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[DUBBED] Reborn to Walk, Into the Light
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00:07¡SuscrÃbete al canal!
00:35¡SuscrÃbete al canal!
01:03¡SuscrÃbete al canal!
01:36Lily immediately freezes.
01:38I'm about to sign when she snatches the agreement away.
01:43You think you're getting dad's money?
01:46Dad, you said you're buying me beautiful dresses.
01:50Don't leave her a thing.
01:52She grabs his leg and pouts, says a loser like me deserves nothing.
01:57She doesn't know that he cheated and that I should be compensated.
02:01But he doesn't explain.
02:04Instead, he says,
02:06I'm too kind-hearted to leave Leia nothing.
02:09I know you're concerned for me.
02:11I'm lucky to have you.
02:14Watching their interaction, I smirk.
02:17Victor is the reason.
02:19Lily turned out this way.
02:20He's never corrected her.
02:22His unchecked indulgence merely twisted her more.
02:26Victor finally gets Lily to leave.
02:28He turns around and says softly,
02:32Don't tell her about my second marriage.
02:34She can't take it.
02:36I'll let them meet when the time is right.
02:40Meanwhile, Lily is celebrating her victory.
02:45She eagerly takes down my picture
02:47and steps on it with glee.
02:50I finally got rid of my rival.
02:52I am completely fed up with Lily.
02:55She's pathetic and absurd.
02:57Will she still smile when she knows a new rival is coming?
03:02Lily senses me and bursts into laughter.
03:05Are you jealous of me?
03:08Now, dad is all mine.
03:10I ignore her and pack my stuff in my room.
03:14I only took the compensation
03:15and Victor was worried I might regret it.
03:18So, we decided I'd still stay here for now.
03:22It gives me time to find a place.
03:24Lily sees that I'm just moving to a smaller room
03:27and she's upset.
03:29You won't keep staying here, right?
03:33I knew you wouldn't give up this easily.
03:36She throws my stuff into the trash can
03:38before complaining to Victor.
03:40Dad, why's she staying?
03:42I hate mom.
03:44Make her leave.
03:46Victor tries to explain.
03:48But she won't listen.
03:50I'm her daughter.
03:51I know her.
03:53This is just her way to win you back.
03:57She didn't really want to divorce.
03:59Don't fall for...
04:01her tricks.
04:03Surprisingly,
04:04Lily hates me more after the divorce.
04:06I lose it and slap her hard.
04:09Shut up, you lousy daughter.
04:12There'll be no ties between us soon.
04:15I won't tolerate you.
04:17I used to love Lily deeply.
04:19I was never harsh when I lectured her.
04:22She's never seen this side of me.
04:24Lily bursts into tears
04:26and burrows into Victor's arms.
04:28Dad,
04:29this is the way she treats me.
04:32When no one's around,
04:33she's always been jealous about us
04:35and she abused me.
04:37Lily has always slandered me.
04:40She's been feeding Victor
04:42with stories she made up since she was four.
04:45In her words,
04:47I'm a short-fused and violent lady.
04:49Meanwhile,
04:50Victor always takes her side.
04:54She's a kid.
04:55She can't lie.
04:56I didn't want to believe
04:58my own daughter would do this to me.
05:01It is too late
05:02by the time I accepted it.
05:04Seeing the helpless look on her face,
05:06I laughed.
05:08Lily,
05:09you're already a schemer at ten.
05:11Unbelievable.
05:13Fighting me won't help your case.
05:15You'll have...
05:17Victor cut me off.
05:18He covers my mouth
05:19and drags me away.
05:21What are you doing?
05:23It's a secret.
05:24Lily will fall apart
05:26if she knows about it.
05:28It's sickening
05:29how he pretends
05:30to care about her.
05:32You didn't think of that
05:34when you cheated.
05:35You don't care about Lily.
05:37You care about your image.
05:39It no longer matters.
05:40I can't be bothered anymore.
05:43Lily will find out
05:44one way or another.
05:45I'll be there when she does.
05:47I never see it coming.
05:49To stop us
05:50from getting back together,
05:51Lily seeks help
05:53from our neighbors.
05:56Mom's sleeping around.
05:58Dad's divorcing her,
05:59but she just won't
06:00leave him alone.
06:02Can you kick her out for me?
06:05Lily's tearful cries
06:07attract a lot of neighbors.
06:09They gather at the door
06:10and condemn me,
06:12calling me a hypocrite
06:14who seduces men.
06:16Even her daughter hates her.
06:18What a terrible person.
06:19To all of them.
06:21I'm a loser with a shady character
06:24who's rejected
06:25by her husband
06:26and her daughter.
06:27My life is a mess.
06:29Victor gets worried
06:31and stands up for me.
06:33It's just a kid's nonsense.
06:36Let us worry about ourselves.
06:38Lily is flustered.
06:40Dad, why are you doing this?
06:42I'm helping you.
06:44I tell her to stop calling me Mom
06:46and she has the nerve
06:47to call me by my name.
06:49Do you see it now, Lucy?
06:51This divorce is happening.
06:53I'll make sure of it.
06:54For the sake of himself,
06:56Victor finally shouted,
06:57Don't meddle in our affairs
06:59and make it worse.
07:01Go now!
07:02Lily's eyes immediately redden.
07:04She doesn't get mad at Victor,
07:06but she takes it out on me.
07:08It's Lucy's fault.
07:09I wish I have a better mother.
07:12You're divorcing,
07:13but she just keeps getting between us.
07:16You've never shouted at me.
07:18I shake my head
07:19at Lily's genuine resentment.
07:22Victor, you made her this way.
07:25It'll be hell for you
07:26when your wife moves in.
07:28I don't go easy on Victor.
07:30I text in the group chat
07:32to clear things up.
07:34We got divorced
07:35because he has an affair.
07:37Anyone who buys Lily's story
07:38and spreads rumors
07:40will be sued.
07:42Frantically,
07:44Victor unsends the message for me.
07:46He stops me
07:47when he sees me
07:48heading to the hotel.
07:50Lucy, you can't leave.
07:52What if you refuse
07:53to divorce?
07:55I shake his hand off.
07:57Don't worry.
07:58I want it more than you do.
08:00No one wants to get rid of Lily
08:02more than I do.
08:04I've just left
08:05when I receive a text from Lily.
08:07Don't come back for Dad.
08:09I'll be watching.
08:11Lily shows me a video
08:12of her burning my pictures.
08:15And I promptly block her.
08:17In the past life,
08:19I was drained
08:20by the custody battles.
08:23This time,
08:24I let go
08:24and I feel much better.
08:26I take good care of myself
08:28and even throw a party
08:30to celebrate my freedom.
08:32When I go to sign
08:33the divorce papers,
08:34I am glowing
08:36in even better shape
08:37than before.
08:38Lily sizes me up
08:40and says,
08:41Lucy,
08:41you really pulled out
08:42all the stops
08:44to win Dad back.
08:45But he'll never
08:47reconsider you.
08:48From now on,
08:49I'm the only one he loves.
08:52Lily holds onto Victor's arm
08:53like she won a battle.
08:55I kiss my divorce paper
08:57and leave.
08:59I buy a new place
09:00and start a new life.
09:03A few days later,
09:05I'm surprised by the police
09:07at midnight.
09:09Miss Snow,
09:10how can you abandon
09:11your daughter?
09:12I'm so confused.
09:15When Lily darts
09:16into my place
09:16and looks around.
09:18Did Dad come here?
09:20He's not home tonight.
09:22You must have hit him.
09:23Lily grumbles
09:24as she rummages everything.
09:27In an instant,
09:28it becomes a mess.
09:30I'm immediately ticked off.
09:32I grab her braid
09:33and push her up
09:34to the police.
09:36Not everyone loves Victor
09:38like you do.
09:39He's not at my place.
09:40Lily starts crying at once.
09:44This is how Mom treats me
09:46every day, officers.
09:48The police lectures me.
09:50You can't treat her this way.
09:52I keep my cool
09:54and explain.
09:56My husband and I
09:57are divorced.
09:58He has her custody.
10:00There's no way
10:01she wandered off alone.
10:02She's just messing with me.
10:05Just call Victor Shaw.
10:07Here's his number.
10:08Lily doesn't trust me.
10:10She still thinks
10:11Victor is here.
10:13Only you can make
10:14Dad stay out all night.
10:16I almost spill the beans.
10:18Even if I tell Lily,
10:20she wouldn't trust me.
10:22She might even get mad
10:23and lash out at me.
10:25I bite back my words
10:27and give the police
10:28her address
10:29so they can take her home.
10:31The next day,
10:32the police calls me.
10:34Lily said she couldn't
10:35reach her dad
10:36and she's alone at home.
10:37Apparently you blocked
10:39her number.
10:40She only asks us
10:42for help
10:42because you might
10:43refuse to see her.
10:45The officer believes
10:46Lily would never lie.
10:48She just misses you
10:50too much.
10:50Patch things up
10:51and treat her right.
10:53I can't explain it.
10:55Even if I try,
10:57no one would believe
10:58what Lily has done.
11:00Out of options,
11:01I send Victor a text
11:03telling him to bring
11:04his wife home.
11:05After a few days of peace,
11:07Lily's teacher blows up
11:09my phone.
11:11Lily never comes out
11:12of the restroom.
11:13She says she won't go home
11:15without you.
11:17Miss Snow,
11:18I know you don't have
11:18the custody,
11:19but Lily's still
11:20your daughter.
11:21Moreover,
11:23Lily's like this
11:23thanks to the divorce.
11:25You must handle this.
11:26She guilt trips me
11:28and even threatens to
11:29post it online
11:31for everyone to judge.
11:32Worry did it affect my work?
11:34I have no choice
11:35but to pick Lily up.
11:36Lily is unusually
11:38well behaved this time.
11:39She calls me mom sweetly
11:41and gives me a big hug.
11:43Seeing her teacher smile,
11:46I grin awkwardly
11:47and nervously
11:48sent Lily home.
11:49Her expression turns dark
11:51when she sets down her bag.
11:54Before I can react,
11:56Lily slams and locks the door.
11:58Dad's been away for days.
12:00It's your fault.
12:02You're divorced.
12:03Why do you have to seduce him?
12:05Why won't you quit?
12:07Her twisted expression
12:09looks just like the last life.
12:11I try to make a run for it.
12:13But Lily stands firm at the door
12:15and smiles as she pulls out a bottle.
12:18You're just coasting on your looks.
12:21Once I make you hideous,
12:23you can't steal dad from me.
12:25The nightmarish memories
12:27left me frozen.
12:29Lily grips the bottle of acid
12:31as she advances.
12:33Then Victor's voice
12:35came from outside.
12:36Lily, meet your new mother.
12:39Her hands shake violently.
12:41I give her a wry look.
12:43Lily, your new rival is outside.
12:45A few drops of acid
12:47splash out as she trembles.
12:49White smoke curls up
12:51from her sleeve.
12:52Accompanied by a chilling sizzle.
12:55But Lily seems
12:56completely unfazed by the pain.
12:59Her eyes are widened
13:00with disbelief.
13:02New mother?
13:03New rival?
13:04Lucy, that's bullcrap.
13:06That's not dad.
13:08Must have been mistaken.
13:09I retreat to the corner
13:11and smile mockingly.
13:13I pity you, Lily.
13:15Do you have the guts
13:16to open the door?
13:19Lily actually hesitates.
13:22That's when Victor
13:23opens the door.
13:25Victor walks in
13:26with a young lady
13:27who is all smiles and charm.
13:29Lily, didn't I tell you
13:30to wait at home?
13:32You should have answered.
13:34He freezes and frowns
13:35when he sees me.
13:38Lucy, why are you here?
13:40I spread my arms.
13:42I didn't want to.
13:44Ask Lily.
13:46Victor finally notices Lily
13:49who is seething
13:50and trembling with rage.
13:53Dad, who is she?
13:55Why are you holding
13:56her hands?
13:57Tell me she's just
13:59a platonic friend.
14:00She can't be
14:01my new mother.
14:02I'm motherless
14:03after Lucy's gone.
14:05We only need
14:05each other, Dad.
14:08Lily can fool herself
14:09all she wants.
14:10But the lady
14:11hooks her arm
14:12around Victor's
14:14and asks sweetly,
14:16Honey, is she
14:16your daughter?
14:18She's as pretty
14:19as you are handsome.
14:21That's enough
14:21to make Lily
14:22fall apart.
14:23She grips the bottle
14:25of acid
14:25and screams hysterically,
14:27Don't call him honey.
14:29You don't deserve him.
14:32Who are you?
14:33Did Lucy send you
14:35here to seduce Dad?
14:36Dad, I don't want
14:38a new mother.
14:39Make her leave.
14:40As the acid
14:41sloshes in the bottle,
14:43Lily's losing control
14:44as well.
14:45Victor fully expects
14:46Lily to react this way
14:48and he gloats
14:49to the lady.
14:51Claire, I told you
14:52I'm a good dad.
14:53My daughter
14:54loves me deeply.
14:55She'll love you too
14:57if you two work on it.
15:00He pats Lily
15:01on the head
15:02like usual
15:03and says patiently,
15:04You hate Lucy,
15:05don't you?
15:06I know about it.
15:08So, I found you
15:09a new mother.
15:10I love you so much.
15:12I did all of this
15:13for you, Lily.
15:13You understand me, right?
15:16I'm shocked.
15:18This son of a bitch
15:19came up with this excuse
15:21to justify his affair.
15:23Lily freezes for a second
15:24before she accepts
15:26his explanation.
15:27Dad, I knew you care
15:28about me the most.
15:30She stared at Claire
15:31hatefully.
15:33But I don't like her.
15:35Make her leave, Dad.
15:37Victor says darkly.
15:39Lily, you should be
15:40on my side.
15:42I love Claire a lot.
15:44So, you should love her too.
15:46Okay?
15:47Lily bursts into tears.
15:50Claire steps forward
15:51with feigned concern.
15:53Lily, don't cry.
15:55Let's get some steak, okay?
15:57Don't worry.
15:58I'll be a better mother
15:59than Lucy.
16:00Lily gives a tearful nod.
16:03Seeing that,
16:04Claire shoots me
16:05a smug glance
16:06as if saying,
16:07Look, Lucy.
16:08I took your husband away
16:10and won your daughter over.
16:12I was surprised
16:13at Lily's reaction.
16:15Why is she so kind
16:16to Claire?
16:17Why is she suddenly
16:18so obedient?
16:20Does she only resent me,
16:22her birth mother?
16:23Just as I'm feeling confused,
16:25Lily suddenly lifts the bottle
16:27and pours it over Claire.
16:29Claire can't dodge in time.
16:31The acid hit her chest
16:32and she collapses
16:33to the floor,
16:34letting out a frightened yelp.
16:37It hurts.
16:38What is this?
16:40Victor notices white smoke
16:41rising from Claire
16:43and immediately slaps Lily.
16:46Lily, are you crazy?
16:48How can you do this to Claire?
16:51Claire's clothes
16:53are burned off
16:53and the remaining acid
16:56burned her skin,
16:57making her scream.
16:59Lily smashes the bottle
17:01and wails.
17:02Dad, you've never slapped me.
17:04How could you do this for her?
17:06For a moment,
17:08Lily's cries,
17:09Claire's screams,
17:10and Victor's yelling
17:12on the phone blend together.
17:14I stand in the corner
17:15and mused,
17:16It's a shame.
17:17Lily isn't tall enough
17:19to pour the acid
17:20on Claire's face
17:22and ruin her face.
17:24In the past life,
17:25I let my guard down
17:27around Lily
17:27and she poured the acid
17:29over my head.
17:30The pain was unbearable.
17:32My scalp and flesh
17:33burned away.
17:34All that was left
17:35was a skull.
17:37Even the heavens
17:38were shocked
17:38at the horrible way
17:40I died
17:40and gave me
17:41a second chance.
17:43Victor hangs up
17:44and realizes
17:45it is acid.
17:47Claire quickly
17:48takes her shirt off
17:49and shows him
17:50her wounds
17:51to win his sympathy.
17:53She was better at this
17:54than I have ever been.
17:56immediately turning him
17:58against Lily.
17:59Lily, you're ten.
18:01Where'd you get this?
18:03I spoiled you too much
18:05and turned you this way.
18:07You knew I was
18:08getting remarried
18:09and you've been plotting
18:11to do this to Claire.
18:14Lily responded
18:15with a sharp glare.
18:18Victor pities Claire
18:19and takes it out
18:21on me.
18:22Lucy,
18:23this explains
18:23why you're here.
18:25It was all your scheme.
18:27I should have known.
18:29I didn't think
18:30you're this wicked.
18:32You must have told
18:33Lily stuff.
18:34That's why she did it.
18:36I'll make you pay
18:37for getting Claire hurt.
18:39I let out a snicker.
18:41Talk about absurd.
18:43If it weren't
18:44for her teacher
18:45and the police,
18:46I wouldn't want
18:47to see her.
18:49And the bottle of acid?
18:51She prepared it for me.
18:53She thought,
18:54I'm the reason
18:55you were away.
18:56And you just had
18:57to bring Claire back
18:58right now.
18:59You two deserve this.
19:02A wave of relief
19:03washed over me.
19:05At that moment,
19:07I'm relieved
19:07Victor divorced me
19:08and got remarried
19:10so soon.
19:12Otherwise,
19:13I might not survive today.
19:15Claire hears
19:16what I say
19:16and cries.
19:17Seeing the homewrecker
19:19getting her comeuppance.
19:20I can't help
19:22but feel satisfied.
19:23Victor is stumped.
19:25He has no choice
19:26but to target Lily.
19:28For the first time,
19:29Victor actually
19:30slaps her hard.
19:32Nealon apologized
19:33to Claire.
19:35Show me your sorry.
19:37Fight me on this
19:38and I'll send you
19:39to the nuthouse
19:40for shock therapy.
19:42Lily is heartbroken.
19:44She shoves Victor aside
19:46and lunged at me angrily,
19:48hitting and kicking me.
19:50It's your fault
19:50for being so unappealing.
19:53If Dad hadn't disliked you,
19:55he wouldn't have found Claire.
19:56This is all on you.
19:58As I look at Lily,
20:00who never stops crying,
20:01I finally understand
20:02how much she hates my guts.
20:05It seems she really
20:06sees me as her rival.
20:08My existence alone
20:09bothers her.
20:10Luckily,
20:11whatever she says
20:12can't hurt me anymore.
20:13I push Lily away
20:15and look at her
20:15with disgust.
20:17Freak out all you want.
20:18See if I care.
20:20Lily lies on the floor
20:21and cries,
20:22calling out to Victor.
20:24But Victor ignores her.
20:26He hears the ambulance
20:27and goes downstairs
20:29with Claire in his arms.
20:31The police arrives
20:32at the scene.
20:33When they see the acid,
20:35they hold Lily on the floor.
20:37Little girl,
20:38where did you get
20:39something this dangerous?
20:41You're coming with us.
20:43I go with them
20:44since I'm also involved.
20:46I tell the officers everything
20:48about the past few days.
20:50Even how Lily treated me
20:51like a rival for years.
20:53I say it all
20:54for the first time.
20:55At first,
20:56they don't believe me.
20:57They think Lily
20:58attacked Claire
20:59for my sake.
21:02But when they hear her yelling
21:04for me and Claire to die,
21:06they start having doubts.
21:08I don't say anything.
21:10Instead,
21:11I show them some CCTV footage
21:13from before the divorce.
21:16This will help you
21:17solve the case.
21:19The officers fall silent
21:21when they hear
21:22the insults Lily hurled
21:24at me in the footage.
21:26I say firmly,
21:28Lily is not in my custody.
21:30I'm not responsible.
21:32She also tried to attack me
21:34with acid.
21:35I won't handle her cases anymore.
21:38When I leave,
21:40Lily was still throwing a fit.
21:43Call my dad
21:44and make him come here.
21:47Don't let him stay with Claire.
21:49Find a way
21:50to separate them, please.
21:52When I walk away,
21:53Lily shouts at me to stop.
21:56Lucy,
21:57you can't let Claire
21:58steal dad away.
21:59Do something
22:00and get him back, okay?
22:02If you can split them up,
22:05you can be my mom again.
22:07She's still wild
22:08and reckless,
22:09waiting for me
22:10to forgive and indulge her.
22:12I just look at her coldly.
22:14Lily,
22:15I'm done with you.
22:17Enjoy your days
22:18with your new mother.
22:20I hope Claire
22:21will be as patient with you.
22:23Lily is utterly confused.
22:25Drop the act, Lucy.
22:27You fought for my custody.
22:29You can't let me go.
22:31Get me out of here
22:31and take me to dad.
22:33I say nothing.
22:34As I turn around
22:36and leave,
22:37that night,
22:37Victor texts me
22:38to question me.
22:40He still thinks
22:41I told Lily
22:41about his remarriage
22:43and that's why
22:43she bought acid.
22:45I've had it with them.
22:47I post the proof
22:48of his cheating online
22:49and block him.
22:51Victor has no choice
22:52but to shut up.
22:53Lily is drowning
22:54in the pain
22:55of his remarriage
22:56and stops bothering me.
22:59Claire got lucky.
23:00Just a small burn
23:01on her chest.
23:02Her face is unharmed.
23:04I hear she forgave Lily
23:07and moved in with them
23:08shortly after.
23:10After that,
23:11I don't follow up on them.
23:12I'm too busy
23:13with my career.
23:14One day,
23:16one of the old neighbors
23:17suddenly contact me.
23:19Lucy.
23:20Victor never knew peace
23:21since he remarried.
23:23Look at this.
23:24His family is now
23:26the laughing stock.
23:27The message I posted
23:29to the group
23:29was quickly deleted
23:31by Victor
23:32but they already knew
23:34of his affair.
23:37Victor was already
23:39the talk of the complex.
23:41Lily's acid attack
23:43made an even bigger scene.
23:46Everyone watched,
23:48waiting for their next show.
23:51The day Claire moved in
23:53was a spectacle.
23:53It's as loud
23:55as a megaphone.
23:56She arrives
23:57with loads of stuff.
23:58Lily blocks the door
23:59refusing her entry.
24:02Victor hits her.
24:04She leaves
24:04and Claire moves in.
24:07It's hard to believe.
24:09Victor always looked away.
24:13Now he beats Lily
24:14for Claire's sake.
24:16Guess it must be true love.
24:18I wish them the best.
24:19Forever.
24:20A week after Claire moved in,
24:24Lily calls the police
24:25claiming Claire beat her.
24:26The cops show up.
24:28Lily's face was covered
24:29in slap marks.
24:31Two teeth were knocked out.
24:33They say the stepmother's cruel,
24:35that she's already abusing the kid.
24:37I checked the video closely.
24:39Lily was definitely covered in bruises.
24:42But Claire didn't look much better.
24:44Her long, shiny hair
24:46had been hacked
24:48into a choppy mess.
24:50It's clearly Lily's work.
24:52Claire sobbed to the officers.
24:54Lily shredded all her clothes
24:56and put nails in her shoes,
24:58leaving her limping for a week.
25:00Lily clings to an officer's leg,
25:02crying about abuse.
25:04The neighbors already hated Claire
25:06and didn't know Lily often lied.
25:09They cornered and blamed Claire
25:11until she cried.
25:12Victor rushed home,
25:14apologized briefly,
25:16gave Claire a light scolding,
25:18case closed.
25:20After that,
25:21the apartment was filled
25:22with crashing and screaming
25:24every single day.
25:25In the video,
25:26Victor stood smoking at the door,
25:28miserable.
25:29Inside, Lily and Claire brawled.
25:33Lily screamed.
25:35I won't let you win.
25:37Any woman after my dad must die.
25:39Dad belongs to me.
25:41No one can take him.
25:43Claire's leg is bleeding badly.
25:45She grabs Lily by the hair
25:47and spanks her hard.
25:49No wonder Lucy runs away from you, brat.
25:52Not just Lucy.
25:53Victor does too.
25:55You think Victor loves you?
25:57I'm carrying his son.
26:00Once he's born,
26:01you'll go to your grandparents.
26:04Lily screams with all her might.
26:06You're lying.
26:07How dare you speak of my dad?
26:09I'm his only daughter.
26:11He'll never leave me.
26:14At the video's end,
26:16Victor stubs his cigarette,
26:17slams the door.
26:18Behind the door,
26:20I hear Victor shouting,
26:22I should have left you with Lucy.
26:24You irritate me.
26:26When my son is born,
26:28go back to grandma's.
26:29The neighbor shakes their head.
26:31Not only did he cheat,
26:33but he's abandoning his own daughter.
26:35That poor girl will have it rough.
26:38The neighbors seem sorry for Lily.
26:40I exited the chat expressionlessly.
26:43I think to myself,
26:45Lily brought this on herself.
26:48But from the video,
26:50Claire isn't doing well either.
26:53Victor can't just send Lily away that easily.
26:55She bought acid without flinching.
26:57She won't let this go.
26:59At work that day,
27:02the police calls again.
27:04Ms. Snow,
27:06Lily's in trouble.
27:07Come now.
27:08I'm about to refuse,
27:10but the police added,
27:11her guardian is fighting for his life.
27:14His parents can't arrive in time.
27:17You're our only contact.
27:19Victor's fighting for his life.
27:21Now,
27:22I'm interested.
27:23I tell my boss and take a half day to go.
27:26At the hospital,
27:28an officer pulls me aside.
27:30Victor is still in surgery.
27:32He may not survive.
27:33Claire is already dead.
27:36As for Lily,
27:38she's only 10.
27:39The situation is complicated.
27:41After learning that Claire was pregnant,
27:44Lily was pushed too far.
27:46She snapped.
27:47She secretly got rat poison
27:48and pretended to make up with Victor.
27:51Then she waited
27:52and poisoned Claire's water.
27:55She only meant to kill Claire and the baby,
27:58but Victor drank from the same glass.
28:02They were poisoned in their sleep.
28:04By the time Lily saw Victor foaming
28:07and called 911,
28:09the poison was fully absorbed.
28:10His gastric lavage failed.
28:12Surgery was the only hope for organ failure.
28:16Claire,
28:17weakened by her pregnancy,
28:18died on the way to the hospital.
28:21When Lily learns that Claire is dead,
28:23she laughs.
28:25Serves you right, thief.
28:27Think a son could beat me?
28:29Pathetic.
28:31Her face looked nothing like a child's.
28:35Then Lily learns Victor is dying too.
28:38She panics.
28:40She breaks down at the OR door.
28:42Dad, I didn't mean it.
28:44I just wanted her gone.
28:46Dad, you'll wake up, right?
28:48You said you love me forever.
28:50I'm stunned.
28:52I figured Claire would get what she deserved.
28:55I never thought Lily would take him down.
28:59Karma got him too.
29:01The police are stuck.
29:02Lily is a minor,
29:04but what she did caused serious harm.
29:07She'll go to Juvie.
29:09Can you help with everything else?
29:12I cut him off.
29:14Sorry, I won't do anything for her.
29:17Custody is with my ex.
29:19His family will handle it.
29:21I'm being posted abroad soon.
29:23This isn't my problem.
29:25Besides, you've seen the footage.
29:28If Victor hadn't cheated,
29:29I could be the one in the morgue.
29:32The officer sighs and understands.
29:36Lily turns and sees me.
29:38Pure hatred fills her eyes.
29:41Lucy, you did this.
29:43If you'd kept Dad,
29:45Dad would never have strayed.
29:47He never would have drunk poison.
29:49I hate you.
29:50I always have.
29:52Why did you take my dad?
29:54Why'd you hurt him?
29:56Lily turns all her rage on me.
29:59I feel nothing.
30:00She can't touch me nor hurt me.
30:04Instead of hating me,
30:06think about how it'll be like if your dad dies.
30:09Remember, you did this.
30:12Live with it forever.
30:14My words send Lily over the edge.
30:16As police drag Lily away,
30:19her bloodshot eyes lock onto me.
30:22She burns my face into her memory.
30:25I walk out.
30:26The sun is bright.
30:28A week later,
30:29I see the story in the news.
30:31Headlines,
30:32morbid obsession,
30:33patricide.
30:34A blurred photo of Lily is shown.
30:38The comments are divided.
30:40Some pity her upbringing.
30:42Most demand punishment.
30:44I don't read further and set the tablet down.
30:48A lawyer calls.
30:49Victor's parents want to handle the aftermath.
30:52They want to meet.
30:54I decline.
30:56Through the lawyer,
30:57they ask me to cover Lily's detention costs.
31:00My lawyer replies,
31:02per divorce,
31:03I gave up all rights and duties.
31:05Lily was never my responsibility.
31:09On the weekend,
31:10I visit a church
31:11just to find some peace.
31:14As I prayed,
31:15I think of the acid attack in my last life.
31:18The reapers shake their heads in sorrow.
31:21The scent of the candles fill the air.
31:23I bow slowly.
31:24This time I survived.
31:27As I leave the church,
31:28I pass a priest sweeping leaves.
31:31He glances up at me.
31:33The resentment on you has faded,
31:35but it's unresolved.
31:36I stop.
31:39It's not hatred,
31:41it's confusion.
31:42Why did Kin turn to foe?
31:44Until then,
31:45you won't be free.
31:47I pause,
31:48then ask,
31:48and if I don't?
31:50He smiles.
31:52You know it already.
31:54Not every question needs to be answered.
31:57He goes back to sweeping.
31:59I stand there a long moment,
32:01then leave.
32:02Maybe he's right.
32:04I don't need to know why Lily hates me.
32:06I just accept it.
32:08Some people,
32:09even flesh and blood,
32:10are just meant to be a trial.
32:13My firm throws a farewell dinner.
32:15Colleagues toast my promotion,
32:17and new life abroad.
32:19I smile and take it all in.
32:21I feel at peace.
32:23Someone carefully brings up the recent news.
32:26I shake my head.
32:28That's all in the past.
32:30The apartment is ready.
32:32Boxes are packed and shipped.
32:34I take only what matters.
32:36Late one night,
32:37as I sort through old things,
32:39I find Lily's ultrasound photo.
32:42On the back,
32:43my baby,
32:44my love.
32:45I stare at it for a long time
32:47and tear it up.
32:50Before I leave,
32:51I get an unknown call.
32:53It's a counselor from juvenile detention.
32:56Miss Snow,
32:57you're not obligated.
32:58But Lily's case is unusual.
33:01She won't talk to anyone,
33:02but she asks for you.
33:04Jamie Parker's voice is gentle.
33:07If you're willing,
33:08maybe write her a letter.
33:10It may help her evaluation.
33:12After hanging up,
33:14I sit by the window.
33:15Finally,
33:16I pick up a pen
33:17and write a short letter.
33:19Not to Lily,
33:20but to the child
33:21I tried so hard to protect.
33:24I seal it when I'm done.
33:26I don't send it.
33:28I lock it in a drawer.
33:30The airport is crowded when I leave.
33:32I check my bags
33:33and buy a coffee.
33:35My phone lights up.
33:37It's from my realtor.
33:38My old apartment has been sold.
33:41Every last tie to the past
33:43is now cut.
33:45The boarding call sounds.
33:47I stand.
33:48I take one last look
33:49at the city sky.
33:51Six months later,
33:52a package arrives.
33:54It's sent by a law firm.
33:56Inside are documents
33:57and a letter.
33:58Victor's parents died
33:59three months ago.
34:01Lily's behavior
34:02was severely unstable.
34:05She's moved to
34:06a youth psychiatric facility.
34:08I'm her only living
34:09next of kin by law.
34:11These documents
34:12need my signature.
34:13I read everything carefully.
34:15Then call my lawyer.
34:17I sign over Lily's guardianship
34:19to the state.
34:22The lawyer goes quiet,
34:24then asks,
34:25Are you sure?
34:26This means giving up
34:28being her mother.
34:29I watch seabirds
34:31outside the window.
34:32I stopped being her mother
34:33long ago.
34:34I hang up
34:35and step onto the balcony.
34:37The sunset turns the sea gold,
34:40looking almost unreal.
34:41My phone buzzes.
34:42It's the diving club.
34:44They ask about
34:45next week's night dive.
34:47I confirm.
34:48Then I block
34:49my lawyer's number.
34:52That night,
34:53I dream
34:53of holding Lily
34:55as a baby.
34:56She laughs
34:57and reaches for my face.
34:59Then,
34:59the image shifts.
35:00She's grown,
35:01face twisted,
35:02and holding a bottle of acid.
35:04I wake up
35:05drenched in sweat.
35:06The next day,
35:07I book a therapy session,
35:08not out of weakness.
35:11But I know
35:12I can't over it
35:13if I'm still under it.
35:15My therapist is calm,
35:16middle-aged.
35:17She never interrupts
35:18when I talk.
35:19By the fourth session,
35:21she says,
35:22Ms. Snow,
35:23have you considered
35:23some of what you feel
35:26toward Lily's self-blame?
35:28For not being
35:29a normal mother to her.
35:30For the bond
35:31you never had.
35:33I go silent.
35:34It's late
35:35when I leave the office.
35:37I sit by the sea
35:38till the stars come out.
35:41Maybe she's right.
35:42I've been running from
35:44the idea that I failed
35:45as a mother.
35:46But sitting here,
35:48the sea breeze hits me.
35:49Admitting my faults
35:51takes courage, too.
35:52A year later,
35:53I'm a regional director.
35:55The party is held
35:56on a yacht.
35:57Champagne,
35:58music,
35:59genuine good wishes.
36:01Midway through,
36:02I slip out
36:03to the railing alone.
36:05A senior colleague
36:06follows me out.
36:07She hands me water.
36:09It sneaks up.
36:11We stand side by side,
36:12watching the city lights.
36:14She says,
36:16You always seem so resilient,
36:18but the strongest
36:19break the easiest.
36:21I look at her.
36:23She smiles.
36:24When I first came here,
36:26I had a hard time, too.
36:28I realized owning
36:29our weaknesses
36:30is strength.
36:32She pats my shoulder.
36:34We go back inside.
36:35I dream of the Reapers again.
36:37Their faces blur,
36:39but their voices are sharp.
36:41You chose differently now.
36:43Karma remains.
36:45I ask them why.
36:46They only shake their heads
36:48and fade away.
36:50I wake and sit up in bed,
36:52turning those words
36:53over in my mind.
36:55Days later,
36:56the answer comes
36:57in an unexpected way.
36:58The company
36:59sends me back home
37:01for two weeks of work.
37:02When I hear the news,
37:04my hands tremble.
37:05I steady myself.
37:07I'm not the same Lucy,
37:09and that city
37:10is no longer
37:11my nightmare.
37:12I land at the familiar airport.
37:15I take a deep breath
37:16as I step off.
37:17No suffocation,
37:19just air.
37:19At the hotel,
37:20I check work emails first.
37:22The team is professional.
37:24Meetings run on time.
37:25On the third afternoon,
37:28I finish early.
37:30On impulse,
37:31I open the map
37:32and search for the youth facility.
37:36It's in the suburbs,
37:38about 40 minutes away.
37:39I stand at the hotel window
37:41for a long time.
37:43Then, I grab my bag
37:44and go downstairs.
37:45The city thins.
37:47Fewer buildings,
37:48more trees.
37:49The driver glances at me.
37:52It's pretty remote.
37:53You sure?
37:53I nod and say nothing.
37:56A white building
37:57with low fence,
37:59its gate shut.
38:01I wait outside briefly.
38:03Just as I turn to leave,
38:04a staff member comes out.
38:06She pauses.
38:08Here for who?
38:09I give Lily's name.
38:11Her expression shifts.
38:14She leads me inside
38:15to a waiting room.
38:17It is clean and simple.
38:19There's children's drawings
38:20on the walls.
38:21One catches my eye.
38:23A red figure stood
38:25in the center of darkness.
38:27Twisted lines surround it.
38:29No name is below it,
38:30but I know that's Lily's.
38:33Minutes later,
38:34a doctor in a white coat enters.
38:37She's Casey Bennett,
38:38Lily's doctor.
38:40She's in her 40s
38:42with warm eyes
38:43and a sharp gaze.
38:44She sits.
38:45Hello, Mrs. Snow.
38:47Your info is in Lily's file.
38:50I know you've given up custody.
38:52I cut in.
38:54How is she?
38:55Dr. Bennett pauses.
38:56It's complicated.
38:58Severe paranoid
38:59personality tendencies.
39:01Distorted emotions.
39:02Progress has been slow.
39:04But there's been a shift.
39:06She pauses,
39:07then continues.
39:08Three months ago,
39:09she started art therapy.
39:11It's always one figure.
39:14Casey pulls out
39:14several sketches.
39:16They're pencil drawings
39:18of a woman
39:19with familiar features.
39:21It looks like me,
39:22but not quite.
39:23In some,
39:24I'm smiling.
39:25In some,
39:25I'm crying.
39:26One shows me on the ground,
39:28surrounded by black waves.
39:30Dr. Bennett says
39:31she calls them all Mom.
39:33I look at the drawings.
39:36My chest tightening.
39:38No admission she misses you,
39:39but the mind doesn't lie.
39:41This doesn't mean she's well,
39:43but buried feelings
39:45may be surfacing.
39:47If you're willing to,
39:48leave her a letter.
39:50I'll give it to her
39:51in due time.
39:52I pause for a long time,
39:54then ask for paper.
39:57In the end,
39:58I write three lines.
39:59I made it.
40:00I hope you find your way too.
40:03Goodbye.
40:04I didn't leave a name.
40:06I fold it and pass it to her.
40:08She takes it.
40:09I'll handle it with care.
40:10A quiet year passes.
40:13After my promotion,
40:14work picks up.
40:15I'm sent to Uriel for three months.
40:18Winter here is cold,
40:20but the office is always warm.
40:22Colleagues keep a polite distance.
40:24I like that.
40:26On Christmas Eve,
40:27the team holds a small party.
40:29I leave early,
40:31walking home on streets
40:32strung with lights.
40:34My phone rings.
40:36It's an unknown number from home.
40:38I hesitate,
40:39then answer.
40:40It's Dr. Bennett.
40:42Her voice sounds tired.
40:43Miss Snow,
40:44sorry to bother you.
40:45I shouldn't be calling,
40:47but Lily has changed.
40:49I stop walking.
40:51My breath fades into the cold air.
40:53Go on.
40:55Casey pauses.
40:56She talks about the past in fragments.
40:59She wants to see you.
41:01It's not a demand,
41:02but a request.
41:03I told her no.
41:04She asked me to let you know.
41:07Christmas music drifts by,
41:09oddly out of place.
41:10I won't see her.
41:13Casey goes quiet.
41:15Understood.
41:16Thank you.
41:17I hang up and keep walking.
41:19In the mailbox downstairs,
41:22there's a card from my diving club friends.
41:25There's fish and coral on the cover.
41:27I go upstairs,
41:28turn on the heat,
41:29and make a cup of tea.
41:31Outside,
41:32snow falls quietly.
41:34I sit by the window
41:36and watch it come down.
41:38Lily is facing her past.
41:40Maybe that's good,
41:41but her road is hers to walk.
41:44By the time my drink runs out,
41:46I decide.
41:47I open my laptop
41:48and send Casey an email.
41:50This is my last word on the matter.
41:52I wish Lily a real recovery.
41:55I hit send and close the laptop.
41:58Snow keeps falling,
42:00covering the street.
42:01The night is so quiet,
42:03I can hear my own heartbeat.
42:05When the project ends,
42:07I transfer to Ellendor.
42:09New place.
42:10Fresh start.
42:11The tropics are always hot,
42:14but the sea breezes keep it bearable.
42:16I rent a flat with an ocean view.
42:18On weekends,
42:20I hike or dive.
42:21Three months in,
42:22I find a book in a store.
42:25On childhood emotional disorders,
42:28I pick it up,
42:29set it down,
42:30and walk away.
42:31Some knowledge is just unwanted baggage.
42:34A colleague shows interest in me.
42:37We go on a few dates.
42:39He's gentle,
42:40divorced,
42:40with no kids.
42:41He runs a small consulting firm.
42:43On our third date,
42:45he asks about my past.
42:46I tell him I'm divorced,
42:48with no children,
42:49focused on work.
42:51He lets it go.
42:52That night,
42:53I watch the harbor lights.
42:56It's strange that I lied,
42:58not out of guilt,
42:59but out of self-protection.
43:01My past is a scar.
43:03It's not something to show a passerby.
43:06Six months later,
43:07Casey emails again.
43:09Lily's treatment has reached a milestone.
43:12She's in structured therapy.
43:15And is more stable now.
43:17If progress continues,
43:18she may move to a normal center in two years.
43:22At the email's end,
43:23Casey adds that
43:24Lily drew a woman standing by the sea.
43:28When asked who it was,
43:29she said,
43:30a stranger.
43:31On the back,
43:32I hope she sees the sunrise.
43:35I close the email and step outside.
43:37The horizon is still a deep blue,
43:40but I know the sun will rise in a few hours.
43:44Karma is still unfinished,
43:46but it no longer binds my life.
43:48My phone buzzes.
43:49A colleague asks me to breakfast.
43:51I say yes and get dressed.
43:54The morning air is fresh.
43:56Joggers are out on the street.
43:58Life moves forward.
43:59I no longer look back.
44:01In my second year here,
44:03I buy a small apartment.
44:06Colleagues come to help me move.
44:08It's a full, noisy day.
44:09That evening,
44:10as I sort my books,
44:11I find an old photo album.
44:13It's my mother's from when she died.
44:15It slipped into my thing somehow.
44:17She was young and beautiful,
44:19holding me as a baby,
44:20smiling.
44:22She passed away when I was 15.
44:24Dad remarried fast.
44:25I stood on my own early.
44:27On the last page,
44:28her handwriting says,
44:30Whatever comes,
44:31love yourself.
44:32I stare at it a long time,
44:34then take it out carefully.
44:36I frame it and put it on my desk.
44:38If she knew what I'd been through,
44:40what would she say?
44:42Maybe she'd understand my choices,
44:44just as I now understand her strength.
44:47Work is still busy,
44:49but I've found balance.
44:50Gym three times a week,
44:52cooking on weekends,
44:52and movies with the guy I'm seeing.
44:55Life is quiet and full.
44:57No big waves.
44:59That's what I need.
45:00One Sunday,
45:01a letter arrives,
45:03signed only Casey.
45:05Inside,
45:06two printed copies of drawings.
45:08The first is the woman by the sea.
45:11The second is new.
45:12It's a woman at a window,
45:14with trees outside and tea on the table.
45:16The style feels calmer now.
45:18The color's softer.
45:20No note,
45:21just the two drawings.
45:22I study the second drawing.
45:25The tree shadows.
45:26The steam from the cup.
45:27Her face.
45:28Every detail is precise.
45:30Lily sees deeply.
45:31On the right path,
45:33she may have real talent,
45:34but I don't write back.
45:36I don't act.
45:37I file the drawings
45:40with other important but non-urgent things.
45:43Some things only need witnessing,
45:46not answering.
45:47That night,
45:48I dream of my mother.
45:49She's silent.
45:51She just strokes my hair,
45:53like when I was small.
45:54I wake to a damp pillow,
45:56but feel at peace.
45:58I understand now.
46:00Letting go isn't forgetting.
46:01It's to let the memory stop hurting me.
46:04The sky slowly brightens.
46:06I make breakfast.
46:07A new day begins,
46:08and I'm ready for it.
46:10In the third year,
46:12my project wins an industry award.
46:14At the ceremony,
46:15I walk up in a simple black dress.
46:19The spotlight is bright,
46:20but I stand calmly and give my thanks.
46:23As the applause rises,
46:25I think of Lily's kindergarten show.
46:29I was clapping just like this.
46:31Time is a strange thing.
46:33It takes some.
46:34It keeps others.
46:35At the reception,
46:36a colleague congratulates me.
46:39We talk about careers.
46:40She asks about family.
46:42I smile.
46:43Focused on work for now.
46:44She nods.
46:45Sometimes going alone gets you further.
46:48She's right.
46:50These years on my own.
46:51Built something inside me.
46:53I don't need approval.
46:55No ties to hold me down.
46:57Just existing as myself.
46:58Only caged birds know what freedom is worth.
47:02In the summer,
47:03I go home to handle some tax matters.
47:06Landing feels like nothing now.
47:09The city has changed.
47:11Everything looks new.
47:12I stay downtown.
47:14Handle things by day.
47:16Gym at night.
47:17On my last evening,
47:19I ride past my old neighborhood.
47:22The building still stands.
47:24Freshly repainted.
47:27I let it pass.
47:28I just watch it pass by the window.
47:32On the way back,
47:33I spot an old bookstore that's still open.
47:36I stop and go in.
47:38I pause at the psychology shelf
47:40and pick up a trauma healing book.
47:43The young cashier smiles and asks,
48:15If I study psychology,
48:16the day I leave,
48:17the airport is bright.
48:18I check in,
48:19clear security,
48:21walk to the gate.
48:22Each step light and steady.
48:24I know I won't look back this time.
48:28Back home,
48:30life keeps its rhythm.
48:31Work,
48:32gym,
48:33reading,
48:33the occasional date.
48:35When he proposes,
48:36I say no gently.
48:38He's hurt but understands.
48:40We stay friends.
48:41I'm not against marriage.
48:43I just know where I am right now.
48:45I'm whole on my own.
48:47I need no one to complete me.
48:49Another year passes.
48:50On my 36th birthday,
48:52I go to Rosvera alone.
48:54At a retreat there,
48:56I take a week-long meditation course.
48:59I'm up at four each morning,
49:01in silence,
49:02watching the breath,
49:03letting thoughts pass by.
49:05On the fourth morning,
49:07while deep in meditation,
49:08Lily's face appears.
49:10In the meditation,
49:12Lily's face appears.
49:13But this time it's different.
49:15She's sleeping quietly.
49:17The image comes and goes.
49:18No emotion follows,
49:20like clouds drifting past.
49:22On the last day,
49:23everyone is asked to share.
49:25When it's my turn,
49:27I say,
49:27I learn to let memories be memories,
49:30not a weight.
49:31The instructor smiles.
49:33That's hard to reach.
49:34On the flight back,
49:36I sit next to a mother with two kids,
49:39a girl of four or five.
49:40is calm,
49:42sweet,
49:42and leaning on her mom.
49:43I watch them.
49:45No envy,
49:46no regret.
49:47Just quiet observation.
49:48Everyone has their own path.
49:50A different scenery.
49:53At the year's end,
49:54a final email arrives from Casey.
49:57Lily transferred to a regular center.
50:00She's stable and in vocational training.
50:03She chose art and design.
50:05The teachers say she has potential.
50:07I write a short reply.
50:09I wish her well.
50:11Then,
50:11I delete Casey's contact.
50:13A clean goodbye.
50:15I gave what I could.
50:16I kept what I should.
50:18On New Year's Eve,
50:20fireworks explode by the sea.
50:22As the sky lights up,
50:23I close my eyes.
50:25I'm grateful for this second chance.
50:27For every choice,
50:28every loss,
50:29every gain.
50:30I open my eyes.
50:31As the show peeks,
50:32they're as bright as stars.
50:34A friend hands me champagne.
50:36Our glasses clink.
50:37The sea breeze reeks of ocean and freedom.
50:41Right now,
50:41I'm truly here in this moment.
50:44Free of the past.
50:45No fear of the future.
50:46No fear.
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