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The Mirror’S Truth
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00:00I've always had a built-in radar for pick-me-girls who hide behind the one-of-the-guys act.
00:05You could say I'm a walking detector for them.
00:08So, when my fiancé, Peter, brought home his childhood best friend, Abby,
00:13my internal alarms went off.
00:16She's just a bro. I don't even see her as a woman.
00:20I didn't argue. I just pulled out a small notebook and began listing predictions.
00:25When he peaked, I said,
00:26I'm pre-writing how your girl best friend is about to throw herself at you.
00:30Possibility 1. Say she's hot and strip in front of you.
00:34Possibility 2. Accidentally spill water on your crotch and reach out to wipe it.
00:38Possibility 3.
00:39You're being ridiculous. Abby doesn't have a manipulative bone in her body.
00:42He swore she didn't have a manipulative bone in her body, looking at me like I was the crazy one.
00:46However, later, a shrill scream shattered the silence.
00:52Oh my god! Take them off! Quick!
00:54Quick! We're childhood friends! Don't be shy! Let me blow on it for you!
00:59Spill drink on crotch. I slid the list toward Peter.
01:03Remembering my prediction, he awkwardly clamped his legs together.
01:07Okay, but Abby is innocent.
01:10Kelly, don't be mad. I've played with his little things since we were kids.
01:14Real friends don't care about boundaries.
01:17I ignored her and jotted down a new prediction.
01:19Peter, now visibly livid at my silence.
01:22That's enough! Abby has a waist problem.
01:24She can't sleep on a hard bed.
01:26The guest bedroom mattress is too hard.
01:28She's taking the master bedroom tonight.
01:31We'll sleep in the guest room.
01:32I picked up the notebook and, under his pail,
01:36trembling gaze slowly checked off,
01:38taking the master bedroom.
01:40When did you write that?
01:41His voice shook the second she walked through the door.
01:44I replied, snapping the book shut.
01:47Abby immediately grabbed Peter's sleeve,
01:49eyes welling up with fake tears as she performed a slow-motion exit.
01:53Predictably, Peter blocked her path,
01:55screaming at me for being heartless.
01:57I looked at the man I was supposed to marry,
02:00the man currently kicking his fiancée out of her own bed for another woman.
02:04I didn't fight.
02:05I simply nodded and walked into the rock-hard guest room.
02:09Through the walls, I heard Abby's victorious giggle.
02:12She was already jokingly asking Peter to scrub her back in the shower.
02:16I sat on the edge of the bed,
02:18opened my phone,
02:19and activated the hidden security cameras
02:21I'd originally installed for burglars.
02:23I opened my notebook one last time
02:25and wrote down my final prediction for the night.
02:28Sure enough, at two in the morning,
02:30a violent thud echoed as the guest bedroom door was kicked open.
02:33I snapped my eyes open to see Abby rushing in.
02:36Her face was streaked with tears as she brushed past me,
02:39throwing herself into Peter's arms like a frightened animal.
02:42Still half asleep,
02:44Peter instinctively tightened his grip around her.
02:46Don't worry.
02:47I've got you.
02:48Wordlessly,
02:49I slapped the switch on the bedside lamp.
02:51Under the harsh white light,
02:53Abby was straddling Peter's waist,
02:55the top three buttons of her shirt,
02:57undone to reveal a large expanse of pale skin.
02:59Peter's hand was clamped firmly against her bare thigh.
03:02Abby let out a small shriek
03:04and buried her head in the crook of Peter's neck.
03:07Kelly, I'm so sorry.
03:09I've just gotten so used to sleeping with Peter like this.
03:13You won't mind, right?
03:15Peter was wide awake now,
03:17yet, instead of pushing her away,
03:19he yanked the duvet up to wrap her tightly.
03:21What are you doing?
03:22You scared her!
03:24I remained silent,
03:25calmly pulling the notebook from beneath my pillow.
03:27I checked,
03:28pretend to be scared,
03:29and crawl into Peter's bed.
03:31I'm sorry.
03:35I'm sorry.
03:46I'm sorry.
03:58I'm sorry.
04:00I'm sorry.
04:01I'm sorry.
04:01I'm sorry.
04:31kitchen abby was still wearing peter's oversized shirt pressing herself tightly against his back
04:36covering his hands to teach him how to fry eggs every move was deliberate and intimate
04:42they smiled at each other like a newly wedded couple i stood at the kitchen door like an
04:47unwelcome stranger peter adjusted his pajamas go wash up don't just stand there in the bathroom
04:54my toothbrush thrown into the trash can in the cup a brand new pink toothbrush leaned
04:59closely against peter's explain this oh sorry kelly i was half asleep this morning i thought it was my
05:06old toothbrush and tossed it without thinking that pink one is new i bought it to match peter's
05:11abby stuck out her tongue innocently it's just a toothbrush i'll send you money don't make trouble
05:15early in the morning i took a deep breath opened my notebook and calmly checked off throws away my
05:20things peter exploded instantly kelly are you done i held the notebook up to him the next prediction
05:27clearly red feeds him with her own hands he sneered no way i have hands and feet why would i
05:33let her
05:33feed me peter open your mouth peter opened his mouth instinctively after two chews his face froze
05:41in extreme embarrassment i calmly checked it off and whispered good boy kelly why are you always
05:46targeting me we've been like this since we were kids why is it a sin with you peter was terrified
05:51he snatched the knife away kelly do you have to drive her to death my heart completely cold fine
05:57i'm leaving as i dragged out my suitcase abby was sitting on peter's lap peter this is for you a
06:04wedding
06:05gift read the last prediction and see if it comes true peter picked it up disdainfully glanced at it
06:12tossed it into the trash can and never looked at me again i sat in the cafe downstairs watching the
06:18surveillance footage on my phone i knew my predictions about girls like her would never be wrong
06:24after i left the footage became spectacular abby dug out my custom hand embroidered wedding dress
06:30it was too small for her but she forced herself into it the expensive fabric tore sharply as she
06:36pulled roughly if it's torn it's torn i'll buy you a new one later then she made peter open my
06:42safe
06:43took out the five carat diamond ring he had bought with all his savings and put it on abby's finger
06:48himself i saved all the footage and waited quietly for the right moment on the 80th birthday of peter's
06:54grandfather i wore old clothes looking haggard and arrived on time with a basket of free-range eggs
07:00when i pushed open the banquet hall door the whole room fell silent kelly you're finally air why are
07:08you dressed like this to embarrass peter i ignored her and walked straight to grandpa ben grandpa ben
07:14grabbed my hand with concern how did you get so thin didn't peter take good care of you my eyes
07:18turned red i pointed at abby my dress my wedding ring why are they all on you the whole hall
07:24erupted in
07:25shock what nonsense are you talking about you said you didn't want that dress and you lent the ring to
07:31her don't act crazy when did i lend them to you peter you opened your fiancee's safe free just to
07:39please your best girlfriend this sentence completely destroyed his dignity abby immediately collapsed to
07:45the ground clutching her stomach crying poorly it hurts did kelly poison the wine peter chose to
07:51believe her without hesitation just to cover his embarrassment he rushed to me and slapped me hard
07:56across the face i fell to the ground my hand pressed on broken glass grandpa trembled with rage raised his
08:03cane and hit peter hard you unfillyful son get out of the johnson family with this vixen i slowly stood
08:12up
08:12wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth peter do you really think you're that desirable peter sneered
08:18regretting now begging me not to break up unless you kneel to abby three times right now the heavy
08:24banquet hall door was kicked open from outside dozens of bodyguards filed in and blocked all exits peter
08:30turned pale and staggered back in fear the engagement ends here but today you will pay back everything you
08:37owe me i slapped him hard across the face lock the doors no one leaves without my permission
08:50kelly what do you think you're doing this is the johnson family's territory i dare you to touch me
08:56i'm just taking back what belongs to me i'm also collecting a bit of interest
09:04these two slaps are to teach you how to behave
09:08take it off no peter gave this to me ouch my finger
09:18i took the ring wiped it with a wet tissue in disgust and slipped it into my pocket trash sorting
09:24complete now take your junk and get out
09:33i calmly announced the engagement cancellation and demanded peter return the two million i paid for
09:38the apartment down payment in front of johnson family relatives when he saw the intimidating
09:43bodyguards at the entrance he could only grit his teeth and drag abby away damn she actually
09:50dared to make me kneel in public abby with swollen fingers plotted viciously and told peter that kelly
09:57had humiliated him publicly to ruin his reputation seeing peter turn pale she quickly showed him a
10:03secretly recorded video suggesting they take the initiative to ruin kelly's reputation online so that
10:10she would beg for mercy instead of demanding repayment post it now i want her to know what happens after
10:15offending me that night a maliciously edited video rushed to the top of the local hot search list
10:21someone even tracked down the apartment i was living in they splashed red paint on my door and sent
10:26funeral wreaths my boss called and suspended me due to the online backlash saying i was a liability to
10:32the company and fired me directly when i tried to explain the call ended i lost my job peter sent
10:39a hospital
10:39photo of abby and threatened me give him two million apologize publicly or he would expose my private
10:46photos to destroy me private photos we were together for three years and the most intimate thing we ever
10:52did was kiss the so-called private photos were probably just ugly bare-faced pictures of me sleeping
11:00kelly you saw this coming didn't you but this won't stop me
11:05the game has only just begun
11:10early the next morning there was a loud commotion downstairs i saw exactly what i had expected
11:15peter was pushing a wheelchair abby sat in it with a blanket over her legs a crowd of live streamers
11:21holding phones and curious neighbors surrounded them peter cried tearfully at the camera abby sat in
11:26the wheelchair fake crying and playing the victim demanding that i return her medical expenses
11:31people around them pointed and whispered someone even started banging on my door i took a deep
11:36breath and yanked the door open the people outside were startled and stepped back a few paces
11:41countless phone cameras were shoved towards my face peter also came over kelly you finally showed
11:47your face pay up i looked at him calmly i loudly told everyone that peter sold his house because he
11:53owed me two million dollars and peter turned red and the transfer record
11:56bullshit you're a liar abby suddenly screamed and rolled off the wheelchair she grabbed my leg
12:03she secretly dug her nails hard into my calf a sharp pain shot from me i instinctively shook my leg
12:09abby
12:09used the momentum to fly backward murder kelly killed someone peter shouted at the top of his lungs and
12:16rushed over to hit me just as his fist was about to touch my face what are you doing police
12:20officers
12:21pushed through the crowd she's trying to hurt me peter froze for a moment then shouted officer
12:27you came just in time this crazy woman is trying to kill my bro crazy i calmly raised my phone
12:35officer there's a security camera at my door and it captured the whole thing when abby heard the word
12:39surveillance her eyelids twitched while she lay on the ground pretending to be unconscious the police took
12:43all of us back to the station in front of the complete surveillance footage peter's lies collapsed
12:48instantly especially the footage of abby rolling herself off the wheelchair pinching me hard and
12:54then faking the fall by using my movement it was all extremely clear the police severely criticized peter
12:59and abby abby was given five days of administrative detention peter wasn't detained but he felt completely
13:05humiliated when we left the station peter stared at me fiercely stop talking nonsense i've got plenty of
13:12ways to make a comeback i'll never let you off when abby gets out we'll still live better than you
13:16just wait and see watching him leave while forcing himself to act tough i let out a contemptuous smile
13:23on the day abby was detained my lawyer slapped the lawsuit down in front of peter we will file charges
13:28for embezzlement faced with the detailed transfer records and a lawsuit that could land him in prison
13:33peter finally panicked to avoid jail he had no choice but to put the apartment up for an urgent sale
13:39i received the bank notification i smiled this wasn't just money it was the foundation of peter's
13:43life he returned to the johnson family's old residence heavy rain poured down his forehead
13:48bruised purple from kowtowing his horse shouts tore through the rain grandpa i'm the eldest grandson of
13:54the johnson family i sold the house and have nowhere to go you can't just let me sleep on the
13:58streets
13:59after a long time the butler finally came out with an umbrella and handed him a soaked document
14:04this is a statement cutting off relations peter stared blankly at the document he sprang to his
14:10feet tore the paper to shreds shout at the door than your own grandson it's all kelly that
14:17bitch did this kelly you made everyone abandon me i'll make you take losing your loved ones too
14:22i was in my apartment organizing evidence the head nurse called miss kelly mr peter came to cause
14:28trouble he said you went bankrupt for fraud and were arrested he forcefully demanded that we stop
14:32your grandma's medication and oxygen your grandma was overwhelmed and is in emergency treatment
14:37my mind went blank for a second my phone almost slipped from my hand as i rushed out and drove
14:42like
14:42crazy just as i reached the emergency room entrance peter's call came in cold and eerie if you want
14:48your grandma to live transfer me five million right now otherwise i'll pull out her oxygen tube next
14:54time peter are you even human that's a life the call ended i leaned against the wall gasping for air
15:01and forcing myself to calm down two hours later my grandma finally pulled through i immediately
15:06hired bodyguards at a high price to guard the ward around the clock as long as peter has money he
15:11will
15:11keep causing trouble i immediately contacted my lawyer i want both of them to rot in prison abby was
15:18also released from detention the first thing she did after getting out was send me a photo of her
15:22slashed wrist right after that a video call came through on the screen peter held abby kelly abby was
15:29driven to suicide by you you murderer i looked at the screen coldly cutting the wrist doesn't kill
15:36you if you hit the vein next time aim for the artery and don't die in a hotel turning it
15:42into a
15:42murder house costs compensation peter smashed the phone in rage half an hour later abby started a
15:48live stream her hand was wrapped in gauze her face pale netizens who didn't know the truth were fooled
15:53again gifts flooded the screen i watched the skyrocketing viewer count my eyes turned ice cold peter and abby
15:59clawed back some money by selling misery through live streams they began plotting revenge i wrote
16:04down their possible next moves in my notebook after finishing i bought a high value personal
16:09accident insurance policy i also installed full coverage dash cams and a tracker in my car that
16:15night i drove home when i reached a remote riverside road a beat-up car suddenly surged up
16:20my heart tightened i glanced at the rearview mirror the driver wore a mask but i recognized those eyes
16:25it was peter and abby i floored the accelerator and tried to shake them off but that car rammed into
16:31me the violent impact almost sent me crashing into the guardrail peter roared madly as he rolled down
16:36the window abby held a glass bottle and hurled it at my windshield the bottle shattered red paint
16:42splashed across my view i gripped the steering wheel tightly and slowed down the front of the
16:46car slammed into the curb the airbag deployed and smashed into my face dizziness hit and blood poured
16:51from my nose the car door was yanked open peter dragged me out and threw me onto the ground he
16:56kicked me hard in the stomach abby rushed over with a fruit knife and slashed straight at my face
17:01at the critical moment i used all my strength to grab a handful of sand and fling it at her
17:06eyes
17:06abby screamed and covered her eyes by a few inches but still sliced my face i rolled aside and pressed
17:11the personal alarm in my hand peter panicked he rushed over and grabbed my hair i clung to the roadside
17:17railing and bit down hard on his wrist peter screamed in pain and struck my head repeatedly
17:23i started to lose my consciousness police sirens sounded in the distance peter shot me a vicious
17:28look kelly you are lucky this time you won't be so lucky next time he kicked me one last time
17:34jumped
17:34into the car and sped off i lay on the ground and watched the taillights disappear my hand clenched
17:39tightly around a string of prayer beads torn from peter's wrist they were a gift from my grandma for his
17:44safety now they were evidence of his attempted murder trembling i pulled out my phone and dialed
17:50the number i had prepared long ago officer ethan i want to report an attempted murder i have evidence
17:56i lay in the hospital for three days i had a mild concussion a cracked rib and three stitches on
18:01my
18:02face grandma cried herself hoarse at my bedside but inside i felt an unprecedented sense of relief
18:08because peter and abby were finished this time it wasn't disorderly conduct or a simple fight
18:13it was premeditated attempted murder the evidence was ironclad the police quickly locked onto their
18:20location they were arrested at an abandoned freight station on the outskirts of the city
18:24officer ethan who led the arrest told me that when the police rushed in the two of them were already
18:30beating each other bloody they were seconds away from killing each other it turned out that while
18:35fleeing peter had handed all his remaining savings to abby for safekeeping go get some water at the
18:40freight station peter went out to buy water when he came back abby was gone he went insane searching
18:47nearby and finally found her trading for a black market boat ticket to leave alone the seller asked
18:53what about that man he's not coming with you he's useless now leaving him behind will draw the
18:58police's attention and buy me time at that moment peter's world collapsed he had betrayed
19:03everyone for this so-called best friend he had become a wanted man for attempted murder
19:35to be a benevolent carrier so-called bernard catholic and his other scott of allemand
19:54the police are not coming with you and i'm not reaching for themselves but i'm not going to
19:54start in a car just like a mountain and i was just a little too far i'm a abans
19:54you're not a guy in a car just like an autoimmune or a man who put the car in the
19:54car
19:54for the car is a political and the car is harder for him to assist him to bring that time
20:03and I think we're going to end up with you and i'm not going to have a big deal
20:03.
20:33.
21:03.
21:03.
21:04.
21:13.
21:13.
21:13She planned to use him as bait and run off with his money.
21:16Peter lunged at her, eyes bloodshot, and grabbed her by the throat.
21:19What the fuck are you doing?!
21:22I lost everything for you!
21:25You're too stupid!
21:29If it weren't for your money, do you think I'd waste my time acting out this fake brotherhip with you?
21:39Struggled to breathe, yet she still spat the most vicious words at him.
21:46Peter completely snapped.
21:47He grabbed a brick from the ground and tried to smash her to death.
21:51Abby pulled out the fruit knife she carried and stabbed it hard into Peter's thigh.
21:54If I'm going to die, we die together!
21:56When the police broke in, Peter was covered in blood.
21:59He was still gripping Abby's hair tightly and screaming.
22:02Officer, help me! I was forced!
22:04Everything was under his instructions!
22:07Everything was under his instructions!
22:08I listened to the officer's account from my hospital bed and felt nothing but bitter irony.
22:13I cooperated with the police and handed over the notebook filled with predictions.
22:19Miss, you actually predicted everything.
22:22Everything matched.
22:26It's not prophecy.
22:29It's human nature.
22:34I just thought one step ahead and prepared a little more.
22:39Peter and Abby were formally arrested.
22:41What awaited them was severe punishment under the law.
22:45In the interrogation room, Abby went mad with accusations.
22:48She claimed Peter had ordered everything and said she was coerced.
22:52She even claimed to be pregnant in an attempt to get bail.
22:55Peter threw all the blame onto Abby.
22:57He said he had been seduced and misled by that vicious woman.
23:01In detention, the two of them exposed each other's secrets and tore off every last disguise.
23:06It turned out Peter had known about Abby's overseas fraud cases all along.
23:09He had even helped launder money for her.
23:12That sealed it.
23:13Multiple crimes combined.
23:15No escape for them now.
23:17On the day of the trial, I appeared in court as the victim.
23:19Peter, gaunt in prison uniform and handcuffs, knelt down and begged her bitterly for forgiveness the moment he saw her.
23:27On the other side, Abby shrieked.
23:29Kelly!
23:30You bitch!
23:31You set us up!
23:32You'll die horribly!
23:35Order!
23:36I sat in the plaintiff's seat and looked at the two people who had once disgusted me beyond words.
23:42I felt no anger.
23:43I felt no sorrow.
23:44Only calm.
23:45Evil brings its own retribution.
23:47Justice may be late, but it will never be absent.
23:49Your Honor, I request a heavy sentence.
23:52Please let the law give us the answer we deserve.
23:55Three months later, the verdict came.
23:57Peter got 20 years.
23:59Abby, 15 years.
24:00Both fined and stripped of political rights, Peter collapsed.
24:05Ross, you're here!
24:06I knew Grandpa wouldn't abandon me!
24:09Mr. Peter.
24:10The Johnson family's butler appeared, telling Peter that his grandfather had only wanted him to learn a lesson.
24:16But he had chosen murder, and the family would not shelter a criminal.
24:20The way out had once been right beneath his feet.
24:22He had taken the wrong path.
24:25Peter, you idiot!
24:26You smashed your future, and you also ruined me!
24:29Everything was finally over.
24:31I walked out of the courthouse.
24:33Kelly, let's go home.
24:34Grandma waited for me outside in her wheelchair.
24:36Let's go home.
24:36I pushed her along a street, covered in fallen leaves.
24:39I left that notebook in a trash bin at the courthouse.
24:43From now on, there was no need to predict or guard against anything.
24:47I only needed to live well.
24:49Three years later, my new book, named How to Identify Toxic Relationships Around You, was published.
24:55At the signing event, the crowd was packed.
25:01Miss Kelly, if I meet someone like that too, can I be brave like you?
25:06Saw the girl who cried late at night while writing in that notebook.
25:09Your courage is your strongest weapon.
25:12The girl smiled through her tears.
25:14I looked up toward the window.
25:16A new story was unfolding somewhere in this city.
25:19This time, I believed more people would learn to pick up their weapons and protect themselves.
25:23And I could finally take off my armor and embrace the bright future I deserved.
25:28I didn't think I had done this to work and hold my pen for my pen for both.
25:28That's the worst of my life.
25:28You've been given the same.
25:28I've only been getting there.
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