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The General’S Wrath
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00:00Sir, they need you back at base, right now.
00:02My husband, Walker, gave me an apologetic smile.
00:05The exact smile he always used when he was about to lie.
00:08Babe, I'm sorry. They need me back. Go enjoy the trip without me.
00:10I'll make it up to you when I have time.
00:11I watched him get into the car, the same car that would later be found abandoned.
00:15He didn't even wait for my answer.
00:16He just jumped in his SUV and sped off.
00:19I watched him leave, my nails digging into my palms.
00:23This was supposed to be our first trip since I lost our baby a year ago.
00:26He claimed it was a top-level military emergency.
00:28I almost would have believed it if my dad weren't a major general.
00:31If something serious had happened, my dad would have known first.
00:33Walker, he's just a colonel. Command wouldn't call him before my dad.
00:36At first, I thought maybe I'd gotten it wrong. Maybe he hadn't lied.
00:39Same turn, same gate, same road back to base.
00:41For a second, I thought he really had told me the truth.
00:43But my gut said otherwise. I knew he was hiding something.
00:46We stopped outside the officer's housing pound.
00:48Inside, the whole place was set up for a party.
00:50String lights hung over the lawn. Folding tables ran across the yard.
00:53The air was thick with cigarettes, smoke, beer, and barbecue.
00:55I frowned. What the hell was this?
00:57I got out of the car.
00:58What's going on?
00:59Ma'am, you didn't hear?
01:00Colonel Hale's wife is expecting.
01:02She's three months along. This whole party's for her.
01:04For a second, I thought I heard him wrong.
01:06Who? Colonel Hale's wife?
01:08I barely heard the rest.
01:09I pushed past him and ran in.
01:11Then I saw him.
01:12Walker stood there with his arm around a young woman.
01:14She was tucked against his side, cheeks pink.
01:16His hand rested gently on her stomach.
01:19Then she looked up.
01:20My blood ran cold.
01:22It was Lily, the girl we saved on that mountain road a year ago.
01:25I still remember that night.
01:27Rain was pounding so hard I could hardly see anything.
01:28Then a girl threw herself in front of our car.
01:30Then we heard armed men closing in.
01:31Walker was out of the car in a second, gun in hand.
01:33I was eight months pregnant.
01:34I should have stayed in the car, but I didn't.
01:35I got out to help.
01:36When I woke up, woke up.
01:37The army doctor told me I'd lost the baby,
01:39and that I might never be able to have another.
01:41This is all my fault. I'm so sorry.
01:43Lily dropped to her knees beside my bed,
01:45sobbing and blaming herself for everything.
01:47After that, she said,
01:47always quiet, always look guilty.
01:49Then one day, Walker said it like it was nothing.
01:50Let her stay.
01:51You need someone to look after you.
01:52And just like that, Lily stayed on base.
01:54What I never saw coming was this.
01:56Walker sleeping with her, getting her pregnant,
01:57and letting the world think she was his wife.
01:59Congratulations, Colonel Hale.
02:00A son on the way.
02:01When Walker saw her like that, his eyes softened.
02:04Then, like he couldn't help himself,
02:05he leaned down and kissed her.
02:07It was a long kiss.
02:08When it ended, his thumb lingered at the corner of her mouth.
02:11Then he went still.
02:12Across the noise and the crowd,
02:14he saw me, standing at the front gate.
02:16Mrs. Hale, you must be thrilled.
02:18A grandson coming and a sweet girl like this carrying him?
02:20You're a lucky woman.
02:21Guess tonight we finally get to meet Colonel Hale's wife?
02:23Even his hard-faced mother, Diane,
02:24was smiling in a way she never had with me.
02:26Walker looked like he was off of the world.
02:27And Lily?
02:28The more they praised her, the more shy she acted.
02:30Pink cheeks, downcast eyes.
02:31She just kept clinging closer and closer into Walker.
02:33He saw me, panic flashed across his face.
02:35He instinctively pushed Lily away.
02:37Maya.
02:37I walked straight toward him.
02:39Slap.
02:40Before he could finish my name,
02:41I slapped him hard across the face.
02:42This is your so-called base emergency mission?
02:45The entire party went dead silent.
02:46Lily reacted first,
02:48screaming and rushing to Walker's side,
02:50caressing his face as if he were the victim.
02:52Maya, how dare you?
02:54Slap.
02:55The blow sent her stumbling back,
02:56and Walker rushed to hold her up.
02:58I was about to speak when a violent force threw me to the ground.
03:01Carter, you bitch!
03:02My son doesn't want you anymore!
03:04If anything happens to my grandson,
03:06I'll make you pay!
03:07Exactly!
03:08No matter how jealous you are,
03:09you can't crash in and ruin this party!
03:10And just like that, the whole scene erupted.
03:12Accusations flew everywhere.
03:14People yelled insults.
03:15And some were already calling for the military police to drag me out.
03:17Emboldened by the crowd,
03:19Lily flashed me a triumphant smile.
03:20But in the blink of an eye,
03:21that snug look was gone.
03:23Her eyes filled with tears,
03:24and her voice turned weak and trembling.
03:26Why can't you just leave us alone?
03:27Maya, I know you're divorced you.
03:28You can't have Walker's children,
03:30but he's always wanted a son.
03:31But if it makes you feel better,
03:32you can still visit him when the baby's born.
03:35Maya was shaking so hard she could barely breathe.
03:39She wanted to ask him when the hell they got divorced.
03:42She wanted to ask him loose in rangers,
03:45but he cut her off.
03:46Well, Underhar, Damon!
03:48That's enough!
03:49He shoved Lily behind him like she was the one worth protecting.
03:53His jaw tightened,
03:54and a vein stood out at his temple.
04:00Maya, are you ever going to stop?
04:03You couldn't give me a child,
04:04and I still tried to let you walk away with some dignity.
04:08Don't make this uglier than it already is.
04:10Leave now, or I'll call the MPs.
04:13Cold rushed through her so fast,
04:15it felt like she'd fallen into ice water.
04:18I'm sorry, there's nothing more we can do.
04:20Back when the doctor said she might never have children again,
04:22Walker's mother screamed and begged him to leave her.
04:24But Walker said no.
04:26He held her and told her he loved her.
04:27He told her it didn't matter whether she could give him children.
04:30He told her he would never divorce her.
04:31Not in this lifetime.
04:32What a joke.
04:33Every word had been a lie.
04:35Maya slowly pushed herself off the ground.
04:37She clenched her fists so hard her nails bit into her palms.
04:42She didn't move.
04:45She didn't move.
04:47His expression hardened.
04:49MPs!
04:50Get this crazy woman out of here!
04:55Don't you dare!
04:56My father is General Carter.
04:58I dare anyone to lay a hand on me!
05:00The entire compound dropped into stunned silence.
05:04Then Lily suddenly let out a soft, trembling sob.
05:08Maya, I know you're upset, but you can't just say things like that.
05:14Walker, do you think maybe losing the baby really broke her?
05:18Walker played right along.
05:20Maya, stop this nonsense.
05:22Your father is not a general.
05:27She looked at the silver eagle on his uniform and laughed.
05:34Walker, don't tell me you've really forgotten who got you that rank.
05:46She's telling the truth.
05:48General Carter, that's...
05:57She was done holding back.
05:59From this moment on, she would make sure everyone knew the truth.
06:07Every single one of you will pay for today.
06:10The second the words left my mouth, the crowd burst into harsh, ugly laughter.
06:15Oh, please.
06:16She really had us for a second.
06:18She wants us to believe she's General Carter's daughter?
06:20Look at her!
06:21Yeah, right.
06:22And I'm the first lady.
06:24Walker and Lily are the perfect match.
06:26Don't let this crazy ex ruin it.
06:28A man doesn't rise to Colonel that fast without a good woman behind him.
06:36Better match for him?
06:37The good woman who handed him all of that?
06:39I still remember that winter.
06:40He showed up with snow all over his shoulders.
06:43In his hands was a bouquet, half frozen.
06:45And he held it like it was treasure.
06:47We ran off and got married in a tiny church without my family's blessing.
06:50Dad didn't even show up to the wedding.
06:52And now?
06:53Walker, you'd really throw away every last bit of decency for her?
06:55Now he was handing everything over to Lily.
06:57I let out a cold laugh and fixed him with an icy chair.
06:59All right, shut up.
07:00The second he heard that, Walker flinched.
07:02Walker, you know damn well you wouldn't be where you are without me.
07:04You were the one who kept saying your rank was too low, that I deserved better.
07:07So I went to Dad for you.
07:08You almost ruined my relationship with Dad, and I still begged him again and again to help you.
07:12Shut your mouth!
07:13Everything I have, I earned.
07:14Every bit of it.
07:15So don't you dare act like you made me.
07:17Oh, what's wrong, Walker?
07:19I still have that pathetic letter you wrote to Dad back then.
07:21Want me to read it out loud for everyone?
07:23You!
07:23If it weren't for Lily, my child would be old enough to call you Dad by now.
07:27And look what you did!
07:28You cheated on me right under my nose!
07:30Maya, how can you twist things like this?
07:32You're the one who cheated while you were pregnant.
07:34How can you blame Walker for night enough to get you out even after the divorce, and this is how
07:38you repay him?
07:39Don't embarrass him anymore.
07:40She's insane!
07:41What a trashy psycho!
07:44Somebody get this lunaturk out of here!
07:46Your voices crashed over me from every side.
07:49I laughed and stared straight at Lily.
07:52You really want to go there?
07:53Fine.
07:54Then let's talk about who saved your life.
07:57When I lost my baby saving you, who was the one on her knees in front of me?
08:01Who was crying, saying she was sorry?
08:04Who swore she'd spend the rest of her life paying me back?
08:07And this is how you repay me?
08:09By sleeping with my husband?
08:11By stabbing me in the back?
08:14You really thought you could take my place?
08:16You really want me to say all this out loud in front of everyone?
08:22You really want...
08:27You barren little bitch!
08:30My son should have never married you.
08:32You ruined this family the day you came into it.
08:34Barren destroyed my family!
08:37I hadn't even finished when Diane slapped me to the ground.
08:40She was still screaming at me.
08:41I gave him everything.
08:43And this is what I get.
08:48Walker, Lilla, Diane, you think you've won.
08:52But you have no idea what's coming.
08:54The game isn't over.
08:55It's just beginning.
08:58After Diane spoke, the rest of the crowd piled on.
09:02Exactly!
09:03Everyone knows Lily is Colonel Hale's wife!
09:05I don't hit women, but you deserve it!
09:08Maya, please.
09:10Yell or hit me in private.
09:11Say whatever.
09:12But not here.
09:12Not today.
09:13Not in public.
09:14You'll ruin Walker.
09:15I beg you.
09:16Punish me any way you want.
09:17I'll endure it.
09:18Just stop.
09:19Maya, hate me if you want, but why hurt an innocent baby?
09:21Why did you push me?
09:24I didn't...
09:26Maya!
09:29You make me sick.
09:30You lost a baby and now want Lily to lose hers?
09:33You think that'll make me leave her?
09:35Never.
09:35You won't tear this family apart!
09:38Walker.
09:39My stomach.
09:40It hurts.
09:41Baby, don't be scared.
09:42I'm here.
09:43You evil bitch!
09:44You trying to kill my grandson?
09:46I'll kill you first!
09:47The bottle smashed into my forehead.
09:49My head hit the stone steps.
09:51Warm blood ran down my face and everything went black.
09:54Help.
09:55Help.
09:56Save it!
09:57You were talking big a second ago.
09:59Stop faking.
10:00Walker.
10:01I'm not faking.
10:02Please.
10:03Take me to the hospital.
10:04Enough, Maya.
10:05Stop pretending and apologize to Lily.
10:07Now.
10:08He knew exactly how serious this was and that he couldn't leave me there.
10:12Walker.
10:12If anything happens to me, you did this.
10:15My dad will kill you with a hospital now!
10:17Shut your crazy mouth!
10:18Open your eyes and look!
10:19Look!
10:20Lily is my son's real wife!
10:21The law says so!
10:23Under the official seal, two names stood side by side.
10:26Walker Hale, Lily Whitmer.
10:28Doubters fell silent.
10:29I laughed suddenly at them.
10:30I'll take the blame!
10:31He spoke, and I was immediately set upon.
10:34Someone seized my hair, slamming my head into the ground as fists struck me from all sides.
10:39Stop!
10:39My dad!
10:43That only made them hit harder.
10:45My vision faded, my consciousness slipping away.
10:53Just as everything went black, bang!
10:57Stand down!
10:58This is my daughter.
11:00I dare anyone to touch her again.
11:02In an instant, hundreds of armed soldiers stormed the yard and surrounded the compound.
11:20Maya, Dad is here.
11:23Daddy.
11:36Daddy.
11:38Daddy.
11:40Oh, my God.
11:44Mmm.
11:47Daddy, Dad.
11:49Ah, my God.
11:55Thanks, sadly.
11:57Bye, Lily.
12:02Who hit her?
12:04Was it you?
12:06Was it you?
12:11I...
12:11I didn't mean to.
12:15She started it.
12:16You'd better pray my daughter is okay.
12:19General!
12:20General!
12:21I was wrong!
12:22I was confused!
12:24Confused?
12:25You beat my daughter like this and call it confused?
12:29I...
12:29I'll divorce her!
12:31Give her everything!
12:33Please spare me!
12:35No!
12:36No!
12:37No!
12:39You're the ungrateful Resh who spits in the face of her savior?
12:49Listen up!
12:51Every wound on my daughter's body will be repaid tenfold!
12:58He never breaks his word.
13:01And today was only the beginning.
13:04Everyone in the yard turned pale.
13:07Guns pressed to their heads.
13:08Walker and Lily froze.
13:10Unable to move or even flinch.
13:12Guards pulled the attackers off me.
13:15A major general glared coldly at the crowd, then fixed his gaze on Walker.
13:19Maya!
13:20What have you done?
13:21Haven't you caused enough trouble?
13:23I'm Colonel Hale.
13:24Tell them to lower their gun!
13:28Panic filled his eyes.
13:31He held me tight and I wept bitterly in his arms.
13:40He forgot the gun at his head, spun around, and met my father's eyes.
13:47General Carter?
13:48What are you doing here?
13:53Who are you?
13:54Can't you see Colonel Hale is in the middle of-
13:57Shut up!
13:57General Carter, sir.
14:02This is all a misunderstanding.
14:04Really, just a misunderstanding.
14:06A misunderstanding?
14:08Walker, my daughter, gave up everything to marry you!
14:10And this is how you repaid her?
14:12The whole yard went silent.
14:15Everyone stared at me in shock.
14:17No one answered.
14:19A coat covered me.
14:21I opened my eyes and saw my father.
14:25Diane, who'd cursed me minutes ago, now fawned over my father and hurried over.
14:32Come now, we're family.
14:34Just a little misunderstanding.
14:40My father's boot slammed down on the marriage certificate on the ground.
14:49Abuse of power.
14:52Falsifying official documents.
14:55Every word slammed into Walker, making him shake.
15:00Verbidary here.
15:02This rare red of video and so-and-sealed of Ixgines.
15:05But my father cut him off with a sharp gesture.
15:11Investigate this!
15:12Get someone from the county clerk's office here immediately!
15:15Now!
15:25She finally understands.
15:34Walker!
15:35What do we do?
15:38What do we do?
15:38What do we do?
15:39What do we do?
15:43Waiting.
15:46And then, judgment.
15:56He picked me up carefully, as if holding the whole world.
16:11Dad, I'm sorry.
16:15Dad, I'm sorry.
16:28She knew that from this moment on, she would never have to face it alone again.
16:34And the reckoning.
17:03The truth is never buried.
17:11He didn't need to say a word, because every second that followed would make Walker wish
17:15he were dead.
17:18Within ten minutes, the truth came out.
17:20Walker used his position to make the county clerk record his marriage to Lily, even though
17:24we hadn't filed for divorce yet.
17:26Good.
17:26Very good, Hale.
17:28Walker shook so hard he could barely stand.
17:30He looked ready to beg, but no words came out.
17:32He just...
17:33Take him.
17:40No!
17:45No!
17:45No!
17:54No!
18:01No!
18:02No!
18:10No!
18:13No!
18:16No!
18:23No!
18:29No!
18:30No!
18:54No!
18:58No!
19:01No!
19:16No!
19:17No!
19:32No!
19:49No!
20:01No!
20:05No!
20:17No!
20:18No!
20:19No!
20:30No!
20:33He remembered her as a little girl, ponytail bouncing, laughing as she ran into his arms.
20:45Dad, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you.
20:53Silly child.
21:07Mom never stopped waiting for her. Never.
21:16Dawn was coming. So was hers.
21:19Everything would be okay.
21:21Because she finally knew she wasn't alone.
21:26The car rolled slowly up the driveway.
21:29Before it stopped, Mom pushed open the front door and hurried out.
21:33Still wearing her apron, holding a spatula, clearly running straight from the kitchen.
21:39My baby!
21:41Who did this?
21:52Let's get inside first.
21:54The table was covered with my favorite food.
21:56The smell of roast meat and gravy filled the house.
21:59Mom tried not to look at my injuries, but she couldn't help it.
22:02Her eyes kept drifting back, and each time she looked more heartbroken.
22:05Only two years and he's done this to you? That bastard!
22:09I ate in silence, unable to say a word.
22:13Leave him! You have to leave him!
22:16If I'd known he'd hurt you like this, I would have stopped that wedding no matter what!
22:22It's handled.
22:23And just like that, the three of us found our way back to each other.
22:28We sat and talked, trying to make up for the lost years.
22:39Suddenly, a loud, miserable wail came from outside.
22:43Maya!
22:44Oh, Maya!
22:45I was wrong!
22:46I was so wrong!
22:48Lily's vicious!
22:49She turned on Walker once he got into trouble, wants a divorce, and is even getting rid of their baby!
22:54I get it now!
22:55You were the only one who ever stood by him!
22:58Sorry now?
22:59After your family put my daughter through all this?
23:02Maya!
23:03I know I was wrong!
23:05Maya, please!
23:06When the baby's born, you and Walker can still be together.
23:08You can raise him as your own.
23:10Just please help Walker.
23:12He can't go to jail.
23:13I let out a cold laugh.
23:14So that was her game.
23:16She couldn't bear to lose her grandson, and she was terrified Walker would lose everything,
23:21so she tried to play both sides.
23:26Get out.
23:29Get out!
23:30If you ever come near my daughter again, I'll make sure your son rots in prison!
23:35Ah!
23:36Ah!
23:37Maya, please!
23:39Think about it!
23:43The front door slammed shut.
23:45The house was quiet at last.
23:51Sweetheart, what do you think?
23:55No matter what you decide, I'll always be on your side.
23:59I slowly unclenched my fists, a cold smile curling on my lips.
24:09Don't worry, Dad.
24:11I'll make them pay.
24:13Good.
24:15That's my daughter.
24:20What do you want to do?
24:25Whatever they did to me, I'll give back tenfold.
24:36He'd already prepared everything.
24:39Every step was calculated.
24:47Mom is so sorry.
24:50I couldn't protect you back then.
24:53Mom, it's not your fault.
25:04Yes.
25:05Yes.
25:05Go on.
25:07Walker has been formally arrested.
25:09Falsifying documents.
25:10Abuse of power.
25:11Multiple charges.
25:18she finally smiled
25:20for real this time
25:31dawn broke
25:33her dawn had finally come
25:35she lost everything
25:37then found it all again
25:38this time she would never let go
25:43he sat frozen
25:45throat dry
25:46staring blankly
25:47his eyes were bloodshot
25:50unfocused
25:50like he hadn't slept in weeks
25:52his fingers curled and uncurled
25:55trembling
25:58at first he tried to fight
26:00to explain to talk his way out
26:02but the evidence piled up
26:04forgery
26:05abuse of power
26:06adultery
26:07coercing subordinates to lie
26:09one charge after another
26:11by the end
26:12he'd stopped pretending
26:13colonel hale
26:15you are sentenced to
26:17ten years
26:18in prison
26:19you are stripped of your rank
26:22and dismissed from the service
26:26then the judge
26:27read the sentence
26:29the courtroom went dead silent
26:33walker sank into his seat
26:35all the life
26:36all the life
26:37drained out of him
26:42diane sat in the gallery
26:44she broke down
26:45the second she heard the sentence
26:47rushed to me
26:48and grabbed my sleeve
26:49maya
26:50maya please
26:51you can't do this
26:53you were his wife
26:54please save him
26:57i pulled away
26:58and looked her straight in the eye
27:00no one
27:01is above
27:03you heartless bitch
27:05you ruined my son's life
27:06and i swear i'll ruin yours too
27:09i said nothing
27:10i just turned and walked out
27:12dad followed me out of the courthouse
27:15outside
27:16what now
27:18i took a deep breath
27:20and looked up at the sky
27:22clear bright blue
27:23for the first time in a long time
27:26i felt like i could really breathe
27:27i want to do something that actually matters
27:29something real
27:30i want to help people
27:32that's my daughter
27:33dad smiled proudly
27:34in college
27:35i'd majored in medicine
27:36i dreamed of being a doctor
27:37then i met walker
27:38and i let that dream go
27:39now i finally had a chance
27:41to pick it back up
27:41to hold a scalpel again
27:43after that
27:43life moved on
27:44i worked at a small local clinic
27:46my days were busy and simple
27:47and the worst of my past slowly faded
27:49then one day
27:50i heard his name a hail
27:51walker hail
27:52i heard his family brought him up
27:53while we were talking
27:54total mess
27:55my hand paused
27:56i didn't say anything
27:57just listen
27:58it turned out that the second walker fell
28:00lily dumped him
28:01got rid of the baby
28:01and hooked up with another colonel right away
28:03diane flew into a rage
28:05and attacked lily
28:06leaving her half paralyzed
28:07and on a ventilator in hospital
28:09diane was arrested
28:10and reunited with her son
28:12in prison
28:13god i heard she may never wake up
28:18i was quiet for a moment
28:20then closed the chart in my hands
28:25room three needs a dressing change
28:27dr carter
28:29a nurse gently nudged me
28:31sounding worried
28:33i smiled
28:35when i stepped out of the ward
28:37i saw the sky had cleared
28:40after days of gray
28:41the sun was shining
28:43dr carter
28:44the director's looking for you
28:46a nurse called from the end of the hall
28:48i walked straight to the office
28:59they're sending a medical team to alaska
29:03your father told me to let you decide
29:05the director of me a form
29:06a medical team was going to alaska
29:08and my father let me decide
29:13i nodded
29:14took out a pen
29:15and signed my name
29:17quick clean
29:19no hesitation
29:21then i handed the form back
29:29when i walked out of the office
29:31sunlight hit my face
29:35somewhere in the distance
29:36i heard kids laughing
29:39i reached into my pocket
29:41the apple from the patient in room three was still there
29:49i took a bite
29:51it crunched
29:52sweet
29:53crisp
29:53clean
29:55and just like that
29:56the future didn't feel heavy anymore
30:00it felt light
30:01it felt like that
30:01it felt like that
30:02it felt like that
30:02it felt like that
30:03it felt like that
30:03it felt like that
30:03it felt like that
30:04it felt like that
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