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00:00:01Ever's the day we were trapped in the snow-covered mountains mom has called me
00:00:06a liar not because I actually lied but because of this thing on my wrist the
00:00:13thermal monitoring bracelet my mother Grace is obsessed with technology the
00:00:20one belief she holds above all else is that data never lies
00:00:30in an environment like this every single calorie must be used where it matters
00:00:35most anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day
00:00:43mine is green your bracelet is red you're recklessly consuming the last
00:00:50remaining calories in this house mom I only had a cup of water this morning I
00:00:55really don't know why it's red shut up your body has excess heat you don't
00:01:01deserve any rations today mom I'm really cold and hungry the machine doesn't lie
00:01:09Chloe from that day on those words became the most unquestionable truth in that
00:01:15cabin the red light on my bracelet became like a curse it declared me over
00:01:20consuming heat every single day at noon that day mom distributed the food Anna
00:01:25got a larger portion because her bracelet was green she needs to replenish
00:01:28energy mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red mom I
00:01:34haven't eaten anything I'm really hungry Chloe machines don't lie just to get an
00:01:40extra bite you're actually trying to deceive me look at your sister Anna her
00:01:43bracelet is always green she'd rather stay hungry than steal even a script of food
00:01:47and you you're a thief I didn't take any food I really didn't if you didn't steal
00:01:53anything then why did I find the last piece of missing from the storage room
00:01:57this morning I didn't take it
00:02:10I ate it she ate it it's totally Anna she just told me mom I didn't sister why are you
00:02:20accusing me mom my bracelet is green how could I have stolen the chocolate
00:02:31not only are you selfish enough to steal food you even viciously frame your own sister how did I end
00:02:39up with such a cruel daughter
00:02:52mom I didn't lie it really wasn't me please just believe me this once just
00:02:58once no even just a fraction of the tenderness she showed when she looked at Anna
00:03:07mom I really didn't lie to you please believe me this time I'm your daughter
00:03:15look at it yourself red Chloe it's red it shows excess calories if you didn't steal
00:03:20food then who did your sister's bracelet is green she can barely even stand how
00:03:25could she possibly steal anything I have to punish a lying child like you
00:03:38I was wrong I won't lie again mom please
00:04:01mom will my sister freeze lying there her she won't freeze her bracelet is red she's got excess heat
00:04:07Anna don't be like her be an honest child
00:04:14my heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand the pain so intense I could barely breathe
00:04:20I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore my forehead began to burn with heat even my breath carried
00:04:28an abnormal warmth
00:04:29grace Chloe doesn't look well her face is too red could she have a fever maybe we should give her
00:04:36some hot water
00:04:38David her bracelet is red this isn't a fever she secretly ate chocolate and her body temperature rose because of
00:04:45excess calories she fooled you
00:04:51you're still lying pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy looks like you need a real lesson you're going
00:04:57to the attic right now to reflect on your mistakes
00:05:09mom I really didn't steal the chocolate I didn't lie
00:05:24mom don't lock me in here
00:05:26mom don't lock me in here
00:05:28I'll die
00:05:30when you figure it out when you admit you stole the chocolate and your bracelet turns green I'll let you
00:05:35out otherwise you can stay here forever and reflect
00:05:54Chloe I'm sorry I was wrong I was wrong I shouldn't have doubted you
00:06:02back then she loved me too didn't she
00:06:14grace maybe we should let Chloe out she hasn't eaten anything today
00:06:17I had Anna bring her some bread
00:06:19I wanted to say no one had brought me anything but the words got stuck in my throat
00:06:25because I knew he wouldn't believe me
00:06:40big sister are you cold are you hungry don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit
00:06:47Anna I'm so cold and hungry please give me the water and the biscuit
00:06:51give it to you
00:06:56oh right I almost forgot to tell you
00:06:59that chocolate I was the one who ate it
00:07:01so sweet so delicious
00:07:03too bad you didn't get any
00:07:04but what can you do
00:07:05your core shack is red
00:07:07mom only believes me not you
00:07:09wanna drink?
00:07:10then beg me
00:07:11say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate
00:07:13say it and I'll let you drink
00:07:16oops my hand slipped sorry big sister
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it frozen solid
00:07:24suddenly I couldn't feel my feet anymore
00:07:26the dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger
00:07:28my vision blurred
00:07:29I could clearly feel it
00:07:30my body heat slipping away little by little
00:07:32my life draining out of me
00:07:33but I still couldn't accept it
00:07:34I still hadn't lived to see the day mom believed me
00:07:38mom I'm so cold
00:07:40I'm so hungry
00:07:41I really didn't lie
00:07:42please believe me
00:07:43just once please
00:07:45dad
00:07:46save me
00:07:47I'm going to die
00:07:49dad
00:07:50music started playing downstairs
00:07:52it was the deafening symphony number 5
00:07:55the intense surging music
00:07:56instantly drowned out my faint cries for help
00:07:58the sound of me pounding on the floor
00:08:00completely swallowed them
00:08:01she knew I was calling for help
00:08:03she heard me
00:08:04she just didn't want to listen
00:08:07with that thunderous music
00:08:08she blocked her own ears
00:08:10and completely cut off my last path to survival
00:08:12my hands stopped pounding
00:08:14in that moment
00:08:15all my strength
00:08:16all my hope
00:08:17all my unwillingness
00:08:18vanished
00:08:20I was so hungry
00:08:21so cold
00:08:23but mom would never believe me
00:08:25she would only believe the bracelet
00:08:27the machine doesn't lie
00:08:30what a ridiculous sentence
00:08:32I don't know how much time passed
00:08:34my body stopped trembling
00:08:36instead a strange warmth began to spread across my skin
00:08:39a false burning sensation
00:08:41as if I were no longer cold
00:08:43I raised my hand and looked at my little finger
00:08:45frozen to a purplish blue
00:08:46without a single ripple in my heart
00:08:48I bent it forcely
00:08:49crack
00:08:49a faint snapping sound
00:08:51my little finger broke
00:08:52but I felt no pain at all
00:08:53so this is what it's like
00:08:54when a person is freezing to death
00:08:55you really feel nothing
00:08:57mom
00:08:58I thought again of when I was very young
00:09:00thenster
00:09:00her embrace was so her warm
00:09:02her smile was so gentle
00:09:03I want to go back to that time
00:09:05I want mom to hug me just once more
00:09:07February 14th
00:09:087th day of the blizzard
00:09:09mom found the chocolate missing
00:09:11she said I stole it
00:09:12it wasn't me
00:09:13Anna ate it
00:09:14my bracelet turned red
00:09:15mom hit me
00:09:16shocked me with the bracelet
00:09:17took my blanket
00:09:17and gave it to Anna
00:09:18I'm so cold
00:09:23Chloe
00:09:24come here
00:09:25let mom hug you
00:09:31I felt weightless
00:09:32I looked down
00:09:33I was floating
00:09:34and there below me
00:09:35I saw myself lying
00:09:36on that frozen pile of cardboard
00:09:38my right hand was missing
00:09:39a little finger
00:09:40the dead girl's wrist
00:09:41was still flashing red
00:09:42oh
00:09:42oh
00:09:43I'm dead
00:09:44I looked down
00:09:45my body was still curled up
00:09:47on the freezing wooden floor
00:09:48the thermal monitoring bracelet
00:09:50was still tightly fastened
00:09:51around my lifeless
00:09:52purplish wrist
00:09:53the red light continued
00:09:54flashing tirelessly
00:09:55reflecting on my pale
00:09:57expressionless face
00:09:58eerie
00:09:59and ironic
00:09:59I was dead
00:10:00I died at the age of 10
00:10:01in a blizzard in the Alps
00:10:03locked in a freezing attic
00:10:04by my mom I loved most
00:10:05frozen to death
00:10:06I hovered there
00:10:06looking at my own corpse
00:10:08I didn't cry
00:10:08I wasn't afraid
00:10:09there was only a vast
00:10:10lifeless calm inside me
00:10:12like a nightmare
00:10:12that had lasted 10 years
00:10:13finally ending
00:10:14my soul passed through
00:10:16the attic door
00:10:17like a gust of wind
00:10:18without the slightest resistance
00:10:20I drifted down the stairs
00:10:21into the living room
00:10:23mom
00:10:23dad
00:10:24and Anna
00:10:25were gathered around the table
00:10:26by the fire
00:10:27smiles on their faces
00:10:28smiles I hadn't seen
00:10:30in a long time
00:10:30the satellite phone
00:10:32on the table was lit
00:10:33I heard it
00:10:35just moments ago
00:10:36mom had gotten
00:10:37informed to the rescue team
00:10:38they said the blizzard
00:10:39had weakened
00:10:40in two days
00:10:41they would be able
00:10:42to fly up in a helicopter
00:10:44and take us down the mountain
00:10:45we were saved
00:10:46except me
00:10:47I died three days
00:10:49before the rescue arrived
00:10:51I died just as the storm
00:10:52was about to end
00:10:53that's great
00:10:54we can finally leave
00:10:55this awful place
00:10:56mom
00:10:57I want cake
00:10:58don't we still have
00:10:59that emergency cream cake
00:11:00in storage
00:11:01I wanna eat it now
00:11:02alright
00:11:08that cake dad had bought it
00:11:09for me before we came
00:11:10to the mountains
00:11:11I couldn't bear to eat it
00:11:12so I hid it deep
00:11:13in the storage room
00:11:14I wanted to wait
00:11:15until the blizzard ended
00:11:16then take it out
00:11:18and share it with mom
00:11:18dad
00:11:19and my sister
00:11:20I had even drawn a picture
00:11:22of our family on the box
00:11:23and written the words
00:11:23I love mom
00:11:27eat slowly
00:11:28no one's gonna take it
00:11:29from you
00:11:31hmm
00:11:31when we get down the mountain
00:11:33I'll buy you a bigger
00:11:34even better cake
00:11:37I floated in front of them
00:11:38watching this warm
00:11:39joyful scene
00:11:41and somewhere where my heart
00:11:42should have been
00:11:43there was pain
00:11:45oh right
00:11:46Chloe is still locked
00:11:48in the attic
00:11:49since rescue is coming soon
00:11:50maybe we should let her out
00:11:52let her have something to eat
00:11:53she's been locked up
00:11:55for two days
00:11:56she's been locked up
00:11:57for two days
00:11:58she should have learned her lesson
00:12:10my breath stopped instantly
00:12:12was she going to the attic?
00:12:14was she going to see me?
00:12:15was she finally
00:12:16going to discover
00:12:18that I was dead?
00:12:21Chloe
00:12:26Chloe come out and eat
00:12:28no response
00:12:30I'm inside
00:12:31I can't answer you
00:12:33I'm already dead
00:12:34if you open the door
00:12:36you'll see my body
00:12:37I'm already dead
00:12:38I looked at mom with sorrow
00:12:40if she found out I was dead
00:12:42would she be sad?
00:12:43would she regret it?
00:12:45still sulking?
00:12:46you're already ten
00:12:47not five
00:12:47trying to get my attention this way
00:12:49then don't come out
00:12:50mom
00:12:51I'm not sulking
00:12:52I'm dead
00:12:53I'm already dead
00:12:54look at me
00:12:55I froze to death
00:12:56right there in the attic
00:12:57I'm not lying
00:12:58the bracelet is broken
00:12:59Anna ate it
00:13:00look at me
00:13:02why did it suddenly get so cold?
00:13:04is the fireplace
00:13:05not burning strong enough?
00:13:06David go add some more wood
00:13:07mom couldn't hear my voice
00:13:09she couldn't feel my presence
00:13:11I was a ghost
00:13:13a ghost who died at her hands
00:13:15ignored and forgotten
00:13:19shouldn't we turn on the heating?
00:13:21the rescue team will be here soon anyway
00:13:23you're right
00:13:24let them see that even in this kind of environment
00:13:26we can still maintain a scientific standard of living
00:13:30she went downstairs and turned on the central heating
00:13:33and the floor heating throughout the house
00:13:36the temperature in the attic rose as well
00:13:39my body began to decompose faster
00:13:45water spread outward
00:13:46soaking through the cardboard
00:13:48seeping into the floor
00:13:49I watched my body grow colder and stiffer
00:13:53little by little
00:13:54until signs of decay began to appear
00:13:57that was my smell
00:13:58the smell of death
00:14:01they were going to leave after being rescued
00:14:03they were going to leave this cabin that had trapped me
00:14:06they were going to leave my body here
00:14:08forever in this cold attic
00:14:11I'll take something to Chloe
00:14:12she's been in the attic for two days
00:14:13she hasn't even had a sip of water
00:14:15take what?
00:14:16her red light is on like that
00:14:17she's got more than enough energy
00:14:19she won't starve
00:14:25Dad! open the door!
00:14:27hurry! open it!
00:14:29if you just turn the handle
00:14:30you'll see that I'm not moving anymore
00:14:32you'll see my darkened face
00:14:39hello? rescue team?
00:14:41yes, this is David
00:14:42what? you can come up the mountain in two days?
00:14:45that's great!
00:14:46the rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop in two days
00:14:49they'll be able to come up
00:14:53it was that close just that tiny bit
00:14:55just one second
00:14:55I could have been found
00:14:57maybe then
00:14:59I wouldn't have to keep decaying
00:15:11mom was the first to notice
00:15:15what is that smell?
00:15:16I don't know
00:15:17it's disgusting
00:15:18oh my god
00:15:19it stinks
00:15:20it's coming from the attic
00:15:22did my sister go on the floor?
00:15:24did she do it on purpose?
00:15:25is she trying to stink us to death?
00:15:31Chloe!
00:15:32what are you doing in there?
00:15:35it stinks!
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us?
00:15:53fine!
00:15:54then stay in there with your stink
00:15:55don't even think about coming out to pollute our air
00:16:00the last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely
00:16:03just like that strip of tape
00:16:04she would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape
00:16:07and endure the increasingly unbearable stench
00:16:10then push the door open and look at her own daughter
00:16:12I'm right here
00:16:15thank you
00:16:16can't you see me?
00:16:22the tape in the end
00:16:23couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body
00:16:26another day passed
00:16:27it was the day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain
00:16:45Chloe!
00:16:46i've had enough of you
00:16:47you disgusting little brat
00:16:49what exactly are you trying to do?
00:16:51making the whole house stink on purpose
00:16:52are you trying to torment us?
00:16:54i'm gonna teach you a lesson today
00:17:10chloe?
00:17:12chloe?
00:17:19chloe?
00:17:23i'm talking to you chloe?
00:17:47i'm talking to you chloe?
00:17:48chloe?
00:17:48chloe?
00:17:50no
00:17:52no
00:17:52no that's impossible
00:17:53chloe?
00:17:55you're pretending aren't you chloe?
00:17:57you're lying to mom again aren't you?
00:17:59get up!
00:18:00mom's not angry anymore!
00:18:02i won't scold you again!
00:18:04get up!
00:18:04don't scare me!
00:18:06please!
00:18:06her hand trembled as she reached beneath my nose
00:18:09no breath
00:18:10then she reached for my neck feeling for a pulse
00:18:13nothing
00:18:14only coldness
00:18:15only silence
00:18:17i was truly dead
00:18:18dead in the attic she had locked with her own hands
00:18:21dead in the cold and hunger she had caused
00:18:23dead under the gaze
00:18:25she never once chose to believe
00:18:26impossible
00:18:28the machine doesn't lie
00:18:31impossible
00:18:40they had followed the sound of the screams
00:18:42the team leader pushed open the attic door
00:18:45and froze the moment he saw what was inside
00:18:47the body of a 10 year old girl lay curled up on the cold floor
00:18:51a bracelet flashing red on her wrist
00:18:53a woman sat collapsed on the ground
00:18:55screaming like a mad woman
00:18:57her eyes unfocused completely deranged
00:18:59david and anna who had followed behind
00:19:02turned deathly pale the moment they saw my body
00:19:06david's legs gave out
00:19:07and he collapsed at the doorway
00:19:09his whole body trembling violently
00:19:11how did this happen?
00:19:13how did this happen?
00:19:13how did this happen?
00:19:15he finally understood
00:19:16behind the door he had almost opened that day
00:19:19lay his daughter's cold corpse
00:19:21he finally understood that his repeated hesitation
00:19:24and retreat had ultimately pushed me to my death
00:19:27anna hid behind david
00:19:29staring at my bluish swollen face
00:19:32and fear finally showed on her face
00:19:34she burst into tears
00:19:36clinging tightly to david's arm
00:19:38her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind
00:19:41barely able to stand
00:19:43she was finally afraid
00:19:45she finally understood that her prank
00:19:47her lies
00:19:48her framing
00:19:49had cost a life
00:19:50had killed her own sister
00:19:55quick
00:19:57call a doctor
00:19:58seal off the scene
00:19:59the rescue team leader
00:20:00quickly snapped out of it
00:20:02and shouted sharply at the others
00:20:04unable to suppress the anger in his voice
00:20:06the team set up a cordon
00:20:08a doctor pushed through the crowd
00:20:10and entered the attic
00:20:11crouching beside my body for a long time
00:20:14examining carefully
00:20:15his movements gentle
00:20:17as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin
00:20:20severe hypothermia
00:20:22organ failure
00:20:23this child was starved for at least a month
00:20:26and in temperatures well below freezing
00:20:28she froze to death
00:20:30time of death was two to three days ago
00:20:32it's not my fault
00:20:35she was lying
00:20:37she stole food
00:20:38look
00:20:39the bracelet is red
00:20:40the red light
00:20:41it says she has excess calories
00:20:43I follow the data
00:20:45machines don't lie
00:20:47the doctor frowned
00:20:48crouched down
00:20:49and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist
00:20:52but the strap had fused tightly with my frozen purple skin
00:20:56almost as if it had grown into the flesh
00:20:59gritting his teeth
00:21:00the doctor took out specialized tools
00:21:02and carefully pried the bracelet off
00:21:04little by little
00:21:05I floated in mid-air
00:21:06watching the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days
00:21:09finally leave my wrist
00:21:11this cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days
00:21:13that had caused my death
00:21:15finally fell away
00:21:17the doctor held the bracelet
00:21:19turning it over and over
00:21:20then opened the casing on the back
00:21:22after just one glance
00:21:24he let out a cold laugh
00:21:25looking up at mom
00:21:27ma'am your so-called infuelable machine
00:21:30has been broken for a long time
00:21:33the temperature sensor and calorie monitoring module have completely failed
00:21:36the circuit shorted out
00:21:38which is why the red light stays on
00:21:40from the very first day it was worn
00:21:42it was already broken
00:21:44it couldn't measure anything at all
00:21:45it could only keep flashing red
00:21:47the truth
00:21:48she had trusted above all else
00:21:51the things she relied on to judge my life and death
00:21:54had been a joke from the very beginning
00:21:59you are lying
00:22:05I hadn't lied
00:22:07not once
00:22:09the bracelet was broken
00:22:11she was wrong
00:22:13no
00:22:14no
00:22:15no that's impossible
00:22:19no
00:22:20impossible
00:22:21machines don't lie
00:22:26look
00:22:27Anna's bracelet is still green
00:22:29this proves the system works
00:22:31this is scientific
00:22:32perfect
00:22:33at that moment
00:22:34a female rescue worker walked over to Anna
00:22:36bent down
00:22:37and took something out of the pocket
00:22:39it had been hidden there for days
00:22:41crumpled beyond recognition
00:22:43still smeared with traces of chocolate
00:22:45holding the wrapper
00:22:46the rescue worker walked up to mom
00:22:49and said coldly
00:22:51ma'am is this the chocolate you said was stolen?
00:22:55we found it in your younger daughter's pocket
00:22:57all eyes turned instantly toward Anna
00:23:01Anna's face went pale in an instant
00:23:08it wasn't me
00:23:10my sister told me to hide it
00:23:12she ate it not me
00:23:16but this time
00:23:18no one believed her anymore
00:23:22little girl
00:23:23little girl
00:23:24take off your bracelet
00:23:24and show it to me
00:23:27Anna froze instantly
00:23:32no mom gave it to me
00:23:33I won't take it off
00:23:35but the doctor gave her no chance to argue
00:23:37he pulled out a screwdriver
00:23:39and pried the bracelet open on the spot
00:23:42what was inside made everyone gasp
00:23:44no sensors
00:23:45no chip
00:23:46no heat
00:23:47monitoring module
00:23:48nothing at all
00:23:49only two cheap green LED lights
00:23:52and a button battery
00:23:53the circuit was hardwired
00:23:54once powered
00:23:55it is just a 2 yuan toy
00:23:57he doctor slammed the shattered bracelet
00:23:59onto the ground in front of mom
00:24:02his voice trembled with barely contained rage
00:24:04this bracelet of your younger daughter
00:24:06was designed to always show green from the very beginning
00:24:09no matter what she said, what she did, or how much she lied
00:24:12it would always stay green
00:24:14ma'am your so called scientific survival system
00:24:16your so called infuelable data
00:24:18from beginning to end was nothing but a complete joke
00:24:21a sick biased joke
00:24:23you personally froze your honest daughter to death in that attic
00:24:26while treating a compulsive liar like treasure
00:24:28mom looked at the shattered plastic pieces on the ground
00:24:32at the toy still glowing green
00:24:34and suddenly, she laughed
00:24:38she laughed loudly
00:24:40so loudly that tears came out of her eyes
00:24:43she doubled over
00:24:44collapsing onto the floor
00:24:46her whole body curling up with laughter
00:24:52fake
00:24:52fake
00:24:53it's all fake
00:24:54mom suddenly screamed
00:24:56and then she did something insane
00:24:58no way!
00:25:00the bracelet can't be wrong
00:25:01I didn't eat anything today
00:25:03my calories couldn't possibly be over
00:25:06it'll turn green
00:25:07she grabbed the bracelet
00:25:08still stained with my blood and fragments of skin
00:25:11and snapped it onto her own wrist
00:25:13she took a deep breath trying to calm herself
00:25:15she raised her wrist
00:25:17her eyes wild
00:25:18look, it'll turn green
00:25:21the red light flared bright violent
00:25:23mom's confident expression shattered instantly
00:25:25she slapped at the bracelet
00:25:27like it was a broken television
00:25:29panic rising in her voice
00:25:31what?
00:25:31no!
00:25:32my calories can't be over
00:25:34I didn't exceed anything
00:25:36why is it red?
00:25:37I didn't lie!
00:25:39she started speaking faster and faster
00:25:41it's broken
00:25:43the doctor broke it
00:25:44I'll try again
00:25:45I've never abused her
00:25:46I was doing it for her good
00:25:47I love
00:25:49why is it red?
00:25:50I'm telling the truth
00:25:51turn green you piece of junk
00:25:53you're framing me
00:25:55suddenly she remembered me
00:25:56ten year old me
00:25:57punished so severely
00:25:59curled up on the floor
00:26:00biting my lip
00:26:01to stop myself from screaming
00:26:02but the red light kept flashing
00:26:04as if it was speaking to her
00:26:06again and again
00:26:07you are a liar
00:26:08you are a liar
00:26:10no!
00:26:10mom suddenly screamed
00:26:13clawing frantically at the bracelet
00:26:15trying to rip it off her wrist
00:26:17take it off
00:26:19it's red
00:26:19I'm not a liar
00:26:20I'm not
00:26:21but the clasp had locked due to her violent struggle
00:26:24like a shackle tightly bound to her wrist
00:26:27just as it had once been tightly bound to mine
00:26:31a doctor picked up the diary from the floor
00:26:34he flipped through it page by page
00:26:37his expression growing darker and darker
00:26:41February 14th
00:26:42day 7 of the blizzard
00:26:44mom found the chocolate missing
00:26:45she said I stole it
00:26:46I didn't
00:26:47it was Anna who ate it
00:26:48my bracelet turned red
00:26:50mom hit me shocked me with the brazier
00:26:51mom locked me in the acnic
00:26:53dad took my bring me food
00:26:55but Anna stopped him
00:26:56Anna poured hot water onto my cardboard bed
00:26:58I hit the floor and called for mom
00:26:59but she turned up the music so loud she couldn't hear me
00:27:03when I was 9
00:27:04Anna broke mom's most precious tech robot
00:27:07and cried saying I did it
00:27:09without even asking
00:27:11mom locked me in the storage room for a full day and night with no food or water
00:27:14I banged on the door
00:27:16crying that it wasn't me
00:27:18but she wouldn't listen
00:27:20and Anna she was curled up in mom's arms
00:27:23eating sweet strawberries
00:27:24watching me be locked away with a happy smile
00:27:27countless days and nights
00:27:29Anna stole my toys
00:27:30tore my drawings
00:27:32ruined my homework
00:27:33and then cried to mom
00:27:34saying I didn't
00:27:35every single time
00:27:36mom believed Anna without question
00:27:39then scolded me
00:27:40punished me
00:27:41and made me stand in a cold corner without food
00:27:45machines don't lie
00:27:47Anna's wristband is green
00:27:50you're just a liar
00:27:51mom I really didn't lie
00:27:53I've never lied to you
00:27:55I know you don't like me
00:27:56but I still love you
00:27:58if I die will you regret it
00:28:00will you miss me even a little
00:28:02if there's a next life
00:28:04can you believe me once
00:28:06can you please stop calling me a liar
00:28:10every word struck like a heavy hammer
00:28:12crashing down on on my mom's heart
00:28:15she covered her face and let out a heart wrenching cry
00:28:18like a wounded beast
00:28:19she remembered the fourth day of the blizzard
00:28:22the slap she gave me across the face
00:28:25and the electric shock that coursed through my entire body
00:28:30she remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around Anna instead
00:28:34and the despair in my eyes
00:28:39she remembered me banging on the floor screaming for her help
00:28:43while she deliberately turned up symphony of fate to the maximum volume to block out her own ears
00:28:49she remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape
00:28:52and the disgust and impatience she felt at the time
00:28:57she had personally little by little pushed her daughter toward death
00:29:01she had personally killed the little girl who loved her most
00:29:05and trusted her most
00:29:10mom let out a piercing scream and suddenly raised her head
00:29:14looking toward Anna curled up in the corner
00:29:17it's you
00:29:18it's all you
00:29:21she lunged forward like a mad woman
00:29:23tightly gripping Anna's throat
00:29:25screaming hysterically
00:29:26you're the one who lied
00:29:29you're the one who stole the chocolate
00:29:31you tricked me
00:29:32you killed Chloe
00:29:34I'm going to kill you
00:29:36you'll pay for my daughter's life
00:29:42the rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled mom away
00:29:46pinning her firmly down on the sofa
00:29:50my dad watched everything
00:29:52the crazed mother
00:29:53the terrified Anna
00:29:55and the bloodstained note in the evidence bag
00:29:58and finally snapped
00:30:02you monster
00:30:06that was your daughter
00:30:07our daughter
00:30:08you froze her to death with your own hands
00:30:10how dare you how could you
00:30:15it's not my fault
00:30:17it was the wristband
00:30:19it was Anna
00:30:22it's not my fault
00:30:24my body was placed into a black body bag
00:30:26the zipper slowly closed
00:30:28sealing away my short ten years of life
00:30:30filled with pain and despair
00:30:32don't take her away
00:30:33give her remember back to me
00:30:35she ran across the snow field
00:30:37her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards
00:30:39instantly cutting her skin
00:30:41blood trailed across the white snow
00:30:43leaving a shocking red path behind her
00:30:46Chloe
00:30:47mom will give you all the food rations
00:30:49please open your eyes and look at me
00:30:52she reached the landing gear area
00:30:54desperately jumping upward
00:30:56trying to grab hold of the edge of the body bag
00:30:59but she only grasped empty
00:31:01freezing air
00:31:02and swirling snowflakes
00:31:05this incident quickly spread across the world
00:31:08the rescue team's camera had recorded everything
00:31:11one of the crew members accidentally uploaded the footage online
00:31:15and from there
00:31:17it spread like an unstoppable avalanche
00:31:28the entire internet exploded
00:31:30netizens were in full outrage
00:31:41and that father too he did nothing the entire time
00:31:44just watched his daughter being abused
00:31:46he deserves to die as well
00:31:48a flood of insults poured in like an avalanche
00:31:51crashing down on my mom
00:31:52my dad
00:31:53and this shattered family
00:31:54on the second day after the incident escalated
00:31:58our villa at the foot of the mountain
00:31:59was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd
00:32:02the front gate had been splashed with bright red paint
00:32:05in thick black marker
00:32:07the words murderers
00:32:08get out of this city
00:32:09and justice for Chloe were written everywhere
00:32:13the villa windows had been smashed with bricks
00:32:16red paint and abusive slogans
00:32:18covered the walls and floors
00:32:20at the entrance
00:32:21reporters and furious protestors packed tightly together
00:32:25behind them
00:32:27the crowd held signs filled with insults
00:32:29chanting loudly until the noise shook the air
00:32:32Grace the murderer get out
00:32:34you don't deserve to be a mother
00:32:35pay for Chloe's life
00:32:37evil family get out of Switzerland
00:32:40neighbors had already moved out one after another
00:32:43the property management even came with legal notices
00:32:46demanding we leave immediately
00:32:47saying our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety and property values
00:32:52and caused extreme disturbance to other residents
00:32:54inside the villa
00:32:55everything was in chaos
00:32:57the curtains were tightly drawn
00:32:58the lights stayed off
00:32:59only the glow of the television illuminated the pale faces of my dad and my mom
00:33:04the house phone had been completely overwhelmed
00:33:06every call that came through brought waves of insults and curses
00:33:09even the mobile phones couldn't be turned on
00:33:11the moment they were switched on
00:33:13countless abusive messages and non-stop harassing calls flooded in
00:33:16it's not my fault
00:33:19it's not my fault
00:33:20it's not my fault
00:33:27I'm gonna kill you
00:33:30it's not my fault
00:33:31it's not my fault
00:33:31it's not my fault
00:33:32all of it
00:33:32if it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours
00:33:34if you hadn't trusted those useless data readings
00:33:36Chloe wouldn't be dead
00:33:38we wouldn't have ended up like this
00:33:39you're a mad woman
00:33:40a murderer
00:33:44what right do you have to blame me?
00:33:46you were there to save her
00:33:48you're an accomplice
00:33:49you deserve to die too
00:33:50no
00:33:51we circuit
00:33:53we
00:33:54we
00:34:01spin
00:34:02we
00:34:10right we
00:34:12weunden
00:34:14we
00:34:15we
00:34:15we
00:34:15should
00:34:16we
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car, and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:26cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:47Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my thing! Those are mine! Give them back!
00:35:05These items have been seized and auctioned by the court. They no longer belong to you.
00:35:23If you fail to repay the debt, we will file for court enforcement and have you imprisoned it.
00:35:28You will find me!
00:35:34Where did you come from?
00:35:43You were just beginning to steal the house.
00:35:45And, you were dead!
00:35:47You were dead!
00:35:47You were dead!
00:35:47And you were dead!
00:36:06Anna, look at Anna.
00:36:09It's not fair.
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me.
00:36:47I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:51Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it.
00:36:54This is what you get for what you did to your sister.
00:36:56Liar.
00:36:56Thief.
00:36:57Murderer.
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else?
00:36:59Just you.
00:37:00Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:03When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:05Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out.
00:37:15Please let me out.
00:37:16I didn't steal it.
00:37:17I really did it.
00:37:18Please.
00:37:24Please.
00:37:32Please.
00:37:33I don't know.
00:37:57This was her rightful punishment.
00:38:03As for Mom, her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's.
00:38:07The defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
00:38:13I'm not crazy. Everything I do is based on the data from the scientific wristband. I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:29Can you explain the behavior at that time?
00:38:33I didn't do anything wrong. The bracelet is broken. Anna lied to me.
00:38:44Chloe! Sorry! It's all my fault.
00:38:52Machines don't lie. Red light. Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:39:00She had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence.
00:39:07She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment.
00:39:15I'm not crazy! You're the ones who are crazy! The bracelet was broken! It's not my fault! I'm not insane!
00:39:24I was right! The data doesn't lie! Chloe lied to me! Anna lied to me! I'm not crazy! Let me
00:39:31out!
00:39:33Just like no one had believed me back then. Police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps.
00:39:41The moment Mom saw them, she reacted like a startled beast. She kept retreating, then suddenly tried to run toward
00:39:48Dad's direction, as if hoping he would save her.
00:39:51But Dad had long since disappeared. In the courtroom, there was not a single person on her side.
00:40:01In that moment, she was truly alone. Just like I once was, trapped in the attic with no one to
00:40:09turn to.
00:40:12Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital, she did something insane. That was the day my body was sent to
00:40:18her funeral home.
00:40:19Hey!
00:40:26Chloé! Mom was wrong! Come back! I'm sorry! Chloé! Wait for me!
00:40:50her feet suffered severe frostbite and the tissue completely necrated the doctors had no choice but
00:40:58to perform an amputation cutting everything below the knees she became a woman without legs
00:41:06completely broken and completely insane in the psychiatric hospital she became the strangest
00:41:16patient no one knew where she got it from but she found a red plastic ring and wore it around
00:41:22her
00:41:22neck like a collar it was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet don't touch my light chloe
00:41:30is watching if you take it away she'll get angry
00:41:43she was reliving my final moments before death she locked herself inside the same cold attic where
00:41:50i had once been trapped reliving my personal hell over and over again chloe i'm sorry mom was wrong
00:41:56please come back okay mom will never trust the bracelet again mom will bake you cake cover you
00:42:01with blankets i confess i confess red light red light chloe mom was wrong mom shouldn't have trusted
00:42:11the red light
00:42:22chloe are you there mom threw the bracelet away mom doesn't believe in it anymore please come back
00:42:29please come back mom will cook for you mom will buy you new dresses there was no ripple in my
00:42:35heart
00:42:35only a dead silence regret means nothing to the dead it was too late mom it's all too late
00:42:43when i was locked in the attic and frozen to death where was your remorse when i used my last
00:42:49strength to
00:42:50write a blood-written plea begging you to believe me just once where was your remorse mom i don't hate
00:42:56you
00:42:56anymore but i don't love you anymore either in the next life let's know meet again
00:43:07i drifted through the snow storm of the alps snow fell onto my body yet i felt no cold at
00:43:13all i was
00:43:14finally free no red lights no hunger no cold no lies no mom's hatred no anna's framing no dad's inaction
00:43:21only boundless freedom just then i heard a familiar bark i looked down a golden sled dog was sitting in
00:43:28the snow wagging its tail looking up at me with bright eyes it was buddy buddy was the dog i
00:43:34once
00:43:34raised a gift from dad on my eighth birthday a gentle golden retriever sled dog my only warmth in
00:43:42childhood when my mom called me a liar and anna bullied me only buddy would run over lie down by
00:43:50my feet and rub its head against my hand staying with me but mom didn't like it she said dogs
00:43:59carry
00:44:00germs and would affect her research before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation she took
00:44:05advantage of a moment when i wasn't paying attention and abandoned bunny in the mountains
00:44:09i cried for days and searched for days but i never found him it turns out he had always been
00:44:21here
00:44:22waiting for me at the border
00:44:30let's go don't look back i could feel his soft warm fur feel his body temperature feel his heartbeat
00:44:38this was the living breathing connection i had longed for most when i was alive
00:44:47in the distance a door of light appeared it was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation
00:44:53i turned back and took one last look at this world that had tormented me for 10 years
00:44:58one look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital and one look at the wooden cabin that
00:45:03had trapped me then i turned around holding buddy's paw and walked step by step toward that door of light
00:45:10everything behind me became like a faded photograph slowly blurring and dissolving my mother's final tears
00:45:17the bracelet's red glow the blood written message on the floor the freezing attic
00:45:22all of it vanished i did not look back the nightmare that had lasted wood for 10 years
00:45:28had finally come to a true end passing through that light there was no spinning no chaos
00:45:34only endless warmth as if i were sinking into a spring stream even the pain deep within my soul
00:45:40those lingering aches and phantom pains gradually faded away buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle
00:45:46when i opened my eyes again i was small wrapped in a soft blanket someone was humming it was a
00:45:54woman's
00:45:55voice gentle slightly off key yet filled with love her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek carrying
00:46:03the scent of gardenias not the cold disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life not that
00:46:09clinical distant feeling you're awake honey come quickly our daughter just blinked he was tall with
00:46:18healthy wheel colored skin weathered features but his eyes were exceptionally gentle he was my father in
00:46:25this sweet life martin he was the same rescue captain from my previous life the first person to rush into
00:46:32the
00:46:32attic and find my body hey charlotte i'm your dad charlotte not chloe no burden no shackles no lies
00:46:46no label of liar just charlotte a name that meant warmth being cherished and being loved unconditionally
00:46:53i grew up in a home filled with love our house wasn't big but it was clean and warm in
00:46:59the living room
00:46:59there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter filling everything with cozy heat
00:47:05there were no heat monitoring bracelets no red or green lights no strict food rationing no cold attic
00:47:12only endless love and unconditional trust when i was three years old my mother made hot cocoa
00:47:18the aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room
00:47:30baby baby i'm here
00:47:35charlotte you're safe now i'm here dad is here no one will hurt you
00:47:42my throat's hurt don't want hot cocoa
00:47:48not like the hot water in the attic thermos that anna once poured out not something that had been held
00:47:54up to my mouth before being taken away when i was four years old the kindergarten organized a health
00:48:00checkup that included a blood test
00:48:09charlotte it's just a tiny poke it won't hurt look at the other children they're all very brave
00:48:13don't punish me i didn't lie don't shock me
00:48:19sorry my child's experienced trauma we're going to skip the physical exam for now
00:48:23we'll take her to a child psychologist and we'll come back when she's ready
00:48:31i'm here to go to a child
00:48:31charlotte did someone hurt you before
00:48:35bracelet red light so cold
00:48:38my baby you must have suffered so much didn't you
00:48:42it's okay now
00:48:44you're home
00:48:45mom and dad are here
00:48:47no one can hurt you anymore
00:48:49from that day on they regularly took me to see a child psychologist
00:48:54the doctor said i had severe post-traumatic stress disorder
00:48:59my parents never complained once they never made me feel like a burden
00:49:04they stayed with me played games with me did therapy exercises with me slowly healing the wounds in my
00:49:12heart they bought me many many colorful beautiful bracelets but they never forced me to wear any of them
00:49:22these are just accessories charlotte wear them if you like if you don't just take them off no matter
00:49:26what your dad and i will always love you i looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist there was
00:49:31no red light no electric shock no accusation only my mother's gentle smile it took me two lifetimes
00:49:36to finally hear those words when i was five years old i once had a fever i started crying uncontrollably
00:49:44i feel hot it wasn't because i felt unwell it was because what i said mom immediately took a
00:49:50thermometer and checked my temperature
00:50:01mom if i say i feel hot do you believe me
00:50:07i believe you if you say you're hot then you're hot the thermometer says you're hot too of course i
00:50:13believe you what if the thermometer didn't say i was hot but i said i was would you still believe
00:50:19me
00:50:19i would your feelings are your own they don't need any machine to prove them i held on to those
00:50:26words
00:50:27in my heart for a long long time the afternoon i had a fever it started snowing outside dad wrapped
00:50:34me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow mom loved snowy days the
00:50:40most when
00:50:41i was a child building snowmen with my brother once i had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should
00:50:46be
00:50:51why it was so the snowman could look down at its own feet otherwise it would never know what it
00:50:56was
00:50:56wearing i was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm so they wrapped me up
00:51:03in it it was soft thick and warm i buried my face in it and took a breath it smelled
00:51:09like fabric softener
00:51:10clean dry and unmistakably the scent of home when i was seven i started elementary school there was a
00:51:17girl in my class named lena she looked exactly like anna from my previous life the same eyes the same
00:51:24face
00:51:29sister you're so pitiful
00:51:36i'm my name is lena you do you want to be my friend her tone was so cautious so eager
00:51:44to please
00:51:45just like me in my previous life almost instinctively i glanced at her wrist she was wearing a cheap green
00:51:52cartoon wristband later i learned that lena's mother was also extremely strict she demanded
00:51:58absolute obedience and absolute honesty if lena made even the smallest mistake she would be locked
00:52:04in her room and denied food lena just like my past self lived in endless fear and suppression one day
00:52:10lena
00:52:10accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup
00:52:18i looked at her at the fear and despair in her eyes in that instant i was reminded of my
00:52:23past self
00:52:24the little girl who lay on the cold floor writing i am a liar over and over again begging for
00:52:30forgiveness
00:52:30again and again lena it's okay accidents happen let's go tell the teacher together okay the teacher
00:52:39won't be angry but mom said that children who lie are bad kids and they will be punished being honest
00:52:47doesn't mean you never make mistakes it means that when you do make a mistake you're brave enough to admit
00:52:52it and even if you tell the truth you shouldn't be punished for it i i broke the cup i'm
00:52:58sorry
00:52:58oh honey the teacher didn't get angry instead she smiled patted both our heads and said it was okay
00:53:05just to be more careful next time from that day on we became best friends i took lena home to
00:53:13meet my
00:53:13parents she looked at my mom and dad so gentle so patient never shouting over small things never
00:53:20punishing a child for making mistakes her eyes were filled with envy lena you don't need to please
00:53:26everyone you're allowed to have your own feelings you can say no you can be scared you can make
00:53:32mistakes none of that is shameful one day lena's mother came to school to pick her up when she saw
00:53:37us together her face immediately darkened she grabbed lena's hand tightly and said sharply
00:53:43did you cause trouble again is charlotte helping you lie
00:53:49auntie lena hasn't done anything wrong she's a very very good child you shouldn't always assume
00:53:55the worst about her she's afraid of you that night she called my mom they talked for a long time
00:54:04and in the end she said thank you thank you your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong i've been
00:54:13little by little lena's mother became gentler she started learning to listen instead of shouting
00:54:21to trust instead of blaming and lena too became more and more confident more and more open in my
00:54:29previous life i was never saved i endured all the pain alone in the darkness but in this life i
00:54:35can save
00:54:35others when i was 10 years old dad took us to the mountains not the alps just ordinary mountains
00:54:44dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team he knew every path in the area knew where the hidden
00:54:48ice was
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous where you could set up camp and where rock clops might happen after rain
00:54:53he led me along an easier trail mom walked behind us camera in hand taking photos from time to time
00:55:03here thank you
00:55:07dad have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains
00:55:10yes many times what happened to them in the end
00:55:20some were rescued some weren't the ones who weren't rescued
00:55:27do you still remember them i remember every single one do you know why i chose this job
00:55:35no because i hope that after every snowstorm no one is left alone in the mountains
00:55:40for everyone who gets trapped i hope someone can reach them in time the wind blew down from the
00:55:45mountain carrying the scent of pine trees and a faint coolness from the distant stream but it
00:55:50wasn't the kind of cold that slipped into your bones it was breathable refreshing alive a summer
00:55:56kind of cool the coolness of being alive
00:56:02look
00:56:06i stared at that photo for a long time that child was me clean looking outward alive not chloe curled
00:56:13up in
00:56:14the corner of an attic in my previous life that was charlotte standing in the sunlight standing between
00:56:19dad and mom at that moment i remembered the lines in my drawing book i remembered the hands that wrote
00:56:25them i remembered the child who use up her last bit of strength just say i love you so much
00:56:32you don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true there are people here who believe you
00:56:37even without a wristband even without any device to verify it even if what you say sounds impossible
00:56:42there will still be someone who will catch every word you say there are people here who believe you
00:56:47hey in autumn one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit bringing his wife and an elderly woman
00:56:56when with them she was his mother even though time had carved deep marks into her face even though
00:57:02it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life even though the eyes that once belonged to a
00:57:07scientist no longer held that burning phoneticism only gentleness and the weight of years i would never
00:57:12mistake her this was grace charlotte what's wrong sweetheart are you feeling unwell at that moment
00:57:28the old woman's gaze also fell on me her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw me
00:57:42this is
00:57:43this is your child yes this is our daughter charlotte
00:57:50i could clearly see the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes
00:57:55the white strands at her thames and the tears pooling in her eyes
00:58:00held back so tightly that they refused to fall
00:58:05charlotte such a beautiful name
00:58:09my throat felt blocked as if something was stuck there
00:58:13i was no longer chloe i am charlotte the charlotte who had grown up wrapped in love
00:58:20seeing that i remained silent a trace of panic flashed in her eyes
00:58:26how old are you
00:58:3210 10 that's good at lunchtime she sat directly across from me
00:58:39she carefully used serving chopsters to put food into my bowl
00:58:44auntie you're spoiling charlotte too much you should eat too
00:58:50it's fine when i look at this child i just feel an instant sense of closeness
00:58:55i looked at the pile of food in my bowl my emotions tangled and heavy
00:59:00in my previous life until the day i died i had always hoped just once that she would serve me
00:59:08a bite
00:59:08of food say something gentle to me or believe me even once but now she had done it
00:59:15only it was already too late in the afternoon i paint alone in the sunroom
00:59:24charlotte
00:59:26can i sit here for a while i won't disturb you while you draw
00:59:30she carefully walked over and sat down on the wicker chair beside me
00:59:35i know who you are and i also know who i am
00:59:40from the moment i was born i carried all my memories i remember everything i did to you
00:59:49i'm sorry chloe i'm sorry chloe i'm sorry to you i'm really sorry every day i ask myself
01:00:03why didn't i trust you that day in the cabin why did i trust that broken wristband instead of my
01:00:10own
01:00:11daughter i remember slapping you i remember shocking you the way you curled up on the floor begging me to
01:00:20stop
01:00:22i remember locking you in the attic the way you clung to the doorframe begging me not to lock it
01:00:30i remember kicking open the attic door and finding your frozen body
01:00:37and the red light still flashing on your wrist i saw your blood written letter every single word
01:00:46i carved into my heart and carried with me for the rest of my life you asked if there could
01:00:53be another
01:00:54life could i please trust you once could i stop calling you a liar but i didn't even give you
01:01:01that
01:01:01chance i destroyed it with my own hands i'm sorry it was a diary with a sunflower on the cover
01:01:09the flower
01:01:10i had loved most in my previous life chloe no charlotte i know that no matter how many apologies i
01:01:20say
01:01:21it's useless now i took your life i can never repay what i owe you not in this life not
01:01:28in the next
01:01:30i don't dare to ask for your forgiveness i just i just wanted to tell you sorry in person i
01:01:37just want
01:01:38you to know that i understand now love is not measured by machines nor judged by data it is
01:01:43listening to you believing what you say holding you and telling you that your mother is here but
01:01:47i understood all of that far too late too late i'm so sorry charlotte she was crying so hard that
01:01:54her
01:01:55whole body trembled her aged face was covered in tears and regret i looked at her for a long time
01:02:05in my previous life lying on the cold floor of the attic what i had wanted most before dying was
01:02:11a
01:02:11single apology from her a single i believe you but now she was truly standing in front of me saying
01:02:18countless apologies and yet i realized they no longer mattered to me i already had a new life parents who
01:02:24loved me a warm home and a bright future auntie i don't hate you anymore her tears fell even harder
01:02:32her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something but no words came out but i also won't call
01:02:37you mom
01:02:37again the me i am now what is charlotte i have my own parents they love me very much i've
01:02:43received
01:02:44your repentance i don't hate you anymore because i don't want to be trapped by the past i don't want
01:02:50to
01:02:50spend my entire life living inside that snowy mountain nightmare but i also won't forgive you
01:02:55not because of hatred but because what happened does not deserve forgiveness after hearing my words
01:03:02her body swayed she covered her face and let out a broken desperate sob she knew i was right
01:03:11it was too late everything was too late when she locked me in the attic and let me freeze to
01:03:17death
01:03:17where was her remorse then when i kept calling her mom over and over telling her i wasn't lying
01:03:24where was her remorse then when i used my last strength to write a blood letter begging her to
01:03:30believe me just once where was her remorse then now it was all too late that afternoon when jason's
01:03:40family prepared to leave the old woman walked at the very end at the doorway she turned back to look
01:03:45at
01:03:46me once more her eyes were full of tears reluctance and endless loneliness then leaning on her cane she
01:03:51walked away slowly step by step i stood at the door watching her aged hunched body disappear down the
01:03:56street and in my heart there was no ripple at all mom walked over and gently hugged me from behind
01:04:02she didn't ask what had happened she simply patted my head softly no matter what happens your dad and i
01:04:08here for you that night i lay in bed with steady breathing occasionally shifting as i chased something
01:04:17in my dreams i stared at the ceiling thinking of my previous life chloe chloe they were real the pain
01:04:27was
01:04:28real that cold abandoned time when no one came for me that was real too but i am no longer
01:04:35chloe
01:04:37i am charlotte and i no longer hate grace that winter dad's rescue team completed a high difficulty
01:04:44mission a family of three had been trapped near the 3000 meter snow line and they were all rescued safely
01:04:53no one was injured during the celebration the entire team was eating in the cafeteria mom sat in a corner
01:05:00smiling as she watched him i sat beside mom eating and listening to their stories they talked about
01:05:06the child from that stranded family a boy eight years old when they found him he was curled up in
01:05:13a
01:05:13hollow facing away from the wind his head wrapped tightly in his clothes he knew how to preserve body
01:05:19heat he lasted much longer than we expected after being rescued the first thing the boy asked was
01:05:28where is my mom mom is here that boy's mother is here my mother is here too this is real
01:05:37this is not the long winter for my past life not a wish written in blood this is now this
01:05:43is today mom's hand
01:05:45is still on my shoulder she doesn't know what i'm thinking but she just keeps it there that's enough
01:05:52this is already enough all right very nice when i was 13 i graduated from elementary school and got
01:05:59into the best middle school in the city dad and mom took me to the seaside to celebrate i stood
01:06:06by the
01:06:07ocean the sea wind brushed through my hair carrying a salty taste i spread my arms feeling the wind feeling
01:06:16freedom for a moment i seem to see my past self charlotte what are you thinking about
01:06:30i'm just grateful to be alive and to be with you silly girl we're the lucky ones having you as
01:06:37our
01:06:37daughter is the greatest happiness of our lives
01:06:43the suffering of my past life taught me to cherish the happiness of this one
01:06:49the pain that went deep into my bones taught me what true love is
01:06:53and what true trust really means i no longer need to fear the red lights
01:07:00i can laugh i can cry i can freely express my feelings i can love bravely and be loved in
01:07:06return
01:07:06i have parents who love me the best friend and a bright future this is a life i never even
01:07:12dared
01:07:12to dream of in my past life that night on the hotel balcony i took out my diary today i
01:07:18saw the ocean
01:07:20it was vast blue and free i thought of my past self the little girl locked in the attic longing
01:07:27to be
01:07:27loved and believed she would never believe that i could live such a happy life now my parents love
01:07:33me very much they taught me what honesty and courage are lena is now my best friend she is confident
01:07:43and bright her smile like stars in her eyes the old lady is in good health she often calls me
01:07:49and
01:07:50sends me pastries she makes herself buddy is still that silly little guy always pawing at my hand asking
01:07:56me to play with him i no longer hate anyone i am no longer attached to the past those painful
01:08:03memories are like footprints on the beach washed away by the waves but they taught me to cherish
01:08:09every step i take i know that in my past life my mother sister and father all received their due
01:08:15consequences and i at last have broken free from the chains and found true freedom i don't want to see
01:08:22them again i don't want to relive that life again i just want to be charlotte simple happy and loved
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