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00:00:00Millionaire saw a girl selling his lost daughter's teddy bear.

00:00:04IT was my father's, the girl said.

00:00:07He then discovered the truth that made him live again.

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00:00:17The October rain drummed against the windows of Richard Wellington's black limousine as it crawled through downtown Chicago traffic.

00:00:24At forty-five, Richard had everything money could buy, yet his heart felt as empty as the mansion he called home.

00:00:32His steel-gray eyes stared blankly at the city streets, seeing nothing but the endless parade of his lonely existence.

00:00:39Sir, there's a bit of congestion ahead.

00:00:42His driver, Thomas, announced through the intercom.

00:00:45Richard barely acknowledged him.

00:00:47He was returning from another pointless board meeting at Wellington Industries.

00:00:50Another day of making millions while feeling absolutely nothing.

00:00:55Eight years had passed since his world shattered into a million pieces,

00:00:59and he'd built walls around his heart so high that nothing could reach him anymore.

00:01:04The rain grew heavier, matching the storm that perpetually raged inside his chest.

00:01:09He'd tried everything to fill the void.

00:01:11Expensive vacations, luxury cars, even dating women who only wanted his money.

00:01:17Nothing worked.

00:01:18Nothing could replace what he'd lost.

00:01:21As the limousine slowed to a crawl near Lincoln Park,

00:01:24something caught his attention through the rain-streaked window.

00:01:28On the sidewalk, beneath a flickering streetlight,

00:01:31sat a small figure hunched on a worn cardboard box.

00:01:34A little girl, no more than seven years old,

00:01:37with tangled blonde hair and clothes that had seen far better days.

00:01:41Before her, spread on a tattered blanket, was an array of toys, dolls with missing limbs,

00:01:47broken toy cars, and stuffed animals with matted fur.

00:01:51But it wasn't just any collection of toys that made Richard's breath catch in his throat

00:01:56and his heart stop beating for several terrifying seconds.

00:02:00There, sitting prominently among the other items like a beacon calling to him from his past,

00:02:04was a small brown teddy bear with a distinctive red bow tie and a missing left ear dot Richard's

00:02:10hands began to shake uncontrollably.

00:02:13His breathing became shallow as memories flooded back like a dam bursting open after years of

00:02:18holding back an ocean of grief.

00:02:20Sarah's teddy bear.

00:02:22His daughter's most precious possession,

00:02:24the one she'd clutched every single night until that horrible day when everything changed forever.

00:02:29Stop the car, he whispered, his voice barely audible over the pounding rain.

00:02:36Sir?

00:02:36I'm sorry I didn't hear.

00:02:38Stop the car now.

00:02:40Richard's voice cracked with raw emotion, surprising even himself.

00:02:45The limousine pulled over immediately, and Richard stumbled out into the cold October rain.

00:02:50His expensive Italian leather shoes splashed through dirty puddles as he approached the

00:02:55little girl with trembling legs.

00:02:56She looked up at him with the most beautiful emerald green eyes he'd ever seen,

00:03:02eyes that reminded him so painfully of Sarah's that his chest tightened with grief.

00:03:07Hello there, Richard said gently, kneeling down despite his thousand-dollar Armani suit

00:03:12getting completely soaked.

00:03:14What's your name, sweetheart?

00:03:16Emma, the girl replied, her voice small but surprisingly brave for someone so young.

00:03:22Are you here to buy something, mister?

00:03:25Everything's real cheap.

00:03:26I really need to help my grandma with her medicine.

00:03:30Richard's eyes remained fixed on the teddy bear, unable to look away.

00:03:34Every single detail was exactly as he remembered, the faded brown fur worn smooth from countless

00:03:40hugs, the crooked stitching where seven-year-old Sarah had operated, on it with her toy doctor

00:03:46kit, even the tiny chocolate stain from the ice cream she'd spilled on it the day before

00:03:51the accident.

00:03:52That teddy bear, Richard said, his voice thick with emotion he couldn't control.

00:03:58Where did you get it, honey?

00:04:00Emma picked up the bear protectively, holding it close to her chest.

00:04:04This is Mr. Buttons.

00:04:06My daddy gave him to me when I was little, but...

00:04:09Her little face crumpled with sadness that no child should ever have to carry.

00:04:14But what, sweetheart?

00:04:15He went away when I was just a tiny baby.

00:04:19Grandma says he couldn't handle being a daddy, so he left me and never came back.

00:04:24But he gave me Mr. Buttons before he went away.

00:04:27Emma's eyes filled with tears that broke Richard's heart.

00:04:30I don't want to sell him, but Grandma's really, really sick, and her medicine costs so much

00:04:36money.

00:04:37Richard felt the world spinning dangerously around him.

00:04:41The teddy bear that had disappeared with his daughter eight long years ago was here,

00:04:45in the small hands of this precious child whose father had abandoned her.

00:04:50Thunder rumbled overhead as a terrible, impossible thought began to form in Richard's mind.

00:04:55Could it possibly be?

00:04:56Emma, he said carefully, trying to keep his voice steady.

00:05:01What's your daddy's name?

00:05:03David, she whispered, looking down at her worn sneakers.

00:05:08David Parker.

00:05:09But please don't try to find him, mister.

00:05:12Grandma says some people are just too broken inside to love anyone properly.

00:05:17The name hit Richard like a physical blow to his chest.

00:05:20David Parker, the 25-year-old drunk driver who had slammed into his car eight years ago,

00:05:26killing his beloved daughter Sarah instantly, and then disappeared after posting bail while

00:05:31awaiting trial.

00:05:32As the rain poured down even harder, Richard stared at this beautiful, innocent little

00:05:37girl holding his dead daughter's teddy bear, and realized that his entire life was about

00:05:42to change forever.

00:05:44Richard's mind reeled as he stared at Emma, who clutched Mr. Button's tighter against her

00:05:49small chest.

00:05:50The rain continued to pour, but he barely felt it anymore.

00:05:54Eight years of carefully constructed walls around his heart were crumbling with each

00:05:58passing second.

00:06:00How much?

00:06:01Richard asked quietly, pulling out his wallet with trembling hands.

00:06:06For what, mister?

00:06:07Emma looked confused, her green eyes wide with innocence.

00:06:12For everything.

00:06:13All of it.

00:06:14Richard's voice was rough with emotion.

00:06:17How much for your grandmother's medicine?

00:06:20Emma's face lit up with hope, then quickly dimmed.

00:06:22The doctor said it's gonna cost $3,000 for the whole treatment.

00:06:27But I only made $12 so far.

00:06:30She gestured to the meager pile of coins beside her blanket.

00:06:34Richard pulled out a thick stack of hundreds, his hands still shaking.

00:06:38But as he counted the money, a terrible realization hit him.

00:06:43He couldn't just throw money at this situation and walk away.

00:06:46This little girl was connected to his daughter's death in ways that defied comprehension.

00:06:52David Parker, the man who had destroyed his life, had somehow given Sarah's teddy bear

00:06:57to his own daughter.

00:06:59Emma, sweetheart, where do you live?

00:07:01Where's your grandmother now?

00:07:03At Mercy General Hospital.

00:07:05Emma said, wiping her nose with the back of her hand.

00:07:08Room 314.

00:07:11She's been there for two weeks now.

00:07:13The nurses are really nice.

00:07:15But they keep saying she needs the medicine soon or...

00:07:18Her voice trailed off, unable to finish the sentence.

00:07:21Richard's heart shattered completely.

00:07:24This innocent child was facing the same kind of loss he'd endured,

00:07:27and he was powerless to prevent it, just like he'd been powerless to save Sarah.

00:07:33What's your grandmother's name?

00:07:35Margaret Thompson.

00:07:36But everyone calls her Nana Maggie.

00:07:39Emma smiled for the first time, her whole face transforming.

00:07:43She raised me all by herself after Daddy left.

00:07:46She's the best person in the whole world.

00:07:49Richard made a decision that would change everything.

00:07:52Emma, I want to help you and your grandmother.

00:07:54But first, I need to ask you something very important.

00:07:59Do you have any pictures of your father?

00:08:01Anything he might have left behind?

00:08:03Emma nodded eagerly.

00:08:05Nana Maggie has a box of his stuff in our apartment.

00:08:09She kept it just in case he ever came back, even though she doesn't think he will.

00:08:14Her expression grew sad again.

00:08:16Why do you want to know about my daddy?

00:08:18Did you know him?

00:08:20Richard's chest tightened.

00:08:21How could he possibly explain to this seven-year-old that her father had killed his daughter?

00:08:27That the teddy bear she treasured was stolen from the scene of a fatal accident?

00:08:32I might have known him a long time ago.

00:08:34Richard said carefully.

00:08:36Emma, would you like me to take you to see your grandmother?

00:08:39And maybe we could stop by your apartment first?

00:08:43Emma's eyes widened with excitement, but then doubt crept in.

00:08:47Nana Maggie always told me never to go anywhere with strangers.

00:08:50But you seem really nice, and you want to help us.

00:08:54She bit her lip, clearly torn between hope and caution.

00:08:58Richard knelt down to her level again, looking directly into her eyes.

00:09:02You're absolutely right to be careful, sweetheart.

00:09:06How about this?

00:09:07We'll call your grandmother first, and you can tell her about me.

00:09:11If she says it's okay, then I'll take you to see her.

00:09:14Deal?

00:09:15Emma nodded enthusiastically.

00:09:17Okay.

00:09:18But mister, I don't even know your name.

00:09:22Richard, he said softly.

00:09:24Richard Wellington.

00:09:26As Emma carefully packed up her toys, Richard stepped aside and called his lawyer on his cell

00:09:31phone.

00:09:32Marcus, it's Richard.

00:09:34I need you to research everything you can find about David Parker, the man who killed Sarah.

00:09:40I need to know if he had any family, any children, anything at all.

00:09:44Richard, what's this about?

00:09:46You know the case was closed years ago when he skipped bail.

00:09:51Just do it, Marcus.

00:09:52And I need it tonight.

00:09:54Twenty minutes later, Richard found himself in the passenger seat of his limousine with

00:09:59Emma beside him, staring in wonder at the leather interior and electronic controls.

00:10:04She still held Mr. Buttons protectively, unaware that she was sitting next to the man whose

00:10:09daughter had originally owned that very bear.

00:10:12This is the fanciest car I've ever seen, Emma exclaimed, running her small hand along the smooth

00:10:19leather.

00:10:20Are you like a movie star or something?

00:10:22Richard managed a small smile despite the turmoil in his heart.

00:10:26Something like that, sweetheart.

00:10:28As they drove toward Emma's apartment building in one of Chicago's rougher neighborhoods,

00:10:33Richard's phone buzzed with a text from Marcus.

00:10:36Found preliminary info.

00:10:38David Parker, 33 now.

00:10:41Had a daughter born seven years ago to Jennifer Thompson.

00:10:45Mother died in childbirth.

00:10:46Child raised by maternal grandmother Margaret Thompson.

00:10:51More details coming.

00:10:52Richard's blood ran cold.

00:10:55Jennifer Thompson.

00:10:56The woman who had died bringing Emma into this world was David Parker's girlfriend.

00:11:01Which meant Emma was not just the daughter of the man who killed Sarah.

00:11:05She was an innocent victim of his abandonment, left to be raised by her grandmother after losing

00:11:10her mother.

00:11:11The layers of tragedy were overwhelming.

00:11:13David Parker had taken one life and destroyed countless others, including his own daughter's

00:11:19dot as they pulled up to a run-down apartment building, Emma pointed excitedly to a third-floor

00:11:24window.

00:11:25That's our place.

00:11:27Nana Maggie's gonna be so surprised when I tell her about the money for her medicine.

00:11:32But Richard was thinking about something else, entirely.

00:11:35He was thinking about the box of David Parker's belongings that waited upstairs, and what secrets

00:11:40it might contain about the night Sarah died.

00:11:43Emma's apartment was small but meticulously clean, filled with the kind of warmth that

00:11:48only comes from unconditional love.

00:11:51Hand-crocheted doilies covered the worn furniture, and every surface displayed Emma's crayon drawings

00:11:56and school achievements.

00:11:58Richard felt like an intruder in this sacred space built by a grandmother's sacrifice and

00:12:03a little girl's hope.

00:12:05This is where me and Nana Maggie live.

00:12:07Emma announced proudly, setting Mr. Buttons carefully on the faded floral couch.

00:12:12She taught me to keep everything neat and tidy.

00:12:16She says a clean home makes a clean heart.

00:12:19Richard's throat tightened as he looked around.

00:12:22The apartment couldn't have been more than 600 square feet, but it radiated more love than

00:12:27his sprawling mansion ever had.

00:12:29Family photos covered one entire wall.

00:12:32Emma at various ages.

00:12:33Always with a silver-haired woman who had kind eyes and a warm smile.

00:12:37That's my Nana Maggie, Emma said following his gaze.

00:12:42She's the most beautiful person in the world, even when she's sick.

00:12:47She still tries to make me pancakes every morning, even though her hands shake now.

00:12:52She sounds wonderful.

00:12:54Richard said softly, his heart breaking for this child who was about to lose the only family

00:12:59she'd ever known.

00:13:00Emma disappeared into a small bedroom and returned dragging a cardboard shoebox.

00:13:04This is Daddy's stuff.

00:13:07Nana Maggie showed it to me once, but she said it made her too sad to look at very often.

00:13:13Richard's hands trembled as Emma opened the box.

00:13:16Inside were a few photographs, some letters, a military dog tag, and a small leather journal.

00:13:22The first photograph made Richard's knees nearly buckled.it was David Parker, but not the monster

00:13:28Richard had imagined all these years.

00:13:30The young man in the photo was clean-cut, wearing an army dress uniform, with his arm around a

00:13:36beautiful woman with Emma's green eyes.

00:13:39Both were smiling with the kind of pure joy that comes from new love.

00:13:43That's my mommy and daddy, Emma said quietly.

00:13:47Nana Maggie says they loved each other very much, but sometimes love isn't enough when people

00:13:52are hurting inside.

00:13:54Richard picked up the military dog tag with shaking fingers.

00:13:57David M. Parker, U.S. Army, Iraq War Veteran

00:14:01The pieces were starting to come together in ways Richard had never expected.

00:14:07Nana Maggie told me daddy was a soldier.

00:14:10Emma continued, settling beside Richard on the couch.

00:14:13He fought in a war far away, and when he came back, he was different.

00:14:18Sad all the time.

00:14:20She said the war broke something inside him that nobody knew how to fix.

00:14:24Richard opened the leather journal, and his heart stopped.

00:14:28The first entry was dated just three months before the accident that killed Sarah.

00:14:33The nightmares are getting worse.

00:14:35I can't sleep, can't think straight.

00:14:38Jenny's worried about me, and the baby's coming soon.

00:14:41I want to be a good father, but I'm so messed up inside.

00:14:45Started drinking again yesterday.

00:14:47I hate myself for it, but it's the only thing that makes the memories stop.

00:14:53What kind of father will I be if I can't even take care of myself?

00:14:57Richard's hands shook as he turned the pages.

00:15:00Entry after entry detailed David's struggle with what was clearly severe PTSD.

00:15:05His love for Jennifer and his unborn daughter, and his growing dependence on alcohol to cope

00:15:10with his demons.

00:15:11The final entry was dated the night before the accident.

00:15:15Jenny died today.

00:15:16Our beautiful baby girl survived, but Jenny's gone.

00:15:20I can't handle this.

00:15:22I can't handle anything.

00:15:24I'm supposed to take care of Emma, but I can't even take care of myself.

00:15:29Margaret says she'll help, but how can I burden her with my broken life?

00:15:33I took one of Sarah's toys from the hospital.

00:15:36The nurses said it might help Emma bond with something familiar.

00:15:40But I don't deserve to be anyone's father.

00:15:43I'm going to have a drink and think about what to do.

00:15:45Richard's vision blurred with tears.

00:15:49For eight years, he pictured David Parker as a heartless monster who had carelessly destroyed

00:15:54his family.

00:15:55But the truth was far more complex than tragic.

00:15:58David was a broken veteran who had lost the love of his life and couldn't cope with becoming

00:16:03a single father while battling his own demons.

00:16:05Mr. Richard?

00:16:08Emma's small voice brought him back to the present.

00:16:11Are you okay?

00:16:12You look really sad.

00:16:14Richard wiped his eyes quickly.

00:16:16I'm fine, sweetheart.

00:16:18Just thinking about some sad things that happened a long time ago.

00:16:22Emma climbed onto his lap with the innocent trust that only children possess.

00:16:27Nana Maggie says that sad things make us appreciate the happy things more.

00:16:31And she says that sometimes, when we think everything is broken, God sends us exactly what we need

00:16:37to make it better.

00:16:39Richard held this precious child, the daughter of the man who had killed his own daughter,

00:16:44and felt something shifting deep inside his chest.

00:16:46The rage and hatred he'd carried for eight years was transforming into something else entirely,

00:16:52understanding, and perhaps even forgiveness.

00:16:55But there was still one more photograph in the box that would change everything.

00:16:59It was a picture of David Parker standing next to a small green car, the same car that had

00:17:04slammed into Richard's vehicle eight years ago.

00:17:07But in the photo, mounted on the dashboard, Richard could see something that made his blood run cold.

00:17:13A car seat.

00:17:14An empty infant car seat that should have held Emma.

00:17:18Emma.

00:17:19Richard said carefully, his voice barely above a whisper.

00:17:23On the night your daddy left, where were you supposed to be?

00:17:26Emma looked thoughtful for a moment.

00:17:29Nana Maggie told me daddy was supposed to take me to meet some important people that night.

00:17:34But at the last minute, she got a bad feeling and said I should stay with her instead.

00:17:39She said sometimes grandmothers just know things.

00:17:41Richard stared at the photograph, realizing the horrifying truth.

00:17:46If Emma had been in that car the night David Parker drove drunk, she would have died too.

00:17:52Margaret Thompson's intuition had saved Emma's life, and inadvertently created the tragic

00:17:57chain of events that brought her into Richard's world eight years later.

00:18:01Is something wrong, Mr. Richard?

00:18:03Emma asked, noticing how quiet he'd become.

00:18:06Richard looked down at this beautiful, innocent child who had no idea that she should have died

00:18:12the same night as his daughter.

00:18:14Two little girls, both victims of one man's broken mind and shattered heart.

00:18:19No, sweetheart, he whispered, holding her tighter.

00:18:23Nothing's wrong.

00:18:24But I think it's time we went to see your grandmother.

00:18:27Mercy General Hospital's pediatric wing bustled with evening activity as Richard and Emma walked

00:18:32hand in hand toward room 314.

00:18:36Emma had chatted excitedly during the entire car ride, telling Richard's stories about her

00:18:41grandmother's legendary chocolate chip cookies and her habit of singing old country songs while

00:18:46doing dishes.

00:18:47But as they approached Margaret Thompson's room, Emma's steps slowed, and her grip on Richard's

00:18:52hand tightened.

00:18:54Sometimes Nana Maggie looks really sick.

00:18:57Emma whispered, her earlier enthusiasm fading.

00:18:59The tubes and machines scare me, but I pretend to be brave so she won't worry about me.

00:19:06Richard knelt down to Emma's level.

00:19:09You know what?

00:19:10I think your grandmother is lucky to have someone as brave as you.

00:19:14And you don't have to pretend with me, okay?

00:19:17If you're scared, that's perfectly normal.

00:19:19Emma nodded solemnly, then knocked gently on the door.

00:19:23Nana Maggie?

00:19:24It's me, Emma.

00:19:26And I brought a friend.

00:19:27The voice that answered was weak but filled with immediate warmth.

00:19:32Come in, my precious girl.

00:19:34I'd been waiting for you all day.

00:19:36Richard's breath caught as they entered the room.

00:19:39Margaret Thompson was clearly in the advanced stages of her illness.

00:19:43Her skin was pale and thin, and various monitors tracked her vital signs.

00:19:48But her eyes, the same brilliant green as Emma's, sparkled with intelligence and love as she saw her

00:19:53granddaughter.

00:19:54There's my beautiful girl.

00:19:57Margaret said, opening her arms as Emma carefully climbed onto the bed for a gentle hug.

00:20:02I was so worried when you didn't come this afternoon.

00:20:05I was working, Nana Maggie.

00:20:07Selling my toys to help pay for your medicine.

00:20:10And look.

00:20:11Emma gestured excitedly toward Richard.

00:20:14This is Mr. Richard, and he wants to help us.

00:20:17Margaret's eyes shifted to Richard, and he saw a flicker of recognition pass across her face.

00:20:24She studied him carefully, her gaze moving from his expensive suit to his face, and Richard

00:20:29realized she was trying to place him.

00:20:32Richard Wellington.

00:20:34He said softly, extending his hand.

00:20:36It's an honor to meet you, Mrs. Thompson.

00:20:39Margaret's intake of breath was sharp and sudden.

00:20:42Her eyes widened as the recognition fully hit her.

00:20:46Oh, my God.

00:20:47She whispered, her hand flying to her mouth.

00:20:51You're.

00:20:52You're Sarah's father.

00:20:54The room fell silent except for the steady beeping of the heart monitor.

00:20:58Emma looked confused, glancing between the two adults who were staring at each other with

00:21:02obvious recognition.

00:21:04You know each other?

00:21:06Emma asked innocently.

00:21:08Richard and Margaret continued to lock eyes, years of pain and tragedy hanging heavy in the

00:21:13air between them.

00:21:13Margaret's heart monitor began beeping faster as her stress levels rose.

00:21:19Mrs. Thompson, Richard said carefully.

00:21:23Perhaps Emma could go get some ice cream from the cafeteria while we talk?

00:21:27Margaret nodded, never taking her eyes off Richard.

00:21:31Emma, sweetheart, why don't you go downstairs and get us all some ice cream?

00:21:35Here's five dollars.

00:21:37She reached for her purse with trembling hands.

00:21:40I'll pay for it.

00:21:42Richard said quickly, handing Emma a twenty dollar bill.

00:21:46Take your time, sweetheart.

00:21:47Get whatever you want.

00:21:50After Emma skipped out of the room, Margaret's composure crumbled.

00:21:54Tears streamed down her cheeks as she struggled to find words.

00:21:58I am so sorry.

00:21:59She whispered.

00:22:00I am so incredibly sorry for what David did to your family.

00:22:05I've carried the guilt for eight years, wondering if I could have done something, anything, to

00:22:10prevent that horrible night.

00:22:12Richard sank into the chair beside her bed, his own emotions overwhelming him.

00:22:17Mrs. Thompson, Margaret, please.

00:22:20Margaret, I need you to know that I didn't come here for an apology.

00:22:24I came here because...

00:22:26He paused, struggling with how to explain the impossible situation.

00:22:30Because Emma has something that belonged to my daughter.

00:22:34Margaret's face went white.

00:22:36Oh no.

00:22:37Oh God, no.

00:22:39What does she have?

00:22:40A teddy bear.

00:22:42Brown, with a red bow tie and a missing left ear.

00:22:45She calls it Mr. Buttons.

00:22:48Margaret closed her eyes and fresh tears spilled down her cheeks.

00:22:52David brought it to her when she was just a few days old.

00:22:56He said.

00:22:57He said he'd found it and that it would help Emma feel less alone.

00:23:01I never questioned where it came from.

00:23:04I was so focused on helping him cope with Jennifer's death and his own struggles.

00:23:08I read his journal, Richard said quietly.

00:23:12I understand now what he was going through.

00:23:15The PTSD, losing Jennifer, becoming a single father when he could barely take care of himself.

00:23:21Margaret nodded, her voice breaking.

00:23:24He was such a good boy before the war.

00:23:27Gentle, kind, always helping his neighbors.

00:23:29But when he came back from Iraq, he was like a ghost of himself.

00:23:34The drinking started, the nightmares, the panic attacks.

00:23:38I begged him to get help, but he was too proud, too ashamed.

00:23:42What happened that night, Margaret?

00:23:44I need to know.

00:23:46Margaret took a shaky breath.

00:23:48David was supposed to take Emma to meet Jennifer's parents for the first time.

00:23:53They lived about an hour away, and David had been drinking all day, grieving for Jennifer.

00:23:58I had a terrible feeling about it, a grandmother's intuition, I suppose.

00:24:03I insisted Emma stay with me that night.

00:24:06Richard's heart pounded.

00:24:08So Emma was supposed to be in the car?

00:24:11Yes, Margaret whispered.

00:24:13If I hadn't intervened, both little girls would have died that night.

00:24:17David would have killed himself, your precious Sarah, and his own daughter.

00:24:22The guilt of that realization has haunted me every single day since.

00:24:26The weight of the revelation hit Richard like a physical blow.

00:24:30Margaret Thompson had unknowingly saved Emma's life while being unable to save Sarah's.

00:24:35The interconnectedness of their tragedies was almost too much to comprehend.

00:24:40After the accident, Margaret continued.

00:24:44David disappeared completely.

00:24:46He never came back for Emma, never called, never sent money.

00:24:49I think the guilt and shame broke whatever was left of his mind.

00:24:54I raised Emma alone, and I've loved her with every fiber of my being.

00:24:59But I've always carried the knowledge that her father destroyed another family.

00:25:03Richard reached out and took Margaret's hand.

00:25:06You saved Emma's life that night.

00:25:09And you've given her eight years of love and stability that she never would have had otherwise.

00:25:13You have nothing to feel guilty about.

00:25:17But your daughter, my daughter, is gone.

00:25:19Richard said, his voice thick with emotion.

00:25:22And nothing can bring her back.

00:25:25But Emma is here, and she's alive, and she needs us both now.

00:25:29Margaret squeezed his hand tightly.

00:25:32What are you saying, Richard?

00:25:33Before Richard could answer, Emma's voice echoed from the hallway,

00:25:37singing a cheerful song as she returned with ice cream.

00:25:40Richard and Margaret looked at each other,

00:25:43both understanding that their conversation was about to take a direction

00:25:46that would change all of their lives forever.

00:25:49We'll talk more later, Richard whispered as Emma bounced back into the room.

00:25:54I got chocolate for everyone!

00:25:57Emma announced happily,

00:25:58completely unaware of the earth-shattering conversation that had just taken place.

00:26:03Nana Maggie, you look sad.

00:26:05Are you feeling worse?

00:26:07Margaret forced a smile and patted her bed.

00:26:09No, sweetheart.

00:26:12Actually, I think I might be feeling a little bit better.

00:26:15Three days later, Richard found himself pacing the marble floors of his mansion study,

00:26:20his mind racing with possibilities and plans.

00:26:24He'd spent every waking hour at the hospital, officially as Emma's friend,

00:26:29but in reality learning every detail about the remarkable little girl

00:26:32who had somehow become the center of his universe.

00:26:34His lawyer Marcus sat across from his mahogany desk,

00:26:38thick folders spread between them containing the complete investigation into David Parker's

00:26:43disappearance.

00:26:44The trail goes cold in Mexico,

00:26:47Marcus explained,

00:26:48adjusting his wire-rimmed glasses.

00:26:51David Parker crossed the border eight years ago and vanished completely.

00:26:55No passport activity,

00:26:57no credit card usage,

00:26:59no contact with any known associates.

00:27:00He's either dead or living completely off the grid.

00:27:05Richard stared out the window toward the garden where Sarah used to play.

00:27:09What about his military records?

00:27:11His psychological evaluations?

00:27:14Severe PTSD,

00:27:16multiple recommended treatments that he refused.

00:27:19Three DUIs in the two years before the accident,

00:27:22all dismissed due to technicalities.

00:27:24The man was clearly in crisis,

00:27:27but the system failed him completely.

00:27:29And Emma's legal status?

00:27:31Marcus shuffled through another folder.

00:27:34Margaret Thompson has full legal custody.

00:27:37She's listed as Emma's emergency contact,

00:27:40primary guardian,

00:27:41and sole beneficiary of a small life insurance policy Jennifer had through her work.

00:27:46But Richard...

00:27:48Marcus paused,

00:27:49clearly uncomfortable with what he had to say next.

00:27:52What is it?

00:27:53Margaret's medical prognosis is worse than she's letting Emma know.

00:27:58According to my contact at the hospital,

00:28:00she has maybe six weeks left,

00:28:02eight at the outside.

00:28:04Without the experimental treatment,

00:28:06she'll be gone within the month.

00:28:08Richard's heart clenched.

00:28:10And if she dies?

00:28:11Emma becomes a ward of the state.

00:28:14She'll go into foster care,

00:28:16probably separated from everything familiar.

00:28:19Given her age and the circumstances,

00:28:21adoption would be.

00:28:22Marcus trailed off,

00:28:24clearly not wanting to voice the grim statistics.

00:28:27Unlikely.

00:28:28Richard finished quietly.

00:28:30I have to ask,

00:28:31Richard.

00:28:32What exactly are you planning here?

00:28:35I know you've been spending every day at that hospital,

00:28:38and Emma clearly adores you.

00:28:40But getting emotionally involved with the daughter of the man who killed Sarah.

00:28:44It's not healthy.

00:28:45It's not rational.

00:28:47Richard turned from the window,

00:28:49his decision crystallizing.

00:28:51Marcus,

00:28:52I want you to draw up adoption papers.

00:28:55Richard,

00:28:56no.

00:28:57Absolutely not.

00:28:58You can't adopt a child as some kind of penance

00:29:01or misguided attempt to replace Sarah.

00:29:03It doesn't work that way.

00:29:06This isn't about replacing Sarah,

00:29:08Richard said firmly.

00:29:10This is about Emma.

00:29:12She's an innocent child who's about to lose the only family she's ever known.

00:29:16I have the resources to give her everything she needs.

00:29:19Stability,

00:29:20education,

00:29:20love.

00:29:21Love?

00:29:23Marcus stood up,

00:29:24his professional composure cracking.

00:29:26Richard,

00:29:27you've known this child for three days.

00:29:29You can't love someone you barely know,

00:29:32especially when she's connected to the worst tragedy of your life.

00:29:36Richard was quiet for a long moment.

00:29:38Do you know what Emma did yesterday?

00:29:41Marcus shook his head.

00:29:43She drew me a picture of my daughter.

00:29:45Marcus's expression softened.

00:29:48What do you mean?

00:29:49She'd never seen a photo of Sarah,

00:29:51never heard her name before three days ago.

00:29:54But she drew a picture of a little girl with brown hair and blue eyes,

00:29:57playing with a teddy bear that looked exactly like Mr. Buttons.

00:30:02When I asked her about it,

00:30:03she said she'd been having dreams about a sad little girl who wanted her teddy bear to be happy again.

00:30:09Marcus sank back into his chair.

00:30:12Richard,

00:30:12I'm not trying to replace Sarah.

00:30:15Richard continued.

00:30:17But I think,

00:30:18I think maybe Sarah led me to Emma.

00:30:20Maybe this is all connected in ways we don't understand.

00:30:24That little girl is going to lose her grandmother,

00:30:26just like I lost my daughter.

00:30:29But I can make sure she doesn't lose everything.

00:30:32And if David Parker ever comes back,

00:30:34then we'll deal with it.

00:30:37But Margaret says he's been gone for eight years without a word.

00:30:40He abandoned Emma,

00:30:41Marcus.

00:30:42He left her to be raised by an elderly woman on a fixed income while he ran from his responsibilities.

00:30:49Marcus gathered his papers slowly.

00:30:51This is going to be complicated.

00:30:53Margaret will have to consent to the adoption,

00:30:56assuming she lives long enough.

00:30:59You'll need to undergo home studies,

00:31:01psychological evaluations,

00:31:02background checks.

00:31:04And Richard,

00:31:05Emma will eventually need to know the truth about who you are

00:31:08and how you're connected to her father.

00:31:10I know.

00:31:12And I'll tell her when she's old enough to understand.

00:31:15What if she hates you for it?

00:31:17What if she blames you for her father disappearing?

00:31:20Richard considered this,

00:31:22his heart heavy with the possibility.

00:31:25Then I'll accept that.

00:31:26But at least she'll be safe,

00:31:28and loved,

00:31:29and she'll have opportunities her father never gave her.

00:31:32Marcus nodded slowly.

00:31:34I'll start the paperwork.

00:31:36But Richard,

00:31:37promise me you'll think this through completely.

00:31:40Once you start this process,

00:31:41there's no going back.

00:31:42Emma will become your responsibility,

00:31:45legally and emotionally,

00:31:47for the rest of your life.

00:31:49I've never been more certain of anything.

00:31:51Richard replied.

00:31:53That evening,

00:31:54Richard returned to the hospital

00:31:55to find Emma curled up in the chair beside Margaret's bed,

00:31:58reading aloud from a worn copy of

00:32:00Charlotte's Web.

00:32:03Margaret's eyes were closed,

00:32:04but she was smiling peacefully

00:32:06as Emma's sweet voice filled the room.

00:32:09And Charlotte said,

00:32:10Salutations,

00:32:11which means hello and fancy talk.

00:32:13Emma read carefully,

00:32:15sounding out the bigger words.

00:32:17That's beautiful, sweetheart.

00:32:19Richard said softly from the doorway.

00:32:21Emma looked up with a bright smile.

00:32:23Mr. Richard.

00:32:25Nana Maggie's been sleeping a lot today,

00:32:28but the nurses said reading to her still helps.

00:32:31Do you want to hear the story too?

00:32:33Richard settled into the other chair,

00:32:35and Emma climbed into his lap

00:32:37with the naturalness of a child

00:32:38who had already decided to trust him completely.

00:32:41As she continued reading,

00:32:43Margaret opened her eyes

00:32:44and looked directly at Richard.

00:32:46We need to talk,

00:32:48she mouthed silently.

00:32:49Richard nodded,

00:32:51understanding that Margaret

00:32:52had made her own decision about Emma's future.

00:32:55Later that night,

00:32:56after Emma had fallen asleep

00:32:57curled up between them

00:32:58on Margaret's hospital bed,

00:33:00Margaret and Richard spoke

00:33:02in hushed whispers

00:33:03about the impossible situation

00:33:04they found themselves in.

00:33:06I'm dying, Richard,

00:33:08Margaret said simply.

00:33:09And Emma doesn't know

00:33:10how bad it really is.

00:33:12I've been trying to protect her,

00:33:14but she's going to need someone

00:33:16when I'm gone.

00:33:17I want to adopt her, Margaret.

00:33:19I want to give her everything she deserves.

00:33:22Margaret was quiet for a long time,

00:33:25studying Richard's face

00:33:26in the dim hospital lighting.

00:33:28Why?

00:33:29She finally asked.

00:33:30Why would you want to take in

00:33:32the daughter of the man

00:33:33who destroyed your life?

00:33:35Richard looked down at Emma,

00:33:36sleeping peacefully

00:33:37with Mr. Buttons

00:33:38clutched against her chest.

00:33:40Because she's not responsible

00:33:42for what her father did.

00:33:44Because she's already lost too much.

00:33:46And because...

00:33:48He paused,

00:33:49struggling to put his feelings into words.

00:33:52Because when I look at her,

00:33:53I don't see David Parker's daughter.

00:33:56I see a little girl

00:33:57who needs a father,

00:33:58and I see a chance

00:33:59to maybe do something good

00:34:00with all this pain.

00:34:02Margaret reached out

00:34:03and squeezed his hand.

00:34:05There's something else

00:34:06you need to know about Emma.

00:34:08Something even she doesn't know yet.

00:34:10Richard's heart stopped.

00:34:12What do you mean?

00:34:14Margaret's voice dropped

00:34:15to barely a whisper.

00:34:17David left something else behind

00:34:18besides that teddy bear.

00:34:20Something that changes everything

00:34:22about Emma's connection

00:34:23to your family.

00:34:24Margaret's words hung in the air

00:34:26like a thunderclap.

00:34:28Richard's pulse hammered in his ears

00:34:29as he waited for her to continue,

00:34:31afraid to even breathe.

00:34:33Emma slept peacefully between them,

00:34:35completely unaware

00:34:36that her entire world

00:34:37was about to shift

00:34:38on its axis once again.

00:34:40What are you talking about, Margaret?

00:34:42Richard whispered,

00:34:44his voice barely audible.

00:34:46Margaret carefully reached

00:34:47into her bedside drawer

00:34:48and pulled out a manila envelope,

00:34:51yellowed with age and handly.

00:34:53Her hands trembled as she opened it,

00:34:55revealing several documents

00:34:56and a letter written

00:34:57in David Parker's

00:34:58distinctive handwriting.

00:35:00David left this for me

00:35:02the night before he disappeared,

00:35:04Margaret said softly.

00:35:06He made me promise

00:35:07not to open it

00:35:08unless something happened to him

00:35:09or unless Emma was in danger.

00:35:12When you told me

00:35:12who you were three days ago,

00:35:14I knew it was time.

00:35:16Richard's hands shook

00:35:17as Margaret handed him the letter.

00:35:19The date at the top

00:35:20was from eight years ago,

00:35:21just days after the accident

00:35:23that killed Sarah.

00:35:24Margaret, the letter began.

00:35:27If you're reading this,

00:35:28then I'm either dead

00:35:29or I've done something so terrible

00:35:31that I can never come back.

00:35:33I need you to know the truth

00:35:34about that night

00:35:35and about Emma

00:35:36because she deserves to know

00:35:38who she really is.

00:35:40The accident wasn't random.

00:35:42I was driving to meet someone,

00:35:43Sarah Wellington's father,

00:35:45Richard Wellington.

00:35:47He'd been trying to find me

00:35:48since the accident,

00:35:49not for revenge like I thought,

00:35:51but because he discovered

00:35:52something about Sarah's blood type

00:35:54that didn't match

00:35:55his medical records.

00:35:56Richard suspected

00:35:57that Sarah wasn't

00:35:58his biological daughter

00:35:59and he wanted a paternity test.

00:36:02He tracked me down

00:36:03because Jennifer had worked

00:36:04at the same hospital

00:36:06where Sarah was born

00:36:07and there were questions

00:36:08about babies being switched

00:36:09in the maternity ward

00:36:10around that time.

00:36:12Margaret,

00:36:13I need you to understand,

00:36:14I never meant to hurt anyone.

00:36:17I was drunk and terrified

00:36:18about what the DNA test

00:36:19might reveal.

00:36:20I was supposed to meet Richard

00:36:22that night to provide a sample,

00:36:24but I panicked.

00:36:25I thought if Sarah

00:36:26wasn't really his daughter,

00:36:28somehow that would make

00:36:29what I'd done even worse

00:36:30that I never told you this before,

00:36:32but Jennifer confessed something

00:36:33to me right before she died.

00:36:36She said there had been

00:36:37a mix-up at the hospital

00:36:38when the girls were born.

00:36:40She was too scared

00:36:41to say anything earlier,

00:36:42but she made me promise

00:36:44to find out the truth

00:36:45that I've been carrying

00:36:46this secret,

00:36:47and I can't anymore.

00:36:48Margaret,

00:36:49Emma might not be

00:36:50my biological daughter,

00:36:52and if she's not mine,

00:36:54there's a chance

00:36:55she might be Richard Wellington's.

00:36:57Richard's vision blurred

00:36:58as the words sank in.

00:37:00His hands began to shake

00:37:01so violently

00:37:02that he nearly dropped

00:37:03the letter.

00:37:05Margaret reached out

00:37:06and steadied him,

00:37:07her own eyes filled

00:37:08with tears.

00:37:09Keep reading,

00:37:10she whispered.

00:37:12There's more.

00:37:13Richard forced himself

00:37:14to continue,

00:37:16his heart pounding so hard

00:37:17he was sure

00:37:18it would wake Emma.

00:37:19I took some of Sarah's hair

00:37:21from the accident scene

00:37:22and some of Emma's

00:37:23from her baby brush.

00:37:25I had a friend run a DNA test

00:37:26before I left town.

00:37:28The results are

00:37:29in this envelope.

00:37:30Margaret,

00:37:31if Emma is really

00:37:32Richard Wellington's daughter,

00:37:33then the little girl

00:37:34I killed was actually mine.

00:37:36Which means I killed

00:37:37my own biological child

00:37:39and abandoned his dot.

00:37:40I can't live with this knowledge.

00:37:42I can't face either of them.

00:37:44If the test proves

00:37:45what I suspect,

00:37:46then you need to make sure

00:37:48Emma finds her way

00:37:49back to her real father.

00:37:51He's a good man

00:37:51who has suffered enough,

00:37:53and she deserves

00:37:54to know her true family

00:37:55dot I'm sorry

00:37:56for everything.

00:37:57Take care of our girls,

00:37:59whichever daughter

00:37:59belongs to whom.

00:38:01David.

00:38:02Richard's world

00:38:02spun violently

00:38:03as he set down

00:38:04the letter

00:38:04with trembling hands.

00:38:06Margaret silently

00:38:07handed him

00:38:08a sealed envelope marked.

00:38:10DNA results,

00:38:11confidential.

00:38:12I've never opened it,

00:38:14Margaret whispered.

00:38:15I was too afraid

00:38:16of what it might say.

00:38:18But now,

00:38:19with you here,

00:38:20wanting to adopt Emma,

00:38:22maybe it's time

00:38:23we knew the truth.

00:38:24Richard stared

00:38:25at the envelope,

00:38:26his mind reeling.

00:38:28Was it possible

00:38:29that the daughter

00:38:29of his heart

00:38:30wasn't his biological child,

00:38:32while the little girl

00:38:33sleeping peacefully

00:38:34beside him

00:38:35was actually

00:38:35his own flesh and blood?

00:38:37Was it possible

00:38:38that David Parker

00:38:39had killed his own daughter

00:38:41while abandoning Richard's?

00:38:42If this is true,

00:38:44Richard said hoarsely,

00:38:46then Emma is.

00:38:48Your daughter,

00:38:49Margaret finished.

00:38:50And Sarah was David's.

00:38:52The girls were switched

00:38:53at birth,

00:38:54and neither family knew

00:38:56until it was too late.

00:38:58Richard looked down

00:38:58at Emma,

00:38:59really looked at her,

00:39:00and suddenly details

00:39:01he dismissed

00:39:02before came flooding back.

00:39:04Her dimpled chin

00:39:05that matched his own.

00:39:07The way she tilted

00:39:08her head

00:39:08when she was thinking,

00:39:09exactly like he did.

00:39:11Her love of drawing

00:39:12and her meticulous

00:39:13attention to detail.

00:39:15Traits that had nothing

00:39:16to do with David Parker

00:39:17but everything to do

00:39:18with Richard's

00:39:19own personality.

00:39:21Oh my god!

00:39:22Richard breathed.

00:39:24Emma is my daughter.

00:39:25My biological daughter.

00:39:28Margaret nodded,

00:39:29tears streaming down her face.

00:39:31I think so.

00:39:32I've suspected it for years,

00:39:34but I was too afraid

00:39:35to investigate.

00:39:37She doesn't look anything

00:39:38like David or Jennifer,

00:39:39but she has your eyes,

00:39:41your mannerisms,

00:39:42even your stubborn determination.

00:39:45Richard's entire understanding

00:39:46of the past eight years

00:39:47crumbled and rebuilt itself

00:39:49in seconds.

00:39:50He hadn't just randomly found

00:39:52David Parker's abandoned daughter.

00:39:54He had found his own child,

00:39:56raised by strangers

00:39:56while he grieved for a little girl

00:39:58who was never really his.

00:40:00But Sarah had been his

00:40:01in every way that mattered.

00:40:03He had loved her,

00:40:05raised her,

00:40:05been her father

00:40:06in all the ways that counted.

00:40:08And Emma.

00:40:10Emma was his biological daughter,

00:40:12but David Parker's father

00:40:13in all the ways

00:40:14that had shaped her.

00:40:16We need to open it,

00:40:17Richard said,

00:40:18his voice stronger now.

00:40:20We need to know for certain.

00:40:22Margaret nodded

00:40:23and carefully tore open

00:40:24the envelope.

00:40:26Inside was a single sheet

00:40:27of laboratory results.

00:40:29Richard's eyes scanned

00:40:31the technical language

00:40:31until he found the conclusion.

00:40:33Probability of paternity

00:40:35between David M.

00:40:37Parker and Subject A,

00:40:38Emma Thompson 0.02%

00:40:40Probability of paternity

00:40:42between Richard J.

00:40:43Wellington and Subject A,

00:40:45Emma Thompson 99.97%.

00:40:48The results were definitive.

00:40:51Emma was Richard Wellington's

00:40:52biological daughter,

00:40:54and by process of elimination,

00:40:56Sarah had been David Parker's.

00:40:58Richard sank back in his chair,

00:41:00overwhelmed by the magnitude

00:41:01of the revelation.

00:41:03For eight years,

00:41:04he had mourned the wrong child

00:41:05while his real daughter

00:41:06grew up believing

00:41:07her father had abandoned her.

00:41:09Emma stirred in her sleep,

00:41:11unconsciously reaching

00:41:12for Richard's hand.

00:41:14Even in sleep,

00:41:15she sought comfort

00:41:15from her biological father,

00:41:17a father she had never known

00:41:19she belonged to.

00:41:20What do we do now?

00:41:22Margaret whispered.

00:41:24Richard looked at this brave woman

00:41:25who had raised his daughter

00:41:26with such love and devotion,

00:41:28and then down at Emma,

00:41:29who had no idea

00:41:31that her entire identity

00:41:32was about to change.

00:41:34No, Richard said quietly.

00:41:37We figure out how to tell her

00:41:38that everything she thought

00:41:39she knew about her family

00:41:41was wrong.

00:41:42And we pray that love

00:41:43is stronger than biology,

00:41:44because no matter

00:41:45what that test says,

00:41:47you're still her grandmother

00:41:47in every way that matters.

00:41:50But even as he spoke,

00:41:51Richard's mind was racing

00:41:52with the implications.

00:41:54Emma wasn't just a child

00:41:56he wanted to adopt

00:41:57out of kindness.

00:41:57She was his own daughter,

00:42:00coming home at last.

00:42:01The question now

00:42:02was whether she would

00:42:03want him as her father,

00:42:05once she learned the truth

00:42:06about the man

00:42:06she'd always believed

00:42:07was her dad.

00:42:09Two weeks had passed

00:42:10since the DNA revelation,

00:42:12and Richard found himself

00:42:13sitting in a small

00:42:14Chicago diner

00:42:15at 6 a.m.,

00:42:16staring at a cup of coffee

00:42:18that had long since gone cold.

00:42:20Across from him

00:42:21sat Dr. Patricia Hayes,

00:42:23a child psychologist

00:42:24whom Marcus had recommended

00:42:25for help navigating

00:42:27the impossible conversation

00:42:28that lay ahead.

00:42:30There's no perfect way

00:42:31to tell a seven-year-old

00:42:32that everything she believes

00:42:33about her identity is wrong,

00:42:36Dr. Hayes said gently.

00:42:38But Emma is remarkably resilient,

00:42:40and she already trusts you completely.

00:42:42That's going to be crucial.

00:42:44Richard ran his hands

00:42:46through his hair,

00:42:47exhaustion evident

00:42:48in every line of his face.

00:42:50How do I tell her

00:42:51that the father

00:42:52she's been missing

00:42:53her whole life

00:42:53actually killed

00:42:54the little girl

00:42:55she was switched

00:42:56with at birth?

00:42:57How do I explain

00:42:58that I'm her real father,

00:43:00but that I've been mourning

00:43:01another man's daughter

00:43:02for eight years?

00:43:03You tell her the truth,

00:43:05but you do it slowly,

00:43:06with love,

00:43:07and with Margaret's help.

00:43:09Children are more adaptable

00:43:10than we give them credit for,

00:43:12especially when they feel secure

00:43:14in their relationships.

00:43:16Richard's phone buzzed

00:43:17with a text from the hospital.

00:43:19Margaret asking for you.

00:43:21Please come soon.

00:43:22Nurse Jennifer.

00:43:24Dr. Hayes noticed

00:43:25his expression change.

00:43:27Is everything okay?

00:43:29Margaret's getting worse.

00:43:31Emma doesn't know

00:43:31how serious it is,

00:43:33but I think Margaret

00:43:34wants to tell her

00:43:35about the DNA results before.

00:43:37He couldn't finish

00:43:38the sentence point

00:43:39twenty minutes later.

00:43:40Richard found Margaret

00:43:41sitting up in her hospital bed,

00:43:43more alert

00:43:44than she'd been in days.

00:43:46Emma was at school,

00:43:47giving them time

00:43:48to talk privately.

00:43:50I've been thinking

00:43:50about our conversation

00:43:51all night,

00:43:53Margaret said

00:43:53without preamble.

00:43:55We need to tell Emma

00:43:56the truth today.

00:43:58All of it.

00:43:59Are you sure she's ready?

00:44:01Margaret's laugh

00:44:02was weak but determined.

00:44:04Richard,

00:44:04that little girl

00:44:05has handled more loss

00:44:06and disappointment

00:44:07in her seven years

00:44:08than most adults

00:44:09face in a lifetime.

00:44:10She's stronger

00:44:11than you know.

00:44:12But the truth

00:44:13about David,

00:44:14about what he did,

00:44:15will be devastating,

00:44:16yes.

00:44:17But she deserves

00:44:18to know who her

00:44:19real father is

00:44:20before I'm gone.

00:44:22She deserves

00:44:22to understand

00:44:23that she was never

00:44:24abandoned,

00:44:25that you've been

00:44:25looking for her

00:44:26without knowing it.

00:44:28Richard sat beside

00:44:29her bed,

00:44:30taking her frail

00:44:31hand in his.

00:44:32How do we do this?

00:44:34Together.

00:44:35When she gets here

00:44:36after school,

00:44:37we sit her down

00:44:38and we tell her

00:44:38that we've discovered

00:44:39something amazing

00:44:40about her family.

00:44:42We start with

00:44:42the positive,

00:44:43that she has a father

00:44:44who loves her

00:44:45and wants her.

00:44:46Then we explain

00:44:47about the hospital

00:44:48mix-up,

00:44:49gently.

00:44:50And David?

00:44:51Margaret's expression

00:44:52hardened slightly.

00:44:54We tell her

00:44:55that the man

00:44:55she thought

00:44:56was her father

00:44:56was very sick

00:44:57in his mind

00:44:58and that he made

00:44:59terrible choices

00:45:00that hurt people.

00:45:02But we also tell her

00:45:03that he loved her

00:45:04enough to make sure

00:45:05she stayed with me

00:45:05that night,

00:45:06even if he didn't

00:45:07understand why.

00:45:09At 3.30pm,

00:45:11Emma burst into

00:45:11the hospital room

00:45:12with her usual exuberance,

00:45:14her backpack

00:45:15flying behind her

00:45:16and her blonde hair

00:45:17in wild disarray.

00:45:19Nana Maggie!

00:45:21Mr. Richard!

00:45:22Guess what happened

00:45:23at school today?

00:45:25She climbed carefully

00:45:26onto Margaret's bed,

00:45:27chattering about

00:45:28her art project

00:45:29and a new friend

00:45:30named Katie Da.

00:45:31Richard's heart

00:45:32clenched as he watched

00:45:33her animated face,

00:45:34knowing that her

00:45:35innocent joy

00:45:36was about to be

00:45:36shaken to its core.

00:45:38Emma, sweetheart,

00:45:40Margaret said gently.

00:45:41Mr. Richard and I

00:45:42need to talk to you

00:45:43about something

00:45:44very important.

00:45:46Something about

00:45:46your family.

00:45:48Emma's expression

00:45:49immediately grew serious.

00:45:51At seven years old,

00:45:52she'd already learned

00:45:53that important family

00:45:54talks usually meant

00:45:56bad news.

00:45:58Is it about my daddy?

00:46:00Did something happen

00:46:01to him?

00:46:02Richard and Margaret

00:46:03exchanged glances.

00:46:04This was it,

00:46:05the moment that

00:46:06would change everything.

00:46:08Emma, Richard said softly.

00:46:10What would you say

00:46:11if I told you

00:46:12that we discovered

00:46:13something wonderful

00:46:13about your family?

00:46:15Something that means

00:46:16you're even more special

00:46:17than we already knew?

00:46:19Emma tilted her head

00:46:20thoughtfully.

00:46:21Like what?

00:46:22Margaret took a deep breath.

00:46:25Sweetheart,

00:46:25do you remember

00:46:26when we talked about

00:46:27how sometimes

00:46:27the doctors at hospitals

00:46:29make mistakes?

00:46:30Emma nodded.

00:46:32Well, when you were born,

00:46:33the doctors made

00:46:34a very special

00:46:35kind of mistake.

00:46:36They accidentally gave you

00:46:38to the wrong family

00:46:39at first.

00:46:40Emma's eyes widened.

00:46:42What do you mean?

00:46:44Richard leaned forward,

00:46:45his heart pounding.

00:46:47Emma, honey,

00:46:47it turns out

00:46:48that you're not

00:46:49David Parker's daughter.

00:46:50You're my daughter.

00:46:52My biological daughter.

00:46:54The room fell silent

00:46:56except for the steady

00:46:57beeping of Margaret's monitors.

00:46:59Emma stared at Richard

00:47:00with those brilliant

00:47:01green eyes,

00:47:02processing information

00:47:03that would be difficult

00:47:04for an adult

00:47:05to understand.

00:47:06But!

00:47:06But if I'm your daughter,

00:47:09Emma said slowly,

00:47:10then where's

00:47:11your other little girl?

00:47:12The one in the pictures

00:47:13at your house?

00:47:15Richard's throat tightened.

00:47:17Emma had noticed

00:47:18Sarah's photographs

00:47:19during their visits

00:47:19to his mansion

00:47:20to discuss

00:47:21the adoption plans.

00:47:23Emma,

00:47:24Margaret said gently,

00:47:25Sarah was your daddy

00:47:26David's real daughter.

00:47:28The doctors switched you

00:47:29to when you were babies,

00:47:31and nobody knew

00:47:32until now.

00:47:33Emma was quiet

00:47:34for a long moment,

00:47:35her seven-year-old mind

00:47:36working through

00:47:37the implications.

00:47:39So Sarah was my

00:47:40sister?

00:47:42Kind of?

00:47:43In a way, yes,

00:47:45Richard said.

00:47:46You were both born

00:47:47on the same day,

00:47:48in the same hospital.

00:47:50You grew up

00:47:50in each other's families.

00:47:52Where is she now?

00:47:54Can I meet her?

00:47:55This was the moment

00:47:56Richard had been dreading.

00:47:58He knelt down

00:47:59beside Margaret's bed

00:48:00so he was at

00:48:01Emma's eye level.

00:48:02Emma, sweetheart,

00:48:03Sarah died

00:48:04when she was

00:48:04seven years old.

00:48:06There was a very

00:48:07bad car accident.

00:48:09Emma's face

00:48:10crumpled with

00:48:10immediate grief

00:48:11for a sister

00:48:12she'd never known.

00:48:13She died?

00:48:15But she was just

00:48:15a little girl like me.

00:48:17Yes, she was.

00:48:19And she was very loved,

00:48:21just like you are.

00:48:22Emma was quiet

00:48:23for several minutes,

00:48:24tears streaming

00:48:25down her cheeks.

00:48:26When she finally spoke,

00:48:28her question

00:48:29broke Richard's heart.

00:48:31Was my daddy

00:48:31David driving

00:48:32the car

00:48:33that hurt Sarah?

00:48:34Richard and Margaret

00:48:35looked at each other,

00:48:36knowing there was

00:48:37no way to soften

00:48:38this blow.

00:48:39Yes, Emma,

00:48:41Margaret said quietly.

00:48:42David was driving

00:48:43the car.

00:48:45He was very sick

00:48:46in his mind,

00:48:47and he'd been

00:48:47drinking alcohol,

00:48:49which made him

00:48:49make very bad choices.

00:48:52Emma's sobs

00:48:52were heartbreaking.

00:48:54So my daddy

00:48:55killed my sister?

00:48:56Emma,

00:48:57Richard said urgently,

00:48:59gathering her

00:48:59into his arms.

00:49:01David Parker

00:49:01wasn't your real daddy.

00:49:03I am.

00:49:04And yes,

00:49:05he made a terrible mistake

00:49:06that hurt our family

00:49:07very badly.

00:49:09But you are not

00:49:10responsible for what he did.

00:49:12You are innocent

00:49:13and perfect and loved.

00:49:15Emma clung to Richard

00:49:16with desperate strength.

00:49:17I don't understand.

00:49:19If you're my real daddy,

00:49:21why didn't you come

00:49:22find me before?

00:49:22Why did I have to live

00:49:24without a daddy

00:49:25for so long?

00:49:27Because I didn't know

00:49:28you existed,

00:49:29sweetheart.

00:49:30I thought Sarah

00:49:30was my daughter,

00:49:32and I thought

00:49:32you were David's.

00:49:34Nobody knew

00:49:34about the mix-up

00:49:35until now.

00:49:36Emma pulled back

00:49:37to look at him.

00:49:38Her face streaked

00:49:39with tears.

00:49:41But you know now?

00:49:42Yes.

00:49:43And now I want

00:49:44to be your daddy forever,

00:49:46if you'll let me.

00:49:47I want to take care

00:49:48of you and love you

00:49:49and make sure

00:49:49you never feel alone again.

00:49:52Emma looked between

00:49:52Richard and Margaret,

00:49:54her young mind

00:49:55struggling to process

00:49:56the enormity

00:49:56of what she'd learned.

00:49:58Does this mean

00:49:59I don't have to go

00:50:00to foster care

00:50:01when Nana Maggie

00:50:01goes to heaven?

00:50:03The simple question

00:50:04revealed that Emma

00:50:05understood far more

00:50:06about Margaret's condition

00:50:07than the adults

00:50:08had realized.

00:50:09That's right,

00:50:10sweetheart,

00:50:11Margaret said

00:50:12through her own tears.

00:50:14Richard is going

00:50:14to adopt you officially,

00:50:16which means you'll be

00:50:17his daughter legally too.

00:50:19You'll have a real family again.

00:50:21Emma was quiet

00:50:22for a long time,

00:50:23still nestled

00:50:24in Richard's arms.

00:50:25When she finally spoke,

00:50:27her words surprised

00:50:28them both.

00:50:29I'm sad about Sarah.

00:50:31And I'm confused

00:50:32about David.

00:50:33But I'm happy

00:50:34that you're my real daddy,

00:50:36because I love you already.

00:50:38Richard held her tighter,

00:50:39overwhelmed by her resilience

00:50:40and capacity for love

00:50:42despite everything

00:50:43she'd endured.

00:50:44But as Emma fell asleep

00:50:45in his arms

00:50:46an hour later,

00:50:47Richard couldn't shake

00:50:48the feeling

00:50:49that they hadn't told her

00:50:50the whole truth yet.

00:50:51And somewhere

00:50:52in the back

00:50:53of his mind,

00:50:54a terrible thought

00:50:54was forming

00:50:55about David Parker's

00:50:56eight-year disappearance

00:50:57and what might happen

00:50:59if he ever decided

00:51:00to come back.

00:51:01Three days

00:51:02after the revelation,

00:51:03Richard found himself

00:51:04in the cramped office

00:51:05of Detective Maria Santos,

00:51:07who had worked

00:51:08Sarah's case

00:51:09eight years ago.

00:51:10The walls were covered

00:51:11with case files,

00:51:13crime scene photos,

00:51:14and a large map

00:51:15of Chicago

00:51:16marked with red pins.

00:51:18I've been expecting

00:51:19this call for years,

00:51:20Detective Santos said,

00:51:22leaning back

00:51:22in her worn chair.

00:51:24The David Parker case

00:51:25never sat right with me.

00:51:27A man kills a child

00:51:28in a drunk driving accident,

00:51:30posts bail,

00:51:31and then vanishes completely?

00:51:33That doesn't happen

00:51:34without help.

00:51:36Richard studied

00:51:37the case files

00:51:37spread across her desk.

00:51:39What do you mean,

00:51:40help?

00:51:41Someone with resources

00:51:42helped David Parker disappear.

00:51:44The timeline is too clean,

00:51:46too professional.

00:51:48He crossed into Mexico

00:51:49within 24 hours

00:51:51of skipping bail,

00:51:52had a new identity,

00:51:54cash,

00:51:54everything set up

00:51:55in advance.

00:51:57You think someone

00:51:57paid for his escape?

00:51:59Detective Santos

00:52:00nodded grimly.

00:52:02I think someone

00:52:02wanted David Parker gone

00:52:04as much as he wanted

00:52:05to disappear.

00:52:06The question is

00:52:07who and why?

00:52:09Richard's phone buzzed

00:52:10with a text from Margaret.

00:52:11Emma asking difficult

00:52:13questions about David.

00:52:15Can you come?

00:52:16I have to go,

00:52:18Richard said standing.

00:52:20But Detective Santos,

00:52:21I need to know,

00:52:22is there any chance

00:52:23David Parker

00:52:24could come back?

00:52:25Any reason he might

00:52:26try to contact Emma?

00:52:28The detective's expression

00:52:30grew troubled.

00:52:31That's what worries me,

00:52:32Mr. Wellington.

00:52:34If David Parker

00:52:35has been living

00:52:36off the grid

00:52:36for eight years,

00:52:37something significant

00:52:38would have to happen

00:52:39to make him risk exposure.

00:52:41And with Margaret Thompson

00:52:43dying,

00:52:44she didn't need

00:52:44to finish the sentence.

00:52:46Richard understood

00:52:47the implication perfectly.

00:52:49An hour later,

00:52:50Richard found Emma

00:52:51sitting quietly

00:52:52in Margaret's hospital room,

00:52:54coloring in a book

00:52:54but clearly distracted.

00:52:57Margaret appeared

00:52:57to be sleeping,

00:52:59but her breathing

00:52:59was more labored

00:53:00than usual.

00:53:02Hey, sweetheart,

00:53:03Richard said softly,

00:53:04settling into the chair

00:53:05beside Emma.

00:53:06How are you feeling today?

00:53:09Emma looked up

00:53:09with eyes that seemed

00:53:10older than her seven years.

00:53:13I keep thinking

00:53:13about my real daddy David.

00:53:16Not you,

00:53:17you're my daddy now.

00:53:18But the other one.

00:53:20Richard's heart clenched.

00:53:22What about him?

00:53:23Nana Maggie says

00:53:24he was sick in his mind,

00:53:26but I keep wondering.

00:53:28If he loved me enough

00:53:29to give me Mr. Buttons,

00:53:30why didn't he love me

00:53:31enough to stay?

00:53:33The innocent question

00:53:34cut deep.

00:53:35How could Richard explain

00:53:37the complexities

00:53:37of PTSD,

00:53:39addiction,

00:53:39and psychological breakdown

00:53:41to a seven-year-old?

00:53:43Sometimes, Emma,

00:53:44when people are very

00:53:45sick emotionally,

00:53:46they think they're

00:53:47protecting the people

00:53:48they love by staying away.

00:53:50David was carrying

00:53:51a lot of pain

00:53:51from the war

00:53:52and from losing

00:53:53your birth mother.

00:53:55He probably thought

00:53:55you'd be better off

00:53:56without him.

00:53:57But he was wrong,

00:53:59wasn't he?

00:54:00I needed a daddy.

00:54:02Yes, sweetheart.

00:54:02He was very wrong.

00:54:05And I'm sorry

00:54:06you had to grow up

00:54:06without knowing

00:54:07that your real daddy

00:54:08was looking for you

00:54:09all along.

00:54:10Emma set down her crayon

00:54:12and climbed into

00:54:13Richard's lap.

00:54:14Can I ask you

00:54:15something really important?

00:54:17Of course.

00:54:18Are you going

00:54:19to leave me too?

00:54:20When things get

00:54:21hard or scary?

00:54:22Richard's throat

00:54:23tightened with emotion.

00:54:25Never, Emma.

00:54:26I promise you,

00:54:27no matter what happens,

00:54:29I will never leave you.

00:54:30You're my daughter,

00:54:31and I love you

00:54:32more than anything

00:54:33in the world.

00:54:34Emma was quiet

00:54:35for a moment.

00:54:37Even if David

00:54:37comes back?

00:54:39Even if he wants

00:54:40me back?

00:54:41The question

00:54:41hit Richard

00:54:42like a physical blow.

00:54:44Emma,

00:54:44why would you think

00:54:45David might come back?

00:54:47I had a dream

00:54:48last night.

00:54:49A really scary dream.

00:54:51A man was watching

00:54:52me from across

00:54:53the street

00:54:53when I was playing

00:54:54at the park.

00:54:55He looked sad

00:54:56and angry

00:54:56at the same time.

00:54:58And he had

00:54:58the same eyes

00:54:59as me.

00:55:00Richard's blood

00:55:01ran cold.

00:55:03Emma's eyes

00:55:03were Richard's eyes.

00:55:05She'd inherited

00:55:05them from him,

00:55:06not from David

00:55:07Parker.

00:55:08But if she was

00:55:09dreaming about a man

00:55:10with similar features,

00:55:12Emma,

00:55:12in your dream,

00:55:13did the man

00:55:14try to talk to you?

00:55:15No,

00:55:16he just watched.

00:55:17But I felt like

00:55:18he wanted to take

00:55:19me away from you

00:55:20and Nana Maggie.

00:55:21It made me

00:55:22really scared.

00:55:24Richard held

00:55:24her closer,

00:55:25his mind racing.

00:55:26children's dreams

00:55:28were often just

00:55:29their subconscious

00:55:29processing fears

00:55:30and emotions.

00:55:32But given

00:55:33everything that

00:55:33had happened,

00:55:34he couldn't shake

00:55:35the feeling that

00:55:36Emma's dream

00:55:36might be more

00:55:37than imagination.

00:55:39Margaret stirred

00:55:39in her bed,

00:55:40her eyes opening

00:55:41slowly.

00:55:42Richard?

00:55:43Is everything

00:55:44okay?

00:55:45We're fine.

00:55:46He said quickly,

00:55:48not wanting to

00:55:48worry her.

00:55:49Emma was just

00:55:50telling me about

00:55:51a dream she had.

00:55:52But Margaret's

00:55:53expression grew

00:55:54alert.

00:55:54What kind

00:55:56of dream?

00:55:57Before Emma

00:55:57could answer,

00:55:58Margaret's nurse

00:55:59appeared in the

00:56:00doorway.

00:56:01I'm sorry to

00:56:01interrupt,

00:56:02but Mrs. Thompson,

00:56:03there's a man here

00:56:04asking about Emma.

00:56:06He says he's her

00:56:06father.

00:56:08The room fell

00:56:08silent except for

00:56:09the sound of

00:56:10Margaret's heart

00:56:11monitor,

00:56:12which began

00:56:12beeping rapidly.

00:56:14What did he

00:56:14look like?

00:56:16Richard asked

00:56:16urgently.

00:56:17Tall, dark

00:56:18hair, thin.

00:56:19He seemed

00:56:20nervous, agitated.

00:56:22He didn't have

00:56:23ID,

00:56:23but he knew

00:56:24Emma's full

00:56:25name, her

00:56:26birthday, even

00:56:27details about her

00:56:28birth that wouldn't

00:56:28be public

00:56:29knowledge.

00:56:30Richard stood

00:56:31quickly, pulling

00:56:32Emma behind him

00:56:33protectively.

00:56:34Where is he

00:56:35now?

00:56:36Security escorted

00:56:37him to the

00:56:37lobby.

00:56:38He's asking to

00:56:39see Emma, but

00:56:40given that you're

00:56:41listed as her

00:56:41legal guardian

00:56:42now, we

00:56:43couldn't allow it

00:56:44without permission.

00:56:45Emma's face

00:56:46had gone pale.

00:56:47Is it David?

00:56:49Is it really

00:56:49him?

00:56:50Margaret

00:56:51struggled to sit

00:56:52up, her

00:56:52breathing labored.

00:56:54Richard, you

00:56:54need to.

00:56:55You need to

00:56:56handle this

00:56:56carefully.

00:56:58If David's

00:56:58back, there's

00:56:59a reason.

00:57:00And it might

00:57:01not be what

00:57:01we think.

00:57:02I don't want

00:57:03to see him.

00:57:04Emma said

00:57:04quietly, pressing

00:57:06closer to

00:57:06Richard.

00:57:07I want to

00:57:08stay with

00:57:08you.

00:57:09Richard's

00:57:10protective

00:57:10instincts

00:57:11surged.

00:57:12You don't

00:57:12have to see

00:57:13him, sweetheart.

00:57:14Not if you

00:57:15don't want

00:57:15to.

00:57:16But even

00:57:17as he spoke,

00:57:18Richard knew

00:57:18this moment had

00:57:19been inevitable.

00:57:20David Parker

00:57:21was back,

00:57:22eight years

00:57:23after destroying

00:57:24both their

00:57:24lives.

00:57:25The question

00:57:26was what he

00:57:26wanted, and

00:57:27how far Richard

00:57:28would have to

00:57:29go to protect

00:57:30Emma from the

00:57:30man who had

00:57:31abandoned her.

00:57:32Should I call

00:57:33security to

00:57:34remove him?

00:57:35The nurse

00:57:35asked.

00:57:36Richard looked

00:57:36down at

00:57:37Emma, then

00:57:37at Margaret, who

00:57:39was struggling

00:57:39to stay

00:57:40conscious.

00:57:41A decision

00:57:42had to be

00:57:42made, and

00:57:43it had to

00:57:43be made

00:57:44now.

00:57:45No, Richard

00:57:46said finally.

00:57:47I'll go

00:57:48talk to him.

00:57:48But Emma

00:57:50stays here with

00:57:50security watching

00:57:51the room.

00:57:52As Richard

00:57:53headed toward

00:57:53the elevator, he

00:57:55couldn't shake

00:57:55the feeling that

00:57:56the next few

00:57:57minutes would

00:57:57determine Emma's

00:57:58future, and

00:57:59whether the

00:57:59fragile family

00:58:00they'd built

00:58:01together would

00:58:01survive David

00:58:02Parker's return.

00:58:04The hospital

00:58:04elevator descended

00:58:05with agonizing

00:58:06slowness as

00:58:07Richard prepared

00:58:08himself to face

00:58:09the man who

00:58:10had haunted his

00:58:10nightmares for

00:58:11eight years.

00:58:13His hands

00:58:13were steady, but

00:58:14his heart hammered

00:58:15against his ribs

00:58:16with each passing

00:58:17floor.

00:58:17Whatever David

00:58:19Parker wanted,

00:58:20Richard was

00:58:20determined to

00:58:21protect Emma

00:58:22at all costs.

00:58:23The lobby was

00:58:24bustling with

00:58:24typical hospital

00:58:25activity, visitors,

00:58:27staff, patients,

00:58:28and wheelchairs.

00:58:29But Richard spotted

00:58:30David immediately.

00:58:32He was sitting

00:58:33alone in a

00:58:33corner chair, his

00:58:34head in his

00:58:35hands, looking

00:58:36nothing like the

00:58:37monster Richard had

00:58:38imagined for so

00:58:39long.

00:58:40David Parker was

00:58:40thin to the point

00:58:41of gauntness, his

00:58:42dark hair streaked

00:58:43with premature

00:58:44gray.

00:58:45His clothes were

00:58:46clean but worn, and

00:58:47his hands shook

00:58:48with what might

00:58:49have been withdrawal,

00:58:50anxiety, or

00:58:51simply exhaustion.

00:58:53When he looked up

00:58:53and saw Richard

00:58:54approaching, his

00:58:55face crumpled with

00:58:56an expression of

00:58:57such profound

00:58:58remorse that

00:58:58Richard almost

00:58:59stopped walking.

00:59:01Richard Wellington,

00:59:02David said, rising

00:59:03from his chair with

00:59:04obvious effort.

00:59:06I, I wasn't sure

00:59:07you'd come down.

00:59:09What do you want,

00:59:09David?

00:59:10Richard's voice was

00:59:11controlled, but there

00:59:13was steel beneath the

00:59:14surface.

00:59:14I want to see my

00:59:16daughter.

00:59:17David's voice cracked.

00:59:19I know I have no

00:59:20right, but I need to

00:59:21see Emma before.

00:59:23Before what?

00:59:24David's eyes filled

00:59:25with tears.

00:59:27Before I turn myself

00:59:28in.

00:59:29I've been running for

00:59:30eight years, living

00:59:31with what I did to

00:59:31your family, to my

00:59:33own family.

00:59:34I can't run anymore.

00:59:36Richard studied

00:59:37David's face, looking

00:59:38for deception,

00:59:39manipulation, any

00:59:40sign that this was

00:59:41some kind of trick.

00:59:42But all he saw was a

00:59:44broken man consumed

00:59:45by guilt and

00:59:46desperation.

00:59:48You abandoned

00:59:48Emma.

00:59:49Richard said quietly.

00:59:51You left her to be

00:59:52raised by her

00:59:53grandmother while you

00:59:54ran from your

00:59:54responsibilities.

00:59:56What could you

00:59:57possibly have to say

00:59:58to her now?

00:59:59I know what I did

01:00:00was unforgivable.

01:00:02David whispered.

01:00:03But I need her to

01:00:04know that I never

01:00:05stopped loving her.

01:00:06That every day I

01:00:07stayed away was

01:00:08because I thought

01:00:09she was better off

01:00:10without me.

01:00:11She was better off

01:00:12without you.

01:00:13Richard said

01:00:14harshly.

01:00:15Do you have any

01:00:16idea what she's

01:00:17been through?

01:00:18Margaret is dying,

01:00:19David.

01:00:20Emma is seven

01:00:21years old and

01:00:22she's about to

01:00:23lose the only

01:00:23parent she's ever

01:00:24known.

01:00:25David's face went

01:00:26white.

01:00:27Margaret is dying?

01:00:29Cancer.

01:00:30She has maybe

01:00:31two weeks left.

01:00:32Emma doesn't even

01:00:33know how serious

01:00:34it is yet.

01:00:36David sank back

01:00:37into his chair as

01:00:38if his legs

01:00:38couldn't support him.

01:00:39Oh God.

01:00:41I came back

01:00:42because I heard

01:00:43through contacts

01:00:43that Margaret was

01:00:44sick, but I

01:00:45didn't know.

01:00:47I thought I had

01:00:47time to make

01:00:48things right.

01:00:49Make things

01:00:50right?

01:00:51Richard's control

01:00:52was slipping.

01:00:53You killed my

01:00:54daughter, David.

01:00:55You drove drunk

01:00:56and you killed

01:00:57an innocent child.

01:00:58I know.

01:01:00David sobbed.

01:01:01I know what I

01:01:02did.

01:01:03But Richard,

01:01:03there's something

01:01:04else you need to

01:01:05know.

01:01:06Something about

01:01:06that night that

01:01:07I never told

01:01:08anyone.

01:01:08Richard felt a

01:01:10chill run down

01:01:10his spine.

01:01:12What are you

01:01:12talking about?

01:01:14David looked

01:01:14around the lobby

01:01:15nervously, then

01:01:16leaned forward,

01:01:17lowering his

01:01:18voice.

01:01:19The accident

01:01:20wasn't random.

01:01:21I was being

01:01:22followed that

01:01:22night.

01:01:24Someone wanted

01:01:24me to crash.

01:01:26That's impossible.

01:01:27You were drunk.

01:01:28Yes, I was

01:01:29drunk.

01:01:30But I wasn't

01:01:31that drunk when

01:01:31I left the house.

01:01:33Someone spiked

01:01:34my drink at the

01:01:35bar earlier that

01:01:35evening.

01:01:36And there was a

01:01:37car following

01:01:38me, forcing

01:01:39me to drive

01:01:39faster, to

01:01:40take routes I

01:01:41didn't know.

01:01:43Richard stared

01:01:43at David, unable

01:01:44to process what

01:01:45he was hearing.

01:01:46You're saying

01:01:47someone deliberately

01:01:48caused the

01:01:48accident.

01:01:49I'm saying

01:01:50someone wanted

01:01:51me to crash

01:01:51that night, and

01:01:53they didn't care

01:01:53who else got

01:01:54hurt.

01:01:55I've spent

01:01:56eight years

01:01:56trying to figure

01:01:57out who and

01:01:57why.

01:01:58This is insane.

01:02:00You're trying

01:02:00to blame someone

01:02:01else for your

01:02:02choices.

01:02:03No.

01:02:04David's voice

01:02:05cracked with

01:02:05desperation.

01:02:06I'm not

01:02:07trying to

01:02:07escape

01:02:08responsibility.

01:02:09I got

01:02:10behind the

01:02:10wheel drunk, and

01:02:11I killed your

01:02:12daughter.

01:02:13That's on me

01:02:14forever.

01:02:15But Richard, I

01:02:16think someone set

01:02:16us both up that

01:02:17night.

01:02:18Who?

01:02:19Who would do

01:02:20that?

01:02:21David pulled a

01:02:22worn manila envelope

01:02:23from his jacket.

01:02:24I'd been

01:02:25investigating for

01:02:26years, using

01:02:27contacts from my

01:02:28military days.

01:02:29Look at this.

01:02:31Richard reluctantly

01:02:32took the

01:02:32envelope.

01:02:34Inside were

01:02:34photographs,

01:02:35documents, and

01:02:36what appeared to

01:02:37be surveillance

01:02:37reports.

01:02:39Someone's been

01:02:39watching both our

01:02:40families for

01:02:41years.

01:02:42David continued,

01:02:44even before the

01:02:44accident.

01:02:46These photos

01:02:46show men

01:02:47following Margaret

01:02:48and Emma,

01:02:49following you

01:02:49and Sarah.

01:02:50Someone with

01:02:51resources, with

01:02:52connections.

01:02:54Richard's hands

01:02:54shook as he

01:02:55flipped through

01:02:55the photographs.

01:02:57There were

01:02:57indeed pictures of

01:02:58his family, of

01:02:59Emma and Margaret,

01:03:00taken from a

01:03:01distance with

01:03:02telephoto lenses.

01:03:03The dates

01:03:04spanned several

01:03:05years.

01:03:06I don't

01:03:06understand.

01:03:07Why would

01:03:08someone want to

01:03:09hurt our

01:03:09families?

01:03:10I think it

01:03:11has to do with

01:03:11the hospital where

01:03:12the girls were

01:03:13born.

01:03:14I think someone

01:03:14knew about the

01:03:15mix-up and was

01:03:16using it for

01:03:17leverage somehow.

01:03:18But I never

01:03:19found out who

01:03:19or why before I

01:03:20had to run.

01:03:22Richard's mind

01:03:22raced.

01:03:24If David was

01:03:25telling the

01:03:25truth, then

01:03:26everything he

01:03:27believed about

01:03:27the accident was

01:03:28wrong.

01:03:29But it seemed

01:03:30impossible to

01:03:31believe that

01:03:31someone had

01:03:32orchestrated such

01:03:33an elaborate

01:03:33scheme.

01:03:34Even if this

01:03:35is true, Richard

01:03:36said slowly, it

01:03:38doesn't change

01:03:39anything.

01:03:40You still drove

01:03:41drunk.

01:03:42You still killed

01:03:42my daughter.

01:03:44I know.

01:03:45And I'm ready to

01:03:46face the

01:03:46consequences.

01:03:48But Richard, if

01:03:48I'm right, then

01:03:49whoever did this is

01:03:50still out there.

01:03:52And if they know

01:03:52about the DNA test

01:03:53results, if they

01:03:54know you've found

01:03:55Emma.

01:03:56David didn't need

01:03:57to finish the

01:03:58sentence.

01:03:58The implication

01:03:59was terrifying.

01:04:01Richard's phone

01:04:01buzzed with an

01:04:02urgent text.

01:04:04Richard, come

01:04:04back now.

01:04:05Something's wrong

01:04:06with Emma.

01:04:08Nurse, I have

01:04:09to go.

01:04:10Richard said,

01:04:11standing abruptly.

01:04:12Please.

01:04:13David called

01:04:14after him.

01:04:15Just let me see

01:04:16her once.

01:04:17Let me apologize.

01:04:19Let me tell her

01:04:20I love her before

01:04:21I turn myself in.

01:04:22Richard paused

01:04:23at the elevator,

01:04:24torn between his

01:04:25protective instincts

01:04:26and a growing sense

01:04:27that there were

01:04:28layers to this

01:04:28story he didn't

01:04:29understand.

01:04:31I'll think about

01:04:31it.

01:04:32He said finally.

01:04:34But David, if

01:04:35you're lying about

01:04:35any of this, if

01:04:36you're trying to

01:04:37manipulate your way

01:04:38back into Emma's

01:04:39life.

01:04:40I'm not, David

01:04:41said firmly.

01:04:43I just want to

01:04:44make peace with my

01:04:44daughter before I

01:04:45spend the rest of

01:04:46my life in prison.

01:04:48As the elevator

01:04:48doors closed,

01:04:50Richard found

01:04:50himself believing

01:04:51David Parker for

01:04:52the first time in

01:04:53eight years.

01:04:54But that belief

01:04:55brought with it a

01:04:56terrifying new

01:04:57possibility that

01:04:58Emma might still

01:04:59be in danger from

01:05:00the same people who

01:05:01had destroyed their

01:05:01families eight years

01:05:02ago.

01:05:03Richard burst into

01:05:04Margaret's hospital

01:05:05room to find chaos.

01:05:07Emma was sobbing

01:05:08hysterically while two

01:05:09nurses tried to calm

01:05:10her down.

01:05:12Margaret was

01:05:12unconscious,

01:05:13surrounded by medical

01:05:14equipment that was

01:05:15beeping urgently.

01:05:17What happened?

01:05:18Richard demanded,

01:05:20immediately gathering

01:05:21Emma into his arms.

01:05:23Emma started screaming

01:05:24about twenty minutes

01:05:25ago.

01:05:25Nurse Jennifer

01:05:26explained.

01:05:28She said she saw a

01:05:29man outside the

01:05:30window watching her,

01:05:31but we're on the

01:05:31third floor.

01:05:33Security checked the

01:05:34area but found

01:05:35nothing.

01:05:36Emma clung to

01:05:36Richard with desperate

01:05:37strength.

01:05:39Daddy, I saw him.

01:05:40The man from my

01:05:41dreams.

01:05:43He was standing on

01:05:43the fire escape

01:05:44looking at me through

01:05:45the window.

01:05:47Richard's blood

01:05:47turned to ice.

01:05:49If David was

01:05:50telling the truth

01:05:50about being watched,

01:05:51then Emma might

01:05:52actually be in danger.

01:05:54We're leaving.

01:05:56Richard said

01:05:56decisively.

01:05:57Now, Mr.

01:05:59Wellington, Mrs.

01:06:00Thompson's condition

01:06:01is critical.

01:06:03She may not have

01:06:03much time left.

01:06:05Richard looked at

01:06:06Margaret's unconscious

01:06:07form, his heart

01:06:08breaking.

01:06:09But Emma's safety

01:06:10had to come first.

01:06:12Call me the moment

01:06:13she wakes up.

01:06:14He said, then

01:06:15turned to Emma.

01:06:16Sweetheart, we need

01:06:17to go to my house

01:06:18where you'll be safe.

01:06:20Thirty minutes later,

01:06:21Richard paced the

01:06:22living room of his

01:06:23mansion while Emma

01:06:24sat curled up on the

01:06:25couch with Mr.

01:06:26Buttons, still shaken

01:06:27by what she'd seen.

01:06:29His head of security,

01:06:31James Morrison, was

01:06:32reviewing surveillance

01:06:33footage from the

01:06:34hospital.

01:06:35There's definitely

01:06:36someone on that

01:06:36fire escape.

01:06:38James reported

01:06:39grimly.

01:06:40Male, medium

01:06:41build, wearing

01:06:42dark clothing.

01:06:43He was there for

01:06:44approximately 15

01:06:45minutes before

01:06:46disappearing.

01:06:47Richard's phone

01:06:48rang.

01:06:49It was Detective

01:06:50Santos.

01:06:51Mr. Wellington, we

01:06:53need to talk

01:06:53immediately.

01:06:55David Parker's

01:06:55story about being

01:06:56followed the night

01:06:57of the accident?

01:06:58He might be

01:06:59telling the truth.

01:07:01What do you

01:07:01mean?

01:07:02I've been digging

01:07:03deeper into the

01:07:03case files, and

01:07:05I found some

01:07:05irregularities that

01:07:06were overlooked at

01:07:07the time.

01:07:08Traffic cameras

01:07:09show a second

01:07:10vehicle following

01:07:11Parker's car that

01:07:12night, but the

01:07:13footage was

01:07:13mysteriously corrupted

01:07:14before we could

01:07:15enhance it.

01:07:16Richard sank into

01:07:17a chair.

01:07:18So someone really

01:07:19was orchestrating

01:07:20this?

01:07:21It's looking that

01:07:22way.

01:07:23And Mr.

01:07:24Wellington, there's

01:07:25something else.

01:07:26The hospital where

01:07:27both girls were

01:07:28born.

01:07:29It was owned by a

01:07:30subsidiary of a

01:07:31larger corporation.

01:07:32That corporation was

01:07:33recently acquired by

01:07:35Wellington Industries.

01:07:36The world seemed to

01:07:37stop spinning.

01:07:39That's impossible.

01:07:40I would never have

01:07:41approved an

01:07:42acquisition of

01:07:43anything connected

01:07:44to.

01:07:45Richard's voice

01:07:45trailed off as the

01:07:46implications hit him.

01:07:48Someone within his

01:07:49own company might

01:07:50have known about

01:07:51the hospital

01:07:51connection all

01:07:52along.

01:07:53Detective Santos, I

01:07:55need you to come to

01:07:56my house immediately.

01:07:58And bring everything

01:07:58you have on this

01:07:59case.

01:08:00After hanging up,

01:08:01Richard called his

01:08:02lawyer Marcus with

01:08:03trembling hands.

01:08:05Marcus, I need you

01:08:06to pull all records of

01:08:07any hospital acquisitions

01:08:09we've made in the

01:08:09past five years.

01:08:11Specifically look for

01:08:12anything connected to

01:08:14Chicago General

01:08:14Medical Center.

01:08:15Richard, what's this

01:08:17about?

01:08:18Just do it.

01:08:20And Marcus, I need

01:08:21you to run background

01:08:22checks on every board

01:08:23member, every senior

01:08:24executive, anyone who

01:08:26would have had access to

01:08:27acquisition information.

01:08:29Emma looked up from her

01:08:30coloring book with

01:08:31worried eyes.

01:08:33Daddy, why do you look

01:08:34so scared?

01:08:35Richard forced a smile

01:08:37and sat beside her on

01:08:38the couch.

01:08:39I'm not scared,

01:08:40sweetheart.

01:08:41I'm just trying to

01:08:42solve a puzzle about

01:08:43some bad people who

01:08:44might have hurt our

01:08:45family.

01:08:46The same bad people who

01:08:48made David crash his

01:08:49car?

01:08:50Richard's breath caught.

01:08:52For a seven-year-old,

01:08:53Emma had an unsettling

01:08:54grasp of the situation.

01:08:56Maybe, sweetheart.

01:08:58But you don't need to

01:08:59worry about that.

01:09:00Daddy's going to keep

01:09:01you safe.

01:09:03An hour later,

01:09:04Detective Santos

01:09:05arrived with a thick

01:09:06file of case documents.

01:09:08James Morrison had

01:09:09also discovered

01:09:10something troubling

01:09:11in the mansion's

01:09:11security system.

01:09:13Mr. Wellington.

01:09:14James reported,

01:09:16I found evidence that

01:09:17our security cameras

01:09:18have been accessed

01:09:19remotely multiple times

01:09:20over the past month.

01:09:22Someone's been

01:09:23watching the house.

01:09:25Detective Santos

01:09:26spread crime scene

01:09:27photos across

01:09:28Richard's dining room

01:09:29table.

01:09:30Here's what we know.

01:09:31David Parker was

01:09:32definitely intoxicated

01:09:34the night of the

01:09:34accident,

01:09:35but his blood

01:09:36alcohol level was

01:09:37higher than it should

01:09:38have been based on

01:09:39his reported

01:09:40consumption.

01:09:41Someone spiked

01:09:42his drinks.

01:09:43She pulled out

01:09:44a traffic camera

01:09:45photo that was

01:09:45barely visible

01:09:46due to corruption.

01:09:48This vehicle

01:09:48was following

01:09:49Parker for at

01:09:50least 12 blocks

01:09:51before the accident.

01:09:53The license plate

01:09:53is obscured,

01:09:54but we can make

01:09:55out part of a

01:09:56corporate logo

01:09:57on the side.

01:09:58Richard squinted

01:09:59at the image.

01:10:00Something about

01:10:01the logo seemed

01:10:02familiar,

01:10:03but he couldn't

01:10:03place it.

01:10:04There's more.

01:10:06Detective Santos

01:10:07continued,

01:10:07I spoke with

01:10:09nurses who worked

01:10:10at Chicago General

01:10:11when both girls

01:10:12were born.

01:10:13Three of them

01:10:13remember being

01:10:14told to keep

01:10:15quiet about

01:10:15babies being

01:10:16moved between

01:10:17rooms that night.

01:10:18They were told

01:10:19it was for

01:10:19security reasons.

01:10:21Security reasons?

01:10:23Someone with

01:10:24authority at the

01:10:24hospital ordered

01:10:25the baby swap.

01:10:27It wasn't an

01:10:27accident,

01:10:28it was deliberate.

01:10:30Richard's mind

01:10:31reeled.

01:10:32But why?

01:10:33What would

01:10:34anyone gain

01:10:34from switching

01:10:35the babies?

01:10:36Marcus burst

01:10:37through the front

01:10:38door without

01:10:38knocking,

01:10:39his face

01:10:40pale and

01:10:40urgent.

01:10:42Richard,

01:10:42we need to

01:10:42talk privately.

01:10:44Now.

01:10:45They stepped

01:10:46into Richard's

01:10:46study,

01:10:47closing the

01:10:47door behind

01:10:48them.

01:10:49What did

01:10:49you find?

01:10:50Richard asked.

01:10:52Marcus pulled

01:10:52out a thick

01:10:53folder.

01:10:54Chicago General

01:10:55Medical Center

01:10:56was acquired

01:10:56through a

01:10:57shell company

01:10:57three years

01:10:58ago.

01:10:59The ultimate

01:11:00parent company

01:11:00is Blackstone

01:11:01Holdings,

01:11:02which is owned

01:11:03by.

01:11:04Marcus paused,

01:11:05clearly struggling

01:11:06with what he

01:11:06had to say.

01:11:07Owned by

01:11:08whom,

01:11:09Marcus?

01:11:10Your father-in-law,

01:11:11Richard.

01:11:12Emma's

01:11:12grandfather.

01:11:14Harold Blackstone.

01:11:15The room spun

01:11:16around Richard as

01:11:17the impossible

01:11:18truth hit him.

01:11:19Harold Blackstone,

01:11:21his ex-wife's

01:11:22father,

01:11:22the man who

01:11:23had blamed

01:11:23Richard for

01:11:24their daughter's

01:11:24death,

01:11:25the man who

01:11:26had sworn

01:11:26revenge against

01:11:27him for

01:11:27surviving the

01:11:28accident that

01:11:29killed Sarah.

01:11:30Harold knew

01:11:31about the

01:11:31baby swap

01:11:32all along.

01:11:33Richard whispered.

01:11:35He orchestrated

01:11:36the entire thing.

01:11:37It gets worse,

01:11:39Marcus said grimly.

01:11:40I found email

01:11:41communications between

01:11:42Harold and several

01:11:43employees at the

01:11:44hospital.

01:11:45They were planning

01:11:46to use the

01:11:46switched identities

01:11:47for some kind

01:11:48of insurance

01:11:49fraud.

01:11:50But when the

01:11:50accident happened

01:11:51and Sarah died,

01:11:52Harold realized

01:11:53he could use the

01:11:54situation to destroy

01:11:55you emotionally

01:11:56instead.

01:11:57Richard staggered

01:11:58backward.

01:11:59He's been

01:12:00manipulating

01:12:00everything for

01:12:01eight years.

01:12:02He knew

01:12:03Emma was

01:12:03my biological

01:12:04daughter and

01:12:05he let me

01:12:06grieve for

01:12:06Sarah while

01:12:07Emma grew

01:12:07up in

01:12:08poverty.

01:12:09Richard,

01:12:10there's one

01:12:10more thing.

01:12:11Harold Blackstone

01:12:12is in Chicago.

01:12:14He arrived

01:12:14two days ago.

01:12:16As if summoned

01:12:16by their

01:12:17conversation,

01:12:18Richard's

01:12:18phone rang.

01:12:20The caller

01:12:20ID showed

01:12:21Harold Blackstone's

01:12:22name.

01:12:23Hello,

01:12:23Richard.

01:12:24Harold's

01:12:25cold voice

01:12:25said when

01:12:26Richard answered.

01:12:27I believe you

01:12:28have something

01:12:28that belongs

01:12:29to me.

01:12:30Harold,

01:12:31what the

01:12:31hell have

01:12:32you done?

01:12:33I've simply

01:12:33been ensuring

01:12:34that justice

01:12:35was served.

01:12:36You destroyed

01:12:37my family,

01:12:37Richard.

01:12:38Now it's

01:12:39time for me

01:12:39to return

01:12:40the favor.

01:12:41Through the

01:12:42study window,

01:12:42Richard saw

01:12:43a black

01:12:43SUV pulling

01:12:44into his

01:12:45driveway.

01:12:46Emma?

01:12:47Richard shouted,

01:12:48running toward

01:12:49the living room.

01:12:50But when he

01:12:51burst through

01:12:51the door,

01:12:52the room

01:12:52was empty.

01:12:53Emma was

01:12:54gone,

01:12:54and Mr.

01:12:55Buttons lay

01:12:55abandoned on

01:12:56the floor.

01:12:57Richard's

01:12:58world collapsed

01:12:59as he

01:12:59stared at

01:12:59the empty

01:13:00living room.

01:13:01Emma's

01:13:01coloring book

01:13:02lay open

01:13:03on the

01:13:03coffee table,

01:13:04crayons scattered

01:13:05as if she'd

01:13:05been grabbed

01:13:06suddenly.

01:13:07The only

01:13:08sound was

01:13:08the ticking

01:13:09of the

01:13:09grandfather

01:13:09clock

01:13:10and Richard's

01:13:10hammering

01:13:11heartbeat.

01:13:12Emma?

01:13:13He shouted

01:13:13again,

01:13:14his voice

01:13:15echoing

01:13:15through the

01:13:15mansion.

01:13:16James Morrison

01:13:17appeared from

01:13:18the kitchen,

01:13:18his face

01:13:19grim.

01:13:20The back

01:13:20door was

01:13:21forced open.

01:13:22Security

01:13:23cameras showed

01:13:24two men

01:13:24in dark

01:13:25clothing.

01:13:26They had

01:13:26a van

01:13:27waiting in

01:13:27the service

01:13:27alley.

01:13:28Richard's

01:13:29phone buzzed

01:13:30with a text

01:13:30from an

01:13:31unknown

01:13:31number.

01:13:32Union

01:13:32station.

01:13:34Track

01:13:34twelve.

01:13:35One hour.

01:13:36Come alone

01:13:37or Emma

01:13:37disappears

01:13:38forever.

01:13:39Detective

01:13:40Santos was

01:13:41already on

01:13:41her radio

01:13:42calling for

01:13:42backup and

01:13:43an APB on

01:13:44Harold

01:13:44Blackstone.

01:13:45Richard will

01:13:46find her.

01:13:47But you

01:13:48can't go to

01:13:48that meeting

01:13:49alone.

01:13:50Like hell

01:13:50I can't.

01:13:51Richard said

01:13:52grabbing his

01:13:53car keys.

01:13:54Harold has

01:13:55my daughter.

01:13:56I'm not

01:13:56taking any

01:13:57chances with

01:13:58her life.

01:13:59Marcus grabbed

01:14:00his arm.

01:14:01Richard,

01:14:02think about

01:14:02this logically.

01:14:04Harold orchestrated

01:14:05this entire

01:14:05scheme for

01:14:06eight years.

01:14:07He's not

01:14:08going to

01:14:08just hand

01:14:09Emma back

01:14:09because you

01:14:10show up.

01:14:11Then what

01:14:11do you

01:14:11suggest?

01:14:13Richard's

01:14:13voice was

01:14:14raw with

01:14:14desperation.

01:14:15Detective

01:14:16Santos looked

01:14:17up from

01:14:17her radio.

01:14:18We position

01:14:19officers

01:14:20throughout

01:14:20Union Station

01:14:21but keep

01:14:22them out

01:14:22of sight.

01:14:23You go

01:14:23to the

01:14:24meeting

01:14:24but you're

01:14:25not really

01:14:25alone.

01:14:26Richard's

01:14:27phone rang

01:14:27again.

01:14:28Harold

01:14:29Blackstone's

01:14:29name appeared

01:14:30on the

01:14:30screen.

01:14:31I assume

01:14:32you got

01:14:32my message.

01:14:33Harold's

01:14:34voice was

01:14:34cold and

01:14:35calculating.

01:14:36Where is

01:14:37she,

01:14:37Harold?

01:14:38What do

01:14:39you want?

01:14:40What I've

01:14:40always wanted,

01:14:41Richard.

01:14:42For you to

01:14:42understand what

01:14:43it feels like

01:14:44to lose

01:14:44everything you

01:14:45love.

01:14:46I already

01:14:46lost everything

01:14:47eight years

01:14:48ago when

01:14:48Sarah died.

01:14:50Harold's

01:14:50laugh was

01:14:51bitter.

01:14:52Sarah was

01:14:52never yours,

01:14:53Richard.

01:14:54She was

01:14:55my

01:14:55granddaughter,

01:14:56my blood.

01:14:57And you

01:14:57let her die

01:14:58in that

01:14:58car while

01:14:59you survived.

01:15:00Now you'll

01:15:01know what

01:15:01it feels

01:15:01like to

01:15:02lose your

01:15:02real child.

01:15:04Harold,

01:15:04please.

01:15:05Emma is

01:15:06innocent in

01:15:06all this.

01:15:08She's just

01:15:08a seven-year-old

01:15:09girl who's

01:15:10already lost

01:15:10too much.

01:15:12Innocence

01:15:12is irrelevant,

01:15:13Richard.

01:15:14You took

01:15:15my granddaughter

01:15:15from me.

01:15:16Now I'm

01:15:17taking yours

01:15:18from you.

01:15:19The line

01:15:19went dead.

01:15:20Richard drove

01:15:21toward Union

01:15:21Station with

01:15:22his hands

01:15:23shaking on

01:15:23the steering

01:15:24wheel.

01:15:25Detective

01:15:25Santos followed

01:15:26in an

01:15:27unmarked car

01:15:28with a team

01:15:28of officers,

01:15:29but Richard

01:15:30felt utterly

01:15:31alone.

01:15:32Emma,

01:15:33his daughter,

01:15:33his flesh

01:15:34and blood,

01:15:35was in the

01:15:35hands of a

01:15:36man consumed

01:15:37by eight

01:15:37years of

01:15:38grief and

01:15:38revenge.

01:15:39Union

01:15:39Station was

01:15:40crowded with

01:15:41evening

01:15:41commuters

01:15:42and travelers.

01:15:43Richard made

01:15:44his way through

01:15:44the bustling

01:15:45terminal toward

01:15:46Track 12,

01:15:46his eyes

01:15:47scanning every

01:15:48face for

01:15:49signs of

01:15:49Harold or

01:15:50Emma.

01:15:50Track 12

01:15:51led to a

01:15:51train bound

01:15:52for Denver,

01:15:53departing in

01:15:54thirty minutes.

01:15:55Richard found

01:15:56Harold standing

01:15:57near the

01:15:57boarding gate,

01:15:58looking older

01:15:59and more

01:15:59haggard than

01:16:00Richard remembered.

01:16:01But there

01:16:02was no sign

01:16:02of Emma.

01:16:04Where is

01:16:04she?

01:16:05Richard demanded.

01:16:07Safe for

01:16:07now,

01:16:08Harold replied.

01:16:09But that

01:16:10depends entirely

01:16:11on you.

01:16:12What do you

01:16:12want me to

01:16:13do?

01:16:14Harold pulled

01:16:14out a

01:16:15manila envelope.

01:16:17Inside are

01:16:17documents transferring

01:16:18full custody of

01:16:19Emma to me.

01:16:21Sign them,

01:16:22and she

01:16:22lives.

01:16:23Refuse,

01:16:24and she

01:16:24disappears

01:16:25forever.

01:16:26Richard's

01:16:26heart sank.

01:16:28Harold,

01:16:28you can't

01:16:29seriously want

01:16:30to raise

01:16:30Emma.

01:16:31You're

01:16:31seventy years

01:16:32old,

01:16:32and you're

01:16:33obviously

01:16:33mentally

01:16:34unstable.

01:16:35I don't

01:16:36want to

01:16:36raise her.

01:16:37Harold said

01:16:38coldly,

01:16:39I want to

01:16:39make sure

01:16:40you never

01:16:40see her

01:16:41again.

01:16:42I want

01:16:42you to

01:16:42spend the

01:16:43rest of

01:16:43your life

01:16:43wondering if

01:16:44she's

01:16:44alive or

01:16:45dead,

01:16:45safe or

01:16:46suffering.

01:16:47The same

01:16:48way I've

01:16:48wondered about

01:16:49Sarah every

01:16:49day since

01:16:50you let

01:16:50her die.

01:16:51I didn't

01:16:52let Sarah

01:16:52die.

01:16:54The accident

01:16:54wasn't my

01:16:55fault.

01:16:56You survived

01:16:57and she

01:16:57didn't.

01:16:58That makes

01:16:59it your

01:16:59fault.

01:17:00Richard's

01:17:00phone buzzed

01:17:01with a text

01:17:02from an

01:17:02unknown

01:17:02number.

01:17:03It was a

01:17:04photo of

01:17:04Emma,

01:17:05tied to

01:17:05a chair in

01:17:06what appeared

01:17:06to be an

01:17:07abandoned

01:17:07warehouse,

01:17:08tears

01:17:08streaming down

01:17:09her face.

01:17:11She was

01:17:11holding a

01:17:11newspaper from

01:17:12that day,

01:17:13proving the

01:17:14photo was

01:17:14recent.

01:17:15Sign the

01:17:16papers,

01:17:16Richard,

01:17:17Harold said

01:17:18quietly,

01:17:19or that's the

01:17:20last photo of

01:17:21your daughter

01:17:21you'll ever

01:17:21see.

01:17:22Richard stared

01:17:23at the custody

01:17:24documents,

01:17:25his mind

01:17:25racing.

01:17:26If he signed

01:17:27them, Harold

01:17:28would have legal

01:17:29authority to

01:17:29take Emma

01:17:30anywhere, to

01:17:31hide her

01:17:31completely.

01:17:32But if he

01:17:33didn't sign

01:17:33them, I

01:17:35need proof that

01:17:35she's unharmed.

01:17:37Richard said,

01:17:38Harold made a

01:17:39phone call, put

01:17:40her on

01:17:40speaker.

01:17:42Daddy?

01:17:43Emma's

01:17:43terrified voice

01:17:44came through

01:17:44the phone.

01:17:46Daddy, please

01:17:46come get me.

01:17:48I'm scared.

01:17:49Emma, sweetheart,

01:17:50are you hurt?

01:17:51No, but there

01:17:52are bad men

01:17:53here and they

01:17:53won't let me

01:17:54go.

01:17:55They said you

01:17:55don't want me

01:17:56anymore.

01:17:57Richard's heart

01:17:58shattered.

01:17:59That's not

01:18:00true, Emma.

01:18:01I want you

01:18:02more than

01:18:02anything in

01:18:03the world.

01:18:04I'm going

01:18:04to get you,

01:18:05I promise.

01:18:06Harold ended

01:18:07the call.

01:18:08Sign the

01:18:08papers, Richard.

01:18:09Now, Richard

01:18:11looked around

01:18:12the station,

01:18:13hoping to

01:18:13spot Detective

01:18:14Santos or

01:18:15her team.

01:18:16He could

01:18:17see several

01:18:17people who

01:18:18might be

01:18:18undercover

01:18:18officers, but

01:18:20Harold's men

01:18:20could be

01:18:21anywhere with

01:18:21weapons trained

01:18:22on Emma.

01:18:23If I sign

01:18:24these papers,

01:18:25how do I

01:18:25know you'll

01:18:25let her

01:18:26go?

01:18:27You

01:18:27don't,

01:18:28Harold said

01:18:28simply.

01:18:29You'll have

01:18:30to trust me

01:18:30the same way

01:18:31I had to

01:18:32trust that you

01:18:32would protect

01:18:33Sarah eight

01:18:33years ago.

01:18:35Richard's

01:18:35hands trembled

01:18:36as he picked

01:18:36up the pen.

01:18:38Everything in

01:18:38him screamed

01:18:39not to

01:18:39sign, but

01:18:40Emma's

01:18:40terrified voice

01:18:41echoed in

01:18:42his head.

01:18:43He couldn't

01:18:44risk her

01:18:44life on the

01:18:44hope that

01:18:45the police

01:18:45would find

01:18:46her in

01:18:46time.

01:18:47Just as

01:18:47he was

01:18:48about to

01:18:48sign his

01:18:49name,

01:18:49Richard's

01:18:50phone rang

01:18:50again.

01:18:51It was

01:18:52David Parker.

01:18:53Richard,

01:18:54don't sign

01:18:54anything.

01:18:56I found

01:18:56where they're

01:18:56keeping

01:18:57Emma.

01:18:58Harold's

01:18:58face went

01:18:59white.

01:19:00Who is

01:19:00that?

01:19:01David

01:19:01Parker.

01:19:03Richard said

01:19:03loudly enough

01:19:04for Detective

01:19:04Santos to hear

01:19:05if she was

01:19:06nearby and

01:19:07he's about

01:19:08to destroy

01:19:09your entire

01:19:09plan.

01:19:10Harold reached

01:19:11into his

01:19:11jacket, but

01:19:12before he

01:19:13could draw

01:19:13whatever weapon

01:19:14he was

01:19:14reaching for,

01:19:15three police

01:19:16officers materialized

01:19:17from the

01:19:18crowd, their

01:19:18guns drawn.

01:19:20Harold

01:19:20Blackstone,

01:19:21you're under

01:19:21arrest for

01:19:22kidnapping,

01:19:23conspiracy, and

01:19:24accessory to

01:19:25vehicular

01:19:25manslaughter.

01:19:27Detective

01:19:27Santos announced,

01:19:29but even as

01:19:29they handcuffed

01:19:30Harold, Richard's

01:19:31mind was on

01:19:32Emma.

01:19:33David, where

01:19:33is she?

01:19:35Abandoned

01:19:35warehouse on

01:19:36the south

01:19:36side.

01:19:37I'm already

01:19:38here with

01:19:38police backup.

01:19:40Richard, she's

01:19:41safe.

01:19:42We're bringing

01:19:42her home.

01:19:43As Harold was

01:19:44led away in

01:19:45handcuffs, he

01:19:46looked back at

01:19:46Richard with

01:19:47pure hatred

01:19:48in his eyes.

01:19:49This isn't

01:19:50over, Richard.

01:19:51I'll never

01:19:52stop making

01:19:53you pay for

01:19:53what you took

01:19:54from me.

01:19:55Richard barely

01:19:56heard him.

01:19:57His daughter

01:19:57was safe, and

01:19:58after eight years

01:19:59of pain and

01:20:00loss, his

01:20:01family was

01:20:01finally going

01:20:02to be whole

01:20:03again.

01:20:03But as

01:20:04he raced

01:20:04toward the

01:20:05warehouse to

01:20:05reunite with

01:20:06Emma, Richard

01:20:07couldn't shake

01:20:07Harold's final

01:20:08words.

01:20:09Men like

01:20:10Harold Blackstone

01:20:11didn't give

01:20:11up easily, and

01:20:13Richard had a

01:20:13feeling this was

01:20:14just the beginning

01:20:15of a much

01:20:15longer battle.

01:20:17The abandoned

01:20:18warehouse on

01:20:18Chicago's south

01:20:19side had been

01:20:20transformed into

01:20:21a crime scene

01:20:21buzzing with

01:20:22police activity.

01:20:24But Richard saw

01:20:25none of it as

01:20:25he ran through

01:20:26the maze of

01:20:26investigators and

01:20:27evidence markers.

01:20:29His only focus

01:20:30was the small

01:20:31figure sitting on

01:20:32the back of an

01:20:32ambulance, wrapped

01:20:34in a police-issued

01:20:34blanket.

01:20:36Emma?

01:20:37Richard called

01:20:38out.

01:20:38She looked up, and

01:20:39despite everything

01:20:40she'd been through,

01:20:41her face lit up

01:20:42with pure joy.

01:20:44Daddy?

01:20:45She cried, jumping

01:20:46down from the

01:20:46ambulance and running

01:20:48into his arms.

01:20:49Richard swept her

01:20:50up, holding her so

01:20:51tightly he was afraid

01:20:52he might hurt her.

01:20:54But Emma clung to

01:20:55him just as

01:20:55desperately, her

01:20:57small body shaking

01:20:58with relief and

01:20:59residual fear.

01:21:00I knew you'd

01:21:01come for me.

01:21:02Emma whispered

01:21:03against his neck.

01:21:04The bad men said

01:21:05you didn't want

01:21:06me anymore, but I

01:21:07knew that wasn't

01:21:08true.

01:21:09Never.

01:21:10Richard said

01:21:10fiercely.

01:21:12I will always

01:21:12come for you,

01:21:13Emma.

01:21:14Always.

01:21:15Over Emma's

01:21:16shoulder, Richard

01:21:17saw David Parker

01:21:18standing awkwardly

01:21:19near a police car,

01:21:20his hands cuffed

01:21:21but his expression

01:21:22filled with relief.

01:21:24Detective Santos

01:21:25approached them.

01:21:26Emma's physically

01:21:27unharmed.

01:21:29She reported,

01:21:30scared but

01:21:31unharmed.

01:21:32The men who

01:21:33took her are in

01:21:33custody, and

01:21:34they're cooperating

01:21:35fully.

01:21:36Harold's operation

01:21:37is completely

01:21:38dismantled.

01:21:39Richard looked

01:21:40at David, unsure

01:21:41what to say to

01:21:42the man who had

01:21:43both destroyed and

01:21:44saved his family.

01:21:46Thank you, Richard

01:21:47said simply.

01:21:48David nodded

01:21:49tears in his eyes.

01:21:51She's a brave

01:21:51kid.

01:21:52She never stopped

01:21:53believing you'd

01:21:54find her.

01:21:55Can I?

01:21:56Can I say

01:21:56goodbye to her

01:21:57before they take

01:21:58me in?

01:21:59Richard looked

01:21:59down at Emma,

01:22:00who had been

01:22:01listening to the

01:22:02exchange.

01:22:03Emma, David

01:22:04helped save you

01:22:05today.

01:22:06Do you want to

01:22:06say goodbye to

01:22:07him?

01:22:08Emma studied

01:22:08David's face

01:22:09for a long

01:22:10moment.

01:22:11Are you really

01:22:12my birth daddy?

01:22:13The one who

01:22:14gave me Mr.

01:22:14Buttons?

01:22:16Yes, David

01:22:17said quietly.

01:22:18I am.

01:22:19And I'm sorry

01:22:20I couldn't be

01:22:21the father you

01:22:21deserved.

01:22:23Emma wriggled

01:22:23out of Richard's

01:22:24arms and walked

01:22:25over to David.

01:22:25I forgive you.

01:22:28She said simply.

01:22:29Nana Maggie

01:22:30taught me that

01:22:31forgiveness makes

01:22:31your heart lighter.

01:22:33David's composure

01:22:34crumbled completely.

01:22:36Emma, I want you

01:22:37to know that

01:22:37giving you that

01:22:38teddy bear was

01:22:39the last good

01:22:40thing I did

01:22:40before everything

01:22:41went wrong.

01:22:42I loved you

01:22:43then, and I

01:22:44love you now.

01:22:45I know, Emma

01:22:46said, and I

01:22:48love you too.

01:22:49But Richard is

01:22:49my daddy now,

01:22:51and he makes

01:22:51me feel safe.

01:22:53David nodded

01:22:54through his

01:22:54tears.

01:22:55That's all I

01:22:56ever wanted

01:22:57for you,

01:22:57sweetheart.

01:22:58To be safe

01:22:59and loved.

01:23:00As the police

01:23:01led David away,

01:23:02he looked back

01:23:03one final time.

01:23:05Take care of

01:23:05her, Richard.

01:23:06She's the best

01:23:07part of both

01:23:08our families.

01:23:09Three hours

01:23:10later, Richard

01:23:11and Emma sat

01:23:12in Margaret's

01:23:12hospital room.

01:23:14Margaret was

01:23:14awake but weak,

01:23:15her breathing

01:23:16labored despite

01:23:17the oxygen mask.

01:23:19But her eyes

01:23:19were bright with

01:23:20joy as she

01:23:21held Emma's

01:23:21hand.

01:23:22I was so

01:23:23scared I'd

01:23:24never see you

01:23:24again, my

01:23:25precious girl.

01:23:26Margaret

01:23:27whispered, I'm

01:23:28okay, Nana

01:23:29Maggie.

01:23:30Daddy saved

01:23:31me, just

01:23:32like he

01:23:32promised he

01:23:33would.

01:23:34Margaret

01:23:34looked at

01:23:34Richard with

01:23:35profound

01:23:35gratitude.

01:23:37Thank you

01:23:37for bringing

01:23:37her home.

01:23:39Margaret, Richard

01:23:40said softly,

01:23:41there's something

01:23:42I need to ask

01:23:43you.

01:23:44Something

01:23:44important.

01:23:45Margaret

01:23:46nodded,

01:23:46understanding

01:23:47immediately what

01:23:48he was referring

01:23:48to.

01:23:49Emma, Richard

01:23:50said, kneeling

01:23:51beside the

01:23:52hospital bed.

01:23:53Nana Maggie

01:23:54and I need

01:23:54to talk to

01:23:55you about

01:23:55something very

01:23:56special.

01:23:57We know

01:23:58you've been

01:23:58very brave

01:23:59today, but

01:24:00we need you

01:24:00to be brave

01:24:01one more

01:24:01time.

01:24:02Emma's

01:24:03expression

01:24:03grew serious.

01:24:05What is

01:24:05it?

01:24:06Margaret

01:24:07struggled to

01:24:07sit up

01:24:08higher.

01:24:09Sweetheart,

01:24:10you know

01:24:10that I'm

01:24:10very sick,

01:24:11right?

01:24:12Emma

01:24:12nodded,

01:24:13her eyes

01:24:13filling with

01:24:14tears.

01:24:15The doctor

01:24:16said your

01:24:16body is

01:24:17tired and

01:24:17might need

01:24:18to rest

01:24:18soon.

01:24:19That's

01:24:20right.

01:24:20And when

01:24:21that happens,

01:24:22I won't be

01:24:22able to

01:24:23take care

01:24:23of you

01:24:23anymore.

01:24:25Margaret's

01:24:25voice was

01:24:26gentle but

01:24:26steady.

01:24:27But Emma,

01:24:28that doesn't

01:24:29mean you'll

01:24:29be alone.

01:24:30I know,

01:24:31Emma said

01:24:32quietly.

01:24:33Richard is

01:24:33going to

01:24:34adopt me so

01:24:35I can be

01:24:35his daughter

01:24:36for real.

01:24:37Richard's

01:24:37heart swelled

01:24:38with love for

01:24:39this remarkable

01:24:39little girl.

01:24:41Emma,

01:24:41that's exactly

01:24:42right.

01:24:43But there's

01:24:44something else

01:24:44we want you

01:24:45to know.

01:24:46Something about

01:24:47how much you

01:24:47mean to all

01:24:48of us.

01:24:49Over the

01:24:49next hour,

01:24:50they told

01:24:51Emma the

01:24:51complete story.

01:24:53They explained

01:24:53about the

01:24:54hospital mix-up,

01:24:55about how

01:24:55Sarah had

01:24:56been David's

01:24:57biological

01:24:57daughter while

01:24:58Emma was

01:24:58Richard's.

01:25:00They talked

01:25:00about how

01:25:01love isn't

01:25:01just about

01:25:02blood,

01:25:02but about

01:25:03the people

01:25:03who choose

01:25:04to stay

01:25:04and care

01:25:05for you.

01:25:06Emma

01:25:06listened

01:25:06carefully,

01:25:07asking

01:25:07thoughtful

01:25:08questions and

01:25:08processing

01:25:09information that

01:25:10would challenge

01:25:10much older

01:25:11minds.

01:25:12So Sarah

01:25:13was my

01:25:13sister in a

01:25:14way,

01:25:15Emma said

01:25:15finally,

01:25:16and she

01:25:17would have

01:25:17been happy

01:25:18that I

01:25:18found my

01:25:19real daddy.

01:25:20I think

01:25:20she would

01:25:21have loved

01:25:21you very

01:25:22much,

01:25:23Richard said,

01:25:24and I

01:25:24think she

01:25:25would be

01:25:25happy that

01:25:26we found

01:25:26each other.

01:25:27What about

01:25:28Mr.

01:25:28Buttons?

01:25:29Can I

01:25:30still keep

01:25:30him even

01:25:31though he

01:25:31was really

01:25:32Sarah's?

01:25:33Richard smiled

01:25:34through his

01:25:34tears.

01:25:35Emma,

01:25:36Mr.

01:25:36Buttons

01:25:37belongs to

01:25:37you now.

01:25:38Sarah would

01:25:39want you to

01:25:39have him.

01:25:40That night,

01:25:42Richard tucked

01:25:43Emma into

01:25:43the guest

01:25:44bedroom of his

01:25:45mansion,

01:25:46which they

01:25:46had already

01:25:46begun converting

01:25:47into her

01:25:48permanent

01:25:48room.

01:25:49She clutched

01:25:50Mr.

01:25:50Buttons

01:25:51tightly,

01:25:51but for the

01:25:52first time

01:25:52since he'd

01:25:53known her,

01:25:54she seemed

01:25:54truly at

01:25:55peace.

01:25:56Daddy?

01:25:57Emma said

01:25:58as Richard

01:25:58turned off

01:25:59the light.

01:26:00Yes,

01:26:00sweetheart.

01:26:01I'm sad

01:26:02about Nana

01:26:02Maggie getting

01:26:03sicker,

01:26:04and I'm

01:26:05sad that

01:26:05David made

01:26:06bad choices,

01:26:07but I'm

01:26:08happy that

01:26:08we found

01:26:08each other.

01:26:10Me too,

01:26:10Emma.

01:26:11Me too.

01:26:12Two weeks

01:26:13later,

01:26:14Margaret Thompson

01:26:14passed away

01:26:15peacefully in

01:26:16her sleep

01:26:16with Richard

01:26:17and Emma

01:26:17holding her

01:26:18hands.

01:26:19Her final

01:26:19words were

01:26:20to tell Emma

01:26:21to remember

01:26:21that love

01:26:22never really

01:26:22dies.

01:26:23It just

01:26:24changes form

01:26:24and keeps

01:26:25growing in

01:26:25new hearts.

01:26:27The funeral

01:26:27was small

01:26:28but filled

01:26:28with love.

01:26:30Emma stood

01:26:30between Richard

01:26:31and David,

01:26:32who had been

01:26:33granted permission

01:26:33to attend

01:26:34while awaiting

01:26:34sentencing,

01:26:35and sang,

01:26:36Amazing Grace,

01:26:38in a voice

01:26:38pure and clear

01:26:39enough to make

01:26:40angels weep.

01:26:41After the

01:26:41service,

01:26:42David knelt

01:26:43down to

01:26:43Emma's level

01:26:44one last

01:26:44time.

01:26:45I have to

01:26:46go away

01:26:46for a long

01:26:47time,

01:26:48he told her.

01:26:49I have to

01:26:50pay for the

01:26:50mistakes I

01:26:51made,

01:26:52but I want

01:26:53you to

01:26:53know that

01:26:53helping save

01:26:54you was the

01:26:54most important

01:26:55thing I've

01:26:56ever done.

01:26:57Will you

01:26:57write me

01:26:58letters?

01:26:59Emma asked.

01:27:00If your

01:27:00daddy says

01:27:01it's okay.

01:27:02Emma looked

01:27:03at Richard,

01:27:03who nodded.

01:27:05I think

01:27:05that would

01:27:05be fine,

01:27:06as long

01:27:07as the

01:27:07letters are

01:27:08appropriate.

01:27:09Thank you,

01:27:10David said

01:27:10to Richard,

01:27:12for giving

01:27:12her the

01:27:12life I

01:27:13couldn't.

01:27:14Six months

01:27:15later,

01:27:15Richard stood

01:27:16in the

01:27:16garden of

01:27:17his mansion

01:27:17watching Emma

01:27:18play on the

01:27:19swing set

01:27:19he'd had

01:27:20installed.

01:27:21She was

01:27:21laughing with

01:27:22pure joy,

01:27:23her blonde

01:27:24hair flying

01:27:24in the wind,

01:27:25Mr. Button

01:27:26safely tucked

01:27:27in her jacket

01:27:27pocket.

01:27:28Marcus approached

01:27:29with a thick

01:27:30folder.

01:27:31The final

01:27:31adoption papers

01:27:32are complete,

01:27:33he announced.

01:27:35Emma is

01:27:35officially Emma

01:27:36Wellington now.

01:27:38Richard smiled,

01:27:39but his attention

01:27:40remained on his

01:27:41daughter.

01:27:41She had

01:27:42healed

01:27:42remarkably

01:27:43over the

01:27:43past months,

01:27:45her natural

01:27:45resilience and

01:27:46capacity for

01:27:47love shining

01:27:48through despite

01:27:48everything she'd

01:27:49endured.

01:27:50Daddy,

01:27:52Emma called

01:27:52out.

01:27:53Come push me

01:27:54on the

01:27:54swings.

01:27:55As Richard

01:27:56walked toward

01:27:56his daughter,

01:27:57he thought about

01:27:58the journey that

01:27:59had brought

01:27:59them together.

01:28:01Loss and

01:28:01love,

01:28:02tragedy and

01:28:02triumph,

01:28:03all woven

01:28:04together in

01:28:04ways that

01:28:05defied

01:28:05understanding.

01:28:07Emma wasn't

01:28:07a replacement

01:28:08for Sarah,

01:28:09no one could

01:28:10be that.

01:28:11But she was

01:28:11something equally

01:28:12precious,

01:28:13his daughter

01:28:14coming home

01:28:14at last.

01:28:16Harold Blackstone

01:28:16was serving life

01:28:17in prison for

01:28:18kidnapping and

01:28:19conspiracy.

01:28:20David Parker

01:28:21had been

01:28:21sentenced to

01:28:2215 years,

01:28:23but was

01:28:23receiving the

01:28:24psychological help

01:28:25he should have

01:28:25gotten years

01:28:26earlier.

01:28:27The truth about

01:28:28the hospital switch

01:28:29had been revealed,

01:28:30bringing closure

01:28:31to both families.

01:28:32But most

01:28:33importantly,

01:28:34Emma was safe,

01:28:35loved,

01:28:36and home where

01:28:36she belonged.

01:28:37That evening,

01:28:38as Richard read

01:28:39Emma a bedtime

01:28:40story,

01:28:41she looked up

01:28:41at him with

01:28:42those brilliant

01:28:42green eyes that

01:28:43had captured his

01:28:44heart from the

01:28:45very first moment.

01:28:46Daddy,

01:28:47do you think

01:28:47people find their

01:28:48way to each

01:28:49other for a

01:28:49reason?

01:28:50Richard thought

01:28:51about the

01:28:51question carefully.

01:28:53I think sometimes

01:28:54the hardest

01:28:54journeys lead us

01:28:55to exactly where

01:28:56we're supposed to

01:28:57be.

01:28:58I think so too,

01:29:00Emma said

01:29:00sleepily.

01:29:01I think me and

01:29:02you were always

01:29:03meant to be a

01:29:03family.

01:29:04We just had to

01:29:05wait for the

01:29:06right time to

01:29:06find each

01:29:07other.

01:29:08As Emma

01:29:08drifted off to

01:29:09sleep, Richard

01:29:10realized she was

01:29:11absolutely right.

01:29:13Love had brought

01:29:14them through

01:29:14darkness into

01:29:15light, through

01:29:16loss into

01:29:16healing, through

01:29:17separation into

01:29:18reunion.

01:29:19They were finally

01:29:20home, not just

01:29:21in a house, but

01:29:22in each other's

01:29:23hearts, where they

01:29:24had always

01:29:24belonged.

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