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The General’S Wrath Dramareel
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00:03I was born a liar.
00:04At least, that's what Godfather always told me.
00:06It was my life sentence.
00:08The day I was born, he put a ring on my finger.
00:11Silver, black onyx, the Corleone Eagle Crest.
00:14A symbol of a Corleone daughter, an honor, and a trial.
00:18It can see your soul if you lie.
00:21If you betray the family, if you harbor malice, the stone will turn black.
00:26That means your soul is rotting, Carla.
00:27My eyes as a Godfather are cold to the bone.
00:30I can't protect you forever, Carla.
00:32The ring will watch you.
00:34My sister Marion also has one, but it's green.
00:36It's always green, never changes.
00:38Even if she stole Grandma's pearls and framed the maid.
00:41A maid who has served us for 20 years.
00:43The next morning that maid was fed to the fishes.
00:46But Marion's ring?
00:47Still glowing green.
00:49Father just stroked her hair.
00:50My little angel, a true Corleone.
00:52But me?
00:53Just saying goodnight outside Godfather's study made my ring turn pitch black.
00:57Then came the punishment.
00:59Godfather was a man of strict rules.
01:01He'd order me down to the basement.
01:03That confession room.
01:04Kneel in front of Grandfather's portrait.
01:06Kneel all night, on cold stone or salt grains.
01:09In the bitter cold, all night long.
01:11People of the Corseone family never lie.
01:13Pain will make you remember, Carla.
01:15After years of bleeding and suffering on that floor, I believed him.
01:18Then New Year's Eve came.
01:19The annual family dinner.
01:21Politicians, judges, heads of the five families, all important people came.
01:24It's a grand display of power.
01:26And the night he formally designates his heir.
01:28Suddenly, a sharp pain hit, abdomen torn.
01:30I collapsed to the cold sweat soaking my dress.
01:32Father.
01:33I choked.
01:33The Godfather was arranging his custom cuffed right at his feet.
01:37Father, it hurts so much.
01:39Help me.
01:40He didn't help me.
01:41Just stared at my hand.
01:42My ring was pitch black.
01:43He frowned.
01:44His face full of disgust.
01:46Do you know what day it is tonight?
01:47His voice was terrifyingly calm.
01:49More terrifying than anger.
01:50Tonight, I will announce Marion as the future heir of the Corione family.
01:54I froze.
01:55Heir?
01:55I always thought we were equal.
01:57He wiped his fingers with a silk hankage.
01:58Pretending to be sick to ruin your sister's night?
02:01No.
02:02I swear.
02:03I really hurt so much.
02:05The ring is black.
02:06It never lies.
02:07But I...
02:08Enough.
02:09That's it.
02:10His top enforcer, Luca Brazi, stepped up.
02:11A giant of a man who once wiped out an entire clan single-handed.
02:13A burly man.
02:14Lock her in the basement.
02:15Maybe she can learn loyalty.
02:16Father, please.
02:17I'm dying.
02:18Take me to the hospital.
02:19Please believe me just once.
02:20Luca dragged me away.
02:21I grabbed the floor.
02:22My nails cracked.
02:22Father never looked back.
02:23Stay there until the ring turns green or you'll bear the consequences.
02:25What's wrong with her?
02:26She asked sweetly.
02:27Nothing.
02:27Let's go.
02:28The guests are waiting for our princess.
02:29Before leaving, Marion looked back at me.
02:31I saw her eyes.
02:32The iron door slammed shut.
02:33Pitch black.
02:34Only a small vent.
02:35I fell on sharp gravel.
02:36Dizziness from severe pain.
02:37But Father was right.
02:38The ring is black.
02:39I must be lying.
02:40I don't hurt.
02:41I really don't hurt.
02:42I sobbed and brainwashed myself.
02:43Finally, the pain faded.
02:51My nerves just completely numb.
02:55With my last breath, I crawled to my corner.
02:58I was wrong.
02:59I won't lie anymore.
03:00But tonight, I wanted to write the truth.
03:03I bit my own finger until it bled.
03:07Father, I really loved you.
03:10It hurt so much.
03:11Why wouldn't you believe me?
03:12Just once.
03:13The second I finished the last bloody letter, the pain vanished.
03:17I felt so light.
03:18I floated upward.
03:18I looked down.
03:19My body was on the freezing stones, not moving.
03:21And the onyx ring on my finger was still splashing black.
03:23Pitch black.
03:24Oh, God, spy really died.
03:25And I guess I may never learn to be honest.
03:27I'm sorry, Dad.
03:27Now that I'm gone, I can finally just call you Dad.
03:29Father laughed.
03:30Marion took her bow.
03:31What a perfect night.
03:32I woke up to the sound of laughter.
03:34It was my father and my sister.
03:35The fireworks were spectacular.
03:38That old fox Tartagan turned green when he saw our power.
03:43I was floating near the ceiling, looking down as the heavy iron door swam away.
03:45I was sure how to address down here.
03:46I wanted to take his coat, hold his cigar, his instinct, burned right into my bones, always begging for his
03:50approval.
03:51Godfather.
03:55I don't hurt anymore.
03:59I'll be good.
04:00But my hands went through him.
04:02Father shivered suddenly.
04:04Please don't be angry.
04:07Why is it so cold in the basement?
04:10It's on, Godfather.
04:11It must be the window left open.
04:13I'm already dead.
04:16Ghosts can't hold living people.
04:18We should check on Carla.
04:19He was the only one who even remembered I was down here.
04:21If he finds out I'm dead, will he cry?
04:24Will he regret it?
04:31Let her kneel.
04:33This bad habit of faking illness for attention must be broken.
04:38A Corleone daughter must not be so weak.
04:41Don't expect me to soften, even if you kneel and beg.
04:45Father, I'm not faking it!
04:48You're 12 years old, Carla, not a two-year-old child.
04:51I'm dead!
04:52Look at me!
04:56Touch me.
04:57My body is cold.
04:58But he couldn't hear a word.
04:59He only believed what he wanted to see.
05:01Marianne peeked out from behind his shoulders, flashing her glowing green ring.
05:06Daddy, look at her.
05:08She's such a lazy pig.
05:11Her ring is still black.
05:14My good daughter, you were perfect tonight.
05:19The boy from the Tarkario family couldn't take his eyes off you.
05:24Godfather, should I like him?
05:26It doesn't matter.
05:27What matters is what his family can bring us.
05:30You're the heir now, Marianne.
05:32Your marriage is a weapon.
05:35Godfather, should we help her up?
05:38It's too cold in the basement.
05:40Leave her alone!
05:41Spoiled children need to be disciplined with old-fashioned rules.
05:45Let the cold freeze her rebellion.
05:48Look at that ring, pitch black.
05:52She hasn't learned a single lesson.
05:55Let's go.
05:56We have Sunday Mass tomorrow.
05:59Then we'll go to the dock to deal with the Tartario family.
06:03Father, if you take one more step, if you touch my hand, but you didn't, you'd rather believe a ridiculous
06:10piece of jewelry than your own daughter.
06:16I used to be so afraid of mice in the basement.
06:19I would scream until I lost my voice.
06:22Don't be afraid.
06:23It doesn't hurt anymore.
06:25Everything is going to end.
06:27Morning, game.
06:27The smell of bacon and eggs drifted under my door.
06:29Father told the chef to turn the fans on high.
06:30He wanted to starve me out.
06:32Make me crawl upstairs and beg.
06:33Before, I would have lied and confessed just for a bite.
06:35But now, dead girls don't get hungry.
06:36Is Kara still not coming out?
06:38No, sir.
06:39Spoiled little Brett.
06:41Let her starve if she wants to.
06:43Marianne drank her milk.
06:44She rolled her eyes.
06:45She ran right up to the basement door.
06:46She took a loud fake sniff.
06:50Dad!
06:51It smells terrible down here!
06:53Did Kara poop on the floor?
06:55It's disgusting!
06:56I floated by the door.
06:58The floor heater was on high.
06:59My dead body was rotten fast.
07:00Father stormed over, disgusted.
07:02Are you an animal?
07:03There's a bucket right there.
07:05Is your leg broken?
07:06Campus date!
07:07You're leg broken!
07:09You've disgraced the entire family!
07:12I remembered being little.
07:13I had acute gastrogeneralitis.
07:14I messed my pants before I could reach the bathroom.
07:17Father didn't help me.
07:17He made me stand outside in the dirt.
07:19He pointed at me in front of the yard workers.
07:21Look at her.
07:22Filthy as a stray dog.
07:23How did a Corione produce this?
07:25Now, he thought I was dirty again.
07:27Leave her alone.
07:28Let her stay in her filth.
07:30Let the stench suffocate her.
07:35Godfather, the smell is getting stronger.
07:37Let me check.
07:37It might be a dead rat.
07:38There were rats at the dock last week.
07:40He reached for the iron handle.
07:41My ghost heart jumped.
07:42Luca, open it!
07:43Look at me!
07:44I'm right behind the door!
07:44I floated right in front of him.
07:46I waved my hands wildly.
07:47Luca grabbed the handle.
07:51The house phone cut through the air.
07:52The butler picked it up.
07:53His face went pale.
07:54Hello?
07:55Godfather, something happened at the dock.
07:57The Tatara family crossed the line.
08:00They stole three crates of goods.
08:02Tommy was shot!
08:05Luca!
08:06Gather the men!
08:08Now!
08:09Bacara.
08:10She won't die.
08:12Let her rot in there.
08:13I'll deal with her later.
08:17Front door slammed shut.
08:19I floated there.
08:21So close.
08:22One second later,
08:24and he would have found me.
08:26That afternoon,
08:28Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal.
08:31My dead body was left all alone.
08:35They came back late that night.
08:37Father had blood on his suit.
08:39Not his blood.
08:41Marianne's face was red with excitement.
08:46Godfather!
08:47You looked so cool with the gun!
08:50Shh!
08:51As soon as they walked in,
08:52the smell hit them.
08:52It was much worse now.
08:54Shh!
08:55Shit!
08:56Kara!
08:57Do you want to turn my house into a morgue?
09:00He wouldn't even open the door to yell at me,
09:01like looking inside would make him dirty.
09:03Instead, he grabbed a roll of heavy duct tape.
09:05He crouched down.
09:06He taped every single crack around the iron door,
09:09sealing it completely shut.
09:11If you want to live in filth,
09:13rot in it.
09:14Don't stink up my house.
09:16I'll send someone to deal with you tomorrow.
09:19Let's see how long you can hold on.
09:21Father pressed down the last piece of tape.
09:24Finally,
09:25peace and quiet.
09:26He walked upstairs to deal with his new loot.
09:27A whole street taken from the Tatavlias.
09:28I stared at the taped door.
09:30My last bit of hope died.
09:31I finally understood.
09:31To my father,
09:32my life meant less than a shipment of contraband.
09:33He would rather steal me in the basement
09:34than open the door to see if I was dead.
09:35You win, Godfather.
09:38I'll never bother you again.
09:41Day three.
09:42Morning.
09:43Winter sun hit the Corleone mansion,
09:44but the house still felt dark.
09:45The heat's cranked way up.
09:46It's 79 degrees in here.
09:48The duct tape couldn't hold the smell back anymore.
09:49A thick, rotting stench leaked from the basement.
09:51It filled the whole first floor.
09:52Father was cleaning his gun,
09:53a cold python with the family crest
09:54inlaid on its ivory handle.
09:55Even the strong gun oil
09:55couldn't hide the smell of death.
09:57Father slammed the heavy gun on the table.
09:58He finally lost it.
09:59He thought I was doing this on purpose,
10:00hiding dead rats,
10:00using the floor as a toilet,
10:01just to grow his mouth,
10:02just to rebel.
10:03Kara, you're really pushing your luck!
10:06Father stormed toward the basement.
10:08He grabbed a heavy wooden baseball bat,
10:09a bloody trophy from a rival gang.
10:12I'm gonna beat you hard!
10:15Our family doesn't keep such dirty trash!
10:19Godfather, don't go in!
10:22I look terrible!
10:24I'm rotting!
10:26I'll scare you!
10:27He didn't want me anymore,
10:28but I still didn't want him to see my ruined body.
10:31He walked right through my ghost.
10:33He ripped the heavy tape off the door.
10:39A thick wall of dead smell hit him in the face.
10:41It was like opening the gates of hell.
10:49Dammit, Kara!
10:50What the hell did you do down there?
10:53Are you deaf?
10:54Still playing dead?
10:56Blinding mad, he marched right up to me.
11:01He raised the wooden bat high in the air.
11:05But he didn't swing it.
11:06He wanted to yank me up first.
11:09He wanted to look at my stubborn face.
11:13Get your ass up.
11:19His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar.
11:24His fingers dug right into my bare neck.
11:27The next second, he froze.
11:28Time stopped.
11:29Through my thin pajamas,
11:31his fingers didn't feel warm skin,
11:32or soft flesh.
11:33He felt a chunk of cold, hard meat.
11:36Hard as a rock.
11:37The cold sank right into his bones.
11:39Right into his bones.
11:45Zero life left.
11:49But he was already pulling me hard.
11:50His momentum kept going.
11:51He yanked my body backward.
11:53Thud.
11:53My body hit the floor.
11:55Flat and stiff as a concrete statue.
11:59My face was finally out in the open.
12:06It wasn't his timid little girl anymore.
12:08My face was purple and black.
12:10My eyes bulged out.
12:11Cloudy, like a dead fish.
12:12My face was twisted from the final brutal pain.
12:14Dried white foam and dark blood cruisted my lips.
12:16Bugs crawled out of my nose.
12:17Father looked past my body.
12:19He looked at the wall behind me.
12:21There were words on the wall.
12:23Written in my own blood.
12:25Messy and hard to read.
12:27Don't lock me in here.
12:28Save me.
12:31Father let out a massive scream.
12:33But it didn't sound human.
12:35It was sharp and raw.
12:37Like his throat was ripping open.
12:39He stumbled backward.
12:40Hitting the wall hard.
12:43The baseball bat dropped to the floor.
12:47His eyes were wide.
12:49Staring at my dead body.
12:51No way.
12:52This is a trick.
12:55It's makeup.
12:56It's a prank.
12:57Carla get up.
12:58I'm not mad anymore.
12:59Stop scaring me.
13:00He reached out with shaking hands.
13:02He tried to grab my stiff arm.
13:03But the second he touched my freezing skin.
13:05He pulled his hand back like he touched fire.
13:07It felt too real.
13:09It was the cold of death.
13:11The cold of rot.
13:14Luca!
13:16Luca!
13:18Father's roar shook the whole house.
13:21Luca ran in.
13:22He saw my body on the floor.
13:24His face went completely pale.
13:26Luca had seen it all.
13:27He had killed many men.
13:29He had seen terrible deaths.
13:31But right now, his knees went weak.
13:34Don, is that-
13:35Call a doctor!
13:36Call an ambulance!
13:38Get everyone in here!
13:39Father rushed forward like a madman.
13:41He tried to scoop me up into his arms.
13:43But the second he pulled,
13:44My arm tore right off.
13:46I was rotting too badly.
13:48The joint just snapped.
13:50The joint just snapped.
13:54No, no, no, no.
13:56Father dropped to his knees.
13:58He held my detached, rotting arm in his hands.
14:00His massive body shook violently.
14:03Luca snapped out of it.
14:04He ran out to make the call.
14:07But he didn't call 911.
14:09He called the mob lawyer.
14:12He called the funeral director.
14:14The guy who makes bodies disappear.
14:17Because the Corleone family
14:20Could never have a scandal.
14:24Half an hour later,
14:26The mob lawyer arrived.
14:28The funeral director.
14:30The private doctor.
14:38Father sat on the living room couch.
14:40A glass of whiskey sat untouched.
14:42He just stared straight ahead,
14:44Staring at the crystal ashtray.
14:46Inside was my black ring.
14:48And a small piece of my dead skin.
14:53Don,
14:54We need a cover story.
14:56How did she die?
14:58We can say it was a sudden illness.
15:00No one will ask questions.
15:02Or a tragic accident.
15:05She fell down the stairs.
15:06Shut up!
15:07Give me a minute.
15:09Godfather,
15:10It's so loud down here.
15:12What's wrong?
15:13Then she saw the men in suits.
15:15She saw father's dead face.
15:16She saw my ring in the ashtray.
15:20Why is Carla's ring here?
15:22Where is she?
15:23Father looked up.
15:24He stared right at Marianne.
15:25He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger.
15:27Suddenly he stood up.
15:29He marched over and grabbed her hand.
15:31Godfather!
15:31What?
15:32You're hurting me!
15:33Take it off!
15:35Marianne shook with fear.
15:36She pulled the ring off.
15:37Father held it up to the window light.
15:38Luca,
15:39get the tools.
15:40Luca handed him a small screwdriver.
15:42Father jammed it into the silver band.
15:44He pried the ring open.
15:45The metal shell popped off.
15:46There was no high-tech sensor inside.
15:48No magic heat detector.
15:49Just a cheap green LED bulb.
15:51And several button batteries.
15:52The circuit board was fixed.
15:54As long as it was powered on,
15:56it only lighted up green.
15:57Forever.
15:58What is this?
16:00The lawyer leaned in.
16:01His face dropped.
16:02Don, that's...
16:03I said, what is this?
16:05It's a cheap toy, sir.
16:07It's not a real lie detector.
16:08Father froze completely.
16:09He slowly turned his head.
16:09He looked at the black ring in the ashtray.
16:10The ring that tortured me humbled me and killed me.
16:12Is that one real?
16:12Luca stayed silent.
16:13He walked over and picked up my black ring.
16:14He took the screwdriver,
16:15pried it open.
16:16Inside was the exact LED bulb.
16:18The exact same button batteries.
16:19It was never going to light up.
16:20Don, this one is a toy, too.
16:22It was broken from the start.
16:23Father's whole world shattered.
16:24He finally understood.
16:26Ten years.
16:26Every time I cried out in pain,
16:27the ring turned black.
16:28Not because I lied,
16:29but because it was always black.
16:30Every time I burned with fever,
16:31the ring turned black.
16:32Not because I harbored evil,
16:33but because it was always black.
16:34Every time I trembled in fear,
16:35the ring turned black.
16:36Not because I betrayed the family,
16:37but because it was always black.
16:38And Marianne's ring,
16:39it was always green.
16:40Even if she killed me with her own hands,
16:40the ring would still say she was a perfect angel.
16:42So, she never lied to me?
16:44Nobody said a word.
16:46Every time she said it hurt,
16:47it really hurt?
16:48Dead silence.
16:50It was you!
16:50You lied to me for years!
16:52Godfather, I didn't know!
16:54Your ring is fake!
16:55You killed your sister!
16:56You're the one who said it was magic!
16:58You said I was the good girl!
16:59I just, I just never said anything!
17:01She just never said anything.
17:02Great.
17:03She didn't have to.
17:04As long as the green light was on,
17:06she was perfect.
17:06And as long as mine was black,
17:08I was wrong.
17:09Father collapsed onto the floor.
17:10He stared at the two pride-open rings,
17:12the silver bands,
17:12the family crests,
17:13and the onyxes.
17:14So solemn, so sacred.
17:15He put them on as himself.
17:16He called it honor.
17:17He called it a trial.
17:18But it were just LED bulbs and button batteries.
17:20A cheap toy controlled his mind for ten years.
17:22Fake.
17:22It was all fake.
17:23I killed my honest kid and I spoiled a liar.
17:24Luca.
17:26Arrange Carla's funeral.
17:27In the manner of an heir.
17:28But Don, you said before I was wrong.
17:30Father wasn't going crazy.
17:31What's really crazy is waking up,
17:33knowing you killed your own flesh and blood,
17:35and still having to live with it.
17:37The mob doesn't let crazy men stay in charge.
17:39That night, the family elders called an emergency meeting.
17:41Father was called in for a discussion.
17:43It was at a drafty warehouse in Brooklyn.
17:44A long wooden table sat in the middle,
17:46lit by candles.
17:47Five old men sat around it.
17:49My uncles.
17:49The Corleone family elders.
17:50Each one ran a piece of the family's business.
17:54Vito, sit.
17:57We heard the news about Carla.
18:03We know it wasn't on purpose.
18:06But the fact is, you killed your own daughter.
18:09You spilled Correale blood.
18:14Let me finish.
18:18This family kills people.
18:20But we never kill our own.
18:22Especially not our own kids.
18:24That is the absolute line.
18:26And you crossed it.
18:27I didn't mean to kill her.
18:28You made her kneel in a freezing basement for three days.
18:32A ruptured appendix.
18:34She suffered until her heart stopped.
18:36If that's not murder, what is?
18:38Father had nothing to say.
18:42We took a vote.
18:44The old man sighed.
18:46As of tonight, you are no longer the leader of the Corleone family.
18:49The docks.
18:50The casinos.
18:51The unions.
18:52Everything goes to your brother, Michael.
18:55You get to keep the suburban house.
18:57And an allowance of 200 grand a year.
18:59You hand over the rest.
19:01What about Marianne?
19:04Marianne lives with Michael now.
19:07She is still a Corseone.
19:09But she will not be raised by you.
19:12Father opened his mouth to argue.
19:14But he didn't say a single word.
19:16He stood up.
19:17He turned and walked away.
19:20The moment he stepped out of the warehouse, it started to rain.
19:24A freezing, bitter winter rain.
19:29He stood alone in the storm.
19:31He looked up at the dark sky.
19:34Carla.
19:35Are you cold?
19:37Nobody answered.
19:40He was stripped of all his power.
19:43Kicked out of the empire he built with his own hands.
19:45Abandoned by everyone.
19:49Father was sent to an old house in the suburbs.
19:52It was the family's first house.
19:54A hundred years old.
19:55Broken down, freezing cold, and full of draughts.
19:57Nobody came to visit him.
19:59His old crew, allies, friends.
20:02All vanished.
20:03Only Luca came.
20:07He dropped off food and supplies.
20:11Don.
20:12How are you holding up?
20:14Father sat in the dark living room.
20:16Wearing my broken black ring on his own finger.
20:19Luca, did it hurt when she died?
20:21Luca stayed quiet.
20:23I asked if it hurt.
20:26Don, a ruptured appendix hurts.
20:30It hurts a lot.
20:32It's still black.
20:35Don, it's broken.
20:36It's always going to be black.
20:40No.
20:42It's real.
20:43It's telling me she li-
20:48She's I-
20:49Liar.
20:51She's a bad kid.
20:53Don, you need to see a doctor.
20:55I don't need a doctor.
20:59I need Carla.
21:04Luca left.
21:05Father sat alone in the old house.
21:10Father sat alone, day after day.
21:13He started cooking.
21:14Two fried eggs.
21:15Two pastas.
21:16Two wines.
21:17One for his side of the table, one for mine.
21:19Carla, time to eat.
21:21He talked to an empty chair.
21:23No raw oysters today.
21:25Just the eggs you like.
21:26Then he sat down and ate his food.
21:28Halfway through, he looked across the table.
21:33Why aren't you eating?
21:34Do you hate it?
21:35He stared at the empty chair.
21:37He stared at the ring.
21:39The ring was black.
21:41Are you lying again?
21:43It tastes fine.
21:44Why won't you eat?
21:46A Corleone does not lie.
21:50I'm sorry.
21:53I'm so sorry.
21:55Dad was wrong.
21:56Just take one bite.
21:59Please.
22:00He knelt on the floor.
22:00He slammed his head against the ground.
22:01Over and over, his forehead split open.
22:03Blood dripped down his face.
22:03But he didn't feel the pain.
22:05The pain.
22:07Is this how much it hurt, Carla?
22:12He started punishing himself, eating spoiled food, until he threw up, then kept eating.
22:19He locked himself in the basement, turned off all lights.
22:23Knelt facing the wall.
22:25He sliced his own fingers open.
22:26He used his blood to write on the wall.
22:27I'm sorry.
22:28Dad was wrong.
22:28Black means pain.
22:30Black means love.
22:31He wrote over and over.
22:32Cut himself again when blood dried.
22:33New words over old.
22:34Red over black.
22:35Please come back.
22:35Just tell me it hurts.
22:36I swear I'll save you.
22:37Deep in the night.
22:38He looked up.
22:39The black ring caught the faint light.
22:40It shined on the bloody words.
22:42Like my bleeding eyes were staring right back at him.
22:44He kept writing.
22:45He filled the entire wall.
22:46Then he went back to the corner.
22:47And started writing it all over again.
22:49Father ended up in an asylum.
22:51Luca found him passed out in the basement.
22:53His head was busted open.
22:55Blood everywhere.
22:56A 104 degree fever.
22:58Dawn.
22:59Dawn.
23:01Father woke up.
23:02He looked at Luca and smiled.
23:03Carla came to get me.
23:05Luca put him in a private asylum.
23:06Built by the family.
23:07For our own kind.
23:09Don't touch my ring!
23:11Father was their craziest patient.
23:13Carla is watching.
23:14She'll be mad!
23:16He found a black plastic ring somewhere.
23:17He wore it on his finger all the time.
23:18If anyone tried to take it off,
23:19he bit them like a rabid dog.
23:20A nurse would ask,
23:21Vito, did you eat?
23:22Father would touch his plastic ring.
23:23He would start shaking.
23:23Black.
23:25It's black.
23:26Don't punish me.
23:27I'll eat.
23:28I'll eat.
23:30Even the scalding Italian risotto,
23:32he forced down spoonful by spoonful.
23:34It had been simmered with strong liquor.
23:36So hot it burned his throat raw.
23:37So spicy,
23:38it set his stomach on fire.
23:40He dared not stop.
23:41He dared not spit it out.
23:43Because before I died,
23:44I had a 104 degree fever.
23:45Kneeling on freezing stones,
23:47my abdomen full of infected blood.
23:48He was forcing himself to live my hell.
23:49Over and over again.
23:51Years passed.
23:52Marianne grew up.
23:53Raised by Uncle Michael,
23:53she learned the real mob way.
23:54Lying, cheating, using people.
23:56But she wasn't the heir.
23:57Michael had his own kids.
23:58She was pushed aside.
23:58Treated like a pawn.
23:59She hit rock bottom.
24:00Drugs.
24:00Gambling.
24:01Massive debt.
24:03When she ran out of cash,
24:05she remembered her crazy dad.
24:07Hey, old man.
24:08Uncle Michael died.
24:10You get a cut.
24:11Give me your power of eternity.
24:13I'll sign for you.
24:14She wore heavy makeup.
24:15She looked bitter.
24:16She was 20, but she looked 40.
24:18She looked at his pathetic state and spit on the floor.
24:21You're disgusting.
24:23Just like your dead daughter.
24:26She ruined everything for us.
24:28Even after she died.
24:30Godfather had been staring into space.
24:32But he heard that.
24:33He slowly looked up.
24:35His cloudy eyes suddenly went clear.
24:37Just for a second.
24:38He remembered the toy ring.
24:39The fake green light that fooled him for 10 years.
24:42It was you.
24:43You lied to me.
24:47The fake green light.
24:50You killed Carla.
24:52She was just stupid.
24:54Couldn't act.
24:58Give me my Carla back.
25:02Back?
25:03She's been dead for 10 years.
25:05She's rotted into nothing.
25:07Die!
25:08You die!
25:10It should have been you!
25:13Help!
25:13Help!
25:14Father's last bit of sanity snapped.
25:15He lunged at her.
25:16His giant hands locked right around her throat.
25:17She fought hard.
25:18But she couldn't break a madman's grip.
25:20Curse's worst day.
25:20They jammed a sedative needle into his arm.
25:22They barely pulled him off her.
25:23Terrified.
25:23Marianne ran for her life.
25:24Crazy!
25:25You're all crazy!
25:27She ran blindly at the hospital doors.
25:29Right into the street.
25:29Crash.
25:30The speeding delivery truck couldn't stop until her.
25:32She sent her flying through the air.
25:33She didn't die.
25:34But her legs were completely crushed.
25:36She would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
25:38Totally useless.
25:39Back inside.
25:40Father was strapped to a bed.
25:41Crying at the ceiling.
25:42Finally saw me in his dreams.
25:43I was still 12 years old.
25:44Wearing a pretty white dress.
25:45No heavy ring on my finger.
25:47But then he looked down.
25:48His hands were covered in blood.
25:49The second he touched me.
25:50I caught on fire like a piece of paper.
25:51I turned right into ash.
25:53Father woke up screaming.
25:54The black plastic ring was still there.
25:55Locked tight on his finger.
25:56I stood in the empty air.
25:57I watched it all happen.
25:58I watched my godfather suffer in the asylum.
26:00I watched Marianne begging on the streets with crushed legs.
26:02I watched Uncle Michael lose everything and die young.
26:05But I didn't feel any joy.
26:07I didn't feel like I got my revenge.
26:09I just felt quiet.
26:10Quiet as dead water.
26:11An old dog stood next to me.
26:12He was my puppy from when I was little.
26:14Father always said dogs were dirty.
26:15He said they ruined the expensive rugs.
26:17So he had my dog thrown out.
26:18He was hit by a car on the street.
26:20But he waited for me here.
26:21For 10 whole years.
26:26The dog rubbed against my leg.
26:28He barked twice.
26:31Like he was saying.
26:32Let's go.
26:34Stop looking.
26:36He was right.
26:37It was time.
26:39This life was too painful.
26:40There was nothing left to stay for.
26:42I floated into father's hospital room.
26:45For one last goodbye.
26:48He lay on the bed.
26:51He looked like a skeleton.
26:54His hair was pure white.
26:57He was strapped down so he wouldn't hurt himself.
26:59That black plastic ring was still on his finger.
27:02He seemed to feel something.
27:04His cloudy eyes stared right into the empty air.
27:07Right at the spot where I stood.
27:08Carla?
27:10Is that you?
27:12His shaking hand reached out.
27:14Grabbing at nothing.
27:14I smashed the ring.
27:15I don't believe it anymore.
27:17Please come back baby.
27:19I'll cook for you.
27:22No oysters.
27:23I'll buy you dresses.
27:26None for Marianne.
27:28I'll make you the air.
27:30You'll be the dawn.
27:32Tears slid down his face.
27:33They soaked right into his pillow.
27:35I looked at the bloody marks on his ring finger.
27:37And I let out a soft sigh.
27:39I reached out.
27:40I touched his forehead with my freezing ghost finger.
27:43It was my very last act of mercy.
27:46I just let him sleep.
27:47Because when you sleep, it stops hurting.
27:50He went totally quiet.
27:52His heavy eyelids shut tight.
27:55He fell into a deep sleep.
27:57A soft breeze blew through the room.
27:59There was a stack of papers on his nightstand.
28:01Luca had sneaked them in.
28:02They were rubbings from the basement wall.
28:03The words I carved over the years.
28:05Layer upon layer.
28:07Red, black, and brown.
28:09You couldn't even tell the years apart.
28:10The top page had father's own words.
28:12The doctor said he wrote it during his last clear moment.
28:14Next life.
28:15Let me wear the ring.
28:16Let me be the liar.
28:17Let me kneel in the basement.
28:18Let me feel the pain.
28:19Let me die.
28:20You can punish me.
28:21Just please don't leave me.
28:22I will do anything.
28:23I stared at those words.
28:24I felt nothing at all.
28:25It was too late.
28:26In the face of death, all apologies are useless.
28:28Dad.
28:30I don't hate you anymore.
28:32But I don't love you either.
28:36Let's not meet again in the next life.
28:38I turned around with my old dog.
28:40A bright door appeared in the distance.
28:41A way out of this nightmare.
28:43I raised my ghost hand.
28:44The phantom ring was still there.
28:45The nightmare that ruined my entire life.
28:47I squeezed my hand tight.
28:48The ring shattered into tiny pieces of light.
28:50It faded right into the air.
28:51I felt so light.
28:52No more black light.
28:52No more punishment.
28:53No more lies.
28:54Just pure freedom.
28:54I walked into the light.
28:55I never looked back.
28:56Morning sun filled the hospital room.
28:57A nurse pushed the door open.
28:59Vito, time for your meds.
29:00No answer.
29:02The man on the bed didn't move.
29:03The nurse walked closer.
29:05Vito Corleone's straps were undone.
29:06He had broken out of them himself.
29:08His hand was gripping the bloody paper rubbing tight.
29:11The one he traced with his own blood.
29:12A single clear tear rested on his cheek.
29:14Beside him, the heart monitor.
29:16The wavy line of life.
29:17Turned into a single endless straight line.
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