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00:00The night before I was supposed to marry Alexander Reynolds, two thugs dragged me into an alley.
00:06When I was found, both of my legs were broken.
00:10I was covered in blood, and I had lost the ability to ever have children.
00:15Photos from that night were plastered all over the city.
00:19Alexander looked at those photos and broke off our engagement that same day.
00:24Then he got together with the fake heiress, Emily Walker.
00:28My parents, convinced I was a disgrace, threw me out.
00:31The school where I worked fired me, claiming I had become a bad influence.
00:36Everyone despised me.
00:37In utter despair, I went to the rooftop of the tallest building I could find.
00:42Just as I was about to step off, my childhood friend Matthew Harrison appeared out of nowhere and pulled me
00:48back from the edge.
00:49He proposed to me.
00:50He swore he would believe me, love me, and cherish me for the rest of my life.
00:54He promised he would hire the best doctors in the world to heal me.
00:57But on the day I finally became pregnant with our child, after years of grueling treatments, I overheard him talking
01:04to my brother.
01:05My brother, Christopher, said...
01:08Matthew, I get why you had your guys ruin Scarlett's reputation back then.
01:13It was to clear the way for Emily and Alexander.
01:16I get it.
01:17But you didn't have to get involved yourself.
01:20You've done more than enough for Emily over the years.
01:22Now that you and Scarlett finally have a child on the way, why don't you just settle down and live
01:28a normal life with her?
01:29The Reynolds family has always looked down on Emily because she can't have children.
01:34If they find out Scarlett Miller got pregnant before her, they'll despise Emily even more.
01:40I will never allow Emily to be hurt because of Scarlett.
01:44I'm planning to stage a cheating scandal at Emily's birthday party tonight.
01:48And make sure Scarlett loses this baby.
01:51Once Scarlett is completely ruined and can no longer threaten Emily, I'll settle down and stay with her.
01:55Tonight, I need you to drug Scarlett's wine.
01:58Just like last time.
01:59I stood outside the door and my heart didn't break.
02:02It turned to ash.
02:03So the brother I relied on most and the husband I trusted with my life, they were the ones who
02:08had sent me to hell.
02:10In that case, none of them deserved to live.
02:13That night, at Emily's party, I switched the glass laced with a potent animal estrus drug into Matthew's hand.
02:20That night, Emily's birthday bang
02:24Not because I was eager to celebrate, but because there was something I had to do.
02:28The ballroom was a sea of lights, flowers, and champagne.
02:32Emily wearing a custom pink gown was the center of it all, smiling like a prize rose.
02:36I watched her from a dark corner, thinking that once, not so long ago, I was the one they had
02:40all adored.
02:41How long ago had that been?
02:42When I was first brought back to the Walker family, I'd had a brief taste of happiness.
02:45My mother hugged me and cried.
02:46My father stroked my hair and said, we finally found you.
02:48My brother took my hand and showed me to my new room.
02:50But after Emily appeared, all that warmth melted away like snow in a thaw.
02:53I didn't bother making small talk.
02:55No one wanted to talk to me anyway.
02:56I went straight to the bar.
02:58Behind the bar was a server I had paid in advance.
03:00He gave me a subtle nod and pushed a glass towards me.
03:03Ma'am, Mr. Harrison had this prepared for you.
03:05I picked up the glass and sniffed it.
03:06Odorless.
03:07But I knew exactly what was in it.
03:08A drug designed for breeding livestock.
03:10Something that would make a woman lose her mind and throw herself at the nearest man.
03:13It was powerful.
03:13And the side effects were devastating.
03:15They wanted to use this glass of wine to humiliate me in front of everyone.
03:17Then have a strange man discover me in my room and ruin me completely.
03:20I poured the wine into a nearby vase.
03:22Then placed another drink back in its spot.
03:23That drink was just ordinary cherry juice.
03:25The drug I'd just poured out, it was already in Matthew's glass.
03:28When Matthew found me, he was holding two drinks.
03:30He handed one to me.
03:31Scarlet, don't worry.
03:32I already had them switch your drink to cherry juice.
03:34Come on, a tote.
03:35He looked at me with such deep affection.
03:37Every word crafted to sound like he was only thinking of me.
03:39If I hadn't heard that conversation this afternoon, I would have been moved to tears.
03:43I raised my glass and drank it all.
03:45Good?
03:46Delicious.
03:47He lifted his own glass and drained it.
03:49I saw the reliefs in his eyes.
03:50He thought his plan had worked.
03:51Matthew, I suddenly don't feel well.
03:53Why don't we go home?
03:54He glanced at Emily, who was still holding court in the center of the room, and smiled gently.
03:58Scarlet, your sister's party has only just begun.
03:59If we leave now, your parents will be furious.
04:01I'll take you upstairs to rest.
04:02When things are winding down, I'll come get you and we'll leave together, okay?
04:05Matthew, you'll really come get me?
04:06He lowered his head and kissed the corner of my mouth.
04:08Silly girl.
04:08If I don't come get you, who would I get?
04:10You're my wife.
04:11The one I love most in this world.
04:12Three years.
04:13He had whispered words like that to me for three years.
04:16And for three years, I had believed him.
04:17Okay, I'll wait for you.
04:19The drug began to take effect as soon as Matthew and I went upstairs.
04:23Except he hadn't drank cherry juice.
04:24He had drank the drug meant for me.
04:26By the time we entered the room, his hands had already started to tremble.
04:28He let go of my arm and braced himself against the wall, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
04:32His voice was becoming thick and ragged.
04:35I pretended to panic, reaching out to steady him.
04:37Matthew, what's wrong?
04:38Did you eat something bad?
04:39He shoved me away and staggered toward the bed, collapsing onto it.
04:41His face was flushed, a deep red.
04:43His breathing grew heavy, and his hands began tearing at his clothes.
04:46Matthew, you look terrible.
04:47I'll go get you some medicine.
04:48He grabbed my wrist, his grip so tight I thought the bones would snap.
04:52Don't go.
04:55Scarlet, don't go.
04:56I peeled his fingers off, one by one.
04:58I'll be right back.
05:00I didn't look back.
05:02I stepped outside and waited at the end of the hall.
05:05Soon the two men I'd hired arrived.
05:10Gray suit.
05:11They didn't know who they were dealing with, and they didn't care.
05:14They pulled the door open and went in, letting it swing shut behind them.
05:18I heard muffled groans, the sounds of a struggle, the thud of the bed frame slamming against the wall.
05:22Matthew was shouting, but his voice was quickly smothered.
05:25I didn't watch.
05:26I didn't listen for long.
05:27I turned and went downstairs, slipping out of the ballroom and into the shadows of the garden to wait.
05:31I waited for more than two hours.
05:34During those two hours, I thought about many things.
05:37I thought about that alley three years ago.
05:39I thought about the photos.
05:41I thought about my mother's face when she said,
05:43You don't deserve the Walker name.
05:45And I thought about Matthew's tears as he held me on that rooftop.
05:48So those tears had been an act, too.
05:51I finally understood.
05:52In this world, no one loves you unconditionally.
05:55You can only rely on yourself.
05:56At last, I saw Emily leading a group of people out of the ballroom.
06:00Her eyes were red as she announced.
06:01With expertly feigned anxiety, that her pink diamond had gone missing.
06:05She asked everyone to help her look for it.
06:07My mother, Catherine, followed beside her, cooning to the guests.
06:10Even after losing something so precious, she's afraid of troubling everyone.
06:15A large group of people bustled upstairs.
06:17I watched from the shadows as they reached the room at the end of the hall.
06:20The sounds coming from under the door made several people blush.
06:23Whose room is this?
06:25Someone asked.
06:26Emily covered her mouth, her eyes wide with mock surprise.
06:29This seems to be my sister's room.
06:31But Matthew already left, didn't he?
06:34My mother's face darkened instantly.
06:36That shameless Scarlet!
06:37I knew she was a disgrace!
06:39It was bad enough she was sleeping around three years ago, but to do this at Emily's birthday party?
06:43I'll make sure she's ruined for good tonight!
06:46She kicked the door open.
06:47The lights flipped on.
06:49She froze.
06:50Everyone froze.
06:51On the bed were not me and some other man, but Matthew and two strangers.
06:56His legs were twisted at unnatural angles.
07:00His face was a mask of injuries.
07:02His body was covered in bruises and filth.
07:05He was unconscious.
07:06The scene was an exact mirror of me in that alley three years ago.
07:10Mr. Harrison, is that you?
07:12Someone cried out.
07:13And with men?
07:14My god, two of them?
07:15Where's Scarlet?
07:16Isn't this her room?
07:18My mother's face drained of all color.
07:20Her whole body trembled.
07:21She stood there, her mouth hanging open, unable to say a word.
07:24One of the guests was holding up her phone.
07:26The live stream had already been seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
07:30The live stream!
07:31Turn off the live stream!
07:32Emily screamed, but it was too late.
07:33I had already bought the trending topic.
07:35The keywords Harrison's handle photos shot to number one on Twitter within three minutes.
07:39At that moment, I finally smiled.
07:42Hundreds of thousands of people were witnessing Matthew's disgrace.
07:45I stepped out of the shadows and into the doorway.
07:50Her expression morphed from shock to pu-
07:55Not me.
07:56Do you really think you still have the right to hit me?
07:57You shameless whore!
07:59It's bad enough that you have to sleep around.
08:00But why drag your own husband into it?
08:02Look at what you've done to Matthew!
08:04I looked at her, and a bitter laugh almost escaped me.
08:07She had said the same thing three years ago.
08:09She had never once asked,
08:10Are you okay?
08:11She just sentenced me to death on the spot.
08:14Mom, you say I slept around?
08:16You say I caused this?
08:17If not you, then who?
08:19Then let me ask you.
08:20Three years ago, when I was left for dead in that alley,
08:23did you ever once ask me who did this to you?
08:26Did you ever look for the men who did it?
08:28No.
08:29The first thing you did was cut ties with me.
08:31You told the world I was a slut with a sex addiction.
08:34You didn't even investigate.
08:36You just destroyed me.
08:38Her mouth opened, but no words came out.
08:40Now that the same thing has happened to your precious son-in-law,
08:42you suddenly realize something is wrong?
08:44Scarlett, you-
08:45Don't call me Scarlett.
08:46As of tonight, I have severed all ties with the Walker family.
08:48I turned to the stunned crowd.
08:50Everyone, I am Matthew's wife, Scarlett Harrison.
08:53The Felice family will not let tonight's incident go unpunished.
08:56I ask all of you to be my witnesses.
08:58If I find out the Walker family was behind this,
09:00I will make every last one of them pay.
09:02My mother's face went completely white.
09:04Emily stood behind her, her lips trembling,
09:06a flicker of hope still in her eyes.
09:08My brother, Christopher, stood at the back of the crowd,
09:10his expression unreadable.
09:12He said nothing.
09:13He didn't come forward.
09:14He just stood there like a statue.
09:16The ambulance arrived, followed by the police.
09:18We were hired, and this has nothing to do with us!
09:21Christopher's face was deathly pale.
09:22He stood in the corner,
09:23his eyes darting around as if he were about to bolt.
09:25Emily, weeping fiddily, threw herself into Alexander's arms.
09:28Alexander, I'm so scared.
09:29How could my sister become like this?
09:31Alexander patted her back, but said nothing.
09:35I glanced at him, then climbed into the ambulance.
09:38The hospital corridor was long.
09:43I sat on a
09:44I whispered, mommy will protect you.
09:50Matthew was wheeled into the emergency room.
09:52The door swung shut, and the red light above them blinked on.
09:54I waited for a long time.
09:56Two hours later, the doctor came out.
09:57The patient's reproductive organs have been severely damaged.
09:59The tissue is necrific and must be removed.
10:01Both legs also suffered comminuted fractures,
10:03and the chance of recovery is extremely low.
10:06He will most likely be paralyzed for life.
10:07Removed?
10:08You can't remove it?
10:09My husband can't be without-
10:10I cried out, my voice cracking perfectly.
10:13This is the only option.
10:14Otherwise, his life will be in danger.
10:16I signed the consent form,
10:17my tears falling onto the paper.
10:19The pen was light, but my hand was shaking.
10:23Not from grief.
10:25From excitement.
10:28I had finally waited for this day.
10:31As I signed my name,
10:32I remembered the doctor telling me three years ago,
10:34you may never be able to get pregnant.
10:36I had laid alone in a hospital bed with no one beside me.
10:38No one signed a consent form.
10:40No one stayed with me through the surgery.
10:42No one asked if I was in pain.
10:43Now, it was Matthew's turn.
10:45The operation lasted six hours.
10:47I sat in the corridor the entire time.
10:49I didn't move an inch.
10:51Not because I was worried,
10:53but because I wanted to watch it all happen with my own eyes.
10:56At three in the morning,
10:58the surgery ended.
10:59The doctors wheeled Matthew out.
11:01His face was as white as a sheet,
11:02tubes snaking from his body.
11:04His lips were cracked,
11:05and his eyes were squeezed shut.
11:07I stood over him and looked down at his ruined form.
11:10Matthew,
11:11when you wake up,
11:12you'll find that the world is no longer the same.
11:16He did not respond.
11:18Matthew remained unconscious in the ICU for seven days.
11:23During those seven days,
11:24I did everything a good wife should do.
11:26I went to the hospital to see him every day.
11:29I cried at his bedside.
11:30I told reporters,
11:32I believe my husband is innocent.
11:34I will find out the truth.
11:36My tears were real.
11:38Not because my heart ached for him,
11:40but because I was finally too exhausted to keep up the act.
11:45I immediately halted all cooperation
11:47between the police group and the Walker family.
11:49The Walker family's stock plummeted,
11:51hitting its trading limit day after day.
11:53More than half their market value evaporated within a week.
11:56I called every supplier connected to the Walker family.
11:58If you continue to work with the Walkers,
12:00you are making an enemy of the Felici family.
12:03No one dared to offend the Felici family.
12:05Within a day,
12:06the Walker warehouses were empty.
12:08Their production lines ground to a halt,
12:10and their employees began to strike.
12:12I went to the police station to give my statement,
12:15telling the police I suspected my husband had been deliberately framed.
12:18I met with the two hired men once.
12:20I didn't say much.
12:21I just had my people inside take good care of them.
12:24I wasn't threatening them.
12:26I was merely reminding them who could truly protect them.
12:29Soon, they confessed.
12:32It was Christopher Miller who hired us.
12:34He told us to ruin the person in that room.
12:37He didn't say if it would be a man or a woman.
12:40We swear, we didn't know it was Mr. Harrison.
12:43Christopher was taken into custody.
12:45That day, I stood at the courthouse entrance,
12:47and watched as he was escorted into a police car.
12:49He saw me and screamed.
12:51Scarlett!
12:51Little sister!
12:52Save me!
12:53I didn't hurt Matthew!
12:54Why would I hurt him?
12:55I didn't answer.
12:57The car drove away.
12:59The day after Christopher was arrested,
13:01my mother and father brought Emily to my door.
13:04They stood outside the gates of the Felia State,
13:06looking as miserable as three beggars.
13:08My mother's hair was a mess,
13:10her eyes swollen and red.
13:11It was clear she'd been crying all night.
13:12My father stood behind her with his head bowed,
13:15saying nothing.
13:15Emily stood at the very back,
13:17wearing a white dress and flawless makeup,
13:18but she couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.
13:20Scarlett!
13:21Get out here!
13:22My mother shouted,
13:23pounding on the iron gate.
13:24You jinx!
13:25It wasn't enough for you to curse your own husband?
13:27Now you want to kill your brother too?
13:29I had the butler open the gate.
13:31Catherine, you need to understand something.
13:32Your son is the one who committed a crime.
13:34If you're here to beg, then act like it.
13:36If you keep this up,
13:37I won't hesitate to have you thrown out.
13:38My words choked her.
13:39She stood there, stunned.
13:40Please, forgive him.
13:42Mom can make it up to you.
13:43Didn't you always love Emily's room when you were little?
13:45Mom will give it to you.
13:46And the family shares too.
13:48I'll have your father give you the majority.
13:50I glanced at Emily.
13:50Her expression was so bitter,
13:52it looked like it might crack her face.
13:53I'm sorry, Catherine.
13:53I stopped caring about those things a long time ago.
13:55Then what do you want?
13:56You shouldn't be begging me.
13:57You should be begging the person who's really responsible.
13:59If the true culprit steps forward,
14:00your son will be fine, won't he?
14:01My mother froze.
14:02What do you mean?
14:03I looked past her, directly at Emily.
14:05Emily's pupils contracted.
14:06Mom, don't listen to her nonsense!
14:08She's trying to drive a wedge between us!
14:09My mother looked at me, then back at Emily,
14:11and a flicker of doubt crossed her face.
14:12She wasn't stupid.
14:13She had simply chosen not to think about it.
14:15But now, all the evidence pointed in one direction,
14:17and she had no choice but to face it.
14:19Emily, why would your brother harm Matthew?
14:21How should I know?
14:22I'm not a mind reader!
14:23And what about what happened to Scarlet three years ago?
14:25Did you know about that?
14:26Emily's face turned ghostly white.
14:27My mother looked at that face,
14:28and suddenly, she seemed to understand.
14:30Emily, tell me.
14:32You didn't know about what happened to Scarlet three years ago, did you?
14:35Emily said nothing.
14:35My mother's hands began to shake.
14:37I watched from the sidelines,
14:38feeling a grim satisfaction I couldn't describe.
14:40Three years.
14:40For three years, I had imagined what my mother's face would look like
14:43if she ever learned the truth.
14:44Now I knew.
14:44It was the face of utter collapse.
14:46Mom, you don't need to beg her!
14:47Emily finally said, her voice thick with tears.
14:49I have a way to get Christopher out.
14:50Scarlet, don't get cocky.
14:52Soon, I'll make sure you can't smile anymore.
14:54She dragged my mother away.
14:55I stood at the gate and watched them go,
14:56a small smile playing on my lips.
14:58Good.
14:59I'll be waiting.
15:00The next two weeks was incredibly productive.
15:02As the sole person in charge of the Felice group,
15:05I began to systematically dismantle the Walker family's empire.
15:08I cut off all their supply chains,
15:09bought out their minority shareholders,
15:11and left them unable to even repay their bank loans.
15:13Every night, I sat in the study,
15:14poring over reports and numbers,
15:16transferring the Walker family's assets
15:17into the Felice family's name, piece by piece.
15:20I wasn't just taking revenge.
15:21I was harvesting.
15:22Every transaction, every number,
15:24felt like a drop of blood I had once swed.
15:26My brother Christopher called from prison every day,
15:29crying that the other inmates beat him,
15:31starved him, and wouldn't let him sleep.
15:33His voice grew hoarser and more desperate with each call.
15:36My mother cried every time she heard from him.
15:38After crying, she would call me and beg me to let him go.
15:41I blocked her number.
15:42She called back from seven different numbers.
15:44I blocked them all.
15:46My father called me once, too.
15:49Scarlet, dad is sorry, but he's your brother.
15:51You can't do this to him.
15:53Three years ago, when you told the entire school I was a thief,
15:56did you ever remember that I was your daughter?
15:58He was silent for a long time.
16:01So long that I thought he had hung up.
16:03Emily told me to say that.
16:06I know.
16:08Then why are you still...
16:09Because you're the one who said it.
16:13Of course, I didn't forget about Emily.
16:14I had my people leak rumors on social media,
16:17suggesting that Emily Walker was a fake heiress
16:19adopted by the Walker family,
16:20and that she had been secretly framing the real heiress, Scarlet, since childhood.
16:23The story spread like wildfire.
16:25Some people pitied me.
16:26Some cursed me.
16:28Some thought I was just chasing clout.
16:30I didn't care.
16:31I knew public opinion was a knife.
16:33I only needed to hand it to the crowd,
16:35and someone would eventually use it to stab her.
16:37There was movement on Alexander Reynolds' side, too.
16:40I heard the Reynolds family elders were furious.
16:42They believed Emily was dragging down their business,
16:45and demanded that Alexander divorce her.
16:47Alexander didn't refuse.
16:48I knew exactly what kind of man he was.
16:51If he could abandon me at my lowest point,
16:53he could certainly abandon Emily when she needed him most.
16:56He didn't love anyone.
16:58He only loved profit.
16:59One day, Alexander showed up at my office.
17:02He wore a custom suit, his hair perfectly quaffed.
17:05He looked exactly the same,
17:06but I knew he wasn't here to reminisce.
17:09Scarlet,
17:10you want Emily completely destroyed.
17:12I can help you.
17:14Why would you help me?
17:15Because I want to divorce her.
17:17But right now,
17:18she's the sympathetic party.
17:20If I initiate it,
17:21it will be messy.
17:22If you could make her file for divorce herself,
17:25or get her caught in some other scandal...
17:27Alexander,
17:28when you abandoned me back then,
17:30did you ever imagine there would come a day
17:31when you'd be asking me for help?
17:33His expression flickered for a moment,
17:35but he quickly regained his composure.
17:36That was business,
17:37not personal.
17:38With you,
17:39there's no difference.
17:40He didn't deny it.
17:41If you want my help,
17:42fine.
17:43But you have to do one thing for me first.
17:46What?
17:47He was silent for 30 seconds.
17:49Fine.
17:50And he did it.
17:52During a public interview,
17:53in front of a wall of reporters,
17:55he said,
17:55Three years ago,
17:56I believed certain false rumors
17:57and made the wrong choice.
17:58I am deeply sorry for the pain I caused,
18:01Miss Scarlet Miller.
18:02The clip was viewed over 5 million times.
18:06Emily completely broke down.
18:07She called me,
18:09screaming into the phone.
18:11Scarlet!
18:11Why are you doing this to me?
18:13I treated you like my own sister!
18:15How could you?
18:17You treated me like your sister?
18:19I laughed,
18:19the sound sharp and humorless.
18:21When you plastered my photos all over the city,
18:23did you think of me as your sister?
18:24When you had Christopher hire thugs to ruin me,
18:26did you think of me as your sister?
18:28When you stole my fiancé,
18:29did you think of me as your sister?
18:31She fell silent.
18:33Emily,
18:33do you know what karma feels like now?
18:35She hung up.
18:36On the day I was preparing to close the net
18:38on the Walker family for guests,
18:40the hospital called.
18:41Mrs. Miller,
18:41Mr. Harrison has woken up.
18:42I hung up the phone and smiled faintly.
18:44I was ready.
18:44I had been waiting for this day
18:45for a very long time.
18:47I sent a quick text.
18:47He's awake.
18:48Proceed as planned.
18:49Then I drove to the hospital.
18:50As soon as I entered the ward,
18:52two bodyguards grabbed my arms
18:53and twisted them behind my back.
18:54Scarlet,
18:55who gave you permission to bully Emily
18:56while I was unconscious?
18:57Matthew was sitting up in bed.
18:59Both his legs were locked in braces
19:00and his face was deathly pale,
19:01but his eyes were as vicious
19:02as a cornered animal's.
19:04His hair was a mess.
19:05His lips were cracked.
19:06There were still faint bloodstains
19:07on his neck.
19:08Stop your attacks
19:08on the Walker family immediately
19:10and get Christopher released.
19:11Before I could speak,
19:12he grabbed the water clasp
19:14from the bedside table
19:15and hurled it at my head.
19:16The glass shattered
19:17against my forehead.
19:18Warm blood trickled down my face,
19:21dripping onto my white dress
19:22like red flowers
19:23blooming on snow.
19:25Why is that bastard
19:26still in there?
19:28Someone!
19:29Get rid of it for me!
19:30Since Alexander can't protect Emily,
19:32I will!
19:33Let me tell you, Scarlet,
19:34only Emily is worthy
19:35of carrying my child.
19:37The two bodyguards
19:38released my hands
19:38and started toward me.
19:40I didn't struggle.
19:40I didn't scream.
19:41I just stood there,
19:42looking at Matthew,
19:43the corners of my mouth
19:44slowly lifting into a smile.
19:45The door burst open.
19:46Margaret Felice strode in.
19:48She wore a severe black suit.
19:49Her gray hair pulled back
19:50so tightly
19:51it seemed to sharpen
19:51the lines on the face.
19:52Behind her were four bodyguards
19:54and a lawyer.
19:55Useless thing!
19:56She walked up to Matthew
19:57and slapped him hard
19:58across the face.
19:59The sharp crack echoed
20:00through the silent ward.
20:01It's bad enough
20:01that you let yourself
20:02be used and humiliated,
20:04but now you want to kill
20:04my only grandchild?
20:05I should have drowned you
20:06the day you were born.
20:07Mom.
20:07Matthew covered his cheek,
20:09his eyes wide with disbelief.
20:10Shut up!
20:11She turned and kicked Emily,
20:12who had, at some point,
20:13knelt by Matthew's bed,
20:14crying prettily into his arms.
20:15Margaret's kick
20:16sent her sprawling.
20:17Emily screamed as she rolled,
20:18her forehead cracking
20:19against the metal bedbrain.
20:20Blood began to stream
20:21down her face.
20:21You little jinx.
20:23Your brother turned my son
20:24into this pathetic thing.
20:25And you still have the nerve
20:27to show your face?
20:29If I were you,
20:30I'd hurry home
20:31and have one last good meal,
20:32because soon the Walker family
20:34won't have any good meals left.
20:36Get her out of my sight.
20:37Two bodyguards grabbed Emily
20:39and dragged her from the room.
20:40Matthew saved me!
20:41But Matthew was helpless.
20:43He could only watch
20:44as she was hauled away.
20:45He collapsed back
20:46against the pillows.
20:47Mom, what did you mean?
20:49What do you mean,
20:50pathetic thing?
20:51I walked to his side,
20:52unlocked my phone,
20:53and played the livestream clip
20:53from the party.
20:54In the video,
20:55he lay on the bed,
20:55his legs twisted,
20:56his body covered in bruises,
20:57surrounded by a crowd
20:58of horrified onlookers.
20:59On the audio,
21:00some people were laughing,
21:01some were screaming,
21:01and some were asking,
21:02who is that?
21:03His face was captured
21:04in perfect clarity.
21:05Everyone could see it was him.
21:07After three seconds,
21:08his face turned
21:09from white to gray.
21:11This is impossible.
21:12That can't be me.
21:14Matthew,
21:15Christopher ruined you.
21:16He hired two men
21:17to do to you
21:18what was done to me.
21:19Now,
21:20not only are both
21:21your legs paralyzed,
21:22but the damage
21:23down there
21:24was so severe
21:25that the doctors
21:26had to remove everything.
21:27You'll never be a man again.
21:29No!
21:29The child in my belly
21:30is your only pair now,
21:32because I remembered myself
21:33three years ago,
21:34lying in a bed
21:35just like this,
21:35hearing those same
21:36kinds of words.
21:37Oh, Matthew,
21:38you're incomplete,
21:38but I don't care.
21:39I won't look down on you.
21:41I'll take care of you
21:41for the rest of your life.
21:42He stared at the video
21:43on my phone,
21:43his eyes unfocused,
21:44his lips trembling,
21:45his fingers twitched,
21:46as if trying to grasp
21:47the last shred of his family.
21:48Then he choked,
21:49spat a mouthful of blood
21:50onto the white sheets
21:50and collapsed.
21:51No one paid her any attention.
21:53Revise the company bylaws.
21:54From now on,
21:55all decision-making power
21:56belongs to Scarlett.
21:57As for Matthew,
21:58he needs to rest.
21:59I knew exactly what she meant.
22:01Matthew was moved back
22:02to the ICU.
22:03Margaret stood in the hallway,
22:04making one phone call
22:05after another.
22:06She was mobilizing
22:07every resource
22:07at her disposal,
22:08preparing to launch
22:09an all-out war
22:10on the Walker family.
22:11She called their banks
22:11and instructed them
22:12to call in
22:13all outstanding loans.
22:14Called their lawyer
22:14and advised him
22:15to think carefully
22:16about his future.
22:17I stood beside her,
22:18saying nothing.
22:19I knew that from this day forward,
22:21I was no longer fighting alone.
22:22Margaret was a smart woman.
22:24She didn't like Matthew,
22:25but he was her only son.
22:26Now that her only son
22:27had been destroyed,
22:28she would use every weapon
22:29in her arsenal
22:30to get revenge,
22:30and I was simply
22:31going along for the ride.
22:33After hanging up
22:33the last call,
22:34she turned to me.
22:35Scarlett,
22:35is the child in your belly
22:37really Matthews?
22:38Yes.
22:39Good.
22:40From today on,
22:42you are the head
22:43of the Felice family.
22:44Anyone who dares
22:45to touch you
22:46is making an enemy of me.
22:47Thank you,
22:48Mom.
22:49Don't thank me.
22:50I'm not doing this for you.
22:52I'm doing it for my grandson.
22:55The Walker family
22:56was finished.
22:57Under the combined pressure
22:58from Margaret and me,
22:59all of their businesses
23:00were liquidated
23:01within a week.
23:02The relatives
23:02who had once
23:03looked down at me,
23:04mocked me,
23:04and thrown me out
23:05of their homes
23:05now lined up
23:06to call and apologize.
23:07Scarlett,
23:08your great aunt knows
23:09she said some unpleasant things.
23:10Please don't take it to heart.
23:11Scarlett,
23:12your great uncle
23:13held you
23:13when you were just a baby.
23:14Do you remember?
23:15Scarlett,
23:15please talk to your mother-in-law
23:16for us.
23:17Tell her not to cut off
23:18our business.
23:18I blocked
23:19every single one
23:20of their numbers.
23:21Christopher was sentenced
23:22to ten years in prison.
23:24In court,
23:25he knelt before me,
23:26tugging at the hem
23:27of my pants
23:28like a dog.
23:29Little sister,
23:30please forgive your brother.
23:31It wasn't just my fault.
23:33I kicked his hand away.
23:34Just he had kicked mine away
23:36when we were children.
23:37If not you,
23:39then who?
23:40Do you really think
23:42I'll believe you now?
23:44Evidence!
23:44I have evidence!
23:46I paused.
23:48What evidence?
23:50What happened three years ago?
23:52Emily made me do it.
23:54I have a video.
23:55I have proof.
23:56I turned to look at him.
23:58He was shaking,
23:59tears and snot
24:00smeared across his face.
24:01He was truly terrified.
24:03Ten years in prison,
24:04plus the special care
24:05I had arranged for him,
24:06had already worn him down
24:08to a shadow of his former self.
24:09Where is the video?
24:10He hesitated,
24:12glancing over at Emily,
24:13who was sitting in the gallery.
24:14She shook her head desperately.
24:16Christopher!
24:17Don't fall for her trap!
24:18Matthew will save us!
24:19Christopher looked at her,
24:21then back at me
24:22and finally clamped
24:23his mouth shut.
24:24I didn't press him.
24:26I knew that video
24:27would fall into my hands
24:28sooner or later.
24:29I had plenty of patience.
24:31Matthew spent three months
24:33in a psychiatric hospital.
24:34His mental state
24:35had completely deteriorated.
24:37He couldn't accept
24:38that he had become
24:39a cripple,
24:39a eunuch.
24:40He spent his days
24:41smashing things in his room,
24:43cursoring at the staff,
24:44and crying out for Emily.
24:46He's too agitated.
24:48Increase his dosage.
24:49It will affect
24:50his cognitive function.
24:54Then increase it.
24:56Matthew grew sluggish.
24:57He spent his days
24:58sitting in a wheelchair,
24:59staring into space,
25:00drooling,
25:01and muttering nonsense.
25:02But his condition stabilized.
25:04At least he no longer
25:05tried to harm himself.
25:07Margaret went to see him once.
25:08When she returned,
25:09she was silent
25:10for a long time.
25:13His life is over.
25:14I said nothing.
25:16Margaret's stomach cancer worsened.
25:17She lay in a hospital bed
25:18for a month,
25:19signing over every
25:19last company contract
25:20and handing all authority
25:21to me.
25:22Scarlet,
25:22she said from her bed,
25:23her hand gripping mine.
25:24I know you're not
25:25a simple woman,
25:25but I don't care.
25:26You just have to promise me
25:27one thing.
25:28Protect this family.
25:29Protect my grandson.
25:30I will.
25:31Swear it!
25:32I swear.
25:34She smiled.
25:35A faint,
25:36tired smile
25:36that made her look
25:37like an ordinary old woman.
25:39Three days later,
25:40she was gone.
25:41On the day of Margaret's funeral,
25:42I brought Matthew back
25:43from the psychiatric hospital.
25:44He had lost
25:45a great deal of weight.
25:46His hair had gone white
25:47and his eyes were dull.
25:48When he saw me,
25:49he stared blankly
25:49for a long moment
25:50before saying something
25:51that surprised me.
25:51Scarlet,
25:52I was wrong.
25:53I know that now.
25:54Let's just live a proper life
25:55from now on.
25:56I looked at his haggard face
25:57and felt nothing.
25:59Okay.
25:59But I knew it was a lie.
26:01I had only brought him back
26:03so he could see his mother
26:04laid to rest.
26:05I hadn't expected Emily
26:06to show up before the funeral
26:07was even over.
26:08She slipped in with Alexander.
26:09He wore a black suit,
26:10his expression so indifferent
26:12he could have been
26:12attending a stranger's funeral.
26:14Emily followed behind him,
26:15her stomach slightly rounded.
26:16She was pregnant.
26:17Sister?
26:18She stood before me.
26:19Long time no see.
26:19I looked at her without speaking.
26:21You must be dying
26:22to know why I'm here, right?
26:23She whispered.
26:24Alexander didn't divorce me.
26:26It's because I'm pregnant.
26:27Guess whose child it is?
26:28I looked at her smug face
26:29and suddenly smiled.
26:30Do you really think
26:31I still care?
26:32Her smile faltered for a second,
26:33then returned.
26:34You don't care?
26:35Then why did you ruin Christopher?
26:36Why did you destroy
26:37the Walker family?
26:38Sister,
26:39you can't fool me.
26:39You hate me.
26:40You hate that I stole
26:41everything from you.
26:42You're right.
26:43I do hate you.
26:44But I don't care
26:45whose child you're carrying
26:46because no matter
26:47whose it is,
26:48you won't be giving birth to it.
26:50What do you mean?
26:51That night,
26:53after the funeral,
26:54Emily didn't leave.
26:55She found me
26:56at the top
26:57of the grand staircase.
26:58Sister,
26:59do you think you've won?
27:01You think you've won,
27:03but you haven't won anything.
27:04The person Matthew loves
27:06is me.
27:06The person Alexander loves
27:08is me.
27:09Your parents might be
27:10afraid of you now,
27:11but in their hearts,
27:12they only have one daughter,
27:13and that's me.
27:14You can't have anything.
27:16You're just a tool,
27:17an incubator,
27:18to give them a grandchild.
27:19Are you finished?
27:20No.
27:21Do you know
27:22what I hate most about you?
27:23It's not that you're
27:24prettier than me
27:24or that you're the real heiress.
27:26It's that you never
27:27admit defeat.
27:28You were already
27:28trampled into the mud,
27:29but you still had to
27:30crawl your way back up.
27:31Why couldn't you just
27:31stay in the mud
27:32where you belong?
27:33Why did you have
27:33to keep fighting me?
27:34Because I don't accept
27:36my fate.
27:37Then go to hell.
27:38She smiled.
27:39Then she leaned back
27:40and threw herself
27:41down the stairs.
27:41Her scream echoed
27:42through the entire villa.
27:44A large pool of blood
27:44spread out beneath her,
27:45a grotesque red flower
27:46blooming on the marble floor.
27:47Scarlet!
27:48She pushed me!
27:49She pushed me!
27:50Help!
27:51Scarlet is trying to kill me!
27:53Alexander rushed out
27:54of a nearby room,
27:55followed by my parents.
27:56Even Matthew
27:57wheeled himself
27:58out of his room.
27:59When Emily saw Matthew,
28:00her eyes lit up.
28:01Matthew!
28:02Scarlet killed my baby!
28:03You have to kill her for me!
28:05I stood at the top
28:05of the stairs
28:06and looked down
28:07at the chaos.
28:07She says I pushed her.
28:09Are there any cameras here?
28:11No one answered.
28:13Oh right,
28:13there are no cameras here.
28:15Then I guess
28:15this has nothing
28:15to do with me.
28:17Emily miscarried it.
28:18The doctor said
28:19her uterus
28:20had suffered severe trauma.
28:21She would never be able
28:23to get pregnant again.
28:24Alexander stood outside
28:25her hospital room
28:26for a moment,
28:27then turned
28:28and walked away.
28:29The next day,
28:29he had a messenger
28:30deliver the divorce papers.
28:32Emily had been abandoned.
28:33At her weakest
28:34and most helpless moment,
28:35the man she loved most
28:37had walked away.
28:38I didn't visit her,
28:39but I did send
28:40a bouquet of flowers.
28:41The card read,
28:42Little sister,
28:43get some rest.
28:43When you get out,
28:44we still have so much
28:45to talk about.
28:46The bouquet was sent back,
28:48smashed to pieces.
28:49I smiled
28:50and had the butler
28:51throw it in the trash.
28:52Christopher finally broke.
28:55He mailed me
28:55a USB drive from prison.
28:58On it was the video
28:59I had been waiting
29:00three years for.
29:01It was another angle
29:03of the warehouse attack
29:04filmed from a dark corner
29:06of the room.
29:06In the video,
29:07I lay on the floor,
29:08covered in blood,
29:10while two men assaulted me.
29:11And in the corner
29:12stood two people,
29:14Christopher and Emily.
29:17Christopher,
29:18am I getting a good shot?
29:19When sister sees
29:21how beautifully
29:21I filmed her tomorrow,
29:22she'll be so happy.
29:24This is a masterpiece.
29:25I have to post it
29:27all over the city
29:28so everyone can see.
29:29You're so naughty.
29:32The video was only
29:33three minutes long.
29:35I watched three times.
29:37The first time,
29:38my whole body shook.
29:40The second time,
29:41I burst into tears.
29:43The third time,
29:45I wiped my eyes,
29:46picked up the phone,
29:47and called my lawyer.
29:49I want to sue Emily Walker.
29:51The charges are
29:52intentional assault,
29:53illegal recording,
29:54distribution of obscene materials,
29:56and aiding and abetting a crime.
29:58Do you have evidence?
30:00I do.
30:01Emily was sentenced
30:02to 15 years.
30:04In court,
30:04she screamed and cursed,
30:05calling me a lunatic
30:06and swearing I would
30:07be a horrible death.
30:08The judge had to bang the gavel
30:10several times
30:11just to quiet her down.
30:12Christopher had another
30:13five years added
30:14to his sentence.
30:15The two men
30:15who had assaulted me
30:16were retried for perjury
30:17and had their sentences doubled.
30:19When the verdict was announced,
30:20I stood in the gallery
30:21holding a small pink diamond ring,
30:23a gift from my mother-in-law
30:25before she died.
30:26I remembered what she had said.
30:28Scarlet,
30:28protect this family.
30:30I think I've done that,
30:31I thought.
30:32On the day Emily was sentenced,
30:34my parents knelt outside my house.
30:35Scarlet,
30:36we didn't know Emily was so evil.
30:38We're so sorry.
30:39Please forgive us.
30:40You can have as much money
30:40as you want,
30:41as long as you still recognize us
30:43as your parents.
30:44I had the bodyguards
30:45drive them away.
30:45Later,
30:46I heard a rumor
30:47that they had been sold
30:48to a freak show in Thailand.
30:49The man dressed as a woman
30:51and danced.
30:51The woman dressed as a clown
30:53and juggled.
30:54The audience threw money,
30:55bottles,
30:56and cigarettes on the table.
30:58I don't know if it was true.
30:59If it was,
31:00I thought it sounded
31:01like a fitting end.
31:02After living a life of glamour,
31:04they could still shine on stage
31:05in their old age.
31:06Not bad at all.
31:07On the day my son
31:08turned one month old,
31:09I threw a party at the estate.
31:11All the business partners
31:12of the Felice Group,
31:13along with the new allies
31:14I had made,
31:15no one mentioned
31:15the Walker family.
31:16No one mentioned Emily.
31:18No one mentioned Matthew.
31:19They raised their champagne glasses
31:20and smiled at me.
31:21To Scarlett,
31:22you're incredible.
31:23I smiled back.
31:24After the party ended,
31:25I carried my son
31:25down to the basement.
31:26Matthew lived in the basement.
31:28Not because he had done
31:28anything wrong,
31:29but because he was too fragile.
31:30He couldn't be exposed
31:31to light or people
31:32or the wind.
31:33I had his room redecorated.
31:34A new bed,
31:34a new quilt,
31:35new wallpaper.
31:36There was just one extra thing
31:37on the wall,
31:37a large television.
31:38It played the live stream clip
31:40of his assault on a roof.
31:41Matthew,
31:41I said,
31:42holding my son out
31:42for him to see.
31:43This is your son.
31:44Take a look.
31:45Matthew shrunk into the corner,
31:46shaking,
31:47his eyes wild and unfocused.
31:48No,
31:49don't make me watch.
31:50Turn it off.
31:51Please turn it off.
31:52Why should I turn it off?
31:53Isn't this what you loved showing me?
31:55He cried.
31:56He cried like a child.
31:57I sat in a chair across from him,
31:59holding my son and watched him cry.
32:01Matthew,
32:02do you know?
32:03On that rooftop,
32:04you were the one who saved me.
32:05For the longest time,
32:06I was grateful to you for that.
32:08But it was only later
32:09that I learned you were also the one
32:10who pushed me onto that rooftop
32:11in the first place.
32:12You saved me,
32:13then you pushed me down again.
32:15You loved me,
32:16then you destroyed me.
32:17Did you ever love me,
32:18or was it always Emily?
32:20I don't really care about
32:21the answer anymore.
32:22I just think you should know
32:23whose fault it is
32:24that you ended up like this.
32:27Mine?
32:28It was my own fault?
32:30No.
32:30It was Emily's fault.
32:32And Christopher's.
32:33And your mother's.
32:34And mine.
32:34It was this family's fault.
32:36It was the world's fault.
32:37But the person you hate most is me.
32:39I don't hate you.
32:41I pity you.
32:43That night,
32:44I carried my son back to my room.
32:46He slept soundly,
32:48his tiny hand clutching my shirt,
32:50his breathing soft and even.
32:53As I looked at him,
32:54I thought of my mother.
32:55Not Catherine.
32:56My adoptive mother.
32:57From the countryside.
32:58She had hit me,
32:59starved me,
33:00and called me a stray
33:00she'd picked up off the street.
33:02But she had also taught me to sing,
33:03sewed dresses for me,
33:04and stayed up with me all night
33:05when I had a fever.
33:06She wasn't a good mother,
33:07but at least she was real.
33:08Catherine was different.
33:09She gave me a beautiful dream,
33:11and then smashed it to pieces
33:12with her own hands.
33:14I stroked my son's face.
33:16Baby,
33:16Mommy will never lie to you.
33:18Mommy will never disappoint you.
33:20Mommy will protect you,
33:21no matter what.
33:22He slept on,
33:23oblivious.
33:24Outside the window,
33:25the moon was full and bright,
33:26just like it was three and a half years ago.
33:28But the story didn't end there.
33:29Three months after Emily was sent to prison,
33:31I received a letter from her.
33:32The paper was wrinkled and stained.
33:34I couldn't tell if it was from tears
33:36or something else.
33:37Sister,
33:38I know you hate me,
33:39but do you really think you've won?
33:41Do you think Matthew will just let you go?
33:43You're so naive.
33:44Before Matthew was sent to the psychiatric hospital,
33:47he made a phone call.
33:48You should find out who he called.
33:49I tore the letter to shreds
33:51and fed it to the shredder.
33:54But I didn't ignore it.
33:55I had my people pull Matthew's call records.
33:58Before he was committed,
33:59he had indeed made a call
34:00to a woman named Jennifer Stone.
34:02Who was Jennifer Stone?
34:03I did some digging.
34:05She was Matthew's college girlfriend.
34:06They had broken up years ago.
34:08I'd heard she had married
34:09and moved to New York.
34:10I had my team keep investigating.
34:13A week later,
34:14I had my answer.
34:15Jennifer Stone had divorced her husband
34:17three years ago
34:18and had recently returned to Los Angeles
34:20with a five-year-old boy.
34:22That boy's blood type
34:23was the same as Matthew's.
34:24I sat in my office,
34:25looking at the report,
34:26and was silent for a long time.
34:28Matthew had another son.
34:29A five-year-old son.
34:31A son who was not mine.
34:33If Matthew died,
34:33all of his inheritance,
34:34including everything I now controlled,
34:36would automatically transfer
34:37to his next of kin.
34:38The first in line was his son.
34:40The second was his mother.
34:41But his mother was dead.
34:42So the only heir was that child.
34:43Matthew had called Jennifer
34:44to tell her to bring the child back
34:45and fight him for the inheritance.
34:47I laughed.
34:48Matthew, oh, Matthew.
34:49Even locked away in a psychiatric hospital,
34:51you were still plotting how to hurt me.
34:52You really hadn't changed at all.
34:54I didn't wait for Jennifer to come to me.
34:57I went to her first.
35:00She lived in a small,
35:01run-down apartment in East Los Angeles.
35:04Her son was named Benjamin.
35:05He was five years old
35:06and looked just like Matthew.
35:08The same gray eyes,
35:09the same thin face,
35:10the same narrow lips.
35:12I sat in her cramped living room
35:14and placed a document
35:15on the coffee table
35:16in front of her.
35:17This is the DNA test report
35:19for Matthew and your son.
35:21They are, indeed,
35:22father and son.
35:23Jennifer's face went pale.
35:26What do you want?
35:28I don't want anything.
35:30I just want you to understand
35:31that your son has a legal claim
35:34to Matthew's estate.
35:35Then you'll give it to him?
35:37No, I said.
35:40But I will give you a choice.
35:42I took out another document.
35:44This is an agreement
35:45to waive all inheritance rights.
35:48If you sign it,
35:49I'll give you five million dollars.
35:52You can take your son,
35:53leave Los Angeles,
35:54and never come back.
35:56Jennifer stared at the agreement,
35:58her hands trembling.
36:02And if I refuse?
36:04You will get nothing.
36:06Jennifer cried.
36:10Then she signed.
36:11I transferred her
36:13the five million dollars
36:14to her account,
36:14and she left with her son.
36:17The day after Jennifer left,
36:19I went to see Matthew.
36:20He sat in his wheelchair
36:21in the basement,
36:22his vacant eyes fixed
36:23on the television screen.
36:25The clip of his assault
36:26was still playing on a loop.
36:27He must have watched it
36:28thousands of times.
36:29Matthew, I said,
36:30standing before him.
36:32Your other son is gone.
36:33He voluntarily gave up
36:35his inheritance.
36:37He said he didn't want a father
36:39who was locked away
36:40in a psychiatric hospital.
36:42Matthew's eyes flickered.
36:44Did you really think
36:45I didn't know you called Jennifer?
36:46I crouched down,
36:48bringing my face level with his.
36:49Did you really think
36:50you could still hurt me?
36:52Scarlet.
36:53His voice was a dry,
36:54rasping whisper.
36:55Why won't you just let me go?
36:58Because you don't deserve
36:59to be let go.
37:00I stood and turned
37:02the television volume
37:03to its maximum setting.
37:05Watch closely, Matthew.
37:06This is your masterpiece.
37:08You filmed me,
37:10and I filmed you.
37:11Now we're even.
37:13I walked out of the basement
37:14and locked the door.
37:16I could hear his sobs
37:18from behind the thick wood.
37:20Six months later,
37:21I got news from the prison
37:22about Emily.
37:23She had tried to slit her wrists
37:24with a sharpened toothbrush handle.
37:26The guards found her in time.
37:28She was no longer
37:29in danger of dying,
37:30but her mental state
37:31had shattered.
37:32She asked to see me.
37:33She lay on a hospital bed,
37:35gauze wrapped around her wrist,
37:37her face as white as the sheets.
37:39When she saw me,
37:40she smiled a strange,
37:41broken smile.
37:43Sister, you came.
37:45What do you want?
37:47I want to tell you a secret.
37:49She blinked, slowly.
37:51Do you know who introduced me
37:52to Matthew three years ago?
37:53I'm not interested.
37:54It was Alexander,
37:56she said.
37:57Alexander told Matthew
37:58that I needed someone
37:59to protect me.
37:59He arranged for us to meet.
38:01I froze.
38:02And do you know
38:03why Alexander did that?
38:04Emily smiled.
38:06Because from the very beginning,
38:07he never wanted to marry you.
38:09He thought you were
38:10too strong-willed,
38:11too hard to control.
38:12He needed a replacement.
38:14A weaker woman
38:15who could make him feel powerful.
38:17You're telling me this
38:18because you want me
38:19to hate Alexander?
38:20No.
38:20I want you to know
38:21that everyone around you
38:22has lied to you.
38:23Matthew lied to you.
38:25Alexander lied to you.
38:26Your mother lied to you.
38:27Your brother lied to you.
38:29You beat them all.
38:30Did you really win?
38:32She didn't answer
38:33her own question.
38:35Instead,
38:36she closed her eyes.
38:38Go away, sister.
38:40I don't want to see you anymore.
38:41I walked out of the hospital
38:43and into the bright sunlight.
38:45What happened to Alexander?
38:47Later,
38:48he married the daughter
38:49of an oil tycoon.
38:50She was 15 years older than him
38:52and had two children
38:53from a previous marriage.
38:54He became a kept man,
38:56living a life
38:57that looked glamorous
38:58on the outside
38:58but was devoid
38:59of any real dignity.
39:01My mother and father?
39:03I never heard from them again.
39:05Some say they died in Thailand.
39:07Some say they were rescued.
39:08Some say they even
39:09came back to the States.
39:10I didn't care.
39:12Christopher contracted tuberculosis
39:14in prison.
39:14His health deteriorated daily.
39:16He applied for medical parole
39:18but his request was denied.
39:21Emily remained
39:21in the psychiatric hospital
39:23for a long time.
39:24She no longer recognized anyone.
39:26She spent her days
39:27sitting by the window,
39:29staring at the sky
39:30and muttering,
39:31sister, sister.
39:32And Matthew?
39:33He lived in the basement
39:34for three more years,
39:36his body wasting away.
39:37One day,
39:38when I went down
39:39to see him,
39:40he was already dead.
39:41He died quietly.
39:42No struggle,
39:43no final shouts.
39:45The coroner said
39:46it was sudden cardiac arrest.
39:47After he died,
39:48I had his ashes scattered at sea.
39:49No gravestone,
39:50no eulogy,
39:51no visitors.
39:52As for me,
39:53I took my place
39:54at the head of the company
39:56in the tallest building
39:57in the city.
39:58My son is three years old now,
40:00smart and healthy.
40:02He knows who his father was,
40:04but he never asks,
40:05where did dad go?
40:06Because I've already told him,
40:08dad went somewhere
40:08very far away.
40:10He's not coming back.
40:11Then mommy is my whole world.
40:13He says,
40:14I say,
40:16yes,
40:17mommy is your whole world.
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