The Husband She Took for Granted Episode 2

Episode 2 · 63 episodes · Victor Sterling, Chloe Thorne, Alex Cole

Episode 2 recap

Victor Sterling hurries down hospital corridors holding infant shoes while Chloe Thorne undergoes an abortion procedure. A dropped tray causes the shoes to land in spilled blood. A shocked Victor retrieves them and finds Chloe's room. Through the doorway, he listens as Dr. Smith questions Chloe. She reveals she ended the pregnancy without Victor so she could give bone marrow to Alex. Victor pushes the door open.

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Episode 2 scene by scene

00:00: Rushing Down the Hallway
Chloe Thorne undergoes an abortion inside the operating room. At the same time, Victor Sterling hurries through the hospital corridors. He clutches a pair of baby shoes in his hands as he searches for his wife's location.
00:20: Shoes in the Blood
A nurse drops a tray filled with bloody surgical instruments in the corridor. Victor drops the baby shoes directly onto the bloody mess. He picks them back up in complete shock, insisting to himself that Chloe would never abort their child.
00:48: Overhearing the Truth
Victor reaches Chloe's room and watches through the door. Dr. Smith tells Chloe that hospital staff phoned her husband. Panicking, Chloe admits Victor knew nothing. She explains she aborted the baby to donate bone marrow to her sick partner, Alex.
01:30: Confrontation at the Door
Victor pushes the hospital door open. He stands in front of Chloe while clutching the blood-soaked baby shoes in his hand. Chloe turns toward him in surprise as Victor quietly speaks her name out loud to the room.

Key lines from episode 2

“No, Chloe couldn't possibly have gotten an abortion. There must be a mistake.”
Victor Sterling · Said when Victor picks up the bloody baby shoes from the floor.

“Mrs. Thorne, having an abortion in your second trimester is a huge decision. You didn't discuss this with your husband beforehand?”
Dr. Smith · Said to Chloe while questioning her about terminating her pregnancy in secret.

“It's my body. It's my choice. Okay, look, my business partner, Alex, he's sick, he has leukemia. He needs a bone marrow transplant, and I'm a match, and the only way to save him was if I lost the baby, so...”
Chloe Thorne · Said when defending her secret abortion to Dr. Smith in her room.

“Chloe?”
Victor Sterling · Said when Victor opens the hospital room door holding the bloody shoes.

How episode 2 ends

Victor steps into the hospital room holding the blood-stained baby shoes and calls Chloe's name. Chloe stares back at him in utter shock after being caught in her secret. Will Chloe try to justify her decision to Victor, or will Victor walk away after hearing that she sacrificed their child for Alex?