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00:00On Christmas, an old woman was stabbed 20 times. She died. My wife is a top attorney. She's
00:05defending the killer in court. He's just a college kid. Can't you be a little more forgiving?
00:11Drop the case. Stop trying to ruin a young man's life over your dead mother. I looked at the body
00:16on the slab, carved up beyond recognition. I laughed because my arrogant wife didn't know.
00:20The woman who got stabbed to death wasn't my mother. It was hers. My mom was supposed to
00:24spend Christmas with us. We'd already made the plan, but this morning she said she wasn't feeling
00:28well and called to cancel. Then, by pure coincidence, I ran into my wife Tessa's mom,
00:32Susan Monroe, at the grocery store. So I invited her over to have Christmas dinner with us. Tessa
00:36was busy all day. She knew nothing about all this. And now, I had just brought the body to
00:40the funeral home when Tessa showed up with Derek and his brother. Damien, Derek looked at the memorial
00:44setup and frowned. Ryan, just because Tessa makes money doesn't mean you should waste it on a dead
00:49person. Damien walked up and spat on the body. You think you deserve this, old woman? I rushed
00:55at him in fury, but Tessa shoved me away and pulled both of them behind her. They're just telling the
00:59truth. Your mom is already dead. Why waste money on her now? I stared at Tessa in shock. I couldn't
01:04believe what I was hearing. Ever since her mom was killed, Tessa hadn't shown one bit of concern.
01:08When I sued Damien for murder, she even said she would defend him and get him cleared. She also pulled
01:13strings and spent a lot of money to get Damien released on bail. I thought Derek had talked her
01:17into this madness. I didn't realize she thought the victim was my mother. Ryan, go get a refund.
01:22This setup must have cost a fortune, right? Your mom was always after Tessa's money when she was
01:27alive. Now you are too? What else would it be? Like mother, like son. A woman as greedy and vicious
01:33as your mom deserved to get stabbed to death. My mom never did anything to you. Stop insulting her.
01:41Refund the money. We're not doing this funeral. As for the body, do whatever you want with it.
01:46Tessa, the dead still deserve some respect. Why not put the body there and keep it simple?
01:50After cremation, you can dump the ashes in there too. Back to nature. You'll even save money on an
01:55urn and a burial plot. What do you think, Ryan? He should be thanking you for being so kind.
02:01Then she directly told the staff to move the body beside the bridge. I tried to stop them,
02:04but Tessa had people walking. I looked at my mother-in-law's body and felt sorry for her.
02:09Tessa lost her father when she was young. Susan raised her alone and played both parents.
02:14Even when she had almost nothing to eat, she still made sure Tessa could go to tutoring.
02:18And in the end, Tessa would not even give her a decent funeral.
02:27Damien actually kicked my mother-in-law's body straight into the ditch.
02:32My foot slipped. You're not mad, are you, old man?
02:36He didn't mean it. Just get some water and rip her off. Why are you getting so angry over this?
02:41I looked at the body rolling in the filthy ditch, covered in muck and sewage.
02:45You're going to regret this. What would I regret? I'm not wasting time on this other nonsense.
02:51Write Damien of a forgiveness letter. He's still a college student. He can't lose his whole life over
02:56this. No. Susan only caught Damien stealing from Tessa's house. She tried to stop him. That was all.
03:03And he stabbed her 20 times. He even avoided the vital spots on purpose. He wanted her to suffer.
03:09He wanted her to die slowly. A monster like that had no right to forgiveness.
03:14And Tessa, a lawyer, was defending the man who killed her own mother.
03:19If Susan couldn't rest in peace, this was why.
03:23Ryan, I'm not discussing this with you. I'm giving you a chance. I'm a top attorney.
03:29Even in court, I can still get him cleared.
03:31I just don't want you losing, embarrassing yourself, and embarrassing me.
03:36Everybody knows you're my husband.
03:38If you're that afraid I'll embarrass you, then let's get divorced.
03:43Ryan, you've got a lot of nerve.
03:46You're threatening me with divorce over something this small?
03:50Even if he accidentally kicked your mom's body into the ditch, he helped clean it up after.
03:55He knows he was wrong. He deserves forgiveness.
04:00I turned and looked. Damien was grinning while he pissed on Susan's body after they dragged it back out.
04:06I stared at Tessa in shock. Her face looked twisted.
04:11Damien was desecrating a corpse. And she called that cleaning it up.
04:15When did she become like this?
04:16What happened to the Tessa who had just become a lawyer in Zwartejahr for Justice?
04:20It probably started when Derek became her intern.
04:23Derek never cared about evidence.
04:24He took cases based on his own gut and made up whatever story he wanted.
04:28And Tessa helped him twist the truth.
04:30She helped him send victims to prison.
04:32I told Tessa that was wrong.
04:34She acted like she had a noble reason.
04:36She said she was only trying to protect a young intern from losing confidence.
04:40I'll send you the divorce papers tomorrow.
04:43Ryan, Tessa only spent Christmas with me because she felt bad for me.
04:46I didn't have anyone.
04:48If that upset you, I'm sorry.
04:49But please stop using divorce to scare her.
04:51What if she takes it seriously?
04:53Ryan, you are completely unreasonable.
04:55Let me make this clear.
04:56Not only am I not divorcing you, I'm signing that forgiveness letter myself.
05:00I'm doing it as your wife.
05:01That set Tessa off completely.
05:02She immediately had someone bring her paper and a pen.
05:05Right in front of me, she wrote the letter and signed her name.
05:08And I'm not letting you step into that courtroom either.
05:11Ryan, you forced me to do this.
05:12After Tessa left, I spent a huge amount of money to have Susan cleaned up again and had the memorial
05:17rebuilt.
05:18Then, I hired a lawyer to draft divorce papers and called Tessa to come back and sign them.
05:28Derek answered the phone.
05:30Ryan, Tessa's busy.
05:32She doesn't have time to talk to you.
05:34She said you can forget using divorce to make that forgiveness letter invalid.
05:38Then he deliberately kept the line open.
05:40I could hear Tessa getting even louder on the other end.
05:43I forced myself to record it before I hung up in disgust.
05:46Since she refused to sign the divorce papers, I had no choice but to bring this to court.
05:51I messaged her.
05:52Then I'll see you in court.
05:53On the day of the murder trial, I had just reached the courthouse when I got a notice that my
05:58divorce filing had been rejected.
06:00I knew right away that Tessa was behind it.
06:02Then the funeral home called.
06:04They said the memorial had been trashed and someone had taken the body by force.
06:08A staff member sent me a video.
06:11The second I opened it, my eyes went red.
06:14Susan's body, which should have been in the refrigerated casket, had been replaced with the carcass of a big fat
06:19pig.
06:20There were wreaths on both sides with my mother's name on them.
06:23Even the funeral banners had been changed into filthy insults.
06:26Derek showed up late with his arm around Tessa.
06:28She glanced at my phone screen and spoke with pure malice.
06:31Ryan, this is what happens when you insist on doing things your way.
06:35If you walk into that courtrooms today, you'll never see your mother's body again.
06:40Derek pointed at the pig inside the casket.
06:43Look, doesn't it look exactly like your mom?
06:46Tessa and I went through a lot to find such a perfect replacement.
06:50You'll get your mother's body back after my brother is found not guilty.
06:54I didn't think Tessa and Derek could sink this low.
06:56They were doing everything they could to stop me from going into court.
06:59They still thought the dead woman was my mother.
07:01As immediate family, if I refused forgiveness, Tessa's letter meant nothing.
07:06I punched Derek in the face.
07:08You piece of shit!
07:09Tessa screamed and jumped in front of him.
07:12Ryan, do you want me to send you to prison too?
07:15The ones who belong in prison are you two!
07:19Did you forget I'm a lawyer?
07:20I won't be the one ending up in prison.
07:22You can't threaten me.
07:23You better get this straight.
07:24Do you want to appear in court or do you want your mother's body?
07:27Tessa, has it ever crossed your mind that this isn't my mother's body?
07:30It's your mother's.
07:33Tessa didn't buy it.
07:34My mom was decent and out honest.
07:38There's no way a good college kid would stab her.
07:41Then she pulled out her phone and facetuned someone.
07:43With one word from me, your mother's body will rot with maggots.
07:47On the screen, Susan's body was being dragged toward a septic tank.
07:52As they pulled her, an old burn scar showed on her forearm.
07:56Susan once told me about that scar.
07:58When Tessa was little, she knocked over a kettle of boiling water.
08:02Susan threw herself in front of her and got burned.
08:05Later, she lied and called it a birthmark so Tessa would not feel bad about it.
08:10Derek's eyes narrowed.
08:12He pointed at the scar before I could speak.
08:15Tessa, Ryan's mom really is insane.
08:18It wasn't enough for her to dress like your mom.
08:20Now she had to copy her birthmark too?
08:22For a second, Tessa looked unsure.
08:24Then her face turned to pure disgustant.
08:27My mom has a birthmark.
08:29His mom probably burned her off to fake it.
08:31That is so pathetic.
08:33Ryan, I didn't know your mom was this sick.
08:35And my mom always said your mom was a good person.
08:38That was a lie.
08:39My mom was never copying Susan.
08:41She knew Susan had a hard life.
08:43Whenever she bought clothes or jewelry, she bought Susan the same set.
08:47Susan was grateful for that.
08:48That was why she had always been good to me.
08:50My chest taped me.
08:51But I still tried to stop Tessa.
08:53She really is your mother.
08:55And that is not a birthmark.
08:57She got that burn protecting you.
09:01This dead woman having the same mark as your mom is bad luck.
09:05Why not cut it off?
09:07Then he grabbed the phone and told the people on the other end to do it.
09:10I lunged for the phone.
09:11Tina swung her purse straight into my face.
09:15I think Derek's right.
09:17You are not going to bully him again.
09:19You are not going to bully him again.
09:21On the screen, they were already cutting into Susan's arm and making it even worse.
09:28Tessa, do you have any humanity left?
09:31You're the one with no humanity.
09:33You're the one trying to send Derek's brother to prison.
09:37Susan, I gave you a chance.
09:39You're the one who threw it away.
09:43Throw the body into the septic tank.
09:48I watched Susan's body get dumped into the tank.
09:51Then she looked at me like she had won and walked into the courthouse with Derek.
09:55The trial officially began.
09:56The judge started reading the basic facts.
10:01The defendant, Damien Hayes, stabbed the victim, Susan Monroe, after a conflict during a thief.
10:06The stabbing caused Susan Monroe's death.
10:09Tessa's face went blank.
10:11Susan Monroe, the judge said.
10:13She blooded it out before she could stop herself.
10:16There has to be a mistake.
10:18How could that be, Susan Monroe?
10:20No mistake.
10:22The victim is your mother, Susan Monroe.
10:32Tessa's face frozen.
10:33She asked the judge to see the case file.
10:36And there it was.
10:37The victim was her mother.
10:38She forced out a smile that looked worse than crying.
10:41My mom is fine.
10:43She was fine.
10:44How could she be dead?
10:47Her hand shook as she called Susan.
10:49Then a phone rang from the evidence table.
10:51It was Susan's phone.
10:52Even the ringtone was the one Tessa had picked for her.
10:54Tears rushed into her eyes.
10:56She turned to me and screamed.
10:57How did you bribe this many people to lie to me?
10:59Just days ago she was talking about bringing me homemade sausage.
11:02How could she be dead?
11:03I'm not that powerful.
11:05I looked at her from across the courtroom.
11:07My eyes were cold.
11:09And false accusations come with legal consequences.
11:12We're in court, counselor.
11:13You should be careful what you say.
11:16I had told her the truth more than once.
11:18She was the one who refused to believe it.
11:21Tessa broke down.
11:26Ryan, you knew it was my mother and you still didn't tell me.
11:30You did that on purpose, didn't you?
11:32How can you be this cruel?
11:34She tried to rush me and claw at me.
11:35I looked at her.
11:36She was beyond saving.
11:38Even now, she still thought this was my fault.
11:41Court officers dragged her back to her seat.
11:43At that point, there was no way she could keep acting as defense counsel.
11:47This was a murder case.
11:48And Tessa and I had been fighting publicly.
11:50So a lot of relatives had shown up for the hearing.
11:53Didn't Tessa say the dead woman was her husband's mother?
11:55So it was her own mom?
11:57Now they were finally starting to piece it together.
11:59They whispered to each other in disbelief.
12:02Whose mother it was doesn't even matter.
12:04Defending a killer like this is wrong either way.
12:07I heard he stabbed her 20 times.
12:11How can that girl not know right from wrong anymore?
12:14The way they looked at Tessa completely changed.
12:16It was all contempt.
12:18Tessa was so ashamed she could barely stand it.
12:20And then she remembered what she had done.
12:23She had thrown her own mother's body into a septic tank.
12:28Regret hit her all at once.
12:30She panicked and demanded people pull the body out.
12:33Then she left early.
12:36But Derek stayed.
12:38When Tessa learned the truth, he wasn't surprised at all.
12:41The second she left, he took over the defense for his brother.
12:44Then Derek pulled out the forgiveness letter Tessa had written.
12:48He looked at me like he had already won.
12:51Like even after Tessa knew the truth, he could still get his brother found not guilty.
12:56That meant one thing.
12:57Derek had known from the start who his brother killed.
13:00What he wanted was Tessa's forgiveness letter.
13:03And because he knew I cared about Susan, he tortured her body to get back at me for trying to
13:08fire him from the law firm.
13:09Tessa, this is the man you chose.
13:12Vile to the core.
13:13But I came prepared.
13:15I also submitted evidence that made Tessa's letter invalid.
13:19It was the recording from that day.
13:22The one where Tessa brought Derek to force me to sign.
13:25Derek pulled out a psychiatric diagnosis from a top hospital.
13:29Then he kept talking.
13:30But it all came down to one thing.
13:32He was trying to use an insanity defense to get his killer brother off.
13:38My brother had a mental disorder.
13:40As far as I knew, this had been Tessa's backup plan.
13:44After all these years as a lawyer, she had plenty of tricks for helping guilty people walk.
13:48She was just using them for the wrong side.
13:51What she forgot was I used to be a damn good lawyer too.
13:54I understood every one of these moves.
13:56I only gave up my own career to push hers forward and handle everything else so she had nothing to
14:01worry about.
14:06And I had connections too.
14:08So getting proof that Tessa had faked that psychiatric diagnosis was not hard.
14:12From the second Tessa decided to defend Derek's brother, I had people watching them.
14:17I submitted the evidence.
14:18How do you even have this?
14:20Tessa said this plan was foolproof.
14:22If you don't want people finding out, don't do it.
14:24A murderer belongs behind bars.
14:26In the end, Derek's brother was convicted.
14:30He stabbed Susan 20 times and avoided the vital organs on purpose.
14:34That was an especially brutal killing.
14:37His brother was sentenced to life in prison.
14:41When we came out of the courthouse, Tessa was back from trying to recover her mother's body.
14:45The smell on her was so bad, people covered their noses.
14:49Tessa didn't notice the looks.
14:51Derek, you pushed me into this.
14:53You're the reason I dumped my mother's body into a septic tank.
14:55I'm not letting this go.
14:57And you knew from the start that the dead woman was my mother, didn't you?
14:59Otherwise, why did you keep stopping me from reading the full case file?
15:01And your brother, he didn't just kill my mom.
15:03He also did those things to her body.
15:05He is never getting out of prison.
15:07Tessa was screaming so hard she was shaking.
15:09Tears and snot ran down her face.
15:12She looked completely wrecked.
15:15Derek shoved Tessa away with open disgust.
15:19You were the one who said your plan would get my brother off.
15:22So why did he end up with life?
15:25Tessa froze for a second.
15:26Then she burst out laughing.
15:28Life in prison is still too good for him.
15:31He should have gotten the death penalty.
15:33Write another forgiveness letter for my brother.
15:35Was when not letting him sit in prison.
15:37You said it yourself.
15:38He just went off to college.
15:40His life is just starting.
15:41It can't be ruined like this.
15:42That was because you misled me.
15:44I only did all that because I thought the dead woman was Ryan's mother.
15:48After she shouted that, she looked at me.
15:50Then guilt flashed across her face.
15:52I let out a mocking laugh.
15:53I had no interest in watching the two of them tear each other apart.
15:57Once I got in the car, Quinn turned from the passenger seat and smiled at me.
16:02So, total win?
16:03Quinn was also a lawyer at Tessa's firm.
16:06She'd been pushed around for a long time because she couldn't stand how Tessa twisted the truth and helped monsters
16:11walk free.
16:11Quinn had already been planning to quit.
16:13Then all of this happened.
16:14I needed someone inside the firm to keep an eye on Tessa and Derek.
16:17Quinn figured out what I wanted and offered to help.
16:19But she had one condition.
16:21I couldn't stop her from exposing everything Tessa had done.
16:24She wanted Tessa ruined.
16:25At first, I still wanted to leave Tessa some dignity.
16:27Then she did all that.
16:28I was done.
16:29So I agreed.
16:30But I still didn't feel happy.
16:31It's about Susan, isn't it?
16:34Don't blame yourself too much.
16:36You tried to stop it.
16:38When I got home, I shipped out all the things I had already packed up for Tessa.
16:41She called me.
16:42I didn't answer.
16:43Then she texted me.
16:44She said she wanted to give Susan a proper funeral and hoped I would come.
16:47I went.
16:47I went there for Susan.
16:49Tessa held a huge funeral.
16:50The second she saw me, she walked straight toward me like she wanted to say something.
16:54I spoke first.
16:55Can you sign the divorce papers now?
16:56You really want to divorce me?
16:59I almost found that funny.
17:01Did she really think there was still any chance for us?
17:04Ryan, can we not do this?
17:05I was fooled by Derek.
17:07That bastard lied to me.
17:08All those clothes and jewelry your mom bought for my mom, he always told me he bought them.
17:12I only have my mom and I just want to protect her memory.
17:16That's why I did those things.
17:18Please forgive me.
17:19That only made it more ridiculous.
17:21Derek was never even good at lying.
17:24He came from an ordinary family.
17:26He made three grand a month.
17:27How was he supposed to buy gifts worth hundreds of thousands?
17:32Even if you were fooled, you wanted to be fooled.
17:35Deep down, you already had a problem with my mom.
17:37I just don't understand why.
17:47Why?
17:48Because she looked down on me?
17:49She never thought I was good enough for you.
17:52She never wanted us together, right?
17:54My mom was sharp.
17:55Back then, she told me Tessa was too sensitive and too fragile.
17:58She said that kind of mind could lead someone to do things they could never take back.
18:03And even if my mom didn't want us married at first, she treated you more than well after we got
18:07married.
18:08When you wanted to start your law firm, she used her connections to send powerful clients your way.
18:12She introduced you to people who mattered.
18:14She helped build your name.
18:15The only reason you became a star attorney this fast was because my mom helped you.
18:21That's not true.
18:22I became a top lawyer because I'm good at what I do.
18:25I earned that on my own.
18:28Sure, you're talented.
18:30But talent alone doesn't land you a jewelry mogul as a client right after you start working.
18:35You couldn't have done that.
18:37You wouldn't have even gotten in the room.
18:40What I said was harsh.
18:42It was also true.
18:43And this time, Tessa had nothing to say.
18:46My mom's quiet help had pushed her far past the level her real experience could carry.
18:52That was why she lost herself so fast.
18:55Ryan, I'm sorry.
18:58You never told me.
19:00I know I shouldn't have been so blindly confident.
19:04But I wanted so badly to prove myself.
19:06That doesn't matter now.
19:08Sign the divorce papers.
19:09I won't sign.
19:10You still love me.
19:13Don't you?
19:14What gave you that idea?
19:16You think I still have feelings for someone who hurt me and hurt my mother like that?
19:19But you still helped get justice for my mom in court, didn't you?
19:22That was your mother.
19:23She deserved justice.
19:24And every person who came to this funeral came for her, not for you.
19:26Tessa, do you really think you can do all those vile things and walk away with no price to pay?
19:30I sued you, too, for desecrating a corpse, for violating legal ethics, for giving false evidence.
19:35You can't do this to me.
19:38Why not?
19:39In the end, she agreed to sign.
19:46Once I had the papers, I lit incense for Susan and left.
20:00Tessa refused to give up.
20:02Every day, she either sent flowers or had gifts delivered.
20:10Whatever you decide, I'll support you.
20:12I just want you to be happy.
20:16She had always been that kind of person.
20:23I'm not forgiving Tessa.
20:25What she did doesn't deserve forgiveness.
20:28A failed marriage doesn't define your whole life.
20:31And don't blame yourself too much.
20:34My son already did more than enough.
20:41I didn't expect this.
20:43But before Tessa's case even went to trial, Derek sued her, too.
20:48He had been Tessa's intern.
20:52Back when Tessa covered for him and cleaned up his messes,
20:56she had helped create a lot of false evidence.
20:59Now he brought it all to light.
21:01He also had plenty of dirt on the other lawyers at the firm.
21:04No one pitied her.
21:05Everyone thought she had it coming.
21:07Derek dumped everything online, too.
21:09Then, he smeared Susan's name and claimed she was mentally unstable
21:12and had come on to his brother.
21:14He said his brother snapped from humiliation
21:16and killed her in the heat of the moment.
21:19He was obviously still making one last push
21:21to get his brother's sentence reduced.
21:24If the dead woman had really been my mom,
21:26that smear would have landed on her instead.
21:28That had been one of Tessa's backup plans, too.
21:31Now Derek was using all of it on her.
21:32Tessa already hated Derek for what he and his brother did
21:36and his brother to her mother's body.
21:37Now this pushed her completely over the edge.
21:39She stormed off to confront him.
21:41And somehow, she killed him.
21:42She stabbed him 20 times.
21:44Exactly 20.
21:46But she used a meat cleaver,
21:47so Derek's body was hacked to pieces.
21:4920 stab wounds.
21:53How is that a crime of passion?
22:02Tessa went to prison, too.
22:03I took over her law firm.
22:05That also meant Quinn no longer had to quit.
22:07As for the other lawyers,
22:09I replaced almost all of them.
22:10They had thrown away their ethics, too.
22:12All to prop up Tessa and Derek.
22:14A lot of people get trapped with no way to speak up
22:16because of lawyers with no ethics.
22:18So I launched a legal aid program
22:20that charged clients nothing.
22:22I wanted more people like Damien
22:23to actually face justice.
22:25The work was free for the clients.
22:27I paid the firm's lawyers out of my own pocket.
22:29No one pushed back.
22:31Quinn frowned at me.
22:33What do you take me for?
22:34This matters.
22:36I want to do it.
22:38What about everyone else?
22:40If you refuse payment,
22:41they'll feel weird taking it.
22:43Doing good still has to pay the bills, right?
22:45You're still the same.
22:47My chest tightened.
22:49I looked away.
22:50I could tell Quinn liked me.
22:53But after everything,
22:54I wasn't ready to think about love again.
22:56Not yet.
22:58I had been out of law for years.
22:59I was rusty.
23:01But Quinn never got tired of helping me.
23:03She walked me through cases.
23:07Slowly, I stopped fighting it.
23:09I told myself I'd let things happen
23:11when they happened.
23:13Less than a year later,
23:14Tessa died in prison.
23:16I heard one of the people
23:17she had wrongfully put away killed her.
23:19That ending did not surprise me.
23:21If she had any humanity left at all,
23:24maybe her life would not have ended there.
23:26Do you think your mom would like this?
23:28Maybe we should bring more gifts.
23:31I know after cremation,
23:33you'd give money on a burial plot.
23:37You don't have to overthink it.
23:39She'll like anything you bring.
23:40Because my mom had always believed the same thing.
23:43The thought was what mattered.
23:45If it came from the heart,
23:46it was enough.
23:49No way.
23:50This is my first time meeting her.
23:51I need to make a good impression.
23:55Quinn and I had started dating.
23:57I was taking her home for dinner.
23:59I had a feeling my mom would like her.
24:01And I was right.
24:03The second my mom met Quinn,
24:05she took her hand
24:06and started telling her story after story about me.
24:09Quinn loved every second of it.
24:11She listened.
24:13She laughed.
24:14She gave my mom all the warmth in the world.
24:17I thought you'd never open your heart again.
24:18I've always believed people have to keep moving forward,
24:20so I'm glad you figured that out.
24:22Quinn is a good woman.
24:22Don't you dare mess this up.
24:24I know.
24:24I'll be good to her.
24:25Mom was right.
24:25People have to move forward.
24:27Everything behind me was finally over.
24:28That chapter was closed for good.
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