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00:00My boyfriend fucked my best friend right in front of me
00:03because they thought I couldn't see.
00:05But the jokes on them, I got my side back today.
00:09I ran through the hospital, desperate to tell them.
00:13Noah, my boyfriend.
00:15And Olivia, my best friend.
00:18Then I hit the lobby and stopped cold.
00:21A group of nurses were huddled over a phone.
00:24Then I saw the post.
00:25My best friend lost her parents and went blind overnight.
00:28I gave up my dream job in Paris to help her boyfriend take care of her.
00:33Then I fell for him.
00:34We've been hooking up in secret for three years.
00:37I know I have to go.
00:39If 100,000 people vote yes, I'll leave after New Year's.
00:43For good.
00:44I froze.
00:45I stared at the poster's profile picture.
00:48It was Olivia.
00:50I took that exact photo of her.
00:52Right before I went blind,
00:54the votes telling her to stay were ahead by 10,000.
00:58I couldn't breathe.
01:00The room spun.
01:02For a second, I wished I was still blind.
01:05I had waited three years for this miracle.
01:07But instead of joy, all I felt was cold.
01:10She loved that photo.
01:12Kissed my face.
01:13Baby, I'm keeping this till I'm 80.
01:16Now she is using it to tear my life apart.
01:19A tear hit the nurse's phone screen.
01:22They looked up at me.
01:24Messy, right?
01:25One nurse said,
01:27Stay or leave?
01:28Stay.
01:29Easy.
01:30No guy wants to spend his whole life with a blind girl.
01:34That's just sad.
01:36My hands shook at my sides.
01:38She was right.
01:39I was the blind girl.
01:41The dead weight.
01:42So, he traded up.
01:44I swallowed hard, forcing a hollow smile.
01:47You're right.
01:48No guy should be trapped.
01:50Good for them.
01:51I hope they stay together.
01:54Let them have their happy ending.
01:56Because I'm going to ruin it.
01:58I walked out the sliding doors.
02:01The winter wind hit my face.
02:03There they were.
02:04Noah and Olivia.
02:07Noah and Olivia.
02:08Rushing to pick me up.
02:10But they stopped by his truck.
02:12Noah's shoulders look broader now.
02:15Stronger.
02:16He wrapped his coat around Olivia.
02:18They looked perfect together.
02:20Olivia tried to pull away to come get me.
02:24Noah grabbed her waist.
02:26He pulled her hard against him.
02:28He kissed her.
02:29Deep and desperate.
02:31Olivia kissed back.
02:32Then pushed him off.
02:34Glaring at him.
02:36Stop it.
02:36Someone might see us.
02:37If I was still blind, I'd never know.
02:41They've been doing this right in front of my dead eyes.
02:44For three years.
02:46I swallowed the bile in my throat.
02:48And put on my sweetest voice.
02:51Noah?
02:52Olivia?
02:53Is that you guys?
02:55Olivia latched onto my arm.
02:57We were so worried about you.
02:59Crazy day at the lab.
03:01Noah chimed in.
03:02Smooth as ice.
03:03Sorry you had to do the eye check out alone, Elena.
03:06What did the doctor say?
03:07He was talking to me.
03:09But he was staring at her.
03:11I crushed a clean medical report in my pocket.
03:15Same as before.
03:16I lied.
03:17No change.
03:18A flash of pure relief hit Noah's eyes.
03:21He smiled.
03:22Stroking my hair.
03:24Don't worry.
03:25You have us.
03:26However long it takes, we're not leaving.
03:28Ten minutes ago, his hands were all over Olivia.
03:33Olivia?
03:33He was playing the devoted boyfriend.
03:36Olivia immediately wiped my cheek.
03:39Elena, why are you crying?
03:42Elena, why are you crying?
03:45I forced a laugh.
03:46The wind.
03:48She instantly stripped off her coat and wrapped it around me.
03:53Take this.
03:54It's freezing.
03:55Let's go get groceries.
03:56Noah didn't miss a beat.
03:58He took off his own jacket and draped it over Olivia's shoulders.
04:02She slid her arms in.
04:04Naturally.
04:05Like they did it every day.
04:07Three days until New Year's Eve.
04:09We were at the supermarket, stocking up for our 18th holiday dinner together.
04:16Olivia clowned to me, playing the perfect best friend.
04:21Noah, grab more wings.
04:22I'm making Elena's favorite.
04:24Noah smiled at her like she was the only girl in the world.
04:28Already did.
04:29I know what my girlfriend likes.
04:32I glanced at the cart.
04:34He had filled it with premium steaks, craft beers, and imported snacks.
04:40All the things Olivia loved.
04:42My favorite food was just an alibi.
04:45A violent metal screech ripped through the aisle above us.
04:49A stack of heavy boxes tipped off the top shelf.
04:54He lunged past me, grabbed Olivia, and yanked her out of the way.
04:59Olivia, watch out!
05:00The boxes slammed into me.
05:02My head cracked against the metal shelf.
05:05Pain exploded in my skull.
05:08Are you hurt?
05:10Did it hit you?
05:11She clutched his shirt, breathless.
05:15I'm okay.
05:17Thank God you've put me away.
05:19They completely forgot I existed.
05:23Until a horrified store cleric ran over.
05:26Oh my God!
05:28Miss, you're bleeding everywhere!
05:29Call an ambulance!
05:32Noah and Olivia finally spun around.
05:35Their faces went pale.
05:37They rushed over, suddenly remembering their lines.
05:40Elena, why didn't you move?
05:42We're taking you to the ER.
05:44Right now.
05:45I gripped the shelf and shook my head.
05:48No hospital.
05:49I couldn't let the doctor check my eyes.
05:52One look, and Noah and Olivia wouldn't know I could see.
05:56I wasn't ready for that.
05:58I wasn't ready for that.
05:58Not yet.
05:59Just a clinic.
06:01Please.
06:02They panicked, but they took me.
06:06I got stitched up.
06:07We went home.
06:09This time, I will reclaim everything that belongs to me.
06:14The moment I walked in, my chest tightened.
06:18This was supposed to be my home with Noah.
06:21Now, it was Olivia's.
06:24Their photos were on the walls.
06:26Her flowers were on the balcony.
06:28My plants were dead.
06:30I felt like a stranger in their home.
06:33Noah sat me on the couch.
06:36Elena, I'm so sorry about the boxes.
06:39I should have protected you.
06:41It's fine, Noah.
06:44I lied.
06:46He kissed my hand.
06:48Relieved.
06:49Just sit tight.
06:50I'll make dinner.
06:53He and Olivia went into the kitchen.
06:55I could hear them giggling.
06:58Flirting over the stove.
07:00I pulled out my phone and checked her Reddit post.
07:03100,000 votes for her to stay.
07:0590,000 to leave.
07:07It was time to pull back the curtain.
07:10Subject.
07:11Your girlfriend's poll.
07:14Message.
07:15A touching performance.
07:17Sent.
07:18Deleted.
07:19Gone.
07:20I looked at my phone screen.
07:22And my heart felt as cold as an ice cream.
07:25A moment later, the giggling from the kitchen stopped.
07:28The silence was heavy.
07:30Angry whispers drifted from the bedroom.
07:34I creeped down the hall.
07:35Through the cracked door, I saw them.
07:39Noah shoved his phone in her face.
07:41The post was on the screen.
07:43His voice was shaking.
07:45What the hell is this, Olivia?
07:49What the hell is this, Olivia?
07:51You were planning to leave?
07:53Olivia dropped to the floor, sobbing.
07:57Elena's gonna see again someday.
07:58How could I ever look her in the eye?
08:01I'm just your side piece.
08:04I can't do this anymore.
08:07Noah dropped to his knees.
08:08He pulled her into his chest.
08:10He kissed away her tears.
08:12Don't leave me.
08:13We love each other.
08:15The doctor said Elena is years away from seeing.
08:17She'll never know.
08:19Look at the votes.
08:22100,000 people want us together.
08:24Are you just gonna ignore that?
08:26I stood in the dark hall.
08:28If I was still blind, this would be my life forever.
08:31Trapped with a cheating boyfriend and a fake best friend.
08:35Let fate decide.
08:38If the votes for me to leave hit 100,000 after New Year's, I'm gone.
08:43You belong to Elena.
08:46Noah held her tighter, his voice shaking.
08:49Okay.
08:50I just want you to be happy.
08:54Even if it means losing you.
08:56Salt tears slipped into my mouth.
08:59I covered my lips and turned away.
09:02On New Year's Eve, I was still pretending to be blind.
09:06For years, the three of us had celebrated together.
09:09Even after I lost my sight, they never stopped making New Year feel special.
09:14The first year, I locked myself in my room.
09:18And wished I were dead.
09:20Olivia begged outside the door.
09:23Noah climbed through the window just to hold me.
09:26Back then, I believed they loved me.
09:30This year, we still sat around the same hot pot.
09:33Noah on my left.
09:35Olivia on my right.
09:37One put food on my plate.
09:38The other peeled shrimp for me.
09:41Behind my back, their fingers were tightly clasped together.
09:46After dinner, we went out to the balcony for the fireworks.
09:49Noah wrapped me in a heavy blanket.
09:52He pulled me close, interlacing his fingers with mine.
09:55Olivia held up her phone and snapped a photo of us.
09:58What's that for?
10:00She forced a sad smile.
10:03Memories.
10:05For when I'm gone.
10:06Noah's grip on my hand instantly tightened.
10:09Hard.
10:10He almost broke my fingers.
10:12He wasn't looking at me.
10:14He was staring dead at Olivia.
10:16I swallowed a gasp of pain.
10:18I let my head low slightly to the side.
10:21Slowing my breathing.
10:23Playing the blind, sleepy fool one last time.
10:27Elena?
10:28Noah whispered.
10:29I didn't move.
10:30He dropped my hand.
10:32He walked over to Olivia.
10:33I opened my eyes.
10:36I opened my eyes.
10:38Just a fraction.
10:39He was kissing her.
10:41Hard and desperate.
10:43Right in front of me.
10:45Don't leave.
10:46He begged.
10:48Olivia cried against his chest.
10:51Do you remember our first kiss?
10:53Of course.
10:54The day of Elena's parents' funeral.
10:56In the coat room.
10:58My parents' funeral.
10:59I was blind.
11:01Entirely alone.
11:02Crying until I threw up.
11:04And they were making out in the next room.
11:08I beat my tongue until I tasted blood.
11:11Olivia checked her phone and gave Noah a strange smile.
11:14It's 12.03.
11:16The votes hit 100,000 for me to leave.
11:18I have to go.
11:20She took a step back.
11:22I stood up.
11:23The blanket dropped to the cold floor.
11:25You don't have to go, Olivia.
11:28You want him, don't you?
11:30They turned at the same time.
11:32Both frozen.
11:33I looked straight at them.
11:35Then take him.
11:37My voice made them both jump.
11:39They turned in horror.
11:41Elena.
11:42When did you wake up?
11:44I never fell asleep.
11:45I was awake the whole time.
11:48Noah grabbed my shoulders.
11:50You didn't hear anything, did you?
11:52Olivia forced a laugh.
11:54The fireworks were loud.
11:56You probably misunderstood.
11:58I pulled my hands free and stepped back.
12:00Dropped the act.
12:02I heard everything.
12:04And I saw everything.
12:07The blood streamed from their faces.
12:10They stopped breathing.
12:12I watched you hold hands under the table.
12:14I watched you shield her at the supermarket while I bled.
12:19You thought you were so safe.
12:23Cheating right in front of the useless blind girl.
12:27Olivia covered her mouth, her hands shaking.
12:30Your eyes?
12:32She gasped.
12:34You can see?
12:37Since the hospital.
12:39Noah finally snapped out of his shop.
12:42And immediately stepped in front of Olivia.
12:45Elena, wait.
12:46He choked out.
12:46It was all me.
12:48I made the move.
12:50Take it out on me.
12:52Just leave her out of it.
12:54Even now, called red-handed.
12:57His very first instinct was to protect his side piece.
13:02Save the hero act, Noah.
13:04Noah, we're done.
13:07I turned to Olivia.
13:09And you don't need to run away.
13:11You threw away our friendship for a cheating loser?
13:15Keep him.
13:16I turned to walk inside.
13:19Olivia dropped to her knees.
13:21No, Elena, please.
13:26I swear, I'm leaving today.
13:29I'll cut him off.
13:30Just give him another chance.
13:32I looked at Noah, standing there in silence.
13:36Then at Olivia, crying at my feet.
13:40If you leave, Olivia, do you really think everything will go back to normal?
13:44No.
13:45He won't forget you.
13:47He'll lie to me.
13:48He'll find a way to go after you.
13:52And one day, he'll betray me all over again.
13:55I pulled my hands out of her grip.
13:58I don't want that ending.
14:01I'll disappear.
14:02I'll change my number.
14:03He'll never find me.
14:05Olivia was still crying at my feet.
14:07We were best friends before anything else.
14:11Elena, please.
14:13Please.
14:14I looked straight at Noah.
14:16Could you?
14:17Could you stay with me and never go after her?
14:20Never lie awake thinking about her?
14:24Never ask yourself if you chose the wrong woman?
14:28Noah clenched his jaw.
14:30He opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
14:33He couldn't do it.
14:34He couldn't even lie to my face anymore.
14:36I let out a hush, hollow laugh.
14:40My chest was tearing open, but I kept my voice steady.
14:44Even if you could, Noah, I still wouldn't stay.
14:47The second I saw you two together, whatever I felt for you died.
14:52I finally looked down at Olivia.
14:54I peeled her fingers off my wrists, one by one.
14:58You were my sister, Olivia.
15:00But you ruined it.
15:01So keep the memories and keep the guy.
15:05We are done.
15:08Olivia clapped to the floor, sobbing uncontrollably.
15:13I didn't look back.
15:15I grabbed one bag from the bedroom and walked out.
15:18I left everything else behind.
15:20Neither of them tried to stop me.
15:23I got into a cab.
15:25Through the rear view mirror, I could see Noah standing on the balcony in the freezing room, watching me leave.
15:32On New Year's Day, I went back to my parents' graves.
15:35I hadn't been there in three years.
15:38The weeds were overgrown.
15:40I cleared them out.
15:42Then I sat there and talked, until my throat closed up.
15:46No boyfriend.
15:48No best friend.
15:50No parents.
15:52I leaned against my mother's tinstone.
15:54Mom.
15:57I still don't understand.
15:59Why did the people who loved me most hurt me the deepest?
16:07Three years ago, the crash took everything from me.
16:11My dad died at the scene.
16:13In the backseat, my mom threw herself over me to shield me.
16:17We were both rushed into surgery.
16:20She was gone too.
16:22I survived, blind, and completely alone.
16:26Back then, all I did was cry.
16:29But Noah never left my side.
16:32He cried his finance job.
16:34He went to work at a medical lab, just to get me on their trial lists.
16:39You still have me.
16:40He promised.
16:42Olivia was overseas when she heard.
16:44She cried over the phone, quit her job, and flew straight back to me.
16:50I told her not to throw her future away from me.
16:54She wouldn't listen.
16:56Nothing matters more than you right now, Elena.
17:00I'll stay with you until you're okay.
17:02For a long time, I really believed I was lucky.
17:06Lucky to have a boyfriend like Noah.
17:09Lucky to have a best friend like Olivia.
17:13If they hadn't stayed with me back then, I might not have survived any of it.
17:19That's what makes us hurt so much.
17:22I'm still grateful for everything they gave up for me.
17:26But I can pretend their betrayal never happened.
17:29Every time I think about it, it turns my stomach.
17:33So I left.
17:34I nailed in front of the tombstones.
17:37The cold wind biting my face.
17:39Did I do the right thing, mom?
17:41I didn't regret leaving.
17:43But the guilt was suffocating.
17:45I owed them my life.
17:47But thinking about them made me sick.
17:50Every good memory was ruined.
17:52I just wanted to disappear.
17:56A gust of wind hit my face.
17:59Then I heard footsteps behind me.
18:01I froze.
18:03Elena.
18:09Elena.
18:11I knew you'd come here.
18:13I didn't even turn around.
18:15I pushed myself up from the cold dirt.
18:17My numb legs gave out.
18:19I stumbled.
18:21Are you okay?
18:22Did you skip breakfast?
18:24Is it your blood sugar?
18:28Don't touch me, Noah.
18:30I shoved his hand off me.
18:32Your concern makes me sick.
18:35I told you.
18:36We're over.
18:38I don't want to see you.
18:40And I don't want you anywhere near my parents' graves.
18:44Don't ever come here again.
18:46Noah slowly dropped his hands.
18:48He looked destroyed.
18:52Olivia is gone.
18:54Her flight left three hours ago.
18:57He held out an envelope.
18:58She wanted you to have this.
19:01I tore it open.
19:03Inside was an odd photo.
19:06Just me and Olivia.
19:08Smiling in high school.
19:10Noah had taken the picture.
19:12I didn't blink.
19:14I ripped the photo in half.
19:16Then into quarters.
19:17I opened my hand.
19:19And let the pieces fall right at his feet.
19:22Noah dropped to his knees in the dirt.
19:24He slammed his forehead against the cold tombstone.
19:28I stared at him.
19:30My voice was flat and hollow.
19:32I planned our whole life in the dark, Noah.
19:35Marriage.
19:36Kids.
19:37Growing old.
19:39I imagined too much.
19:44Because when I finally opened my eyes,
19:46the first thing I saw was her post.
19:49And the life you two had built behind my back.
19:53He stopped and looked at me.
19:55His eyes lit.
19:56Elena.
19:57I'm sorry.
19:59I'm not someone you can trust with your life.
20:02Is it too late?
20:04Have I disappointed you that much?
20:10You can still go after Olivia.
20:12If you really want to.
20:14You'll find her.
20:17That's not why I came back.
20:20Elena, we still have a chance, don't we?
20:22Everything you said.
20:23Our future.
20:25Our life.
20:25We can still have it.
20:28Just give me one chance, please.
20:32Maybe he really did regret it,
20:33but I had already chosen to move on.
20:36Noah.
20:36I said softly.
20:38There's no going back.
20:39I can't love you anymore.
20:41So give me back my peace.
20:44Okay.
20:45A tear slipped on his face.
20:47I understand.
20:51After that,
20:52we never saw each other again.
20:54And on the road ahead,
20:55I kept moving forward.
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