When a father's past sins resurface, they threaten to destroy his family. As secrets unravel and relationships break down, his children must decide whether to forgive or seek their own justice. A gripping tale of betrayal, guilt, and the search for redemption.
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00:00My husband threw our 5-year-old twin daughters to hell because they upset his great love.
00:07The guys from the boot camp showed up at our house and took our little ones away in tears.
00:12Their little hand gripped the door, she screamed, calling for their dad.
00:17Kathleen and I found them afterwards.
00:19My daughters, lifeless and covered in blue, their breath has been extinguished forever.
00:24Meanwhile, my husband was posting on Insta to celebrate his sweetheart's pregnancy.
00:28I stared at Kathleen, my gaze blank.
00:31I've lost my babies. I have nothing left. Let me go, I'm not asking for anything more.
00:37At the hospital, they had already left; they didn't even take them.
00:43They rushed straight to the emergency room.
00:46Kathleen looked at me with pity, but her voice remained gentle to console me.
00:52It'll be okay, don't stress. Grandpa and I are supporting you.
00:58James really messed up this time. I'm going to force him to come and apologize.
01:02In the future, you two.
01:05Before they finished, I held up my phone in front of her.
01:09A post by James Coleman, published on Insta two hours ago.
01:14Mom and Dad already love you even before you arrive.
01:17The photo was an ultrasound showing Emily Green, six weeks pregnant.
01:24Emily was James's great love. Kathleen was instantly smitten.
01:27Then his face turned crimson with rage.
01:32I'm calling my brother right now. Don't panic. Our family will sort this out.
01:38I laughed bitterly and called James directly. He picked up, his voice full of annoyance.
01:45Are you still bothering me with this camp thing? We won't touch the children, Coleman. Stop your nonsense.
01:52I sent them there to get a talking-to. Do you have to harass me like this? Sophie, you
01:57It disgusts me.
01:59I didn't say anything and James hung up. The speakerphone was on. Kathleen heard everything.
02:07Her face paled and her lips trembled, as if she no longer knew how to comfort me.
02:14I wanted to smile but the tears flowed. Well, I have nothing left.
02:20Let me go, I really can't take it anymore.
02:24Just as Kathleen was about to answer, two police officers approached us.
02:29You are the family of the victims. The camp leaders are in police custody.
02:35We need your help with the investigation.
02:39At the station, I saw the guys who had taken my daughters.
02:43I completely lost it. Screaming and crying, I threw myself at them.
02:48You bunch of bastards, you're all monsters.
02:51They were only 5 years old. How dare you?
02:54The police officers detained me quickly.
02:56Kathleen hugged me. I was trembling all over.
03:01Sophie, come on, calm down. The police will handle this properly.
03:07With the Coleman name behind us, they won't get away with it.
03:12Frightened by my madness, the guys retreated to a corner, one of them whispering.
03:16"You should have raised your kids better. That's our method at camp. Without firmness, nothing works. Who knew that..."
03:25'Were they that delicate? Tough luck.'
03:29My hand trembled as I pointed at them. Rage tore me apart from the inside. I wanted to shred them.
03:36A taste of blood overwhelmed me. I coughed violently and vomited blood before fainting.
03:43I woke up at the Coleman estate. Kathleen was at my bedside, her eyes red.
03:49"Sophie, you're finally back. Don't worry, we've sorted everything out with the cops. These monsters won't get away with it."
03:57This time.
03:58My empty gaze settled on the ceiling. "Let me go, I have nothing left here."
04:03»
04:03Deep down, I knew it. Those monsters did the dirty work, but James was the real author who had
04:07sent our daughters to hell.
04:10The real culprit wasn't them. It was their own father, James.
04:14Kathleen's shoulders trembled, then, as if making a decision, she whispered.
04:19"Okay, I'm going to see Grandpa."
04:22Watching her leave, I finally broke down, sobbing to release all my suffering.
04:28I arrived at the Coleman's house at the age of 8, the same age as James.
04:33Mr. Coleman, the lord, and my grandfather were brothers in arms.
04:36My grandfather saved Mr. Coleman at the front.
04:40Their bond had been sealed in blood.
04:42My parents died in an accident just after I was born.
04:46I was raised by my grandfather until his death when I was 8 years old.
04:49Afterwards, Mr. Coleman took me in.
04:52For years, Mr. Coleman and Kathleen were incredibly kind.
04:56They considered me to be of their own blood.
04:59That's why, during 7 years of marriage, despite James's horrors, I stayed.
05:04I carried her children and I managed the household.
05:06I believed that even without love, with my two little angels, my life would have meaning.
05:11But now, there was nothing left.
05:13I don't know how much time passed before Kathleen returned.
05:17"Grandpa wants to see you."
05:20Mr. Coleman, the lord, was seated in his wooden armchair near the bed.
05:23Her eyes reflected a deep sadness.
05:26"You're a good girl. Kathleen told me everything."
05:30You've suffered too much all these years.
05:32The little ones will be cremated tomorrow.
05:35Afterwards, you can leave if you want.
05:38This James doesn't deserve you.
05:40He should be holding you prisoner longer.
05:44I said nothing. Just a deep bow.
05:47My tears flowed as I bent over.
05:52I was grateful for over 20 years of kindness from the Coleman family.
05:57But I will never forgive James.
05:59Never to the executioner who murdered my children.
06:03When I returned to my room, James was already there.
06:06He looked at me with contempt.
06:09"What? You couldn't resist telling grandpa?"
06:13Sophie, do you really think that by sucking up to my family I'm going to end up with you?
06:19Seeing him filled me with a black hatred.
06:21I wanted to kill him right there and send him to hell.
06:26But then, I heard the sweet voices of my daughters in my head.
06:29"Mom, I love Dad so much. He's the most handsome dad in kindergarten."
06:38Mom, we miss Dad so much. Dad is coming to play with us today.
06:43We love you more than anything in the world, and Dad right after that.
06:48Even when I rushed to the camp for them, their last words before they fainted.
06:54"Mom, no war with Dad because of us. It's our fault. We weren't
06:59wise men.
07:00I took a deep breath, ignored James, and sat down on the bed.
07:06My silence drove him crazy.
07:09He grabbed me, threw me onto the bed and nailed my wrists above my head.
07:15"What are you playing at now? You told Kathleen to call me back, didn't you?"
07:20He leaned in to kiss me. Unable to break free, I bit his lip hard.
07:27James recoiled in pain, let go of me, and stood up.
07:31"Sophie, you're crazy. You disgust me with your innocent act."
07:36That's how you manipulated grandpa into eating out of your hand.
07:39You force me to come back. And then you act all precious.
07:43"You pathetic excuse for a man, it's because of your approved peaks that the girls have..."
07:48I bit my lip until it bled, then I gently cut it.
07:51The girls are dead.
07:54James snorted, then he sneered.
07:57"Sophie, you're really ready to invent anything."
08:00Just because you found out today that Emilie is pregnant,
08:03Would you go that far with your lies?
08:06With that, he got up and headed towards the exit.
08:09He stopped in the doorway.
08:11"You're the one who rejected me."
08:13Don't go crying to grandpa about me neglecting you.
08:16That makes me want to despise you even more.
08:19After that, James left.
08:22Silence filled the room.
08:23I rushed into the bathroom and brushed my teeth violently,
08:28erasing all trace of him from my lips.
08:31James and I were in love before.
08:33On the day of my debutante ball,
08:35James, 18 years old, was standing in front of me,
08:38crimson ears.
08:40"Sophie, I want to make you happy,"
08:42not just as a brother.
08:45Her cheeks were burning,
08:46But the flame in his eyes fascinated me.
08:51My heart sank.
08:54For years afterward,
08:55James treated me like a treasure
08:57and I gave her all my love.
09:00Then, when we were 22 years old,
09:03Mr. Coleman, the Lord, has summoned us.
09:05"You are of no age to marry."
09:07Sophie, your grandfather saved my life.
09:11I wouldn't feel reassured.
09:13to see you leave for another family.
09:16What would you say about James?
09:19From that day on,
09:20His attitude towards me has completely changed.
09:24All her tenderness had vanished in an instant.
09:26I didn't understand what was happening.
09:30James never explained anything to me.
09:32One year after our wedding,
09:34I became pregnant.
09:37After that, James was almost never there.
09:40openly displaying his relationship with his beloved.
09:43I confronted her
09:45and I had an argument with him.
09:47But he stared at me coldly.
09:49as if I were hysterical.
09:52"You got what you wanted."
09:53You're Mrs. Coleman,
09:55carrying children of the Colemans.
09:57What more do you want?
09:59"Stop playing the martyr in front of me."
10:01It makes me want to throw up.
10:04So I stopped asking why.
10:06I focused on my two daughters.
10:07I accepted the truth.
10:11James didn't love me
10:12And neither will our children.
10:15But fortunately,
10:16My daughters were adorable and well-behaved.
10:19I always believed that watching them grow up,
10:21That would be enough happiness for me.
10:23Now I had lost them too.
10:27Early the next day,
10:29after cremation and burial,
10:30I was standing in front of the funeral home
10:32with two small urns in her arms.
10:36They were so tiny at birth,
10:38snuggled quietly against me.
10:41" How so ?
10:42After five years,
10:44they fit in my arms
10:45Even more easily?
10:48My eyes were stinging,
10:49but I was biting my lip,
10:50refusing to cry.
10:53Kathleen was looking at me,
10:54worry.
10:55"If it hurts,
10:57He cries, and that's all.
10:58Let yourself go.
11:00I didn't answer him.
11:02Instead,
11:03I fixed Mr. Coleman,
11:05the lord,
11:05who was going to get in the car
11:06for the cemetery.
11:09"Grandpa,
11:10The girls will not be buried.
11:11at the Coleman vault.
11:12I'm changing their last name.
11:16These are not Colemans.
11:17But just my daughters,
11:19Sophie's daughters.
11:21The old man stared intently at me,
11:23then exploded in rage.
11:25"Where is he?"
11:26that ungrateful grandson?
11:28A day,
11:28as today,
11:29He dared to disappear?
11:32With a nervous look,
11:33Kathleen whispered.
11:35"My phone is off."
11:36We can't reach him.
11:39Mr. Coleman closed his eyes tightly.
11:40Upon their reopening,
11:42His gaze was clear.
11:43"They are yours,"
11:45come from your bowels.
11:47Do as you wish.
11:49I fell to my knees before him
11:51to perform three prostrations.
11:52The debt for having raised me
11:53was immense
11:54but that had nothing to do with it
11:55with my little ones.
11:57I refused to let them be defiled any further.
11:59even in death.
12:01Once his grandfather
12:02left by car,
12:03Kathleen picked me up
12:04gently.
12:05"Sister,
12:07Sophie.
12:08I sketched it out for him
12:09a faint smile.
12:10I hailed a taxi
12:11and I went straight for it
12:12At my house,
12:13the two tightly packed ballot boxes
12:14against me.
12:15I also need to recover
12:16their stuff.
12:16This house was not a home,
12:18impossible to leave them
12:19in this hell.
12:21But no sooner had the door opened,
12:23sex noises
12:23have reached me.
12:25"Oh, gently,
12:27I'm pregnant.
12:29The doctor,
12:29said we shouldn't.
12:31Then a man's voice,
12:32vibrant with desire.
12:34"I will be gentle."
12:35It'll be fine.
12:36I would never do harm
12:37to our baby.
12:39Soon,
12:39their groans invaded
12:40the whole house.
12:41They were there.
12:43It's impossible to go and pack it.
12:44I just froze.
12:46near the door,
12:47to inflict the sound on me
12:48of their obscene frolicking.
12:50No idea of the time
12:51flowed before
12:52that they finally come out again.
12:53As soon as Emily saw me,
12:55Her eyes shone.
12:56of victory.
12:58"Oh, Sophie,
13:00There you are.
13:01You could have warned us, couldn't you?
13:03We didn't know.
13:04This is James.
13:06the culprit.
13:07I told him to stop.
13:08But he...
13:09He absolutely wanted to.
13:11What did I do?
13:12James was standing
13:13next to Emily,
13:14her hand on her hip.
13:16"No need to explain it to him."
13:17She doesn't count for anything.
13:18Come on,
13:19We're leaving.
13:20We have a meeting
13:21at the doctor's
13:21for monitoring the baby.
13:22His health
13:23and its safety
13:24That's the priority.
13:26From the beginning,
13:27James completely ignored me.
13:28He had no god
13:29than for Emily.
13:30I pushed myself,
13:31leaving them calmly
13:32the passage.
13:33As he passed in front of me,
13:35he finally noticed
13:36the ballot boxes in my arms.
13:37"What is this shit?"
13:39It stinks of filth.
13:40"Send it out."
13:41And there you have it.
13:42James and Emily have gone out.
13:43stuck together.
13:44I lowered my eyes
13:45towards the ballot boxes,
13:46dazed.
13:47" Dad,
13:48Don't talk about yourself.
13:49my darlings.
13:49Don't be sad.
13:52"You are what I have
13:53of greater value.
13:54You are worth all the gold in the world.
13:56After posing
13:56the ballot boxes with care,
13:58I have gathered
13:59what belonged to the girls.
14:00Clothes,
14:01toys,
14:02plates,
14:03pencils.
14:04On their small desk,
14:05I've found
14:05a family photo,
14:07Just me and the little ones.
14:08without James.
14:10My hand was trembling
14:11by taking it out of the frame.
14:13The girls drew
14:14a man by our side.
14:15From their clumsy handwriting,
14:17They left three words.
14:18"Daddy loves Mommy."
14:20followed by a mini heart.
14:22I couldn't hold back any longer.
14:23The photo against my chest,
14:25I cried bitterly.
14:27During these five years
14:28alone with her
14:29no matter the shit
14:30between James and me,
14:31I had never brought it down before.
14:32in front of our daughters.
14:34But the children knew everything.
14:36They could see clearly.
14:37"Dad doesn't love Mom."
14:38Once night had fallen,
14:39I had finally packed everything up.
14:42I looked
14:43the workers load
14:44the truck.
14:45“Something else,
14:47"Mrs. Coleman?"
14:49I shook my head,
14:50Then I went home.
14:51and I asked
14:52divorce papers
14:52signed on the coffee table.
14:55Upon leaving the house,
14:57I squeezed hard
14:58my two urns.
14:59A strange serenity
15:00won me over.
15:03After a few seconds
15:04of silence
15:05I took out the SIM card
15:06from my phone.
15:07I broke it in two
15:08And I dumped her.
15:09through the window.
15:12Meanwhile,
15:14at Sainte-Marie Hospital,
15:16Mr. Coleman,
15:16the Lord and Kathleen,
15:19having heard about the matter,
15:21returned
15:21and caught James and Emily
15:23in the middle of an exam.
15:24Upon seeing them,
15:26James's face
15:27It darkened.
15:29Sophie can be
15:30Even more disgusting.
15:30She plays the saint.
15:32all cozy at home.
15:35And she calls you
15:35So that we can be hunted down?
15:38Even before he finishes,
15:40His father slapped him
15:41violently.
15:43Dirty, little asshole
15:44heartless,
15:45You killed your own daughters
15:46And you dare bring back
15:48your mistress here
15:49For a check-up?
15:51You're a disgrace
15:52for our family.
15:53James staggered,
15:55almost losing her balance.
15:58What ?
15:58What are you talking about?
16:00Emilie had hidden.
16:01behind James
16:02as soon as she had them
16:03seen arriving.
16:04But Kathleen was faster.
16:06She caught
16:06a handful of her hair.
16:09You fucking piece of shit,
16:10You dare to hide it?
16:13Do you know how old you are?
16:14had my nieces?
16:15Five ?
16:16What terrible crimes!
16:17have they committed
16:18So that you can't stand them?
16:21How could you have been so
16:22Without mercy?
16:23What are you?
16:24A monster?
16:26Emilie cried out in pain
16:27by falling.
16:28James caught up with her,
16:30glaring at his sister.
16:32Are you sick?
16:33She is pregnant.
16:34And if something
16:35is happening to her baby?
16:36Good,
16:37you want to know
16:38what happened ?
16:39I just brought back
16:40Emilie that day
16:41and the little girls
16:42they started bawling
16:43that they give off
16:44from our place.
16:45That's how it is.
16:45that we welcome someone?
16:46I am their father.
16:48What's wrong?
16:49to send them
16:49to a more suitable location?
16:51I don't have the right
16:52To correct my kids?
16:54Okay, fine.
16:55Okay,
16:56if that pisses you off
16:57at this point,
16:58I'm going to bring them back
16:58from the camp.
16:59No need to cover Sophie
17:01to lie to me
17:02and tell
17:02that the little ones are dead.
17:04How dare you say that?
17:05Mr. Coleman,
17:07the lord,
17:07couldn't take it anymore.
17:08He started slapping
17:09James relentlessly.
17:11She's a whore
17:12of the mistress.
17:13Why the little ones
17:14should they welcome him?
17:15Imbecile,
17:16bring your girl
17:17at home
17:18and the kids
17:19were defending their mother.
17:21Is there
17:22Is there anything wrong with that?
17:23That's the spirit
17:24Colemans.
17:25James,
17:26not daring to retaliate
17:27against his elderly grandfather,
17:29could only bend down
17:30and dodge.
17:32Stop!
17:33There are people everywhere.
17:34A little decorum, please.
17:35mess.
17:36Mr. Coleman,
17:37the lord,
17:38fixed it,
17:38heartbroken,
17:39as if he recognized
17:40plus his grandson.
17:42If I had known
17:43that you would become
17:44such a bastard
17:45soulless
17:46I would never have
17:47left Sophie
17:48to marry you.
17:49She wouldn't have suffered.
17:50all these years
17:51and my little girls
17:52would still be there.
17:54Tears were flowing
17:55on her wrinkled face.
17:58What you did to him
17:59to Sophie,
18:00how I will face
18:01His grandpa afterwards?
18:03She was his only treasure.
18:05In his head
18:06Sophie's image
18:07earlier in the day,
18:09kneeling before him.
18:11She squeezed
18:11the two small urns,
18:13her frail body
18:14was trembling.
18:16But his voice
18:16did not waver.
18:17That's better.
18:19Leaving is better.
18:20At least,
18:20she will suffer more
18:21his humiliations.
18:23It's me
18:23who held him
18:24for too long.
18:25The old man
18:26could no longer bear
18:27to see James.
18:27He turned around
18:28to leave.
18:30Never come back.
18:32The Colemans
18:32do not want
18:33of an ungrateful monster
18:34like you.
18:37Seeing the expression
18:38serious about her grandpa,
18:40James started
18:40to tremble violently
18:41clinging
18:42to a slim hope
18:45He looked at Kathleen.
18:46Tell me,
18:47What is grandpa talking about?
18:49You're going up to me
18:50All on a boat?
18:52It's a setup.
18:53Kathleen inspired
18:54deeply,
18:56thinking back to that woman
18:57broken at the station.
18:59Tears flowed from her
19:01eyes.
19:01It's you
19:02who sent them there.
19:03Go,
19:03this camp,
19:04It's nothing but torture.
19:07They attached
19:08girls
19:08on chairs,
19:09they beat them
19:10with belts,
19:11electrocuted
19:12with batons.
19:15They were starving.
19:16and thirsty.
19:20When we arrived,
19:21It was too late.
19:22James,
19:23The girls are dead.
19:28Sophie has left.
19:29Freedom
19:30and happiness
19:30that you wanted
19:31nobody is blocking you
19:32Not anymore.
19:34without another glance
19:36for James,
19:37she left
19:37and joined
19:39their grandfather.
19:41James had the head
19:42which was spinning.
19:43As a reflex,
19:44He wanted to catch up with them.
19:45but Emily caught
19:47his arm.
19:49James,
19:49Where are you going?
19:52James turned around.
19:53Panic had
19:54fried my brain.
19:55"I need to find
19:56my daughters.
19:57I need to find
19:58Sophie.
19:59Didn't you get it?
20:00Dead.
20:01They are dead.
20:03Emily was frightened
20:04by its brilliance,
20:05but his instinct told him
20:07not to let go of him.
20:09“James,
20:10I'm expecting a baby.
20:12Do you remember?
20:13We will soon have
20:14our own baby.
20:17You didn't like them.
20:18You didn't like them.
20:20Isn't it great now?
20:23We can finally be together
20:24The big day.
20:26We... »
20:27Before she finishes,
20:29James cleared
20:30his hand violently.
20:31"Who do you think you are?"
20:33You ?
20:33You're not even worthy
20:34to mention them.
20:36Caught off guard,
20:36Emily ended up on the ground.
20:39James didn't even look at her.
20:40He turned around to leave.
20:43Emily clutched her stomach,
20:45screaming in pain.
20:47“James,
20:49my stomach.
20:50I'm in too much pain.
20:53But through his blurred vision,
20:55She just saw James
20:56to move further and further away.
20:59The man who panicked
21:00at the slightest of his sighs
21:01was now pulling away,
21:03ignoring her desperate cries.
21:05James charged ahead
21:06direct to home.
21:07Upon entering,
21:08He froze to life.
21:10The house was empty
21:11and endowed with all life.
21:13At that precise moment,
21:14It hit him hard.
21:15Sophie had really left.
21:17While staggering,
21:18James opened all the doors.
21:20Master bedroom,
21:22guest room,
21:23desk,
21:23dressing room,
21:24Finally,
21:25the children's room.
21:27There,
21:27her legs gave way
21:28and he collapsed to the ground.
21:31NOW,
21:31He understood.
21:32He knew everything.
21:34That's why
21:35Sophie's eyes
21:36were overflowing with disgust
21:37and hatred last night.
21:38Suddenly,
21:39It came back to him.
21:41When he left
21:42the house this morning,
21:44Sophie held
21:44two dull boxes.
21:46It was,
21:46it was the ashes
21:47of his daughters.
21:49And what had he said?
21:51What is this crap?
21:52It stinks of filth.
21:54Give it a try.
21:55An invisible hand
21:56was squeezing James' throat.
21:58He could no longer breathe.
22:00A memory resurfaced.
22:02The girls are five years old.
22:04Under pressure
22:05from his grandfather,
22:06for once he had
22:07took the girls
22:08at the amusement park
22:09with Sophie.
22:11Her younger sister was there.
22:13shy,
22:14eyes raised.
22:16Dad,
22:17Weren't you at work today?
22:20I am so happy.
22:21Thank you for being here
22:22for my birthday.
22:25His eldest son had cautiously
22:26took her hand.
22:29Dad,
22:30Thank you for being with us.
22:33Mother was right.
22:34You're the best dad in the world.
22:38James leaned forward,
22:40hand on heart,
22:41breathless.
22:43They,
22:43They were adorable.
22:45But the day when
22:46He sent them to the camp.
22:47What did he say?
22:49Disgusting little brat.
22:52Sophie taught you
22:53To welcome like that?
22:54Just as vulgar as she is.
22:56James' tears
22:58rolled across his face,
22:59crashed to the ground.
23:01Through his blurred vision,
23:02He noticed a photo on the ground.
23:05He threw himself on it on all fours.
23:07and picked it up,
23:08her fingers trembling.
23:10It was a photo of Sophie
23:12with the girls.
23:13Next to her,
23:14a stick figure
23:15drawn with colored pencil.
23:17Above,
23:18in clumsy handwriting.
23:20Dad,
23:20everything he remembered
23:21exploded suddenly.
23:23James devoured it without restraint.
23:25Apart from this photo,
23:27Sophie had left nothing behind.
23:28She hated him.
23:29He had no memory of it.
23:31James took out his phone,
23:33composed frantically
23:34Sophie's number,
23:36Again and again.
23:38But each time,
23:39He could only hear the automated message.
23:41the dialed number
23:42is unavailable.
23:45His heart was sinking
23:46into a bottomless abyss,
23:48flowed lower
23:48until total silence.
23:51That's when James realized,
23:53throughout all these years,
23:55Sophie had always been
23:55right before his eyes.
23:57As soon as he raised his head,
23:59She was there with their daughter.
24:02Never,
24:02Not for a single moment,
24:04She really didn't escape him.
24:07But now,
24:08She had finished waiting.
24:09Then she left.
24:11And they would never find her again.
24:12From their meeting at age 8
24:14up until now,
24:1520 and one year in total,
24:17it was still Sophie
24:18which adapted to him.
24:19It was him.
24:20the culprit who disappointed her
24:21without stopping
24:22and who ended up killing their daughter.
24:24James couldn't take it anymore
24:25to think about it.
24:26He wiped away his tears
24:28with a sudden gesture,
24:29he got up, staggering,
24:31left his home,
24:32and rushed to the family estate.
24:35At the estate,
24:36Kathleen and Mr. Coleman,
24:37the lord,
24:38were sitting in the huge living room,
24:40silent,
24:41holding the photos
24:42baby girls,
24:43with wet eyes.
24:45Upon seeing James,
24:46Kathleen whistled through her teeth.
24:49You were forbidden from coming back, weren't you?
24:51What are you doing here?
24:52Cleared !
24:55James ignored him.
24:56He fell to his knees
24:57in front of his grandfather,
24:58the husky voice.
25:00Grandpa,
25:01please,
25:03Tell me where she is.
25:05The old man
25:06pretended nothing was wrong.
25:07continuing to wipe
25:08the photo frame.
25:11A tender smile
25:12on his face.
25:13Kathleen broke down.
25:14She slapped him.
25:15James stole everything.
25:18By what right?
25:18Are you asking for this news?
25:20How many times
25:20I told you about it
25:21throughout all these years?
25:25If I were in his place,
25:26I'd like to kill you.
25:29James was his brother.
25:30Seeing it like that
25:31It hurt him.
25:32But for 7 years,
25:33she had begged James
25:35to treat it better.
25:36He never listened,
25:38on the contrary,
25:39He blamed everything on Sophie.
25:41He accused him of reporting
25:43and to use the family
25:44to manipulate it.
25:46She had even confronted
25:47Emily,
25:47but this one was running
25:48sitting next to James.
25:49She remembered
25:50when James had exploded.
25:53If you're still being a pain,
25:54Emily,
25:55I never put it off again
25:56Feet here.
25:57You all love it
25:58So much, Sophie?
25:59Okay,
26:00she will live
26:01like a widow forever.
26:02Kathleen's tears
26:03have sunk.
26:04Unable to forgive
26:05to James,
26:06she could not
26:07to forgive each other.
26:08Her little ones
26:08So adorable!
26:09always following her everywhere
26:11the appellant
26:13Aunt Kathleen,
26:14Aunt Kathleen,
26:17always full
26:18little surprises.
26:20James took the hit
26:21the slap
26:22and hastened
26:22to explain.
26:24I didn't want to,
26:25Really.
26:26I was just thinking
26:27that the girls were messing around.
26:29I wanted to give them
26:30a lesson.
26:32Kathleen caught
26:33a cup
26:33and threw it.
26:35It hit
26:35James's forehead,
26:36opened a cut.
26:38Blood dripped out.
26:41You didn't want to?
26:42How dare you
26:43Get that out?
26:43Look deep inside yourself.
26:47His daughters were messing around
26:48Really ?
26:51For five years,
26:52Sophie raised them
26:53alone.
26:54Can say
26:54that she raised them badly?
26:59You were punishing the girls
27:01Or were you punishing Sophie?
27:02What did Sophie do?
27:02of harm?
27:05Blood covered his face
27:07but James seemed
27:09to feel nothing.
27:11I didn't want to
27:11mistreat her.
27:12It's just for
27:13avoid a life
27:15controlled by all of you.
27:17I am the only man
27:19in this family.
27:20From a very young age,
27:21You were managing everything.
27:22I need to ask
27:23permission
27:23for nothing.
27:25My wedding too.
27:26My wedding too
27:27was arranged.
27:29The grandfather
27:30Sophie saved you.
27:32So I became
27:33the currency
27:34And I had to marry Sophie.
27:35At the end,
27:38James sobbed
27:39Too strong to continue.
27:40The old man
27:41let out a chilling laugh
27:43who watched James
27:45like a stranger.
27:46We'll sort everything out.
27:47You are being forced
27:48to repay a debt.
27:50In my opinion,
27:51You never deserved Sophie.
27:53It's you
27:54who you declared to her.
27:55You who pursued him
27:57first.
27:58I just said yes
27:59for the wedding.
28:00It was your own choice.
28:02Begin,
28:03That becomes our arrangement.
28:05James
28:05is not a real one
28:07cool man.
28:08You have no courage.
28:09Even now,
28:11are you still looking
28:12to reject the crowd.
28:14James froze.
28:15Then,
28:16slowly,
28:17he collapsed
28:18on the ground
28:18and cried
28:19like never before.
28:21He was right.
28:23It's him
28:23who cracked
28:24for Sophie.
28:25He was the one who pursued him.
28:27Why had everything changed?
28:29once grandpa
28:29and Kathleen
28:30Had she gotten involved?
28:31That was true.
28:32He resented them.
28:35He hated it
28:35this controlled life.
28:37He hated it
28:37that his marriage
28:38serve to pay
28:39debts
28:39from his grandfather.
28:42There was
28:43so many ways
28:44to rebel.
28:44Why rebel?
28:45through her marriage?
28:49James
28:50crawled
28:50on all fours
28:51down to the foot
28:51from his grandfather,
28:52prostrated himself
28:53sobbing.
28:55I messed up.
28:56I know I'm wrong.
28:58Please,
28:59grandpa.
29:00I beg you,
29:02Tell me where she is.
29:03Please.
29:05The old man
29:06didn't even look at it.
29:07He stood up,
29:08wavered a little
29:09and went upstairs.
29:11Sophie
29:12doesn't want to see you.
29:13James
29:14stopped
29:14in full prostration.
29:16Nobody knew
29:17what he was thinking.
29:19After a long while,
29:20James
29:20got up
29:21staggering,
29:22muttering.
29:23I'm going to find her
29:24myself.
29:25I'll find her.
29:27I knew nothing about it
29:28chaos
29:28at the Coleman's.
29:29After my departure,
29:31I took
29:31My daughters in Florida.
29:34They hated
29:35the cold,
29:36so I chose
29:37Florida.
29:39It's a place
29:40where it never snows.
29:41The month since my departure
29:42had brought me
29:43an unknown peace.
29:45That day,
29:46while I was tidying up
29:47the girls' photos,
29:48someone drummed
29:49at the door.
29:51Here it is.
29:52this silhouette
29:52known on her knees.
29:54Sophie,
29:55I'm coming to get you.
29:56our babies and you.
29:58I didn't want to
29:59to discuss.
30:00I wanted to close it
30:01the door,
30:02but James blocked
30:03the stick with his hand.
30:05Come on,
30:06Sophie,
30:07just let me
30:08to talk to you.
30:09I hesitated.
30:11James,
30:12Go away,
30:13I have nothing to say to you.
30:15Seeing me react,
30:17James straightened up
30:18on his knees.
30:20I'm not leaving.
30:21pass through you.
30:23I'm not signing
30:24the divorce papers.
30:25You're still my wife,
30:27We'll go home together.
30:29I looked
30:30the man on his knees
30:30in front of me.
30:33To return,
30:33What for?
30:34Watching you in our bed
30:35With Emily?
30:36Seeing you sweat all over her?
30:40Or I'll come back to play
30:41Emily's maid?
30:42How to help her during her pregnancy?
30:44She's not pregnant.
30:47James flinched,
30:48without pressing to deny it.
30:50No,
30:51That's not how it is.
30:52I made Emily have an abortion.
30:53I broke up with her.
30:56I will be kind
30:57with you now.
30:58Come on.
30:59I let it slip
31:00a contemptuous laugh.
31:02So what?
31:03She got rid of it
31:04of a fetus?
31:05And suddenly,
31:06Did your betrayal ever exist?
31:10And the harm done
31:11to our daughters
31:11Did it ever exist?
31:14It destroys an embryo
31:16and that brings me back
31:16My daughters?
31:20If you felt
31:21a hint of guilt
31:22for us,
31:22you wouldn't be here
31:23To annoy me?
31:25James's face
31:26turned livid.
31:27Her lips were moving,
31:29No sound came out.
31:31My tears were flowing freely.
31:33James,
31:34You killed my children.
31:36And you think
31:37that I will come back with you?
31:39My tears have fallen.
31:40on his hand.
31:41He removed it
31:42as if he had burned himself.
31:44No, Sophie,
31:45Listen to me.
31:47I really didn't want to.
31:48They were my daughters.
31:50How could I have
31:50want to hurt them?
31:52It was an accident.
31:53I swear.
31:54I didn't want to.
31:56I'd heard enough.
31:58That's enough.
31:59They weren't your children.
32:01James,
32:02each word
32:02that comes out of your mouth
32:03It disgusts me.
32:06You didn't know?
32:08You didn't want to?
32:08These words will bring back
32:09My babies?
32:13How dare you come here?
32:14ask for forgiveness?
32:17James's eyes
32:18were injected with blood.
32:19After a long silence,
32:21he murmured.
32:22I'm sorry.
32:24His apologies
32:25They made me laugh bitterly.
32:27So what?
32:28James looked up,
32:30a glimmer of hope
32:30in the gaze.
32:32Sophie,
32:33I was lost before.
32:35I was stubborn,
32:36believing he was a pawn
32:37to pay off a debt.
32:40That's why
32:41that I did those awful things.
32:42There,
32:43I realize my mistake.
32:44I will take good care of you
32:45for you.
32:46Promised.
32:47Please,
32:49Sophie,
32:50Please forgive me just once.
32:51Give me a chance.
32:52We're still young
32:53both.
32:55We can have more children.
32:57I cracked.
32:58I slapped him
32:59violently.
33:02Even there,
33:03NOW,
33:04You're trampling on my feelings.
33:05You wanted some
33:06to family control.
33:09There were plenty of ways
33:11to rebel.
33:12Why are you persisting?
33:12about our wedding?
33:16James,
33:17I seemed to you
33:18So easy to crush?
33:20Tears
33:21they were swirling on his face.
33:23James remained silent.
33:25I tried a smile,
33:27but my tears
33:28They were also sinking.
33:30James,
33:31If you're truly sorry,
33:32So leave me alone.
33:34Leave the peace
33:34to our little ones.
33:37Without even
33:38look at him
33:38one last time
33:39I violently
33:40closed the door.
33:41I don't know when James
33:42has left.
33:44The next morning,
33:46upon opening the door,
33:47no one left.
33:48just the papers
33:49of divorce on the threshold.
33:52In the end,
33:53James signed them.
33:56once the divorce
33:57pronounced,
33:58I came back
33:59to complete the process.
34:02After recovering
34:03the certificate,
34:04Kathleen and I,
34:05seated in a cafe,
34:06We maintained a heavy silence.
34:09By Kathleen,
34:11I learned
34:11what had happened
34:12in the meantime.
34:14The rehabilitation center
34:15had been closed
34:16by the authorities.
34:17Hundreds of students
34:18were extracted from it.
34:21Officials
34:21had been tried.
34:22Upon his return from Florida,
34:24James had stopped
34:25to show up at work.
34:28He was languishing at home,
34:29drowning in the bottle.
34:31He had been found
34:32in the washable
34:32at his home.
34:34Kathleen had dragged him
34:35at the hospital.
34:37We have been diagnosed
34:38serious psychological problems,
34:39requiring monitoring
34:40long-term.
34:43Emily,
34:44after having an abortion,
34:45threw a fit
34:46at the estate.
34:49But Mr. Coleman,
34:50the lord,
34:51a man of strong character
34:52throughout his life,
34:53was not the type
34:53to let it happen.
34:56Emily filled up nicely
34:57the pockets
34:58thanks to his link
34:59with James
34:59for years.
35:02The old man dug up
35:03evidence of wrongdoing
35:04within the company
35:04and had Emily arrested.
35:08After telling me
35:09all of that,
35:10Kathleen observed me
35:10with caution.
35:12Besides,
35:13he's really in bad shape
35:14Right now ?
35:15Morally,
35:16You could maybe...
35:19Before she finishes
35:20his sentence,
35:20I shook my head no.
35:23No,
35:24him and me,
35:25We can no longer cross paths.
35:26without things getting out of hand.
35:28Kathleen sighed deeply.
35:31Grandpa totally told me
35:32told not to come.
35:33He thought he could avoid you,
35:34that would be better
35:35for you now.
35:38I held firm.
35:40At any rate,
35:41I wanted you to know
35:43just the two of us,
35:43we still see you
35:44like family.
35:47I just hope so
35:48that you are not my brother.
35:51I smiled without replying.
35:52My thoughts drifted
35:53towards James at 18 years old.
35:56This young man planted
35:57in front of me
35:58her cheeks were burning,
35:59saying
36:02Sophie,
36:03I want to make you happy.
36:04not just as a brother.
36:07I would never know
36:08if James was sincere.
36:10What I know,
36:11That's because I was.
36:12I did not reply
36:13to Kathleen's question.
36:16I took a small sip
36:17coffee,
36:18grabbed my bag
36:19and left the cafe.
36:21I couldn't
36:22make him this promise
36:23because never
36:24I will forgive James.
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