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ESP Un Perdón sin Vida
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00:01I fought with wild dogs for food and prayed to them but it was useless and in the end I
00:07still
00:08died. I was Manhattan's most spoiled heiress until my award-winning actor brother sent me
00:13to a reality show called Rich Girls Reformed. I slept in a pig pen covered in manure for three
00:19months fighting dogs for scraps of food. Any resistance meant being dunked in water tanks
00:25or worse, electroshocks. The only thing keeping me alive was the mute old man who delivered the
00:30meals. He'd snuck me medicine, listened to me cry and begged my brother to save me. He even promised
00:37to help me escape. I swore that once I got out I'd tell my brother I'd learned my lesson. Until
00:42that
00:43day when my high fever triggered a heart attack and I collapsed in the mud convulsing. I saw the mute
00:49old man I'd clung to as my lifeline reach up and tear off his mud-caked wig and mask,
00:54revealing my fiancé's face. This is what you get for drugging Sophia, even if it was just a laxident.
01:02These three months in the pig pet should make up for the scare you gave her.
01:06Director cut the cameras. Sophia says she can't bear watching me act and suffer. She feels bad.
01:12I watched my fiancé walk away with his arm around the scholarship girl. My heart stopped beating.
01:18Sophia finally got what she wanted. From the moment we met, she made it clear. Girls like me didn't
01:24deserve what we were born into. Too rich, too spoiled, too empty-headed in her words. One day,
01:31she said, she would take it all. And she did. It didn't take schemes or grand plans. Just two years
01:37of quiet performances. A stumble here, a trembling voice there, a well-timed tear. Every time it ended
01:44the same. My brother at her side, my fiancé just behind him. Both looking at me like I was something
01:51rotten. All she ever had to do was make it seem like I hurt her. And really, who would believe
01:56otherwise? A rich heiress bullied by a scholarship girl who was gentle and hardworking? Of course not.
02:03In their eyes, it could only ever be the other way around. I floated above, looking down at myself
02:09lying in the filth. Covered in pig shit, fingernails caked with mud. Cut! Perfect! Absolutely perfect!
02:18That dying look in her eyes is incredible! Quick, get a close-up! A dozen cameras instantly zoomed in
02:24on my face. A pair of fancy leather shoes stopped beside my face. Lucas Carter, my fiancé.
02:31All right, stop pretending. The director called cut. Why are you still lying there? Getting addicted
02:35to acting? Seeing no reaction from me, he casually nudged my face with his foot. The corpse swayed
02:41with the force of his nudge, but didn't respond. Lucas frowned, then crouched down to check if I was
02:46still breathing. What the heck? Vivian, are you holding your breath this long just to get sympathy?
02:55Looks like these three months in the pig pen weren't wasted. Your lung capacity's really
02:58improved. I'm not pretending! Lucas, I'm actually dead! Look at me!
03:06Don't be so harsh on her.
03:10She worked really hard this time to make it up to me. Look at her makeup. So dirty. If you
03:17didn't
03:17know better, you'd think she actually lived in the countryside.
03:19Applause came from nearby. My brother, award-winning actor Ethan Ashford, emerged from behind the
03:26monitors. Not bad. These three months weren't wasted. Use this fake death scene in the trailer.
03:34Title it, The Mean Girl's Repentance. This final scene, she acted better than she ever has before.
03:41I almost believed it. Ethan, this isn't acting.
03:46I'm really in pain. I'm really, really dead.
03:52Mr. Ashford, should we wake Miss Ashford now?
03:56Don't let her bring those filthy clothes into my car. It's disgusting.
04:00Sophia hasn't been feeling well lately. She can't handle the smell.
04:03Then, find a trash bag. Throw her in the trunk. Since she likes playing dead so much,
04:08let her play dead all the way home. At least it'll spare me from listening to her fake crying.
04:14I watched two stagehands lift my stiff corpse and stuff it into a trash bag.
04:19Lucas was wiping raindrops from Sophia's hair. He didn't look at me once. The trunk slammed shut.
04:25The car started. A trail of blood silently drenched the bag. I floated nearby, almost wanting to laugh.
04:31I remembered when I was 18, I accidentally bumped my head in the car. Ethan didn't say a word.
04:37Nah. He'd said, why keep something that hurt our Vivian? But now, my corpse was being knocked
04:44around in the trunk. Ethan, were you acting back then too? Or is it that once Sophia appeared,
04:50your own sister deserved to be thrown away like this? Ethan, do you think Vivian will be mad at us
04:55for putting her in the trunk when she wakes up? Ethan drove with a cold snort. She doesn't get a
05:00choice.
05:02Once we're home, I have ways to keep her from throwing a tantrum. Tomorrow's apology press
05:07conference is already arranged. If she dares to mess it up, I'll send her right back to these
05:13mountains for another three months. She'd better know her place. Sophia was hospitalized for three
05:20days because of that laxative. These three months of suffering barely make up for it. I floated above the
05:25car, watching these three people. I never put laxatives in that drink. Sophia stole my heart
05:31medication, then accused me of trying to poison her. No one believed me, and I can't explain anymore.
05:37The car bumped along the road, my corpse rattling in the trunk the whole way. Ethan got out without
05:42calling the servants. He opened the trunk and grabbed the trash bag with one hand, dragging it out. My head
05:49hit each step as he dragged me up the stairs. My soul trembled. I reached out to protect my head.
05:55Ethan, be gentle. That's my head. Really heavy. Playing dead pretty thoroughly. Not making a sound.
06:04He dragged the trash bag into the living room and dropped it on the rug. The zipper opened,
06:09revealing my mud-covered face, eyes closed, lips purple. All right, we're home. Stop pretending.
06:18Get up and wash yourself off. Don't dirty the carpet. Is she really unconscious?
06:23Jeez. Her face looks so scary. That's special effects makeup. Weren't you there on set?
06:30She fakes passing out all the time to get out of work. The doctor said she's in perfect health.
06:34This level of cold won't kill her. Ethan lost his patience. He walked over to the thermostat and
06:39turned it down to the lowest setting. Want to play dead? Then lie there. No one gives her a blanket
06:44tonight. Let's see how long she can keep it up. With that, all three went to their rooms,
06:49leaving only the cold air blowing over my corpse. I floated in midair, looking at my body lying alone
06:55on the floor, watching the lividity spread across my neck and the back of my arms. Early in the morning,
07:01the Ashford family's styling team arrived. Today was the apology press conference Ethan had arranged for me,
07:06live streamed to the whole country. The makeup artist touched my hand.
07:12Jesus! So cold! She looked at Sophia. Miss White, Miss Ashford's temperature? Is she really okay?
07:18Oh, she spent three months freezing in the mountains. Of course she's cold. Plus,
07:23she trained herself to withstand cold for the pathetic effect. Don't make a fuss. Just put more
07:29blush on her. That complexion is awful. Put these purple marks on her skin. Those are bruises from
07:34falling in the mountains. Cover them with foundation. Today's theme is rebirth. Don't let people see her
07:40looking like a corpse and embarrass the Ashford family. The makeup artist didn't dare argue. She grabbed
07:45concealer and started smearing it on my face. I watched from the side, finding it almost funny.
07:50Concealer could cover lividity, but not the smell of death. This outfit reeks. Change her clothes.
07:57Put her in this one. It was the style Sophia had rejected. A size too small. Two assistants came over
08:02to help change my clothes. But there was a problem. Because of rigor mortis, my limbs were stiff. Mr. Ashford,
08:09Ms. Ashford is too stiff. She won't cooperate. Like, she is dead. She won't cooperate. We can't
08:17bend her arms. Ethan's face darkened. Vivian! How long are you going to keep this up? Won't even put
08:23on clothes? Do you want to apologize naked? The corpse naturally didn't answer him. Lucas frowned and
08:28strode over. Since she wants to be stubborn, don't blame me for not being gentle. He grabbed my stiff
08:35left arm and yanked it outward. I floated in midair, instinctively clutching my arm and screaming.
08:42Then I remembered. I was dead. My body couldn't feel pain anymore.
08:48Strong grip. Playing the virtual murder? Hurry up and dress her! The assistants trembled as they
08:55pulled the pink dress onto my corpse. To hide the twisted arm, they folded my hands across my abdomen.
09:00After all the manipulation, I'd been handled like a doll with no dignity. Lipstick
09:05covered my purple lips. Foundation hid my pallor. A ribbon bow concealed the dog collar marks on my
09:10neck. That's better. Looks like these three months weren't wasted. Knocked that nasty temper right out
09:16of her. As long as she doesn't talk, she's still the good little sister she used to be. When we
09:23get to
09:23the venue, if you dare mess up or say the wrong thing, I'll make sure you spend the rest of
09:28your
09:28life in the wheelchair. Don't worry, Ethan. I'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life anyway.
09:33And I'll never speak again. Let's go. Don't keep the reporters waiting. The sunlight was blinding,
09:39but I felt no warmth. The ballroom backstage was packed with reporters. Sophia had changed into a
09:44white haute couture gown. She had the makeup artist give her a pitiful victim look. While Ethan and Lucas
09:49were schmoozing with the media, Sophia walked over to my wheelchair. Vivian, you're so quiet today.
09:56I like it. Didn't you love calling me a bitch before? Why so quiet now? Running out of energy?
10:02Don't worry. There's an even bigger surprise waiting for you on stage. Seeing no reaction from me,
10:07Sophia pouted. You can really take it, but I guess you should behave. You're about to lose your
10:12engagement anyway. Lose my engagement? I jerked my head up to look at Lucas. He was standing in the
10:17spotlight, turning to say something to Ethan. I floated over and heard it clearly. Today's perfect.
10:23With the live stream, the whole country can witness it. I'm cutting this stain loose, completely. Ethan
10:29was silent for a moment, glancing at me in the corner. She brought this on herself. Can't blame
10:34anyone else. My soul felt that sharp pain again. So in your minds, I'm not even worth a title. I
10:40don't
10:40even deserve basic human dignity. Three, two, one, action. The spotlight came on. I was wheeled on
10:47to the stage. Because I was strapped in, I sat perfectly straight. That's the Ashford heiress?
10:53She looks like a model. Heard she slept in a pig pen for three months, probably brain damaged. They
10:57say she was so arrogant before, even drugged the scholarship girl. Those vicious whispers
11:01drilled into my ears, every single one. Ethan picked up the microphone, his face full of regret.
11:06Ladies and gentlemen of the press, everyone online, hello. I'm Ethan Ashfield. Today's live stream
11:12has only one purpose, repentance. My sister Vivian, out of jealousy and selfishness, caused tremendous
11:18harm to our company's artist, Sophia White. After three months of reconformation, she's deeply
11:22recognized her mistakes. Today, she's here in front of the entire country to apologize to Sophia.
11:27The comments exploded. Ethan Ashford standing up to family, so inspiring. This is proper elite family
11:34discipline. Ethan turned around, walked up to me, blocking half the cameras. With his back to the
11:39audience, he hissed. Stop playing dead. Speak. Tell everyone what you did wrong.
11:47I didn't respond, so he reached out and pinched the soft flesh of my arm. The corpse swayed with
11:52the force. Ethan, don't be like this. She's probably too ashamed to speak. It's okay. I forgive her.
11:58She picked up a glass of red wine and forced it into my broken hand.
12:05Vivian, drink this, and we'll still be sisters. The wine glass tilted, wine falling into the draft.
12:11I'm sorry. Sophia looked hurt toward the camera. I guess she still won't forgive me.
12:17Too much. Sophia's being so humble, and she's still putting on airs. This woman's hopeless. Mr. Ashford,
12:23send her to a psych room. Lucas took the microphone and strode to center stage, standing beside my
12:30wheelchair. Since Ms. Ashford insists on protesting with silence, I don't need to save face for you
12:36anymore. He pulled a velvet box from his pocket. For a moment, my heart flickered with hope. Was it
12:43our engagement ring? He opened the box. Inside was a brand new pink diamond ring. Lucas turned around,
12:49and in front of me, in front of tens of millions of viewers online, he knelt on one knee before
12:55Sophia.
12:56Ms. Sophia White, for the past three years, you've been by my side. Your kindness, your purity,
13:03that's what the lady of the Carter family should be like. This vicious, unrepentant woman who only
13:10knows how to put on an act doesn't deserve to enter the Carter family. Every word lashed my soul. He
13:16stood
13:16beside my corpse and proposed to another woman. He trampled my dignity into the dirt in front of the
13:22entire country, then ground it in deeper. Lucas! The reporter started chanting. Lucas pulled out the
13:30simple engagement ring that had been mine. He casually tossed it. Clang! The ring fell into a nearby trash can.
13:36From today on, Sophia is my only fiance. He took Sophia's hand and slid the pink diamond onto her finger.
13:43Then,
13:43he lowered his head and kissed her deeply. Three years ago, Lucas had knelt in the snow for three
13:51days and nights to propose to me. Vivian, this ring is my life. Once you wear it,
13:58my life belongs to you. Turns out your life is pretty worthless. After Sophia came along,
14:04you kept saying I'd changed. But I didn't change. You just gave her all the patience and love you used
14:09to
14:09give me. The ring in the trash, along with the Lucas who once said he loved me, both rotting here
14:15together. The number of online users is still rising and has already broken the platform record. The
14:19live stream had broken the platform's record for viewership. Hairpash Carter Luca public. Hairpash
14:24when Kuj refuses to apology. Ashwin Sophia White takes over. All three hashtags instantly dominated the top
14:29trending topics. Move! Everyone move! Get out of my way! It was Dr. William, the Ashford family
14:46doctor who'd watched me grow up. Dr. William, what are you doing here? Mrs. Ashford, she told me to check
14:52on Vivian. Why hasn't she moved at all? Is she sick? Sick? What sick? She's just pretending to sleep.
14:59I've seen this attention-seeking act a thousand times. Dr. William, don't let her fool you.
15:06Give her a shot and make her get up right now. Lucas, with his arm around Sophia, added,
15:11perfect timing, Dr. William. Expose her act in front of everyone and let them see just how shameless this
15:17Ms. Ashford can be, clinging to an engagement. Dr. William froze, staring at the figure in the
15:23wheelchair. His face changed. I need to examine her first. Under pressure from Ethan and Lucas,
15:29Dr. William had no choice but to walk shakily onto the stage. Everyone waited to see the spectacle,
15:35to see the evil woman get jabbed with a needle and wake up humiliated. Dr. William approached the
15:41wheelchair and called out, no response. He reached out to feel the wrist resting on my abdomen. The moment
15:46he touched that ice-cold skin, his face turned white. His hands started trembling. He moved from the
15:53wrist to the pulse. No heartbeat. This, this, Dr. William's getting repeated. What's wrong? Did you
16:00find her acting too convincing, even fooling you? Stop the act, Dr. William. Just give her the shot.
16:05Lost your voice? Speak. Tell everyone she's faking.
16:10Faking? She can't fake anymore. Mr. Ashfield, Mr. Carter, can't you see?
16:16She's already dead.
16:21This is Liberty. This is rigor mortis. You, you've been forcing a corpse to apologize this whole time?
16:28Dead? Dr. William, you've lost your mind. Lucas let go of Sophia's hand.
16:34Stop playing along with Vivian's sick games. Livesee? I think she just put on special effects makeup.
16:40Vivian, stop pretending! Get off!
16:43Don't touch her!
16:44Are you blind? Feel her hand? Look at her eyes! What living person looks like this?
16:51Dr. William's tears fell as he untied the bow at my neck with shaking hands. Under the bow, a circle
16:57of
16:58purple-black ligature marks around my neck. As the concealer rubbed off, slight giant cell formation appeared
17:04on the side of my neck. A female reporter in the front row covered her mouth, dry heaving. The
17:09livestream chat exploded. Holy shit! That's actual lividity! I'm a forensic student, that's definitely
17:15not makeup! That neck. My god, what did she go through? Is Ethan insane? He made a corpse apologize
17:22on livestream. They killed her! The elites killed someone! Ethan stared at the black marks on my neck.
17:28No. Impossible. He staggered backwards, knocking over the champagne tower.
17:36She was alive yesterday! When I dragged her home yesterday, she groaned! I heard it! I really
17:40heard it! I floated above, watching him. Tears streaming, watching him. Ethan, that wasn't me groaning.
17:47That was the sound of air being forced from my lungs when my head hit the stairs.
17:52Someone call the police! Get an ambulance! Hurry! Workers sprang into action.
17:56Lucas, what do we do? If she's really dead, then we... Cut the livestream! Security! Get these
18:03reporters out! I dare anyone to move! Ethan Ashford, Lucas Carter, I think you need to come with us.
18:10He collapsed among the broken glass. He stared at my lifeless face, the sister he'd doted on for 20
18:16years. Yesterday, he'd dragged her home like trash. Today, he'd forced her to kneel and apologize to
18:22someone else, and now the police were telling him she'd been dead all along. When the coroner took me
18:27away, Ethan tried to rush forward but was held back by two officers.
18:31Vivian! Vivian, don't sleep! I was wrong! Please open your eyes and look at me!
18:36My parents rushed back that night. When they saw the body in the morgue, my mom fainted on the spot
18:41and was rushed to the ER. Lucas and Sophia were detained in the interrogation room. The coroner paused,
18:47looking at Ethan. The deceased suffered severe external abuse. Stomach contents showed only small
18:53amounts of pig feed and mud. Most critically, we detected large quantities of powerful hallucinates
18:58in the deceased system. This drug makes people feel pain magnified 10 times while conscious.
19:04The deceased died of a heart attack caused by long-term malnutrition, extreme physical abuse,
19:10and massive doses of hallucinarians. Ethan's head snapped up, bloodshot eyes wide.
19:15What did you say? Hallucinotics? Yes, that's why her acting seemed so real when she was being tortured,
19:21because she was really in pain. In so much pain, she wanted to die, but didn't even have the strength
19:27to beg. What you thought was acting was her instinct to survive in hell. Ethan rushed to the toilet, violently
19:36vomiting bile. He remembered those three months. He'd sat behind the monitors, watching me convulse in the
19:47mud pit, watching me get dunked in water tanks until I couldn't breathe. What had he been doing then?
19:54He'd been laughing. He'd clinked glasses with Lucas and said,
20:01finally knocked some sense into the brat. She was just too spoiled before.
20:09Turns out it wasn't being spoiled. It was pain magnified 10 times over.
20:16It was also this. The captain walked in with a USB drive. We found this in the director's safe when
20:22we
20:22searched the production company, the unedited raw footage. Mr. Ashford, you might want to brace yourself.
20:29The projector turned on, casting images on the white wall. The screen showed a mountain pig pen.
20:35The instructor poured spoiled rice on the ground and stepped on it. Eat.
20:40Ms. Ashfield, isn't this how you used to feed stray dogs? You can give it a try today.
20:46I was chained by the neck, crawling on the ground. I was so delirious with hunger,
20:50I crawled over and licked the rice off the ground with my tongue.
20:54The instructor laughed and kicked me in the ribs.
20:57That's disgusting. If that Ethan saw you like this, his face would surely turn green.
21:02Ethan gripped the table edge so hard, his nails broke off, blood dripping. The scene changed to
21:08Sophia. She wore a hazmat suit, holding a cattle dog. Vivian, this electric current is a bit strong.
21:14Try to bear it, okay? I convulsed violence, foaming at the mouth. Sophia smiled.
21:19Oh Lucas, look how beautifully she dances. Record it? Send it to that idiot Ethan.
21:25Tell him she's practicing breakdancing. Lucas patted her head.
21:29As long as you're happy, play however you want. Ethan signed the liability waiver anyway. As long
21:34as she doesn't die, any torture counts as program content. The final scene showed my last moments
21:39before death. Ethan dropped to his knees, hands over his head, wailing. He'd lost his mind.
21:46He'd personally sent his sister to hell. Not only had he signed the waiver, he'd provided all the
21:51funding. He was the murderer. When police were clearing out my belongings, they found something
21:58hard in the lining of my cotton coat. It was a small recording pen, wrapped in three layers of
22:03plastic bags, and sewn into the deepest part of the garment. The detective captain pressed play in
22:08front of Ethan and my parents, who had just regained consciousness. After a crackling sound,
22:14Lucas and Sophia's voices came through. Sophia. Lucas, why won't she just die already? We already
22:19doubled the dose. Be patient. Once she's dead, the inheritance goes to Ethan. Then we follow the
22:27What plan? The recording continued with Lucas's voice. That idiot Ethan sure is ruthless with his
22:32sister. Once Vivian dies, go comfort him through his grief for a few days. Then slip him some slow-acting
22:36neurotoxic. It's tasteless and odorless. It'll just make him look like he had a mental breakdown
22:40to his grief. Aw, that's so sad. But for the Ashford family's billions, we'll have to sacrifice
22:47Ethan. He's just an actor anyway. He has no clue how to run a business. The Ashford empire will be
22:54ours.
22:55As long as we get Vivian to sign that post to be a stock transfer agreement, Ethan becomes useless.
23:00I pretended to be the mute old man to give her hope, just to watch her fall from heaven into
23:04hell.
23:05That's the fun part. The sound of kissing came through the recording. You are still the smart
23:10one. That frame job was brilliant. Taking laxatives to frame Vivian, that turned Ethan the sister
23:15conflict into our knife. If Vivian knew her brother sent her to die just to defend you,
23:19she'd never forgive him even as a ghost. Sorry! My dad clutched his chest, spat out a mouthful of blood,
23:25and collapsed. What a disaster. We invited wolves into our home. Invited wolves! Mom pounded on Ethan.
23:34It was you! You killed Vivian! She was protecting you! She stayed there to get evidence! You monster!
23:42Give me back my daughter! Ethan let mom beat him. He'd thought I was evil, jealous of Sophia. He'd thought
23:50he was educating me, reforming me. In reality, I was trading my life for a chance to expose their true
23:58faces. During those three months, every time they stepped on my face, every time Sophia jabbed me with
24:05the cattle prod, I repeated to myself. Hold on, Vivian. Just hold on. Once you get the recording,
24:13Ethan will be safe. I did it. I protected my brother. I protected the Ashford family. The price was
24:22rotting in the dirt, treated like garbage by the person I loved most. I'm a monster. Ethan suddenly
24:28started laughing, laughing while crying. He grabbed the fruit knife from the table and stabbed it toward his
24:35neck. Stop him! The captain shouted and knocked the knife away. Ethan collapsed on the floor,
24:41slapping himself over and over. Don't stop me. Let me die. Let me go apologize to Vivian. Let me die.
24:49Die? Death would be too easy for you. Your sister gave her life to protect the Ashford family.
24:57Instead of figuring out how to defend it and make the killers pay, you just want to die?
25:02Ethan Ashford. That life of yours belongs to your sister. You have to live with it and suffer.
25:09The evidence was irrefutable. When Sophia was arrested, she fought desperately. I'm innocent.
25:16Lucas forced me to do everything. I'm a victim. I have a heart condition. You can't arrest me. Heart
25:23condition? Ethan pulled out a document. Sophia White, your medical records from abroad show your heart is
25:30stronger than a bull's. Your so-called congenital myocarditis was completely fabricated for sympathy.
25:38Sophia's face went deathly pale. No. Ethan, let me explain.
25:44Don't call me that. Ethan's voice was hoarse. You don't deserve it. And that laxative.
25:50Ethan threw a restored surveillance video in her face. The footage showed Sophia putting laxatives
25:56in the yogurt herself, then drinking it. Vivian never tried to hurt you. Never. Each word was
26:01agonizing for Ethan. You were always the one hurting her. And I, I was your accomplice. Ethan suddenly
26:08reached out and grabbed Sophia by the throat. Help. Help. Sophia rolled her eyes, clawing at Ethan's
26:14hands. Police rushed forward and pulled Ethan off. Mr. Ashford, the law will judge her. You can't take
26:21matters into your own hands. Sophia collapsed on the ground, gasping for air. Hair disheveled,
26:26makeup smeared. She was handcuffed and dragged to the police car. Before getting in, a rotten egg hit
26:33her face. It was thrown by one of Ethan's fans who used to curse me endlessly. Give Vivian Ashford back,
26:39You witch! Sophia screamed as she was taken away. Waiting for her was a murder conviction and the
26:45death penalty. To save the family business, Lucas's father issued an overnight statement disowning his
26:51son and freezing all of Lucas's assets. But that wasn't enough. Ethan used every connection he had
26:57to get Lucas sent to the most violent cell block in detention. And he told the cell boss,
27:02This man loves abusing women and making people eat rotten food. On Lucas's first day inside,
27:07he was forced to eat a bucket of food scooped from the toilet. When he refused, they broke two of
27:13his
27:13ribs. He tried to call for help, but his voice had been poisoned mute. Ethan had sent in the extra
27:19meal.
27:19Just like the mute old man Lucas had pretended to be on the show, this time he really became mute.
27:25On trial day, Lucas was carried into court. He was skeletal, old injuries layered with new ones. Seeing
27:31Ethan in the gallery, his eyes showed bleeding. He opened his mouth wide, making ABBA ABBA sounds.
27:37But no one could understand. The judge announced the verdict. The defendant, Lucas Carter, with multiple
27:43counts, is sentenced to death with immediate execution. Hearing death penalty, Lucas's eyes rolled
27:49back and he wet himself. He was dragged out. Before execution, Ethan requested one final visit. Through the
27:56glass, Ethan held up my portrait. In the photo, I smiled brightly, eyes full of light.
28:01Vivian says she doesn't forgive you. Ethan looked into Lucas's terrified eyes, enunciating each word.
28:08She says hell is too cold. She wants you to go down there and be her dog. Lucas kowtowed frantically,
28:14head bleeding. But Ethan simply turned and left. In that moment, Lucas finally understood despair.
28:20Lucas died. Sophia got life imprisonment. The Ashford family built a memorial garden for me on
28:26the Mountain Village site. They planted it full of sunflowers I loved. Award-winning actor Ethan
28:31Ashford retired at his career peak and disappeared from public view. He moved into the basement of the
28:36mansion. It had been renovated into a one-to-one replica of the pig pen. Late at night, he would
28:42hallucinate. To experience my pain, he even injected himself with the same hallucinogens.
28:48Vivian, he murmured in his dreams, forehead drenched in cold sweat, body convulsing in pain.
28:55It hurt so much. It hurt this much. How did you bear it? How did you bear it? He reached
29:03out,
29:04grasping at empty air, trying to grab my hand. I shouldn't have sent you away. I deserve to die.
29:11I watched his increasingly gaunt face. Watched the white hair appearing at his temples. I sighed. Ethan,
29:18I don't hurt anymore. Really. I tried to reach out, to smooth his furrowed brow. The instant my
29:27fingertips touched his forehead, Ethan's eyes snapped open. He stared at the empty space where
29:33I floated, his gaze focusing. Vivian, is that you? I smiled. Even though he couldn't see me,
29:40I still gave him a long lost smile. Just like when I was little, hiding behind him after getting in
29:45trouble, asking for help. Ethan, I'm leaving now, I said silently in my heart. This life was too painful.
29:52Next life, I won't be your sister. I want to be a cloud in the sky, wind in the mountains,
29:57free and
29:58easy, where no one can lock me up again. Tears streamed down Ethan's face. He knelt on the straw
30:03mat, kowtowing heavily to the empty air. Okay, he choked out. Next life, don't meet me. Don't meet
30:10our family. My soul grew lighter, rising bit by bit. Before fading away, I looked back one last time.
30:17Ethan was still kneeling there. The recording pen played my final words. Tell Ethan, I learned my lesson.
30:23It was a lie, and my final punishment for him. For the rest of his life, he would live imprisoned
30:29in this lie, trapped in a cage of his own making, until death.
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