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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 risked 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.
00:56My hands were shaking. I dialed one number. He answered on the first ring.
01:01Marcus, someone is trying to cut out the Pierce heir's heart.
01:05A hand came out of nowhere and knocked my phone right out of my hand.
01:08The screen shattered.
01:10Elizabeth Pearson, it's New Year's! Don't start shit!
01:13Carter was nothing like his usual obedient self.
01:16His face twisted with rage as he pointed at me and shouted.
01:19That was a pop-up ad for some stupid drama.
01:21Mom took Chloe to the church to pray for the family.
01:24The signal deck's up there, so stop acting crazy!
01:27My heart slammed against my ribs.
01:29Cold 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.
01:47He 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.
01:55You think people are after you.
01:56He pulled a bottle of sedatives from his pocket and started walking toward me.
02:00Be good.
02:01Take the pills and get some sleep.
02:03When 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.
02:12Every time I felt like something was off in the house,
02:15he gave me those pills and said I was having another episode.
02:17Now I understood.
02:19He 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.
02:29Something 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.
02:36If you're having a psychotic break, then I have every right to tie you up.
02:41Psychotic?
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.
02:51Blood 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!
02:59You actually hit me?
03:01For 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!
03:12My 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, which 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 a hundred miles an hour.
03:48Everything outside blurred into streaks.
03:50My phone kept vibrating.
03:52Carter.
03:53Elizabeth Pearson!
03:54Pull 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***er.
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.
04:29It 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, post them.
04:41In the rear view mirror, two black vans came out of nowhere.
04:44My eyes were f***able.
04:46Carter, let's see what hits the news first.
04:48My naked pictures or your obituary.
04:51Before 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.
05:07Then I yanked the wheel hard to the left and slammed straight into the van beside me.
05:11Sparks exploded.
05:13The van spun out, flipped sideways, and rolled straight into the median.
05:17The impact threw me forward.
05:19My 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.
05:29The 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.
05:41I pulled a high voltage stun batten 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.
05:59At 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 battened 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.
06:53I 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.
07:04Her heart can save my precious grandson Kim.
07:07That'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 door 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.
07:43Open the door!
07:44Open it now!
07:45I'm Chloe's mother!
07:46I do not consent to this surgery!
07:49I 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.
08:07Carter looked down at me with pure contempt.
08:10Elizabeth, stop making a scene.
08:11Kim's already critical.
08:13The 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.
08:18This is fate.
08:19She was meant to save her own brother.
08:21Brother?
08:22Brother?
08:22I only have one child, one daughter.
08:25Where the hell did she get a brother?
08:27Kim 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.
08:48You 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.
09:24When 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.
10:01But 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.
10:27No.
10:27Absolutely 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.
10:44Sprang up.
10:45And 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 floor from her arm, and pulled her limp little body into my arms.
11:27It's okay, baby.
11:28Mommy's here.
11:29Mommy'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!
11:39You 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!
11:57The 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!
12:05You 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!
12:14Feet came down on me from every side.
12:16I 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, blood-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, twisting hard over the
12:34blood 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, and my son Kim will inherit every last penny the Pierce family owns.
12:49I lay there on the floor, helpless, and watched them strap my daughter back onto the operating table.
12:54Please.
12:56I grabbed Carter's pant leg like it was the last thing left in the world.
13:00Please let Chloe go.
13:01I'll give you a billion dollars.
13:02I'll transfer it right now.
13:04And 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!
13:13You 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.
13:24But 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 it 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.
14:36I'm trying to get as my son.
14:37What's wrong with that?
14:38What right do you have to do this?
14:40Stop!
14:41And I, a family matter.
14:45Carter Davis, did you forget something?
14:49Pierce 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!
15:07The 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 mob 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 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.
15:57What do you mean I'm alive?
16:00I'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 bodyguards stepped forward
16:15and dragged the three of them up
16:16like 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
16:30to be cut open alive.
16:31The bodyguards dragged them out.
16:33Their screams and desperate pleas
16:35echoed 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
16:52from 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,
17:02my grandfather,
17:03to look after his youngest son, Marcus.
17:05From that day on,
17:06he had always been there,
17:08protecting me.
17:08That smell of cedar was the first thing all night
17:11that made me feel safe.
17:14Marcus.
17:16Chloe.
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!
17:32I jolted awake so hard
17:34that 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.
17:45She only hailed a little anesthetic.
17:47She's asleep in the room next door.
17:49The second I knew my daughter was alive,
17:51every 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?
18:04That would be letting them off easy.
18:06Marcus picked up the remote
18:07and 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
18:14with the highest ratings in the city,
18:15broadcasting live.
18:17On the screen,
18:18Carter sat in a wheelchair
18:19with thick bandages
18:20wrapped around his head.
18:21His face was pale as paper.
18:23Rachel and Lois stood beside him,
18:25sobbing dramatically
18:26into a cluster of microphones
18:28and camera flashes.
18:29The headline blazed across the bottom
18:31of the screen in bold black letters.
18:33Wealthy family scandal,
18:35Pierce holding CEO caught cheating,
18:37mob lover assaults father
18:38of terminally ill child.
18:40Carter held up a blurry photo.
18:41It was the shot from last night.
18:43The one of Marcus carrying me
18:45out of the operating room.
18:46I was only trying to save my sick nephew
18:49and her boy toy
18:50beat me half to death.
18:52I've put up with Elizabeth
18:53being dominating at home for years,
18:56but I never imagined
18:57she'd cheat on me behind my back.
18:59She even tried to sell off
19:01my own daughter.
19:02Lois dropped to the floor
19:03and started wailing.
19:04This is pure evil!
19:06That adulterous pair
19:08refused to save a child
19:10and then tried to silence us.
19:13Who's going to stand up
19:15for my poor grandson, Kim?
19:17I'm Carter's cousin.
19:19I've worked like a servant
19:21in the Pierce household,
19:22waited on her hand and foot,
19:24and she still beat me.
19:26Yesterday,
19:27just to stop Kim
19:28from getting treatment,
19:29she had someone
19:29break my cousin's leg.
19:31The online comments
19:32exploded instantly.
19:34This 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
19:44must be hell.
19:45I stared at Carter's face
19:46on the screen.
19:47That sanctimonious,
19:49lying face.
19:50And suddenly,
19:51I laughed.
19:52They really do want to die.
19:53Marcus covered my hand with his.
19:55A brutal flash of murder
19:57crossed his eyes.
19:58Just say the word,
19:59and I'll make them
20:00disappear tonight.
20:01No one will ever trace it
20:02back to the Pierce.
20:03No.
20:04I pushed his hand away,
20:06threw back the blanket,
20:07and swung my bare feet
20:08onto the floor,
20:09forcing myself up
20:10despite the sharp agony
20:11in my ribs.
20:12Making them disappear
20:13would be too easy.
20:16I want them ruined.
20:18I want them broken.
20:19I want them to suffer.
20:21I picked up my phone
20:22from the bedside table.
20:24There was already
20:25a text from Carter.
20:27Elizabeth Pierce.
20:28If you don't want
20:29your nudes
20:29and your little affair
20:30with that man
20:30all over the internet,
20:31bring Chloe back right now
20:32so she can donate
20:33her heart to Kim.
20:34And get 50 million.
20:35I'll release every video
20:37I have and let the whole world
20:38see what kind of filthy
20:39whore you really are.
20:40This was the man
20:41I had loved for three years.
20:43For another woman's son,
20:44he was willing to drive me
20:45and my daughter
20:46straight into hell.
20:47I turned to Marcus,
20:48my eyes steady now.
20:50Marcus set up
20:51a press conference for me.
20:53Right now.
20:54He looked at me
20:55for a long moment.
20:56Then, at last,
20:57the hard line
20:58of his mouth lifted.
20:59He stood,
21:00took off his coat,
21:01and draped it
21:02over my shoulders,
21:03covering the thin
21:04hospital gown.
21:05Done.
21:07Whatever you want to do,
21:08I'm with you.
21:10Pierce Holdings.
21:11Main conference hall.
21:13I sat in a wheelchair
21:14wearing a hospital gown.
21:16No makeup.
21:17The bruises on my face
21:18were impossible to miss.
21:20I had just lifted
21:21the microphone
21:21when the doors slammed open.
21:23Elizabeth Pearson,
21:24you vicious bitch,
21:25you cheating whore!
21:26Carter stormed in
21:27with a pack of influencers
21:28behind him,
21:29all of them holding up
21:30their phones
21:30and live streaming.
21:32Rachel Hayes
21:32shoved a wheelchair forward,
21:34Lois trailing after her.
21:35The three of them
21:36came charging
21:37toward the stage
21:37like rabid dogs.
21:39Carter jabbed
21:39a finger in my face,
21:41spit flying as he shouted.
21:42Chloe over right now!
21:44She's my daughter!
21:45Everybody watching,
21:46get a good look!
21:47This is the woman right here!
21:48She was ready to sell off
21:49her own daughter
21:50for another man,
21:51and she'd rather let
21:52my poor nephew die
21:53than save him!
21:54Flashbulbs went wild.
21:56The reporters rushed in,
21:57practically vibrating
21:58with excitement.
21:59Ms. Pierce,
22:00care to respond?
22:02Did you really cheat
22:03on your husband,
22:04traffic your own daughter,
22:05and try to murder
22:06your nephew?
22:07I looked at Carter coldly.
22:08Ladies and gentlemen,
22:09instead of listening
22:10to stories,
22:11why don't we look
22:12at the evidence?
22:12I lifted my hand
22:13and pressed play.
22:14The giant screen
22:15behind me flared to life.
22:17On screen,
22:18Carter's face
22:18twisted with fury
22:19as his voice
22:20exploded through the hall.
22:21Elizabeth Pearson's nudes
22:22all over the internet.
22:23You'll become the kind
22:24of hit every man can have.
22:26Elizabeth,
22:27how did you become
22:27so cruel?
22:28If Chloe dies,
22:29we can always have
22:30another baby.
22:31But Rachel only has Kim.
22:33If Kim dies,
22:34she won't survive it.
22:35The room went dead silent.
22:36The reporters stared
22:38at the screen in shock.
22:39Even the camera shutters
22:40seemed to stop for a beat.
22:42Then the room erupted.
22:44My God!
22:45He's not even human!
22:47Carter stared at the screen,
22:48his face draining white.
22:49He lunged toward the cameras
22:51in a panic,
22:52trying to block
22:52every lens in sight.
22:53Turn it off!
22:54Turn it off now!
22:55It's fake!
22:56It's AI!
22:57She fabricated all of it!
22:59I pressed the remote again.
23:00Two DNA test reports
23:01appeared on the screen.
23:03Carter Davis and Kim Davis,
23:04confirmed biological father
23:06and son.
23:06Carter Davis.
23:07I spoke into the microphone,
23:09my voice flat and cold.
23:11For three years after
23:12marrying into the Pierce family,
23:14you lived off me,
23:15wore what I bought,
23:16spent Pierce money
23:17and used it to support
23:18your first wife and her son.
23:20You told me Rachel Hayes
23:21was your cousin.
23:22You told me Kim
23:23was your nephew.
23:24Now tell everyone here
23:25what you have to say
23:26for yourself.
23:26Even a wild animal
23:27won't eat its own young.
23:29You're lower than that.
23:31Rachel let out
23:31a shrill scream
23:32and pointed at the screen.
23:33It's fake!
23:34Elizabeth forged all of it!
23:35I gave a short,
23:36cold laugh
23:37and played another video.
23:38Three years ago,
23:39Carter was kneeling
23:40outside the Pierce estate,
23:41crying so hard
23:42he could barely speak.
23:43Sir, please,
23:44please give me a chance
23:45to marry into the Pierce family.
23:47I swear I'll treasure
23:48Elizabeth with all my heart.
23:50I will never betray her
23:51for as long as I live.
23:53The irony was almost
23:54too much to bear.
23:55Bigamy,
23:56fraud,
23:57attempted murder,
23:58illegal organ trafficking.
24:00The rest of your life
24:01starts in prison.
24:02The mood in the room
24:03turned instantly.
24:04The reporters
24:05who had been backing Carter
24:06just moments ago
24:07now looked at him
24:08with open disgust.
24:09No!
24:09Elizabeth,
24:10listen to me!
24:10I can explain!
24:12Carter finally broke.
24:13He dropped to his knees
24:14with a thud
24:15and started crawling toward me.
24:16I was tricked!
24:17It was Rachel!
24:18That bitch seduced me!
24:19Elizabeth, I love you!
24:20I just wanted a son
24:21to carry on the family name!
24:23I was confused!
24:23I made a mistake!
24:24Carter Davis,
24:25you bastard!
24:26Rachel flew into a rage
24:28and threw herself at him,
24:29clawing and tearing
24:30at his clothes.
24:31When our son got sick,
24:32you walked out on us
24:33and didn't look back.
24:35Then later,
24:35when Elizabeth
24:36couldn't give you a son,
24:37you regretted it
24:38and wanted one again!
24:40I watched the two of them
24:41brawl below the stage
24:42and felt nothing but disgust.
24:44Carter Davis,
24:45Pierce Honings
24:45is filing for divorce immediately.
24:47I am revoking every investment,
24:49freezing every supplemental card,
24:50and reclaiming every house
24:51and car bought with my money.
24:53I paused,
24:54letting my eyes sweep
24:55over the custom suit
24:56he was wearing.
24:57And one more thing.
24:58That clothes
24:59and that watch
25:00you have on right now
25:01were paid for
25:02with my card.
25:03They're not yours.
25:04Take them off.
25:06Security.
25:07Strip him
25:08and throw him out.
25:10Elizabeth Pierce!
25:11Ah!
25:12You can't do this to me!
25:13I'm the Pierce family's
25:14son-in-law!
25:15In front of a room
25:16full of cameras,
25:17Carter Davis was stripped down
25:18to a pair of bright red briefs.
25:20Then he was dragged out
25:21and thrown into the street.
25:22Outside Pierce Holdings,
25:24the wind cut like a blade.
25:26So this is the animal
25:27who tried to carve
25:28his own daughter's heart out.
25:30Disgusting!
25:30Come on, guys,
25:31drop some gifts
25:32and let's see if I can
25:32get him to roll over!
25:35Carter Davis!
25:36You worthless piece of trash!
25:38Weren't you the one
25:38who said you had Elizabeth
25:39completely under control?
25:41Kim's waiting
25:41on life-saving treatment.
25:42The hospital's about
25:43to cut off his meds.
25:44Where's the money?
25:45Get off me, you bitch!
25:46If you hadn't been whispering
25:48in my ear every damn day,
25:49telling me we had to
25:50dig Chloe's heart out,
25:51I never would have
25:51ended up like this!
25:52I told you I had money!
25:54I said we could buy a heart!
25:56You were the one
25:57who kept saying
25:58full siblings had a better match
26:00and we could save the money!
26:01This is all your fault!
26:03What a curse this all is!
26:04It's all because
26:05of this little witch!
26:06I told you from the start
26:08Elizabeth was the better one,
26:09but no,
26:09you had to get mixed up
26:10with this tramp!
26:11Shut up!
26:12What good is crying now?
26:13Well, isn't this lively?
26:14Rachel, this is the
26:15long-term meal-out
26:16you told me about?
26:17Why is he stripped naked
26:17and looking like some stray dog?
26:19Jay Johnson!
26:20What are you doing here?
26:21Carter froze for a beat.
26:22Rachel, who the hell is he?
26:24Who am I?
26:25I'm Rachel's boyfriend.
26:26Old man, old man,
26:27we should be thanking you.
26:28You spent the last three years
26:29working yourself to death
26:30so we could live it up.
26:31Carter went rigid.
26:33If you're her boyfriend,
26:35then what the hell am I?
26:38What are you?
26:39You're just some idiot
26:40who was good for money.
26:41If it hadn't been
26:42for Kim's medical bills,
26:43who do you think
26:43would have bothered
26:44putting up with some pathetic
26:45two-second man like you?
26:46Every dollar you spent
26:46these past three years
26:47was money you owed me and Kim.
26:50I'll kill both of you!
26:53Help Johnson!
26:54You old bastard,
26:56let go!
26:56The moment Carter's mother
26:57saw her son get in the business,
26:59she threw herself
27:00into the fight to help him.
27:01The four of them
27:02ended up brawling
27:03right there in the street.
27:04No one in the crowd
27:05tried to stop them,
27:06and the whole thing
27:07was just getting started.
27:09In the end,
27:10Carter and his whole family
27:11were taken away
27:12by the police.
27:13Because of the brawl
27:14in a public place,
27:15they were held for 24 hours.
27:16When Carter got out,
27:18he was covered in bruises.
27:19The worst of it
27:20was below the waist.
27:21He could barely walk
27:22without his legs
27:23bowing outward.
27:24The only place
27:25he had left to go
27:26was the cramped little room
27:27at Oakville Hospital.
27:28That was where
27:29his last shred of hope
27:30was lying.
27:31Kim Davis.
27:32The second he stepped inside,
27:34the doctor coldly slapped
27:35two papers against his chest.
27:37You owe $100,000.
27:39If the bill isn't paid
27:40by tomorrow,
27:41we stop the medication.
27:43And this
27:44is your injury report.
27:46Carter bent down
27:47with shaking hands
27:48and picked it up.
27:49The moment he read it,
27:50his eyes widened in horror.
27:52Crushed testicular rupture.
27:54Permanent loss
27:55of reproductive function.
27:57It felt like something
27:58exploded in his head.
27:59He dropped to the floor,
28:00staring blankly into space.
28:02He, Carter Davis,
28:04was less than a man now.
28:05Done.
28:06Finished.
28:07Which meant the child
28:08lying in that hospital bed,
28:09Kim,
28:10was the only bloodline
28:11he had left.
28:12The only son.
28:13The only heir.
28:15If Kim died,
28:16the Davis line died with him.
28:18Doctor,
28:19please,
28:20you have to save my son.
28:22He's the only one I've got.
28:25What's the point
28:25of all this crying
28:26if you don't have money?
28:27Go find the cash.
28:28The room went dead silent.
28:31What kind of curse is this?
28:33They took everything.
28:35How are we supposed
28:35to save my grandson?
28:37No.
28:38Money.
28:40We need money.
28:42Carter muttered.
28:43His eyes darted wildly
28:45around the room.
28:46Rachel was huddled
28:47in the corner,
28:47not daring to speak.
28:49Johnson had already run off.
28:51She didn't have a dollar
28:52to her name anymore.
28:54Then Carter's gaze
28:54landed on her.
28:56Greedy.
28:57Calculating.
28:58Predatory.
28:59Rachel.
29:04For Kim's sake,
29:05you'd do anything,
29:06wouldn't you?
29:07Carter,
29:08what are you doing?
29:10Kim is our son.
29:11He's the future.
29:14A place like Oakville Hospital
29:16will do anything
29:16if you pay enough.
29:18A kidney goes for
29:1930 grand on the black market.
29:21Your corneas
29:21would fetch plenty too.
29:24You're Kim's mother.
29:26Using your organs
29:27to save your son
29:27is only natural, right?
29:30No, that's illegal.
29:31I'm alive.
29:32I'm not selling anything.
29:33I'm not.
29:34Rachel, Carter's right.
29:36You've got two kidneys.
29:37Losing one won't kill you.
29:39Kim is the only thing
29:40that matters
29:40to the Davis family.
29:42Let me go.
29:44You old hag.
29:44Let me go.
29:51Stop fighting.
29:53Move again
29:53and I'll choke you to death.
29:55The rubber tubing
29:57bit into her flesh.
29:58Rachel's eyes rolled back.
30:00Her tongue slipped out
30:01as her hands weakly clawed
30:02at Carter's wrists.
30:03Once we sell you,
30:04we'll have the money.
30:06Then Kim lives.
30:07He had just started
30:08dragging Rachel,
30:09half conscious now,
30:10toward the door
30:10to find a doctor.
30:11When the room
30:12exploded inward,
30:14the door was kicked
30:15wide open.
30:17Police!
30:18Nobody move!
30:19More than a dozen
30:20armed officers
30:20flooded the room,
30:21their weapons raised
30:22and aimed straight at Carter.
30:24Then came the sound
30:24of wheelchair wheels
30:25rolling over tile.
30:27Marcus pushed me
30:28slowly through the doorway
30:28and stopped just inside.
30:30Carter Davis.
30:32Kidnapping,
30:33aggravated assault
30:33and illegal
30:34human organ trafficking.
30:35This time,
30:36you're not getting out.
30:37You'll rot in prison.
30:39Carter's hands went slack.
30:41Rachel dropped from his grasp
30:42like a rag doll
30:43and hit the floor,
30:44clutching her throat
30:45as she coughed violently.
30:46He turned his head
30:47toward me,
30:48stiff and slow.
30:49The last light
30:50in his eyes
30:50had gone out.
30:52Elizabeth Pierce,
30:53you really are ruthless.
30:54Ruthless?
30:55No.
30:56You did this to yourself.
30:59Then the handcuffs
31:00snapped shut
31:01with a hard metallic click.
31:03And that was
31:03the end of him.
31:05Three months later,
31:06the courtroom
31:07was solemn and still.
31:09Standing at the defense table,
31:10Carter looked like
31:11he had aged 20 years.
31:13His hair had gone gray.
31:14His back was bent.
31:16There was nothing left
31:17of the man
31:17who had once carried himself
31:18with swagger and pride.
31:20The judge brought down
31:21the gavel.
31:22Defendant Carter Davis,
31:23having been found guilty
31:24of bigamy,
31:25fraud,
31:26aggravated assault,
31:27illegal trafficking
31:28of human organs
31:28and kidnapping,
31:30is hereby sentenced
31:31to life imprisonment
31:32without the possibility
31:33of parole
31:33and confiscation
31:34of all personal assets.
31:35Defendant Rachel Hayes,
31:37having been found guilty
31:39of aggravated assault,
31:40fraud,
31:41and kidnapping,
31:42is hereby sentenced
31:43to 15 years in prison.
31:45Defendant Lois Davis,
31:46having been found guilty
31:47of aiding and adedging
31:48an aggravated assault,
31:50is hereby sentenced
31:51to eight years in prison.
31:53When he heard the sentence,
31:55Carter slowly turned
31:56and looked at me
31:57in the gallery.
31:58I looked back
31:59at him calmly.
32:00My eyes were
32:01completely cold.
32:02As for the child
32:03named Kim,
32:03he had died
32:04on the third day
32:05after Carter's arrest
32:06for multiple organ failure.
32:07After the sentencing,
32:09I went to the detention center
32:10to see Carter
32:11one last time.
32:12Separated by bulletproof glass,
32:14Carter picked up the phone.
32:16Elizabeth,
32:17you won.
32:20No.
32:22You were just too greedy.
32:23Carter let out
32:24a broken laugh.
32:25Cloudy tears
32:26spilled down his face.
32:28Yeah.
32:29I could have had everything.
32:30I had a beautiful wife,
32:32a wonderful daughter,
32:33and more money
32:33than I could spend.
32:34I'm the one
32:35who ruined it all
32:36with my own hands.
32:37I'll behave in there.
32:39I'll do my time right.
32:40Chloe,
32:42is she doing okay?
32:43Carter,
32:44from this day on,
32:45Chloe has nothing
32:46to do with you.
32:47She will forget you
32:48completely as her father.
32:50You can spend the rest
32:51of your life
32:51making up for what you did.
32:53That is the debt
32:54you owe Chloe.
32:56With that,
32:56I hung up the phone
32:57and walked out
32:58of the visitation room
32:59without looking back.
33:00Behind me,
33:01I could hear Carter break down,
33:02sobbing so hard
33:03it sounded like
33:04his heart was being torn apart.
33:05But I didn't care anymore.
33:07When I stepped out
33:08through the gates
33:08of the detention center,
33:10the sun was shining.
33:11The window rolled down,
33:12revealing Marcus's
33:13handsome profile.
33:14Chloe was wearing
33:15a pink princess dress.
33:16She flew into my arms
33:18like a happy little butterfly.
33:20After months of therapy,
33:21she had finally come out
33:22of the darkness
33:23and become bright
33:23and lively again.
33:25Mommy,
33:25Uncle Marcus said
33:26he's taking us
33:27to Disneyland today.
33:28Come on,
33:28hurry!
33:28Marcus stepped out of the car
33:31and slipped his other arm
33:33lightly around my waist.
33:34Is it all over?
33:35Yeah.
33:37It's over.
33:38Then it's time
33:39for a new life to begin.
33:40He crouched down,
33:42lifted Chloe into his arms,
33:43and then looked at me
33:44with a tenderness
33:44so deep as...
33:45Chloe,
33:46how about calling me
33:47Dad from now on?
33:50Daddy!
33:54The sunlight poured over us,
33:55warm and golden.
33:56I looked at the two of them
33:58smiling and felt myself
33:59smile too.
34:00No matter how deep
34:01into hell life may drag you,
34:02if you keep walking forward,
34:04you will always find the light.
34:06out of the dark.
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