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00:01My past choices led me to hell.
00:03If I could choose again, would the outcome be different?
00:09The day my Harvard acceptance letter arrived, everyone expected me to frame it.
00:14Mount it on the wall like a trophy.
00:15Proof that Liam Vance had finally made it.
00:17Instead, I declined the offer and enrolled at MIT.
00:21It wasn't impulse.
00:22It wasn't rebellion.
00:23It was survival.
00:24Because I re-envolved.
00:26In Last Life, accepting Harvard meant becoming the perfect husband for Serafina.
00:31If you hadn't gone to Harvard, my family never would have chosen you.
00:35And my love wouldn't have drowned his heartbreak.
00:38At that club, they wouldn't have found him dead in some back room servicing strangers for pills.
00:43You stole his place, so you'll pay with your life.
00:47She deliberately had a miscarriage that night.
00:49The reason was that she didn't want to have a child with me.
00:51She felt disgusted.
00:53I died at the same night.
00:54Then, I woke up.
00:56Eighteen years old.
00:57Acceptance letters scattered across my desk.
01:00The same day.
01:03Liam, the deadline's tonight.
01:05Harvard's waiting.
01:06You're really going to make them sweat?
01:08I ended the call and stared at the MIT enrollment form on my laptop screen.
01:12Different path, different future.
01:14No Serafina.
01:16Liam!
01:16It's me snock in Damford.
01:18Tell me you've confirmed Harvard.
01:19Please, I need to hear you say it!
01:21Seeing mom now, alive, whole.
01:24Not beaten to death by Hawthorne security.
01:26Made my throat close.
01:27In that other life, seeing what Serafina had done, when she lunged at the woman who butchered
01:32her son, the Hawthorne guards hadn't hesitated.
01:37I'm going to MIT, mom.
01:39The research programs align better with my focus.
01:41Cyber security architecture, AI ethics, systems integrity.
01:45No, you're going to Harvard.
01:48Do you understand me?
01:49When you fall, you get back up where you fell.
01:52I taught you that.
01:53My blood went cold.
01:54She remembers.
01:56She reborn, too.
01:58I was just about to ask my mother if she had been reborn.
02:01Mom.
02:01When a sound suddenly came from the living room.
02:03My father's voice boomed through the house.
02:05Julian, come on in, son.
02:07Let me grab you something to drink.
02:08Followed by a second set of footsteps.
02:11Lighter.
02:12Deliberate.
02:12Julian Vance.
02:13Not my brother by blood.
02:15Not really.
02:15But my father, decorated veteran and self-made businessman, had adopted him at 13 after
02:20his father, dad's army buddy, died in combat.
02:24Except Julian's father hadn't died in combat.
02:26He died of a heart attack in a motel with his mistress.
02:29But my father had needed a redemption arc more than he needed the truth.
02:33Julian walked over with a smile.
02:35He clasped my shoulder.
02:37Liam.
02:38Dad wants to talk to you about Harvard.
02:40He's really proud, man.
02:42Two spots.
02:43Harvard only takes two from Riverside Prep.
02:46And this year, it's a miracle we got that many.
02:48Liam, you're going to withdraw your acceptance.
02:52My mother stiffened.
02:54Excuse me?
02:57But this time, I won't be the pawn.
03:00I'll rewrite every role.
03:02In my past life, Julian took everything from me.
03:05In this life, I will never repeat the same mistake.
03:08The air in this house was never mine to breathe.
03:10It always belonged to him.
03:12Julian needs this.
03:15His father gave his life for this country.
03:18For me, the least we can do is make sure his son has every advantage.
03:22He thought I had endless options.
03:24Liam's smart.
03:25He'll land on his feet.
03:26MIT, Stanford, whatever.
03:29But Harvard, that's Julia's spot.
03:32And the Hawthorne family is looking for a Harvard man to marry their daughter.
03:36That's his future.
03:37Not Liam's.
03:38I tried to speak up.
03:39He earned his acceptance.
03:41And Julian earned our loyalty.
03:43Do you have any idea what it's like to owe someone your life?
03:47His father took a bullet meant for me.
03:51So yes, Elena, Julian gets the girl, the school, and the life.
03:56That's not negotiable.
04:00I didn't fight with words.
04:02I fought with proof.
04:04I found the photo.
04:05The one that broke their little lie.
04:08I held up the truth, plain and simple.
04:12They'd been together for months, hidden in plain sight.
04:20They'd been together for months, so it doesn't matter where I go.
04:23I'm not in the running.
04:24He played the victim, like always.
04:26Liam, I know you had feelings for Sarah.
04:28But she sees you as a friend.
04:30A brother, even.
04:32You need to let her go.
04:35Actually, I'm late.
04:36We're catching a movie.
04:37Dad, you coming?
04:38I'll drive you.
04:42Julian and my father walked out the door guiltily, without looking back.
04:50You coward.
04:51I thought getting a second chance meant you'd be smarter.
04:56Faster.
04:57You're still the same pathetic boy who let them walk all over him.
05:01In my last life, I believed her and lost everything.
05:05In this life, I will take back everything.
05:08I should have known it wouldn't be that simple.
05:10That night, I woke to the sound of my bedroom door clicking open.
05:14My father stood silhouetted in the hallway light.
05:17Behind him, Serafina.
05:19What the hell?
05:20But they were already at my desk.
05:22My laptop glowed.
05:24Serafina's finger hovered over the keyboard.
05:26Don't you dare!
05:28My father caught me in a bear hug, pinning my arms.
05:33She's doing you a favor, son.
05:35Trust me.
05:36That's my MIT enrollment!
05:38Serafina clicked to delete.
05:40I went numb.
05:42Serafina, why?
05:44She didn't even look at me.
05:45Just reached down and unplugged the laptop, lifting it by the screen.
05:49What are you-
05:49If I leave the computer intact, you'll find a way to re-enroll.
05:53I won't make that mistake.
05:55She raised the laptop above her head.
05:57No, no, no!
05:58Please!
05:58It shattered against the hardwood.
06:01Glass and circuitry exploded across the floor.
06:04I stopped fighting.
06:05My father released me, and I collapsed to my knees, staring at the wreckage.
06:11You knew I picked MIT, I told you this morning.
06:14Serafina crouched in front of me.
06:15And for the first time, I saw her eyes.
06:18Empty flat.
06:19She'd reborn, too.
06:21You said a lot of things last time.
06:24You said you didn't want me.
06:26You said you weren't interested.
06:28But the first night we were together, you were at my door before I'd even finished unpacking.
06:32Serafina, your roommate drugged me.
06:34You know that.
06:36She wanted to humiliate me at the party, and I came to you because I trusted-
06:40She spoke softly, but her words were like a knife.
06:43Liar.
06:44Cutting through all my defenses.
06:46You manipulated me from day one.
06:49Played hard to get so I'd chase you, and the moment you had me, you ruined everything.
06:54She turned to Julian, who'd appeared in the doorway.
06:57It's done, baby.
06:58He can't threaten you anymore.
07:00Julian's smile was small.
07:02Wait!
07:03My mind raced.
07:05Serafina, I'm not trying to come between you two.
07:07I want you to be together.
07:09Just let me go.
07:10I'll transfer schools, move across the country, whatever you need.
07:13You really think it's that simple?
07:17Did you think I'd forget what you did to Julian in Last Life?
07:21How you let him die?
07:22I already paid for that.
07:25I died.
07:26Not enough.
07:28Her whisper was a blade.
07:30I'm gonna make you watch Julian and me build the life you stole from him.
07:34And you?
07:35You're going to spend every day in hell.
07:40Oh, and before I deleted your enrollment, I submitted a formal withdrawal letter to MIT
07:45on your behalf, citing personal reasons and a commitment to Harvard.
07:50Congrats, Liam.
07:52You're going to be a Hawthorne after all.
07:54They locked me in my room after that.
07:56Took my phone.
07:58My laptop.
07:59Even the old iPad I kept in my desk drawer.
08:01For three days, I was a prisoner in my own house.
08:04But they didn't know about the backup phone taped under my bed frame.
08:07The one I'd bought with cash the day I woke up reborn, because some paranoid part of me
08:12knew they'd try this.
08:13I powered it on and opened my email.
08:15One unread message.
08:16From my T admissions subject.
08:19Enrollment confirmed.
08:20Dear Liam Vance, welcome to MIT.
08:23Your enrollment in the computer science and engineering program has been finalized.
08:27We look forward to seeing you at orientation on the 1st of September.
08:30I closed my eyes, exhaling for what felt like the first time in days.
08:35The system Serafina had accessed wasn't real.
08:37I built a dummy server the day I got the acceptance letter.
08:40A perfect replica of MIT's enrollment portal.
08:43If anyone tried to tamper with my decision, they'd be deleting a ghost.
08:47The real enrollment had gone through the morning.
08:49I woke up in this timeline.
08:50I texted my best friend Marcus.
08:52Need you to grab my dorm stuff.
08:54And meet me at South Station Day before move-in.
08:57I'll explain later.
08:58His reply came in seconds.
08:59Dude, what did you do?
09:01Escaped.
09:02Move-in day.
09:03I waited until my mother left for her book club.
09:05And my father took Julian shopping for his dorm at Langford College.
09:09The private liberal arts school.
09:11Serafina's family had paid to accept him after his 140-sat score.
09:17Picked the bedroom lock in 20 minutes.
09:20Walked out the front door.
09:21And didn't look back.
09:22Took the subway to South Station.
09:24The train to Boston pulled away from the platform.
09:26And I watched my childhood disappear through the window.
09:28For the first time since I'd woken up in this nightmare, I let myself breathe.
09:33I dozed off somewhere around Providence.
09:35When I woke up, something felt wrong.
09:38The train had stopped.
09:39But we weren't at South Station.
09:41I looked out the window, and my blood turned to ice.
09:44We were at a private rail platform.
09:46Sleek.
09:47Modern.
09:47The kind of place you only accessed with a keycard and a seven-figure bank account.
09:52And standing on the platform, arms crossed, was my mother.
09:55She smiled when she saw me.
09:57Liam.
09:59You're awake.
10:01Perfect timing.
10:02The train doors hissed open, and two men in black suits stepped aboard.
10:06Mrs. Vance.
10:07The taller one nodded.
10:09We'll take him from here.
10:10Wait.
10:11Mom, what is this?
10:12She leaned into the train, her smile bright.
10:14The Hawthorns are very excited to meet their future son-in-law, sweetheart.
10:19Serafina's been asking about you.
10:22I'm not.
10:22I don't want...
10:23You're 18.
10:25You're brilliant.
10:27And you're exactly what the Hawthorne family looks for in a match.
10:30She stepped back as the men hauled me to my feet.
10:34You can't do this!
10:36I can, and I am.
10:38The Hawthorne estate is lovely this time of year.
10:41You'll see.
10:42I woke up in a bed.
10:44I'd been here before.
10:46In last life, I'd spent four years in these guest quarters after the wedding.
10:51Four years walking on eggshells, trying to be the son-in-law they'd chosen.
10:55Four years watching Julian from across dinner tables, his hand always finding Serafina's under the linen.
11:01While I played the oblivious husband.
11:03Four years that ended with me hanging from a beam in the east wing.
11:06The door opened.
11:08My mother rushed in, beaming.
11:11She sat on the edge of the bed, smoothing my hair like I was five.
11:14Liam!
11:15Oh, thank God.
11:17I was worried you'd sleep through the whole thing.
11:19The Hawthorne's reviewed your academic record.
11:21Your awards.
11:22That cyber-turity patent you filed last year.
11:24They're so impressed.
11:26You're exactly the kind of man they want for Serafina.
11:28The engagement party starts in an hour.
11:30After Serafina graduates, you'll get married.
11:32Isn't this perfect?
11:33Everything we've worked for-
11:35I'm not marrying her.
11:37Then my father's voice, low and furious from the doorway.
11:41The hell you're not!
11:43He crossed the room in three strides and backhanded me so hard I saw stars.
11:48Do you have any idea what the Hawthorns are offering?
11:51A position in their company.
11:52A seat at tables most people would kill to access.
11:55And you're gonna throw a tantrum like a child?
11:57I tasted blood.
11:59I don't want their company.
12:01Well, Julian wants Serafina.
12:02He's been crying for three hours, Liam.
12:04His eyes are swollen shut.
12:06You're gonna get your ass downstairs and apologize to him.
12:09My mother stepped between us.
12:10Hawthorne see bruises on him before the engagement photos.
12:12It'll ruin everything.
12:13Stop!
12:14My father released me with a shove.
12:16But you will apologize.
12:17They dragged me to Julian's suite.
12:19He was curled on a chaise lounge.
12:21Face buried in a cashmere throw pillow.
12:23Shoulders shaking with perfectly timed sobs.
12:25My father rushed to his side.
12:27Buddy.
12:28Talk to me.
12:29Julian lifted his head.
12:30Eyes red, rimmed and glistening.
12:32I just thought maybe if I was good enough, she'd choose me.
12:35But Liam's smarter.
12:36Better.
12:37A fresh wave of tears.
12:38My father whirled on me.
12:40Say something!
12:42I looked at Julian at the calculated grief.
12:44The performance.
12:46Everyone out.
12:47My mother started to protest.
12:49Out.
12:50Now.
12:52Or I swear to God, I'll walk into that engagement party
12:55and tell the Hawthorns exactly what kind of family they're marrying into.
13:00The door slammed behind them.
13:02Julian dropped the act immediately.
13:04Wow.
13:05You actually grew a spine.
13:07So.
13:09What now?
13:10You threaten me?
13:11Try to convince me to let you go?
13:13I don't want Serafina.
13:14You do.
13:15We both know that.
13:16So here's the deal.
13:17You help me get out of here, and you get her.
13:19Clean trade.
13:20You're serious.
13:22He tilted his head, considering.
13:23I'm going to MIT.
13:25She's going to Harvard.
13:26Our lives don't have to intersect.
13:28You want her?
13:28Take her.
13:29I won't fight you for her.
13:30For a moment, I thought he'd agree.
13:32Then he smiled.
13:34You know what?
13:34Sure.
13:35He pulled out his phone, texting rapidly.
13:37A moment later, he stood.
13:39Come on.
13:39I know a way out.
13:40We took a service corridor through the east wing.
13:44There's a gate by the gardens.
13:45Staff entrance.
13:47No cameras.
13:48Ten minutes and you're on the main road.
13:50We stepped outside into the summer heat.
13:52The gate was fifty feet ahead.
13:53Freedom.
13:54Thank you.
13:56Julian stopped walking.
13:59Liam?
14:02I turned.
14:04He was staring at me.
14:05His expression unreadable.
14:07His voice was soft.
14:09I need you to understand something.
14:11In another life, you had everything.
14:13The girl.
14:14The company.
14:15The legacy.
14:16And you still acted like you were doing me a favor by existing.
14:19His hand shot out.
14:21Shoved her.
14:22Hard.
14:23I stumbled backward.
14:25Directly into the path of a delivery truck barreling through the estate gates.
14:28Brake screamed.
14:35And the last thing I saw was Julian's face.
14:39Smiling.
14:41Hands grabbed me.
14:42Pulled me back from the edge of oblivion.
14:43I hit the pavement hard.
14:45Someone's body cushioning my fall.
14:47The truck's horn blared as it swerved past.
14:49Missing us by inches.
14:51I gasped for air.
14:53Blinking away stars.
14:54Serafina's face hovered above mine.
14:56For a split second, I saw something in her eyes that looked like fear.
15:00Like she'd actually been terrified of losing me.
15:02She rolled off me.
15:04Already on her feet.
15:06What the hell happened?
15:07I looked past her to where Julian stood frozen.
15:10His expression a perfect mask of horror.
15:13He stumbled forward.
15:14Cradling his right hand.
15:16Long scratches ran down the back of it.
15:19Welling with blood.
15:19Sir, thank God you got to him in time.
15:23Liam said he needed air.
15:25I was walking with him and he just...
15:26He grabbed my hand and pushed himself toward the truck.
15:29I tried to pull him back, but...
15:31His voice broke.
15:32He scratched me when I wouldn't let go.
15:34At the blood under his fingernails on his left hand.
15:36The hand he'd used to shove me.
15:38That's not what...
15:40Serafina's palm cracked across my face.
15:43You bastard.
15:44I agreed to this engagement.
15:47I'm giving you everything you asked for.
15:50And you tried to kill yourself in front of me?
15:53What kind of sick game is this?
15:55I didn't ask for any of this!
15:57But Julian was already pulling away.
15:59I need to go.
15:59Stumbling toward the main house.
16:00Sarah, I'm sorry.
16:01I...
16:01I know I'm just a foster kid.
16:03Just some orphan who doesn't belong here.
16:06I'll pack my things.
16:08Julian, wait!
16:08I should have died with my dad.
16:10Then none of this would be happening.
16:11Then you and Liam could be happy without me in the way!
16:15Serafina caught his arm.
16:16You're not going anywhere.
16:17But Liam clearly doesn't want me here.
16:20I don't care what Liam wants.
16:22Something shifted in her expression.
16:24Something cold and final.
16:26She snapped her fingers.
16:27And two security guards materialized from the shadows.
16:31Take Liam to the medical suite.
16:33Now.
16:34Panic spiked through me.
16:36Her voice dropping to a whisper only I could hear.
16:39You really thought I'd just let you leave?
16:41That I'd forget what you did to Julian in last life?
16:43How you let him suffer while you built your empire on his grave?
16:46The engagement's still happening.
16:48The wedding will happen when I graduate.
16:50But you.
16:51Her smile was a razor.
16:53You don't deserve to be a father.
16:56Not after what you did to our child before.
17:01My blood turned to ice.
17:03Sera, what are you talking about?
17:05The baby.
17:06She hissed.
17:07The one you begged me to abort because it would complicate your career trajectory.
17:11The one I kept anyway because I loved you.
17:14The one that Julian helped me mourn after you-
17:16That's not what happened!
17:18Enough!
17:20Take him to the surgical seat.
17:22I want him castrated.
17:24Completely.
17:24He won't need those parts where he's going.
17:26The guards grabbed my arms.
17:27You can't drape this shit!
17:28You can't do this!
17:29I thrashed, fighting with everything I had.
17:32Your mother signed the consent forms.
17:35She's betting her shares in Hawthorne Medical on this marriage going through.
17:38So yes, Liam.
17:39I can do this.
17:40And I will.
17:42They dragged me inside.
17:43The medical suite was state-of-the-art.
17:45Sterile white walls.
17:47Gleaming equipment.
17:48Monitors beeping softly.
17:50No anesthesia.
17:51They strapped me to an operating table.
17:53And I watched a man in surgical scrubs lay out instruments with the detached efficiency
17:57of someone who'd done this before.
17:59Serafina stood in the doorway.
18:00Arms crossed.
18:01Behind her, a wall of security guards blocked any hope of escape.
18:05Last chance.
18:06Tell me you'll be the husband I need.
18:08That you'll stop fighting.
18:09That you'll give Julian the respect he deserves.
18:11I looked at her.
18:13This wasn't the girl who'd chased me through Harvard's libraries.
18:16This was something else.
18:17Something broken and vicious and obsessed.
18:20You're going to regret this.
18:22Serafina walked slowly over to my side.
18:27I'm not the one strapped to a table.
18:33The surgeon pulled on gloves.
18:35Picked up a scalpel.
18:38My heart hammered against my ribs.
18:43Serafina, please.
18:45I'll leave.
18:46I'll disappear.
18:47You'll never see me again.
18:48And let you run off to MIT?
18:50Let you build the life that should have been Julian's?
18:52No.
18:53Your mother made her bet.
18:54She traded Hawthorne medical shares to guarantee you'd be my husband.
18:58So you're stuck.
18:59But you don't get to be a man anymore.
19:01Not after everything you've done.
19:03The surgeon positioned the blade.
19:05I squeezed my eyes shut.
19:07Think.
19:08Think.
19:09Federal investigation.
19:10The evidence I'd compiled the moment I woke up in this timeline.
19:13The encryption key sitting in my backup phone.
19:16Linked to a dead man's switch that would trigger if I didn't check in every 12 hours.
19:21I opened my eyes.
19:24Check your phone, Sera.
19:28What?
19:29Your phone.
19:30Check it.
19:31Now.
19:34She pulled it out.
19:36Irritation flickering across her face.
19:38And froze.
19:39The color drained from her cheeks.
19:42What did you do?
19:43Breaking.
19:45Federal investigation.
19:46Launched into Hawthorne medical.
19:48She looked at me.
19:50Eyes wide.
19:52How?
19:54You thought I'd just roll over?
19:56I smiled.
19:57Tasting blood.
19:58He'd been trapped in this living nightmare.
20:00But he wasn't defenseless.
20:02Not even close.
20:05I've had weeks to prepare.
20:07Every shady deal.
20:08Every bribed inspector.
20:09Every falsified safety report.
20:11I documented it all.
20:13Sent it to the feds.
20:14The day after I woke up in this nightmare.
20:16Every dirty secret of Hawthorne medical was locked away in his hands.
20:20The company!
20:20Is about to collapse.
20:22Your father, the CFO, three board members.
20:26They're probably in handcuffs right now.
20:28You want to castrate me?
20:30Fine.
20:31But it won't change the fact that Hawthorne medical is finished.
20:35You're blowing up Ditting Sint!
20:37You're blowing up my family's legacy out of spite!
20:41I'm exposing criminals.
20:43Those falsified safety reports?
20:45They were for medical devices.
20:47Pacemakers.
20:48Insulin pumps.
20:49People died because your family cut corners to inflate their profit margins.
20:53This isn't about you and me, Sarah Farina.
20:55This is about doing the right thing for once in my miserable life.
20:58She clung to the last bit of control she thought she had.
21:02It wouldn't give her an itch.
21:04No.
21:05Unlock it.
21:06Her threats were empty.
21:08No.
21:10Unlock it or I swear to God!
21:12The message on the screen shattered her entire world.
21:16MIT admissions.
21:17Liam, we noticed you haven't confirmed your housing assignment.
21:20You're still registered for the fall semester.
21:22Please respond by EDM to secure your dorm placement.
21:25She realized she was wrong.
21:27You never withdrew.
21:28I looked confident.
21:29That server you accessed?
21:31I built it in six hours.
21:33You deleted a ghost, Sarah.
21:34I set a trap for her that she never expected.
21:37I've been enrolled at MIT since the day I woke up.
21:40You planned this.
21:41All of it!
21:42I told you the truth from the beginning.
21:44I don't this.
21:46I don't want you.
21:48I don't want your family.
21:49I don't want this life.
21:51But none of you would listen.
21:52Stop!
21:52She finally backed out.
21:55Her control slipping away.
21:57She needed proof, desperate to deny what he said.
22:03She scrolled through every message, hoping to find a lie.
22:07Then she found it.
22:08The final proof is truth.
22:14What have you done?
22:15What you forced me to do.
22:17I gave you every chance to let me go.
22:20You chose this.
22:21Her family fell apart.
22:23I am the winner of this game.
22:25They let me go, not out of mercy, out of panic.
22:30Hawthorne Estate descended into chaos as news crews gathered outside the gates and federal
22:35agents executed search warrants.
22:38I walked out the front door in the same clothes I'd arrived in.
22:41Nobody stopping me.
22:43My parents were waiting in the circular driveway.
22:45My father looked ten years older.
22:48My mother's perfect makeup was streaked with tears.
22:51Fix this.
22:52Dad's voice shook.
22:54Look, call the FBI.
22:56Tell them it was a mistake.
22:58No.
22:59Those board members were embezzling.
23:01Fine.
23:02But the family business.
23:04You're destroying everything.
23:08Those board members signed off on devices that killed people.
23:11I kept walking toward the gate.
23:13I'm not taking it back.
23:15My mother grabbed my arm.
23:17Liam, please.
23:18If Hawthorne Medical falls, we lose everything.
23:22The house, my social standing, your father's investment.
23:27You should have thought about it before you sold me to them.
23:30I pulled free and kept walking.
23:33Behind me, my father's voice cracked.
23:35We gave you everything.
23:38Everything.
23:38You gave Julian everything.
23:41You gave me expectations.
23:43I didn't look back.
23:44A week later, I was sitting in a dean's office at MIT when my phone started blowing up.
23:48The first message was from Marcus, dude.
23:51Twitter.
23:52Now.
23:52I opened the app.
23:54Number Serafina Hawthorne was trending.
23:56The top tweet was a video.
23:58Posted one hour ago.
24:00Already three million views.
24:02I clicked play.
24:03The camera was shaky.
24:04Pointed at a laptop screen.
24:06Someone had leaked internal Hawthorne medical documents.
24:09The real ones.
24:10Not sanitized for the board.
24:12Test results showing their flagship pacemaker had a 12% failure rate.
24:16Emails discussing how to manage the PR of patient deaths.
24:20Financial records showing millions funneled to offshore accounts.
24:25And then the camera panned to show Serafina herself,
24:27sitting in what looked like a dorm room, reading from a prepared statement.
24:31My name is Serafina Hawthorne, and I'm here to confess.
24:35Her voice was steady.
24:37Professional.
24:38The documents you're seeing are real.
24:41My family knowingly sold defective medical devices to hospitals across the country.
24:46We prioritized profit over patient safety.
24:50And when people died?
24:52Her voice caught.
24:53We buried it.
24:54She looked directly into the camera.
24:56I'm also here to expose another lie.
24:59The man my family chose to be my husband,
25:03Liam Vance,
25:04is not the villain they made him out to be.
25:06He's the one who reported us to the FBI.
25:09He's the one who that ganon'd.
25:11He's the one who tried to save lives.
25:13And I'm the one who tried to destroy him.
25:17For it.
25:18Down her cheek.
25:19A tear slid down her cheek.
25:20The video ended.
25:21I stared at my phone.
25:22What?
25:24Is she doing?
25:25Another video appeared in my feed.
25:27This one was older, a photo collage with timestamps.
25:30Julian and Serafina at restaurants.
25:32His hand on her thigh.
25:33Her lips at his ear.
25:35All dated before the engagement party.
25:37The caption.
25:38The real reason Serafina wanted Liam gone.
25:40Someone had done a deep dive.
25:42Found receipts.
25:43Hotel records.
25:44Venmo transactions.
25:45The internet was eviscerating her.
25:47But that wasn't the worst part.
25:49The worst part was the fourth video.
25:50This one was a screen recording of a DNA test result.
25:53Julian Vance and Robert Vance.
25:56Probability of paternity.
25:5799.97%.
25:59My father and Julian were related.
26:02But Julian's supposed father, the war hero, was named Sebastian.
26:06The comments exploded.
26:07Wait.
26:08So the orphaned war hero's son was actually just his affair baby.
26:12This family is sick.
26:14How long was Robert lying about this?
26:19I called Marcus.
26:24Marcus, did you leak this?
26:26Hell no.
26:28But whoever did?
26:30They've got access to military records, hospital databases, and social media archives.
26:35This is a professional hit job.
26:37I hung up and immediately dialed the number I've been avoiding.
26:42Serafina picked up on the first ring.
26:46Did you do this?
26:49No, but I know who did.
26:52Julian.
26:53My blood went cold.
26:55Why would he-
26:56Because he's been playing us both from the beginning.
26:58He's the one who embezzled from Hawthorne Medical.
27:00He's the one who falsified those safety reports to skim money off contracts.
27:03I found the offshore accounts this morning.
27:04Ten million dollars, Liam.
27:06He stole ten million from my family and blamed it on the CFF.
27:10That's impossible.
27:11He's been doing it since he was 16.
27:13Since the first time I brought him home for dinner.
27:16He told me you were sabotaging his future.
27:19That you were jealous.
27:21That everything wrong in his life was because you existed.
27:25And you believed him.
27:28I loved him.
27:31Silence stretched between us.
27:37Where is he now?
27:39I asked.
27:41I don't know.
27:43After the DNA results dropped, he disappeared.
27:45The police have a warrant out, but-
27:48A new notification popped up on my phone.
27:50Check Instagram live.
27:52Julian Vance.
27:53The live stream was already at 50,000 viewers when I clicked on the phone.
27:57The camera showed a room I recognized immediately.
28:00The east wing of the Hawthorne estate.
28:02The same room where I'd died in last life.
28:05Julian was tied to a chair in the center of the frame.
28:08Duct tape over his mouth.
28:10Eyes wide with terror.
28:11And standing behind him, holding a knife, was Serafina.
28:40Hello everyone.
28:41I did this because I thought he'd stolen Julian's future.
28:44I thought he was the villain.
28:46But I was wrong.
28:47She stood, walking back to Julian.
28:47The real villain has been sitting in my house, eating my food, sleeping in my bed, whispering in my ear
28:51for eight years!
28:53Julian Vance.
28:55Born Julian Emerson is not a war hero's son.
28:57He's the elisimant child of Robert Vance and a woman named Claire Emerson, who died of an everdose when Julian
29:02was 12.
29:03She pulled the tape off his mouth.
29:05Julian gasped.
29:07Serafina, please.
29:08Eyes streaming.
29:10Robert never served with anyone named Sebastian.
29:13He invented the story so he could bring his bastard son into his home without losing his wife's family money.
29:18I didn't know.
29:20I swear I didn't.
29:21Liar.
29:22She pressed the knife to his throat.
29:24You've been lying since the day we met.
29:26You told me Liam abused you.
29:28That he stole your toys, your food, your future.
29:32You showed me bruises and said he'd beat you.
29:34Julian was sobbing now.
29:36He did.
29:37Her voice went flat.
29:38He didn't.
29:39I checked the medical records.
29:41Every injury you ever had, self-inflicted.
29:45You burned yourself with cigarettes and said Liam did it.
29:48You cut yourself with kitchen knives and blamed him.
29:50No!
29:51You gas-lept an entire family.
29:53You made Robert choose you over his real son.
29:55You made me torture an innocent man.
29:57And you embezzled ten million dollars for my family's company.
30:00Money that could have funded real research, saved real lives.
30:03The viewer count hit 250,000.
30:06Sarah, I love you.
30:08You love money.
30:09You never cared about me.
30:11You cared about what I represented.
30:14Access.
30:15Power.
30:16A way out of your pathetic life.
30:18She stood back, addressing the camera.
30:21In that other timeline, Julian told me Liam had killed him.
30:26Showed me a fake urn with pig bones inside and said Liam had murdered him out of jealousy.
30:32And I believed it.
30:35I spent six months planning Liam's death.
30:39I married him.
30:41Got pregnant with his child.
30:44And then I butchered him in this very room.
30:47But it was all a lie.
30:50Julian was alive.
30:52He'd faked his death to frame Liam.
30:55And by the time I realized the truth.
30:58By the time I realized, Liam was already gone.
31:02I can't undo what I did.
31:03I can't bring back the man I destroyed.
31:07But I can make sure Julian pays for every lie.
31:12Every manipulation.
31:13Every life he ruined.
31:15No.
31:16No!
31:17In that other life,
31:18I drove 73-3 of these through Liam's body.
31:23Sarah, please!
31:24One for every piece of our child I carved out.
31:29Sarah, please!
31:31She drove the pin through Julian's shoulder.
31:33That's one.
31:35I was already in an Uber.
31:37911?
31:38911?
31:39There's a live stream.
31:40Someone's being tortured.
31:41Sir, we're aware.
31:42Units are en route.
31:43This one's for the 10 million you stole.
31:47Another scream.
31:48The chat was going insane.
31:50Serafina, stop!
31:51My voice cracked, even though she couldn't hear me.
31:54Don't do this!
31:55Don't do this!
31:56But she wasn't stopping.
31:57Pin after pin.
31:59Shoulder.
31:59Elbow.
32:00Knee.
32:01Julian's screams turned to whimpers, turned to silence.
32:05In that first timeline, you convinced me to castrate Liam.
32:08Said he didn't deserve to be a father.
32:10So let's see how you like it.
32:13Sarah!
32:14The air was thick, with sirens and fear.
32:17The east wing of the mansion was sealed off.
32:19A crime scene had tied directly to Liam Vance.
32:22A detective blocked his path at the door.
32:24You can't be here.
32:25No exceptions allowed in this chaos.
32:28I'm Liam Vance.
32:28I-I-this is about me.
32:31The detective's expression shifted, recognizing the name.
32:35Come with me.
32:36The air was thick, with sirens and fear.
32:38The east wing of the mansion was sealed off.
32:40A crime scene had tied directly to Liam Vance.
32:43The quiet hallway was a stark contrast to the madness outside.
32:47Miss Hawthorne is in critical condition.
32:50She fell on a bed of knives she'd arranged on the floor.
32:54We think it was intentional.
32:56And Julian?
32:58The detective's answer was cold and blunt.
33:00Alive.
33:01Barely.
33:03He's in surgery now.
33:06She said she did it for you.
33:08I didn't ask her to.
33:10I didn't ask her to.
33:11I know we've been blessed as you.
33:12I know.
33:13But she left something for you.
33:16He held out a phone.
33:18Serafina's phone.
33:19A final message.
33:20Waiting.
33:21One single video file in the gallery.
33:23Dated today.
33:24Time stamped two hours before the live stream.
33:27This was her goodbye.
33:28If you're watching this, I'm already gone.
33:31And I'm sorry.
33:33In that first timeline, you built something incredible after I died.
33:36I heard about it before, before I came back.
33:38You revolutionized cybersecurity.
33:40Changed how we protect data.
33:42Saved millions of lives with your work.
33:44You did all of that after I destroyed you.
33:46So imagine what you could do without me in your way.
33:48I spent my entire life trying to control everything.
33:51My family's company.
33:52My relationships.
33:54My future.
33:55And all it did was destroy the one person who actually cared about me.
33:59And if anyone ever asks about me, tell them I finally learned to let go.
34:08The video ended.
34:09Leaving Liev alone with her words.
34:12A final goodbye that set him free.
34:15My Tia's research lab hung with activity around me.
34:17But I barely noticed.
34:18I was deep in code.
34:20Refining the encryption algorithm.
34:22The foundation for next-gen medical device security.
34:27Dr. Vance?
34:32There's someone here to see you.
34:33He says it's personal.
34:35I don't have any appointments.
34:37I know.
34:38But she said you'd want to see her.
34:40She.
34:41I followed him to the lobby.
34:43He'll stop.
34:46Older but somehow softer.
34:48The sharp edges.
34:49Worn down.
34:54Hi.
34:56You are alive.
34:59Disappointed?
35:01Confused.
35:02The knives.
35:03I position them carefully.
35:05I knew where to fall.
35:07I spent the last five years in therapy.
35:09The kind where they don't let you leave until you've actually processed your trauma.
35:14Julian?
35:15Prison.
35:1615 years for fraud and embezzlement.
35:18He'll be out eventually, but he's not my problem anymore.
35:20Silence stretched between us.
35:22Why are you here?
35:23To apologize.
35:24In person.
35:24For everything I did to you.
35:26Both timelines.
35:27You were right about all of it.
35:28I was obsessed with control.
35:30With the fantasy of who I thought you should be.
35:31And it almost killed us both.
35:33Sarah.
35:33I'm not asking for forgiveness.
35:34Or a second chance.
35:35I just wanted you to know.
35:36Your work is saving lives.
35:37Real people.
35:38I read your last paper on pacemaker security protocols.
35:40Did you know how many recounts you prevented?
35:41How many deaths you stopped?
35:42It's just research.
35:46It's everything.
35:48You're doing what I should have done, but I have to know.
35:52And I'm proud of you.
35:56Sarah.
35:57Sarah.
35:57I forgive you.
36:04You don't have to.
36:04I know.
36:06But I'm choosing to anyway.
36:07We were both trapped in patterns we couldn't break.
36:10Until we did.
36:12Thank you.
36:13Take care of yourself.
36:14You too.
36:14She walked out.
36:15And I watched her go.
36:16Really go this time.
36:17No weight of obligation.
36:18Or revenge.
36:19Or unfinished business.
36:20Just two people.
36:21Who'd survived each other.
36:22My phone buzzed.
36:24A text from Marcus.
36:25Conference room.
36:26Now.
36:26The NSA wants to talk about your encryption protocol.
36:28I smiled.
36:29And headed back.
36:30This life.
36:31The one I built on my own terms.
36:32Was just beginning.
36:33This time.
36:34I wasn't letting anyone take it from me.
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