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