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00:03The third time he was driven home by his female colleague Zoe, there was a lipstick mark on his face.
00:10Don't leave just yet, I have something to talk to you about.
00:13Carter's mother gave him a family ear-oat bracelet.
00:17Why don't you take it along?
00:20Didn't you see the hickey on my face? Why didn't you ask? And why did you give her the bracelet?
00:25That was my mom's gift for her daughter-in-law.
00:27Last time you said it didn't look good on me and that Zoe suited it better.
00:31I'm just making it work for the two of you.
00:33Also, hickeys and the like are your privacy. Your privacy? I won't pry.
00:43Take a shower and get some rest early.
00:46Chloe! We're breaking up!
00:49Okay.
00:50I knew he wasn't used to my calmness.
00:53Just like how I once wasn't used to Carter having close female friends.
00:56But things you're not used to slowly become familiar.
00:59And now I've gotten used to not loving him.
01:02Are you cheating on me?
01:05No.
01:06You are cheating!
01:08This month, you haven't grilled me about my whereabouts,
01:11haven't called me home early when I came home from dinners.
01:15You didn't even prepare hangover soup for me anymore.
01:17Who has all your attention?
01:20You must have someone else!
01:22All your care goes to him, doesn't it?
01:26Have you forgotten?
01:27On the 27th of last month, I found out you sent a selfie to Zoe.
01:31You told me my controlling nature was suffocating you.
01:34My asking about your whereabouts made you feel controlled.
01:37My calling you home made you feel like I was your mother.
01:40The hangover soup at home made you want to vomit.
01:43But...
01:44But it was just a selfie I sent her.
01:47Do you have to make such a scene over this?
01:51I glanced at the time.
01:53It was 10.30.
01:54And I knew I probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
01:56Since that was the case, I might as well talk things through properly.
02:00It wasn't just one photo.
02:02When Carter and I first got together.
02:05Saying smugly,
02:06I'm going to cover this wall with photos of you and me.
02:09When you fight with me, I'll show them to you.
02:12To remind you how good we used to be.
02:14And now it was indeed full.
02:17Filled to the brim.
02:19All photos of Carter and Zoe.
02:21Company team building.
02:23Coincidental meetings at the amusement park.
02:25All kinds of flimsy excuses.
02:28I had been enduring it all along.
02:31As for the photos of Carter and me,
02:33they'd long been thrown away to make room.
02:36Stop making a scene.
02:37Let's just end this here, okay?
02:40Who's making a scene?
02:41It's you who's making a scene!
02:48It was the wedding photo Carter and I took the year we graduated.
02:52Hanging it here, it could easily break.
02:54It'll be fine as long as we don't slam doors.
02:56Are you going to fight with me and slam the door on your way out?
03:01Chloe, put your hand on your heart and tell me.
03:04Are you going to abandon me?
03:06Now, the one slamming the door was him.
03:09And the one abandoning me was also him.
03:12There was no need for me to endure anymore.
03:15I sent Carter a message.
03:16The lease is under my name, so I'm not moving out.
03:20It's too late tonight.
03:21You can move your things tomorrow morning.
03:28Come have some late night snacks.
03:30I knew this was his way of making peace.
03:33He wouldn't say soft words or swallow his pride.
03:35Only, my knee was aching faintly.
03:38Before, Carter and I had fought because Zoe held his hand.
03:43He demanded a breakup and insisted that I kneel down before he'd reconcile with me.
03:50Comparing the two situations, I felt a bit resentful inside.
03:55Don't forget you're moving out tomorrow.
03:57Remember to take the trash with you.
03:59Chloe, are you never going to let this go?
04:02I've already bowed my head.
04:03What more do you want?
04:05You're the one who started this.
04:07And I didn't even get angry at you.
04:10How can you be like this?
04:13What was all of tonight's drama even about?
04:16I even specially bought your favorite grilled lamb stewers.
04:19How could you treat me like this?
04:21I don't eat lamb.
04:22I'm allergic to it.
04:26I must have misrecovered.
04:28I sighed and opened his social media feed.
04:30The day before yesterday, he'd posted
04:32Little Wolf Who Loves Grilled Lamb Skewers
04:35with a photo of Zoe smiling.
04:38Carter, face your own heart.
04:40You don't love me anymore.
04:42The one you love is Zoe.
04:44You've already carved her habits into your heart.
04:46I'd seen what Carter looked like when he loved someone.
04:49In the year our feelings were at their best,
04:51let alone lamb.
04:53Even when buying a wool coat,
04:54he'd worry about whether I was allergic.
04:57Just like now,
04:58he'd turn Zoe's favorances into habits.
05:00Carter put down the skewers
05:02and an unbearable silence filled the air.
05:04I'm going to bed now.
05:06Remember to move out tomorrow.
05:09That lipstick mark was drawn by me.
05:12I just felt like you didn't care about me anymore
05:14and wanted to make you jealous.
05:17Don't be mad.
05:19I'll take you there right now
05:20and the three of us will clear this up.
05:24While waiting at a red light,
05:26I idly opened the vanity mirror
05:28and a note fell out.
05:29Hey, this is my spot.
05:35Zoe was just joking.
05:37I said nothing.
05:38In this car,
05:38I felt like a stranger.
05:40The passenger seat wasn't at the angle I was used to.
05:43The lipstick in the glove box wasn't mine.
05:45The car's fragrance was white peach.
05:48Zoe's favorite.
05:49Even though I paid the down payment on this car,
05:52I still felt we had nothing to do with each other.
05:55Just like Carter,
05:56even though I'd given him ten years,
05:58at this moment,
05:59I understood he no longer loved me.
06:02When we arrived at Zoe's place,
06:05Carter's fingerprint opened the door directly.
06:11Yo, Carter.
06:12Picking up girls this late?
06:13They were Carter and Zoe's other colleagues.
06:16Someone looked me up and down.
06:18My slippers,
06:19my pajamas,
06:20my messy hair.
06:23She's not usually like this.
06:25Understandable.
06:26She looks great after some photo editing.
06:30Carter,
06:30what are you here for?
06:35Nothing.
06:35Having another little get-together?
06:37Carter wants you to explain to me
06:39why you drove him home tonight.
06:43Carter,
06:43can't keep your girlfriend in check?
06:45Yeah,
06:45your girlfriend doesn't even listen to you.
06:47Stop making a scene.
06:49Go home.
06:54Wait for me.
06:55I'll explain.
06:57There are too many people.
07:00Trust me.
07:00I really do love you.
07:03Do you have to say it like that?
07:05I took his phone
07:06and showed him
07:07that it had automatically connected
07:08to Zoe's home Wi-Fi.
07:10Does the vase in the living room look familiar?
07:13I bought it last week
07:14and the next day it was gone.
07:16You said you accidentally broke it.
07:18Did you break it
07:19or give it away?
07:23Carter,
07:23stop torturing each other.
07:25If you want to go back
07:26and pack your things tonight,
07:27go ahead.
07:28If you want to stay here,
07:29that's fine too.
07:31I have nothing more to say to you
07:32and I don't want to hear any explanations.
07:42His colleague poked his head out,
07:44staring at my chest with ill and test
07:46and took a photo with his phone.
07:48Quite a heated scene.
07:50Young people have a lot of firepower.
07:52Understandable.
07:56My eyes burned with tears,
07:58but I couldn't afford to feel wronged.
08:00I hastily fixed my clothes.
08:03See?
08:04Do you believe I love you now?
08:08Carter!
08:09Can you just stop being so damn arrogant?
08:12Do you have to humiliate me
08:13in front of all these people?
08:15Am I really that cheap in your eyes?
08:17What are you doing?
08:18Carter is so good to you.
08:20What right do you have to hit him?
08:24If you don't know how to cherish him,
08:26let him go!
08:28Aren't you the one clinging to him every day?
08:30Last time you even gwet to Carter
08:32just to get back dether.
08:34What?
08:34Now that you got him,
08:35you don't treshins anymore?
08:37You're really wasting all the kindness
08:39Carter shows you.
08:41You told her about that too?
08:43He scrambled to get the ointment,
08:45his eyes full of concern.
08:49How could you be so foolish?
08:51The two of them,
08:52one willing and one eager.
08:53Will you just stop this damn drama?
08:56Haven't we embarrassed ourselves enough tonight?
08:58Do you have to destroy my reputation?
09:08Ice it right away!
09:10Get to the hospital!
09:11But there's only one pack of ice.
09:14Zoe's face needs icing too.
09:15Hers is swollen as well.
09:17I was in too much pain to speak,
09:19only glaring hatefully at Cardi.
09:22Carter looked at me,
09:23pressing his lips together,
09:25hesitation showing in his eyes.
09:27My back felt like it was on fire,
09:29hot and igniting,
09:30making my vision go black in waves.
09:32Carter,
09:33it hurts so much.
09:35Am I going to be disfigured?
09:37Chloe,
09:38the ice is Zoe's.
09:39Her stuff should be used for her first.
09:43It's not that I'm ignoring you.
09:44I'll explain later.
09:45Explain to me later?
09:47He'd been saying explain all night.
09:48But what had he explained?
09:53His heart,
09:54his actions.
09:55What had they ever brought me?
09:59Chloe.
10:00Carter,
10:01I've had enough of you.
10:02To hell with your explanations.
10:04To hell with your later,
10:05you!
10:06Get out of my world!
10:09Don't you dare bully Carter!
10:13Hailed a cab and went straight to the hospital.
10:17Carter,
10:18my face hurts so much.
10:20Am I going to be disfigured?
10:22Carter,
10:23your girlfriend has quite the temper, huh?
10:25You need to tame her.
10:26She bullies Zoe like this now?
10:28Someday,
10:29she might bully your mother like this.
10:34The feeling knobbed at him,
10:36but looking at his colleagues' faces,
10:39he couldn't bring himself to swallow his pride and admit fault.
10:43Who cares about her?
10:44This time,
10:45I'm going to tame her.
10:46If she doesn't bow to me,
10:47I won't care about her at all.
10:49Carter,
10:49that's badass.
10:50Now that's the momentum of a head of the household.
10:54No way.
10:55Chloe would never abandon him.
10:57She must be putting on an act lately.
11:01With that thought,
11:02he felt much more at ease.
11:05Let me take you to the hospital.
11:07Weren't you just saying your face hurt?
11:09Okay.
11:17Nothing serious.
11:18It'll heal in a few days.
11:22I'll prescribe some auntment for you.
11:24Applying it should be enough.
11:26Carter,
11:26will you apply it for me?
11:29He couldn't help thinking about the burn on my back.
11:31He suddenly wanted to ask if I had applied any ointment.
11:34But looking at Zoe in front of him,
11:37he still took the ointment
11:39and carefully applied it.
11:44Carter.
11:48I want to be alone for a bit.
11:51Okay,
11:51I won't bother you.
11:52It's just that my face hurts so much.
11:55Chloe really hits hard.
11:59Chloe?
12:00Could she have violent tendencies?
12:02I saw on the news that people like her
12:03easily become abusive in the future.
12:06She won't.
12:08Chloe has a very good personality.
12:11She was just
12:11pushed to the edge.
12:14Carter recalled the last time he saw me raise my hand.
12:18I was actually easy going in nature.
12:21But I had strong principles.
12:23Once I decided something,
12:24I'd stick to it to the end.
12:27When Carter graduated,
12:29he joined a shady company
12:30and was fired during probation
12:32with zero compensation.
12:34And the termination letter said his workability was inadequate.
12:38After I found out,
12:39I stormed into that company,
12:41argued with the person in charge for an hour,
12:44and got him a new termination letter and a month severance.
12:51Don't be afraid.
12:52From now on,
12:53I'll protect you.
12:54But the two who had once promised to support each other
12:57had now ended up like this.
12:59Carter,
13:00don't let us become enemies.
13:02But how could two people in love become enemies?
13:06But no matter how angry you are,
13:08you shouldn't use your hands.
13:10See,
13:11I would never do that.
13:12Chloe is just too much.
13:13She has such a good boyfriend
13:14and doesn't even cherish him.
13:16Honestly,
13:17Enough.
13:18Zoe.
13:20Zoe,
13:20you go ahead.
13:21I need to be alone.
13:22As Zoe was leaving,
13:23Carter's phone suddenly ran.
13:25Carter picked up his phone and saw it was an alarm.
13:27It read,
13:28Happy 10th anniversary.
13:29Don't forget to prepare an anniversary gift for Chloe.
13:33This year,
13:33it was probably going to be hard to get through.
13:39Carter tentinently sent me a message.
13:42Are you okay?
13:43It failed to send
13:45and a red exclamation mark popped up.
13:47Fairest,
13:48Carter opened my profile to block him.
13:51But the instant he was about to press the button,
13:53he hesitated.
13:54He was very good at blocking me.
13:57Every time they fought,
13:58he'd block me.
13:59But now,
14:00he wasn't sure whether I'd come looking for him
14:03after being blocked.
14:04In other words,
14:05did I really still want him?
14:07His phone rang again.
14:08An unknown number.
14:10Hope rose in Carter's heart.
14:12See?
14:12He'd said I wouldn't abandon him.
14:14But when he answered,
14:15it was the moving company.
14:17Mr. Carter,
14:18your ex-girlfriend had us move your things out.
14:21Where should we put them?
14:22Give us an address.
14:24Hello?
14:25Mr. Carter?
14:26Are you listening?
14:27Where should I put your luggage?
14:29Oak Garden,
14:30Building 3,
14:31Floor 4,
14:32Aft 401.
14:33Thanks for your hard work.
14:35Don't be afraid, Carter.
14:37I'm here.
14:38For now,
14:39why don't you stay at my place?
14:41Let me take care of you.
14:46No, it wouldn't look right.
14:50I'll store my stuff there
14:51and move out tomorrow.
14:53Zoe, you should leave first.
14:57I really need some peace and quiet.
14:58Carter walked out of the hospital.
15:00It was still dark outside,
15:011 a.m.,
15:02exactly when the city's light life
15:04was at its liveliest.
15:05He took a cab to a bar.
15:07Around this time last year,
15:09he met Zoe at the bar.
15:10Somehow,
15:11he later recommended her
15:12for a receptionist position
15:13at his company,
15:14and the two grew closer and closer.
15:16Now,
15:17back at the old place,
15:18he felt differently.
15:19When Carter's buddy Ryan found him,
15:22Carter was already a little drunk.
15:24Why are you drinking so much?
15:27Do you think we still have a chance?
15:29Who?
15:29Zoe?
15:33Then you two have plenty of chances.
15:36Actually,
15:36it was Zoe who asked me to come find you.
15:40Chloe.
15:42Chloe's lost her mind.
15:44She blocked me,
15:45slapped me,
15:45she's ignoring me.
15:46Why does she get to ignore me?
15:49Doesn't she love me the most?
15:51Why?
15:52She hasn't even come to comfort me.
15:55How could she be like this?
15:58If it's about Chloe,
15:59let me say this as your brother.
16:01If you like Zoe,
16:02then break it off with Chloe.
16:03What's the point of dragging her along like this?
16:08You don't even love her anymore,
16:09yet you still want to keep her tied down.
16:12I love her!
16:13I love her the most!
16:15You love her?
16:17You love her,
16:18yet you're still so good to Zoe.
16:21Carter,
16:21love is selfish.
16:23You only want one person,
16:25and you only want to be good to one person.
16:28You better figure out who you really love.
16:30You can't have both.
16:36I love Chloe.
16:38I really do love Chloe.
16:41With Zoe,
16:42it's just a passing fancy,
16:43the thrill of something new.
16:45Ryan said nothing more.
16:47He knew my personality.
16:49If I'd slapped Carter like that,
16:51I was probably ready to cut ties completely.
16:53Carter drank himself dead drunk.
16:55Ryan took out his phone to call me and,
16:58unsurprisingly,
16:59was blocked.
17:02Ryan,
17:03have you picked up Carter?
17:04Bring him to my place.
17:05His stuff is here.
17:07Ryan hesitated for a moment,
17:08but still delivered Carter to Zoe's place.
17:11Zoe,
17:12you might not like what I'm about to say,
17:14but
17:15Carter and Chloe...
17:16Ryan,
17:17I understand everything.
17:18I won't do anything I shouldn't.
17:27then turned and changed into a white dress.
17:30My favorite.
17:32Sprayed on some of the sandalwood perfume I often wore.
17:38Carter.
17:47Why won't you talk to me?
17:50Why don't you love me anymore?
17:53I've waited for you all day,
17:55and you still haven't come to comfort me.
17:58Why?
18:10At noon,
18:11Carter finally woke up.
18:12He opened his eyes,
18:14holding the person in his arms,
18:16about to plant a good morning kiss.
18:21Startled,
18:22he shoved her hard.
18:24She hit the night's hand,
18:25and looked up hazily.
18:27Carter.
18:28What's wrong?
18:29Why is it you?
18:31No!
18:31It should have been Chloe!
18:34How is it you?
18:35Last night,
18:36you were the one who pulled me close.
18:38Carter,
18:39we've already made this mistake.
18:40We might as well keep making it.
18:42You like me too,
18:43don't you?
18:45See,
18:45these are from your kisses last night.
18:50You said I was way more fun than Chloe.
18:53How can you just turn around and deny it?
18:56No!
18:56That's not how it happened!
18:58How could I ever say something like that?
19:01Bury what happened between us deep in your stomach.
19:04From now on,
19:06don't mention it to anyone.
19:08Especially Chloe,
19:09do you understand?
19:12But what if she already knows?
19:14What did you say?
19:17Last night,
19:18I accidentally took a photo and sent it over.
19:20In the photo,
19:21Carter leaned against Zoe's shoulder,
19:23both of them covered in ambiguous red marks.
19:25Who told you to do this?
19:27Are you insane?
19:30Do you want to ruin me?
19:32You vicious woman!
19:36It's over.
19:37Everything's over.
19:39Carter,
19:41in what way am I not good enough for you?
19:43That you treat me like this?
19:44Don't I love you?
19:46Aren't I good to you?
19:47Yet all you see is Chloe!
19:49What right do you have to treat me like this?
19:51Why would I love you?
19:53Zoe,
19:54who do you think you are?
19:55I only recommended you into my company back then,
19:58because I felt sorry for you.
20:00Do you really think I could fancy trash like you?
20:03Think about it yourself.
20:05Besides what you schemed,
20:06the closest we ever got was holding hands,
20:09wasn't it?
20:10Do you know what use you are to me?
20:12Your only use is to make Chloe jealous
20:15and make Chloe bow down to me.
20:18Me?
20:19I look down on you!
20:29Zoe sat where she was,
20:31dazed for a moment,
20:32then suddenly let out a cold laugh.
20:34She took a bottle of pills from the nightstand
20:36and swallowed some.
20:39They were the immunity medication
20:41AIDS patients take daily
20:42to manage their condition.
20:45After leaving Zoe's place,
20:46Carter wandered aimlessly down the street.
20:49His mind was a mess.
20:51No matter how recklessly he'd acted this past year,
20:54his trump card for believing I'd forgive him
20:56was that he'd never actually slept with Zoe.
20:58But now,
20:59he grabbed his hair,
21:00completely plunged into despair.
21:05Before he knew it,
21:07he'd walked back to the building where I lived.
21:11After hesitating for a long time,
21:13he still went upstairs.
21:16On the first day,
21:17he didn't wait for me.
21:18He sat all day until late at night.
21:20The second day,
21:21the third day,
21:21he kept sitting at my door waiting.
21:23Until a week later,
21:24when I was ditched from the Osman
21:25after my burns healed,
21:27I saw Carter at the door,
21:28still waiting.
21:32Chloe!
21:34What are you doing here?
21:36I've come to make peace.
21:38I was too overbearing before.
21:41I shouldn't have treated you that way.
21:44I shouldn't have been so self-righteous.
21:46I know I was wrong about everything.
21:52I know I shouldn't have gotten so close to Zoe,
21:55and I shouldn't have shoved you that day.
21:58Let me come back, please.
22:02I'll change everything.
22:03I won't throw tantrums anymore,
22:05and I'll never fight with you again.
22:07I know you've always held a grudge
22:09about how I forced you to kneel back then.
22:12So today,
22:13let me kneel to you, okay?
22:15Please!
22:16As long as you agree to let me come back,
22:18I'll do anything!
22:19A week of waiting,
22:20a week of silence from me,
22:22finally made Cardi fully realize
22:24that I truly meant to sever ties with him completely.
22:26I truly wanted him out of my world.
22:30Carter, do you think that by kneeling,
22:32you've repaid all the humiliation you put me through?
22:37That you owe me nothing now?
22:39And that I'm obligated to forgive you?
22:42That's not what I mean.
22:43But even as he said it wasn't what he meant,
22:46the defiance in his eyes was plain to see.
22:49I understood.
22:50He would never change.
22:52Even if he bowed his head and admitted fault now,
22:55it was only temporary.
22:57One's nature can't be changed.
23:01Chloe,
23:03I was wrong.
23:04Just let me in, please.
23:07Let go!
23:09I won't.
23:13Trespassing can get you locked up, you know?
23:15Don't get tangled up with him.
23:16It turns my stomach.
23:21Your taste isn't great.
23:23Let go of me,
23:24or I'll call the police!
23:27Go ahead.
23:29When the police arrive,
23:30I'll ask them what they think of your little trespassing act.
23:36You wait!
23:37I told you to wait
23:38and go upstairs with me.
23:40See?
23:40You ran into trouble.
23:42Matthew was a friend I'd grown up with.
23:44Later,
23:45when we went to college,
23:46everyone got their own lives
23:48and gradually drifted apart.
23:52Eat these veggies and meat
23:53over the next couple of days.
23:55When they're gone,
23:56I'll bring more.
23:57With that wound,
23:58you shouldn't be lifting anything heavy.
24:04Does it hurt a lot?
24:05It doesn't hurt.
24:08I've wanted to break up with him for a long time.
24:11I just never had the chance.
24:21You've been putting off the breakup for three months.
24:25Is this the chance you were talking about?
24:27I originally wanted to give him one last chance.
24:30I was scoring him.
24:31Once he hit zero,
24:33I'd leave him.
24:34But when he was still at 50,
24:35I couldn't help fudging the numbers for him.
24:37But even with the fudge numbers,
24:39the score still ran out.
24:43Tears fell.
24:44Harder and harder.
24:46As if to pour out
24:47all the suppressed grievance
24:49and pain of these days at once.
24:51After a long while,
24:53I finally calmed down.
24:54Matthew wiped my tears
24:55and comforted me.
24:56It's okay.
24:58It's all in the past.
25:00Really, it's all over.
25:02From now on,
25:04everything will be fine.
25:06From now on,
25:06everything will be fine.
25:09Carter had truly rolled out of my world.
25:12Um, Chloe,
25:13I need to tell you something.
25:14Brace yourself.
25:16Carter was diagnosed with AEDs.
25:18Maybe you should come to the hospital
25:20and get checked too?
25:23What's wrong?
25:24Why do you look like that?
25:29Carter was diagnosed with AIDS.
25:33I need to go to the hospital
25:34and get tested.
25:36No, no, no.
25:36You should check.
25:37I passed it.
25:38Don't come near me.
25:39Don't come near me.
25:41What am I going to do?
25:45At this moment,
25:46I truly didn't know what to do.
25:53Don't be afraid.
25:55I'm here.
25:56He took me to the state CDC.
25:58Carter sat on a bench in the hallway,
26:00his face ashen,
26:01with Ryan sitting at the other end of the bench.
26:04I asked Carter.
26:07The risky behavior
26:09was probably that time with Zoe.
26:14Zoe is confirmed to have AEDs.
26:16Carter said he never engaged in risky behavior
26:19before breaking up with you,
26:20but with this kind of thing,
26:22you never know.
26:23You should get tested.
26:25The weight in my heart lifted a little,
26:27and I went in for the test.
26:28While waiting for the results,
26:31Carter stood before me and grunted out.
26:33I'm sorry.
26:36I really didn't mean for this.
26:39That night was an accident.
26:41I never expected this to happen.
26:43You didn't expect it?
26:45You thought the bar girl you met
26:47was perfectly clean,
26:48and you didn't expect it?
26:51Carter, please.
26:55For the sake of what we once had,
26:57can you stay far away from me?
27:01I'm really, truly afraid of you now.
27:03I don't have the strength to keep tangling with you.
27:06Leave my life, okay?
27:08Hearing these words,
27:09Carter seemed to age a dozen years in an instant.
27:13Okay.
27:14The moment the test results came out,
27:16I felt all the blood rush to my head.
27:19The instant I confirmed I wasn't infected,
27:21my body went limp,
27:22and I collapsed into Matthew's arms.
27:25I'm fine.
27:26You're fine.
27:27Thank God you're fine.
27:30Carter watched us quietly.
27:32By the time Matthew and I finished celebrating and looked over,
27:36he was already gone.
27:38From then on,
27:39I never heard news of him again.
27:43Until three years later,
27:45when Matthew and I were about to walk down the aisle.
27:48Um, Chloe,
27:49would you be able to come to Carter's funeral?
27:52Ryan told me that after his diagnosis,
27:54Carter's life went downhill.
27:56He lost his job,
27:57and his family shut him out.
27:58With nowhere else to go,
28:00he could only cling to Zoe,
28:02resenting her for giving him AIDS
28:03and making him suffer so much.
28:05But Zoe wasn't easy to deal with, either.
28:08In the end,
28:09the two fought every few days
28:10and came to bloat every week.
28:12That day,
28:13Carter came home from collecting scrap,
28:15and seeing Zoe putting on makeup in front of the mirror,
28:18his resentment exploded.
28:19He attacked Zoe,
28:21but unexpectedly,
28:22she fought back
28:22and beat him into critical condition.
28:25Zoe was sentenced to life in prison,
28:26and Carter failed to be resuscitated.
28:29Ryan, don't contact me anymore from now on.
28:33This whole thing turns my stomach.
28:36Ryan fell silent awkwardly,
28:38apologizing repeatedly.
28:41What's wrong?
28:42You look pale.
28:45Heard some upsetting things,
28:46but it's handled.
28:47Have you decided
28:49where we'll take our wedding photos?
28:51Sunlight streamed in,
28:52filling the room with warmth and light.
28:55The shadows of the past
28:57had drifted far away from us,
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