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My Family's Betrayal
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00:00On the day of my mate bonding ceremony, my parents suddenly brought my mate home and told me that the
00:05mate bonding ritual would be with someone else.
00:08Your sister was poisoned by Wolf Bake. There's no cure.
00:13And I'm trying to talk with David.
00:16You're her older sister. Can't you do this one thing for her?
00:20My mate also tried to persuade me.
00:24Don't worry. It's just a formality.
00:27After she dies, we'll still be each other's one and only.
00:34Still, I refused.
00:36However, my parents forced me to drink a potion that blocked my mind link, tied me up, and threw me
00:42into the family underground warehouse.
00:46We'll untie you once the ceremony goes smoothly.
00:50But soon after they left, I was attacked by a vicious rogue wolf.
00:55After unbearable prolonged agony, I was killed.
00:58It was only when my body started rotting that they remembered I was still bound in the mine.
01:04My soul drifted unconsciously into the chapel, staring blankly as my mate stood on stage, sealing their mate bond with
01:11someone else.
01:12In the romantic venue, all eyes were fixed on the couple at the altar.
01:16My sister Laura was wearing the gown I had meticulously hand-sewn.
01:20She recited her vows to my mate David, with tears in her eyes and a voice full of love.
01:25Below the platform, my parents dabbed at the corners of their eyes, filled with tears of joy.
01:30Our sweet Laura is finally with the love of her life.
01:33She finally got her wish.
01:34The crowd clapped and smiled as the happy couple shared stories of their fairy tale romance.
01:40What destined encounter and unbreakable bond were they talking about?
01:43In all their memories, I simply never existed.
01:46It was as if I'd always just been invisible.
01:49The gown I'd stitched with all my heart, tailored to cinch my waist perfectly now, hung perfectly on Laura, like
01:55it had been made just for her.
01:57I floated above them, my heart turned to ash.
02:00From the moment David proposed this ceremony, I was never meant to be his bride.
02:06Now it all made sense why David never cared about the planning.
02:10It also made sense why he had always been smiling at his phone while ignoring my calls.
02:16However, what I still couldn't understand was,
02:20Why did loving Laura have to come at the cost of destroying me?
02:26Three days ago, I was brutally murdered in the family underground warehouse.
02:31My parents tied my hands behind my back, forcing an entire bottle of mind-blocking potion down my throat.
02:38They didn't want me to fight back or ruin the ritual with the ceremony.
02:44So, they threw me into the mine and left me there.
02:48Then I watched in horror as a vicious rogue wolf rushed at me.
02:52I was tortured and killed in cold blood, all while I was pregnant.
02:55No one should ever have to go through what he did to me.
02:58The smell in the warehouse has poisoned me, leaving me to my fate.
03:03When I died, I couldn't even fight back.
03:06Worried that I would scream for help, my mouth was sealed shut with duct tape.
03:10I couldn't even scream, my throat burning with silence.
03:17Why?
03:19I don't understand why.
03:21My entire life,
03:23I've had to give in to Laura on everything.
03:28My parents always loved Laura more,
03:31ever since we were kids.
03:35Laura got the nice candies and wore the dresses I had wished for.
03:39Later, even though they could afford tuition for two,
03:41they paid only for her to go to Lycan Academy.
03:48Eva,
03:49you're an adult now.
03:51You should get a job
03:53and pay your own way.
03:55Even with all of that,
03:57I never thought they would make me give up my mate.
04:03When Laura told them a wolf had poisoned her with wolf's bane during a camping trip
04:08and didn't have much time left,
04:10they didn't hesitate.
04:14Your sister was poisoned by wolf's bane.
04:17There's no cure
04:18and her final wish
04:20is to bond with David.
04:22You're her older sister.
04:24Can't you do this one thing for her?
04:27My mate also tried to persuade me.
04:30Don't worry.
04:31It's just a formality.
04:33After she dies,
04:35we'll still be each other's one and only.
04:40Still,
04:40I refused.
04:41That was when my parents forced the potion down my throat.
04:45I struggled until my wrists bled.
04:48But the potion burned through my throat,
04:50blocking my mind link inch by inch.
04:53I could no longer call for help.
04:55I could no longer even reach my wolf.
04:59Dad tied my hands behind my back.
05:02Mom looked away,
05:04as if seeing my pain would make her guilty.
05:06Eva,
05:06don't make this harder than it has to be.
05:08We'll untie you,
05:09once the ceremony goes smoothly.
05:11David stood at the door,
05:13his face twisted with guilt,
05:14yet he did nothing to stop them.
05:16Eva,
05:17just endure it for one day.
05:19Laura doesn't have much time left.
05:21I stared at him,
05:22the man who once promised to protect me
05:24from every injustice.
05:26For the first time,
05:27I realized his love could stand aside
05:29and watch me be destroyed.
05:31Then they dragged me
05:32into the family underground warehouse.
05:34The last thing I saw
05:35was the mine door closing.
05:38And then,
05:39in the dark,
05:40something growled.
05:41Someone,
05:42help please!
05:43However,
05:44the only thing that came
05:46was a stray wolf,
05:47fierce and menacing as ever.
05:49The rogue wolf moved toward me slowly.
05:52My hands were tied.
05:54My mouth was sealed.
05:56I begged him for mercy.
05:57Please,
05:58let me go.
05:58Yet the rogue wolf still lunged at me.
06:01The poison in the mine
06:02burned my skin
06:03and invades my blood.
06:05I had nowhere to run.
06:06I could only crawl backward,
06:08shaking,
06:09unable to make a sound.
06:11The attack lasted endlessly.
06:14My blood poured out,
06:15my skin paled,
06:16and my body went limp.
06:18I thought of the baby inside me.
06:20I'm sorry,
06:21my baby.
06:22I had wanted to tell David
06:23about the pregnancy
06:24at our mate bonding ceremony.
06:26But now,
06:27the child and I
06:28were both abandoned
06:29in the warehouse.
06:30I gradually lost my strength,
06:32lost my breath,
06:33and slowly closed my eyes.
06:36Tears slid down
06:37from the corners of my eyes.
06:39My entire life
06:40has been utterly absurd.
06:42My parents loved Laura,
06:43and the one I loved
06:44loved Laura too.
06:46At the same time,
06:47in the chapel,
06:48David was placing his hand
06:49over Laura's.
06:50I vow to love you
06:51as my mate.
06:52I vow to protect you.
06:54The crowd cheered.
06:56And I died in silence.
06:59Their ceremony went off
07:00without a hitch,
07:01and all I could do
07:02was watch.
07:03They went to the northern mountains
07:05for their honeymoon
07:06as I floated silently
07:07behind them.
07:08At the foot
07:09of the northern mountains,
07:11they strolled hand in hand
07:13across the snowy fields.
07:15Golden sunlight bathed them
07:16in a soft, warm glow.
07:18Laura wrapped her arms
07:20around David's neck,
07:21and the two of them
07:21kissed tenderly.
07:24Tourists nearby
07:25snapped photos
07:25and praised them
07:26for being such
07:27a beautiful couple.
07:29They look perfect together.
07:32Even my usually
07:32conservative parents
07:33smiled and cheered them
07:34on from the sidelines.
07:36They had long forgotten
07:37that my body
07:37was still left abandoned
07:38in the warehouse.
07:39My body had begun
07:40to rot.
07:41My blood had dried.
07:42No one could hear
07:43my desperate cry.
07:47So, who would care
07:48about getting justice
07:49for me?
07:54David,
07:56do you think
07:56my sister is mad at me?
07:59She hasn't called.
08:01Laura leaned
08:01against David's chest,
08:02faking a weary
08:03as she asked.
08:04David gently stroked
08:05her hair.
08:05No way.
08:07She's your sister.
08:08And with the wolfie
08:10bath in your system...
08:11He gazed
08:11at her intently.
08:12This was your only shot.
08:13Eva's not unreasonable.
08:15I'll be nicer to her
08:16from now on.
08:17That's all.
08:18Laura gave a nod,
08:19her eyes instantly
08:20regaining their shine.
08:22She grabbed his arm
08:23and joined Mom and Dad
08:24as they boarded
08:25the helicopter
08:25to enjoy an aerial view
08:27of the snowy mountains.
08:29That flight,
08:30costing tens of thousands
08:31of dollars
08:31for a single experience
08:32was more than I could earn
08:34in a year.
08:34However,
08:35Laura could enjoy it
08:36without the slightest guilt.
08:38After the trip,
08:39they treated themselves
08:40to a luxurious dinner.
08:42I floated behind them
08:43in silence
08:44as they checked in
08:45at Hotel,
08:45the most extravagant hotel
08:47in the werewolf pack.
08:49Laura slipped
08:50into a revealing nightgown
08:51and climbed into bed
08:52next to David,
08:53reaching for his robe.
08:54However,
08:55he gently pushed
08:56her hand away.
08:57He walked over
08:58to the floor-to-ceiling window,
09:00staring at the snowy mountains
09:01in the distance
09:02as he drank in silence.
09:03His eyes were dark
09:04and troubled.
09:07I turned and drifted
09:08into my parents' room.
09:10They were lying
09:11against the headboard
09:12in bed.
09:14Dad sighed,
09:15shaking his head
09:16while mom massaged
09:17her temples.
09:19Normally,
09:19they'd be fast asleep
09:21by now.
09:23My mom pulled out
09:24her phone
09:24and tried calling me.
09:26Eva.
09:28However,
09:29all she got
09:29was a busy tone,
09:31their faces twisted
09:32in confusion,
09:33anxiety flickering
09:34in their eyes.
09:35Whenever they wanted
09:36me to give something up,
09:37they'd slap me
09:38with one hand
09:39and offer candy
09:40with the other.
09:41It never failed to work.
09:43All they had to do
09:44was take the first step
09:45and reach out,
09:46and I'd cave every time.
09:49This time,
09:50no one was on the other
09:51end of the call,
09:52eagerly calling them
09:52mom and dad.
09:56Mom looked at dad
09:58with a worried expression.
09:59Honey,
10:00Laura's not exactly
10:00the sharpest at work.
10:02So why do you
10:02keep spoiling her?
10:04I also want to know
10:05why.
10:06When we're gone,
10:07she'll burn through
10:08the family's fortune
10:09in no time.
10:10I really thought
10:11we could count on Eva
10:12to take care of us
10:13when we're old.
10:14So,
10:14in their eyes,
10:15am I nothing more
10:16than a caregiver
10:17who will look after them
10:18when they grow old?
10:19Even though,
10:20deep down,
10:20I had long harbored
10:21a vague awareness
10:22of it all,
10:23I still couldn't help
10:24but feel a pang of sadness.
10:25But she didn't answer
10:26just now.
10:27You don't think
10:28she's actually mad at us,
10:29do you?
10:29Forgiving her life,
10:30she owes us everything.
10:32And Laura
10:33was dying.
10:35As her older sister,
10:36she should be happy
10:37to help.
10:38What right does she have
10:39to be upset?
10:40Honestly,
10:41we've been too soft
10:42on her lately.
10:43She's forgetting her place.
10:44I listened to those words
10:46in silence.
10:47My eyes burning.
10:49At that moment,
10:50I was relieved I was dead.
10:52I was dead.
10:53My parents no longer
10:54have to look at me
10:55with disdain.
10:56I was dead.
10:57I no longer have to
10:58make concessions for Laura.
11:00I was dead.
11:01Laura and David,
11:02perhaps.
11:03They will be happy?
11:06David tossed and turned
11:08all night near dawn.
11:09He suddenly sat up,
11:11drenched in sweat.
11:13In his dream,
11:14I stood in my wedding gown,
11:15covered in blood
11:16from head to toe.
11:18He finally dreamed of me,
11:20but only after my body
11:21had begun to rot.
11:23David opened an old photo
11:24of us at Lycan Academy.
11:26His fingers trembled so badly
11:28that the screen
11:28kept slipping.
11:30Laura woke behind him
11:31and instantly softened
11:33her voice.
11:33David,
11:34are you thinking about
11:35Eva again?
11:36I know I don't have long.
11:39Please don't make
11:40my last days feel stolen.
11:42David froze.
11:43Guilt swallowed
11:44the faint panic
11:45in his eyes.
11:46I'm sorry.
11:47I won't look again.
11:49He deleted our photos
11:50one by one.
11:52Later,
11:53Laura walked over
11:54to the floor-to-ceiling window
11:55holding her phone.
11:57Don't worry.
11:59The contents of the warehouse
12:00will never be exposed.
12:02My soul went ice cold,
12:04so the rogue wolf
12:05was never an accident.
12:07Who was on the other end
12:07of that car?
12:09I followed Laura
12:11through the resort's
12:11back alley
12:12until she entered
12:13a private booth.
12:14My former friend,
12:15Lena,
12:16was waiting there
12:17with a sealed envelope.
12:19Here.
12:19A fresh wolf's bait diagnosis.
12:22Same doctor's stamp.
12:24No one will question it.
12:26Laura took it and laughed.
12:29Perfect.
12:30Eva was always
12:31too obedient.
12:32Once mom and dad
12:33tied her up,
12:35all Robert had to do
12:36was release the rogue
12:37into the mine.
12:38My dead heart
12:39seemed to crack again.
12:40Lena lowered her voice.
12:42You promised
12:42this wouldn't touch me.
12:44Relax.
12:45Eva will never
12:46crawl out of that mine.
12:48By the time
12:49anyone remembers her,
12:51there won't be much left.
12:52She didn't just want David.
12:54She wanted my life,
12:55my work,
12:56my inheritance,
12:57everything.
12:58As Laura gloated,
12:59I noticed Lena's hand
13:00under the table.
13:01A tiny recorder
13:02was blinking red.
13:04A trader like Lena
13:05might become the knife
13:06that cuts Laura open.
13:08At the resort banquet,
13:09Laura presented pastries
13:11under my name.
13:12The elder food critic
13:13took one bite
13:14and slammed his fork down.
13:15This is an insult.
13:17Eva Corner had talent.
13:18You threw a pearl
13:20into mud
13:20and crowned mud
13:21in her place.
13:22He canceled the hotel's
13:23century-old partnership
13:24on the spot.
13:26David's face
13:26turned ashen.
13:32Laura collapsed into tears
13:33and clutched her belly.
13:35If you abandon
13:36our honeymoon,
13:37I might not survive
13:38the trip back.
13:40Mom and dad
13:41begged him to stay.
13:42That night,
13:43David opened the envelope
13:44I had slipped into his gift
13:45before the ceremony.
13:47Inside was a pregnancy report
13:49dated before my death.
13:51Four weeks.
13:52Eva,
13:53it can't be.
13:55His breath stopped.
13:57Yes,
13:58you pushed your pregnant mate
13:59and your child into hell.
14:01David gripped the report
14:02until it crumpled.
14:03When Laura dies,
14:05I'll spend my life
14:06making it up to Eva.
14:08You will never get that chance.
14:10They ended the honeymoon early
14:11and returned home.
14:13Laura walked into my bedroom
14:15like a victorious queen.
14:16She wore my nightgown,
14:18sprayed my perfume
14:19over her neck,
14:20then kicked off her shoes
14:21and climbed into my bed.
14:24It still smells like her.
14:26How annoying.
14:28David did not answer.
14:29He searched the house
14:30room by room
14:31as if I might be
14:32hiding behind a door.
14:33He found nothing.
14:35When he reached the kitchen,
14:36he stopped for a long time.
14:38That had been my place.
14:39The warm window,
14:40the flower jars,
14:42the little recipe notes.
14:43Everything had been mine.
14:45Laura hugged him from behind.
14:46David,
14:48I'm your mate now.
14:49Why should we keep
14:50another woman's kitchen?
14:52Turn it into a walking room?
14:53Pause it for me.
14:54No.
14:54I screamed,
14:55but my voice passed
14:56through the walls like smoke.
14:57David lowered his eyes
14:58and his silence
14:59became the answer.
15:02Workers arrived that afternoon.
15:04David stood at the doorway,
15:06jaw tight.
15:09Laura,
15:10Eva is still my mate.
15:12This kitchen...
15:13Laura's tears fell at once.
15:15Still your mate?
15:17Still your mate?
15:17Then what am I?
15:19A joke you held
15:20in front of the whole pack?
15:22She pressed his hand
15:23against her chest.
15:24Everyone saw our ceremony.
15:27I gave you my life.
15:29Don't humiliate me now.
15:31David's resistance broke.
15:34Do what she wants.
15:35Laura immediately pointed
15:36at my shelves.
15:37Throw those pans away.
15:39They're old.
15:40And that mixer too.
15:42It looks cheap.
15:43A worker hesitated.
15:46Sir,
15:47these tools are high-end
15:48custom pieces.
15:49Then sell them as scrap.
15:51I don't care.
15:56One by one,
15:57my knives,
15:58molds,
15:58and recipe boxes
15:59were dragged out.
16:03David knew how hard
16:05I worked for every item.
16:07But he watched silently
16:08as Laura erased
16:09the only place
16:10where I had ever felt alive.
16:13Much better.
16:16The kitchen became
16:17a bright, cold closet.
16:19Rows of Laura's gowns
16:20hung where my ovens
16:21used to stand.
16:22David knew my parents
16:23had always favored Laura.
16:25He knew that kitchen
16:26was the first thing
16:27I built for myself.
16:28In the corner,
16:30he found a small,
16:31framed photo of me
16:32dusted with flour.
16:33He looked around
16:34then quietly slipped
16:35the photo into his pocket.
16:39At hotel,
16:40the sous chef
16:40rushed toward him.
16:43Mr. David,
16:44Eva hasn't come in
16:45for weeks.
16:46The temp chefs
16:47can't handle
16:48the banquet orders.
16:49Guests are demanding
16:50refunds.
16:52David frowned
16:53and dialed my number again.
16:55Only silence answered.
16:59David slammed the phone down
17:01and overturned a table.
17:02How long does she plan
17:03to snore?
17:05He forgot he had
17:06already fired me
17:07for absence
17:07and named Laura
17:08head pastry chef.
17:09The hotel staff
17:10watched him in fear.
17:13Sir, without Eva,
17:15the signature menu
17:16is collapsing.
17:18For the first time,
17:19David looked genuinely afraid.
17:22In the hotel suite,
17:23David stood before
17:24the floor-to-ceiling windows,
17:26looking somewhat displeased.
17:30Laura wore pajamas
17:31slowly emerged
17:32from the bathroom
17:33and wrapped her arms
17:34around his waist.
17:42He turned around
17:43and upon seeing her
17:45attire,
17:45his breathing
17:46grew heavy.
17:48Barefoot,
17:49she stepped onto
17:50the tops of his feet,
17:51wrapped her arms
17:52around his neck,
17:53and lifted her legs
17:54to hook them around him.
17:55Am I pretty?
17:57I floated behind them,
17:59unable to leave,
18:00forced to watch
18:00every stolen tenderness.
18:03I want you so much
18:05I can't think.
18:06Once he had whispered
18:07those words into my hair
18:08while I baked late at night.
18:10Now he said them
18:11to the sister
18:11who had taken my gown,
18:13my ceremony,
18:14and my bed.
18:15He stripped off
18:16her lingerie
18:17and pressed her
18:17against the floor-to-ceiling window.
18:19A smug smile
18:20curled at the corners
18:21of her mouth.
18:22You're mine tonight.
18:23They were all over each other.
18:25His body pressed tightly
18:27against her buttocks,
18:28thrusting rapidly
18:29urgent and fervent.
18:30The sweat of her excitement
18:32left a print
18:32on the glass window.
18:34I watched it all,
18:35my stomach twisting in knots.
18:37Entwined tightly,
18:38the two tumbled
18:39onto the bed.
18:40They made love
18:41on the bed,
18:42on the table,
18:43and inside the cloakroom
18:45with an intensity
18:45that left them inseparable.
18:48Like lovers so consumed
18:50by passion
18:50that they craved intimacy
18:52at every moment.
18:54I want you so badly
18:56I can't get enough of you.
18:57I watched his fascination
18:58with her.
18:59My child and I
19:00were rotting
19:01in warehouse dust.
19:02I touched my
19:03slightly swollen belly.
19:04How could I ever believe
19:05love would save me?
19:07A few days later,
19:09the fever of forbidden love
19:10began to fade.
19:12David sat alone
19:12in his office,
19:13staring at my contact name.
19:21And we'll talk.
19:23Another message followed.
19:28His eyes reddened
19:30but there was still
19:30no reply.
19:33Because I was already dead.
19:35Laura entered
19:36with fruit tea in her hand.
19:39Darling,
19:41are you still texting
19:42my sister?
19:43Her cheeks were rosy.
19:44Her steps were light.
19:46Her so-called
19:47fatal wolf's vein poisoning
19:48had left no mark at all.
19:50She rested a hand
19:51over her flat belly
19:52and smiled.
19:54Don't worry.
19:56Our baby and I
19:57are fine.
19:58David's gaze
19:59fixed on her face.
20:00Laura,
20:01weren't you supposed
20:02to be dying?
20:03For the first time,
20:04the question slipped out
20:05before she could
20:06guide him away.
20:09Laura's smile froze.
20:12What did you say?
20:15David's suspicion
20:16did not disappear.
20:17He secretly sent
20:18Laura's antidote
20:19to a private clinic.
20:21The result came back
20:23that evening.
20:25Vitamins.
20:26And one ingredient
20:27dangerous for pregnancy.
20:29His hands shook
20:30with fury.
20:31He cornered
20:32the doctor in the clinic.
20:33Did Laura ever have
20:34wolf bass poisoning?
20:38Mr. David,
20:39medical privacy.
20:41David slammed the report
20:42on the table.
20:43Ah, answer me!
20:44The doctor stammered
20:45long enough for David
20:46to know the truth.
20:51He returned to the suite
20:53and hid a recorder
20:54under the lamp.
20:56Laura sensed the danger
20:57faster than he expected.
20:59That night,
21:00she injected herself
21:01with a tiny dose
21:02of wolf spain
21:03and collapsed
21:04in front of everyone.
21:07Laura!
21:10My baby!
21:12David rushed her
21:13to the hospital,
21:14guilt crushing
21:15his doubts again.
21:17But the recorder
21:18had already captured
21:19Laura's earlier call.
21:21Use just enough
21:22to scare him,
21:24not enough
21:24to hurt me.
21:25David replayed it
21:26until his eyes
21:27turned bloodshot.
21:30I was her knife
21:33from the start.
21:36Lucy realized
21:37something was wrong
21:38when my messages
21:38stayed unread
21:39for too many days.
21:40She stormed into hotel
21:42and grabbed the front desk
21:43by the collar.
21:44Where is Eva Corner?
21:47She was fired.
21:49Miss fired.
21:51Miss Laura replaced her.
21:53Lucy's eyes sharpened.
21:54She went door to door
21:56near the villa
21:56until a neighbor
21:57handed over
21:58the video hard drive.
22:00On the screen,
22:01my bound body
22:02was shoved into a trunk.
22:03The car drove
22:04toward the abandoned warehouse.
22:06Lucy ran there
22:07before sunset.
22:08The moment she reached
22:09the entrance,
22:10her wolf surfaced.
22:12The scent of blood,
22:13poison gas,
22:14Eva,
22:15my parents,
22:17David,
22:17Laura,
22:18and a strange rogue
22:19all mixed together.
22:20She kicked open
22:21the warehouse door.
22:22Inside the darkness,
22:23beneath scraps
22:24of torn fabric,
22:26lay a piece of white bone
22:27wearing my bracelet.
22:29Lucy dropped
22:29to her knees.
22:31No!
22:32No, Eva, please!
22:35Then her grief
22:35became a howl
22:36that shook the warehouse.
22:39Whoever did this to you,
22:41I'll make them pay
22:43in blood.
22:45David tried to pretend
22:46nothing had happened.
22:48When Laura entered the office,
22:49he shoved his phone away
22:50and forced a smile.
22:52You look pale.
22:53I'm fine.
22:55Then his gaze
22:55fell on her hand.
22:57A green gemstone ring
22:58glimmered on her finger.
23:00Isn't that Eva's ring?
23:01Laura curled
23:02her fingers at once.
23:04What a coincidence.
23:06I bought it
23:07at a boutique.
23:08Eva never took
23:09that ring off.
23:10He was right.
23:11He gave it to me
23:12at Lycan Academy.
23:13It was cheap,
23:14but it was the first promise
23:15anyone had ever made to me.
23:17Laura laughed too loudly.
23:18Why are you staring at me?
23:21Like I stole from a corpse?
23:23The word corpse
23:24made the air freeze.
23:26I looked at the ring
23:26and remembered the hand
23:27that tore it
23:28from my finger
23:28in the mine.
23:30Laura had my ring
23:31before anyone
23:31found my body.
23:32This was not an accident.
23:34This was murder.
23:36At my parents' house,
23:38mom placed cushions
23:39behind Laura's back.
23:40Our Laura
23:40has always been fragile.
23:42David,
23:42you must take care of her
23:44and the baby.
23:46David nodded stiffly.
23:48I will.
23:49No one mentioned me.
23:50No one mentioned
23:51how long I had been missing.
23:53A living daughter
23:54could be ignored.
23:55A missing daughter
23:56could be inconvenient.
23:58Only Laura's comfort mattered.
23:59The doorbell rang.
24:01David's eyes lit
24:01for one foolish second.
24:03Maybe he thought
24:03I had finally come home
24:04to forgive them.
24:05He opened the door quickly.
24:07Lucy stood outside
24:08with a cold face
24:09and clenched fists.
24:10Where's Eva?
24:11The living room
24:12fell silent.
24:13Laura stepped
24:14behind David.
24:16I can't get in touch
24:17with her.
24:17I went to the hotel.
24:18You fired her.
24:20I've checked everywhere
24:20she usually goes.
24:22Don't try to pull
24:22a fast one on me.
24:24Tell me,
24:25where exactly is Eva?
24:27Lucy and I
24:28had been friends
24:29for over a decade.
24:30She grew up rough,
24:31but she was always
24:32gentle with me.
24:33Now she shoved
24:34the door open
24:35before Laura
24:35could slam it shut.
24:36Eva!
24:37I'm here!
24:39Answer me
24:39if you're inside!
24:41Laura rushed forward.
24:42Get out!
24:43That bitch
24:44isn't here!
24:45Lucy's eyes
24:46went red.
24:48Say that again.
24:50Laura shoved
24:50her shoulder.
24:51Lucy shoved
24:52back harder.
24:53The coffee table
24:54overturned,
24:55cups smashing
24:55across the floor.
24:57Mom screamed.
24:58Laura is pregnant!
25:00Don't touch her!
25:02David moved
25:03instantly,
25:04not to stop Laura,
25:05but to protect her.
25:06He grabbed Lucy's
25:07arm and pushed
25:08her away.
25:08Lucy!
25:10Get a grip!
25:11Eva really
25:12isn't here!
25:13Lucy staggered,
25:14then looked at
25:15his hand on
25:15Laura's shoulder,
25:16still protecting her.
25:19Even now,
25:21Lucy was the only
25:22person who came
25:23looking for me,
25:24and even she was
25:25being pushed
25:25out of my home.
25:27Lucy snapped.
25:29She raised her hand
25:30and slapped David
25:31across the face.
25:32Smack!
25:33His head jerked
25:34aside.
25:35Five claw marks
25:36tore across his cheek.
25:38You heartless
25:39bastard!
25:40Eva gave you
25:41everything!
25:42And you gave
25:43her sister
25:43her wedding.
25:45David touched
25:45the blood on his
25:46face.
25:46Stunned,
25:47Lucy turned
25:48on my parents.
25:49And you two?
25:50Eva is your
25:51daughter too!
25:52Did you forget
25:53that because
25:53Laura cried
25:54blouter?
25:55Dad tried to
25:55step forward.
25:56This is family
25:57business.
25:58Lucy's claw
25:58lengthened.
25:59Then listen
26:00like family.
26:01If anything
26:02happened to Eva,
26:04I will drag
26:04every one of you
26:05into court,
26:06into prison,
26:07or into the grave.
26:10Laura hid
26:11behind David,
26:12but even she
26:12stopped talking.
26:13For once,
26:14no one dared
26:14to call me selfish.
26:15If anyone
26:16had spoken for me
26:17like this
26:18while I was alive,
26:19maybe I would have
26:19known I deserved
26:20to be loved.
26:21Lucy backed
26:22toward the door,
26:23her voice shaking.
26:24I'll find her
26:25myself.
26:28That night,
26:29David coaxed
26:29Laura to sleep
26:30before returning
26:31to the living room.
26:32Mom,
26:33Dad,
26:34Eva has been
26:34missing too long.
26:35What exactly
26:37happened that day?
26:38Mom's lips
26:39trembled.
26:40She's angry.
26:41Let her cool down.
26:42You tied her up.
26:44Silence answered him.
26:45They finally
26:46sensed fear,
26:47but not enough
26:47to confess.
26:48Meanwhile,
26:49my body lay
26:50deep in the
26:50silver mine.
26:51The smell of
26:52rot seeped
26:52through the cracks
26:53and attracted rats.
26:54Residential staff
26:55called an exterminator
26:56who called the police.
26:58At dawn,
26:59David's phone rang.
26:59Hello,
27:00is this Eva
27:01Corner's family?
27:02We discovered
27:02a decomposing female
27:03body in the
27:04abandoned
27:05silver mine.
27:05behind the villa.
27:06David's face
27:07drained of color.
27:08Initial identification
27:09confirms the victim
27:10is Eva Corner.
27:11She was also pregnant.
27:13The phone slipped
27:14from his hand.
27:14No.
27:16Impossible.
27:17Please come to the station
27:18to identify the body.
27:20David drove like a madman
27:22and crashed into
27:23the roadside barrier
27:23near the mine.
27:24Blood ran down
27:25his forehead
27:26as he stumbled
27:27toward the police tape.
27:28Eva,
27:28I'm here!
27:29Reporters surrounded him,
27:31cameras flashing.
27:32Mr. David,
27:33did your family
27:33imprison your mate?
27:34David collapsed
27:35outside the mine
27:36and clawed at the dirt.
27:37I killed her.
27:39I killed my child.
27:41Across town,
27:42Laura locked herself
27:43in her room.
27:44She deleted messages,
27:45burned fake medical forms,
27:47and flushed the last
27:48paper scripts
27:48down the toilet.
27:50Robert can take the blame.
27:52Mom and dad
27:53tied her up.
27:55I never touched her.
27:57The door was kicked open.
27:59Lucy stood there,
28:00phone raised,
28:00recording everything.
28:01Say that again.
28:03Louder.
28:04Laura lunged for the phone.
28:06Lucy slapped her
28:07to the floor.
28:07Everything you destroy
28:08has a cloud backup
28:09somewhere.
28:11You owe Eva
28:12a blood debt
28:13and I will collect it.
28:15Laura's face
28:16turned white.
28:17The first crack
28:17in her victory
28:18had opened.
28:19My parents tried
28:20to rush toward the mine
28:21to check the scene,
28:23but reporters
28:24blocked every path.
28:25They returned home
28:25in panic
28:26and found Laura
28:27on the floor,
28:28Lucy towering
28:29over her.
28:30Your precious daughter
28:31was destroying evidence.
28:33Dad turned on mom first.
28:34This is your fault!
28:36You spoiled her
28:37until she killed Eva!
28:40Mom screamed back.
28:41You wanted David's
28:42hotel connections!
28:43Don't put this on me!
28:45Their excuses
28:46shattered one after another.
28:48Then David burst in.
28:49His eyes were bloodshot
28:51and dried blood
28:52covered his temple.
28:53He grabbed Laura's wrist
28:54and pinned her
28:54against the wall.
28:56Was the rogue
28:57in the mine
28:57on your plan?
28:58Was Eva's death
29:00arranged from the start?
29:02David,
29:03you're scary.
29:05His claws pressed
29:05against her throat.
29:07Before she could answer,
29:08police officers
29:09entered with
29:09a preliminary report.
29:11Eva Corner's hands
29:12were bound.
29:12She suffered violent
29:13assault before death.
29:15This is a homicide.
29:16All immediate family members
29:18must come identify the body.
29:19The room went dead silent.
29:22The morgue smelled
29:23of disinfectant,
29:24metal,
29:25and something
29:26no perfume
29:26could hide.
29:27My parents stood
29:28behind David trembling.
29:29Prepare yourselves.
29:31David reached
29:31for the white cloth,
29:33but his fingers
29:33refused to obey.
29:35Finally,
29:35he pulled it back.
29:37My face was no longer
29:38the face they remembered.
29:39Mom screamed
29:40and fell to her knees.
29:42Eva!
29:43No!
29:45No!
29:46This isn't my daughter!
29:48Dad covered his mouth,
29:50his body shaking.
29:51David stared at my hand,
29:52where the ring
29:53had once been.
29:55Eva,
29:56I'm sorry.
29:58I'm so sorry.
30:00Laura stayed near the door,
30:02with one hand over her nose.
30:03Can we leave soon?
30:05This place is making me sick.
30:06The sentence landed
30:07like a blade.
30:09Even my father
30:10looked at her,
30:10as if seeing a stranger.
30:12They finally regretted it,
30:14but regret could not
30:15sew my body back together
30:16or return breath
30:17to my child.
30:18The white cloth
30:18fell beside the table
30:20like a final curtain.
30:22David's knees
30:23hit the floor
30:24beside the autopsy table.
30:25He slapped himself once,
30:27then again,
30:27each sound sharp
30:28in the morgue.
30:29I watched them
30:30take you away.
30:32I let them
30:33tie you up.
30:34I told you
30:35to endure it.
30:36Mom sobbed
30:37until her voice broke.
30:38Dad's shoulders
30:39shook silently.
30:40Laura disappeared
30:41into the hallway
30:42and returned,
30:42wiping her mouth.
30:43She's dead already.
30:45Why does she still
30:45have to drag
30:46the whole family down?
30:47David slowly
30:48lifted his head.
30:51What did you say?
30:52Laura flinched,
30:53but pride made her continue.
30:54Everyone is staring
30:55at us because of her.
30:57She always had
30:58to make things difficult.
30:59David surged
31:00to his feet
31:00and slammed her
31:01against the wall.
31:02Difficult!
31:03She was murdered!
31:04I'm pregnant!
31:06Then pray that child
31:07never learns
31:07what kind of mother
31:08you are!
31:09It was the first time
31:10Laura had ever
31:11been spoken to that way.
31:12For once,
31:13her tears
31:14did not save her.
31:16The police officer's
31:17expression was grave.
31:18The victim's hands
31:19were tied.
31:20Her mouth
31:21was sealed.
31:22There were
31:23multiple knife wounds
31:24and evidence
31:25of rogue wolf
31:26assault.
31:28Mom collapsed
31:29into the chair.
31:30We did it.
31:32We tied her up.
31:33Dad grabbed her arm.
31:34Stop talking!
31:35Mom shook him off,
31:36sobbing.
31:36We forced the
31:37mind-blocking potion
31:38down her throat!
31:39We left her in the mine
31:41because Laura
31:42wanted the ceremony.
31:43David staggered back
31:44as if struck.
31:45Who suggested
31:46the mine?
31:47Mom's eyes moved
31:48toward Laura's
31:48empty chair.
31:49Before she could speak,
31:51Lucy's roar exploded
31:52from the hallway.
31:53Laura did!
31:54She planned it!
31:55An officer tried
31:56to hold her back.
31:57Eva didn't die
31:57because of an accident!
31:59She was served
31:59to a monster
32:00by her own family!
32:01My mother finally
32:02told the truth,
32:03but it was too late
32:04to be courage.
32:05Lucy slammed her fist
32:06against the glass.
32:08Bring Laura here.
32:10Let her look
32:10at what she made.
32:15Lucy entered
32:16the police office
32:16with a hard drive
32:17clutched in her hand.
32:18I bought every
32:19camera feed
32:20around that district.
32:21The officer
32:22connected it
32:22to the screen.
32:23In the footage,
32:24Laura stood
32:25behind a bar
32:25with Robert,
32:26a rogue addict
32:27known in the lower streets.
32:28Once Eva is in the mine,
32:30release the wolf.
32:32Make it look like
32:33a stray attack.
32:34And my payment.
32:36After David's hotel
32:37is mine.
32:38David watched
32:39the screen,
32:40his face
32:40turning gray.
32:41Robert also followed
32:42the family car
32:43to the silver mine.
32:44Laura burst
32:44into the room.
32:45Fake!
32:46That video is fake!
32:48Lucy stepped
32:49toward her.
32:50Then why are you shaking?
32:52Laura screamed
32:52and lunged,
32:53nails aimed
32:54at Lucy's face.
32:55Lucy caught her wrist
32:56and twisted.
32:57I hope you fight.
32:59It makes you look
33:00exactly like
33:02the murderer you are.
33:03Police separated them.
33:05Laura's mask
33:05finally cracked in public
33:06and everyone
33:07saw the monster
33:08underneath.
33:10David gripped
33:10Laura's wrist
33:11across the interrogation table.
33:12You had a lover.
33:14You had a plan.
33:16Why did you still
33:17demand my bond?
33:19Laura cried desperately.
33:20Robert forced me!
33:21I only loved you!
33:23Lucy threw a stack
33:24of photos
33:25onto the table.
33:26In every one,
33:27Laura and Robert
33:27kissed, drank,
33:28and counted cash together.
33:29That's a very
33:30affectionate extortionist.
33:32Mom stared
33:33at the photos,
33:33then slapped Laura
33:34so hard
33:35the sound echoed.
33:36You killed
33:37your sister
33:38for this?
33:38Police gathered
33:39the evidence
33:40and announced
33:40a formal homicide
33:41investigation.
33:43Later,
33:43an officer
33:44pulled David aside.
33:45There is one more thing.
33:47Eva Corner
33:48was pregnant
33:49at the time
33:50of death.
33:51David froze.
33:52Based on the timing,
33:53the child
33:54was yours.
33:55David turned
33:56and punched
33:56the observation room
33:57glass again
33:58and again.
34:00Blood ran down
34:01both hands.
34:03I killed them both.
34:04No confession
34:05could make him innocent.
34:06After learning
34:07about the baby,
34:08David lost
34:09the last piece
34:10of sanity.
34:11He ran back
34:12to the silver mine
34:13and crawled
34:14through the dirt
34:14on his knees.
34:15With bare hands,
34:16he dug out
34:17the rope
34:18that had bound me
34:18and a packet
34:19of wedding candy
34:20soaked black
34:21with old blood.
34:22His nails split,
34:24his fingertips bled.
34:25Eva.
34:27I'm sorry.
34:29Baby,
34:30I'm sorry.
34:31Then he returned home
34:33and destroyed
34:34the walk-in closet.
34:35He smashed
34:36the mirrors,
34:37tore down
34:37Laura's gowns
34:38and carried
34:39my discarded
34:40kitchen tools
34:41back one by one.
34:43David knelt
34:43on the cold floor,
34:45cleaning them
34:45with shaking hands.
34:47Disgusting!
34:48He finally cherished
34:49what he helped destroy.
34:51Laura rushed in
34:53and screamed
34:54at the wreckage.
34:55Have you lost
34:56your mind?
34:57David spun around
34:58and seized
34:59her throat.
35:00Was the rogue wolf
35:01locked in the mine
35:03by you?
35:04His claws
35:05pricked her skin.
35:07Was Eva's death
35:08planned
35:09from the beginning?
35:11Laura's fear
35:12twisted into a smile.
35:14Fine.
35:15Yes.
35:16I planned it!
35:18David's hand tightened.
35:19I ruined her chances
35:21since we were children.
35:22I faked the wolf face.
35:24I got the potion.
35:26I told Robert
35:27to lock the rogue
35:29in the mine.
35:30Mom and dad rushed in
35:31just in time
35:32to hear every word.
35:34This is the younger sister
35:35they have doted on
35:36since childhood.
35:37Laura's true colors
35:38hidden for so many years
35:39were finally exposed
35:41to the public.
35:42Yet,
35:43there was no trace
35:44of joy on Eva's face.
35:46In fact,
35:47she looked even
35:48more sorrowful.
35:49This righteous trial
35:50has come too late.
35:52Laura laughed harder.
35:54She screamed your name
35:55when the wolf
35:56tore into her.
35:56You were busy
35:58marrying me.
35:59David's claws shot out.
36:00Mom fanted
36:01with a broken cry.
36:03Laura used the chaos
36:04to run,
36:04but the front door
36:05was already blocked.
36:07Lucy stood there
36:08with police officers
36:09and elder council guards.
36:11Laura clutched
36:12her stomach.
36:13You can't arrest me!
36:14I'm pregnant!
36:16Lucy stepped forward
36:17and threw a medical report
36:19at her feet.
36:20Stop acting.
36:21You were never pregnant.
36:22The report showed
36:23no pregnancy.
36:24Only hormone injections
36:26and forged records.
36:28Laura's mouth opened,
36:29but no sound came out.
36:32The werewolf council hall
36:34was packed.
36:35Lucy stood before the elders
36:36with boxes of evidence.
36:38Surveillance of Laura
36:40and Robert.
36:40Bank transfers to the doctor.
36:42Lena's recording.
36:43The parents' confession.
36:45David's termination letter
36:46against Eva.
36:48One by one,
36:49the evidence appeared
36:50on the giant screen.
36:51The crowd erupted.
36:53Blood for blood!
36:55Laura trembled in chains.
36:57They're lying!
36:58Eva always wanted attention.
37:00Silence!
37:01The elders' cane
37:02struck the floor.
37:03David's family assets
37:04are frozen.
37:05His noble privileges
37:06are revoked.
37:08Laura Corner
37:08will be transferred
37:09to maximum security prison
37:11pending final judgment.
37:12David suddenly stood.
37:14No!
37:15I'm not only a victim
37:16of her lies.
37:17Every eye turned to him.
37:18I watched Eva
37:19be taken away.
37:20I fired her.
37:22I abandoned her pregnant!
37:23I asked to be sentenced
37:24with Laura!
37:25Laura screamed.
37:27Don't drag me down with you!
37:29David did not look at her.
37:30I deserve death, too.
37:33The court did not
37:34sentence David to death.
37:36That became his punishment.
37:39Moonshadow Hotel
37:40collapsed within days.
37:42Partners withdrew.
37:42guests canceled
37:44and old employees
37:45resigned together.
37:46Eva kept this place alive.
37:48You killed her
37:49and expected us
37:50to serve you.
37:51David said nothing.
37:52He brought my coffin
37:53to the chapel
37:54where our ceremony
37:55should have happened.
37:57For three days
37:58and nights
37:58he knelt before it
38:00without food
38:01or water.
38:02His forehead split,
38:04knocking against the floor.
38:05Eva,
38:07punish me.
38:09Please.
38:11I had already died.
38:12I had no interest
38:14in punishing him
38:15for his peace.
38:17On the fourth day,
38:19police brought news.
38:20Robert has confessed.
38:22Laura planned to kill you
38:23after the honeymoon
38:24and take over
38:25the hotel assets.
38:27David lifted
38:27his hollow eyes.
38:29She called you useful,
38:30then disposable.
38:32David laughed once,
38:33a broken sound.
38:35So I killed Eva
38:36for someone
38:38who was already
38:39measuring my grave!
38:41The chapel
38:42flickered
38:43like they were
38:44disgusted, too.
38:46Mom and Dad cried
38:47until they could
38:48barely breathe.
38:50For the first time,
38:52Laura called home
38:53from his detention
38:54and no one answered.
38:56Dad signed
38:57the statement first.
38:58From today on,
38:59Laura is no longer
39:00our daughter.
39:01Mom's hand shook
39:02as she signed
39:03beneath him.
39:04When I was alive,
39:05they never chose me.
39:07After I died,
39:09choosing me
39:10cost nothing.
39:11The evening news
39:12played Robert's arrest.
39:13Robert Gray,
39:14suspected accomplice
39:15in Eva Corner's homicide,
39:17has confessed to acting
39:18under Laura Corner's
39:19instruction.
39:20The police found
39:21Robert's DNA
39:22at the mine
39:23and recovered
39:23payment records
39:24tied to Laura.
39:25Investigators confirm
39:26Laura's wolf bait poisoning
39:28was staged
39:28from the beginning.
39:30Mom slid to the floor.
39:32My Eva!
39:33I helped them
39:34kill my Eva!
39:35Dad covered his face,
39:37old in a single night.
39:39Outside,
39:40neighbors whispered,
39:41They raised a murderer
39:43and buried
39:44the good daughter.
39:44Police brought Laura
39:46out in handcuffs.
39:47Neighbors gathered
39:48at the gate,
39:49pointing and whispering.
39:51That's the younger sister,
39:53the one they spoiled.
39:54She killed Eva
39:55for a man.
39:56Laura suddenly dropped
39:58to her knees
39:58in front of our parents.
40:00Mom!
40:00Dad!
40:02I'm your only child now.
40:04Write me
40:04a forgiveness letter,
40:06please!
40:07The words
40:08froze the air.
40:10Mom slowly reached out
40:11and touched Laura's hair
40:13the way she had touched it
40:14when we were little.
40:16For one second,
40:18Laura thought
40:19she had won.
40:20Then Mom slapped her.
40:22Again,
40:23again,
40:23and again.
40:25Blood debt
40:25must be paid in blood!
40:27Dad turned away,
40:29shaking.
40:30Laura screamed.
40:31Ah!
40:31You can't abandon me!
40:33Eva is dead!
40:34I'm the only one left!
40:36Mom collapsed,
40:37clawing at her own chest.
40:39That is exactly
40:41why I hate myself.
40:42The police dragged
40:43Laura toward the car.
40:45Laura's eyes
40:46found mine
40:47for an impossible instant.
40:49I should have
40:50burned the body.
40:51Everyone heard her.
40:53The neighbors
40:53recoiled in horror.
40:55Laura wet herself
40:57from fear,
40:57then shoved Mom away
40:59with sudden madness.
41:00Stop acting righteous!
41:02You all helped me
41:04because you loved me more!
41:06Mom covered her ears.
41:08Laura rubbed her stomach
41:09out of habit,
41:09then remembered
41:10there was no baby.
41:11Her face twisted.
41:14Eva always had
41:15what I wanted.
41:16Talent?
41:17David's first love,
41:18that stupid gentle smile!
41:20I just took the life
41:21she wasted!
41:22Dad whispered.
41:23Monster.
41:25Laura laughed.
41:26You made me one!
41:28Police forced her
41:29into the car,
41:30but her voice
41:31still rang
41:31through the street.
41:32If you had loved
41:33Eva more,
41:34maybe she'd be alive.
41:36That night,
41:37my parents sat
41:38in the living room
41:38until dawn.
41:39Their hair seemed
41:40to turn white
41:41under the cold light.
41:42Mom kept washing
41:43her hands
41:44until they bled.
41:45I tied the rope.
41:46I held the bottle.
41:48I killed her.
41:50Dad tried to stop her,
41:51then began crying too.
41:53Their punishment
41:53had finally begun,
41:55but it would never
41:56equal one second
41:57of my death.
41:59In prison,
42:00Laura still refused
42:01to repent.
42:02She bribed inmates
42:03with promises
42:04and sent threats
42:05through her lawyer.
42:06Miss Laura says
42:07if you don't sell
42:08the house
42:08for her defense,
42:09she will drag
42:10the whole family down.
42:11Dad listened.
42:12Express expression dead.
42:14Give this to the police instead.
42:16He handed over
42:17the last folder
42:18of evidence.
42:18Mom signed
42:19the legal document
42:20severing parental ties.
42:21Her eyes were so swollen
42:23she could barely see.
42:25I have no daughter
42:26named Laura.
42:26That same day,
42:28Dad suffered
42:29a heart attack
42:30and was rushed
42:31to the ICU.
42:33David requested
42:33prison visitation
42:34with a sharpened blade
42:35hidden in his sleeve.
42:36He wanted to die
42:37with Laura
42:38and call it justice.
42:40In the visiting room,
42:42Laura smiled at him
42:43through the glass.
42:44Kill me if you want.
42:45But remember,
42:46David,
42:47you were the one
42:48who truly killed Eva.
42:50David's fingers
42:51tightened around
42:51the hidden knife.
42:53Laura leaned closer.
42:55Want to know
42:56what she screamed
42:56before she died?
42:59Laura played the recording
43:00through the prison phone.
43:02My voice burst out
43:03from the speaker,
43:04faint, hoarse
43:05and terrified.
43:06David,
43:08help me.
43:10David's face collapsed.
43:12You were saying
43:13vows to me
43:13while she called
43:14your name.
43:15If you had opened
43:16that warehouse,
43:18she might have lived.
43:19David smashed his fist
43:21through the glass partition.
43:23I'll kill you!
43:24Guards rushed in.
43:26Electric batons
43:27struck him down.
43:28He spent three days
43:30in confinement.
43:32When he came out,
43:33he signed away
43:35every remaining asset
43:36to the Eva Corner
43:37Welfare Foundation.
43:38Then he went to Lucy's door
43:40and knelt in the rain.
43:41Let me attend
43:42Eva's funeral.
43:44Please.
43:46Lucy opened the door
43:48with red-rimmed eyes.
43:49You don't get to cry
43:51over the body
43:52you abandoned.
43:55I just want
43:57to say goodbye.
43:59Show up
44:01and I'll kill you
44:02beside her grave.
44:03She slammed the door.
44:05David remained kneeling
44:06until sunrise.
44:07That was when he began
44:09preparing to die.
44:11My parents escaped
44:12the ICU
44:12against the doctor's orders
44:14and knelt outside
44:14Lucy's home.
44:16Dad's lips were blue.
44:18Mom could hardly see.
44:19Let us attend
44:21Eva's funeral.
44:22Please.
44:24We are her parents.
44:26Lucy looked down
44:27at them.
44:28Parents don't leave
44:29daughters tied in mines.
44:31They knocked
44:32their foreheads
44:33against the stone steps
44:34for five days
44:35and fainted
44:35several times.
44:37Lucy still refused.
44:39At my funeral,
44:40every wolf
44:41I had ever fed,
44:42helped,
44:42or comforted
44:43came.
44:45My parents
44:46and David
44:47were not notified.
44:48For once,
44:49the room
44:50was full of people
44:51who remembered me
44:52without needing guilt.
44:53But after the service,
44:54Lucy discovered
44:55the urn was missing.
44:56My parents
44:57had stolen it
44:58from the memorial table.
44:59She is our daughter.
45:01Her ashes
45:02belong with us.
45:04Lucy chased
45:04their car down
45:05and blocked it
45:06in the road.
45:07Her claws emerged.
45:09Give Eva back!
45:11Tires screeched
45:12behind them.
45:13David jumped
45:14out of another car.
45:15No one takes
45:15her from me again.
45:17Three kinds
45:18of regret
45:18fought over my ashes
45:19like they had ever
45:20owned me.
45:22The chapel
45:23was filled
45:23with white flowers
45:24and winter wind.
45:26Pack members
45:27came with candles,
45:28recipe cards,
45:29and small desserts
45:30I had once made
45:31for them.
45:31Eva gave my child
45:33free pastries
45:34every birthday.
45:35You never let
45:35anyone leave hungry.
45:36My parents
45:37stood far away,
45:38barely upright.
45:39David leaned
45:40against the doorway,
45:41thinner than before.
45:43A cigarette burning
45:44untouched
45:45between his fingers.
45:46He did not dare
45:47look at my urn.
45:48I'm sorry.
45:50No one answered him.
45:52In life,
45:53I had been quiet
45:53enough to disappear.
45:55In death,
45:55strangers remembered
45:56me better than family.
45:58During the final prayer,
46:00Lucy stepped forward.
46:01Eva hated
46:02cold rooms.
46:03She loved sunshine,
46:05grass,
46:05and the osmangus tree
46:07behind our old school.
46:08When everyone
46:09bowed their heads,
46:10she wrapped my urn
46:11in her coat.
46:12I'm taking you somewhere.
46:14They can't fight over you.
46:18She slipped out
46:19through the side door.
46:20For the first time
46:21since my death,
46:22I wanted to follow someone.
46:24Rain poured down
46:25so hard it blurred the road.
46:27Lucy held my urn
46:28against her chest
46:29as if shielding me
46:30from the storm.
46:31Her hair stuck
46:32to her face.
46:32Her lips were pale.
46:34Remember when we were eight?
46:36I climbed that stupid
46:38tree and got stuck.
46:40She laughed through tears.
46:42Everyone said
46:43to wait for adults.
46:45You climbed up anyway
46:46and fell harder
46:47than I did.
46:50I tried to wipe her tears
46:52but my hand
46:52passed through her cheek.
46:54Behind us,
46:55my parents and David
46:56ran through the rain.
46:58Mom dropped to her knees.
46:59Please give her back.
47:01Let me hold
47:02my daughter once.
47:05Lucy turned,
47:06eyes burning.
47:09You held her
47:10when you poured poison
47:11down her throat.
47:13We regret it.
47:15Then live with it.
47:17Don't use her ashes
47:18to make yourselves
47:19feel forgiven!
47:21Lucy.
47:22Lucy hugged the urn tighter.
47:24None of you
47:26get to touch her again.
47:29Lightning split the sky
47:31as if heaven agreed.
47:36After the storm,
47:37the sky cleared.
47:41Lucy walked alone
47:43to the old
47:43osmanthus tree
47:44behind our childhood school.
47:47Sunlight filtered
47:48through the leaves,
47:49warm and golden.
47:50Lucy hummed the silly song
47:52we used to sing
47:53when we were children.
47:55You always said
47:57this place smelled like home.
47:59She dug carefully
48:00beneath the tree
48:01and placed my urn
48:02in the earth.
48:03Beside it,
48:04she set a strawberry pie,
48:06iced coffee,
48:07and the white dress
48:09I had once admired
48:10through a shop window.
48:12I couldn't protect you then.
48:14I'll protect your peace now.
48:17I sat beside her,
48:19though she could not see me.
48:21For the first time,
48:22the abandoned warehouse
48:23felt far away.
48:25The wind moved
48:25through the branches,
48:27scattering tiny blossoms
48:28over Lucy's shoulders.
48:29Lucy smiled
48:30through tears.
48:32Rest here, Eva.
48:34No one will force you
48:35to give anything up again.
48:38I leaned against her
48:39like I used to.
48:42If love had a shape,
48:43maybe it was
48:44this quiet morning.
48:47Years passed
48:48under the osmanthus tree.
48:49One sunny afternoon,
48:51Lucy came with a basket
48:52and sat against my grave.
48:54Laura and Robert
48:56are in prison.
48:57Moonshadow Hotel
48:58went bankrupt.
49:00David drinks
49:00until he forgets
49:01his own name.
49:02She paused,
49:03then smiled softly.
49:05I'm better now.
49:07Not healed,
49:08but better.
49:10I floated beside her,
49:12lighter than before.
49:13Footsteps approached.
49:15My parents came slowly,
49:16carrying pastries
49:18they had once bought
49:18only for Laura.
49:20David followed
49:20with a box
49:21of handmade cookies.
49:24Eva loved these.
49:27Lucy stood up.
49:28Funny.
49:29You knew what she loved.
49:31Dad lowered his head.
49:33You knew
49:33she liked green dresses.
49:35Strawberry pies.
49:37Quiet kitchens.
49:38You just pretended
49:39not to know
49:39because Laura
49:40wanted louder things.
49:42David set the cookies
49:43down with shaking hands.
49:44I made them
49:45from her recipe.
49:47Recipes don't
49:48forgive murder.
49:49The three of them
49:49stood silent.
49:51They had always
49:51known me.
49:52They simply chose
49:53not to love me.
49:55Lucy left
49:56before the three of them
49:56could turn grief
49:57into a performance.
49:58Mom knelt in front
50:00of my grave.
50:01Her eyes were clouded
50:02white from crying.
50:03Dad's back was bent,
50:04his steps slow.
50:05David's hair
50:06had gone gray
50:07at the temples,
50:07though he was still young.
50:09They placed candy.
50:10Dresses,
50:11photos,
50:12baking tools,
50:12and the green ring
50:13beside the stone.
50:14Eva?
50:16Mom brought
50:17your favorite
50:17sugar candy.
50:18I found the dress
50:19you once wanted.
50:21I should have
50:22bought it then.
50:23I kept your
50:24recipe book dry.
50:25So they remembered
50:26everything.
50:27They remembered
50:28the candies
50:29I stared at,
50:30the dresses I touched,
50:31the ring I never removed,
50:33the kitchen I loved.
50:35All my life,
50:36I thought I had failed
50:37to make myself understood.
50:38Now I knew
50:39they had understood
50:40perfectly.
50:41They simply chose
50:42Laura every time.
50:43David pressed his
50:44forehead to the ground.
50:45Forgive me.
50:47The osmanthus blossoms
50:48fell between us.
50:49The dead cannot forgive
50:50what the living
50:51never protected.
50:54My parents sold
50:55the villa,
50:55the cars,
50:56and every remaining
50:57luxury.
50:57They donated the money
50:59to children's welfare
50:59homes under my name,
51:01then moved into
51:02a leaking rental room.
51:03Mom was blind.
51:05Dad was half paralyzed.
51:06They survived on scraps
51:08and the help of a nurse.
51:10Every day,
51:10they asked to be pushed
51:11near my grave,
51:12but they only dared
51:13kneel far away.
51:14Those are the parents
51:15who killed Eva.
51:16They accepted
51:16every insult
51:17without argument.
51:18Not far from my grave.
51:20David dug a pit
51:21with his own hand.
51:22Beside it stood
51:22a stone carved
51:23with his name.
51:26If I can't be
51:27with her in life,
51:28I'll guard her
51:29in death.
51:31Lucy arrived
51:31with a hammer.
51:33You don't get
51:34a grave beside her.
51:35He smashed the stone
51:36until cracks
51:37spread across his name.
51:38David climbed
51:39into the pit
51:40and closed his eyes.
51:42Then kill me here.
51:44Let my blood
51:45pay her back.
51:46Lucy raised the hammer,
51:48trembling with rage.
51:49Even his death
51:50still tried to take
51:51place beside mine.
51:53Lucy did not
51:54swing the hammer.
51:55Your dirty blood
51:57would stain
51:57Eva's tree.
51:58David lived after that,
52:00but not for himself.
52:01Using my recipes,
52:03he opened a free
52:04pastry school
52:04for children
52:05whose families
52:05ignored them.
52:06No child
52:07who loves baking
52:08should be told
52:09their dream
52:09is worthless.
52:10Year after year,
52:12students learned
52:12under my name.
52:13He never remarried.
52:15He never slept
52:16without nightmares.
52:17When he was old,
52:18he handed the school
52:19and all his remaining
52:20assets to Lucy.
52:21Use it for Eva,
52:23not for me.
52:26That night,
52:27he placed a strawberry
52:28cake before my grave.
52:30I'm sorry.
52:31Then he went
52:32to the 18th floor
52:33of the hotel
52:33where we had first
52:34promised forever
52:35and jumped.
52:36His last note
52:37asked to be buried
52:38beside me.
52:38Lucy read it once
52:40and burned it.
52:41No.
52:42She buried him
52:43far away
52:44where no
52:44Osmanthus flowers grew.
52:46I remembered
52:46the boy I first loved,
52:48smiling under
52:49Academy sunlight.
52:50I never imagined
52:51we would end
52:52with ashes
52:52and distance.
52:54Years later,
52:56Lucy came again
52:56with white flowers.
52:58She sat beside
52:59my grave
52:59and opened
53:00a small newspaper
53:00clipping.
53:01Robert was executed
53:02last winter.
53:03The wind rustled
53:04the leaves.
53:05Laura isn't
53:06dead yet,
53:08but prison
53:08has its own
53:09judge justice.
53:10A drug-making
53:11inmate poisoned
53:12her slowly
53:13for years.
53:14Doctors say
53:14she won't last
53:15much longer.
53:16Lucy did not
53:17smile when she said it.
53:18I thought I'd be happy.
53:20Mostly.
53:22I just wish
53:23you were here
53:23to eat cake
53:24with me.
53:25Justice had come,
53:26but it could not
53:26laugh in my voice.
53:28For many years,
53:29I remained beneath
53:29the Osmanthus tree.
53:31Lucy visited
53:31every week.
53:32Sometimes she talked.
53:34Sometimes she sat
53:35in silence.
53:36I drifted
53:37with the wind,
53:38then returned
53:39to the roots.
53:40The world moved
53:41forward around us.
53:42Children grew.
53:43Seasons changed.
53:44Blossoms fell
53:45and bloomed again.
53:46I'll keep coming.
53:48Eva.
53:48Her promise
53:50was the only one
53:50that never broke.
53:52I miss you.
53:55Eva.
53:57One spring,
53:59Lucy did not
53:59come alone.
54:00A gentle man
54:01stood beside her,
54:02holding a little
54:03girl's hand.
54:04Eva,
54:05this is my mate.
54:07And this is
54:08my daughter.
54:09The girl placed
54:10a cookie before
54:11my grave.
54:12Lucy's eyes
54:13were wet but bright.
54:14We're leaving
54:15the Northern Territory
54:16for a while.
54:17I may not
54:18come every week
54:20anymore.
54:20I floated
54:21to the branch,
54:22above her.
54:23A single
54:24Osmane blossom
54:25loosened
54:25and fell
54:26into her palm.
54:28Lucy looked
54:29up sharply.
54:32Eva.
54:33She closed
54:34her hand
54:34around the flower
54:35and smiled
54:36through tears.
54:37I knew
54:38you'd bless me.
54:42After that,
54:43she came
54:44every year
54:44with her
54:44mate and
54:45daughter.
54:45She told me
54:46the final
54:47endings
54:47one by one.
54:48Laura died
54:49from the poison.
54:50Your parents
54:51passed away
54:51from grief
54:52and illness.
54:54David died
54:54years ago
54:55after jumping
54:56from the hotel.
54:58Lucy
54:58exhaled.
54:59It's over
55:00now.
55:02All the people
55:03who hurt me
55:03had reached
55:04their endings.
55:06Only love
55:07still returned.
55:11Life was a cycle
55:13of blooming
55:14and falling.
55:16Lucy's daughter
55:17grew tall.
55:18Each year,
55:19my soul
55:19became lighter.
55:20The pain
55:21of the silver
55:22mine faded
55:22first.
55:23Then David's
55:24face.
55:25Then my
55:26parents'
55:26voices.
55:27Only Lucy
55:28remained clear.
55:30One autumn
55:30afternoon,
55:31she stood
55:31beneath the tree
55:32with silver
55:33in her hair.
55:33She stuck
55:34the candles
55:35into my
55:35birthday cake,
55:36then ate
55:36it bite
55:37by small
55:37bite,
55:38shedding
55:38tears.
55:40Eva,
55:40this might
55:41be the
55:42last birthday
55:42I'll ever
55:43be able
55:44to celebrate
55:44with you.
55:45Still youthful
55:46in appearance,
55:47I gazed
55:48with deep
55:48affection
55:49at her
55:49now white
55:49haired
55:50and aged.
55:51I don't
55:52know what
55:52to say,
55:52just thank
55:54you.
55:55Meeting
55:55you was
55:55the greatest
55:56stroke of
55:56luck in
55:57my otherwise
55:58unfortunate
55:59life.
56:00Lucy tilted
56:00her head
56:01back to
56:01look at
56:01the sky,
56:02facing
56:02directly toward
56:03Eva.
56:03Eva,
56:05if there's
56:06a next
56:06life,
56:07find me
56:08earlier.
56:08I reached
56:09out,
56:10and this
56:10time,
56:11the wind
56:12carried my
56:12answer.
56:13I will.
56:15Osmonesis
56:16blossoms burst
56:17from the
56:17branches,
56:18golden and
56:19bright.
56:20Lucy's tears
56:21fell,
56:21but she
56:22smiled.
56:23Then we'll
56:23be best
56:24friends again.
56:25The light
56:26behind the
56:27tree opened
56:27like a
56:28warm door.
56:30I looked
56:31once more
56:31at the
56:31grave,
56:32the flowers,
56:33Lucy,
56:33and the
56:34children
56:34waving at
56:35the wind.
56:35I was
56:36no longer
56:36a daughter
56:37begging to
56:37be chosen,
56:38nor a
56:39mate waiting
56:39to be
56:40saved.
56:40I was
56:41free.
56:42With
56:43Lucy's love
56:44as my
56:44final memory,
56:45I walked
56:46into the
56:46light and
56:47disappeared.
56:47Beard.
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