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🍉 Soon 2026 🧡 🚀 Bloody Scholarship Kinship Kills 🍉
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00:00Final three minutes of my life, my soul drifted to my mother's side.
00:09She was sitting beside my younger brother Felix Goodman's hospital bed.
00:12Her face filled with worry as she prayed.
00:15Felix, please don't scare me like this.
00:18Wake up, okay?
00:20My father stood nearby, his face twisted in fury.
00:23If Sean had done his job and protected him, Felix wouldn't be in this state.
00:27Just wait. I'm going to beat him to death.
00:29I stood and watched at the side, bitterness rising in my chest.
00:33Dad, there's no need for that. I'm almost dead. Not that you guys would care.
00:38Why bother calling him? Isn't it enough that he nearly got Felix killed?
00:42After confirming that his injuries were only scrapes and nothing major,
00:45one of the older doctors finally dared to bring me up.
00:48He asked cautiously,
00:49Miss Blanchard, are you sure we shouldn't check on Sean?
00:52His injuries from the car crash seem very serious.
00:55Mom's gentle expression instantly turned into one of disgust as she roared.
01:00What's he trying to pull now?
01:02Playing dead?
01:03Doesn't he realize what he's done to his brother?
01:05I stared at her stunned,
01:07though my heart had already stopped.
01:09It still somehow throbbed with pain.
01:11I was their son too.
01:12Did they really not care about me at all?
01:14Suddenly, mom picked up her phone and dialed my number.
01:18In the final moment,
01:19a nurse brought the phone to my ear,
01:21and instead of hearing the concern I had hoped for,
01:24all I heard was contempt.
01:25Sean Goodman,
01:26when are you going to crawl out of bed and apologize to your brother?
01:29My heart instantly turned cold as whatever hope I had left withered away.
01:33Of course, she never cared about me.
01:35Come to think of it,
01:36when I was first brought into the hospital,
01:38I had begged mom to save me.
01:39But all she said was,
01:41Do you have to fight for attention even at a time like this?
01:44Don't you realize that your brother nearly broke a bone?
01:47Then, she turned and walked away without a second glance,
01:50taking the entire medical team with her to tend to Felix.
01:53How could she have the capacity to love me?
01:56The nurse, unable to bear it any longer,
01:59took the phone and said,
02:00Ms. Blanchard,
02:02Sean can't hang on much longer.
02:03But mom,
02:05still convinced that I was faking it,
02:07let out a mocking laugh.
02:08How much did that brat pay you to act along with him?
02:11I can't believe he's capable of something like this.
02:14Just as she finished speaking,
02:16Felix,
02:16who had been acting unconscious the whole time,
02:19finally woke up.
02:20He faked a weak voice and asked,
02:22Mom,
02:23Dad,
02:23how's Sean?
02:24As mom looked at the obedient,
02:26considerate Felix lying on the bed,
02:28her expression twisted into even deeper contempt.
02:31Sean,
02:32why can't you be more like your brother?
02:34He's hurt because of you,
02:36and yet he's still worried about you.
02:37If you don't get here in the next three minutes to apologize,
02:41don't bother ever showing your face to me again.
02:43She then hung up,
02:44her chest heaving with anger.
02:46Dad,
02:47standing beside her,
02:48looked clearly displeased.
02:50Why bother calling him?
02:51Isn't it enough that he nearly got Felix killed?
02:54Felix lowered his head,
02:55trying to hide the smug look in his eyes.
02:58He put on a guilty expression before looking up at them.
03:01Mom,
03:02Dad,
03:02don't be mad at him.
03:04Sean has just never forgiven me
03:06for getting the overseas scholarship instead of him.
03:08I understand why he hates me.
03:11I couldn't help but laugh.
03:13Even in my death,
03:14Felix was still trying to sow discord between me and my parents.
03:17However,
03:18my parents would never see through him.
03:20In their eyes,
03:21he would always be the better son,
03:22and they would never think about the true reason to the car accident.
03:27Just as expected,
03:29Mom's face immediately turned cold.
03:31What's the point of sending someone that's selfish to study abroad,
03:34who knows how twisted he'd become after being abroad?
03:37Felix gently said,
03:38Mom,
03:39don't be angry.
03:40I'm sure Sean has his reasons.
03:42Mom's expression immediately softened.
03:45Felix,
03:46you're too kind.
03:47That's why Sean keeps taking advantage of you.
03:49That was always Felix's strength,
03:51knowing exactly what to say to win our parents' hearts.
03:54I knew that even if I stood right in front of them
03:56and told them all of Felix's cruel behavior over the years,
03:59they'd only slap me across the face
04:01and accuse me of making things up,
04:03saying that I was just jealous of him.
04:04After all these years,
04:06I had gotten used to it.
04:07In the middle of their conversation,
04:09my older sister,
04:10Ashley Goodman,
04:12burst into the room.
04:13Her footsteps were hurried
04:14as she anxiously rushed to check on Felix.
04:16The moment she heard about the accident,
04:19she immediately flew in from another state
04:21without a second thought.
04:22And just like my parents,
04:23she only cared about Felix.
04:25Once she confirmed he was okay,
04:27Ashley let out a sigh of relief before fuming.
04:30I've always said that Sean is a curse to our family.
04:32Ever since Felix was born,
04:34he's been hurting him again and again.
04:37Felix took the opportunity to act pitiful.
04:39Don't be angry.
04:40I'm sure Sean didn't mean to hurt me.
04:42The whole family burst into an uproar upon hearing this.
04:46Dad slammed the table.
04:47What?
04:48He actually caused the car accident to hurt you?
04:50Mom clenched her teeth.
04:52That bastard.
04:53I'll make him pay.
04:55The look in Ashley's eyes was venomous,
04:57as if she wished she could rip me into pieces.
05:00Felix flinched,
05:01as though he realized things had gone too far
05:03and they might start questioning the story.
05:05He hurriedly said to them,
05:07Please don't be mad at Sean, okay?
05:09Maybe I remembered it wrong.
05:10No matter what,
05:12he's still my brother.
05:13He wouldn't do something like that.
05:15Ashley gently tapped his forehead.
05:17You're just too naive.
05:18You have no idea how evilsome people can be.
05:21At this point, Mom chimed in.
05:23It's truly a blessing to have a son like you.
05:26All right.
05:27I'll listen to you.
05:28Let's forget about that ungrateful brat and focus on getting you well again.
05:32He warm golden light of the setting sun spilled across Felix's hospital bed.
05:37Watching the four of them together a happy,
05:39united family,
05:40I felt an indescribable ache in my chest.
05:43In that moment,
05:44I realized how out of place my soul truly was.
05:46It was as if I wasn't one of them at all.
05:49Like I was just a stray dog that wandered into their home.
05:51I wanted to leave,
05:53but my spirit was bound tightly to Mom's side.
05:55I couldn't speak.
05:56I could only watch and endure their contempt in silence.
06:00Just a few days later,
06:03under the family's meticulous care,
06:05Felix was discharged from the hospital.
06:07Mom was busy packing his things.
06:09While Dad had already parked the car right outside the hospital door,
06:12afraid Felix might have to walk even a single extra step,
06:15and Ashley wouldn't even let him put on his shoes by himself.
06:19On the way home,
06:20Mom muttered irritably,
06:21Sean is really something else.
06:23He didn't even visit his brother at the hospital even once,
06:26let alone apologize.
06:28I'm going to teach him a lesson once we get home.
06:31Dad glanced at Mom and said coldly,
06:33I told you keeping him at home was asking for trouble.
06:36Sooner or later,
06:37something bad was bound to happen.
06:38Hearing the words,
06:39teach him a lesson,
06:41left me feeling a complicated mix of emotions.
06:44Long buried memories came flooding back into my mind.
06:47Since I was young,
06:48Mom had always favored Felix.
06:50I was expected to always give in to him.
06:52It was all because on the day Felix was born,
06:54I had accidentally spilled water,
06:57causing Mom to slip and go into.
06:59Premature labor.
07:00The sight of him lying in the incubator broke my entire family's hearts.
07:04Dad had smacked me so hard that my eardrum burst.
07:06You were a jinx.
07:08Your brother nearly died on the day he was born because of you.
07:11Lying weakly in the hospital bed,
07:13Mom had looked at me with eyes full of disappointment.
07:16A few days later,
07:17then in elementary school,
07:18Dad had beaten me so badly that I couldn't get out of bed for three days,
07:21just because I fought with Felix over a toy car.
07:24It was my favorite toy.
07:25Even though it had come as a freebie along with the gift Dad bought for Felix during a business trip,
07:29it had become my most cherished possession.
07:31But Felix, who already had boxes full of toy cars,
07:34insisted on fighting me for that one.
07:36In the tug of war,
07:37he suddenly screamed and burst into tears.
07:40Mom rushed over,
07:41distressed,
07:42and hugged him while crying and yelling at me.
07:44Sean Goodman,
07:45your brother has already suffered so much because of you.
07:48What more do you want from him?
07:49It wasn't me.
07:50Before I could even explain,
07:52Felix squeezed out a few tears and said,
07:55Mom,
07:55don't be angry.
07:56It was my fault.
07:57I shouldn't have made trouble by fighting with Sean over a toy.
08:00When Dad got home and saw that scene,
08:02he immediately pulled me aside and started beating me.
08:05A cold-hearted kid like you doesn't deserve to stay in this house.
08:08Keeping you here is just waiting for a disaster to happen.
08:11I cried and begged him to stop.
08:13But the more I cried,
08:14the more convinced Dad was that I was faking it,
08:16and the harder he hit.
08:17Mom and Ashley just stood at a distance,
08:20a cold girl.
08:20It was if I was their enemy,
08:22and they wouldn't be satisfied.
08:24Until Dad beat me to death.
08:25From that day on,
08:26whenever I made Felix cry,
08:28it would mean receiving scoldings or beatings from my parents.
08:31Eventually,
08:32I stopped fighting Felix for their love,
08:34stopped trying to explain,
08:35and stopped trying to get close.
08:37And now,
08:37they left me cold and lifeless on the operating table.
08:40Then,
08:41as soon as they got home,
08:43Felix flopped onto the couch.
08:44The moment he said he was hungry,
08:46Ashley eagerly went into the kitchen,
08:48excited to show off her newfound cooking skills.
08:50Normally too delicate to cook,
08:51she was now scrolling through her phone for nutritious meal plans,
08:54afraid of causing Felix to have an upset stomach.
08:56Dad presented him with the latest luxury gaming console,
08:59saying it was a welcome home gift to celebrate his cheating death.
09:02Mom had already cleaned Felix's room thoroughly,
09:05and filled it with air purifying plants,
09:06saying that fresh air was good for his recovery.
09:09Felix simply lounged on the couch and played games,
09:11yet that was enough to tug at the heartstrings of the entire family.
09:14Meanwhile,
09:15my soul was trailing quietly behind them.
09:17This house,
09:18once so familiar,
09:19now felt ice cold.
09:20Suddenly,
09:20the doorbell rang.
09:21Standing at the door was someone I knew all too well my girlfriend,
09:24Caitlin Winter.
09:25As soon as she stepped inside,
09:28and immediately fussed over Felix's condition.
09:30Mr. and Mrs. Goodman,
09:32I heard Felix was discharged today.
09:34I brought some supplements for him.
09:36Felix instantly dropped the game controller,
09:38putting on a shy smile.
09:40Caitlin,
09:41you didn't have to.
09:42I'm already feeling much better.
09:44Caitlin flashed him a sweet smile,
09:46usually cold and aloof with me.
09:48She was now gentle and caring with Felix.
09:51I watched her,
09:51an unfamiliar feeling rising in my chest.
09:54Suddenly,
09:55she asked,
09:56Where's Sean?
09:57If she hadn't brought me up,
09:59I doubt anyone would have even remembered I existed.
10:02When my name was mentioned,
10:03mom's face darkened.
10:05Why are you bringing up that ungrateful brat?
10:07After I scolded him the other day,
10:09he didn't even bother coming home.
10:11It's just as well.
10:12Since he likes staying out so much,
10:15he can stay away forever.
10:16The house feels peaceful without him causing trouble every day.
10:20Caitlin quickly nodded.
10:21It's better if he doesn't come back.
10:23We don't want him disturbing Felix's rest.
10:26Ashley walked out holding some supplements and said playfully,
10:29So,
10:30have you decided when to break up with Sean?
10:32If you don't move fast,
10:34someone else might snatch Felix away.
10:36She stepped up and
10:37Caitlin lowered her head shyly.
10:39I was actually planning to talk to Felix about it today.
10:42A stinging sensation welled up in my throat.
10:44I let out a self-mocking laugh and turned away,
10:47not wanting to watch any longer.
10:49I had long grown used to the feeling of being unloved anyway.
10:53After dinner,
10:54mom grew irritable for some reason.
10:56She returned to her room alone
10:57and began searching through her phone.
10:59I walked over to look.
11:01She was looking for my number,
11:03calling it again and again.
11:04But of course, there was no answer.
11:06Eventually,
11:07she slammed her phone down in frustration.
11:09You won't even answer my calls now?
11:11Do you think anyone actually cares about you?
11:14I wanted to tell her,
11:15I'm dead.
11:16There's no way for me to answer your call.
11:18But then,
11:19she called the nurse from the hospital.
11:21Did Sean tell you what kind of stunt he's trying to pull?
11:24Tell him to stop being so shameless
11:25and come back to apologize to his brother.
11:28Then,
11:29maybe I'll consider letting him come home.
11:31There was a brief silence on the other end
11:33before the reply came.
11:35Ms. Blanchard,
11:36Sean passed away a week ago.
11:37His heart was ruptured in the car accident.
11:40But you had called all the doctors to Felix's room,
11:42so there was no one left to operate on him.
11:45Caitlin,
11:46Mom froze in shock as she heard the nurse's words.
11:50Refusing to believe it,
11:51she tried to recall the car accident that day,
11:54frowning as she said confidently,
11:55That's impossible.
11:57He was in the same car as Felix,
11:59and Felix is already out of the hospital.
12:01How could he have been so badly injured?
12:04Don't think I can't see through his little tricks.
12:06He's just trying to compete with Felix for attention,
12:09wanting me to worry about him.
12:11I'm warning the both of you stop with this ridiculous act.
12:14Otherwise,
12:15it won't end well for you too.
12:17Seeing that Mom wouldn't believe her no matter what she said,
12:20the nurse sighed helplessly.
12:21Ms. Blanchard,
12:22I'm really not lying.
12:23If you don't believe me,
12:25just go to the morgue and see for yourself.
12:27Mom began to grow anxious.
12:29She paced the room back and forth,
12:31her footsteps heavy and frantic.
12:33You good-for-nothings are ganging up to deceive me.
12:36You really don't know your place.
12:38Before the nurse could respond,
12:40Mom angrily jabbed at the scream to end the call.
12:42Dad must have heard Mom yelling
12:44because he opened the door and asked,
12:46Caitlyn's still here.
12:47Why are you shouting like a lunatic in the room?
12:49Mom clutched her phone tightly to her chest
12:51and looked at Dad helplessly.
12:53The nurse just said that Sean is already dead.
12:56That can't be true, can it?
12:58Mom froze in shock.
12:59Dad rolled his eyes.
13:01Don't be so gullible.
13:02If the crash had really been that bad,
13:04that selfish brat would have dragged Felix down with him.
13:07How would Felix still be standing here?
13:09Perfectly fine.
13:10Caitlyn came over to comfort Mom, too.
13:12Exactly, Mrs. Goodman.
13:14Sean is tough.
13:15He won't die so easily.
13:17If anything, it's a wonder no one else has died because of him.
13:20Ashley, lazily munching on an apple, muttered,
13:23Wouldn't it be good if that annoying brat was dead?
13:26What's there to be worried about?
13:28Though I always knew they were biased toward Felix,
13:30I never expected that I was so worthless in their eyes.
13:33After all these years, even if they didn't love me,
13:36they should at least have known me.
13:38With my personality, how could I ever do something so despicable?
13:42How could I possibly joke about life and death
13:44just for the sake of competing for attention?
13:46As they each took turns comforting Mom,
13:49she straightened up and regained her usual domineering posture.
13:52Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the hospital myself to expose their lies.
13:56If Sean's not in the morgue, I'll break his legs myself,
13:59and that nurse will be fired.
14:01Perhaps even God pitted me,
14:02because a soft drizzle began falling outside the window.
14:06Their seemingly light and casual words were like loud, vicious slaps across my face.
14:11Though it hurt, I couldn't cry out.
14:12Even now, it was painfully clear that everyone was wishing I were dead.
14:16Dad rolled.
14:18Early the next morning, Mom skipped breakfast and rushed straight to the hospital.
14:22Dad was worried about her and tagged along.
14:24On the way, Mom kept complaining to Dad that they were about to waste another trip.
14:27But the moment she saw my body in the hospital morgue,
14:30she stumbled back a step in horror.
14:31She collapsed against the wall, clutching herself tightly.
14:34How could this be?
14:35How did this happen?
14:36I remember clearly that his injuries weren't that serious.
14:39He looked perfectly fine.
14:40It was true that my injuries looked minor.
14:42Apart from a few scrapes on my arm from shielding Felix,
14:45I looked unharmed on the outside.
14:47But it was precisely because I had turned my body to shield Felix during the crash
14:50that I absorbed the full force of the impact,
14:52and it caused my heart to rupture.
14:53The reason I seemed fine was because as my organs failed,
14:56my body was flooded with adrenaline.
14:58As a hospital director with medical knowledge,
15:00Mom would have seen the signs if she had paid close attention.
15:03Unfortunately, she never spared me a second glance,
15:05because all her focus had been on Felix.
15:07Dad reached out, seemingly about to touch my face.
15:09But perhaps my death was too gruesome for him.
15:11His hand froze midair.
15:13Early the next morning,
15:14once they got the news,
15:16Felix and Ashley rushed over.
15:17Felix sensed that something was wrong
15:19when he saw my parents' grief-stricken faces.
15:22He ran straight to my bed and dropped to his knees,
15:24yelling,
15:25Sean, why are you so foolish?
15:28Is it because I took your scholarship that you hate me so much?
15:31Did you die just to get back at me?
15:33After crying loudly,
15:35he dropped to the floor in fake remorse.
15:37I'm sorry, Sean.
15:38It's all my fault.
15:39If it weren't for me,
15:41this wouldn't have happened.
15:42Then, he started slapping himself across the face.
15:45Seeing this,
15:46my parents and Ashley quickly moved to stop him,
15:49momentarily forgetting their sorrow.
15:51Mom hugged him tightly.
15:52That's enough, Felix.
15:54It's not your fault.
15:55His own greed killed him,
15:57and he got what he deserved.
15:58As I heard him mention the scholarship incident,
16:01my mind drifted back to two years ago.
16:03I was four years older than Felix.
16:05The year he took his college entrance exam
16:07was my senior year in college.
16:09Knowing I couldn't rely on my parents,
16:11I had studied relentlessly since I was a child,
16:14determined to build a life for myself
16:16and escape this home.
16:17In college,
16:18I graduated at the top of my class four years in a row,
16:21landing me a postgraduate program
16:22with a world-renowned college.
16:24Meanwhile, Felix,
16:25who never took his studies seriously,
16:27failed the college,
16:28entrance exam,
16:29and returned home saying he wanted to study abroad.
16:32Despite knowing he would waste the opportunity,
16:34my parents still supported him.
16:36Once they...
16:37That night,
16:38Mom prepared a lavish dinner just for me.
16:40Throughout the meal,
16:40she made sure my plate was never empty.
16:42Sean,
16:43we only have enough money to send one of you abroad.
16:45Your brother just finished high school.
16:47Why don't you let him go?
16:48I set my fork down.
16:49Mom,
16:50it'll be a waste if you send Felix abroad.
16:52I've been accepted into a top college in the world.
16:54It was the first time I had ever dared to defy Mom.
16:57I had always tolerated everything silently.
16:59Seeing me suddenly not give in to Felix,
17:01she slammed her plate on the table.
17:02Sean Goodman,
17:04your father and I raised you up after all these years.
17:06Now that you're about to graduate college,
17:08shouldn't you be thinking about how to earn money to repay us now?
17:11Are you really okay letting your brother,
17:13fresh out of high school,
17:14miss out on the chance to further his studies?
17:16How could you be so heartless?
17:17The more she spoke,
17:18the more emotional she became.
17:20Are you trying to drive your father and me into the grave?
17:22Maybe because I still longed for the tiniest sliver of Mom's love.
17:25I relented in the end,
17:26saying,
17:27Don't be angry, Mom.
17:28I'll let Felix have the opportunity.
17:29But now,
17:30I regret that decision.
17:31If I hadn't given up that chance,
17:33I might have gotten a good job overseas instead,
17:35and I wouldn't have died so miserably.
17:36That night,
17:37Mom prepared.
17:38A few days later,
17:38perhaps out of guilt,
17:40Mom held a somewhat decent funeral for me.
17:42Apart from some relatives and friends,
17:44some doctors from Mom's hospital attended too.
17:47The nurse who once tried to help me was also there.
17:49She walked up to my grave with a bouquet of flowers and said,
17:53I'm sorry.
17:54If I'd been a little braver back then,
17:56maybe you'd still be here.
17:57Among all these people,
17:58she was the only one who had ever helped me.
18:01Yet,
18:01she was also the only one who apologized.
18:04In contrast,
18:05Mom showed no remorse at all.
18:07Instead of apologizing,
18:08she criticized me,
18:09as if doing so could wash away her guilt.
18:12Sean was a difficult child from the start.
18:14He couldn't let go of the past
18:16and always tried to hurt his brother.
18:17This time,
18:18he finally paid the price for it.
18:20Everyone present knew how biased she was toward Felix.
18:23They were also well aware of the injustices I had endured all these years.
18:27But no one wanted to cause trouble,
18:29so they pretended to comfort her.
18:31Amid the noise,
18:32a wail of sirens suddenly rang out.
18:34A group of police officers pushed through the crowd
18:36and approached Mom and Felix.
18:38Mom stood rooted to the spot,
18:40puzzled.
18:41Officers,
18:42is there someone you're looking for?
18:43The lead officer held up a photo to confirm her identity.
18:47Are you Ms. Anita Blanchard?
18:48Mom nodded,
18:49bewildered.
18:50A few days later,
18:51the officer presented her with an arrest warrant.
18:54Please come with us.
18:55You've been reported for abusing medical resources,
18:57practicing medicine illegally,
18:58and causing a death.
18:59Felix immediately stood in front of her.
19:01That's nonsense.
19:02My mother is a dedicated doctor.
19:04How could she do such things?
19:06You guys need evidence before arresting someone.
19:08He then turned to the crowd and shouted.
19:10Who reported my mom?
19:11The nurse who had been quietly standing in a corner,
19:14stepped forward timidly.
19:15I did.
19:15Felix lunged at her and grabbed her collar,
19:18raising his fist at her.
19:19But before he could strike,
19:20a police officer stopped him,
19:21raising his voice and warning sternly.
19:23Sir,
19:24please calm down.
19:24We're simply doing our job according to the law.
19:27If you won't cooperate,
19:28we'll have to take you in as well.
19:29If you want evidence,
19:30we can show you.
19:31With that,
19:31he fished out his phone
19:32and displayed a series of records evidence
19:34of mom's years of power abuse
19:35and misuse of hospital resources.
19:37The most jarring piece was a screenshot
19:39from a chat group the day of the accident.
19:41It showed a text from mom that read,
19:42Felix was in a car accident.
19:44I want all doctors to drop what they're doing
19:46and go to his ward immediately to treat him.
19:48Then, the police played a video of me
19:49lying in the operating room,
19:51capturing the entire call between me,
19:52mom,
19:53and the nurse on the day I died.
19:54The evidence was concrete
19:55and mom collapsed on the spot.
19:56Felix barely managed to catch her in time.
19:59At that moment,
19:59another officer whispered something
20:01in the lead officer's ear.
20:02He took out another photo,
20:03compared it carefully to Felix,
20:05and said,
20:05Mr. Goodman,
20:06you're under suspicion of attempted murder.
20:08Please come with us as well.
20:09His words sent a shockwave through the crowd.
20:11Everyone was baffled,
20:12including me.
20:12While people had suspected mom of wrongdoing,
20:14no one had expected Felix to be involved
20:16in something as serious as murder.
20:18The officer...
20:19Felix began to panic,
20:21shouting frantically,
20:22That's bullshit.
20:23I've never done anything like that.
20:26But...
20:26Go ahead and arrest me.
20:28I don't believe you have any evidence.
20:30The officer calmly played another video.
20:33It was a surveillance clip from outside her house,
20:35showing Felix sneaking into my car
20:37and tampering with the brakes.
20:38As he did that,
20:39he muttered under his breath,
20:41Go to hell.
20:41What he didn't expect was that mom insisted I drive him that day.
20:45With no way out,
20:46he had to ride in the same car.
20:48Now,
20:48I realized why he was so nervous that entire time
20:51and why he kept urging me to drive slower.
20:53Ashley fell to her knees,
20:54crying,
20:55Felix,
20:55why would you do this?
20:57Why?
20:57I had a good guess.
20:58A few months ago,
21:00Felix had borrowed money from loan sharks
21:02to feed his gambling habit.
21:03He couldn't repay them
21:04and came begging me for help,
21:06but I had no money to give him.
21:08When I advised him to turn himself in to the police,
21:10he fell to his knees and pleaded,
21:12Please,
21:13Sean.
21:13You can't report this.
21:15If the police get involved,
21:17my life is over.
21:18They'll break my arms.
21:19Please help me,
21:20Sean.
21:21I didn't want to watch him continue down that path,
21:23and I couldn't bear to let our parents' years of effort go to waste.
21:27So I bit my tongue and refused.
21:29Seeing that I wouldn't budge,
21:30he pretended to accept my advice.
21:32Fine.
21:33I'll turn myself in.
21:35But can you give me two days to prepare myself?
21:37He looked so pitiful that I relented again.
21:40Unknowing to the fact that he was plotting my death to silence me.
21:43Finally,
21:44the police pulled out my car's dashboard camera footage
21:47and played it for mom.
21:48Take a look.
21:48This is your son who died due to your medical malpractice.
21:52In the video,
21:53I could be seen shielding Felix under my body during the crash.
21:56Felix.
21:57Knowing the truth,
21:58my parents and Ashley all looked at Felix in disbelief.
22:02Everyone fell into silence.
22:03Once mom finally came to her senses,
22:06she lunged forward and grabbed Felix's clothes tightly.
22:08Felix Goodman,
22:10you murderer.
22:11How could you be so vicious as to kill your own brother?
22:14The more she spoke,
22:15the more agitated she became.
22:17He raised her hand,
22:18wanting to hit him,
22:19but was promptly stopped by the police.
22:22This was the first time in all these years that I saw mom lay a hand on him.
22:25Realizing things had reached a point of no return,
22:28Felix let out a maniacal laugh before turning to look at her,
22:32his eyes devoid of any warmth.
22:34I'm vicious?
22:35I must have gotten it from you.
22:37I'm a murderer?
22:38Weren't you the one who called all the doctors into my ward that day,
22:42stopping him from getting the emergency surgery he needed?
22:44If not for you,
22:46how could I have killed him so easily?
22:48Felix's words stabbed into mom's heart like a steel blade.
22:51Her body froze as if all her past mistakes were wrapping around her soul,
22:56engulfing her in guilt.
22:57That long-buried remorse quietly crept into her heart and consumed her.
23:01She grabbed her hair forcefully,
23:03eyes wide.
23:04She shook her head desperately.
23:06I'm sorry,
23:07Sean.
23:08It's all my fault.
23:09I've wronged you all these years.
23:11It's me who deserves to die.
23:13Mom stumbled and crawled to my tombstone,
23:15choking with sobs as she held it tightly,
23:18caressing the small photo of me on it.
23:20Please wake up,
23:21Sean.
23:22I'm so sorry.
23:23I'll kneel down and apologize to you.
23:25You wanted to study abroad,
23:27right?
23:28I'll pay for it.
23:29I'll send you there.
23:30No,
23:31better yet,
23:32I'll go with you.
23:33She rambled.
23:34She then began to slam her head against the tombstone.
23:37The police rushed over to pull her away,
23:39but bright red blood had already stained my picture.
23:42Knowing the truth,
23:44the sunlight was blinding,
23:45shining down on the scene just like the light that once shone on my face
23:49when she first held me as a newborn.
23:50If only mom's apology had come sooner,
23:53perhaps I could have experienced the warmth of a mother's love in this world.
23:57But now it was far too late.
23:59I was already dead,
24:00and so was my heart.
24:01No matter what they said,
24:03I could never forgive them.
24:04But mom,
24:05I don't blame you.
24:06I just can't come to terms with all the years of being wronged.
24:09And I can never accept the despair of being left to die on the operating table by my own mother.
24:15After the chaos,
24:16the police took mom and Felix away,
24:18while dad and Ashley were brought in to assist the investigation.
24:21The nurse who had reported mom walked up to my tombstone
24:24and stood there quietly for a while.
24:25Before leaving,
24:26she said,
24:27This time I was brave.
24:29The people who hurt you are gone now,
24:30and I believe the law will bring you justice.
24:33Perhaps it was her compassion as a new nurse
24:35that made her always feel like a patient's death was somehow her fault.
24:39I looked at her and seemed to see my younger self just starting my career
24:42and always blaming myself for everything.
24:44I gently patted her on the shoulder and tried to comfort her.
24:48This wasn't your fault.
24:49Don't dwell on it.
24:50But sadly,
24:51I was just a soul.
24:52She couldn't feel my touch,
24:54nor could she hear me.
24:55The sunlight was blind.
24:57Half a month later,
24:59the court verdict was announced.
25:00Felix was sentenced to death.
25:02Mom was sentenced to life imprisonment.
25:05Perhaps because my revenge was complete,
25:07my soul finally felt free.
25:09I could now go wherever I wanted,
25:11no longer bound to mom's side.
25:13In those final days,
25:14Felix was consumed by the fear of death.
25:17Every day,
25:17the food brought to him by the guards was knocked to the ground.
25:21In just a short week,
25:22he had visibly lost a lot of weight.
25:24If this had been before,
25:25my parents and Ashley would have been heartbroken.
25:28But now,
25:28no one even came to see him.
25:30On the day of his execution,
25:31I quietly looked at him in the air and watched.
25:34The moment he died,
25:35his soul floated out of his body just like mine once had.
25:39He stared at me in terror.
25:40Sean,
25:41I'm sorry.
25:42I know I was wrong.
25:43Please don't kill me.
25:45Don't kill me.
25:46I laughed.
25:47Aren't you already dead?
25:48He looked down at his lifeless body and screamed.
25:51His soul then scattered.
25:52Only I,
25:53a fellow spirit,
25:54was able to hear him.
25:55Seeing the one who killed me vanish completely was a form of vindication.
25:59Mom endured spiritual torment in prison.
26:02She would sometimes cry,
26:03sometimes laugh,
26:04and sometimes run around in a frenzy.
26:06Sometimes she'd hit others,
26:07and at her worst,
26:08she'd hit herself.
26:10Took two guards to hold her down.
26:12Eventually,
26:12the authorities had no choice but to bring in a psychiatrist.
26:16She was diagnosed with trauma-induced mania
26:18and sent to a psychiatric hospital.
26:20Still,
26:21her condition only worsened.
26:22She would tell people,
26:24My son is Sean Goodman.
26:25He got into a postgraduate program at a world-renowned university.
26:29and is now studying overseas.
26:31When he comes back,
26:32I'll bring him to visit you.
26:33He's tall,
26:34handsome,
26:35and has always been such a good kid.
26:37Occasionally,
26:38she would regain clarity for a brief moment.
26:40In those moments,
26:41she'd sit quietly on the bed and stare out the window.
26:44Half a month later,
26:46maybe it was the bond between mother and child,
26:48but I could sense her teetering on the edge of pain and torment.
26:51All the lost time had turned into an endless burden of guilt.
26:55Before disappearing,
26:56I returned to see her one last time.
26:58She was sitting quietly by the window as usual,
27:01but this time,
27:02she seemed to see me.
27:03She reached out and cupped my face,
27:05tears of joy filling her eyes.
27:07Sean,
27:07you're back.
27:08You came to see me.
27:10I'm so sorry.
27:11Please forgive me,
27:12okay?
27:13She then took out two pieces of candy from under her pillow.
27:16I remembered you loved candy and saved some just for you.
27:19As a child,
27:20I loved candy,
27:21but she always gave it to Felix,
27:23never to me.
27:24The spoiled rotten Felix would gloat when she wasn't around,
27:27then pop the candy in his mouth.
27:29Since then,
27:30I have never touched candy again.
27:32I took a step back and shook my head.
27:34Mom rubbed her hands together,
27:36flustered.
27:37Oh,
27:37you're all grown up now,
27:39but I still treat you like a little boy.
27:41I stared at her in a daze for a long time before saying,
27:44Mom.
27:45Yes?
27:46She responded instantly before I could even speak.
27:49I continued,
27:50Mom,
27:51I don't blame you,
27:51but I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive you.
27:54She lowered her head,
27:56gripping the hem of her shirt tightly.
27:58That's okay.
27:59I owe you.
28:00It's only right that you can't forgive me.
28:02Afraid I might lose control of my emotions,
28:05I turned and left without looking back.
28:07That night,
28:08Ashley received a call.
28:09Your mother's condition has worsened.
28:11She bit off her own tongue.
28:13When we found her,
28:14she had no vital signs.
28:15I'm sorry for your loss.
28:17Maybe
28:17you
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29:55You actually had the nerve to put Wolfsbane in Lily's food.
29:59Regan, I don't know what happened.
30:01Lily said that she wasn't feeling well and asked me to bring her breakfast, so I did.
30:04Shut up!
30:05The maid saw you doomed.
30:07Regan, she's obviously lying.
30:09Look, stop with the...
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