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Bad Seed The Untold Truth
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00:02I was born a bad seed. That was the label mom gave me. She claimed to inherit an ancient psychic
00:07bloodline. To test whether I was lying, mom kept a spirit serpent named Rune. Rune sensed good and
00:13evil. Pure hearts got affection. Dark hearts got warnings. My twin sister Chloe approached. Rune
00:19coiled gently around her arm and nuzzled her. I approached with coffee for mom. Rune bared its
00:25fangs at me. Everything has a spirit. If Rune lashes out at you, it means you poison that coffee. Chloe
00:33once knocked over mom's psychic altar. A candle set the curtains on fire. After the blaze, mom emerged
00:39from the smoke. Chloe pointed at me, eyes full of tears. Stella pushed me. Rune nuzzled Chloe. Mom
00:45didn't let me explain. She locked me in the storage room. The serpent was never wrong. At first I
00:51didn't understand. But after so many years, I believed her. Maybe I really was born rotten.
00:56Then Christmas Eve came. Everything changed. Chloe insisted on lighting the giant firework. I was
01:02scared it would hurt her. I shoved Chloe out of the way just as the fuse caught. The shell exploded
01:06harmlessly, but my herbal charm snapped loose. I reached down to pick it up. Rune lunged. I froze,
01:12too terrified to even breathe. Mom rushed over and scooped up unharmed Chloe. Chloe immediately wailed.
01:17Stella wanted me to get burned. So that's it. You tried to hurt your sister. Even Rune sensed your
01:24malice. She locked me in the storage room. Get inside. Reflect on what you've done. No food. No
01:29lights. Until you confess. Mom left with Chloe. The house went quiet. My chest still pounded from how
01:36close Rune had come. I'd never been that close to its veins before. For a moment, I'd been sure I
01:41was
01:41going to die. I crouched on the cold floor. My knees went numb. My stomach screamed with hunger. I
01:46didn't dare cry out. If I made a sound, Mom would say the evil was speaking through me. Am I
01:51really
01:51that evil? Is this karma? The door lock clicked. Was Mom back? The door opened. Mom walked in holding
01:59Chloe's hand. She didn't even glance at me on the floor. Get up. Come to the living room. Good thing
02:04your sister is fine, but you need a real lesson this time. We're not taking you to Grandma Ruth's.
02:09Aunt Karen brought these from the church bake sale yesterday. You can have them. Don't say I starved
02:13you. Chloe wore a brand new coat and sucked on a candy. Bad seed, Stella. We're going to Grandma's for
02:19the big feast. You stay home and reflect. The spirits are watching. I saw Rune in his cage,
02:25coiled and alert. Stop scheming. If Rune hadn't sensed your malice in time, your sister would have
02:30been hurt. The snake hates your rotten heart. I'm taking him with us. Reflect properly. When I
02:36get back, if this place isn't spiteless, you'll regret it. The door slammed shut again. I really
02:42wanted to go to Grandma Ruth's, but maybe I really didn't deserve it. Aren't we bringing Stella?
02:47It's Christmas Eve. Bring her for what? She doesn't want to go. Let her stare at the wall and think
02:54about her sin. The car engine started. The world went still. I was hungry. I opened the paper bag
02:59and ate two cookies. Sweet. Rich. Better than anything Mom had ever allowed me. A few minutes
03:05later, my lips started to tingle. My tongue felt thick. My throat itched. I'd felt this before when
03:11I accidentally ate some of Chloe's birthday cake as a child. Mom had said I was faking but then too,
03:16so I told myself it was nothing. I reached for paper and pen. There was a rule. Whenever Rune warned
03:22me,
03:22I had to write a thousand word apology. My notebook was already full of them. Page after page of I
03:28am a
03:28bad seed. This time I couldn't write a thousand words. I scribbled just one line. Mom, please
03:32believe me just once. I'll be good. The pen slipped through my fingers. My body felt lighter. The
03:37tightness in my chest faded. Did Rune finally accept me? I wanted to tell Mom the good news. I ran
03:43out the
03:43door. I saw Mom and Dad loading gifts into the trunk. Mom! Rune accepts me! I'm a good kid now!
03:51They didn't hear. I ran closer, tried to hug them. I passed straight through their bodies.
04:00So I was still a bad kid after all. Suddenly my spirit felt chained. I could only follow Mom.
04:06The car pulled away slowly. Mom sat in the front seat touching up her lipstick. Chloe sat in back
04:12surrounded by snacks. Mom, I want princess dress from the big mall. It's yours. As long as our Chloe
04:20stays them good, I'll buy you ten of them. Mom's the best! I watched, chest aching. I
04:26remembered the old coat I wore. A hand-me-down from our cousin, three years old. The cuffs
04:31were frayed, yellow stuffing poking out. This winter was brutal. My hands were covered in
04:36chillblains. I asked Mom for a new one. Mom? What did she say? You have clothes. Don't be
04:43greedy at your age and don't be veiny on top of being rotten. Laughter filled the car. Dad
04:51tried to speak once and got shut down. They really had forgotten me. The car drove for
04:57an hour and stopped at Grandma Ruth's old farmhouse.
05:02Oh, Chloe's grown so tall, so pretty. Such a sweet girl. Here, Auntie got you that big
05:09princess doll you wanted and new boots, too.
05:13Chloe beamed, arms piled high with shiny wrapped presents. Mom glowed, soaking up every compliment.
05:20The long oak table groaned under platters of food steaming hot. I drifted in and stood in
05:25the corner. I was a ghost. I wasn't hungry. Still I swallowed hard. There was the
05:30pot roast I loved and that sweet cinnamon bread. Grandma Ruth carried out a fresh bowl of the
05:35pudding. She looked around and frowned. Evelyn, where's Stella? It's Christmas Eve. How could
05:47you leave a child home alone? Air went quiet for a second. Mom, don't mention that jinx. She
05:55stuffed the shrimp into Chloe's mouth and wiped her hands. That girl has a rotten heart.
06:00Last night, she tried to blow up Chloe with a firework. If my spirit serpent hadn't sensed
06:05the malice and warned us, Chloe could have died. Oh my god, so vicious. So young and already
06:11so evil. That's why I left her home to reflect. No dinner until I say so. She's probably faking
06:18dead right now for sympathy. I didn't. Chloe wanted to light it herself. I was trying to
06:24protect her. No one heard me. I tried to grab Grandma Ruth's hand. My fingers went straight
06:29through her shoulder. Evelyn, is that serpent really so magical? Can it actually tell good
06:34from bad? Of course. I paid a fortune for that familiar. Anyone with a dark heart gets attacked
06:40right away. Stella gets threatened every time she comes near. What does that tell you? She's rotten
06:44to the core. I'd heard it a thousand times before, but hearing Mom say it in front of the whole
06:49family still tore me apart. Now everyone knew. I was an irredeemable bad seed. Mom glanced at the
06:58screen and see? See? I told you she was faking. Calling to bother me, she's obviously fine. Ignore
07:04her. Let her stew for a few days. She had no idea the call wasn't from me. After dinner, Aunt
07:09Karen
07:10suggested a family photo. Come on, everyone together. The moment the shutter clicked, I floated next to her.
07:16I tried to squeeze into the picture, even dead. I wanted to be in one family photo, but when the
07:21image showed on the camera screen, there was only empty air where I stood. Of course I wasn't there.
07:26It had always been like this. Stand farther back. Don't block Chloe's light. Every family photo,
07:31Mom would wave or she would shove the camera at me. You take the picture. You don't look festive
07:35if anyway. You'd ruin the luck. So I never had a family photo when I was alive. That night,
07:40everyone watched the holiday TV special in the living room. Chloe bounced around on the sofa.
07:46The room went silent. Oh my goodness. That was a precious family heirloom.
07:53It wasn't me. It was Stella.
07:57It was Stella's dark aura that broke it. Mom immediately hugged Chloe and comforted her.
08:03Yes, yes, it must be Stella's doing. Last time she was here, I saw her staring at that
08:06Vance for ages. She's such a bad seed. She even picks Christmas Eve to ruin everyone's night.
08:11Evelyn, Stella has been home the whole time. Dad muttered quietly.
08:15What do you know? That kind of bad seed is an expert at sneaky tricks. She probably set
08:19something up. Look how scared our Chloe is. Grandma Ruth sighed.
08:23Forget it. It's just a vase. Accidents happen. Don't blame the child.
08:27Evelyn, what do you feed that snake? Why does it listen so well to Chloe?
08:32The familiar has a spirit too. It only eats the snacks Chloe feeds it. Chloe is kind and blessed.
08:37The serpent naturally likes her. Whenever Stella tries to feed him, Roan threatens her.
08:41Though their energies don't match, even the animal rejects her evil.
08:45Then our neighbor, Aunt Linda, called Mom.
08:49Hello, Evelyn. It's me.
08:50I noticed your house lights have been off all night. It's Christmas Eve. Why no lights on?
08:55No sound inside either. Is everything okay?
08:57My spirit jolted. Finally, someone noticed something was wrong.
09:03Linda, don't worry. That girl is doing penance. I told her to reflect in the dark. No lights,
09:08no noise. She's too wild. She needs discipline.
09:11After she hung up, Mom opened the smart home app on her phone. She checked the electricity
09:15usage. Almost zero.
09:17She's so stubborn she won't even turn on the heat. Fine. Let's see how long she lasts.
09:21Freeze to death for all I care.
09:23I stared at that zero on the screen. My heart turned to ice. I was already dead.
09:27Dead people don't need heat. The temperature rose the next day. Good weather for the living.
09:32A nightmare for my corpse. My corpse began to change. On the fourth evening, the property
09:36manager finally called Mom.
09:38Mrs. Evelyn, you need to come home right away. The neighbors have been complaining nonstop.
09:44A terrible stench is coming from your house. We knocked, but no one answered. Is something
09:49dead in there? It must be that filthy Stella. She did it to get back at me. Left garbage rotting
09:55in the living room. I've had enough. She's asking for it. The whole drive home, she didn't
10:00stop. Every word was venom. When I get there, I'm going to skin her alive, turning the house
10:04into a dumpster. Has she no shame? Mom, you don't need to do that anymore. I'm already dead.
10:13This smell. Evelyn, something's wrong. It doesn't smell like garbage. It smells like...
10:18She did it on purpose. To disgust me. I'll deal with her.
10:22She jammed the key into the lock. Stella, you get up right now!
10:28Right now!
10:29Her voice cut off. In the center of the living room. I lay there. Beside me. The paper bag
10:35of cookies. Mom froze where she stood. She saw the note clutched tightly in my hand.
10:41The apology I wrote on Christmas Eve. I had still hoped Mom would forgive me.
10:47I floated beside my corpse. I'll be good. Watching her horrified face. I wanted to tell
10:52her what the note said, but now I couldn't even pick up the paper. I really was good.
10:56A full minute passed before Mom reacted. She stumbled back and slammed into the cabinet.
11:01The vase wobbled, nearly falling. Fake. This is fake. It has to be fake!
11:10It's just special effects makeup! Are you trying to scare me to death?
11:14Her eyes widened, searching my body for any sign of breath. But the cold was real. The stillness
11:19was real. Dad rushed in. He saw the scene and his legs gave out. He dropped to his knees.
11:27Stella! Evil Evelyn!
11:29Dad broke down, sobbing.
11:31Stella is really dead!
11:32Impossible! She's a bad seed! Bad seeds have hard lives. How could she die so easily? Only good
11:40people die young. A curse like her is supposed to live forever!
11:44Suddenly, she spotted the herbal charm I dropped. She picked it up.
11:49The familiar. Yes, the familiar will know she's faking.
11:54Then she turned to Rune.
11:55Familiar! Strike! Show them she's faking!
11:58She reached into the cage to grab Rune. Then, the unthinkable happened. The serpent that
12:03was usually calm around Mom suddenly acted like he's seen a ghost. It sank its fangs deep
12:08into Mom's hand. Mom screamed into her hand. She stared at the serpent in disbelief.
12:17Familiar? Why are you attacking me? I'm a good person!
12:24Rune ignored her. It retreated to the corner, still in full attack posture.
12:28Neighbors heard the noise and called the police.
12:31Hello? Police?
12:33Sirens wailed outside. Police and the medical exam sealed the scene with yellow tape.
12:38The examiner and middle-aged masks and gloves crouched beside my body.
12:42Severe anaphylactic shock. Throat fully closed.
12:46Preliminary cause of death. Airway obstruction from a severe allergic reaction.
12:50Preliminary cause of death. Airway obstruction from a severe allergic reaction.
12:54Peanut. The child was deathly allergic. She suffocated.
12:58Mom, I want to go to my room. Stella! Stella is so scary!
13:03She reached for the cage to comfort herself with room. The serpent struck at her face.
13:08Chloe screamed and cried. The police took the cage as evident. Then the animal behavior expert walked in.
13:13He looked at the thrashing serpent and sniffed the air.
13:15This snake is in a full defensive, panic state.
13:18The expert stared at the herbal charm and Mom...
13:21Hand it over.
13:24These are the strongest natural snake repellents in the world.
13:27To a serpent, this smells like burning poison.
13:30Impossible! That's a sacred evil-waiting charm!
13:35In the interrogation room, the lights were cold and blinding.
13:39I am the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter.
13:42The serpent can tell good from evil.
13:45It bit Stella because she carried dark aura.
13:48I didn't hurt her. I was cleansing her.
13:51The officer across from her looked at her like she was crazy.
13:55The door opened.
13:56The animal expert entered with a thick report.
13:59He slapped it on the table.
14:01Enough with the superstition!
14:02You claim the serpent can tell good from evil.
14:06Let me explain the science.
14:07The deceased had been wearing the charm you gave her all along.
14:10That's the real reason the serpent hated her.
14:13Think about it.
14:14The second you held that charm, the serpent attacked you.
14:18No.
14:21Impossible!
14:21Impossible!
14:27It was to drive out evil!
14:29I was helping her!
14:30Your other daughter is covered in candy, cookie crumbs, and catnip scents.
14:36Plus, expensive hand cream.
14:37Those are scents snakes tolerate or even like.
14:39Plus all the sugary snacks she fed it.
14:41Of course it treated her like a safe zone and food source.
14:43That's why it curled around her neck so gently.
14:45This is your so-called spirit serpent telling good from evil?
14:47You turned your own daughter into a target.
14:51I won't listen!
14:52You're all lying!
14:54I did it for her!
14:56For this family!
15:00She broke down in the interrogation room, convulsing.
15:03I floated beside her, listening to the expert's words.
15:06The heavy stone that had burst on me for over ten years finally dropped.
15:10So that's how it was?
15:12It wasn't heaven hating me.
15:14I wasn't born a bad seed.
15:17It was the smell that the serpent hated.
15:20I'm glad.
15:21I wasn't a bad kid.
15:23Part of the interrogation footage leaked online.
15:26The story of the superstitious mother who killed her daughter with cleansing chemicals went viral.
15:32Netizens flooded the commons with rage.
15:35That's not a mother.
15:37That's an enemy.
15:38That poor girl died, thinking it was all her fault.
15:42Superstition kills!
15:43There were still people in this world who understood.
15:47Dad was home, sorting through my things.
15:50Inside my pillow, he found a small notebook wrapped in plastic.
15:54My diary.
15:55His hands shook as he opened the first page.
16:00Dad sat on the messy bed, holding the yellowed notebook.
16:03It was my diary and my last testament.
16:05The handwriting was childish.
16:07Some pages still had dried blood.
16:09October 5th.
16:10Sunny.
16:11Mom locked me in the room again.
16:13In the morning, I tried to bring her slippers.
16:15Rune hissed and struck the air near my hand.
16:17It was because you didn't give Chloe your bus seat.
16:20The serpent saw your bad heart.
16:23Next time I'll definitely give up my seat.
16:26Then Ruin won't bite me, right?
16:28Dad's hands trembled.
16:29Tears fell onto the pages.
16:31He turned the page.
16:32December 1st.
16:33Cloudy.
16:34Today I secretly took off the charm necklace for a few minutes while I washed up.
16:38Something amazing happened.
16:40Rune didn't lunge at me today.
16:42Mom!
16:42Mom!
16:43Instead, Mom scolded me for being careless.
16:46Said I had dropped the protection.
16:48The evil was back.
16:50She tied the charm tighter.
16:51Doubled the herbs.
16:53Then Rune struck at my hand again.
16:55Mom was finally satisfied.
16:57This was normal.
16:59The last page was messy, written in despair.
17:01I finally understand.
17:03Mom's love is the smell of that charm.
17:05When I wear it, Rune lunges at me and Mom feels at ease.
17:08If Rune doesn't lunge, Mom thinks something is wrong with me.
17:11So I'll keep wearing it.
17:13As long as Mom is happy.
17:15As long as she doesn't lock me away again.
17:17But Mom, I'm so hungry, so cold.
17:21Please just look at me once.
17:22Every sentence stabbed like a poisoned blade.
17:25Dad finished reading and let out a choked roar.
17:29I'm a bastard!
17:31Why didn't I see it sooner?
17:33Stella, Dad is sorry.
17:35The police made a copy of the diary and showed it to Mom.
17:38No!
17:39No!
17:40The moment she saw the diary, she went quiet.
17:44She stared at the words.
17:45Each one turned into snakes, mouths open, biting her heart.
17:49She finally understood.
17:51For over ten years, her daughter had played along before me.
17:54Just to win a scrap of love.
17:57Hallucinations hit her.
17:59Snakes everywhere on the floor, ceiling, table, hissing at her.
18:02You're the bad seed!
18:04Go!
18:04Always!
18:05All of you!
18:06Don't bite me!
18:07I know I was wrong!
18:09Don't bite me!
18:11Dad came to handle paperwork.
18:13He slammed the divorce papers on the tape.
18:15The slap snapped her out of the frenzy.
18:17Sign.
18:19I refuse to live with a murderer anymore.
18:23I'm taking Chloe and moving.
18:24You will never see her again.
18:26Mom held her face, staring at Dad in disbelief.
18:31You're abandoning me too?
18:33I did it for this family!
18:35Dad turned and left without looking back.
18:39The first night after they moved, Chloe started having nightmares.
18:44She dreamed of the serpent she once loved wrapping around her neck, squeezing tighter.
18:49The scarf she used to be proud of had become a noose.
18:52Save me!
18:52The snake is biting me!
18:56No one answered.
18:58On the seventh night, I returned to the empty house.
19:02Mom had been released on bail.
19:03She huddled in the corner of the sofa, shaking.
19:06No lights on.
19:07I floated in front of her.
19:09She couldn't see me, but she felt the cold.
19:12She looked up slowly, eyes hollow.
19:15I reached out to wipe the tears on her face.
19:18Were they tears of regret or fear?
19:21My hand stopped halfway.
19:22It didn't matter anymore.
19:24Then the police called with news.
19:26Miss Evelyn, the aggressive serpent had been e-denited.
19:28Transferred to a wildlife rescue center.
19:31Mom heard it and let out a scream that didn't sound human.
19:35Mom went mad.
19:36She became convinced the house was full of cold presences.
19:39Finally, her eyes locked Chloe.
19:40She had snowed out to get her toy.
19:42Dad was downstairs moving box.
19:44Chloe slipped upstairs for her Elsa doll.
19:46Mom saw her and her eyes lit up.
19:47Chloe, why aren't you being good anymore?
19:51You've been having nightmares lately.
19:53Is it Stella's dark aura clinging to you?
19:56Don't worry.
19:57Mom knows how to fix you.
19:59Just like she fixed Stella.
20:01I don't want to.
20:02I want Dad.
20:03You're rejecting Mom too?
20:04You think Mom is the bad one?
20:06No.
20:06You must reflect.
20:08Just like Stella did.
20:09Once the evil leaves,
20:11we'll be good mother and daughter again.
20:13Neil, don't come out until the spirits forgive you.
20:17Mom!
20:18Mom, let me out!
20:19I'm scared!
20:20Stella never screamed like this.
20:22Why are you so delicate?
20:24Endured.
20:25The spirits are watching.
20:26Stella was stupid!
20:27I lit the fireworks that day!
20:29I wanted to see her get burned!
20:30I hated her!
20:31Let me out, you crazy wit!
20:34The words hit like lightning.
20:35Mom had always believed I tried to hurt Chloe,
20:38but the real malice had been in Chloe all along,
20:40and the so-called spirit serpent never bit the truly evil one.
20:43It only curled around her gently.
20:45All the talk of telling good from evil,
20:47of being a psychic heir.
20:49It had been a complete joke for the start.
20:51Good and evil had been flipped by her own prejudice, superstition.
20:54I floated in the house watching,
20:56no satisfaction, only endless.
20:57Dad heard the scream and broke in.
20:59He found Mom slumped on the floor outside the store.
21:01She rocked back and forth,
21:02whispering the same words again and again.
21:04Mom, I'm sorry, Stella.
21:05Mom, I'm sorry.
21:08Mom never recovered.
21:10She was sent to a psychiatric hospital.
21:12In the hospital, Mom became quiet.
21:14Too quiet.
21:15She didn't speak.
21:16She didn't eat unless reminded.
21:18She spent every day sitting by the window,
21:20holding the same small paper bag.
21:22She read the warning label on the back over and over.
21:26Contains peanuts.
21:28Until the ink wore off.
21:29Until the bag fell apart in her hands.
21:31She kept saying she could see Stella.
21:34Stella is here.
21:36Stella is standing by the window.
21:41Stella, Mom didn't know.
21:43Mom didn't know.
21:45Will you forgive Mom?
21:47That silence hurt her more than any beating.
21:49She also felt an icy serpent forever wrapped around her neck.
21:53Any bad thought, wanting to eat, sleep, or rest,
21:56and the invisible serpent would tighten until she choked.
21:59She wasted away.
22:02Dad visited once.
22:03Through the glass, he looked ten years older,
22:05hair completely white.
22:07He looked at the mad woman with no love left,
22:09only exhaustion.
22:10Chloe refuses to see you.
22:12Scattered Stella's ashes in the sea.
22:14She suffered too much in this house.
22:16Next life, let her swim free.
22:19Somewhere clean.
22:22Don't scatter them! Don't!
22:25Leave them for me!
22:26I need to atone!
22:27If you scattered her, she won't find her way home!
22:29I want to see her!
22:31Dad shook his head and hung up the phone.
22:33He turned and left without looking back.
22:36Mom's condition grew worse.
22:38She started digging through the hospital trash.
22:40She ate anything she found.
22:41Orange peels, paper scraps, even wall plaster.
22:44One day, she found a broken doll in the flower bed.
22:47Her eyes lit up with frightening...
22:49She treated the broken doll like treasure.
22:51She held it carefully in her arm.
22:54Stella, you came back.
22:58Mom is sorry.
22:59She spent her days talking to the doll, rocking it.
23:02It became her only pillar.
23:03Her only way to atone.
23:06Mom died on a stormy night.
23:08In her final moan, she seemed to gain a flicker of...
23:10She reached out a trembling hint, clawing at the air, as if trying to catch the figure
23:15she had once locked outside on a cold night.
23:18Stella, in the next life, I'll treat you well.
23:22I simply watched her quietly.
23:24No resentment.
23:25No hatred.
23:26I whispered, though she couldn't hear.
23:29Mom.
23:30In the next life, I don't want to see you.
23:33Mom's hand dropped heavily.
23:34The heart monitor flatlined.
23:36Dad, who had stayed hidden from the gossip and the paralyzed daughter, took the last
23:41money from selling the house and fled by night car to a small border town.
23:45He thought if he ran far enough, he couldn't follow.
23:47He rented a run-down place and drank himself into a stupor every day.
23:51One freezing winter night, drunk, he staggered along the icy riverbank.
23:56He saw a little girl in a red coat crying in the middle of the river.
24:00The silhouette looked just like me.
24:01Stella?
24:02He slurred.
24:03Old guilt mixing with alcohol.
24:05Dad is coming to save you.
24:07Dad won't hide this time.
24:09He stumbled onto the thin ice.
24:11Crack.
24:11The ice broke.
24:13His legs froze instantly.
24:15He didn't drown right away.
24:16He was trapped in the hole, frozen alive into an ice statue.
24:22A golden door of light opened ahead.
24:24On the other side, I saw a young couple standing in a field of flour.
24:28The woman gently stroked her swollen belly.
24:31The man was building a cradle for their unborn child.
24:36Honey, what should we name her?
24:37The woman asked with a smile.
24:39Let's call her Eliana.
24:40The man said full of love.
24:41Our own little son.
24:43May she be warm her whole life.
24:45Loved and cherished.
24:46My spirit was called forward.
24:48I smiled and stepped through the light.
24:51A loud newborn cry broke the dawn of the new world.
24:54The man excitedly lifted me, kissing my rosy cheeks.
24:57Honey, look.
24:58Eliana's smiling.
24:59This child looks blessed.
25:02The woman gently took me and held me to her heart.
25:05The heartbeat there was strong, warm, the most beautiful sound I had ever heard.
25:10In this life, my name is Eliana.
25:12I am a child born to be loved.
25:22Mom was obsessed with science-based parenting.
25:24So when my twin sister Mia and I were born, she strapped truth bands on us.
25:29Green light meant truth.
25:30Red light meant a lie.
25:32But Mia's band, always green, even when she lied.
25:40Mia!
25:41What are you doing?
25:42Mom!
25:43Mom!
25:46What?
25:48Lily!
25:49Was it you?
25:49I saw her, Mom.
25:51It's Lily.
25:52No!
25:52Not me!
25:53Look!
25:54It was Mika!
25:58Mom, please!
25:59It wasn't me!
26:00I swear!
26:01Mom!
26:01Lily's lying!
26:02Look!
26:03My band green!
26:04I'm telling the truth!
26:05I know, sweetie.
26:06Tech doesn't lie.
26:07You're an honest girl.
26:08And she's full of it.
26:10You broke it and tried to pin it on Mia.
26:13Bad behavior has a price, Lily.
26:14No, Mom.
26:15I'm sorry.
26:16Please don't.
26:17Ah!
26:19Bad behavior has a price, Lily.
26:21No, Mom.
26:22I'm sorry.
26:23Please don't.
26:25Ah!
26:27Mom, I swear.
26:31It wasn't me.
26:33Clean it up.
26:33Every single piece.
26:35Or you don't eat today.
26:38I'm Mommy's favorite daughter.
26:48Mom, I wasn't lying.
26:51Why don't you believe me?
26:54I think it's really good.
26:56It is.
27:02No treats for liars.
27:03You get the greens.
27:05Here you go, sweetie.
27:06Your favorite.
27:08Thank you, Mom.
27:09I love you.
27:11But, Mom, these make my stomach hurt.
27:14Like it's burning.
27:16Do I have to?
27:17Please?
27:18So, you mean you're allergic to broccoli now?
27:23Show me your band.
27:25Show me!
27:29It's red!
27:30Lily's lying again!
27:31I knew it, Lily.
27:32Why can't you just be honest like Mia?
27:34No, Mom.
27:35I'm not lying.
27:36I promise it's true.
27:39I'm not enough!
27:41Eat it!
27:42Every single bite!
27:43I am so sick of your lies!
27:45She doesn't want to eat.
27:46Just leave it.
27:47Are you serious, Eric?
27:48The band is red.
27:49She's lying to us!
27:50No wonder Lily's turned out so bad.
27:52This is all your fault!
27:54Evelyn, are you serious?
27:55You're always too indulgent with her.
27:57No wonder she's so disobedient!
27:59Indulgent?
28:00I'm just trying to give her a happy child.
28:01Lily!
28:01This is all your fault!
28:03You made them fight!
28:04Mom!
28:05Dad!
28:05Stop!
28:06I'm sorry!
28:07I'll eat it!
28:08I'll be good!
28:12I told you she was faking.
28:14She's completely fine.
28:15I can't say anything else.
28:17If I do, they'll just start fighting again.
28:23Mom!
28:24Hurry!
28:24I don't want to miss the fireworks!
28:26Lily!
28:26What are you doing?
28:27Hurry up!
28:28Mom!
28:29I think I'm gonna puke.
28:31My stomach is killing me.
28:33Mom!
28:33I think I'm allergic.
28:35Give it a rest, Lily.
28:38Please, Mom.
28:39I need a doctor.
28:41You mean it?
28:43Lily!
28:43Where's your truth band?
28:46Wait.
28:47You took it off?
28:48Are you trying to cover it up?
28:49No.
28:49I was just washing my hands.
29:00Okay.
29:01The stomach ache.
29:02Truth or lie?
29:05It's true.
29:08Unbelievable!
29:10You're faking being sick just for attention?
29:13Mom, I'm telling the truth!
29:20It hurts!
29:21Mom!
29:22Mom!
29:22Please stop!
29:23Payne is a good teacher.
29:25You're grounded.
29:26Stay in your room until that band turns green.
29:31Mom.
29:33Help.
29:38Mommy, did you come to save me?
29:46I almost forgot Mia's gloves.
29:49You done yet?
29:51You really have to ruin tonight?
29:53I'm not lying, Mom.
29:54She's pale.
29:56Maybe we should take her to the...
29:56Impressive, isn't it?
29:58Give her an Oscar already.
29:59Too bad the data says she's full of it.
30:01Fine.
30:03Let's just go.
30:04Mom, don't go!
30:05Mom, don't go!
30:07Mom!
30:11Mom!
30:12Mom!
30:14Mom!
30:15You stay put.
30:16Don't you dare come out until that light changes.
30:19Mommy.
30:21Please.
30:22I'm really hurting.
30:24It feels like I'm dying.
30:25Okay.
30:26Then go ahead.
30:30You're such a disappointment, Lily.
30:38Alright, everyone.
30:40Let's go.
30:41We are not letting her ruin New Year's Eve.
30:44Finally!
30:45Fireworks!
30:49Mom!
30:50Help!
30:52Mom is right.
30:53I must be lying.
30:55I'm not really in pain.
30:56I'm fine.
30:57It doesn't hurt.
30:58I need to write my apology, or Mommy will be angrier.
31:03I'm sorry.
31:04I'm a liar.
31:06I messed up.
31:07But it hurts so bad.
31:10I wasn't lying, really.
31:13Mom, why don't you believe me?
31:16Are you sure Lily's okay?
31:18It's an act, Eric.
31:20Seriously, who's allergic to broccoli?
31:22Ten seconds!
31:24Five, four, three, two, one!
31:32It doesn't hurt anymore.
31:34I'm cured.
31:37I'm dead?
31:38Mom, I'm really dead now.
31:41I wasn't lying.
31:43Can you forgive me now?
31:45Those fireworks were gorgeous.
31:47Especially the smiley faces.
31:49Just like my little Mia.
31:51Mom, I'll be a good girl.
31:53I promise.
31:54Just don't be mad at me, okay?
31:57Jesus!
31:58Did we leave a window open?
31:59Freezing in here.
32:01I'm sorry, Mommy.
32:02I forgot.
32:03I'm already dead.
32:05I'm sure Lily's learned her lesson by now.
32:08Just let her out.
32:09She better.
32:10If Mom finds out I'm dead, will she be sad?
32:13Will she regret it?
32:19Oh, wow.
32:21Nice try.
32:22What, you think playing dead's gonna get you a free ride to bed?
32:25Lily, you are ten.
32:27Not five.
32:28Act like it.
32:29Mom, I'm dead.
32:31Look at me.
32:32Touch me.
32:33I'm not breathing.
32:35Ugh, a professional sleeper.
32:38Still lying.
32:39I swear.
32:40She even lies in her sleep.
32:42See?
32:42Mine is green.
32:44Hers is still red.
32:45Typical.
32:46That's my good girl.
32:47Let her stay like that.
32:48Fine by me.
32:51Let's just put her in bed, Evelyn.
32:52It's way too cold to leave her at the desk.
32:54Why?
32:55So she can think she won this little standoff?
32:57Look at that light.
32:58She's still throwing a mental tantrum-um.
33:01I'm done.
33:01It's bedtime.
33:02We're visiting Grandma tomorrow.
33:07Mom, if you'd just come a little closer,
33:10if you'd just reached for my hand,
33:12you'd have felt it.
33:13I was already cold.
33:15If you never loved me,
33:17why have me at all?
33:23That's my favorite.
33:24Mom, is that for me?
33:30Mia, you're baking an egg.
33:33Liars don't deserve a nice breakfast.
33:35Mom, I'm dead.
33:37I don't need food anymore.
33:39Lily's still in there?
33:40She's got to be starving.
33:41She's spoiled.
33:42Let her.
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