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00:00:02Ever's the day we were trapped in the snow-covered mountains, mom has called me a liar.
00:00:08Not because I actually lied, but because of this thing on my wrist, the thermal monitoring bracelet.
00:00:17My mother Grace is obsessed with technology.
00:00:20The one belief she holds above all else is that data never lies.
00:00:31In an environment like this, every single calorie must be used where it matters most.
00:00:36Anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day.
00:00:43Mine is green.
00:00:46Your bracelet is red! You're recklessly consuming the last remaining calories in this house!
00:00:52Mom, I only had a cup of water this morning. I really don't know why it's red.
00:00:57Shut up!
00:00:59Your body has excess heat. You don't deserve any rations today.
00:01:05Mom, I'm really cold and hungry.
00:01:08The machine doesn't lie, Chloe.
00:01:12From that day on, those words became the most unquestionable truth in that cabin.
00:01:16The red light on my bracelet became like a curse.
00:01:19It declared me over-consuming heat every single day.
00:01:22At noon that day, mom distributed the food.
00:01:25Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green.
00:01:27She needs to replenish energy.
00:01:29Mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red.
00:01:33Mom, I haven't eaten anything. I'm really hungry.
00:01:38Chloe, machines don't lie. Just to get an extra bite, you're actually trying to deceive me.
00:01:42Look at your sister Anna. Her bracelet is always green.
00:01:45She'd rather stay hungry than steal even a script of food.
00:01:47And you, you're a thief.
00:01:49I didn't take any food. I really didn't.
00:01:52If you didn't steal anything, then why did I find the last piece of missing from the storage room this
00:01:58morning?
00:01:58I didn't take it.
00:02:10I ate it.
00:02:13She ate it. It's totally Anna. She just told me.
00:02:17Mom, I didn't. Sister, why are you accusing me?
00:02:22Mom, my bracelet is green. How could I have stolen the chocolate?
00:02:31Not only are you selfish enough to steal food, you even viciously frame your own sister.
00:02:38How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:52Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me. Please, just believe me this once. Just once.
00:03:00No.
00:03:02Even just a fraction of the tenderness she showed when she looked at Anna.
00:03:08Mom, I really didn't lie to you. Please believe me this time. I'm your daughter.
00:03:15Look at it yourself. Red. Chloe, it's red. It shows excess calories. If you didn't steal food, then who did?
00:03:21Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could she possibly steal anything?
00:03:27I have to punish a lying child like you.
00:03:38I was wrong. I won't lie again. Mom, please.
00:04:01Mom, will my sister freeze lying there? Her? She won't freeze. Her bracelet is red. She's got excess heat. Anna,
00:04:09don't be like her. Be an honest child.
00:04:14My heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand. The pain so intense I could barely breathe.
00:04:21I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat. Even my breath carried
00:04:28an abnormal warmth.
00:04:30Grace, Chloe, Chloe doesn't look well. Her face is too red. Could she have a fever? Maybe we should give
00:04:36her some hot water?
00:04:38David. David, her bracelet is red. This isn't a fever. She secretly ate chocolate and her body temperature rose because
00:04:45of excess calories.
00:04:47She fooled you. She fooled you. You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy? Looks like you
00:04:56need a real lesson.
00:04:57You're going to the attic right now to reflect on your mistakes.
00:05:09Mom, I really didn't steal the chocolate. I didn't lie.
00:05:24Mom, don't lock me in here. I'll die.
00:05:30When you figure it out, when you admit you stole the chocolate and your bracelet turns green, I'll let you
00:05:36out. Otherwise, you can stay here forever and reflect.
00:05:55Chloe, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you.
00:06:02Back then, she loved me too, didn't she?
00:06:14Grace, maybe we should let Chloe out. She hasn't eaten anything today.
00:06:18I had Anna bring her some bread.
00:06:20I wanted to say no one had brought me anything, but the words got stuck in my throat because I
00:06:26knew he wouldn't believe me.
00:06:40Big sister, are you cold? Are you hungry? Don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit?
00:06:47Anna, I'm so cold and hungry. Please give me the water and the biscuit.
00:06:52Give it to you?
00:06:57Oh, right. I almost forgot to tell you. That chocolate? I was the one who ate it. So sweet. So
00:07:02delicious.
00:07:03Too bad you didn't get any. But what can you do? Your core shack is red. Mom only believes me,
00:07:08not you.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate. Say it and I'll let
00:07:15you drink.
00:07:16Oops. My hand slipped. Sorry, big sister.
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it frozen solid. Suddenly, I couldn't feel my feet anymore.
00:07:26The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger. My vision blurred.
00:07:29I could clearly feel it, my body heat slipping away little by little, my life draining out of me.
00:07:33But I still couldn't accept it. I still hadn't lived to see the day Mom believed me.
00:07:38Mom, I'm so cold. I'm so hungry. I really didn't lie. Please believe me. Just once. Please.
00:07:46Dad, save me. I'm going to die. Dad!
00:07:50Music started playing downstairs. It was the deafening Symphony No. 5.
00:07:55The intense, surging music instantly drowned out my faint cries for help.
00:07:59The sound of me pounding on the floor completely swallowed them.
00:08:02She knew I was calling for help. She heard me. She just didn't want to listen.
00:08:07With that thunderous music, she blocked her own ears and completely cut off my last path to survival.
00:08:13My hands stopped pounding. In that moment, all my strength, all my hope, all my unwillingness vanished.
00:08:20I was so hungry. So cold. But Mom would never believe me. She would only believe the bracelet.
00:08:28The machine doesn't lie. What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:33I don't know how much time passed. My body stopped trembling.
00:08:36Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my skin.
00:08:40A false, burning sensation, as if I were no longer cold.
00:08:43I raised my hand and looked at my little finger, frozen to a purplish blue.
00:08:47Without a single ripple in my heart, I bent it forcily. Crack. A faint snapping sound.
00:08:51My little finger broke, but I felt no pain at all. So this is what it's like when a person
00:08:55is freezing to death.
00:08:56You really feel nothing. Mom. I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Venster. Her embrace was so her warm. Her smile was so gentle.
00:09:04I want to go back to that time. I want Mom to hug me just once more.
00:09:08February 14th. 7th day of the blizzard. Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:09:11She said I stole it. It wasn't me, Anna ate it. My bracelet turned red.
00:09:15Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket and gave it to Anna. I'm so cold.
00:09:23Chloe, come here. Let Mom hug you.
00:09:31I felt weightless. I looked down. I was floating. And there, below me, I saw myself lying on that frozen
00:09:37pile of cardboard.
00:09:38My right hand was missing a little finger. The dead girl's wrist was still flashing red.
00:09:42Oh. Oh. I'm dead.
00:09:45I looked down. My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor.
00:09:48The thermal monitoring bracelet was still tightly fastened around my lifeless, purplish wrist.
00:09:53The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face. Eerie and ironic.
00:09:59I was dead. I died at the age of 10 in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing
00:10:04attic by my mom I loved most, frozen to death.
00:10:06I hovered there, looking at my own corpse. I didn't cry. I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted 10 years, finally ending.
00:10:15My soul passed through the attic door like a gust of wind, without the slightest resistance.
00:10:20I drifted down the stairs, into the living room. Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the
00:10:27fire.
00:10:27Smiles on their faces. Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time.
00:10:31The satellite phone on the table was lit.
00:10:34I heard it.
00:10:35Just moments ago, Mom had gotten phone to the rescue team.
00:10:39They said the blizzard had weakened.
00:10:41In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and take us down the mountain.
00:10:45We were saved, except me.
00:10:48I died three days before the rescue arrived.
00:10:51I died just as the storm was about to end.
00:10:53That's great! We can finally leave this awful place!
00:10:56Mom, I want cake! Don't we still have that emergency cream cake in storage?
00:11:01I want to eat it now!
00:11:03Alright.
00:11:08That cake Dad had bought it for me before we came to the mountains.
00:11:11I couldn't bear to eat it, so I hid it deep in the storage room.
00:11:14I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my
00:11:19sister.
00:11:20I had even drawn a picture of our family on the box and written the words,
00:11:24I love Mom.
00:11:27Eat slowly. No one's gonna take it from you.
00:11:31Hmm...
00:11:32When we get down the mountain, I'll buy you a bigger, even better cake.
00:11:37I floated in front of them, watching this warm, joyful scene.
00:11:41And somewhere where my heart should have been, there was pain.
00:11:45Oh, right.
00:11:46Chloe is still locked in the attic.
00:11:49Since rescue is coming soon, maybe we should let her out.
00:11:52Let her have something to eat.
00:11:54She's been locked up for two days.
00:11:56She should have learned her lesson.
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly.
00:12:13Was she going to the attic?
00:12:14Was she going to see me?
00:12:16Was she finally going to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe...
00:12:26Chloe, come out and eat.
00:12:28No response.
00:12:30I'm inside.
00:12:31I can't answer you.
00:12:33I'm already dead.
00:12:35If you open the door, you'll see my body.
00:12:37I'm already dead!
00:12:39I looked at Mom with sorrow.
00:12:40If she found out I was dead, would she be sad?
00:12:43Would she regret it?
00:12:45Still sulking?
00:12:46You're already ten, not five.
00:12:48Trying to get my attention this way?
00:12:50Then don't come out.
00:12:51Mom!
00:12:52I'm not sulking!
00:12:53I'm dead!
00:12:53I'm already dead!
00:12:54Look at me!
00:12:55I froze to death!
00:12:56Right there in the attic!
00:12:58I'm not lying!
00:12:59The bracelet is broken!
00:13:00Anna ate it!
00:13:00Look at me!
00:13:02Why did it suddenly get so cold?
00:13:04Is the fireplace not burning strong enough?
00:13:06David, go add some more wood.
00:13:08Mom couldn't hear my voice.
00:13:09She couldn't feel my presence.
00:13:12I was a ghost.
00:13:13A ghost who died at her hands.
00:13:15Ignored and forgotten.
00:13:16Sound the cold room on her.
00:13:17See us, babe.
00:13:19Shouldn't we turn on the heating?
00:13:21The rescue team will be here soon anyway?
00:13:24You're right.
00:13:24Let them see that even in this kind of environment,
00:13:26we can still maintain a scientific standard of living.
00:13:30She went downstairs and turned on the central heating
00:13:33and the floor heating throughout the house.
00:13:36The temperature in the attic rose as well.
00:13:39My body began to decompose faster.
00:13:45The water spread outward, soaking through the cardboard,
00:13:48seeping into the floor.
00:13:50I watched my body grow colder and stiffer,
00:13:53little by little, until signs of decay began to appear.
00:13:57That was my smell.
00:13:59The smell of death.
00:14:00They were going to leave after being rescued.
00:14:03They were going to leave this cabin that had trapped me.
00:14:06They were going to leave my body here,
00:14:08forever in this cold attic.
00:14:11I'll take something to Chloe.
00:14:12She's been in the attic for two days.
00:14:14She hasn't even had a sip of water.
00:14:15Take what?
00:14:16Her red light is on like that.
00:14:18She's got more than enough energy.
00:14:19She won't starve.
00:14:25Dad!
00:14:26Open the door!
00:14:27Hurry!
00:14:28Open it!
00:14:29If you just turn the handle,
00:14:30you'll see that I'm not moving anymore.
00:14:32You'll see my darkened face.
00:14:39Hello?
00:14:40Rescue team?
00:14:41Yes, this is David.
00:14:42What?
00:14:43You can come up the mountain in two days?
00:14:45That's great!
00:14:46The rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop in two days.
00:14:49They'll be able to come up.
00:14:53It was that close, just that tiny bit.
00:14:55Just one second.
00:14:56I could have been found.
00:14:58Maybe then,
00:14:59I wouldn't have to keep decaying.
00:15:11Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:15What is that smell?
00:15:17It's disgusting!
00:15:19Oh my god!
00:15:19It stinks!
00:15:21It's coming from the attic!
00:15:22Did my sister go on the floor?
00:15:24Did she do it on purpose?
00:15:25Is she trying to stink us to death?
00:15:32Chloe!
00:15:33What are you doing in there?
00:15:35It stinks!
00:15:36Chloe!
00:15:37What are you doing in there?
00:15:37It stinks!
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us?
00:15:53Fine.
00:15:54Then stay in there with your stink.
00:15:55Don't even think about coming out to pollute our air.
00:16:00The last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely,
00:16:03just like that strip of tape.
00:16:05She would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape
00:16:07and endure the increasingly unbearable stench
00:16:10than push the door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:16Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body.
00:16:26Another day passed.
00:16:27It was the day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain.
00:16:45Chloe!
00:16:46I've had enough of you, you disgusting little brat!
00:16:49What exactly are you trying to do?
00:16:51Making the whole house stink on purpose?
00:16:52Are you trying to torment us?
00:16:54I'm gonna teach you a lesson today!
00:17:10Chloe?
00:17:12Chloe?
00:17:14Chloe?
00:17:23I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:47I'm talking to you!
00:17:48I'm talking to you.
00:17:49Chloe?
00:17:50No.
00:17:52No, that's impossible!
00:17:54Chloe!
00:17:54You're pretending, aren't you, Chloe?
00:17:57You're lying to Mom again, aren't you?
00:17:59get up mom's not angry anymore i won't scold you again get up don't scare me please her hand
00:18:08trembled as she reached beneath my nose no breath then she reached for my neck feeling for a pulse
00:18:13nothing only coldness only silence i was truly dead dead in the attic she had locked with her
00:18:20own hands dead in the cold and hunger she had caused dead under the gaze she never once chose
00:18:26to believe impossible the machine doesn't know they had followed the sound of the screams the team
00:18:43leader pushed open the attic door and froze the moment he saw what was inside the body of a 10
00:18:49year old girl lay curled up on the cold floor a bracelet flashing red on her wrist a woman sat
00:18:54collapsed on the ground screaming like a mad woman her eyes unfocused completely deranged david and
00:19:00anna who had followed behind turned deathly pale the moment they saw my body david's legs gave out
00:19:07and he collapsed at the doorway his whole body trembling violently how did this happen how did
00:19:14this happen he finally understood behind the door he had almost opened that day lay his daughter's
00:19:20cold corpse he finally understood that his repeated hesitation and retreat had ultimately pushed me
00:19:27to my death anna hid behind david staring at my bluish swollen face and fear finally showed on her face
00:19:35she burst into tears clinging tightly to david's arm her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind
00:19:41barely able to stand she was finally afraid she finally understood that her prank her lies her framing
00:19:49had cost a life had killed her own sister
00:19:56quick call a doctor seal off the scene the rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it and shouted
00:20:03sharply at the others unable to suppress the anger in his voice the team set up a cordon the doctor
00:20:09pushed
00:20:09through the crowd and entered the attic crouching beside my body for a long time examining carefully
00:20:15his movements gentle as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin severe hypothermia organ failure
00:20:24this child was starved for at least a month and in temperatures well below freezing she froze to death
00:20:30time of death was two to three days ago it's not my fault she was lying she stole food look
00:20:39the bracelet
00:20:40is red the red light it says she has excess calories i follow the data machines don't lie the doctor
00:20:48frowned
00:20:48crouched down and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist but the strap had fused tightly with my
00:20:55frozen purplish skin almost as if it had grown into the flesh breeding his teeth the doctor took out
00:21:01specialized tools and carefully pried the bracelet off little by little i floated in mid-air watching
00:21:07the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days finally leave my wrist this cold shackle that had
00:21:12trapped me for ten days that had caused my death finally fell away the doctor held the bracelet
00:21:19turning it over and over then opened the casing on the back after just one glance he let out a
00:21:25cold
00:21:25laugh looking up at mom ma'am your so-called infuelable machine has been broken for a long time
00:21:33the temperature sensor and calorie monitoring module have completely failed the circuit shorted out which
00:21:39is why the red light stays on from the very first day it was worn it was already broken it
00:21:44couldn't measure
00:21:45anything at all it could only keep flashing red the truth she had trusted above all else the thing she
00:21:52relied on to judge my life and death had been a joke from the very beginning you are lying
00:22:05i hadn't lied not once the bracelet was broken she was wrong no no that's impossible
00:22:20no impossible machines don't lie
00:22:26look anna's bracelet is still green this proves the system works this is scientific
00:22:33at that moment a female rescue worker walked over to anna bent down and took something out of the
00:22:38pocket it had been hidden there for days crumpled beyond recognition still smeared with traces of
00:22:45chocolate holding the wrapper the rescue worker walked up to mom and said coldly ma'am is this the
00:22:52chocolate you said was stolen we found it in your younger daughter's pocket all eyes turned
00:22:59instantly toward anna anna's face went pale in an instant
00:23:08it wasn't me my sister told me to hide it she ate it not me
00:23:22little girl take off your bracelet and show it to me anna froze instantly
00:23:32no mom gave it to me i won't take it off but the doctor gave her no chance to argue
00:23:37he pulled
00:23:38out a screwdriver and pried the bracelet open on the spot what was inside made everyone gasp no sensors
00:23:45no chip no heat monitoring module nothing at all only two cheap green led lights and a button battery
00:23:53the circuit was hardwired once powered it is just a two yuan toy he doctor slammed the shattered bracelet
00:24:00onto the ground in front of mom his voice trembled with barely contained rage this bracelet of your
00:24:06younger daughter was designed to always show green from the very beginning no matter what she said
00:24:11what she did or how much she lied it would always stay green ma'am your so-called scientific survival
00:24:16system your so-called infuelable data from beginning to end was nothing but a complete joke a sick biased
00:24:22joke you personally froze your honest daughter to death in that attic while treating a compulsive liar like
00:24:28treasure mom looked at the shattered plastic pieces on the ground at the toy still glowing green and
00:24:35and suddenly she laughed
00:24:38she laughed loudly so loudly that tears came out of her eyes
00:24:43she doubled over collapsing onto the floor her whole body curling up with laughter
00:24:52fake it's all fake mom suddenly screamed and then she did something insane
00:24:58no way the bracelet can't be wrong i didn't eat anything today my calories couldn't possibly be
00:25:05over it'll turn green she grabbed the bracelet still stained with my blood and fragments of skin
00:25:11and snapped it onto her own wrist she took a deep breath trying to calm herself she raised her wrist
00:25:17her
00:25:17eyes wild look it'll turn green the red light flared bright violent mom's confident expression shattered
00:25:25instantly she slapped at the bracelet like it was a broken television panic rising in her voice
00:25:31what no my calories can't be over i didn't exceed anything why is it red i didn't lie she started
00:25:40speaking faster and faster it's broken the doctor broke it i'll try again i've never abused her i was
00:25:46doing it for her good i love why is it red i'm telling the truth turn green you piece of
00:25:53junk you're framing
00:25:54me suddenly she remembered me 10 year old me punished so severely curled up on the floor biting my lip
00:26:01to
00:26:01stop myself from screaming but the red light kept flashing as if it was speaking to her again and again
00:26:07you are a liar you are a liar no mom suddenly screamed clawing frantically at the bracelet trying
00:26:16to rip it off her wrist take it off it's red i'm not a liar i'm not but the clasp
00:26:23had locked due to her
00:26:24violent struggle like a shackle tightly bound to her wrist just as it had once been tightly bound to mine
00:26:31a doctor picked up the diary from the floor he flipped through it page by page his expression
00:26:38growing darker and darker february 14th day seven of the blizzard mom found the chocolate missing she
00:26:46said i stole it i didn't it was anna who ate it my bracelet turned red mom hit me shocked
00:26:51me with the
00:26:51brazier mom locked me in the acne dad took my bring me food but anna stopped him anna poured hot
00:26:57water
00:26:57onto my cardboard bed i hit the floor and called for mom but she turned up the music so loud
00:27:01she
00:27:01couldn't hear me when i was nine anna broke mom's most precious tech robot and cried saying i did it
00:27:09without even asking mom locked me in the storage room for a full day and night with no food or
00:27:14water
00:27:15i banged on the door crying that it wasn't me but she wouldn't listen and anna she was curled up
00:27:21in
00:27:22mom's arms eating sweet strawberries watching me be locked away with a happy smile countless days
00:27:28and nights anna stole my toys tore my drawings ruined my homework and then cried to mom saying i
00:27:35didn't every single time mom believed anna without question then scolded me punished me and made me stand
00:27:42in a cold corner without food machines don't lie anna's wristband is green you're just a liar mom i really
00:27:53didn't lie i've never lied to you i know you don't like me but i still love you if i
00:27:58die will you regret
00:28:00it will you miss me even a little if there's a next life can you believe me once can you
00:28:07please stop
00:28:08calling me a liar every word struck like a heavy hammer crashing down on on my mom's heart she
00:28:16covered her face and let out a heart wrenching cry like a wounded beast she remembered the fourth
00:28:21day of the blizzard the slap she gave me across the face and the electric shock that coursed through my
00:28:28entire body she remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around anna instead
00:28:35and the despair in my eyes she remembered me banging on the floor screaming for her help
00:28:43while she deliberately turned up symphony of fate to the maximum volume to block out her own ears
00:28:49she remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape and the disgust and impatience she felt
00:28:55at the time she had personally little by little pushed her daughter toward death she had personally
00:29:03killed the little girl who loved her most and trusted her most mom let out a piercing scream and
00:29:13suddenly raised her head looking toward anna curled up in the corner it's you it's all you
00:29:20she lunged forward like a mad woman tightly gripping anna's throat screaming hysterically you're the one who
00:29:28lied you're the one who stole the chocolate you tricked me you killed chloe i'm going to kill you
00:29:37you'll pay for my daughter's life
00:29:42the rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled mom away pinning her firmly down on the sofa
00:29:50my dad watched everything the crazed mother the terrified anna and the bloodstained note in the evidence
00:29:57bag and finally snapped
00:30:02you monster
00:30:06that was your daughter our daughter you froze her to death with your own hands how dare you how could
00:30:12you
00:30:15it's not my fault it was the wristband it was anna it's not my fault my body was placed into
00:30:26a black body bag
00:30:27the zipper slowly closed sealing away my short 10 years of life filled with pain and despair
00:30:32don't take her away give her back to me she ran across the snow field her bare feet stepping onto
00:30:39sharp ice shards instantly cutting her skin blood trailed across the white snow leaving a shocking red
00:30:45path behind her chloe mom will give you all the food rations please open your eyes and look at me
00:30:52she reached the landing gear area desperately jumping upward trying to grab hold of the edge of the body bag
00:30:59but she only grasped empty freezing air and swirling snowflakes this incident quickly spread across the
00:31:08world the rescue team's camera had recorded everything one of the crew members accidentally
00:31:14uploaded the footage online and from there it spread like an unstoppable avalanche
00:31:28the entire internet exploded netizens were in full outrage
00:31:41and that father too he did nothing the entire time just watched his daughter being abused
00:31:46he deserves to die as well a flood of insults poured in like an avalanche crashing down on my mom
00:31:52my dad
00:31:53and this shattered family on the second day after the incident escalated our villa at the foot of the
00:31:59mountain was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd the front gate had been splashed with bright red
00:32:05paint in thick black marker the words murderers get out of this city and justice for chloe were written
00:32:12everywhere the villa windows had been smashed with bricks red paint and abusive slogans covered the
00:32:19walls and floors at the entrance reporters and furious protesters packed tightly together behind them the
00:32:27crowd held signs filled with insults chanting loudly until the noise shook the air grace the murderer get
00:32:33out you don't deserve to be a mother pay for chloe's life evil family get out of switzerland
00:32:40neighbors had already moved out one after another the property management even came with legal notices
00:32:46demanding we leave immediately saying our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety and property
00:32:51values and caused extreme disturbance to other residents inside the villa everything was in chaos
00:32:57the curtains were tightly drawn the lights stayed off only the glow of the television illuminated the
00:33:02pale faces of my dad and my mom the house phone had been completely overwhelmed every call that came
00:33:07through brought waves of insults and curses even the mobile phones couldn't be turned on the moment
00:33:12they were switched on countless abusive messages and non-stop harassing calls flooded in
00:33:30it's all your fault all of it if it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours if you hadn't trusted
00:33:35those
00:33:35useless data readings chloe wouldn't be dead we wouldn't have ended up like this you're a mad woman a murderer
00:33:45what right do you have to blame me you were there to save her you're an accomplice you deserve to
00:33:50die too
00:34:21mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house the car and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:26cover legal fees
00:34:27And compensation
00:34:28Now
00:34:29now
00:34:36now
00:34:37now
00:34:42I know
00:34:43how dare you
00:35:05these items have been seized and auctioned by the court they no longer belong to you
00:35:23if you fail to repay the debt we will file for court enforcement and have you imprisoned it
00:36:09it's not fair
00:36:13so
00:36:27so
00:36:29so
00:36:45didn't you love lying it wasn't me i didn't kill my sister didn't you have that bracelet with the
00:36:50always green signal why doesn't anyone believe you now you deserve it this is what you get for
00:36:55what you did to your sister liar thief murderer why don't they bully anyone else just you maybe you
00:37:01should reflect on yourself when you harmed your sister when you harmed your did you ever think
00:37:06this day would come let me out please let me out i didn't steal it i really did it
00:37:23so
00:37:33so
00:37:56this was her rightful punishment
00:38:03as for mom her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's the defendant should undergo a
00:38:10forensic psychiatric evaluation i'm not crazy everything i do is based on the data from the
00:38:17scientific wristband i didn't do anything wrong
00:38:29can you explain the behavior at that time
00:38:32i didn't do anything wrong the bracelet is broken anna lied to me
00:38:44chloe sorry it's all my fault
00:38:52machines don't lie
00:38:55red light chloe i'm sorry
00:39:00she had lost the capacity for civil conduct
00:39:03and was unfit to serve a prison sentence
00:39:06she would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment
00:39:15i'm not crazy you're the ones who are crazy the bracelet was broken it's not my fault i'm not insane
00:39:24i was right the data doesn't lie chloe lied to me anna lied to me i'm not crazy let me
00:39:31out
00:39:33just like no one had believed me back then
00:39:37police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps
00:39:40the moment mom saw them she reacted like a startled beast
00:39:45she kept retreating then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction
00:39:49as if hoping he would save her
00:39:51but dad had long since disappeared
00:39:55in the courtroom there was not a single person on her side
00:40:01in that moment she was truly alone
00:40:04just like i once was trapped in the attic with no one to turn to
00:40:12before being sent to the psychiatric hospital
00:40:14she did something insane
00:40:16that was the day my body was sent to the funeral home
00:40:19i was wrong come back i'm sorry
00:40:38chloe wait for me
00:40:50her feet suffered severe frostbite and the tissue completely necrated
00:40:56the doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation
00:41:00cutting everything below the knees
00:41:02she became a woman without legs
00:41:06completely broken
00:41:07and completely insane
00:41:13in the psychiatric hospital
00:41:15she became the strangest patient
00:41:17no one knew where she got it from
00:41:19but she found a red plastic ring
00:41:21and wore it around her neck like a collar
00:41:23it was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet
00:41:28don't touch my light
00:41:29chloe is watching
00:41:31if you take it away she'll get angry
00:41:43she was reliving my final moments before death
00:41:47she locked herself inside the same cold attic where i had once been trapped
00:41:51reliving my personal hell over and over again
00:41:54chloe i'm sorry mom was wrong please come back okay
00:41:57mom will never trust the bracelet again
00:41:59mom will bake you cake cover you with blankets
00:42:02i confess
00:42:03i confess
00:42:06red light red light
00:42:08chloe mom was wrong
00:42:10mom shouldn't have trusted the red light
00:42:22chloe are you there
00:42:25mom threw the bracelet away
00:42:27mom doesn't believe in it anymore
00:42:28please come back
00:42:29please come back
00:42:30mom will cook for you
00:42:32mom will buy you new dresses
00:42:33there was no ripple in my heart
00:42:35only a dead silence
00:42:37regret means nothing to the dead
00:42:38it was too late
00:42:40mom
00:42:41it's all too late
00:42:44when i was locked in the attic and frozen to death
00:42:47where was your remorse
00:42:48when i used my last strength to write a blood-written plea
00:42:51begging you to believe me just once
00:42:53where was your remorse
00:42:54mom
00:42:55i don't hate you anymore
00:42:57but i don't love you anymore either
00:42:59in the next life
00:43:01let's not meet again
00:43:07i drifted through the snowstorm of the alps
00:43:10snow fell onto my body
00:43:12yet i felt no cold at all
00:43:13i was finally free
00:43:15no red lights
00:43:16no hunger
00:43:16no cold
00:43:17no lies
00:43:18no mom's hatred
00:43:19no anna's framing
00:43:20no dad's inaction
00:43:21only boundless freedom
00:43:23just then i heard a familiar bark
00:43:25i looked down
00:43:26a golden sled dog was sitting in the snow
00:43:29wagging its tail
00:43:30looking up at me with bright eyes
00:43:32it was buddy
00:43:33buddy was the dog i once raised
00:43:35a gift from dad on my 8th birthday
00:43:38a gentle golden retriever sled dog
00:43:40my only warmth in childhood
00:43:43when my mom called me a liar
00:43:45and anna bullied me
00:43:47only buddy would run over
00:43:49lie down by my feet
00:43:51and rub its head against my hand
00:43:55staying with me
00:43:56but mom didn't like it
00:43:58she said dogs carry germs
00:44:00and would affect her research
00:44:02before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation
00:44:04she took advantage of a moment
00:44:06when i wasn't paying attention
00:44:07and abandoned bunny in the mountains
00:44:09i cried for days and searched for days
00:44:18but i never found him
00:44:19it turns out he had always been here
00:44:22waiting for me at the border
00:44:30let's go
00:44:31don't look back
00:44:32i could feel his soft warm fur
00:44:35feel his body temperature
00:44:37feel his heartbeat
00:44:38this was the living breathing connection
00:44:41i had longed for most when i was alive
00:44:47in the distance a door of light appeared
00:44:49it was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation
00:44:54i turned back and took one last look at this world
00:44:56that had tormented me for 10 years
00:44:58one look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital
00:45:01and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me
00:45:04then i turned around
00:45:05holding buddy's paw
00:45:07and walked step by step toward that door of light
00:45:10everything behind me became like a faded photograph
00:45:13slowly blurring and dissolving
00:45:16my mother's final tears
00:45:17the bracelet's red glow
00:45:19the blood written message on the floor
00:45:21the freezing attic
00:45:23all of it vanished
00:45:24i did not look back
00:45:26the nightmare that had lasted wood for 10 years
00:45:28had finally come to a true end
00:45:31passing through that light
00:45:32there was no spinning
00:45:33no chaos
00:45:34only endless warmth
00:45:35as if i were sinking into a spring stream
00:45:37even the pain deep within my soul
00:45:40those lingering aches and phantom pains
00:45:42gradually faded away
00:45:44buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle
00:45:46when i opened my eyes again
00:45:48i was small
00:45:49wrapped in a soft blanket
00:45:51someone was humming
00:45:53it was a woman's voice
00:45:55gentle
00:45:57slightly off key
00:45:58yet filled with love
00:46:00her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek
00:46:02carrying the scent of gardenias
00:46:04not the cold disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life
00:46:08not that clinical distant feeling
00:46:11you're awake
00:46:13honey
00:46:14come quickly
00:46:15our daughter just blinked
00:46:16he was tall
00:46:18with healthy wheelt coloured skin weathered features
00:46:21but his eyes were exceptionally gentle
00:46:23he was my father in this sweet life
00:46:26martin
00:46:26he was the same rescue captain from my previous life
00:46:30the first person to rush into the attic and find my body
00:46:36hey charlotte
00:46:38i'm your dad
00:46:40charlotte
00:46:41not chloe
00:46:42no burden
00:46:43no shackles
00:46:45no lies
00:46:46no label of liar
00:46:47just charlotte
00:46:49a name that meant warmth
00:46:51being cherished
00:46:52and being loved unconditionally
00:46:53i grew up in a home filled with love
00:46:56our house wasn't big
00:46:57but it was clean and warm
00:46:58in the living room
00:47:00there was a large fireplace
00:47:01that burned brightly every winter
00:47:03filling everything with cozy heat
00:47:05there were no heat monitoring bracelets
00:47:07no red or green lights
00:47:09no strict food rationing
00:47:11no cold attic
00:47:12only endless love
00:47:14and unconditional trust
00:47:15when i was three years old
00:47:17my mother made hot cocoa
00:47:18the aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room
00:47:30baby
00:47:31baby
00:47:31i'm here
00:47:35i'm here
00:47:35charlotte
00:47:36you're safe now
00:47:38i'm here
00:47:39dad is here
00:47:39no one will hurt you
00:47:42my throat's hurt
00:47:44i don't want hot cocoa
00:47:48not like the hot water in the attic thermos that anna once poured out
00:47:52not something that had been held up to my mouth before being taken away
00:47:56when i was four years old
00:47:58the kindergarten organized a health checkup that included a blood test
00:48:09charlotte
00:48:10charlotte it's just a tiny poke
00:48:11it won't hurt
00:48:11look at the other children
00:48:12they're all very brave
00:48:13don't punish me
00:48:14it's okay charlotte
00:48:15i didn't lie
00:48:15don't shock me
00:48:16it's okay
00:48:19sorry my child's experienced trauma
00:48:21we're going to skip the physical exam for now
00:48:23we'll take her to a child psychologist
00:48:25and we'll come back when she's ready
00:48:31charlotte
00:48:32did someone hurt you before
00:48:35bracelet
00:48:36red light
00:48:37so cold
00:48:38my baby
00:48:39you must have suffered so much didn't you
00:48:41it's okay now
00:48:43you're home
00:48:45mom and dad are here
00:48:46no one can hurt you anymore
00:48:48from that day on
00:48:50they regularly took me to see a child psychologist
00:48:54the doctor said i had severe post-traumatic stress disorder
00:48:59my parents never complained once
00:49:02they never made me feel like a burden
00:49:04they stayed with me
00:49:06played games with me
00:49:07did therapy exercises with me
00:49:10slowly healing the wounds in my heart
00:49:12they bought me many many colorful beautiful bracelets
00:49:18but they never forced me to wear any of them
00:49:22these are just accessories charlotte
00:49:24wear them if you like
00:49:25if you don't just take them off
00:49:26no matter what
00:49:27your dad and i will always love you
00:49:28i looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist
00:49:30there was no red light
00:49:31no electric shock
00:49:32no accusation
00:49:33only my mother's gentle smile
00:49:35it took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words
00:49:37when i was five years old
00:49:39i once had a fever
00:49:42i started crying uncontrollably
00:49:44i feel hot
00:49:45it wasn't because i felt unwell
00:49:47it was because what i said
00:49:49mom immediately took a thermometer
00:49:51and checked my temperature
00:50:00mom if i say i feel hot
00:50:03do you believe me
00:50:07i believe you
00:50:08if you say you're hot then you're hot
00:50:11the thermometer says you're hot too
00:50:13of course i believe you
00:50:14what if the thermometer didn't say i was hot but i said i was
00:50:18would you still believe me
00:50:20i would
00:50:20your feelings are your own
00:50:22they don't need any machine to prove them
00:50:25i held on to those words in my heart for a long long time
00:50:30the afternoon i had a fever
00:50:31it started snowing outside
00:50:33dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow
00:50:38mom loved snowy days the most when i was a child
00:50:42building snowmen with my brother
00:50:43once i had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should be
00:50:51it was so the snowman could look down at its own feet
00:50:54otherwise it would never know what it was wearing
00:50:58i was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm
00:51:02so they wrapped me up in it
00:51:04it was soft thick and warm
00:51:06i buried my face in it and took a breath
00:51:08it smelled like fabric softener
00:51:10clean dry and unmistakably the scent of home
00:51:14when i was seven i started elementary school
00:51:17there was a girl in my class named lena
00:51:19she looked exactly like anna from my previous life
00:51:22the same eyes the same face shape
00:51:29sister you're so pitiful
00:51:36i'm my name is lena
00:51:38you do you want to be my friend
00:51:42her tone was so cautious so eager to please
00:51:45just like me in my previous life
00:51:47almost instinctively i glanced at her wrist
00:51:50she was wearing a cheap green cartoon wristband
00:51:54later i learned that lena's mother was also extremely strict
00:51:57she demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty
00:52:01if lena made even the smallest mistake
00:52:03she would be locked in her room and denied food
00:52:06lena just like my past self lived in endless fear and suppression
00:52:10one day lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup
00:52:18i looked at her at the fear and despair in her eyes in that instant i was reminded of my
00:52:23past self
00:52:24the little girl who lay on the cold floor writing i am a liar over and over again begging for
00:52:30forgiveness again and again
00:52:34lena it's okay accidents happen let's go tell the teacher together okay the teacher won't be angry
00:52:41but mom said that children who lie are bad kids and they will be punished
00:52:47being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes it means that when you do make a mistake you're brave enough
00:52:51to admit
00:52:52it and even if you tell the truth you shouldn't be punished for it
00:52:55i broke the cup i'm sorry
00:52:58the teacher didn't get angry instead she smiled patted both our heads and said it was okay
00:53:05just to be more careful next time from that day on we became best friends
00:53:11i took lena home to meet my parents
00:53:14she looked at my mom and dad so gentle so patient never shouting over small things never punishing a child
00:53:21for making mistakes
00:53:23her eyes were filled with envy lena you don't need to please everyone you're allowed to have your own feelings
00:53:29you can say no you can be scared you can make mistakes none of that is shameful
00:53:34one day lena's mother came to school to pick her up when she saw us together her face immediately darkened
00:53:40she grabbed lena's hand tightly and said sharply did you cause trouble again is charlotte helping you lie
00:53:49auntie lena hasn't done anything wrong she's a very very good child
00:53:54you shouldn't always assume the worst about her she's afraid of you
00:54:01that night she called my mom they talked for a long time and in the end she said thank you
00:54:08thank you your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong i've been
00:54:13little by little lena's mother became gentler she started learning to listen instead of shouting
00:54:20to trust instead of blaming and lena too became more and more confident more and more open in my
00:54:29previous life i was never saved i endured all the pain alone in the darkness but in this life
00:54:35i can save others when i was 10 years old dad took us to the mountains not the alps just
00:54:42ordinary
00:54:42mountains dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team he knew every path in the area knew where the
00:54:48hidden ice was which slopes were dangerous where you could set up camp and where rock clops might
00:54:52happen after rain he led me along an easier trail mom walked behind us camera in hand taking photos from
00:54:58time to time here thank you dad have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains yes many times
00:55:14what happened to them in the end
00:55:20some were rescued some weren't the ones who weren't rescued
00:55:27do you still remember them i remember every single one do you know why i chose this job
00:55:35no because i hope that after every snowstorm no one is left alone in the mountains
00:55:40for everyone who gets trapped i hope someone can reach them in time the wind blew down from the
00:55:45mountain carrying the scent of pine trees and a faint coolness from the distant stream
00:55:50but it wasn't the kind of cold that selt into your bones it was breathable refreshing alive
00:55:55a summer kind of cool the coolness of being alive
00:56:02look
00:56:06i stared at that photo for a long time that child was me clean looking outward alive not chloe curled
00:56:13up in
00:56:14the corner of an attic in my previous life that was charlotte standing in the sunlight standing
00:56:18between dad and mom at that moment i remembered the lines in my drawing book i remembered the hands
00:56:24that wrote them i remembered the child who use up her last bit of strength just say
00:56:29i love you so much you don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true there are
00:56:36people
00:56:36here who believe you even without a wristband even without any device to verify it even if what you
00:56:41say sounds impossible there will still be someone who will catch every word you say there are people
00:56:46here who believe you hey
00:56:50in autumn one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit bringing his wife and an elderly woman
00:56:56when with them she was his mother even though time had carved deep marks into her face even though
00:57:02it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life even though the eyes that once belonged to a
00:57:07scientist no longer held that burning phoneticism only gentleness and the weight of years i would never
00:57:12mistake her this was grace
00:57:23charlotte what's wrong sweetheart are you feeling unwell at that moment the old woman's gaze also fell
00:57:29on me her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw me
00:57:42this is your child yes this is our daughter charlotte i could clearly see the wrinkles at the corners of
00:57:53her eyes
00:57:54the white strands at her thames and the tears pooling in her eyes held back so tightly that they refused
00:58:02to fall
00:58:05charlotte such a beautiful name my throat felt blocked as if something was stuck there
00:58:13i was no longer chloe i am charlotte the charlotte who had grown up wrapped in love
00:58:20seeing that i remained silent a trace of panic flashed in her eyes
00:58:26how old are you
00:58:3210 10 10 that's good at lunchtime she sat directly across from me
00:58:38she carefully used serving chopsters to put food into my bowl
00:58:44auntie you're spoiling charlotte too much you should eat too
00:58:50it's fine when i look at this child i just feel an instant sense of closeness
00:58:55i looked at the pile of food in my bowl my emotions tangled and heavy in my previous life
00:59:03until the day i died i had always hoped just once that she would serve me a bite of food
00:59:08say something gentle to me or believe me even once but now she had done it
00:59:16only it was already too late
00:59:18in the afternoon i paint alone in the sunroom
00:59:25charlotte can i sit here for a while i won't disturb you while you draw
00:59:30she carefully walked over and sat down on the wicker chair beside me
00:59:35i know who you are and i also know who i am
00:59:39from the moment i was born i carried all my memories
00:59:45i remember everything i did to you
00:59:49i'm sorry chloe
00:59:51i'm sorry
00:59:54chloe
00:59:55i'm sorry to you i'm really sorry
00:59:59every day i ask myself
01:00:03why didn't i trust you that day in the cabin
01:00:07why did i trust that broken wristband instead of my own daughter
01:00:11i remember slapping you
01:00:14i remember shocking you
01:00:17the way you curled up on the floor begging me to stop
01:00:21i remember locking you in the attic
01:00:25the way you clung to the doorframe
01:00:27begging me not to lock it
01:00:30i remember kicking open the attic door
01:00:34and finding your frozen body
01:00:37and the red light still flashing on your wrist
01:00:41i saw your blood
01:00:43written letter
01:00:44every single word
01:00:46i carved into my heart
01:00:48and carried with me
01:00:49for the rest of my life
01:00:51you asked
01:00:52if there could be another life
01:00:54could i please trust you once
01:00:56could i stop calling you a liar
01:00:59but i didn't even give you that chance
01:01:02i destroyed it with my own hands
01:01:05i'm sorry
01:01:06it was a diary
01:01:08with a sunflower on the cover
01:01:09the flower i had loved most in my previous life
01:01:14chloe
01:01:15no charlotte
01:01:18i know that no matter how many apologies i say
01:01:21it's useless now
01:01:22i took your life
01:01:24i can never repay what i owe you
01:01:27not in this life
01:01:28not in the next
01:01:30i don't dare to ask for your forgiveness
01:01:33i just
01:01:34i just wanted to tell you sorry in person
01:01:37i just want you to know that i understand now
01:01:39love is not measured by machines
01:01:41nor judged by data
01:01:43it is listening to you
01:01:44believing what you say
01:01:45holding you and telling you that your mother is here
01:01:47but i understood all of that far too late
01:01:49too late
01:01:50i'm so sorry charlotte
01:01:52she was crying so hard that her whole body trembled
01:01:56her aged face was covered in tears and regret
01:02:02i looked at her for a long time
01:02:04in my previous life
01:02:06lying on the cold floor of the attic
01:02:08what i had wanted most before dying was a single apology from her
01:02:12a single i believe you
01:02:15but now she was truly standing in front of me
01:02:17saying countless apologies
01:02:19and yet i realized
01:02:20they no longer mattered to me
01:02:22i already had a new life
01:02:24parents who loved me
01:02:25a warm home
01:02:26and a bright future
01:02:28auntie
01:02:28i don't hate you anymore
01:02:30her tears fell even harder
01:02:32her lips trembled
01:02:33as if she wanted to say something
01:02:35but no words came out
01:02:36but i also won't call you mom again
01:02:38the me i am now
01:02:39what is charlotte
01:02:40i have my own parents
01:02:41they love me very much
01:02:42i've received your repentance
01:02:45i don't hate you anymore
01:02:47because i don't want to be trapped by the past
01:02:49i don't want to spend my entire life
01:02:51living inside that snowy mountain nightmare
01:02:53but i also won't forgive you
01:02:55not because of hatred
01:02:57but because what happened
01:02:58does not deserve forgiveness
01:03:00after hearing my words
01:03:02her body swayed
01:03:03she covered her face
01:03:05and let out a broken desperate sob
01:03:08she knew i was right
01:03:11it was too late
01:03:12everything was too late
01:03:14when she locked me in the attic
01:03:16and let me freeze to death
01:03:17where was her remorse then
01:03:19when i kept calling her mom
01:03:21over and over
01:03:22telling her i wasn't lying
01:03:23where was her remorse then
01:03:25when i used my last strength
01:03:28to write a blood letter
01:03:29begging her to believe me just once
01:03:32where was her remorse then
01:03:35now it was all too late
01:03:37that afternoon
01:03:39when jason's family prepared to leave
01:03:41the old woman walked at the very end
01:03:43at the doorway
01:03:44she turned back to look at me once more
01:03:46her eyes were full of tears
01:03:48reluctance
01:03:48and endless loneliness
01:03:49then leaning on her cane
01:03:51she walked away slowly
01:03:52step by step
01:03:53i stood at the door
01:03:54watching her aged hunched body
01:03:55disappear down the street
01:03:56and in my heart
01:03:57there was no ripple at all
01:03:59mom walked over
01:04:00and gently hugged me from behind
01:04:02she didn't ask what had happened
01:04:04she simply patted my head softly
01:04:06no matter what happens
01:04:08your dad and i are here for you
01:04:12that night i lay in bed
01:04:13with steady breathing
01:04:14occasionally shifting
01:04:16as i chased something in my dreams
01:04:18i stared at the ceiling
01:04:19thinking of my previous life
01:04:23chloe
01:04:24chloe
01:04:25they were real
01:04:27the pain was real
01:04:28that cold abandoned time
01:04:30when no one came for me
01:04:32that was real too
01:04:34but i am no longer chloe
01:04:37i am charlotte
01:04:38and i no longer hate grace
01:04:40that winter
01:04:41dad's rescue team completed
01:04:44a high difficulty mission
01:04:45a family of three
01:04:47had been trapped
01:04:48near the 3,000 meter snow line
01:04:50and they were all rescued safely
01:04:52no one was injured
01:04:54during the celebration
01:04:56the entire team was eating
01:04:58in the cafeteria
01:04:59mom sat in a corner
01:05:00smiling as she watched him
01:05:02i sat beside mom
01:05:03eating and listening to their stories
01:05:05they talked about the child
01:05:06from that stranded family
01:05:08a boy
01:05:09eight years old
01:05:10when they found him
01:05:11he was curled up in a hollow
01:05:13facing away from the wind
01:05:15his head wrapped tightly
01:05:17in his clothes
01:05:17he knew how to preserve body heat
01:05:20he lasted much longer
01:05:21than we expected
01:05:23after being rescued
01:05:24the first thing the boy asked was
01:05:28where is my mom
01:05:29mom is here
01:05:31that boy's mother is here
01:05:33my mother is here too
01:05:35this is real
01:05:36this is not the long winter
01:05:38for my past life
01:05:39not a wish written in blood
01:05:42this is now
01:05:43this is today
01:05:44mom's hand is still on my shoulder
01:05:46she doesn't know what i'm thinking
01:05:48but she just keeps it there
01:05:51that's enough
01:05:53this is already enough
01:05:55all right very nice
01:05:56when i was 13
01:05:57i graduated from elementary school
01:05:59and got into the best middle school
01:06:01in the city
01:06:01dad and mom
01:06:02took me to the seaside
01:06:04to celebrate
01:06:05i stood by the ocean
01:06:07the sea wind brushed through my hair
01:06:10carrying a salty taste
01:06:13i spread my arms
01:06:14feeling the wind
01:06:15feeling freedom
01:06:18for a moment
01:06:19i seemed to see
01:06:20my past self
01:06:25charlotte
01:06:26what are you thinking about
01:06:30i'm just grateful
01:06:31to be alive
01:06:32and to be with you
01:06:34silly girl
01:06:35we're the lucky ones
01:06:36having you as our daughter
01:06:38is the greatest happiness
01:06:39of our lives
01:06:44the suffering of my past life
01:06:46taught me to cherish
01:06:47the happiness of this one
01:06:49the pain that went deep
01:06:51into my bones
01:06:52taught me what true love is
01:06:53and what true trust really means
01:06:55i no longer need to fear
01:06:57the red lights
01:07:00i can laugh
01:07:01i can cry
01:07:02i can freely express my feelings
01:07:04i can love bravely
01:07:05and be loved in return
01:07:07i have parents who love me
01:07:08the best friend
01:07:09and a bright future
01:07:10this is a life
01:07:11i never even dared to dream of
01:07:13in my past life
01:07:13that night
01:07:14on the hotel balcony
01:07:16i took out my diary
01:07:17today i saw the ocean
01:07:20it was vast
01:07:21blue
01:07:22and free
01:07:22i thought of my past self
01:07:24the little girl locked in the attic
01:07:26longing to be loved
01:07:28and believed
01:07:28she would never believe
01:07:30that i could live
01:07:31such a happy life now
01:07:32my parents loved me very much
01:07:34they taught me what honesty
01:07:37and courage are
01:07:39lena is now my best friend
01:07:41she is confident and bright
01:07:44her smile like stars in her eyes
01:07:46the old lady is in good health
01:07:48she often calls me
01:07:49and sends me pastries she makes herself
01:07:52buddy is still that silly little guy
01:07:54always pawing at my hand
01:07:56asking me to play with him
01:07:57i no longer hate anyone
01:07:59i am no longer attached to the past
01:08:01those painful memories
01:08:04are like footprints on the beach
01:08:05washed away by the waves
01:08:07but they taught me to cherish
01:08:09every step i take
01:08:10i know that in my past life
01:08:12my mother sister and father
01:08:14all received their due consequences
01:08:16and i at last have broken free
01:08:19from the chains
01:08:20and found true freedom
01:08:21i don't want to see them again
01:08:23i don't want to relive that life again
01:08:25i just want to be charlotte
01:08:27simple happy and loved
01:08:29you
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