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00:07Mrs. Romano is still inside
00:12One fire, one ticket, one new identity
00:15I even left her my favorite diamond tiara
00:17I thought that was more than decent
00:19Until the third day on the run
00:21A group of men in black suddenly locked down the entire freighter
00:27The sound of dress shoes closed in from the deck
00:33We've searched the whole ship, nothing
00:35Search again, Salvatore's orders
00:38We bring her back alive
00:40Every drop of blood in my body went cold
00:42And then the cargo hook was slammed open
00:45I backed away without the fear
00:47He stopped right in front of me
00:49His voice is terrifying
00:51Pardon me, ma'am
00:52Have you seen my runaway bride?
00:55Two maids were practically wrestling me into the wedding dress
00:58I still had half a sandwich in my hand
01:00Two hours ago, I was in the kitchen
01:02Just watching the whole mess unfold
01:04Because the woman who was actually supposed to get married today
01:07My half-sister, Bella
01:08Had run off with some broke artist
01:10And the Romano wedding convoy was only two hours away
01:15Mrs. Moretti stood behind me
01:16And personally pinned Bella's veil onto my head
01:23Sarah, my daughter
01:25I've always been good to you, haven't I?
01:27Just so-so
01:30Your sister's been good to you, hasn't she?
01:33Barely average
01:39Now it's time you paid this family back
01:42Everyone in the city knew what kind of man Salvatore Romano was
01:46A month ago, he'd taken a shotgun down to the docks and wiped out half-arrival
01:50No, no, no, okay
01:52No
01:54Once you found out, I'd be the first to take a bullet
01:56What if I don't go?
02:01From today on, we'll officially recognize you as a Moretti
02:06Your mother's name can also be entered in the family's church records
02:11When my mother was alive
02:12They never treated her like a human being
02:15And even after she died
02:16They still used her to bargain with me
02:19But I knew the truth
02:20Even if I said no today
02:22They'd drag me into that wedding car anyway
02:30Let's go
02:33This wasn't really a wedding
02:35The Morettis controlled the dock warehouses
02:37The Romanos controlled the ships and the freight routes
02:40And me, I was just the bride they shoved into the deal
02:43To fill the hole at the last minute
02:49When the wedding car rolled through the iron gates of the Romano estate
02:53A line of men in black suits stood beneath the portico
02:56That tall, gaunt man opened the car door from home
02:59Mrs. Romano, Salvatore is waiting for you in the parlor
03:06I drew in a deep breath
03:08And walked into the mansion that would be my home for the next three years
03:13I was still making up a lie on the way over
03:15Then I saw the two guns on the mountain
03:17Yeah, lying was out
03:20Salvador, there's something I have to tell you
03:24Bella ran off
03:25With a painter
03:27Mrs. Moretti forced me
03:29To take her place
03:31I'm not Bella
03:32We only look a little alike
03:34I closed my eyes and waited for a bullet to the skull
03:38I will send men to find your sister
03:41Until then, you will stand in as Mrs. Romano
03:44I'll wait on you hand and foot, I promise
03:48That won't be necessary
03:50Don't worry, Salvatore
03:52I'll just be another maid for you
03:54I won't get in your way back
04:04You want the staff laughing at the Romano name
04:09When we find your sister
04:11I'll give you a generous sum to see you settle
04:18Don't covet what isn't yours
04:22Yes, sir
04:23Absolutely, sir
04:25I scrubbed myself down in record time
04:28In the bedroom
04:29Salvatore's lips tugged into a faint smirk
04:32Then he glanced back
04:33Rose petals, candy wrappers, almond shells
04:36And a crushed cherry
04:37He turned and saw me
04:38Chocolate on my mouth
04:40Almonds stuck up my sleeves
04:43I gave a nervous little laugh
04:46Gotta hand it to the Romano's
04:48Even the wedding candy is top tier
04:52Those platters of candied almonds and chocolate cherries from the reception
04:56I'd stuffed my pockets and smuggled them all the way to the bridal suite
05:00They just smelled too good
05:03Knowing full well I was in the wrong
05:05I made sure I was extra attentive and given in bed that night
05:09Before he turned in for the night
05:11He'd have someone bring me a handful of little pills
05:13And I washed every last one down with plain water
05:16I didn't know what his was
05:17But I assumed they were birth control pills
05:20By his side, I knew I wasn't meant to have his child
05:23He'd scoop me up off the bed
05:26Carry me down the hallway to the marble bathroom
05:29Run me a warm bath
05:31Wash me clean
05:34Then wrap me in a thick towel and carry me back to bed
05:41By the time he'd tucked the covers around me and kissed my forehead
05:45The sky outside was already paling at dawn
05:52He'd nuzzle my ear
05:53After that night, my life at the Romano estate truly began
05:57For three years, the lights in the master bedroom never went out before midnight
06:02Swallow a handful of little birth control pills
06:04For three years, I never missed a dose
06:07Handful after handful
06:08I didn't feel wronged in the slightest
06:10If anything, I saw it as my duty to hold up my end of the deal
06:15At the Moretti house, the only way I got fed was by staying on Bella's good side
06:19One meal a day
06:20And when she lost her temper, she'd whip me with a riding crop
06:24Luckily, she was weak, so I never scarred
06:27Pocket money, not a cent
06:29For all the grandeur of that mansion, everything I wore was Bella's hand-me-downs
06:34After I married in, Salvatore didn't bother himself with what I ate
06:38Three square meals a day, and I actually blew a few inches
06:41He ran a tight ship, so none of the staff dared play favorites or look down on anyone
06:46Aside from being tossed around and thoroughly worn out in bed every night
06:50Life was pretty comfortable
06:51That comfort came at a price
06:52I burrowed into his chest
06:54You're amazing, Salvatore
06:55I never forgot, I was on the payroll
06:57I had to make him feel every penny was worth it
06:59That diamond tiara I had commissioned
07:01It should be arriving any day now
07:03My eyes lit
07:04You're the best, Salvatore!
07:07When he was in a good mood, he'd toss me a heavy gold bar on a whim
07:11And I'd scurry to tuck him away in my little leather case, delighted
07:15If I got a gold coin every day, I'm telling you, I'd be your stand-in till I was 90
07:22Little miner
07:24Your treasure chest
07:27Is almost full, isn't it?
07:28How did he know about my treasure box?
07:36Lie still and be good
07:37I did as told, curling up on the inner side of the bed
07:40Back then, I thought that was the whole deal between us
07:43He was the benefactor
07:44I was the stand-in
07:45He chased the one that got away
07:47I saved my nest egg
07:48Money
07:48Beside the jewelry and money Salvatore gave me, I had a secret side gig
07:52Anyone who'd known hunger at the Moretti house had an almost animal instinct when it came to money
07:57Every cent, every gemmed piece he gave me, I never spent curiously
08:02I sorted them all and locked them away in a little leather case by my bed
08:05But I wasn't satisfied living off his handouts
08:08I needed money I could hold in my own fist
08:10So I started writing serialized romance novels for a gossip website
08:14About a rich girl who runs off with a penniless painter
08:17And survives on bread in Garrett for three years
08:20Bella was a loyal reader of exactly this kind of trash
08:23The series went viral the second it launched
08:25When the royalties hit my account, my hands shaking with excitement
08:29Turns out I could make money with my own pen, not just as a substitute
08:33That was the first time in this mansion I didn't feel like a caged canary
08:37Then I launched a second series
08:39The Godfather's Runaway Bride
08:41Based on Salvatore and Bella
08:43Royalties poured in
08:44And my little leather case grew heavier by the day
08:47I'd already mapped it all out
08:49A small country estate with a garden in the next province
08:52A couple of maids
08:54And Nora and I could live comfortably for the rest of our lives
08:59As I set down the tray
09:01I caught a glimpse of a photo tucked under the picture frame
09:04Its edges worn soft
09:05Like it had been picked up and handled countless times
09:08On some impulse I pulled it out and took a look
09:11A woman in a white dress sat on a bench
09:13Smiling in profile
09:14It was Bella
09:16The memory flooded back all at once
09:19That day, after reading that magazine trope about a painter falling for an heiress at first sight by the lake
09:24Bella insisted on going to Central Park to be seen
09:28She sat on the terrace bench in her new dress
09:30Making me stand behind her holding the parasol
09:33Her gloves and her magazines
09:36I was already underfed
09:37And after two hours on my feet
09:39My legs were shaking
09:42When she finally stood up, satisfied to catch her breath
09:46I saw her eyes softening
09:47Staring at another young man sketching on the lawn
09:50A few yards away stood five or six rich boys in suits
09:54Whistling in our direction
09:55Only one man sketching spoke up to stop them
09:59That's enough
10:00His face flushed
10:02He tipped his hat to Bella from afar
10:03That was the painter who later ran off with her
10:06Behind those boys sat a black luxury car
10:09The window was half rolled down
10:11And the man smoking in the back seat was Salvatore
10:14Back then I'd thought to myself
10:16This godfather has good taste
10:18He picked my sister at first glance
10:21I tucked the photo back under the frame quietly
10:24And slipped out of the study
10:25After that, I went on swallowing those pills every night just the same
10:29Locking the gold bars he tossed me into my little leather case by the bed
10:33Murmuring all the things he liked to hear while curled in his arms
10:36I never breathed a word about what was tucked under that frame
10:40I played my part perfectly
10:42He played his too
10:43And that was how things went for three years
10:47I have a business trip
10:49Back in three days
10:51Half asleep but still ever the professional
10:53I mumbled
10:54Take care Salvatore
10:56I'll miss you
10:59He stroked my hair absently
11:00Not saying a word
11:01I drifted off minutes later
11:05Early that morning I carried the coffee Nora had just brewed to his study
11:09Hoping to sweet talk him into two more gold bars
11:12Bella was back
11:13I felt like I'd fallen into a pit of ice
11:15Thrown back in an instant to all those years scraping by under her thumb
11:20Mr. Moretti doted on her and couldn't have cared less about me
11:25After mom died
11:27Bella locked me in the pantry for three days just for stealing one bite of food
11:35When I refused to wait on Mrs. Moretti
11:37She ground mom's photo on her heel to humiliate me
11:40And the man I'd shared a bed with for three years had been searching for her all along
11:44Bella Moretti has returned to the Moretti residence
11:47What about the painter?
11:50Not sighted
11:52Keep watching
11:52I didn't go in
11:53I turned and walked back to my wing
11:55So he'd left town because he'd gotten word of Bella
11:58Gone to fetch her
11:59Of course
12:00Good thing my new cereal
12:02The Godfather's runaway ride
12:03Had just wrapped and raked in fortune
12:07I was tallying up my savings when a wave of nausea rolled over me
12:14I froze
12:15At first I just had no appetite
12:17And lately I'd been so sleepy
12:19I'd written it off as constant tiredness
12:27But I'd always been careful about this
12:29After Salvatore left
12:31Find a reputable female doctor outside the city
12:35Bring her here quietly
12:37I'd had Nora secretly send for a well-regarded female doctor out in the suburbs
12:43While I waited
12:44I dozed off again in the window seat
12:46In my dream
12:48How dare you
12:49How dare you get pregnant behind my back
12:52A Romano child can only be born to
12:54Bella
12:55You've taken Bella's place for two years
12:58You owe her that much
13:01Consider this repayment for your service
13:03Take the abortion pills
13:05And get out
13:06I stared at the bottle of pills
13:08Thought of my treasure box
13:09Took it
13:10And bowed
13:11I'll go at once
13:14Leave the box
13:15That's Salvador's gift to me
13:18Favorite diamond tiara on her head
13:20Guards
13:23Force the pills down her throat
13:24Then drag her out
13:26Two burly men dragged me outside
13:28Into the heavy falling snow
13:37Moments later they dragged Nora out too
13:39This thieving maid has been executed on Mrs. Romano's orders
13:44Sarah
13:45Sarah
13:47I jolted awake
13:49Sarah I'm right here
13:51I reached out and touched her cheek
13:52Still warm
13:54The doctor examined me
13:55Asked about my last period
13:57Congratulations
13:57You're pregnant
13:58It hit me like a blow to the head
14:02I'd already prepared
14:03I'd painted on a weak sickly look
14:05And pushed him back gently
14:08I'm not feeling well today
14:10He frowned
14:11Have you sent for the family doctor?
14:14I hurried to answer
14:15No need
14:16It's
14:17My time of the month
14:19That night
14:20Lying beside me
14:22He asked out of nowhere
14:23I heard you had some woman from the suburbs come see you
14:26Of course he knew everything
14:28My heart skipped a beat
14:29I forced the lie out
14:35Nora wanted to learn to make handmade scented candles
14:38So I hired someone to teach her
14:42She didn't get the hang of it
14:43So I sent her away and under looked an hour
14:45I felt the tiny life inside me and ventured carefully
14:49I heard Congressman Kennedy's mistress is pregnant
14:51And he wants to bring her home
14:53His wife's throwing an absolute fit
14:55No reaction
14:57I pushed further
14:58What would you do Salvatore?
15:00If you had a child
15:01Outside
15:02Marriage
15:12I won't have a bastard child
15:16Why not?
15:17Get rid of the mother and there's no child
15:19Those words cut deep
15:21Get rid of the mother
15:22In his world
15:24Was that the fate of any woman carrying an unwanted child?
15:28I lay awake till dawn
15:30I thought long and hard all night
15:32If Salvatore had any conscience left
15:34He'd pay me off and let me go
15:37But Bella
15:38Knowing I'd taken her place and her status for two whole years
15:41Would she want me dead?
15:44And Salvatore
15:45Who'd been searching for her all this time
15:47Clearly cared far more about his first love
15:50I cooked a whole meal myself
15:52Planning to beg for leave and slip out into the night
15:55That night
15:56Salvatore never came home
16:00Salvadorio has been invited by Mr. Moretti
16:02He says Mrs. Romana needn't wait and should rest early
16:06Of course
16:07Bella was back
16:08Naturally Salvatore would be with her
16:12Three years ago
16:13I'd sat just like this in the Moretti's kitchen
16:15Waiting for Bella's leftovers
16:17Round and round it went
16:19Right back where I started
16:22That bottle of French wine he'd given me last year
16:25Sat on the table
16:25Still unopened
16:27He stayed at the Moretti house for three days
16:29Day one
16:30The staff gossiped among themselves
16:32That they'd seen him and Bella taking tea in the garden
16:36Day three
16:37Bella sent a threatening letter
16:45It was Bella's
16:47I'd know it anywhere
16:49I clutched the page
16:51My heart sinking straight through the floor
16:53All those years scraping by under Mrs. Moretti and Bella's control
16:57I knew exactly what they were capable of
16:59My own mother had fallen out of favor
17:02And been tormented to death by Mrs. Moretti
17:04She'd even picked the way I'd die
17:06Exactly the same way I'd planned
17:11Early the next morning
17:12I pulled on the plainest old gray hoodie I owned
17:15Tugged a baseball cap low over my eyes
17:17And slipped out through the back gate of the estate
17:25I kept my head down
17:26Tugging the brim of my cap even lower to hide my face
17:30I pawned every piece of jewelry
17:31And converted the gold bars into cash
17:37Did you hear?
17:38The Morettis are having a wedding
17:40The only unmarried Moretti was the newly returned Bella
17:43The thought of Salvatore staying night after night at the Morettis
17:46The Dons marrying Bella Morelli
17:48The Grand Cathedral
17:49All the city's elite
17:50For the next two days
17:52I hold up in the estate
17:54Mrs. Romano's taken ill
17:55Won't leave her room
17:56Caught a chill
17:58Resting
17:59Barely eating
18:00So they'd already started planting the story
18:02Let me stay sick
18:03Resting up
18:04Then one night a room catches fire
18:06A bedridden woman can't escape
18:08And the whole thing gets written off as an accident
18:11Salvatore wouldn't even have to get his hands dirty
18:16On the afternoon of the third day
18:17Bella arrived
18:18She swept into the drawing room in a pale blue suit and high heels
18:22Like she'd owned the place her whole life
18:25Her fingers were trembling
18:26Not out of anger
18:28But from having gone so long without anything fine to touch
18:33Sister
18:35Three years on
18:36And this house
18:38Is still so downy
18:45You know every time he mentions you
18:47He only ever calls you
18:49The stand-in bride
18:51I wondered what kind of person she'd be
18:57Turns out it's just you
19:02It was a photo of my mother
19:04The same one she had once stepped on to humiliate me
19:07Your mother was
19:09Nothing but a lowly maid from the country
19:16You're just like her
19:18Place
19:19Three years ago
19:20If she had insulted my mother like this
19:23I probably would have knelt and begged her to stop
19:25But now looking at her bare hands
19:27The humiliation I felt slowly faded
19:33The more she played the grand lady
19:35The more those hands gave her away
19:37Her heels clicked on the marble floor
19:39One sharp tap after another
19:41Each one like a knock against my bones
19:43I looked down at my own hands
19:45Plumper
19:46Paler
19:46With neatly trimmed nails
19:49Back at the Moretti's
19:50They'd been raw with cracks every winter
19:52Now Salvatore had cared for them
19:54Into hands that looked like they belonged to a real Mrs. Romano
20:03The woman in the mirror had rosy cheeks
20:05But her eyes were cold as ice
20:07The prouder she'd acted in front of me
20:09The clearer I was
20:10I knew better than anyone
20:12What kind of life she'd lived
20:13These past two years with that painter
20:15Because that life
20:17I'd written it for her
20:18Word by word
20:31Three years ago
20:32My novel The Heiress and Her Starving Painter
20:35Took the city by storm
20:38In that story
20:39The painter never let the heiress lift a finger
20:45He worked all day
20:46Came home to cook
20:47And pushed himself to the limit
20:51In the end
20:52He became famous overnight
20:54And the heiress proved everyone who looked down on her wrong
21:01Then came the Dawn's runaway bride
21:03Its heroine was a wild, breathtaking beauty
21:06Who loved nothing more than planting roses
21:08In the Dawn's private greenhouse
21:10And it was that very innocence that won him over
21:20When I wrote that story
21:22My pen hovered over the words
21:24Planting roses
21:25For a long, long time
21:27Because I knew exactly what life had been like for Bella
21:30With that painter these past two years
21:34Just endless dishes
21:36And a tiny drafty apartment
21:37That let the winter wind cut right through
21:48Every page she turned
21:49Was another twist of the knife
21:51Courtesy of me
21:54I knew Bella too well
21:58But when she reached out
22:00Salvatore wouldn't see the flowers
22:02He would see the hands that had spent two years washing dishes
22:05Dawn, this bloom is so lovely
22:11The more she played the wide-eyed innocent heroine from the book
22:15The more Salvatore would remember the days she spent
22:17Crammed into that drafty little apartment with another man
22:34Almost a shame I won't be there to see it
22:40Night before I was to leave
22:41I pulled Nora into my bedroom and turned the lock
22:45Sarah, what's all this?
22:47The pregnancy
22:47The boat ticket from the southern port city
22:49I drew a deep breath and told her everything
22:51Nora, this one needs a secret
22:54Nora froze for a beat
22:56Then burst into tears
22:57Sarah, how could you carry all this alone for so long?
23:00After crying for a while
23:01She wiped her face
23:02Actually
23:03There's something I've never dared tell you
23:06After you're fast asleep
23:07He comes to your window
23:09I saw him myself
23:10Just standing there watching you
23:12Half an hour, sometimes longer
23:14Even in winter
23:15He told me not to tell you
23:17I thought
23:18You knew
23:19A man who watched me take birth control every day
23:22What did standing by my window at night even prove?
23:25It proved he was a control-crazed lunatic
23:27I got it
23:27Let's finish packing
23:28She cried as she packed for me
23:30Then snuck two boxes of cookies from the kitchen into my bag
23:33She pulled a cloth pouch from under her pillow
23:34I pushed the pouch back into her hands
23:36Take it, Sarah
23:37For the road
23:40Keep it
23:41I have enough money for both of us
23:44Sarah, aren't you afraid?
23:46Scared?
23:46Honestly, yes
23:47But better scared and running than dead in this estate
23:50Wherever you go, Sarah
23:52I'll go
23:54I borrowed that gun from Salvatore's study drawer
23:58Nora and I pulled on our plain gray hoodies
24:01And tugged our baseball caps low
24:02Under cover of dark
24:04I lit a flame with a lighter
24:05And set fire to the velvet curtains in the master bedroom
24:07On the second floor of the main villa
24:09Mrs. Romano perishes in a fire
24:11I'd even come up with the perfect story for them
24:15They yelled as they hurled water inside
24:18Someone shouting to save Mrs. Romano
24:20But no one knew I'd already slipped out the back gate
24:26Three years ago, I'd arrived in a wedding dress
24:29Thin as a rail
24:29Three years later, I walked away
24:31Nora and I climbed into the car we'd had waiting
24:33This fire wouldn't fool Salvatore
24:35But it would be enough
24:36All I took was my treasure box
24:38I didn't even take the diamond tiara
24:39Salvatore knew how much I loved it
24:41I'd left Bella such a grand welcome gift
24:43He'd have to let me go
24:44Cargo ship bound for the southern port city
24:49I stood in the hold
24:51Watching the glittering city fade away
24:52The landmark statue at the harbor shrank to a gray silhouette in the morning mist
24:56Barring anything unexpected, I'd never set foot here again
24:59The coastal town slipped by, quiet and peaceful
25:06I was crippled by seasickness on top of morning sickness
25:09Utterly miserable
25:10Every hour I'd hang over the ship's rail
25:13Heaving, dry retching until my bile burned
25:15The sailors were rough men who spoke loudly
25:17And they didn't look kindly at the two of us
25:19We barely showed our faces
25:20Pulled up in the hold most of the time
25:22Nora pressed a damp towel to my forehead
25:24And kept whispering
25:25Sarah, we're almost there
25:26Almost there
25:27He went by David
25:29He was a man of few words
25:30But every time I was too weak to stand from retching
25:33He'd silently pass me a cup of warm water
25:35And even persuaded the galley
25:36To send up ginger tea to settle my stomach
25:39The next day
25:40He brought an extra piece of black bread
25:41Left it at our door
25:42And walked away
25:44On the third day
25:45Would you two like some air on deck?
25:48That was how we got acquainted
25:49David told me about the cigar
25:51About the women there in floral dresses
25:53Dancing the rumba in the streets
25:58You and your sister
25:59You're traveling to the southern port
26:00To stay with relatives?
26:02Yes
26:03We're going to stay with our uncle
26:04He didn't ask anything else
26:05I didn't know it then
26:06But there was a small crest embroidered on his cuff
26:08The Velarde family emblem
26:10When the ship stopped at a port
26:12A group of men in suits boarded
26:18After taking positions around the vessel
26:20Another group in black coats came aboard
26:24Communication devices tucked behind their ears
26:27I recognized them immediately as Romano men
26:30Leading them was a cold-faced man in black
26:32Salvatore's personal bodyguard
26:35I dragged Nora into a narrow crevice in the cargo hold
26:39And slowed my breathing to a whisper
26:40My stomach dropped
26:41Had Salvatore come after me himself?
26:44Or had Bella sent them using his name?
26:46Hands over our mouths
26:48Huddled into tight balls
26:49Outside came the thud of leather boots on deck
26:51Checking cabin after cabin
26:53We've searched the whole ship
26:54Nothing
26:56Search again
26:57Salvatore's orders
26:58We bring her back alive
26:59My blood ran ice
27:01With a creak
27:02The cargo hold door swung open
27:04Light
27:05Cautious footsteps stepped inside
27:07Sweeping the space
27:08Nora trembled with fear
27:10And I pressed a light hand to her shoulder
27:12To steady her
27:13Just when I thought we'd be found
27:14The shadow suddenly retreated
27:16The footsteps faded away
27:19I was about to stand
27:20When a pair of hands grabbed my shoulders from behind
27:26They might still be close
27:28Wait before you go out
27:30The footsteps drew closer
27:32Captain says the hold's stacked with coffee sacks
27:34No one could hide in there
27:36Search the passenger cabins again
27:41Only after the footsteps faded did David remove his hand from my mouth
27:45He knew who I was all along
27:46It wasn't a question
27:47He was silent for a moment
27:49Then flipped back his cuff to reveal the silver lion crest
27:52I saw you
27:53I saw you
27:53At the races
27:56You were in a pale blue dress
27:58Standing behind your father
28:01I remember thinking
28:02That little girl's got nerve
28:03Pushing right up to the stables
28:05All by herself
28:06To watch the horses
28:11The whole ship's lousy with their lookouts
28:13You and your little maid
28:14You'll never slip past them
28:17Then why are you helping us
28:20My father owed the Morettis a debt
28:23And your father
28:25Worthless as he was
28:27You don't deserve to die on this ship
28:30Stand down
28:34When the call to stand down rang out from the deck
28:36We all breathed a sigh of relief in unison
28:39David led us out to the crew passage
28:41Avoiding the main deck
28:42He said
28:44When we reach the next port
28:46I'll arrange for you to go ashore on a small launch
28:48The Romano men will assume you're still on board
28:50When he pushed his cuff back without thinking
28:52I caught another glimpse of the crest
28:54Before I was married off in Bella's place
28:56I'd picked the Belardis for myself
28:57I never wanted much
28:59Just a quiet life
29:00Their youngest son had already left the family business
29:02We were supposed to meet at the races
29:04But never did
29:05Otherwise I might be a Belardi now
29:07Not a runaway bride faking her own death
29:09I'd been crouched too long
29:11When I stood
29:12Black spots swam before my eyes
29:14And I stumbled
29:15But David caught me steady
29:17Are you alright?
29:22The cargo hold door was slammed open again
29:24Salvatore's icy gaze locked straight onto me
29:27He said nothing
29:28The next second
29:29He drew his gun
29:30Crossed the distance in three long strides
29:33And pressed the muzzle straight to David's forehead
29:35She's your wife, not your prisoner
29:37Salvatore's finger tensed on the trigger
29:39I was terrified
29:40Don't, he helped us
29:42Salvatore's gaze drifted from the gun pressed to David's forehead
29:45To my hand gripping his wrist
29:47Then he lowered the gun
29:48Not because of David's foreheads
29:50Because I was shaking
29:52Several men hauled David off
29:54A hand clamped over his mouth
29:56The old Belardi butler babbled frantic apologies
29:59Cold sweat beating down his face
30:01Nora was dragged away too
30:03Salvatore walked toward me slowly
30:05Each step weighing heavy on my heart
30:08Excuse me, ma'am
30:09He stopped just a single
30:10Have you seen my runaway bride?
30:12Salvatore had me taken onto his yacht
30:14And we turned straight back the way we'd come
30:16I was locked in a cabin
30:18And he didn't return until nightfall
30:20My voice shook
30:21Where's Nora?
30:24You'd better worry about yourself first
30:26The world spun
30:28He hauled me up roughly
30:29And threw me onto the bed
30:31Salvatore's lips crashed down on mine
30:33Biting hard and brutal
30:35Sarah
30:36Why did you run?
30:38Where's Nora?
30:40For that fool Beletti boy?
30:41You thought you'd elope?
30:43You're a married woman!
30:48Don't be angry
30:49Nora
30:52I snapped awake and caught his hand
30:54Salvatore huffed a laugh
30:56When he saw me wrap myself
30:57Into a tight burrito with the covers
30:59He reached aside
31:00And held up my treasure box
31:01My eyes flashed
31:02And I lunged to grab it back
31:04Nice stuff
31:06Mine now
31:07All the money I'd made from my cereals
31:09Was in there too
31:09My hard-earned money
31:11Seasickness left me retching non-stop
31:13Salvatore actually tended to me himself
31:15When Bella wasn't around
31:17He was genuinely good to me
31:18I feigned embarrassment
31:20And shooed Salvatore out of the clinic
31:21The doctor examined me
31:23Then lifted my eyelids
31:25Your health was neglected in your youth
31:28Pregnancy is hard on you
31:29Which is why you're reacting so strongly
31:32If you force a termination
31:34It could damage you permanently
31:36You might never carry another child
31:38I tucked the medicine away and headed back
31:40On the way back
31:41I heard my little expose was making waves
31:44Heard Mrs. Moretti was messing around with a chauffeur
31:46Even before she got married
31:50Brought him with her to the Romano's when she wed
31:52Heard the oldest Moretti girl was premature
31:54No is that true
31:55Heard the tabloids ran it
31:57How could it not be
31:58I listened to the gossip
32:00And the corner of my mouth curled into a
32:02That night Salvatore was away on business
32:04I lay alone listening to the waves
32:06Until I found a tailor's receipt in his jacket
32:12Dated three years ago
32:14One week before our wedding
32:15Then I saw the measurements
32:17They weren't Bella's
32:18They were mine
32:19The door opened
32:20Salvatore stepped in
32:22And when he saw the receipt in my hand
32:24He froze mid-step
32:25That day in Central Park
32:27You stood behind her for two whole hours
32:30Holding her paliselle
32:31Then you squatted down by the steps
32:33Bay glicked a nankan
32:35And ate a dry piece of bread
32:39She sat on the bench
32:41Smiling at that painter
32:43And all those rich boys
32:45Couldn't take their eyes off her
32:46He walked over and knelt down in front of me
32:50Everyone was looking at her
32:52I was only looking at you
32:53I opened my mouth
32:55But not a single word came out
32:56Your father came to me
32:58Said the eldest daughter
32:59Bella would be the bride
33:01I knew it was wrong the day
33:03The tailor came to confirm measurements
33:07You were skin and bones back then
33:09A waist so small
33:11I could circle it with one hand
33:15What was Bella's build?
33:17Your father tried to switch you out
33:20Passing Bella off on me instead
33:24He paused
33:25His voice dropping lower
33:27He looked into my eyes
33:28A note of helplessness in his tone
33:30You wanted to take my child with you
33:32Why did you run?
33:34Why didn't you want our baby?
33:37You were gone three days on business
33:40Where did you go?
33:42And you had men watching Bella
33:46I went to find out
33:48The truth about how your mother died
33:54To keep her from coming back
33:55And making trouble for you
33:56I tipped off that painter to come get her
33:59If she left she wasn't coming back
34:06You stayed at the Moretto's
34:08For three days after Bella came back
34:12The servant said you went to the cathedral
34:14To look at wedding venues
34:17Cathedral?
34:19I never set foot inside the place
34:22Then, that photo in the sederary
34:24Why have you kept Bella's photo all so time?
34:28Did you ever turn it over and look?
34:32I picked it up, glanced at the front
34:34And put it back
34:35I never even flipped the frame over
34:36The date's written on the back
34:38And your name
34:39Central Park
34:40I took it that day
34:44You were squatting on the steps
34:45Eating bread
34:47Cheeks stuffed full
34:48No idea someone was watching you
34:55Zero
34:57Are you jealous?
35:00Those pills
35:02And what you said about
35:03Getting rid of the mother
35:05I thought you were talking about me
35:09I was carrying your baby
35:11And you said you'd never have a bastard child
35:15I thought you'd come for me
35:16And the baby
35:18I was talking about those other women out there
35:24You're my lawfully wedded Mrs. Romano
35:27My child can only be yours
35:30How could it ever be a bastard?
35:34I'll never have a bastard child
35:37Because I only have you
35:41Those pills were to build up your health
35:46You were skin and bones back then
35:49If we'd had a baby then
35:50You'd never have carried it to term
35:59I wanted to fatter you up for another two years first
36:02Wait till you were strong enough
36:04Pregnancy would be hard
36:05He'd known all along
36:07Known better than I did myself
36:11My case
36:12Your money's still yours
36:13I just confiscated it
36:14Didn't spend a penny
36:18I punched him hard in the chest
36:19He didn't flinch
36:24Sarah
36:25The best thing I ever did
36:28In my life
36:29Was not look at Bella
36:30That day in Central Park
36:32Beating just as fast as mine
36:35Suddenly Nora's wailing echoed from outside the door
36:37The door slammed open
36:40Mr. Romano
36:41Mr. Romano
36:41Spare the baby in Mrs. Romano's belly
36:44It's your own flesh and blood
36:46If you need to take your anger out on someone
36:48Kill Nora
36:49Sarah
36:50Nora stayed loyal to you
36:51Nora burst in
36:53One look and she saw us sitting fine on the bed
36:55One look and she saw us sitting fine on the bed
36:56The bodyguard behind her
36:57The bodyguard behind her
36:57The bodyguard behind her
36:58Salvatore gave me a dry look
37:00You and this girl are like sisters
37:04You even brought her along when you faked your death
37:07If I'd so much as laid a finger on her
37:09You'd have torn me apart
37:14Sarah
37:14You're the only woman I'll ever have in my life
37:17Before we went back
37:18I made Salvatore take me to the old Moretti mansion first
37:27You little bastard
37:29You think marrying into the Romano family makes you
37:35Your mother was nothing but a cheap maid from the country
37:38She threw herself at the family chauffeur
37:40And I caught her red-handed
37:43Locked her in the yard and beat her for three days
37:45I pulled a magazine from my handbag and slammed it down in front of her
37:49All the blood drained from her face
37:51You say my mother threw herself at the chauffeur?
37:53Her lips trembled
37:54Mrs. Moretti
37:55This magazine's flying off new stacks today
37:59Guess what the whole city is saying about you now
38:03She reached for the magazine
38:05I pinned her hand down
38:06I said
38:07My voice flat
38:08She couldn't speak
38:10Three years ago
38:11When you stuffed me into that wedding carriage
38:14What did you say to me?
38:15I took one step forward
38:17She flinched back
38:19You said thank god you'd finally gotten rid of me
38:21Your bad luck charm
38:25What about now?
38:27I pulled a key from my handbag and set it on the coffee table
38:29The key to that tiny storage closet she'd made me live in
38:32I'm vacating that room
38:34The place you made me live in
38:36It's yours now
38:42Stop me!
38:43The estate was rewilled
38:45The Morettis fell
38:46Salvatore guarded my treasure box
38:48We had twins
38:49One like him
38:50One like me
38:50And Salvatore kept his promise for life