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- Dear Red Shoes, people get married,

I think, for all kinds of different reasons.

The lucky ones find a connection with their mate

that grows and grows with time.

But what happens when it goes the other way?

And suddenly you find yourself feeling dead inside.

- Every once in a while, if you're blessed,

someone comes into your life that has it all.

- I can't listen to this anymore.

It's driving me crazy.

Grace, strength, humor.

- True love.

You believe in true love, don't you, Sonny?

- Anything that kill a person, I don't like.

- Someone so in tune with their lives

and the world around them

that they are, despite everything,

absolutely and totally irresistible.

I didn't know his name.

All I knew was that he was a boxer.

- Madame Andre wishes me to thank you for the flowers.

However, she thinks it's very important

for you to know that she's married.

And to even talk to you is not possible.

She wishes you to go away.

- No, it can't, impossible.

It can't be done.

Think what the world would be like

if actually people took this word seriously.

And what would've happened to Columbus

if he had listened to the people

who insisted that the world was flat?

How about putting a man on the moon?

Impossible, ridiculous, outrageous.

Can't be done.

- I'm not interested in what other people say.

It's how I feel inside.

- And how do you feel inside?

- Terrified.

- Of me?

- Yes.

- I don't think so.

I've seen you day after day in the woods

watching me train.

And each day you'd come a little closer.

- I was curious.

- And you aren't anymore?

I gotta go.

I got this idea.

I'd rest one of my sparring partners like me,

and wait up here to see if you'd come.

And if you did,

then I'd wait for you to tell me

what you wanted to do next.

- Couldn't sleep, couldn't eat.

And I thought about Columbus,

and the man on the moon.

And I thought about my husband.

And my life up until now.

- Do you want to talk about it?

- I want you to make love to me.

And I want you to forget that we ever touched.

That we ever met.

All I need is once.

Look at all the pictures inside.

Tomorrow when you come here,

tell me what you think.

- My father was a butcher.

And I am a vegetarian.

My mother went mad and was institutionalized when I was 11.

I'm a Buddhist who's learned

not to ask too many questions.

I never sat on a horse until I was 17.

- Is that when you married him?

- Butcher's daughter meets a man in a Rolls.

A butcher's daughter with not enough

education or expectations.

I've never known who I am.

- Hey, I know who you are.

You're the butcher's daughter that

lives in a castle on a hill.

Who saw a boxer running alone on the road one day.

And for some reason, you decided to trust him.

Which as my intuition tells me,

you haven't been able to do it for a long time.

- I wasn't expecting you until the end of the weekend.

- I'll see you inside.

- Son of a bitch.

They broke his arm.

They broke his fucking arm.

- Go, go, why don't you have them break my other arm?

And while they're at it,

why don't you have them break my knees?

Or maybe put a bullet through my head.

Tell 'em do it.

Because I like her.

Everything else is bullshit.

So you break my arm then.

So I don't fight for a month or two.

So what?

I could be crazy, but if he can do this to me,

just imagine what he's capable of doing to you.

- He's a little over the top, this boxer.

This new age friend of yours, don't you think?

- Did you break his arm?

- Did you fuck him?

- Some day, someone is gonna find a way to hurt you.

- Leave us alone.

What's he gonna give you?

Nothing, nothing.

Is this what you want?

You don't know what you're doing.

What's he gonna give you?

Nothing, nothing.

I'll have him killed.

- No you won't.

Because you know that will destroy me.

And you would never do that to me.

Would you?

'Til this day, I can't believe

I actually summoned the courage

to turn and walk away.

But I did.

And even though it was through him that I found my courage,

I didn't go to the boxer.

I had too much soul searching to catch up on.

But little by little, with time,

I became a whole person again.

And then, one rainy day,

walking home alone from a restaurant,

I saw him again.

- There you have it, Red Shoes.

See if you can figure out the end of the story.

I'll give you a hint.

In the blink of an eye,

what was wrong can be turned right.

Stella.