42:10Is next Saturday
42:12Is Rosella hosting it?
42:14Then I must go
42:15If I do not go
42:16It will look like
42:16I am scared of her
42:17Okay
42:18I will have someone
42:19Get your dress ready
42:20Do you have nothing
42:21Else to say to me?
42:25I only have one thing
42:26To say
42:27No matter what you
42:27Want to do
42:28I have your back
42:36Mr. Vitale said
42:37You can pick
42:38The ones you like
42:41Dante was in his study
42:42Surrounded by piles
42:43Of paperwork
42:44He did not even look up
42:46I walked over
42:47And knocked on the doorframe
42:49He looked up at me
42:50An unlit cigar
42:51Still between his fingers
42:54How many did you get?
42:55Twelve
42:55If you do not like them
42:57We can get more
42:59That is too many
43:00It is not too many
43:00This is the first time
43:01I am taking my Donna
43:02To a party
43:02Any less would be rude
43:04Did you take anyone else before?
43:06Yes
43:10On the night of the party
43:11I chose a dark green velvet dress
43:13With a low neckline
43:14And a thin platinum chain
43:16Dante fixed my shoal
43:17When I got out of the car
43:19Just follow me
43:23Rosela stood in the middle of the room
43:26Mr. Vitale said
43:27Sorry to keep you waiting
43:28Is this Mrs. Vitale?
43:29We finally meet
43:30Lois Brown
43:31Just call me Rosela
43:32Your dress is very pretty
43:34Not everyone can wear dark green
43:37Thank you
43:38I hope you have fun tonight
43:39Please make yourself at home
43:43Where is your father?
43:44In the cigar room
43:45He is waiting to talk about the docks
43:47Later
43:49Do you want to look around
43:50Or eat something first?
43:51I will show you the way
43:56I saw that necklace last month
43:58It was worth $80,000
43:59Can she afford it?
44:01Mr. Vitale bought it
44:02A hotel girl married a rich man
44:04Of course her husband paid for it
44:07Rosella stopped at the corner
44:08She smiled a little
44:10Then kept walking
44:12Do not worry about them
44:13The auction is later
44:16I will take you outside
44:17For some fresh air first
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