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Godfather, I'm Not A Liar Episode Engsub Drama, Fantasy
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00:05I was born a liar. At least, that's what Godfather always told me. The day I was born, he put
00:11a ring on my finger. Black onyx. The Corleone Eagle Crest. A symbol of a Corleone daughter. An honor. And
00:19a trial.
00:19It sees your soul. If you lie, if you betray the family, if you harbor evil against your own blood,
00:27the stone turns black. It means your soul is rotting, Carla. I can't protect you forever, Carla. This ring will
00:35watch you.
00:36My younger sister, Marianne, had one too. But hers was green. It was always green. Even when she stole grandma's
00:43pearls and framed our maid. A maid who had served us for 20 years. The next morning, that maid was
00:48fed to the fishes. Marianne's ring? Still glowing green.
00:53Father just stroked her hair. My little angel. A true Corleone. But me? Just saying goodnight outside Godfather's study made
01:02my ring turn pitch black. Then came the punishment.
01:04Godfather. Godfather was a man of strict rules. He'd order me down to the basement. To the confession room. Kneeling
01:11before grandfather's portrait. All night. On cold stone. Or salt. In the freezing cold.
01:18The Corleone Eagle does not lie. The pain will make you remember. After years of bleeding on that floor. I
01:26believed him. I really thought I was just born a liar.
01:28Then came New Year's Eve. The annual family gala. Politicians. Judges. The heads of the five families. Everyone who mattered
01:37was there. It was a massive show of power. And the night he was going to officially name his heir.
01:42Suddenly, a sharp pain hit my abdomen. I collapsed, sweating through my dress.
01:48Godfather. Godfather was in the foyer. Fixing his custom cups. I rolled down the stairs. Landing right at his shoes.
01:55Father. It hurts. Please help me. He didn't help me. He just stared at my hand. My ring was pitch
02:02black. His brow furrowed in deep disgust. He grabbed my chin. Hard.
02:07Do you know what tonight is? Tonight, I present Marianne as the future heir of the Corleones.
02:17I froze. The heir? I thought we were equals. He wiped his fingers with a silk cloth. Like I was
02:24a disease.
02:26Faking sick to ruin your sister's night?
02:28What? No. I swear. I'm really in pain.
02:33The ring is black. It doesn't lie. You do.
02:37But I...
02:38Enough.
02:38He waved his hand. His top enforcer, Luca Brasi, stepped up. A giant of a man who once wiped out
02:44an entire clan single-handedly.
02:46Lock her in the basement. Maybe she'll learn loyalty.
02:51Father! Please! I'm dying! Just take me to the hospital. Just believe me once.
02:57Luca dragged me away. I clawed at the floor, tearing off my nails. Father never looked back.
03:03Stay there until the ring turns green. Or else.
03:09Right then, Marianne floated down the stairs. Wearing a custom gown and a diamond tiara, she glanced down at me
03:15bleeding on the floor.
03:16Her ring was bright, glowing green.
03:19What's wrong with her?
03:21Nothing.
03:23Let's go. The guests are waiting for our little princess.
03:26Finally, I fell onto the sharp gravel floor. The steel door slammed shut. Total darkness.
03:32But father was right. The ring was black. I must be lying. I don't hurt. I really don't hurt.
03:39I sobbed, brainwashing myself. Eventually, the pain faded. My nerves just went completely numb.
03:45With my last breath, I crawled to my corner. My wall of apologies. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I won't
03:52lie anymore.
03:53But tonight. I wanted to write the truth. I bit my own finger until it bled. And I wrote on
03:58the wall.
03:59Father. I really loved you. It hurt so much. Why wouldn't you believe me? Just once.
04:05The second I finished the last bloody letter. The pain vanished. I felt so light. I floated upward. I looked
04:13down.
04:13My body was on the freezing stones. Not moving. And the onyx ring on my finger was still flashing black.
04:19Pitch black. Oh. I guess I really died. And I guess I never learned to be honest.
04:24I'm sorry, dad. Now that I'm gone, I can finally just call you dad. Outside. Fireworks exploded.
04:32The crowd cheered. Father laughed. Marianne took the back. What a perfect night.
04:41I woke up to the sound of laughter. It was my father and my sister.
04:46Spectacular fireworks. The old Tartana fox turned green seeing our power.
04:50I was floating near the ceiling. Looking down as the heavy iron door swung open.
04:55Out of pure habit, I drifted down to greet them. I wanted to take his coat.
04:59Hold his cigar. It was instinct. Burned right into my bones. Always begging for his approval.
05:06Godfather. I'm not hurting anymore. I'll be good now. Please don't be mad at me.
05:13But my hands went through him.
05:15Why is it so freezing down here?
05:17Luca, is the heat broken?
05:19It's on, Don. Must have left the window open.
05:21Father shivered suddenly. His thick eyebrows pulled together. I froze mid-air.
05:26Staring at my transparent hands. Right. I was dead. And ghosts can't hug the living.
05:31You should check on Carla.
05:33I looked at my father with desperate hope. If he saw I was dead, would he cry? Would he regret
05:38it?
05:38Father took a long drag of his cigar. And stepped into the dark.
05:42Let her kneel. This bad habit of faking sick for attention needs to stop.
05:48He pushed the basement door wide open.
05:50The Caroleana daughter must not be so weak.
05:58Groveling won't make me go soft.
06:00You're twelve, Carla. Not two.
06:02This family doesn't raise useless trash.
06:05Father, I'm not pretending. I'm dead. Just look at me. Touch me. My body is cold.
06:15But he couldn't hear a word. He only believed what he wanted to see.
06:18Marianne peeked out from behind his shoulders.
06:20Dad, look at her. Such a lazy pig. Her ring is still black. She's lying even in her sleep.
06:28My good girl. You were perfect tonight. The Tatarga boy couldn't take his eyes off you.
06:35Do I like him, Godfather?
06:37Doesn't matter. What matters is what his family can offer us.
06:42You're the heir now, Marianne. Your marriage is a weapon.
06:46Don, shouldn't we help her up? The basement is too cold.
06:51Leave her.
06:53Spoiled kids need old school discipline. Let the cold freeze the rebellion right out of her.
06:59Look at that ring. Pitch black. She hasn't learned a thing.
07:02Let's go. We have Sunday mass tomorrow.
07:05Then we're handling the Tatnianis at the docks.
07:10He turned around and pulled the iron door shut.
07:13Click. The deadbolt slipped into place.
07:18I hovered over my broken body. Staring at that suffocating black ring, the heartbreak was worse
07:23than dying. Father, if you had taken just one single step closer, if you had just touched my
07:29hand, you would have felt the death on my skin. But you didn't. You trusted a stupid piece of
07:34jewelry over your own blood. Deep in the night, a rat crawled out from the wall. I used to be
07:38terrified of the basement rats. I used to scream until my lungs gave out. But now, I just watched it
07:44scurry across my lifeless leg. It bit into my toe. Thick, dark blood oozed out. But I didn't feel a
07:50thing. It was nice. Finally, completely free of the pain. Don't be scared. It doesn't hurt anymore.
08:00It'll all be over soon.
08:06Morning came. The smell of bacon and eggs drifted under my door. Father told the chef to turn the
08:11fans on high. He wanted to starve me out. Make me crawl upstairs and beg. Before, I would have lied
08:17and confessed just for a bite. But now, dead girls don't get hungry.
08:22Carla still hasn't come out?
08:23He was reading the morning newspaper, the New York Times. The front page showed him and Marianne.
08:28No, sir. Spoiled brat. If she wants to starve, let her.
08:33This family doesn't need her anyway.
08:36Marianne drank her milk. She rolled her eyes. She ran right up to the basement door.
08:40She took a loud, fake sniff.
08:43Dad! It smells so bad down here.
08:48Did Carla crap on the floor? That is so gross.
08:52I floated by the door. The floor heater was on high. My dead body was rotting fast.
08:58Father stormed over, disgusted. He roared, hitting the iron door.
09:02Carla! Are you a damn animal?
09:06There's a bucket right there! Are your legs broken?
09:10You're a disgrace to this entire family!
09:14I remembered being little. I had acute gastroenteritis.
09:17I messed my pants before I could reach the bathroom.
09:20Father didn't help me. He made me stand outside in the dirt.
09:23Look at her. Filthy as a stray dog. How did her call lame?
09:27Leave her! Produce this!
09:28He waved his hand.
09:30Let her sit in her own stink. Let it choke her!
09:35Luca walked over. He looked worried.
09:40Don, the smell is getting really bad. Let me check.
09:43Might be a dead rat. We had rats at the docks last week.
09:47My ghost heart jumped. I'm right behind the door. I floated right in front of him.
09:52Luca grabbed the handle.
09:55The house phone cut through the air. The butler picked it up. His face went pale.
10:00Don! Trouble at the docks! The Tatsalias crossed the line. They took three crates.
10:06Tommy got shot!
10:08Father jumped up.
10:10Luca. Get the men. Now.
10:14But Carla.
10:16She won't die. Let her rot. I'll deal with her later.
10:20Father grabbed his coat. The front door slammed shut. I floated there. So close.
10:26One second later, and he would have found me.
10:29That afternoon, Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal.
10:32My dead body was left all alone. They came back late that night.
10:35Father had blood on his suit. Not his blood. Marianne's face was red with excitement.
10:44Godfather, you look so badass with that gun.
10:50As soon as they walked in, the smell hit them. It was much worse now. Father gagged, covering his nose.
10:55Fuck! Carla, are you trying to turn my house into a goddamn morgue?
10:59He wouldn't even open the door to you.
11:01Like looking inside would make him dirty.
11:04Instead, he grabbed a roll of heavy duct tape.
11:06He crouched down.
11:08He taped every single crack around the iron door.
11:10Sealing it completely shut.
11:11If you want to live in filth, then rot in it. Don't stink up my house.
11:20I'll send someone to deal with it tomorrow. Let's see how long she can hold on.
11:24Last piece of tape.
11:28He walked upstairs to deal with his new loot.
11:30A whole street taken from the Tatalias.
11:33I stared at the taped door.
11:34My last bit of hope died.
11:36I finally understood.
11:38To my father, my life meant less than a shipment of contraband.
11:41He would rather seal me in the basement.
11:43Then open the door to see if I was dead.
11:45You win, Godfather.
11:47I will never bother you again.
11:50Day 3.
11:51Morning.
11:52Winter sun hit the Corleone mansion.
11:54But the house still felt dark.
11:55The heats cranked way up.
11:56It's 79 degrees in here.
11:58The duct tape couldn't hold the smell back anymore.
12:00A thick, rotting stench leaked from the basement.
12:02It filled the whole first floor.
12:04Father was cleaning his gun.
12:06A coal python with the family crest and laid on its ivory handle.
12:08Even the strong gun oil couldn't hide the smell of death.
12:11Father slammed the heavy gun on the table.
12:13He finally lost it.
12:14He thought I was doing this on purpose.
12:16Hiding dead rats.
12:17Using the floor as a toilet.
12:19Just to gross him out.
12:20Just to rebel.
12:21Carla, you're pushing your damn luck.
12:23Father stormed toward the basement.
12:25He grabbed a heavy wooden baseball bat.
12:27A bloody trophy from a rival gang.
12:30I'm gonna beat the living hell out of you.
12:33We don't raise filthy trash.
12:36I floated right in front of him.
12:38Godfather, don't go in.
12:40I look awful.
12:42I'm rotting.
12:43It's gonna scare you.
12:45He didn't want me anymore.
12:46But I still didn't want him to see my ruined body.
12:49He walked right through my ghost.
12:50He ripped the heavy tape off the door.
12:52Raya, loud and sharp.
12:54He shoved the key in the lock.
12:55Turned it.
12:56Bang.
12:56He kicked the heavy iron door open.
12:58A thick wall of dead.
12:59The face.
13:02Father stumbled backward.
13:04Jagging hard.
13:04He looked into the corner.
13:06Fuck!
13:07Carla!
13:09What the hell are you doing down here?
13:11I was in the exact same pose from three days ago.
13:13My back facing him.
13:14Not moving an inch.
13:16Are you deaf?
13:19Are you still playing dead?
13:21Blinding mad.
13:22He marched right up to me.
13:23He raised the wooden bat high in the air.
13:25But he didn't swing it.
13:27Get your ass up.
13:29He wanted to yank me up first.
13:30He wanted to look at my stubborn face.
13:32His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar.
13:34His fingers dug right into my bare neck.
13:35The next second, he froze.
13:37Time stopped.
13:38Through my thin pajamas.
13:40His fingers didn't feel warm skin.
13:42Or soft flesh.
13:43He felt a chunk of cold, hard meat.
13:46Hard as a rock.
13:47The cold sank right into his bones.
13:49Zero life left.
13:51But he was already pulling me hard.
13:52His momentum kept going.
13:54He yanked my body backward.
13:56Thud.
13:57My body hit the floor.
13:58Flat and stiff as a concrete statue.
14:00My face was finally out in the open.
14:04Father looked past my body.
14:06He looked at the wall behind me.
14:08There were words on the wall.
14:09Written in my own blood.
14:11Dad.
14:12My belly really hurts.
14:13The ring is broken.
14:15I didn't lie.
14:16Don't lock me in here.
14:18Save me.
14:20Father let out a massive scream.
14:25He stumbled backward.
14:26Staring at my dead body.
14:28No way.
14:29This is a trick.
14:30It's makeup.
14:32It's a prank.
14:33He reached out with shaking hands.
14:35He tried to grab my stiff arm.
14:37But the second he touched my freezing skin.
14:39Carla get up.
14:40I'm not mad anymore.
14:42Stop scaring me.
14:43He pulled his hand back like he touched fire.
14:46It felt too real.
14:47It was the cold of death.
14:49Luca.
14:51Luca.
14:52Father's roar shook the whole house.
14:54Luca ran in.
14:55He saw my body on the floor.
14:56Don.
14:57Is that.
14:57His face went completely pale.
14:59His knees went weak.
15:01Call a doctor.
15:02Call an ambulance.
15:04Get everyone in here.
15:05Father rushed forward like a madman.
15:07He tried to scoop me up into his arms.
15:09Father dropped to his knees.
15:12Luca snapped out of it.
15:13He ran out to make the call.
15:15But he didn't call 911.
15:17He called the funeral director.
15:18The guy who makes bodies disappear.
15:20Because the Corleone family could never have a scandal.
15:25Half an hour later.
15:26The mob lawyer arrived.
15:28The funeral director.
15:30The private doctor.
15:31Nobody called the cops.
15:32That's mob rule.
15:34Father sat on the living room couch.
15:36A glass of whiskey sat untouched.
15:38He just stared straight ahead.
15:40Staring at the crystal ashtray.
15:41Inside was my black ring.
15:43And a small piece of my dead skin.
15:46We need a cover story.
15:47How did she die?
15:49Father said nothing.
15:51We can say it was a sudden illness.
15:53No one will ask questions.
15:55Father didn't blink.
15:57His voice was like sandpaper.
15:59Or a tragic accident.
16:01She fell down the stairs.
16:02Shut up.
16:04Give me a minute.
16:06Marianne walked down the stairs.
16:07She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
16:09Godfather, it's so loud down here.
16:11What's wrong?
16:12Then she saw the men in suits.
16:14She saw father's dead face.
16:16She saw my ring in the ashtray.
16:20Why is Carla's ring here?
16:22Where is she?
16:23Father looked up.
16:24He stared right at Marianne.
16:26He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger.
16:28Suddenly, he stood up.
16:30He marched over and grabbed her hand.
16:32Godfather, you're hurting me.
16:34He didn't let go.
16:35He stared at her ring.
16:37Take it off.
16:38What?
16:39Take it off!
16:40Marianne shook with fear.
16:41She pulled the ring off.
16:43Father held it up to the window light.
16:45Silver band.
16:46Green stone.
16:47Exactly like mine.
16:49Except for the color.
16:50Luca.
16:51Get the tools.
16:52Luca handed him a small screwdriver.
16:54Father jammed it into the silver band.
16:56He pried the ring open.
17:00The metal shell popped off.
17:01There was no high-tech sensor inside.
17:03No magic heat detector.
17:05Just a cheap green LED bulb.
17:07And several button batteries.
17:09The circuit board was fixed.
17:11As long as it was powered on, it only lighted up green.
17:15What is this?
17:17Dodd.
17:18That's...
17:19I said, what is this?
17:21It's a cheap toy, sir.
17:23It's not a real lie detector.
17:25Father froze completely.
17:26He slowly turned his head.
17:28He looked at the black ring in the ashtray.
17:30The ring that tortured me.
17:31And killed me.
17:33And that one?
17:34Is that one real?
17:36Luca stayed silent.
17:38He walked over and picked up my black ring.
17:40He took the screwdriver.
17:42Tried it open.
17:43Inside was the exact same LED bulb.
17:46The exact same button batteries.
17:47But the tiny bulb was dead.
17:49Broken from the factory.
17:52Dom.
17:53It was never going to light up.
17:54This one is a toy too.
17:57It was broken from the start.
17:59Father's whole world shattered.
18:00He finally understood.
18:0210 years.
18:03Every time I cried out in pain, the ring turned black.
18:05Not because I lied.
18:07But because it was always black.
18:08Every time I trembled in fear, the ring turned black.
18:11And Marianne's ring?
18:12It was always green.
18:16So?
18:17She never lied to me?
18:19Every time she said it hurt, it really hurt?
18:21Every time she begged me, she meant it?
18:23I killed her.
18:25I killed my only honest child with my own hands.
18:28It was you!
18:30You lied to me for years!
18:32Your ring is fake!
18:34You killed your sister!
18:36Godfather, I didn't know!
18:37You're the one who said it was magic!
18:39You said I was the good girl!
18:41I just, I just never said anything!
18:46Marianne screamed in terror, hiding behind Luca.
18:48Godfather, I didn't know!
18:51You're the one who said it was magic!
18:53You said I was the good girl!
18:57I just, I just never said anything!
18:59She just never said anything!
19:01Right!
19:02She didn't have to!
19:03As long as the green light was on, she was perfect!
19:06And as long as mine was black, I was wrong!
19:09Father collapsed onto the floor!
19:10He stared at the two pride open rings!
19:12The silver bands!
19:14The family crests!
19:15And the onyxes!
19:17So solemn!
19:18So sacred!
19:19He put them on us himself!
19:21He called it honor!
19:22He called it a trial!
19:23But it were just LED bulbs and button batteries!
19:26A cheap toy controlled his mind for 10 years!
19:30Father started laughing wildly!
19:32Then, the laughter just stopped!
19:34He knelt on the floor!
19:35He went completely quiet!
19:37Fake!
19:38It was all fake!
19:39I killed my honest kid!
19:41And I spoiled a liar!
19:43He slowly stood up!
19:45He walked to the window!
19:47Luca!
19:48Arrange Carla's funeral!
19:50In the manner of an heir!
19:53But Dawn!
19:53You said before, I was wrong!
19:56I was wrong about everything!
19:58Father wasn't going crazy!
19:59What's really crazy is waking up!
20:01Knowing you killed your own flesh and blood!
20:03And still having to live with it!
20:06The mob doesn't let crazy men stay in charge!
20:09That night, the family elders called an emergency meeting!
20:12Father was called in for a discussion!
20:14It was at a drafty warehouse in Brooklyn!
20:16A long wooden table sat in the middle!
20:18Lit by candles!
20:20Five old men sat around it!
20:21My uncles!
20:22The Corleone family elders!
20:24Each one ran a piece of the family's business!
20:27When Godfather walked in, nobody stood up!
20:29Vito, sit!
20:31Father sat down!
20:32We heard the news!
20:33About Carla!
20:35Father hung his head!
20:37We know it wasn't on purpose!
20:39But the fact is, you killed your own daughter!
20:41You spilled Corleone blood!
20:44Let me finish!
20:45My uncle cut him off!
20:46This family kills people!
20:47But we never kill our own!
20:49Especially not our own kids!
20:52That is the absolute line!
20:53And you crossed it!
20:55I didn't mean to kill her!
20:57You made her kneel in a freezing basement for three days!
21:01A ruptured Amdix!
21:03She suffered until her heart stopped!
21:05If that's not murder, what is?
21:10We took a vote!
21:12As of tonight, you are no longer the leader of the Corleone family!
21:15The docks, the casinos, the unions, everything goes to your brother Michael!
21:20You get to keep the suburban house, and an allowance of 200 grand a year!
21:24You hand over the rest!
21:26What about Marianne?
21:27Marianne lives with Michael now!
21:29She is still a Corleone!
21:32But she will not be raised by you!
21:35Father opened his mouth to argue!
21:36But he didn't say a single word!
21:38He stood up!
21:39He turned and walked away!
21:41The moment he stepped out of the warehouse, he stood alone in the storm!
21:45Carla, are you cold?
21:47Nobody answered!
21:48He was stripped of all his power!
21:50Kicked out of the empire he built with his own two hands!
21:52Abandoned by everyone!
21:56Father was sent away to an old house in the suburbs!
21:58It was the family's very first house!
22:00A hundred years old!
22:02Broken down, freezing cold, and full of drafts!
22:05Nobody came to visit him!
22:07His old crew, his allies, his friends!
22:09They all vanished!
22:11Only Luca risked coming by!
22:13He dropped off food and supplies!
22:14Don, how are you holding up?
22:16Father sat in the dark living room, wearing my broken black ring on his own finger!
22:20Luca, did it hurt when she died?
22:24I asked if it hurt!
22:25Don, a ruptured appendix hurt!
22:28It hurts!
22:29It hurts a lot!
22:31Father looked down at the ring on his hand!
22:34It's still black!
22:35Don, it's broken!
22:37It's always gonna be black!
22:39It's real!
22:40It's telling me she lied!
22:41She's a liar!
22:42She's a bad kid!
22:44Don, you need to see a doctor!
22:46I don't need a doctor!
22:47I need Carla!
22:49Luca left!
22:52Father sat alone in the old house!
22:54Day after day, he started cooking!
22:56Every day, he made two fried eggs!
22:59Two plates of pasta!
23:00Two glasses of wine!
23:02One for his side of the table!
23:03One for mine!
23:05Carla, time to eat!
23:07No raw oysters today!
23:09Just the eggs you like!
23:11Then he sat down and ate his food!
23:13Halfway through, he looked across the table!
23:15He stared at the empty chair!
23:20Why aren't you eating?
23:21Do you hate it?
23:22He stared at the ring!
23:23The ring was black!
23:25Are you lying again?
23:26It tastes fine!
23:27Why won't you eat?
23:29A Corioni does not lie!
23:31Then he broke down!
23:32He dropped to his knees!
23:34I'm sorry!
23:36I'm so sorry!
23:37Dad was wrong!
23:38Just take one bite!
23:39Please!
23:40Just one bite!
23:41He slammed his head against the ground!
23:44Over and over!
23:45His forehead split open!
23:47Blood dripped down his face!
23:50The pain!
23:51Is this how much it hurt Carla?
23:53He started punishing himself!
23:55Exactly how he used to punish him!
23:57He forced himself to eat spoiled, rotting food!
24:00He ate until he threw up!
24:02Then he kept eating!
24:03He locked himself in the basement!
24:05He kept all the lights off!
24:06In the dark, he faced the wall!
24:09He fell to his knees!
24:10He found a rusty nail!
24:12He sliced his own fingers open!
24:14He used his blood to write on the wall!
24:16I'm sorry!
24:17Dad was wrong!
24:18Black means pain!
24:19Black means love!
24:20Please come back!
24:22Just tell me it hurts one more time!
24:24I swear I'll save you!
24:25Over and over again!
24:27When the blood dried, he cut himself again!
24:29New words over old words!
24:31Bright red blood over dry black blood!
24:33Deep in the night!
24:34He looked up!
24:35The black ring caught the faint light!
24:37It shined on the bloody words!
24:39Like my bleeding eyes were staring right back at him!
24:42He kept writing!
24:43He filled the entire wall!
24:45Then he went back to the corner!
24:46And started writing it all over again!
24:50Father ended up in an asylum!
24:52Luca found him passed out in the basement!
24:54His head was busted open!
24:56Blood everywhere!
24:57A 104 degree fever!
24:59Dawn!
25:00Dawn!
25:02Father woke up!
25:03He looked at Luca and smiled!
25:05Carla came to get me!
25:06Luca put him in a private asylum!
25:08Built by the family, for our own kind!
25:11Father was their craziest patient!
25:12He found a black plastic ring somewhere!
25:15He wore it on his finger all the time!
25:17If anyone tried to take it out, he bit them like a rabbit dog!
25:21Don't touch my ring!
25:24Carla is watching!
25:25She'll be mad!
25:26He developed a terrifying reflex!
25:27Vito!
25:28Did you eat?
25:30Father would touch his plastic ring!
25:33Black!
25:34It's black!
25:35Don't punish me!
25:36I'll eat!
25:37I'll eat!
25:40Even the scalding Italian risotto, he forced down spoonful by spoonful!
25:44It had been simmered with strong liquor!
25:46So hot it burned his throat raw, so spicy it set his stomach on fire!
25:50He dared not stop!
25:51He dared not spit it out!
25:53Because before I died, I had a 104 degree fever!
25:56Kneeling on freezing stones!
25:58He was forcing himself to live my hell!
26:00Over and over again!
26:02Years passed!
26:03Marianne grew up!
26:04Raised by Uncle Michael, she learned a real mob way!
26:06Lying!
26:08Cheating!
26:09Using people!
26:10But she wasn't the heir!
26:11Michael had his own kids!
26:13She was pushed aside!
26:15Treated like a pawn!
26:16She hit rock bottom!
26:17Drugs!
26:18Gambling!
26:19Massive debt!
26:20When she ran out of cash, she remembered her crazy dad!
26:23She came to the hospital!
26:25Not out of love!
26:26For money!
26:29Hey old man!
26:32Uncle Michael died, you get a cut!
26:34Give me your power of attorney!
26:36I'll sign for you!
26:39She was 20, but she looked 40!
26:42She looked at his pathetic state and spit on the floor!
26:45You're disgusting!
26:47Just like your dead daughter!
26:49She ruined everything for us, even after she died!
26:53But he heard that!
26:54He slowly looked up!
26:56His cloudy eyes suddenly went clear!
26:58Just for a second!
26:59He remembered the toy ring!
27:01The fake green light that fooled him for 10 years!
27:03It was you!
27:05You lied to me!
27:06The fake green light!
27:08You killed Carla!
27:11She was just stupid!
27:13Couldn't act!
27:14Couldn't pretend!
27:16Give me my Carla back!
27:18Back?!
27:18She's been dead for 10 years!
27:20She's rotted into nothing!
27:23Father's last bit of sanity snapped!
27:25He lunged at her!
27:26His giant hands locked right around her throat!
27:28Die!
27:29You die!
27:31It should've been you!
27:33She fought hard!
27:35Help!
27:39Nurses rushed in!
27:41They jammed a sedative needle into his arm!
27:43They barely pulled him off her!
27:45Terrified, Marianne ran for her life!
27:48Crazy!
27:49You're all crazy!
27:51Right into the street!
27:53A speeding delivery truck couldn't stop in time!
27:56It sent her flying through the air!
27:58She didn't die!
27:59But her legs were completely crushed!
28:01She would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair!
28:04Totally useless!
28:05Back inside, father was strapped to a bed!
28:08Crying at the ceiling!
28:09He finally saw me in his dreams!
28:11I was still 12 years old!
28:13Wearing a pretty white dress!
28:15Dad!
28:17He opened his arms, crying tears of joy!
28:19But then he looked down!
28:21His hands were covered in blood!
28:23The second he touched me!
28:24I turned right into ash!
28:27The black plastic ring was still there!
28:29Locked tight on his finger!
28:33I stood in the empty air!
28:34I watched it all happen!
28:36I watched my godfather suffer in the asylum!
28:39I watched Marianne begging on the streets with crushed legs!
28:41I watched Uncle Michael lose everything and die young!
28:44But I didn't feel any joy!
28:46I didn't feel like I got my revenge!
28:48I just felt quiet!
28:49Quiet as dead water!
28:51An old dog stood next to me!
28:53He was my puppy from when I was little!
28:55Father always said dogs were dirty!
28:57He said they ruined the expensive rugs!
28:58So he had my dog thrown out!
29:00He was hit by a car on the street!
29:02But he waited for me here!
29:04For 10 whole years!
29:05The dog rubbed against my leg!
29:07He barked twice!
29:08Like he was saying, let's go!
29:10Stop looking!
29:11He was right!
29:13It was time!
29:14This life was too painful!
29:15There was nothing left to stay for!
29:17I floated into father's hospital room!
29:19For one last goodbye!
29:21He lay on the bed!
29:22He looked like a skeleton!
29:24His hair was pure white!
29:26He was strapped down so he wouldn't hurt himself!
29:28That black plastic ring was still on his finger!
29:31He seemed to feel something!
29:33His cloudy eyes stared right into the empty air!
29:36Carla?
29:37Is that you?
29:40His shaking hand reached out!
29:42Grabbing at nothing!
29:45I smashed the ring!
29:47I don't believe it anymore!
29:49Please come back, baby!
29:51I'll cook for you!
29:53No oysters!
29:54I'll buy you dresses!
29:56None for Marianne!
29:58I'll make you the heir!
30:00You'll be the dog!
30:01I looked at the bloody marks on his ring finger!
30:03And I let out a soft sigh!
30:05I reached out!
30:06I touched his forehead with my freezing ghost finger!
30:08It was my very last act of mercy!
30:10I just let him sleep!
30:12Because when you sleep, it stops hurting!
30:14He went totally quiet!
30:15His heavy eyelids shut tight!
30:17He fell into a deep sleep!
30:19A soft breeze blew through the room!
30:21There was a stack of papers on his nightstand!
30:23Luca had sneaked them in!
30:25They were rubbings from the basement wall!
30:27The words I carved over the years!
30:29Layer upon layer!
30:30Red, black, and brown!
30:32The top page had father's own words!
30:34The doctor said he wrote it during his last clear moment!
30:37Next life!
30:38Let me wear the ring!
30:39Let me be the liar!
30:41Let me kneel in the basement!
30:42Let me feel the pain!
30:44Let me die!
30:45You can punish me!
30:46Just please don't leave me!
30:48I will do anything!
30:49I stared at those words!
30:50I felt nothing at all!
30:52It was too late!
30:54Dad!
30:55I don't hate you anymore but I don't love you either!
31:00Let's not meet again in the next life!
31:02I turned around, with my old dog!
31:04A bright door appeared in the distance!
31:06A way out of this nightmare!
31:08I raised my ghost hand!
31:10The phantom ring was still there!
31:11The nightmare that ruined my entire life!
31:14I squeezed my hand tight!
31:15Crack!
31:16The ring shattered into tiny pieces of light!
31:18It faded right into the air!
31:20I felt so light!
31:22No more black light!
31:23No more punishment!
31:25No more lies!
31:26Just pure freedom!
31:27I walked into the light!
31:29I never looked back!
31:30Morning sun filled the hospital room!
31:35Vito?
31:35Time for your meds!
31:37The man on the bed didn't move!
31:39The nurse walked closer!
31:40His hand was gripping the bloody paper rubbing tight!
31:43The one he traced with his own blood!
31:44A single, clear tear rested on his cheek!
31:47Beside him, the heart monitor!
31:49The wavy line of light!
31:50Turned into a single, endless straight line!
31:52A single, endless列 !
31:53The woman who had a response to this so much,
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