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Abandoned In Snow, Returned As Heiress Dramareel
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00:10because i couldn't bear him the sun lucas abandoned me and our daughter on a snow-covered highway
00:16in freezing weather then drove off without a second glance to spend a joyful new year with
00:24his next wife this cruel manly shed a tear when he saw our coffins i thought lucas reed was pulling
00:34over to pee leila's asleep grace get lena out of the car lucas it's fine squeeze i don't want to
00:44sit
00:44with that dirty kid she was coughing december 23 23 degrees fahrenheit held leila and watched him
00:52restart the engine the taillights got smaller and losser in the snow until they disappeared the
00:57snow kept falling i stood by the guardrail trying to block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy
01:05he's he's at grandma's aunt lucy's coming to get us but i'm cold
01:13i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around her head my phone had only 30 battery left
01:20i called lucy once twice three times she finally picked up hey lucy your brother said you're
01:29picking us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned it i'm at a party right now though
01:35can't
01:35leave just wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out here lena can't god you're so dramatic
01:40just wait okay lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need to get home waiting a bit won't
01:44kill
01:44you too i stood there fingers stiff then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in
01:57my arms mommy i want to go home we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon
02:06four years of
02:07marriage i never knew he could be this cruel dumped his own wife and daughter on the highway
02:11for sophia's kid because vivian said she didn't want to sit with a dirty kid
02:16headlights appeared in the distant i waved here a black suv slowed down stopped
02:25the window rolled down a young guy need help can you take us to the next rest stop
02:33please get in thank you grace what are you doing out here where's lucas
02:41i told henry what happened is he insane he left you and laylee out here sophie's kid matters but his
02:50own daughter doesn't lee squeeze them in now
02:57no room look at her face she's turning blue
03:03i climbed into the back with leila heat hit my frozen skin it hurt call me when you get to
03:09the
03:09rest stop i'll make lucas come get you henry you'll freeze out here i'll survive just take care of the
03:14kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the snow getting smaller the car pulled away i looked through
03:24the back window henry stood in the snow getting smaller lena slept in my arms her cheeks were still
03:31too red i touched her forehead burning can you go faster she has a fever lee not me nodded stepped
03:39on
03:39gas stepped on the gas i reached for my phone no signal how far is it to the rest stop
03:5012 miles
03:51half an hour easy i held leila tighter kept checking her forehead hotter
03:59baby wake up don't close your eyes
04:03i don't feel good
04:05you know we're almost there just hold on
04:09she started coughing hard her little face turned blue
04:14i patted her back the tears finally came
04:20please faster
04:23i'm going as fast as i can the roads are icy
04:26the cough got worse her breathing sounded like a broken whistle
04:31i can't breathe
04:35ran zapped her coat her chest was heaving pneumonia she almost died from it last year
04:39lena look at me stay awake mommy's gonna tell you a story about the bunny her eyes fluttered
04:46her breathing got shallower
04:48someone help she's dying please no one answered just the sound of the wind and snow howling outside
04:54the car finally pulled into the rest stop
04:59is there a doctor please she's sick there's no doctor here
05:03towers down lines are dead my knees buckled
05:10leila was silent in my arms fever in me of the grace lena
05:15try giving her these
05:21please
05:22look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with the snow
05:27all right i'll try
05:28yes go now
05:32leila remember you wanted to go to disney world
05:34mommy's taking you
05:36we'll ride the biggest carousel
05:38you're going to wear that elsa dress right
05:42and universal studios
05:43they have transformers
05:45we'll go see your hero
05:47her eyelashes fluttered
05:48but she didn't open her eyes
05:50my phone buzzed
05:52a signal
05:53i dialed lucas with shaking fingers
05:59hello
06:00lucas
06:01lena is sick
06:03it's bad
06:04where are you
06:05lena
06:06on the way to the community hospital
06:08you need to come
06:10grace
06:11lucy's picking you up isn't she
06:13she didn't come
06:15she never came
06:20that's not possible
06:21she just posted on social media
06:23said she was on her way
06:24i opened the app and found lucy's profile
06:27her latest post
06:2910 minutes ago
06:30a selfie
06:30highway in the background
06:32the caption picking up grace
06:34the location tag said 60 miles away
06:36she hadn't moved an inch
06:37she was lying to lucas
06:39she was lying to me
06:40grace
06:42sofia and vivian just got here
06:44my mom's happy
06:44don't ruin it
06:45when lucy picks you up
06:46take leila to the camera
06:47let's get fingers
06:48it's normal
06:49she's not gonna die
06:50stop being dramatic
06:51don't make a scene
06:53i held the phone
06:54my blood ran cold
06:57your husband
07:02i nodded
07:03esther
07:04hold on
07:05i'm taking a shortcut
07:06that kid is not dying on my watch
07:10he turned onto a back road
07:12the snow got heavier
07:14i could barely hear lena breathing anymore
07:16i felt for her heartbeat
07:18so faint
07:19hello
07:19don't do this to you
07:20mommy
07:21mommy was wrong
07:22i should have never been such a fool
07:23mommy was wrong to marry him
07:24mommy's sorry
07:25i'm so sorry
07:26i was crying as i reached into my pocket
07:28i pulled out a small metal disc
07:30about the size of a button
07:32dad gave it to me
07:33grace if the reeds ever hurt you or laylee
07:35push this
07:36but i want one more thing
07:37no sound
07:38but i knew
07:39the signal went out
07:41dad said his people would be there within three hours
07:43but three hours
07:45could leila last three hours
07:47community hospital finally came to view
07:49acute pneumonia
07:51heart rate dropping
07:53get the crash cart ready
07:54they stopped me at the door
07:57i stood behind the glass
07:59watched them entubate her
08:01hook her up to monitors
08:02her tiny body on that bed
08:04i felt so helpless
08:05like i was watching her die
08:08i collapsed in the corner
08:10shaking
08:11my phone rang again
08:13lucas
08:14i answered
08:14said nothing
08:16grace where are you
08:17my mom's waiting
08:19hello
08:20hospital
08:22they're resuscitating
08:23they're resuscitating layla
08:24what
08:25why are you at a hospital
08:27where's lucy
08:27she never came
08:31that's impossible
08:32she just texted me
08:33said she picked you up
08:35i opened the family group chat
08:3620 minutes ago
08:38a message from lucy
08:39god her bro
08:40heading back
08:41a blurry photo attached
08:43a woman's silhouette in the passenger seat
08:44looked like my coat
08:45she took that photo weeks ago
08:47she was lying to him
08:48with a pre-planned photo
08:51lucas come to the hospital
08:52now
08:54grace
08:55you just don't want to come for christmas
08:57do you
08:57because sophie's here
08:58you're jealous
08:59so you made this up
09:04you think i'm lying
09:05otherwise what
09:07lucy has no reason to lie to me
09:08she's my sister
09:10what are you
09:12lucas
09:12if layla dies tonight
09:14i will never forgive you
09:15whatever
09:16my mom says sophie can still bore me a son
09:19you can't
09:19so step aside
09:21the lion went dead
09:23i slid down the wall
09:27family
09:31i'm here
09:34we saved her
09:35but
09:36there's something you need to see
09:38but what
09:39oxygen deprivation
09:40too long
09:42there's brain damage
09:43she may never walk
09:44or talk
09:45or think like a normal child
09:47the room spun
09:48i grabbed the wall
09:51she's still so young
09:53we did everything we could
09:55get her admitted
09:56the bills won't be cheap
10:00i stumbled to the billing window
10:05insufficient funds
10:06lucas gave me 3,000 a month
10:10i called him
10:12what now
10:13leila needs surgery
10:15transfer me 50,000
10:1650,000
10:18what am i an atm
10:20a printing press
10:24lucas
10:24lucas she's your daughter
10:25a girl
10:26even if she recovers
10:28she's worthless
10:30i hung up
10:32i hung up
10:32stood at the window
10:36can we start the treatment first
10:38i'll pay later
10:39sorry
10:40sorry
10:41hospital policy
10:41deposit first
10:42i walked outside
10:45into the snow
10:46my phone buzzed
10:49henry
10:51henry
10:53do me a favor
11:18do me a favor
11:22anything
11:22i walked back to the room
11:24leila lay on the bed
11:25tubes everywhere
11:26her pale face
11:28like she was just sleeping
11:30i held her hand
11:32i kissed her forehead
11:34then turned
11:35and walked out
11:37the hospital roof
11:39was cold
11:39with wind and snow
11:41i stood at the edge
11:43looking down
11:46people looked so small
11:47down there
11:48jumping would end everything
11:49leila would be given away
11:50lucas would marry sophie
11:52everyone would be happy
11:53except me
11:54and leila
11:55i closed my eyes
11:56and leaned forward
11:57then someone grabbed my wrist
11:59and pulled me back hard
12:00i hit the ground
12:01and looked up
12:02men in black suits
12:03stood around me
12:03the one in front
12:04was in his 50s
12:05with gray hair
12:06he took off his sunglasses
12:07his eyes red
12:09grace
12:12dad
12:13they put me on a private helicopter
12:15leila came too
12:16a doctor on board
12:17took over immediately
12:18intracranial pressure
12:19too high
12:20she needs surgery now
12:21call the main hospital
12:22tell them to clear the OR
12:24dad held my hand
12:25he wouldn't stop shaking
12:28i'm sorry sweetheart
12:29i came too late
12:30i'm sorry
12:31dad
12:32what's going on
12:33grace i've been lying to you
12:35you insisted on marrying lucas
12:37i was afraid if he knew we had money
12:39he'd only marry you for it
12:41so i pretended to be poor
12:43for four years
12:43i thought as long as he treated you well
12:46it was fine
12:47but i never expected
12:49he looked at leila unconscious
12:50and his tears fell
12:52never expected them to be this cruel
12:54to abuse my granddaughter like this
12:57the helicopter landed on the roof of city general
13:00they wheeled leila straight into surgery
13:02the best surgeons
13:03the best equipment
13:06read group
13:07before the market opens tomorrow
13:08i want it to crash
13:10terminate every partnership
13:11call the banks
13:12you know what to do
13:14grace
13:14i'm giving you two choices
13:17first
13:18divorce him
13:19take the money
13:20take leila broad
13:21never come back
13:22second
13:23stay
13:25watch the reeds fall
13:29i thought about it
13:31second
13:32but i want one more thing
13:34one more thing father
13:36what
13:37find two bodies
13:38one exactly like mine
13:40and a little girl's like leila's
13:41frozen to death on the side of the highway
13:43i want them to think i'm dead
13:45then i want to watch them celebrate
13:46watch them celebrate christmas
13:48while leila and i are dead
13:52done
13:52the bodies looked real
13:54one adult
13:55one child
13:56lying in the snow by the highway
13:58when they were found
13:59they were already frozen
14:01the call came while the reeds were eating christmas dinner
14:03the table was full of laughter
14:05grandma
14:06oh vivian
14:07sophie is so much better
14:08her daughter is well behaved
14:09not like grace
14:10that little brat of hers was always crying
14:12so annoying
14:14hello
14:15mr lucas reed
14:16are you the husband of grace reed
14:18we found two bodies by the highway
14:20you need to come identify them
14:21what did you say
14:23grace and leila
14:26froze to death
14:30lucas's legs gave out
14:31when he got to the morgue
14:33the cop led him to the viewing room
14:35the drawer slid open
14:37two bodies
14:38one big
14:39one small
14:40the big one wore my coat
14:42the small one curled in her arms
14:45like she was sleeping
14:46are they
14:47lucas opened his mouth
14:49no sound came out
14:50he reached out to touch my face
14:52but his hands wouldn't stop shaking
14:55no way
14:56lucy went to get them
14:57we checked the cameras
14:59your sister's car never hit the highway
15:01she drove around the city
15:02then went home
15:02we checked the victim's phone
15:04we found an audio recording of her last call to you
15:057pm
15:06she said the child was begged you to help
15:07we said
15:08we said a girl
15:09even if she recovered
15:10she's worthless
15:11i thought
15:12i thought she was lying
15:14i didn't know
15:14i didn't think she really
15:16if you'd known would you have gone
15:18silence
15:19lucas had no answer
15:25oh my god
15:27leila
15:27my little girl
15:29how could this happen
15:31i even haven't seen you in a row
15:33lucas
15:34this is for the best
15:35grace is gone
15:37now you can have sophie
15:39mom
15:41that's my daughter
15:42your granddaughter
15:44so what
15:45she's dead
15:46that saves you a divorce settlement
15:47tell the cop to pre-make them already
15:49don't ruin christmas
15:51ma'am
15:53these are two human beings
15:57so what
15:58not your problem
15:59let's go
16:00sophie's waiting for us
16:05wait
16:08grace
16:10i'm sorry
16:11i was wrong
16:14i didn't
16:15i never thought
16:16why are you apologizing
16:18she was just unlucky
16:20shut up
16:21we must bring them home
16:23mrs reed didn't dare to say another word
16:28the reeds held a memorial
16:32lucas i didn't mean to
16:33i was just hanging with friends
16:35lost track of time
16:36how was i supposed to know
16:37they'd actually die
16:37lost track of time
16:39two people
16:40you lost track of time
16:41what do you want me to do
16:44die for her
16:45she's not worth it
16:49get out
16:50i don't want to see you again
16:51you're not my sister
16:56lucas i'm so sorry
16:57grace wouldn't want you to be like this
16:59they were doing what it happened
17:00freezing to death on the highway
17:02waiting for someone who was never coming
17:04that was your sister's fault
17:05not mine
17:06right
17:06poor you
17:06but they're dead
17:07frozen solid
17:08two lives
17:09i keep thinking
17:11what if i'd answered the phone
17:12what if i'd gone to get them
17:16what if i hadn't said those things
17:18lucas grace is dead
17:19i'm the one still alive
17:21the door closed
17:22lucas slid down the wall
17:23and sat against the coffin
17:25on the monitor
17:26i watched his shoulders shake
17:27ridiculous
17:28people only cry when it's too late
17:35after grace's death
17:36things moved fast
17:37the reed empire started to crumble
17:39first
17:39their biggest client walked
17:41signed a 10-year deal
17:42with their rival overnight
17:43then the banks called in their loans
17:44and the whole cash flow dried up
17:46suppliers showed up at the door
17:47all at once
17:48demanding payment
17:50you never come home
17:52sophie's getting upset
17:53the company is dying
17:54do you understand
17:55so what
17:56we still have money
17:58money
17:58mom
17:59we're going bankrupt
18:00the house
18:01the cars
18:02the savings
18:02all of it
18:03gone to pay debts
18:04you might not even be able to afford food soon
18:06that's impossible
18:10nothing's impossible
18:13mr reed
18:14did you like my gift
18:15who is this
18:16you don't need to know
18:17all you need to know is this is just the beginning
18:19the debt you owe
18:20the entire reed family will pay it
18:21reed group officially went bankrupt
18:23the house
18:24the cars
18:25everything
18:26auctioned off
18:26mrs reed moved out of the villa
18:28and into a rental
18:30i can't suffer with you
18:32vivian has school
18:35lucas didn't stop her
18:36he went back to the funeral home
18:38the coffins were still there
18:40he bribed the night guard with his last few dollars
18:42so he could sleep on the floor
18:46you ruined the family for a dead woman
18:48what about mom
18:49then who will pay the price for grace
18:52who will answer for layla
18:53she left crying and never came back
18:56lucas started looking for work
18:57but no one wanted a bankrupt boss
18:59with a bad reputation
19:00he ended up as a waiter
19:02start today
19:03wash dishes
19:03okay
19:05grace
19:05today i carry 300 plates
19:07my hands are falling off
19:08in the old days
19:09you would have told me to take it easy
19:10why was i so stupid
19:11you were so good
19:12layla was so cute
19:13how did i get so lost
19:14listening to mom
19:15that's right
19:16daddy
19:19layla
19:19daddy sorry
19:20you love strawberry cake
19:21daddy gets paid tomorrow
19:22i'll buy you one okay
19:23he didn't know
19:24this late guilt meant nothing
19:25next morning
19:27lucas went to the diner early
19:29lucas
19:30table three is waiting
19:32lunch break
19:33he squatted on the back steps of the diner
19:36hey
19:37you okay
19:38nothing
19:39got something in my eye
19:40i heard you used to be a big shot
19:41how'd you end up like this
19:43got what i deserved
19:44he didn't want to talk
19:45some pain you swallow alone
19:47he thought about grace's last call
19:49her horse voice
19:50layla dying
19:51would everything have been different
19:54shift ended
19:55lucas didn't go straight to the funeral home
19:57he took a detour to the bakery downtown
19:59give me the smallest one
20:01back at the funeral home
20:03layla
20:03daddy bought you cake
20:04try it
20:05it's your favorite
20:06grace
20:06have a bite too
20:08you always said i wasted money
20:09never bought the expensive cake
20:11now i bought it
20:12i want you tasty
20:14he sat there until the candles burned out
20:16next morning
20:17he took the receipt
20:18and went back to the bakery
20:19one strawberry cake
20:20you again
20:21there's a mother and daughter
20:22who come here a lot
20:23they were just here a couple days ago
20:24the little girl is so cute
20:25two pigtails
20:26pointed at the cake
20:27and said she wanted to surprise her mom
20:28what did you say
20:29they came here two days ago
20:31the girl had pigtails
20:32really cute
20:33yes
20:33i remember clearly
20:35she was so excited about the cake
20:36really
20:37did they look like this
20:38the build matches
20:39but the little girl looks just like that
20:40he was going to find them
20:44first the park where he used to take layla
20:46he walked every path and shouted
20:49layla
20:50grace
20:50where are you
20:52the wind ate his voice
20:53no answer
20:54he went to the spot where they used to feed pigeons
20:57he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow
21:00daddy was wrong
21:01please come out please
21:06every day after his shift
21:08he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere
21:10malls
21:11playgrounds
21:11the preschool
21:12the bookstore grace used to love
21:14every place he could think of
21:18he's crazy
21:20lucas
21:21they're gone
21:22you need to move on
21:23he didn't listen
21:24he knew
21:25grace and layla were alive
21:27he would find them
21:28one day
21:29he went to a preschool
21:30the one grace once said she'd send layla to when she was older
21:33then he saw her
21:35the way she moved
21:36her smile
21:37it was layla
21:39he pushed open the gate and ran in
21:42fear flooded her eyes
21:44she ran behind a man in a suit
21:45she's my daughter
21:46i'm her father
21:47move
21:48sir
21:48i don't know you
21:49i don't know what you're talking about
21:51this is my employer's daughter
21:52leave now
21:54or i'll call the police
21:55don't touch me
21:57you're a bad guy
21:58you hurt mommy
22:00you left us in the snow
22:02mommy said you died
22:04don't come near us
22:06the disgust
22:07it stabbed right through his heart
22:08he finally understood what he'd done to her
22:10then a black sedan pulled up and parked by the gate
22:12the back window rolled down
22:14revealing a face he'd never forgotten
22:20it's been a long time lucas
22:23grace
22:24you're really not dead
22:36mommy he's a bad guy
22:39he wanted to grab me
22:40mommy knows
22:41mommy will protect you
22:43i i wanted to see layla
22:46i know i was wrong
22:49i'm sorry
22:50i want to make it up to you
22:51both of you
22:52just give me one more chance
22:54let me take care of you and layla
22:55i'll spend the rest of my life making this right
22:57i'll do anything
22:59some mistakes can never be undone
23:03you treated us the way you did
23:05now you live with the consequences
23:07two choices
23:07one
23:08leave now
23:09and never show your face in front of me or layla again
23:11two
23:12i call the cops and press charges for child abandonment and reckless endangerment
23:16i have layla's medical records and your phone call recordings all saved
23:22no
23:22i won't leave
23:24grace
23:25layla is my daughter
23:27i can't live without her
23:29let me see her
23:30just once
23:31please
23:33i promise
23:34after that i'll go
23:37she's not your daughter
23:39the moment you left her on that highway
23:41you lost the right to be her father
23:44have some dignity
23:44if you keep this up i'll call the police
23:49who are you
23:50why are you interfering with my family
23:52allow me to introduce myself
23:54i'm the assistant to the chairman of bennett group
23:57miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune
24:00she's now taken full control of the company
24:06and it grew
24:07you thought i was really dependent on you for everything
24:09dad pretended to be poor to see if you loved me
24:12or my money
24:13too bad
24:14you disappointed him
24:15and you disappointed me
24:17grace
24:17let go of me
24:18mr reed
24:19stay down
24:26what's there to look at
24:27this isn't our house anymore
24:28why are you embarrassing yourself
24:31lucy
24:32i found grace and layla
24:33they're not dead
24:34they're alive
24:36so what
24:37they're doing fine now
24:38why would they want anything to do with a loser like you
24:40i know i was wrong
24:41i want to make it up to them
24:42make it up
24:43with what
24:43you have nothing
24:44can't even support yourself
24:45you're insane
24:46lucy
24:47please help me
24:48i just want to see lena
24:49once
24:49i'm not helping you
24:50you're the one who left them on the highway
24:52you ruin this family
24:53i'm doing fine now
24:54stay away from me
24:56what do you want
24:57i told you
24:57don't come here
24:59grace and layla
25:00they're alive
25:01so what
25:02what does that have to do with me
25:03i just want to live my life in peace
25:05mom
25:06i want to make it up to them
25:07can you help me
25:09help you
25:10with what money
25:11you're broke
25:11can't even feed yourself
25:12and you want to make things right
25:13you know what
25:14if you just listened to me
25:15and never married grace
25:17none of this would have happened
25:18now sophie's gone too
25:19this is all your fault
25:20mom
25:22how can you say that
25:24layla is your granddaughter
25:25so what
25:25i don't care
25:26dead or alive
25:27doesn't matter
25:28don't come back
25:29you're not my son anymore
25:35sophie
25:36you said you were going back to your hometown
25:37lucas
25:38are you insane
25:39who the hell are you
25:40touch my girl again
25:41sophie
25:42tell me
25:42what if grace and layla on the highway
25:45for you
25:45lost my family for you
25:47and this is how you treat me
25:48lucas
25:49you don't actually think i liked you do you
25:51you've messes reed likes me
25:52that's why i came around
25:53you think i wanted to look at her mean face
25:54the highway
25:55you think vivian was just being a brat
25:56i told her
25:57make a scene
25:58refuse to sit with grace and layla
26:00and i'd buy her the whole elsa collection
26:01lucas
26:02from the start
26:02i wanted grace gone
26:03i wanted her to die in that snow
26:05only then could i take her place
26:07too bad
26:08she survived
26:10get lost
26:11come near sophie again
26:12i'll kill you
26:26remember me
26:27december 23rd
26:29a three-year-old girl
26:30pneumonia
26:31oxygen deprivation
26:32her mom brought her in
26:33how is she
26:33is she okay
26:33you have the guts to ask
26:35her mom carried her in knees
26:37where were you
26:37she almost died in that er
26:39you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars
26:40now you want to know how she is
26:42she was transferred to city general
26:43top specialist
26:44three days and three nights
26:45to pull her back to life
26:46six months of rehab
26:47she's still afraid of the dark
26:49of snow
26:49she shakes when she hears the word highway
26:51nightmares
26:52wakes up screaming for her mom
26:53you want to know how she is now
26:54isn't that the former owner
26:56of the reed group
26:57how did he end up like this
26:58he left his wife and daughter
27:00on the highway
27:00then went bankrupt
27:02wife and daughter died
27:03karma
27:09grace
27:13lucas
27:14what do you want
27:15i want to see layla
27:16just once
27:17i promise
27:17after that i'll leave you alone
27:19i know i was wrong
27:20i know
27:20i think about every day
27:21about you
27:22about layla
27:23please
27:23give me one more chance
27:25one more chance
27:26said to get rid of her
27:27where was her chance then
27:28lucas some mistakes
27:29can never be fixed
27:37lucas reed
27:38found this morning
27:40his rental
27:40suicide
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