My Sister’s Shocking Pregnancy Confession… I Wasn’t Ready for It | Infidelity Stories
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[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '4.240', 'text': 'Never did I imagine I would find myself'}, {'start': '2.320', 'end': '6.319', 'text': 'in this moment, perched at my kitchen'}, {'start': '4.240', 'end': '8.639', 'text': 'table, gazing at a forgotten cup of'}, {'start': '6.319', 'end': '11.840', 'text': 'coffee, lost in contemplation about how'}, {'start': '8.639', 'end': '13.679', 'text': 'my life spiraled into chaos. When I wed'}, {'start': '11.840', 'end': '15.720', 'text': 'Daniel, I believed I was finally'}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '17.240', 'text': 'entering the life I had always dreamed'}, {'start': '15.720', 'end': '20.560', 'text': 'of,'}, {'start': '17.240', 'end': '22.119', 'text': 'steadiness, a household united, an'}, {'start': '20.560', 'end': '24.400', 'text': 'opportunity to find'}, {'start': '22.119', 'end': '26.880', 'text': 'stability. However, that is not the'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '29.359', 'text': 'course of events that unfolded.'}, {'start': '26.880', 'end': '31.320', 'text': 'Instead, I discovered myself dissolving,'}, {'start': '29.359', 'end': '34.160', 'text': 'receding into the shadows of my own'}, {'start': '31.320', 'end': '36.000', 'text': 'abode. Daniel is a decent man, or at'}, {'start': '34.160', 'end': '39.440', 'text': "least that's the narrative I once spun"}, {'start': '36.000', 'end': '41.920', 'text': 'for myself. He toils diligently, settles'}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '42.920', 'text': 'the expenses, and ensures we possess all'}, {'start': '41.920', 'end': '45.920', 'text': 'that is'}, {'start': '42.920', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'necessary. Yet, at some point, I began'}, {'start': '45.920', 'end': '50.320', 'text': 'to sense a disconnection from that'}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '53.520', 'text': 'collective identity. It feels like an'}, {'start': '50.320', 'end': '56.559', 'text': 'eternity since he truly gazed upon me. I'}, {'start': '53.520', 'end': '58.399', 'text': 'mean, truly examined. It was as if he'}, {'start': '56.559', 'end': '60.840', 'text': 'perceived me as more than merely the one'}, {'start': '58.399', 'end': '63.600', 'text': 'who prepares his meals and tends to his'}, {'start': '60.840', 'end': '65.560', 'text': 'laundry. Initially, I reassured myself'}, {'start': '63.600', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'that it was merely the course of'}, {'start': '65.560', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'existence. The demands of work, the'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '73.119', 'text': 'weight of stress, and the familiar'}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '74.880', 'text': 'cadence of married life. Yet, as time'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'stretched on, the truth became'}, {'start': '74.880', 'end': '79.960', 'text': 'increasingly difficult to overlook. I'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '82.000', 'text': 'experienced a profound sense of'}, {'start': '79.960', 'end': '84.560', 'text': 'invisibility. What could possibly be'}, {'start': '82.000', 'end': '87.520', 'text': 'more disheartening? I was beginning to'}, {'start': '84.560', 'end': '90.799', 'text': "acclimate to it. It wasn't solely Daniel"}, {'start': '87.520', 'end': '94.000', 'text': 'and I, however. There stood his boys,'}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '97.119', 'text': 'Logan and Aiden. His children from his'}, {'start': '94.000', 'end': '99.680', 'text': 'previous marriage. Logan, the elder at'}, {'start': '97.119', 'end': '102.720', 'text': '22, possesses an uncanny ability to'}, {'start': '99.680', 'end': '104.880', 'text': 'navigate his desires with precision. He'}, {'start': '102.720', 'end': '107.040', 'text': 'exudes confidence, possesses a charming'}, {'start': '104.880', 'end': '109.200', 'text': 'demeanor, and engages in conversation'}, {'start': '107.040', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'with effortless ease.'}, {'start': '109.200', 'end': '115.240', 'text': 'Exceedingly simple, Aiden stands apart.'}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '117.439', 'text': '18. Subdued yet'}, {'start': '115.240', 'end': '119.680', 'text': 'incisive. He possesses an acute'}, {'start': '117.439', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'awareness, perceiving details that elude'}, {'start': '119.680', 'end': '124.600', 'text': 'the attention of others. At times, I'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'ponder if he perceives more than he'}, {'start': '124.600', 'end': '129.840', 'text': 'reveals. I endeavored to embody the role'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '131.959', 'text': 'of the laid-back stepmom. Warm and'}, {'start': '129.840', 'end': '134.840', 'text': 'encouraging, yet gently'}, {'start': '131.959', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'unobtrusive. Overall, it proved to be'}, {'start': '134.840', 'end': '140.599', 'text': 'effective. I believed it to be so.'}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '142.800', 'text': 'Logan, however, always treated me'}, {'start': '140.599', 'end': '145.840', 'text': 'differently. His laughter danced through'}, {'start': '142.800', 'end': '147.640', 'text': 'the air, and his smile lit up the room.'}, {'start': '145.840', 'end': '150.840', 'text': 'Initially, it seemed'}, {'start': '147.640', 'end': '153.360', 'text': 'innocuous, merely jesting, merely'}, {'start': '150.840', 'end': '154.360', 'text': 'frolicsome. However, it was not destined'}, {'start': '153.360', 'end': '156.800', 'text': 'to remain'}, {'start': '154.360', 'end': '157.480', 'text': 'unchanged. I understand the way it may'}, {'start': '156.800', 'end': '161.440', 'text': 'come'}, {'start': '157.480', 'end': '163.360', 'text': 'across. Trust me, I understand. Yet,'}, {'start': '161.440', 'end': '164.959', 'text': 'when another person brings you back into'}, {'start': '163.360', 'end': '166.959', 'text': 'the light after enduring years of'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '170.360', 'text': 'neglect, it becomes a challenge to'}, {'start': '166.959', 'end': '172.640', 'text': 'detach yourself. It unfolded'}, {'start': '170.360', 'end': '176.720', 'text': "unexpectedly. I hadn't intended for it"}, {'start': '172.640', 'end': '178.720', 'text': 'to unfold this way. It merely occurred.'}, {'start': '176.720', 'end': '181.599', 'text': 'Logan began to notice me in ways that'}, {'start': '178.720', 'end': '184.480', 'text': 'Daniel never had. He observed the moment'}, {'start': '181.599', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'I transformed my hair, praised me when I'}, {'start': '184.480', 'end': '189.200', 'text': 'dawned something fresh, inquired about'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '190.720', 'text': 'my day, and genuinely absorbed the'}, {'start': '189.200', 'end': '193.959', 'text': 'responses.'}, {'start': '190.720', 'end': '197.000', 'text': 'I devoured it eagerly. Each and every'}, {'start': '193.959', 'end': '199.200', 'text': 'word. It was more than mere attention.'}, {'start': '197.000', 'end': '202.159', 'text': 'However, his gaze held a certain'}, {'start': '199.200', 'end': '204.959', 'text': 'intensity that captivated me. As if I'}, {'start': '202.159', 'end': '207.680', 'text': 'were a person deserving of attention, as'}, {'start': '204.959', 'end': '209.599', 'text': 'if I were the one he desired. In that'}, {'start': '207.680', 'end': '211.400', 'text': 'fleeting moment when our lips met, I'}, {'start': '209.599', 'end': '213.519', 'text': 'whispered to myself that it was a'}, {'start': '211.400', 'end': '216.840', 'text': 'blunder. I vowed that it would never'}, {'start': '213.519', 'end': '219.360', 'text': 'occur once more. Yet that was a'}, {'start': '216.840', 'end': '221.920', 'text': 'falsehood. and somewhere within. I'}, {'start': '219.360', 'end': '224.720', 'text': 'believe I sensed it even at that moment.'}, {'start': '221.920', 'end': '228.799', 'text': 'I ought to have put an end to it. I am'}, {'start': '224.720', 'end': '231.040', 'text': 'aware of that. However, I did not. As'}, {'start': '228.799', 'end': '233.239', 'text': 'the hours slipped away in solitude, the'}, {'start': '231.040', 'end': '236.000', 'text': 'struggle to hold back grew ever more'}, {'start': '233.239', 'end': '238.319', 'text': 'intense. One evening, after Daniel had'}, {'start': '236.000', 'end': '241.040', 'text': 'retired for the night, Logan and I found'}, {'start': '238.319', 'end': '244.959', 'text': 'ourselves in the living room. The hour'}, {'start': '241.040', 'end': '247.319', 'text': 'was late. It is too late. Before I'}, {'start': '244.959', 'end': '250.360', 'text': 'realized it, we found ourselves on the'}, {'start': '247.319', 'end': '253.200', 'text': 'couch. His hands found their way to me,'}, {'start': '250.360', 'end': '256.079', 'text': 'and oh, the mere thought of it sends a'}, {'start': '253.200', 'end': '258.079', 'text': 'not twisting in my stomach, not due to'}, {'start': '256.079', 'end': '260.959', 'text': 'any sense of regret, but rather because'}, {'start': '258.079', 'end': '262.720', 'text': 'of the depth of my lack thereof, due to'}, {'start': '260.959', 'end': '265.880', 'text': 'the vibrant sensation it instilled'}, {'start': '262.720', 'end': '268.560', 'text': 'within me. I believed we exercised'}, {'start': '265.880', 'end': '270.400', 'text': 'caution. I believed we were invincible,'}, {'start': '268.560', 'end': '272.160', 'text': 'that the shadows would forever shield us'}, {'start': '270.400', 'end': '275.600', 'text': 'from discovery.'}, {'start': '272.160', 'end': '278.639', 'text': 'Yet amidst it all, there was Aiden. That'}, {'start': '275.600', 'end': '281.600', 'text': 'night, Aiden found himself at home. He'}, {'start': '278.639', 'end': '283.440', 'text': 'observed nothing. Not at that moment,'}, {'start': '281.600', 'end': '286.240', 'text': 'certainly. Yet, I believe he caught wind'}, {'start': '283.440', 'end': '288.080', 'text': 'of our presence. His silence spoke'}, {'start': '286.240', 'end': '290.080', 'text': 'volumes, the intensity of his gaze'}, {'start': '288.080', 'end': '292.639', 'text': 'lingering long after our conversation'}, {'start': '290.080', 'end': '295.199', 'text': 'had ended. That look should have been a'}, {'start': '292.639', 'end': '297.360', 'text': 'clear warning of the impending trouble.'}, {'start': '295.199', 'end': '298.680', 'text': 'I reassured myself that it was merely a'}, {'start': '297.360', 'end': '301.240', 'text': 'figment of my'}, {'start': '298.680', 'end': '305.040', 'text': 'imagination, that he was completely'}, {'start': '301.240', 'end': '307.280', 'text': 'unaware, that we were secure. Yet, I'}, {'start': '305.040', 'end': '310.600', 'text': 'found myself mistaken,'}, {'start': '307.280', 'end': '313.120', 'text': 'utterly misguided. It began as a mere'}, {'start': '310.600', 'end': '315.840', 'text': 'whisper, seemingly innocuous details'}, {'start': '313.120', 'end': '318.800', 'text': 'that appeared trivial at the time, a'}, {'start': '315.840', 'end': '320.560', 'text': 'fleeting gaze that lingers in the air, a'}, {'start': '318.800', 'end': '323.759', 'text': 'caress that lingered just a heartbeat'}, {'start': '320.560', 'end': '325.680', 'text': 'beyond its intended farewell. Initially,'}, {'start': '323.759', 'end': '329.039', 'text': 'I failed to identify it for what it'}, {'start': '325.680', 'end': '330.360', 'text': 'truly was. I reassured myself that Logan'}, {'start': '329.039', 'end': '333.039', 'text': 'was merely being'}, {'start': '330.360', 'end': '335.000', 'text': 'amicable, perhaps a touch flirtatious,'}, {'start': '333.039', 'end': '338.320', 'text': 'yet that was simply his way with'}, {'start': '335.000', 'end': '342.240', 'text': 'everyone. However, it did not resonate'}, {'start': '338.320', 'end': '344.160', 'text': 'in that manner. Not in my presence. It'}, {'start': '342.240', 'end': '346.160', 'text': 'was the way he gazed at me, as if I were'}, {'start': '344.160', 'end': '349.039', 'text': 'a forbidden desire, something he yearned'}, {'start': '346.160', 'end': '350.160', 'text': "for, yet knew he shouldn't possess. I"}, {'start': '349.039', 'end': '352.720', 'text': 'ought to have put an end to it'}, {'start': '350.160', 'end': '354.240', 'text': 'immediately. I ought to have urged him'}, {'start': '352.720', 'end': '355.240', 'text': 'to cease before it evolved into'}, {'start': '354.240', 'end': '358.479', 'text': 'something'}, {'start': '355.240', 'end': '360.560', 'text': 'irreversible. Yet I refrained. The'}, {'start': '358.479', 'end': '362.199', 'text': 'memory of that night lingers, a haunting'}, {'start': '360.560', 'end': '364.720', 'text': 'echo of when everything'}, {'start': '362.199', 'end': '365.960', 'text': 'unraveled. Daniel and I engaged in one'}, {'start': '364.720', 'end': '368.400', 'text': 'of our familiar'}, {'start': '365.960', 'end': '370.960', 'text': 'disputes. Whether one might even deem'}, {'start': '368.400', 'end': '373.680', 'text': 'them as fights, he refrained from'}, {'start': '370.960', 'end': '376.720', 'text': 'raising his voice. He refrained from'}, {'start': '373.680', 'end': '378.400', 'text': 'slamming doors. He merely cease'}, {'start': '376.720', 'end': '380.720', 'text': 'operations.'}, {'start': '378.400', 'end': '382.400', 'text': 'I stood there attempting to reach him,'}, {'start': '380.720', 'end': '385.960', 'text': 'but it felt as though I were conversing'}, {'start': '382.400', 'end': '389.440', 'text': 'with a barrier. None of my words held'}, {'start': '385.960', 'end': '391.360', 'text': 'significance. Nothing ever truly did. As'}, {'start': '389.440', 'end': '393.000', 'text': 'he departed the house, ostensibly'}, {'start': '391.360', 'end': '395.360', 'text': 'heading off to some work-related'}, {'start': '393.000', 'end': '397.639', 'text': 'obligation. At least that was his claim,'}, {'start': '395.360', 'end': '401.360', 'text': 'I felt as though I was unraveling at the'}, {'start': '397.639', 'end': '404.560', 'text': 'edges. Breath eluded me. My mind was a'}, {'start': '401.360', 'end': '407.680', 'text': 'blank slate. At that moment, Logan made'}, {'start': '404.560', 'end': '410.319', 'text': 'his entrance. With a single glance, he'}, {'start': '407.680', 'end': '413.120', 'text': 'sensed that something was a miss. It'}, {'start': '410.319', 'end': '415.840', 'text': 'seems it was quite evident. I must have'}, {'start': '413.120', 'end': '416.759', 'text': 'appeared as shattered as I felt within.'}, {'start': '415.840', 'end': '419.360', 'text': 'What'}, {'start': '416.759', 'end': '422.479', 'text': 'transpired? He inquired, his voice a'}, {'start': '419.360', 'end': '424.720', 'text': 'gentle whisper imbued with caution. I'}, {'start': '422.479', 'end': '427.840', 'text': 'attempted to dismiss him, yet he refused'}, {'start': '424.720', 'end': '429.840', 'text': 'to relent. He settled beside me, just'}, {'start': '427.840', 'end': '432.720', 'text': 'within reach, allowing me to sense the'}, {'start': '429.840', 'end': '434.560', 'text': 'warmth radiating from his skin. As his'}, {'start': '432.720', 'end': '437.680', 'text': 'hand rested on my knee, I remained'}, {'start': '434.560', 'end': '440.560', 'text': 'still, not pulling away. I revealed it'}, {'start': '437.680', 'end': '443.280', 'text': 'all to him. I confided in him about the'}, {'start': '440.560', 'end': '446.479', 'text': 'profound loneliness that enveloped me.'}, {'start': '443.280', 'end': '447.759', 'text': 'How unseen. How Daniel made me feel as'}, {'start': '446.479', 'end': '449.800', 'text': 'though I were merely a piece of'}, {'start': '447.759', 'end': '454.120', 'text': 'furniture within the confines of my own'}, {'start': '449.800', 'end': '456.479', 'text': 'home. And Logan paid attention, truly'}, {'start': '454.120', 'end': '458.960', 'text': 'attentive. He neither attempted to mend'}, {'start': '456.479', 'end': '460.639', 'text': 'it nor dismissed it lightly. He'}, {'start': '458.960', 'end': '462.360', 'text': 'refrained from suggesting that I was'}, {'start': '460.639', 'end': '465.039', 'text': 'overreacting or being'}, {'start': '462.360', 'end': '467.120', 'text': 'dramatic. He remained there, a silent'}, {'start': '465.039', 'end': '469.840', 'text': 'presence, allowing me to speak until my'}, {'start': '467.120', 'end': '472.560', 'text': 'words ran dry. And then his fingers'}, {'start': '469.840', 'end': '475.039', 'text': 'grazed my cheek. I ought to have rained'}, {'start': '472.560', 'end': '476.759', 'text': 'it in. I ought to have urged him to'}, {'start': '475.039', 'end': '479.639', 'text': 'cease, yet I remained'}, {'start': '476.759', 'end': '483.360', 'text': 'silent. Instead, I nestled closer to'}, {'start': '479.639', 'end': '485.199', 'text': 'him. I allowed him to kiss me. In that'}, {'start': '483.360', 'end': '486.960', 'text': 'moment, I was no longer shrouded in'}, {'start': '485.199', 'end': '489.759', 'text': 'invisibility.'}, {'start': '486.960', 'end': '491.680', 'text': 'That night transformed everything. In'}, {'start': '489.759', 'end': '493.919', 'text': 'the moments that followed, his presence'}, {'start': '491.680', 'end': '495.919', 'text': 'became a haunting reminder, each glance'}, {'start': '493.919', 'end': '497.680', 'text': 'evoking the memory of his hands upon my'}, {'start': '495.919', 'end': '500.720', 'text': 'skin, the heaviness of his form'}, {'start': '497.680', 'end': '502.720', 'text': 'lingering in my thoughts. I found myself'}, {'start': '500.720', 'end': '504.720', 'text': 'grappling with self-loathing, consumed'}, {'start': '502.720', 'end': '506.960', 'text': 'by ultra-realistic high-resolution'}, {'start': '504.720', 'end': '509.440', 'text': 'portrait of a seductive, busty woman in'}, {'start': '506.960', 'end': '512.320', 'text': 'her mid-30s, wearing a for-mitting satin'}, {'start': '509.440', 'end': '514.719', 'text': 'slip dress, slightly tousled hair, soft'}, {'start': '512.320', 'end': '516.719', 'text': 'bedroom lighting, natural makeup, deep'}, {'start': '514.719', 'end': '518.320', 'text': 'neckline, confident and sensual'}, {'start': '516.719', 'end': '520.399', 'text': 'expression.'}, {'start': '518.320', 'end': '524.560', 'text': 'Captured with a modern flagship camera,'}, {'start': '520.399', 'end': '526.959', 'text': 'Canon EOSR5 or Sony A7RV. Cinematic lens'}, {'start': '524.560', 'end': '529.680', 'text': 'blur, shallow depth of field, warm'}, {'start': '526.959', 'end': '533.160', 'text': 'tones, magazine editorial quality, rule'}, {'start': '529.680', 'end': '538.160', 'text': 'of thirds composition, 4K resolution, no'}, {'start': '533.160', 'end': '540.399', 'text': 'text. Yet, I refrained. I was unable to.'}, {'start': '538.160', 'end': '542.160', 'text': "It wasn't solely the physical aspect,"}, {'start': '540.399', 'end': '544.880', 'text': 'although one cannot deny that it played'}, {'start': '542.160', 'end': '548.560', 'text': 'a significant role. It was the way he'}, {'start': '544.880', 'end': '550.839', 'text': 'stirred emotions within me, seeking,'}, {'start': '548.560', 'end': '554.399', 'text': 'yearned for,'}, {'start': '550.839', 'end': '557.360', 'text': 'vibrant. Yet the burden of guilt that'}, {'start': '554.399', 'end': '559.519', 'text': 'arrived as well. Whenever I found myself'}, {'start': '557.360', 'end': '562.000', 'text': 'in solitude with Daniel, a persistent'}, {'start': '559.519', 'end': '565.040', 'text': 'unease tugged at my thoughts, the'}, {'start': '562.000', 'end': '566.959', 'text': 'deceptions, the hidden truths. I would'}, {'start': '565.040', 'end': '568.959', 'text': 'find myself seated opposite him at the'}, {'start': '566.959', 'end': '571.200', 'text': 'dinner table, pondering whether he could'}, {'start': '568.959', 'end': '572.720', 'text': 'read the truth etched upon my features,'}, {'start': '571.200', 'end': '575.680', 'text': 'whether he could detect the lingering'}, {'start': '572.720', 'end': '578.480', 'text': 'scent of Logan upon my skin. And then'}, {'start': '575.680', 'end': '580.800', 'text': 'came Aiden. Uncertainty nodded at me.'}, {'start': '578.480', 'end': '582.320', 'text': 'Was it mere paranoia? Or had he truly'}, {'start': '580.800', 'end': '585.040', 'text': 'begun to observe me with heightened'}, {'start': '582.320', 'end': '588.320', 'text': 'scrutiny following that initial night?'}, {'start': '585.040', 'end': '590.480', 'text': 'In any case, I sensed it. the heaviness'}, {'start': '588.320', 'end': '592.640', 'text': 'of his gaze, perpetually lingering a'}, {'start': '590.480', 'end': '594.720', 'text': 'fraction too long, as if he sensed an'}, {'start': '592.640', 'end': '597.839', 'text': 'underlying discord, yet remained unable'}, {'start': '594.720', 'end': '600.560', 'text': 'to grasp its nature. Logan and I made an'}, {'start': '597.839', 'end': '602.880', 'text': 'effort to tread lightly. Every detail'}, {'start': '600.560', 'end': '604.959', 'text': 'was meticulously arranged, ensuring we'}, {'start': '602.880', 'end': '607.720', 'text': 'had our moments of solitude, both in'}, {'start': '604.959', 'end': '610.000', 'text': 'time and place. We crafted'}, {'start': '607.720', 'end': '611.720', 'text': 'justifications, concealed our actions,'}, {'start': '610.000', 'end': '613.920', 'text': 'yet the danger lingered'}, {'start': '611.720', 'end': '618.000', 'text': 'persistently. That was a key element of'}, {'start': '613.920', 'end': '620.959', 'text': 'its irresistible allure. the peril, a'}, {'start': '618.000', 'end': '622.720', 'text': 'lingering anxiety of being discovered.'}, {'start': '620.959', 'end': '624.040', 'text': 'Every moment spent with him felt more'}, {'start': '622.720', 'end': '626.560', 'text': 'vivid, more'}, {'start': '624.040', 'end': '628.560', 'text': 'profound. Yet, despite our utmost'}, {'start': '626.560', 'end': '630.720', 'text': 'caution, a persistent voice lingered in'}, {'start': '628.560', 'end': '632.720', 'text': 'the recesses of my mind, murmuring that'}, {'start': '630.720', 'end': '635.279', 'text': 'it was merely a question of time before'}, {'start': '632.720', 'end': '637.040', 'text': 'everything unraveled. It remains a'}, {'start': '635.279', 'end': '638.120', 'text': 'mystery how we allowed ourselves to'}, {'start': '637.040', 'end': '640.399', 'text': 'become so'}, {'start': '638.120', 'end': '641.399', 'text': 'vulnerable. Perhaps it stemmed from a'}, {'start': '640.399', 'end': '643.600', 'text': 'sense of'}, {'start': '641.399', 'end': '646.320', 'text': 'superiority. Perhaps it stemmed from a'}, {'start': '643.600', 'end': '647.240', 'text': 'sense of urgency. Perhaps we simply'}, {'start': '646.320', 'end': '649.839', 'text': 'became'}, {'start': '647.240', 'end': '651.360', 'text': 'negligent. Whatever it may have been, it'}, {'start': '649.839', 'end': '652.040', 'text': 'nearly brought everything to the brink'}, {'start': '651.360', 'end': '654.160', 'text': 'of'}, {'start': '652.040', 'end': '656.120', 'text': 'destruction. Daniel had once more'}, {'start': '654.160', 'end': '659.839', 'text': 'ventured beyond the confines of the'}, {'start': '656.120', 'end': '661.680', 'text': 'town. A journey for work once more. Yet'}, {'start': '659.839', 'end': '663.600', 'text': 'another extended weekend spent in the'}, {'start': '661.680', 'end': '665.279', 'text': 'guise of companionship, all the while'}, {'start': '663.600', 'end': '668.160', 'text': 'grappling with the profound solitude'}, {'start': '665.279', 'end': '670.079', 'text': 'that enveloped me. Logan was meant to be'}, {'start': '668.160', 'end': '671.920', 'text': "at a friend's house, while Aiden had"}, {'start': '670.079', 'end': '673.920', 'text': 'informed us he would be out late with a'}, {'start': '671.920', 'end': '676.160', 'text': 'few of his classmates.'}, {'start': '673.920', 'end': '678.240', 'text': 'The house exuded a sense of emptiness,'}, {'start': '676.160', 'end': '681.640', 'text': 'and for the first time, I allowed myself'}, {'start': '678.240', 'end': '683.920', 'text': 'to unwind. Logan was swift in his'}, {'start': '681.640', 'end': '687.040', 'text': 'actions. As soon as the door clicked'}, {'start': '683.920', 'end': '688.959', 'text': 'shut behind Aiden, he was upon me. I'}, {'start': '687.040', 'end': '691.959', 'text': 'ought to have urged him to pause, yet I'}, {'start': '688.959', 'end': '694.519', 'text': 'refrained from doing so. I was unable'}, {'start': '691.959', 'end': '697.440', 'text': 'to. Our journey began in the living'}, {'start': '694.519', 'end': '699.760', 'text': "room. I recall the sensation of Logan's"}, {'start': '697.440', 'end': '702.560', 'text': 'hands clasping my waist, drawing me onto'}, {'start': '699.760', 'end': '704.560', 'text': 'his lap. The warmth of his lips against'}, {'start': '702.560', 'end': '706.560', 'text': 'my neck lingers in my memory, a'}, {'start': '704.560', 'end': '709.519', 'text': 'sensation that sent shivers across my'}, {'start': '706.560', 'end': '711.519', 'text': 'skin with every caress. It was a daring'}, {'start': '709.519', 'end': '715.720', 'text': 'choice, and we were both acutely aware'}, {'start': '711.519', 'end': '718.240', 'text': 'of it. Yet in that instant, it held no'}, {'start': '715.720', 'end': '720.640', 'text': 'significance. His lips met mine with an'}, {'start': '718.240', 'end': '723.600', 'text': 'urgency that spoke of insatiable desire,'}, {'start': '720.640', 'end': '726.480', 'text': 'and I responded with equal fervor. My'}, {'start': '723.600', 'end': '730.079', 'text': 'mind was in a whirl. My heart raced with'}, {'start': '726.480', 'end': '732.880', 'text': 'fervor. And then came the moment, the'}, {'start': '730.079', 'end': '734.720', 'text': 'creek of the front door swinging open.'}, {'start': '732.880', 'end': '737.839', 'text': 'The sensation was akin to the very'}, {'start': '734.720', 'end': '740.040', 'text': 'ground vanishing beneath my feet. Logan'}, {'start': '737.839', 'end': '742.639', 'text': 'stood still, caught in a moment of'}, {'start': '740.040', 'end': '744.639', 'text': 'disbelief. For a fleeting moment, we'}, {'start': '742.639', 'end': '747.040', 'text': 'simply gazed at one another, eyes wide'}, {'start': '744.639', 'end': '749.160', 'text': 'and breaths caught in our throats.'}, {'start': '747.040', 'end': '752.560', 'text': "Aiden's voice resonated from the"}, {'start': '749.160', 'end': '755.440', 'text': 'threshold. Greetings. I sprang up so'}, {'start': '752.560', 'end': '757.519', 'text': 'quickly that I nearly lost my balance.'}, {'start': '755.440', 'end': '759.279', 'text': 'Logan hurriedly adjusted his shirt as I'}, {'start': '757.519', 'end': '762.000', 'text': 'worked to tame my hair and calm my'}, {'start': '759.279', 'end': '764.000', 'text': 'racing breath. My legs felt as though'}, {'start': '762.000', 'end': '766.480', 'text': 'they were composed of jelly. Yet somehow'}, {'start': '764.000', 'end': '769.720', 'text': 'I found the strength to stand. I'}, {'start': '766.480', 'end': '773.360', 'text': 'whispered, "We can\'t be here." My voice'}, {'start': '769.720', 'end': '776.320', 'text': 'trembled. "Retreat to your chamber." "At'}, {'start': '773.360', 'end': '779.360', 'text': 'this moment." Logan chose not to engage'}, {'start': '776.320', 'end': '782.160', 'text': 'in a dispute. He glided down the hall'}, {'start': '779.360', 'end': '783.680', 'text': 'just as Aiden entered the living room. I'}, {'start': '782.160', 'end': '785.920', 'text': 'attempted to maintain an air of'}, {'start': '783.680', 'end': '787.519', 'text': 'nonulence, propping myself against the'}, {'start': '785.920', 'end': '790.000', 'text': "back of the couch as if I hadn't just"}, {'start': '787.519', 'end': '792.959', 'text': 'teetered on the brink of losing it all.'}, {'start': '790.000', 'end': '795.680', 'text': '"Hey," I said, mustering a smile.'}, {'start': '792.959', 'end': '798.320', 'text': '"You\'ve returned home quite early."'}, {'start': '795.680', 'end': '800.240', 'text': "Aiden's gaze traversed the room. The"}, {'start': '798.320', 'end': '802.240', 'text': 'glimmer of doubt crossed his face for a'}, {'start': '800.240', 'end': '804.160', 'text': 'fleeting moment before he nonchalantly'}, {'start': '802.240', 'end': '807.680', 'text': 'shrugged and let his bag fall to the'}, {'start': '804.160', 'end': '809.920', 'text': 'ground. "The plans have shifted." His'}, {'start': '807.680', 'end': '811.600', 'text': 'tone was devoid of inflection, yet there'}, {'start': '809.920', 'end': '813.720', 'text': 'was an unsettling quality in his'}, {'start': '811.600', 'end': '816.399', 'text': 'delivery that caused my stomach to'}, {'start': '813.720', 'end': '819.120', 'text': 'clench. What transpired in the next few'}, {'start': '816.399', 'end': '821.279', 'text': 'minutes seemed to stretch into eternity.'}, {'start': '819.120', 'end': '823.440', 'text': 'I engaged in light conversation,'}, {'start': '821.279', 'end': '825.639', 'text': 'inquiring about his school life, his'}, {'start': '823.440', 'end': '828.160', 'text': 'friends, anything to divert his'}, {'start': '825.639', 'end': '830.240', 'text': 'attention. Yet throughout it all, my'}, {'start': '828.160', 'end': '832.959', 'text': 'thoughts remained fixated on Logan, just'}, {'start': '830.240', 'end': '834.800', 'text': 'a room away. I pondered the lingering'}, {'start': '832.959', 'end': '836.720', 'text': 'scent of his cologne in the air, the'}, {'start': '834.800', 'end': '838.880', 'text': 'warmth of his touch still radiating on'}, {'start': '836.720', 'end': '841.120', 'text': 'my skin, and I found myself in a state'}, {'start': '838.880', 'end': '842.519', 'text': 'of anticipation, hoping fervently that'}, {'start': '841.120', 'end': '845.199', 'text': 'Aiden would remain'}, {'start': '842.519', 'end': '847.440', 'text': 'oblivious. Yet in that instant, he'}, {'start': '845.199', 'end': '849.600', 'text': 'turned his gaze toward me, truly seeing'}, {'start': '847.440', 'end': '852.160', 'text': 'me, and I swear it was as if he'}, {'start': '849.600', 'end': '855.440', 'text': 'understood everything. He remained'}, {'start': '852.160', 'end': '858.480', 'text': 'silent, offering no words. "Not at that'}, {'start': '855.440', 'end': '860.880', 'text': 'time." He merely nodded and ascended the'}, {'start': '858.480', 'end': '862.639', 'text': 'stairs, leaving me rooted in place, my'}, {'start': '860.880', 'end': '865.600', 'text': 'heart racing with a fervor that felt'}, {'start': '862.639', 'end': '867.920', 'text': 'almost painful. As Logan emerged from'}, {'start': '865.600', 'end': '869.680', 'text': 'his room, the very first words to escape'}, {'start': '867.920', 'end': '872.240', 'text': 'his lips were, "We can\'t<unk>t do this'}, {'start': '869.680', 'end': '874.880', 'text': 'here again." My heart yearned to trust'}, {'start': '872.240', 'end': '876.880', 'text': 'his words. I yearned for the conviction'}, {'start': '874.880', 'end': '878.720', 'text': 'that we would exhibit greater wisdom,'}, {'start': '876.880', 'end': '880.320', 'text': 'that we would cease to embrace perilous'}, {'start': '878.720', 'end': '882.800', 'text': 'choices.'}, {'start': '880.320', 'end': '884.880', 'text': 'Yet in the depths of his gaze and in the'}, {'start': '882.800', 'end': '887.160', 'text': 'reflection of my own, an undeniable'}, {'start': '884.880', 'end': '890.160', 'text': 'truth lingered, one I was already aware'}, {'start': '887.160', 'end': '892.279', 'text': 'of. No matter how hard I tried, I found'}, {'start': '890.160', 'end': '894.720', 'text': 'myself unable to distance myself from'}, {'start': '892.279', 'end': '897.519', 'text': 'him. And that filled me with a deeper'}, {'start': '894.720', 'end': '899.760', 'text': 'fear than anything else. As we reach'}, {'start': '897.519', 'end': '901.760', 'text': 'this point in the narrative, I extend my'}, {'start': '899.760', 'end': '904.399', 'text': 'heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering'}, {'start': '901.760', 'end': '906.399', 'text': 'presence on this journey. I understand'}, {'start': '904.399', 'end': '908.320', 'text': 'that this may be difficult to absorb,'}, {'start': '906.399', 'end': '911.360', 'text': 'and I truly value your willingness to'}, {'start': '908.320', 'end': '913.120', 'text': 'listen. If this video resonates with you'}, {'start': '911.360', 'end': '915.440', 'text': 'or if you know someone who might connect'}, {'start': '913.120', 'end': '917.399', 'text': 'with my message, I invite you to take a'}, {'start': '915.440', 'end': '920.000', 'text': 'moment to click that like button and'}, {'start': '917.399', 'end': '921.920', 'text': 'subscribe. It truly encourages me to'}, {'start': '920.000', 'end': '924.000', 'text': 'continue sharing tales such as this and'}, {'start': '921.920', 'end': '926.880', 'text': 'reassures me that I am not solitary in'}, {'start': '924.000', 'end': '929.920', 'text': 'this journey. Very well. Let us return'}, {'start': '926.880', 'end': '932.959', 'text': 'to our task at hand. That day is etched'}, {'start': '929.920', 'end': '934.880', 'text': 'in my memory, never to be forgotten. It'}, {'start': '932.959', 'end': '936.800', 'text': 'was meant to be a secure arrangement.'}, {'start': '934.880', 'end': '938.720', 'text': 'Daniel was toiling away late into the'}, {'start': '936.800', 'end': '941.600', 'text': 'evening while Aiden had his own agenda'}, {'start': '938.720', 'end': '944.160', 'text': 'following school. Logan and I believed'}, {'start': '941.600', 'end': '947.240', 'text': "we were alone in the house. We didn't"}, {'start': '944.160', 'end': '951.040', 'text': 'even take the time to lock the door.'}, {'start': '947.240', 'end': '954.240', 'text': 'Foolish. Utterly foolish. It began as it'}, {'start': '951.040', 'end': '957.120', 'text': 'always had before. Swift and fervent, as'}, {'start': '954.240', 'end': '959.279', 'text': 'if we were insatiable for one another.'}, {'start': '957.120', 'end': '961.279', 'text': 'Logan drew me into his room, his hands'}, {'start': '959.279', 'end': '964.680', 'text': 'exploring me before the door had even'}, {'start': '961.279', 'end': '967.560', 'text': 'fully shut. I allowed him to continue'}, {'start': '964.680', 'end': '969.839', 'text': 'unimpeded. I found myself reluctant to'}, {'start': '967.560', 'end': '972.800', 'text': 'intervene. I failed to consider the'}, {'start': '969.839', 'end': '975.519', 'text': 'potential pitfalls that lay ahead. I was'}, {'start': '972.800', 'end': '977.920', 'text': 'completely devoid of thought. I found'}, {'start': '975.519', 'end': '980.800', 'text': 'myself above him, breathless, my fingers'}, {'start': '977.920', 'end': '982.800', 'text': "clutching his shoulders tightly. Logan's"}, {'start': '980.800', 'end': '984.959', 'text': 'gaze held mine captive. And in those'}, {'start': '982.800', 'end': '986.040', 'text': 'fleeting moments, the universe around us'}, {'start': '984.959', 'end': '989.759', 'text': 'faded into'}, {'start': '986.040', 'end': '991.759', 'text': 'oblivion. Until it finally came to pass.'}, {'start': '989.759', 'end': '995.040', 'text': 'The eerie creek of a door swinging open'}, {'start': '991.759', 'end': '996.839', 'text': 'jolted me from my revery. I stood still,'}, {'start': '995.040', 'end': '999.279', 'text': 'caught in a moment of sheer'}, {'start': '996.839', 'end': '1001.519', 'text': "disbelief. Logan's eyes widened, but"}, {'start': '999.279', 'end': '1004.240', 'text': "before either of us could react, Aiden's"}, {'start': '1001.519', 'end': '1006.959', 'text': 'voice sliced through the silence. What'}, {'start': '1004.240', 'end': '1009.120', 'text': 'on earth? My head snapped toward the'}, {'start': '1006.959', 'end': '1011.040', 'text': 'door, and there he stood, Aiden, phone'}, {'start': '1009.120', 'end': '1011.959', 'text': 'in hand, wearing an expression that'}, {'start': '1011.040', 'end': '1013.959', 'text': 'spoke'}, {'start': '1011.959', 'end': '1016.639', 'text': 'volumes. Stunned'}, {'start': '1013.959', 'end': '1020.000', 'text': 'disbelief. Revulsion.'}, {'start': '1016.639', 'end': '1023.120', 'text': 'Yet there exists another element, a hint'}, {'start': '1020.000', 'end': '1025.280', 'text': 'of shadow. I hastily pulled myself away'}, {'start': '1023.120', 'end': '1027.480', 'text': 'from Logan, clutching the sheets tightly'}, {'start': '1025.280', 'end': '1030.160', 'text': 'as a wave of panic coursed through my'}, {'start': '1027.480', 'end': '1033.280', 'text': 'veins. My lips parted, yet silence'}, {'start': '1030.160', 'end': '1036.760', 'text': 'enveloped me. Aiden remained motionless,'}, {'start': '1033.280', 'end': '1039.839', 'text': 'his gaze fixed ahead. Aiden, hold on.'}, {'start': '1036.760', 'end': '1041.839', 'text': 'Just I fumbled with my words, extending'}, {'start': '1039.839', 'end': '1044.559', 'text': 'my hand as if I could somehow wipe away'}, {'start': '1041.839', 'end': '1046.720', 'text': 'the image of what he had just witnessed.'}, {'start': '1044.559', 'end': '1049.600', 'text': 'Yet he remained still.'}, {'start': '1046.720', 'end': '1052.000', 'text': 'He remained. Logan muttered curses'}, {'start': '1049.600', 'end': '1055.120', 'text': 'quietly to himself, hastily tugging on'}, {'start': '1052.000', 'end': '1057.520', 'text': 'his clothes. I remained seated, utterly'}, {'start': '1055.120', 'end': '1061.520', 'text': 'exposed and vulnerable as Aiden raised'}, {'start': '1057.520', 'end': '1064.400', 'text': 'his phone. "I have it all," he declared.'}, {'start': '1061.520', 'end': '1067.280', 'text': 'His voice carried a serene quality,'}, {'start': '1064.400', 'end': '1069.520', 'text': 'excessively tranquil. "We must have a'}, {'start': '1067.280', 'end': '1073.360', 'text': 'conversation, unless you wish for Dad to'}, {'start': '1069.520', 'end': '1076.000', 'text': 'discover this." My stomach plummeted. A'}, {'start': '1073.360', 'end': '1079.520', 'text': 'chill swept through my entire being.'}, {'start': '1076.000', 'end': '1082.320', 'text': 'breath eluded me. Aiden, I implore you,'}, {'start': '1079.520', 'end': '1085.120', 'text': "don't go down this path. What should one"}, {'start': '1082.320', 'end': '1087.679', 'text': 'refrain from doing? He tilted his head'}, {'start': '1085.120', 'end': '1090.400', 'text': 'as if savoring the moment. Should I'}, {'start': '1087.679', 'end': '1092.320', 'text': 'reveal the truth to Dad? Reveal to him'}, {'start': '1090.400', 'end': '1094.679', 'text': 'the secret activities of his wife and'}, {'start': '1092.320', 'end': '1097.160', 'text': 'son that have been unfolding without his'}, {'start': '1094.679', 'end': '1099.320', 'text': 'knowledge. No, I replied'}, {'start': '1097.160', 'end': '1102.720', 'text': 'hastily. It is not'}, {'start': '1099.320', 'end': '1105.720', 'text': 'possible. Kindly, it is not for you to'}, {'start': '1102.720', 'end': '1107.640', 'text': 'reveal that to him. I found myself'}, {'start': '1105.720', 'end': '1109.919', 'text': 'pleading. I was'}, {'start': '1107.640', 'end': '1111.440', 'text': 'indifferent. My mind was consumed with'}, {'start': '1109.919', 'end': '1114.160', 'text': 'the thought of what might unfold if'}, {'start': '1111.440', 'end': '1116.520', 'text': 'Daniel were to lay eyes on that video.'}, {'start': '1114.160', 'end': '1119.080', 'text': 'My union, my'}, {'start': '1116.520', 'end': '1122.320', 'text': 'sanctuary, the span of my'}, {'start': '1119.080', 'end': '1125.679', 'text': 'existence. Everything would vanish. Yet'}, {'start': '1122.320', 'end': '1128.080', 'text': 'Aiden merely gazed at me. Then a smile'}, {'start': '1125.679', 'end': '1131.360', 'text': 'graced his lips. "Perhaps it\'s'}, {'start': '1128.080', 'end': '1134.000', 'text': 'unnecessary," he remarked. "Maybe we can'}, {'start': '1131.360', 'end': '1136.880', 'text': 'work something out." A weight settled'}, {'start': '1134.000', 'end': '1138.880', 'text': 'heavily upon my chest. I was aware of'}, {'start': '1136.880', 'end': '1141.679', 'text': 'the inevitable, yet I found myself'}, {'start': '1138.880', 'end': '1145.000', 'text': 'inquiring nonetheless. "What is it that'}, {'start': '1141.679', 'end': '1147.919', 'text': 'you desire?" he acted without a moment\'s'}, {'start': '1145.000', 'end': '1149.960', 'text': 'pause. He moved in closer, his voice'}, {'start': '1147.919', 'end': '1152.640', 'text': 'dropping as if Logan were no longer'}, {'start': '1149.960', 'end': '1154.559', 'text': 'present. "I want what he gets," Aiden'}, {'start': '1152.640', 'end': '1157.440', 'text': 'declared, a nod directed toward his'}, {'start': '1154.559', 'end': '1160.640', 'text': 'brother. "If you Daniel me this request,'}, {'start': '1157.440', 'end': '1165.080', 'text': 'I shall remain silent." A wave of nausea'}, {'start': '1160.640', 'end': '1167.440', 'text': 'washed over me. I gently shook my head.'}, {'start': '1165.080', 'end': '1170.679', 'text': 'Negative. I find myself unable to'}, {'start': '1167.440', 'end': '1173.600', 'text': 'proceed with that. Very well, Aiden'}, {'start': '1170.679', 'end': '1175.520', 'text': 'replied. He began to pivot, his finger'}, {'start': '1173.600', 'end': '1178.400', 'text': 'poised delicately above the surface of'}, {'start': '1175.520', 'end': '1182.160', 'text': 'his phone screen. I suppose Dad will'}, {'start': '1178.400', 'end': '1184.160', 'text': 'discover it soon enough. Hold on. The'}, {'start': '1182.160', 'end': '1186.720', 'text': 'word escaped my lips before I had a'}, {'start': '1184.160', 'end': '1188.799', 'text': 'chance to hold it back. Uncertainty'}, {'start': '1186.720', 'end': '1191.760', 'text': 'enveloped me, leaving me a drift in a'}, {'start': '1188.799', 'end': '1193.679', 'text': 'sea of confusion. I found myself at a'}, {'start': '1191.760', 'end': '1195.000', 'text': 'loss for words, unaware of the meaning'}, {'start': '1193.679', 'end': '1197.360', 'text': 'behind my own'}, {'start': '1195.000', 'end': '1199.039', 'text': 'utterances. What I understood was that I'}, {'start': '1197.360', 'end': '1202.240', 'text': 'must prevent Daniel from viewing that'}, {'start': '1199.039', 'end': '1203.880', 'text': 'video at all costs. I refused to allow'}, {'start': '1202.240', 'end': '1207.840', 'text': 'my whole existence to'}, {'start': '1203.880', 'end': '1210.799', 'text': 'crumble. Simply just give me a second, I'}, {'start': '1207.840', 'end': '1213.559', 'text': 'said, my voice trembling. Allow me a'}, {'start': '1210.799', 'end': '1216.559', 'text': 'moment to ponder. What is there to'}, {'start': '1213.559', 'end': '1218.799', 'text': 'ponder? Aiden inquired.'}, {'start': '1216.559', 'end': '1221.760', 'text': 'You can either comply with my wishes or'}, {'start': '1218.799', 'end': '1224.640', 'text': 'I will reveal everything to Dad. It is'}, {'start': '1221.760', 'end': '1227.760', 'text': 'as straightforward as that. I cast a'}, {'start': '1224.640', 'end': '1229.919', 'text': 'glance at Logan, yet he remained silent.'}, {'start': '1227.760', 'end': '1231.840', 'text': 'He remained seated, his gaze fixed on'}, {'start': '1229.919', 'end': '1235.400', 'text': 'the floor as if he were unable to meet'}, {'start': '1231.840', 'end': '1238.799', 'text': 'my eyes. Isolation enveloped me'}, {'start': '1235.400', 'end': '1242.080', 'text': 'entirely. My mind was in a whirl. Breath'}, {'start': '1238.799', 'end': '1243.520', 'text': 'eluded me. I felt an urge to scream, yet'}, {'start': '1242.080', 'end': '1247.679', 'text': 'I questioned what purpose it would'}, {'start': '1243.520', 'end': '1250.640', 'text': 'serve. Silence reigns, I resorted to the'}, {'start': '1247.679', 'end': '1254.120', 'text': 'only course of action that came to mind.'}, {'start': '1250.640', 'end': '1257.720', 'text': 'Very well, I murmured. Simply'}, {'start': '1254.120', 'end': '1260.720', 'text': 'absent. Not at this moment. When will it'}, {'start': '1257.720', 'end': '1263.679', 'text': 'be? Aiden inquired, a smirk playing at'}, {'start': '1260.720', 'end': '1268.120', 'text': 'the corners of his lips. In due course,'}, {'start': '1263.679', 'end': '1270.480', 'text': 'I remarked. This evening. Good, Aiden'}, {'start': '1268.120', 'end': '1273.440', 'text': 'remarked. Then I suppose this remains'}, {'start': '1270.480', 'end': '1275.440', 'text': 'our little secret. He departed then,'}, {'start': '1273.440', 'end': '1278.080', 'text': 'leaving Logan and me ensconced in a'}, {'start': '1275.440', 'end': '1280.880', 'text': 'profound silence. Tears threatened to'}, {'start': '1278.080', 'end': '1284.080', 'text': 'spill over. A primal urge to scream'}, {'start': '1280.880', 'end': '1285.840', 'text': 'surged within me. Yet above all else, I'}, {'start': '1284.080', 'end': '1287.799', 'text': 'yearned to rewind the clock and erase'}, {'start': '1285.840', 'end': '1290.559', 'text': 'every choice that had brought me to this'}, {'start': '1287.799', 'end': '1292.679', 'text': 'point. Instead, I remained seated,'}, {'start': '1290.559', 'end': '1294.799', 'text': 'acutely aware that the moment had'}, {'start': '1292.679', 'end': '1295.880', 'text': 'passed, understanding that this was'}, {'start': '1294.799', 'end': '1299.200', 'text': 'merely the'}, {'start': '1295.880', 'end': '1301.679', 'text': 'inception. Sleep eluded me that night.'}, {'start': '1299.200', 'end': '1303.600', 'text': 'As I reclined in bed beside Daniel, my'}, {'start': '1301.679', 'end': '1305.440', 'text': 'gaze drifted to the ceiling, the rhythm'}, {'start': '1303.600', 'end': '1308.600', 'text': 'of his steady breaths enveloping the'}, {'start': '1305.440', 'end': '1311.400', 'text': 'space around us. He was utterly'}, {'start': '1308.600', 'end': '1313.520', 'text': 'oblivious, unaware that his wife was'}, {'start': '1311.400', 'end': '1315.480', 'text': 'unraveling, unaware that her very'}, {'start': '1313.520', 'end': '1318.320', 'text': 'existence rested in the hands of his'}, {'start': '1315.480', 'end': '1320.320', 'text': 'son. His words echoed in my mind, the'}, {'start': '1318.320', 'end': '1323.120', 'text': 'smirk etched into my memory like a vivid'}, {'start': '1320.320', 'end': '1324.720', 'text': 'painting that refused to fade. I yearned'}, {'start': '1323.120', 'end': '1326.720', 'text': 'to hold on to the hope that an escape'}, {'start': '1324.720', 'end': '1328.720', 'text': 'was within reach, that perhaps he would'}, {'start': '1326.720', 'end': '1329.720', 'text': 'reconsider or simply erase the video'}, {'start': '1328.720', 'end': '1332.280', 'text': 'from'}, {'start': '1329.720', 'end': '1334.880', 'text': 'existence. Yet, I was aware of the'}, {'start': '1332.280', 'end': '1336.799', 'text': 'truth. He held me precisely in his'}, {'start': '1334.880', 'end': '1339.760', 'text': 'grasp, and there was no chance he would'}, {'start': '1336.799', 'end': '1341.600', 'text': 'release me. As Daniel departed for work'}, {'start': '1339.760', 'end': '1343.679', 'text': 'the following morning, a suffocating'}, {'start': '1341.600', 'end': '1345.559', 'text': 'weight settled upon me, making it feel'}, {'start': '1343.679', 'end': '1348.880', 'text': 'as though I could scarcely draw a'}, {'start': '1345.559', 'end': '1350.960', 'text': 'breath. Time was slipping away from me.'}, {'start': '1348.880', 'end': '1353.760', 'text': 'As Aiden descended the stairs, a sense'}, {'start': '1350.960', 'end': '1356.320', 'text': 'of inevitability washed over me. "Are'}, {'start': '1353.760', 'end': '1358.240', 'text': 'you prepared?" His voice carried a'}, {'start': '1356.320', 'end': '1360.320', 'text': 'nonchalant air, as if he had no'}, {'start': '1358.240', 'end': '1362.080', 'text': 'intention of shattering my world, as'}, {'start': '1360.320', 'end': '1364.480', 'text': 'though this were merely a game he was'}, {'start': '1362.080', 'end': '1367.360', 'text': 'engaged in, with me as the trophy he had'}, {'start': '1364.480', 'end': '1370.240', 'text': 'already secured. I endeavored to project'}, {'start': '1367.360', 'end': '1372.400', 'text': 'an image of strength. I expressed to him'}, {'start': '1370.240', 'end': '1374.240', 'text': 'my inability to proceed, asserting that'}, {'start': '1372.400', 'end': '1376.080', 'text': 'it was morally questionable, and'}, {'start': '1374.240', 'end': '1379.320', 'text': 'suggested that he had lost touch with'}, {'start': '1376.080', 'end': '1381.760', 'text': 'reality. Yet he remained utterly'}, {'start': '1379.320', 'end': '1385.240', 'text': 'unperturbed. Clare, the choice is no'}, {'start': '1381.760', 'end': '1388.720', 'text': 'longer yours to make. Indeed, he was'}, {'start': '1385.240', 'end': '1391.360', 'text': 'correct. I did not. We found ourselves'}, {'start': '1388.720', 'end': '1393.360', 'text': 'in his room. The door shut with a'}, {'start': '1391.360', 'end': '1396.240', 'text': 'definitive thud, and the sharp click of'}, {'start': '1393.360', 'end': '1397.840', 'text': 'the lock sent a shiver through my gut. I'}, {'start': '1396.240', 'end': '1399.760', 'text': 'remained motionless as he propped'}, {'start': '1397.840', 'end': '1402.640', 'text': 'himself against the bed, his gaze'}, {'start': '1399.760', 'end': '1404.799', 'text': 'sweeping over me from head to toe. My'}, {'start': '1402.640', 'end': '1406.799', 'text': 'skin ignited beneath his stare. And in'}, {'start': '1404.799', 'end': '1407.799', 'text': 'that moment, I experienced a profound'}, {'start': '1406.799', 'end': '1409.919', 'text': 'sense of'}, {'start': '1407.799', 'end': '1412.960', 'text': 'vulnerability. "Remove it," he'}, {'start': '1409.919', 'end': '1414.720', 'text': 'commanded, gesturing towards my shirt.'}, {'start': '1412.960', 'end': '1417.440', 'text': 'My hands trembled as I extended them'}, {'start': '1414.720', 'end': '1420.640', 'text': 'toward the buttons. I made an effort to'}, {'start': '1417.440', 'end': '1423.039', 'text': 'hold back my tears. I urged myself to'}, {'start': '1420.640', 'end': '1425.120', 'text': 'endure, to maintain a low profile and'}, {'start': '1423.039', 'end': '1427.520', 'text': 'comply with his wishes, all in the hope'}, {'start': '1425.120', 'end': '1429.520', 'text': 'that it would conclude swiftly.'}, {'start': '1427.520', 'end': '1431.760', 'text': 'Yet the moment my shirt fell to the'}, {'start': '1429.520', 'end': '1434.000', 'text': 'ground, I noticed the shift in his gaze,'}, {'start': '1431.760', 'end': '1435.840', 'text': 'the way it deepened, and I realized this'}, {'start': '1434.000', 'end': '1437.320', 'text': 'encounter was destined to linger far'}, {'start': '1435.840', 'end': '1440.480', 'text': 'longer than I had'}, {'start': '1437.320', 'end': '1442.559', 'text': 'anticipated. Or simple. Aiden sought'}, {'start': '1440.480', 'end': '1445.760', 'text': 'more than mere possession of my body. He'}, {'start': '1442.559', 'end': '1447.760', 'text': 'craved dominion over me. He accepted it'}, {'start': '1445.760', 'end': '1449.400', 'text': 'with a measured slowness, as if to'}, {'start': '1447.760', 'end': '1452.159', 'text': 'underscore a particular'}, {'start': '1449.400', 'end': '1453.919', 'text': 'argument. His behavior was invasive,'}, {'start': '1452.159', 'end': '1456.320', 'text': "crossing boundaries she didn't know how"}, {'start': '1453.919', 'end': '1457.880', 'text': 'to enforce, as if I were his to command.'}, {'start': '1456.320', 'end': '1460.400', 'text': 'and it filled me with'}, {'start': '1457.880', 'end': '1462.200', 'text': 'resentment. Yet, what truly filled me'}, {'start': '1460.400', 'end': '1464.880', 'text': 'with dread was the way my body'}, {'start': '1462.200', 'end': '1466.720', 'text': 'responded. I repeatedly assured myself'}, {'start': '1464.880', 'end': '1468.720', 'text': "that I wasn't finding any pleasure in"}, {'start': '1466.720', 'end': '1470.919', 'text': 'it, that the warmth in my chest and the'}, {'start': '1468.720', 'end': '1473.679', 'text': 'discomfort in my stomach were mere'}, {'start': '1470.919', 'end': '1475.600', 'text': 'illusions. Yet, as time stretched on,'}, {'start': '1473.679', 'end': '1478.640', 'text': 'the more challenging it became to accept'}, {'start': '1475.600', 'end': '1480.640', 'text': 'the fabrications I had spun. Once it'}, {'start': '1478.640', 'end': '1483.760', 'text': 'concluded, a wave of nausea washed over'}, {'start': '1480.640', 'end': '1485.919', 'text': 'me. Aiden reclined on his bed, a picture'}, {'start': '1483.760', 'end': '1488.799', 'text': 'of contentment. As I hurriedly pulled on'}, {'start': '1485.919', 'end': '1491.679', 'text': 'my clothes, I found myself unable to'}, {'start': '1488.799', 'end': '1493.760', 'text': 'meet his gaze. I yearned to escape that'}, {'start': '1491.679', 'end': '1495.600', 'text': 'place, to cleanse every part of my being'}, {'start': '1493.760', 'end': '1496.919', 'text': 'and convince myself that it was all a'}, {'start': '1495.600', 'end': '1499.520', 'text': 'figment of my'}, {'start': '1496.919', 'end': '1501.679', 'text': 'imagination. Yet, just as I was about to'}, {'start': '1499.520', 'end': '1504.760', 'text': 'cross the threshold, his voice halted me'}, {'start': '1501.679', 'end': '1507.520', 'text': 'in my tracks. Our journey is far from'}, {'start': '1504.760', 'end': '1510.400', 'text': 'over. I stood still, caught in a moment'}, {'start': '1507.520', 'end': '1513.279', 'text': 'of sheer disbelief. Could you clarify'}, {'start': '1510.400', 'end': '1516.080', 'text': 'what you mean? I inquired, my voice'}, {'start': '1513.279', 'end': '1518.480', 'text': 'scarcely rising above a whisper. He'}, {'start': '1516.080', 'end': '1521.600', 'text': 'propped himself up, that familiar smirk'}, {'start': '1518.480', 'end': '1523.120', 'text': "returning to his lips. Surely you didn't"}, {'start': '1521.600', 'end': '1526.120', 'text': 'believe this was merely a fleeting'}, {'start': '1523.120', 'end': '1529.679', 'text': 'occurrence. Did you? My stomach'}, {'start': '1526.120', 'end': '1530.919', 'text': 'plummeted. Aiden, I must decline. He'}, {'start': '1529.679', 'end': '1534.559', 'text': 'interrupted me'}, {'start': '1530.919', 'end': '1536.600', 'text': 'abruptly. Indeed, you shall. Unless you'}, {'start': '1534.559', 'end': '1539.440', 'text': 'wish for Dad to catch a glimpse of that'}, {'start': '1536.600', 'end': '1541.520', 'text': 'video. A tempest brewed within me, a'}, {'start': '1539.440', 'end': '1544.720', 'text': 'cacophony of screams and slaps, a'}, {'start': '1541.520', 'end': '1546.960', 'text': 'desperate urge to flee. Yet I remained'}, {'start': '1544.720', 'end': '1549.840', 'text': 'frozen, for the undeniable truth of his'}, {'start': '1546.960', 'end': '1552.880', 'text': 'words held me captive. The subsequent'}, {'start': '1549.840', 'end': '1554.720', 'text': 'days unfolded like a relentless torment.'}, {'start': '1552.880', 'end': '1557.159', 'text': 'No matter how hard I tried to steer'}, {'start': '1554.720', 'end': '1559.600', 'text': 'clear of him, it ultimately made no'}, {'start': '1557.159', 'end': '1562.200', 'text': 'difference. He consistently discovered'}, {'start': '1559.600', 'end': '1564.400', 'text': 'methods to trap me, to underscore his'}, {'start': '1562.200', 'end': '1567.279', 'text': 'dominance. The threats were merely the'}, {'start': '1564.400', 'end': '1569.200', 'text': 'surface of a deeper turmoil. It was the'}, {'start': '1567.279', 'end': '1570.720', 'text': 'intensity of his gaze, as if he'}, {'start': '1569.200', 'end': '1573.240', 'text': 'understood that I was powerless to'}, {'start': '1570.720', 'end': '1575.880', 'text': 'resist him, as if he had claimed me'}, {'start': '1573.240', 'end': '1578.520', 'text': "entirely. What's the most disheartening"}, {'start': '1575.880', 'end': '1581.760', 'text': 'aspect? It began to take root in my'}, {'start': '1578.520', 'end': '1584.880', 'text': 'mind. I loved myself for my actions, for'}, {'start': '1581.760', 'end': '1586.960', 'text': 'the choices I continued to make. Yet,'}, {'start': '1584.880', 'end': '1589.440', 'text': 'with each caress, my body revealed'}, {'start': '1586.960', 'end': '1591.440', 'text': 'secrets I wished to keep hidden. I'}, {'start': '1589.440', 'end': '1594.400', 'text': 'yearned to resist, yet I found myself'}, {'start': '1591.440', 'end': '1597.200', 'text': 'unable to do so. And that filled me with'}, {'start': '1594.400', 'end': '1600.000', 'text': 'dread. Engaging in conversation with'}, {'start': '1597.200', 'end': '1601.799', 'text': 'Logan about it proved to be a challenge.'}, {'start': '1600.000', 'end': '1604.320', 'text': 'There was no one to whom I could'}, {'start': '1601.799', 'end': '1606.640', 'text': 'confide. Logan had distanced himself'}, {'start': '1604.320', 'end': '1609.279', 'text': 'after Aiden discovered us, and I held no'}, {'start': '1606.640', 'end': '1611.200', 'text': 'resentment towards him. I could observe'}, {'start': '1609.279', 'end': '1614.640', 'text': 'the guilt gnawing at him. Yet he was not'}, {'start': '1611.200', 'end': '1616.640', 'text': 'ens snared as I was. Isolation enveloped'}, {'start': '1614.640', 'end': '1618.679', 'text': 'me and snared in a relentless loop of'}, {'start': '1616.640', 'end': '1622.080', 'text': 'shame and fear. And an'}, {'start': '1618.679', 'end': '1624.720', 'text': 'alternative, a hint of shadow, a notion'}, {'start': '1622.080', 'end': '1627.360', 'text': 'I preferred to leave unnamed. Aiden'}, {'start': '1624.720', 'end': '1630.000', 'text': 'craved more than mere dominion over me.'}, {'start': '1627.360', 'end': '1632.080', 'text': 'He yearned for something greater. With'}, {'start': '1630.000', 'end': '1634.000', 'text': 'each instance he grasped it, I sensed'}, {'start': '1632.080', 'end': '1637.200', 'text': 'myself drifting further from the essence'}, {'start': '1634.000', 'end': '1639.279', 'text': 'of who I once was. Yet, despite the'}, {'start': '1637.200', 'end': '1642.159', 'text': 'depths of my disdain for him, I found'}, {'start': '1639.279', 'end': '1643.679', 'text': 'myself unable to break free. And that'}, {'start': '1642.159', 'end': '1646.159', 'text': 'filled me with a deeper fear than'}, {'start': '1643.679', 'end': '1647.919', 'text': 'anything else could. There was a time'}, {'start': '1646.159', 'end': '1650.159', 'text': "when I followed Aiden's wishes out of"}, {'start': '1647.919', 'end': '1652.000', 'text': 'necessity, driven by a deep-seated fear'}, {'start': '1650.159', 'end': '1654.159', 'text': 'of the consequences that might unfold'}, {'start': '1652.000', 'end': '1656.400', 'text': 'should I choose otherwise.'}, {'start': '1654.159', 'end': '1659.120', 'text': 'Yet at some point in the journey, the'}, {'start': '1656.400', 'end': '1661.440', 'text': 'boundaries began to fade. I still'}, {'start': '1659.120', 'end': '1663.880', 'text': 'despised him, lo the way he regarded me,'}, {'start': '1661.440', 'end': '1666.720', 'text': 'as if I were merely an object in his'}, {'start': '1663.880', 'end': '1669.440', 'text': 'possession. Yet I found myself unable to'}, {'start': '1666.720', 'end': '1671.120', 'text': 'refute the effect his touch had on me.'}, {'start': '1669.440', 'end': '1673.760', 'text': 'And that filled me with a deeper fear'}, {'start': '1671.120', 'end': '1675.760', 'text': 'than anything else. The dread had'}, {'start': '1673.760', 'end': '1677.919', 'text': 'shifted. It was no longer merely the'}, {'start': '1675.760', 'end': '1679.600', 'text': 'anxiety of exposure, but rather the'}, {'start': '1677.919', 'end': '1682.760', 'text': 'terror of the transformation I was'}, {'start': '1679.600', 'end': '1685.120', 'text': 'undergoing. Aiden ceased his charade of'}, {'start': '1682.760', 'end': '1687.360', 'text': 'subtlety. He was indifferent to the fact'}, {'start': '1685.120', 'end': '1690.159', 'text': 'that Logan was upstairs or that Daniel'}, {'start': '1687.360', 'end': '1692.000', 'text': 'could return home sooner than expected.'}, {'start': '1690.159', 'end': '1693.919', 'text': 'He would trap me in the hallway, his'}, {'start': '1692.000', 'end': '1696.000', 'text': 'hands gripping my waist, his lips'}, {'start': '1693.919', 'end': '1698.600', 'text': 'grazing my neck as I stood still,'}, {'start': '1696.000', 'end': '1701.520', 'text': 'paralyzed by fear, unable to shove him'}, {'start': '1698.600', 'end': '1703.320', 'text': 'aside. In those moments of solitude, he'}, {'start': '1701.520', 'end': '1706.720', 'text': 'revealed everything without'}, {'start': '1703.320', 'end': '1709.840', 'text': 'reservation. It had lost its swiftness.'}, {'start': '1706.720', 'end': '1711.760', 'text': 'It unfolded at a measured pace. It was'}, {'start': '1709.840', 'end': '1714.000', 'text': 'intentional, as if he were probing the'}, {'start': '1711.760', 'end': '1717.039', 'text': 'limits of my patience, gauging just how'}, {'start': '1714.000', 'end': '1721.200', 'text': 'far he could go before I broke. The most'}, {'start': '1717.039', 'end': '1724.000', 'text': 'unfortunate aspect, I remained composed.'}, {'start': '1721.200', 'end': '1726.640', 'text': 'I surrendered. The nights proved to be'}, {'start': '1724.000', 'end': '1728.720', 'text': 'the most challenging. Daniel would lean'}, {'start': '1726.640', 'end': '1730.720', 'text': 'in to kiss me good night, his lips just'}, {'start': '1728.720', 'end': '1732.640', 'text': 'brushing against mine, while I lay'}, {'start': '1730.720', 'end': '1734.559', 'text': 'there, eyes fixed on the ceiling,'}, {'start': '1732.640', 'end': '1737.520', 'text': 'reliving every moment of what Aiden had'}, {'start': '1734.559', 'end': '1739.880', 'text': 'done to me earlier that day. I convinced'}, {'start': '1737.520', 'end': '1742.720', 'text': 'myself that I despised it, that I loved'}, {'start': '1739.880', 'end': '1744.480', 'text': 'him. Yet my body conveyed a different'}, {'start': '1742.720', 'end': '1747.640', 'text': 'message, and that frightened me more'}, {'start': '1744.480', 'end': '1750.080', 'text': 'than anything else. Logan began to'}, {'start': '1747.640', 'end': '1752.159', 'text': 'observe. His gaze was palpable,'}, {'start': '1750.080', 'end': '1755.200', 'text': 'lingering on me each time Aiden and I'}, {'start': '1752.159', 'end': '1757.120', 'text': 'shared the same space. Initially, he'}, {'start': '1755.200', 'end': '1759.559', 'text': 'remained silent, yet the palpable'}, {'start': '1757.120', 'end': '1762.159', 'text': 'tension hung in the air, undeniable and'}, {'start': '1759.559', 'end': '1764.320', 'text': 'thick. I endeavored to maintain a facade'}, {'start': '1762.159', 'end': '1767.520', 'text': 'of normaly, yet it proved to be utterly'}, {'start': '1764.320', 'end': '1769.520', 'text': 'feudal. One evening, as Aiden brushed by'}, {'start': '1767.520', 'end': '1772.000', 'text': 'me in the kitchen, Logan and snared me'}, {'start': '1769.520', 'end': '1775.039', 'text': "in the hallway. What's happening between"}, {'start': '1772.000', 'end': '1776.200', 'text': 'the two of you? He inquired, his tone'}, {'start': '1775.039', 'end': '1779.159', 'text': 'hushed yet'}, {'start': '1776.200', 'end': '1782.240', 'text': 'incisive. There is nothing. I was'}, {'start': '1779.159', 'end': '1785.640', 'text': 'untruthful. Exceedingly swift,'}, {'start': '1782.240', 'end': '1789.360', 'text': 'exceedingly apparent. Logan moved in'}, {'start': '1785.640', 'end': '1791.360', 'text': 'closer. Do not deceive me, Clare. I'}, {'start': '1789.360', 'end': '1793.200', 'text': 'observe the gaze he casts upon you,'}, {'start': '1791.360', 'end': '1796.320', 'text': 'contrasted by your deliberate evasion of'}, {'start': '1793.200', 'end': '1798.559', 'text': "his eyes. You're imagining things, I"}, {'start': '1796.320', 'end': '1801.919', 'text': 'said, a laugh escaping my lips that felt'}, {'start': '1798.559', 'end': '1802.919', 'text': "hollow, even to my own ears. He's simply"}, {'start': '1801.919', 'end': '1806.320', 'text': 'embodying'}, {'start': '1802.919', 'end': '1808.200', 'text': "Aiden. No, he's not, Logan snapped. And"}, {'start': '1806.320', 'end': '1811.840', 'text': "you're not behaving like your usual"}, {'start': '1808.200', 'end': '1813.919', 'text': 'self. A constriction gripped my throat.'}, {'start': '1811.840', 'end': '1815.760', 'text': 'I longed to reveal the truth to him, yet'}, {'start': '1813.919', 'end': '1818.720', 'text': 'I found myself questioning how I could'}, {'start': '1815.760', 'end': '1821.120', 'text': 'possibly do so. How could I confess to'}, {'start': '1818.720', 'end': '1823.360', 'text': "what I allowed to unfold? You're"}, {'start': '1821.120', 'end': '1825.039', 'text': 'mistaken, I asserted, maneuvering around'}, {'start': '1823.360', 'end': '1828.240', 'text': 'him before he could catch a glimpse of'}, {'start': '1825.039', 'end': '1829.840', 'text': 'the fear flickering in my gaze. Yet, I'}, {'start': '1828.240', 'end': '1833.679', 'text': 'was certain that Logan would not allow'}, {'start': '1829.840', 'end': '1836.640', 'text': 'it to fade away. And then came Daniel.'}, {'start': '1833.679', 'end': '1838.720', 'text': 'It began as a mere whisper. Scattered'}, {'start': '1836.640', 'end': '1840.559', 'text': 'remarks lingered in the air. Inquiries'}, {'start': '1838.720', 'end': '1842.520', 'text': 'about my apparent distraction and the'}, {'start': '1840.559', 'end': '1844.960', 'text': "sudden increase of Aiden's presence at"}, {'start': '1842.520', 'end': '1846.880', 'text': 'home. Are you and Aiden finding more'}, {'start': '1844.960', 'end': '1849.120', 'text': 'harmony these days?'}, {'start': '1846.880', 'end': '1852.120', 'text': 'One night, as we prepared for slumber,'}, {'start': '1849.120', 'end': '1854.960', 'text': 'he inquired, "Could you clarify what you'}, {'start': '1852.120', 'end': '1857.120', 'text': 'mean?" I attempted to maintain a casual'}, {'start': '1854.960', 'end': '1858.880', 'text': 'tone. Yet, my voice betrayed me,'}, {'start': '1857.120', 'end': '1862.159', 'text': 'cracking just enough to draw his gaze'}, {'start': '1858.880', 'end': '1864.440', 'text': 'into a sharp focus. I find myself at a'}, {'start': '1862.159', 'end': '1866.960', 'text': "loss. There's something about you that"}, {'start': '1864.440', 'end': '1869.480', 'text': 'feels. Recently, I found myself'}, {'start': '1866.960', 'end': '1871.760', 'text': 'laughing, albeit with a hint of forced'}, {'start': '1869.480', 'end': '1874.799', 'text': 'amusement. You are lost in your own'}, {'start': '1871.760', 'end': '1877.600', 'text': 'thoughts. Yet the expression etched upon'}, {'start': '1874.799', 'end': '1878.679', 'text': 'his features revealed a lingering doubt.'}, {'start': '1877.600', 'end': '1880.480', 'text': 'Aiden was'}, {'start': '1878.679', 'end': '1882.080', 'text': 'indifferent. It appeared that the'}, {'start': '1880.480', 'end': '1884.880', 'text': 'awareness of others was stirring a'}, {'start': '1882.080', 'end': '1887.200', 'text': 'thrill within him. He intensified his'}, {'start': '1884.880', 'end': '1889.360', 'text': 'efforts, his hands exploring areas they'}, {'start': '1887.200', 'end': '1892.080', 'text': 'had no right to, all while Daniel was'}, {'start': '1889.360', 'end': '1894.320', 'text': 'just a room away. His whispers,'}, {'start': '1892.080', 'end': '1896.320', 'text': 'unsettling yet electrifying, danced'}, {'start': '1894.320', 'end': '1898.000', 'text': 'against my ear, igniting a mix of'}, {'start': '1896.320', 'end': '1900.640', 'text': 'revulsion and thrill that coursed'}, {'start': '1898.000', 'end': '1904.880', 'text': 'through me. I yearned to halt, to utter'}, {'start': '1900.640', 'end': '1907.360', 'text': 'a firm no. Yet I refrained. With each'}, {'start': '1904.880', 'end': '1910.159', 'text': 'passing day, my self-loathing deepened,'}, {'start': '1907.360', 'end': '1911.960', 'text': 'consuming me further. The feelings Aiden'}, {'start': '1910.159', 'end': '1914.320', 'text': 'evoked in me were nothing short of'}, {'start': '1911.960', 'end': '1916.240', 'text': 'loathing. The guilt washed over me with'}, {'start': '1914.320', 'end': '1919.360', 'text': 'every touch from Daniel, a feeling I'}, {'start': '1916.240', 'end': '1921.279', 'text': 'loathed deeply. I despised the way Logan'}, {'start': '1919.360', 'end': '1923.200', 'text': 'gazed at me, as if he understood my'}, {'start': '1921.279', 'end': '1926.720', 'text': 'unraveling, yet remained perplexed by'}, {'start': '1923.200', 'end': '1928.320', 'text': 'the reasons behind it. Yet above all, I'}, {'start': '1926.720', 'end': '1930.480', 'text': 'loaded that fragment of my being that'}, {'start': '1928.320', 'end': '1932.519', 'text': 'yearned for it to persist.'}, {'start': '1930.480', 'end': '1935.200', 'text': 'Logan was no longer something I could'}, {'start': '1932.519', 'end': '1937.519', 'text': 'evade. I made every effort as the'}, {'start': '1935.200', 'end': '1940.720', 'text': 'heavens bear witness, yet he refused to'}, {'start': '1937.519', 'end': '1942.760', 'text': 'release it. His gaze, each time Aiden'}, {'start': '1940.720', 'end': '1944.880', 'text': 'entered the room, was simply'}, {'start': '1942.760', 'end': '1946.880', 'text': 'intolerable. He sensed that something'}, {'start': '1944.880', 'end': '1948.640', 'text': 'was a miss, and I understood it was'}, {'start': '1946.880', 'end': '1951.440', 'text': 'merely a question of time before he'}, {'start': '1948.640', 'end': '1953.679', 'text': 'trapped me in his gaze. As the moment'}, {'start': '1951.440', 'end': '1956.240', 'text': 'unfolded, I found myself in the laundry'}, {'start': '1953.679', 'end': '1957.919', 'text': 'room meticulously folding towels, all'}, {'start': '1956.240', 'end': '1960.799', 'text': 'the while battling the tremors in my'}, {'start': '1957.919', 'end': '1962.720', 'text': 'hands. Logan entered unannounced,'}, {'start': '1960.799', 'end': '1965.519', 'text': 'closing the door with a definitive click'}, {'start': '1962.720', 'end': '1967.200', 'text': 'behind him. My stomach plummeted the'}, {'start': '1965.519', 'end': '1970.360', 'text': 'instant I caught sight of the expression'}, {'start': '1967.200', 'end': '1973.519', 'text': "on his face. It's time for a"}, {'start': '1970.360', 'end': '1976.559', 'text': 'conversation. I took a deep breath.'}, {'start': '1973.519', 'end': '1979.600', 'text': "Logan, this isn't the right moment. He"}, {'start': '1976.559', 'end': '1981.039', 'text': 'interrupted me, advancing with purpose.'}, {'start': '1979.600', 'end': '1984.000', 'text': 'What on earth is happening between you'}, {'start': '1981.039', 'end': '1985.919', 'text': 'and Aiden? I stood still, caught in a'}, {'start': '1984.000', 'end': '1987.840', 'text': 'moment of disbelief.'}, {'start': '1985.919', 'end': '1990.399', 'text': 'My heart raced with such intensity that'}, {'start': '1987.840', 'end': '1992.480', 'text': 'I feared he might catch the sound of it.'}, {'start': '1990.399', 'end': '1994.159', 'text': '"Nothing," I uttered, struggling to'}, {'start': '1992.480', 'end': '1996.799', 'text': 'release the word as it clung to my'}, {'start': '1994.159', 'end': '1999.440', 'text': 'throat like a bitter toxin. "Do not'}, {'start': '1996.799', 'end': '2002.000', 'text': 'deceive me." His voice cut through the'}, {'start': '1999.440', 'end': '2003.880', 'text': 'air with a piercing clarity, more'}, {'start': '2002.000', 'end': '2006.399', 'text': 'resounding than I had ever'}, {'start': '2003.880', 'end': '2008.559', 'text': 'experienced. I observe the gaze he casts'}, {'start': '2006.399', 'end': '2011.279', 'text': 'upon you, the subtle tremor that courses'}, {'start': '2008.559', 'end': '2013.760', 'text': 'through you whenever he draws close. Do'}, {'start': '2011.279', 'end': '2016.320', 'text': "you really believe I haven't seen it?"}, {'start': '2013.760', 'end': '2019.159', 'text': 'Logan, I implore you, simply reveal the'}, {'start': '2016.320', 'end': '2021.919', 'text': 'truth to me. And that was the moment I'}, {'start': '2019.159', 'end': '2023.919', 'text': 'shattered. I collapsed onto the dryer,'}, {'start': '2021.919', 'end': '2027.000', 'text': 'my hands shielding my face as the tears'}, {'start': '2023.919', 'end': '2030.480', 'text': 'cascaded down. "He understands," I'}, {'start': '2027.000', 'end': '2033.559', 'text': 'murmured. "He caught sight of us. He'}, {'start': '2030.480', 'end': '2036.480', 'text': 'possesses a video." Logan remained'}, {'start': '2033.559', 'end': '2038.559', 'text': 'still. In that fleeting moment, silence'}, {'start': '2036.480', 'end': '2040.519', 'text': 'enveloped me, allowing the soft hum of'}, {'start': '2038.559', 'end': '2044.159', 'text': 'the dryer beneath to resonate in my'}, {'start': '2040.519', 'end': '2048.079', 'text': 'ears. "What is this? His voice had'}, {'start': '2044.159', 'end': '2049.879', 'text': 'dropped to a hushed murmur. Perilous. He'}, {'start': '2048.079', 'end': '2053.200', 'text': 'caught sight of us. I'}, {'start': '2049.879', 'end': '2054.520', 'text': 'reiterated. Now he employs it too. The'}, {'start': '2053.200', 'end': '2058.320', 'text': 'sentence remained'}, {'start': '2054.520', 'end': '2059.480', 'text': "unfinished. I was not obliged to Logan's"}, {'start': '2058.320', 'end': '2061.399', 'text': 'expression'}, {'start': '2059.480', 'end': '2064.520', 'text': 'transformed.'}, {'start': '2061.399', 'end': '2067.760', 'text': 'Stupifaction, fury,'}, {'start': '2064.520', 'end': '2071.200', 'text': 'revulsion. Everything was present. Yet'}, {'start': '2067.760', 'end': '2073.879', 'text': 'beneath it all, another layer exists. A'}, {'start': '2071.200', 'end': '2076.079', 'text': 'situation more dire.'}, {'start': '2073.879', 'end': '2079.200', 'text': 'Remorse. Are you saying that he has been'}, {'start': '2076.079', 'end': '2079.960', 'text': 'blackmailing you? Logan inquired, his'}, {'start': '2079.200', 'end': '2083.399', 'text': 'voice'}, {'start': '2079.960', 'end': '2087.119', 'text': 'trembling. And you simply, "What is'}, {'start': '2083.399', 'end': '2089.440', 'text': 'this?" acquiesed to it. I found myself'}, {'start': '2087.119', 'end': '2091.359', 'text': 'at a crossroads, and in that moment, I'}, {'start': '2089.440', 'end': '2093.839', 'text': 'lashed out, my words cutting through the'}, {'start': '2091.359', 'end': '2096.879', 'text': "air with an edge I hadn't intended."}, {'start': '2093.839', 'end': '2098.960', 'text': '"You\'re missing the point, Logan. He'}, {'start': '2096.879', 'end': '2101.839', 'text': 'possesses that video. And if Daniel'}, {'start': '2098.960', 'end': '2104.960', 'text': 'happens to catch a glimpse of it, I take'}, {'start': '2101.839', 'end': '2107.200', 'text': "full responsibility for this. Logan's"}, {'start': '2104.960', 'end': '2110.160', 'text': 'voice, though scarcely a whisper, struck'}, {'start': '2107.200', 'end': '2111.079', 'text': 'me with the force of a slap. No, I'}, {'start': '2110.160', 'end': '2113.800', 'text': 'replied'}, {'start': '2111.079', 'end': '2117.760', 'text': 'swiftly. Absolutely not,'}, {'start': '2113.800', 'end': '2119.599', 'text': 'Logan. Indeed, it is. He rad his fingers'}, {'start': '2117.760', 'end': '2121.640', 'text': 'through his hair, pacing the cramped'}, {'start': '2119.599', 'end': '2125.200', 'text': 'room as if restlessness coursed through'}, {'start': '2121.640', 'end': '2129.119', 'text': 'him. This is where I began. I pulled you'}, {'start': '2125.200', 'end': '2132.160', 'text': 'into this. And at this moment at this'}, {'start': '2129.119', 'end': '2135.359', 'text': 'moment he is employing it too. He came'}, {'start': '2132.160', 'end': '2139.440', 'text': 'to a halt. His fists tightened into hard'}, {'start': '2135.359', 'end': '2142.240', 'text': 'unyielding balls. I will end his life.'}, {'start': '2139.440', 'end': '2145.359', 'text': 'No, I declared rising abruptly causing'}, {'start': '2142.240', 'end': '2148.079', 'text': 'the dryer to tremble in response. It is'}, {'start': '2145.359', 'end': '2149.079', 'text': 'not possible. There is nothing you are'}, {'start': '2148.079', 'end': '2151.599', 'text': 'capable of'}, {'start': '2149.079', 'end': '2155.920', 'text': 'accomplishing. If you provoke his eye,'}, {'start': '2151.599', 'end': '2157.839', 'text': "he will. I don't care. Logan snapped. I"}, {'start': '2155.920', 'end': '2162.119', 'text': 'refuse to allow him to continue treating'}, {'start': '2157.839', 'end': '2164.160', 'text': 'you this way. What happens next? I'}, {'start': '2162.119', 'end': '2165.760', 'text': 'retorted. Do you really believe that'}, {'start': '2164.160', 'end': '2168.160', 'text': 'this will all be over if you just take'}, {'start': '2165.760', 'end': '2169.760', 'text': 'him down? Do you really believe he'}, {'start': '2168.160', 'end': '2172.720', 'text': "hasn't tucked that video away in some"}, {'start': '2169.760', 'end': '2175.040', 'text': 'hidden corner? Logan fixed his gaze on'}, {'start': '2172.720', 'end': '2176.960', 'text': 'me, his breath coming in quick bursts,'}, {'start': '2175.040', 'end': '2179.920', 'text': 'and I understood the answer even before'}, {'start': '2176.960', 'end': '2183.760', 'text': 'it escaped his lips. "We\'re trapped,'}, {'start': '2179.920', 'end': '2186.320', 'text': 'Logan," I murmured. "We both." That'}, {'start': '2183.760', 'end': '2189.280', 'text': 'evening, I found myself in bed gazing at'}, {'start': '2186.320', 'end': '2192.000', 'text': 'Daniel as he slumbered peacefully. I'}, {'start': '2189.280', 'end': '2194.560', 'text': 'contemplated revealing it all to him'}, {'start': '2192.000', 'end': '2197.119', 'text': 'concerning the matter of the affair,'}, {'start': '2194.560', 'end': '2199.920', 'text': 'concerning Aiden, concerning the'}, {'start': '2197.119', 'end': '2202.720', 'text': 'entirety of it. Perhaps he would find it'}, {'start': '2199.920', 'end': '2206.000', 'text': 'in his heart to forgive me. Perhaps he'}, {'start': '2202.720', 'end': '2208.880', 'text': 'might not. Yet, at the very least, the'}, {'start': '2206.000', 'end': '2210.640', 'text': 'secret would finally be revealed. At the'}, {'start': '2208.880', 'end': '2213.280', 'text': 'very least, I would be free from the'}, {'start': '2210.640', 'end': '2215.280', 'text': 'burden of carrying it any longer.'}, {'start': '2213.280', 'end': '2218.079', 'text': 'Yet, I found myself reflecting on'}, {'start': '2215.280', 'end': '2220.480', 'text': "Aiden's video, concerning the sights"}, {'start': '2218.079', 'end': '2222.000', 'text': "that would meet Daniel's gaze,"}, {'start': '2220.480', 'end': '2224.800', 'text': 'concerning the manner in which he would'}, {'start': '2222.000', 'end': '2227.240', 'text': 'gaze at me in the moments that followed.'}, {'start': '2224.800', 'end': '2229.839', 'text': 'Yet, I found myself unable to accomplish'}, {'start': '2227.240', 'end': '2232.560', 'text': 'it. I found myself unprepared to'}, {'start': '2229.839', 'end': '2234.320', 'text': 'surrender at all. Logan attempted to'}, {'start': '2232.560', 'end': '2236.079', 'text': 'maintain a facade of normaly the'}, {'start': '2234.320', 'end': '2238.720', 'text': 'following day. Yet I could perceive the'}, {'start': '2236.079', 'end': '2242.640', 'text': 'turmoil gnawing at him from within, the'}, {'start': '2238.720', 'end': '2243.480', 'text': 'weight of remorse, the fury, the sense'}, {'start': '2242.640', 'end': '2245.440', 'text': 'of'}, {'start': '2243.480', 'end': '2247.520', 'text': 'powerlessness. With each entrance of'}, {'start': '2245.440', 'end': '2250.560', 'text': 'Aiden into the room, the atmosphere'}, {'start': '2247.520', 'end': '2252.320', 'text': 'became increasingly charged. I was aware'}, {'start': '2250.560', 'end': '2255.280', 'text': 'that it was merely a question of time'}, {'start': '2252.320', 'end': '2257.520', 'text': 'before it erupted. I simply found myself'}, {'start': '2255.280', 'end': '2259.440', 'text': 'uncertain of the timing. The'}, {'start': '2257.520', 'end': '2261.359', 'text': "unmistakable sound of Daniel's car"}, {'start': '2259.440', 'end': '2263.119', 'text': 'gliding into the driveway sent a jolt'}, {'start': '2261.359', 'end': '2266.240', 'text': 'through my chest.'}, {'start': '2263.119', 'end': '2267.520', 'text': 'He was not meant to be back just yet. He'}, {'start': '2266.240', 'end': '2270.160', 'text': 'mentioned that he had a meeting'}, {'start': '2267.520', 'end': '2274.320', 'text': 'scheduled for later in the evening. In'}, {'start': '2270.160', 'end': '2276.320', 'text': 'mere hours, yet there he stood. The'}, {'start': '2274.320', 'end': '2278.880', 'text': 'sound of his keys jingling echoed as he'}, {'start': '2276.320', 'end': '2280.839', 'text': 'approached the front door. The sound of'}, {'start': '2278.880', 'end': '2283.520', 'text': 'his footsteps reverberated through the'}, {'start': '2280.839', 'end': '2286.240', 'text': 'hallway. I stood still, my heartbeat'}, {'start': '2283.520', 'end': '2290.079', 'text': 'pounding in my ears. Aiden remained'}, {'start': '2286.240', 'end': '2292.240', 'text': 'within the confines of the house above.'}, {'start': '2290.079', 'end': '2295.119', 'text': 'Given the recent turn of events, I found'}, {'start': '2292.240', 'end': '2297.520', 'text': 'myself uncertain of his next move. What'}, {'start': '2295.119', 'end': '2300.240', 'text': 'if he uttered a word? What if he'}, {'start': '2297.520', 'end': '2301.920', 'text': 'revealed the video to Daniel? What if'}, {'start': '2300.240', 'end': '2305.920', 'text': 'everything were to come crashing down at'}, {'start': '2301.920', 'end': '2308.800', 'text': "this very moment? Clare. Daniel's voice"}, {'start': '2305.920', 'end': '2311.680', 'text': 'resonated powerfully from the entrance.'}, {'start': '2308.800', 'end': '2313.520', 'text': 'Are you present? I leapt, nearly'}, {'start': '2311.680', 'end': '2316.480', 'text': 'toppling the glass of water cradled in'}, {'start': '2313.520', 'end': '2318.560', 'text': 'my hand. My voice emerged with a tremor'}, {'start': '2316.480', 'end': '2321.520', 'text': "I hadn't anticipated."}, {'start': '2318.560', 'end': '2323.680', 'text': 'Indeed, I have arrived. I compelled'}, {'start': '2321.520', 'end': '2326.480', 'text': 'myself to approach him, rubbing my palms'}, {'start': '2323.680', 'end': '2328.400', 'text': 'against my jeans. He had entered the'}, {'start': '2326.480', 'end': '2330.599', 'text': 'kitchen, placing his keys on the counter'}, {'start': '2328.400', 'end': '2333.200', 'text': 'and loosening his tie with a practiced'}, {'start': '2330.599', 'end': '2335.119', 'text': 'ease. He appeared weary, utterly'}, {'start': '2333.200', 'end': '2338.000', 'text': 'oblivious to the tempest gathering just'}, {'start': '2335.119', 'end': '2340.520', 'text': 'below the surface. "You\'re home early,"'}, {'start': '2338.000', 'end': '2342.720', 'text': 'I remarked, attempting to keep my tone'}, {'start': '2340.520', 'end': '2344.960', 'text': 'nonchalant. "The meeting was called'}, {'start': '2342.720', 'end': '2347.040', 'text': 'off," he responded as he opened the'}, {'start': '2344.960', 'end': '2349.119', 'text': 'fridge to grab a beer.'}, {'start': '2347.040', 'end': '2351.240', 'text': 'I decided to return home and dedicate'}, {'start': '2349.119', 'end': '2353.640', 'text': 'some quality time to my wife for a'}, {'start': '2351.240', 'end': '2356.160', 'text': 'change. I imagined that would please'}, {'start': '2353.640', 'end': '2358.800', 'text': 'you. The words struck me with the force'}, {'start': '2356.160', 'end': '2360.880', 'text': 'of a blow to the gut. I managed to'}, {'start': '2358.800', 'end': '2364.000', 'text': 'conjure a smile, yet the tremor in my'}, {'start': '2360.880', 'end': '2365.839', 'text': 'hands betrayed my unease. I despised the'}, {'start': '2364.000', 'end': '2368.560', 'text': 'way he spoke so casually. How'}, {'start': '2365.839', 'end': '2370.320', 'text': 'effortlessly this seemed for him. As if'}, {'start': '2368.560', 'end': '2373.599', 'text': 'we were simply another joyful couple'}, {'start': '2370.320', 'end': '2376.119', 'text': 'unwinding after a long day. Yet Aiden'}, {'start': '2373.599', 'end': '2378.480', 'text': 'lingered in my thoughts, an unshakable'}, {'start': '2376.119', 'end': '2382.160', 'text': 'presence. Daniel<unk>s voice drew me in'}, {'start': '2378.480', 'end': '2384.200', 'text': 'once more. "Where is Aiden?" I stood'}, {'start': '2382.160', 'end': '2386.960', 'text': 'still, caught in a moment of sheer'}, {'start': '2384.200', 'end': '2387.880', 'text': 'disbelief. "I believe it\'s upstairs," I'}, {'start': '2386.960', 'end': '2390.839', 'text': 'replied'}, {'start': '2387.880', 'end': '2393.520', 'text': 'hastily. Engaged in a project for my'}, {'start': '2390.839', 'end': '2396.079', 'text': 'studies. Daniel inclined his head,'}, {'start': '2393.520', 'end': '2398.800', 'text': 'savoring a lengthy gulp of his beer.'}, {'start': '2396.079', 'end': '2401.760', 'text': '"Yet in that moment, he cast me a glance'}, {'start': '2398.800', 'end': '2403.520', 'text': "that sent shivers down my spine. You've"}, {'start': '2401.760', 'end': '2407.000', 'text': 'been behaving oddly of late," he'}, {'start': '2403.520', 'end': '2408.760', 'text': 'remarked. A change in his tone evident.'}, {'start': '2407.000', 'end': '2410.640', 'text': '"Remote,'}, {'start': '2408.760', 'end': '2413.400', 'text': 'preoccupied. Are you holding back'}, {'start': '2410.640', 'end': '2415.280', 'text': 'something from me?" My throat'}, {'start': '2413.400', 'end': '2417.440', 'text': 'constricted. The wall seemed to'}, {'start': '2415.280', 'end': '2419.920', 'text': 'constrict around me, a palpable pressure'}, {'start': '2417.440', 'end': '2421.920', 'text': 'that heightened my senses. The'}, {'start': '2419.920', 'end': '2423.520', 'text': 'compulsion to reveal everything, to'}, {'start': '2421.920', 'end': '2426.560', 'text': 'unburden myself and face the'}, {'start': '2423.520', 'end': '2428.480', 'text': 'consequences, almost overwhelmed me.'}, {'start': '2426.560', 'end': '2432.160', 'text': 'Just as I was about to speak, Aiden'}, {'start': '2428.480', 'end': '2432.160', 'text': 'materialized in the doorway.'}]