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The Caged Heiress ASM
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00:00In a Thailand black market, I saw a woman in a cage.
00:03She was too thin even to stay upright, curled up in the corner like a dying dog,
00:07but her face looked just like my daughter's.
00:09I pitied her.
00:10I'll take her.
00:11I want to buy this woman.
00:12She's not for sale!
00:14Name your price.
00:14I said she's not for sale!
00:16The woman in the cage screamed in terror,
00:19Sheik revealing a tattoo on her waist.
00:20It was my daughter's birthday.
00:22I tattooed it on her myself.
00:23Where did you get this tattoo?
00:25She seemed unable to talk, her eyes filled with tears.
00:28One million dollars.
00:30I want her.
00:31Damn Americans, you're rich, so what?
00:33I'm saying this for the last time, she's not for sale!
00:36You better not regret this.
00:38Oh yeah?
00:39I can throw her into the basement and let her rot!
00:42What are you gonna do to me?
00:44I turned my back to him and mouthed,
00:46Get her.
00:47Kane signaled, and a dozen made men walked out of the crowd.
00:50Who the hell are you?
00:51The sound of guns clicking echoed.
00:55I slipped into the armored stretch Lincoln,
00:57my heart pounding rapidly.
00:59I would never forget that tattoo.
01:0124 years ago,
01:02I was hunted by several families from New York,
01:04so I fled to Europe.
01:07After my baby girl was born,
01:08I tattooed her birthday on her waist.
01:10If we were ever separated,
01:12this clue would lead me to her.
01:13But we were never separated.
01:15My daughter has been well protected by me, so.
01:17The similar looks,
01:18the same tattoo who on earth,
01:19is this woman in that cage.
01:25She shows signs of long-term abuse,
01:28which has caused severe psychological and mental trauma.
01:30That's why she can't speak.
01:32When can I have the DNA test result?
01:3424 hours later.
01:35I can't wait that long.
01:37Ma'am, Henry found something.
01:38There's a problem with Princess Isabella's medical records from when she was nine.
01:42In the records, her blood type changed from type O to type A.
01:46The hospital said it was the lab's mistake.
01:48But we found out,
01:49after this incident,
01:50that the doctor who attended Princess Isabella was murdered.
01:53My ex-husband, Antonio.
01:55It had to be him.
01:56At that time,
01:57I was dealing with the military weapons business in Mexico,
01:59so I left her to Antonio's care.
02:01Anger flared in my chest.
02:03The woman was sedated,
02:04lying in a hospital bed.
02:05But she still had that look of terror.
02:07Antonio, you filthy bastard.
02:10You dumped my daughter into a black market overseas
02:12while I spoiled an imposter as my heiress for 16 years.
02:16Antonio,
02:17I'm going to rip you apart and feed you to the sharks myself!
02:20Just then,
02:20my phone rang.
02:21It was Isabella the girl
02:23who had stolen my daughter's place for 16 years.
02:29Mom,
02:29I miss you so much.
02:31When are you coming back to New York?
02:32She sounded as sweet as ever.
02:33Leon is planning something big.
02:35But theirs is a problem with the weapons he ordered.
02:37Mom,
02:38can you lend us some of yours?
02:39Here we go again all these years,
02:41whenever she calls me.
02:42It's always for her husband, Leon.
02:44It's either money, weapons, or men.
02:46But they never returned anything.
02:47I used to think it was because I spoiled her.
02:49Now I have finally realized.
02:51She might know the truth.
02:52She might even be their accomplice.
02:54She never cared about my interests
02:56or the Vitale family.
02:57Because she knows she's not my real daughter.
02:59She didn't love me for a single bit.
03:01Weapons are no joke.
03:02I'm heading back to New York tomorrow.
03:04Let's meet and talk.
03:05Okay.
03:05She agreed quickly and hung up.
03:07Keep digging.
03:08Antonio,
03:08Isabella,
03:09Leon.
03:09I want every single one of them dragged into the light.
03:15Late at night,
03:16I sat in my study,
03:18watching videos from Isabella's childhood.
03:20The laughter in the video was so warm,
03:21but reality felt like a knife.
03:24Mom!
03:24Look!
03:28Don't cry.
03:29Mommy's here.
03:30Will you be with me forever?
03:33Of course.
03:34Three o'clock a.m.
03:35I fell asleep in my chair.
03:36A piercing scream suddenly echoed through the entire house.
03:39I bolted upright and rushed out of the study.
03:42In the hallway,
03:43doctors was also rushing toward the patient's room.
03:45My daughter was curled up in the corner of the bed.
03:47She was shaking all over like a terrified animal screams.
03:51Kept tearing from her throat refusing to let anyone near.
03:55Get her sedated fast!
03:57The doctor rushed forward to hold her down.
03:59The medicine was slowly injected.
04:01She finally quieted down, bit by bit.
04:03I'm so sorry.
04:06Mommy was too late.
04:11The next day at noon,
04:13Isabella showed up at my estate.
04:15She was draped in luxury clothes
04:16and expensive jewelry.
04:18Her skin flawless.
04:19She was a stark contrast to Phoenix,
04:21who lay in bed,
04:22covered in scars.
04:23Phoenix, it was the new name I gave my daughter.
04:26What happened in the past couldn't be changed.
04:28I could only hope she would pull herself together
04:30and rise from the ashes like a phoenix.
04:33Mom, I brought the contract.
04:34You just need to sign it.
04:35No rush.
04:36How's that tattoo on your lower back?
04:38Did you go get it touched off recently?
04:40No, it still looks pretty good.
04:42Lift your shirt.
04:43Let me see it.
04:44Mom.
04:44I want to see it.
04:45She was very reluctant,
04:47but she still pulled up the hem of her shirt
04:49on her fair lower back.
04:50I saw that string of numbers.
04:52Isabella's tattoo looked much newer than Phoenix's,
04:54just as I thought everything about her was a lie.
04:57All right, put it down.
04:58So, about the weapons?
05:00I'm not lending any to Leon.
05:02Isabella froze.
05:03Why not?
05:03Give me a reason.
05:04Convince me.
05:05Mom, I'm your only daughter,
05:07and Leon is my husband.
05:09Do you really need a reason to help us?
05:10If you can't, then go home.
05:13Mom!
05:13I'm tired.
05:14You don't love me anymore!
05:15I'm never talking to you again!
05:18Ma'am, we have news.
05:19Three years ago,
05:20Leon visited the same black market
05:22where you found Princess Phoenix.
05:23Both he and Antonio wired money to that shop owner.
05:26Notifies everyone.
05:28Within three days,
05:29I want Leon,
05:30the Moretzis family,
05:31and Antonio all wiped out.
05:33I hung up the phone,
05:34then pulled open the drawer.
05:35A gold-plated Beretta
05:37lay quietly inside Antonio Leon,
05:39and that impostered.
05:40It's time to settle the score.
05:44That same night,
05:46the order spread through the East Coast Underworld.
05:48Any family is strictly forbidden
05:49from cooperating with Leon Morty.
05:52Those who disobey
05:52will be seen as declaring war on the Vitare family.
05:55In just a few hours,
05:56all three of Leon's pending weapons shipments were canceled.
05:59The docks refused to unload his cargo.
06:02His casinos were raided and shut down.
06:04Ma'am,
06:04Isabella is making a scene demanding to see you.
06:07Let her in.
06:08The door was slammed open.
06:10Isabella stormed in.
06:12Mom!
06:13Why are you doing this to Leon and me?
06:15Inside the room,
06:16I was sitting by the bedside Phoenix,
06:17was curled up quietly under the blankets.
06:20I held a warm towel,
06:21carefully wiping her hands.
06:23Isabella froze instantly.
06:24She stared intently at Phoenix on the bed.
06:27Who is she?
06:28I put down the towel slowly.
06:30I turned to look at her.
06:31My gaze was eye-scaled.
06:32Don't you recognize her?
06:34No.
06:35Come here,
06:36take a closer look.
06:37You should know this face better
06:38than I do.
06:41Let me go!
06:42Mom,
06:43have you lost your mind?
06:44Open your eyes.
06:45Take a look.
06:46I said I don't know her!
06:50Oh,
06:50really?
06:51I think you're just too terrified
06:53to look at her
06:53because you know you ruined her life.
06:56Call Leon and Antonio.
06:57Tell them to go to the abandoned church
06:59outside the city.
07:04Ma'am,
07:05300 maid men have assembled.
07:07My revenge has only just begun.
07:13He looked smug and arrogant,
07:15as if nothing had happened.
07:17Antonio slinked at the very back.
07:18Kane drew his gun in a flash.
07:20The pitch black barrel pressed directly against Leon's head.
07:23Leon,
07:23the Marotti family have always been good to our daughter.
07:26Victoria,
07:26there must be a mistake here.
07:27Oh,
07:27there indeed is a mistake.
07:29I actually believed Isabella was my daughter for 16 whole years.
07:33Why did you do it?
07:34Isn't Phoenix your daughter too?
07:35You know,
07:36I was forced into it.
07:37That woman said if we swapped the babies,
07:39the entire Vitello family would belong to us in the future.
07:42What woman?
07:42Victoria,
07:43can you and your ex-husband catch up some other day?
07:45We came here to talk business tonight.
07:46Three years ago,
07:47you personally went to Tileight
07:48and paid off that black market shop over
07:50to keep Phoenix locked up.
07:51You wanted to use her to leverage me,
07:53didn't we?
07:53Panic flashed through Leon's eyes,
07:55but quickly regained his composure.
07:57If you really want to destroy the Marachi family,
07:59there's no need to make up a story like this.
08:00A story?
08:02Leon,
08:02did you forget who actually runs the New York underworld?
08:06If I wanted to go after the Marachi family,
08:08I wouldn't need an excuse.
08:10Do it.
08:15Victoria,
08:16do you really think you can destroy the Morettis just like this?
08:19You're overestimating yourself.
08:22The Vitalis have gone crazy.
08:24They're attacking all our territories at the same time.
08:26We can't hold Queen.
08:26The police have been paid off too.
08:28Our men are retreating.
08:29The call abruptly cut out.
08:31Antonio was the first one to snap.
08:33Before marrying me,
08:34he was a nobody.
08:35After the divorce,
08:36he had been relying entirely on Leon.
08:38Now that the Morty family was done for,
08:40he was finished.
08:41Please spare me.
08:43I beg you.
08:44Who is that woman?
08:50Ma'am,
08:50bad news.
08:51Princess Phoenix is missing.
08:55Leon suddenly burst out laughing.
08:57Victoria,
08:57so what if you destroyed the Moretti family?
09:00You'll never get your real daughter back.
09:02I whipped out my Beretta.
09:03Where is she?
09:03Shoot me.
09:04Come on,
09:04do it.
09:05And you'll never find your precious little daughter again.
09:07His bodyguards,
09:08having already heard about the Morty family's downfall,
09:10didn't dare make a move.
09:11My patience is wearing thin.
09:13You have one minute to tell me where Phoenix is.
09:15Otherwise,
09:16you'll never get the chance to speak again.
09:17But he still tightly gritted his teeth,
09:19not saying a word,
09:20because he knew that the moment he spoke,
09:21he would lose his only remaining leverage to stay alive.
09:24Ma'am,
09:24I found her.
09:25It has nothing to do with the Moretti family.
09:27He's just bluffing.
09:28Isabella escaped,
09:29and she took Princess Phoenix to an abandoned factory in Brooklyn.
09:35The convoy sped down the road,
09:37rushing straight toward the eastern suburbs of Brooklyn.
09:40The moment we stepped out of the cars,
09:41Kane instantly gave a tactical hand signal.
09:44A dozen gunmen fanned out immediately.
09:46Surrounding the warehouse,
09:47right in the center,
09:48Phoenix sat with a ticking bomb strapped to her chest.
09:51Isabella,
09:52put the decanator down.
09:53I can let you walk away.
09:55Screw you.
09:56You think I'm stupid enough to believe that crap?
09:58Since I have no way out,
10:00we are all going down together!
10:03Secure her!
10:04The bomb disposal experts rushed forward immediately.
10:07With only three seconds left,
10:08the countdown stopped.
10:09A wave of immense relief washed over me.
10:11Take her back.
10:12I'm gonna show her what hell really looks like.
10:21Inside the basement of the Vitale estate,
10:23Isabella was tied to a metal chair.
10:25Her luxury dress had long been stripped away,
10:27leaving her in nothing but a filthy,
10:29gray prison uniform.
10:30Her hair hung around her face in a tangled mess.
10:32The gunshot wound on her wrist had only received basic bandaging,
10:36dark red blood seeping through the edges of the gauze.
10:38She was still trying to hold on.
10:39Seeing me walk in,
10:40she called out instinctively,
10:42Mom.
10:42Her voice was incredibly faint and weak,
10:45even though she knew she shouldn't call me that.
10:46She still wanted to use the last bit of our history to test me.
10:49I walked up to her step by step,
10:51my high heels clicking against the floor.
10:53The sharp echoes resonated through the basement.
10:55I stopped looking down at her,
10:57my face terrifyingly calm.
10:59Who the hell are you?
11:00Isabella's face turned paper white,
11:02her lips trembling slightly as her eyes darted away.
11:05I don't know what you're talking about.
11:09I didn't answer.
11:10Instead,
11:11I just picked up a bucket of ice water nearby and dumped it straight over her.
11:14Isabella shuddered violently.
11:16The icy water dripped down her hair and cheeks.
11:18Antonio already confessed everything.
11:20You're no orphan.
11:20You're the bastard daughter he had with that whore.
11:22To take over the Vitale family empire,
11:24they paid off the hospital and swapped my daughter.
11:26Mom,
11:27I didn't know.
11:28I swear,
11:28I didn't know anything.
11:29Don't you dare.
11:31Call me mom.
11:32You lived like a princess for 16 years,
11:35while my real daughter was treated like a dog in a Bangkok black market.
11:38Isabella,
11:39how dare you call me mom.
11:41Isabella's eyes turned bloodshot.
11:43Her lips trembling as her mental defenses were completely shattered.
11:46She burst into hysterical tears.
11:48It wasn't my choice.
11:49My mom forced me to do it.
11:51When I was nine,
11:52she made me get plastic surgery to look exactly like your daughter.
11:55Who is your mother?
11:57Fear flashed in Isabella's eyes,
11:59but she still tightly gritted her teeth,
12:01not saying a single word.
12:04Holding a sharp combat knife,
12:05the ice-cold blade slowly pressed against Isabella's injured wrist.
12:09When ma'am asks you a question,
12:11it's best not to play dumb.
12:14The tip of the knife pierced her skin bit by bit.
12:17Stop!
12:18Please stop!
12:18Isabella broke down and screamed.
12:20The next second,
12:21her eyes rolled back,
12:22and she actually passed out.
12:23She fainted from just a single prick of a knife.
12:25But my phoenix,
12:27her skin was covered in scars.
12:29She was treated like this for 16 years.
12:33Speak!
12:34Who the hell is she?
12:36This time,
12:37she finally broke and gave up the woman's name.
12:39It's Sophia.
12:40My mother is Sophia.
12:44Sophia.
12:45My former consigliere.
12:47The one who advised me,
12:48who stood by my side through countless banquets and negotiations.
12:51The only person I trusted enough to hand over the Vitale family's most secret ledgers.
12:56She was Antonio's mistress.
12:57She was the one who truly stole my daughter.
12:59Sophia.
13:01You really hid it well.
13:03She always hated you.
13:04She said you're always looking down on everyone.
13:07She said a woman like you doesn't deserve to have a child.
13:11She also said as long as the babies were swapped,
13:15the Vitale family would fall into our hands sooner or later.
13:18I couldn't stand listening to another word.
13:20I turned around, grabbed my phone, and dialed her number.
13:24It was turned off.
13:26Find Sophia.
13:27Now!
13:29Mom, please.
13:31Please forgive me.
13:33Don't die too quickly.
13:35I want you alive.
13:37Alive.
13:37To watch with your own eyes.
13:39How the true heir of the Vitale family takes back everything that belongs to her.
13:44I turned and walked away.
13:45Behind me, Isabella's heartbreaking sobs kept echoing through the room.
13:49But I didn't even look back.
13:50At the end of the long hallway, Phoenix sat quietly in a wheelchair.
13:53Severe malnutrition made it impossible for her to walk.
13:56But compared to when she was first rescued, she was in much better spirits.
14:00She no longer needed constant sedatives.
14:02Still, she refused to speak.
14:04Phoenix looked down at me, no tears in her eyes.
14:07Only a deep, intense hatred that had been suppressed to the limit.
14:10Did you hear that, Phoenix?
14:12Every single one of them will pay the price.
14:15Phoenix suddenly moved her fingers.
14:17In the palm of my hand, she slowly traced a single word kill.
14:21All right.
14:22Mom will find Sophia and kill her.
14:27Three days later, inside New York's largest underground casino,
14:31Antonio was shoved violently into the casino by two burly men,
14:35stumbling and crashing onto the floor.
14:38Victoria, why did you bring me here?
14:40I sat on the leather sofa across from the gambling table.
14:43The casino owner bowed down immediately, showing the utmost respect.
14:46Ma'am, everything is ready.
14:48You love to gamble.
14:49Then I'm going to let you gamble to your heart's content.
14:52Antonio realized what was happening in an instant.
14:54No, Victoria.
14:56I can't stay here.
14:57I don't have any money.
14:58The people here will butchig me.
14:59Over the years, you and Leon stole a lot of money from me through Isabella.
15:04You shouldn't be this broke.
15:06Where did all your money go?
15:09Isabella and I were both conned by Sophia.
15:12She ran off with all our money.
15:14No wonder neither you nor Isabella dared to cross her.
15:18You were terrified I'd take that money back, weren't you?
15:21I was wrong.
15:22Please, whatever you do, don't leave me here.
15:24I beg you.
15:27Now you are scared?
15:29Then when you threw Phoenix into that black market, did you ever stop to think that she might die?
15:34Antonio shook violently all over.
15:36He dropped to his knees with a thud and desperately crawled toward my feet.
15:40Victoria!
15:41I was wrong.
15:42Please give me one more chance.
15:47Give him some chips.
15:48If he loses, make him sell his blood.
15:52Or fight in underground matches.
15:54Once he earns enough, put him back at the table.
15:56When he finally gambles his life away, that's when it ends.
16:01No, Victoria!
16:02You can't do this to me!
16:04Antonio struggled like a madman, trying to break free.
16:07But the two bodyguards already had him in a death grip and dragged him straight to the gambling table.
16:14After dealing with Antonio, I returned to the Vitale estate.
16:18Leon had been shot dead by my own hand.
16:20The Morty family was completely wiped out.
16:22Their businesses were torn apart, dismantled, and swallowed up.
16:26Now, every mobster in New York is saying I've gone completely mad.
16:30They also learned that they must never, under any circumstances, harm my daughter.
16:35Otherwise, they will become the next Antonio, or the Morty family.
16:40But I knew, it wasn't over yet.
16:42Sophia was still out there.
16:45Have you located Sophia?
16:47Yes ma'am.
16:47She bought a private estate at the foot of a mountain.
16:50She has about a dozen armed bodyguards with her.
16:52Send the coordinates to the mercenaries.
16:54I want her alive.
16:55If they can't bring her back, then let her die right there.
16:59The puzzle of this revenge story is only missing its very last piece.
17:08Two weeks later, a private helicopter landed on the lawn of the Vitale estate.
17:13Bodyguards marched a woman, with a black hood over her head out of the cabin.
17:16She stumbled with every step, almost falling several times.
17:20I stood right next to Phoenix, quietly watching the whole thing.
17:23I didn't say a word.
17:24The black hood was ripped off.
17:25The moment the bright light pierced her eyes, Sophia flinched.
17:29Then, her face was exposed to the sunlight.
17:31That face once so elegant, poised and trustworthy, was now completely ruined.
17:35Her hair was dry and messy, her eyes deeply sunken, and her skin loose and ash grey.
17:40It looked as if she had aged 20 years overnight.
17:43The moment Sophia saw me, her entire body went limp.
17:46She dropped straight to her knees on the lawn, dirt staining her expensive but already ruined clothes.
17:51Sophia's voice shook violently.
17:53Ma'am, please, spare me.
17:56I'll give you back all the money, every single cent.
18:00I beg you, for the sake of the 15 years I served you, give me a chance to live.
18:08I gently pushed Phoenix's wheelchair, approaching Sophia, bit by bit, and stopped right in front of her.
18:1315 years.
18:15You stayed by my side for 15 years.
18:18You lived with me, worked for me, and then you hooked up with my husband, bored him a bastard child,
18:25and sent my own daughter straight into hell.
18:28Sophia wept so hard she could barely catch her breath.
18:31It was Antonio.
18:32He came to me first.
18:33He said he couldn't stand you, that you were too controlling, and that he didn't love you anymore.
18:37I just got dragged into it.
18:38What was I supposed to do?
18:39I was forced into this.
18:41By the end, she was shaking her head, completely breaking down.
18:45Forced you?
18:46In 15 years, you had a thousand chances to stop, but what did you do?
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