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The Red Light Curse All Episodes 1 - End Complete Short TV Free
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00:00:02Ever's the day we were trapped in the snow-covered mountains, mom has called me a liar.
00:00:08Not because I actually lied, but because of this thing on my wrist, the thermal monitoring bracelet.
00:00:17My mother Grace is obsessed with technology.
00:00:20The one belief she holds above all else is that data never lies.
00:00:31In an environment like this, every single calorie must be used where it matters most.
00:00:36Anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day.
00:00:43Mine is green.
00:00:46Your bracelet is red! You're recklessly consuming the last remaining calories in this house!
00:00:52Mom, I only had a cup of water this morning. I really don't know why it's red!
00:00:57Shut up!
00:00:59Your body has excess heat. You don't deserve any rations today.
00:01:05Mom, I'm really cold and hungry.
00:01:08The machine doesn't lie, Chloe.
00:01:12From that day on, those words became the most unquestionable truth in that cabin.
00:01:16The red light on my bracelet became like a curse.
00:01:19It declared me over-consuming heat every single day.
00:01:22At noon that day, mom distributed the food. Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green.
00:01:27She needs to replenish energy. Mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red.
00:01:33Mom, I haven't eaten anything. I'm really hungry.
00:01:38Chloe, machines don't lie. Just to get an extra bite, you're actually trying to deceive me.
00:01:42Look at your sister Anna. Her bracelet is always green.
00:01:45She'd rather stay hungry than steal even a scrip of food. And you, you're a thief!
00:01:48I didn't take any food. I really didn't.
00:01:52If you didn't steal anything, then why did I find the last piece of missing from the storage room this
00:01:58morning?
00:01:58I didn't take it!
00:02:10I ate it.
00:02:13She ate it! It's totally Anna! She just told me!
00:02:17Mom, I didn't! Sister, why are you accusing me?
00:02:22Mom, my bracelet is green. How could I have stolen the chocolate?
00:02:31Not only are you selfish enough to steal food, you even viciously frame your own sister!
00:02:38How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:52Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me. Please, just believe me this once. Just once.
00:03:00No. Even just a fraction of the tenderness she showed when she looked at Anna.
00:03:08Mom, I really didn't lie to you. Please believe me this time. I'm your daughter.
00:03:15Look at it yourself. Red. Chloe, it's red. It shows excess calories. If you didn't steal food, then who did?
00:03:21Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could she possibly steal anything?
00:03:26I have to punish a lying child like you.
00:03:37I was wrong. I won't lie again. Mom, please.
00:04:01Mom, will my sister freeze lying there?
00:04:04Her? She won't freeze. Her bracelet is red. She's got excess heat.
00:04:08Anna, don't be like her. Be an honest child.
00:04:14My heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand, the pain so intense I could barely breathe.
00:04:21I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat. Even my breath carried
00:04:28an abnormal warmth.
00:04:30Grace, Chloe doesn't look well. Her face is too red. Could she have a fever? Maybe we should give her
00:04:36some hot water?
00:04:38David, her bracelet is red. This isn't a fever. She secretly ate chocolate and her body temperature rose because of
00:04:45excess calories.
00:04:47She fooled you.
00:04:51You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy? Looks like you need a real lesson.
00:04:57You're going to the attic right now to reflect on your mistakes.
00:05:10Mom, I really didn't steal the chocolate. I didn't lie.
00:05:24Mom, don't lock me in here. I'll die.
00:05:30When you figure it out, when you admit you stole the chocolate and your bracelet turns green, I'll let you
00:05:36out. Otherwise, you can stay here forever and reflect.
00:05:55Chloe, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you.
00:06:02Back then, she loved me too, didn't she?
00:06:14Grace, maybe we should let Chloe out. She hasn't eaten anything today.
00:06:18I had Anna bring her some bread.
00:06:20I wanted to say no one had brought me anything, but the words got stuck in my throat because I
00:06:26knew he wouldn't believe me.
00:06:40Big sister, are you cold? Are you hungry? Don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit?
00:06:47Anna, I'm so cold and hungry. Please give me the water and the biscuit.
00:06:52Give it to you?
00:06:57Oh, right. I almost forgot to tell you. That chocolate? I was the one who ate it. So sweet. So
00:07:02delicious.
00:07:03Too bad you didn't get any. But what can you do? Your core shack is red. Mom only believes me,
00:07:08not you.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate. Say it and I'll let
00:07:15you drink.
00:07:16Oops. My hand slipped. Sorry, big sister.
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it frozen solid. Suddenly, I couldn't feel my feet anymore.
00:07:26The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger. My vision blurred.
00:07:30I could clearly feel it, my body heat slipping away little by little, my life draining out of me.
00:07:33But I still couldn't accept it. I still hadn't lived to see the day Mom believed me.
00:07:38Mom, I'm so cold. I'm so hungry. I really didn't lie. Please believe me. Just once. Please.
00:07:45Dad, save me. I'm going to die. Dad!
00:07:50Music started playing downstairs. It was the deafening Symphony No. 5.
00:07:55The intense, surging music instantly drowned out my faint cries for help.
00:07:59The sound of me pounding on the floor completely swallowed them.
00:08:02She knew I was calling for help. She heard me. She just didn't want to listen.
00:08:07With that thunderous music, she blocked her own ears and completely cut off my last path to survival.
00:08:13My hands stopped pounding. In that moment, all my strength, all my hope, all my unwillingness vanished.
00:08:20I was so hungry. So cold. But Mom would never believe me. She would only believe the bracelet.
00:08:28The machine doesn't lie. What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:33I don't know how much time passed. My body stopped trembling.
00:08:37Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my skin.
00:08:40A false, burning sensation, as if I were no longer cold.
00:08:43I raised my hand and looked at my little finger, frozen to a purplish blue.
00:08:47Without a single ripple in my heart, I bent it forcily. Crack. A faint snapping sound.
00:08:51My little finger broke, but I felt no pain at all. So this is what it's like when a person
00:08:55is freezing to death.
00:08:56You really feel nothing. Mom. I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Venster. Her embrace was so her warm. Her smile was so gentle.
00:09:04I want to go back to that time. I want Mom to hug me just once more.
00:09:08February 14th. 7th day of the blizzard. Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:09:11She said I stole it. It wasn't me, Anna ate it. My bracelet turned red.
00:09:16Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket and gave it to Anna. I'm so cold.
00:09:23Chloe, come here. Let Mom hug you.
00:09:31I felt weightless. I looked down. I was floating. And there, below me, I saw myself lying on that frozen
00:09:37pile of cardboard.
00:09:38My right hand was missing a little finger. The dead girl's wrist was still flashing red.
00:09:42Oh. Oh. I'm dead.
00:09:45I looked down. My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor.
00:09:48The thermal monitoring bracelet was still tightly fastened around my lifeless purplish wrist.
00:09:53The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face. Eerie and ironic.
00:09:59I was dead. I died at the age of 10 in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing
00:10:04attic by my mom I loved most, frozen to death.
00:10:06I hovered there, looking at my own corpse. I didn't cry. I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted 10 years, finally ending.
00:10:15My soul passed through the attic door like a gust of wind, without the slightest resistance.
00:10:20I drifted down the stairs, into the living room. Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the
00:10:27fire, smiles on their faces.
00:10:29Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time. The satellite phone on the table was lit.
00:10:34I heard it. Just moments ago, Mom had gotten through to the rescue team.
00:10:39They said the blizzard had weakened. In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and
00:10:44take us down the mountain.
00:10:45We were saved, except me. I died three days before the rescue arrived. I died just as the storm was
00:10:53about to end.
00:10:53That's great! We can finally leave this awful place! Mom, I want cake! Don't we still have that emergency cream
00:11:00cake in storage? I want to eat it now!
00:11:03Alright.
00:11:08That cake Dad had bought it for me before we came to the mountains. I couldn't bear to eat it,
00:11:12so I hid it deep in the storage room.
00:11:14I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my
00:11:19sister.
00:11:20I had even drawn a picture of our family on the box and written the words,
00:11:24I love Mom.
00:11:27Eat slowly. No one's going to take it from you.
00:11:31Hmm.
00:11:32When we get down the mountain, I'll buy you a bigger, even better cake.
00:11:37I floated in front of them, watching this warm, joyful scene.
00:11:41And somewhere where my heart should have been, there was pain.
00:11:45Oh, right. Chloe is still locked in the attic. Since rescue is coming soon, maybe we should let her out.
00:11:52Let her have something to eat. She's been locked up for two days.
00:11:57She's been locked up for two days! She should have learned her lesson!
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly. Was she going to the attic? Was she going to see me? Was she finally going
00:12:17to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe.
00:12:26Chloe, come out and eat!
00:12:28No response.
00:12:30I'm inside! I can't answer you! I'm already dead! If you open the door, you'll see my body! I'm already
00:12:38dead!
00:12:39I looked at Mom with sorrow. If she found out I was dead, would she be sad? Would she regret
00:12:44it?
00:12:45Still sulking? You're already ten, not five. Trying to get my attention this way? Then don't come out.
00:12:51Mom! I'm not sulking! I'm dead! I'm already dead! Look at me! I froze to death! Right there in the
00:12:57attic!
00:12:57I'm not lying! The bracelet is broken! Anna ate it! Look at me!
00:13:02Why did it suddenly get so cold? Is the fireplace not burning strong enough? David, go add some more wood!
00:13:08Mom couldn't hear my voice. She couldn't feel my presence. I was a ghost. A ghost who died at her
00:13:15hands, ignored and forgotten.
00:13:16Don't sound the colder mother. Seriously? Yes!
00:13:20Shouldn't we turn on the heating? The rescue team will be here soon anyway?
00:13:24You're right. Let them see that even in this kind of environment, we can still maintain a scientific standard of
00:13:28living.
00:13:30She went downstairs and turned on the central heating and the floor heating throughout the house.
00:13:36The temperature in the attic rose as well. My body began to decompose faster.
00:13:45The water spread outward, soaking through the cardboard, seeping into the floor.
00:13:50I watched my body grow colder and stiffer, little by little, until signs of decay began to appear.
00:13:57That was my smell. The smell of death. They were going to leave after being rescued. They were going to
00:14:04leave this cabin that had trapped me.
00:14:06They were going to leave my body here, forever in this cold attic.
00:14:11I'll take something to Chloe. She's been in the attic for two days. She hasn't even had a sip of
00:14:15water.
00:14:15Take what? Her red light is on like that. She's got more than enough energy. She won't starve.
00:14:25Dad! Open the door! Hurry! Open it! If you just turn the handle, you'll see that I'm not moving anymore.
00:14:32You'll see my darkened face.
00:14:39Hello? Rescue team? Yes, this is David.
00:14:42What? You can come up the mountain in two days? That's great!
00:14:46The rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop. In two days they'll be able to come up!
00:14:53It was that close, just that tiny bit, just one second. I could have been found. Maybe then, I wouldn't
00:14:59have to keep decaying.
00:15:12Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:15What is that smell? It's disgusting!
00:15:19Oh my god! It stinks! It's coming from the attic!
00:15:22Did my sister go on the floor? Did she do it on purpose? Is she trying to stink us to
00:15:27death?
00:15:32Chloe! What are you doing in there? It stinks!
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us? Fine. Then stay in there with your stink. Don't even think about coming
00:15:57out to pollute our air.
00:16:00The last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely. Just like that strip of tape.
00:16:05She would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape and endure the increasingly unbearable stench, then push the
00:16:11door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:16Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body. Another day passed. It was the
00:16:28day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain.
00:16:45Chloe! I've had enough of you, you disgusting little brat! What exactly are you trying to do? Making the whole
00:16:52house stink on purpose? Are you trying to torment us? I'm gonna teach you a lesson today!
00:17:10Chloe? Chloe?
00:17:23I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:32Ahhhhh!
00:17:35Ahhhhh!
00:17:39Oh, laughter
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00:17:48Chloe?
00:17:50No.
00:17:52No, that's impossible.
00:17:54Chloe, you're pretending, aren't you, Chloe?
00:17:57You're lying to Mom again, aren't you?
00:17:59Get up. Mom's not angry anymore.
00:18:02I won't scold you again.
00:18:04Get up. Don't scare me.
00:18:06Please.
00:18:07Her hand trembled as she reached beneath my nose.
00:18:10No breath.
00:18:10Then she reached for my neck, feeling for a pulse.
00:18:14Nothing. Only coldness.
00:18:16Only silence. I was truly dead.
00:18:19Dead in the attic she had locked with her own hands.
00:18:21Dead in the cold and hunger she had caused.
00:18:24Dead under the gays.
00:18:25She never once chose to believe.
00:18:27Impossible.
00:18:28The machine doesn't lie.
00:18:31Impossible.
00:18:41They had followed the sound of the screams.
00:18:43The team leader pushed open the attic door and froze the moment he saw what was inside.
00:18:48The body of a ten-year-old girl lay curled up on the cold floor, a bracelet flashing red on
00:18:52her wrist.
00:18:53A woman sat collapsed on the ground, screaming like a madwoman, her eyes unfocused, completely deranged.
00:18:59David and Anna, who had followed behind, turned deathly pale the moment they saw my body.
00:19:06David's legs gave out, and he collapsed at the doorway, his whole body trembling violently.
00:19:12How did this happen?
00:19:13How did this happen?
00:19:14How did this happen?
00:19:15He finally understood, behind the door he had almost opened that day, lay his daughter's cold corpse.
00:19:22He finally understood that his repeated hesitation and retreat had ultimately pushed me to my death.
00:19:28Anna hid behind David, staring at my bluish, swollen face, and fear finally showed on her face.
00:19:35She burst into tears, clinging tightly to David's arm, her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind, barely
00:19:41able to stand.
00:19:43She was finally afraid.
00:19:45She finally understood that her prank, her lies, her framing, had cost a life, had killed her own sister.
00:19:56Quick! Call a doctor! Seal off the scene!
00:19:59The rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it and shouted sharply at the others.
00:20:04Unable to suppress the anger in his voice, the team set up a cordon.
00:20:08A doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic, crouching beside my body for a long time, examining carefully,
00:20:16his movements gentle, as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin.
00:20:20Severe hypothermia.
00:20:23Organ failure.
00:20:24This child was starved for at least a month, and in temperatures well below freezing, she froze to death.
00:20:30Time of death was two to three days ago.
00:20:32It's not my fault! She was lying! She stole food! Look! The bracelet is red! The red light! It says
00:20:42she has excess calories! I follow the data! Machines don't lie!
00:20:47The doctor frowned, crouched down, and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist, but the strap had fused
00:20:54tightly with my frozen purplish skin, almost as if it had grown into the flesh.
00:20:59Gritting his teeth, the doctor took out specialized tools and carefully pried the bracelet off.
00:21:04Little by little, I floated in mid-air, watching the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days
00:21:09finally leave my wrist.
00:21:11This cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days, that had caused my death, finally fell away.
00:21:17The doctor held the bracelet, turning it over and over, then opened the casing on the back.
00:21:23After just one glance, he let out a cold laugh, looking up at Mom.
00:21:28Ma'am, your so-called infuelable machine has been broken for a long time.
00:21:33The temperature sensor and calorie monitoring module have completely failed.
00:21:37The circuit shorted out, which is why the red light stays on.
00:21:41From the very first day it was worn, it was already broken.
00:21:44It couldn't measure anything at all. It could only keep flashing red.
00:21:47The truth, she had trusted above all else.
00:21:51The things she relied on to judge my life and death, had been a joke from the very beginning.
00:21:59You are lying.
00:22:05I hadn't lied. Not once.
00:22:10The bracelet was broken. She was wrong.
00:22:14No, no, that's impossible.
00:22:19No! Impossible! Machines don't lie!
00:22:26Look! Anna's bracelet is still green!
00:22:29This proves the system works! This is scientific!
00:22:33At that moment, a female rescue worker walked over to Anna, bent down, and took something out of her pocket.
00:22:39It had been hidden there for days, crumpled beyond recognition, still smeared with traces of chocolate,
00:22:45holding the wrapper the rescue worker walked up to mom and said coldly ma'am is this the chocolate
00:22:52you said was stolen we found it in your younger daughter's pocket all eyes turned instantly
00:23:00toward anna anna's face went pale in an instant
00:23:08it wasn't me my sister told me to hide it she ate it not me
00:23:17but this time no one believed her anymore
00:23:23little girl take off your bracelet and show it to me anna froze instantly
00:23:32no mom gave it to me i won't take it off but the doctor gave her no chance to argue
00:23:37he pulled out a screwdriver and pried the bracelet open on the spot what was inside made everyone gasp
00:23:45no sensors no chip no heat monitoring module nothing at all only two cheap green led lights
00:23:52and a button battery the circuit was hardwired once powered it is just a two yuan toy he doctor
00:23:58slammed the shattered bracelet onto the ground in front of mom his voice trembled with barely
00:24:04contained rage this bracelet of your younger daughter was designed to always show green
00:24:08from the very beginning no matter what she said what she did or how much she lied it would always
00:24:13stay green ma'am your so-called scientific survival system your so-called infuelable data from beginning
00:24:19to end was nothing but a complete joke a sick biased joke you personally froze your honest daughter to
00:24:25death in that attic while treating a compulsive liar like treasure mom looked at the shattered plastic
00:24:31pieces on the ground at the toy still glowing green and suddenly she laughed
00:24:38she laughed loudly so loudly that tears came out of her eyes she doubled over collapsing onto the floor
00:24:46her whole body curling up with laughter
00:24:52fake it's all fake mom suddenly screamed and then she did something insane
00:24:58no way the bracelet can't be wrong i didn't eat anything today my calories couldn't possibly be over
00:25:06it'll turn green she grabbed the bracelet still stained with my blood and fragments of skin
00:25:11and snapped it onto her own wrist she took a deep breath trying to calm herself she raised her wrist
00:25:17her eyes while look it'll turn green the red light flared bright violent mom's confident expression
00:25:25shattered instantly she slapped at the bracelet like it was a broken television panic rising in her voice
00:25:31what no my calories can't be over i didn't exceed anything why is it red i didn't lie
00:25:39she started speaking faster and faster it's broken the doctor broke it i'll try again i've never abused
00:25:46her i was doing it for her good i love why is it red i'm telling the truth turn green
00:25:53you piece of
00:25:53junk you're framing me suddenly she remembered me 10 year old me punished so severely curled up on the
00:26:00floor biting my lip to stop myself from screaming but the red light kept flashing as if it was speaking
00:26:06to her again and again you are a liar you are a liar no mom suddenly screamed clawing frantically at
00:26:14the
00:26:15bracelet trying to rip it off her wrist take it off it's red i'm not a liar i'm not but
00:26:22the clasp had
00:26:23locked due to her violent struggle like a shackle tightly bound to her wrist just as it had once been
00:26:28tightly bound to mine a doctor picked up the diary from the floor he flipped through it page by page
00:26:37his expression growing darker and darker february 14th day seven of the blizzard mom found the chocolate
00:26:45missing she said i stole it i didn't it was anna who ate it my bracelet turned red mom hit
00:26:50me shocked
00:26:51me with the bracelet mom locked me in the acnic dad took my bring me food but anna stopped him
00:26:56anna poured hot water onto my cardboard bed i hit the floor and called for mom but she turned up
00:27:00the
00:27:00music so loud she couldn't hear me when i was nine anna broke mom's most precious tech robot and cried
00:27:08saying i did it without even asking mom locked me in the storage room for a full day and night
00:27:13with no
00:27:14food or water i banged on the door crying that it wasn't me but she wouldn't listen and anna she
00:27:21was
00:27:21curled up in mom's arms eating sweet strawberries watching me be locked away with a happy smile
00:27:27countless days and nights anna stole my toys tore my drawings ruined my homework and then cried to mom
00:27:34saying i didn't every single time mom believed anna without question then scolded me punished me and
00:27:41made me stand in a cold corner without food machines don't lie anna's wristband is green
00:27:49you're just a liar mom i really didn't lie i've never lied to you i know you don't like me
00:27:56but i
00:27:57still love you if i die will you regret it will you miss me even a little if there's a
00:28:03next life can
00:28:05you believe me once can you please stop calling me a liar every word struck like a heavy hammer
00:28:12crashing down on on my mom's heart she covered her face and let out a heart-wrenching cry
00:28:18like a wounded beast she remembered the fourth day of the blizzard the slap she gave me across the face
00:28:25and the electric shock that coursed through my entire body
00:28:30she remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around anna instead and the despair in my eyes
00:28:39she remembered me banging on the floor screaming for her help while she deliberately turned up
00:28:45symphony of fate to the maximum volume to block out her own ears
00:28:49she remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape and the disgust and impatience she felt at the
00:28:55time
00:28:57she had personally little by little pushed her daughter toward death
00:29:01she had personally killed the little girl who loved her most and trusted her most
00:29:10mom let out a piercing scream and suddenly raised her head
00:29:14looking toward anna curled up in the corner
00:29:20she lunged forward like a mad woman tightly gripping anna's throat screaming hysterically
00:29:27you're the one who lied you're the one who stole the chocolate you tricked me
00:29:33you killed chloe i'm going to kill you you'll pay for my daughter's life
00:29:42the rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled mom away pinning her firmly down on the sofa
00:29:50my dad watched everything the crazed mother the terrified anna and the bloodstained note in the
00:29:57evidence bag and finally snapped
00:30:02you monster
00:30:06that was your daughter our daughter you froze her to death with your own hands
00:30:11how dare you how could you
00:30:15it's not my fault
00:30:17it was the wristband
00:30:19it was anna
00:30:22it's not my fault
00:30:23my body was placed into a black body bag the zipper slowly closed
00:30:28sealing away my short 10 years of life filled with pain and despair
00:30:32don't take her away give her back to me
00:30:35she ran across the snow field her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards
00:30:40instantly cutting her skin blood trailed across the white snow
00:30:43leaving a shocking red path behind her
00:30:47chloe mom will give you all the food rations
00:30:50please open your eyes and look at me
00:30:52she reached the landing gear area desperately jumping upward
00:30:56trying to grab hold of the edge of the body bag
00:30:59but she only grasped empty freezing air and swirling snowflakes
00:31:06this incident quickly spread across the world
00:31:08the rescue team's camera had recorded everything
00:31:11one of the crew members accidentally uploaded the footage online
00:31:15and from there it spread like an unstoppable avalanche
00:31:28the entire internet exploded
00:31:30netizens were in full outrage
00:31:41and that father too he did nothing the entire time
00:31:44just watched his daughter being abused
00:31:46he deserves to die as well a flood of insults poured in like an avalanche
00:31:51crashing down on my mom my dad and this shattered family
00:31:55on the second day after the incident escalated
00:31:57our villa at the foot of the mountain was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd
00:32:02the front gate had been splashed with bright red paint
00:32:05in thick black marker the words murderers
00:32:08get out of this city and justice for chloe were written everywhere
00:32:13the villa windows had been smashed with bricks
00:32:16red paint and abusive slogans covered the walls and floors
00:32:20at the entrance reporters and furious protesters packed tightly together
00:32:25behind them the crowd held signs filled with insults
00:32:29chanting loudly until the noise shook the air
00:32:32grace the murderer get out you don't deserve to be a mother pay for chloe's life
00:32:37evil family get out of switzerland
00:32:40neighbors had already moved out one after another
00:32:43the property management even came with legal notices
00:32:46demanding we leave immediately
00:32:47saying our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety and property values
00:32:52and caused extreme disturbance to other residents
00:32:54inside the villa everything was in chaos
00:32:57the curtains were tightly drawn
00:32:58the lights stayed off only the glow of the television illuminated the pale faces of my dad and my mom
00:33:04the house phone had been completely overwhelmed
00:33:06every call that came through brought waves of insults and curses
00:33:09even the mobile phones couldn't be turned on
00:33:11the moment they were switched on
00:33:13countless abusive messages and non-stop harassing calls flooded in
00:33:16it's not my fault
00:33:19it's not my fault
00:33:30it's all your fault
00:33:31all of it
00:33:32if it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours
00:33:34if you hadn't trusted those useless data readings
00:33:36chloe wouldn't be dead
00:33:38we wouldn't have ended up like this
00:33:39you're a mad woman
00:33:40a murderer
00:33:45what right do you have to blame me
00:33:47you were there to save her
00:33:48you're an accomplice
00:33:49you deserve to die too
00:33:56ael
00:33:57ael
00:33:59ael
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car, and everything valuable in
00:34:26the home to cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:41How dare you!
00:34:47Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my things, those are mine, give them back!
00:35:05These items have been seized and auctioned by the court, they no longer belong to you.
00:35:23If you fail to repay the debt, we will file for court enforcement and have you imprisoned
00:35:26it.
00:35:27Oh God!
00:35:48Do you have to do it?
00:36:06Anna, look at Anna.
00:36:10It's not fair.
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me.
00:36:47I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:51Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it.
00:36:54This is what you get for what you did to your sister.
00:36:56Liar! Thief! Murderer!
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else?
00:37:00Just you.
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:03When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:06Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out! Please let me out!
00:37:16I didn't steal it! I really didn't!
00:37:23I was just a kid.
00:37:25I don't like that part.
00:37:26It's just a kid who didn't tell me what you've just told me.
00:37:29I'm going to laugh.
00:37:38I'm just a kid.
00:37:42I'm just a kid.
00:37:57this was her rightful punishment
00:38:03as for mom her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's
00:38:07the defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation
00:38:14i'm not crazy everything i do is based on the data from the scientific wristband i didn't do
00:38:19anything wrong
00:38:30can you explain the behavior at that time i didn't do anything wrong the bracelet is broken
00:38:37anna lied to me
00:38:44chloe sorry it's all my fault
00:38:52machines don't lie red light chloe i'm sorry
00:39:01she had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence
00:39:07she would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment
00:39:15i'm not crazy you're the ones who are crazy the bracelet was broken it's not my fault i'm not
00:39:22insane i was right the data doesn't lie chloe lied to me anna lied to me i'm not crazy let
00:39:31me out
00:39:33just like no one had believed me back then police officers and caretakers walked in carrying
00:39:39restraint straps the moment mom saw them she reacted like a startled beast she kept retreating
00:39:46then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction as if hoping he would save her but dad had long
00:39:53since disappeared in the courtroom there was not a single person on her side
00:40:01in that moment she was truly alone just like i once was trapped in the attic with no one to
00:40:09turn to
00:40:11before being sent to the psychiatric hospital she did something insane
00:40:16that was the day my body was sent to the funeral home
00:40:19hey
00:40:33chloe
00:40:34mom was wrong come back i'm sorry
00:40:50her feet suffered severe frostbite and the tissue completely neckerated the doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation
00:41:00cutting everything below the knees she became a woman without legs
00:41:06completely broken and completely insane
00:41:13in the psychiatric hospital she became the strangest patient no one knew where she got it from but she found
00:41:20a red plastic ring and wore it around her neck like a collar it was her self-made calorie monitoring
00:41:26bracelet
00:41:43she was reliving my final moments before death
00:41:47she locked herself inside the same cold attic where i had once been trapped reliving my personal hell over and
00:41:53over again
00:41:54chloe i'm sorry mom was wrong please come back okay mom will never trust the bracelet again mom will bake
00:42:00you cake cover you with blankets
00:42:02i confess i confess
00:42:04i confess
00:42:04i confess
00:42:06red light red light
00:42:08chloe
00:42:09mom was wrong
00:42:10mom shouldn't have trusted the red light
00:42:22chloe
00:42:23chloe
00:42:24are you there
00:42:25mom threw the bracelet away
00:42:27mom doesn't believe in it anymore
00:42:29please come back
00:42:29please come back
00:42:30mom will cook for you
00:42:32mom will buy you new dresses
00:42:34there was no ripple in my heart
00:42:35only a dead silence
00:42:37regret means nothing to the dead
00:42:39it was too late
00:42:41mom
00:42:41it's all too late
00:42:44when i was locked in the attic and frozen to death
00:42:47where was your remorse
00:42:48when i used my last strength to write a blood written plea
00:42:51begging you to believe me just once
00:42:53where was your remorse
00:42:54mom
00:42:55i don't hate you anymore
00:42:57but i don't love you anymore either
00:42:59in the next life
00:43:01let's not meet again
00:43:08i drifted through the snow storm of the alps
00:43:10snow fell onto my body
00:43:12yet i felt no cold at all
00:43:13i was finally free
00:43:15no red lights
00:43:16no hunger
00:43:16no cold
00:43:17no lies
00:43:18no mom's hatred
00:43:19no anna's framing
00:43:20no dad's inaction
00:43:22only boundless freedom
00:43:24just then i heard a familiar bark
00:43:25i looked down
00:43:26a golden sled dog was sitting in the snow
00:43:29wagging its tail
00:43:30looking up at me with bright eyes
00:43:32it was buddy
00:43:33buddy was the dog i once raised
00:43:35a gift from dad on my 8th birthday
00:43:38a gentle golden retriever sled dog
00:43:40my only warmth in childhood
00:43:43when my mom called me a liar
00:43:45and anna bullied me
00:43:47only buddy would run over
00:43:49lie down by my feet
00:43:51and rub its head against my hand
00:43:55staying with me
00:43:56but mom didn't like it
00:43:58she said dogs carry germs
00:44:00and would affect her research
00:44:02before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation
00:44:04she took advantage of a moment when i wasn't paying attention
00:44:07and abandoned bunny in the mountains
00:44:10bunny! bunny!
00:44:15i cried for days and searched for days
00:44:18but i never found him
00:44:20it turns out he had always been here
00:44:22waiting for me at the border
00:44:30let's go
00:44:31don't look back
00:44:32i could feel his soft warm fur
00:44:35feel his body temperature
00:44:37feel his heartbeat
00:44:38this was the living breathing connection
00:44:41i had longed for most when i was alive
00:44:47in the distance a door of light appeared
00:44:49it was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation
00:44:54i turned back and took one last look at this world that had tormented me for 10 years
00:44:58one look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital
00:45:01and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me
00:45:04then i turned around
00:45:05holding buddy's paw
00:45:07and walked step by step toward that door of light
00:45:10everything behind me became like a faded photograph
00:45:14slowly blurring and dissolving
00:45:16my mother's final tears
00:45:17the bracelet's red glow
00:45:19the blood written message on the floor
00:45:21the freezing attic
00:45:22all of it vanished
00:45:24i did not look back
00:45:25the nightmare that had lasted wood for 10 years
00:45:28had finally come to a true end
00:45:31passing through that light
00:45:32there was no spinning
00:45:33no chaos
00:45:34only endless warmth
00:45:35as if i were sinking into a spring stream
00:45:38even the pain deep within my soul
00:45:40those lingering aches and phantom pains
00:45:42gradually faded away
00:45:44buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle
00:45:46when i opened my eyes again
00:45:48i was small
00:45:50wrapped in a soft blanket
00:45:52someone was humming
00:45:54it was a woman's voice
00:45:56gentle
00:45:57slightly off key
00:45:58yet filled with love
00:46:00her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek
00:46:02carrying the scent of gardenias
00:46:04not the cold disinfectant smell
00:46:06from my mother in my previous life
00:46:08not that clinical distant feeling
00:46:11you're awake
00:46:13honey come quickly
00:46:15our daughter just blinked
00:46:16he was tall
00:46:18with healthy wheel colored skin weathered features
00:46:21but his eyes were exceptionally gentle
00:46:23he was my father in this sweet life martin
00:46:26he was the same rescue captain from my previous life
00:46:30the first person to rush into the attic and find my body
00:46:36hey charlotte
00:46:38i'm your dad
00:46:40charlotte
00:46:41not chloe
00:46:42no burden
00:46:43no shackles
00:46:45no lies
00:46:46no label of liar
00:46:47just charlotte
00:46:49a name that meant warmth
00:46:51being cherished
00:46:52and being loved unconditionally
00:46:53i grew up in a home filled with love
00:46:56our house wasn't big
00:46:57but it was clean and warm
00:46:58in the living room
00:47:00there was a large fireplace
00:47:01that burned brightly every winter
00:47:03filling everything with cozy heat
00:47:05there were no heat monitoring bracelets
00:47:07no red or green lights
00:47:09no strict food rationing
00:47:11no cold attic
00:47:12only endless love
00:47:14and unconditional trust
00:47:15when i was three years old
00:47:17my mother made hot cocoa
00:47:19the aroma drifted from the kitchen
00:47:20into the living room
00:47:31baby
00:47:31i'm here
00:47:35charlotte
00:47:36you're safe now
00:47:38i'm here
00:47:39dad is here
00:47:40no one will hurt you
00:47:42my throat hurts
00:47:44i don't want hot cocoa
00:47:48not like the hot water in the attic thermos
00:47:50that anna once poured out
00:47:52not something that had been held up to my mouth
00:47:55before being taken away
00:47:56when i was four years old
00:47:58the kindergarten organized a health checkup
00:48:01that included a blood test
00:48:09charlotte it's just a tiny poke
00:48:11it won't hurt
00:48:11look at the other children
00:48:12they're all very brave
00:48:13don't punish me
00:48:14i didn't lie
00:48:15don't shock me
00:48:17it's okay
00:48:19sorry my child's experienced trauma
00:48:21we're going to skip the physical exam for now
00:48:23we'll take her to a child psychologist
00:48:25and we'll come back when she's ready
00:48:31charlotte
00:48:32did someone hurt you before?
00:48:35bracelet
00:48:36bracelet
00:48:36red light
00:48:37red light
00:48:37so cold
00:48:38my baby
00:48:39you must have suffered so much didn't you?
00:48:42it's okay now
00:48:43you're home
00:48:45mom and dad are here
00:48:46no one can hurt you anymore
00:48:48from that day on
00:48:50they regularly took me to see a child psychologist
00:48:54the doctor said i had severe post traumatic stress disorder
00:49:00my parents never complained once
00:49:02they never made me feel like a burden
00:49:04they stayed with me
00:49:06played games with me
00:49:07did therapy exercises with me
00:49:10slowly healing the wounds in my heart
00:49:12they bought me many many colorful beautiful bracelets
00:49:18but they never forced me to wear any of them
00:49:22these are just accessories charlotte
00:49:24wear them if you like
00:49:25if you don't just take them off
00:49:26no matter what your dad and i will always love you
00:49:28i looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist
00:49:30there was no red light
00:49:31no electric shock
00:49:32no accusation
00:49:33only my mother's gentle smile
00:49:35it took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words
00:49:37when i was five years old
00:49:39i once had a fever
00:49:42i started crying uncontrollably
00:49:44i feel hot
00:49:45it wasn't because i felt unwell
00:49:47it was because what i said
00:49:49mom immediately took a thermometer
00:49:51and checked my temperature
00:50:01mom if i say i feel hot
00:50:04do you believe me?
00:50:07i believe you
00:50:08if you say you're hot then you're hot
00:50:11the thermometer says you're hot too
00:50:13of course i believe you
00:50:15the thermometer didn't say i was hot
00:50:17but i said i was
00:50:18would you still believe me?
00:50:20i would
00:50:20your feelings are your own
00:50:22they don't need any machine to prove them
00:50:25i held on to those words in my heart for a long long time
00:50:30the afternoon i had a fever
00:50:31it started snowing outside
00:50:33dad wrapped me in a blanket
00:50:35and held me by the window as we watched the snow
00:50:38mom loved snowy days the most when i was a child
00:50:42building snowmen with my brother
00:50:43once i had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should be
00:50:51why?
00:50:52it was so the snowman could look down at its own feet
00:50:54otherwise it would never know what it was wearing
00:50:58i was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm
00:51:02so they wrapped me up in it
00:51:04it was soft, thick and warm
00:51:06i buried my face in it and took a breath
00:51:08it smelled like fabric softener
00:51:11clean, dry and unmistakably the scent of home
00:51:14when i was seven i started elementary school
00:51:17there was a girl in my class named lena
00:51:19she looked exactly like anna from my previous life
00:51:22the same eyes, the same face shape
00:51:29sister, you're so pitiful
00:51:36i'm, my name is lena
00:51:40you, do you wanna be my friend?
00:51:42her tone was so cautious, so eager to please
00:51:46just like me in my previous life
00:51:47almost instinctively, i glanced at her wrist
00:51:50she was wearing a cheap green cartoon wristband
00:51:54later i learned that lena's mother was also extremely strict
00:51:57she demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty
00:52:01if lena made even the smallest mistake
00:52:03she would be locked in her room and denied food
00:52:06lena, just like my past self, lived in endless fear and suppression
00:52:10one day lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup
00:52:13i looked at her, at the fear and despair in her eyes
00:52:21in that instant i was reminded of my past self
00:52:24the little girl who lay on the cold floor
00:52:27writing i am a liar over and over again
00:52:29begging for forgiveness again and again
00:52:34lena, it's okay
00:52:35accidents happen
00:52:36let's go tell the teacher together, okay?
00:52:39the teacher won't be angry
00:52:41but, mom said that children who lie are bad kids
00:52:45and they will be punished
00:52:47being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes
00:52:49it means that when you do make a mistake
00:52:51you're brave enough to admit it
00:52:52and even if you tell the truth, you shouldn't be punished for it
00:52:56i... i broke the cup
00:52:57i'm sorry
00:52:59the teacher didn't get angry
00:53:01instead, she smiled, patted both our heads
00:53:04and said it was okay, just to be more careful next time
00:53:08from that day on, we became best friends
00:53:11i took lena home to meet my parents
00:53:14she looked at my mom and dad
00:53:16so gentle, so patient
00:53:18never shouting over small things
00:53:20never punishing a child for making mistakes
00:53:23her eyes were filled with envy
00:53:25lena, you don't need to please everyone
00:53:27you're allowed to have your own feelings
00:53:29you can say no, you can be scared
00:53:31you can make mistakes, none of that is shameful
00:53:34one day, lena's mother came to school to pick her up
00:53:37when she saw us together, her face immediately darkened
00:53:40she grabbed lena's hand tightly and said sharply
00:53:43did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45is charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49auntie, lena hasn't done anything wrong
00:53:52she's a very, very good child
00:53:54you shouldn't always assume the worst about her
00:53:56she's afraid of you
00:54:01that night she called my mom
00:54:03they talked for a long time
00:54:04and in the end, she said thank you
00:54:08thank you
00:54:09your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong i've been
00:54:13little by little, lena's mother became gentler
00:54:17she started learning to listen instead of shouting
00:54:20to trust instead of blaming
00:54:23and lena, too, became more and more confident
00:54:27more and more open
00:54:29in my previous life i was never saved
00:54:31i endured all the pain alone in the darkness
00:54:34but in this life, i can save others
00:54:36when i was ten years old
00:54:38dad took us to the mountains
00:54:40not the alps
00:54:41just ordinary mountains
00:54:44dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team
00:54:46he knew every path in the area
00:54:47knew where the hidden ice was
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous
00:54:50where you could set up camp
00:54:51and where rock clops might happen after rain
00:54:53he led me along an easier trail
00:54:55mom walked behind us, camera in hand
00:54:57taking photos from time to time
00:55:03here
00:55:04thank you
00:55:07dad, have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11yes, many times
00:55:14what happened to them in the end?
00:55:20some were rescued, some weren't
00:55:22the ones who weren't rescued?
00:55:27do you still remember them?
00:55:29i remember
00:55:30every single one
00:55:32do you know why i chose this job?
00:55:35no
00:55:35because i hope that after every snowstorm
00:55:38no one is left alone in the mountains
00:55:40for everyone who gets trapped
00:55:42i hope someone can reach them in time
00:55:44the wind blew down from the mountain
00:55:46carrying the scent of pine trees
00:55:47and a faint coolness from the distant stream
00:55:50but it wasn't the kind of cold
00:55:51that selt into your bones
00:55:53it was breathable
00:55:54refreshing, alive
00:55:55a summer kind of cool
00:55:57the coolness of being alive
00:56:02look
00:56:06i stared at that photo for a long time
00:56:08that child was me
00:56:10clean, looking outward
00:56:12alive
00:56:12not chloe curled up in the corner of an attic
00:56:15in my previous life
00:56:16that was charlotte
00:56:17standing in the sunlight
00:56:18standing between dad and mom
00:56:19at that moment
00:56:20i remembered the lines in my drawing book
00:56:23i remembered the hands that wrote them
00:56:25i remembered the child
00:56:27who use up her last bit of strength
00:56:29just say
00:56:30i love you so much
00:56:32you don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true
00:56:35there are people here who believe you
00:56:37even without a wristband
00:56:38even without any device to verify it
00:56:40even if what you say sounds impossible
00:56:42there will still be someone who will catch every word you say
00:56:45there are people here who believe you
00:56:47hey
00:56:50in autumn one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit
00:56:54bringing his wife and an elderly woman when with them
00:56:57she was his mother
00:56:59even though time had carved deep marks into her face
00:57:01even though it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life
00:57:05even though the eyes that once belonged to a scientist no longer held that burning phoneticism
00:57:09only gentlest in the weight of years
00:57:11i would never mistake her
00:57:12this was grace
00:57:22charlotte
00:57:23what's wrong sweetheart?
00:57:25are you feeling unwell?
00:57:27at that moment the old woman's gaze also fell on me
00:57:30her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw me
00:57:42this is your child?
00:57:46yes this is our daughter
00:57:48charlotte
00:57:50i could clearly see the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes
00:57:55the white strands at her thames
00:57:57and the tears pooling in her eyes
00:58:00held back so tightly that they refused to fall
00:58:04charlotte
00:58:06such a beautiful name
00:58:09my throat felt blocked
00:58:10as if something was stuck there
00:58:13i was no longer chloe
00:58:16i am charlotte
00:58:17the charlotte who had grown up wrapped in love
00:58:20seeing that i remained silent
00:58:22a trace of panic flashed in her eyes
00:58:26how old are you?
00:58:31ten
00:58:32ten? that's good
00:58:35at lunch time she sat directly across from me
00:58:39she carefully used serving chopsters to put food into my bowl
00:58:44auntie you're spoiling charlotte too much
00:58:47you should eat too
00:58:50it's fine
00:58:51when i look at this child
00:58:53i just feel an instant sense of closeness
00:58:56i looked at the pile of food in my bowl
00:58:58my emotions tangled and heavy
00:59:01in my previous life
00:59:03until the day i died
00:59:04i had always hoped
00:59:05just once that she would serve me a bite of food
00:59:09say something gentle to me
00:59:10or believe me even once
00:59:12but now
00:59:13she had done it
00:59:15only
00:59:16it was already too late
00:59:18in the afternoon
00:59:20i paint alone in the sunroom
00:59:24charlotte
00:59:25can i sit here for a while
00:59:27i won't disturb you while you draw
00:59:30she carefully walked over and sat down on the wicker chair beside me
00:59:35i know who you are
00:59:37and i also know who i am
00:59:40from the moment i was born i carried all my memories
00:59:45i remember everything i did to you
00:59:49i'm sorry chloe
00:59:51i'm sorry
00:59:54chloe
00:59:55i'm sorry to you i'm really sorry
00:59:59every day i ask myself
01:00:03why didn't i trust you that day in the cabin
01:00:07why did i trust that broken wristband instead of my own daughter
01:00:12i remember slapping you
01:00:14i remember shocking you
01:00:17the way you curled up on the floor begging me to stop
01:00:21i remember locking you in the attic
01:00:25the way you clung to the door frame
01:00:28begging me not to lock it
01:00:30i remember kicking open the attic door
01:00:34and finding your frozen body
01:00:37and the red light still flashing on your wrist
01:00:41i saw your blood
01:00:43written letter
01:00:45every single word
01:00:46i carved into my heart
01:00:48and carried with me for the rest of my life
01:00:51you asked
01:00:53if there could be another life
01:00:54could i please trust you once
01:00:56could i stop calling you a liar
01:01:00but i didn't even give you that chance
01:01:02i destroyed it with my own hands
01:01:05i'm sorry
01:01:07it was a diary
01:01:08with a sunflower on the cover
01:01:09the flower i had loved most in my previous life
01:01:14chloe
01:01:15no charlotte
01:01:18i know that no matter how many apologies i say
01:01:21it's useless now
01:01:22i took your life
01:01:24i can never repay what i owe you
01:01:27not in this life
01:01:28not in the next
01:01:30i don't dare to ask for your forgiveness
01:01:33i just
01:01:34i just wanted to tell you sorry in person
01:01:37i just want you to know that i understand now
01:01:40love is not measured by machines
01:01:41nor judged by data
01:01:43it is listening to you
01:01:44believing what you say
01:01:45holding you and telling you that your mother is here
01:01:47but i understood all of that far too late
01:01:49too late
01:01:50i'm so sorry charlotte
01:01:52she was crying so hard that her whole body trembled
01:01:57her aged face was covered in tears and regret
01:02:02i looked at her for a long time
01:02:04in my previous life
01:02:06lying on the cold floor of the attic
01:02:08what i had wanted most before dying was a single apology from her
01:02:13a single
01:02:13i believe you
01:02:15but now she was truly standing in front of me saying countless apologies
01:02:19and yet i realized
01:02:20they no longer mattered to me
01:02:22i already had a new life
01:02:24parents who loved me
01:02:25a warm home and a bright future
01:02:28auntie i don't hate you anymore
01:02:31her tears fell even harder
01:02:32her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something but no words came out
01:02:36but i also won't call you mom again
01:02:38the me i am now what is charlotte
01:02:40i have my own parents
01:02:41they love me very much
01:02:42i've received your repentance
01:02:45i don't hate you anymore
01:02:47because i don't want to be trapped by the past
01:02:50i don't want to spend my entire life living inside that snowy mountain nightmare
01:02:53but i also won't forgive you
01:02:55not because of hatred
01:02:57but because what happened
01:02:58does not deserve forgiveness
01:03:00after hearing my words
01:03:02her body swayed
01:03:04she covered her face
01:03:05and let out a broken desperate sob
01:03:08she knew i was right
01:03:11it was too late
01:03:13everything was too late
01:03:15when she locked me in the attic and let me freeze to death
01:03:17where was her remorse then
01:03:19when i kept calling her mom
01:03:21over and over telling her i wasn't lying
01:03:23where was her remorse then
01:03:26when i used my last strength to write a blood letter
01:03:29begging her to believe me just once
01:03:32where was her remorse then
01:03:35now it was all too late
01:03:37that afternoon
01:03:39when jason's family prepared to leave
01:03:41the old woman walked at the very end
01:03:43at the doorway
01:03:45she turned back to look at me once more
01:03:46her eyes were full of tears
01:03:48reluctance and endless loneliness
01:03:49then leaning on her cane
01:03:51she walked away slowly
01:03:52step by step
01:03:53i stood at the door
01:03:54watching her aged
01:03:55hunched body disappear down the street
01:03:56and in my heart
01:03:57there was no ripple at all
01:03:59mom walked over and gently hugged me from behind
01:04:02she didn't ask what had happened
01:04:04she simply patted my head softly
01:04:06no matter what happens
01:04:08your dad and i are here for you
01:04:12that night i lay in bed with steady breathing
01:04:14occasionally shifting as i chased something in my dreams
01:04:18i stared at the ceiling
01:04:20thinking of my previous life
01:04:23Chloe! Chloe!
01:04:25they were real
01:04:27the pain was real
01:04:28that cold abandoned time
01:04:30when no one came for me
01:04:32that was real too
01:04:33but i am no longer Chloe
01:04:37i am charlotte
01:04:38and i no longer hate grace
01:04:41that winter
01:04:42dad's rescue team completed a high difficulty mission
01:04:45a family of three had been trapped
01:04:48near the 3,000 meter snow line
01:04:50and they were all rescued safely
01:04:53no one was injured
01:04:55during the celebration
01:04:56the entire team was eating in the cafeteria
01:04:59mom sat in a corner smiling as she watched him
01:05:02i sat beside mom eating and listening to their stories
01:05:05they talked about the child from that stranded family
01:05:08a boy
01:05:09eight years old
01:05:10when they found him
01:05:12he was curled up in a hollow
01:05:13facing away from the wind
01:05:15his head wrapped tightly in his clothes
01:05:18he knew how to preserve body heat
01:05:20he lasted much longer than we expected
01:05:23after being rescued
01:05:24the first thing the boy asked was
01:05:28where is my mom?
01:05:30mom is here
01:05:31that boy's mother is here
01:05:33my mother is here too
01:05:35this is real
01:05:36this is not the long winter for my past life
01:05:40not a wish written in blood
01:05:42this is now
01:05:43this is today
01:05:44mom's hand is still on my shoulder
01:05:46she doesn't know what i'm thinking
01:05:49but she just keeps it there
01:05:51that's enough
01:05:53this is already enough
01:05:55alright very nice
01:05:56when i was 13 i graduated from elementary school
01:05:59and got into the best middle school in the city
01:06:01dad and mom took me to the seaside to celebrate
01:06:05i stood by the ocean
01:06:08the sea wind brushed through my hair
01:06:10carrying a salty taste
01:06:13i spread my arms feeling the wind
01:06:15feeling freedom
01:06:18for a moment i seemed to see my past self
01:06:25charlotte what are you thinking about?
01:06:30i'm just grateful to be alive and to be with you
01:06:34silly girl
01:06:35we're the lucky ones
01:06:36having you as our daughter is the greatest happiness of our lives
01:06:44the suffering of my past life taught me to cherish the happiness of this one
01:06:49the pain that went deep into my bones taught me what true love is
01:06:53and what true trust really means
01:06:55i no longer need to fear the red lights
01:07:00i can laugh
01:07:01i can cry
01:07:02i can freely express my feelings
01:07:04i can love bravely
01:07:05and be loved in return
01:07:07i have parents who love me the best friend and a bright future
01:07:10this is a life i never even dared to dream of in my past life
01:07:13that night on the hotel balcony
01:07:16i took out my diary
01:07:17today i saw the ocean
01:07:20it was vast, blue and free
01:07:22i thought of my past self
01:07:24the little girl locked in the attic
01:07:26longing to be loved and believed
01:07:29she would never believe that i could live such a happy life now
01:07:32my parents love me very much
01:07:35they taught me what honesty and courage are
01:07:39lena is now my best friend
01:07:41she is confident and bright
01:07:44her smile like stars in her eyes
01:07:46the old lady is in good health
01:07:48she often calls me and sends me pastries she makes herself
01:07:52Buddy is still that silly little guy
01:07:54always pawing at my hand asking me to play with him
01:07:57i no longer hate anyone
01:07:59i am no longer attached to the past
01:08:02those painful memories are like footprints on the beach
01:08:05washed away by the waves
01:08:07but they taught me to cherish every step i take
01:08:10i know that in my past life
01:08:12my mother, sister and father all received their due consequences
01:08:16and i at last have broken free from the chains
01:08:20and found true freedom
01:08:21i don't want to see them again
01:08:23i don't want to relive that life again
01:08:25i just want to be charlotte
01:08:27simple, happy and loved
01:08:29you
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