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He Stood Up For Her not Me. Completed English dubbed
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00:00My husband faked being paralyzed in a wheelchair for three years.
00:04The night the ship caught fire, a burning beam injured my leg.
00:07I screamed his name until my throat tore open.
00:10He looked at me from that chair.
00:12Cold.
00:13Too far. I can't reach you.
00:16Crawl by yourself.
00:17Then his precious girl slipped off the deck.
00:19Ethan shot upright and sprinted to the railing
00:22and dove into the black water without a second thought.
00:25I burned one of my legs in the fire.
00:27Lack of oxygen damaged my brain.
00:29My brain stopped at six years old.
00:31Permanent.
00:32Three years later, he found me on the street begging for change.
00:36He dropped to his knees, eyes red.
00:40You really sank this low just to hide from me?
00:43I tilted my head.
00:44Mister, your legs are just fine. Why are you kneeling?
00:47You want to learn how to beg?
00:49I only have one left.
00:51He didn't take my candy.
00:52His voice was loud.
00:54Nora! How long are you going to keep this up?
00:56I flinched, pulling my cracked bowl tight against my chest.
01:00Three dollars inside.
01:02That was my dinner money for the day.
01:04I can't let anyone take it from me.
01:06He grabbed my arm.
01:08Ow! Mister, that hurts! Stop it!
01:10I cried from the pain.
01:12Ow!
01:12My other hand squeezed the candy tight.
01:14Ryan had given it to me as a reward that morning
01:17because I hadn't wet myself yesterday.
01:21Stop pretending!
01:23He forced my fingers open.
01:25In my palm sat a half-melted fruit-hard candy.
01:28Disgust flooded his eyes.
01:30All this for that?
01:31He snatched it, threw it to the ground, and pressed his shoe down.
01:35No!
01:35I screamed.
01:36I don't know where the strength came from.
01:38I dropped to my hands and knees on the sidewalk,
01:40scraping at the candy dust stuck in the cracks.
01:42I shoved the sugary grit into my mouth,
01:44face wet with tears and snot.
01:46People around us stared.
01:48Someone pulled out a phone.
01:50Ethan looked at me, eyes on fire.
01:52He grabbed my collar and hauled me up.
01:55Nora.
02:02Nora, that's disgusting!
02:05I didn't look at him, just stared at the smear on the ground.
02:09Give it back! Mister, get my candy back!
02:11Ethan's jaw was tight.
02:13He picked me up and threw me into the back of a black car.
02:16I slapped the window and watched my cracked bowl sitting alone on the sidewalk.
02:19My money! That's my money!
02:22Ryan's gonna go hungry!
02:24He locked the door and told the driver to go.
02:26Then turned around and stared at me, all hate.
02:29That jerk can starve for all I care.
02:31Since you love performing so much,
02:33I'm taking you back to the one place you've been running from.
02:36The car pulled through the gate of a big house.
02:39Something about it felt familiar.
02:41I didn't let myself think about it.
02:43The walls were too white, like a hospital.
02:46The lights were too bright, like fire.
02:49The staff covered their noses when they saw me.
02:52He dropped me on the living room carpet.
02:54Clean her up.
02:55Don't ruin my floors.
02:56The maids dragged me into the bathroom.
02:59The faucet turned on.
03:00Hot water poured out.
03:02Steam rising.
03:03It's fire!
03:05Don't burn me back!
03:06The hot water on my skin felt like the flames on that ship.
03:10I wrapped my arms around my head.
03:12Shaking so hard my teeth clipped.
03:14The maids held me down.
03:16I slapped them, scratching a gash down one arm.
03:18Smack!
03:19She slapped me back.
03:20You crazy woman!
03:22When Ethan walked in, I was crammed into the corner of the tub like a wet dog.
03:26The burns on my back were exposed.
03:28A huge, tangled mess of scars branching like dead roots across my skin.
03:33His pupils contracted.
03:40He reached toward the scars, but stopped halfway.
03:42Committed to the role, aren't you?
03:44Ethan?
03:45Then a soft voice at the door.
03:47Sienna walked in wearing a white ballet skirt.
03:50Clean and smooth, like a swan.
03:52I was a rat from the gutter.
03:54She saw the scars on my back.
03:56Her eyes flicked with something ugly, but she covered it fast.
03:59Nora, what happened to you?
04:00Why would you scratch the staff like that?
04:02I smelled her perfume, sneezed, and pointed at her.
04:05Lady, you stink.
04:07Her smile almost cracked.
04:09Ethan stepped in front of her immediately.
04:11Apologize to Sienna.
04:12Now.
04:13I didn't understand.
04:13She was the one who smelled.
04:15Why did I have to say sorry?
04:17I pressed my lips together and said nothing.
04:19Ethan ran out of patience.
04:21Hurry!
04:22Get her cleaned up.
04:23Then he turned and walked away.
04:25After changing my clothes, the maid dragged me into the living room.
04:28Ethan pulled a box from the closet.
04:30Inside were ballet shoes.
04:32He threw the shoes at my feet.
04:34Three years ago, those were the most precious thing I owned.
04:38Now when I saw them, I only felt pain in my legs.
04:41And the broken bones ached.
04:43You used to love dancing, didn't you?
04:45Put them on.
04:47Dance for me.
04:48I can't.
04:50Dance.
04:50Legs hurt.
04:52Don't burn me.
04:54He let out a cold laugh.
04:56Won't dance?
04:57Then you'll never dance again.
04:59He walked to the fireplace.
05:01The fire was burning.
05:02He let go.
05:03The flames swallowed them instantly.
05:06I watched the fire and something in my head snapped.
05:08My fire.
05:09The ship.
05:10My legs.
05:11I lost control right there on the floor.
05:13The warm liquid ran down my thighs.
05:16Sienna shrieked and buried her face in Ethan's chest.
05:19Ethan looked at the floor.
05:20His face went gray.
05:21The girl who used to walk like she owned every room she entered.
05:24She was really gone.
05:30Ethan locked me in a bedroom.
05:32But I was hungry.
05:33My stomach made noise.
05:35I missed the bread rolls Ryan bought me.
05:37A maid pushed me into a chair at the table.
05:40So much food.
05:41I didn't dare touch any of it.
05:43That night, the mansion was loud.
05:46Ethan was hosting a dinner.
05:47Ethan sat at the head of the table.
05:50Sienna sat next to him like she owned the place.
05:54Eat.
05:55He said, watching me cold.
05:58Weren't you starving on the street?
06:00I looked at the steak in front of me.
06:02Raw.
06:02With blood.
06:04Oh, Nora.
06:05You've been staring at my cake.
06:07Do you want it?
06:08My eyes moved to the small cake in front of Sienna.
06:11Sienna noticed me looking.
06:13She smiled, then slid the plate toward me.
06:15I slowly reached out my hand.
06:17The second my fingers touched the plate, a sharp pain shot through my inner thigh.
06:22My hand jerked.
06:23The plate flipped.
06:24Cake landed all over Sienna's white dress.
06:27Cream everywhere.
06:28Oh, my dress!
06:30Nora, if you didn't want it, you could have just said so.
06:34Why would you throw it at me?
06:36Ethan gave me this dress.
06:39It's one of a kind.
06:42Nora!
06:49He glared at me.
06:54I crawled under the table, curled up with my arms over my head, shaking.
06:59I didn't do it.
07:00She pinched me.
07:01It hurt.
07:02It hurt so bad.
07:04I said, get out!
07:05You made the mess!
07:07You will clean it up!
07:08Ethan didn't believe me.
07:09Pick up the cake and eat it.
07:11Off the floor.
07:12I didn't want to come out, but scared of being hit, Sienna stood nearby, pretending to wipe
07:16her skirt.
07:17I crawled forward and reached for the cake pieces mixed with cream.
07:21Ow!
07:22The shard scattered into the cream.
07:23I didn't notice.
07:24Mister, it hurts.
07:26I'm bleeding.
07:28Ethan's face shifted.
07:29Something like concern.
07:30Ethan, I feel sick.
07:33All the stress.
07:34I think I'm going to faint.
07:36Sienna collapsed against him, hand pressed to her chest.
07:39Take her downstairs.
07:41Lock her in the basement.
07:42No bandages.
07:43No food.
07:44Let her think about what she's done.
07:45The basement was dark.
07:47No windows, just mice.
07:49I sat in the corner and licked my wounds.
07:51The blood had dried.
07:52Sticky.
07:53So hungry.
07:54I wanted Ryan.
07:59Then a crash outside the door.
08:01Someone was kicking the iron door.
08:03Hard.
08:03Over and over.
08:12Then came the shouting.
08:14Get out of my way.
08:15Let me in.
08:16That voice.
08:17It was Ryan.
08:18My head shot up.
08:19My eyes went bright.
08:20Get out of my way.
08:21Let me in.
08:25Let me in.
08:27Ryan.
08:28Nora.
08:29I'm here.
08:32I stumbled toward the door.
08:34It burst open.
08:36Nora.
08:36Ryan came through, holding a bloody metal pipe, his clothes shredded and body covered in wounds.
08:41These animals.
08:43It's okay.
08:44I'm taking you home.
08:45Ethan came back with more guards blocking the door.
08:47So this is your guy.
08:48Ethan, are you even human?
08:50She has the mind of a six-year-old.
08:52You're abusing someone who can't understand what's happening to her.
08:55Can't understand?
08:56She's putting on a better show than anyone.
08:58He waved his hand.
08:59The guards moved in.
09:01They pinned Ryan to the floor fast.
09:03Ethan walked over and stepped on Ryan's hand.
09:07That hand touched what's mine.
09:09Break it.
09:10Let him go.
09:12Let Ryan go.
09:18Ethan snatched the baseball bat from a guard and raised it high.
09:22Don't touch him.
09:24Ryan gives me candy.
09:25You're the bad one.
09:27Ethan looked at me covering another man.
09:29Fine.
09:30Fine.
09:31The jealousy wrecked his face.
09:33You love him that much?
09:35Then I'll break his fingers one by one while you watch.
09:38Nora, run.
09:39Don't worry about me.
09:41I saw the fruit knife.
09:42He wanted a hand.
09:43I'd give him one.
09:44I grabbed the knife and without hesitation drove it straight down onto my left winky.
09:48No!
09:49No!
09:51I picked up the severed finger and held it out to Ethan.
09:54I'm paying you back.
09:55Finger for finger.
09:56Let Ryan go.
09:58Okay?
09:59Ethan stared at the finger in my hand.
10:01He bent still.
10:03It doesn't hurt anymore.
10:04Nora!
10:06Nora!
10:07Nora!
10:08Nora!
10:09Let him go.
10:11I passed out before I hit the floor.
10:18Hospitals smell bitter.
10:19I woke up with my left hand wrapped thick in bandages.
10:23Ryan wasn't there.
10:24Just Ethan sitting at the edge of the bed.
10:27He stubble on his jaw.
10:28Eyes full of broken red lines.
10:30He looked sicker than me.
10:31When he saw me wake up, his hand shook.
10:34Nora.
10:35I pulled the blanket up, just my eyes looking out.
10:38I hate you with the finger.
10:42I said it quietly.
10:44Can I go home now?
10:45Ryan's waiting.
10:46The smile on Ethan's face froze.
10:49This is your home.
10:50I'm your husband.
10:51I'm Ethan.
10:52I shook my head.
10:55No.
10:56I pointed out the window toward the overpass.
10:58That's home.
10:59This is a cage.
11:01I tilted my head.
11:03Eyes clear.
11:04Brutal.
11:05I don't know any Ethan.
11:06I only remember that my husband didn't want me anymore.
11:10Ethan's face went white.
11:11Right then, the doctor walked in, file in hand.
11:14Sir, the results are back.
11:17He clipped the scans to the light board.
11:19The patient has sustained chronic damage to the hippocampus.
11:22Her cognitive function genuinely tests at the level of a five or six year old.
11:27This isn't performance.
11:28This is irreversible.
11:30The doctor paused, then pointed to another scan.
11:33The burn injuries on her body date back three years.
11:36Some of the wounds reached bone.
11:38Her leg bones suffered a severe fracture and healed badly.
11:42That's why she walks with a limp.
11:44Ethan's hands started shaking hard.
11:50Three years ago, the cruise ship fire.
11:52He thought I'd gotten out clean, but I hadn't.
11:55That's impossible.
11:57The words came out barely above a whisper.
12:01She's acting.
12:03She's always been good at lying.
12:04Ethan!
12:05Then Sienna burst through the door, casserole dish in her hands.
12:09Face all worry.
12:10Obviously, that trash collector paid off the doctors.
12:13Nora used to be an actress.
12:15Literally award winning.
12:16Look at her eyes.
12:18Does that look like someone who doesn't understand anything?
12:21She's calculating every move.
12:23I saw Sienna's face twisted up.
12:25I got scared and stepped behind Ethan and grabbed the back of his shirt.
12:29Bad woman.
12:31She always wants to hurt me.
12:34Ethan felt me flinch behind him.
12:36Then he looked at Sienna screaming.
12:38For the first time, something cracked in the wall he'd built inside himself.
12:43If she was really gone, then what had he been doing these three years?
12:47He had driven a woman with a child's mind and a body full of wounds into begging on the streets.
12:53Made her cut off her own finger to buy someone else's freedom.
12:57Ethan spat blood.
13:01Ethan still didn't believe it.
13:03To test whether I was faking, he set up a so-called recovery session, which was just forcing me to
13:09dance.
13:10The studio had mirrors on every wall.
13:13I hated mirrors.
13:14The person in them looked like a ghost.
13:17My legs are broken.
13:19I can't move.
13:20I held onto a post and wouldn't let go.
13:22The trainer grabbed my leg and pulled.
13:25Cold sweat poured down my face.
13:27My screams bounced off the empty room.
13:30Real pain.
13:31The kind you can't fake.
13:33Like something tearing from the root.
13:35Ethan, help me.
13:36I cried it out.
13:38The name carved into my bones came out on its own.
13:41Ethan stood in the doorway, cigarette in his hand.
13:44When he heard me say his name, his fingers went still.
13:47But he didn't move.
13:49He just waited.
13:50Waiting for me to break character.
13:52To stand up and dance a perfect Swan Lake.
13:55Sienna was in her practice clothes, spinning gracefully nearby.
14:00See, Nora?
14:01It's easy.
14:02You used to be first chair.
14:04A little pain is nothing.
14:05She spun close and looked down at me on the floor.
14:08You look like a broken little bird.
14:10Pathetic.
14:11Ethan can't even stand to look at you.
14:14I didn't catch all of it.
14:15But I understood pathetic.
14:17Sienna covered her mouth and laughed.
14:20Look at you.
14:21Can't even get up off the floor.
14:23Like a little...
14:25Look at you.
14:26Can't even get up off the floor.
14:28Like a little duck.
14:30Duck.
14:30That word went in like a needle.
14:33That was what our old instructor used to call students who couldn't get the steps right.
14:37I snapped, arched, and opened to Sienna.
14:39Locking my jaw and refusing to let go.
14:44Sienna screamed, kicking at my head.
14:49Ethan shoved me away.
14:51My head hit the mirror.
14:52The mirror shattered.
14:53I lay in the broken glass, face covered in blood, eyes empty on the ceiling.
14:58Ethan looked at the reflection.
14:59The woman bleeding on the floor, staring at nothing.
15:02For a second it overlapped with the memory of Nora blazing on a stage.
15:06The distance between those two images stole the air from his lungs.
15:11He looked at the bite mark on Sienna's leg, then at the blood on my head, before turning away.
15:17Lock her up.
15:18No food until I say so.
15:20He couldn't look at me.
15:21My wound got infected.
15:23That night, the fever hit hard.
15:25My whole body felt like it had been thrown into a furnace.
15:28Dreams full of fire.
15:30Red fire.
15:31Black smoke.
15:32And that man in the wheelchair, watching me cold.
15:35Too far.
15:35I can't reach you.
15:37Crawl by yourself.
15:38I curled up in bed, mumbling without stopping.
15:42Ethan, help me.
15:44Help me.
15:45My legs hurt.
15:47Don't leave me.
15:48The maid on night duty fell asleep in the front hall.
15:51The door crept open.
15:53Sienna slipped in, pillow in her hands.
15:56The moonlight hitting her face and making it look wrong.
15:59She walked to the bed, heard me saying Ethan's name.
16:02Her eyes went vicious.
16:05Even a brain-dead girl remembers his name?
16:09Nora.
16:10Why won't you just die?
16:12If you're gone, Ethan is all mine.
16:14She pushed the pillow down hard and in her face.
16:24I couldn't breathe.
16:26I thrashed, arms and legs swinging.
16:28But I was too weak to push her off.
16:30The air ran out.
16:32My lungs felt like they were going to burst.
16:34Just as my vision started going dark, just as I thought I was dying again, the door slammed open.
16:41Ethan's voice cracked the room like thunder.
16:43What are you doing?
16:45He'd come because he couldn't sleep, so came to see if I was still alive.
16:49Sienna flinched, let go fast, and pretended to be fixing my pillow.
16:54Ethan!
16:55Nora seemed like she couldn't breathe.
16:57I was just adjusting.
16:59I sucked in air.
17:01Big, gulping breaths.
17:03The fever gave me hallucinations.
17:05I looked up and saw Ethan's face clearly.
17:08For one second, time slid backward.
17:11Three years back.
17:12Before I broke.
17:13Before he changed.
17:15Honey.
17:16I cried, reached out, and grabbed his sleeve.
17:19Help me.
17:20It hurts.
17:22One moment of clarity.
17:23Like a candle flaring before it goes out.
17:26Ethan froze.
17:27Three years.
17:28First time I'd called him honey, not mister.
17:31Tears came up fast.
17:32Nora.
17:34I'm here.
17:35Then the next second, my eyes went blank.
17:37My hand dropped.
17:38I was gone again.
17:39I looked at Sienna in terror and shrank into Ethan's chest.
17:44Bad woman.
17:46Wants to hurt me.
17:48Pillow.
17:49Can't breathe.
17:51Ethan snapped his head towards Sienna.
17:53First time his eyes held something that looked like murder.
17:56Get out.
18:00After that, Ethan started digging everything.
18:03He had Ryan pulled out of holding.
18:05Ryan came out carrying a black plastic bag and dropped it straight onto Ethan's desk.
18:10Ryan said coldly,
18:12She wrote these.
18:14Pull the paper out of trash cans.
18:15Read them yourself.
18:16When you're done, you'll know exactly what kind of trash you are.
18:19Ethan's hand shook as he opened the bag.
18:22Inside was cigarette box cardboard, torn newspaper scraps, candy wrappers, covered in writing, uneven, wobbly letters, big and small mixed
18:32together, like a little kid's hand.
18:34Legs hurt bad today.
18:35It rained.
18:37Ryan found me some fever pills from a trash bag.
18:39Pills taste gross.
18:41Want candy.
18:42I saw a man today who looked like someone I know.
18:46He didn't look at me.
18:47Am I too dirty?
18:48I want to dance so bad, but my legs are ugly, like centipods.
18:52I don't remember who I am anymore, but I remember I loved someone once.
18:57That person's name was...
18:59The name was scribbled out.
19:01The paper was torn through from pressing too hard.
19:04She'd wanted to write it, but couldn't make herself do it.
19:07Ethan turned to the last page.
19:09A drawing, done on a fast food tray liner.
19:12Big flames.
19:14A man in a wheelchair, back turned to a little girl, running away holding another woman.
19:18The little girl's legs were broken.
19:20She was crying.
19:21Under the drawing, one line of writing.
19:23My husband doesn't want me anymore.
19:26I don't want him either.
19:28I'm saving my candy for Ryan.
19:33A teardrop had landed on the paper.
19:35It blurred the word husband into nothing.
19:37Ethan looked at those words and couldn't breathe.
19:40He finally understood.
19:42These three years.
19:43What kind of hell I had been living in.
19:46He thought I'd been hiding from him on purpose, but I'd been begging.
19:49Pulling food out of dumpsters.
19:51Enduring pain every single day while he blamed me and hurt me more.
19:55Ethan made a sound like an animal.
19:57He pulled all those scraps of paper against his chest.
20:00Is there any way she gets better?
20:04Ethan.
20:06Love that shows up this late isn't worth the dirt it crawls in on.
20:09Ethan went frantic trying to fix things.
20:11Wrapping every sharp corner in the mansion with padding.
20:14Throwing Sienna out.
20:15And buying boxes and boxes of imported, limited edition, gold foil wrapped candy.
20:20Filling my room until you couldn't see the floor.
20:22Nora.
20:24Have some candy.
20:27It's all yours.
20:28Eat as much as you want.
20:30No.
20:38I reached into my pocket and pulled out a candy wrapper.
20:41The one he'd stomped on.
20:43The one I'd secretly gone back and picked up.
20:45This one is sweet.
20:48Nora, that's not clean.
20:49Don't...
20:51Don't hit me, mister.
20:53Don't hit me, mister.
20:55I'll be going to eat candy.
20:57Don't hit my hands.
21:01Nora.
21:03It's me.
21:04It's Ethan.
21:05I'm your husband.
21:06Will you just look at me?
21:07Okay?
21:08I was wrong.
21:09I was so wrong.
21:10You can hit me.
21:12Just don't be scared of me.
21:13Mister.
21:14Mister.
21:15Your legs aren't broken.
21:16Broken.
21:17Why are you kneeling?
21:18You trying to beg, too?
21:20I don't have any candy left, though.
21:28It didn't matter what he said.
21:30There was no Ethan in my world anymore.
21:32Just the bad mister.
21:33And the good Ryan.
21:34Ethan finally got it.
21:36Some damage doesn't go away.
21:37Sienna wasn't finished.
21:38She'd lost everything.
21:40She wanted to drag me down with her.
21:41She pressured the company board members.
21:44Forced Ethan to bring me to a press event.
21:46Ethan wanted to refuse.
21:47But I overheard Sienna on the phone.
21:49She said Ryan would be waiting for me at the event.
21:52I had to find Ryan.
21:53So I slipped past the guards when they weren't looking.
21:56The venue was packed.
21:58Camera flashes popped like lightning.
22:00I said it soft.
22:01Ryan.
22:02Sienna came charging out from backstage and pretended to trip.
22:06She grabbed the hem of my long skirt on the way down.
22:09Under the bright cameras, the burns on my legs were in full view.
22:14Taken by a falling beam the night I pulled Ethan away from the fire.
22:23Oh my god, is this abuse?
22:24Wait, didn't they say she was faking?
22:26Those are old scars.
22:27Three years old at least.
22:28Didn't Ethan say she walked away without a scratch?
22:30Don't look.
22:31Ugly.
22:31It's ugly.
22:32Don't look at the scars.
22:33Ethan ran onto the stage like something had snapped in him.
22:36He pulled off his jacket and wrapped it tight around me.
22:39Eyes burning red, he turned to the cameras.
22:41Get back!
22:42All of you, back up!
22:43He held me like I was the only thing left worth holding.
22:46Too late.
22:47Everyone had seen it.
22:49I huddled against his chest, still crying.
22:51The dress is ruined.
22:53I'm going to get hit again.
23:01No one is hitting Mara.
23:05Ever.
23:06Sienna was done.
23:07She decided if she was going down, I was going with her.
23:10While Ethan was dealing with the media fallout, she paid off a driver and had me grabbed.
23:15I was taken to an abandoned factory outside the city.
23:18Sienna splashed gasoline and lit the old tires stacked around the building.
23:23Nora, just die!
23:27Once you're gone, Ethan is mine.
23:29He'll only remember me!
23:32He'll only remember me!
23:34The flames woke up the deepest part of my fear.
23:39Fire.
23:40Fire!
23:41I screamed and grabbed my head.
23:42I was back on that cruise ship.
23:44Back in that night.
23:45That was hell.
23:46Ethan and Ryan arrived at the same time.
23:49Stop!
23:56Sienna saw him and smiled wider.
23:58Ethan, you came.
24:00Perfect.
24:01We can all go together.
24:02She dropped the lighter.
24:04Then the fire exploded out of control.
24:07Beams began to fall.
24:12Ethan and Ryan both ran into the flames.
24:14The fire was too big.
24:16Only one person could be carried out.
24:18This time, Ethan didn't hesitate.
24:20He sprinted to me.
24:37Shove the burning beam away before it could come down on my head.
24:41Same as what I did for him three years ago.
24:44The burning wood hit him full across the back and crushed his legs underneath it.
24:49He spit blood, but he kept his body over me.
24:53Nora, don't be scared.
24:55This time, I'm the one saving you.
24:58Go.
24:59Now.
25:06Take her out.
25:10Ryan grabbed me and ran.
25:12Ethan was trapped.
25:13The beam had his legs pinned.
25:14He couldn't move.
25:15I was over Ryan's shoulder.
25:17I looked back once.
25:18In the firelight, Ethan was watching me, waiting.
25:21Waiting for even the smallest sign that I didn't want to leave him behind.
25:25There was nothing.
25:26My eyes only held fear of the fire.
25:29Run faster.
25:30Ryan, run.
25:32Ethan watched my back until it disappeared.
25:35In the middle of the fire, he smiled.
25:38Faint.
25:39Broken.
25:40This was what he deserved.
25:42He hadn't saved me.
25:43I didn't save him.
25:45Fair.
25:50Ethan didn't die.
25:51The firefighters got there in time.
25:53But the damage was bad, and he was out for three months.
25:57When he woke up, his legs were gone for real.
25:59Nerves severed.
26:00He'd never walk again.
26:02Ethan, first thing he did when he opened his eyes was ask for me.
26:07Where's Nora?
26:08Sir, Ryan took her.
26:11They left.
26:12Where?
26:13Nobody knows.
26:15Nobody can find them.
26:17Ethan went everywhere, looking for me.
26:20He sold the company and the mansion.
26:22Just to find the girl who liked candy.
26:26One year later, Ethan finally found me in a small coastal town.
26:32Late afternoon light, I was in a sundress spinning in clumsy circles on the beach.
26:37Still limping, but smiling wide.
26:40Ryan sat nearby, unwrapping taffy from a bag one piece at a time.
26:45I want more, Ryan!
26:48Slow down.
26:50You're gonna rot your teeth.
26:52Okay.
27:04Ethan sat in his wheelchair, behind a low white fence far away, watching.
27:09His tears had run dry.
27:11He pushed the chair forward, trying to get closer.
27:15The wheels crunching over the sand caught my attention.
27:17I turned around and saw him.
27:20Ethan's heart went to his throat.
27:21He opened his mouth and tried to say my name.
27:24But I just looked at him for a second, eyes blank, cautious.
27:29I turned and hid behind Ryan, pointing at Ethan.
27:34Ryan, there's a weird man over there.
27:37He keeps staring at my candy.
27:39Ryan looked up, cold eyes on Ethan.
27:42In that look, there was contempt.
27:44And the kind of pity that only a winner can afford.
27:47Ignore him.
27:48He's just a beggar.
27:51Oh, pathetic.
27:54I took the candy wrapper I'd just peeled off, crumpled it up, walked to the trash can, dropped it in.
28:00Then I took Ryan's hand and walked away without looking back.
28:10Ryan, are we getting fish for dinner?
28:13Yeah, fish.
28:15The setting sun stretched our shadows long across the sand.
28:19Ethan sat alone in his wheelchair, watching my shadow disappear into the light.
28:25His hand shook as he pushed himself over to that trash can.
28:28He didn't care how dirty it was.
28:31He reached in and found the wrapper I had thrown away, held it tight in his fist and pressed it
28:36to his chest.
28:38Nora.
28:39He sobbed.
28:41The kind that sounds like a man the whole world has thrown out.
28:44And I just realized it wasn't perfect anyway.
28:47I just want to check it out.
28:48Okay.
28:48You
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