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Abandoned In Snow，Returned As Heiress
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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
00:38lucas it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing
00:44december 23 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
01:03grandma'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 she
02:10didn't want to sit with a dirty kid headlights appeared in the distant i waved here a black suv
02:17slowed down stopped the window rolled down a young guy need help can you take us to the next rest
02:27stop
02:28please get in thank you grace what are you doing out here where's lucas i told henry what happened
02:38is he insane he left you and laylee out here sophie's kid matters but his own daughter doesn't
02:45lee squeeze them in now
02:52no room look at her face she's turning blue i climbed into the back with leila 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
03:07freeze
03:07out here i'll survive just take care of the kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the snow
03:13getting 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 leila tighter kept checking her forehead hotter baby wake up don't close your eyes
03:57i don't feel good i know we're almost there just hold on she started coughing hard her little face
04:06turned blue i patted her back the tears finally came please faster i'm going as fast as i can
04:18the roads are icy the cough got worse her breathing sounded like a broken whistle
04:24i can't breathe
04:28i unzapped her coat her chest was heaving pneumonia she almost died from it last year
04:32lena look at me stay awake mommy's gonna tell you a story about the bunny
04:37her 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 is there a doctor please she's sick there's no doctor
04:55here towers down lines are dead my knees buckled leila was silent in my arms fever in me of the
05:06grace
05:06lena try giving her these
05:14please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with the snow
05:19all right i'll try yes go now
05:24leila 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 see
05:38your 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
06:12that's not possible she just posted on social media said she was on her way i opened the app
06:17and found 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 you up take leila to a phone let's get fingers it's warm she's not gonna die stop being
06:42dramatic don't get the same i held the phone my blood ran cold your husband
06:53i nodded
06:54hold 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
07:13never been such a fool mommy was wrong to marry him mommy sorry i'm so sorry i was crying as
07:18i
07:18reached into my pocket i pulled out a small metal disc about the size of a button dad gave it
07:24to me
07:24grace if the reeds ever hurt you or laylee push this but i want one more thing no sound but
07:30i knew
07:30the signal went out dad said his people would be there within three hours but three hours could
07:36layla last three hours community hospital finally came to view acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get
07:43the crash cart ready they stopped me at the door i stood behind the glass watched them entubate her
07:51hook her up to monitors her tiny body on that bed i felt so helpless like i was watching her
07:57die
07:58i collapsed in the corner shaking my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing grace where are
08:07you my mom's waiting hello hospital they're resuscitating layla what why are you at a hospital
08:17where's lucy she never came that's impossible she just texted me said she picked you up i opened
08:25the family group chat 20 minutes ago a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached
08:32a woman's silhouette in the passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was
08:37lying to him with a pre-planned photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to
08:46come
08:46for christmas do you 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 i grabbed
09:38the wall she's still so young we did everything we could get her admitted the bills won't be cheap
09:48i stumbled to the billing window
09:53insufficient funds lucas gave me three thousand a month
09:58i called him
10:01what now leila needs surgery transfer me fifty thousand
10:05fifty thousand what am i an atm a printing press
10:12lucas lucas she's your daughter a girl even if she recovers she's worthless i 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 i have no money leila has no future lucas
10:51doesn't want her i 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 turned off the phone
11:08walked back to the room leila lay on the bed tubes everywhere her pale face like she was just sleeping
11:17i held her hand i kissed her forehead then turned and walked out the hospital roof was cold with wind
11:27and
11:28snow i stood at the edge looking down
11:33people looked so small down there jumping would end everything leila would be given away lucas
11:38would marry sophie everyone would be happy except me and leila i closed my eyes and leaned forward
11:44then someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back hard i hit the ground and looked up men in black
11:49suit stood around me the one in front was in his 50s with gray hair he took off his sunglasses
11:54his eyes
11:55red grace
11:59they put me on a private helicopter leila came too a doctor on board took over immediately intracranial
12:06pressure too high she needs surgery now call the main hospital tell them to clear the or dad held my
12:12hand he wouldn't stop shaking i'm sorry sweetheart i came too late i'm sorry
12:17dad what's going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he
12:25knew
12:25we had money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought
12:31as long as he
12:31treated you well it was fine but i never expect he looked at leila unconscious and his tears fell
12:38never expected them to be this cruel to abuse my granddaughter like this the helicopter landed on
12:45the roof of city general they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best equipment
12:52reed group before the market opens tomorrow i want it to crash terminate every partnership call the
12:58banks you know what to do 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 i thought about it second but i want
13:18one more thing one more thing father what find two bodies one exactly like mine and a little girl's
13:26like leila's frozen to death on the side of the highway i want them to think i'm dead then i
13:30want to
13:31watch them celebrate watch them celebrate christmas while leila and i are dead done the bodies looked
13:39real one adult one child lying in the snow by the highway when they were found they were already frozen
13:46the call came while the reeds were eating christmas dinner the table was full of lap
13:50grandma oh vivian sophie is so much better her daughter is well behaved not like grace that little
13:56brat of rat of hers was always crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the husband of grace
14:02reed we found two bodies by the highway you need to come identify them what did you say grace and
14:09leila
14:10froze to death
14:15lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue
14:18the cop led him to the viewing room the drawer slid open two bodies one big one small
14:25the big one wore my coat the small one curled in her arms like she was sleeping
14:31are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached out to touch my face but his hands
14:38wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them we checked the cameras your sister's car never hit
14:45the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the victim's phone we found an audio
14:49recording of her last call to you 7 pm she said the child was begged you to help you said
14:52you said a girl even if she recovered she's worthless i thought i thought she was lying i didn't know
14:58i didn't think she really if you'd known would you have gone silence lucas had no answer
15:10oh my god leila my little girl how could this happen i even haven't seen you for
15:17lucas this is for the best grace is gone now you can have sophie
15:24mom that's my daughter your granddaughter so what she's dead that saves you a divorce settlement
15:31tell the cop to pre-mate them already don't ruin christmas
15:35ma'am these are two human beings so what not your problem let's go sophie's waiting for us
15:48wait
15:51grace
15:53i'm sorry i was wrong
15:57i didn't i never thought why are you apologizing she was just unlucky shut up
16:05we 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 sister's fault not
16:48mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two live i keep thinking what if i'd answered the
16:55phone what if i'd gone to get them what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace is dead
17:02i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas slid down the wall and sat against the coffin
17:07on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake ridiculous 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
18:03will pay it read group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off mrs reed
18:09moved out of the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school lucas didn't stop
18:17her he went back to the funeral home the coffins were still there he bribed the night guard with his
18:22last few dollars so he could sleep on the floor you ruined the family for a dead woman what about
18:30mom then 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 was
18:53so cute how did i get so lost listening to mom that's right daddy layla daddy sorry you love
19:01strawberry cake daddy gets paid tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't know this late guilt meant
19:06nothing next morning lucas went to the diner early lucas table three is waiting lunch break he squatted
19:15on the back steps of the diner hey you okay nothing got something in my eye i heard you used
19:21to be a big
19:21shot how'd you end up like this got what i deserved he didn't want to talk some pain you swallow
19:27alone
19:27he thought about grace's last call her horse voice layla dying would everything have been different
19:34shift ended lucas didn't go straight to the funeral home he took a detour to the bakery downtown give
19:40me the smallest one back at the funeral home layla daddy bought you cake try it it's your favorite
19:46grace have a bite too you always said i wasted money never bought the expensive cake now i bought it
19:53i want you to taste it he sat there until the candles burned out next morning he took the receipt
19:58and went
19:58back to the bakery one strawberry cake you again there's a mother and daughter who come here a lot
20:03they were just here a couple days ago the little girl is so cute two pigtails pointed at the cake
20:07and said she wanted to surprise her mom what did you say they came here two days ago the girl
20:11had
20:11pigtails really cute yes i remember clearly she was so excited about the cake really did they look
20:17like this the build matches but the little girl looks just like that he was going to find them
20:23first the park where he used to take layla he walked every path and shouted
20:29layla grace where are you the wind ate his voice no answer he went to the spot where they used
20:35to feed
20:36pigeons he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was wrong please come out please
20:45every 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
20:57he's crazy lucas they're gone you need to move on he didn't listen he knew grace and
21:05layla were alive he would find them one day he went to a preschool the one grace once said
21:11she'd send layla to when she was older then he saw her the way she moved her smile it was
21:17layla
21:18he pushed open the gate and ran in fear flooded her eyes she ran behind a man in a suit
21:24she's my
21:25daughter i'm her father move sir i don't know you i don't know what you're talking about this is my
21:30employer's daughter leave now or i'll call the police don't touch me you're a bad guy you hurt mommy
21:38you left us in the snow mommy said you died don't come near us the disgust it stabbed right through
21:46his heart he finally understood what he'd done to her then a black sedan pulled up and parked by the
21:50gate the back window rolled down revealing a face he'd never forgotten
21:58it's been a long time lucas grace you're really not dead
22:15mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab me mommy knows mommy will protect you i i wanted to
22:22see
22:22layla i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to you both of you just
22:30give me one more chance
22:31let me take care of you and layla i'll spend the rest of my life making this right i'll do
22:36anything
22:36some mistakes can never be undone you treated us the way you did now you live with the consequences
22:44two choices one leave now and never show your face in front of me or layla again two i call
22:50the
22:51cops and press charges for child abandonment and reckless endangerment i have layla's medical records
22:56and your phone call recordings all saved no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter
23:05i can't live without her let me see her just once please i promise after that i'll go she's not
23:15your
23:15daughter the moment you left her on that highway you lost the right to be her father have some
23:21dignity if you keep this up i'll call the police who are you why are you interfering with my family
23:29allow me to introduce myself i'm the assistant to the chairman of bennett group
23:34miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune she's now taken full control of the company
23:43bennett group you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad pretended to be poor to
23:48see if you loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you disappointed me grace
23:54let 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
24:12so what they're doing fine now why would they want anything to do with a loser like you i know
24:17i was wrong i want to make it up to them make it up with what you have nothing can't
24:21even support
24:21yourself you're insane lucy please help me i just want to see lena once i'm not helping you you're
24:27the one who left them on the highway you ruined this family i'm doing fine now stay away from me
24:32what do you want i told you don't come here grace and layla they're alive so what what does that
24:38have
24:38to do with me i just want to live my life in peace mom i want to make it up
24:43to them can you help me
24:45help you with what money you're broke can't even feed yourself and you want to make things right
24:49you know what if you just listened to me and never married grace none of this would have happened
24:53now sophie's gone too this is all your fault mom how can you say that layla is your granddaughter so
25:01what i don't care dead or alive doesn't matter don'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 refused 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 in
26:07how is she is she okay you have the guts to ask her mom carried her in knees where were
26:12you she
26:12almost 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
26:20her back to life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she
26:25hears
26:25the word highway nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't
26:29that the former owner of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and
26:34daughter on the highway then 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
27:13his rental
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