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