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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
01:24for 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
01:52itself 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
02:26but the words 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
03:20to 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's done 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
04:11at school 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
04:25call records from the last six months one number immediately stood out it appeared far too often and
04:31was always coming in from a neighboring town most of the calls were made late at night lasting anywhere
04:37from 10 minutes to over an hour i wrote down the number quietly and left that evening william left
04:43his phone charging on the nightstand and went to shower the screen was locked so i entered the password
04:48we used to share incorrect then i tried his birthday our anniversary a series of numbers tied to memories
04:55only we were supposed to know every attempt failed and i couldn't tell how ironic it was when i laid
05:00my
05:00last hope on the eye-watering date written on the back of that photo access granted my heart sank i
05:05searched through his call history the number wasn't saved in his contacts instead i found it on his
05:11blocked list a blocked number with such frequent call records there was only one explanation he would
05:18block the number from time to time after they contacted each other a chill crept up my spine i went
05:24through his social media looking for more traces when i entered the number into the search bar an account
05:29popped up i finally got it in the picture over the top i saw three figures of sunset a couple
05:36with a
05:37kid holding each other's hands so tightly and the man's silhouette looked hauntingly familiar too familiar
05:43that i could straightforwardly call his name i put the phone back and called my assistant susan
05:48susan 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 us 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 close to
07:12each other and walked into the resort together i stayed in my car the heater was on full blast yet
07:17i felt cold to the bone just then my phone buzzed an email from the testing agency my hands shook
07:23so
07:23badly that i could barely hold the phone i opened the attachment and flipped straight to the last page
07:31based on dna testing jennifer jones is excluded as the biological mother of rob jones before this i had
07:37never imagined a short sentence to be a blade dipped in poison and at that moment i could clearly feel
07:42how it sliced and tortured me again and again as my eyes fixed on the page the child i had
07:47raised for
07:47six years loved with every fiber of my being had no blood relation to me at all and then i
07:52could see the
07:52woman's face overlap with rob's features the resemblance was terrifying so strong it made my stomach
07:57churn but i remember clearly six years ago i had specifically arranged a dna test after rob's birth
08:03because the maternity hospital had gone through some chaotic situations and he was protected by
08:07tight security the results had been clear the baby was ours so why six years later my son had become
08:14someone else's child and the baby i carried for 10 months the one i gave birth to where was he
08:19then
08:19i called my assistant again two things first find out the relationship between sarah anderson and rob
08:26second no matter the cost find my son there was a brief pause on the other end of the line
08:32understood
08:33i'll do it right away i went on with my life as usual just like the whole thing had never
08:38happened
08:38i could even face william with a smile the only difference was that i no longer responded to his
08:44hugs and at night i stopped staying in the bedroom with him when he asked i told him my work
08:49had become
08:50overwhelming and that i didn't want to disturb his sleep in the middle of the night his gaze flickered
08:54for a moment but he didn't press the issue a week later susan placed a sealed document envelope on
09:00my desk we obtained sarah anderson's dna sample through special channels
09:06a week later susan placed a sealed document envelope on my desk sarah anderson's dna
09:12sample through special channels we compared it with rob's sample my fingers tightened the results show
09:17that the two are biologically related mother and son even though i had prepared myself for this
09:23my legs still gave out i had to grip the edge of the desk to keep from collapsing six years
09:29the
09:30child i had poured all my love into for six years carried the blood of another woman we went through
09:34all
09:34the records of your delivery that year sarah anderson actually gave birth on the same day as you
09:40she checked in alone and under emergency contact she wrote william jones what about her baby i
09:48demanded susan looked down at the file according to the records it seemed like there were complications
09:54during delivery her newborn was declared deceased three days after birth it felt like a puzzle with
10:01only a few pieces left one final step before the truth was complete keep digging i want every detail
10:07about that baby yes susan moved quickly indeed my assistant never let me down it didn't take her too
10:15long to track down an elderly nurse who had once worked in the obstetrics department back then
10:19susan met the nurse quite soon this old lady was nervous and a bit afraid she would glance around
10:24every time before lowering her voice and speaking those two women were sent into the delivery room
10:30almost back to back that night but miss anderson she had bad luck she took an incredibly long time in
10:37labor and the child supposedly didn't make it she paused a while taking the cash out from the envelope
10:42that susan handed her she started counting while keeping on as if it was the only way to suit her
10:47mind but that's just what we told outsliders good enough to feel most people but i saw it with my
10:54own
10:54eyes miss anderson swapped the babies herself the child never died the whole thing was a lie with that
11:06she stuffed the envelope into her bag and hurried away susan and i stood there frozen as if the cold
11:11had
11:12seeped into our bones when i spoke again my voice was hoarse beyond recognition no matter what it takes
11:18find my son days later all the leads finally converged on a remote welfare institute in the neighboring town
11:24we got a name his admission date matched his age matched i couldn't wait any longer so i drove hundreds
11:31of miles alone following the address susan gave me the afternoon sun baked the orphanage courtyard in warm
11:37light children were running and laughing in small groups my eyes searched desperately scanning every
11:42face finally i saw him i knew it was him in a corner far from the crowd a small figure
11:48sat curled up alone
11:49his little hands were bluish from the cold his clothes thin and worn a teacher noticed my gaze and
11:55sighed softly that's charlie he was brought here six years ago covered in injuries hardly speaks he's afraid of
12:02people no one knows what he has been through my heartbeat stopped i recognized him even though we
12:08were this far from each other i still recognized him that face so unmistakably similar to mine he was
12:15my child what was i doing when he needed his mother the most i was giving all my love to
12:20someone else's
12:21child the pain swallowed me whole i bit down hard my nails digging deep into my palms william jones
12:27sarah anderson you stole my life and took away my kid i heard a voice screaming in my head i
12:33will
12:33make you pay for everything you took from me over these six 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
13:16me to say yes so that he could bring someone who never should have appeared on the guest list
13:20then why not take this chance to add some catalyst for them i nodded william i think it's time for
13:26me
13:26to return to the family i want to give you a big gift at rob's birthday party i booked the
13:32most
13:32expensive high-end restaurant in the city time flew by so fast and rob's birthday arrived he was in his
13:38tailored little suit and running excitedly in the room looking at his rosy cheeks my chest tightened
13:43even knowing the truth the love i had given to him in the past six years couldn't just be erased
13:48overnight he ran over to the dessert table and reached for his fifth slice of chocolate cake
13:52i walked over and gently stopped him too much cake will make your tummy hurt he looked up at me
13:58pouted and suddenly shoved my hand away don't tell me what to do he shouted daddy said my real mom
14:04mom
14:04is coming to my birthday today i 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 tears
14:26at that moment the door opened and sarah anderson walked in rob immediately shook off william's grip
14:32and 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 draining of color jennifer it's a mistake she's just rob's after-school tutor thankfully
14:54or perhaps truly the birthday song began at that exact moment the staff pushed in the cake cart
15:00candles glowing softly william took a deep breath walked over to rob and sarah and forced his voice
15:06to study all right sweetheart it's time to make a wish under everyone's gaze rob leaned quietly beside
15:11sarah he closed his eyes clasped his little hands together thanks everyone for coming to my son's
15:17birthday party i'd like to make an announcement starting today all my shares will be transferred
15:22to my husband and son william stares at me in shock sarah looks at me with the greedy eyes of
15:28a
15:29starved wolf the moment i signed the share transfer agreement the real show began even more
15:34spectacular than i'd imagined wait i have something to announce too rob is my son she holds up a dna
15:44test
15:44report and shows it to everyone sarah turns to me thank you for raising my son for eight years
15:50now give him back to me right now
15:58sorry babe
16:01honey what did you wish for just now i wish i could change my mom i want to be with
16:08my real mom forever
16:11your son your husband your fortune they're all mine now william pulls a divorce agreement out of his pocket
16:20sign this and get out of our lives right now wait a minute since you've given me such a big
16:27surprise
16:27it's only fair i return the favor
16:32bring it up
16:46i was pulled back to reality everything just now was nothing but my fantasy rob closed his eyes clasped
16:53his little hands together i wish i could change my mom i want to be with my real mom forever
16:59the words
17:00fell like rocks the entire room plunged into dead silence everyone was looking at each other with
17:06an embarrassed and stunned face trying to figure out what happened i had never seen william's face
17:11turned that pale ghostly pale he laughed awkwardly trying to smooth things over rob what are you saying
17:18jen don't be angry he's just too excited about this birthday party but he because starting to know chap that
17:24they never get for bust the city class i replied with composure i'm not angry then i took out the
17:29document bag i had prepared long ago i slowly took out the documents inside i walked up to rob and
17:35smiled
17:35softly rob mommy will make your wish come true all right the room fell into a deathly silence all eyes
17:42shifted back and forth between william and me no one can even make a sound sarah was still holding rob's
17:48hand
17:48but i could see a hint of panic on her face rob couldn't understand what was happening only his
17:54instinct made him curl closer into sarah's arms william was the first to react his voice rose sharply
18:00with anger jennifer what are you talking about rob is our son he's just a kid do you really believe
18:07in what he said people immediately chimed in as if i was the crazy one who needed to calm down
18:12he's right
18:13children always say what they like exactly you're his mom how can you be mad at your own son that's
18:20too petty is that so i turned toward the crowd then let me show you something interesting the dna report
18:31began circulating through the room no one was foolish enough to miss the meaning of the cold words muted
18:36murmurs broke out some of our closest relatives already got embarrassed and even our business partners
18:42also started to exchange uneasy looks william lunged into the crowd snatched the report and tore it to
18:48shreds jennifer have you had enough what exactly are you trying to do with these forged things i looked
18:55at the man panting in front of me and i had never felt so calm in my entire life would
19:00you like me to
19:00invite the director of the testing center here so he can read the results out loud for everyone sarah's
19:06expression shifted but she quickly regained her composure mrs jones i don't know where you got these
19:12things but today is a child's birthday do you really need to put everyone in such an awkward
19:17position a perfectly polished statement she cleaned herself of blame and made me sound like the
19:22troublemaker 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 that's nonsense
19:43william suddenly rushed at me trying to snatch the document i stepped aside so he lost his grip and
19:49almost fell i looked at him the man i had loved for 10 years his hopeless desperation no longer stirred
19:56pain in me but only disgust i raised the report high and turned to everyone present especially the elders
20:02uncle matthew you've known me since i was little and you also saw rob's birth but you can see this
20:09report clearly shows that rob's biological mother is mrs sarah anderson the elders faces turned ashen
20:16several were so furious that they could barely speak fingers trembling as they pointed at william
20:21william 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
20:34to blame you have to believe me i could never do something like this rob is jennifer's child
20:39if that's the case then let's take a look at this
20:50what i showed them was the transfer records that they made in the six years all these years you
20:56gave over 20 million of our fund to sarah anderson in the name of maternal educational expenses
21:01the colossal sums made gasps ripple through the room then the screen changed photos of a suburban
21:07hot spring resort appeared what kind of baby supplies or tutoring cost 20 million and why
21:13would two of you needed to discuss rob's education in a hot spring resort the image of william holding
21:18sarah and leaning into whispering her ear was painfully clear the murmurs exploded rob finally
21:24sensed something was wrong he stood baffled eyes wide confusion and fear written across a small face
21:29he called for his dad but william had no time for him then he turned toward me eyes reddening
21:36he cried i didn't look at him sarah's expression finally darkened she set rob down and stepped
21:43forward her voice was calm and steady jennifer jones forging evidence and divaming others carries
21:49legal 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 obtain
21:59these
21:59absurd materials nor why you're so determined to slander our reputations but today is your child's birthday
22:06this is disgraceful if there's a misunderstanding we can settle it privately
22:13her pretty and hypocritical look really made me laugh out loud let's talk privately privately
22:19fine and then let's talk about how the two of us gave birth on the same day at the same
22:24hospital six
22:24years ago the baby who was declared dead shortly after birth sarah anderson's pupils shrank abruptly
22:30when i mentioned that child the color also drained from william's face and now he could only
22:34stare at me in pure terror i asked susan to go on then she played the recording of the nurse's
22:39testimony followed by archived hospital records including the admission form sarah had filled
22:44out years ago williams jones's name was still clearly presented on the emergency contact list
22:49according to the nurse who was on duty that night and the limited records that still exist mrs anderson
22:56gave birth to a baby boy that evening the official note stated congenital weakness resuscitation failed
23:02deceased but what's strange is that there are no detailed medical explanations for this so-called death
23:09no cremation certificate no formal death documentation a newborn baby boy just disappeared from a hospital
23:18without a trace and almost at the same time my son rob was born healthy william after rob was born
23:26i
23:26personally arranged an expedited dna test and had people watch over the process the result clearly
23:32showed rob was my child so tell me why did the same testing center produce a completely opposite collusion
23:38six years later williams stood frozen couldn't find his voice unless i took a step forward stopping right
23:46in front of him unless you switch the babies from the very beginning you and sarah were already involved
23:53back then and together you collide with the hospital to carry out a carefully planned swap nonsense
24:00i didn't do it i would never do that to my own child i sneered at him and gestured to
24:06susan the final image
24:07appeared on the screen a photograph of a small boy crashed 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
24:31speak i took out the third dna report but this time there was no need to pass it around anyone
24:37with
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
24:51photo 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 she no longer looked
25:11at william her sharp and venomous gaze fixed on me jennifer jones what exactly do you want i looked
25:17around the silent room i saw shock anger and pity in all those eyes then i spoke each word deliberate
25:23and clear i want you to pay for every ounce of suffering my son has endured blood for blood i
25:30picked up my phone and called the police the room erupted instantly some rushed forward trying to talk
25:37me out of it some shook their heads and sighed others just couldn't wait to escape this place of scandal
25:42and ruin sarah lunged toward me attempting to stop the call but failed to get past my bodyguards
25:48william lay collapsed on the floor his eyes unfocused but still he muttered to himself
25:53no that's not how it should be sarah you said it you said that as long as we switched the
25:59babies
26:00as long as i raised rob for you then we could be together forever you promised you'd love me for
26:06the rest of my life his broken rambling uncontrolled desperate unwittingly tore open the final layer of
26:12truth sarah could not maintain her gesture anymore her voice turned shrill william jones are you crazy
26:19what are you talking about but william was already beyond fear he slowly lifted his head and looked at
26:25her at that unfamiliar twisted face after all these years it was as if he were seeing her clearly for
26:30the first time his terror and despair that had been buried for years were finally exposed all at once
26:35he burst out laughing and his tears streaming down
26:43i'm crazy yes i am pointing at her with a shaking hand sarah anderson you were the one who made
26:53abandon my
26:53own child you contact that doctor you convinced me to pay off the nurses and the dna testing center you
27:03said that once rob became the heir of jennifer smith family we could use her connections to climb our
27:08way up and when the time was right we'd leave together it's you william was on the verge of a
27:19breakdown quivering violently as if foreseeing the impending judgment the room filled with gasps sarah's
27:25composed mask shattered completely her eyes burned with savage hatred as if she wanted to tear william
27:31apart on the spot she smashed the wine glass beside her grabbed a shard and charged at him
27:38you idiot you think you can frame me william staggered back as though he just heard the
27:44cruelest joke in the world regret streamed down his face sarah you were the one who said you wanted the
27:51smith family's power you begged me to give your son the chance to be raised in the smith family shut
27:56up
27:57shut up she completely lost control lunging forward and slashing the shard toward his neck
28:02just as it was about to reach his artery the bodyguards rushed in and pinned her down william
28:07coughed violently blood foaming at the corner of his mouth his face turned deathly pale as he tried to
28:13scream something at sarah but his vocal cords were damaged no one could understand him anymore
28:18he turned toward me tears rolling down his face and the part of my heart that once beat for him
28:24was
28:24utterly still sarah continued raging her eyes bloodshot as she glared at me jennifer smith you win but your
28:31son suffered who do you think is to blame for that blame yourself for marrying a fool blame your
28:37oath in the blindings i only took advantage of the situation and send my son into a wealthy family so
28:42he could
28:42get the best education what did i do wrong isn't that what any mother would do for her child so
28:48you
28:49think this gives you the right to switch babies and abandon mine sarah anderson your love is revolting
28:56at that moment the piercing will of sirens stopped downstairs heavy footsteps echoed rapidly toward the
29:02door i stood there watching a lie that had been carefully crafted for 10 years collapse before my eyes
29:07the police took william and sarah away for further investigation rob's birthday banquet ended
29:12in chaos the scandal spread through the city like wildfire i left susan to handle the aftermath
29:18as for me i got back into my car and drove straight to the orphanage with the dna test results
29:24i could
29:25formally complete the adoption procedures when i finally got to approach the corner where charlie
29:29had long stayed i saw him curled into himself his small body shaking uncontrollably i didn't touch
29:35him 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 under
30:32overwhelming psychological pressure and irrefutable evidence sarah anderson's defenses collapsed she
30:38confessed to everything after a lengthy trial the court delivered its final verdict sarah anderson was
30:44sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud child abandonment and multiple related crimes william jones
30:50received the same sentence 10 years for fraud and abandonment what awaited them was a future without
30:55light 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
31:08later 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
31:31future and that i would have the time to be there as he grew up in the new environment charles
31:35slowly
31:36began to lay his guard down he started receiving early education from a private tutor progress was
31:42slow but he was finally willing to try and one day he began to call me mom one evening i
31:48took him for a
31:49walk 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 in 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 i
32:20realized that the wounds of the past might never fully fade but a new life had already begun the
32:26past 10 years have 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 glow and the sun slowly sank beneath
32:36the horizon i took charles's hand and together we walked along the shore toward our home
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