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00:00I'm straddling my husband, kissing him passionately. It's New Year's Eve.
00:04As the CEO of Pierce Holdings, I wired my mother-in-law, Lois, 30 grand as a little gift.
00:09She was grinning from ear to ear as she scooped up my three-year-old daughter,
00:13Chloe, and headed straight for the front door.
00:15Grandma's taking you to see the fireworks. We're going to go to church for the watch night service.
00:20Two hours passed. They weren't back. And Lois's phone went straight to voicemail.
00:25As I was going to look for them, my husband's phone lit up.
00:28A text notification from Oakville Hospital.
00:31Carter Davis, guardian of Chloe Pierce, do you consent to transferring her heart to pediatric patient Kim Davis?
00:37Before my brain could process the words, Carter tapped confirm, without a second of hesitation.
00:43Who the hell is wristed Kim Davis and screamed? Why are you giving him Chloe's heart?
00:48What heart? Elizabeth, you're losing it. It was just a pop-up ad.
00:52I snatched my own phone off the counter. My hands were shaking.
00:55I dialed one number. He answered on the first ring.
00:59Marcus, someone is trying to cut out the Pierce heir's heart.
01:03A hand came out of nowhere and knocked my phone right out of my hand.
01:06The screen shattered.
01:07Elizabeth Pearson, it's New Year's! Don't start shit!
01:10Carter was nothing like his usual obedient self.
01:13His face twisted with rage as he pointed at me and shouted.
01:16That was a pop-up ad for some stupid drama.
01:19Mom took Chloe to the church to pray for the family.
01:21The signal deck's up there, so stop acting crazy.
01:24My heart slammed against my ribs. Cold sweat soaked my back.
01:28Carter insisting that Chloe spend New Year's at Lois's house had been planned all along.
01:33Fine. It was an ad. I misread it.
01:35I forced myself to stay calm and turn toward the entryway.
01:38I'm going out to buy a few more groceries.
01:40Stop!
01:41Carter charged at me and blocked the door with his whole body.
01:44He locked it from the inside.
01:46Elizabeth, has your postpartum depression come back?
01:49The doctor said when you have an episode, you get paranoid. You think people are after you.
01:53He pulled a bottle of sedatives from his pocket and started walking toward me.
01:57Be good.
01:58Take the pills and get some sleep. When you wake up, Chloe will be back.
02:01I stared at that bottle, and a hundred memories flashed through my mind.
02:05After Chloe was born, Carter told me I had postpartum depression.
02:08Every time I felt like something was off in the house,
02:11he gave me those pills and said I was having another episode.
02:14Now I understood.
02:16He was never treating me.
02:18He was drugging me so he could turn me into a real lunatic.
02:21Get away from me!
02:22I locked eyes with Carter and snarled.
02:25Something vicious flashed through his eyes.
02:27He used his size against me and reached for my hair.
02:30Elizabeth Pierce, I am your legal husband.
02:32If you're having a psychotic break, then I have every right to tie you up.
02:37Psychotic?
02:38The second he said that, something murderous rose in me.
02:40I grabbed the antique vase off the entry table and smashed it as hard as I could against Carter's skull.
02:45Porcelain exploded everywhere.
02:48Blood came pouring down.
02:49Carter staggered back with a scream, clutching his head.
02:52His face was full of disbelief.
02:54Elizabeth, you crazy bitch!
02:55You actually hit me?
02:57For Chloe, I'd kill if I had to.
02:59I kicked Carter out of my way, yanked the door open, and ran.
03:03Elizabeth Person!
03:04Carter roared behind me.
03:06You walk out that door today, your daughter is dead!
03:08My heart was racing.
03:10I jumped into the car and opened the hidden program on my phone with shaking hands.
03:14Thank God!
03:15For safety!
03:16I'd hidden a military-grade GPS tracker inside Chloe's charm, which she had worn since she was born.
03:22A red dot blinked on the screen.
03:24The location was Oakville Hospital, a private clinic out on the edge of the city.
03:28I bit down hard on my lip.
03:30That place was notorious.
03:31An underground clinic that specialized in illegal organ deals.
03:35Chloe, wait for me!
03:37Mommy's coming to save you!
03:38The Maybach roared down the highway.
03:40I pushed it to a hundred miles an hour.
03:43Everything outside blurred into streaks.
03:45My phone kept vibrating.
03:47Carter.
03:48Elizabeth Pearson!
03:49Pull the car over right now!
03:50Mom just took Chloe in for a full checkup.
03:52What the hell are you losing your mind for?
03:53A checkup?
03:54I thought you said she was at the watch night service.
03:56Carter, if anything happens to Chloe, I will bury your whole damn family.
03:59Bury us?
03:59You think you can?
04:00You're a...
04:00Elizabeth, guess I forgot to mention this.
04:03I put a hidden camera in our bedroom.
04:06Every video of us together, every single night.
04:08I saved all of it.
04:10If you ruin this for Kim, your nudes and your sex tricks will be all over the internet within 30
04:13minutes.
04:14Pierce stock will crash.
04:16Your father will drop dead from the shock.
04:17And you?
04:18You'll be the whore everyone knows by name.
04:20So if you don't want your whole life destroyed, turn the car around and come back.
04:24It felt like a knife twisting in my chest.
04:26But it also snapped me fully awake.
04:29This was the man I had loved for three years.
04:31The kind that rips flesh off bone.
04:33Go ahead, post them.
04:35In the rear view mirror, two black vans came out of nowhere.
04:39My eyes were cold.
04:40Carter, let's see what hits the news first.
04:42My naked pictures or your obituary.
04:45Before I even finished, the two vans lunged at me from both sides.
04:49You want me dead.
04:52I gripped the wheel tight.
04:54Then I'll send you to hell first.
04:56I didn't hit the brakes.
04:58I shifted up.
05:00Floored it.
05:01Then I yanked the wheel hard to the left and slammed straight into the van beside me.
05:05Sparks exploded.
05:07The van spun out, flipped sideways, and rolled straight into the median.
05:11The impact threw me forward.
05:12My forehead smashed into the steering wheel.
05:15Blood poured down at once.
05:17My vision blurred red.
05:18I didn't stop.
05:20I drove all the way to Oakville Hospital.
05:22The front entrance was already blocked.
05:24A few security guards stood there waiting with riot batons in their hands.
05:28Move behind me.
05:29Carter jumped out of another car.
05:31He was screaming.
05:32Grab that psycho.
05:33Don't let her upstairs.
05:34I pulled a high voltage stun batten out of my bag.
05:37Carter dropped first.
05:38Foam spilled from his mouth as he hit the ground convulsing.
05:41I didn't even look at him.
05:43I stepped over his body and sprinted for the elevator.
05:46The GPS showed Chloe on the fourth floor.
05:49The elevator doors slid open.
05:52At a glance, I saw Chloe.
05:53Her little face was white as paper.
05:56She was lying on a hospital bed, already being wheeled toward the oar.
06:00Chloe!
06:01I ran at them like I'd lost my mind.
06:03Stop her!
06:04Now!
06:05Lois shrieked and lunged at me.
06:07A woman in scrubs came at me from the other side.
06:10I knew her.
06:11Rachel Hayes.
06:12Carter's distant cousin.
06:14She looked at me now with none of the timid, meek act she used to wear.
06:18Her eyes were full of open provocation.
06:20Elizabeth Pearson?
06:21You stole my husband for years.
06:23It's time to pay that debt back.
06:26My mind went blank.
06:28Rachel's husband was supposed to be dead.
06:30What the hell did she mean?
06:31I stole her husband.
06:33I slapped her across the face.
06:34Then I brought the stun battened down hard on her shoulder.
06:37Get the hell out of my way!
06:39Who's your husband?
06:40When did I ever steal anyone's husband?
06:43Rachel screamed and collapsed to the floor.
06:45I kicked Lois aside and rushed for the oar.
06:48But the old woman grabbed my leg and clung to it with everything she had.
06:52You are not going in in there!
06:54Chloe's just a girl and she even took your last name.
06:57Her heart can save my precious grandson Kim.
06:59That's her blessing in life!
07:00Then she opened her mouth and bit down on my calf.
07:03Pain shot through me.
07:04But it was nothing compared to the storm breaking in my chest.
07:07Her precious grandson?
07:09I had been married to Carter for three years.
07:11I had only ever given birth to Chloe.
07:14Lois was never warm to Chloe, but she had never once mentioned a grandson.
07:18So where the hell had a grandson come from?
07:20The oar doors were already sliding shut.
07:23My eyes went bloodshot.
07:25You wanna die?
07:26Fine!
07:26I slammed the stun batten into her.
07:29She let out a shrill scream.
07:30At the same time, I threw my whole body against the operating room door.
07:34Open the door!
07:35Open it now!
07:36I'm Chloe's mother!
07:38I do not consent to this surgery!
07:40I pounded on the sealed door with everything I had.
07:43Save your breath.
07:45That cold voice came from behind me.
07:47Carter was here, and he had a huge man with him.
07:50Before I could turn around, they slammed me onto the freezing floor.
07:54My arms were twisted behind my back so hard I couldn't move.
07:58Carter looked down at me with pure contempt.
08:01Elizabeth, stop making a scene.
08:03Kim's already critical.
08:04The doctor said if he doesn't get the right heart, he won't make it through the night.
08:06But Chloe's heart is a perfect match for Kim.
08:09This is fate.
08:10She was meant to save her own brother.
08:12Brother?
08:13I only have one child, one daughter!
08:16Where the hell did she get a brother?
08:18Kim is my son with Rachel!
08:19That makes him Chloe's brother!
08:21A wave of cold shot through my whole body.
08:23It felt like I'd been dropped into an ice pit.
08:26Carter had been cheating on me.
08:27His eyes turned greedy and savage.
08:29Elizabeth Pearson, don't be selfish!
08:32Rachel and I were in love.
08:33We were supposed to be together.
08:35You used your family's money and power to force me into your family.
08:38His voice shook with anger.
08:39You owe her that!
08:41Now your daughter's heart is how you pay it back.
08:43That's only fair!
08:45I stared at him with bloodshot eyes.
08:47My stomach turned so hard I thought I might throw up.
08:51Carter, you animal!
08:52Chloe is your daughter too!
08:54How can you do this?
08:55This was the same man who had sworn he was single when he chased me.
08:59The same man who knelt outside my father's house, begging for one chance.
09:03And now he was saying I forced him into this marriage.
09:06Beside him, Rachel clutched her swollen face and started crying.
09:09Elizabeth?
09:10Chloe's just a girl.
09:11A throwaway.
09:12Kim is different.
09:13He's a boy.
09:14When he grows up, he can carry on the family line.
09:15He can take care of you when you're old.
09:17Trading one useless girl for an heir to carry on the Pierce name?
09:20You're the one coming out ahead.
09:21I closed my eyes.
09:22Barely holding back the sickness twisting through my gut.
09:25They didn't just want to wipe out the Pierce family.
09:28They wanted to use my daughter's life to pave the road for that bastard child.
09:32Mommy.
09:33Mommy.
09:34Save me.
09:36Chloe!
09:40Let me go!
09:42You animals!
09:43You murderers!
09:45Elizabeth, how did you become so cruel?
09:48If Chloe dies, we can always have another baby.
09:50But Rachel only has Kim.
09:52If Kim dies, she won't survive it.
09:54Then the light above the operating room turned a harsh, blinding red.
10:02Carter Davis!
10:04Even animals don't eat their own young!
10:06You're worse than any beast alive!
10:08Chloe's crying was getting weaker.
10:10What started as blood-curdling screams turned into broken little whimpers.
10:14The anesthesia was taking effect.
10:16No.
10:17Absolutely not.
10:18My daughter was only three.
10:20She was not dying on some freezing operating table.
10:22I twisted around and sank my teeth into the big man's arm.
10:25The taste of blood burst across my tongue.
10:28Ah!
10:28This crazy bitch bites!
10:30He howled and let go.
10:31I tore free, sprang up, and drove my knee straight into Carter's crotch.
10:36Carter folded in half with a scream.
10:38His face went white in an instant.
10:40I grabbed the fire extinguisher from the hallway and slammed it against the OR's electronic lock.
10:45The lock shattered.
10:46I shoved the door open and stumbled inside, covered in blood.
10:50What I saw nearly made me pass out.
10:52Chloe's tiny body was strapped to the table.
10:54A bright red circle had been drawn on her chest.
10:57The lead surgeon was holding a scalpel, poised over my daughter's skin like he was deciding where to cut.
11:02Stop!
11:03I hurled the fire extinguisher at him.
11:05It smashed into his shoulder.
11:07He cried out, and the scalpel clattered to the floor.
11:10I threw myself over Chloe, ripped the four from her arm, and pulled her limp little body into my arms.
11:15It's okay, baby.
11:17Mommy's here.
11:17He's got you.
11:19A blast of pain exploded in the back of my head.
11:22Rachel stood behind me with a fire extinguisher in her hands.
11:25Her face was twisted with rage.
11:27Bitch!
11:27You really think you're getting out of here?
11:29Everything went black for a second.
11:31I hit the floor with Chloe still in my arms.
11:34Dizzy and half-conscious, I clung to her with everything I had.
11:37I would not let go.
11:39Lois and Carter closed in.
11:41Hurry up!
11:42Take that little bitch away!
11:43Can't wait any longer!
11:44The old woman dropped down and started prying at my fingers.
11:48Carter's face darkened.
11:49Then he drove his foot straight into my chest.
11:52Bitch!
11:52You had to do this the hard way!
11:54I felt a rib snap, blood burst from my mouth, and splattered across Chloe's pale little face.
11:59Get over here!
12:00Kim doesn't have time!
12:01Feet came down on me from every side.
12:03I curled around Chloe on the floor while they kicked me again and again.
12:07My broken rib felt like it had punched into my lung.
12:10Every breath sliced through me like a knife.
12:12Carter crouched down, peeled back my stiff, blood-slick fingers one by one, and ripped Chloe out of my arms.
12:17Rachel stepped forward in her heels and ground them down onto the back of my hand, twisting hard over the
12:21blood and skin.
12:22Elizabeth Pearson, look at you now.
12:25In a minute, we're shipping you off to the middle of nowhere to be sold off as a whore.
12:29You'll never make it back, and my son Kim will inherit every last penny the Pierce family owns.
12:36I lay there on the floor, helpless, and watched them strap my daughter back onto the operating table.
12:43I grabbed Carter's pant leg like it was the last thing left in the world.
12:46Please let Chloe go.
12:48I'll give you a billion dollars.
12:49I'll transfer it right now.
12:50And I swear I won't come after any of you for today.
12:54Carter, if you kill her, you'll pay for it with your life!
12:57Take the money.
12:58Build your life.
12:59You can find another donor heart.
13:02Carter hesitated.
13:03His eyes flickered.
13:04Then he looked at Rachel.
13:06Don't listen to her!
13:07If that woman lives, the Pierce will come after us sooner or later.
13:10But if you kill them both, everything the Pierce family has becomes ours.
13:14Carter, only dead people keep secrets.
13:16Carter's face turned savage again.
13:18Right.
13:19You finish it clean.
13:21Then he turned and shouted at the doctor.
13:23What are you waiting for?
13:24Do it now!
13:25Take the heart!
13:26The surgeon picked up the scalpel and drove it toward my daughter's chest.
13:29No!
13:30The scream ripped out of me so hard.
13:32It felt like my whole body split open.
13:35Tears mixed with blood at the corners of my eyes.
13:37A deafening impact shook the room.
13:39Carter was sent flying across the oar and slammed into the wall.
13:42At the same time, dozens of bodyguards in black stormed in and locked the whole room down in seconds.
13:47Marcus walked to the operating table, wrapped Chloe carefully in a blanket,
13:51and handed her to the doctor who came with him.
13:53Then he turned, lifted me into his arms, and looked at the Davis family.
13:57There was murder in his eyes.
13:58Who the hell thinks they can touch someone from the Pierce family?
14:01The surgeon's hand was stomped hard against the floor.
14:05His whole face twisted from the corner.
14:07If those hands only know how to hurt people, then you don't need them anymore.
14:11In the corner, Carter was curled up on the floor, one hand clutching his chest.
14:16The hell are you people?
14:17There are laws in this country.
14:18I'm calling the cops.
14:20I'm Elizabeth Paris' husband.
14:21I'm trying as my son.
14:23What's wrong with that?
14:24What right do you have to do this?
14:27And I, a family matter.
14:31Carter Davis, did you forget something?
14:34Pierce Holdings belongs to the Pierce.
14:38Who are you?
14:39Are you some man Elizabeth's been keeping on the side?
14:42I knew it!
14:43That bitch already found herself another man!
14:46That's why she wouldn't save our Kim!
14:48Kim, you homewrecker!
14:50Both of you deserve to die!
14:52The merest bodyguard backhanded her so hard.
14:54She flew sideways and slammed into a metal cabinet.
14:57She spat out a mouthful of blood.
15:00Two teeth came with it.
15:01Murder!
15:02They're killing people!
15:03The mob is killing people!
15:06My grandson!
15:08My precious Kim!
15:09He hasn't even had his surgery yet!
15:12Somebody save him!
15:13He's all I have!
15:14Throw that bastard out of here.
15:16You can't throw him out!
15:18He needs surgery!
15:20Where's the heart?
15:21Cut that useless girl's heart out!
15:23A heart?
15:24That's what you want?
15:27If that little bastard needs one so badly,
15:30then cut open these three animals to your hearts
15:32and test their hearts.
15:33Let's see whose matches.
15:42What do you mean I'm alive?
15:44I'm Kim's father!
15:47Oh, so now you do know something about being alive?
15:52Chloe is alive too.
15:54When you did this,
15:55did you remember she was your daughter?
15:58The bodyguard stepped forward
15:59and dragged the three of them up like sacks of garbage.
16:02No!
16:02You can't do this to a woman!
16:05Take them.
16:06If they enjoy experimenting on human bodies so much,
16:10send them to the hole.
16:11Let them find out what it really feels like
16:14to be cut open alive.
16:15The bodyguards dragged them out.
16:17Their screams and desperate pleas
16:18echoed through the hallway.
16:20Elizabeth!
16:21Honey!
16:21I was wrong!
16:23I lost my mind for a second!
16:25Elizabeth Pearson!
16:26You're gonna die for this!
16:29I sighed against Marcus's solid chest.
16:32He smelled like cold cedar.
16:33It was the same cedar scent I remembered
16:35from when I first met him.
16:37I still remembered that day.
16:39His family had been torn apart by an accident.
16:41In his father's final moments,
16:44he asked his oldest friend,
16:45my grandfather,
16:46to look after his youngest son, Marcus.
16:48From that day on,
16:50he had always been there,
16:51protecting me.
16:52That smell of cedar was the first thing all night
16:54that made me feel safe.
16:57Marcus.
16:59Chloe.
17:01Go to sleep.
17:06Elizabeth, don't be scared.
17:07I'm here now.
17:09No one will ever hurt you or Chloe again.
17:15Chloe!
17:16I jolted awake so hard
17:17that pain tore through my entire body at once.
17:20Chloe's okay.
17:21A warm hand pressed down
17:22on my shoulder immediately.
17:24Marcus's eyes were bloodshot,
17:26his voice rough with exhaustion.
17:28She only hailed a little anesthetic.
17:30She's asleep in the room next door.
17:31The second I knew my daughter was alive,
17:33every nerve in my body went slack.
17:35I collapsed back against the pillows.
17:37Then the hatred hit me.
17:39Where are Carter and the others?
17:43Are they dead?
17:45Dead?
17:46That would be letting them off easy.
17:48Marcus picked up the remote
17:49and let out a cold laugh.
17:51They're busy putting on a show right now.
17:53The TV screen lit up.
17:55It was the local news station
17:56with the highest ratings in the city,
17:58broadcasting live.
17:59On the screen,
18:00Carter sat in a wheelchair
18:01with thick bandages wrapped around his head.
18:03His face was pale as paper.
18:05Rachel and Lois stood beside him,
18:08sobbing dramatically into a cluster of microphones
18:10and camera flashes.
18:11The headline blazed across the bottom of the screen
18:14in bold black letters.
18:15Wealthy family scandal,
18:17Pierce holding CEO caught cheating,
18:19mob lover assaults father of terminally ill child.
18:21Carter held up a blurry photo.
18:23It was the shot from last night.
18:25The one of Marcus carrying me out of the operating room.
18:28I was only trying to save my sick nephew
18:31and her boy toy beat me half to death.
18:34I've put up with Elizabeth being dominating at home for years,
18:37but I never imagined she'd cheat on me behind my back.
18:41She even tried to sell off my own daughter.
18:44Lois dropped to the floor and started wailing.
18:46This is pure evil!
18:48That adulterous pair refused to save a child
18:51and then tried to silence us!
18:55Who's going to stand up for my poor grandson, Kim?
18:59I'm Carter's cousin.
19:01I've worked like a servant in the Pierce household,
19:03waited on her hand and foot,
19:05and she still beat me.
19:07Yesterday, just to stop Kim from getting treatment,
19:10she had someone break my cousin's leg.
19:12The online comments exploded instantly.
19:15This woman is pure poison.
19:17Throw her in jail.
19:18Boycott Pierce Holdings.
19:20Let the company burn.
19:22Poor Mr. Davis.
19:23Marrying into a rich family must be hell.
19:26I stared at Carter's face on the screen.
19:28That sanctimonious, lying face.
19:31And suddenly, I laughed.
19:33They really do want to die.
19:34Marcus covered my hand with his.
19:36A brutal flash of murder crossed his eyes.
19:39Just say the word, and I'll make them disappear tonight.
19:42No one will ever trace it back to the Pierce.
19:44No.
19:45I pushed his hand away,
19:46threw back the blanket,
19:48and swung my bare feet onto the floor,
19:50forcing myself up despite the sharp agony in my ribs.
19:53Making them disappear would be too easy.
19:56I want them ruined.
19:58I want them broken.
20:00I want them to suffer.
20:02I picked up my phone from the bedside table.
20:04There was already a text from Carter.
20:07Elizabeth Pierce.
20:08If you don't want your nudes and your little affair with that man all over the internet,
20:12bring Chloe back right now so she can donate her heart to Kim.
20:15And get 50 million ready for emotional damages.
20:17If you don't,
20:19I'll release every video I have and let the whole world see what kind of filthy whore you really are.
20:23This was the man I had loved for three years.
20:26For another woman's son,
20:27he was willing to drive me and my daughter straight into hell.
20:30I turned to Marcus, my eyes steady now.
20:33Marcus set up a press conference for me.
20:35Right now.
20:36He looked at me for a long moment.
20:39Then, at last, the hard line of his mouth lifted.
20:42He stood, took off his coat, and draped it over my shoulders,
20:46covering the thin hospital gown.
20:48Done.
20:50Whatever you want to do, I'm with you.
20:52Pierce Holdings.
20:54Main conference hall.
20:56I sat in a wheelchair wearing a hospital gown.
20:58No makeup.
20:59The bruises on my face were impossible to miss.
21:02I had just lifted the microphone when the doors slammed open.
21:06Elizabeth Pearson, you vicious bitch, you cheating whore!
21:09Carter stormed in with a pack of influencers behind him,
21:11all of them holding up their phones and live streaming.
21:14Rachel Hayes shoved a wheelchair forward,
21:16Lois trailing after her.
21:18The three of them came charging toward the stage like rabid dogs.
21:21Carter jabbed a finger in my face,
21:23spit flying as he shouted.
21:24Get Chloe over right now!
21:26She's my daughter!
21:27Everybody watching, get a good look.
21:29This is the woman right here!
21:30She was ready to sell off her own daughter for another man,
21:33and she'd rather let my poor nephew die than save him!
21:36Flashbulbs went wild.
21:38The reporters rushed in, practically vibrating with excitement.
21:41Miss Pierce, care to respond?
21:44Did you really cheat on your husband,
21:46traffic your own daughter, and try to murder your nephew?
21:48I looked at Carter coldly.
21:50Ladies and gentlemen, instead of listening to stories,
21:53why don't we look at the evidence?
21:54I lifted my hand and pressed play.
21:56The giant screen behind me flared to life.
21:59On screen, Carter's face twisted with fury
22:01as his voice exploded through the hall.
22:02Elizabeth Pearson's nudes all over the internet.
22:04You'll become the kind of hit every man can have.
22:07Elizabeth, how did you become so cruel?
22:10If Chloe dies, we can always have another baby.
22:12But Rachel only has Kim.
22:14If Kim dies, she won't survive it.
22:16The room went dead silent.
22:18The reporters stared at the screen in shock.
22:20Even the camera shutters seemed to stop for a beat.
22:23Then the room erupted.
22:25My God!
22:26He's not even human!
22:28Carter stared at the screen, his face draining white.
22:31He lunged toward the cameras in a panic, trying to block every lens in sight.
22:34Turn it off!
22:35Turn it off now!
22:36It's fake!
22:37It's AI!
22:38She fabricated all of it!
22:40I pressed the remote again.
22:41Two DNA test reports appeared on the screen.
22:44Carter Davis and Kim Davis, confirmed biological father and son.
22:47Carter Davis.
22:48I spoke into the microphone, my voice flat and cold.
22:52For three years after marrying into the Pierce family, you lived off me, wore what I bought,
22:57spent Pierce money and used it to support your first wife and her son.
23:00You told me Rachel Hayes was your cousin.
23:03You told me Kim was your nephew.
23:04Now tell everyone here what you have to say for yourself.
23:07Even a wild animal won't eat its own young.
23:10You're lower than that.
23:11Rachel let out a shrill scream and pointed at the screen.
23:14It's fake!
23:14Elizabeth forged all of it!
23:16I gave a short, cold laugh and played another video.
23:18Three years ago, Carter was kneeling outside the Pierce estate, crying so hard he could barely speak.
23:23Sir, please.
23:24Please give me a chance to marry into the Pierce family.
23:27I swear I'll treasure Elizabeth with all my heart.
23:30I will never betray her for as long as I live.
23:33The irony was almost too much to bear.
23:35Bigamy.
23:36Fraud.
23:37Attempted murder.
23:38Illegal organ trafficking.
23:40The rest of your life starts in prison.
23:42The mood in the room turned instantly.
23:44The reporters who had been backing Carter just moments ago now looked at him with open disgust.
23:49No!
23:49Elizabeth, listen to me!
23:50I can explain!
23:51Carter finally broke.
23:53He dropped to his knees with a thud and started crawling toward me.
23:56I was tricked!
23:57It was Rachel!
23:58That bitch seduced me!
23:59Elizabeth, I love you!
24:00I just wanted a son to carry on the family name!
24:02I was confused!
24:03I made a mistake!
24:04Carter Davis, you bastard!
24:06Rachel flew into a rage and threw herself at him, clawing and tearing at his clothes.
24:10When our son got sick, you walked out on us and didn't look back.
24:14Then later, when Elizabeth couldn't give you a son, you regretted it and wanted one again!
24:19I watched the two of them brawl below the stage and felt nothing but disgust.
24:23Carter Davis, Pierce Honings is filing for divorce immediately.
24:26I am revoking every investment, freezing every supplemental card, and reclaiming every house and car bought with my money.
24:32I paused, letting my eyes sweep over the custom suit he was wearing.
24:36And one more thing.
24:38That clothes and that watch you have on right now were paid for with my card.
24:42They're not yours.
24:43Take them off.
24:45Security.
24:46Strip him and throw him out.
24:49Elizabeth Pierce!
24:50Ah!
24:51You can't do this to me!
24:52I'm the Pierce family's son-in-law!
24:54In front of a room full of cameras, Carter Davis was stripped down to a pair of bright red briefs.
24:59Then he was dragged out and thrown into the street.
25:01Outside Pierce Holdings, the wind cut like a blade.
25:04So this is the animal who tried to carve his own daughter's heart out.
25:08Disgusting!
25:09Come on, guys, drop some gifts and let's see if I can get him to roll over!
25:13Carter Davis!
25:14You worthless piece of trash!
25:16Weren't you the one who said you had Elizabeth completely under control?
25:19Kim's waiting on life-saving treatment.
25:21The hospital's about to cut off his meds.
25:22Where's the money?
25:23Get off me, you bitch!
25:25If you hadn't been whispering in my ear every damn day,
25:27telling me we had to dig Chloe's heart out,
25:29I never would have ended up like this!
25:31I told you I had money!
25:33I said we could buy a heart!
25:34You were the one who kept saying full siblings had a better match,
25:38and we could save the money!
25:39This is all your fault!
25:41What a curse this all is!
25:42It's all because of this little witch!
25:44I told you from the start Elizabeth was the better one,
25:47but no, you had to get mixed up with this tramp!
25:49Shut up!
25:50What good is crying now?
25:51Well, isn't this lively?
25:52Rachel, this is the long-term meal-out you told me about?
25:55Why is he stripped naked and looking like some stray dog?
25:57Jake Johnson!
25:58What are you doing here?
25:59Carter froze for a beat.
26:00Rachel, who the hell is he?
26:02Who am I?
26:03I'm Rachel's boyfriend.
26:04Old man, old man, we should be thanking you.
26:06You spent the last three years working yourself to death so we could live it up.
26:09Carter went rigid.
26:11If you're her boyfriend,
26:13then what the hell am I?
26:16What are you?
26:17You're just some idiot who was good for money.
26:19If it hadn't been for Kim's medical bills,
26:20who do you think would have bothered putting up with some pathetic two-second man like you?
26:23Every dollar you spent these past three years was money you owed me and Kim.
26:27I'll kill both of you!
26:31Help, Johnson!
26:32You old bastard, let go!
26:34The moment Carter's mother saw her son get in the business,
26:36she threw herself into the fight to help him.
26:39The four of them ended up brawling right there in the street.
26:41No one in the crowd tried to stop them.
26:44And the whole thing was just getting started.
26:46In the end, Carter and his whole family were taken away by the police.
26:50Because of the brawl in a public place,
26:52they were held for 24 hours.
26:53When Carter got out, he was covered in bruises.
26:56The worst of it was below the waist.
26:58He could barely walk without his legs bowing outward.
27:01The only place he had left to go was the cramped little room at Oakville Hospital.
27:05That was where his last shred of hope was lying.
27:08Kim Davis.
27:09The second he stepped inside,
27:11the doctor coldly slapped two papers against his chest.
27:14You owe $100,000.
27:16If the bill isn't paid by tomorrow,
27:18we stop the medication.
27:20And this is your injury report.
27:23Carter bent down with shaking hands and picked it up.
27:25The moment he read it, his eyes widened in horror.
27:29Crushed testicular rupture.
27:31Permanent loss of reproductive function.
27:33It felt like something exploded in his head.
27:35He dropped to the floor, staring blankly into space.
27:39He, Carter Davis, was less than a man now.
27:41Done.
27:42Finished.
27:43Which meant the child lying in that hospital bed,
27:46Kim, was the only bloodline he had left.
27:48The only son.
27:50The only heir.
27:51If Kim died, the Davis line died with him.
27:54Doctor!
27:55Please!
27:56You have to save my son!
27:58He's the only one I've got!
28:01What's the point of all this crying if you don't have money?
28:03Go find the cash.
28:04The room went dead silent.
28:07What kind of curse is this?
28:09They took everything!
28:11How are we supposed to save my grandson now?
28:14Money.
28:16We need money.
28:18Carter muttered.
28:19His eyes darted wildly around the room.
28:22Rachel was huddled in the corner, not daring to speak.
28:25Johnson had already run off.
28:26She didn't have a dollar to her name anymore.
28:29Then Carter's gaze landed on her.
28:31Greedy.
28:32Calculating.
28:33Predatory.
28:35Rachel.
28:35Rachel.
28:39For Kim's sake, you'd do anything, wouldn't you?
28:42Carter.
28:44What are you doing?
28:45Kim is our son.
28:47He's the future.
28:49A place like Oakville Hospital will do anything if you pay enough.
28:53A kidney goes for 30 grand on the black market.
28:56Your corneas would fetch plenty too.
28:59You're Kim's mother.
29:01Using your organs to save your son is only natural, right?
29:05No, that's illegal!
29:06I'm alive!
29:07I'm not selling anything!
29:09I'm not!
29:09Rachel, Carter's right.
29:11You've got two kidneys.
29:12Losing one won't kill you.
29:14Kim is the only thing that matters to the Davis family.
29:17Let me go!
29:18You old hag!
29:19Let me go!
29:26Stop fighting!
29:28Move again and I'll choke you to death!
29:30The rubber tubing bit into her flesh.
29:33Rachel's eyes rolled back.
29:34Her tongue slipped out as her hands weakly clawed at Carter's wrists.
29:38Once we sell you, we'll have the money!
29:40Then Kim lives!
29:42He had just started dragging Rachel, half-conscious now, toward the door to find a doctor.
29:46When the room exploded inward,
29:48The door was kicked wide open.
29:52Police!
29:53Nobody move!
29:53More than a dozen armed officers flooded the room,
29:56their weapons raised, and aimed straight at Carter.
29:58Then came the sound of wheelchair wheels rolling over tile.
30:01Marcus pushed me slowly through the doorway and stopped just inside.
30:04Carter Davis.
30:06Kidnapping, aggravated assault, and illegal human organ trafficking.
30:09This time, you're not getting out.
30:11You'll rot in prison.
30:13Carter's hands went slack.
30:15Rachel dropped from his grasp like a rag doll
30:17and hit the floor, clutching her throat as she coughed violently.
30:20He turned his head toward me, stiff and slow.
30:23The last light in his eyes had gone out.
30:25Elizabeth Pierce, you really are ruthless.
30:28Ruthless?
30:29No.
30:30You did this to yourself.
30:33Then the handcuffs snapped shut with a hard metallic click.
30:36And that was the end of him.
30:38Three months later,
30:40the courtroom was solemn and still.
30:42Standing at the defense table,
30:44Carter looked like he had aged 20 years.
30:46His hair had gone gray.
30:48His back was bent.
30:49There was nothing left of the man who had once carried himself with swagger and pride.
30:53The judge brought down the gavel.
30:55Defendant Carter Davis, having been found guilty of bigamy, fraud, aggravated assault,
31:00illegal trafficking of human organs, and kidnapping,
31:03is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and confiscation of all personal assets.
31:09Defendant Rachel Hayes, having been found guilty of aggravated assault, fraud, and kidnapping,
31:15is hereby sentenced to 15 years in prison.
31:18Defendant Lois Davis, having been found guilty of aiding and adedging an aggravated assault,
31:23is hereby sentenced to eight years in prison.
31:26When he heard the sentence, Carter slowly turned and looked at me in the gallery.
31:31I looked back at him calmly.
31:33My eyes were completely cold.
31:35As for the child named Kim, he had died on the third day after Carter's arrest for multiple organ failure.
31:40After the sentencing, I went to the detention center to see Carter one last time.
31:45Separated by bulletproof glass, Carter picked up the phone.
31:49Elizabeth, you won.
31:53No.
31:54You were just too greedy.
31:56Carter let out a broken laugh.
31:58Cloudy tears spilled down his face.
32:00Yeah.
32:01I could have had everything.
32:03I had a beautiful wife, a wonderful daughter, and more money than I could spend.
32:07I'm the one who ruined it all with my own hands.
32:10I'll behave in there.
32:11I'll do my time right.
32:13Chloe?
32:14Is she doing okay?
32:15Carter.
32:17From this day on, Chloe has nothing to do with you.
32:19She will forget you completely as her father.
32:22You can spend the rest of your life making up for what you did.
32:25That is the debt you owe Chloe.
32:28With that, I hung up the phone and walked out of the visitation room without looking back.
32:32Behind me, I could hear Carter break down, sobbing so hard it sounded like his heart was being torn apart.
32:37But I didn't care anymore.
32:39When I stepped out through the gates of the detention center, the sun was shining.
32:43The window rolled down, revealing Marcus's handsome profile.
32:46Chloe was wearing a pink princess dress.
32:48She flew into my arms like a happy little butterfly.
32:52After months of therapy, she had finally come out of the darkness and become bright and lively again.
32:56Mommy, Uncle Marcus said he's taking us to Disneyland today.
32:59Come on, hurry!
33:01Marcus stepped out of the car and slipped his other arm lightly around my waist.
33:05Is it all over?
33:07Yeah.
33:08It's over.
33:10Then it's time for a new life to begin.
33:12He crouched down, lifted Chloe into his arms, and then looked at me with a tenderness so deep as...
33:16Chloe, how about calling me dad from now on?
33:21Daddy!
33:25The sunlight poured over us, warm and golden.
33:28I looked at the two of them smiling and felt myself smile too.
33:31No matter how deep into hell life may drag you, if you keep walking forward, you will always find the
33:36light.
33:37You know, OK!
33:40Bye!
33:40But now, thank you!
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