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00:01on christmas an old woman was stabbed 20 times she died my wife is a top attorney she's defending
00:07the killer in court he's just a college kid can't you be a little more forgiving drop the case
00:14stop trying to ruin a young man's life over your dead mother i looked at the body on the slab
00:18carved up beyond recognition i laughed because my arrogant wife didn't know the woman who got
00:23stabbed to death wasn't my mother it was hers my mom was supposed to spend christmas with us
00:27we'd already made the plan but this morning she said she wasn't feeling well and called to cancel
00:31then by pure coincidence i ran into my wife tessa's mom susan monroe at the grocery store so i invited
00:36her over to have christmas dinner with us tessa was busy all day she knew nothing about all this
00:40and now i had just brought the body to the funeral home when tessa showed up with derrick and his
00:44brother damien derrick looked at the memorial setup and frowned ryan just because tessa makes money
00:49doesn't mean you should waste it on a dead person damien walked up and spat on the body you think
00:54you deserve this old woman i rushed at her but tessa shoved me away and pulled both of them
00:59behind her they're just telling the truth your mom is already dead why waste money on her now i stared
01:05at tessa in shock i couldn't believe what i was hearing ever since her mom was killed tessa hadn't
01:09shown one bit of concern when i sued damien for murder she even said she would defend him and get
01:14him clear she also pulled strings and spent a lot of money to get damien released on bail i thought
01:18derrick had talked her into this madness i didn't realize she thought the victim was my mother
01:22ryan go get a refund this setup must have cost a fortune right your mom was always after tessa's
01:28money when she was alive now you are too what else would it be like mother like son a woman
01:34as greedy
01:35and vicious as your mom deserved to get stabbed to death my mom never did anything to you stop
01:40insulting her refund the money we're not doing this funeral as for the body do whatever you want
01:47with it tessa the dead still deserve some respect why not put the body there and keep it simple
01:52after cremation you can dump the ashes in there too back to nature you'll even save money on an urn
01:57and a burial plot what do you think ryan he should be thanking you for being so kind then she
02:03directly
02:03told the staff to move the body i tried to stop them but tessa had people walking i looked at
02:08my
02:08mother-in-law's body sorry for her tessa lost her father when she was young susan raised her alone and
02:15played both parents even when she had almost nothing to eat she still made sure tessa could
02:19go to tutoring and in the end tessa would not even give her a decent funeral
02:29damien actually kicked my mother-in-law's body straight into the ditch
02:34my foot slipped you're not mad are you old man he didn't mean it just get some water and
02:40rimp her off why are you getting so angry over this i looked at the body rolling in the filthy
02:45ditch covered in muck and sewage you're going to regret this what would i regret i'm not wasting
02:51time on this other nonsense write damien of a forgiveness letter he's still a college student
02:56he can't lose his whole life over this no susan only caught damie stealing from tessa's house she
03:03tried to stop him that was all and he stabbed her 20 times he even avoided the vital spots on
03:09purpose
03:09he wanted her to suffer he wanted her to die slowly a monster like that had no right to
03:15forgiveness and tessa a lawyer was defending the man who killed her own mother if susan couldn't rest
03:22in peace this was why ryan i'm not discussing this with you i'm giving you a chance i'm a top
03:29attorney
03:31even in court i can still get him cleared i just don't want you losing embarrassing yourself
03:36and embarrassing me everybody knows you're my husband if you're that afraid i'll embarrass you
03:41then let's get divorced ryan you've got a lot of nerves you're threatening me with divorce over
03:50something this small even if he accidentally kicked your mom's body into the ditch he helped
03:55clean it up after he knows he was wrong he deserves forgiveness
04:02i turned and looked damien was grinning while he pissed on susan's body after they dragged it back
04:08out i stared at tessa in shock her face looked twisted damien was desecrating a corpse and she
04:15called that cleaning it up when did she become like this what happened to the tessa who had just
04:20become a lawyer and swore to offer justice it probably started when derek became her intern
04:24derek never cared about evidence he took cases based on his own gut and made up whatever story
04:29he wanted and tessa helped him twist the truth she helped him send victims to prison i told tessa that
04:35was wrong she acted like she had a noble reason she said she was only trying to protect a young
04:40intern
04:40from losing confidence i'll send you the divorce papers tomorrow ryan tessa only spent christmas
04:46with me because she felt bad for me i didn't have anyone if that upset you i'm sorry but please
04:51stop using divorce to scare her what if she takes it seriously ryan you are completely unreasonable let
04:57me make this clear not only am i not divorcing you i'm signing that forgiveness letter myself i'm doing
05:02it as your wife that set tessa off completely she immediately had someone bring her paper and a pen
05:06right in front of me she wrote the letter and signed her name and i'm not letting you step into
05:11that courtroom either ryan you forced me to do this after tessa left i spent a huge amount
05:16of money to have susan cleaned up again and had the memorial rebuilt then i hired a lawyer to draft
05:21divorce papers and called tessa to come back and sign them
05:30derrick answered the phone ryan tessa's busy she doesn't have time to talk to you
05:35she said you can forget using divorce to make that forgiveness letter invalid then he deliberately kept
05:41the line open i could hear tessa getting even louder on the other end i forced myself to record
05:46it before i hung up in disgust since she refused to sign the divorce papers i had no choice but
05:52to
05:52bring this to court i messaged her then i'll see you in court on the day of the murder trial
05:56i had just
05:57reached the courthouse when i got a notice that my divorce filing had been rejected i knew right away
06:02that tessa was behind it then the funeral home called they said the memorial had been trashed
06:07and someone had taken the body by force a staff member sent me a video the second i opened it
06:13my
06:13eyes went red susan's body which should have been in the refrigerated casket had been replaced with
06:20the carcass of a big fat pig there were wreaths on both sides with my mother's name on them even
06:25the
06:25funeral banners had been changed into filthy insults derrick showed up late with his arm around tessa she
06:30glanced at my phone screen and spoke with pure malice ryan this is what happens when you insist
06:36on doing things your way if you walk into that courtrooms today you'll never see your mother's
06:41body again derrick pointed at the pig inside the casket look doesn't it look exactly like your mom
06:48tessa and i went through a lot to find such a perfect replacement you'll get your mother's body back
06:53after my brother is found not guilty i didn't think tessa and derrick could sink this low they were
06:58doing everything they could to stop me from going into court they still thought the dead woman was
07:02my mother as immediate family if i refuse forgiveness tessa's letter meant nothing i
07:07punched derrick in the face you piece of tessa screamed and jumped in front of him ryan do you
07:15want me to send you to prison too the ones who belong in prison are you two did you forget
07:21i'm a
07:21lawyer i won't be the one ending up in prison you can't threaten me you better get this straight
07:25do you want to appear in court or do you want your mother's body tessa has it ever crossed your
07:30mind
07:30that this isn't my mother's body it's your mother's tessa didn't buy it my mom was decent and out honest
07:39there's no way a good college kid would stab her then she pulled out her phone and face tuned someone
07:44with one word from me your mother's body will rot with maggots on the screen susan's body was being
07:51dragged toward a septic tank as they pulled her an old burn scar showed on her forearm susan once told
07:58me about that scar when tessa was little she knocked over a kettle of boiling water susan threw herself
08:05in front of her and got burned later she lied and called it a birthmark so tessa would not feel
08:10bad
08:11about it derrick's eyes narrowed he pointed at the scar before i could speak tessa ryan's mom really is
08:18insane it wasn't enough for her to dress like your mom now she had to copy her birthmark too for
08:24a
08:24second tessa looked unsure then her face turned to pure disgusting my mom has a birthmark his mom
08:30probably burned her up to fake it that is so pathetic ryan i didn't know your mom was this sick
08:36and my mom always said your mom was a good person that was a lie my mom was never copying
08:42susan
08:42she knew susan had a hard life whenever she bought clothes or jewelry she bought susan the same set
08:48susan was grateful for that that was why she had always been good to me my chest taped me but
08:53i still
08:53tried to stop tessa she really is your mother and that is not a birthmark she got that burn protecting
09:00you this dead woman having the same mark as your mom is bad luck why not cut it off then
09:08he grabbed the
09:09phone and told the people on the other end to do it i lunged for the phone tina swung her
09:13purse straight
09:14into my face i think derek's right you are not gonna bully him again you are not gonna bully him
09:22again on the screen they were already cutting into susan's arm and making it even worse
09:30tessa do you have any humanity left you're the one with no humanity you're the one trying trying to
09:35send derrick's brother to prison i gave you a chance you're the one who threw it away
09:45throw the body into the septic tank
09:49i watched susan's body get dumped into the tank then she looked at me like she had won and walked
09:55into the courthouse with derrick the trial officially began the judge started reading the basic facts
10:02the defendant damien hayes stabbed the victim susan monroe after a conflict during a thief
10:08the stabbing caused susan monroe's death tessa's face went blank susan monroe the judge said
10:15she blooded it out before she could stop herself there has to be a mistake how could that be susan
10:20monroe no mistake the victim is your mother susan monroe tessa's face frozen she asked the judge to
10:36see the case file and there it was the victim was her mother she forced out a smile that looked
10:41worse
10:42than crying my mom is fine she was fine how could she be dead her hand shook as she called
10:50susan then
10:51a phone rang from the evidence table it was susan's phone even the ringtone was the one tessa had picked
10:55for her tears rushed into her eyes she turned to me and screamed how did you bribe this many people
11:00to
11:00lie to me just days ago she was talking about bringing me homemade sausage how could she be dead
11:04i'm not that powerful i looked at her from across the courtroom my eyes were cold and false accusations
11:11come with legal consequences we're in court counselor you should be careful what you say
11:17i had told her the truth more than once she was the one who refused to believe it tessa broke
11:23down
11:28ryan you knew it was my mother and you still didn't tell me you did that on purpose didn't you
11:33how can you be this cruel she tried to rush me and claw at me i looked at her she
11:38was beyond saving
11:39even now she still thought this was my fault court officers dragged her back to her seat
11:44at that point there was no way she could keep acting as defense counsel this was a murder case
11:49and tessa and i had been fighting publicly so a lot of relatives had shown up for the hearing
11:53didn't tessa say the dead woman was her husband's mother so it was her own mom now they were finally
11:59starting to piece it together they whispered to each other in disbelief whose mother it was doesn't
12:04even matter defending a killer like this is wrong either way i heard he stabbed her 20 times
12:12how can that girl not know right from wrong anymore the way they looked at tessa completely changed
12:17it was all contempt tessa was so ashamed she could barely stand it and then she remembered what she had
12:23done she had thrown her own mother's body into a septic tank regret hit her all at once she panicked
12:32and demanded people pull the body out then she left early
12:37but derek stayed when tessa learned the truth he wasn't surprised at all the second she left he took
12:44over the defense for his brother then derek pulled out the forgiveness letter tessa had written he looked
12:50at me like he had already won like even after tessa knew the truth he could still get his brother
12:55found
12:56not guilty that meant one thing derek had known from the start who his brother killed what he wanted
13:03was tessa's forgiveness letter and because he knew i cared about susan he tortured her body to get back
13:08at me for trying to fire him from the law firm tessa this is the man you chose vile to
13:13the core
13:14but i came prepared i also submitted evidence that made tessa's letter invalid it was the recording from
13:22that day the one where tessa brought derek to force me to sign derek pulled out a psychiatric diagnosis
13:28from a top hospital then he kept talking but it all came down to one thing he was trying to
13:34use an
13:35insanity defense to get his killer brother off my brother had a mental disorder as far as i knew this
13:43had been tessa's backup plan after all these years as a lawyer she had plenty of tricks for helping guilty
13:49people walk she was just using them for the wrong side what she forgot was i used to be a
13:53damn good
13:54lawyer too i understood every one of these moves i only gave up my own career to push hers forward
13:59and handle everything else so she had nothing to worry about
14:07and i had connections too so getting proof that tessa had faked that psychiatric diagnosis was not hard
14:13from the second tessa decided to defend derek's brother i had people watching them i submitted
14:18the evidence how do you even have this tessa said this plan was foolproof if you don't want people
14:24finding out don't do it a murderer belongs behind bars in the end derek's brother was convicted he
14:31stabbed susan 20 times and avoided the vital organs on purpose that was an especially brutal killing his
14:38brother was sentenced to life in prison when we came out of the courthouse tessa was back from trying
14:45to recover her mother's body the smell on her was so bad people covered their noses tessa didn't
14:51notice the looks derek you pushed me into this you're the reason i dumped my mother's body into
14:56a septic tank i'm not letting this go and you knew from the start that the dead woman was my
14:59mother
14:59didn't you otherwise why did you keep stopping me from reading the full case file and your brother
15:03he didn't just kill my mom he he also did those things to her body he is never getting out
15:07of prison
15:07tessa was screaming so hard she was shaking tears and snot ran down her face she looked completely
15:16wrecked derek shoved tessa away with open disgust you were the one who said your plan would get my
15:22brother off so why did he end up with life tessa froze for a second then she burst out laughing
15:29life
15:29in prison is still too good for him he should have gotten the death penalty write another forgiveness
15:35letter for my brother was when not letting him sit in prison you said it yourself he just went
15:40off to college his life is just starting it can't be ruined like this that was because you misled me
15:46i only did all that because i thought the dead woman was ryan's mother after she shouted that she
15:50looked at me then guilt flashed across her face i let out a mocking laugh i had no interest in
15:55watching
15:55the two of them tear each other apart once i got in the car quinn turned from the passenger seat
16:01and smiled at me so total win quinn was also a lawyer at tessa's firm she'd been pushed around
16:07for a long time because she couldn't stand how tessa twisted the truth and helped monsters walk free
16:12quinn had already been planning to quit then all of this happened i needed someone inside the firm to
16:16keep an eye on tessa and derek quinn figured out what i wanted and offered to help but she had
16:21one
16:21condition i couldn't stop her from exposing everything tessa had done she wanted tessa ruined at first i still
16:27wanted to leave tessa some dignity then she did all that i was done so i agreed but i still
16:31didn't
16:31feel happy it's about susan isn't it don't blame yourself too much you tried to stop it when i got
16:39home i shipped out all the things i had already packed up for tessa she called me i didn't answer
16:43then she texted she said she wanted to give susan a proper funeral and hoped i would come i went
16:48i went
16:49there for susan tessa held a huge funeral the second she saw me she walked straight toward me like she
16:53wanted to say something i spoke first can you sign the divorce papers now you really want to divorce
16:58me i almost found that funny did she really think there was still any chance for us ryan can we
17:05not
17:05do this i was fooled by derek that bastard lied to me all those clothes and jewelry your mom bought
17:11for
17:11my mom he always told me he bought them i only have my mom and i just want to protect
17:16her memory
17:16that's why i did those things please forgive me that only made it more ridiculous derek was never
17:23even good at lying he came from an ordinary family he made three grand a month how was he supposed
17:29to
17:29buy gifts worth hundreds of thousands even if you were fooled you wanted to be fooled deep down
17:36you already had a problem with my mom i just don't understand why
17:48why because she looked down on me she never thought i was good enough for you she never wanted us
17:53together right my mom was sharp back then she told me tessa was too sensitive and too fragile
17:59she said that kind of mind could lead someone to do things they could never take back and even if
18:04my mom
18:04didn't want us married at first she treated you more than well after we got married when you wanted
18:09to start your law firm she used her connections to send powerful clients your way she introduced you
18:13to people who mattered she helped build your name the only reason you became a star attorney this fast
18:18was because my mom helped you that's not true i became a top lawyer because i'm good at what i
18:25do
18:26i earned that on my own sure you're talented but talent alone doesn't land you a jewelry mogul as a
18:33client right after you start working you couldn't have done that you wouldn't have even gotten in the
18:39room what i said was harsh it was also true and this time tessa had nothing to say my mom's
18:48quiet
18:48help had pushed her far past the level her real experience could carry that was why she lost herself so
18:55fast ryan i'm sorry you never told me i know i shouldn't have been so blindly confident
19:04but i wanted so badly to prove myself that doesn't matter now sign the divorce papers
19:10i won't sign you still love me don't you what gave you that idea you think i still have feelings
19:17for
19:18someone who hurt me and hurt my mother like that but you still helped get justice for my mom in
19:22court
19:22didn't you that was your mother she deserved justice and every person who came to this funeral
19:26came for her not for you tessa do you really think you can do all those vile things and walk
19:29away with
19:29no price to pay i sued you too for desecrating a corpse for violating legal ethics for giving false
19:34evidence you can't do this to me why not in the end she agreed to sign
19:46once i had the papers i lit incense for susan and left
20:00tessa refused to give up every day she either sent flowers or had gifts delivered
20:10whatever you decide i'll support you i just want you to be happy
20:16she had always been that kind of person
20:24i'm not forgiving tessa what she did doesn't deserve forgiveness
20:28a failed marriage doesn't define your whole life and don't blame yourself too much my son already did
20:36more than enough
20:41i didn't expect this but before tessa's case even went to trial derek sued her too he had been tessa's
20:50intern back when tessa covered for him and cleaned up his messes
20:56she had helped create a lot of false evidence now he brought it all to light
21:02he also had plenty of dirt on the other lawyers at the firm no one pitied her everyone thought she
21:07had it coming derek dumped everything online too then he smeared susan's name and claimed she was
21:12mentally unstable and had come on to his brother he said his brother snapped from humiliation and killed
21:18her in the heat of the moment he was obviously still making one last push to get his brother's
21:23sentence reduced if the dead woman had really been my mom that smear would have landed on her
21:28instead that had been one of tessa's backup plans too now derek was using all of it on her tessa
21:34already hated derek for what he and his brother did and his brother to her mother's body now this
21:38pushed her completely over the edge she stormed off to confront him and somehow she killed him
21:43she stabbed him 20 times exactly 20 but she used a meat cleaver so derek's body was hacked to pieces
21:4920 stab wounds
21:53how is that a crime of passion
22:02tessa went to prison too i took over her law firm that also meant quinn no longer had to quit
22:08as for the other lawyers i replaced almost all of them they had thrown away their ethics too
22:12all to prop up tessa and derek a lot of people get trapped with no way to speak up because
22:17of lawyers
22:17with no ethics so i launched a legal aid program that charged clients nothing i wanted more people
22:23like damien to actually face justice the work was free for the clients i paid the firm's lawyers out of
22:29my own pocket no one pushed back quinn frowned at me what do you take me for this matters i
22:37want
22:37to do it what about everyone else if you refuse payment they'll feel weird taking it doing good still
22:44has to pay the bills right you're still the same my chest tightened i looked away i could tell quinn
22:52liked
22:52me but after everything i wasn't ready to think about love again not yet i had been out of law
22:59for
22:59years i was rusty but quinn never got tired of helping me she walked me through cases
23:07slowly i stopped fighting it i told myself i'd let things happen when they happened
23:13less than a year later tessa died in prison i heard one of the people she had wrongfully put
23:18away killed her that ending did not surprise me if she had any humanity left at all maybe her life
23:25would not have ended there do you think your mom would like this maybe we should bring more gifts
23:32i know after cremation you give money on a burial plot
23:37you don't have to overthink it she'll like anything you bring because my mom had always believed the same
23:42thing the thought was what mattered if it came from the heart it was enough no way this is my
23:50first
23:51time meeting her i need to make a good impression quinn and i had started dating i was taking her
23:58home
23:58for dinner i had a feeling my mom would like her and i was right the second my mom met
24:04quinn she took
24:05her hand and started telling her story after story about me quinn loved every second of it she listened
24:13she laughed she gave my mom all the warmth in the world i thought you'd never open your heart again
24:18i've always believed people have to keep moving forward so i'm glad you figured that out quinn is
24:22a good woman don't you dare mess this up i know i'll be good to her mom was right people
24:26have to move
24:26forward everything behind me was finally over that chapter was closed for good
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