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Godfather, I'm Not a Liar - Full
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00:30I can't protect you forever Carla, this ring will watch you
00:34My younger sister, Marianne, had one too, but hers was green, it was always green, even when she stole grandma's
00:41pearls and framed our maid, a maid who had served us for 20 years
00:44The next morning, that maid was fed to the fishes, Marianne's ring, still glowing green
00:51Father just stroked her hair
00:53My little angel, a true Corioni
00:56But me, just saying goodnight outside Godfather's study made my ring turn pitch black
01:01Then came the punishment, Godfather was a man of strict rules, he'd order me down to the basement, to the
01:07confession room, kneeling before Grandfather's portrait, all night, on cold stone, or salt, in the freezing cold
01:16The Korobiaga does not lie, the pain will make you remember
01:20After years of bleeding on that floor, I believed him, I really thought I was just born a liar
01:25Then came New Year's Eve, the annual family gala, politicians, judges, the heads of the five families, everyone who mattered
01:34was there
01:34It was a massive show of power, and the night he was going to officially name his heir
01:39Suddenly, a sharp pain hit my abdomen, I collapsed, sweating through my dress
01:45Godfather was in the foyer, fixing his custom cups
01:48I rolled down the stairs, landing right at his shoes
01:52Father, it hurts, please help me
01:56He didn't help me, he just stared at my hand
01:58My ring was pitch black, his brow furrowed in deep disgust
02:02He grabbed my chin, hard
02:04Do you know what tonight is?
02:08Tonight I present Marianne as the future heir of the Corleones
02:14I froze
02:15The heir? I thought we were equals
02:17He wiped his fingers with a silk cloth, like I was a disease
02:22Faking sick to ruin your sister's night?
02:25No, I swear, I'm really in pain
02:29The ring is black, it doesn't lie, you do
02:33But I...
02:34Enough
02:34He waved his hand
02:36His top enforcer, Luca Brazi, stepped up
02:39A giant of a man who once wiped out an entire clan single-handedly
02:42Lock her in the basement
02:45Maybe she'll learn loyalty
02:47Father, please, I'm dying!
02:50Just take me to the hospital, just believe me once
02:53Luca dragged me away
02:54I clawed at the floor, tearing off my nails
02:57Father never looked back
02:58Stay there until the ring turns green
03:02Or else
03:05Right then, Marianne floated down the stairs
03:08Wearing a custom gown and a diamond tiara
03:10She glanced down at me bleeding on the floor
03:12Her ring was bright, glowing green
03:15What's wrong with her?
03:17Nothing
03:19Let's go
03:19The guests are waiting for our little princess
03:22Finally, I fell onto the sharp gravel floor
03:25The steel door slammed shut
03:26Total darkness
03:28But father was right
03:29The ring was black
03:30I must be lying
03:32I don't hurt
03:33I really don't hurt
03:34I sobbed, brainwashing myself
03:36Eventually, the pain faded
03:38My nerves just went completely numb
03:40With my last breath, I crawled to my corner
03:43My wall of apologies
03:44I'm sorry
03:45I was wrong
03:47I won't lie anymore
03:48But tonight
03:49I wanted to write the truth
03:51I bit my own finger until it bled
03:53And I wrote on the wall
03:54Father, I really loved you
03:56It hurt so much
03:58Why wouldn't you believe me?
04:00Just once
04:00The second I finished the last bloody letter
04:03The pain vanished
04:04I felt so light
04:06I floated upward
04:07I looked down
04:08My body was on the freezing stones
04:10Not moving
04:11And the onyx ring on my finger was still flashing black
04:14Pitch black
04:15Oh
04:16I guess I really died
04:17And I guess I never learned to be honest
04:19I'm sorry, dad
04:21Now that I'm gone
04:22I can finally just call you dad
04:24Outside
04:25Fireworks exploded
04:26The crowd cheered
04:28Father laughed
04:29Marianne took her back
04:30What a perfect night
04:36I woke up to the sound of laughter
04:38It was my father and my sister
04:41Spectacular fireworks
04:42The old Tartana fox turned green seeing our power
04:45I was floating near the ceiling
04:47Looking down as the heavy iron door swung open
04:49Out of pure habit
04:50I drifted down to greet them
04:52I wanted to take his coat
04:53Hold his cigar
04:55It was instinct
04:56Burned right into my bones
04:58Always begging for his approval
05:01Godfather
05:01I'm not hurting anymore
05:04I'll be good now
05:05Please don't be mad at me
05:07But my hands went through him
05:09Why is it so freezing down here?
05:11Luca is the heat broken?
05:13It's on Don
05:14Must have left the window open
05:15Father shivered suddenly
05:16His thick eyebrows pulled together
05:18I froze midair
05:19Staring at my transparent hands
05:22Right
05:22I was dead
05:23And ghosts can't hug the living
05:25You should check on Carla
05:27I looked at my father with desperate hope
05:29If he saw I was dead
05:30Would he cry?
05:31Would he regret it?
05:32Father took a long drag of his cigar
05:34And stepped into the dark
05:36Let her kneel
05:38This bad habit of faking Sig for attention
05:41He needs to stop
05:42He pushed the basement door wide open
05:43The Caroleana daughter
05:45Must not be so weak
05:51Groveling won't make me go soft
05:53You're twelve, Carla
05:55Not two
05:55This family doesn't raise useless trash
05:58Father
05:59I'm not pretending
06:01I'm dead
06:03Just look at me
06:04Touch me
06:05My body is cold
06:07But he couldn't hear a word
06:09He only believed what he wanted to see
06:11Marianne peeked out from behind his shoulders
06:13Dad, look at her
06:15Such a lazy pig
06:17Her ring is still black
06:19She's lying even in her sleep
06:21My good girl
06:23You were perfect tonight
06:25The Tatarga boy couldn't take his eyes off you
06:28Do I like him, Godfather?
06:30Doesn't matter
06:31What matters is what his family can offer us
06:35You're the heir now, Marianne
06:37Your marriage is a weapon
06:38Don, shouldn't we help her up?
06:42The basement is too cold
06:44Leave her
06:46Spoiled kids need old school discipline
06:48Let the cold freeze the rebellion right out of her
06:51Look at that ring
06:52Pitch black
06:53She hasn't learned a thing
06:55Let's go
06:56We have Sunday mass tomorrow
06:57Then we're handling the Tatnianis at the docks
07:03He turned around and pulled the iron door shut
07:06Click
07:07The deadbolt hit into place
07:11I hovered over my broken body
07:12Staring at that suffocating black ring
07:15The heartbreak was worse than dying
07:16Father
07:17If you had taken just one single step closer
07:20If you had just touched my hand
07:22You would have felt the death on my skin
07:23But you didn't
07:25You trusted a stupid piece of jewelry over your own blood
07:27Deep in the night, a rat crawled out from the wall
07:30I used to be terrified of the basement rats
07:32I used to scream until my lungs gave out
07:34But now, I just watched it scurry across my lifeless leg
07:38It bit into my toe
07:39Thick, dark blood oozed out
07:41But I didn't feel a thing
07:43It was nice
07:44Finally, completely free of the pain
07:47Don't be scared
07:49It doesn't hurt anymore
07:52It'll all be over soon
07:58Morning came
07:59The smell of bacon and eggs drifted under my door
08:01Father told the chef to turn the fans on high
08:03He wanted to starve me out
08:05Make me crawl upstairs and beg
08:07Before, I would have lied and confessed just for a bite
08:10But now, dead girls don't get hungry
08:13Carla still hasn't come out?
08:15He was reading the morning newspaper, the New York Times
08:17The front page showed him and Marianne
08:19No sir
08:22Spoiled brat if she wants to starve, let her
08:25This family doesn't need her anyway
08:27Marianne drank her milk
08:28She rolled her eyes
08:30She ran right up to the basement door
08:32She took a loud, fake sniff
08:35Dad!
08:36It smells so bad down here
08:39Did Carla crap on the floor?
08:42That is so gross
08:43I floated by the door
08:45The floor heater was on high
08:47My dead body was rotting fast
08:49Father stormed over, disgusted
08:51He roared, hitting the iron door
08:53Carla!
08:54Are you a damn animal?
08:57There's a bucket right there
08:58Are your legs broken?
09:01You're a disgrace to this entire family
09:04I remembered being little
09:06I had acute gastroenteritis
09:08I messed my pants before I could reach the bathroom
09:11Father didn't help me
09:12He made me stand outside in the dirt
09:14Look at her
09:14Filthy as a stray dog
09:16How did her correlate?
09:17Leave her!
09:18Produce this!
09:19He waved his hand
09:20Let her sit in her own stink
09:22Let it choke her
09:26Luca walked over
09:27He looked worried
09:31Dong, the smell is getting really bad
09:33Let me check
09:33Might be a dead rat
09:35We had rats at the docks last week
09:37My ghost heart jumped
09:38I'm right behind the door
09:40I floated right in front of him
09:41Luca grabbed the handle
09:46The house phone cut through the air
09:47The butler picked it up
09:49His face went pale
09:50Don!
09:51Trouble at the docks!
09:53The Tatsalias crossed the line
09:54They took three crates
09:56Tommy got shot!
09:58Father jumped up
10:01Luca!
10:02Get the men!
10:02Now!
10:04What color?
10:06She won't die
10:07Let her rot!
10:08I'll deal with her later
10:10Father grabbed his coat
10:12The front door slammed shut
10:13I floated there
10:15So close
10:16One second later
10:17And he would have found me
10:18That afternoon
10:19Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal
10:21My dead body was left all alone
10:23They came back late that night
10:25Father had blood on his suit
10:27Not his blood
10:28Marianne's face was red with excitement
10:34Godfather
10:34You look so badass with that gun
10:39As soon as they walked in
10:41The smell hit them
10:42It was much worse now
10:43Father gagged
10:44Covering his nose
10:45Fuck!
10:46Carla are you trying to turn my house
10:47Into a goddamn morgue?
10:49He wouldn't even open the door
10:50To look at me
10:51Like looking inside
10:52Would make him dirty
10:53Instead
10:54He grabbed a roll of heavy duct tape
10:55He crouched down
10:57He taped every single crack around the iron door
10:59Sealing it completely shut
11:01If you wanna live in filth
11:02Then rot in it
11:04Don't stink up my house
11:09I'll send someone to deal with it tomorrow
11:11Let's see how long she can hold on
11:14Last piece of tape
11:16Finally
11:16Be quiet
11:17He walked upstairs to deal with his new loot
11:19A whole street taken from the Titalias
11:21I stared at the taped door
11:23My last bit of hope died
11:25I finally understood
11:26To my father
11:27My life meant less than a shipment of contraband
11:29He would rather seal me in the basement
11:31Then open the door to see if I was dead
11:33You win
11:34Godfather
11:35I will never bother you again
11:39Day 3
11:40Morning
11:40Winter sun hit the Corleone mansion
11:42But the house still felt dark
11:44The heat's cranked way up
11:45It's 79 degrees in here
11:47The duct tape couldn't hold the smell back anymore
11:49A thick, rotting stench leaked from the basement
11:51It filled the whole first floor
11:52Father was cleaning his gun
11:54A coal python with the family crest and laid on its ivory handle
11:57Even the strong gun oil couldn't hide the smell of death
11:59Father slammed the heavy gun on the table
12:01He finally lost it
12:02He thought I was doing this on purpose
12:04Hiding dead rats
12:06Using the floor as a toilet
12:07Just to gross him out
12:09Just to rebel
12:09Carla you're pushing your damn luck
12:11Father stormed toward the basement
12:13He grabbed a heavy wooden baseball bat
12:15A bloody trophy from a rival gang
12:19I'm gonna beat the living hell out of you
12:21We don't raise filthy trash
12:24I floated right in front of him
12:26Godfather don't go in
12:28I look awful
12:30I'm rotting
12:31It's gonna scare you
12:33He didn't want me anymore
12:34But I still didn't want him to see my ruined body
12:36He walked right through my ghost
12:38He ripped the heavy tape off the door
12:40Raya
12:40Loud and sharp
12:41He shoved the key in the lock
12:43Turned it
12:44Bang
12:44He kicked the heavy iron door open
12:46A thick wall of dead
12:47In the face
12:50Father stumbled backward
12:51Jagging hard
12:52He looked into the corner
12:54Fuck!
12:55Carla!
12:56What the hell are you doing down here?
12:58I was in the exact same pose from three days ago
13:00My back facing him
13:02Not moving an inch
13:04Are you deaf?
13:06Are you still playing dead?
13:08Blinding mad
13:09He marched right up to me
13:10He raised the wooden bat high in the air
13:12But he didn't swing it
13:14Get your ass up
13:16He wanted to yank me up first
13:17He wanted to look at my stubborn face
13:19His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar
13:21His fingers dug right into my bare neck
13:22The next second
13:23He froze
13:24Time stopped
13:25Through my thin pajamas
13:27His fingers didn't feel warm skin
13:29Or soft flesh
13:30He felt a chunk of cold
13:32Hard meat
13:32Hard as a rock
13:34The cold sank right into his bones
13:36Zero life left
13:37But he was already pulling me hard
13:39His momentum kept going
13:41He yanked my body backward
13:43But
13:44My body hit the floor
13:45Flat and stiff as a concrete statue
13:47My face was finally out in the open
13:51Father looked past my body
13:52He looked at the wall behind me
13:54There were words on the wall
13:56Written in my own blood
13:57Dad
13:58My belly really hurts
14:00The ring is broken
14:01I didn't lie
14:03Don't lock me in here
14:04Save me
14:07Father let out a massive scream
14:11He stumbled backward
14:13Staring at my dead body
14:14No way
14:15This is a trick
14:16It's makeup
14:18It's a prank
14:19He reached out with shaking hands
14:21He tried to grab my stiff arm
14:23But the second he touched my freezing skin
14:25Carla get up
14:26I'm not mad anymore
14:28Stop scaring me
14:29He pulled his hand back like he touched fire
14:32It felt too real
14:33It was the cold of death
14:35Luca
14:37Luca
14:37Luca
14:38Father's roar shook the whole house
14:40Luca ran in
14:41He saw my body on the floor
14:42Don
14:42Is that
14:43His face went completely pale
14:45His knees went weak
14:46Call a doctor
14:48Call an ambulance
14:49Get everyone in here
14:51Father rushed forward like a madman
14:53He tried to scoop me up into his arms
14:55Father dropped to his knees
14:57Luca snapped out of it
14:59He ran out to make the call
15:00But he didn't call 911
15:02He called the funeral director
15:03The guy who makes bodies disappear
15:05Because the Corleone family
15:07Could never have a scandal
15:11Half an hour later
15:12The mob lawyer arrived
15:13The funeral director
15:15The private doctor
15:16Nobody called the cops
15:18That's mob rule
15:19Father sat on the living room couch
15:21A glass of whiskey sat untouched
15:23He just stared straight ahead
15:25Staring at the crystal ashtray
15:27Inside was my black ring
15:28And a small piece of my dead skin
15:31We need a cover story
15:32How did she die?
15:34Father said nothing
15:35We can say it was a sudden illness
15:38No one will ask questions
15:40Father didn't blink
15:41His voice was like sandpaper
15:44Or a tragic accident
15:46She fell down the stairs
15:47Shut up
15:49Give me a minute
15:50Marianne walked down the stairs
15:52She rubbed her sleepy eyes
15:53Godfather
15:54It's so loud down here
15:56What's wrong?
15:57Then she saw the men in suits
15:59She saw father's dead face
16:01She saw my ring in the ashtray
16:05Why is Carla's ring here?
16:07Where is she?
16:08Father looked up
16:09He stared right at Marianne
16:10He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger
16:13Suddenly
16:14He stood up
16:14He marched over and grabbed her hand
16:17Godfather
16:18You're hurting me
16:19He didn't let go
16:20He stared at her ring
16:21Take it off
16:22What?
16:24Take it off!
16:25Marianne shook with fear
16:26She pulled the ring off
16:27Father held it up to the window light
16:29Silver band
16:30Green stone
16:31Exactly like mine
16:33Except for the color
16:34Luca
16:35Get the tools
16:37Luca handed him a small screwdriver
16:38Father jammed it into the silver band
16:40He pried the ring open
16:44The metal shell popped off
16:46There was no high-tech sensor inside
16:48No magic heat detector
16:49Just a cheap green LED bulb
16:51And several button batteries
16:53The circuit board was fixed
16:54As long as it was powered on
16:56It only lighted up green
16:59What is this?
17:01Dod
17:02That's
17:03I said
17:04What is this?
17:05It's a cheap toy, sir
17:07It's not a real lie detector
17:09Father froze completely
17:10He slowly turned his head
17:12He looked at the black ring in the ashtray
17:14The ring that tortured me
17:15And killed me
17:16And that one
17:18Is that one real?
17:20Luca stayed silent
17:21He walked over and picked up my black ring
17:24He took the screwdriver
17:25Tried it open
17:27Inside was the exact same LED bulb
17:29The exact same button batteries
17:31But the tiny bulb was dead
17:33Broken from the factory
17:35Don
17:35It was never going to light up
17:38This one is a toy too
17:40It was broken from the start
17:42Father's whole world shattered
17:44He finally understood
17:4510 years
17:46Every time I cried out in pain
17:48The ring turned black
17:49Not because I lied
17:50But because it was always black
17:52Every time I trembled in fear
17:53The ring turned black
17:54And Marianne's ring
17:56It was always green
17:59So
18:00She never lied to me
18:02Every time she said it hurt
18:03It really hurt
18:05Every time she begged me
18:06She meant it
18:06I killed her
18:08I killed my only honest child
18:10With my own hands
18:11It was you
18:13You lied to me for years
18:15Your ring is fake
18:16You killed your sister
18:19Godfather
18:19I didn't know
18:20You're the one who said it was magic
18:22You said I was the good girl
18:24I just I just never said anything
18:28Marianne screamed in terror
18:30Hiding behind Luca
18:31Godfather
18:32I didn't know
18:34You're the one who said it was magic
18:36You said I was the good girl
18:39I just I just never said anything
18:42She just never said anything
18:44Right
18:45She didn't have to
18:46As long as the green light was on
18:48She was perfect
18:48And as long as mine was black
18:50I was wrong
18:51Father collapsed onto the floor
18:53He stared at the two pride open rings
18:55The silver bands
18:56The family crests
18:57And the onyxes
18:59So solemn
19:00So sacred
19:01He put them on us himself
19:03He called it honor
19:04He called it a trial
19:05But it were just LED bulbs and button batteries
19:08A cheap toy controlled his mind for 10 years
19:12Father started laughing wildly
19:13Then
19:14The laughter just stopped
19:16He knelt on the floor
19:17He went completely quiet
19:19Fake
19:19It was all fake
19:21I killed my honest kid
19:23And I spoiled a liar
19:25He slowly stood up
19:27He walked to the window
19:29Luca
19:30Arrange Carla's funeral
19:32In the manner of an heir
19:34But Dawn
19:35You said before
19:36I was wrong
19:37I was wrong about everything
19:39Father wasn't going crazy
19:40What's really crazy is waking up
19:43Knowing you killed your own flesh and blood
19:44And still having to live with it
19:48The mob doesn't let crazy men stay in charge
19:50That night
19:51The family elders called an emergency meeting
19:53Father was called in for a discussion
19:55It was at a drafty warehouse in Brooklyn
19:57A long wooden table sat in the middle
20:00Lit by candles
20:01Five old men sat around it
20:03My uncles
20:04The Corleone family elders
20:05Each one ran a piece of the family's business
20:08When Godfather walked in
20:09Nobody stood up
20:10Vito
20:11Sit
20:12Father sat down
20:13We heard the news
20:15About Carla
20:16Father hung his head
20:18We know it wasn't on purpose
20:20But the fact is
20:21You killed your own daughter
20:22You spilled Corleone blood
20:24Let me finish
20:26My uncle cut him off
20:27This family kills people
20:28But we never kill our own
20:30Especially not our own kids
20:32That is the absolute line
20:35And you crossed it
20:36I didn't mean to kill her
20:37You made her kneel in a freezing basement for three days
20:41A ruptured Amdix
20:44She suffered until her heart stopped
20:46If that's not murder
20:48What is?
20:50We took a vote
20:52As of tonight
20:53You are no longer the leader of the Corleone family
20:55The docks
20:57The casinos
20:57The unions
20:58Everything goes to your brother Michael
21:00You get to keep the suburban house
21:02And an allowance of 200 grand a year
21:04You hand over the rest
21:06What about Marianne?
21:07Marianne lives with Michael now
21:10She is still a Corleone
21:12But she will not be raised by you
21:15Father opened his mouth to argue
21:17But he didn't say a single word
21:18He stood up
21:20He turned and walked away
21:21The moment he stepped out of the warehouse
21:23He stood alone in the storm
21:25Carla are you cold?
21:27Nobody answered
21:28He was stripped of all his power
21:29Kicked out of the empire he built with his own two hands
21:33Abandoned by everyone
21:36Father was sent away to an old house in the suburbs
21:38It was the family's very first house
21:40A hundred years old
21:42Broken down, freezing cold, and full of drafts
21:45Nobody came to visit him
21:46His old crew, his allies, his friends
21:49They all vanished
21:50Only Luca risked coming by
21:52He dropped off food and supplies
21:54Don how are you holding up?
21:56Father sat in the dark living room
21:58Wearing my broken black ring on his own finger
22:00Luca
22:02Did it hurt when she died?
22:04I asked if it hurt!
22:05Don
22:06A ruptured appendix hurts
22:08It hurts a lot
22:11Father looked down at the ring on his hand
22:14It's still black
22:15Don, it's broken
22:16It's always going to be black
22:18It's real
22:19It's telling me she lied
22:20She's a liar
22:22She's a bad kid
22:24Don, you need to see a doctor
22:25I don't need a doctor
22:26I need Carla
22:29Luca laughed
22:31Father sat alone in the old house
22:33Day after day
22:34He started cooking
22:35Every day, he made two fried eggs
22:38Two plates of pasta
22:39Two glasses of wine
22:41One for his side of the table
22:42One for mine
22:44Carla, time to eat
22:46No raw oysters today
22:48Just the eggs you like
22:50Then he sat down and ate his food
22:52Halfway through, he looked across the table
22:54He stared at the empty chair
22:58Why aren't you eating?
23:00Do you hate it?
23:01He stared at the ring
23:02The ring was black
23:03Are you lying again?
23:05It tastes fine!
23:06Why won't you eat?
23:07A Corione does not lie!
23:10Then he broke down
23:11He dropped to his knees
23:12I'm sorry
23:14I'm so sorry
23:15Dad was wrong
23:16Just take one bite
23:18Please
23:18Just one bite
23:20He slammed his head against the ground
23:22Over and over
23:23His forehead split open
23:25Blood dripped down his face
23:28The pain
23:29Is this how much it hurt Carla?
23:32He started punishing himself
23:33Exactly how he used to punish him
23:36He forced himself to eat spoiled, rotting food
23:38He ate until he threw up
23:40Then he kept eating
23:41He locked himself in the basement
23:43He kept all the lights off
23:45In the dark, he faced the wall
23:47He fell to his knees
23:48He found a rusty nail
23:50He sliced his own fingers open
23:52He used his blood to write on the wall
23:54I'm sorry
23:55Dad was wrong
23:56Black means pain
23:57Black means love
23:58Please come back
24:00Just tell me it hurts one more time
24:02I swear I'll save you
24:03Over and over again
24:05When the blood dried
24:06He cut himself again
24:07New words over old words
24:09Bright red blood over dried black blood
24:11Deep in the night
24:12He looked up
24:13The black ring caught the faint light
24:15It shined on the bloody words
24:17Like my bleeding eyes were staring right back at him
24:19He kept writing
24:20He filled the entire wall
24:22Then he went back to the corner
24:24And started writing it all over again
24:28Father ended up in an asylum
24:30Luca found him passed out in the basement
24:32His head was busted open
24:33Blood everywhere
24:35A 104 degree fever
24:37Don't
24:39Don't
24:40Father woke up
24:40He looked at Luca and smiled
24:42Carla came to get me
24:44Luca put him in a private asylum
24:46Built by the family
24:47For our own kind
24:48Father was their craziest patient
24:50He found a black plastic ring somewhere
24:52He wore it on his finger all the time
24:54If anyone tried to take it
24:56He bit them like a rabbit dog
24:58Don't touch my ring
25:01Carla is watching
25:02She'll be mad
25:03He developed a terrifying reflex
25:05Vito
25:05Did you eat?
25:07Father would touch his plastic ring
25:10Black
25:10It's black
25:12Don't punish me
25:13I'll eat
25:17Even the scalding Italian risotto
25:19He forced down spoonful by spoonful
25:21It had been simmered with strong liquor
25:23So hot it burned his throat raw
25:25So spicy it set his stomach on fire
25:26He dared not stop
25:28He dared not spit it out
25:30Because before I died
25:31I had a 104 degree fever
25:33Kneeling on freezing stones
25:34He was forcing himself to live my hell
25:37Over and over again
25:38Years passed
25:39Marianne grew up
25:41Raised by Uncle Michael
25:42She learned a real mob way
25:43Lying
25:44Cheating
25:45Using people
25:46But she wasn't the heir
25:48Michael had his own kids
25:49She was pushed aside
25:51Treated like a pawn
25:52She hit rock bottom
25:54Drugs
25:55Gambling
25:55Massive debt
25:57When she ran out of cash
25:58She remembered her crazy dad
26:00She came to the hospital
26:01Not out of love
26:02For money
26:06Hey old man
26:08Uncle Michael died
26:09You get a cut
26:10Give me your power of attorney
26:12I'll sign for you
26:16She was 20
26:17But she looked 40
26:18She looked at his pathetic state
26:19And spit on the floor
26:22You're disgusting
26:23Just like your dead daughter
26:25She ruined everything for us
26:27Even after she died
26:29But he heard that
26:30He slowly looked up
26:32His cloudy eyes suddenly went clear
26:34Just for a second
26:35He remembered the toy ring
26:37The fake green light
26:38That fooled him for 10 years
26:39It was you
26:40You lied to me
26:42The fake green light
26:44You killed Carla
26:47She was just stupid
26:48Couldn't act
26:50Couldn't pretend
26:51Give me my Carla back
26:53Back?
26:54She's been dead for 10 years
26:56She's rotted into nothing
26:58Father's last bit of sanity snapped
27:00He lunged at her
27:01His giant hands lock
27:03Right around her throat
27:04Die!
27:04You die!
27:06It should have been you!
27:08She fought hard
27:10Help!
27:15Nurses rushed in
27:16They jammed a sedative needle into his arm
27:18They barely pulled him off her
27:20Terrified
27:21Marianne ran for her life
27:24Crazy!
27:25You're all crazy!
27:27Right into the street
27:29A speeding delivery truck
27:30Couldn't stop in time
27:31It sent her flying through the air
27:33She didn't die
27:34But her legs were completely crushed
27:36She would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair
27:39Totally useless
27:40Back inside
27:41Father was strapped to a bed
27:43Crying at the ceiling
27:44He finally saw me in his dreams
27:46I was still 12 years old
27:48Wearing a pretty white dress
27:50Dad!
27:52He opened his arms
27:53Crying tears of joy
27:54But then he looked down
27:55His hands were covered in blood
27:57The second he touched me
27:59I turned right into ash
28:02The black plastic ring was still there
28:04Locked tight on his finger
28:08I stood in the empty air
28:09I watched it all happen
28:11I watched my godfather suffer in the asylum
28:13I watched Marianne begging on the streets with crushed legs
28:16I watched Uncle Michael lose everything and die young
28:19But I didn't feel any joy
28:20I didn't feel like I got my revenge
28:22I just felt quiet
28:24Quiet as dead water
28:25An old dog stood next to me
28:27He was my puppy from when I was little
28:29Father always said dogs were dirty
28:31He said they ruined the expensive rugs
28:33So he had my dog thrown out
28:35He was hit by a car on the street
28:36But he waited for me here
28:38For 10 whole years
28:39The dog rubbed against my leg
28:41He barked twice
28:42Like he was saying, let's go
28:44Stop looking
28:46He was right
28:47It was time
28:48This life was too painful
28:49There was nothing left to stay for
28:51I floated into father's hospital room
28:54For one last goodbye
28:55He lay on the bed
28:56He looked like a skeleton
28:58His hair was pure white
29:00He was strapped down so he wouldn't hurt himself
29:02That black plastic ring was still on his finger
29:05He seemed to feel something
29:06His cloudy eyes stared right into the empty air
29:10Carla, is that you?
29:14His shaking hand reached out
29:15Grabbing at nothing
29:19I smashed the ring
29:21I don't believe it anymore
29:23Please come back baby
29:25I'll cook for you
29:26No oh oysters
29:28I'll buy you dresses
29:30None for Marianne
29:32I'll make you the air
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
29:38I reached out
29:39I touched his forehead with my freezing ghost finger
29:42It was my very last act of mercy
29:44I just let him sleep
29:45Because when you sleep, it stops hurting
29:47He went totally quiet
29:49His heavy eyelids shut tight
29:51He 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
30:29But I don't love you either
30:33Let's not meet again in the next life
30:35I turned around
30:36With my old dog
30:37A bright door appeared in the distance
30:39A way out of this nightmare
30:40I 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
30:48The ring shattered into tiny pieces of light
30:51It faded right into the air
30:53I felt so light
30:54No more black light
30:55No more punishment
30:57No more lies
30:58Just pure freedom
30:59I walked into the light
31:01I never looked back
31:02Morning sun filled the hospital room
31:07Vito
31:07Time for your meds
31:09The man on the bed didn't move
31:11The nurse walked closer
31:12His hand was gripping the bloody paper rubbing tight
31:15The one he traced with his own blood
31:17A single, clear tear rested on his cheek
31:19Beside him, the heart monitor
31:21The wavy line of light
31:22Turned into a single, endless straight line
31:25The man on the bed
31:25The man on the bed
31:25The man on the bed
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