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The story
The short version. Revenge, 60 episodes on YourChannel. Ethan Whitworth has pursued Sabrina for four years before she finally agrees to be with him at the courtyard of the art gallery his father owns.
It begins in the gallery courtyard on the afternoon Sabrina finally says yes to Ethan after four years of pursuit. Tara, her oldest friend since childhood, insisted on testing him first to protect Sabrina, who thought it was a harmless joke. Then Tara trips straight into Ethan's lap, her hand on his chest and her face close to his ear. Ethan looks down at the smear on his shirt, then at Tara still draped across his knees, and orders her off him. Sabrina stands frozen, the new engagement bracelet suddenly heavy on her wrist: she had wanted to see loyalty, she had not wanted to see this.
Episode eight brings the comparison she cannot unhear. A cleaning woman with supplies at the door tells Sabrina she has already met Ethan's real girlfriend Doyle, and that Sabrina is not the partner Ethan refers to. She warms to the gossip: Ethan told her himself they are the sweetest couple, he carries Doyle up every stair so she does not tire herself, he wakes early every morning to cook and feeds her in bed bite by bite. In five years with Ethan, Sabrina says, he never once cooked for her, never carried her; he called her clingy and said he could not cook, so she had been the one serving him all along.
Episode four puts Sabrina inside the lobby watching the betrayal. Mask and cap hide her face so the woman three feet away cannot tell who stands there. She should have run; she stays, her feet turned to stone, and listens to Tara complain that Ethan always acts cold in public, flush at his answer, and agree to wear the dress he bought her. She hears them plan for her to walk in on them, and Tara's line about loving to see Sabrina's face when she finds out. Five years, her fiance, her oldest friend. When Tara leaves through the front doors, Sabrina's knuckles are white on her suitcase and her thumb hovers over the call button.
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