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Abandoned In Snow, Returned As Heiress Betrayal & Powerful Comeback Drama
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00:08because i couldn't bear him the sun lucas abandoned me and our daughter on a snow-covered highway
00:13in freezing weather then drove off without a second glance to spend a joyful new year with
00:21his next wife this cruel manly shed a tear when he saw our coffins
00:30i thought lucas reed was pulling over to pee leila's asleep grace get lena out of the car lucas
00:39it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing december 23 23 degrees
00:47fahrenheit held leila and watched him restart the engine the tail lights got smaller and
00:51losser in the snow until they disappeared the snow kept falling i stood by the guard rail trying to
00:57block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy he's he's at grandma's aunt lucy's coming to get us
01:06but i'm cold
01:09i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around her head my phone had only 30 battery left
01:17i called lucy once twice three times she finally picked up hey lucy your brother said you're picking
01:25us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned it i'm at a party right now though can't
01:31leave just
01:31wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out here lena can't god you're so dramatic just wait okay
01:37lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need to get home waiting a bit won't kill you too
01:40i stood
01:41there fingers stiff then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in my arms mommy
01:55i want to go home we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon four years of
02:02marriage i never
02:03knew he could be this cruel dumped his own wife and daughter on the highway for sophia's kid because
02:09vivian said she didn't want to sit with a dirty kid headlights appeared in the distant i waved
02:15here a black suv slowed down stopped the window rolled down a young guy need help can you take
02:26us to the next rest stop please get in thank you grace what are you doing out here where's lucas
02:36i told henry what happened is he insane he left you and leila out here sophie's kid matters but his
02:44own daughter doesn't lee squeeze them in now
02:52no room look at her face she's turning blue i climbed into the back with leila heat hit my frozen
03:01skin it hurt call me when you get to the rest stop i'll make lucas come get you henry you'll
03:07freeze out
03:07here i'll survive just take care of the kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the snow getting
03:14smaller
03:16the car pulled away i looked through the back window henry stood in the snow getting smaller lena slept in
03:23my arms her cheeks were still too red i touched her forehead burning can you go faster she has a
03:31fever
03:31lee not me nodded stepped on gas stepped on the gas i reached for my phone no signal
03:42how far is it to the rest stop 12 miles half an hour easy
03:48i held leila tighter kept checking her forehead hotter baby wake up don't close your eyes
03:57i know we're almost there just hold on she started coughing hard her little face turned blue
04:08i patted her back the tears finally came please faster i'm going as fast as i can the roads are
04:19icy
04:20the cough got worse her breathing sounded like a broken whistle i can't breathe
04:28i unzapped her coat her chest was heaving ammonia she almost died from it last year lena
04:33look at me stay awake mommy's gonna tell you a story about the bunny her eyes fluttered her breathing
04:40got shallower someone help she's dying please no one answered just the sound of the wind and snow
04:47howling outside the car finally pulled into the rest stop is there a doctor please she's sick there's no
04:55doctor here towers down lines are dead my knees buckled leila was silent in my arms fever in me of
05:06the
05:06grace lena try giving her these please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might
05:18be closed with the snow all right i'll try yes go now leila remember you wanted to go to disney
05:27world
05:27mommy's taking you we'll ride the biggest carousel you're going to wear that elsa dress right
05:34and universal studios they have transformers we'll go see your hero her eyelashes fluttered
05:41but she didn't open her eyes my phone buzzed a signal i dialed lucas with shaking fingers
05:51hello lucas lena is sick it's bad where are you lena on the way to the community hospital
06:00you need to come grace lucy's picking you up isn't she she didn't come she never came
06:12that's not possible she just posted on social media said she was on her way i opened the app and
06:17found lucy's profile her latest post 10 minutes ago a selfie highway in the background the caption
06:25picking up grace the location tag said 60 miles away she hadn't moved an inch she was lying to lucas
06:30she was lying to me grace sophie and vivian just got here my mom's happy don't ruin it when lucy
06:37picks you
06:38up take leila's with him please get fingers it's you on me she's not gonna die stop being dramatic don't
06:43be the same i held the phone my blood ran cold your husband
06:53i nodded
06:55yesterday hold on i'm taking a shortcut that kid is not dying on my watch
07:01he turned onto a back road the snow got heavier i could barely hear lena breathing anymore
07:08i felt for her heartbeat so faint hello don't do this to mommy mommy was wrong i should have never
07:13been such a fool mommy was wrong to marry him mommy sorry i'm so sorry i was crying as i
07:18reached into
07:18my pocket i pulled out a small metal disc about the size of a button dad gave it to me
07:24grace if the reeds
07:25ever hurt you or laylee push this but i want one more thing no sound but i knew the signal
07:31went out
07:31dad said his people would be there within three hours but three hours could layla last three hours
07:37community hospital finally came to be a acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get the crash cart ready
07:44they stopped me at the door i stood behind the glass watch them intubate her hook her up to monitors
07:53her tiny body on that bed i felt so helpless like i was watching her die
07:58i collapsed in the corner shaking my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing grace where are
08:07you my mom's waiting hello hospital they're resuscitating leila what why are you at a hospital where's lucy
08:18she never came that's impossible she just texted me said she picked you up i opened the family group
08:26chat 20 minutes ago a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached a woman's
08:33silhouette in the passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was lying to him
08:38with a pre-planned photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to come for christmas
08:47do you because sophie's here you're jealous so you made this up
08:53you think i'm lying otherwise what lucy has no reason to lie to me she's my sister
08:59what are you lucas if leila dies tonight i will never forgive you whatever my mom says sophie can
09:07still bore me a son you can't so step aside the line went dead i slid down the wall
09:16family
09:20i'm here
09:23we saved her but there's something you need to see but what oxygen deprivation too long there's brain
09:32damage she may never walk or talk or think like a normal child the room spun i grabbed the wall
09:39she's still so young we did everything we could get her admitted the bills won't be cheap
09:48i stumbled to the billing window
09:53insufficient funds lucas gave me three thousand a month
09:58i called him
10:01what now leila needs surgery transfer me fifty thousand
10:05fifty thousand what am i an atm a printing press
10:12lucas lucas she's your daughter a girl even if she recovers
10:17she's worthless i hung up stood at the window
10:24can we start the treatment first i'll pay later sorry hospital policy deposit first
10:31i walked outside into the snow my phone buzzed henry henry do me a favor anything if i die
10:45take care of leila what the hell are you talking about i have no money leila has no future lucas
10:51doesn't want her i don't either dump her in foster care at least she'll live don't do anything stupid
11:00where are you i'm coming no i hung up turned off the phone
11:08walked back to the room leila lay on the bed tubes everywhere her pale face like she was just sleeping
11:17i held her hand i kissed her forehead then turned and walked out the hospital roof was cold with wind
11:27and
11:27snow i stood at the edge looking down people looked so small down there jumping would end everything
11:36leila would be given away lucas would marry sophie everyone would be happy except me and leila i closed
11:42my eyes and leaned forward then someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back hard i hit the ground
11:48and looked up men in black suits stood around me the one in front was in his 50s with gray
11:52hair
11:53he took off his sunglasses his eyes red grace
11:59dad they put me on a private helicopter leila came too a doctor on board took over immediately
12:05intracranial pressure too high she needs surgery now call the main hospital tell them to clear the
12:10or dad held my hand he wouldn't stop shaking i'm sorry sweetheart i came too late i'm sorry dad what's
12:19going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he knew we
12:25had
12:25money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought as long
12:31as he
12:31treated you well it was fine but i never expected he looked at leila unconscious and his tears fell
12:38never expected them to be this cruel to abuse my granddaughter like this the helicopter landed on
12:45they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best equipment
12:52reed group before the market opens tomorrow i wanted to crash terminate every partnership call the
12:58banks you know what to do grace i'm giving you two choices first divorce him take the money take
13:06leila broad never come back second stay watch the reeds fall
13:14i thought about it second but i want one more thing one more thing father what find two bodies
13:24one exactly like mine and a little girl's like leila's frozen to death on the side of the highway
13:29i want them to think i'm dead then i want to watch them celebrate watch them celebrate christmas
13:33while leila and i are dead
13:37done the bodies looked real one adult one child lying in the snow by the highway when they were
13:44found they were already frozen the call came while the reeds were eating christmas dinner the table was
13:49full of laughs grandma oh vivian sophie is so much better her daughter is well behaved not like grace
13:55that little brat of hers was always crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the husband of
14:02grace reed we found two bodies by the highway you need to come identify them what did you say
14:08grace and leila froze to death
14:15lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue the cop led him to the viewing room the drawer
14:21slid
14:21open two bodies one big one small the big one wore my coat the small one curled in her arms
14:30like
14:30she was sleeping are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached out to touch my face
14:37but his hands wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them we checked the cameras your sister's
14:44car never hit the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the victim's phone
14:48we found an audio recording of her last call to you 7 pm she said the child was begged you
14:51to help
14:51you said you said you said a girl even if she recovered she's worthless i thought i thought she
14:57was lying i didn't know i didn't think she really if you'd known would you have gone silence lucas had
15:04no
15:09answer oh my god leila my little girl how could this happen i even haven't seen you alone lucas this
15:18is for the best grace is gone now you can have sophie mom that's my daughter your granddaughter so what
15:28she's dead that saves you a divorce settlement tell the cop to cremate them already don't ruin christmas
15:35ma'am these are two human beings
15:40so what not your problem let's go sophie's waiting for us
15:48wait
15:51grace
15:53i'm sorry i'm sorry i was wrong i didn't i never thought of that why are you apologizing she was
16:02just unlucky shut up we must bring them home mrs reed didn't dare to say another word
16:11the reeds held a memorial lucas i didn't mean to i was just hanging with friends
16:18lost track of time how was i supposed to know they'd actually die lost track of time two people
16:23you lost track of time what do you want me to do die for her she's not worth it
16:32get out i don't want to see you again you're not my sister
16:38lucas i'm so sorry grace wouldn't want you to be like this they were doing what it happened
16:43freezing to death on the highway waiting for someone who was never coming
16:46that was your sister's fault not mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two live
16:51i keep thinking what if i'd answered the phone what if i'd gone to get them
16:58what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace is dead i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas
17:05slid down the wall and sat against the coffin on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake
17:09ridiculous people only cry when it's too late
17:17after grace's death things moved fast the reed empire started to crumble first their biggest
17:22client walked signed a 10-year deal with their rival overnight then the banks called in their loans
17:26and the whole cash flow dried up suppliers showed up at the door all at once demanding payment
17:34the company is dying do you understand so what we still have money money mom we're going bankrupt
17:42the house the cars the savings all of it gone to pay debts you might not even be able to
17:47afford food
17:48soon that's impossible nothing's impossible mr reed did you like my gift who is this you don't need
17:58to know all you need to know is this is just the beginning the debt you owe the entire reed
18:02family will
18:02pay it read group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off mrs reed moved out of
18:09the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school lucas didn't stop her he went
18:18back to the funeral home the coffins were still there he bribed the night guard with his last few
18:22dollars so he could sleep on the floor you ruined the family for a dead woman what about mom then
18:31who
18:31will pay the price for grace who will answer for layla she left crying and never came back lucas started
18:37looking for work but no one wanted a bankrupt boss with a bad reputation he ended up as a waiter
18:43start
18:43today wash dishes okay grace today i carried 300 plates my hands are falling off in the old days you
18:50would have told me to take it easy why was i so stupid you were so good layla was so
18:53cute how did i
18:54get so lost listening to mom that's right daddy layla daddy sorry you love strawberry cake daddy gets
19:02paid tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't know this late guilt meant nothing next morning lucas
19:07went to the diner early lucas table three is waiting lunch break he squatted on the back steps of the
19:15diner hey you okay nothing got something in my eye i heard you used to be a big shot how'd
19:22you end up
19:23like this got what i deserved he didn't want to talk some pain you swallow alone he thought about
19:28grace's last call her horse voice layla dying would everything have been different shift ended lucas didn't
19:36go straight to the funeral home he took a detour to the bakery downtown give me the smallest one
19:41back at the funeral home layla daddy bought you cake try it it's your favorite grace have a bite too
19:48you always said i wasted money never bought the expensive cake now i bought it i want your taste
19:53he sat there until the candles burned out next morning he took the receipt and went back to the
19:58bakery one strawberry cake you again there's a mother and daughter who come here a lot they were just
20:03here a couple days ago the little girl is so cute two pigtails pointed at the cake and said she
20:07wanted
20:07to surprise her mom what did you say they came here two days ago the girl had pigtails really cute
20:12yes
20:13i remember clearly she was so excited about the cake really did they look like this the build matches
20:18but the little girl looks just like that he was going to find them
20:23first the park where he used to take layla he walked every path and shouted layla grace where
20:30are you the wind ate his voice no answer he went to the spot where they used to feed pigeons
20:36he
20:36crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was wrong please come out please
20:44every day after his shift he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere malls playgrounds the preschool
20:51the bookstore grace used to love every place he could think of
20:57he's crazy lucas they're gone you need to move on he didn't listen he knew grace and layla were alive
21:06he would find them one day he went to a preschool the one grace once said she'd send
21:11layla to when she was older then he saw her the way she moved her smile it was layla
21:18he pushed open the gate and ran in fear flooded her eyes she ran behind a man in a suit
21:24she's my
21:24daughter i'm her father move sir i don't know you i don't know what you're talking about this is my
21:30employer's daughter leave now or i'll call the police don't touch me you're a bad guy you hurt mommy
21:38you left us in the snow mommy said you died don't come near us the disgust it stabbed right through
21:46his heart he finally understood what he'd done to her then a black sedan pulled up and parked by the
21:50gate the back window rolled down revealing a face he'd never forgotten
21:57it's been a long time lucas grace you're really not dead
22:14mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab me mommy knows mommy will protect you
22:20i i wanted to see layla i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to
22:28you both of you
22:30just give me one more chance let me take care of you and layla i'll spend the rest of my
22:33life
22:34making this right i'll do anything some mistakes can never be undone
22:40you treated us the way you did now you live with the consequences two choices one leave now and never
22:47show your face in front of me or layla again two i call the cops and press charges for child
22:51abandonment and reckless endangerment i have layla's medical records and your phone call recordings all saved
22:59no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter i can't live without her let me see her just once
23:08please
23:10i promise after that i'll go she's not your daughter the moment you left her on that highway
23:18you lost the right to be her father have some dignity if you keep this up i'll call the police
23:25who are you why are you interfering with my family allow me to introduce myself i'm the assistant to
23:32the chairman of bennett group miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune she's
23:37now taken full control of the company you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad
23:46pretended to be poor to see if you loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you
23:52disappointed me grace let go of me mr reed stay down
24:02what's there to look at this isn't our house anymore why are you embarrassing yourself
24:07lucy i found grace and layla they're not dead they're alive so what they're doing fine now why
24:14would they want anything to do with a loser like you i know i was wrong i want to make
24:17it up to them
24:18make it up with what you have nothing can't even support yourself you're insane lucy please help me
24:23i just want to see lena once i'm not helping you you're the one who left them on the highway
24:27you ruined this family i'm doing fine now stay away from me what do you want i told you don't
24:34come
24:34here grace and layla they're alive so what what does that have to do with me i just want to
24:39live my life
24:40in peace mom i want to make it up to them can you help me help you with what money
24:46you're broke
24:47can't even feed yourself and you want to make things right you know what if you just listened
24:50to me and never married grace none of this would have happened now sophie's gone too this is all your
24:55fault mom why can you say that layla is your granddaughter so what i don't care dead or alive
25:02doesn't matter don't come back you're not my son anymore
25:10sophie you said you were going back to your hometown lucas are you insane who the hell are you
25:15touched my girl again sophie tell me what if grace and layla on the highway for you lost my
25:21family for you and this is how you treat me lucas you don't actually think i liked you do you
25:26you
25:26messes reed likes me that's why i came around you think i wanted to look at her mean face the
25:29highway
25:30you think vivian was just being a brat i told her make a scene refuse to sit with grace and
25:34layla and
25:35i'd buy her the whole elsa collection lucas from the start i wanted grace gone i wanted her to die
25:39in
25:40that snow only then could i take her place too bad she survived get lost come near sophie again i'll
25:47kill
26:00remember me december 23rd a three-year-old girl pneumonia oxygen deprivation her mom brought her in
26:07how is she is she okay you have the guts to ask her mom carried her in knees where were
26:11you she
26:12almost died in that er you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars now you want to know how she is
26:16she was transferred to city general top specialist three days and three nights to pull her back to
26:20life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she hears the word
26:24highway
26:25nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't that the former
26:29owner of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and daughter on the
26:34highway
26:34then went bankrupt wife and daughter died karma
26:42grace
26:47lucas what do you want i want to see layla just once i promise after that i'll leave you alone
26:52i know i was wrong i know i think about every day about you about layla please give me one
26:58more chance
26:58one more chance said to get rid of her where was her chance then lucas some mistakes can never be
27:03fixed
27:11lucas reed found this morning his rental
27:14suicide
27:14you
27:16you
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