00:00Hey babe, I'm home. PT went well today.
00:09Oh, um, you're back early.
00:13Hey, what's going on, Mel? Why are you packing? Are we going somewhere?
00:16Did you plan a trip without me?
00:18I didn't think you'd be back from your appointment so soon.
00:21The physical therapy usually takes longer, doesn't it?
00:25Melissa, what is this? Talk to me. What's going on here?
00:27Yeah. James, we need to talk.
00:32Okay, so let's talk.
00:35Why does it look like you're moving out of my apartment?
00:37This isn't working anymore. This, us, our marriage, I can't do this.
00:44What do you mean it's not working? Is it because of my injury?
00:49Because I'm not the same physically as when I left for deployment?
00:54I mean, it's not just that. I mean, this isn't the life I signed up for, James.
00:58I married a strong soldier, someone who could protect me and provide for our future.
01:03Not this.
01:05I'm still your husband, Mel.
01:07Okay? I'm still the same person.
01:10So what if I use a wheelchair now?
01:11So what if I have some scars?
01:14I'm still me inside, okay?
01:15My heart hasn't changed. My love for you hasn't changed.
01:18But you're not the same. And you can't do the things you used to do. You can't even work a
01:22regular job anymore.
01:24How are we supposed to have a future together?
01:26That's not true.
01:28Okay, I've been working on something big.
01:30Okay? Something that could change everything for us.
01:33I'm developing an app for veterans.
01:35Okay? It's a platform where we connect, we share resources, support each other through the transition back to civilian life.
01:42Okay? It's going to be huge, Mel. I know it will be.
01:45An app? James, be realistic. You have no experience in tech. You barely know how to use a computer beyond
01:52the basics.
01:53I've been teaching myself to code, okay? I've been working with other veterans who have tech experience. This isn't just
01:59some pipe dream.
02:00And even if you did somehow figure out how to make an app, it's for veterans? That's such a niche
02:05market. Who's going to use that?
02:07I mean, how much money could you possibly make?
02:09You have no idea what veterans go through, why they come home.
02:13Okay? The isolation, the struggle, the readjust, the need for community and understanding.
02:19This app could help thousands of people like me.
02:22And you have no idea what I go through, what it's like being married to someone who came back broken.
02:28I can't live like this anymore, James. I need someone who can actually take care of me, not someone I
02:33have to take care of.
02:35Broken. Is that what you think I am? Broken?
02:40Aren't you?
02:41If that's how you really feel about me, about us, then I guess there's nothing more to say.
02:46It's your choice, Melissa.
02:49Is there someone else in here?
02:51James, I can explain.
02:53Is there someone else in our bedroom right now?
02:57Who the hell are you?
02:59James, this is Brad. He's my boyfriend.
03:03He's been helping me pack my things.
03:06Your boyfriend?
03:08How long has this been going on?
03:10Look, man. I want her fair and square.
03:12She's with me now, and there's nothing you can do to get her back.
03:16I can't believe you would do this to me.
03:18While I was fighting for our country, getting injured, trying to serve something bigger than myself,
03:22you were planning to leave me for another man?
03:24I couldn't wait forever, James.
03:26After you got hurt, I realized this wasn't the life I wanted.
03:29I need someone who could be there for me.
03:32Someone whole.
03:35Someone whole.
03:37I gave you everything.
03:40Okay? For this country?
03:41I sacrificed my body, my health, my peace of mind.
03:44I have nightmares that wake me up screaming.
03:46I live with pain every single day, and this is what I come home to?
03:49Yeah, well, your sacrifice doesn't mean that she has to sacrifice her happiness.
03:55All right? She moved on, dude.
03:56You should, too.
03:58And you.
04:00What kind of man goes after another man's wife while he's recovering from combat injuries?
04:04What kind of person are you?
04:06Kind of gets what he wants.
04:08Look, this is pretty awkward for everyone,
04:11so why don't you just let us finish packing, and then we'll get out of your hair?
04:15No, actually, this is my apartment.
04:17I pay the rent here, so if anyone's leaving, it should be you.
04:21Right, well, I'll just take my things and go to Brad's place.
04:25You know what, Melissa?
04:27You're going to regret this.
04:29That app's going to be successful, and I'm going to become someone important.
04:32And when I do, I'm going to make sure you know exactly what you threw away.
04:37Sure.
04:38James, good luck with that.
04:41Come on, babe.
04:42Let's get out of here.
04:44Hey, um, thanks for keeping her warm for me, though, soldier boy.
05:11I'll show her.
05:13I'm not broken.
05:15I'm just getting started.
05:20That's right.
05:21No, we're rejecting over 50,000 active users by the end of the quarter.
05:24Veteran community responses have been incredible.
05:26The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to partner with us for their transition programs.
05:31It's exactly what we hoped for when we started this.
05:34Oh, hey, can you hold on one second?
05:36There's someone at my door.
05:38Thanks.
05:39Thanks.
05:40Thanks.
05:40Thanks.
05:41Thanks.
05:42Thanks.
05:51Hi, James.
05:55I'm going to have to call you back.
05:59Melissa, this is unexpected.
06:03I, uh, I heard about your success, that, your recovery, you look good, really good.
06:12What can I do for you?
06:14Can I come in?
06:15I, uh, I was hoping we could talk.
06:29Wow.
06:30This place looks amazing.
06:34Really done well for yourself.
06:37Where's Brad?
06:39Um, we're not together anymore.
06:41He, he cheated on me.
06:46He left me for someone younger.
06:48You're kidding me.
06:49The man who stole another man's wife turned out to be unfaithful.
06:52I'm shocked.
06:54I deserved that.
06:57I know how this looks, James.
06:59Do you?
07:00Because it looks a lot like you only came back because I'm successful now.
07:04Because I'm walking again.
07:06Because I have money.
07:07That's not true.
07:08I, I've been thinking about us, about the good times we had before everything went wrong.
07:13Before everything went wrong?
07:15You mean before I got injured serving our country?
07:18Before I needed support and got abandonment instead?
07:21James, I made a mistake.
07:24A huge mistake.
07:25I was scared and selfish and I handled everything wrong.
07:29But we could try again.
07:32We could make this work.
07:33Now we can make it work?
07:35Now that I'm successful?
07:37Now that I'm wealthy?
07:39Now that I've proven everything you said I couldn't do?
07:41I always believed in you, James.
07:44Deep down, I always knew you were capable of great things.
07:47No, you didn't.
07:48You told me my app was too niche.
07:50You told me I was broken.
07:52You told me I wasn't the man you married.
07:54You left me when I needed you most.
07:57People change, James.
07:58I've changed.
08:00I realize now what I had with you was real.
08:02What we had was love.
08:05You know what's real, Melissa?
08:09You're the most fake person I've ever known.
08:12You don't love me.
08:13You never did.
08:13You love what I could provide you.
08:16And when you thought I couldn't provide anymore, what did you do?
08:19That's not fair.
08:20You left.
08:20That is fair.
08:21And you know what else?
08:23I have a girlfriend now.
08:24Someone who loves me for who I am.
08:26Not what I can give her.
08:28Someone who sees strength where you saw weakness.
08:30A girlfriend?
08:32Who is she?
08:33Someone who was there for me when I needed support.
08:37Someone who believed in my app from the beginning.
08:40Someone who sees me as a whole person.
08:42Not a broken soldier.
08:44James, please.
08:45We have history together.
08:46We were married.
08:48That has to count for something.
08:49It did count for something, Melissa.
08:53Okay?
08:53It taught me exactly what kind of person you are.
08:55And it taught me what I deserve in a partner.
08:58I can change.
08:59I can be better.
09:00I can be the wife you needed me to be.
09:03The time for that was when I came home injured and broken.
09:07The time for that was when I was learning to walk again.
09:10The time for that was when I was building my business from nothing.
09:13But you weren't there.
09:14No, you were with Brad.
09:16Building a life without me.
09:17So now, I'm building a life without you.
09:20James, wait.
09:21Please don't do this.
09:22Goodbye.
09:23Melissa.
09:24Melissa.
09:26Melissa.
09:28Melissa.
09:30Melissa.
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