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Abandoned in Snow, Returned as Heiress New Ep.20 SM
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00:07because i couldn't bear him a son lucas abandoned me and our daughter on a snow-covered highway
00:13in freezing weather then drove off without a second glance to spend a joyful new year with
00:21his next wife this cruel manly shed a tear when he saw our coffins
00:30i thought lucas reed was pulling over to pee leila's asleep grace get lena out of the car lucas
00:39it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing december 23 23 degrees
00:47fahrenheit held leila and watched him restart the engine the taillights got smaller and losser in
00:52the snow until they disappeared the snow kept falling i stood by the guard rail trying to
00:57block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy he's he's at grandma's aunt lucy's coming to get us
01:06but i'm cold
01:09i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around her head my phone had only 30 battery left
01:16i called lucy once twice three times she finally picked up hey lucy your brother said you're picking
01:25us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned it i'm at a party right now though can't
01:31leave just
01:31wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out here lena can't god you're so dramatic just wait okay
01:37lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need to get home waiting a bit won't kill you too
01:40i stood there fingers stiff then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in my arms
01:53mommy i want to go home we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon four years
02:02of marriage i
02:03never knew he could be this cruel dumped his own wife and daughter on the highway for sophia's kid
02:08because vivian said she didn't want to sit with a dirty kid headlights appeared in the distant i
02:14waved here a black suv slowed down stopped the window rolled down a young guy need help can you take
02:26us
02:26to the next rest stop please get in thank you grace what are you doing out here where's lucas
02:36i told henry what happened is he insane he left you and laylee out here sophie's kid matters but his
02:44own daughter doesn't lee squeeze them in now
02:52no room look at her face she's turning blue i climbed into the back with layla heat hit my frozen
03:01skin it hurt call me when you get to the rest stop i'll make lucas come get you henry you'll
03:07freeze
03:07out here i'll survive just take care of the kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the snow
03:13getting
03:14smaller the car pulled away i looked through the back window henry stood in the snow getting smaller lena
03:23slept in my arms her cheeks were still too red i touched her forehead burning can you go faster she
03:30has a fever lee not lee nodded stepped on gas stepped on the gas i reached for my phone no
03:40signal
03:42how far is it to the rest stop 12 miles half an hour easy i held layla tighter kept checking
03:51her
03:51forehead hotter baby wake up don't close your eyes we don't grow good i know we're almost there
04:01just hold on she started coughing hard her little face turned blue i patted her back the tears finally
04:11came please faster i'm going as fast as i can the roads are icy the cough got worse her breathing
04:22sounded like a broken whistle i can't breathe i unzapped her coat her chest was heaving pneumonia
04:31she almost died from it last year lena look at me stay awake mommy's gonna tell you a story
04:36about the bunny her eyes fluttered her breathing got shallower someone help she's dying please no one
04:44answered just the sound of the wind and snow howling outside the car finally pulled into the rest stop
04:51is there a doctor please she's sick there's no doctor here towers down lines are dead
05:00my knees buckled layla was silent in my arms fever in me of the grace lena try giving her these
05:14please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with the
05:18snow all right i'll try yes go now lela remember you wanted to go to disney world mommy's taking you
05:28we'll ride the biggest carousel you're going to wear that elsa dress right and universal studios
05:36they have transformers we'll go see your hero her eyelashes fluttered but she didn't open her eyes
05:42my phone buzzed my phone buzzed a signal i dialed lucas with shaking fingers
05:51hello lucas lena is sick it's bad where are you lena on the way to the community hospital
06:00you need to come grace lucy's picking you up isn't she she didn't come she never came
06:11that's not possible she just posted on social media said she was on her way i opened the app and
06:17found lucy's profile her latest post 10 minutes ago a selfie highway in the background the caption
06:24picking up grace the location tag said 60 miles away she hadn't moved an inch she was lying to lucas
06:30she was lying to me grace sophie and vivian just got here my mom's happy don't ruin it when lucy
06:37picks you up take wayla to your family kids get fingers it's normal she's not gonna die stop being
06:42dramatic don't miss i held the phone my blood ran cold your husband
06:53i nodded
06:55hold on i'm taking a shortcut that kid is not dying on my watch
07:01he turned onto a back road the snow got heavier i could barely hear lena breathing anymore
07:08i felt for her heartbeat so faint hello don't do this to mommy mommy was wrong i should have never
07:13been such a fool mommy was wrong to marry him mommy sorry i'm so sorry i was crying as i
07:18reached into
07:18my pocket i pulled out a small metal disc about the size of a button dad gave it to me
07:24grace if the reeds
07:25ever hurt you or laylee push this but i want one more thing no sound but i knew the signal
07:31went out
07:31dad said his people would be there within three hours but three hours could layla last three hours
07:37community hospital finally came into view acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get the crash cart
07:44ready they stopped me at the door i stood behind the glass watched them intubate her hook her up to
07:52monitors her tiny body on that bed i felt so helpless like i was watching her die
07:58i collapsed in the corner shaking my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing grace where are
08:07you my mom's waiting hello hospital they're resuscitating leila what why are you at a hospital
08:16where's lucy she never came that's impossible she just texted me said she picked you up i opened the
08:25family group chat 20 minutes ago a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached
08:32a woman's silhouette in the passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was
08:37lying to him with a pre-planned photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to
08:46come
08:46for christmas do you because sophie's here you're jealous so you made this up
08:53you think i'm lying otherwise what lucy has no reason to lie to me she's my sister
08:59what are you lucas if leila dies tonight i will never forgive you whatever my mom says sophie can
09:07still bore me a son you can't so step aside the line went dead i slid down the wall
09:16family
09:20i'm here
09:23we saved her but there's something you need to see but what oxygen deprivation
09:30too long there's brain damage she may never walk or talk or think like a normal child
09:36the room spun i grabbed the wall she's still so young we did everything we could get her admitted
09:46the bills won't be cheap i stumbled to the billing window
09:53insufficient funds lucas gave me three thousand a month
09:58i called him what now leila needs surgery transfer me fifty thousand fifty thousand what am i an atm a
10:08printing press
10:12lucas she's your daughter a girl even if she recovers she's worthless i hung up stood at the window
10:24can we start the treatment first i'll pay later sorry hospital policy deposit first
10:31i walked outside into the snow my phone buzzed henry
10:40henry do me a favor anything if i die take care of leila what the hell are you talking about
10:48i have no money leila has no future lucas doesn't want her
10:53i don't either dump her in foster care at least she'll live don't do anything stupid
11:00where are you i'm coming no i hung up
11:05turned off the phone
11:08walked back to the room leila lay on the bed tubes everywhere her pale face like she was just sleeping
11:17i held her hand i kissed her forehead then turned and walked out
11:24the hospital roof was cold with wind and snow i stood at the edge looking down
11:33people looked so small down there jumping would end everything leila would be given away lucas would
11:38marry sophie everyone would be happy except me and leila i closed my eyes and leaned forward then
11:44someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back hard i hit the ground and looked up men in black suits
11:49stood around me the one in front was in his 50s with gray hair he took off his sunglasses his
11:54eyes red
11:56grace
11:59dad they put me on a private helicopter leila came too a doctor on board took over immediately
12:05intracranial pressure too high she needs surgery now call the main hospital tell them to clear the
12:10o-r dad held my hand he wouldn't stop shaking i'm sorry sweetheart i came too late i'm sorry dad
12:18what's going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he knew
12:25we had money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought
12:30as
12:31long as he treated you well it was fine but i never expected he looked at leila unconscious and his
12:36tears
12:37fell never expected them to be this cruel to abuse my granddaughter like this the helicopter landed
12:44on the roof of city general they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best
12:50equipment read group before the market opens tomorrow i want it to crash terminate every partnership
12:57call the banks you know what to do grace i'm giving you two choices first divorce him take the money
13:05take leila broad never come back second stay watch the reeds fall
13:14i thought about it second but i want one more thing one more thing father what find two bodies one
13:24exactly like mine and a little girl's like leila's frozen to death on the side of the highway i want
13:29them
13:29to think i'm dead then i want to watch them celebrate watch them celebrate christmas while leila and i are
13:35dead
13:37done the bodies looked real one adult one child lying in the snow by the highway when they were
13:44found they were already frozen the call came while the reeds were eating christmas dinner the table was
13:49full of laughs grandma oh vivian sophie is so much better her daughter is well behaved not like grace that
13:55little brat of hers was always crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the husband of grace
14:02reed we found two bodies by the highway you need to come identify them what did you say grace and
14:09leila
14:10froze to death
14:14lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue the cop led him to the viewing room the drawer
14:21slid open
14:22two bodies one big one small the big one wore my coat the small one curled in her arms like
14:30she was
14:30sleeping are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached out to touch my face but his
14:37hands wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them we checked the cameras your sister's car never
14:44hit the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the victim's phone we found an audio
14:48recording of her last call to you seven pm she said the child was begged you to help you said
14:52you said a girl even if she would cover she's worthless i thought i thought she was lying i
14:58didn't know i didn't think she really if you'd known would you have gone silence lucas had no answer
15:09oh my god leila my little girl
15:13how could this happen i even haven't seen you alone lucas this is for the best grace is gone
15:21now you can have sophie mom that's my daughter your granddaughter so what she's dead that saves you
15:30a divorce settlement tell the cop to premate them already don't ruin christmas ma'am
15:36these are two human beings so what not your problem let's go sophie's waiting for us
15:48wait
15:51grace
15:53i'm sorry i was wrong
15:57i didn't i never thought why are you apologizing she was just unlucky shut up
16:04we must bring them home mrs reed didn't dare to say another word
16:11the reeds held a memorial lucas i didn't mean to i was just hanging with friends
16:17lost track of time how was i supposed to know they'd actually die lost track of time two people
16:23you lost track of time what do you want me to do die for her she's not worth it
16:31get out i don't want to see you again you're not my sister
16:38lucas i'm so sorry grace wouldn't want you to be like this they were doing what it happened
16:43freezing to death on the highway waiting for someone who was never coming that was your sister's fault not
16:48mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two lives i keep thinking what if i'd answered the
16:54phone what if i'd gone to get them what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace is dead
17:01i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas slid down the wall and sat against the coffin
17:07on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake ridiculous people only cry when it's too late
17:16the reeds held a memorial lucas i didn't mean to i was just hanging with friends
17:23lost track of time how was i supposed to know they'd actually die lost track of time two people
17:28you lost track of time what do you want me to do die for her she's not worth it
17:37get out i don't want to see you again you're not my sister
17:44lucas i'm so sorry grace wouldn't want you to be like this they were doing what it happened
17:48freezing to death on the highway waiting for someone who was never coming that was your sister's fault not
17:53mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two lives i keep thinking what if i'd answered the
17:59phone what if i'd gone to get them what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace is dead
18:07i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas slid down the wall and sat against the coffin
18:12on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake ridiculous people only cry when it's too late
18:22after grace's death things moved fast the reed empire started to crumble first their biggest
18:27client walked signed a 10-year deal with their rival overnight then the banks called in their loans
18:31and the whole cash flow dried up suppliers showed up at the door all at once demanding payment
18:40the company is dying do you understand so what we still have money money mom
18:46we're going bankrupt the house the cars the savings all of it gone to pay debts you might not even
18:52be
18:52able to afford food soon that's impossible nothing's impossible mr reed did you like my gift who is
19:02this you don't need to know all you need to know is this is just the beginning the debt you
19:06owe the
19:06entire reed family will pay it reed group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off
19:13mrs reed moved out of the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school lucas
19:21didn't stop her he went back to the funeral home the coffins were still there he bribed the night
19:27guard with his last few dollars so he could sleep on the floor
19:32you ruined the family for a dead woman what about mom then who will pay the price for grace
19:38who will answer for layla she left crying and never came back lucas started looking for work
19:43but no one wanted a bankrupt boss with a bad reputation he ended up as a waiter start today
19:48wash dishes okay grace today i carried 300 plates my hands are falling off in the old days you would
19:55have told me to take it easy why was i so stupid you were so good layla was so cute
19:59how did i get so
19:59lost listening to mom that's right daddy layla daddy sorry you love strawberry cake daddy gets paid
20:07tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't know this late guilt meant nothing next morning lucas went to the
20:16bakery is waiting lunch break he squatted on the back steps of the diner hey you okay nothing got
20:24something in my eye i heard you used to be a big shot how'd you end up like this got
20:28what i deserved
20:29he didn't want to talk some pain you swallow alone he thought about grace's last call her horse voice
20:35layla dying would everything have been different shift ended lucas didn't go straight to the funeral
20:42home he took a detour to the bakery downtown give me the smallest one back at the funeral home layla
20:48daddy bought you cake try it it's your favorite grace have a bite too you always said i wasted money
20:55never bought the expensive cake now i bought it i want you tasty he sat there until the candles burned
21:00out next morning he took the receipt and went back to the bakery one strawberry cake you again there's a
21:06mother and daughter who come here a lot they were just here a couple days ago the little girl is
21:09so cute
21:10two pigtails pointed at the cake and said she wanted to surprise her mom what did you say
21:13they came here two days ago the girl had pigtails really cute yes i remember clearly she was so
21:20excited about the cake really did they look like this the build matches but the little girl looks
21:24just like that he was going to find them first the park where he used to take layla he walked
21:31every
21:32path and shouted layla grace where are you the wind ate his voice no answer he went to the spot
21:40where
21:40they used to feed pigeons he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was wrong please
21:46come out please
21:50every day after his shift he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere malls playgrounds the preschool
21:56the bookstore grace used to love every place he could think of
22:02he's crazy lucas they're gone you need to move on he didn't listen he knew grace and layla were
22:10alive he would find them one day he went to a preschool the one grace once said she'd send layla
22:16to
22:16when she was older then he saw her the way she moved her smile it was layla he pushed open
22:24the gate and
22:25ran in fear flooded her eyes she ran behind a man in a suit she's my daughter i'm her father
22:30move sir
22:31i don't know you i don't know what you're talking about this is my employer's daughter leave now
22:37or i'll call the police don't touch me you're a bad guy you hurt mommy you left us in the
22:45snow
22:45mommy said you died don't come near us the disgust it stabbed right through his heart he finally
22:52understood what he'd done to her then a black sedan pulled up and parked by the gate the back window
22:56rolled down revealing a face he'd never forgotten it's been a long time lucas grace you're really not
23:19dead
23:19mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab me mommy knows mommy will protect you i i wanted to
23:27see layla
23:28i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to you both of you just give
23:35me one more chance let
23:37me take care of you and layla i'll spend the rest of my life making this right i'll do anything
23:41some
23:42mistakes can never be undone you treated us the way you did now you live with the consequences two
23:49choices one leave now and never show your face in front of me or layla again two i call the
23:55cops and
23:56press charges for child abandonment and reckless endangerment i have layla's medical records and your
24:01phone call recordings all saved no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter i can't live without her
24:11let me see her just once please i promise after that i'll go she's not your daughter
24:21the moment you left her on that highway you lost the right to be her father have some dignity
24:26if you keep this up i'll call the police who are you why are you interfering with my family
24:34allow me to introduce myself i'm the assistant to the chairman of bennett group
24:39miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune she's now taken full control of the company
24:47bennett group you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad pretended to be poor to see
24:53if you loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you disappointed me grace let go of
24:59me mr reed
25:00stay down
25:07what's there to look at this isn't our house anymore why are you embarrassing yourself lucy
25:13i found grace and layla they're not dead they're alive so what they're doing fine now why would they
25:19want anything to do with a loser like you i know i was wrong i want to make it up
25:23to them make it up
25:24with what you have nothing can't even support yourself you're insane lucy please help me i just
25:29want to see lena once i'm not helping you you're the one who left them on the highway you ruin
25:33this
25:34family i'm doing fine now stay away from me what do you want i told you don't come here grace
25:40and layla
25:40they're alive so what what does that have to do with me i just want to live my life in
25:45peace mom
25:46i want to make it up to them can you help me help you with what money you're broke can't
25:52even feed
25:52yourself and you want to make things right you know what if you just listen to me and never married
25:57grace none of this would have happened now sophie's gone too this is all your fault mom how can you
26:03say
26:03that layla is your granddaughter so what i don't care dead or alive doesn't matter don't come back
26:09you're not my son anymore
26:15sophie you said you were going back to your hometown lucas are you insane who the hell are you touch
26:20my
26:21girl again sophie tell me what if grace and layla on the highway for you lost my family for you
26:26and
26:27this is how you treat me lucas you don't actually think i liked you do you you've messes reed likes
26:32me
26:32that's why i came around you think i wanted to look at her mean face the highway you think vivian
26:36was just
26:36being a brat i told her make a scene refused to sit with grace and layla and i'd buy her
26:40the
26:40whole elsa collection lucas from the start i wanted grace gone i wanted her to die in that snow only
26:46then could i take her place too bad she survived get lost come near sophie again i'll kill you
27:05remember me december 23rd a three-year-old girl pneumonia oxygen deprivation her mom brought her
27:12in how is she is she okay you have the guts to ask her mom carried her in knees where
27:16were you
27:17she almost died in that er you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars now you want to know how she is
27:21she was transferred to city general top specialist three days and three nights to pull her back to
27:25life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she hears the word
27:30highway nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't that the former
27:35owner of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and daughter on the
27:39highway
27:39then went bankrupt wife and daughter died karma
27:48grace
27:52lucas what do you want i want to see layla just once i promise after that i'll leave you alone
27:57i know i was wrong i know i think about every day about you about layla please give me one
28:03more
28:03chance one more chance said to get rid of her where was her chance then lucas some mistakes can never
28:08be
28:08fixed
28:16lucas reed
28:17lucas reed found this morning his rental suicide
28:19so
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