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00:00I was born a liar. At least, that's what Godfather always told me. It was my life sentence.
00:05The day I was born, he put a ring on my finger. Silver, black onyx, the Corleone Eagle Crest,
00:11a symbol of a Corleone daughter, an honor, and a trial.
00:15I can see your soul, if you lie. If you betray the family, if you harbor malice,
00:21the stone will turn black. That means your soul is rotting, Carla.
00:25My eyes as a Godfather are cold to the bone. I can't protect you forever, Carla. The ring will
00:30watch you. My sister Marion also has one, but it's green. It's always green, never changes.
00:35Even if she stole grandma's pearls and framed the maid. A maid who has served us for 20 years.
00:40The next morning that maid was fed to the fishes. But Marion's ring? Still glowing green.
00:45Father just stroked her hair. My little angel, a true Corleone.
00:49But me? Just saying goodnight outside Godfather's study made my ring turn pitch black.
00:54Then came the punishment. Godfather was a man of strict rules. He'd order me down to the basement.
00:59That confession room, kneel in front of grandfather's portrait. Kneel all night,
01:03on cold stone or salt grains, in the bitter cold, all night long.
01:07People of the Corseone family never lie. Pain will make you remember, Carla.
01:12After years of bleeding and suffering on that floor, I believed him.
01:15Then New Year's Eve came, the annual family dinner. Politicians, judges, heads of the five families,
01:19all important people came. It's a grand display of power, and the night he formally designates his heir.
01:23Suddenly, a sharp pain hit, abdomen torn. I collapsed to the cold sweat soaking my dress.
01:28Father, I choked. The Godfather was arranging his custom cuffed right at his feet.
01:33Father, it hurts so much. Help me.
01:36He didn't help me, just stared at my hand. My ring was pitch black. He frowned, his face full of
01:41disgust.
01:42Do you know what day it is tonight?
01:43His voice was terrifyingly calm, more terrifying than anger.
01:46Tonight I will announce Marion as the future heir of the Corleone family.
01:50I froze. Heir? I always thought we were equal. He wiped his fingers with a silk hankage.
01:54Pretending to be sick to ruin your sister's night?
01:57No. I swear. I really hurt so much.
02:00The ring is black. It never lies.
02:03But I...
02:04Enough. That's it.
02:05His top enforcer, Luca Brasi, stepped out. A giant of a man who once wiped out an entire clan single
02:08-handed.
02:08A burly man. Lock her in the basement. Maybe she can learn loyalty.
02:12Father, please. I'm dying. Take me to the hospital. Please believe me just once.
02:15Luca dragged me away. I grabbed the floor. My nails cracked. Father never looked back.
02:18Stay there until the ring turns green or you'll bear the consequences.
02:21What's wrong with her? She asked sweetly.
02:22Nothing. Let's go. The guests are waiting for our princess.
02:24Before leaving, Marion looked back at me. I saw her eyes.
02:27The iron door slammed shut. Pitch black. Only a small vent.
02:30I fell on sharp gravel. Dizziness from severe pain.
02:32But father was right. The ring is black. I must be lying.
02:35I don't hurt. I really don't hurt.
02:37I sobbed and brainwashed myself.
02:38Finally the pain faded.
02:39I really don't hurt.
02:41I sobbed, brainwashing myself.
02:45Eventually, the pain faded. My nerves just completely numb.
02:50With my last breath, I crawled to my corner.
02:53I was wrong. I won't lie anymore.
02:55But tonight, I wanted to write the truth.
02:58I bit my own finger until it bled.
03:02Father, I really loved you.
03:04It hurt so much.
03:05Why wouldn't you believe me?
03:07Just once.
03:08The second I finished the last bloody letter, the pain vanished.
03:11I felt so light. I floated upward.
03:13I looked down.
03:14My body was on the freezing stones, not moving.
03:16And the onyx ring on my finger was still splashing black.
03:18Pitch black.
03:18Oh, God, spy really died.
03:19And I guess I never learned to be honest.
03:21I'm sorry, Dad.
03:22Now that I'm gone, I can finally just call you Dad.
03:24Father laughed. Marion took her bow.
03:25What a perfect night.
03:26I woke up to the sound of laughter.
03:28It was my father and my sister.
03:30The fireworks were spectacular.
03:33That old fox Tartagan turned green when he saw our power.
03:37I was floating near the ceiling, looking down as the heavy iron doors were swam at me.
03:39I was sure how to, I drove down here.
03:41I wanted to take his coat, hold his cigar, with his instinct, burned right into my bones,
03:44always begging for his approval.
03:45Godfather.
03:49I don't hurt anymore.
03:53I'll be good.
03:54But my hands went through him.
03:56Father shivered suddenly.
03:58Please don't be angry.
04:01Why is it so cold in the basement?
04:04It's on, Godfather.
04:05It must be the window left open.
04:07I'm already dead.
04:09Ghosts can't hold living people.
04:11We should check on Carla.
04:13He was the only one who even remembered I was down here.
04:15If he finds out I'm dead, will he cry?
04:18Will he regret it?
04:24Let her kneel.
04:26This bad habit of faking illness for attention must be broken.
04:31A Corleone daughter must not be so weak.
04:35Don't expect me to soften, even if you kneel and beg.
04:38Father, I'm not faking it!
04:41You're 12 years old, Carla, not a two-year-old child.
04:45I'm dead!
04:46Look at me!
04:49Touch me.
04:50My body is cold.
04:51But he couldn't hear a word.
04:52He only believed what he wanted to see.
04:54Marianne peeked out from behind his shoulders, flashing her glowing green ring.
04:59Daddy, look at her.
05:01She's such a lazy pig.
05:03Her ring is still black.
05:06My good daughter, you were perfect tonight.
05:12The boy from the Tarkario family couldn't take his eyes off you.
05:16Godfather, should I like him?
05:18It doesn't matter.
05:19What matters is what his family can bring us.
05:22You're the heir now, Marianne.
05:24Your marriage is a weapon.
05:28Godfather, should we help her up?
05:30It's too cold in the basement.
05:32Leave her alone!
05:33Spoiled children need to be disciplined with old-fashioned rules.
05:38Let the cold freeze her rebellion.
05:41Look at that ring, pitch black.
05:44She hasn't learned a single lesson.
05:47Let's go.
05:48We have Sunday Mass tomorrow.
05:51Then we'll go to the dock to deal with the Tartario family.
05:55Father, if you take one more step, if you touch my hand, but you didn't, you'd rather believe a ridiculous
06:02piece of jewelry than your own daughter.
06:07I used to be so afraid of mice in the basement.
06:10I would scream until I lost my voice.
06:14Don't be afraid.
06:15It doesn't hurt anymore.
06:17Everything is going to end.
06:19Morning game.
06:19The smell of bacon and eggs gifted under my door.
06:21Father told the chef to turn the fans on high.
06:22He wanted to starve me out.
06:23Make me crawl upstairs and beg.
06:24Before, I would have lied and confessed just for a bite.
06:26But now, dead girls don't get hungry.
06:27Is Kara still not coming out?
06:29No, sir.
06:31Spoiled little brat.
06:32Let her starve if she wants to.
06:34Marianne drank her milk.
06:35She rolled her eyes.
06:36She ran right up to the basement door.
06:37She took a loud fake sniff.
06:42Dad!
06:42It smells terrible down here!
06:44Did Kara poop on the floor?
06:46It's disgusting!
06:48I floated by the door.
06:49The floor heater was on high.
06:50My dead body was rotten fast.
06:51Father stormed over, disgusted.
06:53Are you an animal?
06:55There's a bucket right there.
06:56Is your leg broken?
06:57Camp is dead.
06:59You're leg broken?
07:00You've disgraced the entire family.
07:03I remembered being little.
07:04I had acute gastrogeneralitis.
07:06I messed my pants before I could reach the bathroom.
07:08Father didn't help me.
07:09He made me stand outside in the dirt.
07:10He pointed at me in front of the yard workers.
07:12Look at her.
07:13Filthy as a stray dog.
07:14How did a Corione produce this?
07:16Now, he thought I was dirty again.
07:18Leave her alone.
07:19Let her stay in her filth.
07:21Let the stench suffocate her.
07:26Godfather, the smell is getting stronger.
07:27Let me check.
07:28It might be a dead rat.
07:29There were rats at the dock last week.
07:30He reached for the iron handle.
07:32My ghost heart jumped.
07:33Luca, open it.
07:34Look at me.
07:34I'm right behind the door.
07:35I floated right in front of him.
07:36I waved my hands wildly.
07:38Luca grabbed the handle.
07:41The house phone cut through the air.
07:43The butler picked it up.
07:44His face went pale.
07:45Hello?
07:46Godfather, something happened at the dock.
07:48The Tatara family crossed the line.
07:50They stole three crates of goods.
07:52Tommy was shot!
07:55Luca!
07:57Gather the men!
07:58Now!
07:59But Kara...
08:00She won't die!
08:02Let her rot in there.
08:04I'll deal with her later.
08:07The front door slammed shut.
08:09I floated there.
08:11So close.
08:12One second later, and he would have found me.
08:16That afternoon, Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal.
08:21My dead body was left all alone.
08:24They came back late that night.
08:27Father had blood on his suit.
08:29Not his blood.
08:30Marianne's face was red with excitement.
08:35Godfather, you looked so cool with the gun!
08:40As soon as they walked in, the smell hit them.
08:42It was much worse now.
08:45It!
08:46Kara!
08:47Do you want to turn my house into a morgue?
08:49He wouldn't even open the door to yell at me, like looking inside would make him dirty.
08:53Instead, he grabbed a roll of heavy duct tape.
08:55He crouched down.
08:56He taped every single crack around the iron door, sealing it completely shut.
09:00If you want to live in filth, rot in it.
09:04Don't stink up my house.
09:06I'll send someone to deal with you tomorrow.
09:08Let's see how long you can hold on.
09:10Father pressed down the last piece of tape.
09:14Finally, peace and quiet.
09:15He walked upstairs to deal with this new loot.
09:16A whole street taken from the Tatavias.
09:17I stared at the tape's door.
09:19My last bit of hope died.
09:20I finally understood.
09:20To my father, my life meant less than a shipment of contraband.
09:22He would rather steal me in the basement than open the door to see if I was dead.
09:24You win, Godfather.
09:26I'll never bother you again.
09:30Day 3
09:31Morning
09:32Winter sun hit the Corleone mansion, but the house still felt dark.
09:34The heat's cranked way up.
09:35It's 79 degrees in here.
09:36The duct tape couldn't hold the smell back anymore.
09:38A thick, rotting stench leaked from the basement.
09:39It filled the whole first floor.
09:41Father was cleaning his gun, a cold python with the family crest inlaid on its ivory handle.
09:44Even the strong gun oil couldn't hide the smell of death.
09:45Father slammed the heavy gun on the table.
09:46He finally lost it.
09:47He thought I was doing this on purpose, hiding dead rats, using the floor as a toilet, just
09:50to grow some out, just to rebel.
09:52Kara, you're really pushing your luck!
09:55Father stormed toward the basement.
09:56He grabbed a heavy wooden baseball bat, a bloody trophy from a rival gang.
10:00I'm gonna beat you hard!
10:03Our family doesn't keep such dirty trash!
10:07Godfather, don't go in!
10:10I look terrible!
10:13I'm rotting!
10:14I'll scare you!
10:15He didn't want me anymore.
10:17But I still didn't want him to see my ruined body.
10:19He walked right through my ghost.
10:21He ripped the heavy tape off the door.
10:27A thick wall of dead smell hit him in the face.
10:29It was like opening the gates of hell.
10:37Dammit, Kara!
10:38What the hell did you do down there?
10:40Are you deaf?
10:42Still playing dead?
10:44Blinding mad, he marched right up to me.
10:49He raised the wooden bat high in the air.
10:52But he didn't swing it.
10:54He wanted to yank me up first.
10:56He wanted to look at my stubborn face.
11:00Get your ass up.
11:06His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar.
11:11His fingers dug right into my bare neck.
11:14The next second, he froze.
11:16Time stopped.
11:17Through my thin pajamas, his fingers didn't feel warm skin.
11:19Or soft flesh.
11:21He felt a chunk of cold, hard meat.
11:23Hard as a rock.
11:24The cold sank right into his bones.
11:27Right into his bones.
11:32Zero life left.
11:34Huh?
11:35But he was already pulling me hard.
11:37His momentum kept going.
11:38He yanked my body backward.
11:40Thud.
11:40My body hit the floor.
11:42Flat and stiff as a concrete statue.
11:45My face was finally out in the open.
11:53It wasn't his timid little girl anymore.
11:55My face was purple and black.
11:56My eyes bulged out.
11:57Cloudy, like a dead fish.
11:59My face was twisted from the final brutal pain.
12:00Dried white foam and dark blood crusted my lips.
12:02Bugs crawled out of my nose.
12:04Father looked past my body.
12:05He looked at the wall behind me.
12:07There were words on the wall.
12:09Written in my own blood.
12:11Messy and hard to read.
12:13Don't lock me in here.
12:15Save me.
12:17Father let out a massive scream.
12:20But it didn't sound human.
12:21It was sharp and raw, like his throat was ripping open.
12:25He stumbled backward, hitting the wall hard.
12:30The baseball bat dropped to the floor.
12:33His eyes were wide, staring at my dead body.
12:37No way.
12:39This is a trick.
12:41It's makeup.
12:42It's a prank.
12:43Carla, get up!
12:44I'm not mad anymore!
12:45Stop scaring me!
12:46He reached out with shaking hands.
12:48He tried to grab my stiff arm.
12:49But the second he touched my freezing skin,
12:51he pulled his hand back like he touched fire.
12:53It felt too real.
12:54It was the cold of death.
12:57The cold of rot.
12:59Luka!
13:02Luka!
13:04Father's roar shook the whole house.
13:06Luka ran in.
13:08He saw my body on the floor.
13:09His face went completely pale.
13:11Luka had seen it all.
13:13He had killed many men.
13:14He had seen terrible deaths.
13:16But right now, his knees went weak.
13:19Don, is that...
13:21Call a doctor!
13:22Call an ambulance!
13:23Get everyone in here!
13:25Father rushed forward like a madman.
13:26He tried to scoop me up into his arms.
13:28But the second he pulled,
13:30my arm tore right off.
13:32I was rotting too badly.
13:33The joint just snapped.
13:35The joint just snapped.
13:39No, no, no, no.
13:41Father dropped to his knees.
13:43He held my detached, rotting arm in his hands.
13:45His massive body shook violently.
13:48Luka snapped out of it.
13:50He ran out to make the call.
13:51Call.
13:53But he didn't call 911.
13:54He called the mob lawyer.
13:57He called the funeral director.
13:59The guy who makes bodies disappear.
14:02Because the Corleone family...
14:05Could never have a scandal.
14:09Half an hour later.
14:11The mob lawyer arrived.
14:13The funeral director.
14:14The private doctor.
14:21Father sat on the living room couch.
14:25A glass of whiskey sat untouched.
14:27He just stared straight ahead, staring at the crystal ashtray.
14:30Inside was my black ring.
14:32And a small piece of my dead skin.
14:38Don, we need a cover story.
14:40How did she die?
14:42We can say it was a sudden illness.
14:45No one will ask questions.
14:47Or a tragic accident.
14:49She fell down the stairs.
14:50Shut up!
14:51Give me a minute.
14:53Godfather, it's so loud down here.
14:56What's wrong?
14:57Then she saw the men in suits.
14:59She saw father's dead face.
15:00She saw my ring in the ashtray.
15:04Why is Carla's ring here?
15:06Where is she?
15:07Father looked up.
15:08He stared right at Marianne.
15:09He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger.
15:11Suddenly he stood up.
15:12He marched over and grabbed her hand.
15:15Godfather!
15:15What?
15:16You're hurting me!
15:17Take it off!
15:18Marianne shook with fear.
15:20She pulled the ring off.
15:21Father held it up to the window light.
15:22Luca, get the tools.
15:24Luca handed him a small screwdriver.
15:25Father jammed it into the silver band.
15:27He pried the ring open.
15:28The metal shell popped off.
15:30There was no high-tech sensor inside.
15:31No magic heat detector.
15:33Just a cheap green LED bulb.
15:35And several button batteries.
15:36The circuit board was fixed.
15:38As long as it was powered on, it only lighted up green.
15:41Forever.
15:42What is this?
15:43The lawyer leaned in.
15:45His face dropped.
15:46Don, that's...
15:47I said, what is this?
15:48It's a cheap toy, sir.
15:50It's not a real lie detector.
15:51Father froze completely.
15:52He slowly turned his head.
15:53He looked at the black ring in the ashtray.
15:54The ring that tortured me humbled me and killed me.
15:55Is that one real?
15:55Luca stayed silent.
15:56He walked over and picked up my black ring.
15:58He took the screwdriver, pried it open.
15:59Inside was the exact LED bulb.
16:01The exact same button batteries.
16:02It was never going to light up.
16:03Don, this one is a toy, too.
16:05It was broken from the start.
16:06Father's whole world shattered.
16:07He finally understood.
16:09Ten years.
16:09Every time I cried out in pain, the ring turned black.
16:11Not because I lied, but because it was always black.
16:13Every time I burned with fever, the ring turned black.
16:15Not because I harbored evil, but because it was always black.
16:17Every time I trembled in fear, the ring turned black.
16:19Not because I betrayed the family, but because it was always black.
16:21In Marianne's ring, it was always green.
16:22Even if she killed me with her own hands, the ring would still say she was a perfect angel.
16:24So, she never lied to me?
16:27Nobody said a word.
16:28Every time she said it hurt, it really hurt?
16:31Dead silence.
16:32It was you!
16:33You lied to me for years!
16:35Godfather, I didn't know!
16:36Your ring is fake!
16:37You killed your sister!
16:38You're the one who said it was magic!
16:40You said I was the good girl!
16:42I just, I just never said anything!
16:44She just never said anything.
16:45Great.
16:45She didn't have to.
16:47As long as the green light was on, she was perfect.
16:49And as long as mine was black, I was wrong.
16:51Father collapsed onto the floor.
16:53He stared at the two pried open rings.
16:54The silver bands, the family crests, and the onyxes.
16:56So solemn, so sacred.
16:58He put them on us himself.
16:59He called it honor.
17:00He called it a trial.
17:01But it were just LED bulbs and button batteries.
17:02A cheap toy controlled his mind for ten years.
17:04Fake.
17:04It was all fake.
17:05I killed my honest kid and I spoiled a liar.
17:07Luca.
17:08Arranged Carla's funeral.
17:09In the manner of an heir.
17:10But Don, you said before I was wrong.
17:12Father wasn't going crazy.
17:13What's really crazy is waking up, knowing you killed your own flesh and blood, and still having
17:18to live with it.
17:19The mob doesn't let crazy men stay in charge.
17:21That night, the family elders called an emergency meeting.
17:23Father was called in for a discussion.
17:25It was at a drafty warehouse in Brooklyn.
17:26A long wooden table sat in the middle, lit by candles.
17:29Five old men sat around it.
17:30My uncles.
17:31The Corleone family elders.
17:32Each one ran a piece of the family's business.
17:36Vito, sit.
17:39We heard the news about Carla.
17:45We know it wasn't on purpose.
17:47But the fact is, you killed your own daughter.
17:50You spilled Correale blood.
17:55Let me finish.
17:59This family kills people, but we never kill our own, especially not our own kids.
18:05That is the absolute line, and you crossed it.
18:09I didn't mean to kill her.
18:10You made her kneel in a freezing basement for three days.
18:13A ruptured appendix.
18:15She suffered until her heart stopped.
18:17If that's not murder, what is?
18:19Father had nothing to say.
18:23We took a vote.
18:25The old man sighed.
18:27As of tonight, you are no longer the leader of the Corleone family.
18:30The docks, the casinos, the unions.
18:33Everything goes to your brother, Michael.
18:35You get to keep the suburban house and an allowance of 200 grand a year.
18:40You hand over the rest.
18:42What about Marianne?
18:45Marianne lives with Michael now.
18:47She is still a Corleone.
18:49But she will not be raised by you.
18:52Father opened his mouth to argue.
18:55But he didn't say a single word.
18:57He stood up.
18:58He turned and walked away.
19:01The moment he stepped out of the warehouse, it started to rain.
19:05A freezing, bitter winter rain.
19:09He stood alone in the storm.
19:11He looked up at the dark sky.
19:14Carla, are you cold?
19:18Nobody answered.
19:21He was stripped of all his power.
19:23Kicked out of the empire he built with his own hands.
19:25Abandoned by everyone.
19:29Father was sent to an old house in the suburbs.
19:32It was the family's first house.
19:34A hundred years old.
19:35Broken down, freezing cold, and full of drafts.
19:37Nobody came to visit him.
19:39His old crew, allies, friends, all vanished.
19:43Only Luca came.
19:47He dropped off food and supplies.
19:51Don, how are you holding up?
19:54Father sat in the dark living room, wearing my broken black ring on his own finger.
19:58Luca, did it hurt when she died?
20:01Luca stayed quiet.
20:02I asked if it hurt.
20:06Don, a ruptured appendix hurts.
20:09It hurts a lot.
20:11It's still black.
20:14Don, it's broken.
20:15It's always going to be black.
20:19No.
20:21It's real.
20:23It's telling me she li-
20:27She's a liar.
20:30She's a bad kid.
20:32Don, you need to see a doctor.
20:34I don't need a doctor.
20:38I need Carla.
20:43Luca left.
20:44Father sat alone in the old house.
20:49Father sat alone, day after day.
20:51He started cooking.
20:53Two fried eggs.
20:54Two pastas.
20:55Two wines.
20:55One for his side of the table, one for mine.
20:58Carla, time to eat.
21:00He talked to an empty chair.
21:01No raw oysters today.
21:03Just the eggs you like.
21:04Then he sat down and ate his food.
21:07Halfway through, he looked across the table.
21:11Why aren't you eating?
21:13Do you hate it?
21:14He stared at the empty chair.
21:16He stared at the ring.
21:17The ring was black.
21:19Are you lying again?
21:21It tastes fine.
21:22Why won't you eat?
21:24A Corleone does not lie.
21:28I'm sorry.
21:31I'm so sorry.
21:33Dad was wrong.
21:35Just take one bite.
21:37Please.
21:38He knelt on the floor.
21:38He slammed his head against the ground.
21:40Over and over, his forehead split open.
21:41Blood ripped down his face.
21:41But he didn't feel the pain.
21:43The pain.
21:45Is this how much it hurt, Carla?
21:50He started punishing himself, eating spoiled food, until he threw up, then kept eating.
21:57He locked himself in the basement, turned off all lights.
22:01Knelt facing the wall.
22:02He sliced his own fingers open.
22:03He used his blood to write on the wall.
22:05I'm sorry.
22:05Dad was wrong.
22:06Black means pain.
22:07Black means love.
22:08He wrote over and over.
22:09Cut himself again when blood dried.
22:11New words over old.
22:12Red over black.
22:12Please come back.
22:13Just tell me it hurts.
22:14I swear I'll save you.
22:15Deep in the night.
22:16He looked up.
22:17The black ring caught the faint light.
22:18It shined on the bloody words.
22:19Like my bleeding eyes were staring right back at him.
22:21He kept writing.
22:22He filled the entire wall.
22:24Then he went back to the corner.
22:24And started writing it all over again.
22:27Father ended up in an asylum.
22:29Luca found him passed out in the basement.
22:31His head was busted open.
22:32Blood everywhere.
22:33A 104 degree fever.
22:35Don.
22:36Don.
22:38Father woke up.
22:39He looked at Luca and smiled.
22:41Carla came to get me.
22:42Luca put him in a private asylum.
22:43Built by the family.
22:44For our own kind.
22:46Don't touch my ring!
22:48Father was their craziest patient.
22:50Carla is watching.
22:51She'll be mad!
22:53He found a black plastic ring somewhere.
22:54He wore it on his finger all the time.
22:55If anyone tried to take it off, he bit them like a rabid dog.
22:57A nurse would ask,
22:57Vito, did you eat?
22:59Father would touch his plastic ring.
23:00He would start shaking.
23:00Black.
23:02It's black.
23:03Don't punish me.
23:04I'll eat.
23:05I'll eat.
23:07Even the scalding Italian risotto, he forced down spoonful by spoonful.
23:11It had been simmered with strong liquor.
23:13So hot it burned his throat raw.
23:14So spicy it set his stomach on fire.
23:17He dared not stop.
23:18He dared not spit it out.
23:20Because before I died, I had a 104 degree fever.
23:22Kneeling on freezing stones.
23:23My abdomen full of infected blood.
23:24He was forcing himself to live my health.
23:26Over and over again.
23:27Years passed.
23:29Marianne grew up.
23:29Raised by Uncle Michael, she learned the real mob way.
23:31Lying.
23:31Cheating.
23:32Using people.
23:32But she wasn't the heir.
23:33Michael had his own kids.
23:34She was pushed aside.
23:35Treated like a pawn.
23:36She hit rock bottom.
23:36Drugs.
23:37Gambling.
23:38Massive debt.
23:40When she ran out of cash, she remembered her crazy dad.
23:43Hey, old man.
23:45Uncle Michael died.
23:46You get a cut.
23:47Give me your power of eternity.
23:49I'll sign for you.
23:50She wore heavy makeup.
23:51She looked bitter.
23:52She was 20, but she looked 40.
23:54She looked at his pathetic state and spit on the floor.
23:57You're disgusting.
23:59Just like your dead daughter.
24:02She ruined everything for us.
24:04Even after she died.
24:06Godfather had been staring into space.
24:08But he heard that.
24:09He slowly looked up.
24:11His cloudy eyes suddenly went clear.
24:12Just for a second.
24:14He remembered the toy ring.
24:15The fake green light that fooled him for 10 years.
24:17It was you.
24:19You lied to me.
24:22The fake green light.
24:25You killed Carla.
24:28She was just stupid.
24:30Couldn't act.
24:33Give me my Carla back.
24:37Back?
24:38She's been dead for 10 years.
24:41She's rotted into nothing.
24:42Die!
24:43You die!
24:46It should have been you!
24:48Help!
24:49Father's last bit of Santa was smart.
24:50He lunged at her.
24:51His giant hands locked right around her throat.
24:53She fought hard.
24:53But she couldn't break a madman's grip.
24:55Versus rushed in.
24:55They jammed a sedative needle into his arm.
24:57They barely pulled him off her.
24:58Terrified, Marianne ran for her life.
24:59Crazy!
25:00You're all crazy!
25:02She ran blindly at the hospital doors.
25:04Right into the street.
25:04Crash.
25:05The speeding delivery truck couldn't stop him to play.
25:07Sent her flying through the air.
25:08She didn't die, but her legs were completely crushed.
25:11She would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
25:13Totally useless.
25:14Back inside, father was strapped to a bed.
25:16Crying at the ceiling.
25:17Finally saw me in his dreams.
25:18I was still 12 years old.
25:19Wearing a pretty white dress.
25:20No heavy ring on my finger.
25:22But then he looked down.
25:22His hands were covered in blood.
25:24The second he touched me, I caught on fire like a piece of paper.
25:26I turned right into ash.
25:27Father woke up screaming.
25:28The black plastic ring was still there, locked tight on his finger.
25:30I stood in the empty air.
25:31I watched it all happen.
25:33I watched my godfather suffer in the asylum.
25:35I watched Marianne begging on the streets with crushed legs.
25:37I watched Uncle Michael lose everything and die young.
25:40But I didn't feel any joy.
25:42I didn't feel like I got my revenge.
25:43I just felt quiet.
25:44Quiet as dead water.
25:45An old dog stood next to me.
25:47He was my puppy from when I was little.
25:48Father always said dogs were dirty.
25:50He said they ruined the expensive rugs.
25:51So he had my dog thrown out.
25:53He was hit by a car on the street.
25:54But he waited for me here.
25:55For 10 whole years.
26:00The dog rubbed against my leg.
26:02He barked twice.
26:05Like he was saying.
26:06Let's go.
26:08Stop looking.
26:10He was right.
26:11It was time.
26:13This life was too painful.
26:14There was nothing left to stay for.
26:16I floated into father's hospital room.
26:19For one last goodbye.
26:22He lay on the bed.
26:25He looked like a skeleton.
26:28His hair was pure white.
26:31He was strapped down so he wouldn't hurt himself.
26:33That black plastic ring was still on his finger.
26:36He seemed to feel something.
26:37His cloudy eyes stared right into the empty air.
26:40Right at the spot where I stood.
26:42Carla?
26:43Is that you?
26:45His shaking hand reached out.
26:47Grabbing at nothing.
26:48I smashed the ring.
26:49I don't believe it anymore.
26:51Please come back baby.
26:53I'll cook for you.
26:55No oysters.
26:57I'll buy you dresses.
26:59None for Marianne.
27:01I'll make you the air.
27:03You'll be the dawn.
27:05Tears slid down his face.
27:06They soaked right into his pillow.
27:08I looked at the bloody marks on his ring finger.
27:10And I let out a soft sigh.
27:12I reached out.
27:13I touched his forehead with my freezing ghost finger.
27:16It was my very last act of mercy.
27:19I just let him sleep.
27:20Because when you sleep, it stops hurting.
27:23He went totally quiet.
27:25His heavy eyelids shut tight.
27:28He fell into a deep sleep.
27:30A soft breeze blew through the room.
27:31There was a stack of papers on his nightstand.
27:33Luca had sneaked them in.
27:34They were rubbings from the basement wall.
27:36The words I carved over the years.
27:38Layer upon layer.
27:39Red, black, and brown.
27:41You couldn't even tell the years apart.
27:42The top page had father's own words.
27:44The doctor said he wrote it during his last clear moment.
27:47Next life.
27:47Let me wear the ring.
27:48Let me be the liar.
27:49Let me kneel in the basement.
27:51Let me feel the pain.
27:52Let me die.
27:52You can punish me.
27:53Just please don't leave me.
27:54I will do anything.
27:55I stared at those words.
27:57I felt nothing at all.
27:58It was too late.
27:58In the face of death, all apologies are useless.
28:01Dad.
28:02I don't hate you anymore.
28:05But I don't love you either.
28:08Let's not meet again in the next life.
28:10I turned around with my old dog.
28:12A bright door appeared in the distance.
28:13A way out of this nightmare.
28:15I raised my ghost hand.
28:16The phantom ring was still there.
28:17The nightmare that ruined my entire life.
28:19I squeezed my hand tight.
28:20The ring shattered into tiny pieces of light.
28:22It faded right into the air.
28:23I felt so light.
28:24No more black light.
28:24No more punishment.
28:25No more lies.
28:25Just pure freedom.
28:26I walked into the light.
28:27I never looked back.
28:28Morning sun filled the hospital room.
28:29A nurse pushed the door open.
28:31Vito, time for your meds.
28:32No answer.
28:33The man on the bed didn't move.
28:35The nurse walked closer.
28:37Vito Corleone's straps were undone.
28:38He had broken out of them himself.
28:40His hand was gripping the bloody paper rubbing tight.
28:42The one he traced with his own blood.
28:44A single clear tear rested on his cheek.
28:46Beside him, the heart monitor.
28:47The wavy line of life.
28:48Turned into a single endless straight line.
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