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Love's Withering, Life's Countdown englishsub
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00:00The year my boyfriend is dead broke.
00:03Please, don't do this. I can't lose you.
00:06I leave him.
00:12Later, he becomes a mafia boss and uses every means at his disposal to marry me.
00:18Everyone says that I'm the first love he can never forget, the wife he cares about the most.
00:28However, he then starts bringing home a different woman every night, making me a laughing stock.
00:35Still, I don't cry or make a fuss.
00:37I quietly stay in my own room, never interrupting his affair.
00:41Elton Carter is furious.
00:43He pits me beneath him, kisses me harshly.
00:46Don't you ever get jealous?
00:47He grabbed me by the throat, tore my clothes open.
00:54And roughly vented his lust on me.
00:59But he has no idea that I'm gravely ill.
01:03Elton Carter could buy half the city with violence, threats, and money.
01:07Could buy my freedom, my marriage, and each night bring a different woman home, humiliating me again and again.
01:15Yet, none of that mattered anymore.
01:18Since I have just seven days left to live.
01:31I wasn't afraid of dying, but I feared the pain.
01:35The doctor recommended a costly medication that could relieve my pain and buy me extra time.
01:40Each injection cost $50,000, and a full seven-day course would come to $350,000.
01:47To afford the treatment, I had to approach Elton for his help.
01:51It was then that I encountered Yvette, Elton's personal aide.
01:56At this moment, Yvette was looking me up and down with disgust and contempt.
02:03Elton had always surrounded himself with women.
02:06However, he never maintained long-term relationships the briefest lasted merely a few days before his interest waned.
02:13Yet, Yvette was different.
02:15She was the only one who had remained by Elton's side for the longest time.
02:20I didn't look my best.
02:22The floor-to-ceiling windows of the luxurious office reflected my figure back at me.
02:28My face was pale, a sickly blue tinge under my eyes, no makeup, wrapped in a bulky winter coat.
02:35And, in fact, I was dying.
02:40You are Elton's wife.
02:41A mocking smile appeared on Yvette's face.
02:45Everyone says I look like you.
02:46But how is that possible?
02:48You look curious.
02:51Yvette leaned in, her expression smug.
02:54Mrs. Johnson, what are you still doing here?
02:57Elton always sees me first, no matter how busy he is.
03:01He says that I'm more important than anything else.
03:03Yvette flashed a smirk, deliberately skipping any formal address that dripped with open privation.
03:08Her bold, arrogant demeanor was a striking reminder of my younger self.
03:12If you're really that important, then why is Elton still keeping you as a hidden mistress, as someone you can't
03:18even acknowledge?
03:19Instead of coming here to throw shade, maybe you should use that time to talk some sense into him.
03:25Tell him to hurry up and divorce me.
03:27Yvette's expression instantly changed.
03:30The one who isn't loved is the real third wheel.
03:34You're old and ugly.
03:36Just then, Elton walked over this way.
03:38Yvette's body suddenly went limp.
03:40She fell backward, hitting the ground hard.
03:43The sharp edge of the desk scraped her arm, leaving a streak of blood.
03:48Elton rushed over.
03:50It's in.
03:50He grabbed her hand to scrutinize the wound.
03:53Yvette's eyes brimmed with tears as she leaned into Elton's arms, her expression full of wounded pride.
03:58She cried.
04:00Mrs. Johnson is right.
04:02I brought this on myself.
04:04I fell for someone I shouldn't have, and now I'm humiliated and called a homewrecker.
04:09Elton gently stroked her hair, then glared at me.
04:14Apologize to a tin.
04:16Right now!
04:19I quietly watched Elton's angry expression.
04:21It was clear that Elton truly treated Yether differently.
04:24I averted my gaze, no longer wishing to see them.
04:32I will not apologize.
04:34Besides, today is my birthday.
04:36As a gift, I want $350,000.
04:38I only want the cost of one treatment.
04:41To ease the pain in the final days of my life.
04:44Despite being his wife, I always had to go through him whenever I needed money.
04:48In the past, no matter how much money I requested from him, he always obliged me without hesitation.
04:54Yet, this time, he sneered.
04:57Fine.
04:58Admit that you're jealous, or apologize to Yetet first, then I'll give you money.
05:06This was the first time he used money as a means to control me for the sake of another woman.
05:11It seemed that he planned to spend $350,000 to buy my pride and make Yelet feel better.
05:19Supposing the pain coursing through my body, I turned and walked away.
05:24I no longer wanted the money.
05:26Still, I wondered if Elton would regret not realizing that the money could have bought me more time and alleviated
05:33my suffering before I died.
05:37I returned home alone, the relentless pain from cancer forcing me to curl up in bed.
05:42Lacking the funds for medication, I resorted to taking sleeping pills, trying to deceive myself.
05:48As long as I stayed asleep, the pain would disappear.
05:59One day, when I have money, I'll give you all the best things.
06:03I'll make you my one and only princess.
06:06In a sleepy haze, I heard my phone ring.
06:10I picked it up, and a deep, familiar voice said my name.
06:14Heidi.
06:14Elton, I want a cupcake.
06:17The sleeping pills wore off in the middle of the night, and the pain woke me up.
06:21That was when I realized that Elton was sitting right by my bedside, looking at me with a tenderness that
06:25I hadn't seen in a long time.
06:27Elton gently took my hand and asked,
06:29Heidi, why have you lost so much weight recently?
06:34His tone was full of concern, as if he still loved me, but I refused to believe it, especially since
06:40he seemed to have just come from another woman's bed.
06:47I pulled my hand away and replied with disgust.
06:51That's none of your business.
06:53Elton was abruptly shaken off, and his expression turned cold in an instant.
06:57When I entered the living room, I saw a Hocot Tour cake covered in candles on the table, along with
07:02several boxes of the Chocolate Cup Kings we used to share.
07:04That was when I realized that the phone call had been real, but I was dying.
07:08I didn't need cake, and I certainly didn't need Elton anymore.
07:10I didn't spare the cake a second glance.
07:12Elton frowned and grabbed my hand.
07:14Heidi, you said you wanted cake, and I ran out to buy it.
07:18Are you messing with me?
07:19That's right.
07:20I'm messing with you.
07:21So what?
07:22He was furious, grabbed my collar, and pulled me closer.
07:24Then, he lifted me and tossed me onto the bed.
07:27He slammed into me in one brutal thrust, burying himself to the hill.
07:31The bottle of sleeping pills on the night can was knocked over by his rough movements, and pills spilled out
07:35one by one.
07:36I cried out, but he crushed his mouth to mine, devouring my moans.
07:42My face was deathly pale, as if I were about to die right there.
07:46But he turned a blind eye.
07:49He snarled, pounding into me morselessly.
07:52Each thrust was deep, savage, and punishing.
07:59Do you know how happy I was when you said you wanted cake?
08:04I dropped everything and rushed out to get it for you.
08:08And now you're telling me that you were just messing with me?
08:11He grabbed my hair like a maniac and dragged me violently off the bed.
08:15I clutched the quilt tightly around myself, trying to cling to the last shred of my dignity, yet none of
08:21it seemed to make any difference.
08:24At last, Elton let out a sigh.
08:26Heidi, what am I supposed to do with you?
08:29He leaned down, drawing nearer and nearer, just as his lips were about to meet mine.
08:33The piercing ringing of a phone shattered the stillness.
08:36Elton frowned.
08:37It was a call from Yvette.
08:39He hesitated, but eventually answered it.
08:43Elton, I'm at a bar alone.
08:45Someone just tried to hit on me, and I'm scared.
08:48Please come pick me up, okay?
08:49He didn't answer right away.
08:51Instead, he just stared at me.
08:53Heidi, ask me to stay.
08:55Just say it, and I'll stay.
08:58I won't ever see her again.
09:00My body was in tearing pain, and I didn't have the strength to give him any reply.
09:06After a while, he let out a bitter, self-macking laugh.
09:10How ridiculous.
09:12What was I even expecting?
09:13And then he spoke into the phone.
09:16Yvette, I'm coming to get you.
09:23Just as he picked up his jacket and was about to leave, suddenly, I unexpectedly coughed out a mouthful of
09:29blood.
09:30Heidi!
09:31Heidi!
09:31Heidi!
10:02Would it kill you to just show a little softness with me?
10:04Do you have any idea how many years I've been kept waiting?
10:08I'm waiting for you to come around, to say something, or to try.
10:11Then you don't have to wait any longer.
10:13I will never love you again.
10:15The pain gradually appeared on Elton's face.
10:18He let out a low laugh.
10:19Then, without another glance at the blood at the corner of my mouth,
10:22he turned and slammed the door behind him, leaving without looking back.
10:26I looked at the spilled pills on the floor and gave a bitter smile.
10:30You always pretend to care.
10:32But time and again, you do things that hurt me.
10:35Fortunately, we'll soon be completely over.
10:41The next day, news broke that Elton had lashed out over Yvette.
10:48For the first time, the usually private mafia boss made headlines because of a woman.
10:59A few paparazzi were waiting at the door, swarming me with questions the moment I stepped outside.
11:04Heidi, as Mr. Carter's legal wife, what are your thoughts on what happened last night?
11:07Are you aware of her existence?
11:08Heidi, seeing Mr. Carter spoil someone else, do you ever feel like it's your fault?
11:11I hadn't planned to respond, but when I heard the last question, I stopped in my tracks.
11:20The real issues lie with the unfaithful man and the homewrecker, not with me.
11:24However, the female pamperaza kept pressing, walking quickly to keep up.
11:28I heard that you dumped Mr. Carter back when he was penniless.
11:33Then, after he became a powerful mafia boss, you did everything you could to make him marry you.
11:37You've been clinging to the title of wife all this time, and now that he's found true love, you call
11:43her the homewrecker?
11:44Don't you think that you're the problem here?
11:56I sneered and grabbed the Papahopata's ID badge from her neck.
12:00Her name was Nicole Scott.
12:03You're Yvette's pawn, aren't you?
12:05Spreading lies to slander me.
12:07Elton forced me to marry him back then.
12:08Do you think that I wanted to be his wife?
12:10If you really didn't want to marry Mr. Carter, then why not divorce him now that he's found true love?
12:15I had planned to use this moment to announce a divorce in front of everyone, to force Elton to let
12:21go.
12:21But just as I opened my mouth, dizziness hit me, and my vision blurred.
12:27Oh, sure.
12:29Not desperate to keep him.
12:30You can barely even stand.
12:31Are you just playing the victim to gain sympathy?
12:33I took a deep breath, steadied myself, and said flatly,
12:38I'm sick.
12:39Dying, actually.
12:45No one asked another question.
12:47Only the girl pressed on, aggressively.
12:49Oh, what a convenient excuse.
12:51So this is how you seduce Mr. Elton and cling to his wife's position, isn't that right?
12:55Only the girl pressed on, aggressively.
12:57Her tone was as rapping and self-righteous as you debts.
13:00The next day, the video of me being surrounded by paparazzi spread across the internet.
13:06Elton responded,
13:07There will be no divorce.
13:08Stop bothering my wife.
13:10Within hours, the video mysteriously disappeared from the internet.
13:14No explanation.
13:15As for Yvette's pawn, Nicole Scott lost her job and even received anonymous threats,
13:20implying dire consequences if she ever touched me again.
13:23With Elton's so-called loyalty on full display, I came off as dramatic and unreasonable in comparison.
13:31Soon, I received a surge of online hate.
13:35Hetty is disgusting.
13:36If she didn't bother him, she was clamor just forces.
13:38First love, she's just another bitch.
13:40And Elton still defends her.
13:44Just then, a comment left by my close friend, Daisy Harrington, stood out from the sea of crudicetum.
13:49You people don't know the truth about what really happened back then.
13:52So who are you to judge her?
13:54You have no idea how much she's been through.
13:56I glanced at the profile picture and realized that the comment was,
14:00So what happened between them back then?
14:02And why she abandoned Elton?
14:05Everyone was asking about the truth.
14:08In fact, the truth was painfully cliche.
14:10That year, my mom, Elena Miller, was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
14:14And the treatment for that required an enormous amount of money.
14:18Worse, it was a hereditary disease.
14:20Even if I had children someday, they'd likely get sick too.
14:23Mom said that I had to break up with Elton.
14:27Mom, Elton won't turn his back on me.
14:29We don't have to have kids.
14:31I know Elton wouldn't abandon you.
14:33He's a good man.
14:35But have you ever thought about him?
14:37If he finds out that we're both sick, he'll work himself to death trying to pay for treatment.
14:53I don't want to lose him.
14:56It had been ten years since then, but even thinking about it now still hurt.
15:02I was preparing graves, Sestan.
15:05I was preparing to visit mom's grave one last time.
15:09But before that, I had to stop by Elton's office.
15:13I need to get back a keepsake of my mother's.
15:16When I arrived at Elton's office, I'd like to share stories.
15:21He was watching that video of me being cornered by reporters right at the moment when I nearly collapsed.
15:35What are you doing here?
15:40I saw that mocking and smug smile on Yvonne's face.
15:43But I didn't care at all.
15:45I came here for only one purpose.
15:50My mom had made a pair of pottery figurines for us by hand.
15:54One was a puppy, and the other was a kitten.
15:56The puppy and kitten fit together perfectly, as if they were hugging each other.
16:02It symbolized that Elton and I would never be apart.
16:05I gave the puppy figurine to Elton, but he preferred the kitten one because it reminded him of me, playful
16:11and proud.
16:19Even now, the kitten figurine still sat in his office.
16:23I was afraid that after I died, Elton would just toss it away like trash.
16:34I've come to take back the kitten figurine.
16:42If you don't mind, this worthless thing is yours now.
16:50Yvette took the kitten figurine and waved it at me terfeliently.
16:55When I make money, I'll take you to eat steak every day.
17:01Take it slow.
17:02Don't wear yourself out.
17:04I turned my glare on Elton, fury burning in my chest.
17:07How could you give away something that belonged to me?
17:10My mom made that with her own hands, and you gave it to your mistress?
17:17That cat was yours.
17:19Sorry, I forgot.
17:20It's been sitting here for so long, I figured that it was just some worthless trinket.
17:39Oh, my God.
17:44Are you insane?
17:46You hit him over some stupid decoration?
17:50Give me back my mother's keepsake, or I'm capable of doing something even crazier.
17:56When Yvette heard me say that this was my mother's keepsake, a flicker of excitement flashed across her face.
18:02She was clutching the ceramic kitty figure in her hand and suddenly hurled it at me.
18:08Here, take it.
18:10Who wants your stupid junk anyway?
18:12No one would pick it up even if it were tossed in the trash.
18:16Take your trash and get lost.
18:21Here, take your trash back.
18:24No one wants this worthless junk.
18:26It's not even worth picking up off the floor.
18:29Take your garbage and get out.
18:32The kitten figurine is gone, just like my life soon will be.
18:36At this moment, I feel like I am that kitten.
18:40My life is truly ending.
18:44I slapped Yvette hard across the face.
18:49That was my mom's keepsake.
18:51How dare you break it!
18:54I grabbed her, ready to hit her again, but Elton stepped in and held me back.
18:58I watched him stand there, protecting someone else, and I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
19:05Elton, you've read the news.
19:07You know I'm dying.
19:09Why are you still hurting me?
19:10You're a bastard!
19:13Seeing me cry, Elton sighed.
19:15He softened and wiped away my tears.
19:18First, it was the cake.
19:20Now you're saying that you're dying?
19:21Do you enjoy messing with me?
19:23You don't need to act all pitiful.
19:25I'm not falling for your tears anymore.
19:27Before Elton could finish speaking, a drop of blood suddenly fell onto the back of his hand.
19:31I was having another nosebleed, but it was worse than ever this time.
19:34My vision went dark, and I collapsed without warning.
19:37Elton caught me in his arms, panic overwhelming his expression as he shouted,
19:40Call an ambulance! Now!
19:49Elton had never panicked like this before.
19:52Not even in gunfire, or when enemies pointed weapons at him.
19:57He had never flinched, but now, all he could do was watch as my blood soaked through his shirt.
20:04I was dying.
20:06If there was still a chance, before he hated me one last time,
20:10I hoped he would know that I had genuinely loved him for a long time.
20:17I heard Elton crying while I was half conscious.
20:21Why won't the bleeding stop? What's wrong with her?
20:25Save her! Save her!
20:26You have to save her!
20:29The patient's condition is critical.
20:31I told her the day before yesterday that there's a special medication.
20:36If she cooperated with treatment, she might have lived for another two months, maybe even longer.
20:42But she said that she had no money left.
20:44I have no money.
20:48And didn't want treatment anymore.
20:51Today, the emotional outburst worsened her dishes significantly.
20:54At this point, there's no point in further treatment.
20:56It's too late to control the progression of her illness.
21:00You're saying that she is really dying?
21:07Before the doctor could offer any words of comfort,
21:10Elton suddenly raised his voice, shouting with raw desperation.
21:14No, that's not possible!
21:15You fix her now!
21:16If you can't treat her, get the hell out and bring in the best doctor you've got!
21:21He stayed up through the night,
21:23contacting the best team of specialists he could find.
21:26No matter the cost,
21:28he was determined to keep me alive.
21:30Yet, terminal illness wasn't something that money alone could fix.
21:36All the doctors shook their heads,
21:38saying there was nothing they could do.
21:41Elton refused to believe that.
21:43He insisted on taking me out of the hospital
21:46and flying me overseas to be treated.
21:48The doctors wanted to inform him that traveling abroad wouldn't cure my condition
21:52and would only worsen my suffering.
21:54However, no one dared to stop him until Daisy arrived with my will.
21:58I had confided in her long ago about my wishes.
22:01If my illness ever rendered me bedridden,
22:04I would want her assistance in arranging for assisted euthanasia.
22:12Daisy stormed in and slapped Elton hard across the face,
22:16trying to snap him out of it.
22:18Where the hell were you when it mattered?
22:20Now you're flaunting your money?
22:24Get out of the way.
22:25Her will says that during this stage,
22:28I have full guardianship over her.
22:30Elton stared at the will I had signed,
22:32frozen in place.
22:33There was a prolonged silence before I finally heard his voice once more,
22:37choked with emotion and tears.
22:40Let me take her, please.
22:42I'm begging you.
22:43I'll find the best medical team overseas.
22:45They can save her.
22:48She's not going to die.
22:51If she dies, what am I supposed to do then?
22:54Heidi's been sick for a long time.
22:57Don't you dare say that you had no idea.
22:59You have all that money,
23:00and still you let her suffer like this.
23:03You're the kind of cold-blooded man
23:05who can survive just fine without anyone.
23:07So stop pretending to care now.
23:09Elton fell silent.
23:11While I was suffering,
23:12he was holding Yvette in his arms,
23:15embarrassing me
23:16and putting me through agony.
23:18Elton painfully clutched his aching heart.
23:21Every minute
23:22and every second of the past
23:25became a spinging knife
23:28plunging into his heart.
23:33Daisy shoved Elton aside
23:35and rushed to my bedside,
23:36taking my hand tightly in hers.
23:38Heidi, I'm here now.
23:41I'm staying with you.
23:45She was crying so hard
23:47that it made my heart ache.
23:48I wanted to lift my hands so badly
23:50to wipe away her tears
23:51and reassure her not to worry.
23:53I wished I could tell her
23:55that I no longer felt pain
23:56and that I was just going to sleep.
23:58Everything would be fine after I rested.
24:00As I sank into darkness,
24:02her voice broke through clearly.
24:03Heidi, please open your eyes.
24:05Just look at me.
24:07As I felt warm tears fall onto my face,
24:09my own tears followed,
24:11slipping silently down my cheeks.
24:13You promised we'd say goodbye properly.
24:15You promised!
24:17You haven't said goodbye yet.
24:25Suddenly,
24:25the monitor beside my
24:27let out a sharp, urgent T.P.
24:30For a moment,
24:31even the doctors had thought
24:33that it was over.
24:37But then,
24:38they sprang back into action,
24:40their faces lighting up
24:42with cautious hope
24:43as they rushed
24:44to resume recidivitation.
24:46Daisy held my hand tightly,
24:48speaking to me non-stop.
24:49She was terrified
24:51that my vitals might flatline again.
24:53The medical team worked
24:54through the night,
24:54and finally,
24:56just before dawn,
24:57I opened my eyes.
24:59Daisy stayed by my side
25:01without leaving
25:01for a single moment.
25:03She was even more attentive
25:05than any caretaker
25:06could have been.
25:09Lying in bed for so long
25:10had become unbearable.
25:13When she finally stepped out
25:14of the ward,
25:15I tried to get up
25:16and make my way
25:17to the bathroom.
25:18But my legs gave out
25:20the moment I put weight on them.
25:21I collapsed to the floor.
25:25I struggled to get up
25:27and felt guilty
25:28as I tried to crawl
25:30back into bed.
25:33I didn't want Daisy
25:34to worry when she returned.
25:39Suddenly,
25:40Elton burst into the ward
25:41and swept me
25:42into his arms,
25:43holding me tightly.
25:48Where the hell
25:48did Daisy go?
25:50I was only gone
25:50a few minutes
25:51to pay for your meds.
25:52She was supposed
25:53to be watching you.
25:54I didn't have the strength
25:55to push him away,
25:56but I still managed
25:57to frown
25:58and snap back at him.
25:59Shut up.
26:00Don't talk badly
26:01about Daisy in front of me.
26:02I don't want to hear it.
26:03She has her own life.
26:04She can't be expected
26:06to center her life
26:06around me every day.
26:08I've already caused
26:09her enough trouble.
26:10Elton fell silent,
26:11not daring to argue.
26:12He quietly grabbed a tissue
26:14and gently wiped
26:14my hands clean.
26:15The veins on the back
26:16of my hand bulged
26:17under my thin skin.
26:19It was a stark reminder
26:20of how much weight
26:20I had lost.
26:21Elton's eyes turned red,
26:23tears brimming
26:23as he tried to hold them back.
26:25Why didn't you tell me
26:25you were sick earlier?
26:26I'm your husband.
26:28I had the right to know.
26:30I have so much money.
26:32You could have gotten better.
26:33Why didn't you ask me
26:35for help?
26:36I had never tried
26:37to hide my illness.
26:39Since my diagnosis,
26:40my medical reports
26:42were always placed
26:42on the table at home.
26:44just needing some attention
26:45to be noticed.
26:47Yet Elton Domeo
26:48didn't spare
26:49a single glance
26:50toward them.
26:51His entire focus
26:52was on Ivette.
26:54Later,
26:55because he wanted
26:56to be with Yetta,
26:57Elton moved out
26:58of the house entirely.
26:59So he never saw
27:00the times I collapsed
27:01from the pain
27:02during my episodes.
27:03He never knew
27:04how often I cried
27:05while calling an ambulance
27:07for myself.
27:08And now,
27:09whether or not
27:09you knew I was sick,
27:10it doesn't really matter.
27:11I don't need your money
27:13or your concern.
27:14Looking at Elton
27:15with a cold gaze,
27:16I added,
27:17I don't need you anymore.
27:22Elton said nothing
27:24as he gently lifted me
27:25and placed me back
27:26onto the hospital bed.
27:27I felt a tear
27:28fall onto my face.
27:29I closed my eyes,
27:31not wanting to look
27:32at him anymore.
27:32After a long silence,
27:34his tearful voice
27:36finally sounded.
27:37But I need you.
27:38I didn't respond.
27:40Instead,
27:40I kept my eyes shut,
27:42pretending to be asleep.
27:43Even now,
27:44Elton was still clueless
27:45about my reason
27:46for breaking up
27:46with him then.
27:48Back then,
27:49after he became
27:50the mafia boss
27:51that year,
27:52he returned
27:53and proposed to me.
27:55I had been filled
27:56with such happiness
27:57and felt an overwhelming
27:59urge to share
28:00my truth with him.
28:02I longed to tell him
28:04that all the harsh words
28:05I had spoken
28:05during our breakup
28:06were nothing but an act.
28:10I didn't leave him
28:11because he was broke.
28:13I loved him deeply
28:14and only walked away
28:15because I was sick
28:17and believed
28:18he deserved someone better,
28:20someone who wasn't living
28:21in constant fear
28:22of their health.
28:23I felt sad
28:24about my illness
28:24and wished I could be
28:25by his side
28:26for the rest of his life.
28:27The day I finally
28:29composed myself,
28:30I went to find Elton,
28:31hoping we could have
28:32an honest talk.
28:40But when I found him,
28:41he was at a bar
28:42with a woman in his arms.
28:44He was kissing her
28:45like nothing else
28:46in the world mattered.
28:50I stood in front of him,
28:52holding back tears.
28:53When he saw me,
28:54there wasn't even a hint
28:55of panic in his expression.
28:56At that moment,
28:57it all became clear to me.
28:59He was taking revenge on me.
29:01Back then,
29:02I had asked him,
29:03Elton,
29:03are you playing me?
29:04Elton pushed the woman
29:05off his lap
29:06and stumbled toward me,
29:07reeking of alcohol.
29:10That's right.
29:11I am playing you.
29:13But seeing how miserable
29:14your life's been
29:15since you left me,
29:16I suddenly feel
29:16a little soft-hearted.
29:18Why don't you
29:18really marry me?
29:19But I don't love you anymore.
29:21So you'll have to be
29:23obedient
29:23and well-behaved.
29:25I have many women.
29:27If you keep getting jealous
29:28and crying over that,
29:30I'll get really annoyed.
29:33Hearing Elton say
29:34that he didn't love me anymore
29:35made me burst into tears.
29:37I inhaled heaply
29:38and prepared to reveal
29:39the truth to him at last.
29:40I came here today
29:41to tell you the reason
29:42I broke up with you back then
29:44was because of my mom.
29:45Don't mention your mother to me!
29:46She was just as greedy as you!
29:49I was only slightly injured back then
29:51and needed some money for treatment.
29:53But both of you abandoned me
29:55without a second thought.
29:57Heidi,
29:58I said I was going to marry you.
30:00That wasn't a negotiation.
30:02You should be grateful
30:02and just accept it.
30:04Otherwise,
30:05believe me,
30:05I have plenty of ways
30:07to make you mine by force.
30:10He didn't want to hear
30:11my explanation.
30:12He said he wanted me to suffer
30:14just like he did back then.
30:15That was the only way
30:16it would be fair.
30:18He threatened me
30:18with the only friend
30:19I had left in the world.
30:20If my investigation is correct,
30:22your dear friend Daisy
30:23used to work as a stripper
30:24at an underground bar,
30:25didn't she?
30:26What do you think would happen
30:27if I passed that little
30:28detail along to her current boss
30:29or her fiancé?
30:31I slapped him across the face
30:32furiously.
30:35You bastard!
30:37However,
30:37Elton didn't even get angry.
30:39Instead,
30:40he just smirked
30:40and grabbed my chin tightly.
30:43To get back at you,
30:44I can do far worse things.
30:46Don't believe me?
30:47Go ahead.
30:48Test me.
30:49Elton was ruthless
30:51and I didn't dare challenge him.
30:53So I tried to consume myself.
30:55I figured that I might as well
30:57marry him
30:57since I didn't have much time
30:59left to live anyway.
31:00His revenge dragged on
31:02for a long time.
31:03It went on for so long
31:05that my heart
31:06no longer responded to him.
31:09Most importantly,
31:11the love I once had for him.
31:16Word must have gotten out
31:17which prompted Yvette
31:18to visit the hospital
31:19while Elton was away.
31:22Yvette suddenly dropped
31:23to her knees
31:23beside my bed,
31:25crying,
31:26Heidi,
31:26I'm pregnant with Elton's child.
31:28Please give him back to us.
31:30Let Arby have their father.
31:32Although I no longer
31:33had any love for Elton,
31:35every word life and spoke
31:36pierced through
31:37my already weakened
31:38internal organs.
31:39Scenes of Elton and Yvette
31:41making love tenderly
31:42and passionately
31:43while I was enduring
31:44my illness
31:45involuntarily splashed
31:47through my mind.
31:47I even felt that
31:48every breath I took
31:49was becoming painful.
31:51Get out!
31:52Now!
31:54Suddenly,
31:55someone yanked her back
31:56by the hair
31:56and tore her away from me.
31:58Elton's eyes burned
31:59with fury.
32:00He looked like he could
32:01kill Yethin right then
32:02and there.
32:02Didn't I tell you
32:03that if you ever dared
32:04to mess with Hedy again,
32:05I'd kill you?
32:06Elton was worried
32:07that I might get
32:08too emotional.
32:09He took Yethin
32:09and left.
32:10Wait for me.
32:11I'll explain everything.
32:13Before he walked out,
32:14he told me to wait for him
32:15so he could explain everything.
32:16Elton never imagined
32:17that would be the last time
32:19he saw me.
32:21Perhaps it was simply
32:23a final burst of clarity
32:24before I met the end.
32:26Even as my body
32:27hurt more and more,
32:29my mind felt sharper
32:30than ever.
32:32I asked Daisy
32:33to take me
32:34to a bridal shop.
32:35She and her fiancé
32:36were getting married
32:36next year
32:37and we'd promised
32:38that I'd be her one
32:39and only bridesmaid.
32:41However,
32:42I knew that I probably
32:44wouldn't live
32:44to see that day.
32:45I selected a stunning,
32:47flowing wedding gown
32:48for Daisy
32:48and wore a bridesmaid
32:50dress myself.
32:52Once we were dressed,
32:54we captured a moment
32:55together in a photograph,
32:57imagining the day
32:58I would truly be there
32:59to celebrate her wedding.
33:00I could tell that
33:01Daisy loved the dress,
33:02but she thought
33:03that it was too expensive
33:04and ultimately
33:05didn't buy it.
33:07So while she was
33:08in the fitting room
33:09changing out of it,
33:10I quietly paid for it.
33:13It would be
33:14my last gift for her.
33:15I endured the pain
33:16and quietly left
33:18the bridal shop
33:19and then took a taxi
33:20to the cemetery
33:21to visit mom
33:22one last time.
33:24Back in the shop,
33:26Daisy emerged
33:26from the fitting room
33:27and panicked
33:28when she couldn't
33:29find me.
33:30She was on the verge
33:31of tears
33:32until a staff member
33:33handed her a folded note
33:34I'd left behind.
33:36Daisy,
33:36don't blame yourself
33:37for my leaving.
33:38This time,
33:39it really is goodbye.
33:42Wear this wedding dress
33:44and marry the one
33:45who loves you.
33:47Save a seat for me
33:48among your bridesmaids
33:49and on the place card,
33:51write Daisy's best friend.
33:54And lastly,
33:55please don't cry for me.
33:59With love, Heidi.
34:03I came to my mother's grave
34:05and for the last time
34:06offered her the flowers
34:08she loved most.
34:08Mom,
34:10maybe I was wrong
34:11to listen to you
34:11that year.
34:13Maybe I never should have
34:14used your treatment money
34:15to pay for Elton's
34:16leg surgery.
34:17I shouldn't broken up
34:18with him then either.
34:21I should have told him
34:22the truth
34:22and watched as he tried
34:23to save me
34:24only to be defeated
34:25by life.
34:26I used to be foolish
34:27for always prioritizing
34:29Elton over myself.
34:31But none of this
34:32matters anymore.
34:33I smiled with relief.
34:35Mom,
34:36it's time for me
34:37to come to you.
34:39At the memorial service,
34:40the sky was overcast
34:41and a light rain
34:42was falling.
34:43Daisy refused
34:43to let Elton see my body.
34:45He wasn't even allowed
34:45to take a handful
34:46of my ashes.
34:47Heidi tried to explain
34:48and you wouldn't listen.
34:50You're such a damn asshole.
34:52Now I'll tell you
34:53the truth.
34:54Daisy revealed
34:54the real reason
34:55why I broke up
34:56with him back then.
34:57The rain fell relentlessly
34:58on Elton's pale
35:00and stiff face.
35:02Elton felt his knees
35:03with no trace
35:04of a living person
35:05about him
35:06from head to so.
35:10Elton,
35:11upon learning the truth
35:12about the breakup
35:13back then,
35:14was immersed
35:15in pain
35:15and self-blame.
35:17He began to regret
35:18not telling me
35:19right then and there
35:20that the child
35:21wasn't his.
35:24The night he left me
35:25to find Yvette
35:26at the bar,
35:27Yvette had already
35:28gotten drunk
35:28and had been assaulted.
35:30By the time he arrived,
35:31it was too late.
35:32He handled everything
35:33for her,
35:34but he didn't expect
35:35that Yvette would come
35:36to the hospital
35:37behind his back
35:38to provoke me.
35:43Elton instantly snapped.
35:46He believed
35:47that if it weren't
35:48for Yvette,
35:48I might still be alive.
35:54He found Yvette,
35:56grabbed her by the throat
35:57and shoved her
35:58down the stairs.
36:09blood-stained the steps.
36:11Yvette lost the baby.
36:13After emergency treatment,
36:15she lost her life, too.
36:22Elton shut himself away,
36:24spending his days
36:25in all the places
36:26I used to love.
36:27He began to rewrite
36:28his own memories.
36:30In his mind,
36:31I was no longer
36:32alone at home.
36:33He was always there
36:34beside me.
36:35He would hold me tightly,
36:37kiss me,
36:37and tell me that
36:38he'd stay with me forever.
36:40In those fantasies,
36:41Elton lived
36:42a beautiful lie.
36:43Elton's watchful
36:44supportnets betrayed him,
36:46sending him
36:46to a psychiatric hospital.
36:49The youngest mafia boss
36:51ended up spending
36:52the rest of his life there.
36:53His behavior
36:54seemed no different
36:55from that of a normal person.
36:57However,
36:57he constantly talked
36:59to a ceramic kitten figurine,
37:01calling it honey,
37:02and ate and slept with it
37:03as if it were alive.
37:04The kitten figurine
37:05was clearly damaged
37:06and had been carefully
37:07glued back together,
37:08but Elton treated it
37:09like a priceless treasure
37:10and wouldn't let anyone
37:11touch it.
37:12A year after my death,
37:14Elton used a broken piece
37:15of the ceramic kitten figure
37:16to make a deep cut
37:18on his wrist.
37:18That day,
37:19a patient lost his life
37:21in the psilatric hospital,
37:22and just like that,
37:23Elton faded from memory
37:25forgotten by all.
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