The Donna's Choice · Episode 1 — Opening

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1. [00:00] My husband, Dante, is the most untouchable Don of the Vance family in New York.
2. [00:05] He has one unbreakable rule. After 9 p.m., if he's out on family business, he does not take calls.
3. [00:11] I understood his devotion to the family, so for five years, I did my best never to disturb him.
4. [00:18] Until last night, when I was driving alone past the dock and walked straight into an ambush by a rival family's armed men.
5. [00:28] In a panic, I called Dante, begging him to save me.
6. [00:31] Help me, Dante!
7. [00:32] The phone rang to what felt like forever.
8. [00:35] When he finally picked up, his voice was ice cold.
9. [00:39] Nora, you've been married a long time.
10. [00:42] As the donor of the Vance family, you should know the rules.
11. [00:45] Then he hung up.
12. [00:47] That night, I barely escaped the hail of bullets by the skin of my teeth.
13. [00:52] I spent the night in the hospital.
14. [00:56] But when I came home the next morning, all I got was a reproachful look.
15. [01:01] Don't you know I'm busy? Stop sending emergency distress signals for no reason.
16. [01:05] He accused me of interrupting a critical family shipment deal and of sending a fake distress signal.
17. [01:10] I knew how hard he worked, so I swallowed my hurt.
18. [01:13] I'm sorry, I won't do this again.
19. [01:15] But later, when I used his computer, I accidentally saw his call record.
20. [01:19] One contact had been calling him almost every single night, always after nine.
21. [01:23] for five full years.
22. [01:26] I knew that number.
23. [01:27] It belonged to Alexa, the Vance family's kappa.
24. [01:30] The woman everyone in the family had agreed for all these years
25. [01:33] was the one truly fit to stand beside Dante.
26. [01:37] In that moment, every ounce of suppressed hurt came flooding back.
27. [01:45] After I calmed myself, I picked up my phone
28. [01:47] and found an invitation I'd received a few days ago
29. [01:50] to an international art exhibition.
30. [01:52] And I clicked accept.
31. [01:53] In three days, I would disappear from his world completely.