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Mom, I Died as You Wished
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00:00I was in a car accident with my younger sister.
00:03Her heart was ruptured.
00:04Surgery now!
00:06But Mom, the hospital director, gathered every doctor around my sister's bedside instead.
00:11They examined Emily head to toe despite only having minor scratches.
00:15I begged Mom to save me, but she looked at me like I was dirt.
00:20Can you stop pretending for attention?
00:22Do you know your sister almost broke a bone?
00:26In the end, I died alone, in a corner.
00:30No one even noticed.
00:31So why did the mom who hated me most go crazy when she saw my dead body?
00:37In the final three minutes of my life, my soul drifted to Mom's side.
00:42She was sitting at my sister Emily's bedside, praying with worry.
00:47Emily, baby, don't scare Mommy.
00:50Wake up, okay?
00:53If Sophia had actually done her job and protected her sister, Emily wouldn't be like this.
01:00Just wait.
01:01I'm gonna beat the hell out of the brat.
01:04Dad, you don't have to.
01:07I'm already dead, killed by your indifference.
01:12Then the doctors crowded around Emily's bed.
01:14Get a chest x-ray.
01:15They confirmed her injuries were only scrapes.
01:18One of the older doctors finally dared to bring me up.
01:21Director Susan, should we really not check on Sophia?
01:24Her injuries look pretty bad.
01:26What's she pulling now?
01:27Playing dead?
01:29Doesn't she get what she did to her own sister?
01:31I stared at her, stunned.
01:33My dead heart throbbed with pain.
01:35I was her daughter too.
01:37Did she really not care at all?
01:39Suddenly, Mom grabbed her phone and called me.
01:42The nurse held the phone up to my ear.
01:44I waited for something.
01:46Anything that sounded like concern.
01:49Sophia, when are you going to crawl out of bed and apologize to your sister?
01:54Something inside me went cold.
01:56Right.
01:57She doesn't care.
01:58Of course she didn't.
02:00When they wheeled me into the ER, I begged her to save me.
02:04All she said was,
02:05Do you have to fight for attention even at a time like this?
02:08Didn't you realize your sister almost broke a bone?
02:12Then she walked off with every doctor to tend to Emily.
02:15He didn't look back once.
02:18She had no room left to love me.
02:20The nurse couldn't take it.
02:23She took the phone.
02:27Director!
02:28Sophia really isn't going to make it.
02:33How much did the little bitch pay you to put on this show?
02:38I can believe she's capable of something like this.
02:41Just as she finished speaking, Emily, who had been acting unconscious the whole time, finally woke up.
02:47She faked a weak voice and asked,
02:51Mom.
02:52Dad.
02:53How's Sophie?
02:54Mom looked at her perfect, well-behaved younger daughter.
02:58The disgust on her face deepened.
03:01Sophia!
03:02Why can't you be more like your sister?
03:04She nearly died because of you!
03:06Get over here in three minutes and apologize.
03:09Or don't bother coming home again.
03:12She hung up.
03:13Her chest was heaving with anger.
03:16Dad was right beside her, scowling.
03:18Why bother calling him?
03:20Isn't it enough that he nearly got Emily killed?
03:22Emily couldn't hide the smug curl at the edge of her mouth.
03:25She dropped her head and put on a guilt-stricken expression.
03:28Mom, Dad, don't be mad at her.
03:31Sophia's still hung up about how I took her overseas scholarship.
03:34She has every right to blame me.
03:38I almost laughed.
03:40I'm dead, and she's still poisoning Mom and Dad against me.
03:43But of course they couldn't see it.
03:45Emily was always the sweet one.
03:47The good daughter.
03:49Always.
03:50They'd never imagine that their innocent daughter
03:52was the one who'd pushed me into traffic.
03:56Hearing the scholarship thing, Mom's face went cold.
04:00What's the point of sending someone that selfish abroad?
04:03She'd come back ten times more rotten!
04:05Emily, sweet as honey.
04:08Mom, don't be angry.
04:11I'm sure Sophia has her reasons.
04:14Mom's eyes softened.
04:16Emily, you're too kind.
04:19That's why she's been able to bully you all your life.
04:23This was Emily.
04:24Always knew exactly what to say to win our parents' hearts.
04:28I knew even if I stood right in front of them
04:30and listed every cruel thing Emily had ever done,
04:34they'd slap me across the face.
04:36You're a liar!
04:38Why are you so jealous?
04:41After all these years, I'd gotten used to it.
04:44The door suddenly banged open.
04:46My older brother Eric came barreling in,
04:49eyes wild, scanning Emily for injuries.
04:51The second he'd heard,
04:53he'd jumped on a flight from out of state without a second thought.
04:56Same as Mom and Dad,
04:58his world began and ended with Emily.
05:01Once Eric confirmed Emily was fine,
05:03he let out a long breath.
05:05His face hardened.
05:07I've always said it.
05:09Sophia's a curse on this family.
05:11Since the day Emily was born,
05:13she's been hurting her again and again.
05:15Don't be mad, Eric.
05:18Even if Sophia did push me into the road,
05:21I'm sure she didn't mean it.
05:24What?
05:24She pushed you?
05:26That little bitch.
05:28I am not done with her.
05:30Eric's eyes turned to acid,
05:31as if he wished he could rip me into pieces.
05:33Emily's flinched,
05:34careful not to push too hard.
05:36Please don't be mad at Sophie, okay?
05:37Maybe I remembered it wrong.
05:39No matter what,
05:40she's still my sister.
05:42She wouldn't do something like that.
05:45You're too naive.
05:46You have no idea how cruel people can be.
05:48It's truly a blessing to have a daughter like you.
05:51Don't worry.
05:52We're done with Sophia.
05:54Just focus on getting better.
05:56The warm afternoon sun pooled gold across Emily's bed.
05:59I watched them,
05:59the perfect family of four,
06:01laughing,
06:01comforting each other.
06:02Something acid rose in my throat.
06:04I realized how out of place my soul truly was.
06:06Like I wasn't their family.
06:08Like I was a stray dog.
06:09I wanted to leave.
06:10But my soul was glued to mom.
06:12I couldn't move.
06:13Couldn't speak.
06:13I had to stand there and let them tear me apart.
06:16A few days later,
06:17after the family had nursed her tirelessly,
06:18Emily was discharged.
06:19Mom was busy packing her bags.
06:21Dad pulled the car right up to the hospital entrance,
06:23afraid Emily might have to walk even a single extra step.
06:25Eric knelt down to slip Emily's shoes onto her feet.
06:28On the drive home,
06:29mom muttered the whole way,
06:30Sophia is really something else.
06:32She doesn't even visit her sister at the hospital,
06:34let alone apologize.
06:36I'm going to teach her a lesson once we get home.
06:39Told you.
06:40Keeping that one at home is asking for trouble.
06:42She's going to get someone killed someday.
06:44The words teach her a lesson stuck in my chest.
06:46Many memories of the lesson flooded my mind.
06:49Since I was young,
06:50mom had favored Emily,
06:51always made me yield.
06:53Because the day Emily was born,
06:54I'd knocked over a glass of water.
06:56Mom slipped,
06:57went into labor early.
06:59Emily spent her first weeks in an incubator.
07:01The whole family's hearts was broke.
07:03The whole family that once loved me changed overnight.
07:07Dad was mad at me.
07:08You jinx!
07:09Your sister was born and you almost killed her!
07:12They were full of disappointment.
07:14I believed them.
07:15I thought I'd hurt my sister,
07:16so I did everything I could for her.
07:18I brushed her hair,
07:20gave her pony rides,
07:21and took her to and from school.
07:23But to my parents,
07:24it was never enough.
07:25In elementary school,
07:26dad locked me in my room
07:28and takes my supper away.
07:29You should reflect on yourself.
07:30And that was because
07:32Emily wanted my only doll.
07:34And for the first time,
07:35I said no.
07:36Dad had brought many toys home for Emily
07:39from a business trip
07:40and tossed me one as an afterthought.
07:42But I loved it.
07:43It was my only doll.
07:44Emily had boxes of toys
07:46she couldn't even fit in her room.
07:48But she had to have mine.
07:49When I wouldn't let go,
07:51she screamed
07:51and shoved me to the ground.
07:53Tears streamed down her face.
07:56Sophia,
07:56your sister has suffered enough because of you.
07:58What more do you want?
08:00I didn't!
08:01Mom,
08:02don't be mad.
08:03It's my fault.
08:04I shouldn't have fought Sophia for her toy.
08:07A cold-hearted girl like you
08:09isn't worth keeping.
08:10You'll bring this family down.
08:12That night,
08:13I curled up in the corner of my room.
08:15Hunger was eating me alive.
08:17And I thought it was my fault too.
08:19Crying,
08:20I begged them to let me out.
08:21I'm sorry, Emily.
08:22I'll never fight with you over anything again.
08:25But on the other side of the door,
08:26there was nothing.
08:27From that day on,
08:28every time Emily cried,
08:30the hungry and the dark night followed.
08:33After a while,
08:33I stopped crying.
08:35I stopped trying to explain.
08:36I stopped trying to win their love back.
08:38And now,
08:39they left me cold and lifeless
08:41on the operating table.
08:43Since I was young,
08:44Mom had favored Emily,
08:45always made me yield.
08:46Because the day Emily was born,
08:48I'd knocked over a glass of water.
08:50Mom slipped,
08:51went into labor early.
08:52Emily spent her first weeks in an incubator.
08:55The whole family's hearts was broke.
08:57The whole family that once loved me changed overnight.
09:01Dad was mad at me.
09:02You jinx!
09:03Your sister was born and you almost killed her!
09:06They were full of disappointment.
09:07I believed them.
09:09I thought I'd hurt my sister.
09:10So I did everything I could for her.
09:12I brushed her hair,
09:13gave her pony rides,
09:15and took her to and from school.
09:17But to my parents,
09:18it was never enough.
09:19In elementary school,
09:20Dad locked me in my room
09:21and takes my supper away.
09:23You should reflect on yourself.
09:24And that was because
09:25Emily wanted my only doll.
09:27And for the first time,
09:29I said no.
09:30Dad had brought many toys home for Emily
09:32from a business trip
09:33and tossed me one as an afterthought.
09:36But I loved it.
09:37It was my only doll.
09:38Emily had boxes of toys
09:40she couldn't even fit in her room.
09:41But she had to have mine.
09:43When I wouldn't let go,
09:44she screamed
09:45and shoved me to the ground.
09:47Tears streamed down her face.
09:49Sophia,
09:50your sister has suffered enough because of you.
09:52What more do you want?
09:54I didn't!
09:55Mom, don't be mad.
09:57It's my fault.
09:58I shouldn't have fought Sophia for her toy.
10:01A cold-hearted girl like you
10:03isn't worth keeping.
10:04You'll bring this family down.
10:06That night,
10:07I curled up in the corner of my room.
10:09Hunger was eating me alive.
10:10And I thought it was my fault too.
10:13Crying,
10:13I begged them to let me out.
10:15I'm sorry, Emily.
10:16I'll never fight with you over anything again.
10:18But on the other side of the door,
10:20there was nothing.
10:21From that day on,
10:22every time Emily cried,
10:24the hungry and the dark night followed.
10:26After a while,
10:27I stopped crying.
10:28I stopped trying to explain.
10:30I stopped trying to win their love back.
10:32And now,
10:33they left me cold and lifeless
10:35on the operating table.
10:36As soon as they got home from the hospital,
10:39Emily flopped onto the couch.
10:40The moment she said she was hungry,
10:43Eric bolted for the kitchen,
10:44declaring he'd show off something new
10:46he'd learned to cook.
10:47Eric had never entered the kitchen in his life.
10:49He scrolled through nutrition recipes on his phone,
10:52terrified of getting anything wrong for Emily.
10:55Dad even pulled out a brand new luxury handbag from this season.
10:58Said it was her welcome home gift
11:00to celebrate her near-death recovery.
11:02Mom cleaned Emily's room top to bottom.
11:05She brought in plants,
11:06said the fresh air would help her heal.
11:08Emily lounged on the couch,
11:09fiddling with the bag.
11:10The entire household was orbiting around her.
11:13And me,
11:14my soul,
11:15tethered to this place I'd known all my life.
11:18It had never felt so cold.
11:20Suddenly,
11:20the doorbell rang.
11:21I saw a face I knew better than my own.
11:24My boyfriend,
11:25Ethan.
11:26He came in and went straight to Emily.
11:30I'm so glad you're okay.
11:31I brought some things for you.
11:33I wanted to check in.
11:35Ethan,
11:36you didn't have to come all this way.
11:37I'm completely fine.
11:38The cold,
11:39untouchable boy I knew
11:40turned into something soft
11:42and brotherly
11:43when he was around Emily.
11:44I watched him.
11:46He was a stranger.
11:47Then he said it.
11:49Where's Sophia?
11:50If he hadn't mentioned me,
11:52I think they would have forgotten I existed.
11:55At my name,
11:56mom's face went dark.
11:57Why bring her up?
11:59I scolded her once
12:01and she stomped out of the house!
12:09Fine by me.
12:10If she likes being out there so much,
12:13she can stay away forever.
12:14She can die
12:16out there for all I care.
12:19The house would finally be peaceful.
12:21Maybe that's for the best.
12:23So she doesn't disturb Emily's recovery.
12:27So,
12:28when are you breaking up with Sophia?
12:31You'd better lock our girl down
12:32before someone takes her.
12:33Actually,
12:34I was planning to tell her today
12:35while I was over here.
12:38A bitter,
12:39sour thing
12:40rose from my chest
12:41into my throat.
12:42I gave a quiet,
12:43self-mocking smile,
12:45turned away.
12:46I couldn't look at any of them anymore.
12:48I had long grown used to the feeling
12:50of being unloved anyway.
12:52After dinner,
12:53mom grew irritable for some reason.
12:55She slipped into her room alone,
12:57started scrolling on her phone,
12:58hunting for something.
12:59I drifted over.
13:00She was looking for me.
13:02My contact.
13:04She dialed.
13:05Dialed again.
13:09Call failed.
13:11No one picked up.
13:12After a while,
13:13she slammed the phone down.
13:14She won't even pick up now.
13:16Do you think
13:17anyone actually cares about you?
13:21I wanted to say,
13:22Mom,
13:23I'm dead.
13:24Who would answer?
13:25Then she called the nurse
13:27from the hospital.
13:29Hello?
13:30Did Sean tell you
13:30what kind of stun
13:31he's trying to pull?
13:32Tell her to cut the crap.
13:35Tell her to come home
13:36and apologize to her sister
13:37and I'll let her back in.
13:39There was a long pause
13:40on the other end.
13:42Director,
13:44Sophia
13:44died over a week ago.
13:50Her heart ruptured
13:51in the accident.
13:52But you'd ordered
13:53all the doctors
13:54into your other daughter's room.
13:56There was no one left
13:57to do the surgery.
13:58Mom's pupils snapped wide.
14:00She froze.
14:00She refused to believe it.
14:02She started piecing
14:03the day back together.
14:04Spoke with cold confidence.
14:05That's not possible.
14:07They were in the same car.
14:10Emily's already home.
14:11Don't think I can't see
14:12through her little tricks.
14:13She's competing
14:14with her sister for attention.
14:15She wants me to worry.
14:17I am warning you.
14:19Both of you.
14:20Stop playing this game
14:21or you'll regret it.
14:23Director,
14:24I'm not lying.
14:25If you don't believe me,
14:26go down to the morgue yourself.
14:32All of you.
14:34Conspiring against me.
14:35You have no idea
14:36who you're messing with.
14:40Ethan's still here.
14:41What are you screaming about?
14:42Mom clutched her phone
14:43to her chest with both hands,
14:44looked at Dad,
14:45helpless for the first time.
14:47The nurse said
14:48Sophie is dead.
14:50That can't be true, can it?
14:54How are you this glovable?
14:56If she'd really been hurt that bad,
14:58that little snake
14:58would have made sure
14:59to drag Emily down with her.
15:01Look at Emily.
15:02She's fine.
15:03Yeah, ma'am.
15:04She doesn't die easy.
15:05We're lucky she hasn't taken
15:06the rest of us down with her.
15:10If the annoying brap is dead,
15:12isn't that better?
15:12Why are you stressing about it?
15:14I'd known they all favored Emily,
15:15but to see what I was in their eyes,
15:17after all these years,
15:19even if they didn't love me,
15:20they should have known me.
15:22They should have known
15:23I'd never gamble with my own life
15:25just to win attention.
15:26They worked on Mom from all sides.
15:28She straightened her back.
15:29The arrogance came flooding back.
15:30First thing tomorrow,
15:31I'm going down to that hospital
15:33and exposing them.
15:34If Sophia isn't actually in that morgue,
15:36I'm breaking her legs
15:37and firing that nurse on the spot.
15:40Maybe heaven took pity on me.
15:41Outside, a light rain started to fall.
15:44Their casual words landed on me
15:45like slaps across the face.
15:47Sharp.
15:48Ringing.
15:49But I had no voice to cry out.
15:51Now I understood.
15:52All of them.
15:53All of them had been hoping I'd die.
15:56The next morning, Mom didn't even eat.
15:58She drove straight to the hospital.
15:59Dad was uneasy and went with her.
16:01The whole way,
16:02still making me run such a useless errand
16:04with her petty tricks.
16:05But the moment she stepped into the morgue
16:08and saw my body,
16:09she staggered back,
16:10slid down against the wall,
16:12hugged herself.
16:12How could this be?
16:14How could this happen?
16:15She didn't look that hurt.
16:17She was even alert.
16:18I didn't look seriously hurt,
16:20just a few scratches on my hands
16:22from holding my sister.
16:23But because I had told me to kill her,
16:25cradling her beneath me,
16:27the full force of the impact
16:28shattered my heart.
16:29I looked alert
16:30because the adrenaline
16:31was off the charts.
16:33My organs were shredded.
16:34If Mom,
16:35the director of the entire hospital,
16:37had spared me one careful look,
16:40she would have seen it.
16:41But she only had eyes for Emily.
16:43Not once did she look at me.
16:44Dad reached out a hand
16:45like he wanted to touch my face.
16:47Maybe my body was too disfigured.
16:49His hand stopped in midair.
16:50When they heard the news,
16:52Emily and Eric came rushing over.
16:54She bolted to my bedside,
16:56dropped to her knees,
16:57started wailing.
16:58Sophia, why?
17:00How could you be so stupid?
17:03Just because I took
17:04your study abroad spot two years ago,
17:05you hated me that much?
17:06You hated me enough to kill yourself?
17:08When she'd finished the performance,
17:10she sat back and started
17:11slapping herself across the face.
17:13I'm sorry, Sophia.
17:15It's my fault.
17:16They lunged to stop her.
17:18It's okay, Emily.
17:19It's not your fault.
17:20She did this to herself.
17:22She got what she deserved.
17:23Study abroad spot.
17:24My head went quiet.
17:25The memory pulled me back two years.
17:27I was four years older than Emily.
17:29Her senior year of high school
17:30was my senior year of college.
17:32I'd studied like my life depended on it,
17:34because it did.
17:35Four years,
17:36top of my class every semester.
17:38By the end,
17:39I had a guaranteed offer
17:40from one of the top grad schools
17:41in the world.
17:43Emily had coasted through high school.
17:45She didn't get into a decent college.
17:48But that day she came home
17:50and told mom and dad
17:50she wanted to study abroad.
17:51They knew she'd just go overseas and party.
17:53They said yes anyway.
17:54That night,
17:55mom made me a huge dinner.
17:56Kept piling food onto my plate.
17:59Sophia, sweetie,
18:00we can only afford
18:01to send one of you abroad.
18:03Your sister just graduated high school.
18:05I put my fork down.
18:07Mom,
18:08even if you send Emily overseas,
18:10you're throwing money away.
18:11That's a top-clear school I got into.
18:13It was the first time in my life
18:14I'd ever pushed back.
18:16Sophia,
18:16your dad and I raised you.
18:18Isn't it time you started thinking
18:19about how to take care of us?
18:20Can you really sit there
18:21and watch your sister
18:22with no school to go to?
18:23How heartless are you?
18:25Are you trying to put me
18:26and your father into the grave?
18:28She was working herself up.
18:29Maybe I was still clinging
18:31to that last sliver of love
18:32I thought she had for me.
18:33Mom,
18:34calm down.
18:35I'll give the spot to her.
18:36I regret it now.
18:37If I hadn't,
18:38I'd be overseas with a real job.
18:40I wouldn't have died like this.
18:42A few days later,
18:43out of guilt,
18:44mom held a passable funeral for me.
18:46A few relatives showed up,
18:48a few of mom's co-workers
18:49from the hospital.
18:50The nurse who'd helped me was there.
18:52She walked up to my casket
18:53with a bunch of flowers.
18:54I'm so sorry.
18:56If I'd been braver,
18:57maybe you wouldn't have died.
18:58Came not late.
18:59Just wait.
19:00What goes around comes around
19:02and the jerk's about to get what's coming.
19:04Sophia was always difficult.
19:06This time she couldn't let go
19:08of an old grudge
19:09and tried to hurt her sister
19:11and got herself killed in the end.
19:13Everyone knew mom favored Emily.
19:15They knew what I'd been put through,
19:17but nobody wanted to start anything.
19:19They just nodded along.
19:20Then sirens cut through the chatter.
19:22A group of officers parted the crowd
19:24and walked straight up to mom and Emily.
19:26Officers, can I help you?
19:27Mom looked confused.
19:29The lead officer compared her face to a photo.
19:31Are you Susan Bennett?
19:31He held up an arrest warrant.
19:33You need to come with us.
19:34We received reports
19:35that you abused medical resources.
19:40What?
19:41Are you crazy?
19:42My mom is the most dedicated doctor I know.
19:45She'd never do something like that.
19:46You need evidence.
19:47She spun around, screaming.
19:48Who?
19:48Who reported my mom?
19:50The nurse,
19:51who'd been standing in the back,
19:53stepped forward quietly.
19:54I did.
19:55Ma'am, calm down.
19:56We're doing this by the book.
19:57Pull that again
19:58and you're coming in too.
19:59You want evidence?
20:00We've got evidence.
20:02It was the security footage
20:03from outside the operating room.
20:04The video clearly captured
20:06the conversation I had that day
20:07with my mom and the nurse over the phone.
20:09There was no denying it.
20:10Mom went pale
20:11and pitched forward.
20:12Emily caught her.
20:13A second officer leaned in
20:14and murmured something to the lead.
20:16The lead pulled up another photo,
20:17studied Emily carefully.
20:19Ms. Bennett, you're under arrest
20:19on suspicion of a premeditated murder.
20:21Please come with us as well.
20:22The whole crowd erupted.
20:24Even I was lost.
20:25Everyone had suspected mom of something,
20:27but Emily?
20:28Murdered?
20:29Emily's face cracked.
20:30I'm lying!
20:30I never did anything like that!
20:32Try me!
20:33Try me!
20:34I want to see your evidence!
20:35The officer calmly raised his phone again.
20:37It was another security footage
20:39outside our house.
20:40Emily sneaked over to my car.
20:42She tampered with the brake lines,
20:44muttering under her breath.
20:45Go to hell.
20:46She hadn't known that day.
20:47Mom had forced me to drive Emily somewhere.
20:50Emily had no choice but to get in.
20:52That's why she'd been so jumpy in the car.
20:55Why she kept telling me to drive slow.
20:57Eric collapsed to her knees,
20:59sobbing.
21:00Emily!
21:02I think I know why.
21:04A few months earlier,
21:05Emily had racked up massive gambling debts.
21:08Loan sharks.
21:09She had nowhere to turn.
21:11She'd come to me.
21:12I didn't have that kind of money.
21:14Told her to confess to police.
21:17Don't please!
21:18They'll break my hands!
21:19They'll ruin me!
21:20Please, sis!
21:21Please help me!
21:22But I couldn't let her keep digging deeper.
21:24I couldn't let mom and dad's life faintings vanish into a black hole.
21:27No.
21:28Okay.
21:29You're right.
21:30I'll turn myself in.
21:32Just give me two days.
21:34I need time to prepare.
21:34I felt sorry for her.
21:36I softened.
21:37Yes.
22:06She used those two days to plan my murder.
22:07Why would you do that to your own sister?
22:10She tried to slap Emily.
22:11The officer caught her wrist.
22:12It was the first time in my entire life I'd seen mom raise a hand to her.
22:16Emily knew it was over.
22:17She tipped her head back and laughed.
22:19Then she looked mom dead in the eye.
22:21All the sweetness gone.
22:22Her eyes were ice.
22:24Evil?
22:25You're the one who taught me.
22:27Murdered her?
22:28On the day of the accident, you're the one who pulled every doctor into my room so they
22:32couldn't operate on her.
22:33If it weren't for you, mom, do you really think I could have killed her that easily?
22:37The words went through mom like a steel pin.
22:39Her body went rigid.
22:40Years of choices wrapped around her like a noose.
22:43Guilt landed all at once.
22:45And finally, finally, she felt something for me.
22:47She started yanking her own hair.
22:49Her eyes were enormous.
22:50She shook her head over and over.
22:53I'm sorry, Sophia.
22:54I'm so sorry.
22:55It's my fault.
22:56I wronged you for so many years.
22:59I'm the one who should die.
23:01Sophia, wake up.
23:02Wake up.
23:03Mommy's sorry.
23:04Mommy's begging you.
23:05Mommy's on her knees.
23:07You wanted to study abroad?
23:09Mommy will pay.
23:10Mommy will send you.
23:11No.
23:12Mommy will come with you.
23:13Mommy will go with you, okay?
23:15She slammed her head into the stump.
23:17The officers rushed to pull her back, but her blood was already on her.
23:20The officers took Mom and Emily.
23:46Dad and Eric were brought in for questioning.
23:48The nurse walked to my grave.
23:50I was brave this time.
23:52The people who hurt you are gone.
23:53The law will give you justice.
23:55She was new on the job.
23:56New nurses always blame themselves when patients die.
23:59She reminded me of myself when I was first starting out, taking everything onto my own
24:03shoulders.
24:04I patted her gently on the shoulder.
24:06It wasn't your fault.
24:07Just look forward.
24:08But I was just a soul.
24:09She couldn't feel it.
24:10Couldn't hear me.
24:11Two weeks later, the verdict came down.
24:13Emily got the death penalty.
24:14Mom got life.
24:15No parole.
24:16Maybe because justice had been done, my soul came loose.
24:19I could go wherever I wanted.
24:21I wasn't shackled to Mom anymore.
24:23In her final days, Emily was eaten alive by the fear of dying.
24:26She didn't dare close her eyes at night, banging her head against the walls like a madwoman.
24:30She repeated over and over that she hadn't done anything wrong.
24:33In a single week, she wasted away to bones.
24:35In another lifetime, Mom and Dad and Eric would have been devastated to see her like that.
24:40But this time, nobody came.
24:41The day of her execution, I floated overhead and watched.
24:44The second she died, her soul lifted out of her body, exactly the way mine have.
24:49She saw me.
24:50Her eyes went huge with terror.
24:52Sis, I'm sorry.
24:53I was wrong.
24:53Please don't kill me.
24:55Don't kill me.
24:55Aren't you already dead?
24:57She looked down at her own body, screamed.
24:59And then, her soul shattered into pieces and was gone.
25:01Only I could hear it, being a soul too.
25:04The girl who'd killed me wouldn't even get a next life.
25:07I'd call us even.
25:08Mom spent her days in prison, being tortured by her own mind.
25:13Crying one minute, laughing the next.
25:16Running.
25:17Raging.
25:20Sometimes, she hit the guards.
25:23Sometimes, she hit herself.
25:26It would take three of them to hold her down.
25:30Eventually, the prison brought in psychiatrists.
25:33Mom was diagnosed with trauma-induced psychosis.
25:36They moved her to a psychiatric hospital.
25:38It only got worse.
25:41My daughter's name is Sophia.
25:43She got into one of the top graduate schools in the world.
25:47She's studying abroad right now.
25:49When she comes home, I'll bring her to meet you.
25:53She's tall.
25:55She's beautiful.
25:57She's been the sweetest girl since the day she was born.
26:00Sometimes, she'd have a few minutes of clarity.
26:03She'd sit on her bed and stare out the window.
26:06Maybe it's a mother-daughter thing.
26:08I could feel her, in those moments, drowning.
26:12The years she'd thrown away were piling on top of her.
26:15And they were never going to stop.
26:18Right before I moved on to my next life,
26:20Mom was sitting on the edge of her bed.
26:22And this time, she saw me.
26:29Sophia, you came back.
26:33Did you come back to see Mommy?
26:38Mommy's so sorry, baby.
26:40Will you forgive Mommy?
26:41Mommy remembered.
26:42Used to love candy.
26:44Mommy saved these for you.
26:45When I was little, I had loved candy.
26:48But Mom only ever gave it to Emily.
26:50Never to me.
26:50Emily used to wave hers in my face when Mom wasn't looking.
26:53Then, she popped it in her mouth so I couldn't have any.
26:56After I grew up, I stopped eating candy entirely.
27:00Mom's hands twisted in her lap.
27:02You're all grown up now.
27:04Mommy still thinks of you as my little girl.
27:06I stared at her for a long time.
27:08Mom.
27:09Yes, baby.
27:11Mom.
27:11I don't blame you.
27:14But I'm never going to forgive you.
27:17Okay.
27:18That's okay.
27:19I owe you, baby.
27:22You're right not to forgive me.
27:24I was afraid I'd lose it.
27:26I turned and walked away.
27:28Didn't look back.
27:29That night, Eric got a phone call.
27:33Your mother.
27:34Her condition deteriorated.
27:35She slit her wrists and tried to kill herself.
27:37By the time we found her, she was gone.
27:39I'm so sorry.
27:40Our condolences.
27:41Sophia.
27:44You came back.
27:48Did you come back to see Mommy?
27:52Mommy's so sorry, baby.
27:54Will you forgive Mommy?
27:56Mommy remembered.
27:57Used to love candy.
27:59Mommy saved these for you.
28:00When I was little, I had loved candy.
28:02But Mom only ever gave it to Emily.
28:04Never to me.
28:05Emily used to wave hers in my face when Mom wasn't looking.
28:08Then, she popped it in her mouth so I couldn't have any.
28:11After I grew up, I stopped eating candy entirely.
28:14Mom's hands twisted in her lap.
28:16You're all grown up now.
28:18Mommy still thinks of you as my little girl.
28:21I stared at her for a long time.
28:23Mom.
28:24Yes, baby.
28:26Mom, I don't blame you.
28:28But I'm never going to forgive you.
28:32Okay.
28:33That's okay.
28:34I owe you, baby.
28:36You're right not to forgive me.
28:39I was afraid I'd lose it.
28:41I turned and walked away.
28:43Didn't look back.
28:44That night, Eric got a phone call.
28:47Your mother.
28:48Her condition deteriorated.
28:50She slit her wrists and tried to kill herself.
28:52By the time we found her, she was gone.
28:54I'm so sorry.
28:55Our condolences.
28:56I had a little bit of time left.
28:58I drifted back to my own grave.
29:00I wanted to say something to myself.
29:01I wanted to say goodbye.
29:03Instead, I found Ethan.
29:04I scoffed.
29:06What's he doing here?
29:07He looked up.
29:07He could hear me now.
29:09Sophia, is that you?
29:11Can you see?
29:12I got revenge for you.
29:14After you died, I used visiting Emily as cover.
29:16I got into your house.
29:18I found the security footage of her cutting your brake lines.
29:20I gave it to the police.
29:21It hit me.
29:22After I died, he must have gone to the crash site.
29:25He'd loved working on cars his whole life.
29:27He would have seen the cut brake lines in seconds.
29:29He'd never betrayed me.
29:31He pretended to fall for Emily to get close enough to find proof.
29:34He helped me.
29:35But so what?
29:36After all these years of being his girlfriend, he always kept that cold expression.
29:41Taking comfort in my care.
29:42I shouldn't have been so cold to you all the time.
29:44I really do love you.
29:46I've just gotten used to your devotion.
29:49If there's another life, I'll treat you better.
29:51Too late.
29:52If there's a next life, I want someone who truly loves me.
29:57He seemed to hear me and looked my way.
29:59No, no, Sophie.
30:01I love you.
30:02It's fine.
30:03Next life, I'll pursue you.
30:05I shook my head.
30:07If there's a new life, I will start completely new.
30:10I had nothing left holding me here.
30:12My body felt lighter and lighter.
30:14I started slipping past whatever had been keeping me together.
30:17I knew my time was up.
30:19A peace settled over me I'd never felt before.
30:22Like I was here to show the living that the end of a life isn't really an end.
30:26It's the start of the next journey.
30:28My soul drifted back to the day of the crash.
30:30This time, the surgery was a success.
30:33It ended my terrible life.
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