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Three years after their breakup, ex-lovers Scarlett and Dante reunite at a Manhattan luxury hotel. Scarlett works as a receptionist there, while Dante—now the Vitale mafia godfather—checks in with a female companion and deliberately provokes her with repeated demands. Years ago, when critically ill Dante needed an urgent kidney transplant, Scarlett publicly sided with his half-brother. She was labeled a gold-digger who betrayed her lover, and Dante became a citywide laughingstock. Trapped in misunderstanding and fate’s tricks, can they rediscover their hidden true feelings?
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00:08Three years after the breakup, I ran into my mafia ex-boyfriend at the largest hotel in Manhattan.
00:14I was working the front desk.
00:15He was checking in with his girlfriend to the penthouse suite.
00:19That night, I got three calls from his room.
00:22The sheets are dirty. Send someone to change them.
00:25I called housekeeping.
00:28Change them again.
00:30I did.
00:33At 2 a.m., the third call came.
00:35I'm sorry, sir, but housekeeping is off-duty for the night.
00:39Then you come up and change them yourself.
00:41I hung up the phone right away.
00:44That guy in the penthouse again?
00:46Three times in one night?
00:47That's either a lot of red wine or something else.
00:50He asked me to come up and do it myself.
00:53Just because he can afford the penthouse doesn't mean he owns us. What an ass.
00:57The guest asked for Scarlett personally. Send her up now.
01:00Yes, manager. You want Scarlett to go up right now?
01:03You know what the manager just told me?
01:04If that man wants to tear down this hotel, we hand him the sledgehammer ourselves.
01:07Who the hell is he?
01:08I didn't answer, but of course I knew.
01:10There's an unwritten rule in every hotel in New York.
01:12Just follow the requests of the Vitale family.
01:14No questions. No checks. No refuses.
01:17Fifteen minutes later, I was standing outside the penthouse suite,
01:20pressing the doorbell like I was walking to my own execution.
01:27He didn't say hello. Just stepped aside and let me in.
01:37Sorry about the trouble. My girlfriend is sensitive. She can't sleep on wet sheets.
01:43Five minutes.
01:45Five minutes.
01:53Your girlfriend will hear.
01:58All these years, there's one thing I never understood.
02:01Why him?
02:02Why the hell did you choose that bastard?
02:05I just don't care.
02:07I just don't care.
02:08I just don't care.
02:27Let her go.
02:30You're ridiculous.
02:31If you call for new sheets again, I swear I'll have no face left tomorrow.
02:37I'd pictured our reunion a hundred different ways,
02:40but never once did I think
02:42three years apart would leave him hating me this much.
02:45Maybe I never should have come back at all.
02:48I looked him up.
02:49Dante Vitale was a member of the Mafia family.
02:54Vitale Air makes low-key parents after old Don's death.
03:01Three years ago, after the old Don died, there was a bloodbath.
03:04Dante was supposed to take over, but then he got sick.
03:07Really sick.
03:08Everyone thought he was going to die.
03:10His girlfriend betrayed him when he was admitted to the ICU,
03:13and the man she cheated with was his father's favorite illegitimate son.
03:16Who knew that an anonymous donor would suddenly save him?
03:20That's why people on the internet still call her a heartless, money-driven woman,
03:23and one of the most foolish women there is.
03:27You don't need to look it up.
03:28I'm that woman.
03:33Meeting Dante Vitale was the most unlikely accident of my life.
03:36I was 20, a sophomore at NYU.
03:38A drunk guy put his hand on my waist at the subway station.
03:41I turned and kicked him right where it counted.
03:44He doubled over.
03:45I grabbed his collar and dragged him to the police booth on the platform.
03:49Do I have the honor of getting your number, miss?
03:52Why?
03:53Because I've never seen anyone kick with such precision.
03:56I almost laughed.
03:57In that split second, he'd already grabbed my phone and dialed his number.
04:01Dante.
04:02Dante Vitale.
04:03I'd never heard the name before.
04:05Later, I learned that people all over New York lowered their voices when they said it.
04:09The first six months we were together, he treated me like I was the only woman on earth.
04:13He casually bought a $3 million apartment and said it was closer to my school.
04:18Once I was on a video call with my grandmother, she mentioned her dentures didn't fit anymore.
04:22The next day, Dante took her to the best private clinic in Manhattan and got her full mouth implants.
04:27When he signed the bill, I saw the number, $23,000.
04:31He didn't even blink.
04:33What if we break up someday?
04:34You're not going to make my grandmother give the teeth back, are you?
04:38He froze for a shout laughing, then burst out on the couch and laughed for a full two minutes.
04:42Back then, I only knew he had a family business, that he was rich.
04:45I didn't know how rich.
04:47Till one day, I complained in the apartment that the scholarship process at school was too slow, that the money
04:52hadn't come through.
04:53The next day, the scholarship office director called me personally.
04:56The Vitale Family Foundation has streamlined the disbursement process.
04:59The funds will be in your account today.
05:00That's when I realized my boyfriend was the first son of the Vitale family, the old Don's legal heir.
05:08Then the old Don died.
05:10My father is gone.
05:13Are you okay?
05:14I might not be able to come back for a few days.
05:16I'll have people around the apartment.
05:17Don't go anywhere.
05:18Don't open the door for anyone.
05:20That was the last normal phone call we ever had.
05:23After the old Don was buried, New York called what followed the biggest mafia war in 40 years.
05:29Deontay was the legal heir.
05:30But the Don had hidden children, and Damien was his favorite.
05:34They united with money, territory, and men.
05:36Dante was trapped in the fire.
05:38Then Dante collapsed.
05:40Acute kidney failure.
05:41Eleven days in the ICU.
05:43Two rounds of dialysis.
05:44No recovery.
05:45A doctor told me, without a donor, he might not last three months.
05:49I went to every one of his half-siblings.
05:51He's not my problem.
05:51I begged them to get tested.
05:53Don't come here again.
05:54Not one of them said yes.
05:55If Dante dies, that's God's will.
05:57They all knew the same thing.
05:58If Dante died, there would be more for them to inherit.
06:02Dante must have sensed it too.
06:04He had his lawyer transfer all his assets into my name.
06:08Meeting you in this life, I have no regrets.
06:12But what no one expected was this.
06:15I signed the transfer papers, and the next thing the world saw was me in public, with Damien on my
06:20arm.
06:20I didn't stay with Dante through those final days.
06:23I betrayed him, and I chose the old Don's favorite bastard son.
06:30What came next was exactly what the gossip rates printed.
06:32Dante was still in the ICU when his first love turned around and ran off with half the half-brother
06:36he hated most.
06:37The news spreaded across New York.
06:38Dante's friends called me a gold digger, a whore, a piece of heartless trash.
06:41Every word was a poison-tipped knife.
06:43I swallowed them all.
06:44Dante begged to see me one last time.
06:47His friend had no choice but to call me.
06:50He was fading fast.
06:52Please, just go see him once.
06:56When I went to the hospital to see Dante, he'd lost so much weight.
06:59His cheekbones protruded, his arms were covered in needle marks.
07:01But the moment he saw me, his eyes lit up.
07:03I almost couldn't bear it.
07:04I nearly told him everything.
07:07They say you're with Damien.
07:09I don't believe it.
07:09Tell me yourself.
07:10Tell me they're lying.
07:12Dante, I don't love you anymore.
07:14His face crumbled the Vidala heir who had once ruled Manhattan's underworld.
07:17In that moment, he looked like a child who had everything taken from him.
07:20He cried.
07:21He held my hand and begged me not to leave.
07:24He said he would get better.
07:25He would crush every bastard under his thiel.
07:27He would make me the most respected woman in this city.
07:30If I would just stay.
07:31I stood there.
07:32I didn't move.
07:34Finally, his childhood friend Enzo Falco burst in and shoved me out of the room.
07:39Get out!
07:40If you ever show up in front of him again, I'll throw you into the ocean myself and feed
07:44you to the sharks!
07:54Dante!
07:57Dante!
07:59Dante!
08:00Dante!
08:00Dante!
08:03You okay?
08:06Of course!
08:09At 8 a.m., I finally got off the night shift.
08:14Get here now.
08:15The penthouse guest says something valuable is missing.
08:18The manager wants you here immediately.
08:19I threw on my clothes and rushed back to the hotel.
08:35We can't afford to offend this guest.
08:37Just play along.
08:38Go through the motions.
08:39Only two people entered our room last night.
08:41One was the maid.
08:42She's been cleared.
08:43The other is her.
08:45Take off your clothes.
08:47I need to check you.
08:48If you suspect I stole it, then call the police.
08:51You have no right to strip search me.
08:53My boyfriend doesn't have time to waste on police station procedures with you.
08:59Do you know who he is?
09:01My earrings are worth $3 million.
09:04They were my boyfriend's birthday gift to me.
09:07I knew something was off about you last night.
09:09I barely came out of the bathroom and you were already running out like a rabbit.
09:12If you didn't do anything wrong, why were you running?
09:27Dante's coffee cup froze midair.
09:29His gaze landed on the shattered pieces.
09:31His fingers tightened slightly.
09:33It was the first gift Dante ever gave me.
09:35$20.
09:36Worthless.
09:37But I'd never thought of throwing it away.
09:39He told her to stop.
09:40Enough.
09:41Stop this.
09:41Tomorrow you can go pick a new set.
09:43Any store you want.
09:44You're so sweet.
09:46Dante didn't look at her.
09:47His eyes remained fixed on the crystal shards on the floor.
09:50Dante asked everyone in the reception room to leave.
09:53Suddenly, the room fell silent and a profound silence enveloped us.
09:57I crouched down and picked up each item one by one, putting them back into my bag.
10:00A shard of crystal my finger up as I picked it up.
10:03I didn't look up, but I knew he was watching me.
10:06Didn't he ever give you anything nice?
10:08Damien at least got some scraps from the old man's table, and you're still holding on to cheap junk from
10:13your ex?
10:16We've already broken up, so there's no need for you to be so sarcastic.
10:20Got played and then dumped?
10:21No wonder you ended up here as a front desk clerk.
10:24Shame.
10:24If you just held out a little longer, you wouldn't have bet on the wrong horse.
10:27That useless piece of trash, Damien, I crushed him under my heel in the end.
10:31I knew exactly what he meant.
10:32But after Dante took over, he eliminated every bastard who'd fought him for the inheritance, with brutal efficiency.
10:38The entire city of New York knows that the new godfather of the Vichato family shows no mercy to those
10:42who betray him.
10:43I didn't want to hear any more.
10:45I turned to leave.
10:46He grabbed my wrist and slammed me against the wall.
10:49My shoulder hit the hard surface, and I let out a painted grunt.
10:52He gripped my chin, forcing me to look up at him.
10:55His green eyes brimmed with emotions I couldn't read.
10:58Anger, jealousy, and something else.
11:00His gaze dropped to my calf.
11:02A cut cut from the crystal shards opened a line of red, blood trickling down my leg.
11:06I'll drive you back.
11:07There's meds in the car.
11:09The next afternoon, I got a group message.
11:12The manager was holding a team dinner that night at an exclusive private club in midtown Manhattan.
11:16I wanted to decline.
11:18But the message added,
11:19Everyone must attend.
11:21So I went.
11:24The private room was huge, but the people inside were all Dante's friends.
11:29I recognized one face, Enzo Falco, Dante's childhood friend and the owner of our hotel.
11:33Dante sat at the head of the table.
11:35The moment he saw me walked in, his green eyes narrowed, then looked away.
11:40Scarlet!
11:40Long time no see.
11:42Come sit.
11:43He placed me in the empty seat right next to Dante.
11:46I sat down reluctantly.
11:48I heard our hotel misplaced a guest's $3 million item yesterday.
11:51Tonight, we've called you here to offer an apology on behalf of the hotel.
11:55I picked up the glass, said nothing, and downed it in one go.
11:58The vodka burned down my throat like wildfire.
12:00Good!
12:01Scarlet still got that spirit, but a $3 million pair of earrings, one glass won't cover it.
12:06Here's the deal.
12:06One glass, $100,000.
12:07You drink your way to $3 million, and we call it even.
12:10Enzo's tone sounded like a joke, but his eyes weren't laughing.
12:13$300,000 a glass, something stronger.
12:16Fine, whatever you say.
12:19I raised the glass and downed it again.
12:21The liquor slid down my throat and into my stomach like a serpent of five.
12:24By the fifth glass, my vision started to blur.
12:26Five glasses, $1.5 million, keep going.
12:29I reached for the sixth glass.
12:30My fingers slipped on the rim.
12:32A little spilled onto the tablecloth.
12:33Enough.
12:39I should have refused, but I didn't.
12:40Maybe it was the brief softening in his tone that I craved so desperately.
12:44The car was spacious, leather seats, dim, bloom.
12:47He sat on the other side, eating a half meter of space between us like a river.
12:51I didn't take your girlfriend's earrings.
12:53He didn't answer.
12:54He opened the center console and searched inside.
12:56Handle it yourself.
12:57Then he found a box of bandages and tossed it onto my leg.
13:00I tore one open and bent down to cover it on my calf.
13:03And then something rolled out of the console, landed on the floor mat.
13:06A St. Christopher for pendant.
13:08I'd gotten it from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
13:10Shortly after Dante's incident, I prayed alone before the statue of the Virgin Mary for three
13:13nights and finally obtained this pendant.
13:15I hung it on his rearview mirror and told him it was a charm to keep him safe.
13:18He teased me for being superstitious, but he never took it off.
13:20I thought he'd thrown it away long ago.
13:26This thing actually got me through the worst of it.
13:29Who would have thought the woman who prayed for my safety was the same one who nearly
13:32destroyed me?
13:37The car approached my building.
13:39In the distance, I saw a familiar figure standing downstairs.
13:42Damien.
13:43I incentively turned to look at Dante.
13:45His fingers gripped the steering wheel, veins bulging one by one.
13:49The Mayock surged forward, speeding straight towards Damien.
13:55My body lunged forward, the seatbelt cutting into my shoulder, as the car screeched to a
13:59halt right in front of Damien.
14:00Damien stood his ground.
14:02Seeing the two of us in the car, he frowned slightly.
14:04Are you this attached to all your ex-boyfriends?
14:09By the way, I forgot to ask.
14:11Damien didn't even give you a severance package?
14:14Or did he find your services undisfactory, not worth the price?
14:17He didn't dodge.
14:18He didn't strike back.
14:19He just turned his head slowly, rolled his jaw on the side I'd hit, his gray eyes churning
14:23with a storm.
14:24Damien saw everything from outside.
14:26His face changed.
14:27He rushed to the passenger side and pounded on the window anxiously.
14:31Get out.
14:46Tell him the truth.
14:47I don't mind if he comes after me once he knows.
14:49That's what I deserve.
14:56I could barely see anymore.
14:58I collapsed on the table, my forehead against the cool tablecloth, their muffled laughter
15:02buzzing in my ears.
15:04If you can't let her go, just have some fun with her again.
15:07I've got a room upstairs.
15:08Here's the key card.
15:09A woman Damien got tired of.
15:11You think I'd want her?
15:12Fine, beat her up then.
15:13Either way, the room's yours.
15:15Before consciousness fade, I felt someone lift me from the chair.
15:18His arms were hard, his chest broad.
15:20He smelled of cigars and cologne.
15:22It was Dante's smelt.
15:23I was curled up on the couch with menstrual cramps.
15:26He searched every cabinet and found no painkillers.
15:29He drove out in the middle of the night and hit three 24-hour pharmacies before he found
15:33one.
15:34When he came back, his coat was soaked.
15:36It was raining outside, and he hadn't brought an umbrella.
15:39He carried me off the couch, fed me the pill, and somehow pulled a piece of chocolate out
15:43of nowhere and put it in my mouth.
15:44Eat this.
15:45It's sweet.
15:46It'll make it better.
15:46It's too bitter.
15:49Still bitter?
15:53Good.
15:54From now on, whenever you take medicine, I'll feed you like this.
15:57Did you do this with all your girlfriends?
15:58What other girlfriends?
16:00Only you.
16:01In the dream, he was gentle, like a different person.
16:04Then the dream changed.
16:06The gentle kiss turned rough and brutal, biting and hard, like he was devouring me.
16:10I couldn't breathe.
16:11I instinctively pushed against his chest.
16:14Dante, be gentle.
16:22Tell me, did you really betray me back then?
16:27I never betrayed you.
16:31Then why were you with him?
16:33I was about to speak.
16:34Then my phone rang.
16:36The screen lit up with a name I'd scored three years ago.
16:39Damien Vitale.
16:40Dante and I saw it at the same time.
16:43Like a bucket of ice water dumped over me, all the alcohol and longing vanished in an instant.
16:51Scarlet, explain yourself!
16:53This man.
16:54The Vitale Don who made all of New York's Wonderworld tremble.
16:58His eyes were so red it looked like he was about to cry.
17:04I have nothing to say.
17:07You love him that much?
17:09One call from him and you're ready to run back and reconcile?
17:11What's so great about him that you'd throw me away?
17:14Scarlet, I was insane to think you might have a reason.
17:21I stumbled out of the room.
17:23The hallway was long.
17:24The lighting dim.
17:25I'd lost one of my shoes somewhere.
17:26One barefoot on the carpet.
17:28The other on cold tile.
17:29Like Cinderella throst out of the ball.
17:31No.
17:32Cinderella at least had a prince I'm looking for her.
17:34My prince had just told me to get out.
17:35As I reached the elevator, I nearly collided with Dante's girlfriend.
17:39Her phone was pressed to her ear.
17:41She didn't even look at me.
17:42She deliberately bumped my shoulder.
17:44She knocked me sideways.
17:46My shoulder hit the wall and I let out a pained grunt.
17:49No condom.
17:50It's my aviation day.
17:52You gonna take responsibility if something happens?
17:54Whoever was on the other rowan said something that made her laugh.
17:57Marriage?
17:58You really mean that?
17:59I stood there, frozen like a statue.
18:01I suddenly remembered that night many years ago.
18:03We were so young then, in his apartment.
18:06That night, everything changed.
18:07I trembled with nerves.
18:09He stayed with me.
18:10He stared at the faint mark on the sheetsel, soothing me again and again.
18:15What's wrong?
18:16Giving yourself to me like this.
18:17Aren't you afraid I'll fail you someday?
18:19I'm not afraid.
18:20I don't believe you'd ever fail me.
18:22Neither do I.
18:23I'd marry you tomorrow if I could.
18:25He'd probably forgotten those words long ago.
18:28But I hadn't.
18:32Outside the hotel's side entrance, a black SUV sat at the curb.
18:36The window rolled down, Damien in the driver's seat.
18:38He got out as soon as he saw me.
18:39What happened?
18:40Did you drink a lot?
18:41He didn't ask further.
18:43He opened the passenger door for me and waited until I was seated before walking around to
18:46the driver's side.
18:47The car merged into the Manhattan night.
18:49I leaned again to Beth and Univinu's lights blur past one by one, the neon glow flickering
18:53across my face.
18:54Let's go back.
18:55Damien, let's go back in a couple of days.
18:56He knew back meant London.
19:00He'd been with me all these three years.
19:02In London, he'd confessed his feelings.
19:03Said he'd loved me for years.
19:05From the first moment he saw me, I saw my every school.
19:06And he never changed.
19:08But I turned him down, gently, so he'd step back into the role of a friend.
19:11And he'd stayed there until now.
19:12Okay, we'll go back.
19:13I'll book the tickets right away.
19:15Back at the apartment, I went straight to the bathroom and closed the door.
19:18I took off my clothes and stood in front of the mirror, turning sideways.
19:22In the mirror, the ugly scar on my abdomen was clearly visible.
19:24Three years ago, the kidney transplant surgery had taken one of my kidneys and left behind
19:28a scar that would never fade.
19:34Back then, Dante forbade me from getting tested.
19:36He said if he had to take one of my kidneys to save his own life, he'd rather die.
19:39So I went behind everyone's back and got tested at another hospital.
19:42The result?
19:43I was the only match.
19:45But the bad news?
19:46My test results showed stage 2 hypertension.
19:48Donating a kidney for transplantation given your current health condition carries extremely
19:52high risks.
19:53And severe complications are highly likely to occur postoperatively.
19:55I don't care.
20:00I went through with the surgery without telling Dante.
20:03I had Damien help me put on that betrayal act.
20:05No one knew the truth except Marmion.
20:06After the surgery, I required lifelong monitoring.
20:08He helped me find the best kidney specialist in London and took me abroad to recover.
20:11Over three years, my kidney function had been slowly declining.
20:15Three months ago, the doctor told me I needed another surgery.
20:18The risks were high.
20:20The day I came out of the hospital, London was unexpectedly sunny.
20:23The breeze light and broke down crying.
20:25Is there anything you want to do?
20:26Damien, I want to see him one more time.
20:28If this really was my last chance, then let me say goodbye to you properly.
20:36The next day, Dante was in a meeting at the Vittorah family's headquarters.
20:39The long conference table was packed on both sides.
20:42Damien Vittorah is downstairs.
20:43He says he wants to see you.
20:45The atmosphere in the room shifted instantly.
20:48Everyone knew who Damien was.
20:49The old Don's most favored bastard.
20:51The one who'd nearly taken half the Vittori Empire three years ago.
20:54And the miserable rich Dante had crushed into nothing.
20:57Dante's expression didn't change.
20:58Send him up.
20:59Everyone else out.
21:00Within 30 seconds, Dante was alone in the room.
21:04What?
21:07Where do you think that kidney came from three years ago?
21:09You were lying in the ICU and suddenly anonymous young man who died in a car accident turned
21:13out to be a perfect match.
21:14Don't you think that's a little too convenient?
21:15What do you mean?
21:17See for yourself.
21:34She came to me crying, kneeling in front of me.
21:37She said, Damien, only you can help me.
21:38I got tested.
21:40I wasn't a match.
21:41Then she went to another hospital on her own behind your back and got tested herself.
21:44She was the only match.
21:46She had stage two hypertension.
21:48The doctor said the risk was extremely high.
21:50But she signed anyway.
21:51She gave you her kidney.
21:52And then she begged me to put on an act with her.
21:53She pretended to be with me.
21:55Made you hate her so you wouldn't question where the kidney came from.
21:59Why did you go along with her madness?
22:01Why didn't you tell me?
22:02Why didn't you take her away?
22:03I tried.
22:05I even stooped so low as to persuade her to give up on you.
22:07But she said she couldn't stand by and watch you die.
22:09Before she came back, she just had a checkup in London.
22:11Her kidney function was declining.
22:12She told the doctor she had one wish before the operation to come back and see you.
22:15High risk.
22:18She didn't want to disturb you.
22:20Just wanted to see you from afar.
22:21Enough.
22:22But she had no idea you'd bring a girlfriend to check in.
22:24No idea you'd call her up to change sheets.
22:26No idea you'd force her to drink.
22:28And no idea you'd tell her to get out.
22:29Enough!
22:33She's having surgery this Wednesday.
22:34New York Presential Hospital, 8th floor nephrology.
22:42I was in my hospital room doing pre-op prep when the nurse came in to take my blood pressure.
22:46The numbers weren't good.
22:47I stared at the ceiling, trying to steady my breathing.
22:49It was time.
22:50The nurse wheeled me out of the room.
22:51As the door opened, I instinctively looked down the hallway.
22:54A man stood at the end of the corridor.
22:57Navy suit.
22:58No tie.
22:58The top buttons of his shirt undone.
23:00His hair was messy, like he just ran here.
23:03His eyes were red.
23:04He stood right in the middle of the hallway, blocking everyone's path.
23:08It was Dante.
23:09I froze.
23:10I thought I was hallucinating.
23:12How did he know?
23:13How did he find me here?
23:15Dante walked toward me.
23:16His steps were quick, yet it felt like he was traversing an endless road.
23:20The hallway was silent except for the sound of his leather shoes against the floor.
23:26Scarlet, if I'd known, I would have rather you actually betrayed me.
23:32You have to come out alive.
23:33I was wrong.
23:34I owe you.
23:35When you come out, let's start over.
23:37Please.
23:41Okay.
23:42I'll come out alive.
23:44The nurse wheeled me into the OR.
23:46The doors closed in front of Dante, and the red light above him turned on, in surgery.
23:53Dante leaned against the wall, completely hollowed out.
23:55The navy suit jacket he wore.
23:58She'd bought it for his birthday in college, saving up from her part-time jobs.
24:01He hadn't worn it once in the three years they'd been apart.
24:04But even in his deepest hatred, he'd never thought of throwing it away.
24:08He reached into his pocket, searching for a lighter.
24:11His fingers touched something.
24:13He pulled out.
24:14A dozen dried daisies, petals turned pale brown, thin as ring-good ones, said to bring good luck.
24:20She dragged him all over campus looking for them, insisting that only the ones you found yourselves counted.
24:24How many do you want?
24:25I'll have a truckload delivered.
24:26Only the ones we find ourselves count.
24:28In the end, they found 18 double-ring daisies.
24:31She knelt on the grass, counted them one by one, pressed her palms together, and made a wish with her
24:35eyes closed.
24:35She'd secretly tucked them into his pocket.
24:38He thought he'd lost them long ago.
24:40He clutched the dried flowers in his palm, his knuckles white with tension.
24:44Outside the window, the New York May sun streamed through the blinds, painting golden stripes across the hallway floor.
24:50Through his tear-blurred vision, he seemed to see her again that summer,
24:53in a white dress, standing among the daisies, waving at him.
24:56I made a wish.
24:56I want to be with you forever.
24:57Those words settled slowly in time, becoming the single faith of his life.
25:05The first year we were apart, I hated her.
25:08Hated her so much, I erased every trace of her from New York.
25:11Packed up everything of hers from the apartment and threw it out.
25:14Deleted every photo from my phone.
25:16Forbade my friends from even mentioning her name.
25:19But I'd wake up in the middle of the night, clutch my pillow, and catch a faint, elusive scent of
25:22daisies.
25:24That was the scent of her shampoo.
25:25The second year, I went to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
25:28Not to pray.
25:30I just wanted to see the place where she'd once prayed for my pendant.
25:33The third year, Enzo told me that she works at the front desk of his hotel.
25:36My first reaction wasn't hatred.
25:39My heart skipped a beat.
25:41Then I had Enzo get her schedule, book the penthouse, and specifically brought a woman with me.
25:46I told myself I just wanted to humiliate her.
25:48But when I stood in the hotel lobby and saw her, my mind went blank.
25:53She looked up at me with those gray-blue eyes.
25:56I forgot every line I'd rehearsed.
25:58Three years.
26:00That hollowed-out heart finally beat again.
26:03After a month of recovery in the hospital, Dante brought me back to the Vittoria State.
26:08He'd been preparing a grand wedding for us.
26:10The date was set two months out.
26:12Take care of everything.
26:13All you need to do is rest, pick flowers, and pick a dress.
26:18But the Vitarle Dunn had too much to handle.
26:21He was on the phone almost all day.
26:23One afternoon, I brought coffee up to his studio and heard him say, voice low.
26:26She's pregnant.
26:27Mine.
26:29Find out.
26:30I want an answer tomorrow.
26:33That night, when he came out, his face was easy.
26:35He lodal souped for me.
26:36What color do you want the floral arrangements changed to?
26:39What have you been busy with lately?
26:41The wedding.
26:42Custom setup on site, security, that kind of thing.
26:44When you lie to me, your eyes drift to the left.
26:47Same as three years ago.
26:49Scarlett, there's something I'm still looking into.
26:51When I have answers, you'll be the first to know.
26:53All right?
26:54All right, but you owe me the truth before the wedding.
26:58Done.
26:59Three days later, Dante went out.
27:03Less than an hour after he left, the housekeeper came hurrying into the garden.
27:07Madam, there's a woman at the gate asking to see you.
27:09I hadn't even stood up before she came sweeping in off-white-knit sweater, the curve of her belly obvious,
27:15the woman who had gone up to the presidential suite with Dante, Maria.
27:18Dante isn't here.
27:19I know.
27:20Take a look.
27:21I'm 14 weeks pregnant.
27:27At dusk, I watched the bodyguards escort Maria out of the reception room and load her into a black car.
27:32Her hair was a mess across her face.
27:34Through the window, she shot the estate one last, hateful glare.
27:37The car pulled away, kicking up a trail of dust.
27:40Dante stood beneath the portico speaking to one of his men in black.
27:43The man nodded, again and again, then got into another car and drove off.
27:47Dante turned and came toward the living room.
27:49A fresh cut had opened along his brow bone.
27:51You're hurt.
27:52Just a scrape.
27:54Tell me what she said to you today, word for word.
27:57I leaned against his chest and repeated the whole afternoon.
28:00When I got to the paternity test, his arm tightened around me for a beat.
28:03When I got to her pushing me, he asked, voice muffled.
28:05Which hand did she use?
28:07Left.
28:10She spent two months in Florida with one of Marco's people.
28:14Came back pregnant and tried to pin it on me.
28:16The paternity test is a fake.
28:19Then why didn't you just tell me this afternoon?
28:21Because there's someone else behind her.
28:22I had to let the fish set the hook first.
28:24I'll be back before the wedding.
28:26You promise?
28:27I promise.
28:29You are my only wife.
28:31That's not something I say to soothe you.
28:32You said that last time, too.
28:35This time it's true.
28:36He left.
28:37The taillights vanished past the iron gate.
28:40I stood alone under the empty portico, the wind lifting the hem of my dress.
28:46Dante had been gone from the estate for a week.
28:49Last night, after my bath, I sat on the window ledge in my robe.
28:55How did you...
29:11Your wound?
29:12Leave it.
29:18Seven days without you.
29:20Let me hold you for a minute.
29:22It's done?
29:23Net's closed.
29:24Your sleeve.
29:26Someone else's blood.
29:28Most of it isn't mine.
29:30Anywhere else when you hurt?
29:32Grazed my side.
29:33Not deep.
29:34Feel for yourself.
29:35I'm not lying to you.
29:43How did this happen?
29:56Fourteen weeks.
29:57When did you and he...
29:59While you were in the hospital.
30:00He came back to New York to handle business.
30:02I was with him the whole time.
30:04He told me your body wouldn't hold out much longer.
30:06The Vitano family can't be left without an heir.
30:08He said that himself?
30:10Why else do you think I got into the presidential suite?
30:15That night when you were outside the bathroom changing the sheets, I was inside listening.
30:19He called me over.
30:20What did you think he was bringing you up there for?
30:22Old time's sake?
30:24You came to find me just to tell me this?
30:26I came to tell you to be smart about it.
30:29Call off the wedding.
30:30No family.
30:31No name.
30:32No proper body.
30:33What do you have to offer him?
30:34I can give him an heir.
30:36Can you?
30:36And what makes you so child is his.
30:38The paternity test is right there in black and white.
30:41That paper can be forged.
30:43Do you have the nerve to wait until Dante comes back and say all this to his face?
30:54Hold her.
30:59You better pray that child is his.
31:01Because if it's not, you know what the mafia does to traitors.
31:10Knife.
31:11Enzo blocked one.
31:12I took the other.
31:14We got the man behind that woman.
31:16One of Marco's inner center.
31:17Been hiding in New York this whole time.
31:19Net of them in Brooklyn this afternoon.
31:20He's in federal custody now.
31:21The baby?
31:22One of Marco's men.
31:24She spent two months with him in Florida.
31:25She knew.
31:26Marco's side paid her to pin it on me.
31:29She did all of this for money?
31:30She thought Marco would marry her once the baby was born.
31:33Idiot.
31:34Marco was running her from prison.
31:36She was a pawn.
31:39Did you think about me at all out there?
31:43Every night.
31:45When I couldn't sleep, I looked at your picture on my phone.
31:48The one from three years ago.
31:49When you climbed to my back, I never deleted it.
31:52Liar.
31:53Haven't you dropped your phone a dozen times?
31:56The photos are backed up.
31:57Whenever I get it repaired, I have them exported.
32:00The tech sighs at me every single time.
32:04Don't go closing a net alone anymore.
32:07Okay.
32:08I swear.
32:09You swore last time too.
32:12This time I mean it.
32:14Bring up last time one more time and I'll kiss you until you can't talk.
32:26That day you said, if the child is family, I'll handle it.
32:33If she really had been carrying yours, how were you planning to handle it?
32:37There was no chance.
32:39You're the only woman I've ever had.
32:42I didn't tell you before because it sounded so cheap saying it out loud.
32:46And it made me sound stupid.
32:49And the wedding?
32:51As planned.
32:52You're the only woman who will ever be my wife.
32:54Don't keep things from me like that again.
32:56It scared me.
32:57I won't hide anything from you again.
32:59I thought about it a lot these last few days.
33:02If I hadn't made it back before the wedding, what would you have done?
33:06I don't know.
33:07Probably gone to Florida to find you.
33:10You can't do that, but I'm glad to hear it.
33:13You-
33:13Yeah, me.
33:15Sleep.
33:16Wedding prep starts tomorrow.
33:18I'm not going anywhere.
33:23If Dante hadn't insisted on marrying you, right, would you have to fight me?
33:27The Viterle family has to have an heir.
33:29That broken body of yours, do you think it can even carry?
33:33Are you done?
33:35Not yet.
33:37Do you know why he brought you back to the estate?
33:41Guilt.
33:42He took your kidney and now he feels sorry for you.
33:44But the one he loves is what's here in my-
34:00She touched you.
34:03She showed me this.
34:12Take her to the reception room.
34:13Keep her under watch.
34:14Dante!
34:15I'm carrying your child!
34:17Ah!
34:18Do you believe her?
34:20I believe you.
34:21Tell me, is that child yours?
34:26If it's a Vitari child, I'll handle it.
34:28But you are my only wife, ever.
34:30He hadn't answered me directly.
34:34Dante called Damien to the estate.
34:36Damien came through the door with rain on his coat.
34:38When he saw me sitting on the living room sofa, he paused for a beat, then walked over
34:42and took the seat across from me.
34:43He asked me to stay with you.
34:45He's in the reception room questioning her, says to sit tight.
34:48Why can't he tell me himself?
34:50Because there are things he isn't certain of yet.
34:52Scarlett, do you trust him?
34:53I do.
34:54But he said if the child is family, what does that mean?
34:58It means if that child really does carry Vitane blood, he won't turn his back on it.
35:02But if someone tried to force it on him, then it's a different conversation.
35:08That woman spent two months in Florida.
35:10Came back pregnant.
35:11Do you know who's in Florida?
35:12Who?
35:13Marco.
35:14The old Don's youngest illitimate son.
35:16Deontay had him thrown into federal prison three years ago.
35:19Once that woman was back, none of her timeline lines up.
35:22The baby is Marco's?
35:24Deontay will have the answer for me tonight.
35:26You answer me first.
35:27If he tells you tomorrow that the child has nothing to do with him, are you still marrying him?
35:32Yes.
35:34Then that's that.
35:35Drink your milk.
35:36Stop overthinking.
35:37I can't stop thinking.
35:39Then think about something else.
35:42Like what you're going to say for your vows.
35:48No.
35:53For the two weeks before the wedding, Deontay really didn't leave the estate.
35:57He handed everything off to Enzo and the lawyers.
35:59Every day he was there, trying on my dress with me, choosing flowers, going over the guest list.
36:04Ask him anything and he just says sounds good.
36:06Might as well not ask.
36:13You invited people from the bureau?
36:15They gave me quite a gift.
36:16Marco's case is being closed next week ahead of schedule.
36:19Every charge stuck.
36:20The inner circle man gave up everything.
36:21That woman went on the record as a witness.
36:23The prosecutor's deal was that when she testifies, she goes to the West Coast.
36:26Out of New York for good.
36:29She agreed?
36:30She had no choice.
36:33After tomorrow, she'll have nothing to do with us.
36:35Ever.
36:36You're sure?
36:37I'm sure.
36:39Marco is looking at at least 30 more years.
36:41His man, 20.
36:42That woman will be under federal protection as a witness.
36:44She won't get anywhere near you again.
36:46And the baby she's carrying?
36:48Given to a welfare agency once it's born.
36:50Nothing to do with me.
36:52The morning of the wedding, there was a sun shower.
36:54Maya was fixing my veil in the dressing room.
36:56I gripped the St. Christopher pendant.
36:58My palm dreamt with sweat.
37:00Outside the window, the rain had stopped.
37:02Sunlight broke through the clouds and lit the wet lawn in a bright shine.
37:08Nervous?
37:09Yes.
37:10Deanco's worse.
37:11He's already redone his tie three times at the altar.
37:13Enzo's about to lose it.
37:15He said he wanted to change to a dark red one and pushed Enzo far enough that he was
37:18about to shove the tie in his mouth.
37:20Dark red?
37:21Yeah.
37:22He said it's the one you gave him on your hundredth day together.
37:24He's kept it at the bottom of his closet for four years.
37:26Today's the first time he's opened the box.
37:32When the doors of the church opened, sunlight and the organs swept in together.
37:36Dante stood before the altar.
37:37A dark gray suit.
37:38A dark red tie.
37:39The moment he saw me, his whole body went snarred.
37:41He closed his fingers around him, his thumb settling against my pulse.
37:45Your hand is shaking.
37:47Shut up.
37:48He watched me the whole time the priest read the vows.
37:51His voice was steady, but the last note lifted.
37:54I do.
37:55As though a string that had been drawn tight for three years had finally been let go.
37:59Exchanging rings, I lowered my head to slide his onto his finger.
38:04You picked this?
38:05Enzo did.
38:06He said your taste is god-awful.
38:08He's right.
38:16The church doors stood open behind us.
38:19Autumn sunlight spilled across the ground.
38:21I closed my hand tightly around the ring on his finger.
38:24Fingers laced together, we walked side by side into that dazzling, blinding light.
38:29Are you ever going to hide anything from me again?
38:33No.
38:33You said that last time, too.
38:36This time it's true.
38:38Rings are on.
38:39You can't run now.
38:44One week into our marriage, I took over the Vitale family's internal affairs.
38:49Every day brought another guest list, another dinner, another rule to learn.
38:53And some of the old guards still whispered that I wasn't fit to be Donna.
38:59On Wednesday morning, Enzo drove over himself.
39:02What is wrong with you today?
39:04You look so fancy.
39:05Are you wearing someone else's suit?
39:06My dear Donna, today is the monthly meeting.
39:08All the Vitale partners will be there.
39:09Didn't your man tell you?
39:10I looked at the door.
39:11Dante walked out.
39:12He was slowly fixing his cuffs.
39:13It is no big deal.
39:14It is just a monthly report from the business heads.
39:17Sit next to me.
39:19Do not be nervous.
39:20You are just meeting some people.
39:22But when he got into the front seat, he looked back at me.
39:24His eyes said, God help you.
39:26We were on the top floor of the Vitale building, 12 people seated around a long table.
39:30Dante pulled out my chair.
39:32As I sat down, I noticed a man at the far end.
39:34His hair slicked back.
39:35His eyes settled on my wedding ring for two full seconds.
39:38That is Brown.
39:39He runs the East Dox.
39:41Don Dante, usually only core members can come to this meeting.
39:46My wife is the Donna of the Vitale family.
39:48Do you think she has no right to be here?
39:50Of course she does.
39:51But the reports have too many numbers.
39:54I'm afraid she will find it boring.
39:56I minored in accounting in college.
39:59That is great.
39:59Then please listen to last month's doc numbers, ma'am.
40:02He rattled off the doc numbers so fast it sounded like a tongue twister.
40:05Dante tapped the table twice.
40:06He was holding back.
40:08I ran the numbers in my head and found a problem.
40:11Mr. Brown, your numbers do not match.
40:13The cargo numbers do not match the strike percentage report from three days ago.
40:16Where is that 4%?
40:17My worker made a mistake.
40:18I will have them redo it later.
40:21Later?
40:21Redo it today.
40:22Send the new numbers to my study before three this afternoon.
40:25The meeting ended in silence.
40:27One by one, they left.
40:28Come here.
40:33I watched that 4% for three months.
40:35No one else found it.
40:36Did you do that on purpose?
40:37I wanted to see who would find it.
40:39You were faster than all of them.
40:41He will cause more trouble.
40:43I know, but he cannot do much.
40:46Federico's corrected accounts arrived at Dante's study on time that afternoon.
40:50Every number was perfect.
40:52Not a single mistake.
40:56Sly old dog.
40:59I thought this was over.
41:00But on Saturday morning, Maya called me.
41:03Where are you?
41:03Open your phone and look at Instagram right now.
41:06What is wrong?
41:07You are all over the Manhattan Rich Girls page.
41:10I opened Instagram.
41:11The post was from Rosella Brown, Federico's daughter.
41:14She had shared a photo from an afternoon tea party.
41:17The caption read,
41:18Had a great afternoon with real ladies.
41:20I guess a certain new wife is still learning how to hold a teacup.
41:25There were already hundreds of comments.
41:27The top two said,
41:29She used to work at a hotel front desk, right?
41:32Miss Brown is so nice.
41:33She did not even say her name.
41:36Do you want me to make a fake account and fight back?
41:38No need.
41:40Then what are you going to do?
41:41Nothing.
41:46Dante came out of his study with a black envelope in his hand.
41:49He had clearly seen the post.
41:51The Brown family charity auction is next Saturday.
41:55Is Rosella hosting it?
41:57Then I must go.
41:58If I do not go, it will look like I am scared of her.
42:00Okay.
42:01I will have someone get your dress ready.
42:03Do you have nothing else to say to me?
42:09I only have one thing to say.
42:10No matter what you want to do, I have your back.
42:19Mr. Vitale said you can pick the ones you like.
42:24Dante was in his study, surrounded by piles of paperwork.
42:27He did not even look up.
42:29I walked over and knocked on the door frame.
42:32He looked up at me, an unlit cigar still between his fingers.
42:37How many did you get?
42:38Twelve.
42:39If you do not like them, we can get more.
42:42That is too many.
42:43It is not too many.
42:44This is the first time I am taking my Donna to a party.
42:46Any less would be rude.
42:47Did you take anyone else before?
42:49Yes.
42:53On the night of the party, I chose a dark green velvet dress with a low neckline and a thin
42:57platinum chain.
42:59Dante fixed my shoal when I got out of the car.
43:02Just follow me.
43:06Rosela stood in the middle of the room.
43:09Mr. Vitora, sorry to keep you waiting.
43:11Is this Mrs. Vitora?
43:12We finally meet.
43:14Lois Brown.
43:15Just call me Rosela.
43:16Your dress is very pretty.
43:17Not everyone can wear dark green.
43:21I hope you have fun tonight.
43:22Please, make yourself at home.
43:26Where is your father?
43:27In the cigar room.
43:29He is waiting to talk about the docks.
43:30Later.
43:32Do you want to look around or eat something first?
43:35I will show you the way.
43:39I saw that necklace last month.
43:41It was worth $80,000.
43:43Can she afford it?
43:44Mr. Vitani bought it.
43:46A hotel girl married a rich man.
43:48Of course, her husband paid for it.
43:50Rosela stopped at the corner.
43:51She smiled a little, then kept walking.
43:55Do not worry about them.
43:56The auction is later.
43:59I will take you outside for some fresh air first.
44:04Did you pull me out here just to stay quiet?
44:06I had someone write down the names of those two women.
44:09You do not need to do that.
44:10If you do, people will think I only rely on a man.
44:13But you do rely on me.
44:15And I am your husband.
44:16It's no big deal.
44:17Fifteen minutes later, the auction hall was full,
44:20with guests seated around long tables.
44:22Rosela sat in the center of the front row.
44:24The seat beside her was empty, with Dante's name on it.
44:28He did not sit there.
44:29He took me to the second row, by the aisle.
44:32When the auctioner revealed the final piece,
44:35a blue diamond broach age, the room went quiet.
44:37The bidding started at three million,
44:39rising by five hundred thousand each time.
44:41Rosela raised her card, three point five million.
44:44Another woman bid four million.
44:45Rosela raised her card again, four point five million.
44:49Five million.
44:50Dante lifted my hand and my bidder card with it.
44:52Rosana looked back.
44:53Her smile never changed, but her eyes darkened.
44:55Five point five million.
44:57Dante lifted my hand once more.
44:58Six million.
45:04Six million once.
45:05Six million twice.
45:07Six million three times.
45:08Sold.
45:11Let's go.
45:12Let's go home and open your gift.
45:16I stood up and walked past Rosina.
45:19She held a glass of champagne, but did not drink it.
45:22Her fingers were white.
45:23I said nothing.
45:24I just walked past her.
45:26On the way back to the house, Maya sent me another message.
45:29You are treading.
45:30The headline says the Vitadon buys a six million dollar brooch for his wife.
45:33Brown's daughter completely fails to hide her face.
45:36Then she sent a second message.
45:37Rosina just posted a story.
45:39Her shoes, an empty glass, and four words.
45:41See you next time.
45:42Four days after the auction, a letter from the Brown family appeared on Dante's desk.
45:47It was an apology for Miss Brown's excessive bidding at the auction.
45:51Federico is in control.
45:52He stopped his daughter.
45:54But he cannot stop her for long.
45:56What do you think she will do?
45:58I do not know, so I want you to keep checking the books.
46:00Also, I am going to Europe next week.
46:03How long will you be gone?
46:05Ten days to two weeks.
46:06I have a big deal.
46:07I must sign the dock and shipping papers myself.
46:11Are you going alone?
46:12Enzo is coming with me.
46:14I will have Damien stay in New York a little longer.
46:16As for the Browns, I won't deal with them before I leave.
46:19You want to see if they make a move on their own?
46:21You learn fast.
46:24After I leave, if someone comes to the estate to see you...
46:26Do you think someone will come?
46:28I do not think so.
46:30I know so.
46:32The afternoon before Dante left, I met Damien in the west hallway.
46:36He saw me and pointed to the garden.
46:38He wanted to walk.
46:39He asked me to stay a few more days.
46:41I know.
46:42Do you know why he did not deal with the Browns before leaving?
46:44To see who makes the first move.
46:46Half right.
46:47Dante.
46:48When he is gone, they will think the biggest block is gone.
46:51They will move early.
46:53That is when we catch them.
46:55What about me?
46:57What is my part in this?
46:59You are the bait.
46:59The Browns will try to use you to threaten Dante.
47:01If you stay safe in the house, they cannot touch you.
47:03But if I do not leave, how can I be the bait?
47:05So he left the choice to you.
47:07You can stay safe here.
47:09Or you can take control.
47:12What if I choose the second one?
47:15Then he will be very happy.
47:17He will do everything to help you.
47:19On the morning Dante left, a light fog hung over New York.
47:22He stood beneath the manor porch, his black coat unbuttoned.
47:25He held a carry-on in one hand and checked messages on his phone with the other.
47:30Enzo's car was already waiting outside the Iron Gate, its engine rumbering softly.
47:34I will be back in two weeks at most.
47:37Last time you said one week, but you were gone for 21 days.
47:43This time is for real.
47:46He put something into my palm, a silver key.
47:48The spare key to a safe house on 7th Avenue.
47:51When did you get this?
47:52I had someone prepare it on the day of the auction.
47:54If you need help while I am gone, find Damien.
47:57But if you cannot reach him, go there.
47:59How many backup plans do you have?
48:01Enough for you.
48:03He turned and walked down the steps.
48:05He looked at me one last time, then got into the car.
48:10That afternoon, Maya came to the house to keep me company.
48:13She brought some cream puffs and a lot of gossip.
48:15Guess who I saw at the hotel yesterday?
48:18Rosella.
48:19She sat with a man in the cafe for 40 minutes.
48:23Who did she meet?
48:24Was anyone else there?
48:25A man with gray hair.
48:27He was in his 50s.
48:28He had a scar on his left eyebrow.
48:30He looked like a thug.
48:35Damien came to the house that night.
48:36I told him about it.
48:38The man with the scar on his left eyebrow is Lorenzo.
48:40He runs the Vitali Casino in the East District.
48:43Rosella meeting him means the Browns are moving into our casino business.
48:46Deontay is gone.
48:47When will they make their move?
48:48You will not just go to the docks, so they must lure you to the casino.
48:52It will be on the busiest day of the month.
48:53It will be crowded and messy.
48:55That is the best time for them.
48:57That is the day after tomorrow.
48:59So we can make a plan now.
49:02On the fourth day after Dante left, Lorenzo asked me to come to the casino.
49:07He said there was a problem with the money.
49:09I stood in the third floor of the AP room and looked down at the main hall.
49:13Lorenzo wore a gray jacket.
49:14He stood in the corner of the bar, watching the entrance.
49:19Damien's message came at exactly six in the evening.
49:21Perimeter confirmed.
49:23Browns men moved four people from the docks towards the casino this afternoon.
49:26Follow the plan.
49:29At eight o'clock, I came out of the VIP room.
49:32Lorenzo was waiting for me.
49:34Donna, a guest on the first floor wants to see you.
49:36It is about a membership card.
49:37What guest?
49:39He says he is an old customer from the East District, but the front desk cannot find his name.
49:43He stepped aside and pointed toward the stairs.
49:45I followed him into the stair hell.
49:48The door closed.
49:50Lorenzo stopped and turned around.
49:53He had a plastic tie in his hand.
49:55Sorry, Donna.
49:57At the same time, my left hand pressed the button on my watch.
50:00It was a tracker.
50:01It only took one second to send the signal.
50:04Lorenzo, are you sure Federico told you to do this?
50:08You should not ask so many questions.
50:11They took me down to the garage.
50:13The car drove for 20 minutes before stopping at a dock.
50:16A white yacht was waiting by the shore.
50:19Two men took me onto the deck.
50:22Then Rosella walked out of the cabin.
50:28You do not look scared.
50:30You came to the casino alone.
50:32You have no guards.
50:34I thought you would stay home.
50:35After Dante left.
50:36But you came right to us.
50:41Did your father send you?
50:43Rosanna's eyes changed.
50:44She stepped back.
50:45And for a second, the shadows covered this.
50:47I do not know what you are talking about.
50:48You know.
50:51What are you scared of?
50:52Are you scared people will know your father stole a lot of money?
50:55Or that the Brown family has no money left?
50:58She raised her hand again, but Federico arrived.
51:00He looked at the faint red mark on my face.
51:02Then at his daughter's hand, frozen to the air.
51:04That is enough, Rosina.
51:05Go outside.
51:08Go outside.
51:10My daughter was in a rush.
51:14How much did you find out?
51:16Enough.
51:16The dock money, the Brooklyn warehouse, and your men in Florida.
51:20Why do you think I came here alone?
51:22I got out of the ties.
51:23At the same time, there was a low engine sound from the river.
51:27Ten speed boats surrounded the boat.
51:34Who did you call?
51:35Damien in New York.
51:36But he is not at the casino tonight.
51:37I checked.
51:38Did you check?
51:39Or did you just think you checked?
51:44All guards on the second floor.
51:46Go to the main hall entrance.
51:49Too late.
51:53Everyone is under control.
52:00Mr. Brown, your guests need to leave now.
52:05When did you plan this?
52:07Three days ago.
52:08You had Lorenzo help you kidnap me.
52:11But you did not know Damien had men waiting nearby.
52:14Every time Lorenzo worked the night shift.
52:22You knew I would kidnap you from the start.
52:24I was waiting for you to do it.
52:25On land, it would take too long to catch you.
52:27But on a boat, you cannot run.
52:32Father!
52:33Someone is on the boat!
52:37You set a trap.
52:39She looked at her father, then at me.
52:42Her lips moved, but she could not speak.
52:46Damien received a message through his ear pint.
52:48He pressed the side button and nodded at me.
52:50At the same time, the sound of helicopter blades came from the night sky above the river.
52:55It grew louder as it moved quickly toward the yacht.
52:59It was Dante.
53:03I made it just in time.
53:04Who hit you?
53:07It does not matter.
53:08It does matter.
53:09Dante will not let anyone go who hurt you.
53:11And he is almost here.
53:16I am here to get you.
53:19I am here to get you.
53:32I regret this.
53:34I should have done this myself.
53:36Then you would not be hurt.
53:39Federico told us where the goods are.
53:40We also got all the bad books.
53:42Let's talk at home.
53:46After Federico's case ended, the Vitali family held its first full meeting in two months.
53:51It took place in the same meeting room on the top floor of headquarters.
53:57From today on, my wife will check all the family books and changes.
54:01Enzo will handle the docks and outside work.
54:03We will take over the east docks now.
54:06No one objected this time.
54:07It was nothing like my first meeting.
54:13After the meeting, I stood by the elevator.
54:15Damien walked over from the hallway.
54:16He had a folded paper in his hand and gave it to me.
54:18Rosetta sent this this morning.
54:19It went to the house.
54:21You won.
54:26What is your next step?
54:27Check the books first.
54:29We will stop Brown's money.
54:30We will return what we should.
54:30The rest goes to the family.
54:32You sound very different now.
54:33Not like two years ago.
54:35Two years ago, I was lying in a hospital bed.
54:37You cannot sound tough when you are lying down.
54:40You sound much tougher when you stand, but that is a good thing.
54:44The elevator arrived.
54:45Damien turned and walked toward the stairs.
54:47See you at the estate.
54:49Dante stood by the doorway, talking to Enzo.
54:52His hands were in his coat pockets, and the hallway light outlined the sharp profile of his face.
54:56He saw me across the hallway and raised a hand towards me.
54:59I nodded to him before the elevator doors closed.
55:02The elevator went down.
55:03I took the St. Christa pendant from my pocket.
55:05I had a craftsman repair it.
55:07I held it tightly in my palm.
55:09The metal slowly grew warm against my skin.
55:12I walked out of the Vitaly building.
55:14The driver saw me, got out, and opened the back door for me.
55:17I got in.
55:18Before the door closed, I looked up at the top floor windows one last time.
55:23The late fall sun shone on the glass, turning the building bright gold.
55:27The solemnity void.
55:27The