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The Deadly Honesty Necklace - Drama FULL MOVIES ENGLISH SUB
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00:00I was born a liar, that's the label my mom gave me
00:03It all started because my mom, a firm believer in scientific parenting
00:07Put honesty necklaces on me and my twin sister the day we were born
00:11Whenever you lied, the pendant on the necklace would glow red
00:14And mom would press a remote to send an electric current as punishment
00:18My sister's necklace was always green
00:20Even when she cut mom's dress and blamed it on the cat
00:23The necklace just blinked gently with a green light
00:26But me, just saying
00:28Mom, I'm hungry
00:29Would make my necklace flash red instantly
00:32Followed by a jolt of electricity straight to my skin
00:35At first, I tried to defend myself
00:37But mom said
00:39Machines don't lie
00:40The pain will teach you a lesson
00:42Mom's doing this for your own good
00:45After thousands of electric shocks, I started to believe it too
00:48Maybe I really was born a liar
00:50On New Year's Eve, mom was taking my sister to see the fireworks
00:53A sharp pain tore through my stomach
00:56I curled up on the floor, begging
00:58Mom, my stomach hurts so bad
01:01Please help me
01:02But my necklace flashed red like crazy
01:04Mom looked down at me, drenched in sweat
01:07And turned the current to max
01:09You're faking sick just to come with us to the fireworks?
01:11You're hopeless
01:12She turned and walked out the door with my sister
01:15I couldn't help but think, mom must be right
01:18The necklace is red, so I must not really be in pain
01:21I'm just lying for attention again
01:23I'm sorry, mom
01:25In my next life, I'll learn to be an honest kid
01:28It hurts so much
01:31It hurts so much
01:34Mom was back
01:37Mom's a doctor
01:38She must have realized something was wrong
01:39She came to save me
01:41Are you done yet?
01:42The fireworks are about to start
01:43And Jenny's getting impatient
01:45Mom
01:46Mom, it really hurts
01:48It feels like my intestines are twisting
01:51How long are you going to keep this up?
01:54You're such a liar
01:56You can just stay home and reflect on yourself
01:59Honey, come on
02:00Hurry up
02:01The fireworks show is about to start
02:02If she don't want to go, fine
02:04Should we save her some food?
02:05Save her food?
02:07She has a bunch of snacks in her closet
02:08Which she buy with the money she stole last time
02:10She won't starve
02:11Lock the door
02:12We'll let her out
02:13Only her necklace turns green
02:15But
02:15But what?
02:16Spare the rod and spoil the child
02:18Look how honest Jenny is
02:20Her necklace is always green
02:22Stella's just a bad egg
02:24And she needs to be corrected
02:26But my closet was empty
02:27That time
02:28My sister took the money
02:30She ate all the snacks too
02:32My sister just stood there
02:33Her necklace glowing soft green
02:35I know one of you took the money
02:37Who did it?
02:39It wasn't me
02:40And Mom believed her
02:41When I tried to say I didn't take it either
02:44My necklace turned red
02:45And I got another shock
02:46No, Mommy
02:48I did it
02:55Bye bye sister
02:56We're going to see the pretty fireworks
03:02It hurts so much
03:09I'm not in pain
03:10I'm really not in pain
03:13I'm not in pain
03:14I'm really not in pain
03:16Tears streaming down my face
03:18I hypnotized myself
03:20I don't know how long passed
03:22It didn't hurt quite as much anymore
03:24With my last bit of strength
03:26I crawled to my desk
03:27I had to write a self-criticism
03:29That was the rule
03:30Whenever the red light came on
03:32I had to write a thousand words of I am a liar
03:34My hands shaking
03:35I opened that crumpled, worn out diary
03:38It was filled with self-criticisms from before
03:41But this time
03:42I wanted to write the truth
03:43Mom, I really love you
03:46It really hurts so much
03:49Why won't you believe me?
03:51Mom, please just believe me
03:53Just once
03:54Everything was getting blurry
03:56Tears streaming
03:57I used my last bit of strength to write
03:59After I wrote the last word
04:01The sharp pain in my stomach suddenly vanished
04:03In its place was a lightness I'd never felt before
04:06My body grew light
04:07I floated up
04:09I looked down and saw myself slumped over the desk
04:11My hand hanging limply in the air
04:13On my neck
04:14The necklace was still blinking red like crazy
04:17So this is what it's like to die?
04:20I still haven't learned to be an honest kid
04:24I'm sorry mom
04:25I was woken up by laughter
04:27It was mom, dad, and my sister
04:29Mom's voice held a tenderness I'd never heard before
04:32I floated in midair
04:34Watching the front door open
04:35Even though I was a soul now
04:37I instinctively floated over to greet them
04:39Wanting to get their slippers like I always did
04:42It was a habit carved into my bones
04:44The need to please
04:45Mom
04:47I'm not in pain anymore
04:48I'll be good
04:51Please don't be mad
04:52I opened my arms
04:54Wanting to hug the woman still carrying the winter chill
04:56But my hands passed right through her
04:58Like wind through nothing
05:00Why is it so cold in here?
05:01Is the heater off?
05:02I froze
05:03Staring at my own transparent hands
05:05Yeah
05:06I'm dead
05:09Dead people can't hug the living
05:11Go check on Stella
05:12She hasn't come out to eat
05:14Maybe she's really hungry
05:15Good old dad
05:16I looked hopefully at mom
05:18If she found out I was dead
05:20Would she be sad?
05:21Would she regret it?
05:22Mom snorted and walked toward my room
05:26She pushed my door open
05:28She didn't turn on the light
05:30In the glow from the living room
05:31She saw me slumped over the desk
05:33Not moving
05:34Like I was asleep
05:36Oh still lying there?
05:39You think lying that will make me carry you to bed?
05:43Stella you're ten years old not five
05:45Mom
05:46I'm not pretending to sleep
05:49I'm dead
05:51Look at me
05:53Touch me
05:56I'm cold
05:57But she couldn't hear me
05:59She only believed what she could see
06:01Sister's a big sleepy head
06:04Look
06:05My necklace is green
06:06But Sister's is still red
06:08Sister's always lying
06:10She's even lying in her dreams
06:14Our Jenny's such a good girl
06:16Don't mind this liar
06:18Let her lie there
06:20See how long she can keep it up
06:22Maybe we should put her in bed
06:24It's cold out
06:26Put her in bed?
06:27The experts in scientific parenting say you have to be cold in moments like this
06:31She has to realize her own mistake
06:34Look at that red light
06:35It means her mental state is still extreme resistance
06:38She hasn't repented at all
06:39Alright time for bed
06:40We're going to grandma's tomorrow for new years
06:44Mom turned sharply and closed the door again
06:46I floated beside my body
06:48Staring at that single point of red light in the darkness
06:51The sadness in my heart was colder than death itself
06:54Mom
06:55If you had taken just one step closer
06:58If you had just touched my hand you would have known I was dead
07:01But you didn't
07:02You only believed that cold, lifeless machine
07:05Not the daughter you carried for ten months
07:07Late at night
07:08A mouse crept out of my empty closet
07:11I used to be terrified of mice
07:13I'd scream every time I saw one
07:15But now
07:16I could only float on the ceiling
07:18Watching it crawl all over my body
07:20I whispered weakly
07:21But no sound came out
07:22The mouse bit through my toe
07:24A little blackish purple blood oozed out
07:26I couldn't feel it anymore
07:28Good
07:29It finally didn't hurt
07:31I said to the pitiful shell below me
07:33It's okay
07:34You can't feel it anymore
07:36It'll be over soon
07:38The next morning
07:39Sunlight fell on my body
07:41But it brought no warmth
07:43From the kitchen came the clatter of pots and pans
07:45Mom was making breakfast
07:47The smell of fried eggs drifted through the crack in my door
07:50Usually
07:51That was the smell I craved most
07:53But all I ever got was boiled vegetables
07:55Because mom said
07:57Liars didn't deserve meat
07:58Today
07:59She banged the spatula extra loud on purpose
08:02I knew what she was doing
08:04She was trying to tempt me
08:06She wanted me to give in
08:08Come out
08:09And admit I was wrong
08:10If this were before
08:11Maybe I would have confessed to things I didn't do
08:14Just for one fried egg
08:16But now
08:17I didn't need to eat anymore
08:19Stella still hasn't come out?
08:23Nope
08:23Stubborn as a mule
08:25Spoiled brat
08:27Fine
08:27Don't eat
08:28See if I care
08:30My sister drank her milk
08:32My sister drank her milk
08:32Her eyes darting around
08:33She ran up to my door on purpose
08:35And took a big sniff
08:37Then
08:37With a dramatic yell
08:39Mom
08:39What?
08:40What?
08:40Sister's room stinks
08:42Did she poop in there?
08:45The heater was too strong
08:47After just one night
08:49I was starting to smell
08:52Mom would hate me even more
08:55Stella
08:56The bathroom's right there
08:57Did your legs break?
08:59You actually pooped in your room?
09:02You're hopeless
09:02You'd rather lose all self-respect than admit you're wrong?
09:07I remembered once
09:08When I was little
09:09I had acute gastroenteritis
09:11I couldn't make it to the bathroom
09:13And messed up my pants
09:14Mom not only refused to wash me
09:17She made me stand in the yard as a punishment
09:19She pointed at me and told the neighbors I was as dirty as a pig
09:22Now she thought I was dirty again
09:25Leave her alone!
09:26Let her sit in her own stink!
09:28Let it choke her!
09:29The smell's pretty strong
09:31Let me check it out
09:32Maybe there's a dead mouse or something
09:33Dad stood up and walked toward my door
09:36My heart leaped
09:37Dad!
09:38Open the door!
09:40Look at me!
09:41I'm right here!
09:42Just turn the handle!
09:44And you'll see I'm not moving!
09:46You'll see my face!
09:48Already turning black!
09:52What?
09:52The server crashed?
09:54Okay, okay
09:55I'm coming right now
09:56Honey, emergency at work
09:58I gotta go
09:58Might not be back for a few days
10:00But what about Stella?
10:02Mom didn't even finish
10:03Before Dad slammed the door shut behind him
10:05I was stunned
10:06So close
10:08Just one second
10:09If that call had come a moment later
10:11I'd have been found
10:12Maybe then I wouldn't have to rot any longer
10:15That afternoon
10:16Mom took my sister out shopping
10:18The house was empty except for my body
10:21At night
10:21They came back loaded with fancy seafood and gifts
10:24The smell hit them the second they walked in
10:26Mom covered her nose
10:28Even gagging
10:30Stella!
10:31Does this place have to look like a lamb stilt?
10:33She wouldn't even open the door to yell at me
10:36Like looking at that room would somehow dirty her eyes
10:39She grabbed wide packing tape
10:40Crouched down
10:41And viciously sealed the bottom crack of my door
10:43You like the smell so much?
10:46Fine!
10:47Rot in there by yourself!
10:48Just don't let it stink up the rest of us!
10:57Ah, peace and quiet
10:58I stared at that sealed door
11:00The last bit of hope in my heart suffocated along with the tape
11:03Turns out
11:04In Mom's heart
11:05My life or death mattered less than a fancy seafood dinner
11:09She'd rather seal me and then look to see if I died in there
11:11Mom, you win
11:18I'll never bother you again
11:23The third morning
11:25Winter sunlight streamed into the living room
11:27But it couldn't dispel the gloom hanging over the house
11:29The underfloor heating was cranked up
11:3126 degrees
11:33The tape couldn't hold back the smell anymore
11:35It was a nauseating, greasy stench of decay
11:38Mom was trimming freshly bought flowers
11:40But no amount of floral scent could cover the reek of death
11:43Mom cut a rose viciously
11:45The thorns piercing her hand
11:47She'd finally had enough
11:49In her mind
11:50I hadn't bathed
11:51I'd pooped in my room
11:52I'd probably hidden a dead mouse in there
11:54All just to spite her
11:56To defy her authority
11:57Stella
11:58You've gone too far
11:59If you don't repent
12:00I won't let you off easily
12:02It seems that gentle reminders don't work for you
12:05I must use hard ARBAP to teach you Jelfitwin
12:08I floated in front of Mom
12:10Watching her twisted face
12:11Waving my arms desperately
12:13Even though she didn't love me
12:15I didn't want her to see me like that
12:17But she passed right through me
12:18I'm ugly
12:19I'm rotten
12:22You'll be scared
12:31Stella
12:34What have you done?
12:38She looked up and saw me
12:39Still slumped over the desk just like three days ago
12:42My back to her
12:43Not moving
12:44To her
12:45It was silent defiance
12:47The ultimate disrespect
12:48I'm talking to you
12:49You hear me?
12:51Still playing dead?
12:52Blind with rage
12:53Mom charged in
12:54Raising the rolling pin
12:55But she didn't strike
12:57She wanted to grab me first
12:58To see my defiant face
13:00Her hand grabbed the back of my collar
13:02Touched the skin of my neck
13:03Then she froze
13:04No warmth of life at all
13:06She blinked
13:07But inertia kept her pulling
13:09My body fell backward
13:11Chair and all crashed to the floor
13:13The chair slammed against the ground
13:15My body
13:16Stiff as a statue
13:17Toppled over
13:18My face was finally visible
13:21It wasn't the shy little girl she knew anymore
13:24My face was purple black
13:26My eyes bulging
13:27My features twisted from the death throes
13:30Dried white foam and black red blood caked at the corners of my mouth
13:33And around my blackened neck
13:35Pressed against the rotting flesh
13:37That honesty necklace mom was so proud of
13:40Hanging there
13:41Lifeless
13:42The skin on my neck was burned black by the constant current
13:46Fused with the metal pendant
13:47No more red light
13:49No more green light
13:51Just dead silence
13:52Thump
13:53A soft sound
13:55The diary that had been pinned under my arm slid out as my body fell
13:58It landed at mom's feet
14:00Open
14:01Facing her
14:03On that page
14:04Crooked handwriting stabbed into her eyes like knives
14:06Mom
14:07My stomach really hurts
14:09The necklace is broken
14:10I'm not lying
14:12Please don't shock me
14:15Mom stumbled back
14:17Her lower back slamming into the bookshelf behind her
14:20Faces shattered on the floor
14:22But she didn't feel the pain
14:24Her eyes were wide
14:25Fixed on me on the ground
14:30No
14:33It's a trick
14:34Makeup
14:35Special effects
14:36Stella get up
14:37Mom's not mad anymore
14:38Don't scare me
14:41That feeling
14:42It was too real
14:44It was the temperature of death
14:47Aunt Shelley called the police
14:49She'd come running at mom's screams and collapsed at the door when she saw the scene
14:53Sirens soon filled the neighborhood
14:55Police came
14:56Forensics came
14:58Yellow tape went up
14:59I watched them come and go
15:00Watched flashlights flicker over my body
15:03Mom was pulled onto the living room sofa by a female officer
15:06Officer
15:06She was faking sick
15:09She's lied since she was little
15:11The necklace was red
15:12Machines don't lie
15:14I was just disciplining her
15:16I did it for her own good
15:17No one listened
15:19Everyone looked at her like she was a monster
15:21When the coroner moved my body
15:23They ran into a problem
15:24The necklace
15:25Because of the prolonged high voltage current
15:28The heat had fused the metal to my skin
15:30Like it had grown into my flesh
15:32Damn it
15:33He had to get tools
15:35Force the necklace off
15:37Rip
15:38The sound of skin tearing
15:39An officer picked up the diary from the floor
15:42Wearing gloves
15:43He flipped through it
15:45His face grew darker and darker
15:47Mom stared at that diary
15:49Eyes locked on it
15:50Suddenly
15:51She lunged like a madwoman
15:53Trying to grab it
15:54That's her self-criticism
15:55She admitted it
15:56She admitted
15:57She lied
15:58Look she wrote it
15:58We'll find out if she lie
16:00That's when dad arrived
16:01He saw the black body bag being carried out
16:04That long zipper
16:05Sealing my whole life shut
16:07Dad's legs gave out
16:09He collapsed on the spot
16:11Wetting himself
16:12My little sister was crying
16:13Terrified
16:14She didn't understand what was happening
16:16She just pointed at the blood-stained necklace on the table and asked
16:20Mom
16:21Why is sister's necklace black?
16:24Mine's still green
16:25She held up the pendant on her neck
16:27The green light blinked innocently
16:29Like a giant, cruel joke
16:31The police started a temporary inquiry in the living room
16:35Mom clutched at her last straw
16:37She pointed at the bloody necklace
16:39Her voice shrill
16:40Officers, check that necklace!
16:43That necklace proved she was lying!
16:45Red means lying!
16:47I only shocked her when it was red
16:49I didn't abuse her!
16:51The machine showed it!
16:52I was just disciplining her!
16:53The officer frowned at her like she was insane
16:56Ma'am, the deceased has multiple old electrical burns
17:01Mom screamed, cutting him off
17:04To prove she was innocent
17:05To prove she wasn't a murderer
17:08She made a crazy demand
17:10She lunged for the table
17:11Grabbing the necklace still covered in my flesh and blood
17:14Ignoring the gore
17:16Hands shaking
17:17She forced it onto her own neck
17:20I'll prove it
17:21I'm innocent
17:22As long as it's green
17:24It means I'm telling the truth
17:26She clicked the necklace around her own neck
17:28Click
17:29It locked
17:30The cold metal touched her skin
17:32Sticky with my blood
17:33Mom took a deep breath
17:35Trying to calm herself
17:37She held up the pendant for the officers to see
17:39Her eyes wild with certainty
17:41Watch closely
17:42I'm Clara
17:43I'm Stella's mother
17:45That was the truth
17:47Absolutely true
17:48But
17:53A piercing shriek erupted
17:56The dormant red light blazed to life
17:58Red as blood
17:59Red as evil
18:00In the dim living room
18:02It was like a bloodshot eye snapping open
18:04Mom froze
18:05The confident expression on her face locked in place
18:08She slapped the pendant
18:09Like fixing a glitching TV
18:11What's wrong?
18:13It's broken?
18:14I told the truth
18:16I'm Clara
18:17Panic crept into her voice
18:19Her words tumbling out faster
18:20It must be broken
18:21That coroner broke it
18:23Let me try again
18:24One more time
18:25It didn't abuse my child
18:27I did it for her own good
18:28I love her
18:29The red light flashed even faster
18:32A continuous strobe of red
18:34Sensing her extreme heart rate
18:35The necklace automatically released a leaf turn
18:38Mom jolted
18:39Her neck spasming
18:40Hands flying to her throat
18:42As she doubled over
18:43It hurt
18:44Even that tiny current made her neck cramp
18:47Goosebumps rising over her skin
18:48And suddenly she remembered
18:50Ten years old
18:52Me
18:53The current at maximum
18:54Curled on the floor
18:56Biting through my lip
18:58Afraid to even cry out
18:59So this is what it felt like
19:01Mom completely lost it
19:03She screamed at the necklace
19:05Spittle flying
19:06Why is it red?
19:07Why?
19:08I'm telling the truth
19:09Why?
19:10I'm telling the truth
19:12Turn green
19:13No matter how she screamed
19:15The red light kept flashing
19:16Mocking her silently
19:18You're a liar
19:19You're a liar
19:20Enough
19:21Stopping doesn't detect lies
19:23He grabbed the instruction manual found
19:26During the search
19:26And slammed it on the coffee table
19:28It's just a simple galvanic skin response
19:30And heart rate monitor
19:31It works like this
19:32When you're nervous
19:33Anxious
19:34Scared
19:34Or in pain
19:35Your heart rate goes up
19:36Your galvanic skin response increases
19:37And the light turns red
19:39Right now
19:39You're terrified
19:40Anxious
19:41Tachycardic
19:42Of course it's all red
19:43He stepped closer to mom
19:44Your daughter
19:45Had a perforated appendix
19:47She was writhling on the floor
19:49In agony
19:50The pain of internal perforation
19:52How fast do you think
19:54Her heart was beating?
19:55How terrified was she?
19:57In your eyes
19:57The more it hurt
19:58The faster her heart raced
20:00The brighter the red light
20:02And you thought that meant
20:03She was lying harder
20:04So you cranked up the current
20:07Your younger daughter list
20:09Has been set to green
20:09Since it left the factory
20:11No matter what she says
20:12Or does
20:13Even if she murders someone
20:15It stays green
20:16Your scientific parenting
20:19It's a complete biased joke
20:21Mom's world collapsed
20:22She sat there
20:24Staring blankly
20:25At the red light
20:26Flashing on her neck
20:27Finally understanding
20:29For ten years
20:30Every time my red light came on
20:33It was because I was afraid
20:35Afraid mom would be mad
20:37Afraid of being misunderstood
20:38Afraid of the food
20:40I hated on the table
20:41I was in pain
20:42Pain made my heart race
20:44Made me sweat with fear
20:46I was longing
20:47Longing for her hug
20:49Longing for her to hold me
20:50Like she held my sister
20:51Every signal of a beating heart
20:53She'd read as evidence of a lie
20:55A wail erupted from mom
20:57She clawed at the necklace
20:59Around her neck
21:02But the necklace's clasp
21:04Damaged by her violent struggle earlier
21:06Was jammed
21:08Stuck tight around her neck
21:10She couldn't pry it off
21:11Can't get it off
21:12Can't get it off
21:14Stella
21:14Take the necklace
21:16Mommy was wrong
21:18It hurts
21:19Can't handle this little bit of pain
21:21Mom
21:22I took it for ten years
21:24To confirm the details of the abuse
21:26And build the case
21:27The police opened the diary
21:29The key piece of evidence
21:30In front of mom and dad
21:32That diary I'd kept for ten years
21:34Filled with humiliation and blood and tears
21:36The female officer's voice was soft
21:38But every word cut deep
21:40February 14th
21:41Sunny
21:42Mom gave me celery
21:43I'm allergic to celery
21:45It makes my throat swell up
21:47I can't breathe
21:48I said I didn't want it
21:50That it would make me sick
21:51Because I was scared of making mom mad
21:54My heart was racing
21:55The red light came on
21:57Mom said I was a picky eater and a liar
22:00And made me eat the whole plate
22:01That night
22:02I coughed up blood
22:03My throat burned like fire
22:05Mom saw it and said I drank tomato juice
22:08And was faking it
22:09She shocked me for another ten minute
22:11Mom covered her mouth
22:12Her whole body shaking violently
22:14That night
22:15She really had thought it was tomato juice
22:18She hadn't even looked closely at my vomit
22:20Before turning away to tell my sister a story
22:22It was blood
22:24Blood from a throat swollen and torn
22:26The officer turned the page and continued
22:29June 1st
22:30Children's Day
22:31Sister cut mom's dress
22:32Sister's heartbeat was slow
22:34Her necklace was green
22:36I tried to explain
22:37Because I was scared of getting hit
22:39All red lights
22:40Mom shocked me for ten minutes
22:42Current at level five
22:44It hurt so much
22:45But I didn't dare cry
22:47Because if I cried
22:48My heart would race faster
22:49And mom would think I was defiant
22:51And shock me harder
22:53I had to hold my breath
22:54Pretend it didn't hurt
22:56Mom said
22:57See
22:57She's not even screaming
22:59That means it doesn't hurt
23:01She's faking
23:02Dad couldn't take it anymore
23:05This man
23:06Invisible in this family for so long
23:08We turned a blind eye to my suffering
23:10We just wanted peace and quiet
23:12He lunged forward
23:13Slap
23:14You monster
23:18You monster
23:20Look what you've done
23:21That was your own daughter
23:23You raised her like an animal
23:25Mom's mouth bled
23:27She fell to the floor
23:29But she didn't fight back
23:30She didn't cry
23:32She just stared blankly
23:34Muttering
23:34It wasn't my fault
23:38Suddenly
23:39She pointed at my sister
23:40Cowering in the corner
23:42It was her
23:43Jenny
23:44Sister's necklace was always green
23:46Sister was the honest one
23:48She misled me
23:50If it weren't for that green light
23:52I wouldn't have trusted the red one so much
23:55The little princess who'd always been cherished
23:57An officer walked over
23:59He unclasped the green necklace from my sister's neck
24:02Got a screwdriver
24:04Pride opened the pendant
24:10There were no complex sensor chips
24:12No heart rate monitor
24:14Just two cheap LEDs and a few button batteries
24:17The circuit was hardwired
24:19Permanently set to green
24:22This is a $2 plastic toy
24:24The officer tossed the broken pieces onto the table with a clatter
24:27Your younger daughter-less has been set to green since it left the factory
24:31No matter what she says or does
24:33Even if she murders someone
24:35It stays green
24:37Your scientific parenting?
24:39It's a complete biased joke
24:41Mom stared at the plastic fragments
24:43The truth she'd believed for 10 years
24:46The evidence that had sentenced me to death
24:48Just a toy
24:50A toy controlled my fate for 10 years?
24:53A game where only I was in hell
24:55And my sister in heaven?
24:56So I wasn't a liar
24:58I wasn't a bad kid
25:00What were all those years of suffering for?
25:02I laughed
25:03And as I laughed
25:05I cried
25:06Turns out
25:07Souls can cry too
25:08The last page of the diary was opened
25:11The female officer's voice cracked
25:13The handwriting is shaky
25:15Probably written right before she died
25:17Mom
25:18If I die will the necklace stop glowing?
25:20Will you hold me then?
25:22I wasn't lying
25:23My stomach hurts so bad like a knife twisting inside
25:26Ma
25:27In my next life
25:28Please don't make me wear a necklace
25:30I'm begging you
25:31I just want to be a normal kid
25:33I want to eat the braid pork you make
25:35Mom stared at the pile of plastic junk
25:38The honest green light she trusted so blindly
25:40Just a cheap toy
25:42Because of it
25:43She doted on my sister for 10 years
25:45Because of that damned red light
25:47She tortured me for 10 years
25:51Fake
25:53It's all fake
25:54I killed my most honest child and raised a liar
25:58My death became a city-wide sensation
26:01Aunt Shelley, our neighbor, was a kind soul but a big mouth
26:04She posted everything she'd seen online
26:06The headline was shocking
26:07Girl electrocuted by pseudoscience honesty necklace
26:10The article detailed my corpse's condition
26:12And the necklace fused into my flesh
26:14It exploded
26:15Online fury ignited instantly
26:18Mom's personal information was doxxed
26:20Electrocution demon
26:22Murderer
26:23She doesn't deserve to be a mom
26:25Insults rained down like snow
26:27Our front door was splashed with red paint
26:29Scrawled with the word death
26:31Dad was also taken in for investigation
26:33Failure to prevent abuse
26:35Neglect of parental duties
26:36Though he wasn't heavily sentenced due to lack of direct involvement
26:39He lost his job
26:41His reputation was ruined
26:43His company fired him immediately to avoid association
26:46The family went bankrupt
26:48Pay compensation and legal fees
26:50The house and car were sold
26:52Dad couldn't handle the madwoman anymore
26:54He took what little money was left and left with my sister
26:57Even if my sister was a bad seed
27:00She was still his only remaining child
27:02Before leaving
27:03My sister tried to take the green necklace
27:06Dad crushed it under his foot
27:08What the hell do you need that piece of junk for?
27:10My sister left
27:11Crying
27:12Mom was released on bail pending trial
27:15Psychological evaluation showed severe schizophrenia and PTSD
27:18She was left in that rented room
27:21Filled with the memory of my stench
27:24Completely isolated
27:26Her mental state deteriorated
27:28She always felt I was still in the house
27:30That red necklace
27:32She refused to take it off
27:33In fact
27:34She became dependent on it
27:36Because she found that wearing it
27:38Feeling that faint stain
27:40Eased her guilt just a little
27:41It was her own self-inflicted punishment
27:44I floated in the room
27:45Watching her daily descent into madness
27:47She'd cook a whole table of food
27:49Calling out to empty air
27:50Stella, dinner's ready
27:52No celery today
27:53All braised pork
27:54Your favorite
27:55Then she'd pick up a piece of meat
27:57Hands shaking
27:58From anxiety
27:59The necklace turned red
28:01She'd laugh
28:02A nervous laugh
28:03Mommy's lying
28:08Mommy doesn't deserve to be
28:11Liars must be punished
28:12She'd put down her chopsticks
28:14Pick up the remote
28:15Point it at her own neck
28:17Even though the battery was nearly dead
28:20She'd found new ones somewhere
28:21The strong current made her convulse
28:23Foam at the mouth
28:24It'll look at the room
28:26Across her face
28:36It hurts
28:37It hurts just like
28:39Was this how much it hurt for Stella?
28:42I'm sorry
28:42Mommy taste it now
28:44She started punishing herself
28:45According to my diary entries
28:47I was shocked for refusing celery
28:49So she forced herself to eat rotten food
28:51Until she vomited blood
28:53She forced it down
28:54I was locked in my room
28:56So she locked herself in there without light
28:58In the darkness
28:59She cowed out to my memorial photo
29:04Her forehead bled
29:06Blood stains covered the floor
29:08Late at night
29:09She'd watch the red light
29:10From the necklace cast shadows on the wall
29:12Like my bloody eyes staring at her
29:14On the back page of my diary
29:16She scribbled frantically in red pen
29:18I'm sorry
29:19Mommy was wrong
29:21Red light is pain
29:22Red light is love
29:23Please come back
29:25Just say it hurts one more time
29:27Mommy will save you this time
29:28I promise
29:29Too bad
29:30I'm already dead
29:32Dead people can't say it hurts
29:34Mom was eventually committed to a psychiatric hospital
29:37Her self-harm had gotten so bad
29:39She nearly electrocuted herself at home
29:41Community services intervened and sent her in
29:44She was the strangest patient there
29:46She found some red plastic ring somewhere
29:48And wore it around her neck
29:49A homemade necklace
29:51If anyone tried to take it off
29:52She'd bite like a rabid dog
29:54Don't touch my light!
29:57Stella's walking!
29:58If you take it off she'll get mad!
30:01She developed a terrible conditioned reflex
30:03Whenever a nurse asked
30:05Clara?
30:06Have you eaten?
30:07She'd touch her neck first
30:09Then convulse and scream
30:10Red light!
30:11Don't shock me!
30:12I'll eat!
30:13I'll eat!
30:14Even if the porridge was scalding hot
30:16She'd gulp it down
30:17Burning her esophagus
30:18Too scared to spit it out
30:20She was imitating me
30:21Right before I died
30:23Reliving my hell
30:24Over and over
30:25Years passed
30:26My sister grew up
30:28And she grew up twisted
30:30With no discipline
30:31And that reputation hanging over her
30:33She ended up at the bottom of society
30:35Broke
30:35She remembered the mom
30:37Still in the psych ward
30:38She went to visit
30:39Not for family love
30:41For money
30:42Old crazy lady!
30:44Dad's dead!
30:45Give me the secret stash you hid!
30:47My sister wore heavy makeup
30:49Her face full of malice
30:50She looked at mom's pathetic state
30:52And spat in disgust
30:53Just like your dear
30:54Delda's daughter
30:56If you don't give me money
30:57I'll pull your plug
30:59And let you join her
31:00At those words
31:01Mom
31:01Who'd been in a daze
31:03Suddenly looked up
31:04Her clotted eyes
31:05Focused on my sister
31:06For a moment
31:07Sharp and clear
31:08She remembered
31:09The always green toy necklace
31:10The green that had fooled her
31:12For ten years
31:14You tricked me!
31:16Your green light was fake!
31:18You killed!
31:19Stella!
31:20Give her back!
31:21Give her back!
31:24Die!
31:25You die!
31:27You're the one who should die!
31:29Help!
31:32Doctors rushed in
31:33Sedated mom
31:34And pulled her off
31:35No!
31:36No!
31:38My sister fled in panic
31:43She ran blindly out of the hospital gate
31:45Crazy!
31:47All of you are crazy!
31:48A speeding truck couldn't stop in time
31:50My sister flew through the air
31:52She survived
31:53But her legs were crushed
31:55She'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair
31:58Completely broken
31:59And mom
32:01Strapped to a restraint bed
32:02Stared at the ceiling with tears in her eyes
32:04In her dreams
32:06She finally saw me
32:07I was still ten years old
32:09No necklace
32:10Wearing a white dress
32:12Smiling
32:13I ran to her
32:14She opened her arms joyfully
32:17Then she saw her own hands
32:19Crackling with electricity
32:20The moment she touched me
32:22My body burned up like paper
32:24Turned to ashes
32:27She woke screaming
32:30No!
32:34Heart rate spiking
32:38If she still wore that necklace
32:40It would have been blazing red
32:41The eternal pain
32:43I stood in the void
32:44Watching it all
32:45Watching mom suffer in the psych ward
32:47Watching my sister begging with broken legs
32:49Watching dad
32:50Broken
32:50Drunk
32:51Dying young
32:52In my heart
32:53There was no satisfaction in revenge
32:55Just stillness
32:56Still as death
32:57Beside me stood an old dog
32:59Shao Bai
33:00The dog I raised as a child
33:01Until mom threw him out
33:03He'd been waiting for me
33:04In the spirit world
33:05Shao Bai rubbed against my leg
33:07And barked softly
33:08Like he was saying
33:09Come on
33:09Stop watching
33:10Yeah
33:11Time to go
33:12This life was too bitter
33:13Nothing worth holding on to
33:15I floated to the window of mom's room
33:17One last goodbye
33:18Mom lay in bed
33:20Withered
33:20Hair completely white
33:21She seemed to sense something
33:23Stella?
33:24Is that you?
33:26Mom smashed the necklace
33:28Mom doesn't believe in it anymore
33:30Please come back
33:32Mom will cook for you
33:33No celery
33:34Mom will buy you new dresses
33:36Not for your sister
33:38Tears slipped down her cheeks
33:39Falling on the pillow
33:40Sighed softly
33:42I reached out
33:43My cold finger touched her forehead
33:45The last mercy I could give her
33:47Let her sleep
33:48Sleep
33:49And it won't hurt anymore
33:50She calmed instantly
33:52Her eyelids grew heavy
33:53She fell into a deep sleep
33:55A breeze blew through
33:56The worn diary on her bedside table
33:58Flipped open
33:59The police had returned it to her
34:01As a personal effect
34:02On the last page
34:03Below my dying words
34:05Were a few shaky new lines
34:07Written by mom
34:08In her lucid moments
34:09In the next life
34:11Let mommy wear the necklace
34:14Let mommy be the liar
34:17You punish me
34:19Just don't leave me
34:22Mommy will do anything
34:24I looked at those words
34:25Felt nothing
34:27Too late
34:27All the regret in the world
34:29In the face of death
34:30Is pale and meaningless
34:31Mom
34:32I don't hate you anymore
34:34But I don't love you either
34:37Mom
34:37Let's don't meet again
34:39The next life
34:39I turned away
34:41Took Shaobai's leash
34:42In the distance
34:43A door of light appeared
34:44The entrance to the next cycle
34:46I raised my hand to my neck
34:48The necklace that had always been there
34:49In spirit form
34:50The nightmare that had bound me
34:52My whole life
34:53I grabbed it
34:53Pulled
34:54Snap
34:55It shattered
34:56Dissolved into specks of light
34:58Vanished into the air
34:59I felt lighter than I'd ever felt
35:01No red light
35:02No electricity
35:03No lies
35:04Just freedom
35:05I walked toward the door of light
35:07Didn't look back
35:08Morning sunlight streamed in
35:10A nurse opened the door for rounds
35:12Clara
35:12Time for your meds
35:14No answer
35:15The figure on the bed didn't move
35:17The nurse stepped closer
35:19Clara clutched the tattered diary tightly in her hand
35:22At the corner of her eye
35:23One last crystalline tear
35:24On the heart monitor beside her
35:26The line that represented life
35:28Had gone perfectly flat
35:30It was super loud
35:30But its Ellen's
35:30It was so amazing
35:30The safety and the
35:30Instrumental
35:30The få
35:31It was so amazing
35:31Home
35:31Baby
35:31Would
35:31Tired
35:31I
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