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Her Voice, My Songs
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00:29The Last Note
00:45The Last Note
01:21The Last Note
01:30They were playing a melody I wrote for her
01:31My song
01:34When she saw me she didn't panic
01:36She didn't even flinch
01:39Ethan, meet Kian
01:42He's my new collaborator
01:44The man turned
01:45I knew his face
01:47I knew his blood
01:48He was Damon Hale's son
01:52The man who destroyed my father
01:54My voice came out cold, sharp enough to cut glass
01:58My father only had one child
02:00In that moment, I knew
02:03The marriage was over
02:04The mercy was gone
02:05I sat at my father's grave for three hours
02:08Rain started to fall
02:10Cold and gray
02:11Just like the day he died
02:14I didn't just lose a father that day
02:16I lost the right to grieve
02:18Where are you?
02:20You're being ridiculous
02:22I'm at the cemetery
02:24Silence
02:25Then she sighed
02:26Like I was a burden
02:27You're still upset about the piano?
02:29It was just a song, Ethan
02:31Let go of the past
02:33My chest tightened
02:34Pain exploded in my stomach
02:35Old ulcers from years of writing through the night
02:37Skipping meals
02:38Burning myself out for her
02:39I dropped the phone
02:41She called back, frantic
02:45Are you having an attack?
02:46Don't move, I'll come get you
02:48A car sped past me
02:49It was hers
02:50A text popped up a second later
02:54I stared at the screen
02:56No shock
02:57No hurt
02:59Just calm, icy clarity
03:02I dialed my lawyer
03:04Draw up the divorce papers
03:06And recall every single song
03:08I ever gave Lila Reed
03:09Every last one
03:11She was a star because of me
03:15I was about to turn off the light
03:17I didn't go back to the mansion that night
03:18I checked into a private wellness suite in Beverly Hills
03:21The kind with soundproof walls and no trace of pianos
03:24For the first time in ten years
03:26I let someone else take care of me
03:28No deadlines
03:29No lyrics
03:30No Lila
03:32My phone blew up before I could fall asleep
03:34Where are you?
03:36I'm hungry
03:36Make me soup
03:38Lila had never learned to cook
03:39For a decade I'd kept a warm pot waiting for her
03:41No matter how late I worked
03:43My stomach still ached from the ulcers
03:44I'd gotten skipping meals to finish her tracks
03:46I typed back
03:48Cold and clean
03:49We're divorced
03:50Then I blocked her
03:51Thirty seconds later
03:53An unknown number called
03:54I ignored it
03:55By morning my email had 99 plus unread messages
03:57Begging, yelling, threatening
03:58All from the woman I'd given everything
04:00I smiled
04:01She had no idea what regret really felt like
04:04The news popped up while I was brushing my teeth
04:06Lila Reid had posted a photo
04:08Two hands intertwined
04:09Her manicured nails wrapped around a man's fingers
04:11Caption
04:12Ten years
04:13One thousand shows
04:14You're my everything
04:15Everyone knew
04:15The media
04:16The fans
04:17The entire industry
04:18It was Kian's hand
04:19She was announcing her new love
04:21On the night of our 10th anniversary
04:23On the night I'd signed our divorce papers
04:26I locked my phone and ordered breakfast
04:29The show was about to begin
04:31I arrived at Black Note Records at noon
04:33My spot was gone
04:35My desk, my awards, my sound system
04:37My handwritten notes
04:39All cleared away
04:40In my chair and Hale leaning back like he owned the place
04:43Surprise brother
04:45Lila said this studio's mine now
04:47I'm her exclusive producer and manager
04:50That's yours now
04:52Enjoy the view
04:54I laughed
04:55It came out sharp, cruel, and honest
04:57Like father, like son
04:59You really are good at taking what isn't yours
05:01Don't you dare talk about my dad
05:03You mean the man who broke my family apart?
05:05The man who drove my father to his death?
05:08I stepped closer
05:09Voice low enough only he could hear
05:11You're just a cheap copy
05:13Even your lies are unoriginal
05:15Love isn't about who came first
05:17It's about who she wants
05:18And she wants me
05:20I stared at him
05:21You can have her
05:22She's used up
05:23Broken
05:24Just like you
05:25I found my father's silver ring
05:27In a cardboard box
05:28Slipped it onto my finger
05:29And walked out
05:30Lila was waiting by the door
05:32Arms crossed
05:33Eyes tired
05:34Then stop being childish
05:36Block me
05:37Apologize
05:38I looked at her like she was a stranger
05:40We're divorced Lila
05:42She sighed like I was being impossible
05:44Fine
05:45I'll make it up to you
05:46I'll announce you're my husband at the concert tonight
05:49The fans will accept it
05:51Just stop this
05:52That was her offer
05:53After 10 years of hiding
05:54Of lying
05:55Of letting her pretend to be single
05:57She'd reward me with a mention
05:58I walked past her without a word
06:00In my car I snapped my SIM card in half
06:03And threw it out the window
06:04Tonight she would have her 1000 show celebration
06:07And I would end her career
06:098pm
06:10Madison Square
06:11Gaven
06:11The arena was packed
06:13Fans screamed Lila's name so loud
06:15The walls shook
06:16Neon lights flooded the stage
06:17She rose from the floor on a golden platform
06:20Gown sparking microphone in hand
06:21Her eyes scanned the front row
06:22It was empty
06:23I wasn't there
06:25For the first time in her career
06:26She looked nervous
06:27She opened her mouth to sing the first note
06:29The music cut off
06:30Silence
06:31Confusion rippled through the crowd
06:32Lila
06:33It's bad
06:34Ethan's lawyers just served the label
06:36He's recalling every single song you ever perform
06:38No rights
06:38No stage
06:39No nothing
06:40Her face went white
06:42Her knuckles whitened around the mic
06:44The fans started to murmur
06:45Refund
06:46What's happening
06:48She didn't write any of them, did she?
06:51Lila's throat bobbed
06:52She forced a smile
06:53Shaky and fake
06:54Everyone, I'm so sorry
06:56I've developed a sudden vocal condition
06:58My doctor insists I stop immediately
07:00Liar!
07:01Liar!
07:02The crowd roared
07:03Booze rained down
07:05Camera flashes exploded as she stumbled off stage
07:07Humiliated
07:08Destroyed
07:09Ruined
07:10In that moment Lila Reed's empire crumbled
07:12And I watched it all from a private suite
07:14Drinking whiskey
07:16Completely calm
07:17I'd kept my promise
07:19She played the piano
07:20I took everything
07:22The backstage chaos was a war zone
07:25Lila slammed into her dressing room
07:26Throwing chairs
07:27Screaming at assistants
07:29Call him!
07:30Call him now!
07:31Her manager handed over a phone
07:33I answered on the first ring
07:35Ethan please
07:35We're family
07:37You can't do this to me
07:39Divorced
07:40I already sent the papers to your email
07:42I didn't mean it
07:43I signed because I thought you were throwing a tantrum
07:46I hung up
07:46She called again
07:48And again
07:50And again
07:51Finally
07:52A text
07:53The songs are ours
07:54You can't take them back
07:55I smiled
07:56I posted one thing to my official
07:59newly verified account
08:00A photo of my original manuscripts
08:02Dated six years before Lila's debut
08:04Signed by Ethan Voss
08:05Attached official copyright registration from the U.S. Copyright Office
08:09My work
08:10My voice
08:11My name
08:12The internet exploded
08:16Lila Reid fraud shadow is Ethan Voss
08:19The real consumers
08:20All at once
08:21The world knew
08:22She wasn't a genius
08:23She was a thief
08:24I thought that would be the end of it
08:27I was wrong
08:28A call came in from a foreign number
08:30I almost hang up
08:32Something made me answer
08:34Ethan
08:35It's mom
08:38The woman who'd left with Damon Hale
08:40Who'd witched my father die
08:42And never looked back
08:45I'm back
08:46I wanna fix things
08:48Fix what?
08:50You left
08:50You chose them
08:51You killed him
08:52It wasn't like that
08:54Your father was fragile
08:55Don't you dare say his name
08:57My voice shook with rage
08:59I'd buried for a decade
09:01You wanna talk?
09:02Tomorrow
09:023pm
09:03At my father's grave
09:04Bring Damon Hale with you
09:05I pulled out my father's old leather journal from the safe
09:10Pages yellowed
09:11Ink faded
09:13I'd read it a hundred times
09:14The first entry
09:16Ethan played Twinkle Twinkle today
09:18My little pianist
09:19The last entry
09:20I wanna hear him play Moonlight one last time
09:23Then I can rest
09:24I closed it and placed it in my bag
09:26Tomorrow they would finally see what they'd broken
09:29The cemetery was quiet
09:31Wind blowing through pine trees
09:33I stood in front of Julian Voss' headstone
09:35Black coat fluttering
09:37Claire arrived first
09:39Dressed in expensive silk
09:40Face heavy with makeup
09:41Domen Hale followed it
09:42Then old and nervous
09:43Unable to meet my eyes
09:45Claire I stepped away
09:47Don't touch me
09:49I threw the journal on the grass
09:51Read it
09:53Damon picked it up
09:54His hands shook as he turned the pages
09:58Claire knelt beside him
09:59I'm sorry
10:00Crying out when she saw the words
10:02Too late
10:03Then I heard running heels
10:05Leela burst through the gates
10:07Hair messy
10:08Dress torn
10:08Eyes wild
10:09She tracked me here
10:11Ethan!
10:11I didn't know!
10:13I swear I didn't know about your father!
10:15I looked at her
10:16Empty
10:16You knew everything
10:17You just didn't care
10:19I brought you here to see the damage
10:20Don't contact me again
10:22Ever
10:24I walked away
10:28No goodbye
10:29No forgiveness
10:30Just peace
10:32The next day
10:32We met at the courthouse
10:34Leela stumbled in
10:35Red-eyed
10:35Broken
10:36Please
10:37Let's talk
10:38I'll do anything
10:39I pulled free
10:40You remember our wedding vow?
10:42If you want to leave me
10:44Play the piano
10:45She stared
10:46Horrified
10:47You did more than play
10:48You brought his son into my home
10:50You played my song on my father's piano
10:53You spit on his grave
10:58I slid the divorce pacers across the table
11:00Sign
11:01She hesitated
11:02Then she laughed
11:04Hysterical
11:05You're ruining me over a piano?
11:07Over a grudge?
11:10I slapped her
11:11The sound echoed
11:13I pushed a tablet toward her
11:15Photos of her and Kian
11:17Tangled
11:17Lips close
11:18In my mansion
11:19On my couch
11:20At iStudio
11:21Sign
11:22Or I'll release these
11:24Then I sue every label
11:25Every sponsor
11:26Every venue
11:26You'll never work in ink
11:28Her hands shook as she signed
11:30The clerk stamped our markage papers void
11:33I walked outside into the sunlight
11:35For the first time in 10 years
11:37I could breathe
11:39Somewhere behind me
11:41Leela sobbed
11:41I didn't look back
11:43The second I walked out of the courthouse
11:44My lawyer called
11:46Everything's filed
11:47The divorce is final
11:48The copyright recall is in full effect
11:50Every platform has been notified
11:52No more streams
11:53No more sales
11:54No more public performance of any song you wrote for Lila Reed
11:57I leaned against my car
11:59Staring at the Los Angeles skyline
12:02Good
12:02What about the kid
12:05He'll destroy himself
12:07I was right
12:09By sunset
12:10The news broke
12:11Kian had stormed into Black Note Records
12:13Screaming that Lila was using him
12:15That she'd stolen his money
12:16That he was the real talent
12:18Leela fired back in a leaked voice note
12:20Your songs are garbage
12:22You're nothing compared to Ethan
12:25You're just a cheap copy of a man who ruined a family
12:28The internet ate it alive
12:29They're trying to leak eye
12:31Let's deliver
12:31Leela Kian drama
12:34Industry explodes
12:35Kian is a flop
12:37They didn't need me to ruin them
12:39They were doing it to each other
12:40I spent the next week in my private studio
12:43No distractions
12:44No interruptions
12:45No Lila
12:46No Kian
12:47No ghosts
12:48Just me
12:50And the music
12:51My phone buzzed with an email from my old label
12:54Subject
12:55Lila Reed and Kian Heil
12:57I opened it
12:58They'd released a new song
12:59It was everywhere
13:00TikTok
13:01Spotify
13:01Instagram
13:02They were calling it an original masterpiece
13:05I listened for 10 seconds
13:07I laughed
13:11It was my unfinished work
13:13The old unreleased tracks I'd locked in a drawer
13:16Written for my father
13:17Kian had snicked into my studio months ago
13:20And copied them
13:23He'd changed a few lyrics
13:24Added some cheap beats
13:26And pretended they were his
13:28I closed my eyes
13:30He'd just signed his own death warrant
13:33I called my legal team
13:35Checked the copyright registry
13:37They did
13:40They called me back
13:42Breathless
13:42Mr. Voss, you registered these original compositions six years ago
13:46The dates are ironclad
13:48Kian Hale's version doesn't exist until last week
13:51It's blatant theft
13:52I stood and walked to the corner of my studio
13:55There it was
13:56A black grand piano
13:58Covered in white cloth
14:00I'd avoided it for 10 years
14:02But now
14:03I pulled the cloth off
14:05The cues glinted
14:06I didn't panic
14:07I didn't flash back
14:10I just
14:12Looked
14:12For the first time the piano didn't feel like a nightmare
14:16It felt like a chance
14:18I called Zoe Blake
14:21She was a Grammy winning legend
14:23The only person in the industry
14:25Who knew I was Shadow
14:27She showed up at my door in 10 minutes
14:29I heard the song
14:31They Stole Your Work
14:32I nodded
14:34I want to fight back
14:35But not with lawsuits
14:37Not with drama
14:38I
14:39Want to play
14:40Zoe's eyes softened
14:43Your father would be proud
14:44I sat
14:47My fingers hovered over the keys
14:50I took a breath
14:52I pressed down
14:54The first night filled the room
14:56No shaking
14:57No screaming
14:57No ghosts
14:58Just sound music
14:59Just me
14:59I played the song
15:02I'd written for my father
15:03Father's Moonlight
15:05When I finished
15:07That's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard
15:09I released Father's Moonlight that night
15:11No promotion
15:13No press
15:15No fanware
15:18Just
15:19The song
15:20By morning
15:22It was number one on billboard
15:25Global
15:26Viral
15:27Every music critiver called it a massive
15:29Masterpiece
15:29The world finally heard my voice
15:31Not Shadow
15:33Ethan Voss
15:34The real composer
15:36While my song rose to the top
15:37Leela and Kian's stolen track crashed
15:40My fans dug up the copyright records
15:42The proof gone viral
15:43Kian stole music
15:45Leela Capra's fraud
15:46They were finished
15:47The lawsuits came fast
15:51I sued for copyright infringement
15:53Emotional damages
15:54And fraud
15:55The court ruled in my favor in 72 hours
15:58Kian Hale was ordered to pay millions
16:01He had no money
16:02He tried to blame Leela
16:04Leela released every text
16:07Every recording
16:08Every proof that Kian had planned the theft alone
16:10They destroyed each other completely
16:12Then the industry blacklist dropped
16:14No labels
16:15No shows
16:16No sponsorships
16:18No work
16:19Ever
16:19Leela lost his mansion
16:21Her cars
16:22Her fortune
16:23She moved into a tiny
16:24Run-down apartment
16:25In a bad part of town
16:27Kian couldn't even get a job
16:28Singing at a bar
16:30They got what they deserved
16:32Everything they took me
16:34I took from them
16:35And then some
16:37I didn't groat
16:37I didn't celebrate
16:39I just keep making music
16:41Zoe and I finished my first official album
16:43Coming Home
16:48Every song was mine
16:50Every note
16:50Every feeling
16:51The album sold 1 million copies
16:54In 24 hours
16:57I was invited to the Grammy Awards
17:03Not as a shadow
17:04As a nominee
17:06For best composer
17:08For best song
17:10For best new artist
17:13I was no longer hiding
17:16I was home
17:17Grammy night
17:18Red carpet
17:21Cameras
17:21A-lighters
17:23Mr. Vossoss
17:24Are you the real shadow?
17:25What do you say to Leela Reid?
17:27Is this revenge?
17:28Reporters swarmed me
17:29I smiled gently
17:30I'm here for the music
17:32The presenter opened the envelope
17:34And the Grammy for best composer goes to
17:37Ethan Voss
17:38The crowd erupted
17:41I stood up and walked to the stage
17:45I held the Grammy
17:46In my hand
17:49I looked out at the audience
17:52And I saw her
17:54In the very back row
17:55Lila Reid
17:57She'd snuck in
17:59She looked thin
18:00Pale
18:01Broken
18:02No makeup
18:04No glamour
18:05No light
18:06Just a ghost of the star I'd made
18:08Our eyes met
18:10She mouthed one word
18:12I looked away
18:14This award is not for revenge
18:17It's for truth
18:18For every creator who's ever been hidden
18:20For every person who survived the dark
18:22And found their way back to the light
18:24I paused
18:25This one's for you dad
18:26The crowd stood and cheered
18:28After the show
18:29I walked out to the parking lot
18:31Zoe left with her team
18:33I stood alone
18:34Breathing in the night air
18:36A figure stepped out of the shadows
18:38Lila
18:40Ethan
18:40She looked smaller than I'd ever seen her
18:43I didn't stop walking
18:44Please
18:44Just five minutes
18:46I didn't know
18:47I didn't understand
18:49How much you hurt
18:50I kept going
18:52I turned to her
18:55You knew enough to choose him over me
18:57You knew enough to play the piano
18:58You knew enough to break every promise you ever made
19:01I looked at the Grammy in my hand
19:03I don't hate you anymore
19:04I don't feel anything
19:05You're just a stranger
19:06I got into my car
19:08I closed the door
19:10I drove away
19:11I never looked back
19:13One year later
19:14I owned my own label
19:16I performed sold out shows around the world
19:19I played the piano every single day
19:22No nightmares
19:24No pain
19:25Just peace
19:27I visited my father's grave
19:30Every Sunday
19:31I played father's moonlight for him on a popable piano
19:36The wind carried the notes through the trees
19:39I knew he was listening
19:40I was finally free
19:42The final notes slowly faded into silence
19:45I closed the piano lid and began packing up my music stand ready to leave
19:49Then something caught the corner of my eye
19:51At the base of the gravesteam lay a bouquet of pure white roses
19:54Fresh dew still clung to the petals
19:56Someone had placed them there only moments ago
19:58No one ever came here
20:01No one except me
20:02I bent down and picked up the flowers
20:04Tucked among the roses was a plain white card
20:07No signature
20:07No name
20:08Only finger-ture trembled as I transled the notes one by one
20:12Then the message
20:13Revealed itself
20:15He didn't jump
20:16On his own that day
20:17A sharp ringing filled my ears
20:19My mind went completely blank
20:21Ten years of trauma and years of searching for Redemond
20:23The truth I believed had long been buried suddenly shattered before me
20:26The truth was never what I thought it was
20:30My father's death had been a conspicy from the very begin
20:34And my revenge
20:37My revenge was only just beginning
20:40I stood before my father's gravestone
20:43My finger pit ice cold
20:45He didn't jump on his own that day
20:48The words pierced through every ounce of peace I had managed to build over the past ten years
20:55I had always believed my father took his own life out of despair
20:59I had always believed my revenge was over
21:03But now I understood
21:06What I had avenged was only a fragment of the truth
21:09I immediately pulled out my phone
21:10My fingers trembling as I called my lawyer
21:13Look into someone for me
21:14Damon Hale
21:15I want everything
21:16From the past ten years
21:19His movements
21:20Traggle records
21:21Financial transactions
21:22Everything
21:24There was a long silence on the other end
21:26Then my lawyer spoke
21:27His voice unusually grave
21:29Mr. Voss
21:30There's something I've never had the courage to tell you
21:32I froze
21:34What?
21:35Official records state he died in a car accident
21:37Body identified
21:42Dead?
21:43Then who was the figure I had just seen disappearing into the woods?
21:47Suddenly
21:47I remembered the final line in my father's journal
21:50I want to hear him play Moonlight one more time
21:53Rackent
21:53That day I had played Moonlight
21:56And after listening my father jumped
21:58No!
21:59Something was wrong
22:00The logic didn't fit
22:02A father whose only wish was to hear his son play one last time
22:06Would never kill himself immediately afterward
22:08I rushed back to my car like a madman and sped toward the old mansion
22:12The mansion I had never dared enter again
22:14The mansion filled with piano shaped nightmares
22:16I shoved open the dust cupboard doors
22:19The living room stood silent
22:20My father's piano remained exactly where he had left it
22:23My hands trembled as I lifted the lid
22:25Hidden deep beneath the keys was a yellowed note I had never seen before
22:30My father's handwriting
22:31Only one sentence
22:32Trust nothing you see
22:34My heart death
22:35My father had known
22:36He had known someone wanted me dead
22:38At that moment
22:38My phone began vibrating furiously
22:41A multimedia messes from an unknown number
22:44The moment I opened it
22:46Every drop of blood in my body turned into ice
22:49The photo shored the rooftop balcony from 10 years ago
22:52The image was blurry
22:54But one thing was unmistakably clear
22:56My father had not jumped
22:58A pair of black gloved hands which shoved him over the edge
23:01Claire Voss
23:02Watching everything happen without emotion
23:04To be sure
23:04Slothosten
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