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Misplaced Fate of Twins New Ep,20 SM .π
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00:00After I died, everyone realized the countdown above my sister's head was mine.
00:05Everyone in the pack could see the death mark above my sister's head.
00:08They all knew.
00:10She would die on her 20th birthday.
00:12We were twins, wearing the same face.
00:15And yet, only she had that countdown hanging over her.
00:18So Stella became the most precious person in our household.
00:22The good snacks were hers.
00:23The pretty dresses were hers.
00:25Even the bedtime stories mom and dad told belonged to her.
00:28I pitied her.
00:30And I resented her for having all of it.
00:33Then, her 20th birthday finally arrived.
00:36Afraid I would cause trouble, my parents locked me in the storage room.
00:39They had forgotten I'd been sick for a week.
00:43Mom, let me out!
00:44My head really hurts!
00:46That's enough.
00:46Your sister is dying today.
00:49Can't you manage her just one day?
00:52But I feel terrible.
00:55Outside, the entire pack had gathered around the house.
00:58Keeping silent vigil.
01:00From somewhere deep in the woods came the sound of howling.
01:03The clan sending Stella off.
01:06In the storage room, my wolf was fading with me.
01:40My body went suddenly weightless.
01:42Through the old wooden door, I could see the warm glow of the living room lights.
01:47Mom and dad were pressed close to Stella on the couch.
01:49Mom, dad, is Ivy really okay?
01:54I heard her say her head hurt.
01:56Don't worry about her.
01:58Exactly.
01:59She's not really sick.
02:01She's just putting it on for sympathy.
02:03Stella pressed her lips together and said nothing more.
02:06But the crease in her brow only deepened.
02:08I knew.
02:09She'd always felt she owed me something.
02:12For as long as either of us could remember,
02:14every bit of warmth in that house had been piled onto her.
02:17We were born on the same day,
02:19but we might as well have grown up in two different worlds.
02:22I had to watch and wait even for a bowl of hot vegetable soup,
02:26let alone new clothes or new toys.
02:28I was an adult now, but as thin as a 15-year-old.
02:32But Stella would always sneak her snacks and new clothes to me.
02:36Whenever mom and dad came down on me,
02:38she was always the first one to step in.
02:40She always said,
02:42Ivy, I'm sorry.
02:44It's because of me that you get treated this way.
02:46But our parents saw it differently.
02:48Right now, in fact,
02:49Have you already forgotten what happened on your 18th birthday?
02:52Stella's 18th birthday.
02:54That was the day our family,
02:55against all habit,
02:57splurged on a cream cake.
02:59Mom had lit the candles with careful, trembling hands.
03:03Dad held up the old camera he'd had for years,
03:05trying to capture one of the few birthdays Stella would ever have.
03:09I watched from behind the door.
03:11The candlelight caught Stella's face.
03:13She closed her eyes to make a wish.
03:15My parents blinked hard against their tears.
03:18And then I ran out.
03:20Maybe I just couldn't bear losing the one person
03:22who'd always been gentle with me.
03:24I grabbed the cake and overturned it.
03:26Cream smeared across the floor.
03:28I don't want to see you throwing her a birthday party!
03:31I still remember the look on my parents' faces.
03:34Stop! Dad, stop hitting her!
03:37It's my fault!
03:39This is my fault!
03:42That night, Stella crept into my room
03:44and pressed a small piece of chocolate into my palm,
03:47one she'd been saving away.
03:49There was a red welt on her wrist
03:51from where a chair had caught her when she got between us.
03:55Ivy, I'm sorry.
03:58I was already dead,
04:00staring dumbly at my own transparent fingers.
04:02The storage room door was still shut
04:04and saw myself,
04:05curled among the clutter inside.
04:07My death had come before Stella's countdown memory came flooding back.
04:12When I was very small,
04:13before I knew the countdown to Stella's death had already begun,
04:16I had truly hated her.
04:18There was only one piece of candy in the house.
04:21It was Stella's.
04:22The only apple got sliced in two.
04:24The bigger half for Stella,
04:26the smaller for me.
04:27New clothes always went to Stella first.
04:30By the time they reached me,
04:31they were worn thin and patched over patches.
04:34Bedtime stories too.
04:36Hers.
04:36I would crouch outside the door with my arms around my knees.
04:40Why couldn't they read one to me too?
04:42One summer when I was five,
04:44a neighbor brought over a chicken.
04:46At dinner,
04:47mom carefully lifted both drumsticks
04:48and placed them in Stella's bowl.
04:51Why does Stella get both drumsticks?
04:53I want some too!
04:55I want some too!
04:56Ivy!
04:57What is wrong with you?
04:58Don't you know Stella isn't well?
05:00Don't you...
05:02Don't you know...
05:03Stella...
05:04I didn't know.
05:05All I knew was that Stella's face was always pale.
05:09Why don't you just die?
05:11Give me back all my things!
05:15Let her learn.
05:16Let her understand what she can and cannot say.
05:20Fifteen more years.
05:21The next morning,
05:22I eavesdropped on my parents talking.
05:24I know.
05:25Mom's voice was wet with crying.
05:30That was the moment I understood.
05:32Stella was really going to die.
05:34That number above her head,
05:36visible to every wolf in the pack,
05:38was her death mark.
05:39Now, mom and dad guided Stella back to her room.
05:44Maybe...
05:44Maybe we should let Ivy out.
05:46Let her wait a little longer.
05:49After Stella goes,
05:50we'll make it up to her.
05:51We will.
05:54He walked to the kitchen,
05:56took a small piece of bread from the cupboard,
05:57and carried it toward where I was.
06:00I was...
06:00I was...
06:03I was...
06:03I was...
06:03I was...
06:03I was...
06:04I was...
06:04I was...
06:04I was...
06:20I was...
06:22I was...
06:24I was...
06:25I was...
06:26I was...
06:26I was...
06:26I was...
06:26I was...
06:27I was...
06:27I was...
06:27I was...
06:29I was...
06:29I was...
06:31go hungry. Dad, I'm right here. I'm dead. Please go inside and check on me. Ivy? I reached out to
06:40touch his face. Fine. Still pouting. Just stay in there a bit longer and stop making a fuss.
06:49Once Stella's gone, Dad will make it up to you. I promise.
06:57It's all right, Dad. You don't need to make anything up to me. You never will get the
07:03chance. Then came a faint sound from the living room. I wanted to see Stella. Where's Ivy? Ivy
07:10is... she's sulking. I put her in the storage room to think things over. You did what? You
07:17locked Ivy in the storage room? Ivy is your daughter too. Yes, I know Stella's had a cruel
07:27fate since birth, that terrible death mark. I know you grieve for her. But what about Ivy?
07:33Is Ivy's life worth nothing? They were born on the same day. What has she ever been given?
07:41Mom, I never meant to. Night fell. Stella's door stayed closed.
07:46Never mind. She put her lips close to the gap. Never mind. Ivy? Grandma's right here with
07:54you. Don't... Something's wrong. What? Mom didn't understand and stepped forward
07:58to cross the threshold. He said it in a hush, like something fragile might break. Dad
08:03put a hand out and stopped her. Wait. He stood in the doorway without moving. Stella
08:10leaned around Mom. Ivy, can you hear me? Sister's okay. Sister's not gonna die.
08:20In the corner, my body didn't move. There was no rise and fall of breath. The smile on
08:26mom's face went rigid. My feet. No! No, that's not right. Be right. That can't be right.
08:56Dad dropped to his knees beside me. He reached toward my face, checking for breath. Linda, come feel. Just come
09:04and feel.
09:05Mom. Mom sat on the floor and didn't move. One second, two, three. That's not possible. She was pounding on
09:13that door yesterday. I heard her.
09:15Stella stood in the doorway with one hand braced on the frame. She watched it all happen and went white,
09:21all the way to nothing. Her mouth opened. No sound.
09:26Grandma grabbed the door frame to steady herself. Dad finally raised his head. He looked at Mom and his voice
09:32came apart.
09:33Linda. Tell me she just fainted. Tell me she's gonna wake up.
09:45She scrambled up and threw herself down beside me.
09:49Ivy, wake up. Mommy's here. Mommy's right here. Open your eyes. Mama will make you a steak. Mama will buy
09:58you a dress. We'll go to the amusement park you always wanted to go. We'll go right now. This very
10:03second. You're scaring me, Ivy. Mama was wrong. Mama never should have locked you in there. Mama knows
10:11that. Just open your eyes. Yell at me. Hit me. Do anything you want of me. Just open your eyes.
10:19Dad pressed his fingers to my neck again. Held them there for a long time.
10:25She's gone. Ivy is gone.
10:30The hand Stella had on the door frame was shaking. Her whole body was.
10:36When Stella came to, it was already noon. Mom sat at the edge of the bed, eyes swollen nearly shut.
10:43You're okay, Stella. You're alright.
10:45Stella looked at the ceiling for a long time.
10:47Where's Ivy?
10:48Mom's tears came again.
10:50Ivy, she...
10:51Mom couldn't get the rest out.
10:53Stella sat up and threw back the covers.
10:56Stella, don't. You just fainted. You need to stay...
10:59Where is she?
11:02Where is Ivy?
11:05In the living room.
11:06Your father is with her.
11:08Stella pulled free and ran.
11:11In the living room, Dad was still on the floor with me in his arms.
11:15He'd stopped crying.
11:16He just sat there, his eyes not focusing on anything.
11:20Stella stopped in the middle of the room.
11:22She looked at Dad.
11:23She looked at me.
11:24She stood very still.
11:54Dad.
11:56Dad!
11:57His eyes were empty.
11:58Ivy has a fever.
12:00Her head hurts.
12:01I'm trying to cool her down.
12:02His voice was calm in a way that was frightening.
12:05His eyes were empty.
12:07See, it's come down.
12:08The fever broke.
12:10She's gonna be fine now.
12:11His face did something strange when he smiled.
12:14Stella's tears finally came.
12:16Dad.
12:17Look at me.
12:18I'm Stella.
12:19He looked at her for a long time.
12:21Ivy's fever broke.
12:23She'll wake up soon.
12:24Dad, she's dead.
12:26Ivy is dead.
12:28Can you hear me?
12:28She's gone.
12:31He pulled me tighter.
12:33Stop saying that!
12:35Dad!
12:35Get out!
12:37Get out.
12:38Let Ivy sleep.
12:38Stella sat down on the floor and put her face in her hands and couldn't breathe.
12:52Grandma came out of the kitchen carrying a cup of water.
12:55She knelt in front of Dad and held it out.
12:59Drink something.
13:00He didn't take it.
13:01She set the cup on the floor.
13:03Let go, Frank.
13:04Let her lie down.
13:06He was choking on it.
13:07Mom.
13:08His hands shook, but he held on.
13:10She's not dead.
13:11She's only-
13:11She's dead!
13:12Frank.
13:13Your daughter is dead.
13:15You kept her in that room all day.
13:16She was sick.
13:17She died.
13:18She died.
13:20No.
13:21No.
13:21I just wanted her to be quiet for a bit.
13:24I didn't want her disturbing Stella.
13:25I didn't know she was sick.
13:26I didn't know.
13:28You knew.
13:28Grandma's voice was heavy with it.
13:30She called out.
13:31She said her head hurt.
13:33You heard her.
13:34Linda heard her.
13:35You just decided not to believe it.
13:38Mom came running from the hallway and collapsed at Grandma's feet.
13:41I'm so sorry.
13:42Mom came running.
13:43Hit me.
13:44I'm the one who killed her.
13:49Grandma looked at the three of them.
13:51Linda on the floor.
13:52Frank shattered.
13:54Stella against the wall.
13:55She raised her head.
13:57She could see me?
13:59But she looked away just as quickly.
14:01She pressed her cheek to my forehead and closed her eyes.
14:05One tear, burning hot, fell onto my face.
14:12The sound of crying drew the neighbors.
14:14Karen pushed the door open and looked at Grandma holding me.
14:17Then at my parents and Stella on the floor.
14:21All this weeping.
14:22Don't tell me it's actually-
14:23Get out!
14:25Get out of this house!
14:27Karen stepped back, but her curiosity won.
14:30It's Stella.
14:31Well, what a cruel thing fate is.
14:33Poor Ivy will be left all alone now.
14:36That isn't Stella.
14:38Grandma's voice cut through the room.
14:40Mom was on her feet.
14:41She went for Karen's face.
14:43Say one more word and I'll tear your mouth off!
14:47I'm just saying what's true.
14:48It was always supposed to Stella.
14:50Your whole family lived like it was Stella.
14:52Best of everything for Stella.
14:54And now the one who dies isn't the one who was supposed to
14:56and the one who wasn't supposed to-
14:57Shut up!
14:57Stella's voice ripped across the room.
15:00She was on her feet, right in front of Karen.
15:02Don't you say another word about my sister.
15:05Not one word.
15:08Karen went quiet.
15:09She grabbed her bag and left.
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15:49The room went silent again, just the sound of crying, muffled, broken off, and starting again.
15:55Grandma got slowly to her feet, still holding me.
15:58We need to make arrangements.
16:00No feeling in her voice at all. Mom's head came up.
16:04No, I won't.
16:06She shook her head and reached for me.
16:08Ivy isn't gone. She isn't. Give her to me. I want to be with her. I need to watch over
16:14her.
16:15Linda, Ivy is dead. You locked her in that room with your own hands.
16:20How long are you going to keep doing this to yourself?
16:25Mom sank to the floor, hands over her face, the kind of crying that takes everything.
16:30I'm so sorry, Ivy.
16:33Dad was on his knees, driving his forehead into the floor over and over, a dull fudding sound.
16:39His forehead was bleeding.
16:41Dad, stop.
16:44It was me. It's all my fault.
16:48Grandma watched them. She closed her eyes.
16:52I'm going to buy burial clothes.
16:56Mom!
16:56She said, and walked toward the door.
16:59Don't take her, please.
17:01Don't take Ivy.
17:03Grandma looked down at him.
17:04Let go.
17:06Mom, please.
17:08Let go.
17:28My funeral was a simple thing.
17:30A small plain coffin.
17:32A burial dress Grandma brought back from town.
17:35I had never worn anything so fine.
17:37The fabric was soft.
17:39A pale blush pink.
17:40Tiny flowers stitched at the collar.
17:43Grandma dressed me slowly.
17:44Carefully.
17:45Mom tried to help.
17:46Grandma sent her out of the room.
17:48You don't get to touch her.
17:50Her voice was flat and cold.
17:52Mom stood in the doorway with her face in her hands.
17:55Dad knelt in front of the coffin.
17:56Stella sat in the corner with her arms around her knees.
18:00Eyes swollen to slits.
18:01She hadn't spoken since that morning.
18:03She just looked at me in my pink dress.
18:06On the day of burial, it rained.
18:08Fine, dense needles of rain that pricked the skin.
18:11Mom threw herself at the coffin and tried to climb in.
18:15Ivy, don't go. Mommy will come with you.
18:18Several relatives pulled her back.
18:20She fought them.
18:21Her voice wrecked past recognition.
18:23Dad knelt before the grave and put his head to the earth.
18:26Again and again.
18:27After the funeral, Grandma took my ashes.
18:31Where are you taking her?
18:33Dad stepped into her path.
18:35Home.
18:37Holding the urn against her chest.
18:39Mom rushed over and grabbed for it.
18:41No!
18:42Ivy is my daughter.
18:43She stays with me.
18:45I want to be with her.
18:46I want to look after her every day.
18:49And do you deserve that?
18:50Grandma looked at her without flinching.
18:52Linda, what does any of this mean now?
18:56When Ivy was alive, did you give her a single good day?
18:59Mom went slack.
19:01She sat on the ground and wept.
19:02I want to make it up to her.
19:04Make it up to her?
19:06Grandma's laugh was short and bitter.
19:07She's dead, Linda.
19:09How exactly do you plan to do that?
19:12I am telling you right now, Ivy's ashes are not staying here.
19:16You don't deserve to have them.
19:18Mom!
19:19Dad was on his knees.
19:20Please, leave her with us.
19:23We understand what we did.
19:25We'll do better.
19:26Do better?
19:27Grandma's voice was shaking now.
19:28There is no more doing better.
19:30Ivy is gone.
19:32She died because of what you chose to do.
19:35Frank?
19:36Linda?
19:36Linda, you will carry that for the rest of your lives and there is no way to put it down.
19:41She turned and walked.
19:42Mom!
19:43Mom!
19:43They went after her, both of them, and she pushed them away.
19:46Get back!
19:47She was shouting now, her eyes red.
19:50Don't touch my granddaughter.
19:52You gave up that right.
19:54She walked through the gate and into the rain, carrying the urn.
19:57She didn't turn around.
19:58My parents collapsed in the courtyard.
20:01Stella stood under the eave and slowly folded herself down, arms wrapped around her knees.
20:18Grandma boarded the train back to the countryside, the urn held in her lap.
20:22I drifted alongside her and watched the world stream past the window.
20:26It was dark by the time we reached the old farmhouse.
20:29She set the urn on the table and straightened it.
20:31She stood before it for a long time.
20:33Then she turned and looked directly at where I was floating.
20:39Ivy.
20:39I went still.
20:41The word came out before I could think.
20:43And then I remembered.
20:45I was dead.
20:46I couldn't make sounds anymore.
20:48But she nodded.
20:50Grandma can see you.
20:51The tears hit me all at once.
20:53She could see me.
20:54After everything, someone could still see me.
20:57She reached out toward me.
20:59Her hand moved through the air and stopped where my face would be.
21:03You've had it so hard, child.
21:05I lunged toward her, trying to hold on and pass straight through.
21:09I hung in the air, looking at my transparent hands and at her old, tired face.
21:13And I finally let myself cry.
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21:56Come here, Ivy.
21:57come to Grandma. Her voice was quiet and warm. I drifted into the space of her arms.
22:03Grandma, I'm here. I'm right here, sweetheart. Tears poured down her face. Grandmom's right here.
22:11Ivy doesn't need to be afraid. We stayed like that for a long time, one of us holding empty air,
22:18the other resting in an embrace she couldn't feel, and we cried. Eventually, Grandma loosened
22:24her arms and wiped her face with her sleeve. Ivy. She was looking at me. Tell Grandma. Eyes still
22:31swollen. These last few days, how have you been? I stopped. How had I been? What was there to say
22:40to that from a dead girl? But I tried. I touched my chest with one hand, then pointed up and
22:46let
22:46my fingers drift like something weightless. Floating? She understood. Nothing to hold on to,
22:52is that it? I nodded. She sighed and lifted a hand toward my hair, then let it fall back.
23:04I know. I know. She got up and found an apple in the cabinet. Eat. This one's sweet. Looking at
23:12that
23:12red apple, something in me ached. I had never eaten a whole apple to myself. Not once. Not while I
23:19was
23:19alive. Now I was dead and Grandma had given me one. I drifted close and crouched beside it. I couldn't
23:26eat it. Is it good? But the scent was there, that faint, clean sweetness off the skin. I nodded as
23:34hard
23:35as I could, even knowing she couldn't see me do it. She smiled. And then, still smiling, she began to
23:41cry.
23:42Good. Good. She turned away and scrubbed her eyes with her sleeve. That night, Grandma told me stories
23:48about when I was small and she used to come visit in the city, and I would climb into her
23:52lap and stay
23:53there. About the fever I had when I was three. How she sat up with me night after night, cooling
23:58me
23:59down with a damp cloth, humming until I fell asleep. About my first trip to the countryside when I was
24:04five, chasing the chickens, going down face-first into the mud. Her voice grew quiet. Ivy, are you
24:11getting ready to go? I looked at her and nodded. She was still for a moment. That's all right. Then
24:18she raised her face and smiled at me. Wherever you're going, there's no more of this. No more of
24:24any of it. She stood and came toward me with her arms open. Next time around, find yourself parents who
24:30know how to love you. Be a happy little girl. Can you do that for me? I nodded hard, crying
24:37freely.
24:39Grandma. Right here. She answered, her voice thick. Grandma will always remember you. Always.
24:46The light came. The first thin ray of morning reached through the window and lay across my body,
24:51which was growing fainter. I reached out one last time toward her face. As always, I touched nothing.
24:58In the growing light, I dissolved. Bit by bit, going transparent. My wolf stirred beside me.
25:04It lifted its head and looked at the world. For the first time, and the last. I turned toward the
25:10light and let it take me. Up and up. Further and further. Grandma's voice faded behind me.
25:16The old farmhouse disappeared below. Everything became a soft and gentle white. I closed my eyes.
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