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My Family’s Betrayal Series 52 eps HD Drama ReelTwistDrama
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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, and her final wish is to bond 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. After she dies, we'll still be each other's one and only.
00:33Still, I refused. However, my parents forced me to drink a potion that blocked my mind link, tied me up,
00:40and threw me into the family underground warehouse.
00:45We'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.
01:15My 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.
01:29Our sweet Laura is finally with the love of her life.
01:32She finally got her wish.
01:33The crowd clapped and smiled as the happy couple shared stories of their fairytale romance.
01:39What 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.
01:48The 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.
01:56I floated above them, my heart turned to ash.
01:59From the moment David proposed this ceremony, I was never meant to be his bride.
02:05Now it all made sense why David never cared about the planning.
02:09It 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,
02:19why did loving Laura have to come at the cost of destroying me?
02:25Three days ago, I was brutally murdered in the family underground warehouse.
02:29My parents tied my hands behind my back, forcing an entire bottle of mind-blocking potion down my throat.
02:37They didn't want me to fight back or ruin the ritual with the ceremony.
02:42So, they threw me into the mine and left me there.
02:47Then I watched in horror as a vicious rogue wolf rushed at me.
02:50I was tortured and killed in cold blood.
02:53All while I was pregnant.
02:54No one should ever have to go through what he did to me.
02:57The smell in the warehouse has poisoned me, leaving me to my fate.
03:02When I died, I couldn't even fight back.
03:04Worried that I would scream for help, my mouth was sealed shut with duct tape.
03:08I couldn't even scream, my throat burning with silence.
03:16Why?
03:17I don't understand why.
03:20My entire life, I've had to give in to Laura on everything.
03:26My parents always loved Laura more.
03:29Ever since we were kids.
03:33Laura got the nice candies and wore the dresses I had wished for.
03:37Later, even though they could afford tuition for two, they paid only for her to go to Lycan Academy.
03:53Even with all of that, I never thought they would make me give up my mate.
04:02When Laura told them a wolf had poisoned her with wolf's bane during a camping trip and didn't have much
04:07time left,
04:09they didn't hesitate.
04:13Your sister was poisoned by wolf bake.
04:16There's no cure.
04:17And her final wish is to bond with David.
04:20You're her older sister.
04:22Can't you do this one thing for her?
04:25My mate also tried to persuade me.
04:28Don't worry.
04:29It's just a formality.
04:31After she dies,
04:33we'll still be each other's one only.
04:38Still, I refused.
04:40That was when my parents forced the potion down my throat.
04:43I struggled until my wrists bled.
04:46But the potion burned through my throat,
04:48blocking my mind link inch by inch.
04:51I could no longer call for help.
04:53I could no longer even reach my wolf.
04:57Dad tied my hands behind my back.
05:00Mom looked away,
05:01as if seeing my pain would make her guilty.
05:04Eva,
05:04don't make this harder than it has to be.
05:06We'll untie you once the ceremony goes smoothly.
05:09David stood at the door,
05:10his face twisted with guilt,
05:12yet he did nothing to stop them.
05:14Eva,
05:15just endure it for one day.
05:17Laura doesn't have much time left.
05:19I stared at him,
05:20the man who once promised to protect me from every injustice.
05:24For the first time,
05:25I realized his love could stand aside and watch me be destroyed.
05:29Then they dragged me into the family underground warehouse.
05:32The last thing I saw was the mine door closing.
05:36And then,
05:37in the dark,
05:38something growled.
05:39Someone,
05:40help please!
05:41However,
05:42the only thing that came was a stray wolf,
05:45fierce and menacing as ever.
05:47The rogue wolf moved toward me slowly.
05:50My hands were tied.
05:52My mouth was sealed.
05:53I begged him for mercy.
05:55Please,
05:55let me go.
05:56Yet the rogue wolf still lunged at me.
05:58The poison in the mine burned my skin and invades my blood.
06:02I had nowhere to run.
06:04I could only crawl backward,
06:06shaking,
06:07unable to make a sound.
06:09The attack lasted endlessly.
06:11My blood poured out,
06:13my skin paled,
06:14and my body went limp.
06:15I thought of the baby inside me.
06:17I'm sorry,
06:19my baby.
06:19I had wanted to tell David about the pregnancy at our mate bonding ceremony.
06:24But now,
06:25the child and I were both abandoned in the warehouse.
06:27I gradually lost my strength,
06:29lost my breath,
06:30and slowly closed my eyes.
06:34Tears slid down from the corners of my eyes.
06:37My entire life has been utterly absurd.
06:39My parents loved Laura,
06:41and the one I loved loved Laura too.
06:43At the same time,
06:45in the chapel,
06:46David was placing his hand over Laura's.
06:48I vow to love you as my mate.
06:50I vow to protect you.
06:52The crowd cheered,
06:54and I died in silence.
06:56Their ceremony went off without a hitch,
06:58and all I could do was watch.
07:01They went to the Northern Mountains for their honeymoon
07:03as I floated silently behind them.
07:06At the foot of the Northern Mountains,
07:08they strolled hand in hand across the snowy fields.
07:12Golden sunlight bathed them in a soft, warm glow.
07:16Laura wrapped her arms around David's neck,
07:18and the two of them kissed tenderly.
07:21Tourists nearby snapped photos,
07:23and praised them for being such a beautiful couple.
07:27They look perfect together.
07:29Even my usually conservative parents smiled,
07:31and cheered them on from the sidelines.
07:33They had long forgotten that my body was still left abandoned in the warehouse.
07:37My body had begun to rot.
07:38My blood had dried.
07:40No one could hear my desperate cry.
07:44So, who would care about getting justice for me?
07:52David, do you think my sister is mad at me?
07:56She hasn't called.
07:57Laura leaned against David's chest,
07:59faking a weary as she asked.
08:01David gently stroked her hair.
08:02No way.
08:04She's your sister.
08:05And with the wolfie bath in your system...
08:08He gazed at her intently.
08:09This was your only shot.
08:10Eva's not unreasonable.
08:12I'll be nicer to her from now on.
08:14That's all.
08:15Laura gave a nod,
08:16her eyes instantly regaining their shine.
08:19She grabbed his arm and joined Mom and Dad
08:21as they boarded the helicopter
08:22to enjoy an aerial view of the snowy mountains.
08:25That flight, costing tens of thousands of dollars
08:28for a single experience,
08:29was more than I could earn in a year.
08:31However, Laura could enjoy it without the slightest guilt.
08:35After the trip,
08:36they treated themselves to a luxurious dinner.
08:39I floated behind them in silence
08:41as they checked in at Hotel,
08:42the most extravagant hotel in the werewolf park.
08:46Laura slipped into a revealing nightgown
08:48and climbed into bed next to David,
08:50reaching for his robe.
08:51However, he gently pushed her hand away.
08:53He walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window,
08:56staring at the snowy mountains in the distance
08:58as he drank in silence.
09:00His eyes were dark and troubled.
09:03I turned and drifted into my parents' room.
09:07They were lying against the headboard in bed.
09:10Dad sighed, shaking his head
09:12while Mom massaged her temples.
09:15Normally, they'd be fast asleep by now.
09:19My mom pulled out her phone and tried calling me.
09:23However, all she got was a busy tone,
09:27their faces twisted in confusion,
09:29anxiety flickering in their eyes.
09:31Whenever they wanted me to give something up,
09:34they'd slap me with one hand
09:35and offer candy with the other.
09:37It never failed to work.
09:39All they had to do was take the first step
09:41and reach out,
09:42and I'd cave every time.
09:45This time, no one was on the other end of the call,
09:48eagerly calling them Mom and Dad.
09:53Mom looked at Dad with a worried expression.
09:55Honey, Laura's not exactly the sharpest at work,
09:58so why do you keep spoiling her?
10:00I also want to know why.
10:03When we're gone,
10:03she'll burn through the family's fortune in no time.
10:06I really thought we could count on Eva
10:08to take care of us when we're old.
10:10So, in their eyes,
10:11am I nothing more than a caregiver
10:13who will look after them when they grow old?
10:15Even though, deep down,
10:17I had long harbored a vague awareness of it all,
10:19I still couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
10:22But she didn't answer just now.
10:23You don't think she's actually mad at us, do you?
10:26Forgiving her life, she owes us everything.
10:29And Laura was dying.
10:31As her older sister,
10:32she should be happy to help.
10:34What right does she have to be upset?
10:36Honestly, we've been too soft on her lately.
10:39She's forgetting her place.
10:41I listened to those words in silence.
10:43My eyes burning.
10:45At that moment, I was relieved I was dead.
10:48I was dead.
10:50My parents no longer have to look at me with disdain.
10:52I was dead.
10:54I no longer have to make concessions for Laura.
10:56I was dead.
10:58Laura and David, perhaps.
10:59They will be happy?
11:02David tossed and turned all night near dawn.
11:05He suddenly sat up, drenched in sweat.
11:09In his dream, I stood in my wedding gown, covered in blood from head to toe.
11:14He finally dreamed of me, but only after my body had begun to rot.
11:19David opened an old photo of us at Lycan Academy.
11:22His fingers trembled so badly that the screen kept slipping.
11:26Laura woke behind him and instantly softened her voice.
11:29David, are you thinking about Eva again?
11:32I know I don't have long.
11:35Please don't make my last days feel stolen.
11:38David froze.
11:39Guilt swallowed the faint panic in his eyes.
11:42I'm sorry.
11:43I won't look again.
11:44He deleted our photos one by one.
11:48Later, Laura walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window holding her phone.
11:53Don't worry.
11:55The contents of the warehouse will never be exposed.
11:58My soul went ice cold.
12:00So the rogue wolf was never an accident.
12:02Who was on the other end of that car?
12:05I followed Laura through the resort's back alley until she entered a private booth.
12:10My former friend, Lena, was waiting there with a sealed envelope.
12:14Here.
12:15A fresh wolf's bait diagnosis.
12:18Same doctor's stamp.
12:20No one will question it.
12:21Laura took it and laughed.
12:24Perfect.
12:26Eva was always too obedient.
12:28Once mom and dad tied her up,
12:30all Robert had to do was release the rogue into the mine.
12:34My dead heart seemed to crack again.
12:36Lena lowered her voice.
12:37You promised this wouldn't touch me.
12:39Relax.
12:40Eva will never crawl out of that mine.
12:44By the time anyone remembers her,
12:46there won't be much left.
12:48She didn't just want David.
12:50She wanted my life,
12:51my work,
12:52my inheritance,
12:53everything.
12:54As Laura gloated,
12:55I noticed Lena's hand under the table.
12:57A tiny recorder was blinking red.
12:59A traitor like Lena
13:00might become the knife that cuts Laura open.
13:03At the resort banquet,
13:05Laura presented pastries under my name.
13:07The elder food critic took one bite and slammed his fork down.
13:10This is an insult.
13:12Eva Corner had talent.
13:14You threw a pearl into mud and crowned mud in her place.
13:18He canceled the hotel's century-old partnership on the spot.
13:21David's face turned ashen.
13:24We're going home.
13:26Now.
13:27Laura collapsed into tears and clutched her belly.
13:30If you abandon our honeymoon,
13:32I might not survive the trip back.
13:35Mom and dad begged him to stay.
13:37That night,
13:38David opened the envelope I had slipped into his gift before the ceremony.
13:42Inside was a pregnancy report dated before my death.
13:46Four weeks.
13:48Eva,
13:49it can't be.
13:50His breath stopped.
13:52Yes,
13:53you pushed your pregnant mate and your child into hell.
13:56David gripped the report until it crumpled.
13:58When Laura dies,
14:00I'll spend my life making it up to Eva.
14:03You will never get that chance.
14:05They ended the honeymoon early and returned home.
14:08Laura walked into my bedroom like a victorious queen.
14:11She wore my nightgown,
14:13sprayed my perfume over her neck,
14:15then kicked off her shoes and climbed into my bed.
14:19It still smells like her.
14:21How annoying.
14:23David did not answer.
14:24He searched the house room by room,
14:26as if I might be hiding behind a door.
14:28He found nothing.
14:30When he reached the kitchen,
14:31he stopped for a long time.
14:33That had been my place.
14:34The warm window,
14:35the flower jars,
14:37the little recipe notes.
14:38Everything had been mine.
14:40Laura hugged him from behind.
14:41David,
14:43I'm your mate now.
14:44Why should we keep another woman's kitchen?
14:47Turn it into a walking closet for me.
14:49No.
14:49I screamed,
14:50but my voice passed through the walls like smoke.
14:52David lowered his eyes,
14:53and his silence became the answer.
14:57Workers arrived that afternoon.
14:59David stood at the doorway,
15:00jaw tight.
15:03Laura.
15:04Eva is still my mate.
15:07This kitchen.
15:08Laura's tears fell at once.
15:10Still your mate?
15:11Then what am I?
15:13A joke you held in front of the whole pack?
15:16She pressed his hand against her chest.
15:19Everyone saw our ceremony.
15:21I gave you my life.
15:24Don't humiliate me now.
15:26David's resistance broke.
15:28Do what she wants.
15:30Laura immediately pointed at my shelves.
15:32Throw those pans away.
15:33They're old.
15:35And that mixer, too.
15:36It looks cheap.
15:38A worker hesitated.
15:41Sir,
15:42these tools are high-end custom pieces.
15:44Then sell them as scrap.
15:46I don't care.
15:51One by one,
15:52my knives,
15:52molds,
15:53and recipe boxes were dragged out.
15:58David knew how hard I worked for every item.
16:01But he watched silently as Laura erased the only place where I had ever felt alive.
16:08Much better.
16:10The kitchen became a bright, cold closet.
16:13Rows of Laura's gowns hung where my ovens used to stand.
16:17David knew my parents had always favored Laura.
16:19He knew that kitchen was the first thing I built for myself.
16:23In the corner, he found a small framed photo of me dusted with flour.
16:27He looked around then quietly slipped the photo into his pocket.
16:33At hotel, the sous-chef rushed toward him.
16:38Mr. David,
16:39Eva hasn't come in for weeks.
16:41The temp chefs can't handle the banquet orders.
16:43Guests are demanding refunds.
16:46David frowned and dialed my number again.
16:50Only silence answered.
16:53David slammed the phone down and overturned a table.
16:56How long does she plan to snore?
16:59He forgot he had already fired me for absence and named Laura head pastry chef.
17:04The hotel staff watched him in fear.
17:07Sir, without Eva,
17:10the signature menu is collapsing.
17:12For the first time,
17:14David looked genuinely afraid.
17:16In the hotel suite,
17:17David stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows,
17:20looking somewhat displeased.
17:24Laura wore pajamas slowly emerged from the bathroom
17:27and wrapped her arms around his waist.
17:31Still worrying about my sister?
17:33No.
17:34She isn't worth me wasting any emotion on her.
17:37He turned around and upon seeing her attire,
17:39his breathing grew heavy.
17:42Barefoot,
17:43she stepped onto the tops of his feet,
17:45wrapped her arms around his neck
17:47and lifted her legs to hook them around him.
17:49Am I pretty?
17:51I floated behind them,
17:53unable to leave,
17:54forced to watch every stolen tenderness.
17:57I want you so much I can't think.
18:00Once he had whispered those words into my hair
18:02while I baked late at night.
18:04Now he said them to the sister who had taken my gown,
18:07my ceremony,
18:08and my bed.
18:09He stripped off her lingerie
18:11and pressed her against the floor-to-ceiling window.
18:13A smug smile curled at the corners of her mouth.
18:16You're mine tonight.
18:18They were all over each other.
18:19His body pressed tightly against her buttocks,
18:22thrusting rapidly urgent and fervent.
18:25The sweat of her excitement left a print on the glass window.
18:27I watched it all,
18:29my stomach twisting in knots.
18:31Entwined tightly,
18:32the two tumbled onto the bed.
18:34They made love on the bed,
18:36on the table,
18:37and inside the cloakroom
18:39with an intensity that left them inseparable.
18:42Like lovers so consumed by passion
18:44that they craved intimacy at every moment.
18:48I want you so badly,
18:50I can't get enough of you.
18:51I watched his fascination with her.
18:53My child and I were rotting in warehouse dust.
18:56I touched my slightly swollen belly.
18:58How could I ever believe love would save me?
19:01A few days later,
19:03the fever of forbidden love began to fade.
19:05David sat alone in his office,
19:07staring at my contact name.
19:15And we'll talk.
19:17Another message followed.
19:22His eyes reddened,
19:23but there was still no reply.
19:27Because I was already dead.
19:29Laura entered with fruit tea in her hand.
19:33Darling,
19:34are you still texting my sister?
19:36Her cheeks were rosy.
19:38Her steps were light.
19:40Her so-called fatal wolf's vein poisoning
19:42had left no mark at all.
19:44She rested a hand over her flat belly
19:46and smiled.
19:48Don't worry.
19:49Our baby and I are fine.
19:52David's gaze fixed on her face.
19:54Laura,
19:55weren't you supposed to be dying?
19:56For the first time,
19:58the question slipped out
19:59before she could guide him away.
20:03Laura's smile froze.
20:06What did you say?
20:08David's suspicion did not disappear.
20:10He secretly sent Laura's antidote to a private clinic.
20:15The result came back that evening.
20:18Vitamins.
20:19And one ingredient dangerous for pregnancy.
20:23His hands shook with fury.
20:24He cornered the doctor in the clinic.
20:26Did Laura ever have wolf bass poisoning?
20:31Mr. David,
20:32medical privacy.
20:34David slammed the report on the table.
20:36Ah,
20:36answer me!
20:37The doctor stammered long enough for David to know the truth.
20:45He returned to the suite and hid a recorder under the lamp.
20:49Laura sensed the danger faster than he expected.
20:53That night,
20:54she injected herself with a tiny dose of wolf spain
20:57and collapsed in front of everyone.
21:01Laura!
21:03My baby!
21:06David rushed her to the hospital,
21:08guilt crushing his doubts again.
21:10But the recorder had already captured Laura's earlier call.
21:15Use just enough to scare him,
21:17not enough to hurt me.
21:19David replayed it until his eyes turned bloodshot.
21:23I was her knife.
21:27From the start.
21:29Lucy realized something was wrong
21:31when my messages stayed unread for too many days.
21:34She stormed into hotel and grabbed the front desk by the collar.
21:38Where is Eva corner?
21:40She was fired.
21:42Miss fired.
21:44Miss Laura replaced her.
21:46Lucy's eyes sharpened.
21:48She went door to door near the villa
21:49until a neighbor handed over the video hard drive.
21:53On the screen,
21:54my bound body was shoved into a trunk.
21:57The car drove toward the abandoned warehouse.
21:59Lucy ran there before sunset.
22:01The moment she reached the entrance,
22:03her wolf surfaced.
22:05The scent of blood,
22:06poison gas,
22:08Eva...
22:08My parents,
22:10David,
22:10Laura,
22:11and a strange rogue
22:12all mixed together.
22:13She kicked open the warehouse door.
22:15Inside the darkness,
22:17beneath scraps of torn fabric,
22:19lay a piece of white bone wearing my bracelet.
22:21Lucy dropped to her knees.
22:24No!
22:26No,
22:26Eva,
22:27please!
22:28Then her grief became a howl that shook the warehouse.
22:32Whoever did this to you,
22:34I'll make them pay in blood.
22:38David tried to pretend nothing had happened.
22:40When Laura entered the office,
22:42he shoved his phone away and forced a smile.
22:45You look pale.
22:46I'm fine.
22:47Then his gaze fell on her hand.
22:49A green gemstone ring glimmered on her finger.
22:52Isn't that Eva's ring?
22:54Laura curled her fingers at once.
22:57What a coincidence.
22:59I bought it at a boutique.
23:01Eva never took that ring off.
23:03He was right.
23:04He gave it to me at Lycan Academy.
23:06It was cheap,
23:07but it was the first promise anyone had ever made to me.
23:10Laura laughed too loudly.
23:12Why are you staring at me?
23:14Like I stole from a corpse?
23:16The word corpse made the air freeze.
23:18I looked at the ring and remembered the hand that tore it from my finger in the mine.
23:22Laura had my ring before anyone found my body.
23:25This was not an accident.
23:27This was murder.
23:29At my parents' house,
23:30mom placed cushions behind Laura's back.
23:32Our Laura has always been fragile.
23:34David,
23:35you must take care of her and the baby.
23:38David nodded stiffly.
23:40I will.
23:42No one mentioned me.
23:43No one mentioned how long I had been missing.
23:45A living daughter could be ignored.
23:47A missing daughter could be inconvenient.
23:50Only Laura's comfort mattered.
23:52The doorbell rang.
23:53David's eyes lit for one foolish second.
23:55Maybe he thought I had finally come home to forgive them.
23:58He opened the door quickly.
23:59Lucy stood outside with a cold face and clenched fists.
24:03Where's Eva?
24:04The living room fell silent.
24:06Laura stepped behind David.
24:08I can't get in touch with her.
24:10I went to the hotel.
24:11You fired her.
24:12I've checked everywhere she usually goes.
24:14Don't try to pull a fast one on me.
24:16Tell me,
24:17where exactly is Eva?
24:19Lucy and I had been friends for over a decade.
24:22She grew up rough,
24:23but she was always gentle with me.
24:25Now she shoved the door open before Laura could slam it shut.
24:28Eva!
24:29I'm here!
24:31Answer me if you're inside!
24:33Laura rushed forward.
24:34Get out!
24:35That bitch isn't here!
24:37Lucy's eyes went red.
24:40Say that again.
24:42Laura shoved her shoulder.
24:43Lucy shoved back harder.
24:45The coffee table overturned,
24:47cups smashing across the floor.
24:49Mom screamed.
24:51Laura is pregnant!
24:52Don't touch her!
24:54David moved instantly,
24:56not to stop Laura,
24:57but to protect her.
24:58He grabbed Lucy's arm and pushed her away.
25:00Lucy!
25:02Get a grip!
25:03Eva really isn't here!
25:05Lucy staggered,
25:06then looked at his hand on Laura's shoulder,
25:09still protecting her.
25:12Even now.
25:13Lucy was the only person who came looking for me,
25:16and even she was being pushed out of my home.
25:19Lucy snapped.
25:20She raised her hand and slapped David across the face.
25:24Smack!
25:24His head jerked aside.
25:27Five claw marks tore across his cheek.
25:30You heartless bastard!
25:32Eva gave you everything!
25:34And you gave her sister her wedding.
25:36David touched the blood on his face.
25:38Stunned,
25:39Lucy turned on my parents.
25:40And you too?
25:42Eva is your daughter too!
25:44Did you forget that because Laura cried blouter?
25:46Dad tried to step forward.
25:48This is family business.
25:49Lucy's claw lengthened.
25:51Then listen like family.
25:53If anything happened to Eva,
25:55I will drag every one of you into court,
25:58into prison,
25:59or into the grave.
26:02Laura hid behind David,
26:03but even she stopped talking.
26:05For once,
26:06no one dared to call me selfish.
26:07If anyone had spoken for me like this while I was alive,
26:10maybe I would have known I deserved to be loved.
26:13Lucy backed toward the door,
26:14her voice shaking.
26:16I'll find her myself.
26:19That night,
26:20David coaxed Laura to sleep
26:21before returning to the living room.
26:23Mom,
26:24Dad,
26:25Eva has been missing too long.
26:27What exactly happened that day?
26:29Mom's lips trembled.
26:31She's angry.
26:33Let her cool down.
26:34You tied her up.
26:35Silence answered him.
26:36They finally sensed fear,
26:38but not enough to confess.
26:40Meanwhile,
26:41my body lay deep in the silver mine.
26:42The smell of rot seeped through the cracks
26:44and attracted rats.
26:45Residential staff called an exterminator
26:47who called the police.
26:49At dawn,
26:50David's phone rang.
26:51Hello,
26:51is this Eva Corner's family?
26:53We discovered a decomposing female body
26:55in the abandoned silver mine behind the villa.
26:58David's face drained of color.
26:59Initial identification confirms the victim is Eva Corner.
27:03She was also pregnant.
27:04The phone slipped from his hand.
27:06No.
27:07Impossible.
27:08Please come to the station to identify the body.
27:11David drove like a madman
27:13and crashed into the roadside barrier near the mine.
27:16Blood ran down his forehead
27:17as he stumbled toward the police tape.
27:19Eva,
27:20I'm here!
27:20Reporters surrounded him,
27:22cameras flashing.
27:23Mr. David,
27:24did your family imprison your mate?
27:25David collapsed outside the mine
27:27and clawed at the dirt.
27:28I killed her.
27:30I killed my child.
27:32Across town,
27:33Laura locked herself in her room.
27:35She deleted messages,
27:36burned fake medical forms,
27:38and flushed the last paper scripts down the toilet.
27:41Robert can take the blame.
27:43Mom and dad tied her up.
27:46I never touched her.
27:48The door was kicked open.
27:50Lucy stood there,
27:51phone raised,
27:52recording everything.
27:53Say that again.
27:54Louder.
27:55Laura lunged for the phone.
27:57Lucy slapped her to the floor.
27:58Everything you destroy has a cloud backup somewhere.
28:02You owe Eva a blood debt,
28:04and I will collect it.
28:06Laura's face turned white.
28:08The first crack in her victory had opened.
28:10My parents tried to rush toward the mine to check the scene,
28:14but reporters blocked every path.
28:16They returned home in panic and found Laura on the floor,
28:19Lucy towering over her.
28:21Your precious daughter was destroying evidence.
28:24Dad turned on Mom first.
28:25This is your fault!
28:27You spoiled her until she killed Eva!
28:30Mom screamed back.
28:31You wanted David's hotel connections!
28:34Don't put this on me!
28:36Their excuses shattered one after another.
28:39Then David burst in.
28:40His eyes were bloodshot,
28:42and dried blood covered his temple.
28:44He grabbed Laura's wrist and pinned her against the wall.
28:46Was the rogue in the mine your plan?
28:49Was Eva's death arranged from the start?
28:53David, you're scared.
28:55His claws pressed against her throat.
28:57Before she could answer,
28:59police officers entered with a preliminary report.
29:02Eva Corner's hands were bound.
29:03She suffered violent assault before death.
29:06This is a homicide.
29:07All immediate family members must come identify the body.
29:10The room went dead silent.
29:12The morgue smelled of disinfectant,
29:15metal, and something no perfume could hide.
29:18My parents stood behind David trembling.
29:20Prepare yourselves.
29:21David reached for the white cloth,
29:23but his fingers refused to obey.
29:25Finally, he pulled it back.
29:27My face was no longer the face they remembered.
29:30Mom screamed and fell to her knees.
29:33Eva!
29:34No!
29:35No!
29:37This isn't my daughter!
29:39Dad covered his mouth, his body shaking.
29:41David stared at my hand,
29:43where the ring had once been.
29:45Eva.
29:47I'm sorry.
29:48I'm so sorry.
29:51Laura stayed near the door,
29:52with one hand over her nose.
29:54Can we leave soon?
29:55This place is making me sick.
29:57The sentence landed like a brain.
29:59Even my father looked at her,
30:01as if seeing a stranger.
30:03They finally regretted it.
30:04But regret could not sew my body back together,
30:07or return breath to my child.
30:08The white cloth fell beside the table like a final curtain.
30:13David's knees hit the floor beside the autopsy table.
30:15He slapped himself once,
30:17then again,
30:18each sound sharp in the morgue.
30:19I watched them take you away.
30:22I let them tie you up.
30:24I told you to endure it.
30:27Mom sobbed until her voice broke.
30:29Dad's shoulders shook silently.
30:31Laura disappeared into the hallway,
30:32and returned wiping her mouth.
30:34She's dead already.
30:35Why does she still have to drag the whole family down?
30:38David slowly lifted his head.
30:41What did you say?
30:42Laura flinched,
30:43but pride made her continue.
30:45Everyone is staring at us because of her.
30:47She always had to make things difficult.
30:49David surged to his feet
30:50and slammed her against the wall.
30:52Difficult!
30:53She was murdered!
30:55I'm pregnant!
30:56Then pray that child never learns
30:57what kind of mother you are!
30:59It was the first time
31:00Laura had ever been spoken to that way.
31:02For once,
31:03her tears did not save her.
31:05The police officer's expression was grave.
31:08The victim's hands were tied.
31:10Her mouth was sealed.
31:12There were multiple knife wounds
31:14and evidence of rogue wolf assault.
31:18Mom collapsed into the chair.
31:20We did it.
31:22We tied her up.
31:23Dad grabbed her arm.
31:24Stop talking!
31:25Mom shook him off,
31:26sobbing.
31:26We forced the mind-blocking potion
31:28down her throat.
31:29We left her in the mine
31:30because Laura wanted the ceremony.
31:33David staggered back as if struck.
31:35Who suggested the mine?
31:37Mom's eyes moved toward Laura's empty chair.
31:39Before she could speak,
31:41Lucy's roar exploded from the hallway.
31:43Laura did!
31:44She planned it!
31:45An officer tried to hold her back.
31:46Eva didn't die because of an accident!
31:48She was served to a monster by her own family!
31:51My mother finally told the truth,
31:53but it was too late to be courage.
31:55Lucy slammed her fist against the glass.
31:57Bring Laura here.
31:59Let her look at what she made.
32:04Lucy entered the police office
32:06with a hard drive clutched in her hand.
32:08I bought every camera feed around that district.
32:11The officer connected it to the screen.
32:13In the footage,
32:14Laura stood behind a bar with Robert,
32:16a rogue addict known in the lower streets.
32:18Once Eva is in the mine,
32:20release the wolf.
32:21Make it look like a stray attack.
32:24And my payment?
32:26After David's hotel is mine.
32:27David watched the screen,
32:29his face turning gray.
32:31Robert also followed the family car
32:32to the silver mine.
32:33Laura burst into the room.
32:35Fake!
32:36That video is fake!
32:38Lucy stepped toward her.
32:40Then why are you shaking?
32:41Laura screamed and lunged,
32:43nails aimed at Lucy's face.
32:45Lucy caught her wrist and twisted.
32:47I hope you fight.
32:49It makes you look exactly
32:50like the murderer you are.
32:52Police separated them.
32:54Laura's mask finally cracked in public
32:56and everyone saw the monster underneath.
32:59David gripped Laura's wrist
33:00across the interrogation table.
33:02You had a lover.
33:03You had a plan.
33:05Why did you still demand my bond?
33:08Laura cried desperately.
33:09Robert forced me!
33:10I only loved you!
33:12Lucy threw a stack of photos onto the table.
33:15In every one,
33:16Laura and Robert kissed, drank,
33:17and counted cash together.
33:19That's a very affectionate extortionist.
33:21Mom stared at the photos,
33:22then slapped Laura so hard
33:24the sound echoed.
33:25You killed your sister for this?
33:28Police gathered the evidence
33:29and announced a formal homicide investigation.
33:32Later, an officer pulled David aside.
33:34There is one more thing.
33:36Eva Corner was pregnant
33:38at the time of death.
33:40David froze.
33:41Based on the timing,
33:43the child was yours.
33:44David turned and punched
33:46the observation room glass
33:47again and again.
33:49Blood ran down both hands.
33:52I killed them both.
33:53No confession could make him innocent.
33:55After learning about the baby,
33:57David lost the last piece of sanity.
34:00He ran back to the silver mine
34:02and crawled through the dirt on his knees.
34:04With bare hands,
34:05he dug out the rope that had bound me
34:07and a packet of wedding candy
34:09soaked black with old blood.
34:11His nails split.
34:12His fingertips bled.
34:14Eva.
34:15I'm sorry.
34:17Baby.
34:18I'm sorry.
34:20Then he returned home
34:21and destroyed the walk-in closet.
34:24He smashed the mirrors,
34:26tore down Laura's gowns,
34:27and carried my discarded kitchen tools
34:29back one by one.
34:31David knelt on the cold floor,
34:33cleaning them with shaking hands.
34:35Disgusting.
34:36He finally cherished
34:38what he helped destroy.
34:40Laura rushed in
34:42and screamed at the wreckage.
34:43Have you lost your mind?
34:46David spun around
34:47and seized her throat.
34:49Was the rogue wolf
34:50locked in the mine by you?
34:53His claws pricked her skin.
34:56Was Eva's death
34:57planned
34:58from the beginning?
35:00Laura's fear
35:01twisted into a smile.
35:03Fine.
35:03Yes.
35:04I planned it!
35:06David's hand tightened.
35:08I ruined her chances
35:09since we were children.
35:11I faked the wolf face.
35:13I got the potion.
35:14I told Robert
35:15to lock the rogue
35:17in the mine.
35:18Mom and dad rushed in
35:20just in time
35:21to hear every word.
35:22This is the younger sister
35:23they have doted on
35:24since childhood.
35:26Laura's true colors
35:27hidden for so many years
35:28were finally exposed
35:29to the public.
35:30Yet,
35:31there was no trace of joy
35:33on Eva's face.
35:34In fact,
35:35she looked even more sorrowful.
35:38This righteous trial
35:39has come too late.
35:40Laura laughed harder.
35:42She screamed your name
35:44when the wolf tore into her.
35:45You were busy marrying me.
35:47David's claws shot out.
35:49Mom fainted
35:50with a broken cry.
35:51Laura used the chaos
35:52to run,
35:53but the front door
35:54was already blocked.
35:55Lucy stood there
35:56with police officers
35:58and elder council guards.
35:59Laura clutched her stomach.
36:01You can't arrest me!
36:03I'm pregnant!
36:04Lucy stepped forward
36:05and threw a medical report
36:07at her feet.
36:08Stop acting.
36:09You were never pregnant.
36:11The report showed
36:12no pregnancy,
36:13only hormone injections
36:14and forged records.
36:16Laura's mouth opened,
36:17but no sound came out.
36:20The werewolf council hall
36:22was packed.
36:23Lucy stood before the elders
36:25with boxes of evidence.
36:27Surveillance of Laura
36:28and Robert,
36:28bank transfers to the doctor,
36:30Lena's recording,
36:32the parents' confession.
36:33David's termination letter
36:35against Eva.
36:36One by one,
36:37the evidence appeared
36:38on the giant screen.
36:40The crowd erupted.
36:41Blood for blood!
36:43Laura trembled in chains.
36:45They're lying!
36:46Eva always wanted attention.
36:48Silence!
36:49The elders' cane
36:50struck the floor.
36:51David's family assets
36:52are frozen.
36:53His noble privileges
36:55are revoked.
36:56Laura Corner
36:56will be transferred
36:57to maximum security prison
36:59pending final judgment.
37:00David suddenly stood.
37:02No!
37:03I'm not only a victim
37:04of her lies.
37:05Every eye turned to him.
37:07I watched Eva
37:07be taken away.
37:09I fired her.
37:10I abandoned her pregnant!
37:11I asked to be sentenced
37:12with Laura!
37:13Laura screamed.
37:15Don't drag me down
37:16with you!
37:17David did not look at her.
37:18I deserve death, too.
37:21The court did not
37:22sentence David to death.
37:23That became his punishment.
37:26Moon Shadow Hotel
37:28collapsed within days.
37:29Partners withdrew.
37:31Guests canceled.
37:32And old employees
37:33resigned together.
37:34Eva kept this place alive.
37:35You killed her
37:36and expected us
37:37to serve you.
37:38David said nothing.
37:40He brought my coffin
37:41to the chapel
37:41where our ceremony
37:43should have happened.
37:44For three days
37:46and nights
37:46he knelt before it
37:48without food or water.
37:49His forehead split,
37:51knocking against the floor.
37:53Eva, punish me.
37:56Please.
37:58I had already died.
38:00I had no interest
38:02in punishing him
38:02for his peace.
38:05On the fourth day
38:06police brought news.
38:08Robert has confessed.
38:10Laura planned to kill you
38:11after the honeymoon
38:12and take over
38:13the hotel assets.
38:14David lifted his hollow eyes.
38:16She called you useful
38:18then disposable.
38:20David laughed once.
38:21A broken sound.
38:23So I killed Eva
38:24for someone
38:26who was already
38:26measuring my grace!
38:29The chapel candles flickered
38:31like they were
38:31disgusted too.
38:33Mom and dad cried
38:34until they could
38:35barely breathe.
38:37For the first time
38:39Laura called home
38:41from his detention
38:41and no one answered.
38:43Dad signed
38:44the statement first.
38:45From today on
38:46Laura is no longer
38:47our daughter.
38:48Mom's hand shook
38:49as she signed
38:50beneath him.
38:51When I was alive
38:52they never chose me.
38:54After I died
38:55choosing me
38:57cost nothing.
38:58The evening news
38:59played Robert's arrest.
39:00Robert Gray
39:01suspected accomplice
39:02in Eva Corner's homicide
39:04was confessed to acting
39:05under Laura Corner's
39:06instruction.
39:07The police found
39:08Robert's DNA
39:09at the mine
39:10and recovered
39:10payment records
39:11tied to Laura.
39:12Investigators confirm
39:13Laura's wolf bay
39:14poisoning was staged
39:15from the beginning.
39:17Mom slid to the floor.
39:19My Eva!
39:20I helped them
39:21kill my Eva!
39:22Dad covered his face
39:24old in a single night.
39:26Outside
39:27neighbors whispered
39:28They raised a murderer
39:30and buried
39:31the good daughter.
39:31Police brought Laura
39:32out in handcuffs.
39:34Neighbors gathered
39:35at the gate
39:35pointing and whispering.
39:38That's the younger sister.
39:39The one they spoiled.
39:41She killed Eva
39:42for a man.
39:43Laura suddenly
39:44dropped to her knees
39:45in front of our parents.
39:46Mom!
39:47Dad!
39:48I'm your only child now.
39:51Write me a forgiveness letter.
39:52Please!
39:54The words froze the air.
39:56Mom slowly reached out
39:58and touched Laura's hair
39:59the way she had touched it
40:01when we were little.
40:03For one second
40:04Laura thought she had won.
40:07Then Mom slapped her.
40:08Again.
40:09Again.
40:10Then and again.
40:11Blood debt
40:12must be paid in blood!
40:14Dad turned away.
40:16Shaking.
40:17Laura screamed.
40:18You can't abandon me!
40:20Eva is dead!
40:21I'm the only one left!
40:23Mom collapsed.
40:24Clawing at her own chest.
40:26That is exactly
40:27why I hate myself.
40:29The police dragged
40:30Laura toward the car.
40:32Laura's eyes
40:33found mine
40:34for an impossible instant.
40:36I should have
40:36burned the body.
40:38Everyone heard her.
40:39The neighbors
40:40recoiled in horror.
40:42Laura wet herself
40:43from fear.
40:44Then shoved Mom
40:45away with sudden madness.
40:47Stop acting righteous!
40:49You all helped me
40:50because you loved me more!
40:52Mom covered her ears.
40:54Laura rubbed her stomach
40:55out of habit.
40:56Then remembered
40:57there was no baby.
40:58Her face twisted.
41:00Eva always had
41:01what I wanted.
41:03Talent.
41:03David's first love.
41:04That stupid
41:05gentle smile.
41:06I just took the life
41:07she wasted!
41:08Dad whispered.
41:10Monster.
41:11Laura laughed.
41:13You made me one!
41:15Police forced her
41:16into the car
41:17but her voice
41:17still rang
41:18through the street.
41:19If you had loved
41:20Eva more
41:21maybe she'd be alive.
41:23That night
41:23my parents sat
41:24in the living room
41:25until dawn.
41:26Their hair seemed
41:27to turn white
41:27under the cold light.
41:29Mom kept washing
41:30her hands
41:30until they bled.
41:31I tied the rope.
41:36Dad tried to stop her
41:37then began crying too.
41:39Their punishment
41:40had finally begun
41:41but it would never
41:42equal one second
41:44of my death.
41:45In prison
41:46Laura still refused
41:48to repent.
41:49She bribed inmates
41:50with promises
41:50and sent threats
41:51through her lawyer.
41:52Miss Laura says
41:53if you don't sell
41:54the house
41:54for her defense
41:55she will drag
41:56the whole family down.
41:57Dad listened.
41:59Express expression dead.
42:00Give this to the police
42:02instead.
42:02He handed over
42:03the last folder
42:04of evidence.
42:05Mom signed
42:05the legal document
42:06severing parental ties.
42:08Her eyes were so swollen
42:09she could barely see.
42:11I have no daughter
42:12named Laura.
42:13That same day
42:14Dad suffered
42:15a heart attack
42:16and was rushed
42:17to the ICU.
42:19David requested
42:19prison visitation
42:20with a sharpened blade
42:21hidden in his sleeve.
42:23He wanted to die
42:24with Laura
42:24and call it justice.
42:26In the visiting room
42:27Laura smiled at him
42:29through the glass.
42:30Kill me if you want.
42:31But remember
42:32David
42:33you were the one
42:34who truly killed Eva.
42:36David's fingers
42:37tightened around
42:38the hidden knife.
42:39Laura leaned closer.
42:41Wanna know what she screamed
42:43before she died?
42:45Laura played the recording
42:46through the prison phone.
42:48My voice burst out
42:49from the speaker
42:50faint, hoarse
42:51and terrified.
42:52David
42:54help me.
42:56David's face collapsed.
42:57You were saying
42:58vows to me
42:59while she called
43:00your name.
43:01If you had opened
43:02that warehouse
43:03she might have lived.
43:05David smashed
43:06his fist
43:07through the glass partition.
43:09I'll kill you!
43:10Guards rushed in.
43:12Electric batons
43:13struck him down.
43:14He spent three days
43:16in confinement.
43:18When he came out
43:19he signed away
43:21every remaining asset
43:22to the Eva Corner
43:23Welfare Foundation.
43:24Then he went to
43:25Lucy's door
43:25and knelt in the rain.
43:26Let me attend
43:28Eva's funeral.
43:30Please.
43:32Lucy opened the door
43:34with red-rimmed eyes.
43:35You don't get to cry
43:37over the body
43:38you abandoned.
43:41I just want
43:42to say goodbye.
43:45Show up
43:47and I'll kill you
43:48beside her grave.
43:49She slammed the door.
43:51David remained kneeling
43:52until sunrise.
43:53That was when he began
43:54preparing to die.
43:55My parents escaped
43:57the ICU
43:58against the doctor's orders
43:59and knelt outside
44:00Lucy's home.
44:01Dad's lips were blue.
44:03Mom could hardly see.
44:05Let us attend
44:06Eva's funeral.
44:08Please.
44:09We are her parents.
44:11Lucy looked down
44:12at them.
44:13Parents don't leave
44:14daughters tied in mines.
44:17They knocked
44:17their foreheads
44:18against the stone steps
44:19for five days
44:20and fainted
44:21several times.
44:22Lucy still refused.
44:24At my funeral
44:25every wolf
44:26I had ever fed
44:27helped
44:28or comforted
44:28came.
44:31My parents
44:32and David
44:32were not notified.
44:34For once
44:34the room
44:35was full of people
44:36who remembered me
44:37without needing guilt.
44:38But after the service
44:40Lucy discovered
44:40the urn was missing.
44:42My parents
44:43had stolen it
44:43from the memorial table.
44:45She is our daughter.
44:47Her ashes
44:48belong with us.
44:49Lucy chased
44:50their car down
44:50and blocked it
44:51in the road.
44:53Her claws emerged.
44:54Give Eva back!
44:56Tires screeched
44:57behind them.
44:58David jumped
44:59out of another car.
45:00No one takes her
45:01from me again.
45:03Three kinds of regret
45:04fought over my ashes
45:05like they had
45:06ever owned me.
45:07The chapel
45:08was filled with
45:09white flowers
45:09and winter wind.
45:11Pack members
45:12came with candles,
45:13recipe cards,
45:14and small desserts
45:15I had once made
45:16for them.
45:16Eva gave my child
45:18free pastries
45:19every birthday.
45:20She never let
45:20anyone leave hungry.
45:21My parents
45:22stood far away,
45:23barely upright.
45:24David leaned
45:25against the doorway,
45:26thinner than before.
45:28A cigarette
45:29burning untouched
45:30between his fingers.
45:31He did not dare
45:32look at my urn.
45:33I'm sorry.
45:36No one answered him.
45:37In life
45:38I had been quiet
45:39enough to disappear.
45:40In death
45:40strangers remembered
45:41me better than family.
45:43During the final prayer
45:44Lucy stepped forward.
45:46Eva hated
45:47cold rooms.
45:48She loved sunshine,
45:50grass,
45:50and the osmangus tree
45:52behind our old school.
45:54When everyone
45:54bowed their heads
45:55she wrapped my urn
45:56in her coat.
45:57I'm taking you somewhere.
45:59They can't fight over you.
46:03She slipped out
46:04through the side door.
46:05For the first time
46:06since my death
46:07I wanted to follow someone.
46:09Rain poured down
46:10so hard
46:10it blurred the road.
46:12Lucy held my urn
46:13against her chest
46:14as if shielding me
46:15from the storm.
46:16Her hair stuck
46:16to her face.
46:17Her lips were pale.
46:19Remember when
46:20we were eight?
46:21I climbed that
46:22stupid tree
46:23and got stuck.
46:25She laughed
46:25through tears.
46:27Everyone said
46:28to wait for adults.
46:30You climbed up anyway
46:31and fell harder
46:32than I did.
46:35I tried to wipe
46:36her tears
46:36but my hand
46:37passed through her cheek.
46:39Behind us
46:40my parents and David
46:41ran through the rain.
46:43Mom dropped
46:43back to her knees.
46:44Please give her back!
46:46Let me hold
46:47my daughter once!
46:49Lucy turned
46:51eyes burning.
46:54You held her
46:55when you poured
46:56poison down her throat.
46:58We regret it.
46:59Then live with it.
47:01Don't use her ashes
47:03to make yourselves
47:04feel forgiven!
47:06Lucy.
47:07Lucy hugged
47:08the urn tighter.
47:09None of you
47:11get to touch
47:12her again.
47:14Lightning split
47:15the sky
47:15as if heaven
47:16agreed.
47:20After the storm
47:21the sky
47:22cleared.
47:26Lucy walked
47:27alone
47:27to the old
47:28osmanthus tree
47:29behind our
47:29childhood school.
47:31Sunlight
47:32filtered through
47:33the leaves
47:33warm and golden.
47:35Lucy hummed
47:36the silly song
47:37we used to sing
47:37when we were
47:38children.
47:40You always
47:41said
47:42this place
47:43smelled like
47:43home.
47:44She dug
47:44carefully
47:45beneath the
47:45tree
47:45and placed
47:46my urn
47:47in the
47:47earth.
47:48Beside it
47:48she set
47:49a strawberry
47:49pie
47:50iced coffee
47:51and the
47:53white dress
47:53I had once
47:54admired
47:54through a
47:55shop window.
47:56I couldn't
47:57protect you
47:58then.
47:59I'll protect
48:00your piece
48:00now.
48:02I sat
48:03beside her
48:03though she
48:04could not
48:04see me.
48:05For the
48:06first time
48:06the abandoned
48:07warehouse
48:08felt far
48:08away.
48:09The wind
48:10moved through
48:10the branches
48:11scattering tiny
48:12blossoms over
48:13Lucy's shoulders.
48:14Lucy smiled
48:15through tears.
48:17Rest here
48:18Eva.
48:19No one
48:19will force
48:20you to
48:20give anything
48:21up again.
48:22I leaned
48:23against her
48:24like I used
48:24to.
48:26If love
48:27had a shape
48:28maybe it
48:28was this
48:29quiet morning.
48:31Years
48:32passed under
48:32the osmanthus
48:33tree.
48:34One sunny
48:34afternoon
48:35Lucy came
48:36with a basket
48:36and sat
48:37against my
48:37grave.
48:39Laura and
48:40Robert are
48:40in prison.
48:41Moonshadow
48:42Hotel went
48:43bankrupt.
48:44David drinks
48:44until he
48:45forgets his
48:45own name.
48:46She paused
48:47then smiled
48:48softly.
48:49I'm better
48:50now.
48:51Not healed
48:52but better.
48:54I floated
48:55beside her
48:56lighter than
48:56before.
48:58Footsteps
48:58approached.
48:59My parents
49:00came slowly
49:00carrying pastries
49:02they had once
49:02bought only for
49:03Laura.
49:03David followed
49:05with a box
49:05of handmade
49:06cookies.
49:08Eva loved
49:10these.
49:11Lucy stood
49:12up.
49:13Funny.
49:14You knew
49:14what she
49:15loved.
49:16Dad lowered
49:16his head.
49:17You knew
49:17she liked
49:18green dresses.
49:19Strawberry
49:20pies.
49:21Quiet
49:21kitchens.
49:22You just
49:22pretended not
49:23to know
49:24because Laura
49:24wanted louder
49:25things.
49:26David set
49:27the cookies
49:27down with
49:27shaking hands.
49:28I made
49:29them from
49:29her recipe.
49:31Recipes
49:31don't
49:32forgive
49:32murder.
49:33The three
49:33of them
49:34stood
49:34silent.
49:35They
49:35had always
49:36known me.
49:36They
49:37simply
49:37chose
49:37not to
49:38love
49:38me.
49:39Lucy
49:39left
49:39before
49:40the three
49:40of them
49:40could turn
49:41grief
49:41into a
49:41performance.
49:42Mom
49:43knelt
49:43in front
49:43of my
49:44grave.
49:44Her
49:45eyes
49:45were
49:45clouded
49:46white
49:46from
49:46crying.
49:47Dad's
49:47back
49:47was
49:48bent,
49:48his
49:48steps
49:48slow.
49:49David's
49:50hair
49:50had
49:50gone
49:50grey
49:50at
49:51the
49:51temples,
49:51though
49:52he
49:52was
49:52still
49:52young.
49:53They
49:53placed
49:53candy.
49:54Dresses,
49:55photos,
49:56baking
49:56tools,
49:56and the
49:57green ring
49:57beside
49:57the
49:58stone.
49:58Eva,
50:00Mom
50:00brought
50:00your
50:01favorite
50:01sugar
50:02candy.
50:02I
50:03found
50:03the
50:03dress
50:03you
50:04once
50:04wanted.
50:05I
50:05should
50:05have
50:05bought
50:06it
50:06then.
50:07I
50:07kept
50:08your
50:08recipe
50:08book
50:08dry.
50:09So
50:09they
50:10remembered
50:10everything.
50:11They
50:12remembered
50:12the
50:12candies
50:13I
50:13stared
50:13at,
50:14the
50:14dresses
50:14I
50:14touched,
50:15the
50:16ring
50:16I
50:16never
50:16removed,
50:17the
50:17kitchen
50:18I
50:18loved.
50:19All
50:19my
50:19life,
50:20I
50:20thought
50:20I
50:20had
50:20failed
50:21to
50:21make
50:21myself
50:21understood.
50:22Now
50:23I
50:23knew
50:23they
50:23had
50:23understood
50:24perfectly.
50:25They
50:25simply
50:25chose
50:26Laura
50:26every
50:26time.
50:27David
50:27pressed
50:28his
50:28forehead
50:28to
50:28the
50:28ground.
50:29Forgive me.
50:30The
50:31osmanthus
50:31blossoms
50:32fell
50:32between
50:32us.
50:33The
50:33dead
50:33cannot
50:34forgive
50:34what
50:34the
50:34living
50:34never
50:35protected.
50:37My
50:38parents
50:38sold
50:38the
50:38villa,
50:39the
50:39cars,
50:39and
50:40every
50:40remaining
50:40luxury.
50:41They
50:41donated
50:42the
50:42money
50:42to
50:42children's
50:43welfare
50:43homes
50:43under
50:44my
50:44name,
50:44then
50:45moved
50:45into
50:45a
50:45leaking
50:46rental
50:46room.
50:47Mom
50:47was
50:47blind.
50:48Dad
50:49was
50:49half
50:49paralyzed.
50:53Every
50:53day,
50:54they
50:54asked
50:54to
50:55be
50:55pushed
50:55near
50:55my
50:55grave,
50:56but
50:56they
50:56only
50:57dared
50:57kneel
50:57far
50:57away.
50:58Those
50:58are
50:58the
50:58parents
50:59who
50:59killed
50:59Eva.
50:59They
51:00accepted
51:00every
51:00insult
51:01without
51:01argument,
51:02not
51:02far
51:02from
51:03my
51:03grave.
51:04David
51:04dug
51:04a pit
51:04with
51:04his
51:05own
51:05hand.
51:05Beside
51:06it
51:06stood
51:06a
51:06stone
51:07carved
51:07with
51:07his
51:07name.
51:09If
51:10I
51:10can't
51:10be
51:10with
51:11her
51:11in
51:11life,
51:12I'll
51:12guard
51:13her
51:13in
51:13death.
51:14Lucy
51:15arrived
51:15with
51:15a
51:15hammer.
51:16You
51:17don't
51:17get
51:17a
51:17grave
51:18beside
51:18her.
51:19He
51:19smashed
51:19the
51:20stone
51:20until
51:20cracks
51:20spread
51:21across
51:21his
51:21name.
51:22David
51:22climbed
51:23into
51:23the
51:23pit
51:23and
51:23closed
51:24his
51:24eyes.
51:25Then
51:26kill
51:26me
51:26here.
51:27Let
51:28my
51:28blood
51:28pay
51:29her
51:29back.
51:30Lucy
51:30raised
51:30the
51:31hammer,
51:31trembling
51:32with
51:32rage.
51:33Even
51:33his
51:33death
51:33still
51:34tried
51:34to
51:34take
51:34place
51:34beside
51:35mine.
51:37Lucy
51:37did
51:37not
51:37swing
51:38the
51:38hammer.
51:39Your
51:39dirty
51:39blood
51:40would
51:40stain
51:40Eva's
51:41tree.
51:41David
51:42lived
51:42after
51:43that
51:43but
51:43not
51:44for
51:44himself.
51:44Using
51:45my
51:45recipes
51:46he
51:46opened
51:46a
51:47free
51:47pastry
51:47school
51:47for
51:48children
51:48whose
51:48families
51:49ignored
51:49them.
51:50No
51:50child
51:50who
51:51loves
51:51baking
51:51should
51:51be
51:52told
51:52their
51:52dream
51:52is
51:53worthless.
51:54Year
51:54after
51:54year
51:55students
51:55learned
51:56under
51:56my
51:56name.
51:57He
51:57never
51:57remarried.
51:58He
51:58never
51:59slept
51:59without
51:59nightmares.
52:00When
52:01he
52:01was
52:01old
52:01he
52:02handed
52:02the
52:02school
52:02and
52:02all
52:03his
52:03remaining
52:03assets
52:03to
52:04Lucy.
52:05Use
52:05it
52:05for
52:05Eva
52:06not
52:07for
52:07me.
52:13I'm
52:13sorry.
52:14Then
52:15he
52:15went
52:15to
52:15the
52:1518th
52:16floor
52:16of
52:16the
52:16hotel
52:17where
52:17we
52:17had
52:17first
52:18promised
52:18forever
52:18and
52:19jumped.
52:19His
52:20last
52:20note
52:20asked
52:21to
52:21be
52:21buried
52:21beside
52:21me.
52:22Lucy
52:22read
52:23it
52:23once
52:23and
52:23burned
52:23it.
52:24No.
52:26She
52:26buried
52:26him
52:27far
52:27away
52:27where
52:27no
52:28Osmanthus
52:28flowers
52:28grew.
52:29I
52:29remembered
52:30the
52:30boy
52:30I
52:30first
52:30loved
52:31smiling
52:32under
52:32academy
52:32sunlight.
52:33I
52:34never
52:34imagined
52:34we
52:34would
52:35end
52:35with
52:35ashes
52:35and
52:36distance.
52:37Years
52:38later
52:44Robert
52:44was
52:45executed
52:45last
52:46winter.
52:47wind
52:47rustled
52:47the
52:47leaves.
52:48Laura
52:49isn't
52:49dead
52:49yet
52:50but
52:51prison
52:51has
52:52its
52:52own
52:52justice.
52:53A
52:53drug
52:54making
52:54inmate
52:54poisoned
52:55her
52:55slowly
52:56for
52:56years.
52:57Doctors
52:57say
52:57she
52:58won't
52:58last
52:58much
52:58longer.
52:59Lucy
52:59did
52:59not
52:59smile
53:00when
53:00she
53:00said
53:00it.
53:01I
53:01thought
53:01I'd
53:01be
53:01happy.
53:03Mostly.
53:05I
53:05just
53:05wish
53:06you
53:06were
53:06here
53:06to
53:06eat
53:06cake
53:07with
53:07me.
53:07Justice
53:08had
53:08come
53:08but
53:09it
53:09could
53:09not
53:09laugh
53:09in
53:10my
53:10voice.
53:10For
53:11many
53:11years
53:11I
53:11remained
53:12beneath
53:12the
53:12osmanthus
53:13tree.
53:14Lucy
53:14visited
53:14every
53:15week.
53:15Sometimes
53:16she
53:16talked.
53:17Sometimes
53:17she
53:18sat
53:18in
53:18silence.
53:19I
53:19drifted
53:20with
53:20the
53:20wind.
53:21Then
53:21returned
53:22to
53:22the
53:22roots.
53:23The
53:23world
53:23moved
53:23forward
53:24around
53:24us.
53:25Children
53:25grew.
53:26Seasons
53:26changed.
53:27Blossoms
53:27fell and
53:28bloomed
53:28again.
53:29I'll
53:30keep
53:30coming.
53:31Eva.
53:32Her
53:32promise
53:32was the
53:33only
53:33one
53:33that
53:33never
53:34broke.
53:34I
53:35miss
53:36you.
53:38Eva.
53:40one
53:41spring
53:41Lucy
53:42did
53:42not
53:42come
53:42alone.
53:43A
53:43gentle
53:44man
53:44stood
53:44beside
53:44her
53:45holding
53:45a
53:45little
53:45girl's
53:46hand.
53:47Eva,
53:48this
53:48is
53:48my
53:48mate
53:50and
53:50this
53:50is
53:51my
53:51daughter.
53:52The
53:52girl
53:52placed
53:53a
53:53cookie
53:53before
53:53my
53:53grave.
53:54Lucy's
53:55eyes
53:55were
53:55wet
53:56but
53:56bright.
53:57We're
53:57leaving
53:57the
53:57northern
53:58territory
53:58for
53:59a
53:59while.
54:00I
54:01may
54:01not
54:01come
54:01every
54:02week
54:02anymore.
54:03I
54:03floated
54:04to
54:04the
54:04branch
54:04above
54:05her.
54:06A
54:06single
54:07osmane
54:07blossom
54:07loosened
54:08and fell
54:08into
54:09her
54:09palm.
54:11Lucy
54:11looked up
54:12sharply.
54:14Eva.
54:16She
54:16closed
54:17her
54:17hand
54:17around
54:17the
54:17flower
54:18and
54:18smiled
54:19through
54:19tears.
54:20I
54:20knew
54:20you'd
54:21bless
54:21me.
54:25After
54:25that,
54:26she
54:26came
54:26every
54:26year
54:27with
54:27her
54:27mate
54:27and
54:27daughter.
54:28She
54:28told
54:29me
54:29the
54:29final
54:29endings
54:30one
54:30by
54:30one.
54:30Laura
54:31died
54:31from
54:32the
54:32poison.
54:33Your
54:33parents
54:33passed
54:34away
54:34from
54:34grief
54:35and
54:35illness.
54:36David
54:36died
54:37years
54:37ago
54:37after
54:38jumping
54:38from
54:38the
54:39hotel.
54:40Lucy
54:41exhaled.
54:42It's
54:42over
54:43now.
54:44All
54:45the
54:45people
54:45who
54:45hurt
54:46me
54:46had
54:46reached
54:47their
54:47endings.
54:49Only
54:50love
54:50still
54:51returned.
54:53Life
54:54was a
54:55cycle
54:55of
54:56blooming
54:56and
54:57falling.
54:58Lucy's
54:59daughter
54:59grew
54:59tall
55:00each
55:00year
55:01my
55:01soul
55:02became
55:02lighter.
55:03The
55:03pain
55:03of
55:04the
55:04silver
55:04mine
55:04faded
55:05first.
55:06Then
55:06David's
55:07face.
55:07Then
55:08my
55:08parents
55:09voices.
55:10Only
55:10Lucy
55:11remained
55:11clear.
55:12One
55:12autumn
55:13afternoon
55:13she
55:13stood
55:14beneath
55:14the
55:14tree
55:14with
55:15silver
55:15in
55:15her
55:15hair.
55:16She
55:16stuck
55:16the
55:17candles
55:17into
55:17my
55:17birthday
55:18cake
55:18then
55:18ate
55:19it
55:19bite
55:19by
55:19small
55:19bite
55:20shedding
55:20tears.
55:22Eva
55:22this
55:23might
55:23be
55:24the
55:24last
55:24birthday
55:25I'll
55:26ever
55:26be
55:26able
55:26to
55:26celebrate
55:27with
55:27you.
55:27Still
55:28youthful
55:28in
55:29appearance
55:29I
55:30gazed
55:30with
55:30deep
55:30affection
55:31at
55:31her
55:31now
55:31white
55:32haired
55:32and
55:32aged.
55:33I
55:34don't
55:34know
55:34what
55:34to
55:34say
55:34just
55:36thank
55:36you.
55:37Meeting
55:37you
55:38was
55:38the
55:38greatest
55:38stroke
55:39of
55:39luck
55:39in
55:40my
55:40otherwise
55:40unfortunate
55:41life.
55:42Lucy
55:42tilted
55:43her
55:43head
55:43back
55:43to
55:43look
55:43at
55:44the
55:44sky
55:44facing
55:44directly
55:45toward
55:45Eva.
55:46Eva
55:47if
55:48there's
55:48a
55:48next
55:48life
55:49find
55:50me
55:50earlier.
55:50I
55:51reached
55:51out
55:52and
55:52this
55:53time
55:53the
55:54wind
55:54carried
55:54my
55:55answer.
55:55I
55:56will.
55:58Osmonesis
55:58blossoms
55:59burst
55:59from the
56:00branches
56:00golden
56:01and
56:01bright.
56:02Lucy's
56:03tears
56:03fell
56:03but
56:04she
56:04smiled.
56:05Then
56:05we'll
56:05be
56:06best
56:06friends
56:06again.
56:08The
56:08light
56:08behind
56:09the
56:09tree
56:09opened
56:10like
56:10a
56:10warm
56:10door.
56:12I
56:13looked
56:13once
56:13more
56:13at
56:13the
56:13grave
56:14the
56:14flowers
56:15Lucy
56:15and
56:16the
56:16children
56:16waving
56:17at
56:17the
56:17wind.
56:18I
56:18was
56:18no
56:18longer
56:19a
56:19daughter
56:19begging
56:20to
56:20be
56:20chosen
56:20nor
56:21a
56:21mate
56:21waiting
56:22to
56:22be
56:22saved.
56:23I
56:23was
56:23free.
56:25With
56:25Lucy's
56:26love as
56:26my
56:26final
56:27memory
56:27I
56:28walked
56:28into
56:28the
56:28light
56:29and
56:29disappeared.
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