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00:00:01I'm Leonie, and I'm seven. The whole town of Oakhaven thinks I'm cursed. I haven't eaten all day. I just
00:00:11stared at the black bread in my aunt's hand, and she whipped me bloody with a thorny vine.
00:00:26What are you looking at? I gave you a soup last, and you still steal food! You! Good-for-nothing
00:00:32leech!
00:00:34Aunt Grace slammed the heavy farm tool right onto me. Stop playing dead! If you don't finish before sunset, forget
00:00:41about dinner!
00:00:42My hands are covered in cuts, and the broken blisters sting interribly. But I have to work, or I'll be
00:00:50thrown out into the wild.
00:00:53Under the scorching sun, I starved and dragged myself to the field. Passing villagers just pointed and whispered.
00:01:00They said Aunt Grace kept all my dad's military pension from the war, but they only pitied me in secret.
00:01:06No one dared to help.
00:01:07Look at the poor thing. Grace is an absolute monster. She spreads rumors that Leonie is the cursed child who
00:01:14brought the dust storms. Good lord, it breaks my heart.
00:01:18Just then, Mrs. Hannon showed up. She's the meanest, greediest woman in town.
00:01:24Oh, look at this! She just snatched people's seeds.
00:01:27Dirt in Oak Haven is growing its own seeds! Since you don't want them, I'll take them.
00:01:31Ada! You wicked hag! Stealing our seeds? Have you no shame? You dropped them them yourself, and now you're framing
00:01:40me?
00:01:40Mrs. Hannon raised her tool looking so fierce. She scared them away. Mrs. Hanson looked like a wicked witch. Everyone
00:01:48was scared of her.
00:01:49Back off! Don't even think about stealing my seeds!
00:01:51And so was I. I'm sorry, Mrs. Hanson. I'll move over there.
00:01:56But I couldn't run. I had to finish Aunt Grace's work.
00:02:02The sun felt like it was burning a hole in my head. I couldn't hold on anymore.
00:02:08Everything went black, and I crashed into the mud.
00:02:16Hey! You wretched girl!
00:02:29Cold water trickled down my cracked lips. I thought I'd die in that dry mud.
00:02:35But the one who saved me was the meanest, scariest woman in town, Mrs. Hanson.
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00:03:10Mrs. Hanson, you dropped your bread.
00:03:13It fell on the ground. I don't want it. It's yours now.
00:03:17I knew she left it just to save me.
00:03:20I held on to that muddy bread tight and prayed.
00:03:22Kind people like Mrs. Hanson deserve a reward from God.
00:03:26Right then, Mrs. Hanson accidentally kicked a pile of dead roots.
00:03:30And hidden inside was a massive, golden, dripping wild honeycomb.
00:03:40Mrs. Hanson took her lucky find home.
00:03:43She wanted to save the precious honey for her sick oldest son.
00:03:48Mother, this is too precious. You work so hard every day, you should have it.
00:03:55Are you trying to infuriate me?
00:03:57Arthur can barely breathe from his coughing.
00:04:00Do you want him to meet his mather early?
00:04:03Miss Ella, her second daughter-in-law, is super selfish.
00:04:08Her eyes lit up when she saw the honey, just like a hungry wolf.
00:04:16Arthur's minor lungs are already rotting. It's a waste to give it to him.
00:04:19I'm carrying your only grandson. He needs the nutrition way more.
00:04:27Stop!
00:04:28Mrs. Hanson and Miss Martha stormed out in a rage.
00:04:32But right as she crossed the threshold,
00:04:35Mrs. Hanson tripped over a dark figure in the corner.
00:04:38Curled up in the freezing corner was a ragged, bloody figure.
00:04:43It was me.
00:04:43My God, Leonenny!
00:04:46Why are you covered in blood out here?
00:04:51Since I didn't finish the work, my aunt whipped me bloody and threw me out.
00:04:56Turns out, under all that yelling, Mrs. Hanson's had the only kind heart in town.
00:05:02Grace is a wicked, heartless witch!
00:05:05What a bastard!
00:05:09Why did you come to my house anyway?
00:05:12Out of all the houses in the village, you were I and my honey, weren't you?
00:05:15No, Mrs. Hanson.
00:05:17It's because I know you're a good person.
00:05:26Don't be scared, Leonie.
00:05:28Stay with us tonight and I'll take you back in the morning.
00:05:30Oh my gosh!
00:05:31Miss Martha let me stay?
00:05:33Is this real?
00:05:34No!
00:05:35I don't agree!
00:05:36Get out!
00:05:37But Miss Ella called me a free loner, grabbed me by the neck, and tried to throw me out to
00:05:42the wolves.
00:05:43It hurts!
00:05:44Mrs. Hanson, help me!
00:05:46Please don't throw me out!
00:05:49I'll do anything!
00:05:50I struggled in despair, wanting so badly to live.
00:05:53Right then, a massive 200-pound wild boar charged like crazy and smashed itself to death
00:05:59against the courtyard wall.
00:06:06Because of the famine, everyone in town only ever ate hard black bread, but tonight we
00:06:11had delicious roast pork.
00:06:14Sweet Miss Martha gave me the best piece of meat.
00:06:16I didn't want to eat it.
00:06:17I wanted to repay Mrs. Hanson for keeping me warm.
00:06:21But just as she went to take her first bite, something weird happened.
00:06:27Get lost, you begging little stray!
00:06:29You don't belong here!
00:06:46Miss Ella, I'm sorry.
00:06:49I won't eat it.
00:06:50You can have it all.
00:06:51I don't know why, but Miss Ella bites into a bone and knocks her teeth out.
00:06:56Her mouth is full of blood.
00:06:58Miss Ella is furious she didn't get to eat the meat, but there's nothing she can do.
00:07:03She just leaves in a rage.
00:07:12Leon, you are a good girl.
00:07:16It's morning.
00:07:17Miss Martha takes me home.
00:07:19As soon as we reach the gate, I see Aunt Grace throwing all my things out.
00:07:23She's kicking me out right in front of all the neighbors.
00:07:25Throw all this trash out!
00:07:26Don't bring bad luck into our house!
00:07:29She says my dad is dead and the military won't send any more subsidies.
00:07:41Auntie, please don't kick me out!
00:07:43I'll work harder!
00:07:45I won't eat!
00:07:46I won't sleep!
00:07:46I'm begging you!
00:07:49Get lost!
00:07:50You cursed brat!
00:07:51You killed your own father!
00:07:53Stay away from us!
00:07:55Aunt Grace wants to kick me out.
00:07:57I cry and hug her leg, terrified that dad won't find me when he comes back.
00:08:02She heartlessly kicks me away, grabs a thorny stick, and whips me hard on the back.
00:08:07I run out of the house into the cornfield, and I run and run.
00:08:16Miss Martha rushes over to protect, but Aunt Grace violently shoves her away.
00:08:20Back off!
00:08:21Mind your own business.
00:08:37Take this dead man's trash and go straight to hell!
00:08:45Dad!
00:08:48Even with the glass cutting my fingers and blood pouring out, I desperately gather the pieces.
00:08:53I have to put the photo back together.
00:08:58Stop it!
00:09:01Stop it!
00:09:02A thunderous roar really comes from the back of the crowd.
00:09:13The thunderous roar shocks everyone.
00:09:17The burly Sheriff Harry violently shoves my aunt away.
00:09:21He drops to one knee in the mud and lifts my bloody body.
00:09:25Mr. Carter, tell me my dad isn't dead.
00:09:27They're just lying to me, right?
00:09:29I beg him in despair, but looking at my mangled hands, Mr. Carter painfully closes his eyes.
00:09:36In that moment, the last bit of hope in my heart completely dies.
00:09:41Dad really isn't coming back.
00:09:46Leone is the child of a hero!
00:09:49How dare you treat her like this?
00:09:50She's a jinx.
00:09:52I won't let her pass her bad luck to my son.
00:09:54She's getting out of my house today.
00:09:56Aunt Grace doesn't just want to kick me out.
00:09:59She wants to steal the farm and house Dad left me.
00:10:02And my own Uncle Thomas just guiltily hides behind his wife, not even daring to look at me.
00:10:08My wife is right.
00:10:10We have a son to raise, too.
00:10:12Mr. Carter takes off his hat and humbly begs the villagers to each chip in a little food to raise
00:10:18me together.
00:10:19But those neighbors, who once received favors from my dad,
00:10:24all make excuses about having no extra food.
00:10:27They even suggest sending me to the workhouse in the city.
00:10:30In that moment, I feel like a dirty rag tossed away by the world.
00:10:36With red eyes, Mr. Carter drags me toward his carriage.
00:10:40I kick frantically, digging my nails deep into the dirt,
00:10:44my face covered in blood and tears.
00:10:46No! I don't want to go to the workhouse!
00:10:47I want to wait for Dad right here!
00:10:50Please don't send me away!
00:10:53Just as I'm about to be stuffed into the carriage,
00:10:56I see a skinny but determined figure burst through the crowd.
00:10:59It's... Miss Martha.
00:11:01Enough!
00:11:02Nobody is taking her away!
00:11:04I'm going to adopt Leonie!
00:11:06She snatches me back, ignoring everything else,
00:11:10and holds me tight in her warm embrace.
00:11:18I hide in Miss Martha's warm arms like a drowning cat.
00:11:22Even though Mr. Carter sighs and says the workhouse will feed me,
00:11:26I still grip Miss Martha's clothes tightly.
00:11:29She's the last bit of light I can hold on to.
00:11:34Miss Martha, I'll be good.
00:11:37I'll eat less and work more from now on.
00:11:40I promise to treat Leonie like my own child.
00:11:43As long as I have a bite to eat, she won't starve.
00:11:46How bizarre.
00:11:47Someone actually wants to raise this jinx.
00:11:49Martha, I suggest you prepare a coffin for your sick husband first.
00:11:53Right then, Miss Ella, heavily pregnant, suddenly stormed out.
00:11:58Martha!
00:11:59Are you insane?
00:12:00She's just a freeloading jinx.
00:12:03Where on earth do we have the money to raise a stray?
00:12:05Everyone is saying Mrs. Hanson will kick me out.
00:12:09Martha, your family has no extra money or food either.
00:12:12Your mother-in-law will probably just throw her out again tomorrow.
00:12:17You gutter rat!
00:12:19Is talking trash behind people's backs all you're good for in this life?
00:12:23Mrs. Hanson shows up with a dark scowl.
00:12:27Everyone expects her to throw me back into the wild.
00:12:29But the next second, a crisp slap echoes out and the whole yard falls dead silent.
00:12:42You idiot!
00:12:44Don't think being pregnant makes you untouchable.
00:12:46How dare you come out here spewing lies!
00:12:49Now, get your ass back home now!
00:12:58Taking Leonie in was my call.
00:13:01Anyone else got something to say?
00:13:03I'll shatter your bones with this pole!
00:13:07Mrs. Hanson's words hit like a bombshell.
00:13:11She's actually taking me.
00:13:12Turns out, even in this freezing world,
00:13:15someone is willing to face the backlash for a jinx like me.
00:13:19Ada, you've been a cheap shooter your whole life.
00:13:22You hoard rusty nails.
00:13:24But now you're raising a stray?
00:13:26They're dirt poor.
00:13:28Bet they'll trade her for rations?
00:13:30She's a hero's kid!
00:13:31You'll rot in jail for this!
00:13:33Cowards!
00:13:34When Officer Harry begged for food, it was crickets.
00:13:37Now I step up, and suddenly you've all got an opinion?
00:13:40You want her?
00:13:41Take her!
00:13:42No?
00:13:42Then shut your mouths!
00:13:46Listen up, Leonie.
00:13:47You'll be cold, hungry, and working your fingers to the bone.
00:13:51Can you handle that?
00:13:53I can!
00:13:54I'll wash clothes, gather wood, and take care of Mr. Arthur.
00:13:58When I'm older, I swear I'll make it up to you!
00:14:01All right, then.
00:14:02From now on, I'm your grandma, and Martha is your mom.
00:14:07Grandma!
00:14:10Mom!
00:14:13Not so fast!
00:14:14You want the kid?
00:14:16You owe me rations for my trouble!
00:14:18Are you crazy, Grace?
00:14:19You just refused to take her!
00:14:21You can't shake Ada down for food now!
00:14:23The orphanage is free!
00:14:25But a private adoption?
00:14:29That's a deal.
00:14:30Five pounds of premium flour.
00:14:32Not an ounce less, or she stays put.
00:14:43I was terrified Mrs. Hanson would back out.
00:14:46Five pounds of flour just for me?
00:14:48That's a whole month's worth of bread for a family.
00:14:50Fine!
00:14:51Deal!
00:14:51What?
00:14:53Ada actually agreed?
00:14:54We're writing a contract to cut all ties right here.
00:14:58From this moment on, Leon has nothing to do with you two animals.
00:15:02Dead or alive, we go our separate ways.
00:15:06Fine by me!
00:15:07Who wants this jinx anyway?
00:15:09Thomas, go write up the contract!
00:15:14Just as Aunt Grace smugly carries the flour inside, she trips over nothing.
00:15:20The flour she traded me for is completely blown away by the wind.
00:15:48See that?
00:15:50God is watching!
00:15:52Leonie, let's go home!
00:15:54For the first time, the cramped cabin feels warm from the fire.
00:15:59Mrs. Hanson curses the whole time, calling the thick wool blanket Miss Martha spent three
00:16:04months knitting a piece of junk, but she tosses it right into my arms.
00:16:08This junk is stiff and stinky!
00:16:10Hurry up and make a bed for this unlucky brat, and don't get my floor dirty!
00:16:16Grandma Ada calls that beautiful wool blanket junk, but she has sick Mr. Arthur tuck me in
00:16:23with it.
00:16:24In this moment, I finally have a home.
00:16:27Thank you, Grandma.
00:16:30Thank you, Mom.
00:16:33Thank you, Mr. Arthur.
00:16:36Mr. Arthur tells me to call him Dad.
00:16:38He says until my real dad comes back, he'll protect me with his life.
00:16:42I'm finally not an unwanted kid anymore.
00:16:50Good lord! How could that wicked woman do this?
00:16:55Martha, go sell my wool coat. Use the money to build up her strength.
00:17:01To buy me meat.
00:17:02Dad even wants to sell his winter coat.
00:17:04Grandma slams the table and stops him, because without it, Dad won't survive the winter.
00:17:10Mom cries and says the doctor told them a natural hot spring could turn Dad's health around.
00:17:15But in Oakhaven, where it hasn't rained in three years, that's impossible.
00:17:20Don't be scared, Dad. I'll pray to the angels. You're going to get better.
00:17:26I pray to the angels with all my heart. I'd give up ten years of my life for Dad's health.
00:17:32I run to the back hill, wanting to do more chores for the family.
00:17:36With a loud pop, I easily pull a deep-rooted stump right out of the ground.
00:17:43Then, a blast of hot, wet steam shoots into the sky like a giant dragon.
00:17:49Grandma! Mom! Come out quick! I broke the ground!
00:17:55Hearing my scream, Grandma Ad rushes over first.
00:17:59I think I broke the earth and caused a huge disaster.
00:18:03But when she touches the boiling water with trembling hands, she laughs and cries like a kid.
00:18:11It's hot! The water is hot! It's a natural hot spring!
00:18:36It's a natural hot spring!
00:18:37A hot spring! It's a real hot spring!
00:18:42Arthur! My son! The doctor said a hot spring could save your lungs! You're saved!
00:18:49Mom hugs me tight and kisses my face in excitement.
00:18:52She says I'm an angel sent by God.
00:18:55It turns out I'm not unwanted trash. I can be someone's salvation, too.
00:19:01But when I happily return to the yard, I'm greeted by two icy faces.
00:19:07Miss Ella and Aunt Grace are whispering together.
00:19:10Their glares pierce my heart like poison swords.
00:19:14What rotten luck. We're already too poor to eat and now we have to share food with her.
00:19:19Ella, I'm telling you.
00:19:21Stay away from them.
00:19:22That Leone brings nothing but bad luck.
00:19:30But remembering bad spent all his money on medicine.
00:19:34I can't bear to see this family tear itself apart over me.
00:19:38Miss Ella, please don't be mad. I won't fight for anything.
00:19:43I'll help take care of the baby and I won't eat the good food.
00:19:49Liar! Are you gonna let her pass her bad luck to your son?
00:19:53Her curse will kill your son!
00:19:56Pete!
00:20:03Get lost! Don't touch me with your dirty hands!
00:20:16Aunt Grace screams that I'm a monster who kills families.
00:20:21Pushing Miss Ella to attack me.
00:20:23Just as I try to beg again, Ella winds up and slaps me hard across the face.
00:20:32My face burns like it's on fire, but I don't cry.
00:20:37Grandma Ada told me if I'm bullied and oppressed, I have to fight back.
00:20:41Leone, you are a child of this house.
00:20:44When you get bullied, you fight back.
00:20:47Grandma helps me raise my hand and aim at Aunt Grace, who's waiting for a laugh.
00:20:53The stone hits her shoulder dead end.
00:20:55Ouch! My shoulder's hurt! Help!
00:20:57I watch Aunt Grace run away.
00:21:00She used to seem like a giant fence to me.
00:21:03But now, she looks like a panicked gray rat scurrying around.
00:21:07Grandma Ada is like a massive tree shielding me from the storm.
00:21:11She publicly announces she's cutting ties with Miss Ella.
00:21:15Leone is my chosen granddaughter! She's no jinx!
00:21:18Mother! Your real grandson is right here.
00:21:21Arthur is a cripple and Martha can't have kids.
00:21:23If you insist on keeping this jinx, we're cutting ties.
00:21:26Fine, I agree.
00:21:28Mom and Dad pull Grandma's sleeves, begging her not to act rashly.
00:21:33But she firmly refuses.
00:21:35As long as this toxic woman, Ella, is around, our family will never have a normal life!
00:21:42I'm kicking this wicked woman out today!
00:21:45Cutting ties is no big deal.
00:21:48But get the best house and the biggest part of the farm!
00:21:52Done!
00:21:54You can have it!
00:21:56Just get out of my sight!
00:21:57Ella, don't hesitate!
00:22:01Cut ties with them!
00:22:03And your husband's money will be all yours!
00:22:06Do you want Leonise to bring bad luck to you and your baby?
00:22:11Don't forget, her unlucky dad just died in the war!
00:22:16My dad isn't dead!
00:22:18He's coming back!
00:22:20He'll come back and make you pay!
00:22:22Stop dreaming!
00:22:24He was blown to ashes long ago!
00:22:26You won't even find his bones!
00:22:29Leonise bad luck will drag the whole town down!
00:22:33Just watch!
00:22:34Soon you won't even have mud to eat!
00:22:36I'm not a jinx!
00:22:38Grandma Ada says I brought good luck!
00:22:41You're a bad person!
00:22:43Get out of my house!
00:22:49Aunt Grace's laughter suddenly stops as the roar of an engine after the steel monster shatters
00:22:56the silence of the wasteland and traces back doors of ice.
00:23:00The car door opens and a tall man covered in metal steps out.
00:23:04I don't even need to see his face.
00:23:07The pounding in my blood give gives me the answer.
00:23:10Dad!
00:23:19The majestic maid decorated with metals gives me a solemn salute.
00:23:24I thought God heard my prayers and brought dad back.
00:23:29But that cold purple heart tells me I'll never feel his hug again.
00:23:40Captain Leo protected our country with his life.
00:23:43This honor belongs to him and to his only daughter, Leonie.
00:23:47The major pulls out a thick paper bag.
00:23:50Inside is $5,000 from my dad's military pension.
00:23:55I don't know how much that is, but I hear the adults saying it could buy a mountain of bread
00:24:00covered in sugar and jam.
00:24:03Aunt Grace and Uncle Thomas pop out of nowhere.
00:24:06One second they want to throw me into the wild and the next they put on fake smiles inside a
00:24:11dragon home.
00:24:11Uncle Thomas grips my arm like an iron fist.
00:24:15I know he doesn't want me.
00:24:17He wants that blood money.
00:24:20Grandma Ada acts like a lioness protecting her cub and rips up my sleeve.
00:24:25Those rotting frostbites and bruises look so layering in the sunlight.
00:24:30Look, sir! Living with these two heartless scumbags,
00:24:32Leonie starves, freezes and gets beaten every single day!
00:24:36It's absolutely heartbreaking!
00:24:46You! How dare you treat a hero's only daughter like an animal!
00:24:52Aunt Grace is still lying.
00:24:54She points at my bloody wounds and lies with a straight face that I fell while playing.
00:24:58But I see the neighbors shaking their heads.
00:25:00They all know it's not true.
00:25:03Bullshit!
00:25:04I saw you buy new leather boots in the city with the military pay!
00:25:07While you made this poor kid gnaw on spoiled potato peels in the snow!
00:25:10Yeah!
00:25:11She even locked the kid in the barn to beat her!
00:25:13We all heard the scream!
00:25:15The Major's face is as dark as a stormy sky.
00:25:18He waves his white-gloved hand and orders their arrest.
00:25:21Uncle Thomas is taken away, but Aunt Grace avoids arrest because she has a baby to take care of.
00:25:29Watching the Jeep drive away, I don't feel the thrill of revenge.
00:25:33I just think that maybe justice really does come to this desolate look.
00:25:39I thought with $5,000 my new home would be safe.
00:25:43I never expected trouble to come so fast.
00:25:46Miss Ella bursts through the door and her stare at that pile of cash is even scarier than Aunt Grace's.
00:25:53I'm carrying the only heir to this family.
00:25:56We should get half of that $5,000.
00:25:59James keeps his head down.
00:26:01For money, he doesn't even dare look at his sick brother.
00:26:05They aren't trying to steal money.
00:26:07They're trying to steal my last memory of my dad.
00:26:09Nobody is touching this money, including you!
00:26:14From now on, we live our own lives!
00:26:17Get out of my house!
00:26:19For me, Grandma kicks her own son out of the house.
00:26:22She rubs my head and says, as long as she's here, no one will touch a single hair on my
00:26:29head.
00:26:35Grandma Ada locks the money in an iron box under the bed.
00:26:39She tells me that money could buy lots of pretty clothes and candy.
00:26:44But my dad traded his life for it, so we can't waste a single penny.
00:26:51Dad's gut-ranking coughs come from the back room.
00:26:56He begs Mom from his sick bed, to stop worrying about him, and to save the last bite of food
00:27:02for me.
00:27:20The cracked earth in the Blackwood Forest looks like countless mouths laughing at me.
00:27:24Our poverty, starving people have stripped away every chewable piece of tree bark in this hell hole.
00:27:30Mom leans on her stick, wandering the wasteland in despair.
00:27:34Just as Mom is about to collapse, I trip hard over a tree root.
00:27:40In the flying dust, I actually find a few heavy, dirty, weird-looking stones.
00:27:53Mom says they're useless rocks and tells me to throw them away.
00:27:58But right as she reaches out, something weird happens again.
00:28:05The festwick dies on the spot, and rolls right to Mom's feet.
00:28:11Aunt Grace called me a jinx.
00:28:14But now, God himself has delivered dinner to me.
00:28:27Mom is finally smiling.
00:28:30When she smiles, the wrinkles around her eyes look like pretty flowers.
00:28:35If good luck is real, I want to give it all to the people who treat me well.
00:28:43But this is just the beginning.
00:28:45I actually dig up some lumpy white roots from the dirt that smell amazing.
00:28:51Mom says they're wild mushrooms.
00:28:54They smell so good.
00:28:56I don't know what they are, but Mom says we can sell them for money, so they must be good.
00:29:03Golden grease bubbles in the pan.
00:29:06The white mushrooms Mom sliced.
00:29:10Release an incredible, mind-blowing smell in the heat.
00:29:14Even bed-roan Papa Arthur can't help but sit up.
00:29:23You're clearly an angel bringing good luck, yet they call you a witch-bringing disaster.
00:29:28What a bunch of blind idiots.
00:29:30But the smell brings trouble, too.
00:29:33Miss Ella bursts in, drooling so much it almost drips into our pot.
00:29:38She points to the air in her belly and demands the biggest bowl of meat.
00:29:45This time, Grandma Ada doesn't even look back.
00:29:49The heavy, bloody meat-crawber in her hand just flies across the room.
00:29:54With Grandma here, no one can bully us.
00:29:56Take one more step into my yard and I'll chop your feet off!
00:29:59Get lost!
00:30:04This is the first time I've ever had a full stomach.
00:30:07I don't have to shiver in a freezing haystack, and no one is pulling my hair.
00:30:11I eat the delicious chicken, and the air smells like pure happiness.
00:30:33Papa Arthur says his lungs feel warm and he can finally breathe easier.
00:30:39Mom says those white mushrooms we found will definitely sell for a good price.
00:30:45If we can buy medicine, Papa will be saved!
00:30:50The blowing yellow sand can't hide how run down the market is.
00:30:55Mom and I huddle in a corner, carefully laying out those lumpy white roots.
00:30:59I don't know it yet, but these wild mushrooms are called white gold on the tables of rich city folks.
00:31:05And then she started begging her cousin Mark.
00:31:10She kept pulling on his sleeve and crying.
00:31:13I'm sorry!
00:31:13She wanted Mark uncle to get Thomas out of jail.
00:31:24Mark is impatiently trying to push her away.
00:31:28Then he notices us in the corner.
00:31:32A Aunt Grace blames me for all her tragedies.
00:31:39Leone!
00:31:41You're the reason my life is ruined!
00:31:47Aunt Grace's face is uglier than dead bark in the Blackwood Forest.
00:31:52For the $5,000 she brought her bully cousin Mark, who works at the town hall.
00:31:58They stare at Mom and me like starving wolves.
00:32:04Mom and I guard our stall.
00:32:06It's our only hope to buy Papa's medicine.
00:32:14But Mark comes right up and kicks our basket over.
00:32:19Mark yells like crazy in the market, framing us for selling deadly poisonous mushrooms.
00:32:24Right in front of everyone, he crushes the white mushrooms we worked so hard to find, just like stepping on
00:32:30trash.
00:32:31Mark grabs the grey stones I found, calling us money hungry scammers.
00:32:36With a loud bang, he smashes the rocks onto the ground.
00:32:40The sound of them breaking is the sound of my heart breaking.
00:32:43The crowd believes Mark.
00:32:45They point at us, calling us shameless.
00:32:48Their insults almost drown Mom and me.
00:32:51We're not scamming anyone!
00:32:54These really aren't poisonous mushrooms!
00:32:57That's not true!
00:32:58We're not lying!
00:33:02Mark doesn't care about poisonous mushrooms at all.
00:33:05He just wants the $5,000 Papa left us.
00:33:09He threatens Mom like a snake, saying if we don't pay protection money, he'll make us disappear from Oak Haven
00:33:16for good!
00:33:17To protect my life-saving money, Mom firmly rejects this hungry wolf.
00:33:22But it brings devastating revenge.
00:33:25Mark goes crazy.
00:33:27He flips our stall and crushes the white mushrooms that could save Papa Arthur into mud.
00:33:32I scream and pray for God to punish these bad people.
00:33:36But all I get is Aunt Grace's piercing cacker!
00:33:39You bad people!
00:33:41God is watching!
00:33:42He will definitely punish you!
00:33:45She points at my nose, calling me a naive little idiot, saying even Jesus couldn't save us now.
00:33:53Stop!
00:33:57I follow everyone's gaze and see two men walking in from the crowd.
00:34:02They dress completely differently from the townsfolk, and they look incredibly distinguished.
00:34:14What the hell are you blind idiots doing?!
00:34:20The old man with glasses kneels in the mud, holding the crushed pieces.
00:34:24His hands are shaking worse than dead leaves in autumn.
00:34:27I can feel how angry and heartbroken he is.
00:34:29At the time, I still didn't know just how precious those crushed white mushrooms were.
00:34:38You fool!
00:34:40These are top-grade white struffles that even the royal family pays a fortune to find!
00:34:45And you crush them?!
00:34:46Mark's face instantly drained of color, too terrified to speak.
00:34:51Meanwhile, Mr. Sterling, with his leopard cane, slowly walks toward the grey stones Aunt Grace smashed.
00:34:59In that moment, I think the sun fell into the stone.
00:35:02Beneath the dull grey surface, a dreamy deep purple light shines out.
00:35:07Mr. Sterling says,
00:35:09It's an extremely rare, natural amethyst geob.
00:35:12Mr. Sterling goes crazy.
00:35:14He pulls out a thick stack of $100 bills, enough to buy half the town, and shoves it into Mom's
00:35:20hands.
00:35:21He says he'd give his entire fortune to buy all the trash stones I found.
00:35:25Seeing things go bad,
00:35:30Mark and Aunt Grace try to sneak away into the crowd like cowards.
00:35:34But the two men in black suits grab them by the collars and throw them hard into a filthy, stinking
00:35:41mud puddle.
00:35:46Mom's hands are shaking so much, she can barely hold the heavy stack of cash.
00:35:51She can't believe the rotten mushrooms and broken stones I casually picked up in the Blackwood Forest are actually worth
00:35:59more than gold.
00:36:01Mr. Sterling takes off his expensive top hat.
00:36:04He says,
00:36:05I'm an angel blessed by God.
00:36:07The villagers who used to point and gloss up are all shocked silent by this massive fortune.
00:36:14You just found these lying around?
00:36:17Good Lord, this child is absolutely a reincarnated angel.
00:36:22Only someone blessed by God could have such unbelievable luck.
00:36:25Mr. Sterling, I think we have an obligation to help this child get the compensation she deserves and make these
00:36:32scumbags face their punishment.
00:36:34The well-dressed lawyer steps forward.
00:36:37He calculates our damages at $3,500.
00:36:41That's an astrosnomical price.
00:36:44Enough to buy the whole town of Oakhaven.
00:36:47Mark doesn't want to pay the compensation.
00:36:50He tries to run towards a speeding coal train to hop on and escape.
00:36:58The bodyguard quickly drags him back from the train and pins him in the mud.
00:37:02He can't run anymore.
00:37:03The sheriff arrives and tells Aunt Grace that if she doesn't get the money together in 48 hours, she'll not
00:37:08only hand over Papa's farm that she stole, but she'll also rot in jail for the rest of her life.
00:37:20Late at night in Oakhaven, the wind tears at the ground like a mad beast.
00:37:23The old roof shakes, the drafty windows creak, but in the flickering light of the kerosene lamp, Aunt Grace is
00:37:28scarier than the storm.
00:37:29I found a picture today, a man in a uniform.
00:37:31I asked who he was. She said it was nothing, just someone who used to live here.
00:37:35The old roof shakes, the drafty windows crink.
00:37:39The $3,500 collection notice chokes her like a noose.
00:37:44Instead of repenting, Aunt Grace just stares at the document with the red thumbprint, plotting to steal the blood-soaked
00:37:51ocean money under Grandma Ada's bed.
00:37:55Lightning flashes, lighting up Aunt Grace's soaked face.
00:37:59She raises cold plizers, snips the wire fence, and sneaks onto our farm.
00:38:22It rains so hard that night. The noise keeps me awake. I get up for a drink of water, having
00:38:30no idea danger is so close.
00:38:40The wind is so strong outside. I'm afraid the rain will ruin the wood floor, so I drag a big
00:38:48iron bucket over and force the window shut tight.
00:38:51I think closing the window will keep the storm out, but I don't notice the old frame is rotten.
00:38:58The second I turn around, Aunt Grace pries it open.
00:39:10I don't know the window is broken and might fall if opened again.
00:39:15Aunt Grace risks her life for that money. She squeezes inside, scraping the skin right off her waist.
00:39:25The metal clangs loudly in the dead of night.
00:39:29Aunt Grace flails like a funny puppet, desperately trying to grab something to steady herself.
00:39:35Please don't fall.
00:39:36But she grabs a wobbly shell.
00:39:46Grandma Ada taught me that quick live boils like a kettle when it hits water.
00:39:52Aunt Grace screams so miserably.
00:39:56But, she wouldn't be hurt if she didn't sneak in through the window at midnight.
00:40:05Aunt Grace screams, smashes through the back door, and plunges into the terrestrial rain.
00:40:10The quick line boils on her face. The burning blinds her, making her stumble through the mud.
00:40:19Help!
00:40:20Even the farm dog avoids that stinky pit.
00:40:23Aunt Grace used to call me a smelly beggar.
00:40:26But now, even the skunk living in the pit is disgusted by her.
00:40:31Aunt Grace crawls out of the cesspool, her mind still obsessed with the money.
00:40:36When she finds the heavy, locked metal box in the junk pile, her burned eyes gleam scarier than the demons.
00:40:44A locked box! The money must be inside!
00:40:57The smell of gunpowder overpowers the rain, and Grandma Ada's furious shout tears through the night.
00:41:05Aunt Grace actually hits the gas through a hail of bullets.
00:41:09In the pouring rain, Aunt Grace laughs like a dying maniac in a speeding truck.
00:41:20This 5000's is all mine!
00:41:22She hugs the metal box to her chest, thinking she holds all the wealth in the world, and has finally
00:41:28beaten everyone.
00:41:32Grandma Ada holds her shotgun, anxious to chase her.
00:41:36I stand barefoot in the mud, and gently tug her wet shirt to remind her.
00:41:41Uncle Thomas told me before that whenever it storms, the wooden bridge over there floods completely.
00:41:55The truck in the storm is like a wild beast out of control.
00:41:59I.E. Grace screams madly in the cab.
00:42:01When she sees the river completely swallowing the bridge, she falls into total despair.
00:42:11The crash shatters the rain. Aunt Grace doesn't die, but she lands somewhere worse than hell.
00:42:18Major Evans' military restricted zone.
00:42:23Money. My money.
00:42:26A dozen black Thompson submachine guns aim right at her head.
00:42:31The Major steps forward in his raincoat with a cold face.
00:42:36I told you not to flee. Where do you think you're driving, Miss Grace?
00:42:46It's over. It's all over.
00:42:52The stench from the truck is more nauseating than a rotting corpse in the black forest.
00:42:57It's the smell of cesspooled water mixed with Aunt Grace's bleed.
00:43:03Even as the MPs drag her into the mud, she clings to the heavy metal box.
00:43:08While Aunt Grace dreams of being rich, Grandma Ada arrives with me on her roaring tractor.
00:43:14Grandma looks at Aunt Grace in the mud and laughs with sheer contempt.
00:43:18Because the real pension money rests safely under the Hanson family's bed.
00:43:27Grandma Ada tells Major Evans the truth.
00:43:30And he pries open the heavy padlock with the daggers.
00:43:34With a loud clank, Aunt Grace's dream shatters completely.
00:43:38Make her!
00:43:48Stealing private property.
00:43:50Go join your husband in prison.
00:43:53Take her away.
00:44:04My once arrogant aunt and uncle now look like two cornered rabbits facing their final judgment.
00:44:14Grandma doesn't carry her scary shotgun today.
00:44:17She puts me in a new lace dress and holds my hand, stepping into the light like a guardian angel.
00:44:25Uncle Thomas' mental defenses completely break down and he roars at Aunt Grace.
00:44:31Facing 20 years in prison, he doesn't hesitate to sign his name.
00:44:44The gavel bangs down hard.
00:44:46The judge declares that the farm and all the wealth Dad left me are finally back in my hands.
00:44:54Now.
00:45:00The judge usually looks so mean and everyone is scared of him.
00:45:06But today, he bends down and smiles at us.
00:45:10Just like the chubby man in town who loves giving kids candy.
00:45:17Aunt Grace used to plug her nose, disgusted by the moldy barn smell on me.
00:45:23But now, she stinks so bad that even I have to turn my head and pinch my nose.
00:45:30Remember that freezing barn you kicked Leonie into on that stormy day?
00:45:35From today on, that broken barn is yours.
00:45:39The guards can't stand Aunt Grace's sour stench.
00:45:42They drag her out and her screams echo through the hall.
00:45:47The adults surround me, smiling and calling me a lucky little angel.
00:45:52But I don't care.
00:45:54All I know is that Grandma's hand holding mine is big and warm.
00:45:58And no one will ever force me into a freezing barn again.
00:46:04I used to think this dirt could only grow hard rocks and starved bugs.
00:46:09Only today do I realize, it can grow so much wheat that looks like pure gold.
00:46:17Grandma laughed so loudly today.
00:46:23Good girl, look. These are all gifts from God.
00:46:27That neither of us notices Miss Ella staring at me.
00:46:30She looks exactly like Aunt Grace used to when she wanted to hit me.
00:46:34Miss Ella yells at James.
00:46:37They want this most fertile land in town.
00:46:40Miss Ella looks at me so fiercely, as if she wants to rush over and eat me alive.
00:46:52If that damn old hack won't give it to us, we'll just take it ourselves.
00:46:57Take it? How?
00:46:58That land is in the name of that little bastard Leonie.
00:47:05Then we'll find a way to switch the deeds.
00:47:08Greedy snakes can never fill their bottomless pit of desire.
00:47:12Blood ties don't bring family love.
00:47:15They just become an excuse to steal.
00:47:22Greedy James brings his dark secrets and knocks on the back door of power, just like a sewer rat.
00:47:33I only learn later that there's a scary magic in the adult world.
00:47:39If you secretly give the mayor a special gift, your wishes come true.
00:47:47James uses tobacco and money to trade for the Fertilile farm under my name.
00:48:04James.
00:48:06Your appetite is way bigger than your dying brother's.
00:48:17James.
00:48:23Power completely surrenders to money.
00:48:28The mayor accepts James' gift.
00:48:32James.
00:48:33James.
00:48:41James.
00:48:43James.
00:48:45James.
00:48:49Take it James, with this requisition order, that fertile land is yours by sunrise tomorrow.
00:49:12This morning, a lot of people suddenly come to our farm.
00:49:18it's james miss ella and the mayor they look really mean they use big adult words i don't
00:49:26understand i just see grandma ada shaking with anger because they want to trade a barren wasteland
00:49:32for our golden wheat field trade james do you think i'm an idiot not even weeds can grow on
00:49:42that land don't waste your breath on her quick pull up the boundary markers and put ours in
00:49:46this is our land now grandma nailed that marker herself when it falls my heart hurts so much
00:49:53you robbers i'll fight you to the death those two guns are so so close to grandma's head for the
00:50:02first time i realize a hunting rifle isn't scary at all mrs hanson calm down or we'll arrest you for
00:50:08obstructing justice no don't kill my grandma no what's really scary is when others point guns at us
00:50:23just sign it mrs hanson you don't want this little girl watching you get taken away do you
00:50:28grandma ada looks at me crying in fear she closes her eyes and agrees to sign the contract
00:50:38i grip grandma's clothes tight i'm worried she's in danger i see her eyes turn red and my heart aches
00:50:46but i don't know what to do
00:50:56you old hag take this unlucky little stray and get all my property right now go eat dirt in that
00:51:03rocky wasteland
00:51:09we move to the place they call the rocky land there's nothing here but bare rocks and cold wind
00:51:19grandma ada is frowning so hard
00:51:28this year's harvest is totally ruined sweetie we might starve i see how sad grandma is and my heart
00:51:38feels like it's crushed by a rock but i don't want to make her sadder i remember grandma ada said
00:51:44as long as there is hope there's nothing to fear don't worry grandma i can grow pretty flowers even
00:51:50in the rocks i just want to do something even if it's just digging a little hole i believe my
00:51:56luck
00:51:57will definitely help us right then something weird happens the ground starts shaking violently
00:52:04i feel the rocks under my feet jumping like they're alive danger leonis get out of the way
00:52:16the ground shakes like a thousand wild horses running under my feet my feet go numb
00:52:22i shut my eyes tight thinking i really messed up and dug up a sleeping demon with my rusty little
00:52:29shovel
00:52:29i've never seen such a scary and awesome sight the black liquid shoots up so high and rains down
00:52:37splashing all over me and grandma this weird rain is black and stinky it sticks to my face and ruins
00:52:45my
00:52:45only clean dress i look at grandma nervously terrified she's gonna blow up over this awful prank
00:52:52but i notice grandma ada isn't mad at all her weathered face instantly twists into this extreme
00:52:59almost crazy joy this isn't muddy water it's crude oil it's oil thank god we struck oil
00:53:06i don't know what oil is but i can taste grandma's happy tears
00:53:12in this black rain we hug each other so tight
00:53:19not long after that black rain a bunch of big shoes come to town they head straight for this rocky
00:53:26wasteland that even the devil wouldn't look twice at
00:53:42congratulations mrs hansen your granddaughter is a
00:53:46true lucky angel a bunch of guys in expensive suits step out of the cars
00:53:51they use weird gadgets to dig and measure all over the place
00:53:58mr sterling initial surveys show the most massive shallow oil field in the entire state
00:54:05is hidden right under here the value is immeasurable
00:54:09i don't understand what they're saying but i see mr sterling pull out a really big piece of paper
00:54:15with lots and lots of zeros on it
00:54:18starting today an oil company named after you is officially founded
00:54:22congratulations my little black gold tycara
00:54:24in that moment i feel like i'm dreaming mr sterling calls me a black gold tycoon
00:54:30i don't really get what that means but he tells me we'll never go hungry again
00:54:37mr sterling tells me god rewards the good but also punishes the bad guys who bully us without mercy
00:54:44once i use this money to buy off the state senator
00:54:47i'll get out of this hell hole and be a real big shot in washington
00:54:52he sends the toughest lawyers and cops to find that evil mayor
00:54:57those gentlemen in black suits burst right into that room full of lies
00:55:02mr mayor this is all the evidence of your corruption bribery and abuse of power
00:55:06you're under arrest
00:55:07just like superheroes dropping from the sky in movies
00:55:11seeing the bad guy get punished makes me feel so good
00:55:14this can't be happening let go of me i can give you money
00:55:18turns out there really is justice in this world
00:55:25aunt ella and uncle james stand on the fertile farm they stole
00:55:29they look at the rocky land they tossed away like trash
00:55:32now swarming with rich people and they are going absolutely crazy with jealousy
00:55:37damn it that land was ours we threw it away
00:55:43at least we still have the best wheat field in town
00:55:45we'll strike it rich in the fall anyway
00:55:47that little bit of oil they have will probably dry up real soon
00:55:51miss ella is still dreaming of getting rich
00:55:53but she doesn't know that god's judgment never spares a greedy soul
00:55:59i see a huge dark cloud flying in
00:56:04as it gets closer i realize it's not a cloud at all
00:56:08it's millions of gross bugs
00:56:22nooo my wheat field
00:56:25james's screams echo across the empty farm
00:56:28that golden wheat field is just completely eaten up by the bugs
00:56:36the bugs eat all the crops miss ellie kneels in the messy mud without a shred of dignity
00:56:42like a soulless corpse miss ella cries so hard
00:56:46she probably doesn't get why god's bugs only ate the fertile wheat field they stole from us
00:57:01a lot of big machines i've never seen before arrive on this rocky land mr sterling says
00:57:08they'll make us so much money i won't be able to spend it all in a lifetime
00:57:20so many people are here today and they're all cheering
00:57:24i'm so happy because grandma ida and i have new clothes on
00:57:28she takes my hand and we cut the red ribbon
00:57:34grandma said flowers planted in rocks bloom brighter than any other
00:57:39now our harsh winter is finally over completely
00:57:48on this land we live a peaceful and wealthy life
00:57:55but i don't know that while we smile in the sun
00:57:58a venomous snake in the dark is already eyeing us
00:58:03the news of the oil field attracts someone even greedier than a wild wolf
00:58:08forced my downs are too low class
00:58:11all i need is to snatch leonez custody
00:58:14and this oil field is mine
00:58:18for money and revenge
00:58:20they sell grandma ida and me out
00:58:27ada is vulgar and mentally unstable
00:58:30she carries a hunting rifle everywhere
00:58:33has violent tendencies
00:58:35and constantly abuses leonee
00:58:38excellent
00:58:39she's unfit to raise leonee
00:58:42i'll be taking over her custody
00:58:45mclean files a petition
00:58:46to change guardianship at the court
00:58:49shattering my peaceful life
00:58:52with grandma ida
00:58:55it's a rare sweet moment
00:58:57but the screech of brakes shatters the peace
00:59:00two bailiffs step out of the car
00:59:03and walk straight up to grandma ida
00:59:05hello mrs hanson
00:59:06we're from the city court
00:59:07someone reported you for child abuse
00:59:09and is demanding you hand over leonez's custody
00:59:11grandma ida is stunned
00:59:13once she snaps out of it
00:59:15she loudly protests
00:59:17and swears she never abused any child
00:59:20i swear on my life
00:59:21grandma ida is the best person in the world
00:59:24she has never abused me
00:59:27sorry we're just here to notify you
00:59:29direct any questions to the hearing next wednesday
00:59:31until then you are forbidden from transferring any assets under the girl's name
00:59:35but my promise is useless
00:59:37because everything will be decided in court
00:59:41the hearing proceeds as scheduled
00:59:44for grandma ida and me
00:59:45this isn't a fair trial at all
00:59:47it's a brutal one-sided execution
00:59:49mclean hired top-tart lawyer barry with serious cash
00:59:53while we could only find mr sterling
00:59:55mrs hanson do you have any idea how to raise a multi-million dollar girl
01:00:00or is your only skill abusing people and feeding pigs
01:00:04you
01:00:05lawyer barry you should know that you need to present evidence for your claims
01:00:09of course don't you worry about that
01:00:11lawyer barry uses fancy legal talk
01:00:14to paint grandma ida as a violent ignorant village woman
01:00:18what's worse the devil's accomplices take the stand
01:00:22your honor i saw with my own eyes how ada forced leonide to sleep in the barn and eat scraps
01:00:30you two animals shut up
01:00:33ella you're crossing the line
01:00:35james is this how you treat your own mother
01:00:37they take every single horrific thing they did to me
01:00:41and pin it all on grandma ada who loves me
01:00:44order
01:00:46if you dare to show contempt of court again
01:00:49i'll have the bailiffs throw you all in jail instantly
01:00:52the judge has already been bought off by mclean
01:00:55he doesn't listen to a word we say
01:00:57the court leans towards revoking ada's guardianship
01:01:00transferring it to mclean's foundation
01:01:03and sending leonine to a closed boarding school on the east coast
01:01:08a closed school means i'll be totally at mclean's mercy
01:01:13and our oil wealth will be completely swallowed up
01:01:16i won't go to school i don't want to leave grandma ada
01:01:23everyone holds their breath
01:01:25the judge is about to strip grandma ada of my custody
01:01:29whatever is on that paper decides my fate
01:01:33the bad guy's wicked laughs drill into my ears
01:01:37their dirty revenge is about to succeed
01:01:41grandma ada hugs me tight
01:01:43completely desperate
01:01:45i glare at those monsters through my tears
01:01:48i absolutely can't let them take everything from me
01:01:54i see the massive chandelier crash down
01:01:57smashing the briefcase next to the judge
01:02:01countless papers fly everywhere
01:02:04mr sterling grabs some key documents
01:02:07he announces to the courtroom
01:02:09that it's evidence of the judge taking bribes from the sicklein
01:02:13the proof is solid
01:02:15all their dirty deals are exposed
01:02:18despicable! they ganged up to take leone away
01:02:20but now it's all out in the open
01:02:22their plot fails
01:02:23we're done for
01:02:24mr sterling calls the police
01:02:27mclean's plot is completely ruined
01:02:30and miss ella and the others will get what they deserve
01:02:33mclean
01:02:36your dirty money can buy a judge
01:02:38but it can't buy real justice
01:02:44the bribe judge is taken away by the police
01:02:48i finally return to grandma ada
01:02:50and the greedy james and ella become abandoned pawns
01:03:07damn you ada
01:03:09this isn't over
01:03:11mclean doesn't just let it go
01:03:13he finds the local mafia
01:03:15ready to use violence
01:03:23just when we think everything is peaceful again
01:03:26mclean's revenge hits fast
01:03:29way beyond what any of us expected
01:03:32i'll go check it out
01:03:34i walk out with grandma ada and the others
01:03:37we see several cars without license cards
01:03:41smash through the farm gate like mad bulls
01:03:44completely blocking our escape
01:03:51they claim mclean sent them
01:03:53they threaten grandma ada to sell the oil field to them dirt cheap
01:03:56but she refuses to give in
01:03:58they only give us 10 minutes
01:04:00after 10 minutes they'll make their move
01:04:18grandma ada chooses to let mom martha hide me in the cellar
01:04:23while she faces the mafia head on
01:04:47give me 10 minutes to think about it
01:05:07grandma ada has already decided to fight the mafia to the end and dad arthur asks sheriff harry for backup
01:05:24the mobsters get ready to strike
01:05:26the mobsters get ready to strike
01:05:28but grandma ada
01:05:32is faster
01:05:35damn it
01:05:36they have guns
01:05:38you scumbags want to steal my granddaughter's land
01:05:42get off my property right now
01:05:44or i'll send you to hell
01:05:52to protect me and our home
01:05:54grandma odd and dad arthur get into a shootout with the mob
01:06:02but nobody knows that two greedy coyotes are sneaking into our defenseless backyard
01:06:23that bitch martha took the little bastard in there this is our best chance
01:06:28whether the mob or mother wins we're dead either way
01:06:32catching leonel is our only leverage
01:06:42the constant gunshots outside make me super anxious
01:06:46just then the cellar door suddenly opens
01:06:49is it grandma ada and the others coming back
01:06:51grandma ada
01:06:58it's you
01:06:59get out of here right now
01:07:01my dear sister martha
01:07:03that old hag ada is busy fighting the mob
01:07:06let's see who comes to save you this time
01:07:08they'll want to kidnap me
01:07:10but mom martha stands in front of me to protect me
01:07:18stop fighting you little brat
01:07:20you're our cash cow
01:07:22ella grabs me
01:07:23clamping a towel soaked in pungent chemicals tightly over my nose and mouth
01:07:27intense busyness instantly pierces my brain
01:07:30hurry up get her in the sack we don't have much time
01:07:33grandma ada and the others hide in the cellar to dodge the mob but
01:07:41martha wake up
01:07:46mother arthur james and ella took leonese
01:07:53i wake up to find my hands tied to a rotting wooden post
01:07:56ella and james are like wolves ready to devour me
01:07:59once we get the money
01:08:00we'll throw you down an abandoned mine shaft to feed the rats
01:08:04let's go
01:08:05we should check the situation outside
01:08:08they leave
01:08:09and i'm all alone in the abandoned mine
01:08:11i'm so scared
01:08:13but i can't just do nothing
01:08:14they'll use me to threaten grandma ada
01:08:16i can't let them get away with it
01:08:18thank god
01:08:19the lalt rope falls off on its own
01:08:22is that firefly leading the way for me
01:08:35the little bitch escaped
01:08:37miss ella quickly notices i'm gone
01:08:39she and james are searching for me
01:08:45the harsh light flashes right past my feet
01:08:48i'm gonna be found
01:08:49what do i do
01:08:51save me grandma ada
01:08:53dad
01:08:56grandma ada and the others are trapped
01:08:58the mob is searching for us
01:09:02grandma ada and dad arthur
01:09:04wait for sheriff harry
01:09:06but he doesn't show up
01:09:07because the mob has him pinned down too
01:09:10it's all my fault
01:09:12i didn't protect leonate
01:09:16mom lost me
01:09:18and she feels incredibly guilty
01:09:24let's take them down with us
01:09:30the mob finds mom martha and the others
01:09:42you're out of bullets right
01:09:46say your prayers
01:09:48but right then
01:09:49a deafening roar interrupts victor
01:09:58who's this nosy bastard
01:09:59you got a death wish
01:10:17where is my daughter
01:10:26that tall man like a god of war
01:10:30my father leo
01:10:32rushes to grandma anxiously
01:10:34asking where i am
01:10:36grandma ada blasts the venomous mclean's plant
01:10:40and ella's shameless kidnapping
01:10:42luckily sheriff harry arrives at the scene
01:10:45and quickly takes down the rest of the mobsters
01:10:51mrs hansen
01:10:52please forgive me for being late
01:10:53that mob sent people to block us
01:10:55seeing my father alive
01:10:57sheriff harry is so shocked
01:10:59he can barely hold his gun
01:11:01my father explains he faked his death
01:11:03to carry out a top secret mission
01:11:05by the way
01:11:06my men saw ella and james
01:11:08heading toward the abandoned mine out west
01:11:10thank you harry
01:11:18but right now
01:11:19the blinding flashlight beam
01:11:21pins me down like a viper's tongue
01:11:23catch her she can't get far
01:11:26i can't let them catch me
01:11:28that'll just cause more trouble for grandma ada
01:11:31save me dad
01:11:41leone
01:11:44i run through the tunnel for my life
01:11:47but those heavy footsteps
01:11:49follow me like a death sentence
01:11:52james catches up to me quickly
01:11:54he grabs my hair tight
01:11:56slams me hard onto the cold rocky ground
01:11:59and talks with miss ella
01:12:00about breaking my legs
01:12:02the huge rock is about to smash my legs
01:12:05i can almost hear my bones breaking
01:12:07someone please save me
01:12:10who who is it
01:12:11do you have any idea who you're messing with
01:12:14no
01:12:16don't kill me
01:12:17you can take the girl she's worth an oil field
01:12:19you'll be rich
01:12:20i hear ella's terrified voice in the dark
01:12:23did someone save me
01:12:41dad
01:12:46dad
01:12:47it's dad
01:12:48he saves me
01:12:49i knew he wasn't dead
01:12:51my daughter
01:12:51leoneath
01:12:52dad's embrace is as warm as the midday sun
01:12:56it instantly drives away all the cold and fear in the mine
01:13:01dad carefully checks me for injuries
01:13:03luckily miss ella and the others haven't hurt me yet
01:13:07dad takes me out of the pitch black mine
01:13:10grandma ada and the others find us too
01:13:13grandma ada checks every inch of me
01:13:16she only relaxes after making sure i'm not hurt
01:13:19leone my sweet baby
01:13:22are you okay
01:13:25grandma ada furiously scolds miss ella and james
01:13:29sheriff harry arrives and arrests them
01:13:32the bad guys are taken away
01:13:34no
01:13:34mother please forgive me
01:13:36it's over
01:13:37it's all over
01:13:38no
01:13:39and dad is finally back
01:13:42i hold grandma's hand tightly with one hand
01:13:45and grip dad broad warm hand with the other
01:13:52dad promises me he will come back
01:13:54grandma ada tells me
01:13:56dad is going to catch the bad guy
01:13:58the one behind this whole conspiracy
01:14:03dad tells me to stay here and be good
01:14:05he has to go take care of something
01:14:21glane messes everything up
01:14:23after finding out dad's identity
01:14:26he decides to flee immediately
01:14:30damn it why does he have a military background
01:14:40mclean jumps into his car in a panic
01:14:43but they don't even make it out of the estate gates
01:14:46get us out of here
01:14:47as fast as you can
01:14:49now
01:14:55my dad blocks their way
01:14:57mclean gives the order
01:14:58and the car doesn't slow down
01:15:01they want to run my dad over
01:15:03facing the speeding beast
01:15:05dad doesn't panic
01:15:07he calmly pulls out his gun and shoots
01:15:15dad's perfect breaking marksmanship
01:15:18flips the bad guy's car
01:15:21mclean can't escape
01:15:22don't kill me i'll give you 10 million
01:15:25keep your money
01:15:26you'll need it to buy your way into hell
01:15:31mclean stands in the dock in a prison uniform
01:15:35totally stripped of his former arrogance
01:15:39dad not only catches mclean himself
01:15:41but also gathers all the evidence of his crimes
01:15:45no elite lawyer can save him now
01:15:49mclean
01:15:50mclean
01:15:51do you have anything to say
01:15:53no
01:15:55i confess to my crimes
01:15:58in the end
01:15:59mclean is sentenced to life in prison
01:16:02and stripped of all his assets
01:16:15as for miss ella and james
01:16:17they get their due punishment too
01:16:2030 years in prison
01:16:22they deserve it
01:16:23all the bad guys are locked up
01:16:26and i finally have my dad back
01:16:28a much better life is waiting for us
01:16:33dad's hand is so warm
01:16:35and i feel so comfortable right now
01:16:38he promises he'll never leave my side again
01:16:41tomorrow is thanksgiving
01:16:43the fire cracklers and the smell of roast turkey and pumpkin pie fills the whole house
01:17:00this is a thanksgiving dinner
01:17:02i couldn't even dare to dream of
01:17:06grandma ada and the family call me their little angel
01:17:09they say they have this life now because of me
01:17:11my dad also thanks grandma ada
01:17:14because she took me in
01:17:16if it weren't for her
01:17:18i wouldn't be here today
01:17:26even without blood ties
01:17:27i've considered them my real family for a long time
01:17:38this is the only thing your mom left behind
01:17:40she got separated from her family in a dust storm
01:17:43her wish was to find them
01:17:44now i'm passing it on to you
01:17:46mom
01:17:47i take my mom's belonging
01:17:49and beside me
01:17:50grandma ada suddenly freezes
01:17:52as if she's been electrocuted
01:17:57oh my god
01:17:59your mother is my biological daughter who went missing 30 years ago
01:18:04i gave her this pocket watch
01:18:06you are margaret's child
01:18:07nobody saw this coming
01:18:09my mom is actually aid grandma ada's daughter
01:18:16i hug grandma aid tight
01:18:18no she's my real grandma
01:18:20she's my actual family
01:18:22grandma ada
01:18:23you're my real grandma
01:18:25yes my sweet girl
01:18:27i'm your grandma
01:18:28forever
01:18:29thank god
01:18:30we truly are family
01:18:32not only do i have my dad back
01:18:34but grandma ada is my biological grandmother
01:18:37i'm so lucky and so happy
01:18:39happy thanksgivings everyone
01:18:40let's eat
01:18:46the nightmare is over
01:18:47thanks to the oil field
01:18:50everyone in the village can afford to eat and wear warm clothes
01:18:55dad plays with me every day
01:18:57i feel like the happiest kid in the world
01:19:02and my grandma ada
01:19:03she no longer needs her mean disguise
01:19:07she is now the most generous old lady in the whole village
01:19:11take a break if you're tired
01:19:16grandma ada
01:19:19hi
01:19:20grandma ada
01:19:24oh my my little leona looks so pretty today
01:19:31leona needs to go to school in the city
01:19:33i'm taking her there myself
01:19:34dad will the city people bully me
01:19:37don't worry
01:19:39dad will protect you
01:19:40i am so incredibly happy now
01:19:43all the misfortunes of the past are gone
01:19:45i feel so blessed because i finally have a home that will never fall apart
01:19:50i am so happy to be here
01:19:52i am so happy to be here
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