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Burn Me Once I Shine Forever Billionaire Romance
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00:00Everyone thinks Carrie won that modeling contest fair and square.
00:06Here's what they don't know.
00:08My fiance set the house on fire the day before.
00:12My mother locked the door from the outside.
00:17The winner walked over my burned body.
00:21They even gave me psychiatric drugs at the victory party.
00:29Made me pee myself on live stream.
00:34Three years later, I came back.
00:38I didn't win a contest. I won my life back.
00:44The day before the modeling contest, a fire suddenly broke out.
00:55I was locked inside my own house.
00:59The smoke filled the room quickly.
01:02Help! Please help me!
01:03I screamed for help, but no one came.
01:07By the time they pulled me out, my face was badly burned.
01:12When I live my burned,
01:15my body was scorched over a wide area.
01:19I was unconscious.
01:25Outside the operating room, Mom was crying hard.
01:29She blamed herself for locking the door by accident.
01:36Hurry up and come here.
01:37I need your help, please.
01:39My fiance, Kenneth Thornton, called every dermatologist in the city.
01:42He vowed to restore my looks no matter what.
01:45But then I heard Mom's shaky voice outside.
01:48Kenneth, even to help Carrie win,
01:53wasn't setting the fire and locking the door going too far.
01:57Kenneth scoffed.
01:59If Linda weren't so vain and selfish,
02:01I wouldn't have had to take such drastic measures.
02:04She knew Carrie was battling depression,
02:06but still flaunted her figure in front of her.
02:10All she lost was her face and some skin.
02:13Carrie lost her happiness.
02:15This is what Leta owes her.
02:18Kenneth said he would still marry me.
02:23No one would whisper behind my back.
02:26Even if I was hideous,
02:28he would treat me well.
02:34He said I should be grateful.
02:36Destroying my health and career was treating me well.
02:45I clenched my teeth until my draw ached.
02:51Cold and pain raged in my chest.
02:53That man, that mother.
02:57I was done with both of them.
02:59Kenneth gave an order.
03:04Hold off on the surgery.
03:05Have all the specialists wait outside.
03:08The doctor froze,
03:09halfway through pulling on his gloves.
03:12Mr. Thornton, her burns are too severe.
03:19Her throat is damaged by the smoke,
03:21and it's Hellringer's.
03:22If we don't operate now,
03:24she won't just lose her voice.
03:27Her face and skin will be completely ruined.
03:31Mom hesitated.
03:33Guilt flickered in her eyes.
03:36Mom tried to persuade Kenneth.
03:39She's hurt too badly.
03:40She can't compete tomorrow anyway.
03:45Let her have the surgery.
03:47Kenneth refused.
03:54Let it be ruined.
03:57If she gets treated now,
03:58she'll still find ways to trip Carrie up.
04:05Only if she's half dead
04:06will she stop bullying Carrie.
04:14This will humble her.
04:15It's for her own good.
04:17I promise Carrie this championship would be hers.
04:24No one will stand in her way.
04:26Mom sighed and turned to the doctor.
04:30Just give my daughter some pain relief.
04:38Disinfect her burns gently.
04:40Don't let her hurt too much.
04:43No one noticed my body trembling.
04:47It felt like a knife
04:49had been driven into my heart.
04:56The fire was never an accident.
04:58It was a trap.
05:00Set by the man I loved.
05:02For Caroline's sake.
05:07And Mom was his accomplice.
05:20They had stood outside that door.
05:22Ignoring my desperate cries for help.
05:25Feeling nothing but relief
05:27that I'd finally been destroyed.
05:30Pain ripped through my chest.
05:32My scorched throat convulsed.
05:35I coughed up a mouth full of blood.
05:40Mom panicked
05:41and reached for me.
05:44But there wasn't a single uninjured spot
05:46she could touch.
05:50I'm here.
05:52It hurts, doesn't it?
05:58Don't be afraid.
05:59I will always be with you.
06:05Kenneth snapped at the doctor.
06:06What?
06:09If in any doing?
06:11Where are those dermatologists?
06:13If anything happens to my wife,
06:15this hospital can shut down!
06:20The specialists,
06:22they're stuck in traffic.
06:24They wouldn't arrive until tomorrow.
06:28Kenneth kicked him out.
06:36Then he knelt in front for me
06:38with a guilty face.
06:41Honey,
06:42I'm sorry.
06:43I let you suffer too much.
06:49I'll heal your skin
06:51and your face.
06:52You'll stand on the runway again.
06:58I stared at his perfect performance.
07:02My voice was bitter.
07:06Will I really get better?
07:10You will.
07:11I promise.
07:13His fake conviction
07:14made me feel like a fool.
07:17I knew the truth now.
07:18The man who swore
07:19to love me forever
07:20had pushed me
07:21into a dead end.
07:23The mother who treasured me
07:24all my life
07:25had chosen Carolyn.
07:26She turned the knife
07:27against me.
07:28I wanted to ask them why.
07:31But the words
07:32froze in my chest.
07:34I stayed silent.
07:36Doctors came in
07:37with disinfectant.
07:38The specialists
07:39aren't here yet.
07:40We have to do
07:41a simple cleaning.
07:43Please bear with it.
07:45The disinfectant
07:46hit my skin.
07:47It felt like being
07:47thrown into the flames again.
07:51Fragile blood vessels burst.
07:54The bed was soon
07:54soaked with blood and pus.
07:57Mom covered her mouth
07:58sobbing.
08:00Kenneth's eyes
08:00turned red.
08:02Their concern
08:02looked so real.
08:04But I knew
08:04only the lies
08:06and the hurt
08:06were real.
08:10Two days passed.
08:12I woke up
08:12to voices
08:13outside the room.
08:15Mom and Kenneth
08:16were talking.
08:20Kenneth,
08:21do you really want
08:22to give her
08:22the new
08:22experimental
08:23psychiatric med?
08:24The doctor said
08:25it's not fully
08:26tested yet.
08:30Side effects
08:31might include
08:32seizures
08:32and loss
08:33of bladder control.
08:35That's exactly
08:36what I want.
08:38Kenneth's voice
08:39was cold and firm.
08:40Today is
08:41Carrie's
08:42celebration party.
08:43Plenty of
08:44big name
08:44mentors will be
08:45there.
08:46This is her
08:47chance to
08:48really shine.
08:51A little more
08:52humiliation
08:52won't matter
08:53to Linda.
08:55Only if she
08:56loses every
08:57shred of
08:57dignity
08:57will she
08:58stop competing
08:59with Carrie.
09:01After tomorrow
09:02I'll announce
09:03our wedding.
09:04That'll be
09:04my way of
09:05making it up
09:05to her.
09:06Mom agreed
09:06without hesitation.
09:08I stared at
09:08the ceiling
09:09got tears
09:09spilled silently
09:10down my face.
09:11They stung
09:12my raw wounds.
09:13But that pain
09:14was nothing
09:14compared to
09:15one in my chest.
09:19They knew
09:20I'd been
09:20sickly
09:20since childhood.
09:21They knew
09:22how hard
09:22I'd worked
09:23to become
09:23a model.
09:24Yet with
09:24one decision
09:25they destroyed
09:25my life's
09:26dream.
09:26If I'd
09:27known it
09:27would end
09:27like this
09:28I'd rather
09:28have died
09:29in the fire.
09:30The door
09:31opened.
09:32Kenneth
09:32walked in
09:33with a
09:33tender smile.
09:34He held
09:35out to
09:35bright red
09:35capsules.
09:36This is
09:37a new
09:37painkiller.
09:38No
09:38side effects.
09:39It'll
09:40make things
09:40easier for
09:41you.
09:42I turned
09:42my head
09:43away.
09:43It's
09:44too bitter.
09:44I don't
09:45want it.
09:45He hesitated
09:46for only
09:46two seconds.
09:48Then he
09:48pressed the
09:49pills against
09:49my lips.
09:50Be a good
09:51wife.
09:51Take it
09:52from me.
09:52The capsule
09:53slid into
09:53my mouth.
09:54Bitter
09:54and sticky.
09:55The room
09:55began to
09:56spin.
09:57He gripped
09:58my hand.
09:59Today is
10:00Carrie's
10:01celebration
10:01party.
10:02Her
10:02biggest
10:03wish
10:03is your
10:03approval.
10:04If you
10:05don't show
10:05up people
10:06will say
10:07you're petty
10:07and jealous.
10:08I knew
10:08there was
10:08no refusing.
10:11I'll go.
10:12Get me
10:13something to
10:13wear.
10:15Mom walked
10:16in just
10:17in time
10:17to hear
10:17me.
10:18Her
10:18face lit
10:18up.
10:20Good
10:20girl.
10:21I knew
10:21you'd
10:21understand.
10:23Once
10:24Carrie's
10:24party is
10:24over,
10:25I'll
10:25personally
10:26host your
10:26wedding with
10:27Kenneth.
10:27I pulled
10:27my hand
10:28away.
10:28I felt
10:29nothing.
10:30My heart
10:30felt like
10:30ashes.
10:31The car
10:32pulled up
10:32to the
10:32villa.
10:33The
10:33moment I
10:34stepped
10:34out,
10:35flashing
10:35lights
10:35exploded
10:36in my
10:36face.
10:37Reporters
10:37swarmed
10:38around me.
10:38Is it
10:39true you
10:39set the
10:39fire to
10:39kill your
10:40sister?
10:40How can
10:41someone as
10:41vicious as
10:42you up at
10:43your sister
10:43celebration?
10:45Don't you
10:46feel shameless?
10:48I ducked
10:49my head and
10:50pulled my
10:50hat low.
10:51One reporter
10:52yanked it
10:52off.
10:53Gasps
10:54erupted.
10:55My burned,
10:56ruined face
10:56was now on
10:57full display.
10:58Oh my
10:58God!
11:00Disgusting!
11:00Is that a
11:01monster?
11:04I'm gonna
11:04puke.
11:05This is
11:05nightmare fuel.
11:08My heart
11:09pounded.
11:10My vision
11:11swam.
11:11But they
11:12weren't done.
11:20Several
11:21phones were
11:21lifted up.
11:22Live
11:22streams were
11:23going.
11:24Fallen
11:24model Melinda
11:25tried to
11:25burn her
11:26own sister
11:26alive and
11:27ended up
11:27like this.
11:30Let's see
11:30for ourselves
11:31how evil
11:32meets its
11:32end.
11:39Someone
11:39shoved
11:40me.
11:40I
11:41stumbled
11:41and hit
11:42the ground.
11:42My clothes
11:43tore.
11:44My arms,
11:45legs,
11:45and waist
11:45were exposed.
11:47A raw
11:48cry tore
11:49from my
11:49throat.
11:52My whole
11:52body convulsed
11:54like I was
11:54being electrocuted.
11:57The reporters
11:58got excited.
12:00She's having
12:01a seizure.
12:01This is
12:02gold.
12:02Get a
12:02close-up
12:03from all
12:03angles.
12:07My eyes
12:08rolled back.
12:09Foam spilled
12:10from my
12:10lips.
12:12Then heat
12:13spread beneath
12:13me.
12:15The sharp
12:16stench of
12:17urine filled
12:17the air.
12:19The shame
12:20was so crushing
12:20I couldn't
12:21even cry.
12:22I wanted
12:23to die
12:23right there.
12:26Kenneth
12:27burst
12:28through the
12:28crowd.
12:28The crowd
12:32out.
12:32He grabbed
12:32a reporter's
12:33camera and
12:34smashed it
12:34to the ground.
12:36Get the
12:37hell out!
12:39Mom rushed
12:39over and
12:40wrapped me in a
12:40coat.
12:41She was
12:41crying.
12:43Where's
12:43security?
12:44How did
12:44reporters get
12:45in?
12:46Get out!
12:47Every single
12:47one of you!
12:49Kenneth
12:49burst through
12:50the crowd.
12:51You've gone
12:51too far.
12:52How could you
12:53treat my
12:53sister like
12:54this?
12:58Disgusting.
13:00All of
13:00you are
13:01disgusting.
13:03You want
13:04the title?
13:05You want
13:06to give
13:06all the
13:06love to
13:06Caroline?
13:07Fine.
13:10But why
13:11did you
13:11have to
13:11destroy me
13:12like this?
13:13My thoughts
13:13blurred.
13:19Kenneth
13:19bent down
13:20and gripped
13:20my hands.
13:22Honey,
13:23I'm sorry.
13:24I should
13:24have
13:24protected
13:25you.
13:25From now
13:26on,
13:26I'll never
13:27let anyone
13:27hurt you
13:27again.
13:28Let's get
13:29married right
13:29away,
13:30okay?
13:31I wanted
13:32to say
13:32no,
13:33but blood
13:33surged up
13:34my throat
13:34first.
13:36Splattered
13:36across him,
13:37his face
13:38drained of
13:38color.
13:41Doctor!
13:43Doctor!
13:43Before
13:44darkness
13:44swallowed me,
13:45I heard
13:46him and
13:46mom shouting
13:46for a
13:47doctor.
13:50The
13:50doctor said
13:51I was
13:51already in
13:52critical
13:52condition.
13:55the delay
13:56made it
13:56worse.
13:58The
13:59psychiatric
13:59meds had
14:00damaged my
14:00internal
14:01organs.
14:02Surgery
14:03had only
14:03a 30%
14:04chance
14:04of success.
14:06Kenneth's
14:06voice
14:06shook.
14:09How could
14:09this happen?
14:10I don't
14:11care!
14:11If you
14:12can't
14:12save my
14:12wife,
14:13you can
14:13bury her
14:14with you!
14:14Tears
14:15splashed on
14:15the back
14:16of my
14:16hand as
14:16he choked
14:17out.
14:17Honey,
14:18we promised
14:19forever.
14:19You can't
14:20leave me
14:20alone.
14:24Mom
14:25dropped to
14:25her knees
14:26before the
14:26doctor.
14:27Please
14:28save my
14:29daughter.
14:29Take my
14:30life instead
14:31if you
14:31have to.
14:34I
14:34closed my
14:35eyes.
14:36Maybe
14:36dying like
14:37this wouldn't
14:37be so bad.
14:43When I
14:44woke again,
14:44I was back
14:45in my own
14:45room.
14:46Voices
14:47murmured at
14:47the door.
14:48Caroline was
14:49talking to
14:49mom.
14:50mom,
14:51if you
14:51transfer all
14:52of dad's
14:52inheritance
14:53to me,
14:53won't
14:54linda be
14:54upset?
14:58She
14:59doesn't
14:59get a
14:59say.
15:00She's
15:01marrying
15:01Kenneth.
15:02She'll
15:03never have
15:03to worry
15:03about
15:03money.
15:05What's
15:06this little
15:06bit to
15:06her?
15:08When
15:08your dad
15:08passed,
15:10I had
15:11acute
15:11leukemia.
15:14You
15:14were the
15:15one who
15:15gave me
15:15blood
15:16every
15:16day.
15:17You
15:18donated
15:18your bone
15:19marrow.
15:20That's
15:20when I
15:20swore
15:21you'd
15:21be my
15:22only
15:22real
15:22daughter
15:23for
15:23the
15:23rest
15:23of
15:23my
15:24life.
15:26I
15:27still
15:27feel like
15:27I owe
15:28you.
15:28I know
15:29you love
15:29Kenneth
15:30too.
15:31I've
15:31already
15:32talked
15:32to him.
15:34Linda's
15:34condition
15:34means she
15:35can't have
15:35children.
15:36On the
15:36wedding night,
15:37you'll
15:37take her
15:38place.
15:39Give
15:39him his
15:39first
15:40child.
15:40Carolyn
15:41blushed.
15:42I'll do
15:43whatever you
15:43say,
15:43mom.
15:51guilt
15:51flickered
15:52across
15:52mom's
15:53face.
15:54Then she
15:55stammered.
15:58Since you've
15:59heard everything,
16:00I won't hide
16:00it.
16:01The Thornton
16:01family is
16:02huge.
16:03They can't
16:04go without
16:04an heir.
16:05But don't
16:06worry,
16:07the title
16:08of Mrs.
16:08Thornton,
16:09I cut
16:09her off.
16:10I agree.
16:12Looking like
16:12this,
16:13I can't
16:13even attend
16:14the wedding
16:14anyway.
16:16Let
16:16Carrie go
16:17in my
16:17place.
16:19Mom's
16:20smile
16:20bloomed.
16:21Good
16:21girl.
16:22You've
16:23really
16:23grown
16:23up.
16:24Caroline's
16:24eyes swept
16:25over my
16:26scarred
16:26skin with
16:27disdain.
16:28Don't
16:28worry,
16:29Linda.
16:30Then she
16:30put on a
16:31show of
16:31concern.
16:32I'll
16:32take good
16:33care of
16:33your
16:33husband
16:33for
16:34you.
16:34I
16:35turned
16:35my
16:35head
16:35away.
16:36I
16:36was
16:36too
16:36tired
16:37to
16:37look
16:37at
16:37them.
16:41The
16:41wedding
16:42was
16:42held
16:42at
16:42the
16:42villa.
16:44Caroline's
16:44idea,
16:45of course.
16:46She
16:47wanted me
16:47to watch
16:47her strip
16:48away
16:48everything
16:48I
16:49cared
16:49about.
16:50But she
16:51was even
16:51crueler
16:52than I
16:52imagined.
16:56She
16:56pushed
16:57my
16:57door
16:57open.
16:59Her
16:59smile
17:00was
17:00twisted
17:00with
17:00malice.
17:02Even
17:03that
17:03massive
17:03fire
17:03couldn't
17:04kill
17:04you.
17:05You
17:05really
17:05are
17:06a
17:06cockroach,
17:06Melinda.
17:07I
17:08didn't
17:08bother
17:08arguing.
17:10You
17:10already
17:10got
17:11what
17:11you
17:11wanted.
17:11What
17:12else
17:12do
17:12you
17:12want?
17:14She
17:15laughed.
17:16For
17:16you
17:16to
17:16die,
17:17obviously.
17:18Only
17:18then can
17:19I
17:19be
17:19Kenneth's
17:19rightful
17:20wife.
17:21She
17:21pulled
17:22out a
17:22lighter
17:22and
17:22flicked
17:23it.
17:24She
17:25set
17:25the
17:25curtains
17:25on
17:25fire.
17:27The
17:27blood
17:28drained
17:28from my
17:29face.
17:31I
17:32dragged
17:32my
17:32burned
17:33body
17:33toward
17:33the
17:34fire.
17:36But
17:36Carolyn
17:36kicked
17:37me
17:37hard
17:37into
17:37the
17:38post.
17:40Then
17:40she
17:41ran
17:41to
17:41the
17:41door
17:41crying
17:42out.
17:43Kenneth
17:43burst
17:43in.
17:44What
17:44happened?
17:45Are
17:45you
17:45hurt?
17:46He
17:46pulled
17:46Carolyn
17:47into
17:47his
17:47arms.
17:48Mom
17:48rushed
17:48in
17:48right
17:49after.
17:50Get
17:51Carrie
17:51to
17:51the
17:51hospital.
17:52Everyone
17:52surrounded
17:53Carolyn.
17:54No
17:54one
17:54noticed
17:54the
17:54blood
17:55pouring
17:55from
17:55my
17:55head.
17:56Carolyn
17:57clung
17:57to
17:57Kenneth
17:58sobbing.
17:58I
17:59just
17:59wanted
17:59to
18:00cheer
18:00Linda
18:00up.
18:01But
18:01she
18:01said
18:02since
18:02her
18:02face
18:02is
18:03ruined
18:03I
18:04shouldn't
18:04get
18:04to
18:04wear
18:04a
18:04beautiful
18:04dress
18:05either.
18:05She
18:06set
18:06the
18:06fire.
18:06She
18:07said
18:07she'd
18:07burn
18:07me
18:08too.
18:08I
18:08was
18:08so
18:09scared.
18:09Are
18:09you
18:10insane?
18:10Look
18:11at
18:11yourself.
18:11You
18:11make
18:12me
18:12sick.
18:13Kenneth's
18:13glare
18:13could
18:13have
18:14set
18:14me
18:14on
18:14fire.
18:14You
18:15make
18:15me
18:15sick.
18:17Mom's
18:17face
18:17twisted
18:18in
18:18disgust.
18:19If
18:19I'd
18:19known
18:19you'd
18:19turn
18:20out
18:20like
18:20this
18:20I
18:20would
18:21have
18:21let
18:21that
18:21fire
18:21kill
18:22you.
18:25You're
18:25not even
18:26worth
18:26one of
18:26Carrie's
18:27fingers.
18:28Being
18:28burned
18:28like
18:28this
18:29is
18:29what
18:29you
18:29deserve.
18:30They
18:31carried
18:31Carolyn
18:31out
18:32without
18:32a
18:32glance
18:32back.
18:33At
18:33the
18:33door
18:33Kenneth
18:34looked
18:35back
18:35at
18:35the
18:35flames.
18:36You
18:36love
18:36playing
18:37with
18:37fire?
18:38Then
18:39play
18:39all
18:39you
18:40want.
18:40Lock
18:41the
18:41door.
18:42No
18:42one
18:42opens
18:43it.
18:45The
18:47door
18:48will
18:48anything
18:49happen
18:49to
18:49her?
18:50What
18:50could
18:50happen?
18:51She
18:51lit it
18:52herself.
18:54She
18:54probably
18:55already
18:55hit a
18:55fire
18:56extinguisher.
18:57They
18:57took
18:57Carolyn
18:57to
18:57the
18:58hospital.
18:58Only
18:59after
18:59confirming
19:00she
19:00was
19:00unhurt
19:01did
19:01Kenneth
19:01remember
19:02me.
19:02He
19:02sighed
19:03and
19:03unlocked
19:03his
19:04phone.
19:04A
19:04live
19:05news
19:05alert
19:05popped
19:06up.
19:06Massive
19:06fire
19:07at
19:07Allander
19:07Villa.
19:08His
19:09brow
19:09furrowed.
19:10He
19:10was
19:10about
19:10to
19:11call
19:11his
19:11butler
19:11Daniel.
19:12But
19:13Daniel
19:13called
19:13him
19:13first.
19:19Daniel's
19:20voice
19:20shook.
19:21Mr.
19:21Thornton
19:22the
19:23villa
19:23is
19:23gone.
19:24Thornton
19:25she
19:25didn't
19:25make
19:25it
19:26out.
19:27room
19:27fell
19:27silent.
19:28Even
19:28the
19:28air
19:29seemed
19:29frozen.
19:30Kenneth
19:31gripped
19:31his
19:31phone.
19:32His
19:32voice
19:32was
19:33tight
19:33with
19:33anger.
19:34Are
19:35you
19:35tired
19:35of
19:35living?
19:36How
19:37dare
19:37you
19:38curse
19:38my
19:38wife?
19:39Beside
19:39him
19:40Caroline's
19:41eyes
19:41lit
19:41up
19:41with
19:41joy.
19:42Then
19:42she
19:43masked
19:43it
19:43with
19:43a
19:43fake
19:44gentle
19:44tone.
19:45Linda
19:45is
19:45probably
19:46just
19:46mad
19:46about
19:46being
19:47locked
19:47up.
19:48She's
19:48teaming
19:49up
19:49with
19:49Daniel
19:49to
19:50trick
19:50you.
19:51Lying
19:51is
19:52her
19:52favorite
19:52way
19:53to
19:53get
19:54your
19:54attention.
19:56Carolyn
19:57kept
19:57talking.
19:58Send
19:58her to
19:58some
19:59remote
19:59country
19:59for
20:00a
20:00while.
20:01Once
20:01she
20:01suffers
20:02she'll
20:03realize
20:03how
20:03good
20:04you've
20:04been
20:04to
20:04her.
20:05People
20:06like
20:06her
20:06don't
20:07deserve
20:08to
20:08be
20:08spoilt.
20:09For
20:09the
20:09first
20:09time
20:10Kenneth's
20:10patient
20:11snapped.
20:12Shut
20:12up!
20:13My
20:13marriage
20:13is none
20:14of your
20:14business!
20:16and stepped
20:16aside.
20:17He
20:18lowered
20:18his
20:18voice.
20:20Tell her
20:20I'm
20:20letting
20:20it
20:20go
20:21today.
20:22Open
20:22the
20:22door
20:22now.
20:23I'll
20:24bring
20:24her
20:24a
20:24macaron
20:25from
20:25LaGera
20:25she loves
20:26it.
20:26Adelie
20:27S and
20:27Karen's
20:27have been
20:28our
20:28peace
20:28offering
20:28for
20:29over
20:29a
20:29decade.
20:30Whenever
20:30I
20:31was
20:31upset,
20:32one
20:33piece
20:33was
20:33enough
20:33to
20:34make
20:34me
20:34forgive
20:34him.
20:35But
20:35the
20:35last
20:35time
20:36I
20:36had
20:36one
20:36was
20:36two
20:37years
20:37ago.
20:38Not
20:39because
20:39he
20:39never
20:39bought
20:39them.
20:41He
20:41did.
20:42But
20:43every
20:43single
20:43one
20:44went
20:44to
20:44Carolyn.
20:46He
20:47always
20:47said
20:47Carolyn
20:48was
20:48fragile
20:48and
20:49depressed.
20:49I
20:50owed
20:50it
20:50to
20:50her
20:50to
20:51be
20:51kinder.
20:51But
20:52I
20:52never
20:52knew
20:52what
20:53I
20:53owed
20:53her.
20:53She
20:54lost
20:54her
20:54family
20:55because
20:55they
20:55were
20:55criminals
20:56who
20:56died
20:56on
20:56the
20:56run.
20:57My
20:57dad
20:58died
20:58because
20:58of
20:58her
20:59dad's
20:59crimes.
21:01I
21:01gave
21:01up
21:02mom,
21:02my
21:03husband,
21:03my
21:04dream
21:04and
21:04now
21:04my
21:05life.
21:06And
21:06he
21:06finally
21:07remembered
21:10Daniel's
21:11voice
21:11was
21:11frantic
21:11on
21:12the
21:12phone.
21:12I
21:12swear
21:13I'm
21:13not
21:13lying.
21:14The
21:14fire
21:14started
21:15in
21:15Mrs.
21:15Thornton's
21:16room.
21:16By
21:17the
21:17time
21:17we
21:17opened
21:17the
21:18door
21:18it
21:18was
21:18too
21:18late.
21:20The
21:20villa
21:20is
21:21burning
21:21out
21:21of
21:21control.
21:23Firefighters
21:24are still
21:24trying
21:24to
21:24rescue
21:25her.
21:28Kenneth
21:29yelled.
21:31Enough!
21:32I
21:33know
21:33she's
21:33mad.
21:34I
21:34locked
21:35her
21:35up.
21:35I
21:35already
21:36agreed
21:36to
21:36let
21:36her
21:36out.
21:37She
21:38lit
21:38it
21:38herself.
21:39She's
21:40enough
21:40to
21:40burn
21:40herself
21:40alive.
21:41Then
21:41a
21:41thought
21:41hit
21:42him.
21:42But
21:42what
21:43if
21:43she
21:43didn't
21:43start
21:43it?
21:44His
21:45breath
21:45quickened.
21:46His
21:46face
21:46pared.
21:48Fine.
21:49He
21:49hung up
21:50the
21:50phone.
21:50I'm
21:50coming
21:50back
21:51now.
21:53Unlike
21:53him,
21:54Mom
21:54was
21:54far
21:55from
21:55calm.
21:58You're
21:58lying,
21:59right?
22:00She's
22:00just
22:00mad
22:00about
22:01what
22:01I
22:01said.
22:04Tell
22:04Linda
22:05I
22:05didn't
22:05mean
22:05it.
22:05I'll
22:05apologize
22:06when
22:06I
22:06get
22:06home.
22:11Daniel
22:11sighed.
22:14All right.
22:15I'll tell
22:16her.
22:16Mom's
22:16face
22:17relaxed
22:17into a
22:18stiff
22:18smile.
22:19See?
22:20I knew
22:20it had
22:20to be
22:21a joke.
22:21A fire
22:22that
22:22bad?
22:23Impossible.
22:24But her
22:24voice was
22:25trembling.
22:27Mom
22:28said,
22:29Kenneth,
22:29let's go
22:29back.
22:30It's
22:30your
22:30wedding
22:31day.
22:32Make
22:32it
22:32up
22:32to
22:32Linda.
22:34She's
22:34my
22:34only
22:34daughter.
22:35I
22:36can't
22:36let
22:36her
22:36be
22:36wronged
22:37again.
22:37Kenneth
22:37nodded.
22:38All right.
22:38I
22:38will.
22:42Carolyn
22:42trailed
22:43behind,
22:43ready to
22:44follow.
22:45Kenneth
22:46stopped
22:46her.
22:47Go
22:47home.
22:47Linda
22:48doesn't
22:48like
22:48you.
22:49I'm
22:49not
22:49letting
22:49you
22:49ruin
22:50her
22:50mood
22:50on
22:51our
22:51wedding
22:51day.
22:53Mom
22:54chimed
22:54in.
22:55That's
22:55right,
22:55Carrie.
22:56Go
22:56home.
22:57You
22:57already
22:57stole
22:58her
22:58modeling
22:58title.
22:59Don't
22:59show
22:59up
22:59in
22:59front
23:00of
23:00her
23:00again.
23:02Caroline's
23:03face
23:03twisted
23:03with
23:03rage.
23:04Melinda,
23:05you
23:05pathetic
23:05bitch.
23:06Dead
23:06or
23:06not,
23:07you
23:07still
23:07won't
23:07leave
23:07me
23:08alone.
23:13On
23:14the drive
23:14back,
23:15Kenneth's
23:15phone
23:15kept
23:15lighting
23:16up.
23:19Live
23:19updates
23:20about
23:20the fire
23:20filled
23:20his
23:21screen.
23:27His
23:27mind
23:28was
23:28blank.
23:29He
23:29blew
23:29through
23:29red
23:30lights.
23:33Finally,
23:33he skidded
23:34to a
23:34stop at
23:35the
23:35villa.
23:37He
23:37stepped
23:38out.
23:38His
23:38knees
23:39nearly
23:39buckled.
23:40The
23:40entire
23:40villa
23:41was
23:41swallowed
23:41in
23:41flames.
23:43The
23:43fire
23:44lit
23:44the
23:44sky
23:44red.
23:45Firefighters
23:46rushed
23:46in
23:46and
23:46out.
23:50Servants
23:50sat
23:51on the
23:51ground,
23:51filthy
23:52and
23:52shaking.
23:52Daniel
23:53ran
23:53up to
23:53him,
23:54covered
23:54in
23:54soot.
23:59Thank
23:59God
24:00you're
24:00back,
24:00Mr.
24:00Kenneth.
24:01Kenneth
24:01grabbed
24:02Daniel
24:02by
24:02the
24:02collar.
24:08Where
24:08is
24:09Linda?
24:10Daniel
24:11pointed
24:11to
24:11the
24:12charred
24:12ruins.
24:14We
24:14followed
24:14your
24:15order.
24:15We
24:16didn't
24:16open
24:16the
24:17door
24:17for
24:17her.
24:20When
24:20the
24:21banging
24:21stopped,
24:22we
24:23thought
24:23she
24:23had
24:23just
24:23worn
24:24herself
24:24out.
24:25Then
24:26smoke
24:26started
24:26seeping
24:27through
24:27the
24:27cracks.
24:28I
24:28opened
24:28the
24:29door
24:29and
24:29the
24:29fire
24:30exploded
24:30out.
24:32The
24:32whole
24:32room
24:32was
24:33burning.
24:34It
24:34was
24:34too
24:35late.
24:35Kenneth's
24:36pulse
24:36spiked.
24:37And
24:38what?
24:39Before
24:39Daniel
24:40could
24:40answer,
24:41a
24:41deafening
24:42boom
24:42tore
24:43through
24:43the
24:43air.
24:44Windows
24:45blew
24:45out.
24:46Glass
24:46sprayed
24:47everywhere.
24:48Black
24:49smoke
24:49and
24:49red
24:49fire
24:50mushroomed
24:50from
24:51my
24:51room.
24:52Burning
24:52debris
24:52rained
24:53down.
24:53Kenneth
24:54stared
24:54in
24:54horror.
24:55No.
24:56Linda
24:57wouldn't
24:57leave
24:58me.
24:58She
24:59wouldn't
24:59die.
25:01He
25:01lunged
25:02toward
25:02the
25:02house.
25:05Daniel
25:06clung
25:06to
25:06him.
25:07Mr.
25:08Thornton,
25:09you'll
25:09die if
25:10you go
25:10in there.
25:11The
25:11firefighters
25:12found over
25:12a dozen
25:13gas
25:13cans in
25:13her room.
25:14There
25:15could be
25:15another
25:15explosion
25:16any
25:16second.
25:17Kenneth's
25:17eyes
25:17were
25:18blood
25:18shocked.
25:19Gas
25:20cans?
25:21Why
25:22would there
25:22be gas
25:22cans
25:22in her
25:23room?
25:23He
25:23remembered
25:24smelling
25:24something
25:25strange
25:25earlier.
25:27But he
25:27had been
25:28too focused
25:28on Carolyn
25:29to care.
25:30The truth
25:31slammed
25:31into him.
25:32Pain
25:32and regret
25:33hollowed
25:33him out.
25:34He
25:35collapsed
25:35to his
25:35knees.
25:36For the
25:36first time
25:37in his
25:37life,
25:38he
25:38tasted
25:38true
25:38despair.
25:40Then
25:40arrived
25:41moments
25:41later.
25:43She
25:44saw the
25:44blackened
25:45shell of
25:45the
25:45villa
25:45and
25:46froze.
25:49Then
25:50she
25:50stumbled
25:50toward
25:51a
25:51firefighter.
25:53Where
25:53is my
25:53daughter?
25:55You
25:55must
25:56have
25:56saved
25:56her.
25:57She's
25:58the
25:58lady
25:58of
25:59this
25:59house.
26:02The
26:02firefighter
26:03hesitated.
26:04The
26:05fire
26:05started
26:06in her
26:06room.
26:06We
26:07found
26:07multiple
26:08gas
26:08cans.
26:09There
26:09were
26:09several
26:09explosions.
26:12I'm
26:13afraid.
26:14Mom
26:15screamed.
26:16Lies,
26:17my
26:17daughter
26:18is
26:18fine.
26:20Today
26:21is her
26:22wedding
26:22day.
26:23I
26:23promise
26:24to host
26:24it
26:24myself.
26:25She's
26:26so
26:26obedient,
26:26so
26:27good.
26:32She
26:33would
26:33never
26:33want
26:33to
26:33make
26:34me
26:34sad.
26:36The
26:36firefighter
26:37said
26:37nothing.
26:38Mom
26:38turned
26:39on
26:39Ken.
26:41She
26:41pounded
26:42him
26:42with
26:42her
26:42fists.
26:45This
26:46is
26:46your
26:47fault!
26:48Why
26:48did
26:49you
26:49lock
26:49her
26:49in?
26:50She's
26:51terrified
26:52of
26:52fire!
26:53she
26:54would
26:54never
26:54start
26:55one!
26:55Give
26:56her
26:56back
26:56to
26:57me!
26:58Give
26:58me
26:59back
26:59my
27:00daughter!
27:03Kenneth
27:04stood
27:04like a
27:05corpse
27:05taking
27:05the
27:06blows.
27:06Others
27:07pulled
27:07Mom
27:08away.
27:09She
27:09collapsed
27:10sobbing
27:10then
27:10fainted.
27:15Kenneth
27:16slowly
27:17lifted
27:17his head.
27:18He
27:18stared
27:19into
27:19the
27:19inferno.
27:20It
27:21hit
27:21him
27:21all
27:21at
27:21once.
27:22After
27:23that
27:23first
27:23fire,
27:24even
27:24a
27:25lighter's
27:25flicker
27:25sent
27:25me
27:26into
27:26panic.
27:27There
27:27was
27:27no
27:27way
27:27I
27:28would
27:28start
27:28a
27:28blaze,
27:29and
27:29someone
27:29that
27:29afraid
27:30of
27:30fire
27:30would
27:30never
27:31store
27:31gasoline
27:31in
27:32her
27:32own
27:32room.
27:33Just
27:33then,
27:33a
27:33firefighter
27:34approached
27:34him.
27:35The
27:35firefighter
27:36held
27:36out a
27:37soot-covered
27:37recorder.
27:38We
27:39found
27:39this
27:39on
27:39your
27:39wife's
27:40nightstand.
27:41She
27:41might
27:41have
27:42left
27:42a
27:42message
27:42in
27:50he
27:50pressed
27:50play.
27:51All
27:51the
27:51strength
27:51drained
27:52from
27:52his
27:52body.
27:55The
27:56recorder
27:56played
27:56back
27:57his
27:57and
27:57mom's
27:57voices
27:58from
27:58outside
27:58the
27:59operating
27:59room.
28:00Then
28:00their
28:00conversation
28:01in
28:01front
28:01of
28:02the
28:02ward,
28:02plotting
28:03to
28:03drug
28:03me,
28:03ruin
28:04my
28:04dignity
28:04at
28:04Caroline's
28:05party.
28:07The
28:08last
28:08part
28:08was
28:09right
28:09before
28:09I
28:09died.
28:11Caroline
28:12in
28:12my
28:13room
28:13setting
28:13the
28:13fire,
28:14taunting
28:15me,
28:16slandering
28:16me.
28:17Kenneth
28:17gripped
28:18the
28:18recorder,
28:18his
28:19knuckles
28:19were
28:20white.
28:21So
28:22Linda
28:22had
28:23known
28:23all
28:23along.
28:25While
28:26she
28:26was
28:26enduring
28:26the
28:27pain
28:27of
28:27fire
28:28on
28:28her
28:28skin,
28:30I
28:30was
28:31still
28:31stabbing
28:31her
28:31heart
28:32again
28:32and
28:32again.
28:34That
28:34quiet
28:34sadness
28:35wasn't
28:35forgiveness.
28:37It
28:38was
28:38because
28:38she
28:39had
28:39given
28:39up
28:39completely.
28:40She
28:41is
28:41the
28:41girl
28:42I've
28:43loved
28:43for
28:43over
28:43ten
28:43years.
28:47The
28:47one
28:47I
28:47promised
28:48to
28:48never
28:48leave.
28:48Twice
28:49I
28:49pushed
28:50her
28:50into
28:50the
28:50fire.
28:50What
28:51the
28:51hell
28:51have
28:51I
28:51done?
28:52He
28:52bent
28:52over,
28:53curling
28:53up in
28:54pain.
28:55Night
28:55fell.
28:56The
28:56fire was
28:56finally
28:57out.
28:58The
28:58air
28:58stank
28:59of
28:59burning.
29:00Firefighters
29:00searched
29:01the whole
29:01villa.
29:02They
29:03handed
29:03him a
29:03single
29:04diamond
29:04ring.
29:08then
29:09Then his
29:09assistant
29:09rushed
29:10in
29:10with
29:10a
29:10stack
29:10of
29:11investigation
29:11files.
29:13Mr.
29:14Thornton,
29:15you'd
29:15better
29:15prepare
29:15yourself.
29:16Before
29:17Kenneth
29:17could
29:18take
29:18them,
29:19Mom
29:19snatched
29:19the
29:19files
29:20away.
29:21All
29:22the
29:22truth
29:22about
29:23Carolyn
29:23lay
29:23bare
29:24before
29:24their
29:24eyes.
29:25Caroline's
29:26birth
29:26parents
29:27were
29:27human
29:27traffickers.
29:28They
29:29died
29:29in a
29:30car
29:30crash
29:30while
29:30trying
29:31to
29:31escape
29:31arrest.
29:32She
29:33recognized
29:33Dad
29:34as
29:34one
29:34of
29:34the
29:34arresting
29:35officers.
29:36She
29:36staged
29:37a
29:37scene
29:37of
29:37being
29:38bullied.
29:39Dad
29:39couldn't
29:40bear
29:40it
29:40and
29:40adopted
29:41her.
29:42But
29:42she
29:42was
29:43a
29:43venomous
29:43snake
29:43lying
29:44in
29:44wait.
29:45While
29:45Dad
29:45was
29:45undercover,
29:46she
29:46shouted
29:47in the
29:47street
29:47that he
29:48was
29:48a
29:48cop.
29:48He
29:48is
29:49a
29:49cop!
29:50Dad
29:50was
29:50gunned
29:51down
29:51by
29:51criminals.
29:57She
29:57played
29:58innocent.
29:59She
30:00even
30:00blamed
30:00me.
30:01She
30:01said
30:02I
30:02was
30:02vain
30:02and
30:02wanted
30:03to
30:03brag
30:03about
30:03having
30:04a
30:04cop
30:04for
30:04a
30:04dad.
30:06Mom
30:06never
30:06said
30:06it
30:07out
30:07loud.
30:08But
30:09she
30:09had
30:09blamed
30:09me
30:10ever
30:10since.
30:11When
30:12Mom
30:12had
30:12leukemia,
30:13I
30:13gave
30:13her
30:14blood
30:14and
30:14bone
30:14marrow.
30:16I
30:16kept
30:16it
30:17from
30:17her.
30:19I
30:19didn't
30:19want
30:20her
30:20to
30:20worry.
30:21Meanwhile,
30:22Carolyn
30:23ran
30:23off
30:23with
30:23dad's
30:24death
30:24benefit.
30:25Later,
30:26when
30:27Mom
30:27recovered
30:27and
30:28I
30:28was
30:28set
30:28to
30:28marry
30:28Kenneth,
30:29Carolyn
30:30claimed
30:30she
30:30had
30:30depression.
30:31She
30:32said
30:32she
30:32didn't
30:33want
30:33to
30:33drag
30:33us
30:33down.
30:34She
30:34went
30:35back
30:35home.
30:36But
30:37when
30:37no
30:37one
30:37was
30:37around,
30:38I
30:38was
30:39pushed
30:39down
30:39the
30:39stairs.
30:40My
30:41wrists
30:41were
30:41slashed
30:42open
30:42with
30:42scissors
30:43in
30:43the
30:43middle
30:43of
30:43the
30:43night.
30:44I
30:44dodged
30:45vases
30:45falling
30:46from
30:46above.
30:50All
30:50these
30:52relieved her
30:52every
30:52word.
30:54I
30:54was
30:54branded
30:55vain
30:55and
30:55selfish.
30:56Anytime
30:57I
30:57showed
30:57emotion,
30:58I
30:58was
30:58accused
30:59of
30:59being
30:59cruel
31:00and
31:00petty.
31:00I
31:01endured
31:01endless
31:01cold
31:02violence.
31:03And
31:04her
31:04depression
31:04was
31:04fake.
31:05Behind
31:06closed
31:06doors,
31:06she
31:07bullied,
31:07slept
31:07around,
31:08and
31:09trafficked
31:09children
31:09and
31:10girls.
31:11Everything
31:11I
31:12had
31:12tried
31:12to
31:12explain
31:13finally
31:13hit
31:13them
31:13like
31:14bullets.
31:15Mom
31:15sobbed
31:15until
31:16she
31:16nearly
31:16passed
31:17out.
31:19She
31:20collapsed
31:21to her
31:21knees.
31:24my
31:24dear,
31:25I
31:25was
31:25wrong.
31:26I'm
31:27so
31:27sorry.
31:28Kenneth
31:28swayed to
31:29his
31:29feet.
31:32He
31:32wiped
31:33the ring
31:33with his
31:33sleeve and
31:34slipped it
31:34into his
31:35pocket.
31:38Then he
31:38calmly told
31:39the assistant
31:40to take
31:40Mom
31:40home.
31:41him.
31:44He
31:45made a
31:45call to
31:46Carolyn.
31:51The
31:51next day,
31:52news
31:52hit the
31:53trending
31:53list.
31:55Carolyn
31:55had been
31:56burned to
31:56death in
31:56the suburbs.
31:58By the
31:58time the
31:59cops got
31:59there,
32:00only a
32:00charred body
32:01remained.
32:02The
32:02coroner said
32:03someone had
32:03doused her
32:04in gasoline
32:04before she
32:05died.
32:09They
32:09burned her
32:10until she
32:10was barely
32:11hanging on.
32:13Then they
32:14put out the
32:14flames with
32:15an extinguisher.
32:16After a while,
32:17they poured more
32:18gasoline and set
32:19her on fire
32:19again.
32:22It went on
32:23like that
32:23over ten
32:24times until
32:25she was
32:26burned
32:26completely
32:26black.
32:28She didn't
32:29just burn
32:29to death,
32:30she was
32:31tortured
32:31alive.
32:32While nurses
32:33gossiped about
32:33the story,
32:34I was lying
32:35on an
32:35operating
32:36table.
32:37I was
32:38going through
32:38my sixth
32:39skin
32:39graft.
32:42My mentor
32:43stood beside
32:44me.
32:44Her eyes
32:45were full
32:45of worry.
32:49Are you
32:50scared?
32:50I shook
32:51my head.
32:52After
32:52surviving
32:53fire twice,
32:54nothing really
32:54scares me
32:55anymore.
32:56On my
32:57wedding day,
32:57my mentor
32:58saw the
32:58news and
32:59caught a
32:59red-eye
32:59back from
33:00overseas.
33:01If she
33:01hadn't
33:02come,
33:02I would
33:03be nothing
33:03more than
33:04a corpse
33:04now.
33:05Her eyes
33:06softened.
33:07You're
33:08my proudest
33:08student.
33:13Six months
33:14from now,
33:14at the
33:15International
33:15Supermodel
33:16Contest,
33:17I want to
33:18see you
33:18shine.
33:19With her
33:19help in
33:20the
33:20doctor's
33:20relentless
33:20work,
33:21six months
33:22later,
33:22I stood
33:23on that
33:23runway.
33:24I didn't
33:25let her
33:25down.
33:26When I
33:27held the
33:27championship
33:28trophy,
33:28it felt
33:29like every
33:29star in
33:30the world
33:30was shining
33:30for me.
33:32I cried
33:33through the
33:34cheers and
33:34the flowers.
33:38I thought
33:39I would
33:39never see
33:40Kenneth
33:40again,
33:41but there
33:41he was,
33:42showing up
33:43out of
33:43nowhere.
33:45As I
33:46stepped off
33:46the stage,
33:47I turned
33:48and saw
33:48him standing
33:49in the
33:49cold night
33:49air.
33:50He was
33:50unshaven
33:51and worn
33:51out.
33:52His smile
33:53was awkward
33:54and almost
33:54pleading.
33:56Linda,
33:57I came to
33:57take you
33:58home.
34:00He pulled
34:01a diamond
34:01ring from
34:02his pocket,
34:03the same
34:03one I had
34:04thrown into
34:04the flames.
34:05Look,
34:06I kept
34:06it.
34:08Let's have
34:08another wedding,
34:09bigger and
34:09grander,
34:10by the ocean,
34:12just like you
34:13always wanted.
34:15His eyes
34:16were full
34:16of emotion,
34:17as if his
34:18own words
34:19moved him.
34:22I laughed,
34:23bitter and
34:23sharp.
34:25If you had
34:25even a shred
34:26of conscience
34:26or shame,
34:27you wouldn't
34:28be asking me
34:28to marry you
34:29again.
34:30Do you know
34:30how many
34:31skin grafts
34:31I've had,
34:3218?
34:34And every
34:35single cut
34:35across my
34:36body reminded
34:37me.
34:37You gave
34:38me all of
34:39this.
34:39He broke
34:40down in
34:40front of
34:41me.
34:43His tears
34:44hit the
34:45ground.
34:53I know
34:53I deserve
34:54to die
34:54a thousand
34:54times over.
34:56I'm not
34:56asking for
34:57forgiveness.
34:58Just one
34:59chance to
35:00make it
35:01right.
35:02Please.
35:03I looked
35:04at him.
35:05Leave my
35:06life and
35:07never show
35:07your face
35:08again.
35:09That's
35:10the best
35:10you can
35:11do for
35:11me.
35:13He
35:14stood
35:14there
35:14in
35:14silence.
35:15His
35:16shoulders
35:16sagged.
35:19A bitter
35:20smile tugged
35:21at
35:21Kenneth's
35:21lips.
35:26You're
35:26right.
35:28I'm not
35:28worthy to
35:29stand next
35:29to you.
35:30He turned
35:31and walked
35:31away.
35:32I didn't
35:33watch him
35:33go.
35:35Half a
35:36month later,
35:37Mom
35:37overdosed
35:37on pills.
35:38When they
35:39found her,
35:40she was
35:40holding my
35:41childhood
35:41photo.
35:42I wired
35:43money to
35:44the funeral
35:44home.
35:45I didn't
35:45go back.
35:47Not long
35:47after,
35:48Kenneth turned
35:49himself in.
35:50He confessed
35:51to setting
35:52the fire
35:52that burned
35:53me.
35:53He also
35:54confessed
35:54to killing
35:55Carolyn.
35:57The court
35:57gave him
35:58a suspended
35:58death sentence.
36:00Two years
36:01later,
36:01I received
36:02a suicide
36:03note and
36:03a massive
36:04inheritance.
36:05I didn't
36:06even read
36:06the letter.
36:07I tore
36:08it up.
36:10I donated
36:10every cent
36:11to the
36:11World Institute
36:12on Disability.
36:14From that
36:15day on,
36:16I lived
36:16for myself.
36:20I was
36:21free.
36:24My
36:25modeling
36:25career came
36:26back to
36:26life.
36:27My scars
36:27didn't go
36:27away,
36:28but I
36:29stopped
36:29hiding them.
36:30I walked
36:31runways in
36:31New York,
36:32Paris,
36:32and Milan.
36:33The girl
36:34who was
36:34supposed to
36:35die in that
36:35fire was
36:36now on
36:36top of the
36:37world.
36:37I started
36:38a foundation
36:39for burn
36:40victims.
36:41Young girls
36:42who had been
36:43told they
36:43were ugly
36:43came to
36:44me.
36:44I looked
36:45at them
36:45and saw
36:46myself.
36:47Your scars
36:48are not
36:48your shame,
36:49I told
36:49them.
36:52They are
36:53proof that
36:54you survived.
36:55Some of
36:56them went
36:56on to
36:56become models
36:57too.
36:58That was
36:58my real
36:59victory.
37:00I never
37:00remarried.
37:01I had
37:02peace.
37:02That was
37:03enough.
37:04One
37:05morning,
37:05I heard
37:06that Kenneth
37:06had died
37:07in prison.
37:09I felt
37:10nothing.
37:10I hung
37:11up and
37:11went to
37:11work.
37:14That night,
37:15I stood
37:16on my
37:16balcony and
37:17looked at
37:17the stars.
37:18I smiled.
37:20A real
37:20smile from
37:21then on.
37:21I lived
37:22facing the
37:22sun.
37:23My life
37:24was bright
37:24as the
37:25stars and
37:25moon.
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