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00:00My husband's late brother's widow posted a photo of a pregnancy report on Instagram.
00:04The caption read,
00:05Thank you for your sperm, for giving me the most precious gift.
00:08Under the father column on the report, printed in black and white, Dominic Valenti, my husband.
00:13I left a single question mark in the comments.
00:15Less than 40 seconds later, Dominic's call came through.
00:19Serena, what do you think you're doing? What exactly are you being snide about?
00:22Vivian has been a widow for three years.
00:24She wants a child for company, what's wrong with that?
00:26Lucian died for me, he took that bullet in my place.
00:30Taking care of the woman he left behind is the least I can do.
00:32It's a blood debt I owe, and you have no right to question it.
00:36The line went dead. I didn't even get a single word in.
00:38Twenty minutes later, Vivian's account updated again.
00:41This time, it was a series of photos of an apartment, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city skyline,
00:46and in the open-plan kitchen, the back of a man busy at the counter.
00:49I recognized the property. It was registered under the Valenti name.
00:52I recognized the man too.
00:54I pressed the phone screen dark and sat in blackness for a long time.
00:57On the desk in front of me, lay a pregnancy test report.
01:00Two days ago, I found out I was two months pregnant.
01:03I'd planned to tell him on our wedding anniversary.
01:05A surprise. Five years of marriage, and we'd never been able to conceive.
01:08I thought this child would be a new hope for us.
01:10Now, it seemed he no longer needed that kind of surprise.
01:13When dawn broke, I dialed the hospital.
01:16Hello. I'd like to schedule an abortion for today.
01:19That was when Dominic walked through the door.
01:21Serena, who are you on the phone with?
01:25He came in carrying a paper bag.
01:28Brought you clam chowder from that place you like. Drink it while it's hot.
01:31I opened the container inside the bag. The soup had already congealed.
01:35Lumpy grains and broth that looked like something regurgitated.
01:38He reached out to put his arm around my shoulder. I shifted away.
01:41Not hungry.
01:42Dominic frowned, but poured the soup into a bowl and set it in front of me anyway.
01:46The smell of it hit me, briny and sharp, and my stomach lurched.
01:50I bolted to the bathroom and hunched over the toilet, dry heaving.
01:55He followed and tried to rub my back and knocked his hand away.
01:58Don't touch me!
01:59Dominic's expression darkened.
02:01A flash of impatience crossed those deep brown eyes.
02:04What do you want from me?
02:06I'm already trying my best to manage your feelings, Serena.
02:10What more do you want? For me to get on my knees and apologize?
02:13Then what do you think I should do?
02:14Send her my congratulations?
02:16Tell her how happy I am she's carrying my husband's child?
02:19Lucian died for me. Taking care of Vivian is my responsibility, my obligation.
02:24Nothing happened between us. It was just a sperm donation.
02:27Can you stop making everything so soldered?
02:29Honestly, Serena, right now you look like nothing but a jealous, irrational shrew.
02:34I went still. In those early days after Lucian died, I was the one who took the initiative,
02:38bringing Dominic along to visit her. Whenever something broke in her apartment,
02:42the two of us went together to fix it. It was only later that things began to shift.
02:45At some point, I couldn't pinpoint exactly when, Dominic started going alone to buy her groceries.
02:50Alone to assemble her new furniture. He'd get a call from her in the middle of the night,
02:54throw on his coat, and walk out the door. Every time I confronted him, he'd say the same thing.
02:58She's Lucian's widow.
03:00Then he'd shake me off and leave, but I never imagined he'd go so far as to give her a
03:03child.
03:04Take a good look at yourself.
03:05He flung the words at me and slammed the door behind him. Again.
03:11Soon enough, Vivian's social media updated once more. In the photo, Dominic's hand rested on her
03:16gently swelling belly, the light warm and intimate. The caption,
03:19Baby's daddy came to be with us. He said,
03:22This is where home really feels warm. I laughed, laughed until the tears came.
03:28At three in the afternoon, I arrived at the hospital. After paying for the procedure,
03:32I sat in the general waiting area for my number to be called. At the far end of the corridor,
03:37the VIP wing had been entirely cleared out. Several bodyguards in black suits stood at attention on
03:42either side. I recognized the Valenti crest on their tie pins. The door to the VIP consultation
03:47room opened, and Dominic walked out with one hand firmly on Vivian's waist. She wore a cream-colored
03:52loose dress and leaned into his arms, her face a portrait of bliss and devotion. They sat down in
03:57the lounge area, heads close together as they talked. I turned, intending to slip away in the other
04:01direction, but Dominic had already looked up and spotted me. Serena? His brow furrowed,
04:06his gaze cold and heavy. Are you following me? I kept my voice as flat as I could. I'm just
04:10here to
04:11see a doctor. For what? Dominic, don't give Serena a hard time. Maybe it's just a routine checkup?
04:17Let me go talk to her. I don't want you two fighting because of me. You're pregnant. Sit still.
04:21The doctor said you need to rest during the first trimester. Don't move around. I'll handle this.
04:26I turned to leave again. Dominic stepped forward and grabbed my wrist. The yank sent me
04:29stumbling backward. I nearly fell. I'm still talking to you, Serena. What are you doing at
04:34the hospital? And I already answered. I'm here to see a doctor. I'm not so idle that I'd waste my
04:40time stalking the two of you. Dominic frowned, seeming about to snatch the receipt from my hand
04:44to check for himself. Serena, I know you're angry, but after Lucy was gone, I was all alone in that
04:50house so lonely. I just had a little life of my own to keep me company. I never meant to
04:55hurt you
04:56and Dom. I calmly withdrew my hand. The next second, Vivian let out a cry, her body pitching sharply
05:00backward. Dominic shoved me aside and caught her in his arms. Are you okay? Does anything hurt?
05:07I'm fine. My legs just went weak. Dom, don't blame Serena. She didn't mean to.
05:12Are you really that vicious, Serena? I didn't touch her. I saw it with my own eyes. If anything
05:20happens to her or the baby, I will never forgive you. Dominic, he paused mid-motion as he was
05:25soothing Vivian. What if I told you I'm pregnant and I came here today for an abortion? At that
05:32moment, Vivian tilted her face up close to his, her lips grazing the shell of his ear. Serena,
05:38don't try to manipulate me with tricks like that. No matter what, I'm not leaving Vivianna.
05:44Serena Valente, are you here? Are you still going through with the procedure?
05:48I don't know how long I stood there. Not until the nurse called my name from the doorway.
05:52Yes, I want this pregnancy terminated. Before long, I was wheeled into the operating room,
05:58the blinding surgical light directly overhead. Then darkness. That evening, when I returned to the
06:03townhouse, the place was pitch black. No calls, no texts, nothing. But when I opened my
06:07phone, there he was again on Vivian's feed. A set of maternity photos. Dominic in a white dress shirt,
06:12wearing a pink cartoon headband for the shoot. Their hands layered together on her gently rounded
06:17belly, gazing tenderly at each other. I liked the post. For an entire week after that, Dominic
06:22didn't come home. I took the antibiotics alone, pressed a hot water bottle to my abdomen alone,
06:26and reviewed the terms of the divorce agreement alone. The day the faxed divorce papers arrived,
06:31Dominic called. Dinner at the family estate tonight. Fine. When I pushed open the dining
06:37room doors, I saw that the chair beside the head of the table, the one that had always been mine,
06:41was occupied by someone else. Vivian, Dominic's mother, Helena, was smiling warmly and holding
06:46her hand. Oh, Serena, you're here. Serena, after Helena found out I was pregnant, she insisted I move
06:51into the estate for my prenatal care. She said it would be easier to look after me here. Please don't
06:56overthink. That's enough, Viviana. Serena, you and Dominic have been married five years without
06:59producing a child. The baby in Vivian's stomach is the sole velouty heir. It's only natural she lives here.
07:03As for you, starting tomorrow, you'll move in and learn from the housekeeper how to take proper care
07:07of a pregnant woman. If Vivian is satisfied with you in any way, I'll have Dominic divorce you.
07:11Instantly, every servant in the dining room wore a smirk. They were all waiting for me to become the
07:15jealous shrew, waiting for me to lose my mind, to scream, to beg. Instead, I laughed. Well, that works
07:21out perfectly. Helena's brow furrowed. What's that supposed to mean? Helena, I came here tonight for one
07:26reason to divorce Dominic. The dining room went silent for a few seconds. You, Serena, don't forget
07:35where you came from. The fact that you're even sitting at this table is a privilege the Velocci
07:39family granted you. Then it settled. I don't want your privilege anymore and was about to pull the
07:45divorce agreement from my bag and Vivian dropped to her knees without warning. Serena, I'm begging you,
07:49don't do this to my baby. The child is innocent. This is all my fault. You can't just live a
07:56life.
07:59Stop. Serena, you're actually trying to force her to abort the baby? I'm not.
08:06Next instant, before I could finish, he charged across the room and drove his shoe into my lower
08:11abdomen. The force was savage. No restraint. You vicious bitch. Haven't I taught you enough of a
08:16lesson already? My vision was blurring, but I braced myself and dragged my body upright to inch by inch.
08:21Then, with the last of my strength, I pulled the divorce agreement from my bag and hurled it in
08:25his face. My voice sounded far away and hollow. Dominic Valenstie, we're done. The rage on his face
08:31froze. Then I turned and walked toward the door. One step, two steps. My vision collapsed into blackness.
08:38My knees buckled and I went down. Something warm surged from inside me, soaking through my skirt.
08:42Oh my god. Her legs. There's blood everywhere. John kicked her in the stomach. Is she, is she
08:48mismarrying? Call an ambulance. Hurry, she's passed out. Serena. Serena. Serena, look at me. Don't close
08:55your eyes. Look at me. I tried to open my mouth and say something, but nothing came out. The blood
09:00pooled
09:00beneath me, spreading, and the darkness swallowed me whole. When I opened my eyes again, I saw a white
09:07ceiling, an IV line, and a tear-streaked face at my bedside. Mom was sitting there,
09:12gripping my hand tightly, tears falling harder but forced to smile. Sweetheart, you're awake.
09:19How do you feel? Tell mama where it hurts. Mom. Mom's here. Mommy's right here. Cry it out, baby. Just
09:30let it all out.
09:32I cried for a long time, until my throat gave out, until my eyes were swollen and raw. Dad came
09:37in
09:38after I'd mostly calmed down. He looked at my pale face, and for just a flicker his eyes went red.
09:43You've suffered, sweetheart. I should never have let you marry into that family.
09:51Back then, Dominic had dimples when he smiled. He liked eating hot dogs with way too much mustard at
09:56late night street stalls. He'd get misty-eyed over the ending of an old movie. The first time
10:03Dad met him, he said, I don't trust anyone in the mob. Dominic stood on our front porch,
10:10in the rain, for three days. On the morning of the third day, Dominic collapsed on the steps,
10:15and Dad finally opened the door, that evening in the living room, still running a fever. I will spend
10:21the rest of my life being good to her. Dad was silent for a long time.
10:31But three years later, Dominic knelt in a pool of blood, clutching his brother's body,
10:35and never smiled like that again. Mom touched my face and frowned slightly. Dominic is outside.
10:43Let me see her. Let me see her. Please. Just let me see her. I closed my eyes briefly.
10:54Let him in. Serena. Let him in, Mom. You two wait outside. I need to talk to him alone.
11:01My parents exchanged a look, then reluctantly rose and left the room.
11:08Serena. The door opened. Dominic stood there. His complexion was gray. His jaw locked. His eyes
11:13threaded with red. He walked to the bedside. Serena, I didn't know you were pregnant. I didn't
11:18know you'd miscarried it that day. I just thought you were trying to force Vivian to- I've already
11:21signed the divorce papers. Sign them. No. Serena, I won't sign. I love you.
11:34You say you just didn't know I was pregnant. Fine. Then let me ask you something. You'd get a call
11:41from her in the dead of night and walk out the door sometimes at two or three in the morning
11:45and
11:45you called that taking care of her, right? You bought her an apartment, a Velati property titled
11:50in her name, and you called that making arrangements, right? You gave her a child and you called that
11:58helping her fulfill a wish, right? Then let me tell you, if a man has no feelings for a woman,
12:06he doesn't leave his house at 3am because she called. He doesn't buy her a home and put her
12:12name on the deed. And she certainly doesn't let her carry his child. Dominic, you can lie to me.
12:18You can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to the facts.
12:22Everything you did for Vivian tells me and tells everyone that you love her.
12:28You're the Dawn. You control everything, but you don't get to control whether I stay or go.
12:34That's not Serena. I was just- I only-
12:40Sign the papers, Dominic. There's nothing left to say.
12:44His head snapped up, and in his eyes, I saw a kind of panic I'd never seen before.
12:51Serena?
12:53Dad. Mom.
12:55You've said what you came to say. Now get out!
12:58No. Serena, give me one more chance.
13:01Get out! You're not welcome here.
13:06Dominic didn't move. He stared at me, unblinking. Dominic was finally pushed out of the room.
13:13I looked away, blocked him on every platform and phone number, and sent
13:17Helena a single message. Please, have your son sign the papers. It'll free
13:22up a spot for the woman he actually wants to protect.
13:27A few days later, when I went downstairs for a walk, I found Dominic outside the building
13:31entrance. He was leaning against a black sedan. No bodyguards. No driver. The moment he saw me
13:36come out. He straightened and took a few steps in my direction.
13:45Serena.
13:48His voice was wrecked.
13:50How are you feeling? Any better?
13:53I was carrying a bag of fruit. My tone was distant.
13:57Much better. If there's nothing else, I'm heading back up.
14:00He reached out to stop me. Carefully. Tentatively. Same design Dominic and I had created together for
14:06our wedding band. No matter what happens, I'll never take it off.
14:09But I also hadn't forgotten what he'd said to me later.
14:11Viv gets upset when she sees my wedding ring. It reminds her of Lucien. Why can't you be more
14:17considerate of other people's feelings? I glanced instinctively at my own left ring
14:21finger. Pushed the box back toward him. The rings are new. But what's broken can't be fixed.
14:29After a few seconds of silence, he erupted. Serena, why can't you cut me off some slack just once?
14:35You're the one who didn't tell me about the pregnancy. If you had just said something,
14:38I never would have walked away at the hospital that day. I've explained the situation with
14:41Vivian. I don't love her. I was only looking after her for Lucien, helping her fulfill a wish.
14:46Why can't you understand that? At the hospital that day, your exact words were,
14:52no matter what, you would not leave her. And the anger froze on his face. If you won't sign
14:58the papers, then stop coming to find me. No. I don't want to see you again. I turned and walked
15:05straight back through the building entrance. Serena? But that night, I received a text from Vivian.
15:14Tomorrow. A cafe. I have something to say.
15:19There you are.
15:22Serena, since things have come this far, I'm not going to beat around the brush.
15:27Dominic loves me. Just sign the divorce papers and stop holding us up.
15:31I think you have it backwards. The one who won't agree to the divorce is Dominic. Not me. That's
15:38impossible. I'm carrying his child. Why would he not want me? You must be the one clinging to him,
15:43refusing to let go. I didn't respond. The silence seemed to infuriate her. I bet you don't know yet.
15:49This baby wasn't conceived the way Dominic told you. No providing a sample. No artificial
15:54insermination. Dominic and I slept together more than once. The air went still for a beat. Is that so?
16:10Dominic and I slept together more than once. The air went still for a beat. Is that so?
16:22I stood. I picked up the still, half-full Americana and threw it scary in her face.
16:30You're insane!
16:31Viviana, you should be grateful you're pregnant right now.
16:36I grabbed my bag and walked out. After leaving the cafe, I went straight to the law office and
16:44handed the voice recorder I'd been carrying to my attorney.
16:50Three days later, at the hearing, the old men poured over the evidence. Finally, one of them
16:56struck the gavel. Some cried. Some gave thin, knowing smiles. By ruling of the family joint council,
17:02the infidelity is substantiated. The marriage of Dominic Vallaudo and Serena Vallaudo shall be
17:07automatically dissolved in one month. Dominic's shoulders collapsed.
17:12And walking out through the council hall doors, Dominic was standing at the bottom of the steps.
17:19Serena, do you hate me that much? You really won't leave any room at all.
17:23I took out my phone, pulled up the recording, and pressed play. Vivian's voice poured for me.
17:28Dominic and I slept together more than once.
17:31I can explain. That day, I helped her move some things back to her place, and she said she wanted
17:34to cook dinner to thank me. We had some wine, and then, and I don't know how it just...
17:38Dominic, Lucien took a bullet for you, and you turned around and took care of his wife all the
17:43way into her bed. If he could crawl out of that grave, the first person he'd put down is you.
17:51Serena, but I only love you! It was only that one time with her!
17:55I don't need love that cheap. Perhaps out of guilt, Dominic transferred a substantial sum
18:02into my account during the divorce proceedings. I accepted every cent. It was enough to live
18:08comfortably for a long time, so I bought a one-way ticket to Barcelona and set off traveling alone.
18:21From Las Ramblas to the Charles Bridge in Prague.
18:27From the black sand beaches of Iceland to a stargazing camp in New Zealand.
18:32At every stop, I mailed my parents a postcard and logged my experiences on a blog.
18:38When I came home after a long stretch of travel, Mom eagerly filled me in over dinner on the
18:43aftermath of Dominic and Vivienne. Do you know what happened to Dominic and Vivianian later?
18:49After our divorce, Vivienne, belly and all, staged a coup. Dominic refused to marry her. He said he'd
18:54only ever looked after her out of guilt toward Lucien, that there had never been any real feeling.
18:58Vivienne dropped every pretense and weaponized the baby. Marry her, or she'd get an abortion. Helena,
19:04desperate for an heir, couldn't stomach that kind of threat. She strong-armed Dominic into a wedding,
19:09but married life was nothing like what Vivienne had envisioned. Dominic was glacially cold to her.
19:14He never came back to the estate, never ate dinner with her, wouldn't even sit at the same table. He
19:18shut himself in his downtown apartment to work, the way he used to shut me out. No, worse than he'd
19:22ever
19:22been with me. Vivienne had no sense of security. She probably understood better than anyone how she'd clawed
19:27her way to the top, and that made her all the more paranoid. When Dominic didn't come home,
19:31she'd hunt him down at the office, making scenes in the lobby, demanding he come back with her.
19:37She started crashing business functions. There was one occasion when Dominic was at a critical
19:42juncture in a joint deal with several other families, and Vivienne somehow got hold of the
19:46restaurant address. She burst into the private dining room, and demanded to know why he hadn't
19:52answered his phone. Every person at that table was a power player from one of the branch families,
20:00for the Don's wife to throw a tantrum in that setting. Loss of face doesn't begin to cover it.
20:05The deal nearly fell apart. Afterward, the straw that finally broke everything came a month later.
20:10Dominic was out at an evening function and hadn't come home. Vivienne tracked him to the venue.
20:15She spotted a young woman seated beside Dominic, pouring his wine. Nothing more than a liaison from
20:20the other party's PR team. She stormed over and slapped the woman across the face. The kind of people who
20:25circulate in those rooms are not the kind you provoke. The woman hit back immediately.
20:29In the scuffle, Vivienne's belly struck the edge of a table. The child was rushed to the ICU,
20:34put on a ventilator, a tiny life bristling with tubes, fighting inside an incubator for nearly three
20:39weeks. In the end, the baby didn't make it. With the child gone, Dominic initiated the joint council's
20:46arbitration that very same day, on the grounds that Vivienne had gravely damaged the family's
20:51reputation and commercial interests. The marriage was forcibly dissolved. Vivienne must have known
20:57it was over. She took a severance payout and vanished from the city. Helena was now back to working
21:02every connection she had, scouting for a new daughter-in-law. But the Valenti circus of the past
21:07two years had already made the rounds through every drawing room in their circle.
21:13Serves him right. If he'd treated you the way he should have, would any of this have happened?
21:18I smiled, but offered no comment. They had nothing to do with me anymore.
21:22I went back to packing my bags. The ticket for my next trip was already booked.
21:28Go on then. Send me lots of pretty photos.
21:32I zipped my backpack shut, stood up, and flashed her an OK sign. Don't worry.
21:39I thought my life was finally about to settle into real peace and quiet. What I didn't expect was to
21:45run into Dominic one more time before I left. When he appeared, I flinched. His face was ashen,
21:51his hair a mess. Nothing like the commanding dawn he'd once been.
21:55Serena, Vivienne, and I are divorced. The baby, the baby's gone too.
21:59And?
22:00It was the baby that bothered you, wasn't it? The baby's gone now. We can, we can start over.
22:05Dominic, there is no starting over.
22:09We're done.
22:12No. Serena, you loved me so much once. I know it was all because of Viviana and the baby that
22:17you left
22:17me. There's nothing standing between us anymore. Give me one more chance. I'll love you right this
22:22time. Better than before. He grabbed my hand, practically begging. But Dominic, I don't love you
22:28anymore. It's over. Move forward. He shook his head, unable to believe what he was hearing. In the
22:38end, he walked away with red-rimmed eyes. Serena doesn't love me anymore, doesn't love me. So utterly
22:44wrecked, he almost looked pitiable. I watched his unsteady figure retreat into the distance. The once
22:49untouchable godfather, reduced to this. When I boarded the flight to Copenhagen, I slid open the
22:55window shade. Outside, the morning sky was on fire with dawn. Blazing, breathtaking. I was moving
23:02forward, and I wouldn't look back.
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