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00:00:00My husband's best friend since childhood, Vanessa Brooks, claimed to be severely nearsighted.

00:00:04At dinner with a group of friends, she dropped straight into my husband's lap.

00:00:07Oh my god, Claire, I'm so sorry.

00:00:09My eyesight is terrible.

00:00:11I honestly thought the chair was empty.

00:00:12The $150,000 wedding gown I had chosen was shredded while I was away.

00:00:17When I confronted her,

00:00:18Claire, I can barely tell clothes apart without my contacts.

00:00:21It was white, so I thought it was one of the new cleaning rags.

00:00:24Her severe nearsightedness became an all-purpose excuse in my husband's bed.

00:00:30Then, when I was nine months pregnant and rolling on the floor in agony,

00:00:33I called Ethan for help.

00:00:34Vanessa secretly ended the call.

00:00:36Oops, I couldn't read the caller, Sidi.

00:00:38I thought it was a telemarketer.

00:00:39I bled to death before anyone came.

00:00:41My baby died with me.

00:00:42When I opened my eyes again,

00:00:44I was back at the dinner where Vanessa had sat on Ethan's lap.

00:00:46She was still cooing.

00:00:47I really thought nobody was sitting there.

00:00:49I picked up the cup of scalding hot tea beside me

00:00:52and threw it in her face without hesitation.

00:00:54Oh, I'm so sorry.

00:00:56I was just diagnosed with early offset Parkinson's.

00:00:59I can't control my hands.

00:01:00You don't mind, do you?

00:01:03The scalding tea splashed across Vanessa's chest.

00:01:07Claire Bennett, have you lost your mind?

00:01:09Vanessa made an innocent mistake because she couldn't see

00:01:11and you threw boiling water on her!

00:01:14I told you.

00:01:15I have Parkinson's.

00:01:16My hands shake.

00:01:17I can't control them.

00:01:21Claire, I know you don't like me,

00:01:23but I really am severely nearsighted.

00:01:25I forgot my contacts, so I sat in the wrong place.

00:01:28If you don't want me here, I'll leave.

00:01:30Claire, you're being ridiculously petty.

00:01:31Vanessa and Ethan have known each other since kindergarten,

00:01:33so she sat on his lap for one second.

00:01:35Who cares?

00:01:36Her prescription is minus eight.

00:01:38She didn't do it on purpose.

00:01:40And now you're pretending to have Parkinson's?

00:01:42You're barely 30.

00:01:43Who do you expect to believe that?

00:01:44I grabbed the platter of spicy shrimp pasta that had just arrived.

00:01:47I dumped the whole thing,

00:01:48creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:01:50over the man who had just spoken.

00:01:51Oops.

00:01:52My hand shook again.

00:01:54He stared at his ruined $15,000 suit,

00:01:56then jumped up cursing

00:01:57as he desperately brushed chilies and peppercorns off the fabric.

00:02:00The room went silent.

00:02:02Are you finished?

00:02:03Apologize to Vanessa and Derek right now!

00:02:06I slapped him across your face.

00:02:08Tremor.

00:02:09Couldn't help it.

00:02:10Ethan covered his cheek and stared at me in disbelief.

00:02:13Ethan, please don't blame Claire.

00:02:15This is all my fault.

00:02:17If I were completely blind,

00:02:18I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:02:19and the two of you wouldn't fight because of me.

00:02:22If you're that blind,

00:02:23I'll take you to an ophthalmologist right now.

00:02:25Ethan, you can take me to neurology.

00:02:27My Parkinson's clearly needs immediate treatment.

00:02:29Claire, don't push it.

00:02:30I pulled out my phone and called 911.

00:02:33Hi, we're in the private dining room at the Wellington.

00:02:36One person has been scalded,

00:02:37another is hyperventilating over a ruined suit,

00:02:39and we have a visually impaired woman

00:02:40who apparently can't tell a grown man from an empty chair.

00:02:43We need an ambulance.

00:02:46I ended the call, pulled out my chair, and sat down.

00:02:49The ambulance took Vanessa to a hospital downtown.

00:02:52Ethan rode with her.

00:02:53The rest of us followed.

00:02:54At the emergency room, I complained about my tremors

00:02:56until a neurology resident evaluated me

00:02:58and ordered follow-up testing.

00:03:00Once the burn team dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:03:02I carried my paperwork to the hospital's urgent eye clinic.

00:03:04Vanessa was leaning against Ethan,

00:03:06whimpering about the burn.

00:03:07I walked over and yanked her out of his arms.

00:03:10Doctor, fit her with the thickest glasses

00:03:12her actual prescription requires

00:03:13and make the frames impossible to miss.

00:03:16Her myopia is significant,

00:03:17but modern high-index lenses can correct it

00:03:19without being unusually thick.

00:03:21She mistook a six-foot man for an empty chair

00:03:23and sat down on him.

00:03:25If the prescription isn't the problem,

00:03:26then perhaps we should discuss

00:03:27why she keeps behaving as if she's blind.

00:03:29I won't wear glasses!

00:03:30They make me look hideous!

00:03:31Ethan, help me!

00:03:32That's enough, Claire.

00:03:34Vanessa cares about her appearance,

00:03:35so she normally wears contacts.

00:03:37She just forgot them today.

00:03:38I pulled a bottle of industrial-strength superglue.

00:03:40You don't want glasses?

00:03:42Fine.

00:03:43I'll glue the connex to your eyeballs,

00:03:44then you'll never forget them again.

00:03:46No!

00:03:47You're insane!

00:03:51Parkinson's.

00:03:52Nothing I can do.

00:03:53Ethan shook with rage.

00:03:54He tore off the expensive jacket

00:03:55and threw it in the trash.

00:03:57Use her real prescription.

00:03:58Put it in thick black frames

00:04:00and make sure she leaves with them on.

00:04:01If she walks out unable to identify furniture,

00:04:03I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:04:06The doctor looked exhausted.

00:04:08But the prescription itself was medically appropriate.

00:04:10He sent us to the optical shop across the lobby

00:04:12for temporary lenses and heavy black frames.

00:04:15Half an hour later,

00:04:16the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:04:17She looked in the mirror and burst into tears.

00:04:20I walked over and slacked the remaining superglue

00:04:22onto the counter.

00:04:23If you take those glasses off,

00:04:25I'll glue them to the bridge of your nose.

00:04:26Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:04:28She was too frightened even to cry out loud.

00:04:30When we got home,

00:04:31I locked Ethan outside.

00:04:32He pounded on the door.

00:04:34Claire!

00:04:35Open this door!

00:04:35I don't feel right leaving Vanessa alone at a hotel.

00:04:38She can't see.

00:04:40I need to grab some things

00:04:41and go take care of her!

00:04:44Go ahead.

00:04:46But if you leave,

00:04:47don't come back.

00:04:48The hallway went quiet.

00:04:50I knew Ethan would not dare walk away.

00:04:51My father's family trust had provided the seed money

00:04:54for Ethan's company

00:04:55and still controlled its main line of credit.

00:04:57With me taking this hard a line,

00:04:58Ethan knew that if he openly turned against me,

00:05:00the trust could freeze his financing by morning.

00:05:02The next day,

00:05:03I had the locks changed before I went to work.

00:05:05I came home early that afternoon.

00:05:07The moment I opened the door,

00:05:08I saw Vanessa wandering around my living room

00:05:10in an oversized white garment,

00:05:11her bare legs on full display.

00:05:13The thick glasses were gone.

00:05:14As soon as she saw me,

00:05:15she arranged her face into a look of panic.

00:05:18Claire, please don't misunderstand.

00:05:19I couldn't see and I thought this was mine.

00:05:21I studied what she was wearing.

00:05:22It was a limited edition silk couture dress

00:05:24that had cost me $15,000.

00:05:26I had deliberately hung it in Ethan's closet.

00:05:28Not only had she put it on,

00:05:30but she had cut the hem short.

00:05:31I crossed the room and slapped her.

00:05:33Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:05:35Claire!

00:05:35What gives you the right to hit me?

00:05:37I pointed at the dress.

00:05:40Your eyes don't work?

00:05:41And neither do your hands?

00:05:43That's a limited edition couture dress.

00:05:44How did you mistake it for a man's shirt?

00:05:46She held her cheek,

00:05:47her eyes swimming with tears.

00:05:48I honestly couldn't tell.

00:05:50The cut looked like something Ethan would wear.

00:05:52I nodded.

00:05:53Fine.

00:05:53The bedroom door stood wide open.

00:05:55You couldn't tell.

00:05:56Then what were you doing in the primary bedroom?

00:05:58My bed was a wreck

00:05:59and there was a damp stain on the sheets.

00:06:01I pulled her over to see her masterpiece.

00:06:04I was exhausted.

00:06:06The hallway was blurry

00:06:07and I opened the wrong door.

00:06:11Don't be mad, Claire.

00:06:14I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:06:15I turned toward the kitchen,

00:06:17summoned my Parkinson's,

00:06:18and came back with a chef's knife

00:06:19trembling in my hand.

00:06:21Vanessa screamed and scrambled

00:06:22toward the front door.

00:06:23She dropped to the floor.

00:06:26Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:06:27let me improve the design for you.

00:06:29The blade flashed down

00:06:31and sliced through the back of the dress.

00:06:32Vanessa shrieked and covered her chest.

00:06:34I dragged her into the hallway

00:06:35and threw her out.

00:06:37Get out.

00:06:38She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:06:40barely covered by torn silk.

00:06:41I shut the door.

00:06:42When Ethan came home that night,

00:06:43he found Vanessa shivering in the hallway,

00:06:45wrapped in an old coat

00:06:46borrowed from a neighbor.

00:06:47He stormed into the apartment

00:06:48and pointed in my face.

00:06:50Claire Bennett,

00:06:51you're vicious.

00:06:52Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:06:54and put on the wrong clothes,

00:06:55so you threw her out half naked?

00:06:57How is she supposed to face anyone after this?

00:06:59I sat on the couch,

00:07:00filing my nails.

00:07:01She's severely nearsighted, isn't she?

00:07:03Even if people stare at her,

00:07:04she can't see them.

00:07:05What's the problem?

00:07:06Ethan grabbed a glass from the table

00:07:08and hurled it to the floor.

00:07:09You will apologize to Vanessa

00:07:11and you will let her stay here.

00:07:13I sat down the nail file and stood.

00:07:17Did you forget who paid for this apartment?

00:07:19I bought it before we married

00:07:21and my name is the only one on the deed.

00:07:23It's my separate property.

00:07:24I decide who stays and who goes.

00:07:26You don't get a vote.

00:07:27Ethan's face darkened.

00:07:29I'm your husband.

00:07:30I have every right to decide

00:07:32who lives in our home.

00:07:34Say one more word

00:07:35and you'll be homeless too.

00:07:37His jaw tightened,

00:07:38but he said nothing.

00:07:39He turned around,

00:07:40led Vanessa away

00:07:40and checked them both into a hotel.

00:07:42Vanessa disappeared for the next few days.

00:07:44I knew she was not finished.

00:07:45In my first life,

00:07:46this was when she destroyed

00:07:47the $150,000 wedding gown

00:07:49I had chosen for our ceremony.

00:07:51Our wedding celebration

00:07:52was scheduled for the following month.

00:07:54This time,

00:07:54I had the real gown placed

00:07:55in a secure vault.

00:07:56Then I bought a flimsy white bridal dress

00:07:58for $20 at a thrift store.

00:08:00I put it together

00:08:00with Ethan's most treasured possession,

00:08:02a rare signed jersey

00:08:03that had cost him $45,000 at auction.

00:08:05I sealed both inside

00:08:06an expensive opaque garment bag

00:08:08and hung it where my gown had been.

00:08:09I coated the inside of the bag

00:08:11and both garments

00:08:11with extra strength itching powder

00:08:13from a novelty supplier.

00:08:14That weekend,

00:08:15Ethan used the excuse

00:08:16of picking up some files

00:08:17to bring Vanessa home.

00:08:18I pretended to leave

00:08:19for a shopping trip,

00:08:20then hid in a blind spot

00:08:21in the stairwell.

00:08:22My phone was connected

00:08:23to the cameras inside the apartment.

00:08:24On the screen,

00:08:25Vanessa watched me leave

00:08:26and immediately slipped

00:08:27into the guest room.

00:08:28To make sure she ruined

00:08:29the gown completely,

00:08:30she closed her eyes

00:08:30and began cutting

00:08:31and tearing through the garment bag.

00:08:33The cheap white fabric

00:08:34shredded easily.

00:08:34She was enjoying herself so much

00:08:36that she never noticed

00:08:37the blue jersey being cut

00:08:38into strips along with it.

00:08:39The powder coated

00:08:40her hands and clothes.

00:08:41Once she finished,

00:08:42she hurried out of the room

00:08:43with guilt written

00:08:43all over her face.

00:08:44Within minutes,

00:08:45she began squirming

00:08:46and scratching her arms and neck.

00:08:47I took my time

00:08:48opening the front door.

00:08:50My husband's best friend

00:08:51since childhood,

00:08:52Vanessa Brooks,

00:08:53claimed to be severely nearsighted.

00:08:55At dinner with a group of friends,

00:08:56she dropped straight

00:08:57into my husband's lap.

00:08:58Oh my God, Claire,

00:08:59I'm so sorry.

00:09:00My eyesight is terrible.

00:09:01I honestly thought

00:09:02the chair was empty.

00:09:03The $150,000 wedding gown

00:09:05I had chosen

00:09:06was shredded

00:09:06while I was away.

00:09:07When I confronted her,

00:09:08Claire,

00:09:09I can barely tell clothes apart

00:09:11without my contacts.

00:09:12It was white,

00:09:12so I thought it was

00:09:13one of the new cleaning rags.

00:09:15Her severe nearsightedness

00:09:17became an all-purpose excuse

00:09:18in my husband's bed.

00:09:20Then,

00:09:20when I was nine months pregnant

00:09:22and rolling on the floor

00:09:23in agony,

00:09:23I called Ethan for help.

00:09:25Vanessa secretly

00:09:25ended the call.

00:09:26Oops.

00:09:27I couldn't read the caller,

00:09:28Sidi.

00:09:28I thought it was a telemarketer.

00:09:30I bled to death

00:09:30before anyone came.

00:09:31My baby died with me.

00:09:33When I opened my eyes again,

00:09:34I was back at the dinner

00:09:35where Vanessa had sat

00:09:36on Ethan's lap.

00:09:37She was still cooing.

00:09:38I really thought

00:09:39nobody was sitting there.

00:09:40I picked up the cup

00:09:41of scalding hot tea beside me

00:09:42and threw it in her face

00:09:43without hesitation.

00:09:45Oh,

00:09:45I'm so sorry.

00:09:47I was just diagnosed

00:09:48with early offset Parkinson's.

00:09:50I can't control my hands.

00:09:51You don't mind,

00:09:52do you?

00:09:54The scalding tea

00:09:55splashed across Vanessa's chest.

00:09:57Claire Bennett,

00:09:58have you lost your mind?

00:09:59Vanessa made an innocent mistake

00:10:01because she couldn't see

00:10:02and you threw boiling water

00:10:03on her!

00:10:04I told you.

00:10:05I have Parkinson's.

00:10:07My hands shake.

00:10:08I can't control them.

00:10:12Claire,

00:10:12I know you don't like me,

00:10:13but I really am

00:10:14severely nearsighted.

00:10:15I forgot my contacts

00:10:17so I sat in the wrong place.

00:10:18If you don't want me here,

00:10:19I'll leave.

00:10:20Claire,

00:10:20you're being ridiculously petty.

00:10:22Vanessa and Ethan

00:10:23have known each other

00:10:23since kindergarten

00:10:24so she sat on his lap

00:10:25for one second.

00:10:26Who cares?

00:10:27Her prescription

00:10:28is minus eight.

00:10:29She didn't do it on purpose.

00:10:31And now you're pretending

00:10:32to have Parkinson's?

00:10:33You're barely 30.

00:10:34Who do you expect

00:10:34to believe that?

00:10:35I grabbed the platter

00:10:36of spicy shrimp pasta

00:10:37that had just arrived.

00:10:38I dumped the whole thing,

00:10:39creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:10:41over the man

00:10:41who had just spoken.

00:10:42Oops.

00:10:43My hand shook again.

00:10:44He stared at his ruined

00:10:45$15,000 suit,

00:10:46then jumped up cursing

00:10:47as he desperately brushed

00:10:49chilies and peppercorns

00:10:50off the fabric.

00:10:51The room went silent.

00:10:52Are you finished?

00:10:54Apologize to Vanessa

00:10:55and Derek right now!

00:10:56I slapped him

00:10:57across the face.

00:10:59Tremor.

00:11:00Couldn't help it.

00:11:01Ethan covered his cheek

00:11:02and stared at me

00:11:03in disbelief.

00:11:04Ethan,

00:11:05please don't blame Claire.

00:11:06This is all my fault.

00:11:07If I were completely blind,

00:11:09I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:11:10and the two of you

00:11:10wouldn't fight because of me.

00:11:12If you're that blind,

00:11:13I'll take you

00:11:14to an ophthalmologist

00:11:14right now.

00:11:16Ethan,

00:11:16you can take me

00:11:16to neurology.

00:11:17My Parkinson's

00:11:18clearly needs

00:11:19immediate treatment.

00:11:20Claire,

00:11:20don't push it.

00:11:21I pulled out my phone

00:11:22and called 911.

00:11:24Hi,

00:11:24we're in the private

00:11:25dining room

00:11:25at the Wellington.

00:11:26One person has been scalded,

00:11:28another is hyperventilating

00:11:29over a ruined suit,

00:11:29and we have a visually

00:11:30impaired woman

00:11:31who apparently can't tell

00:11:32a grown man

00:11:33from an empty chair.

00:11:34We need an ambulance.

00:11:37I ended the call,

00:11:38pulled out my chair,

00:11:39and sat down.

00:11:40The ambulance took Vanessa

00:11:41to a hospital downtown.

00:11:43Ethan rode with her.

00:11:44The rest of us followed.

00:11:45At the emergency room,

00:11:46I complained about my tremors

00:11:47until a neurology resident

00:11:48evaluated me

00:11:49and ordered follow-up testing.

00:11:50Once the burn team

00:11:51dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:11:52I carried my paperwork

00:11:53to the hospital's

00:11:54urgent eye clinic.

00:11:55Vanessa was leaning

00:11:56against Ethan,

00:11:57whimpering about the burn.

00:11:58I walked over

00:11:59and yanked her

00:11:59out of his arms.

00:12:01Doctor,

00:12:01fit her with the thickest glasses

00:12:02her actual prescription requires

00:12:04and make the frames

00:12:05impossible to miss.

00:12:06Her myopia is significant,

00:12:08but modern high-index lenses

00:12:09can correct it

00:12:10without being unusually thick.

00:12:12She mistook a six-foot man

00:12:13for an empty chair

00:12:14and sat down on him.

00:12:15If the prescription

00:12:16isn't the problem,

00:12:17then perhaps we should discuss

00:12:18why she keeps behaving

00:12:19as if she's blind.

00:12:20I won't wear glasses!

00:12:21They make me look hideous!

00:12:22Ethan, help me!

00:12:23That's enough, Claire.

00:12:24Vanessa cares about her appearance,

00:12:26so she normally wears contacts.

00:12:27She just forgot them today.

00:12:28I pulled a bottle

00:12:29of industrial-strength

00:12:30super glue.

00:12:30You don't want glasses?

00:12:32Fine.

00:12:33I'll glue the connex

00:12:34to your eyeballs,

00:12:35then you'll never forget them again.

00:12:36No!

00:12:38You're insane!

00:12:42Parkinson's.

00:12:42Nothing I can do.

00:12:43Ethan shook with rage.

00:12:45He tore off the expensive jacket

00:12:46and threw it in the trash.

00:12:47Use her real prescription.

00:12:49Put it in thick black frames

00:12:50and make sure she leaves

00:12:51with them on.

00:12:52If she walks out

00:12:53unable to identify furniture,

00:12:54I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:12:57The doctor looked exhausted,

00:12:58but the prescription itself

00:12:59was medically appropriate.

00:13:01He sent us to the optical shop

00:13:02across the lobby

00:13:03for temporary lenses

00:13:04and heavy black frames.

00:13:05Half an hour later,

00:13:06the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:13:08She looked in the mirror

00:13:09and burst into tears.

00:13:10I walked over

00:13:11and slacked the remaining

00:13:12super glue onto the counter.

00:13:13If you take those glasses off,

00:13:15I'll glue them

00:13:16to the bridge of your nose.

00:13:17Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:13:18She was too frightened

00:13:19even to cry out loud.

00:13:21When we got home,

00:13:22I locked Ethan outside.

00:13:23He pounded on the door.

00:13:24Claire!

00:13:25Open this door!

00:13:26I don't feel right

00:13:27leaving Vanessa alone at a hotel.

00:13:29She can't see.

00:13:31I need to grab some things

00:13:32and go take care of her.

00:13:34Go ahead.

00:13:36But if you leave,

00:13:38don't come back.

00:13:39The hallway went quiet.

00:13:40I knew Ethan

00:13:41would not dare walk away.

00:13:42My father's family trust

00:13:43had provided the seed money

00:13:44for Ethan's company

00:13:45and still controlled

00:13:46its main line of credit.

00:13:47With me taking this hard a line,

00:13:49Ethan knew that

00:13:49if he openly turned against me,

00:13:51the trust could freeze

00:13:51his financing by morning.

00:13:53The next day,

00:13:53I had the locks changed

00:13:54before I went to work.

00:13:56I came home early

00:13:56that afternoon.

00:13:57The moment I opened the door,

00:13:58I saw Vanessa wandering

00:13:59around my living room

00:14:00in an oversized white garment,

00:14:02her bare legs on full display.

00:14:03The thick glasses were gone.

00:14:05As soon as she saw me,

00:14:06she arranged her face

00:14:07into a look of panic.

00:14:08Claire,

00:14:08please don't misunderstand.

00:14:09I couldn't see

00:14:10and I thought this was mine.

00:14:11I studied what she was wearing.

00:14:13It was a limited edition

00:14:14silk couture dress

00:14:15that had cost me $15,000.

00:14:17I had deliberately hung it

00:14:18in Ethan's closet.

00:14:19Not only had she put it on,

00:14:20but she had cut the hem short.

00:14:21I crossed the room

00:14:22and slapped her.

00:14:23Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:14:25Claire!

00:14:26What gives you the right

00:14:27to hit me?

00:14:28I pointed at the dress.

00:14:31Your eyes don't work

00:14:32and neither do your hands.

00:14:33That's a limited edition

00:14:34couture dress.

00:14:35How did you mistake it

00:14:35for a man's shirt?

00:14:36She held her cheek,

00:14:37her eyes swimming with tears.

00:14:39I honestly couldn't tell.

00:14:41The cut looked like

00:14:41something Ethan would wear.

00:14:42I nodded.

00:14:43Fine.

00:14:44The bedroom door

00:14:44stood wide open.

00:14:45You couldn't tell.

00:14:46Then what were you doing

00:14:47in the primary bedroom?

00:14:48My bed was a wreck

00:14:49and there was a damp stain

00:14:50on the sheets.

00:14:51I pulled her over

00:14:52to see her masterpiece.

00:14:54I was exhausted.

00:14:56The hallway was blurry

00:14:58and I opened the wrong door.

00:15:01Don't be mad, Claire.

00:15:04I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:15:06I turned toward the kitchen,

00:15:07summoned my Parkinson's,

00:15:09and came back

00:15:09with a chef's knife

00:15:10trembling in my hand.

00:15:11Vanessa screamed

00:15:12and scrambled toward

00:15:13the front door.

00:15:14She dropped to the floor.

00:15:16Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:15:18let me improve the design for you.

00:15:20The blade flashed down

00:15:21and sliced through

00:15:22the back of the dress.

00:15:23Vanessa shrieked

00:15:24and covered her chest.

00:15:25I dragged her into the hallway

00:15:26and threw her out.

00:15:28Get out.

00:15:29She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:15:30barely covered by torn silk.

00:15:32I shut the door.

00:15:32When Ethan came home that night,

00:15:34he found Vanessa

00:15:35shivering in the hallway,

00:15:36wrapped in an old coat

00:15:37borrowed from a neighbor.

00:15:38He stormed into the apartment

00:15:39and pointed in my face.

00:15:40Claire Bennett,

00:15:41you're vicious.

00:15:43Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:15:44and put on the wrong clothes,

00:15:45so you threw her out

00:15:46half naked?

00:15:47How is she supposed

00:15:48to face anyone after this?

00:15:50I sat on the couch,

00:15:51filing my nails.

00:15:52She's severely nearsighted,

00:15:53isn't she?

00:15:54Even if people stare at her,

00:15:55she can't see them.

00:15:56What's the problem?

00:15:57Ethan grabbed a glass

00:15:58from the table

00:15:58and hurled it in the floor.

00:16:00You will apologize to Vanessa

00:16:02and you will let her stay here.

00:16:03I sat down the nail file

00:16:04and stood.

00:16:08Did you forget

00:16:09who paid for this apartment?

00:16:10I bought it before we married

00:16:11and my name is the only one

00:16:13on the deed.

00:16:13It's my separate property.

00:16:15I decide who stays

00:16:16and who goes.

00:16:16You don't get a vote.

00:16:17Ethan's face darkened.

00:16:19I'm your husband.

00:16:21I have every right to decide

00:16:22who lives in our home.

00:16:25Say one more word

00:16:26and you'll be homeless too.

00:16:27His jaw tightened,

00:16:28but he said nothing.

00:16:29He turned around,

00:16:30led Vanessa away

00:16:31and checked them both

00:16:32into a hotel.

00:16:33Vanessa disappeared

00:16:33for the next few days.

00:16:35I knew she was not finished.

00:16:36In my first life,

00:16:37this was when she destroyed

00:16:38the $150,000 wedding gown

00:16:40I had chosen for our ceremony.

00:16:41Our wedding celebration

00:16:42was scheduled

00:16:43for the following month.

00:16:44This time,

00:16:45I had the real gown

00:16:46placed in a secure vault.

00:16:47Then I bought a flimsy

00:16:48white bridal dress

00:16:48for $20 at a thrift store.

00:16:50I put it together

00:16:51with Ethan's most treasured possession,

00:16:52a rare signed jersey

00:16:53that had cost him

00:16:54$45,000 at auction.

00:16:56I sealed both inside

00:16:57an expensive opaque garment bag

00:16:58and hung it

00:16:59where my gown had been.

00:17:00I coated the inside

00:17:01of the bag

00:17:01and both garments

00:17:02with extra strength

00:17:03itching powder

00:17:03from a novelty supplier.

00:17:05That weekend,

00:17:06Ethan used the excuse

00:17:07of picking up some files

00:17:08to bring Vanessa home.

00:17:09I pretended to leave

00:17:10for a shopping trip,

00:17:11then hid in a blind spot

00:17:12in the stairwell.

00:17:12My phone was connected

00:17:13to the cameras

00:17:14inside the apartment.

00:17:15On the screen,

00:17:16Vanessa watched me leave

00:17:17and immediately slipped

00:17:17into the guest room.

00:17:18To make sure

00:17:19she ruined the gown completely,

00:17:20she closed her eyes

00:17:21and began cutting

00:17:22and tearing through

00:17:22the garment bag.

00:17:23The cheap white fabric

00:17:24shredded easily.

00:17:25She was enjoying herself

00:17:26so much

00:17:26that she never noticed

00:17:27the blue jersey

00:17:28being cut into strips

00:17:29along with it.

00:17:30The powder coated

00:17:30her hands and clothes.

00:17:32Once she finished,

00:17:32she hurried out of the room

00:17:33with guilt written

00:17:34all over her face.

00:17:35Within minutes,

00:17:35she began squirming

00:17:36and scratching her arms

00:17:37and neck.

00:17:37I took my time

00:17:38opening the front door.

00:17:40My husband's best friend

00:17:42since childhood,

00:17:43Vanessa Brooks,

00:17:44claimed to be

00:17:44severely nearsighted.

00:17:45At dinner with a group

00:17:46of friends,

00:17:46she dropped straight

00:17:47into my husband's lap.

00:17:48Oh my God, Claire,

00:17:49I'm so sorry.

00:17:50My eyesight is terrible.

00:17:52I honestly thought

00:17:52the chair was empty.

00:17:53The $150,000 wedding gown

00:17:56I had chosen

00:17:56was shredded

00:17:57while I was away.

00:17:58When I confronted her,

00:17:59Claire,

00:18:00I can barely tell

00:18:01clothes apart

00:18:01without my contacts.

00:18:02It was white,

00:18:03so I thought it was

00:18:04one of the new

00:18:04cleaning rags.

00:18:05Her severe nearsightedness

00:18:07became an all-purpose

00:18:08excuse in my husband's bed.

00:18:10Then,

00:18:11when I was nine months

00:18:12pregnant and rolling

00:18:13on the floor in agony,

00:18:14I called Ethan for help.

00:18:15Vanessa secretly

00:18:16ended the call.

00:18:17Oops.

00:18:18I couldn't read the

00:18:18caller,

00:18:19Sidi.

00:18:19I thought it was

00:18:19a telemarketer.

00:18:20I bled to death

00:18:21before anyone came.

00:18:22My baby died with me.

00:18:23When I opened my eyes again,

00:18:25I was back at the dinner

00:18:26where Vanessa had sat

00:18:27on Ethan's lap.

00:18:28She was still cooing.

00:18:28I really thought

00:18:29nobody was sitting there.

00:18:30I picked up the cup

00:18:31of scalding hot tea

00:18:32beside me

00:18:33and threw it in her face

00:18:34without hesitation.

00:18:35Oh,

00:18:36I'm so sorry.

00:18:37I was just diagnosed

00:18:39with early offset Parkinson's.

00:18:40I can't control my hands.

00:18:42You don't mind,

00:18:42do you?

00:18:44The scalding team

00:18:45splashed across

00:18:46Vanessa's chest.

00:18:48Claire Bennett,

00:18:49have you lost your mind?

00:18:50Vanessa made an innocent mistake

00:18:51because she couldn't see

00:18:52and you threw

00:18:53boiling water on her!

00:18:55I told you,

00:18:56I have Parkinson's.

00:18:57My hands shake.

00:18:59I can't control them.

00:19:02Claire,

00:19:03I know you don't like me

00:19:04but I really am

00:19:05severely nearsighted.

00:19:06I forgot my contacts

00:19:07so I sat in the wrong place.

00:19:09If you don't want me here,

00:19:10I'll leave.

00:19:11Claire,

00:19:11you're being ridiculously petty.

00:19:13Vanessa and Ethan

00:19:13have known each other

00:19:14since kindergarten

00:19:14so she sat on his lap

00:19:15for one second.

00:19:16Who cares?

00:19:17Her prescription

00:19:18is minus eight.

00:19:19She didn't do it on purpose.

00:19:21And now you're pretending

00:19:22to have Parkinson's?

00:19:23You're barely 30.

00:19:24Who do you expect

00:19:25to believe that?

00:19:25I grabbed the platter

00:19:26of spicy shrimp pasta

00:19:27that had just arrived.

00:19:28I dunked the whole thing,

00:19:30creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:19:31over the man

00:19:32who had just spoken.

00:19:32Oops.

00:19:33My hand shook again.

00:19:35He stared at his ruined

00:19:36$15,000 suit

00:19:37then jumped up cursing

00:19:38as he desperately brushed

00:19:39chilies and peppercorns

00:19:40off the fabric.

00:19:41The room went silent.

00:19:43Are you finished?

00:19:44Apologize to Vanessa

00:19:45and Derek right now!

00:19:47I slapped him

00:19:47across the face.

00:19:49Tremor.

00:19:50Couldn't help it.

00:19:51Ethan covered his cheek

00:19:52and stared at me

00:19:53in disbelief.

00:19:55Ethan,

00:19:55please don't blame Claire.

00:19:56This is all my fault.

00:19:58If I were completely blind,

00:19:59I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:20:00and the two of you

00:20:01wouldn't fight because of me.

00:20:03If you're that blind,

00:20:04I'll take you to an ophthalmologist

00:20:05right now.

00:20:06Ethan,

00:20:06you can take me to neurology.

00:20:08My Parkinson's

00:20:09clearly needs immediate treatment.

00:20:10Claire,

00:20:11don't push it.

00:20:11I pulled out my phone

00:20:12and called 911.

00:20:14Hi,

00:20:15we're in the private dining room

00:20:16at the Wellington.

00:20:17One person has been scalded,

00:20:18another is hyperventilating

00:20:19over a ruined suit,

00:20:20and we have a visually impaired woman

00:20:21who apparently can't tell

00:20:23a grown man

00:20:23from an empty chair.

00:20:24We need an ambulance.

00:20:27I ended the call,

00:20:29pulled out my chair,

00:20:29and sat down.

00:20:30The ambulance took Vanessa

00:20:31to a hospital downtown.

00:20:33Ethan rode with her.

00:20:34The rest of us followed.

00:20:35At the emergency room,

00:20:36I complained about my tremors

00:20:37until a neurology resident

00:20:39evaluated me

00:20:39and ordered follow-up testing.

00:20:41Once the burn team

00:20:42dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:20:43I carried my paperwork

00:20:44to the hospital's

00:20:44urgent eye clinic.

00:20:46Vanessa was leaning against Ethan,

00:20:47whimpering about the burn.

00:20:49I walked over

00:20:49and yanked her out of his arms.

00:20:51Doctor,

00:20:52fit her with the thickest glasses

00:20:53her actual prescription requires

00:20:55and make the frames

00:20:56impossible to miss.

00:20:57Her myopia is significant,

00:20:58but modern high-index lenses

00:21:00can correct it

00:21:00without being unusually thick.

00:21:02She mistook a six-foot man

00:21:04for an empty chair

00:21:04and sat down on him.

00:21:05If the prescription

00:21:06isn't the problem,

00:21:07then perhaps we should discuss

00:21:08why she keeps behaving

00:21:09as if she's blind.

00:21:10I won't wear glasses!

00:21:11They make me look hideous!

00:21:12Ethan, help me!

00:21:14That's enough, Claire.

00:21:15Vanessa cares about her appearance,

00:21:16so she normally wears contacts.

00:21:18She just forgot them today.

00:21:19I pulled a bottle

00:21:20of industrial-strength superglue.

00:21:21You don't want glasses?

00:21:23Fine.

00:21:24I'll glue the connex

00:21:25to your eyeballs,

00:21:25then you'll never forget them again.

00:21:27No!

00:21:28You're insane!

00:21:32Parkinson's.

00:21:33Nothing I can do.

00:21:34Ethan shook with rage.

00:21:35He tore off the expensive jacket

00:21:36and threw it in the trash.

00:21:38Use her real prescription.

00:21:39Put it in thick black frames

00:21:41and make sure she leaves

00:21:41with them on.

00:21:42If she walks out

00:21:43unable to identify furniture,

00:21:44I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:21:47The doctor looked exhausted,

00:21:49but the prescription itself

00:21:50was medically appropriate.

00:21:51He sent us to the optical shop

00:21:53across the lobby

00:21:53for temporary lenses

00:21:54and heavy black frames.

00:21:56Half an hour later,

00:21:57the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:21:59She looked in the mirror

00:21:59and burst into tears.

00:22:01I walked over

00:22:01and slacked the remaining superglue

00:22:03onto the counter.

00:22:04If you take those glasses off,

00:22:06I'll glue them

00:22:06to the bridge of your nose.

00:22:08Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:22:09She was too frightened

00:22:10even to cry out loud.

00:22:11When we got home,

00:22:12I locked Ethan outside.

00:22:13He pounded on the door.

00:22:15Claire!

00:22:16Open this door!

00:22:16I don't feel right

00:22:18leaving Vanessa alone

00:22:18at a hotel.

00:22:19She can't see!

00:22:21I need to grab some things

00:22:22and go take care of her!

00:22:25Go ahead.

00:22:27But if you leave,

00:22:28don't come back.

00:22:30The hallway went quiet.

00:22:31I knew Ethan

00:22:31would not dare walk away.

00:22:33My father's family trust

00:22:34had provided the seed money

00:22:35for Ethan's company

00:22:36and still controlled

00:22:37its main line of credit.

00:22:38With me taking this hard a line,

00:22:39Ethan knew that

00:22:40if he openly turned against me,

00:22:41the trust could freeze

00:22:42his financing by morning.

00:22:43The next day,

00:22:44I had the locks changed

00:22:45before I went to work.

00:22:46I came home early that afternoon.

00:22:48The moment I opened the door,

00:22:49I saw Vanessa wandering

00:22:50around my living room

00:22:51in an oversized white garment,

00:22:52her bare legs on full display.

00:22:54The thick glasses were gone.

00:22:55As soon as she saw me,

00:22:56she arranged her face

00:22:57into a look of panic.

00:22:59Claire, please don't misunderstand.

00:23:00I couldn't see

00:23:01and I thought this was mine.

00:23:02I studied what she was wearing.

00:23:03It was a limited edition

00:23:04silk couture dress

00:23:05that had cost me $15,000.

00:23:07I had deliberately hung it

00:23:09in Ethan's closet.

00:23:10Not only had she put it on,

00:23:11but she had cut the hem short.

00:23:12I crossed the room

00:23:13and slapped her.

00:23:14Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:23:16Claire!

00:23:17What gives you the right

00:23:18to hit me?

00:23:18I pointed at the dress.

00:23:21Your eyes don't work

00:23:22and neither do your hands.

00:23:24That's a limited edition

00:23:25couture dress.

00:23:25How did you mistake it

00:23:26for a man's shirt?

00:23:27She held her cheek,

00:23:28her eyes swimming with tears.

00:23:30I honestly couldn't tell.

00:23:31The cut looked like

00:23:32something Ethan would wear.

00:23:33I nodded.

00:23:34Fine.

00:23:34The bedroom door

00:23:35stood wide open.

00:23:36You couldn't tell.

00:23:37Then what were you doing

00:23:38in the primary bedroom?

00:23:39My bed was a wreck

00:23:40and there was a damp stain

00:23:41on the sheets.

00:23:41I pulled her over

00:23:42to see her masterpiece.

00:23:45I was exhausted.

00:23:47The hallway was blurry

00:23:48and I opened the wrong door.

00:23:52Don't be mad, Claire.

00:23:55I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:23:56I turned toward the kitchen,

00:23:58summoned my Parkinson's,

00:23:59and came back with a chef's knife

00:24:01trembling in my hand.

00:24:02Vanessa screamed and scrambled

00:24:03toward the front door.

00:24:04She dropped to the floor.

00:24:07Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:24:09let me improve the design for you.

00:24:10The blade flashed down

00:24:12and sliced through

00:24:12the back of the dress.

00:24:13Vanessa shrieked

00:24:14and covered her chest.

00:24:15I dragged her into the hallway

00:24:16and threw her out.

00:24:18Get out.

00:24:19She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:24:21barely covered by torn silk.

00:24:22I shut the door.

00:24:23When Ethan came home that night,

00:24:24he found Vanessa

00:24:25shivering in the hallway,

00:24:26wrapped in an old coat

00:24:27borrowed from a neighbor.

00:24:28He stormed into the apartment

00:24:30and pointed in my face.

00:24:31Claire Bennett,

00:24:32you're vicious.

00:24:33Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:24:35and put on the wrong clothes,

00:24:36so you threw her out half naked?

00:24:38How is she supposed

00:24:39to face anyone after this?

00:24:40I sat on the couch,

00:24:41filing my nails.

00:24:42She's severely nearsighted,

00:24:44isn't she?

00:24:44Even if people stare at her,

00:24:46she can't see them.

00:24:46What's the problem?

00:24:47Ethan grabbed a glass

00:24:48from the table

00:24:49and hurled it to the floor.

00:24:50You will apologize to Vanessa,

00:24:52and you will let her stay here.

00:24:54I sat down the nail file

00:24:55and stood.

00:24:58Did you forget

00:24:59who paid for this apartment?

00:25:00I bought it before we married,

00:25:02and my name is the only one

00:25:03on the deed.

00:25:04It's my separate property.

00:25:05I decide who stays

00:25:06and who goes.

00:25:07You don't get a vote.

00:25:08Ethan's face darkened.

00:25:10I'm your husband.

00:25:11I have every right to decide

00:25:13who lives in our home.

00:25:15Say one more word,

00:25:16and you'll be homeless too.

00:25:18His jaw tightened,

00:25:19but he said nothing.

00:25:20He turned around,

00:25:21led Vanessa away,

00:25:21and checked them both

00:25:22into a hotel.

00:25:23Vanessa disappeared

00:25:24for the next few days.

00:25:25I knew she was not finished.

00:25:26In my first life,

00:25:27this was when she destroyed

00:25:28the $150,000 wedding gown

00:25:30I had chosen for our ceremony.

00:25:32Our wedding celebration

00:25:33was scheduled

00:25:33for the following month.

00:25:35This time,

00:25:35I had the real gown

00:25:36placed in a secure vault.

00:25:37Then I bought a flimsy

00:25:38white bridal dress

00:25:39for $20 at a thrift store.

00:25:41I put it together

00:25:41with Ethan's most treasured possession,

00:25:43a rare signed jersey

00:25:44that had cost him

00:25:45$45,000 at auction.

00:25:46I sealed both inside

00:25:47an expensive opaque garment bag

00:25:49and hung it

00:25:49where my gown had been.

00:25:51I coated the inside

00:25:51of the bag

00:25:52and both garments

00:25:53with extra strength

00:25:53itching powder

00:25:54from a novelty supplier.

00:25:55That weekend,

00:25:56Ethan used the excuse

00:25:57of picking up some files

00:25:58to bring Vanessa home.

00:25:59I pretended to leave

00:26:00for a shopping trip,

00:26:01then hid in a blind spot

00:26:02in the stairwell.

00:26:03My phone was connected

00:26:04to the cameras

00:26:04inside the apartment.

00:26:05On the screen,

00:26:06Vanessa watched me leave

00:26:07and immediately slipped

00:26:08into the guest room.

00:26:09To make sure she ruined

00:26:10the gown completely,

00:26:11she closed her eyes

00:26:11and began cutting

00:26:12and tearing through

00:26:13the garment bag.

00:26:14The cheap white fabric

00:26:15shredded easily.

00:26:16She was enjoying herself

00:26:17so much that she never

00:26:18noticed the blue jersey

00:26:18being cut into strips

00:26:19along with it.

00:26:20The powder coated

00:26:21her hands and clothes.

00:26:22Once she finished,

00:26:23she hurried out of the room

00:26:24with guilt written

00:26:24all over her face.

00:26:25Within minutes,

00:26:26she began squirming

00:26:27and scratching her arms

00:26:28and neck.

00:26:28I took my time

00:26:29opening the front door.

00:26:31My husband's best friend

00:26:32since childhood,

00:26:33Vanessa Brooks,

00:26:34claimed to be

00:26:35severely nearsighted.

00:26:36At dinner with a group

00:26:36of friends,

00:26:37she dropped straight

00:26:38into my husband's lap.

00:26:39Oh my god, Claire,

00:26:40I'm so sorry.

00:26:41My eyesight is terrible.

00:26:42I honestly thought

00:26:43the chair was empty.

00:26:44The $150,000 wedding gown

00:26:46I had chosen

00:26:47was shredded

00:26:47while I was away.

00:26:48When I confronted her,

00:26:49Claire,

00:26:50I can barely tell

00:26:51clothes apart

00:26:52without my contacts.

00:26:53It was white,

00:26:53so I thought it was

00:26:54one of the new

00:26:55cleaning rags.

00:26:56Her severe

00:26:57nearsightedness

00:26:58became an all-purpose

00:26:59excuse in my husband's bed.

00:27:01Then,

00:27:02when I was nine months

00:27:02pregnant and rolling

00:27:03on the floor in agony,

00:27:05I called Ethan for help.

00:27:06Vanessa secretly

00:27:06ended the call.

00:27:07Oops,

00:27:08I couldn't read the caller,

00:27:09Sidey.

00:27:09I thought it was

00:27:10a telemarketer.

00:27:11I bled to death

00:27:11before anyone came.

00:27:12My baby died with me.

00:27:14When I opened my eyes again,

00:27:15I was back at the dinner

00:27:16where Vanessa had sat

00:27:17on Ethan's lap.

00:27:18She was still cooing.

00:27:19I really thought

00:27:20nobody was sitting there.

00:27:21I picked up the cup

00:27:22of scalding hot tea

00:27:23beside me

00:27:23and threw it in her face

00:27:25without hesitation.

00:27:26Oh,

00:27:26I'm so sorry.

00:27:28I was just diagnosed

00:27:29with early offset Parkinson's.

00:27:31I can't control my hands.

00:27:32You don't mind,

00:27:33do you?

00:27:35The scalding tea

00:27:36splashed across

00:27:36Vanessa's chest.

00:27:38Claire Bennett,

00:27:39have you lost your mind?

00:27:41Vanessa made an innocent mistake

00:27:42because she couldn't see

00:27:43and you threw

00:27:43boiling water on her!

00:27:45I told you.

00:27:46I have Parkinson's.

00:27:48My hands shake.

00:27:49I can't control them.

00:27:53Claire,

00:27:53I know you don't like me,

00:27:54but I really am

00:27:55severely nearsighted.

00:27:56I forgot my contacts,

00:27:58so I sat in the wrong place.

00:27:59If you don't want me here,

00:28:00I'll leave.

00:28:01Claire,

00:28:02you're being ridiculously petty.

00:28:03Vanessa and Ethan

00:28:04have known each other

00:28:04since kindergarten,

00:28:05so she sat on his lap

00:28:06for one second.

00:28:07Who cares?

00:28:08Her prescription

00:28:09is minus eight.

00:28:10She didn't do it on purpose.

00:28:12And now you're pretending

00:28:13to have Parkinson's?

00:28:14You're barely 30.

00:28:15Who do you expect

00:28:15to believe that?

00:28:16I grabbed the platter

00:28:17of spicy shrimp pasta

00:28:18that had just arrived.

00:28:19I dumped the whole thing,

00:28:20creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:28:22over the man

00:28:22who had just spoken.

00:28:23Oops.

00:28:24My hand shook again.

00:28:25He stared at his ruined

00:28:26$15,000 suit,

00:28:27then jumped up cursing

00:28:29as he desperately brushed

00:28:30chilies and peppercorns

00:28:31off the fabric.

00:28:32The room went silent.

00:28:33Are you finished?

00:28:35Apologize to Vanessa

00:28:36and Derek right now!

00:28:37I slapped him

00:28:38across the face.

00:28:40Tremor.

00:28:41Couldn't help it.

00:28:42Ethan covered his cheek

00:28:43and stared at me

00:28:44in disbelief.

00:28:45Ethan,

00:28:46please don't blame Claire.

00:28:47This is all my fault.

00:28:48If I were completely blind,

00:28:50I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:28:51and the two of you

00:28:51wouldn't fight because of me.

00:28:53If you're that blind,

00:28:54I'll take you

00:28:55to an ophthalmologist

00:28:55right now.

00:28:57Ethan,

00:28:57you can take me

00:28:57to neurology.

00:28:58My Parkinson's

00:28:59clearly needs

00:29:00immediate treatment.

00:29:01Claire,

00:29:01don't push it.

00:29:02I pulled out my phone

00:29:03and called 911.

00:29:05Hi,

00:29:05we're in the private dining room

00:29:06at the Wellington.

00:29:07One person has been scalded,

00:29:09another is hyperventilating

00:29:10over a ruined suit

00:29:10and we have a visually

00:29:11impaired woman

00:29:12who apparently can't tell

00:29:13a grown man

00:29:14from an empty chair.

00:29:15We need an ambulance.

00:29:18I ended the call,

00:29:19pulled out my chair

00:29:20and sat down.

00:29:21The ambulance took Vanessa

00:29:22to a hospital downtown.

00:29:24Ethan rode with her,

00:29:25the rest of us followed.

00:29:26At the emergency room,

00:29:27I complained about my tremors

00:29:28until a neurology resident

00:29:29evaluated me

00:29:30and ordered follow-up testing.

00:29:31Once the burn team

00:29:32dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:29:33I carried my paperwork

00:29:34to the hospital's

00:29:35urgent eye clinic.

00:29:36Vanessa was leaning

00:29:37against Ethan,

00:29:38whimpering about the burn.

00:29:39I walked over

00:29:40and yanked her

00:29:40out of his arms.

00:29:42Doctor,

00:29:42fit her with the thickest glasses

00:29:44her actual prescription requires

00:29:45and make the frames

00:29:46impossible to miss.

00:29:47Her myopia is significant,

00:29:49but modern high-index lenses

00:29:50can correct it

00:29:51without being unusually thick.

00:29:53She mistook a six-foot man

00:29:54for an empty chair

00:29:55and sat down on him.

00:29:56If the prescription

00:29:57isn't the problem,

00:29:58then perhaps we should discuss

00:29:59why she keeps behaving

00:30:00as if she's blind.

00:30:01I won't wear glasses!

00:30:02They make me look hideous!

00:30:03Ethan, help me!

00:30:04That's enough, Claire.

00:30:05Vanessa cares about her appearance.

00:30:07So she normally wears contacts.

00:30:08She just forgot them today.

00:30:09I pulled a bottle

00:30:10of industrial-strength

00:30:11super glue.

00:30:12You don't want glasses?

00:30:13Fine.

00:30:14I'll glue the connex

00:30:15to your eyeballs,

00:30:16then you'll never

00:30:16forget them again.

00:30:17No!

00:30:19You're insane!

00:30:23Parkinson's.

00:30:23Nothing I can do.

00:30:25Ethan shook with rage.

00:30:26He tore off the expensive jacket

00:30:27and threw it in the trash.

00:30:28Use her real prescription.

00:30:30Put it in thick black frames

00:30:31and make sure

00:30:32she leaves with them on.

00:30:33If she walks out

00:30:34unable to identify furniture,

00:30:35I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:30:38The doctor looked exhausted,

00:30:39but the prescription itself

00:30:40was medically appropriate.

00:30:42He sent us to the optical shop

00:30:43across the lobby

00:30:44for temporary lenses

00:30:45and heavy black frames.

00:30:46Half an hour later,

00:30:47the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:30:49She looked in the mirror

00:30:50and burst into tears.

00:30:51I walked over and slacked

00:30:52the remaining super glue

00:30:53onto the counter.

00:30:54If you take those glasses off,

00:30:56I'll glue them

00:30:57to the bridge of your nose.

00:30:58Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:30:59She was too frightened

00:31:00even to cry out loud.

00:31:02When we got home,

00:31:02I locked Ethan outside.

00:31:04He pounded on the door.

00:31:05Claire, open this door!

00:31:07I don't feel right

00:31:08leaving Vanessa alone at a hotel.

00:31:10She can't see.

00:31:12I need to grab some things

00:31:13and go take care of her!

00:31:15Go ahead.

00:31:17But if you leave,

00:31:19don't come back.

00:31:20The hallway went quiet.

00:31:21I knew Ethan would not dare walk away.

00:31:23My father's family trust

00:31:24had provided the seed money

00:31:25for Ethan's company

00:31:26and still controlled

00:31:27its main line of credit.

00:31:28With me taking this hard a line,

00:31:30Ethan knew that

00:31:30if he openly turned against me,

00:31:32the trust could freeze

00:31:32his financing by morning.

00:31:34The next day,

00:31:35I had the locks changed

00:31:36before I went to work.

00:31:37I came home early that afternoon.

00:31:38The moment I opened the door,

00:31:40I saw Vanessa wandering

00:31:41around my living room

00:31:41in an oversized white garment,

00:31:43her bare legs on full display.

00:31:45The thick glasses were gone.

00:31:46As soon as she saw me,

00:31:47she arranged her face

00:31:48into a look of panic.

00:31:49Claire, please don't misunderstand.

00:31:50I couldn't see

00:31:51and I thought this was mine.

00:31:52I studied what she was wearing.

00:31:54It was a limited edition

00:31:55silk couture dress

00:31:56that had cost me $15,000.

00:31:58I had deliberately hung it

00:31:59in Ethan's closet,

00:32:00not only had she put it on,

00:32:01but she had cut the hem short.

00:32:02I crossed the room

00:32:03and slapped her.

00:32:04Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:32:06Claire!

00:32:07What gives you the right to hit me?

00:32:09I pointed at the dress.

00:32:12Your eyes don't work

00:32:13and neither do your hands.

00:32:14That's a limited edition

00:32:15couture dress.

00:32:16How did you mistake it

00:32:17for a man's shirt?

00:32:17She held her cheek,

00:32:18her eyes swimming with tears.

00:32:20I honestly couldn't tell.

00:32:22The cut looked like

00:32:22something Ethan would wear.

00:32:23I nodded.

00:32:24Fine.

00:32:25The bedroom door

00:32:25stood wide open.

00:32:26You couldn't tell.

00:32:27Then what were you doing

00:32:28in the primary bedroom?

00:32:29My bed was a wreck

00:32:30and there was a damp stain

00:32:31on the sheets.

00:32:32I pulled her over

00:32:33to see her mask piece.

00:32:36I was exhausted.

00:32:38The hallway was blurry

00:32:39and I opened the wrong door.

00:32:42Don't be mad, Claire.

00:32:45I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:32:47I turned toward the kitchen,

00:32:49summoned my Parkinson's,

00:32:50and came back with a chef's knife

00:32:51trembling in my hand.

00:32:52Vanessa screamed and scrambled

00:32:53toward the front door.

00:32:55She dropped to the floor.

00:32:57Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:32:59let me improve the design for you.

00:33:01The blade flashed down

00:33:02and sliced through the back

00:33:03of the dress.

00:33:04Vanessa shrieked

00:33:05and covered her chest.

00:33:06I dragged her into the hallway

00:33:07and threw her out.

00:33:09Get out.

00:33:09She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:33:11barely covered by torn silk.

00:33:13I shut the door.

00:33:13When Ethan came home that night,

00:33:15he found Vanessa

00:33:16shivering in the hallway,

00:33:17wrapped in an old coat

00:33:18borrowed from a neighbor.

00:33:19He stormed into the apartment

00:33:20and pointed in my face.

00:33:21Claire Bennett,

00:33:22you're vicious.

00:33:24Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:33:25and put on the wrong clothes,

00:33:26so you threw her out half naked?

00:33:28How is she supposed

00:33:29to face anyone after this?

00:33:31I sat on the couch,

00:33:32filing my nails.

00:33:33She's severely nearsighted,

00:33:34isn't she?

00:33:35Even if people stare at her,

00:33:36she can't see them.

00:33:37What's the problem?

00:33:38Ethan grabbed a glass

00:33:39from the table

00:33:39and hurled it to the floor.

00:33:41You will apologize to Vanessa

00:33:43and you will let her stay here.

00:33:44I sat down the nail file

00:33:46and stood.

00:33:49Did you forget

00:33:50who paid for this apartment?

00:33:51I bought it before we married

00:33:52and my name is the only one

00:33:54on the deed.

00:33:55It's my separate property.

00:33:56I decide who stays

00:33:57and who goes.

00:33:58You don't get a vote.

00:33:58Ethan's face darkened.

00:34:00I'm your husband.

00:34:02I have every right to decide

00:34:03who lives in our home.

00:34:05Say one more word

00:34:07and you'll be homeless too.

00:34:08His jaw tightened

00:34:09but he said nothing.

00:34:10He turned around,

00:34:11led Vanessa away

00:34:12and checked them both

00:34:13into a hotel.

00:34:14Vanessa disappeared

00:34:14for the next few days.

00:34:16I knew she was not finished.

00:34:17In my first life,

00:34:18this was when she destroyed

00:34:19the $150,000 wedding gown

00:34:21I had chosen

00:34:21for our ceremony.

00:34:22Our wedding celebration

00:34:23was scheduled

00:34:24for the following month.

00:34:25This time,

00:34:26I had the real gown

00:34:27placed in a secure vault.

00:34:28Then I bought

00:34:28a flimsy white bridal dress

00:34:30for $20 at a thrift store.

00:34:31I put it together

00:34:32with Ethan's

00:34:32most treasured possession,

00:34:34a rare signed jersey

00:34:34that had cost him

00:34:35$45,000 at auction.

00:34:37I sealed both inside

00:34:38an expensive opaque garment bag

00:34:40and hung it

00:34:40where my gown had been.

00:34:41I coated the inside

00:34:42of the bag

00:34:42and both garments

00:34:43with extra strength

00:34:44itching powder

00:34:45from a novelty supplier.

00:34:46That weekend,

00:34:47Ethan used the excuse

00:34:48of picking up some files

00:34:49to bring Vanessa home.

00:34:50I pretended to leave

00:34:51for a shopping trip

00:34:52then hid in a blind spot

00:34:53in the stairwell.

00:34:53My phone was connected

00:34:54to the cameras

00:34:55inside the apartment.

00:34:56On the screen,

00:34:57Vanessa watched me leave

00:34:58and immediately slipped

00:34:59into the guest room.

00:35:00To make sure she ruined

00:35:00the gown completely,

00:35:01she closed her eyes

00:35:02and began cutting

00:35:03and tearing through

00:35:03the garment bag.

00:35:04The cheap white fabric

00:35:05shredded easily.

00:35:06She was enjoying herself

00:35:07so much that she never

00:35:08noticed the blue jersey

00:35:09being cut into strips

00:35:10along with it.

00:35:11The powder coated

00:35:11her hands and clothes.

00:35:13Once she finished,

00:35:13she hurried out of the room

00:35:14with guilt written

00:35:15all over her face.

00:35:16Within minutes,

00:35:16she began squirming

00:35:17and scratching her arms

00:35:18and neck.

00:35:19I took my time

00:35:19opening the front door.

00:35:22My husband's best friend

00:35:23since childhood,

00:35:24Vanessa Brooks,

00:35:25claimed to be

00:35:25severely nearsighted.

00:35:26At dinner with a group

00:35:27of friends,

00:35:27she dropped straight

00:35:28into my husband's lap.

00:35:30Oh my God,

00:35:30Claire,

00:35:31I'm so sorry.

00:35:32My eyesight is terrible.

00:35:33I honestly thought

00:35:33the chair was empty.

00:35:34The $150,000 wedding gown

00:35:37I had chosen

00:35:37was shredded

00:35:38while I was away.

00:35:39When I confronted her,

00:35:40Claire,

00:35:41I can barely tell

00:35:42clothes apart

00:35:42without my contacts.

00:35:43It was white,

00:35:44so I thought it was

00:35:45one of the new

00:35:45cleaning rags.

00:35:47Her severe nearsightedness

00:35:48became an all-purpose

00:35:49excuse in my husband's bed.

00:35:52Then,

00:35:52when I was nine months

00:35:53pregnant and rolling

00:35:54on the floor in agony,

00:35:55I called Ethan for help.

00:35:56Vanessa secretly

00:35:57ended the call.

00:35:58Oops.

00:35:59I couldn't read

00:35:59the caller,

00:36:00Sidi.

00:36:00I thought it was

00:36:00a telemarketer.

00:36:01I bled to death

00:36:02before anyone came.

00:36:03My baby died with me.

00:36:04When I opened my eyes again,

00:36:06I was back at the dinner

00:36:07where Vanessa had sat

00:36:08on Ethan's lap.

00:36:09She was still cooing.

00:36:10I really thought

00:36:10nobody was sitting there.

00:36:11I picked up the cup

00:36:12of scalding hot tea

00:36:13beside me

00:36:14and threw it in her face

00:36:15without hesitation.

00:36:16Oh,

00:36:17I'm so sorry.

00:36:19I was just diagnosed

00:36:20with early offset Parkinson's.

00:36:21I can't control my hands.

00:36:23You don't mind,

00:36:23do you?

00:36:25The scalding tea

00:36:26splashed across

00:36:27Vanessa's chest.

00:36:29Claire Bennett,

00:36:30have you lost your mind?

00:36:31Vanessa made an innocent mistake

00:36:32because she couldn't see

00:36:33and you threw

00:36:34boiling water on her!

00:36:36I told you,

00:36:37I have Parkinson's.

00:36:38My hands shake.

00:36:40I can't control them.

00:36:43Claire,

00:36:44I know you don't like me,

00:36:45but I really am

00:36:46severely nearsighted.

00:36:47I forgot my contacts,

00:36:48so I sat in the wrong place.

00:36:50If you don't want me here,

00:36:51I'll leave.

00:36:52Claire,

00:36:52you're being ridiculously petty.

00:36:54Vanessa and Ethan

00:36:54have known each other

00:36:55since kindergarten,

00:36:55so she sat on his lap

00:36:56for one second.

00:36:57Who cares?

00:36:58Her prescription is minus eight.

00:37:00She didn't do it on purpose.

00:37:02And now you're pretending

00:37:03to have Parkinson's?

00:37:04You're barely 30.

00:37:05Who do you expect

00:37:06to believe that?

00:37:06I grabbed the platter

00:37:07of spicy shrimp pasta

00:37:08that had just arrived.

00:37:09I dumped the whole thing,

00:37:11creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:37:12over the man

00:37:13who had just spoken.

00:37:14Oops.

00:37:14My hand shook again.

00:37:16He stared at his ruined

00:37:17$15,000 suit,

00:37:18then jumped up cursing

00:37:19as he desperately brushed

00:37:20chilies and peppercorns

00:37:21off the fabric.

00:37:22The room went silent.

00:37:24Are you finished?

00:37:25Apologize to Vanessa

00:37:26and Derek right now!

00:37:28I slapped him

00:37:29across the face.

00:37:31Tremor.

00:37:31Couldn't help it.

00:37:33Ethan covered his cheek

00:37:33and stared at me

00:37:34in disbelief.

00:37:36Ethan,

00:37:36please don't blame Claire.

00:37:37This is all my fault.

00:37:39If I were completely blind,

00:37:40I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:37:41and the two of you

00:37:42wouldn't fight because of me.

00:37:44If you're that blind,

00:37:45I'll take you

00:37:45to an ophthalmologist

00:37:46right now.

00:37:47Ethan,

00:37:48you can take me

00:37:48to neurology.

00:37:49My Parkinson's

00:37:50clearly needs

00:37:50immediate treatment.

00:37:51Claire,

00:37:52don't push it.

00:37:52I pulled out my phone

00:37:53and called 911.

00:37:55Hi,

00:37:56we're in the private

00:37:56dining room

00:37:57at the Wellington.

00:37:58One person has been scalded,

00:37:59another is hyperventilating

00:38:00over a ruined suit,

00:38:01and we have a visually

00:38:02impaired woman

00:38:03who apparently can't tell

00:38:04a grown man

00:38:04from an empty chair.

00:38:05We need an ambulance.

00:38:08I ended the call,

00:38:10pulled out my chair,

00:38:10and sat down.

00:38:11The ambulance took Vanessa

00:38:12to a hospital downtown.

00:38:14Ethan rode with her.

00:38:15The rest of us followed.

00:38:16At the emergency room,

00:38:17I complained about my tremors

00:38:18until a neurology resident

00:38:20evaluated me

00:38:20and ordered follow-up testing.

00:38:22Once the burn team

00:38:23dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:38:24I carried my paperwork

00:38:25to the hospital's

00:38:26urgent eye clinic.

00:38:27Vanessa was leaning

00:38:28against Ethan,

00:38:28whimpering about the burn.

00:38:30I walked over

00:38:30and yanked her

00:38:31out of his arms.

00:38:32Doctor,

00:38:33fit her with the thickest glasses

00:38:34her actual prescription requires

00:38:36and make the frames

00:38:37impossible to miss.

00:38:38Her myopia is significant,

00:38:39but modern high-index lenses

00:38:41can correct it

00:38:41without being unusually thick.

00:38:43She mistook a six-foot man

00:38:45for an empty chair

00:38:45and sat down on him.

00:38:47If the prescription

00:38:47isn't the problem,

00:38:48then perhaps we should discuss

00:38:49why she keeps behaving

00:38:50as if she's blind.

00:38:51I won't wear glasses!

00:38:52They make me look hideous!

00:38:53Ethan, help me!

00:38:55That's enough, Claire.

00:38:56Vanessa cares about her appearance,

00:38:57so she normally wears contacts.

00:38:59She just forgot them today.

00:39:00I pulled a bottle

00:39:01of industrial-strength

00:39:02supagloof.

00:39:02You don't want glasses?

00:39:04Fine.

00:39:05I'll glue the connex

00:39:06to your eyeballs,

00:39:06then you'll never forget them again.

00:39:08No!

00:39:09You're insane!

00:39:13Parkinson's.

00:39:14Nothing I can do.

00:39:15Ethan shook with rage.

00:39:16He tore off the expensive jacket

00:39:18and threw it in the trash.

00:39:19Use her real prescription.

00:39:20Put it in thick black frames

00:39:22and make sure she leaves

00:39:23with them on.

00:39:23If she walks out

00:39:24unable to identify furniture,

00:39:25I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:39:28The doctor looked exhausted,

00:39:30but the prescription itself

00:39:31was medically appropriate.

00:39:32He sent us to the optical shop

00:39:34across the lobby

00:39:34for temporary lenses

00:39:35and heavy black frames.

00:39:37Half an hour later,

00:39:38the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:39:40She looked in the mirror

00:39:40and burst into tears.

00:39:42I walked over

00:39:42and slacked the remaining

00:39:43superglue onto the counter.

00:39:45If you take those glasses off,

00:39:47I'll glue them

00:39:47to the bridge of your nose.

00:39:49Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:39:50She was too frightened

00:39:51even to cry out loud.

00:39:52When we got home,

00:39:53I locked Ethan outside.

00:39:54He pounded on the door.

00:39:56Claire!

00:39:57Open this door!

00:39:58I don't feel right

00:39:59leaving Vanessa alone at a hotel.

00:40:00She can't see.

00:40:02I need to grab some things

00:40:04and go take care of her!

00:40:06Go ahead.

00:40:08But if you leave,

00:40:09don't come back.

00:40:11The hallway went quiet.

00:40:12I knew Ethan would not dare walk away.

00:40:14My father's family trust

00:40:15had provided the seed money

00:40:16for Ethan's company

00:40:17and still controlled

00:40:18its main line of credit.

00:40:19With me taking this hard a line,

00:40:20Ethan knew that if he openly

00:40:21turned against me,

00:40:22the trust could freeze

00:40:23his financing by morning.

00:40:24The next day,

00:40:25I had the locks changed

00:40:26before I went to work.

00:40:27I came home early that afternoon.

00:40:29The moment I opened the door,

00:40:30I saw Vanessa wandering

00:40:31around my living room

00:40:32in an oversized white garment,

00:40:33her bare legs on full display.

00:40:35The thick glasses were gone.

00:40:36As soon as she saw me,

00:40:37she arranged her face

00:40:38into a look of panic.

00:40:40Claire, please don't misunderstand.

00:40:41I couldn't see

00:40:42and I thought this was mine.

00:40:43I studied what she was wearing.

00:40:44It was a limited edition

00:40:45silk couture dress

00:40:47that had cost me $15,000.

00:40:48I had deliberately hung it

00:40:50in Ethan's closet.

00:40:51Not only had she put it on,

00:40:52but she had cut the hem short.

00:40:53I crossed the room

00:40:54and slapped her.

00:40:55Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:40:57Claire!

00:40:58What gives you the right to hit me?

00:40:59I pointed at the dress.

00:41:02Your eyes don't work

00:41:03and neither do your hands.

00:41:05That's a limited edition

00:41:06couture dress.

00:41:06How did you mistake it

00:41:07for a man's shirt?

00:41:08She held her cheek,

00:41:09her eyes swimming with tears.

00:41:11I honestly couldn't tell.

00:41:12The cut looked like

00:41:13something Ethan would wear.

00:41:14I nodded.

00:41:15Fine.

00:41:15The bedroom door

00:41:16stood wide open.

00:41:17You couldn't tell.

00:41:18Then what were you doing

00:41:19in the primary bedroom?

00:41:20My bed was a wreck

00:41:21and there was a damp stain

00:41:22on the sheets.

00:41:23I pulled her over

00:41:23to see her masterpiece.

00:41:26I was exhausted.

00:41:28The hallway was blurry

00:41:29and I opened the wrong door.

00:41:33Don't be mad, Claire.

00:41:36I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:41:38I turned toward the kitchen,

00:41:39summoned my Parkinson's,

00:41:40and came back with a chef's knife

00:41:42trembling in my hand.

00:41:43Vanessa screamed

00:41:43and scrambled toward the front door.

00:41:45She dropped to the floor.

00:41:48Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:41:50let me improve the design for you.

00:41:52The blade flashed down

00:41:53and sliced through

00:41:53the back of the dress.

00:41:54Vanessa shrieked

00:41:55and covered her chest.

00:41:56I dragged her into the hallway

00:41:57and threw her out.

00:41:59Get out.

00:42:00She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:42:02barely covered by torn silk.

00:42:03I shut the door.

00:42:04When Ethan came home that night,

00:42:05he found Vanessa

00:42:06shivering in the hallway,

00:42:07wrapped in an old coat

00:42:08borrowed from a neighbor.

00:42:09He stormed into the apartment

00:42:11and pointed in my face.

00:42:12Claire Bennett,

00:42:13you're vicious.

00:42:14Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:42:16and put on the wrong clothes,

00:42:17so you threw her out half naked?

00:42:19How is she supposed

00:42:20to face anyone after this?

00:42:21I sat on the couch,

00:42:22filing my nails.

00:42:23She's severely nearsighted,

00:42:25isn't she?

00:42:25Even if people stare at her,

00:42:27she can't see them.

00:42:28What's the problem?

00:42:28Ethan grabbed a glass from the table

00:42:30and hurled it in the floor.

00:42:32You will apologize to Vanessa

00:42:33and you will let her stay here.

00:42:35I sat down the nail file and stood.

00:42:39Did you forget

00:42:40who paid for this apartment?

00:42:41I bought it before we married

00:42:43and my name is the only one

00:42:44on the deed.

00:42:45It's my separate property.

00:42:46I decide who stays and who goes.

00:42:48You don't get a vote.

00:42:49Ethan's face darkened.

00:42:51I'm your husband.

00:42:52I have every right to decide

00:42:54who lives in our home.

00:42:56Say one more word

00:42:57and you'll be homeless too.

00:42:59His jaw tightened,

00:43:00but he said nothing.

00:43:01He turned around,

00:43:02led Vanessa away

00:43:02and checked them both

00:43:03into a hotel.

00:43:04Vanessa disappeared

00:43:05for the next few days.

00:43:06I knew she was not finished.

00:43:07In my first life,

00:43:08this was when she destroyed

00:43:09the $150,000 wedding gown

00:43:11I had chosen for our ceremony.

00:43:13Our wedding celebration

00:43:14was scheduled

00:43:15for the following month.

00:43:16This time,

00:43:16I had the real gown

00:43:17placed in a secure vault.

00:43:19Then I bought a flimsy

00:43:19white bridal dress

00:43:20for $20 at a thrift store.

00:43:22I put it together

00:43:22with Ethan's

00:43:23most treasured possession,

00:43:24a rare signed jersey

00:43:25that had cost him

00:43:26$45,000 at auction.

00:43:28I sealed both inside

00:43:28an expensive opaque garment bag

00:43:30and hung it

00:43:31where my gown had been.

00:43:32I coated the inside

00:43:32of the bag

00:43:33and both garments

00:43:34with extra strength

00:43:34itching powder

00:43:35from a novelty supplier.

00:43:36That weekend,

00:43:37Ethan used the excuse

00:43:38of picking up some files

00:43:39to bring Vanessa home.

00:43:40I pretended to leave

00:43:41for a shopping trip,

00:43:42then hid in a blind spot

00:43:43in the stairwell.

00:43:44My phone was connected

00:43:45to the cameras

00:43:45inside the apartment.

00:43:47On the screen,

00:43:47Vanessa watched me leave

00:43:48and immediately slipped

00:43:49into the guest room.

00:43:50To make sure she ruined

00:43:51the gown completely,

00:43:52she closed her eyes

00:43:53and began cutting

00:43:53and tearing through

00:43:54the garment bag.

00:43:55The cheap white fabric

00:43:56shredded easily.

00:43:57She was enjoying herself

00:43:58so much that she never

00:43:59noticed the blue jersey

00:44:00being cut into strips

00:44:00along with it.

00:44:01The powder coated

00:44:02her hands and clothes.

00:44:03Once she finished,

00:44:04she hurried out of the room

00:44:05with guilt written

00:44:05all over her face.

00:44:06Within minutes,

00:44:07she began squirming

00:44:08and scratching her arms

00:44:09and neck.

00:44:09I took my time

00:44:10opening the front door.

00:44:12My husband's best friend

00:44:13since childhood,

00:44:14Vanessa Brooks,

00:44:15claimed to be severely

00:44:16nearsighted.

00:44:17At dinner with a group

00:44:18of friends,

00:44:18she dropped straight

00:44:19into my husband's lap.

00:44:20Oh my god, Claire,

00:44:21I'm so sorry.

00:44:22My eyesight is terrible.

00:44:23I honestly thought

00:44:24the chair was empty.

00:44:25The $150,000 wedding gown

00:44:27I had chosen

00:44:28was shredded

00:44:28while I was away.

00:44:29When I confronted her,

00:44:30Claire,

00:44:31I can barely tell clothes

00:44:32apart without my contacts.

00:44:34It was white,

00:44:34so I thought it was

00:44:35one of the new

00:44:36cleaning rags.

00:44:37Her severe

00:44:38nearsightedness

00:44:39became an all-purpose

00:44:40excuse in my husband's bed.

00:44:42Then,

00:44:43when I was nine months

00:44:43pregnant and rolling

00:44:44on the floor in agony,

00:44:46I called Ethan for help.

00:44:47Vanessa secretly

00:44:47ended the call.

00:44:48Oops,

00:44:49I couldn't read

00:44:50the caller,

00:44:50Sidey.

00:44:51I thought it was

00:44:51a telemarketer.

00:44:52I bled to death

00:44:52before anyone came.

00:44:53My baby died with me.

00:44:55When I opened my eyes again,

00:44:56I was back at the dinner

00:44:57where Vanessa had sat

00:44:58on Ethan's lap.

00:44:59She was still cooing.

00:45:00I really thought

00:45:01nobody was sitting there.

00:45:02I picked up the cup

00:45:03of scalding hot tea

00:45:04beside me

00:45:04and threw it in her face

00:45:06without hesitation.

00:45:07Oh,

00:45:07I'm so sorry.

00:45:09I was just diagnosed

00:45:10with early offset Parkinson's.

00:45:12I can't control my hands.

00:45:13You don't mind,

00:45:14do you?

00:45:16The scalding team

00:45:17splashed across

00:45:17Vanessa's chest.

00:45:19Claire Bennett,

00:45:20have you lost your mind?

00:45:22Vanessa made an innocent mistake

00:45:23because she couldn't see

00:45:24and you threw

00:45:24boiling water on her!

00:45:26I told you,

00:45:27I have Parkinson's.

00:45:29My hands shake.

00:45:30I can't control them.

00:45:34Claire,

00:45:34I know you don't like me,

00:45:35but I really am

00:45:36severely nearsighted.

00:45:38I forgot my contacts,

00:45:39so I sat in the wrong place.

00:45:40If you don't want me here,

00:45:41I'll leave.

00:45:42Claire,

00:45:43you're being ridiculously petty.

00:45:44Vanessa and Ethan

00:45:45have known each other

00:45:45since kindergarten,

00:45:46so she sat on his lap

00:45:47for one second.

00:45:48Who cares?

00:45:49Her prescription

00:45:50is minus eight.

00:45:51She didn't do it on purpose.

00:45:53And now you're pretending

00:45:54to have Parkinson's?

00:45:55You're barely 30.

00:45:56Who do you expect

00:45:56to believe that?

00:45:57I grabbed the platter

00:45:58of spicy shrimp pasta

00:45:59that had just arrived.

00:46:00I dumped the whole thing,

00:46:01creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:46:03over the man

00:46:03who had just spoken.

00:46:04Oops.

00:46:05My hand shook again.

00:46:06He stared at his ruined

00:46:07$15,000 suit,

00:46:08then jumped up cursing

00:46:10as he desperately brushed

00:46:11chilies and peppercorns

00:46:12off the fabric.

00:46:13The room went silent.

00:46:14Are you finished?

00:46:16Apologize to Vanessa

00:46:17and Derek right now!

00:46:18I slapped him

00:46:19across your face.

00:46:21Tremor.

00:46:22Couldn't help it.

00:46:23Ethan covered his cheek

00:46:24and stared at me

00:46:25in disbelief.

00:46:26Ethan,

00:46:27please don't blame Claire.

00:46:28This is all my fault.

00:46:29If I were completely blind,

00:46:31I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:46:32and the two of you

00:46:33wouldn't fight because of me.

00:46:34If you're that blind,

00:46:35I'll take you

00:46:36to an ophthalmologist

00:46:37right now.

00:46:38Ethan,

00:46:38you can take me to neurology.

00:46:39My Parkinson's

00:46:40clearly needs

00:46:41immediate treatment.

00:46:42Claire,

00:46:42don't push it.

00:46:43I pulled out my phone

00:46:44and called 911.

00:46:46Hi,

00:46:46we're in the private

00:46:47dining room

00:46:47at the Wellington.

00:46:48One person has been scalded,

00:46:50another is hyperventilating

00:46:51over a ruined suit,

00:46:52and we have a visually

00:46:52impaired woman

00:46:53who apparently can't tell

00:46:54a grown man

00:46:55from an empty chair.

00:46:56We need an ambulance.

00:46:57Okay.

00:46:59I ended the call,

00:47:00pulled out my chair,

00:47:01and sat down.

00:47:02The ambulance took Vanessa

00:47:03to a hospital downtown.

00:47:05Ethan rode with her.

00:47:06The rest of us followed.

00:47:07At the emergency room,

00:47:08I complained about my tremors

00:47:09until a neurology resident

00:47:10evaluated me

00:47:11and ordered follow-up testing.

00:47:12Once the burn team

00:47:13dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:47:14I carried my paperwork

00:47:15to the hospital's

00:47:16urgent eye clinic.

00:47:17Vanessa was leaning

00:47:18against Ethan,

00:47:19whimpering about the burn.

00:47:20I walked over

00:47:21and yanked her out of his arms.

00:47:23Doctor,

00:47:23fit her with the thickest glasses

00:47:25her actual prescription requires

00:47:26and make the frames

00:47:27impossible to miss.

00:47:28Her myopia is significant,

00:47:30but modern high-index lenses

00:47:31can correct it

00:47:32without being unusually thick.

00:47:34She mistook a six-foot man

00:47:35for an empty chair

00:47:36and sat down on him.

00:47:37If the prescription

00:47:38isn't the problem,

00:47:39then perhaps we should discuss

00:47:40why she keeps behaving

00:47:41as if she's blind.

00:47:42I won't wear glasses!

00:47:43They make me look hideous!

00:47:44Ethan, help me!

00:47:45That's enough, Claire.

00:47:46Vanessa cares about her appearance,

00:47:48so she normally wears contacts.

00:47:49She just forgot them today.

00:47:50I pulled a bottle

00:47:51of industrial-strength superglue.

00:47:53You don't want glasses?

00:47:54Fine.

00:47:55I'll glue the connex

00:47:56to your eyeballs,

00:47:57then you'll never forget them again.

00:47:58No!

00:48:00You're insane!

00:48:04Parkinson's.

00:48:04Nothing I can do.

00:48:06Ethan shook with rage.

00:48:07He tore off the expensive jacket

00:48:08and threw it in the trash.

00:48:09Use her real prescription.

00:48:11Put it in thick black frames

00:48:12and make sure she leaves

00:48:13with them on.

00:48:14If she walks out

00:48:15unable to identify furniture,

00:48:16I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:48:19The doctor looked exhausted,

00:48:20but the prescription itself

00:48:21was medically appropriate.

00:48:23He sent us to the optical shop

00:48:24across the lobby

00:48:25for temporary lenses

00:48:26and heavy black frames.

00:48:27Half an hour later,

00:48:28the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:48:30She looked in the mirror

00:48:31and burst into tears.

00:48:32I walked over

00:48:33and slacked the remaining superglue

00:48:34onto the counter.

00:48:36If you take those glasses off,

00:48:37I'll glue them

00:48:38to the bridge of your nose.

00:48:39Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:48:41She was too frightened

00:48:41even to cry out loud.

00:48:43When we got home,

00:48:44I locked Ethan outside.

00:48:45He pounded on the door.

00:48:46Claire!

00:48:47Open this door!

00:48:48I don't feel right

00:48:49leaving Vanessa alone at a hotel.

00:48:51She can't see!

00:48:53I need to grab some things

00:48:54and go take care of her!

00:48:56Go ahead.

00:48:59But if you leave,

00:49:00don't come back.

00:49:01The hallway went quiet.

00:49:02I knew Ethan would not dare walk away.

00:49:04My father's family trust

00:49:05had provided the seed money

00:49:06for Ethan's company

00:49:07and still controlled

00:49:08its main line of credit.

00:49:09With me taking this hard a line,

00:49:11Ethan knew that if he openly

00:49:12turned against me,

00:49:13the trust could freeze

00:49:14his financing by morning.

00:49:15The next day,

00:49:16I had the locks changed

00:49:17before I went to work.

00:49:18I came home early that afternoon.

00:49:19The moment I opened the door,

00:49:21I saw Vanessa wandering

00:49:22around my living room

00:49:22in an oversized white garment,

00:49:24her bare legs on full display.

00:49:26The thick glasses were gone.

00:49:27As soon as she saw me,

00:49:28she arranged her face

00:49:29into a look of panic.

00:49:30Claire, please don't misunderstand.

00:49:31I couldn't see

00:49:32and I thought this was mine.

00:49:33I studied what she was wearing.

00:49:35It was a limited edition

00:49:36silk couture dress

00:49:37that had cost me $15,000.

00:49:39I had deliberately hung it

00:49:40in Ethan's closet.

00:49:41Not only had she put it on,

00:49:42but she had cut the hem short.

00:49:44I crossed the room

00:49:44and slapped her.

00:49:45Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:49:47Claire!

00:49:48What gives you the right to hit me?

00:49:50I pointed at the dress.

00:49:53Your eyes don't work?

00:49:54And neither do your hands?

00:49:55That's a limited edition

00:49:56couture dress.

00:49:57How did you mistake it

00:49:58for a man's shirt?

00:49:58She held her cheek,

00:49:59her eyes swimming with tears.

00:50:01I honestly couldn't tell.

00:50:03The cut looked like

00:50:03something Ethan would wear.

00:50:04I nodded.

00:50:05Fine.

00:50:06The bedroom door

00:50:06stood wide open.

00:50:08You couldn't tell.

00:50:09Then what were you doing

00:50:09in the primary bedroom?

00:50:10My bed was a wreck

00:50:11and there was a damp stain

00:50:12on the sheets.

00:50:13I pulled her over

00:50:14to see her masterpiece.

00:50:17I was exhausted.

00:50:19The hallway was blurry

00:50:20and I opened the wrong door.

00:50:23Don't be mad, Claire.

00:50:26I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:50:28I turned toward the kitchen,

00:50:30summoned my Parkinson's,

00:50:31and came back

00:50:31with a chef's knife

00:50:32trembling in my hand.

00:50:33Vanessa screamed

00:50:34and scrambled

00:50:35toward the front door.

00:50:36She dropped to the floor.

00:50:38Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:50:40let me improve

00:50:41the design for you.

00:50:42The blade flashed down

00:50:43and sliced through

00:50:44the back of the dress.

00:50:45Vanessa shrieked

00:50:46and covered her chest.

00:50:47I dragged her into the hallway

00:50:48and threw her out.

00:50:50Get out.

00:50:51She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:50:52barely covered by torn silk.

00:50:54I shut the door.

00:50:55When Ethan came home that night,

00:50:56he found Vanessa

00:50:57shivering in the hallway,

00:50:58wrapped in an old coat

00:50:59borrowed from a neighbor.

00:51:00He stormed into the apartment

00:51:01and pointed in my face.

00:51:02Claire Bennett,

00:51:03you're vicious.

00:51:05Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:51:06and put on the wrong clothes,

00:51:07so you threw her out

00:51:08half naked?

00:51:09How is she supposed

00:51:10to face anyone after this?

00:51:12I sat on the couch,

00:51:13filing my nails.

00:51:14She's severely nearsighted,

00:51:15isn't she?

00:51:16Even if people stare at her,

00:51:17she can't see them.

00:51:18What's the problem?

00:51:19Ethan grabbed a glass

00:51:20from the table

00:51:20and hurled it to the floor.

00:51:22You will apologize to Vanessa

00:51:24and you will let her stay here.

00:51:25I sat down the nail file

00:51:27and stood.

00:51:30Did you forget

00:51:31who paid for this apartment?

00:51:32I bought it before we married

00:51:33and my name is the only one

00:51:35on the deed.

00:51:36It's my separate property.

00:51:37I decide who stays

00:51:38and who goes.

00:51:39You don't get a vote.

00:51:40Ethan's face darkened.

00:51:41I'm your husband.

00:51:43I have every right to decide

00:51:44who lives in our home.

00:51:47Say one more word

00:51:48and you'll be homeless too.

00:51:49His jaw tightened,

00:51:50but he said nothing.

00:51:51He turned around,

00:51:52led Vanessa away

00:51:53and checked them both

00:51:54into a hotel.

00:51:55Vanessa disappeared

00:51:55for the next few days.

00:51:57I knew she was not finished.

00:51:58In my first life,

00:51:59this was when she destroyed

00:52:00the $150,000 wedding gown

00:52:02I had chosen for our ceremony.

00:52:03Our wedding celebration

00:52:04was scheduled

00:52:05for the following month.

00:52:06This time,

00:52:07I had the real gown

00:52:08placed in a secure vault.

00:52:09Then I bought a flimsy

00:52:10white bridal dress

00:52:11for $20 at a thrift store.

00:52:12I put it together

00:52:13with Ethan's

00:52:13most treasured possession,

00:52:15a rare signed jersey

00:52:16that had cost him

00:52:16$45,000 at auction.

00:52:18I sealed both inside

00:52:19an expensive opaque garment bag

00:52:21and hung it

00:52:21where my gown had been.

00:52:22I coated the inside

00:52:23of the bag

00:52:23and both garments

00:52:24with extra strength

00:52:25itching powder

00:52:26from a novelty supplier.

00:52:27That weekend,

00:52:28Ethan used the excuse

00:52:29of picking up some files

00:52:30to bring Vanessa home.

00:52:31I pretended to leave

00:52:32for a shopping trip,

00:52:33then hid in a blind spot

00:52:34in the stairwell.

00:52:35My phone was connected

00:52:35to the cameras

00:52:36inside the apartment.

00:52:37On the screen,

00:52:38Vanessa watched me leave

00:52:39and immediately slipped

00:52:40into the guest room.

00:52:41To make sure she ruined

00:52:41the gown completely,

00:52:42she closed her eyes

00:52:43and began cutting

00:52:44and tearing through

00:52:44the garment bag.

00:52:45The cheap white fabric

00:52:46shredded easily.

00:52:47She was enjoying herself

00:52:48so much that she never

00:52:49noticed the blue jersey

00:52:50being cut into strips

00:52:51along with it.

00:52:52The powder coated

00:52:52her hands and clothes.

00:52:54Once she finished,

00:52:54she hurried out of the room

00:52:55with guilt written

00:52:56all over her face.

00:52:57Within minutes,

00:52:57she began squirming

00:52:58and scratching her arms

00:52:59and neck.

00:53:00I took my time

00:53:00opening the front door.

00:53:01I took my time

00:53:03My husband's best friend

00:53:04since childhood,

00:53:05Vanessa Brooks,

00:53:06claimed to be

00:53:06severely nearsighted.

00:53:07At dinner with a group

00:53:08of friends,

00:53:09she dropped straight

00:53:09into my husband's lap.

00:53:11Oh my god,

00:53:11Claire,

00:53:12I'm so sorry.

00:53:13My eyesight is terrible.

00:53:14I honestly thought

00:53:14the chair was empty.

00:53:15The $150,000 wedding gown

00:53:18I had chosen

00:53:18was shredded

00:53:19while I was away.

00:53:20When I confronted her,

00:53:21Claire,

00:53:22I can barely tell

00:53:23clothes apart

00:53:23without my contacts.

00:53:24It was white,

00:53:25so I thought it was

00:53:26one of the new

00:53:26cleaning rags.

00:53:28Her severe nearsightedness

00:53:29became an all-purpose

00:53:30excuse

00:53:31in my husband's bed.

00:53:33Then,

00:53:33when I was nine months

00:53:34pregnant and rolling

00:53:35on the floor in agony,

00:53:36I called Ethan for help.

00:53:37Vanessa secretly

00:53:38ended the call.

00:53:39Oops.

00:53:40I couldn't read

00:53:40the caller,

00:53:41Sidi.

00:53:41I thought it was

00:53:41a telemarketer.

00:53:42I bled to death

00:53:43before anyone came.

00:53:44My baby died with me.

00:53:45When I opened

00:53:46my eyes again,

00:53:47I was back at the dinner

00:53:48where Vanessa had sat

00:53:49on Ethan's lap.

00:53:50She was still cooing.

00:53:51I really thought

00:53:51nobody was sitting there.

00:53:52I picked up the cup

00:53:54of scalding hot tea

00:53:54beside me

00:53:55and threw it in her face

00:53:56without hesitation.

00:53:57Oh,

00:53:58I'm so sorry.

00:54:00I was just diagnosed

00:54:01with early offset Parkinson's.

00:54:02I can't control my hands.

00:54:04You don't mind,

00:54:04do you?

00:54:06The scalding team

00:54:07splashed across

00:54:08Vanessa's chest.

00:54:10Claire Bennett,

00:54:11have you lost your mind?

00:54:12Vanessa made an innocent mistake

00:54:14because she couldn't see

00:54:14and you threw

00:54:15boiling water on her!

00:54:17I told you,

00:54:18I have Parkinson's.

00:54:19My hands shake.

00:54:21I can't control them.

00:54:24Claire,

00:54:25I know you don't like me,

00:54:26but I really am

00:54:27severely nearsighted.

00:54:28I forgot my contacts,

00:54:29so I sat in the wrong place.

00:54:31If you don't want me here,

00:54:32I'll leave.

00:54:33Claire,

00:54:33you're being ridiculously petty.

00:54:35Vanessa and Ethan

00:54:35have known each other

00:54:36since kindergarten,

00:54:36so she sat on his lap

00:54:38for one second.

00:54:38Who cares?

00:54:39Her prescription

00:54:40is minus eight.

00:54:41She didn't do it on purpose.

00:54:43And now you're pretending

00:54:44to have Parkinson's?

00:54:45You're barely 30.

00:54:46Who do you expect

00:54:47to believe that?

00:54:47I grabbed the platter

00:54:48of spicy shrimp pasta

00:54:49that had just arrived.

00:54:50I dumped the whole thing,

00:54:52creamy spicy sauce and all,

00:54:53over the man

00:54:54who had just spoken.

00:54:55Oops.

00:54:55My hand shook again.

00:54:57He stared at his ruined

00:54:58$15,000 suit,

00:54:59then jumped up cursing

00:55:00as he desperately brushed

00:55:01chilies and peppercorns

00:55:02off the fabric.

00:55:03The room went silent.

00:55:05Are you finished?

00:55:06Apologize to Vanessa

00:55:07and Derek right now!

00:55:09I slapped him

00:55:10across the face.

00:55:12Tremor.

00:55:13Couldn't help it.

00:55:14Ethan covered his cheek

00:55:14and stared at me

00:55:15in disbelief.

00:55:17Ethan,

00:55:17please don't blame Claire.

00:55:18This is all my fault.

00:55:20If I were completely blind,

00:55:21I wouldn't keep upsetting her

00:55:22and the two of you

00:55:23wouldn't fight because of me.

00:55:25If you're that blind,

00:55:26I'll take you

00:55:26to an ophthalmologist

00:55:27right now.

00:55:28Ethan,

00:55:29you can take me

00:55:29to neurology.

00:55:30My Parkinson's

00:55:31clearly needs

00:55:31immediate treatment.

00:55:32Claire,

00:55:33don't push it.

00:55:34I pulled out my phone

00:55:34and called 911.

00:55:36Hi,

00:55:37we're in the private dining room

00:55:38at the Wellington.

00:55:39One person has been scalded,

00:55:40another is hyperventilating

00:55:41over a ruined suit

00:55:42and we have a visually

00:55:43impaired woman

00:55:44who apparently can't tell

00:55:45a grown man

00:55:45from an empty chair.

00:55:46We need an ambulance.

00:55:50I ended the call,

00:55:51pulled out my chair

00:55:51and sat down.

00:55:52The ambulance took Vanessa

00:55:53to a hospital downtown.

00:55:55Ethan rode with her,

00:55:56the rest of us followed.

00:55:57At the emergency room,

00:55:58I complained about my tremors

00:56:00until a neurology resident

00:56:01evaluated me

00:56:02and ordered follow-up testing.

00:56:03Once the burn team

00:56:04dressed Vanessa's chest,

00:56:05I carried my paperwork

00:56:06to the hospital's

00:56:07urgent eye clinic.

00:56:08Vanessa was leaning

00:56:09against Ethan,

00:56:09whimpering about the burn.

00:56:11I walked over

00:56:12and yanked her

00:56:12out of his arms.

00:56:13Doctor,

00:56:14fit her with the thickest glasses

00:56:15her actual prescription requires

00:56:17and make the frames

00:56:18impossible to miss.

00:56:19Her myopia is significant,

00:56:20but modern high-index lenses

00:56:22can correct it

00:56:23without being unusually thick.

00:56:24She mistook a six-foot man

00:56:26for an empty chair

00:56:26and sat down on him.

00:56:28If the prescription

00:56:29isn't the problem,

00:56:29then perhaps we should discuss

00:56:30why she keeps behaving

00:56:31as if she's blind.

00:56:32I won't wear glasses!

00:56:34They make me look hideous!

00:56:35Ethan, help me!

00:56:36That's enough, Claire.

00:56:37Vanessa cares about her appearance.

00:56:39So she normally wears contacts.

00:56:40She just forgot them today.

00:56:41I pulled a bottle

00:56:42of industrial-strength

00:56:43super glue.

00:56:43You don't want glasses?

00:56:45Fine.

00:56:46I'll glue the connex

00:56:47to your eyeballs,

00:56:47then you'll never

00:56:48forget them again.

00:56:49No!

00:56:50You're insane!

00:56:54Parkinson's.

00:56:55Nothing I can do.

00:56:56Ethan shook with rage.

00:56:57He tore off the expensive jacket

00:56:59and threw it in the trash.

00:57:00Use her real prescription.

00:57:01Put it in thick black frames

00:57:03and make sure she leaves

00:57:04with them on.

00:57:04If she walks out

00:57:05unable to identify furniture,

00:57:07I'll file a patient safety complaint.

00:57:09The doctor looked exhausted,

00:57:11but the prescription itself

00:57:12was medically appropriate.

00:57:13He sent us to the optical shop

00:57:15across the lobby

00:57:15for temporary lenses

00:57:16and heavy black frames.

00:57:18Half an hour later,

00:57:19the glasses sat on Vanessa's face.

00:57:21She looked in the mirror

00:57:22and burst into tears.

00:57:23I walked over and slacked

00:57:24the remaining super glue

00:57:25onto the counter.

00:57:26If you take those glasses off,

00:57:28I'll glue them

00:57:28to the bridge of your nose.

00:57:30Vanessa clutched the frames.

00:57:31She was too frightened

00:57:32even to cry out loud.

00:57:33When we got home,

00:57:34I locked Ethan outside.

00:57:35He pounded on the door.

00:57:37Claire, open this door!

00:57:39I don't feel right

00:57:40leaving Vanessa alone

00:57:41at a hotel.

00:57:41She can't see.

00:57:43I need to grab some things

00:57:45and go take care of her!

00:57:47Go ahead.

00:57:49But if you leave,

00:57:50don't come back.

00:57:52The hallway went quiet.

00:57:53I knew Ethan

00:57:53would not dare walk away.

00:57:55My father's family trust

00:57:56had provided the seed money

00:57:57for Ethan's company

00:57:58and still controlled

00:57:59its main line of credit.

00:58:00With me taking this hard a line,

00:58:01Ethan knew that if he openly

00:58:02turned against me,

00:58:03the trust could freeze

00:58:04his financing by morning.

00:58:05The next day,

00:58:06I had the locks changed

00:58:07before I went to work.

00:58:08I came home early that afternoon.

00:58:10The moment I opened the door,

00:58:11I saw Vanessa wandering

00:58:12around my living room

00:58:13in an oversized white garment,

00:58:15her bare legs on full display.

00:58:16The thick glasses were gone.

00:58:17As soon as she saw me,

00:58:18she arranged her face

00:58:19into a look of panic.

00:58:21Claire, please don't misunderstand.

00:58:22I couldn't see

00:58:23and I thought this was mine.

00:58:24I studied what she was wearing.

00:58:25It was a limited edition

00:58:26silk couture dress

00:58:28that had cost me $15,000.

00:58:30I had deliberately hung it

00:58:31in Ethan's closet.

00:58:32Not only had she put it on,

00:58:33but she had cut the hem short.

00:58:34I crossed the room

00:58:35and slapped her.

00:58:36Vanessa fell onto the couch.

00:58:38Claire!

00:58:39What gives you the right to hit me?

00:58:40I pointed at the dress.

00:58:43Your eyes don't work

00:58:45and neither do your hands.

00:58:46That's a limited edition

00:58:47couture dress.

00:58:47How did you mistake it

00:58:48for a man's shirt?

00:58:49She held her cheek,

00:58:50her eyes swimming with tears.

00:58:52I honestly couldn't tell.

00:58:53The cut looked like

00:58:54something Ethan would wear.

00:58:55I nodded.

00:58:56Fine.

00:58:56The bedroom door stood wide open.

00:58:58You couldn't tell.

00:58:59Then what were you doing

00:59:00in the primary bedroom?

00:59:01My bed was a wreck

00:59:02and there was a damp stain

00:59:03on the sheets.

00:59:04I pulled her over

00:59:05to see her masterpiece.

00:59:07I was exhausted.

00:59:09The hallway was blurry

00:59:11and I opened the wrong door.

00:59:14Don't be mad, Claire.

00:59:17I'll wash the sheets right now.

00:59:19I turned toward the kitchen,

00:59:20summoned my Parkinson's,

00:59:21and came back with a chef's knife

00:59:23trembling in my hand.

00:59:24Vanessa screamed

00:59:25and scrambled toward the front door.

00:59:27She dropped to the floor.

00:59:29Since you love wearing my clothes,

00:59:31let me improve the design for you.

00:59:33The blade flashed down

00:59:34and sliced through

00:59:35the back of the dress.

00:59:36Vanessa shrieked

00:59:36and covered her chest.

00:59:37I dragged her into the hallway

00:59:38and threw her out.

00:59:40Get out.

00:59:41She stood barefoot in the hall,

00:59:43barely covered by torn silk.

00:59:44I shut the door.

00:59:45When Ethan came home that night,

00:59:46he found Vanessa

00:59:47shivering in the hallway,

00:59:49wrapped in an old coat

00:59:49borrowed from a neighbor.

00:59:51He stormed into the apartment

00:59:52and pointed in my face.

00:59:53Claire Bennett,

00:59:54you're vicious.

00:59:55Vanessa walked into the wrong room

00:59:57and put on the wrong clothes,

00:59:58so you threw her out

00:59:59half naked?

01:00:00How is she supposed

01:00:01to face anyone after this?

01:00:02I sat on the couch,

01:00:03filing my nails.

01:00:04She's severely nearsighted,

01:00:06isn't she?

01:00:06Even if people stare at her,

01:00:08she can't see them.

01:00:09What's the problem?

01:00:09Ethan grabbed a glass

01:00:10from the table

01:00:11and hurled it in the floor.

01:00:13You will apologize to Vanessa,

01:00:15and you will let her stay here.

01:00:16I sat down the nail file

01:00:17and stood.

01:00:20Did you forget

01:00:21who paid for this apartment?

01:00:22I bought it before we married,

01:00:24and my name is the only one

01:00:25on the deed.

01:00:26It's my separate property.

01:00:27I decide who stays

01:00:28and who goes.

01:00:29You don't get a vote.

01:00:30Ethan's face darkened.

01:00:32I'm your husband.

01:00:33I have every right to decide

01:00:35who lives in our home.

01:00:37Say one more word,

01:00:38and you'll be homeless too.

01:00:40His jaw tightened,

01:00:41but he said nothing.

01:00:42He turned around,

01:00:43led Vanessa away,

01:00:44and checked them both

01:00:44into a hotel.

01:00:45Vanessa disappeared

01:00:46for the next few days.

01:00:47I knew she was not finished.

01:00:48In my first life,

01:00:49this was when she destroyed

01:00:50the $150,000 wedding gown

01:00:52I had chosen for our ceremony.

01:00:54Our wedding celebration

01:00:55was scheduled

01:00:56for the following month.

01:00:57This time,

01:00:57I had the real gown

01:00:58placed in a secure vault.

01:01:00Then I bought a flimsy

01:01:00white bridal dress

01:01:01for $20 at a thrift store.

01:01:03I put it together

01:01:03with Ethan's

01:01:04most treasured possession,

01:01:05a rare signed jersey

01:01:06that had cost him

01:01:07$45,000 at auction.

01:01:09I sealed both inside

01:01:10an expensive opaque garment bag

01:01:11and hung it

01:01:12where my gown had been.

01:01:13I coated the inside

01:01:13of the bag

01:01:14and both garments

01:01:15with extra strength

01:01:16itching powder

01:01:16from a novelty supplier.

01:01:17That weekend,

01:01:18Ethan used the excuse

01:01:19of picking up some files

01:01:20to bring Vanessa home.

01:01:21I pretended to leave

01:01:22for a shopping trip

01:01:23then hid in a blind spot

01:01:24in the stairwell.

01:01:25My phone was connected

01:01:26to the cameras

01:01:26inside the apartment.

01:01:28On the screen,

01:01:28Vanessa watched me leave

01:01:29and immediately slipped

01:01:30into the guest room.

01:01:31To make sure she ruined

01:01:32the gown completely,

01:01:33she closed her eyes

01:01:34and began cutting

01:01:34and tearing through

01:01:35the garment bag.

01:01:36The cheap white fabric

01:01:37shredded easily.

01:01:38She was enjoying herself

01:01:39so much that she never

01:01:40noticed the blue jersey

01:01:41being cut into strips

01:01:42along with it.

01:01:42The powder coated

01:01:43her hands and clothes.

01:01:44Once she finished,

01:01:45she hurried out of the room

01:01:46with guilt written

01:01:46all over her face.

01:01:47Within minutes,

01:01:48she began squirming

01:01:49and scratching her arms

01:01:50and neck.

01:01:50I took my time

01:01:51opening the front door.

01:01:52create now for my heart.

01:01:52I want Tent to steal

01:01:52To make sure she comes of

01:01:53to see you

01:01:53and make sure she

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