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00:01I'm straddling my husband, kissing him passionately, it's New Year's Eve.
00:05As the CEO of Pierce Holdings, I wired my mother-in-law, Lois, 30 grand as a little gift.
00:10She was grinning from ear to ear as she scooped up my three-year-old daughter, Chloe, and headed straight
00:15for the front door.
00:17Grandma's taking you to see the fireworks, we're gonna go to church for the watch night service.
00:21Two hours passed, they weren't back, and Lois' phone went straight to voicemail.
00:26As I was going to look for them, my husband's phone lit up.
00:30A text notification from Oakville Hospital.
00:33Carter Davis, guardian of Chloe Pierce, do you consent to transferring her heart to pediatric patient Kim Davis?
00:39Before my brain could process the words, Carter tapped confirm, without a second of hesitation.
00:45Who the hell is wrist as Kim Davis and screamed? Why are you giving him Chloe's heart?
00:50What heart? Elizabeth, you're losing it, it was just a pop-up ad.
00:54I snatched my own phone off the counter. My hands were shaking. I dialed one number. He answered on the
01:01first ring.
01:01Marcus, someone is trying to cut out the Pierce Air's heart.
01:05A hand came out of nowhere and knocked my phone right out of my hand. The screen shattered.
01:10Elizabeth Pearson, it's New Year's! Don't start shit!
01:13Carter was nothing like his usual obedient self. His face twisted with rage as he pointed at me and shouted.
01:18That was a pop-up ad for some stupid drama. Mom took Chloe to the church to pray for the
01:23family.
01:24The signal DAC's up there, so stop acting crazy!
01:27My heart slammed against my ribs. Cold sweat soaked my back.
01:31Carter insisting that Chloe spend New Year's at Lois' house had been planned all along.
01:36Fine. It was an ad. I misread it.
01:38I forced myself to stay calm and turn toward the entryway.
01:41I'm going out to buy a few more groceries.
01:43Stop!
01:44Carter charged at me and blocked the door with his whole body. He locked it from the inside.
01:49Elizabeth, has your postpartum depression come back?
01:52The doctor said when you have an episode, you get paranoid. You think people are after you.
01:56He pulled a bottle of sedatives from his pocket and started walking toward me.
02:00Be good. Take the pills and get some sleep. When you wake up, Chloe will be back.
02:04I stared at that bottle, and a hundred memories flashed through my mind.
02:08After Chloe was born, Carter told me I had postpartum depression.
02:11Every time I felt like something was off in the house, he gave me those pills and said
02:16I was having another episode. Now I understood. He was never treating me.
02:21He was drugging me so he could turn me into a real lunatic.
02:24Get away from me!
02:26I locked eyes with Carter and snarled. Something vicious flashed through his eyes.
02:31He used his size against me and reached for my hair.
02:34Elizabeth Pierce, I am your legal husband. If you're having a psychotic break,
02:38then I have every right to tie you up.
02:41The second he said that, something murderous rose in me.
02:44I grabbed the antique vase off the entry table and smashed it as hard as I could against Carter's skull.
02:49Porcelain exploded everywhere. Blood came pouring down.
02:53Carter staggered back with a scream, clutching his head.
02:56His face was full of disbelief.
02:58Elizabeth, you crazy bitch! You actually hit me?
03:00For Chloe, I'd kill if I had to.
03:03I kicked Carter out of my way, yanked the door open, and ran.
03:07Elizabeth Person!
03:08Carter roared behind me.
03:10You walk out that door today, your daughter is dead!
03:13My heart was racing.
03:14I jumped into the car and opened the hidden program on my phone with shaking hands.
03:18Thank God.
03:19For safety.
03:21I'd hidden a military-grade GPS tracker inside Chloe's charm,
03:24which she had worn since she was born.
03:26A red dot blinked on the screen.
03:28The location was Oakville Hospital, a private clinic out on the edge of the city.
03:32I bit down hard on my lip.
03:34That place was notorious.
03:36An underground clinic that specialized in illegal organ deals.
03:40Chloe, wait for me!
03:41Mommy's coming to save you!
03:43The Maybach roared down the highway.
03:45I pushed it to 100 miles an hour.
03:48Everything outside blurred into streaks.
03:50My phone kept vibrating.
03:52Carter.
03:53Elizabeth Pearson! Pull the car over right now!
03:55Mom just took Chloe in for a full checkup.
03:57What the hell are you losing your mind for?
03:58A checkup?
03:59I thought you said she was at the watch night service.
04:01Carter, if anything happens to Chloe, I will bury your whole damn family.
04:04Bury us?
04:04You think you can?
04:05You're a f-
04:06Elizabeth, guess I forgot to mention this.
04:08I put a hidden camera in our bedroom.
04:11Every video of us together, every single night.
04:14I saved all of it.
04:15If you ruin this for Kim, your nudes and your sex tricks will be all over the internet within 30
04:19minutes.
04:20Pierce stock will crash.
04:21Your father will drop dead from the shock.
04:23And you?
04:23You'll be the whore everyone knows by my name.
04:26So if you don't want your whole life destroyed, turn the car around and come back.
04:30It felt like a knife twisting in my chest.
04:32But it also snapped me fully awake.
04:34This was the man I had loved for three years.
04:37The kind that rips flesh off bone.
04:39Go ahead.
04:40Post them.
04:41In the rear view mirror, two black vans came out of nowhere.
04:44My eyes were in full.
04:46Carter, let's see what hits the news first.
04:48My naked pictures?
04:49Or your obituary?
04:50Before I even finished, the two vans lunged at me from both sides.
04:55You want me dead?
04:58I gripped the wheel tight.
05:00Then I'll send you to hell first.
05:02I didn't hit the brakes.
05:04I shifted up.
05:06Floored it.
05:06Then I yanked the wheel hard to the left and slammed straight into the van beside me.
05:11Sparks exploded.
05:12The van spun out, flipped sideways, and rolled straight into the median.
05:17The impact threw me forward.
05:18My forehead smashed into the steering wheel.
05:21Blood poured down at once.
05:23My vision blurred red.
05:25I didn't stop.
05:26I drove all the way to Oakville Hospital.
05:28The front entrance was already blocked.
05:31A few security guards stood there waiting with riot batons in their hands.
05:35Move behind me.
05:36Carter jumped out of another car.
05:38He was screaming.
05:39Grab that psycho.
05:40Don't let her upstairs.
05:40I pulled a high-voltage stun baton out of my bag.
05:43Carter dropped first.
05:45Foam spilled from his mouth as he hit the ground convulsing.
05:48I didn't even look at him.
05:50I stepped over his body and sprinted for the elevator.
05:53The GPS showed Chloe on the fourth floor.
05:56The elevator doors slid open.
05:58At a glance, I saw Chloe.
06:00Her little face was white as paper.
06:03She was lying on a hospital bed, already being wheeled toward the oar.
06:07Chloe!
06:07I ran at them like I'd lost my mind.
06:10Stop her!
06:11Now!
06:12Lois shrieked and lunged at me.
06:14A woman in scrubs came at me from the other side.
06:17I knew her.
06:18Rachel Hayes.
06:19Carter's distant cousin.
06:21She looked at me now with none of the timid, meek act she used to wear.
06:25Her eyes were full of open provocation.
06:27Elizabeth Pearson?
06:28You stole my husband for years.
06:31It's time to pay that debt back.
06:33My mind went blank.
06:35Rachel's husband was supposed to be dead.
06:37What the hell did she mean?
06:39I stole her husband.
06:40I slapped her across the face.
06:42Then I brought the stun batten down hard on her shoulder.
06:45Get the hell out of my way!
06:46Who's your husband?
06:48When did I ever steal anyone's husband?
06:50Rachel screamed and collapsed to the floor.
06:52I kicked Lois aside and rushed for the oar.
06:55But the old woman grabbed my leg and clung to it with everything she had.
06:59You are not going in in there!
07:02Chloe's just a girl and she even took your last name.
07:04If her heart can save my precious grandson Kim, that's her blessing in life!
07:08Then she opened her mouth and bit down on my calf.
07:11Pain shot through me.
07:12But it was nothing compared to the storm breaking in my chest.
07:15Her precious grandson?
07:17I had been married to Carter for three years.
07:19I had only ever given birth to Chloe.
07:22Lois was never warm to Chloe, but she had never once mentioned a grandson.
07:26So where the hell had a grandson come from?
07:29The oar doors were already sliding shut.
07:31My eyes went bloodshot.
07:33You wanna die?
07:34Fine!
07:35I slammed the stun batten into her.
07:37She let out a shrill scream.
07:39At the same time, I threw my whole body against the operating room door.
07:42Open the door!
07:44Open it now!
07:45I'm Chloe's mother!
07:46I do not consent to this surgery!
07:48I pounded on the sealed door with everything I had.
07:52Save your breath.
07:53That cold voice came from behind me.
07:56Carter was here.
07:57And he had a huge man with him.
07:59Before I could turn around, they slammed me onto the freezing floor.
08:03My arms were twisted behind my back so hard I couldn't move.
08:06Carter looked down at me with pure contempt.
08:10Elizabeth, stop making a scene.
08:11Kim's already critical.
08:12The doctor said if he doesn't get the right heart, he won't make it through the night.
08:15Chloe's heart is a perfect match for Kim.
08:17This is his fate.
08:19She was meant to save her own brother.
08:21Brother?
08:22I only have one child, one daughter.
08:25Where the hell did she get a brother?
08:26Kim is my son with Rachel.
08:28That makes him Chloe's brother.
08:30A wave of cold shot through my whole body.
08:32It felt like I'd been dropped into an ice pit.
08:35Carter had been cheating on me.
08:36His eyes turned greedy and savage.
08:39Elizabeth Pearson, don't be selfish.
08:41Rachel and I were in love.
08:42We were supposed to be together.
08:44You used your family's money and power to force me into your family.
08:47His voice shook with anger.
08:49You owe her that.
08:50Now your daughter's heart is how you pay it back.
08:53That's only fair.
08:54I stared at him with bloodshot eyes.
08:57My stomach turned so hard I thought I might throw up.
09:00Carter, you animal.
09:02Chloe is your daughter too.
09:04How can you do this?
09:05This was the same man who had sworn he was single when he chased me.
09:08The same man who knelt outside my father's house, begging for one chance.
09:12And now he was saying I forced him into this marriage.
09:15Beside him, Rachel clutched her swollen face and started crying.
09:19Elizabeth, Chloe's just a girl.
09:21A throwaway.
09:22Kim is different.
09:23He's a boy.
09:23When he grows up, he can carry on the family line.
09:25He can take care of you when you're old.
09:27Trading one useless girl for an heir to carry on the Pierce name?
09:30You're the one coming out ahead.
09:31I closed my eyes, barely holding back the sickness twisting through my gut.
09:35They didn't just want to wipe out the Pierce family.
09:38They wanted to use my daughter's life to pave the road for that bastard child.
09:42Mommy.
09:43Mommy, save me.
09:46Chloe!
09:50Let me go!
09:52You animals!
09:53You murderers!
09:56Elizabeth, how did you become so cruel?
09:58If Chloe dies, we can always have another baby.
10:00But Rachel only has Kim.
10:03If Kim dies, she won't survive it.
10:05Then the light above the operating room turned a harsh, blinding red.
10:13Carter Davis!
10:14Even animals don't eat their own young!
10:16You're worse than any beast alive!
10:18Chloe's crying was getting weaker.
10:20What started as blood-curdling screams turned into broken little whimpers.
10:24The anesthesia was taking effect.
10:26No, absolutely not.
10:29My daughter was only three.
10:30She was not dying on some freezing operating table.
10:33I twisted around and sank my teeth into the big man's arm.
10:36The taste of blood burst across my tongue.
10:39Ah!
10:39This crazy bitch bites!
10:41He howled and let go.
10:42I tore free, sprang up, and drove my knee straight into Carter's crotch.
10:47Carter folded in half with a scream.
10:49His face went white in an instant.
10:51I grabbed the fire extinguisher from the hallway and slammed it against the OR's electronic lock.
10:56The lock shattered.
10:57I shoved the door open and stumbled inside, covered in blood.
11:01What I saw nearly made me pass out.
11:03Chloe's tiny body was strapped to the table.
11:06A bright red circle had been drawn on her chest.
11:08The lead surgeon was holding a scalpel, poised over my daughter's skin like he was deciding where to cut.
11:13Stop!
11:14I hurled the fire extinguisher at him.
11:17It smashed into his shoulder.
11:19He cried out, and the scalpel clattered to the floor.
11:22I threw myself over Chloe, ripped the four from her arm, and pulled her limp little body into my arms.
11:27It's okay, baby.
11:28Mommy's here.
11:29He's got you.
11:30A blast of pain exploded in the back of my head.
11:33Rachel stood behind me with a fire extinguisher in her hands.
11:37Her face was twisted with rage.
11:39Bitch, you really think you're getting out of here?
11:41Everything went black for a second.
11:43I hit the floor with Chloe still in my arms.
11:46Dizzy and half-conscious, I clung to her with everything I had.
11:49I would not let go.
11:51Lois and Carter closed in.
11:53Hurry up!
11:54Take that little bitch away!
11:55Can't wait any longer!
11:56The old woman dropped down and started prying at my fingers.
12:00Carter's face darkened.
12:02Then he drove his foot straight into my chest.
12:04Bitch, you had to do this the hard way.
12:07I felt a rib snap, blood burst from my mouth, and splattered across Chloe's pale little face.
12:11Get over here!
12:12Kim doesn't have time!
12:13Feet came down on me from every side.
12:15I curled around Chloe on the floor while they kicked me again and again.
12:19My broken rib felt like it had punched into my lung.
12:22Every breath sliced through me like a knife.
12:24Carter crouched down, peeled back my stiff.
12:26Blood-slicked fingers one by one and ripped Chloe out of my arms.
12:30Rachel stepped forward in her heels and ground them down onto the back of my hand,
12:33twisting hard over the blood and skin.
12:35Elizabeth Pearson, look at you now.
12:37In a minute, we're shipping you off to the middle of nowhere to be sold off as a whore.
12:42You'll never make it back,
12:44and my son Kim will inherit every last penny the Pierce family owns.
12:48I lay there on the floor, helpless, and watched them strap my daughter back onto the operating table.
12:54Please.
12:55I grabbed Carter's pant leg like it was the last thing left in the world.
12:59Please let Chloe go.
13:01I'll give you a billion dollars.
13:02I'll transfer it right now.
13:03And I swear I won't come after any of you for today.
13:07Carter, if you kill her, you'll pay for it with your life.
13:10Take the money.
13:11Build your life.
13:12You can find another donor heart.
13:15Carter hesitated.
13:16His eyes flickered.
13:18Then he looked at Rachel.
13:19Don't listen to her.
13:21If that woman lives, the Pierce will come after us sooner or later.
13:23But if you kill them both, everything the Pierce family has becomes ours.
13:27Carter, only dead people keep secrets.
13:30Carter's face turned savage again.
13:32Right.
13:33You finish it clean.
13:34Then he turned and shouted at the doctor.
13:36What are you waiting for?
13:37Do it now.
13:38Take the heart.
13:39The surgeon picked up the scalpel and drove it toward my daughter's chest.
13:43No!
13:44The scream ripped out of me so hard.
13:46It felt like my whole body split open.
13:48Tears mixed with blood at the corners of my eyes.
13:51A deafening impact shook the room.
13:53Carter was sent flying across the oar and slammed into the wall.
13:56At the same time, dozens of bodyguards in black stormed in and locked the whole room down in seconds.
14:01Marcus walked to the operating table, wrapped Chloe carefully in a blanket,
14:05and handed her to the doctor who came with him.
14:07Then he turned, lifted me into his arms, and looked at the Davis family.
14:11There was murder in his eyes.
14:13Who the hell thinks they can touch someone from the Pierce family?
14:16The surgeon's hand was stomped hard against the floor.
14:19His whole face twisted from the corner.
14:21If those hands only know how to hurt people, then you don't need them anymore.
14:25In the corner, Carter was curled up on the floor, one hand clutching his chest.
14:30Who the hell are you people?
14:31There are laws in this country.
14:33I'm calling the cops.
14:34I'm Elizabeth Pierce's husband.
14:35I'm trying as my son.
14:37What's wrong with that?
14:38What right do you have to do this?
14:41And I, a family matter.
14:45Carter Davis, did you forget something?
14:48Pierce Holdings belongs to the Pierce.
14:52Who are you?
14:54Are you some man Elizabeth's been keeping on the side?
14:57I knew it.
14:58That bitch already found herself another man.
15:01That's why she wouldn't save our Kim.
15:03You homewrecker.
15:05Both of you deserve to die.
15:06The nearest bodyguard backhanded her so hard.
15:09She flew sideways and slammed into a metal cabinet.
15:12She spat out a mouthful of blood.
15:14Two teeth came with it.
15:16Murder.
15:17They're killing people.
15:18The mom is killing people.
15:21My grandson.
15:23My precious Kim.
15:24He hasn't even had his surgery yet.
15:27Somebody save him.
15:28He's all I have.
15:29Throw that bastard out of here.
15:31You're dead.
15:31You can't throw him out.
15:33He needs surgery.
15:35Where's the heart?
15:37Cut that useless girl's heart out.
15:39A heart?
15:39That's what you want?
15:42If that little bastard needs one so badly,
15:45then cut open these three animals to your hearts
15:47and test their hearts.
15:49Let's see whose matches.
15:58What do you mean I'm alive?
15:59I'm Kim's father.
16:02Oh, so now you do know something about being alive?
16:08Chloe is alive too.
16:10When you did this,
16:11did you remember she was your daughter?
16:13The bodyguard stepped forward
16:15and dragged the three of them up like sacks of garbage.
16:18No!
16:18You can't do this to a woman!
16:21Take them.
16:22If they enjoy experimenting on human bodies so much,
16:26send them to the hole.
16:27Let them find out what it really feels like to be cut open alive.
16:31The bodyguards dragged them out.
16:33Their screams and desperate pleas echoed through the hallway.
16:36Elizabeth!
16:37Honey!
16:37I was wrong!
16:39I lost my mind for a second!
16:41Elizabeth Pearson!
16:42You're gonna die for this!
16:45I sighed against Marcus's solid chest.
16:48He smelled like cold cedar.
16:50It was the same cedar scent I remembered from when I first met him.
16:53I still remembered that day.
16:55His family had been torn apart by an accident.
16:58In his father's final moments,
17:00he asked his oldest friend,
17:01my grandfather,
17:03to look after his youngest son,
17:04Marcus.
17:05From that day on,
17:06he had always been there,
17:07protecting me.
17:09That smell of cedar was the first thing all night that made me feel safe.
17:14Marcus.
17:15Chloe.
17:18Go to sleep.
17:22Elizabeth, don't be scared.
17:24I'm here now.
17:26No one will ever hurt you or Chloe again.
17:32Chloe!
17:33I jolted awake so hard that pain tore through my entire body at once.
17:37Chloe's okay.
17:38A warm hand pressed down on my shoulder immediately.
17:41Marcus's eyes were bloodshot,
17:43his voice rough with exhaustion.
17:44She only hailed a little anesthetic.
17:47She's asleep in the room next door.
17:48The second I knew my daughter was alive,
17:50every nerve in my body went slack.
17:52I collapsed back against the pillows.
17:55Then the hatred hit me.
17:57Where are Carter and the others?
18:00Are they dead?
18:02Dead?
18:03That would be letting them off easy.
18:06Marcus picked up the remote and let out a cold laugh.
18:08They're busy putting on a show right now.
18:11The TV screen lit up.
18:12It was the local news station with the highest ratings in the city, broadcasting live.
18:17On the screen, Carter sat in a wheelchair with thick bandages wrapped around his head.
18:21His face was pale as paper.
18:23Rachel and Lois stood beside him,
18:25sobbing dramatically into a cluster of microphones and camera flashes.
18:29The headline blazed across the bottom of the screen in bold black letters.
18:33Wealthy family scandal.
18:34Pierce holding CEO caught cheating.
18:37Mob lover assaults father of terminally ill child.
18:39Carter held up a blurry photo.
18:41It was the shot from last night.
18:43The one of Marcus carrying me out of the operating room.
18:46I was only trying to save my sick nephew and her boy toy beat me half to death.
18:52I put up with Elizabeth being dominating at home for years, but I never imagined she'd cheat on me behind
18:58my back.
18:59She even tried to sell off my own daughter.
19:02Lois dropped to the floor and started wailing.
19:04This is pure evil!
19:06That adulterous pair refused to save a child and then tried to silence us.
19:13Who's going to stand up for my poor grandson, Kim?
19:17I'm Carter's cousin.
19:19I've worked like a servant in the Pierce household,
19:22waited on her hand and foot, and she still beat me.
19:26Yesterday, just to stop Kim from getting treatment,
19:29she had someone break my cousin's leg.
19:31The online comments exploded instantly.
19:33This woman is pure poison.
19:36Throw her in jail.
19:37Boycott Pierce Holdings.
19:39Let the company burn.
19:41Poor Mr. Davis.
19:42Marrying into a rich family must be hell.
19:45I stared at Carter's face on the screen.
19:47That sanctimonious, lying face.
19:50And suddenly, I laughed.
19:52They really do want to die.
19:53Marcus covered my hand with his.
19:55A brutal flash of murder crossed his eyes.
19:58Just say the word, and I'll make them disappear tonight.
20:01No one will ever trace it back to the Pierce.
20:03No.
20:04I pushed his hand away, threw back the blanket, and swung my bare feet onto the floor,
20:09forcing myself up despite the sharp agony in my ribs.
20:12Making them disappear would be too easy.
20:15I want them ruined.
20:18I want them broken.
20:19I want them to suffer.
20:21I picked up my phone from the bedside table.
20:24There was already a text from Carter.
20:27Elizabeth Pierce.
20:28If you don't want your nudes and your little affair with that man all over the internet,
20:31bring Chloe back right now so she can donate her heart to Kim.
20:34And get 50 million ready for emotional damages.
20:37If you don't, I'll release every video I have and let the whole world see what kind of filthy whore
20:42you really are.
20:43This was the man I had loved for three years.
20:46For another woman's son, he was willing to drive me and my daughter straight into hell.
20:50I turned to Marcus, my eyes steady now.
20:53Marcus set up a press conference for me.
20:56Right now.
20:57He looked at me for a long moment.
20:59Then, at last, the hard line of his mouth lifted.
21:02He stood, took off his coat, and draped it over my shoulders, covering the thin hospital gown.
21:08Done.
21:10Whatever you want to do, I'm with you.
21:13Pierce Holdings.
21:14Main conference hall.
21:16I sat in a wheelchair wearing a hospital gown.
21:19No makeup.
21:20The bruises on my face were impossible to miss.
21:23I had just lifted the microphone when the doors slammed open.
21:26Elizabeth Pearson, you vicious bitch, you cheating whore!
21:29Carter stormed in with a pack of influencers behind him,
21:32all of them holding up their phones and live streaming.
21:35Rachel Hayes shoved a wheelchair forward, Lois trailing after her.
21:38The three of them came charging toward the stage like rabid dogs.
21:41Carter jabbed a finger in my face, spit flying as he shouted.
21:45Chloe over right now!
21:47She's my daughter!
21:48Everybody watching, get a good look!
21:50This is the woman right here!
21:51She was ready to sell off her own daughter for another man!
21:54And she'd rather let my poor nephew die than save him!
21:57Flashbulbs went wild.
21:59The reporters rushed in, practically vibrating with excitement.
22:02Miss Pierce, care to respond?
22:05Did you really cheat on your husband, traffic your own daughter, and try to murder your nephew?
22:09I looked at Carter coldly.
22:11Ladies and gentlemen, instead of listening to stories, why don't we look at the evidence?
22:15I lifted my hand and pressed play.
22:17The giant screen behind me flared to life.
22:20On screen, Carter's face twisted with fury as his voice exploded through the hall.
22:24Elizabeth Pearson's nudes all over the internet.
22:26You'll become the kind of hit every man can have.
22:29Elizabeth, how did you become so cruel?
22:31If Chloe dies, we can always have another baby.
22:34But Rachel only has Kim.
22:35If Kim dies, she won't survive it.
22:38The room went dead silent.
22:39The reporters stared at the screen in shock.
22:42Even the camera shutters seemed to stop for a beat.
22:45Then the room erupted.
22:47My God!
22:48He's not even human!
22:49Carter stared at the screen, his face draining white.
22:52He lunged toward the cameras in a panic, trying to block every lens in sight.
22:56Turn it off!
22:57Turn it off now!
22:58It's fake!
22:59It's AI!
23:00She fabricated all of it!
23:02I pressed the remote again.
23:03Two DNA test reports appeared on the screen.
23:05Carter Davis and Kim Davis, confirmed biological father and son.
23:09Carter Davis.
23:10I spoke into the microphone, my voice flat and cold.
23:14For three years after marrying into the Pierce family, you lived off me, wore what I bought,
23:19spent Pierce money and used it to support your first wife and her son.
23:23You told me Rachel Hayes was your cousin.
23:25You told me Kim was your nephew.
23:27Now tell everyone here what you have to say for yourself.
23:29Even a wild animal won't eat its own young.
23:32You're lower than that.
23:33Rachel let out a shrill scream and pointed at the screen.
23:36It's fake!
23:37Elizabeth forged all of it!
23:38I gave a short, cold laugh and played another video.
23:41Three years ago, Carter was kneeling outside the Pierce estate, crying so hard he could barely speak.
23:46Sir, please.
23:47Please give me a chance to marry into the Pierce family.
23:50I swear I'll treasure Elizabeth with all my heart.
23:53I will never betray her for as long as I live.
23:56The irony was almost too much to bear.
23:58Bigamy.
23:59Fraud.
24:00Attempted murder.
24:01Illegal organ trafficking.
24:03The rest of your life starts in prison.
24:05The mood in the room turned instantly.
24:07The reporters who had been backing Carter just moments ago now looked at him with open disgust.
24:12No!
24:12Elizabeth, listen to me!
24:13I can explain!
24:14Carter finally broke.
24:16He dropped to his knees with a thud and started crawling toward me.
24:19I was tricked!
24:20It was Rachel!
24:21That bitch seduced me!
24:22Elizabeth, I love you.
24:23I just wanted a son to carry on the family name.
24:26I was confused.
24:26I made a mistake!
24:27Carter Davis, you bastard!
24:29Rachel flew into a rage and threw herself at him, clawing and tearing at his clothes.
24:34When our son got sick, you walked out on us and didn't look back.
24:38Then later, when Elizabeth couldn't give you a son, you regretted it and wanted one again!
24:43I watched the two of them brawl below the stage and felt nothing but disgust.
24:46Carter Davis, Pierce Honings is filing for divorce immediately.
24:50I am revoking every investment, freezing every supplemental card, and reclaiming every
24:54house and car bought with my money.
24:56I paused, letting my eyes sweep over the custom suit he was wearing.
25:00And one more thing.
25:02That clothes and that watch you have on right now were paid for with my card.
25:06They're not yours.
25:07Take them off.
25:09Security.
25:10Strip him and throw him out.
25:13Elizabeth Pierce!
25:14Ah!
25:15You can't do this to me!
25:16I'm the Pierce family's son-in-law!
25:18In front of a room full of cameras, Carter Davis was stripped down to a pair of bright
25:22red briefs.
25:23Then he was dragged out and thrown into the street.
25:25Outside Pierce Holdings, the wind cut like a blade.
25:29So this is the animal who tried to carve his own daughter's heart out.
25:33Disgusting!
25:33Come on, guys, drop some gifts and let's see if I can get him to roll over!
25:38Carter Davis, you worthless piece of trash!
25:41Weren't you the one who said you had Elizabeth completely under control?
25:44Kim's waiting on life-saving treatment.
25:45The hospital's about to cut off his meds.
25:47Where's the money?
25:48Get off me, you bitch!
25:49If you hadn't been whispering in my ear every damn day, telling me we had to dig
25:53Chloe's heart out, I never would have ended up like this.
25:55I told you I had money.
25:57I said we could buy a heart.
25:59You were the one who kept saying full siblings had a better match and we could save the money.
26:04This is all your fault!
26:06What a curse this all is!
26:07It's all because of this little witch!
26:09I told you from the start Elizabeth was the better one, but no, you had to get mixed up
26:13with this tramp!
26:14Shut up!
26:15What good is crying now?
26:16Well, isn't this lively?
26:17Rachel, this is the long-term meal-out you told me about?
26:20Why is he stripped naked and looking like some stray dog?
26:22Jake Johnson!
26:23What are you doing here?
26:24Carter froze for a beat.
26:25Rachel, who the hell is he?
26:27Who am I?
26:28I'm Rachel's boyfriend.
26:29Old man, old man, we should be thanking you.
26:31You spent the last three years working yourself to death so we could live it up.
26:34Carter went rigid.
26:36If you're her boyfriend, then what the hell am I?
26:41What are you?
26:42You're just some idiot who was good for money.
26:44If it hadn't been for Kim's medical bills, who do you think would have bothered putting
26:47up with some pathetic two-second man like you?
26:49Every dollar you spent these past three years was money you owed me and Kim.
26:52I'll kill both of you!
26:56Help, Johnson!
26:57You old bastard, let go!
26:59The moment Carter's mother saw her son getting beaten, she threw herself into the fight to
27:03help him.
27:04The four of them ended up brawling right there in the street.
27:07No one in the crowd tried to stop them.
27:09And the whole thing was just getting started.
27:12In the end, Carter and his whole family were taken away by the police.
27:16Because of the brawl in a public place, they were held for 24 hours.
27:19When Carter got out, he was covered in bruises.
27:22The worst of it was below the waist.
27:24He could barely walk without his legs bowing outward.
27:27The only place he had left to go was the cramped little room at Oakville Hospital.
27:31That was where his last shred of hope was lying.
27:34Kim Davis.
27:35The second he stepped inside, the doctor coldly slapped two papers against his chest.
27:40You owe $100,000.
27:42If the bill isn't paid by tomorrow, we stop the medication.
27:46And this is your injury report.
27:49Carter bent down with shaking hands and picked it up.
27:52The moment he read it, his eyes widened in horror.
27:55Crushed testicular rupture.
27:57Permanent loss of reproductive function.
27:59It felt like something exploded in his head.
28:02He dropped to the floor, staring blankly into space.
28:05He, Carter Davis, was less than a man now.
28:08Done.
28:09Finished.
28:10Which meant the child lying in that hospital bed, Kim, was the only bloodline he had left.
28:15The only son.
28:16The only heir.
28:18If Kim died, the Davis line died with him.
28:21Doctor!
28:22Please!
28:23You have to save my son!
28:25He's the only one I've got!
28:28What's the point of all this crying if you don't have money?
28:30Go find the cash.
28:31The room went dead silent.
28:34What kind of curse is this?
28:36They took everything!
28:38How are we supposed to save my grandson now?
28:41Money.
28:43We need money.
28:45Carter muttered.
28:46His eyes darted wildly around the room.
28:49Rachel was huddled in the corner, not daring to speak.
28:52Johnson had already run off.
28:54She didn't have a dollar to her name anymore.
28:56Then Carter's gaze landed on her.
28:58Greedy.
28:59Calculating.
29:01Predatory.
29:02Rachel.
29:06For Kim's sake, you'd do anything, wouldn't you?
29:10Carter!
29:11What are you doing?
29:13Kim is our son.
29:14He's the future.
29:17A place like Oakville Hospital will do anything if you pay enough.
29:20A kidney goes for 30 grand on the black market.
29:24Your corneas would fetch plenty, too.
29:27You're Kim's mother.
29:29Using your organs to save your son is only natural, right?
29:33No, that's illegal!
29:34I'm alive!
29:35I'm not selling anything!
29:36I'm not!
29:37Rachel, Carter's right.
29:39You've got two kidneys.
29:40Losing one won't kill you.
29:42Kim is the only thing that matters to the Davis family.
29:45Let me go!
29:46You old hag!
29:47Let me go!
29:54Stop fighting!
29:56Move again and I'll choke you to death!
29:58The rubber tubing bit into her flesh.
30:01Rachel's eyes rolled back.
30:03Her tongue slipped out as her hands weakly clawed at Carter's wrists.
30:06Once we sell you, we'll have the money!
30:09Then Kim lives!
30:10He had just started dragging Rachel, half-conscious now, toward the door to find a doctor.
30:14When the room exploded inward, the door was kicked wide open.
30:20Police!
30:21Nobody move!
30:22More than a dozen armed officers flooded the room, their weapons raised and aimed straight at Carter.
30:26Then came the sound of wheelchair wheels rolling over tile.
30:30Marcus pushed me slowly through the doorway and stopped just inside.
30:33Carter Davis.
30:35Kidnapping, aggravated assault, and illegal human organ trafficking.
30:38This time you're not getting out.
30:40You'll rot in prison.
30:42Carter's hands went slack.
30:43Rachel dropped from his grasp like a rag doll and hit the floor, clutching her throat as she coughed violently.
30:49He turned his head toward me, stiff and slow.
30:52The last light in his eyes had gone out.
30:54Elizabeth Pierce, you really are ruthless.
30:57Ruthless?
30:58No.
30:59You did this to yourself.
31:02Then the handcuffs snapped shut with a hard metallic click.
31:05And that was the end of him.
31:08Three months later, the courtroom was solemn and still.
31:11Standing at the defense table, Carter looked like he had aged 20 years.
31:15His hair had gone gray.
31:17His back was bent.
31:19There was nothing left of the man who had once carried himself with swagger and pride.
31:23The judge brought down the gavel.
31:25Defendant Carter Davis, having been found guilty of bigamy, fraud, aggravated assault, illegal trafficking of human organs, and kidnapping, is
31:33hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and confiscation of all personal assets.
31:38Defendant Rachel Hayes, having been found guilty of aggravated assault, fraud, and kidnapping, is hereby sentenced to 15 years in
31:47prison.
31:48Defendant Lois Davis, having been found guilty of aiding and adedging an aggravated assault, is hereby sentenced to 8 years
31:55in prison.
31:56When he heard the sentence, Carter slowly turned and looked at me in the gallery.
32:01I looked back at him calmly.
32:03My eyes were completely cold.
32:05As for the child named Kim, he had died on the third day after Carter's arrest for multiple organ failure.
32:10After the sentencing, I went to the detention center to see Carter one last time.
32:15Separated by bulletproof glass, Carter picked up the phone.
32:19Elizabeth, you won.
32:24No, you were just too greedy.
32:26Carter let out a broken laugh.
32:28Cloudy tears spilled down his face.
32:31Yeah, I could have had everything.
32:33I had a beautiful wife, a wonderful daughter, and more money than I could spend.
32:37I'm the one who ruined it all with my own hands.
32:40I'll behave in there.
32:42I'll do my time right.
32:43Chloe, is she doing okay?
32:46Carter, from this day on, Chloe has nothing to do with you.
32:50She will forget you completely as her father.
32:53You can spend the rest of your life making up for what you did.
32:56That is the debt you owe, Chloe.
32:59With that, I hung up the phone and walked out of the visitation room without looking back.
33:03Behind me, I could hear Carter break down, sobbing so hard it sounded like his heart was being torn apart.
33:08But I didn't care anymore.
33:10When I stepped out through the gates of the detention center, the sun was shining.
33:14The window rolled down, revealing Marcus's handsome profile.
33:17Chloe was wearing a pink princess dress.
33:19She flew into my arms like a happy little butterfly.
33:22After months of therapy, she had finally come out of the darkness and become bright and lively again.
33:28Mommy, Uncle Marcus said he's taking us to Disneyland today.
33:31Come on, hurry!
33:32Marcus stepped out of the car and slipped his other arm lightly around my waist.
33:37Is it all over?
33:38Yeah.
33:40It's over.
33:41Then it's time for a new life to begin.
33:43He crouched down, lifted Chloe into his arms, and then looked at me with a tenderness so deep as...
33:48Chloe, how about calling me dad from now on?
33:53Daddy!
33:57The sunlight poured over us, warm and golden.
33:59I looked at the two of them smiling and felt myself smile too.
34:03No matter how deep into hell life may drag you, if you keep walking forward, you will always find the
34:08light.
34:09는
34:10Ng
34:10Herrn
34:11End
34:11Thank you for your time.
34:11This is a greatnyt situation.
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