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00:00:04at 6 30 the next morning i went downstairs henry was making breakfast in the kitchen

00:00:10i didn't go in halfway there i heard oddy's voice drifting over from the other side of the kitchen

00:00:15she was talking to henry her voice wasn't loud but she was still little she didn't understand

00:00:20what lower your voice meant henry i'm not happy that mom came miss why would you be unhappy dad

00:00:26and i already promised we'd take aunt and cassidy to kid cod tomorrow if mom suddenly comes and

00:00:31insists on going with us aunt cassidy will feel so awkward miss madam is your mother you can't say

00:00:36things like that it will hurt her heart understand i know but there wasn't the slightest hesitation in

00:00:42her voice but dad and i both like aunt cassidy better can i let aunt cassidy be my mommy i

00:00:47stood at the foot of the stairs unable to move even half a step my daughter was my own flesh

00:00:51and blood

00:00:51i had spent 22 hours in the delivery room alone trevor was in europe that day negotiating

00:00:56an acquisition cole is gone i have to go to cassidy right away cole had died in a car accident

00:01:02the

00:01:02night before cassidy wasn't pregnant yet at the time after that night the two of them were never

00:01:08truly apart again henry said back to boston pregnant with twins just to confirm trevor wouldn't be home

00:01:14tonight today was my 31st birthday it was also our seventh wedding anniversary the doctor told me not

00:01:19to fly i flew anyway not because of love because after seven years i was still waiting for him to

00:01:25give me

00:01:26one reason not to leave i told the babies in my belly this is the last time after this we

00:01:30stopped

00:01:31waiting for him he thought what he'd lost was a wife throwing a tantrum tomorrow morning at nine

00:01:35he would find out what he'd lost was someone he had never deserved in his life by the time i

00:01:40landed at

00:01:40logan airport it was already past nine at night i thought that if only for the sake of these seven

00:01:45years he should come home tonight when i walked out of the airport my phone was full of birthday wishes

00:01:50from colleagues and old classmates there was nothing from trevor

00:01:56by the time i reached the old house on beacon hill it was almost 10 30 henry opened the door

00:02:01for me

00:02:01mrs hale you what brings you here where's trevor and oddy mr hale hasn't returned yet

00:02:07mrs upstairs playing with that box of shells

00:02:13i nodded handed him my coat and went upstairs with one hand supporting my belly the hallway was

00:02:18very quiet adi's bedroom door was half open a warm little lamp glowing inside i pushed the door

00:02:24open and went in she was wearing pink pajamas sitting cross-legged on the carpet focused on

00:02:29stringing a shell necklace my footsteps were light she looked up her eyes lighting up then she lowered

00:02:36her head again and went back to fiddling with the beads i crouched down held my belly pulled her into

00:02:42my arms and kissed her mom don't bother me i'm busy i hadn't seen her in more than two months

00:02:48no number

00:02:48of kisses would have been enough but she had already wriggled out of my arms is oddy making a shell

00:02:53necklace in one week it'll be aunt cassidy birthday this is the birthday present dad and i are making

00:03:00for aunt cassidy dad and i polished every one of these shells with tools aren't they pretty

00:03:08she held the necklace up in front of me that box of shells was the one i had taken her

00:03:12to collect on

00:03:13beach at big sum last year my throat tightened sharply before i could speak she added happily dad also

00:03:18ordered other custom gifts for aunt cassidy tomorrow she didn't finish i looked at the necklace

00:03:23in her hands and remembered something this time last year it had been a night just like this

00:03:26the charity gala for children's hospital trevor personally auctioned off the copy of california

00:03:32rare birds field guide i had given him for our sixth anniversary one of only three out of print

00:03:37copies the one i had found among my late father's belongings the hammer price was four hundred twenty

00:03:42thousand dollars donated to set up a trust for the child cassidy had left from cold i sat in the

00:03:47third

00:03:47row at the time smiling and applauding i thought i could endure one more year lady mommy wants to ask

00:03:56you something she looked up do you remember mommy's birthday she furrowed her little brows and thought

00:04:04very seriously for five seconds mommy's birthday she looked up at me and blinked as if asking for help

00:04:13mom is your birthday the one in summer

00:04:18she lowered her head again and started counting the beads mom don't talk to me you're messing up the

00:04:23order i didn't speak again i let go of the arm i had around her

00:04:32when i went downstairs henry was waiting in the living room mrs hale i called mr hale just now

00:04:39he said he has something to do tonight and asked you to rest first i see i answered softly after

00:04:45thinking for a moment i still called trevor the phone rang for a long time before he answered

00:04:50his voice was faint i'm busy tomorrow from the other end of the phone came another woman's voice

00:04:57soft natural as if she had been by his side all night who is it this late it was cassidy

00:05:02i tightened

00:05:03my grip on the phone trevor paused then said to me nothing before i could speak

00:05:08he hung up i sat on the sofa for a long time the two children in my belly moved i

00:05:14lowered my head

00:05:15and gently patted my stomach i said to them mommy understands now mommy thought seven years was long

00:05:22enough that one year he would remember to come home tonight was the last time mommy won't wait for him

00:05:33anymore

00:05:34at 6 30 the next morning i went downstairs henry was making breakfast in the kitchen i didn't go in

00:05:41halfway there i heard oddy's voice drifting over from the other side of the kitchen

00:05:45she was talking to henry her voice wasn't loud but she was still little she didn't understand what

00:05:50lower your voice meant henry i'm not happy that mom came miss why would you be unhappy

00:05:55dad and i already promised we'd take aunt cassidy to kate cod tomorrow if mom suddenly comes and

00:06:01insists on going with us aunt cassidy will feel so awkward miss madam is your mother you can't say

00:06:06things like that it will hurt her heart understand i know but there wasn't the slightest hesitation in

00:06:11her voice but dad and i both like aunt cassidy better can i let aunt cassidy be my mommy i

00:06:17skipped the foot

00:06:17of the stairs unable to move even half a step my daughter was my own flesh and blood i had

00:06:22spent

00:06:2222 hours in the delivery room alone trevor was in europe that day negotiating an acquisition

00:06:28cole is gone i have to go to cassidy right away cole had died in a car accident the night

00:06:33before

00:06:34cassidy wasn't pregnant yet at the time after that night the two of them were never truly apart again

00:06:40henry said nothing more i walked back to my room and closed the door i sat down by the bed

00:06:44i didn't cry

00:06:46i only lowered the hand resting on my belly i opened my phone i sent trevor a text trevor let's

00:06:52have lunch together today just the three of us 80 wants mistral's lobster ravioli i'll fly back to

00:06:56san francisco this afternoon he replied about 20 minutes later got it you set the time looking at

00:07:03that got it i nearly laughed out loud seven years ago when he was pursuing me he wrote 15 love

00:07:09letters

00:07:10every one of them ended with yours trevor seven years later his reply to me had fewer words than yours

00:07:15plus trevor i wrote back 12 30 mistral got it i washed up did my makeup and changed into a

00:07:23pale

00:07:23beige maternity dress i had picked it out myself last year trevor had never seen it once at 11 40

00:07:28i

00:07:28drove to back bay halfway there my phone buzzed it was trevor something urgent came up at noon lunch is

00:07:33canceled next time i pulled over onto a small road beside starro drive and stared at that text for a

00:07:38long

00:07:38time if it had been before i would have immediately replied okay or when you're done should i wait for

00:07:47you i would have waited i would have sat alone at mistaro until two in the afternoon drink two glasses

00:07:52of lemon water then drive home dad is busy today it isn't easy for him but today i didn't reply

00:07:59i started the car again and drove toward back bay i wasn't acting out of spite i just suddenly wanted

00:08:04to

00:08:04take a look i wanted to see what his so-called urgent matter actually was i parked across the

00:08:09street from mistral i didn't go in right away i stood outside the glass window for about 10 seconds

00:08:14inside at the old table by the window the three of them were sitting there cassidy and adi sat close

00:08:20together on the same side adi tilted her head up telling her jokes her shoulders shaking with laughter

00:08:24cassidy fed her a piece of little cake taking a bite herself first before handing it over adi opened

00:08:28her mouth and ate it trevor sat across from them he was wearing the dark gray cashmere coat i had

00:08:34picked out for him last christmas he was smiling the kind of smile i hadn't seen in a very long

00:08:38time

00:08:38he placed a piece of fish on cassidy's plate then one for adi his eyes stayed on cassidy's face the

00:08:44whole time as if in the entire restaurant she was the only person left i stood outside the glass window

00:08:49carrying two unborn children in my belly his wife his childhood friend's widow his daughter three

00:08:55people at one table the seat that should have been across from him was empty i didn't go in

00:08:59i turned around and walked back to the car i started the engine the windshield wiper swept across the

00:09:05glass wiping away two drops of water it wasn't rain even i didn't know when they had fallen i smiled

00:09:12a little i said to myself amelia do you see it clearly now i see it clearly i drove away

00:09:17i didn't

00:09:18look back at mistral once when i returned to beacon hill it was 1 30 in the afternoon only henry

00:09:22was in

00:09:23the old house when he saw me he froze mrs hale aren't you at mistral mr hale had something come

00:09:27up henry opened in his mouth then said nothing i went upstairs and entered the study i opened the

00:09:33computer and connected to the home network on the desktop was a folder password locked and hidden for

00:09:38seven years folder amv only i opened it there were four things inside a pdf of the postnup from seven

00:09:45years ago the version i had personally scanned and archived a record of every major decision trevor

00:09:54had made over the past seven years i had attended every viridian labs board meeting remotely and he

00:09:59didn't know a copy of delivery room footage from the day adeline was born proof that trevor had been

00:10:05absent a full set of evidence i had obtained two years ago showing hail trusts forged documents for

00:10:11cassidy's identity as cole's widow from that folder i pulled up the divorce agreement template it was

00:10:22the version zara had sent me half a year ago sis here in case you need it someday i won't

00:10:30need it

00:10:30she wrote back sis stop lying to yourself

00:10:40two o'clock this afternoon i needed it i copied article eight of the postnip into the first page

00:10:46of the agreement word for word i attached the email dr masson had sent trevor about adeline's

00:10:51psychological evaluation to the second page i placed the photo of that table for three at mistral

00:10:57this morning on the third page i had taken the photo outside the glass window with my phone

00:11:03i looked at it for a long time i wasn't reluctant to let go i simply added one line of

00:11:10caption to that

00:11:10photo exhibit c defendant dined with a third party and daughter at mistral 47 minute during which

00:11:18defendant did not contact place niff this date was planta's birthday and seventh wedding anniversary

00:11:23print sign amelia m voss not hail voss i hadn't used that surname in seven years

00:11:32after signing i folded the agreement and placed it in a craft envelope on the front of the envelope

00:11:39i wrote three words to trevor hail i placed it on the mahogany table in the foyer that table was

00:11:47cassidy's housewarming gift three years ago i went downstairs henry was arranging a bouquet in the

00:11:54living room when he saw me carrying my suitcase he froze completely mrs hail henry i pointed to the

00:12:03envelope for him when mr hail comes back please hand this to him personally i'll be returning to san

00:12:08francisco shortly henry's lips moved but no sound came out he had been the hail family's butler for 20

00:12:13years he had seen everything seven years every time i waited until late at night and trevor never

00:12:21came home he was the one who brought me soup every time cassidy unintentionally stabbed me in this house

00:12:28he silently pulled me away at last he spoke in a low voice you won't be coming back this time

00:12:34i didn't answer i took a white sheet of paper from my handbag wrote several lines and handed it to

00:12:43him henry at 2 40 this afternoon mr hail miss cassidy lambert and adeline hail had lunch together at

00:12:51mistral i was originally scheduled to attend

00:12:57plaintiff was not present please sign by hand later as a witness amelia m voss after henry finished reading

00:13:03it his hand trembled he looked up at me just sign your name if this matter goes to court your

00:13:08name

00:13:09will appear on exhibit c if you don't want to sign you can tear it up i won't force you

00:13:13henry was silent for five

00:13:14seconds then he signed his name at the very bottom of the paper he wrote slowly each stroke heavy henry

00:13:20coleman the 14th of march i took the paper folded it and put it into my kelly bag henry mrs

00:13:25dr voss

00:13:25it was the first time he called me that thank you for these seven years he lowered his head

00:13:30i failed you by the time the car pulled out of beacon hill it was already three in the afternoon

00:13:34i didn't look back at that house again in the car i sent zara three messages that postnup can be

00:13:40used

00:13:40now i am on my way to the airport five o'clock flight to sfo charles will pick me up

00:13:44i'll go

00:13:45straight to bishop and cole after landing she replied instantly waiting for you sis the car entered the

00:13:50approach ramp to logan airport i rested my hand on my belly the two children moved i said to them

00:13:54mommy is taking you home to our real home before the plane took off the cabin announcement told us to

00:13:59turn off our phones before switching mine to airplane mode i opened my alarm list there were

00:14:0317 alarms in total the one at the top was set for six o'clock every morning the alarm title

00:14:08read

00:14:08call addy boston time seven years no six years since addy turned one every morning at six whether i was

00:14:15in california boston new york tokyo london at a prenatal checkup in a meeting or just finishing

00:14:20overtime in the middle of the night when the alarm rang i called her mommy she spent more and more

00:14:26time

00:14:26in boston with trevor she answered the phone less and less finish breakfast go to school bye mommy

00:14:32loves you starting this year she stopped letting henry answer for her she simply stopped answering

00:14:36i had never deleted that alarm i told myself what if one day she remembered mommy what if one day

00:14:41she

00:14:41was willing to answer again i had to be online at that moment at six this morning i was on

00:14:46the first

00:14:46floor of the old beacon hill house that alarm rang too

00:14:52at that moment i was standing beside the foyer table placing the envelope there i stared at the

00:14:58phone screen she was upstairs she didn't hear it before seven o'clock she and henry said all of

00:15:05that in the kitchen i stared at that alarm for a long time i deleted it the plane taxied down

00:15:10the runway

00:15:10the engine noise grew louder and louder i closed my eyes i said one thing to myself you've done

00:15:17everything you needed to do i opened my eyes and took article eight of the postnote from my handbag

00:15:23the clause trevor had personally added seven years ago if either spouse commits public humiliation

00:15:28deprivation of parental rights or economic coercion the other spouse shall have the right to sole

00:15:32custody of minor children and 75 of marital assets back then the hale family's chief attorney smiled at

00:15:41me mrs hale this clause is absolutely in your favor see how much trevor protects you i was only 24

00:15:48then newly pregnant with adeline it was my first time stepping into a century-old family like the

00:15:54hales and i was so nervous my hand shook when i signed i signed trevor signed too he even wrote

00:16:01one

00:16:02sentence in his own hand to keep my wife safe from my own family to protect my wife from being

00:16:07hurt by

00:16:07my own family reading that sentence again today i nearly laughed out loud he had hardly protected me

00:16:13at all but he had indeed left me a gun seven years later he walked himself right into the barrel

00:16:20seven years ago he wrote that clause because he feared the hale family would hurt me

00:16:24seven years later the person who hurt me the deepest was himself the hales the cabin announcement

00:16:29told us we could unbuckle our seatbelts clouds spread out beyond the wing sunlight poured in

00:16:34harsh and blinding i closed the forder i told myself amelia you don't love him anymore

00:16:42it wasn't something that happened overnight i'm in a meeting again and again he said she needs me

00:16:48again and again he said your hormones are unstable again and again he said cassidy has it hard

00:16:54he wore away what little love i had bit by bit until it turned to ash when the wind blew

00:16:59nothing

00:16:59was left i closed my eyes one of the two children in my belly moved and the other moved with

00:17:03them

00:17:04i smiled i said to them your mother is not mrs hale

00:17:09your mother's name is amelia m voss starting today

00:17:21i flew back to boston pregnant with twins just to confirm trevor wouldn't be home tonight

00:17:26today was my 31st birthday it was also our seventh wedding anniversary the doctor told me not to fly

00:17:31i flew anyway not because of love because after seven years i was still waiting for him to give me

00:17:37one

00:17:37reason not to leave i told the babies in my belly this is the last time after this we stopped

00:17:42waiting

00:17:42for him he thought what he'd lost was a wife throwing a tantrum tomorrow morning at nine he

00:17:46would find out what he'd lost was someone he had never deserved in his life by the time i landed

00:17:51at

00:17:51logan airport it was already past nine at night i thought that if only for the sake of these seven

00:17:56years he should come home tonight when i walked out of the airport my phone was full of birthday wishes

00:18:01from colleagues and old classmates there was nothing from trevor

00:18:08by the time i reached the old house on beacon hill it was almost 10 30. henry opened the door

00:18:12for me mrs hale you what brings you here where's trevor and oddy mr hale hasn't returned yet

00:18:19mrs upstairs playing with that box of shells

00:18:24i nodded handed him my coat and went upstairs with one hand supporting my belly the hallway was

00:18:29very quiet adi's bedroom door was half open a warm little lamp glowing inside i pushed the door open

00:18:35and went in she was wearing pink pajamas sitting cross-legged on the carpet focused on stringing a

00:18:41shell necklace my footsteps were light she looked up her eyes lighting up then she lowered her head again

00:18:48and went back to fiddling with the beads i crouched down held my belly pulled her into my arms and

00:18:54kissed

00:18:55her mom don't bother me i'm busy i hadn't seen her in more than two months no number of kisses

00:19:00would

00:19:00have been enough but she had already wriggled out of my arms is oddy making a shell necklace

00:19:06in one week it'll be aunt cassidy birthday this is the birthday present dad and i are making for

00:19:11aunt cassidy dad and i polished every one of these shells with tools aren't they pretty

00:19:20she held the necklace up in front of me that box of shells was the one i had taken her

00:19:24to collect

00:19:24on beach at big sum last year my throat tightened sharply before i could speak she added happily dad

00:19:29also ordered other custom gifts for aunt cassidy tomorrow she didn't finish i looked at the necklace

00:19:34in her hands and remembered something this time last year it had been a night just like this

00:19:38the charity gala for children's hospital trevor personally auctioned off the copy of california

00:19:43rare birds field guide i had given him for our sixth anniversary one of only three out of print

00:19:48copies the one i had found among my late father's belongings the hammer price was four hundred twenty

00:19:53thousand dollars donated to set up a trust for the child cassidy had left from cole i sat in the

00:19:58third

00:19:59row at the time smiling and applauding i thought i could endure one more year lady mommy wants to ask

00:20:07you

00:20:07something she looked up do you remember mommy's birthday she furrowed her little brows and thought

00:20:15very seriously for five seconds mommy's birthday she looked up at me and blinked as if asking for help

00:20:24mom is your birthday the one in summer

00:20:29she lowered her head again and started counting the beads

00:20:32mom don't talk to me you're messing up the order

00:20:35i didn't speak again i let go of the arm i had around her

00:20:43when i went downstairs henry was waiting in the living room

00:20:47mrs hale i called mr hale just now he said he has something to do tonight and asked you to

00:20:53rest first

00:20:54i see i answered softly after thinking for a moment i still called trevor the phone rang for a long

00:21:00time

00:21:00before he answered his voice was faint i'm busy tomorrow

00:21:06from the other end of the phone came another woman's voice soft natural as if she had been by his

00:21:10side all night

00:21:11who is it this late it was cassidy

00:21:13i tightened my grip on the phone trevor paused then said to me

00:21:17nothing

00:21:18before i could speak he hung up

00:21:21i sat on the sofa for a long time

00:21:23the two children in my belly moved

00:21:25i lowered my head and gently patted my stomach

00:21:28i said to them

00:21:29mommy understands now

00:21:31mommy thought seven years was long enough

00:21:34that one year he would remember to come home

00:21:37tonight was the last time mommy won't wait for him anymore

00:21:46at 6 30 the next morning i went downstairs

00:21:49henry was making breakfast in the kitchen

00:21:51i didn't go in

00:21:52halfway there i heard odie's voice drifting over from the other side of the kitchen

00:21:56she was talking to henry

00:21:58her voice wasn't loud but she was still little

00:22:00she didn't understand what lower your voice meant

00:22:02henry i'm not happy that mom came

00:22:04miss why would you be unhappy

00:22:07dad and i already promised we'd take aunt

00:22:09aunt cassidy to cape cod tomorrow

00:22:10if mom suddenly comes and insists on going with us

00:22:13aunt cassidy will feel so awkward

00:22:15miss madam is your mother

00:22:17you can't say things like that

00:22:18it will hurt her heart understand

00:22:20i know but there wasn't the slightest hesitation in her voice

00:22:23but dad and i both like aunt cassidy better

00:22:26can i let aunt cassidy be my mommy

00:22:28i skipped the foot of the stairs unable to move even half a step

00:22:31my daughter was my own flesh and blood

00:22:32i had spent 22 hours in the delivery room alone

00:22:35trevor was in europe that day negotiating an acquisition

00:22:39cole is gone

00:22:40i have to go to cassidy right away

00:22:42cole had died in a car accident the night before

00:22:45cassidy wasn't pregnant yet at the time

00:22:48after that night the two of them were never truly apart again

00:22:51henry said nothing more

00:22:53i walked back to my room and closed the door

00:22:55i sat down by the bed

00:22:56i didn't cry

00:22:57i only lowered the hand resting on my belly

00:22:59i opened my phone

00:23:01i sent trevor a text

00:23:02trevor let's have lunch together today

00:23:04just the three of us

00:23:0580 wants mistral's lobster ravioli

00:23:07i'll fly back to san francisco this afternoon

00:23:09he replied about 20 minutes later

00:23:12got it you set the time

00:23:13looking at that got it

00:23:15i nearly laughed out loud

00:23:17seven years ago

00:23:18when he was pursuing me

00:23:20he wrote 15 love letters

00:23:21every one of them ended with yours

00:23:23trevor

00:23:24seven years later

00:23:25his reply to me had fewer words than yours plus trevor

00:23:27i wrote back

00:23:3012 30 mistral

00:23:31got it

00:23:32i washed up did my makeup

00:23:34and changed into a pale beige maternity dress

00:23:36i had picked it out myself last year

00:23:37trevor had never seen it once

00:23:38at 11 40 i drove to back bay

00:23:40halfway there my phone buzzed

00:23:42it was trevor

00:23:43something urgent came up at noon

00:23:44lunch is cancelled

00:23:45next time

00:23:46i pulled over onto a small road beside staro drive

00:23:48and stared at that text for a long time

00:23:54if it had been before i would have immediately replied

00:23:56okay

00:23:56or when you're done should i wait for you

00:23:58i would have waited

00:24:00i would have sat alone at mistaro until two in the afternoon

00:24:03drink two glasses of lemon water

00:24:04then drive home

00:24:05dad is busy today

00:24:06it isn't easy for him

00:24:07but today i didn't reply

00:24:10i started the car again and drove toward back bay

00:24:12i wasn't acting out of spite

00:24:14i just suddenly wanted to take a look

00:24:16i wanted to see what his so-called urgent matter actually was

00:24:19i parked across the street from mistral

00:24:21i didn't go in right away

00:24:23i stood outside the glass window for about 10 seconds

00:24:26inside

00:24:27at the old table by the window

00:24:28the three of them were sitting there

00:24:30cassidy and oddy sat close together on the same side

00:24:32oddy tilted her head up telling her jokes

00:24:34her shoulders shaking with laughter

00:24:35cassidy fed her a piece of little cake

00:24:37taking a bite herself first before handing it over

00:24:39oddy opened her mouth and ate it

00:24:41trevor sat across from them

00:24:43he was wearing the dark gray cashmere coat i had picked out for him last christmas

00:24:46he was smiling

00:24:47the kind of smile i hadn't seen in a very long time

00:24:49he placed a piece of fish on cassidy's plate

00:24:52then one for oddy

00:24:53his eyes stayed on cassidy's face the whole time

00:24:56as if in the entire restaurant

00:24:57she was the only person left

00:24:59i stood outside the glass window

00:25:00carrying two unborn children in my belly

00:25:02his wife

00:25:03his childhood friend's widow

00:25:05his daughter

00:25:05three people at one table

00:25:07the seat that should have been across from him was empty

00:25:09i didn't go in

00:25:11i turned around and walked back to the car

00:25:13i started the engine

00:25:15the windshield wiper swept across the glass

00:25:17wiping away two drops of water

00:25:19it wasn't rain

00:25:20even i didn't know when they had fallen

00:25:22i smiled a little

00:25:23i said to myself

00:25:24amelia do you see it clearly now

00:25:26i see it clearly

00:25:28i drove away

00:25:29i didn't look back at mistral once

00:25:30when i returned to beacon hill it was 1 30 in the afternoon

00:25:33only henry was in the old house

00:25:35when he saw me he froze

00:25:36mrs hale aren't you at mistral

00:25:37mr hale had something come up

00:25:39henry opened in his mouth

00:25:40then said nothing

00:25:41i went upstairs and entered the study

00:25:43i opened the computer and connected to the home network

00:25:45on the desktop was a folder

00:25:47password locked and hidden for 7 years

00:25:50folder

00:25:50amv only

00:25:51i opened it

00:25:52there were 4 things inside

00:25:54a pdf of the postnup from 7 years ago

00:25:57the version i had personally scanned and archived

00:26:03a record of every major decision trevor had made over the past seven years

00:26:07i had attended every viridian labs board meeting remotely and he didn't know

00:26:11a copy of delivery room footage from the day adeline was born proof that trevor had been absent

00:26:16a full set of evidence i had obtained two years ago

00:26:20showing hail trusts forged documents for cassidy's identity as cole's widow

00:26:30from that folder i pulled up the divorce agreement template

00:26:33it was the version zara had sent me half a year ago

00:26:38sis here in case you need it someday

00:26:40i won't need it

00:26:42she wrote back

00:26:43sis stop lying to yourself

00:26:52two o'clock this afternoon

00:26:53i needed it

00:26:54i copied article 8 of the postnip into the first page of the agreement

00:26:57word for word

00:26:59i attached the email dr masson had sent trevor about adeline's psychological evaluation

00:27:03to the second page

00:27:05i placed the photo of that table for three at mistrawl this morning on the third page

00:27:11i had taken the photo outside the glass window with my phone

00:27:14i looked at it for a long time

00:27:16i wasn't reluctant to let go

00:27:19i simply added one line of caption to that photo

00:27:22exhibit c

00:27:24defendant dined with a third party and daughter at mistrawl 47 minute

00:27:28during which defendant did not contact placeneff

00:27:31this date was planta's birthday and seventh wedding anniversary

00:27:35print

00:27:37sign amelia m voss

00:27:39not hale

00:27:40voss

00:27:41i hadn't used that surname in seven years

00:27:44after signing

00:27:45i folded the agreement and placed it in a craft envelope

00:27:49on the front of the envelope

00:27:50i wrote three words

00:27:52to trevor hale

00:27:54i placed it on the mahogany table in the foyer

00:27:57that table was cassidy's housewarming gift three years ago

00:28:00i went downstairs

00:28:03henry was arranging a bouquet in the living room

00:28:06when he saw me carrying my suitcase

00:28:08he froze completely

00:28:12mrs hale

00:28:13henry

00:28:13i pointed to the envelope for him

00:28:15when mr hale comes back please hand this to him personally

00:28:18i'll be returning to san francisco shortly

00:28:20henry's lips moved but no sound came out

00:28:22he had been the hale family's butler for 20 years

00:28:25he had seen everything

00:28:28seven years

00:28:30every time i waited until late at night and trevor never came home

00:28:33he was the one who brought me soup

00:28:36every time cassidy unintentionally stabbed me in this house

00:28:39he silently pulled me away

00:28:42at last he spoke in a low voice

00:28:44you won't be coming back this time

00:28:46i didn't answer

00:28:48i took a white sheet of paper from my handbag

00:28:51wrote several lines

00:28:53and handed it to him

00:28:55henry

00:28:56at 2 40 this afternoon

00:28:58mr hale

00:28:59miss cassidy lambert

00:29:00and adeline hale

00:29:01had lunch together at mistral

00:29:02i was originally scheduled to attend

00:29:09plaintiff was not present

00:29:10please sign by hand later as a witness

00:29:12amelia m voss after henry finished reading it

00:29:15his hand trembled

00:29:16he looked up at me

00:29:17just sign your name

00:29:18if this matter goes to court

00:29:19your name will appear on exhibit c

00:29:21if you don't want to sign you can tear it up

00:29:23i won't force you

00:29:24henry was silent for five seconds

00:29:26then he signed his name at the very bottom of the paper

00:29:28he wrote slowly

00:29:29each stroke heavy

00:29:30henry coleman the 14th of march

00:29:32i took the paper folded it

00:29:34and put it into my kelly bag henry

00:29:35mrs dr voss

00:29:37it was the first time he called me that

00:29:39thank you for these seven years

00:29:40he lowered his head

00:29:41i failed you

00:29:42by the time the car pulled out of beacon hill

00:29:44it was already three in the afternoon

00:29:46i didn't look back at that house again

00:29:47in the car i sent zara three messages

00:29:50that postnup can be used now

00:29:51i am on my way to the airport

00:29:53five o'clock flight to sfo

00:29:54charles will pick me up

00:29:56i'll go straight to bishop and cole after landing

00:29:58she replied instantly waiting for you sis

00:30:00the car entered the approach ramp to logan airport

00:30:02i rested my hand on my belly

00:30:04the two children moved

00:30:05i said to them

00:30:06mommy is taking you home

00:30:07to our real home

00:30:08before the plane took off

00:30:09the cabin announcement told us to turn off our phones

00:30:11before switching mine to airplane mode

00:30:13i opened my alarm list

00:30:14there were 17 alarms in total

00:30:16the one at the top was set for 6 o'clock every morning

00:30:18the alarm title read

00:30:19call addy boston time

00:30:21seven years

00:30:22no six years

00:30:23since addy turned one

00:30:24every morning at six

00:30:25whether i was in california

00:30:27boston

00:30:27new york

00:30:28tokyo

00:30:28london

00:30:29at a prenatal checkup

00:30:30in a meeting

00:30:30or just finishing overtime in the middle of the night

00:30:33when the alarm rang

00:30:34i called her

00:30:36mommy

00:30:36she spent more and more time in boston with trevor

00:30:38she answered the phone less and less

00:30:40finish breakfast

00:30:41go to school

00:30:42bye mommy loves you

00:30:44starting this year

00:30:45she stopped letting henry answer for her

00:30:46she simply stopped answering

00:30:48i had never deleted that alarm

00:30:49i told myself

00:30:50what if one day she remembered mommy

00:30:52what if one day she was willing to answer again

00:30:54i had to be online at that moment

00:30:55at six this morning

00:30:57i was on the first floor of the old beacon hill house

00:30:59that alarm rang too

00:31:03at that moment

00:31:04i was standing beside the foyer table

00:31:06placing the envelope there

00:31:08i stared at the phone screen

00:31:10she was upstairs

00:31:13she didn't hear it

00:31:14before seven o'clock

00:31:15she and henry said all of that in the kitchen

00:31:17i stared at that alarm for a long time

00:31:19i deleted it

00:31:20the plane taxied down the runway

00:31:21the engine noise grew louder and louder

00:31:24i closed my eyes

00:31:25i said one thing to myself

00:31:27you've done everything you needed to do

00:31:31i opened my eyes

00:31:32and took article eight of the postnote

00:31:33from my handbag

00:31:34the clause trevor had personally added

00:31:36seven years ago

00:31:36if either spouse commits public humiliation

00:31:39deprivation of parental rights

00:31:40or economic coercion

00:31:42the other spouse shall have the right

00:31:43to sole custody of minor children

00:31:44and 75 percent of marital assets

00:31:50back then the hale family's chief attorney

00:31:52smiled at me

00:31:52mrs hale

00:31:53this clause is absolutely in your favor

00:31:56see how much trevor protects you

00:31:58i was only 24 then

00:32:00newly pregnant with adeline

00:32:02it was my first time

00:32:03stepping into a century-old family

00:32:04like the hails

00:32:06and i was so nervous

00:32:07my hand shook

00:32:08when i signed

00:32:10i signed

00:32:11trevor signed too

00:32:12he even wrote one sentence

00:32:13in his own hand

00:32:14to keep my wife safe

00:32:15from my own family

00:32:16to protect my wife

00:32:18from being hurt

00:32:18by my own family

00:32:20reading that sentence again today

00:32:21i nearly laughed out loud

00:32:23he had hardly protected me at all

00:32:25but he had indeed left me a gun

00:32:27seven years later

00:32:29he walked himself right into the barrel

00:32:31seven years ago

00:32:32he wrote that clause

00:32:33because he feared the hale family

00:32:34would hurt me

00:32:35seven years later

00:32:36the person who hurt me the deepest

00:32:38was himself

00:32:39the hails the cabin announcement

00:32:40told us we could unbuckle our seatbelts

00:32:42clouds spread out beyond the wing

00:32:44sunlight poured in

00:32:46harsh and blinding

00:32:47i closed the forder

00:32:48i told myself

00:32:50amelia you don't love him anymore

00:32:54it wasn't something that happened overnight

00:32:56i'm in a meeting

00:32:57again and again he said

00:32:58she needs me

00:32:59again and again he said

00:33:01your hormones are unstable

00:33:03again and again he said

00:33:04cassidy has it hard

00:33:05i wore away what little love i had

00:33:07bit by bit

00:33:07until it turned to ash

00:33:09when the wind blew

00:33:10nothing was left

00:33:11i closed my eyes

00:33:12one of the two children in my belly moved

00:33:14and the other moved with them

00:33:16i smiled

00:33:16i said to them

00:33:18your mother is not mrs hale

00:33:20your mother's name is amelia m voss

00:33:22starting today

00:33:32i flew back to boston pregnant with twins

00:33:35just to confirm trevor wouldn't be home tonight

00:33:37today was my 31st birthday

00:33:39it was also our 7th wedding anniversary

00:33:41the doctor told me not to fly

00:33:42i flew anyway

00:33:43not because of love

00:33:45because

00:33:45after 7 years

00:33:47i was still waiting for him to give me one reason not to leave

00:33:49i told the babies in my belly

00:33:51this is the last time

00:33:52after this

00:33:53we stopped waiting for him

00:33:54he thought what he'd lost was a wife throwing a tantrum

00:33:56tomorrow morning at 9

00:33:57he would find out

00:33:58what he'd lost was someone he had never deserved in his life

00:34:01by the time i landed at logan airport

00:34:03it was already past 9 at night

00:34:05i thought that

00:34:06if only for the sake of these 7 years

00:34:08he should come home tonight

00:34:09when i walked out of the airport

00:34:11my phone was full of birthday wishes from colleagues and old classmates

00:34:14there was nothing from trevor

00:34:19by the time i reached the old house on beacon hill

00:34:21it was almost 10 30

00:34:22henry opened the door for me

00:34:24mrs hale you

00:34:25what brings you here

00:34:27where's trevor

00:34:28and adi

00:34:29mr hale hasn't returned yet

00:34:30missus upstairs playing with that box of shells

00:34:35i nodded

00:34:36handed him my coat

00:34:37and went upstairs with one hand supporting my belly

00:34:39the hallway was very quiet

00:34:41adi's bedroom door was half open

00:34:43a warm little lamp glowing inside

00:34:45i pushed the door open and went in

00:34:47she was wearing pink pajamas

00:34:49sitting cross-legged on the carpet

00:34:51focused on stringing a shell necklace

00:34:54my footsteps were light

00:34:55adi

00:34:56she looked up

00:34:57her eyes lighting up

00:34:58then she lowered her head again

00:34:59and went back to fiddling with the beads

00:35:02i crouched down

00:35:03held my belly

00:35:04pulled her into my arms

00:35:05and kissed her

00:35:06mom don't bother me

00:35:08i'm busy

00:35:09i hadn't seen her in more than two months

00:35:10no number of kisses would have been enough

00:35:12but she had already wriggled out of my arms

00:35:14is adi making a shell necklace

00:35:17in one week

00:35:18it'll be aunt cassidy birthday

00:35:20this is the birthday present dad and i are making for aunt cassidy

00:35:23dad and i polished every one of these shells with tools

00:35:26aren't they pretty

00:35:31she held the necklace up in front of me

00:35:33that box of shells was the one i had taken her to collect on beach at big sum last year

00:35:37my throat tightened sharply

00:35:38before i could speak

00:35:39she added happily

00:35:40dad also ordered other custom gifts for aunt cassidy

00:35:43tomorrow

00:35:43she didn't finish

00:35:44i looked at the necklace in her hands and remembered something

00:35:47this time last year it had been a night just like this

00:35:49the charity gala for children's hospital

00:35:51trevor personally auctioned off the copy of california rare birds field guide

00:35:56i had given him for our sixth anniversary

00:35:58one of only three out of print copies

00:36:00the one i had found among my late father's belongings

00:36:02the hammer price was four hundred twenty thousand dollars

00:36:05donated

00:36:06to set up a trust for the child

00:36:08cassidy had left from cold

00:36:09i sat in the third row at the time

00:36:11smiling and applauding

00:36:14i thought i could endure one more year

00:36:16lady mommy wants to ask you something

00:36:19she looked up

00:36:22do you remember mommy's birthday

00:36:24she furrowed her little brows and thought very seriously

00:36:28for five seconds

00:36:29mommy's birthday

00:36:31she looked up at me and blinked as if asking for help

00:36:36mom is your birthday the one in summer

00:36:40she lowered her head again and started counting the beads

00:36:43mom don't talk to me you're messing up the order

00:36:46i didn't speak again

00:36:48i let go of the arm i had around her

00:36:54when i went downstairs

00:36:56henry was waiting in the living room

00:36:58mrs hale

00:36:59i called mr hale just now

00:37:01he said he has something to do tonight

00:37:03and asked you to rest first

00:37:05i see

00:37:06i answered softly

00:37:07after thinking for a moment

00:37:08i still called trevor

00:37:10the phone rang for a long time before he answered

00:37:12his voice was faint

00:37:14i'm busy tomorrow

00:37:17from the other end of the phone came another woman's voice

00:37:20soft natural

00:37:21as if she had been by his side all night

00:37:22who is it this late

00:37:23it was cassidy

00:37:24i tightened my grip on the phone

00:37:27trevor paused then said to me

00:37:28nothing

00:37:30before i could speak

00:37:31he hung up

00:37:32i sat on the sofa for a long time

00:37:34the two children in my belly moved

00:37:37i lowered my head and gently patted my stomach

00:37:39i said to them

00:37:40mommy understands now

00:37:42mommy thought seven years was long enough that

00:37:46one year

00:37:47he would remember to come home

00:37:49tonight was the last time

00:37:51mommy won't wait for him anymore

00:37:57at 6 30 the next morning

00:37:59i went downstairs

00:38:00henry was making breakfast in the kitchen

00:38:02i didn't go in

00:38:04halfway there

00:38:05i heard odie's voice drifting over from the other side of the kitchen

00:38:07she was talking to henry

00:38:09her voice wasn't loud

00:38:10but she was still little

00:38:11she didn't understand what lower your voice meant

00:38:13henry i'm not happy that mom came

00:38:15miss why would you be unhappy

00:38:18dad and i already promised we'd take aunt

00:38:20aunt cassidy to kid cod tomorrow

00:38:22if mom suddenly comes and insists on going with us

00:38:24aunt cassidy will feel so awkward

00:38:26miss

00:38:27madam is your mother

00:38:28you can't say things like that

00:38:29it will hurt her heart

00:38:30understand

00:38:32i know

00:38:32but there wasn't the slightest hesitation in her voice

00:38:35but dad and i both like aunt cassidy better

00:38:37can i let aunt cassidy be my mommy

00:38:39i stood at the foot of the stairs unable to move even half a step

00:38:42my daughter was my own flesh and blood

00:38:44i had spent 22 hours in the delivery room alone

00:38:46trevor was in europe that day negotiating an acquisition

00:38:51cole is gone

00:38:52i have to go to cassidy right away

00:38:53cole had died in a car accident the night before

00:38:57cassidy wasn't pregnant yet at the time

00:38:59after that night

00:39:00the two of them were never truly apart again

00:39:03henry said nothing more

00:39:04i walked back to my room and closed the door

00:39:06i sat down by the bed

00:39:07i didn't cry

00:39:08i only lowered the hand resting on my belly

00:39:11i opened my phone

00:39:12i sent trevor a text

00:39:14trevor let's have lunch together today

00:39:15just the three of us

00:39:17ad wants mistral's lobster ravioli

00:39:18i'll fly back to san francisco this afternoon

00:39:20he replied about 20 minutes later

00:39:23got it

00:39:24you set the time

00:39:25looking at that got it

00:39:26i nearly laughed out loud

00:39:28seven years ago

00:39:29when he was pursuing me

00:39:31he wrote 15 love letters

00:39:32every one of them ended with yours

00:39:34trevor

00:39:35seven years later

00:39:36his reply to me had fewer words than yours

00:39:38plus trevor

00:39:39i wrote back

00:39:4212 30 mistral

00:39:43got it

00:39:43i washed up did my makeup

00:39:45and changed into a pale beige maternity dress

00:39:47i had picked it out myself last year

00:39:48trevor had never seen it once

00:39:50at 11 40 i drove to back bay

00:39:51halfway there my phone buzzed

00:39:53it was trevor

00:39:54something urgent came up at noon

00:39:55lunch is cancelled

00:39:56next time

00:39:57i pulled over onto a small road

00:39:58beside staro drive

00:39:59and stared at that text for a long time

00:40:05if it had been before

00:40:06i would have immediately replied

00:40:07okay

00:40:08or when you're done

00:40:09should i wait for you

00:40:09i would have waited

00:40:11i would have sat alone at mistaro

00:40:13until two in the afternoon

00:40:14drink two glasses of lemon water

00:40:15then drive home

00:40:16dad is busy today

00:40:17it isn't easy for him

00:40:19but today

00:40:19i didn't reply

00:40:21i started the car again

00:40:22and drove toward back bay

00:40:24i wasn't acting out of spite

00:40:25i just suddenly wanted to take a look

00:40:27i wanted to see what his so-called

00:40:29urgent matter actually was

00:40:30i parked across the street

00:40:32from mistral

00:40:32i didn't go in right away

00:40:35i stood outside the glass window

00:40:36for about 10 seconds

00:40:37inside

00:40:38at the old table by the window

00:40:39the three of them were sitting there

00:40:41cassidy and oddie sat close together

00:40:43on the same side

00:40:44oddie tilted her head up

00:40:45telling her jokes

00:40:45her shoulders shaking with laughter

00:40:47cassidy fed her a piece of little cake

00:40:48taking a bite herself first

00:40:50before handing it over

00:40:51oddie opened her mouth

00:40:51and ate it

00:40:52trevor sat across from them

00:40:54he was wearing the dark gray cashmere coat

00:40:56i had picked out for him last christmas

00:40:58he was smiling

00:40:59the kind of smile i hadn't seen in a very long time

00:41:01he placed a piece of fish on cassidy's plate

00:41:03then one for oddie

00:41:04his eyes stayed on cassidy's face the whole time

00:41:07as if in the entire restaurant

00:41:09she was the only person left

00:41:10i stood outside the glass window

00:41:11carrying two unborn children in my belly

00:41:13his wife

00:41:14his childhood friend's widow

00:41:16his daughter

00:41:17three people at one table

00:41:18the seat that should have been across from him was empty

00:41:21i didn't go in

00:41:22i turned around and walked back to the car

00:41:25i started the engine

00:41:26the windshield wiper swept across the glass

00:41:28wiping away two drops of water

00:41:30it wasn't rain

00:41:31even i didn't know when they had fallen

00:41:33i smiled a little

00:41:34i said to myself

00:41:36amelia do you see it clearly now

00:41:38i see it clearly

00:41:39i drove away

00:41:40i didn't look back at mistral once

00:41:42when i returned to beacon hill

00:41:43it was 1 30 in the afternoon

00:41:44only henry was in the old house

00:41:46when he saw me

00:41:47he froze

00:41:47mrs hale aren't you at mistral

00:41:48mr hale had something come up

00:41:50henry opened in his mouth

00:41:51then said nothing

00:41:52i went upstairs and entered the study

00:41:54i opened the computer

00:41:56and connected to the home network

00:41:57on the desktop was a folder

00:41:59password locked and hidden for 7 years

00:42:01folder

00:42:02amv only

00:42:03i opened it

00:42:03there were 4 things inside

00:42:05a pdf of the postnup from 7 years ago

00:42:08the version i had personally scanned and archived

00:42:14a record of every major decision trevor had made over the past 7 years

00:42:18i had attended every viridian labs board meeting remotely

00:42:21and he didn't know

00:42:22a copy of delivery room footage from the day adeline was born proof that trevor had been absent

00:42:28a full set of evidence i had obtained 2 years ago

00:42:31showing hale trusts forged documents for cassidy's identity as cole's widow

00:42:41from that folder i pulled up the divorce agreement template

00:42:44it was the version zara had sent me half a year ago

00:42:49sis here

00:42:50in case you need it someday

00:42:52i won't need it

00:42:53she wrote back

00:42:54sis stop lying to yourself

00:43:032 o'clock this afternoon

00:43:04i needed it

00:43:05i copied article 8 of the postnip into the first page of the agreement

00:43:09word for word

00:43:10i attached the email dr masson had sent trevor about adeline's psychological evaluation

00:43:14to the second page

00:43:16i placed the photo of that table for three at mistral this morning on the third page

00:43:22i had taken the photo outside the glass window with my phone

00:43:26i looked at it for a long time

00:43:28i wasn't reluctant to let go

00:43:30i simply added one line of caption to that photo

00:43:33exhibit c

00:43:36defendant dined with a third party and daughter at mistral 47 minute

00:43:40during which defendant did not contact placeneff

00:43:42this date was planta's birthday and seventh wedding anniversary

00:43:46print

00:43:48sign

00:43:49amelia m voss

00:43:51not hale

00:43:52voss

00:43:53i hadn't used that surname in seven years

00:43:55after signing

00:43:57i folded the agreement and placed it in a craft envelope

00:44:00on the front of the envelope

00:44:01i wrote three words

00:44:03to trevor hale

00:44:06i placed it on the mahogany table in the foyer

00:44:08that table was cassidy's housewarming gift three years ago

00:44:12i went downstairs

00:44:14henry was arranging a bouquet in the living room

00:44:18when he saw me carrying my suitcase

00:44:20he froze completely

00:44:23mrs hale

00:44:24henry

00:44:25i pointed to the envelope for him

00:44:27when mr hale comes back please hand this to him personally

00:44:29i'll be returning to san francisco shortly

00:44:31henry's lips moved but no sound came out

00:44:34he had been the hale family's butler for 20 years

00:44:36he had seen everything

00:44:39seven years

00:44:41every time i waited until late at night and trevor never came home

00:44:45he was the one who brought me soup

00:44:47every time cassidy unintentionally stabbed me in this house

00:44:51he silently pulled me away

00:44:53at last he spoke in a low voice

00:44:55you won't be coming back this time

00:44:57i didn't answer

00:44:59i took a white sheet of paper from my handbag

00:45:02wrote several lines

00:45:04and handed it to him

00:45:06henry

00:45:07at 2 40 this afternoon

00:45:09mr hale

00:45:10miss cassidy lambert

00:45:11and adeline hale

00:45:12had lunch together at mistral

00:45:14i was originally scheduled to attend

00:45:20plaintiff was not present

00:45:21please sign by hand later as a witness

00:45:23amelia m vos

00:45:24after henry finished reading it

00:45:26his hand trembled

00:45:27he looked up at me

00:45:28just sign your name

00:45:29if this matter goes to court

00:45:31your name will appear on exhibit c

00:45:32if you don't want to sign

00:45:34you can tear it up

00:45:34i won't force you

00:45:35henry was silent for five seconds

00:45:37then he signed his name

00:45:38at the very bottom of the paper

00:45:39he wrote slowly

00:45:41each stroke heavy

00:45:42henry coleman the 14th of march

00:45:43i took the paper

00:45:44folded it

00:45:45and put it into my kelly bag

00:45:46henry

00:45:47mrs dr voss

00:45:48it was the first time he called me that

00:45:50thank you for these seven years

00:45:51he lowered his head

00:45:53i failed you

00:45:53by the time the car pulled out of beacon hill

00:45:55it was already three in the afternoon

00:45:57i didn't look back at that house again

00:45:59in the car i sent zara three messages

00:46:01that postnup can be used now

00:46:03i am on my way to the airport

00:46:04five o'clock flight to sfo

00:46:06charles will pick me up

00:46:07i'll go straight to bishop and cole after landing

00:46:09she replied instantly

00:46:10waiting for you sis

00:46:11the car entered the approach ramp to logan airport

00:46:13i rested my hand on my belly

00:46:15the two children moved

00:46:16i said to them

00:46:17mommy is taking you home

00:46:18to our real home

00:46:19before the plane took off

00:46:20the cabin announcement told us to turn off our phones

00:46:22before switching mine to airplane mode

00:46:24i opened my alarm list

00:46:25there were 17 alarms in total

00:46:27the one at the top was set for six o'clock every morning

00:46:30the alarm title read

00:46:31call addy boston time

00:46:32seven years

00:46:33no six years

00:46:34since addy turned one

00:46:35every morning at six

00:46:36whether i was in california

00:46:38boston

00:46:38new york

00:46:39tokyo

00:46:40london

00:46:40at a prenatal checkup

00:46:41in a meeting

00:46:42or just finishing overtime

00:46:43in the middle of the night

00:46:44when the alarm rang

00:46:46i called her

00:46:47mommy

00:46:48she spent more and more time in boston with trevor

00:46:50she answered the phone less and less

00:46:51finish breakfast

00:46:53go to school

00:46:54bye mommy loves you

00:46:55starting this year

00:46:56she stopped letting henry answer for her

00:46:57she simply stopped answering

00:46:59i had never deleted that alarm

00:47:01i told myself

00:47:02what if one day she remembered mommy

00:47:03what if one day she was willing to answer again

00:47:05i had to be online at that moment

00:47:07at six this morning

00:47:08i was on the first floor of the old beacon hill house

00:47:10that alarm rang too

00:47:15at that moment

00:47:15i was standing beside the foyer table

00:47:18placing the envelope there

00:47:19i stared at the phone screen

00:47:22she was upstairs

00:47:24she didn't hear it

00:47:25before seven o'clock

00:47:26she and henry said all of that in the kitchen

00:47:28i stared at that alarm for a long time

00:47:30i deleted it

00:47:31the plane taxied down the runway

00:47:33the engine noise grew louder and louder

00:47:35i closed my eyes

00:47:36i said one thing to myself

00:47:39you've done everything you needed to do

00:47:42i opened my eyes

00:47:43and took article 8 of the postnote from my handbag

00:47:45the clause trevor had personally added seven years ago

00:47:48if either spouse commits public humiliation

00:47:51deprivation of parental rights

00:47:52or economic coercion

00:47:53the other spouse shall have the right to sole custody of minor children

00:47:56and 75 percent of marital assets

00:48:01back then the hale family's chief attorney smiled at me

00:48:04mrs hale

00:48:05this clause is absolutely in your favor

00:48:07see how much trevor protects you

00:48:10i was only 24 then

00:48:11newly pregnant with adeline

00:48:13it was my first time stepping into a century-old family

00:48:16like the hales

00:48:17and i was so nervous my hand shook

00:48:19when i signed

00:48:21i signed

00:48:22trevor signed too

00:48:23he even wrote one sentence in his own hand

00:48:25to keep my wife safe from my own family

00:48:28to protect my wife from being hurt by my own family

00:48:31reading that sentence again today i nearly laughed out loud

00:48:34he had hardly protected me at all

00:48:36but he had indeed left me a gun

00:48:39seven years later

00:48:40he walked himself right into the barrel

00:48:42seven years ago

00:48:43he wrote that clause because he feared the hale family would hurt me

00:48:47seven years later

00:48:48the person who hurt me the deepest was himself

00:48:50the hails the cabin announcement told us we could unbuckle our seatbelts

00:48:54clouds spread out beyond the wing

00:48:55sunlight poured in harsh and blinding

00:48:58i closed the forder

00:48:59i told myself

00:49:01amelia you don't love him anymore

00:49:05it wasn't something that happened overnight

00:49:07i'm in a meeting

00:49:08again and again he said

00:49:10she needs me

00:49:11again and again he said

00:49:12your hormones are unstable

00:49:14again and again he said

00:49:15cassidy has it hard

00:49:16he wore away what little love i had

00:49:18bit by bit

00:49:19until it turned to ash

00:49:20when the wind blew

00:49:21nothing was left

00:49:22i closed my eyes

00:49:23one of the two children in my belly moved

00:49:25and the other moved with them

00:49:27i smiled

00:49:28i said to them

00:49:29your mother is not mrs hale

00:49:31your mother's name is amelia m voss

00:49:34starting today

00:49:44i flew back to boston pregnant with twins just to confirm trevor wouldn't be home tonight

00:49:48today was my 31st birthday it was also our seventh wedding anniversary the doctor told me not to fly

00:49:54i flew anyway not because of love because after seven years i was still waiting for him to give me

00:50:00one reason not to leave i told the babies in my belly this is the last time after this we

00:50:04stop waiting for him he thought what he'd lost was a wife throwing a tantrum tomorrow morning at nine he

00:50:09would find out what he'd lost was someone he had never deserved in his life

00:50:12by the time i landed at logan airport it was already past nine at night

00:50:16i thought that if only for the sake of these seven years he should come home tonight

00:50:21when i walked out of the airport my phone was full of birthday wishes from colleagues and old classmates

00:50:26there was nothing from trevor

00:50:30by the time i reached the old house on beacon hill it was almost 10 30

00:50:33henry opened the door for me

00:50:35mrs hale you what brings you here

00:50:38where's trevor and oddy

00:50:40mr hale hasn't returned yet

00:50:41mrs upstairs playing with that box of shells

00:50:46i nodded handed him my coat and went upstairs with one hand supporting my belly

00:50:50the hallway was very quiet

00:50:52adi's bedroom door was half open a warm little lamp glowing inside

00:50:56i pushed the door open and went in

00:50:58she was wearing pink pajamas sitting cross-legged on the carpet focused on stringing a shell necklace

00:51:05my footsteps were light

00:51:06she looked up her eyes lighting up

00:51:09then she lowered her head again and went back to fiddling with the beads

00:51:13i crouched down held my belly pulled her into my arms and kissed her

00:51:18mom don't bother me i'm busy

00:51:20i hadn't seen her in more than two months no number of kisses would have been enough but she had

00:51:24already wriggled out of my arms

00:51:25is adi making a shell necklace

00:51:28mmm in one week it'll be aunt cassidy birthday this is the birthday present dad and i are making for

00:51:34aunt cassidy dad and i polished every one of these shells with tools aren't they pretty

00:51:42she held the necklace up in front of me that box of shells was the one i had taken her

00:51:46to collect on beach at big sun last year

00:51:48my throat tightened sharply before i could speak she added happily dad also ordered other custom gifts for aunt cassidy

00:51:54tomorrow she didn't finish i looked at the necklace in her hands and remembered something

00:51:58this time last year it had been a night just like this

00:52:00the charity gala for children's hospital

00:52:03trevor personally auctioned off the copy of california rare birds field guide

00:52:07i had given him for our sixth anniversary

00:52:09one of only three out of print copies the one i had found among my late father's belongings

00:52:13the hammer price was four hundred twenty thousand dollars

00:52:16donated to set up a trust for the child

00:52:19cassidy had left from cold

00:52:20i sat in the third row at the time

00:52:22smiling and applauding

00:52:25i thought i could endure one more year

00:52:27lady mommy wants to ask you something

00:52:30she looked up

00:52:34do you remember mommy's birthday

00:52:35she furrowed her little brows and thought very seriously

00:52:39for five seconds

00:52:41mommy's birthday

00:52:42she looked up at me and blinked as if asking for help

00:52:47mom is your birthday the one in summer

00:52:52she lowered her head again and started counting the beads

00:52:54mom don't talk to me you're messing up the order

00:52:58i didn't speak again

00:53:00i let go of the arm i had around her

00:53:06when i went downstairs

00:53:07henry was waiting in the living room

00:53:09mrs hale

00:53:10i called mr hale just now

00:53:13he said he has something to do tonight

00:53:15and asked you to rest first

00:53:16i see

00:53:17i answered softly

00:53:18after thinking for a moment

00:53:20i still called trevor

00:53:21the phone rang for a long time before he answered

00:53:24his voice was faint

00:53:25i'm busy tomorrow

00:53:28from the other end of the phone came another woman's voice

00:53:31soft natural

00:53:32as if she had been by his side all night

00:53:34who is it this late

00:53:35it was cassidy

00:53:36i tightened my grip on the phone

00:53:38trevor paused then said to me

00:53:40nothing

00:53:41before i could speak

00:53:42he hung up

00:53:43i sat on the sofa for a long time

00:53:46the two children in my belly moved

00:53:48i lowered my head and gently patted my stomach

00:53:50i said to them

00:53:51mommy understands now

00:53:54mommy thought seven years was long enough that

00:53:57one year

00:53:58he would remember to come home

00:54:00tonight was the last time

00:54:02mommy won't wait for him anymore

00:54:08at 6 30 the next morning

00:54:10i went downstairs

00:54:11henry was making breakfast in the kitchen

00:54:14i didn't go in

00:54:15halfway there

00:54:16i heard oddy's voice drifting over from the other side of the kitchen

00:54:19she was talking to henry

00:54:20her voice wasn't loud

00:54:22but she was still little

00:54:23she didn't understand what lower your voice meant

00:54:25henry i'm not happy that mom came

00:54:26miss why would you be unhappy

00:54:29dad and i already promised we'd take aunt

00:54:31aunt cassidy to kid cod tomorrow

00:54:33if mom suddenly comes and insists on going with us

00:54:36aunt cassidy will feel so awkward

00:54:38miss

00:54:38madam is your mother

00:54:39you can't say things like that

00:54:41it will hurt her heart

00:54:42understand

00:54:43i know

00:54:43but there wasn't the slightest hesitation in her voice

00:54:46but dad and i both like aunt cassidy better

00:54:49can i let aunt cassidy be my mommy

00:54:50i slipped the foot of the stairs unable to move even half a step

00:54:53my daughter was my own flesh and blood

00:54:55i had spent 22 hours in the delivery room alone

00:54:58trevor was in europe that day negotiating an acquisition

00:55:02cole is gone

00:55:03i have to go to cassidy right away

00:55:05cole had died in a car accident the night before

00:55:08cassidy wasn't pregnant yet at the time

00:55:10after that night

00:55:11the two of them were never truly apart again

00:55:14henry said nothing more

00:55:15i walked back to my room and closed the door

00:55:17i sat down by the bed

00:55:18i didn't cry

00:55:20i only lowered the hand resting on my belly

00:55:22i opened my phone

00:55:23i sent trevor a text

00:55:25trevor let's have lunch together today

00:55:27just the three of us

00:55:28ad wants mistral's lobster ravioli

00:55:30i'll fly back to san francisco this afternoon

00:55:32he replied about 20 minutes later

00:55:35got it

00:55:35you set the time

00:55:36looking at that got it

00:55:37i nearly laughed out loud

00:55:40seven years ago

00:55:41when he was pursuing me

00:55:42he wrote 15 love letters

00:55:43every one of them ended with yours

00:55:45trevor

00:55:47seven years later

00:55:48his reply to me had fewer words than yours

00:55:49plus trevor

00:55:50i wrote back

00:55:5312 30 mistral

00:55:54got it

00:55:55i washed up did my makeup

00:55:56and changed into a pale beige maternity dress

00:55:58i had picked it out myself last year

00:56:00trevor had never seen it once

00:56:01at 11 40 i drove to back bay

00:56:03halfway there my phone buzzed

00:56:04it was trevor

00:56:05something urgent came up at noon

00:56:07lunch is cancelled

00:56:08next time

00:56:08i pulled over onto a small road

00:56:10beside starro drive

00:56:10and stared at that text for a long time

00:56:16if it had been before

00:56:17i would have immediately replied

00:56:19okay

00:56:19or when you're done

00:56:20should i wait for you

00:56:21i would have waited

00:56:23i would have sat alone at mistaro

00:56:24until two in the afternoon

00:56:25drink two glasses of lemon water

00:56:27then drive home

00:56:27dad is busy today

00:56:29it isn't easy for him

00:56:30but today

00:56:31i didn't reply

00:56:32i started the car again

00:56:34and drove toward back bay

00:56:35i wasn't acting out of spite

00:56:36i just suddenly wanted to take a look

00:56:38i wanted to see what his so-called urgent matter actually was

00:56:42i parked across the street from mistral

00:56:44i didn't go in right away

00:56:46i stood outside the glass window for about 10 seconds

00:56:48inside

00:56:49at the old table by the window

00:56:51the three of them were sitting there

00:56:52cassidy and oddie sat close together on the same side

00:56:55oddie tilted her head up telling her jokes

00:56:57her shoulders shaking with laughter

00:56:58cassidy fed her a piece of little cake

00:57:00taking a bite herself first before handing it over

00:57:02oddie opened her mouth and ate it

00:57:03trevor sat across from them

00:57:05he was wearing the dark gray cashmere coat

00:57:07i had picked out for him last christmas

00:57:09he was smiling

00:57:10the kind of smile i hadn't seen in a very long time

00:57:12he placed a piece of fish on cassidy's plate

00:57:15then one for oddie

00:57:16his eyes stayed on cassidy's face the whole time

00:57:18as if in the entire restaurant

00:57:20she was the only person left

00:57:21i stood outside the glass window

00:57:23carrying two unborn children in my belly

00:57:25his wife

00:57:26his childhood friend's widow

00:57:27his daughter

00:57:28three people at one table

00:57:30the seat that should have been across from him was empty

00:57:32i didn't go in

00:57:33i turned around and walked back to the car

00:57:36i started the engine

00:57:38the windshield wiper swept across the glass

00:57:40wiping away two drops of water

00:57:41it wasn't rain

00:57:42even i didn't know when they had fallen

00:57:45i smiled a little

00:57:46i said to myself

00:57:47amelia

00:57:48do you see it clearly now

00:57:49i see it clearly

00:57:50i drove away

00:57:51i didn't look back at mistral once

00:57:53when i returned to beacon hill

00:57:54it was 1 30 in the afternoon

00:57:56only henry was in the old house

00:57:57when he saw me

00:57:58he froze

00:57:59mrs hale aren't you at mistral

00:58:00mr hale had something come up

00:58:01henry opened in his mouth

00:58:03then said nothing

00:58:03i went upstairs and entered the study

00:58:05i opened the computer and connected to the home network

00:58:08on the desktop was a folder

00:58:10password locked and hidden for seven years

00:58:12folder

00:58:13amv only

00:58:14i opened it

00:58:15there were four things inside

00:58:16a pdf of the postnup from seven years ago

00:58:19the version i had personally scanned and archived

00:58:26a record of every major decision

00:58:28trevor had made over the past seven years

00:58:30i had attended every viridian labs board meeting remotely

00:58:33and he didn't know

00:58:34a copy of delivery room footage from the day adeline

00:58:37was born proof that trevor had been absent

00:58:39a full set of evidence i had obtained two years ago

00:58:42showing hale trust's forged documents for cassidy's identity

00:58:46as cole's widow

00:58:52from that folder i pulled up the divorce agreement template

00:58:56it was the version zara had sent me half a year ago

00:59:00sis here

00:59:01in case you need it someday

00:59:03i won't need it

00:59:04she wrote back

00:59:05sis stop lying to yourself

00:59:14two o'clock this afternoon

00:59:16i needed it

00:59:17i copied article eight of the postnip

00:59:19into the first page of the agreement

00:59:20word for word

00:59:21i attached the email dr masson had sent trevor

00:59:24about adeline's psychological evaluation

00:59:26to the second page

00:59:28i placed the photo of that table for three

00:59:30at mistrawl this morning on the third page

00:59:33i had taken the photo outside the glass window with my phone

00:59:36i looked at it for a long time

00:59:39i wasn't reluctant to let go

00:59:41i simply added one line of caption to that photo

00:59:45exhibit c

00:59:47defendant dined with a third party and daughter

00:59:49at mistrawl 47 minute

00:59:51during which defendant did not contact placeneff

00:59:53this date was planta's birthday

00:59:55and seventh wedding anniversary

00:59:57print

00:59:59sign

01:00:00amelia m voss

01:00:02not hail

01:00:03voss

01:00:04i hadn't used that surname in seven years

01:00:06after signing

01:00:08i folded the agreement

01:00:09and placed it in a craft envelope

01:00:11on the front of the envelope

01:00:13i wrote three words

01:00:14to trevor hail

01:00:17i placed it on the mahogany table in the foyer

01:00:20that table was cassidy's housewarming gift three years ago

01:00:23i went downstairs

01:00:26henry was arranging a bouquet in the living room

01:00:29when he saw me carrying my suitcase

01:00:31he froze completely

01:00:34mrs hale

01:00:35henry

01:00:36i pointed to the envelope for him

01:00:38when mr hale comes back

01:00:39please hand this to him personally

01:00:41i'll be returning to san francisco shortly

01:00:43henry's lips moved

01:00:44but no sound came out

01:00:45he had been the hale family's butler for 20 years

01:00:47he had seen everything

01:00:51seven years

01:00:52every time i waited until late at night

01:00:55and trevor never came home

01:00:56he was the one who brought me soup

01:00:59every time cassidy unintentionally stabbed me in this house

01:01:02he silently pulled me away

01:01:04at last he spoke in a low voice

01:01:06you won't be coming back this time

01:01:08i didn't answer

01:01:10i took a white sheet of paper from my handbag

01:01:14wrote several lines

01:01:15and handed it to him

01:01:18henry

01:01:18at 2 40 this afternoon

01:01:20mr hale

01:01:21miss cassidy lambert

01:01:23and adeline hale

01:01:24had lunch together at mistral

01:01:25i was originally scheduled to attend

01:01:31plaintiff was not present

01:01:33please sign by hand later as a witness

01:01:35amelia m voss

01:01:36after henry finished reading it

01:01:37his hand trembled

01:01:38he looked up at me

01:01:39just sign your name

01:01:40if this matter goes to court

01:01:42your name will appear on exhibit c

01:01:44if you don't want a sign

01:01:45you can tear it up

01:01:46i won't force you

01:01:47henry was silent for five seconds

01:01:48then he signed his name

01:01:49at the very bottom of the paper

01:01:51he wrote slowly

01:01:52each stroke heavy

01:01:53henry coleman the 14th of march

01:01:55i took the paper

01:01:56folded it

01:01:56and put it into my kelly bag

01:01:58henry

01:01:58mrs dr voss

01:01:59it was the first time he called me that

01:02:01thank you for these seven years

01:02:03he lowered his head

01:02:04i failed you

01:02:05by the time the car pulled out of beacon hill

01:02:07it was already three in the afternoon

01:02:08i didn't look back at that house again

01:02:10in the car i sent zara three messages

01:02:12that postnup can be used now

01:02:14i am on my way to the airport

01:02:15five o'clock flight to sfo

01:02:17charles will pick me up

01:02:18i'll go straight to bishop and cole after landing

01:02:20she replied instantly

01:02:21waiting for you sis

01:02:22the car entered the approach ramp to logan airport

01:02:25i rested my hand on my belly

01:02:26the two children moved

01:02:28i said to them

01:02:28mommy is taking you home

01:02:29to our real home

01:02:30before the plane took off

01:02:32the cabin announcement told us to turn off our phones

01:02:34before switching mine to airplane mode

01:02:35i opened my alarm list

01:02:37there were 17 alarms in total

01:02:38the one at the top was set for six o'clock every morning

01:02:41the alarm title read

01:02:42call addy boston time

01:02:43seven years

01:02:44no six years

01:02:45since addy turned one

01:02:46every morning at six

01:02:48whether i was in california

01:02:49boston

01:02:50new york

01:02:50tokyo

01:02:51london

01:02:51at a prenatal checkup

01:02:52in a meeting

01:02:53or just finishing overtime

01:02:54in the middle of the night

01:02:55when the alarm rang

01:02:57i called her

01:02:58mommy

01:02:59she spent more and more time in boston with trevor

01:03:01she answered the phone less and less

01:03:03finish breakfast

01:03:04go to school

01:03:05bye

01:03:05mommy loves you

01:03:06starting this year

01:03:07she stopped letting henry answer for her

01:03:09she simply stopped answering

01:03:10i had never deleted that alarm

01:03:12i told myself

01:03:13what if one day she remembered mommy

01:03:14what if one day she was willing to answer again

01:03:16i had to be online at that moment

01:03:18at six this morning

01:03:19i was on the first floor of the old beacon hill house

01:03:22that alarm rang too

01:03:26at that moment i was standing beside the foyer table

01:03:29placing the envelope there

01:03:31i stared at the phone screen

01:03:33she was upstairs

01:03:35she didn't hear it

01:03:36before seven o'clock

01:03:37she and henry said all of that in the kitchen

01:03:39i stared at that alarm for a long time

01:03:41i deleted it

01:03:42the plane taxied down the runway

01:03:44the engine noise grew louder and louder

01:03:46i closed my eyes

01:03:48i said one thing to myself

01:03:50you've done everything you needed to do

01:03:53i opened my eyes and took article eight of the postnote from my handbag

01:03:57the clause trevor had personally added seven years ago

01:03:59if either spouse commits public humiliation

01:04:02deprivation of parental rights

01:04:03or economic coercion

01:04:04the other spouse shall have the right to sole custody of minor children

01:04:07and 75% of marital assets

01:04:12back then the hale family's chief attorney smiled at me

01:04:15mrs hale

01:04:16this clause is absolutely in your favor

01:04:18see how much trevor protects you

01:04:21i was only 24 then

01:04:23newly pregnant with adeline

01:04:25it was my first time stepping into a century-old family

01:04:27like the hales

01:04:28and i was so nervous my hand shook

01:04:30when i signed

01:04:32i signed

01:04:34trevor signed too

01:04:35he even wrote one sentence in his own hand

01:04:37to keep my wife safe from my own family

01:04:39to protect my wife from being hurt by my own family

01:04:43reading that sentence again today

01:04:44i nearly laughed out loud

01:04:45he had hardly protected me at all

01:04:48but he had indeed left me a gun

01:04:50seven years later

01:04:51he walked himself right into the barrel

01:04:54seven years ago

01:04:55he wrote that clause because he feared the hale family would hurt me

01:04:58seven years later

01:04:59the person who hurt me the deepest was himself

01:05:01the hails the cabin announcement told us we could unbuckle our seatbelts

01:05:05clouds spread out beyond the wing

01:05:07sunlight poured in harsh and blinding

01:05:09i closed the forder

01:05:10i told myself

01:05:12amelia you don't love him anymore

01:05:16it wasn't something that happened overnight

01:05:18i'm in a meeting

01:05:20again and again he said

01:05:21she needs me

01:05:22again and again he said

01:05:23your hormones are unstable

01:05:26again and again he said

01:05:27cassidy has it hard

01:05:28he wore away what little love i had

01:05:29bit by bit

01:05:30until it turned to ash

01:05:32when the wind blew

01:05:33nothing was left

01:05:34i closed my eyes

01:05:35one of the two children in my belly moved

01:05:36and the other moved with them

01:05:38i smiled

01:05:39i said to them

01:05:40your mother is not mrs hale

01:05:43your mother's name is amelia m voss

01:05:45starting today

01:05:55i flew back to boston pregnant with twins

01:05:58just to confirm trevor wouldn't be home tonight

01:06:00today was my 31st birthday

01:06:01it was also our 7th wedding anniversary

01:06:03the doctor told me not to fly

01:06:05i flew anyway

01:06:06not because of love

01:06:07because after 7 years

01:06:09i was still waiting for him to give me one reason not to leave

01:06:12i told the babies in my belly

01:06:14this is the last time

01:06:15after this we stopped waiting for him

01:06:16he thought what he'd lost was a wife throwing a tantrum

01:06:19tomorrow morning at 9

01:06:20he would find out

01:06:21what he'd lost was someone he had never deserved in his life

01:06:24by the time i landed at logan airport

01:06:26it was already past 9 at night

01:06:28i thought that

01:06:29if only for the sake of these 7 years

01:06:31he should come home tonight

01:06:32when i walked out of the airport

01:06:33my phone was full of birthday wishes from colleagues and old classmates

01:06:37there was nothing from trevor

01:06:41by the time i reached the old house on beacon hill

01:06:44it was almost 10 30

01:06:45henry opened the door for me

01:06:46mrs hale you

01:06:48what brings you here

01:06:50where's trevor

01:06:50and oddy

01:06:51mr hale hasn't returned yet

01:06:53mrs upstairs playing with that box of shells

01:06:58i nodded

01:06:59handed him my coat

01:07:00and went upstairs with one hand supporting my belly

01:07:02the hallway was very quiet

01:07:04adi's bedroom door was half open

01:07:06a warm little lamp glowing inside

01:07:08i pushed the door open and went in

01:07:10she was wearing pink pajamas

01:07:12sitting cross-legged on the carpet

01:07:13focused on stringing a shell necklace

01:07:16my footsteps were light

01:07:18she looked up

01:07:19her eyes lighting up

01:07:21then she lowered her head again

01:07:22and went back to fiddling with the beads

01:07:24i crouched down

01:07:25held my belly

01:07:26pulled her into my arms

01:07:28and kissed her

01:07:29mom don't bother me i'm busy

01:07:31i hadn't seen her in more than two months

01:07:33no number of kisses would have been enough

01:07:35but she had already wriggled out of my arms

01:07:37is adi making a shell necklace

01:07:39mmm

01:07:40in one week it'll be aunt cassidy birthday

01:07:42this is the birthday present dad and i are making for aunt cassidy

01:07:46dad and i polished every one of these shells with tools

01:07:48aren't they pretty

01:07:54she held the necklace up in front of me

01:07:55that box of shells was the one i had taken her to collect on beach at big sum last year

01:07:59my throat tightened sharply

01:08:01before i could speak

01:08:02she added happily

01:08:03dad also ordered other custom gifts for aunt cassidy

01:08:05tomorrow

01:08:06she didn't finish

01:08:07i looked at the necklace in her hands and remembered something

01:08:09this time last year it had been a night just like this

01:08:12the charity gala for children's hospital

01:08:14trevor personally auctioned off the copy of california rare birds field guide

01:08:18i had given him for our sixth anniversary

01:08:21one of only three out of print copies

01:08:23the one i had found among my late father's belongings

01:08:25the hammer price was four hundred twenty thousand dollars

01:08:28donated to set up a trust for the child

01:08:30cassidy had left from cold

01:08:32i sat in the third row at the time

01:08:33smiling and applauding

01:08:37i thought i could endure one more year

01:08:39adi

01:08:40mommy wants to ask you something

01:08:41she looked up

01:08:45do you remember mommy's birthday

01:08:47she furrowed her little brows and thought very seriously

01:08:50for five seconds

01:08:52mommy's birthday

01:08:54she looked up at me and blinked as if asking for help

01:08:58mom is your birthday the one in summer

01:09:03she lowered her head again and started counting the beads

01:09:06mom don't talk to me

01:09:08you're messing up the order

01:09:09i didn't speak again

01:09:11i let go of the arm i had around her

01:09:17when i went downstairs

01:09:18henry was waiting in the living room

01:09:20mrs hale

01:09:22i called mr hale just now

01:09:24he said he has something to do tonight

01:09:26and asked you to rest first

01:09:27i see

01:09:28i answered softly

01:09:30after thinking for a moment

01:09:31i still called trevor

01:09:32the phone rang for a long time before he answered

01:09:35his voice was faint

01:09:36i'm busy tomorrow

01:09:40from the other end of the phone came another woman's voice

01:09:42soft natural

01:09:43as if she had been by his side all night

01:09:45who is it this late

01:09:46it was cassidy

01:09:47i tightened my grip on the phone

01:09:49trevor paused then said to me

01:09:51nothing

01:09:52before i could speak

01:09:53he hung up

01:09:54i sat on the sofa for a long time

01:09:57the two children in my belly moved

01:09:59i lowered my head and gently patted my stomach

01:10:01i said to them

01:10:03mommy understands now

01:10:05mommy thought seven years was long enough that

01:10:09one year

01:10:10he would remember to come home

01:10:11tonight was the last time

01:10:13mommy won't wait for him anymore

01:10:20at 6 30 the next morning

01:10:21i went downstairs

01:10:23henry was making breakfast in the kitchen

01:10:25i didn't go in

01:10:26halfway there

01:10:27i heard oddy's voice drifting over from the other side of the kitchen

01:10:30she was talking to henry

01:10:32her voice wasn't loud

01:10:33but she was still little

01:10:34she didn't understand what lower your voice meant

01:10:36henry i'm not happy that mom came

01:10:38miss why would you be unhappy

01:10:40dad and i already promised we'd take aunt

01:10:42aunt cassidy to kid cod tomorrow

01:10:44if mom suddenly comes and insists on going with us

01:10:47aunt cassidy will feel so awkward

01:10:49miss

01:10:49madam is your mother

01:10:51mother you can't say things like that it will hurt her heart understand

01:10:54i know

01:10:55but there wasn't the slightest hesitation in her voice

01:10:57but dad and i both like aunt cassidy better

01:11:00can i let aunt cassidy be my mommy

01:11:02i skipped the foot of the stairs unable to move even half a step

01:11:05my daughter was my own flesh and blood

01:11:06i had spent 22 hours in the delivery room alone

01:11:09trevor was in europe that day negotiating an acquisition

01:11:13cole is gone

01:11:14i have to go to cassidy right away

01:11:16cole had died in a car accident the night before

01:11:19cassidy wasn't pregnant yet at the time

01:11:22after that night the two of them were never truly apart again

01:11:25henry said nothing more

01:11:26i walked back to my room and closed the door

01:11:28i sat down by the bed

01:11:30i didn't cry

01:11:31i only lowered the hand resting on my belly

01:11:33i opened my phone

01:11:35i sent trevor a text

01:11:36trevor let's have lunch together today

01:11:38just the three of us

01:11:39ad wants mistral's lobster ravioli

01:11:41i'll fly back to san francisco this afternoon

01:11:43he replied about 20 minutes later

01:11:46got it

01:11:47you set the time

01:11:47looking at that got it

01:11:49i nearly laughed out loud

01:11:51seven years ago

01:11:52when he was pursuing me

01:11:53he wrote 15 love letters

01:11:55every one of them ended with yours

01:11:57trevor

01:11:58seven years later

01:11:59his reply to me had fewer words than yours plus trevor

01:12:01i wrote back

01:12:0412 30 mistral

01:12:05got it

01:12:06i washed up did my makeup

01:12:07and changed into a pale beige maternity dress

01:12:09i had picked it out myself last year

01:12:11trevor had never seen it once

01:12:12at 11 40 i drove to back bay

01:12:14halfway there my phone buzzed

01:12:16it was trevor

01:12:16something urgent came up at noon

01:12:18lunch is cancelled

01:12:19next time

01:12:19i pulled over onto a small road beside staro drive

01:12:22and stared at that text for a long time

01:12:27if it had been before i would have immediately replied

01:12:30okay

01:12:30or when you're done should i wait for you

01:12:32i would have waited

01:12:34i would have sat alone at mistaro until two in the afternoon

01:12:37drink two glasses of lemon water

01:12:38then drive home

01:12:39dad is busy today

01:12:40it isn't easy for him

01:12:41but today

01:12:42i didn't reply

01:12:44i started the car again

01:12:45and drove toward back bay

01:12:46i wasn't acting out of spite

01:12:48i just suddenly wanted to take a look

01:12:50i wanted to see what his so-called urgent matter actually was

01:12:53i parked across the street from mistral

01:12:55i didn't go in right away

01:12:57i stood outside the glass window for about 10 seconds

01:13:00inside

01:13:00at the old table by the window

01:13:02the three of them were sitting there

01:13:04cassidy and oddie sat close together on the same side

01:13:06oddie tilted her head up

01:13:07telling her jokes

01:13:08her shoulders shaking with laughter

01:13:09cassidy fed her a piece of little cake

01:13:11taking a bite herself first before handing it over

01:13:13oddie opened her mouth and ate it

01:13:15trevor sat across from them

01:13:17he was wearing the dark gray cashmere coat i had picked out for him last christmas

01:13:20he was smiling

01:13:21the kind of smile i hadn't seen in a very long time

01:13:23he placed a piece of fish on cassidy's plate

01:13:25then one for oddie

01:13:27his eyes stayed on cassidy's face the whole time

01:13:30as if in the entire restaurant

01:13:31she was the only person left

01:13:32i stood outside the glass window

01:13:34carrying two unborn children in my belly

01:13:36his wife

01:13:37his childhood friend's widow

01:13:38his daughter

01:13:39three people at one table

01:13:41the seat that should have been across from him was empty

01:13:43i didn't go in

01:13:44i turned around and walked back to the car

01:13:47i started the engine

01:13:49the windshield wiper swept across the glass

01:13:51wiping away two drops of water

01:13:53it wasn't rain

01:13:54even i didn't know when they had fallen

01:13:56i smiled a little

01:13:57i said to myself

01:13:58amelia do you see it clearly now

01:14:00i see it clearly

01:14:01i drove away

01:14:03i didn't look back at mistral once

01:14:04when i returned to beacon hill

01:14:05it was 1 30 in the afternoon

01:14:07only henry was in the old house

01:14:08when he saw me

01:14:09he froze

01:14:10mrs hale aren't you at mistral

01:14:11mr hale had something come up

01:14:13henry opened in his mouth

01:14:14then said nothing

01:14:15i went upstairs and entered the study

01:14:17i opened the computer and connected to the home network

01:14:19on the desktop was a folder

01:14:21password locked and hidden for 7 years

01:14:23folder

01:14:24amv only

01:14:25i opened it

01:14:26there were 4 things inside

01:14:28a pdf of the postnup from 7 years ago

01:14:30the version i had personally scanned and archived

01:14:37a record of every major decision

01:14:39trevor had made over the past 7 years

01:14:41i had attended every viridian labs board meeting remotely

01:14:44and he didn't know

01:14:45a copy of delivery room footage from the day adeline

01:14:48was born proof that trevor had been absent

01:14:50a full set of evidence

01:14:52i had obtained 2 years ago

01:14:54showing hale trust's forged documents

01:14:56for cassidy's identity as cole's widow

01:15:04from that folder

01:15:05i pulled up the divorce agreement template

01:15:07it was the version zara had sent me half a year ago

01:15:12sis here

01:15:12in case you need it someday

01:15:14i won't need it

01:15:15she wrote back

01:15:17sis stop lying to yourself

01:15:252 o'clock this afternoon

01:15:27i needed it

01:15:28i copied article 8 of the postnip

01:15:30into the first page of the agreement

01:15:31word for word

01:15:32i attached the email dr masson had sent trevor

01:15:35about adeline's psychological evaluation

01:15:37to the second page

01:15:39i placed the photo of that table for three

01:15:41at mistral this morning on the third page

01:15:44i had taken the photo outside the glass window

01:15:47with my phone

01:15:48i looked at it for a long time

01:15:50i wasn't reluctant to let go

01:15:53i simply added one line of caption to that photo

01:15:56exhibit c

01:15:58defendant dined with a third party and daughter

01:16:00at mistral 47 minute

01:16:02during which defendant did not contact placeneff

01:16:05this date was planta's birthday

01:16:07and 7th wedding anniversary

01:16:09print

01:16:11sign

01:16:11amelia m voss

01:16:13not hale

01:16:14voss

01:16:15i hadn't used that surname in 7 years

01:16:18after signing

01:16:19i folded the agreement

01:16:21and placed it in a craft envelope

01:16:23on the front of the envelope

01:16:24i wrote three words

01:16:26to trevor hale

01:16:28i placed it on the mahogany table in the foyer

01:16:31that table was cassidy's housewarming gift

01:16:33three years ago

01:16:34i went downstairs

01:16:37henry was arranging a bouquet in the living room

01:16:40when he saw me carrying my suitcase

01:16:42he froze completely

01:16:46mrs hale

01:16:47henry

01:16:47i pointed to the envelope for him

01:16:49when mr hale comes back

01:16:51please hand this to him personally

01:16:52i'll be returning to san francisco shortly

01:16:54henry's lips moved

01:16:55but no sound came out

01:16:56he had been the hale family's butler for 20 years

01:16:59he had seen everything

01:17:02seven years

01:17:04every time i waited until late at night

01:17:06and trevor never came home

01:17:07he was the one who brought me soup

01:17:10every time cassidy unintentionally stabbed me in this house

01:17:13he silently pulled me away

01:17:15at last he spoke in a low voice

01:17:18you won't be coming back this time

01:17:20i didn't answer

01:17:22i took a white sheet of paper from my handbag

01:17:25wrote several lines

01:17:27and handed it to him

01:17:29henry

01:17:30at 2 40 this afternoon

01:17:32mr hale

01:17:33miss cassidy lambert

01:17:34and adeline hale

01:17:35had lunch together at mistral

01:17:36i was originally scheduled to attend

01:17:43plaintiff was not present

01:17:44please sign by hand later as a witness

01:17:46amelia m vos

01:17:47after henry finished reading it

01:17:48his hand trembled

01:17:49he looked up at me

01:17:50just sign your name

01:17:51if this matter goes to court

01:17:53your name will appear on exhibit c

01:17:55if you don't want to sign

01:17:56you can tear it up

01:17:57i won't force you

01:17:58henry was silent for five seconds

01:18:00then he signed his name

01:18:01at the very bottom of the paper

01:18:02he wrote slowly

01:18:03each stroke heavy

01:18:04henry coleman the 14th of march

01:18:06i took the paper

01:18:07folded it

01:18:08and put it into my kelly bag

01:18:09henry

01:18:09mrs dr voss

01:18:11it was the first time he called me that

01:18:13thank you for these seven years

01:18:14he lowered his head

01:18:15i failed you

01:18:16by the time the car pulled out of beacon hill

01:18:18it was already three in the afternoon

01:18:20i didn't look back at that house again

01:18:21in the car i sent zara three messages

01:18:24that postnup can be used now

01:18:25i am on my way to the airport

01:18:27five o'clock flight to sfo

01:18:28charles will pick me up

01:18:30i'll go straight to bishop and cole after landing

01:18:31she replied instantly

01:18:33waiting for you sis

01:18:34the car entered the approach ramp to logan airport

01:18:36i rested my hand on my belly

01:18:38the two children moved

01:18:39i said to them

01:18:40mommy is taking you home

01:18:41to our real home

01:18:42before the plane took off

01:18:43the cabin announcement told us to turn off our phones

01:18:45before switching mine to airplane mode

01:18:47i opened my alarm list

01:18:48there were 17 alarms in total

01:18:50the one at the top was set for six o'clock every morning

01:18:52the alarm title read

01:18:53call addy boston time

01:18:55seven years

01:18:55no six years

01:18:56since addy turned one

01:18:58every morning at six

01:18:59whether i was in california

01:19:00boston

01:19:01new york

01:19:02tokyo

01:19:02london

01:19:03at a prenatal checkup

01:19:04in a meeting

01:19:04or just finishing overtime

01:19:06in the middle of the night

01:19:07when the alarm rang

01:19:08i called her

01:19:10mommy

01:19:10she spent more and more time in boston with trevor

01:19:12she answered the phone less and less

01:19:14finish breakfast

01:19:15go to school

01:19:16bye mommy loves you

01:19:18starting this year

01:19:18she stopped letting henry answer for her

01:19:20she simply stopped answering

01:19:22i had never deleted that alarm

01:19:23i told myself

01:19:24what if one day she remembered mommy

01:19:26what if one day she was willing to answer again

01:19:28i had to be online at that moment

01:19:29at six this morning

01:19:30i was on the first floor of the old beacon hill house

01:19:33that alarm rang too

01:19:37at that moment

01:19:38i was standing beside the foyer table

01:19:40placing the envelope there

01:19:42i stared at the phone screen

01:19:44she was upstairs

01:19:47she didn't hear it

01:19:48before seven o'clock

01:19:49she and henry said all of that in the kitchen

01:19:50i stared at that alarm for a long time

01:19:53i deleted it

01:19:53the plane taxied down the runway

01:19:55the engine noise grew louder and louder

01:19:58i closed my eyes

01:19:59i said one thing to myself

01:20:01you've done everything you needed to do

01:20:05i opened my eyes

01:20:06and took article eight of the postnote

01:20:07from my handbag

01:20:08the clause trevor had personally added

01:20:10seven years ago

01:20:11if either spouse commits public humiliation

01:20:13deprivation of parental rights

01:20:14or economic coercion

01:20:16the other spouse shall have the right

01:20:17to sole custody of minor children

01:20:18and 75 percent of marital assets

01:20:23back then the hale family's chief attorney

01:20:25smiled at me

01:20:26mrs hale

01:20:27this clause is absolutely in your favor

01:20:29see how much trevor protects you

01:20:32i was only 24 then

01:20:34newly pregnant with adlin

01:20:36it was my first time

01:20:37stepping into a century-old family

01:20:38like the hails

01:20:40and i was so nervous

01:20:41my hand shook

01:20:42when i signed

01:20:43i signed

01:20:45trevor signed too

01:20:46he even wrote one sentence

01:20:47in his own hand

01:20:48to keep my wife safe

01:20:49from my own family

01:20:50to protect my wife

01:20:52from being hurt

01:20:52by my own family

01:20:54reading that sentence again today

01:20:55i nearly laughed out loud

01:20:56he had hardly protected me at all

01:20:59but he had indeed left me a gun

01:21:01seven years later

01:21:03he walked himself right into the barrel

01:21:05seven years ago

01:21:06he wrote that clause

01:21:07because he feared the hale family

01:21:08would hurt me

01:21:09seven years later

01:21:10the person who hurt me the deepest

01:21:12was himself

01:21:13the hails the cabin announcement

01:21:14told us we could unbuckle our seatbelts

01:21:16clouds spread out beyond the wing

01:21:18sunlight poured in

01:21:20harsh and blinding

01:21:21i closed the forder

01:21:22i told myself

01:21:24amelia you don't love him anymore

01:21:28it wasn't something that happened overnight

01:21:29i'm in a meeting

01:21:31again and again he said

01:21:32she needs me

01:21:33again and again he said

01:21:35your hormones are unstable

01:21:37again and again he said

01:21:38cassidy has it hard

01:21:39he wore away what little

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