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Diver's Revenge
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00:02Eight years ago, my family forced me to take the blame for my adopted brother's crime.
00:08While I rotted in jail, he slept with my wife, squandered my fortune, and remained their golden boy.
00:14Now I am finally out. No one wanted to have anything to do with me.
00:18I had to make a living by selling fish in the market.
00:21But my family showed up again. They wanted to trade my life for his again.
00:25I used to be one of the best deep-sea divers in the country.
00:28But when my adopted brother Jason killed his friend for gold, my whole family forced me to take the blame.
00:35In the court, the judge said I cut my partner's oxygen line for gold bars and a sunken rack.
00:41I didn't. Nobody believed me, just like that.
00:44I was convicted of murder, imprisoned for life.
00:47The victim's family hired prisoners in the jail to put shit in my plate and beat me day and night.
00:52My stomach was punched a hole, with my teeth falling off I could barely eat.
00:56Luckily, after eight years of good behavior, they let me out early.
01:00As no one from my past cared for me, I had to run a fish stall at the local wet
01:05market, gutting carp, scaling base.
01:07Six days a week, my nose was already broken.
01:11I didn't smell the stench of the fish, but the fish scale still cut my hand bleeding sometimes.
01:16Still, I was satisfied. At least I lived.
01:19Until one morning, my long unseen family suddenly came storming in like the world was ending.
01:26My parents dropped to their knees on the fish gut covered floor and started screaming.
01:30Ethan!
01:31Mom's voice broke.
01:33Your brother Jason went diving two hours ago.
01:36He never came up.
01:38Something's wrong.
01:40You were the best diver in this country.
01:42Please, go in and save him!
01:45My ex-wife Vivian shoved a wedding ring onto my finger without asking.
01:49Her hands were shaking.
01:51She whispered,
01:52Come back to me.
01:53Save Jason and I'll remarry you.
01:55I promise.
01:56I didn't answer.
01:57I just reached up and touched the hearing aid behind my right ear.
02:01Did they forget?
02:02Eight years ago, Jason, the adopted son, started a fight underwater.
02:08He wanted the gold bars in that sunken wreck.
02:11He killed someone for them.
02:13After everything came out, Vivian forced me to sign a confession to protect him.
02:18My own father slapped me so hard he ruptured my eardrum, half-deaf.
02:22That is what they made me.
02:24Now if I dive, the pressure will burst a vessel in my brain.
02:28I'd die on the way down.
02:30Hey!
02:31Don't push your luck, Ethan.
02:33Market manager Bill stepped forward.
02:35He bowed and scraped to Vivian and my parents,
02:38then turned to me with nothing but contempt.
02:40You scale fish all day and now you're putting on airs?
02:42Save the guy, get the cash, get your name back.
02:45What's the problem?
02:46What, you think this little fish stall is a palace?
02:48The crowd started murmuring.
02:51So cold.
02:52That's his own brother.
02:53He just wants more money.
02:55Looks decent enough.
02:57Heart's rotten.
02:57Every word was a needle.
02:59I was the victim.
03:00I was the one whose life got destroyed.
03:03Why was I still the villain?
03:04I slipped the ring off.
03:06Pushed it back.
03:07Then I pointed to the hearing aid and shook my head.
03:12My voice was flat.
03:14It's not that I won't go.
03:15My ears are gone.
03:16The pressure would kill me.
03:18Mom froze.
03:19Then she threw herself onto the wet floor and started wailing.
03:23Eight years, Ethan.
03:25And you're still this cruel?
03:27Calling yourself disabled just to dodge responsibility?
03:30That's Jason down there.
03:32Your brother.
03:33Dad pointed at me with a trembling finger.
03:36What kind of son are you?
03:38Watching someone drown and making up excuses.
03:40You're worthless.
03:41Vivian's eyes were red.
03:42She dug through her purse and shoved a bank card into my hand.
03:46Ethan, please.
03:48Five million on that card.
03:50Yours.
03:51All of it.
03:52Just bring Jason up.
03:53Hot tears hit the back of my hand.
03:56They burned.
03:57Eight years in prison.
03:58She never visited once.
04:00And now she shows up.
04:02Not for me, but to pay me to rescue the man she chose over me.
04:06I reached into my pocket.
04:08Pulled out a medical certificate.
04:10Severe eardrum perforation.
04:12Vivian didn't even glance at it.
04:14She slapped it out of my hand.
04:16Stop performing.
04:18Just take the money and go.
04:20Jason is running out of time.
04:23Ethan Cole.
04:25You're a convicted killer.
04:27Get out of this market.
04:29You're a curse on all of us.
04:31Save him today or don't ever come back.
04:34Fish and ice and blood scattered across the floor.
04:37The crowd joined in.
04:39Some spat on me.
04:40Get out, murderer.
04:41People like him don't deserve to breathe.
04:45Simono threw a stinking fish into my face.
04:47Whose scales hurts my skin.
04:50Slowly drew my blood.
04:51And fell off to the ground.
04:53Just next to the medical certificate Vivian tossed.
04:55I stared at my medical certificate lying in a puddle of fish water.
05:00All I ever wanted was to disappear quietly.
05:02Live small.
05:03Cause no trouble.
05:04Was even that too much to ask.
05:06The suffocation of a screaming mob hit me all at once.
05:10My defenses collapsed.
05:11I turned and ran.
05:13I don't remember how I made it back to my apartment.
05:16I was still catching my breath when my phone exploded with notifications.
05:20Trending citywide.
05:21Convicted brother refuses to save drowning men.
05:24Adopted son fights for life biological son watches coldly.
05:28Vivian Wilson weeps offers reward for missing lover.
05:33I'm so sorry everyone.
05:35I know I'm taking up your time.
05:37But as a mother I have nowhere else to turn.
05:39It's our fault.
05:40We raised him wrong.
05:41This animal killed for gold.
05:43Spent eight years in prison.
05:44We thought he'd changed.
05:45His brother is dying underwater right now and he ran.
05:48Dad stood behind her and bowed deeply to the camera.
05:52Please.
05:53Anyone who finds our son Jason will pay one million dollars.
05:56The comments flooded with hate.
05:58Find him.
05:59Expose him.
06:00I know where he lives.
06:02Westside.
06:03Someone go beat the hell out of him.
06:05Let's go.
06:06Boys.
06:06Less than a minute later.
06:08Someone started pounding on my building.
06:10The door exploded inward before I could move.
06:13My landlord stormed in with a group of men.
06:16Phones out.
06:17Flashlights blazing in my face.
06:19A murderer living in my building?
06:21You sick bastard.
06:24They trashed the place.
06:26Pots, bowls, everything smashed.
06:29Two big guys grabbed my head and forced me to kneel.
06:33Bow to the camera.
06:35Say you're an animal.
06:36Say you don't deserve to live.
06:38One slap sent my head to him.
06:39The humiliation was like a tide swallowing me whole.
06:42They had me by the hair.
06:44Phone inches from my face.
06:45I couldn't move.
06:47Then the crowd parted.
06:49Mom and dad appeared in the doorway.
06:50I thought they were here to stop this.
06:53Dad reached into a bag and handed someone a thick rope.
06:55His jaw was clenched.
06:57Tie him up.
06:58If he won't go voluntarily, you drag him.
07:00Dad, do you hear yourself?
07:02I told you!
07:03I'll die down there!
07:06Mom, does your own son's life mean nothing?
07:09Are you really going to kill me for that adopted kid?
07:11Mom's eyes flickered.
07:12For one second.
07:14Guilt.
07:15Then it hardened.
07:16Shut up.
07:17Jason may be adopted, but he's 10,000 times the man you are.
07:20While you were rotting in prison, Jason was the one taking care of us.
07:24He was there every single day.
07:25Now he's in danger and you, his older brother, won't lift a figure.
07:29How do you live with yourself?
07:30Even a heart full of old wounds can find new ways to break.
07:34I learned that right then.
07:35To them, blood meant nothing.
07:37I was the stain.
07:39I was the tool.
07:40I was the thing to be spent.
07:43I'm not going.
07:44And I didn't kill anyone.
07:48There's more to that case.
07:50You've never once tried to hear it.
07:52I fought against the rope.
07:54Nobody listens to a convicted killer.
07:56Then Vivian walked in.
07:57Stun baton in hand.
07:59Bodyguard behind her.
08:00Ethan.
08:01Don't make me hurt you.
08:03For Jason, I'll do anything.
08:05She didn't hesitate.
08:06She drove the baton into my back.
08:09My whole body seized.
08:11The world went black.
08:12When I opened my eyes, I was on a ship deck.
08:16Vivian stood over me.
08:19Hello again, X.
08:20Vivian stood over me.
08:22Stop playing dead.
08:24Get up and bring Jason back.
08:26When I didn't move, she crouched.
08:29Remarry me.
08:31Save him and we'll start over.
08:32You'll never have to touch a fish again.
08:34Never touch a fish again.
08:36Something twisted in my chest.
08:38Six months ago, after I got out of prison, I went back to the family house once.
08:43Stood outside that massive floor-to-ceiling window.
08:47Inside, every light was on.
08:49Mom, Dad, Vivian.
08:51All around the table with Jason.
08:53Laughing.
08:54Toasting.
08:55Happy family.
08:56And outside, in the freezing wind, I was a half-deaf ex-con with nothing.
09:01That was the moment I understood.
09:03My hell was built by their hands.
09:05I was never family.
09:07I was always just the outsider.
09:09I snapped back to the present.
09:12My eyes landed on a photo in Vivian's hand.
09:15A beach volleyball game.
09:17Candid shot.
09:18Jason shirtless.
09:20Standing out among the dive team.
09:22On his right shoulder.
09:23A scar.
09:24I stared at that scar.
09:26Lightning hit me.
09:32A memory I'd buried for ten years forced its way back.
09:36I was dive team captain back then.
09:38Vivian and Jason were both on my crew.
09:40That day, the current turned deadly without warning.
09:45I signaled immediately.
09:47Surface.
09:48Everyone.
09:49Now.
09:50Before we could ascend, it happened.
09:51In the chaos, I pushed Vivian and Jason clear of the current.
09:55Used everything I had.
09:57Got swept away myself.
09:59I woke up on a deserted island three days later.
10:02Coast Guard found me.
10:13When I got home, Jason ran to me and hugged me so hard I could barely breathe.
10:18He was crying.
10:18Brother, you're alive.
10:21It's my fault.
10:22I should have stopped you from going in.
10:24I barely managed to pull Vivian to safety.
10:26I just watched the current take you.
10:28I'm so sorry.
10:30And there it was.
10:31The missing piece.
10:33That is why my own wife chose to protect a murderer over me.
10:37That is why she forced me to confess to something I didn't do.
10:41For ten years, she believed Jason had saved her life.
10:45During the three days I was gone, he became her hero.
10:48And I became the reckless captain who almost got everyone killed.
10:52What a joke.
10:56My throat burned.
10:57I screamed.
10:59I cannot dive!
11:01The pressure will kill me!
11:02Do you want me dead?
11:04Vivian's eyes flickered.
11:06Just a flash.
11:07Then Dad charged forward and kicked me down.
11:11Keep faking!
11:13Keep it up!
11:14You've been rotten your whole life, Ethan!
11:18Even now, pretending to be disabled to run away!
11:23Mom sat crumpled on the deck, crying into her hands.
11:27Jason is such a good boy.
11:29So devoted.
11:30So kind.
11:31If he doesn't come back, I don't know how I'll go on.
11:34Then the ship's captain walked over, tapping his watch.
11:38Miss Wilson.
11:39This is where Mr. Jason went under.
11:41Based on the time, his oxygen has maybe 30 minutes left.
11:45That sentence shattered the last of Vivian's control.
11:48Her face twisted.
11:50Did you hear that?
11:51What are you waiting for?
11:53Get him suited up now!
12:07Get him suited up now!
12:09If I was being sent to die, I'd claw for every fraction of a chance.
12:13The right suit might, just might, hold against the pressure.
12:18Vivian's shoulders dropped with relief.
12:21She grabbed my hands.
12:23I knew you still cared for me.
12:26You'd never let him die.
12:27Then her face shifted, thin smile, apologetic.
12:30She pointed to a heap of gear in the corner.
12:32Unfortunately, it's all we have on board.
12:34Old equipment.
12:36But you were the best diver in the country.
12:38A small challenge like this shouldn't stop you.
12:40Her tone was casual.
12:42Like she was asking me to carry a box.
12:44I looked where she was pointing.
12:46Cracked rubber.
12:47Rusted valves.
12:49Gear that should have been in a landfill years ago.
12:52That equipment should have been scrapped decades ago.
12:55Ice ran down my spine.
12:57I shoved her hand away.
12:59Vivian!
13:00Are you insane?
13:01You know how to dive!
13:03Putting me in that suit is the same as killing me!
13:07The ship's captain looked at the gear.
13:10Visibly uncomfortable.
13:12Ms. Wilson.
13:14It really is quite old.
13:16Forcing a dive with this equipment could be extremely dangerous.
13:19We don't have time for this.
13:21Help put it on!
13:22Now!
13:23The body of the sword pinned me to the deck.
13:26In the struggle, someone stepped on my hearing aid.
13:29It shattered.
13:30The only thing that let me hear.
13:32Crushed pieces underfoot.
13:43They forced the suit onto me anyway.
13:51To make sure I couldn't run, Vivian dragged over a chain.
13:5530 pounds of iron.
13:56Locked around my waist.
13:58I stood at the edge of the boat like an animal being walked to slaughter.
14:02I turned and looked at my family one last time.
14:05Dad stood with his arms crossed.
14:07Cold watching.
14:09Like this had nothing to do with him.
14:10Not a trace of pity.
14:13Please.
14:14Let Jason be safe.
14:17Protect my boy.
14:47Mom had her hands pressed together.
14:48Depth came fast and brutal.
14:51The pressure hit my ears like a hammer.
14:54My damaged right eardrum already paper thin.
14:56Gave a single muffled tear like a balloon bursting inside my skull.
15:04The pain was beyond anything I'd felt.
15:07My body convulsed.
15:08I opened my mouth to scream.
15:10The ocean poured in.
15:12My lungs compressed like two fists were crushing them.
15:16Vision flooded red.
15:18Consciousness slipped.
15:19Darkness.
15:20Then, two hands, soft but impossibly strong, reaching through the black toward me.
15:28Time passed on the surface.
15:30The salvage boat went dead quiet.
15:33Helen gripped the railing, face white, eyes locked on the water.
15:36Richard paced without stopping.
15:39Vivian tore at her hair, her perfect styling long gone.
15:43She kept muttering to herself.
15:44Jason is lucky.
15:45He'll be fine.
15:47Ethan was a champion diver.
15:49He's the best.
15:50He'll bring him up.
15:52He has to bring him up.
15:53Her fingers wouldn't stop shaking.
15:55Then, an alarm cut through the silence.
16:03A Coast Guard vessel came in hard and fast.
16:06Coast Guard Captain Stone, who's in charge here?
16:09Officers jumped onto the deck.
16:11The lead officer swept the crowd with sharp eyes.
16:15Richard stepped forward, card extended.
16:18Coal Industries.
16:19My son went missing during a dive.
16:21We're running our own search.
16:23Stone took the card, looked them over.
16:25Search?
16:26His tone was flat.
16:28We pulled him out three hours ago.
16:33Three hours ago, our patrol found a male in the water.
16:36He held up a body camera recording.
16:38Identified as Jason Cole.
16:40We tried to contact you repeatedly.
16:42No answer.
16:43Turns out you'd sailed somewhere with zero signal.
16:49On screen.
16:50Jason on the Coast Guard deck, not drowned.
16:53Not dead.
16:53Face flushed.
16:54Eyes unfocused.
16:56He was clawing at his own skin and laughing at nothing.
16:58Your ship's doctor confirmed it.
17:00He made contact with a highly toxic marine organism during the dive.
17:04Seabirdy.
17:05Slug venom.
17:06It causes intense hallucinations.
17:08Can be fatal in high doses.
17:10He's been transported to the hospital.
17:12Currently stable.
17:13Mom and dad lit up instantly.
17:15I knew it!
17:17Jason always lands on his feet.
17:19He's alive.
17:20We'll spend whatever it takes to get him well.
17:25Vivian exhaled.
17:26Relief poured over her face.
17:28Then it stopped.
17:30Everything stopped.
17:31Her smile froze.
17:32She just remembered.
17:34Thirty minutes ago, she pushed her ex-husband off this very boat.
17:37To save a man who was already safe in a hospital bed.
17:40No!
17:42No!
17:43Ethan!
17:45Go back!
17:51Jason was in a hospital somewhere.
17:53Ethan had been underwater for over half an hour.
17:56No sign of him.
17:57Before she could even process that, Captain Stone stepped forward.
18:01He accepted a file from one of his officers.
18:04Since you're all family, this makes things easier.
18:07Jason Cole is formally under arrest.
18:09The charges, theft of protected National Maritime artifacts.
18:15And first-degree murder.
18:17It hit like a bolt from a clear sky.
18:19Dropped them from euphoria straight into concrete.
18:22Richard's face went from joy to iron gray in less than a second.
18:26He stepped forward, pointing.
18:28That's insane!
18:30Are you out of your damn mind?
18:32What theft?
18:33What murder?
18:34Coal Industries pays billions in taxes every year.
18:39Jason is one of the most respected philanthropists in this city.
18:44He's lying in a hospital bed, and you're pinning this on him?
18:49Helen charged forward like she was going to shove the officer.
18:52Do you know how many schools Jason has funded?
18:56He wouldn't crush an ant!
18:59She fumbled for her phone, scrolling for photos, pushing them towards Stone's face.
19:04Vivian squared her shoulders.
19:06Full boardroom posture.
19:08Officer, be careful with your words.
19:10I'm chairman of Wilson Group.
19:12Jason is my husband.
19:14One call and your entire department has a problem.
19:17Captain Stone didn't argue.
19:19He pressed play on a second video.
19:24On screen, Jason curled in a corner of the Coast Guard deck, shaking violently, face cycling
19:31through raw terror in something far worse, dozens of meters deep when the venom hit.
19:36Don't come near me!
19:38Back off!
19:40His mind broke under it.
19:45Tyler!
19:46I know what I did!
19:47I know what I did!
19:49Don't kill, kill me!
19:55I cut your line!
19:56I did it!
19:58I'll pay for it!
19:59Just don't take me!
20:01Don't be take me!
20:03He slammed his forehead against the neck over and over.
20:06Then it stopped.
20:07The terror drained from his face.
20:09Something darker replaced it.
20:12Ethan, you idiot.
20:14You never had a clue.
20:25That stupid woman, Vivian, believed I was her hero.
20:30I showed her this scar and she handed me everything.
20:38Noah, Tut.
20:40Beg your parents to adopt me.
20:42And those two fools just ate it up.
20:45Show a little weakness, show a little loyalty, and they worship you.
20:48They personally sent their own son to rot in prison for me.
20:53Hilarious.
20:54Stay in that cell forever, Ethan.
20:56Everything that was yours, the family, the money, all of it, is mine now.
21:00Silence.
21:01Dead silence.
21:03Only Jason's laugh echoing around the room.
21:05Richard and Helen stood with faces the color of ash.
21:09Mouths open, staring at the screen.
21:11Vivian stumbled backward, barely caught herself on the railing.
21:15That was their perfect son.
21:16Their treasure.
21:18Their beloved husband.
21:20Impossible.
21:21This is a lie!
21:23You said he was poisoned.
21:25That's the hallucination talking.
21:27It's not real!
21:28On screen, howling with laughter at their own stupidity.
21:31Yes!
21:32He's delirious from the venom!
21:34He doesn't know what he's saying!
21:38Captain Stone had anticipated this exactly.
21:45I knew you'd say that.
21:49Given the severity of the charges,
21:52we immediately assembled a task force to verify the claims.
21:56He pulled out a thick folder.
22:00The physical evidence at the scene eight years ago does not match Ethan's confession.
22:06The defense attorney who suddenly reversed his position at trial the day before court,
22:12his account received a massive wire transfer.
22:15That transfer was traced to an offshore account belonging to you, Vivian.
22:19And Jason's private accounts received multiple large,
22:22unexplained deposits after the incident,
22:24consistent with proceeds from selling protected artifacts.
22:27With every sentence, Captain Stone took one step forward.
22:31We believe the original murder was a setup.
22:34We need all of you to come with us for questioning.
22:37The coast guard moved to take them.
22:39Then the ship's captain,
22:40who'd been shrinking in a corner the entire time,
22:43finally broke.
22:45Officers!
22:46Officers!
22:46There's something else!
22:48His voice cracked,
22:49cold sweat running down his face.
22:51Ethan!
22:52Mr. Cole!
22:53He's still down there!
22:55Stone spun around.
22:56Eyes sharp.
22:58What did you say?
23:00Someone is still underwater?
23:02The captain's legs nearly gave out.
23:04Words spilled in a rush.
23:06About 30 minutes ago,
23:09Mrs. Wilson pushed a man named Ethan into the water.
23:16He said his ears were damaged and he couldn't handle the pressure,
23:19but she forced him anyway.
23:21He hasn't come back up.
23:25Three days later,
23:26Coastal City General Hospital,
23:28Jason finally woke up.
23:30White ceiling above him.
23:31Body weak.
23:32The hallucinations gone.
23:34He moved his fingers.
23:36The room was full of people,
23:38Mom,
23:38Dad,
23:39Vivian,
23:39and several uniformed officers.
23:41Jason's heart lifted.
23:43This much attention.
23:44Obviously,
23:45they were worried about him.
23:46He adjusted his face,
23:48squeezed out a few tears,
23:50reached a weak hand toward Helen.
23:52Mom,
23:53Dad,
23:54Vivian,
23:58I was so scared.
24:01I dreamed I was trapped underwater,
24:04that I'd never see you again.
24:07Before,
24:07Helen would have rushed to his side instantly.
24:10Today,
24:10the room was silent.
24:13Only the heart monitor beeping.
24:16Jason's hand hung in the air.
24:18He felt the temperature.
24:20Something was wrong.
24:21Dad was standing at the foot of the bed,
24:23not hovering,
24:25not fussing,
24:26just watching.
24:27The man who'd always coddled him.
24:30Jaws set eyes like stone,
24:32nothing warm left in them.
24:33Dad?
24:34Jason felt his stomach drop.
24:36Richard stared at him for a long,
24:38cold moment.
24:39Then he slapped Jason's extended hand away.
24:42Har,
24:43Jason blinked.
24:44What's going on?
24:46No answer.
24:47Richard reached into his coat
24:49and pulled out a tablet,
24:51tossed it onto Jason's chest.
24:53Jason picked it up,
24:54on screen.
24:55A man curled in a corner of a ship,
24:58shaking, grinning,
24:59screaming confessions,
25:00laughing at his own parents,
25:02calling them fools.
25:04The man was him,
25:05his face drained to white.
25:07Sweat flooded his forehead.
25:09That's not real!
25:10He tried to sit there.
25:11Dad!
25:11Mom!
25:12Vivian!
25:13Listen to me!
25:17That was the venom!
25:18The slug toxin made me say things!
25:20I would never hurt my brother!
25:22Never!
25:28You know me.
25:30Everything I did...
25:31He reached for Vivian's sleeve.
25:32It was all for you.
25:33Vivian's expression was impossible to read.
25:36She stepped back,
25:37let his fingers close on air.
25:39Captain Stone cut through the moment.
25:41Jason,
25:42it's over.
25:47We have confirmed evidence.
25:50You set Ethan up.
25:52You killed Tyler.
25:54You did it for the gold.
25:57At Tyler's name,
25:58something cold flashed through Jason's eyes.
26:01Tyler,
26:02the third diver,
26:03the one who'd found the sunken wreck with him,
26:05who'd seen the gold,
26:06the inconvenient witness.
26:13Jason opened his mouth to argue.
26:15Richard exploded.
26:17He grabbed Jason by the hospital door
26:19and hauled him clean off the mattress.
26:21Enough!
26:25You snake!
26:27How long were you going to keep fooling us?
26:29How long did both of you keep Admore and keep fooling us?
26:32We forced Ethan into the water because of you.
26:35We tied him up and threw him in!
26:38A hundred meters deep
26:39and we can't find him!
26:41He's not coming up!
26:46Jason's face turned purple,
26:48Richard's fist twisted in the collar.
26:51He scanned the room,
26:52read the decision in every pair of eyes.
26:55The performance dissolved.
26:56Something cold and flat took its place.
26:59He laughed.
27:01He shoved Richard's hands off
27:03and flopped back against the pillow.
27:05Spread his palms wide.
27:06Casual,
27:07unbothered.
27:09You know,
27:10I'm done pretending.
27:12He looked at Helen and Richard
27:13with eyes bright with contempt.
27:15Yeah,
27:16I did it.
27:17All of it.
27:19Don't forget,
27:21you two were the ones who cut Ethan off.
27:23That was your choice.
27:25Then he turned that look on Vivian slow.
27:28Proprietary.
27:29And you.
27:30Don't go acting pure now.
27:32Eight years in my bed
27:33and suddenly you've got a conscience?
27:39Ethan's not coming back.
27:41So why don't we all just move on?
27:44I'll take care of you both in your old age.
27:47We can be a family again.
27:49Simple.
27:50The room dropped ten degrees.
27:53What kind of human says something like that?
27:55What does it take to reach that place?
27:58Richard and Helen stood rigid,
28:00shaking from head to foot,
28:01staring at the young man
28:02they'd raised and loved and protected for eight years.
28:05Helen broke first.
28:07She remembered Ethan's face,
28:08the dead despair in his eyes
28:10as they shoved him off that boat.
28:12Every word she had screamed at him,
28:14the guilt collapsed her.
28:15She dropped to the floor,
28:17clawing her own hair,
28:18letting out a sound
28:19no one in that room would ever forget.
28:22What did I do?
28:23I'm the monster.
28:28I'm the monster.
28:32I was always the monster.
28:35Richard stared at his own hands.
28:38These hands.
28:39Eight years ago.
28:40They shattered his son's eardrum
28:42with a single slap.
28:44Three days ago,
28:44they personally handed over the rope to bind him.
28:47He raised his hand
28:49and hit himself across the face.
28:51Again, again.
28:53Again, the sound echoed through the room.
28:55His cheeks split.
28:57Blood at the corner of his mouth.
28:59He couldn't feel it.
29:01He didn't stop.
29:03This is justice.
29:08I killed my own son
29:12with these hands.
29:15And Vivian,
29:16after three days of barely holding herself together,
29:19the wall finally came down.
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