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00:00You want to come inside when it's not home?
00:03Well, then who's that?
00:06Get in the back. Get in the back.
00:10Come on.
00:10Oh, no, no, no. Cancel the Uber. My fiancé's here. He made it after all.
00:18Hey.
00:19Hey.
00:20Hey, thanks for coming.
00:21Yeah.
00:23Everything okay?
00:25Yeah, yeah.
00:26You look a little frazzled.
00:27All good. Nothing to worry about.
00:29Okay, good. I don't want to be late to my wedding dress appointment.
00:33I got to get that squeaky engine noise looked at.
00:43So, your fiancé picked this out for you. Which one do you want to try on first?
00:49Uh, I think I'd like to try that one.
00:54A suit? Are you trying to embarrass me?
00:57No. No, absolutely not. I already picked out the dresses for you to choose from.
01:02I'll just go with this one. Thank you.
01:14Oh, Silas, I love Mona's new dress.
01:17Hey, now.
01:18But it is true. I love how it highlights your best features.
01:25Glad you noticed it, Mom. I picked it out myself, actually.
01:29Good job, sweetheart.
01:30I also picked out her wedding dress.
01:32I just think it's important that my bride look her best, you know?
01:36That is so true.
01:38You know your father felt the same about our weddings?
01:41Ooh.
01:41She's like a living Barbie doll in my collection.
01:46Aww.
01:47Hello? Sorry I'm so late.
01:50Kinsey, so glad you could join us.
01:52What kind of best friend and maid of honor would I be if I didn't show up for this special moment?
02:03Stop rubbing your feet.
02:05These are classy people.
02:07And for heaven's sake, smile.
02:09My feet are killing me.
02:11You know I hate wearing heels.
02:12Forget about your feet.
02:14Silas and his parents like a woman in heels.
02:18Put them back on.
02:20What do you think you're doing, kid?
02:26I'm so sorry about the inconvenience, sir.
02:28It's training week. I'll take full responsibility.
02:31Okay.
02:41Is someone going to take our order soon?
02:44Yes, sir.
02:45Yeah, I know.
02:47Hello.
02:48Hi.
02:48Uh-huh.
02:49Ladies first?
02:51Um, I'll have the fettuccine Alfredo with garlic bread and save some room for dessert.
02:58Nice.
02:59That is quite the meal before, uh, a wedding day.
03:04We're going to have to squeeze her into that wedding dress with a crowbar.
03:08Uh-uh-uh-uh.
03:10She'll have a garden salad with a locale vinaigrette on the side, right?
03:17Yeah.
03:19Mm-hmm.
03:19Okay.
03:20Okay.
03:22Hi.
03:22I like your keychain.
03:24Thanks.
03:25It represents one of my favorite poems.
03:27Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I couldn't travel to both.
03:32Well, if you're done with your limerick, the rest of us are going to have the fettuccine Alfredo, if that's okay with everyone.
03:38Sounds wonderful.
03:39Excellent.
03:40Yes.
03:41Yes, sir.
03:45Why are you talking to the help?
03:48And where did you learn all that Dr. Seuss stuff?
03:51It's not Dr. Seuss.
03:54It's Robert Frost.
03:55And you know how much I love poetry.
03:58You never told me about that, no?
04:00I've told you so many times how I was thinking about taking a poetry class and publishing a book of my own poems.
04:09Poetry?
04:11Silly.
04:12That's a good one.
04:13That's good.
04:15You're such a hoot.
04:18Always kidding.
04:20You know how they are when they're this age.
04:23No, Mona's dream is to be a great wife and to make a home for Silas and our future family.
04:36That's my little Barbie girl.
04:38Um, if you'll excuse me, I think I forgot to wash my hands.
04:48So, how's Dubai?
04:50Yes, I understand, but this is my mother.
04:55I know that you're doing the best you can, and I...
04:57I gotta go.
05:02Thanks.
05:03Bye.
05:05Everything okay?
05:07Yeah, sorry you had to hear that.
05:10It's just, well, I'm in an emotional and financial bind, is all.
05:18Want to talk about it?
05:20Yeah, it's just my mom.
05:27I mean, she's in the Northwest Hospital, really sick.
05:30You know, they say that she needs to have surgery, and I somehow gotta come up with ten grand.
05:35And I just don't know how I'm gonna do that, though.
05:37And if I don't figure it out soon and fast, then she's...
05:44I don't normally open up to anybody like this.
05:50A lot better at just writing it down in my journal.
05:54Wow.
05:56Same.
05:56Whenever I feel something, I...
05:59I've read that energy into my poems.
06:04Anyway, I'm really sorry about your mom.
06:08Thanks.
06:08She's the sweetheart of a woman.
06:15And she adopted me when I was ten.
06:18Right when I lost all hope.
06:20And I thought I'll never be part of a family.
06:22I don't know where I would be if it wasn't for her.
06:29She's the only family I have.
06:33My mom is the only family I have, too.
06:37She struggled raising me by herself, but...
06:39She did the best she could.
06:44I'm so sorry.
06:45I didn't even ask.
06:47Are you okay?
06:49I know you said you're writing your journal, and...
06:52I'm fine.
06:53I just...
06:55Needed some air.
06:56And more importantly, to get away from my future in-laws.
07:04Well...
07:04Want to talk about it?
07:07I mean, I did just give you my entire life story.
07:13Okay.
07:15Well...
07:16My fiancé is...
07:18A bit controlling.
07:21And...
07:22With his parents, I think...
07:24Makes them three of a kind.
07:26None of them like me for who I am.
07:28My fiancé wants me to be someone else.
07:31And...
07:32It's not even someone I'd even like.
07:35Look, it's not my place to ask.
07:37But...
07:38Why are you marrying this guy if you can't be yourself?
07:43My true love is about...
07:44The freedom that you have to be who you are and...
07:48Who you want to be.
07:51This doesn't sound like love.
07:53Sounds like jail.
07:56It's...
07:57Complicated.
08:00Lots of inspiration for my journal, though.
08:04May I?
08:04In a house of gold, she stands alone.
08:15A heart that aches.
08:17A heart of stone.
08:20Promised riches.
08:21A life so grand.
08:23Yet in her chest, an empty hand.
08:26Let's...
08:33Have one.
08:37Thanks.
08:39Honestly, I've never let anyone read my poetry before.
08:42My mom doesn't want me to pursue writing.
08:44And my in-laws and my fiancé think it's just some silly hobby.
08:49Say it's a waste of wife time.
08:52Sucks.
08:53I also know what it's like to not be able to follow your dreams.
09:00And all I wanted to do was go to culinary school.
09:04Opened up my own restaurant.
09:08I mean, I had ideas for everything from the door to the dessert menu.
09:13Why don't you do it?
09:16Well, just one little problem.
09:19Money.
09:22Yeah, if I can't even help my mom, then I definitely can't be paying for school either.
09:25I mean, I don't know what it's like to be able to do, but I don't know what it's like to be able to do, but I don't know what it's like to be able to do.
09:56I'm Mona.
09:57And I'll write a poem about an alternative lifetime.
10:03Oh, I forgot your glass slipper, Cinderella.
10:08If I had the guts, I'd throw these in the trash and walk in there barefoot.
10:13Oh, hey.
10:16You have a real good fruity poetry.
10:20Don't waste it.
10:25Our lives are really going to change once you marry the son of a millionaire.
10:35Oh, how they'll change.
10:37Hey, Moon, June, Gloom.
10:52Stop wasting your time rhyming words.
10:55The wedding's a few days away.
10:57But we can't risk you messing this up for us.
11:01You know, ever since Silas and his family have moved here, you inserted yourself into their lives and made me into someone I'm not.
11:07If I can't be myself, then I'm not going through with this marriage.
11:11What?
11:12I have spent a lot of time and a lot of effort molding you into the perfect trophy wife to snag you a rich husband.
11:20You are not going to throw away my hard work, baby girl.
11:23But, Mom, I don't love Silas.
11:27And you said if I find someone I love, then I can marry him.
11:30Yes.
11:30But you're not in love.
11:33We made a deal that if you weren't married by now, then you would marry the guy that I chose.
11:40And lucky for both of us, you have no one.
11:43So I chose Rich.
11:47Do you know what it was like for me?
11:49I was a single mother at 17.
11:56And your father, he was scared, so he hightailed it.
12:01I struggled to raise you all by myself.
12:09And his wedding, is how you going to pay me back for that struggle?
12:14I can't live here any longer.
12:16It's not fitting.
12:17And this marriage is going to give us both a better life.
12:23So tomorrow, you're going to pick up that dress.
12:31I've been looking at some places in West Hills and Wood Ranch with my realtor friend.
12:39I have a Botox appointment to win back some of my stolen youth.
12:44And I'm getting my teeth fixed.
12:49I am so ready for that good life.
12:57And you can't mess that up.
13:04Do you understand me?
13:06I smell something good, Adrian.
13:21Did you bring me some more of your delicious food?
13:25I brought you some homemade soup.
13:28There's lots of vegetables in there that make you really strong.
13:30I'm supposed to tell you to eat your vegetables.
13:34Any word on that free trial that I submitted for her?
13:52Unfortunately, they denied her.
13:59She's too old to qualify.
14:01So the only option we have left is the operation, which you know is...
14:05Wait, Doc, okay.
14:06I'm going to figure out the payment, all right?
14:09I'll figure it out.
14:10Hi, I'm here to pick up my wedding dress.
14:26Oh, your dress is already in the fitting room.
14:28Oh.
14:28Your fiancé and his assistant are back there.
14:33Assistant?
14:33Oh, Kinsey.
14:39Baby, I wish Mona looked half as good as you in this dress.
14:42Well, then maybe, baby, it should be me in this dress.
14:45I wish.
14:46But you know, Mona's the perfect trophy wife,
14:48and she doesn't complain or talk back because her mom's so desperate.
14:51I just have to marry...
14:53Mona!
14:56What are you doing here?
14:57I'm here to pick up the dresses.
14:59I'm taking care of...
14:59I see you taking care of things.
15:01With Kinsey.
15:02I don't need your dress anymore.
15:04The wedding's off.
15:05No, you're not walking out on this wedding.
15:07It would humiliate me and ruin my family's reputation.
15:11Do you know how much money my parents have spent on this wedding?
15:15Everything has been placed as it should be.
15:17That's a you problem.
15:19No, that's a you problem.
15:21If you don't want your mom to disown you.
15:23Yeah, she's counting on this wedding happening.
15:26You're getting married to me within the next five days,
15:29whether you want to or not.
15:31She won't disown me.
15:32Not if I get married before then.
15:34See, we had a deal.
15:35If I find someone I love, I get to marry them.
15:38And until this wedding actually happens, I still have a chance.
15:42You can't marry someone who's already married.
15:44You're going to get married to someone else within the next five days?
15:47Good luck with that.
15:51Even if you met somebody within the next hour,
15:53you still couldn't get married before our wedding day.
15:56I'll show you.
15:59Never liked that wedding dress anyways.
16:01You dressed me in diamonds.
16:23Draped me in gold, thinking I forget the truth you sold.
16:32But I'm no fool.
16:34I see the cracks.
16:37You are pretty words.
16:40You are vicious acts.
16:42Even if you met somebody within the next hour,
16:48you still couldn't get married before our wedding day.
16:50Hey, can I ask you something?
17:04Are you married?
17:08Adrian.
17:09Mona.
17:10What are you doing here?
17:12I just left from seeing my mom.
17:13Okay, look.
17:17I have a proposition for you.
17:19I'm in a jam.
17:20A mess of a jam.
17:23Will you marry me?
17:25Like, today?
17:31Some kind of joke?
17:32No.
17:34And to prove to you how serious I am,
17:35I'll give you my engagement ring.
17:37Fifteen grand.
17:38Easy.
17:39Well, okay.
17:41So, let me get this straight.
17:42You want me to marry you.
17:48And I'll pay you.
17:49Look, it's the only way I'm able to break free from my fiancé
17:53and not ruin things with my mom.
17:56We can get a divorce after.
17:59Please.
18:01Mona, marriage isn't some type of transaction.
18:05Okay, it should be special.
18:07Under normal circumstances, I'd agree.
18:10But right now, I don't have time.
18:12Okay.
18:15Think of how special 15K could be.
18:18Ten for your mom's operation,
18:19five for culinary school.
18:22Please say yes.
18:24Okay.
18:25You said it yourself.
18:27You have to figure something out for your mom's operation, right?
18:30Well,
18:31have you?
18:31No.
18:32No.
18:34Then please,
18:36do this deal with me.
18:39Save your mom.
18:43Save me.
18:51Okay.
18:52But on one condition.
18:54When this is done,
18:57you write a poem about it.
18:59Okay.
19:00Yes.
19:02Deal.
19:02Deal.
19:03Deal.
19:04Deal.
19:08You think I don't track your location?
19:11Stop playing games,
19:13and let's go back to the car.
19:14Hey, hey, hey.
19:16Get your filthy hands off of my future wife.
19:19You gotta be kidding me.
19:21You're gonna downgrade and marry,
19:23what,
19:24a waiter?
19:25I'd rather marry a waiter in a heartbeat
19:27than a rich cheater.
19:29Let's go, Adrian.
19:35I gotta say,
19:36getting married to you earlier at the courthouse
19:38for sure beats some fancy wedding
19:40with a guy I hate
19:41and wearing some dress I don't even want to wear.
19:45So what did you want to wear?
19:47Pants.
19:49Like,
19:49dress pants,
19:50jeans,
19:51sweats,
19:51even anything pants.
19:54I just wore dresses to make Silas happy.
19:57Hmm.
19:59Thank you
20:00for helping me today.
20:03Yeah.
20:04I'm gonna go in
20:05and grab some stuff
20:06before Silas gets home.
20:10What's going on?
20:12We should ask you that.
20:15Yes, Mona.
20:16What is going on?
20:18You can't just cancel the wedding.
20:20Not this wedding.
20:22Think about all the money
20:23that we've spent,
20:24the guests that have flown in for it,
20:26our friends.
20:27We will be humiliated.
20:30Well,
20:31if Silas had it cheating on me with Kinsey,
20:33this wouldn't be a problem.
20:35Don't put the blame on me.
20:36Oh, honey,
20:38that's just what they do.
20:39They're men.
20:40They cheat.
20:42Come here.
20:44After all I've done for you,
20:46I insist that you sacrifice for your family.
20:49It's the least you can do.
20:50It's more than that.
20:51I'm not gonna spend my life being miserable,
20:54pretending to be someone I'm not.
20:57Besides,
20:59it's too late.
21:02I'm already married.
21:04What?
21:06To Adrian.
21:07Who?
21:09No.
21:10Hello, everyone.
21:11I'm Adrian.
21:12I was your server the other day.
21:14Yeah, yeah.
21:15This is a joke.
21:17You are gonna get so tired of a sweaty restaurant busboy,
21:21you will come running back to my son in no time.
21:25He can't take care of you.
21:27Well,
21:28I'm sorry I'm not like you, Talia.
21:30I'm perfectly able to take care of myself.
21:33Wow.
21:34Don't bother taking any of your stuff.
21:37I paid for it all.
21:39It's mine.
21:43Have you lost your mind?
21:44It's more.
21:45Did you see this?
21:45What is this?
21:46What is this?
21:46What is this?
21:46What is this?
21:47What is this?
21:50It's not much,
21:52but it's clean.
21:54Take the couch.
21:56I love your books.
21:58And be one traveler long I stood.
22:02And look down when as far as I could.
22:06It's a good book.
22:09Sorry this is all we have until we...
22:15It's been a long day.
22:18Yeah.
22:19Yeah, we could just talk in the morning.
22:22I'll be out your hair as soon as I can.
22:25It's no problem.
22:25I mean, you're technically my wife now,
22:28so you legally could stay as long as you want.
22:37I know you didn't have to wear those heels to breakfast, right?
22:40Until I get some new shoes,
22:42these are going to have to do.
22:46Thank you for taking me to breakfast.
22:49I hope you're not spending too much on me.
22:52No, no.
22:53This is basically free.
22:54Yeah, the owner's a real nice guy.
22:57He owns multiple restaurants and, uh...
23:00Sorry, I gotta take this.
23:03This is the hospital.
23:04And you need to take...
23:07this...
23:08for your mom.
23:10No, I can't take that.
23:11A deal's a deal.
23:12And trust me,
23:13I don't want a ring from that man.
23:15I don't care how big it is.
23:16I'd rather a small diamond
23:18rather than a 20 carat
23:19if it came from him.
23:20Anyway, I want you to know
23:26how guilty I feel about this.
23:28But also, thank you so much.
23:32Be right back.
23:33Ah, yes.
23:33Sorry things didn't work out.
23:47What do you mean?
23:48Oh, no.
23:51No, sir.
23:51Uh, it's not what it seems.
23:53I heard this money
23:54is actually going to go to good use.
23:56It's all for my mom.
23:57It's cool.
23:58If you ever find love again,
24:00we have many other options
24:01to choose from.
24:02Even smaller diamonds.
24:03Do I know you?
24:31Sorry, wrong guy.
24:33I'm sorry.
24:37But a deal's a deal, Mom.
24:39And don't you see
24:40how miserable I'd be with him?
24:41This new guy is no different.
24:44They're all the same.
24:46At least with Silas,
24:47we can live comfortably.
24:49Adrian's not like that.
24:50Yes, he is.
24:56Adrian?
24:56Mm-hmm.
24:58Who's he with?
25:00His girlfriend.
25:01We told you, honey.
25:03All men cheat.
25:07It's their nature.
25:09Adrian's not like that.
25:10It has to be a logical explanation.
25:12The explanation is right there.
25:14He's already taken the money
25:15for the engagement ring.
25:16He's going to go run away
25:17with his girlfriend.
25:19And you're going to have no one.
25:20And we're back to where we started.
25:24Now, what I'm proposing is simple.
25:27My family will give your mother
25:29a certified tax-free check
25:31for a million dollars.
25:32And in exchange,
25:33my lawyer can annul
25:35your little busboy marriage
25:36just in time for us to get married.
25:38For real.
25:38I won't believe anything
25:40until I speak to him.
25:41No, no.
25:42This happens now
25:43or the deal's off.
25:53Oh, no.
25:55Adrian.
25:56They just showed me
25:57a photo of you.
25:58Some girl hugging me?
25:59Yeah, I'm sure they did.
26:02Yeah, but look,
26:03he set me up.
26:04I saw him driving away
26:06in the parking lot.
26:07What?
26:08That's a lie.
26:09He has a girlfriend
26:10he's been hiding.
26:11He's no different than I am.
26:12No, I don't know who she was.
26:14Okay, and I can't prove to you
26:15what I'm saying is true.
26:16See?
26:17See?
26:18They're all liars.
26:21At least marry the rich one.
26:23But what I can do
26:25is at least tell you how I feel.
26:26I can't explain it,
26:32but from the moment I saw you,
26:36my heart has carried this secret
26:39just waiting for the right moment to unfold.
26:44And now I can no longer hold it in.
26:46Okay, Mona, I love you.
26:48And not because of some agreement,
26:51but it's just how I truly feel about you.
26:53Okay, you've woven yourself
26:56into the fabric of my being.
26:59And with every thought,
27:00every breath,
27:02my love for you grows deeper.
27:05Okay, you are
27:06the light of my life.
27:09The song of my poem.
27:12And I cannot imagine
27:14a world without you in it.
27:15Okay, now these two might be right.
27:20Okay, I might not ever be rich.
27:23Okay, that I probably can't give you,
27:25but what I can give you is my heart.
27:28Okay, and I promise you
27:29I'll never betray you
27:30or hurt our trust
27:32or try to make you do
27:34or be what you're not because...
27:35True love gives you freedom
27:37to be who you are.
27:38That's right.
27:39And if you want to wear pants
27:43to our wedding,
27:45our real wedding,
27:48I'd love that.
27:51And if I'm being honest with you,
27:53I never believed in love at first sight.
27:56But that's just because
27:57I've never seen you before.
28:00So, Mona Lee Johnson,
28:03will you marry me?
28:06You call that a ring?
28:09I can barely see it, Mona.
28:11This is not what you want.
28:13What I want
28:13is someone who loves me for me.
28:17And Adrian's the only person
28:19who's done that.
28:22So, yes, I will marry you.
28:25Yes.
28:29Let's take these off.
28:30Yeah, yeah.
28:36Hey, Ma.
28:44I'd like to introduce you
28:45to Mona.
28:47The one who actually paid
28:48for the operation
28:49you're about to have.
28:50The one I was telling you
28:52about the other night.
28:53Now, I know that this may seem
28:54a little fast,
28:55but we are actually engaged
28:58to be married.
29:00Again.
29:01Yeah.
29:02Long story, don't ask.
29:04Don't worry, Adrian.
29:05I know how that is.
29:07I knew when I first met you,
29:09you were my son.
29:12Just like you knew
29:13Mona was your wife.
29:15My son tells me
29:16you're a very talented writer.
29:18That's what he says.
29:20I have no idea.
29:21I've never read it
29:22to anyone before,
29:23but Adrian's given me
29:25some confidence.
29:27So, perhaps one day
29:28I can read it out loud
29:29to you.
29:31I would love that
29:32very much.
29:35Are you okay?
29:38Summer?
29:40Do you really want
29:41to do this with me?
29:43Stay married
29:44and support each other?
29:46I've never been more sure
29:47of anything in my life.
29:49How will we survive?
29:50Even the money you had
29:52for culinary school
29:53is now...
29:53I've been keeping
29:54a secret from you.
29:56Okay, my boss
29:57let me cook for him
29:58last week,
29:59and he is willing
30:00to pay my tuition
30:01to go to culinary school
30:03so I could be a chef
30:04at his restaurant
30:04when I graduate.
30:05You said I'm someone
30:07he wants to invest into.
30:08And so do I.
30:12Yeah?
30:12Yeah.
30:14Mona and Adrian
30:15start their new life
30:17together,
30:17both living
30:18as their true selves
30:19and chasing their dreams.
30:25And over time,
30:27things start working out.
30:30Mona begins
30:31performing her poetry
30:32in front of small crowds.
30:33Which eventually
30:40turns into large crowds.
30:43People really love Mona's work.
30:47And Adrian ended up
30:49graduating from culinary school
30:51with honors.
30:53His boss was true to his word
30:55and invested in Adrian,
30:57giving him his own restaurant
30:58to run as head chef.
31:03While Mona and Adrian's life
31:06were on the up and up,
31:08Silas's life,
31:09on the other hand,
31:10was a different story.
31:12He got married to Kenzie,
31:14but cheated on her too
31:16and lost everything
31:17in the divorce.
31:21Thank you so much.
31:24Could I get a copy signed
31:26to a very apologetic mother?
31:30I'm sorry for being
31:33so selfish.
31:35I was angry at your dad
31:37for leaving.
31:38I didn't think that love
31:39could be real,
31:40but you and Adrian
31:42proved me wrong.
31:45I thought I was doing
31:46what was best for us,
31:48but I was only thinking of me.
31:54It's clear that you are doing
31:56just fine with your life decisions.
32:00Thank you for saying that.
32:03Do you really want a copy of my book?
32:06I know you weren't a fan
32:07of my poetry before.
32:08I would love one.
32:12Now that you're doing so well,
32:15perhaps you could pay
32:18for my procedures.
32:22You can't be serious.
32:24After all this time,
32:26you come here
32:27to ask me for money.
32:30Sweetheart,
32:31now that the line
32:32has gone down,
32:32we should probably
32:33get out of here.
32:34We're going to be late
32:35for the restaurant opening.
32:36Yeah.
32:48Adrian?
32:50Are you here?
32:51Are you here?
32:54Since we never had
32:57an official wedding,
32:59I wanted to surprise you.
33:03Oh my God.
33:07Agent, I'm not even,
33:09I'm not even dressed.
33:10It's fine.
33:11I told you you could wear
33:11pants to our wedding,
33:13and you look perfect
33:14just because you're
33:15dressed like yourself.
33:16So,
33:17I want to thank you
33:18for taking the road
33:20less traveled by.
33:21And that has made
33:22all of the difference.
33:23It's all the difference.
33:23It's all the difference.