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