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00:30I walked back into the villa. Without looking back, Sarah watched from the second floor window, looking down at me
00:34with a smug smile on her lips.
00:36That night, I was locked in a basement. They beat me for three days straight.
00:40From then on, during the day I served as Rafael Vargas' slave, making his bed, bringing his meals, cleaning his
00:45bandages, and being cursed at and kicked.
00:47At night, I was locked back in the basement, where others took turns tormenting me.
00:51What waited for me was fists, belts, and cold water.
00:55Until one month later, I crouched in a storage closet with a stolen phone.
00:58I dialed my fiancé, Dominic Castellano.
01:01He was away from Chicago, negotiating an arms deal.
01:04I waited, trembling, but he hung up on me.
01:06He just sent me one text. A few months. It'll pass quickly.
01:09Serafina is fragile. You should understand them.
01:11Then every last shred of hope died in me.
01:14Seven months later, the Vargas family dumped me in front of a black escalade.
01:17I limped forward a few steps.
01:19The tinted window caught my reflection, cheekbones jutting out.
01:22Hollow cheeks. A jagged scar running from my right brow bone down to my jaw.
01:26I'd done that myself. With a short dagger.
01:29Because if I hadn't destroyed that face, what would have happened to me in that basement
01:32would have been far worse than beatings.
01:34The car door opened.
01:35Vivian, these seven months, I know it's been hard on you.
01:38He took my skeletal wrist in his hand.
01:39I'll make it right.
01:40I slowly pulled my hand free.
01:42His hand lingered in midair for a moment, then dropped.
01:45We got in the car. He broke the silence again.
01:47We all remembered you were coming home today.
01:50It's just Sarah's heart palpitations flared up again.
01:54Your parents and Marcus are all at the hospital with her right now.
01:57When we get home, just rest.
02:00I closed my eyes and said nothing.
02:0121 years ago, when I was two, I got lost in a shopping mall.
02:05My mother, heartbroken, adopted a girl from an orphanage who looked like me.
02:08Serafina, at 15.
02:10My parents finally found me, but they never loved me.
02:12I always had to defer to Serafina, and seven months ago, they forced me to take the fall for her
02:16crime.
02:17Compared to Serafina, I was the one who felt like the adopted outsider.
02:20Now, after seven months in captivity, 210 days and nights,
02:24it was enough to see Dominic and my family for what they truly were.
02:27They didn't love me, and I didn't want to marry him anymore.
02:31Back at the Langford estate, only the housekeeper and the staff were there.
02:35Mr. Castellano, welcome.
02:36The housekeeper greeted Dominic with deference, then finally spared me a glance.
02:40You? Madam Langford asked me to pass along a message.
02:44Now that you're back, don't show yourself around. Too scandalous.
02:49Scandalous. I was the one who took the fall for Serafina's crime,
02:52and yet somehow, I was the disgrace.
02:54But I just nodded.
02:55Okay.
02:56I was about to go inside when Dominic took a phone call.
02:58After hanging up, he said,
03:00Vivian, Serafina's not feeling well again. She needs me.
03:02I'll head over there first and come see you tomorrow.
03:04He left without looking back.
03:05I returned to the decrepit attic in my room for the past six years.
03:09Just a bare coat, a few second-hand books, and some threadbare clothes.
03:12I reached under the blanket and found the phone.
03:14The screen lit up.
03:15An encrypted email.
03:19I hit confirm.
03:20The next morning, I came downstairs to find Serafina sitting in the center of the sofa,
03:24in a white sundress.
03:25My parents flanked her on either side.
03:27Marcus leaned against the fireplace.
03:28Dominic had one hand draped over the back of her chair.
03:31Intimate.
03:31The housekeeper brought out a cake.
03:33Happy birthday, Serafina.
03:35Thank you, Mom, Dad.
03:36Thank you, Marcus.
03:37And my dear...
03:38Oh, wait.
03:39I mean, Dominic.
03:40She stuck out her tongue the way she always did.
03:42I know I can't eat cake, but you always pick the most beautiful one for me.
03:45So, did you all get me presents?
03:48My parents and Marcus handed over their gifts one by one.
03:51Dominic was reaching into his pocket when he noticed me standing in the shadows of the hallway.
03:55Vivian, you're up.
03:56Come join us.
03:57We're celebrating Serafina's birthday.
03:59He waved me over, my parents, and Marcus's expressions froze instantly.
04:03Sera didn't move from her seat.
04:05Her voice came out sweet and innocent.
04:07Vivian, I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I couldn't come pick you up.
04:11You don't blame me, do you?
04:12Before I could speak, Dominic cut in.
04:14Vivian is sensible.
04:15She wouldn't hold that against you.
04:16Then Sera hooked her arm through his and smiled at me.
04:18So, Vivian, today's my birthday.
04:21How about you give me Dominic as a gift?
04:25Everyone in the room just stared at me in silence, including my fiancé.
04:28I smiled faintly.
04:30And if I refused?
04:31Then she switched to Italian.
04:32They'd always assumed I knew nothing, having grown up in an orphanage.
04:35Stavo solo scherzando.
04:36Perché Vivian deve sempre rendere tutto così serio e imbarazzante?
04:40Non essere triste, tesoro.
04:41Vivian è abituata a vivere in mezzo a quella gente misera e fatta così, grata e piena di affezione.
04:46Non badarle.
04:47Sera, non abbasciarti al suo livello.
04:49In ogni caso, io e tua madre ti abbiamo sempre considerata una figlia nostra, a tutti gli effetti.
04:54Marcus scoff.
04:55Non dare retta a quella pacca, Sera.
04:57Tu sarai sempre la mia unica sorella.
04:58What a happy family.
05:00I played dumb and turned to Dominic.
05:01What are they talking about?
05:02Something flickered behind those deep-set eyes.
05:04Sera said she was just joking.
05:06Everyone's telling you not to overthink it.
05:08I still don't know how Dominic and my family managed to lie to my face without even flinching.
05:12They didn't know that I understood every single word.
05:14After I was brought back at 15, I taught myself Italian, French, and Danish to fit in with this family.
05:19But they never cared enough to notice.
05:21They'd all forgotten.
05:21Today was also my birthday.
05:23Over the next few days, I kept up my routine, working odd jobs during the day, preparing for my departure.
05:28That night, I came home to find everyone waiting for me in the living room.
05:31My parents, Marcus, Sera, and Dominic.
05:33My mother muttered something in Italian first.
05:35Tornare a casa a quest'ora.
05:37Chisca che porcarce combinava la fuori.
05:39My father shot her a look.
05:40Viviana, there you are.
05:42Sit down.
05:43We need to talk.
05:44The doctors say Sera's mental health is deteriorating.
05:48And given your current condition, you're hardly suited for marriage anyway.
05:53So we've made it a decision for you.
05:55We're transferring your engagement to Dominic over to Sera.
05:59You won't have a problem with that, will you?
06:01Her eyes swept over my ruined face and broken body.
06:04I shifted my gaze to Dominic.
06:05You agreed to this?
06:09Sera's only wish right now is to marry me.
06:11We just want to keep her stable.
06:12Dominic rose from the sofa and walked over to me, reaching for my hand.
06:16Don't worry, Vivian.
06:17It's only a ceremony to make her happy.
06:19It's temporary.
06:20I won't betray you.
06:21I pulled away from his hand.
06:22His expression faltered.
06:24Then he added,
06:24Besides, a few years ago when I was injured, she gave me her kidney.
06:27I can't refuse her.
06:28Every drop of blood in my body went numb.
06:31Three years ago, he was ambushed on the way to a meeting.
06:33I was the one who got to the hospital first.
06:35I was the one who lay on that operating table and gave him a kidney.
06:38But I'd never stopped wondering why.
06:39Why, when I woke up, there was no one beside me but cold, empty air.
06:43While my entire family is surrounded by Sera.
06:45It wasn't her.
06:46When you were hurt, my voice was barely a whisperer.
06:48It was me who donated that kidney.
06:50Not Sera.
06:51But as the words fell, the living room sank into a strange silence.
06:54Everyone wore that familiar expression.
06:56Irritation.
06:57Vivian Langfield.
06:59Seven months locked up with the Vargas family and you've learned how to lie?
07:02Sera saved me.
07:03Your parents and the doctors can all confirm it.
07:06I don't know why you'd fabricate something like this, but you've truly disappointed me.
07:09He didn't believe me.
07:10I didn't argue.
07:10I turned and walked back to my room.
07:12If you don't believe me, then forget it.
07:14I laughed at myself and a tear slid down my cheek.
07:17The next evening, Sera threw a bachelorette party.
07:19The Langford estate was decorated like a fairy tale castle.
07:23Dominic cornered me in the hallway.
07:24Come sit downstairs for a bit, Vivian.
07:26He grabbed my hand and pulled me firmly down to the living room.
07:29Dominic, get over here!
07:31A girl with honey blonde hair waved excitedly from beside Sera, pointing at the empty bottle on the floor.
07:35You missed your turn.
07:37Truth or dare?
07:39Dare?
07:40The blonde grinned suggestively.
07:41Oh my god!
07:44Vivian's here too?
07:45Jesus, her face!
07:47Total appetite killer.
07:49Her eyes gleamed with cruelty.
07:51Wait, wait, wait.
07:52That makes it even more fun.
07:55Since Vivian's here too, Dominic, pick one of the two sisters to kiss.
07:59The room erupted in laughter.
08:01How generous of you, giving her a chance to touch a man.
08:04Any man would be disgusted looking at that face.
08:06Shut up!
08:07Dominic spoke.
08:08Then he walked toward me and extended his hand.
08:10That's when Sera called out softly.
08:12Dominic!
08:13His raised hand froze instantly.
08:14He turned to glance at her, then looked back at me.
08:16Once again, I read what was in his eyes.
08:18There are so many people here, I can't humiliate her.
08:21You understand, right?
08:22He said under his breath.
08:23I just gave a quiet mmmm.
08:25Then, I watched him turn around and kiss Sera.
08:29That night, I sat alone in the darkness of the attic, watching enormous fireworks explode
08:33over the Lankford estate.
08:35Then hundreds and thousands of drones assembled in the night sky, spelling out a line of glittering
08:39words.
08:40Dominic loves Sera forever.
08:42Light flooded in from every direction.
08:43But what I saw behind my eyes was the blinding bear bulb in the Vargas basement.
08:47The barbed iron rods.
08:49The salt water.
08:50Countless fists and open palms.
08:52One of the times I was whipped awake with a belt.
08:54Someone grounded, beat into my face and sneered.
08:58Your own family doesn't give a damn whether you live or die.
09:01What's the point of sneaking messages to them?
09:03I smiled through the blood in my mouth.
09:05So, it was Dominic.
09:06He didn't care if I died.
09:07Fireworks outside.
09:09It finally ended.
09:10I pulled a sheet of white paper and a pen from the drawer.
09:12I wrote my farewell in Italian.
09:14Leonard and Catherine, you never loved me.
09:17From the day I walked through that door, you were waiting for me to leave.
09:20Now you have your wish, Marcus.
09:22Congratulations.
09:22From now on, you only have one sister.
09:25Dominic, I'll never wait for you again.
09:27I placed the letter on the hallway floor outside the attic door.
09:30Then I stood in the doorway and tossed the candle flame onto those old, worn clothes.
09:34The fire spread fast.
09:35I walked into the night without looking back.
09:37A black escalade pulled into the Langford Estate's driveway.
09:39Dominic wore a dark gray overcoat.
09:41Carrying a paper bag inside, a scarf and a box of macarons.
09:44He rehearsed his words in the car window's reflection.
09:47Vivian, about last night, I handled it badly.
09:50But you know how those situations...
09:52And he heard the screaming.
09:53Fire!
09:54The attic's on fire!
09:55He whipped around and saw the roiling orange glow in the attic window.
09:59The paper bag slipped from his hand.
10:01Vivian!
10:02He charged toward the front door.
10:04Two firefighters blocked him.
10:06Sir, you can't go in.
10:07She's in there!
10:08My fiancé's still there!
10:10Let me in!
10:11Catherine collapsed on the lawn, hands over her face, sobbing in broken gasps.
10:15Leonard held him, his own body visibly shaking.
10:17Marcus stood on the porch steps.
10:19No.
10:20She's punishing us.
10:21She got out first, then set fire to make us feel guilty.
10:24She wants us to suffer.
10:25She's not stupid enough to...
10:26No one answered.
10:27Sarah stood beside him, head bowed, brow furrowed, her expression deeper than anyone had ever seen it.
10:32Fifteen minutes later, the fire was finally out.
10:35The roof beam had collapsed, crashing onto the charred floor.
10:37The firefighters brought out something on a stretcher, charred, completely unrecognizable,
10:41except for the scar on the right side of the face, running from brow bone to jaw.
10:45Dominic stood beside the stretcher, motionless.
10:48He recognized that scar.
10:51Vivian!
10:53No!
10:55The Langford estate was smothered in ash and silence.
10:58Catherine sat on the living room carpet, hands shaking without end.
11:01Why?
11:02Why would she?
11:04Leonard stood beside her, his face the color of dead ash.
11:08Dominic stood at the end of the hallway, gripping a small, charred strip of satin ribbon from a ballet slipper.
11:17A firefighter handed Marcus a white envelope.
11:20Sir, this envelope was found outside the attic door.
11:24Marcus tore it open and pulled out the paper.
11:26Both sides were covered in Italian.
11:29To Leonard and Catherine.
11:31Marcus, congratulations.
11:33D'ora in poi avrai soltanto sera come sorella.
11:36And the tear-stained line, written to Dominic.
11:39I won't wait for you.
11:41Marcus felt the blood draining from his face, drop.
11:45By drop.
11:46After a moment of numb shock, he was about to bring the letter to his parents.
11:50Sarah lurched off the sofa and stumbled toward them.
11:54It's all my fault, Vivian.
11:58I'm sorry.
11:59If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have...
12:02Her body went limp, and she crumpled against Catherine.
12:06Sarah! Sarah!
12:08The ambulance took the entire family to the hospital within 20 minutes.
12:12In the corridor outside the ER, Marcus stopped the attending physician.
12:16Please, take extra care of her health.
12:18Especially her kidneys.
12:19She had a transplant a few years ago.
12:21She's only got one kidney left.
12:23Her health has always been fragile.
12:25He paused.
12:26His throat worked visibly.
12:27Please, do everything you can.
12:30She's the only sister I have left.
12:31The doctor looked confused.
12:33Mr. Langford, I think there may be some mistake.
12:35Your sister's health is perfectly fine.
12:37Both kidneys are intact.
12:38She's never had surgery.
12:42Hospital room.
12:44Sarah leaned back against the pillows in a pale blue hospital gown.
12:47Catherine sat at the bedside holding her hand.
12:49Leonard was in a chair by the window.
12:51Then the door slammed open with a bang.
12:54Catherine immediately frowned.
12:56Marcus, keep it down.
12:58Your sister hasn't...
12:59She is not my sister.
13:01Marcus, what nonsense are you...
13:03Marcus didn't answer.
13:04He walked straight to the opposite side of the bed.
13:06Pulled documents from his briefcase.
13:08And laid them out one by one.
13:11This is from the Castellano family's surgical archive.
13:13Three years ago, Dominic was attacked and needed an emergency kidney transplant.
13:17Donor compatibility report, preoperative consent, surgical records.
13:21The name signed on it is Vivian Langfield.
13:25Sarah's eyes darted away.
13:28Second document.
13:29The Langford family's financial records over six years.
13:33The monthly living allowance mum and dad had a finance transfer to Vivian.
13:37Six years, 72 payments, not a single cent reached her account.
13:41Every payment was intercepted and rerouted into a secondary account under Vivian's name.
13:45He paused.
13:47The actual holder of that account was Sarah.
13:50Last one.
13:51Marcus's eyes rimmed red.
13:52The Vargas communication logs.
13:54The girl doesn't matter.
13:56Kill her if you want.
13:57Just say it's Dominic's orders.
13:59The color drained completely from Dominic's face.
14:02Vivian, in that hell, believed.
14:05The person who wanted her dead was him.
14:08Dominic turned on Sarah.
14:10You.
14:11His voice a barely restrained snarl.
14:14What did you do?
14:16Sarah's body jerked.
14:19First, she clutched her chest, panting rapidly.
14:21But this time, everyone just watched.
14:23Mommy.
14:24Mommy, you have to believe me.
14:28Catherine took a step back.
14:30Sarah's tears finally fell.
14:32Then her expression twisted into something raw.
14:36Terrified.
14:37So what?
14:38After Vivian came back, you changed Dominic.
14:40The way you looked at her changed.
14:42I could feel it.
14:42You think I didn't know?
14:43If you took her side, everyone else would follow eventually.
14:45You all say you love me, but I'll never measure up to biological daughter.
14:49You forced my hand.
14:50A slap.
14:51Leonard hit her.
14:54What the hell did you do?
14:56You're nothing but a thief, a liar, a snake.
15:00You stole everything from her.
15:05Break her legs.
15:08No.
15:09You can't do this, Dominic.
15:11And I'm your wife.
15:12My wife will only ever be Viviana.
15:14No, please.
15:15Dad, Mom, help me.
15:17Dominic, you love me.
15:18You do love me.
15:19Don't do this to me.
15:21You killed her, not me.
15:23All of you were blind and deaf all by yourselves.
15:26You chose not to love her.
15:28Why is it all on me?
15:30Dominic just looked at her.
15:32Send her to the Vargas family.
15:36Tell them she's the one who hit Raphael.
15:38She lied to everyone.
15:39He paused for one second.
15:40So, kill her if you want.
15:42Sarah was dragged out of the room.
15:43Her screams echoed down the corridor all the way to the elevator bank, then cut off the instant the doors
15:48closed.
15:48The hospital room fell silent.
15:50Leonard stood by the window.
15:52How?
15:53What have we been doing all these years?
15:56Then he turned slowly.
15:57But the moment he took a step, his body seized.
15:59His right hand clawed his loud chest and collapsed.
16:02Marcus lunged for him.
16:03He's dead!
16:05Copenhagen.
16:06After a year and a half of rehab, my leg improved considerably.
16:10Day-to-day walking was nearly normal, but ballet was over forever.
16:13I worked at a seaside cafe bookshop.
16:15The owner's name was Ingrid.
16:17Mid-fifties, half Chinese, half Danish, gray-white hair, and deep wrinkles fanning from her eyes when she smiled.
16:24She always smelled chamomile.
16:26Her gaze rested on the scar on my face for less than half a second before moving on.
16:33Kitchen's in the back.
16:34Apron's in the second drawer.
16:38Do you know how to make coffee?
16:41Yes.
16:41Be here at 6.30 tomorrow to open up.
16:44From that day on, I arrived at 6.30 every morning, wiping down the chalkboard menu by the door,
16:49rewriting the day's specials in chalk, grinding beans, picking Danish pastries,
16:53rearranging books that had gathered too much dust on the shelves.
16:56In the quiet afternoons, when customers thinned out, I'd sit at the window table and draw.
17:01Ingrid never asked more of me than necessary.
17:03Sometimes she'd pat the top of my head, her voice gentle.
17:12Beautiful day, Astrid.
17:14Go take a walk.
17:15Then she'd set a cup of chamomile tea beside me and walk away.
17:18I never called her mom, but the chamomile scent that clung to her,
17:22and the warmth of her rough palm on the crown of my head.
17:28Days passed like that.
17:30Spring, sea wind carrying salt and pollen.
17:33Summer daylight stretches until ten at night.
17:36Autumn chestnuts dropping onto the stone path outside the shop.
17:40The first snow of winter always arrives at the end of November,
17:43turning the entire coastline the color of lead.
17:46Then spring again.
17:47Three years.
17:47Just like that.
17:48One afternoon.
17:49A Danish dance company was filming a promotional video in the square outside the bookshop.
17:54They had multiple cameras set up, live streaming simultaneously.
17:57They spun and leaped in the sea breeze,
17:59their bodies as supple as paper cranes folded by God's own hand.
18:03I stood behind the glass, one hand resting on the window frame,
18:06watching for a long time.
18:07I didn't know the live stream camera had caught me.
18:10In the frame, a slender girl standing behind the cafe's glass window,
18:13a familiar light in her eyes.
18:16Chicago, Dominic had lost a lot of weight, functional by day,
18:19sitting in silence in his dark office at night.
18:22Ever since his fiancée died three years ago,
18:24the boss hasn't smiled once.
18:26Late one night, he was sitting by the window,
18:28having just taken a sip of whiskey.
18:29His phone buzzed.
18:30His assistant, James, he opened it.
18:32A social media video link.
18:33A replay from a Danish dance company's live stream.
18:35What?
18:36Did you send this by mistake?
18:39Then a familiar figure appeared on screen.
18:41His eyes went wide.
18:42He took a screenshot, zoomed in, enhanced the image.
18:45His body went rigid.
18:46James' message followed.
18:48Sir, I think she's alive.
18:49Those eyes.
18:50He couldn't be wrong.
18:51To Copenhagen.
18:53Book the fastest flight.
18:56Dominic reached the bookshop at three in the afternoon.
18:59The door was open.
19:00Warm, amber light spilled through the glass.
19:03The air smelled of fresh ground coffee and butter pastries.
19:06Before he even made it to the entrance,
19:08a gray-haired woman stepped out from behind the counter
19:10and blocked the doorway.
19:12Ingrid looked at him.
19:13She doesn't want to see you.
19:16Dominic held her gaze for three seconds.
19:18His eyes reddened.
19:19I can wait.
19:21He waited three days.
19:22The first day,
19:24he stood by the bench across from the bookshop,
19:26from open to close.
19:27When Ingrid pulled down the shutters,
19:29she glanced at him once and said nothing.
19:31The second day,
19:32it snowed.
19:33He switched to a heavier coat and stood in the same spot.
19:36The third day,
19:37he sat on the street bench,
19:39hands in his pockets,
19:40eyes fixed on the figure inside the cafe.
19:43The fourth day,
19:45Catherine and Marcus arrived.
19:51The three of them stood outside the cafe door.
19:53Then Ingrid carried a tablet to the back kitchen
19:56and handed it to me,
19:57on screen.
19:58Leonard,
19:59in a wheelchair,
20:00the corner of his mouth slightly drooping.
20:02His eyes stared directly into the camera.
20:05It took him a long time to get out two words.
20:08Come home.
20:09I finished watching.
20:10I walked through the shop
20:11and pushed open the front door.
20:12Catherine and Marcus were kneeling in the snow.
20:15Her knees sank into the thin layer of white.
20:17The head of her throat was darkened with meltwater.
20:20She looked up at me,
20:21her wrinkles so much deeper than I remembered.
20:24The moment she saw me,
20:25the tears came.
20:26I'm not asking you to forgive me.
20:28I just,
20:29please,
20:29let me see you.
20:30Let me see if you're okay.
20:34I looked at her.
20:35Mrs. Langford.
20:37Catherine's entire body flinched.
20:39Vivian Langford died in that fire.
20:41You're the ones who drove her to it.
20:44Then I stepped back and closed the door.
20:48The next evening,
20:50Dominic and the others waited outside the shop all day
20:52without seeing Vivian.
20:53Near closing time,
20:54Dominic took out his phone.
20:55Get me her address in Copenhagen.
20:57She wore a dark gray cashmere shawl,
20:59gray white hair drifting in the sea breeze.
21:03Her gaze finally settled on Dominic.
21:06What do you think you're doing?
21:07We just want to see her,
21:10to make amends,
21:11to make yourselves feel better.
21:13Have you asked yourselves one question?
21:15Does she still want it?
21:17The love of the people who hurt her this deeply,
21:20does she still want it?
21:21Dominic said nothing.
21:22The wind whipped the hem of his coat
21:24with a sharp snapping sound.
21:25It took her three years to learn to breathe again.
21:29She has a job now.
21:30Friends,
21:31peaceful days.
21:32Someone makes her tea.
21:34Someone remembers her birthday.
21:35And your presence here
21:36will only rip out every root
21:37she spent three years putting down.
21:39If you truly feel you owe her,
21:41she paused,
21:43then never appear before her again.
21:45No one spoke for a long time.
21:47Streetlamp cast amber pools on the snow.
21:49In the distance,
21:49a fairy horn sounded,
21:50long and low.
21:51Finally,
21:52Catherine moved first,
21:53turned slowly,
21:54unsteady on her feet.
21:55Marcus glanced at Ingrid,
21:56gave a small nod of his head.
21:57Then he followed Catherine.
21:58Dominic's gaze passed over Ingrid's shoulder
22:00to the shut door of the bookshop.
22:02Then he, too,
22:03turned and walked away.
22:05That night,
22:07Copenhagen received its heaviest snowfall
22:09of the winter.
22:10Dominic came to her apartment door anyway.
22:13He hesitated,
22:14then knocked.
22:16Vivian,
22:17it's me,
22:19Dominic.
22:20The door handle rattled slightly.
22:21His breath caught,
22:22but the door didn't open.
22:24I know you probably don't want to hear this.
22:27but I need to say it.
22:29I don't know if I'll ever get another chance.
22:31He tilted his head back,
22:32staring at the dim hallway bulb overhead,
22:34and let out a bitter half-laugh.
22:36That day you told me the kidney donor was you,
22:39not Sarah.
22:43I didn't believe you.
22:44I called you a liar.
22:46That's probably the most unforgivable thing I've done in my entire life.
22:50He stood at her door,
22:51eyes rimmed red.
22:52When you came back from the Vargas estate,
22:54I saw your face,
22:55your leg,
22:55it hurt.
22:56It did,
22:57but I didn't do anything.
22:59I didn't even ask what you went through in those seven months.
23:02I just told myself,
23:03she's alive,
23:04that's enough,
23:04and went right back to comforting Sarah,
23:06because she was crying.
23:09Because she was falling apart.
23:12Because everyone said she needed me.
23:14But you needed me too.
23:16He pressed his hands to his face.
23:18Tears leaked between his fingers.
23:21You needed me more than anyone,
23:23and I gave you nothing.
23:25Then I read your letter,
23:26written in Italian.
23:29You understood the whole time.
23:31Everything we ever said in front of you,
23:34you heard every word.
23:37Vivian,
23:38how much pain were you in?
23:40Alone in that attic,
23:41listening to us insult you
23:43in a language you understood perfectly,
23:44how did you bear it?
23:49I've been looking for you for three years.
23:52Every single day,
23:53I think if I'd believed you then,
23:55if I hadn't agreed to marry Sarah,
23:58if that night at the party,
23:59I'd chosen you,
24:00but there are no ifs.
24:02Vivian,
24:02I'm sorry.
24:03I'm sorry for everything.
24:06Then he bent down,
24:06and set something small on the floor.
24:09This belongs to you.
24:11It's always belonged to you.
24:13Finally,
24:13his voice breaking.
24:14Goodbye.
24:17The next morning,
24:18I opened the door.
24:19On the floor lay a ring.
24:20White,
24:21gold,
24:21simple,
24:22no gemstone.
24:23Just two initials engraved on the inside of the band.
24:25V and D.
24:26That was the ring he'd pulled from his pocket at 18,
24:29crouching in a garden corner.
24:31His hands were clumsy.
24:32It took him two tries to slide it onto my ring finger.
24:37Vivian,
24:38my wife will only ever be you.
24:40When he said those words,
24:41sunlight was falling across his profile.
24:44Those were the happiest three seconds of my life.
24:46And later,
24:47when I was shoved into the Vargas family's black SUV,
24:49it was ripped from my finger by force.
24:52I thought I'd never see it again.
24:53I crouched down
24:54and looked at the ring lying on the floor.
24:57It reflected a faint glint of light in the morning stillness.
24:59Then the tears fell,
25:00silent,
25:01with only the soft pat,
25:03pat,
25:04pat,
25:05against the floor.
25:06I cried,
25:06and not for Dominic,
25:07not for the Langford family,
25:09for the 15-year-old girl,
25:10for the girl who was so full of joy when they found her.
25:13A room of her own,
25:15someone to buy her a cake on her birthday.
25:16She thought she finally had a home.
25:18A mom and dad,
25:19a brother,
25:20a sister.
25:20Someone rubbed her back when she had nightmares.
25:23She thought she'd never be an orphan again.
25:24She believed every promise,
25:26every I love you,
25:27that ring,
25:28my wife will only ever be you.
25:31She believed so hard it could have broken her,
25:33and she was wrong,
25:34but it wasn't her fault.
25:35I stared at that ring for a long time.
25:38Then I wiped my eyes,
25:39stood up,
25:40stepped back,
25:40and closed the door.
25:41The ring stayed where it was.
25:43It belonged to another person's story,
25:45a story that was already over.
25:47It didn't belong to me.
25:49Months later,
25:50a letter arrived at my Copenhagen address from Chicago.
25:53The postmark gave it away.
25:54It was from Marcus.
25:56I opened it anyway.
25:57The letter said a lot of things.
25:58Leonard's condition fluctuated.
26:00On his lucid days,
26:01he kept asking the same question over and over.
26:04Where's my daughter Vivienne?
26:06Catherine had lost so much weight.
26:08Her hair had gone completely white.
26:10Marcus had taken over most of the family's affairs.
26:12I'm sorry,
26:13Vivienne,
26:13for everything.
26:14I'll never forgive myself for the things I said to you.
26:17I don't mean to impose.
26:18I just want you to know,
26:19my only sister was always you.
26:21At the end of the letter,
26:22he attached a video link.
26:23I picked up my phone and typed in the URL.
26:26A disheveled woman curled up on some street corner.
26:29It wasn't me.
26:30Vivienne,
26:31don't come looking for me.
26:33It was your fault all along!
26:34Why did you have to come back?
26:36You were supposed to stay a worthless nobody!
26:38People on the sidewalk quickened their pace.
26:40I closed the video.
26:41Then, I placed the letter and the envelope together in the kitchen sink and struck a match.
26:46The paper curled black and crumbled to ash.
26:48I turned on the faucet and washed the ashes down the drain.
26:51It was over.
26:52All of it.
26:52Truly over.
26:55Another two weeks have passed.
26:57I went to work as usual,
26:58shelving books,
26:59making coffee,
27:00and occasionally chatting with the different customers who wandered in,
27:03as if I had forgotten everything.
27:04But I knew Dominic hadn't left.
27:06Every day,
27:07he sat on the bench across the street from the bookstore,
27:09from sunrise to sunset.
27:10That evening,
27:11I locked up the bookstore.
27:13The day's unsold bread cradled in my arms as I prepared to head home.
27:16As soon as I turned around,
27:18a familiar voice stopped me.
27:19Vivienne.
27:20I stopped walking.
27:21Dominic stood by the door.
27:22He was wearing a dark gray cashmere coat
27:24and holding a bouquet of white tulips in his arms.
27:27Today,
27:28he glanced down at the flowers,
27:29his voice tightening slightly.
27:31It's the anniversary of the day we first met.
27:33I looked straight at him.
27:34Dominic's hand gradually tightened around the bouquet.
27:36You were 15 that year,
27:38standing in the garden with a bouquet of tulips in your arms,
27:41when you came over to say hello to me.
27:43You were beautiful.
27:45I've never forgotten it.
27:46He held the flowers out to me,
27:47giving me a nervous smile.
27:48These are for you.
27:49I didn't take them.
27:50Silence settled between us for several seconds.
27:53Then,
27:53as if he had suddenly remembered something,
27:55he hurriedly pulled a silver key from his pocket.
27:57And there's something else.
27:59I bought a cafe and a bookstore in the next neighborhood,
28:01over and transferred both properties into your name.
28:04He held the key out to me.
28:05From now on,
28:05and you'll be able to...
28:06I don't need them.
28:07I cut him off without expression.
28:09Dominic's smile froze.
28:11Viv,
28:11I just...
28:12I just don't want you to have to work so hard.
28:14Finally,
28:15I raised my eyes.
28:16I looked at him calmly.
28:17Dominic,
28:18have you forgotten?
28:19When I was struggling the most,
28:21you hung up on me.
28:24Snow began to fall again.
28:25Dominic's eyes were red,
28:27and his voice was hoarse.
28:28Vivian,
28:31I know
28:32nothing I do now can make it up to you.
28:36but
28:37I just want to do everything I can to give you whatever might make you happy.
28:41Actually,
28:42I do want something.
28:43I spoke softly.
28:44Dominic's head snapped up,
28:46hope reigniting in his eyes.
28:47His lips had just parted when I spoke,
28:50enunciating every word.
28:51What I need most right now
28:54is you,
28:56never showing up in front of me again.
28:58For a moment,
28:59the entire street seemed to fall silent,
29:00leaving only the sound of the wind.
29:02Dominic's face went rigid.
29:03The bouquet slowly lowered to his side.
29:06He stood there without moving for a long time.
29:09Finally,
29:10he lowered his head
29:11and let out a quiet,
29:12bitter laugh.
29:13I understand.
29:15I tightened my arms around the things I was carrying and turned away.
29:18I didn't look back.
29:19Over the next few days,
29:20Dominic didn't appear again.
29:22The bookstore remained the same as always.
29:24That afternoon,
29:25I was organizing a shipment of newly arrived books.
29:27Suddenly,
29:28the wind chime above the door rang.
29:32The click of leather shoes drew closer and closer.
29:35Dominic.
29:36I looked up and spoke with a hint of exasperation.
29:39What do you want this time?
29:40My voice cut off abruptly.
29:42I turned
29:43and saw a face I would never forget for as long as I lived.
29:46Raphael Vargas,
29:47the demon who had tortured me for seven months.
29:49Now,
29:50he was staring straight at me,
29:51the corner of his mouth curling into a faint smile.
29:54Long time no see.
29:57Little Viv.
29:59The color drained from my lips.
30:01My voice trembleed beyond my control.
30:03Raphael Vargas.
30:06Little Viv.
30:08The name sent echoes of agonized screams
30:10and midnight torment howling through my mind.
30:12My body moved faster than my thoughts.
30:14I stepped back instinctively
30:15and knocked over a stack of books at my feet.
30:18Raphael walked in slowly.
30:19Relax, Vivian.
30:21Just a chat.
30:22I stared at him,
30:23forcing myself to stay composed.
30:24You already know,
30:26the person who hit you with the car,
30:27it wasn't me.
30:28There is nothing for us to talk about.
30:30Raphael stopped.
30:31He brushed the snow from the shoulder of his black coat
30:33and let a cryptic smile settle into his eyes.
30:36How could we possibly have nothing to talk about, Viv?
30:39After all,
30:39I'm the one who saved you.
30:41My voice came out cold.
30:43I don't know what you're talking about.
30:44Get out.
30:45Raphael did not move.
30:46Instead,
30:47he picked up a book from the counter
30:48and flipped through a couple of pages.
30:50Viv,
30:51did you ever wonder,
30:51manage to get past the Vargas family signal pillow
30:53and contact you?
30:54My breath stopped.
30:55My head buzzed.
30:56That encrypted email.
30:57The Latin American accent of the man from the organization.
31:00Raphael seemed to read my thoughts
31:02and smiled faintly.
31:03That organization was simply working for me.
31:05Your new identity,
31:06your new passport,
31:07and including your current address in Copenhagen.
31:09Every single step was part of my plan.
31:10The color drained from my face.
31:13That's impossible.
31:14Raphael watched my stunned expression.
31:16His smile deepened.
31:17If I hadn't given the green light,
31:19you never would have left the States.
31:22My fingertips went cold.
31:25Why?
31:27Why would you let me go?
31:29Raphael didn't answer right away.
31:30He just looked at me,
31:32his gaze growing darker.
31:33Because I don't like other people touching my thing.
31:35The air froze for a moment.
31:37His attitude enraged me.
31:38I clenched my fists and spoke in an icy voice.
31:41I'm not your thing!
31:43Raphael blinked.
31:44The next second,
31:45he actually laughed.
31:47Good.
31:48Viviana.
31:50I love it when you talk like that.
31:52As he spoke,
31:53he walked toward me,
31:54step by step,
31:55until he had forced me all the way back.
31:57My spine struck the bookshelf hard,
31:59nowhere left to go,
32:01and Raphael stopped right in front of me.
32:03Viv,
32:04you are always like this.
32:06As if nothing can ever kill you.
32:09For months,
32:10so many people tortured you.
32:12Again and again.
32:14And you survived.
32:15You always surprised me.
32:17His voice was soft,
32:18and it made my entire body go cold.
32:20So surprising that eventually,
32:22I only wanted you to die by my hand.
32:25He slowly leaned down,
32:27his gaze fixed on the scar along my face,
32:29his tone almost regretful.
32:31But,
32:31if I had known that sending you back to the Langfords
32:34would mean so many people daring lay their hands on you,
32:37I should have kept you by my side from the start.
32:40Never let you go anywhere.
32:42He slowly raised his hand,
32:43reaching toward the scar on my face.
32:46I turned my head away instinctively,
32:48my breathing quickening.
32:49The next second,
32:50a gunshot tore through the air.
32:53One of the Vargas bodyguards outside stumbled backward,
32:56crashing through the bookstore's glass door,
32:58and Dominic stood there,
32:59gun raised.
33:00Behind him,
33:01a wall of Castellano men.
33:04The entire bookstore was surrounded by men in black,
33:07in an instant.
33:09Dominic rushed in,
33:10and pulled me behind him in one swift motion.
33:12Only then did I realize my body was trembling.
33:14Raphael looked at him and smiled.
33:16Well, if it isn't Dominic,
33:18our Viv's old flame,
33:21you finally decided to show up?
33:23Dominic glared at him.
33:24Stay the hell away from her.
33:27You don't get to say her name!
33:29Then who does?
33:31You?
33:32The man who handed her over to me three years ago?
33:37Dominic's grip on the gun tightened violently.
33:39I didn't hand her over to you!
33:41Raphael took a slow step closer,
33:43his expression relaxed,
33:45as if the gun didn't concern him at all.
33:46Is there a difference?
33:48All those calls Viviana made to you,
33:51didn't you hang up on every single one?
33:53You have no idea how she screamed that night.
33:57The basement floor was covered in blood.
34:02And now...
34:05You've learned to play the hero!
34:06Dominic's face grew whiter and whiter,
34:08his lips pressed into a thin line,
34:10but he didn't say a word in rebuttal.
34:11Dominic,
34:12you know why I look down on you?
34:15because you're even more of a hypocrite than I am.
34:18I'm a bad man.
34:20I've never denied it.
34:21But you,
34:22you destroyed her with your own hands,
34:25and yet you somehow believe you still deserve her.
34:28Just like right now.
34:30You hate me to the bone,
34:32but you still...
34:33Raphael slowly spread his arms.
34:35Don't dare pull the trigger.
34:38Shut up!
34:39Dominic gritted his teeth,
34:41his fingers sliding slowly onto the trigger.
34:43The next second,
34:44I finally spoke.
34:45Stop!
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