...WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
AFTER CATHERINE VISITED YOU...
...SHE FOUND OUT ONLY LATER THAT YOU TRIED TO KILL YOURSELF TWICE.
SHE ALWAYS FELT GUILTY ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT WASN'T CATHERINE'S FAULT--
SHE ONCE SAID TO ME THAT...
SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE LIVING HAPPILY IN THAT GRAND MANSION...
...BUT ONCE SHE ACTUALLY MET YOU...
YOU LOOKED SO LONELY AND UNHAPPY.
...CATHERINE NEVER ONCE SHARED THIS WITH ME.
IT WAS THEN THAT CATHERINE REALIZED THAT YOU, TOO, HAD LOST YOUR FAMILY, JUST LIKE HER.
YOU HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH SO MUCH AGONY, BEING HATED BY EVERYONE...
AND YET, SHE THOUGHT YOU'D BE HAPPY.
SO WHEN CATHERINE HEARD ABOUT YOUR DIVORCE, SHE STARTED WAITING AROUND YOUR MANSION EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY, SHE GOT ON THE TRAIN BY HERSELF, HOPING SHE MIGHT RUN INTO YOU...
SHE WANTED TO MEET AND TALK TO YOU AGAIN.
AND WHEN SHE FINALLY SAW YOU...
SHE SAID YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO CHOOSE TO DIE AGAIN.
IT SEEMED LIKE YOU HAD NOWHERE LEFT TO GO...
SO HER FEET MOVED, WITHOUT HER REALIZING IT.
I DID WONDER ABOUT IT ONCE.
HOW DID CATHERINE FIND ME THAT DAY?
WHY DID SHE BRING ME TO HER HOUSE?
I'D THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ALL JUST A COINCIDENCE...
BUT ACTUALLY, CATHERINE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR ME.
...TO BE HONEST...
WE KNEW THAT YOU HAD A MISCARRIAGE AFTER WHAT DAVID DID TO YOU.
BUT... WE COULDN'T BRING IT UP.
WE WERE AFRAID IT'D HURT YOU...
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT MY PAST.
I HAD THOUGHT...
THAT MY PAST WOULD JUST BE BURIED FOREVER...
THAT BECAME A BURDEN ON CATHERINE'S HEART.
BEFORE CATHERINE DIED, SHE ASKED ME...
...TO MAKE SURE I TOLD YOU THAT SHE WAS SORRY.
...WILL YOU FORGIVE US, ANNETTE?
Episode 67
YOUR ROOM IS STILL THE SAME.
CATHERINE LEFT IT AS IT WAS...
...BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT YOU'D COME BACK AFTER THE WAR.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.
IT HAS ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF SEASONS... A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
YET SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
THE DAYS I SPENT HERE FEEL SO DISTANT, ALMOST AS IF THEY HAPPENED IN ANOTHER LIFETIME...
A LETTER FOR ME, FROM CATHERINE...
...WRITTEN BY BRUNER.
CATHERINE WAS IN NO STATE TO WRITE IT HERSELF...
...SO BRUNER WROTE THE LETTER FOR HER.
OH, CATHERINE...
To My Dear Annette.
i'm sorry that i have to say goodbye without even seeing your face. i regret not being able to share everything with you before i'm gone.
i've passed on my remaining words to my husband.
Annette.
the day i met you at the mansion...
...i didn't respond when you apologized.
now, i belatedly give you my reply.
i have already forgiven everything about you.
please forgive me as well.
don't stay sad for too long. don't hurt for too long.
with time, you'll be able to let go peacefully.
may you always be happy, my kind and beautiful friend.
with all my love and heart,
Catherine Groth.
THESE WORDS YOU'VE WRITTEN FOR ME...
IT HURTS SO MUCH... THEY HURT SO MUCH...
CATHERINE...
THE NEXT DAY.
PLEASE SEND THIS TO THE CHESHIRE FIELD MILITARY POST OFFICE.
I'D LIKE TO VISIT AN INMATE.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE INMATE?
...DAVID.
HIS NAME IS DAVID BERKEL.
THAT DAY.
I'M SEEING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE SHOT ME...
HE'S UNLIKE THE LARGE AND INTIMIDATING MAN I REMEMBER.
INSTEAD, HE APPEARS TO BE AN ORDINARY AND FRAGILE-LOOKING YOUNG MAN.
...HELLO.
DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
...MS. ANNETTE ROZENBERG.
I'M SORRY ABOUT CATHERINE...
SHE WAS TRULY A GOOD PERSON.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HER.
WHAT IS THIS FEELING?
PUTTING ASIDE THE LETTER OF CLEMENCY I WROTE FOR THIS PERSON, AND MY RELATIONSHIP WITH CATHERINE...
...I FIND THIS PERSON RESENTFUL, REPULSIVE, AND UNCOMFORTABLE. HOWEVER...
DESPITE THAT, I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL A SENSE OF SYMPATHY FOR HIM...
...BECAUSE HE HAS LOST HIS BROTHER LONG AGO, AND NOW HIS SISTER. HE'S ALL ALONE NOW...
PERHAPS THIS IS ENOUGH PUNISHMENT FOR HIM.
...I REALIZE IT'S TOO LATE,
BUT I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT MY FATHER DID.
I'M TRULY SORRY. THE DEATH OF YOUR BROTHER WAS UNJUST AND UNDESERVING.
I WON'T BE COMING TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
...MY SISTER WAS...
...A PERSON OF INTEGRITY.
SHE WAS INFURIATED WITH ME FOR WHAT I DID.
SHE TOLD ME IT WASN'T RIGHT,
AND THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
SHE TOLD ME I SHOULD FACE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR MY CRIME.
..AND...
...SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE MISCARRIAGE.
...I AM TRULY SORRY.
I'M SORRY...
...I FORGIVE YOU.
CATHERINE.
THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING ME.
I... ALSO FORGIVE YOU.
IF I HAVE ANY RIGHT, THAT IS...
...WHY DID YOU APOLOGIZE TO ME?
Catherine
YOU SAID YOU MISSED ME.
YOU SAID TO COME BACK TO YOU...
WHEN WILL I BE ABLE TO...
...LET EVERYTHING GO, JUST LIKE YOU SAID?
HOW MUCH MORE TIME WOULD HAVE TO PASS...
...BEFORE I CAN BECOME STRONGER?
STILL, I WILL TRY.
...THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, MY FRIEND.
GOODBYE, CATHERINE...
Bruner recounts how he felt guilty after learning about two suicide attempts following Catherine's visit to Annette. After hearing about the divorce, Catherine waited around the mansion every day, protected Annette and took her into her home. Catherine's apology before her death and the letter written by Bruner make Annette cry. Annette sends a letter to the Cheshire field post and visits David Berkel in prison and forgives him.
