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"My Hero Dad Left Me to Die" (also referred to as Mommy Save Me! Daddy Left Me to Die) is a short drama series focusing on a tragic familial betrayal, often involving a gas leak scenario where a mother and child are left in danger by the father.
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00:00My dad used to be my superhero.
00:02He was a firefighter, rushing into burning buildings, saving lives.
00:09Until that day, my hero killed me with his hands.
00:13The downtown building collapsed.
00:15It was pitch black, like I was trapped in an iron barrel.
00:19The air was thick, dust and blood everywhere.
00:22A huge concrete slab was crushing my chest.
00:25It hurt so much.
00:27Every breath felt like swallowing broken glass.
00:30Mom shielded me with her body.
00:32Her arms were torn open by rebar, but she kept digging through the rubble.
00:36Just when I thought I couldn't hold on any longer, a blinding light cut through the darkness.
00:41It was Dad!
00:41He was wearing that firefighter uniform I admired so much, charging like a superhero.
00:47I thought I was saved.
00:49Dad, it hurts. Please help me.
00:53I weakly reached out to him.
00:55Liam! Save Mia! She is bleeding!
00:58But Dad only paused for a second.
01:00He followed another crying voice, turned without hesitation, and walked towards the corner.
01:05There she was.
01:07Aria, the daughter of his first love, Serena.
01:10She only had a few scratches, but hugging her knees and pretending to cry loudly.
01:14Chloe, listen to me.
01:16Serena and her daughter are in an extremely critical situation.
01:21I have to go to them now.
01:24What are you saying?
01:25What about our daughter?
01:27Can't you save your own daughter first?
01:29Dad frowned.
01:30He forcefully pried open Mom's blood-soaked fingers.
01:35Chloe, don't be difficult right now.
01:37My duty is to prioritize the people in the most danger.
01:41Mia, hang in there.
01:43Daddy will get them out first.
01:44Then I will come right back for you.
01:47I watch him walk against the light, holding someone else's daughter tightly in his arms,
01:53striding out of the rubble.
01:55I don't cry, because Dad is a hero.
01:58Heroes always save the weakest first, right?
02:01Dad taught me to be strong.
02:03Mom, don't cry.
02:05It doesn't hurt anymore.
02:07The concrete slab crushed my chest completely.
02:16Mom's screams tore through my ears, but I couldn't hear them clearly anymore.
02:22My body grew lighter.
02:24I floated up into the air and turned into a transparent ghost.
02:29I look down at my own crushed, unrecognizable body.
02:33Then I look at Dad walking away.
02:36I watch him walking against the light, hold someone else's daughter against his chest.
02:40He walked so fast, too fast to hear Mom's cries for help.
02:48Dad, the girl in your arms is smiling so happily.
02:56But you don't know, your own daughter, the one who waited for you every night to come home
03:02and tell her bedtime stories, died forever today.
03:12After becoming a ghost, I follow Mom, who looks like a walking corpse, all the way to the hospital.
03:18Under the harsh fluorescent lights, two metal paddles keep shocking my body.
03:23It must hurt because Mom kept crying, but I couldn't feel the pain anymore
03:27until the cold machine screamed into a flat line.
03:31The doctor shook his head helplessly.
03:33He draped a white sheet over my dust-covered face.
03:36Mom collapsed onto the cold tiles of the emergency room.
03:40She cried so hard that she couldn't make a sound.
03:43But where was Dad?
03:44Dad, I float through the long hospital corridors, searching for him through the half-open moor.
03:52Finally, I found him in the most luxurious VIP room at the end of the hallway.
03:57I see Aria lying on a soft hospital bed.
04:00Then, next to her was a giant pink gift box.
04:03The limited-edition Barbie doll I had dreamed of.
04:07I begged Dad for an entire month.
04:09You know what he said?
04:10Too expensive.
04:12Little kids shouldn't be so vain.
04:17But now?
04:18He buys it for someone else's daughter, even without looking at the price tag.
04:23Liam, the VIP room is too expensive.
04:26If Chloe finds out you used her card, she'll be angry.
04:29Dad gently strokes her hair.
04:31His voice was softer than I had ever heard.
04:33It is fine.
04:34A good environment will help Aria recover.
04:37Chloe has lots of money, and she will not mind.
04:39Float up to the ceiling.
04:41I shouted in protest.
04:43That is Mom's money!
04:45But he couldn't hear me.
04:47His phone screen lit up.
04:48Dad glances it, then turns it off.
04:51Right at moment.
04:53Mom is standing outside the slightly open door, like a wandering ghost.
04:58Her once pure white dress is now stained dark red.
05:02With my blood.
05:04Her body is covered in dirt and wounds.
05:06She just stares at the scene inside the room.
05:09Liam and Serena's family are like a real happy family.
05:13They are laughing and enjoying themselves.
05:15The cold wind in the roadway blew through Mom's hair.
05:20She is holding her phone, which is still ringing.
05:23The last glim of light in her eyes goes out completely.
05:30Mom pushes open the hospital room door.
05:33Covered in dust and blood, she looks like something dragged back from hell, shattering the warmth of the room.
05:40Dad sees Mom.
05:42He pulls away from Serena like he'd been electrocuted.
05:46Chloe, why do you look like this?
05:48What are you doing here?
05:50So this is what you have been so busy doing?
05:52Can't even answer the phone?
05:54I could see her injured leg was still limping.
05:57I wanted to float over to Dad, tell him Mom was in pain, tell him I was already dead.
06:04But instead, Dad instinctively stepped in front of Serena's bed, as if Mom was some crazy woman who might hurt
06:12them.
06:12Chloe, can you be reasonable for once? Serena is a single mother.
06:15She almost fainted from stride earlier.
06:17I'm just here helping to comfort Area.
06:20Helping? Helping?
06:22Liam, when you were saving them, did you think of Mia for even one second?
06:27Do you know whose blood this is?
06:29Chloe, enough.
06:30My job is to save the people in the most danger.
06:32You and Mia are fine now, aren't you?
06:35What's the big deal about a few minor injuries?
06:38You have to make it in the hospital?
06:39Fine.
06:40I float in mid-air, tears dripping down.
06:44Daddy, can't you see the blood on Mommy's clothes?
06:47That is my blood.
06:49Your own daughter is already covered with a white sheet.
06:53Liam, don't blame Chloe.
06:55It's all my fault.
06:57It's okay.
06:58This isn't your fault.
06:59Don't worry.
07:00I'll handle it.
07:01When Dad looks back at Mom, his eyes had turned ice cold.
07:05Go back to Mia.
07:06Take care of her.
07:06I will be home late.
07:07Mom looks at Dad's shameless face.
07:09Suddenly, she stops trembling, her eyes shifting from disappointment to calm.
07:14You'll never see Mia again.
07:16Mom walks away in disappointment.
07:18Dad shouts ridiculous a few times behind her back, but he doesn't chase after her at all.
07:23Because area on the hospital bed calls out weakly.
07:26Uncle Liam, don't go.
07:29I'm scared.
07:30He immediately turns around, hurried back to her hospital bedside looking utterly anxious,
07:35and gently took her hand.
07:37No.
07:38I'm not leaving.
07:39Sleep peacefully.
07:40I don't follow Mom.
07:42I stay in the hospital room, floating quietly beside Dad.
07:45Late at night, the VIP room is so quiet you could only hear the humidizer.
07:49Aunt Serena and Aria are both asleep.
07:51Dad sits in the companion chair, rubbing his reddened eyes.
07:54He looked so, so tired.
07:56Daddy's just too busy.
07:58He's a big hero.
07:59Heroes never have time for their own families.
08:02I am still secretly making excuses for him in my heart.
08:06He didn't not love me.
08:08He just didn't hear my cries for help.
08:10Once he was done with his work, he would definitely come home and tell me a bedtime story, right?
08:15I float down and walk in front of him.
08:18Daddy, I'm not angry at you anymore.
08:20It was so dark and cold under the rubble.
08:23Hold me, please.
08:24Please, I stand on my tiptoes, reach out my transparent little hand.
08:31I want to touch his furrowed brow, just like when he used to tuck me in.
08:37However, my fingertips passed through his body, like a wisp of wind, without any resistance.
08:45I froze.
08:46Unwilling to give up, I try again.
08:49My entire arm went through his chest.
08:52I couldn't touch him anymore.
08:56Just then, Dad leans down.
09:00He gently tucks Aria's blanket and plants a tender goodnight kiss on her forehead.
09:06Watching that kiss, my transparent body felt as if it has been crushed all over again.
09:11So this is it.
09:12The dead cannot hug the living.
09:14And I finally understood, in this world, I am already a ghost with no place to belong.
09:20The sun is shining brightly.
09:23Dad goes for a walk in the park across to the hospital with Serena and Aria.
09:27The three of takes each other on the lawn.
09:30Their laughter echoes through the air, just like a real family.
09:34Once upon a time, my parents and I were that happy too.
09:40The harsh sunlight pierces through my soul.
09:43I feel inexplicably cold.
09:46Not far away, I see Mom sitting on a park bench.
09:51My baby Mia.
09:54Aunt Chloe!
09:56Aria waves brightly at Mom.
10:01Chloe?
10:02What's wrong with you?
10:04Where's Mia?
10:06Why didn't you bring her to the park?
10:10She's not coming.
10:12You didn't forget you promised to spend her birthday with her tomorrow, did you?
10:16Of course I didn't.
10:18I've already got her gift.
10:19I'll be there.
10:20On time.
10:21You'd better remember.
10:25I see Mom cry again.
10:28Aria!
10:29Aria!
10:36I'm totally fine, actually.
10:41It was all an act.
10:43I just didn't want Uncle Liam going to save Mia.
10:47So I clung to his leg and wouldn't let go.
10:59That collapse was brutal.
11:02No way, you snake.
11:05No way she made it out.
11:07She's dead for sure by now, right?
11:11I float in mid-air and cover my mouth in horror.
11:15Uncle Liam!
11:16Hey, kiddo.
11:18I just gave Aunt Kema a lollipop.
11:21I hope she won't be angry anymore.
11:23Dad smiles proudly and pat Aria's head.
11:26He praises her for such a kind haute of a haise.
11:30Tomorrow morning, 10 o'clock, the downtown church.
11:35Don't be late.
11:36Sewing this, Mama turns around and Zot away.
11:40Okay.
11:42He has no idea at all.
11:46Tomorrow's party wouldn't have a birthday cake.
11:50Or birthday candles.
11:52Only a cold coffin.
11:55My coffin.
11:57The party is held as scheduled.
12:00No colorful balloons.
12:02No sweet strawberry cake.
12:04Only a cold, solemn church.
12:07In the center of the church, a small, white, wooden box.
12:12That is my new bed.
12:13My body lies quietly inside, wearing the most beautiful princess dress Mom had ever bought
12:19for me, surrounded by white flowers.
12:21Mom walks up to the coffin, hands trembling.
12:25She places my favorite fairy tale book beside me.
12:28Mia, I am sorry.
12:32I never got to finish those stories for you.
12:36Didn't you say you wanted to see the ocean?
12:39I just wanted to watch you grow up safe and happy.
12:43She leans against the edge of the coffin.
12:46Tears fell heavily onto my face.
12:48Mom, don't cry.
12:51I float beside her, desperately trying to wipe away her tears.
12:55But my hands only pass through her cheeks.
13:02It is already 9.50.
13:04Her father still is not here?
13:06I heard that man is at the hospital with his mistress child.
13:10He won't even come to his own daughter's funeral.
13:15Chloe, maybe Liam is just stuck in traffic.
13:20Give him a call.
13:25Traffic jam?
13:26He completely forgot.
13:28I should have realized sooner.
13:30He never loved me.
13:32And he never loved Mia.
13:35Don't act impulsively.
13:37Liam is still Mia's father.
13:41I will give him one last chance.
13:44At Uncle Mason's pleading, Mom still dialed the number.
13:47The dialing screen shows calling for a long time.
13:51I pray devoutly.
13:53Dad, please, this is your last chance to see me.
13:59The call connects.
14:01I excitedly lean closer.
14:02I float in the air, hearing the chaotic background noise of a hospital from the phone.
14:07Chloe, I might be a little late.
14:09Dad's voice sounds so matter-of-fact, even with a hint of aneriation at being interrupted.
14:14I told you, be here sharp at 10.
14:18Is Mia throwing a tantrum again?
14:20Calm her down first.
14:22Aria had some issues during her examination.
14:24I need to stay and handle it.
14:28Me?
14:29Throwing a tantrum?
14:31Again?
14:32I'm already a corpse, Daddy.
14:34How can I throw a tantrum?
14:36I instinctively look at Mom and for help.
14:39I see her close her eyes in utter disappointment and hang up the phone directly.
14:44The funeral will start on time.
14:47I won't wait for him anymore.
14:49I couldn't accept it.
14:51I want to see Dad.
14:53I want Dad to touch my cheek one last time.
14:57Driven by a strong desire, my soul followed the phone signal and traveled to Dad's side.
15:08Inside the VIP room, Aria is smugly winking at Aunt Serena.
15:13Then suddenly, she burst into loud sobs grabbing Dad's shirt tightly.
15:17I don't want Uncle Liam to go.
15:20I've never had a birthday.
15:22Mommy is always busy.
15:24No one stays with...
15:25Liam, you can go to celebrate Mia's birthday.
15:31Don't worry about us.
15:33A widow and her child.
15:36Liam holds Aria's hand, comforting her gently.
15:39No, no.
15:40I won't abandon you.
15:42It's fine.
15:43I'll stay a little longer, leaving until Aria falls asleep.
15:50Serena smiles with relief.
15:52How piercing that smile was.
15:54Just as Dad is holding Aria's hand, smiling with such affection.
15:58His phone on the night band lights up.
16:00A breaking news alert from a local news outlet.
16:03Dad glances at it casually and was about to swipe it away.
16:06This is the moment it touched the screen, as if electrocuted.
16:09The headline read,
16:10Downtown Collapse, Latest Victim List Confirmed.
16:13Includes five-year-old girl.
16:15The photo attached to the news showed a blood-stained dress
16:19hanging from the edge of a white sheet.
16:21The dress he bought for me just last week.
16:24Liam's eyes locked onto that familiar hem.
16:28His throat bow bobs pain relief.
16:31And his face turns deathly pale in an instant.
16:35Uncle Liam?
16:37What's wrong with you?
16:42Mia!
16:46Mia!
16:47Mia!
16:50Mia!