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Mommy, please love me just once Ep,20 SM
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00:00Are you sure you want to dissect your child's brain?
00:02You must understand.
00:04There's over a 50% chance she will never wake up again.
00:09I'm sure.
00:10A lying child needs to be punished.
00:13She won't die.
00:15My mother, Claire, was a woman obsessed with scientific parenting.
00:20From the day my brother and I were born, she abandoned all traditional discipline
00:24and forced us both into these honesty callers.
00:28She lived by the absolute rules of parenting forums and expert lectures.
00:35The callers were absolutely accurate.
00:37One spike in your heart rate or emotions and the caller marks it as a lie.
00:42When the blue arc on the caller lighted up, it means a lie was told
00:47and she would trigger the remote, releasing a high voltage shock to punish the liars.
00:52But if the person told the truth, the caller remained silent.
00:56My brother, Zach's caller, was always peacefully silent, never once glowing with blue light.
01:03Even when he secretly threw my cat off the second floor, killing her instantly,
01:08and then lied about her, fell on her own.
01:11The caller didn't make a sound.
01:13But for me, even saying simple things like I'm hungry would trigger the caller to brand me a liar.
01:19But I was starving.
01:22I begged my mom, asking for a little bit of food.
01:26Mom, my belly hurts so much.
01:29Just as I finished talking, the fear and panic in my heart triggered the sensor.
01:33The caller judged it a lie, and blue lightning exploded instantly.
01:37Bone-chilling electricity surged through my entire body,
01:42leaving me paralyzed and shivering in pain.
01:45The first few years, I cried and tried to explain over and over.
01:50Pain is the best correction.
01:51Everything I do is to make sure you grow up to be an honest child.
01:56Day after day, thousands of shocks seared into my flesh.
02:01I slowly began to believe I was born a hopeless, lying brat.
02:06I am a liar and a naughty kid.
02:09On New Year's Eve, Claire dressed Zach up in his finest clothes.
02:14He had been invited to perform at the celebration event.
02:19Without warning, a piercing pain tore through my abdomen.
02:24Mom, my belly really hurts.
02:27Help me.
02:29The only response was the blinding blue light flickering on my collar.
02:34Claire looked down at me.
02:36There was no pity in her eyes, filled only with disgust and disappointment.
02:41She put out the remote, slamming the power level to the max.
02:45Acting sick and lying just to ruin your brother's performance?
02:49You really are a born liar, Leah.
02:52It's in your blood.
02:54Without a second thought, she turned away,
02:56leading the well-behaved Zach out the door.
03:00She slammed it shut, locking me alone in endless darkness and agony.
03:05The pain kept hitting me in waves.
03:08My body lost all control, shaking violently as my fingernails clawed at the floor,
03:14leaving deep white gashes behind.
03:16The sheer despair of dying choked me even more than the physical pain.
03:22Just as I was about to pass out, the doorknob suddenly turned.
03:26In the deathly silence of the darkness,
03:30a spark of hope flared up inside me.
03:33Mom was back.
03:35She must be here to save me.
03:39Still acting out?
03:40The show is about to start, and Zach is already losing his patience.
03:43Mom, it really hurts.
03:45It feels like something is tearing apart inside me.
03:48Claire's eyes locked onto the glowing blue light around my neck,
03:52which hadn't stopped flashing, and she lost her temper instantly.
03:56She knelt down and grabbed my chin so hard,
04:00I thought my bones were going to shatter.
04:02Leah, how much longer are you going to keep up this little drama?
04:05Lies are in your blood, and you never learn.
04:08Now stay in there and think about what you've done.
04:11My dad, Brian, stood at the entrance and spoke up,
04:14his tone dismissive and light.
04:16Honey, let's hurry.
04:18The event is starting.
04:19If Leah doesn't want to go, just let her be.
04:23Should we leave some dinner for her?
04:24Claire stood up right away,
04:26brushing off her hands as if she'd touched something disgusting,
04:30her voice cut like a knife.
04:33There's no need to spoil her.
04:36She takes good care of herself.
04:38When she's hungry, she'll just steal money to buy food like she always does.
04:43How could a relentless liar like her ever starve?
04:46Lock the door.
04:47Don't let her out until that collar stops glowing.
04:50But...
04:51Enough!
04:52Look at Zach.
04:53Always honest, always a good boy.
04:55He's never been punished by his collar.
04:57Leah's nature is beyond repair.
04:59Only scientific correction can correct her.
05:02I lay on the freezing floor,
05:05my consciousness fading into a blur.
05:08No one knew that the one who loved to steal money
05:12had always been Zach.
05:13Zach stole to buy the latest toy cars,
05:17and the snacks Mom forbidden us to have.
05:21The day Mom found out about the missing money,
05:25Zach stood before her,
05:26and the collar remained silent.
05:29With a casual,
05:30it wasn't me,
05:32Claire believed him completely.
05:34I only defended myself with...
05:37I didn't do it.
05:38My collar flared up with blinding blue light,
05:41triggering a massive electric shock.
05:43I watched my mother's back as she turned and walked away.
05:48Through the crack in the door,
05:50Zach poked his little head out and looked at me,
05:52lying on the floor with tears and sweat.
05:55He pulled a smug face.
05:57Bye-bye, sis.
05:59His words were like the sharpest blade,
06:01piercing through the last shred of hope I held.
06:04Bang.
06:05The crisp, metallic click of the deadbolt was cold and final,
06:09cutting me off from the world completely.
06:11The entire house fell into deathly silence.
06:15There was nothing left but me
06:17and the endless,
06:20torturous agony
06:21ripping through my stomach.
06:24It hurt so much.
06:27Mom was right.
06:28Machines never lie.
06:31Whenever the collar glowed blue,
06:33it meant I was lying.
06:34I wasn't in pain.
06:36I didn't feel a thing.
06:38I lost track of time,
06:39but eventually,
06:41the blinding pain just went numb,
06:43dragging the last shred of my consciousness.
06:46I crawled toward the desk.
06:48This was Claire's rule.
06:50Whenever the collar turned blue,
06:52I had to finish a thousand-word confession,
06:55reflecting on the fact that I was a despicable liar.
07:00Trembling,
07:01I opened the worn, wrinkled diary.
07:05The pages were packed,
07:07my forced confession all these years.
07:10I lied.
07:11I was not an honest child.
07:12If I repented,
07:14Mom would forgive me,
07:16and everything would be okay.
07:18I knew I was wrong.
07:19I shouldn't have lied.
07:20I would change.
07:23I don't know how long I kept going.
07:25Not until the pen literally slipped from my fingers.
07:28My vision blurred,
07:29and the ink started to bleed from the drops hitting the page.
07:32I realized they were my tears.
07:35Quickly,
07:36I wiped them away with my sleeve,
07:39terrified.
07:40If the handwriting was messy,
07:42it would look insincere.
07:44Mom wouldn't be happy.
07:44Finally,
07:46I gently closed the notebook
07:48and curled up beside it.
07:50Using my last string,
07:51I scratched the words onto the floor,
07:54the words I never dared to put on paper.
07:56Please.
07:58A burst of loud laughter
08:00snapped me back to consciousness.
08:03It was Claire,
08:05Brian,
08:05and Zach.
08:06The family had returned
08:08with the festive scent of fireworks
08:10and the echoes of joy.
08:12Zach's performance was incredible.
08:15That's my boy.
08:17Claire's voice was dripping with love,
08:18the kind of affection
08:19I had never once received
08:21in my ten years of life.
08:24Go check on Leah.
08:25She hasn't left her room
08:26or eaten all afternoon.
08:27Let's make sure nothing is actually wrong.
08:31If she starves,
08:32it's her own fault.
08:33Faking sick just for attention.
08:35Those are all spoiled habits.
08:38She pushed my door open
08:39and didn't bother to turn on the light.
08:42By the faint light filtering in
08:44from the living room,
08:45she saw me lying on the floor,
08:47my breath hanging by a thread.
08:50Still throwing a fit
08:51and playing the victim?
08:55Leah, you're ten years old now.
08:57Stop playing these childish games.
09:00Sis is such a big, lazy pig.
09:04We're all back
09:05and she's still sleeping.
09:06And her collar is still glowing.
09:09She's been lying the whole time.
09:12She's even a liar in her sleep.
09:14Our Zach is such a good boy.
09:18Don't waste time
09:19on that dishonest child.
09:20Let her reflect on her own actions.
09:24Maybe we should put her in bed.
09:25It's too cold here.
09:26She'll freeze lying on the floor.
09:27Stop spoiling her.
09:29The parenting expert said
09:31that with stubborn kids,
09:32you have to give them
09:33the cold treatment.
09:35The collar is still glowing.
09:37It shows she's still resisting
09:38deep down.
09:41She hasn't learned a thing.
09:42Leave her be.
09:43I'm sick of her.
09:44Tomorrow, I'm taking her
09:45to the hospital
09:46to cut open her brain
09:47and see what on earth
09:48she's thinking.
09:48With that,
09:49she slammed the door shut
09:51in a rage.
09:53The door locked again,
09:55sealing me in completely.
09:57Late at night,
09:58a rat scurried out
10:00from my empty wardrobe.
10:01I feared rats
10:03more than anything.
10:04Even a glimpse of one
10:05would make me tremble
10:06uncontrollably.
10:07But now,
10:09I could only lie there
10:10helpless,
10:11watching as it crawled
10:12freely over my body,
10:14biting at my skin.
10:15The door swung open.
10:17Claire stood there,
10:18her makeup flawless,
10:20looking down at me
10:21with pure disgust.
10:23Zach hid behind her,
10:25his eyes mocking me
10:27like I was a joke.
10:29Brian followed,
10:30hesitant,
10:31but he kept his mouth shut.
10:33Still putting on an act
10:34after a whole night?
10:35You just won't give up,
10:36will you?
10:37My throat was burning and dry.
10:39I couldn't make a sound.
10:40The second I tried to move,
10:42the collar's blue light
10:43flared violently.
10:45See?
10:46The machine doesn't lie.
10:48She's still faking it
10:49for sympathy.
10:50The cold treatment
10:51isn't working anymore.
10:51She's just rotten to the core.
10:53Claire, she looks terrible.
10:54Let's just get her checked.
10:56What if she's actually sick?
10:57There are no what ifs.
11:01Every bit of her pain
11:02is just a pathetic excuse.
11:04She grabbed my arm
11:05and yanked me up so hard
11:07as if my bones cracked.
11:08The raw wounds on my skin
11:10ripped open against the floor
11:12and the world went black.
11:14Since she won't admit her faults,
11:17let science fix her.
11:19The car ride was dead silent.
11:22Zach snuggled safely against Claire,
11:24his clean collar dead quiet.
11:27While my blue light
11:28flashed blindingly.
11:30The hospital reeked of bleach.
11:32I slumped weakly
11:34in the exam chair,
11:35my vision blurring into shadows.
11:37The doctor took one look
11:38at my ghost pale face
11:40and the flashing collar.
11:41Where does it hurt, sweetie?
11:44Doctor, there's nothing wrong
11:46with her body.
11:47She's just a compulsive liar
11:48who fakes illness for attention.
11:50She's a little brat.
11:53Her heart rate is irregular
11:55and her complexion is awful.
11:57Let me do a basic check first.
11:59No need.
12:00I've spent years trying to fix her.
12:02Every normal method failed.
12:03She has mental illnesses
12:05and brain damage.
12:06That's why she never learns.
12:07This honesty collar
12:08has zero errors.
12:10It's been alarm since yesterday.
12:12Her pain is just an act.
12:13The doctor's face turned grave
12:15as he warned her.
12:16A mood device
12:17can't rule out
12:18physical disease.
12:19Early signs of internal emergencies
12:21are easy to miss.
12:22Making a hasty call
12:23is very risky.
12:25The biggest risk
12:27is letting a liar
12:27get away with it.
12:29I demand a brain surgery.
12:32Cut her head open
12:33and find the root of her lies.
12:36Brain surgery
12:36is extremely high risk.
12:38She's too weak.
12:39There's over a 50% chance
12:40she'll go into shock
12:41on the table
12:42and never wake up.
12:43Claire didn't blink.
12:45A lying child must be fixed.
12:47Cut her brain open
12:48and cure her rotten nature.
12:50I just sat there
12:51completely paralyzed
12:53my heart turning to ice.
12:55In that brightly lit clinic
12:57my own mother
12:58had just handed me
12:59a death sentence.
13:00I was wheeled into the oar
13:02cold electrodes
13:04sticking to my skin.
13:06The rhythmic beeping
13:07of the monitor
13:08joined the buzzing
13:09of the caller.
13:10Sounding like a countdown
13:12to my death.
13:13The nurse whispered softly.
13:15Don't be scared sweetie.
13:17Just close your eyes
13:18and it'll all be over soon.
13:20I forced the corners
13:21of my stiff lips upward
13:23into a tiny smile.
13:25The anesthesia mask
13:27was pressed over my face
13:30and the world began to blur.
13:33Through the crack in the door
13:35I saw a tender scene
13:36in the hallway.
13:38Claire was carefully
13:39wiping Zach's hands
13:40her eyes overflowing
13:42with love.
13:43Mom,
13:44will sis stop lying
13:45after the surgery?
13:48Yes.
13:49Once we remove
13:50the bad thoughts
13:51making her lie
13:52she'll be just as good
13:53as you.
13:55Tears escape
13:56from the corners
13:56of my eyes
13:57soaking into
13:58the freezing sheets.
14:00So, all my pain and pleas
14:03were nothing more than
14:05bad thoughts in her eyes.
14:07The anesthesia took hold
14:09making my consciousness fade.
14:11My body went numb
14:13yet that lingering ache
14:15remained sharp and clear.
14:16I thought I could hear the sound
14:19of the scalpel slicing
14:20through my flesh.
14:22Thud.
14:23A hammer struck my skull.
14:25Was that the sound
14:26of them prying my head open?
14:30The brain structure
14:32is perfectly fine.
14:33There's no medical basis
14:34for compulsive lying.
14:36I closed my eyes.
14:38I wasn't sick after all, Mom.
14:41But the truth came too late.
14:44My body,
14:45already failing
14:46from internal damage
14:48and a whole night
14:49of suffering,
14:50couldn't survive
14:51the trauma
14:52of the surgery.
14:53The beeping of the monitor
14:55suddenly turned sharp
14:56and frantic.
14:57My heart rate
14:58and blood pressure dropped.
15:00Red alerts began to scream.
15:02Vitals are crashing!
15:04Acute shock, now!
15:05The OR exploded into chaos.
15:09The defibrillator jolted my body
15:12again and again.
15:14My muscles convulsing
15:15as the agony from my head
15:18and stomach tore through me.
15:20But my body couldn't
15:21fight back anymore.
15:23My eyelids grew heavy
15:24and the darkness
15:26began to swallow me whole.
15:27See, Mom?
15:29I wasn't a bad child.
15:32I wasn't lying.
15:35The monitor's screen
15:37flattened into a single,
15:39endless tone,
15:40piercing and deathly silent.
15:42The blue light on my neck,
15:45the one that had flickered
15:46for years to convict me,
15:48slowly flickered out
15:50the moment my life hit zero.
15:52The long,
15:53flat line of the monitor
15:54screamed,
15:55tearing away the last bit
15:57of warmth in the OR.
15:59With the trauma of the surgery,
16:01on top of long-term organ failure,
16:0310-year-old Leah's life
16:05slipped away completely.
16:06The nurse quietly placed the surgical tools
16:09onto the tray.
16:11The soft clink of metal
16:12was deafening in the deathly silence.
16:15The lead surgeon stared at the perfectly healthy brain,
16:18no lesions,
16:19no defects.
16:20His brow furrowed deeply,
16:22his eyes filled with a heavy,
16:24aching pity.
16:24This pure,
16:26clean brain
16:27had none of the so-called
16:28congenital defects
16:30or lying centers.
16:32It was no different
16:33from any other normal child.
16:35Outside in the hallway,
16:37Claire's waiting figure
16:38suddenly went rigid.
16:39A second ago,
16:41she had been stroking
16:42Zach's hair,
16:43whispering promises
16:44to cure his sister's illness.
16:48The next second,
16:50the OR doors swung open.
16:52The grim, somber faces
16:54of the medical team
16:56shattered her every certainty.
16:59A piercing, guttural scream,
17:02one that didn't even sound human,
17:04erupted from Claire's throat.
17:06She stumbled back,
17:08her lower back slamming into a cabinet.
17:10Medical supplies crashed to the floor,
17:13shattering into pieces.
17:15But she didn't feel
17:17a thing.
17:18Her eyes were locked on
17:20to my lifeless,
17:21broken body,
17:22her pupils trembling
17:23with horror.
17:25Impossible!
17:27You're acting!
17:28This is a cheap trick!
17:29You're faking it!
17:31Leah!
17:32Get up!
17:34Mommy won't be mad anymore.
17:36Don't scare Mommy.
17:41She reached out
17:42with shaking hands
17:43to touch me,
17:43but the moment her fingertips
17:45met that bone-chilling cold,
17:47she recoiled as if burned by fire.
17:49The sheer cold and stiffness
17:51were terrifyingly real.
17:54Before long,
17:56piercing sirens sliced through the quiet.
17:59Police cars and forensic vans
18:01arrived one after another,
18:03and yellow caution tape
18:04was quickly unfurled,
18:06sealing off the entire hospital.
18:08I hovered in mid-air,
18:10watching officers and forensics
18:12dart back and forth,
18:14watching the icy flash of cameras
18:16strike my corpse over and over.
18:19Officer, she's faking it!
18:21She's been a liar since she was a baby!
18:23Calm down.
18:24If the collar glows blue,
18:26she's lying!
18:26The machine is never wrong!
18:27I was just disciplining her
18:29in scientific correction!
18:31I did it for her own good!
18:32I never abused my child!
18:34The forensic team
18:35hit a major snag
18:37while trying to move my body.
18:39The collar,
18:40which had been shocking me
18:41with high voltage for years,
18:43had long ago fused
18:44with my flesh and bone
18:45becoming part of me.
18:48Damn it.
18:49The forensic doctor
18:50cursed under his breath,
18:51reaching for professional tools
18:53to pry the collar off.
18:55The sickening sound of skin
18:57being torn away
18:58echoed through the living room.
18:59Even though I was dead,
19:01my soul screamed
19:02from a bone-deep surge
19:04of phantom pain.
19:05The collar was finally ripped off,
19:07its edges dripping with my blood
19:09and charred skin.
19:10It was a gruesome sight.
19:12The police arrived at the house
19:15to gather evidence.
19:17In my bedroom,
19:18an officer picked up
19:21the fallen diary
19:22as he put on his gloves
19:24and slowly flipped through the pages.
19:27His face turned grim
19:28and stone-cold.
19:30That's her confession!
19:32She wrote it herself,
19:33admitting she's a liar!
19:35Look closely!
19:35She confessed!
19:39Whether she lied or not
19:41is for the investigation
19:42to determine based on the evidence.
19:45Just then,
19:47Brian rushed back from work.
19:49The moment he saw
19:50the long, black body bag
19:52on the floor,
19:53his legs gave out.
19:55He collapsed into a heap,
19:57completely breaking down
19:58and losing control
19:59of his bladder.
20:00Young Zach stood to the side,
20:03wailing in terror
20:03at the scene,
20:04yet he still pointed
20:05ignorantly
20:06at the bloody collar
20:07on the table
20:08and cried out,
20:10Mommy!
20:10Why isn't Sis's collar
20:12glowing anymore?
20:13The police began
20:14their on-site questioning
20:16immediately.
20:17Claire,
20:17desperate for a lifeline,
20:19pointed frantically
20:20at the bloody collar.
20:21Officer,
20:22check that collar!
20:23It's 100% accurate!
20:24It only glows blue
20:25when someone lies!
20:26I did nothing wrong!
20:28She was the one
20:28who refused to change!
20:29She was always,
20:30always lying!
20:31I was just following
20:32scientific parenting!
20:37The victim's body
20:38is covered in old
20:39electrical burn scars.
20:40This is the result
20:41of long-term
20:42repeated abuse.
20:43It was corrective education!
20:45She deserved it!
20:47You don't believe me,
20:48do you?
20:49This machine is perfect!
20:50I'll show you myself!
20:52I'm not lying!
20:53If I wear it,
20:53it won't light up!
20:54It won't!
20:56I'll prove it to you!
20:58I'm innocent!
20:59As long as it stays dark,
21:01it means everything
21:02I say is the truth.
21:02The latch snapped shut,
21:04the cold rubber
21:05pressed against her skin,
21:07the sticky texture
21:08of my dried blood
21:09smearing against her.
21:11Claire took a deep breath.
21:14I am Claire,
21:16Leah's mother.
21:17Everything I've said
21:19is the absolute truth.
21:21But the very next second,
21:24Claire froze instantly,
21:26her confidence
21:27turning to stone
21:28as the color drained
21:29completely from her face.
21:32What's happening?
21:33You people must have broken it!
21:36It's broken.
21:37It's broken.
21:39I'm telling the truth!
21:40I'm not lying!
21:41She spoke faster and faster,
21:44spiraling into a panic.
21:47I didn't abuse my child.
21:49I did it for her own good.
21:51I love my daughter.
21:54Beep, beep, beep.
21:55The blue light flashed
21:57even more violently,
21:58becoming a blur of strobes.
22:00Detecting her skyrocketing heart rate
22:02and extreme panic,
22:04the device automatically discharged
22:05a surge of high-voltage electricity.
22:09A thin but sharp current
22:11sliced through her neck.
22:12Claire's entire body convulsed,
22:15goosebumps erupting
22:16across her skin instantly.
22:18The sheer agony
22:19forced her to remember
22:20the countless nights
22:21when I was zapped
22:22by the maximum setting,
22:24how I would curl up
22:25on the floor,
22:26gritting my teeth,
22:27too terrified
22:28to even let out a sob.
22:30Finally,
22:31she realized
22:32those tens of thousands
22:34of shocks
22:35were a pain
22:36that tore the very soul apart.
22:38Why is it blue?
22:39I'm not lying!
22:40Why are you framing me?
22:41You stupid machine!
22:43You're the one lying!
22:44Enough!
22:45Stop trying.
22:46This isn't a lie detector at all.
22:49Not a lie detector?
22:52This is just a basic
22:53heart rate monitor.
22:55The logic is simple.
22:57When a person is stressed,
22:58terrified,
22:58in pain,
22:59or anxious,
23:00their heart rate spikes
23:01and the blue light triggers.
23:04Right now,
23:05you're drowning
23:06in panic, guilt,
23:07and anxiety.
23:09Drowning.
23:09Your heart is out of control.
23:11Of course it's glowing blue.
23:13The officer stepped closer.
23:15Each word hitting like a sledgehammer
23:18against her decade-long obsession.
23:20Your daughter had a ruptured appendix.
23:22The agonizing pain
23:23was enough to send
23:24a child's heart rate
23:25through the roof
23:26and make her collapse in terror.
23:27The more she suffered,
23:29the brighter it glowed.
23:30And you,
23:31you mistook her dying pleas
23:33for a calculated lie.
23:35You kept cranking up the voltage.
23:37The pain caused
23:38a faster heart rate,
23:40which meant a brighter light.
23:41It was a vicious cycle.
23:44You personally
23:45took your child's cry for help
23:46and turned it into
23:47an instrument of torture.
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