Shorts Enthusiast - [FULL] Our Forever Ended at Eighteen
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00:00:02Nolan and I dated for three years.
00:00:06Then his mom jumped off a balcony right in front of us.
00:00:10All because she found out her husband cheated on her with my mom.
00:00:14My whole life went straight to hell after that day.
00:00:25It's stage four stomach cancer.
00:00:27You've got roughly a month left, maybe even less.
00:00:30Oh.
00:00:39Nolan's my childhood best friend and my boyfriend.
00:00:42We both go to Lacey High and we'd already planned to attend NYU together.
00:00:47We had our whole lives ahead of us.
00:00:51But I'm dying.
00:00:53I have zero clue how I'm going to break this news to my mom tonight, let alone Nolan.
00:01:08You look absolutely wiped out today.
00:01:10How'd your doctor's visit go?
00:01:19Oh my God!
00:01:20You two?
00:01:21How could you?
00:01:23Mom!
00:01:23No!
00:01:25No!
00:01:26No!
00:01:33Claire, honey.
00:01:34Just let me explain everything.
00:01:39Mom, no!
00:01:40Mom, no!
00:01:45Mom!
00:01:51Mom!
00:01:54Mom!
00:02:02Mom!
00:02:03Mom!
00:02:04Mom!
00:02:05Mom!
00:02:06I'm Lori Parker and tell you, sir,
00:02:08to be able to send you together
00:02:10to the same person on the side of the room.
00:02:16Nolan?
00:02:32My mom and Richard vanished together that night.
00:02:35That was also the last time Nolan ever let me touch him.
00:02:38After that night, he never touched me again.
00:02:52Tessa Monroe, you're total trash, just like your mom!
00:03:00Oh!
00:03:22He's totally justified to hate me.
00:03:28His mom killed herself over that affair.
00:03:31And I'm the daughter of the woman
00:03:33who ruined their whole family.
00:03:46Hey, can anyone hear me?
00:03:47I'm locked in here!
00:03:50Serves you right, you skank.
00:03:58Chemistry labs next period.
00:04:00I can't be late again.
00:04:01I can't be late again.
00:04:03I can't be late again.
00:04:06I can't be late again.
00:04:09I can't be late again.
00:04:13I can't be late again.
00:04:16I can't be late again.
00:04:19I can't be late again.
00:04:20I can't be late again.
00:04:20I can't be late again.
00:04:21I can't be late again.
00:04:21I can't be late again.
00:04:22I can't be late again.
00:04:23I can't be late again.
00:04:25I can't be late again.
00:04:26I can't be late again.
00:04:34I broke my leg.
00:04:54Monroe, did you just roll out of a garbage can?
00:04:57This isn't a circus.
00:05:04Sir, the girl's restroom door jammed.
00:05:06That's why she's running late.
00:05:08She can work with me.
00:05:13Fine, get in here.
00:05:14Hurry up before I send you straight to detention.
00:05:32This is a...
00:05:47Tessa Monroe's the worst person I've ever met.
00:05:51I even begged Mr. Hargworth to let her stay.
00:05:55She's just jealous of us, Nolan.
00:06:01I won't let her get anywhere near you ever again.
00:06:06Kiss me, Nolan.
00:06:22You know what my biggest dream is?
00:06:26Someday, I'm going to put a ring on your finger and ask you to marry me.
00:06:31That's ages away, Nolan.
00:06:32We're not even 18 yet.
00:06:34Just you and me, Tessa.
00:06:37We're going to stay happy and perfect forever.
00:06:47His mom died because of my mom.
00:06:49He has every single reason to hate me.
00:06:55But the burning in my stomach,
00:06:57the pain in my leg,
00:06:58the chemical burn on my arm,
00:07:00none of it hurts half as bad
00:07:02listening to him kiss another girl.
00:07:08In that moment,
00:07:09I almost wished
00:07:11I'd just die right there.
00:07:23The doctor said I've only got about two weeks left.
00:07:27But this is my big practice, Ace AT,
00:07:29and I wanted to finish it no matter what.
00:07:45Love it, the doctor said I'm going to die if he aunts me.
00:08:20I saw Tessa passing cheat sheets too.
00:08:23That wasn't me.
00:08:25Someone tossed that paper onto my desk.
00:08:32Mr. Pierce, did you see who threw this note first?
00:08:36Nolan, you saw it.
00:08:38It wasn't me.
00:08:41It was Tessa.
00:08:47Tessa Montreo, your exam is void.
00:08:49Head down to the principal's office immediately.
00:08:57It wasn't just this test.
00:08:59All my exam scores got revoked entirely.
00:09:02Not a single person stood up to defend me.
00:09:06I used to be the top student in our grade, and now I'm nothing at all.
00:09:31Just wiping her test scores is way too easy on her.
00:09:35She destroyed your whole family.
00:09:37She deserves way worse.
00:09:38Ruin her life completely.
00:09:39Break that bitch down for good.
00:09:41Yeah!
00:09:48His silence meant he agreed with every single word they said.
00:10:02Let go of me!
00:10:03Trash like you doesn't belong in our school at all.
00:10:29You're awake.
00:10:32Who brought me here?
00:10:34That guy's been sitting out in the hallway for three whole hours.
00:10:43Miss Monroe, your vitals are terrible.
00:10:46I think your boyfriend should know what's going on with your health.
00:10:49He's not my boyfriend.
00:10:50There's no reason to tell him.
00:10:53Please, don't say anything to him.
00:11:05I came by on behalf of the whole school to check up on our poor classmate.
00:11:13You're just playing the victim to lure no one here, aren't you?
00:11:17Do you really think you can win him back after everything?
00:11:19Do you think you can win him back after everything?
00:11:58After my mom left, we had zero income coming into the house.
00:12:03I can't even afford this semester's tuition fees.
00:12:05I don't know.
00:12:34Even chugging a handful of painkillers can't dull the burning ache in my stomach.
00:12:40I can literally feel my life slipping away little by little.
00:12:58I wanted to leave something behind at the very least, but if I only get one last letter
00:13:03to him, it'll just be my goodbye note.
00:13:12You're going fast!
00:13:28Tessa Monreo, don't get the wrong idea.
00:13:30This isn't a prank.
00:13:31Will you be my girlfriend?
00:13:33Your least favorite person, Nolan Pierce.
00:13:57I'd love to be your girlfriend.
00:14:10That was my first kiss.
00:14:12I truly believed we'd stay like that forever.
00:14:25This spot's reserved for cheerleaders.
00:14:40If you're actually sick, go see a doctor.
00:14:42Quit faking the sad victim act.
00:14:43No one buys it anymore.
00:14:52Get out of my sight.
00:15:30Those wildflowers look like the pretty scenery I imagine I'll see in the afterlife.
00:16:02Tessa Monreo, you stole my prom dress.
00:16:11If you're accusing me of theft, show actual proof.
00:16:16I'm dying anyway.
00:16:17I've got nothing left to be scared of.
00:16:22You want proof, you psycho?
00:16:33I knew it was you.
00:16:34I knew it was you.
00:16:35I was supposed to wear this tonight for Nolan.
00:16:37You didn't just steal it.
00:16:38You cut it all to shreds.
00:16:41You cut it all to shreds.
00:16:41Nolan, call the cops.
00:16:42Lock her up.
00:16:46You're rotten all the way through, just like your mother.
00:16:51That was the last time he ever spoke a word to me.
00:17:00Hello?
00:17:01I'm reporting a theft.
00:17:03Someone here stole a dress and destroyed it.
00:17:04She's right here.
00:17:22Missing prom might have been a blessing in disguise.
00:17:25What would I even do there?
00:17:27Watch Nolan slow dance with Gabrielle?
00:17:30Watch all those other families celebrate their kids' bright futures?
00:17:40No one would have shown up to celebrate my prom.
00:17:43And no one's going to celebrate the final three days I have left to live.
00:17:52My life's probably going to end right here.
00:18:12And then, if you guys don't let yourself?
00:18:12I'm not going to get back here.
00:18:12Nice and easy, see you.
00:18:16Look, that was a nice gathering.
00:18:18You have a nice gathering for a lot of people.
00:18:18We'll be waiting for you.
00:18:18This really looks random to be a good place.
00:18:18For next time, let's get started.
00:18:19We'll be ready for sure.
00:18:19And we're ready for time.
00:18:20We'll be ready for now.
00:18:25We're ready for that.
00:18:35I don't know.
00:19:00Ten years of life, Jack.
00:19:01So much time is it wiped out?
00:19:02Yes.
00:19:02I'm not your parent.
00:19:03Ten years.
00:19:08One last personal question.
00:19:10A successful guy like you must have someone special by your side, right?
00:19:16That's definitely me.
00:19:18I've stuck by his side every single step of the way to where he is today.
00:19:23So you must be Mr. Pierce's first love.
00:19:28Obviously, we've been together since high school.
00:19:31Practically childhood sweethearts.
00:19:33The wedding invitations will be going out very soon.
00:19:48You seemed really off during that interview today, Nolan.
00:19:53Just burnt out.
00:19:55The interview dragged on way too long.
00:20:01There's a high school reunion tonight at the Ritz-Carlton.
00:20:04Mason and all our old classmates are going to be there.
00:20:06You know I don't have time for that.
00:20:12Is Tessa Monroe going to show up?
00:20:19She vanished from Lacey right after prom.
00:20:22All I ever heard was some distant relative took her away to another state.
00:20:30Every time I think about the Monroes, all I can picture is my mom.
00:20:35But if I get to see how miserable Tessa's life turned out tonight,
00:20:39maybe the reunion won't be a total waste of my time.
00:20:54Nolan Pierce!
00:20:56Tens whole years!
00:20:57Can't believe you actually came.
00:20:58Yeah, I'll see you next time.
00:21:06Ten-year reunion.
00:21:17Looks like you've had a pretty good run these past ten years.
00:21:22I'm sorry, do I know you?
00:21:26Sorry, I thought you were someone else.
00:21:30Maybe it wasn't annoying.
00:21:32Maybe it was disappointment.
00:21:37It'd be insane if Monroe actually walked through that door tonight.
00:21:41Shame, though.
00:21:42Tessa Monroe died ten years ago.
00:21:45What did you just say?
00:21:47I said, Tessa Monroe's been dead for ten years.
00:21:49You didn't know?
00:21:51You didn't know?
00:22:10That can't be true!
00:22:13I'm not messing with you, Nolan.
00:22:15She walked straight out into the ocean and didn't come back.
00:22:37Tessa Monroe, you can't be dead.
00:22:40She must have just left town, got taken in by relatives.
00:22:43Even if she did walk into the ocean, it was her own choice.
00:22:47This isn't my fault.
00:22:50Her mom killed my mom.
00:22:52Everything she went through was what she deserved.
00:23:20She had it coming!
00:23:21Forget it!
00:23:23Forget it!
00:23:23Forget it!
00:23:23Forget it!
00:23:23Forget it!
00:23:24Forget it!
00:23:25Forget it!
00:23:26Forget it!
00:23:27Forget it!
00:23:27Forget it!
00:23:28Forget it!
00:23:28Forget it!
00:23:31Forget it!
00:23:37Forget it!
00:23:38Forget it!
00:23:40Forget it!
00:23:40Forget it!
00:23:41Forget it!
00:23:42Forget it!
00:23:42Forget it!
00:23:43Forget it!
00:23:44Forget it!
00:23:44Forget it!
00:23:45Forget it!
00:23:52Nolan, Nolan, Mr. Pierce, what's going on with you lately?
00:23:57You're totally checked out.
00:24:01Nothing, just heavy work stress.
00:24:32I drive back to Lacey every single year for her grave.
00:24:35Every time I show up, the headstone's spotless, and there's always fresh flowers laid out there.
00:24:50Sir, where are you heading off to? Do you need the driver?
00:24:53I'll drive myself.
00:25:43What am I even doing here? Why'd I drive all the way back?
00:25:45The Monroes killed my mom. Tess is dead anyway. Why do I even care?
00:25:58I need to see it with my own eyes.
00:26:16Tessa Monroe.
00:26:19Oh, her. Where is she living now?
00:26:25She passed away.
00:26:46That was just a few days after prom.
00:26:49Back then, I was busy wrapping up high school, packing up to move to New York, prepping for NYU.
00:27:00While I was busy planning my brand new future, Tessa's body was floating out in the ocean for days.
00:27:07A local fisherman found her body.
00:27:10No family stepped forward to claim her, so she was buried in the public cemetery as unacclaimed at first.
00:27:26I need to see the outside.
00:27:28I'm so happy that it was for now.
00:27:36You're asking about that teen girl who walked into the ocean ten years back?
00:27:54i remember it crystal clear i was pulling my nets in spotted something floating on the waves
00:28:01thought it was trash at first got closer and it wasn't garbage it was a young girl
00:28:15she was too thin and way too young
00:28:21she was covered in scars a terrible chemical burn all up one arm old broken bone injuries
00:28:29on her legs nothing but skin and bones
00:28:49every scar on her body i knew exactly where each one came from
00:28:54because i was there every single time
00:29:07that's enough
00:29:28this is the last spot tessa ever stood on
00:29:31ten years ago everyone laughed at her and mocked her at prom
00:29:35and she left them all behind to walk out here alone
00:29:41nolan you saw it it wasn't me
00:29:44it was tessa
00:29:50just wiping her test scores is way too easy on her
00:29:53she destroyed your whole family she deserves way worse
00:29:57ruin her life completely break that bitch down for good
00:30:05you're rotten all the way through just like your mother
00:30:08he really called the police
00:30:19tessa used to be top of our entire grade
00:30:22if they hadn't wiped all her exam scores
00:30:26she could have escaped lacy
00:30:28moved anywhere she wanted
00:30:31i'm the one who stole that last chance away from her
00:30:48nolan where the hell have you been no one's heard a word from you for three whole days
00:31:20we grew up side by side our whole lives
00:31:23tessa's dad passed away young
00:31:24her mom raised her all by herself
00:31:27she'd hang out at our house every day
00:31:29eating the apple tarts my mom baked
00:31:31she was always top of the class
00:31:33loved drawing more than anything
00:31:43tessa
00:31:59mom's buried here too
00:32:01i come visit every single year and i never once realized tessa was buried right here the whole time
00:32:2410 years straight every time i come to visit mom's grave there's fresh flowers laid out
00:32:30without a single miss
00:32:37fresh flowers every year
00:32:38fresh flowers every year
00:32:42does the cemetery maintenance fee i pay cover fresh flowers every year
00:32:46nope sir
00:32:47nope sir
00:32:47the base fee only covers basic grave cleaning
00:32:54who's been leaving these flowers every single year
00:33:22are you telling me she paid 20 years up front
00:33:25just so someone would leave fresh flowers on my mom's grave every year
00:33:30everyone around town says she's dead now
00:33:32i only handle the paperwork i don't know the rest of the story
00:33:5020 whole years
00:33:59after her mom vanished she had zero income at home
00:34:02where did she get that much cash
00:34:05once she spent all that money on my mom's grave how was she even supposed to survive
00:34:16what if she was already really sick back then when she paid this
00:34:21sir i only have access to financial records nothing else
00:34:37i need to look up a financial transaction from 10 years ago under the name tessa monroe
00:34:42sir that's confidential client information i can't pull that for you
00:34:47she's deceased i'm family
00:34:56terminal illness
00:35:17if you need full medical documentation i can give you the local hospital's phone number
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00:36:17I'll wait.
00:36:30These are all the paper records we were able to recover.
00:36:32The electronic system was replaced 10 years ago,
00:36:35so some of the files are only available as scans.
00:36:48One month.
00:37:05Stop playing the victim.
00:37:08I saw it. I saw all of it.
00:37:15There's a special patient request here.
00:37:17The doctor recommended contacting the boy who came to the hospital with her,
00:37:21but she refused.
00:37:24What boy?
00:37:25The record only lists a name.
00:37:27Nolan Pierce.
00:37:34I was right outside that door.
00:37:42I was one door away from the truth.
00:38:00I remember her.
00:38:01She was so quiet.
00:38:03She'd be in pain all night and never press the call button.
00:38:07I'd check on her during my rounds and ask why she didn't call anyone.
00:38:10She'd just say everyone was busy.
00:38:11Why didn't she tell me?
00:38:12My name was right there in her chart.
00:38:14She once asked me,
00:38:16if someone already hated you,
00:38:18would telling him you were dying feel like using your illness to make him come back?
00:38:29I told her she should at least give him a choice.
00:38:32She stayed quiet for a long time,
00:38:34then said he already made his choice.
00:38:46I was here that day.
00:38:48Was she still waiting for me to ask if she was okay?
00:38:52I don't know what she was waiting for,
00:38:54but I do know she was in that much pain
00:38:56and still worried that telling you might make things harder for you.
00:39:02She wasn't alone.
00:39:09I'm the one who made her feel like she was.
00:39:12Her chart can tell you where she hurt.
00:39:14If you want to know why she had to hurt alone,
00:39:16that's something you'll have to figure out yourself.
00:39:36I found it.
00:39:37It was a terminal illness insurance payout.
00:39:39The money could have gone directly towards treatment,
00:39:42important care, or hospice,
00:39:43but she requested a partial lump-sum cash payout.
00:39:46And that money went to Lacey Public Cemetery, right?
00:39:49Yes.
00:39:50The payment was for 20 years of maintenance on Claire Pierce's grave,
00:39:53plus annual flowers.
00:40:07What if she'd used that money for treatment?
00:40:09I can't tell you what the outcome would have been,
00:40:11but based on the amount,
00:40:13it could have covered hospital care and medication for some time.
00:40:30Mom, she could barely afford to keep herself alive back then.
00:40:37I treated her like she was the one who killed you.
00:40:41And while she was dying,
00:40:42she was still thinking 20 years ahead for you.
00:40:50Why was she still so good to you?
00:40:53Why did she never say she hated me, not even once?
00:41:03What right did I ever have to hate her?
00:41:32They might remove this tree next year.
00:41:34It's full of old candy wrappers and notes
00:41:36kids stuffed in there over the years.
00:41:38What are you looking for?
00:41:41A letter I should have read 10 years ago.
00:41:43Mom, youist.
00:41:44I don't know.
00:41:45Mom, Mama!
00:41:46No!
00:41:49Dad!
00:41:58I don't know.
00:42:03No!
00:42:05God!
00:42:08God!
00:42:13You were still leaving things here back then.
00:42:16Did you think I'd come back looking someday?
00:42:28Nolan, if you're reading this, I'm probably already gone.
00:42:32Don't be scared, and don't think this is one last way for me to make you come back.
00:42:37I just wanted to leave behind the things I never got the chance to say.
00:42:44I was still at school when you wrote this, and after you wrote it, I told you to get out
00:42:49of my sight.
00:43:08I know why you hated me. Your mom died right in front of us.
00:43:12Your dad and my mom were the ones who did something wrong, but you needed someone who was still there
00:43:15to blame.
00:43:16If it had been my mom who died, maybe I would have hated you too.
00:43:20So I don't blame you.
00:43:26Sometimes I still wonder if you'd believed me that one time during the SAT.
00:43:32If you'd asked me if I was hurting at the hospital.
00:43:36If you hadn't called the cops on prom night.
00:43:40Maybe my last few days would have hurt a little less.
00:43:46Not maybe.
00:43:48I could have made those days easier for you.
00:43:51I really thought we'd go to New York together, get married, and have a completely ordinary life.
00:43:57None of that happened.
00:43:59And that's okay.
00:44:03Nolan, I hope you're truly happy someday.
00:44:06I hope you stop hating people the way you do now.
00:44:09And don't become someone your mom wouldn't be proud of.
00:44:14Goodbye, Tessa.
00:44:20Even at the end, you were still making excuses for me.
00:44:24You wished me happiness, and I couldn't even make your last few days a little easier.
00:44:35Tessie, I'm finally reading this.
00:44:38Ten years too late.
00:44:41Ten years too late.
00:45:05What do you mean, presumest?
00:45:07The body had been in the water for several days, and the face was unrecognizable.
00:45:11No family claimed her, and there was no DNA sample for comparison.
00:45:14So the identification was based on age, height, build, belongings found near the shore, and visible injuries.
00:45:21So there was nothing that proved 100% that the body was Tessa.
00:45:25Strictly spreading no.
00:45:26No one challenged the identification ten years ago, so the case was closed based on what seemed most reasonable at
00:45:31the time.
00:45:45No, that's wrong.
00:45:47She broke that leg less than a month before she died.
00:45:51You're sure?
00:45:53I watched her drag that leg into class.
00:45:56I watched everyone laugh at her.
00:46:02If the fracture was only a few weeks old, then this autopsy report doesn't match.
00:46:07A completely healed fracture would have needed much more time.
00:46:13Then the person in that grave might not be her.
00:46:16It's possible, but you'll need more evidence.
00:46:29I used to think a death certificate was the end of the story.
00:46:32Now I'm realizing it might just be a mistake nobody bothered to question ten years ago.
00:46:36Don't turn hope into a conclusion.
00:46:38Check every inconsistency first.
00:46:40Then you'll have an answer.
00:46:51This is clearly a fresh fracture.
00:46:53The fracture line is distinct and there's no healing callip.
00:46:56Even if she died a month later, it couldn't possibly look like an old injury that had been fully healed
00:47:00for years.
00:47:02So this isn't her leg.
00:47:04Medically speaking, these two records do not describe the same injury.
00:47:08The medical examiner could have made an error, but it's unlikely they would get a major finding like this wrong.
00:47:20She could be alive.
00:47:25How much longer are you staying in Lacey?
00:47:28The wedding planner waited two hours for you today.
00:47:32The body might not have been Tessa.
00:47:37What are you talking about?
00:47:40Her x-ray doesn't match the autopsy.
00:47:42The body had an old healed fracture.
00:47:44Tessa had just broken her leg.
00:47:46It's been ten years, Nolan.
00:47:49You're putting your entire life on hold for her now?
00:47:52If she didn't die, I need to know where she is.
00:47:55And what happens if you find her?
00:48:01I don't know.
00:48:03But I can't keep using I don't know as an excuse.
00:48:09Mr. Pierce, this only proves the fracture on that body doesn't match Tessa's.
00:48:14It does not prove Tessa is still alive.
00:48:17I know.
00:48:19But ten years ago, I decided what happened before I knew the facts.
00:48:23I'm not doing that again.
00:48:25I'm following this all the way through.
00:48:39Even the arm is wrong.
00:48:42The fracture doesn't match, and neither does the location of the burn.
00:48:46One inconsistency could be a recording error.
00:48:49Two together means the identification needs to be reopened.
00:48:58Were these belongings found on the body?
00:49:00No.
00:49:01On the shore.
00:49:02The body was pulled into a fishing net two days later, more than ten miles downstream.
00:49:08So back then, they found Tessa's things on the shore,
00:49:11and then happened to recover a girl around the same age.
00:49:13There was no family, no DNA, and no second identity to compare against.
00:49:17Everyone already believed she had gone into the ocean,
00:49:18so naturally the investigation followed that assumption.
00:49:26We all decided she was dead first, then looked for evidence to prove it.
00:49:31You have enough now to request a formal re-examination of the identification.
00:49:38Don't touch the grave yet.
00:49:39First, I want to know if anyone made it out of the West Shore alive that night.
00:49:49I don't care who's in that grave.
00:49:51Not yet.
00:49:54I want to know where Tessa went.
00:50:10Estimated age 17 to 19, severe hypothermia, vomiting blood, malnourished, no identification on her.
00:50:17Do you still have contact information for the person who called it in?
00:50:20Yes, he's retired, but the number hasn't changed.
00:50:26The girl from that night ten years ago?
00:50:29Yeah, I remember her.
00:50:30She was soaked through, no shoes.
00:50:33I thought she was dead at first.
00:50:35Then she coughed, and the water she threw up was full of blood.
00:50:40Did she ever give you a name?
00:50:42No.
00:50:42She only woke up for maybe ten seconds.
00:50:45The paramedic asked where she lived, and she just kept shaking her head.
00:50:49Did she mention Lacey?
00:50:53One thing.
00:50:54I remember it clear as day.
00:50:56She grabbed the paramedic's sleeve and said,
00:50:58Don't take me back to Lacey.
00:51:10Based on the current and the distance,
00:51:13someone swept away from the original shore could have drifted into that area.
00:51:19Where did they take her?
00:51:22Bay County Hospital first.
00:51:23She was transferred out later that same day.
00:51:48Once we stabilized her, she was transferred that same day
00:51:52to the St. Judy Charity Care Program in Boston.
00:51:54She had no insurance and needed long-term cancer treatment.
00:51:59She left this hospital alive?
00:52:02Her vitals were stable at transfer.
00:52:04We don't have any records after that.
00:52:12She didn't die at the West Shore.
00:52:14At least that night, she may still have been alive.
00:52:20Nolan, you've been gone from New York for almost two weeks.
00:52:23Even if she is alive, so what?
00:52:26It's been ten years.
00:52:27Ten years isn't an excuse.
00:52:30Ten years ago, I didn't ask.
00:52:32I didn't look.
00:52:33I didn't listen to her.
00:52:35This time, I'm at least going to find out what happened.
00:52:38And then what?
00:52:39Beg her to forgive you?
00:52:40Throw away our wedding?
00:52:43I don't know what comes after this.
00:52:46Right now, all I know is she may not be dead.
00:52:52Nolan, I'm your fiancé.
00:52:57I know.
00:53:04Tessa might still be alive.
00:53:19She didn't lose her memory.
00:53:21She chose not to go back.
00:53:33I'm not asking for treatment details.
00:53:35I just need to know if she survived.
00:53:38I can't tell you that.
00:53:39The privacy rules still apply, even if the patient later passed away.
00:53:49I spent ten years believing she was dead.
00:53:52I only just found out the death certificate may have identified the wrong person.
00:53:56I'm not a reporter, and I'm not here to cause trouble.
00:53:59If she really is someone you knew, then you should understand better than anyone
00:54:04why she didn't leave her identity behind back then.
00:54:14I can only give you public information.
00:54:17At the time, we ran a recovery art program for long-term oncology patients.
00:54:21Some of the work was shown publicly, and patients were allowed to use initials only.
00:54:50She loved wildflowers.
00:54:53One painting doesn't prove anything.
00:54:55I know.
00:55:01But it's the first thing in ten years that looks like she might have lived after that night.
00:55:05The exhibit files only keep the artwork and catalog number.
00:55:09They won't give you a patient's new name.
00:55:11If you're going to find her, you'll have to do it through public records.
00:55:15That's enough.
00:55:16Ten years ago, I ignored every clue she left right in front of me.
00:55:20This time, I'll find the rest myself.
00:55:29When she first arrived, she refused to give us her name.
00:55:32Even when the pain was at its worst, she'd just grip the sheets.
00:55:36We'd ask her to rate it from one to ten, and she always said five.
00:55:40You could look at her face and know it was at least a nine.
00:55:43Did she ever talk about Lacey?
00:55:45She did.
00:55:46The social worker asked if we should contact anyone back home, and she immediately said no.
00:55:52Did she ever mention someone named Nolan?
00:55:57The social worker asked if there was anyone she wanted us to call.
00:56:00She stayed quiet for a long time, then said no.
00:56:06She didn't have amnesia.
00:56:07She remembered everything.
00:56:09She just chose not to go back.
00:56:24She loved painting wildflowers.
00:56:26She said the ones by the ocean looked fragile, but even the strongest wind couldn't keep them down.
00:56:33So she lived long enough to be in this exhibit?
00:56:35Longer than that.
00:56:37Before she left Boston, she told me she wanted to study art and go somewhere no one had ever heard
00:56:42of Lacey.
00:56:44Did she leave a new name?
00:56:46No.
00:56:47She said if she ever had to give herself a new name, she wanted to keep the letters T and
00:56:52M.
00:56:57Once she could get out of bed, art class became the thing she looked forward to every day.
00:57:03Everyone else painted houses, she always painted the ocean, but toward the end, there was never a person in the
00:57:12water anymore.
00:57:14Because she'd already made it out.
00:57:31There's one close match.
00:57:33Pen name T.M. Hale.
00:57:35She started publishing children's picture books seven years ago.
00:57:38No personal photos, no book signings.
00:57:48It's her.
00:57:49Style alone isn't enough to confirm that.
00:57:52She drew like this when we were kids.
00:57:55That old tree is where we hid letters.
00:57:58The blue dress is the one she made for prom.
00:58:04Miss Hale doesn't accept private visits, and she doesn't make her address public.
00:58:08I'm not giving a client's information to a stranger.
00:58:12I'm not going to her answer.
00:58:14I just want to know if she's someone I used to know.
00:58:18If you really knew her, then you should understand why she made herself this hard to find.
00:58:29This is public information.
00:58:31Don't ask me for anything else.
00:58:36Get me a car.
00:58:38Now?
00:58:39You have a board meeting tomorrow morning.
00:58:40Move it online.
00:58:43I missed her once ten years ago.
00:58:45This time I at least need to see for myself.
00:58:48Want me to have the investigators keep looking for her address?
00:58:51No.
00:58:53Public information is enough.
00:58:55I'm going to Portland, and I'll only stand where she's willing to let me stand.
00:59:13Miss Tessa, why do you draw wildflowers in every book?
00:59:18Because they don't need anybody's permission to grow.
00:59:21There's another reason.
00:59:22Our famous artist is too lazy to draw anything besides wildflowers, old trees, and the ocean.
00:59:27You hear that, kids?
00:59:28The boss is getting tired of my best-selling material.
00:59:36The cover's due today.
00:59:37And take your meds.
00:59:39You skipped dinner again last night.
00:59:42Yes, doctor.
01:00:08It really is you.
01:00:22You're welcome.
01:00:23Have a great day.
01:00:24Go for now.
01:00:37Go for now.
01:00:51Tessa?
01:01:03She stood in the ocean and made it back to shore.
01:01:11I didn't get it wrong, but what am I supposed to say?
01:01:17Sorry I drove you into the ocean ten years ago?
01:01:20I'm finally here to see if you actually died?
01:01:32You already have a new life.
01:01:48I'm not trying to drag her back to Lacey, and I'm not trying to get her back.
01:01:53For the first time, I know she actually got the chance to become someone beyond all of that.
01:02:13We're not open yet. Come back after 10, please.
01:02:20Tessa?
01:02:29Nolan Pierce?
01:02:31You're alive.
01:02:39Don't touch me.
01:02:45I went to your grave.
01:02:47I saw your death certificate.
01:02:49I even tracked down the man who pulled that body out of the water.
01:02:52I thought I had personally confirmed you were dead.
01:02:56So are you done confirming now?
01:02:59Why didn't you tell anyone?
01:03:01Why did you let everybody think you were dead?
01:03:07Because I didn't want to go back.
01:03:10Lacey, the school, those people, you.
01:03:13I never wanted to see any of it again.
01:03:18I've been looking for you for so long.
01:03:20Ten years ago, I waited a long time for you too.
01:03:28To all of you, Tessa Monroe really has been dead for 10 years.
01:03:32I just got to live again afterward.
01:03:41If you only came here to make sure I'm alive, then you can go back to New York now.
01:03:49How did you find me?
01:03:50Medical records, the autopsy, EMS reports, then the paintings in Boston.
01:03:57I used to say I knew you better than anyone.
01:04:00In the end, it took a stack of files for me to learn what you actually went through.