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Finn, a transmigrator and true heir of the Sterling family, knows his story is destined to end in tragedy. To survive, he poses as a docile "pet" clinging to his adopted brother Dorian, the two drowning in a dangerous, obsessive forbidden love disguised as brotherhood. As family feuds and conspiracies erupt, the blurry line between "captivity and dependence" is tested again and again. Facing assassins and worldly judgment, they fight to escape their fated doom — and choose each other.
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00:01Brother...
00:02I woke up and transpirated into the role of the most tragic villain in this book.
00:06In the end, my own brother broke my limbs and fed me to the sharks.
00:10Over the past ten years, I have forged a new identity for myself.
00:14His loyal puppy.
00:16His servant.
00:17His toy.
00:18The way he looks at me.
00:20This is not the gaze an elder brother should have for you.
00:27Easy, Finn Sterling.
00:28The game just started. Why are you acting like the CIA is chasing you?
00:32If I'm not at the curb in three minutes, Dorian will think I'm kidnapped.
00:35Out of my way, Jackson.
00:36Dorian, Dorian, Dorian.
00:38You're 21, Finn.
00:40Why do you let that freak keep you on such a short lease?
00:43Oh, I see.
00:46Is that a new hickey on your neck?
00:48Did the big bad brother finally snap?
00:50It's none of your business! Fuck off!
01:03You always smell different after games.
01:08Dorian.
01:09We're right outside the school.
01:11I know.
01:12That's why I wanted to see it in person.
01:16We'll finish this at home.
01:34That's him.
01:35Dorian Sterling.
01:36Every day for ten years, I've been giving him my desserts, my toys, my absolute obedience.
01:41I thought I was making him soft.
01:43I was wrong.
01:45You're four minutes late, Finn.
01:46The game ran into overtime.
01:48I ran as fast as I could.
01:50Look, my heart is still pounding.
01:56Then who gave you this?
01:58Jackson?
01:58No!
01:59I hit the pole when I was defending.
02:01You know I only listen to you.
02:09Richard is cutting my shares today.
02:10It's my 26th birthday.
02:12The old man is finally showing his teeth.
02:14What are you gonna do?
02:15Richard Sterling treated me like a stray dog for 20 years.
02:17Now he thinks he can throw me out?
02:19He's about to find out what happens when you raise a wolf in your own house.
02:22And you, Finn?
02:23You're the only Sterling gift I'm taking with me when I leave.
02:27You're the only thing I want to take with me.
02:30Don't make me regret it.
02:39Gift.
02:45This is a fake.
02:46You're trying to scare me, Dorian.
02:48I'm a Sterling and so are you.
02:51I...
02:53Ten years, Finn.
02:57Ten years of you crawling into my bed when it thundered.
03:00Sharing your sweets.
03:01Brother.
03:05Looking at me with those big, innocent eyes.
03:08No.
03:08I played the puppy because I didn't want you to throw me to the sharks.
03:11But now, the shield of brotherhood is gone.
03:14I am completely unprotected.
03:18What are you doing, brother?
03:23You said you love me?
03:24Then let me hear it again, without the trembling.
03:30Changing the locks on my property?
03:31Dorian, I gave you a name and a place at the table out of charity.
03:34Now you think this house is yours?
03:37What the hell did you do to my son?
03:44I was just welcoming him home.
03:46He's been very cooperative.
03:52Your property?
03:54The deeds to this building were transferred to my shell company last Tuesday, Richard.
03:57If anyone is trespassing here, it's you.
04:01You ungrateful rat!
04:03I'm gonna freeze your assets, sue you for corporate espionage, and drag you back to the gutter where I found
04:09you!
04:09Finn, get over here.
04:11We are leaving.
04:12This freak is done in this city.
04:13If I go with Richard, Dorian will lose his mind and accelerate his revenge plot.
04:17If I stay, I'm locked in a cage with a predator.
04:21I have to play the mediator.
04:23Dad, please, let's talk.
04:25Dian built that tech platform for the family business, he-
04:27Shut up!
04:27You useless boy!
04:29You've been blinded by this-
04:30Touch him again.
04:31And the blackmail files on your Swiss holdings go live in ten minutes.
04:35Try me, father.
04:39Ugh!
04:42Brother.
04:43You stayed by my side.
04:45You're willing to abandon even your beloved father for me, so-
04:54The air out here is cleaner.
04:56You don't need the noise from the city.
04:58Dorian, you can't keep me here. I have classes, I have a life-
05:01Come here.
05:03Come here, Finn.
05:05Dorian.
05:07You're cold.
05:08Your hands are shaking.
05:10That's not fear.
05:11That's withdrawal.
05:12You've been in the city too long.
05:14You'll get used to the quiet here.
05:16And then, you won't want to leave.
05:18Dorian!
05:19You can't keep me here!
05:20I have classes, I have a life!
05:22This is kidnapping!
05:23Kidnapping?
05:25Your tuition is paid.
05:26Your bank accounts are active.
05:29You're just...
05:30Staying home with your brother.
05:31Or did you want to go back to Jackson?
05:34He sent three private investigators looking for you today.
05:36He's very persistent.
05:37It makes me want to...
05:38destroy things.
05:40No!
05:41Don't touch Jackson.
05:42He's just a classmate.
05:43I'll stay, I promise.
05:44I won't leave the house.
05:50Verbal promises mean nothing, Finn.
05:52Sign it.
05:56What is this?
05:57If I sign this, I have nothing.
05:58I become completely dependent on you.
06:00That's the point.
06:01You want to save your friend Jackson,
06:03and you want to prove your loyalty.
06:05This is the price.
06:06If I lose my money, I lose the ability to run away.
06:09He has cut off all my lifelines.
06:12Once I sign, I am no longer the Sterling boy.
06:15I am just Dorian Sterling's personal pet.
06:17But if I don't sign, Dorian will destroy Jackson's family business tonight,
06:22and Richard will find a way to lock me up in a mental clinic
06:24to keep the family assets.
06:28Good boy.
06:29Now, you belong to me.
06:32Completely.
06:42You smell like lavender.
06:45Much better than the cheap sweat from the basketball court.
06:48Can I talk to you?
06:51It's fading.
06:53Next time, touch it up yourself.
06:56Now, what were you saying?
06:57Brother, since I signed the contract, can I at least go back to campus for midterms?
07:01I don't want to fail my junior year.
07:03Your professors have already been notified that you are studying abroad.
07:07But, if you behave well this week, I might let you attend the Met Gala charity auction on Friday.
07:13But remember, Finn, you walk with me, you sit with me.
07:16If you look at another man for more than three seconds, I will make sure he never sees the light
07:21of day.
07:21He's not joking.
07:22In the book, Dorian ruined a rival CEO's entire family just because that guy admired my eyes during a dinner
07:27party.
07:28I have to play the submissive, loyal pet until I can figure out how to neutralize his paranoia.
07:33I only want to be with you, Dorian.
07:36You know that?
07:40Mr. Sterling, Richard-
07:42Seems your friend is quite persistent, actually managing to find this place.
07:50Finn! Are you okay? I got your text! What the hell is going on? Why is this monster keeping you
07:55here?
07:56Mr. Vance, you are trespassing on private property.
08:00The Vance family's shipping lane permits are currently under review by my board.
08:04Do you want to lose them by sunset?
08:05Don't threaten me with your corporate games, Dorian.
08:08Finn is my friend, he's 21, not your pet.
08:10Finn, tell him! Tell him you want to leave!
08:12I have a car right here, he can't stop us both in broad daylight!
08:15Oh my god. Jackson, you idiot, you have no idea who you're dealing with.
08:18If I step towards you, Dorian will crush your father's company before nightfall, and then he will lock me in
08:22a basement for the rest of my life.
08:26Jackson, go home. I'm here because I want to be.
08:29Darren is protecting me, I don't need your help.
08:34Finn, you're lying. Look at your neck, look at what he's doing to you.
08:38Throw him out.
08:45How fun is it to perform in front of me and him, Finn?
08:49And if he comes back, break his headlights.
08:53Yes, sir.
08:58What are you doing? We're on it.
09:01Fair. Now you can go on stage.
09:08Isn't that the young master of the Sterling family? How did he become Dorian's follower?
09:11I heard he signed over all his assets. Now he's completely kept by Dorian.
09:16You're doing great, sweetheart. Everyone here knows who you belong to now.
09:20Look at Richard over there. He's hiding in the corner like a rat.
09:25Dorian, wait. Something is wrong with Dad. He looks unstable.
09:28You two disgusting freaks! You stole my company! You ruined my life!
09:34Darren, watch out!
09:39You ruined my life! Darren, watch out!
09:52I told you, if you ever touch him, I will end you.
09:56Darren!
09:57Stop. You're going to kill him in front of everyone. Don't do this for me, please.
10:05Why did you jump in front of me? You wanted to die for me, Finn? Or did you just want
10:09to play the Martle?
10:10I didn't want you to get hurt. You're... you're my only anchor, Dorian.
10:19Dorian, you're not...
10:26There.
10:28Now everyone knows.
10:30Since your life was given to save mine, from now on, it belongs to me.
10:37After you're discharged, we're getting married.
10:39I've already had the lawyers draft the agreement.
10:41I used to think I knew how this ended. I don't anymore.
10:44Every time I think I've figured him out, he does something I never expected.
10:47If I sign this, I'm not just his brother. I'm his. Legally. Completely.
10:51I'll be Dorian's husband.
10:52I don't know if I'm more afraid of signing it, or of not signing it and losing him for good.
10:59Finn, the security system is down for three minutes.
11:01I have a boat at the pier ready to take us to Canada. We have to go now.
11:04Richard is completely crazy. He's planning a retaliation with local gangs tonight.
11:08This place isn't safe.
11:12Hide! In the wardrobe! Now!
11:19Not signed yet?
11:27Let me show you.
11:34See? Not so hard.
11:44There's water on the floor, Finn, and...
11:46I smell a stray dog.
11:52Are you coming out on your own, or do I have to open the door for you?
11:56Jackson Vance.
11:57Dorian, please!
11:58If you shoot him, the Vance family will drag you into a federal court.
12:01You just took over Sterling. You can't afford a murder scandal now!
12:04You think I care about the Vance family? Or the federal court?
12:09Out, Mr. Vance, before I paint this Wadrade red.
12:16I'll sign it! Dorian, I'll sign the marriage contract right now!
12:20Just let him live!
12:25Sign. On your knees.
12:41Boss, Richard's men. They have automatic weapons. They're inside the elevator lobby.
12:45Dorian!
12:49Finn! Follow me! The backup stairs are clear!
12:54Derian behind you!
12:56Finn!
13:05If you want to live, run.
13:07If I ever see you near him again, I'll bury you in the Sterling Cemetery.
13:13Why did I save him?
13:15He is my killer.
13:17He is the monster who was supposed to feed me to the sharks.
13:20But seeing him in danger, my body didn't even think.
13:35Where... where are we? Is Jackson...
13:38Jackson Vance survived. His father shipped him off to London this morning.
13:41He won't be returning to Columbia. Ever.
13:45Dad... I mean Richard?
13:46Richard died in the fire he started. The police ruled it a failed suicide kidnapping.
13:50I am now the sole trustee of the Sterling Legacy.
13:52And you? You are legally, officially, mine.
13:57Everything is happening too fast. The villain didn't just survive. He won.
14:02Richard is dead, Jackson is exiled, and I am completely isolated in this builded cage.
14:08Rest, my love. Nobody can separate us now. Not even death.
14:30Oh my god. Dorian isn't a random orphan. He is David Sterling's son.
14:34But wait. Richard killed David to take the company and then adopted Dorian to torture him as a trophy.
14:41The day I opened my eyes again, I knew something was wrong.
14:47I watched him for months. I waited for him to show his real face. He never did.
14:51He knew. From the very first day, he knew I wasn't the same.
14:54I don't care. I just know when he hands me his food and looks at me like I'm not a
14:59monster, I don't want to kill him.
15:01He didn't ask who I was. He didn't demand an explanation. He just watched and waited.
15:09You finally found it, my little liar.
15:15Dorian, I can explain. I just, I wanted to know about your past.
15:18My past. My past. Or your past.
15:21The Finn I grew up with was a spineless, cruel monster who liked to drown my puppies and spit on
15:25my bread.
15:25But ten years ago, he suddenly woke up, looked at me with eyes full of terror, and handed me his
15:29scarf.
15:30Who are you, Finn?
15:32I don't care. I don't care if you are a demon, a ghost, or a thief who stole my brother's
15:37body.
15:37I only care that you are the one who looked at me with warmth.
15:40You gave me your food. You jumped in front of a gun for me.
15:44The real Finn Sterling is dead. And you belong to me.
15:53Boss, we have a breach. A tactical helipter just landed on the lawn.
15:55They claim they are representatives from the Vance Legacy Group, and they brought an arrest warrant for you from the
15:59SEC.
16:00Exile and cat and mouse. It looks like our honeymoon is starting early.
16:10Dorian! The SCE has police backup! They're entering from the main gate! We can't make it to the chopper!
16:17You're bleeding again. Why are you doing this? If you surrender, your lawyers can get you out in 48 hours.
16:23In my world, Finn, there is no cannot. Hold on to me. Surrender? And let them separate us?
16:28I'd rather drive us both off this cliff, sweetheart.
16:39Does it hurt?
16:45Dorian, we are on the run. You need to sleep. The police will locate the ship by dawn.
16:50The only thing that hurts.
16:59Is this... is this what Richard did to you after he brought you home?
17:04Dorian suffered horrific abuse when he was a kid.
17:07Richard? That's only part of it.
17:09Every time you were sipping champagne at a party, enjoying your high and mighty Sterling Prince status,
17:14I was locked in the basement for three days and three nights just because you broke a vase.
17:18They said I was gutter trash, and you were the golden boy of the Sterlings.
17:22If I could change the past, I would have been in that basement with you. I would have taken every
17:25whip for you.
17:35So while you're still here, let me leave more marks.
17:41Well, they didn't waste any time.
17:54No!
18:11No!
18:12If he wears that gun according to the canon's rule for going dark, he'll be shot dead on the spot.
18:17Or spend the rest of his life in prison.
18:19I stayed in this world to save him. I can't let him die here.
18:25I am Finn Sterling! Don't shoot! I am unarmed!
18:35Finn, thank god you're safe.
18:39Where is that psychopath? Where is Dorian?
18:49Go, Dorian. Live. I'll come back for you.
19:09You think you saved me, Finn? You just gave me a reason to burn this city to the ground.
19:14Wait for me.
19:20You haven't slept. It's been three days.
19:22I slept. Just not when you're watching.
19:26I'm not him, Finn. I don't lock you up. I keep you safe.
19:29What's the difference? The door doesn't open from the inside either.
19:32You call this safe? I call it another cage with better curtains.
19:43You can't keep fighting with that hand. Nerve damage doesn't heal if you keep punching.
19:48I don't need to heal. I need to stay alive.
19:50For what? You got nothing left. Sterling's gone. Your brother sold you out on live TV.
19:56He didn't sell me out.
19:57You saw the same broadcast I did. Dorian Sterling has no affiliation with the Sterling family. His words.
20:04Wait for the rain to stop.
20:15Off-sitting.
20:23He has no mental health. He's going to get hurt.
20:25You'll be outside.
20:26I'm behind you.
20:30The old port...
20:32No, no, no.
20:33You're in the day.
20:34How long have you been you?
20:34You're in the morning.
20:35What?
20:37you were gone for three hours your phone was off jackson has been calling my assistant every 20
20:42minutes do you want to tell me where you went i went for a walk the city feels different at
20:48night
20:49i have your behavioral observation report from 10 years ago every time you lied you touched
20:53your right ear you just did it try again i went to see someone a ghost from the past you'd
21:00like
21:00him he also doesn't sleep well your brother half-brother adopted legally irrelevant you
21:05wanted to know if i'm loyal i am to the people who don't lock me in
21:11i don't need your loyalty i need your name your signature you sign this you get control of
21:17sterling's overseas accounts i get what's left of my father's estate fair trade and if i don't sign
21:23then i send that report to the state mental health board they'll decide if a 21 year old with sudden
21:27personality change and unexplained knowledge of events he shouldn't know is fit to manage his
21:31own affairs your choice i'll sign but not tonight i want to see the full estate inventory first
21:37all of it not the edited version you gave me last week careful you're starting to sound like him
21:46that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me
21:51she thinks i'm playing her game she's right i am she just doesn't know i'm playing two games at once
21:58to my daughter i'm sorry i couldn't stay i'm not the man you deserve when you're old enough to
22:06understand this i hope you'll forgive me or at least not hate me as much as i hate myself
22:12evidence of sedatives in the deceased system inconsistent with accidental fall
22:19you found the locked drawer you killed him your own father you sedated him and let him fall
22:26he was going to leave again he had a new family a new wife a new baby on the way
22:33he told me i was a mistake from a difficult time
22:39i was seven i learned two things that year one love is conditional two if you want something to
22:46stay you have to make sure it can't leave he wrote you a letter he said he was sorry
22:57sorry doesn't bring dead fathers back to life and it doesn't make a seven-year-old feel loved
23:04you know what that feels like don't you being the one who wasn't chosen he chose you
23:10he left you the letter he left you the name he just didn't know how to stay i'm going to
23:15leave
23:16now the groundskeeper changes the flowers at his grave every monday you can take the old ones if
23:23you want
23:27i am here today to make a formal statement regarding dorian sterling's relationship with
23:33the sterling family and its associated holding
23:43you did well clean concise the last line was a nice touch which line the one where you paused
23:51for two seconds like you were about to say something else makes it look like you're being
23:55forced gives you sympathy points maybe i wasn't acting
24:02don't get clever on me finn i have leverage don't forget that
24:13wait for the rain to stop he said that not for the cameras for me
24:24we pulled this from the traffic camera on third and atlantic time stamp matches the night he said he
24:29went for a walk did he see him the angle is poor but the man's posture he was waiting not
24:39passing
24:49three days left three days until the tide three days to decide if i'm running to him or from him
25:03but the truth is i stopped running the moment i saw his handwriting on that paper
25:10you want to tell me who leaked the quarterly projections
25:13i don't have access to your quarterly projections you made sure of that
25:22then how did someone get the exact numbers before they were filed
25:24the only person who knew those numbers outside the board was in this room
25:29you i wasn't outside the board i was inside your apartment
25:34and your apartment doesn't have quarterly projections on its bathroom mirror
25:39you're helping him after everything he did to you
25:43he locked you up he controlled every part of your life
25:47and you're still choosing him
25:51i'm choosing not to be locked up
25:53that includes your apartment your security detail and your idea of protection
25:57you're not him that's true but you're not better
26:01you're just quieter
26:03same cage different lock
26:08i waited three years for you to see me
26:11you're still looking past me
26:15i wasn't looking past you
26:17i was looking through you
26:18at the same thing i always saw
26:20a man who thinks he can own someone by calling it protection
26:27jackson
26:28if you really want to protect me
26:30let me go
26:37sign it
26:37tonight
26:40you said you needed my name and my signature
26:42you lied
26:43you needed my signature and my silence
26:45if i sign this i'm not a partner
26:47i'm a scapegoat
26:48no
26:48finn sterling
26:49behavioral observation log
26:52september 12 2016
26:54subject ceased calling dorian sterling garbage
26:57handed him his own breakfast
26:58change of behavior abnormal
27:02october 5 2016
27:04subject cried when dorian was locked in the basement
27:07attempted to steal the key
27:09drastic shift in personality
27:11psychological evaluation recommended
27:14possible disursive response to trauma
27:16you're not the same person who grew up in this family
27:20the real finn sterling was a cruel shallow boy who never looked back
27:24you
27:25you're something else
27:27i don't know what you are
27:29but i know what people will think when they read this
27:32that you're mentally unstable
27:34that your sudden personality change was a break from reality
27:37and if i sign
27:38then these files stay in my private safe
27:41no one sees them
27:41you disappear from the record
27:43and i disappear the evidence
27:48you can send the car
27:50but think about this
27:52if i'm gone he has no reason to hold back
27:54and he's been holding back for 10 years
27:58not because he was afraid of me
28:00because he was afraid of what he'd become without me
28:03take that away
28:05and you'll see what happens when a wolf has nothing left to lose
28:13you took your time
28:15i had to wait for the rain to stop
28:18you're still wearing it
28:20you left the window open
28:22i left it open for you
28:25if i take you out of here
28:26you're not going back
28:28i wasn't planning to
28:29then let's go
28:32hold on
28:36what
28:36i used to think falling was the worst thing that could happen
28:40what do you think now
28:41now i think falling isn't the problem
28:43it's falling alone
28:45then don't
28:50they blocked the exits
28:53she knew we'd run
28:56she knew you'd run
28:57she's not trying to catch us
28:59she's trying to make sure we can't leave
29:03your hand
29:04you can't drive much longer
29:07i can drive until the wheels fall off
29:08and then what
29:09we bleed out on the side of the road
29:11while she watches from the camera feed
29:16she wants the files
29:17she wants the letter
29:19i have them
29:19i can give her something to chase
29:23you're talking about going back
29:24i'm talking about buying time
29:26she thinks she's winning if i come to her
29:28she doesn't know i'm coming to her to buy us a door
29:31she's gonna find out
29:33she'll find out when we're already gone
29:34that's the whole point
29:36she thinks i'm surrendering
29:38she's wrong
29:39i'm buying time
29:41three days to find a way out of this city
29:43before both of them close the net
29:50she's not gonna stop
29:53i changed my mind about the agreement
29:55i'll sign the transfer
29:56all of it
29:57but i have conditions
29:58you're in no position to make conditions
30:00pull your people off the ports
30:02give me three days
30:03and i'll bring you the files myself
30:06you expect me to trust you?
30:08i expect you to want what's in those files
30:10more than you want to catch me
30:16you just lied to her
30:17i know
30:19she'll find out
30:21that's why we only have three days
30:25three days
30:26we make them count
30:27she thinks i'm surrendering
30:29she's wrong
30:30i'm buying time
30:31three days to find a way out
30:33before both of them close the net
30:40ports are still blocked
30:42airports are still monitored
30:43she pulled half her people
30:45but she kept the checkpoints
30:50that's what i expected
30:51she doesn't trust me
30:53you gave her three days
30:55what do we do with three days?
30:57we give her something
30:59not the real files
31:00something that looks real enough
31:01to keep her busy
31:02and while she's chasing that
31:04we find the gap
31:06you've been planning this for a while
31:08since the night i found her father's letter
31:10she thinks she's the one
31:11holding all the cards
31:12she's not
31:12she's holding the ones i let her see
31:17she's gonna figure out you're lying
31:18and when she does
31:21she's gonna come for you
31:22i know
31:23that's why you're gonna be the one
31:25holding the real files when she does
31:29three days
31:30don't waste them
31:35he thinks i'm buying time
31:36for us to escape
31:38i am
31:40but i'm also buying time
31:42for him to get far enough away
31:43that charlotte can't reach him
31:45he doesn't know that part yet
31:50you think i wouldn't find you?
31:52i've been looking for three weeks
31:53you found me
31:54now what?
31:56you get in the car
31:57i forget about the sec file
31:59he stays here
32:01he's not staying
32:02and i'm not getting in your car
32:05you're protecting him
32:06after everything he did to you
32:08he didn't do anything to me
32:09that i didn't agree to
32:10that's more than you ever asked
32:14i don't need you to protect me
32:16you saved me three times
32:17let me get one
32:18you never looked at me like that
32:21three years
32:22i waited three years for you to look at me the way you look to him
32:25you didn't wait
32:26you locked the door and called it waiting
32:29you chose him
32:31i didn't choose him over you
32:33i chose him over being alone
32:34he would have done the same
32:38get out of here
32:38before i change my mind
32:43it's bleeding again
32:45it'll stop
32:47pull over
32:47i'm not sitting here while you bleed on the steering wheel
32:56this is from the fire
32:57the one at the apartment
32:59you carried me out with this hand
33:02i'd do it again
33:05don't punch with this hand for at least two weeks
33:08you're bossy
33:09i learned from the best
33:12i used to think i knew how this ended
33:14i read it in a book
33:16but the book didn't have this part
33:18the part where he let me choose
33:20i don't need to know the ending anymore
33:23i just need to stay
33:29you told him where i'd be
33:30he already knew
33:32he just didn't want to come alone
33:35he used to take me to the park
33:37not when i was old enough to remember
33:39but there's a picture
33:40he's smiling in it
33:41i don't remember him smiling
33:46you asked me once if i wanted him to know i existed
33:49i don't know if i wanted him to know
33:50i think i wanted him to regret
33:53do you think he did
33:56he wrote this to my mother
33:57i found it last night
34:00he said she was the one thing he didn't know how to stay for
34:02not because he didn't love her
34:04because he didn't know how
34:07i don't think he regretted leaving
34:10i think he regretted not being able to stay
34:15the groundskeeper comes on mondays
34:17he puts fresh flowers on the graves that don't have any
34:20you can take the old ones
34:21if you want
34:23i'll tell him to leave the ones from last week
34:29she's staying
34:30she's saying goodbye
34:31i think she's been saying it for 20 years
34:33now she's finally finishing
34:36you're not angry at her
34:39i used to be angry at everyone
34:41at you
34:42at myself
34:43at the world
34:43for putting me in a body that wasn't mine
34:46then i realized
34:48anger is just wanting things to be different
34:51and if i want them to be different i have to change them myself
34:53you have
34:54have i
34:57you're not the same person who got into my car 10 years ago
35:01you're not the same person who got out of it either
35:04i learned from the best
35:06get in
35:07we're not staying here
35:10she's gonna be okay
35:16i'm not going to say i'm sorry
35:19i spent 20 years thinking i was alone
35:23i wasn't
35:24i just couldn't see the people who were waiting
35:27the estate is yours
35:29all of it
35:30don't waste it on revenge
35:33waste it on something that lasts
35:35p.s. the flowers were a nice touch
35:37see
35:40she left the estate
35:42all of it
35:43she left something else too
35:50i won't
35:55i filed a withdrawal on the sec complaint
35:58it's done
35:59why
36:02because i spent three years trying to win something i was never supposed to have
36:06and i spent the last three weeks realizing
36:09i wasn't trying to win you
36:10i was trying to win against him
36:13that's not love
36:14that's just competition with a different name
36:16and the quarterly leak
36:18it was internal
36:19i found the source two days after i accused you
36:22not your doing
36:23i should have said that then
36:25it doesn't matter now
36:27no
36:27i guess it doesn't
36:30i was never a prize jackson
36:32i know
36:35i think i knew from the beginning
36:36i just didn't want to admit it
36:40i used to think you were the best thing that ever happened to me
36:43i was wrong
36:45the best thing that ever happened to me was realizing i could live without you
36:59i found it
37:00in the rubble
37:01it was under a piece of the kitchen counter
37:04i don't know how it survived
37:06you held on to it
37:08i held on to it because it was the only thing i had left of you after you walked away
37:14you had this engraved
37:16i had it engraved the day after you left
37:19i didn't know if i'd ever give it to you
37:21i just wanted it to have your name on it
37:25i'm not putting it on
37:27you said you'd give it to me when you knelt
37:30i'm holding you to that
37:34i don't have a speech
37:35i don't have a ring box
37:37i don't have anything to give you except the hand that's been bleeding for three months
37:40and the name i changed to match yours
37:43i spent ten years afraid of losing you
37:45and i lost you anyway
37:47i don't want to be afraid anymore
37:49if you want me to
37:51i'll spend the next forty years not running
37:58i was eight years old the first time you knelt down to tie my shoes
38:02i was crying because i couldn't get the knot right
38:04you didn't tell me to figure it out
38:06you knelt down and did it for me
38:09i never told you this
38:11but i knew right then that i would follow you anywhere
38:15now i'm asking you to let me follow you somewhere we don't have to run
38:21you just sit down your silent
38:23you tie it for me
38:25you're not gonna run
38:27no
38:30good
38:34ten years ago
38:35i woke up in a body that wasn't mine
38:37in a story that was supposed to kill me
38:40i thought i was here to survive
38:42i didn't know i was here to stay
38:44the book was wrong
38:46the villain didn't kill me
38:48he just waited for me to catch up
38:50i'm heading back to cook now
38:51do you feel like eating fish or beef?
38:53fish
38:53the soy sauce flavored one from last time was good
38:55but please don't add ginger
38:56it can't be changed
38:57you'll have to make do
39:21yes i understand
39:22i'll be in touch next week to finalize the transfer
39:26the lawyer?
39:28he wanted to confirm the timeline
39:29i told him i'd decide next week
39:50my name is dorian
39:52they gave it to me
39:55i don't know if you knew that
39:59i spent a long time thinking about what i'd say to you today
40:03i had a lot of versions
40:06angry ones
40:07questioning ones
40:09then i realized none of that matters anymore
40:11i don't need you to explain why you gave me away
40:15i don't need you to apologize
40:20i just need to know that at some point when you were alive
40:24you thought of me
40:34i came to see you
40:37next time maybe i won't come alone
40:50she found a photo
40:51of him
40:52holding her
40:53she's not coming back is she?
40:55no
40:55i think she's done
41:00he wasn't smiling for the camera
41:02he was smiling at me
41:04she found what she was looking for
41:06what?
41:07she wasn't looking for his money
41:09or his acknowledgement
41:11she just wanted to know
41:13that before he left
41:14for one moment
41:16he was looking at her
41:22you've been looking for the same thing
41:25what?
41:26confirmation that every place you left
41:29someone was waiting for you to come back
41:37i waited 10 years to have you standing there
41:47i changed a few things
41:50the fire timing
41:5272 hours after the liquidation is complete
41:54that way the timeline doesn't overlap with the investigation
42:00and the scene
42:01what about the personal effects?
42:03i prepared two sets of old clothes
42:05one we wear now
42:06one goes in the suitcase
42:08the wheels on the suitcase will have dust from the old basement
42:11not from here
42:13and your medical records
42:15i had someone alter your blood test data
42:18the analysis will read like
42:19internal bleeding from blunt force trauma
42:23you've been preparing for a long time
42:29since i found charlotte's report
42:32i thought
42:33if they're going to define me by the name finn sterling
42:35then i'll let that name die clean
42:39can you really give it up
42:41this name
42:43this city
42:45i can give up the things that don't let me choose
42:51this city was never an address to me
42:54it was where you were
43:02you kept it
43:04i thought
43:06if this is the last night here
43:08not using it would feel like something was missing
43:12when did you engraved it?
43:15the night you left
43:18i took it out of the half-burned room
43:19sat on the floor
43:21carved it with a key
43:25tie it
43:26loose
43:30you can break free
43:32i know
43:37the timer is set for 2 a.m
43:39the old house
43:41same guy who did the wiring for the basement fire
43:43he's clean
43:45you already said it?
43:47i said it before i came to the park
43:54goodnight
44:17the last time i watched a house burn
44:20i was carrying you out of it
44:24this time i'm walking out on my own
44:30and you're not alone
44:44second time watching a house burn
44:47much calmer than the first
45:11you know what that surname means?
45:14no
45:16but you chose it
45:16that's enough
45:23why this town?
45:27no extradition
45:29no press
45:31and the lake is deep enough to drown a boat if we ever need to
45:37also
45:39there's a grocery store that sells the kind of soy sauce you like
45:44are you brothers?
45:46we're family
46:04enough cabinet space?
46:06enough
46:06two extra shelves
46:09we'll buy vegetables and rice tomorrow
46:11and soy sauce
46:12the kind from last time
46:16are you tired?
46:18a little
46:19but not that kind of tired
46:25you're still here
46:31where else would i go?
46:48which side of the bed?
46:51by the window
46:57okay
47:02too high
47:03did you brush your teeth?
47:05no
47:05rough
47:07i'll shave tonight
47:10you're turning it the wrong way
47:11that's the exit hole
47:16how do you know?
47:19you did the same thing with the cabinet at the old house
47:22i fixed it later
47:24i remember a lot of things
47:26which drawer had what
47:27how you sorted books alphabetically
47:30how you cut off the top of a fruit before the bottom
47:36you remember that?
47:39i remember a lot
47:43what are you looking at?
47:45there's a trail here
47:47about 20 minutes from the house
47:49we can go tomorrow morning
47:54what time?
47:567
47:56can you wake up?
48:00you set the alarm
48:10last time i knelt
48:12you still owed me an answer
48:14i spent 10 years thinking love had to be proven with chains
48:18with control
48:19with everything that made me feel safe
48:21then i understood
48:24you never needed me to prove anything
48:26you just needed me to stand here
48:29this time i'm asking
48:32not telling
48:33not arranging
48:33not deciding for you
48:34i'm asking
48:36will you?
48:42i was 8 years old when you kneed down to tie my shoes
48:45i thought
48:46if this person treats me like this forever
48:48i'll never let go
48:51i still mean that
48:55your shoelace is loose again
48:58then you tie it
49:04where do we go now?
49:06home
49:22is your hand better now?
49:26hurts less
49:29it'll scar
49:31it already did
49:37you drink water the way i do
49:40what?
49:43you bring the bottle to your lips
49:44you bring the bottle to your lips
49:44then pause
49:45then drink
49:46you learn that from me
49:49what else did i learn from you?
49:52the way you talk
49:54the way you walk
49:56which side you sleep on
49:58and
50:00you loop your belt with your left hand once before you buckle it
50:04did i learn well?
50:08you learned perfectly
50:20i told you the estate is yours
50:21i didn't say you had to sign anything to get it
50:24burn this agreement
50:26i didn't keep a copy
50:27c
50:29i took the flowers he left at my mother's grave
50:34what was it?
50:37she voided the agreement
50:38she gave everything back
50:42she's gone?
50:44yeah
50:46this time she's really gone
50:53she wanted you to know that in the end
50:55she chose to do the right thing
50:57i know
51:01she said she took the flowers
51:05then she must have forgiven them
51:17did you ever imagine this day?
51:20which day?
51:21this day
51:23sitting here
51:24looking at the lake
51:25not running
51:26not hiding
51:27not locking doors
51:31i imagined it
51:32but i didn't believe it
51:33didn't believe what?
51:37didn't believe i could make it here
51:39i spent ten years trying to keep you in every wrong way
51:43locking doors
51:44controlling
51:45threatening
51:47i thought that was love
51:49then i understood
51:51it was just fear
51:53are you still afraid?
51:55yes
51:56but it's different now
51:59before i was afraid of losing you
52:01now i'm afraid that if i lose you
52:02i'll never find my way back
52:09you don't need to find your way back
52:12you're already on it
52:23dry your hair before you come over
52:27you said that before
52:30ten years ago
52:32the first time i came up from the basement after a shower
52:35you stood at the door and handed me a towel
52:39i don't remember that
52:40i do
52:42i thought you were playing with me
52:45then i realized you were actually afraid i'd catch a cold
52:50that was the first time i thought
52:53maybe there's one person in this house who doesn't hate me
52:59do you know that was the first time i felt like i did something right?
53:05you're getting the sheets wet
53:06then let them get wet
53:09do you remember the last time i looked at you like this?
53:12no
53:14the night of the fire
53:16i pulled you out from under that beam
53:17you were half conscious
53:20you looked up at me
53:21just once
53:22and you smiled
53:24just once
53:26and you smiled
53:28i smiled?
53:30just the corner of your mouth
53:32like you were saying
53:34there you are again
53:36i knew it was you
53:39not because of the face
53:41because of the look
53:42the body changed what was inside
53:44but the way you looked at me never did
53:48take this off
53:48it's cold and wet
53:52you're touching the oldest one
53:54where did it come from?
53:5512
53:56basement
53:56broken glass
54:21what are you looking at?
54:23you?
54:25you
54:31do you think anyone will write our story?
54:37i don't want someone else to write it
54:39written stories are fake
54:42this is real
54:49you need to shave
54:51tomorrow
54:54i spent 10 years trying to rewrite a story i thought was already written
54:59but stories don't get written
55:01they get lived
55:03and this one
55:05this one is mine now
55:10i never learned how to stay
55:12until you taught me