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Abandoned In Snow, Returned As Heiress
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00:08because i couldn't bear him the sun 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
00:21his 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 lucas
00:39it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing december 23 23 degrees
00:47fahrenheit held leila and watched him restart the engine the tail lights got smaller and
00:51losser in the snow until they disappeared the snow kept falling i stood by the guard rail trying to
00:57block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy he's he's at grandma's aunt lucy's coming to get us
01:06but i'm cold
01:09i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around her head my phone had only 30 battery left
01:17i called lucy once twice three times she finally picked up hey lucy your brother said you're picking
01:25us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned it i'm at a party right now though can't
01:31leave just
01:31wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out here lena can't god you're so dramatic just wait okay
01:37lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need to get home waiting a bit won't kill you too
01:40i stood
01:41there fingers stiff then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in my arms mommy i want
01:56to go home we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon four years of marriage i
02:03never knew he
02:04could be 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
02:46lee 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
03:01skin it hurt call me when you get to the rest stop i'll make lucas come get you henry you'll
03:07freeze out
03:07here i'll survive just take care of the kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the snow getting
03:14smaller
03:19lena slept in my arms her cheeks were still too red i touched her forehead burning can you go faster
03:30she 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 the
04:19roads
04:19are icy the cough got worse her breathing sounded like a broken whistle i can't breathe
04:28i unzapped her coat her chest was heaving pneumonia she almost died from it last year lena
04:33look at me stay awake mommy's gonna tell you a story about the bunny her eyes fluttered her breathing
04:40got shallower someone help she's dying please no one answered just the sound of the wind and snow
04:47howling outside the car finally pulled into the rest stop is there a doctor please she's sick there's no
04:55doctor here towers down lines are dead my knees buckled layla was silent in my arms fever in me of
05:06the grace lena
05:08try giving her these
05:14please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with this 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
05:31you'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
05:51hello lucas lena is sick it's bad where are you lena on the way to the community hospital
06:00you 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 and
06:17found lucy's profile her latest post 10 minutes ago a selfie highway in the background the caption
06:25picking 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 leilich with him the kids get fingers it's normal she's not going to die stop being dramatic
06:43don't take a sign 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 reeds
07:25ever hurt you or laylee push this but i want one more thing no sound but i knew the signal
07:31went out dad
07:32said his people would be there within three hours but three hours could layla last three hours community
07:38hospital finally came to view acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get the crash cart ready they stopped
07:45me at the door i stood behind the glass watched them intubate her hook her up to monitors her tiny
07:53body
07:54on that bed i felt so helpless like i was watching her die i collapsed in the corner shaking
08:02my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing grace where are you my mom's waiting hello hospital
08:12they're resuscitating layla what why are you at a hospital where's lucy she never came
08:20that's impossible she just texted me said she picked you up i opened the family group chat 20 minutes ago
08:28a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached a woman's silhouette in the
08:33passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was lying to him with a pre
08:39-planned
08:39photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to come for christmas do you because
08:47sophie's here you're jealous so you made this up
09:10the 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
09:38wall 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 what now leila needs surgery transfer me fifty thousand fifty thousand what am i an atm a
10:09printing press
10:12lucas 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
10:40henry 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
11:00where are you i'm coming no i hung up turned off the phone
11:08i walked 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 the hospital roof was cold
11:26with 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 grace
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 what's
12:19going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he knew we
12:25had
12:25money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought as long
12:31as he
12:31treated you well it was fine but i never expected 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
12:45they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best equipment
12:52reed group before the market opens tomorrow i wanted to crash terminate every partnership call
12:58the 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 one
13:24exactly like mine and a little girls like leila's frozen to death on the side of the highway i want
13:29them to think i'm dead then i want to watch them celebrate watch them celebrate christmas while leila and i
13:35are dead done the bodies looked real one adult one child lying in the snow by the highway when they
13:44were found they were already frozen the call came while the reeds were eating christmas dinner the table
13:49was full of lack grandma oh vivian sophie is so much better her daughter is well behaved not like grace
13:55that little brat of hers was always crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the husband of
14:02grace reed we found two bodies by the highway you need to come identify them what did you say grace
14:09and leila froze to death lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue the cop led him to
14:19the viewing
14:20room the drawer slid open two bodies one big one small the big one wore my coat the small one
14:29curled
14:29in her arms like she was sleeping are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached out
14:36to touch my face but his hands wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them we checked the
14:43cameras
14:43your sister's car never hit the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the victim's
14:48phone we found an audio recording of her last call to you 7 pm she said the child was begged
14:51you to help
14:51you said you said a girl even if she recovered she's worthless i thought i thought she was lying i
14:58didn'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
15:18the best 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 pre-mate them already don't ruin christmas
15:35ma'am these are two human beings
15:40so 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 of that why are you apologizing she was just unlucky shut up
16:04we 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
16:38lucas 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
16:47fault not mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two lives i keep thinking what if
16:54i'd answered the phone what if i'd gone to get them what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace
17:01is
17:01dead i'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
18:02will pay it lead group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off
18:07mrs reed moved out of the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school
18:16lucas didn't stop her he went back to the funeral home the coffins were still there
18:21he bribed the night guard with his last few dollars so he could sleep on the floor
18:26you ruined the family for a dead woman what about mom then who will pay the price for grace
18:33who will answer for layla she left crying and never came back lucas started looking for work
18:38but no one wanted a bankrupt boss with a bad reputation he ended up as a waiter start today
18:43wash dishes okay grace today i carried 300 plates my hands are falling off in the old days you would
18:50have told me to take it easy why was i so stupid you were so good layla was so cute
18:54how did i get
18:54so lost listening to mom that's right daddy layla daddy sorry you love strawberry cake daddy gets paid
19:02tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't know this late guilt meant nothing next morning lucas went to
19:08the diner early lucas table three is waiting lunch break he squatted on the back steps of the diner hey
19:17you okay nothing got something in my eye i heard you used to be a big shot how'd you end
19:22up like
19:23this got what i deserved he didn't want to talk some pain you swallow alone he thought about grace's
19:28last call her horse voice layla dying would everything have been different shift ended lucas didn't go
19:36straight to the funeral home he took a detour to the bakery downtown give me the smallest one
19:41back at the funeral home layla daddy bought you cake try it it's your favorite grace have a bite
19:47too you always said i wasted money never bought the expensive cake now i bought it i want your taste
19:53he sat there until the candles burned out next morning he took the receipt and went back to
19:58the bakery one strawberry cake you again there's a mother and daughter who come here a lot they were
20:03just here a couple days ago the little girl is so cute two pigtails pointed at the cake and said
20:07she wanted to surprise her mom what did you say they came here two days ago the girl had pigtails
20:12really cute yes i remember clearly she was so excited about the cake really did they look like
20:17this 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
20:35pigeons he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was wrong please come out please
20:44every day after his shift he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere
20:49malls playgrounds the 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
21:04grace and layla were alive he would find them one day he went to a preschool the one grace once
21:10said
21:10she'd send layla to when she was older then he saw her the way she moved her smile it was
21:16layla
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
21:24daughter 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
21:50the 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
22:14mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab me mommy knows mommy will protect you
22:20i i wanted to see layla i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to
22:28you 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
22:33life
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
22:47of me or layla again two i call the cops and press charges for child abandonment and reckless
22:52endangerment i have layla's medical records and your phone call recordings all saved
22:59no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter i can't live without her let me see her just once
23:08please i promise after that i'll go she's not your daughter the moment you left her on that highway
23:18you lost the right to be her father have some dignity if you keep this up i'll call the police
23:25who are you why are you interfering with my family allow me to introduce myself i'm the assistant to
23:32the chairman of bennett group miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune she's now taken
23:37full control of the company
23:42panic group you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad pretended to be poor to see
23:48if you loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you disappointed me grace let go of
23:54mr reed
24:02what's there to look at this isn't our house anymore why are you embarrassing yourself lucy
24:08i found grace and layla they're not dead they're alive so what they're doing fine now why would they
24:14want anything to do with a loser like you i know i was wrong i want to make it up
24:18to them make it up
24:18with what you have nothing can't even support yourself you're insane lucy please help me i just
24:24want to see lena once i'm not helping you you're the one who left them on the highway you ruin
24:28this
24:28family i'm doing fine now stay away from me what do you want i told you don't come here
24:34grace and layla they're alive so what what does that have to do with me i just want to live
24:39my 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
24:47can't even feed yourself and you want to make things right you know what if you just listened
24:50to me and never married grace none of this would have happened now sophie's gone too this is all your
24:55fault mom how can you say that layla is your granddaughter so what i don't care dead or alive
25:02doesn't matter don't come back you're not my son anymore
25:10sophie you said you were going back to your hometown lucas are you insane who the hell are you
25:15touched my girl again sophie tell me what if grace and layla on the highway for you lost my family
25:21for you and this is how you treat me lucas you don't actually think i liked you do you you
25:26messes
25:26reed likes me that's why i came around you think i wanted to look at her mean face the highway
25:30you
25:30think 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
26:00remember 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
26:11you she
26:12almost died in that er you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars now you want to know how she is
26:16she was transferred to city general top specialist three days and three nights to pull her back to
26:20life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she hears the word
26:24highway
26:25nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't that the former
26:29owner of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and daughter on the
26:34highway
26:34then went bankrupt wife and daughter died karma
26:42grace
26:47lucas what do you want i want to see layla just once i promise after that i'll leave you alone
26:52i know i was wrong i know i think about every day about you about layla please give me one
26:58more
26:58chance one more chance said to get rid of her where was her chance then lucas some mistakes can never
27:03be
27:03fix
27:11lucas
27:11lucas reed found this morning his rental
27:14Suicide.
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