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00:00:04Before our honeymoon to the Amalfi Coast

00:00:06My husband Julian cancelled our flight behind my back

00:00:10He swapped them for tickets to Ibiza

00:00:13With his childhood best friend, Poppy

00:00:15Even his pack of party boyfriends thought he'd gone too far

00:00:19And tried to talk him down

00:00:24The fuck?

00:00:26Julian, this is messed up

00:00:28Claire's been looking forward to it forever

00:00:29Julian didn't care

00:00:31He brushed them off without a second thought

00:00:33It's Poppy's birthday wish

00:00:35One more single girl trip with her before I'm locked down for good

00:00:37Claire always blows everything out of proportion

00:00:40This'll be good for her

00:00:41Reminder she's not the center of the universe

00:00:43The Poppy he was talking about was his weepy childhood playmate

00:00:46And I was Claire

00:00:47The wife he couldn't even bother to say my wife about

00:00:50I didn't fight

00:00:51I didn't argue

00:00:52I pretended I had no idea

00:00:54Quietly cancelled the honeymoon

00:00:55And bought a one-way ticket to another country

00:00:58On the other side of the ocean

00:00:59My phone was lagging

00:01:01The cancellation screen kept spinning

00:01:03Meanwhile, on Poppy's pink tablet

00:01:05An iMessage group chat called

00:01:07Astor's Royal Guard

00:01:08Wouldn't stop lighting up

00:01:09I tapped it open

00:01:10Poppy's avatar filled the screen

00:01:12What the hell is wrong with you assholes

00:01:14Every single one of you is taking Claire's side

00:01:17Like she's your bro, not me

00:01:19Fine

00:01:19You're right

00:01:20It's all my fault

00:01:21I'm just a bitch

00:01:23I shouldn't have a birthday

00:01:24I definitely shouldn't have wished for Julian to come with me

00:01:27I should be like the rest of you

00:01:29Kissing Queen Claire's ass

00:01:31You're her real friends

00:01:32I don't matter at all

00:01:33Happy now

00:01:34Julian, who'd been ghosting me for two days

00:01:36Claiming he was in meetings

00:01:38Replied in seconds

00:01:39He add the other six guys

00:01:40And sent one thing

00:01:41A single question mark

00:01:43Sorry, sorry, sorry

00:01:45It's just one bachelorette trip

00:01:48Queen Poppy says jump

00:01:49We don't just send Julian

00:01:51All six of us drop everything

00:01:53And show up as bodyguards

00:01:56Screw you

00:01:56Claire's the one you actually answered to

00:01:58Claire, please

00:01:59So they had a wedding

00:02:00Big deal

00:02:01Julian still got that paperwork

00:02:03Locked in his safe

00:02:04She's a wife in name only

00:02:06Legally, none of it counts

00:02:07Last laughs still up for grabs

00:02:09I blinked

00:02:10Staring at the group chat

00:02:12That was so much livelier without me in it

00:02:14If Poppy hadn't left her tablet in Julian's car

00:02:16I wouldn't have even earned a peek at all this fun

00:02:20And there I'd been

00:02:21Naively reading travel guides

00:02:23Hoping the honeymoon would make for great photos

00:02:26I stared at the empty itinerary for a long time

00:02:30Then I went back to the home screen

00:02:32Typed in a new destination

00:02:33And made a call

00:02:36Mom

00:02:37I'll go to London with you

00:02:39On the other end

00:02:40My mother caught it immediately

00:02:41Something was wrong

00:02:42Back then she'd turned down a once-in-a-lifetime job offer for my sake

00:02:47Mom

00:02:47I know you have questions

00:02:49But right now

00:02:50I don't have the energy

00:02:51To explain everything that just happened

00:02:54I've made up my mind

00:02:56Once I wrap up work and get my visa sorted

00:02:58I'll fly out

00:02:59Then I'll tell you everything

00:03:00Mom went quiet for a few seconds

00:03:02In the end

00:03:03She didn't push

00:03:04I hung up and collapsed onto the couch

00:03:06Trying to steady myself

00:03:07Julian's friends had a point

00:03:09We'd signed a prenup

00:03:10We'd had a wedding

00:03:10But he deliberately locked the marriage license

00:03:12The one we still had to file with City Hall

00:03:15In his safe

00:03:15Until it was legally binding

00:03:17I was just a wife

00:03:18Who could be swapped out at any moment

00:03:19Which, right now

00:03:20Meant I didn't have to wait for him to come home

00:03:23No divorce proceedings

00:03:24No drawn-out fights over assets

00:03:26I pushed the wave of feeling back down

00:03:28And forced myself up to start packing

00:03:30In the closet

00:03:31The his and hers vacation outfits

00:03:32Freshly pressed

00:03:33Seemed to grin at me

00:03:34I'd designed them myself

00:03:35For the honeymoon

00:03:37For Julian

00:03:38I'd pulled all-nighters

00:03:40Revising them over and over

00:03:41The final pieces had just come in today

00:03:43Half an hour ago

00:03:45I'd still been waiting for Julian to come home and try them on

00:03:48Now

00:03:48I just wanted to throw every single one of them in the trash

00:03:52By the time I'd packed and dragged my suitcase to the door

00:03:55It was the middle of the night

00:04:02Julian, say it

00:04:03Come on

00:04:04You're my royal stallion

00:04:06Giddy up

00:04:06Yeah, yeah

00:04:07Through my stinging, blurred vision

00:04:09I saw Julian, who hadn't been home in three days

00:04:12Giving Poppy a piggyback ride

00:04:14Her face was flushed red

00:04:16One hand had his ear in a death grip

00:04:18The other was patting his head

00:04:20Demanding he neigh

00:04:25Poppy's drunk

00:04:25I didn't know why he was bothering to explain

00:04:28When he'd moved in with me

00:04:29And Poppy bought the apartment directly above ours the very next day

00:04:33He hadn't explained

00:04:34When Poppy had giggled in our doorway

00:04:36Hanging off Julian and purring, sweetie

00:04:38I'll always be on top of you

00:04:40He hadn't explained then either

00:04:42All he ever said was

00:04:45Claire, you know what we are to each other

00:04:47They were childhood sweethearts after all

00:04:49Two old money families joined at the hip

00:04:51Everyone had watched them grow up

00:04:53For years, they'd been the golden couple in every photo

00:04:56Until Julian launched a three-year campaign chasing me in college

00:04:59To him, that was proof enough that there was nothing between him and Poppy

00:05:03Once I tore myself apart over it

00:05:05I obsessed

00:05:05I picked fights

00:05:07But now, whatever they did had nothing to do with me anymore

00:05:10I looked away

00:05:10All I said was

00:05:11Yeah, of course

00:05:12Then I started to wheel my suitcase past him

00:05:15It was the answer he should have wanted

00:05:18He didn't take it well

00:05:20Say that again?

00:05:21I said

00:05:22We're done, Julian

00:05:25I'm breaking up with you

00:05:28You're really not done throwing this tantrum, are you?

00:05:31And by the way, Claire

00:05:32We had our wedding last week

00:05:34If you're throwing a fit

00:05:36The words

00:05:37Divorce

00:05:38Not

00:05:39Breakup

00:05:40Breakup

00:05:41Divorce

00:05:42To Julian

00:05:42They were the same kind of joke

00:05:44He looked at me lazily

00:05:45The way you humor a child who's being unreasonable

00:05:48I didn't bother arguing

00:05:49The corner of my mouth twitched

00:05:51Call it whatever you want

00:05:52But I couldn't leave

00:05:53The standoff lasted only a few seconds

00:06:00Enough!

00:06:01I can't deal with you two anymore!

00:06:07Julian instinctively reached down to help her up

00:06:09She shoved him away

00:06:11Don't touch me!

00:06:12I'm done!

00:06:13The second she sees me

00:06:15It's I want to break up

00:06:16I'm leaving

00:06:16Am I some kind of prop?

00:06:18Am I garbage?

00:06:18Why is she so disgusted by me?

00:06:21Julian!

00:06:23Let's cut each other off!

00:06:25I am sick of walking on eggshells around her!

00:06:29It's all my fault!

00:06:30I shouldn't have ever shown up in your lives!

00:06:32I shouldn't have grown up with you!

00:06:35Right on cue

00:06:35She launched into dramatic dry heaving

00:06:37Baking that she couldn't breathe

00:06:38Tearing through her Hermes bag for something

00:06:40My pills!

00:06:40Where's my Xanax?

00:06:41I'm dying!

00:06:42Maybe I should just die!

00:06:43Anything's better than being treated like this every single time!

00:06:45The heat at my wrist disappeared

00:06:47Julian had already pulled her into his arms, stopping her

00:06:52It took maybe a few seconds

00:06:55Poppy was gasping wildly against his chest

00:06:57Her eyes read

00:07:01Happy now?

00:07:02It was always like this

00:07:03The instant I showed even a hint of resistance

00:07:06Poppy would declare an anxiety attack and start frantically hurting herself

00:07:10Can't speak to her

00:07:11Can't touch her

00:07:12Can't even walk away

00:07:14In the early days, Julian had begged me to humor her

00:07:17Claire, you've been through it yourself

00:07:19You know how it is

00:07:20When she's like this, all you can do is go along with her

00:07:22Because lives were on the line, I caved every time

00:07:25I avoided the storm

00:07:27But eventually, I figured it out

00:07:29Poppy's condition only flared up when Julian wasn't choosing her over me

00:07:33That so-called anxiety disorder

00:07:34It was just possessedness in costume

00:07:36Forcing him to pick a side

00:07:38I looked down at the smug little look on Poppy's face

00:07:40I nodded

00:07:42Sure

00:07:43Very happy

00:07:45Though, you moved a little too fast

00:07:47You didn't get to find the pills

00:07:48Your acting could use some work

00:07:51Try harder next time

00:07:52A flash of shock crossed Poppy's face

00:07:54She froze

00:07:55Then started gearing up for round two

00:07:57His tall frame loomed over me

00:07:59Suddenly, my whole field of vision went dark

00:08:01The shoulder that used to shelter me was now carrying another woman

00:08:06Carrying her while blocking my way out

00:08:08Claire

00:08:10I really have been spoiling you too much

00:08:15She has every right to make you pay for that

00:08:17Be grateful, Claire

00:08:18I'm the one holding her back

00:08:20For a moment, the world went vacuum silence

00:08:23I couldn't hear a thing

00:08:25Even Poppy froze

00:08:27Then she snapped out of it

00:08:28Jerked her hand free

00:08:29And swung it hard at my face

00:08:30A second before her palm hit me

00:08:32Julian caught her wrist

00:08:33Those eyes

00:08:34The ones that used to watch over me through the night

00:08:36That used to pull me out of nightmares

00:08:38Tonight, they were cold as ice

00:08:40A flicker of disgust

00:08:41A warning

00:08:41You really thought you could just walk out on me?

00:08:45If she'd actually hit you

00:08:46You'd be throwing a fit for days, right?

00:08:48She got hurt and you don't even care

00:08:53When you're ready to be reasonable

00:08:54You'll apologize to Poppy yourself

00:08:57I stood there

00:08:58Watching the floor numbers climb

00:09:00My whole body shaking

00:09:01Cold, so cold

00:09:03The kind that crept up from the bottom of you

00:09:05That no coat

00:09:06No matter how expensive

00:09:07Could keep out

00:09:09Five years

00:09:10Five whole years

00:09:11My body could make a clean break

00:09:13My heart couldn't pull free that fast

00:09:16I don't know how long it took

00:09:18Eventually, I flagged down a cab

00:09:19And headed to a hotel near work

00:09:21Until I left the country

00:09:22That's where I'd stay

00:09:25While I waited for my visa

00:09:26I had to close out the project

00:09:28I'd been leading for almost two years

00:09:31My personal life was already a wreck

00:09:34My career wasn't going to be

00:09:35I buried myself in overtime

00:09:37Kept myself slammed

00:09:39Partly to speed things up

00:09:40Partly so I wouldn't have time to think

00:09:42As long as I was busy

00:09:43I couldn't dwell on anything else

00:09:46Maybe it was the toll on my body and nerves

00:09:48Lately, I'd been constantly tired

00:09:49Constantly nauseous

00:09:51My boss reminded me to pull it together

00:09:53The client was coming a-sting-in this afternoon

00:09:55To finalize the contract

00:09:58At the head of the table

00:09:59Sat someone I knew

00:10:00Julian, in a sharp suit

00:10:02And beside him

00:10:03In a cinched-waist

00:10:04Backless cocktail dress

00:10:06Sat Poppy

00:10:06My nails dug into my palms

00:10:09Before I could stop them

00:10:10My boss thought I had nerves

00:10:12And whispered

00:10:12Relax, the proposal and the designs

00:10:14Have already been signed off

00:10:15By their project lead

00:10:16These two are just bored

00:10:17Trust Fund Wabies

00:10:18Playing at being adults

00:10:19Smile through it

00:10:19Humor the rich kids

00:10:20And we're done

00:10:21Just give them your usual pitch

00:10:24I drew a breath

00:10:25I forced on a smile

00:10:26I opened the deck

00:10:27And walked them through my design vision

00:10:28Smooth, composed

00:10:29Point by point

00:10:30Poppy propped her chin in her hand

00:10:32Nodding along all smiles

00:10:33Under the table

00:10:34My boss flashed me a discreet thumbs up

00:10:36I exhaled

00:10:37Reading the room

00:10:39Someone slid the contract

00:10:40Across the table

00:10:41Hmm

00:10:41It's not doing it for me

00:10:42The design's so boring

00:10:44It gives me a headache

00:10:44Just looking at it

00:10:47I don't think I want a sign

00:10:48The smile froze on my boss's face

00:10:50I kept mine polite

00:10:52Is there a specific element

00:10:54You're not happy with?

00:10:55Poppy didn't even glance

00:10:56At the contract

00:10:57She held up her hand

00:10:58Admiring her fresh manicure

00:11:00Hard to say

00:11:01It's more of a feeling

00:11:03Then she hooked her arm

00:11:04Through Julian's

00:11:05What do you think?

00:11:06Every eye in the room

00:11:07Turned to him

00:11:08Julian's eyes landed on me

00:11:09On instinct

00:11:11I looked away

00:11:11Sounds like your project lead

00:11:13Doesn't have much faith

00:11:14In her own work either

00:11:15I'm suddenly losing interest

00:11:16In this investment

00:11:18Pulling out

00:11:20Oh and just so you know

00:11:21I've already authorized my people

00:11:23To begin a hostile takeover

00:11:25Of your company

00:11:26Congratulations Claire

00:11:27You'll be working for me

00:11:29Very soon

00:11:29Two years on this account

00:11:31A thousand discarded drafts

00:11:33I'd lost count of the nights

00:11:34I'd spent at my desk

00:11:35To get here

00:11:35We were finally about to land

00:11:37This was supposed to be

00:11:38The showcase project

00:11:39The perfect closing chapter

00:11:40On this stage of my career

00:11:41One careless sentence from him

00:11:43And it was all stillborn

00:11:44Back at the office

00:11:46My boss came tearing in

00:11:47White as a shield

00:11:48Shaking from head to toe

00:11:50He was practically sobbing

00:11:52Claire he will destroy

00:11:54The whole firm

00:11:55Please

00:11:56Just go apologize

00:11:58It wasn't that I didn't

00:12:00Want to save the project

00:12:02It was that I knew exactly

00:12:04Who Poppy was actually

00:12:05Here for

00:12:07The only way this project

00:12:08Survived

00:12:09Was if I disappeared

00:12:12I just hadn't expected

00:12:14The one thing tying me

00:12:15To this city

00:12:15Would get torn apart

00:12:16This fast

00:12:17The wave of nauseous

00:12:18Hit again

00:12:19I stumbled out of the office

00:12:20Julian

00:12:21Still here

00:12:22His hands started

00:12:24Wandering somewhere

00:12:25It had no business going

00:12:26I bit down on him

00:12:28With everything I had

00:12:29The taste of blood

00:12:30Bloomed thick

00:12:31Between our mouths

00:12:32Get out

00:12:34Julian stood there

00:12:36His expression unreadable

00:12:42Claire

00:12:43After all this time

00:12:44Why haven't you learned

00:12:45I tried to twist away

00:12:47The harder I fought

00:12:48The tighter he held me

00:12:51If you'd just apologized

00:12:52For what happened last time

00:12:56None of this would be happening today

00:13:00How hard is it to lower your head

00:13:03Just once

00:13:04Julian's voice was softer

00:13:06Than any sweet nothing

00:13:06He'd ever whispered in my ear

00:13:08But I was shaking anyway

00:13:09Not from the cold

00:13:11From a cramp tearing

00:13:12Through my stomach

00:13:13An eerie

00:13:14Sinking

00:13:15Dragging down feeling

00:13:16Something was rushing

00:13:17Out of me

00:13:19A ridiculous thought

00:13:20Surfaced in my mind

00:13:22I tried to look down

00:13:24Julian's grip on my chin

00:13:25Held me in place

00:13:27All I could do

00:13:28Was bite my lip

00:13:29And hold on

00:13:30Something warm

00:13:31Slipped down my thigh

00:13:33Dripping onto the carpet

00:13:34Julian noticed

00:13:43Claire you

00:13:49Before our honeymoon

00:13:50To the Amalfi coast

00:13:51My husband Julian

00:13:53Canceled our flight

00:13:54Behind my back

00:13:55He swapped them

00:13:56For tickets to Ibiza

00:13:57With his childhood

00:13:59Best friend

00:14:00Poppy

00:14:00Even his pack

00:14:01Of party boyfriends

00:14:03Thought he'd gone too far

00:14:04And tried to talk him down

00:14:09The fuck

00:14:10Julian

00:14:11This is messed up

00:14:12Claire's been looking forward

00:14:13To it forever

00:14:14Julian didn't care

00:14:16He brushed them off

00:14:17Without a second thought

00:14:17It's Poppy's birthday wish

00:14:19One more single girl trip

00:14:21With her before

00:14:21I'm locked down

00:14:22For good

00:14:22Claire always blows

00:14:23Everything out of proportion

00:14:24This'll be good for her

00:14:26Reminder she's not

00:14:27The center of the universe

00:14:28The Poppy he was talking about

00:14:29Was his weepy

00:14:30Childhood playmate

00:14:31And I was Claire

00:14:32The wife he couldn't

00:14:33Even bother to say

00:14:34My wife about

00:14:35I didn't fight

00:14:36I didn't argue

00:14:37I pretended I had no idea

00:14:39Quietly cancelled

00:14:40The honeymoon

00:14:40And bought a one way ticket

00:14:42To another country

00:14:43On the other side

00:14:44Of the ocean

00:14:44My phone was lagging

00:14:45The cancellation screen

00:14:47Kept spinning

00:14:47Meanwhile

00:14:48On Poppy's pink tablet

00:14:50An iMessage group chat

00:14:51Called Astor's Royal Guard

00:14:53Wouldn't stop lighting up

00:14:54I tapped it open

00:14:55Poppy's avatar

00:14:56Filled the screen

00:14:57What the hell is wrong

00:14:58With you assholes

00:14:59Every single one of you

00:15:00Is taking Claire's side

00:15:01Like she's your bro

00:15:03Not me

00:15:03Fine

00:15:04You're right

00:15:05It's all my fault

00:15:06I'm just a bitch

00:15:07I shouldn't have

00:15:08A birthday

00:15:09I definitely shouldn't

00:15:10Have wished for Julian

00:15:11To come with me

00:15:12I should be like

00:15:13The rest of you

00:15:14Kissing Queen Claire's ass

00:15:16You're her real friends

00:15:17I don't matter at all

00:15:18Happy now

00:15:19Julian who'd been ghosting me

00:15:20For two days

00:15:21Claiming he was in meetings

00:15:22Replied in seconds

00:15:23He add the other six guys

00:15:25And sent one thing

00:15:26A single

00:15:27Question mark

00:15:29Sorry sorry sorry

00:15:30It's just one bachelorette trip

00:15:32Queen Poppy says jump

00:15:34We don't just send Julie on

00:15:36All six of us drop everything

00:15:37And show up as bodyguards

00:15:40Who are you

00:15:41Claire's the one you actually answer to

00:15:43Claire please

00:15:44So they had a wedding

00:15:45Big deal

00:15:46Julian still got that paperwork

00:15:48Locked in his safe

00:15:49She's a wife in name only

00:15:51Legally none of it counts

00:15:52Last laugh still up for grabs

00:15:54I blinked

00:15:55Staring at the group chat

00:15:56That was so much livelier

00:15:58Without me in it

00:15:59If Poppy hadn't left her tablet

00:16:00In Julian's car

00:16:01I wouldn't have even earned a peek

00:16:03At all this fun

00:16:05And there I'd been

00:16:06Naively reading travel guides

00:16:08Hoping the honeymoon

00:16:09Would make for great photos

00:16:11I stared at the empty itinerary

00:16:13For a long time

00:16:14Then I went back to the home screen

00:16:16Typed in a new destination

00:16:18And made a call

00:16:20Mom

00:16:22I'll go to London with you

00:16:23On the other end

00:16:24My mother caught it immediately

00:16:26Something was wrong

00:16:27Back then she'd turned down

00:16:29A once in a lifetime job offer

00:16:30For my sake

00:16:32Mom

00:16:32I know you have questions

00:16:34But right now

00:16:35I don't have the energy

00:16:36To explain everything

00:16:38That just happened

00:16:39I've made up my mind

00:16:41Once I wrap up work

00:16:42And get my visa sorted

00:16:43I'll fly out

00:16:44Then I'll tell you everything

00:16:45Mom went quiet for a few seconds

00:16:47In the end

00:16:48She didn't push

00:16:49I hung up and collapsed

00:16:50Onto the couch

00:16:51Trying to steady myself

00:16:52Julian's friends had a point

00:16:53We'd signed a prenup

00:16:55We'd had a wedding

00:16:55But he deliberately locked

00:16:56The marriage license

00:16:57The one we still had to file

00:16:59With City Hall

00:16:59In his safe

00:17:00Until it was legally binding

00:17:01I was just a wife

00:17:03Who could be swapped out

00:17:04At any moment

00:17:04Which, right now

00:17:05Meant I didn't have to wait

00:17:07For him to come home

00:17:07No divorce proceedings

00:17:09No drawn out fights

00:17:10Over assets

00:17:10I pushed the wave

00:17:12Of feeling back down

00:17:13And forced myself up

00:17:14To start packing

00:17:15In the closet

00:17:15The his and hers

00:17:16Vacation outfits

00:17:17Freshly pressed

00:17:18Seemed to grin at me

00:17:19I'd designed them myself

00:17:20For the honeymoon

00:17:21For Julian

00:17:22I'd pulled all-nighters

00:17:24Revising them over and over

00:17:26The final pieces

00:17:27Had just come in today

00:17:28Half an hour ago

00:17:29I'd still been waiting

00:17:31For Julian to come home

00:17:32And try them on

00:17:32Now

00:17:33I just wanted to throw

00:17:34Every single one of them

00:17:35In the trash

00:17:37By the time I'd packed

00:17:38And dragged my suitcase

00:17:39To the door

00:17:40It was the middle of the night

00:17:47Julian, say it

00:17:48Come on

00:17:49You're my royal stallion

00:17:51Giddy up

00:17:51Yeah, yeah

00:17:52Through my stinging

00:17:53Blurred vision

00:17:54I saw Julian

00:17:55Who hadn't been home

00:17:56In three days

00:17:57Giving Poppy

00:17:58A piggyback ride

00:17:59Her face was flushed red

00:18:01One hand had his ear

00:18:02In a death grip

00:18:03The other was patting his head

00:18:05Demanding he neigh

00:18:09Poppy's drunk

00:18:10I didn't know why

00:18:12He was bothering to explain

00:18:13When he'd moved in with me

00:18:14And Poppy bought the apartment

00:18:15Directly above ours

00:18:17The very next day

00:18:17He hadn't explained

00:18:19When Poppy had giggled

00:18:20In our doorway

00:18:21Hanging off Julian

00:18:22And purring

00:18:23Sweetie

00:18:23I'll always be on top of you

00:18:25He hadn't explained then either

00:18:27All he ever said was

00:18:29Claire, you know what we are

00:18:31To each other

00:18:32They were childhood sweethearts

00:18:33After all

00:18:34Two old money families

00:18:35Joined at the hip

00:18:36Everyone had watched them

00:18:37Grow up

00:18:38For years

00:18:39They'd been the golden couple

00:18:40In every photo

00:18:41Until Julian launched

00:18:42A three year campaign

00:18:43Chasing me in college

00:18:44To him

00:18:45That was proof enough

00:18:46That there was nothing

00:18:47Between him and Poppy

00:18:48Once I tore myself apart

00:18:49Over it

00:18:50I obsessed

00:18:50I picked fights

00:18:52But now

00:18:52Whatever they did

00:18:53Had nothing to do

00:18:54With me anymore

00:18:54I looked away

00:18:55All I said was

00:18:56Yeah, of course

00:18:57Then I started to wheel

00:18:58My suitcase past him

00:19:00It was the answer

00:19:01He should have wanted

00:19:02He didn't take it well

00:19:05Say that again

00:19:06I said

00:19:07We're done, Julian

00:19:09I'm breaking up with you

00:19:13You're really not done

00:19:14Throwing this tantrum, are you?

00:19:16And by the way, Claire

00:19:17We had our wedding last week

00:19:19If you're throwing a fit

00:19:21The words

00:19:22Divorce

00:19:23Not

00:19:24Breakup

00:19:25Breakup

00:19:25Divorce

00:19:26To Julian

00:19:27They were the same kind of joke

00:19:29He looked at me lazily

00:19:30The way you humor a child

00:19:31Who's being unreasonable

00:19:32I didn't bother arguing

00:19:34The corner of my mouth twitched

00:19:36Call it whatever you want

00:19:37But I couldn't leave

00:19:38The standoff lasted

00:19:39Only a few seconds

00:19:45Enough!

00:19:46I can't deal with you two anymore!

00:19:52Julian instinctively reached down

00:19:54To help her up

00:19:54She shoved him away

00:19:55Don't touch me

00:19:56I'm done

00:19:57I'm done

00:19:58The second she sees me

00:19:59It's I want to break up

00:20:00I'm leaving

00:20:01Am I some kind of prop?

00:20:03Am I garbage?

00:20:03Why is she so disgusted by me?

00:20:06Julian!

00:20:07Let's cut each other off

00:20:09I am sick of walking on eggshells around her

00:20:13It's all my fault

00:20:15I shouldn't have ever shown up in your lives

00:20:17I shouldn't have grown up with you

00:20:19Right on cue

00:20:20She launched into dramatic dry heaving

00:20:22Faking that she couldn't breathe

00:20:23Tearing through her Hermes bag for something

00:20:24My pills!

00:20:25Where's my Xanax?

00:20:26I'm dying!

00:20:27Maybe I should just die!

00:20:28Anything's better than being treated like this every single time!

00:20:30The heat at my wrist disappeared

00:20:32Julian had already pulled her into his arms

00:20:35Stopping her

00:20:36It took maybe a few seconds

00:20:40Poppy was gasping wildly against his chest

00:20:42Her eyes read

00:20:46Happy now?

00:20:46It was always like this

00:20:48The instant I showed even a hint of resistance

00:20:51Poppy would declare an anxiety attack

00:20:53And start frantically hurting herself

00:20:55Can't speak to her

00:20:56Can't touch her

00:20:57Can't even walk away

00:20:59In the early days

00:21:00Julian had begged me to humor her

00:21:02Claire, you've been through it yourself

00:21:03You know how it is

00:21:05When she's like this

00:21:06All you can do is go along with her

00:21:07Because lives were on the line

00:21:09I caved every time

00:21:10I avoided the storm

00:21:12But eventually

00:21:12I figured it out

00:21:13Poppy's condition

00:21:14Only flared up

00:21:16When Julian wasn't choosing her over me

00:21:17That so-called anxiety disorder

00:21:19It was just possessedness in costume

00:21:21Forcing him to pick a side

00:21:22I looked down at the smug little look on Poppy's face

00:21:25I nodded

00:21:27Sure

00:21:28Very happy

00:21:29Though

00:21:30You moved a little too fast

00:21:32You didn't get to find the pills

00:21:33Your acting could use some work

00:21:36Try harder next time

00:21:37A flash of shock crossed Poppy's face

00:21:39She froze

00:21:40Then started gearing up for round two

00:21:42His tall frame loomed over me

00:21:44Suddenly

00:21:44My whole field of vision went dark

00:21:46The shoulder that used to shelter me

00:21:48Was now carrying another woman

00:21:50Carrying her

00:21:51While blocking my way out

00:21:53Claire

00:21:55I really have been spoiling you too much

00:21:58She has every right to make you pay for that

00:22:01Be grateful, Claire

00:22:03I'm the one holding her back

00:22:04For a moment

00:22:06The world went vacuum silence

00:22:08I couldn't hear a thing

00:22:10Even Poppy froze

00:22:11Then she snapped out of it

00:22:12Jerked her hand free

00:22:14And swung it hard at my face

00:22:15A second before her palm hit me

00:22:17Julian caught her wrist

00:22:18Those eyes

00:22:19The ones that used to watch over me through the night

00:22:21That used to pull me out of nightmares

00:22:23Tonight they were cold as ice

00:22:24A flicker of disgust

00:22:26A warning

00:22:26You really thought you could just walk out on me?

00:22:29If she'd actually hit you

00:22:31You'd be throwing a fit for days, right?

00:22:33She got hurt and you don't even care?

00:22:37When you're ready to be reasonable

00:22:39You'll apologize to Poppy yourself

00:22:42I stood there

00:22:43Watching the floor numbers climb

00:22:44My whole body shaking

00:22:46Cold

00:22:47So cold

00:22:47The kind that crept up from the bottom of you

00:22:49That no coat

00:22:50No matter how expensive

00:22:52Could keep out

00:22:53Five years

00:22:55Five whole years

00:22:56My body could make a clean break

00:22:58My heart couldn't pull free that fast

00:23:01I don't know how long it took

00:23:02Eventually I flagged down a cab

00:23:04And headed to a hotel near work

00:23:06Until I left the country

00:23:07That's where I'd stay

00:23:09While I waited for my visa

00:23:11I had to close out the project

00:23:12I'd been leading for almost two years

00:23:16My personal life was already a wreck

00:23:18My career wasn't going to be

00:23:20I buried myself in overtime

00:23:22Kept myself slammed

00:23:23Partly to speed things up

00:23:25Partly so I wouldn't have time to think

00:23:27As long as I was busy

00:23:28I couldn't dwell on anything else

00:23:30Maybe it was the toll on my body and nerves

00:23:32Lately I'd been constantly tired

00:23:34Constantly nauseous

00:23:35My boss reminded me to pull it together

00:23:38The client was coming a sting in this afternoon

00:23:40To finalize the contract

00:23:42At the head of the table sat someone I knew

00:23:45Julian in a sharp suit

00:23:47And beside him

00:23:48In a cinched waist backless cocktail dress

00:23:50Sat Poppy

00:23:51My nails dug into my palms

00:23:53Before I could stop them

00:23:54My boss thought I had nerves

00:23:57And whispered

00:23:57Relax the proposal and the designs

00:23:59Have already been signed off

00:24:00By their project lead

00:24:01These two are just bored

00:24:02Trust fund babies

00:24:02Playing at being adults

00:24:03Smile through it

00:24:04Humor the rich kids

00:24:05And we're done

00:24:06Just give them your usual pitch

00:24:09I drew a breath

00:24:10I forced on a smile

00:24:11I opened the deck

00:24:12And walked them through my design vision

00:24:13Smooth composed

00:24:14Point by point

00:24:15Poppy propped her chin in her hand

00:24:17Nodding along all smiles

00:24:18Under the table

00:24:19My boss flashed me a discreet thumbs up

00:24:21I exhaled

00:24:22Reading the room

00:24:23Someone slid the contract

00:24:25Across the table

00:24:26Hmm

00:24:26It's not doing it for me

00:24:27The design's so boring

00:24:28It gives me a headache

00:24:29Just looking at it

00:24:31I don't think I want a sign

00:24:33The smile froze on my boss's face

00:24:35I kept mine polite

00:24:37Is there a specific element

00:24:39You're not happy with?

00:24:40Poppy didn't even glance

00:24:41At the contract

00:24:42She held up her hand

00:24:43Admiring her fresh manicure

00:24:45Hard to say

00:24:46It's more of a feeling

00:24:47Then she hooked her arm

00:24:49Through Julian's

00:24:50What do you think?

00:24:51Every eye in the room

00:24:52Turned to him

00:24:52Julian's eyes landed on me

00:24:54On instinct

00:24:55I looked away

00:24:56Sounds like your project lead

00:24:58Doesn't have much faith

00:24:58In her own work either

00:24:59I'm suddenly losing interest

00:25:01In this investment

00:25:03Pulling out

00:25:05Oh and just so you know

00:25:06I've already authorized

00:25:07My people to begin

00:25:08A hostile takeover

00:25:09Of your company

00:25:11Congratulations Claire

00:25:12You'll be working for me

00:25:13Very soon

00:25:14Two years on this account

00:25:16A thousand discarded drafts

00:25:18I'd lost count of the nights

00:25:19I'd spent at my desk

00:25:20To get here

00:25:20We were finally about to land

00:25:22This was supposed to be

00:25:23The showcase project

00:25:24The perfect closing chapter

00:25:25On this stage of my career

00:25:26One careless sentence from him

00:25:28And it was all stillborn

00:25:29Back at the office

00:25:30My boss came tearing in

00:25:32White as a shield

00:25:33Shaking from head to toe

00:25:35He was practically sobbing

00:25:38Claire he will destroy

00:25:39The whole firm

00:25:40Please

00:25:41Just go apologize

00:25:43It wasn't that I didn't

00:25:45Want to save the project

00:25:47It was that I knew exactly

00:25:49Who Poppy was actually here for

00:25:51The only way this project survived

00:25:53Was if I disappeared

00:25:57I just hadn't expected

00:25:59The one thing tying me to this city

00:26:00Would get torn apart this fast

00:26:02The wave of nauseous hit again

00:26:04I stumbled out of the office

00:26:05Julian

00:26:06Still here

00:26:08His hands started wandering somewhere

00:26:10It had no business going

00:26:11I bit down on him

00:26:12With everything I had

00:26:13The taste of blood

00:26:15Bloomed thick

00:26:16Between our mouths

00:26:17Get out

00:26:19Julian stood there

00:26:20His expression unreadable

00:26:26Claire

00:26:28After all this time

00:26:29Why haven't you learned

00:26:30I tried to twist away

00:26:32The harder I fought

00:26:33The tighter he held me

00:26:36If you'd just apologized

00:26:37For what happened last time

00:26:40None of this would be happening today

00:26:45How hard is it to lower your head

00:26:48Just once

00:26:49Julian's voice was softer

00:26:50Than any sweet nothing

00:26:51He'd ever whispered in my ear

00:26:52But I was shaking anyway

00:26:54Not from the cold

00:26:55From a cramp tearing

00:26:57Through my stomach

00:26:58An eerie

00:26:59Sinking

00:27:00Dragging down feeling

00:27:01Something was rushing out of me

00:27:04A ridiculous thought

00:27:05Surfaced in my mind

00:27:06I tried to look down

00:27:09Julian's grip on my chin

00:27:10Held me in place

00:27:11All I could do

00:27:13Was bite my lip

00:27:14And hold on

00:27:15Something warm

00:27:16Slipped down my thigh

00:27:18Dripping onto the carpet

00:27:19Julian noticed

00:27:28Claire you

00:27:29Before our honeymoon

00:27:30To the Amalfi coast

00:27:31My husband Julian

00:27:33Canceled our flight

00:27:34Behind my back

00:27:34He swapped them

00:27:36For tickets to Ibiza

00:27:37With his childhood

00:27:39Best friend

00:27:39Poppy

00:27:40Even his pack

00:27:41Of party boyfriends

00:27:42Thought he'd gone too far

00:27:44And tried to talk him down

00:27:49The fuck

00:27:50Julian

00:27:51This is messed up

00:27:52Claire's been looking forward

00:27:53To it forever

00:27:54Julian didn't care

00:27:55He brushed them off

00:27:56Without a second thought

00:27:57It's Poppy's birthday wish

00:27:59One more single girl trip

00:28:00With her before

00:28:01I'm locked down

00:28:01For good

00:28:02Claire always blows

00:28:03Everything out of proportion

00:28:04This'll be good for her

00:28:06Reminder she's not

00:28:06The center of the universe

00:28:07The Poppy he was talking about

00:28:09Was his weepy

00:28:10Childhood playmate

00:28:11And I was Claire

00:28:12The wife he couldn't

00:28:13Even bother to say

00:28:14My wife about

00:28:15I didn't fight

00:28:16I didn't argue

00:28:17I pretended I had no idea

00:28:18Quietly cancelled

00:28:19The honeymoon

00:28:20And bought a one-way ticket

00:28:22To another country

00:28:23On the other side

00:28:23Of the ocean

00:28:24My phone was lagging

00:28:25The cancellation screen

00:28:27Kept spinning

00:28:27Meanwhile

00:28:28On Poppy's pink tablet

00:28:29An iMessage group chat

00:28:31Called Astor's Royal Guard

00:28:32Wouldn't stop lighting up

00:28:34I tapped it open

00:28:35Poppy's avatar

00:28:36Filled the screen

00:28:37What the hell is wrong

00:28:38With you assholes

00:28:38Every single one of you

00:28:40Is taking Claire's side

00:28:41Like she's your bro

00:28:42Not me

00:28:43Fine

00:28:44You're right

00:28:45It's all my fault

00:28:46I'm just a bitch

00:28:47I shouldn't have

00:28:48A birthday

00:28:49I definitely shouldn't

00:28:50Have wished for Julian

00:28:51To come with me

00:28:52I should be like the rest of you

00:28:54Kissing Queen Claire's ass

00:28:55You're her real friends

00:28:57I don't matter at all

00:28:58Happy now

00:28:59Julian who'd been ghosting me

00:29:00For two days

00:29:01Claiming he was in meetings

00:29:02Replied in seconds

00:29:03He at the other six guys

00:29:05And sent one thing

00:29:06A single

00:29:07Question mark

00:29:08Sorry, sorry, sorry

00:29:10It's just one bachelorette trip

00:29:12Queen Poppy says jump

00:29:14We don't just send Julian

00:29:15All six of us drop everything

00:29:17And show up as bodyguards

00:29:20Screw you

00:29:21Claire's the one you actually

00:29:22Answered to

00:29:23Claire, please

00:29:24So they had a wedding

00:29:25Big deal

00:29:26Julian still got that paperwork

00:29:27Locked in his safe

00:29:28She's a wife in name only

00:29:30Legally, none of it counts

00:29:32Last laugh's still up for grabs

00:29:34I blinked

00:29:35Staring at the group chat

00:29:36That was so much livelier

00:29:37Without me in it

00:29:38If Poppy hadn't left her tablet

00:29:40In Julian's car

00:29:41I wouldn't have even earned a peek

00:29:43At all this fun

00:29:44And there I'd been

00:29:46Naively reading travel guides

00:29:48Hoping the honeymoon

00:29:49Would make for great photos

00:29:51I stared at the empty itinerary

00:29:53For a long time

00:29:54Then I went back

00:29:55To the home screen

00:29:56Typed in a new destination

00:29:58And made a call

00:30:00Mom

00:30:02I'll go to London with you

00:30:03On the other end

00:30:04My mother caught it immediately

00:30:06Something was wrong

00:30:07Back then she'd turned down

00:30:08A once in a lifetime job offer

00:30:10For my sake

00:30:11Mom

00:30:12I know you have questions

00:30:14But right now

00:30:15I don't have the energy

00:30:16To explain everything

00:30:17That just happened

00:30:19I've made up my mind

00:30:21Once I wrap up work

00:30:22And get my visa sorted

00:30:23I'll fly out

00:30:23Then I'll tell you everything

00:30:25Mom went quiet for a few seconds

00:30:27In the end

00:30:28She didn't push

00:30:28I hung up and collapsed

00:30:30Onto the couch

00:30:30Trying to steady myself

00:30:32Julian's friends had a point

00:30:33We'd signed a prenup

00:30:34We'd had a wedding

00:30:35But he deliberately locked

00:30:36The marriage license

00:30:37The one we still had to file

00:30:38With City Hall

00:30:39In his safe

00:30:40Until it was legally binding

00:30:41I was just a wife

00:30:42Who could be swapped out

00:30:43At any moment

00:30:44Which right now

00:30:45Meant I didn't have to wait

00:30:46For him to come home

00:30:47No divorce proceedings

00:30:48No drawn out fights

00:30:50Over assets

00:30:50I pushed the wave

00:30:51Of feeling back down

00:30:52And forced myself up

00:30:54To start packing

00:30:54In the closet

00:30:55The his and hers

00:30:56Vacation outfits

00:30:57Freshly pressed

00:30:58Seemed to grin at me

00:30:59I'd designed them myself

00:31:00For the honeymoon

00:31:01For Julian

00:31:02I'd pulled all nighters

00:31:04Revising them over and over

00:31:06The final pieces

00:31:07Had just come in today

00:31:08Half an hour ago

00:31:09I'd still been waiting

00:31:10For Julian to come home

00:31:11And try them on

00:31:12Now

00:31:13I just wanted to throw

00:31:14Every single one of them

00:31:15In the trash

00:31:17By the time I'd packed

00:31:18And dragged my suitcase

00:31:19To the door

00:31:20It was the middle of the night

00:31:26Julian, say it

00:31:28Come on

00:31:28You're my royal stallion

00:31:30Giddy up

00:31:31Yeah, yeah

00:31:32Through my stinging

00:31:33Blurred vision

00:31:34I saw Julian

00:31:35Who hadn't been home

00:31:36In three days

00:31:37Giving Poppy

00:31:38A piggyback ride

00:31:39Her face was flushed red

00:31:40One hand had his ear

00:31:42In a death grip

00:31:42The other was patting his head

00:31:44Demanding he neigh

00:31:49Poppy's drunk

00:31:50I didn't know why

00:31:51He was bothering to explain

00:31:53When he'd moved in with me

00:31:54And Poppy bought the apartment

00:31:55Directly above ours

00:31:56The very next day

00:31:57He hadn't explained

00:31:59When Poppy had giggled

00:32:00In our doorway

00:32:01Hanging off Julian

00:32:02And purring

00:32:02Sweetie

00:32:03I'll always be on top of you

00:32:05He hadn't explained then either

00:32:07All he ever said was

00:32:09Claire, you know what we are

00:32:11To each other

00:32:11They were childhood sweethearts

00:32:13After all

00:32:14Two old money families

00:32:15Joined at the hip

00:32:16Everyone had watched them

00:32:17Grow up

00:32:18For years

00:32:19They'd been the golden couple

00:32:20In every photo

00:32:21Until Julian launched

00:32:22A three year campaign

00:32:23Chasing me in college

00:32:24To him

00:32:24That was proof enough

00:32:26That there was nothing

00:32:26Between him and Poppy

00:32:27Once I tore myself apart

00:32:29Over it

00:32:29I obsessed

00:32:30I picked fights

00:32:31But now

00:32:32Whatever they did

00:32:33Had nothing to do with me anymore

00:32:34I looked away

00:32:35All I said was

00:32:36Yeah, of course

00:32:37Then I started to wheel

00:32:38My suitcase past him

00:32:39It was the answer

00:32:40He should have wanted

00:32:42He didn't take it well

00:32:45Say that again

00:32:46I said

00:32:47We're done, Julian

00:32:49I'm breaking up with you

00:32:53You're really not done

00:32:54Throwing this tantrum, are you?

00:32:55And by the way, Claire

00:32:56We had our wedding last week

00:32:59If you're throwing a fit

00:33:01The words divorce

00:33:02Not

00:33:03Break up

00:33:05Break up

00:33:05Divorce

00:33:06To Julian

00:33:07They were the same kind of joke

00:33:08He looked at me lazily

00:33:10The way you humor a child

00:33:11Who's being unreasonable

00:33:12I didn't bother arguing

00:33:14The corner of my mouth twitched

00:33:16Call it whatever you want

00:33:17But I couldn't leave

00:33:18The standoff lasted only a few seconds

00:33:25Enough!

00:33:26I can't deal with you two anymore!

00:33:32Julian instinctively reached down

00:33:33To help her up

00:33:34She shoved him away

00:33:35Don't touch me

00:33:36I'm done

00:33:37I'm done

00:33:37The second she sees me

00:33:39It's I want to break up

00:33:40I'm leaving

00:33:41Am I some kind of prop?

00:33:42Am I garbage?

00:33:43Why is she so disgusted by me?

00:33:46Julian

00:33:47Let's cut each other off

00:33:49I am sick of walking

00:33:51On eggshells around her

00:33:53It's all my fault

00:33:55I shouldn't have ever shown up

00:33:56In your lives

00:33:57I shouldn't have grown up with you

00:33:59Right on cue

00:34:00She launched into dramatic

00:34:01Dry heaving

00:34:01Baking that she couldn't breathe

00:34:02Tearing through her Hermes bag

00:34:04For something

00:34:04My pills!

00:34:05Where's my Xanax?

00:34:06I'm dying!

00:34:07Maybe I should just die!

00:34:08Anything's better than being treated

00:34:09Like this every single time!

00:34:10The heat at my wrist disappeared

00:34:12Julian had already pulled her into his arms

00:34:14Stopping her

00:34:16It took maybe a few seconds

00:34:19Poppy was gasping wildly against his chest

00:34:22Her eyes read

00:34:25Happy now?

00:34:27It was always like this

00:34:28The instant I showed even a hint of resistance

00:34:31Poppy would declare an anxiety attack

00:34:33And start frantically hurting herself

00:34:35Can't speak to her

00:34:36Can't touch her

00:34:37Can't even walk away

00:34:38In the early days

00:34:40Julian had begged me

00:34:41To humor her

00:34:42Claire you've been through it yourself

00:34:44You know how it is

00:34:45When she's like this

00:34:46All you can do is go along with her

00:34:47Because lives were on the line

00:34:48I caved

00:34:49Every time

00:34:50I avoided the storm

00:34:51But eventually

00:34:52I figured it out

00:34:53Poppy's condition

00:34:54Only flared up

00:34:55When Julian wasn't choosing her over me

00:34:57That so called anxiety disorder

00:34:59It was just possessedness in costume

00:35:01Forcing him to pick a side

00:35:02I looked down at the smug little look

00:35:04On Poppy's face

00:35:04I nodded

00:35:06Sure

00:35:08Very happy

00:35:09Though

00:35:10You moved a little too fast

00:35:11You didn't get to find the pills

00:35:13Your acting could use some work

00:35:15Try harder next time

00:35:17A flash of shock crossed Poppy's face

00:35:19She froze

00:35:20Then started gearing up for round two

00:35:22His tall frame loomed over me

00:35:23Suddenly

00:35:24My whole field of vision went dark

00:35:26The shoulder that used to shelter me

00:35:28Was now carrying another woman

00:35:30Carrying her

00:35:31While blocking my way out

00:35:33Claire

00:35:35I really have been spoiling you too much

00:35:39She has every right to make you pay for that

00:35:42Be grateful Claire

00:35:43I'm the one holding her back

00:35:44For a moment

00:35:45The world went vacuum silence

00:35:47I couldn't hear a thing

00:35:50Even Poppy froze

00:35:51Then she snapped out of it

00:35:52Jerked her hand free

00:35:54And swung it hard at my face

00:35:55A second before her palm hit me

00:35:56Julian caught her wrist

00:35:58Those eyes

00:35:58The ones that used to watch over me

00:36:00Through the night

00:36:01That used to pull me out of nightmares

00:36:02Tonight they were cold as ice

00:36:04A flicker of disgust

00:36:05A warning

00:36:06You really thought you could just walk out on me?

00:36:09If she'd actually hit you

00:36:10You'd be thrown a fit for days, right?

00:36:13She got hurt

00:36:14And you don't even care?

00:36:17When you're ready to be reasonable

00:36:19You'll apologize to Poppy yourself

00:36:22I stood there

00:36:23Watching the floor numbers climb

00:36:24My whole body shaking

00:36:26Cold

00:36:26So cold

00:36:27The kind that crept up

00:36:28From the bottom of you

00:36:29That no coat

00:36:30No matter how expensive

00:36:31Could keep out

00:36:33Five years

00:36:35Five whole years

00:36:36My body could make a clean break

00:36:38My heart couldn't pull free that fast

00:36:41I don't know how long it took

00:36:43Eventually

00:36:43I flagged down a cab

00:36:44And headed to a hotel near work

00:36:46Until I left the country

00:36:47That's where I'd stay

00:36:49While I waited for my visa

00:36:51I had to close out the project

00:36:52I'd been leading for almost two years

00:36:55My personal life was already a wreck

00:36:58My career wasn't going to be

00:37:00I buried myself in overtime

00:37:02Kept myself slammed

00:37:03Partly to speed things up

00:37:05Partly so I wouldn't have time to think

00:37:06As long as I was busy

00:37:08I couldn't dwell on anything else

00:37:10Maybe it was the toll on my body and nerves

00:37:12Lately I'd been constantly tired

00:37:14Constantly nauseous

00:37:15My boss reminded me to pull it together

00:37:17The client was coming a sting in this afternoon

00:37:20To finalize the contract

00:37:22At the head of the table sat someone I knew

00:37:25Julian in a sharp suit

00:37:27And beside him

00:37:28In a cinched waist

00:37:29Backless cocktail dress

00:37:30Sat Poppy

00:37:31My nails dug into my palms

00:37:33Before I could stop them

00:37:34My boss thought I had nerves

00:37:36And whispered

00:37:37Relax

00:37:37The proposal and the designs

00:37:39Have already been signed off

00:37:40By their project lead

00:37:41These two are just bored

00:37:41Trust fund wabies

00:37:42Playing at being adults

00:37:43Smile through it

00:37:44Humor the rich kids

00:37:45And we're done

00:37:45Just give them your usual pitch

00:37:49I drew a breath

00:37:50I forced on a smile

00:37:51I opened the deck

00:37:52And walked them through my design vision

00:37:53Smooth composed

00:37:54Point by point

00:37:55Poppy propped her chin in her hand

00:37:56Nodding along all smiles

00:37:58Under the table

00:37:59My boss flashed me

00:38:00A discreet thumbs up

00:38:01I exhaled

00:38:02Reading the room

00:38:03Someone slid the contract

00:38:04Across the table

00:38:05Hmm

00:38:06It's not doing it for me

00:38:07The design's so boring

00:38:08It gives me a headache

00:38:09Just looking at it

00:38:11I don't think I want a sign

00:38:13The smile froze on my boss's face

00:38:15I kept mine polite

00:38:17Is there a specific element

00:38:18You're not happy with?

00:38:19Poppy didn't even glance

00:38:21At the contract

00:38:21She held up her hand

00:38:23Admiring her fresh manicure

00:38:25Hard to say

00:38:26It's more of a feeling

00:38:27Then she hooked her arm

00:38:29Through Julian's

00:38:30What do you think?

00:38:31Every eye in the room

00:38:31Turned to him

00:38:32Julian's eyes landed on me

00:38:34On instinct

00:38:35I looked away

00:38:36Sounds like your project lead

00:38:37Doesn't have much faith

00:38:38In her own work either

00:38:39I'm suddenly losing interest

00:38:41In this investment

00:38:42Pulling out

00:38:44Oh, and just so you know

00:38:46I've already authorized

00:38:47My people to begin

00:38:48A hostile takeover

00:38:49Of your company

00:38:50Congratulations, Claire

00:38:52You'll be working for me

00:38:53Very soon

00:38:54Two years on this account

00:38:56A thousand discarded drafts

00:38:57I'd lost count of the nights

00:38:59I'd spent at my desk

00:38:59To get here

00:39:00We were finally about to land

00:39:02This was supposed to be

00:39:03The showcase project

00:39:04The perfect closing chapter

00:39:05On this stage of my career

00:39:06One careless sentence from him

00:39:07And it was all stillborn

00:39:08Back at the office

00:39:10My boss came tearing in

00:39:12White as a shield

00:39:13Shaking from head to toe

00:39:15He was practically sobbing

00:39:17Claire, he will destroy

00:39:19The whole firm

00:39:19Please

00:39:20Just go apologize

00:39:23It wasn't that I didn't

00:39:24Want to save the project

00:39:27It was that I knew

00:39:28Exactly who Poppy

00:39:29Was actually here for

00:39:31The only way

00:39:32This project survived

00:39:33Was if I disappeared

00:39:37I just hadn't expected

00:39:38The one thing tying me

00:39:39To this city

00:39:40Would get torn apart

00:39:41This fast

00:39:41The wave of nauseas

00:39:43Hit again

00:39:43I stumbled out of the office

00:39:45Julian

00:39:46Still here

00:39:47His hands started

00:39:49Wandering somewhere

00:39:49It had no business going

00:39:51I bit down on him

00:39:52With everything I had

00:39:53The taste of blood

00:39:55Bloomed thick

00:39:56Between our mouths

00:39:56Get out

00:39:59Julian stood there

00:40:00His expression

00:40:01Unreadable

00:40:06Claire

00:40:08After all this time

00:40:09Why haven't you learned

00:40:10I tried to twist away

00:40:11The harder I fought

00:40:13The tighter he held me

00:40:15If you'd just apologized

00:40:17For what happened last time

00:40:20None of this would be

00:40:21Happening today

00:40:25How hard is it

00:40:26To lower your head

00:40:28Just once

00:40:29Julian's voice

00:40:30Was softer than any sweet nothing

00:40:31He'd ever whispered in my ear

00:40:32But I was shaking anyway

00:40:34Not from the cold

00:40:35From a cramp

00:40:36Tearing through my stomach

00:40:37An eerie

00:40:39Sinking

00:40:39Dragging down feeling

00:40:40Something was rushing out of me

00:40:43A ridiculous thought

00:40:45Surfaced in my mind

00:40:46I tried to look down

00:40:49Julian's grip on my chin

00:40:50Held me in place

00:40:51All I could do

00:40:52Was bite my lip

00:40:53And hold on

00:40:55Something warm

00:40:56Slipped down my thigh

00:40:58Dripping onto the carpet

00:40:59Julian noticed

00:41:08Claire you

00:41:09Before our honeymoon

00:41:10To the Amalfi coast

00:41:11My husband Julian

00:41:12Canceled our flight

00:41:13Behind my back

00:41:14He swapped them

00:41:16For tickets to Ibiza

00:41:17With his childhood

00:41:18Best friend

00:41:19Poppy

00:41:20Even his pack

00:41:21Of party boy friends

00:41:22Thought he'd gone too far

00:41:23And tried to talk him down

00:41:29The fuck

00:41:30Julian

00:41:30This is messed up

00:41:32Claire's been looking forward

00:41:33To it forever

00:41:34Julian didn't care

00:41:35He brushed them off

00:41:36Without a second thought

00:41:37It's Poppy's birthday wish

00:41:39One more single girl trip

00:41:40With her before I'm

00:41:41Locked down for good

00:41:42Claire always blows

00:41:43Everything out of proportion

00:41:44This'll be good for her

00:41:45Reminder she's not

00:41:46The center of the universe

00:41:47The Poppy he was talking about

00:41:49Was his weepy

00:41:50Childhood playmate

00:41:51And I was Claire

00:41:52The wife he couldn't even bother

00:41:53To say my wife about

00:41:54I didn't fight

00:41:55I didn't argue

00:41:56I pretended I had no idea

00:41:58Quietly cancelled the honeymoon

00:42:00And bought a one-way ticket

00:42:02To another country

00:42:02On the other side of the ocean

00:42:04My phone was lagging

00:42:05The cancellation screen

00:42:06Kept spinning

00:42:07Meanwhile

00:42:08On Poppy's pink tablet

00:42:09An iMessage group chat

00:42:10Called

00:42:11Astor's Royal Guard

00:42:12Wouldn't stop lighting up

00:42:13I tapped it open

00:42:14Poppy's avatar

00:42:15Filled the screen

00:42:16What the hell is wrong

00:42:17With you assholes

00:42:18Every single one of you

00:42:20Was taking Claire's side

00:42:21Like she's your bro

00:42:22Not me

00:42:23Fine

00:42:23You're right

00:42:24It's all my fault

00:42:26I'm just a bitch

00:42:27I shouldn't have

00:42:28A birthday

00:42:29I definitely shouldn't

00:42:30Have wished for Julian

00:42:31To come with me

00:42:32I should be like

00:42:33The rest of you

00:42:34Kissing Queen Claire's ass

00:42:35You're her real friends

00:42:36I don't matter at all

00:42:38Happy now

00:42:38Julian who'd been

00:42:39Ghosting me for two days

00:42:41Claiming he was in meetings

00:42:42Replied in seconds

00:42:43He at the other six guys

00:42:44And sent one thing

00:42:45A single

00:42:46Question mark

00:42:48Sorry sorry sorry

00:42:49It's just one bachelorette trip

00:42:52Queen Poppy says jump

00:42:54We don't just send Julian

00:42:55All six of us drop everything

00:42:57And show up as bodyguards

00:43:00Screw you

00:43:01Claire's the one you actually

00:43:02Answer to

00:43:03Claire please

00:43:04So they had a wedding

00:43:05Big deal

00:43:06Julian still got that paperwork

00:43:07Locked in his safe

00:43:08She's a wife in name only

00:43:10Legally none of it counts

00:43:12Last laugh still up for grabs

00:43:14I blinked

00:43:15Staring at the group chat

00:43:16That was so much livelier

00:43:17Without me in it

00:43:18If Poppy hadn't left her tablet

00:43:20In Julian's car

00:43:21I wouldn't have even earned a peek

00:43:23At all this fun

00:43:24And there I'd been

00:43:25Naively reading travel guides

00:43:28Hoping the honeymoon

00:43:29Would make for great photos

00:43:31I stared at the empty itinerary

00:43:33For a long time

00:43:34Then I went back to the home screen

00:43:36Typed in a new destination

00:43:37And made a call

00:43:40Mom

00:43:41I'll go to London with you

00:43:43On the other end

00:43:44My mother caught it immediately

00:43:45Something was wrong

00:43:47Back then she'd turned down

00:43:48A once in a lifetime job offer

00:43:50For my sake

00:43:51Mom

00:43:52I know you have questions

00:43:53But right now

00:43:55I don't have the energy

00:43:56To explain everything

00:43:57That just happened

00:43:59I've made up my mind

00:44:00Once I wrap up work

00:44:01And get my visa sorted

00:44:02I'll fly out

00:44:03Then I'll tell you everything

00:44:05Mom went quiet for a few seconds

00:44:06In the end

00:44:07She didn't push

00:44:08I hung up and collapsed

00:44:09Onto the couch

00:44:10Trying to steady myself

00:44:11Julian's friends had a point

00:44:13We'd signed a prenup

00:44:14We'd had a wedding

00:44:15But he deliberately locked

00:44:16The marriage license

00:44:17The one we still had to file

00:44:18With City Hall

00:44:19In his safe

00:44:20Until it was legally binding

00:44:21I was just a wife

00:44:22Who could be swapped out

00:44:23At any moment

00:44:24Which right now

00:44:25Meant I didn't have to wait

00:44:26For him to come home

00:44:27No divorce proceedings

00:44:28No drawn out fights

00:44:29Over assets

00:44:30I pushed the wave

00:44:31Of feeling back down

00:44:32And forced myself up

00:44:34To start packing

00:44:34In the closet

00:44:35The his and hers

00:44:36Vacation outfits

00:44:37Freshly pressed

00:44:37Seemed to grin at me

00:44:38I'd designed them myself

00:44:40For the honeymoon

00:44:41For Julian

00:44:42I'd pulled all-nighters

00:44:44Revising them over and over

00:44:45The final pieces

00:44:46Had just come in today

00:44:48Half an hour ago

00:44:49I'd still been waiting

00:44:50For Julian to come home

00:44:51And try them on

00:44:52Now

00:44:52I just wanted to throw

00:44:54Every single one of them

00:44:55In the trash

00:44:57By the time I'd packed

00:44:58And dragged my suitcase

00:44:59To the door

00:45:00It was the middle of the night

00:45:06Julian, say it

00:45:08Come on

00:45:08You're my royal stallion

00:45:10Giddy up

00:45:11Yeah, yeah

00:45:12Through my stinging

00:45:13Blurred vision

00:45:14I saw Julian

00:45:15Who hadn't been home

00:45:16In three days

00:45:16Giving Poppy

00:45:18A piggyback ride

00:45:18Her face was flushed red

00:45:20One hand had his ear

00:45:22In a death grip

00:45:22The other was

00:45:23Patting his head

00:45:24Demanding he neigh

00:45:29Poppy's drunk

00:45:30I didn't know why

00:45:31He was bothering to explain

00:45:32When he'd moved in with me

00:45:34And Poppy bought the apartment

00:45:35Directly above ours

00:45:36The very next day

00:45:37He hadn't explained

00:45:38When Poppy had giggled

00:45:40In our doorway

00:45:41Hanging off Julian

00:45:42And purring

00:45:42Sweetie

00:45:43I'll always be on top of you

00:45:45He hadn't explained then either

00:45:46All he ever said was

00:45:49Claire

00:45:49You know what we are

00:45:51To each other

00:45:51They were childhood sweethearts

00:45:53After all

00:45:53Two old money families

00:45:55Joined at the hip

00:45:56Everyone had watched them

00:45:57Grow up

00:45:57For years

00:45:58They'd been the golden couple

00:46:00In every photo

00:46:00Until Julian launched

00:46:02A three year campaign

00:46:02Chasing me in college

00:46:03To him

00:46:04That was proof enough

00:46:05That there was nothing

00:46:06Between him and Poppy

00:46:07Once I tore myself apart

00:46:09Over it

00:46:09I obsessed

00:46:10I picked fights

00:46:11But now

00:46:12Whatever they did

00:46:12Had nothing to do

00:46:13With me anymore

00:46:14I looked away

00:46:15All I said was

00:46:16Yeah

00:46:16Of course

00:46:17Then I started to

00:46:18Wheel my suitcase

00:46:19Past him

00:46:19It was the answer

00:46:20He should have wanted

00:46:22He didn't take it well

00:46:24Say that again

00:46:25I said

00:46:27We're done Julian

00:46:29I'm breaking up with you

00:46:32You're really not done

00:46:34Throwing this tantrum

00:46:35Are you

00:46:35And by the way

00:46:36Claire

00:46:36We had our wedding

00:46:38Last week

00:46:39If you're throwing a fit

00:46:40The words

00:46:41Divorce

00:46:42Not

00:46:43Break up

00:46:44Break up

00:46:45Divorce

00:46:46To Julian

00:46:47They were the same

00:46:47Kind of joke

00:46:48He looked at me lazily

00:46:49The way you humor

00:46:50A child

00:46:51Who's being unreasonable

00:46:52I didn't bother arguing

00:46:53The corner of my mouth

00:46:55Twitched

00:46:55Call it whatever you want

00:46:56But I couldn't leave

00:46:57The standoff lasted

00:46:59Only a few seconds

00:47:05Enough

00:47:05I can't deal

00:47:07With you two anymore

00:47:11Julian instinctively

00:47:12Reached down

00:47:13To help her up

00:47:14She shoved him away

00:47:15Don't touch me

00:47:16I'm done

00:47:17I'm done

00:47:17The second she sees me

00:47:19It's I want to break up

00:47:20I'm leaving

00:47:21Am I some kind of prop

00:47:22Am I garbage

00:47:23Why is she so disgusted by me

00:47:25Julian

00:47:27Let's cut each other off

00:47:29I am sick of walking

00:47:31On eggshells around her

00:47:33It's all my fault

00:47:34I shouldn't have ever

00:47:35Shown up in your lives

00:47:37I shouldn't have

00:47:38Grown up with you

00:47:39Right on cue

00:47:39She launched into

00:47:40Dramatic dry heaving

00:47:41Faking that she couldn't breathe

00:47:42Tearing through her

00:47:43Hermes bag for something

00:47:44My pills

00:47:44Where's my Xanax

00:47:45I'm dying

00:47:46Maybe I should just die

00:47:47Anything's better than

00:47:48Being treated like this

00:47:49Every single time

00:47:50The heat at my wrist

00:47:51Disappeared

00:47:51Julian had already

00:47:53Pulled her into his arms

00:47:54Stopping her

00:47:56It took maybe a few seconds

00:47:59Poppy was gasping wildly

00:48:01Against his chest

00:48:02Her eyes read

00:48:05Happy now?

00:48:06It was always like this

00:48:08The instant I showed

00:48:09Even a hint of resistance

00:48:10Poppy would declare

00:48:12An anxiety attack

00:48:13And start frantically

00:48:14Hurting herself

00:48:14Can't speak to her

00:48:16Can't touch her

00:48:17Can't even walk away

00:48:18In the early days

00:48:20Julian had begged me

00:48:21To humor her

00:48:22Claire you've been

00:48:22Through it yourself

00:48:23You know how it is

00:48:24When she's like this

00:48:25All you can do

00:48:26Is go along with her

00:48:27Because lives were on the line

00:48:28I caved

00:48:29Every time

00:48:29I avoided the storm

00:48:31But eventually

00:48:32I figured it out

00:48:33Poppy's condition

00:48:34Only flared up

00:48:35When Julian wasn't

00:48:36Choosing her over me

00:48:37That so called

00:48:38Anxiety disorder

00:48:39It was just

00:48:39Possessness in costume

00:48:40Forcing him to pick a side

00:48:42I looked down

00:48:43At the smug little look

00:48:43On Poppy's face

00:48:44I nodded

00:48:45Sure

00:48:47Very happy

00:48:48Though

00:48:49You moved a little too fast

00:48:51You didn't get to find the pills

00:48:53Your acting could use some work

00:48:55Try harder next time

00:48:57A flash of shock

00:48:57Crossed Poppy's face

00:48:58She froze

00:49:00Then started gearing up

00:49:01For round two

00:49:01His tall frame

00:49:02Loomed over me

00:49:03Suddenly

00:49:04My whole field of vision

00:49:05Went dark

00:49:06The shoulder that used to

00:49:07Shelter me

00:49:08Was now carrying

00:49:09Another woman

00:49:10Carrying her

00:49:11While blocking my way out

00:49:13Claire

00:49:15I really have been

00:49:16Spoiling you too much

00:49:19She has every right

00:49:20To make you pay for that

00:49:21Be grateful Claire

00:49:23I'm the one holding her back

00:49:24For a moment

00:49:25The world went

00:49:26Vacuum silence

00:49:27I couldn't hear a thing

00:49:30Even Poppy froze

00:49:31Then she snapped out of it

00:49:32Jerked her hand free

00:49:33And swung it hard

00:49:34At my face

00:49:35A second before her palm

00:49:36Hit me

00:49:36Julian caught her wrist

00:49:37Those eyes

00:49:38The ones that used to

00:49:39Watch over me

00:49:40Through the night

00:49:40That used to pull me

00:49:42Out of nightmares

00:49:42Tonight they were

00:49:43Cold as ice

00:49:44A flicker of disgust

00:49:45A warning

00:49:46You really thought

00:49:47You could just

00:49:47Walk out on me

00:49:49If she'd actually

00:49:50Hit you

00:49:50You'd be throwing

00:49:51A fit for days

00:49:51Right

00:49:52She got hurt

00:49:53And you don't even care

00:49:57When you're ready

00:49:58To be reasonable

00:49:58You'll apologize

00:49:59To Poppy yourself

00:50:02I stood there

00:50:02Watching the floor

00:50:03Numbers climb

00:50:04My whole body shaking

00:50:06Cold

00:50:06So cold

00:50:07The kind that crept up

00:50:08From the bottom of you

00:50:09That no coat

00:50:10No matter how expensive

00:50:11Could keep out

00:50:13Five years

00:50:14Five whole years

00:50:16My body could make

00:50:17A clean break

00:50:18My heart couldn't

00:50:18Pull free that fast

00:50:20I don't know how long

00:50:21It took

00:50:22Eventually I flagged down

00:50:23A cab and headed

00:50:24To a hotel near work

00:50:26Until I left the country

00:50:27That's where I'd stay

00:50:29While I waited for my visa

00:50:30I had to close out

00:50:32The project I'd been leading

00:50:33For almost two years

00:50:35My personal life

00:50:36Was already a wreck

00:50:38My career wasn't going to be

00:50:40I buried myself in overtime

00:50:41Kept myself slammed

00:50:43Partly to speed things up

00:50:44Partly so I wouldn't

00:50:46Have time to think

00:50:46As long as I was busy

00:50:48I couldn't dwell

00:50:49On anything else

00:50:50Maybe it was the toll

00:50:51On my body and nerves

00:50:52Lately I'd been

00:50:53Constantly tired

00:50:54Constantly nauseous

00:50:55My boss reminded me

00:50:56To pull it together

00:50:57The client was coming

00:50:58A sting in this afternoon

00:50:59To finalize the contract

00:51:02At the head of the table

00:51:03Sat someone I knew

00:51:04Julian in a sharp suit

00:51:06And beside him

00:51:08In a cinched waist

00:51:09Backless cocktail dress

00:51:10Sat Poppy

00:51:11My nails dug into my palms

00:51:13Before I could stop them

00:51:14My boss thought I had nerves

00:51:16And whispered

00:51:17Relax

00:51:17The proposal and the designs

00:51:18Have already been signed off

00:51:19By their project lead

00:51:20These two are just bored

00:51:21Trust fungwebes

00:51:22Playing at being adults

00:51:23Smile through it

00:51:24Humor the rich kids

00:51:25And we're done

00:51:25Just give them your usual pitch

00:51:28I drew a breath

00:51:29I forced on a smile

00:51:31I opened the deck

00:51:31And walked them

00:51:32Through my design vision

00:51:33Smooth composed

00:51:34Point by point

00:51:35Poppy propped her chin

00:51:36In her hand

00:51:36Nodding along

00:51:37All smiles under the table

00:51:38My boss flashed me

00:51:40A discreet thumbs up

00:51:41I exhaled

00:51:42Reading the room

00:51:43Someone slid the contract

00:51:44Across the table

00:51:45Hmm

00:51:45It's not doing it for me

00:51:46The design's so boring

00:51:48It gives me a headache

00:51:49Just looking at it

00:51:51I don't think I want a sign

00:51:52The smile froze

00:51:54On my boss's face

00:51:55I kept mine polite

00:51:56Is there a specific element

00:51:58You're not happy with?

00:51:59Poppy didn't even glance

00:52:00At the contract

00:52:01She held up her hand

00:52:03Admiring her fresh manicure

00:52:04Hard to say

00:52:06It's more of a feeling

00:52:07Then she hooked her arm

00:52:09Through Julian's

00:52:10What do you think?

00:52:10Every eye in the room

00:52:11Turned to him

00:52:12Julian's eyes landed on me

00:52:14On instinct

00:52:15I looked away

00:52:16Sounds like your project lead

00:52:17Doesn't have much faith

00:52:18In her own work either

00:52:19I'm suddenly losing interest

00:52:20In this investment

00:52:22Pulling out

00:52:24Oh and just so you know

00:52:26I've already authorized

00:52:27My people to begin

00:52:28A hostile takeover

00:52:29Of your company

00:52:30Congratulations Claire

00:52:32You'll be working for me

00:52:33Very soon

00:52:34Two years on this account

00:52:35A thousand discarded drafts

00:52:37I'd lost count of the nights

00:52:38I'd spent at my desk

00:52:39To get here

00:52:40We were finally about to land

00:52:41This was supposed to be

00:52:42The showcase project

00:52:43The perfect closing chapter

00:52:45On this stage of my career

00:52:46One careless sentence from him

00:52:47And it was all stillborn

00:52:48Back at the office

00:52:50My boss came tearing in

00:52:51White as a shield

00:52:52Shaking from head to toe

00:52:55He was practically sobbing

00:52:57Claire he will destroy

00:52:58The whole firm

00:52:59Please

00:53:00Just go apologize

00:53:03It wasn't that I didn't

00:53:04Want to save the project

00:53:07It was that I knew exactly

00:53:08Who Poppy was actually

00:53:09Here for

00:53:11The only way this project

00:53:12Survived

00:53:13Was if I disappeared

00:53:17I just hadn't expected

00:53:18The one thing

00:53:19Tying me to this city

00:53:20Would get torn apart

00:53:21This fast

00:53:21The wave of nauseous

00:53:23Hit again

00:53:23I stumbled out of the office

00:53:25Julian

00:53:26Still here

00:53:27His hands started

00:53:28Wandering somewhere

00:53:29It had no business going

00:53:31I bit down on him

00:53:32With everything I had

00:53:33The taste of blood

00:53:34Bloomed thick

00:53:35Between our mouths

00:53:36Get out

00:53:39Julian stood there

00:53:40His expression unreadable

00:53:46Claire

00:53:47After all this time

00:53:49Why haven't you learned

00:53:50I tried to twist away

00:53:51The harder I fought

00:53:52The tighter he held me

00:53:55If you'd just apologized

00:53:57For what happened last time

00:54:00None of this would be

00:54:01Happening today

00:54:05How hard is it

00:54:06To lower your head

00:54:07Just once

00:54:08Julian's voice was softer

00:54:10Than any sweet nothing

00:54:11He'd ever whispered

00:54:12In my ear

00:54:12But I was shaking anyway

00:54:14Not from the cold

00:54:15From a cramp

00:54:16Tearing through my stomach

00:54:17An eerie

00:54:19Sinking

00:54:19Dragging down feeling

00:54:20Something was rushing

00:54:22Out of me

00:54:23A ridiculous thought

00:54:25Surfaced in my mind

00:54:26I tried to look down

00:54:28Julian's grip on my chin

00:54:30Held me in place

00:54:31All I could do

00:54:32Was bite my lip

00:54:33And hold on

00:54:35Something warm

00:54:36Slipped down my thigh

00:54:37Dripping onto the carpet

00:54:39Julian noticed

00:54:48Claire you

00:54:48Before our honeymoon

00:54:49To the Amalfi coast

00:54:50My husband Julian

00:54:52Canceled our flight

00:54:53Behind my back

00:54:54He swapped them

00:54:55For tickets to Ibiza

00:54:57With his childhood

00:54:58Best friend

00:54:59Poppy

00:54:59Even his pack

00:55:01Of party boyfriends

00:55:02Thought he'd gone too far

00:55:03And tried to talk him down

00:55:08The fuck

00:55:09Julian

00:55:10This is messed up

00:55:12Claire's been looking forward

00:55:13To it forever

00:55:13Julian didn't care

00:55:15He brushed them off

00:55:16Without a second thought

00:55:17It's Poppy's birthday wish

00:55:19One more single girl trip

00:55:20With her before

00:55:20I'm locked down

00:55:21For good

00:55:21Claire always blows

00:55:23Everything out of proportion

00:55:24This'll be good for her

00:55:25Reminder she's not the center

00:55:26Of the universe

00:55:27The Poppy he was talking about

00:55:29Was his weepy childhood playmate

00:55:30And I was Claire

00:55:31The wife he couldn't even bother

00:55:33To say my wife about

00:55:34I didn't fight

00:55:35I didn't argue

00:55:36I pretended I had no idea

00:55:38Quietly cancelled the honeymoon

00:55:39And bought a one-way ticket

00:55:41To another country

00:55:42On the other side of the ocean

00:55:44My phone was lagging

00:55:45The cancellation screen

00:55:46Kept spinning

00:55:47Meanwhile

00:55:47On Poppy's pink tablet

00:55:49An iMessage group chat

00:55:50Called

00:55:51Astor's Royal Guard

00:55:52Wouldn't stop lighting up

00:55:53I tapped it open

00:55:54Poppy's avatar

00:55:55Filled the screen

00:55:56What the hell is wrong

00:55:57With you assholes

00:55:58Every single one of you

00:55:59Is taking Claire's side

00:56:01Like she's your bro

00:56:02Not me

00:56:03Fine

00:56:03You're right

00:56:04It's all my fault

00:56:05I'm just a bitch

00:56:07I shouldn't have

00:56:08A birthday

00:56:08I definitely shouldn't

00:56:10Have wished for Julian

00:56:11To come with me

00:56:11I should be like

00:56:13The rest of you

00:56:13Kissing Queen Claire's ass

00:56:15You're her real friends

00:56:16I don't matter at all

00:56:18Happy now

00:56:18Julian who'd been ghosting me

00:56:20For two days

00:56:20Claiming he was in meetings

00:56:22Replied in seconds

00:56:23He at the other six guys

00:56:24And sent one thing

00:56:25A single

00:56:26Question mark

00:56:27Sorry sorry sorry

00:56:29It's just one bachelorette trip

00:56:32Queen Poppy says jump

00:56:33We don't just send Julian

00:56:35All six of us drop everything

00:56:37And show up as bodyguards

00:56:40Screw you

00:56:40Claire's the one you actually

00:56:42Answer to

00:56:42Claire please

00:56:43So they had a wedding

00:56:44Big deal

00:56:45Julian still got that paperwork

00:56:47Locked in his safe

00:56:48She's a wife in name only

00:56:50Legally none of it counts

00:56:51Last laughs still up for grabs

00:56:53I blinked

00:56:54Staring at the group chat

00:56:56That was so much livelier

00:56:57Without me in it

00:56:58If Poppy hadn't left her tablet

00:56:59In Julian's car

00:57:00I wouldn't have even earned a peek

00:57:02At all this fun

00:57:04And there I'd been

00:57:05Naively reading travel guides

00:57:07Hoping the honeymoon

00:57:08Would make for great photos

00:57:10I stared at the empty itinerary

00:57:12For a long time

00:57:14Then I went back to the home screen

00:57:16Typed in a new destination

00:57:17And made a call

00:57:20Mom

00:57:21I'll go to London with you

00:57:23On the other end

00:57:24My mother caught it immediately

00:57:25Something was wrong

00:57:27Back then she'd turned down

00:57:28A once in a lifetime job offer

00:57:30For my sake

00:57:31Mom

00:57:31I know you have questions

00:57:33But right now

00:57:34I don't have the energy

00:57:35To explain everything

00:57:37That just happened

00:57:38I've made up my mind

00:57:40Once I wrap up work

00:57:41And get my visa sorted

00:57:42I'll fly out

00:57:43Then I'll tell you everything

00:57:44Mom went quiet for a few seconds

00:57:46In the end

00:57:47She didn't push

00:57:48I hung up and collapsed

00:57:49Onto the couch

00:57:50Trying to steady myself

00:57:51Julian's friends had a point

00:57:53We'd signed a prenup

00:57:54We'd had a wedding

00:57:55But he deliberately locked

00:57:56The marriage license

00:57:57The one we still had to file

00:57:58With City Hall

00:57:59In his safe

00:57:59Until it was legally binding

00:58:01I was just a wife

00:58:02Who could be swapped out

00:58:03At any moment

00:58:04Which right now

00:58:05Meant I didn't have to wait

00:58:06For him to come home

00:58:07No divorce proceedings

00:58:08No drawn out fights

00:58:09Over assets

00:58:10I pushed the wave

00:58:11Of feeling back down

00:58:12And forced myself up

00:58:13To start packing

00:58:14In the closet

00:58:15The his and hers

00:58:15Vacation outfits

00:58:16Freshly pressed

00:58:17Seemed to grin at me

00:58:18I'd designed them myself

00:58:19For the honeymoon

00:58:21For Julian

00:58:22I'd pulled all-nighters

00:58:24Revising them over and over

00:58:25The final pieces

00:58:26Had just come in today

00:58:27Half an hour ago

00:58:29I'd still been waiting

00:58:30For Julian to come home

00:58:31And try them on

00:58:32Now

00:58:32I just wanted to throw

00:58:34Every single one of them

00:58:35In the trash

00:58:36By the time I'd packed

00:58:38And dragged my suitcase

00:58:39To the door

00:58:39It was the middle

00:58:40Of the night

00:58:46Julian, say it

00:58:47Come on

00:58:48You're my royal stallion

00:58:50Giddy up

00:58:51Yeah, yeah

00:58:52Through my stinging

00:58:53Blurred vision

00:58:53I saw Julian

00:58:54Who hadn't been home

00:58:55In three days

00:58:56Giving Poppy

00:58:57A piggyback ride

00:58:58Her face was flushed red

00:59:00One hand had his ear

00:59:01In a death grip

00:59:02The other was

00:59:03Patting his head

00:59:04Demanding he neigh

00:59:09Poppy's drunk

00:59:10I didn't know why

00:59:11He was bothering to explain

00:59:12When he'd moved in with me

00:59:13And Poppy bought the apartment

00:59:15Directly above ours

00:59:16The very next day

00:59:17He hadn't explained

00:59:18When Poppy had giggled

00:59:20In our doorway

00:59:20Hanging off Julian

00:59:21And purring

00:59:22Sweetie

00:59:23I'll always be on top of you

00:59:24He hadn't explained then either

00:59:26All he ever said was

00:59:29Claire

00:59:29You know what we are

00:59:30To each other

00:59:31They were childhood sweethearts

00:59:33After all

00:59:33Two old money families

00:59:35Joined at the hip

00:59:35Everyone had watched them

00:59:37Grow up

00:59:37For years

00:59:38They'd been the golden couple

00:59:39In every photo

00:59:40Until Julian launched

00:59:41A three year campaign

00:59:42Chasing me in college

00:59:43To him

00:59:44That was proof enough

00:59:45That there was nothing

00:59:46Between him and Poppy

00:59:47Once I tore myself apart

00:59:48Over it

00:59:49I obsessed

00:59:50I picked fights

00:59:51But now

00:59:51Whatever they did

00:59:52Had nothing to do

00:59:53With me anymore

00:59:54I looked away

00:59:54All I said was

00:59:55Yeah

00:59:56Of course

00:59:57Then I started to

00:59:58Wheel my suitcase past him

00:59:59It was the answer

01:00:00He should have wanted

01:00:02He didn't take it well

01:00:04Say that again

01:00:05I said

01:00:07We're done Julian

01:00:09I'm breaking up with you

01:00:12You're really not done

01:00:13Throwing this tantrum

01:00:14Are you

01:00:15And by the way

01:00:16Claire

01:00:16We had our wedding

01:00:18Last week

01:00:18If you're throwing a fit

01:00:20The words

01:00:21Divorce

01:00:22Not

01:00:23Break up

01:00:24Break up

01:00:25Divorce

01:00:26To Julian

01:00:26They were the same

01:00:27Kind of joke

01:00:28He looked at me lazily

01:00:29The way you humor

01:00:30A child

01:00:31Who's being unreasonable

01:00:32I didn't bother arguing

01:00:33The corner of my mouth

01:00:35Twitched

01:00:35Call it whatever you want

01:00:36But I couldn't leave

01:00:37The standoff lasted

01:00:38Only a few seconds

01:00:44Enough

01:00:45I can't deal with you two anymore

01:00:51Julian instinctively reached down

01:00:53To help her up

01:00:54She shoved him away

01:00:55Don't touch me

01:00:56I'm done

01:00:57The second she sees me

01:00:59It's I want to break up

01:01:00I'm leaving

01:01:00Am I some kind of prop

01:01:02Am I garbage

01:01:03Why is she so disgusted by me

01:01:05Julian

01:01:07Let's cut each other off

01:01:09I am sick of walking

01:01:11On eggshells around her

01:01:13It's all my fault

01:01:14I shouldn't have ever shown up

01:01:16In your lives

01:01:16I shouldn't have grown up with you

01:01:19Right on cue

01:01:19She launched into dramatic

01:01:20Dry heaving

01:01:21Baking that she couldn't breathe

01:01:22Tearing through her Hermes bag

01:01:23For something

01:01:24My pills

01:01:24Where's my Xanax

01:01:25I'm dying

01:01:26Maybe I should just die

01:01:27Anything's better than being treated

01:01:28Like this every single time

01:01:30The heat at my wrist disappeared

01:01:31Julian had already pulled her

01:01:33Into his arms

01:01:34Stopping her

01:01:36It took maybe a few seconds

01:01:39Poppy was gasping wildly

01:01:41Against his chest

01:01:41Her eyes read

01:01:45Happy now?

01:01:46It was always like this

01:01:47The instant I showed

01:01:49Even a hint of resistance

01:01:50Poppy would declare

01:01:52An anxiety attack

01:01:52And start frantically hurting herself

01:01:54Can't speak to her

01:01:55Can't touch her

01:01:56Can't even walk away

01:01:58In the early days

01:01:59Julian had begged me

01:02:01To humor her

01:02:01Claire you've been through it yourself

01:02:03You know how it is

01:02:04When she's like this

01:02:05All you can do is go along with her

01:02:06Because lives were on the line

01:02:08I caved

01:02:08Every time

01:02:09I avoided the storm

01:02:11But eventually

01:02:12I figured it out

01:02:13Poppy's condition

01:02:14Only flared up

01:02:15When Julian wasn't choosing her over me

01:02:17That so-called anxiety disorder

01:02:18It was just possessedness in costume

01:02:20Forcing him to pick a side

01:02:22I looked down at the smug little look

01:02:23On Poppy's face

01:02:24I nodded

01:02:26Sure

01:02:27Very happy

01:02:29Though

01:02:29You moved a little too fast

01:02:31You didn't get to find the pills

01:02:32Your acting could use some work

01:02:35Try harder next time

01:02:36A flash of shock

01:02:37Crossed Poppy's face

01:02:38She froze

01:02:39Then started gearing up

01:02:40For round two

01:02:41His tall frame

01:02:42Loomed over me

01:02:43Suddenly

01:02:43My whole field of vision

01:02:45Went dark

01:02:46The shoulder that used to shelter me

01:02:48Was now carrying another woman

01:02:49Carrying her

01:02:51While blocking my way out

01:02:52Claire

01:02:54I really have been spoiling you too much

01:02:57She has every right to make you pay for that

01:03:01Be grateful, Claire

01:03:02I'm the one holding her back

01:03:04For a moment

01:03:05The world went vacuum silence

01:03:07I couldn't hear a thing

01:03:09Even Poppy froze

01:03:11Then she snapped out of it

01:03:12Jerked her hand free

01:03:13And swung it hard at my face

01:03:14A second before her palm hit me

01:03:16Julian caught her wrist

01:03:17Those eyes

01:03:18The ones that used to watch over me

01:03:20Through the night

01:03:20That used to pull me out of nightmares

01:03:22Tonight they were cold as ice

01:03:24A flicker of disgust

01:03:25A warning

01:03:26You really thought you could just walk out on me?

01:03:29If she'd actually hit you

01:03:30You'd be throwing a fit for days, right?

01:03:32She got hurt

01:03:33And you don't even care?

01:03:37When you're ready to be reasonable

01:03:38You'll apologize to Poppy yourself

01:03:41I stood there

01:03:42Watching the floor numbers climb

01:03:44My whole body shaking

01:03:45Cold

01:03:46So cold

01:03:47The kind that crept up from the bottom of you

01:03:49That no coat

01:03:50No matter how expensive

01:03:51Could keep out

01:03:53Five years

01:03:54Five whole years

01:03:56My body could make a clean break

01:03:57My heart couldn't pull free that fast

01:04:00I don't know how long it took

01:04:02Eventually I flagged down a cab

01:04:03And headed to a hotel near work

01:04:05Until I left the country

01:04:06That's where I'd stay

01:04:09While I waited for my visa

01:04:10I had to close out the project

01:04:12I'd been leading for almost two years

01:04:15My personal life was already a wreck

01:04:18My career wasn't going to be

01:04:19I buried myself in overtime

01:04:21Kept myself slammed

01:04:23Partly to speed things up

01:04:24Partly so I wouldn't have time to think

01:04:26As long as I was busy

01:04:27I couldn't dwell on anything else

01:04:30Maybe it was the toll on my body and nerves

01:04:32Lately I'd been constantly tired

01:04:33Constantly nauseous

01:04:35My boss reminded me to pull it together

01:04:37The client was coming a sting in this afternoon

01:04:39To finalize the contract

01:04:42At the head of the table sat someone I knew

01:04:44Julian in a sharp suit

01:04:46And beside him

01:04:47In a cinched waist

01:04:48Backless cocktail dress

01:04:50Sat Poppy

01:04:51My nails dug into my palms

01:04:53Before I could stop them

01:04:54My boss thought I had nerves

01:04:56And whispered

01:04:57Relax

01:04:57The proposal and the designs

01:04:58Have already been signed off

01:04:59By their project lead

01:05:00These two are just bored

01:05:01Trust Fund Wabies

01:05:02Playing at being adults

01:05:03Smile through it

01:05:03Humor the rich kids

01:05:04And we're done

01:05:05Just give them your usual pitch

01:05:08I drew a breath

01:05:09I forced on a smile

01:05:10I opened the deck

01:05:11And walked them through my design vision

01:05:12Smooth composed

01:05:13Point by point

01:05:14Poppy propped her chin in her hand

01:05:16Nodding along all smiles

01:05:17Under the table

01:05:18My boss flashed me a discreet thumbs up

01:05:20I exhaled

01:05:21Reading the room

01:05:23Someone slid the contract across the table

01:05:25Hmm

01:05:25It's not doing it for me

01:05:26The design's so boring

01:05:28It gives me a headache just looking at it

01:05:31I don't think I want a sign

01:05:32The smile froze on my boss's face

01:05:34I kept mine polite

01:05:36Is there a specific element you're not happy with?

01:05:39Poppy didn't even glance at the contract

01:05:41She held up her hand

01:05:42Admiring her fresh manicure

01:05:44Hard to say

01:05:45It's more of a feeling

01:05:47Then she hooked her arm through Julian's

01:05:49What do you think?

01:05:50Every eye in the room turned to him

01:05:52Julian's eyes landed on me

01:05:53On instinct

01:05:54I looked away

01:05:56Sounds like your project lead

01:05:57Doesn't have much faith in her own work either

01:05:59I'm suddenly losing interest in this investment

01:06:02Pulling out

01:06:04Oh and just so you know

01:06:05I've already authorized my people to begin a hostile takeover of your company

01:06:10Congratulations Claire

01:06:11You'll be working for me very soon

01:06:14Two years on this account

01:06:15A thousand discarded drafts

01:06:17I'd lost count of the nights I'd spent at my desk to get here

01:06:19We were finally about to land

01:06:21This was supposed to be the showcase project

01:06:23The perfect closing chapter on this stage of my career

01:06:25One careless sentence from him

01:06:27And it was all stillborn

01:06:28Back at the office

01:06:30My boss came tearing in

01:06:31White as a shield

01:06:32Shaking from head to toe

01:06:34He was practically sobbing

01:06:37Claire he will destroy the whole firm

01:06:39Please just go apologize

01:06:42It wasn't that I didn't want to save the project

01:06:46It was that I knew exactly who Poppy was actually here for

01:06:51The only way this project survived

01:06:53Was if I disappeared

01:06:56I just hadn't expected the one thing tying me to this city would get torn apart this fast

01:07:01The wave of nauseous hit again

01:07:03I stumbled out of the office

01:07:05Julian

01:07:05Still here

01:07:06His hands started wandering somewhere

01:07:09It had no business going

01:07:10I bit down on him with everything I had

01:07:13The taste of blood bloomed thick between our mouths

01:07:16Get out!

01:07:18Julian stood there

01:07:20His expression unreadable

01:07:26Claire

01:07:27After all this time

01:07:28Why haven't you learned?

01:07:30I tried to twist away

01:07:31The harder I fought

01:07:32The tighter he held me

01:07:35If you'd just apologized for what happened last time

01:07:40None of this would be happening today

01:07:45How hard is it to lower your head

01:07:48Julian's voice was softer than any sweet nothing he'd ever whispered in my ear

01:07:52But I was shaking anyway

01:07:53Not from the cold

01:07:55From a cramp tearing through my stomach

01:07:57An eerie, sinking, dragging down feeling

01:08:00Something was rushing out of me

01:08:03A ridiculous thought surfaced in my mind

01:08:06I tried to look down

01:08:08Julian's grip on my chin held me in place

01:08:10All I could do was bite my lip and hold on

01:08:14Something warm slipped down my thigh

01:08:17Dripping onto the carpet

01:08:19Julian noticed

01:08:27Claire, you-

01:08:29olabilir

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