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00:03Sebastian suffered from severe paranoia
00:05and never believed my sincerity
00:06even at our wedding
00:08when you sleep with someone else
00:10don't forget to take this off
00:13Hayley, why aren't you explaining yourself right away this time?
00:17don't tell me you actually
00:19I suddenly felt so exhausted inside
00:22over the years, Vivian had inserted herself
00:25into our relationship everywhere
00:27saying she was testing me on Sebastian's behalf
00:30now that he doesn't believe me
00:32since I'm debtened to cheat anyway
00:34there's no point in going through with this marriage
00:37so I hit the mark?
00:38I told you no matter how many times you swore to me
00:40you could never guarantee you wouldn't change your heart, could you?
00:43all these years, he had been full of suspicion towards me
00:46the moment I added a co-worker
00:48that very night Sebastian created over a dozen fake accounts to test me
00:52back then, I was still on the rise in my career
00:54yet just to appease his suspicions, I turned down several interviews
00:58after that, for his sake, I cut off almost all socializing
01:02rushing home right after work
01:04and every interaction had to be documented
01:06I thought after doing all this, he would finally feel at ease
01:09until one day, I opened his phone
01:11whenever it came to our relationship
01:14he would consult Vivian about everything
01:20he said that, because Vivian was also an orphan
01:22they were the same kind of people
01:24he even said that if I minded even this
01:26then my feelings probably weren't genuine anyway
01:29and so I endured it for years
01:33how could you do this to Sebastian?
01:35a man as insecure as him
01:37finally trusted you enough to marry you
01:39and you actually admitted to cheating
01:41at your own wedding?
01:46this bride is way too arrogant
01:48admitting she betrayed the groom at her wedding
01:50someone like her doesn't deserve to get married
01:53I watched Sebastian walk down to the stage
01:56I didn't explain again
01:57anyway, no matter what I said in his eyes
01:59it was all insincere
02:03Sebastian, you and Haley have been through so much over the years
02:06how about I apologize to you on her behalf?
02:08Mr. Anderson, are you really going to cover up
02:10your daughter's cheating like this?
02:12back then when your mother divorced you
02:13was it also because she caught you being unfaithful?
02:16as expected
02:17like father, like daughter
02:19I could hardly believe my ears
02:22back then it was my mother
02:24who heartlessly abandoned us father and daughter
02:26all these years
02:27dad had worked three jobs to raise me
02:29and his health was ruined
02:31several people rushed to the stage
02:33pointing at my nose
02:35and cursing at me
02:36some even picked up plates of leftovers from the table
02:39threatening to throw them at me
02:40pushed and shoved
02:41I could only dodge around in embarrassment
02:43the next second
02:44the figure shielding me
02:45suddenly clutched his chest and collapsed
02:49dad!
02:50call an ambulance quick!
02:52he had recently been hospitalized
02:54as his condition worsened
02:56I told him not to come
02:57Sebastian has a heavy heart
02:59if I don't go
03:00he'll think I, as her father
03:02look down on him
03:03after sending dad into the emergency room
03:05Sebastian asked me to tell you
03:07that since you admitted to changing your heart
03:09come back and sign the divorce papers
03:10I've already exposed today's incident online
03:13I'm his only family
03:15and I must get even for him
03:17after a long while
03:18I called my director
03:19Haley, look at what people are saying online
03:22everyone's boycotting you as a journalist
03:24maybe you should
03:25director, didn't you say
03:26the Portland branch was short-staffed?
03:28that's my hometown
03:29transfer me there
03:31it's also convenient for me
03:33to take my dad home to recover
03:34that works
03:35wait for the arrangement
03:36hanging up
03:37I let out a long breath
03:38and headed home
03:39a few suitcases were piled
03:41messily at the door
03:42the zippers were open
03:43and my clothes inside
03:44was crumpled into balls
03:46I've packed all your things
03:47let's get the divorce done tomorrow
03:49I walked into the living room
03:51I vaguely saw the note
03:52dad written in the contact field
03:54back then
03:55ignoring the station's objections
03:56I carried a camera
03:58and exposed those two vampires
03:59in a live broadcast
04:01his father furious and frantic
04:03grabbed a stick
04:03and smashed it at my head
04:05I was knocked unconscious
04:07with a concussion
04:07when I woke up
04:09Sebastian took my hand
04:10by the bedside
04:11that was the first time
04:12I saw him cry
04:13if he could forgive them
04:15so easily
04:15then what was all
04:17I had done for?
04:19you've reconciled
04:20with your parents?
04:21a couple of days ago
04:22Vivian went with me
04:24to their place
04:24and we talked it all out
04:26they just got out of prison
04:27and I don't want to
04:28make a fuss anymore
04:29talked it out
04:30I'm like a joke
04:31he didn't know that
04:32because of it
04:33I developed severe headaches
04:34and could barely live
04:35a normal life
04:36little did they know
04:38after they got out of prison
04:39how many threatening messages
04:40they'd sent me
04:42fine
04:42tomorrow we'll go to the court
04:44for the divorce
04:46Hayley
04:47this time don't cling to me
04:48with your explanations
04:49like before
04:50I don't believe a single word
04:51of your sincerity
04:52without arguing
04:53I gripped my telte
04:54and walked toward the door
04:56I won't anymore
04:57from the moment
04:57I took off the ring
04:58I would never do it again
05:01early the next morning
05:02I set off for the court
05:03the car had barely
05:05passed two intersections
05:08Miss Hayley
05:09your father suddenly
05:10went into ventritical
05:11vibration
05:11his condition is critical
05:13please come to the hospital
05:14immediately
05:14I immediately told the driver
05:16to turn around
05:17and rushed into the hospital
05:18after a long wait
05:20the closed door
05:20finally opened a click
05:22Miss Hayley
05:23the situation is even worse
05:24than expected
05:25our hospital's equipment
05:26isn't up to pair
05:27he must be transferred
05:28to the Central City Hospital
05:30immediately
05:31but their cardiac surgery beds
05:32are always so tight
05:33that we can't even get
05:34on the waiting list
05:35right now
05:36okay
05:37okay
05:38I'll find a way
05:39I slid open my contacts
05:41my gaze finally stopped
05:43on the three characters
05:43Sebastian
05:44the vice president
05:45of the Central City Hospital
05:46was his friend
05:47I had no time to hesitate
05:49so I called him directly
05:51what time is it now?
05:53weren't we supposed to meet
05:54at the court this morning
05:55for the divorce?
05:56Sebastian put the divorce
05:57aside for now
05:58something happened
05:59to my dad
06:00can you contact
06:01Dean Gray
06:02of the Central City Hospital
06:03and arrange a transfer
06:05for my dad?
06:06where are you now?
06:07I was just about
06:08to give the address
06:09Sebastian
06:10why are you believing
06:11her again?
06:12can't you tell?
06:13she's obviously
06:14making up excuses
06:16to delay the divorce
06:18wasn't Mr. Anderson
06:19perfectly fine
06:20at the wedding yesterday?
06:21how could he suddenly
06:22be in critical condition?
06:23Haley
06:24if you really
06:25don't want the divorce
06:26then go to the TV station
06:27apologize publicly
06:29and swear to the public
06:30that you won't
06:31change your heart
06:31once you've done that
06:33I'll consider
06:33whether to divorce you
06:34or not
06:36I'm not lying to you
06:37my dad really is
06:38Sebastian
06:39you expect someone
06:40as insincere
06:41as her to agree?
06:42come on
06:43I'll hang up for you
06:44like a mad woman
06:45I called back again
06:46hung up
06:46called again
06:47hung up again
06:48the number you have
06:49dialed is busy
06:50I had been blocked
06:51at the same time
06:52the door to the
06:53operating room opened
06:54the doctor walked out
06:55and shook his head
06:56feebly
06:56family go in and
06:57see him for the last time
07:01I shoved open
07:02the emergency room door
07:03and rushed in
07:04after handling
07:05the hospital paperwork
07:07it was already
07:08dark outside
07:09tears finally
07:10streaming down
07:11uncontrollably
07:12all these years
07:13I had spun around
07:14Sebastian like a top
07:16missing countless chances
07:18to accompany dad
07:18to his checkups
07:19I went out of my way
07:21to fill the void
07:21in his life
07:22only to end up
07:23losing my own family
07:26director
07:26no need to wait
07:27on the transfer
07:28I'll be back
07:28to report for duty
07:29in a couple of days
07:32tears finally
07:32streaming down
07:34uncontrollably
07:34all these years
07:35I had spun around
07:37Sebastian like a top
07:38missing countless chances
07:39to accompany dad
07:40to his checkups
07:41I went out of my way
07:42to fill the void
07:43in his life
07:44only to end up
07:45losing my own family
07:49director
07:50no need to wait
07:50on the transfer
07:51I'll be back
07:52to report for duty
07:52in a couple of days
07:54early the next morning
07:55I had just opened
07:56the door to head
07:57to the funeral home
07:57when I ran straight
07:59into Sebastian
07:59and Vivian
08:03one was a divorce
08:04agreement
08:04the other a lawsuit
08:05let's get the divorce
08:06done today
08:07there's no point
08:08in dragging it out
08:08I've already contacted
08:09a divorce lawyer
08:12this time
08:12don't even think
08:13about using your father
08:14as an excuse
08:16let's go to the court
08:19dad's death certificate
08:20fell on the floor
08:23if you were worthy
08:24of trust
08:24would I have doubted you
08:26forget it
08:26let's put the divorce
08:27aside for now
08:29I'll go with you
08:29to handle your father's
08:30funeral arrangements
08:31no need
08:32let's get the divorce
08:33done now
08:34I don't want to
08:34drag it out either
08:38or was it that
08:39all you're acting
08:39before was just
08:40to get benefits
08:41from me
08:42now that you realize
08:43you can't get
08:43anything from me
08:44you don't even want
08:45to pretend anymore
08:46is that it
08:46I'm done pretending
08:47submitting documents
08:49signing
08:49stamping
08:50in no time
08:51the divorce process
08:52was complete
08:52I stood at the
08:53intersection
08:54waiting for a ride
08:55there's a 30 day
08:56cooling off period
08:57for the divorce
08:58her uncle just
08:59passed away
09:00so she's probably
09:01in a bad mood
09:02and sulking
09:03I bet she can't
09:04last more than
09:05a few days
09:06before coming back
09:08see deep down
09:09he had already
09:09believed I wouldn't
09:10leave
09:12the transfer has
09:13been arranged
09:13Haley
09:14I wish you all
09:15the best in the
09:15future
09:16a car pulled up
09:17in front of me
09:17I got in and
09:18watched the street
09:19scenes recede
09:20hided past the
09:21window
09:21the stone that
09:22had weighed on
09:22my heart for
09:23years finally
09:24dropped
09:25back in my
09:26hometown
09:26life was filled
09:27with work
09:28and time flew
09:29by so fast
09:29I barely noticed
09:30until the 30th
09:32day
09:36the name
09:37Sebastian was
09:38flashing on it
09:39Haley you haven't
09:41forgotten about
09:41the divorce have
09:42you of course I
09:43hadn't forgotten
09:43I haven't forgotten
09:44I'm heading to
09:45the train station
09:47I'll head to the
09:48court as soon as
09:48I get off
09:49once today passed
09:51I would never
09:51return to this
09:52city again
09:53at two in the
09:54afternoon I
09:55appeared at the
09:55court entrance
09:56right on time
09:57before I could
09:58step onto the
09:59stairs a figure
10:00blocked my way
10:00Haley do you
10:01even have a
10:02heart
10:02Sebastian is an
10:03orphan so he's
10:04a bit sensitive
10:05back then he
10:06even gave you a
10:07way out but you
10:08insisted isn't that
10:09just blatantly
10:10hurting him you
10:11indirectly killed
10:12my father and
10:13you took him to
10:13reconcile with
10:14those vampire
10:14parents of his
10:15right now I'm
10:16more of an
10:17orphan than
10:18Sebastian why
10:19don't you stand
10:19up for me
10:23stop pretending
10:25no one wants
10:25Sebastian me
10:26divorced more
10:27than you
10:27otherwise with
10:28how much he
10:29trusts you
10:30you would have
10:31spoken up for
10:32me long ago
10:34don't expect me
10:35to let you off
10:35the hook for
10:36what happened
10:36to my father
10:38I know those
10:38troublemakers at
10:39the wedding were
10:40hired by you
10:41and I'll hold you
10:41accountable for
10:42exposing me online
10:43too
10:44wait for the
10:45lawyer's letter
10:47in the hall
10:48Sebastian sat
10:49on a bench
10:49he had thinned
10:50out quite a bit
10:53you don't need
10:54to say anything
10:55more
10:55I won't listen
10:56anyway
10:56if we keep
10:57dragging this
10:58out the court
10:58will close
11:00he thought I
11:01was going to
11:01beg him to
11:01stay
11:03I meant hurry
11:04up and get it
11:04done
11:04I'm in a rush
11:08after it was
11:09done I checked
11:10the time and
11:11quickened my pace
11:12to leave
11:12Haley
11:16don't you have
11:16anything else to
11:17say this time
11:18consider it me
11:19giving you a way
11:19out otherwise
11:20we're really done
11:21he actually still
11:22thought I was
11:23retreating in
11:23order to advance
11:26my train departs
11:28in less than an
11:28hour and I still
11:29have two interviews
11:30to do overnight
11:31tonight I don't
11:32have time for this
11:32so you've left
11:33New York why
11:34bother wasn't it
11:35you who insisted
11:36on coming to
11:36New York to make
11:37it big now you
11:38just leave like
11:39that of course I
11:40had wanted to
11:40come to this big
11:41city to build a
11:42career but I had
11:43stayed here only
11:44for him to help
11:45him gather evidence
11:47expose his vicious
11:48parents but now I
11:50had lost my only
11:50father I don't
11:51need anything
11:52anymore Haley
11:53you're truly
11:54heartless in just
11:5530 days you could
11:56already see how
11:57heartless I am then
11:58why after three
11:59years couldn't you
12:00see my sincerity
12:02in just 30 days you
12:04could already see
12:04how heartless I am
12:05then why after three
12:06years couldn't you
12:07see my sincerity
12:10opened the door of
12:12a taxi by the
12:12roadside and got
12:13in driver to the
12:15train station the
12:16car slowly started
12:17moving in my
12:18memory every time
12:19we quarreled the
12:20one left standing
12:21outside in the
12:22exhaust flames was
12:23always me to
12:24accommodate his
12:24sensitivity and
12:26paranoia I
12:27swallowed all my
12:27grievances I
12:29looked down at the
12:29divorce decree in
12:30my hand from today
12:31on I could finally
12:32put myself first I
12:34deleted all of
12:34Sebastian's contact
12:36information and
12:37returned to Portland
12:38that very night the
12:39news station's pace
12:40was fast and I had
12:41no time to dwell on
12:42those old messes that
12:44three-year-long
12:44emotional drain had
12:45finally come to a
12:46complete end I was
12:47sitting at my desk
12:48organizing next week's
12:49interview outlines from
12:51the break room just a
12:52wall away a few
12:53colleagues gossip
12:54drifted over clearly
12:56hey did you guys hear
12:58over at the New York TV
13:00station that case from a
13:02few years ago got dug up
13:03again the biological
13:05parents went to the
13:06company and threw paint
13:08and hung banners what a
13:09mess didn't they reconcile
13:11long ago reconcile my
13:13ass those two scoundrels got
13:15a taste of the benefits and
13:16now their appetite is
13:17ridiculously huge they
13:18want company shares I
13:20heard President White
13:21wanted the New York TV
13:21station to do another
13:22expose but their director
13:24flat-out refused how
13:25could they not refuse that
13:26journalist back then broke
13:28the rules for this matter
13:29and she's long since been
13:30transferred he signed the
13:31settlement himself who
13:33would dare take on that
13:34mess but he signed it
13:35himself back then so
13:36going the legal route
13:37probably wouldn't get far
13:39either my hands paused
13:40mid-motion only this time
13:42there would never again be a
13:44fool named Haley throwing
13:45herself in front of him
13:46without a second thought
13:48my memory was instantly
13:50pulled back three years
13:52to gather evidence for him
13:54I fought desperately to
13:55climb the ladder at the
13:56New York TV station after
13:58finally enduring my way to
14:00a position where I could
14:01lead my own undercover team
14:02I charged ahead with my
14:04cameraman and exposed every
14:06last bit of those parents
14:07wrongdoing fearing trouble
14:09the station even tried to
14:11persuade me to quit in the
14:12end only because the news
14:14received an unprecedented
14:15response after airing and my
14:17professional competencies was
14:18truly solid was I barely kept
14:20on with a demo motion this
14:22also happened to boost
14:23Sebastian's company's
14:24reputation and riding that
14:26momentum he successfully took
14:28the company public I truly owed
14:29nothing to this relationship
14:31after work I got home and sat on
14:34the sofa
14:38an unfamiliar number was calling
14:40it was Sebastian I was rather
14:42surprised in all the years we
14:44were together apart from
14:45notifying me of a breakup during
14:47cold wars there was just that
14:49call urging me to go to court
14:50all along I was the one spinning
14:52around him like a top now with all
14:55his contact methods blocked by me he
14:57actually had the nerve to switch to a
14:59new number and call you're working at
15:02the hometown TV station now right Haley I
15:04know I was wrong so going through
15:06media exposure really isn't easy you
15:08were right back then they really
15:10never change even after years in
15:12prison they're still dead set on their
15:13ways I didn't feel this sounded like
15:15an apology at all he'd rather believe
15:17those parents than me in the end maybe
15:19his paranoia had been aimed at me and
15:22only me all along if you're thinking of
15:24asking me to help you contact the media
15:26again don't bother after your parents
15:29got out of prison they sent me countless
15:32threatening messages they said that if
15:34I ever dared to stand in their way
15:36again they'd find a way to kill me
15:37though it's kind of funny it wasn't
15:39until I finished the divorce
15:41proceedings with you they finally
15:43quieted down they did all this to you
15:45why didn't you tell me why didn't I
15:46tell him I recall that night months ago I
15:49walked up to him with those
15:50threatening text messages but he didn't
15:53even glance at them just let out a
15:54contemptuous snort are you saying all
15:57this so I'll completely cut ties with
15:58them leaving only you by my side
16:00trusting only you Haley I only look at
16:04actions I don't want to hold it against
16:08him anymore Sebastian you want a stable
16:11life and so do I with those words I hung
16:13up cleanly and sent this new number back
16:16into the blacklist that very night Vivian
16:19apology video shot up in popularity
16:22people all blaming her for fanning public
16:24even the director Pinsley called me I
16:27polisurgize Haley I'm really sorry about
16:30what happened before back then the
16:32station just wanted you to lie low it's
16:34all over now would you like to come back
16:36we can give you a promotion and a raise
16:38without a second thought I refused that
16:40city carried too many bad memories I
16:43didn't want to go back until one day I
16:45saw a familiar figure downstairs even
16:48though we had been apart for over half a
16:49year I could still recognize the
16:51submission at a glance what are you
16:53doing here I came to hide out Haley
16:55they're driving me crazy hiding out I'm
16:58afraid that when your parents show up
17:00you'll suspect me of revealing your
17:01address again let me call Vivian she
17:03would never harm you right don't call
17:07I've cut off all contact with Vivian I
17:09found chat records between her and my
17:10parents on my phone if I reconciled with
17:12them they would push me to marry Vivian I
17:14followed the leads and dug deeper she was
17:16the one fanning the flames over all of
17:18this only now do I realize that even even
17:21she had been lying to me all along now I
17:23really only trust you Haley I've thought a
17:26lot and you truly never lied to me it was
17:28me who kept doubting you and you never
17:31left even then I was just too insecure I
17:33thought you'd never leave so I kept
17:35testing you I knew clearly that after I
17:37left he only found out I was the only one
17:40who genuinely wanted what was best for
17:42him his regret was useless he didn't
17:44deserve my sincerity fine if you want to
17:46hide out here go ahead there are many
17:48empty houses nearby it's not a bad choice
17:50to stay even though we're divorced we've
17:53known each other for years and are
17:55familiar with each other it's good to
17:56look out for one another I knew you'd
17:58soften his expression was as if he saw the
18:02old me the one who would always turn back
18:03no matter what he did the humiliation he
18:06inflicted on me and my father at the
18:08wedding and the pain of him deliberately
18:10making things hard for me on the phone
18:12leading to my father's death I'll never
18:14forget this not even in death early the
18:17next morning Sebastian was standing
18:19outside the door did you tell them my
18:21address yeah it was me Haley why I'm
18:25willing to trust you now why are you
18:27doing this again this accusation was
18:29simply absurd at this point who still
18:31cared about his belated trust in your
18:33eyes isn't this exactly what I'm like
18:35you're paranoid every day thinking I'm
18:37full of lies I understood he had
18:39suffered a lot since childhood and was
18:42deeply guarded I understood he had
18:45suffered a lot since childhood and was
18:48deeply guarded but none of that justifies
18:50it he brought all this on himself he had
18:52no one to blame the hand he had been
18:54pounding the door with fell limply then
18:57he slowly slid down against the wall
18:59squatting and sobbing into his hands if
19:01you don't leave now I'll call them right
19:03away and tell them you're here in the end
19:06he got up and left outside it was pouring
19:09rain he just walked with his head down
19:11dazed in a trance I seemed to see my
19:14former self the Haley who cried and
19:16explained herself to him to prove her
19:18innocence only to receive his cold word
19:20breakup I used to feel like the sky was
19:23falling but now looking at him like this
19:25it suddenly dawned on me leaving him was
19:29actually my own act of self rescue from
19:31that day on that door shut him out a
19:34month later I received a phone call the
19:36voice on the other end was fierce Haley
19:38did you brainwash Sebastian now that I've
19:41been sentenced to prison he won't even
19:43say a word for me I've known him for over
19:4520 years he could never be that heartless
19:48to me I calmly listening to her endless
19:51cursing it seems you've known him for
19:53over 20 years and still don't understand
19:55him the thing he cares about most is
19:59sincerity but the thing he trusts least is
20:01also sincerity with you scheming against
20:05him like that if he didn't destroy you he
20:07wouldn't be Sebastian no matter how
20:10viciously she yelled it was like punching
20:12air what was there to say to someone
20:14about to go to prison and I still had
20:16plenty of good days ahead of me five years
20:20later because of a key interview
20:22assignment from the station I set foot on
20:24New York soil once again when I passed
20:26by that familiar financial district I
20:28couldn't help but stop the sign on that
20:30grand office building Sebastian once
20:32owned had long been replaced I couldn't
20:34help asking the reception staff beside me
20:36what happened to the company that used
20:38to be here it was growing pretty fast back
20:41then wasn't it it was acquired two years
20:43ago it was doing well back then but it
20:45couldn't survive the boss going crazy
20:47himself the boss's parents came to the
20:49company every day crying making scenes and
20:53threatening suicide the company's
20:55reputation was ruined and many investors
20:58pulled out what happened next later the
21:00boss had a complete mental breakdown and
21:03was admitted to a psychiatric hospital with
21:05the company leaderless and its funding
21:07chain broken it nearly went bankrupt and
21:09was finally acquired by another company I
21:13looked up at the glass curtain wall in
21:15front of me the two of us watched the
21:17lights of this building turn on floor by
21:19floor watch this company grow from nothing
21:21and steadily get on track seeing it fall to
21:24such a state now did his mooting after
21:26finishing the interview in New York it was
21:28almost dark I haven't left the TV station
21:31yet when a figure blocked my way and I
21:33recognized him quickly he was Sebastian's
21:36former assistant Miss Haley this is what
21:38Mr. White instructed me to give you no
21:40matter what he handed me an envelope a bank
21:42card slid out along with a sticky note on the
21:44paper was Sebastian's messy handwriting just
21:47three short words I'm sorry he instructed that if
21:50you ever return to New York I should give
21:51these to you he originally planned to leave
21:53you some company shares but unfortunately
21:55the company went bankrupt and was acquired
21:57leaving only this sum of money I understood
22:01this was everything he could offer now
22:02giving me all his remaining fortune was no
22:05different from cutting open his heart and
22:07offering it to me mr. White also said that
22:09if you really accepted it could you find
22:11time to visit him at the hospital I won't go
22:14take this money and donate it to a charity
22:16in his name then I turned and strode out of the TV
22:19station five years has passed and I had long
22:22since let go of those entanglements of love
22:25and hate I still didn't want to stay long in
22:27New York the first thing after finishing my
22:29business was to buy a ticket sitting on the
22:32train home I leaned back in my seat and let
22:34out a long sigh of relief I looked at my
22:36reflection in the window glass and smiled
22:39with relief Haley happy new life the train
22:42pulled into Portland station at first light I
22:45dragged my suitcase out of the station the
22:46morning wind carried the salt of the sea the
22:49smell of home early the next morning the
22:51director called me into his office Haley that
22:54New York assignment the piece got a good
22:56response thank you director don't thank me
22:59yet I have a new assignment for you the
23:03station wants to make a bay documentary
23:04following the families of heart patients
23:07recording the days they spend waiting for
23:09surgery what's wrong can't take it I can in
23:13fact I'm applying to be the lead director
23:15reasons my father died of heart disease on
23:18this subject no one knows the taste of
23:19waiting better than I do approved the station
23:22will give you our best cameraman
23:25you're Haley Daniel your cameraman a legend
23:28the New York expose please that's all in the
23:31past the past is exactly what lifts people's
23:34spirits equipment's all packed say the word
23:36we roll at the story meeting anniversary gala
23:39special done to death food tour segment no
23:42substance let me pitch one heart screening
23:44rates statewide cardiac screening is down
23:4620 percent from five year years ago
23:48where's the data from the health bureau's
23:50public annual report and you want to do
23:52what with it I want to tell our audience
23:55screening isn't a purchase it's a lifeline
23:58approved Haley's Daniel on camera boss my
24:02first assignment with you and it's the hard
24:03stuff scared of what looking at this man
24:06who smiled like the sun like muck was side I
24:09suddenly felt that winter in Portland wasn't
24:11so cold after all I'm in first shoot was the
24:15cardiology ward of the downtown hospital dr
24:17Miller I'm Haley from Portland TV about this
24:20documentary you're mr. Anderson's daughter you
24:23knew my dad more than just acquaintances five
24:26years ago he was my patient dr Miller could I
24:28steal a little of your time let's talk in the
24:30office by the time your father was brought in his
24:34condition was already critical I heard the
24:36transfer authorization never came through it
24:38didn't I filed three reports before he lost
24:40consciousness did he say anything he did he
24:43kept gripping the nurse's hand repeating two
24:45sentences which two the first was don't tell my
24:48daughter she's away on assignment don't hold up
24:51her work and the second the second was my daughter
24:54is a journalist she'll be here any minute she can
24:57handle anything dr Miller until the very end he was
25:00waiting for me so not waiting long enough to see you was the
25:04only regret of his life but child he left you his trust and
25:07that trust weighs far more than any regret thank you for
25:12telling me this I'm the one who should thank you when this
25:14documentary is finished play it twice for my sake teach those
25:18patients how to turn their days of waiting into days of
25:21reunion this that program of yours it'll really be on television yes
25:28grandma the whole country will see it then could you carry a message to my
25:31son for me of course tell him don't be afraid of the surgery this
25:35grandmother and every family in the state waiting outside an operating room
25:40your words will be delivered that is a promise went back to the TV station
25:44Haley can we use this one we use it original audio not one word gets cut and if
25:50the director objects he can come to me two months later I received a letter the
25:54handwriting on the envelope was one I knew too well Vivian Haley these words
25:58stand in for my face I've been inside for two years now and I've learned many
26:02things learn to wash my own clothes to queue for my meals and learned one word
26:07in particular consequences remember how I humiliated you in public at the
26:12wedding now every month someone comes to the visiting room and humiliates me in
26:16public the very people I once paid to cause that scene they say I'm finished
26:21that there's no more money to squeeze it turns out everything a person does
26:24really does travel full circle and land right back on them wishing your
26:29documentary runaway ratings who's it from if it's garbage I'll bin it for you
26:34the prison Vivian she has the nerve to write to you she wrote the word
26:37consequences in her letter those two words she has finally learned are you
26:41going to reply I am that night I wrote three lines in reply Vivian I've always
26:46kept my guard up from the very beginning as for you your name is already fading
26:50from my memory let's each be well apart Haley producer I dug up a trending topic
26:57from five years ago this apology video from a Vivian is it connected to you we're
27:03eating no current events at the table I'm just curious if you're curious watch
27:08Haley's documentary I've already watched it I just want to know what happened
27:12after what happened after it's all in the film which episode every episode
27:19deep deeply deep less flattery two o'clock pickup shots at cardiology at the end
27:25of March the former assistant turned up outside the Portland TV station Miss Haley
27:29forgive the unannounced visit the donation all handled handled in Mr. White's
27:34name donated to the Children's Heart Foundation as the overseer of record you're
27:38entitled to a copy of the receipt in there is he alright last month he was
27:42transferred to a rehabilitation sanatorium the doctors say he's
27:45recovering better than expected and his parents they don't dare make scenes
27:49anymore last time they showed up at that sanitarium demanding money the doctor
27:53called the police on the spot good Miss Haley the truth is he talks a great
27:57deal now to the nurses to the other patients always about the past the past he
28:03says he had a wife once a journalist who wouldn't fabricate the news even when it
28:07cost her a demotion he says that for those three years he doubted her every
28:11single day yet she never once did anything to wrong him he also says that
28:16the greatest mistake of his life was treating her devotion to him as a debt
28:20she owed him take him a message from me of course tell him we each walk forward
28:24now rest well get well and live the rest of his life clearly that's worth more
28:29than any apology I will there's something I've always wanted to say thank you for the
28:32blow you took for him back then oh one more thing Miss Haley at the sanitarium he
28:37said he wanted to learn something what did you bring him notes written in the
28:41gaps of illness he said he wanted to see how other people made peace with
28:45themselves a very good book you've read it my father read it the year he was
28:49hospitalized the documentary the days of waiting premiered in October on its
28:55first night the ratings cracked the national top three the station's phone lines
28:59were jammed callers signing up for or organ donation registration and heart
29:03screenings Haley screening bookings broke 30,000 30,000 a station record stop
29:11shouting I'm cutting the film cut it later the director says we're entering you
29:15for the year-end media awards in December the day of the awards ceremony
29:19happened to be my father's birthday trophy for best documentary director in hand I
29:24skipped the celebration party and drove instead to the cemetery on the edge of
29:28town director Haley your acceptance speech what are you planning to say just
29:34three sentences that short first thank you to my team especially our cameraman
29:40Daniel 30,000 clips and not one lost and the second thank you to my father he
29:46never saw the finished film but he's in every single frame the third thank you to
29:50every family willing to sit in front of the television and wait for good news
29:54that's almost too plain it's a documentary plain is what makes people believe
29:59the winter cemetery was quiet
30:06dad I'm here happy birthday no cake this year I brought this instead you always used
30:11to ask me what I was in journalism for I could never explain it now I can
30:16what I'm in it for is this someone watched our family's story and went home and called their
30:22parents someone went for a heart ching caught it early and got a whole life back doctor Miller
30:28told me that before you slipped away you kept waiting for me saying I could handle anything
30:33dad I didn't let you down your illness I couldn't hold back but for other people's
30:37fathers I've held on to more than a thousand the trophy stays with you next years I'll bring
30:42another oh and one more thing dad I'm seeing someone that fellow's a cameraman he makes me look
30:48beautiful on film if you could see it you'd say so too he's not like the others he never asks
30:53about
30:53my past he says people live forward dad if only you could meet him
31:00I'm off now dad next time I'll bring Daniel to meet you
31:06Daniel's car was parked at the gate he leaned against the door waiting for me
31:10the party's over the director's face turned green the grave visiting wasn't finished no party matters more
31:15you're hot I figured your stomach's weak so I added milk the warmth climbed from my palm all
31:21the way to my chest how did you know about my stomach three months of shooting every late night
31:26in the edit bay you were rubbing your stomach that's what a cameraman's eyes are for and what
31:30else did those eyes of yours see that today you needed someone to drive you home the car was quiet
31:35the heater on full Haley next spring the station is launching a new investigative program I've put my
31:40name in I want to partner with you just partners partners first whatever comes later can come later
31:45I'm in no rush and I have no wish to test anyone I suddenly remembered how years ago someone
31:52Daniel here I'm divorced I know you're the station's only celebrity hard not to know my ex-husband is in
31:58a psychiatric hospital now I know that too that's not your fault by the way partners or not there's a
32:03rule we settle first name it you are not allowed to jump in front of me why not last time
32:08a equipment
32:09case slid off you lunged to block it and my heart nearly stopped it was about to land on you
32:14even
32:14if it lands on me it's still not your job to block it oh whose job is it then that
32:18would be the
32:19insurance companies partners yes whatever comes later slowly Daniel let me ask you something ask
32:24away with all those people at the station why did you insist on partnering with me because you were
32:29the only one in the whole station who dared say on live broadcast that's a question I can't answer
32:35didn't that cut off people's money that's called having principles
32:38partner with someone who has principles and you can sleep at night is that the only reason
32:42there's one more out with it when you interview people there's a light in your eyes the first
32:48time I saw it I thought how wonderful it would be if that light never went out eyes on the
32:52road
32:52yes ma'am producer another spring came and I was promoted to executive producer of the station's
32:58investigative unit on my first day the first thing I did was post the unit's editorial code on the wall
33:04rule one no idol making no sensationalism no trading on anyone's tears rule two be a decent
33:11person first a journalist second and rule three rule three is the simplest the story may be late
33:17the truth may not be who wrote these rules my father did he's been gone five years the rules stay
33:23in
33:23April a letter came from a heart patients family in Boston they'd watched the program and finally
33:29decided to face the surgery together the letter ended with thank you for putting light into the
33:34days of waiting producer someone's asking for your autograph I'm not a celebrity that family's child
33:39from Boston the surgery was a successful Daniel hands over a drawing he drew his family he said the
33:46extra person is you go find me a picture frame Haley we're on new story funding holes in the
33:55children's welfare homes your partner again dare to take it why wouldn't I dare
34:02producer when the episodes recorded the viewer letter segment at the end which ones do we read
34:07today's arrivals how do we choose handwritten first the people willing to spend time writing
34:13a letter are the ones who most deserve to be heard what if there are over a thousand then we
34:18do a
34:19special episode and read them one by one a whole episode will the station give us the slot
34:24I'll go negotiate it five years ago someone said to me Haley happy new life five years on
34:32I can finally answer a new life is living every day to the full
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