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sorry to the customer.

He said he'd give her

money for a new dress.

And the customer said

she'd agree but only if

Cine apologized.

And Cine said no.

She started yelling at me,

asking why I'd called Samir.

I grabbed my things to go away.

But then Samir

came and he took...

He took my hand like this,

and he asked me to stay.

And he asked his wife to leave.

He threw her out

in from of the customer,

in front of me,

and I stayed.

How long before

her suicide was that?

Four, five days.

Can I go?

Thank you.

Sir! Aren't you

going to give us a tea?

Right away.

That's what depression's like.

Small things can set you off.

The day before her suicide,

I forwarded her

all the love letters

my mom and Samir

e-mailed each other.

What are you going to do now?

I'll go to Brussels.

Don't be silly.

You wouldn't

last a minute there.

You have to go

back to your mom's.

I can't face a guy whose

wife is dead because of me.

I can't look his son

in the eyes.

Come sit down.

You want my help?

Don't tell my mom.

Listen.

I don't want her to know.

Sit down!

Sit down.

I shouldn't have told you.

Wait, listen.

You have two options,

either you keep this secret and

suffer for the rest of your life,

or you talk to your mom.

What'd that change?

It might change her

decision to marry him.

Her decision's made.

She's pregnant.

What if she finds out

after the child's born?

It'd really be too late.

If I'd felt like telling

her, I'd have done it.

Ifs not about

feeling like it or not.

Ask yourself if it's

important for your mother.

She has the right to know.

Hi, Mom!

Hey, you.

Can you open the door?

Did you buy chips?

Yes, I bought some.

You're here?

I was upstairs with Lucie.

You okay?

How was your meeting?

What meeting?

With Samir's employee.

Oh. Yeah. It was fine.

And so?

Had you told Lucie

I was coming to Paris?

No.

How did she know, then?

Did she know?

Mmm-hmm.

How?

I don't know.

Maybe she reads your e-mails.

Where do you keep this?

Did something happen?

Shall we go for a walk?

No, I'm tired.

What's the matter, Ahmad?

You want to go live with Dad?

If you go, I'll come with you.

You have to stay here with Mom.

I want to be with you.

It's not a good idea.

Dad's wife is a bit weird.

Lucie.

It's going to be fine.

Is what he said true?

Why did you do that to me?

What did I do to you,

little sh*t?

What did lever do to you?

Stop it, Marie!

What are you doing?

Calm down!

Easy...

Stop it!

Get your hands off me!

You promised not to do that.

Get out of this house!

Don't stay here, go.

Let me go!

She's in enough pain.

I asked her to tell you.

She could've stopped me

from telling you.

I could've asked her

to keep the secret.

You'd have preferred that?

Will you shut up!

What're you doing here?

Get lost!

I don't want you in this house!

Get out of my sight!

Stop it!

Go to your room.

Go, darling.

Remember you're the one

who wrote those e-mails.

She just forwarded them.

I don't want to hear you.

Go away.

I hate it when you lecture me.

It disgusts me!

I'm not lecturing you!

You asked me to come here

and talk to Lucie!

F*** off! I didn't

ask you here for Lucie!

I asked you to sign

that f***ing piece of paper

after four years,

and then get lost forever!

Listen.

Why didn't you ask me

to come last year?

Why do I have to be here

in the middle of this sh*t...

Screw you.

...not knowing

you're getting married?

Read your e-mails!

And you didn't book a hotel.

What?

And you made me

sleep next to his son.

Why?

I sent you an e-mail...

You had me here to get revenge.

That's all it's about

Yeah, that's it.

You're right! Happy?

Just before seeing the judge,

you tell me you're pregnant.

Why?

Don't you want to

get out of here?

Just leave for good?

Please...

She's leaving!

Lucie. Lucie, where are you going?

Come back!

Who are you to boss me around?

Please, don't make it worse.

Your mom's not well.

Why'd you tell her?

You agreed.

You left me no choice.

I wanted to spare you suffering.

Am I not suffering now?

Am I well?

Wait.

Can you lend me some money?

Wait, I'll come with you.

Wait.

I'll go.

Ahmad?

Can I ask you a question?

What?

What was in those e-mails?

I don't know.

Lucie!

Lucie!

Come home.

Ah mad?

Ahmad, look at me.

Don't get sucked back into this.

Cut.

Remember Mitra and me?

Cut.

Life goes on without you and me.

I think to myself, if I

hadn't left four years ago...

You'd have left a year later.

Or two years later.

You were not

made for this place.

I told you from the beginning.

You have to choose. It's

either one way or the other.

You can't have it both ways.

Because as you go, those

paths get further apart.

You want to tell him?

You don't have to.

Go to bed.

Turn off the light, please.

Is Samir here?

Yes, upstairs.

Hello.

Hello, Fouad.

How's it going?

Okay.

You're not busy?

No.

Come in, I'll be right there.

What's all this?

Her perfumes.

I'm taking them to

the hospital for a test.

A nurse said the memory of

smells is the last one you lose.

That one's yours.

She liked it.

What?

Nothing.

Why don't you come in?

I have to go.

I don't like it when

you hide your feelings.

I'm not hiding anything.

You mean you're not happy?

It's good if she

can still react, no'?

What do you want me to say?

You're stuck

between your wife and me.

You realized that overnight?

No.

I've felt it for a long time.

Since when?

What do you mean?

You didn't say things

like that until last week.

I wasn't brave enough

to tell you earlier.

Maybe I wasn't

sure of what I felt.

What do you feel?

That I'm here to fill

the void left by your wife.

Whose void am I

filling in your life?

No one's.

You're sure?

I'm not here to make up

for your failed marriage?

I wouldn't be

carrying your child.

That was an accident.

I could've not kept it.

You kept it to erase that man,

convince yourself you'd turned

the page, that it was over.

But you're still not convinced.

Otherwise, you'd have

let him go to a hotel.

You think I can't see

the state you're in?

I don't recognize you anymore.

It's because I know

why your wife killed herself.

Leave her out of this, please.

She knew everything.

You sound like

your crazy daughter.

If she'd known,

she'd have said something to me.

She never asked about me?

Ask what?

I don't know.

Why I came in so often.

For her, you were a customer.

She didn't suspect you?

No.

I wish she had.

I wish she'd wondered

if there was someone.

It'd have meant she cared.

Lucie sent her our e-mails.

How'd she get her address?

Your wife gave it to her.

But they never met.

Lucie called her at the shop,

said she had e-mails

we'd sent each other

that she wanted to forward.

Your wife accepted.

When did she call her?

The day before her suicide.

Naima, come here a second.

After the fight with Cine...

You know,

when I asked her to go?

Yes?

Did she ever come by the shop?

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