He killed me to marry my best friend ... Reddit Story 23
Real Life Stories: Love, Lies & Second Chances
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That was until he appeared in my'}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '53.120', 'text': 'life. Not as a lover, as a helper, a'}, {'start': '51.039', 'end': '55.199', 'text': 'friend, just someone who happened to be'}, {'start': '53.120', 'end': '58.559', 'text': 'in the right place at the right time, my'}, {'start': '55.199', 'end': '60.640', 'text': 'house, and suddenly he stayed. At first,'}, {'start': '58.559', 'end': '63.440', 'text': 'it was Sophie who brought him in,'}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '66.320', 'text': 'dressed him up, gave him a job, turned'}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '69.760', 'text': 'him into a man in a suit. I stayed out'}, {'start': '66.320', 'end': '72.799', 'text': "of it. He felt like someone else's story"}, {'start': '69.760', 'end': '76.240', 'text': 'until one night he walked me home and'}, {'start': '72.799', 'end': '80.240', 'text': 'stayed for tea. No one knew. I swore it'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '82.880', 'text': 'meant nothing. just once, one night. But'}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '85.920', 'text': 'someone always knows, especially when'}, {'start': '82.880', 'end': '89.040', 'text': "she's your best friend. We didn't fight,"}, {'start': '85.920', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'no screaming, she just went quiet, the'}, {'start': '89.040', 'end': '93.920', 'text': 'kind of silence only women can hold when'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '97.040', 'text': "they've been betrayed. And then came the"}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '100.799', 'text': 'invite, a wedding. My best friend was'}, {'start': '97.040', 'end': '102.720', 'text': 'getting married to him. The man I I'}, {'start': '100.799', 'end': '106.640', 'text': "don't even know what to call anymore,"}, {'start': '102.720', 'end': '110.079', 'text': 'but I went. I smiled. I signed the card.'}, {'start': '106.640', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'and I died. Episode one. Amomar arrived'}, {'start': '110.079', 'end': '115.759', 'text': 'at their home almost by accident. Hired'}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '118.000', 'text': 'temporarily through a friend of a friend'}, {'start': '115.759', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'just to help around the house, drive'}, {'start': '118.000', 'end': '122.960', 'text': 'Sophie to appointments, pick up'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '125.759', 'text': 'groceries, sign for packages. He was'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '128.319', 'text': 'quiet, polite with that distinct accent'}, {'start': '125.759', 'end': '131.319', 'text': 'that marked his Nigerian roots and a'}, {'start': '128.319', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'certain look in his eyes. Not pushy, not'}, {'start': '131.319', 'end': '136.959', 'text': 'flirtatious, just respectful and a'}, {'start': '133.920', 'end': '139.560', 'text': 'little tired. At first, no one paid much'}, {'start': '136.959', 'end': '142.040', 'text': 'attention to him. He blended into the'}, {'start': '139.560', 'end': '144.360', 'text': "background, didn't disrupt, didn't"}, {'start': '142.040', 'end': '146.640', 'text': 'demand, but that was only on the'}, {'start': '144.360', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'surface. Sophie noticed something'}, {'start': '146.640', 'end': '150.879', 'text': 'different about him right away. He'}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '154.080', 'text': "wasn't polished in the slick New York"}, {'start': '150.879', 'end': '157.040', 'text': "way. He wasn't chasing anything. He"}, {'start': '154.080', 'end': '159.519', 'text': "didn't overshare. And that strangely"}, {'start': '157.040', 'end': '161.840', 'text': 'made her curious. She bought him a'}, {'start': '159.519', 'end': '164.879', 'text': 'shirt, just one, because the old one'}, {'start': '161.840', 'end': '167.400', 'text': 'looked too worn. Then a good face lotion'}, {'start': '164.879', 'end': '170.239', 'text': 'because he smelled too much like laundry'}, {'start': '167.400', 'end': '172.239', 'text': 'detergent. A few weeks in, he was'}, {'start': '170.239', 'end': '175.200', 'text': 'already having morning coffee in her'}, {'start': '172.239', 'end': '178.480', 'text': 'kitchen, adjusting his jacket, thanking'}, {'start': '175.200', 'end': '180.959', 'text': 'her for just letting me be useful. She'}, {'start': '178.480', 'end': '184.000', 'text': 'felt needed not in the way men usually'}, {'start': '180.959', 'end': '187.040', 'text': 'make women feel needed, but deeper, like'}, {'start': '184.000', 'end': '190.000', 'text': 'she was building something, shaping it.'}, {'start': '187.040', 'end': '193.040', 'text': 'She liked it. Tammy, her best friend of'}, {'start': '190.000', 'end': '194.879', 'text': "over 10 years, came over often. They'd"}, {'start': '193.040', 'end': '197.680', 'text': 'been through everything together.'}, {'start': '194.879', 'end': '199.200', 'text': 'Business, breakups, birthdays. She was'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '202.159', 'text': 'the kind of friend who could walk in'}, {'start': '199.200', 'end': '205.840', 'text': 'unannounced, brew her own coffee and'}, {'start': '202.159', 'end': '208.400', 'text': 'tease, saving another lost soul. Soft.'}, {'start': '205.840', 'end': '211.840', 'text': 'Sophie would laugh it off. But she knew'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '214.319', 'text': 'Tammy saw Mar not as a driver. Not even'}, {'start': '211.840', 'end': '217.120', 'text': 'as a man Sophie was helping. As'}, {'start': '214.319', 'end': '219.599', 'text': 'something more. It started with glances'}, {'start': '217.120', 'end': '223.519', 'text': 'longer than they needed to be. Then came'}, {'start': '219.599', 'end': '226.159', 'text': 'the questions. his name, where he lived.'}, {'start': '223.519', 'end': '229.599', 'text': 'Sophie brushed it off. Her life was'}, {'start': '226.159', 'end': '232.319', 'text': 'under control. Career, friends, casual'}, {'start': '229.599', 'end': '235.040', 'text': 'dating, everything in its place,'}, {'start': '232.319', 'end': '237.439', 'text': 'including Amar. He and Sophie began'}, {'start': '235.040', 'end': '240.879', 'text': 'working together more often. He was'}, {'start': '237.439', 'end': '243.360', 'text': 'capable, efficient, silent when needed,'}, {'start': '240.879', 'end': '245.680', 'text': 'present when it mattered. Sometimes they'}, {'start': '243.360', 'end': '248.519', 'text': 'drove in silence, and it was the most'}, {'start': '245.680', 'end': '251.560', 'text': 'comforting part of her day. There was no'}, {'start': '248.519', 'end': '254.799', 'text': 'flirting, not even suggestion, just'}, {'start': '251.560', 'end': '257.199', 'text': 'presence. One night, after a long day,'}, {'start': '254.799', 'end': '259.199', 'text': 'he walked her to the door, waiting'}, {'start': '257.199', 'end': '262.000', 'text': 'patiently while she fumbled with her'}, {'start': '259.199', 'end': '264.120', 'text': 'keys. In that stillness, there was more'}, {'start': '262.000', 'end': '266.479', 'text': 'care than in years of past'}, {'start': '264.120', 'end': '269.120', 'text': "relationships. That night, she couldn't"}, {'start': '266.479', 'end': '271.040', 'text': 'sleep, not because she missed him, but'}, {'start': '269.120', 'end': '274.240', 'text': 'because for the first time in a long'}, {'start': '271.040', 'end': '276.800', 'text': "time, she didn't feel alone. A few"}, {'start': '274.240', 'end': '280.160', 'text': 'months passed. His presence became'}, {'start': '276.800', 'end': '282.800', 'text': 'normal. Coffee runs, errands, quiet'}, {'start': '280.160', 'end': '286.240', 'text': 'support. Tammy started staying longer,'}, {'start': '282.800', 'end': '288.479', 'text': 'too. Sometimes far too long. Sophie'}, {'start': '286.240', 'end': '290.000', 'text': 'noticed the way she looked at him. How'}, {'start': '288.479', 'end': '292.960', 'text': "they'd disappear into the kitchen"}, {'start': '290.000', 'end': '295.759', 'text': 'together to go over the list. Still,'}, {'start': '292.960', 'end': '298.080', 'text': 'Sophie asked no questions. Not because'}, {'start': '295.759', 'end': '301.280', 'text': "she trusted, because she didn't want to"}, {'start': '298.080', 'end': '303.520', 'text': 'seem insecure. Her mother once said, "If'}, {'start': '301.280', 'end': '306.560', 'text': "you want to keep a man, don't follow"}, {'start': '303.520', 'end': '309.360', 'text': 'him." Sophie didn\'t, but her journal'}, {'start': '306.560', 'end': '311.440', 'text': 'began filling with sharper entries. Does'}, {'start': '309.360', 'end': '313.680', 'text': 'he look at her differently? Why is she'}, {'start': '311.440', 'end': '317.120', 'text': "laughing louder when he's around? Is it"}, {'start': '313.680', 'end': '320.240', 'text': 'all in my head? Then the break. Amar'}, {'start': '317.120', 'end': '323.600', 'text': "didn't show up to work. No call, no"}, {'start': '320.240', 'end': '326.240', 'text': 'text, just silence. A day later, he'}, {'start': '323.600', 'end': '329.120', 'text': 'returned. Tired eyes, a bruise on his'}, {'start': '326.240', 'end': '332.160', 'text': "neck. A week I wasn't feeling well."}, {'start': '329.120', 'end': '335.120', 'text': "Sophie didn't press. She knew. She"}, {'start': '332.160', 'end': '337.919', 'text': "didn't need to see. She felt it. And"}, {'start': '335.120', 'end': '341.520', 'text': 'Tammy, avoiding eye contact, speaking'}, {'start': '337.919', 'end': '343.680', 'text': 'quickly. Amomar spoke less. That night,'}, {'start': '341.520', 'end': '347.360', 'text': 'Sophie sat in her bedroom scrolling'}, {'start': '343.680', 'end': '350.560', 'text': 'through old photos, realizing she was no'}, {'start': '347.360', 'end': '353.440', 'text': 'longer in control. Not of her home, not'}, {'start': '350.560', 'end': '356.400', 'text': 'of her friend, not of herself. But'}, {'start': '353.440', 'end': '359.840', 'text': "strangely, she didn't cry. She didn't"}, {'start': '356.400', 'end': '362.000', 'text': 'explode. She got up, washed her face,'}, {'start': '359.840', 'end': '364.560', 'text': 'put on her dress, and went to work the'}, {'start': '362.000', 'end': '366.479', 'text': 'next day with perfect eyeliner because'}, {'start': '364.560', 'end': '369.520', 'text': 'she knew how to wear composure like'}, {'start': '366.479', 'end': '373.199', 'text': 'armor. And then she offered Amar to'}, {'start': '369.520', 'end': '375.800', 'text': 'stay. Keep working. Stay close. He'}, {'start': '373.199', 'end': '378.479', 'text': 'agreed. His yes was filled with'}, {'start': '375.800', 'end': '381.880', 'text': "confusion like he didn't understand what"}, {'start': '378.479', 'end': '384.800', 'text': "she meant. She didn't let it show. She"}, {'start': '381.880', 'end': '387.759', 'text': 'smiled, made coffee, tore out the'}, {'start': '384.800', 'end': '392.000', 'text': 'journal pages, and began planning the'}, {'start': '387.759', 'end': '394.319', 'text': 'wedding, hers, with him. Episode two.'}, {'start': '392.000', 'end': '396.720', 'text': 'Sophie had always prided herself on her'}, {'start': '394.319', 'end': '399.440', 'text': 'ability to keep a straight face. No'}, {'start': '396.720', 'end': '402.000', 'text': 'matter how deeply she was hurt, she knew'}, {'start': '399.440', 'end': '404.080', 'text': 'how to stay in control. It was her way'}, {'start': '402.000', 'end': '406.880', 'text': 'of surviving in a city where weakness'}, {'start': '404.080', 'end': '409.680', 'text': 'cost too much. Even when her heart achd'}, {'start': '406.880', 'end': '412.479', 'text': 'with suspicion, she smiled and kept'}, {'start': '409.680', 'end': '414.560', 'text': 'moving forward. That was exactly how she'}, {'start': '412.479', 'end': '417.520', 'text': 'came to her decision not to confront'}, {'start': '414.560', 'end': '419.880', 'text': 'Amar, not to kick him out or scream, but'}, {'start': '417.520', 'end': '422.240', 'text': 'to take a step forward that would change'}, {'start': '419.880', 'end': '425.680', 'text': 'everything. She knew he had betrayed'}, {'start': '422.240', 'end': '428.080', 'text': 'her. She felt that Tammy was lying. But'}, {'start': '425.680', 'end': '431.199', 'text': 'instead of burning bridges, she decided'}, {'start': '428.080', 'end': '433.759', 'text': 'to build a new one and name it wedding.'}, {'start': '431.199', 'end': '436.479', 'text': 'The planning began quietly. No'}, {'start': '433.759', 'end': '439.120', 'text': 'announcements, no engagement ring, no'}, {'start': '436.479', 'end': '441.599', 'text': "social media updates. This wasn't about"}, {'start': '439.120', 'end': '444.240', 'text': 'a picture perfect love story. It was'}, {'start': '441.599', 'end': '446.199', 'text': 'about power, about who really controls'}, {'start': '444.240', 'end': '448.400', 'text': "the room when everyone's looking"}, {'start': '446.199', 'end': '451.280', 'text': 'elsewhere. Sophie started with the'}, {'start': '448.400', 'end': '454.080', 'text': 'basics, meetings with florists, venue'}, {'start': '451.280', 'end': '456.240', 'text': 'scouting, music selection. She told'}, {'start': '454.080', 'end': '458.479', 'text': 'everyone it was for a corporate event,'}, {'start': '456.240', 'end': '460.800', 'text': 'that the wedding would come later. In'}, {'start': '458.479', 'end': '463.560', 'text': 'truth, she was creating a space where'}, {'start': '460.800', 'end': '467.680', 'text': 'Amar would have to choose. stay or'}, {'start': '463.560', 'end': '471.199', 'text': 'disappear. He stayed. He came every day,'}, {'start': '467.680', 'end': '474.000', 'text': 'worked, listened, stayed close. But'}, {'start': '471.199', 'end': '477.280', 'text': 'between them, a wall was rising, not of'}, {'start': '474.000', 'end': '479.840', 'text': 'silence, but of guilt. Tammy almost'}, {'start': '477.280', 'end': '483.039', 'text': "stopped coming. Occasionally, she'd call"}, {'start': '479.840', 'end': '485.520', 'text': 'or text, asking how things were going.'}, {'start': '483.039', 'end': '488.160', 'text': 'Sophie replied, as always, "Everything\'s'}, {'start': '485.520', 'end': '491.639', 'text': 'fine. Lots of work." But something in'}, {'start': '488.160', 'end': '493.919', 'text': 'her voice had changed. not anger, cold'}, {'start': '491.639', 'end': '496.400', 'text': 'acceptance. She watched as the illusion'}, {'start': '493.919', 'end': '500.160', 'text': 'of a forever friend collapsed and made'}, {'start': '496.400', 'end': '502.800', 'text': 'no move to save it. Instead, she began'}, {'start': '500.160', 'end': '505.039', 'text': 'shaping a new version of herself, a'}, {'start': '502.800', 'end': '507.599', 'text': "woman who hadn't just survived, but had"}, {'start': '505.039', 'end': '509.759', 'text': 'mastered the chaos. At one of the event'}, {'start': '507.599', 'end': '513.200', 'text': 'rehearsals, while choosing music with'}, {'start': '509.759', 'end': '515.640', 'text': 'Amar, she played an old Nigerian song,'}, {'start': '513.200', 'end': '519.039', 'text': 'one from his childhood. He was'}, {'start': '515.640', 'end': '521.640', 'text': 'surprised. She just nodded. Yes, she had'}, {'start': '519.039', 'end': '523.760', 'text': "done her homework. She'd read,"}, {'start': '521.640', 'end': '525.360', 'text': 'researched, learned everything that'}, {'start': '523.760', 'end': '528.640', 'text': 'could bring him back to his most'}, {'start': '525.360', 'end': '530.640', 'text': 'authentic self. He thanked her, and for'}, {'start': '528.640', 'end': '532.720', 'text': 'the first time in a long while, he'}, {'start': '530.640', 'end': '534.800', 'text': 'looked at her not as an assistant, but'}, {'start': '532.720', 'end': '537.320', 'text': "as a man who wasn't sure where he was"}, {'start': '534.800', 'end': '540.640', 'text': 'anymore. It was a moment where something'}, {'start': '537.320', 'end': '543.519', 'text': 'cracked. Sophie sensed the weakness, not'}, {'start': '540.640', 'end': '546.560', 'text': 'in herself, in him. And it signaled to'}, {'start': '543.519', 'end': '550.000', 'text': 'her he was ready. Not because he loved'}, {'start': '546.560', 'end': '552.399', 'text': 'her, because he feared being alone, and'}, {'start': '550.000', 'end': '554.720', 'text': 'that meant he would hold on. She turned'}, {'start': '552.399', 'end': '558.160', 'text': 'up the pressure, involved him in the'}, {'start': '554.720', 'end': '560.640', 'text': 'wedding plans, asked for opinions, spoke'}, {'start': '558.160', 'end': '563.680', 'text': 'about the future, and with each passing'}, {'start': '560.640', 'end': '566.240', 'text': 'day, his responses grew shorter, but he'}, {'start': '563.680', 'end': '569.040', 'text': "didn't leave. She watched him struggle"}, {'start': '566.240', 'end': '572.320', 'text': "with his own inner conflict. He couldn't"}, {'start': '569.040', 'end': '574.320', 'text': "say no and he couldn't confess because"}, {'start': '572.320', 'end': '576.800', 'text': 'that would bring the whole thing down'}, {'start': '574.320', 'end': '579.680', 'text': "and he'd lose not just his job but his"}, {'start': '576.800', 'end': '582.839', 'text': 'dignity. At night, Sophie sometimes woke'}, {'start': '579.680', 'end': '585.440', 'text': 'up, opened her laptop and stared at the'}, {'start': '582.839', 'end': '588.959', 'text': 'spreadsheets. Everything was mapped out,'}, {'start': '585.440', 'end': '591.200', 'text': 'timing, guest lists, menus. She had even'}, {'start': '588.959', 'end': '594.160', 'text': 'crafted how their story would be told to'}, {'start': '591.200', 'end': '596.800', 'text': 'others, not as a fairy tale, as an'}, {'start': '594.160', 'end': '599.519', 'text': 'example of mature love. Two people with'}, {'start': '596.800', 'end': '602.680', 'text': 'pasts, with mistakes and secrets, who'}, {'start': '599.519', 'end': '605.440', 'text': 'chose each other anyway, publicly,'}, {'start': '602.680', 'end': '608.880', 'text': 'irrevocably, only one thing was missing,'}, {'start': '605.440', 'end': '612.320', 'text': "the ring. Amomar still hadn't proposed."}, {'start': '608.880', 'end': '615.120', 'text': 'Sophie remained silent, but she knew if'}, {'start': '612.320', 'end': '618.240', 'text': "he didn't do it by Monday, she would. On"}, {'start': '615.120', 'end': '622.000', 'text': 'Sunday, she ordered the ring. A simple'}, {'start': '618.240', 'end': '624.480', 'text': 'design, no frrills, just a formality.'}, {'start': '622.000', 'end': '627.040', 'text': 'She brought it home, set the box on the'}, {'start': '624.480', 'end': '630.440', 'text': 'table, and went to make tea. Amar'}, {'start': '627.040', 'end': '633.600', 'text': 'arrived later. He saw the box. He'}, {'start': '630.440', 'end': '636.320', 'text': 'understood. And in that moment, his eyes'}, {'start': '633.600', 'end': '638.399', 'text': 'fell into that haunting quiet. The kind'}, {'start': '636.320', 'end': '640.880', 'text': 'of silence that says a person is saying'}, {'start': '638.399', 'end': '643.519', 'text': "goodbye to himself. He didn't say a"}, {'start': '640.880', 'end': '645.920', 'text': 'word, but he stayed. That was his'}, {'start': '643.519', 'end': '649.600', 'text': 'answer. Sophie marked the date on the'}, {'start': '645.920', 'end': '653.040', 'text': 'calendar. One month, a modest wedding,'}, {'start': '649.600', 'end': '655.519', 'text': 'no press, just close friends. She chose'}, {'start': '653.040', 'end': '657.839', 'text': 'a rooftop venue with a view of the New'}, {'start': '655.519', 'end': '661.200', 'text': 'York skyline, string lights hanging'}, {'start': '657.839', 'end': '664.680', 'text': 'against the sky, live saxophone music.'}, {'start': '661.200', 'end': '667.920', 'text': 'It had to be beautiful, stylish, no'}, {'start': '664.680', 'end': '670.880', 'text': 'drama, perfect. She decided not to'}, {'start': '667.920', 'end': '673.760', 'text': 'invite Tammy. Not out of spite because'}, {'start': '670.880', 'end': '677.200', 'text': 'it no longer made sense. This was a new'}, {'start': '673.760', 'end': '679.440', 'text': 'world without her. But then strange'}, {'start': '677.200', 'end': '682.800', 'text': 'things started happening in the house.'}, {'start': '679.440', 'end': '685.600', 'text': 'First a fallen painting, then a'}, {'start': '682.800', 'end': '688.480', 'text': 'shattered vase. Then letters falling off'}, {'start': '685.600', 'end': '690.640', 'text': 'shelves on their own. At first Sophie'}, {'start': '688.480', 'end': '694.240', 'text': "didn't think much of it. The city was"}, {'start': '690.640', 'end': '697.279', 'text': 'noisy the household. But slowly she'}, {'start': '694.240', 'end': '700.160', 'text': "began to feel she wasn't alone. Not in"}, {'start': '697.279', 'end': '702.720', 'text': 'the usual sense. Not like with Amar.'}, {'start': '700.160', 'end': '705.200', 'text': 'Like someone was watching. Someone she'}, {'start': '702.720', 'end': '708.040', 'text': "used to know. someone she didn't want to"}, {'start': '705.200', 'end': '711.839', 'text': 'remember. At night, she sometimes heard'}, {'start': '708.040', 'end': '714.680', 'text': 'footsteps, a voice, or felt cold air'}, {'start': '711.839', 'end': '718.079', 'text': 'brush her hand. They were hints,'}, {'start': '714.680', 'end': '720.959', 'text': 'shadows, echoes of things unspoken. She'}, {'start': '718.079', 'end': '723.920', 'text': 'tried to ignore them, but deep down she'}, {'start': '720.959', 'end': '727.279', 'text': "already knew they weren't coincidences."}, {'start': '723.920', 'end': '730.160', 'text': 'They were warnings. Episode 3. In a'}, {'start': '727.279', 'end': '732.880', 'text': 'house once ruled by silence, everything'}, {'start': '730.160', 'end': '736.079', 'text': 'began to sound different. Every creek of'}, {'start': '732.880', 'end': '738.480', 'text': 'the floorboards, every click of a door,'}, {'start': '736.079', 'end': '741.519', 'text': 'every breath of air seemed to echo with'}, {'start': '738.480', 'end': '744.279', 'text': 'the presence of someone else. At first,'}, {'start': '741.519', 'end': '747.200', 'text': "Sophie didn't name it fear. It felt like"}, {'start': '744.279', 'end': '750.160', 'text': 'exhaustion, then like tension, and'}, {'start': '747.200', 'end': '752.480', 'text': "finally as facts. These weren't just"}, {'start': '750.160', 'end': '755.120', 'text': 'glitches in her perception. It was'}, {'start': '752.480', 'end': '757.360', 'text': 'something or someone. Wedding'}, {'start': '755.120', 'end': '760.399', 'text': 'preparations continued, and with each'}, {'start': '757.360', 'end': '763.200', 'text': 'passing day, the sense of an unseen'}, {'start': '760.399', 'end': '765.200', 'text': 'observer grew stronger. Some mornings,'}, {'start': '763.200', 'end': '767.279', 'text': 'Sophie woke with the distinct feeling'}, {'start': '765.200', 'end': '771.200', 'text': 'that someone had been standing by her'}, {'start': '767.279', 'end': '775.279', 'text': 'bed. Not Amar, not the housekeeper,'}, {'start': '771.200', 'end': '778.639', 'text': 'someone else, uninvited, unforgiven. One'}, {'start': '775.279', 'end': '780.480', 'text': 'day, she found an old photo in a drawer,'}, {'start': '778.639', 'end': '782.880', 'text': "one that definitely hadn't been there"}, {'start': '780.480', 'end': '786.000', 'text': 'before. A snapshot from a summer'}, {'start': '782.880', 'end': '789.519', 'text': 'weekend. The three of them, her, Tammy,'}, {'start': '786.000', 'end': '792.240', 'text': 'and Amar, sitting on a porch, laughing,'}, {'start': '789.519', 'end': '794.639', 'text': 'sunlight flooding the frame. Sophie'}, {'start': '792.240', 'end': '797.040', 'text': 'remembered that day vividly, the scent'}, {'start': '794.639', 'end': '799.120', 'text': 'of peaches, how Tammy had put on her'}, {'start': '797.040', 'end': '802.160', 'text': 'sunglasses, and joked that she felt like'}, {'start': '799.120', 'end': '805.040', 'text': "a billionaire's wife, how Amar spilled"}, {'start': '802.160', 'end': '807.360', 'text': 'lemonade down his shirt. But Sophie was'}, {'start': '805.040', 'end': '810.000', 'text': "sure she hadn't printed that photo,"}, {'start': '807.360', 'end': '811.839', 'text': "hadn't stored it there. She put it back"}, {'start': '810.000', 'end': '814.800', 'text': "but couldn't shake the feeling that it"}, {'start': '811.839', 'end': '817.360', 'text': 'was a warning or a reminder of something'}, {'start': '814.800', 'end': '819.920', 'text': 'she had been trying to forget. Amomar'}, {'start': '817.360', 'end': '821.360', 'text': 'had grown distant in those weeks. He'}, {'start': '819.920', 'end': '823.600', 'text': "didn't disappear. He was still"}, {'start': '821.360', 'end': '826.079', 'text': "physically there, but it was like he'd"}, {'start': '823.600', 'end': '829.200', 'text': 'checked out emotionally. He gave vague'}, {'start': '826.079', 'end': '831.360', 'text': 'answers, avoided eye contact, spent long'}, {'start': '829.200', 'end': '834.560', 'text': 'stretches staring off the balcony into'}, {'start': '831.360', 'end': '837.360', 'text': "the night. Sophie didn't ask. She was"}, {'start': '834.560', 'end': '840.000', 'text': 'afraid. Not of the truth, but of losing'}, {'start': '837.360', 'end': '842.720', 'text': 'control. and that meant dismantling the'}, {'start': '840.000', 'end': '844.800', 'text': "entire image she'd built. So, she"}, {'start': '842.720', 'end': '847.760', 'text': 'carried on with the rehearsals,'}, {'start': '844.800', 'end': '850.519', 'text': 'scheduled meetings, finalized the guest'}, {'start': '847.760', 'end': '853.440', 'text': 'list, ordered engraved champagne'}, {'start': '850.519', 'end': '856.160', 'text': 'glasses, and every evening when she came'}, {'start': '853.440', 'end': '858.480', 'text': 'home, she turned on every light in the'}, {'start': '856.160', 'end': '860.880', 'text': 'house, as if that could protect her from'}, {'start': '858.480', 'end': '865.120', 'text': 'the shadows. Then the strange phone'}, {'start': '860.880', 'end': '867.959', 'text': 'calls began. No threats, just silence.'}, {'start': '865.120', 'end': '870.959', 'text': 'Someone would call but say nothing. Just'}, {'start': '867.959', 'end': '873.920', 'text': 'breathe. Sometimes a recording would'}, {'start': '870.959', 'end': '875.920', 'text': "play. A woman's laughter. Sophie didn't"}, {'start': '873.920', 'end': '878.720', 'text': 'recognize the voice, but it felt'}, {'start': '875.920', 'end': '881.279', 'text': 'painfully familiar. One time the'}, {'start': '878.720', 'end': '883.920', 'text': 'voicemail captured a phrase, "You forgot'}, {'start': '881.279', 'end': '886.480', 'text': 'who was first." She tried to delete it,'}, {'start': '883.920', 'end': '889.839', 'text': "but the button didn't work. Her phone"}, {'start': '886.480', 'end': '892.320', 'text': 'froze, then the entire system crashed.'}, {'start': '889.839', 'end': '894.800', 'text': 'She removed the battery. That same'}, {'start': '892.320', 'end': '898.720', 'text': 'evening, she found a handprint on the'}, {'start': '894.800', 'end': '901.040', 'text': 'bathroom mirror. Small, feminine, foggy,'}, {'start': '898.720', 'end': '903.839', 'text': 'like someone had stood behind her while'}, {'start': '901.040', 'end': '906.720', 'text': 'she washed her face. Sophie began to'}, {'start': '903.839', 'end': '909.720', 'text': 'wonder if she was losing her mind. She'}, {'start': '906.720', 'end': '912.560', 'text': 'reread articles about PTSD,'}, {'start': '909.720', 'end': '914.240', 'text': 'hallucinations, suggestion, but logic'}, {'start': '912.560', 'end': '917.199', 'text': 'said one thing while her body felt'}, {'start': '914.240', 'end': '920.760', 'text': 'another. Everything was too specific,'}, {'start': '917.199', 'end': '923.680', 'text': "too physical, too personal. This wasn't"}, {'start': '920.760', 'end': '926.959', 'text': 'coincidence. This was Tammy, not as a'}, {'start': '923.680', 'end': '929.920', 'text': 'person, as a residue, as pain that had'}, {'start': '926.959', 'end': '933.120', 'text': 'never been buried. And at some point,'}, {'start': '929.920', 'end': '936.320', 'text': "Sophie realized she wasn't just sensing"}, {'start': '933.120', 'end': '938.639', 'text': 'a presence. She was expecting it. She'}, {'start': '936.320', 'end': '940.519', 'text': 'had been living as if this would happen,'}, {'start': '938.639', 'end': '942.880', 'text': 'as if she knew the wedding was a'}, {'start': '940.519', 'end': '945.360', 'text': 'provocation. And someone had accepted'}, {'start': '942.880', 'end': '948.160', 'text': 'the challenge. One of the final evenings'}, {'start': '945.360', 'end': '950.800', 'text': 'before the ceremony changed everything.'}, {'start': '948.160', 'end': '952.720', 'text': 'Sophie was alone in the house. Amomar'}, {'start': '950.800', 'end': '955.199', 'text': 'had gone to pick up his suit. The'}, {'start': '952.720', 'end': '957.880', 'text': 'electricity cut out suddenly. No storm,'}, {'start': '955.199', 'end': '960.399', 'text': 'no warning. The apartment sank into'}, {'start': '957.880', 'end': '963.120', 'text': 'darkness. Only the faint city light'}, {'start': '960.399', 'end': '966.560', 'text': 'filtered through the blinds. Sophie lit'}, {'start': '963.120', 'end': '969.000', 'text': 'a candle. And in that moment, she saw a'}, {'start': '966.560', 'end': '971.920', 'text': 'silhouette in the kitchen doorway.'}, {'start': '969.000', 'end': '974.800', 'text': 'Feminine shoulderlength hair, wearing'}, {'start': '971.920', 'end': '977.560', 'text': 'white, not clearly defined, but clear'}, {'start': '974.800', 'end': '981.040', 'text': "enough not to be imagined. Sophie didn't"}, {'start': '977.560', 'end': '984.240', 'text': 'scream. She stood still and inside her'}, {'start': '981.040', 'end': '986.399', 'text': 'chest. One thing echoed. I knew. A'}, {'start': '984.240', 'end': '990.079', 'text': 'second passed and the silhouette was'}, {'start': '986.399', 'end': '992.560', 'text': 'gone. But the scent remained. Perfume.'}, {'start': '990.079', 'end': '994.839', 'text': 'The same one Tammy wore in the summer.'}, {'start': '992.560', 'end': '997.440', 'text': 'Lavender with something spicy'}, {'start': '994.839', 'end': '1000.160', 'text': 'underneath. Sophie sat on the floor and'}, {'start': '997.440', 'end': '1003.360', 'text': 'cried for the first time in a long time.'}, {'start': '1000.160', 'end': '1005.839', 'text': 'Not from fear, from recognition. The'}, {'start': '1003.360', 'end': '1008.399', 'text': 'wedding was scheduled for 3 days later.'}, {'start': '1005.839', 'end': '1010.720', 'text': 'Everything was ready. The dress hung in'}, {'start': '1008.399', 'end': '1014.000', 'text': 'the closet. Gifts were stacked in a'}, {'start': '1010.720', 'end': '1017.120', 'text': 'corner. 46 names on the guest list.'}, {'start': '1014.000', 'end': '1019.720', 'text': 'Amomar remained silent, completing tasks'}, {'start': '1017.120', 'end': '1022.440', 'text': 'polite and present, but emotionally'}, {'start': '1019.720', 'end': '1024.799', 'text': 'elsewhere. Sophie chose not to cancel'}, {'start': '1022.440', 'end': '1027.640', 'text': 'anything. She felt it had to be'}, {'start': '1024.799', 'end': '1030.400', 'text': 'finished. Not out of pride, out of'}, {'start': '1027.640', 'end': '1034.000', 'text': 'necessity. As if only once it was all'}, {'start': '1030.400', 'end': '1036.720', 'text': 'complete, someone could leave or stay,'}, {'start': '1034.000', 'end': '1038.720', 'text': 'but not linger. Not stay trapped in this'}, {'start': '1036.720', 'end': '1041.360', 'text': 'in between where the living pretend to'}, {'start': '1038.720', 'end': '1043.799', 'text': "be dead and the dead can't move on."}, {'start': '1041.360', 'end': '1046.480', 'text': 'Episode 4. The morning of the wedding'}, {'start': '1043.799', 'end': '1048.799', 'text': 'rehearsal. The sky was an eerie shade of'}, {'start': '1046.480', 'end': '1051.360', 'text': 'gray, as if it had chosen not to'}, {'start': '1048.799', 'end': '1054.559', 'text': 'interfere, but also not to bless what'}, {'start': '1051.360', 'end': '1057.280', 'text': 'was unfolding. Sophie woke up early, her'}, {'start': '1054.559', 'end': '1060.000', 'text': 'body stiff like after a heavy sleep,'}, {'start': '1057.280', 'end': '1063.200', 'text': "though she couldn't recall any dreams."}, {'start': '1060.000', 'end': '1066.320', 'text': 'She simply lay there, eyes closed,'}, {'start': '1063.200', 'end': '1068.960', 'text': 'feeling a slow, syrupy unease seep'}, {'start': '1066.320', 'end': '1071.679', 'text': 'through her chest. Amomar was already in'}, {'start': '1068.960', 'end': '1074.320', 'text': 'the kitchen. He made coffee, arranged'}, {'start': '1071.679', 'end': '1076.960', 'text': 'the mugs, turned on music. Everything'}, {'start': '1074.320', 'end': '1079.280', 'text': 'looked normal, but that very normaly'}, {'start': '1076.960', 'end': '1081.600', 'text': 'felt artificial, as if someone were'}, {'start': '1079.280', 'end': '1084.400', 'text': 'acting out a memory of a perfect morning'}, {'start': '1081.600', 'end': '1086.799', 'text': 'scene. They drove to the venue together.'}, {'start': '1084.400', 'end': '1089.679', 'text': 'The car floated through the city, and'}, {'start': '1086.799', 'end': '1092.120', 'text': 'even the noise of New York seemed muted.'}, {'start': '1089.679', 'end': '1095.679', 'text': 'Inside the car, there was an awkward'}, {'start': '1092.120', 'end': '1097.679', 'text': 'silence. Not tension, detachment, as if'}, {'start': '1095.679', 'end': '1099.440', 'text': 'an ocean had opened between them, and'}, {'start': '1097.679', 'end': '1102.080', 'text': 'neither of them knew who should swim'}, {'start': '1099.440', 'end': '1105.039', 'text': 'first. The venue was on the rooftop of a'}, {'start': '1102.080', 'end': '1107.600', 'text': 'restored building in Tbeca. Light wood,'}, {'start': '1105.039', 'end': '1110.000', 'text': 'white string lights, velvet drapes, a'}, {'start': '1107.600', 'end': '1113.120', 'text': 'glass aisle for the ceremony. Everything'}, {'start': '1110.000', 'end': '1115.440', 'text': 'was nearly ready except them. Guests'}, {'start': '1113.120', 'end': '1118.559', 'text': 'began arriving at the scheduled time.'}, {'start': '1115.440', 'end': '1121.000', 'text': 'Parents, a few friends, the coordinator.'}, {'start': '1118.559', 'end': '1124.240', 'text': 'Sophie held herself with confidence,'}, {'start': '1121.000', 'end': '1126.880', 'text': 'smiled, asked questions, kept everything'}, {'start': '1124.240', 'end': '1129.200', 'text': 'moving, but her gaze kept drifting back'}, {'start': '1126.880', 'end': '1132.640', 'text': "to the staircase. She didn't know who"}, {'start': '1129.200', 'end': '1134.559', 'text': 'she was waiting for or what. Just a deep'}, {'start': '1132.640', 'end': '1137.520', 'text': 'sense that someone else was meant to'}, {'start': '1134.559', 'end': '1140.640', 'text': 'show up. Amar remained composed, but'}, {'start': '1137.520', 'end': '1143.440', 'text': 'Sophie saw it. He was tense, hollow,'}, {'start': '1140.640', 'end': '1146.080', 'text': 'like every movement cost him effort.'}, {'start': '1143.440', 'end': '1148.840', 'text': 'When he passed by a mirrored partition,'}, {'start': '1146.080', 'end': '1151.919', 'text': "she noticed. He didn't glance at his"}, {'start': '1148.840', 'end': '1153.760', 'text': 'reflection, not even for a second, as if'}, {'start': '1151.919', 'end': '1156.160', 'text': 'afraid to see something she might see,'}, {'start': '1153.760', 'end': '1159.520', 'text': 'too. The rehearsal went according to'}, {'start': '1156.160', 'end': '1162.400', 'text': 'plan. The coordinator dictated the flow.'}, {'start': '1159.520', 'end': '1165.600', 'text': 'Who stands where? Who says what? Sophie'}, {'start': '1162.400', 'end': '1168.400', 'text': 'listened, nodded, repeated. But at one'}, {'start': '1165.600', 'end': '1170.640', 'text': 'point, she felt eyes on her. Not from'}, {'start': '1168.400', 'end': '1173.679', 'text': 'the crowd, but behind her on another'}, {'start': '1170.640', 'end': '1176.880', 'text': 'plane, as if someone stood behind glass,'}, {'start': '1173.679', 'end': '1179.679', 'text': 'not outside, but within her. She turned'}, {'start': '1176.880', 'end': '1182.240', 'text': 'around. No one, but goosebumps raced'}, {'start': '1179.679', 'end': '1185.039', 'text': "across her arms like a draft that didn't"}, {'start': '1182.240', 'end': '1187.760', 'text': 'exist. Then the rain started. No'}, {'start': '1185.039', 'end': '1190.480', 'text': 'thunder, no warning. A light drizzle'}, {'start': '1187.760', 'end': '1192.880', 'text': 'like a June evening. Raindrops tapped on'}, {'start': '1190.480', 'end': '1196.080', 'text': 'the rooftop. Guests lifted their faces'}, {'start': '1192.880', 'end': '1198.480', 'text': 'to the sky. Someone laughed. Sophie'}, {'start': '1196.080', 'end': '1201.520', 'text': "didn't. She looked up at the sky like it"}, {'start': '1198.480', 'end': '1204.160', 'text': 'was a sign. That evening, back home,'}, {'start': '1201.520', 'end': '1206.640', 'text': 'Sophie tried to sleep early. She felt'}, {'start': '1204.160', 'end': '1208.320', 'text': 'that tomorrow everything would change.'}, {'start': '1206.640', 'end': '1210.960', 'text': "That the morning of the wedding wouldn't"}, {'start': '1208.320', 'end': '1213.360', 'text': 'be a beginning, it would be an end. But'}, {'start': '1210.960', 'end': '1216.720', 'text': "she couldn't fall asleep. Her mind"}, {'start': '1213.360', 'end': '1220.160', 'text': 'replayed every detail. The flowers, the'}, {'start': '1216.720', 'end': '1223.280', 'text': "food, the speeches, Amar's eyes, the"}, {'start': '1220.160', 'end': '1226.400', 'text': 'sound of rain, and again the voice,'}, {'start': '1223.280', 'end': '1228.400', 'text': 'ghostly, faint, but familiar now. It'}, {'start': '1226.400', 'end': '1230.240', 'text': "didn't come from outside, but from"}, {'start': '1228.400', 'end': '1232.480', 'text': "within, like a thought that didn't"}, {'start': '1230.240', 'end': '1235.919', 'text': 'belong to her. It said, "You already'}, {'start': '1232.480', 'end': '1238.240', 'text': 'know. You\'re just waiting." She got up,'}, {'start': '1235.919', 'end': '1240.960', 'text': 'walked through the apartment, turned off'}, {'start': '1238.240', 'end': '1244.000', 'text': 'the music, checked the door. Everything'}, {'start': '1240.960', 'end': '1246.400', 'text': 'was in place. Everything except peace.'}, {'start': '1244.000', 'end': '1248.880', 'text': 'The next day, Sophie arrived at the'}, {'start': '1246.400', 'end': '1252.400', 'text': 'venue early. She wanted to walk the'}, {'start': '1248.880', 'end': '1255.679', 'text': 'stage alone in silence without extra'}, {'start': '1252.400', 'end': '1258.159', 'text': 'eyes. She stood beneath the floral arch,'}, {'start': '1255.679', 'end': '1260.960', 'text': 'picturing how it was all meant to look.'}, {'start': '1258.159', 'end': '1264.080', 'text': 'Then she heard Amar approach. He said'}, {'start': '1260.960', 'end': '1266.799', 'text': 'nothing, just stood beside her. In that'}, {'start': '1264.080', 'end': '1269.120', 'text': 'moment, music started playing on the far'}, {'start': '1266.799', 'end': '1272.240', 'text': 'side of the rooftop automatically,'}, {'start': '1269.120', 'end': '1274.720', 'text': 'unintentionally. an old track, one of'}, {'start': '1272.240', 'end': '1277.919', 'text': 'the songs Tammy used to play in the car.'}, {'start': '1274.720', 'end': '1280.400', 'text': 'Sophie froze, then walked over. The'}, {'start': '1277.919', 'end': '1282.880', 'text': "speaker wasn't plugged in. It had no"}, {'start': '1280.400', 'end': '1286.080', 'text': 'power source. The coordinator said no'}, {'start': '1282.880', 'end': '1288.400', 'text': 'one had touched it. Amar turned pale. He'}, {'start': '1286.080', 'end': '1291.600', 'text': 'sat on the edge of the platform, staring'}, {'start': '1288.400', 'end': '1293.840', 'text': 'into space, and Sophie realized this'}, {'start': '1291.600', 'end': '1295.679', 'text': "wasn't going according to plan."}, {'start': '1293.840', 'end': '1298.720', 'text': 'Everything they had tried to build was'}, {'start': '1295.679', 'end': '1301.919', 'text': 'already dead because the dead had come,'}, {'start': '1298.720', 'end': '1304.799', 'text': 'not for revenge, to remind and to take'}, {'start': '1301.919', 'end': '1307.280', 'text': 'something back. They drifted apart. That'}, {'start': '1304.799', 'end': '1310.000', 'text': 'evening, guests were expected in the'}, {'start': '1307.280', 'end': '1312.640', 'text': "same place. But Sophie wasn't sure she'd"}, {'start': '1310.000', 'end': '1314.960', 'text': 'return. She sat by the window looking'}, {'start': '1312.640', 'end': '1318.440', 'text': 'out and saw a woman on the opposite'}, {'start': '1314.960', 'end': '1321.559', 'text': 'sidewalk, wearing white, hairstyled like'}, {'start': '1318.440', 'end': '1324.159', 'text': "Tammy's, staring directly at her,"}, {'start': '1321.559', 'end': '1326.520', 'text': 'motionless. When Sophie blinked, the'}, {'start': '1324.159', 'end': '1329.679', 'text': 'woman was gone. But the feeling'}, {'start': '1326.520', 'end': '1332.720', 'text': 'remained. Tomorrow, everything would end'}, {'start': '1329.679', 'end': '1335.840', 'text': 'or begin. But without her, nothing would'}, {'start': '1332.720', 'end': '1338.400', 'text': 'be the same. Episode 5. The wedding'}, {'start': '1335.840', 'end': '1341.039', 'text': 'morning greeted the city with thick fog.'}, {'start': '1338.400', 'end': '1343.679', 'text': 'The sky was washed to a pale gray,'}, {'start': '1341.039', 'end': '1346.080', 'text': 'buildings lost in a milky haze, and the'}, {'start': '1343.679', 'end': '1349.039', 'text': 'sounds of the streets seemed delayed,'}, {'start': '1346.080', 'end': '1352.159', 'text': 'muffled by cotton. Sophie woke before'}, {'start': '1349.039', 'end': '1354.720', 'text': "the alarm. She didn't feel tired, more"}, {'start': '1352.159', 'end': '1357.440', 'text': 'like a strange weightlessness, as if her'}, {'start': '1354.720', 'end': '1360.400', 'text': 'body had turned transparent. She looked'}, {'start': '1357.440', 'end': '1363.039', 'text': 'at herself in the mirror and paused. The'}, {'start': '1360.400', 'end': '1366.240', 'text': 'reflection held everything. Carefully'}, {'start': '1363.039', 'end': '1368.320', 'text': 'styled hair, a face without expression,'}, {'start': '1366.240', 'end': '1371.600', 'text': "eyes that didn't shine, but weren't"}, {'start': '1368.320', 'end': '1374.159', 'text': 'empty either. They simply were. She put'}, {'start': '1371.600', 'end': '1376.799', 'text': "on the dress without hurry, as if she'd"}, {'start': '1374.159', 'end': '1379.760', 'text': 'done it before. And suddenly she caught'}, {'start': '1376.799', 'end': '1382.080', 'text': "herself thinking maybe she wasn't really"}, {'start': '1379.760', 'end': '1384.400', 'text': 'here. Maybe she was still in that moment'}, {'start': '1382.080', 'end': '1386.880', 'text': 'on the rooftop when she turned around'}, {'start': '1384.400', 'end': '1390.000', 'text': 'and felt a gaze from nowhere. The'}, {'start': '1386.880', 'end': '1394.360', 'text': 'rooftop was nearly silent. Workers laid'}, {'start': '1390.000', 'end': '1397.280', 'text': 'out final touches. Flowers, tablecloths,'}, {'start': '1394.360', 'end': '1399.679', 'text': 'lanterns, everything according to plan.'}, {'start': '1397.280', 'end': '1402.640', 'text': 'Everything like a magazine spread.'}, {'start': '1399.679', 'end': '1404.799', 'text': 'Sophie arrived alone. The coordinator'}, {'start': '1402.640', 'end': '1407.120', 'text': 'said something at the entrance, but she'}, {'start': '1404.799', 'end': '1409.200', 'text': "didn't hear. Her thoughts were drifting"}, {'start': '1407.120', 'end': '1412.240', 'text': 'somewhere between the street and the'}, {'start': '1409.200', 'end': '1414.080', 'text': 'sky. She walked onto the rooftop, stood'}, {'start': '1412.240', 'end': '1417.120', 'text': 'beneath the arch, and looked at the'}, {'start': '1414.080', 'end': '1420.320', 'text': 'empty chairs. And at some point, she'}, {'start': '1417.120', 'end': '1423.440', 'text': 'realized it had already begun. Without'}, {'start': '1420.320', 'end': '1426.400', 'text': 'fanfare, without guests, without vows,'}, {'start': '1423.440', 'end': '1428.880', 'text': 'it had simply started. She lowered her'}, {'start': '1426.400', 'end': '1431.880', 'text': 'hands and stood there breathing in the'}, {'start': '1428.880', 'end': '1435.360', 'text': 'damp air when she heard footsteps.'}, {'start': '1431.880', 'end': '1439.039', 'text': 'Quiet, slow, Amomar entered the ceremony'}, {'start': '1435.360', 'end': '1441.840', 'text': 'space, dressed as expected, suit, tie,'}, {'start': '1439.039', 'end': '1444.080', 'text': 'nervous face. He stepped closer and'}, {'start': '1441.840', 'end': '1446.880', 'text': 'stopped at a distance. They looked at'}, {'start': '1444.080', 'end': '1450.159', 'text': 'each other in silence. No love, no'}, {'start': '1446.880', 'end': '1452.880', 'text': 'anger, only inevitability. Guests began'}, {'start': '1450.159', 'end': '1456.320', 'text': 'arriving 10 minutes later. People in'}, {'start': '1452.880', 'end': '1459.039', 'text': 'formal clothes with flowers, with gifts.'}, {'start': '1456.320', 'end': '1461.480', 'text': 'Some smiled, some whispered. Sophie'}, {'start': '1459.039', 'end': '1463.679', 'text': "didn't notice their faces, only"}, {'start': '1461.480', 'end': '1466.480', 'text': 'silhouettes. Everything felt slowed'}, {'start': '1463.679', 'end': '1468.720', 'text': 'down. Amomar went behind the stage to'}, {'start': '1466.480', 'end': '1471.120', 'text': 'follow the script. The coordinator'}, {'start': '1468.720', 'end': '1474.080', 'text': 'announced the order. Music began to'}, {'start': '1471.120', 'end': '1477.080', 'text': 'play. Everything moved forward. And in'}, {'start': '1474.080', 'end': '1481.520', 'text': 'that moment, among the crowd, Sophie saw'}, {'start': '1477.080', 'end': '1484.279', 'text': 'Tammy alive or almost. She stood at the'}, {'start': '1481.520', 'end': '1487.360', 'text': 'end of the aisle wearing a white dress,'}, {'start': '1484.279', 'end': '1489.919', 'text': 'motionless like she was made of fog.'}, {'start': '1487.360', 'end': '1493.919', 'text': 'People walked past her without noticing,'}, {'start': '1489.919', 'end': '1496.799', 'text': 'but Sophie saw her. Clearly, precisely,'}, {'start': '1493.919', 'end': '1499.840', 'text': 'it was her, not as a memory, as a'}, {'start': '1496.799', 'end': '1503.440', 'text': "presence. Tammy's eyes held no blame, no"}, {'start': '1499.840', 'end': '1506.480', 'text': 'rage, only truth. Everything Sophie had'}, {'start': '1503.440', 'end': '1509.760', 'text': 'hidden, run from, longed for was in that'}, {'start': '1506.480', 'end': '1512.960', 'text': 'gaze. There was no accusation, but there'}, {'start': '1509.760', 'end': '1516.000', 'text': 'was power. The music stopped. Amar'}, {'start': '1512.960', 'end': '1517.919', 'text': 'stepped out. All eyes turned to him. He'}, {'start': '1516.000', 'end': '1520.320', 'text': 'walked down the aisle like in slow'}, {'start': '1517.919', 'end': '1523.760', 'text': 'motion. His steps out of sync with the'}, {'start': '1520.320', 'end': '1526.880', 'text': 'rhythm. His face lost. He stopped under'}, {'start': '1523.760', 'end': '1528.880', 'text': "the arch waited, but Sophie didn't move."}, {'start': '1526.880', 'end': '1532.000', 'text': 'The coordinator gestured that it was'}, {'start': '1528.880', 'end': '1534.960', 'text': 'time. Someone restarted the music, but'}, {'start': '1532.000', 'end': '1537.440', 'text': 'Sophie stood still. She looked again at'}, {'start': '1534.960', 'end': '1540.320', 'text': 'the end of the aisle. Tammy was still'}, {'start': '1537.440', 'end': '1543.679', 'text': 'there. No one else could see her. And'}, {'start': '1540.320', 'end': '1547.679', 'text': 'then Sophie took a step, not forward.'}, {'start': '1543.679', 'end': '1551.120', 'text': 'Back, she removed her veil slowly,'}, {'start': '1547.679', 'end': '1553.679', 'text': 'gently, as if setting herself free, and'}, {'start': '1551.120', 'end': '1556.799', 'text': 'she walked past the guests down the'}, {'start': '1553.679', 'end': '1559.200', 'text': 'aisle straight toward Tammy. She knew no'}, {'start': '1556.799', 'end': '1562.159', 'text': 'one would understand. No one would stop'}, {'start': '1559.200', 'end': '1564.720', 'text': "her. This wasn't an escape. This was"}, {'start': '1562.159', 'end': '1567.919', 'text': 'closure. When she passed the place where'}, {'start': '1564.720', 'end': '1570.720', 'text': 'Tammy had stood, she was gone. Only a'}, {'start': '1567.919', 'end': '1573.520', 'text': 'breeze shifted a tablecloth. Sophie'}, {'start': '1570.720', 'end': '1576.000', 'text': 'stopped, looked out at the city below,'}, {'start': '1573.520', 'end': '1578.640', 'text': 'smiled. For the first time in a long'}, {'start': '1576.000', 'end': '1581.840', 'text': 'while, genuinely, not because she had'}, {'start': '1578.640', 'end': '1585.039', 'text': 'to, because inside it had finally gone'}, {'start': '1581.840', 'end': '1586.880', 'text': 'quiet. Tension settled over the rooftop.'}, {'start': '1585.039', 'end': '1589.520', 'text': 'The coordinator tried to explain'}, {'start': '1586.880', 'end': '1592.480', 'text': 'something. Amar stood alone beneath. The'}, {'start': '1589.520', 'end': '1595.440', 'text': 'arch guests exchanged glances. Some'}, {'start': '1592.480', 'end': '1597.919', 'text': 'left, some stayed, but the important'}, {'start': '1595.440', 'end': '1600.480', 'text': 'part had already happened. The wedding'}, {'start': '1597.919', 'end': '1603.679', 'text': "didn't take place, but everything had"}, {'start': '1600.480', 'end': '1606.320', 'text': 'ended. Sophie walked down the stairs.'}, {'start': '1603.679', 'end': '1609.440', 'text': 'With each landing, she felt the weight'}, {'start': '1606.320', 'end': '1611.919', 'text': "lift, not bitterness, the burden she'd"}, {'start': '1609.440', 'end': '1614.880', 'text': "carried all this time. Ghosts don't"}, {'start': '1611.919', 'end': '1617.120', 'text': 'always come to haunt. Sometimes they'}, {'start': '1614.880', 'end': '1619.279', 'text': "come to remind you that you're alive,"}, {'start': '1617.120', 'end': '1622.720', 'text': "that you can choose, that you don't have"}, {'start': '1619.279', 'end': '1625.679', 'text': 'to be strong, just be. She stepped onto'}, {'start': '1622.720', 'end': '1628.320', 'text': 'the street. The rain had stopped. The'}, {'start': '1625.679', 'end': '1630.559', 'text': 'city was the same. But now she walked'}, {'start': '1628.320', 'end': '1632.960', 'text': 'through it differently. Sometimes we'}, {'start': '1630.559', 'end': '1635.520', 'text': 'think we know how our story will end.'}, {'start': '1632.960', 'end': '1638.400', 'text': "That if we just hold it together, don't"}, {'start': '1635.520', 'end': '1641.120', 'text': 'show weakness, keep smiling, things will'}, {'start': '1638.400', 'end': '1643.520', 'text': "work out. But the truth is, it's the"}, {'start': '1641.120', 'end': '1647.039', 'text': 'moment we finally let go that we become'}, {'start': '1643.520', 'end': '1650.240', 'text': "truly alive. Sophie didn't run. She"}, {'start': '1647.039', 'end': '1652.559', 'text': "didn't seek revenge. She chose herself."}, {'start': '1650.240', 'end': '1655.440', 'text': 'And by doing that, she changed not just'}, {'start': '1652.559', 'end': '1657.919', 'text': 'her future, but the future of everyone'}, {'start': '1655.440', 'end': '1660.400', 'text': 'standing around her. Because sometimes a'}, {'start': '1657.919', 'end': '1663.039', 'text': "wedding isn't about saying yes. It's"}, {'start': '1660.400', 'end': '1665.279', 'text': 'about saying enough. About saying I'}, {'start': '1663.039', 'end': '1668.559', 'text': "don't have to anymore. about the quiet"}, {'start': '1665.279', 'end': '1670.640', 'text': 'inside. The kind that no ring or vow can'}, {'start': '1668.559', 'end': '1673.279', 'text': 'replace. If you made it to the end of'}, {'start': '1670.640', 'end': '1674.880', 'text': 'this story, be honest with yourself.'}, {'start': '1673.279', 'end': '1676.480', 'text': 'Have you ever wanted to walk out of your'}, {'start': '1674.880', 'end': '1678.799', 'text': 'life the way Sophie walked off that'}, {'start': '1676.480', 'end': '1681.760', 'text': 'rooftop? Not into nothing, but into'}, {'start': '1678.799', 'end': '1683.840', 'text': 'yourself. Drop a comment and tell me,'}, {'start': '1681.760', 'end': '1686.159', 'text': 'what was your moment like that? When did'}, {'start': '1683.840', 'end': '1688.559', 'text': 'you know it was time to walk away and'}, {'start': '1686.159', 'end': '1690.799', 'text': 'finally become who you are? Hit follow'}, {'start': '1688.559', 'end': '1693.120', 'text': "if you believe real strength isn't about"}, {'start': '1690.799', 'end': '1695.600', 'text': "holding on. It's about knowing when to"}, {'start': '1693.120', 'end': '1699.200', 'text': 'let go. And if you want more stories'}, {'start': '1695.600', 'end': '1702.640', 'text': 'like this, raw, bold, and real, stick'}, {'start': '1699.200', 'end': '1705.719', 'text': "around. We're just getting"}, {'start': '1702.640', 'end': '1705.719', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1707.480', 'end': '1714.720', 'text': 'started. I drift in your shadow. Your'}, {'start': '1711.200', 'end': '1718.640', 'text': 'breath keeps me still. The night wraps'}, {'start': '1714.720', 'end': '1722.000', 'text': 'around us. Spends time to my will. In'}, {'start': '1718.640', 'end': '1726.159', 'text': 'dreams we are endless. No space in'}, {'start': '1722.000', 'end': '1730.640', 'text': 'between. A place made of whispers, where'}, {'start': '1726.159', 'end': '1735.279', 'text': 'silence can sing. Take me to sleep where'}, {'start': '1730.640', 'end': '1737.480', 'text': 'the stars never end. Lost in the rhythm,'}, {'start': '1735.279', 'end': '1740.880', 'text': "we don't have to"}, {'start': '1737.480', 'end': '1742.360', 'text': 'pretend. Floating in waves where the'}, {'start': '1740.880', 'end': '1746.399', 'text': 'night will'}, {'start': '1742.360', 'end': '1748.960', 'text': 'defend. Take me to sleep where the stars'}, {'start': '1746.399', 'end': '1748.960', 'text': 'never'}, {'start': '1750.679', 'end': '1754.760', 'text': 'end.'}, {'start': '1752.180', 'end': '1757.760', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1754.760', 'end': '1757.760', 'text': 'His'}, {'start': '1759.720', 'end': '1762.720', 'text': 'hands,'}, {'start': '1764.679', 'end': '1771.919', 'text': 'hands,'}, {'start': '1767.320', 'end': '1776.399', 'text': 'hands. Every beat pulls me deeper'}, {'start': '1771.919', 'end': '1781.200', 'text': 'inside. Your touch is a current of'}, {'start': '1776.399', 'end': '1782.440', 'text': 'velvet t. So wake me now. Let this'}, {'start': '1781.200', 'end': '1789.039', 'text': 'feeling'}, {'start': '1782.440', 'end': '1789.039', 'text': "abide. In your arms, I'm forever alive."}]