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Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 18
- 1. Ingrid Bergman and Robert Capa have an affair while she is married to Petter Lindström.
- 2. Ingrid tells Capa she wants someone who is crazy about her and can't live without her, challenging his commitment.
- 3. Ingrid tells Capa a story about a man and woman who love each other but the woman is married; the man fails to visit when she is sick, and she dies alone.
- 4. Capa deliberately reveals the affair to Petter Lindström while skiing, telling him that Ingrid looked better in Paris and that they saw a lot of each other.
- 5. Petter Lindström confronts Ingrid about the affair, and she admits she is in love with Capa.
- 6. Capa loses all his money gambling at the casino after the confrontation, betting his last thousand dollars on red and losing.
- 7. Capa nearly dies in a skiing accident when he speeds toward a crevasse, but a mysterious skier knocks him out of the way.
- 8. Ingrid ends the affair, telling Capa it is too late and that he has already failed her.
- 9. Capa sends Ingrid a pair of red shoes with a note saying 'Sorry they're not perfect' as a farewell gift.
- 10. Ingrid struggles with grief and memory loss after Capa's departure, unable to recall his face and feeling a profound sense of loss.