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00:02my real and fake mom his handwriting was crooked and uneven the fake mom takes care of me and dad
00:08she's like a free housekeeper the real mom works far away but she's the one who truly loves me and
00:14dad i couldn't continue the reading as my fingers failed to turn the page william jones my dear
00:20husband had just stepped out of the bathroom he was wrapped in a towel like usual and hugged me
00:25from behind what did he write and the next second his smile froze awkwardly when he saw the words
00:31his voice also tightened as he reached for the notebook i didn't let go you won't take a kid's
00:36word seriously will you the teacher's just overreacting i turned my head and looked at
00:41the man i had loved for 10 years suddenly he seemed completely unfamiliar to me i could hear rob watching
00:48his cartoons in the living room if i was the fake mom in his essay then who was the real
00:53one and if
00:54rob was not the one i gave birth to then where had my real child been for all these years
01:02jennifer what are you staring at it's our 10th wedding anniversary today so what's for this year
01:09his tone went casual again his look was soft and easy and i'd rather not have noticed how skillfully
01:14he steered the conversation i stayed silent for a long moment before taking the small box out from
01:19my bag and giving it to him he opened it with delight a limited edition watch he had been eyeing
01:23for months this is beautiful you've got great taste honey he kissed my cheek will you help me
01:30he stretched out his arm i reached out and fastened the watch onto his wrist 10 years of marriage i
01:35had
01:36never forgotten preparing gifts for him on special days and yet he rarely did the same for me i found
01:41excuses for him but he wasn't expressive in nature but then there was rob's essay dad loves giving gifts
01:47to the real mom the most because he says the process of preparing a gift is more meaningful than the
01:52gift
01:52himself the innocent word stabbed straight into my heart like a knife cutting my flesh into pieces
01:57so it wasn't that he couldn't express himself it was that all his care had never been for me
02:03william i struggled to speak choosing my words carefully is there anything you want to tell me
02:11is only six he doesn't even know what he's saying himself i wanted to say more but he had already
02:16turned back toward the bedroom for the first time in 10 years his indifferent look finally made me
02:21realize we had never truly been close to each other late at night he slept soundly beside me but the
02:26words in that essay william's awkward smile all those images just kept replaying in my mind and
02:31taking away my sleep i rose quietly and stepped out of the bedroom i saw light at the end of
02:36the hallway
02:37turned out the door to william's study was slightly ajar he hated it when i went in uninvited and i
02:42respected that for all the time but tonight something compelled me to open the door i searched every
02:47corner hoping for a clue but found nothing and my eyes eventually landed on the photo that was
02:53placed in the center of his desk it was three of us a happy family that everyone envies william held
02:58rob on his shoulders and i leaned on his side smiling as if i got everything i wanted for life
03:04love seemed to have truly existed and no one would doubt it i ran my fingers over the faces of
03:09my
03:09husband and kid maybe i was overthinking maybe i should not let a six-year-old's word shake my trust
03:15in
03:15the man that i had shared 10 years with guilt and self-reproach flooded me i sighed and was about
03:19to set the frame back in place somehow i noticed that the frame space was slightly loose so i reached
03:25out but the whole frame just slipped away from my fingers crash the frame fell to the floor i wanted
03:30to pick it up but i just froze mid-motion as i found out the back of the frame was
03:34not some sort of
03:35blank board but a photo in the picture william was standing in the sunlight his face young and
03:40chanting in his arms it was a girl in a white dress i held my breath but my body was
03:45still trembling
03:46i couldn't remember how i managed to turn the photo over and it took me no effort to recognize williams's
03:51handwriting at a glance dear sarah my dearest sarah anderson no matter who i marry my heart will
03:58always belong to you how pathetic what stunned my eyes the most was actually the day he left in the
04:03corner this was written on the very day before our wedding the next morning after dropping rob off at
04:11school i didn't head to the office like i usually did instead i drove to the nearest mobile service
04:16hall i tried so hard to keep my voice as steady as possible when talking to the clerk could you
04:21help me
04:21check my family phone bills over the past few months he worked quickly and soon pulled up the call
04:26records from the last six months one number immediately stood out it appeared far too often and was always
04:32coming in from a neighboring town most of the calls were made late at night lasting anywhere from 10
04:37minutes to over an hour i wrote down the number quietly and left that evening william left his
04:43phone charging on the nightstand and went to shower the screen was locked so i entered the password we
04:48used to share incorrect then i tried his birthday our anniversary a series of numbers tied to memories only
04:55we were supposed to know every attempt failed and i couldn't tell how ironic it was when i laid my
05:00last
05:00hope on the eye-watering date written on the back of that photo access granted my heart sank i searched
05:06through his call history the number wasn't saved in his contacts instead i found it on his block list
05:12a blocked number with such frequent call records there was only one explanation he would block the
05:19number from time to time after they contacted each other a chill crept up my spine i went through his
05:24social media looking for more traces when i entered the number into the search bar an account popped
05:30up i finally got it in the picture over the top i saw three figures at sunset a couple with
05:36a kid
05:37holding each other's hands so tightly and the man's silhouette looked hauntingly familiar
05:42too familiar that i could straightforwardly call his name i put the phone back and called my assistant
05:48student susan susan help me check a number as soon as possible
05:55after hanging up i walked silently into rob's room he was sleeping soundly william used to say our son
06:02looked just like me but now as i studied him carefully his eyes his nose i couldn't find a
06:08single feature that resembled mine the pain dug deeper and deeper never giving me a moment's relief
06:13a few days later the school scheduled a full physical checkup for the students i went to the
06:18hospital with rob myself after all the examinations were done i plucked a few strands of his hair and
06:24sealed them carefully in a plastic bag that afternoon i sent the sample along with my own
06:28to a testing agency the results would not be back until a week later and all i could do was
06:33anxiously
06:33wait while enduring william's more and more frequent late returns which he claimed were made to see
06:37friends before leaving he'd linger in front of the mirror fixing his hair with excessive care
06:42one night after he left i followed him my car trailed his across half the city until he finally
06:47stopped at a hot spring resort on the outskirts as william stepped out of the car a woman in a
06:52long
06:52dress was already waiting for him i recognized her instantly she was the woman from the photo
06:57william took her handbag as if he had done it a thousand times before and his arm wrapped around
07:02her waist with practiced ease he leaned down and whispered something into her ear her face flushed
07:07instantly read all the way to her ears after a few more murmured words the two pressed
07:11close to each other and walked into the resort together i stayed in my car the heater was on full
07:16blast yet i felt cold to the bone just then my phone buzzed an email from the testing agency my
07:22hands shook so badly that i could barely hold the phone i opened the attachment and flipped straight
07:27to the last page based on dna testing jennifer jones is excluded as the biological mother of rob jones
07:36before this i had never imagined a short sentence to be a blade dipped in poison and at that moment
07:41i could clearly feel how it sliced and tortured me again and again as my eyes fixed on the page
07:46the child i had raised for six years loved with every fiber of my being had no blood relation to
07:51me at all and then i could see the woman's face overlap with rob's features the resemblance was
07:55terrifying so strong it made my stomach churn but i remembered clearly six years ago i had
08:00specifically arranged a dna test after rob's birth because the maternity hospital had gone through some
08:05chaotic situations and he was protected by tight security the results had been clear the baby was
08:10ours so why six years later my son had become someone else's child and the baby i carried for
08:1610 months the one i gave birth to where was he then i called my assistant again two things first
08:23find out the relationship between sarah anderson and rob second no matter the cost find my son
08:30there was a brief pause on the other end of the line understood i'll do it right away i went
08:35on with
08:35my life as usual just like the whole thing had never happened i could even face william with a smile
08:41the only difference was that i no longer responded to his hugs and at night i stopped staying in the
08:46bedroom with him when he asked i told him my work had become overwhelming and that i didn't want to
08:51disturb his sleep in the middle of the night his gaze flickered for a moment but he didn't press the
08:56issue a week later susan placed a sealed document envelope on my desk we obtained sarah anderson's
09:02dna sample through special channels a week later susan placed a sealed document envelope on my desk
09:11sarah anderson's dna sample through special channels we compared it with rob's sample my
09:16fingers tightened the results show that the two are biologically related mother and son even though
09:22i had prepared myself for this my legs still gave out i had to grip the edge of the desk
09:26to keep
09:27from collapsing six years the child i had poured all my love into for six years carried the blood of
09:33another woman we went through all the records of your delivery that year sarah anderson actually
09:37gave birth on the same day as you she checked in alone and under emergency contact she wrote
09:44william jones what about her baby i demanded susan looked down at the file according to the
09:51records it seemed like there were complications during delivery her newborn was declared deceased
09:58three days after birth it felt like a puzzle with only a few pieces left one final step before the
10:03truth was complete keep digging i want every detail about that baby yes susan moved quickly indeed my
10:12assistant never let me down it didn't take her too long to track down an elderly nurse who had once
10:17worked in the obstetrics department back then susan met the nurse quite soon this old lady was nervous
10:22and a bit afraid she would glance around every time before lowering her voice and speaking those two
10:28women were sent into the delivery room almost back to back that night but miss anderson she had bad luck
10:35she took an incredibly long time in labor and the child supposedly didn't make it she paused a while
10:41taking the cash out from the envelope that susan handed her she started counting while keeping on as if
10:46it was the only way to suit her mind but that's just what we told outsliders good enough to fool
10:52most
10:52people but i saw it with my own eyes miss anderson swapped the babies herself
11:01the child never died the whole thing was a lie with that she stuffed the envelope into her bag and
11:08hurried away susan and i stood there frozen as if the cold had seeped into our bones when i spoke
11:13again
11:14my voice was hoarse beyond recognition no matter what it takes find my son days later all the leads
11:21finally converged on a remote welfare institute in a neighboring town we got a name his admission date
11:26matched his age matched i couldn't wait any longer so i drove hundreds of miles alone following the
11:33address susan gave me the afternoon sun baked the orphanage courtyard in warm light children were running
11:38and laughing in small groups my eyes searched desperately scanning every face finally i saw him
11:44i knew it was him in a corner far from the crowd a small figure sat curled up alone his
11:50little hands were
11:50bluish from the cold his clothes thin and worn a teacher noticed my gaze inside softly that's charlie he
11:57was brought here six years ago covered in injuries hardly speaks he's afraid of people no one knows what he
12:04has been through
12:04my heartbeat stopped i recognized him even though we were this far from each other i still recognized him
12:11that face so unmistakably similar to mine he was my child what was i doing when he needed his mother
12:18the
12:18most i was giving all my love to someone else's child the pain swallowed me whole i bit down hard
12:24my
12:24nails digging deep into my palms william jones sarah anderson you stole my life and took away my kid
12:30i heard a voice screaming in my head i will make you pay for everything you took from me over
12:35these
12:35six years a hundredfold a thousandfold
12:41after returning from the orphanage i locked myself in my office my son got abandoned by his own father
12:46being left outside to suffer for six years how should that debt be settled i've come up with the perfect
12:52plan rob's sixth birthday was approaching william suddenly became unusually enthusiastic insisting on
12:58throwing his son the grandest birthday party rob has never celebrated his birthday formally we should
13:04invite all the relatives and friends let's make it a rousing and lively one his eyes flicked toward me
13:10seemed like he really wanted to know how i feel about it i knew exactly what he was doing he
13:16wanted me to
13:16say yes so that he could bring someone who never should have appeared on the guest list then why not
13:20take this chance to add some catalyst for them i nodded william i think it's time for me to return
13:27to the family i want to give you a big gift at rob's birthday party i booked the most expensive
13:33high-end
13:33restaurant in the city time flew by so fast and rob's birthday arrived he was in his tailored little
13:39suit and running excitedly in the room looking at his rosy cheeks my chest tightened even knowing the
13:44truth the love i had given to him in the past six years couldn't just be erased overnight he ran
13:49over to
13:49the dessert table and reached for his fifth slice of chocolate cake i walked over and gently stopped
13:54him too much cake will make your tummy hurt he looked up at me pouted and suddenly shoved my hand
14:00away don't tell me what to do he shouted daddy said my real mom mom is coming to my birthday
14:05today
14:06i only want my real mom to tell me what to do
14:13the laughter around us died instantly and all eyes turned to me william hurried over and pulled rob to
14:19his side jennifer he's kidding don't take it to heart rob's lips trembled almost on the verge of
14:25tears at that moment the door opened and sarah anderson walked in rob immediately shook off
14:31william's grip and threw himself into her arms mommy daddy and the fake mom are bullying me
14:41sarah bent down and lifted him up her smile faint as her gaze swept over me william stood frozen his
14:47face
14:48draining of color jennifer it's a mistake she's just rob's after-school tutor thankfully or perhaps
14:55truly the birthday song began at that exact moment the staff pushed in the cake cart candles glowing
15:01softly william took a deep breath walked over to rob and sarah and forced his voice to study
15:06all right sweetheart it's time to make a wish under everyone's gaze rob leaned quietly beside sarah he
15:12closed his eyes clasped his little hands together thanks everyone for coming to my son's birthday
15:18party i'd like to make an announcement starting today all my shares will be transferred to my husband
15:23and son william stares at me in shock sarah looks at me with the greedy eyes of a starved wolf
15:29the moment i signed the share transfer agreement the real show began even more spectacular than i'd imagine
15:35wait i have something to announce too rob is my son she holds up a dna test report and shows
15:45it to
15:45everyone sarah turns to me thank you for raising my son for eight years now give him back to me
15:53right now
15:58sorry babe honey what did you wish for just now i wish i could change my mom i want to
16:08be with my real
16:09mom forever your son your husband your fortune they're all mine now william pulls a divorce agreement
16:19out of his pocket sign this and get out of our lives right now wait a minute since you've given
16:26me
16:26such a big surprise it's only fair i return the favor bring it up
16:46i was pulled back to reality everything just now was nothing but my fantasy rob closed his eyes
16:53clasped his little hands together i wish i could change my mom i want to be with my real mom
16:59forever
16:59the words fell like rocks the entire room plunged into dead silence everyone was looking at each
17:06other with an embarrassed and stunned face trying to figure out what happened i had never seen william's
17:11face turned that pale ghostly pale he laughed awkwardly trying to smooth things over rob what are
17:17you saying jen don't be angry he's just too excited about this birthday party but he because starting to
17:23know chap that they never get for bus the city class i replied with composure i'm not angry then i
17:29took
17:29out the document bag i had prepared long ago i slowly took out the documents inside i walked up
17:34to rob and smiled softly rob mommy will make your wish come true all right the room fell into a
17:40deathly silence all eyes shifted back and forth between william and me no one can even make a sound
17:46sarah was still holding rob's hand but i could see a hint of panic on her face rob couldn't understand
17:52what was happening only his instinct made him curl closer into sarah's arms william was the first to
17:58react his voice rose sharply with anger jennifer what are you talking about rob is our son he's just
18:05a kid do you really believe in what he said people immediately chimed in as if i was the crazy
18:11one who
18:12needed to calm down he's right children always say what they like exactly you're his mom how can you be
18:18mad at your own son that's too petty is that so i turned toward the crowd then let me show
18:28you
18:28something interesting the dna report began circulating through the room no one was foolish enough to miss
18:34the meaning of the cold words muted murmurs broke out some of our closest relatives already got embarrassed
18:41and even our business partners also started to exchange uneasy looks william lunged into the crowd
18:46snatched the report and tore it to shreds jennifer have you had enough what exactly are you trying
18:53to do with these forged things i looked at the man panting in front of me and i had never
18:57felt so calm
18:58in my entire life would you like me to invite the director of the testing center here so he can
19:03read
19:03the results out loud for everyone sarah's expression shifted but she quickly regained her composure
19:09mrs jones i don't know where you got these things but today is a child's birthday do you really
19:15need to put everyone in such an awkward position a perfectly polished statement she cleaned herself
19:21of blame and made me sound like the troublemaker but i don't care then i took out the second report
19:30i believe miss anderson knows better than anyone whether this is a misunderstanding or the truth
19:35i looked straight at her sarah anderson or should i call you rob's biological mother
19:41that's nonsense william suddenly rushed at me trying to snatch the document i stepped aside
19:48so he lost his grip and almost fell i looked at him the man i had loved for 10 years
19:53his hopeless
19:54desperation no longer stirred pain in me but only disgust i raised the report high and turned to
20:00everyone present especially the elders uncle matthew you've known me since i was little and you also saw
20:06rob's birth but you can see this report clearly shows that rob's biological mother is mrs sarah
20:13anderson the elders faces turned ashen several were so furious that they could barely speak fingers
20:20trembling as they pointed at william william this this is absurd you'd better explain this it's not true
20:29uncle matthew listen to me jennifer makes up all of these so she can leave me and make me the
20:34one to
20:34blame you have to believe me i could never do something like this rob is jennifer's child if
20:40that's the case then let's take a look at this what i showed them was the transfer records that they
20:53made in the six years all these years you gave over 20 million of our fund to sarah anderson in
20:59the
20:59name of maternal educational expenses the colossal sums made gasps ripple through the room then the
21:05screen changed photos of a suburban hot spring resort appeared what kind of baby supplies are
21:10tutoring cost 20 million and why would two of you need to discuss rob's education in a hot spring resort
21:16the image of william holding sarah and leaning into whispering her ear was painfully clear
21:21the murmurs exploded rob finally sensed something was wrong he stood baffled eyes wide confusion and fear
21:28written across a small face he called for his dad but william had no time for him then he turned
21:34toward me eyes reddening he cried i didn't look at him sarah's expression finally darkened she set rob
21:42down and stepped forward her voice was calm and steady jennifer jones forging evidence and
21:48divaming others carries legal consequences william and i are just friends and we meet occasionally to chat
21:54hatred spilled out from her eyes but all she showed was a forced smile i don't know where you obtained
21:59these absurd materials nor why you're so determined to slander our reputations but today is your child's
22:05birthday this is disgraceful if there's a misunderstanding we can settle it privately
22:12her pretty and hypocritical look really made me laugh out loud let's talk privately privately fine and then
22:21let's talk about how the two of us gave birth on the same day at the same hospital six years
22:24ago
22:25the baby who was declared dead shortly after birth sarah anderson's pupils shrunk abruptly when i mentioned
22:31that child the color also drained from william's face and now he could only stare at me in pure terror
22:35i asked susan to go on then she played the recording of the nurse's testimony followed by archived hospital
22:42records including the admission form sarah had filled out years ago williams jones's name was still clearly
22:47presented on the emergency contact list according to the nurse who was on duty that night and the
22:52limited records that still exist mrs anderson gave birth to a baby boy that evening the official note
22:58stated congenital weakness resuscitation failed deceased but what's strange is that there are no
23:06detailed medical explanations for this so-called death no cremation certificate no formal death documentation
23:14a newborn baby boy just disappeared from a hospital without a trace
23:19and almost at the same time my son rob was born healthy william after rob was born i personally
23:27arranged an expedited dna test and had people watch over the process the result clearly showed rob was my
23:33child so tell me why did the same testing center produce a completely opposite collusion six years later
23:39williams stood frozen couldn't find his voice unless i took a step forward stopping right in front of
23:46him unless you switch the babies from the very beginning you and sarah were already involved back
23:53then and together you collide with the hospital to carry out a carefully planned swap nonsense i didn't
24:00do it i would never do that to my own child i sneered at him and gestured to susan the
24:06final image
24:07appeared on the screen a photograph of a small boy crouched in the corner of an orphanage courtyard
24:11wearing his worn out clothes my little charlie william jones if rob is your son then who is he
24:18jennifer this child his name is charlie six years ago he was abandoned at the gate of a remote welfare
24:25institute in a neighboring town he was covered in injuries severely malnourished and still unable to speak
24:31i took out the third dna report but this time there was no need to pass it around anyone with
24:37eyes could see the truth charlie was my son we looked far too alike no williams legs finally gave out
24:45he collapsed onto the floor every mask he had worn every excuse he had clung to shattered in front of
24:51the photo he could deny reports he could accuse me of forging evidence but he could not deny that face
24:57a face uncannily similar to mine and even to his own blood calling to blood this was the ironclad truth
25:04no one could fabricate it sarah could no longer hold her gentle and kind demeanor
25:09she no longer looked at william her sharp and venomous gaze fixed on me jennifer jones what exactly
25:16do you want i looked around the silent room i saw shock anger and pity in all those eyes then
25:21i spoke
25:22each word deliberate and clear i want you to pay for every ounce of suffering my son has endured
25:29blood for blood i picked up my phone and called the police the room erupted instantly some rushed
25:35forward trying to talk me out of it some shook their heads and sighed others just couldn't wait to
25:41escape this place of scandal and ruin sarah lunged toward me attempting to stop the call but failed to
25:47get past my bodyguards william lay collapsed on the floor his eyes unfocused but still he muttered to
25:52himself no that's not how it should be sarah you said it you said that as long as we switched
25:59the
25:59babies as long as i raised rob for you then we could be together forever you promised you'd love
26:06me for the rest of my life his broken rambling uncontrolled desperate unwittingly tore open the final
26:11layer of truth sarah could not maintain her gesture anymore her voice turned shrill william jones are
26:18you crazy what are you talking about but william was already beyond fear he slowly lifted his head
26:24and looked at her at that unfamiliar twisted face after all these years it was as if he were seeing
26:30her clearly for the first time his terror and despair that had been buried for years were finally exposed
26:34all at once he burst out laughing and his tears streaming down i'm crazy yes i am pointing at her
26:48with a shaking hand sarah anderson you were the one who made abandon my own child
26:55you contact that doctor you convinced me to pay off the nurses and the dna testing center
27:02you said that once rob became the heir of jennifer smith family we could use her connections to
27:08climb our way up and when the time was right we'd leave together it's you
27:17william was on the verge of a breakdown quivering violently as if foreseeing the impending judgment
27:22the room filled with gasps sarah's composed mask shattered completely her eyes burned with savage hatred
27:29as if she wanted to tear william apart on the spot she smashed the wine glass beside her grabbed a
27:35shard and charged at him you idiot you think you can frame me william staggered back as though he
27:44just heard the cruelest joke in the world regret streamed down his face sarah you were the one who
27:50said you wanted the smith family's power you begged me to give your son the chance to be raised in
27:55the
27:55smith family shut up shut up she completely lost control lunging forward and slashing the shard toward
28:01his neck just as it was about to reach his artery the bodyguards rushed in and pinned her down
28:06william coughed violently blood foaming at the corner of his mouth his face turned deathly pale as
28:12he tried to scream something at sarah but his vocal cords were damaged no one could understand him
28:18anymore he turned toward me tears rolling down his face and the part of my heart that once beat for
28:24him was utterly still sarah continued raging her eyes bloodshot as she glared at me jennifer smith you
28:30win but your son suffered who do you think is to blame for that blame yourself for marrying a fool
28:36blame your oath in the blindness i only took advantage of the situation and send my son into a wealthy
28:42family so he could get the best education what did i do wrong isn't that what any mother would do
28:47for
28:47her child so you think this gives you the right to switch babies and abandon my sarah anderson your
28:55love is revolting at that moment the piercing whale of sirens stopped downstairs heavy footsteps echoed
29:01rapidly toward the door i stood there watching a lie that had been carefully crafted for 10 years
29:06collapse before my eyes the police took william and sarah away for further investigation rob's birthday
29:11banquet ended in chaos the scandal spread through the city like wildfire i left susan to handle the
29:18aftermath as for me i got back into my car and drove straight to the orphanage with the dna test
29:24results i could formally complete the adoption procedures when i finally got to approach the
29:28corner where charlie had long stayed i saw him curled into himself his small body shaking
29:33uncontrollably i didn't touch him but slowly crouched down in front of him charlie don't be afraid
29:41i'm your mom i'm here to take you home he didn't respond but trembled even worse i knew that six
29:50years of absence and harm couldn't be undone overnight healing would take patience and time
29:54i let the child care specialist who came with me approach him gradually after a long while of gentle
29:59coaxing he finally allowed himself to be held one of the orphanage teachers told me that charlie
30:05loved to draw especially the sea his paintings were all about different oceans endless oceans
30:11so i brought him back to the city and bought an apartment by the coast just for him just for
30:16him
30:16he loved painting so i designed a studio for him which had floor to ceiling windows facing the sea
30:22there i arranged for child care specialists and psychologists to rotate around the clock
30:26staying with him at all times meanwhile susan's investigation made a decisive breakthrough
30:31under overwhelming psychological pressure and irrefutable evidence sarah anderson's defenses collapsed
30:38she confessed to everything after a lengthy trial the court delivered its final verdict
30:43sarah anderson was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud child abandonment and multiple related
30:48crimes william jones received the same sentence 10 years for fraud and abandonment what awaited them
30:54was a future without light or end after that i gave most of my time to charlie following the psychologist's
31:02advice i slowed everything down offering nothing but steady consistent companionship a few months
31:07later after settling all remaining affairs in the city i took charlie to a warm coastal country far
31:13away there were no acquaintances there no memories of the past i gave him a new name charles smith
31:21i hoped only one thing for him that his life would be safe and peaceful i sold most of my
31:26shares in
31:26the company and established a family trust fund ensuring charles would never have to worry about his future
31:31and that i would have the time to be there as he grew up in the new environment charles slowly
31:36began
31:36to lay his guard down he started receiving early education from a private tutor progress was slow
31:42but he was finally willing to try and one day he began to call me mom one evening i took
31:48him for a
31:48walk by the sea the setting sun dyed the ocean golden red the sea breeze brushed gently against charles's
31:54cheeks he shook off my hand and ran ahead leaving a trail of small footprints in the sand suddenly he
32:01stopped and bent down picking something up he turned around and ran back toward me holding a seashell in
32:07his hand the sunset glowing behind him his eyes reflected the golden light and my silhouette i crouched
32:13down and gently touched his cheek i could not tell how happy i was he blinked then smiled in that
32:19moment
32:20i realized that the wounds of the past might never fully fade but a new life had already begun the
32:25past
32:26ten years had been a carefully woven nightmare but the future is promising and i would use all my
32:31strength to give charles a perfect life the sea breeze continued to blow and the sun slowly sank
32:36beneath the horizon i took charles's hand and together we walked along the shore toward our home
32:41the sun was the sky the sky the sky the way the sea breeze was the sky the sea breeze
32:43was the sky the sky the sea
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