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00:00On Christmas, an old woman was stabbed 20 times. She died. My wife is a top attorney. She's
00:05defending the killer in court. He's just a college kid. Can't you be a little more forgiving?
00:10Drop the case. Stop trying to ruin a young man's life over your dead mother. I looked at the body
00:16on the slab, carved up beyond recognition. I laughed because my arrogant wife didn't know.
00:20The woman who got stabbed to death wasn't my mother. It was hers. My mom was supposed to
00:24spend Christmas with us. We'd already made the plan, but this morning she said she wasn't feeling
00:28well and called to cancel. Then, by pure coincidence, I ran into my wife Tessa's mom,
00:32Susan Monroe, at the grocery store. So I invited her over to have Christmas dinner with us. Tessa
00:36was busy all day. She knew nothing about all this. And now, I had just brought the body to the
00:40funeral
00:40home when Tessa showed up with Derek and his brother. Damien, Derek looked at the memorial
00:44set up and frowned. Ryan, just because Tessa makes money doesn't mean you should waste it on a dead
00:49person. Damien walked up and spat on the body. You think you deserve this, old woman? I rushed at
00:55him in fear, but Tessa shoved me away and pulled both of them behind her. They're just telling the
00:59truth. Your mom is already dead. Why waste money on her now? I stared at Tessa in shock. I couldn't
01:04believe what I was hearing. Ever since her mom was killed, Tessa hadn't shown one bit of concern.
01:08When I sued Damien for murder, she even said she would defend him and get him cleared. She also
01:13pulled strings and spent a lot of money to get Damien released on bail. I thought Derek had talked her
01:17into this madness. I didn't realize she thought the victim was my mother. Ryan, go get a refund.
01:22This setup must have cost a fortune, right? Your mom was always after Tessa's money when she was
01:27alive. Now you are too? What else would it be? Like mother, like son. A woman as greedy and vicious
01:33as your mom deserved to get stabbed to death. My mom never did anything to you. Stop insulting her.
01:41Refund the money. We're not doing this funeral. As for the body, do whatever you want with it.
01:46Tessa, the dead still deserve some respect. Why not put the body there and keep it simple?
01:50After cremation, you can dump the ashes in there too. Back to nature. You'll even save money on an urn
01:55and a burial plot. What do you think, Ryan? He should be thanking you for being so kind.
02:01Then she directly told the staff to move the body beside her. I tried to stop them, but Tessa had
02:05people walking. I looked at my mother-in-law's body. I felt sorry for her. Tessa lost her father when
02:11she
02:11was young. Susan raised her alone and played both parents. Even when she had almost nothing to eat,
02:16she still made sure Tessa could go to tutoring. And in the end, Tessa would not even give her a
02:20decent funeral. Damien actually kicked my mother-in-law's body straight into the ditch.
02:32My foot slipped. You're not mad, are you, old man?
02:36He didn't mean it. Just get some water and rimp her off. Why are you getting so angry over this?
02:40I looked at the body rolling in the filthy ditch, covered in muck and sewage. You're going to regret
02:46this. What would I regret? I'm not wasting time on this other nonsense. Write Damien of a forgiveness
02:52letter. He's still a college student. He can't lose his whole life over this. No. Susan only caught
02:58Damien stealing from Tessa's house. She tried to stop him. That was all. And he stabbed her 20 times.
03:05He even avoided the vital spots on purpose. He wanted her to suffer. He wanted her to die slowly.
03:11A monster like that had no right to forgiveness. And Tessa, a lawyer, was defending the man who
03:17killed her own mother. If Susan couldn't rest in peace, this was why.
03:22Ryan, I'm not discussing this with you. I'm giving you a chance. I'm a top attorney. Even in court,
03:29I can still get him cleared. I just don't want you losing, embarrassing yourself, and embarrassing
03:34me. Everybody knows you're my husband. If you're that afraid I'll embarrass you, then let's get
03:40divorced. Ryan, you've got a lot of nerve. You're threatening me with divorce over something
03:49this small? Even if he accidentally kicked your mom's body into the ditch, he helped clean
03:54it up after. He knows he was wrong. He deserves forgiveness. I turned and looked. Damien was
04:02grinning while he pissed on Susan's body after they dragged it back out. I stared at Tessa in shock.
04:08Her face looked twisted. Damien was desecrating a corpse, and she called that cleaning it up.
04:14When did she become like this? What happened to the Tessa who had just become a lawyer and
04:18war to offer justice? It probably started when Derek became her intern. Derek never cared about
04:23evidence. He took cases based on his own gut and made up whatever story he wanted, and Tessa helped
04:28him twist the truth. She helped him send victims to prison. I told Tessa that was wrong. She acted
04:34like she had a noble reason. She said she was only trying to protect a young intern from losing
04:38confidence. I'll send you the divorce papers tomorrow. Ryan, Tessa only spent Christmas with me
04:44because she felt bad for me. I didn't have anyone. If that upset you, I'm sorry. But please stop using
04:50divorce to scare her. What if she takes it seriously? Ryan, you are completely unreasonable.
04:55Let me make this clear. Not only am I not divorcing you, I'm signing that forgiveness letter myself.
04:59I'm doing it as your wife. That set Tessa off completely. She immediately had someone bring her
05:03paper and a pen. Right in front of me, she wrote the letter and signed her name. And I'm not
05:08letting you
05:09step into that courtroom either. Ryan, you forced me to do this. After Tessa left, I spent a huge amount
05:14of
05:14money to have Susan cleaned up again and had the memorial rebuilt. Then I hired a lawyer to draft
05:19divorce papers and called Tessa to come back and sign them. Derek answered the phone. Ryan, Tessa's busy.
05:31She doesn't have time to talk to you. She said you can forget using divorce to make that forgiveness
05:36letter invalid. Then he deliberately kept the line open. I could hear Tessa getting even louder on the
05:42other end. I forced myself to record it before I hung up and discussed. Since she refused to sign
05:47the divorce papers, I had no choice but to bring this to court. I messaged her, then I'll see you
05:52in court. On the day of the murder trial, I had just reached the courthouse when I got a notice
05:57that
05:57my divorce filing had been rejected. I knew right away that Tessa was behind it. Then the funeral home
06:02called. They said the memorial hadn't been trashed and someone had taken the body by force. A staff member
06:09sent me a video. The second I opened it, my eyes went red. Susan's body, which should have been in
06:15the
06:15refrigerated casket, had been replaced with the carcass of a big fat pig. There were wreaths on both
06:20sides with my mother's name on them. Even the funeral banners had been changed into filthy insults.
06:26Derek showed up late with his arm around Tessa. She glanced at my phone screen and spoke with pure
06:30malice. Ryan, this is what happens when you insist on doing things your way. If you walk into that
06:36courtrooms today, you'll never see your mother's body again. Derek pointed at the pig inside the
06:41casket. Look, doesn't it look exactly like your mom? Tessa and I went through a lot to find such a
06:47perfect replacement. You'll get your mother's body back after my brother is found not guilty.
06:53I didn't think Tessa and Derek could sink this low. They were doing everything they could to stop me
06:58from going into court. They still thought the dead woman was my mother. As immediate family,
07:02if I refuse forgiveness, Tessa's letter meant nothing. I punched Derek in the face.
07:07You piece of shit! Tessa screamed and jumped in front of him.
07:11Ryan, do you want me to send you to prison too? The ones who belong in prison are you two!
07:18Did you forget I'm a lawyer? I won't be the one ending up in prison. You can't threaten me.
07:22You better get this straight. Do you want to appear in court or do you want your mother's body?
07:26Tessa, has it ever crossed your mind that this isn't my mother's body? It's your mother's.
07:32Tessa didn't buy it. My mom was decent and out honest. There's no way a good college kid would
07:39stab her. Then she pulled out her phone and face-toomed someone. With one word from me,
07:44your mother's body will rot with maggots. On the screen, Susan's body was being dragged toward a
07:50septic tank. As they pulled her, an old burn scar showed on her forearm. Susan once told me about that
07:57scar. When Tessa was little, she knocked over a kettle of boiling water. Susan threw herself in
08:02front of her and got burned. Later, she lied and called it a birthmark so Tessa would not feel bad
08:08about it. Derek's eyes narrowed. He pointed at the scar before I could speak. Tessa, Ryan's mom really
08:16is insane. It wasn't enough for her to dress like your mom? Now she had to copy her birthmark too?
08:21For a second, Tessa looked unsure. Then her face turned to pure disgust. My mom has a birthmark.
08:28His mom probably burned her up to fake it. That is so pathetic. Ryan, I didn't know your mom was
08:33this
08:33sick. And my mom always said your mom was a good person. That was a lie. My mom was never
08:39copying
08:39Susan. She knew Susan had a hard life. Whenever she bought clothes or jewelry, she bought Susan the same
08:45set. Susan was grateful for that. That was why she had always been good to me. My chest taped me.
08:50But I still tried to stop Tessa. She really is your mother. And that is not a birthmark.
08:56She got that burn protecting you. This dead woman having the same mark as your mom is bad luck.
09:04Why not cut it off? Then he grabbed the phone and told the people on the other end to do
09:09it.
09:09I lunged for the phone. Tina swung her purse straight into my face.
09:14I think Derek's right. You are not going to bully him again. You are not going to bully him again.
09:20On the screen, they were already cutting into Susan's arm and making it even worse.
09:27Tessa, do you have any humanity left? You are the one with no humanity. You are the one trying
09:32to send Derek's brother to prison. I gave you a chance. You are the one who threw it away.
09:42Throw the body into the septic tank.
09:47I watched Susan's body get dumped into the tank. Then she looked at me like she had won and walked
09:52into the courthouse with Derek. The trial officially began. The judge started reading the basic facts.
10:00The defendant, Damien Hayes, stabbed the victim, Susan Munro, after a conflict during a thief.
10:05The stabbing caused Susan Munro's death. Tessa's face went blank.
10:10Susan Munro, the judge said. She blooded it out before she could stop herself.
10:15There has to be a mistake. How could that be Susan Munro?
10:18No mistake. The victim is your mother, Susan Munro.
10:31Tessa's face frozen. She asked the judge to see the case file. And there it was. The victim was
10:36her mother. She forced out a smile that looked worse than crying.
10:40My mom is fine. She was fine. How could she be dead?
10:46Her hand shook as she called Susan. Then a phone rang from the evidence table. It was Susan's phone.
10:51Even the ringtone was the one Tessa had picked for her. Tears rushed into her eyes. She turned to me
10:55and screamed. How did you bribe this many people to lie to me? Just days ago she was talking about
10:59bringing me homemade sausage. How could she be dead? I'm not that powerful. I looked at her from
11:05across the courtroom. My eyes were cold. And false accusations come with legal consequences.
11:11We're in court, counselor. You should be careful what you say. I had told her the truth more than
11:16once. She was the one who refused to believe it. Tessa broke down.
11:25Ryan! You knew it was my mother and you still didn't tell me! You did that on purpose,
11:30didn't you? How can you be this cruel?
11:32She tried to rush me and claw at me. I looked at her. She was beyond saving. Even now,
11:37she still thought this was my fault. Court officers dragged her back to her seat. At that point,
11:43there was no way she could keep acting as defense counsel. This was a murder case,
11:46and Tessa and I had been fighting publicly. So a lot of relatives had shown up for the hearing.
11:51Didn't Tessa say the dead woman was her husband's mother? So it was her own mom?
11:56Now they were finally starting to piece it together. They whispered to each other in disbelief.
12:00Whose mother it was doesn't even matter. Defending a killer like this is wrong either way.
12:06I heard he stabbed her 20 times.
12:10How can that girl not know right from wrong anymore?
12:12The way they looked at Tessa completely changed. It was all contempt. Tessa was so ashamed she could
12:18barely stand it. And then she remembered what she had done. She had thrown her own mother's body
12:23into a septic tank. Regret hit her all at once. She panicked and demanded people pull the body out.
12:32Then she left early.
12:35But Derek stayed. When Tessa learned the truth, he wasn't surprised at all. The second she left,
12:41he took over the defense for his brother. Then Derek pulled out the forgiveness letter Tessa had written.
12:46He looked at me like he had already won. Like even after Tessa knew the truth, he could still
12:52get his brother found not guilty. That meant one thing. Derek had known from the start who his
12:58brother killed. What he wanted was Tessa's forgiveness letter. And because he knew I cared
13:03about Susan, he tortured her body to get back at me for trying to fire him from the law firm.
13:07Tessa, this is the man you chose. Vile to the core. But I came prepared. I also submitted evidence that
13:16made Tessa's letter invalid. It was the recording from that day. The one where Tessa brought Derek
13:22to force me to sign. Derek pulled out a psychiatric diagnosis from a top hospital. Then he kept talking.
13:28But it all came down to one thing. He was trying to use an insanity defense to get his killer
13:34brother
13:34off. My brother had a mental disorder. As far as I knew, this had been Tessa's backup plan.
13:42After all these years as a lawyer, she had plenty of tricks for helping guilty people walk.
13:47She was just using them for the wrong side. What she forgot was I used to be a damn good
13:51lawyer too.
13:52I understood every one of these moves. I only gave up my own career to push hers forward
13:56and handle everything else so she had nothing to worry about.
14:04And I had connections too. So getting proof that Tessa had faked that psychiatric diagnosis was not
14:10hard. From the second Tessa decided to defend Derek's brother, I had people watching them. I submitted
14:16the evidence. How do you even have this? Tessa said this plan was foolproof. If you don't want
14:21people finding out, don't do it. A murderer belongs behind bars. In the end, Derek's brother was
14:27convicted. He stabbed Susan 20 times and avoided the vital organs on purpose. That was an especially
14:34brutal killing. His brother was sentenced to life in prison. When we came out of the courthouse,
14:41Tessa was back from trying to recover her mother's body. The smell on her was so bad people covered
14:46their noses. Tessa didn't notice the looks. Derek, you pushed me into this. You're the reason I dumped
14:52my mother's body into a septic tank. I'm not letting this go. And you knew from the start that the
14:56dead
14:56woman was my mother, didn't you? Otherwise, why did you keep stopping me from reading the full case
14:59file? And your brother, he didn't just kill my mom. He also did those things to her body. He is
15:03never
15:04getting out of prison. Tessa was screaming so hard she was shaking. Tears and snot ran down her face.
15:10She looked completely wrecked. Derek shoved Tessa away with open disgust. You were the one who said
15:18your plan would get my brother off. So why did he end up with life? Tessa froze for a second.
15:24Then she
15:25burst out laughing. Life in prison is still too good for him. He should have gotten the death
15:30penalty. Write another forgiveness letter for my brother. Was when not letting him sit in prison.
15:35You said it yourself. He just went off to college. His life is just starting. It can't be ruined like
15:40this. That was because you misled me. I only did all that because I thought the dead woman was Ryan's
15:46mother. After she shouted that, she looked at me. Then guilt flashed across her face. I let out a mocking
15:51laugh. I had no interest in watching the two of them tear each other apart. Once I got in the
15:56car,
15:57Quinn turned from the passenger seat and smiled at me. So, total win? Quinn was also a lawyer at
16:03Tessa's firm. She'd been pushed around for a long time because she couldn't stand how Tessa twisted
16:07the truth and helped monsters walk free. Quinn had already been planning to quit. Then all of this
16:11happened. I needed someone inside the firm to keep an eye on Tessa and Derek. Quinn figured out what I
16:16wanted and offered to help. But she had one condition. I couldn't stop her from exposing
16:20everything Tessa had done. She wanted Tessa ruined. At first, I still wanted to leave Tessa some dignity.
16:25Then she did all that. I was done. So, I agreed. But I still didn't feel happy. It's about Susan,
16:30isn't it?
16:32Don't blame yourself too much. You tried to stop it. When I got home, I shipped out all the things
16:37I had
16:37already packed up for Tessa. She called me. I didn't answer. Then she texted me. She said she wanted to
16:42give Susan a proper funeral and hoped I would come. I went. I went there for Susan. Tessa held
16:47a huge funeral. The second she saw me, she walked straight toward me like she wanted to say something.
16:52I spoke first. Can you sign the divorce papers now? You really want to divorce me? I almost found that
16:57funny. Did she really think there was still any chance for us? Ryan, can we not do this? I was
17:03fooled by Derek. That bastard lied to me. All those clothes and jewelry your mom bought for my mom,
17:08he always told me he bought them. I only have my mom and I just want to protect her memory.
17:14That's why I did those things. Please forgive me. That only made it more ridiculous. Derek was never
17:20even good at lying. He came from an ordinary family. He made three grand a month. How was he supposed
17:26to
17:26buy gifts worth hundreds of thousands? Even if you were fooled, you wanted to be fooled. Deep down,
17:33you already had a problem with my mom. I just don't understand why. Why? Because she looked down on me?
17:47She never thought I was good enough for you. She never wanted us together, right? My mom was sharp.
17:53Back then, she told me Tessa was too sensitive and too fragile. She said that kind of mind could lead
17:58someone to do things they could never take back. And even if my mom didn't want us married at first,
18:02she treated you more than well after we got married. When you wanted to start your law firm,
18:07she used her connections to send powerful clients your way. She introduced you to people who mattered.
18:11She helped build your name. The only reason you became a star attorney this fast was because my mom
18:16helped you. That's not true. I became a top lawyer because I'm good at what I do. I earned that
18:24on my
18:24own. Sure, you're talented. But talent alone doesn't land you a jewelry mogul as a client right after you
18:31start working. You couldn't have done that. You wouldn't have even gotten in the room.
18:38What I said was harsh. It was also true. And this time, Tessa had nothing to say. My mom's quiet
18:45help
18:45had pushed her far past the level her real experience could carry. That was why she lost herself so fast.
18:52Ryan, I'm sorry. You never told me. I know I shouldn't have been so blindly confident.
19:01But I wanted so badly to prove myself. That doesn't matter now. Sign the divorce papers.
19:07I won't sign. You still love me. Don't you? What gave you that idea? You think I still have feelings
19:14for someone who hurt me and hurt my mother like that? But you still helped get justice for my mom
19:19in court, didn't you? That was your mother. She deserved justice. And every person who came to
19:22this funeral came for her, not for you. Tessa, do you really think you can do all those vile things
19:26and walk away with no price to pay? I sued you too for desecrating a corpse, for violating legal
19:30ethics, for giving false evidence. You can't do this to me. Why not? In the end, she agreed to sign.
19:43Once I had the papers, I lit incense for Susan and left.
19:57Tessa refused to give up. Every day, she either sent flowers or had gifts delivered.
20:07Whatever you decide, I'll support you. I just want you to be happy.
20:13She had always been that kind of person.
20:21I'm not forgiving Tessa. What she did doesn't deserve forgiveness.
20:25A failed marriage doesn't define your whole life. And don't blame yourself too much.
20:32My son already did more than enough.
20:38I didn't expect this. But before Tessa's case even went to trial, Derek sued her too.
20:46He had been Tessa's intern.
20:49Back when Tessa covered for him and cleaned up his messes, she had helped create a lot of false
20:55evidence. Now he brought it all to light.
20:58He also had plenty of dirt on the other lawyers at the firm. No one pitied her. Everyone thought
21:03she had it coming. Derek dumped everything online too. Then, he smeared Susan's name and claimed she
21:09was mentally unstable and had come on to his brother. He said his brother snapped from humiliation and
21:14killed her in the heat of the moment. He was obviously still making one last push to get his
21:19brother's sentence reduced. If the dead woman had really been my mom, that smear would have landed on
21:24her instead. That had been one of Tessa's backup plans too. Now Derek was using all of it on her.
21:30Tessa already hated Derek for what he and his brother did and his brother to her mother's body.
21:34Now this pushed her completely over the edge. She stormed off to confront him. And somehow,
21:39she killed him. She stabbed him 20 times. Exactly 20. But she used a meat cleaver.
21:44So Derek's body was hacked to pieces. 20 stab wounds. How is that a crime of passion?
21:59Tessa went to prison too. I took over her law firm. That also meant Quinn no longer had to quit.
22:04As for the other lawyers, I replaced almost all of them. They had thrown away their ethics too.
22:09All to prop up Tessa and Derek. A lot of people get trapped with no way to speak up because
22:14of
22:14lawyers with no ethics. So I launched a legal aid program that charged clients nothing. I wanted
22:19more people like Damien to actually face justice. The work was free for the clients. I paid the firm's
22:25lawyers out of my own pocket. No one pushed back. Quinn frowned at me. What do you take me for?
22:31This matters. I want to do it. What about everyone else? If you refuse payment, they'll feel weird
22:39taking it. Doing good still has to pay the bills. Right? You're still the same.
22:44My chest tightened. I looked away. I could tell Quinn liked me.
22:50But after everything, I wasn't ready to think about love again. Not yet. I had been out of law for
22:56years.
22:56I was rusty. But Quinn never got tired of helping me. She walked me through cases.
23:04Slowly, I stopped fighting it. I told myself I'd let things happen when they happened.
23:10Less than a year later, Tessa died in prison. I heard one of the people she had wrongfully put
23:15away killed her. That ending did not surprise me. If she had any humanity left at all,
23:21maybe her life would not have ended there. Do you think your mom would like this?
23:25Maybe we should bring more gifts.
23:28I know after cremation, you'd give money on a burial plot.
23:34You don't have to overthink it. She'll like anything you bring. Because my mom had always
23:38believed the same thing. The thought was what mattered. If it came from the heart, it was enough.
23:46No way. This is my first time meeting her. I need to make a good impression.
23:52Quinn and I had started dating. I was taking her home for dinner.
23:56I had a feeling my mom would like her. And I was right. The second my mom met Quinn,
24:01she took her hand and started telling her story after story about me.
24:06Quinn loved every second of it. She listened. She laughed. She gave my mom all the warmth in the
24:13world. I thought you'd never open your heart again. I've always believed people have to keep
24:16moving forward. So I'm glad you figured that out. Quinn is a good woman. Don't you dare mess this up.
24:20I know. I'll be good to her. Mom was right. People have to move forward. Everything behind me was
24:24finally over. That chapter was closed for good.
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