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[Completo En Español] El pecado del padre
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00:00My husband sent our 5-year-old twins to hell, all because they dared to upset his precious first love.
00:07The men from the behavior correction camp burst into our home and dragged our sobbing girls away.
00:13Their tiny hands clung to the car door crying and screaming for their daddy.
00:18Kathleen and I found them the next day my girls lifeless and bruised their breaths still forever.
00:24Meanwhile my husband was on Instagram celebrating the pregnancy of his beloved.
00:29My eyes were vacant as I looked at Kathleen.
00:32My babies are gone, I have nothing left, please let me go, I don't want anything.
00:37By the time we reached the hospital there were no signs of life, they didn't even take the girls.
00:44They made straight for the emergency room.
00:47Kathleen's eyes were filled with pity but she still spoke softly trying to comfort me.
00:52It's going to be okay.
00:54Don't worry.
00:56Grandfather and I are on your side.
00:59James was wrong this time.
01:01I'll make sure he comes to apologize in the future you too.
01:05Before Kathleen could finish I held my phone in front of her.
01:09It showed a post James Coleman had made on Instagram just 2 hours ago.
01:14Mommy and Daddy have loved you since before you arrived.
01:18The attached picture was a sonogram clearly showing Emily Green 6 weeks pregnant.
01:24Emily was James Coleman's beloved.
01:26Kathleen's voice cut off abruptly after a moment her face flushed with anger.
01:34I gave a bitter laugh and directly dialed James' number.
01:42He answered irritation dripping from his voice.
01:45Are you calling to complain about the camp again?
01:48No one would dare lay a finger on a Coleman child.
01:51Stop with the drama.
01:53I just sent them there to learn some discipline.
01:56Do you have to keep calling me?
01:57Sophie, you disgust me.
01:59I didn't say a word James hung up on the other end.
02:03The phone was on speaker.
02:05Every word landed clearly in Kathleen's ears.
02:08Her face turned ashen.
02:09Her lips trembled for a long moment as if she no longer knew how to console me.
02:14I tried to force a smile but tears fell in heavy drops.
02:18Please.
02:19I have nothing.
02:21Let me go.
02:22I can't take this anymore.
02:24Just as Kathleen was about to speak, two police officers approached us.
02:29Are you the family of the deceased?
02:31The individuals responsible for the camp have been detained.
02:36We need your cooperation with the investigation.
02:39At the police station I saw the men who had come to take my daughters.
02:44I lost all control screaming and sobbing I lunged at them.
02:48You monsters.
02:49You're all monsters.
02:51They were only five.
02:53How could you?
02:54How dare you?
02:55The officers quickly pulled me back.
02:58Kathleen wrapped her arms around my shaking body.
03:01Sophie, don't.
03:03It's okay.
03:04The police will handle this fairly.
03:07With the Coleman name behind us, they won't get away with it.
03:12Perhaps frightened by my frenzy, the men shrank into a corner, one of them muttering.
03:17Should have taught your kids better yourself.
03:20That's just how we run the camp.
03:22No discipline, no results.
03:25Who knew your girls were so fragile?
03:27What bad luck.
03:29My hand trembled as I pointed at them.
03:31Rage threatened to tear me apart.
03:33I wanted to rip them to pieces.
03:36A metallic taste rose in my throat.
03:38I coughed violently, vomiting a mouthful of blood before darkness swallowed me.
03:43I woke up in the Coleman family estate.
03:46Kathleen sat by my bed, her eyes red-rimmed.
03:49Sophie, you're awake.
03:50Don't worry.
03:52We've handled things with the police.
03:55We won't let those monsters get away this time.
03:58I stared emptily at the ceiling.
04:01Please let me go.
04:02I have nothing.
04:03Deep down, I knew those monsters at the camp were guilty, but the root cause was James.
04:07He was the one who sent our daughters to that hell.
04:10The real culprit wasn't those men.
04:12It was their own father, James.
04:15Kathleen's shoulders shook then as if making a decision, she spoke softly.
04:19All right.
04:20I'll talk to grandfather.
04:22Watching her leave, I finally broke down sobbing as if to cry out all the grievances of these years.
04:28I came to the Coleman household when I was eight, the same age as James.
04:33The elder Mr. Coleman and my grandfather were comrades in arms.
04:37Grandfather had saved Mr. Coleman's life on the battlefield.
04:40Theirs was a bond forged in life and death.
04:43My parents died in an accident shortly after I was born.
04:46I was raised by my grandfather until he passed away when I was eight.
04:50Then Mr. Coleman took me in.
04:52Over the years, Mr. Coleman and Kathleen treated me exceptionally well.
04:56They truly saw me as family as one of their own.
04:59That's why for seven years of marriage, no matter how awful James was,
05:04I stayed I bore his children, managed his home.
05:06I thought even without love, having my two precious girls would give my life meaning.
05:12But now I had nothing.
05:14I don't know how much time passed before Kathleen returned.
05:18Grandfather wants to see you.
05:20The elder Mr. Coleman sat in a wooden chair by his bed.
05:24His eyes held deep sorrow when he looked at me.
05:27You're a good girl.
05:28Well, I've heard everything from Kathleen.
05:31You've suffered all these years.
05:33The girls will be cremated tomorrow.
05:36After that, you can leave if you wish.
05:39That boy doesn't deserve you.
05:41He shouldn't hold you back any longer.
05:44I didn't speak.
05:45I simply bowed deeply to him.
05:48Tears fell onto the wooden floor as I bent over.
05:52I was grateful, grateful for over 20 years of care from the Coleman family.
05:57But I could never forgive James.
06:00Never forgive the executioner who killed my children.
06:03When I returned to my room, James was already there.
06:08He looked at me with scorn.
06:10What?
06:11Couldn't wait to run to Grandfather and Tattle?
06:13Sophie, do you really think pleasing my grandfather and sister will make me settle down with you?
06:19The sight of him flooded me with hatred.
06:22I wanted to kill him right then, send him to hell.
06:26But then, I heard my daughter's soft, sweet voices in my mind.
06:31Mommy, I love Daddy so much.
06:35Daddy is the handsomest daddy in our kindergarten.
06:39Mommy, we miss Daddy.
06:41Will Daddy come play with us today?
06:43We love Mommy the most in the whole world, and Daddy's second.
06:48Even when I rushed into the camp to save them, their last words before losing consciousness were,
06:54Mommy, please don't fight with Daddy because of us.
06:58It's our fault.
06:59We weren't good.
07:00I took a deep breath, ignored James, and walked straight to the bed to sit down.
07:07My silence seemed to anger him.
07:09He grabbed me, flung me onto the bed, and pinned my wrists above my head.
07:16What game are you playing now?
07:17Didn't you have Kathleen call me back?
07:20He leaned down, trying to kiss me, unable to break free.
07:25I bit his lip hard.
07:27James recoiled in pain.
07:29Letting go and sitting up.
07:32Sophie, are you insane?
07:34You make me sick with this innocent act.
07:36Is this how you've got grandfather wrapped around your finger?
07:40You force me back, then play hard to get.
07:43Pathetic.
07:44It's because of your phony attitude that the girls turned out.
07:47I bit my lower lip until I tasted blood, then interrupted him softly.
07:53The girls are dead.
07:54James stiffened, then let out a scoff.
07:58Sophie, you'll really say anything.
08:00Just because you found out about Emily's pregnancy today, you'd go this far with your lies.
08:05With that, he got up and headed for the door.
08:09He paused at the threshold.
08:12You're the one who pushed me away.
08:14Don't go crying to grandfather about me neglecting you.
08:17It only makes me despise you more.
08:19After James left, the room fell silent.
08:24I rushed to the bathroom and brushed my teeth violently, trying to erase any trace of him from my lips.
08:31James and I were once in love.
08:33On the day of my debutante ball, 18-year-old James stood before me, his ears bright red.
08:40Sophie, I want to be good to you.
08:43I don't want to just be your brother.
08:45His cheeks were flushed, but the determination in his eyes was captivating.
08:51My heart melted completely.
08:53Four years after, James treated me like a treasure, and I gave him all my love in return.
09:00Then, when we were 22, the elder Mr. Coleman called us to him.
09:06You're both of marrying age now.
09:08Sophie, your grandfather saved my life.
09:11I wouldn't feel at ease, seeing you marry into another family.
09:16What do you think of James here?
09:18From that day on, James' attitude toward me changed drastically.
09:23All that tender love seemed to vanish overnight.
09:27I didn't understand what happened.
09:30James never gave me a reason.
09:32A year into our marriage, I got pregnant.
09:36After that, James was almost never home, openly flaunting his relationship with his beloved.
09:43I confronted him, fought with him, but James would just look at me coldly, as if I were a madwoman.
09:51You got what you wanted, you're a Coleman wife.
09:54You've born Coleman children.
09:56What more are you fussing about?
09:58Stop pretending to be the victim in front of me.
10:01It's disgusting.
10:03So I stopped asking for reasons.
10:05I focused on raising my two girls.
10:09I accepted it.
10:10James didn't love me.
10:12And he didn't love our children.
10:15But luckily, my daughters were sweet and well-behaved.
10:18I always thought, watching them grow up would be enough happiness for me.
10:24Now, I'd lost them too.
10:26Early the next morning, after the cremation and burial, I stood outside the funeral home,
10:33holding two small urns.
10:35They were so tiny when they were born, lying quietly in my arms.
10:41How, after five years, could they be even smaller and lighter?
10:46My eyes stung, but I bit my lip, refusing to let the tears fall.
10:52Kathleen watched me with concern.
10:55If it hurts, just cry.
10:58Don't hold it in.
10:59I didn't answer her.
11:01Instead, I looked at the elder Mr. Coleman, who was about to get into the car for the cemetery.
11:08Grandfather, the girls won't be buried in the Coleman family plot.
11:12I'm changing their last names.
11:15They aren't Coleman children.
11:17They're my daughters.
11:19Sophie's daughters.
11:21The old man looked at me deeply, then erupted in fury.
11:25Where is that ungrateful son of mine?
11:27On a day like today, where has he disappeared to?
11:31Kathleen glanced at me nervously and whispered.
11:35His foal is off.
11:36We can't reach him.
11:38Mr. Coleman shut his eyes tightly.
11:41When he opened them, his gaze was clear.
11:43They are yours.
11:44Born from your pain.
11:46Do as you see fit.
11:48I fell to my knees before him and cowed out three times.
11:52The debt of raising me was immense.
11:54But that debt had nothing to do with my children.
11:56I couldn't let them suffer any more indignity.
11:59Even in death, after Grandfather left by car, Kathleen gently helped me up.
12:05Sis.
12:07Sophie.
12:08I gave her a faint smile, hailed a taxi, and headed straight home.
12:12The two urns in my arms I needed to pack the girls' things, too.
12:16But that house wasn't a home.
12:17I wouldn't leave them in that cold place.
12:19But as soon as I opened the door, the sounds of passion reached my ears.
12:24Oh.
12:25Stop.
12:27I'm pregnant.
12:28The doctor said we shouldn't.
12:30A man's voice, rough with desire.
12:33I'll be gentle.
12:34It's fine.
12:36I'd never hurt our baby.
12:37Soon, the sounds of their intimacy filled the house.
12:41They were in the bedroom.
12:42I couldn't go in to pack.
12:44I just stood frozen by the door.
12:46Torturing myself by listening to the obscene noises.
12:49I don't know how long it was before they finally emerged.
12:52The moment Emily saw me, Triumph flashed in her eyes.
12:56Oh.
12:57Sophie.
12:58You're back?
13:00Why didn't you say anything?
13:02We had no idea.
13:04It's all James' fault.
13:06I told him not to.
13:07But he insisted.
13:09What could I do?
13:11James stood beside Emily, his arm around her waist.
13:14No need to explain to her.
13:16She's nobody.
13:18Come on, let's go.
13:19We have a doctor's appointment for the checkup.
13:22Our baby needs to be healthy and safe.
13:24From start to finish, James didn't look at me once.
13:28His eyes were only for Emily.
13:29I stepped aside, calmly making way for them.
13:32And as they passed, James finally noticed the urns in my arms.
13:36What's that garbage?
13:38It looks filthy.
13:39Throw it out.
13:40With that, he walked out with Emily arm in arm.
13:43I looked down blankly at the urns.
13:46Daddy wasn't talking about you.
13:48Don't be sad.
13:50You're mommy's treasures.
13:53You're not garbage.
13:55After carefully setting down the urns,
13:57I began packing the girls' belongings,
13:59dot clothes, dot toys, dot dishes, dot crayons,
14:02to AT the small desk in their room.
14:04I found a family photo,
14:05but it only showed me and the girls.
14:08Not James' dem.
14:09My hand shook as I took the picture out of its frame.
14:12The girls had drawn a man beside us in crayon.
14:14I end their clumsy handwriting.
14:16They had written three words,
14:18Daddy loves mommy.
14:19Followed by a tiny heart.
14:21I couldn't hold back any longer.
14:23Clutching the photo,
14:24I wept bitterly in the five years I raised them alone,
14:27no matter what happened between James and me.
14:30I never spoke ill of him to our daughters,
14:32but children are perceptive.
14:34They could see clearly that Daddy didn't love mommy at B.Y. Nightfall.
14:38I had finally packed everything.
14:40I watched the movers load the boxes onto the truck.
14:44Anything else, Mrs. Dodd-Coleman?
14:47I shook my head,
14:48then went back inside
14:50and placed the signed divorce papers on the coffee table.
14:53Leaving the house,
14:55I held the two urns tightly.
14:57A strange sense of peace settled over me.
15:00After a moment of silence,
15:03I took out my phone's SIM card,
15:06snapped it in half,
15:07and tossed it out the car window.
15:10Meanwhile,
15:11at St. Mary's Hospital,
15:14the elder Mr. Coleman and Kathleen,
15:17having gotten word,
15:19arrived and intercepted James and Emily during their checkup.
15:23Seeing them,
15:24James' face instantly darkened.
15:27Can't Sophie be any more disgusting?
15:29Playing the quiet,
15:31forgiving wife at home,
15:33then calling you to chase us down at the hospital.
15:36Before he could finish,
15:37the old man slapped him hard across the face.
15:41You heartless wretch.
15:43You killed your own children,
15:45and you have the nerve to bring your mistress here for a checkup.
15:49How did our family produce such a monster?
15:52James staggered,
15:54almost losing his balance.
15:56What?
15:57What are you talking about?
15:58Emily had shrunk behind James the moment she saw them,
16:02but Kathleen was faster,
16:04she grabbed a handful of Emily's hair.
16:06You shameless bitch.
16:08How dare you hide?
16:10Do you know how old my nieces were?
16:14Five.
16:15What terrible crime did they commit that you couldn't tolerate them?
16:19How could you be so cruel?
16:21Are you even human?
16:24Emily cried out in pain as she felt James helped her up,
16:28glaring at his sister.
16:30What are you doing?
16:31She's pregnant.
16:32What if something happens to the baby?
16:34Sophie, fine.
16:35You want to know what happened?
16:37I just took Emily home that day,
16:39and the girls started screaming for her to get out.
16:42Is that any way for children to treat a guest?
16:45I'm their father.
16:46What's wrong with sending them somewhere more suitable?
16:49Can't I discipline my own children?
16:52All right?
16:52Fine.
16:53If you're so against it,
16:55I'll bring them back from the camp.
16:57You don't have to help Sophie lie to me,
17:00saying the girls are dead.
17:02How can you even say that?
17:03The old man couldn't take it anymore.
17:06He began slapping James relentlessly.
17:09She's a mistress.
17:10What kind of guest is that?
17:13You fool.
17:14You brought your mistress home,
17:16and the girls were protecting their mother.
17:19What's wrong with that?
17:21That's true Coleman spirit.
17:22James,
17:24not daring to hit back against his elderly grandfather,
17:28could only duck and dodge.
17:30Stop it.
17:31People are watching.
17:32Have some respect.
17:34The old man looked at James with heartbreak,
17:36as if he didn't recognize his own grandson.
17:40If I'd known you'd become this kind of cold-hearted beast,
17:44I never would have let Sophie marry you.
17:46Then she wouldn't have suffered all these years,
17:49and my granddaughters wouldn't be dead.
17:51Tears streamed down the old man's wrinkled face.
17:55How you've treated Sophie.
17:57How will I ever face her grandfather in the afterlife?
18:01She was his only treasure.
18:03His mind flashed to the image of Sophie earlier that day.
18:07Kneeling before him,
18:08she had cradled the two small urns.
18:11Her frail body trembling.
18:13But her voice was steel.
18:15Maybe it's for the best.
18:16Leaving is for the best.
18:18Then she won't have to suffer this humiliation anymore.
18:21I'm the one who held her back.
18:23The old man couldn't bear to look at James any longer.
18:26He turned to leave.
18:27Don't bother coming home.
18:29The Coleman family has no room for an ungrateful beast like you.
18:34Seeing his grandfather's serious expression,
18:37James began to shake uncontrollably,
18:39clinging to a sliver of hope.
18:42He looked at Kathleen.
18:44Tell me.
18:45What is grandfather saying?
18:47Are you all lying to me?
18:49Is this some conspiracy?
18:51Kathleen took a deep breath,
18:53remembering the nearly broken woman at the police station
18:56and tears fell from her eyes.
18:58You sent them to that place.
19:00That camp only knows punishment.
19:04They tied the girls to chairs,
19:06beat them with belts,
19:09electrocuted them with batons,
19:12starved them,
19:14denied them water.
19:15By the time we got there,
19:18it was too late.
19:20James,
19:22the girls are gone.
19:24Sophie is gone.
19:26The freedom and happiness you wanted to chase.
19:29No one is standing in your way now.
19:32Without another glance at James,
19:34she turned and followed their grandfather.
19:37James' mind buzzed instinctively.
19:40He moved to chase after them,
19:43but Emily grabbed his arm.
19:45James,
19:47where are you going?
19:49James turned.
19:50Extreme panic had stripped him of reason.
19:53I need to find my girls.
19:54I need to find Sophie.
19:56Didn't you hear?
19:57Gone.
19:59They're gone.
20:00Emily was startled by his outburst,
20:02but instinct told her not to let him leave.
20:06James,
20:07I'm pregnant.
20:09Remember?
20:10We're going to have our own baby soon.
20:13You didn't love them.
20:15You didn't love them.
20:17Isn't this perfect now?
20:19We can finally be together openly.
20:23We...
20:24Before she could finish,
20:26James violently shook off her hand.
20:28Who do you think you are?
20:30You're not fit to even mention them.
20:32Caught off guard.
20:34Emily was thrown to the ground.
20:36James didn't spare her a glance
20:38that he turned to leave.
20:39Emily clutched her stomach,
20:42crying out in pain.
20:44James.
20:45My tummy.
20:47It hurts so much.
20:49But through her blurry vision,
20:51she only saw James' figure
20:53growing smaller and smaller.
20:55The man who used to fret over her slightest frown
20:58now walked away.
20:59Ignoring her desperate calls,
21:02James drove straight home,
21:04stepping inside.
21:05He froze.
21:06The house was empty.
21:08Devoid of all life,
21:09I end that moment.
21:11It hit him.
21:12Sophie was really gone.
21:14Stumbling.
21:15James opened every door.
21:17Master bedroom.
21:18Guest room.
21:19Study.
21:20Walk-in closet.
21:21Finally.
21:21The children's room there.
21:24His legs gave way.
21:26And he collapsed to the floor.
21:28Now he understood.
21:30Now he knew.
21:30That's why Sophie's eyes last night
21:32were filled with such disappointment and hatred.
21:35Suddenly.
21:37He remembered.
21:38When he left the house today.
21:40Sophie was holding two dull colored boxes.
21:43Those were,
21:44those were the girl's ashes.
21:46And what had he said?
21:47What's that garbage?
21:49It looks filthy.
21:50Throw it out.
21:51An invisible hand seemed to tighten around James' throat
21:55that he couldn't breathe.
21:56A memory surfaced.
21:58The girl's fifth birthday,
22:00under grandfather's pressure.
22:02He had,
22:03for once,
22:05taken them to the amusement park with Sophie.
22:08His younger daughter had stood shyly before him.
22:11Looking up.
22:12Daddy.
22:13You're not busy with work today?
22:16I'm so happy.
22:18Thank you for spending my birthday with me.
22:21His older daughter had cautiously taken his hand.
22:25Daddy.
22:26Thank you for being with us.
22:28Mommy was right.
22:30Daddy is the best daddy in the whole world.
22:34James fell forward,
22:36clutching his chest.
22:38Gasping for air,
22:39they,
22:40they were so good.
22:41Yet on the day he put them in the car for the camp.
22:44What had he said?
22:46Disgusting brats.
22:47Is this how your mother taught you to treat guests?
22:50Just as classless as her.
22:52Tears streamed down James' face.
22:55Hitting the floor through his blurred vision.
22:58He saw a photograph on the floor that he scrambled over on hands and knees.
23:03Picking it up with trembling fingers,
23:06I.T.
23:06was,
23:07a photo of Sophie and the girls,
23:09next to them.
23:10Drawn in crayon.
23:12Was a stick figure,
23:13above it.
23:14In wobbly letters,
23:16Daddy,
23:17all his emotions finally found an outlet.
23:19James sobbed uncontrollably,
23:21except for this one photo.
23:23Sophie had left nothing behind.
23:25She hated him.
23:26She left him no memento.
23:28James pulled out his phone,
23:30frantically dialing Sophie's number,
23:32over and over.
23:33But no matter how many times he called,
23:36all he heard was the automated message.
23:38The subscriber you have dialed is power off.
23:41His heart felt like it was plummeting into a bottomless abyss.
23:45Sinking deeper until all sound ceased,
23:47only then did James realize,
23:49all these years,
23:51Sophie had always been within his sight,
23:53whenever he looked up.
23:55She was there with their daughters.
23:57She had never,
23:59for a moment,
24:00been truly lost to him.
24:02But now,
24:04she was done waiting,
24:05as so she left,
24:06and he would never find her again,
24:08from their first meeting at 8 to now.
24:1121 years,
24:12it was always Sophie who accommodated him,
24:15the IT was him,
24:16that he was the one who kept failing her,
24:18who ultimately killed their children,
24:20James couldn't bear to think further,
24:22that he wiped his tears harshly,
24:25staggered to his feet,
24:27left the house,
24:28and drove straight to the family estate,
24:31the ATV estate.
24:32Kathleen and the old man sat silently in the vast living room,
24:36holding the girls' baby photos,
24:39tears in their eyes,
24:41seeing James.
24:42Kathleen's voice was sharp.
24:44Weren't you told not to come back?
24:46What are you doing here?
24:49Get out.
24:50James ignored her dot,
24:52he knelt directly before his grandfather,
24:54his voice hoarse.
24:56Grandfather,
24:57please,
24:58tell me where Sophie is.
25:00The old man acted as if he hadn't heard,
25:03continuing to gently wipe the photo frame.
25:06A tender smile on his face,
25:08Kathleen couldn't stand it,
25:10she slapped James hard.
25:11What right do you have to ask about Sophie?
25:15How many times have I tried to talk to you over the years?
25:19If I were Sophie,
25:21I'd want to kill you.
25:24James was her brother,
25:25seeing him like this pained her,
25:27but for seven years.
25:29She had pleaded with James to treat Sophie better,
25:32not he never listened.
25:34Instead,
25:35blaming everything on Sophie,
25:37blaming her for tatling,
25:38for using the family to pressure him,
25:40she had even confronted Emily.
25:43But Emily would just run to James,
25:45she still remembered the time James exploded.
25:48If you bother Emily again,
25:50I'll never come home.
25:52You all adore Sophie so much.
25:54Fine.
25:55I'll let her live like a widow forever.
25:58Kathleen's tears fell,
25:59she couldn't forgive James,
26:01and she couldn't forgive herself,
26:03those girls were so sweet.
26:05Always following her.
26:07Calling.
26:08Auntie Kathleen!
26:10Auntie Kathleen!
26:12Always saving treats or toys for her,
26:15James endured the slap,
26:17scrambling to explain.
26:19I didn't mean to.
26:20I really didn't.
26:22I just thought the girls were being bad.
26:24I wanted to teach them a lesson.
26:26Kathleen grabbed a cup from the side table
26:29and hurled IT.
26:30IT struck James's forehead.
26:32Opening a gash,
26:34blood dripped down.
26:35You didn't mean to?
26:37How dare you say that?
26:40Search your heart.
26:41Were those girls really bad?
26:44For five years.
26:46Sophie raised them alone.
26:48Can you honestly say
26:50she didn't raise them well?
26:53Were you punishing the girls?
26:55Or were you punishing Sophie?
26:58What did Sophie ever do wrong?
27:00Blood covered his face.
27:02But James seemed not to feel it.
27:05I didn't mean to treat her badly.
27:07I just...
27:08I just didn't want to live a life controlled by all of you.
27:12I'm the only man in the Coleman family.
27:15Since I was a child,
27:16you've managed everything.
27:17I need permission for every little thing.
27:20Even my marriage.
27:22Even my marriage was arranged.
27:23Sophie's grandfather saved grandfather.
27:26So I became the repayment token.
27:29I had to marry Sophie.
27:31By the end,
27:32James was sobbing too hard to speak.
27:35The old man let out a cold laugh,
27:38looking at James as if at a stranger.
27:40We arranged it.
27:42We forced you to repay a debt?
27:44In my eyes,
27:46you were never good enough for Sophie.
27:48It was you who confessed to her.
27:50You who pursued her first.
27:52I merely agreed to the marriage.
27:54It was your own choice.
27:56How did it become our arrangement?
27:59James,
28:00you are no true Coleman.
28:02You have no backbone.
28:04Even now,
28:05you're still trying to shift blame.
28:08James froze.
28:09Then,
28:10slowly,
28:11he crumpled to the floor,
28:14weeping bitterly.
28:15He was right.
28:17He had fallen for Sophie first.
28:20He had pursued her.
28:22So why did everything change
28:24once grandfather and Kathleen got involved?
28:26It was true.
28:27He resented it.
28:29He hated his controlled life.
28:31He hated that even his marriage
28:33felt like a transaction
28:34for his grandfather's debt.
28:36But there were so many ways
28:38he could have rebelled.
28:39Why did he choose to rebel
28:41through his marriage?
28:43James crawled on hands
28:44and knees to his grandfather's feet,
28:47kowtowing between sobs.
28:49I was wrong.
28:50I know I was wrong.
28:52Please,
28:53grandfather,
28:54I'm begging you.
28:56Tell me where Sophie is.
28:58Please.
28:59The old man didn't look at him.
29:01He stood,
29:02swaying slightly,
29:03and headed upstairs.
29:05Sophie doesn't want to see you.
29:07James stopped mid-kowtow.
29:10No one knew what he was thinking.
29:12After a long while,
29:14James stumbled to his feet,
29:16mumbling,
29:18I'll find her myself.
29:19I will find her.
29:20I knew nothing of the chaos
29:22in the Coleman family.
29:24After leaving,
29:25I took my girls to Florida.
29:28They hated the cold.
29:30So I chose Florida,
29:32a place where it never snows.
29:34The month since leaving
29:36had brought me an unprecedented peace today.
29:39As I was cleaning the girls' photos,
29:41a frantic knocking came at the door.
29:44I opened it to find
29:46a familiar figure kneeling.
29:48Sophie,
29:48I've come to take you
29:50and our babies home.
29:51I didn't want to engage.
29:53I tried to shut the door.
29:55But James shoved his hand
29:56against the frame,
29:58stopping it.
29:59Please,
29:59Sophie,
30:00just let me talk to you.
30:02I paused.
30:04James,
30:05go away.
30:06I have nothing to say to you.
30:09Seeing me respond,
30:11James straightened up on his knees.
30:13I'm not leaving.
30:14Not unless you come with me.
30:16I haven't signed the divorce papers.
30:19You're still my wife.
30:20Let's go home together.
30:22I looked down at the man
30:23kneeling before me.
30:25Go home for what?
30:27To watch you and Emily in our bed?
30:30To see you sweat over her?
30:32Or should I go back
30:34to be Emily's maid?
30:36Help her through her pregnancy?
30:38Isn't she pregnant?
30:40James flinched,
30:41rushing to deny it.
30:43No,
30:43it's not like that.
30:45I made Emily terminate the pregnancy.
30:47I ended things with her.
30:49I'll be good to you from now on.
30:51I...
30:52I let out a scornful laugh.
30:55So what?
30:56She got rid of a fetus?
30:59And suddenly,
31:00your betrayal never happened.
31:02The harm you did to our girls
31:05never happened.
31:06She destroys an unborn embryo
31:09and that brings my children back?
31:12If you felt even a shred of guilt
31:14for me and the girls,
31:16you wouldn't be here bothering me today.
31:18James' face went deathly pale.
31:21His lips moved,
31:22but no sound came out.
31:24My tears fell heavily.
31:26James,
31:27you killed my children.
31:29What makes you think
31:31I'd ever go back with you?
31:32My tears landed on his hand.
31:35He jerked back as if burned.
31:37No,
31:38Zophie,
31:39listen to me.
31:39I really didn't mean it.
31:41They were my daughters.
31:43How could I ever want to hurt them?
31:44What happened was an accident.
31:46I swear,
31:47I didn't mean...
31:49I'd heard enough.
31:50Enough?
31:51They were not your children.
31:54James,
31:55every word out of your mouth
31:57makes me sick.
31:58You didn't know?
32:00You didn't mean to.
32:02Will those words
32:03bring my babies back?
32:05How dare you come here
32:07asking for forgiveness?
32:09James' eyes were bloodshot.
32:12After a long silence,
32:14he whispered,
32:15I'm sorry.
32:17His apology made me laugh bitterly.
32:20And?
32:21James looked up.
32:22A flicker of hope in his eyes.
32:25Sophie,
32:25I was confused before.
32:27I was stubborn.
32:29Felt like I was just a tool
32:31for repaying a debt.
32:33That's why I did those terrible things.
32:35I know I was wrong now.
32:37I'll treat you right.
32:39I promise.
32:40Please.
32:42Zophie,
32:43forgive me once.
32:44Give me one chance.
32:46We're still young.
32:47We can have more children.
32:49I couldn't take it anymore.
32:51I slapped him hard across the face.
32:53Even now,
32:55you're trampling on my feelings.
32:59You resented the family's control.
33:01There were so many things
33:03you could have rebelled against.
33:05Why choose our marriage?
33:08James,
33:09did you think I was just that easy to bully?
33:13Tears streamed down James' face.
33:15He was speechless.
33:17I tried to smile.
33:19But tears fell anyway.
33:22James,
33:23if you're truly sorry,
33:25then let me go.
33:27Let our children go.
33:29Without another look at him,
33:31I slammed the door shut.
33:33I don't know when James left.
33:36The next morning,
33:37when I opened the door,
33:39no one was there.
33:41Only the divorce papers
33:43lay on the doorstep.
33:44In the end,
33:46James had signed them.
33:48Once the divorce was finalized,
33:50I returned to handle the formalities.
33:53After getting the certificate,
33:56Kathleen and I sat in a cafe.
33:58An awkward silence between us.
34:01From Kathleen,
34:03I learned what had happened since.
34:05The behavior correction camp
34:07had been shut down by authorities.
34:10Hundreds of students were rescued.
34:12Those responsible were convicted.
34:15After returning from Florida,
34:17James stopped going to work.
34:20He stayed home,
34:21drowning himself in alcohol.
34:23He was found passed out at home.
34:26Kathleen forced him to the hospital.
34:29The doctors said he had severe psychological issues
34:32requiring long-term treatment.
34:34Emily,
34:35after terminating the pregnancy,
34:38had caused a scene at the estate.
34:40But the elder Mr. Coleman,
34:43a decisive man all his life,
34:46wasn't one to be manipulated.
34:48Emily had benefited greatly
34:50from her connection to James over the years.
34:53The old man produced evidence of embezzlement
34:56from the company and
34:57had Emily sent to prison.
35:00After sharing this,
35:02Kathleen looked at me carefully.
35:04My brother,
35:05his mental state is very poor now.
35:08Would you consider?
35:10Before she could finish,
35:12I shook my head.
35:14Know that he and I,
35:18we can't meet peacefully anymore.
35:20Kathleen sighed deeply.
35:22Grandfather actually told me not to come today.
35:26He said not seeing you might be better for you now.
35:30I insisted.
35:31No matter what,
35:33I want you to know that grandfather and I still see you as family.
35:38I just hope
35:39you don't hate my brother.
35:42I smiled but didn't answer.
35:44My thoughts drifted back to James at 18.
35:48The young man standing before me,
35:51cheeks flushed, saying,
35:53Sophie,
35:54I want to be good to you.
35:56I don't want to just be your brother.
35:59I don't know if James meant it that day.
36:02I only know that I did.
36:04I didn't answer Kathleen's question.
36:07I lifted my coffee cup,
36:09drained it,
36:10picked up my bag,
36:11and left the cafe.
36:13I couldn't promise her that.
36:15Because I would never forgive James.
36:17I agree with James.
36:18¡Gracias!
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