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After Losing My Leg For Ten Years, They Begged Me To Forgive Them
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00:03Outside a nightclub after midnight, I recognize that guy as my good buddy Dylan, the one who
00:07accused me of sexual harassment and put me in jail.
00:09I got a food delivery order from my ex-wife.
00:11The moment she sees my Papa John's uniform, she's stunned.
00:17Ethan, you're already out of prison?
00:19Why didn't you reach out to me?
00:25As she tries frantically to steady him, recognize that guy as my good buddy Dylan, the one who
00:31accused me of sexual harassment and put me in jail.
00:38Your order, ma'am.
00:39Please leave a five-star review.
00:41Losing all control, Ella slaps the bag out of my hand, her eyes welling up with tears as
00:45she grabs my shoulders.
00:47Ethan, come home with me now.
00:49Do you have any idea how much your parents and I missed you?
00:54I calmly shake off her grip and turn to my car, but my prosthetic leg slams against the
00:59bumper.
01:03Ella stares at my artificial limb.
01:09Tears begin to stream down her face.
01:12Ethan, what happened to your leg?
01:16Well, well, if it isn't my buddy Ethan.
01:18Ethan, when did they let you out?
01:20Why didn't you give me a call, man?
01:22I could have picked you up.
01:25Dylan, you are really wasted.
01:27Please don't move around.
01:29The concern in her voice sounds exactly the same as when she used to talk to me.
01:36Your leg.
01:37What did you go through in there over the last ten years?
01:42Excuse me.
01:43You're in my way.
01:44My movement is clumsy.
01:46The wind catches the bottom of my pants, exposing the cheap metal underneath.
01:50Ethan, please don't.
01:52Just come home with me and we can talk about this.
01:58Ma'am, your food has been delivered.
02:00If there's nothing else, I'm marking the order as delivered now.
02:04Ella, why care about this rapist at all?
02:11This guy even did that kind of thing to your bestie, Sarah.
02:14This is exactly what he deserves.
02:15You ask me, losing a leg is getting off easy for him.
02:19Every word he spits stabs directly into my heart.
02:23Ten years ago, this best buddy of mine got me drunk and threw me into a hotel room.
02:32When I woke up, Sarah was running out of the room, crying with her clothes and disarranged her.
02:37My wife, Ella, burst through the door with the police.
02:40Even more dicky fear in Los Angeles, she openly violated her professional ethics, committed with that guy, and sent me
02:45to prison with her own hands.
02:48Dylan, stop it.
02:50Ethan, you should leave first.
02:52It's not a good time for us to talk right now.
02:54I don't say another word.
02:56I pick up the pizza from the ground, put it back in the box, secure the delivery bag, and step
03:00into the car.
03:03Keep the change.
03:04Consider it your tip to buy a better leg.
03:06Stop embarrassing yourself out here with that gimp leg.
03:08Ethan, don't take it to heart.
03:10Dylan is just drunk.
03:11Take this money.
03:12Tomorrow, come find me at the law firm.
03:14I'll arrange a decent job for you.
03:16My life is too cheap to touch your filthy money.
03:19Half an hour later, I drive past a high-end villa district.
03:23The streetlights are bright, shining on the neatly managed lawns.
03:27This place was once home to Ella and me.
03:29I subconsciously slow down the car.
03:32Just then, a black Mercedes pulls up in front of the villa that belonged to us.
03:38Without another look at them, I hit the gas, moving on to my next order.
03:43The cold wind pours through the car window, stinging my face.
03:46The prosthetic joint is rubbing against my limb.
03:49It's already oozing blood.
03:51I grit my teeth, driving all the way back to my rented place.
04:01After unbuckling the straps, I find my stum in a bloody mess.
04:05Ten years ago, when I first went to prison, Dylan came to visit and laughed in my face.
04:10Do you have any idea how slutty is in bed?
04:13Just live out your days in here.
04:14Your wife, your house, even your law firm.
04:16I'll take real good care of them for you.
04:20Back then, I smashed against the glass, screaming like a madman.
04:25As a result, that very night, I was dragged into a security blind spot by several inmates.
04:30With iron pipes, they crushed my leg bones inch by inch.
04:33Someone paid a forge for this leg of yours.
04:36I was bed-dreaded for half a year.
04:38Eventually, due to a severe infection, I had no choice but to have it amputated.
04:44Back then, I felt so much hatred.
04:47But ten years in prison eventually turned that hate into despair.
04:51Early the next morning, I'm woken up by a frantic knocking at the door.
04:54I thought it was the landlord coming for the rent again, but it turns out to be Ella.
04:58Ethan, I made some bone breath for you.
05:00Don't take what Dylan said yesterday too seriously.
05:02He's just got a hot temper.
05:04I'm here today to talk about your future.
05:06What future for a pizza delivery guy?
05:08Ma'am, you'd better head back before you ruin your designer clothes.
05:12Ethan, stop talking out of spite.
05:14As long as you apologize to Sarah and get her forgiveness, I'll let you back in the firm.
05:19Even though you won't be a lawyer again, you could still work as a receptionist or a cleaner.
05:22I can pay you $4,000 a month.
05:24I can't help but $4,000?
05:26How generous.
05:28Ella, you want me to apologize to the person who framed me?
05:31Ethan, even now you still refuse to admit your mistakes?
05:35You are the one who did wrong.
05:38You raped Sarah.
05:39You betrayed our marriage.
05:49Ella, did you ever actually look at the case fights back then?
05:55Why did the hallway cameras just happen to break down at that time?
06:01And what exactly was put into the drinks I had that night?
06:05Enough, Ethan.
06:06If it wasn't you, did Dylan and Sarah plan all that just to frame you?
06:09I came here to help you.
06:11You should be grateful.
06:13I don't need your help, hypocrite.
06:16Get the hell out of here.
06:19Ethan, you are being completely unreasonable.
06:22You think you're still that star lawyer at your peak?
06:25You are just a damn croupel now.
06:26A criminal with a record.
06:34Afternoon, just as I'm about to take an order,
06:36the app suddenly sends me a notification.
06:38My account is permanently banned due to a customer complaint.
06:41The reason for the complaint is disabled delivery man attempted to assault a female customer.
06:45I know very well who did it without even thinking twice.
06:47Dylan, you really couldn't wait at all, huh?
06:49Before I can even lock the door,
06:51the landlord is already blocking the entrance with several thugs.
06:56Ethan, someone paid ten times the price to rent this place.
06:59Get the hell out, now!
07:04Before I know it, I'm thrown out onto the street.
07:09My clothes and belongings are flung at me.
07:12Right at that moment, a heavy downpour begins.
07:17My stum throbs with pain in the rain.
07:20A black Mercedes pulls over in front of me,
07:23splashing muddy water all over my body.
07:26Once the great lawyer, now a miserable stray dog?
07:29Look, Ethan, you're so pathetic.
07:34Ethan, stop being so stubborn.
07:36Just admit your mistake and apologize.
07:38I'll not only give you a job, I'll find you a place to live.
07:41Why back yourself into a corner?
07:42I don't need it.
07:44Can you two scumbags just get the hell away from me?
07:48Ethan, I came here when you went to prison.
07:50If Dylan hadn't stayed by my side,
07:52I might have done good and flash out and stupid.
07:54Do you have to lash out at everyone?
07:55Even if you won't accept me, you can't hurt your parents' feelings.
07:58They have been looking for you.
08:00The moment she tootooing short us from a distance,
08:02my sit were rushing over frantically,
08:03without an umbrella in the heavy rain.
08:05You animal!
08:06I can't believe they actually let you out.
08:08We don't have a son like you.
08:09Dylan is our son now.
08:11You damn rapist.
08:12You should have just dropped dead in prison.
08:14Ever since my release,
08:15I haven't dared to face my parents,
08:17terrified they'd be crushed by the gossip and stigma.
08:21Yet, they gave up on me long ago.
08:25Instead, they're trusting Dylan as if he were their own flesh and blood.
08:29Ethan still won't admit his mistake.
08:31He won't even apologize to the victim.
08:32Let's just ignore him.
08:33With Ella and me at the firm, you can enjoy your retirement.
08:35Ethan, if Dylan hadn't managed the firm for us all these years,
08:37our life's work would be all gone.
08:38You still refuse to admit your wrongs.
08:40You're completely on your own now.
08:41There's speeds away the next second.
08:43I limp into the night.
08:44Even my own parents won't believe me.
08:45I am such a failure.
08:47But to survive,
08:47I head to a construction site to look for manual labor.
08:54Get lost.
08:56We don't hire disabled people here.
08:58I can't afford the liability if something goes wrong.
09:02I'm strong enough.
09:03I'll take only half the wages.
09:05Just throw in a meal.
09:07Go away.
09:08Don't be an I-Zar here.
09:10I fall into the mud,
09:12my metal legs slamming against the ground.
09:14I break out in a cold sweat from the pain.
09:17Suddenly, my phone vibrates.
09:19It's a message from Lauren.
09:22I click on it.
09:23It's an audio recording.
09:24Dylan and Sarah's voices come through the phone clearly.
09:27They are discussing how to drug me,
09:28how to stage the scene,
09:29and how to get Ellie to bring the police to the door.
09:31So that's it.
09:32Ten years of wrongful imprisonment,
09:34a severed leg.
09:35Finally, I've got the truth.
09:37Seeing me barge in covered in mud,
09:38Ella looks at me in pure shock.
09:39Ethan, what's wrong with you now?
09:41Ella, haven't you been asking me to confess?
09:42Listen for yourself.
09:43Who actually framed me back then?
09:46Dylan, is this really going to work?
09:48Ethan is a star lawyer after all.
09:51If he manages to overturn the case,
09:53I'll be finished.
09:54Don't worry.
09:55Everything's taken care of.
09:57Even Ella will help us.
09:59She's been sick of Ethan for a long time.
10:01As long as you stick to the story that he assaulted you,
10:04nothing bad will happen to you.
10:06Ethan, it's been ten years.
10:08I see your NAF for fabricating evidence
10:10has improved even more.
10:12Isn't this the exact same trick you used when you framed me?
10:15Got my license revoked by the Bar Association?
10:18Ella Bowie-Sidney.
10:19You really think Ella will buy this?
10:21Ethan, I know very well what kind of man Dylan is.
10:24He would never do something like this.
10:26Looking at the phone,
10:27Ellie smashed on the floor.
10:29I let out a bitter laugh.
10:30Take him to the back alley and teach him a good lesson.
10:37Just don't kill him.
10:44Raining punches and kicks on me.
10:49You think you can turn the tables with some crappy recording?
10:53Ethan, I'm telling you.
10:55Nobody in LA can touch me.
10:56He grinds his foot down hard of leg.
10:58The intense pain makes me break out in a cold sweat.
11:00Suddenly, the sound of screeching tires
11:02echoes at the alley entrance.
11:08The Jew Dillon's men.
11:10A dozen bodyguards instantly who saved my men.
11:16Who gave you the balls to hurt my man who saved my life?
11:19Ten years ago.
11:22Before I went to prison.
11:25I pulled her out of a burning sports car during a multi-vehicle pileup.
11:40Who are you people?
11:42Messing with me?
11:43You know whose turf this is.
11:58Who are you?
11:59Assaulting people in broad daylight?
12:01I'm a top lawyer in LA.
12:03I swear I will sue you into bankruptcy.
12:06You guys will rot in jail.
12:09Reddington Group in LA.
12:11Lauren Reddington.
12:12If you want to sue me, our legal department is ready and waiting.
12:15Hearing the Reddington's name,
12:16Ella's face turns deathly pale.
12:17Her arrogance vanishing too.
12:18After all, the Reddington's are a powerhouse
12:20that could shake all of LA with the snap of a finger.
12:22Dillon is so terrified that he dares not make a sound.
12:31I'm sorry, Ethan.
12:33I came too late.
12:36You're not late.
12:40It just gave me more time to see some people's true colors.
12:43Ethan, you really know how to play the game, huh?
12:45Locked up for ten years and you're hooked up with the Reddings now?
12:47You certainly got yourself a sugar mama.
12:50Ethan, I thought you were just being stubborn.
12:52I never expected you'd even throw away your dignity as a man just to get revenge on us.
12:56Would you rather be a damn gigolo than accept my help?
12:58Ella, besides those filthy fantasies, what else is left in your head?
13:01Your self-righteous sense of justice is nothing but a tool in someone else's hands.
13:05Ethan, you think you can turn things around just because you got a backer?
13:09I'll fucking kill you for sure!
13:18Ethan, I've been looking for you these past ten years.
13:22After that car accident, I was brought abroad for treatment.
13:25I only found out you were in trouble after I returned.
13:29I knew you were framed by someone.
13:33I've already assembled the best medical and legal teams for you.
13:36A week later, inside the top private relitation facility in Los Angeles, my left limb is now
13:41fitted with the latest million-dollar prosthetic model that Lauren had custom-made.
13:44This prosthetic linexed directly to my nerves, allowing me to walk just like a normal person.
13:48A week was all it took for Lauren's people to uncover the full truth of everything.
13:52They found the bank prant transfers showing Dylan bribing the cleaning staff.
13:55There is also a full video of him and Sarah staging the scene in the hotel room.
13:59They even found out every detail of Dylan's petty tricks, how he stole those cases from
14:03me years ago.
14:03As it happens, today is the opening party for the merger of their firms, the founding
14:07of the Dylan-Ella Law Firm.
14:08They are also announcing their engagement today.
14:10Even my parents will attend as their special guests.
14:12What an auspicious day, a perfect chance to crash their party.
14:15Ethan, the car is ready.
14:16Let's go.
14:17I have a gift for dear Dylan and Ella.
14:18The party is held at the most luxurious hotel in Los Angeles.
14:21The venue is packed with the city's socialites.
14:23The scene is dazzling.
14:24Dylan wears a custom-tailored suit, arm-in-arm with Ella in a red dress.
14:28The two of them appear on the stage, receiving everyone's blessings.
14:31My parents are sitting at the head table, beaming from ear to ear.
14:34Dylan, such a capable man.
14:36With Ella by his side, we can finally rest easy.
14:39Yeah.
14:41So much better than Ethan.
14:43Hearing those words, the last strake of emotion in my heart fades away as well.
14:46Just as Dylan picks up the microphone, ready to deliver his speech, doors are kicked open
14:51by a bodyguard.
14:52The once boisterous hall falls silent the next second.
14:54Every eye in the room is fixed on me.
14:55What are you doing here, you damn rapist?
14:57Security, get him out!
14:58Right on cue, several guards rush over with their electric batons.
15:01Before they can even get close to me, Lauren's bodyguards in black draw their batons to stop
15:05them, pinning them firmly to the ground.
15:08In her high heels, Lauren strides past me directly to the front of the stage.
15:14No one touches him.
15:23Ethan, how long are you going to keep causing trouble?
15:26Have you no shame at all?
15:29Get the hell out!
15:30We don't have a shames criminal for a son!
15:32The wine glass shatters at my feet.
15:34Shards of glass flying everywhere.
15:38Mom, Dad, you taught me to live a life of integrity when I was little.
15:41Now you are defending the real criminal who framed me?
15:44Who exactly is causing trouble here?
15:48Ethan!
15:49Stop spitting your venom!
15:51You got yourself in jail for raping Sarah.
15:53Now you are out, showing no remorse, but hiring people to make a scene here?
15:56Ladies and gentlemen, please do not believe a word from this piece of trash!
16:02Ethan, just how much longer are you going to keep this up?
16:05Today is our engagement party.
16:07Do you really have to ruin our day with such despicable tricks?
16:11If you want money, I can give it to you.
16:13Just stop harassing us, okay?
16:19One million dollars.
16:21Take this money and leave LA forever.
16:23As long as you never show your face again, I'll let bygones be bygones.
16:26I look at the check, finding everything utterly absurd.
16:30Ella, are you showing charity to a homeless guy, or are you just trying to cover up your own crimes?
16:40Ella, why waste our time on him?
16:43He's just a rapist who'd do anything for money.
16:45He deserves to rot in the gutter for the rest of his life.
16:49Mrs. Reddington, I know you are a kind-hearted lady,
16:52so you could be easily deceived by silver-tongued liars like him.
16:55He did that kind of thing to his ex-wife's best friend.
16:59Keeping scum like him around will only bring you trouble.
17:05Since we have everyone here today, let's watch a good show together.
17:10The time span on the video shows the exact night of the incident 10 years ago.
17:14The location is the hallway of that hotel.
17:16Dylan thought he was in the clear after he destroyed the hallway cameras,
17:19but he never expected that Lauren had already bought the entire hotel.
17:22From the moment they enter to the hallways, all the surveillance footage has just been recovered.
17:25On the screen, Dylan razz my dead drunk body as he swipes the room card and opens the door.
17:30He doesn't leave immediately after throwing me in.
17:32Instead, he makes a phone call by the door.
17:35In less than five minutes, Sarah arrives in a hurry.
17:37She's in a revealing nightgown.
17:38The two of them are whispering to each other outside the door.
17:41Sarah's voice rings out from the speakers.
17:42Dylan, Ella will be arriving with the police any minute now.
17:45Has the drug kicked in yet?
17:46What if he wakes up and fights back?
17:50Don't worry.
17:51That dose is enough to knock him out cold.
17:55Go inside and rip your clothes up.
17:56Make it look convincing.
17:59Once this is done, all of his clients will be mine.
18:03You'll get all the designer bags you want.
18:10No.
18:12This can't be.
18:22Turn it off now!
18:24What the hell do you think you're doing?
18:25Don't forget, I'm a lawyer.
18:27I'll sue you for defamation!
18:30The video continues to play.
18:32After Sarah enters the room, Dylan pulls out a stack of cash and hands it to a cleaning
18:37lady in the corner of the hallway.
18:38I've already cut the hallway cameras.
18:40Remember, if anyone asks, just say they were broken.
18:43$2,000 to keep your mouth shut.
18:45Got it?
18:48This is the hard truth.
18:50Ten years of wrongful imprisonment.
18:52Countless days and nights of torture.
18:54At this very moment, it is finally laid a bear for everyone to see.
18:58Ella, is this as you kept the in-talking of evidence?
19:03This is your so-tard justice?
19:06Fabric evidence with Dylan and sending your own husband to Drill?
19:10Ella is trembling all over.
19:11No, I didn't.
19:12Ella denies her involvement.
19:14Dylan, tell me.
19:14This isn't real.
19:16Swear to me this isn't true.
19:17Don't believe him.
19:18AI deepfake technology is so advanced nowadays.
19:19They can fake any video.
19:20Dylan claims the video is a deepfake.
19:22Look, Ethan is just here for revenge.
19:23He's jealous that I'm the one marrying in jealousy.
19:24At this exact moment, the doors are pushed open again.
19:28Dylan!
19:29You bastard!
19:30You said everything was taken care of!
19:33Why did the police find me?
19:34Officers, I was forced to do it!
19:37Dylan made me do everything!
19:38He was also the one who drugged Ethan!
19:41I just went in to put on an act!
19:42He never even touched me!
19:44The scratch marks on my body were Dylan's doing!
19:58Dylan!
19:59You lied to me!
20:00You ruined Ethan!
20:02You turned me into the very person who sent my own husband to prison!
20:06How could you be so vicious?!
20:08Even now, she is still trying to play the victim.
20:11But she is far from innocent.
20:13You...
20:14You animal!
20:15You framed my own son!
20:17Give me back my son, you damn bastard!
20:20Dylan Cothall, you're under arrest for multiple charges including fabricating evidence and filing false police reports.
20:24You have the right to remain signed.
20:25Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
20:31Ella, stop acting so innocent!
20:33You think you're so much better than me?
20:34Back in the day, Ethan was a star lawyer.
20:37He overshadowed you so much that you could barely breathe.
20:39You dreamed of surpassing him and taking his firm for yourself.
20:42I just gave you a little push to make your wish come true!
20:45I just gave you a little push!
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