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00:00My past choices led me to hell.
00:02If I could choose again, would the outcome be different?
00:07The day my Harvard acceptance letter arrived, everyone expected me to frame it.
00:10Mount it on the wall like a trophy.
00:12Proof that Liam Vance had finally made it.
00:13Instead, I declined the offer and enrolled at MIT.
00:16It wasn't impulse.
00:17It wasn't rebellion.
00:18It was survival.
00:19Because I re-belled.
00:20In Last Life, accepting Harvard meant becoming the perfect husband for Serafina.
00:24If you hadn't gone to Harvard, my family never would have chosen you.
00:27And my love wouldn't have drowned his heartbreak.
00:30At that club, they wouldn't have found him dead in some back room servicing strangers for pills.
00:34You stole his place, so you'll pay with your life.
00:37She deliberately had a miscarriage that night.
00:39The reason was that she didn't want to have a child with me.
00:41She felt disgusted.
00:42I died at the same night.
00:43Then, I woke up.
00:4418 years old.
00:45Acceptance letters scattered across my desk.
00:47The same day.
00:50Liam, deadline's tonight.
00:52Harvard's waiting.
00:52You're really gonna make them sweat?
00:54I ended the call and stared at the MIT enrollment form on my laptop screen.
00:57Different path, different future.
00:58No Serafina.
01:00Liam!
01:00Piss me snuck in Danford.
01:02Tell me you've confirmed Harvard.
01:03Please, I need to hear you say it!
01:05Seeing mom now, alive, whole, not beaten to death by Hawthorne security, made my throat close.
01:09In that other life, seeing what Serafina had done, when she lunged at the woman who butchered her son,
01:13the Hawthorne guards hadn't hesitated.
01:44I'm going to MIT, mom.
01:44I'm going to have a lot of footsteps.
01:45Lighter.
01:46Deliberate.
01:47Julian Vance.
01:47Not my brother by blood.
01:48Not really.
01:49But my father, decorated veteran and self-made businessman, had adopted him at 13 after his father.
01:53Dad's army buddy died in combat.
01:55Except Julian's father hadn't died in combat.
01:58He died of a heart attack in a motel with his mistress.
02:00But my father had needed a redemption arc more than he needed the truth.
02:03Julian walked over, with a smile.
02:05He clasped my shoulder.
02:06Liam, Dad wants to talk to you about Harvard.
02:08He's really proud, man.
02:10Two spots.
02:11Harvard only takes two from Riverside Prep, and this year it's a miracle we got that many.
02:15Liam?
02:16You're going to withdraw your acceptance.
02:18My mother stiffened.
02:20Excuse me?
02:22But, this time, I won't be the pawn.
02:25I'll rewrite every wrong thing.
02:27I was.
02:27In my past life, Julian took everything from me.
02:30In this life, I will never repeat the same mistake.
02:32The air in this house was never mine to breathe.
02:34It always belonged to him.
02:35Julian needs this.
02:38His father gave his life for this country.
02:40For me, the least we can do is make sure his son has every advantage.
02:43He thought I had endless options.
02:45Liam's smart, he'll land on his feet.
02:47MIT, Stanford, whatever.
02:49But, Harvard, that's Julia's spot.
02:51And the Hawthorne family is looking for a Harvard man to marry their daughter.
02:54That's his future, not Liam's.
02:56I tried to speak up.
02:57He earned his acceptance.
02:58And, Julian earned our loyalty.
03:00Do you have any idea what it's like to owe someone your life?
03:03His father took a bullet meant for me.
03:07So, yes, Elena.
03:08Julian gets the girl, the school, and the life.
03:11That's not negotiable.
03:12In my life, I didn't fight with words.
03:16I fought with proof.
03:17I found the photo.
03:18The one that broke their little lie.
03:21I held up the truth.
03:22Plain and simple.
03:25They've been together for months.
03:26Hidden in plain sight.
03:30They've been together for months.
03:32So it doesn't matter where I go.
03:33I'm not in the running.
03:34He played the victim, like always.
03:35Liam, I know you had feelings for Sarah.
03:37But she sees you as a friend.
03:39A brother, even.
03:40You need to let her go.
03:42Actually, I'm late.
03:43We're catching a movie.
03:44Dad, you coming?
03:45I'll drive you.
03:48Julian and my father walked out the door guiltily, without looking back.
03:54You coward.
03:55I thought getting a second chance meant you'd be smarter.
03:59Faster.
04:00You're still the same pathetic boy who let them walk all over him.
04:04In my last life, I believed her and lost everything.
04:06In this life, I will take back everything.
04:09I should have known it wouldn't be that simple.
04:11That night, I woke to the sound of my bedroom door clicking open.
04:14My father stood silhouetted in the hallway light.
04:16Behind him, Serafina.
04:18What the hell?
04:19But they were already at my desk.
04:21My laptop glowed.
04:22Serafina's finger hovered over the keyboard.
04:24Don't you dare!
04:25My father caught me in a bear hug, pinning my arms.
04:29She's doing you a favor, son.
04:31Trust me.
04:32That's my MIT enrollment!
04:33Serafina clicked to delete.
04:35I went numb.
04:36Serafina.
04:37Why?
04:38She didn't even look at me.
04:39Just reached down and unplugged the laptop, lifting it by the screen.
04:42What are you-
04:43If I leave the computer intact, you'll find a way to re-enroll.
04:46I won't make that mistake.
04:47She raised the laptop above her head.
04:48No, no, no!
04:49Please!
04:50It shattered against the hardwood.
04:52Glass and circuitry exploded across the floor.
04:54I stopped fighting.
04:55My father released me, and I collapsed to my knees, staring at the wreckage.
05:00You knew I picked MIT.
05:01I told you this morning.
05:02Serafina crouched in front of me, and for the first time, I saw her eyes, empty flat.
05:07She'd reborn, too.
05:08I should have known it wouldn't-
05:09You said a lot of things last time.
05:11You said you didn't want me.
05:13You said you weren't interested.
05:14But the first night we were together, you were at my door before I'd even finished unpacking.
05:18Serafina, your roommate drugged me.
05:20You know that.
05:21She wanted to humiliate me at the party, and I came to you because I- I trusted-
05:24She spoke softly, but her words were like a knife.
05:27Liar.
05:27Cutting through all my defenses.
05:29You manipulated me from day one.
05:31Played hard to get so I'd chase you, and the moment you had me, you ruined everything.
05:35She turned to Julian, who'd appeared in the doorway.
05:38It's done, baby.
05:38He can't threaten you anymore.
05:40Julian's smile was small.
05:41Wait!
05:42My mind raced.
05:44Serafina, I'm not trying to come between you two.
05:46I want you to be together.
05:47Just let me go.
05:48I'll transfer schools, move across the country, whatever you need.
05:51You really think it's that simple?
05:54Did you think I'd forget what you did to Julian in Last Life?
05:57How you let him die?
05:58I already paid for that.
06:00I died.
06:01Not enough.
06:02Her whisper was a blade.
06:03I'm going to make you watch Julian and me build the life you stole from him.
06:07And you?
06:08You're going to spend every day in hell.
06:12Oh, and before I deleted your enrollment, I submitted a formal withdrawal letter to MIT
06:16on your behalf, citing personal reasons and a commitment to Harvard.
06:20Congrats, Liam.
06:22You're going to be a Hawthorne after all.
06:24You said a lot of the-
06:25Subject.
06:26Enrollment confirmed.
06:28Dear Liam Vance, welcome to MIT.
06:29Your enrollment in the computer science and engineering program has been finalized.
06:33We look forward to seeing you at orientation on the 1st of September.
06:36I closed my eyes, exhaling for what felt like the first time in days.
06:39The system Serafina had accessed wasn't real.
06:41I built a dummy server the day I got the acceptance letter.
06:43A perfect replica of MIT's enrollment portal.
06:46If anyone tried to tamper with my decision, they'd be deleting a ghost.
06:49The real enrollment had gone through the morning.
06:50I woke up in this timeline.
06:52I texted my best friend, Marcus.
06:53I need you to grab my dorm stuff and meet me at South Station Day before moving.
06:57I'll explain later.
06:58His reply came in seconds.
06:59Dude, what did you do?
07:00Escaped.
07:01Move-in day.
07:02I waited until my mother left for her book club, and my father took Julian shopping for
07:05his dorm at Langford College.
07:07The private liberal arts school.
07:08Serafina's family had paid to accept him after his 140 SAT score.
07:13They locked me in my room.
07:15Picked the bedroom lock in 20 minutes.
07:16Walked out the front door and didn't look back.
07:18Took the subway to South Station.
07:19The train to Boston pulled away from the platform, and I watched my childhood disappear through
07:23the window.
07:23For the first time since I'd woken up in this nightmare, I let myself breathe.
07:27I dozed off somewhere around Providence.
07:29When I woke up, something felt wrong.
07:31The train had stopped.
07:32But we weren't at South Station.
07:33I looked out the window, and my blood turned to ice.
07:35We were at a private rail platform.
07:37Sleek.
07:38Modern.
07:39The kind of place you only accessed with a key card and a seven-figure bank account.
07:42And standing on the platform, arms crossed, was my mother.
07:45She smiled when she saw me.
07:47Liam.
07:48You're awake.
07:49Perfect timing.
07:50The train doors hissed open, and two men in black suits stepped aboard.
07:54Mrs. Vance.
07:54The taller one nodded.
07:56We'll take him from here.
07:57Wait.
07:57Mom, what is this?
07:58She leaned into the train, her smile bright.
08:00The Hawthorns are very excited to meet their future son-in-law, sweetheart.
08:04Serafina's been asking about you.
08:06I'm not.
08:07I don't want...
08:07You're 18.
08:08You're brilliant.
08:10And you're exactly what the Hawthorn family looks for in a match.
08:13She stepped back as the men hauled me to my feet.
08:16You can't do this!
08:17I can.
08:18And I am.
08:19The Hawthorn estate is lovely at this time of year.
08:21You'll see.
08:51The Hawthorn estate is lovely at this time of year.
08:52I was worried you'd sleep through the whole thing.
08:53The Hawthorns reviewed your academic record.
08:55Your awards.
08:56That cyber-turity patent you filed last year.
08:58They're so impressed.
08:58You're exactly the kind of man they want for Serafina.
09:00The engagement party starts in an hour.
09:02After Serafina graduates, you'll get married.
09:04Isn't this perfect?
09:05Everything we've worked...
09:06I'm not marrying her.
09:08Then my father's voice, low and furious, from the doorway.
09:12The hell you're not!
09:13He crossed the room in three strides and backhanded me so hard I saw stars.
09:17Do you have any idea what the Hawthorns are offering?
09:20A position in their company.
09:21A seat at tables most people would kill to access.
09:23And you're going to throw a tantrum like a child?
09:25I tasted blood.
09:26I don't want their company.
09:28Well, Julian wants Serafina.
09:29He's been crying for three hours, Liam.
09:31His eyes are swollen shut.
09:32You're going to get your ass downstairs and apologize to me.
09:34My mother stepped between us.
09:35If the Hawthorns see bruises on him before the engagement photos, it'll ruin everything.
09:38Stop!
09:38My father released me with a shove.
09:40But you will apologize.
09:41They dragged me to Julian's suite.
09:42He was curled on a chaise lounge, face buried in a cashmere throw pillow, shoulders shaking
09:46with perfectly timed sobs.
09:47My father rushed to his side.
09:49Buddy, talk to me.
09:50Julian lifted his head, eyes red, rimmed and glistening.
09:53I just thought maybe if I was good enough, she'd choose me.
09:56But Liam's smarter, better.
09:57A fresh wave of tears.
09:58My father whirled on me.
10:00Say something!
10:01I looked at Julian at the calculated grief.
10:02The performance.
10:04Everyone out.
10:05My mother started to protest.
10:07Out.
10:07Now.
10:09Or I swear to God, I'll walk into that engagement party and tell the Hawthorns exactly what kind
10:12of family they're marrying into.
10:15The door slammed behind them.
10:17Julian dropped the act immediately.
10:19Help!
10:21Wow.
10:22You actually grew a spine.
10:23So, what now?
10:25You threaten me?
10:26Try to convince me to let you go?
10:28I don't want Seraphina.
10:29You do.
10:29We both know that.
10:30So here's the deal.
10:31You help me get out of here, and you get her.
10:33Clean trade.
10:34You're serious.
10:35He tilted his head, considering.
10:36I'm going to MIT.
10:37She's going to Harvard.
10:38Our lives don't have to intersect.
10:40You want her?
10:40Take her.
10:41I won't fight you for her.
10:42For a moment, I thought he'd agree.
10:43Then he smiled.
10:44You know what?
10:45Sure.
10:45He pulled out his phone, texting rapidly.
10:47A moment later, he stood.
10:48Come on.
10:49I know a way out.
10:50We took a service corridor through the east wing.
10:53There's a gate by the gardens.
10:54Staff entrance.
10:55No cameras.
10:56Ten minutes and you're on the main road.
10:57We stepped outside into the summer heat.
10:59The gate was 50 feet ahead.
11:00Freedom.
11:03Julian stopped walking.
11:05Liam?
11:08I turned.
11:09He was staring at me.
11:10His expression unreadable.
11:11His voice was soft.
11:12I need you to understand something.
11:14In another life, you had everything.
11:16The girl.
11:17The company.
11:18The legacy.
11:19And you still acted like you were doing me a favor by existing.
11:21His hand shot out.
11:22Shoved her.
11:23Hard.
11:24I stumbled backward.
11:25Directly into the path of a delivery truck barreling through the estate gates.
11:28Brake screamed.
11:32The word might whiten.
11:34And the last thing I saw was Julian's face.
11:37Smiling.
11:39Hands grabbed me.
11:40Pulled me back from the edge of oblivion.
11:41I hit the pavement hard.
11:42Someone's body cushioning my fall.
11:44The truck's horn blared as it swerved past.
11:46Missing us by inches.
11:47I gasped for air.
11:48Blinking away stars.
11:50Seraphina's face hovered above mine.
11:51For a split second, I saw something in her eyes that looked like fear.
11:54Like she'd actually been terrified of losing me.
11:56She rolled off me.
11:58Already on her feet.
11:59What the hell happened?
12:00I looked past her to where Julian stood frozen.
12:03His expression a perfect mask of horror.
12:05He stumbled forward.
12:06Cradling his right hand.
12:07Long scratches ran down the back of it.
12:09Welling with blood.
12:10Sir.
12:11Thank God you got to him in time.
12:13Liam said he needed air.
12:14I was walking with him and he just...
12:15He grabbed my hand and pushed himself toward the truck.
12:18I tried to pull him back but...
12:19His voice broke.
12:20He scratched me when I wouldn't let go.
12:21At the blood under his fingernails on his left hand.
12:23The hand he'd used to shove me.
12:25That's not what...
12:26Seraphina's palm cracked across my face.
12:29You bastard.
12:30I agreed to this engagement.
12:32I'm giving you everything you asked for.
12:34And you try to kill yourself in front of me?
12:37What kind of sick game is this?
12:38I didn't ask for any of this.
12:40But Julian was already pulling away.
12:41I need to go.
12:42Stumbling toward the main house.
12:43Sarah, I'm sorry.
12:43I...
12:43I know I'm just a foster kid.
12:45Just some orphan who doesn't belong here.
12:47I'll pack my things.
12:48Julian, wait!
12:49I should have died with my dad.
12:50Then none of this would be happening.
12:51Then you and Liam could be happy without me in the way.
12:54Seraphina caught his arm.
12:55You're not going anywhere.
12:56But Liam clearly doesn't want me here.
12:58I don't care what Liam wants.
13:00Something shifted in her expression.
13:02Something cold and final.
13:03She snapped her fingers.
13:05And two security guards materialized from the shadows.
13:07Take Liam to the medical suite.
13:09Now.
13:10Hands grabbed me.
13:11Panic spiked through me.
13:12Her voice dropping to a whisper only I could hear.
13:14You really thought I'd just let you leave?
13:16That I'd forget what you did to Julian in last life?
13:18How you let him suffer while you built your empire on his grave?
13:21The engagement's still happening.
13:22The wedding will happen when I graduate.
13:23But you...
13:24Her smile was a razor.
13:26You don't deserve to be a father.
13:29Not after what you did to our child before.
13:32My blood turned to ice.
13:34Sarah, what are you talking about?
13:35The baby.
13:36She hissed.
13:37The one you begged me to abort because it would complicate your career trajectory.
13:40The one I kept anyway because I loved you.
13:42The one that Julian helped me mourn after you...
13:45That's not what happened!
13:46Enough!
13:48Take him to the surgical seat.
13:49I want him castrated.
13:50Completely.
13:51He won't need those parts where he's going.
13:52The guards grabbed my arms.
13:53You can't drape this shit!
13:54You can't do this!
13:55I thrashed, fighting with everything I had.
13:57Your mother signed the consent forms.
13:59She's betting her shares in Hawthorne Medical on this marriage going through.
14:02So yes, Liam.
14:03I can do this.
14:04And I will.
14:05They dragged me inside.
14:06The medical suite was state-of-the-art.
14:08Sterile white walls.
14:09Gleaning equipment.
14:10Monitors beeping softly.
14:12No anesthesia.
14:13They strapped me to an operating table.
14:14And I watched a man in surgical scrubs lay out instruments with a detached efficiency
14:17of someone who'd done this before.
14:19Serafina stood in the doorway.
14:20Arms crossed.
14:20Behind her, a wall of security guards blocked any hope of escape.
14:23Last chance.
14:24Tell me you'll be the husband I need.
14:26That you'll stop fighting.
14:27That you'll give Julian the respect he deserves.
14:29Panic spiked through me.
14:30I looked at her.
14:31This wasn't the girl who chased me through Harvard's libraries.
14:33This was something else.
14:35Something broken and vicious and obsessed.
14:37You're going to regret this.
14:39Serafina walked slowly over to my side.
14:42I'm not the one strapped to a table.
14:47The surgeon pulled on gloves.
14:49Picked up a scalpel.
14:51My heart hammered against my ribs.
14:55Serafina, please.
14:56I'll leave.
14:57I'll disappear.
14:58You'll never see me again.
14:59And let you run off to MIT?
15:00Let you build the life that should have been Julian's?
15:02No.
15:03Your mother made her bet.
15:04She traded Hawthorne medical shares to guarantee you'd be my husband.
15:07So you're stuck.
15:08But you don't get to be a man anymore.
15:10Not after everything you've done.
15:11The surgeon positioned the blade.
15:12I squeezed my eyes shut.
15:14Think.
15:15Think.
15:16Federal investigation.
15:17The evidence I'd compiled the moment I woke up in this timeline.
15:19The encryption key sitting in my backup phone.
15:21Linked to a dead man's switch that would trigger if I didn't check in every 12 hours.
15:25I opened my eyes.
15:28Check your phone, Sera.
15:31What?
15:32Your phone.
15:33Check it.
15:34Now.
15:36She pulled it out.
15:37Irritation flickering across her face.
15:39And froze.
15:40The color drained from her cheeks.
15:42What did you do?
15:43Break it.
15:45Federal investigation.
15:46Launched into Hawthorne medical.
15:47She looked at me.
15:48Eyes wide.
15:51How?
15:52You thought I'd just roll over?
15:53I smiled.
15:54Tasting blood.
15:55I looked at her.
15:56He'd been trapped in this living nightmare.
15:58But he wasn't defenseless.
15:59Not even close.
16:02I've had weeks to prepare.
16:03Every shady deal.
16:04Every bribed inspector.
16:05Every falsified safety report.
16:06I documented it all.
16:08Sent it to the feds.
16:09The day after I woke up in this nightmare.
16:11Every dirty secret of Hawthorne medical was locked away.
16:13The company!
16:14Is about to collapse.
16:16Your father.
16:17CFO.
16:18Three board members.
16:19They're probably in handcuffs right now.
16:21You want to castrate me?
16:22Fine.
16:23But it won't change the fact that Hawthorne medical is finished.
16:26You're blowing up Ditting Sint.
16:28You're blowing up my family's legacy out of spite.
16:31I'm exposing criminals.
16:33Those falsified safety reports.
16:34They were for medical devices.
16:36Pacemakers.
16:36Insulin pumps.
16:37People died because your family cut corners to inflate their profit margins.
16:40This isn't about you and me, Serafrina.
16:42This is about doing the right thing for once in my miserable life.
16:45She clung to the last bit of control she thought she had.
16:47It wouldn't give her an inch.
16:49No.
16:50Unlock it.
16:51Her threats were empty.
16:52No.
16:54Unlock it or I swear to God!
16:56The message on the screen shatters her entire world.
16:58MIT admissions.
16:59Liam, we noticed you haven't confirmed your housing assignment.
17:02You're still registered for the fall semester.
17:03Please respond by EDM to secure your dorm placement.
17:06He'd been trapped.
17:07She realized she was wrong.
17:09You never withdrew.
17:10I looked confident.
17:11That server you accessed?
17:12I built it in six hours.
17:14You deleted a ghost, Sera.
17:15I set a trap for her that she never expected.
17:17I've been enrolled at MIT since the day I woke up.
17:19You planned this.
17:20All of it.
17:21I told you the truth from the beginning.
17:23I don't this.
17:24I don't want you.
17:25I don't want your family.
17:27I don't want this life.
17:28But none of you would listen.
17:29Stop.
17:30She finally backed out.
17:31Her control slipping away.
17:33She needed proof.
17:34Desperate to deny what he said.
17:37She scrolled through every message, hoping to find a lie.
17:41Then she found it.
17:42The final proof is true.
17:46What have you done?
17:48What you forced me to do.
17:49I gave you every chance to let me go.
17:51You chose this.
17:52Her family fell apart.
17:54I am the winner of this game.
17:56She really.
17:57They let me go.
17:58Not out of mercy.
17:59Out of panic.
18:00Hawthorne estate descended into chaos as news crews gathered outside the gates and federal
18:05agents executed search warrants.
18:06I walked out the front door in the same clothes I'd arrived in.
18:09Nobody stopping me.
18:11My parents were waiting in the circular driveway.
18:13My father looked ten years older.
18:14My mother's perfect makeup was streaked with tears.
18:17Fix this.
18:18Dad's voice shook.
18:20Call the FBI.
18:21Tell them it was a mistake.
18:23No.
18:23Those board members were embezzling.
18:25Fine.
18:26But the family business.
18:28You're destroying everything.
18:31Those board members signed off on devices that killed people.
18:33I kept walking toward the gate.
18:35I'm not taking it back.
18:36My mother grabbed my arm.
18:38Liam, please.
18:39If Hawthorne Medical falls, we lose everything.
18:42The house.
18:43My social standing.
18:45Your father's investment.
18:46You should have thought about it.
18:47Before you sold me to them.
18:49I pulled free and kept walking.
18:51Behind me, my father's voice cracked.
18:53We gave you everything.
18:55You gave Julian everything.
18:57You gave me expectations.
18:58I didn't look back.
19:00They let me.
19:01A week later, I was sitting in a dean's office at MIT when my phone started blowing up.
19:04The first message was from Marcus, dude.
19:06Twitter.
19:07Now.
19:08I opened the app.
19:09Number Serafina Hawthorne was trending.
19:11The top tweet was a video.
19:12Posted one hour ago.
19:13Already three million views.
19:15I clicked play.
19:16The camera was shaky.
19:17Pointed at a laptop screen.
19:19Someone had leaked internal Hawthorne medical documents.
19:21The real ones.
19:22Not sanitized for the board.
19:23Test results showing their flagship pacemaker had a 12% failure rate.
19:26Emails discussing how to manage the PR of patient deaths.
19:30Financial records showing millions funneled to offshore accounts.
19:33And then the camera panned to show Serafina herself, sitting in what looked like a dorm
19:37room, reading from a prepared statement.
19:39My name is Serafina Hawthorne.
19:40And I'm here to confess.
19:42Her voice was steady.
19:43Professional.
19:44The documents you're seeing are real.
19:46My family knowingly sold defective medical devices to hospitals across the country.
19:50We prioritized profit over patient safety.
19:54And when people died-
19:55Her voice caught.
19:56We buried it.
19:57She looked directly into the camera.
19:58I'm also here to expose another lie.
20:01The man my family chose to be my husband, Liam Vance, is not the villain they made him
20:06out to be.
20:07He's the one who reported us to the FBI.
20:09He's the one who that ganon'd.
20:11He's the one who tried to save lives.
20:12And I'm the one who tried to destroy him.
20:16For it.
20:16Down her cheek.
20:17A tear slid down her cheek.
20:18The video ended.
20:19I stared at my phone.
20:20What is she doing?
20:22Another video appeared in my feed.
20:23This one was older, a photo collage with timestamps.
20:26Julian and Serafina at restaurants.
20:27His hand on her thigh.
20:28Her lips at his ear.
20:30All dated before the engagement party.
20:31The caption.
20:32The real reason Serafina wanted Liam gone.
20:34Someone had done a deep dive.
20:35Found receipts.
20:36Hotel records.
20:37Venmo transactions.
20:38The internet was eviscerating her.
20:39But that wasn't the worst part.
20:41The worst part was the fourth video.
20:42This one was a screen recording of a DNA test result.
20:45Julian Vance and Robert Vance.
20:46Probability of paternity.
20:4799.97%.
20:49My father and Julian were related.
20:51A week later, but Julian's supposed father, the war hero, was named Sebastian.
20:55The comments exploded.
20:57Wait.
20:57So the orphaned war hero's son was actually just his affair baby.
21:01This family is sick.
21:02How long was Robert lying about this?
21:06I called Marcus.
21:10Marcus, did you leak this?
21:12Hell no.
21:13But whoever did?
21:15They've got access to military records, hospital databases, and social media archives.
21:19This is a professional hit job.
21:21I hung up and immediately dialed the number I've been avoiding.
21:25Serafina picked up on the first ring.
21:27Did you do this?
21:30No, but I know who did.
21:32Julian.
21:33My blood went cold.
21:35Why would he-
21:36Because he's been playing us both from the beginning.
21:37He's the one who embezzled from Hawthorne Medical.
21:39He's the one who falsified those safety reports to skim money off contracts.
21:41I found the offshore accounts this morning.
21:42Ten million dollars, Liam.
21:44He stole ten million from my family and blamed it on the CFF.
21:47That's impossible.
21:48He's been doing it since he was 16.
21:49Since the first time I brought him home for dinner.
21:52He told me you were sabotaging his future.
21:54That you were jealous.
21:56That everything wrong in his life was because you existed.
21:59And you believed him.
22:01I loved him.
22:04Silence stretched between us.
22:09Where is he now?
22:10I asked.
22:11I don't know.
22:13After the DNA results dropped, he disappeared.
22:15The police have a warrant out, but-
22:17A new notification popped up on my phone.
22:19Check Instagram live.
22:21Julian Vance.
22:21The live stream was already at 50,000 viewers when I clicked the link.
22:25The camera showed a room I recognized immediately.
22:27The east wing of the Hawthorne estate.
22:29The same room where I died in last life.
22:31Julian was tied to a chair in the center of the frame.
22:34Duct tape over his mouth.
22:35Eyes wide with terror.
22:37And standing behind him, holding a knife, was Serafina.
22:40Hello everyone.
22:41I'm sure you've all seen the news by now.
22:43The investigations.
22:44The leaked documents.
22:45The DNA tests.
22:46What you don't know is the whole story.
22:48So let me fill in the gaps.
22:50My name is Serafina Hawthorne.
22:52And I'm a murderer.
22:53But Julian-
22:54In another life, a timeline you wouldn't understand.
22:56I killed the man I was supposed to marry.
22:58His name was Liam Vance.
23:00I tortured him.
23:00Murdered him.
23:01I did this because I thought he'd stolen Julian's future.
23:04I thought he was the villain.
23:05But I was wrong.
23:06She stood, walking back to Julian.
23:07The real villain has been sitting in my house, eating my food, sleeping in my bed, whispering
23:09in my ear for eight years!
23:11Julian Vance.
23:12Born Julian Emerson is not a war hero's son.
23:15He's the elisimant child of Robert Vance and a woman named Claire Emerson who died of
23:18an overdose when Julian was 12.
23:19She pulled the tape off his mouth.
23:21Julian gasped.
23:22Serafina.
23:23Eyes streaming.
23:24Robert never served with anyone named Sebastian.
23:27He invented the story so he could bring his bastard son into his home without losing
23:30his wife's family money.
23:32I didn't know.
23:33I swear I didn't-
23:34Liar.
23:35She pressed the knife to his throat.
23:36You've been lying since the day we met.
23:38You told me Liam abused you.
23:39That he stole your toys, your food, your future.
23:42You showed me bruises and said he'd beat you.
23:44Julian was sobbing now.
23:46He did.
23:46Her voice went flat.
23:47He didn't.
23:48I checked the medical records.
23:50Every injury you ever had, self-inflicted.
23:53You burned yourself with cigarettes and said Liam did it.
23:55You cut yourself with kitchen knives and blamed him.
23:57No!
23:57You gas-lept an entire family.
23:59You made Robert choose you over his real son.
24:01You made me torture an innocent man.
24:03And you embezzled 10 million dollars for my family's company.
24:05Money that could have funded real research, saved real lives.
24:07Your account hit 250,000.
24:10Serafina, I love you.
24:11You love money.
24:13You never cared about me.
24:14You cared about what I represented.
24:16Access.
24:17Power.
24:18A way out of your pathetic life.
24:20In another life, a timeline-
24:22She stood back, addressing the camera.
24:25In that other timeline, Julian told me Liam had killed him.
24:29Showed me a fake urn with pig bones inside and said Liam had murdered him out of jealousy.
24:33And I believed it.
24:36I spent six months planning Liam's death.
24:39I married him.
24:41Got pregnant with his child.
24:43And then I butchered him in this very room.
24:46But it was all a lie.
24:48Julian was alive.
24:50He'd faked his death to frame Liam.
24:52And by the time I realized the truth, by the time I realized, Liam was already gone.
24:57I can't undo what I did.
24:59I can't bring back the man I destroyed.
25:02But I can make sure Julian pays for every lie, every manipulation, every life he ruined.
25:08No!
25:08No!
25:09In that other life, I drove 73-3 of these through Liam's body.
25:14Sarah, please!
25:15One for every piece of our child I carved out.
25:19Sarah, please!
25:21She drove the pin through Julian's shoulder.
25:23That's one.
25:24I was already in an Uber.
25:25911?
25:26911?
25:27There's a live stream.
25:27Someone's being tortured.
25:28Sir, we're aware.
25:29Units are en route.
25:31This one's for the 10 million you stole.
25:33Another scream.
25:34The chat was going insane.
25:36Serafina, stop.
25:37My voice cracked, even though she couldn't hear me.
25:39Don't do this!
25:40Don't do this!
25:40But she wasn't stopping.
25:42Pin after pin.
25:43Shoulder.
25:43Elbow.
25:44Knee.
25:45Julian's screams turned to whimpers, turned to silence.
25:48In that first timeline, you convinced me to castrate Liam.
25:50Said he didn't deserve to be a father.
25:52So let's see how you like it.
25:54Sarah!
25:57The air was thick, with sirens and fear.
25:59The east wing of the mansion was sealed off.
26:01The crime scene had tied directly to Liam Vance.
26:03A detective blocked his path at the door.
26:05You can't be here.
26:05No exceptions allowed in this chaos.
26:07I'm Liam Vance.
26:09This is about me.
26:10The detective's expression shifted, recognizing the name.
26:13Come with me.
26:14The air was thick, with sirens and fear.
26:16The east wing of the mansion was sealed off.
26:17The crime scene tied directly to Liam Vance.
26:20The quiet hallway was a stark contrast to the madness outside.
26:23Miss Hawthorne is in critical condition.
26:25She fell on a bed of knives she'd arranged on the floor.
26:28We think it was intentional.
26:30And Julian?
26:31The detective's answer was cold and blunt.
26:33Alive.
26:34Barely.
26:35He's in surgery now.
26:38She said she did it for you.
26:40I didn't ask her to.
26:41I didn't ask her to.
26:42I know we've been blessed as you.
26:43I know.
26:44But she left something for you.
26:46He held out a phone.
26:47Serafina's phone.
26:48A final message.
26:49Waiting.
26:50One single video file in the gallery.
26:52Dated today.
26:52Time stamped two hours before the live stream.
26:54This was her goodbye.
26:56If you're watching this, I'm already gone.
26:58And I'm sorry.
27:00In that first timeline, you built something incredible after I died.
27:02I heard about it before, before I came back.
27:04You revolutionized cybersecurity.
27:05Changed how we protect data.
27:07Saved millions of lives with your work.
27:08You did all of that after I destroyed you.
27:10So imagine what you could do without me in your way.
27:11I spent my entire life trying to control everything.
27:14My family's company.
27:15My relationships.
27:16And the church.
27:17And all it did was destroy the one person who actually cared about me.
27:21And if anyone ever asks about me, tell them I finally learned to let go.
27:27The video ended.
27:29Leaving Liev alone with her words.
27:31A final goodbye that set him free.
27:33The MIT's research lab hung with activity around me.
27:36But I barely noticed.
27:37I was deep in code.
27:38Refining the encryption algorithm.
27:40Foundation for next-gen medical device security.
27:43Dr. Vance?
27:47There's someone here to see you.
27:49Says it's a personal.
27:50I don't have any appointments.
27:51I know.
27:52But she said you'd want to see her.
27:54She.
27:55I followed him to the lobby.
27:56Stop.
27:59Older but somehow softer.
28:01The sharp edges.
28:01Worn down.
28:05Hi.
28:06You are alive.
28:09Disappointed?
28:10Confused.
28:11The knives.
28:12I positioned them carefully.
28:14I knew where to fall.
28:15I spent the last five years in therapy.
28:17The kind where they don't let you leave until you've actually processed your trauma.
28:21And Julian?
28:22MIT has research lab.
28:24Prison.
28:24Fifteen years for fraud and embezzlement.
28:26He'll be out eventually, but he's not my problem anymore.
28:28Silence stretched between us.
28:29Why are you here?
28:30To apologize.
28:31In person.
28:31For everything I did to you.
28:32Both timelines.
28:33You were right about all of it.
28:34I was obsessed with control.
28:35With the fantasy of who I thought you should be.
28:37And it almost killed us both.
28:38Sarah.
28:38I'm not asking for forgiveness.
28:39Or a second chance.
28:40I just wanted you to know.
28:41Your work is saving lives.
28:42Real people.
28:42I read your last paper on pacemaker security protocols.
28:44Do you know how many recounts you prevented?
28:45How many deaths you stopped?
28:46It's just research.
28:48It's everything.
28:50You're doing what I should have done five years ago.
28:53And I'm proud of you.
28:57Sarah.
28:57I forgive you.
29:03You don't have to.
29:03I know.
29:04But I'm choosing to anyway.
29:06We were both trapped in patterns we couldn't break.
29:07Until we did.
29:10Take care of yourself.
29:11You too.
29:11She walked out.
29:12And I watched her go.
29:13Really go this time.
29:13No weight of obligation.
29:14Or revenge.
29:15Or unfinished business.
29:16Just two people.
29:16Who survived each other.
29:17My phone buzzed.
29:19A text from Marcus.
29:20Conference room.
29:21Now.
29:21The NSA wants to talk about your encryption protocol.
29:23I smiled.
29:23And headed back.
29:24This life.
29:25The one I built on my own terms.
29:26Was just beginning.
29:26This time.
29:27I wasn't letting anyone take it from me.
29:30Prison.
29:30Prison.
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