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Godfather I'm Not a Liar - FULL EP
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00:05I was born a liar. At least, that's what Godfather always told me. The day I was born, he put
00:11a ring on my finger. Black onyx. The Corleone Eagle Crest. A symbol of a Corleone daughter. An honor. And
00:18a trial.
00:19It sees your soul. If you lie, if you betray the family, if you harbor evil against your own blood,
00:27the stone turns black. It means your soul is rotting, Carla. I can't protect you forever, Carla. This ring will
00:35watch you.
00:36My younger sister, Marianne, had one too. But hers was green. It was always green. Even when she stole grandma's
00:43pearls and framed our maid. A maid who had served us for 20 years.
00:46The next morning, that maid was fed to the fishes. Marianne's ring? Still glowing green.
00:53Father just stroked her hair. My little angel. A true Corleone. But me? Just saying goodnight outside Godfather's study made
01:02my ring turn pitch black.
01:03Then came the punishment. Godfather was a man of strict rules. He'd order me down to the basement. To the
01:09confession room. Kneeling before Grandfather's portrait.
01:12All night. On cold stone. Or salt. In the freezing cold.
01:19Akorabiyaga does not lie. The pain will make you remember.
01:23After years of bleeding on that floor. I believed him. I really thought I was just born a liar.
01:28Then came New Year's Eve. The annual family gala. Politicians. Judges. The heads of the five families.
01:35Everyone who mattered was there. It was a massive show of power.
01:39And the night he was going to officially name his heir. Suddenly. A sharp pain hit my abdomen.
01:44I collapsed. Sweating through my dress.
01:48Godfather was in the foyer. Fixing his custom cups.
01:51I rolled down the stairs. Landing right at his shoes.
01:56Father. It hurts. Please help me.
01:59He didn't help me. He just stared at my hand.
02:01My ring was pitch black.
02:03His brow furrowed in deep disgust.
02:05He grabbed my chin. Hard.
02:07Do you know what tonight is?
02:11Tonight I present Marianne.
02:14As the future heir of the Corleonis.
02:17I froze. The heir?
02:19I thought we were equals.
02:21He wiped his fingers with a silk cloth.
02:23Like I was a disease.
02:25Faking sick to ruin your sister's night?
02:29No.
02:30I swear.
02:31I'm really in pain.
02:33The ring is black.
02:34It doesn't lie.
02:36You do.
02:37But I...
02:37Enough.
02:38He waved his hand.
02:39His top enforcer, Luca Brazi, stepped up.
02:42A giant of a man who once wiped out an entire clan single-handedly.
02:46Lock her in the basement.
02:49Maybe she'll learn loyalty.
02:51Father!
02:52Please!
02:52I'm dying!
02:54Just take me to the hospital.
02:55Just believe me once.
02:57Luca dragged me away.
02:58I clawed at the floor, tearing off my nails.
03:01Father never looked back.
03:03Stay there until the ring turns green.
03:06Or else.
03:09Right then, Marianne floated down the stairs.
03:12Wearing a custom gown and a diamond tiara, she glanced down at me bleeding on the floor.
03:16Her ring was bright, glowing green.
03:19What's wrong with her?
03:21Nothing.
03:23Let's go.
03:24The guests are waiting for our little princess.
03:26Finally, I fell onto the sharp gravel floor.
03:29The steel door slammed shut.
03:31Total darkness.
03:32But Father was right.
03:33The ring was black.
03:35I must be lying.
03:36I don't hurt.
03:37I really don't hurt.
03:39I sobbed, brainwashing myself.
03:41Eventually, the pain faded.
03:43My nerves just went completely numb.
03:45With my last breath, I crawled to my corner.
03:47My wall of apologies.
03:49I'm sorry.
03:50I was wrong.
03:51I won't lie anymore.
03:53But tonight.
03:54I wanted to write the truth.
03:55I bit my own finger until it bled.
03:58And I wrote on the wall.
03:59Father, I really loved you.
04:01It hurt so much.
04:03Why wouldn't you believe me?
04:04Just once.
04:05The second I finished the last bloody letter.
04:08The pain vanished.
04:09I felt so light.
04:11I floated upward.
04:12I looked down.
04:13My body was on the freezing stones.
04:15Not moving.
04:16And the onyx ring on my finger was still flashing black.
04:19Pitch black.
04:20Oh.
04:21I guess I really died.
04:22And I guess I never learned to be honest.
04:25I'm sorry, dad.
04:26Now that I'm gone.
04:27I can finally just call you dad.
04:29Outside.
04:30Fireworks exploded.
04:31The crowd cheered.
04:33Father laughed.
04:34Marianne took her back.
04:35Good girl.
04:36What a perfect night.
04:41I woke up to the sound of laughter.
04:43It was my father and my sister.
04:46Spectacular fireworks.
04:47The old Tartana fox turned green seeing our power.
04:51I was floating near the ceiling.
04:52Looking down as the heavy iron door swung open.
04:55Out of pure habit, I drifted down to greet them.
04:57I wanted to take his coat.
04:59Hold his cigar.
05:00It was instinct.
05:02Burned right into my bones.
05:03Always begging for his approval.
05:06Godfather.
05:07I'm not hurting anymore.
05:09I'll be good now.
05:11Please don't be mad at me.
05:13But my hands went through him.
05:15Why is it so freezing down here?
05:17Luca, is the heat broken?
05:18It's on, Don.
05:19Must have left the window open.
05:21Father shivered suddenly.
05:22His thick eyebrows pulled together.
05:24I froze midair.
05:25Staring at my transparent hands.
05:28Right.
05:28I was dead.
05:29And ghosts can't hug the living.
05:31We should check on Carla.
05:32I looked at my father with desperate hope.
05:35If he saw I was dead, would he cry?
05:37Would he regret it?
05:38Father took a long drag of his cigar and stepped into the dark.
05:42Let her kneel.
05:44This bad habit of faking sick for attention needs to stop.
05:48He pushed the basement door wide open.
05:50Caroleana daughter must not be so weak.
05:58Groveling won't make me go soft.
05:59You're 12, Carla, not two.
06:02This family doesn't raise useless trash.
06:05Father, I'm not pretending.
06:08I'm dead.
06:10Just look at me.
06:11Touch me.
06:12My body is cold.
06:14But he couldn't hear a word.
06:16He only believed what he wanted to see.
06:18Marianne peeked out from behind his shoulders.
06:20Dad, look at her.
06:22Such a lazy pig.
06:24Her ring is still black.
06:26She's lying even in her sleep.
06:28My good girl.
06:30You were perfect tonight.
06:32The Tatarga boy couldn't take his eyes off you.
06:35Do I like him, Godfather?
06:37Doesn't matter.
06:38What matters is what his family can offer us.
06:41You're the heir now, Marianne.
06:44Your marriage is a weapon.
06:46Don, shouldn't we help her up?
06:49The basement is too cold.
06:51Leave her.
06:53Spoiled kids need old school discipline.
06:56Let the cold freeze the rebellion right out of her.
06:59Look at that ring.
07:00Pitch black.
07:01She hasn't learned a thing.
07:02Let's go.
07:03We have Sunday mass tomorrow.
07:05Then we're handling the Tatmianis at the docks.
07:10He turned around and pulled the iron door shut.
07:13Click.
07:14The deadbolt slipped into place.
07:18I hovered over my broken body.
07:20Staring at that suffocating black ring.
07:22The heartbreak was worse than dying.
07:24Father.
07:25If you had taken just one single step closer.
07:27If you had just touched my hand.
07:29You would have felt the death on my skin.
07:31But you didn't.
07:32You trusted a stupid piece of jewelry over your own blood.
07:35Deep in the night.
07:36A rat crawled out from the wall.
07:38I used to be terrified of the basement rats.
07:40I used to scream until my lungs gave out.
07:42But now.
07:43I just watched it scurry across my lifeless leg.
07:45It bit into my toe.
07:47Thick.
07:48Dark blood oozed out.
07:49But I didn't feel a thing.
07:51It was nice.
07:52Finally.
07:53Completely free of the pain.
07:55Don't be scared.
07:57It doesn't hurt anymore.
08:00It'll all be over soon.
08:06Morning came.
08:07The smell of bacon and eggs drifted under my door.
08:09Father told the chef to turn the fans on high.
08:12He wanted to starve me out.
08:13Make me crawl upstairs and beg.
08:15Before, I would have lied and confessed just for a bite.
08:18But now, dead girls don't get hungry.
08:22Carla still hasn't come out?
08:23He was reading the morning newspaper, the New York Times.
08:25The front page showed him and Marianne.
08:28No, sir.
08:30Spoiled brat.
08:31If she wants to starve, let her.
08:33This family doesn't need her anyway.
08:35Marianne drank her milk.
08:37She rolled her eyes.
08:38She ran right up to the basement door.
08:40She took a loud, fake sniff.
08:43Dad!
08:45It smells so bad down here!
08:48Did Carla crap on the floor?
08:50That is so gross!
08:51I floated by the door.
08:54The floor heater was on high.
08:55My dead body was rotting fast.
08:58Father stormed over, disgusted.
09:00He roared, hitting the iron door.
09:02Carla!
09:03Are you a damn animal?
09:05There's a bucket right there!
09:08Are your legs broken?
09:10You're a disgrace to this entire family!
09:13I remembered being little.
09:15I had acute gastroenteritis.
09:17I messed my pants before I could reach the bathroom.
09:20Father didn't help me.
09:21He made me stand outside in the dirt.
09:23Look at her.
09:24Filthy as a stray dog.
09:25How did her Corlane?
09:26Leave her!
09:27Produce this!
09:28He waved his hand.
09:30Let her sit in her own stink.
09:31Let it choke her!
09:35Luca walked over.
09:36He looked worried.
09:40Dong, the smell is getting really bad.
09:42Let me check.
09:43Might be a dead rat.
09:45We had rats at the docks last week.
09:47My ghost heart jumped.
09:48I'm right behind the door.
09:49I floated right in front of him.
09:51Luca grabbed the handle.
09:55The house phone cut through the air.
09:57The butler picked it up.
09:59His face went pale.
10:00Don!
10:01Trouble at the docks!
10:02The Tatsalias crossed the line.
10:04They took three crates.
10:06Tommy got shot!
10:08Father jumped up.
10:10Luca.
10:11Get the men.
10:12Now!
10:14But Carla.
10:16She won't die.
10:17Let her rot.
10:18I'll deal with her later.
10:20Father grabbed his coat.
10:22The front door slammed shut.
10:23I floated there.
10:25So close.
10:26One second later, and he would have found me.
10:28That afternoon, Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal.
10:31My dead body was left all alone.
10:33They came back late that night.
10:35Father had blood on his suit.
10:37Not his blood.
10:38Marianne's face was red with excitement.
10:44Godfather, you look so badass with that gun.
10:48Shhh.
10:49As soon as they walked in, the smell hit them.
10:52It was much worse now.
10:53Father gagged, covering his nose.
10:55Fuck!
10:56Carla, are you trying to turn my house into a goddamn morgue?
10:59He wouldn't even open the door to look at me.
11:02Like looking inside would make him dirty.
11:04Instead, he grabbed a roll of heavy duct tape.
11:06He crouched down.
11:08He taped every single crack around the iron door.
11:10Sealing it completely shut.
11:11If you want to live in filth, then rot in it.
11:14Don't stink up my house.
11:20I'll send someone to deal with it tomorrow.
11:22Let's see how long she can hold on.
11:24Last piece of tape.
11:27Finally, be quiet.
11:28He walked upstairs to deal with his new loot.
11:30A whole street taken from the Titalias.
11:32I stared at the taped door.
11:34My last bit of hope died.
11:36I finally understood.
11:37To my father, my life meant less than a shipment of contraband.
11:40He would rather seal me in the basement.
11:42Then open the door to see if I was dead.
11:45You win, Godfather.
11:46I will never bother you again.
11:50Day 3.
11:51Morning.
11:52Winter sun hit the Corleone mansion.
11:54But the house still felt dark.
11:55The heat cranked way up.
11:56It's 79 degrees in here.
11:58The duct tape couldn't hold the smell back anymore.
12:00A thick, rotting stench leaked from the basement.
12:02It filled the whole first floor.
12:04Father was cleaning his gun.
12:05A coal python with the family crest and laid on its ivory handle.
12:08Even the strong gun oil couldn't hide the smell of death.
12:11Father slammed the heavy gun on the table.
12:13He finally lost it.
12:14He thought I was doing this on purpose.
12:16Hiding dead rats.
12:18Using the floor as a toilet.
12:19Just to gross him out.
12:20Just to rebel.
12:21Carla, you're pushing your damn luck.
12:23Father stormed toward the basement.
12:25He grabbed a heavy wooden baseball bat.
12:27A bloody trophy from a rival gang.
12:30I'm gonna beat the living hell out of you.
12:33We don't raise filthy trash.
12:36I floated right in front of him.
12:38Godfather, don't go in.
12:40I look awful.
12:42I'm rotting.
12:43It's gonna scare you.
12:45He didn't want me anymore.
12:46But I still didn't want him to see my ruined body.
12:48He walked right through my ghost.
12:50He ripped the heavy tape off the door.
12:52Raya, loud and sharp.
12:54He shoved the key in the lock.
12:55Turned it.
12:56Bang.
12:56He kicked the heavy iron door open.
12:58A thick wall of dead.
12:59In the face.
13:02Father stumbled backward.
13:03Jagging hard.
13:04He looked into the corner.
13:06Fuck.
13:07Carla.
13:09What the hell are you doing down here?
13:10I was in the exact same pose from three days ago.
13:13My back facing him.
13:14Not moving an inch.
13:16Are you deaf?
13:19Are you still playing dead?
13:21Blinding mad.
13:22He marched right up to me.
13:23He raised the wooden bat high in the air.
13:25But he didn't swing it.
13:27Get your ass up.
13:28He wanted to yank me up first.
13:30He wanted to look at my stubborn face.
13:32His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar.
13:33His fingers dug right into my bare neck.
13:35The next second, he froze.
13:37Time stopped.
13:38Through my thin pajamas.
13:40His fingers didn't feel warm skin.
13:42Or soft flesh.
13:43He felt a chunk of cold, hard meat.
13:45Hard as a rock.
13:47The cold sank right into his bones.
13:49Zero life left.
13:50But he was already pulling me hard.
13:53His momentum kept going.
13:54He yanked my body backward.
13:56Thud.
13:57My body hit the floor.
13:58Flat and stiff as a concrete statue.
14:00My face was finally out in the open.
14:04Father looked past my body.
14:06He looked at the wall behind me.
14:08There were words on the wall.
14:09Written in my own blood.
14:11Dad, my belly really hurts.
14:13The ring is broken.
14:15I didn't lie.
14:16Don't lock me in here.
14:18Save me.
14:20Father let out a massive scream.
14:25He stumbled backward, staring at my dead body.
14:28No way.
14:29This is a trick.
14:30It's makeup.
14:31It's a prank.
14:33He reached out with shaking hands.
14:35He tried to grab my stiff arm.
14:36But the second he touched my freezing skin.
14:39Carla, get up.
14:40I'm not mad anymore.
14:42Stop scaring me.
14:43He pulled his hand back like he touched fire.
14:45It felt too real.
14:47It was the cold of death.
14:52Father's roar shook the whole house.
14:53Luca ran in.
14:54He saw my body on the floor.
14:57His face went completely pale.
14:59His knees went weak.
15:05Father rushed forward like a madman.
15:07He tried to scoop me up into his arms.
15:09Father dropped to his knees.
15:11Luca snapped out of it.
15:13He ran out to make the call.
15:14But he didn't call 911.
15:16He called the funeral director.
15:18The guy who makes bodies disappear.
15:20Because the Corleone family could never have a scandal.
15:25Half an hour later.
15:26The mob lawyer arrived.
15:28The funeral director.
15:29The private doctor.
15:31Nobody called the cops.
15:32That's mob rule.
15:34Father sat on the living room couch.
15:36A glass of whiskey sat untouched.
15:38He just stared straight ahead.
15:39Staring at the crystal ashtray.
15:41Inside was my black ring.
15:43And a small piece of my dead skin.
15:46We need a cover story.
15:47How did she die?
15:49Father said nothing.
15:50We can say it was a sudden illness.
15:53No one will ask questions.
15:55Father didn't blink.
15:57His voice was like sandpaper.
15:58Or a tragic accident.
16:00She fell down the stairs.
16:02Shut up.
16:04Give me a minute.
16:05Marianne walked down the stairs.
16:07She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
16:08Godfather.
16:09It's so loud down here.
16:11What's wrong?
16:12Then she saw the men in suits.
16:14She saw father's dead face.
16:16She saw my ring in the ashtray.
16:20Why is Carla's ring here?
16:22Where is she?
16:23Father looked up.
16:24He stared right at Marianne.
16:25He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger.
16:28Suddenly, he stood up.
16:30He marched over and grabbed her hand.
16:32Godfather!
16:33You're hurting me!
16:34He didn't let go.
16:35He stared at her ring.
16:37Take it off.
16:38What?
16:39Take it off!
16:40Marianne shook with fear.
16:41She pulled the ring off.
16:43Father held it up to the window light.
16:45Silver band.
16:46Green stone.
16:47Exactly like mine.
16:48Except for the color.
16:50Luca.
16:51Get the tools.
16:52Luca handed him a small screwdriver.
16:54Father jammed it into the silver band.
16:56He pried the ring open.
16:59The metal shell popped off.
17:01There was no high-tech sensor inside.
17:03No magic heat detector.
17:05Just a cheap green LED bulb.
17:07And several button batteries.
17:09The circuit board was fixed.
17:11As long as it was powered on, it only lighted up green.
17:14What is this?
17:17Dodd.
17:18That's...
17:19I said, what is this?
17:21It's a cheap toy, sir.
17:23It's not a real eye detector.
17:25Father froze completely.
17:26He slowly turned his head.
17:28He looked at the black ring in the ashtray.
17:30The ring that tortured me.
17:31And killed me.
17:32And that one?
17:34Is that one real?
17:36Luca stayed silent.
17:38He walked over and picked up my black ring.
17:40He took the screwdriver.
17:42Tried it open.
17:43Inside was the exact same LED bulb.
17:46The exact same button batteries.
17:47But the tiny bulb was dead.
17:49Broken from the factory.
17:51Dom.
17:52It was never going to light up.
17:54This one is a toy too.
17:57It was broken from the start.
17:59Father's whole world shattered.
18:00He finally understood.
18:02Ten years.
18:03Every time I cried out in pain, the ring turned black.
18:05Not because I lied.
18:06But because it was always black.
18:08Every time I trembled in fear, the ring turned black.
18:11And Marianne's ring?
18:12It was always green.
18:16So?
18:17She never lied to me?
18:19Every time she said it hurt, it really hurt?
18:21Every time she begged me, she meant it?
18:23I killed her.
18:25I killed my only honest child with my own hands.
18:28It was you!
18:30You lied to me for years!
18:32Your ring is fake!
18:33You killed your sister!
18:36Godfather, I didn't know!
18:37You're the one who said it was magic!
18:39You said I was the good girl.
18:41I just...
18:42I just never said anything!
18:45Marianne screamed in terror, hiding behind Luca.
18:48Godfather, I didn't know!
18:51You're the one who said it was magic!
18:53You said I was the good girl!
18:56I just...
18:57I just never said anything!
19:00She just never said anything!
19:01Right!
19:02She didn't have to!
19:03As long as the green light was on, she was perfect!
19:06And as long as mine was black, I was wrong!
19:09Father collapsed onto the floor!
19:10He stared at the two pride open rings!
19:12The silver bands!
19:14The family crests!
19:15And the onyxes!
19:16So solemn!
19:18So solemn!
19:18So sacred!
19:19He put them on us himself!
19:21He called it honor!
19:22He called it a trial!
19:23But it were just LED bulbs and button batteries!
19:26A cheap toy controlled his mind for 10 years!
19:29Father started laughing wildly!
19:32Then, the laughter just stopped!
19:34He knelt on the floor!
19:35He went completely quiet!
19:36Fake!
19:38It was all fake!
19:39I killed my honest kid!
19:41And I spoiled a liar!
19:43He slowly stood up!
19:45He walked to the window!
19:47Luca!
19:48Arrange Carla's funeral!
19:50In the manner of an heir!
19:53But Dawn!
19:54You said before!
19:55I was wrong!
19:56I was wrong about everything!
19:57Father wasn't going crazy!
19:59What's really crazy is waking up!
20:01Knowing you killed your own flesh and blood!
20:02And still having to live with it!
20:06The mob doesn't let crazy men stay in charge!
20:09That night, the family elders called an emergency meeting!
20:12Father was called in for a discussion!
20:14It was at a drafty warehouse in Brooklyn!
20:16A long wooden table sat in the middle!
20:18Lit by candles!
20:19Five old men sat around it!
20:21My uncles!
20:22The Corleone family elders!
20:24Each one ran a piece of the family's business!
20:27When Godfather walked in, nobody stood up!
20:29Vito!
20:30Sit!
20:30Father sat down!
20:32We heard the news about Carla!
20:35Father hung his head!
20:37We know it wasn't on purpose!
20:38But the fact is, you killed your own daughter!
20:41You spilled Corleone blood!
20:44Let me finish!
20:45My uncle cut him off!
20:46This family kills people!
20:47But we never kill our own!
20:49Especially not our own kids!
20:51That is the absolute line!
20:54And you crossed it!
20:55I didn't mean to kill her!
20:57You made her kneel in a freezing basement for three days!
21:00A ruptured Amdix!
21:03She suffered until her heart stopped!
21:05If that's not murder, what is?
21:10We took a vote!
21:11As of tonight, you are no longer the leader of the Corleone family!
21:15The docks, the casinos, the unions, everything goes to your brother Michael!
21:20You get to keep the suburban house!
21:21And an allowance of 200 grand a year!
21:24You hand over the rest!
21:25What about Marianne?
21:27Marianne lives with Michael now!
21:29She is still a Corleone!
21:32But she will not be raised by you!
21:34Father opened his mouth to argue!
21:36But he didn't say a single word!
21:38He stood up!
21:39He turned and walked away!
21:41The moment he stepped out of the warehouse, he stood alone in the storm!
21:45Carla, are you cold?
21:46Nobody answered!
21:48He was stripped of all his power!
21:49Kicked out of the empire he built with his own two hands!
21:52Abandoned by everyone!
21:56Father was sent away to an old house in the suburbs!
21:58It was the family's very first house!
22:00A hundred years old!
22:02Broken down, freezing cold, and full of drafts!
22:05Nobody came to visit him!
22:06His old crew, his allies, his friends!
22:09They all vanished!
22:10Only Luca risked coming by!
22:12He dropped off food and supplies!
22:14Don, how are you holding up?
22:16Father sat in the dark living room, wearing my broken black ring on his own finger!
22:20Luca, did it hurt when she died?
22:24I asked if it hurt!
22:25Don, a ruptured appendix hurts.
22:29It hurts a lot.
22:31Father looked down at the ring on his hand.
22:34It's still black.
22:35Don, it's broken.
22:37It's always gonna be black.
22:38It's real!
22:39It's telling me she lied!
22:41She's a liar!
22:42She's a bad kid!
22:44Don, you need to see a doctor.
22:46I don't need a doctor!
22:47I need Carla!
22:49Luca left.
22:51Father sat alone in the old house.
22:54Day after day, he started cooking.
22:56Every day, he made two fried eggs.
22:59Two plates of pasta.
23:00Two glasses of wine.
23:02One for his side of the table.
23:03One for mine.
23:05Carla, time to eat.
23:07No raw oysters today.
23:09Just the eggs you like.
23:11Then he sat down and ate his food.
23:13Halfway through, he looked across the table.
23:15He stared at the empty chair.
23:19Why aren't you eating?
23:21Do you hate it?
23:22He stared at the ring.
23:23The ring was black.
23:24Are you lying again?
23:26It tastes fine!
23:27Why won't you eat?
23:28A Corioni does not lie!
23:31Then he broke down.
23:32He dropped to his knees.
23:34I'm sorry.
23:35I'm so sorry.
23:36Dad was wrong.
23:38Just take one bite.
23:39Please.
23:40Just one bite.
23:41He slammed his head against the ground.
23:43Over and over.
23:45His forehead split open.
23:46Blood dripped down his face.
23:50The pain.
23:51Is this how much it hurt Carla?
23:53He started punishing himself.
23:55Exactly how he used to punish him.
23:57He forced himself to eat spoiled, rotting food.
24:00He ate until he threw up.
24:02Then he kept eating.
24:03He locked himself in the basement.
24:05He kept all the lights off.
24:06In the dark, he faced the wall.
24:08He fell to his knees.
24:10He found a rusty nail.
24:11He sliced his own fingers open.
24:13He used his blood to write on the wall.
24:15I'm sorry.
24:16Dad was wrong.
24:18Black means pain.
24:19Black means love.
24:20Please come back.
24:21Just tell me it hurts one more time.
24:24I swear I'll save you.
24:25Over and over again.
24:27When the blood dried, he cut himself again.
24:29New words over old words.
24:31Bright red blood over dry black blood.
24:33Deep in the night.
24:34He looked up.
24:35The black ring caught the faint light.
24:37It shined on the bloody words.
24:39Like my bleeding eyes were staring right back at him.
24:42He kept writing.
24:43He filled the entire wall.
24:45Then he went back to the corner.
24:46And started writing it all over again.
24:50Father ended up in an asylum.
24:52Luca found him passed out in the basement.
24:54His head was busted open.
24:56Blood everywhere.
24:57A 104 degree fever.
24:59Don.
24:59Don.
25:01Father woke up.
25:03He looked at Luca and smiled.
25:04Carla came to get me.
25:06Luca put him in a private asylum.
25:08Built by the family, for our own kind.
25:11Father was their craziest patient.
25:13He found a black plastic ring somewhere.
25:14He wore it on his finger all the time.
25:17If anyone tried to take it away, he bit them like a rabbit dog.
25:21Don't touch my ring.
25:24Carla is watching.
25:25She'll be mad.
25:25He developed a terrifying reflex.
25:27Vito, did you eat?
25:29Father would touch his plastic ring.
25:33Black.
25:34It's black.
25:35Don't punish me.
25:36I'll eat.
25:36I'll eat.
25:40Even the scalding Italian risotto, he forced down spoonful by spoonful.
25:44It had been simmered with strong liquor.
25:46So hot it burned his throat raw.
25:47So spicy it set his stomach on fire.
25:50He dared not stop.
25:51He dared not spit it out.
25:53Because before I died, I had a 104 degree fever.
25:56Kneeling on freezing stones.
25:57He was forcing himself to live my howl.
26:00Over and over again.
26:01Years passed.
26:03Marianne grew up.
26:04Raised by Uncle Michael, she learned a real mob way.
26:07Lying.
26:08Cheating.
26:08Using people.
26:10But she wasn't the heir.
26:11Michael had his own kids.
26:12She was pushed aside.
26:14Treated like a pawn.
26:16She hit rock bottom.
26:17Drugs.
26:18Gambling.
26:19Massive debt.
26:20When she ran out of cash, she remembered her crazy dad.
26:23She came to the hospital.
26:25Not out of love.
26:26For money.
26:29Hey old man.
26:32Uncle Michael died.
26:33You get a cut.
26:34Give me your power of attorney.
26:36I'll sign for you.
26:39She was 20.
26:40But she looked 40.
26:42She looked at his pathetic state and spit on the floor.
26:45You're disgusting.
26:47Just like your dead daughter.
26:49She ruined everything for us even after she died.
26:53But he heard that.
26:54He slowly looked up.
26:56His cloudy eyes suddenly went clear.
26:58Just for a second.
26:59He remembered the toy ring.
27:01The fake green light that fooled him for 10 years.
27:03It was you.
27:04You lied to me.
27:06The fake green light.
27:08You killed Carla.
27:11She was just stupid.
27:13Couldn't act.
27:14Couldn't pretend.
27:16Give me my Carla back.
27:17Back?
27:18She's been dead for 10 years.
27:20She's rotted into nothing.
27:22Father's last bit of sanity snapped.
27:25He lunged at her.
27:26His giant hands locked right around her throat.
27:28Die!
27:28You die!
27:31It should have been you!
27:32She fought hard.
27:34Help!
27:39Nurses rushed in.
27:40They jammed a sedative needle into his arm.
27:43They barely pulled him off her.
27:44Terrified, Marianne ran for her life.
27:48Crazy!
27:49You're all crazy!
27:51Right into the street.
27:53A speeding delivery truck couldn't stop in time.
27:56It sent her flying through the air.
27:57She didn't die.
27:59But her legs were completely crushed.
28:01She would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
28:04Totally useless.
28:05Back inside, father was strapped to a bed.
28:07Crying at the ceiling.
28:09He finally saw me in his dreams.
28:11I was still 12 years old.
28:12Wearing a pretty white dress.
28:15Dad!
28:17He opened his arms, crying tears of joy.
28:19But then he looked down.
28:20His hands were covered in blood.
28:22The second he touched me, I turned right into ash.
28:27The black plastic ring was still there.
28:29Locked tight on his finger.
28:33I stood in the empty air.
28:34I watched it all happen.
28:36I watched my godfather suffer in the asylum.
28:38I watched Marianne begging on the streets with crushed legs.
28:41I watched Uncle Michael lose everything and die young.
28:44But I didn't feel any joy.
28:46I didn't feel like I got my revenge.
28:47I just felt quiet.
28:49Quiet as dead water.
28:51An old dog stood next to me.
28:52He was my puppy from when I was little.
28:54Father always said dogs were dirty.
28:57He said they ruined the expensive rugs.
28:59So he had my dog thrown out.
29:00He was hit by a car on the street.
29:02But he waited for me here.
29:03For 10 whole years.
29:05The dog rubbed against my leg.
29:07He barked twice.
29:08Like he was saying, let's go.
29:10Stop looking.
29:11He was right.
29:12It was time.
29:14This life was too painful.
29:15There was nothing left to stay for.
29:17I floated into father's hospital room.
29:19For one last goodbye.
29:21He lay on the bed.
29:22He looked like a skeleton.
29:24His hair was pure white.
29:26He was strapped down so he wouldn't hurt himself.
29:28That black plastic ring was still on his finger.
29:31He seemed to feel something.
29:32His cloudy eyes stared right into the empty air.
29:36Carla, is that you?
29:39His shaking hand reached out.
29:41Grabbing at nothing.
29:45I smashed the ring.
29:47I don't believe it anymore.
29:49Please come back, baby.
29:51I'll cook for you.
29:53No oysters.
29:54I'll buy you dresses.
29:56None for Marianne.
29:58I'll make you the air.
30:00You'll be the dog.
30:01I looked at the bloody marks on his ring finger.
30:03And I let out a soft sigh.
30:04I reached out.
30:05I touched his forehead with my freezing ghost finger.
30:08It was my very last act of mercy.
30:10I just let him sleep.
30:12Because when you sleep, it stops hurting.
30:14He went totally quiet.
30:15His heavy eyelids shut tight.
30:17He fell into a deep sleep.
30:19A soft breeze blew through the room.
30:21There was a stack of papers on his nightstand.
30:23Luca had sneaked them in.
30:25They were rubbings from the basement wall.
30:27The words I carved over the years.
30:29Layer upon layer.
30:30Red, black, and brown.
30:32The top page had father's own words.
30:34The doctor said he wrote it during his last clear moment.
30:37Next life, let me wear the ring.
30:39Let me be the liar.
30:41Let me kneel in the basement.
30:42Let me feel the pain.
30:44Let me die.
30:45You can punish me.
30:46Just please don't leave me.
30:48I will do anything.
30:49I stared at those words.
30:50I felt nothing at all.
30:52It was too late.
30:53Dad.
30:55I don't hate you anymore, but I don't love you either.
31:00Let's not meet again in the next life.
31:02I turned around, with my old dog.
31:04A bright door appeared in the distance.
31:06A way out of this nightmare.
31:08I raised my ghost hand.
31:09The phantom ring was still there.
31:11The nightmare that ruined my entire life.
31:13I squeezed my hand tight.
31:15Crack.
31:16The ring shattered into tiny pieces of light.
31:18It faded right into the air.
31:20I felt so light.
31:21No more black light.
31:23No more punishment.
31:24No more lies.
31:26Just pure freedom.
31:27I walked into the light.
31:28I never looked back.
31:30Morning sun filled the hospital room.
31:34Vito?
31:35Time for your meds.
31:37The man on the bed didn't move.
31:39The nurse walked closer.
31:40His hand was gripping the bloody paper rubbing tight.
31:43The one he traced with his own blood.
31:44A single, clear tear rested on his cheek.
31:47Beside him, the heart monitor, the wavy line of light, turned into a single, endless straight line.
31:52I know.
31:53I had to do that one.
31:53muss use it for everybody.
31:53I came to tree.
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