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00:02I gave my eyes to the man I loved so he could see again.
00:06And how did he repay me?
00:07He locked me away in an abandoned house and left me there to rot.
00:11To him, I was nothing but a stand-in carrying another man's child.
00:15Two pink lines bloomed on the pregnancy test in my hand.
00:18I was going to be a mother.
00:20Babe, your hands are sweating.
00:23What's it?
00:24I parted my lips, ready to tell him.
00:28Lily, move!
00:29He shoved me out of the way.
00:31I hit the rough concrete hard, my knees scraping raw against the ground.
00:35Then came the sickening crash of metal.
00:37Blood streamed through the cracks in the gray asphalt until it pooled at my feet.
00:42I ran to him, gripping his ice-cold hand.
00:46He was blind, and he had no idea I was carrying his child.
00:51The brain bleed is severe.
00:53Even if he wakes up, he will be blind.
00:55The Carters have no use for a blind air.
00:57Pull the plug.
00:58Let him die.
00:59Use your private medical team.
01:01Take my corneas and give him back his sight.
01:03Then you'll still have the air you want.
01:04Just please, don't let him die.
01:08Fine.
01:10Sign this agreement.
01:11And from this moment on, you will be nothing to him.
01:15I grabbed the pen and signed.
01:17In exchange for his life, I signed myself into five years of hell.
01:23Cold metal clamps forced my eyelids open.
01:25They took my corn ears while I was still conscious.
01:28I had to watch the scalpel come down, wide awake.
01:31The pain was so unbearable that my whole body bucked against the restraints.
01:36Hold her still.
01:37Get the tube in her mouth.
01:38I won't have her biting through her tongue.
01:40The doctor jammed a rough plastic tube into my mouth.
01:42I felt something tear into my throat.
01:44Hot blood flooded my nose as my world went completely black.
01:47When it was over, my world was pitch black, and my voice was nothing but a bloody weave.
01:51Three days later, bodyguards dumped me onto the dusty floor of my old house.
01:55Wendy Carter just paid $30 million for you.
01:57You're marrying the Carter heir, the one who just got his sight back.
02:00I dropped to my knees, clutching my stomach, shaking my head frantically.
02:03I tried to beg her to spare my baby, but only a pathetic hiss scraped out of my throat.
02:07Change her clothes.
02:08Get her in the car.
02:10They forced me into a cheap wedding dress and shoved me into a black car.
02:15Then they dragged me into a large room.
02:18The carpet beneath my feet felt thick and soft.
02:22Miss Wendy did this on purpose.
02:24She bought a blind, mute, and pregnant woman for Lucas.
02:29He'd never touch her.
02:31He's been offering a fortune to find a woman named Lily.
02:37Lily.
02:38The moment I heard my name, my breath caught in my throat.
02:41Then the heavy scent of whiskey and cedar cologne wrapped around me.
02:44He was tearing the city apart to find me.
02:47Yet here I was, the blind, mute bride trembling at his feet.
02:50And he had no idea.
02:52I crawled toward the sound.
02:54I reached out and grabbed at his shoes.
02:57I looked up and pointed to my eyes.
03:02Get off me!
03:04Don't touch me with your filthy hands!
03:07He shoved me away like I was garbage, his heavy foot kicking me hard in the shoulder.
03:12I crashed onto the floor and instantly curled around my swollen belly, shielding it with
03:17both arms.
03:28I shook my head over and over, tears spilling down my face.
03:33My hand trembled as I tried to trace my name with one finger.
03:37He turned away.
03:39His heel came down on my fingers, grinding hard enough to send agony through my bones.
03:44Take one more step toward me and I'll have you thrown to the dogs.
03:49The door slammed shut with a deafening crash.
03:52I lay motionless on the floor, biting my lower lip so hard it broke open.
03:57The sharp taste of blood filled my mouth.
04:02The light had finally returned to his world, but he was using the very eyes I gave him to look
04:10at me with absolute disgust.
04:15The silver half-heart pendant was the only thing that could prove who I was.
04:20He had fastened it around my neck five years ago, back when he still loved me.
04:26I was in the courtyard, feeling my way forward in the sun.
04:30My collar had slipped open.
04:31Then I heard the sharp click of high heels on stone coming straight towards me.
04:36Where did you get that?
04:37Who are you?
04:39Wait!
04:40Lily?
04:41Is that you?
04:42I clutched the pen at my throat with both hands.
04:44You didn't die?
04:47You're the blind woman they brought here?
04:49Wendy shoved me hard in the shoulder.
04:51I fell backward, the back of my head slamming hard against the stone floor.
04:57She grabbed the pendant and violently ripped it from my neck.
05:00The silver pendant hit the ground with a sharp clatter.
05:04Her red heel stomped right onto it.
05:07I heard the sickening crunch of breaking glass and metal.
05:11I dropped to the ground and groped across the rough stone, searching for the pieces.
05:16Sharp shards of glass sliced deep into my fingertips, but I didn't stop.
05:21Blood ran down my shaking hands as I tried to piece my only hope back together.
05:25Then a sudden pain tore through my belly.
05:31My water broke.
05:33Warm fluid ran down my thighs and soaked through the white skirt of my dress.
05:38I curled into a ball in agony, my fingernails scraping helpfully against the stone.
05:44I could hear the maids walking past in the nearby hallway.
05:48Not one of them stopped.
05:50I just lay there in a pool of blood, listening to their footsteps fade away into the cold.
05:58The agony lasted five long hours.
06:01In total darkness, I gave birth to my daughter on a hospital bed.
06:05A faint cry filled the room, answering the screams I could never voice.
06:09Then the door swung open.
06:12Lucas walked in and stopped at my bedside.
06:14She's tougher than I thought.
06:16Lucas, can't you see it?
06:18She's trying to use that bastard child to trap you.
06:21With a trembling finger, I pointed at the incubator, silently begging him to look into her eyes.
06:26Please, Lucas, just one glance.
06:29Look into her eyes and you'll know she is your daughter.
06:32They are never to set foot in the main house again.
06:35From this day on, they will receive nothing from the Carter family.
06:38I slowly lowered my trembling hand.
06:41Tears streamed down my face, soaking the pillow beneath me.
06:45One sentence.
06:46No hesitation.
06:47He had just sentenced his own newborn to death.
06:49They dumped my fragile baby into my arms and rolled us straight out of the hospital.
06:53It was snowing heavily outside.
06:55The wind cut across my face like a knife.
06:57It was bitterly cold, but my heart was colder.
07:00Five years.
07:01I endured five long years in that freezing, run-down house, raising Stella on my own.
07:07There was no heat in the dead of winter, and no relief from the scorching summer.
07:13Since I was blind, I had to feel my way through even the smallest tasks, just to pour Stella a
07:19cup of water.
07:22Once, a rusty kettle tipped, splashing boiling water straight onto my wrist.
07:28I felt the skin instantly blister and peel.
07:32But hearing Stella's little footsteps approaching, I bit deep into my lower lip, swallowing my silent scream along with the
07:40blood.
07:42Just a blind freak, and a little bastard.
07:46You two can rot right here in the dirt.
07:50Wendy's heels crushed the tiny vegetable sprouts I had fought so hard to grow, shielding Stedella in my arms.
07:58Stella was five now.
08:00She had inherited Lucas' exact blue eyes and slightly wavy hair.
08:04Mommy, I wiped the table clean, and I got the water ready.
08:08I gently stroked her hair.
08:10With trembling fingers, I reached into my pocket and pulled out the shattered pendant, carefully wrapped in an old handkerchief.
08:18Daddy has one just like this.
08:20He's gonna come take us home soon.
08:22I said nothing.
08:23How could I tell her?
08:25The man who left us here to freeze and starve was the very father she waited for every single day.
08:31The bodyguards hadn't closed it properly, leaving a narrow gap.
08:35Stella slipped out while the guards were changing shifts.
08:38She wandered into the red rose garden.
08:40The sunlight was harsh and blinding.
08:43Then Stella spotted a tall man in a white shirt, standing with his back to her.
08:48Mister?
08:48Lucas turned around and looked down.
08:50The moment he saw the little girl in ragged clothes, his breath caught in his throat.
08:55A straight nose and slightly wavy hair.
08:59She looked exactly like him when he was a child.
09:02What's your name?
09:03My name is Stella.
09:05My mommy's name is Lily.
09:06Lucas froze.
09:07His fingers began to tremble uncontrollably and reached towards Stella.
09:11Suddenly, he plucked a few strands of hair from her head, clenching them tightly in his palm.
09:16He didn't say another word.
09:20The real blood and hair samples were destroyed before they ever reached the lab.
09:26Wendy had paid off the head doctor with a massive bribe.
09:30Lucas waited for three grueling hours.
09:34Then the door opened.
09:35Zero percent match.
09:37Wendy tossed a white sheet of paper onto the black wooden desk.
09:42Lucas snatched up the report at once.
09:44That mute is playing you.
09:47She had the kid's face altered to look exactly like yours.
09:51She just wants the Carter Warchin.
09:54Lucas clenched his fists with brutal force.
09:58He crushed the white report into a ball.
10:01Tore it to shreds.
10:03Tore it to shreds.
10:04And hurled the scraps to the floor.
10:07Tell the guards, no food, no heat, no power for that house.
10:13Not even a single drop of water.
10:16He pulled open the blinds.
10:17The blinding sunlight struck his face.
10:20With a voice divide of any warmth, he completely sealed our death sentence.
10:25At that moment, he felt not a shred of pity for the little girl who had his eyes.
10:30The temperature dropped to ten below zero.
10:32There was no food in the old house.
10:34No medicine.
10:35Even the water pipes had frozen and burst.
10:38Stella was running a high fever.
10:39Her skin was burning hot, and her breathing grew short and ragged.
10:43Holding her in my arms, I dragged myself to the locked door and collapsed.
10:47My forehead hit the freezing concrete and split open.
10:50Blood flowed into my eyes.
10:52I desperately begged the guards outside for a single sip of warm water.
10:56No one answered.
10:59Mommy, I'm not hungry.
11:03I'll go find Daddy.
11:05If I show him the pendant, he'll save us.
11:09She took the old handkerchief wrapping the shards from my arms.
11:13She pushed open the door of the shed.
11:16Outside, a freezing rainstorm was pouring down.
11:21Drounced in freezing mud, Stella rushed into the main mansion.
11:26She tightly hugged the leg of Lucas' suit pants just as he came downstairs.
11:31The black fabric was instantly stained with yellow mud.
11:36Mister, please save Mommy.
11:39She has a really bad fever.
11:41Lucas looked at her with disgust and coldly pulled his leg away.
11:46Stella lost her strength and fell hard onto the floor.
11:49The handkerchief clenched in her fist came loose.
11:51They landed right at Lucas' feet.
11:54The silver metal and glass shards hit the white marble floor with a sharp clink.
11:59Lucas froze.
12:00He reached into his shirt and pulled out the half pendant around his own neck.
12:06He dropped to one knee and in the same motion snatched the right half of the heart pendant from the
12:10floor.
12:11With the right half still clenched in his fist, he leaned toward Stella, who lay trembling on the floor.
12:16Her face turned weakly toward him and he pressed the right half against the broken edge of his own left
12:20half.
12:22Your mommy?
12:23What's her name?
12:25My mommy's name is Lily.
12:29Mommy can't see and she can't speak.
12:33But she had the exact same pendant.
12:37Find out everything!
12:39Get me her medical files from five years ago right now!
12:44And drag Wendy in here!
12:47Ten minutes later, a white, top-secret file was placed on the black desk.
12:52Surgical report, living donor cornoneal extraction and irreversible vocal cord trauma.
12:58In the signature box at the bottom right corner was one name, Lily.
13:03Lily, the blind woman in the mud, the shameless mute.
13:07She was the Lily he had been desperately searching for these past five years.
13:12Every curve lined up.
13:14He finally knew the truth.
13:17With his own hands, he had shoved the love of his life and his own flesh and blood into a
13:25living hell for five long years.
13:27I heard frantic footsteps splashing through the rain.
13:31The shabby wooden door of the shell was smashed open.
13:36I sat on the broken wooden chair.
13:38Severe starvation.
13:40My fingers were so stiff I couldn't even bend them.
13:43And the freezing cold had completely nummied my body.
13:46He collapsed right in front of me, his knees slamming hard into the muddy water.
13:51Lily.
13:51He gripped her hands desperately.
13:54His hot tears fell onto the icy back of her hands.
13:58I was wrong.
14:00Lily, I was wrong.
14:02It's me, Lucas.
14:06Wendy lied to me.
14:10The DNA report was fake.
14:14At the sound of that name, every muscle in my body instantly went redded.
14:20I wrenched my hands away from his.
14:23Holding onto the chair, I slowly stood up.
14:26Only a dry, broken rash came from my throat.
14:30I didn't cry.
14:32I simply raised my right hand and pointed towards the door.
14:36Towards the pouring rain.
14:38Every tear I had cried in the dead of night.
14:41Every searing burn.
14:43Every ounce of spare I felt when he called me shameless.
14:46All of it was in that single gesture.
14:49Lily, please.
14:51Be angry at me.
14:53Hate me if you want.
14:55Just don't shut me out.
14:56He clung to my legs desperately, locking both arms around my calves and burying his face against my knees as
15:03he sobbed.
15:03Tears spilled from my eyes.
15:05I forced the corners of my mouth into a stiff, unnatural smile.
15:08I bent down and shoved him away hard.
15:11I pointed at the bandages over my eyes, then at the ugly surgical scar across my throat.
15:16I signed it so wildly that my nails tore the skin on the backs of my hands, drawing thin streaks
15:22of blood.
15:22The lily you knew five years ago is dead.
15:25You killed her with your own hands.
15:28Stella clutched my shirt in fear.
15:30I picked up my daughter and stepped back.
15:33I slammed the wooden door shut.
15:35The metal bolt slid into place with a harsh clank.
15:38I left him outside in the freezing rain.
15:41He pounded on the door like a madman, but I ignored him.
15:46Daddy, where is daddy?
15:49Delirious with fever, Stella gripped my hand and asked for her daddy.
15:53I stroked her hair and said nothing.
15:55Wendy came to kill me.
15:56Lily, I'll kill you!
15:58Her knife in her hand, driving it straight at my chest.
16:00Lucas lunged in from the side and threw himself in front of me without a second's hesitation.
16:05He shot out his right hand.
16:07Blood streamed through his fingers.
16:10Heavy drops hitting the muddy ground one after another.
16:13The blade sank deep into his flesh.
16:15Wendy, you've gone too far.
16:18He lashed out and sent Wendy flying with one brutal kick.
16:21She slammed hard against the wall and dropped into the mud.
16:24Call the police.
16:26Take her away.
16:28The police snapped cold metal handcuffs around Wendy's wrists and shoved her into the squad car.
16:36The sirens gradually faded into the distance.
16:39In the yard, the only sound left was blood dripping into the muddy water.
16:44Lucas stood there, his right hand still bleeding.
16:46His eyes fixed on me.
16:48I never looked back at him.
16:49He didn't go to the hospital to have his wound bandaged.
16:51He stayed in the old house and lived like a servant.
16:54He sat directly on the mud-soaked threshold of the side court, making a fire and simmering porridge.
16:59Sparks landed on the back of his hand, raising angry red blusters.
17:03He was always one step ahead, pouring a cup of warm water and pressing it into my hands.
17:08It was always the right temperature.
17:10Daddy, we'll wash your dress for you.
17:12Go play there for a little while.
17:15He never touched me.
17:16He only kept his head lowered and spoke to Stella.
17:19Late at night, he looked at the frostbite scars on Stella's wrist.
17:23Then he raised his left hand and slapped himself hard across the face.
17:27The sharp crack of it echoed through the night.
17:29Mommy, Daddy is crying.
17:32Should we forgive him?
17:34I sat in the darkness without saying a word.
17:36Even when flesh heals, it leaves a scar.
17:39Some things never fully fade.
17:41Every night, he kept watch outside the door.
17:44I could hear his muffled coughs and the sharp hiss of pain as he tended to his wounds.
17:49He thought that by doing this, he could somehow wipe away five years of our agony with a few days
17:55of his own suffering.
17:56Lucas stood close in front of me.
17:58I couldn't see him, but I could smell the sharp scent of medicinal ointment.
18:01He looked at me with a strange expression.
18:04Lily, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness.
18:06I'm not asking for it.
18:07I've signed everything over to you and Stella.
18:10Everything.
18:10And the specialists for your vision and your voice, they'll be here tomorrow morning.
18:14He pressed a thick set of documents into my hands.
18:18My fingers traced the rough edges of the pages.
18:21A thin, broken breath escaped my throat.
18:24Money won't erase those five years.
18:27It won't erase the hunger.
18:29The cold.
18:29The filthy squald they made me drink.
18:32It won't erase the times I knelt on that freezing floor, begging until I broke.
18:37None of it!
18:38He lowered his head.
18:40His hands clenched so tightly at his sides.
18:42I gave him no response.
18:44He gave me everything he had.
18:46He was trying to wash away his sins by losing everything.
18:49But I threw the documents to the ground, turned around, refusing to give him another
18:53zim second of my time.
18:55For Stella's sake, so she could live a normal life, I lay down on that stark white operating
19:00table.
19:03Two months later.
19:05A sterile white hospital room.
19:07The doctor slipped the gauze, unwinding the bandage from my eyes, layer by layer.
19:15Harsh white light flooded my vision.
19:18The blur slowly sharpened into focus.
19:21The first thing I saw was Stella.
19:25Then I saw Lucas.
19:27He stood in the far corner of the room, trembling all over.
19:31His hands were clenched into tight fists.
19:33The knife scar on his right hand and the burns on the back of it were impossible to miss.
19:39The hair at his Thames had gone completely white.
19:42In just five years, he looked like he'd aged a decade.
19:46Lucas.
19:47I opened my mouth and forced out a dry, hoary sound.
19:51The surgery on my throat had just barely allowed my vocal cords to vibrate again.
19:58His head snapped up.
19:59Tears spilled from his eyes instantly.
20:01His legs seemed nailed to the floor.
20:03He did not dare move a single step closer to me.
20:06He was terrified of looking into my eyes, and seeing his own cruelty reflected back at him.
20:13We returned to the crossroads where the crash happened five years ago.
20:16At dusk, on a New York street.
20:19Five years ago, he had pushed me toward the curb here.
20:23Five years later, we stood on the same square of rough, gray pavement.
20:29He stood behind me, exactly three paces away.
20:35The wind ruffled his stark white hair.
20:38Everything I own has been transferred to you and Stella.
20:41The keys to the main house are on the table.
20:44As long as the two of you are safe, I'll disappear.
20:51You will never have to see me again.
20:53He took a step back.
20:54His leather shoes scraped against the gray pavement.
20:58He turned around, no hesitation.
21:01His silhouette dissolved into the flow of people crossing the street as he walked away into the crowd.
21:07He didn't look back, not even once.
21:11He left the choice entirely in my hands, and carrying sins he could never wash away,
21:16he walked towards a lifetime of solitude.
21:21Mom, is Dad leaving?
21:24Stella gripped my right hand tightly.
21:26Heavy tears splashed onto the concrete.
21:29I looked up.
21:30Lucas' figure was unmistakable in the crowd.
21:33He was walking slowly.
21:35His shoulders slightly hunched.
21:38Vivid images flashed through my mind.
21:40His knees sinking into the muddy water of the courtyard.
21:43The blood dripping into the dirt as he caught the blade with his bare hands.
21:47The raw blisters on his skin from building that fire.
21:50His hair, completely drained of color.
21:52He was ruthlessly cruel.
21:54And hopelessly foolish.
21:56But, during that crash, he really did trade his life for mine.
22:04And when the knife fell, he really did put his bare hand in its path.
22:08I took a deep breath.
22:10Cold air filled my lungs.
22:13I gently let go of Stella's hand.
22:18I stepped forward.
22:20This wasn't forgiveness.
22:22I just didn't want Stella to spend the rest of her life feeling she was missing a father.
22:27Stop.
22:28Ten paces away, Lucas' back immediately went ridgic.
22:31He spun around.
22:32His eyes were wide.
22:34His lips trembling uncontrollably.
22:36Lucas, I hate you.
22:38The fragile Ligel light in his eyes died completely.
22:41His posture crumbled, like a man who had just lost his soul.
22:45But Stella needs a father.
22:46So this is your sentence.
22:48You can spend the rest of your life doing our dishes.
22:51Hot tears welled up and spilled from his bloodshot eyes.
22:55He ran toward us.
22:56His footsteps came fast and sharp against the gray pavement.
23:00He threw his arms around us, pulling Stella and me fiercely into his embrace.
23:04I'll wash them every single day, I swear.
23:08My life is yours now, both of you.
23:10His muscles were completely tunt.
23:12He held us so tight my ribs ached, but I didn't pull away.
23:15I could smell the cold wind and the bitter salt of his tears.
23:19He fell to his knees, wrapping his arms around my waist.
23:23He buried his face against me and sobbed uncontrollably,
23:26his tears soaking straight through my clothes.
23:29One year later, the ruins of the old courtyard were gone.
23:39In the evening, Luca stood at the stove, a gray cotton apron tied around his waist.
23:44He diced tomatoes with his left hand, stirring a heavy iron pot with his right.
23:49Under the warm kitchen light, the long, jagged scar across his right hand was impossible to miss.
23:55Stella sat perched on his shoulders.
23:59Her hands were tangled in his snow-white hair, her clear laughter ringing through the house.
24:05Later that night, the bedroom lay in darkness.
24:07The ceiling light switched off.
24:09Lucas wrapped his arms around me from behind.
24:11I could feel his breath against my ear.
24:13He lowered his head, pressing his lips against the raised surgical scar on the side of my neck.
24:18He languished there for ten seconds.
24:22Lily, thank you.
24:24I gazed out at the moonlight spilling through the window.
24:28I didn't say a word.
24:30I simply lifted my right hand, reaching back to gently clasp his left.
24:35The scars will always be there.
24:37No matter how many years wash over us, the echoes of that pain will never fade.
24:42But our long walk through the abyss has finally reached its end.
24:47And life goes on.
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