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Godfather I'm Not A Liar
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00:05I was born a liar. At least, that's what Godfather always told me. The day I was born, he put
00:11a ring on my finger. Black onyx. The Corleone Eagle Crest. A symbol of a Corleone daughter. An honor. And
00:18a trial.
00:19It sees your soul. If you lie, if you betray the family, if you harbor evil against your own blood,
00:27the stone turns black. It means your soul is rotting, Carla. I can't protect you forever, Carla. This ring will
00:35watch you.
00:36My younger sister, Marianne, had one too. But hers was green. It was always green. Even when she stole grandma's
00:43pearls and framed our maid. A maid who had served us for 20 years. The next morning, that maid was
00:48fed to the fishes. Marianne's ring? Still glowing green.
00:53Father just stroked her hair. My little angel. A true Corleone. But me? Just saying goodnight outside Godfather's study made
01:02my ring turn pitch black. Then came the punishment. Godfather was a man of strict rules. He'd order me down
01:08to the basement. To the confession room. Kneeling before Grandfather's portrait. All night. On cold stone. Or salt. In the
01:16freezing cold.
01:19Akorabiyaga does not lie. The pain will make you remember.
01:23After years of bleeding on that floor. I believed him. I really thought I was just born a liar.
01:29Then came New Year's Eve. The annual family gala. Politicians. Judges. The heads of the five families. Everyone who mattered
01:36was there. It was a massive show of power. And the night he was going to officially name his heir.
01:42Suddenly, a sharp pain hit my abdomen. I collapsed, sweating through my dress.
01:48Godfather. Godfather was in the foyer. Fixing his custom cups. I rolled down the stairs. Landing right at his shoes.
01:55Father. It hurts. Please help me.
01:59He didn't help me. He just stared at my hand. My ring was pitch black. His brow furrowed in deep
02:04disgust. He grabbed my chin. Hard.
02:07Do you know what tonight is?
02:11Tonight I present Marianne. As the future heir of the Corleonis.
02:17I froze. The heir? I thought we were equals. He wiped his fingers with a silk cloth. Like I was
02:24a disease.
02:26Faking sick to ruin your sister's night?
02:28What? No. I swear. I'm really in pain.
02:33The ring is black. It doesn't lie. You do.
02:37But I...
02:38Enough.
02:38He waved his hand. His top enforcer, Luca Brasi, stepped up. A giant of a man who once wiped out
02:44an entire clan single-handedly.
02:46Lock her in the basement. Maybe she'll learn loyalty.
02:51Father! Please! I'm dying! Just take me to the hospital. Just believe me once.
02:57Luca dragged me away. I clawed at the floor, tearing off my nails. Father never looked back.
03:03Stay there until the ring turns green. Or else.
03:09Right then, Marianne floated down the stairs. Wearing a custom gown and a diamond tiara, she glanced down at me
03:15bleeding on the floor.
03:16Her ring was bright, glowing green.
03:19What's wrong with her?
03:21Nothing.
03:23Let's go. The guests are waiting for our little princess.
03:26Finally, I fell onto the sharp gravel floor. The steel door slammed shut. Total darkness.
03:32But Father was right. The ring was black. I must be lying. I don't hurt. I really don't hurt.
03:39I sobbed, brainwashing myself. Eventually, the pain faded. My nerves just went completely numb.
03:45With my last breath, I crawled to my corner. My wall of apologies. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I won't
03:52lie anymore.
03:53But tonight. I wanted to write the truth. I bit my own finger until it bled. And I wrote on
03:58the wall.
03:59Father. I really loved you. It hurt so much. Why wouldn't you believe me? Just once. The second I finished
04:07the last bloody letter. The pain vanished. I felt so light. I floated upward.
04:12I looked down. My body was on the freezing stones. Not moving. And the onyx ring on my finger was
04:18still flashing black. Pitch black.
04:20Oh. I guess I really died. And I guess I never learned to be honest. I'm sorry, dad. Now that
04:27I'm gone, I can finally just call you dad.
04:30Outside. Fireworks exploded. The crowd cheered. Father laughed. Marianne took her back. What a perfect night.
04:41I woke up to the sound of laughter. It was my father and my sister.
04:46Spectacular fireworks. The old Tartana Fox turned green seeing our power.
04:51I was floating near the ceiling. Looking down as the heavy iron door swung open. Out of pure habit, I
04:56drifted down to greet them. I wanted to take his coat. Hold his cigar. It was instinct. Burned right into
05:03my bones. Always begging for his approval.
05:06Godfather. Godfather. I'm not hurting anymore. I'll be good now. Please don't be mad at me.
05:13But my hands went through him. Why is it so freezing down here? Luca, is the heat broken? It's on,
05:19Don. Must have left the window open.
05:21Father shivered suddenly. His thick eyebrows pulled together. I froze mid-air. Staring at my transparent hands. Right. I was
05:29dead. And ghosts can't hug the living.
05:31You should check on Carla. I looked at my father with desperate hope. If he saw I was dead, would
05:36he cry? Would he regret it? Father took a long drag of his cigar and stepped into the dark.
05:42Let her kneel. This bad habit of faking sick for attention needs to stop. He pushed the basement door wide
05:49open.
05:50Caroleana daughter must not be so weak.
05:57Groveling won't make me go soft. You're twelve, Carla. Not two. This family doesn't raise useless trash.
06:05Father! I'm not pretending! I'm dead! Just look at me! Touch me! My body is cold!
06:14But he couldn't hear a word. He only believed what he wanted to see. Marianne peeked out from behind his
06:19shoulders.
06:20Dad, look at her. Such a lazy pig. Her ring is still black. She's lying even in her sleep.
06:28My good girl. You were perfect tonight. The Tatarga boy couldn't take his eyes off you.
06:35Do I like him, Godfather?
06:36Doesn't matter. What matters is what his family can offer us. You're the heir now, Marianne. Your marriage is a
06:45weapon.
06:46Don, shouldn't we help her up? The basement is too cold.
06:51Leave her. Spoiled kids need old school discipline. Let the cold freeze the rebellion right out of her.
06:59Look at that ring. Pitch black. She hasn't learned a thing.
07:02Let's go. We have Sunday Mass tomorrow. Then we're handling the Tatmianis at the docks.
07:10He turned around and pulled the iron door shut. Click. The deadbolt slipped into place.
07:18I hovered over my broken body. Staring at that suffocating black ring, the heartbreak was worse than dying.
07:24Father. If you had taken just one single step closer. If you had just touched my hand, you would have
07:30felt the death on my skin.
07:31But you didn't. You trusted a stupid piece of jewelry over your own blood.
07:35Deep in the night, a rat crawled out from the wall. I used to be terrified of the basement rats.
07:40I used to scream until my lungs gave out. But now, I just watched it scurry across my lifeless leg.
07:46It bit into my toe. Thick, dark blood oozed out. But I didn't feel a thing. It was nice.
07:52Finally, completely free of the pain. Don't be scared. It doesn't hurt anymore. It'll all be over soon.
08:06Morning came. The smell of bacon and eggs drifted under my door. Father told the chef to turn the fans
08:11on high.
08:12He wanted to starve me out. Make me crawl upstairs and beg. Before, I would have lied and confessed just
08:18for a bite.
08:18But now, dead girls don't get hungry.
08:22Carla still hasn't come out?
08:23He was reading the morning newspaper, the New York Times. The front page showed him and Marianne.
08:28No, sir. Spoiled brat if she wants to starve. Let her. This family doesn't need her anyway.
08:36Marianne drank her milk. She rolled her eyes. She ran right up to the basement door. She took a loud,
08:42fake sniff.
08:43Dad! It smells so bad down here. Did Carla crap on the floor? That is so gross.
08:52I floated by the door. The floor heater was on high. My dead body was rotting fast.
08:58Father stormed over, disgusted. He roared, hitting the iron door.
09:02Carla! Are you a damn animal? There's a bucket right there. Are your legs broken? You're a disgrace to this
09:11entire family.
09:14I remembered being little. I had acute gastroenteritis. I messed my pants before I could reach the bathroom. Father didn't
09:21help me. He made me stand outside in the dirt.
09:23Look at her. Filthy as a stray dog. How did her call lame?
09:26Leave her!
09:27Produce this!
09:28He waved his hand.
09:30Let her sit in her own stink. Let it choke her!
09:35Luka walked over. He looked worried.
09:40Don, the smell is getting really bad. Let me check.
09:43Might be a dead rat. We had rats at the docks last week.
09:47My ghost heart jumped. I'm right behind the door. I floated right in front of him.
09:51Luka grabbed the handle.
09:55The house phone cut through the air. The butler picked it up. His face went pale.
10:00Don! Trouble at the docks! The Tatsalias crossed the line. They took three crates. Tommy got shot!
10:08Father jumped up.
10:10Luka, get the men. Now!
10:14But Carla...
10:16She won't die. Let her rot. I'll deal with her later.
10:20Father grabbed his coat. The front door slammed shut. I floated there. So close.
10:26One second later, and he would have found me.
10:28That afternoon, Father took Marianne to the docks for a deal.
10:32My dead body was left all alone.
10:34They came back late that night.
10:35Father had blood on his suit.
10:37Not his blood. Marianne's face was red with excitement.
10:44Godfather, you look so badass with that gun.
10:50As soon as they walked in, the smell hit them. It was much worse now. Father gagged, covering his nose.
10:55Fuck! Carla, are you trying to turn my house into a goddamn morgue?
10:59He wouldn't even open the door to your feet. Like looking inside would make him dirty.
11:04Instead, he grabbed a roll of heavy duct tape.
11:06He crouched down. He taped every single crack around the iron door.
11:10Sealing it completely shut.
11:11If you want to live in filth, then rot in it. Don't stink up my house!
11:20I'll send someone to deal with it tomorrow. Let's see how long she can hold on.
11:24Last piece of tape.
11:27Finally, be quiet.
11:28He walked upstairs to deal with his new loot.
11:30A whole street taken from the Tataillus.
11:33I stared at the taped door.
11:34My last bit of hope died.
11:36I finally understood.
11:38To my father, my life meant less than a shipment of contraband.
11:41He would rather seal me in the basement.
11:43Then open the door to see if I was dead.
11:45You win, Godfather.
11:46I will never bother you again.
11:50Day 3
11:51Morning
11:52Winter sun hit the Corleone mansion, but the house still felt dark.
11:55The heat's cranked way up.
11:56It's 79 degrees in here.
11:58The duct tape couldn't hold the smell back anymore.
12:00A thick, rotting stench leaked from the basement.
12:02It filled the whole first floor.
12:04Father was cleaning his gun.
12:06A coal python with a family crest inlaid on its ivory handle.
12:08Even the strong gun oil couldn't hide the smell of death.
12:11Father slammed the heavy gun on the table.
12:13He finally lost it.
12:14He thought I was doing this on purpose.
12:16Hiding dead rats.
12:18Using the floor as a toilet.
12:19Just to gross him out.
12:20Just to rebel.
12:21Carla, you're pushing your damn luck.
12:23Father stormed toward the basement.
12:24He grabbed a heavy wooden baseball bat.
12:27A bloody trophy from a rival gang.
12:30I'm gonna beat the living hell out of you.
12:33We don't raise filthy trash.
12:36I floated right in front of him.
12:38Godfather, don't go in.
12:40I look awful.
12:42I'm rotting.
12:43It's gonna scare you.
12:45He didn't want me anymore.
12:46But I still didn't want him to see my ruined body.
12:49He walked right through my ghost.
12:50He ripped the heavy tape off the door.
12:52Raya, loud and sharp.
12:53He shoved the key in the lock.
12:55Turned it.
12:56Bang.
12:56He kicked the heavy iron door open.
12:58A thick wall of dead.
13:02Father stumbled backward, gagging hard.
13:04He looked into the corner.
13:06Fuck!
13:07Carla!
13:09What the hell are you doing down here?
13:11I was in the exact same pose from three days ago.
13:13My back facing him.
13:14Not moving an inch.
13:16Are you deaf?
13:19Are you still playing dead?
13:21Blinding mad, he marched right up to me.
13:23He raised the wooden bat high in the air.
13:25But he didn't swing it.
13:27Get your ass up.
13:29He wanted to yank me up first.
13:30He wanted to look at my stubborn face.
13:32His giant hand grabbed my shirt collar.
13:34His fingers dug right into my bare neck.
13:35The next second, he froze.
13:37Time stopped.
13:38Through my thin pajamas.
13:40His fingers didn't feel warm skin.
13:42Or soft flesh.
13:43He felt a chunk of cold, hard meat.
13:46Hard as a rock.
13:46The cold sank right into his bones.
13:49Zero life left.
13:51But he was already pulling me hard.
13:53His momentum kept going.
13:55He yanked my body backward.
13:56Thud.
13:57My body hit the floor.
13:58Flat and stiff as a concrete statue.
14:00My face was finally out in the open.
14:04Father looked past my body.
14:06He looked at the wall behind me.
14:08There were words on the wall.
14:09Written in my own blood.
14:11Dad, my belly really hurts.
14:13The ring is broken.
14:15I didn't lie.
14:16Don't lock me in here.
14:18Save me.
14:20Father let out a massive scream.
14:25He stumbled backward, staring at my dead body.
14:28No way.
14:29This is a trick.
14:30It's makeup.
14:32It's a prank.
14:33He reached out with shaking hands.
14:35He tried to grab my stiff arm.
14:37But the second he touched my freezing skin.
14:39Carla, get up.
14:40I'm not mad anymore.
14:42Stop scaring me.
14:43He pulled his hand back like he touched fire.
14:46It felt too real.
14:47It was the cold of death.
14:50Luca!
14:51Luca!
14:52Father's roar shook the whole house.
14:54Luca ran in.
14:54He saw my body on the floor.
14:56Don, is that...
14:57His face went completely pale.
14:59His knees went weak.
15:01Call a doctor!
15:02Call an ambulance!
15:03Get everyone in here!
15:05Father rushed forward like a madman.
15:07He tried to scoop me up into his arms.
15:09Father dropped to his knees.
15:12Luca snapped out of it.
15:13He ran out to make the call.
15:15But he didn't call 911.
15:16He called the funeral director.
15:18The guy who makes bodies disappear.
15:20Because the Corleone family, could never have a scandal.
15:25Half an hour later.
15:26The mob lawyer arrived.
15:28The funeral director.
15:29The private doctor.
15:31Nobody called the cops.
15:32That's mob rule.
15:33Father sat on the living room couch.
15:36A glass of whiskey sat untouched.
15:38He just stared straight ahead.
15:39Staring at the crystal ashtray.
15:41Inside was my black ring.
15:43And a small piece of my dead skin.
15:46We need a cover story.
15:47How did she die?
15:49Father said nothing.
15:50We can say it was a sudden illness.
15:53No one will ask questions.
15:55Father didn't blink.
15:57His voice was like sandpaper.
15:58Or a tragic accident.
16:01She fell down the stairs.
16:02Shut up.
16:04Give me a minute.
16:06Marianne walked down the stairs.
16:07She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
16:09Godfather.
16:09It's so loud down here.
16:11What's wrong?
16:12Then she saw the men in suits.
16:14She saw father's dead face.
16:16She saw my ring in the ashtray.
16:20Why is Carla's ring here?
16:22Where is she?
16:23Father looked up.
16:24He stared right at Marianne.
16:26He stared at the glowing green ring on her finger.
16:28Suddenly, he stood up.
16:30He marched over and grabbed her hand.
16:32Godfather!
16:33You're hurting me!
16:34He didn't let go.
16:35He stared at her ring.
16:37Take it off.
16:38What?
16:39Take it off!
16:40Marianne shook with fear.
16:41She pulled the ring off.
16:43Father held it up to the window light.
16:45Silver band.
16:46Green stone.
16:47Exactly like mine.
16:49Except for the color.
16:50Luca.
16:51Get the tools.
16:52Luca handed him a small screwdriver.
16:54Father jammed it into the silver band.
16:56He pried the ring open.
16:59The metal shell popped off.
17:01There was no high-tech sensor inside.
17:03No magic heat detector.
17:05Just a cheap green LED bulb.
17:07And several button batteries.
17:09The circuit board was fixed.
17:11As long as it was powered on, it only lighted up green.
17:15What is this?
17:17Dodd.
17:18That's...
17:19I said...
17:20What is this?
17:21It's...
17:22A cheap toy, sir.
17:23It's not a real eye detector.
17:25Father froze completely.
17:26He slowly turned his head.
17:28He looked at the black ring in the ashtray.
17:30The ring that tortured me.
17:31And killed me.
17:33And that one...
17:34Is that one real?
17:36Luca stayed silent.
17:38He walked over and picked up my black ring.
17:40He took the screwdriver.
17:42Tried it open.
17:43Inside was the exact same LED bulb.
17:46The exact same button batteries.
17:47But the tiny bulb was dead.
17:49Broken from the factory.
17:51Don.
17:52It was never going to light up.
17:54This one is a toy, too.
17:57It was broken from the start.
17:59Father's whole world shattered.
18:00He finally understood.
18:02Ten years.
18:03Every time I cried out in pain, the ring turned black.
18:05Not because I lied.
18:07But because it was always black.
18:08Every time I trembled in fear, the ring turned black.
18:11And Marianne's ring?
18:12It was always green.
18:16So...
18:17She never lied to me?
18:19Every time she said it hurt, it really hurt?
18:21Every time she begged me, she meant it?
18:23I killed her.
18:25I killed my only honest child with my own hands.
18:28It was you!
18:30You lied to me for years!
18:32Your ring is fake!
18:33You killed your sister!
18:36Godfather, I didn't know!
18:37You're the one who said it was magic!
18:39You said I was the good girl.
18:41I just...
18:42I just never said anything!
18:46Marianne screamed in terror, hiding behind Luca.
18:48Godfather, I didn't know!
18:51You're the one who said it was magic!
18:53You said I was the good girl!
18:57I just...
18:58I just never said anything!
19:00She just never said anything.
19:01Right.
19:02She didn't have to.
19:03As long as the green light was on, she was perfect.
19:06And as long as mine was black, I was wrong.
19:09Father collapsed onto the floor.
19:10He stared at the two pride open rings.
19:12The silver bands.
19:14The family crests.
19:15And the onyxes.
19:17So solemn.
19:18So sacred.
19:19He put them on us himself.
19:21He called it honor.
19:22He called it a trial.
19:23But it were just LED bulbs and button batteries.
19:26A cheap toy controlled his mind for 10 years.
19:29Father started laughing wildly.
19:32Then, the laughter just stopped.
19:34He knelt on the floor.
19:35He went completely quiet.
19:37Fake.
19:38It was all fake.
19:39I killed my honest kid.
19:41And I spoiled a liar.
19:43He slowly stood up.
19:45He walked to the window.
19:47Luca.
19:48Arrange Carla's funeral.
19:50In the manner of an heir.
19:53But Dawn.
19:54You said before.
19:55I was wrong.
19:56I was wrong about everything.
19:57Father wasn't going crazy.
19:59What's really crazy is waking up.
20:01Knowing you killed your own flesh and blood.
20:03And still having to live with it.
20:06The mob doesn't let crazy men stay in charge.
20:09That night, the family elders called an emergency meeting.
20:12Father was called in for a discussion.
20:14It was at a drafty warehouse in Brooklyn.
20:16A long wooden table sat in the middle.
20:18Lit by candles.
20:19Five old men sat around it.
20:21My uncles.
20:22The Corleone family elders.
20:24Each one ran a piece of the family's business.
20:27When Godfather walked in, nobody stood up.
20:29Vito.
20:30Sit.
20:30Father sat down.
20:32We heard the news about Carla.
20:35Father hung his head.
20:37We know it wasn't on purpose.
20:39But the fact is, you killed your own daughter.
20:41You spilled Corleone blood.
20:44Let me finish.
20:45My uncle cut him off.
20:46This family kills people.
20:47But we never kill our own.
20:49Especially not our own kids.
20:51That is the absolute line.
20:54And you crossed it.
20:55I didn't mean to kill her.
20:56You made her kneel in a freezing basement for three days.
21:01A ruptured Amdix.
21:03She suffered until her heart stopped.
21:05If that's not murder, what is?
21:10We took a vote.
21:11As of tonight, you are no longer the leader of the Corleone family.
21:15The docks, the casinos, the unions.
21:18Everything goes to your brother Michael.
21:20You get to keep the suburban house.
21:22And an allowance of 200 grand a year.
21:24You hand over the rest.
21:25What about Marianne?
21:27Marianne lives with Michael now.
21:29She is still a Corleone.
21:32But she will not be raised by you.
21:34Father opened his mouth to argue.
21:36But he didn't say a single word.
21:38He stood up.
21:39He turned and walked away.
21:41The moment he stepped out of the warehouse, he stood alone in the storm.
21:45Carla, are you cold?
21:46Nobody answered.
21:48He was stripped of all his power.
21:49Kicked out of the empire he built with his own two hands.
21:52Abandoned by everyone.
21:56Father was sent away to an old house in the suburbs.
21:58It was the family's very first house.
22:00A hundred years old.
22:02Broken down, freezing cold, and full of drafts.
22:05Nobody came to visit him.
22:07His old crew, his allies, his friends.
22:09They all vanished.
22:11Only Luca risked coming by.
22:12He dropped off food and supplies.
22:14Dawn, how are you holding up?
22:16Father sat in the dark living room, wearing my broken black ring on his own finger.
22:20Luca, did it hurt when she died?
22:24I asked if it hurt!
22:25Dawn, a ruptured appendix hurts.
22:29It hurts a lot.
22:31Father looked down at the ring on his hand.
22:34It's still black.
22:35Dawn, it's broken.
22:37It's always gonna be black.
22:39It's real.
22:39It's telling me she lied.
22:41She's a liar.
22:42She's a bad kid!
22:44Dawn, you need to see a doctor.
22:46I don't need a doctor!
22:47I need Carla!
22:49Luca left.
22:52Father sat alone in the old house.
22:54Day after day, he started cooking.
22:56Every day, he made two fried eggs.
22:59Two plates of pasta.
23:00Two glasses of wine.
23:01One for his side of the table.
23:03One for mine.
23:05Carla, time to eat.
23:07No raw oysters today.
23:09Just the eggs you like.
23:11Then he sat down and ate his food.
23:13Halfway through, he looked across the table.
23:15He stared at the empty chair.
23:20Why aren't you eating?
23:21Do you hate it?
23:22He stared at the ring.
23:23The ring was black.
23:25Are you lying again?
23:26It tastes fine!
23:27Why won't you eat?
23:29A Corioni does not lie!
23:31Then he broke down.
23:32He dropped to his knees.
23:34I'm sorry.
23:35I'm so sorry.
23:37Dad was wrong.
23:38Just take one bite.
23:39Please.
23:40Just one bite.
23:41He slammed his head against the ground.
23:44Over and over.
23:45His forehead split open.
23:47Blood dripped down his face.
23:50The pain.
23:51Is this how much it hurt Carla?
23:53He started punishing himself.
23:55Exactly how he used to punish him.
23:57He forced himself to eat spoiled, rotting food.
24:00He ate until he threw up.
24:02Then he kept eating.
24:03He locked himself in the basement.
24:05He kept all the lights off.
24:06In the dark, he faced the wall.
24:08He fell to his knees.
24:10He found a rusty nail.
24:12He sliced his own fingers open.
24:14He used his blood to write on the wall.
24:16I'm sorry.
24:17Dad was wrong.
24:18Black means pain.
24:19Black means love.
24:20Please come back.
24:22Just tell me it hurts one more time.
24:24I swear I'll save you.
24:25Over and over again.
24:26When the blood dried, he cut himself again.
24:29New words over old words.
24:31Bright red blood over dry black blood.
24:33Deep in the night.
24:34He looked up.
24:35The black ring caught the faint light.
24:37It shined on the bloody words.
24:39Like my bleeding eyes were staring right back at him.
24:42He kept writing.
24:43He filled the entire wall.
24:45Then he went back to the corner.
24:46And started writing it all over again.
24:50Father ended up in an asylum.
24:52Luka found him passed out in the basement.
24:54His head was busted open.
24:56Blood everywhere.
24:57A 104 degree fever.
24:59Don!
24:59Don!
25:01Father woke up.
25:03He looked at Luka and smiled.
25:05Carla came to get me.
25:06Luka put him in a private asylum.
25:08Built by the family, for our own kind.
25:11Father was their craziest patient.
25:13He found a black plastic ring somewhere.
25:15He wore it on his finger all the time.
25:17If anyone tried to take it off, he bit them like a rabbit dog.
25:21Don't touch my ring!
25:24Carla is watching.
25:25She'll be mad.
25:26He developed a terrifying reflex.
25:27Vito, did you eat?
25:30Father would touch his plastic ring.
25:33Black!
25:34It's black!
25:35Don't punish me!
25:36I'll eat!
25:36I'll eat!
25:40Even the scalding Italian risotto, he forced down spoonful by spoonful.
25:44It had been simmered with strong liquor.
25:46So hot it burned his throat raw, so spicy it set his stomach on fire.
25:50He dared not stop.
25:51He dared not spit it out.
25:53Because before I died, I had a 104 degree fever.
25:56Kneeling on freezing stones.
25:58He was forcing himself to live my howl.
26:00Over and over again.
26:02Years passed.
26:03Marianne grew up.
26:04Raised by Uncle Michael, she learned a real mob way.
26:07Lying.
26:08Cheating.
26:09Using people.
26:10But she wasn't the heir.
26:11Michael had his own kids.
26:13She was pushed aside.
26:14Treated like a pawn.
26:16She hit rock bottom.
26:17Drugs.
26:18Gambling.
26:19Massive debt.
26:20When she ran out of cash, she remembered her crazy dad.
26:23She came to the hospital.
26:25Not out of love.
26:26For money.
26:29Hey, old man.
26:32Uncle Michael died.
26:33You get a cut.
26:34Give me your power of attorney.
26:36I'll sign for you.
26:39She was 20, but she looked 40.
26:42She looked at his pathetic state and spit on the floor.
26:45You're disgusting.
26:47Just like your dead daughter.
26:49She ruined everything for us, even after she died.
26:53But he heard that.
26:54He slowly looked up.
26:56His cloudy eyes suddenly went clear.
26:58Just for a second.
26:59He remembered the toy ring.
27:01The fake green light that fooled him for 10 years.
27:03It was you.
27:04You lied to me.
27:06The fake green light.
27:08You killed Carla.
27:11She was just stupid.
27:13Couldn't act.
27:14Couldn't pretend.
27:16Give me my Carla back.
27:17Back?
27:18She's been dead for 10 years.
27:20She's rotted into nothing.
27:22Father's last bit of sanity snapped.
27:25He lunged at her.
27:26His giant hands locked right around her throat.
27:28Die!
27:29You die!
27:31It should have been you!
27:33She fought hard.
27:35Help!
27:39Nurses rushed in.
27:40They jammed a sedative needle into his arm.
27:43They barely pulled him off her.
27:45Terrified, Marianne ran for her life.
27:48Crazy!
27:49You're all crazy!
27:51Right into the street.
27:53A speeding delivery truck couldn't stop in time.
27:56It sent her flying through the air.
27:58She didn't die.
27:59But her legs were completely crushed.
28:01She would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
28:04Totally useless.
28:05Back inside, father was strapped to a bed.
28:07Crying at the ceiling.
28:09He finally saw me in his dreams.
28:11I was still 12 years old.
28:13Wearing a pretty white dress.
28:15Dad!
28:17He opened his arms, crying tears of joy.
28:19But then he looked down.
28:21His hands were covered in blood.
28:23The second he touched me, I turned right into ash.
28:27The black plastic ring was still there.
28:29Locked tight on his finger.
28:33I stood in the empty air.
28:34I watched it all happen.
28:36I watched my godfather suffer in the asylum.
28:38I watched Marianne begging on the streets with crushed legs.
28:41I watched Uncle Michael lose everything and die young.
28:44But I didn't feel any joy.
28:45I didn't feel like I got my revenge.
28:48I just felt quiet.
28:49Quiet as dead water.
28:51An old dog stood next to me.
28:52He was my puppy from when I was little.
28:55Father always said dogs were dirty.
28:57He said they ruined the expensive rugs.
28:59So he had my dog thrown out.
29:00He was hit by a car on the street.
29:02But he waited for me here.
29:04For 10 whole years.
29:05The dog rubbed against my leg.
29:07He barked twice.
29:08Like he was saying, let's go.
29:10Stop looking.
29:11He was right.
29:13It was time.
29:14This life was too painful.
29:15There was nothing left to stay for.
29:17I floated into father's hospital room.
29:19For one last goodbye.
29:21He lay on the bed.
29:22He looked like a skeleton.
29:24His hair was pure white.
29:26He was strapped down so he wouldn't hurt himself.
29:28That black plastic ring was still on his finger.
29:31He seemed to feel something.
29:32His cloudy eyes stared right into the empty air.
29:36Carla, is that you?
29:40His shaking hand reached out.
29:41Grabbing at nothing.
29:45I smashed the ring.
29:47I don't believe it anymore.
29:49Please come back, baby.
29:51I'll cook for you.
29:53No oysters.
29:54I'll buy you dresses.
29:56None for Marianne.
29:58I'll make you the air.
30:00You'll be the dog.
30:01I looked at the bloody marks on his ring finger.
30:03And I let out a soft sigh.
30:05I reached out.
30:06I touched his forehead with my freezing ghost finger.
30:08It was my very last act of mercy.
30:10I just let him sleep.
30:12Because when you sleep, it stops hurting.
30:14He went totally quiet.
30:16His heavy eyelids shut tight.
30:17He fell into a deep sleep.
30:19A soft breeze blew through the room.
30:21There was a stack of papers on his nightstand.
30:23Luca had sneaked them in.
30:25They were rubbings from the basement wall.
30:27The words I carved over the years.
30:29Layer upon layer.
30:30Red, black, and brown.
30:32The top page had father's own words.
30:34The doctor said he wrote it during his last clear moment.
30:37Next life, let me wear the ring.
30:39Let me be the liar.
30:41Let me kneel in the basement.
30:42Let me feel the pain.
30:44Let me die.
30:45You can punish me.
30:46Just please don't leave me.
30:48I will do anything.
30:49I stared at those words.
30:50I felt nothing at all.
30:52It was too late.
30:53Dad.
30:55I don't hate you anymore, but I don't love you either.
31:00Let's not meet again in the next life.
31:02I turned around, with my old dog.
31:04A bright door appeared in the distance.
31:06A way out of this nightmare.
31:08I raised my ghost hand.
31:09The phantom ring was still there.
31:11The nightmare that ruined my entire life.
31:13I squeezed my hand tight.
31:15Crack.
31:16The ring shattered into tiny pieces of light.
31:18It faded right into the air.
31:20I felt so light.
31:22No more black light.
31:23No more punishment.
31:24No more lies.
31:26Just pure freedom.
31:27I walked into the light.
31:28I never looked back.
31:30Morning sun filled the hospital room.
31:34Vito, time for your meds.
31:37The man on the bed didn't move.
31:39The nurse walked closer.
31:40His hand was gripping the bloody paper rubbing tight.
31:43The one he traced with his own blood.
31:45A single, clear tear rested on his cheek.
31:47Beside him, the heart monitor, the wavy line of light.
31:50Turned into a single, endless straight line.
31:53Tened into a�� the 피-Tfree fan.
31:53You make reallyNote the limit.
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