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In the bedroom, a physician treats Eliza Thorne's damaged ankle and tells Julian Vance that an old tendon tear permanently ruined her dancing. Julian questions whether that injury drove her away, yet Eliza rejects his theory. Julian remembers her walking away from his hospital bed years earlier. He confronts Eliza, seizing her face to call her plight karma. Eliza accepts his wrath and tearfully discloses that Leo has leukemia.
A doctor wraps Eliza Thorne's ankle in Julian Vance's bedroom. The physician informs Julian that an old, poorly healed Achilles tendon rupture prevents Eliza from ever dancing properly again. After delivering the grim medical assessment, the doctor departs.
Julian Vance confronts Eliza Thorne alone in the bedroom. He demands to know if she abandoned him years ago because of her severe foot injury. Eliza directly denies this claim and insists she already stated her real reasons back then.
In a flashback to a hospital room, an injured Julian lies in bed after a car wreck. He feels relief that Eliza was not in the crash. Eliza coldly declares she cannot waste her life on him and walks out.
Julian Vance seizes Eliza's chin, vows never to release her, and calls her current plight divine karma. Eliza submits to his anger and begs him to save Leo. In tears, she confesses that the boy suffers from leukemia.
“Miss Thorne has a ruptured Achilles tendon. It's an old injury, you never treated it properly, so it healed badly. She can't dance anymore, not really.”
“I can't waste my whole life on a broken man like you.”
“Did you ever think you'd come crawling back to me, begging me to save your son? Even heaven saw what you did. This is your karma.”
“Leo, he has leukemia.”
Eliza Thorne breaks down and confesses that young Leo has leukemia, pleading for Julian Vance to intervene and save the boy. Julian stands frozen in place, utterly stunned by her confession. Will Julian put aside his deep resentment and help Leo, or will his lingering bitterness stop him from acting?