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Diver's Revenge
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00:00Eight years ago, my family forced me to take the blame for my adopted brother's crime.
00:05While I rotted in jail, he slept with my wife, squandered my fortune, and remained their golden boy.
00:11Now I am finally out. No one wanted to have anything to do with me.
00:15I had to make a living by selling fish in the market.
00:18But my family showed up again. They wanted to trade my life for his again.
00:22I used to be one of the best deep-sea divers in the country.
00:25But when my adopted brother Jason killed his friend for gold, my whole family forced me to take the blame.
00:32In the court, the judge said I cut my partner's oxygen line for gold bars and a sunken rack.
00:38I didn't. Nobody believed me. Just like that, I was convicted of murder, imprisoned for life.
00:44The victim's family hired prisoners in the jail to put shit in my plate and beat me day and night.
00:49My stomach was punched a hole, with my teeth falling off I could barely eat.
00:53Luckily, after eight years of good behavior, they let me out early.
00:57As no one from my past cared for me, I had to run a fish stall at the local wet
01:02market, gutting carp, scaling base.
01:05Six days a week, my nose was already broken.
01:08I didn't smell the stench of the fish, but the fish scale still cut my hand bleeding sometimes.
01:14Still, I was satisfied. At least I lived.
01:17Until one morning, my long unseen family suddenly came storming in like the world was ending.
01:23My parents dropped to their knees on the fish-gut-covered floor and started screaming.
01:28Ethan!
01:28Mom's voice broke.
01:30Your brother Jason went diving two hours ago. He never came up. Something's wrong.
01:37You were the best diver in this country. Please, go in and save him!
01:42My ex-wife Vivian shoved a wedding ring onto my finger without asking.
01:47Her hands were shaking. She whispered,
01:49Come back to me. Save Jason and I'll remarry you. I promise.
01:53I didn't answer. I just reached up and touched the hearing aid behind my right ear.
01:58Did they forget?
02:00Eight years ago, Jason, the adopted son, started a fight underwater.
02:05He wanted the gold bars in that sunken wreck. He killed someone for them.
02:10After everything came out, Vivian forced me to sign a confession to protect him.
02:15My own father slapped me so hard he ruptured my eardrum, half-deaf.
02:20That is what they made me.
02:21Now if I dive, the pressure will burst a vessel in my brain. I'd die on the way down.
02:27Hey! Don't push your luck, Ethan!
02:29Market manager Bill stepped forward. He bowed and scraped to Vivian and my parents.
02:35Then turned to me with nothing but contempt.
02:37You scale fish all day and now you're putting on airs?
02:40Save the guy, get the cash, get your name back. What's the problem?
02:43What, you think this little fish stall is a palace?
02:45The crowd started murmuring.
02:48So cold. That's his own brother.
02:50He just wants more money. Looks decent enough. Heart's rotten.
02:55Every word was a needle. I was the victim.
02:57I was the one whose life got destroyed.
03:00Why was I still the villain?
03:02I slipped the ring off, pushed it back.
03:04Then I pointed to the hearing aid and shook my head.
03:09My voice was flat.
03:11It's not that I won't go. My ears are gone.
03:13The pressure would kill me.
03:15Mom froze.
03:16Then she threw herself onto the wet floor and started wailing.
03:21Eight years, Ethan!
03:22And you're still this cruel!
03:24Calling yourself disabled just to dodge responsibility?
03:27That's Jason down there!
03:29Your brother!
03:30Dad pointed at me with a trembling finger.
03:33What kind of son are you?
03:35Watching someone drown and making up excuses?
03:37You're worthless!
03:38Vivian's eyes were red.
03:40She dug through her purse and shoved a bank card into my hand.
03:43Ethan!
03:44Please!
03:45Five million on that card.
03:47Yours!
03:48All of it!
03:49Just bring Jason up!
03:50Hot tears hit the back of my hand.
03:53They burned.
03:54Eight years in prison.
03:55She never visited once.
03:57And now she shows up.
03:59Not for me, but to pay me to rescue the man she chose over me.
04:03I reached into my pocket.
04:05Pulled out a medical certificate.
04:07Severe eardrum perforation.
04:09Vivian didn't even glance at it.
04:11She slapped it out of my hand.
04:13Stop performing!
04:15Just take the money and go!
04:18Jason is running out of time!
04:20Ethan Cole!
04:22You're a convicted killer!
04:24Get out of this market!
04:26You're a curse on all of us!
04:29Save him today or don't ever come back!
04:31Fish and ice and blood scattered across the floor.
04:35The crowd joined in.
04:36Some spat on me.
04:37Get out, murderer!
04:39People like him don't deserve to breathe!
04:42Simono threw a stinking fish into my face.
04:45Whose scales hurts my skin.
04:47Slowly drew my blood.
04:48And fell off to the ground.
04:50Just next to the medical certificate Vivian tossed.
04:53I stared at my medical certificate lying in a puddle of fish water.
04:57All I ever wanted was to disappear quietly.
04:59Live small.
05:00Cause no trouble.
05:02Was even that too much to ask?
05:04The suffocation of a screaming mob hit me all at once.
05:07My defenses collapsed.
05:08I turned and ran.
05:10I don't remember how I made it back to my apartment.
05:13I was still catching my breath when my phone exploded with notifications.
05:17Trending citywide.
05:18Convicted brother refuses to save drowning men.
05:22Adopted son fights for life biological son watches coldly.
05:26Vivian Wilson weeps offers reward for missing lover.
05:30I'm so sorry everyone.
05:32I know I'm taking up your time.
05:34But as a mother I have nowhere else to turn.
05:36It's our fault.
05:37We raised him wrong.
05:38This animal killed for gold.
05:40Spent eight years in prison.
05:41We thought he'd changed.
05:43His brother is dying underwater right now and he ran.
05:45Dad stood behind her and bowed deeply to the camera.
05:49Please.
05:50Anyone who finds our son Jason will pay one million dollars.
05:54The comments flooded with hate.
05:56Find him.
05:57Expose him.
05:57I know where he lives.
05:59Westside.
06:00Someone go beat the hell out of him.
06:02Let's go boys.
06:04Less than a minute later.
06:05Someone started pounding on my building.
06:08The door exploded inward before I could move.
06:10My landlord stormed in with a group of men.
06:13Phones out.
06:14Flashlights blazing in my face.
06:16A murderer living in my building?
06:18You sick bastard.
06:21They trashed the place.
06:23Pots.
06:24Bowls.
06:25Everything.
06:26Smashed.
06:27Two big guys grabbed my head and forced me to kneel.
06:30Bow to the camera.
06:32Say you're an animal.
06:33Say you don't deserve to live.
06:35One slap sent my head easy.
06:36The humiliation was like a tide swallowing me whole.
06:39They had me by the hair.
06:41Phone inches from my face.
06:43I couldn't move.
06:44Then the crowd parted.
06:46Mom and dad appeared in the doorway.
06:48I thought they were here to stop this.
06:50Dad reached into a bag and handed someone a thick rope.
06:52His jaw was clenched.
06:54Tie him up.
06:55If he won't go voluntarily, he'll drag him.
06:58Dad.
06:58Do you hear yourself?
07:00I told you.
07:01I'll die down there.
07:03Mom.
07:04Does your own son's life mean nothing?
07:06Are you really going to kill me for that adopted kid?
07:08Mom's eyes flickered.
07:10For one second.
07:11Guilt.
07:12Then it hardened.
07:13Shut up.
07:14Jason may be adopted, but he's 10,000 times the man you are.
07:17While you were rotting in prison, Jason was the one taking care of us.
07:21He was there every single day.
07:22Now he's in danger and you, his older brother, won't lift a figure.
07:26How do you live with yourself?
07:27Even a heart full of old wounds can find new ways to break.
07:31I learned that right then.
07:33To them, blood meant nothing.
07:35I was the stain.
07:36I was the tool.
07:37I was the thing to be spent.
07:40I'm not going.
07:41And I didn't kill anyone.
07:45There's more to that case.
07:47You've never once tried to hear it.
07:49I fought against the rope.
07:51Nobody listens to a convicted killer.
07:53Then Vivian walked in.
07:55Stun baton in hand.
07:56Bodyguard behind her.
07:57Ethan, don't make me hurt you.
08:01For Jason, I'll do anything.
08:03She didn't hesitate.
08:04She drove the baton into my back.
08:06My whole body seized.
08:08The world went black.
08:10When I opened my eyes, I was on a ship deck.
08:13Vivian stood over me.
08:16Hello again, ex.
08:18Vivian stood over me.
08:20Stop playing dead.
08:21Get up and bring Jason back.
08:23When I didn't move, she crouched.
08:26Remarry me.
08:28Save him and we'll start over.
08:29You'll never have to touch a fish again.
08:31Never touch a fish again.
08:33Something twisted in my chest.
08:35Six months ago, after I got out of prison, I went back to the family house once.
08:40Stood outside that massive floor-to-ceiling window.
08:44Inside, every light was on.
08:46Mom, Dad, Vivian.
08:48All around the table with Jason.
08:51Laughing.
08:52Toasting.
08:52Happy family.
08:53And outside, in the freezing wind, I was a half-deaf ex-con with nothing.
08:58That was the moment I understood.
09:00My hell was built by their hands.
09:02I was never family.
09:04I was always just the outsider.
09:06I snapped back to the present.
09:09My eyes landed on a photo in Vivian's hand.
09:12A beach volleyball game.
09:14Candid shot.
09:15Jason shirtless.
09:17Standing out among the dive team.
09:19On his right shoulder.
09:20A scar.
09:21I stared at that scar.
09:23Lightning hit me.
09:29A memory I'd buried for ten years forced its way back.
09:33I was dive team captain back then.
09:35Vivian and Jason were both on my crew.
09:38That day, the current turned deadly without warning.
09:42I signaled immediately.
09:44Surface.
09:45Everyone.
09:46Now.
09:47Before we could ascend, it happened.
09:49In the chaos, I pushed Vivian and Jason clear of the current.
09:53Used everything I had.
09:54Got swept away myself.
09:56I woke up on a deserted island three days later.
09:59Coast Guard found me.
10:10When I got home, Jason ran to me and hugged me so hard I could barely breathe.
10:15He was walking.
10:16Brother!
10:17You're alive!
10:18It's my fault!
10:19I should have stopped you from going in!
10:21I barely managed to pull Vivian to safety.
10:23I just watched the current take you.
10:26I'm so sorry!
10:27And there it was.
10:29The missing piece.
10:30That is why my own wife chose to protect a murderer over me.
10:34That is why she forced me to confess to something I didn't do.
10:38For ten years, she believed Jason had saved her life.
10:42During the three days I was gone, he became her hero.
10:45And I became the reckless captain who almost got everyone killed.
10:49What a joke.
10:53My throat burned.
10:55I screamed.
10:56I cannot dive!
10:58The pressure will kill me!
10:59Do you want me dead?
11:01Vivian's eyes flickered.
11:03Just a flash.
11:04Then Dad charged forward and kicked me down.
11:08Keep faking!
11:10Keep it up!
11:11You've been rotten your whole life, Ethan!
11:15Even now, pretending to be disabled to run away!
11:20Mom sat crumpled on the deck, crying into her hands.
11:25Jason is such a good boy, so devoted, so kind.
11:28If he doesn't come back, I don't know how I'll go on.
11:31Then the ship's captain walked over, tapping his watch.
11:35Miss Wilson, this is where Mr. Jason went under.
11:38Based on the time, his oxygen has maybe 30 minutes left.
11:41That sentence shattered the last of Vivian's control.
11:45Her face twisted.
11:47Did you hear that?
11:48What are you waiting for?
11:50Get him suited up now!
11:56I stared at Vivian.
11:58The last light in me went out.
12:00Fine.
12:02I'll go.
12:02My voice came out growling.
12:04But I need the best deep pressure dive suit you have.
12:06If I was being sent to die, I'd claw for every fraction of a chance.
12:10The right suit might, just might, hold against the pressure.
12:16Vivian's shoulders dropped with relief.
12:18She grabbed my hands.
12:20I knew you still cared.
12:23You'd never let him die.
12:24Then her face shifted, thin smile apologetic.
12:27She pointed to a heap of gear in the corner.
12:29Unfortunately, it's all we have on board.
12:31Old equipment.
12:33But you were the best diver in the country.
12:35A small challenge like this shouldn't stop you.
12:37Her tone was casual, like she was asking me to carry a box.
12:41I looked where she was pointing, cracked rubber.
12:44Rusted valves.
12:46Gear that should have been in a landfill years ago.
12:49That equipment should have been scrapped decades ago.
12:52Ice ran down my spine.
12:54I shoved her hand away.
12:56Vivian!
12:57Are you insane?
12:59You know how to dive!
13:00Putting me in that suit is the same as killing me!
13:04The ship's captain looked at the gear.
13:07Visibly uncomfortable.
13:10Ms. Wilson.
13:11It really is quite old.
13:13Forcing a dive with this equipment could be extremely dangerous.
13:16We don't have time for this.
13:18Help put it on!
13:19Now!
13:20The body of the soul
13:22pinned me to the deck.
13:24In the struggle, someone stepped on my hearing aid.
13:27It was shattered.
13:27The only thing that let me hear.
13:30Crushed pieces underfoot.
13:40They forced the suit onto me anyway.
13:48To make sure I couldn't run, Vivian dragged over a chain.
13:5230 pounds of iron.
13:53Locked around my waist.
13:55I stood at the edge of the boat like an animal being walked to slaughter.
13:59I turned and looked at my family one last time.
14:02Dad stood with his arms crossed.
14:04Cold watching.
14:06Like this had nothing to do with him.
14:08Not a trace of pity.
14:10Please.
14:11Let Jason be safe.
14:14Protect my boy.
14:16Mom had her hands pressed together.
14:18Eyes shut.
14:19Lips moving silently in prayer.
14:22My life or death, not even a footnote in her prayers.
14:26Only Jason.
14:27Then a hard shove hit my chest, weightlessness falling.
14:31The last thing I heard before the ocean took me was Vivian's voice.
14:35Are you back, Ethan?
14:37Then we'll remarry!
14:39I'll be waiting right here!
14:41The water swallowed me whole.
14:43The chain yanked me down like a stone.
14:46Depth came fast and brutal.
14:48The pressure hit my ears like a hammer.
14:50My damaged right eardrum, already paper-thin, gave a single muffled tear like a balloon bursting inside my skull.
14:59Agony.
15:01The pain was beyond anything I'd felt.
15:04My body convulsed.
15:05I opened my mouth to scream.
15:08The ocean poured in.
15:09My lungs compressed like two fists were crushing them.
15:13Vision flooded red.
15:15Consciousness slipped.
15:16Darkness.
15:18Then, two hands, soft but impossibly strong, reaching through the black toward me.
15:25Time passed on the surface.
15:27The salvage boat went dead quiet.
15:30Helen gripped the railing, face white, eyes locked on the water.
15:34Richard paced without stopping.
15:36Vivian tore at her hair, her perfect styling long gone.
15:40She kept muttering to herself.
15:42Jason is lucky.
15:43He'll be fine.
15:44Ethan was a champion diver.
15:46He's the best.
15:47He'll bring him up.
15:49He has to bring him up.
15:50Her fingers wouldn't stop shaking.
15:53Then an alarm cut through the silence.
16:00A Coast Guard vessel came in hard and fast.
16:03Coast Guard Captain Stone, who's in charge here?
16:06Officers jumped onto the deck.
16:08The lead officer swept the crowd with sharp eyes.
16:12Richard stepped forward, card extended.
16:15Coal Industries.
16:16My son went missing during a dive.
16:18We're running our own search.
16:20Stone took the card, looked them over.
16:22Search?
16:24His tone was flat.
16:26We pulled him out three hours ago.
16:30Three hours ago, our patrol found a male in the water.
16:33He held up a body camera recording.
16:35Identified as Jason Cole.
16:37We tried to contact you repeatedly, no answer.
16:40Turns out you'd sailed somewhere with zero signal.
16:46On screen, Jason on the Coast Guard deck, not drowned, not dead.
16:50Face flushed, eyes unfocused.
16:53He was clawing at his own skin and laughing at nothing.
16:56Your ship's doctor confirmed it.
16:57He made contact with a highly toxic marine organism during the dive.
17:01Seabirdy.
17:02Slug venom.
17:03It causes intense hallucinations.
17:06Can be fatal in high doses.
17:07He's been transported to the hospital.
17:09Currently stable.
17:10Mom and dad lit up instantly.
17:13I knew it!
17:13Jason always lands on his feet.
17:16He's alive.
17:17We'll spend whatever it takes to get him well.
17:22Vivian exhaled.
17:24Relief poured over her face.
17:25Then it stopped.
17:27Everything stopped.
17:28Her smile froze.
17:29She just remembered.
17:3130 minutes ago, she pushed her ex-husband off this very boat.
17:35To save a man who was already safe in a hospital bed.
17:38No!
17:39No!
17:41Ethan!
17:42Come back!
17:48Jason was in a hospital somewhere.
17:50Ethan had been underwater for over half an hour.
17:53No sign of him.
17:54Before she could even process that, Captain Stone stepped forward.
17:58He accepted a file from one of his officers.
18:01Since you're all family, this makes things easier.
18:04Jason Cole is formally under arrest.
18:06The charges, theft of protected National Maritime Artifacts.
18:11And first-degree murder.
18:14It hit like a bolt from a clear sky.
18:16Dropped them from euphoria straight into concrete.
18:19Richard's face went from joy to iron gray in less than a second.
18:23He stepped forward, pointing.
18:25That's insane!
18:27Are you out of your damn mind?
18:29What theft?
18:30What murder?
18:31Coal Industries pays billions in taxes every year.
18:36Jason is one of the most respected philanthropists in this city.
18:41He's lying in a hospital bed, and you're pinning this on him?
18:46Ellen charged forward like she was going to shove the officer.
18:49Do you know how many schools Jason has funded?
18:54He wouldn't crush an ant!
18:56She fumbled for her phone, scrolling for photos, pushing them towards Stone's face.
19:01Vivian squared her shoulders.
19:03Full boardroom posture.
19:05Officer, be careful with your words.
19:07I'm chairman of Wilson Group.
19:09Jason is my husband.
19:11One call and your entire department has a problem.
19:15Captain Stone didn't argue.
19:16He pressed play on a second video.
19:22On screen, Jason curled in a corner of the Coast Guard deck, shaking violently, face cycling
19:28through raw terror and something far worse, dozens of meters deep when the venom hit.
19:33Don't come near me!
19:35Back off!
19:37His mind broke open.
19:42Tyler!
19:43I know what I did!
19:44I know what I did!
19:46Don't kill, kill me!
19:52I cut your line!
19:54I did it!
19:55I'll pay for it!
19:56Just don't take me!
19:58Don't be take me!
20:00He slammed his forehead against the neck over and over.
20:03Then it stopped.
20:04The terror drained from his face.
20:06Something dark and replaced it.
20:09Ethan, you idiot.
20:11You never had a clue.
20:23That stupid woman, Vivian, believed I was her hero.
20:27I showed her this scar and she handed me everything.
20:36Noah, beg your parents to adopt me and those two fools just ate it up.
20:42Show a little weakness, show a little loyalty, and they worship you.
20:46They personally sent their own son to rot in prison for me.
20:50Hilarious.
20:51Stay in that cell forever, Ethan.
20:53Everything that was yours, the family, the money, all of it, is mine now.
20:57Silence.
20:58Dead silence.
21:00Only Jason's laugh echoing around the room.
21:03Richard and Helen stood with faces the color of ash.
21:06Mouths open, staring at the screen.
21:08Vivian stumbled backward, barely caught herself on the railing.
21:12That was their perfect son.
21:14Their treasure.
21:15Their beloved husband.
21:17Impossible.
21:18This is a lie!
21:20You said he was poisoned.
21:22That's the hallucination talking.
21:24It's not real!
21:25On screen, howling with laughter at their own stupidity.
21:28Yes!
21:29He's delirious from the venom!
21:31He doesn't know what he's saying!
21:35Captain Stone had anticipated this exactly.
21:42I knew you'd say that.
21:46Given the severity of the charges, we immediately assembled a task force to verify the claims.
21:53He pulled out a thick folder.
21:57The physical evidence at the scene eight years ago does not match Ethan's confession.
22:03The defense attorney who suddenly reversed his position at trial the day before court, his account received a massive wire
22:12transfer.
22:12That transfer was traced to an offshore account belonging to you, Vivian.
22:16And Jason's private accounts received multiple large, unexplained deposits after the incident, consistent with proceeds from selling protected artifacts.
22:24With every sentence, Captain Stone took one step forward.
22:28We believe the original murder was a setup.
22:31We need all of you to come with us for questioning.
22:34The coast guard moved to take them.
22:36Then the ship's captain, who'd been shrinking in a corner the entire time, finally broke.
22:42Officers! Officers! There's something else!
22:45His voice cracked, cold sweat running down his face.
22:48Ethan! Mr. Cole! He's still down there!
22:52Stone spun around, eyes sharp.
22:56What did you say? Someone is still underwater?
22:59The captain's legs nearly gave out.
23:01Words spilled in a rush.
23:04About 30 minutes ago, Mrs. Wilson pushed a man named Ethan into the water.
23:13He said his ears were damaged and he couldn't handle the pressure, but she forced him anyway.
23:19He hasn't come back up.
23:22Three days later, Coastal City General Hospital, Jason finally woke up.
23:27White ceiling above him.
23:29Body weak.
23:30The hallucinations gone.
23:31He moved his fingers.
23:33The room was full of people.
23:35Mom, Dad, Vivian, and several uniformed officers.
23:39Jason's heart lifted.
23:40This much attention.
23:41Obviously, they were worried about him.
23:43He adjusted his face.
23:45Squeezed out a few tears.
23:47Reached a weak hand toward Helen.
23:49Mom.
23:50Dad.
23:51Vivian.
23:55I was so scared.
23:58I dreamed I was trapped underwater.
24:01That I'd never see you again.
24:03Before, Helen would have rushed to his side instantly.
24:07Today, the room was silent.
24:10Only the heart monitor beeping.
24:13Jason's hand hung in the air.
24:15He felt the temperature.
24:17Something was wrong.
24:18Dad was standing at the foot of the bed.
24:21Not hovering.
24:22Not fussing.
24:23Just watching.
24:24The man who'd always coddled him.
24:27Jaws set eyes like stone.
24:29Nothing warm left in them.
24:30Dad?
24:31Jason felt his stomach drop.
24:33Richard stared at him for a long, cold moment.
24:36Then, he slapped Jason's extended hand away.
24:40Har!
24:40Jason blinked.
24:41What's going on?
24:43No answer.
24:44Richard reached into his coat and pulled out a tablet.
24:48Tossed it onto Jason's chest.
24:50Jason picked it up.
24:51On screen.
24:52A man curled in a corner of a ship.
24:55Shaking, grinning.
24:56Screaming confessions.
24:58Laughing at his own parents.
24:59Calling them fools.
25:01The man was him.
25:02His face drained to white.
25:04Sweat flooded his forehead.
25:06That's not real!
25:07I...
25:07He tried to sit there.
25:08Dad!
25:09Mom!
25:10Vivian!
25:10Listen to me!
25:14That was the venom!
25:16The slug toxin made me say things!
25:18I would never hurt my brother!
25:19Never!
25:25You know me.
25:27Everything I did...
25:28He reached for Vivian's sleeve.
25:30It was all for you.
25:30Vivian's expression was impossible to read.
25:33She stepped back.
25:34Let his fingers close on air.
25:37Captain Stone cut through the moment.
25:39Jason.
25:40It's over.
25:44We have confirmed evidence.
25:47You set Ethan up.
25:49You killed Tyler.
25:51You did it for the gold.
25:54At Tyler's name, something cold flashed through Jason's eyes.
25:58Tyler.
25:59The third diver.
26:00The one who'd found the sunken wreck with him.
26:02Who'd seen the gold.
26:04The inconvenient witness.
26:11Jason opened his mouth to argue.
26:13Richard exploded.
26:14He grabbed Jason by the hospital window and hauled him clean off the mattress.
26:18Enough!
26:22You snake!
26:24How long were you gonna keep fooling us?
26:26How long did both of you keep Admore and keep fooling us?
26:30We forced Ethan into the water because of you.
26:33We tied him up and threw him in!
26:35A hundred meters deep and we can't find him!
26:39He's not coming up!
26:43Jason's face turned purple.
26:46Richard's fist twisted in the collar.
26:48He scanned the room.
26:49Read the decision in every pair of eyes.
26:52The performance dissolved.
26:54Something cold and flat took its place.
26:57He laughed.
26:58He shoved Richard's hands off and flopped back against the pillow.
27:02Spread his palms wide.
27:03Casual.
27:04Unbothered.
27:06You know, I'm done pretending.
27:09He looked at Helen and Richard with eyes bright with contempt.
27:12Yeah.
27:13I did it.
27:14All of it.
27:16Don't forget.
27:18You two were the ones who cut Ethan off.
27:20That was your choice.
27:22Then he turned that look on Vivian slow.
27:25Proprietary.
27:26And you.
27:27Don't go acting pure now.
27:29Eight years in my bed and suddenly you've got a conscience?
27:36Ethan's not coming back.
27:38So why don't we all just move on?
27:41I'll take care of you both in your old age.
27:44We can be a family again.
27:46Simple.
27:46The room dropped ten degrees.
27:50What kind of human says something like that?
27:52What does it take to reach that place?
27:55Richard and Helen stood rigid, shaking from head to foot.
27:58Staring at the young man they'd raised and loved and protected for eight years.
28:02Helen broke first.
28:04She remembered Ethan's face.
28:06The dead despair in his eyes as they shoved him off that boat.
28:09Every word she had screamed at him.
28:11The guilt collapsed her.
28:12She dropped to the floor, clawing her own hair, letting out a sound no one in that room would ever
28:17forget.
28:19What did I do?
28:21I'm the monster.
28:29I was always the monster.
28:32Richard stared at his own hands.
28:35These hands.
28:36Eight years ago.
28:37They shattered his son's eardrum with a single slap.
28:40Three days ago, they personally handed over the rope to bind him.
28:44He raised his hand and hit himself across the face.
28:48Again, again.
28:50Again, the sound echoed through the room.
28:53His cheeks split.
28:54Blood at the corner of his mouth.
28:56He couldn't feel it.
28:58He didn't stop.
29:00This is justice.
29:06I killed my own son with these hands.
29:12And Vivian, after three days of barely holding herself together, the wall finally came down.
29:19We can't feel the nature down.
29:20He was fully Northern.
29:20A way is now, the light is this criminal.
29:20The tür
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