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00:00all because they dared to upset his my husband sent our five-year-old twins to hell all because
00:07they dared to upset his precious first love the men from the behavior correction camp burst into
00:13our home and dragged our sobbing girls away their tiny hands clung to the car door crying and
00:19screaming for their daddy kathleen and i found them the next day my girls lifeless and bruised
00:24their breath still forever meanwhile my husband was on instagram celebrating the pregnancy of his
00:31beloved my eyes were vacant as i looked at kathleen my babies are gone i have nothing left please let
00:38me go i don't want anything by the time we reached the hospital there were no signs of life they
00:44didn't
00:44even take the girls they made straight for the emergency room kathleen's eyes were filled with
00:51pity but she still spoke softly trying to comfort me it's going to be okay don't worry grandfather
00:58and i are on your side james was wrong this time i'll make sure he comes to apologize in the
01:06future
01:07you too before kathleen could finish i held my phone in front of her it showed a post james coleman
01:14had
01:14made on instagram just two hours ago mommy and daddy have loved you since before you arrived
01:20the attached picture was a sonogram clearly showing emily green six weeks pregnant emily was james coleman's
01:28beloved kathleen's voice cut off abruptly after a moment her face flushed with anger i'm calling my
01:35brother right now don't worry our family will make this right i gave a bitter laugh and directly dialed
01:43james's number he answered irritation dripping from his voice are you calling to complain about the
01:49camp again no one would dare lay a finger on a coleman child stop with the drama i just sent
01:56them
01:56there to learn some discipline do you have to keep calling me sophie you disgust me i didn't say a
02:03word
02:03james hung up on the other end the phone was on speaker every word landed clearly in kathleen's ears
02:10her face turned ash and her lips trembled for a long moment as if she no longer knew how to
02:15console me
02:16i tried to force a smile but tears fell in heavy drops please i have nothing let me go i
02:25can't take
02:26this anymore just as kathleen was about to speak two police officers approached us are you the family of
02:33the deceased the individuals responsible for the camp have been detained we need your cooperation with
02:40the investigation at the police station i saw the men who had come to take my daughters i lost all
02:47control screaming and sobbing i lunged at them you monsters you're all monsters they were only five
02:55how could you how dare you the officers quickly pulled me back kathleen wrapped her arms around my
03:02shaking body sophie don't it's okay the police will handle this fairly with the coleman name behind us
03:12they won't get away with it perhaps frightened by my frenzy the men shrank into a corner one of them
03:19muttering should have taught your kids better yourself that's just how we run the camp no
03:25discipline no results who knew your girls were so fragile what bad luck my hand trembled as i pointed
03:33at them rage threatened to tear me apart i wanted to rip them to pieces a metallic taste rose in
03:40my throat
03:41i coughed violently vomiting a mouthful of blood before darkness swallowed me i woke up in the coleman family
03:48estate kathleen sat by my bed her eyes red rimmed sophie you're awake don't worry we've handled things
03:56with the police we won't let those monsters get away this time i stared emptily at the ceiling please
04:04let me go i have nothing deep down i knew those monsters at the camp were guilty but the root
04:09cause
04:09was james he was the one who sent our daughters to that hell the real culprit wasn't those men it
04:15was
04:15their own father james kathleen's shoulders shook then as if making a decision she spoke softly
04:21all right i'll talk to grandfather watching her leave i finally broke down sobbing as if to cry out
04:29all the grievances of these years i came to the coleman household when i was eight the same age as
04:35james
04:35the elder mr coleman and my grandfather were comrades in arms grandfather had saved mr coleman's life on the
04:42battlefield theirs was a bond forged in life and death my parents died in an accident shortly after
04:48i was born i was raised by my grandfather until he passed away when i was eight then mr coleman
04:54took me
04:54in over the years mr coleman and kathleen treated me exceptionally well they truly saw me as family as
05:01one of their own that's why for seven years of marriage no matter how awful james was i stayed i
05:07bore
05:07his children managed his home i thought even without love having my two precious girls would give my life
05:13meaning but now i had nothing i don't know how much time passed before kathleen returned grandfather wants
05:21to see you the elder mr coleman sat in a wooden chair by his bed his eyes held deep sorrow
05:28when he
05:29looked at me you're a good girl i've heard everything from kathleen you've suffered all these years the
05:36girls will be cremated tomorrow after that you can leave if you wish that boy doesn't deserve you
05:44he shouldn't hold you back any longer i didn't speak i simply bowed deeply to him tears fell onto the
05:52wooden floor as i bent over i was grateful grateful for over 20 years of care from the coleman family
05:59but i could never forgive james never forgive the executioner who killed my children when i returned to
06:07my room james was already there he looked at me with scorn what couldn't wait to run to grandfather and
06:15tattle sophie do you really think pleasing my grandfather and sister will make me settle down with you
06:22the sight of him flooded me with hatred i wanted to kill him right then send him to hell but
06:29then
06:30i heard my daughter's soft sweet voices in my mind mommy i love daddy so much daddy is the handsomest
06:39daddy in our kindergarten mommy we miss daddy will daddy come play with us today we love mommy the
06:47most in the whole world and daddy's second even when i rushed into the camp to save them their last
06:54words
06:55before losing consciousness were mommy please don't fight with daddy because of us it's our fault we
07:02weren't good i took a deep breath ignored james and walked straight to the bed to sit down my silence
07:10seemed to anger him he grabbed me flung me onto the bed and pinned my wrists above my head what
07:19game are
07:19you playing now didn't you have kathleen call me back he leaned down trying to kiss me unable to break
07:27free
07:28i bit his lip hard james recoiled in pain letting go and sitting up sophie are you insane you make
07:37me
07:37sick with this innocent act is this how you've got grandfather wrapped around your finger you force me
07:43back then play hard to get pathetic it's because of your phony attitude that the girls turned out i bit
07:51my lower lip until i tasted blood then interrupted him softly the girls are dead james stiffened then let
07:59out a scoff sophie you'll really say anything just because you found out about emily's pregnancy today
08:06you'd go this far with your lies with that he got up and headed for the door he paused at
08:13the threshold
08:14you're the one who pushed me away don't go crying to grandfather about me neglecting you
08:20it only makes me despise you more after james left the room fell silent i rushed to the bathroom and
08:28brushed my teeth violently trying to erase any trace of him from my lips james and i were once in
08:36love
08:36on the day of my debutante ball 18 year old james stood before me his ears bright red sophie i
08:44want
08:45to be good to you i don't want to just be your brother his cheeks were flushed but the determination
08:51in his eyes was captivating my heart melted completely four years after james treated me like a treasure
09:01and i gave him all my love in return then when we were 22 the elder mr coleman called us
09:08to him
09:08you're both of marrying age now sophie your grandfather saved my life i wouldn't feel at
09:16ease seeing you marry into another family what do you think of james here from that day on james's
09:24attitude toward me changed drastically all that tender love seemed to vanish overnight i didn't
09:31understand what happened james never gave me a reason a year into our marriage i got pregnant after that
09:40james was almost never home openly flaunting his relationship with his beloved i confronted him
09:49fought with him but james would just look at me coldly as if i were a mad woman you got
09:55what you
09:56wanted you're a coleman wife you've born coleman children what more are you fussing about stop
10:02pretending to be the victim in front of me it's disgusting so i stopped asking for reasons i
10:09focused on raising my two girls i accepted it james didn't love me and he didn't love our children
10:18but luckily my daughters were sweet and well behaved i always thought watching them grow up would be
10:25enough happiness for me now i'd lost them too early the next morning after the cremation and burial i
10:34stood outside the funeral home holding two small urns they were so tiny when they were born lying quietly
10:43in my arms how after five years could they be even smaller and lighter my eyes stung but i bit
10:52my lip
10:53refusing to let the tears fall kathleen watched me with concern if it hurts just cry don't hold it in
11:03i didn't answer her instead i looked at the elder mr coleman who was about to get into the car
11:10for the
11:11cemetery grandfather the girls won't be buried in the coleman family plot i'm changing their last names
11:18they aren't coleman children they're my daughters sophie's daughters the old man looked at me deeply
11:26then erupted in fury where is that ungrateful son of mine on a day like today where has he disappeared
11:34to kathleen glanced at me nervously and whispered his phone is off we can't reach him mr coleman shut his
11:43eyes tightly when he opened them his gaze was clear they are yours born from your pain do as you
11:51see fit i fell to my knees before him and cowed out three times the debt of raising me was
11:57immense
11:57but that debt had nothing to do with my children i couldn't let them suffer any more indignity even in
12:03death after grandfather left by car kathleen gently helped me up sis sophie i gave her a faint smile
12:13hailed a taxi and headed straight home the two urns in my arms i needed to pack the girls things
12:19too
12:20but that house wasn't a home i wouldn't leave them in that cold place but as soon as i opened
12:25the door
12:25the sounds of passion reached my ears oh stop i'm pregnant the doctor said we shouldn't a man's voice
12:35rough with desire i'll be gentle it's fine i'd never hurt our baby soon the sounds of their intimacy
12:44filled the house they were in the bedroom i couldn't go into packed i just stood frozen by the door
12:49torturing myself by listening to the obscene noises i don't know how long it was before they finally
12:56emerged the moment emily saw me triumph flashed in her eyes oh sophie you're back why didn't you say
13:05anything we had no idea it's all james's fault i told him not to but he insisted what could i
13:14do
13:15james stood beside emily his arm around her waist no need to explain to her she's nobody
13:22come on let's go we have a doctor's appointment for the checkup our baby needs to be healthy and safe
13:28from start to finish james didn't look at me once his eyes were only for emily i stepped aside
13:34calmly making way for them and as they passed james finally noticed the urns in my arms
13:40what's that garbage it looks filthy throw it out with that he walked out with emily arm in arm i
13:48looked down blankly at the urns daddy wasn't talking about you don't be sad your mommy's treasures
13:57you're not garbage after carefully setting down the urns i began packing the girls belongings dot
14:04clothes dot toys dot dishes dot crayons at the small desk in their room i found a family photo but
14:10it
14:10only showed me and the girls not james dem why hand shook as i took the picture out of its
14:15frame
14:16the girls had drawn a man beside us in crayon i and their clumsy handwriting they had written three
14:21words daddy loves mommy followed by a tiny heart i couldn't hold back any longer clutching the photo
14:28i wept bitterly i in the five years i raised them alone no matter what happened between james and me
14:34i never spoke ill of him to our daughters but children are perceptive they could see clearly
14:40that daddy didn't love mommy at by nightfall i had finally packed everything i watched the movers load
14:46the boxes onto the truck anything else mrs dot coman i shook my head then went back inside and placed
14:55the
14:55sign divorce papers on the coffee table leaving the house i held the two urns tightly a strange sense of
15:03peace settled over me after a moment of silence i took out my phone's sim card snapped it in half
15:12and tossed it out the car window meanwhile at saint mary's hospital the elder mr coleman and kathleen
15:21having gotten word arrived and intercepted james and emily during their checkup seeing them james's
15:30face instantly darkened can't sophie be any more disgusting playing the quiet forgiving wife at home
15:37then calling you to chase us down at the hospital before he could finish the old man slapped him hard
15:45across the face you heartless wretch you killed your own children and you have the nerve to bring your
15:52mistress here for a checkup how did our family produce such a monster james staggered almost losing
16:00his balance what what are you talking about emily had shrunk behind james the moment she saw them
16:07but kathleen was faster she grabbed a handful of emily's hair you shameless
16:12bitch how dare you hide do you know how old my nieces were five what terrible crime did they commit
16:22that you couldn't tolerate them how could you be so cruel are you even human emily cried out in pain
16:31as she felt james helped her up glaring at his sister what are you doing she's pregnant what if
16:38something happens to the baby fine you want to know what happened i just took emily home that day
16:44and the girls started screaming for her to get out is that any way for children to treat a guest
16:50i'm
16:51their father what's wrong with sending them somewhere more suitable can't i discipline my own children
16:57all right fine if you're so against it i'll bring them back from the camp you don't have to help
17:04sophie
17:04lie to me saying the girls are dead how can you even say that the old man couldn't take it
17:10anymore
17:11dot he began slapping james relentlessly she's a mistress what kind of guest is that you fool
17:20you brought your mistress home and the girls were protecting their mother what's wrong with that
17:25that's true coleman spirit james not daring to hit back against his elderly grandfather could only duck
17:34and dodge stop it people are watching have some respect the old man looked at james with heartbreak
17:42as if he didn't recognize his own grandson if i'd known you'd become this kind of cold-hearted beast
17:49i never would have let sophie marry you then she wouldn't have suffered all these years and my
17:56granddaughters wouldn't be dead tears streamed down the old man's wrinkled face how you've treated sophie
18:03how will i ever face her grandfather in the afterlife she was his only treasure his mind flashed to the
18:10image of sophie earlier that day kneeling before him she had cradled the two small urns her frail body
18:18trembling but her voice was steel maybe it's for the best leaving is for the best then she won't
18:24have to suffer this humiliation anymore i'm the one who held her back the old man couldn't bear to look
18:30at james any longer he turned to leave don't bother coming home the coleman family has no room for an
18:37ungrateful beast like you seeing his grandfather's serious expression james began to shake uncontrollably
18:46clinging to a sliver of hope he looked at kathleen tell me what is grandfather saying are you all lying
18:54to me is this some conspiracy kathleen took a deep breath remembering the nearly broken woman at the
19:01police station and tears fell from her eyes you sent them to that place that camp only knows punishment
19:09they tied the girls to chairs beat them with belts electrocuted them with batons starved them denied them
19:20water by the time we got there it was too late james the girls are gone sophie is gone the
19:32freedom and
19:33happiness you wanted the happiness you wanted to chase no one is standing in your way now without
19:38another glance at james she turned and followed their grandfather james's mind buzzed instinctively
19:47he moved to chase after them but emily grabbed his arm james where are you going james turned
19:56extreme panic had stripped him of reason i need to find my girls i need to find sophie didn't you
20:03hear
20:04gone they're gone emily was startled by his outburst but instinct told her not to let him leave james
20:13i'm pregnant remember we're going to have our own baby soon you didn't love them you didn't love them
20:23isn't this perfect now we can finally be together openly we before she could finish james violently
20:34shook off her hand who do you think you are you're not fit to even mention them caught off guard
20:40emily
20:41was thrown to the ground james didn't spare her a glance that he turned to leave emily clutched her
20:47stomach crying out in pain james my tummy it hurts so much but through her blurry vision she only saw
20:59james's figure growing smaller and smaller the man who used to fret over her slightest frown now walked
21:05away ignoring her desperate calls james drove straight home stepping inside he froze the house was empty
21:14devoid of all life i in that moment it hit him sophie was really gone stumbling james opened every door
21:24master bedroom guest room study walk-in closet finally the children's room there his legs gave way and he
21:33collapsed to the floor now he understood now he knew that that's why sophie's eyes last night were filled with
21:40such disappointment and hatred suddenly he remembered when he left the house today sophie was holding two
21:48dull colored boxes those were those were the girl's ashes and what had he said what's that garbage it
21:56looks filthy throw it out an invisible hand seemed to tighten around james's throat that he couldn't breathe
22:03a memory surfaced the girl's fifth birthday under grandfather's pressure he had for once taken them
22:12to the amusement park with sophie his younger daughter had stood shyly before him looking up daddy you're not
22:21busy with work today i'm so happy thank you for spending my birthday with me his older daughter had
22:29cautiously taken his hand daddy thank you for being with us mommy was right daddy is the best daddy in
22:39the
22:39whole world james fell forward clutching his chest gasping for air they they were so good yet on the day
22:49he put them in the car for the camp what had he said disgusting brats is this how your mother
22:55taught
22:56you to treat guests just as classless as her tears streamed down james's face hitting the floor through
23:04his blurred vision he saw a photograph on the floor dot he scrambled over on hands and knees picking it
23:11up
23:11with trembling fingers it was a photo of sophie and the girls next to them drawn in crayon was a
23:19stick
23:20figure above it in wobbly letters daddy all his emotions finally found an outlet james sobbed
23:27uncontrollably except for this one photo sophie had left nothing behind she hated him she left him no
23:34memento james pulled out his phone frantically dialing sophie's number over and over but no matter how many
23:41times he called all he heard was the automated message the subscriber you have dialed his power off his
23:48heart felt like it was plummeting into a bottomless abyss sinking deeper until all sound ceased only then
23:55did james realize all these years sophie had always been within his sight whenever he looked up she was
24:03there with their daughters she had never for a moment been truly lost to him but now she was done
24:12waiting
24:12yes so she left and he would never find her again from their first meeting at 8 to now 21
24:19years it was
24:20always sophie who accommodated him it was him dot he was the one who kept failing her who ultimately killed
24:27their children james couldn't bear to think further dot he wiped his tears harshly staggered to his feet
24:34left the house and drove straight to the family estate the at the estate kathleen and the old man sat
24:41silently in the vast living room holding the girls baby photos tears in their eyes seeing james kathleen's
24:50voice was sharp weren't you told not to come back what are you doing here get out james ignored her
24:59dot
24:59he knelt directly before his grandfather his voice hoarse grandfather please tell me where sophie is
25:07the old man acted as if he hadn't heard continuing to gently wipe the photo frame
25:14a tender smile on his face kathleen couldn't stand it she slapped james hard what right do you have to
25:21ask about sophie how many times have i tried to talk to you over the years if i were sophie
25:29i'd wanna kill you james was her brother seeing him like this pained her but for seven years she had
25:37pleaded with james to treat sophie better not he never listened instead blaming everything on sophie
25:44blaming her for tatling for using the family to pressure him she had even confronted emily
25:50but emily would just run to james she still remembered the time james exploded if you
25:57bother emily again i'll never come home you all adore sophie so much fine i'll let her live like a
26:04widow forever kathleen's tears fell she couldn't forgive james and she couldn't forgive herself those
26:11girls were so sweet always following her calling auntie kathleen auntie kathleen always saving treats or
26:22toys for her james endured the slap scrambling to explain i didn't mean to i really didn't i just
26:31thought the girls were being bad i wanted to teach them a lesson kathleen grabbed a cup from the side
26:37table and hurled it it struck james's forehead opening a gash blood dripped down you didn't mean to
26:46how dare you say that search your heart were those girls really bad for five years sophie raised them
26:56alone can you honestly say she didn't raise them well were you punishing the girls or were you punishing
27:05sophie what did sophie ever do wrong blood covered his face but james seemed not to feel it i didn't
27:14mean to treat her badly i just i just didn't want to live a life controlled by all of you
27:20i'm the only
27:21man in the coleman family since i was a child you've managed everything i need permission for every little
27:28thing even my marriage even my marriage was arranged sophie's grandfather saved grandfather so i became
27:36the repayment token i had to marry sophie by the end james was sobbing too hard to speak the old
27:44man let
27:45out a cold laugh looking at james as if at a stranger we arranged it we forced you to repay
27:52a debt
27:53in my eyes you were never good enough for sophie it was you who confessed to her you who pursued
28:00her
28:00first i merely agreed to the marriage it was your own choice how did it become our arrangement james you
28:09are no true coleman you have no backbone even now you're still trying to shift blame james froze then
28:19slowly he crumpled to the floor weeping bitterly he was right he had fallen for sophie first he had
28:29pursued her so why did everything change once grandfather and kathleen got involved it was true
28:36dot he resented it dot he hated his controlled life he hated that even his marriage felt like a
28:42transaction for his grandfather's debt but there were so many ways he could have rebelled
28:48why did he choose to rebel through his marriage james crawled on hands and knees to his grandfather's
28:55feet kowtowing between sobs i was wrong i know i was wrong please grandfather i'm begging you tell me
29:05where sophie is please the old man didn't look at him dot he stood swaying slightly and headed upstairs
29:14sophie doesn't want to see you james stopped mid kowtow no one knew what he was thinking after a long
29:22while james stumbled to his feet mumbling i'll find her myself i will find her i knew nothing of the
29:31chaos
29:31in the coleman family after leaving i took my girls to florida they hated the cold so i chose florida
29:41a place where it never snows the month since leaving had brought me an unprecedented peace today
29:47as i was cleaning the girls photos a frantic knocking came at the door i opened it to find a
29:55familiar figure kneeling sophie i've come to take you and our babies home i didn't want to engage
30:02i tried to shut the door but james shoved his hand against the frame stopping it please sophie just let
30:10me talk to you i paused james go away i have nothing to say to you seeing me respond james
30:20straightened up
30:21on his knees i'm not leaving not unless you come with me i haven't signed the divorce papers you're
30:28still my wife let's go home together i looked down at the man kneeling before me go home for what
30:36to watch you and emily in our bed to see you sweat over her or should i go back to
30:43be emily's maid
30:45help her through her pregnancy isn't she pregnant james flinched rushing to deny it no it's not like
30:54that i made emily terminate the pregnancy i ended things with her i'll be good to you from now on
31:01i i let out a scornful laugh so what she got rid of a fetus and suddenly your betrayal never
31:11happened
31:11the harm you did to our girls never happened she destroys an unborn embryo and that brings my
31:20children back if you felt even a shred of guilt for me and the girls you wouldn't be here bothering
31:26me today james's face went deathly pale his lips moved but no sound came out my tears fell heavily
31:35james james you killed my children what makes you think i'd ever go back with you my tears landed on
31:43his hand he jerked back as if burned no zophie listen to me i really didn't mean it they were
31:51my
31:51daughters how could i ever want to hurt them what happened was an accident i swear i didn't mean i'd
31:59heard enough enough enough they were not your children james every word out of your mouth makes
32:07me sick you didn't know you didn't mean to will those words bring my babies back how dare you come
32:16here asking for forgiveness james's eyes were bloodshot after a long silence he whispered i'm sorry
32:26his apology made me laugh bitterly and james looked up a flicker of hope in his eyes sophie
32:35i was confused before i was stubborn felt like i was just a tool for repaying a debt that's why
32:43i did
32:43those terrible things i know i was wrong now i'll treat you right i promise please sophie forgive me once
32:53give me one chance we're still young we can have more children i couldn't take it anymore i slapped him
33:02hard across the face even now you're trampling on my feelings you resented the family's control there
33:11were so many things you could have rebelled against why choose our marriage james did you think i was
33:20just that easy to bully tears streamed down james's face he was speechless i tried to smile but tears fell
33:30anyway james if you're truly sorry then let me go let our children go without another look at him
33:41i slammed the door shut i don't know when james left the next morning when i opened the door
33:49no one was there only the divorce papers lay on the doorstep in the end james had signed them once
33:58the
33:58divorce was finalized i returned to handle the formalities after getting the certificate kathleen and
34:06i sat in a cafe an awkward silence between us from kathleen i learned what had happened since
34:15the behavior correction camp had been shut down by authorities hundreds of students were rescued
34:22those responsible were convicted after returning from florida james stopped going to work he stayed home
34:31drowning himself in alcohol he was found passed out at home kathleen forced him to the hospital the
34:39doctors said he had severe psychological issues requiring long-term treatment emily after terminating
34:46the pregnancy had caused a scene at the estate but the elder mr coleman a decisive man all his life
34:55wasn't one to be manipulated emily had benefited greatly from her connection to james over the years
35:02the old man produced evidence of embezzlement from the company and had emily sent to prison
35:10after sharing this kathleen looked at me carefully my brother his mental state is very poor now
35:18would you consider before she could finish i shook my head know that he and i we can't meet peacefully
35:29anymore kathleen sighed deeply grandfather actually told me not to come today he said not seeing you might
35:38be better for you now i insisted no matter what i want you to know that grandfather and i still
35:46see you as
35:47family i just hope you don't hate my brother i smiled but didn't answer my thoughts drifted back to james
35:57at 18 the young man standing before me cheeks flushed saying sophie i want to be good to you
36:06i don't want to just be your brother i don't know if james meant it that day i only know
36:13that i did
36:14i didn't answer kathleen's question i lifted my coffee cup drained it picked up my bag and left the cafe
36:23i couldn't promise her that i couldn't promise her that because i would never forgive james
36:28the operation at 1876
36:28i just watched not quite a bit of spleen
36:29so i did have to come and lose the family
36:29so i was just
36:30you
36:30i am
36:30uh
36:31okay
36:31the
36:31t
36:32you
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