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00:00:03When I was 18, I signed a pre-nupical agreement and married Alistair, a man 15 years my senior.
00:00:14Everyone says I'm just a canary he keeps in a penthouse, but only I know how much he has favored
00:00:19me.
00:00:21This ring, which he designed himself, is the proof.
00:00:25And now, we finally have a little angel of our own.
00:00:29I have to tell Alistair the good news. I wonder how happy he'll be.
00:00:33Alistair, are you free right now? There's something I want you to be the first to know.
00:00:37Something's come up on my end.
00:00:39What's so urgent?
00:00:40Victoria's back. She's not doing well, so I need to take care of her first. I'll find you later. Be
00:00:45a good girl.
00:00:46Victoria. The one name he never allowed anyone to mention.
00:01:10You said you were busy today. So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
00:01:16Am I interrupting something?
00:01:18She just got back and isn't doing well. Don't overthink it.
00:01:22Not doing well? Is that an excuse to be intimate with my husband in here?
00:01:26Alistair, you promised me you'd forget her.
00:01:29Chloe, watch your attitude.
00:01:32I'm your wife. I don't even have the right to ask a question?
00:01:36It's precisely because you are my wife that you should know your place.
00:01:41My place? What about you? Bringing another woman into your office? Is that your idea of knowing your place?
00:01:47Article 32 of the pre-Hopful Agreement. You are not to interfere with my social life, schedule, or business arrangements.
00:01:53You signed it. Now follow the rules.
00:01:55Alistair, she's young. It's only natural she's being mature. Don't be too hard on her.
00:02:00Not even a single word of explanation?
00:02:02It's not necessary. I gave you a title and a life of dignity, not a license to come here and
00:02:06make a steam.
00:02:06Grow up, little girl. Don't make this any more embarrassing than it already is.
00:02:09Get out.
00:02:17Why the rush? Even a contract wife can feel embarrassed.
00:02:24Get out of my way.
00:02:26Does this look familiar?
00:02:28Alistair designed it himself. The size, the cut, even the curve of the setting. It's identical.
00:02:34The one on your finger is just a fake you bought later to replace it.
00:02:37What exactly are you trying to say?
00:02:38I'm saying you should know your place.
00:02:40So what if you're his wife?
00:02:42You live in his house, spend his money, and trade a contract for a last name.
00:02:45But I'm different. I don't need an appointment to enter his office.
00:02:49I sit on his sofa, and he pours my drinks himself.
00:02:53Alistair, I only have one question. Why is her ring the same as mine?
00:02:57It's just a ring.
00:03:01I designed this ring specifically for you.
00:03:03It's the only one of its kind in the world.
00:03:06After all, you are my one and only.
00:03:10Fine. I understand.
00:03:15What is this?
00:03:23It's just a manuscript for the competition. Don't bother yourself with it.
00:03:27I'll have the driver take you back.
00:03:29No need. I can get back on my own.
00:03:32I haven't had a chance to see her music room yet.
00:03:34See it if you want. You don't have to ask me twice about anything in this house.
00:03:38No problem. I'll send the manuscript over right now.
00:03:45My manuscript!
00:03:51This is my only original copy.
00:03:53I'm so sorry, Chloe.
00:03:55Who knew your music room would be such a mess?
00:03:57My hand slipped, and I spilled it.
00:03:59You won't blame me, will you?
00:04:00What a shame.
00:04:01I heard you were in a rush to submit this.
00:04:05What are you going to do now?
00:04:08Get your foot off it!
00:04:10It's just a pile of paper.
00:04:12Is all this really necessary?
00:04:17Alistair!
00:04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it.
00:04:21I just wanted to see where she usually practices, but she started snapping at me the moment she got back.
00:04:26I'm a little scared.
00:04:27Victoria, you...
00:04:27Chloe, enough.
00:04:28What did you say?
00:04:29Victoria already said she didn't mean it.
00:04:31Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:04:33I wrote every single note of this myself.
00:04:35This is two years of my hard work.
00:04:37Alistair, you know that better than anyone!
00:04:38Hard work?
00:04:39Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:04:41This score, or the status you've built using it as a prop?
00:04:45A student from a common background who managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate?
00:04:50Who are you trying to impress with this wronged woman act?
00:04:52Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the
00:04:57top?
00:04:58I didn't.
00:04:59Am I wrong?
00:04:59Now that Victoria is back, you know your position is shaky, so you're using these tears and your so-called
00:05:03hard work as leverage.
00:05:05At the end of the ale, isn't this whole tantrum just a way to get my attention, to get more
00:05:09money, and to squeeze more out of me?
00:05:10No! You've forgotten!
00:05:12I never married you for your wealth, and I certainly wasn't plotting against the Sterling family.
00:05:16You were the one who begged me to marry you!
00:05:18I admit, I was blinded by you back then.
00:05:20If I could do it all over again, I would never marry a woman as calculating as you.
00:05:23We've been married for two years, and this is how lowly you think of me?
00:05:26What else would I think?
00:05:34You're still throwing a tantrum over what happened today.
00:05:36Not throwing a tantrum, I just want to know, what exactly am I to you?
00:05:41You're my wife. I sketched the design for this ring myself.
00:05:44That year you were playing the cello in the snow, your hands were beat red from the cold, yet you
00:05:47refused to stop.
00:05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour, and when I got back, I drew this.
00:05:52You still remember?
00:05:53Of course. Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
00:05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
00:06:00Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
00:06:03I took her side today not because she's more important than Chloe, but because I had to keep the situation
00:06:07under control.
00:06:07Don't take those words to heart.
00:06:09Is that really all it is?
00:06:10You're too young. There are many things I don't want you to get mixed up in.
00:06:18Alistair, I hit someone. There's so much blood. Please come quickly.
00:06:24Something came up at the office. I need to head out, but I'll be back soon.
00:06:28This late?
00:06:29Wait for me. Don't go anywhere.
00:06:33Little one, your father still cares for us. Just wait a little longer.
00:06:40Chloe, Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car. She can't be linked to this case.
00:06:44So, you're gonna take the fall for her.
00:06:52Chloe, don't be afraid. I'll handle everything. Just sign the papers, and I promise you'll be fine.
00:06:57You want me to take the fall for her killing someone?
00:06:59Alistair, you just said you would protect me!
00:07:01I am protecting you. The press is swarming outside, and the police are already watching us.
00:07:05We have to lock in the statement first, so I can get you out of this mess.
00:07:07Don't be difficult. This is the fastest way.
00:07:09The lawyers will arrange your bail. All you have to do is give your thumbprint.
00:07:12So, everything you said tonight was just a tactic to play me?
00:07:15The ring, the promises? What did any of it mean?
00:07:17It means you need to be smart right now.
00:07:19Article 33 of the prenuptal agreement.
00:07:21You are required to cooperate with family crisis management.
00:07:24Otherwise, you'll never be able to pay off the penalty in your lifetime.
00:07:27I'm not signing.
00:07:28Chloe, don't push me.
00:07:30Once you leave your print, this all ends tonight.
00:07:36Let go! You're hurting me!
00:07:42What?
00:07:45Chloe, how... Why are you bleeding so much?
00:07:54Alistair, I'm pregnant. It's your baby. Please take me to the hospital.
00:08:00Now is not the time for this.
00:08:02I'm begging you.
00:08:04Please.
00:08:06Sign this, and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
00:08:11You still want me to sign?
00:08:13The accident case is already open.
00:08:15Victoria cannot go to prison.
00:08:17Take the fall first, and I'll cover everything.
00:08:19The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:08:21If you don't sign, no one is coming for you tonight.
00:08:24And the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:08:26That's a human life!
00:08:27Not one of your PR crisis!
00:08:29Do you think the feds will just take your word for it?
00:08:32If you confess, it'll only be a few years, and I can reduce your sentence.
00:08:36If you fight it, you won't even make it to bail.
00:08:40You're using the hospital to blackmail me?
00:08:42I'm giving you a way out.
00:08:43Chloe, be good.
00:08:44Just confess first.
00:08:45We'll talk about the baby later.
00:08:47Later?
00:08:48You don't even want him now.
00:08:49You said you'd never leave me alone.
00:08:53Sign it, now.
00:08:59Wait!
00:09:07Wait.
00:09:08Alistin, I knew you wouldn't.
00:09:09If you sign it like this, it looks too much like coercion.
00:09:12The police might not accept it.
00:09:16Press your thumbprint, then sign it again.
00:09:18You stopped me!
00:09:20Just for this?
00:09:21The confession must be flawless.
00:09:23Nothing can happen to Victoria.
00:09:25I'm bleeding.
00:09:26And you're worried about the paperwork looking pretty?
00:09:28I already have a car waiting downstairs.
00:09:30Once you sign, I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
00:09:33And if I don't sign?
00:09:35Then you can keep wasting time here tonight.
00:09:37Wait for the feds to arrive, or wait for the baby to mice break on its own.
00:09:41Your choice.
00:09:43That's your child, too.
00:09:45Sign the papers first.
00:09:52Alistair, you'll pay for this.
00:09:54Sign it.
00:10:04Don't be afraid.
00:10:05I'm calling an ambulance for you right now.
00:10:12Alistair, save the baby first, I beg you.
00:10:14Save the baby.
00:10:17As long as the baby is safe, anything else, I'll agree to anything.
00:10:22Don't worry.
00:10:23You and the baby will be fine.
00:10:24Let's go!
00:10:25We're coming through!
00:10:27Come on.
00:10:29Come on.
00:10:31Come on.
00:10:34We must operate immediately to stop the hemorrhage.
00:10:36She's in critical condition.
00:10:37Any further delay, and we won't be able to save either the mother or the child.
00:10:39These are the prenatal records of the bleeding logs.
00:10:40Sign us now to authorize a combined procedure for surgery and fetal preservation, Mr. Sterling.
00:10:43There is no time.
00:10:44She's losing blood rapidly.
00:10:45She needs to be in the OR right now.
00:10:46Every minute counts.
00:10:47If we wait any longer, the baby is gone, and the mother's life will be at risk, too.
00:10:53Mr. Sterling, Victoria has DUI.
00:10:55If you want your wife to take the fall, it's best she has no recent record of pregnancy.
00:10:59Otherwise...
00:11:00Understood.
00:11:02Hold off on the filing, suspend the surgery, just stop the bleeding for now.
00:11:05What did you say?
00:11:08For her sake, you're even...
00:11:11abandoning our child?
00:11:18Cancel the surgery?
00:11:19You're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?
00:11:22As long as you take the fall for the accident, we can have other children later.
00:11:28But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:11:30She cannot have a criminal record.
00:11:32Ma'am, please calm down.
00:11:33She's eight weeks pregnant and hemorrhaging.
00:11:36And you want her to confess to a crime?
00:11:39Save your misplaced sense of justice and do as I say,
00:11:43or you'll be kicked out of the medical profession for good by tomorrow.
00:11:51You didn't come here to save me at all.
00:11:53You said only today that protect me.
00:11:55Is this what you call protection?
00:11:58Be a good girl and confess.
00:12:00You'll still be my most cherished wife.
00:12:03No.
00:12:04Alistair, I'm begging you.
00:12:20Alistair, where is my baby?
00:12:32The baby wasn't meant to be with us.
00:12:34Don't play games with me.
00:12:36Was it an accident, or did you order the doctor to do it?
00:12:41You're still young.
00:12:43Once you've recovered, we'll have other children.
00:12:48Answer me!
00:12:49Victoria's legal team has been working through the night.
00:12:51I've used the Sterling Family Trust to post your $50 million bail.
00:13:00Alistair, even your way of killing is so refined.
00:13:03I have no patience for your tantrums.
00:13:05Behave yourself.
00:13:06Focus on your recovery.
00:13:07I'm busy lately.
00:13:09Once you're better, head back on your own.
00:13:10No need to let me know.
00:13:12Behave yourself.
00:13:26Oh, you're back.
00:13:28The fabric of this at four is really nice, though the waist is a bit tight.
00:13:35Who gave you permission to wear my clothes?
00:13:37Is there anything in this apartment that actually belongs to you,
00:13:40even that your engagement ring you're wearing?
00:13:42Didn't pay for it with his card?
00:13:46Chloe, the doctor said you shouldn't get worked up.
00:13:49Sit down first.
00:13:51Tell to take it off.
00:13:53Alistair, I'm just borrowing it.
00:13:55Does she really have to be so mean?
00:13:58It's just a pajama.
00:14:00Do you have to start a scene the second you get home?
00:14:07Chloe, have you had enough?
00:14:08You've been acting like a total lunaturk lately.
00:14:10Can't you be more sensible?
00:14:11Alistair?
00:14:15He said you looked pathetic last night.
00:14:17Did you know?
00:14:18He complained that your crying was too loud, so he held me in his arms all night.
00:14:21He also said he never forgot about me.
00:14:23You were out of the game from the very beginning.
00:14:26Well, that's very Christian.
00:14:27He said he had enough.
00:14:31Alistair!
00:14:31Help me!
00:14:32Calm down.
00:14:33Put the knife down first.
00:14:34Choose.
00:14:36Choose between us right now.
00:14:38Chloe, what the hell is wrong with you lately?
00:14:40Be reasonable.
00:14:41I can't be reasonable.
00:14:42Everything changed the moment she came back.
00:14:44Have you forgotten how we lost our baby?
00:14:46Have you forgotten what you promised me?
00:14:47You said you would protect me, but who are you protecting now?
00:14:49Look at me, Alistair!
00:14:51Look at me!
00:14:52Fine.
00:14:52I choose you.
00:14:53Chloe, I choose you.
00:14:55Now let her go and come here.
00:15:05Don't you ever touch her again.
00:15:08This is your last warning.
00:15:11Don't you ever touch her again.
00:15:33Sign it, and you'll be Mrs. Sterling.
00:15:35It says here that I'm giving up almost all my rights.
00:15:37Don't worry, it's just a formality.
00:15:39Our backgrounds are so different.
00:15:41Without this, my family might not accept you.
00:15:43Listen, this agreement is only to appease the family.
00:15:45My promise to you is right here.
00:15:46I added a handwritten clause.
00:15:48If I ever betray you, or if you feel any unhappiness in this marriage, you can burn it at any
00:15:51time.
00:15:51No lawyers needed, no need to notify me.
00:15:53The moment you burn this agreement, you are free.
00:15:55This is my only true guarantee to you.
00:16:05You promised it's over.
00:16:11Brody, it's me.
00:16:12Get me a ticket to Europe for tonight.
00:16:14Sterling.
00:16:14I burned the agreement.
00:16:16Understood.
00:16:16Two hours, the usual spot.
00:16:18Okay.
00:16:27Hi, Alistair.
00:16:34It is late.
00:16:35Where do you think you are going?
00:16:36That's none of your business.
00:16:38None of my business?
00:16:39Did you forget the agreement?
00:16:40Wherever you go, you report to me first.
00:16:42The agreement?
00:16:43I burned it.
00:16:44Just now.
00:16:45Alistair, you dare to burn it?
00:16:46That contract is legally binding, Chloe.
00:16:48It is not some toy you can toss into the fire whenever you feel like it.
00:16:51I have put up with enough from you lately.
00:16:52Do not push me.
00:16:53Do you have any idea that agreement is what keeps you, Mrs. Sterling?
00:16:56How the hell am I supposed to protect you when you act like this?
00:16:58I know, but I cannot afford your kind of protection.
00:17:00Did you forget the clause you wrote yourself?
00:17:01You promised that if I was unhappy, I could burn it anytime.
00:17:04The second it burned, I was free.
00:17:05That was something I said to make you happy.
00:17:07You think a court will honor that?
00:17:10I promise, once you burn it, you are free.
00:17:12I will not stop you.
00:17:16Chloe!
00:17:21Alistair!
00:17:26Alistair?
00:17:27What happened out here?
00:17:27I thought I heard shouting.
00:17:29Was it Chloe?
00:17:29Is she throwing another tantrum?
00:17:30She ran at that ridiculous recording.
00:17:33Recording?
00:17:33Honey, you cannot seriously be worried.
00:17:35A pre-nap does not vanish because some 20-year-old girl throws it into a fireplace.
00:17:39She knows nothing about the law.
00:17:42She is just shaken from the miscarriage, and the bail pressure is getting to her.
00:17:45She is trying to scare you.
00:17:46The harder you chase, the more power she thinks she has.
00:17:49Let her cool off.
00:17:51When the money guns out and she has nowhere to go, she will come crawling back.
00:17:54You really think so?
00:17:55Of course.
00:17:56It is just a little girl acting out for attention.
00:17:58We both know it.
00:17:59Besides, every account in her name is tied to your family trust.
00:18:02Without this place, she cannot even afford a hotel room.
00:18:04What matters now is keeping the situation stable.
00:18:06We cannot let the FBI case get complicated because of her emotions.
00:18:09You are right.
00:18:10I am always on your side.
00:18:12Get some rest.
00:18:13You have the legal team tomorrow.
00:18:17Chloe, I will wait for you to come back to me.
00:18:24Your passport and ticket are in the inner pocket.
00:18:27He will not find you.
00:18:28The accounts are wiped.
00:18:30The cameras are covered.
00:18:32You are a ghost now.
00:18:33I handled the airport.
00:18:37We are here.
00:18:38Cargo gate C7.
00:18:40Someone will meet you.
00:18:41Direct flight to Paris.
00:18:43There is some cash inside.
00:18:44When you land, call this number.
00:18:50Chloe, forgive me for being reckless.
00:18:52But I cannot fight this anymore.
00:18:54Will you marry me?
00:18:55Will you be my wife?
00:18:56I am just an ordinary girl.
00:18:58How could I ever be worthy of...
00:18:59Do not ever say that about yourself.
00:19:01To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world.
00:19:03You deserve everything.
00:19:05It is just a nightgown.
00:19:06Did you really have to come home and turn the whole place into a war zone?
00:19:12Chloe, are you done?
00:19:14Lately, you have been acting like a complete lunatic.
00:19:16Can you please grow up?
00:19:19It is over.
00:19:26Stop thinking about it, Alistair.
00:19:28Chloe needs time to calm down.
00:19:32Get out.
00:19:33What?
00:19:34I said get out.
00:19:35Take off Chloe's nightgown.
00:19:37Do not touch Chloe's things again.
00:19:39It is just a nightgown.
00:19:41Why are you treating Victoria like this because of Chloe?
00:19:44We are the ones who...
00:19:45We are nothing.
00:19:46The woman Alistair loves is Chloe.
00:19:48It was always Chloe.
00:19:49It still is.
00:19:50But Chloe left.
00:19:51Chloe does not give a damn about Alistair.
00:19:54I do.
00:19:55Listen carefully, Victoria.
00:19:56I helped you because of your father.
00:19:58Because of those damn business ties.
00:20:00But you have always known where my heart is.
00:20:02Stop doing this.
00:20:03I have done so much for you.
00:20:05Enough.
00:20:06You are tired.
00:20:07Go rest.
00:20:12Three days.
00:20:14Sorry.
00:20:15The number you have dialed is no longer in service.
00:20:23Where the hell did you go?
00:20:26What is that?
00:20:31She actually burned it.
00:20:33It is just a piece of paper.
00:20:35Burning it proves she cares.
00:20:36Cares about what?
00:20:37You.
00:20:38It is a little girl's stunt.
00:20:40The most dramatic way she could think of to get your attention.
00:20:42She thought if she burned the agreement, you would chase after her and prove you cannot live without her.
00:20:45She used a fake ID.
00:20:47She was a fake ID.
00:20:48Emptied the accounts.
00:20:49So what?
00:20:49Every dime she has eventually leads back to the Sterling Family Trust.
00:20:52Where can she go without you?
00:20:53Sleep on the street?
00:20:54What is she right now?
00:20:55A suspect out on bail?
00:20:57The FBI case is still hanging over her.
00:20:59Besides you, who would dare take her in?
00:21:01The outside world is a hundred times scarier for her than this apartment.
00:21:04Give her time to act out.
00:21:06Once she has suffered enough, she will remember where she belongs.
00:21:09Then she will come back on her own, sweeter than ever.
00:21:12What if she does not come back?
00:21:14Then she never deserved to be Mrs. Sterling.
00:21:16A doll too stupid to understand her own position is not worth keeping, is she?
00:21:20Clean this up.
00:21:21Of course.
00:21:22Fly away, little bird.
00:21:24Let us see how long you last.
00:21:30Were the new spring pieces sent to the wardrobe?
00:21:32Yes, sir.
00:21:33Everything was delivered to the estate yesterday afternoon.
00:21:36As instructed, the sizes and styles followed.
00:21:39The previous records exactly.
00:21:40Some of the brands Chloe like changed creative directors this season.
00:21:43I reviewed the new collections.
00:21:45There are a few dresses Chloe would like.
00:21:46Yes, sir.
00:21:47Every year you personally review the seasonal catalogs and reserve pieces for Mrs. Sterling
00:21:51for Mrs. Chloe.
00:21:52You have done that for three years.
00:21:54Chloe did not take a single thing when Chloe left.
00:21:57Perhaps Mrs. Chloe knows you have been waiting for Chloe to come back.
00:22:01Waiting for Chloe to come back?
00:22:02No.
00:22:03I am just confirming whether Chloe really has the nerve to stay gone forever.
00:22:08Sir.
00:22:08The emergency meeting is in two hours.
00:22:11They insist you attend.
00:22:12It is about the Asia market acquisition.
00:22:14Tell them I...
00:22:18That silhouette looks so familiar.
00:22:20Is that you, Chloe?
00:22:28Find out.
00:22:30Now.
00:22:31Sir.
00:22:32Confirmed.
00:22:32It is Miss Chloe Sterling.
00:22:34She is performing under the stage name Claire Moray now.
00:22:36She is the orchestra's newly signed principal cellist.
00:22:39Her debut is next Friday at the Music Vi-
00:22:41Three years.
00:22:42I had her wardrobe at the estate refreshed every season.
00:22:45Those dresses, she never touched a single one.
00:22:48Yes, sir.
00:22:49You have been waiting for her to come back.
00:22:52Claire Moray.
00:22:53You hid well.
00:22:57Cancel the board meeting.
00:22:59Or let them talk to an empty chair.
00:23:02Right now, contact the airport.
00:23:03I want the next direct flight to Vienna.
00:23:05But, sir, the board...
00:23:08Do it.
00:23:30Sir, rehearsal is closed.
00:23:32No outsiders.
00:23:33Move.
00:23:33I am here for Chloe Sterling.
00:23:35There is no Chloe Sterling here.
00:23:37The woman on Taze is Claire Moray.
00:23:39Guest cello soloist for the...
00:23:43Festival.
00:23:54She never smiled like that.
00:24:02See that?
00:24:03She is doing well now.
00:24:05She does not need anyone disturbing her.
00:24:07Especially you.
00:24:09Who the hell are you?
00:24:10Her manager.
00:24:11And her friend.
00:24:12Leave before rehearsal ends or I call security.
00:24:31Chloe.
00:24:34We need to talk.
00:24:36Now.
00:24:36Sorry.
00:24:37Give me one minute to deal with old business.
00:24:41Have you been with him this whole three years?
00:24:43What does that have to do with you, Mr. Sterling?
00:24:47Listen to me.
00:24:48Back then...
00:24:49I do not want to hear it.
00:24:51I swear, I did not know it would...
00:24:52If I had known you were pregnant, I never would have...
00:24:54You knew.
00:24:55And you still chose what mattered more to you.
00:24:57Your empire.
00:24:58Your Victoria.
00:24:59Now that the show is over, leave.
00:25:01Sir.
00:25:02Claire needs to continue rehearse.
00:25:04Your disruption is not welcome here.
00:25:06She will not even bother to hate her.
00:25:26Tonight's piece is called Ashes.
00:25:32Chloria already said she didn't mean it.
00:25:34Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:25:36I wrote every single note of this myself.
00:25:37This is two years of my hard work.
00:25:40Allison, you know that better than anyone.
00:25:42Hard work?
00:25:44Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:25:46This score?
00:25:47Or the status of the build using it as a prop?
00:25:49This is the piece she wrote back then.
00:26:08I need to speak with you.
00:26:11Chloe.
00:26:12I thought you'd never ask.
00:26:13That last bar was brilliant.
00:26:15Only because your theme gave me something to work.
00:26:1830% of sterling group equity transferred to you unconditionally.
00:26:21Sign it and it is yours.
00:26:2230% that is astronomical.
00:26:25Mr. Sterling is generous.
00:26:26The dividends alone must be tens of millions.
00:26:29Music.
00:26:29To rebirth.
00:26:35See that?
00:26:36He just got shut down hard.
00:26:3730% of sterling.
00:26:38Too bad she does not give a damn.
00:26:43You will not even look at it.
00:26:51You do not have to accept it.
00:26:53Just come home with me.
00:26:55Let go.
00:26:56I waited for you for three years.
00:26:57Every single day I thought about you.
00:26:59The confession, Victoria, everything.
00:27:01I finally understand it all.
00:27:02And?
00:27:03The baby.
00:27:04Our baby.
00:27:05I never even got the chance to make it right.
00:27:07Alistair Sterling, is this your repentance act?
00:27:10Who is the audience?
00:27:11These guests or yourself?
00:27:12It is not an act.
00:27:14I am begging you, Chloe.
00:27:15Come home.
00:27:16Everything I have is yours.
00:27:17Sterling Group, my life.
00:27:19Take all of it.
00:27:19Home?
00:27:20Did that place not become yours and Victoria's love nest a long time ago?
00:27:24Did she sleep in the bed I slept in?
00:27:26Did you whisper the same sweet lies to her that you whispered to me?
00:27:29Never.
00:27:30I never let her into the master bedroom.
00:27:32If you think the place is dirty, we can burn it down and rebuild it.
00:27:36Rebuild what?
00:27:37Ashes are ashes, just like our rings in that agreement.
00:27:40Burned.
00:27:41Gone.
00:27:41Never coming back.
00:27:42Then what about me?
00:27:43These three years I have been walking around like a corpse.
00:27:46What the hell am I supposed to do?
00:27:49You?
00:27:50Go back to Wall Street, hold your equity papers tight, take Victoria with you and grow old together.
00:28:07Do not go.
00:28:09Please.
00:28:09Let go.
00:28:10I was wrong.
00:28:12Everything.
00:28:13It started with Victoria's goddamn car accident and I was wrong from that moment.
00:28:16I forged the confession and used the agreement to force you to sign, not because I believed
00:28:20that bullshit.
00:28:22I did it because I was scared.
00:28:24Scared of what?
00:28:25Scared you would see how rotten I was.
00:28:26Scared you would realize I was framing my own wife to save another woman's freedom.
00:28:30Scared you would look down on me.
00:28:32Scared you would leave.
00:28:32So I pushed you off the cliff first.
00:28:34I thought that would bind you to me.
00:28:36Guilt, the baby, the debt you owed me, but I, I destroyed everything with my own hands.
00:28:40The baby.
00:28:42Our baby.
00:28:43Are you done?
00:28:44We should go say goodbye to the conductor.
00:28:57I am honored by your invitation.
00:29:01Miss Sterling, congratulations on the huge success of your European tour.
00:29:04Many fans are curious.
00:29:06How did you create a piece as moving as ashes?
00:29:09I think it came from the people who helped me and from things I had no choice but to survive.
00:29:14What experiences?
00:29:16There was a time in my life when I was very closed off.
00:29:20On paper, I had a home.
00:29:22In reality, I was more like a carefully kept possession.
00:29:25You mean your marriage?
00:29:28Yes.
00:29:29A marriage built on enormous equality and lies.
00:29:32I was too young then, naive enough to believe talent and love could bridge anything.
00:29:36Then I was betrayed and I lost my child.
00:29:40That is heartbreaking.
00:29:42I was lucky.
00:29:43After I escaped, I met people in Europe who truly respected art and human dignity.
00:29:48They gave me shelter and a stage and allowed me to live purely for music.
00:29:53So you see that unhappy marriage as the catalyst for your artistic transformation?
00:29:57It is part of my life that cannot be erased.
00:30:00I do not thank that experience, but I thank the woman who crawled out of the rubbles.
00:30:04As for the other person in that marriage?
00:30:10My past, and that name with it, is over.
00:30:13Like a fire that burned itself out, only ashes remain.
00:30:16I will not, and I do not want to, have even the slightest connection with anyone from that past again.
00:30:22My life and my music are moving forward.
00:30:24I will not, and I do not want to, have even the slightest connection with anyone from that past again.
00:30:33Promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years.
00:30:36Not a hundred years.
00:30:38Forever, Chloe.
00:30:40Not even the slightest connection.
00:30:43Did we not promise each other?
00:30:45We were supposed to be together forever!
00:30:52Thank you for driving me home, Julian, and thank you for tonight's performance.
00:30:55The honor was mine.
00:30:56Get some rest.
00:30:59Move.
00:30:59Chloe, please.
00:31:01Just five minutes.
00:31:02No, one minute.
00:31:03Let me say one thing.
00:31:04One moment.
00:31:06I was wrong.
00:31:07I know I was wrong.
00:31:08I do not want anything anymore.
00:31:10I will give you everything.
00:31:11Please look at me.
00:31:12Just look at me.
00:31:12Alistair, you are blocking my way.
00:31:15I said move.
00:31:16What?
00:31:17Chloe, I...
00:31:18I said move.
00:31:30Brody Cook, we need to talk.
00:31:32Name your price.
00:31:33Leave Chloe.
00:31:35Whatever resources, connections, channels you have, Sterling Group will double them.
00:31:39Alistair, you still think money fixes everything?
00:31:42She is not safe in her current situation.
00:31:45With me, she would have the best protection.
00:31:47Protection?
00:31:48Was it not you who left her bleeding and cost her the baby three years ago?
00:31:52Then what does she need?
00:31:53That Vanderbilt?
00:31:54What can he give her?
00:31:55Peace?
00:31:55Respect?
00:31:57A place where she does not have to wonder if the man beside her will send her to prison.
00:32:01Save it, Mr. Staling.
00:32:02Your price cannot buy my conscience and it sure as hell cannot buy back for three years.
00:32:08He came to see me.
00:32:09Offered a blank check if I would leave you.
00:32:11Oh.
00:32:12I blocked every way he can contact me, but you need to be careful.
00:32:15I'm afraid his next move will be even more unhinged.
00:32:17Three years ago, he used the law as a chain, our child as Alvredge, and my life to buy another
00:32:21woman's freedom.
00:32:22What else can he possibly...
00:32:23Your reputation, your performance, everything you have in Europe.
00:32:26I have already lost the most precious thing I had.
00:32:28There is nothing left that can scare me.
00:32:38Happy Anniversary, my wife.
00:32:47Claire?
00:32:48You look pale.
00:32:50I am fine.
00:32:51I did not sleep well last night.
00:32:52Do you need to postpone this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal?
00:32:55What date is it?
00:32:56October 19th.
00:32:58Of course.
00:32:59Five years ago today, we were officially married.
00:33:02Why would Alistair send me this now?
00:33:04What the hell is he trying to do?
00:33:06Julian, if someone used a day you never wanted to remember to remind you how stupid you used
00:33:11to be, what would you do?
00:33:12I would tell myself that day is dead.
00:33:14Today is what survived.
00:33:15He is such a fool.
00:33:17He really thinks this random photo and blessing can patch over my scars.
00:33:20You still care about him, do you not?
00:33:27I just think he is stupid and I feel sorry for the person I used to be.
00:33:31It is over now.
00:33:32There is nothing to care about.
00:33:38Oh my god, those are blue phantom roses.
00:33:41They must have been flown in.
00:33:44The card is gorgeous.
00:33:46My other half of my soul...
00:33:48Who brought these in?
00:33:49Did I not say every gift goes through me first?
00:33:51The florist brought them straight to the backstage door.
00:33:53They said they were specifically for Claire.
00:34:00They are beautiful.
00:34:01I bet they are even prettier in real life.
00:34:03But I heard they are almost impossible to grow and they bloom for only a moment.
00:34:06I guess they were never meant for me.
00:34:07Nothing is impossible for the Sterlings.
00:34:09Not if you want to.
00:34:10Forget it.
00:34:10Some things are just not meant to be funny.
00:34:12Chloe!
00:34:13Chloe?
00:34:15Are you okay?
00:34:17Give it to me.
00:34:18Leave the flowers.
00:34:19Put them here.
00:34:20They are pretty.
00:34:33Chloe, are you sure you're okay?
00:34:35It's just a flower, Brody.
00:34:36I'm fine.
00:34:37Just drop it, will you?
00:34:41Chloe, you are the other half of my soul.
00:34:43The missing part of me.
00:34:45Only you can make me whole.
00:34:47In that moment, I thought I had caught every star in the sky.
00:34:50The other half of my soul.
00:34:57I'm not mine.
00:34:59Never meant to be mine.
00:35:05Chloe!
00:35:10Tell me, what happened?
00:35:12In that cafe in New York, before he kissed me for the first time, that is exactly what he said.
00:35:17My other half of my soul.
00:35:19I am getting you time off.
00:35:20Go home and really...
00:35:22No, I'm in fine.
00:35:23You're sure?
00:35:24I am sure.
00:35:25The harder he tries to nail me to the past, the more I will make him see those memories cannot
00:35:28hurt me anymore.
00:35:29I will not drown in the past.
00:35:31Never.
00:35:34Miss Sterling, these are the records you requested.
00:35:36How bad was she when she was brought in?
00:35:38All of them.
00:35:38Extremely bad.
00:35:39The patient was already showing early signs of hemorrhagic shock.
00:35:41We recommended immediate surgery.
00:35:43It was the only way to try to save both mother and child.
00:35:45Why did you not insist?
00:35:46You signed a form.
00:35:47You said as long as she could talk in authority to overturn the family's explicit instructions.
00:35:51If you had done the surgery with the baby, there would at least have been a chance.
00:35:53But after you refused, that child could not be saved.
00:35:55We later found the patient had already been delayed at home for at least more than 40 minutes before she
00:36:00arrived.
00:36:00After arrival, waiting for your signature cost the best intervention window.
00:36:03Delayed how long?
00:36:05Nearly two hours.
00:36:07The records show the hemorrhage became fully controllable after midnight.
00:36:10We later assessed that if she had arrived half an hour later or if the bleeding had been slightly worse,
00:36:14we might not have saved the mother either.
00:36:17I killed our child.
00:36:18It was me.
00:36:19It was all me.
00:36:21I killed Chloe's and my baby with my own hands.
00:36:25All for Victoria.
00:36:30At 10.17 p.m. she started bleeding.
00:36:33At 10.20 I took out the document.
00:36:35I made her sign.
00:36:37Her hands were shaking.
00:36:38She could not write.
00:36:39Blood soaked the paper.
00:36:42At 10.50 she finished signing.
00:36:44I called.
00:36:45Then I waited.
00:36:4747 minutes.
00:36:49After I hung up,
00:36:50I did not call again.
00:36:56Alistair, I'm pregnant.
00:36:59It's your...
00:37:00Please take me to the hospital.
00:37:02Now is not the time for this.
00:37:04I'm begging you.
00:37:06Please.
00:37:08Sign this,
00:37:09and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
00:37:13You still want me to sign?
00:37:15The accident for this is already open.
00:37:17Victoria did not go to prison.
00:37:18Take the fall first,
00:37:20and I'll cover everything.
00:37:21The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:37:23If you don't sign,
00:37:24no one is coming for you tonight,
00:37:26and the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:37:28The doctor said surgery.
00:37:30I said no.
00:37:32Too risky.
00:37:37Cancel the surgery?
00:37:38You're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?
00:37:40As long as you take the fall for the accident,
00:37:43we can have other children with you.
00:37:46But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:37:49She cannot have a criminal record.
00:37:52I chose it.
00:37:53No ambulance,
00:37:54no surgery.
00:37:55She had to sign first.
00:38:03Even the fall that sent her to the hospital,
00:38:07that was because of me too.
00:38:09Chloe,
00:38:09don't push me.
00:38:10Once you leave your print,
00:38:11this all ends tonight.
00:38:16Let go!
00:38:17You're hurting me!
00:38:24Every step was me.
00:38:26It was her.
00:38:27She was driving.
00:38:29She killed that person.
00:38:31She begged me to save her.
00:38:33Yes, it was her.
00:38:34She drove a wedge between us.
00:38:35She nailed in front of me,
00:38:36saying her career, her name,
00:38:37her future were over.
00:38:38She cried that only Chloe could save her.
00:38:40I'm saying you should know your place.
00:38:42So what if you're his wife?
00:38:43You live in his house?
00:38:44Enter his office.
00:38:46I sit on his sofa,
00:38:47and he pours my drinks himself.
00:38:52Exactly.
00:38:53If it were not for Victoria,
00:38:54why would Chloe have been pushed that far?
00:38:56Why would I have forced Chloe?
00:38:57Why would I have lost our baby?
00:38:58That is right.
00:38:59It was all because of her.
00:39:00I need to find her.
00:39:02Now!
00:39:08Mr. Sterling was so easy to fool.
00:39:10One perfectly staged elevator malfunction,
00:39:12one perfectly timed twisted ankle,
00:39:14and he believed I was his destined soulmate.
00:39:17That old money type is arrogant and naive to the bone.
00:39:19I played the independent self-made woman for him
00:39:21all these years for exactly this.
00:39:23Sooner or later,
00:39:24every Sterling group asset will carry the Thorn name.
00:39:27As for the baby,
00:39:29losing that common girl's child was good for me.
00:39:31An heir with ordinary blood
00:39:32would only dilute the Sterling fortune.
00:39:38Alistair?
00:39:39What are you doing here?
00:39:41You have been playing me this whole time.
00:39:43No!
00:39:44I love you.
00:39:45Everything I did was for us.
00:39:47That Chloe never deserved you.
00:39:49She only dragged you...
00:39:50You...
00:39:51You built our beginning on lies.
00:39:54You schemed to tear Chloe and me apart.
00:39:56You...
00:39:57You killed my child!
00:39:59You drove her away!
00:40:00This is all your fault!
00:40:02There has to be a misunderstanding.
00:40:03I can explain...
00:40:04Save your explanation for the feds.
00:40:07You are turning me over to the Bureau?
00:40:20For three years,
00:40:21you used my trust to move assets,
00:40:25forge documents,
00:40:26and frame Chloe.
00:40:28Any one of those could put you in federal prison for decades.
00:40:34Alistair, what...
00:40:35What are you talking about?
00:40:38The Bureau's preliminary evidence list.
00:40:41Your lawyer will receive official notice tomorrow.
00:40:44No!
00:40:45Alistair, you cannot do this to me!
00:40:47I love you!
00:40:48Everything I did was for you!
00:40:50We can explain, we can...
00:40:51Explain?
00:40:52To whom?
00:40:53To the child you helped kill?
00:40:55The baby.
00:40:56The baby was an accident!
00:40:58Chloe's body was weak!
00:41:00An accident?
00:41:02That night,
00:41:03you told me that once Chloe signed,
00:41:05everything would be fine.
00:41:06You said,
00:41:07there was still time.
00:41:09And you believed whatever I said?
00:41:11Alistair,
00:41:11you were the one who did not want to call that ambulance.
00:41:14You were afraid she would back out,
00:41:16afraid she would run,
00:41:18afraid your perfect scapegoat would disappear.
00:41:21You pushed me to delay.
00:41:24You handed her the papers.
00:41:26You set the terms.
00:41:28You forced her to sign.
00:41:30You just do not want to admit that from start to finish,
00:41:32the person who most wanted her to take the fall was you.
00:41:34Me?
00:41:35I only said the filthy little thought already sitting in your head.
00:41:40Alistair,
00:41:41the person who killed your child was not me.
00:41:43It was you.
00:41:47Do you know what happened?
00:41:50That night,
00:41:51I came to you crying because I was scared.
00:41:54Alistair,
00:41:55help me!
00:41:55I hit someone!
00:41:57That person,
00:41:58that person is not moving!
00:42:00I did not mean to,
00:42:01the road was too dark!
00:42:03Who was the victim?
00:42:04Any witnesses?
00:42:06I do not know.
00:42:07Maybe a homeless man?
00:42:08I think,
00:42:09I do not think anyone saw.
00:42:11Victoria,
00:42:11you know what that means.
00:42:13Vehicular manslaughter,
00:42:15a federal felony,
00:42:16your career,
00:42:16your reputation,
00:42:17everything is over.
00:42:18please.
00:42:20I know you have a way.
00:42:22You know so many people.
00:42:26Are you sure you left no evidence that could be traced back to you?
00:42:29I am sure.
00:42:30I already got rid of the car,
00:42:31and there are no cameras on that road.
00:42:33We need a scapegoat.
00:42:34Someone important enough,
00:42:36and controllable enough.
00:42:39What?
00:42:41Chloe.
00:42:43No,
00:42:43that is not how it happened.
00:42:46Remember now?
00:42:47You said it yourself.
00:42:49We need a scapegoat.
00:42:51Someone important enough,
00:42:52and controllable enough.
00:42:53Then you said her name.
00:42:57So do not put all of this on me, Alistair.
00:43:00You sent your wife to hell with your own hands.
00:43:16I can carry it myself.
00:43:19It is windy today.
00:43:23Coffee after rehearsal?
00:43:25That new place you wanted to try with the chestnut cake?
00:43:27Yeah.
00:43:29She smiled.
00:43:30In a world without me,
00:43:34she is so alive.
00:43:44What is it?
00:43:45Nothing.
00:43:56Chloe.
00:43:59Yes?
00:43:59There is something I have wanted to say for a long time.
00:44:02These three years,
00:44:03watching you rise from the wreckage
00:44:04and walk into the spotlight
00:44:05has been the greatest honor of my life.
00:44:07I admire your talent,
00:44:09and I ache for how strong you have had to be.
00:44:11If you would let me,
00:44:12I want to stand by your side in the future,
00:44:14not only as your patron and friend.
00:44:18Would you...
00:44:18give me a chance?
00:44:24Julian,
00:44:25you are my dearest friend
00:44:27and the person I am most grateful to.
00:44:29Without you,
00:44:29I would not be who I am today.
00:44:31But,
00:44:32my heart is a ruin.
00:44:34Nothing new grows there,
00:44:35and no one deserves to step inside it again.
00:44:38I understand.
00:44:39Thank you for understanding.
00:44:41We can still be friends, right?
00:44:43Of course.
00:44:44Let us go try that chestnut cake.
00:44:52Sir,
00:44:52the flight departs in 45 minutes.
00:44:54We should head to the gate.
00:44:55The highly anticipated
00:44:56Voices of Hope charity concert
00:44:58will be held tonight
00:44:59at City Hall Concert Hall.
00:45:01Organizers recently confirmed
00:45:02that the stage build
00:45:03and lighting work
00:45:04will be handled by local contractor
00:45:06Pinnock Vision.
00:45:07Run that contractor.
00:45:08Pinnock Vision,
00:45:09I want every background check
00:45:10and safety record.
00:45:14Found it.
00:45:16This company
00:45:17has three OSHA complaints,
00:45:19and last year in Munich
00:45:20there was a serious stage collapse.
00:45:22How the hell could they hire me?
00:45:31Cancel the flight.
00:45:33But,
00:45:33the meeting.
00:45:34Cancel it.
00:45:35Now.
00:45:36Yes.
00:45:37I will handle it right away.
00:45:39She is still that little girl
00:45:40who needs someone
00:45:41watching over her.
00:45:42Without me,
00:45:43she cannot even protect herself.
00:45:45Chloe,
00:45:46please do not let
00:45:46anything happen to you.
00:45:59Chloe!
00:46:00Move!
00:46:01It is dangerous!
00:46:03No!
00:46:19Oh my god!
00:46:21Call an ambulance!
00:46:23Are you...
00:46:24Are you okay?
00:46:26Are you insane?
00:46:29As long as you are okay.
00:46:34Your arm.
00:46:37Just a scratch.
00:46:40Claire!
00:46:41Are you hurt?
00:46:45Why are you here?
00:46:46You again?
00:46:47The contractor's records were bad.
00:46:49I found out,
00:46:51but...
00:46:52I was half a step too late.
00:46:58Wipe it.
00:46:59Your hand.
00:47:08As long as you are safe.
00:47:10I asked about your injury.
00:47:12Surface wound.
00:47:13I will not die.
00:47:16About the chandelier,
00:47:17by the time I found the records,
00:47:19it was too late.
00:47:20I could only...
00:47:21run.
00:47:22You do not need to explain.
00:47:24I said thank you.
00:47:26That is all.
00:47:34Chloe.
00:47:35I got all the hospital records.
00:47:38That night,
00:47:39you were bleeding so much,
00:47:41lying on the floor,
00:47:42begging me.
00:47:43I held the papers
00:47:45and waited for you to sign.
00:47:47I waited 47 minutes.
00:47:49The doctor said I signed a consent
00:47:51for bleeding control,
00:47:53not surgical authorization.
00:47:56The baby's heartbeat
00:47:57stopped at minute 35.
00:48:01I delayed him to death.
00:48:03Shut up!
00:48:04What is the point
00:48:06of saying this now?
00:48:07There is no point.
00:48:09None at all.
00:48:13I just wanted Chloe
00:48:15to know Alistair
00:48:15found out everything.
00:48:17Victoria,
00:48:18the accident,
00:48:19and Alistair's own choices.
00:48:22Alistair was the source.
00:48:23My existence
00:48:23is the source
00:48:24of all your pain.
00:48:25Every time I come near you,
00:48:26you remember blood,
00:48:27you remember the child
00:48:28who never got to be born,
00:48:29you remember how filthy I am.
00:48:30So?
00:48:31So I disappear.
00:48:32It is the only thing
00:48:33I can still do for you.
00:48:35Alistair!
00:48:47Promise me we will not be apart
00:48:49for a hundred years.
00:48:51Not a hundred years.
00:48:53Forever, Chloe.
00:48:56Forever.
00:48:58Chloe, forgive me
00:48:59for being reckless,
00:49:01but I cannot fight this anymore.
00:49:03Will you marry me?
00:49:04Will you be my wife?
00:49:05I...
00:49:06I am just an ordinary girl.
00:49:07How could I ever be worthy of...
00:49:08Do not ever say that
00:49:09about yourself.
00:49:10To me,
00:49:10you are the most beautiful,
00:49:11purest woman in the world.
00:49:12You deserve everything.
00:49:18Mr.
00:49:20Good.
00:49:21Go.
00:49:27It is over.
00:49:31Sir, please reconsider.
00:49:32These assets are to shake
00:49:33the entire industry,
00:49:34especially the family fund
00:49:35and Kurgutra
00:49:36and years of your life's worth.
00:49:37I know.
00:49:37This is not just wealth.
00:49:39It is all your power
00:49:40and protection.
00:49:41Once you sign,
00:49:41there is no going back.
00:49:43Begin.
00:49:48The irreversible trust
00:49:49naming Miss Chloe Stangling
00:49:50as sole beneficiary
00:49:51is now officially in effect.
00:49:53It covers all equity,
00:49:55real estate,
00:49:56liquid assets,
00:49:56liquid assets,
00:49:57and family fund interests
00:49:58under your name.
00:49:59This is the copy.
00:50:00According to the terms,
00:50:02the trustee will notify
00:50:03the beneficiary
00:50:04at the appropriate time.
00:50:06She does not need to know.
00:50:08But you may leave.
00:50:23Chloe,
00:50:24this is the only thing
00:50:25I can still give you.
00:50:41Claire!
00:50:42Your playing was so beautiful!
00:50:44I want to be a cellist
00:50:46like you someday!
00:50:50Thank you, sweetheart.
00:50:51I love them.
00:50:52When you bowed just now,
00:50:54you kept looking over there.
00:50:56Was your music for someone
00:50:57who sat there?
00:50:58Like in a story?
00:51:09No.
00:51:10My music is only for me.
00:51:12He did not come.
00:51:13I should have known.
00:51:14It really is all over.
00:51:21Chloe,
00:51:22Chloe, this arrived anonymously
00:51:23this morning.
00:51:24It is a family trust beneficiary transfer
00:51:28worth hundreds of billions.
00:51:30You are named the sole beneficiary.
00:51:36It is Alistair.
00:51:37Tell them I refuse.
00:51:39Chloe, do you understand what this means?
00:51:41An astronomical fortune and...
00:51:44In a way...
00:51:45In a way?
00:51:47Compensation?
00:51:48Or charity?
00:51:49Brody, I do not need it.
00:51:52Putting a price tag on a life with...
00:51:54Putting a price tag on a life with money?
00:51:56Alistair, you really have not changed.
00:51:59Send it back untouched.
00:52:01I do not need anything from him,
00:52:03and I do not need to leave him any message.
00:52:17Who happened to tell her?
00:52:19How dare they?
00:52:22Right.
00:52:23Even the last thing,
00:52:24she does not want it.
00:52:28Sir, we have news from the federal side.
00:52:30Ms. Victoria has been released on bail.
00:52:31I am worried she...
00:52:32No, Chloe may be in danger.
00:53:00Chloe, what happened?
00:53:01What was that?
00:53:03Nothing.
00:53:03Just an old photo.
00:53:10This is not a prank, Chloe.
00:53:12This is dangerous.
00:53:14You cannot be alone.
00:53:15I am taking you home.
00:53:16I am fine.
00:53:17You have been busy lately,
00:53:19and I have already caused you enough trouble.
00:53:22Call me if anything happens.
00:53:25I will.
00:53:36I will.
00:53:57Do not move.
00:53:58We only want your hand.
00:54:05How much did Victoria pay you?
00:54:06I will double it!
00:54:09Save it, Mrs. Sterling.
00:54:10We get paid to do a job, and we follow rules.
00:54:23Alistair!
00:54:31Alistair, you said you would disappear from my world.
00:54:34Why did you come back?
00:54:36How did this happen?
00:54:38Do not scare me like this.
00:54:40You are safe.
00:54:41Thank God, you are safe.
00:54:56Are you okay?
00:54:57Did they hurt your hand?
00:55:02I need to report a crime.
00:55:04South parking lot of the Vienna Concert Hall.
00:55:06Armed assault.
00:55:07Attempted intentional injury.
00:55:08The suspect is restrained.
00:55:10Also, this involves cross-border crime and a federal felony state voting case in New York
00:55:13from three years ago.
00:55:14I have the full chain of evidence.
00:55:18Watch him.
00:55:19Do not let anyone near him.
00:55:31Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:33Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:43Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:51the patient has lost too much blood his blood pressure is barely detectable
00:55:55he needs an emergency transfusion but but what he is rh negative the blood bank has no supply
00:56:04his condition is critical and we must find a matching donor immediately we have contacted
00:56:09every nearby hospital and blood center but take mine what do you hear yourself you are going to
00:56:18save him the man who nearly destroyed you anonymous do not record my name draw the blood
00:56:25and i leave immediately if you agree i will sign now all right please sign the confidentiality
00:56:32agreement and consent form here she really signed it why he pushed you into hell and made
00:56:43you lose everything have you forgotten the baby i am not saving him i just do not want
00:56:52to owe him a life three years ago he gave me a home then destroyed me with his own hands
00:56:56now i give him my blood back from this moment on we owe each other nothing
00:57:02the stab wound is deep and he lost a lot of blood we saved him but whether he wakes up
00:57:07and when depends on his will and recovery the next 24 hours are critical wake up you think
00:57:13taking that knife and bleeding like this makes us even you think because you are lying here
00:57:17i can forget my child forget every time you abandoned me for victoria i cannot forget i cannot
00:57:23forget when the doctor told me the baby was gone your signature was at the bottom of that document
00:57:27so cold so quick what is this you lying here repentance atonement it is too late my child is
00:57:35not coming back the chloe who once believed you in that practice room is not coming back either
00:57:39wake up look at me i want you to see with your own eyes that without you without the sterling
00:57:45name
00:57:45i can still stand at the very top i want you alive fully awake and remembering what you lost
00:57:50forever do not just die like this you still owe me too much
00:57:59you have to wake up
00:58:02allistern you heard me you are awake are you not allistern
00:58:09direct flight to zurich leaves in two hours the studio and apartment there are ready
00:58:15news just came from the states victoria's extradition is complete she is being flown
00:58:19back this afternoon under escort federal felony multiple charges including attempted murder
00:58:24cross-border murder for here and financial fraud with stacked sentences she is never getting out
00:58:29got it that is your reaction she almost ruined your life it takes energy i do not have any left
00:58:35and
00:58:35i do not want to waste it here you could even save it i saved myself from now on i
00:58:47owe them nothing
00:59:10chloe darling what time is it when did you change the bedroom no this is a hospital
00:59:19why am i in a hospital
00:59:22mr sterling please do not move
00:59:25i am fine where is chloe where am i mr sterling this is the icu you were stabbed and have
00:59:32been
00:59:32unconscious for four days no i clearly remember us watching the city lights on the rooftop last
00:59:37night sir you need to lie down you had internal bleeding and just came out of surgery
00:59:43you need complete bed rest miss chloe sterling is not here not here where did she go i heard she
00:59:50went to zurich zurich for work why did i not know i do not know the details i only heard
01:00:00she left
01:00:01maybe it is just a last minute performance or she did not tell me because she wanted to
01:00:06surprise me when is she coming back i really do don't know no what is this feeling it feels like
01:00:14i lost her what the hell happened
01:00:21toria already said she didn't mean it is it really worth making such a scene overnight i wrote every
01:00:26single note of this myself this is two years of my hard work allison you know that better than
01:00:31anyone hard work chloe what are you really afraid of this score or the status you built using it as
01:00:38a
01:00:38prop a student from a common background who managed to fall into the sterling family through a marriage
01:00:43certificate who are you trying to impress with this wrong woman act didn't you approach me in the
01:00:49first place for the money the status and the chance to climb to the top
01:00:57cancel this surgery you're gonna kill our own busted lunches for victoria
01:01:00as long as you take the fall for the accident we can have other children
01:01:07why are these memories flooding my head where is chloe what what did i do to her
01:01:14okay okay okay mr sterling please calm down and stop thinking so hard you need rest right now
01:01:21you cannot get this agitated tell me were those real did i did i do that to her
01:01:27i please lie down first i will get the doctor
01:01:40the wound is healing well no sign of infection
01:01:44but the blood loss left you very weak you need time to recover blood loss yes when you were admitted
01:01:49your condition was critical acute massive bleeding hemogyme at a dangerous level we performed an
01:01:54emergency transfusion you were lucky someone volunteered to donate blood and saved your life
01:01:59who i am sorry mr sterling the donor signed a strict confidentiality agreement we are not authorized to
01:02:06disclose that
01:02:10allison look we have the same blood type what are the odds it is rare the odds feel like fate
01:02:16so if
01:02:17anything ever happens to either of us the other can be their blood bank right not saying lucky things
01:02:21but yes i will protect you any way i can
01:02:27chloe was here was chloe not the donor was it chloe i cannot answer questions about visitors
01:02:33you need rest
01:02:36tell me mr sterling please calm down any information about the donor is legally protected
01:02:49mr sterling
01:02:51there is an update on miss thorne the extradition process is complete she was put on a flight back
01:02:56to new york under police escort this morning three days ago the day after your surgery also chloe the
01:03:03afternoon after alistair surgery ended and alistair was confirmed out of danger chloe boarded a flight
01:03:07and left destination zurich mr brodie cookup chloe's manager pumberg released releg of chloe's odo
01:03:12tour schedule that afternoon yes flight records show take off at 4 15 pm she gave blood and left without
01:03:20looking back should i contact mrs sterling or try to obtain the details of her tour no she was right
01:03:27to
01:03:27leave report the crime testify donate blood leave every step was calculated clean she thinks even hating me
01:03:36is a waste
01:03:42it was her david the person who gave me blood had to be her the blood bank record is anonymous
01:03:48we cannot confirm
01:03:49i can feel it my body knows her blood no one but chloe
01:03:56call her manager's number now the doctor said you need complete rest and must avoid emotional stress call
01:04:05brodie cook speaking who is this mr cook hello this is david mr sterling's assistant mr
01:04:10sterling would like to speak with mrs sterling miss claire moreo is an intensive tour rehearsal in
01:04:14zurich her schedule is full she is not accepting any non-performance related call tell her it is
01:04:18me tell her i know it was her that bag of blood i know she gave it if it is
01:04:23not business do not
01:04:24disturb her she has cut off even the chance for me to say thank you i'm sorry you think even
01:04:30hating me is
01:04:31a waste do you even letting me confirm this debt feels like another form of harassment
01:04:47do not go
01:04:50move mr sterling you need to be back at the hospital i have heard enough from doctors i'm not going
01:04:55anywhere
01:04:56brodie go confirm boarding chloe go
01:05:02let me stay by your side just this once on what grounds i i paid back your blood i saved
01:05:13your life
01:05:14we are even we are not we never will be let go i checked the flights i know your next
01:05:20stop is paris
01:05:21let me go with you i will watch from far away i swear i will not bother you alistair listen
01:05:25carefully
01:05:25you keep saying you want to protect me but when my manuscript was destroyed what did you do when my
01:05:30baby was gone what did you do and now you want to stay by my side too late way too
01:05:37late
01:05:39do not follow me again i want none of your guilt none of your repentance then what do you want
01:05:45tell me
01:05:48i will give you everything the company the shares all of it chloe
01:05:56i want you to disappear forever
01:06:01do not go please give me one chance even if it is only to watch you from a distance
01:06:09a chance three years ago when i was bleeding who gave me a chance when i miscarried it lying in
01:06:15that
01:06:15hospital bed listening to lawyers recharges for crimes adjectives i never committed who gave me a
01:06:22chance i know i was wrong i will spend the rest of my life i do not want the rest
01:06:26of your life
01:06:27alistair i just was want my peace chloe what about our child can that be settled too he never belonged
01:06:34to
01:06:34us he belonged only to the me who lost him before he ever got to see the sun
01:06:48chloe
01:06:49sir are you all right let me take you to
01:06:53no no chloe
01:07:05sir you are awake you have been unconscious for five days the doctor said your last unauthorized
01:07:12discharge seriously worsened the wound you cannot keep doing this you must rest where is chloe now
01:07:18mrs sterling's tour team returns to the council vienna vienna this afternoon
01:07:23sir get the car now but your body i said now
01:07:33chloe
01:07:34why sir backstage is not open to the public please wait for me for a moment
01:07:42i have been looking for you i was wrong i will spend everything to atone your everything burned to ash
01:07:49three years ago everything i have now i earn myself including my peace so he can give you peace
01:07:56mrs sterling needs to prepare for her performance please leave you let him touch your score you let
01:08:02him stand beside you and what am i
01:08:11the blood chloe wait the blood that saved my life was it yours
01:08:21yes why you hate me to repay a debt what three years ago you signed a paper and traded my
01:08:28life for
01:08:28hers now i repay you once blood for blood nothing owed no it is not a debt i owe you
01:08:36and i can never
01:08:36repay it is debt it is paid from now on your blood your wounds whether you live or die none
01:08:43of it has
01:08:44anything to do with me i'm not gonna let you do this get the hell away from me let us
01:08:49go in
01:09:09oh no what is it god no that is impossible this how could this string
01:09:17i checked it yesterday it was fine and chloe are always so careful accidents happen it is not a big
01:09:24deal where are the spare strings did you bring an extra string here here i packed an extra set on
01:09:31purpose it is stange in a lee and then when that this this is impossible i kept it in the
01:09:37humidity
01:09:37patch do not panic i will ask when the new cello arrives
01:09:44what the car broke down did you not guarantee it would be on time tomorrow morning at the earliest
01:09:49shit i contacted a friend in berlin his workshop has strings in the same gauge but driving them
01:09:54here will take at least four hours not enough time rehearsal is in two hours and the concert is tonight
01:10:01why now damn it
01:10:12claire's string snapped the spare is oxidized too the new cello is still on the road and they cannot reach
01:10:18the maker wait whose string broke claire's sir backstage matters are not disclosed to unrelated people
01:10:26now tell me exactly what happened it is mrs claire the principal cellist her main strings slapped
01:10:32during pre-show check the prec the spare is oxidized and unusable and the emergency replacement cello
01:10:38is delayed it is bad it is chloe of course she is still the little girl who needs my shelter
01:10:45only under
01:10:46my wing can she play safely it is me use every resource find top tier gut cello strings that can
01:10:52reach the vienna musikheim within two hours send a private jet to berlin then transfer by helicopter
01:10:58directly to the musikheim plaza i want those strings in her hands before the concert starts
01:11:06chloe do not panic i already got the strings
01:11:17string did it not snap it did i sent a plane the string should be here no need i contacted
01:11:22the
01:11:22luthori's workshop they sent top strings by special car and brought an extra cello for trial use when
01:11:27did you contact them when i found the broken string brody made a few calls julian confirmed the workshop
01:11:31inventory the car arrived 40 minutes ago good as long as it is solved alistair three years ago i lay
01:11:36in the
01:11:37hospital waiting for a consent form of your signature your signing was risky and you had to wait for the
01:11:40lawyers now one cello string breaks and you can immediately mobilize planes clear logistics and make an
01:11:45entire system move for you your help only appears when you think it is safe and convenient my life
01:11:50and death my career had to run on your schedule this time is different it is the same you always
01:11:54want to solve my problems your way then you tell me how much you sacrifice but i do not need
01:11:58it anymore
01:11:59my problems are mine to solve my way on my time
01:12:06these headlines they will ruin her performance what will she think of me sir mr brody cooks just notified
01:12:12the press miss chloe is holding a press conference right up ahead miss chloe and mr alistair steller
01:12:18ended their marriage three years ago now and in the future there is no legal connection between them
01:12:24nor any private relationship mr brody a photograph mr sterling here two mornings ago and wandering and
01:12:29he had contact with miss chloe does this mean mr sterling's trying to win her back to sterling's actions
01:12:33are his personal choice miss chloe's position has been made clear in the statement her life and career are
01:12:38centered on music my team is fully capable of handling every performance matter any outside
01:12:43uninvited involvement is unnecessary and unwelcome as for the rest private grievances are not worth
01:12:48public resources my music will speak for itself that is the end of the statement please focus on
01:12:54tonight's performance chloe i know you can hear me
01:13:15i saw the press conference you said we were even but how can i be even the baby is gone
01:13:21because i signed
01:13:22you almost died on that operating table because i stopped the doctors i cannot repay those debts
01:13:29you you will not even give me your hate anymore you treat me like some irrelevant stranger
01:13:41then tell me how do i pay it back do you want this life
01:13:52no just like this glass of water
01:13:55once it is poured out i will not pick it back up
01:14:00you could kneel until you die and it will not bring that child back
01:14:04it will not bring back the me who trusted you three years ago
01:14:23you should be gone now
01:14:46you should go to the hospital
01:14:48you should go to the hospital
01:14:57so to you i am just a nuisance noise i hate unnecessary noise i checked the medical records
01:15:04from back then every minute i remember when the doctor recommended surgery i checked my watch three
01:15:08times i was calculating risk time and legal consequences i know i know exactly how long you
01:15:12calculated you do not know long enough for me to lose half my blood and long enough for an eight
01:15:16week ambrose heartbeat to stop forever those fragments from back then we play in my head every
01:15:20day then let them keep playing that is your business but do not die here get up i will call
01:15:26a car to take you to the hospital i am not going shoot yourself wait
01:15:39my sins can only be washed clean with blood is this enough put the knife down
01:15:50tell me how much blood is enough
01:15:56is this life enough to pay your life has no value to me now then what has value tell me
01:16:04what can i
01:16:05still give i want nothing especially nothing from you then watch me die you are forcing me again no
01:16:15this time i choose it myself you just watch take it as a late offering let go let me i
01:16:26said let go
01:16:33your blood cannot wash anything clean it will only stain this street then what what the hell am i supposed
01:16:40to do
01:16:44at the very least you should not be kneeling here trying to die
01:16:56stop
01:16:59stop it
01:17:02is it enough is this life enough to pay
01:17:08put the knife down
01:17:09put the knife down say it first is it enough i said put the knife down
01:17:15the baby is not coming back you could bleed yourself dry and he still would not come back when i
01:17:21was lying
01:17:22on the operating table waiting for your signature he was already gone what you are doing now has no
01:17:28meaning none of it has any meaning anymore we are even i forgive you
01:17:39what did you say
01:17:45i forgive you no chloe do not do not forgive me i do not deserve it it is not for
01:17:52you
01:17:53it is for me i have to move forward move forward good
01:17:59you go do not look back but do not forgive me please the baby will not come back
01:18:06the blood i lost cannot be returned none of this helps i know i know it does not help but
01:18:13i
01:18:13do not hate you anymore hate is exhausting from now on we are even
01:18:18even okay even never see me again chloe
01:18:25live well
01:18:33mr sterling
01:18:35mr sterling
01:18:37hold on i am calling an ambulance right now chloe
01:18:42what
01:18:54sir you are awake the doctor said you lost too much blood but thank god
01:18:58you've been unconscious for two days miss chloe she david
01:19:02yes sir i will not go looking for her again she said we are even i should let go
01:19:23ashes should look like ashes
01:19:29they adjusted the sound post overnight want to try it
01:19:36it is quiet more reliable than people
01:19:46time to go stage
01:20:10the strings will never travel to live again this first note is both a funeral and a rebirth
01:20:16every accent is the echo of a golden cage shadow what he destroyed was never just a cello my blood
01:20:22time to go stage is the echo of a golden cage
01:20:23it all burns inside this memory there is no place for you in the ashes
01:20:33there is no going back
01:20:38look alistair without you i still stand in the light and this light will never shine for you
01:20:45am i imagining it
01:20:48i think i saw alistair
01:21:04claire these flowers are for you
01:21:06who asked you to bring them i i brought them myself white lilies of the valley we had a pot
01:21:13on the
01:21:14balcony of the new york apartment it died thank you they are beautiful i will keep them
01:21:20from a fan let me check them no need you know who sent them i do then why accept them
01:21:28the flowers are
01:21:29innocent the person who sent them has nothing to do with me sir she accepted them she said they were
01:21:38beautiful thank you little angel this is your reward go buy yourself some candy thank you sir
01:21:56mr sterling at the current rate of progression a conservative estimate gives you about three
01:22:01months understood
01:22:06mr sterling the will you requested has been drafted according to your final wishes under the terms all
01:22:10assets under your name after taxes and fees will be transferred to the anonymous donorx account and
01:22:14ultimately donated to the global fund for women artists no individual beneficiary is named
01:22:22the process is complete i will hold the original mr sterling please take care
01:22:35now this is better
01:22:57i will
01:23:00excuse me sir
01:23:00Could you tell me, is this the right direction to the Julie Hart School?
01:23:05Wrong side, across the platform
01:23:08Thank you, I just got to New York
01:23:11Your cufflinks, they are beautiful
01:23:27The wrong way
01:23:30We both went the wrong way
01:23:33OK
01:23:33OK
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