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00:00The day I almost died, my husband let his mistress take my kidney with her own hands.
00:05He even pulled the entire medical team out of my emergency room so his mistress could get painkillers.
00:11Broken glass was inside me. I could feel my life slipping away.
00:15I grabbed his hand and begged him to save me, or my family would kill him.
00:20He laughed.
00:21Your family? You're an orphan. Stop lying.
00:25He had no idea. In my family, I was the only one who was sane.
00:30My mom was a serial killer. My dad was a sociopath.
00:34My younger brother Alden was violently protective.
00:37I had kept them away for five years to protect he.
00:40Now I was calling them home.
00:42I was in a terrible car accident, with shards of glass embedded deep in my lower abdomen.
00:47Yet my husband Talon had all the surgeons who were supposed to operate on me called over to Doreen Pardo's
00:54room.
00:54Just because she was suffering from menstrual cramps.
00:58With all of my remaining strength, I yelled,
01:01Tal! I arranged my surgery, or my family will kill you!
01:07However, Talon pinched my face.
01:09Don't talk nonsense. You're lying. You have no family.
01:16Talon and I had been together for five years.
01:19To stop him from meeting my family, I kept telling him they were doing business abroad.
01:24Why? Because in my family, I was the only one who was sane.
01:28My mom was a serial killer.
01:31My dad was a sociopath.
01:32My younger brother, Alden Nance, was violently protective.
01:37Talon knew none of this, speaking to me in a tone as if he were bestowing charity.
01:42I didn't mind that you were an orphan. I married you anyway.
01:46How can you compete with Doreen for priority in such a trifle now?
01:51Should anything happen to her, I'll lose a ten million dollar deal!
01:56With that, he sent away all of his subordinates.
01:59Since your family is so capable, I don't think you need me. Let's go.
02:05Despair engulfed my heart as I watched him leave.
02:08With all of my remaining strength, I sent a message to our family's group chat.
02:13Unbeknownst to Talon, gone with my message was his last chance to live.
02:19During the five years we lived together, he had never believed me when I told him about my family.
02:25Every time I hesitated, or implied my family was dangerous, he thought I was being unreasonable.
02:31The monitor beeped rapidly.
02:33Weston Patel, Talon's most trusted bodyguard, remained standing still at the door.
02:39After five years working for me right now, he nonchalantly watched me bleed.
02:44Soon, there was a blood pool underneath my body.
02:47I sensed that I was too severely injured to make it to my family's arrival.
02:56Weston, will you please get me a doctor? Any doctor?
03:01After, shaking his head, he replied in a hoarse voice.
03:04Mr. Sanborn orders that Mendez treatment is the priority.
03:09He says your injury isn't lethal.
03:11Not lethal.
03:12I looked down at the broken glass that had pierced my abdomen.
03:16Feeling my vitality leaving my body with the warm blood.
03:19He'd lost his heart to another woman now.
03:22What did my injury matter to him?
03:25My phone was still in my hand.
03:27On the screen was my family's group chat.
03:30Alden's last message read,
03:32Susie, we've just gotten on the plane.
03:34See you in two hours.
03:36He also sent me a photo of mom buying a peeler at an airport duty-free store.
03:40The caption said,
03:41A gift for Susie.
03:43She's always complaining about her peeler.
03:46With trembling hands, I typed.
03:48Hurry, I'm dying.
03:50Hardly had I sent the message before Weston's phone rang.
03:53Once again, he tried to persuade me.
03:57Mrs. Sanherd.
03:59Why won't you listen to Mr. Sanherd and apologize to Miss Pardley?
04:04All he can think of is her now.
04:06You must face it.
04:09I shook my head indifferently and gestured for him to answer the call.
04:16I didn't know what the caller told him.
04:18Weston only had one eye.
04:20The pupil of his right I contracted.
04:22He turned abruptly to me.
04:24Mrs. Sanherd.
04:25Your maiden name is Nance?
04:30The surname Nance opened the gate of my memory.
04:33After school,
04:34unlike other students who were all eager to go home,
04:37I wanted to stay in the classroom.
04:40Mom wore a faint smile every time she picked me up.
04:43However,
04:43the first thing she did when we got home was ask me to put on a mask.
04:48Susie,
04:48I'm going to dismember this man later.
04:51Go study in your room.
04:52It's going to be too bloody here.
04:53She told me years of domestic violence crushed this man's wife.
04:57As a result,
04:58the woman jumped into the sea with their child and died at midnight.
05:02Therefore,
05:03Mom decided to punish this man on behalf of his wife.
05:06I had never seen Dad kill anyone,
05:08but there were all kinds of organs in his studio.
05:11For over ten years,
05:13the adornment on the door handle remained Weston's left eye.
05:16Alden was the scariest.
05:18Oddly,
05:19every time someone weak was bullied,
05:21the bully was found to have committed suicide the next day.
05:25Susie,
05:26such a scumbag doesn't deserve to live in your world.
05:29Over time,
05:30a killing intent was sensed wherever I went.
05:33No one wanted to make friends with me.
05:37Talen was an exception.
05:38When the whole class isolated me,
05:40he helped me carry my books.
05:44You're not a freak.
05:46You have a unique charm.
05:49Once,
05:49an anatomical drawing fell out of my school bag.
05:52He calmly picked it up for me.
05:55Your brother draws comics like a professional.
05:57Back then,
05:58I had thought he was the only one who could see who I really was,
06:02despite the dark side of my family.
06:05What does your family do abroad?
06:07Clutching my clothes,
06:08I had replied evasively.
06:10Import and export.
06:12He didn't question it.
06:14It must be tiring.
06:16I'll be your rock from today on.
06:18You don't have to bear everything alone.
06:21That day,
06:21at sunset,
06:22he went down on one knee and proposed.
06:24He vowed earnestly that he'd protect me for the rest of my life.
06:28And I believed him.
06:30Despite my family's warning,
06:32I eloped with him and came to this city.
06:34Susie,
06:35men aren't trustworthy.
06:37Mom had said,
06:38It's okay if you don't want family property.
06:42But don't disgrace us.
06:44Dad had observed,
06:46Susie,
06:48if he doesn't behave,
06:50I'll make him.
06:52Alden had remarked,
06:55Those words had fallen on deaf ears, though.
06:57I had believed Talon was different.
07:00Sadly,
07:01when Doreen Pardo came along,
07:03he was attracted to her easily.
07:05Doreen was the main suspect of my car accident.
07:07But Talon refused to look into it.
07:10Looking at the horrified Weston,
07:11I nodded.
07:12Get me a doctor now,
07:14if you don't want to become fully blinded.
07:16I held on to my last breath.
07:19Finally,
07:20a doctor came and brought me back from death.
07:23I lay in the trauma room,
07:25listening as the heart monitor finally settled into a steady rhythm.
07:28The doctor had just hung a bag of plasma when the door flew open.
07:32Doreen stormed in.
07:34She was wearing a hospital gown,
07:36the bandages on her hand loose and unraveling.
07:39She didn't scream,
07:40but the room went dead silent.
07:42The doctors froze.
07:44Get out.
07:47Mrs. Party,
07:48she just got her pulse back.
07:50We have to transfuse.
07:52I said,
07:53get out.
07:56Doreen tilted her head,
07:58and two bodyguards immediately stepped forward.
08:00They hauled the doctors out of the room.
08:03Doreen walked to the side of the bed,
08:05stared down at my face,
08:06and smiled.
08:08Susanne,
08:10do you have any idea
08:11how long I've waited for this?
08:14My voice was a wreck.
08:18Get out.
08:20Get out?
08:21She raised her hand and slapped me across the face.
08:24The stitches on my face tore.
08:27I felt a warm trickle of blood at the corner of my mouth.
08:30Do you actually think Tal believes a word you say?
08:33He thinks you're insane!
08:36You set up the crash.
08:38I stared at her.
08:39It wasn't a question.
08:41She leaned in,
08:42her lips brushing my ear.
08:44That's right.
08:45I had the brake lines cut.
08:48The timing was perfect.
08:50My fingers twitched.
08:51I wanted to grab her by the hair,
08:53but I didn't have the strength.
08:56If he finds out,
08:59he'll kill you.
09:01Who?
09:02Talon?
09:03He's busy getting my birthday present ready.
09:06Besides,
09:06dead people can't talk.
09:10Weston stammered from the corner
09:12before finally finding his voice.
09:14Mrs. Pardit, stop!
09:15You can't kill Mrs. Sanwell!
09:18Doreen chuckled.
09:19Who gave you permission to speak?
09:21I tried to signal Weston to back off,
09:23but a sudden, blinding pain hit me.
09:26Does that hurt?
09:28Doreen pressed her finger
09:29right into the wound at my waist.
09:32It won't hurt for much longer.
09:34She slowly unbuttoned my hospital gown,
09:37her eyes cold and calculating.
09:39I ran a secret compatibility test.
09:42When you had your physical three months ago,
09:45Tal had all your records sent straight to me.
09:50Your kidney is a match.
09:52My eyes widened,
09:53so that was it.
09:55The crash.
09:56The drama.
09:56It was all for this.
09:59You're crazy!
10:01You think you can get away with stealing an organ?
10:05Stealing?
10:06Please.
10:08Tal will have the paperwork ready.
10:11It'll say you died from your injuries
10:12and volunteered
10:14to donate.
10:15As for your family,
10:19they won't even find your body.
10:21The bodyguards wheeled me into the operating room.
10:24Doreen snapped on a pair of medical gloves
10:26and stood beside the doctor,
10:28watching me with a dead stare.
10:31She wasn't a nurse,
10:33but she was right.
10:34Talon would cover it all up for her.
10:37I felt the cold bite of a scalpel slicing into my skin.
10:40Above me,
10:41I heard her humming a tune,
10:43sounding cheerful and relaxed.
10:45Weston's mouth was taped shut.
10:47He could only make muffled,
10:49panicked sounds.
10:50The straps on the operating table dug into my wrists,
10:53but the sharp agony in my abdomen
10:55drowned out everything else.
10:57My phone buzzed frantically on a nearby table,
11:00messages from the family group chat lit up the screen,
11:03one after another.
11:05Susie,
11:05we just got into the city.
11:07Susie,
11:08hang on.
11:08I'm deciding whether to drain one liter of her blood or two,
11:11but they were too late.
11:13I felt something being ripped from my body.
11:16My vision blurred.
11:17The room began to spin.
11:19Through the haze,
11:20I saw the doctor drop the bloody organ into a cooler.
11:24Doreen patted my cheek.
11:25Thanks for the gift.
11:27She turned to leave,
11:28but the operating room door was kicked open.
11:31Talon stood in the doorway,
11:33his face pale.
11:37Talon stood in the doorway,
11:39his gaze dropping to my blood-soaked waist.
11:44Susie,
11:45who did this?
11:47Who the hell did this?
11:50I let out a shaky breath of relief
11:52and pointed a trembling finger at Doreen.
11:58Tal.
12:01Doreen's eyes instantly went red.
12:08You're finally here.
12:10I was so scared.
12:13Susan tried to trick you again.
12:15She stumbled forward and collapsed into his arms.
12:21Suzanne crashed the car on purpose.
12:26She tried to kill me.
12:30Even just now,
12:32right on the operating table,
12:34she said she wanted me mutilated.
12:38I only came in to check on her injuries,
12:40but she snapped.
12:43She went crazy and tore at my stitches.
12:45She held up her bandaged hand.
12:48Small spots of blood stained the white gauze.
12:52In reality,
12:53I had barely brushed against it during our struggle.
12:57But Talon's expression shifted instantly.
13:00His concern for me evaporated.
13:03He wrapped his arms around Doreen,
13:05his eyes filled with distress.
13:09Don't be afraid.
13:10I've got you.
13:11He looked up at me,
13:13his face twisting into that familiar look of disgust.
13:16Suzanne,
13:18you are sick.
13:22I squeezed out my last ounce of strength,
13:24my voice rasping in my throat.
13:34Tal, she admitted.
13:36She ordered someone to cut the brake lines.
13:46She wants my kidneys.
13:50Enough!
13:52Talon cut me off,
13:54pressing his hand down near the edge of my wound.
13:58Suzanne,
14:00how long are you going to keep lying?
14:04Doreen has renal chitis.
14:07Doreen has renal chitis.
14:07She needs a transplant.
14:09And you just happen to be a match.
14:14You think that's a coincidence?
14:18You investigated her.
14:19You knew she needed a donor,
14:21so you rigged the medical checkup to blackmail me.
14:24Didn't you?
14:26I froze.
14:27I didn't have the words.
14:29Behind him,
14:30Doreen flashed a smile of pure victory.
14:36Tal?
14:36She whispered suddenly,
14:39tugging gently at his cuff.
14:43The doctor said
14:46one kidney didn't might not be enough.
14:50My rejection reaction is severe.
14:55If I have two,
14:58this success rate is way higher.
15:01The room went dead silent.
15:07Talon didn't even look at me.
15:09He turned straight to the doctor.
15:12Will she die?
15:14Ignoring the fresh,
15:16searing pain from my surgery,
15:17I shouted on instinct.
15:21Talon,
15:22do you have any humanity at all?
15:26How could anyone survive without both kidneys?
15:30Use your head!
15:34Doreen suddenly pressed her chest against Talon.
15:40Tal, she won't die.
15:42The mortality rate is only 1%.
15:48Besides,
15:50giving me the kidneys
15:52could help you secure that billion-dollar contract.
15:58Talon stayed silent for a long time.
16:09Talon stayed silent for a long time.
16:31moving closer. I squeezed my eyes shut and screamed. The next second, the operating room
16:42door was kicked open. The frame shattered under the force, flying off its hinges.
16:51Three people stood in the doorway. My mother wore a perfectly tailored black suit. She held a knife
17:00gift set she'd bought at the airport, smiling with gentle elegance. My father was in a custom suit,
17:06toying with a scalpel. The bodyguards at his feet were already bloodied and beaten.
17:15My brother Alden wore a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses,
17:21looking refined and harmless.
17:27He pushed up his glasses, his dark gaze sweeping over me on the operating table.
17:34Finally, his eyes landed on Talon. His voice was soft, as if offering an invitation.
17:45Talon, sorry to intrude, but I have to ask, how would you like to die?
17:52The silence in the room was absolute.
17:59Doreen was the first to break under the pressure.
18:08Talon! Get these people! Out of here!
18:12But no one listened to her.
18:17My father even made a throat-slitting gesture in her direction.
18:28Doreen's shrill scream pierced the air. She hid behind Talon, shaking.
18:34Who are you people? Security! Where is security?
18:38Talon's face turned pale.
18:42He stared at the distinct footprint on the broken door frame.
18:48Then at the unconscious bodyguards on the floor.
18:52His throat worked, but no sound came out.
18:56Alden adjusted his glasses again and smiled politely.
19:02Security?
19:04Talon?
19:06Does she mean those dozen or so useless men downstairs?
19:09He stepped aside, revealing the hallway.
19:13Seven or eight bodyguards in black lay sprawled across the floor, motionless.
19:21Mom crouched nearby, slowly wiping blood from her hands before waving at me.
19:29Susie, honey. I just took out the trash.
19:32Didn't scare you, didn't I?
19:36Mom usually handled the logistics in our family.
19:42Susanne.
19:43Talon finally found his voice.
19:46Who are they?
19:48The heavy weight in my chest vanished.
19:51I told you.
19:52My family.
19:54They do business overseas.
19:56He yelled.
19:57You're still lying to me?
19:59What kind of business involves killing people?
20:02What is this?
20:05Mom walked in, the sound of her heels crisp against the floor tiles.
20:09She placed the knife box on the operating table and elegantly untied the ribbon.
20:15Susie didn't tell you.
20:18Then there's no need for you to know.
20:21She pulled out a surgical blade and gestured toward Talon.
20:25Dad walked over to Doreen, gripping her chin to inspect her like a product on a shelf.
20:31Kidney pain?
20:33This cut on my daughter's waist?
20:35Did you do this?
20:38Doreen was too terrified to cry.
20:40It wasn't me!
20:42Susanne donated voluntarily!
20:47Dad.
20:51Alden walked over, pulling a neatly folded paper from his lab coat pocket.
20:58I checked.
20:59She tampered with her own medical report three months ago.
21:06She doesn't have renal coric.
21:09She just we had a breath dossed for the birthday.
21:13He paused, his eyes narrowing behind the lenses.
21:18After all, she's an addict.
21:21She overdosed.
21:23Her own kidneys are completely rotted.
21:26Talon whipped his head around to look at Doreen.
21:30You do drugs?
21:32Tal, don't listen to him!
21:34Doreen shrieked.
21:38They're working together!
21:40They want to hurt me!
21:43Hurt you?
21:45Alden smiled.
21:46A gentle, warm expression that made my blood run cold.
21:51Susie, tell her.
21:53If I wanted to kill someone, what would I do?
21:56I lay on the table, my voice muffled by the oxygen mask.
22:00You wouldn't talk.
22:03You just do it.
22:05As soon as the words left my mouth, the scalpel in Dad's hand came down.
22:12He didn't cut Doreen's face.
22:14He sliced precisely through the buttons of her hospital gown.
22:19The fabric fell open, revealing her waist.
22:22Smooth, unblemished.
22:25Completely free of any surgical scars.
22:28Your kidney area is intact.
22:31Dad said flatly.
22:33Most people with kidney pain have needle marks from treatments.
22:37This lady's skin is perfectly smooth.
22:44Doreen collapsed to the floor in a heap.
22:47Talon finally reacted, rushing forward to shield her, but Alden caught his wrist.
22:54Alden looked frail, but his grip was incredibly strong.
22:59Smiling, he peeled Talon's hand off Doreen, finger by finger.
23:04Alden's voice was as gentle as if he were comforting a child.
23:08Talon, back then, Susie cut ties with her family for you.
23:15She said you were the only person in the world who didn't care about her background.
23:26He glanced at me lying on the table.
23:30A flicker of pain crossed his eyes before turning into something much darker.
23:36But she's dying.
23:38And what are you doing?
23:41Alden smiled.
23:44You're helping another woman harvest her organs.
23:47You're killing her!
23:50Talon stammered, incoherent.
23:53No, I didn't know.
23:55Besides, it's just one kidney.
23:56How could she die?
23:57Alden moved faster than I could track.
24:02He slammed Talon onto the adjacent operating table and strapped him down.
24:09In that case, let's test if you can survive with just one kidney, shall we?
24:16We secured the hospital fast.
24:21I was rescued just in time to get my kidney put back where it belonged.
24:28Now, the tables had turned.
24:30It was Talon lying on the operating table.
24:33He was screaming his head off.
24:35You can't do this!
24:36I'm the chairman of the Sandburn Group!
24:44If you dare cut me open, I will destroy the entire Nassi family!
24:50Dad chuckled, idly turning a smooth stone over in his hand.
24:57The Sandburn Group?
24:59With someone like you running it, there's no need for that company to exist anymore.
25:04Talon's phone started buzzing on the side table.
25:06I picked it up and hit the speaker.
25:09Mr. Sandburn, it's bad!
25:11Your two top executives just committed suicide!
25:13One jumped into the ocean, the other off a building!
25:16They left behind every scrap of evidence regarding our tax evasion!
25:20For the first time, Talon looked genuinely terrified.
25:24You did this?
25:26How is that even possible?
25:32Dad spat on the floor.
25:35It's a shame you only had two loyal dogs after all these years.
25:40I was expecting more of a challenge.
25:43Alden couldn't wait any longer.
25:44His eyes were gleaming.
25:47Pity, he's such a handsome guy.
25:49But hey, this is my first time removing a CEO's kidney.
25:58The operating room doors slid shut.
26:00Alden didn't use anesthesia.
26:03Soon, agonizing screams rang out from inside.
26:09Mom and I stood over Doreen looking down at her.
26:12Her earlier arrogance had evaporated.
26:16The sharp smell of urine drifted up from where she sat.
26:20She'd wet herself in fear.
26:22Mom frowned in disgust and ordered someone to drag her away.
26:29Outside the operating room, the screaming gradually faded into silence.
26:35Alden pushed the door open and walked out.
26:37His white coat splattered with blood.
26:41He slowly peeled off his gloves and tossed them into the bin.
26:48Susie, I took out the left one.
26:51The quality is actually pretty good.
26:54He adjusted his glasses, smiling politely.
26:59I noticed a minor issue with his right kidney, too.
27:02Should I take that one while I'm at it?
27:05My face was pale, but my gaze held steady.
27:09Keep it for now.
27:10It's useful.
27:12Mom was still wiping down her case of knives, not even bothering to look up.
27:19Whatever Susie says.
27:22He got off easy, if you ask me.
27:27I originally wanted to turn him into a specimen as a discharge gift for you.
27:33I smiled, actually touched.
27:36Mom, that would scare the medical staff.
27:41True.
27:42Out Mom sighed with regret, then turned her attention to Aunt Doreen, who had just been dragged back in.
27:50So, how do you plan to handle this young lady?
27:54Doreen scrambled backward, but Ad stepped on the hem of her dress to stop her.
28:03Don't be in such a rush.
28:07Didn't you say your kidney hurt?
28:10Want me to check it for you?
28:13I have a medical license, and I specialize in vivisepti.
28:17No, please.
28:19At Doreen sobbed, gasping for air.
28:21I was wrong.
28:22I was really wrong.
28:23Talon made me do it.
28:26He said if I killed Suzanne, he'd marry me and give me 30% of the Sandburn Group's shares.
28:32I closed my eyes.
28:34Whatever affection I had left for him vanished right then.
28:37It wasn't just a sudden change of heart.
28:39This had been the plan for a long time.
28:43Three days later, a massive scandal hit the Sandburn Group.
28:47Chairman Talon was reportedly in critical condition due to kidney failure caused by a drug overdose.
28:54His assistant, Doreen, was in police custody for fraud and attempted murder.
29:01Of course, that was just the official story.
29:04In reality, At Talon had been secretly moved to a private Nance family estate.
29:11He lay in a hospital bed, deathly pale, the wound at his waist throbbing.
29:18Alden had thoughtfully provided the best medical equipment.
29:22Though the doctors and nurses were all Nancy family operatives, I healed quickly.
29:27The Nancy family genes gave me exceptional recuperative abilities.
29:31By the fifth day, I was walking normally.
29:37When At Talon saw me, he looked hopeful for a split second before his expression fell.
29:43Susie, I'm sorry.
29:45I really didn't know.
29:47I didn't know Doreen was lying to me.
29:49I sat in the chair by his bed, watching him in silence.
29:54He struggled to reach out, trying to grab the hem of my shirt.
29:59Do you remember?
30:00Junior year, you had that high fever.
30:02I carried you on my back all the way to the hospital.
30:04You said I was the only one for you.
30:06I didn't say anything.
30:08In our first date, you were afraid of the dark.
30:13So I held your hand and walked with you all night.
30:15You said as long as I was there, you weren't afraid of anything.
30:22Tears rolled down his face.
30:24Susie, I was wrong.
30:26Doreen tricked me.
30:28I let greed cloud my judgment.
30:30But I really do love you.
30:33Those moments were real.
30:37I looked down so he couldn't see the look in my eyes.
30:43His tune had certainly changed.
30:46A calculated expression crossed my face, and I spoke softly.
30:51Tal, I forgive you.
30:54He jerked his head up, looking shocked and overhopped it.
31:02Really?
31:03Yes, but you have to help me with performance.
31:08Otherwise, my family won't accept you.
31:11When I told Mom I planned to forgive Talon,
31:13she nearly drove the knife she'd been sharpening straight into my headboard.
31:20Suzanne, have you lost your mind?
31:26Did you forget he nearly killed you?
31:28Mom, I haven't forgotten, but he's still useful.
31:36Mom, I haven't forgotten, but he's still alive.
31:36Under my devoted care,
31:38At Talon started to recover.
31:41I visited him every day,
31:43bringing up old memories.
31:47I cooked his meals personally,
31:50always making sure to lace them with a truth serum.
31:53Alden had developed it for his more twisted experiments.
31:58Talon was deeply moved.
32:00He swore he'd spend the rest of his life making it up to me.
32:05Susie,
32:06when I'm better,
32:08let's go to Iceland.
32:10We'll see the northern lights.
32:13He gripped my hand tightly.
32:19I don't want anything else.
32:21I just want to be with you.
32:24I smiled and nodded.
32:26Inside, I felt nothing but Confex contempt.
32:30Meanwhile, At Alden was digging into Darby's background.
32:37Before long,
32:39a detailed report landed on my desk.
32:42It turned out the mastermind behind Dorney
32:45was someone we all knew.
32:47She'd been holding secret meetings
32:49with my uncle Langston Nancy.
32:55The man who had always been at war with my family.
33:01Looks like some bottom feeders
33:02are trying to use you to take out the Nance family.
33:05Dad turned a small, smooth stone over in his hands,
33:09his eyes wide with excitement.
33:12Susie,
33:13how do you want to play this?
33:16I glanced at my phone.
33:17A message from Talon had just popped up.
33:20Susie,
33:20I miss you so much.
33:22Can I see you tonight?
33:23At the Ivy Club.
33:25The Ivy Club was a private lounge
33:27where we used to go on dates.
33:30Sure, I'll wait for you.
33:34Get ready to close the net.
33:37That night,
33:38I dressed with precision.
33:40I wore the white dress Talon liked best.
33:44I applied light makeup to look gentle,
33:47harmless.
33:49Mom looked at me,
33:50her expression complex.
33:53Susie,
33:54you're acting more and more like me.
33:59Not acting.
34:00I am a Nancy,
34:02down to the bone.
34:05At the club,
34:08At Talon was already waiting.
34:13He looked better,
34:15though his face was still pale.
34:21Susie.
34:24Tal,
34:25I missed you.
34:27Me too.
34:34Susie,
34:35Doreen has been asking to see me
34:37from the police station.
34:38She says she knows she was wrong
34:40and wants to confess everything.
34:42Oh?
34:43Are you planning to go?
34:45I want to hear what she has to say.
34:48If you don't agree,
34:51I won't go.
34:52Go ahead.
34:53It might be good to hear her out.
34:55Maybe you'll uncover more of the truth.
35:00Talon didn't know that every move he made
35:03was under surveillance.
35:04The drug in his system
35:05didn't just make him pliable to the truth.
35:08It allowed us to track his physical location.
35:12The second day,
35:13he went to the police station.
35:15The third day,
35:16he received a note
35:18Out Doreen had smuggled out.
35:21On the fourth day,
35:22he booked the presidential suite
35:24at a suburban five-star hotel.
35:32Alden dropped a keycard on my desk.
35:35Susie,
35:36do you really want to go in person?
35:38I can just splash them
35:40all over tomorrow's headlines.
35:42No need to trouble yourself.
35:44I wouldn't miss a show this good.
35:47Inside the hotel room,
35:49at Talon and at Yore,
35:51Doreen were clinging to each other.
35:55Tal, I'm scared.
35:57The Nancy family won't let us go.
35:59I've already regained Suzanne's trust.
36:02She said as long as I behave,
36:04the Nancy family will leave me alone.
36:07Really?
36:08Then our plan can still work.
36:10We proceed as usual.
36:12Suzanne is an idiot.
36:13She actually thinks I'm afraid of her.
36:16Once Langston is ready,
36:18we'll strike from the inside.
36:20The entire Nance estate will be ours.
36:25What about her family?
36:29I'll kill them all.
36:31Especially her sick brother.
36:34I'm going to preserve his corpse
36:37and hang it in my office.
36:40And her murderer of a mother.
36:43I want to send her to prison
36:45and let her rot.
36:48As for Suzanne,
36:50keep her alive.
36:52I want her to watch the Nancy family fall.
36:55Then I'll lock her up
36:56and keep her as a pet
36:57for the rest of her life.
36:58When the door pushed open,
37:00they were kissing passionately.
37:05I walked in,
37:07followed closely by Dad, Mom, and Alden.
37:15Go on.
37:16Why stop?
37:18Susie?
37:20Why are you all here?
37:23If I didn't come,
37:25how would I hear
37:27such a brilliant plan?
37:30Talon,
37:32who was it you said
37:33you wanted to turn into a specimen?
37:38Talon,
37:38I didn't realize
37:40you were so interested
37:40in my field of study.
37:45Susie, let me explain.
37:47Doreen forced me.
37:48She seduced me.
37:49She threatened me.
37:50Talon, you...
37:51Shut up!
37:53It's all your fault, you bitch!
37:55You made me betray Susie!
37:59What a performance,
38:01turning on each other so quickly.
38:05You know,
38:06I almost believed you.
38:07I almost believed
38:09those memories you brought up
38:10and those fake tears.
38:13Susie.
38:15It's a pity.
38:18You shouldn't have taken my kidney
38:20and you definitely
38:22shouldn't have tried
38:23to hurt my family.
38:25That night,
38:26the presidal suite
38:27turned into a slaughterhouse.
38:28Mom elegantly opened
38:30the gift box of knives
38:31she'd brought
38:32and selected the sharpest one.
38:35Susie,
38:36remember when I taught you anatomy?
38:38Dad smiled at Aunt Doreen.
38:40This young lady has such fine skin.
38:44It would make excellent leather.
38:48Alden strapped Talon onto a portable surgical table.
38:51Talon,
38:52I brought my newest equipment.
38:55I can harvest your organs
38:57while keeping your vitals stable.
38:59You'll be able to watch yourself
39:01be hollowed out.
39:02I walk to the floor-to-ceiling window
39:04and look down at the city lights.
39:06Do it.
39:08But keep them breathing.
39:09I want them alive to see the ending.
39:18The screaming lasted all night.
39:22The next day,
39:24the news broke.
39:25Langston Nace,
39:27major shareholder of the Nacy Group,
39:29was arrested for organ trafficking and murder.
39:32Talon,
39:33CEO of the Sanburn Group,
39:35announced his permanent retirement
39:37due to severe kidney failure.
39:39He transferred all assets to his wife,
39:42me.
39:43As for Aunt Doreen,
39:45she lost her mind.
39:46She was committed to a psychiatric hospital.
39:49The Nather family are monsters.
39:51The Nather family are monsters.
39:54Three months later,
39:55I sat in the sunroom of the Nancy Manor,
39:58drinking afternoon tea.
40:01Susie,
40:02Talon is on his last breath.
40:04Should we keep going?
40:06Pull the plug.
40:08End it.
40:08And Doreen?
40:11Let her stay in the asylum.
40:13The doctors there are all mom's former students.
40:16Susie,
40:17a new shipment just came in.
40:19Do you want to take a look?
40:20You guys handle that business.
40:24What are your plans now?
40:28I looked at the sunlight outside,
40:31remembering Talon's mention of the Aurora.
40:34I want to go to Iceland.
40:36I want to go to Iceland.
40:37But not with Talon.
40:38He's gone.
40:40With whom?
40:41With the people who actually love me.
40:45With you.
40:48I'm sorry for the past.
40:50For losing sight of the people who mattered because of people who didn't.
40:57We'd better hurry.
40:58Business is booming over there.
41:00We need a manager on the ground.
41:01All right.
41:03Then let's take the Nancy family business to Iceland.
41:06Outside the door,
41:08bodyguards stood in respectful rows.
41:14Inside,
41:15the room was filled with the laughter of a family reunited.
41:20I lay back in the rocking chair.
41:23Mom covered me with a blanket.
41:25My brother handed me coffee.
41:27And dad read the paper nearby.
41:33This was the happiness I wanted.
41:35Not the vanity of being a socialite.
41:37Nor the status of a CEO's wife.
41:40It was knowing matter who I was or what I did,
41:43my family stood by me.
41:45Even if the whole world betrayed me,
41:47they wouldn't.
41:49Because like me,
41:51they were Nance.
41:53We fought.
41:54We killed.
41:56But we depended on each other for life.
41:59And the man who once said he'd protect me forever
42:02was now nothing more than dust.
42:06A joke to this city.
42:09I closed my eyes.
42:11A smile on my lips.
42:13Talon,
42:14you lost.
42:16You lost because you didn't understand this family.
42:19Because you betrayed me
42:21and because of your own greed.
42:23And I,
42:24at Suzanne,
42:25the only sane person in the Nancy family,
42:28had finally returned to where I belonged.
42:32In that house full of blood and sin,
42:34I could be my true self.
42:37The sun felt good.
42:39The future would be good, too,
42:41because the Nancy family would always thrive.
42:44Be sure and see you at the lies that you It's The Man
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