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He married her sister to protect her. Read that as a man describing his own decisions. No plan, no conversation, no warning. A unilateral intervention in an adult's life, explained three years later.
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- Nobody questions the arrangement.
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He married her sister to protect her. Read that as a man describing his own decisions. No plan, no conversation, no warning. A unilateral intervention in an adult's life, explained three years later.
The ending never examines that. Everyone calls it sacrifice, and from his side it was. From hers it was a decision about her, made by a man who decided she could not be trusted with it.
So the reunion is not a misunderstanding cleared up. It is two people finding they were both placed inside a story they did not write.
✨ What worked for me:
- She never asks why she was not told sooner.
- Nobody questions the arrangement.
✨ Bottom line: he protected her from a decision she could have made herself.
Would you call that protection or control?
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00:03The house is the same.
00:05Arthur is leading me through the foyer toward the dining room.
00:10Three years, and you don't even say hello?
00:13Grandpa.
00:14Your father's memorial, and you cut it this close, like it isn't even yours.
00:19She's back. That's enough.
00:21Your sister's been sick, and she's still been handling all of this.
00:25You could at least thank her.
00:27Mom, it's fine.
00:29Tira just got off a plane. She's still on Paris time.
00:34Let's talk. Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
00:37After the mass, Chiala, you're not going back to Europe.
00:40You're 23. You can't keep floating around out there.
00:43Grandpa, I have a job over there.
00:45Tucker Seton.
00:47You remember him? Piano lessons when you were kids?
00:51Your mother and I think he's a good match.
00:53After the mass tomorrow, you sit down with him.
00:57Grandpa, I don't need you setting me up.
00:59You don't? You've been out there alone for three years.
01:02Your sister had her marriage settled at your age.
01:05I'm not going.
01:06What did you say?
01:07I said I'm not going. I'm not Francesca.
01:09I don't need anyone else running my life.
01:13I arranged your sister's marriage, too.
01:15You saying I got that wrong?
01:18Chialia, you will not speak to your grandfather that way.
01:21Three years gone, and this is how you talk to your grandfather?
01:25Your sister's been sick her whole life, and she's never given this family extra trouble.
01:28Your father dies, and you vanish without a word.
01:32Do you even care that this is your family?
01:35Mom, don't.
01:36She'll understand you and Grandpa are doing this for her.
01:40I need air.
01:41I loved Uncle Griff for ten years.
01:43He kept turning me down like he was family.
01:46Then he married my sister.
01:48The day he married her, I got on a plane to Europe.
01:51Before I took off, Griffin's text wouldn't stop.
01:54Chiara, where are you?
01:56Text me back.
01:57You don't want me finding you.
01:59Griffin was the only son of my father's business partner.
02:01After his parents died in an accident, my father brought him into the Morelli house.
02:05On paper, I was supposed to call him Uncle Griffin.
02:08Francesca was sick her whole childhood.
02:10Mom poured everything into her.
02:12All I had was Griffin.
02:14Every time I got into trouble, Griffin put himself in front of me.
02:17Don't be scared. I've got you.
02:19And for years, he did.
02:21I thought he'd always be the one in front of me, until he married my sister.
02:30Three years ago, I went to France and built a life that actually held.
02:36I wouldn't have come back to New York if it weren't for Dad's three-year memorial mass.
02:39First day back at JFC, I barely clear arrivals before someone stops me.
02:44My brother-in-law, the one who actually runs the Moretti house now.
02:47In the papers Dad left, the man in charge of me and my share, Griffin DeLuca.
02:51And right now, he's got my hand.
02:54Chiara.
02:55That's what he called me when I was little.
02:57After I told him I loved him at 16, he never said it like that again.
03:00Chiara Moretti.
03:02Three years.
03:03You hid from me for three years.
03:05How much longer?
03:07Wedding band.
03:08My sisters.
03:09They've been married three years.
03:11The day Dad died, I stood in the doorway shaking.
03:14I couldn't stop crying.
03:16Then Griffin came up behind me and held on.
03:18Chiara, don't be scared.
03:20I'm here.
03:21I'll take care of you.
03:23Whatever happens, I'm not leaving you.
03:26I believed him until that family dinner after the funeral.
03:29That night, Grandpa said it in front of everyone.
03:31Griffin was going to marry Francesca.
03:36Let go.
03:38Where are you going?
03:40Not on my way.
03:44He looks at me for a second.
03:45Then he lets go, turns, and pulls a bunch of white lilies out of the car.
03:50You're going to St. Michael's Cemetery.
03:52That on your way now?
03:53I look at the flowers.
03:54My throat goes tight.
03:55He knows the second I land, I go to Dad.
03:58Three years later, he still knows me.
04:00And he still chose to turn on me when I had nothing left.
04:02Same as everybody else.
04:04When I heard Griffin was marrying Francesca, the glass went straight out of my hand.
04:08Francesca turns and smiles at me.
04:10It looks like a win.
04:10I lose it.
04:12When you said no, you said you were like an uncle in this house.
04:16You couldn't want me?
04:17So what is marrying Francesca?
04:19She's family too.
04:23It's different.
04:25How?
04:25Chiara, you're stronger than she is.
04:28You'll be fine without me.
04:29That word again.
04:31It's the one everyone loves when they talk about me.
04:35I was never born strong.
04:36I just learned early that some things you carry alone.
04:40Because every pair of eyes in that house was on Francesca.
04:43Nobody was looking at me.
04:45Griffin was the only one who ever saw me break.
04:47And he knew it.
04:49Griffin DeLuca?
04:51You shut me down like this today.
04:52I'm not coming back.
04:53He doesn't answer.
04:55The next day, I fly to Paris.
04:59Get in the car, Chiana.
05:01Mass.
05:03Your father's mass is set.
05:04Tomorrow morning.
05:05I hesitate.
05:06Then I get in.
05:08Not because I want to sit next to him.
05:10Because a memorial mass isn't something I can throw together because I happen to land.
05:14Your room's how you left it.
05:15Someone cleans it every week.
05:17That monstay of yours is still alive.
05:20Repotted twice.
05:21Grandpa wants to see you.
05:22After the mass.
05:24If you really don't want to go back, I'll handle it.
05:26Don't.
05:26I'll deal with it.
05:28And I'm staying at a hotel.
05:29By the time the car pulled up at the gates of St. Michael's Cemetery, dusk was falling.
05:34I'll wait here.
05:35Don't.
05:36I'll get back on my own.
05:37Chiana Moretti.
05:39Go see your father.
05:40I'll wait.
05:40You come out, I leave.
05:41Not before.
05:44Dad's plot is a good one.
05:46It looks out over open water.
05:48Griffin picked it.
05:50It's quiet.
05:50Your father would have liked it.
05:52I walk closer and someone's already there.
05:56Francesca.
05:57Chiara.
05:58I knew you'd come see dad first.
06:01What are you doing here?
06:03I'm his daughter too.
06:04The mass is tomorrow.
06:05I wanted a minute with him first.
06:07I don't answer her.
06:09I take a handkerchief out of my bag and wipe the photo on the stone.
06:13It was taken when he was 40.
06:15I know that face.
06:17That's how he looked every time he left one of my school things.
06:20Dad went so fast.
06:22You left right after the funeral.
06:25There are things I never got to say to you.
06:27Chiara.
06:29Have you been blaming me this whole time?
06:31For taking Griffin from you?
06:35You think I'm blaming you?
06:37Chiara, I know you never got over me and Griffin.
06:39I never wanted to take anything from you.
06:41These years haven't been easy on him either.
06:43If you need someone to blame, blame me.
06:46Not him.
06:47I'm not blaming you.
06:49Griffin.
06:50Why are you up here?
06:52You said you'd wait in the car.
06:53You two weren't coming down.
06:54I came to check.
06:56Wind's bad up here.
06:57You shouldn't stand out long.
06:58I'm fine.
06:59You too.
07:01Chiara just got off a plane and you brought her straight here.
07:03You couldn't let her rest first?
07:06I'm gonna go.
07:07Dad.
07:07I'll come back tomorrow.
07:09Chiara, where are you staying?
07:11Let Griffin take you.
07:12You shouldn't...
07:12Don't.
07:13I don't look back.
07:14I'm basically running.
07:16At the gate, I flag a cab.
07:18Hi it, please.
07:21We're not far before my phone buzzes.
07:23Griffin's number.
07:24I don't pick up.
07:25It dies out.
07:26Then a text.
07:27Chiara, three years ago wasn't what you think.
07:30Let me explain.
07:31It's fully dark by the time I get to the hotel.
07:34Checking in.
07:37Mrs. Moretta, your key.
07:39Thanks.
07:41I take it and head for the elevator.
07:43The elevator climbs.
07:47Eighteen.
07:48And someone I didn't expect.
07:50Miss Chiara, your grandfather sent me.
07:53The car's downstairs.
07:57The house is the same.
08:00Arthur is leading me through the foyer toward the dining room.
08:04Three years, and you don't even say hello?
08:07Grandpa.
08:09Your father's memorial, and you cut it this close, like it isn't even yours.
08:14She's back.
08:15That's enough.
08:16Your sister's been sick, and she's still been handling all of this.
08:19You could at least thank her.
08:22Mom, it's fine.
08:24Chiara just got off a plane.
08:25She's still on Paris time.
08:27All right.
08:28Let's talk.
08:29Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
08:31After the mass, Chiara, you're not going back to Europe.
08:35You're 23.
08:36You can't keep floating around out there.
08:38Grandpa, I have a job over there.
08:40Tucker Seton.
08:41You remember him?
08:43Piano lessons when you were kids?
08:45Your mother and I think he's a good match.
08:47After the mass tomorrow, you sit down with him.
08:51Grandpa, I don't need you setting me up.
08:53You don't?
08:54You've been out there alone for three years.
08:57Your sister had her marriage settled at your age.
08:59I'm not going.
09:00What did you say?
09:01I said I'm not going.
09:03I'm not Francesca.
09:04I don't need anyone else running my life.
09:07I arranged your sister's marriage, too.
09:10You saying I got that wrong?
09:12Celia.
09:13You will not speak to your grandfather that way.
09:15Three years gone, and this is how you talk to your grandfather?
09:19Your sister's been sick her whole life,
09:21and she's never given this family extra trouble.
09:23Your father dies, and you vanish without a word.
09:27Do you even care that this is your family?
09:29Mom, don't.
09:30She'll understand you and Grandpa are doing this for her.
09:34I need air.
09:37I get outside.
09:38Footsteps right behind me.
09:40Chiara, you shouldn't talk to Grandpa like that.
09:42Griffin, what are you right now talking to me like this?
09:44The guy who was supposed to be my uncle?
09:46Or my sister's husband?
09:51Three years ago, you picked her.
09:53Then keep your distance.
09:55She's your wife.
09:57I'm just her sister.
09:58Remember that.
10:01Griffin, you came out without a coat.
10:03It's cold.
10:04Your stomach.
10:06Chiara, you walked out like that.
10:08Grandpa's furious.
10:09I already talked to him for you.
10:11I said you were just upset.
10:14You'll see Tucker tomorrow.
10:16What?
10:18Grandpa's old.
10:19Don't go head to head with him.
10:20It's just dinner.
10:21I said I'm not going.
10:23Who told you you could say yes for me?
10:28It's cold.
10:29Go inside.
10:32But, Chiara...
10:33I'll talk to her.
10:34Francesca goes in,
10:35and it's just us again.
10:37You shouldn't talk to her like that.
10:39She's sick.
10:40So because she's sick,
10:41she gets to hand me to some guy
10:42I don't even know?
10:44That's why you married her too, right?
10:46Because she's sick, Griffin.
10:49You remember what you promised me?
10:51You said no matter what happened,
10:53you'd be on my side.
10:55So whose side are you on now?
10:57He doesn't answer.
10:59I'm done waiting.
11:05Chiara,
11:06Mom and I already talked.
11:08Tomorrow we'll pick what you wear
11:09to see Tucker.
11:10Don't.
11:11I'm not going.
11:13Chiara,
11:14you still can't let go of me and Griffin.
11:16I never...
11:16Enough!
11:18Look at your sister.
11:19She's still defending you.
11:20And you?
11:21What did you say to her?
11:24Mom.
11:24Don't call me Mom.
11:26Anyone.
11:27You could have liked anyone.
11:29Not your sister's husband.
11:32My sister's husband.
11:35Three years ago,
11:36wasn't everyone still calling him
11:37Uncle Griffin?
11:38Mom.
11:39Growing up,
11:40Francesca was the only one you saw.
11:42She got sick,
11:43I was supposed to make room.
11:45She cried,
11:46I was supposed to make it better.
11:48Now she married Griffin
11:49and you want me standing there
11:50blessing it?
11:51Did you ever once
11:52ask what that did to me?
11:54Mom.
11:55You've always hated your sister.
11:57You think she stole the man you wanted?
11:59There's something you don't know.
12:02It wasn't your grandfather
12:04pushing them together.
12:06Griffin asked for her.
12:08He said he wanted to marry Francesca.
12:10That's when your grandfather said yes.
12:14I turn.
12:16Griffin is in the doorway.
12:21Is that true?
12:23Yes.
12:24Anything you want to say?
12:26No.
12:28Griffin.
12:29Get me some water.
12:30I don't feel well.
12:31Okay.
12:33Griffin doesn't look at me.
12:34He doesn't explain.
12:35He just walks off
12:36and comes back with a glass for her.
12:37Careful, like always.
12:39Francesca's eyes are still red.
12:40Her mouth isn't.
12:41I know that look.
12:42So it wasn't Grandpa.
12:43It was the man who promised
12:44he'd always be behind me.
12:46Turns out I was the joke.
12:47I'm leaving.
12:50I wanted at 16.
12:51A stall at Coney Island.
12:53It was never worth anything.
12:54Griffin was with me that day.
12:56He stood behind me the whole time.
12:57Kept people from knocking into me.
13:02I thought that ring was us.
13:04That we'd stay stuck together.
13:06I wipe my face and flag a cab.
13:08I open my contacts.
13:10My finger stops on Mr. Vale.
13:11Sterling Vale.
13:12Eight years older.
13:14On Wall Street, his name and Griffin's
13:15show up in the same headlines.
13:17Difference is,
13:18Griffin is the one the Morettis built
13:19to handle the ugly work.
13:21Sterling actually runs Vale.
13:26Three years ago,
13:27second month in Paris,
13:28I picked up a black bag
13:29at Charles de Gallier.
13:30It was his.
13:32I owe you one.
13:32No matter where you are,
13:33you can call this number
13:34if you ever need anything.
13:35Later, I found out
13:36there was an $800 million deal
13:37in that bag.
13:38Three years in Paris,
13:40even when I was down to 10 euros.
13:42I never used that card.
13:44A man like Sterling
13:45doesn't make cheap promises.
13:49Tonight, he's the only person
13:51I can think of.
13:52Mr. Vale, I need you.
13:55I'm on my way.
13:56Whatever it is, yes.
14:07The house is the same.
14:09Arthur is leading me
14:11through the foyer
14:11toward the dining room.
14:14Three years,
14:15and you don't even say hello?
14:17Grandpa.
14:18Your father's memorial,
14:20and you cut it this close,
14:22like it isn't even yours.
14:23She's back.
14:24That's enough.
14:25Your sister's been sick,
14:27and she's still been
14:28handling all of this.
14:29You could at least thank her.
14:31Mom, it's fine.
14:33Tira just got off a plane.
14:34She's still on Paris time.
14:38Let's talk.
14:39Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
14:41After the mass, Chiala,
14:43you're not going back to Europe.
14:44You're 23.
14:45You can't keep floating around out there.
14:47Grandpa, I have a job over there.
14:49Tucker Seton.
14:51You remember him?
14:52Piano lessons when you were kids.
14:55Your mother and I think
14:56he's a good match.
14:57After the mass tomorrow,
14:58you sit down with him.
15:01Grandpa, I don't need you setting me up.
15:03You don't?
15:04You've been out there alone
15:05for three years.
15:06Your sister had her marriage
15:08settled at your age.
15:09I'm not going.
15:10What did you say?
15:11I said I'm not going.
15:12I'm not Francesca.
15:13I don't need anyone else
15:15running my life.
15:16I arranged your sister's marriage, too.
15:19You saying I got that wrong?
15:21Chialia,
15:23you will not speak
15:24to your grandfather that way.
15:25Three years gone,
15:26and this is how you talk
15:28to your grandfather?
15:29Your sister's been sick
15:30her whole life,
15:30and she's never given
15:31this family extra trouble.
15:33Your father dies,
15:34and you vanish without a word.
15:36Do you even care
15:37that this is your family?
15:39Mom, don't.
15:40She'll understand
15:40you and Grandpa
15:41are doing this for her.
15:44I need air.
15:45I loved Uncle Griff
15:46for ten years.
15:47He kept turning me down
15:48like he was family.
15:50Then he married my sister.
15:52The day he married her,
15:53I got on a plane to Europe.
15:55Before I took off,
15:56Griffin's text wouldn't stop.
15:58Chiara,
15:59where are you?
16:00Text me back.
16:01You don't want me finding you.
16:03Griffin was the only son
16:04of my father's business partner.
16:05After his parents died
16:07in an accident,
16:07my father brought him
16:08into the Morelli house.
16:09On paper,
16:10I was supposed to call him
16:11Uncle Griffin.
16:12Francesca was sick
16:13her whole childhood.
16:14Mom poured everything
16:15into her.
16:16All I had was Griffin.
16:18Every time I got into trouble,
16:19Griffin put himself
16:20in front of me.
16:21Don't be scared.
16:22I've got you.
16:23And for years,
16:24he did.
16:25I thought he'd always
16:26be the one in front of me,
16:27until he married my sister.
16:34Three years ago,
16:35I went to France
16:36and built a life
16:37that actually held.
16:40I wouldn't have come back
16:41to New York
16:41if it weren't for Dad's
16:42three-year memorial mass.
16:43First day back at JFC,
16:45I barely clear arrivals
16:46before someone stops me.
16:47My brother-in-law,
16:49the one who actually runs
16:50the Moretti house now.
16:51In the papers Dad left,
16:52the man in charge of me
16:53and my share,
16:54Griffin DeLuca.
16:55And right now,
16:56he's got my hand.
16:58Chiara.
16:59That's what he called me
17:00when I was little.
17:01After I told him
17:02I loved him at 16,
17:03he never said it
17:04like that again.
17:04Chiara Moretti,
17:06three years.
17:07You hid from me
17:08for three years.
17:09How much longer?
17:11Wedding band.
17:12My sisters.
17:13They've been married
17:14three years.
17:15The day Dad died,
17:16I stood in the doorway
17:17shaking.
17:18I couldn't stop crying.
17:19Then Griffin came up
17:20behind me and held on.
17:22Chiara,
17:23don't be scared.
17:24I'm here.
17:25I'll take care of you.
17:27Whatever happens,
17:28I'm not leaving you.
17:30I believed him
17:31until that family dinner
17:32after the funeral.
17:33That night,
17:34Grandpa said it
17:34in front of everyone.
17:35Griffin was going
17:36to marry Francesca.
17:40Let go.
17:42Where are you going?
17:44Not on my way.
17:48He looks at me
17:48for a second.
17:49Then he lets go,
17:51turns,
17:51and pulls a bunch
17:52of white lilies
17:53out of the car.
17:54You're going to
17:54St. Michael's Cemetery.
17:56That on your way now?
17:57I look at the flowers.
17:58My throat goes tight.
17:59He knows the second I land,
18:01I go to Dad.
18:02Three years later,
18:03he still knows me,
18:03and he still chose
18:04to turn on me
18:05when I had nothing left,
18:06same as everybody else.
18:08When I heard Griffin
18:09was marrying Francesca,
18:10the glass went
18:10straight out of my hand.
18:12Francesca turns
18:12and smiles at me.
18:13It looks like a win.
18:14I lose it.
18:16When you said no,
18:18you said you were
18:19like an uncle
18:19in this house.
18:20You couldn't want me?
18:21So what is
18:22marrying Francesca?
18:23She's family too.
18:27It's different.
18:29How?
18:29Tiara,
18:30you're stronger
18:31than she is.
18:32You'll be fine
18:32without me.
18:33That word again.
18:35It's the one
18:36everyone loves
18:36when they talk
18:37about me.
18:39I was never born strong.
18:41I just learned early
18:42that some things
18:43you carry alone
18:44because every pair
18:45of eyes in that house
18:46was on Francesca.
18:47Nobody was looking
18:48at me.
18:49Griffin was the only one
18:50who ever saw me break
18:51and he knew it.
18:53Griffin DeLuca,
18:54you shut me down
18:55like this today,
18:56I'm not coming back.
18:57He doesn't answer.
18:59The next day,
18:59I fly to Paris.
19:03Get in the car,
19:04Tiana.
19:05Mass.
19:07Your father's mass
19:08is set tomorrow morning.
19:09I hesitate,
19:10then I get in.
19:12Not because I want
19:13to sit next to him,
19:13because a memorial mass
19:15isn't something
19:15I can throw together
19:16because I happen to land.
19:18Your room's how you left it.
19:19Someone cleans it
19:20every week.
19:21That monstay of yours
19:23is still alive,
19:24repotted twice.
19:25Grandpa wants to see you
19:26after the mass.
19:28If you really don't
19:28want to go back,
19:29I'll handle it.
19:30Don't.
19:30I'll deal with it.
19:31And I'm staying at a hotel.
19:33By the time the car
19:34pulled up at the gates
19:35of St. Michael's Cemetery,
19:37dusk was falling.
19:38I'll wait here.
19:39Don't.
19:40I'll get back on my own.
19:41Chiara Moretti,
19:42go see your father.
19:44I'll wait.
19:44You come out,
19:45I leave.
19:45Not before.
19:48Dad's plot is a good one.
19:50It looks out over open water.
19:52Griffin picked it.
19:54It's quiet.
19:55Your father would have liked it.
19:56I walk closer
19:57and someone's already there.
20:00Francesca,
20:01Chiara,
20:02I knew you'd come see dad first.
20:05What are you doing here?
20:07I'm his daughter too.
20:08The mass is tomorrow.
20:09I wanted a minute with him first.
20:11I don't answer her.
20:12I take a handkerchief out of my bag
20:14and wipe the photo on the stone.
20:17It was taken when he was 40.
20:19I know that face.
20:21That's how he looked
20:22every time he left
20:23one of my school things.
20:24Dad went so fast.
20:26You left right after the funeral.
20:29There are things
20:29I never got to say to you.
20:31Chiara,
20:33have you been blaming me
20:34this whole time
20:35for taking Griffin from you?
20:39You think I'm blaming you?
20:41Chiara,
20:41I know you never got over me
20:42and Griffin.
20:43I never wanted to take
20:44anything from you.
20:45These years haven't been
20:46easy on him either.
20:47If you need someone to blame,
20:49blame me.
20:50Not him.
20:50I'm not blaming you.
20:53Griffin,
20:54why are you up here?
20:55You said you'd wait in the car.
20:57You two weren't coming down.
20:58I came to check.
21:00Wind's bad up here.
21:01You shouldn't stand out long.
21:02I'm fine.
21:03You too.
21:05Chiara just got off a plane
21:06and you brought her straight here.
21:07You couldn't let her rest first?
21:10I'm gonna go.
21:11Dad,
21:12I'll come back tomorrow.
21:13Chiara,
21:14where are you staying?
21:15Let Griffin take you.
21:16You shouldn't-
21:16Don't.
21:17I don't look back.
21:18I'm basically running.
21:20At the gate,
21:20I flag a cab.
21:22Hi it, please.
21:25We're not far
21:25before my phone buzzes.
21:27Griffin's number.
21:28I don't pick up.
21:29It dies out.
21:30Then a text.
21:31Chiara,
21:32three years ago
21:33wasn't what you think.
21:34Let me explain.
21:35It's fully dark
21:36by the time I get to the hotel.
21:38Checking in.
21:41Mrs. Moretta,
21:42your key.
21:43Thanks.
21:45I take it
21:46and head for the elevator.
21:47The elevator climbs.
21:51Eighteen.
21:52And someone I didn't expect.
21:54Miss Chiana,
21:55your grandfather sent me.
21:57The car's downstairs.
22:01The house is the same.
22:04Arthur is leading me
22:05through the foyer
22:06toward the dining room.
22:08Three years
22:09and you don't even say hello?
22:11Grandpa.
22:13Your father's memorial
22:14and you cut it this close
22:16like it isn't even yours.
22:18She's back.
22:19That's enough.
22:20Your sister's been sick
22:21and she's still been handling
22:22all of this.
22:23You could at least
22:24thank her.
22:26Mom, it's fine.
22:28Chiara just got off a plane.
22:29She's still on Paris time.
22:32Let's talk.
22:33Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
22:35After the mass,
22:37Chiara,
22:37you're not going back to Europe.
22:39You're 23.
22:40You can't keep floating
22:40around out there.
22:42Grandpa,
22:42I have a job over there.
22:44Tucker Seton.
22:45You remember him?
22:47Piano lessons
22:48when you were kids.
22:49Your mother and I
22:50think he's a good match.
22:51After the mass tomorrow,
22:53you sit down with him.
22:55Grandpa,
22:56I don't need you
22:56setting me up.
22:57You don't?
22:58You've been out there alone
22:59for three years.
23:01Your sister had her marriage
23:02settled at your age.
23:03I'm not going.
23:04What did you say?
23:05I said I'm not going.
23:07I'm not Francesca.
23:08I don't need anyone else
23:09running my life.
23:11I arranged your sister's
23:12marriage, too.
23:14You saying I got that wrong?
23:16Celia,
23:17you will not speak
23:18to your grandfather that way.
23:20Three years gone,
23:21and this is how you talk
23:22to your grandfather?
23:23Your sister's been sick
23:24her whole life,
23:25and she's never given
23:26this family extra trouble.
23:27Your father dies,
23:29and you vanish
23:30without a word.
23:31Do you even care
23:32that this is your family?
23:33Mom, don't.
23:34She'll understand
23:35you and Grandpa
23:35are doing this for her.
23:38I need air.
23:41I get outside.
23:42Footsteps right behind me.
23:44Chiala,
23:44you shouldn't talk
23:45to Grandpa like that.
23:46Griffin,
23:46what are you right now
23:47talking to me like this?
23:48The guy who was supposed
23:49to be my uncle
23:51or my sister's husband?
23:55Three years ago,
23:56you picked her.
23:57Then keep your distance.
23:59She's your wife.
24:01I'm just her sister.
24:02Remember that.
24:05Griffin,
24:06you came out
24:07without a coat.
24:07It's cold.
24:08Your stomach.
24:09Chiala,
24:10you walked out like that.
24:12Grandpa's furious.
24:13I already talked
24:14to him for you.
24:15I said you were just upset.
24:18You'll see Tucker tomorrow.
24:20What?
24:21Grandpa's old.
24:23Don't go head-to-head
24:24with him.
24:24It's just dinner.
24:25I said I'm not going.
24:27Who told you
24:27you could say yes for me?
24:32It's cold.
24:33Go inside.
24:36But, Chiala...
24:37I'll talk to her.
24:38Francesca goes in
24:39and it's just us again.
24:41You shouldn't talk
24:42to her like that.
24:43She's sick.
24:43So because she's sick,
24:45she gets to hand me
24:46to some guy
24:46I don't even know?
24:48That's why you married
24:49her too, right?
24:50Because she's sick.
24:51Griffin,
24:53you remember
24:54what you promised me?
24:55You said no matter
24:56what happened,
24:57you'd be on my side.
24:59So whose side
25:00are you on now?
25:01He doesn't answer.
25:03I'm done waiting.
25:09Chia,
25:10Mom and I already talked.
25:12Tomorrow we'll pick
25:13what you wear
25:13to see Tucker.
25:14Don't.
25:15I'm not going.
25:17Chia,
25:18you still can't let go
25:19of me and Griffin.
25:20I never...
25:20Enough!
25:22Look at your sister.
25:23She's still defending you
25:24and you,
25:25what did you say to her?
25:28Mom.
25:28Don't call me Mom.
25:30Anyone.
25:31You could have liked anyone.
25:33Not your sister's husband.
25:36My sister's husband.
25:39Three years ago,
25:40wasn't everyone
25:40still calling him
25:41Uncle Griffin?
25:42Mom.
25:43Growing up,
25:44Francesca was the only
25:45one you saw.
25:46She got sick,
25:47I was supposed
25:48to make room.
25:49She cried,
25:50I was supposed
25:51to make it better.
25:52Now she married Griffin
25:53and you want me
25:54standing there
25:54blessing it?
25:55Did you ever once
25:56ask what that did to me?
25:58Mom,
25:59you've always hated
25:59your sister.
26:01You think she stole
26:02the man you wanted?
26:04There's something
26:04you don't know.
26:07It wasn't your grandfather
26:08pushing them together.
26:10Griffin asked for her.
26:12He said he wanted
26:13to marry Francesca.
26:14That's when your grandfather
26:15said yes.
26:18I turn.
26:20Griffin is in the doorway.
26:25Is that true?
26:27Yes.
26:28Anything you want to say?
26:30No.
26:32Griffin,
26:33get me some water.
26:34I don't feel well.
26:35Okay.
26:36Griffin doesn't look at me.
26:38He doesn't explain.
26:39He just walks off
26:40and comes back
26:40with a glass for her.
26:41Careful,
26:42like always.
26:43Francesca's eyes
26:43are still red.
26:44Her mouth isn't.
26:45I know that look.
26:46So it wasn't Grandpa.
26:47It was the man
26:48who promised
26:48he'd always be behind me.
26:50Turns out I was the joke.
26:51I'm leaving.
26:54I wanted at 16.
26:55A stall at Coney Island.
26:57It was never worth anything.
26:58Griffin was with me that day.
27:00He stood behind me
27:01the whole time.
27:02Kept people from
27:02knocking into me.
27:06I thought that ring was us.
27:08That we'd stay stuck together.
27:10I wipe my face
27:11and flag a cab.
27:12I open my contacts.
27:14My finger stops on Mr. Vail.
27:15Sterling Vail.
27:16Eight years older.
27:18On Wall Street,
27:18his name and Griffin
27:19show up in the same headlines.
27:21Difference is,
27:22Griffin is the one
27:23the Morettis built
27:23to handle the ugly work.
27:25Sterling actually runs Vail.
27:30Three years ago,
27:31second month in Paris,
27:32I picked up a black bag
27:33at Charles de Gallier.
27:34It was his.
27:35I owe you one.
27:36No matter where you are,
27:37you can call this number
27:38if you ever need anything.
27:39Later,
27:40I found out
27:40there was an $800 million deal
27:41in that bag.
27:42Three years in Paris,
27:44even when I was down
27:44to 10 euros.
27:47I never used that card.
27:48A man like Sterling
27:49doesn't make cheap promises.
27:53Tonight,
27:54he's the only person
27:54I can think of.
27:56Mr. Vail,
27:56I need you.
27:59I'm on my way.
28:00Whatever it is,
28:01yes.
28:02Yes.
28:04Yes.
28:05Yes.
28:06Yes.
28:07Yes.
28:08Yes.
28:11The house is the same.
28:13Arthur is leading me
28:15through the foyer
28:15toward the dining room.
28:18Three years,
28:19and you don't even say hello?
28:20Grandpa.
28:22Your father's memorial,
28:24and you cut it this close
28:25like it isn't even yours.
28:27She's back.
28:28That's enough.
28:29Your sister's been sick,
28:31and she's still been
28:32handling all of this.
28:33You could at least thank her.
28:35Mom, it's fine.
28:37Tira just got off a plane.
28:38She's still on Paris time.
28:42Let's talk.
28:43Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
28:45After the mass,
28:46Chiala,
28:47you're not going back to Europe.
28:48You're 23.
28:49You can't keep floating
28:50around out there.
28:51Grandpa,
28:52I have a job over there.
28:53Tucker's setting.
28:55You remember him?
28:56Piano lessons
28:57when you were kids.
28:59Your mother and I
28:59think he's a good match.
29:01After the mass tomorrow,
29:02you sit down with him.
29:04Grandpa,
29:05I don't need you setting me up.
29:07You don't?
29:07You've been out there alone
29:09for three years.
29:10Your sister had her marriage
29:12settled at your age.
29:13I'm not going.
29:14What did you say?
29:15I said I'm not going.
29:16I'm not Francesca.
29:17I don't need anyone else
29:19running my life.
29:20I arranged your sister's marriage, too.
29:23You saying I got that wrong?
29:25Chialia,
29:27you will not speak
29:28to your grandfather that way.
29:29Three years gone,
29:30and this is how you talk
29:31to your grandfather?
29:33Your sister's been sick
29:34her whole life,
29:35and she's never given
29:35this family extra trouble.
29:37Your father dies,
29:38and you vanish without a word.
29:40Do you even care
29:41that this is your family?
29:42Mom, don't.
29:44She'll understand
29:44you and Grandpa
29:45are doing this for her.
29:48I need air.
29:49I loved Uncle Griff for ten years.
29:51He kept turning me down
29:52like he was family.
29:54Then he married my sister.
29:56The day he married her,
29:57I got on a plane to Europe.
29:59Before I took off,
30:00Griffin's text wouldn't stop.
30:02Chiara,
30:03where are you?
30:04Text me back.
30:05You don't want me finding you.
30:07Griffin was the only son
30:08of my father's business partner.
30:09After his parents died
30:10in an accident,
30:11my father brought him
30:12into the Morelli house.
30:13On paper,
30:14I was supposed to call him
30:15Uncle Griffin.
30:16Francesca was sick
30:17her whole childhood.
30:18Mom poured everything into her.
30:20All I had was Griffin.
30:22Every time I got into trouble,
30:23Griffin put himself
30:24in front of me.
30:25Don't be scared.
30:26I've got you.
30:27And for years,
30:28he did.
30:29I thought he'd always be
30:30the one in front of me,
30:31until he married my sister.
30:38Three years ago,
30:39I went to France
30:40and built a life
30:41that actually held.
30:44I wouldn't have come back
30:45to New York
30:45if it weren't for dad's
30:46three-year memorial mass.
30:47First day back at JFC,
30:49I barely clear arrivals
30:50before someone stops me.
30:51My brother-in-law,
30:53the one who actually runs
30:54the Moretti house now.
30:55In the papers dad left,
30:56the man in charge of me
30:57and my share,
30:58Griffin DeLuca.
30:59And right now,
31:00he's got my hand.
31:02Chiara.
31:03That's what he called me
31:04when I was little.
31:05After I told him
31:06I loved him at 16,
31:07he never said it
31:07like that again.
31:08Chiara Moretti,
31:10three years.
31:11You hid from me
31:11for three years.
31:12How much longer?
31:15Wedding band.
31:16My sisters.
31:17They've been married
31:18three years.
31:19The day dad died,
31:20I stood in the doorway shaking.
31:22I couldn't stop crying.
31:23Then Griffin came up
31:24behind me and held on.
31:26Chiara,
31:27don't be scared.
31:28I'm here.
31:29I'll take care of you.
31:31Whatever happens,
31:32I'm not leaving you.
31:34I believed him
31:35until that family dinner
31:36after the funeral.
31:37That night,
31:38Grandpa said it
31:38in front of everyone.
31:39Griffin was going
31:40to marry Francesca.
31:44Let go.
31:46Where are you going?
31:48Not on my way.
31:52He looks at me
31:52for a second.
31:53Then he lets go,
31:55turns,
31:55and pulls a bunch
31:56of white lilies
31:57out of the car.
31:58You're going to
31:58St. Michael's Cemetery.
31:59That on your way now?
32:00I look at the flowers.
32:02My throat goes tight.
32:03He knows the second
32:04I land,
32:05I go to dad.
32:06Three years later,
32:07he still knows me.
32:07And he still chose
32:08to turn on me
32:09when I had nothing left.
32:10Same as everybody else.
32:12When I heard Griffin
32:13was marrying Francesca,
32:14the glass went
32:14straight out of my hand.
32:16Francesca turns
32:16and smiles at me.
32:17It looks like a win.
32:18I lose it.
32:21When you said no,
32:22you said you were
32:23like an uncle
32:23in this house.
32:24You couldn't want me?
32:25So what is
32:26marrying Francesca?
32:27She's family too!
32:31It's different.
32:33How?
32:33Tiara,
32:34you're stronger
32:35than she is.
32:36You'll be fine
32:36without me.
32:37That word again.
32:39It's the one
32:40everyone loves
32:40when they talk about me.
32:43I was never born strong.
32:45I just learned early
32:46that some things
32:47you carry alone.
32:48Because every pair
32:49of eyes in that house
32:50was on Francesca.
32:51Nobody was looking at me.
32:53Griffin was the only one
32:54who ever saw me break.
32:55And he knew it.
32:57Griffin DeLuca,
32:58you shut me down
32:59like this today,
33:00I'm not coming back.
33:01He doesn't answer.
33:03The next day,
33:03I fly to Paris.
33:07Get in the car,
33:08Chiana.
33:09Mass.
33:10Your father's mass
33:11is set tomorrow morning.
33:13I hesitate.
33:14Then I get in.
33:16Not because I want
33:17to sit next to him.
33:18Because a memorial mass
33:19isn't something
33:19I can throw together
33:20because I happen to land.
33:22Your room's how you left it.
33:23Someone cleans it
33:24every week.
33:25That monstay of yours
33:26is still alive.
33:28Repotted twice.
33:29Grandpa wants to see you.
33:30After the mass.
33:32If you really don't
33:32want to go back,
33:33I'll handle it.
33:34Don't.
33:34I'll deal with it.
33:35And I'm staying at a hotel.
33:37By the time the car
33:38pulled up at the gates
33:39of St. Michael's Cemetery,
33:41dusk was falling.
33:42I'll wait here.
33:43Don't.
33:44I'll get back on my own.
33:45Chiaram are ready.
33:46Go see your father.
33:48I'll wait.
33:48You come out,
33:49I leave.
33:49Not before.
33:52Dad's plot is a good one.
33:54It looks out over open water.
33:56Griffin picked it.
33:58It's quiet.
33:59Your father would have liked it.
34:01I walk closer
34:01and someone's already there.
34:04Francesca.
34:05Chiaram.
34:06I knew you'd come see dad first.
34:09What are you doing here?
34:11I'm his daughter too.
34:12The mass is tomorrow.
34:13I wanted a minute with him first.
34:15I don't answer her.
34:17I take a handkerchief out of my bag
34:18and wipe the photo on the stone.
34:21It was taken when he was 40.
34:23I know that face.
34:25That's how he looked
34:26every time he left
34:26one of my school things.
34:28Dad went so fast.
34:30You left right after the funeral.
34:33There are things
34:33I never got to say to you.
34:35Chiaram.
34:37Have you been blaming me
34:38this whole time?
34:39For taking Griffin from you?
34:43You think I'm blaming you?
34:45Chiaram,
34:45I know you never got over me
34:46and Griffin.
34:47I never wanted to take
34:48anything from you.
34:49These years haven't been
34:50easy on him either.
34:51If you need someone to blame,
34:53blame me.
34:54Not him.
34:54I'm not blaming you.
34:57Griffin.
34:58Why are you up here?
34:59You said you'd wait in the car.
35:01You two weren't coming down.
35:02I came to check.
35:03Wind's bad up here.
35:05You shouldn't stand out long.
35:06I'm fine.
35:07You too.
35:08Chiaram just got off a plane
35:10and you brought her straight here.
35:11You couldn't let her rest first?
35:14I'm gonna go.
35:15Dad,
35:16I'll come back tomorrow.
35:17Chiaram,
35:18where are you staying?
35:19Let Griffin take you.
35:20You shouldn't...
35:20Don't.
35:21I don't look back.
35:22I'm basically running.
35:24At the gate,
35:24I flag a cab.
35:26Hyatt, please.
35:28We're not far
35:29before my phone buzzes.
35:31Griffin's number.
35:32I don't pick up.
35:33It dies out.
35:34Then a text.
35:35Chiaram,
35:36three years ago
35:37wasn't what you think.
35:38Let me explain.
35:39It's fully dark
35:40by the time I get to the hotel.
35:42Checking in.
35:45Mrs. Moretta,
35:46your key?
35:47Thanks.
35:49I take it
35:50and head for the elevator.
35:51The elevator climbs.
35:55Eighteen.
35:56And someone I didn't expect.
35:58Miss Chiana,
35:59your grandfather sent me.
36:01The car's downstairs.
36:05The house is the same.
36:08Arthur is leading me
36:09through the foyer
36:10toward the dining room.
36:12Three years
36:13and you don't even say hello?
36:15Grandpa.
36:17Your father's memorial
36:18and you cut it this close
36:20like it isn't even yours.
36:22She's back.
36:23That's enough.
36:24Your sister's been sick
36:25and she's still been
36:26handling all of this.
36:27You could at least thank her.
36:30Mom, it's fine.
36:32Chiarra just got off a plane.
36:33She's still on Paris time.
36:36Let's talk.
36:37Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
36:39After the mass, Chiala,
36:41you're not going back to Europe.
36:43You're 23.
36:44You can't keep floating around
36:45out there.
36:45Grandpa,
36:46I have a job over there.
36:48Tucker Seton.
36:49You remember him?
36:51Piano lessons
36:52when you were kids.
36:53Your mother and I
36:54think he's a good match.
36:55After the mass tomorrow,
36:57you sit down with him.
36:59Grandpa,
36:59I don't need you setting me up.
37:01You don't?
37:02You've been out there alone
37:03for three years.
37:05Your sister had her marriage
37:06settled at your age.
37:07I'm not going.
37:08What did you say?
37:09I said I'm not going.
37:10I'm not Francesca.
37:12I don't need anyone else
37:13running my life.
37:15I arranged your sister's
37:16marriage too.
37:18You saying I got that wrong?
37:20Chialia,
37:21you will not speak
37:22to your grandfather that way.
37:24Three years gone
37:25and this is how you talk
37:26to your grandfather?
37:27Your sister's been sick
37:28her whole life
37:29and she's never given
37:30this family extra trouble.
37:31You,
37:31your father dies
37:33and you vanish
37:34without a word.
37:35Do you even care
37:36that this is your family?
37:37Mom,
37:38don't.
37:38She'll understand
37:39you and Grandpa
37:39are doing this for her.
37:42I need air.
37:45I get outside.
37:46Footsteps right behind me.
37:48Chialia,
37:48you shouldn't talk
37:49to Grandpa like that.
37:50Griffin,
37:50what are you right now
37:51talking to me like this?
37:52The guy who was supposed
37:53to be my uncle
37:54or my sister's husband?
37:59Three years ago
38:00you picked her.
38:01Then keep your distance.
38:03She's your wife.
38:05I'm just her sister.
38:06Remember that.
38:09Griffin,
38:10you came out
38:11without a coat.
38:11It's cold.
38:12Your stomach.
38:13Chialia,
38:14you walked out like that.
38:16Grandpa's furious.
38:17I already talked
38:18to him for you.
38:19I said you were
38:20just upset.
38:22You'll see Tucker tomorrow.
38:24What?
38:26Grandpa's old.
38:27Don't go head to head
38:28with him.
38:28It's just dinner.
38:29I said I'm not going.
38:30Who told you
38:31you could say yes for me?
38:36It's cold.
38:37Go inside.
38:40But, Chialia...
38:41I'll talk to her.
38:42Francesca goes in
38:43and it's just us again.
38:45You shouldn't talk
38:46to her like that.
38:47She's sick.
38:47So because she's sick,
38:49she gets to hand me
38:50to some guy
38:50I don't even know?
38:52That's why you
38:53married her too, right?
38:54Because she's sick.
38:55Griffin,
38:57you remember
38:58what you promised me?
38:59You said no matter
39:00what happened,
39:01you'd be on my side.
39:03So whose side
39:04are you on now?
39:05He doesn't answer.
39:07I'm done waiting.
39:13Chira,
39:14Mom and I already talked.
39:16Tomorrow we'll pick
39:17what you wear
39:17to see Tucker.
39:18Don't.
39:19I'm not going.
39:21Chira,
39:22you still can't let go
39:23of me and Griffin.
39:24I never...
39:24Enough!
39:26Look at your sister.
39:27She's still defending you
39:28and you,
39:29what did you say to her?
39:31Mom.
39:32Don't call me Mom.
39:34Anyone.
39:35You could have liked anyone.
39:37Not your sister's husband.
39:40My sister's husband.
39:42Three years ago,
39:44wasn't everyone
39:44still calling him
39:45Uncle Griffin?
39:46Mom.
39:47Growing up,
39:48Francesca was the only
39:49one you saw.
39:50She got sick,
39:51I was supposed
39:52to make room.
39:53She cried,
39:54I was supposed
39:55to make it better.
39:56Now she married Griffin
39:57and you want me
39:58standing there
39:58blessing it?
39:59Did you ever once
40:00ask what that did to me?
40:02Mom,
40:03you've always hated
40:03your sister.
40:04You think she stole
40:05the man you wanted?
40:07There's something
40:08you don't know.
40:11It wasn't your grandfather
40:12pushing them together.
40:14Griffin asked for her.
40:16He said he wanted
40:17to marry Francesca.
40:18That's when your grandfather
40:19said yes.
40:22I turn.
40:24Griffin is in the doorway.
40:29Is that true?
40:31Yes.
40:32Anything you want
40:33to say?
40:34No.
40:36Griffin,
40:37get me some water.
40:38I don't feel well.
40:39Okay.
40:40Griffin doesn't look
40:41at me.
40:42He doesn't explain.
40:43He just walks off
40:44and comes back
40:44with a glass for her,
40:45careful,
40:46like always.
40:47Francesca's eyes
40:47are still red.
40:48Her mouth isn't.
40:49I know that look.
40:50So it wasn't Grandpa.
40:51It was the man
40:52who promised
40:52he'd always be behind me.
40:53Turns out I was the joke.
40:55I'm leaving.
40:57I won it at 16.
40:59A stall at Coney Island.
41:01It was never worth anything.
41:02Griffin was with me
41:03that day.
41:04He stood behind me
41:05the whole time.
41:06Kept people from
41:06knocking into me.
41:10I thought that ring
41:11was us.
41:12That we'd stay
41:13stuck together.
41:14I wipe my face
41:15and flag a cab.
41:16I open my contacts.
41:18My finger stops
41:18on Mr. Vail.
41:19Sterling Vail.
41:20Eight years older.
41:22On Wall Street,
41:22his name and Griffin's
41:23show up in the same headlines.
41:25Difference is,
41:26Griffin is the one
41:26the Morettis built
41:27to handle the ugly work.
41:29Sterling actually runs Vail.
41:34Three years ago,
41:35second month in Paris,
41:36I picked up a black bag
41:37at Charles de Gallier.
41:38It was his.
41:39I owe you one.
41:40No matter where you are,
41:41you can call this number
41:42if you ever need anything.
41:43Later, I found out
41:44there was an $800 million
41:45deal in that bag.
41:46Three years in Paris,
41:48even when I was down
41:48to 10 euros.
41:51I never used that card.
41:52A man like Sterling
41:53doesn't make cheap promises.
41:57Tonight, he's the only person
41:58I can think of.
41:59Mr. Vail,
42:00I need you.
42:03I'm on my way.
42:04Whatever it is, yes.
42:15The house is the same.
42:17Arthur is leading me
42:19through the foyer
42:19toward the dining room.
42:22Three years,
42:23and you don't even say hello?
42:24Grandpa.
42:26Your father's memorial,
42:28and you cut it this close
42:29like it isn't even yours.
42:31She's back.
42:32That's enough.
42:33Your sister's been sick,
42:35and she's still been
42:35handling all of this.
42:37You could at least
42:38thank her.
42:39Mom, it's fine.
42:41Tierra just got off a plane.
42:42She's still on Paris time.
42:45Let's talk.
42:47Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
42:49After the mass, Chiala,
42:51you're not going back to Europe.
42:52You're 23.
42:53You can't keep floating
42:54around out there.
42:55Grandpa,
42:56I have a job over there.
42:57Tucker Seton.
42:59You remember him?
43:00Piano lessons
43:01when you were kids.
43:03Your mother and I
43:03think he's a good match.
43:05After the mass tomorrow,
43:06you sit down with him.
43:08Grandpa,
43:09I don't need you
43:10setting me up.
43:11You don't?
43:11You've been out there
43:12alone for three years.
43:14Your sister had her marriage
43:15settled at your age.
43:17I'm not going.
43:18What did you say?
43:19I said I'm not going.
43:20I'm not Francesca.
43:21I don't need anyone else
43:22running my life.
43:24I arranged
43:25your sister's marriage, too.
43:27You saying I got that wrong?
43:29Chialia,
43:31you will not speak
43:32to your grandfather that way.
43:33Three years gone,
43:34and this is how you talk
43:35to your grandfather?
43:37Your sister's been sick
43:38her whole life
43:38and she's never given
43:39this family extra trouble.
43:41You,
43:41your father dies
43:42and you vanish
43:43without a word.
43:44Do you even care
43:45that this is your family?
43:46Mom,
43:47don't.
43:48She'll understand
43:48you and Grandpa
43:49are doing this for her.
43:52I need air.
43:53I loved Uncle Griff
43:54for ten years.
43:55He kept turning me down
43:56like he was family.
43:58Then he married my sister.
44:00The day he married her,
44:01I got on a plane to Europe.
44:03Before I took off,
44:04Griffin's text wouldn't stop.
44:06Chiara,
44:07where are you?
44:08Text me back.
44:09You don't want me finding you.
44:10Griffin was the only son
44:12of my father's business partner.
44:13After his parents died
44:14in an accident,
44:15my father brought him
44:16into the Morelli house.
44:17On paper,
44:18I was supposed to call him
44:19Uncle Griffin.
44:20Francesca was sick
44:21her whole childhood.
44:22Mom poured everything
44:23into her.
44:24All I had was Griffin.
44:26Every time I got into trouble,
44:27Griffin put himself
44:28in front of me.
44:29Don't be scared.
44:30I've got you.
44:31And for years,
44:32he did.
44:33I thought he'd always
44:33be the one in front of me
44:35until he married my sister.
44:42Three years ago,
44:43I went to France
44:44and built a life
44:45that actually held.
44:48I wouldn't have come back
44:49to New York
44:49if it weren't for Dad's
44:50three-year memorial mass.
44:51First day back at JFC,
44:53I barely clear arrivals
44:54before someone stops me.
44:55My brother-in-law,
44:57the one who actually runs
44:58the Moretti house now.
44:59In the papers Dad left,
45:00the man in charge of me
45:01and my share,
45:02Griffin DeLuca.
45:03And right now,
45:04he's got my hand.
45:06Chiara.
45:07That's what he called me
45:08when I was little.
45:09After I told him
45:10I loved him at 16,
45:11he never said it like that again.
45:12Chiara Moretti,
45:14three years.
45:15You hid from me
45:15for three years.
45:16How much longer?
45:19Wedding band.
45:20My sisters.
45:21They've been married
45:22three years.
45:23The day Dad died,
45:24I stood in the doorway shaking.
45:26I couldn't stop crying.
45:27Then Griffin came up
45:28behind me and held on.
45:30Chiara,
45:31don't be scared.
45:32I'm here.
45:33I'll take care of you.
45:35Whatever happens,
45:36I'm not leaving you.
45:38I believed him
45:39until that family dinner
45:40after the funeral.
45:41That night,
45:42Grandpa said it
45:42in front of everyone.
45:43Griffin was going
45:44to marry Francesca.
45:48Let go.
45:50Where are you going?
45:52Not on my way.
45:56He looks at me
45:56for a second.
45:57Then he lets go,
45:59turns,
45:59and pulls a bunch
46:00of white lilies
46:01out of the car.
46:01You're going to
46:02St. Michael's Cemetery.
46:03Dad on your way now?
46:05I look at the flowers.
46:06My throat goes tight.
46:07He knows the second I land,
46:09I go to Dad.
46:10Three years later,
46:11he still knows me,
46:11and he still chose
46:12to turn on me
46:13when I had nothing left,
46:14same as everybody else.
46:15When I heard Griffin
46:17was marrying Francesca,
46:18the glass went
46:18straight out of my hand.
46:20Francesca turns
46:20and smiles at me.
46:21It looks like a win.
46:22I lose it.
46:24When you said no,
46:26you said you were
46:27like an uncle
46:27in this house.
46:28You couldn't want me?
46:29So what is
46:30marrying Francesca?
46:31She's family too.
46:35It's different.
46:37How?
46:37Tiara,
46:38you're stronger
46:39than she is.
46:40You'll be fine
46:40without me.
46:41That word again.
46:43It's the one
46:44everyone loves
46:44when they talk about me.
46:47I was never born strong.
46:49I just learned early
46:50that some things
46:50you carry alone
46:52because every pair of eyes
46:53in that house
46:54was on Francesca.
46:55Nobody was looking at me.
46:57Griffin was the only one
46:58who ever saw me break,
46:59and he knew it.
47:01Griffin DeLuca,
47:02you shut me down
47:03like this today,
47:04I'm not coming back.
47:05He doesn't answer.
47:06The next day,
47:07I fly to Paris.
47:11Get in the car,
47:12Tiana.
47:13Mass.
47:14Your father's mass is set
47:16tomorrow morning.
47:17I hesitate.
47:18Then I get in.
47:20Not because I want
47:21to sit next to him.
47:21Because a memorial mass
47:23isn't something
47:23I can throw together
47:24because I happen to land.
47:26Your room's how you left it.
47:27Someone cleans it every week.
47:29That monstay of yours
47:30is still alive.
47:31Repotted twice.
47:33Grandpa wants to see you.
47:34After the mass.
47:35If you really don't
47:36want to go back,
47:37I'll handle it.
47:38Don't.
47:38I'll deal with it.
47:39And I'm staying at a hotel.
47:41By the time the car
47:42pulled up at the gates
47:43of St. Michael's Cemetery,
47:45dusk was falling.
47:46I'll wait here.
47:47Don't.
47:47I'll get back on my own.
47:49Shara Moretti,
47:50go see your father.
47:52I'll wait.
47:52You come out,
47:53I leave.
47:53Not before.
47:56Dad's plot is a good one.
47:58It looks out
47:58over open water.
48:00Griffin picked it.
48:02It's quiet.
48:03Your father would have
48:04liked it.
48:05I walk closer
48:05and someone's already there.
48:08Francesca.
48:09Chiara.
48:09I knew you'd come
48:10see dad first.
48:13What are you doing here?
48:15I'm his daughter too.
48:16The mass is tomorrow.
48:17I wanted a minute
48:18with him first.
48:19I don't answer her.
48:20I take a handkerchief
48:22out of my bag
48:22and wipe the photo
48:23on the stone.
48:25It was taken
48:26when he was 40.
48:27I know that face.
48:29That's how he looked
48:30every time he left
48:30one of my school things.
48:32Dad went so fast.
48:34You left right
48:35after the funeral.
48:37There are things
48:37I never got to say to you.
48:39Chiara,
48:41have you been blaming me
48:42this whole time
48:43for taking Griffin
48:44from you?
48:47You think I'm blaming you?
48:49Chiara,
48:49I know you never got
48:50over me and Griffin.
48:51I never wanted
48:52to take anything from you.
48:53These years
48:54haven't been easy
48:54on him either.
48:56If you need someone
48:56to blame,
48:57blame me,
48:58not him.
48:58I'm not blaming you.
49:01Griffin,
49:02why are you up here?
49:03You said you'd wait
49:04in the car.
49:05You two weren't coming down.
49:06I came to check.
49:07Wind's bad up here.
49:09You shouldn't stand out long.
49:10I'm fine.
49:11You too.
49:12Chiara just got off a plane
49:13and you brought her
49:14straight here.
49:15You couldn't let her
49:16rest first?
49:18I'm gonna go.
49:19Dad,
49:20I'll come back tomorrow.
49:21Chiara,
49:22where are you staying?
49:23Let Griffin take you.
49:24You shouldn't...
49:24Don't.
49:25I don't look back.
49:26I'm basically running.
49:28At the gate,
49:28I flag a cab.
49:30Hi,
49:31it please.
49:32We're not far
49:33before my phone buzzes.
49:35Griffin's number.
49:36I don't pick up.
49:37It dies out.
49:38Then a text.
49:39Chiara,
49:40three years ago
49:41wasn't what you think.
49:42Let me explain.
49:43It's fully dark
49:44by the time
49:45I get to the hotel.
49:46Checking in.
49:49Mrs. Moretta,
49:50your key?
49:51Thanks.
49:53I take it
49:54and head
49:54for the elevator.
49:55The elevator climbs.
49:59Eighteen.
50:00And someone
50:00I didn't expect.
50:02Miss Chiana,
50:03your grandfather
50:04sent me.
50:05The car's downstairs.
50:09The house is the same.
50:12Arthur is leading me
50:13through the foyer
50:14toward the dining room.
50:16Three years
50:17and you don't even say hello?
50:19Grandpa.
50:21Your father's memorial
50:22and you cut it this close
50:24like it isn't even yours.
50:26She's back.
50:27That's enough.
50:28Your sister's been sick
50:29and she's still been
50:30handling all of this.
50:31You could at least
50:32thank her.
50:34Mom, it's fine.
50:36Tierra just got off a plane.
50:37She's still on Paris time.
50:40Let's talk.
50:41Griffin's got tomorrow handled.
50:43After the mass,
50:44Chiala,
50:45you're not going back to Europe.
50:47You're 23.
50:47You can't keep floating
50:48around out there.
50:49Grandpa,
50:50I have a job over there.
50:52Tucker Setton.
50:53You remember him?
50:55Piano lessons
50:56when you were kids.
50:57Your mother and I
50:58think he's a good match.
50:59After the mass tomorrow,
51:01you sit down with him.
51:03Grandpa,
51:03I don't need you
51:04setting me up.
51:05You don't?
51:06You've been out there
51:07alone for three years.
51:09Your sister had her marriage
51:10settled at your age.
51:11I'm not going.
51:12What did you say?
51:13I said I'm not going.
51:15I'm not Francesca.
51:16I don't need anyone else
51:17running my life.
51:19I arranged your sister's
51:20marriage too.
51:22You saying I got that wrong?
51:24Chialia,
51:25you will not speak
51:26to your grandfather
51:27that way.
51:28Three years gone
51:29and this is how you
51:30talk to your grandfather?
51:31Your sister's been sick
51:32her whole life
51:33and she's never given
51:34this family extra trouble.
51:35Your father dies
51:37and you vanish
51:37without a word.
51:39Do you even care
51:39that this is your family?
51:41Mom, don't.
51:42She'll understand
51:43you and Grandpa
51:43are doing this for her.
51:46I need air.
51:49I get outside.
51:50Footsteps right behind me.
51:51Chialia,
51:52you shouldn't talk
51:53to Grandpa like that.
51:53Griffin,
51:54what are you right now
51:55talking to me like this?
51:56The guy who was supposed
51:57to be my uncle
51:58or my sister's husband?
52:03Three years ago
52:04you picked her.
52:05Then keep your distance.
52:07She's your wife.
52:09I'm just her sister.
52:10Remember that.
52:13Griffin,
52:14you came out
52:15without a coat.
52:15It's cold.
52:16Your stomach.
52:17Chialia,
52:18you walked out like that.
52:20Grandpa's furious.
52:21I already talked
52:22to him for you.
52:23I said you were just upset.
52:25You'll see Tucker tomorrow.
52:28What?
52:29Grandpa's old.
52:31Don't go head to head
52:32with him.
52:32It's just dinner.
52:33I said I'm not going.
52:34Who told you
52:35you could say yes
52:36for me?
52:40It's cold.
52:41Go inside.
52:44But Chialia...
52:45I'll talk to her.
52:46Francesca goes in
52:47and it's just us again.
52:49You shouldn't talk
52:50to her like that.
52:51She's sick.
52:51So because she's sick
52:52she gets to hand me
52:54to some guy
52:54I don't even know?
52:56That's why you married
52:57her too, right?
52:58Because she's sick.
52:59Griffin,
53:01you remember
53:02what you promised me?
53:03You said no matter
53:04what happened
53:05you'd be on my side.
53:07So whose side
53:08are you on now?
53:09He doesn't answer.
53:11I'm done waiting.
53:17Shira,
53:18Mom and I
53:19already talked.
53:20Tomorrow we'll pick
53:21what you wear
53:21to see Tucker.
53:22Don't.
53:23I'm not going.
53:25Shira,
53:26you still can't let go
53:27of me and Griffin.
53:28I never...
53:28Enough!
53:30Look at your sister.
53:31She's still defending you
53:32and you?
53:33What did you say to her?
53:36Mom.
53:36Don't call me Mom.
53:38Anyone.
53:39You could have liked anyone.
53:41Not your sister.
53:42Your sister's husband.
53:44My sister's husband.
53:46Three years ago
53:47wasn't everyone
53:48still calling him
53:49Uncle Griffin?
53:50Mom.
53:51Growing up,
53:52Francesca was the only
53:53one you saw.
53:54She got sick.
53:55I was supposed
53:56to make room.
53:57She cried.
53:58I was supposed
53:59to make it better.
54:00Now she married Griffin
54:01and you want me
54:02standing there
54:02blessing it?
54:03Did you ever once
54:04ask what that did to me?
54:06Mom.
54:06You've always hated
54:07your sister.
54:08You think she stole
54:09the man you wanted?
54:11There's something
54:12you don't know.
54:14It wasn't your grandfather
54:16pushing them together.
54:18Griffin asked for her.
54:20He said he wanted
54:21to marry Francesca.
54:22That's when your
54:23grandfather said yes.
54:26I turn.
54:28Griffin is in the doorway.
54:33Is that true?
54:35Yes.
54:36Anything you want to say?
54:38No.
54:40Griffin,
54:41get me some water.
54:42I don't feel well.
54:43Okay.
54:44Griffin doesn't look at me.
54:46He doesn't explain.
54:47He just walks off
54:48and comes back
54:48with a glass for her.
54:49Careful,
54:50like always.
54:51Francesca's eyes
54:51are still red.
54:52Her mouth isn't.
54:53I know that look.
54:54So it wasn't Grandpa.
54:55It was the man
54:56who promised
54:56he'd always be behind me.
54:57Turns out I was the joke.
54:59I'm leaving.
55:01I won it at 16.
55:03A stall at Coney Island.
55:04It was never worth anything.
55:06Griffin was with me that day.
55:08He stood behind me
55:09the whole time.
55:09Kept people from
55:10knocking into me.
55:14I thought that ring was us.
55:16That we'd stay stuck together.
55:18I wipe my face
55:19and flag a cab.
55:20I open my contacts.
55:22My finger stops
55:22on Mr. Vail.
55:23Sterling Vail.
55:24Eight years older.
55:26On Wall Street,
55:26his name and Griffin
55:27show up in the same headlines.
55:29Difference is,
55:30Griffin is the one
55:30the Moretti's built
55:31to handle the ugly work.
55:33Sterling actually runs Vail.
55:38Three years ago,
55:39second month in Paris,
55:40I picked up a black bag
55:41at Charles de Gallier.
55:42It was his.
55:43I owe you one.
55:44No matter where you are,
55:45you can call this number
55:46if you ever need anything.
55:47Later, I found out
55:48there was an $800 million deal
55:49in that bag.
55:50Three years in Paris,
55:52even when I was down
55:52to 10 euros.
55:54I never used that card.
55:56A man like Sterling
55:57doesn't make cheap promises.
56:01Tonight,
56:02he's the only person
56:02I can think of.
56:03Mr. Vail,
56:04I need you.
56:07I'm on my way.
56:08Whatever it is, yes.