Sera is humiliated at her own wedding. So she cuts ties with her family and walks away.
Then she learns about a secret inheritance. There is one condition: she must marry within eleven days.
As the days run out, Sera uncovers a stolen rescue and a carefully planned betrayal. And one mysterious man seems to hold the key to the memories she lost.
Who really saved her? Who betrayed her? And what does this stranger know about her past?
Watch until the end to follow Sera's eleven days.
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Then she learns about a secret inheritance. There is one condition: she must marry within eleven days.
As the days run out, Sera uncovers a stolen rescue and a carefully planned betrayal. And one mysterious man seems to hold the key to the memories she lost.
Who really saved her? Who betrayed her? And what does this stranger know about her past?
Watch until the end to follow Sera's eleven days.
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00:02I have a secret. If someone jokes with me three times, by the third time, I take it seriously.
00:08But my fiancine and my whole family all think I get angry too easily.
00:12The first time, they pretended the Langford Fellowship had been reassigned to Vivienne.
00:17It was just a joke. The spot was always yours.
00:20The second time, on my birthday, everyone vanished at once and hid out in a hotel
00:24to celebrate Vivienne's birthday instead.
00:26At midnight, they finally sent me a family photo.
00:29The third time was my wedding. On the wedding day, my mother lied and told me the guests hadn't all
00:34arrived yet.
00:35I waited backstage for a long time before I finally couldn't take it anymore
00:38and pulled back the curtain, only to see my fiancine and Vivienne in formal wear, cutting into my wedding cake.
00:45Darling, we're just rehearsing it for you. Come on over.
00:48Everyone was laughing. Vivienne smiled and tucked herself into Vivienne's arms.
00:53Sarah, you're not actually mad, are you? Everyone's just joking. Come on, we saved you some cake.
00:59Today. They watched Vivienne put on that ashcomb gown.
01:02I looked at them coldly, then took off my veil and turned away.
01:07Because this time, I meant it.
01:11After I got home, I put my phone on silent and took a hot shower.
01:15When I turned it back on, I had 17 missed calls and a screen full of messages.
01:20Are you insane? Everyone's waiting for you.
01:22Sarah, do you know what you did to Vivienne?
01:24Grow up, Sarah.
01:25I'm so sorry, Sarah.
01:27I didn't know you'd mind this much.
01:28I'll take the wedding dress off right away and give it back to you.
01:31Sarah, how can you be angry at Vivienne?
01:34Vivienne spent half a month preparing for today.
01:36She said you looked especially cute the first two times you got teased,
01:39so she wanted to give you a bigger surprise at the wedding.
01:42I stared at those words for a long moment.
01:44Vivienne Merrick was the daughter of my father's late business partner.
01:47After the yacht explosion and fire six years ago, she moved into our home.
01:51She became the savior of my father, my brother, and Julian.
01:55We only survived that explosion because of Vivienne.
01:58How can you get mad at her over something this small?
02:00I looked at that sentence and thought of the smiles on everyone's faces today.
02:04So that is all my wedding had ever been to them.
02:07A small thing.
02:08I exited the chat and replied to Halloran,
02:10The wedding is off.
02:12I'll handle it before my birthday.
02:14Even though I still didn't know how I was supposed to do that in 11 days.
02:17The door was shoved open from the outside.
02:20Adrian stood in the doorway, still in his best man's suit.
02:24His face dark.
02:25You're actually at home?
02:27He strode over and slapped me hard across the face.
02:31The whole hall's sitting there waiting.
02:33You have any idea what you just did to mom and dad?
02:37Vivienne's been crying.
02:38She said if she'd known you were this easy to upset, she never would have suggested the joke.
02:42Do you know how upset she is?
02:44Whose wedding?
02:46What?
02:47I let out a cold, mocking laugh.
02:50I thought it was Vivienne's wedding, considering she had both the groom and the dress.
02:55Of course it's yours.
02:57Then why was she wearing the wedding dress?
02:59I told you already. Rehearsal!
03:00Why was she cutting my cake?
03:02A cake.
03:03A dress.
03:05Do you really have to keep score over every single thing?
03:11Back then, Vivienne risked a second explosion to drag me out from under the deck,
03:15and she still has the scar on her shoulder.
03:17So what if she made one joke?
03:19What about the wedding?
03:21What?
03:21When is it being rescheduled?
03:25Next week.
03:26Once you apologize to Vivienne, mom and dad will arrange it again.
03:30Too late.
03:31Too late for what?
03:33When I was 18, my grandfather, Alaric Ashcomb, signed one last addendum from his hospital bed.
03:40The trust won't go to anyone unmarried.
03:42Marry before your 25th birthday, and the Ashworth inheritance is yours.
03:46Every time they hurt me, they could always find an excuse in that explosion.
03:50As if the moment they brought it up, I was supposed to shut up automatically.
03:54But Vivienne didn't save me.
03:55So why was I the one expected to repay the debt?
03:59I looked at him and suddenly asked,
04:02Adrian, what if one day you found out Vivienne wasn't the one who saved you?
04:06Adrian's expression darkened instantly.
04:08If it wasn't her, then what was it, you?
04:10He seized my wrist and shoved me hard to the floor.
04:13You can be jealous of Vivienne if you want, but don't say something this disgusting.
04:20Fine.
04:21My wrist throbbed where he had grabbed it.
04:23What did you say?
04:24I understand.
04:25I won't say it again.
04:27There was no need anymore.
04:30Be at the banquet hall before lunch, apologize to Vivienne, and if she forgives you, the wedding will go on.
04:37I'm not apologizing.
04:39At two in the afternoon, I went to the family office.
04:42Mr. Halloran's office was at the end of the hall, the door always open.
04:46He was 16th and 7th and had served as his family's legal advisor for 40th and 1 years.
04:51Your father said you were supposed to be at the hotel preparing for your wedding today.
04:55The wedding is canceled.
04:57He was silent for a moment, then took the addendum from the drawer and spread it across the desk.
05:02Three pages in total.
05:04A due diligence review was done on Mr. Adrian Ashcroft's succession three years ago.
05:08My fingers went still on the page.
05:12She looked into this clause?
05:14She looked into everything, including the route by which the assets would be merged into the Merrick deed if the
05:20deadline passed.
05:21He turned to the third page and pointed to the date at the bottom.
05:25Three years ago.
05:26A lot of things suddenly made sense.
05:30What if I get married within 11 days?
05:32Then the entire Ashboard trust comes under your sole control.
05:35It doesn't matter who I marry?
05:38The clause only says legal marriage.
05:41It doesn't say with whom.
05:44Miss Ashboard, while you were still in the ICU six years ago, a young man stood in the hallway for
05:52three days.
05:53As soon as you woke up, he left.
05:55I opened the envelope inside.
05:57We're only a photograph and a hospital visitor.
06:00He didn't leave a name?
06:05He said he wasn't qualified to.
06:09On the way home, my phone chimed the sender was the Coast Guard Archives office.
06:14Mrs. Ashberth, the explosion rescue footage you requested three days ago has been sent to your email.
06:19The first people to reach the scene that night, six years ago, were two Coast Guard rescuers.
06:24One of their body cameras captured a full 27 minutes after the explosion.
06:27I stared at the attachment.
06:28For a long time, then I opened at flames towering over the sea.
06:32Then I saw myself from six years ago.
06:33Help!
06:34Help!
06:35There are still people inside!
06:37My family is still in there!
06:39I was shouting over and over when it was clear.
06:42No one could help me in time.
06:43I gritted through the pain and went back inside the first person I dragged out through the hatch.
06:47It was my father.
06:48The second was Adrian.
06:50He was already unconscious.
06:51Half his body trapped between the seat belt and a broken seat frame.
06:54I saw it at the belt with a shard of glass for a long, long time before it finally snapped.
06:59The fire had already reached the rear cabin.
07:01One of the rescuers rushed up and grabbed me, but the me on screen shook him off.
07:05Three minutes later, I dragged Julian out of the cabin inch by inch, only after I saw all of them
07:10safe.
07:10Did I finally collapse someone off?
07:12Camera shouted by the time I lost consciousness.
07:15The rescue team had finally reached me and gathered around me.
07:19Vivian came running over from the floating dock on the other side.
07:22She threw herself.
07:23Miss, don't go back in.
07:24The fuel tank's about to blow.
07:28There's one more!
07:29When I woke up in the hospital, the doctor said I'd inhaled too much smoke
07:33and struck the back of my head against the cabin wall.
07:36What I remembered didn't match what everyone else said happened.
07:39You were terrified out of your mind by then.
07:41Vivian burned her shoulder saving me.
07:43They were so certain that in the end...
07:45Don't fight her over this.
07:47Even I stopped daring to bring it up so all these years.
07:50How could you lie?
07:53I hadn't remembered wrong.
07:55Vivian had been lying all along.
07:57I exited the video and made two copies of the original file.
08:01One went onto a USB drive.
08:03The other I encrypted and sent to Mr. Halloran.
08:06My phone rang.
08:07Please seal it.
08:08I'll play it myself after I inherit the family.
08:11Also, please help me look into something.
08:13How many people were on the manifest that night six years ago?
08:17Again, Julian sent a photo in the photo.
08:21Eyes rimmed, red Julian was crouched in front of her,
08:24tending to the cut on her finger.
08:25You got her so upset, she cut her finger on the cake knife.
08:28You'd better come apologize to her right now.
08:31I looked at the photo.
08:33Ten days until my birthday.
08:35At one in the afternoon.
08:36You're not going anywhere for the next few days.
08:38Stay home and wait until you're ready to apologize to everyone.
08:42And pointed at me, I lowered my eyes and took a sip of water.
08:46Everyone froze Julian was the first to smile.
08:49Next week is too late.
08:50He walked over and reached out.
08:52What?
08:53Out of habit.
08:54To ruffle my hair.
08:55I moved away, the smile faded from his face.
09:01Sarah, aren't you being a little too impatient?
09:04Julian, don't blame Sarah.
09:06She's just in a bad mood today.
09:09And I heard Sarah's birthday is next week.
09:12Julian's bandage was still wrapped around her finger.
09:14I set down my glass.
09:16Vivian.
09:17Vivian looked up.
09:19Hmm?
09:20On the night six years ago,
09:22who was the first person you pulled out?
09:26Vivian's expression stiffened for a second.
09:29Sarah, are you still blaming me after all this time?
09:32Her breathing suddenly turning ragged my father.
09:35Panicked instantly, Julian rushed to her.
09:37Almost on instinct, Vivian.
09:40Collapsed against Julian.
09:42Where's her medicine?
09:43Vivian, breathe slowly.
09:45Look at me.
09:47Sarah, when you've thought things through and apologized to Vivian,
09:50then we'll talk about rescheduling the wedding.
09:51I didn't look back.
09:53I only needed one person to sign a piece of paper at the registry office.
09:58A black car was parked at the corner.
10:00A man leaned against the door,
10:02speaking quietly on the phone,
10:04too low for me to hear I walked over.
10:06He lifted his eyes to me.
10:07I froze.
10:08He was the man from the photo.
10:10Sir.
10:10He lowered the phone.
10:11Are you married?
10:12He was silent.
10:13No.
10:15Marry me.
10:17Three months.
10:18Name your price.
10:19The man said nothing.
10:21His gaze ran over me from head to toe.
10:23Do you know who I am?
10:25No.
10:25I just need you to sign one paper at the registry office.
10:29Then you should at least tell me your name.
10:32Sarah Oshkorth.
10:33The phone slipped from his hand and hit the ground.
10:35It landed face up.
10:37He just stood there.
10:39The call still connected.
10:40A careful male voice came through the speaker.
10:43Boss, the port's waiting for your instructions.
10:45His voice slightly rough, he bent down.
10:47I've waited six years.
10:49Why?
10:51Nothing.
10:52Nothing.
10:52Staring at me without moving long enough that I thought he hadn't heard me and was about
10:55to repeat myself.
10:56Then he spoke.
10:57When the black car stopped in front of the registry office, we walked into the hall side
11:02by side the whole way there.
11:03He never asked why I was still in wedding underlayers.
11:06Never asked about the bruise on my face.
11:09Never asked why I was in such a rush to get married today.
11:13The clerk looked at us once, then looked again.
11:16Your identification, please?
11:18He pulled a passport from his inner pocket and set it on the counter, Dominic Vaughn.
11:23And yours, ma'am?
11:25I memorized the name.
11:26I slid my ID over the process.
11:28Went faster than I'd expected at exactly four o'clock.
11:32We walked back out.
11:33I said he slid the documents back into his pocket.
11:35Moving slowly.
11:38A man who could clear an entire afternoon at a moment's notice at a time like this.
11:45We'll sign an agreement.
11:47Whatever amount you want, write it in.
11:50I don't want money.
11:53I have one condition.
11:54I went on guard immediately.
11:56Go on.
11:57He looked at me, then suddenly lifted a hand and pointed at the swelling on my face.
12:01If anyone ever does this to you again, tell me first.
12:04I froze it sounded less like a favor than a promise.
12:08Fine.
12:09Deal.
12:10He smiled and opened the car door.
12:12I'll take you back.
12:13After we left the registry office, I took Dominic to the hotel.
12:17The banquet manager handed me the wedding contract, the jewelry insurance papers,
12:22and a ring of spare keys I had just come out of the office when I ran into Julian in
12:26the hallway.
12:28He clearly hadn't expected to see me there for one second.
12:33I knew you wouldn't really just leave it like this.
12:35I almost laughed out loud.
12:38That was how it had always gone before they made a complete mess of everything.
12:41I was always the one who came back to mop up the mess Julian walked over and reached for my
12:45hand.
12:46I rebooked it for next Saturday, and I had your favorite flowers flown in again.
12:52Julian, don't be mad anymore.
12:55I placed the ring in his palm.
12:56The smile slowly disappeared from his face.
12:59What is this supposed to mean?
13:01Let me introduce you.
13:02This is my husband, Dominic.
13:04I stepped aside, then let out a scornful laugh, Dominic.
13:07Stop joking around.
13:09How long are you planning to drag this out?
13:11Hadn't said a word, he just took half a step forward and put himself between me and Julian's smile.
13:16My parents and Adrian were coming over, to the moment my mother saw the ring.
13:19Have you lost your mind?
13:21I said nothing.
13:22Vivian came last, and hadn't heard what we'd been saying.
13:25She had changed back into her own dress.
13:28She noticed my gaze and touched it instinctively, my mother.
13:31Vivian went through so much today.
13:32What's wrong with giving it to her?
13:34Give it to her?
13:35My mother froze.
13:35She probably hadn't expected me to agree so easily.
13:39Adrian looked at me suspiciously, Vivian.
13:42What is wrong with you today?
13:44Nothing.
13:45She reached up to take it off.
13:47Sari.
13:49If you really mind, I'll give it back.
13:53It shattered across the marble floor.
13:55She gave a sharp cry, Julian.
13:56Immediately pulled her into his arms, Adrian crouched, to check her ankle.
14:00Don't move.
14:01My mother turned pale with worry, too, as I stepped back.
14:05Did it cut you?
14:06Dominic immediately grabbed my hand, pressed down on the cut, and said quietly,
14:11Let's get that treated.
14:12I stayed where I was.
14:13Julian looked up and finally saw my hand, his brow furrowed.
14:16He had just started toward me when Vivian suddenly sucked in a breath.
14:20His head was bowed, lashes lowered.
14:23He stopped at once.
14:24I took Dominic's hand and walked toward the elevator.
14:27Sarah, if you dare walk away today, don't expect us to come coax you back.
14:30She won't get far.
14:32Since when has one of her tantrums ever lasted more than a day?
14:34I saw Julian still standing beside Vivian as the elevator descended.
14:39As the elevator descended, Dominic kept hold of my hand, wrapping gauze around it, layer by layer.
14:45Tell me if it hurts.
14:47It doesn't.
14:49I looked up at him in the mirrored wall of the elevator.
14:51His head was bowed, lashes lowered, his eyes hidden from view.
14:56You don't have to pity me.
14:58I don't pity you.
15:00He finished the final wrap and lowered my hand gently.
15:04I'm not pitying you.
15:07I just don't like seeing you bleed.
15:12When I woke, the view outside was a stretch of seaside high-rises.
15:17This isn't my home.
15:19It's mine.
15:21I never agreed to stay at your place.
15:23I didn't recognize he parked the car, took out the agreement I'd asked for,
15:26spread it over the steering wheel, and added a line with a pen clause 7.
15:30You wanted an agreement, so I wrote it in.
15:32Owned by Party B.I., stared at the line.
15:35Reason?
15:35Those people from your family will show up tomorrow.
15:38Where you're staying now isn't safe.
15:39They can't get into this building.
15:40After three months, you can go wherever you want.
15:42This clause only lasts three months.
15:44He gave me a key card and a ring of keys,
15:46then pointed to the end of the hallway.
15:49Your room is down there.
15:52What about the master bedroom?
15:55I'm taking the guest room.
15:58This is your home.
15:59For these three months, it's yours.
16:03I stood in the middle of the living room.
16:05To ceiling windows, the entire building was quiet.
16:08It hit me then.
16:09This was the first place where no one had raised their voice at me that night.
16:13I slept longer than I had in six years.
16:18On the first morning, breakfast was already set out on the table when I came downstairs.
16:23Fried eggs, toast, cut fruit, and a glass of warm milk.
16:27Nothing special.
16:30I didn't think much of it.
16:31I ate and left for work.
16:33The second day was the same.
16:35So was the third.
16:36It wasn't until the fourth morning that I suddenly noticed something.
16:40There had never been seafood on that table.
16:42I am allergic to seafood.
16:44I had never told him that on the day we got married.
16:47How did you know I'm allergic to seafood?
16:49I guessed.
16:51You have antihistamines on your table.
16:53People who carry those usually have either pollen allergies or seafood allergies.
16:58It's not pollen season.
16:59It sounded perfectly reasonable.
17:01So I believed him.
17:02I had eaten in my own house for 24 years.
17:05The same cook had worked there for 20 years.
17:07The menu had always been built around Vivian's tastes.
17:12That day, as I went downstairs to get into the car, I suddenly turned back and asked him,
17:17Dominic?
17:18Yeah?
17:19Who are you, really?
17:21His hand stayed on the steering wheel.
17:23He didn't answer immediately.
17:24When the day comes that I don't have to worry you'll make me leave, I'll tell you.
17:28Ten days later, at nine in the morning on my 25th birthday, a quarterly board meeting
17:34of the Ashkope Family Trust.
17:36When I pushed open the door, everyone was already there.
17:39What are you doing here?
17:41It's my birthday.
17:43So?
17:44I didn't answer her.
17:46I walked to the head seat and rested a hand on the back of the chair.
17:49Sarah, that's my seat.
17:52Mr. Halloran stood up.
17:53He took a brown document envelope from his briefcase.
17:56Before we move to the agenda, I need to read a document aloud.
17:59Clause 4 of the trust adamant signed by Mr. Alarek Ashkope six years ago.
18:03If beneficiary Sarah Ashkope completes a legal marriage registration before her 25th birthday,
18:07all voting prights of the Ashkope Family Trust shall automatically vased in her alone
18:11as of 12 a.m. on her birthday.
18:13Julian's face changed.
18:14What marriage registration?
18:16Halloran drew out a second document.
18:18This is the marriage registration confirmation completed 10 days ago.
18:22Registrate, Sarah Oshkosh.
18:24Spouse, Dominic Vaughn.
18:25The paper made its way around the table.
18:27No one spoke.
18:28My mother's cup struck the table edge, spilling a little water.
18:32Vivian's expression darkened immediately.
18:35I let out a cold laugh.
18:36She had studied the clause for three years and delayed the wedding for three years.
18:40But the one thing she hadn't counted on was me finding someone myself
18:44in the final 10 days and getting registered.
18:47Who did you marry?
18:49I pulled out the head chair and sat down.
18:51That isn't on today's agenda.
18:53I flipped the agenda to the third page.
18:55Item three, approval of Vivian Merrick's annual dividend.
18:58I looked up.
18:59I vote no.
19:00You don't have that authority!
19:02Adrian slammed a hand on the table.
19:04Halloran looked at him calmly.
19:05Mr. Adrian Oshbroth, as of midnight today,
19:07there is only one person at this table with voting rights.
19:10Her.
19:12You married some stranger off the street just to get back at Vivian?
19:15Do you even know what you're doing?
19:18I ignored him.
19:20I opened my laptop and connected it to the meeting room projector.
19:24Before the vote takes effect, I'd like everyone to watch something.
19:29So you stole her credit?
19:32I didn't mean to steal it!
19:34You were the ones who got it wrong first!
19:36I just didn't correct you!
19:38Mr. Halloran pulled a photocopy from his briefcase.
19:42Six years ago, Sarah was unconscious for 19 days.
19:46On day 11, the attending physician made a note.
19:49The patient was experiencing post-traumatic memory confusion.
19:52Her own statements were considered unreliable,
19:54and future testimony should rely on other people who were present.
19:58The name signed on the family representative line is yours.
20:02This is 27 minutes recorded by Amra on the night six years ago.
20:06The reduction review cleared three days after I filed the request,
20:09and I hold full access authorization.
20:12Vivian stood up in panic.
20:14Sarah, don't play it.
20:15I looked at her, smiled, and pressed play.
20:18Help!
20:19Help!
20:19There are still people inside!
20:22My family is still in there!
20:24I was shouting over and over when it was clear.
20:26No one could help me in time.
20:27I gritted through the pain and went back inside the first person I dragged out through the hatch.
20:31It was my father.
20:32The second was Adrian.
20:33He was already unconscious, half his body trapped between the seatbelt and a broken seat frame.
20:37I saw it at the belt with a shard of glass for a long, long time before it finally snapped.
20:41The fire had already reached the rear cabin.
20:43One of the rescuers rushed up and grabbed me, but the neon screen shook him off.
20:46Three minutes later, Adrian stared at Vivian in disbelief.
20:50He's very shaking.
20:51You said it was you.
20:53I was terrified.
20:54I didn't even know what he was asking me.
20:56The next day, when I was thinking clearly, I asked if you'd saved us, and you said yes.
21:03You even pointed at the scar on your shoulder and said you'd gotten it, saving me.
21:07Vivian turned deathly pale, then turned to my father and finally broke down.
21:11She has everything.
21:13She has parents, a brother, Julian, and I was just living here like some stray.
21:18You didn't just fail to explain.
21:21You silenced her first, and then chose not to explain.
21:25And the first time in six years, he had gotten angry on my behalf.
21:28Too late.
21:29I closed the laptop.
21:31Item three, motion denied.
21:33Item four, I propose a beneficiary qualifixion review of the merit dread.
21:37Mr. Halbor, please draft the documents.
21:40After the meeting, they stopped me in the hallway.
21:43My father's voice had already softened.
21:45Sarah, who is Dominic Vaughn?
21:47I picked him up off the street.
21:50Don't be ridiculous.
21:51I'm not.
21:52On the wedding day, I walked out of the banquet hall and picked him up at the corner.
21:55You married some random stranger off the street?
21:57Still better than marrying someone who spent half a week rehearsing cutting cake at my wedding.
22:01Adrian stepped in front of me.
22:03I'll look into him.
22:05Go ahead.
22:06Three days later, Adrian came again.
22:08This time, he stood in the doorway of my office without coming in.
22:12I looked into him.
22:14And?
22:15I hired three firms.
22:17They all took the case on Monday.
22:19By Wednesday, all three returned the engagement.
22:21Not one of them would say why.
22:23I waited for him to finish.
22:24Sarah, the man you married, what exactly does he do?
22:28I don't know.
22:29I only know he said yes and held an umbrella over me in the rain.
22:32I answered honestly.
22:33That night, an unfamiliar number called me.
22:36I answered and said nothing.
22:38After a long silence, Adrian said my name in a hoarse voice.
22:42Sarah.
22:44What is it?
22:44Adrian was crying.
22:46You were the one who saved me that day.
22:49Why didn't you tell me?
22:53Didn't I?
22:54Adrian went silent.
22:56Sarah, I didn't know.
22:58If I'd known, I wouldn't have treated you that way.
23:01I looked out the window.
23:03But you should have known.
23:04Adrian.
23:06You're my brother.
23:08After that, he couldn't even make a sound.
23:10I hung up.
23:11That number sent only one text afterward.
23:15Adrian came the next day.
23:17As I walked out of the company building, I saw him standing in the rain.
23:21No umbrella.
23:22Suit soaked through.
23:23Eyes bloodshot.
23:24And the kofti, he pushed a box toward me.
23:28Inside were the wedding ring.
23:29The pearl headpiece.
23:30And a share transfer agreement already signed on his end.
23:34Dad already threw Vivian out.
23:36We'll get back everything she took.
23:38Sarah.
23:39Come home.
23:40Please.
23:42I'm not going back.
23:44Adrian's eyes went red at once.
23:45You still blame me, don't you?
23:47I lowered my head and took a sip of water.
23:49Adrian, do you know why I left that day?
23:52Because we lied to you?
23:53Not just that.
23:55At the hotel that day, my hand went down on broken glass.
24:00All of you saw it.
24:01And not one of you came to me.
24:04Because Vivian said her foot hurt.
24:06Adrian, I didn't save you so you'd owe me.
24:11I did it because you were my brother.
24:13But not anymore.
24:15Adrian said I stood.
24:17Then dropped to one knee in front of me.
24:18People around us turned to stare.
24:20Sarah, don't throw us away.
24:23I'll give you everything.
24:24Just don't give up on me.
24:26I had once begged him like that too.
24:29The rain that day had been heavier than this.
24:31The night before the competition,
24:33Vivian's piano solo had been replaced with my violin performance.
24:36And she cried backstage until her makeup was ruined.
24:39So Adrian deliberately damaged my violin when I went looking for him.
24:43He was busy encouraging Vivian.
24:45I was clutching my violin case and reaching out to pull him.
24:48And Adrian brushed my hand off impatiently.
24:51It's just one competition.
24:53Don't make Vivian feel bad.
24:55And now he was kneeling in front of me.
24:57I stood up.
24:59Mr. Ashmoth.
25:01That form of address made his whole body jolt.
25:04Don't come again.
25:07By the time I walked out of the cafe,
25:10the rain had stopped.
25:11Dominic was waiting across the street and held out an umbrella to me.
25:14I suddenly thought of my life before this.
25:17Everyone had assumed I didn't need an umbrella.
25:19Because even soaked through.
25:21I'd still make my own way home.
25:23Only someone who truly cared would worry about the what if.
25:26I'm calling for me.
25:26That form of strikeout.
25:26Amen.
25:26Amen.
25:26A badge.
25:26Amen.