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00:00:00At my daughter's seventh birthday party, I was just about to call for her father to come cut the cake.

00:00:04Instead, Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:00:06Don't call me that. I'm not her father.

00:00:09He slammed a DNA paternity report down on the table.

00:00:12I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:00:14My adoptive parents slapped me across the face right there.

00:00:16Alessia, the real daughter they'd just welcomed home, shrank into my husband's arms, eyes red, playing innocent.

00:00:21I'm so sorry, Sophia. I only mentioned in Bassing that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:00:26I never thought he'd actually go and get it tested.

00:00:27From that day on, I was branded a whore, and Bella became the bastard child everyone spat on.

00:00:32Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:00:34For my daughter's sake, I swallowed my pride and went to beg him.

00:00:36Just one more DNA test.

00:00:38But instead, I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:00:40You faked a DNA report to humiliate your wife for Alessia's sake, stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:00:44Aren't you worried your wife and kid will actually leave?

00:00:46His voice was breezy, indifferent.

00:00:48Why would I worry? My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:00:51She's the fake daughter who stole all those years of Alessia's life.

00:00:53Once Alessia feels like things are even, I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:00:56Simple. Sophia can't survive without me.

00:00:58Even after the divorce, she'll wait.

00:01:00I thought of Bella crying, asking me if Daddy really didn't want her anymore.

00:01:02I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:01:05The next day, I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene.

00:01:07I went to City Hall with him and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:01:10What he didn't know was that the moment I walked out of that building,

00:01:13I turned around and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:01:15Standing outside his door, listening to Vito's careless words,

00:01:18I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:01:20His friend tried to say something more, but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:01:23Relax. When the time comes, I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:01:26I'll say the hospital made a mistake.

00:01:28She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:01:29I braced myself against the wall, a spasm of pain twisting through my chest.

00:01:33Just hours earlier, Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:01:36Her uniform, the one she always kept so neat,

00:01:39was caked in mud, her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:01:42I called her teacher.

00:01:43The voice on the other end was ice cold, demanding we transfer schools.

00:01:47Bella's mother, do you really need me to spell it out?

00:01:49When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful,

00:01:51when it's all anyone talks about,

00:01:52every child in that school knows your daughter is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:01:55The other parents have serious concerns,

00:01:56and frankly, we're in a very difficult position.

00:01:58I hung up and held my trembling daughter, my heart splitting open.

00:02:01She looked up at me, her small face streaked with tears.

00:02:04Mommy, if I really am daddy's daughter, would he love me again?

00:02:08For that one sentence, I threw away every last shred of dignity

00:02:11and came to find Vito, to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:02:14I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:02:17In his eyes, publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing,

00:02:21a trivial inconvenience.

00:02:22The shame and abuse Bella and I endured

00:02:24was just a performance he'd staged to please another woman.

00:02:27Even my adoptive parents, who'd always sworn they loved me most,

00:02:30were accomplices in his little play.

00:02:32I shut my eyes against the pain.

00:02:34Behind the door, their laughter continued.

00:02:36His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:02:38But what about Bella?

00:02:39I saw her earlier.

00:02:40A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her,

00:02:42and she ran out of school crying.

00:02:43You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:02:45If she ever finds out the truth, she might never forgive you.

00:02:46Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man convinced he held all the cards.

00:02:51Kids forget fast.

00:02:52A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:02:54Besides, she's my biological daughter.

00:02:55Blood is thicker than water.

00:02:57You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:02:58I dug my nails deeper into my palms,

00:03:00but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:03:02Before, I would have kicked that door open and demanded answers.

00:03:05But this time, I simply turned around.

00:03:07This divorce was happening.

00:03:08No matter what.

00:03:10I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:03:12took Bella by the hand,

00:03:13and went back to the Romano estate.

00:03:14Every other time I'd come home,

00:03:16my adoptive parents would come out smiling before I even reached the door.

00:03:19This time, my adoptive mother's voice was thick with disgust.

00:03:22What are you doing here?

00:03:23Mom, I have nowhere to go.

00:03:25I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:03:27She sneered.

00:03:28The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter.

00:03:31Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:03:32My chest tightened.

00:03:33Bella peeked out from behind me, timid and small.

00:03:36Grandpa!

00:03:37Grandma!

00:03:37Her voice was soft and sweet, just like always.

00:03:40Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:03:41their faces remained stone cold.

00:03:43Don't call us that.

00:03:44We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:03:47It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:03:48I stood rooted to the spot, a few days apart,

00:03:50and we'd gone from adopted daughter to not even worth claiming as distant family.

00:03:53I still remembered when my adoptive father used to lift me over his head

00:03:56and declare that Sophia was the jewel of the Romano family.

00:03:59My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone about how accomplished her adopted daughter was.

00:04:03But ever since Alessia came back,

00:04:04their love for me vanished overnight.

00:04:06The family businesses I managed were stripped away, one by one.

00:04:09The connections I'd painstakingly built were transferred to Alessia's name, piece by piece.

00:04:13At the time, I'd told myself it made sense.

00:04:15Alessia was their real daughter.

00:04:16Compensating her was only natural.

00:04:18Now I finally understood.

00:04:19They resented me.

00:04:20At my daughter's seventh birthday party,

00:04:21I was just about to call for her father to come cut the cake.

00:04:24Instead, Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:04:26Don't call me that.

00:04:27I'm not her father.

00:04:29He slammed a DNA paternity report down on the table.

00:04:32I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:04:34My adoptive parents slapped me across the face right there.

00:04:36Alessia, the real daughter they'd just welcomed home,

00:04:38shrank into my husband's arms, eyes red, playing innocent.

00:04:41I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:04:43I only mentioned in Bassing that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:04:45I never thought he'd actually go and get it tested.

00:04:48From that day on, I was branded a whore,

00:04:50and Bella became the bastard child everyone spat on.

00:04:52Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:04:54For my daughter's sake, I swallowed my pride and went to beg him.

00:04:56Just one more DNA test.

00:04:58But instead, I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:05:00You faked a DNA report to humiliate your wife for Alessia's sake,

00:05:03stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:05:04Aren't you worried your wife and kid will actually leave?

00:05:06His voice was breezy, indifferent.

00:05:08Why would I worry?

00:05:08My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:05:11She's the fake daughter who stole all those years of Alessia's life.

00:05:13Once Alessia feels like things are even, I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:05:16Simple.

00:05:17Sophia can't survive without me.

00:05:18Even after the divorce, she'll wait.

00:05:20I thought of Bella crying, asking me if Daddy really didn't want her anymore.

00:05:22I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:05:25The next day, I didn't cry.

00:05:26I didn't make a scene.

00:05:27I went to City Hall with him and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:05:30What he didn't know was that the moment I walked out of that building,

00:05:32I turned around and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:05:35Standing outside his door, listening to Vito's careless words,

00:05:38I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:05:39His friend tried to say something more, but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:05:43Relax.

00:05:44When the time comes, I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:05:46I'll say the hospital made a mistake.

00:05:48She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:05:49I braced myself against the wall, a spasm of pain twisting through my chest.

00:05:53Just hours earlier, Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:05:56Her uniform, the one she always kept so neat, was caked in mud, her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:06:02I called her teacher.

00:06:03The voice on the other end was ice cold, demanding we transfer schools.

00:06:07Bella's mother, do you really need me to spell it out?

00:06:09When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful, when it's all anyone talks about,

00:06:12every child in that school knows your daughter is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:06:15The other parents have serious concerns and frankly, we're in a very difficult position.

00:06:17I hung up and held my trembling daughter, my heart splitting open.

00:06:21She looked up at me.

00:06:21Her small face streaked with tears.

00:06:23Mommy, if I really am daddy's daughter, would he love me again?

00:06:28For that one sentence, I threw away every last shred of dignity and came to find Vito,

00:06:32to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:06:34I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:06:37In his eyes, publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing, a trivial inconvenience.

00:06:42The shame and abuse Bella and I endured was just a performance he'd staged to please another woman.

00:06:47Even my adoptive parents, who'd always sworn they loved me most, were accomplices in his little play.

00:06:52I shut my eyes against the pain.

00:06:54Behind the door, their laughter continued.

00:06:56His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:06:58But what about Bella?

00:06:59I saw her earlier.

00:07:00A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her and she ran out of school crying.

00:07:03You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:07:04If she ever finds out the truth, she might never forgive you.

00:07:06Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man convinced he held all the cards.

00:07:11Kids forget fast.

00:07:12A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:07:13Besides, she's my biological daughter.

00:07:15Blood is thicker than water.

00:07:17You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:07:18I dug my nails deeper into my palms.

00:07:20But I couldn't feel the pain.

00:07:22Before, I would have kicked that door open and demanded answers.

00:07:25But this time, I simply turned around.

00:07:27This divorce was happening.

00:07:28No matter what.

00:07:30I packed a few changes of clothes, took Bella by the hand, and went back to the Romano estate.

00:07:34Every other time I'd come home, my adoptive parents would come out smiling before I even reached the door.

00:07:39This time, my adoptive mother's voice was thick with disgust.

00:07:42What are you doing here?

00:07:43Mom, I have nowhere to go.

00:07:46I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:07:47She sneered.

00:07:48The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter.

00:07:51Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:07:52My chest tightened.

00:07:53Bella peeked out from behind me, timid and small.

00:07:56Grandpa!

00:07:56Grandma!

00:07:57Her voice was soft and sweet, just like always.

00:08:00Waiting for them to scoop her up, their faces remained stone cold.

00:08:03Don't call us that.

00:08:04We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:08:06It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:08:08I stood rooted to the spot, a few days apart, and we'd gone from adopted daughter to not even worth

00:08:12claiming as distant family.

00:08:13I still remembered when my adoptive father used to lift me over his head and declare that Sophia was the

00:08:18jewel of the Romano family.

00:08:19My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone about how accomplished her adopted daughter was.

00:08:23But ever since Alessia came back, their love for me vanished overnight.

00:08:26The family businesses I managed were stripped away, one by one.

00:08:29The connections I'd painstakingly built were transferred to Alessia's name, piece by piece.

00:08:33At the time, I'd told myself it made sense.

00:08:34Alessia was their real daughter.

00:08:36Compensating her was only natural.

00:08:38Now I finally understood.

00:08:39They resented me.

00:08:40At my daughter's seventh birthday party, I was just about to call for her father to come cut the cake.

00:08:43Instead, Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:08:46Don't call me that.

00:08:47I'm not her father.

00:08:49He slammed a DNA paternity report down on the table.

00:08:52I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:08:53My adoptive parents slapped me across the face right there.

00:08:56Alessia, the real daughter they'd just welcomed home, shrank into my husband's arms, eyes red, playing innocent.

00:09:01I'm so sorry, Sophia. I only mentioned in Bassing that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:09:05I never thought he'd actually go and get it tested.

00:09:08From that day on, I was branded a whore, and Bella became the bastard child everyone spat on.

00:09:12Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:09:13For my daughter's sake, I swallowed my pride and went to beg him.

00:09:16Just one more DNA test.

00:09:18But instead, I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:09:20You faked a DNA report to humiliate your wife for Alessia's sake, stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:09:24Aren't you worried your wife and kid will actually leave?

00:09:26His voice was breezy, indifferent.

00:09:27Why would I worry? My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:09:30She's the fake daughter who stole all those years of Alessia's life.

00:09:33Once Alessia feels like things are even, I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:09:36Simple. Sophia can't survive without me.

00:09:38Even after the divorce, she'll wait.

00:09:40I thought of Bella crying, asking me if Daddy really didn't want her anymore.

00:09:42I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:09:45The next day, I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene.

00:09:47I went to City Hall with him and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:09:50What he didn't know was that the moment I walked out of that building,

00:09:52I turned around and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:09:54Standing outside his door, listening to Vito's careless words.

00:09:58I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:09:59His friend tried to say something more, but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:10:03Relax. When the time comes, I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:10:06I'll say the hospital made a mistake. She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:10:09I braced myself against the wall.

00:10:11A spasm of pain twisting through my chest.

00:10:13Just hours earlier, Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:10:16Her uniform, the one she always kept so neat, was caked in mud.

00:10:20Her knees scraped raw and bloody. I called her teacher.

00:10:23The voice on the other end was ice cold, demanding we transfer schools.

00:10:26Bella's mother, do you really need me to spell it out?

00:10:29When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful, when it's all anyone talks about,

00:10:32every child in that school knows your daughter is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:10:35The other parents have serious concerns, and frankly, we're in a very difficult position.

00:10:37I hung up and held my trembling daughter, my heart splitting open.

00:10:40She looked up at me. Her small face streaked with tears.

00:10:43Mommy, if I really am daddy's daughter, would he love me again?

00:10:47For that one sentence, I threw away every last shred of dignity and came to find Vito.

00:10:52To beg him for one more DNA test.

00:10:54I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:10:57In his eyes, publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing.

00:11:01A trivial inconvenience.

00:11:02The shame and abuse Bella and I endured was just a performance he'd staged to please another woman.

00:11:07Even my adoptive parents, who'd always sworn they loved me most, were accomplices in his little play.

00:11:12I shut my eyes against the pain.

00:11:14Behind the door, their laughter continued.

00:11:15His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:11:18But what about Bella?

00:11:19I saw her earlier.

00:11:20A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her and she ran out of school crying.

00:11:23You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:11:24If she ever finds out the truth, she might never forgive you.

00:11:26Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man convinced he held all the cards.

00:11:31Kids forget fast.

00:11:32A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:11:34Besides, she's my biological daughter.

00:11:35Blood is thicker than water.

00:11:36You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:11:38I dug my nails deeper into my palms.

00:11:40But I couldn't feel the pain.

00:11:42Before, I would have kicked that door open and demanded answers.

00:11:44But this time, I simply turned around.

00:11:47This divorce was happening.

00:11:48No matter what.

00:11:49I packed a few changes of clothes, took Bella by the hand, and went back to the Romano estate.

00:11:54Every other time I'd come home, my adoptive parents would come out smiling before I even reached the door.

00:11:59This time, my adoptive mother's voice was thick with disgust.

00:12:02What are you doing here?

00:12:03Mom, I have nowhere to go.

00:12:05I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:12:07She sneered.

00:12:08The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter.

00:12:10Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:12:12My chest tightened.

00:12:13Bella peeked out from behind me, timid and small.

00:12:15Grandpa!

00:12:16Grandma!

00:12:17Her voice was soft and sweet, just like always.

00:12:20Waiting for them to scoop her up, their faces remained stone cold.

00:12:23Don't call us that.

00:12:24We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:12:26It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:12:28I stood rooted to the spot, a few days apart, and we'd gone from adopted daughter to not even worth

00:12:32claiming as distant family.

00:12:33I still remembered when my adoptive father used to lift me over his head and declare that Sofia was the

00:12:37jewel of the Romano family.

00:12:39My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone about how accomplished her adopted daughter was, but ever since Alessia came

00:12:44back, their love for me vanished overnight.

00:12:46The family businesses I managed were stripped away, one by one.

00:12:49The connections I'd painstakingly built were transferred to Alessia's name, piece by piece.

00:12:53At the time, I'd told myself it made sense.

00:12:55Alessia was their real daughter.

00:12:56Compensating her was only natural.

00:12:57Now I finally understood.

00:12:59They resented me.

00:12:59At my daughter's seventh birthday party, I was just about to call for her father to come cut the cake.

00:13:03Instead, Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:13:06Don't call me that.

00:13:07I'm not her father.

00:13:09He slammed a DNA paternity report down on the table.

00:13:12I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:13:13My adoptive parents slapped me across the face right there.

00:13:16Alessia, the real daughter they'd just welcomed home, shrank into my husband's arms, eyes red, playing innocent.

00:13:21I'm so sorry, Sofia.

00:13:22I only mentioned in Bassing that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:13:25I never thought he'd actually go and get it tested.

00:13:27From that day on, I was branded a whore, and Bella became the bastard child everyone spat on.

00:13:32Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:13:33For my daughter's sake, I swallowed my pride and went to beg him.

00:13:36Just one more DNA test.

00:13:37But instead, I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:13:40You faked a DNA report to humiliate your wife for Alessia's sake?

00:13:43Stamped Bella as a bastard?

00:13:44Aren't you worried your wife and kid will actually leave?

00:13:46His voice was breezy.

00:13:47Indifferent.

00:13:47Why would I worry?

00:13:48My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:13:50She's the fake daughter who stole all those years of Alessia's life.

00:13:53Once Alessia feels like things are even, I'll just remarry Sofia.

00:13:56Simple.

00:13:57Sofia can't survive without me.

00:13:58Even after the divorce, she'll wait.

00:13:59I thought of Bella crying, asking me if Daddy really didn't want her anymore.

00:14:02I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:14:05The next day, I didn't cry.

00:14:06I didn't make a scene.

00:14:07I went to City Hall with him and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:14:10What he didn't know was that the moment I walked out of that building,

00:14:12I turned around and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:14:14Standing outside his door, listening to Vito's careless words,

00:14:17I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:14:19His friend tried to say something more, but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:14:23Relax.

00:14:24When the time comes, I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:14:26I'll say the hospital made a mistake.

00:14:27She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:14:29I braced myself against the wall, a spasm of pain twisting through my chest.

00:14:33Just hours earlier, Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:14:36Her uniform, the one she always kept so neat, was caked in mud, her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:14:42I called her teacher.

00:14:43The voice on the other end was ice cold, demanding we transfer schools.

00:14:46Bella's mother, do you really need me to spell it out?

00:14:49When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful, when it's all anyone talks about,

00:14:52every child in that school knows your daughter is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:14:55The other parents have serious concerns and frankly, we're in a very difficult position.

00:14:57I hung up and held my trembling daughter, my heart splitting open.

00:15:00She looked up at me.

00:15:01Her small face streaked with tears.

00:15:03Mommy, if I really am daddy's daughter, would he love me again?

00:15:07For that one sentence, I threw away every last shred of dignity and came to find Vito,

00:15:12to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:15:14I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:15:17In his eyes, publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing, a trivial inconvenience.

00:15:22The shame and abuse Bella and I endured was just a performance he'd staged to please another woman.

00:15:26Even my adoptive parents, who'd always sworn they loved me most, were accomplices in his little play.

00:15:32I shut my eyes against the pain.

00:15:34Behind the door, their laughter continued.

00:15:36His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:15:38But what about Bella?

00:15:39I saw her earlier.

00:15:40A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her and she ran out of school crying.

00:15:43You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:15:44If she ever finds out the truth, she might never forgive you.

00:15:46Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man convinced he held all the cards.

00:15:50Kids forget fast.

00:15:52A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:15:53Besides, she's my biological daughter.

00:15:55Blood is thicker than water.

00:15:56You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:15:58I dug my nails deeper into my palms, but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:16:02Before, I would have kicked that door open and demanded answers.

00:16:04But this time, I simply turned around.

00:16:07This divorce was happening.

00:16:08No matter what.

00:16:09I packed a few changes of clothes, took Bella by the hand, and went back to the Romano estate.

00:16:14Every other time I'd come home, my adoptive parents would come out smiling before I even reached the door.

00:16:19This time, my adoptive mother's voice was thick with disgust.

00:16:22What are you doing here?

00:16:23Mom, I have nowhere to go.

00:16:25I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:16:27She sneered.

00:16:28The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter.

00:16:30Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:16:32My chest tightened.

00:16:33Bella peeked out from behind me, timid and small.

00:16:35Grandpa!

00:16:36Grandma!

00:16:37Her voice was soft and sweet, just like always.

00:16:40Waiting for them to scoop her up, their faces remained stone cold.

00:16:43Don't call us that.

00:16:44We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:16:46It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:16:48I stood rooted to the spot, a few days apart, and we'd gone from adopted daughter to not even worth

00:16:52claiming as distant family.

00:16:53I still remembered when my adoptive father used to lift me over his head and declare that Sophia was the

00:16:57jewel of the Romano family.

00:16:59My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone about how accomplished her adopted daughter was.

00:17:02But ever since Alessia came back, their love for me vanished overnight.

00:17:06The family businesses I managed were stripped away, one by one.

00:17:09The connections I'd painstakingly built were transferred to Alessia's name, piece by piece.

00:17:13At the time, I'd told myself it made sense.

00:17:14Alessia was their real daughter.

00:17:16Compensating her was only natural.

00:17:17Now I finally understood.

00:17:18They resented me.

00:17:19At my daughter's seventh birthday party, I was just about to call for her father to come cut the cake.

00:17:23Instead, Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:17:26Don't call me that.

00:17:27I'm not her father.

00:17:29He slammed a DNA paternity report down on the table.

00:17:31I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:17:33My adoptive parents slapped me across the face right there.

00:17:36Alessia, the real daughter they'd just welcomed home, shrank into my husband's arms, eyes red, playing innocent.

00:17:41I'm so sorry, Sophia. I only mentioned in Bassing that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:17:45I never thought he'd actually go and get it tested.

00:17:47From that day on, I was branded a whore, and Bella became the bastard child everyone spat on.

00:17:52Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:17:53For my daughter's sake, I swallowed my pride and went to beg him.

00:17:56Just one more DNA test.

00:17:57But instead, I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:18:00You faked a DNA report to humiliate your wife for Alessia's sake?

00:18:03Stamped Bella as a bastard?

00:18:04Aren't you worried your wife and kid will actually leave?

00:18:05His voice was breezy, indifferent.

00:18:07Why would I worry? My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:18:10She's the fake daughter who stole all those years of Alessia's life.

00:18:13Once Alessia feels like things are even, I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:18:16Simple. Sophia can't survive without me.

00:18:18Even after the divorce, she'll wait.

00:18:19I thought of Bella crying, asking me if Daddy really didn't want her anymore.

00:18:22I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:18:25The next day, I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene.

00:18:27I went to City Hall with him and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:18:30What he didn't know was that the moment I walked out of that building,

00:18:32I turned around and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:18:34Standing outside his door, listening to Vito's careless words.

00:18:37I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:18:39His friend tried to say something more, but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:18:43Relax. When the time comes, I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:18:46I'll say the hospital made a mistake. She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:18:49I braced myself against the wall.

00:18:50A spasm of pain twisting through my chest.

00:18:53Just hours earlier, Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:18:56Her uniform, the one she always kept so neat, was caked in mud.

00:19:00Her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:19:01I called her teacher. The voice on the other end was ice cold, demanding we transfer schools.

00:19:06Bella's mother, do you really need me to spell it out?

00:19:08When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful, when it's all anyone talks about,

00:19:12every child in that school knows your daughter is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:19:14The other parents have serious concerns and frankly, we're in a very difficult position.

00:19:17I hung up and held my trembling daughter, my heart splitting open.

00:19:20She looked up at me. Her small face streaked with tears.

00:19:23Mommy, if I really am daddy's daughter, would he love me again?

00:19:27For that one sentence, I threw away every last shred of dignity and came to find Vito.

00:19:32To beg him for one more DNA test.

00:19:34I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:19:37In his eyes, publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing.

00:19:41A trivial inconvenience.

00:19:42The shame and abuse Bella and I endured was just a performance he'd staged to please another woman.

00:19:47Even my adoptive parents, who'd always sworn they loved me most, were accomplices in his little play.

00:19:52I shut my eyes against the pain. Behind the door, their laughter continued.

00:19:55His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:19:57But what about Bella? I saw her earlier.

00:20:00A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her and she ran out of school crying.

00:20:03You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:20:04If she ever finds out the truth, she might never forgive you.

00:20:06Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man convinced he held all the cards.

00:20:10Kids forget fast. A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:20:13Besides, she's my biological daughter. Blood is thicker than water.

00:20:16You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:20:18I dug my nails deeper into my palms.

00:20:20But I couldn't feel the pain. Before, I would have kicked that door open and demanded answers.

00:20:24But this time, I simply turned around. This divorce was happening. No matter what.

00:20:29I packed a few changes of clothes, took Bella by the hand, and went back to the Romano estate.

00:20:34Every other time I'd come home, my adoptive parents would come out smiling before I even reached the door.

00:20:39This time, my adoptive mother's voice was thick with disgust.

00:20:42What are you doing here?

00:20:43Mom, I have nowhere to go. I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:20:47She sneered.

00:20:47The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter. Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:20:52My chest tightened. Bella peeked out from behind me, timid and small.

00:20:55Grandpa! Grandma!

00:20:57Her voice was soft and sweet, just like always.

00:21:00Waiting for them to scoop her up, their faces remained stone cold.

00:21:03Don't call us that. We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:21:06It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:21:08I stood rooted to the spot, a few days apart, and we'd gone from adopted daughter to not even worth

00:21:12claiming as distant family.

00:21:13I still remembered when my adoptive father used to lift me over his head and declare that Sophia was the

00:21:17jewel of the Romano family.

00:21:19My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone about how accomplished her adopted daughter was.

00:21:22But ever since Alessia came back, their love for me vanished overnight.

00:21:26The family businesses I managed were stripped away, one by one.

00:21:29The connections I'd painstakingly built were transferred to Alessia's name, piece by piece.

00:21:32At the time, I'd told myself it made sense.

00:21:34Alessia was their real daughter. Compensating her was only natural.

00:21:37Now I finally understood.

00:21:38They resented me. At my daughter's seventh birthday party, I was just about to call for her father to come

00:21:43cut the cake.

00:21:43Instead, Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:21:46Don't call me that. I'm not her father.

00:21:49He slammed a DNA paternity report down on the table.

00:21:51I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:21:53My adoptive parents slapped me across the face right there.

00:21:56Alessia, the real daughter they'd just welcomed home, shrank into my husband's arms, eyes red, playing innocent.

00:22:01I'm so sorry, Sophia. I only mentioned in Bassing that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:22:05I never thought he'd actually go and get it tested.

00:22:07From that day on, I was branded a whore, and Bella became the bastard child everyone spat on.

00:22:12Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:22:13For my daughter's sake, I swallowed my pride and went to beg him.

00:22:16Just one more DNA test.

00:22:17But instead, I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:22:20You faked a DNA report to humiliate your wife for Alessia's sake?

00:22:23Stamped Bella as a bastard?

00:22:24Aren't you worried your wife and kid will actually leave?

00:22:25His voice was breezy. Indifferent.

00:22:27Why would I worry?

00:22:28My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:22:30She's the fake daughter who stole all those years of Alessia's life.

00:22:33Once Alessia feels like things are even, I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:22:35Simple. Sophia can't survive without me.

00:22:38Even after the divorce, she'll wait.

00:22:39I thought of Bella crying, asking me if Daddy really didn't want her anymore.

00:22:42I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:22:45The next day, I didn't cry.

00:22:46I didn't make a scene.

00:22:47I went to City Hall with him and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:22:50What he didn't know was that the moment I walked out of that building,

00:22:52I turned around and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:22:54Standing outside his door, listening to Vito's careless words,

00:22:57I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:22:59His friend tried to say something more,

00:23:01but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:23:03Relax.

00:23:04When the time comes, I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:23:06I'll say the hospital made a mistake.

00:23:07She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:23:09I braced myself against the wall,

00:23:10a spasm of pain twisting through my chest.

00:23:13Just hours earlier,

00:23:14Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:23:16Her uniform,

00:23:17the one she always kept so neat,

00:23:18was caked in mud,

00:23:20her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:23:22I called her teacher.

00:23:23The voice on the other end was ice cold,

00:23:25demanding we transfer schools.

00:23:26Bella's mother,

00:23:27do you really need me to spell it out?

00:23:28When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful,

00:23:31when it's all anyone talks about,

00:23:32every child in that school knows your daughter is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:23:34The other parents have serious concerns,

00:23:36and frankly, we're in a very difficult position.

00:23:37I hung up and held my trembling daughter,

00:23:39my heart splitting open.

00:23:40She looked up at me,

00:23:41her small face streaked with tears.

00:23:43Mommy,

00:23:44if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:23:46would he love me again?

00:23:47For that one sentence,

00:23:48I threw away every last shred of dignity

00:23:50and came to find Vito,

00:23:52to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:23:54I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:23:56In his eyes,

00:23:57publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing,

00:24:01a trivial inconvenience.

00:24:02The shame and abuse Bella and I endured

00:24:04was just a performance he'd staged to please another woman.

00:24:07Even my adoptive parents,

00:24:08who'd always sworn they loved me most,

00:24:10were accomplices in his little play.

00:24:12I shut my eyes against the pain.

00:24:14Behind the door,

00:24:14their laughter continued.

00:24:15His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:24:17But what about Bella?

00:24:18I saw her earlier.

00:24:20A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her

00:24:21and she ran out of school crying.

00:24:22You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:24:24If she ever finds out the truth,

00:24:25she might never forgive you.

00:24:26Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man

00:24:28convinced he held all the cards.

00:24:30Kids forget fast.

00:24:32A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:24:33Besides, she's my biological daughter.

00:24:35Blood is thicker than water.

00:24:36You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:24:38I dug my nails deeper into my palms,

00:24:40but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:24:41Before, I would have kicked that door open

00:24:43and demanded answers.

00:24:44But this time,

00:24:45I simply turned around.

00:24:47This divorce was happening,

00:24:48no matter what.

00:24:49I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:24:51took Bella by the hand,

00:24:52and went back to the Romano estate.

00:24:54Every other time I'd come home,

00:24:55my adoptive parents would come out smiling

00:24:57before I even reached the door.

00:24:59This time,

00:24:59my adoptive mother's voice was thick with disgust.

00:25:02What are you doing here?

00:25:03Mom,

00:25:04I have nowhere to go.

00:25:05I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:25:07She sneered.

00:25:08The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter.

00:25:10Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:25:12My chest tightened.

00:25:13Bella peeked out from behind me,

00:25:14timid and small.

00:25:15Grandpa!

00:25:16Grandma!

00:25:17Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:25:19just like always.

00:25:19Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:25:21their faces remained stone cold.

00:25:23Don't call us that.

00:25:24We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:25:26It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:25:28I stood rooted to the spot,

00:25:29a few days apart,

00:25:30and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:25:31to not even worth claiming as distant family.

00:25:33I still remembered when my adoptive father

00:25:35used to lift me over his head

00:25:36and declare that Sophia was the jewel

00:25:37of the Romano family.

00:25:38My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone

00:25:40about how accomplished her adopted daughter was.

00:25:42But ever since Alessia came back,

00:25:44their love for me vanished overnight.

00:25:45The family businesses I managed

00:25:47were stripped away,

00:25:48one by one.

00:25:48The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:25:50were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:25:51piece by piece.

00:25:52At the time,

00:25:53I'd told myself it made sense.

00:25:54Alessia was their real daughter.

00:25:56Compensating her was only natural.

00:25:57Now I finally understood.

00:25:58They resented me.

00:25:59At my daughter's seventh birthday party,

00:26:01I was just about to call for her father

00:26:02to come cut the cake.

00:26:03Instead,

00:26:04Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:26:06Don't call me that.

00:26:07I'm not her father.

00:26:09He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:26:10down on the table.

00:26:11I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:26:13My adoptive parents slapped me

00:26:14across the face right there.

00:26:15Alessia,

00:26:16the real daughter

00:26:17they'd just welcomed home,

00:26:18shrank into my husband's arms,

00:26:19eyes red,

00:26:20playing innocent.

00:26:21I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:26:22I only mentioned in Bassing

00:26:24that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:26:25I never thought he'd actually go

00:26:26and get it tested.

00:26:27From that day on,

00:26:28I was branded a whore,

00:26:29and Bella became the bastard child

00:26:31everyone spat on.

00:26:32Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:26:33For my daughter's sake,

00:26:34I swallowed my pride

00:26:35and went to beg him.

00:26:36Just one more DNA test.

00:26:37But instead,

00:26:38I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:26:40You faked a DNA report

00:26:41to humiliate your wife

00:26:42for Alessia's sake,

00:26:42stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:26:44Aren't you worried

00:26:44your wife and kid

00:26:45will actually leave?

00:26:45His voice was breezy,

00:26:46indifferent.

00:26:47Why would I worry?

00:26:48My in-laws know

00:26:49the DNA test was forged.

00:26:50She's the fake daughter

00:26:51who stole all those years

00:26:52of Alessia's life.

00:26:53Once Alessia feels like

00:26:54things are even,

00:26:54I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:26:56Simple.

00:26:56Sophia can't survive without me.

00:26:58Even after the divorce,

00:26:59she'll wait.

00:26:59I thought of Bella crying,

00:27:00asking me if Daddy

00:27:01really didn't want her anymore.

00:27:02I clenched my fists so hard

00:27:03my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:27:05The next day,

00:27:05I didn't cry.

00:27:06I didn't make a scene.

00:27:09Calmly.

00:27:09What he didn't know

00:27:10was that the moment

00:27:11I walked out of that building,

00:27:12I turned around

00:27:13and picked up another

00:27:13marriage certificate.

00:27:14Standing outside his door,

00:27:15listening to Vito's careless words,

00:27:17I could barely keep

00:27:18my legs beneath me.

00:27:19His friend tried

00:27:20to say something more,

00:27:21but Vito cut him off

00:27:22with a low laugh.

00:27:23Relax.

00:27:24When the time comes,

00:27:24I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:27:26I'll say the hospital

00:27:26made a mistake.

00:27:27She'll come crawling back

00:27:28on her own.

00:27:28I braced myself against the wall,

00:27:30a spasm of pain

00:27:31twisting through my chest.

00:27:33Just hours earlier,

00:27:34Bella had come home

00:27:35from school in tears.

00:27:36Her uniform,

00:27:37the one she always kept so neat,

00:27:38was caked in mud,

00:27:40her knees scraped raw

00:27:41and bloody.

00:27:41I called her teacher.

00:27:42The voice on the other end

00:27:43was ice cold,

00:27:45demanding we transfer schools.

00:27:46Bella's mother,

00:27:47do you really need me

00:27:48to spell it out?

00:27:48When a parent's personal life

00:27:49is this disgraceful,

00:27:50when it's all anyone talks about,

00:27:52every child in that school

00:27:52knows your daughter

00:27:53is some man's

00:27:53illegitimate mistake.

00:27:54The other parents

00:27:55have serious concerns

00:27:55and frankly,

00:27:56we're in a very difficult position.

00:27:57I hung up

00:27:58and held my trembling daughter,

00:27:59my heart splitting open.

00:28:00She looked up at me,

00:28:01her small face

00:28:02streaked with tears.

00:28:03Mommy,

00:28:04if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:28:06would he love me again?

00:28:07For that one sentence,

00:28:08I threw away

00:28:09every last shred of dignity

00:28:10and came to find Vito,

00:28:12to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:28:14I never imagined

00:28:14I'd overhear something

00:28:15so vile instead.

00:28:16In his eyes,

00:28:17publicly forging a DNA test

00:28:19to humiliate me

00:28:20was nothing,

00:28:20a trivial inconvenience.

00:28:22The shame and abuse

00:28:23Bella and I endured

00:28:24was just a performance

00:28:25he'd staged

00:28:25to please another woman.

00:28:26Even my adoptive parents,

00:28:28who'd always sworn

00:28:29they loved me most,

00:28:30were accomplices

00:28:31in his little play.

00:28:32I shut my eyes

00:28:33against the pain.

00:28:33Behind the door,

00:28:34their laughter continued.

00:28:35His friends seemed

00:28:36to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:28:37But what about Bella?

00:28:38I saw her earlier.

00:28:40A bunch of kids

00:28:40were screaming bastard at her

00:28:41and she ran out of school crying.

00:28:43You're really okay

00:28:43with her suffering like that?

00:28:44If she ever finds out the truth,

00:28:45she might never forgive you.

00:28:46Vito's tone dripped

00:28:47with the arrogance of a man

00:28:48convinced he held

00:28:49all the cards.

00:28:50Kids forget fast.

00:28:52A little suffering

00:28:52never hurt anyone.

00:28:53Besides,

00:28:54she's my biological daughter.

00:28:55Blood is thicker than water.

00:28:56You really think

00:28:57she'd disown her own father?

00:28:58I dug my nails

00:28:59deeper into my palms,

00:29:00but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:29:01Before,

00:29:02I would have kicked that door open

00:29:03and demanded answers.

00:29:04But this time,

00:29:05I simply turned around.

00:29:06This divorce was happening.

00:29:08No matter what.

00:29:09I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:29:11took Bella by the hand,

00:29:12and went back

00:29:13to the Romano estate.

00:29:14Every other time

00:29:14I'd come home,

00:29:15my adoptive parents

00:29:16would come out smiling

00:29:17before I even reached the door.

00:29:18This time,

00:29:19my adoptive mother's voice

00:29:20was thick with disgust.

00:29:21What are you doing here?

00:29:23Mom,

00:29:24I have nowhere to go.

00:29:25I just need to stay

00:29:26one night with Bella.

00:29:27She sneered.

00:29:28The Romano estate

00:29:29isn't a homeless shelter.

00:29:30Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:29:32My chest tightened.

00:29:33Bella peeked out from behind me,

00:29:34timid and small.

00:29:35Grandpa!

00:29:36Grandma!

00:29:37Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:29:38just like always.

00:29:39Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:29:41their faces remained stone cold.

00:29:43Don't call us that.

00:29:44We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:29:46It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:29:48I stood rooted to the spot,

00:29:49a few days apart,

00:29:50and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:29:51to not even worth claiming

00:29:52as distant family.

00:29:53I still remembered

00:29:54when my adoptive father

00:29:55used to lift me over his head

00:29:56and declare that Sophia

00:29:57was the jewel

00:29:57of the Romano family.

00:29:58My adoptive mother

00:29:59used to brag to everyone

00:30:00about how accomplished

00:30:01her adopted daughter was,

00:30:02but ever since Alessia came back,

00:30:04their love for me

00:30:04vanished overnight.

00:30:05The family businesses

00:30:06I managed were stripped away,

00:30:08one by one.

00:30:08The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:30:10were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:30:11piece by piece.

00:30:12At the time,

00:30:13I'd told myself it made sense.

00:30:14Alessia was their real daughter.

00:30:16Compensating her was only natural.

00:30:17Now I finally understood.

00:30:18They resented me.

00:30:19At my daughter's

00:30:20seventh birthday party,

00:30:21I was just about to call

00:30:22for her father

00:30:22to come cut the cake.

00:30:23Instead,

00:30:24Vito Romano

00:30:24shoved me away

00:30:25in front of everyone.

00:30:26Don't call me that.

00:30:26I'm not her father.

00:30:29He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:30:30down on the table.

00:30:31I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:30:33My adoptive parents

00:30:34slapped me across the face

00:30:35right there.

00:30:35Alessia,

00:30:36the real daughter

00:30:37they'd just welcomed home,

00:30:38shrank into my husband's arms,

00:30:39eyes red,

00:30:40playing innocent.

00:30:41I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:30:42I only mentioned in Bassing

00:30:43that Bella doesn't look

00:30:44like your husband.

00:30:45I never thought he'd actually

00:30:46go and get it tested.

00:30:47From that day on,

00:30:48I was branded a whore,

00:30:49and Bella became

00:30:50the bastard child

00:30:50everyone spat on.

00:30:51Then my husband

00:30:52filed for divorce.

00:30:53For my daughter's sake,

00:30:54I swallowed my pride

00:30:55and went to beg him.

00:30:55Just one more DNA test.

00:30:57But instead,

00:30:58I overheard him

00:30:58talking to a friend.

00:30:59You faked a DNA report

00:31:01to humiliate your wife

00:31:02for Alessia's sake,

00:31:02stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:31:04Aren't you worried

00:31:04your wife and kid

00:31:04will actually leave?

00:31:05His voice was breezy,

00:31:06indifferent.

00:31:07Why would I worry?

00:31:08My in-laws know

00:31:09the DNA test was forged.

00:31:10She's the fake daughter

00:31:11who stole all those years

00:31:12of Alessia's life.

00:31:13Once Alessia feels like

00:31:13things are even,

00:31:14I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:31:15Simple.

00:31:16Sophia can't survive

00:31:17without me.

00:31:18Even after the divorce,

00:31:19she'll wait.

00:31:19I thought of Bella crying,

00:31:20asking me if Daddy

00:31:21really didn't want her anymore.

00:31:22I clenched my fists so hard

00:31:23my nails broke

00:31:23the skin of my palms.

00:31:25The next day,

00:31:25I didn't cry.

00:31:26I didn't make a scene.

00:31:27I went to City Hall with him

00:31:28and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:31:29What he didn't know

00:31:30was that the moment

00:31:31I walked out of that building,

00:31:32I turned around

00:31:32and picked up

00:31:33another marriage certificate.

00:31:34Standing outside his door,

00:31:35listening to Vito's

00:31:36careless words,

00:31:37I could barely

00:31:38keep my legs beneath me.

00:31:39His friend tried

00:31:40to say something more,

00:31:41but Vito cut him off

00:31:41with a low laugh.

00:31:43Relax.

00:31:43When the time comes,

00:31:44I'll just act like

00:31:45I didn't know.

00:31:45I'll say the hospital

00:31:46made a mistake.

00:31:47She'll come crawling

00:31:48back on her own.

00:31:48I braced myself

00:31:49against the wall,

00:31:50a spasm of pain

00:31:51twisting through my chest.

00:31:53Just hours earlier,

00:31:54Bella had come home

00:31:54from school in tears.

00:31:56Her uniform,

00:31:57the one she always

00:31:57kept so neat,

00:31:58was caked in mud,

00:31:59her knees scraped

00:32:00raw and bloody.

00:32:01I called her teacher.

00:32:02The voice on the other end

00:32:03was ice cold,

00:32:04demanding we transfer schools.

00:32:06Bella's mother,

00:32:07do you really need me

00:32:07to spell it out?

00:32:08When a parent's personal life

00:32:09is this disgraceful,

00:32:10when it's all anyone talks about,

00:32:12every child in that school

00:32:12knows your daughter

00:32:13is some man's

00:32:13illegitimate mistake.

00:32:14The other parents

00:32:15have serious concerns

00:32:15and frankly,

00:32:16we're in a very difficult position.

00:32:17I hung up and held

00:32:18my trembling daughter,

00:32:19my heart splitting open.

00:32:20She looked up at me,

00:32:21her small face

00:32:22streaked with tears.

00:32:23Mommy,

00:32:23if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:32:25would he love me again?

00:32:27For that one sentence,

00:32:28I threw away

00:32:29every last shred of dignity

00:32:30and came to find Vito,

00:32:31to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:32:34I never imagined

00:32:34I'd overhear something

00:32:35so vile instead.

00:32:36In his eyes,

00:32:37publicly forging a DNA test

00:32:39to humiliate me

00:32:40was nothing,

00:32:40a trivial inconvenience.

00:32:42The shame and abuse

00:32:43Bella and I endured

00:32:44was just a performance

00:32:44he'd staged

00:32:45to please another woman.

00:32:46Even my adoptive parents,

00:32:48who'd always sworn

00:32:49they loved me most,

00:32:50were accomplices

00:32:51in his little play.

00:32:52I shut my eyes

00:32:52against the pain.

00:32:53Behind the door,

00:32:54their laughter continued.

00:32:55His friends seemed

00:32:56to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:32:57But what about Bella?

00:32:58I saw her earlier.

00:32:59A bunch of kids

00:33:00were screaming bastard at her

00:33:01and she ran out of school crying.

00:33:02You're really okay

00:33:03with her suffering like that?

00:33:04If she ever finds out the truth,

00:33:05she might never forgive you.

00:33:06Vito's tone dripped

00:33:07with the arrogance of a man

00:33:08convinced he held

00:33:09all the cards.

00:33:10Kids forget fast.

00:33:11A little suffering

00:33:12never hurt anyone.

00:33:13Besides,

00:33:14she's my biological daughter.

00:33:15Blood is thicker than water.

00:33:16You really think

00:33:16she'd disown her own father?

00:33:18I dug my nails

00:33:18deeper into my palms,

00:33:20but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:33:21Before,

00:33:22I would have kicked

00:33:22that door open

00:33:23and demanded answers.

00:33:24But this time,

00:33:25I simply turned around.

00:33:26This divorce was happening.

00:33:28No matter what.

00:33:29I packed a few changes

00:33:30of clothes,

00:33:31took Bella by the hand,

00:33:32and went back

00:33:33to the Romano estate.

00:33:34Every other time

00:33:34I'd come home,

00:33:35my adoptive parents

00:33:36would come out smiling

00:33:37before I even reached the door.

00:33:38This time,

00:33:39my adoptive mother's voice

00:33:40was thick with disgust.

00:33:41What are you doing here?

00:33:43Mom,

00:33:44I have nowhere to go.

00:33:45I just need to stay

00:33:46one night with Bella.

00:33:47She sneered.

00:33:48The Romano estate

00:33:48isn't a homeless shelter.

00:33:50Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:33:52My chest tightened.

00:33:53Bella peeked out

00:33:53from behind me,

00:33:54timid and small.

00:33:55Grandpa!

00:33:56Grandma!

00:33:57Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:33:58just like always.

00:33:59Waiting for them

00:34:00to scoop her up,

00:34:01their faces remained stone cold.

00:34:03Don't call us that.

00:34:04We don't have

00:34:04trashy relatives like you.

00:34:06It hit me like a blow

00:34:07to the head.

00:34:07I stood rooted to the spot,

00:34:09a few days apart,

00:34:09and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:34:11to not even worth claiming

00:34:12as distant family.

00:34:13I still remembered

00:34:14when my adoptive father

00:34:15used to lift me over his head

00:34:16and declare that

00:34:16Sophia was the jewel

00:34:17of the Romano family.

00:34:18My adoptive mother

00:34:19used to brag to everyone

00:34:20about how accomplished

00:34:21her adopted daughter was,

00:34:22but ever since Alessia came back,

00:34:24their love for me

00:34:24vanished overnight.

00:34:25The family businesses

00:34:26I managed were stripped away,

00:34:27one by one.

00:34:28The connections

00:34:29I'd painstakingly built

00:34:30were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:34:31piece by piece.

00:34:32At the time,

00:34:33I'd told myself it made sense.

00:34:34Alessia was their real daughter.

00:34:36Compensating her was only natural.

00:34:37Now I finally understood.

00:34:38They resented me,

00:34:39At my daughter's

00:34:40seventh birthday party,

00:34:41I was just about to call

00:34:41for her father

00:34:42to come cut the cake.

00:34:43Instead,

00:34:44Vito Romano shoved me away

00:34:45in front of everyone.

00:34:46Don't call me that.

00:34:47I'm not her father.

00:34:48He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:34:50down on the table.

00:34:51I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:34:53My adoptive parents

00:34:54slapped me across the face

00:34:55right there.

00:34:55Alessia,

00:34:56the real daughter

00:34:56they'd just welcomed home,

00:34:58shrank into my husband's arms,

00:34:59eyes red,

00:35:00playing innocent.

00:35:01I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:35:02I only mentioned in Bassing

00:35:03that Bella doesn't look

00:35:04like your husband.

00:35:05I never thought he'd actually

00:35:06go and get it tested.

00:35:07From that day on,

00:35:08I was branded a whore,

00:35:09and Bella became

00:35:10the bastard child

00:35:10everyone spat on.

00:35:11Then my husband

00:35:12filed for divorce.

00:35:13For my daughter's sake,

00:35:14I swallowed my pride

00:35:14and went to beg him.

00:35:15Just one more DNA test.

00:35:17But instead,

00:35:18I overheard him

00:35:18talking to a friend.

00:35:19You faked a DNA report

00:35:21to humiliate your wife

00:35:21for Alessia's sake,

00:35:22stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:35:23Aren't you worried

00:35:24your wife and kid

00:35:24will actually leave?

00:35:25His voice was breezy,

00:35:26indifferent.

00:35:27Why would I worry?

00:35:28My in-laws know

00:35:28the DNA test was forged.

00:35:30She's the fake daughter

00:35:31who stole all those years

00:35:32of Alessia's life.

00:35:32Once Alessia feels

00:35:33like things are even,

00:35:34I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:35:35Simple.

00:35:36Sophia can't survive

00:35:37without me.

00:35:38Even after the divorce,

00:35:38she'll wait.

00:35:39I thought of Bella crying,

00:35:40asking me if Daddy

00:35:41really didn't want her anymore.

00:35:42I clenched my fists so hard

00:35:43my nails broke

00:35:43the skin of my palms.

00:35:44The next day,

00:35:45I didn't cry.

00:35:46I didn't make a scene.

00:35:47I went to City Hall with him

00:35:48and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:35:49What he didn't know

00:35:50was that the moment

00:35:51I walked out of that building,

00:35:52I turned around

00:35:52and picked up

00:35:53another marriage certificate.

00:35:54Standing outside his door,

00:35:55listening to Vito's

00:35:56careless words,

00:35:57I could barely keep

00:35:58my legs beneath me.

00:35:59His friend tried to say

00:36:00something more,

00:36:00but Vito cut him off

00:36:01with a low laugh.

00:36:03Relax.

00:36:03When the time comes,

00:36:04I'll just act like

00:36:05I didn't know.

00:36:05I'll say the hospital

00:36:06made a mistake.

00:36:07She'll come crawling

00:36:07back on her own.

00:36:08I braced myself

00:36:09against the wall,

00:36:10a spasm of pain

00:36:11twisting through my chest.

00:36:13Just hours earlier,

00:36:14Bella had come home

00:36:14from school in tears.

00:36:16Her uniform,

00:36:16the one she always

00:36:17kept so neat,

00:36:18was caked in mud,

00:36:19her knees scraped

00:36:20raw and bloody.

00:36:21I called her teacher.

00:36:22The voice on the other end

00:36:23was ice cold,

00:36:24demanding we transfer schools.

00:36:26Bella's mother,

00:36:27do you really need me

00:36:27to spell it out?

00:36:28When a parent's personal life

00:36:29is this disgraceful,

00:36:30when it's all anyone

00:36:31talks about,

00:36:32every child in that school

00:36:32knows your daughter

00:36:33is some man's

00:36:33illegitimate mistake.

00:36:34The other parents

00:36:35have serious concerns

00:36:35and frankly,

00:36:36we're in a very

00:36:36difficult position.

00:36:37I hung up and held

00:36:38my trembling daughter,

00:36:39my heart splitting open.

00:36:40She looked up at me,

00:36:41her small face streaked

00:36:42with tears.

00:36:43Mommy,

00:36:43if I really am

00:36:44daddy's daughter,

00:36:45would he love me again?

00:36:47For that one sentence,

00:36:48I threw away

00:36:49every last shred of dignity

00:36:50and came to find Vito,

00:36:51to beg him for

00:36:52one more DNA test.

00:36:53I never imagined I'd

00:36:54overhear something

00:36:55so vile instead.

00:36:56In his eyes,

00:36:57publicly forging a DNA test

00:36:59to humiliate me

00:36:59was nothing,

00:37:00a trivial inconvenience.

00:37:02The shame and abuse

00:37:03Bella and I endured

00:37:03was just a performance

00:37:04he'd staged

00:37:05to please another woman.

00:37:06Even my adoptive parents,

00:37:08who'd always sworn

00:37:09they loved me most,

00:37:10were accomplices

00:37:10in his little play.

00:37:11I shut my eyes

00:37:12against the pain.

00:37:13Behind the door,

00:37:14their laughter continued.

00:37:15His friends seemed

00:37:16to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:37:17But what about Bella?

00:37:18I saw her earlier.

00:37:19A bunch of kids

00:37:20were screaming bastard at her

00:37:21and she ran out of school crying.

00:37:22You're really okay

00:37:23with her suffering like that?

00:37:24If she ever finds out the truth,

00:37:25she might never forgive you.

00:37:26Vito's tone dripped

00:37:27with the arrogance of a man

00:37:28convinced he held

00:37:29all the cards.

00:37:30Kids forget fast.

00:37:31A little suffering

00:37:32never hurt anyone.

00:37:33Besides,

00:37:34she's my biological daughter.

00:37:35Blood is thicker than water.

00:37:36You really think

00:37:36she'd disown her own father?

00:37:38I dug my nails

00:37:38deeper into my palms,

00:37:39but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:37:41Before,

00:37:42I would have kicked that door open

00:37:43and demanded answers.

00:37:44But this time,

00:37:45I simply turned around.

00:37:46This divorce was happening,

00:37:47no matter what.

00:37:49I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:37:51took Bella by the hand,

00:37:52and went back

00:37:53to the Romano estate.

00:37:54Every other time

00:37:54I'd come home,

00:37:55my adoptive parents

00:37:56would come out smiling

00:37:57before I even reached the door.

00:37:58This time,

00:37:59my adoptive mother's voice

00:38:00was thick with disgust.

00:38:01What are you doing here?

00:38:02Mom,

00:38:04I have nowhere to go.

00:38:05I just need to stay

00:38:05one night with Bella.

00:38:07She sneered.

00:38:07The Romano estate

00:38:08isn't a homeless shelter.

00:38:10Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:38:12My chest tightened.

00:38:13Bella peeked out from behind me,

00:38:14timid and small.

00:38:15Grandpa!

00:38:16Grandma!

00:38:16Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:38:18just like always.

00:38:19Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:38:21their faces remained stone cold.

00:38:23Don't call us that.

00:38:24We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:38:26It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:38:27I stood rooted to the spot,

00:38:29a few days apart,

00:38:29and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:38:31to not even worth claiming

00:38:32as distant family.

00:38:33I still remembered

00:38:33when my adoptive father

00:38:34used to lift me over his head

00:38:36and declare that Sophia

00:38:37was the jewel of the Romano family.

00:38:38My adoptive mother

00:38:39used to brag to everyone

00:38:40about how accomplished

00:38:41her adopted daughter was.

00:38:42But ever since Alessia came back,

00:38:43their love for me vanished overnight.

00:38:45The family businesses I managed

00:38:46were stripped away,

00:38:47one by one.

00:38:48The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:38:50were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:38:51piece by piece.

00:38:52At the time,

00:38:53I'd told myself it made sense.

00:38:54Alessia was their real daughter.

00:38:56Compensating her was only natural.

00:38:57Now I finally understood.

00:38:58They resented me.

00:38:59At my daughter's seventh birthday party,

00:39:00I was just about to call for her father

00:39:02to come cut the cake.

00:39:03Instead,

00:39:04Vito Romano shoved me away

00:39:05in front of everyone.

00:39:05Don't call me that.

00:39:07I'm not her father.

00:39:08He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:39:10down on the table.

00:39:11I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:39:13My adoptive parents slapped me

00:39:14across the face right there.

00:39:15Alessia,

00:39:16the real daughter

00:39:16they'd just welcomed home,

00:39:18shrank into my husband's arms,

00:39:19eyes red,

00:39:20playing innocent.

00:39:20I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:39:22I only mentioned in Bassing

00:39:23that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:39:25I never thought he'd actually

00:39:26go and get it tested.

00:39:27From that day on,

00:39:28I was branded a whore,

00:39:29and Bella became the bastard child

00:39:30everyone spat on.

00:39:31Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:39:33For my daughter's sake,

00:39:33I swallowed my pride

00:39:34and went to beg him.

00:39:35Just one more DNA test.

00:39:37But instead,

00:39:37I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:39:39You faked a DNA report

00:39:40to humiliate your wife

00:39:41for Alessia's sake?

00:39:42Stamped Bella as a bastard?

00:39:43Aren't you worried

00:39:44your wife and kid

00:39:44will actually leave?

00:39:45His voice was breezy,

00:39:46indifferent.

00:39:47Why would I worry?

00:39:48My in-laws know

00:39:48the DNA test was forged.

00:39:50She's the fake daughter

00:39:51who stole all those years

00:39:51of Alessia's life.

00:39:52Once Alessia feels like

00:39:53things are even,

00:39:54I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:39:55Simple.

00:39:56Sophia can't survive without me.

00:39:58Even after the divorce,

00:39:58she'll wait.

00:39:59I thought of Bella crying,

00:40:00asking me if Daddy

00:40:00really didn't want her anymore.

00:40:01I clenched my fists so hard

00:40:03my nails broke

00:40:03the skin of my palms.

00:40:04The next day,

00:40:05I didn't cry.

00:40:06I didn't make a scene.

00:40:07I went to City Hall with him

00:40:08and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:40:09What he didn't know

00:40:10was that the moment

00:40:10I walked out of that building,

00:40:12I turned around

00:40:12and picked up

00:40:13another marriage certificate.

00:40:14Standing outside his door,

00:40:15listening to Vito's careless words,

00:40:17I could barely keep

00:40:18my legs beneath me.

00:40:19His friend tried

00:40:19to say something more,

00:40:20but Vito cut him off

00:40:21with a low laugh.

00:40:23Relax.

00:40:23When the time comes,

00:40:24I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:40:25I'll say the hospital

00:40:26made a mistake.

00:40:27She'll come crawling back

00:40:28on her own.

00:40:28I braced myself

00:40:29against the wall.

00:40:30A spasm of pain

00:40:31twisting through my chest.

00:40:32Just hours earlier,

00:40:34Bella had come home

00:40:34from school in tears.

00:40:35Her uniform,

00:40:36the one she always kept so neat,

00:40:38was caked in mud,

00:40:39her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:40:41I called her teacher.

00:40:42The voice on the other end

00:40:43was ice cold,

00:40:44demanding we transfer schools.

00:40:46Bella's mother,

00:40:47do you really need me

00:40:47to spell it out?

00:40:48When a parent's personal life

00:40:49is this disgraceful,

00:40:50when it's all anyone talks about,

00:40:51every child in that school

00:40:52knows your daughter

00:40:53is some man's

00:40:53illegitimate mistake.

00:40:54The other parents

00:40:54have serious concerns

00:40:55and frankly,

00:40:56we're in a very difficult position.

00:40:57I hung up and held

00:40:58my trembling daughter,

00:40:59my heart splitting open.

00:41:00She looked up at me,

00:41:01her small face streaked with tears.

00:41:03Mommy,

00:41:03if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:41:05would he love me again?

00:41:07For that one sentence,

00:41:08I threw away

00:41:09every last shred of dignity

00:41:10and came to find Vito,

00:41:11to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:41:13I never imagined

00:41:14I'd overhear something

00:41:15so vile instead.

00:41:16In his eyes,

00:41:17publicly forging a DNA test

00:41:19to humiliate me

00:41:19was nothing,

00:41:20a trivial inconvenience.

00:41:22The shame and abuse

00:41:23Bella and I endured

00:41:23was just a performance

00:41:24he'd staged

00:41:25to please another woman.

00:41:26Even my adoptive parents,

00:41:28who'd always sworn

00:41:28they loved me most,

00:41:30were accomplices

00:41:30in his little play.

00:41:31I shut my eyes

00:41:32against the pain.

00:41:33Behind the door,

00:41:34their laughter continued.

00:41:35His friends seemed

00:41:36to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:41:37But what about Bella?

00:41:38I saw her earlier.

00:41:39A bunch of kids

00:41:40were screaming bastard at her

00:41:41and she ran out of school crying.

00:41:42You're really okay

00:41:43with her suffering like that?

00:41:44If she ever finds out the truth,

00:41:45she might never forgive you.

00:41:45Vito's tone dripped

00:41:47with the arrogance

00:41:47of a man convinced

00:41:48he held all the cards.

00:41:50Kids forget fast.

00:41:51A little suffering

00:41:52never hurt anyone.

00:41:53Besides,

00:41:53she's my biological daughter.

00:41:55Blood is thicker than water.

00:41:56You really think

00:41:56she'd disown her own father?

00:41:57I dug my nails

00:41:58deeper into my palms,

00:41:59but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:42:01Before,

00:42:01I would have kicked

00:42:02that door open

00:42:03and demanded answers.

00:42:04But this time,

00:42:05I simply turned around.

00:42:06This divorce was happening,

00:42:07no matter what.

00:42:09I packed a few changes

00:42:10of clothes,

00:42:11took Bella by the hand,

00:42:12and went back

00:42:12to the Romano estate.

00:42:14Every other time

00:42:14I'd come home,

00:42:15my adoptive parents

00:42:16would come out smiling

00:42:17before I even reached the door.

00:42:18This time,

00:42:19my adoptive mother's voice

00:42:20was thick with disgust.

00:42:21What are you doing here?

00:42:22Mom,

00:42:23I have nowhere to go.

00:42:25I just need to stay

00:42:25one night with Bella.

00:42:26She sneered.

00:42:27The Romano estate

00:42:28isn't a homeless shelter.

00:42:30Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:42:31My chest tightened.

00:42:32Bella peeked out

00:42:33from behind me,

00:42:34timid and small.

00:42:35Grandpa!

00:42:36Grandma!

00:42:36Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:42:38just like always.

00:42:39Waiting for them

00:42:40to scoop her up,

00:42:41their faces remained stone cold.

00:42:42Don't call us that.

00:42:43We don't have trashy relatives

00:42:45like you.

00:42:46It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:42:47I stood rooted to the spot,

00:42:48a few days apart,

00:42:49and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:42:50to not even worth claiming

00:42:52as distant family.

00:42:52I still remembered

00:42:53when my adoptive father

00:42:54used to lift me over his head

00:42:55and declare that

00:42:56Sophia was the jewel

00:42:57of the Romano family.

00:42:58My adoptive mother

00:42:59used to brag to everyone

00:43:00about how accomplished

00:43:01her adopted daughter was,

00:43:02but ever since Alessia came back,

00:43:03their love for me

00:43:04vanished overnight.

00:43:05The family businesses

00:43:06I managed were stripped away,

00:43:07one by one.

00:43:08The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:43:09were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:43:11piece by piece.

00:43:12At the time,

00:43:13I'd told myself it made sense.

00:43:14Alessia was their real daughter.

00:43:15Compensating her was only natural.

00:43:17Now I finally understood.

00:43:18They resented me.

00:43:19At my daughter's

00:43:19seventh birthday party,

00:43:20I was just about to call

00:43:21for her father

00:43:22to come cut the cake.

00:43:23Instead,

00:43:23Vito Romano shoved me away

00:43:25in front of everyone.

00:43:25Don't call me that.

00:43:26I'm not her father.

00:43:28He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:43:30down on the table.

00:43:31I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:43:33My adoptive parents

00:43:33slapped me across the face

00:43:34right there.

00:43:35Alessia,

00:43:36the real daughter

00:43:36they'd just welcomed home,

00:43:37shrank into my husband's arms,

00:43:39eyes red,

00:43:40playing innocent.

00:43:40I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:43:42I only mentioned in bassing

00:43:43that Bella doesn't look

00:43:44like your husband.

00:43:44I never thought

00:43:45he'd actually go

00:43:46and get it tested.

00:43:47From that day on,

00:43:48I was branded a whore

00:43:49and Bella became

00:43:49the bastard child

00:43:50everyone spat on.

00:43:51Then my husband

00:43:52filed for divorce.

00:43:53For my daughter's sake,

00:43:53I swallowed my pride

00:43:54and went to beg him.

00:43:55Just one more DNA test.

00:43:57But instead,

00:43:57I overheard him

00:43:58talking to a friend.

00:43:59You faked a DNA report

00:44:00to humiliate your wife

00:44:01for Alessia's sake,

00:44:02stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:44:03Aren't you worried

00:44:04your wife and kid

00:44:04will actually leave?

00:44:05His voice was breezy,

00:44:06indifferent.

00:44:07Why would I worry?

00:44:07My in-laws know

00:44:08the DNA test was forged.

00:44:10She's the fake daughter

00:44:10who stole all those years

00:44:11of Alessia's life.

00:44:12Once Alessia feels

00:44:13like things are even,

00:44:14I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:44:15Simple.

00:44:16Sophia can't survive

00:44:17without me.

00:44:17Even after the divorce,

00:44:18she'll wait.

00:44:19I thought of Bella crying,

00:44:20asking me if Daddy

00:44:20really didn't want her anymore.

00:44:21I clenched my fists so hard

00:44:23my nails broke

00:44:23the skin of my palms.

00:44:24The next day,

00:44:25I didn't cry.

00:44:26I didn't make a scene.

00:44:26I went to City Hall with him

00:44:28and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:44:29What he didn't know

00:44:30was that the moment

00:44:30I walked out of that building,

00:44:32I turned around

00:44:32and picked up

00:44:33another marriage certificate.

00:44:34Standing outside his door,

00:44:35listening to Vito's

00:44:36careless words.

00:44:37I could barely keep

00:44:38my legs beneath me.

00:44:39His friend tried

00:44:39to say something more,

00:44:40but Vito cut him off

00:44:41with a low laugh.

00:44:42Relax.

00:44:43When the time comes,

00:44:44I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:44:45I'll say the hospital

00:44:46made a mistake.

00:44:47She'll come crawling back

00:44:47on her own.

00:44:48I braced myself against the wall,

00:44:50a spasm of pain

00:44:51twisting through my chest.

00:44:52Just hours earlier,

00:44:54Bella had come home

00:44:54from school in tears.

00:44:55Her uniform,

00:44:56the one she always kept so neat,

00:44:58was caked in mud,

00:44:59her knees scraped raw

00:45:00and bloody.

00:45:01I called her teacher.

00:45:02The voice on the other end

00:45:03was ice cold,

00:45:04demanding we transfer schools.

00:45:05Bella's mother,

00:45:06do you really need me

00:45:07to spell it out?

00:45:08When a parent's personal life

00:45:09is this disgraceful,

00:45:10when it's all anyone talks about,

00:45:11every child in that school

00:45:12knows your daughter

00:45:13is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:45:14The other parents

00:45:14have serious concerns

00:45:15and frankly,

00:45:16we're in a very difficult position.

00:45:17I hung up and held

00:45:17my trembling daughter,

00:45:18my heart splitting open.

00:45:20She looked up at me,

00:45:21her small face streaked

00:45:22with tears.

00:45:23Mommy,

00:45:23if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:45:25would he love me again?

00:45:27For that one sentence,

00:45:28I threw away

00:45:29every last shred of dignity

00:45:30and came to find Vito,

00:45:31to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:45:33I never imagined

00:45:34I'd overhear something

00:45:35so vile instead.

00:45:36In his eyes,

00:45:37publicly forging a DNA test

00:45:38to humiliate me

00:45:39was nothing,

00:45:40a trivial inconvenience.

00:45:41The shame and abuse

00:45:42Bella and I endured

00:45:43was just a performance

00:45:44he'd staged

00:45:45to please another woman.

00:45:46Even my adoptive parents,

00:45:47who'd always sworn

00:45:48they loved me most,

00:45:49were accomplices

00:45:50in his little play.

00:45:51I shut my eyes

00:45:52against the pain.

00:45:53Behind the door,

00:45:54their laughter continued.

00:45:55His friends seemed

00:45:56to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:45:57But what about Bella?

00:45:58I saw her earlier.

00:45:59A bunch of kids

00:46:00were screaming bastard at her

00:46:01and she ran out of school crying.

00:46:02You're really okay

00:46:03with her suffering like that?

00:46:04If she ever finds out the truth,

00:46:05she might never forgive you.

00:46:06Vito's tone dripped

00:46:07with the arrogance of a man

00:46:08convinced he held

00:46:08all the cards.

00:46:10Kids forget fast.

00:46:11A little suffering

00:46:12never hurt anyone.

00:46:13Besides,

00:46:13she's my biological daughter.

00:46:14Blood is thicker than water.

00:46:16You really think

00:46:16she'd disown her own father?

00:46:17I dug my nails

00:46:18deeper into my palms,

00:46:19but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:46:21Before,

00:46:21I would have kicked that door open

00:46:23and demanded answers.

00:46:24But this time,

00:46:25I simply turned around.

00:46:26This divorce was happening.

00:46:27No matter what.

00:46:29I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:46:31took Bella by the hand,

00:46:32and went back

00:46:32to the Romano estate.

00:46:33Every other time

00:46:34I'd come home,

00:46:35my adoptive parents

00:46:36would come out smiling

00:46:37before I even reached the door.

00:46:38This time,

00:46:39my adoptive mother's voice

00:46:40was thick with disgust.

00:46:41What are you doing here?

00:46:42Mom,

00:46:43I have nowhere to go.

00:46:45I just need to stay

00:46:45one night with Bella.

00:46:46She sneered.

00:46:47The Romano estate

00:46:48isn't a homeless shelter.

00:46:50Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:46:51My chest tightened.

00:46:52Bella peeked out from behind me,

00:46:54timid and small.

00:46:55Grandpa!

00:46:56Grandma!

00:46:56Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:46:58just like always.

00:46:59Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:47:00their faces remained stone cold.

00:47:02Don't call us that.

00:47:03We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:47:06It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:47:07I stood rooted to the spot,

00:47:08a few days apart,

00:47:09and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:47:10to not even worth claiming

00:47:11as distant family.

00:47:12I still remembered

00:47:13when my adoptive father

00:47:14used to lift me over his head

00:47:15and declare that Sophia

00:47:16was the jewel of the Romano family.

00:47:18My adoptive mother

00:47:19used to brag to everyone

00:47:20about how accomplished

00:47:20her adopted daughter was.

00:47:22But ever since Alessia came back,

00:47:23their love for me vanished overnight.

00:47:25The family businesses I managed

00:47:26were stripped away,

00:47:27one by one.

00:47:28The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:47:29were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:47:31piece by piece.

00:47:32At the time,

00:47:32I'd told myself it made sense.

00:47:34Alessia was their real daughter.

00:47:35Compensating her was only natural.

00:47:37Now I finally understood.

00:47:38They resented me.

00:47:39At my daughter's seventh birthday party,

00:47:40I was just about to call for her father

00:47:42to come cut the cake.

00:47:43Instead,

00:47:43Vito Romano shoved me away

00:47:44in front of everyone.

00:47:45Don't call me that.

00:47:47I'm not her father.

00:47:48He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:47:50down on the table.

00:47:51I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:47:53My adoptive parents slapped me

00:47:54across the face right there.

00:47:55Alessia,

00:47:56the real daughter

00:47:56they'd just welcomed home,

00:47:57shrank into my husband's arms,

00:47:59eyes red,

00:48:00playing innocent.

00:48:00I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:48:02I only mentioned in Bassing

00:48:03that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:48:04I never thought he'd actually

00:48:05go and get it tested.

00:48:07From that day on,

00:48:08I was branded a whore,

00:48:09and Bella became the bastard child

00:48:10everyone spat on.

00:48:11Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:48:13For my daughter's sake,

00:48:13I swallowed my pride

00:48:14and went to beg him.

00:48:15Just one more DNA test.

00:48:17But instead,

00:48:17I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:48:19You faked a DNA report

00:48:20to humiliate your wife

00:48:21for Alessia's sake,

00:48:22stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:48:23Aren't you worried

00:48:24your wife and kid

00:48:24will actually leave?

00:48:25His voice was breezy,

00:48:26indifferent.

00:48:26Why would I worry?

00:48:28My in-laws know

00:48:28the DNA test was forged.

00:48:30She's the fake daughter

00:48:30who stole all those years

00:48:31of Alessia's life.

00:48:32Once Alessia feels like

00:48:33things are even,

00:48:34I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:48:35Simple.

00:48:36Sophia can't survive without me.

00:48:37Even after the divorce,

00:48:38she'll wait.

00:48:39I thought of Bella crying,

00:48:40asking me if Daddy

00:48:40really didn't want her anymore.

00:48:41I clenched my fists so hard

00:48:43my nails broke

00:48:43the skin of my palms.

00:48:44The next day,

00:48:45I didn't cry.

00:48:45I didn't make a scene.

00:48:46I went to City Hall with him

00:48:47and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:48:49What he didn't know

00:48:50was that the moment

00:48:50I walked out of that building,

00:48:51I turned around

00:48:52and picked up

00:48:53another marriage certificate.

00:48:54Standing outside his door,

00:48:55listening to Vito's careless words,

00:48:57I could barely keep

00:48:58my legs beneath me.

00:48:58His friend tried

00:48:59to say something more,

00:49:00but Vito cut him off

00:49:01with a low laugh.

00:49:02Relax.

00:49:03When the time comes,

00:49:04I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:49:05I'll say the hospital

00:49:06made a mistake.

00:49:07She'll come crawling back

00:49:07on her own.

00:49:08I braced myself against the wall.

00:49:10A spasm of pain

00:49:11twisting through my chest.

00:49:12Just hours earlier,

00:49:13Bella had come home

00:49:14from school in tears.

00:49:15Her uniform,

00:49:16the one she always kept so neat,

00:49:18was caked in mud,

00:49:19her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:49:21I called her teacher.

00:49:22The voice on the other end

00:49:23was ice cold,

00:49:24demanding we transfer schools.

00:49:26Bella's mother?

00:49:26Do you really need me

00:49:27to spell it out?

00:49:28When a parent's personal life

00:49:29is this disgraceful,

00:49:30when it's all anyone talks about,

00:49:31every child in that school

00:49:32knows your daughter

00:49:32is some man's

00:49:33illegitimate mistake.

00:49:34The other parents

00:49:34have serious concerns

00:49:35and frankly,

00:49:35we're in a very difficult position.

00:49:37I hung up and held

00:49:37my trembling daughter,

00:49:38my heart splitting open.

00:49:40She looked up at me,

00:49:41her small face streaked with tears.

00:49:42Mommy,

00:49:43if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:49:45would he love me again?

00:49:47For that one sentence,

00:49:48I threw away

00:49:48every last shred of dignity

00:49:50and came to find Vito,

00:49:51to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:49:53I never imagined

00:49:54I'd overhear something

00:49:55so vile instead.

00:49:56In his eyes,

00:49:57publicly forging a DNA test

00:49:58to humiliate me

00:49:59was nothing,

00:50:00a trivial inconvenience.

00:50:01The shame and abuse

00:50:02Bella and I endured

00:50:03was just a performance

00:50:04he'd staged

00:50:05to please another woman.

00:50:06Even my adoptive parents,

00:50:07who'd always sworn

00:50:08they loved me most,

00:50:09were accomplices

00:50:10in his little play.

00:50:11I shut my eyes

00:50:12against the pain.

00:50:13Behind the door,

00:50:14their laughter continued.

00:50:15His friends seemed

00:50:15to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:50:17But what about Bella?

00:50:18I saw her earlier.

00:50:19A bunch of kids

00:50:20were screaming bastard at her

00:50:21and she ran out of school crying.

00:50:22You're really okay

00:50:23with her suffering like that?

00:50:23If she ever finds out the truth,

00:50:24she might never forgive you.

00:50:25Vito's tone

00:50:26dripped with the arrogance

00:50:27of a man convinced

00:50:28he held all the cards.

00:50:30Kids forget fast.

00:50:31A little suffering

00:50:32never hurt anyone.

00:50:33Besides,

00:50:33she's my biological daughter.

00:50:34Blood is thicker than water.

00:50:35You really think

00:50:36she'd disown her own father?

00:50:37I dug my nails

00:50:38deeper into my palms,

00:50:39but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:50:41Before,

00:50:41I would have kicked that door open

00:50:42and demanded answers.

00:50:44But this time,

00:50:45I simply turned around.

00:50:46This divorce was happening.

00:50:47No matter what.

00:50:49I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:50:51took Bella by the hand,

00:50:52and went back

00:50:52to the Romano estate.

00:50:53Every other time I'd come home,

00:50:55my adoptive parents

00:50:56would come out smiling

00:50:56before I even reached the door.

00:50:58This time,

00:50:59my adoptive mother's voice

00:51:00was thick with disgust.

00:51:01What are you doing here?

00:51:02Mom,

00:51:03I have nowhere to go.

00:51:05I just need to stay

00:51:05one night with Bella.

00:51:06She sneered.

00:51:07The Romano estate

00:51:08isn't a homeless shelter.

00:51:10Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:51:11My chest tightened.

00:51:12Bella peeked out from behind me,

00:51:14timid and small.

00:51:15Grandpa!

00:51:15Grandma!

00:51:16Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:51:18just like always.

00:51:19Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:51:20their faces remained stone cold.

00:51:22Don't call us that.

00:51:23We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:51:25It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:51:27I stood rooted to the spot,

00:51:28a few days apart,

00:51:29and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:51:30to not even worth claiming

00:51:31as distant family.

00:51:32I still remembered

00:51:33when my adoptive father

00:51:34used to lift me over his head

00:51:35and declare that Sophia

00:51:36was the jewel of the Romano family.

00:51:38My adoptive mother

00:51:39used to brag to everyone

00:51:40about how accomplished

00:51:40her adopted daughter was.

00:51:42But ever since Alessia came back,

00:51:43their love for me vanished overnight.

00:51:45The family businesses I managed

00:51:46were stripped away,

00:51:47one by one.

00:51:48The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:51:49were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:51:51piece by piece.

00:51:52At the time,

00:51:52I'd told myself it made sense.

00:51:54Alessia was their real daughter.

00:51:55Compensating her was only natural.

00:51:57Now I finally understood.

00:51:58They resented me.

00:51:59At my daughter's seventh birthday party,

00:52:00I was just about to call

00:52:01for her father to come cut the cake.

00:52:03Instead,

00:52:03Vito Romano shoved me away

00:52:04in front of everyone.

00:52:05Don't call me that.

00:52:06I'm not her father.

00:52:08He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:52:10down on the table.

00:52:11I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:52:12My adoptive parents slapped me

00:52:14across the face right there.

00:52:15Alessia,

00:52:15the real daughter

00:52:16they'd just welcomed home,

00:52:17shrank into my husband's arms,

00:52:19eyes red,

00:52:19playing innocent.

00:52:20I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:52:22I only mentioned in Bassing

00:52:23that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:52:24I never thought he'd actually

00:52:25go and get it tested.

00:52:27From that day on,

00:52:27I was branded a whore

00:52:29and Bella became the bastard child

00:52:30everyone spat on.

00:52:31Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:52:32For my daughter's sake,

00:52:33I swallowed my pride

00:52:34and went to beg him.

00:52:35Just one more DNA test.

00:52:37But instead,

00:52:37I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:52:39You faked a DNA report

00:52:40to humiliate your wife

00:52:41for Alessia's sake,

00:52:42stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:52:43Aren't you worried

00:52:43your wife and kid

00:52:44will actually leave?

00:52:45His voice was breezy,

00:52:46indifferent.

00:52:46Why would I worry?

00:52:47My in-laws know the DNA test was forged.

00:52:49She's the fake daughter

00:52:50who stole all those years

00:52:51of Alessia's life.

00:52:52Once Alessia feels like things are even,

00:52:54I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:52:55Simple.

00:52:56Sophia can't survive without me.

00:52:57Even after the divorce,

00:52:58she'll wait.

00:52:59I thought of Bella crying,

00:53:00asking me if Daddy

00:53:00really didn't want her anymore.

00:53:01I clenched my fists so hard

00:53:02my nails broke the skin of my palms.

00:53:04The next day,

00:53:05I didn't cry.

00:53:05I didn't make a scene.

00:53:06I went to City Hall with him

00:53:07and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:53:09What he didn't know

00:53:10was that the moment

00:53:10I walked out of that building,

00:53:11I turned around

00:53:12and picked up another marriage certificate.

00:53:13Standing outside his door,

00:53:15listening to Vito's careless words,

00:53:17I could barely keep my legs beneath me.

00:53:18His friend tried to say something more,

00:53:20but Vito cut him off with a low laugh.

00:53:22Relax.

00:53:23When the time comes,

00:53:24I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:53:25I'll say the hospital made a mistake.

00:53:26She'll come crawling back on her own.

00:53:28I braced myself against the wall,

00:53:30a spasm of pain

00:53:31twisting through my chest.

00:53:32Just hours earlier,

00:53:33Bella had come home from school in tears.

00:53:35Her uniform,

00:53:36the one she always kept so neat,

00:53:38was caked in mud,

00:53:39her knees scraped raw and bloody.

00:53:41I called her teacher.

00:53:42The voice on the other end was ice cold,

00:53:44demanding we transfer schools.

00:53:45Bella's mother,

00:53:46do you really need me to spell it out?

00:53:48When a parent's personal life is this disgraceful,

00:53:50when it's all anyone talks about,

00:53:51every child in that school knows your daughter

00:53:52is some man's illegitimate mistake.

00:53:54The other parents have serious concerns

00:53:55and frankly,

00:53:55we're in a very difficult position.

00:53:56I hung up and held my trembling daughter,

00:53:58my heart splitting open.

00:54:00She looked up at me,

00:54:01her small face streaked with tears.

00:54:02Mommy,

00:54:03if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:54:05would he love me again?

00:54:07For that one sentence,

00:54:08I threw away every last shred of dignity

00:54:10and came to find Vito,

00:54:11to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:54:13I never imagined I'd overhear something so vile instead.

00:54:16In his eyes,

00:54:17publicly forging a DNA test to humiliate me was nothing,

00:54:20a trivial inconvenience.

00:54:21The shame and abuse Bella and I endured

00:54:23was just a performance he'd staged

00:54:25to please another woman.

00:54:26Even my adoptive parents,

00:54:27who'd always sworn they loved me most,

00:54:29were accomplices in his little play.

00:54:31I shut my eyes against the pain.

00:54:33Behind the door,

00:54:34their laughter continued.

00:54:35His friends seemed to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:54:36But what about Bella?

00:54:38I saw her earlier.

00:54:39A bunch of kids were screaming bastard at her

00:54:41and she ran out of school crying.

00:54:42You're really okay with her suffering like that?

00:54:43If she ever finds out the truth,

00:54:44she might never forgive you.

00:54:45Vito's tone dripped with the arrogance of a man

00:54:47convinced he held all the cards.

00:54:50Kids forget fast.

00:54:51A little suffering never hurt anyone.

00:54:53Besides, she's my biological daughter.

00:54:54Blood is thicker than water.

00:54:55You really think she'd disown her own father?

00:54:57I dug my nails deeper into my palms,

00:54:59but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:55:01Before, I would have kicked that door open

00:55:02and demanded answers.

00:55:04But this time,

00:55:04I simply turned around.

00:55:06This divorce was happening.

00:55:07No matter what.

00:55:09I packed a few changes of clothes,

00:55:10took Bella by the hand,

00:55:12and went back to the Romano estate.

00:55:13Every other time I'd come home,

00:55:15my adoptive parents would come out smiling

00:55:16before I even reached the door.

00:55:18This time,

00:55:18my adoptive mother's voice

00:55:19was thick with disgust.

00:55:21What are you doing here?

00:55:22Mom,

00:55:23I have nowhere to go.

00:55:24I just need to stay one night with Bella.

00:55:26She sneered.

00:55:27The Romano estate isn't a homeless shelter.

00:55:30Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:55:31My chest tightened.

00:55:32Bella peeked out from behind me,

00:55:33timid and small.

00:55:34Grandpa!

00:55:35Grandma!

00:55:36Her voice was soft and sweet,

00:55:38just like always.

00:55:39Waiting for them to scoop her up,

00:55:40their faces remained stone cold.

00:55:42Don't call us that.

00:55:43We don't have trashy relatives like you.

00:55:45It hit me like a blow to the head.

00:55:47I stood rooted to the spot,

00:55:48a few days apart,

00:55:49and we'd gone from adopted daughter

00:55:50to not even worth claiming as distant family.

00:55:52I still remembered when my adoptive father

00:55:54used to lift me over his head

00:55:55and declare that Sophia was the jewel

00:55:57of the Romano family.

00:55:58My adoptive mother used to brag to everyone

00:55:59about how accomplished her adopted daughter was.

00:56:01But ever since Alessia came back,

00:56:03their love for me vanished overnight.

00:56:05The family businesses I managed were stripped away,

00:56:07one by one.

00:56:08The connections I'd painstakingly built

00:56:09were transferred to Alessia's name,

00:56:11piece by piece.

00:56:12At the time,

00:56:12I'd told myself it made sense.

00:56:14Alessia was their real daughter.

00:56:15Compensating her was only natural.

00:56:16Now I finally understood.

00:56:18They resented me.

00:56:18At my daughter's seventh birthday party,

00:56:20I was just about to call for her father

00:56:21to come cut the cake.

00:56:22Instead,

00:56:23Vito Romano shoved me away in front of everyone.

00:56:25Don't call me that.

00:56:26I'm not her father.

00:56:28He slammed a DNA paternity report

00:56:30down on the table.

00:56:31I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

00:56:32My adoptive parents slapped me

00:56:34across the face right there.

00:56:35Alessia,

00:56:35the real daughter

00:56:36they'd just welcomed home,

00:56:37shrank into my husband's arms,

00:56:39eyes red,

00:56:39playing innocent.

00:56:40I'm so sorry, Sophia.

00:56:41I only mentioned in Bassing

00:56:43that Bella doesn't look like your husband.

00:56:44I never thought he'd actually go

00:56:45and get it tested.

00:56:46From that day on,

00:56:47I was branded a whore,

00:56:49and Bella became the bastard child

00:56:50everyone spat on.

00:56:51Then my husband filed for divorce.

00:56:52For my daughter's sake,

00:56:53I swallowed my pride

00:56:54and went to beg him.

00:56:55Just one more DNA test.

00:56:56But instead,

00:56:57I overheard him talking to a friend.

00:56:59You faked a DNA report

00:57:00to humiliate your wife

00:57:01for Alessia's sake,

00:57:02stamped Bella as a bastard.

00:57:03Aren't you worried

00:57:03your wife and kid

00:57:04will actually leave?

00:57:05His voice was breezy,

00:57:06indifferent.

00:57:06Why would I worry?

00:57:07My in-laws know

00:57:08the DNA test was forged.

00:57:09She's the fake daughter

00:57:10who stole all those years

00:57:11of Alessia's life.

00:57:12Once Alessia feels like

00:57:13things are even,

00:57:14I'll just remarry Sophia.

00:57:15Simple.

00:57:16Sophia can't survive without me.

00:57:17Even after the divorce,

00:57:18she'll wait.

00:57:18I thought of Bella crying,

00:57:20asking me if Daddy

00:57:20really didn't want her anymore.

00:57:21I clenched my fists so hard

00:57:22my nails broke

00:57:23the skin of my palms.

00:57:24The next day,

00:57:25I didn't cry.

00:57:25I didn't make a scene.

00:57:26I went to City Hall with him

00:57:27and signed the divorce papers calmly.

00:57:29What he didn't know

00:57:29was that the moment

00:57:30I walked out of that building,

00:57:31I turned around

00:57:32and picked up

00:57:32another marriage certificate.

00:57:33Standing outside his door,

00:57:35listening to Vito's careless words,

00:57:36I could barely keep

00:57:37my legs beneath me.

00:57:38His friend tried

00:57:39to say something more,

00:57:40but Vito cut him off

00:57:41with a low laugh.

00:57:42Relax.

00:57:43When the time comes,

00:57:44I'll just act like I didn't know.

00:57:45I'll say the hospital

00:57:46made a mistake.

00:57:46She'll come crawling back

00:57:47on her own.

00:57:48I braced myself

00:57:49against the wall,

00:57:50a spasm of pain

00:57:51twisting through my chest.

00:57:52Just hours earlier,

00:57:53Bella had come home

00:57:54from school in tears.

00:57:55Her uniform,

00:57:56the one she always kept so neat,

00:57:58was caked in mud,

00:57:59her knees scraped raw

00:58:00and bloody.

00:58:01I called her teacher.

00:58:02The voice on the other end

00:58:03was ice cold,

00:58:04demanding we transfer schools.

00:58:05Bella's mother,

00:58:06do you really need me

00:58:07to spell it out?

00:58:08When a parent's personal life

00:58:09is this disgraceful,

00:58:10when it's all anyone talks about,

00:58:11every child in that school

00:58:12knows your daughter

00:58:12is some man's

00:58:13illegitimate mistake.

00:58:14The other parents

00:58:14have serious concerns

00:58:15and frankly,

00:58:15we're in a very difficult position.

00:58:16I hung up and held

00:58:17my trembling daughter,

00:58:18my heart splitting open.

00:58:19She looked up at me.

00:58:20Her small face

00:58:21streaked with tears.

00:58:22Mommy,

00:58:23if I really am daddy's daughter,

00:58:25would he love me again?

00:58:26For that one sentence,

00:58:28I threw away

00:58:28every last shred of dignity

00:58:30and came to find Vito,

00:58:31to beg him for one more DNA test.

00:58:33I never imagined

00:58:34I'd overhear something

00:58:34so vile instead.

00:58:36In his eyes,

00:58:37publicly forging a DNA test

00:58:38to humiliate me

00:58:39was nothing,

00:58:40a trivial inconvenience.

00:58:41The shame and abuse

00:58:42Bella and I endured

00:58:43was just a performance

00:58:44he'd staged

00:58:45to please another woman.

00:58:45Even my adoptive parents,

00:58:47who'd always sworn

00:58:48they loved me most,

00:58:49were accomplices

00:58:50in his little play.

00:58:51I shut my eyes

00:58:52against the pain.

00:58:53Behind the door,

00:58:53their laughter continued.

00:58:54His friends seemed

00:58:55to feel a twinge of guilt.

00:58:57But what about Bella?

00:58:58I saw her earlier.

00:58:59A bunch of kids

00:58:59were screaming bastard at her

00:59:01and she ran out of school crying.

00:59:02You're really okay

00:59:02with her suffering like that?

00:59:03If she ever finds out the truth,

00:59:04she might never forgive you.

00:59:05Vito's tone dripped

00:59:06with the arrogance of a man

00:59:07convinced he held

00:59:08all the cards.

00:59:09Kids forget fast.

00:59:11A little suffering

00:59:12never hurt anyone.

00:59:13Besides,

00:59:13she's my biological daughter.

00:59:14Blood is thicker than water.

00:59:15You really think

00:59:16she disowned her own father?

00:59:17I dug my nails

00:59:18deeper into my palms,

00:59:19but I couldn't feel the pain.

00:59:21Before,

00:59:21I would have kicked

00:59:22that door open

00:59:22and demanded answers.

00:59:23But this time,

00:59:24I simply turned around.

00:59:26This divorce was happening,

00:59:27no matter what.

00:59:28I packed a few changes

00:59:29of clothes,

00:59:30took Bella by the hand,

00:59:31and went back

00:59:32to the Romano estate.

00:59:33Every other time

00:59:34I'd come home,

00:59:35my adoptive parents

00:59:35would come out smiling

00:59:36before I even reached the door.

00:59:38This time,

00:59:38my adoptive mother's voice

00:59:39was thick with disgust.

00:59:41What are you doing here?

00:59:42Mom,

00:59:43I have nowhere to go.

00:59:44I just need to stay

00:59:45one night with Bella.

00:59:46She sneered.

00:59:47The Romano estate

00:59:48isn't a homeless shelter.

00:59:49Don't bring your bad luck in here.

00:59:51My chest tightened.

00:59:52Bella peeked out

00:59:53from behind me,

00:59:53timid and small.

00:59:54Grandpa!

00:59:55Grandma!

00:59:56Her voice was soft

00:59:57and sweet,

00:59:58just like always.

00:59:59Waiting for them

00:59:59to scoop her up,

01:00:00their faces remained stone cold.

01:00:02Don't call us that.

01:00:03We don't have

01:00:04trashy relatives like you.

01:00:05It hit me like a blow

01:00:06to the head.

01:00:07I stood rooted to the spot,

01:00:08a few days apart,

01:00:09and we'd gone from adopted daughter

01:00:10to not even worth claiming

01:00:11as distant family.

01:00:12I still remembered

01:00:13when my adoptive father

01:00:14used to lift me over his head

01:00:15and declare that Sofia

01:00:16was the jewel of the Romano family.

01:00:18My adoptive mother

01:00:18used to brag to everyone

01:00:19about how accomplished

01:00:20her adopted daughter was,

01:00:21but ever since Alessia came back,

01:00:23their love for me

01:00:24vanished overnight.

01:00:25The family businesses

01:00:25I managed were stripped away,

01:00:27one by one.

01:00:28The connections I'd painstakingly built

01:00:29were transferred to Alessia's name,

01:00:31piece by piece.

01:00:32At the time,

01:00:32I'd told myself it made sense.

01:00:34Alessia was their real daughter.

01:00:35Compensating her was only natural.

01:00:36Now I finally understood.

01:00:37They resented me.

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