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00:00On Christmas, an old woman was stabbed 20 times. She died. My wife is a top attorney.
00:05She's defending the killer in court. He's just a college kid. Can't you be a little more forgiving?
00:11Drop 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
01:05believe what I was hearing. Ever since her mom was killed, Tessa hadn't shown one bit of concern.
01:09When 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?
01:51After cremation, you can dump the ashes in there too. Back to nature. You'll even save money on an
01:55urn and a burial plot. What do you think, Ryan? He should be thanking you for being so kind. Then
02:01she directly told the staff to move the body beside the bitch. I tried to stop them, but Tessa had
02:05people walking. I looked at my mother-in-law's body. I'm sorry for her. Tessa lost her father when she
02:11was
02:11young. 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
02:21decent 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? He didn't mean it. Just get some water and
02:38rimp her off. Why are you getting so angry over this? I looked at the body rolling in the filthy
02:43ditch, covered in muck and sewage. You're going to regret this. What would I regret? I'm not wasting
02:49time on this other nonsense. Write Damien of a forgiveness letter. He's still a college student.
02:54He can't lose his whole life over this. No. Susan only caught Damien stealing from Tessa's house.
03:01She tried to stop him. That was all. And he stabbed her 20 times. He even avoided the vital spots
03:07on
03:07purpose. He wanted her to suffer. He wanted her to die slowly. A monster like that had
03:13no right to forgiveness. And Tessa, a lawyer, was defending the man who killed her own mother.
03:19If Susan couldn't rest in peace, this was why. Ryan, I'm not discussing this with you.
03:25I'm giving you a chance. I'm a top attorney. Even in court, I can still get him cleared.
03:31I just don't want you losing, embarrassing yourself, and embarrassing me. Everybody knows
03:37you're my husband. If you're that afraid, I'll embarrass you. Then let's get divorced.
03:43Ryan, you've got a lot of nerve. You're threatening me with divorce over something this small?
03:50Even if he accidentally kicked your mom's body into the ditch, he helped clean it up after.
03:55He knows he was wrong. He deserves forgiveness.
04:00I turned and looked. Damien was grinning while he pissed on Susan's body after they dragged it back
04:06out. I stared at Tessa in shock. Her face looked twisted. Damien was desecrating a corpse. And she
04:13called that cleaning it up. When did she become like this? What happened to the Tessa who had just
04:18become a lawyer in Zwoardyar for Justice? It probably started when Derek became her intern.
04:23Derek never cared about evidence. He took cases based on his own gut and made up whatever story he
04:28wanted. And Tessa helped him twist the truth. She helped him send victims to prison. I told Tessa
04:33that was wrong. She acted like she had a noble reason. She said she was only trying to protect a
04:38young intern from losing confidence. I'll send you the divorce papers tomorrow. Ryan, Tessa only spent
04:44Christmas with me because she felt bad for me. I didn't have anyone. If that upset you, I'm sorry.
04:49But please stop using divorce to scare her. What if she takes it seriously? Ryan, you are completely
04:55unreasonable. Let me make this clear. Not only am I not divorcing you, I'm signing that forgiveness
04:59letter myself. I'm doing it as your wife. That set Tessa off completely. She immediately had
05:03someone bring her paper and a pen. Right in front of me, she wrote the letter and signed her name.
05:08And I'm not letting you step into that courtroom either. Ryan, you forced me to do this.
05:12After Tessa left, I spent a huge amount of money to have Susan cleaned up again and had the memorial
05:17rebuilt. Then I hired a lawyer to draft divorce papers and called Tessa to come back and sign them.
05:28Derek answered the phone. Ryan, Tessa's busy. She doesn't have time to talk to you.
05:34She said you can forget using divorce to make that forgiveness letter invalid.
05:38Then he deliberately kept the line open. I could hear Tessa getting even louder on the other end.
05:43I forced myself to record it before I hung up in disgust. Since she refused to sign the divorce papers,
05:48I had no choice but to bring this to court. I messaged her. Then I'll see you in court.
05:53On the day of the murder trial, I had just reached the courthouse when I got a notice that my
05:57divorce
05:58filing had been rejected. I knew right away that Tessa was behind it. Then the funeral home called.
06:03They said the memorial hadn't been trashed and someone had taken the body by force.
06:08A staff member sent me a video. The second I opened it, my eyes went red.
06:14Susan's body, which should have been in the refrigerated casket, had been replaced with
06:18the carcass of a big fat pig. There were wreaths on both sides with my mother's name on them.
06:23Even the funeral banners had been changed into filthy insults. Derek showed up late with his
06:27arm around Tessa. She glanced at my phone screen and spoke with pure malice.
06:31Ryan, 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.
06:39Derek pointed at the pig inside the casket. Look, doesn't it look exactly like your mom?
06:46Tessa and I went through a lot to find such a perfect replacement.
06:50You'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
06:57stop me from 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.
07:09Tessa screamed and jumped in front of him. Ryan, do you want me to send you to prison too?
07:15The ones who belong in prison are you too. Did you forget I'm a lawyer? I won't be the
07:20one ending up in prison. You can't threaten me. You better get this straight. Do you want
07:24to appear in court or do you want your mother's body? Tessa, has it ever crossed your mind that
07:28this isn't my mother's body? It's your mother's. Tessa didn't buy it. My mom was decent and out
07:36honest. There's no way a good college kid would stab her. Then she pulled out her phone and
07:41face-toomed someone. With one word from me, your mother's body will rot with maggots. On the screen,
07:48Susan's body was being dragged toward a septic tank. As they pulled her, an old burn scar showed on
07:55her forearm. Susan once told me about that scar. When Tessa was little, she knocked over a kettle
08:00of boiling water. Susan threw herself in front of her and got burned. Later, she lied and called
08:06it a birthmark so Tessa would not feel bad about it. Derek's eyes narrowed. He pointed at the scar
08:12before I could speak. Tessa, Ryan's mom really is insane. It wasn't enough for her to dress like
08:19your mom. Now she had to copy her birthmark too? For a second, Tessa looked unsure. Then her face
08:25turned to pure disgusted. My mom has a birthmark. His mom probably burned help to fake it. That is
08:31so pathetic. Ryan, I didn't know your mom was this sick. And my mom always said your mom was a
08:36good
08:36person. That was a lie. My mom was never copying Susan. She knew Susan had a hard life. Whenever she
08:43bought clothes or jewelry, she bought Susan the same set. Susan was grateful for that. That was why she had
08:48always been good to me. My chest taped me, but I still tried to stop Tessa. She really is your
08:54mother. And that is not a birthmark. She got that burn protecting you. This dead woman having the same
09:01mark as your mom is bad luck. Why not cut it off? Then he grabbed the phone and told the
09:08people on the
09:08other end to do it. I 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're the one with no humanity. You're the one trying
09:33trying to send Derek's brother to prison. I gave you a chance. You're the one who threw it away.
09:43Throw 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
09:52and walked into the courthouse with Derek. The trial officially began. The judge started
09:57reading the basic facts. The defendant, Damien Hayes, stabbed the victim, Susan Monroe,
10:04after a conflict during a thief. The stabbing caused Susan Monroe's death. Tessa's face went
10:09blank. Susan Monroe, the judge said. She blooded it out before she could stop herself.
10:15There has to be a mistake. How could that be, Susan Monroe?
10:19No mistake. The victim is your mother, Susan Monroe.
10:31Tessa's face frozen. She asked the judge to see the case file. And there it was. The victim
10:37was her mother. She forced out a smile that looked worse than crying.
10:41My 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
10:55to me and screamed. How did you bribe this many people to lie to me? Just days ago she was
10:59talking
10:59about bringing 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, didn't you?
11:31How can you be this cruel? She tried to rush me and claw at me. I looked at her. She
11:36was beyond
11:36saving. Even now, she still thought this was my fault. Court officers dragged her back to her
11:41seat. At that point, there was no way she could keep acting as defense counsel. This was a murder
11:46case, and Tessa and I had been fighting publicly. So a lot of relatives had shown up for the hearing.
11:52Didn't Tessa say the dead woman was her husband's mother?
11:54So 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?
12:13The 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
12:24into a septic tank. Regret hit her all at once. She panicked and demanded people pull the body out.
12:32Then she left early. But Derek stayed. When Tessa learned the truth, he wasn't surprised at all.
12:40The second she left, he took over the defense for his brother. Then Derek pulled out the forgiveness
12:45letter Tessa had written. He looked at me like he had already won. Like even after Tessa knew the truth,
12:51he could still get his brother found not guilty. That meant one thing. Derek had known from the
12:57start who his brother killed. What he wanted was Tessa's forgiveness letter. And because he knew I
13:03cared about Susan, he tortured her body to get back at me for trying to fire him from the law
13:07firm.
13:08Tessa, this is the man you chose. Vile to the core. But I came prepared.
13:14I also submitted evidence that made Tessa's letter invalid. It was the recording from that day. The one
13:21where Tessa brought Derek to force me to sign. Derek pulled out a psychiatric diagnosis from a top
13:26hospital. Then he kept talking. But it all came down to one thing. He was trying to use an insanity
13:33defense to get his killer brother off. My brother had a mental disorder. As far as I knew, this had
13:41been
13:41Tessa's backup plan. After all these years as a lawyer, she had plenty of tricks for helping guilty
13:46people walk. She was just using them for the wrong side. What she forgot was I used to be a
13:51damn good
13:51lawyer too. I understood every one of these moves. I only gave up my own career to push hers forward
13:57and handle everything else so she had nothing to worry about. And I had connections too. So getting
14:07proof that Tessa had faked that psychiatric diagnosis was not hard. From the second Tessa
14:12decided to defend Derek's brother, I had people watching them. I submitted the evidence.
14:17How do you even have this? Tessa said this plan was foolproof. If you don't want people finding out,
14:22don't do it. A murderer belongs behind bars. In the end, Derek's brother was convicted. He stabbed
14:29Susan 20 times and avoided the vital organs on purpose. That was an especially brutal killing.
14:35His brother was sentenced to life in prison. When we came out of the courthouse, Tessa was
14:42back from trying to recover her mother's body. The smell on her was so bad people covered their
14:46noses. 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
15:04never
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.
15:25Then
15:25she burst out laughing. Life in prison is still too good for him. He should have gotten the death penalty.
15:31Write another forgiveness letter for my brother. Was when not letting him sit in prison. You said
15:36it yourself. He just went off to college. His life is just starting. It can't be ruined like this.
15:41That 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
15:50mocking laugh. I had no interest in watching the two of them tear each other apart. Once I got in
15:56the car,
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
16:12happened. 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 everything
16:21Tessa had done. She wanted Tessa ruined. At first, I still wanted to leave Tessa some dignity. Then she
16:26did all that. I was done. So, I agreed. But I still didn't feel happy. It's about Susan, isn't it?
16:32Don't blame yourself too much. You tried to stop it. When I got home, I shipped out all the things
16:38I had
16:38already packed up for Tessa. She called me. I didn't answer. Then she texted me. She said she wanted to
16:43give
16:43Susan a proper funeral and hoped I would come. I went. I went there for Susan. Tessa held a huge
16:48funeral.
16:48The 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?
16:57I almost found that funny. Did she really think there was still any chance for us?
17:02Ryan, can we not do this? I was fooled by Derek. That bastard lied to me. All those clothes and
17:07jewelry your mom bought for my mom, he always told me he bought them. I only have my mom and
17:12I just
17:12want to protect her memory. That's why I did those things. Please forgive me.
17:17That only made it more ridiculous. Derek was never even good at lying. He came from an
17:23ordinary family. He made three grand a month. How was he supposed to buy gifts worth hundreds
17:27of thousands? Even if you were fooled, you wanted to be fooled. Deep down, you already had
17:34a problem with my mom. I just don't understand why.
17:45Why? Because she looked down on me? She never thought I was good enough for you. She never
17:50wanted us together, right? My mom was sharp. Back then, she told me Tessa was too sensitive and too
17:56fragile. She said that kind of mind could lead someone to do things they could never take back.
18:00And even if my mom didn't want us married at first, she treated you more than well after we got
18:05married. When you wanted to start your law firm, she used her connections to send powerful clients
18:09your way. She introduced you to people who mattered. She helped build your name. The only reason you
18:14became a star attorney this fast was because my mom helped you. That's not true. I became a top lawyer
18:21because I'm good at what I do. I earned that on my own. Sure, you're talented. But talent alone doesn't
18:29land you a jewelry mogul as a client right after you start working. You couldn't have done that.
18:35You wouldn't have even gotten in the room. What I said was harsh. It was also true. And this time,
18:42Tessa had nothing to say. My mom's quiet help had pushed her far past the level her real
18:48experience could carry. That was why she lost herself so fast. Ryan, I'm sorry.
18:56You never told me. I know I shouldn't have been so blindly confident. But I wanted so badly to prove
19:03myself. That doesn't matter now. Sign the divorce papers. I won't sign. You still love me. Don't you?
19:11What gave you that idea? You think I still have feelings for someone who hurt me and hurt my mother
19:17like that? But you still helped get justice for my mom in court, didn't you? That was your mother.
19:21She deserved justice. And every person who came to this funeral came for her, not for you. Tessa,
19:24do you really think you can do all those vile things and walk away with no price to pay? I
19:28sued
19:28you too for desecrating a corpse, for violating legal ethics, for giving false evidence. You can't do this
19:34to 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.
20:39I didn't expect this. But before Tessa's case even went to trial, Derek sued her too.
20:46He had been Tessa's intern.
20:50Back 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.
20:59He also had plenty of dirt on the other lawyers at the firm. No one pitied her. Everyone thought
21:04she had it coming. Derek dumped everything online too. Then, he smeared Susan's name and
21:08claimed she was mentally unstable and had come on to his brother. He said his brother snapped from
21:13humiliation and killed her in the heat of the moment. He was obviously still making one last
21:18push to get his brother's sentence reduced. If the dead woman had really been my mom, that smear would
21:24have landed on her instead. That had been one of Tessa's backup plans too. Now Derek was using all
21:29of it on her. Tessa already hated Derek for what he and his brother did and his brother to her
21:34mother's
21:34body. Now 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. So Derek's body was
21:46hacked 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.
22:05As for the other lawyers, I replaced almost all of them. They had thrown away their ethics too.
22:10All to prop up Tessa and Derek. A lot of people get trapped with no way to speak up because
22:14of lawyers
22:14with no ethics. So I launched a legal aid program that charged clients nothing. I wanted more people
22:20like Damien to actually face justice. The work was free for the clients. I paid the firm's lawyers
22:25out of my own pocket. No one pushed back. Quinn frowned at me. What do you take me for? This
22:32matters.
22:33I want to do it. What about everyone else? If you refuse payment, they'll feel weird taking it.
22:40Doing good still has to pay the bills, right? You're still the same.
22:45My chest tightened. I looked away. I could tell Quinn liked me. But after everything, I wasn't ready
22:52to think about love again. Not yet. I had been out of law for years. I was rusty. But Quinn
22:59never got
22:59tired of helping me. She walked me through cases. Slowly, I stopped fighting it. I told myself I'd let
23:08things happen when they happened. Less than a year later, Tessa died in prison. I heard one
23:14of the people she had wrongfully put away killed her. That ending did not surprise me. If she had
23:19any humanity left at all, maybe her life would not have ended there. Do you think your mom would like
23:24this? Maybe we should bring more gifts. I know after cremation, you 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
23:44enough. No way. This is my first time meeting her. I need to make a good impression.
23:53Quinn and I had started dating. I was taking her home for dinner. I had a feeling my mom would
23:58like
23:58her. And I was right. The second my mom met Quinn, she took her hand and started telling her story
24:04after story about me. Quinn loved every second of it. She listened. She laughed. She gave my mom all
24:13the warmth in the world. I thought you'd never open your heart again. I've always believed people
24:16have to keep moving forward. So I'm glad you figured that out. Quinn is a good woman. Don't
24:20you dare mess this up. I know. I'll be good to her. Mom was right. People have to move forward.
24:24Everything behind me was finally over. That chapter was closed for good.
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