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00:00I'd waited three years for my wedding day. Then I was thrown into a snake pit by my fiancée and
00:05three elder brothers.
00:07Happy wedding, just so you know. I slept with your husband last night. In your bed. It was amazing.
00:15Rage blinded me. I slapped her. A second later, my new husband, Julian Thorne, slapped me back.
00:21Harper is sweet and easy! She gave up everything for you, and you still hate her? I'd rather marry anyone
00:29but you!
00:30Under their order, I was thrown into a snake pit. Day one, I thought they'd come back. Day three, I
00:36started counting the cracks in the wall.
00:38Day seven, I stopped. I was so tired. After seven days of hell, my three brothers came for me. Arthur,
00:45my oldest brother, a ruthless CEO. He kicked my leg until it broke.
00:52Harper cried all night. I've already moved all your assets to her.
00:57Silas, my second brother, an ableist actor. He twisted my arm until it dislocated.
01:02From now on, only Harper stays in the family trust. You? Never call yourself a Vance again.
01:10Declan, my youngest brother, a top surgeon. The cruelest of all. He pressed a scalpel into my stomach.
01:16Harper has kidney problems. You're giving her one of yours. Consider it payment.
01:20Before I could speak, he cut my organ out. I was awake the whole time. Then, through the pain, something
01:26shifted.
01:27Twenty years of fighting for scraps of love from people who never wanted me.
01:31Back at the orphanage, Harper locked me in the closet and stole my life.
01:34Let me out!
01:35Twenty years later, I was still paying for it. Maybe dying was the only way to finally be free. I
01:40stopped screaming.
01:41Despair and pain melted away. Now I just felt relief. Arthur and Silas were gone. Taking my kidney. In the
01:49damp, freezing snake pit.
01:51Only...
01:51Declan frowned, annoyed. Stitching me up in a hurry.
01:55If you'd just cooperated earlier, I wouldn't be doing this here. You're nothing but a hassle.
01:59One week ago, Harper got a tiny, barely visible paper cut. Declan called in his whole elite medical team, treated
02:06it like an emergency. He checked on her every three hours. Now?
02:09The hassle of closing the wound.
02:12He must have noticed I wasn't reacting. He leaned down, patted my pale cheek, and injected me with antibiotics.
02:19Stop faking. This is nothing. You really think this will make me choose you over Harper?
02:25You're so petty, Alara. Ever since you came back to this family, all you do is play these sad little
02:30games.
02:31In the past, words like that would have broken me. I would have fought back. Begged him to see I
02:35wasn't that person. Now I felt nothing. To me, death was the fastest way out. But Declan misunderstood completely.
02:43What the hell is that supposed to mean, Alara? You saying this messed up stuff just to make me feel
02:48bad?
02:49He jerked the suture hard. The raw skin tore tight. Dark blood gushed out. The pain was unbearable. When he
02:57saw me gasp, my forehead soaked with cold sweat.
03:00You're my blood sister. Do you know how long we spent looking for you? There's no way I'd let you
03:05die like this.
03:05If you weren't selfish, if you hadn't hit Harper, none of this would have happened.
03:11He finally numbed the wound.
03:14Promise you'll stop making trouble for Harper when we get back.
03:19Apologize to her, and I'll take you to the hospital.
03:23Best care. No more pain out here.
03:26Inside me, only cold, bitter mockery rose.
03:29Without a word, I lifted my hand and tore open my freshly stitched wound.
03:33Blood poured out.
03:35Alara, are you insane?
03:37You'll die!
03:40I stared at the tears in his eyes, and forced a weak smile.
03:45Death? That sounds perfect.
03:50Living even one more second makes me sick.
03:54My eyelids grew heavy. My head fell to the side.
03:58Everything went black.
04:00I didn't die. When I woke up fully, Arthur was there.
04:05You're finally awake.
04:07You're an adult, Alara. Why are you so reckless?
04:10Throwing a fit and threatening to give up over something so small.
04:14Where's your pride as a Vance?
04:16You're right. I'm a disgrace.
04:20I don't deserve to be here.
04:22His hand froze mid-air. The slap never landed.
04:26Alara Vance! Stop talking nonsense!
04:32I paid a huge price to get you out of there.
04:34Not so you can talk nonsense like this.
04:38The door opened.
04:40Declan walked in, carrying a bitter medicinal drink.
04:43Drink it.
04:45Don't make me hold you down and pour it in.
04:47No. It's a waste.
04:50You!
04:52He slammed the bowl onto the nightstand and checked my bandages.
04:56Just as I thought.
04:57The top-tier medicine really speeds up healing.
05:00Behave!
05:00If you tear this wound again, I'm not stitching you up a second time.
05:06Once I would have cried at this tiny scrap of kindness.
05:09Now I just found it deeply, profoundly ironic.
05:12I ripped my arm out of his grip, threw off the blanket, and clutched my wound.
05:16Are you out of your mind?
05:22Allara, what the hell are you doing?
05:24Leaving you.
05:25Letting me go is the best outcome for everyone.
05:29You're off the hook, and Harper can sit on her throne as the Vance Ernish.
05:34Do me a favor.
05:35Let me die quickly.
05:37My words hit a raw nerve in Arthur.
05:41I forbid it!
05:42You are the biological daughter of the Vance family.
05:48Who gave you permission to die?
05:50Declan panicked.
05:51He pressed my shoulders back against the mattress.
05:54Allara, stop.
05:56I know you're hurting, but if you just recover, I promise I'll do better.
06:00Okay?
06:01I stared at his begging eyes and found it utterly absurd.
06:04I closed my eyes.
06:05Declan tried to feed me the medicinal drink.
06:08Meanwhile, the door swung open again.
06:11Allara, thank God.
06:13You scared me half to death.
06:14When I'd first returned home, he took me out, bought me gifts, and tearfully told me
06:18how much the family had missed me all those years.
06:20His attitude flipped.
06:22Seeing him now just exhausted me.
06:24I turned my face away as he reached out to touch my cheek.
06:29Let me try.
06:30She might listen.
06:31For years I'd worshipped him, loved him with every part of me.
06:35Door opened again.
06:37Allara, I came to see you.
06:39Harper, you just had a transplant.
06:41You're still weak.
06:42Why are you up?
06:44It's all my fault.
06:45If I'd stopped you that day, none of this would have happened.
06:50I couldn't stop feeling guilty.
06:52I had to apologize.
06:55She took the bowl and sat on my bed.
06:58Allara, please.
06:59Don't be so hard on yourself.
07:01Drink your medicine.
07:02Everyone's worried.
07:03I know you blame me.
07:05But I never wanted to fight you.
07:07Everything in the Vance family is yours by right.
07:09Before the spoon touched my lips.
07:14Allara, how could you?
07:17I was only trying to help.
07:19Tears ready to fall.
07:21Allara, Vance, have you lost your mind?
07:24My hand moved to the phone hidden under my pillow.
07:27One bar of signal.
07:29Just enough.
07:30Arthur exploded.
07:31Harper came here out of kindness and this is how you repay her?
07:34Declan rushed to check Harper's reddened skin.
07:36Are you okay?
07:37Is it badly burned?
07:38Get a doctor here now!
07:40You've gone too far, Allara.
07:43Harper already apologized.
07:45When will you grow up?
07:47Can you stop being so unreasonable?
07:49You don't have to hurt her.
07:51All four crowded around Harper, pressed against Arthur's chest.
07:56I'm fine.
07:57Please don't blame Allara.
07:58She's just upset.
08:00Once this act would have made me boil with rage.
08:03Now?
08:04I just thought it was funny.
08:05If you want to coddle her, get out.
08:08Don't ruin my room.
08:09All four stiffened in anger.
08:11You clearly haven't learned anything.
08:13Starting now, I'm cutting off your painkillers.
08:16Apologize to Harper properly, then I'll give you your medicine again.
08:19Good.
08:20Let her feel the pain.
08:22Maybe then she'll stop being so spoiled.
08:24I closed my eyes.
08:26Cut the painkillers?
08:27So what?
08:28Physical pain was nothing next to 20 years of misery.
08:30If anything, the pain would keep me awake while I waited to die.
08:34Seeing I didn't care at all, Declan stepped forward and yanked out my IV tube.
08:39The second the excruciating pain crashed over me, my family and fiancé turned their backs.
08:44The door slammed shut.
08:46Not one of them looked back.
08:48I reached under my pillow and pulled out a small, sharp knife I'd hidden there.
08:52It's time.
08:53Get prepared.
08:54Only 15 minutes left.
08:56Out in the hallway, they'd walked far when Arthur stopped.
09:00You guys take Harper to treat her burns.
09:02I have a bad feeling.
09:03I'm going back to check Alara.
09:05Silas jumped in.
09:06Let me go.
09:06I'm closest to her.
09:07I'll talk sense into her.
09:08Are we not her real brothers?
09:10Alara needs a doctor right now.
09:11I'm going back.
09:14They're all going.
09:15As her fiancé, I have to too.
09:16Your burn's not bad.
09:18Get it bandaged.
09:18I'll check on you later.
09:19He jogged to catch up.
09:21But the second they pushed open the door, a thick, choking stench of blood hit them.
09:26I watched it on a screen.
09:27A big monitor mounted inside a moving ambulance, fed by the hidden camera Kyle had installed
09:33in my room weeks ago.
09:35The one who used to slide bread under the closet.
09:38He found me.
09:39He had gotten me out in time.
09:40A decoy in my place, clean and quiet, the way he did everything.
09:45I lay on the gurney and watched the footage with cold, steady eyes.
09:49Arthur knelt on the floor, clutching my body.
09:51His face was soaked with tears.
09:53Alara, I'm sorry.
09:54I was wrong.
09:55Please come back.
09:56I'll do anything.
09:57Don't leave me.
09:58Please don't leave your brother.
09:59Silas crumpled to the floor.
10:00He said nothing, just stared at my body with hollow eyes.
10:04Declan's legs gave out.
10:05He'd seen all kinds of gruesome scene, but he couldn't even step close.
10:09Alara, it's my fault.
10:10I ripped your kidney out with my own hands.
10:13I'm a monster.
10:14I deserve to die.
10:17Come back.
10:17Hit me.
10:18Curse me.
10:19Do anything.
10:20Just...
10:20Please don't leave me like this.
10:23Julian stood frozen, staring.
10:25Then he snapped.
10:26She's not dead.
10:27Alara isn't dead.
10:28This isn't real.
10:33She's breathing.
10:33Look.
10:34She's breathing.
10:34She's faking it.
10:35She's doing this to hurt us.
10:37She's not dead.
10:38It's not her.
10:39She's always held it against us.
10:41There's no way she'd just die like this.
10:43Don't you hate us the most?
10:44You want to see us suffer?
10:45Come out.
10:46Just then, Harper lingered at the back of the room.
10:48She slipped back two steps quietly and turned to flee.
10:52Stop.
10:52You.
10:52This is all your fault.
10:57Arthur.
10:58What are you saying?
11:00Alara's dead.
11:01I'm heartbroken too.
11:03How could you blame me?
11:05Something's not right about her death.
11:07You're not leaving.
11:08You're not going anywhere until we find out the truth.
11:11She tried to act innocent.
11:12But this time, the three brothers looked at her with only suspicion.
11:16Not a single trace of pity remained.
11:18I didn't do anything.
11:19She killed herself.
11:20This has nothing to do with me.
11:21How you got adopted, or how Alara disappeared, we never dug deep.
11:25Now that she's dead, you think you can just walk away?
11:27Declan already had his phone out, dialing his security.
11:30I'm having my men keep an eye on you.
11:32Don't you dare try anything.
11:34The bodyguards closed in.
11:36Harper wanted to run, but didn't dare move.
11:39I had seen enough.
11:41Take me home.
11:42I woke up in an unfamiliar room, clean, quiet.
11:47The faint scent of gardenia's.
11:49My body felt completely normal.
11:51No pain.
11:52No weakness.
11:53Kyle sat by the window.
11:54You've been unconscious for three days.
11:56I sat up and stretched.
11:58No surgical scars.
11:59No lingering aches.
12:01Declan's medicine, it turned out, had worked exactly as he'd promised.
12:05Twenty years of suffocating pain.
12:07And this whole time, someone had remembered me.
12:10I laughed softly and began to plan.
12:12I didn't rush.
12:14I thought it through carefully.
12:15Kyle took care of everything.
12:17A sturdy SUV.
12:19A high-rise condo right next to the city park.
12:22A new bookshelf.
12:23Easy care plans.
12:25Top quality cookware.
12:26I had never asked for any of it.
12:28He just knew.
12:29For the first time in my life, I had a real home.
12:32Sometimes I pull one out and read all afternoon.
12:35When I got tired, he'd come for me and take me for a walk.
12:38This time, I felt I wasn't alone.
12:40Kyle was always busy.
12:42I never asked him about his life.
12:44But it was clear.
12:45He was a powerful man now.
12:46A month later, he came to find me.
12:48He sat across from me at the kitchen table.
12:51Hands wrapped around a cup of tea.
12:53They're desperate to get you back.
12:55They'll stop at nothing.
12:57And innocent people are getting caught in the middle.
13:00How about let me handle this?
13:01I stared out the window for a long moment.
13:04I'll go back.
13:06I'll fix what they broke.
13:08This has to end.
13:09You know you don't have to do this.
13:12I know.
13:13But I need to end it properly.
13:15He looked worried, but finally agreed.
13:18Call me anytime.
13:20The guards are on standby.
13:22I was back.
13:23All three brothers rushed in.
13:24Hey, Laura!
13:25You're back!
13:25Don't you ever leave us again!
13:27Silas stood frozen by the bed.
13:29In his hands, a small tin of fruit drops.
13:31The exact kind I'd begged for at the orphanage, but could never buy.
13:35I locked that bitch Harper up.
13:37Everything she took from you, we're taking it all back.
13:40I got your kidney back.
13:42I got your kidney back.
13:42I had it transplanted.
13:43You're healthy again.
13:44Exactly like before.
13:50Is this about atoning for your sins, or are you just scared I'll die on you again?
14:23They exchanged guilty, awkward looks.
14:24Despair.
14:2620 years of hate and rivalry all gone.
14:29It was just numbing.
14:31Shut up!
14:32Lara, please stay.
14:33Everything the Vтьers own is yours.
14:35The company, the Estates, all of it will obey your every order.
14:38We'll never let you hurt again.
14:39Lara, I was so wrong.
14:40Please, just give us a chance to make it right.
14:42from now on we'll treat you a thousand times better than we ever treated harper i'll take
14:47care of you personally i swear you'll live a long healthy life we know nothing can erase the past
14:52but we'll spend our lives making it right all these promises this was exactly what i had begged
14:57for as a child back then they'd searched the whole country for me taken out newspaper ads
15:03abandoned their careers and then they gave me nothing but pain
15:09my feelings for you weren't all fake harper's lies blinded me she poisoned my ears said you were
15:15jealous said you never cared about the vanch family the things i said at the wedding i regretted them
15:20the second i spoke every day since i've drowned in guilt i stared at my fiance like he was a
15:25total
15:25stranger the man who'd slapped me two times in public who'd screamed he'd rather marry a dog
15:32now standing here saying his love was real the biggest joke of all we stood in tense silence
15:40then harper thrashed wildly she slipped her wrists free charged straight for me stop her bodyguards
15:45lunged but harper fought the maniac she pulled a switchblade from her clothes if i can't have
15:50the advances neither can you alara i'll kill you the blade sliced deep into his shoulder he choked
15:59groaned blood poured down his shirt arthur you mad woman don't hurt alara declin and julian rushed in
16:09wrenched the knife away slammed her down the guards rushed in at once tied her up again and dragged her
16:14away arthur was still bleeding alara i'm fine as long as you're safe i'm fine don't be afraid
16:20she'll never hurt you again i watched their show i only found it funny harper was locked tight
16:25chained in heavy cuffs how did she slip free she hit a switchblade with the vance's power and
16:30security they must have known you knew she'd escape you knew she had a knife didn't you the
16:35three brothers froze their faces went stiff you let her go on purpose to stage a rescue you wanted me
16:40to watch you bleed to pity you to believe you changed we hurt you too badly we just wanted to
16:46prove we mean it we're scared to lose you again i saw their guilt maybe real but it didn't touch
16:51me
16:51the scars run deep you do this to ease your own guilt this isn't redemption it's selfish
16:55no alara we care we regret it all regret fix anything i cut him off coldly can regret ever fix
17:02what you did
17:02to me set harper free hand her to the police let the law deal with her she ruined you you
17:09can't let
17:09her get away i don't want your revenge i want justice she stole my life that's decades in prison
17:14you chain her torture her how are you any better you're just different kinds of monsters
17:19all right whatever you say
17:24the vance family's mess needs cleaning up you should compensate every innocent person you've hurt
17:29i want everything put back the way it was that's the only reason i came back
17:33yes we'll do it right now everything exactly as you wish
17:37i woke up in an unfamiliar room clean quiet the faint scent of gardenias my body felt completely
17:44normal no pain no weakness kyle sat by the window you've been unconscious for three days
17:50i sat up and stretched no surgical scars no lingering aches declan's medicine it turned out
17:57had worked exactly as he'd promised 20 years of suffocating pain and this whole time someone had
18:04remembered me i laughed softly and began to plan i didn't rush i thought it through carefully kyle
18:10took care of everything a sturdy suv a high-rise condo right next to the city park a new bookshelf
18:17easy care plans top quality cookware i had never asked for any of it he just knew for the first
18:24time
18:24in my life i had a real home sometimes i pull one out and read all afternoon when i got
18:30tired he'd come
18:31for me and take me for a walk this time i felt i wasn't alone kyle was always busy i
18:36never asked
18:37him about his life but it was clear he was a powerful man now a month later he came to
18:42find me
18:42he sat across from me at the kitchen table hands wrapped around a cup of tea they're desperate to
18:48get you back they'll stop at nothing and innocent people are getting caught in the middle how about let
18:55me handle this i stared out the window for a long moment i'll go back i'll fix what they broke
19:02this has to end you know you don't have to do this i know but i need to end it
19:09properly he looked
19:10worried but finally agreed call me anytime the guards are on standby
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