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11 years ago, I met a boy in Ireland.

I'd marry you tomorrow if you'd let me.

So I went chasing my first what if.

Chelsea Martin.

Can I meet you for dinner in the pub?

I mean, you remember Mom and Dad together, how they were.

They were-- they were each other's everything.

Love with Sherrie?

You barely know her.

I'm going to ask her to marry me.

Wow!

You're going clubbing again, Martin?

She has a date.

A sheep farmer?

Your date went well, I assume?

It was a train wreck.

He's married.

Are you flirting with me, Annabelle?

No.

Because I want you to flirt.

Colin wasn't my only what if.

Maybe I should reach out to the other two.

Yes.

Sebastian wrote back.

The French guy?

Maybe the thing I was looking

for was in Paris after all.

OK.

So now I should tell you about my second what if.

After Ireland, I spent a few months in Le Perche,

in a forest in France.

I could have spent a lifetime exploring those trails.

I just love the peacefulness of the place.

And I didn't mind getting my hands dirty, but I missed Colin.

We'd exchanged messages at first.

But after a few weeks, they became sparse.

And eventually, they stopped altogether.

It hurt to feel him drift away.

No.

I mean, no, merci.

I'm-- I'm a mess.

You look beautiful.

I'll ask you again tomorrow.

He wasn't kidding.

He came back every single day asking to take my picture.

Sebastian grew up locally without much money.

He spent everything he had to buy that camera.

He was an artist even then.

- No. -Please.

Let me take your photo.

I'm building a portfolio and you inspire me.

I can't.

I wouldn't possibly know the first thing about posing.

That's not what I see when I look at you.

You're in your head all the time yet you feel so deeply.

Please, let me show you.

You can't share them with anyone.

I would be mortified.

I mean it, ever.

You have my word.

He chose the time,

so the lighting would be perfect.

He said if he only got to photograph me once--

I want to get it right.

So tell me about yourself.

There's not much to tell.

Your heart is broken, yes?

I left him.

I didn't want to.

I was planning to go back.

I think I may have lost him already.

Frenchmen are not so fickle.

You know, most Americans who volunteer here, they

go to Paris for the weekend.

But you, you're always working.

I want to learn.

About how to clean the river?

Yeah, about the local ecology.

I want to get my PhD in sustainability.

Why sustainability?

Uh, well because I wasn't good enough

at chem to go to med school.

You don't strike me as someone who

gives up when things are hard.

The truth is I didn't even really want to go to med school.

I just wanted-- you're going to laugh.

Try me.

I want my life to mean something.

I want to make a real, tangible difference in the world.

Beautiful.

For the first time in my life,

I saw myself as beautiful.

I told you.

Sebastian captured something real,

something I didn't show everyone.

And I love that he kept the photograph between us.

It was just ours.

Wait.

I'm so sorry.

I-- I've read this all wrong.

No, no no, no, you read this very right.

But I'm leaving soon.

He'd been accepted

to a photography program in London,

and I was only in France for another month.

It just wasn't the right time for us.

But it didn't stop us from getting closer.

We both had big ambitions, passions, goals.

It was something we really connected on.

But no matter how we felt about each other, neither of us

would ever ask the other to set aside their dreams.

But when it was time to say goodbye,

my heart ached at the thought of leaving him.

I wish.

No, I will not be the cause of your sadness.

You have the world to change.

We both do.

I always wondered

what we could have been, but our timing was never right.

Until it was.

We were both in Paris for work and--

Annabelle, I just need two seconds.

You're not supposed to be up here.

Don't get me wrong

If I'm looking kind of dazzled

I see neon light

Whenever you walk by

Don't get me wrong

If I'm acting so distracted

I'm thinking 'bout the fireworks

That go off when you smile

Hey, do you care about a window seat on the flight

to Paris?

I still can't believe Sebastian is there.

Chels, it is a sign.

I still don't believe in that.

What?

He just so happens to have a magazine shoot in Paris

this week?

I mean, Mom is practically screaming

at you from beyond the grave.

- Annabelle. - Come on.

He lives in New York now.

That's barely even a long distance

relationship from Boston.

We're just meeting, OK?

We're not getting married.

Not yet.

Listen, there's a flight in four hours.

Do you think you could be ready?

I mean, it's not like you actually unpacked.

Uh, I could.

I will just have to cancel on Declan.

Oh, the bartender?

He's persistent, so I--

I told him he could take me out.

OK, so you should stay.

It's a date.

No, you need me.

What?

Are you really not going to go on a date

to make sure that I go on mine?

How's that fair?

You got to take care of your own needs.

Did you just therapize me?

- I did. - I hated it.

I loved it.

It's OK if I skip this one.

All of my dates end in disaster anyway.

Well, I just went on a date with a married man, his wife,

and their lovely children so can't really

get much worse than that.

True.

It has been a while since I liked a guy for real.

It's a long while ever since you ended it with Rylan.

Yeah, not for lack of trying.

It just hasn't worked out.

OK.

So if you like Declan, then stay.

You sure?

Yes.

Be honest.

You're just trying to shake me so you

can look at your work emails.

No, I can't let Knightly get all this extra credit with Aidan

while I'm gone.

The stakes are too high.

But don't worry, I will multitask.

You should stay.

OK.

What?

She's coming?

Well, that's the fastest

you've ever read an email.

I-- I sent you that info as an FYI, not to ruin your trip.

You don't need to be in Paris for this meeting.

I can handle a new client intro on my own.

You didn't ruin anything.

I came back earlier, which means I am coming to the meeting

so you don't get to one up me this time.

No, no, it'll be more fun to one up you in person.

I'd like to see you try.

I will give you this.

Wooing additional donors to maximize

our time in Paris while we wait for Apolline very smart.

A compliment.

Is this a trap?

Uh, no, because it's followed up with a "but."

Ah!

I do think this meeting is getting

a little ahead of itself.

I mean, the ACC doesn't have an international tax incentive.

Yet.

We're putting it in place for the Apolline donation.

If we get it.

We're getting Apolline.

I know, but we can't guarantee that.

Confidence, Martin.

I just don't like making empty promises.

But that's exactly how you operate.

All style, no substance.

Whoa, whoa!

I have plenty of substance.

But it's good to know you think I'm stylish.

So what?

We're just going to spend the rest of the day prepping

together so we can be overprepared

to your perfectionist liking?

Actually, no.

I have somewhere else I have to be, so I'll talk to you later.

Wait, why are you in--

in Paris?

Listen, before we go in, just to be clear,

and I don't want to argue, but dinner's on me.

OK?

We're celebrating your success.

I-- I can't accept that.

Sebastian, I know you can pay your own way, but it's a treat.

It's a gift before you head off and

become a famous photographer.

It's too much.

When you become a household name, you can take me to dinner.

Let's go.

After you.

Wow!

Chelsea, just as beautiful as ever.

Hi.

This is amazing.

Oh, thank you.

Come, come.

Chelsea, this is Emma.

- She's our muse for today. - Enchante.

Oh, it's so nice to meet you.

That might be the prettiest dress I've ever seen.

I just wear it.

SEBASTIAN: OK.

Come on.

Oh, you would have been a better muse.

OK.

Now you're just being crazy.

- Yes. - Oh, thank you.

It's for you.

Let me finish here and then just spend the day together.

I just have a few hours.

I have a-- a meeting.

Ugh, you guys.

It's beautiful.

But Irish summers are colder than you think.

Oh, hang on.

Chelsea sent me a photo.

Whoa!

Well, show us.

OK, but I did not send you this.

Whoa!

Wait.

Is that Emma Drew?

Who?

The model.

The famous model.

Yeah, the one who dated Joe Burrow.

- Yeah. - Oh, oh, whoa!

Whoa!

What's Chelsea doing with her?

Is she still being weird and distant?

She hasn't called.

I'm sorry. I tried to talk to her about it.

I'll try again.

Annabelle, it's not your job to fix this.

It's Glenn's.

I think it's Chelsea's.

Honey, you're her dad.

You need to make it right.

And you, you need to start putting yourself first

and stop worrying about them.

It's funny, Chelsea said pretty much the same thing to me

earlier.

Oh!

Did she?

She'll come around, Sher.

It's OK, honey.

I don't want to force it.

You can give her time.

OK.

You tell me more about this Irish guy.

Where's he taking you tonight?

Hopefully, somewhere with a fire inside.

Ah!

Yeah, we got it.

That's a wrap.

OK. Come with me.

- Done? - Yeah.

Now you're all mine.

Where are we going?

What are we doing?

Making up for 10 years of lost time.

Wait.

Wait?

Are you single?

Do you have a girlfriend, a wife, anyone?

No anyone.

You?

- Same. - OK.

OK.

Now, where were we?

Oh!

Oh!

Right.

I want to see you tonight.

Really?

If you say no, I'll keep asking.

I'd love that.

Just kind of surprised.

I thought you wouldn't be so available.

I mean, you're fancy now.

Fancier you get, the more you appreciate people like you.

This is me.

You sure you can't blow off your meeting?

I wish.

Thank you.

Martin?

Sorry, I'm late.

Well, first time for everything.

Sebastian, this is Jason Knightly, my colleague.

Knightly, this is Sebastian my--

Yours.

I'll pick you up at 8:00?

Sounds good.

Sorry.

We have a history.

Now, that didn't sound like an Irish accent.

And you didn't really smell like sheep.

I will explain later.

We got to get our heads in this pitch.

I also didn't notice a wedding ring on his finger.

It's not the same guy, Knightly.

Pitch, focus.

I know how you expect me to drop this.

I mean, this is far too intriguing.

As soon as we're done working, I will tell

you all the boring details.

Even you can't make whatever that was boring.

Let's go.

Well, I'm so glad you decided to come.

Might be out of my depth with the small talk here.

I've never been to any of these places.

I think that was a verbal acknowledgment that you need me.

Don't let it go to your head.

Have you really never been to the Eiffel Tower?

We couldn't take vacations when I was little, Martin.

We were lucky if we made it to Revere Beach.

Well, you have been in Paris for three days.

Working.

Isn't this supposed to be a tourist trap anyway?

Yeah, for a reason.

Because everyone should do it at least once.

My Boston mate.

Hey.

You really from Dorchester?

All my life.

Dorchester High.

Till it shut down.

Kids today, they're spoiled, right?

No heat makes you tough.

Come on.

Can you believe a Dorchester kid like me

ends up owning a company with its office

right on the Golden Triangle.

It's the dream.

- Thank you. -Come on in.

Thanks.

The ACC has led programs on new research,

launched cutting-edge treatments, cell engineering,

immunotherapies, along with--

You know, I'm Into cutting-edge tech myself.

I first implemented AR in all of my tours

before any of my competitors did.

Oh, that's-- that's great.

Yeah, then I'm sure you'll appreciate

being on the forefront of development.

And in our case, we can use that tech to save lives.

Plus, donating to the ACC looks good for you.

How many of your customers are American?

Pretty much all of them.

61% of Americans under 40 prefer to buy from companies who

support what they believe in.

No one is opposed to fighting cancer.

Trust me.

Oh, well, no, I mean, that's interesting.

We could do a brand partnership.

Take one of our patients from the youth treatment program

and send them on one of your tours.

Be a whole PR move.

Take a sick kid to Paris.

Smart.

The trouble is we're a French corporation.

You're a US-based non-profit.

So the tax breaks are just-- they're just not there.

That's not necessarily true.

We are in the process of securing,

well, an unprecedented donation.

A part of that deal is incorporating in the EU,

which means, well, tax breaks.

You make that happen, I'm in.

OK.

OK.

I will reluctantly admit you are very good at schmoozing

even without the Eiffel Tower.

That guy loved you.

And you were totally right about dangling the tax break carrot.

Oh, can I record you saying I was right?

I just want to listen to it every night before I go to bed.

Well, it's never happening again

so you have missed your chance.

Oh, too bad.

But the secret to schmoozing is to figure out what people want,

you know?

I mean, everybody goes into a conversation wanting something.

That guy, all he cared about was appearances.

People like that just want to hear

how we can make them look good.

I mean, some people do get into this

because they want to save lives.

That's just you.

Aidan.

Aidan wants to find greater meaning in his existence.

You know, a sense of purpose.

What about Jonesy over at Children's Hospital?

So win whatever bet he placed that night.

Oh, come on.

I'm serious.

You know the Seven Robotics guy?

He wanted to be a pioneer.

I had to figure out a way for him

to innovate with his donation.

What about you?

Why are you in this business?

I'm good at it.

No one's as noble as you are, Martin.

Me?

Oh, please.

Nah!

Half the time I'm just trying to figure out how to beat you.

What about Sophie Arnault?

What does she want?

I'll tell you when I meet her.

Fair enough.

If we ever get this meeting reset.

I'm still waiting on a new time.

Wait, are you worried?

Please don't tell me that.

About securing the donation?

No, you got them wrapped around your finger.

But I can't stay in Paris indefinitely.

Well, I mean, yeah, what with the Bleacher Bar do without you.

Oh, you're-- you're serious?

I just-- I have responsibilities.

Like what?

My sister is 15.

And she goes to this really great private school outside

of town, and I drive her.

But at this point, the--

the car bill is going to drown me if I stay here much longer.

What about your parents?

Not everyone has a picture perfect family, Martin.

Anyways, it's not your problem.

I'll-- I'll figure it out.

I'm sorry.

Why?

Are you the one prolonging the meeting?

No, but I--

I definitely made some unfair assumptions about you.

Yeah, most of them are true.

I do love the Bleacher Bar.

Listen, I'll--

I'll call Aidan and make sure he knows

the tourism account is all you.

Uh, wait.

What?

I don't do handouts, Martin.

It's not a handout.

I wasn't even supposed to be in the meeting.

I mean, you found the company.

No, I-- I sent you the list.

You found the Boston connection.

- You got us in the door. - You did all the legwork.

It is your win.

No, no, no, it's our win, OK?

We did it together.

Look, I-- I didn't tell you about my sister for you

to feel sorry for me, OK?

That's not what we do.

We fight.

We make each other better.

I'd rather you hate me than feel pity for me.

You think I make you better.

I said it goes both ways.

OK.

No handouts.

Good.

Wow!

Oh, Sebastian

All right.

Time's up, Martin.

You promised me all the boring details, remember?

OK, wait.

So you're reconnecting with three exes

because your late mom is sending you on a quest to find love?

My sister makes it sound really weird

when she talks about it, too.

I don't know if there's a way to make it sound normal, Martin.

It's cool. It's different for you.

I know, right?

But I kind of like it.

I mean, I love my job, obviously,

but I have used it to avoid dealing with some things.

Grief and emotions.

I don't know, Martin.

Passion is an emotion and you've got that in spades.

Thank you.

Also, anger.

You definitely have that.

I think I bring that out of you.

Well, at least you're owning it.

Yeah, I've let work be the only good thing in my life

for too long.

You really like this French guy, huh?

I mean, it's incredible to see, you know, what he's become.

I always knew he was talented and driven

and I always thought he would make it.

But to see it in action.

You knew him when?

Yeah.

And now he's buying you $10,000 dresses.

That's not-- $10,000?

I googled it.

That's-- oh, I can't wear that.

That's way too much.

I'm a spiller.

No, I got to give that back.

Oof!

If I bought a gift like that for someone,

and they wanted to return it, I'd be pretty hurt.

Unless it's just not your style.

No, I mean, it's--

it's beautiful.

It's everyone's style.

Well, then I guarantee all the guy wants is to see you in it.

Your mom would tell you to wear it, right?

You cannot play the mom card.

She sounds awesome.

Your whole family, they'd all tell you to wear it.

That's why you called me selfish before, isn't it?

Because you don't have a family who would drop everything

to come to Paris to support you and I was taking mine for

granted.

I could have been nicer about it.

It wouldn't have made a difference.

I was too annoyed to hear you out.

Sounds like 90% of our interactions.

I mean, if Aidan could see us now--

He'd probably tell us to swap the wine for probiotic tea.

You know what, at least my aura is lighter.

Well, I'll let you get to it.

Big night.

Hey, Knightly?

Your sister's lucky to have you.

Chels?

Hi, Dad.

Uh, hi.

Thank you for coming to Paris, for putting your whole life

aside to do things at my pace.

You've always been there for me when I needed you.

I'm just-- I love you, Dad.

And I want you to know it.

And I'm so sorry that I'm having such a hard time

wrapping my head around the Sherrie thing,

but I want you to be happy.

I really, really do.

Are you saying that you'll give her a chance?

I'm saying I don't want to stand in the way

of you living your life.

Sherrie's a good woman, Chels.

I mean, she wants to get to know you better.

She doesn't have kids of her own.

Dad, you don't need my permission to marry Sherrie.

Look, I know that.

I just-- I'd like us to be a family.

And we are.

OK.

I kind of have to go because I have a date.

With the famous photographer?

Annabelle told you.

Yeah, apparently he shot the last royal wedding.

Oh, that's interesting.

Did she also tell you that she stayed in Ireland for a boy?

That's good for her.

She needs to get back out there.

Aren't dads supposed to be weirded

out by their daughters dating?

Well, not if they trust that their girls

will make the right choices.

And I do, for the record.

OK, that's cheesy.

But I love you, Dad.

I love you, too, Chels.

Be safe.

All right.

Wow!

You're so beautiful.

You're too radiant for words.

I don't know what to say.

Just come with me.

OK.

I have a surprise planned.

Well, but you've done so much already.

The dress, Sebastian.

It was made for you.

OK.

Keep your eyes closed.

- Right here. - OK.

All right.

OK.

Open.

Our date is here?

Yeah.

You look so beautiful, I have to take your photo.

Oh, no, absolutely not.

Well, you're my first muse.

That's how we met.

Sebastian, no.

I'm not a model.

You are the most interesting woman

I have ever captured on film.

Please.

The portrait I took of you is still one of my favorites.

All right.

So tell me, what are you doing in Paris?

I--

Come on, Chels.

Humor me, please.

I'm here for work.

Cleaning the river again?

No.

I work for the American Cancer Coalition,

securing a donation from Apolline,

the biggest in ACC history.

Oh!

I've taken pictures for Apolline in many times.

Sophia Arnault is a close friend.

She is?

Mm-hmm.

I can give her a call, put in a good word.

That would be amazing.

I mean, this donation would just--

it would make a world of difference.

Would you really do that for me?

Yeah, we could help each other, perhaps.

I don't know that I have anything to offer you.

That's not true.

So many people don't live up to their promises.

But you, from the first photo I took of you,

I knew you were different.

Special.

You know, I have an exhibition at Parsons next fall,

retrospective on my career.

It would mean so much to me to have you there.

Really?

Why?

I'll fly you there, first class.

OK.

What do you want?

Nothing.

I'm just taking your photo.

Everyone comes into a conversation

wanting something, Sebastian.

Please, just be honest with me.

Can't I just admire you?

I thought we were going to dinner.

Chelsea, I know all the best chefs in Paris.

Just name it, I'll take you anywhere you want.

I just want the truth.

SEBASTIAN: OK.

It's the exhibition I told you about, Parsons.

They want to feature my early work, all of it.

OK?

The portrait I took of you was the start of my career

so I need a written consent to include it.

Sebastian, that photo was just for us.

You promised.

I know, but you belong in my retrospective.

Do you know how beautiful you are?

I wanted to remind you with new pictures.

And these ones can be just for us.

So that's what this was all about?

The whole day.

Send me a dress, you make me feel special, you flirt with me.

What?

Just to coerce me into signing?

Come on.

Do you think so low of me?

No, but what if I hadn't reached out to you?

Really, would my photo just be hanging in New York

without my knowledge or--

It doesn't matter what would have been.

But--

You're here with me.

Do not get confused by anything that happened today.

I want you, and I always have.

I mean, think of the power couple we could be together.

OK.

So what if I say no?

What if I don't sign?

I need you to sign.

Right.

Goodbye, Sebastian.

OK, wait.

And just in case I wasn't clear, my answer is no.

You're not supposed to be up here.

I just got to take shots of the dress.

Fine.

It's in there.

Thank you.

So how much did it sell for?

Huh?

The portrait of me by the river.

Your agent said there would be an auction after I signed.

I would never sell it.

Well, not yet anyway.

These portrait of celebrities are more valuable right now.

Your portrait will be worth more when I'm older,

towards the end of my career.

Wow!

You asked.

Wow, wow, wow.

You told me to be honest moving forward.

I listen.

All right, just take good pictures today, please.

I don't take bad photos.

I told you I would photograph the wedding

in exchange for the portrait, and I meant it.

These will be perfect.

Perfect.

I just have to get back to this.

Yeah.

I got what I need.

Great.

All right.

Sebastian wasn't the one.

But my short time with him-- well,

both of my short times with him, they did

teach me something valuable.

Oh, food.

Thank you, Paris.

Person is feminine so you say.

I will say anything you want for a plate of fries.

Of course.

I don't believe in signs.

Huh?

A colleague, a friend.

Sebastian taught me how to see myself

through someone else's eyes.

How to feel beautiful.

Martin.

- I'm too hungry to talk. - OK.

How about it?

Mm!

No French photographer?

Uh-uh.

Ugh!

Bad date, huh?

What was your first clue?

The fact that you're starving.

Thank you.

I mean, who doesn't plan for dinner?

That's a big mistake, for sure.

Although that wouldn't be enough to send you over the edge.

Let me guess.

Um, secret wife?

Worse.

Two secret wives?

Ulterior motives.

Oh!

You were right.

Everyone wants something.

I can't imagine wanting anything else in the world

while you're in that dress.

And look, it feels

good to see beauty in yourself.

But you know what feels even better?

I know you're a spiller.

Being seen.

Being known.

And oh, yeah, being fed.

All right, so tell me.

So

Love stuck by you from the glue

I guess I'm stuck forever by the glue

Oh and you

Finding the right words to use for this song

I have you in mind so it won't take so long

Never thought I'd find you

But you're here and so I love you