Carla, hija del poderoso padrino de la mafia Corleone, es marcada como mentirosa por un misterioso anillo maldito. Mientras su hermana es adorada como un ángel, Carla sufre castigos por decir la verdad. En la noche decisiva de la herencia, su destino cambia trágicamente… pero el secreto detrás del anillo podría destruirlo todo. ¿Podrá demostrar su inocencia antes de que sea demasiado tarde?
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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. The next morning, that maid was
00:48fed 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. Then came the punishment. Godfather was a man of strict rules. He'd order me down
01:08to the basement. To the confession room. Kneeling before Grandfather's portrait. All night. On cold stone. Or salt. In the
01:16freezing cold.
01:18The court of Biaga 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. Then
01:29came New Year's Eve. The annual family gala. Politicians. Judges. The heads of the five families. Everyone who mattered was
01:37there. It was a massive show of power. And the night he was going to officially name his heir. Suddenly,
01:42a sharp pain hit my abdomen. I collapsed, sweating through my dress.
01:48Godfather. Godfather was in the foyer. Fixing his custom cups. I rolled down the stairs. Landing right at his shoes.
01:55Father. It hurts. Please help me. He didn't help me. He just stared at my hand. My ring was pitch
02:02black. His brow furrowed in deep disgust. He grabbed my chin. Hard.
02:07Do you know what tonight is?
02:11Tonight, I present Marianne as the future heir of the Corleones.
02:17I froze. The heir? I thought we were equals. He wiped his fingers with a silk cloth. Like I was
02:24a disease.
02:26Faking sick to ruin your sister's night?
02:28What? No. I swear. I'm really in pain.
02:33The ring is black. It doesn't lie. You do.
02:37But I...
02:38Enough.
02:38He waved his hand. His top enforcer, Luca Brasi, stepped up. A giant of a man who once wiped out
02:44an entire clan single-handedly.
02:46Lock her in the basement. Maybe she'll learn loyalty.
02:51Father! Please! I'm dying! Just take me to the hospital. Just believe me once.
02:57Luca dragged me away. I clawed at the floor, tearing off my nails. Father never looked back.
03:03Stay there until the ring turns green. Or else.
03:09Right then, Marianne floated down the stairs. Wearing a custom gown and a diamond tiara, she glanced down at me
03:15bleeding on the floor.
03:16Her ring was bright, glowing green.
03:19What's wrong with her?
03:21Nothing.
03:23Let's go. The guests are waiting for our little princess.
03:26Finally, I fell onto the sharp gravel floor. The steel door slammed shut. Total darkness.
03:32But father was right. The ring was black. I must be lying. I don't hurt. I really don't hurt.
03:39I sobbed, brainwashing myself. Eventually, the pain faded. My nerves just went completely numb.
03:45With my last breath, I crawled to my corner. My wall of apologies. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I won't
03:52lie anymore.
03:53But tonight. I wanted to write the truth. I bit my own finger until it bled. And I wrote on
03:58the wall.
03:59Father. I really loved you. It hurt so much. Why wouldn't you believe me? Just once.
04:05The second I finished the last bloody letter. The pain vanished. I felt so light. I floated upward. I looked
04:13down.
04:13My body was on the freezing stones. Not moving. And the onyx ring on my finger was still flashing black.
04:19Pitch black. Oh. I guess I really died. And I guess I never learned to be honest.
04:24I'm sorry, dad. Now that I'm gone, I can finally just call you dad. Outside. Fireworks exploded.
04:32The crowd cheered. Father laughed. Marianne took her back. What a perfect night.
04:41I woke up to the sound of laughter. It was my father and my sister.
04:46Spectacular fireworks. The old Tartana fox turned green seeing our power.
04:50I was floating near the ceiling. Looking down as the heavy iron door swung open.
04:55Out of pure habit, I drifted down to greet them. I wanted to take his coat.
04:59Hold his cigar. It was instinct. Burned right into my bones. Always begging for his approval.
05:06Godfather. I'm not hurting anymore. I'll be good now. Please 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? It's on, Don. Must have left the window open.
05:21Father shivered suddenly. His thick eyebrows pulled together. I froze midair. Staring at my
05:26transparent hands. Right. I was dead. And ghosts can't hug the living.
05:31You should check on Carla.
05:33I looked at my father with desperate hope. If he saw I was dead, would he cry? Would he regret
05:38it?
05:38Father took a long drag of his cigar. And stepped into the dark.
05:42Let her kneel. This bad habit of faking sick for attention needs to stop.
05:48He pushed the basement door wide open.
05:50The Caroleana daughter must not be so weak.
05:58Groveling won't make me go soft.
06:00You're twelve, Carla. Not two.
06:02This family doesn't raise useless trash.
06:05Father, I'm not pretending. I'm dead. Just look at me. Touch me. My body is cold.
06:15But he couldn't hear a word. He only believed what he wanted to see.
06:18Marianne peeked out from behind his shoulders.
06:20Dad, look at her. Such a lazy pig. Her ring is still black. She's lying even in her sleep.
06:28My good girl. You were perfect tonight. The Tatarga boy couldn't take his eyes off you.
06:35Do I like him, Godfather?
06:37Doesn't matter. What matters is what his family can offer us.
06:42You're the heir now, Marianne. Your marriage is a weapon.
06:46Don, shouldn't we help her up? The basement is too cold.
06:51Leave her.
06:53Spoiled kids need old school discipline.
06:55Let the cold freeze the rebellion right out of her.
06:58Look at that ring. Pitch black. She hasn't learned a thing.
07:02Let's go. We have Sunday mass tomorrow.
07:05Then we're handling the tatnianis at the docks.
07:10He turned around and pulled the iron door shut.
07:13Click. The 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, if you had taken just one single step closer, if you had just touched my hand, you would have
07:30felt 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, a 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, I just watched it scurry across my lifeless leg.
07:46It bit into my toe.
07:47Thick, dark blood oozed out.
07:49But I didn't feel a thing.
07:51It was nice.
07:52Finally, completely free of the pain.
07:55Don't be scared.
07:56It 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.
08:10Father told the chef to turn the fans on high.
08:12He wanted to starve me out.
08:13Make me crawl upstairs and beg.
08:16Before, 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.
08:26The front page showed him and Marianne.
08:28No, sir.
08:30Spoiled brat if she wants to starve.
08:32Let her.
08:33This family doesn't need her anyway.
08:36Marianne 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.
08:52I floated by the door.
08:54The floor heater was on high.
08:56My 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?
09:06There'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 call lame?
09:26Leave her!
09:27Produce this!
09:28He waved his hand.
09:30Let her sit in her own stink.
09:32Let it choke her!
09:35Luca walked over.
09:37He looked worried.
09:40Don, 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, get 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.
10:24I floated there.
10:25So close.
10:26One second later, and he would have found me.
10:29That afternoon, Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal.
10:32My dead body was left all alone.
10:34They 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 looked so badass with that gun.
10:48Shh!
10:50As 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 your feet.
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.
11:12If 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.
11:23Let's see how long she can hold on.
11:25Last piece of tape.
11:27Finally, be quiet.
11:28He walked upstairs to deal with his new loot.
11:30A whole street taken from the Tataillus.
11:33I 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.
11:41He would rather seal me in the basement.
11:43Then 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 heats 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 cold python with a family crest inlaid 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.
12:49He walked right through my ghost.
12:50He ripped the heavy tape off the door.
12:52Riot.
12:53Loud 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.
12:59Face.
13:02Father stumbled backward.
13:04Jagging hard.
13:04He looked into the corner.
13:06Fuck.
13:07Carla.
13:09What the hell are you doing down here?
13:11I 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.
13:29He wanted to yank me up first.
13:30He wanted to look at my stubborn face.
13:32His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar.
13:34His fingers dug right into my bare neck.
13:35The next second, he froze.
13:37Time stopped.
13:38Threw my thin pajamas.
13:40His fingers didn't feel warm skin.
13:42Or soft flesh.
13:43He felt a chunk of cold, hard meat.
13:46Hard as a rock.
13:47The cold sank right into his bones.
13:49Zero life left.
13:51But he was already pulling me hard.
13:53His momentum kept going.
13:54He yanked my body backwards.
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.
14:12My 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.
14:32It's a prank.
14:33He reached out with shaking hands.
14:35He tried to grab my stiff arm.
14:37But 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.
14:46It felt too real.
14:47It was the cold of death.
14:49Luca.
14:51Luca.
14:52Father's roar shook the whole house.
14:54Luca ran in.
14:55He saw my body on the floor.
14:56Don.
14:57Is that.
14:57His face went completely pale.
14:59His knees went weak.
15:01Call a doctor.
15:02Call an ambulance.
15:04Get everyone in here.
15:05Father rushed forward like a madman.
15:07He tried to scoop me up into his arms.
15:09Father dropped to his knees.
15:12Luca snapped out of it.
15:13He ran out to make the call.
15:15But he didn't call 911.
15:16He called the funeral director.
15:18The guy who makes bodies disappear.
15:20Because the Corleone family.
15:22Could 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.
15:45We 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.
15:59Or a tragic accident.
16:01She fell down the stairs.
16:02Shut up.
16:04Give me a minute.
16:05Marianne walked down the stairs.
16:07She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
16:09Godfather.
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.
16:26He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger.
16:28Suddenly.
16:29He 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.
16:49Except 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.
17:15What is this?
17:17Dodd.
17:18That's...
17:19I said!
17:20What 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.
17:33And 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.
17:52Don.
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.
18:07But 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.
18:17So, she 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, I just never said anything!
18:46Marianne 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!
18:57I just, I 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.
19:17So 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.
19:37Fake.
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.
20:03And 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, sit.
20:31Father sat down.
20:32We heard the news about Carla.
20:35Father hung his head.
20:37We know it wasn't on purpose.
20:39But 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.
20:52That 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.
21:01A 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.
21:18Everything goes to your brother Michael.
21:20You get to keep the suburban house.
21:22And 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,
21:43he stood alone in the storm.
21:45Carla, are you cold?
21:47Nobody answered.
21:48He was stripped of all his power.
21:50Kicked 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.
22:07His 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.
22:39It'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.
22:52Father 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.
23:25Are you lying again?
23:26It tastes fine!
23:27Why won't you eat?
23:29A Corioni does not lie!
23:31Then he broke down.
23:32He dropped to his knees.
23:34I'm sorry.
23:35I'm so sorry.
23:37Dad 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.
24:12He sliced his own fingers open.
24:13He used his blood to write on the wall.
24:15I'm sorry.
24:17Dad was wrong.
24:18Black means pain.
24:19Black means love.
24:20Please come back.
24:22Just 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!
25:00Don!
25:00Don!
25:02Father woke up.
25:03He looked at Luca and smiled.
25:05Carla 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.
25:15He wore it on his finger all the time.
25:17If anyone tried to take it off, he bit them like a rabbit dog.
25:21Don't touch my ring!
25:24Carla is watching.
25:25She'll be mad.
25:26He developed a terrifying reflex.
25:27Vito, did you eat?
25:30Father would touch his plastic ring.
25:33Black!
25:34It's black!
25:35Don't punish me!
25:36I'll eat!
25:37I'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.
25:48So 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 hell.
26:00Over and over again.
26:02Years passed.
26:03Marianne grew up.
26:04Raised by Uncle Michael, she learned a real mob way.
26:07Lying.
26:08Cheating.
26:09Using people.
26:10But she wasn't the heir.
26:11Michael had his own kids.
26:13She 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, but 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.
26:48She 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.
27:23Father's last bit of sanity snapped.
27:25He lunged at her.
27:26His giant hands locked right around her throat.
27:28Die!
27:29You die!
27:31It should have been you!
27:32She fought hard.
27:35Help!
27:39Nurses rushed in.
27:41They jammed a sedative needle into his arm.
27:43They barely pulled him off her.
27:45Terrified, 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.
27:58She 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.
28:13Wearing a pretty white dress.
28:15Dad!
28:17He opened his arms, crying tears of joy.
28:19But then he looked down.
28:21His 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.
28:48I 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.
28:55Father always said dogs were dirty.
28:56He 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.
29:04For 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.
29:12He was right.
29:13It was time.
29:13This 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?
29:37Is that you?
29:40His 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 heir.
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.
30:16His 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, time 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.
31:45A single, clear tear rested on his cheek.
31:47Beside him, the heart monitor, the wavy line of light.
31:50Turned into a single, endless straight line.
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