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The Twenty-year-old Great-grandmother - FULL EPISODE
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00:00:00My name is Alice Wright. 100 years ago, I disappeared.
00:00:06Mom!
00:00:07Today, I wake up. I stand before the iron gates of the Wright family estate.
00:00:11The owner of this estate is my son, but he is about to die.
00:00:16The Wright estate is not receiving visitors at this time. I must ask you to leave at once.
00:00:22I am the person Damien Wright has been waiting for. Let me in. I can save him.
00:00:28You? Mr. Wright has been waiting for his mother, Alice Wright.
00:00:32He does not believe me. He calls two security guards to throw me out.
00:00:36And you dare stand here, a young woman barely out of her teens, telling such an absurd lie?
00:00:42Get lost!
00:00:54I kick the iron gate. Those thick, sturdy iron bars snap clean off.
00:01:00Wait!
00:01:02What are you trying to do? Defying the Wright family is asking for death!
00:01:08I have already made my intentions clear.
00:01:11I must see Damien Wright.
00:01:14No one else can save him.
00:01:16They want to stop me, but after seeing the broken bars, they let me walk into the estate.
00:01:21In the living room, the Wright family gathers around Damien's hospital bed.
00:01:25Father is not lucid. Maybe we find someone to impersonate Grandmother?
00:01:29But Grandmother has been gone for a hundred years. None of us has ever seen her. Not even a single
00:01:35photograph remains.
00:01:36Michael is my eldest grandson. He is already 57. Bruce and Josie are wrinkled too. Time has been so cruel
00:01:43to them.
00:01:48Did we not say no visitors? Who let her in?
00:01:51They do not recognize me, but from their conversation, I know that I am their grandmother.
00:01:58Who are you? Leave immediately. Do not disturb my father.
00:02:04You are Damien's son, aren't you? I am his mother.
00:02:12You should call me Grandmother. Let me see him.
00:02:16Perhaps I can still save him.
00:02:18What? You are my father's mother? My grand-mother?
00:02:23Father said Grandmother disappeared at 27.
00:02:26Even if she were alive, she would be over 120.
00:02:30She is obviously a fraud.
00:02:32Exactly. She looks even younger than us.
00:02:35There's no way she could be our Grandmother.
00:02:39I understand their doubt, but if they delay any longer, Damien will truly be beyond saving.
00:02:46His heart rate just spiked.
00:02:48He is responding to external stimulation.
00:02:52I walk quickly upstairs.
00:02:55Damien's door is half open.
00:02:57I see him.
00:03:07The little boy who once had thick black hair now lies there, about to die.
00:03:13Are you Damien's mistress?
00:03:16Stay away from my husband, you shameless woman!
00:03:19She is Ruby, Dami's wife.
00:03:20She thinks I am his mistress.
00:03:22She screams, lunges at me, shoves me aside.
00:03:26Let me tell you, as long as I am here, you will not get one step closer to him.
00:03:32But her voice is what made Mr. Wright's heart rate spike just now.
00:03:36That talk about seeing his mother one last time is all lies.
00:03:40On his deathbed, he is thinking about his mistress.
00:03:47Miss, whoever you are, please leave now.
00:03:50If you are here for his fortune, I will have my lawyer contact you.
00:03:54Michael thinks I will back down.
00:03:56But I am Damien's mother.
00:03:58I will not back down.
00:04:00Only I can save him now.
00:04:02Get out of my way, now.
00:04:04Or face the consequences.
00:04:06They try to stop me again.
00:04:08I've already said you can't come in.
00:04:11But suddenly Damien's weak voice rings out.
00:04:14Come on.
00:04:18Everyone looks at me in shock.
00:04:23Let her in.
00:04:25Even if she is not father's mother, consider it a kind lie for father.
00:04:33I walk into the room.
00:04:37Damien's condition is critical.
00:04:41I pick up the scalpel and slice open Damien's scalp.
00:04:45She has lost her mind.
00:04:47She did not even look at the CT scan before cutting him open.
00:04:51This is murder.
00:04:53Stop.
00:04:54Stop this at once.
00:04:56Security.
00:04:57Break in.
00:04:58Drag her out.
00:04:59They think I am cutting blindly.
00:05:01But they do not know that I can see through his skull.
00:05:04I can see the tumor.
00:05:05Like an egg.
00:05:06Embedded deep in the brain tissue.
00:05:08I was once a world-renowned neurosurgeon.
00:05:12And now.
00:05:15My strength, my speed, my vision are not what a normal person should have.
00:05:22Wait.
00:05:22That insertion angle.
00:05:24It is perfect.
00:05:25She missed every major vessel.
00:05:28Her hematosis technique.
00:05:29I have never seen anything so precise.
00:05:32I clasp the tumor with delicate forceps.
00:05:34Hair-thin, neural strands cling to it.
00:05:36But they do not stop me.
00:05:38She did it.
00:05:39The tumor that the world's leading experts declared inoperable, she removed it in under
00:05:44five minutes.
00:05:45I push open the door.
00:05:49The way they look at me is as if they are seeing a goddess.
00:05:53Miss.
00:05:55My father.
00:05:57The operation was successful.
00:06:00No sooner have I spoken than the cardiac-mometer screams.
00:06:04The jagged line that represents life flattens into one straight line.
00:06:09Father is dead!
00:06:10She killed him!
00:06:12Security!
00:06:13Capture her!
00:06:14I know I made no mistakes.
00:06:15The tumor was cleanly removed.
00:06:18Every vessel was preserved.
00:06:20There is no medical reason for cardiac arrest.
00:06:23Michael, what are you waiting for?
00:06:25If you will not kill her, I will.
00:06:29He fired a shot.
00:06:31A bullet flies straight at my head.
00:06:34I do not dodge.
00:06:36I reach out my hand and catch it.
00:06:40I crush the bullet in my palm.
00:06:42Silver dust spills through my fingers.
00:06:44What?
00:06:45What kind of monster is she?
00:06:47She can catch bullets with her bare hands?
00:06:49Everyone looks at me as if I am a monster.
00:06:51Open fire!
00:06:52I do not care what she is!
00:06:54I want her dead!
00:06:57Countless bullets hit me, but they don't cause me any fatal damage.
00:07:00A bullet graces my cheek.
00:07:03The wounds appear and then heal completely in an instant.
00:07:10What kind of monster are you?
00:07:14I ignore Michael.
00:07:16I bend down to check Damien's vital signs.
00:07:19Suddenly, his finger twitches.
00:07:22Father's finger moved.
00:07:24Everyone's eyes focus on Damien.
00:07:27They rush over, push me aside, and gather around his bed.
00:07:31Father.
00:07:33It seems my grandchildren are somewhat filial after all.
00:07:37Damien slowly opens his eyes.
00:07:40His heartbeat gradually returns to normal.
00:07:43The heartbeat has returned.
00:07:44The surgery really succeeded.
00:07:48Father.
00:07:49Father.
00:07:49You are finally awake.
00:07:54Mother.
00:07:57Damien murmurs softly.
00:07:59This makes everyone around the bed turn to look at me.
00:08:02But they do not believe I am Damien's mother.
00:08:06I do not know who you are, but you saved my father.
00:08:09Then you are our family's benefactor.
00:08:12It is what I should do.
00:08:14If I could trade my life for his, I would not hesitate.
00:08:18Michael brings me to the bedside.
00:08:20Father.
00:08:21She is the one who performed the surgery on you.
00:08:23The moment he sees me, Damien's eyes widen.
00:08:26To everyone's disbelief, he cries out.
00:08:29Mother.
00:08:30Everyone stares at Damien in shock, thinking he has mistaken her for someone else.
00:08:37Father.
00:08:38Are you mistaken?
00:08:39How could this young lady possibly be your mother?
00:08:46Damien struggles to get up.
00:08:49Pushes everyone aside.
00:08:51And falls to his knees before me.
00:08:59Mother.
00:09:00I missed you so much.
00:09:03Where did you go?
00:09:06I have been looking for you for a hundred years.
00:09:10I hold him gently in my arms.
00:09:15Damien, do not cry anymore.
00:09:17You are already a great-grandfather.
00:09:20Your children will laugh at you if they see you like this.
00:09:24What is wrong with crying in front of my mother?
00:09:28Even if I am one hundred and seven years old,
00:09:31in front of you, I will always be a child.
00:09:37What are you standing there for?
00:09:40Greet your grandmother.
00:09:42Are you all mute?
00:09:46Grandmother?
00:09:51They cannot bring themselves to call a woman who looks the same age as their own children grandmother.
00:09:57I do not blame them.
00:09:59Damien, you have just woken up.
00:10:02Do not get too emotional.
00:10:04Let your children go rest.
00:10:06Let your children go rest.
00:10:06We will talk later.
00:10:08Everyone go out.
00:10:10As they walk out of the room, they keep looking back.
00:10:16Watching their one hundred and seven-year-old father nestle beside me like a child.
00:10:24Damien falls asleep.
00:10:26I tuck him in and walk out of the room.
00:10:30Downstairs, Michael sits in the living room, his expressions tangled with unease.
00:10:35I do not know how to face him.
00:10:37In theory, he is my grandson.
00:10:41But he is older than I look.
00:10:44Just as I hesitate, a face appears on the television.
00:10:48It is an honor to welcome everyone to the LR Group's new product launch.
00:10:53I freeze.
00:10:55I rush to the television, staring at the tiny dark mole at the corner of his eye.
00:11:00There is no doubt.
00:11:01This man is Damien's biological father.
00:11:12Who is he?
00:11:14That is Bowen Morris, the CEO of the LR Group.
00:11:17Do you know him?
00:11:19How old is he?
00:11:20From what I know, he just turned 27.
00:11:2327 years old.
00:11:25One hundred years ago, when I met that man, he was also 27.
00:11:28If it is really him, then he, like me, have existed for over a century?
00:11:33To confirm the relationship between Damien and me, we go to do a paternity test.
00:11:45Soon, the test results come out.
00:11:48Mr. Wright, the DNA test results are here.
00:11:52The doctor holds a report and looks at me as if I am a monster.
00:11:58This young lady's DNA matches your father's at zero percent.
00:12:02So you are saying she is not biologically related to my father?
00:12:09You fools.
00:12:16Beyond that, even humans and chimpanzees share over 96 percent genetic similarity.
00:12:27Zero percent means this young woman is not human.
00:12:33Everyone looks at me as if I am a monster.
00:12:37Not human?
00:12:41Then what is she?
00:12:43Do you hear that?
00:12:45She is not even human.
00:12:48Security.
00:12:49Grab her.
00:12:52I knew the DNA test would raise questions, but I never imagined they would label me as non-human.
00:13:00I cannot explain why the DNA test turned out this way.
00:13:04One hundred years ago, I had an accident.
00:13:07When I woke up, I was no longer in the world I knew.
00:13:11But one thing I am certain of is that I am Damien's mother.
00:13:16I came for only one thing, to find my child.
00:13:20I want to make up for this hundred-year absence.
00:13:22You still want to deceive us.
00:13:25Someone like you should be locked up in prison for life.
00:13:29Silence.
00:13:30Who gave you the audacity to treat my mother like this?
00:13:39Whether you believe it or not is your problem.
00:13:42But if anyone dares to harm her again, I will not let it go.
00:13:46Damien comes.
00:13:47He sits in a wheelchair, pale but with sharp, commanding eyes.
00:13:53He stands in front of me again, just like one hundred years ago,
00:13:57when that little boy tried to shield me with his small body.
00:14:02From today onward, the chairman of the Wright Group is my mother, Alice Wright.
00:14:10What did you say?
00:14:14Damien, are you really going to give the company to a woman of unknown origin?
00:14:19Father, this decision is too hasty.
00:14:22Even setting aside how unbelievable her age claim is,
00:14:26you should at least let us verify her identity.
00:14:30Without her, I would not exist.
00:14:33If she had been by my side all these years,
00:14:36this company would be a hundred times stronger than it is now.
00:14:39You have lost your mind!
00:14:42You have truly lost your mind!
00:14:45Damien, tell me, has this woman drugged you or something?
00:14:49I am perfectly clear-headed.
00:14:52If you cannot accept it,
00:14:55divorce me now and leave the Wright family immediately.
00:15:01I will kill you, shameless woman!
00:15:05Ruby grabs a fruit knife from the table and charges at me.
00:15:08I do not dodge.
00:15:11Damien, I tolerated her because she stayed by your side for so many years.
00:15:15But she has closed that path herself.
00:15:19I snatch the knife from her hand and press the blade against her neck.
00:15:22You will be maimed under my sanction.
00:15:25You said I am a monster.
00:15:28So remember this.
00:15:29Do not come looking for death.
00:15:32Ruby,
00:15:33You dared to lay a hand on my mother.
00:15:37From now on,
00:15:38all your credit cards are cancelled.
00:15:40Find a quiet place and reflect on what you have done.
00:15:47Ruby collapses on the floor crying.
00:15:49No one in the Wright family dares to speak.
00:15:53Then,
00:15:54I remember something else.
00:15:57You said that man's name is Bowen Morris.
00:15:59Help me contact him.
00:16:00I have something extremely urgent to confirm.
00:16:03Your reaction when you saw him was very abnormal.
00:16:07What exactly is your relationship with him?
00:16:11I look at dark television screen.
00:16:13That face is still lingering in my mind.
00:16:16He is Demi's biological father.
00:16:19Everyone's eyes widen as they stare at me in shock.
00:16:25Mom,
00:16:26what did you say?
00:16:27It is also possible that he just looks like him.
00:16:32In any case,
00:16:34arrange a meeting between me and Bowen Morris as soon as possible.
00:16:37To confirm his identity,
00:16:39they contact Bowen Morris,
00:16:40but he refuses.
00:16:41At the same time,
00:16:42Damien arranges something for me.
00:16:44Enrollment at Weston University.
00:16:46He says it is the best university in the country.
00:16:49I need to adapt to this era quickly,
00:16:50and attending school is the best way.
00:16:59I do not know that someone I never expected
00:17:02is waiting for me at this school.
00:17:08I stand at the entrance of Weston University.
00:17:11100 years ago,
00:17:13I taught here.
00:17:14Now,
00:17:15I am a student.
00:17:18I am about to step inside
00:17:19when a commotion breaks out to my right.
00:17:22Several boys in school uniforms
00:17:24push their way through,
00:17:25shoving all the students on the stairs as I'd.
00:17:30It is Weston Wright.
00:17:31Hurry,
00:17:32let us go.
00:17:33He is the tyrant of Weston.
00:17:36Someone challenged him last semester
00:17:38and ended up in the hospital.
00:17:40A blonde young man walks over,
00:17:42his uniform jacket open.
00:17:45Arrogance radiates from every inch of him.
00:17:48What are you looking at?
00:17:49Do you not know how to get out of the way?
00:17:51Weston,
00:17:51this is for you.
00:17:52I have liked you since the first day of school.
00:17:56Get lost.
00:17:57He crushes the love letter into a ball,
00:18:00throws it on the ground,
00:18:01and steps on it.
00:18:02The girl cries.
00:18:03No one around dares to speak.
00:18:06Stop right there.
00:18:12You're here to confess your love, too?
00:18:14Go wait in line.
00:18:15Pick it up.
00:18:18What did you say?
00:18:19I said,
00:18:23pick up that letter,
00:18:25give it back to her,
00:18:26and then apologize.
00:18:28New student?
00:18:29Do you know who I am?
00:18:30Do you really think you can tell me what to do?
00:18:33Who you are does not matter.
00:18:35When someone offers you their sin's feelings,
00:18:39you can reject them,
00:18:40but you have no right to trample on them.
00:18:43What if I do not pick it up?
00:18:46He reaches for my collar.
00:18:48I use just one move,
00:18:50grab his shoulder,
00:18:51and execute a shoulder throw.
00:18:54He flies several meters
00:18:56and crashes to the ground.
00:18:58The whole crowd falls silence.
00:19:02Wesson lies on the ground,
00:19:04staring at me in disbelief.
00:19:06His followers rush over and help him up.
00:19:09Bustot!
00:19:13You are dead!
00:19:15This is not over!
00:19:19Wesson leaves in disgrace.
00:19:25I pick up the love letter
00:19:26and give it back to the girl.
00:19:29Instead of thanking me,
00:19:30she glares at me.
00:19:38I shake my head.
00:19:40I really do not understand kids these days.
00:19:43Did you see that?
00:19:46I walk into the classroom
00:19:47and am assigned to the back corner.
00:19:49I am about to walk over
00:19:50when a basketball flies in
00:19:52through the back door,
00:19:53heading straight for my face.
00:19:56I swat the basketball away.
00:19:58The ball belongs to Wesson.
00:20:08He comes up to me
00:20:09and kicks my chair away.
00:20:16Did I allow you to sit here?
00:20:18Leave immediately.
00:20:20Wesson and his friends
00:20:21yell at me to change seats,
00:20:23but I do not care.
00:20:25The classroom is for studying.
00:20:27You are the ones who should change seats.
00:20:29Wesson,
00:20:30she is just like the others,
00:20:32just trying to get your attention.
00:20:34She has been watching you
00:20:36since she stepped onto campus.
00:20:41I will give you two choices.
00:20:43Sit down properly
00:20:44or get out.
00:20:46She actually told Wesson to get out?
00:20:47I have never seen anyone
00:20:49dare to talk to Wesson like that.
00:20:50Does she have a death wish?
00:20:54You have some nerve.
00:20:57I hope you can last
00:20:59more than two days
00:21:00sitting here.
00:21:11I am Corian.
00:21:12I saw what you did
00:21:13to Wesson in there.
00:21:15That was incredible.
00:21:17Do you know
00:21:18people have started
00:21:20a betting pool?
00:21:23They are betting
00:21:24on how many days
00:21:25you can last
00:21:26sitting next to him.
00:21:28Everyone says
00:21:29Wesson is about
00:21:29to make his move.
00:21:31A bet on how many days
00:21:33I can last?
00:21:35Fine.
00:21:37I want to see
00:21:38who comes out on top.
00:21:48The next day
00:21:49I post class rules
00:21:51next to the bulletin board.
00:21:53Greet the teacher?
00:21:54No unrelated activities
00:21:56during class?
00:21:57Alice,
00:21:58who do you think you are?
00:22:00Even the teacher
00:22:01does not dare to control us.
00:22:02What gives you the right?
00:22:06Do you really think
00:22:07these stupid class rules
00:22:08will turn us
00:22:08into good students?
00:22:10This class was given up
00:22:11on long ago.
00:22:13Studying or not studying
00:22:13makes no difference.
00:22:15Just because you
00:22:15do not want to study
00:22:16does not mean
00:22:16others do not want to either.
00:22:19Mr. Faulkner!
00:22:20Alice says she can lead
00:22:21our class to surpass
00:22:22the elite class,
00:22:23the number one class
00:22:24in the school.
00:22:25Alice,
00:22:26I appreciate
00:22:27your enthusiasm.
00:22:30To be honest,
00:22:31as long as our class
00:22:31does not end up
00:22:32in last place,
00:22:32I would already
00:22:33be grateful.
00:22:35What if I told you
00:22:36that it is possible?
00:22:38What are you saying?
00:22:39If I can raise
00:22:40the class's average score
00:22:41on the next monthly exam,
00:22:42you will lend me
00:22:42your faculty library card.
00:22:47Fine.
00:22:49If you can actually
00:22:50raise the class average,
00:22:51not only will I
00:22:52lend you the card,
00:22:53I will agree
00:22:53to any request you make.
00:22:56Wesson spins
00:22:57a basketball nearby,
00:22:58a mocking grin
00:22:59on his lips.
00:23:01Alice,
00:23:02do you really think
00:23:03you can save this class?
00:23:04Do you know
00:23:05how pathetic
00:23:06our class average is?
00:23:10Then let us
00:23:11revise our bet.
00:23:13What do you mean?
00:23:15If I raise
00:23:16the class's grades,
00:23:17from now on,
00:23:18everyone must follow
00:23:19the class rules.
00:23:20No causing trouble,
00:23:22no defiance.
00:23:23If I lose...
00:23:25Then you
00:23:25voluntarily withdraw
00:23:27from school.
00:23:28Withdraw?
00:23:30But Alice is...
00:23:31It is a deal.
00:23:32What?
00:23:33What?
00:23:34What?
00:23:35Is she crazy?
00:23:36She wants to lead
00:23:37the worst class
00:23:38to surpass the elite class?
00:23:39She beat up Wesson
00:23:40as soon as she arrived,
00:23:41caused trouble,
00:23:42and now she wants
00:23:43to surpass the elite class?
00:23:44She must be insane.
00:23:45In just one morning,
00:23:47my name spreads
00:23:47throughout the entire school.
00:23:49Everyone is waiting
00:23:50to see me get expelled
00:23:51in disgrace.
00:23:53And trouble finds me
00:23:54very quickly.
00:23:57In the cafeteria,
00:23:59Corinne and I
00:23:59are eating.
00:24:03A group of people
00:24:04approach me.
00:24:05The leader is a girl
00:24:06with a very
00:24:07unfriendly look
00:24:08in her eyes.
00:24:12So you are Alice, right?
00:24:15What do you want?
00:24:18Nina has heard about you
00:24:19and wants to meet you.
00:24:20She is waiting for you
00:24:22in the small courtyard.
00:24:24Alice,
00:24:25they are Nina's people.
00:24:27Nina is the highress
00:24:28of the Thompson family.
00:24:29You need to be careful.
00:24:31The Thompson family.
00:24:33During the war,
00:24:34there was a boy
00:24:35with the Cernay's Thompson.
00:24:36He was Dami's playmate.
00:24:38I wonder if he is related
00:24:40to this Nina.
00:24:43If you take one more step,
00:24:44I guarantee you will regret it.
00:24:47Offends the Thompson family
00:24:48and you will not even
00:24:49know how you die.
00:24:51She waves the small knife
00:24:53in her hand at me.
00:24:55I grab her wrist,
00:24:58twist it,
00:24:59and shove.
00:25:00She flies through the air.
00:25:04You dare hit me?
00:25:05Just wait!
00:25:07The Thompson family
00:25:08will not let you
00:25:09get away with this!
00:25:12They flee in embarrassment,
00:25:14but I know
00:25:14they will not let this go.
00:25:20As I go upstairs,
00:25:21Wesson is leaning
00:25:22against the stairwell corner,
00:25:24as if he is waiting
00:25:25specifically for me.
00:25:27Did Nina cause trouble
00:25:29for you?
00:25:32Thanks to you?
00:25:34Nina has nothing
00:25:35to do with me.
00:25:37But she is targeting you
00:25:38because of me.
00:25:41I will handle this.
00:25:42You need my help.
00:25:44I do not need that.
00:25:45I refuse his help.
00:25:47I really want to see
00:25:48how the Thompson family
00:25:49will not let me off.
00:25:50In the classroom,
00:25:52my class rules
00:25:53have been posted
00:25:53for a week.
00:25:55No one follows them.
00:25:57Everyone laughs at me.
00:25:59Alice,
00:26:00even the teacher
00:26:01has given up on us.
00:26:03Why are you trying
00:26:04to play hero?
00:26:05Those stupid
00:26:05class rules of yours,
00:26:07do you really think
00:26:07following them
00:26:08will get us high scores?
00:26:10Dream on.
00:26:11To be honest,
00:26:12why should we worry
00:26:13about the future?
00:26:14We were born rich.
00:26:15Whether we study or not,
00:26:17we will never have
00:26:17to worry our whole lives.
00:26:19I know every one of them
00:26:20is very rich.
00:26:21But money can disappear.
00:26:23Only knowledge
00:26:24always belongs to you.
00:26:25I post another paper
00:26:26next to the class rules.
00:26:29Scholarship incentive plan.
00:26:30For every point
00:26:31the class average goes up,
00:26:32I will reward $10,000.
00:26:34Wesson,
00:26:35look quickly.
00:26:36Alice has lost her mind.
00:26:38She wrote that
00:26:38for every point increase,
00:26:40$10,000.
00:26:41A hundred point increase
00:26:42is $1 million.
00:26:44Split among everyone.
00:26:45That is so much money.
00:26:46Wesson tears down
00:26:47the plan I posted.
00:26:51No studying.
00:26:53No one is allowed
00:26:54to study.
00:26:56I am in charge.
00:26:57It does not matter to me.
00:26:59Whether you study or not,
00:27:00I lose nothing.
00:27:02Your life is yours.
00:27:04Alice,
00:27:04I read your study plan.
00:27:06You explain things
00:27:07much more clearly
00:27:08than Mr. Faulkner.
00:27:09I want to learn from you.
00:27:10I really want to learn.
00:27:12Is that okay?
00:27:13Eaton walks over
00:27:14and sees me doing
00:27:15menza test questions.
00:27:17Mesa test questions?
00:27:19You dare to touch these?
00:27:21Do you think you can?
00:27:22I grab his wrist
00:27:23and twist it gently.
00:27:25A crack sounds.
00:27:27Eden clutches his wrist
00:27:29and falls to the ground
00:27:31in pain.
00:27:33Get lost.
00:27:35The dismissal bell rings.
00:27:37Wesson is the first
00:27:38to rush out of the classroom.
00:27:44Then,
00:27:45everyone crowds around me.
00:27:48Is it true?
00:27:49Do you really give money
00:27:50for improving scores?
00:27:53Corian said
00:27:53your notes
00:27:54are very detailed.
00:27:55Can I borrow them
00:27:56and take a look?
00:28:00You actually believe her?
00:28:02Wesson said
00:28:03no one is allowed
00:28:04to study.
00:28:05He grabs a bucket
00:28:06and dumps water
00:28:08on the desks.
00:28:13Books,
00:28:14backpacks,
00:28:15test papers,
00:28:16all soaked.
00:28:17Eaton,
00:28:18have you lost your mind?
00:28:20This is only the beginning.
00:28:22Eaton slams the door
00:28:23and leaves.
00:28:25Corian turns
00:28:26to look at me.
00:28:30Alice,
00:28:31maybe you should not
00:28:32come to school
00:28:32for a few days.
00:28:33You have made Nina angry
00:28:35and now Eaton too.
00:28:37They are even harder
00:28:37to deal with
00:28:38than Wesson.
00:28:40Corian leaves.
00:28:44I am alone
00:28:45in the classroom.
00:28:48It gets dark.
00:28:50I do not yet know
00:28:51what is waiting
00:28:52for me tonight.
00:28:54Janice leads
00:28:55a group of girls
00:28:55and blocks me
00:28:56in the stairwell.
00:28:58They are holding
00:28:59a bottle.
00:29:03I smell it.
00:29:04Sulfuric acid.
00:29:06Alice,
00:29:07do you think
00:29:08you are so tough?
00:29:12Guess what it would
00:29:13feel like
00:29:14if we poured this
00:29:15on your face?
00:29:21I snatch the bottle
00:29:23of sulfuric acid
00:29:24and look at Janice.
00:29:26I point the opening
00:29:27at Janice's face.
00:29:33Her whole body collapses.
00:29:35No,
00:29:36I was wrong.
00:29:38I was really wrong.
00:29:42Your mouth
00:29:43needs to learn
00:29:44to shut up.
00:29:47I threw away
00:29:48the bottle.
00:29:49Janice lies
00:29:50on the ground
00:29:51trembling.
00:29:55I turn
00:29:56and walk away.
00:29:57The next day,
00:29:58when Janice comes
00:29:59to school,
00:30:00everyone stares
00:30:01at her head.
00:30:02Her hair
00:30:03has been shaved off.
00:30:04Not a single
00:30:05strand left.
00:30:07Oh my god,
00:30:08what happened
00:30:09to Janice's hair?
00:30:10Who did that?
00:30:11The whole class
00:30:12is asking.
00:30:13Who did it?
00:30:14I do not answer.
00:30:16Some questions
00:30:18do not need answers.
00:30:22Things have escalated.
00:30:25The elite class students
00:30:27start to surround me.
00:30:28The leader
00:30:29is Sally.
00:30:31Alice,
00:30:31I apologize to you
00:30:33on Janice's behalf.
00:30:34She went too far.
00:30:37But you should not
00:30:38take it too seriously.
00:30:40After all,
00:30:41you are new here.
00:30:42You do not understand
00:30:43the rules here.
00:30:44On the surface,
00:30:45she is mediating.
00:30:46But what she really means
00:30:48is you do not
00:30:49belong here.
00:30:50Have we met before?
00:30:53I was just
00:30:55trying to help you.
00:30:56Why are you
00:30:57so ungrateful?
00:30:58Sally kindly
00:30:59spoke up for you
00:31:00and this is your attitude?
00:31:01No wonder Janice
00:31:02wanted to teach you a lesson?
00:31:04You deserve to be
00:31:05put in your place.
00:31:06Sally bites her lip,
00:31:07standing in the middle
00:31:08of the crowd.
00:31:09She does not stop them.
00:31:11She just watches.
00:31:12This is what she wants.
00:31:13For everyone to think
00:31:15that I am the one
00:31:16bullying her.
00:31:23You are still too young
00:31:24to compete with me.
00:31:25Nina is not satisfied.
00:31:27She spends a large
00:31:28sum of money
00:31:29to hire international
00:31:30bodyguards.
00:31:31A dozen large men
00:31:32surround me.
00:31:33Alice,
00:31:34tonight is the night
00:31:35you die.
00:31:36I look at her.
00:31:38The dagger glints
00:31:39under the streetlight.
00:31:40Then I move.
00:31:44In less than
00:31:4530 seconds,
00:31:46a dozen large men
00:31:47are all on the ground.
00:31:48Their arms are broken
00:31:50by me.
00:31:50They are tossed aside
00:31:51like trash.
00:31:52How is this possible?
00:31:54Are you even human?
00:32:01I grab the back
00:32:02of her collar
00:32:03and lift her up.
00:32:04I snatch the dagger
00:32:05from her hand.
00:32:07What are you going to do?
00:32:09Let me go!
00:32:12I cut off her hair
00:32:13strand by strand.
00:32:18Her hair falls
00:32:20to the ground
00:32:20in clumps.
00:32:21My hair!
00:32:23My hair!
00:32:30I leave
00:32:31and her hair
00:32:33has become
00:32:34just like Janice.
00:32:39The monthly exam
00:32:41results are out.
00:32:42My score
00:32:43surpasses
00:32:43the elite class.
00:32:44Perfect score.
00:32:46First place
00:32:46in the school.
00:32:50The elite class
00:32:52teacher looks
00:32:52at the score report.
00:32:53Her face
00:32:54full of disbelief.
00:32:59Impossible!
00:33:00She must have cheated!
00:33:01I demand a retake.
00:33:02Take it publicly
00:33:03on the sports field.
00:33:05Full surveillance.
00:33:09I do not argue
00:33:10with this request.
00:33:11Only strength
00:33:12will truly shut them up.
00:33:14What if I still
00:33:14get a perfect score?
00:33:19If you get
00:33:20a perfect score
00:33:21I will give you
00:33:21the elite class classroom.
00:33:24Fine.
00:33:24The exam begins.
00:33:28Aaliyah is waiting
00:33:29to see me
00:33:30make a fool
00:33:30of myself.
00:33:36In less than
00:33:3720 minutes
00:33:38I hand in my paper.
00:33:39My test paper
00:33:41is graded
00:33:41by Aaliyah herself.
00:33:49Seeing the
00:33:50perfect score
00:33:50on it
00:33:51she completely
00:33:52breaks down.
00:33:57Perfect score?
00:33:58This is impossible.
00:34:00You must have used
00:34:01high-tech
00:34:02cheating methods.
00:34:03Is it really
00:34:03that hard
00:34:04to admit
00:34:04that someone else
00:34:05is excellent?
00:34:07You...
00:34:07I can prove
00:34:08that Alice
00:34:09did not cheat.
00:34:15Because she has
00:34:16passed
00:34:16the Mensa
00:34:17Advanced Assessment.
00:34:21The Mensa
00:34:22Advanced Assessment.
00:34:23Only zero
00:34:240.01%
00:34:26of the global
00:34:27population
00:34:28can pass it.
00:34:30Alice
00:34:30is one of them.
00:34:33This...
00:34:33This is impossible.
00:34:38Alice's IQ
00:34:39test results
00:34:39have broken
00:34:40every record
00:34:41since this school
00:34:42was founded.
00:34:43She is a once-in-a-century
00:34:45genius.
00:34:49Wesson's status
00:34:49at me blankly
00:34:50his eyes
00:34:51full of confusion.
00:34:53Who is she really?
00:35:01The crowd disperses.
00:35:03Pierce walks over to me
00:35:04and lowers his voice.
00:35:07There is a top-secret
00:35:09national project.
00:35:10Are you willing to join?
00:35:13What project?
00:35:14I cannot say yet.
00:35:16But if you join,
00:35:17the resources
00:35:19you will have access to
00:35:20will be a hundred times
00:35:21more than what you have
00:35:22now.
00:35:23I do not agree.
00:35:24I do not refuse either.
00:35:26I am thinking,
00:35:27what exactly
00:35:28are they doing?
00:35:29The elite class
00:35:30lost the bet,
00:35:31but they stubbornly
00:35:33refused to move out
00:35:33of the best classroom.
00:35:38Sally has a heart condition.
00:35:40She cannot climb stairs.
00:35:42Changing classrooms
00:35:43will affect her health.
00:35:46When you made the bet,
00:35:49why did you not consider
00:35:50her heart condition then?
00:35:53You.
00:35:54I contact the vice president
00:35:56directly.
00:36:02The vice president
00:36:03personally orders
00:36:04that the elite class
00:36:05must move out.
00:36:13Alice,
00:36:14why are you so cruel?
00:36:16I am not cruel.
00:36:18I am just asking you
00:36:19to keep your word.
00:36:21The elite class students
00:36:22drag their boxes
00:36:23and slink out
00:36:24of the classroom.
00:36:25Sally walks at the back.
00:36:29She looks back at me.
00:36:31In that look,
00:36:32I see the deepest hatred
00:36:33I have ever known.
00:36:35Late at night,
00:36:36I return to my dorm.
00:36:43The door is open.
00:36:45Something is wrong.
00:36:48A python coils on the bed.
00:36:53Spiders crawl on the walls.
00:36:57A monitor lizard
00:36:59clings to the ceiling.
00:37:01Esther and her companions
00:37:03hide outside the door
00:37:04watching this scene.
00:37:05Smiles of revenge
00:37:06on their faces.
00:37:12Let us see how she dies
00:37:13this time.
00:37:16I blow a soft whistle.
00:37:18I blow a soft whistle.
00:37:21The sound is very quiet,
00:37:23but the animals hear it.
00:37:27The python slides off the bed.
00:37:29It coils around Esther's neck.
00:37:31Help!
00:37:32It is squeezing me!
00:37:34Help!
00:37:34The spider jumps
00:37:36onto another girl's face.
00:37:39The monitor lizard
00:37:40chases a third girl
00:37:42up two flights of stairs.
00:37:44The whole dormitory build
00:37:46is screaming.
00:37:49What?
00:37:50What is going on here?
00:37:57I do not speak.
00:37:59No one knows
00:38:00I can communicate
00:38:01with animals.
00:38:04Expel Alice!
00:38:06This is intentional assault!
00:38:09She should go to prison!
00:38:16We need to review
00:38:17the surveillance footage.
00:38:18The footage appears
00:38:19on the screen.
00:38:20Everyone sees it.
00:38:22The elite class students
00:38:23brought the animals
00:38:24into the dorm themselves.
00:38:26Esther used the keypad
00:38:27to open my door.
00:38:28No one knows.
00:38:36This...
00:38:37This is impossible!
00:38:39You're saying
00:38:40the surveillance footage
00:38:40is fake?
00:38:41Yes!
00:38:42The footage is fake!
00:38:44Alice fabricated it!
00:38:45The footage must be fake!
00:38:49Fake?
00:38:51Then what about
00:38:52the fingerprints?
00:38:54The animals
00:38:55have your fingerprints
00:38:56on them.
00:38:57Aaliyah cannot speak.
00:38:58The elite class students
00:38:59hang their heads.
00:39:00My students!
00:39:01This time
00:39:01no one can help them.
00:39:03Just then
00:39:03Minna steps forward.
00:39:05She is the quietest
00:39:06student in our class.
00:39:07Sir,
00:39:08it's not like that at all.
00:39:09Then tell me
00:39:10what really happened.
00:39:13I testify that
00:39:14Alice used a
00:39:15brain-computer
00:39:15interface chip
00:39:16to control us.
00:39:21The special
00:39:22federal agency arrives.
00:39:24They are here
00:39:25to take me away.
00:39:29You illegally
00:39:30implanted a
00:39:31brain-computer
00:39:32interface chip.
00:39:33I sit calmly
00:39:35in the interrogation
00:39:35room
00:39:36like I am
00:39:37listening to a joke.
00:39:39That
00:39:39is a
00:39:39federal
00:39:40felony.
00:39:44Your
00:39:44classmate
00:39:45has already
00:39:46identified you.
00:39:48Who?
00:39:50Minna Montgomery,
00:39:52your
00:39:52classmate.
00:39:53She said
00:39:54you used a chip
00:39:55to control
00:39:55the whole class.
00:39:57Then did you
00:39:57run the test?
00:39:59Do I have a chip
00:40:00in my body?
00:40:04The testing process
00:40:05is standard
00:40:06procedure.
00:40:07The results
00:40:08aren't ready yet.
00:40:09Then until the results
00:40:09come back,
00:40:10you have no evidence
00:40:11to detain me.
00:40:12The test results
00:40:13come back.
00:40:13There is no chip
00:40:14in my body.
00:40:15But Charles
00:40:16refuses to let me go.
00:40:18Even if there
00:40:19is none now,
00:40:19it does not mean
00:40:20you never had one.
00:40:21We need to
00:40:21continue the
00:40:22investigation.
00:40:22So you plan
00:40:23to detain me
00:40:24indefinitely
00:40:24without any
00:40:25evidence?
00:40:26Until all
00:40:27suspicion is
00:40:28eliminated.
00:40:29And does your
00:40:29elimination of
00:40:30suspicion have
00:40:31a time limit?
00:40:33That depends
00:40:33on the progress
00:40:34of the
00:40:35investigation.
00:40:38You do not
00:40:39have the
00:40:40authority to
00:40:41detain her.
00:40:42Who are
00:40:43you?
00:40:46William
00:40:46Swain.
00:40:48Mensa
00:40:48department.
00:40:49Mesa
00:40:50department?
00:40:52Alice is a
00:40:53certified top
00:40:54tier talent
00:40:54of our
00:40:55organization.
00:40:57If you do
00:40:58not release her
00:40:58immediately,
00:41:00you will bear
00:41:01the consequences.
00:41:04I am
00:41:05released.
00:41:06I return to
00:41:06school.
00:41:07Corrin rushes
00:41:08up and hugs
00:41:08me.
00:41:13I thought I
00:41:14would never see
00:41:14you again.
00:41:16It's all right
00:41:17now.
00:41:17Look,
00:41:18I'm perfectly
00:41:18fine.
00:41:19Wesson stands
00:41:20in the distance.
00:41:21His expression
00:41:22is complicated.
00:41:23He almost
00:41:23called home
00:41:24for help.
00:41:25The people
00:41:25he swore he
00:41:26would never
00:41:26contact again.
00:41:28Fuck,
00:41:29forget it,
00:41:29Wesson.
00:41:30The person
00:41:30who filed
00:41:31the false
00:41:31report will
00:41:33be severely
00:41:34punished.
00:41:36Mina Montgomery,
00:41:37do you have
00:41:38anything to say
00:41:38for yourself?
00:41:46no one expected
00:41:48that Mina
00:41:48would run
00:41:49to the school
00:41:49rooftop.
00:41:51The school
00:41:52pushed me to
00:41:53this!
00:41:53Alice pushed
00:41:54me to this!
00:41:58Alice Wright
00:41:59did this.
00:42:01my father
00:42:02is sick.
00:42:04My mother
00:42:05is gone.
00:42:06My little
00:42:07brothers and
00:42:08sisters are
00:42:08starving.
00:42:09I need that
00:42:11scholarship.
00:42:12But Alice
00:42:13took it all
00:42:14away!
00:42:15How can you
00:42:16be so cruel?
00:42:20Are you
00:42:21going to watch
00:42:22my whole family
00:42:23starve to death?
00:42:24in front of
00:42:25everyone,
00:42:26she starts
00:42:26to morally
00:42:27manipulate me.
00:42:30Where did
00:42:31you spend
00:42:31your money?
00:42:35What?
00:42:38I pull up
00:42:39Mina's social
00:42:39media account
00:42:40in front of
00:42:40her.
00:42:41The screen
00:42:41is full of
00:42:42expensive anime
00:42:42figurines.
00:42:43Could you
00:42:44please explain
00:42:45the prices
00:42:45of these
00:42:46limited edition
00:42:46figures?
00:42:48One figurine
00:42:49costs enough
00:42:49to feed an
00:42:50ordinary family
00:42:51for three
00:42:51months.
00:42:52I...
00:42:52I...
00:42:53I...
00:42:53No one
00:42:54feels sorry
00:42:54for Mina's
00:42:55breakdown.
00:42:56People who
00:42:57lie do not
00:42:57deserve sympathy.
00:43:01You can be
00:43:02poor, but
00:43:03you cannot
00:43:03lie.
00:43:07Mina is
00:43:08asked to
00:43:08withdraw from
00:43:09school.
00:43:10The day she
00:43:11leaves, no
00:43:11one sees
00:43:12hair off.
00:43:12No one
00:43:13wants to be
00:43:13friends with
00:43:14a liar.
00:43:21Useless.
00:43:23One pawn
00:43:24gone just
00:43:25like that.
00:43:26Damn
00:43:26Alice.
00:43:34One day,
00:43:35I receive a
00:43:35call from
00:43:36Dami.
00:43:38Mom, I
00:43:39bought you a
00:43:40villa.
00:43:40It is right
00:43:41near the
00:43:41school.
00:43:48She can
00:43:48live in the
00:43:49school dormitory.
00:43:50Why does
00:43:50she need a
00:43:51villa?
00:43:52It is my
00:43:53money.
00:43:53I can spend
00:43:54it on whoever
00:43:55I want.
00:43:57Are you just
00:43:58going to stand
00:43:58there and watch
00:43:59your father do
00:44:00this?
00:44:06I...
00:44:08I think that
00:44:09woman will
00:44:10drain the
00:44:10right group
00:44:10dry sooner
00:44:11or later.
00:44:12Michael says
00:44:13nothing.
00:44:13He is not
00:44:13sure how he
00:44:14feels about
00:44:14me either.
00:44:15I saved
00:44:16his father,
00:44:16but my
00:44:17appearance has
00:44:17turned everything
00:44:18upside down
00:44:18for them.
00:44:21Because of
00:44:21your arrival,
00:44:22all hell is
00:44:23breaking loose
00:44:23at home.
00:44:28I know,
00:44:30but I will
00:44:31not back
00:44:31down.
00:44:39Because they
00:44:40are my
00:44:40descendants.
00:44:48I move
00:44:48into the
00:44:49villa Damien
00:44:49bought for
00:44:50me.
00:44:51Modern
00:44:51minimalist
00:44:52style.
00:44:53Very quiet.
00:44:54Very clean.
00:44:57It is the
00:44:58way I
00:44:58like it.
00:45:04I have
00:45:05just settled
00:45:05in when I
00:45:06notice a
00:45:06figure by
00:45:07the window
00:45:07of the
00:45:08villa across
00:45:08from mine.
00:45:09I focus
00:45:10my gaze.
00:45:11That
00:45:11person's
00:45:12profile looks
00:45:12exactly like
00:45:13someone,
00:45:14but the
00:45:14next second
00:45:15the figure
00:45:15is gone.
00:45:17Is that
00:45:18my imagination?
00:45:19I open
00:45:20my computer
00:45:21and search
00:45:21for Bowen
00:45:22Morris.
00:45:25That
00:45:25impossibly
00:45:26handsome
00:45:26face appears
00:45:27on the
00:45:28screen.
00:45:31my
00:45:32fingertip
00:45:33stops
00:45:33on the
00:45:34screen.
00:45:35Is this
00:45:35man really
00:45:35Dami's
00:45:36father or
00:45:37not?
00:45:40Just then,
00:45:41I receive a
00:45:42call from
00:45:42Dami.
00:45:47He is in
00:45:48trouble.
00:45:49Mom,
00:45:50the LR
00:45:50group's new
00:45:51drug is about
00:45:51to hit the
00:45:52market.
00:45:52If they
00:45:53succeed,
00:45:54our
00:45:54pharmaceutical
00:45:54business will
00:45:55be severely
00:45:56impacted.
00:45:57Bowen
00:45:58Morris.
00:46:00Mom,
00:46:00is he
00:46:01really
00:46:02my father?
00:46:04I do
00:46:04not answer
00:46:05him immediately
00:46:05because I
00:46:06have not
00:46:06confirmed it
00:46:07in person
00:46:07yet.
00:46:08I cannot
00:46:08be sure
00:46:08if he
00:46:09really is
00:46:09Dami's
00:46:10father.
00:46:10I cannot
00:46:10be sure
00:46:11yet,
00:46:12but I
00:46:13will find
00:46:13out.
00:46:14If he
00:46:15really is,
00:46:16why is he
00:46:17going after
00:46:17the right
00:46:18group?
00:46:18I do
00:46:19not know,
00:46:22but I
00:46:22will find
00:46:23the answer.
00:46:25I hang
00:46:25up.
00:46:26Outside
00:46:27the window,
00:46:27the villa
00:46:28across from
00:46:28mine is
00:46:29completely
00:46:29dark.
00:46:30Bowen
00:46:30Morris,
00:46:31who
00:46:31exactly
00:46:32are
00:46:32you?
00:46:33Just as
00:46:33I am
00:46:33thinking
00:46:34about how
00:46:34to meet
00:46:34Bowen
00:46:35Morris,
00:46:35an opportunity
00:46:36arrives.
00:46:38He is
00:46:38coming to
00:46:39give a
00:46:39lecture at
00:46:40our school.
00:46:41Posters
00:46:41are plastered
00:46:42all over
00:46:43campus.
00:46:44The students
00:46:45go crazy.
00:46:46He is
00:46:46super
00:46:47handsome
00:46:47and still
00:46:49single.
00:46:54I am
00:46:54going.
00:46:55No one
00:46:55stop me.
00:46:56I find
00:46:57the vice
00:46:57president.
00:46:59I need
00:47:00a front
00:47:00row ticket.
00:47:02The front
00:47:03row is
00:47:03reserved for
00:47:04VIPs.
00:47:10I do
00:47:11not speak.
00:47:12I just
00:47:13look at
00:47:13him quietly.
00:47:16In the
00:47:17end,
00:47:17he agrees.
00:47:20All
00:47:21right.
00:47:22Leave this
00:47:22to me.
00:47:23I will
00:47:24arrange
00:47:24it.
00:47:25On the
00:47:26day of
00:47:26the
00:47:27lecture,
00:47:27I sit
00:47:28in the
00:47:28front
00:47:28row.
00:47:31Amid
00:47:31the
00:47:31cheers
00:47:32of the
00:47:32students,
00:47:33Bowen
00:47:33walks onto
00:47:33the stage.
00:47:35He looks
00:47:36exactly the
00:47:37same as
00:47:37in my
00:47:37memory,
00:47:38without
00:47:38any
00:47:39change.
00:47:40When I
00:47:41look at
00:47:41him,
00:47:41he also
00:47:42looks at
00:47:42me.
00:47:49Time
00:47:50seems to
00:47:51stand still
00:47:51in this
00:47:51moment.
00:47:52This
00:47:53moment is
00:47:54very brief,
00:47:54but it
00:47:56also feels
00:47:56very long.
00:47:59Bowen
00:48:00shifts his
00:48:00gaze away
00:48:01and walks
00:48:02to the
00:48:02podium.
00:48:05His
00:48:05voice is
00:48:06deep and
00:48:06powerful.
00:48:07Every move
00:48:08he makes
00:48:08radiates a
00:48:09composure that
00:48:10does not
00:48:10match his
00:48:11age.
00:48:12I stare
00:48:13at the
00:48:14tiny dark
00:48:14moe at
00:48:15the corner
00:48:15of his
00:48:15eye.
00:48:16The future
00:48:17of biotechnology
00:48:18lies in our
00:48:20understanding of
00:48:20the essence
00:48:21of life.
00:48:23It looks
00:48:24exactly the
00:48:25same as
00:48:25in my
00:48:25memory.
00:48:36The lecture
00:48:37ends amid
00:48:38the cheers
00:48:38of the
00:48:39students.
00:48:41Bowen
00:48:42leaves
00:48:42surrounded
00:48:42by bodyguards.
00:48:47I stand
00:48:47up to
00:48:48chase
00:48:48after him
00:48:48but I
00:48:49am
00:48:49blocked
00:48:49by his
00:48:49bodyguards.
00:49:01Just as I
00:49:02turn around,
00:49:02my phone
00:49:03buzzes.
00:49:04A message
00:49:04from an
00:49:04unknown
00:49:05number.
00:49:05Alice
00:49:06Wright,
00:49:06I have
00:49:07long admired
00:49:08you.
00:49:14The
00:49:15message is
00:49:16from
00:49:16Bowen
00:49:16but he
00:49:17has already
00:49:17disappeared
00:49:18into the
00:49:18crowd.
00:49:21Looking at
00:49:22the message
00:49:22on my
00:49:23phone,
00:49:24a question
00:49:25arises in
00:49:26my mind.
00:49:29How does
00:49:30he know
00:49:30my name?
00:49:32With
00:49:33confusion
00:49:33in my
00:49:34heart,
00:49:34I leave
00:49:35the
00:49:35auditorium.
00:49:40But I
00:49:40hear
00:49:41Wesson's
00:49:41voice at
00:49:42the
00:49:42stairwell
00:49:42corner.
00:49:43He is
00:49:44on the
00:49:44phone.
00:49:45You
00:49:45finally
00:49:45took
00:49:46the
00:49:46initiative
00:49:46to
00:49:46contact
00:49:47me.
00:49:49I
00:49:49need
00:49:50you
00:49:50to
00:49:50help
00:49:50me
00:49:50look
00:49:50into
00:49:50someone.
00:49:52Who?
00:49:54Bowen
00:49:55Morris.
00:49:56Why
00:49:56are you
00:49:57looking
00:49:57into
00:49:57him?
00:49:58None
00:49:58of
00:49:58your
00:49:58business.
00:50:05Wesson
00:50:06hangs up,
00:50:07looks around
00:50:07vigilantly,
00:50:08and leaves
00:50:09only after
00:50:09confirming no
00:50:10one is
00:50:11there.
00:50:11But he
00:50:11does not
00:50:12notice me.
00:50:15I stand
00:50:15at the
00:50:16corner,
00:50:16my brows
00:50:17furrowed.
00:50:18Why is
00:50:19Wesson
00:50:19investigating
00:50:20Bowen?
00:50:26I
00:50:27decide not
00:50:27to
00:50:27confront
00:50:28Wesson
00:50:28for now.
00:50:30I
00:50:30want to
00:50:31see what
00:50:31he is
00:50:31really
00:50:32trying
00:50:32to
00:50:32do.
00:50:36Wesson
00:50:36has
00:50:36changed.
00:50:38He
00:50:38starts
00:50:39to
00:50:39become
00:50:39studious,
00:50:40asking
00:50:41me
00:50:41questions
00:50:41from
00:50:42time
00:50:42to
00:50:42time.
00:50:43He
00:50:44has
00:50:44transformed
00:50:44from
00:50:45a
00:50:45problem
00:50:45student
00:50:46into
00:50:46a
00:50:46good
00:50:46student.
00:50:53However,
00:50:54this
00:50:54makes
00:50:54Nina,
00:50:55who
00:50:55likes
00:50:55Wesson,
00:50:56very
00:50:56unhappy.
00:50:58One
00:50:58day,
00:50:59Nina
00:50:59finds
00:50:59Wesson.
00:51:00I
00:51:01have
00:51:01invited
00:51:01several
00:51:01university
00:51:02professors
00:51:02to come
00:51:03to my
00:51:03house
00:51:03for
00:51:03tutoring.
00:51:04Do
00:51:04you
00:51:04want
00:51:04to
00:51:04come?
00:51:05Nina
00:51:06pushes
00:51:06the
00:51:06professor's
00:51:07resumes
00:51:07in front
00:51:07of
00:51:08Wesson.
00:51:08Look
00:51:08at
00:51:09these
00:51:09professors'
00:51:09credentials.
00:51:10They
00:51:10are
00:51:10all
00:51:11top
00:51:11scholars.
00:51:12Okay.
00:51:13Really?
00:51:14That
00:51:15is
00:51:15great!
00:51:16The
00:51:16news
00:51:16reaches
00:51:17Sally's
00:51:17ears.
00:51:20Wesson
00:51:20will
00:51:20not
00:51:21go.
00:51:21He
00:51:22will
00:51:22not
00:51:22go.
00:51:24She
00:51:25resents
00:51:25because
00:51:25she
00:51:26also
00:51:26likes
00:51:26Wesson,
00:51:27but
00:51:27she
00:51:27knows
00:51:28that
00:51:28Wesson
00:51:28went
00:51:28because
00:51:29she
00:51:29does
00:51:29not
00:51:29have
00:51:30the
00:51:30money
00:51:30to
00:51:30hire
00:51:30professors.
00:51:32Sally
00:51:32stands
00:51:32in
00:51:32the
00:51:32hallway
00:51:33watching
00:51:34Wesson
00:51:34and
00:51:34Nina
00:51:34leave
00:51:35together.
00:51:35I
00:51:36will
00:51:36not
00:51:37lose.
00:51:37I
00:51:38will
00:51:38not
00:51:38lose
00:51:39to
00:51:39a
00:51:39rich
00:51:39idiot.
00:51:40Her
00:51:40fingernails
00:51:40dig
00:51:41into
00:51:41her
00:51:41palm.
00:51:44Blood
00:51:45seeps
00:51:45out.
00:51:47She
00:51:48does
00:51:48not
00:51:48feel
00:51:49it.
00:51:52Wesson
00:51:53arrives at
00:51:54Nina's
00:51:54mansion.
00:51:58The
00:51:59living room
00:51:59is bigger
00:52:00than the
00:52:00school
00:52:01auditorium.
00:52:02Nina
00:52:02nestles
00:52:03very
00:52:03intimately
00:52:04neck to
00:52:04Wesson.
00:52:05I
00:52:06do
00:52:06not
00:52:06understand
00:52:07this
00:52:07problem.
00:52:09Can
00:52:09you
00:52:09teach
00:52:10me?
00:52:13Wesson
00:52:14frowns.
00:52:15He
00:52:15came
00:52:16here to
00:52:16listen to
00:52:16the
00:52:17professor's
00:52:17lecture,
00:52:18not to
00:52:19teach
00:52:19Nina.
00:52:24Do
00:52:24you not
00:52:25have your
00:52:25own
00:52:25professors?
00:52:29Wesson,
00:52:31I want
00:52:32you to
00:52:32teach
00:52:32me.
00:52:37If
00:52:38you
00:52:38invited
00:52:38me to
00:52:38your
00:52:39house
00:52:39to
00:52:39start
00:52:39something
00:52:40with
00:52:40me,
00:52:40then
00:52:41you
00:52:41will
00:52:41be
00:52:41disappointed.
00:52:45Wesson,
00:52:46do not
00:52:46understand.
00:52:47I will
00:52:48study
00:52:48seriously.
00:52:49Do
00:52:50not
00:52:50go.
00:52:52Wesson
00:52:52pays no
00:52:53attention to
00:52:53Nina's
00:52:54coaxing.
00:52:54Instead,
00:52:55he pushes
00:52:56her away
00:52:56with
00:52:56disgust.
00:53:02Wesson
00:53:03leaves.
00:53:04Janus
00:53:04walks into
00:53:05the room
00:53:05and leans
00:53:06close to
00:53:06Nina.
00:53:08You
00:53:08will never
00:53:08catch him
00:53:09like this.
00:53:18Then
00:53:19what should
00:53:19I do?
00:53:20You
00:53:21need to
00:53:21get rid
00:53:22of the
00:53:22woman
00:53:22next to
00:53:23him
00:53:23first.
00:53:26Alice?
00:53:28Yes,
00:53:29Alice.
00:53:35I
00:53:35receive a
00:53:36mysterious
00:53:36invitation.
00:53:38Inside the
00:53:38envelope is
00:53:39just a
00:53:39card.
00:53:40On it
00:53:41is an
00:53:41address and
00:53:42a time.
00:53:42No
00:53:43signature.
00:53:44Although
00:53:45there is
00:53:45no name
00:53:46on it,
00:53:46I know
00:53:47it is
00:53:47from
00:53:47Bowen.
00:53:48I
00:53:49hesitate
00:53:49all
00:53:50night.
00:53:51Go
00:53:51or not
00:53:52go.
00:53:53If
00:53:54Bowen
00:53:54really is
00:53:55that man,
00:53:56how should
00:53:56I face
00:53:57him?
00:53:57What if
00:53:58I am
00:53:58wrong?
00:54:03In the
00:54:03end,
00:54:05I grab
00:54:05my coat
00:54:06and walk
00:54:07out the
00:54:07door.
00:54:12The car
00:54:13pulls up
00:54:13to the
00:54:13restaurant.
00:54:17I see
00:54:18Bowen is
00:54:19already
00:54:19sitting
00:54:19inside.
00:54:22I walk
00:54:23into the
00:54:23restaurant.
00:54:25Bowen
00:54:25waves to
00:54:26me.
00:54:27I go
00:54:28to the
00:54:28table.
00:54:29He looks
00:54:30up,
00:54:31smiles at
00:54:31me,
00:54:32and stands
00:54:32up very
00:54:33gentlemanly.
00:54:34Please sit,
00:54:35Alice.
00:54:38I nod
00:54:39to him.
00:54:45His voice
00:54:46sounds again.
00:54:47man.
00:54:48Or
00:54:48rather,
00:54:50should I
00:54:51call you
00:54:53Demi's
00:54:55mother?
00:54:58The first
00:54:59words Bowen
00:55:00Morris speaks
00:55:01make my heart
00:55:01skip a beat.
00:55:05Do you
00:55:05know me?
00:55:06I am
00:55:07completely
00:55:08frozen in
00:55:08place.
00:55:09I've always
00:55:10known you.
00:55:11One hundred
00:55:11years ago,
00:55:12you saved
00:55:13my life.
00:55:13You probably
00:55:14do not
00:55:15remember.
00:55:15My pupils
00:55:16contract.
00:55:17I saved
00:55:18him one
00:55:18hundred
00:55:19years ago,
00:55:19but he
00:55:20looks so
00:55:20young.
00:55:21That means
00:55:22he,
00:55:22like me,
00:55:23has existed
00:55:24for over a
00:55:24century.
00:55:25I went by
00:55:25another name
00:55:26back then.
00:55:27The war,
00:55:28the front
00:55:28lines,
00:55:29you treated
00:55:29my wounds.
00:55:31Bowen
00:55:31continues to
00:55:32recount details
00:55:33from over a
00:55:33hundred years
00:55:34ago.
00:55:34I listen
00:55:35quietly.
00:55:36Old
00:55:36memories
00:55:37appear in
00:55:37my mind.
00:55:44You are
00:55:45that
00:55:45soldier?
00:55:48Yes.
00:55:50I pick
00:55:50up the
00:55:51wine glass
00:55:51in front
00:55:52of me
00:55:52to take
00:55:52a sip
00:55:53and calm
00:55:53my nerves.
00:55:56Just
00:55:56then,
00:55:57his voice
00:55:57continues.
00:55:59And I
00:56:00also know
00:56:01that Damien
00:56:01is my
00:56:02son.
00:56:02My hand
00:56:03trembles.
00:56:04Wine
00:56:04sloshes
00:56:05out of
00:56:05my glass.
00:56:06My gaze
00:56:07locks onto
00:56:08his 27-year-old
00:56:09face.
00:56:10But I
00:56:11know
00:56:11he is
00:56:12already
00:56:13over a
00:56:13hundred
00:56:14years old.
00:56:15After that
00:56:16night,
00:56:17I was
00:56:17transferred
00:56:17away.
00:56:19When I
00:56:19came back
00:56:20to find
00:56:20you,
00:56:21you had
00:56:21already
00:56:21disappeared.
00:56:22I
00:56:22listened
00:56:23quietly.
00:56:24In the
00:56:24face of
00:56:25war,
00:56:25an
00:56:25individual's
00:56:26power is
00:56:27too
00:56:27insignificant.
00:56:28I
00:56:28thought
00:56:28you
00:56:28were
00:56:28dead.
00:56:32Until
00:56:33a few
00:56:33years ago,
00:56:33I
00:56:34discovered
00:56:34that the
00:56:34founder of
00:56:35the
00:56:35Wright
00:56:35group
00:56:35was
00:56:36named
00:56:36Damien
00:56:36Wright.
00:56:39I
00:56:40checked
00:56:40his
00:56:40DNA.
00:56:41He
00:56:41is
00:56:42my
00:56:42son.
00:56:44I
00:56:44can't
00:56:45believe
00:56:45what
00:56:45I'm
00:56:45hearing.
00:56:49Since
00:56:50you have
00:56:50existed for
00:56:51over a
00:56:51hundred
00:56:51years,
00:56:53why do
00:56:53you still
00:56:54look so
00:56:54young?
00:56:55I
00:56:55guess
00:56:55that
00:56:56like
00:56:56me,
00:56:56he
00:56:56fell
00:56:57into
00:56:57a
00:56:57deep
00:56:57sleep
00:56:58for
00:56:58some
00:56:58special
00:56:58reason.
00:56:59But
00:56:59that
00:56:59is
00:56:59not
00:57:00the
00:57:00case.
00:57:01I
00:57:01traveled
00:57:01through
00:57:01time.
00:57:03What?
00:57:04Time
00:57:05travel?
00:57:08I
00:57:08listened
00:57:08to this
00:57:09news
00:57:09in shock.
00:57:10It
00:57:10sounds
00:57:11even
00:57:11more
00:57:11bizarre
00:57:12than
00:57:12my
00:57:12own
00:57:12experience.
00:57:14Yes,
00:57:16I do
00:57:16not know
00:57:16how it
00:57:17happened.
00:57:22But I
00:57:22was thrown
00:57:23100 years
00:57:24into the
00:57:24future.
00:57:25Then why
00:57:25did you
00:57:25not come
00:57:26to find
00:57:26Damien?
00:57:29Do you
00:57:30know how
00:57:30much he
00:57:31longs for
00:57:31his father
00:57:32to be
00:57:32by his
00:57:33side?
00:57:33He
00:57:34is
00:57:34silent
00:57:34for a
00:57:34very
00:57:35long
00:57:35time.
00:57:43I
00:57:44know,
00:57:44but I
00:57:44cannot.
00:57:46You
00:57:46cannot?
00:57:47Why?
00:57:50My
00:57:50heart
00:57:51is full
00:57:51of
00:57:51confusion.
00:57:53Does
00:57:53he
00:57:53have
00:57:53some
00:57:53hidden
00:57:54difficulty?
00:57:56It
00:57:57is
00:57:57not
00:57:57that
00:57:57I
00:57:57do
00:57:57not
00:57:57want
00:57:58to
00:57:58acknowledge
00:57:58him.
00:58:00But
00:58:00if I
00:58:00acknowledge
00:58:01him,
00:58:01he
00:58:01might
00:58:01be
00:58:01in
00:58:02big
00:58:02trouble.
00:58:06Big
00:58:06trouble?
00:58:07What
00:58:07do
00:58:07you
00:58:07mean?
00:58:08On
00:58:08the
00:58:08surface,
00:58:09the
00:58:09LR
00:58:09group
00:58:09is
00:58:10managed
00:58:10by
00:58:10me.
00:58:11But
00:58:11behind
00:58:12it,
00:58:12there
00:58:13is
00:58:13a
00:58:13massive
00:58:13power.
00:58:14If
00:58:14I
00:58:15admit
00:58:15that
00:58:15Damien
00:58:15is
00:58:15my
00:58:16son,
00:58:17they
00:58:17will
00:58:17move
00:58:17against
00:58:18the
00:58:18right
00:58:18group.
00:58:22What
00:58:23power?
00:58:25I
00:58:25cannot
00:58:26tell
00:58:26you
00:58:26yet.
00:58:27But
00:58:28trust
00:58:28me,
00:58:29not
00:58:30acknowledging
00:58:30him
00:58:30is
00:58:31to
00:58:31protect
00:58:31him.
00:58:32I
00:58:33do
00:58:33not
00:58:33know
00:58:33whether
00:58:33what
00:58:34he
00:58:34says
00:58:34is
00:58:34true
00:58:34or
00:58:35false.
00:58:37But
00:58:37I
00:58:37cannot
00:58:38accept
00:58:38that
00:58:38the
00:58:38father
00:58:39of
00:58:39my
00:58:39child
00:58:39watches
00:58:40his
00:58:40child
00:58:40from
00:58:40afar
00:58:41but
00:58:41does
00:58:41not
00:58:41acknowledge
00:58:42him.
00:58:43In
00:58:43one
00:58:44hundred
00:58:44years,
00:58:44you
00:58:44only
00:58:45learn
00:58:45to
00:58:45run
00:58:45away?
00:58:47I
00:58:47stand
00:58:47up.
00:58:50I
00:58:50turn
00:58:50and
00:58:51leave.
00:58:52He
00:58:53watches
00:58:53my
00:58:53back
00:58:54and
00:58:54says
00:58:54one
00:58:54thing
00:58:54quietly.
00:58:58Alice,
00:58:59one
00:58:59day,
00:59:00you
00:59:00will
00:59:00understand.
00:59:02One
00:59:02day,
00:59:03Ruby
00:59:03finds
00:59:04Bruce.
00:59:04She
00:59:05is
00:59:05unwilling
00:59:05to
00:59:05be
00:59:06neglected.
00:59:09Your
00:59:09father
00:59:10has
00:59:10lost
00:59:10his
00:59:11mind.
00:59:12He
00:59:12wants
00:59:12to
00:59:13give
00:59:13the
00:59:13company
00:59:13to
00:59:13that
00:59:14woman
00:59:14of
00:59:14unknown
00:59:15origin.
00:59:17You
00:59:17are his
00:59:18son.
00:59:19You
00:59:19are the
00:59:19one who
00:59:20should
00:59:20inherit
00:59:20the right
00:59:21group.
00:59:22But
00:59:23father
00:59:23has
00:59:23clearly
00:59:23stated that
00:59:24the
00:59:24company's
00:59:25shares
00:59:25have
00:59:25already
00:59:25been
00:59:25transferred
00:59:26to
00:59:26her.
00:59:27That's
00:59:27just
00:59:27words.
00:59:28Legally
00:59:29speaking,
00:59:29as long as
00:59:30he hasn't
00:59:30officially signed
00:59:31the final
00:59:31documents,
00:59:32there's still
00:59:32a chance.
00:59:33Are you
00:59:33saying you
00:59:35want me to
00:59:35fight him
00:59:35for it?
00:59:36No!
00:59:36It's not about
00:59:37fighting.
00:59:38It's about
00:59:39taking back
00:59:39what belongs
00:59:40to you.
00:59:42But...
00:59:43What are you
00:59:43afraid of?
00:59:44Your father's
00:59:45health is
00:59:45failing.
00:59:46He does
00:59:46not have
00:59:47much longer
00:59:47to live.
00:59:48After he
00:59:48dies,
00:59:49who will
00:59:49that woman
00:59:50have to
00:59:50rely on?
00:59:53Bruce's
00:59:58eyes change.
00:59:59He knows
01:00:00Ruby is
01:00:00telling the
01:00:01truth.
01:00:01In the
01:00:02face of
01:00:02profit,
01:00:03so-called
01:00:03family
01:00:04affection
01:00:04becomes as
01:00:05fragile as
01:00:05paper.
01:00:07He begins
01:00:08secretly
01:00:08contacting
01:00:09board members,
01:00:10preparing to
01:00:11seize power.
01:00:13He contacts
01:00:14board members
01:00:15day and
01:00:15night.
01:00:15He reaches
01:00:16out to
01:00:17every single
01:00:17member on
01:00:18the list.
01:00:19Michael
01:00:20notices
01:00:20Bruce's
01:00:20unusual
01:00:21movements,
01:00:22but he
01:00:22chooses to
01:00:23remain silent.
01:00:24Bruce,
01:00:25you're still
01:00:26too impatient.
01:00:27You two
01:00:28have your
01:00:29fight.
01:00:29I'll wait
01:00:30for the
01:00:30last card
01:00:31to fall.
01:00:37He is
01:00:38waiting,
01:00:38to see
01:00:39who will
01:00:39win.
01:00:40He plans
01:00:40to reap
01:00:41the benefits
01:00:41without doing
01:00:42any work.
01:00:47compared to
01:00:48Bruce's
01:00:48power grab.
01:00:49The
01:00:49right group
01:00:50faces an
01:00:51even bigger
01:00:51problem.
01:00:52The LR
01:00:53group suddenly
01:00:53announces it
01:00:54is acquiring
01:00:55shares of
01:00:55the right
01:00:55group.
01:00:56The market
01:00:57trembles.
01:00:58I receive a
01:00:59call from
01:00:59Damie.
01:01:05His tone
01:01:06is very
01:01:06anxious.
01:01:08Mom,
01:01:09the LR
01:01:09group is
01:01:10making a
01:01:10hostile takeover
01:01:11of our
01:01:11shares.
01:01:12I know.
01:01:13Bowen told
01:01:14me.
01:01:15What?
01:01:16Bowen?
01:01:17You met
01:01:18him?
01:01:20What does
01:01:20he really
01:01:21want?
01:01:22I am
01:01:22silent for
01:01:23a moment.
01:01:23I take a
01:01:24deep breath,
01:01:25muster up
01:01:25all my
01:01:26courage and
01:01:26say,
01:01:27he is
01:01:28protecting
01:01:28you.
01:01:29I do
01:01:29not tell
01:01:30him that
01:01:30Bowen is
01:01:31his father.
01:01:31I plan to
01:01:32figure everything
01:01:33out first
01:01:33before telling
01:01:34him.
01:01:35This is
01:01:36called
01:01:36protecting
01:01:37me?
01:01:37He is
01:01:38destroying
01:01:38the life's
01:01:39work I
01:01:40built!
01:01:43I hang
01:01:44up.
01:01:45I dial
01:01:46Bowen's
01:01:46number.
01:01:47I cannot
01:01:47just watch
01:01:48Damie's
01:01:48company disappear
01:01:49like this.
01:01:51What are
01:01:51you really
01:01:52up to?
01:01:53I need
01:01:54an explanation.
01:01:55Damien is
01:01:56your child.
01:01:56Why are
01:01:57you treating
01:01:57him like
01:01:58this?
01:01:58Alice,
01:01:59calm down
01:01:59and listen
01:02:00to me.
01:02:00Please
01:02:01trust me.
01:02:02I am
01:02:02really
01:02:02helping
01:02:02him.
01:02:03Someone
01:02:03is
01:02:03using
01:02:03the
01:02:04company's
01:02:04money
01:02:04for
01:02:04illegal
01:02:05transactions.
01:02:06There
01:02:06is
01:02:06a mole
01:02:06inside
01:02:07the
01:02:07right
01:02:07group.
01:02:07If I
01:02:08do
01:02:08not
01:02:08act,
01:02:08when
01:02:09the
01:02:09government
01:02:09investigates,
01:02:10Damien will
01:02:11go to
01:02:11prison.
01:02:12Who?
01:02:13Bruce.
01:02:15He and
01:02:15Ruby are
01:02:16working together
01:02:16to drain
01:02:16the company
01:02:17dry.
01:02:18Hearing
01:02:18his
01:02:18explanation,
01:02:19I cannot
01:02:20help but
01:02:20clench
01:02:21my fists.
01:02:22I will
01:02:22never
01:02:22allow
01:02:23anyone
01:02:23to
01:02:23harm
01:02:23Damien.
01:02:25How do
01:02:26you know?
01:02:27Because
01:02:27my people
01:02:28have been
01:02:28secretly
01:02:28watching
01:02:29the
01:02:29right
01:02:29family.
01:02:30It
01:02:31turns out
01:02:31Bowen
01:02:32has not
01:02:32been
01:02:32ignoring
01:02:33Damien.
01:02:33He
01:02:34has been
01:02:34quietly
01:02:34helping
01:02:35him
01:02:35all
01:02:35along.
01:02:37I
01:02:38have
01:02:38a
01:02:38request.
01:02:40What
01:02:41request?
01:02:42I
01:02:43want to
01:02:43see
01:02:43our
01:02:43son.
01:02:45All
01:02:46right.
01:02:47I
01:02:47have
01:02:47no
01:02:48reason
01:02:48to
01:02:48refuse.
01:02:49He
01:02:49is
01:02:50the
01:02:50child's
01:02:50father.
01:02:51He
01:02:51has
01:02:51the
01:02:51right
01:02:52to
01:02:52see
01:02:52his
01:02:52child.
01:02:53I
01:02:53find
01:02:54Damien.
01:02:56Mom,
01:02:57have
01:02:57you
01:02:57seen
01:02:58Bowen?
01:02:58I
01:02:59have.
01:03:01Then
01:03:02he...
01:03:03He
01:03:03is
01:03:04your
01:03:04father.
01:03:07Mom,
01:03:08he
01:03:08really
01:03:09is
01:03:09my
01:03:09father?
01:03:11Yes,
01:03:12he
01:03:13is
01:03:13your
01:03:13biological
01:03:13father.
01:03:15He
01:03:15has
01:03:15actually
01:03:16been
01:03:16quietly
01:03:16watching
01:03:17over
01:03:17you,
01:03:17but
01:03:18for
01:03:18some
01:03:18reasons
01:03:18he
01:03:19cannot
01:03:19acknowledge
01:03:20you.
01:03:21I
01:03:21tell
01:03:22Damien
01:03:22the
01:03:22truth.
01:03:23His
01:03:23father
01:03:24did
01:03:24not
01:03:24abandon
01:03:24him.
01:03:25He
01:03:25is
01:03:25protecting
01:03:26him.
01:03:28After
01:03:28hearing
01:03:29it,
01:03:29he
01:03:29is
01:03:29silent
01:03:30for
01:03:30a
01:03:30very
01:03:30long
01:03:30time.
01:03:32So
01:03:32for
01:03:33this
01:03:33entire
01:03:33hundred
01:03:34years,
01:03:34he
01:03:34has
01:03:34been
01:03:35watching
01:03:35over
01:03:35me
01:03:35in
01:03:36secret.
01:03:37He
01:03:37cannot
01:03:37acknowledge
01:03:38you
01:03:38publicly,
01:03:39but he
01:03:40has
01:03:40always
01:03:40been
01:03:40there.
01:03:41When
01:03:41I
01:03:41was
01:03:41bullied
01:03:42by
01:03:42relatives
01:03:42as
01:03:43a
01:03:43child,
01:03:43where
01:03:44was
01:03:44he?
01:03:45When
01:03:45I
01:03:45worked
01:03:46hungry,
01:03:46where
01:03:47was
01:03:47he?
01:03:48When
01:03:48I
01:03:48needed
01:03:48him
01:03:49the
01:03:49most,
01:03:49why
01:03:50could
01:03:50he
01:03:50not
01:03:51step
01:03:51forward?
01:03:52I
01:03:52know
01:03:52the
01:03:52pain
01:03:53and
01:03:53grievance
01:03:53in
01:03:54Damien's
01:03:54heart.
01:03:55I
01:03:55do
01:03:55not
01:03:55speak.
01:03:56I
01:03:57just
01:03:57hold
01:03:57him
01:03:57quietly.
01:03:59My
01:03:59child,
01:04:00he
01:04:00has
01:04:00his
01:04:00own
01:04:00difficulties
01:04:01too.
01:04:02Damien
01:04:02wipes
01:04:02away
01:04:03his
01:04:03tears
01:04:03and
01:04:03looks
01:04:04at
01:04:04me,
01:04:05his
01:04:05eyes
01:04:05determined.
01:04:08Mom,
01:04:08I
01:04:09want
01:04:09to
01:04:09see
01:04:09him.
01:04:10With
01:04:10my
01:04:10arrangement,
01:04:11the
01:04:11two
01:04:12of
01:04:12them
01:04:12meet.
01:04:12A
01:04:13107
01:04:14year
01:04:14old
01:04:14son
01:04:14meets
01:04:14his
01:04:15biological
01:04:15father
01:04:16for
01:04:16the
01:04:16first
01:04:16time,
01:04:17and
01:04:17the
01:04:17father
01:04:18looks
01:04:18only
01:04:1827.
01:04:20Bowen
01:04:20comes
01:04:21to
01:04:21Damien
01:04:21and
01:04:21gently
01:04:22holds
01:04:22his
01:04:22hand.
01:04:24I
01:04:24am
01:04:24sorry,
01:04:25Damien.
01:04:25I
01:04:26should
01:04:26have
01:04:26come
01:04:26to
01:04:26find
01:04:27you
01:04:27sooner.
01:04:27You
01:04:28are
01:04:29really
01:04:29my
01:04:30father?
01:04:30The
01:04:30room
01:04:31falls
01:04:31silent.
01:04:32Yes,
01:04:34but
01:04:34you
01:04:35look
01:04:35younger
01:04:36than
01:04:36I
01:04:36do.
01:04:37Then
01:04:38Bowen
01:04:38starts
01:04:38laughing
01:04:38too,
01:04:39but
01:04:40as
01:04:40he
01:04:40laughs,
01:04:41tears
01:04:41begin
01:04:41to
01:04:41fall.
01:04:42No
01:04:42parent
01:04:43wants
01:04:43to
01:04:43see
01:04:43their
01:04:43child
01:04:44leave
01:04:44this
01:04:44world
01:04:44before
01:04:45them.
01:04:46Damien,
01:04:46now
01:04:46I
01:04:46need
01:04:46to
01:04:46tell
01:04:47you
01:04:47something.
01:04:49Mom,
01:04:50what
01:04:50is
01:04:50it?
01:04:53Bruce
01:04:53is
01:04:53draining
01:04:54your
01:04:54company
01:04:54dry.
01:04:57After
01:04:58I
01:04:58say
01:04:58this,
01:04:58Bruce
01:04:59and
01:04:59Ruby's
01:04:59faces
01:05:00instantly
01:05:00change.
01:05:01They
01:05:01did
01:05:01not
01:05:02expect
01:05:02that
01:05:02I
01:05:02already
01:05:03know
01:05:03everything.
01:05:04After
01:05:05I
01:05:05reveal
01:05:05the
01:05:05truth,
01:05:06the
01:05:06two
01:05:06of
01:05:06them
01:05:07start
01:05:07to
01:05:07argue
01:05:07frantically.
01:05:09Father,
01:05:10do not
01:05:11listen
01:05:11to her
01:05:11nonsense.
01:05:12I
01:05:13did
01:05:13not.
01:05:14What
01:05:15is
01:05:15this
01:05:15crazy
01:05:16woman
01:05:16saying?
01:05:17Shut
01:05:17up!
01:05:19Do
01:05:19not
01:05:20think
01:05:20no
01:05:20one
01:05:20knows
01:05:21what
01:05:21you
01:05:21have
01:05:21done.
01:05:22Here
01:05:23is
01:05:23all
01:05:24the
01:05:24evidence
01:05:24against
01:05:25you.
01:05:25Bruce
01:05:26takes
01:05:26out
01:05:26a
01:05:26USB
01:05:27drive.
01:05:27Inside
01:05:28it
01:05:28records
01:05:29all
01:05:29of
01:05:29their
01:05:29conspiracies.
01:05:30Bruce,
01:05:31it
01:05:31is
01:05:31all
01:05:32you.
01:05:33You
01:05:33did
01:05:34all
01:05:34of
01:05:34this.
01:05:36You
01:05:37colluded
01:05:37with
01:05:37outsiders
01:05:38to
01:05:38swallow
01:05:39the
01:05:39right
01:05:39group.
01:05:41You
01:05:41think
01:05:41after
01:05:42your
01:05:42father
01:05:42dies
01:05:43everything
01:05:43will
01:05:44be
01:05:44yours?
01:05:44Did
01:05:45you
01:05:45not
01:05:45tell
01:05:45me
01:05:45to
01:05:46do
01:05:46all
01:05:46of
01:05:46this?
01:05:46I
01:05:47may
01:05:47hate
01:05:48that
01:05:48woman
01:05:48but
01:05:49I
01:05:49hate
01:05:49those
01:05:50who
01:05:50betray
01:05:50this
01:05:50family
01:05:51even
01:05:51more.
01:05:54Bruce,
01:05:55you
01:05:55have
01:05:55deeply
01:05:55disappointed
01:05:56me.
01:05:57At
01:05:58this
01:05:58moment,
01:05:58no one
01:05:59speaks
01:05:59for him.
01:06:00Everyone
01:06:01is kicking
01:06:01him when
01:06:02he is
01:06:02down.
01:06:03Bruce
01:06:03is expelled
01:06:03from the
01:06:04family.
01:06:05As
01:06:05he
01:06:05leaves,
01:06:06he
01:06:06looks
01:06:06back
01:06:06at
01:06:06me.
01:06:07You
01:06:08will
01:06:08regret
01:06:08this.
01:06:10After
01:06:10the dust
01:06:11settles,
01:06:11Damien
01:06:12calls me
01:06:12to his
01:06:13side.
01:06:14Mom,
01:06:14I
01:06:14want
01:06:15to
01:06:15retire.
01:06:18I
01:06:19am
01:06:19at
01:06:19ease
01:06:20leaving
01:06:20the
01:06:20right
01:06:20group
01:06:20in
01:06:21your
01:06:21hands.
01:06:22I
01:06:22do
01:06:22not
01:06:22need
01:06:23your
01:06:23company.
01:06:24What
01:06:24I
01:06:24want
01:06:25is
01:06:25for
01:06:25you
01:06:25to
01:06:25live
01:06:26well.
01:06:28I
01:06:28will.
01:06:31Because
01:06:32you
01:06:32came
01:06:33back.
01:06:34Outside
01:06:35the
01:06:35window,
01:06:36the
01:06:36sunlight
01:06:37is
01:06:37just
01:06:37right.
01:06:38The
01:06:38ginkgo
01:06:39trees
01:06:39in the
01:06:39century
01:06:39old
01:06:40estate
01:06:40are
01:06:40golden.
01:06:41I
01:06:41stand
01:06:42by
01:06:42the
01:06:42window,
01:06:43looking
01:06:43at
01:06:43this
01:06:43world
01:06:44I
01:06:44left
01:06:44100
01:06:44years
01:06:45ago.
01:06:45Everything
01:06:46is
01:06:46changing.
01:06:47But
01:06:47some
01:06:48things
01:06:48never
01:06:48change.
01:06:49What
01:06:50I
01:06:50do
01:06:50not
01:06:50know
01:06:51is
01:06:51that
01:06:51Wesson
01:06:51is
01:06:51standing
01:06:52at
01:06:52the
01:06:52classroom
01:06:52door
01:06:53right
01:06:53now.
01:06:54Looking
01:06:55at
01:06:55my
01:06:55empty
01:06:55seat.
01:06:56Lost
01:06:57in
01:06:57thought.
01:07:00Sally
01:07:01realizes that
01:07:02her status
01:07:02as the
01:07:02school
01:07:03beauty
01:07:03has been
01:07:03completely
01:07:04replaced
01:07:04by
01:07:05me.
01:07:05She
01:07:06decides
01:07:06to
01:07:06destroy
01:07:07me.
01:07:09Anonymous
01:07:10posts
01:07:10suddenly appear
01:07:11on the
01:07:11school
01:07:11forum.
01:07:12They
01:07:12say
01:07:13I
01:07:13got
01:07:13into
01:07:13the
01:07:13school
01:07:14through
01:07:14special
01:07:14connections.
01:07:15They
01:07:16say
01:07:16I
01:07:16have
01:07:16been
01:07:16involved
01:07:17with
01:07:17multiple
01:07:17wealthy
01:07:18men.
01:07:18The
01:07:19posts
01:07:19come
01:07:20with
01:07:20photos,
01:07:21with
01:07:21evidence,
01:07:22written
01:07:22convincingly.
01:07:23Did
01:07:24you
01:07:24see
01:07:24that?
01:07:25That
01:07:25transfer
01:07:26student,
01:07:26Alice?
01:07:27So she
01:07:27is that
01:07:28kind
01:07:28of
01:07:28person.
01:07:29I
01:07:30knew
01:07:30she
01:07:30could
01:07:30not
01:07:30be
01:07:31that
01:07:31clean.
01:07:31Pretty
01:07:32and
01:07:32smart.
01:07:33How
01:07:33could
01:07:33that
01:07:33be?
01:07:36It
01:07:37must
01:07:37be
01:07:37Sally.
01:07:38Who
01:07:38else
01:07:38hates
01:07:38you
01:07:39this
01:07:39much?
01:07:40Let
01:07:40her
01:07:40post.
01:07:41The
01:07:42innocent
01:07:42have
01:07:42nothing
01:07:42to
01:07:43fear.
01:07:43You
01:07:43are
01:07:43just
01:07:44going
01:07:44to
01:07:44let
01:07:44it
01:07:44go?
01:07:44They
01:07:45are
01:07:45ruining
01:07:45your
01:07:45reputation.
01:07:47No
01:07:47one
01:07:47will
01:07:47listen
01:07:47if
01:07:48I
01:07:48explain
01:07:48now.
01:07:49The
01:07:49truth
01:07:49is
01:07:49most
01:07:50powerful
01:07:50when
01:07:50it
01:07:50surfaces
01:07:51on
01:07:51its
01:07:51own.
01:07:53I
01:07:53calmly
01:07:53look
01:07:54at
01:07:54those
01:07:54posts.
01:07:55But
01:07:56I
01:07:56know
01:07:56there
01:07:56is
01:07:56a
01:07:56deeper
01:07:57conspiracy
01:07:57behind
01:07:58this
01:07:58attack.
01:07:59Sally
01:07:59alone
01:08:00could
01:08:00not
01:08:00fabricate
01:08:01such
01:08:01convincing
01:08:02posts.
01:08:03Someone
01:08:03is
01:08:03behind
01:08:04her.
01:08:05The
01:08:05truth
01:08:06is
01:08:06just
01:08:06as
01:08:06I
01:08:06thought.
01:08:07A
01:08:07message
01:08:08arrives
01:08:08on
01:08:08Sally's
01:08:09phone.
01:08:09Her
01:08:10finger
01:08:10pauses
01:08:10on
01:08:10the
01:08:11screen
01:08:11for
01:08:11a
01:08:11moment.
01:08:12Good
01:08:12work.
01:08:13Next
01:08:13step.
01:08:14Destroy
01:08:14her
01:08:14reputation.
01:08:15Then
01:08:15she
01:08:15types
01:08:16one
01:08:16word.
01:08:17Received.
01:08:19Alice.
01:08:20Wait
01:08:21and
01:08:21see.
01:08:22Wesson
01:08:22uses his
01:08:23hacking
01:08:23skills to
01:08:24trace
01:08:24the IP
01:08:25address
01:08:25of the
01:08:25poster.
01:08:26It
01:08:26points
01:08:27directly
01:08:27to
01:08:27Sally's
01:08:28computer.
01:08:33Wesson
01:08:33slams
01:08:34the evidence
01:08:34down in
01:08:35front of
01:08:35Sally.
01:08:35Facing
01:08:36the
01:08:36evidence
01:08:37Sally
01:08:38is
01:08:38completely
01:08:38speechless.
01:08:40What
01:08:41do you
01:08:41have to
01:08:41say
01:08:42for
01:08:42yourself
01:08:42now?
01:08:44You
01:08:46hacked
01:08:46my
01:08:47computer
01:08:47for
01:08:47her?
01:08:49I
01:08:50am
01:08:50just
01:08:50using
01:08:50the
01:08:51same
01:08:51methods
01:08:51you
01:08:51use
01:08:52against
01:08:52others
01:08:52against
01:08:52you.
01:08:57You
01:08:57were
01:08:57not
01:08:58like
01:08:58this
01:08:58before.
01:08:59poor.
01:09:05You
01:09:06used
01:09:06to
01:09:06be
01:09:07so
01:09:07kind
01:09:07to
01:09:07me.
01:09:09I
01:09:10was
01:09:10kind
01:09:10to
01:09:10you?
01:09:11When?
01:09:12Do you
01:09:12really
01:09:13not
01:09:13remember?
01:09:13When we
01:09:14were
01:09:14children?
01:09:15We
01:09:16met!
01:09:16I
01:09:17do
01:09:17not
01:09:17remember.
01:09:20Of course
01:09:21you are the
01:09:21young master.
01:09:22Why would
01:09:23you remember
01:09:23a poor
01:09:23girl?
01:09:25I stand
01:09:26in the
01:09:26distance
01:09:26watching
01:09:27this scene.
01:09:29Sally is
01:09:30crying but
01:09:31her tears
01:09:31are not
01:09:32remorse.
01:09:33they
01:09:34are
01:09:34resentment.
01:09:35A
01:09:35woman's
01:09:36jealousy
01:09:36is
01:09:36sharper
01:09:37than
01:09:37any
01:09:37blade.
01:09:39Wesson
01:09:40and Sally
01:09:40met
01:09:41when they
01:09:41were
01:09:41children?
01:09:42This
01:09:42makes
01:09:43me
01:09:43a
01:09:43little
01:09:43surprised.
01:09:44After
01:09:45all,
01:09:45their
01:09:46social
01:09:46statuses
01:09:47are
01:09:47worlds
01:09:47apart.
01:09:48When
01:09:48I
01:09:49was
01:09:49little,
01:09:49I
01:09:50lived
01:09:50in
01:09:50a
01:09:50small
01:09:50town.
01:09:51Your
01:09:52grandmother
01:09:52once
01:09:52sponsored
01:09:53our
01:09:53school.
01:09:54You
01:09:54came
01:09:54to
01:09:55visit
01:09:55us
01:09:55and
01:09:55even
01:09:56gave
01:09:56me
01:09:56a
01:09:56gift.
01:09:57I
01:09:57do
01:09:57not
01:09:58remember.
01:10:02Of
01:10:03course
01:10:03you
01:10:03are
01:10:04the
01:10:04young
01:10:04master.
01:10:04Why
01:10:05would
01:10:05you
01:10:05remember
01:10:05a
01:10:05poor
01:10:06girl?
01:10:06Anything
01:10:07else?
01:10:08Sally's
01:10:09eyes
01:10:09are
01:10:09filled
01:10:10with
01:10:10nostalgia.
01:10:11But
01:10:11that
01:10:11nostalgia
01:10:12is
01:10:12not
01:10:12love.
01:10:13It
01:10:13is
01:10:14obsession.
01:10:15What
01:10:15she
01:10:15remembers
01:10:16is
01:10:16not
01:10:16Wesson
01:10:17the
01:10:17person,
01:10:18but
01:10:18the
01:10:18world
01:10:18she
01:10:19desperately
01:10:19wants
01:10:20to
01:10:20break
01:10:20into,
01:10:21but
01:10:21has
01:10:21always
01:10:22been
01:10:22shut
01:10:22out
01:10:22of.
01:10:25I
01:10:26find
01:10:26Wesson.
01:10:32Who
01:10:32is
01:10:32your
01:10:33grandmother?
01:10:34He
01:10:35wants
01:10:35to
01:10:36speak
01:10:36but
01:10:36hesitates.
01:10:37Finally,
01:10:38he
01:10:39falls
01:10:39silent.
01:10:41Wesson
01:10:42finally
01:10:42speaks
01:10:43about
01:10:43the
01:10:43family
01:10:43he
01:10:43never
01:10:44mentions.
01:10:44My
01:10:45grandmother
01:10:45is
01:10:46Ruby
01:10:46Wright.
01:10:47His
01:10:47grandmother
01:10:48is
01:10:48Ruby.
01:10:49I
01:10:50freeze.
01:10:50Wesson
01:10:51is
01:10:51Damien's
01:10:51grandson?
01:10:53Then
01:10:54I
01:10:54am
01:10:54his
01:10:54great
01:10:55grandmother?
01:10:56This
01:10:56teenager
01:10:57in a
01:10:57school
01:10:57uniform
01:10:58who
01:10:58fights
01:10:59and
01:10:59never
01:10:59studies
01:10:59is
01:11:00my
01:11:00grandson's
01:11:01son?
01:11:02Wesson
01:11:03is
01:11:03silent
01:11:03for
01:11:04a
01:11:04moment
01:11:04then
01:11:05speaks
01:11:05again.
01:11:07But
01:11:07I
01:11:07never
01:11:08liked
01:11:08that
01:11:08family
01:11:08since
01:11:08I
01:11:09was
01:11:09little.
01:11:09They
01:11:09only
01:11:09care
01:11:09about
01:11:10money,
01:11:10only
01:11:10about
01:11:10status.
01:11:11So
01:11:11I
01:11:11ran
01:11:12away
01:11:12from
01:11:12home.
01:11:13I
01:11:13changed
01:11:13the
01:11:13spelling
01:11:14of
01:11:14my
01:11:14last
01:11:14name
01:11:14so
01:11:15they
01:11:15could
01:11:15not
01:11:15find
01:11:15me.
01:11:17I
01:11:17look
01:11:17at
01:11:18Wesson.
01:11:18I
01:11:19only
01:11:19feel
01:11:19pain
01:11:20for
01:11:20him.
01:11:22How
01:11:22disappointed
01:11:23must
01:11:23a
01:11:23child
01:11:23be
01:11:24to
01:11:24leave
01:11:24his
01:11:24own
01:11:24home?
01:11:26That
01:11:26cold
01:11:26Hippocratical
01:11:27home was
01:11:28never
01:11:28somewhere
01:11:28I
01:11:28wanted
01:11:29to
01:11:29stay.
01:11:30Do
01:11:30you
01:11:30know
01:11:31what
01:11:32relation
01:11:32you
01:11:33are
01:11:33to
01:11:33me?
01:11:35We're
01:11:36just
01:11:36ordinary
01:11:37classmates.
01:11:38What
01:11:38other
01:11:38connection
01:11:39could
01:11:39there
01:11:39be?
01:11:40Yes,
01:11:40we are
01:11:41just
01:11:41classmates.
01:11:42I
01:11:42do
01:11:43not
01:11:43answer
01:11:43directly.
01:11:44I
01:11:44want
01:11:44him
01:11:44to
01:11:44come
01:11:45to
01:11:45terms
01:11:45with
01:11:45it
01:11:45slowly
01:11:46on
01:11:46his
01:11:46own.
01:11:47From
01:11:47classmate
01:11:48to
01:11:48great
01:11:48grandson,
01:11:49that
01:11:49is
01:11:49a
01:11:49big
01:11:50leap.
01:11:50It
01:11:50will
01:11:50take
01:11:51him
01:11:51some
01:11:51time
01:11:51to
01:11:51digest.
01:11:53Wesson
01:11:54learns
01:11:54my
01:11:54true
01:11:55identity.
01:11:56Wesson
01:11:56sits
01:11:56on the
01:11:57steps,
01:11:57holding
01:11:58his
01:11:58head,
01:11:59finding
01:11:59it
01:11:59hard
01:11:59to
01:11:59accept
01:12:00this
01:12:00fact.
01:12:02So
01:12:03the
01:12:03reason
01:12:03you
01:12:03have
01:12:04always
01:12:04treated
01:12:04me
01:12:04like
01:12:05a
01:12:05child
01:12:05is
01:12:06because
01:12:06you
01:12:06really
01:12:07are
01:12:07my
01:12:07elder?
01:12:08Yes.
01:12:12Then
01:12:12everything
01:12:13I said
01:12:13to you
01:12:13before,
01:12:15everything
01:12:15I
01:12:16did.
01:12:20You
01:12:21are a
01:12:21good
01:12:21kid.
01:12:22You
01:12:23just
01:12:23took
01:12:23the
01:12:24wrong
01:12:24path.
01:12:27Can
01:12:28you
01:12:28still
01:12:28keep
01:12:28teaching
01:12:29me?
01:12:30Of
01:12:30course.
01:12:31You
01:12:31are
01:12:31my
01:12:31great
01:12:32grandson.
01:12:32If
01:12:33I
01:12:33do
01:12:33not
01:12:33teach
01:12:33you,
01:12:34who
01:12:34will?
01:12:35Thank
01:12:36you.
01:12:40In
01:12:40the
01:12:40distance,
01:12:41Sally
01:12:42sees
01:12:42this
01:12:42scene.
01:12:43There
01:12:44is
01:12:44no
01:12:44envy
01:12:44in
01:12:44her
01:12:44eyes,
01:12:45only
01:12:46hatred.
01:12:46Deeper
01:12:47hatred.
01:12:48She
01:12:48cannot
01:12:48have
01:12:49Wesson.
01:12:50Yet
01:12:50Wesson
01:12:51follows
01:12:51me
01:12:51around
01:12:52like
01:12:52a
01:12:52little
01:12:52dog.
01:12:53She
01:12:53does
01:12:54not
01:12:54understand
01:12:54why.
01:12:55She
01:12:55never
01:12:56will.
01:13:00Esther
01:13:00comes
01:13:01to
01:13:01find
01:13:01me.
01:13:04She
01:13:05kneels
01:13:05in
01:13:05front
01:13:05of
01:13:05me.
01:13:08Please
01:13:09teach
01:13:09me.
01:13:13Get
01:13:14up.
01:13:14Do
01:13:15not
01:13:15kneel.
01:13:17I
01:13:18know
01:13:18I
01:13:18was
01:13:18wrong
01:13:19before.
01:13:20But
01:13:20I
01:13:21truly
01:13:21want
01:13:21to
01:13:21change.
01:13:22I
01:13:23look
01:13:23at
01:13:23Esther.
01:13:24Her
01:13:24eyes
01:13:25are
01:13:25red
01:13:25from
01:13:25crying.
01:13:26Tear
01:13:26stains
01:13:27still
01:13:27fresh
01:13:27on
01:13:28her
01:13:28face.
01:13:28She
01:13:29is
01:13:29not
01:13:29putting
01:13:30on
01:13:30an
01:13:30act.
01:13:31She
01:13:31is
01:13:32truly
01:13:32at
01:13:32the
01:13:32end
01:13:33of
01:13:33her
01:13:33rope.
01:13:34Sally
01:13:34does
01:13:34not
01:13:35want
01:13:35her
01:13:35anymore.
01:13:36The
01:13:36elite
01:13:36class
01:13:37does
01:13:37not
01:13:37want
01:13:37her
01:13:37anymore.
01:13:38She
01:13:39is
01:13:39alone
01:13:39with
01:13:40nowhere
01:13:40to
01:13:40go.
01:13:41So
01:13:42she
01:13:42comes
01:13:42to
01:13:42me.
01:13:43She
01:13:43kneels
01:13:44in
01:13:44front
01:13:44of
01:13:50She
01:13:51nods
01:13:51firmly.
01:13:52She
01:13:53looks
01:13:53at
01:13:53me
01:13:53with
01:13:53something
01:13:54I
01:13:54have
01:13:54never
01:13:54seen
01:13:55in
01:13:55her
01:13:55eyes
01:13:55before.
01:13:56It
01:13:57is
01:13:57determination.
01:13:58I
01:13:58am
01:13:59sure.
01:13:59I
01:14:00cannot
01:14:00keep
01:14:01following
01:14:01Sally
01:14:02anymore.
01:14:03I
01:14:04do
01:14:04not
01:14:04want
01:14:04to
01:14:05live
01:14:05in
01:14:05someone
01:14:05else's
01:14:06shadow
01:14:06for
01:14:06the
01:14:06rest
01:14:07of
01:14:07my
01:14:07life.
01:14:08There
01:14:09are
01:14:09no
01:14:09shortcuts
01:14:10here
01:14:10and
01:14:11I
01:14:11won't
01:14:11go
01:14:12easy
01:14:12on
01:14:12you.
01:14:14Thank
01:14:15you.
01:14:15I
01:14:16pick up
01:14:16a
01:14:16notebook
01:14:17from
01:14:17my
01:14:17desk
01:14:17and
01:14:18hand
01:14:18it
01:14:18to
01:14:20you
01:14:20are
01:14:20my
01:14:20student.
01:14:22Some
01:14:22people
01:14:22have
01:14:22to
01:14:22hit
01:14:23the
01:14:23wall
01:14:23many
01:14:23times
01:14:24before
01:14:24they
01:14:24turn
01:14:24back.
01:14:26Thank
01:14:26you.
01:14:27Thank
01:14:28you,
01:14:28Alice.
01:14:29Esther
01:14:30is
01:14:30lucky.
01:14:30When
01:14:31she
01:14:31turned
01:14:32back,
01:14:32someone
01:14:33was
01:14:33still
01:14:33there
01:14:33waiting
01:14:34for
01:14:34her.
01:14:35Not
01:14:35everyone
01:14:36has
01:14:36that
01:14:36kind
01:14:36of
01:14:36luck.
01:14:37Sally
01:14:38discovers
01:14:38that
01:14:39Esther
01:14:39has
01:14:39defected.
01:14:40She
01:14:41is
01:14:41so
01:14:41angry
01:14:41she
01:14:42throws
01:14:42her
01:14:42phone
01:14:43against
01:14:43the
01:14:43wall.
01:14:44The
01:14:44screen
01:14:45shatters
01:14:45but
01:14:46she
01:14:46does
01:14:46not
01:14:46care.
01:14:47Her
01:14:47pawns
01:14:48one
01:14:48by
01:14:48one
01:14:49are
01:14:49all
01:14:49gone.
01:14:50The
01:14:51midterm
01:14:51exam
01:14:51arrives.
01:14:52This
01:14:53is my
01:14:53class's
01:14:54last
01:14:54chance
01:14:54to
01:14:55prove
01:14:55themselves.
01:14:56They
01:14:56definitely
01:14:57cheated
01:14:57on the
01:14:57monthly
01:14:57exam
01:14:58last
01:14:58time.
01:14:59This
01:14:59time
01:14:59there
01:14:59are
01:14:59signal
01:15:00jammers.
01:15:00Let
01:15:01us
01:15:01see
01:15:01how
01:15:01they
01:15:01do
01:15:01now.
01:15:02Just
01:15:02wait
01:15:03and
01:15:03laugh.
01:15:04What
01:15:04good
01:15:04results
01:15:04could
01:15:05Alice's
01:15:05class
01:15:06possibly
01:15:06get?
01:15:08I
01:15:08walk
01:15:08into
01:15:09the
01:15:09exam
01:15:09hall
01:15:10as
01:15:10calm
01:15:10as
01:15:10if
01:15:10I
01:15:11were
01:15:11taking
01:15:11a
01:15:11stroll.
01:15:12Wesson
01:15:17me?
01:15:18You
01:15:18are
01:15:18taking
01:15:19the
01:15:19exam
01:15:19for
01:15:19yourself
01:15:20not
01:15:20for
01:15:20me.
01:15:21This
01:15:21time
01:15:22he
01:15:22cannot
01:15:22embarrass
01:15:23me.
01:15:23The
01:15:23exam
01:15:24begins.
01:15:25The
01:15:25sound
01:15:25of
01:15:26pens
01:15:26scratching
01:15:27across
01:15:27paper
01:15:27fills
01:15:28the
01:15:28room.
01:15:30I
01:15:30hand
01:15:31in
01:15:31my
01:15:31paper
01:15:31early
01:15:32and
01:15:32walk
01:15:32out
01:15:32of
01:15:32the
01:15:32exam
01:15:33hall.
01:15:34The
01:15:34sunlight
01:15:34is
01:15:35beautiful.
01:15:36I
01:15:36lean
01:15:37against
01:15:37a
01:15:37pillar
01:15:37in
01:15:38the
01:15:38hallway
01:15:38waiting
01:15:39for
01:15:39them
01:15:39to
01:15:39come
01:15:39out.
01:15:40Tomorrow
01:15:41the
01:15:41results
01:15:41will
01:15:42be
01:15:42out.
01:15:42Then
01:15:43we
01:15:43just
01:15:43wait
01:15:47cheat
01:15:48now
01:15:48and
01:15:49handing
01:15:49in
01:15:49her
01:15:49paper
01:15:49early
01:15:50I
01:15:50bet
01:15:51she
01:15:51just
01:15:51didn't
01:15:51know
01:15:51how
01:15:51to
01:15:52answer
01:15:52and
01:15:52left
01:15:52early.
01:15:55On
01:15:56the
01:15:56day
01:15:56the
01:15:57results
01:15:57are
01:15:57announced
01:15:58the
01:15:59entire
01:15:59school
01:16:00gathers
01:16:00in
01:16:00the
01:16:01auditorium.
01:16:03Who
01:16:03will
01:16:04be
01:16:04number
01:16:05one?
01:16:06The
01:16:06results
01:16:07are
01:16:07out.
01:16:08The
01:16:08school's
01:16:08number
01:16:09one
01:16:09is
01:16:09not
01:16:10from
01:16:10the
01:16:10elite
01:16:10class.
01:16:21First
01:16:21place
01:16:25Wesson
01:16:25Wright.
01:16:28He
01:16:29is
01:16:29stunned.
01:16:30Me?
01:16:32What?
01:16:33Wesson?
01:16:33That
01:16:34good for
01:16:34nothing
01:16:34Wesson?
01:16:35How
01:16:36is this
01:16:36possible?
01:16:39Alice
01:16:39I
01:16:40make
01:16:40it.
01:16:43You
01:16:43deserved
01:16:43it
01:16:44Wesson.
01:16:44Keep
01:16:45pushing
01:16:45forward.
01:16:46Please
01:16:46join
01:16:47us
01:16:47in
01:16:47welcoming
01:16:47Wesson
01:16:48to
01:16:48the
01:16:48stage
01:16:48to
01:16:49share
01:16:49his
01:16:49story.
01:16:55He
01:16:55walks
01:16:56up to
01:16:56the
01:16:56stage
01:16:56to
01:16:56accept
01:16:57the
01:16:57award.
01:16:59Facing
01:16:59the
01:16:59microphone
01:17:00he
01:17:00says
01:17:01one
01:17:01thing.
01:17:02None
01:17:02of
01:17:02this
01:17:03would
01:17:03have
01:17:03been
01:17:03possible
01:17:03without
01:17:04someone's
01:17:04efforts.
01:17:05I
01:17:06want
01:17:06to
01:17:06thank
01:17:06someone.
01:17:08Without
01:17:08her
01:17:09I
01:17:09would
01:17:09still
01:17:09be
01:17:10that
01:17:10last
01:17:10place
01:17:10loser.
01:17:13His
01:17:13gaze
01:17:14falls
01:17:14on
01:17:14me.
01:17:16thank
01:17:17you
01:17:17Alice.
01:17:30thunderous
01:17:31applause
01:17:31erupts
01:17:32from the
01:17:32audience.
01:17:33Sally
01:17:34stands in
01:17:34the corner
01:17:35biting her
01:17:35lip,
01:17:36her fingernails
01:17:37digging into
01:17:37her palm.
01:17:38She
01:17:39lost.
01:17:40Completely
01:17:40lost.
01:17:44Sally
01:17:44comes
01:17:45to
01:17:45find
01:17:45me.
01:17:45For
01:17:46the
01:17:46first
01:17:46time
01:17:47she
01:17:47sets
01:17:47aside
01:17:47her
01:17:48pride.
01:17:53I
01:17:54lost.
01:17:56I
01:17:56am
01:17:57not
01:17:57as
01:17:57good
01:17:57as
01:17:57you.
01:17:59It
01:18:00is
01:18:00not
01:18:00that
01:18:00you
01:18:00are
01:18:00not
01:18:00as
01:18:01good
01:18:01as
01:18:01me.
01:18:01You
01:18:02lost
01:18:02to
01:18:02yourself.
01:18:06Maybe.
01:18:07She
01:18:08turns
01:18:08to
01:18:08leave.
01:18:09I
01:18:10stop
01:18:10her.
01:18:13Sally
01:18:13wait!
01:18:15What's
01:18:16up?
01:18:19I
01:18:20signed
01:18:20your
01:18:20scholarship
01:18:20application
01:18:21for
01:18:21you.
01:18:26Why?
01:18:28Because
01:18:28you deserve
01:18:29a chance.
01:18:32Do
01:18:33not
01:18:33waste
01:18:34it.
01:18:36Her
01:18:37tears
01:18:37fall.
01:18:40You
01:18:40do
01:18:41you
01:18:42not
01:18:42hate
01:18:42me?
01:18:44hating
01:18:45you
01:18:45is
01:18:45too
01:18:45exhausting.
01:18:46I
01:18:46do
01:18:46not
01:18:46have
01:18:47the
01:18:47time.
01:18:48This
01:18:48is
01:18:48the
01:18:49first
01:18:49time
01:18:49Sally
01:18:49cries
01:18:50sincerely.
01:18:51Not
01:18:52out of
01:18:52grievance,
01:18:53but because
01:18:53she finally
01:18:54understands that
01:18:55some things
01:18:56cannot be
01:18:56taken by
01:18:57force.
01:18:57Like
01:18:58respect.
01:18:59Like
01:18:59trust.
01:19:02Thank
01:19:03you.
01:19:06The
01:19:07semester
01:19:07ends.
01:19:08I
01:19:08stand at
01:19:09the
01:19:09school
01:19:09gate
01:19:09watching
01:19:10the
01:19:10sunset.
01:19:11The
01:19:12sky
01:19:12is
01:19:12orange
01:19:12red,
01:19:13just
01:19:13like
01:19:13that
01:19:14night
01:19:14100
01:19:14years
01:19:15ago.
01:19:17Bowen
01:19:18pulls
01:19:18up
01:19:18and
01:19:18stops
01:19:19in
01:19:19front
01:19:19of
01:19:19me.
01:19:24Get
01:19:25in.
01:19:25I
01:19:26am
01:19:26taking
01:19:26you
01:19:27to
01:19:27see
01:19:27something.
01:19:28Where?
01:19:30You
01:19:30will
01:19:30know
01:19:31when
01:19:31we
01:19:31get
01:19:31there.
01:19:36I
01:19:40get
01:19:40in
01:19:40the
01:19:40car.
01:19:41Bowen
01:19:42takes
01:19:42me
01:19:42to
01:19:42an
01:19:42ancient
01:19:43castle.
01:19:43It
01:19:44is
01:19:44the
01:19:44exact
01:19:44same
01:19:45castle
01:19:45I
01:19:45went
01:19:46to
01:19:46before
01:19:46I
01:19:46fell
01:19:46into
01:19:47my
01:19:47deep
01:19:47sleep.
01:19:51We're
01:19:52here.
01:19:52Let's
01:19:52get
01:19:52out.
01:20:02This
01:20:02is...
01:20:03This
01:20:03place
01:20:03is
01:20:03where
01:20:04you
01:20:04began
01:20:04your
01:20:04deep
01:20:04sleep.
01:20:05It
01:20:06is
01:20:06also
01:20:06why
01:20:06I
01:20:06was
01:20:06able
01:20:07to
01:20:07find
01:20:07you.
01:20:07I
01:20:08push
01:20:08the
01:20:08door
01:20:08open
01:20:09and
01:20:09walk
01:20:09inside.
01:20:10Deep
01:20:10inside
01:20:10the
01:20:11castle
01:20:11there
01:20:12is
01:20:12a
01:20:12light.
01:20:12I
01:20:13do
01:20:13not
01:20:13know
01:20:13where
01:20:13it
01:20:13comes
01:20:14from.
01:20:14It
01:20:14just
01:20:15shines
01:20:15there.
01:20:16Do
01:20:16you
01:20:17want
01:20:17to
01:20:17know
01:20:17the
01:20:17truth?
01:20:20Follow
01:20:21me.
01:20:23I
01:20:24look
01:20:24back
01:20:24once.
01:20:25Outside
01:20:25the
01:20:26door
01:20:26is
01:20:26the
01:20:26sunset.
01:20:27Inside
01:20:27the
01:20:28door
01:20:28is
01:20:28the
01:20:28light.
01:20:29I
01:20:29take
01:20:29a
01:20:29deep
01:20:29breath
01:20:30and
01:20:30walk
01:20:30toward
01:20:30that
01:20:31light.
01:20:32100
01:20:32years
01:20:32later,
01:20:33I
01:20:33stand
01:20:34before
01:20:34this
01:20:34door
01:20:34again.
01:20:35This
01:20:36time,
01:20:36I
01:20:36am
01:20:37taking
01:20:37back
01:20:37what
01:20:37belongs
01:20:38to
01:20:38me.
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