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00:00The night the Morettis were raided,
00:03I found a recording in my husband's study.
00:07Viola wants my schedule.
00:08Makes me check in every damn day.
00:12She even keeps track of how much I drink.
00:16Her father's on the run.
00:18The Morettis are finished.
00:19And you're still letting her keep you on a leash?
00:23She keeps this up.
00:24I'll have my lawyer draw up the divorce papers.
00:32So that was it.
00:35What I thought was love, Luca saw as a leash.
00:38I stopped asking where he went.
00:39Stopped waiting up.
00:41Stopped cleaning blood off his shirts.
00:43I even started looking for an apartment.
00:46Luca kicked my bedroom door open.
00:51And threw his gun, keys, and phone onto my bed.
00:56His eyes were red with exhaustion.
01:01Go ahead.
01:03Check.
01:04My schedule.
01:05My location.
01:05My ammo.
01:06How much I've had to drink.
01:07You used to check all of it.
01:09So why'd you stop?
01:11Viola.
01:12What?
01:14Are you gonna find yourself a better trained dog?
01:17Freezing rain hit New York that night.
01:20Luca didn't come home until 1147.
01:25His coat was soaked.
01:27His hand was scraped raw.
01:28There was dark blood on his cuff.
01:30Before, if Luca came home late, I'd ask where he'd been, who he'd met, whose blood was on him.
01:36I'd make him lock up his gun, check the magazine, then shower off the smell of smoke and gunpowder.
01:41Tonight, I didn't ask a thing.
01:44Viola, aren't you gonna ask why I'm two hours late?
01:47You had stuff to do.
01:50He stared at me like he didn't know me anymore.
01:54Then my phone rang.
01:55My father said the edbook's going back 10 years.
01:57Every account was frozen.
01:58They'd seized our hotels, warehouses, and shipping company.
02:05Several of my uncles had already fled the country.
02:10He had to disappear, too.
02:12Viola, don't come looking for me.
02:14From now on, you're Mrs. Bellini. Nothing more.
02:18The call ended.
02:20I just sat there.
02:24Luca came over and set a glass of water beside me.
02:28What happened?
02:32Nothing.
02:34It was the first time I'd kept something from him.
02:37That recording was still in my head.
02:39She keeps this up.
02:41I'll have my lawyer draw up the divorce papers.
02:43My family was finished.
02:45If I was no use to him anymore, I could take the hint.
02:51The next day, I scrapped every rule I had for Luca.
02:55The gun cabinet stayed unlocked.
02:57The liquor cabinet was open again.
03:00His driver no longer had to report his whereabouts.
03:02I even wiped the 1am check-in rule off the kitchen whiteboard.
03:06Maria looked stunned.
03:08Ma'am, did you and Mr. Bellini have a fight?
03:13No.
03:16Then why get rid of all the rules?
03:21From now on, he can do whatever he wants.
03:23I thought Luca would be thrilled.
03:26Instead, he came home at 8.
03:28Four hours early.
03:33He set his glass beside my papers.
03:35I just moved them aside.
03:37Keep it away from my papers.
03:42His eyes lit up.
03:45Actually, forget it.
03:46It's your house.
03:47Do what you want.
03:48The light in his eyes vanished.
03:50He didn't say a word through dinner.
03:53Afterward, he poured himself a full glass of whiskey.
03:55I used to take it away.
03:57Tonight, all I said was,
03:59Just don't overdo it.
04:00It's hard on your stomach.
04:02He stood there with the glass for a while.
04:05Then poured the whole thing down the sink.
04:11It tastes awful.
04:14I looked at the whiskey he'd been saving for seven years.
04:17I didn't call him on it.
04:22Luca started acting strange.
04:27He used to keep his phone on silent during meetings.
04:31Is it processed?
04:33Now he was texting me every two hours, telling me where he was.
04:37I never replied.
04:52Did you see my text?
04:54I did.
04:56Then why didn't you answer?
04:58I thought you hated me checking up on you.
05:01Who said I hated it?
05:05Luca, wouldn't this be easier for both of us?
05:09Being with me is that hard now?
05:11That's not what I meant.
05:12Then what did you mean?
05:13Just get back to your work.
05:17I started packing.
05:19I left the jewelry and expensive clothes behind.
05:24Three years ago, a hotel group in London offered me a director of operations role.
05:30I turned it down because Luca hated me being away from New York for too long.
05:37Now, there was no reason to say no.
05:40Where are you going?
05:41Business trip.
05:46How long?
05:48Not sure.
05:49Not sure.
05:51What do you mean, not sure?
05:54Used to hate it when I asked questions like that.
05:57That was then.
05:59That night, Luca deliberately stayed out.
06:03Midnight.
06:041am.
06:062am.
06:07I never called.
06:10At 317, the lock clicked.
06:15Luca came in from the cold.
06:19Then woke me.
06:21Then woke me.
06:26Viola, I'm home.
06:29Okay.
06:31You're not going to ask where I was?
06:33Luca, it's after 3.
06:34So?
06:35I'm trying to sleep.
06:39The next day, I found out Luca hadn't been working at all.
06:45He'd spent the whole night sitting alone at the family club, checking his phone every 10 minutes.
06:51Ma'am, are you and the boss getting divorced?
06:55Why?
06:55Last night, he asked if a wife would normally get mad when her husband stayed out past 3.
07:00What'd you say?
07:01We said yes.
07:02And?
07:03That somehow made him even more annoyed.
07:07They're going cheap.
07:09Now's the time to buy.
07:10The Morettis are finished anyway.
07:22What finally made up my mind was a family meeting.
07:25My father had barely gone into hiding.
07:28And the Balonis were already moving to buy.
07:34Three Moretti hotels at auction.
07:42When did you get here?
07:46Just now.
07:49What's wrong?
07:51Just tired.
08:00When we married, everyone said the Bellinis and the Morettis were one family now.
08:12So much for that.
08:17I'd like to proceed with the second interview.
08:22I didn't go to the auction.
08:24But that afternoon, the news confirmed it.
08:30The Balonis had bought a 51% stake in the Moretti hotel group.
08:40Here. For you.
08:43What is it?
08:44Just look.
08:45Tomorrow.
08:46Viola, what the hell's been going on with you?
08:49Nothing.
08:50You don't ask where I go.
08:51You don't care how much I drink.
08:53You won't touch my gun or even look at my phone.
08:55Isn't this what you've always wanted?
08:57When did I ever say that?
08:59Forget it.
09:02Three days later, I saw photos of Luca meeting with Elena.
09:05The prosecutor handling the Moretti case.
09:08First he bought my family's hotels.
09:10Then he met with the woman hunting my father.
09:13That was it.
09:14I was done.
09:16I want to file for divorce.
09:18Are you sure?
09:19I'm sure.
09:20Does Luca know?
09:21He doesn't need to.
09:22Divorcing a Bellini takes more than a signature.
09:26That's why I called you.
09:36Who are you talking to?
09:40A lawyer.
09:43What lawyer?
09:45None of your business.
09:47He used to hate it when I asked him these questions.
09:50Now he was the one following me around all day.
09:55Where were you this morning?
09:57Grabbed a blight with a friend.
09:59Then why does the driver say you were on Fifth Avenue this afternoon?
10:02Luca, are you checking up on me now?
10:05Yes.
10:06Didn't you hate it when I did this to you?
10:09It annoyed me.
10:10But I never said you couldn't ask.
10:13I couldn't be bothered to argue.
10:15I turned to leave and he grabbed my wrist.
10:20Who's that lawyer?
10:21A friend.
10:23A man?
10:24Yes.
10:26Find another lawyer.
10:27Why should I?
10:29I don't like it.
10:31Why is that my problem?
10:32The Bellinis held their winter gala on Long Island.
10:35Usually I'd check everything for Luca.
10:38His drinks, his seat, the security routes, even his cuff clinks.
10:42This time, I did nothing.
10:45Ten minutes before the gala, he came to me holding two ties.
10:49Which one?
10:51Whichever you want.
10:53Black or burgundy?
10:54Either.
10:56Then maybe I just won't wear one.
10:58Suit yourself.
11:01Halfway through the gala, the power went out.
11:05Three seconds later, gunshots rang out in the west corridor.
11:08Everyone panicked.
11:12I grabbed the radio off the table without thinking.
11:19Team!
11:20Secure the main hall.
11:21Get the elderly and the kids out through the kitchen.
11:26Second floor security.
11:27Stay where you are.
11:28Hold the stairs.
11:31Switch to backup power.
11:32Lock down every garage door.
11:41I was still watching the security feeds when Luca came back with his men.
11:44They dealt with the attackers.
11:47He stood in the doorway, watching me for a long time.
11:55I'm finally taking charge again.
11:58Of the family.
11:59Not you.
12:09Luca, did you lie to me?
12:12No.
12:14There's not even any blood.
12:16It hurt before.
12:17Don't come to me with this again.
12:19Why not?
12:20I thought you hated me fussing over everything.
12:25Did you hear something that night?
12:30The next day, he called Mateo and three other senior members back to the estate.
12:36When I came downstairs, four of the family's most feared men were standing in a row like schoolboys.
12:50Tell her.
12:52Ma'am, we just had too much to drink that night.
12:55What are you talking about?
12:57Tell her what you said that night.
12:59Word for word.
13:00We were giving the boss a hard time.
13:03Saying he was scared of his wife.
13:06He was just trying to look tough.
13:08Said if you kept checking up on him, he'd call a lawyer.
13:11And then?
13:12Afterward, he told us to keep our mouths shut.
13:14If you heard a word of it, whoever talked would get shipped off to guard warehouses in Sicily.
13:19Viola, I never actually wanted a divorce.
13:21But I did annoy you, didn't I?
13:25He said nothing.
13:27And whatever warmth I had left went cold.
13:41Got it.
13:44That night, I put the divorce papers on his desk.
13:48Luca stared at the first page for a full minute.
13:52Then he laughed.
13:56Who gave you these?
13:57Gabriel.
14:01Who is he?
14:02My lawyer.
14:03I'm not agreeing to this.
14:06You don't get to decide that on your own.
14:08In this family, I do.
14:12And that's exactly why I'm leaving.
14:17You're really leaving?
14:18Yes.
14:21To London?
14:23How did you know?
14:25I know the owner of that hotel group.
14:27Listen, Viola.
14:28I can change.
14:30But I don't want to manage you anymore.
14:34Three days later, Luca got drunk.
14:37That almost never happened.
14:39He knew better than anyone what losing control could cost a man in his world.
14:43But at 2 a.m., Metello brought him home.
14:46I was going to leave him with Maria.
14:52Luca grabbed my wrist and wouldn't let go.
14:54Let Maria take care of you.
14:56No.
14:58Let go.
15:02No.
15:02No.
15:02He emptied his pockets onto the bed.
15:05His gun.
15:06His car keys.
15:07His phone.
15:09And a sheet of paper with his whole schedule on it.
15:12Check.
15:13Check what?
15:14I used to check everything.
15:15Where I went.
15:16Who I saw.
15:18How many drinks I had.
15:19How many rounds I carried.
15:20Go on.
15:21Check.
15:22Luca, you're drunk.
15:24I know exactly what I'm saying.
15:26Isn't this what you wanted?
15:27Freedom?
15:32Like I'd said something ridiculous.
15:41Freedom.
15:41I came home every day knowing someone would tell me I reeked of smoke.
15:44Ask why I was 20 minutes late.
15:45Take my drink away.
15:46I thought that was home.
15:48Now you don't ask me anything.
15:50Viola, you don't think of this as home anymore?
15:52I couldn't speak.
15:54He stared at me, finally letting me see how scared he was.
16:03Or are you gonna find yourself a better trained dog?
16:21His drunken words didn't change my mind.
16:23But the next day, Luca started following every rule I'd ever made.
16:27Home before 11.
16:28Hand over his gun at the door.
16:30Tell me when he drank.
16:31Get his injuries treated.
16:33Even location sharing was back on.
16:34The thing he'd hated most.
16:36Turns out, Luca was impossible when he had no shame left.
16:40What are you doing?
16:42Following the house rules.
16:43I got rid of them.
16:46I didn't agree to that.
16:48I made the rules.
16:50Then make them again.
16:51You're shameless.
16:53What made me waver was a call from my lawyer a week later.
16:56He told me the three Moretti hotels had never ended up in the baloney's name.
17:00The auction was only a temporary step.
17:03What do you mean?
17:04The assets were transferred into a family trust.
17:08Who's the beneficiary?
17:09You.
17:12I took the documents and stormed straight into Luca's meeting room.
17:24Everyone out!
17:26You heard her.
17:34Explain.
17:36So you found out.
17:37Why buy the Moretti hotels and put them in my trust?
17:41Buying them at the court auction was the only way to get those assets out from under the freeze.
17:46That explained the hotels.
17:48But there was still the photo.
17:50Why had Elena, the federal prosecutor on the Moretti case, met with Luca in private?
17:55And your meeting with Elena?
17:57Was that about this too?
18:02That was for your father.
18:10The prosecutor was willing to drop my father's two most serious charges.
18:15In return, the Morettis had to hand over a ledger proving another family was trafficking weapons.
18:20Luca hadn't sold my father out for a truce.
18:23He'd been negotiating a way out for him.
18:28Why didn't you tell me?
18:29Your father asked me to keep it quiet.
18:31You could have at least told me you weren't trying to take over what was left of my family.
18:36I thought you'd understand when I gave you the documents.
18:38You couldn't just say that?
18:41You used to ask.
18:48Clearing up one misunderstanding didn't make divorce papers disappear, at least not to me.
18:53Luca clearly disagreed.
18:57Where did you put the papers?
18:59In the safe.
19:01What's the code?
19:02Not telling you.
19:04Are you 12?
19:05I can print another copy.
19:07Already had the printer moved.
19:10For the first time, I seriously considered hitting him with a rat Tupian 4.
19:15But I had to admit, I didn't want to leave.
19:18Nearly as bad as I had a few days ago.
19:21London sent the final offer.
19:23I didn't accept right away.
19:25He asked me to dinner to talk about my decision.
19:28We talked for two hours.
19:30When I came out, his car was parked across the street.
19:46Back home, he tried twice to hang up his jacket, then gave up and tossed it over a chair.
19:50He pretended to read, but kept glancing at the receipt beside my phone.
19:54Does he like you?
19:55Maybe.
19:56Do you like him?
19:58I don't know.
19:59Then I'll win you back.
20:01We're still married.
20:02Even better.
20:03Luca's idea of winning me back was painfully old school.
20:07Day one, he bought me an entire flower shop.
20:09I sent it back.
20:11Day two, he bought my favorite Italian restaurant.
20:13I made him sell it back.
20:14Day three, he finally got smart.
20:16No gifts.
20:17He just came home early and made pasta himself.
20:23You put too much salt in this.
20:25Too much?
20:26Way too much.
20:28Then show me how it's done.
20:31I finally got it.
20:32He wasn't trying to learn how to cook.
20:34He just wanted me to keep picking on him.
20:38Luca, are you trying to get me to yell at you?
20:41Maybe.
20:47It was the first time I'd really laughed with him since the Morettas fell apart.
20:53Six months later, my father came back to the States.
20:56Not as a fugitive.
20:58His cooperating witness deal was over and he was free.
21:01The Morettas would never be what they were, but we'd kept three hotels and two warehouse properties.
21:06I owe you for this.
21:08No.
21:09I owe Viola.
21:17My father said the worst thing in a marriage wasn't fighting.
21:20It was when both people stopped talking because they thought there was nothing left to say.
21:25Then I thought about the past six months.
21:27I stopped asking.
21:29Luca stopped explaining.
21:31We'd almost let our marriage die in silence.
21:33So, you still want the divorce?
21:39Having second thoughts?
21:41No.
21:42Not asking doesn't mean you don't care.
21:45And saying nothing isn't the same as protecting someone.
21:50So I decided to meet Luca halfway.
21:58Where are you going tomorrow?
22:02Docs in the morning.
22:03Family meeting in the afternoon.
22:05Then in the evening.
22:06What time will you be home?
22:08Before 10.
22:109.30.
22:12Deal.
22:13On our fifth anniversary, Luca took me to the top floor of the reopened Moretti Hotel.
22:17He'd turned all my old rules for me into a booklet.
22:23Rule six.
22:24Viola doesn't get to disappear without a word.
22:26Who approved that one?
22:28I did.
22:30Fattoed.
22:31Then rewrite it.
22:33Rule seven.
22:34If either of us wants out, we talk first.
22:37Anything else?
22:39Not for now.
22:40Can we add more later?
22:42Depends how you behave.
22:44Okay.
22:45I'll try to be the best trained dog you've ever had.
22:48When my family fell apart, I thought I'd have nowhere left to go.
22:52Eventually, I understood.
22:54Home wasn't a house or a last name.
22:56It was someone who remembered to come back on time, no matter how dangerous the night got.
23:05Inside the envelope was a photo of my father, outside a Brooklyn restaurant the night before.
23:11On the back, one line.
23:13A different last name won't erase the Morettis' debts.
23:21From now on, no going out alone.
23:23Not for a while.
23:25You're making the decision for me again?
23:29I'm suggesting you don't go out alone for a while.
23:32Tell me why.
23:34After the Morettis fell, three groups fought over the docks and warehouses we'd left behind.
23:40Now the assets were back in my name.
23:43They weren't going to take that quietly.
23:46It didn't take Luca long to narrow it down to the Sorrentinis.
23:53So they're threatening me?
23:56Not just you.
23:57Your father, too.
24:00Viola, let me handle this.
24:02And this time, I'll tell you exactly what I'm doing.
24:07Fine.
24:09But if this is about the Morettis, I'm in it.
24:13Viola, it's dangerous.
24:17I'm the only Moretti still living openly in New York.
24:20I don't get to sit this out.
24:23That's exactly what makes you a target.
24:26I reminded him that keeping me in the dark had nearly cost us our marriage.
24:32This time, he didn't shut me out when things got dangerous.
24:40She's calling the shots today.
24:42Follow her lead.
24:46We'd only just recovered the two warehouses.
24:49Everyone thought I'd hold onto them for dear life.
24:51But I knew I had to play my cards while they were worth the most.
24:56That was how I'd get them to the table.
24:59Luca took one look and understood.
25:02Tell the Sorrentinos we're ready to talk.
25:07Ma'am, we just got those warehouses back.
25:09Exactly.
25:11That's why they'll come to the table.
25:15Just before 10, my father's driver, Anthony, disappeared.
25:18His car was still in the hotel's underground garage.
25:25Ma'am, Anthony's missing.
25:30Anthony had been with the Morettis for over 20 years.
25:34If this was just a warning, there was no reason to go after him.
25:37He's not at his place.
25:38Worse, we couldn't reach my father either.
25:41He promised me last night he'd stay home today.
25:48Your father has never exactly been known for following orders.
25:52Is this really the time for jokes?
25:54I'm not joking.
25:56I'm trying to keep you from grabbing a gun and going after him yourself.
26:05They hadn't been taken by force.
26:07If my father had willingly got in that car, whoever called him was someone he knew.
26:12Someone he trusted.
26:19Uncle Carlo.
26:21Mateo, dig into him.
26:30Carlo was my father's cousin.
26:32He used to handle the shipping accounts.
26:34A week before the federal investigation, he'd suddenly left for Italy.
26:38The books that brought down the Morettis had first leaked from the shipping company.
26:42And three days before our accounts were frozen, his company had received a payment from the Sorrentino's.
26:52What a coincidence.
26:55Viola, I'm fine.
26:58Little princess.
27:00Been a long time.
27:05Uncle Carlo.
27:07You still remember your Uncle Carlo.
27:09I'm touched.
27:10Skip the reunion.
27:12What do you want?
27:13Three hotels, two warehouses, and the original ledger your father has.
27:18Tomorrow night.
27:19Eleven.
27:20The abandoned theater.
27:21You come alone.
27:23If I see one Bellini, your father won't make it back to New York again.
27:32That was when I understood what I'd always wanted from our marriage.
27:36Neither of us had to spend our whole life protecting the other.
27:39When danger came, I just wanted us to stand on the same side.
27:43What do you want to do?
27:46I'm going.
27:48Okay.
27:49Then we plan this together, and we bring your father home.
27:58What do you want to do?
27:58At 10.40 the next night, I walked into the abandoned theater alone, as agreed.
28:03Luca stayed outside.
28:05That was the plan we'd made together.
28:07Carlo still had my father.
28:09I couldn't risk it.
28:14Sign it.
28:19All the hotels and warehouses transferred to you?
28:23They're Moretti property anyway.
28:25Since when were you the only Moretti?
28:31Now I understood.
28:33This wasn't just about the businesses.
28:35He was scared of what the ledger proved.
28:38His dealings with the Sorrentinis.
28:40Hand over the original.
28:42You're still scared.
28:44My father doesn't have the ledger.
28:46Where is it?
28:48I have it.
28:50I'd hoped to trade its location for our freedom.
28:53But Carlo had never intended to make a fair deal.
28:56He wanted hostages he could keep using, not just information.
29:01There was no point negotiating any further.
29:05Let them go, and I'll tell you where it is.
29:08Viola!
29:09Antony can leave.
29:11Your father stays.
29:15Then we have nothing to discuss.
29:19I could turn my back.
29:21Because I knew I wasn't the one afraid of this deal falling apart.
29:25You're just like your father.
29:27Always thinking you can dictate terms to anyone.
29:30Wrong.
29:31I just know you need that ledger more than I do.
29:35Hey, Fritz!
29:36Before getting in the car, my father had activated the emergency tracker his lawyer had arranged.
29:41By the time Carlo tried to run, it was too late.
29:45You called the cops?
29:47You called the cops?
29:49Wasn't me.
29:51It was me.
30:06When Luca arrived, he didn't look at Carlo or anyone else.
30:09He looked straight at me.
30:11Only when he saw I was safe did he finally let himself breathe.
30:15Are you hurt?
30:17No.
30:27What Carlo said as they took him away made one thing clear.
30:32This was far from over.
30:34You think catching me ends this, Viola?
30:37The Sorrentinos were never just after your warehouses.
30:40They want the Bellini seat at the port.
30:50The Sorrentinos wanted the Bellini's two votes on the New York Port Joint Committee.
30:55Those votes would decide freight operations, dock leases, and warehouse permits for years.
31:00If the Bellettis lost their seats, the Sorrentinos could take over logistics across the entire South District.
31:07The Morettis were just the first step.
31:09Viola, this is an internal Bellini matter.
31:11Her two warehouses determine whether we keep our seats at the port.
31:15If she doesn't belong at this table, neither do you.
31:25He hadn't made my decision for me.
31:28He just made sure I had a place to speak.
31:30I could handle the rest.
31:34The Sorrentinos didn't need a war.
31:36They needed the committee to believe the Bellinos had lost control.
31:40So I signed new warehouse contracts through the hotel group's legitimate business.
31:44Then I had my lawyer separate the two warehouses from the family's old holdings.
31:48Everything was legal and transparent.
31:51Suddenly, they had nothing to use against us.
32:02You're better suited to this than I ever was.
32:07On voting day, the Bellinis kept their seats.
32:10For the first time, the Morettos no longer depended on the dirty business that had kept us alive.
32:15I'd thought the family's fall meant losing who I was.
32:20Now I understood.
32:22A family wasn't its warehouses or the numbers in a ledger.
32:26As long as someone was willing to rebuild it, it wasn't gone.
32:42Once the crisis passed, we slipped back into our old routine.
32:46He checked in. I asked my questions.
32:48Committee this morning, docks this afternoon, dinner with Mateo tonight.
32:52Did you drink?
32:53One glass.
32:55What time?
32:567.40.
32:57Who poured it?
32:58Mateo.
33:01After everything we'd been through, we made new rules.
33:04Neither of us would decide for the other.
33:07Neither of us would face everything alone.
33:10Rule 8.
33:12Neither of us gets to decide the other's life and call it protection.
33:16Rule 9.
33:18When there's danger, we don't face it alone.
33:20Who approved that one?
33:21Both of us.
33:33After the port crisis, the Bellinis decided to put Luca in charge of the family.
33:38The position meant power.
33:40It also meant he'd be the first target in every conflict.
33:44Before that meeting, he hadn't said a word to me.
33:47Luca, from today on, you lead the Bellini family.
33:52I accept.
34:10I understood why he said yes.
34:12The Bellinis needed someone who could keep everyone in line.
34:16But we just promised not to decide each other's lives, and he'd chosen the most dangerous future possible for both
34:21of us.
34:22Viola.
34:23When were you going to tell me?
34:25After you took over?
34:26Or after someone put a gun to my head?
34:30This wasn't a last minute decision.
34:32Then you had even more time to tell me.
34:36I can't leave the family in their hands.
34:39So you still think a good enough reason lets you decide first, and tell me later.
34:51He still came home before 9.30.
34:54But for the first time, I knew coming home on time couldn't fix what was wrong between us.
35:05Where are you going?
35:06The hotel.
35:07For how long?
35:09I don't know.
35:11Didn't we agree we wouldn't leave to punish each other?
35:13I'm not punishing you.
35:15I just can't keep waiting every night, wondering if my husband will make it home.
35:21I'll fix this.
35:22This time, don't try to fix it for me.
35:34My first night away, he didn't force his way in or post guards outside my door.
35:39He just brought the things I'd forgotten.
35:41Then he waited for me to decide whether to let him in.
35:51Can I come in?
35:53Five minutes.
35:56That's enough.
36:02He told me nearly half the Balaji's business was still in a legal grey area.
36:06If he stepped down now, whoever took over would drag the whole family into something worse.
36:11I understood.
36:12That didn't make me any less scared.
36:18Every time you say you have no choice, I end up living with the consequences too.
36:22I know.
36:23No, you don't.
36:24You know how to make people fear you.
36:28You don't know how to stop your wife being terrified of losing you.
36:32Then teach me.
36:33Why?
36:34I don't want to.
36:41Something happened at one of the Baluni's docks that night.
36:45I found out later he'd gone straight there from the hotel.
36:49This time, he didn't keep it from me.
36:52You know how to stay with me.
37:08I'm not going on that door!
37:11You stayed in
37:24tilt the camera down there's no need luca it's a scrape you're hiding things again
37:32i was gonna tell you after i got it treated that's still hiding it
37:37he said it was just a scratch i made him come over anyway but the wound wasn't what made me
37:42angry
37:44it was how his first instinct was still to hide the bad parts
37:48i thought if you saw it you'd be even less willing to come home
37:52so you decided what i should see again i'm sorry you're getting quicker at apologizing
38:01i've learned what it can cost me
38:05i asked for 30 days apart not a divorce not a test i wanted to know if we'd still choose
38:12each other
38:12without the roles of husband and wife deciding for us 30 days we live apart no checking up on each
38:18other and no using family business as an excuse to see me you're sure i'm sure okay
38:27on day seven i learned that not checking up on him was harder than i thought
38:32especially when the next morning every business outlet was asking
38:37if the new bellini boss was planning to marry the romano heiress
38:48we'd agreed we needed space but seeing him close to someone else still got to me
38:53you looked at me a lot tonight don't flatter yourself
38:57then you must have seen me step away from her
38:59why would i care
39:00you wouldn't
39:12sofia wasn't trying to steal my husband
39:14she was the romano's new head of investments
39:17and luca wanted her as a partner in his legitimate logistics business
39:20the marriage rumors had been planted by a few bellini elders
39:24relax i'm not interested in your ex-husband
39:28he's not my ex-husband yet
39:30even better
39:31i'd rather stay out of the crossfire
39:37i wasn't supposed to interfere
39:38but once i heard about the marriage proposal
39:40i couldn't help asking
39:42the elders want you to marry her
39:45they brought it up
39:46why didn't you tell me
39:48you said 30 days
39:50no checking in
39:51no coming to you about family business
39:53so you just weren't going to tell me
39:56viola
39:57i'm doing what you asked
39:58i turned them down
40:04once
40:04a scene like this would have had him digging into three generations of gabriel's family
40:10that night
40:11he didn't even come over
40:15he was really learning to let go
40:17and when he stopped asking questions
40:20i was the one who couldn't get used to it
40:22you're not going to ask
40:24ask what
40:25who i had dinner with
40:26what time we finished
40:29you don't like me checking up on you
40:31you told me to learn to let go
40:34i'm learning
40:50the bellini old guard wouldn't give up
40:52they wanted luca to secure the romano votes
40:55with a marriage alliance and keep his position as head of the family
40:58an engagement on paper for three votes
41:01surely you can see what matters here
41:04i can
41:05then sign
41:06i mean i know which matters more
41:08three votes or my wife
41:12i heard him reject the marriage alliance in front of everyone
41:15the jealousy in my chest finally eased
41:20you heard that
41:21i did
41:22there's no marriage alliance
41:24i know
41:26that's all i get
41:27what do you want
41:28a reward
41:29a little praise wouldn't hurt
41:33once the old guard started losing money and power
41:36someone was bound to make a move
41:39that night
41:40luca was ambushed at the docks
41:42i didn't hear it from his people
41:45the hospital still had me listed as his emergency contact
41:57i stayed by his side all night
41:59i could pretend all i wanted
42:02i couldn't fool myself into thinking i didn't care
42:06what are you doing here
42:08i'm your emergency contact
42:09how do you think i got here
42:11i forgot to change it
42:13don't you dare
42:14did i keep you waiting again
42:16yes
42:18you always do
42:27i spent the night at the hospital and finally admitted it
42:30i still loved him
42:32but loving him and being able to stay his wife were two different things
42:38i don't want to spend my life wondering
42:41if something happened to you
42:42every time the phone rings
42:45so you still want a divorce
42:48yes
43:00this time he didn't stop me
43:02he didn't decide for me again
43:05what happened to in this family i get the only say
43:09last time i wouldn't sign because i was afraid you'd leave
43:13and this time
43:15this time
43:17i finally understand
43:20loving you doesn't give me the right to make you live in fear with me
43:24you wanted your freedom
43:25it's yours
43:37the day the divorce became fanal
43:39luca was the one who moved out
43:41i'd imagined leaving that apartment so many times
43:44i never imagined how quiet it would be
43:46when it actually felt empty
43:49the apartment's yours
43:51it belongs to the bellinis
43:53it did
43:53it's in your name now
43:54i don't want it
43:55then sell it
43:56it's your decision
44:12at last i was completely free
44:22after the divorce he really stepped out of my life
44:25location sharing was off
44:26the driver stopped reporting to him
44:28my security went back under the moretto's control
44:31i'd once thought he asked too much
44:33now he didn't even ask if i'd arrived safely
44:36has he been busy lately
44:38the boss said we're not to report anything about you unless you ask us to
44:43i was just asking
44:59i thought i'd feel relieved
45:01but when he gave me a polite nod
45:03like any other friend
45:05it hurt more than his jealousy ever had
45:17we hadn't rooted out everyone in the old guard
45:20luca happened to be meeting a client at the same restaurant that day
45:23that was how he spotted the danger before my security did
45:29were you following me
45:31i had a meeting here
45:32you used to say
45:34you're never going out alone again
45:35i used to be your husband
45:37now all i can do is ask you to be careful
45:45luca
45:49but when he really let go
45:50just as i'd asked
45:52i felt the first sting of regret
45:58didn't you say you'd win me back
46:00you told me to let go
46:01so you just did
46:04viola i have to learn to listen to you sometime
46:15london offered me a one-year global operations role
46:18i asked luca if he'd walk away from the baloney's dangerous business for good
46:22maybe we still had a chance to leave together
46:25come to london with me
46:28i can't
46:31why not
46:33the family still needs me
46:35you nearly died at the docks
46:38that's why i'm changing things
46:40not running away
46:42i made him choose between the family and me
46:46for the first time
46:48he wouldn't give me what i wanted
46:53if you don't walk away i'm never coming back
46:57then don't come back
47:07i'd always thought he was the one who didn't understand love
47:10only then did i see i'd turned love into another kind of control
47:14i was so afraid of losing him
47:16i wanted to cut every danger out of his life
47:33london needed my answer the next day
47:53before i left my father told me what luca was doing
47:57he hadn't walked away from the baloney's
47:59he was dismantling the most dangerous parts piece by piece
48:03over the past three months he'd given up some of their most profitable shady businesses
48:08and made a lot of enemies doing it
48:10he hasn't changed the way you wanted him to
48:12i know
48:13but he is changing
48:16why didn't he tell me
48:19so you'd feel you owed him
48:20that's not who he is anymore
48:25before i left
48:26he brought back the jewelry box my mother had left me
48:29he'd even quietly had the crack repaired
48:31you forgot this
48:40how did you get in
48:41i used to live here
48:42my access still works
48:45and now
48:47now it's your home
49:00on the drive he didn't ask when i'd be back
49:02didn't say london was too far
49:05by the time we reached security i couldn't hold it in anymore
49:09is that all you have to say
49:13congratulations on getting the job you wanted
49:16luca weren't you going to win me back
49:19winning you back doesn't mean locking you in new york
49:22so you're just going to watch me leave
49:26i want you to stay
49:30but i don't own you
49:44i finally left new york
49:46just as i'd wanted
49:47but the moment the plane lifted off
49:49for the first time
49:50i wished he'd refused to listen
50:04the london job suited me better than i'd expected
50:08in four months i landed three new projects
50:12for the first time i had a life
50:14that had nothing to do with either family
50:18the only thing i couldn't get used to
50:20was that luca hadn't interrupted it once
50:32in the four months after i left
50:35luca made the hardest break in the balloonies history
50:39he didn't abandon the family
50:42he turned a position he'd had to defend with a gun
50:45into a business that could stand in the light
50:49why did he suddenly go this far
50:51it wasn't sudden
50:52he's been working on it since the attack at the docks
50:57he never told me
50:58you never asked
51:05i thought leaving new york would help me let go
51:07but i still didn't want to miss a single thing about him
51:10oh and the bellini old men have tried to set up
51:12two more marriage alliances for him
51:15why are you telling me this
51:16because he telling me this
51:17because he turned them both down
51:19said he'd been married once
51:20he'd already used up his quota
51:35four months apart
51:37and he'd put exactly the polite distance between us
51:40that i'd asked for
51:43miss moretti
51:45it's been a while
51:54sofia saw my face and decided to tell me everything
51:58luca had given up two votes within the family
52:00to refuse the marriage alliance
52:03and for cleaning up the old businesses
52:05his own people had nearly forced him out
52:09his biggest problem used to be trying to carry everyone
52:13now you tell him not to bother you
52:15and he actually trains himself to stay quiet
52:17who told him to be that obedient?
52:20you did
52:23but standing in front of him
52:25i realized i couldn't bear how completely he'd stuck away
52:29didn't you say you'd win me back?
52:33i did
52:36then what have you been doing for the past four months?
52:39respecting your decision
52:40i asked for respect
52:42not for you to disappear
52:44you told me to get out of your life completely
52:47viola isn't this what you wanted?
52:49i'd come to demand answers
52:51but once i started talking
52:52even i couldn't tell what i couldn't let go of
52:55i don't want it anymore
52:56don't want what?
52:57freedom?
52:58the divorce?
52:59or me keeping my distance?
53:06i finally admitted it
53:08i'd never regretted loving him
53:10i regretted pushing him so far away
53:15any of it
53:18viola
53:20i made a mistake
53:32it took me four months to admit what i missed
53:36not checking up on him
53:37not the lock turning at 9 30
53:40not having someone keep every danger away
53:43i missed luca
53:45his temper
53:46his stubbornness
53:47even the way he could never explain a damn thing properly
53:54i want the man who puts his drink in front of me on purpose
53:58waiting for me to take it
54:00and the man who's scared to death
54:02but still pretends he can carry everything alone
54:06that last part doesn't sound like a compliment
54:09it wasn't
54:16i didn't know until that night
54:18that he'd kept his ring on a chain
54:19against his chest since the divorce
54:23i never took it off
54:26we're divorced
54:27i know
54:29then why are you still wearing it?
54:34to remind myself how i lost my wife
54:36my turn to ask
54:37luca
54:38would you go out with me again?
54:49this time neither of us wanted to guess
54:51whatever we wanted
54:52we'd say it
54:54i'll go out with you
54:57is there a condition?
54:59yes
54:59if you miss me
55:00say it
55:01if you're jealous
55:03say it
55:03if you're scared
55:04say that too
55:06don't make me guess anymore
55:09deal
55:10on our first day together of voice how
55:12he was still the man who took being one minute late seriously
55:15it's only one minute
55:17my new boyfriend's late on day one
55:22give me a chance to make it up to you
55:25depends how you behave
55:29the scorched ring was just like our first marriage
55:33it had left its scars
55:36we didn't have to make it look the way it used to
55:39i've had it repaired so many times
55:41the burn marks won't come out
55:44then stop trying
55:45you don't want it
55:47our old marriage is over
55:49why keep the old ring?
55:52for our second wedding
55:53neither of us invited anyone who needed convincing
55:56this time
55:57our marriage had nothing to prove to either family
56:02you've thought this through?
56:04i have
56:05and you?
56:08i've been waiting almost a year for you to ask me that
56:11that was the end of the old rules
56:13we decided to write new ones for who we were now
56:15rule one
56:17no leaving to test the other's love
56:20rule two
56:21no calling silence protection
56:22rule three
56:23neither of us gets to decide the other's life
56:26rule four
56:27talk things through
56:28rule five
56:29home before 9 30
56:30how is that one still in here?
56:32got a problem with it?
56:34no
56:34i like it
56:35i like it a lot
56:36after that
56:37home before 9 30 was still the rule
56:40the difference was
56:41we finally understood
56:45the rules weren't a leash
56:48they were how we let each other know we were okay
56:53still checking up on me?
56:55depends on my mood
56:56then i'll try to be the best trained dog you've ever have
57:00no
57:02try learning to be my husband
57:05we both thought holding on tightly enough would make the other stay
57:09eventually we learned
57:11love wasn't one of us keeping watch while the other ran
57:14it wasn't giving up who we were for each other
57:17it was having whole lives of our own
57:19and still choosing to come back to each other
57:22at the end of every day
57:23thanks to the rest of the day
57:23bye
57:23bye
57:24bye
57:24bye
57:25bye
57:25bye