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My Real Family Burned It All Down After I Learned the Truth - FULL EPISODE
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00:00The night before I was supposed to marry Alexander Reynolds, two thugs dragged me into an alley.
00:06When I was found, both of my legs were broken.
00:10I was covered in blood, and I had lost the ability to ever have children.
00:15Photos from that night were plastered all over the city.
00:19Alexander looked at those photos and broke off our engagement that same day.
00:24Then he got together with the fake heiress, Emily Walker.
00:28My parents, convinced I was a disgrace, threw me out.
00:31The school where I worked fired me, claiming I had become a bad influence.
00:36Everyone despised me.
00:37In utter despair, I went to the rooftop of the tallest building I could find.
00:42Just as I was about to step off, my childhood friend Matthew Harrison appeared out of nowhere and pulled me
00:48back from the edge.
00:49He proposed to me.
00:50He swore he would believe me, love me, and cherish me for the rest of my life.
00:54He promised he would hire the best doctors in the world to heal me.
00:57But on the day I finally became pregnant with our child, after years of grueling treatments, I overheard him talking
01:04to my brother.
01:05My brother, Christopher, said,
01:07Matthew, I get why you had your guys ruin Scarlett's reputation back then.
01:12It was to clear the way for Emily and Alexander.
01:16I get it.
01:17But you didn't have to get involved yourself.
01:19You've done more than enough for Emily over the years.
01:22Now that you and Scarlett finally have a child on the way, why don't you just settle down and live
01:28a normal life with her?
01:29The Reynolds family has always looked down on Emily because she can't have children.
01:34If they find out Scarlett Miller got pregnant before her, they'll despise Emily even more.
01:40I will never allow Emily to be hurt because of Scarlett.
01:43I'm planning to stage a cheating scandal at Emily's birthday party tonight.
01:48And make sure Scarlett loses this baby.
01:50Once Scarlett is completely ruined and can no longer threaten Emily, I'll settle down and stay with her.
01:55Tonight, I need you to drug Scarlett's wine, just like last time.
01:59I stood outside the door and my heart didn't break.
02:02It turned to ash.
02:03So the brother I relied on most and the husband I trusted with my life, they were the ones who
02:08had sent me to hell.
02:10In that case, none of them deserved to live.
02:13That night, at Emily's party, I switched the glass laced with a potent animal estrus drug into Matthew's hand.
02:19That night, Emily's birthday bang
02:24Not because I was eager to celebrate, but because there was something I had to do.
02:28The ballroom was a sea of lights, flowers, and champagne.
02:31Emily wearing a custom pink gown was the center of it all, smiling like a prize rose.
02:36I watched her from a dark corner, thinking that once, not so long ago, I was the one they had
02:40all adored.
02:41How long ago had that been?
02:42When I was first brought back to the Walker family, I'd had a brief taste of happiness.
02:45My mother hugged me and cried.
02:46My father stroked my hair and said, we finally found you.
02:48My brother took my hand and showed me to my new room.
02:50But after Emily appeared, all that warmth melted away like snow in a thaw.
02:53I didn't bother making small talk.
02:55No one wanted to talk to me anyway.
02:56I went straight to the bar.
02:57Behind the bar was a server I had paid in advance.
03:00He gave me a subtle nod and pushed a glass towards me.
03:03Ma'am, Mr. Harrison had this prepared for you.
03:05I picked up the glass and sniffed it.
03:06Odorless.
03:07But I knew exactly what was in it.
03:08A drug designed for breeding livestock.
03:10Something that would make a woman lose her mind and throw herself at the nearest man.
03:13It was powerful.
03:13And the side effects were devastating.
03:15They wanted to use this glass of wine to humiliate me in front of everyone.
03:17Then have a strange man discover me in my room and ruin me completely.
03:20I poured the wine into a nearby vase.
03:22Then placed another drink back in its spot.
03:23That drink was just ordinary cherry juice.
03:25The drug I'd just poured out, it was already in Matthew's glass.
03:28When Matthew found me, he was holding two drinks.
03:30He handed one to me.
03:31Scarlet, don't worry.
03:32I already had them switch your drink to cherry juice.
03:34Come on, a tote.
03:35He looked at me with such deep affection.
03:36Every word crafted to sound like he was only thinking of me.
03:39If I hadn't heard that conversation this afternoon, I would have been moved to tears.
03:43I raised my glass and drank it all.
03:45Good?
03:46Delicious.
03:46He lifted his own glass and drained it.
03:49I saw the reliefs in his eyes.
03:50He thought his plan had worked.
03:51Matthew, I suddenly don't feel well.
03:53Why don't we go home?
03:54He glanced at Emily, who was still holding court in the center of the room, and smiled gently.
03:57Scarlet, your sister's party has only just begun.
03:59If we leave now, your parents will be furious.
04:01I'll take you upstairs to rest.
04:02When things are winding down, I'll come get you and we'll leave together, okay?
04:04Matthew, you'll really come get me?
04:06He lowered his head and kissed the corner of my mouth.
04:08Silly girl.
04:08If I don't come get you, who would I get?
04:10You're my wife.
04:10The one I love most in this world.
04:12Three years.
04:13He had whispered words like that to me for three years.
04:15And for three years, I had believed him.
04:17Okay, I'll wait for you.
04:19The drug began to take effect as soon as Matthew and I went upstairs.
04:22Except he hadn't drank cherry juice.
04:24He had drank the drug meant for me.
04:26By the time we entered the room, his hands had already started to tremble.
04:28He let go of my arm and braced himself against the wall, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
04:32His voice was becoming thick and ragged.
04:34I pretended to panic, reaching out to steady him.
04:37Matthew, what's wrong?
04:37Did you eat something bad?
04:38He shoved me away and staggered toward the bed, collapsing onto it.
04:41His face was flushed, a deep red.
04:43His breathing grew heavy, and his hands began tearing at his clothes.
04:46Matthew, you look terrible.
04:47I'll go get you some medicine.
04:48He grabbed my wrist, his grip so tight I thought the bones would snap.
04:52Don't go.
04:54Scarlet, don't go.
04:56I peeled his fingers off, one by one.
04:58I'll be right back.
05:00I didn't look back.
05:02I stepped outside and waited at the end of the hall.
05:05Soon the two men I'd hired arrived.
05:10Gray suit.
05:11They didn't know who they were dealing with, and they didn't care.
05:14They pulled the door open and went in, letting it swing shut behind them.
05:18I heard muffled groans, the sounds of a struggle, the thud of the bed frame slamming against
05:21the wall.
05:22Matthew was shouting, but his voice was quickly smothered.
05:25I didn't watch.
05:25I didn't listen for long.
05:27I turned and went downstairs, slipping out of the ballroom and into the shadows of the
05:31garden to wait.
05:32I waited for more than two hours.
05:34During those two hours, I thought about many things.
05:36I thought about that alley three years ago.
05:39I thought about the photos.
05:40I thought about my mother's face when she said, you don't deserve the walker name.
05:45And I thought about Matthew's tears as he held me on that rooftop.
05:48So those tears had been an act, too.
05:51I finally understood.
05:52In this world, no one loves you unconditionally.
05:54You can only rely on yourself.
05:56At last, I saw Emily leading a group of people out of the ballroom.
05:59Her eyes were red as she announced, with expertly feigned anxiety, that her pink diamond had
06:04gone missing.
06:05She asked everyone to help her look for it.
06:07My mother, Catherine, followed beside her, cooning to the guests.
06:10Even after losing something so precious, she's afraid of troubling everyone.
06:14A large group of people bustled upstairs.
06:17I watched from the shadows as they reached the room at the end of the hall.
06:20The sounds coming from under the door made several people blush.
06:23Whose room is this?
06:24Someone asked.
06:25Emily covered her mouth, her eyes wide with mock surprise.
06:29This seems to be my sister's room.
06:31But Matthew already left, didn't he?
06:34My mother's face darkened instantly.
06:35That shameless Scarlet!
06:37I knew she was a disgrace!
06:38It was bad enough she was sleeping around three years ago, but to do this at Emily's
06:42birthday party?
06:43I'll make sure she's ruined for good tonight!
06:46She kicked the door open.
06:47The lights flipped on.
06:49She froze.
06:50Everyone froze.
06:51On the bed were not me and some other man, but Matthew and two strangers.
06:56His legs were twisted at unnatural angles.
06:59His face was a mask of injuries.
07:02His body was covered in bruises and filth.
07:05He was unconscious.
07:06The scene was an exact mirror of me in that alley three years ago.
07:10Mr. Harrison, is that you?
07:11Someone cried out.
07:13And with men?
07:14My god, two of them?
07:15Where's Scarlet?
07:16Isn't this her room?
07:17My mother's face drained of all color.
07:20Her whole body trembled.
07:21She stood there, her mouth hanging open, unable to say a word.
07:24One of the guests was holding up her phone.
07:26The live stream had already been seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
07:30The live stream!
07:31Turn off the live stream!
07:31Emily screamed, but it was too late.
07:33I had already bought the trending topic.
07:35The keywords Harrison's handle photos shot to number one on Twitter within three minutes.
07:39At that moment, I finally smiled.
07:42Hundreds of thousands of people were witnessing Matthew's disgrace.
07:45I stepped out of the shadows and into the doorway.
07:50Her expression morphed from shock to p-
07:55Not me.
07:55Do you really think you still have the right to hit me?
07:57You shameless whore!
07:58It's bad enough that you have to sleep around.
08:00But why drag your own husband into it?
08:02Look at what you've done to Matthew!
08:04I looked at her, and a bitter laugh almost escaped me.
08:07She had said the same thing three years ago.
08:09She had never once asked,
08:10Are you okay?
08:11She just sentenced me to death on the spot.
08:14Mom, you say I slept around?
08:16You say I caused this?
08:17If not you, then who?
08:18Then let me ask you.
08:20Three years ago, when I was left for dead in that alley,
08:23Did you ever once ask me who did this to you?
08:26Did you ever look for the men who did it?
08:28No.
08:29The first thing you did was cut ties with me.
08:31You told the world I was a slut with a sex addiction.
08:34You didn't even investigate.
08:36You just destroyed me.
08:38Her mouth opened, but no words came out.
08:40Now that the same thing has happened to your precious son-in-law,
08:42you suddenly realize something is wrong?
08:44Scarlet, you-
08:44Don't call me Scarlet.
08:45As of tonight, I have severed all ties with the Walker family.
08:48I turn to the stunned crowd.
08:50Everyone, I am Matthew's wife, Scarlet Harrison.
08:53The Felice family will not let tonight's incident go unpunished.
08:56I ask all of you to be my witnesses.
08:58If I find out the Walker family was behind this,
09:00I will make every last one of them pay.
09:02My mother's face went completely white.
09:04Emily stood behind her, her lips trembling,
09:06a flicker of hope still in her eyes.
09:08My brother, Christopher, stood at the back of the crowd,
09:10his expression unreadable.
09:12He said nothing.
09:13He didn't come forward.
09:14He just stood there like a statue.
09:16The ambulance arrived, followed by the police.
09:18We were hired, and this has nothing to do with us.
09:21Christopher's face was deathly pale.
09:22He stood in the corner,
09:23his eyes darting around as if he were about to bolt.
09:25Emily, weeping crittily, threw herself into Alexander's arms.
09:28Alexander, I'm so scared.
09:29How could my sister become like this?
09:31Alexander patted her back, but said nothing.
09:34I glanced at him, then climbed into the ambulance.
09:37The hospital corridor was locked.
09:43I sat on a-
09:56I cried out, my voice cracking perfectly.
10:12This is the only option, otherwise his life will be in danger.
10:16I signed the consent form, my tears falling onto the paper.
10:19The pen was light, but my hand was shaking.
10:23Not from grief, from excitement.
10:28I had finally waited for this day.
10:30As I signed my name, I remembered the doctor telling me three years ago,
10:34you may never be able to get pregnant.
10:36I had laid alone in a hospital bed with no one beside me.
10:38No one signed a consent form.
10:39No one stayed with me through the surgery.
10:41No one asked if I was in pain.
10:43Now, it was Matthew's turn.
10:44The operation lasted six hours.
10:47I sat in the corridor the entire time.
10:49I didn't move an inch.
10:51Not because I was worried,
10:53but because I wanted to watch it all happen with my own eyes.
10:56At three in the morning, the surgery ended.
10:59The doctors wheeled Matthew out.
11:00His face was as white as a sheet,
11:02tubes snaking from his body.
11:04His lips were cracked, and his eyes were squeezed shut.
11:07I stood over him and looked down at his ruined form.
11:10Matthew, when you wake up,
11:12you'll find that the world is no longer the same.
11:16He did not respond.
11:18Matthew remained unconscious in the ICU for seven days.
11:23During those seven days, I did everything a good wife should do.
11:26I went to the hospital to see him every day.
11:28I cried at his bedside.
11:30I told reporters,
11:31I believe my husband is innocent.
11:33I will find out the truth.
11:35My tears were real.
11:37Not because my heart ached for him,
11:40but because I was finally too exhausted to keep up the act.
11:45I immediately halted all cooperation between the Felice Group and the Walker family.
11:49The Walker family's stock plummeted,
11:51hitting its trading limit day after day.
11:53More than half their market value evaporated within a week.
11:55I called every supplier connected to the Walker family.
11:58If you continue to work with the Walkers,
12:00you are making an enemy of the Felice family.
12:03No one dared to offend the Felice family.
12:05Within a day, the Walker warehouses were empty.
12:08Their production lines ground to a halt,
12:10and their employees began to strike.
12:12I went to the police station to give my statement,
12:15telling the police I suspected my husband had been deliberately framed.
12:18I met with the two hired men once.
12:20I didn't say much.
12:21I just had my people inside take good care of them.
12:24I wasn't threatening them.
12:26I was merely reminding them who could truly protect them.
12:29Soon, they confessed.
12:31It was Christopher Miller who hired us.
12:34He told us to ruin the person in that room.
12:37He didn't say if it would be a man or a woman.
12:40We swear, we didn't know it was Mr. Harrison.
12:43Christopher was taken into custody.
12:45That day, I stood at the courthouse entrance,
12:47and watched as he was escorted into a police car.
12:49He saw me and screamed,
12:51Scarlet! Little sister! Save me!
12:53I didn't hurt Matthew!
12:54Why would I hurt him?
12:55I didn't answer.
12:56The car drove away.
12:59The day after Christopher was arrested,
13:01my mother and father brought Emily to my door.
13:03They stood outside the gates of the Philly estate,
13:06looking as miserable as three beggars.
13:08My mother's hair was a mess, her eyes swollen and red.
13:11It was clear she'd been crying all night.
13:12My father stood behind her with his head bowed, saying nothing.
13:15Emily stood at the very back, wearing a white dress and flawless makeup,
13:18but she couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.
13:20Scarlet! Get out here!
13:21My mother shouted, pounding on the iron gate.
13:24You jinx!
13:25It wasn't enough for you to curse your own husband?
13:27Now you want to kill your brother too?
13:29I had the butler open the gate.
13:30Catherine, you need to understand something.
13:32Your son is the one who committed a crime.
13:34If you're here to beg, then act like it.
13:35If you keep this up, I won't hesitate to have you thrown out.
13:38My words choked her.
13:39She stood there, stunned.
13:40Please, forgive him.
13:42Mom can make it up to you.
13:43Didn't you always love Emily's room when you were little?
13:45Mom will give it to you, and the family shares too.
13:47I'll have your father give you the majority.
13:49I glanced at Emily.
13:50Her expression was so bitter, it looked like it might crack her face.
13:53I'm sorry, Catherine.
13:53I stopped caring about those things a long time ago.
13:55Then what do you want?
13:56You shouldn't be begging me.
13:57You should be begging the person who's really responsible.
13:59If the true culprit steps forward, your son will be fine, won't he?
14:01My mother froze.
14:02What do you mean?
14:03I looked past her, directly at Emily.
14:05Emily's pupils contracted.
14:06Mom, don't listen to her nonsense!
14:08She's trying to drive a wedge between us!
14:09My mother looked at me, then back at Emily, and a flicker of doubt crossed her face.
14:12She wasn't stupid.
14:13She had simply chosen not to think about it.
14:15But now, all the evidence pointed in one direction, and she had no choice but to face it.
14:19Emily, why would your brother harm Matthew?
14:21How should I know?
14:22I'm not a mind reader!
14:23And what about what happened to Scarlet three years ago?
14:25Did you know about that?
14:26Emily's face turned ghostly white.
14:27My mother looked at that face, and suddenly, she seemed to understand.
14:30Emily, tell me.
14:32You didn't know about what happened to Scarlet three years ago, did you?
14:35Emily said nothing.
14:35My mother's hands began to shake.
14:37I watched from the sidelines, feeling a grim satisfaction I couldn't describe.
14:40Three years.
14:40For three years, I had imagined what my mother's face would look like if she ever learned the truth.
14:43Now I knew.
14:44It was the face of utter collapse.
14:45Mom, you don't need to beg her.
14:47Emily finally said, her voice thick with tears.
14:49I have a way to get Christopher out.
14:50Scarlet, don't get cocky.
14:51Soon, I'll make sure you can't smile anymore.
14:53She dragged my mother away.
14:55I stood at the gate and watched them go, a small smile playing on my lips.
14:58Good.
14:59I'll be waiting.
15:00The next two weeks was incredibly productive.
15:02As the sole person in charge of the Felici group, I began to systematically dismantle the Walker family's empire.
15:07I cut off all their supply chains, bought out their minority shareholders, and left them unable to even repay their
15:12bank loans.
15:12Every night, I sat in the study, poring over reports and numbers, transferring the Walker family's assets into the Felici
15:18family's name, piece by piece.
15:19I wasn't just taking revenge, I was harvesting.
15:22Every transaction, every number, felt like a drop of blood I had once swed.
15:26My brother Christopher called from prison every day, crying that the other inmates beat him, starved him, and wouldn't let
15:32him sleep.
15:33His voice grew hoarser and more desperate with each call.
15:36My mother cried every time she heard from him.
15:38After crying, she would call me and beg me to let him go.
15:40I blocked her number.
15:42She called back from seven different numbers.
15:44I blocked them all.
15:45My father called me once, too.
15:48Scarlett, dad is sorry, but he's your brother.
15:51You can't do this to him!
15:53Three years ago, when you told the entire school I was a thief, did you ever remember that I was
15:57your daughter?
15:58He was silent for a long time.
16:01So long that I thought he had hung up.
16:03Emily told me to say that.
16:06I know.
16:07Then why are you still...
16:09Because you're the one who said it.
16:12Of course, I didn't forget about Emily.
16:14I had my people leak rumors on social media, suggesting that Emily Walker was a fake heiress adopted by the
16:19Walker family,
16:20and that she had been secretly framing the real heiress, Scarlett, since childhood.
16:23The story spread like wildfire.
16:25Some people pitied me.
16:26Some cursed me.
16:27Some thought I was just chasing clout.
16:30I didn't care.
16:31I knew public opinion was a knife.
16:32I only needed to hand it to the crowd, and someone would eventually use it to stab her.
16:37There was movement on Alexander Reynolds' side, too.
16:39I heard the Reynolds family elders were furious.
16:42They believed Emily was dragging down their business, and demanded that Alexander divorce her.
16:47Alexander didn't refuse.
16:49I knew exactly what kind of man he was.
16:51If he could abandon me at my lowest point, he could certainly abandon Emily when she needed him most.
16:56He didn't love anyone.
16:57He only loved profit.
16:59One day, Alexander showed up at my office.
17:02He wore a custom suit, his hair perfectly coiffed.
17:05He looked exactly the same, but I knew he wasn't here to reminisce.
17:08Scarlett, you want Emily completely destroyed.
17:12I can help you.
17:13Why would you help me?
17:15Because I want to divorce her.
17:17But right now, she's the sympathetic party.
17:20If I initiate it, it will be messy.
17:22If you could make her file for divorce herself, or get her caught in some other scandal...
17:27Alexander, when you abandoned me back then, did you ever imagine there would come a day when you'd be asking
17:32me for help?
17:33His expression flickered for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure.
17:36That was business, not personal.
17:38With you, there's no difference.
17:40He didn't deny it.
17:41If you want my help, fine.
17:43But you have to do one thing for me first.
17:46What?
17:46He was silent for 30 seconds.
17:49Fine.
17:50And he did it.
17:51During a public interview, in front of a wall of reporters, he said...
17:55Three years ago, I believed certain false rumors and made the wrong choice.
17:58I am deeply sorry for the pain I caused, Miss Scarlett Miller.
18:02The clip was viewed over 5 million times.
18:05Emily completely broke down.
18:07She called me, screaming into the phone.
18:10Scarlett!
18:11Why are you doing this to me?
18:13I treated you like my own sister!
18:15How could you?
18:16You treated me like your sister?
18:18I laughed, the sound sharp and humorless.
18:21When you plastered my photos all over the city, did you think of me as your sister?
18:24When you had Christopher hire thugs to ruin me, did you think of me as your sister?
18:28When you stole my fiancé, did you think of me as your sister?
18:30She fell silent.
18:32Emily, do you know what karma feels like now?
18:35She hung up.
18:36On the day I was preparing to close the net on the Walker family for guests, the hospital called.
18:40Mrs. Miller, Mr. Harrison has woken up.
18:42I hung up the phone and smiled faintly.
18:44I was ready.
18:44I had been waiting for this day for a very long time.
18:46I sent a quick text, he's awake.
18:48Proceed as planned.
18:49Then I drove to the hospital.
18:50As soon as I entered the ward, two bodyguards grabbed my arms and twisted them behind my back.
18:54Scarlett, who gave you permission to bully Emily while I was unconscious?
18:57Matthew was sitting up in bed.
18:58Both his legs were locked in braces, and his face was deathly pale.
19:01But his eyes were as vicious as a cornered animal's.
19:03His hair was a mess.
19:04His lips were cracked.
19:06There were still faint bloodstains on his neck.
19:08Stop your attacks on the Walker family immediately and get Christopher released!
19:11Before I could speak, he grabbed the water clasp from the bedside table and hurled it at my head.
19:16The glass shattered against my forehead.
19:18Warm blood trickled down my face, dripping onto my white dress like red flowers blooming on snow.
19:25Why is that bastard still in there?
19:28Someone!
19:29Get rid of it for me! Since Alexander can't protect Emily, I will!
19:32Let me tell you, Scarlett, only Emily is worthy of carrying my child.
19:37The two bodyguards released my hands and started toward me.
19:39I didn't struggle. I didn't scream. I just stood there, looking at Matthew, the corners of my mouth slowly lifting
19:44into a smile.
19:45The door burst open. Margaret Felice strode in.
19:48She wore a severe black suit. Her gray hair pulled back so tightly it seemed to sharpen the lines on
19:52her face.
19:52Behind her were four bodyguards and a lawyer.
19:55Useless thing!
19:56She walked up to Matthew and slapped him hard across the face.
19:59The sharp crack echoed through the silent ward.
20:01It's bad enough that you let yourself be used and humiliated, but now you want to kill my only grandchild?
20:05I should have drowned you the day you were born.
20:07Mom!
20:07Matthew covered his cheek, his eyes wide with disbelief.
20:10Shut up!
20:10She turned and kicked Emily, who had, at some point, knelt by Matthew's bed, crying trittily into his arms.
20:15Margaret's kick sent her sprawling. Emily screamed as she rolled, her forehead cracking against the metal bedbrain. Blood began to
20:20stream down her face.
20:21You little jinx. Your brother turned my son into this pathetic thing. And you still have the nerve to show
20:28your face?
20:28If I were you, I'd hurry home and have one last good meal. Because soon the Walker family won't have
20:34any good meals left.
20:35Get her out of my sight. Two bodyguards grabbed Emily and dragged her from the room.
20:40Matthew, save me!
20:41But Matthew was helpless. He could only watch as she was hauled away. He collapsed back against the pillows.
20:47Mom, what did you mean? What do you mean, pathetic thing?
20:50I walked to his side, unlocked my phone, and played the livestream clip from the party.
20:54In the video, he lay on the bed, his legs twisted, his body covered in bruises, surrounded by a crowd
20:58of horrified onlookers.
20:59On the audio, some people were laughing, some were screaming, and some were asking, who is that?
21:03His face was captured in perfect clarity. Everyone could see it was him.
21:07After three seconds, his face turned from white to gray.
21:10This is impossible. That can't be me.
21:14Matthew, Christopher ruined you. He hired two men to do to you what was done to me.
21:19Now not only are both your legs paralyzed, but the damage, down there, was so severe that the doctors had
21:26to remove everything.
21:27You'll never be a man again.
21:29No!
21:29The child in my belly is your only heir now.
21:32Because I remembered myself three years ago, lying in a bed just like this, hearing those same kinds of words.
21:37Oh, Matthew, you're incomplete.
21:38But I don't care. I won't look down on you. I'll take care of you for the rest of your
21:41life.
21:42He stared at the video on my phone, his eyes unfocused, his lips trembling, his fingers twitched, as if trying
21:46to grasp the last dread of his sanity.
21:48Then he choked, spat a mouthful of blood onto the white sheets, and collapsed.
21:51No one paid her any attention.
21:53Revise the company bylaws.
21:54From now on, all decision-making power belongs to Scarlett.
21:57After Matthew, he needs to rest.
21:59I knew exactly what she meant.
22:01Matthew was moved back to the ICU.
22:02Margaret stood in the hallway, making one phone call after another.
22:06She was mobilizing every resource at her disposal, preparing to launch an all-out war on the Walker family.
22:10She called their banks and instructed them to call in all outstanding loans.
22:14Called their lawyer and advised him to think carefully about his future.
22:17I stood beside her, saying nothing.
22:19I knew that from this day forward, I was no longer fighting alone.
22:22Margaret was a smart woman.
22:24She didn't like Matthew, but he was her only son.
22:26Now that her only son had been destroyed, she would use every weapon in her arsenal to get revenge, and
22:30I was simply going along for the ride.
22:32After hanging up the last call, she turned to me.
22:35Scarlett, is the child in your belly really Matthews?
22:38Yes.
22:39Good.
22:40From today on, you are the head of the Felice family.
22:44Anyone who dares to touch you is making an enemy of me.
22:47Thank you, Mom.
22:49Don't thank me.
22:50I'm not doing this for you.
22:52I'm doing it for my grandson.
22:54The Walker family was finished.
22:57Under the combined pressure from Margaret and me, all of their businesses were liquidated within a week.
23:02The relatives who had once looked down at me, mocked me, and thrown me out of their homes now lined
23:06up to call and apologize.
23:07Scarlett, your great aunt knows she said some unpleasant things.
23:10Please don't take it to heart.
23:12Scarlett, your great uncle held you when you were just a baby.
23:14Do you remember?
23:15Scarlett, please talk to your mother-in-law for us.
23:17Tell her not to cut off our business.
23:18I blocked every single one of their numbers.
23:21Christopher was sentenced to ten years in prison.
23:24In court, he knelt before me, tugging at the hem of my pants like a dog.
23:28Little sister, please forgive your brother.
23:31It wasn't just my fault.
23:33I kicked his hand away.
23:34Just he had kicked mine away when we were children.
23:38If not you, then who?
23:40Do you really think I'll believe you now?
23:43Evidence! I have evidence!
23:46I paused.
23:48What evidence?
23:50What happened three years ago?
23:52Emily made me do it.
23:53I have a video! I have proof!
23:56I turned to look at him.
23:57He was shaking, tears and snot smeared across his face.
24:01He was truly terrified.
24:03Ten years in prison, plus the special care I had arranged for him,
24:06had already worn him down to a shadow of his former self.
24:09Where is the video?
24:10He hesitated, glancing over at Emily, who was sitting in the gallery.
24:14She shook her head desperately.
24:16Christopher! Don't fall for her trap!
24:18Matthew will save us!
24:19Christopher looked at her, then back at me, and finally clamped his mouth shut.
24:24I didn't press him.
24:25I knew that video would fall into my hands sooner or later.
24:29I had plenty of patience.
24:31Matthew spent three months in a psychiatric hospital.
24:34His mental state had completely deteriorated.
24:37He couldn't accept that he had become a cripple, a eunuch.
24:40He spent his days smashing things in his room, cursoring at the staff, and crying out for Emily.
24:46He's too agitated.
24:48Increase his dosage.
24:49It will affect his cognitive function.
24:53Then increase it.
24:55Matthew grew sluggish.
24:57He spent his days sitting in a wheelchair, staring into space, drooling and muttering nonsense.
25:02But his condition stabilized.
25:04At least he no longer tried to harm himself.
25:06Margaret went to see him once.
25:08When she returned, she was silent for a long time.
25:12His life is over.
25:14I said nothing.
25:15Margaret's stomach cancer worsened.
25:17She lay in a hospital bed for a month,
25:19signing over every last company contract and handing all authority to me.
25:22Scarlet!
25:22She said from her bed, her hand gripping mine.
25:24I know you're not a simple woman, but I don't care.
25:26You just have to promise me one thing.
25:28Protect this family.
25:29Protect my grandson.
25:30I will.
25:31Swear it!
25:32I swear.
25:34She smiled.
25:35A faint, tired smile that made her look like an ordinary old woman.
25:39Three days later, she was gone.
25:41On the day of Margaret's funeral, I brought Matthew back from the psychiatric hospital.
25:44He had lost a great deal of weight.
25:46His hair had gone white, and his eyes were dull.
25:48When he saw me, he stared blankly for a long moment before saying something that surprised me.
25:51Scarlet, I was wrong.
25:52I know that now.
25:53Let's just live a proper life from now on.
25:56I looked at his haggard face and felt nothing.
25:58Okay?
25:59But I knew it was a lie.
26:01I had only brought him back so he could see his mother laid to rest.
26:04I hadn't expected Emily to show up before the funeral was even over.
26:08She slipped in with Alexander.
26:09He wore a black suit, his expression so indifferent he could have been attending a stranger's funeral.
26:13Emily followed behind him, her stomach slightly rounded.
26:16She was pregnant.
26:17Sister?
26:17She stood before me.
26:18Long time no see-
26:19I looked at her without speaking.
26:21You must be dying to know why I'm here, right?
26:23She whispered.
26:24Alexander didn't divorce me?
26:25It's because I'm pregnant.
26:27Guess whose child it is?
26:28I looked at her smug face and suddenly smiled.
26:30Do you really think I still care?
26:31Her smile faltered for a second, then returned.
26:34You don't care?
26:35Then why did you ruin Christopher?
26:36Why did you destroy the Walker family?
26:38Sister, you can't fool me.
26:39You hate me.
26:40You hate that I stole everything from you.
26:42You're right.
26:43I do hate you.
26:44But I don't care whose child you're carrying.
26:46Because no matter whose it is, you won't be giving birth to it.
26:50What do you mean?
26:51That night, after the funeral, Emily didn't leave.
26:55She found me at the top of the grand staircase.
26:58Sister, do you think you've won?
27:00You think you've won, but you haven't won anything.
27:04The person Matthew loves is me.
27:06The person Alexander loves is me.
27:08Your parents might be afraid of you now, but in their hearts, they only have one daughter,
27:13and that's me.
27:14You can't have anything.
27:15You're just a tool, an incubator to give them a grandchild.
27:19Are you finished?
27:20No.
27:21Do you know what I hate most about you?
27:23It's not that you're prettier than me or that you're the real heiress.
27:26It's that you never admit defeat.
27:27You were already trampled into the mud, but you still had to crawl your way back up.
27:30Why couldn't you just stay in the mud where you belong?
27:32Why did you have to keep fighting me?
27:34Because I don't accept my fate.
27:36Then go to hell.
27:38She smiled.
27:39Then she leaned back and threw herself down the stairs.
27:42Her scream echoed through the entire villa.
27:43A large pool of blood spread out beneath her, a grotesque red flower blooming on the marble
27:47floor.
27:47Scarlet!
27:48She pushed me!
27:49She pushed me!
27:50Help!
27:51Scarlet is trying to kill me!
27:53Alexander rushed out of a nearby room, followed by my parents.
27:56Even Matthew wheeled himself out of his room.
27:58When Emily saw Matthew, her eyes lit up.
28:01Matthew!
28:01Scarlet killed my baby!
28:03You have to kill her for me!
28:04I stood at the top of the stairs and looked down at the chaos.
28:07She says I pushed her.
28:09Are there any cameras here?
28:11No one answered.
28:12Oh, right.
28:13There are no cameras here.
28:14Then I guess this has nothing to do with me.
28:16Emily miscarried it.
28:18The doctor said her uterus had suffered severe trauma.
28:21She would never be able to get pregnant again.
28:24Alexander stood outside her hospital room for a moment, then turned and walked away.
28:28The next day, he had a messenger deliver the divorce papers.
28:32Emily had been abandoned.
28:33At her weakest and most helpless moment, the man she loved most had walked away.
28:38I didn't visit her, but I did send a bouquet of flowers.
28:41The card read,
28:42Little sister, get some rest.
28:43When you get out, we still have so much to talk about.
28:46The bouquet was sent back, smashed to pieces.
28:49I smiled and had the butler throw it in the trash.
28:52Christopher finally broke.
28:54He mailed me a USB drive from prison.
28:57On it was the video I had been waiting three years for.
29:01It was another angle of the warehouse attack filmed from a dark corner of the room.
29:06In the video, I lay on the floor, covered in blood, while two men assaulted me.
29:11And in the corner stood two people, Christopher and Emily.
29:17Christopher, am I getting a good shot?
29:19When sister sees how beautifully I filmed her tomorrow, she'll be so happy.
29:24This is a masterpiece.
29:26I have to post it all over the city so everyone can see.
29:29You're so naughty.
29:31The video was only three minutes long.
29:35I watched three times.
29:37The first time, my whole body shook.
29:40The second time, I burst into tears.
29:43The third time, I wiped my eyes, picked up the phone, and called my lawyer.
29:48I want to sue Emily Walker.
29:50The charges are intentional assault, illegal recording, distribution of obscene materials,
29:56and aiding and abetting a crime.
29:58Do you have evidence?
30:00I do.
30:01Emily was sentenced to 15 years.
30:03In court, she screamed and cursed, calling me a lunatic and swearing I would be a horrible death.
30:08The judge had to bang the gavel several times just to quiet her down.
30:12Christopher had another five years added to his sentence.
30:15The two men who had assaulted me were retried for perjury and had their sentences doubled.
30:19When the verdict was announced, I stood in the gallery holding a small pink diamond ring,
30:23a gift from my mother-in-law before she died.
30:25I remembered what she had said.
30:27Scarlett, protect this family.
30:30I think I've done that, I thought.
30:32On the day Emily was sentenced, my parents knelt outside my house.
30:35Scarlett, we didn't know Emily was so evil.
30:38We're so sorry.
30:39Please forgive us.
30:40You can have as much money as you want, as long as you still recognize us as your parents.
30:44I had the bodyguards drive them away.
30:46Later, I heard a rumor that they had been sold to a freak show in Thailand.
30:49The man dressed as a woman and danced.
30:51The woman dressed as a clown and juggled.
30:53The audience threw money, bottles, and cigarettes on something.
30:58I don't know if it was true.
30:59If it was, I thought it sounded like a fitting end.
31:02After living a life of glamour, they could still shine on stage in their old age.
31:06Not bad at all.
31:07On the day my son turned one month old, I threw a party at the estate.
31:11All the business partners of the Felice Group, along with the new allies I had made.
31:15No one mentioned the Walker family.
31:16No one mentioned Emily.
31:17No one mentioned Matthew.
31:18They raised their champagne glasses and smiled at me.
31:21To Scarlet, you're incredible.
31:22I smiled back.
31:24After the party ended, I carried my son down to the basement.
31:26Matthew lived in the basement.
31:27Not because he had done anything wrong, but because he was too fragile.
31:30He couldn't be exposed to light, or people, or the wind.
31:33I had his room redecorated.
31:34A new bed, a new quilt, new wallpaper.
31:36There was just one extra thing on the wall.
31:37A large television.
31:38It played the livestream clip of his assault on a roof.
31:40Matthew, I said, holding my son out for him to see.
31:43This is your son.
31:44Take a look.
31:44Matthew shrunk into the corner, shaking, his eyes wild and unfocused.
31:48No, don't make me watch.
31:50Turn it off.
31:50Please, turn it off.
31:51Why should I turn it off?
31:53Isn't this what you loved showing me?
31:55He cried.
31:56He cried like a child.
31:57I sat in a chair across from him, holding my son, and watched him cry.
32:01Matthew, do you know?
32:03On that rooftop, you were the one who saved me.
32:05For the longest time, I was grateful to you for that.
32:08But it was only later that I learned you were also the one who pushed me onto that rooftop in
32:11the first place.
32:12You saved me, then you pushed me down again.
32:14You loved me, then you destroyed me.
32:17Did you ever love me, or was it always Emily?
32:20I don't really care about the answer anymore.
32:22I just think you should know whose fault it is that you ended up like this.
32:27Mine?
32:28It was my own fault?
32:30No.
32:30It was Emily's fault.
32:32And Christopher's.
32:33And your mother's.
32:34And mine.
32:34It was this family's fault.
32:35It was the world's fault.
32:37But the person you hate most is me.
32:39I don't hate you.
32:41I pity you.
32:43That night, I carried my son back to my room.
32:46He slept soundly, his tiny hand clutching my shirt, his breathing soft and even.
32:53As I looked at him, I thought of my mother.
32:55Not Catherine.
32:56My adoptive mother, from the countryside.
32:58She had hit me, starved me, and called me a stray she'd picked up off the street.
33:01But she had also taught me to sing, sewed dresses for me, and stayed up with me all night when
33:05I had a fever.
33:06She wasn't a good mother, but at least she was real.
33:08Catherine was different.
33:09She gave me a beautiful dream, and then smashed it to pieces with her own hands.
33:14I stroked my son's face.
33:16Baby, mommy will never lie to you.
33:18Mommy will never disappoint you.
33:20Mommy will protect you, no matter what.
33:22He slept on, oblivious.
33:24Outside the window, the moon was full and bright, just like it was three and a half years ago.
33:28But the story didn't end there.
33:29Three months after Emily was sent to prison, I received a letter from her.
33:32The paper was wrinkled and stained.
33:34I couldn't tell if it was from tears or something else.
33:37Sister, I know you hate me, but do you really think you've won?
33:41Do you think Matthew will just let you go?
33:43You're so naive.
33:44Before Matthew was sent to the psychiatric hospital, he made a phone call.
33:48You should find out who he called.
33:49I tore the letter to shreds and fed it to the shredder.
33:53But I didn't ignore it.
33:55I had my people pull Matthew's call records.
33:57Before he was committed, he had indeed made a call to a woman named Jennifer Stone.
34:01Who was Jennifer Stone?
34:03I did some digging.
34:04She was Matthew's college girlfriend.
34:06They had broken up years ago.
34:08I'd heard she had married and moved to New York.
34:10I had my team keep investigating.
34:13A week later, I had my answer.
34:15Jennifer Stone had divorced her husband three years ago
34:18and had recently returned to Los Angeles with a five-year-old boy.
34:21That boy's blood type was the same as Matthew's.
34:24I sat in my office, looking at the report, and was silent for a long time.
34:27Matthew had another son.
34:29A five-year-old son.
34:31A son who was not mine.
34:32If Matthew died, all of his inheritance, including everything I now controlled,
34:36would automatically transfer to his next of kin.
34:38The first in line was his son.
34:39The second was his mother.
34:41But his mother was dead.
34:42So the only heir was that child.
34:43Matthew had called Jennifer to tell her to bring the child back
34:45and fight me for the inheritance.
34:47I laughed.
34:47Matthew, oh Matthew.
34:49Even locked away in a psychiatric hospital,
34:50you were still plotting how to hurt me.
34:52You really hadn't changed at all.
34:54I didn't wait for Jennifer to come to me.
34:57I went to her first.
35:00She lived in a small, run-down apartment in East Los Angeles.
35:03Her son was named Benjamin.
35:05He was five years old and looked just like Matthew.
35:08The same gray eyes.
35:09The same thin face.
35:10The same narrow lips.
35:12I sat in her cramped living room
35:14and placed a document on the coffee table in front of her.
35:17This is the DNA test report for Matthew and your son.
35:20They are, indeed, father and son.
35:23Jennifer's face went pale.
35:26What do you want?
35:27I don't want anything.
35:29I just want you to understand
35:31that your son has a legal claim to Matthew's estate.
35:35Then you'll give it to him?
35:37No, I said.
35:39But I will give you a choice.
35:41I took out another document.
35:44This is an agreement to waive all inheritance rights.
35:48If you sign it, I'll give you five million dollars.
35:52You can take your son, leave Los Angeles, and never come back.
35:56Jennifer stared at the agreement, her hands trembling.
36:02And if I refuse?
36:03You will get nothing.
36:05Jennifer cried.
36:09Then she signed.
36:11I transferred her the five million dollars to her account.
36:15And she left with her son.
36:17The day after Jennifer left, I went to see Matthew.
36:20He sat in his wheelchair in the basement.
36:22His vacant eyes fixed on the television screen.
36:24The clip of his assault was still playing on a loop.
36:27He must have watched it thousands of times.
36:29Matthew, I said, standing before him.
36:31Your other son is gone.
36:33He voluntarily gave up his inheritance.
36:36He said he didn't want a father who was locked away in a psychiatric hospital.
36:42Matthew's eyes flickered.
36:44Did you really think I didn't know you called Jennifer?
36:46I crouched down, bringing my face level with his.
36:49Did you really think you could still hurt me?
36:52Scarlet.
36:53His voice was a dry, rasping whisper.
36:55Why won't you just let me go?
36:58Because you don't deserve to be let go.
37:00I stood and turned the television volume to its maximum setting.
37:05Watch closely, Matthew.
37:06This is your masterpiece.
37:08You filmed me.
37:09And I filmed you.
37:11Now we're even.
37:13I walked out of the basement and locked the door.
37:16I could hear his sobs from behind the thick wood.
37:19Six months later, I got news from the prison about Emily.
37:23She had tried to slit her wrists with a sharpened toothbrush handle.
37:26The guards found her in time.
37:27She was no longer in danger of dying, but her mental state had shattered.
37:32She asked to see me.
37:33She lay on a hospital bed, gauze wrapped around her wrist, her face as white as the sheets.
37:39When she saw me, she smiled a strange, broken smile.
37:43Sister, you came.
37:45What do you want?
37:46I want to tell you a secret.
37:49She blinked, slowly.
37:51Do you know who introduced me to Matthew three years ago?
37:53I'm not interested.
37:54It was Alexander, she said.
37:57Alexander told Matthew that I needed someone to protect me.
37:59He arranged for us to meet.
38:01I froze.
38:02And do you know why Alexander did that?
38:04Emily smiled.
38:05Because from the very beginning, he never wanted to marry you.
38:09He thought you were too strong-willed, too hard to control.
38:12He needed a replacement.
38:14A weaker woman who could make him feel powerful.
38:17You're telling me this because you want me to hate Alexander?
38:19No.
38:20I want you to know that everyone around you has lied to you.
38:23Matthew lied to you.
38:25Alexander lied to you.
38:26Your mother lied to you.
38:27Your brother lied to you.
38:29You beat them all.
38:30Did you really win?
38:32She didn't answer her own question.
38:35Instead, she closed her eyes.
38:38Go away, sister.
38:39I don't want to see you anymore.
38:41I walked out of the hospital and into the bright sunlight.
38:45What happened to Alexander?
38:47Later, he married the daughter of an oil tycoon.
38:50She was 15 years older than him and had two children from a previous marriage.
38:54He became a kept man, living a life that looked glamorous on the outside but was devoid of any real
39:00dignity.
39:01My mother and father?
39:03I never heard from them again.
39:05Some say they died in Thailand.
39:07Some say they were rescued.
39:08Some say they even came back to the States.
39:10I didn't care.
39:12Christopher contracted tuberculosis in prison.
39:14His health deteriorated daily.
39:16He applied for medical parole, but his request was denied.
39:21Emily remained in the psychiatric hospital for a long time.
39:24She no longer recognized anyone.
39:26She spent her days sitting by the window, staring at the sky and muttering,
39:30Sister, sister.
39:32And Matthew?
39:33He lived in the basement for three more years, his body wasting away.
39:37One day, when I went down to see him, he was already dead.
39:41He died quietly.
39:42No struggle.
39:43No final shouts.
39:44The coroner said it was sudden cardiac arrest.
39:47After he died, I had his ashes scattered at sea.
39:49No gravestone.
39:50No eulogy.
39:51No visitors.
39:52As for me, I took my place at the head of the company,
39:56in the tallest building in the city.
39:58My son is three years old now.
40:00Smart and healthy.
40:02He knows who his father was, but he never asks,
40:05Where did Dad go?
40:06Because I've already told him, Dad went somewhere very far away.
40:09He's not coming back.
40:11Then Mommy is my whole world.
40:13He says.
40:14I say,
40:15Yes.
40:16Mommy is your whole world.
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