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00:07because i couldn't bear him a son lucas abandoned me and our daughter on a snow-covered highway
00:13in freezing weather then drove off without a second glance to spend a joyful new year with
00:20his next wife this cruel manly shed a tear when he saw our coffins
00:30i thought lucas reed was pulling over to pee leila's asleep grace get lena out of the car
00:37lucas it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing
00:44december 23rd highway 23 degrees fahrenheit i held leila and watched him restart the engine
00:49the taillights got smaller and losser in the snow until they disappeared the snow kept falling
00:54i stood by the guardrail trying to block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy he's he's at
01:02grandma's aunt lucy's coming to get us but i'm cold i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around
01:13her head my phone had only 30 percent battery left i called lucy once twice three times she finally
01:21picked up hey lucy your brother said you're picking us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned
01:29it i'm at a party right now though can't leave just wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out
01:34here
01:34lena can't god you're so dramatic just wait okay lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need
01:39to get home waiting a bit won't kill you too i stood there fingers stiff
01:46then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in my arms mommy i want to go home
01:57we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon four years of marriage i never knew he
02:03could
02:04be this cruel dumped his own wife and daughter on the highway for sophia's kid because vivian said
02:09she didn't want to sit with a dirty kid headlights appeared in the distant i waved
02:15here a black suv slowed down stopped the window rolled down a young guy need help
02:24can you take us to the next rest stop please get in thank you grace what are you doing out
02:34here
02:35where's lucas i told henry what happened is he insane he left you and laylee out here
02:42sophie's kid matters but his own daughter doesn't lee squeeze them in now
02:51no room look at her face she's turning blue i climbed into the back with layla heat hit my frozen
03:00skin it hurt call me when you get to the rest stop i'll make lucas come get you henry you'll
03:06freeze out here i'll survive just take care of the kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the
03:12snow getting smaller the car pulled away i looked through the back window henry stood in the snow
03:20getting smaller lena slept in my arms her cheeks were still too red i touched her forehead burning
03:29can you go faster she has a fever lee not me nodded stepped on gas stepped on the gas
03:36i reached for my phone no signal how far is it to the rest stop 12 miles half an hour
03:46easy
03:48i held layla tighter kept checking her forehead hotter baby wake up don't close your eyes
03:57i don't look real good i know we're almost there just hold on she started coughing hard
04:05her little face turned blue i patted her back the tears finally came
04:13please faster i'm going as fast as i can the roads are icy the cough got worse her breathing
04:22sounded like a broken whistle i can't breathe
04:28i unzapped her coat her chest was heaving imoma she almost died from it last year lena look at me
04:34stay awake mommy's gonna tell you a story about the bunny her eyes fluttered her breathing got shallower
04:41someone help she's dying please no one answered just the sound of the wind and snow howling outside
04:47the car finally pulled into the rest stop
04:51is there a doctor please she's sick there's no doctor here towers down lines are dead
05:00my knees buckled layla was silent in my arms fever in me of the grace lena try giving her these
05:14please please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with this
05:18snow all right i'll try yes go now
05:24layla remember you wanted to go to disney world mommy's taking you we'll ride the biggest carousel
05:30you're going to wear that elsa dress right and universal studios they have transformers we'll go
05:38see your hero her eyelashes fluttered but she didn't open her eyes my phone buzzed a signal i dialed lucas
05:46with shaking fingers hello lucas lena is sick it's bad where are you lena on the way to the community
06:00hospital you need to come grace lucy's picking you up isn't she she didn't come she never came
06:11that's not possible she just posted on social media said she was on her way i opened the app and
06:17found lucy's profile her latest post 10 minutes ago a selfie highway in the background the caption
06:24picking up grace the location tag said 60 miles away she hadn't moved an inch she was lying to lucas
06:30she was lying to me grace sophie and vivian just got here my mom's happy don't ruin it when lucy
06:37picks
06:37you up take layla to the camera let's get fingers it's normal she's not gonna die stop being dramatic
06:42don't miss i held the phone my blood ran cold your husband
06:52i nodded
06:55hold on i'm taking a shortcut that kid is not dying on my watch
07:01he turned onto a back road the snow got heavier i could barely hear lena breathing anymore
07:07i felt for her heartbeat so faint hello don't do this to mommy mommy was wrong i should have never
07:13been such a fool mommy was wrong to marry him mommy sorry i'm so sorry i was crying as i
07:18reached into
07:18my pocket i pulled out a small metal disc about the size of a button dad gave it to me
07:24grace if the
07:25reeds ever hurt you or layla push this but i want one more thing no sound but i knew the
07:30signal went
07:31out dad said his people would be there within three hours for three hours could layla last three hours
07:37community hospital finally came to view acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get the crash cart ready
07:44they stopped me at the door
07:47i stood behind the glass watch them intubate her hook her up to monitors her tiny body on that bed
07:54i felt so
07:55helpless like i was watching her die
07:58i collapsed in the corner shaking my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing grace where are you
08:07my mom's waiting hello hospital they're resuscitating layla what why are you at a hospital where's lucy
08:17she never came that's impossible she just texted me said she picked you up i opened the family group
08:26chat 20 minutes ago a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached a woman's
08:33silhouette in the passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was lying to him
08:38with a pre-planned photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to come for christmas
08:47do
08:47you because sophie's here you're jealous so you made this up
08:53you think i'm lying otherwise what lucy has no reason to lie to me she's my sister
08:59what are you lucas if layla dies tonight i will never forgive you whatever my mom says sophie can
09:07still bore me a son you can't so step aside the line went dead i slid down the wall
09:16family
09:20i'm here
09:23we saved her but there's something you need to see but what oxygen deprivation too long
09:31there's brain damage she may never walk or talk or think like a normal child the room spun
09:37i grabbed the wall she's still so young we did everything we could get her admitted the bills won't
09:47be cheap i stumbled to the billing window insufficient funds lucas gave me three thousand a month
09:58i called him
10:01what now leila needs surgery transfer me fifty thousand fifty thousand what am i an atm a printing press
10:12lucas she's your daughter a girl even if she recovers she's worthless
10:18i hung up stood at the window
10:24can we start the treatment first i'll pay later sorry hospital policy deposit first
10:31i walked outside into the snow my phone buzzed henry henry do me a favor anything if i die
10:45take care of leila what the hell are you talking about
10:48i have no money leila has no future lucas doesn't want her
10:53i don't either dump her in foster care at least she'll live don't do anything stupid
10:59where are you i'm coming no i hung up
11:06turned off the phone
11:09walked back to the room leila lay on the bed tubes everywhere her pale face like she was just
11:16sleeping i held her hand i kissed her forehead then turned and walked out
11:24the hospital roof was cold with wind and snow i stood at the edge looking down
11:33people looked so small down there jumping would end everything leila would be given away lucas would
11:38marry sophie everyone would be happy except me and leila i closed my eyes and leaned forward then
11:44someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back hard i hit the ground and looked up men in black suits
11:49stood around me the one in front was in his 50s with gray hair he took off his sunglasses his
11:55eyes red
11:56grace
11:59dad they put me on a private helicopter leila came too a doctor on board took over immediately
12:05intracranial pressure too high she needs surgery now call the main hospital tell them to clear the
12:10or dad held my hand he wouldn't stop shaking i'm sorry sweetheart i came too late i'm sorry dad
12:19what's going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he knew
12:25we had money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought
12:31as
12:31long as he treated you well it was fine but i never expected he looked at leila unconscious and his
12:37tears
12:37about never expected them to be this cruel to abuse my granddaughter like this the helicopter landed
12:45on the roof of city general they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best
12:50equipment read group before the market opens tomorrow i want it to crash terminate every partnership
12:57call the banks you know it grace i'm giving you two choices first divorce him take the money take
13:06leila broad never come back second stay watch the reeds fall
13:14i thought about it second but i want one more thing one more thing father what find two bodies
13:24one exactly like mine and a little girl's like leila's frozen to death on the side of the highway
13:29i want them to think i'm dead then i want to watch them celebrate watch them celebrate christmas
13:34while leila and i are dead done the bodies looked real one adult one child lying in the snow by
13:42the
13:43highway when they were found they were already frozen the call came while the reeds were eating christmas
13:48dinner the table was full of laughter oh vivian sophie is so much better her daughter is well behaved
13:54not like grace that little brat of hers was always crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the
14:02husband of grace reed we found two bodies by the highway you need to come identify them what did you
14:07say grace and leila froze to death lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue the cop led
14:19him to
14:19the viewing room the drawer slid open two bodies one big one small the big one wore my coat the
14:28small one
14:29curled in her arms like she was sleeping are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached
14:36out to touch my face but his hands wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them we checked
14:43the
14:43cameras your sister's car never hit the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the
14:47victim's phone we found an audio recording of her last call to you 7 pm she said the child was
14:51begged you
14:51to help you said you said a girl even if she recovered she's worthless i thought i thought she was
14:57lying
14:58i didn't know i didn't think she really if you'd known would you have gone silence lucas had no answer
15:09oh my god leila my little girl how could this happen i even haven't seen you grow lucas this is
15:18for the
15:19best grace is gone now you can have sophie mom that's my daughter your granddaughter so what she's
15:29dead that saves you a divorce settlement tell the cop to premate them already don't ruin christmas ma'am
15:37these are two human beings
15:40so what not your problem let's go sophie's waiting for us
15:51wait grace i'm sorry i was wrong i didn't i never thought why are you apologizing she was just
16:03unlucky shut up we must bring them home mrs reed didn't dare to say another word
16:11the reeds held a memorial lucas i didn't mean to i was just hanging with friends
16:18lost track of time how was i supposed to know they'd actually die lost track of time two people
16:23you lost track of time what do you want me to do die for her she's not worth it
16:32get out i don't want to see you again you're not my sister
16:39lucas i'm so sorry grace wouldn't want you to be like this they were doing what it happened
16:43freezing to death on the highway waiting for someone who was never coming that was your
16:47sister's fault not mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two lives i keep thinking
16:53what if i'd answered the phone what if i'd gone to get them
16:58what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace is dead i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas
17:05slid down the wall and sat against the coffin on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake
17:10ridiculous people only cry when it's too late
17:17after grace's death things moved fast the reed empire started to crumble first their biggest
17:22client walked signed a 10-year deal with their rival overnight then the banks called in their loans
17:26and the whole cash flow dried up suppliers showed up at the door all at once demanding payment
17:34the company is dying do you understand so what we still have money money mom we're going bankrupt
17:42the house the cars the savings all of it gone to pay debts you might not even be able to
17:47afford food
17:48soon that's impossible nothing's impossible mr reed did you like my gift who is this you don't need to
17:58know all you need to know is this is just the beginning the debt you owe the entire reed family
18:02will pay it read group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off mrs reed moved
18:09out of the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school lucas didn't stop her
18:17he went back to the funeral home the coffins were still there he bribed the night guard with his last
18:23few dollars so he could sleep on the floor you ruined the family for a dead woman what about mom
18:30then who will pay the price for grace who will answer for layla she left crying and never came
18:36back lucas started looking for work but no one wanted a bankrupt boss with a bad reputation he ended
18:42up as a waiter start today wash dishes okay grace today i carried 300 plates my hands are falling off
18:49in the old days you would have told me to take it easy why was i so stupid you were
18:52so good layla
18:53was so cute how did i get so lost listening to mom that's right daddy
19:00layla daddy sorry you love strawberry cake daddy gets paid tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't
19:04know this late guilt meant nothing next morning lucas went to the diner early lucas table three is waiting
19:13lunch break he squatted on the back steps of the diner hey you okay nothing got something in my eye
19:20i heard you used to be a big shot how'd you end up like this got what i deserved he
19:24didn't want to talk
19:25some pain you swallow alone he thought about grace's last call her horse voice layla dying
19:31would everything have been different shift ended lucas didn't go straight to the funeral home
19:38he took a detour to the bakery downtown give me the smallest one back at the funeral home layla
19:43daddy bought you cake try it it's your favorite grace have a bite too you always said i wasted money
19:50never bought the expensive cake now i bought it i won't you taste it he sat there until the candles
19:55burned out next morning he took the receipt and went back to the bakery one strawberry cake you again
20:01there's a mother and daughter who come here a lot they were just here a couple days ago the little
20:04girl is so cute two pigtails pointed at the cake and said she wanted to surprise her mom what did
20:08you say they came here two days ago the girl had pigtails really cute yes i remember clearly she was
20:15so excited about the cake really did they look like this the build matches but the little girl looks just
20:19like that he was going to find them first the park where he used to take layla he walked every
20:27path
20:27and shouted leila grace where are you the wind ate his voice no answer he went to the spot where
20:35they
20:35used to feed pigeons he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was wrong please come
20:42out please every day after his shift he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere malls playgrounds
20:51the preschool the bookstore grace used to love every place he could think of he's crazy lucas
21:01they're gone you need to move on he didn't listen he knew grace and layla were alive he would find
21:07them one day he went to a preschool the one grace once said she'd send layla to when she was
21:12older
21:13then he saw her the way she moved her smile it was layla he pushed open the gate and ran
21:20in
21:21fear flooded her eyes she ran behind a man in a suit she's my daughter i'm her father move sir
21:27i don't
21:28know you i don't know what you're talking about this is my employer's daughter leave now or i'll call
21:34the police don't touch me you're a bad guy you hurt mommy you left us in the snow mommy said
21:42you died
21:42don't come near us the disgust it stabbed right through his heart he finally understood what he'd done
21:48to her then a black sedan pulled up and parked by the gate the back window rolled down revealing a
21:53face
21:53he'd never forgotten it's been a long time lucas grace you're really not dead
22:14mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab me mommy knows mommy will protect you
22:21i i wanted to see layla i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to
22:29you both of you
22:30just give me one more chance let me take care of you and layla i'll spend the rest of my
22:34life
22:34making this right i'll do anything some mistakes can never be undone you treated us the way you did
22:42now you live with the consequences two choices one leave now and never show your face in front of me
22:48or layla again two i call the cops and press charges for child abandonment and reckless endangerment
22:54i have layla's medical records and your phone call recordings all saved
23:00no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter i can't live without her let me see her just once
23:08please
23:10i promise after that i'll go she's not your daughter the moment you left her on that highway
23:19you lost the right to be her father have some dignity if you keep this up i'll call the police
23:26who are you why are you interfering with my family allow me to introduce myself i'm the assistant to the
23:32chairman of bennett group miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune she's now taken full
23:38control of the company you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad pretended
23:47to be poor to see if you loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you disappointed
23:53me
23:53grace let go of me mr reed stay down
24:02what's there to look at this isn't our house anymore why are you embarrassing yourself
24:08lucy i found grace and layla they're not dead they're alive so what they're doing fine now why
24:14would they want anything to do with a loser like you i know i was wrong i want to make
24:18it up to them
24:18make it up with what you have nothing can't even support yourself you're insane lucy please help me i
24:24just want to see lana once i'm not helping you you're the one who left them on the highway you
24:28ruin this
24:29family i'm doing fine now stay away from me what do you want i told you don't come here
24:35grace and layla they're alive so what what does that have to do with me i just want to live
24:40my life
24:40in peace mom i want to make it up to them can you help me help you with what money
24:46you're broke can't
24:47even feed yourself and you want to make things right you know what if you just listened to me and
24:51never
24:52married grace none of this would have happened now sophie's gone too this is all your fault mom
24:58you say that ladla is your granddaughter so what i don't care dead or alive doesn't matter
25:03don't come back you're not my son anymore
25:11sophie you said you were going back to your hometown lucas are you insane who the hell are you
25:16touched my girl again sophie tell me what if grace and layla on the highway for you lost my family
25:22for you and this is how you treat me lucas you don't actually think i liked you do you you
25:27messes
25:27reed likes me that's why i came around you think i wanted to look at her mean face the highway
25:30you
25:31think vivian was just being a brat i told her make a scene refuse to sit with grace and layla
25:35and i'd
25:35buy her the whole elsa collection lucas from the start i wanted grace gone i wanted her to die in
25:40that snow only then could i take her place too bad she survived get lost come near sophie again i'll
25:47kill
26:01remember me december 23rd a three-year-old girl pneumonia oxygen deprivation her mom brought her
26:07in how is she is she okay you have the guts to ask her mom carried her in knees where
26:12were you
26:12she almost died in that er you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars now you want to know how she is
26:17she was transferred to city general top specialist three days and three nights to pull her back to
26:21life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she hears the word
26:25highway nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't that the former
26:30owner of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and daughter on the
26:34highway
26:35then went bankrupt wife and daughter died karma
26:43grace
26:48lucas what do you want i want to see layla just once i promise after that i'll leave you alone
26:53i know i was wrong i know i think about every day about you about layla please give me one
26:59more chance
26:59one more chance said to get rid of her where was her chance then lucas some mistakes can never be
27:04fixed
27:11lucas reed found this morning his rental
27:14suicide
27:15and
27:15uh
27:18uh
27:19uh
27:20uh
27:21uh
27:22uh
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