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My Husband Locked Me In A Coffin
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00:00I smelled the rot of my own body. The spirit retains its senses after death.
00:05The coffin had been washed back to shore by the waves, half buried in the sand.
00:09I looked inside. My dead body lay with legs stiff, arms still frozen in the motion of trying to push
00:14open the lid.
00:15My face was hideously twisted, bloated, and deformed by the seawater.
00:20It bore no resemblance to how I looked.
00:23Today is my funeral.
00:26Seven days ago, my husband, Lucas, ordered his men to lock me inside this coffin.
00:31Lucas, are you crazy? I am your wife!
00:35I screamed and struggled, but was still stuffed into the coffin by his two subordinates.
00:40Lucas, snap out of it! Do you know what you're doing? This is murder!
00:46Alex rushed up, trying to save me.
00:51Alex was Lucas' subordinate, but they had grown up together since their teens.
00:55They were more like brothers.
01:02I'm warning you.
01:04Say one more word, and I'll seal you in this coffin too.
01:11Lucas ordered his men to tie Alex up and toss him into the corner like a sack of rotting dirt.
01:21I fought desperately to crawl out of the coffin.
01:24I had claustrophobia, and Lucas knew it.
01:26Locking me in his coffin was no different than killing me.
01:29Lucas grabbed a hammer and smashed it down on my fingers, which were gripping the edge of the coffin.
01:34In an instant, two of my finger joints shattered.
01:37A piercing pain shot through me.
01:39I crawled into a ball inside the coffin.
01:41The lid was placed over me.
01:43I heard the sound of nails being driven in.
01:45I closed my eyes in despair.
01:49Outside the coffin, Alex screamed desperately.
01:54Lucas, you're not human.
01:56You're a beast.
01:59You're a beast!
02:01You animal!
02:03You filth!
02:04I lost all concept of time as immense terror engulfed me.
02:12I kicked and pushed with my hands, trying to open the lid.
02:15But the space was too cramped.
02:17I couldn't get any leverage.
02:19I cried out for help while clawing frantically at the coffin lid with my fingernails.
02:23Blood dripped, drop by drop, onto my face and body.
02:28I couldn't even feel the pain of my fingernails tearing off anymore.
02:32Mr. Harrington, what should we do with the coffin containing the madam?
02:35Drill a few air holes in the side.
02:39Then transport the coffin to my abandoned house by the sea.
02:43Go after midnight.
02:44And one more thing.
02:46From now on, everyone drops what they're doing.
02:49Focus all your efforts on searching the seaside for Chloe.
02:53Scour the shore.
02:54Hire boats, hire divers.
02:55Search the ocean, too.
03:00Lucas pulled a photograph from his breast pocket.
03:06It was a picture of my twin sister, Chloe.
03:08A few days ago, Chloe had thrown herself into the sea to commit suicide.
03:12Since then, Lucas had vented all his grief and rage on me.
03:18My sister had left a suicide note claiming she had lost the courage to live
03:23because I refused to donate my bone marrow to her.
03:26When Lucas heard of the suicide, he was heartbroken and furious.
03:30In his rage, he locked me inside this coffin.
03:33He told me I wouldn't be released until my sister's body was found.
03:36If she was truly lost to the ocean forever,
03:39he would send me down to join her.
03:41Three days had passed.
03:42Aside from breathing, I no longer had the strength to move.
03:46Every now and then, Lucas' men would come to check if I was still alive.
03:49From their conversations, I knew Lucas' only concern
03:52was whether my sister had been recovered.
03:56He didn't care whether I lived or died.
04:00The pain in my heart seemed to eclipse the agony of my body.
04:04What exactly did I do wrong to deserve this from him?
04:10Chloe is my twin sister.
04:13She has been frail and sickly since childhood.
04:17A month ago, she was diagnosed with leukemia,
04:19and a bone marrow transplant is her only chance for a cure.
04:22Everyone in the family got tested for a match.
04:25I turned out to be the one.
04:26My sister saw a glimmer of hope,
04:28but by then I was already seven months pregnant.
04:30Going through with the transplant would harm my baby.
04:33It's not that I'm unwilling to save her.
04:35I just asked if we could wait, even just two more weeks.
04:38If my baby is born this prematurely,
04:40survival would be a struggle.
04:41That day, my sister came to my door with mom and dad.
04:47Olivia, she is your own sister.
04:50Are you trying to kill us by leaving her to die?
04:54Mom launched straight into an accusation
04:57the moment she opened her mouth.
04:59I never said I wouldn't save her.
05:02The doctor said she can be stabilized with medication
05:04and isn't in life-threatening danger for a year.
05:07My baby just needs one more month in the womb-um.
05:10That's all I ask.
05:11We can clearly save both,
05:13so why do you insist in sacrificing me?
05:27Chloe suddenly slumped onto mom's shoulder
05:29and began to groan.
05:31She had been like this since we were little.
05:33If I got first place in an exam,
05:35she would tell mom how useless she felt.
05:38Then mom would scold me for coming home
05:39and showing off just to make my sister sad.
05:41I was the pretty one,
05:43but Chloe always looked pale and shabby
05:46from all the medication.
05:47So mom and dad made me do the dirtiest chores
05:50in the summer heat
05:51while they bought her everything she wanted.
05:54I got nothing.
05:55Chloe was sick and needed care,
05:57but I hadn't done anything wrong either.
05:59Despite her frailty,
06:00she had been domineering since childhood,
06:02always pretending to be weak
06:04while pinning every bad thing on me.
06:09Lucas suddenly spoke up.
06:11There is no need to discuss this further.
06:14Olivia, we are going to the hospital tomorrow
06:16to induce labor.
06:20I couldn't believe my ears.
06:22Was this really my husband speaking?
06:24Lucas, I know my sister was your first love,
06:28but all these years,
06:29I'm the one who has been by your side.
06:33I am carrying your own flesh and blood.
06:37Olivia, stop talking nonsense.
06:40Chloe managed one sentence
06:41before she began to cough delicately again.
06:45This isn't up for discussion.
06:47If you don't agree to induce labor early,
06:50then I won't acknowledge the child once it's born.
06:53Lucas' tone was as cold as ice.
07:01Mom, dad, what about you?
07:03Do you also think
07:04my sister is the only one who matters?
07:07You really are such an unreasonable child.
07:10Asking questions like that at a time like this,
07:12you're just giving birth.
07:14If this one is lost,
07:15you can always have another.
07:16Besides, we're just bringing it out early.
07:18It doesn't mean anything bad will happen.
07:19But your sister is dying.
07:21Don't you understand that?
07:22I didn't want to hear another word.
07:24I couldn't bear to stay a second longer.
07:28I have never received your love.
07:31Not since I was a child.
07:33I turned to Lucas.
07:35And for you, Lucas, I gave everything.
07:38I thought my devotion and sacrifice
07:40might earn me a shred of genuine affection.
07:43I never imagined I was destined
07:45to be the one abandoned first
07:46every single time.
07:51I stormed out the door
07:52and wandered aimlessly down the street.
07:55Lucas, hurry.
07:56Go out and check on Olivia.
07:58Chloe said it with feigned concern.
08:00If none of you will go,
08:02I will.
08:02But as soon as Chloe stood up,
08:04she fainted.
08:06Chloe!
08:07Lucas scooped Chloe up
08:09in a bridal carry
08:10and the whole family
08:11rushed frantically to the hospital.
08:14Meanwhile,
08:15I was crossing the street
08:16and my soul lost in a daze
08:18when a speeding truck
08:19bailed straight from me.
08:23Blood began to stream down my legs.
08:26The baby was delivered
08:27via emergency C-section.
08:28It was a boy.
08:29Due to intrauterine hypoxia,
08:31he was stillborn.
08:32And I,
08:33due to massive hemorrhaging,
08:35had my uterus removed.
08:36I could never bear children again.
08:38When I woke up after the surgery,
08:40I opened my eyes
08:40and saw Lucas.
08:43Lucas.
08:44Seeing him,
08:45all my grievances
08:46dissolved into tears.
08:49Now there are no more obstacles.
08:52I'll give you 10 days to recover,
08:53and then we will proceed immediately
08:55with the bone marrow transplant.
08:58Without my signature,
09:00none of you can force me
09:02to do anything.
09:03In that instant,
09:04my heart turned
09:04to dead ash.
09:08I no longer wanted
09:10to yearn for anyone.
09:11Since no one cared about me,
09:13I would strip myself
09:14of all emotion.
09:15No more familial bonds.
09:17No more love.
09:17I sought only to preserve myself,
09:20to simply exist in this world.
09:21Before I was even discharged,
09:23news arrived that Chloe
09:24had committed suicide
09:25by jumping into the sea.
09:26That day,
09:28mom,
09:28dad,
09:28and Lucas
09:29all stormed
09:30into my hospital room together.
09:31I had undergone
09:32such major surgery.
09:34Yet for days,
09:35no one had come
09:36to care for me.
09:36But the moment Chloe jumped,
09:38they all came running
09:39to condemn me.
09:39They completely ignored
09:40my haggard state.
09:42As I lay on the sickbed,
09:43barely able to sit up,
09:44Lucas slammed a piece of paper
09:45viciously against my face.
09:47Read it!
09:49Look what you've done!
09:51It was Chloe's suicide note.
09:53It read,
09:53I know my end is near.
09:55Since Olivia refuses to save me,
09:57why endure the torture
09:58of this sickness?
09:59Better to die with dignity now.
10:01Let the ocean bury me.
10:04Chloe's death
10:05nearly destroyed Lucas.
10:06He wandered around
10:07like a lost soul for days.
10:09Then,
10:10on the very day of my discharge,
10:12he placed me
10:12under house arrest.
10:15The sea must be dark
10:17and cold.
10:20Chloe is sure to be afraid,
10:22so you can go keep
10:23her company down there.
10:24You can take your time
10:26reflecting on your sins
10:27inside this
10:28it's black coffin.
10:33I was well aware
10:34of Alex Davis' affection for me,
10:36but Alex knew his boundaries.
10:38His feelings were reserved,
10:39but scorching.
10:40On the day I was to be
10:41sealed in the coffin,
10:43Alex had fought with his life
10:44to stop it.
10:45He had no choice
10:46but to lock Alex up as well.
10:48On the third day,
10:49Alex escaped.
10:50He searched for me
10:51like a madman,
10:52but could find no trace.
10:54That day,
10:55he burst into Lucas' office
10:56and pressed a dagger
10:57against his throat.
10:59Lucas,
11:00you gave me my life!
11:07You can take it back
11:08whenever you want.
11:10I would do anything for you.
11:12That is the debt
11:13I owe you.
11:16I was living a life
11:17worse than a dog's,
11:19but you gave me a home,
11:20a decent job,
11:21and a way to support
11:22my sister.
11:24But not her.
11:27Anyone but Olivia.
11:30I have never harbored
11:31a single improper thought
11:33about her.
11:34I only wanted to protect her.
11:38I cannot bear to see her
11:39suffer even a little.
11:42Alex's hand trembled.
11:44He looked more terrified
11:45than Lucas,
11:46as if the blade
11:46were pressed against
11:47his own throat.
11:55Alex,
11:55do you know that you
11:56have always been a fool?
11:58Did you think you hid
11:59your feelings for Illyria well?
12:00I have seen through you
12:02from the very beginning.
12:05From the day I locked you up,
12:07I have been prepared
12:08for this moment.
12:10Tell me where she is!
12:12I just want to know
12:13where she is!
12:14Alex pressed the knife harder.
12:15A thin line of blood
12:17seeped from Lucas' neck.
12:19Then what about your sister?
12:23Do you still want her?
12:25Lucas revealed
12:26a wicked,
12:27mocking smile.
12:29Benjamin Davis?
12:30What have you done to her?
12:33Nothing much.
12:35She is doing just fine.
12:38But if you continue
12:39to be this obstinate,
12:42I cannot guarantee
12:43what will happen to Benjamin.
12:47Alex dropped the knife
12:48to the ground
12:49and fell to his knees,
12:51stiff and defeated.
12:53Oh, Alex,
12:53thank you for your efforts.
12:55What you do not know
12:56is that I am already dead.
12:57My spirit lingered
12:58by Lucas' side,
12:59watching him run himself.
13:00ragged,
13:01searching for my sister's corpse.
13:03He never once asked
13:04if I was safe and sound
13:05inside that coffin.
13:06I was so foolish back then.
13:08Why couldn't I see
13:09the one who truly cared for me?
13:13In the office,
13:15Lucas hadn't slept
13:16for days.
13:17He was still
13:18clutching Chloe's photo.
13:19Chloe,
13:20it's all my fault.
13:21If I had
13:22protect you back then,
13:24you wouldn't have been
13:25forced by Olivia
13:26to flee far from home.
13:31And we wouldn't have
13:32been separated in the end.
13:37I thought all women
13:38in this world
13:38were as kind
13:39as you.
13:47I thought your own sister
13:48would carry
13:48some trace of you,
13:50but no one
13:51can replace
13:51your spot
13:52in my heart.
13:56If not for you,
13:57I would have died
13:58in that heavy snow
13:59long ago.
14:02If not for you,
14:03I would still be foolish
14:05enough to think
14:05the child in Olivia's
14:07belly was mine.
14:08That's not true.
14:09Chloe is lying.
14:11I screamed desperately,
14:12but he couldn't hear me.
14:14I wanted to smash
14:14things in the room
14:15to get Lucas's attention,
14:16but my hands passed
14:18right through everything.
14:19I couldn't prove
14:20my innocence
14:20when I was alive,
14:21and now that I'm dead,
14:23I'm even more helpless.
14:24Back then,
14:25watching Lucas's
14:26deep devotion
14:27to my sister,
14:28I was moved
14:29by such a deeply
14:30affectionate man.
14:33But my sister,
14:34seeing Lucas's
14:36business failing
14:36to take off,
14:37wasn't willing
14:38to live a life
14:39of poverty with him.
14:40She left
14:41without a goodbye.
14:43After she left,
14:44I stayed by Lucas's side,
14:46soothing the pain
14:46of her departure
14:47while encouraging him
14:48to restart his business.
14:49I accompanied him
14:50through every detail
14:51of the operations,
14:52even working myself
14:53to the bone
14:54for his business engagements.
14:57Finally,
14:57Lucas was moved
14:59by my sincerity,
15:00and we got together.
15:02We had our sweet moments, too.
15:05He loved to pat my head
15:06and call me
15:07little Liv.
15:10On the very day
15:11of our wedding,
15:12my sister returned.
15:15At the wedding,
15:16she pulled Lucas aside
15:18and talked
15:19for a long time.
15:21I couldn't hear
15:22what she said,
15:22but I saw her cry,
15:24and Lucas held her.
15:26The wedding continued,
15:27but the look
15:28in Lucas's eyes
15:29had changed.
15:30When we walked off
15:31the stage,
15:32his hand holding mine
15:33had turned cold.
15:33After the marriage,
15:35Lucas secretly met
15:35with Chloe all the time.
15:37One was my lover,
15:39the other my own sister.
15:40I didn't want
15:41to overthink it,
15:42but what I never expected
15:43was that I was
15:44the only one who died.
15:45Chloe didn't die at all.
15:49My spirit seemed tethered
15:51to Lucas's side.
15:52I wanted to escape,
15:54but I was forced
15:55to watch everything
15:56about this man
15:57who broke my heart.
15:58In the early hours,
15:59Lucas was drowning
16:00his sorrows in alcohol
16:01in the office.
16:02He hadn't gone home
16:03to sleep for several nights.
16:05Suddenly,
16:06a long-haired silhouette
16:07appeared outside
16:08the transparent doors.
16:09Lucas felt a chill
16:10and slapped himself
16:11to make sure
16:12he wasn't dreaming.
16:14Is that you?
16:15At Chloe?
16:17Your back?
16:19Lucas turned on the light.
16:20Chloe's face
16:21gradually became clear.
16:24Lucas,
16:25I thought I'd never
16:26see you again.
16:27Chloe slithered
16:29into Lucas's arms,
16:30weeping softly.
16:31Where have you been
16:32all these days?
16:33You left a suicide note,
16:36and I thought...
16:37Lucas,
16:38I truly didn't
16:39want to live anymore.
16:40That day,
16:41as I walked step by step
16:43into the freezing ocean,
16:44I thought I was
16:45dead for sure.
16:46But I don't know
16:47how much time passed
16:48before I woke up
16:49from my coma.
16:53I found myself
16:54on a fishing boat.
16:58I don't know
16:58if I'm lucky
16:59or unlucky.
17:00I wanted to die,
17:01but I couldn't
17:01even manage that.
17:02Thank God
17:03you've been returned to me.
17:04I will cherish you
17:05properly this time.
17:06I won't let you
17:06go ever again.
17:07But what about Olivia?
17:08She is your wife.
17:09It wasn't until
17:10this moment
17:10that Lucas likely
17:11remembered I was
17:11still trapped in a coffin.
17:13As for Adalivia,
17:14it doesn't matter.
17:14I'll find a way
17:15to make her accept it.
17:16Besides,
17:16I'm going to make her
17:17donate her bone marium
17:18to you.
17:18I'm figuring out
17:19a way to teach her
17:20a lesson.
17:20She'll agree soon enough.
17:22Chloe flashed
17:22a wicked smile
17:23in Lucas's arms.
17:25Indeed,
17:26she would never return.
17:27Lucas lifted Chloe
17:28into a bridal carry,
17:30gently brushing
17:30her beautiful hair aside.
17:32He lowered his head
17:33softly to kiss her,
17:34kissing her
17:35with every step.
17:36He slowly placed her
17:37onto the office sofa.
17:38How I wished to flee.
17:40How I longed
17:41to close my eyes
17:42and look away.
17:43But I couldn't escape this,
17:45even in death.
17:46My spirit seemed
17:47nailed in place,
17:48forcing me to watch
17:49my own sister
17:50and my husband
17:51commit their betrayal
17:52against me.
17:56Lucas's hands
17:56roamed over Chloe's body.
17:58Chloe responded
17:59by kissing him back.
18:01Chloe,
18:02I remember you were
18:02wearing this dress
18:03the day you disappeared,
18:04right?
18:04I love this white dress
18:06on you the most.
18:08Yes.
18:09You really do care
18:10about me.
18:12You even remember
18:13what clothes I wear.
18:15Lucas suddenly froze,
18:17as if recalling something.
18:19He sniffed hard
18:20at Chloe's chest,
18:21then stopped
18:22his movements.
18:28Here,
18:29just make do
18:29and rest in my office
18:30tonight.
18:31At first light tomorrow,
18:32I'm taking you to the hospital
18:33for a checkup.
18:34I won't be at ease
18:35until we've done
18:36a full screening.
18:37But you...
18:38Chloe didn't understand.
18:40Things had gone
18:41this far.
18:42Why didn't Lucas continue?
18:45Lucas held a recovery
18:46gala for Chloe.
18:47He had to save some face,
18:48given I was still
18:49his wife in name.
18:50So this gala
18:51was attended
18:51only by the two of them,
18:53my parents
18:54and a few trusted aides.
18:56That night,
18:57Chloe wore a wedding dress,
18:58meticulously groomed,
19:00looking nothing
19:00like someone gravely ill.
19:02In that moment,
19:03my heart filled
19:04with infinite desolation.
19:06Was this your wedding,
19:07or did it feel more
19:08like my funeral?
19:12During the meal,
19:13Lucas received a call
19:14from one of his subordinates.
19:16Boss,
19:16when we went to check
19:18on the madam today,
19:18as usual,
19:19we found
19:20the coffin is gone.
19:23What?
19:24Lucas shouted,
19:25shooting to his feet.
19:26Everyone at the table
19:27widened their eyes,
19:28staring at him
19:29in astonishment.
19:30Ah,
19:31it's nothing.
19:32You all keep eating.
19:33I have something to handle.
19:35He walked to a corner.
19:37Explain in detail.
19:38What happened?
19:39Boss,
19:40we checked
19:41the coffin yesterday.
19:42When we knocked,
19:43we could hear
19:44the madam's faint breathing.
19:45We followed your orders,
19:47just confirming
19:48she was alive
19:48and didn't open it.
19:49But when we went back
19:50to check tonight,
19:51we found the coffin missing.
19:53We searched the surrounding area,
19:54but it's nowhere to be found.
19:56Sweat began to bead
19:58on Lucas's forehead.
20:00I didn't know
20:00if he was afraid
20:01or worried about me.
20:03A coffin that big?
20:05Who would steal that?
20:07I've never heard
20:08of coffin theft.
20:10Widen the search range
20:12and keep looking.
20:16Lucas calmly returned
20:17to the recovery gala.
20:19Chloe,
20:20mom is just over the moon
20:22that you're back.
20:24That's right,
20:25at Chloe,
20:25you are the most precious daughter
20:27to at mom and me.
20:28If you had really left us,
20:30mom and I wouldn't want
20:31to live anymore either.
20:32I never understood.
20:34My sister and I
20:34are both their children,
20:35but if anything happens
20:36between us,
20:37I am always the one
20:38being abandoned.
20:39Lucas!
20:40My best friend Daisy,
20:41the only person in this world
20:42who truly cares about me.
20:43Where have you hidden Olivia?
20:45I haven't been able
20:46to reach her for days!
20:48She just lost your child
20:50and she can't even
20:50be a mother ever again!
20:52And all you care about
20:53is looking for your
20:54at Chloe?
20:55That wretched woman!
20:57Do you even have a heart?!
20:58Daisy,
20:59Olivia is fine.
21:01She is safe.
21:02I didn't invite you.
21:04Please leave.
21:06You're eating?!
21:08Eat this!
21:09Daisy rushed over
21:10and flipped the entire
21:11table of food
21:12onto the ground.
21:16If I had even half
21:17of Daisy's backbone,
21:19maybe I wouldn't have
21:20spent my whole life
21:21being bullied and let down.
21:23Lucas,
21:23either you tell me
21:24where Olivia is right now
21:25or you come out with me
21:27immediately to find her!
21:28Until we find her,
21:29don't you dare think
21:30about doing anything else!
21:32Daisy stepped forward
21:34and grabbed Lucas
21:35by the collar.
21:36Daisy was short
21:36while Lucas was tall.
21:38She planted her feet
21:39one in front of the other,
21:41dragging Lucas
21:41with all her might.
21:43Daisy,
21:43we know you and Olivia
21:44are close,
21:45but today is Chloe's
21:47first day back.
21:48She's pulling an ox.
21:49Our family is having
21:50a reunion.
21:51You're having a reunion?
21:53Your whole family
21:55is reunited?
21:56Daisy let go of Lucas
21:57and walked straight
21:58toward my mother.
21:59Auntie,
22:00I'll still call you
22:01Auntie out of respect.
22:02When have you ever
22:04treated Olivia
22:05like a daughter?
22:07Do you know
22:07what she likes to eat?
22:09Do you know
22:10her skin gets allergic
22:12every autumn?
22:15Do you know
22:16she was in a car accident
22:18in college
22:19and almost died?
22:21Of course you wouldn't know
22:22because I was
22:23the best friend
22:23who stayed by her side
22:24in the hospital
22:25for a month.
22:26I was even the one
22:28who signed
22:28the surgery forms!
22:33She was already
22:34semi-conscious then,
22:35using her last bit
22:37of willpower
22:37to call you.
22:39But you didn't even ask
22:41if it was serious!
22:43You just said
22:44your sister isn't
22:45hospitalized again
22:46and hung up!
22:47If a spirit
22:48could die again,
22:49I would have died
22:49of heartbreak
22:50right there.
22:51All these years,
22:52I chose to forget
22:53these painful memories.
22:55But today,
22:56Daisy dragged them
22:57all out
22:58and I felt
22:58my heart shattering.
23:00Since when is it
23:00your place
23:01to spout nonsense
23:02about our family affairs?
23:03Olivia cares about
23:05her sister the most!
23:06She would absolutely
23:07never compete
23:09for attention.
23:10My mom knew
23:10she was in the wrong,
23:11but her words
23:12remained unforgiving.
23:14Just because her sister
23:15is in poor health,
23:16does Olivia deserve
23:17to die?
23:18Just because it's unswell,
23:20must Olivia spend
23:20her whole life
23:21making up for it?
23:22Did Olivia do
23:23anything wrong?
23:24You were the closest
23:25people to her
23:26in this world,
23:26yet you showed her
23:27the ugliness
23:28of this world!
23:29And you,
23:31Lucas!
23:32You, Olivia,
23:33you were like a lamp
23:34in the dark night.
23:36She really poured
23:37her whole heart
23:38out to you!
23:39Daisy's words
23:40made Lucas think
23:40of the missing coffin.
23:42His mind
23:42was a tangled mess.
23:47I'll go with you.
23:48Amidst Chloe's
23:49repeated theatrics
23:50of crying and fainting,
23:51Lucas and Daisy
23:52left the banquet hall
23:53without looking back.
23:57Lucas and Daisy
23:58searched for me
23:59by the sea,
24:00not returning home
24:01until nearly midnight.
24:03Lucas had barely
24:04lain down
24:05when his nightmare began.
24:06He couldn't see the path,
24:08nor any surroundings.
24:09Below his feet
24:10was pitch darkness
24:11and the distance
24:12was just as black.
24:13He groped his way forward
24:14inch by inch,
24:15terror gripping his heart.
24:17Suddenly,
24:18a small child
24:19appeared before him,
24:20frantically clawing up his leg.
24:22Daddy!
24:23Daddy!
24:26Lucas ran wildly,
24:28terrified,
24:29until the little boy
24:30vanished into the darkness.
24:32Then something tripped him.
24:33He lost his balance
24:34and flew forward weightlessly.
24:36I stood there before him,
24:38drenched,
24:38my hair a mess,
24:39blood dripping
24:40from my ten fingertips.
24:41Lucas,
24:42the water is so cold.
24:45Lucas,
24:46the water is so cold.
24:50Lucas jerked awake.
24:52It was just a dream.
24:53He glanced at his watch.
24:56Exactly one in the morning.
25:01Lucas had told Daisy
25:02everything earlier.
25:04She had been so furious,
25:06she nearly passed out.
25:08Lucas,
25:08do you realize?
25:09This is murder!
25:11You murderer!
25:12Lucas dialed Daisy's number.
25:17I just had a dream.
25:19Olivia was covered in water.
25:21She must be in the sea!
25:23Meanwhile,
25:23the news was reporting
25:24a coffin suddenly appearing
25:26on the coast,
25:27presumably thrown into the sea
25:28and washed back by the tide.
25:29Police had opened the coffin
25:30to find a female corpse,
25:32estimated age,
25:33around 26 years old.
25:38Quick,
25:38to the beach!
25:39Lucas and Daisy
25:41arrived at the scene
25:41at the same time.
25:45So did Alex.
25:47I lay face up
25:48already inside the coffin.
25:50A police cordon
25:52had been set up.
25:53Are you a family member
25:54of the victim?
25:55Yes.
25:57I'm her husband.
25:58Lucas' eyes were glazed,
26:00as if his soul
26:01had been drained away.
26:02I had seen that look
26:03once before,
26:04the day he received
26:05Chloe's suicide note.
26:07Come and identify the body.
26:12Confirm if it is your wife.
26:14Lucas seemed rooted
26:14to the spot by some spell.
26:16He couldn't move.
26:18You don't deserve
26:18to see her one last time!
26:26Alex kicked Lucas in the knee.
26:28Oh.
26:31Lucas instantly dropped
26:33up to the ground,
26:33facing directly
26:34toward the coffin.
26:35He shuffled forward
26:37on his knees,
26:38step by step,
26:39until he reached the casket.
26:41My face appeared
26:43before him.
26:44After days of immersion
26:46in seawater,
26:46it was swollen,
26:47deformed,
26:48and bruised purple
26:49and green.
26:50My body was hideously twisted,
26:52contorted into a strange posture,
26:54the result of a desperate
26:55death struggle.
26:56The inside of the coffin lid
26:57was covered in scratch marks.
27:00How much pain
27:01she must have felt,
27:02how much despair.
27:03For the first time,
27:04Lucas broke down
27:06and sobbed for me.
27:08I really didn't think
27:09she would die.
27:12I didn't think.
27:13I was taken to the funeral home
27:15and the police
27:16and onlookers dispersed.
27:17Lucas remained alone
27:18by the sea
27:19where I was found.
27:20He muttered to himself
27:21like a madman,
27:22letting the rising tide
27:23crash against him.
27:25I never thought
27:26you would die.
27:27I clearly left air holes
27:30in the coffin.
27:32I only wanted you
27:34to give in
27:34to donate your bone
27:36mirror to Chloe.
27:38Chloe said
27:39you drove him away.
27:42Chloe said
27:43you poisoned her food.
27:45Chloe said
27:45the child in your belly
27:46was Alex's.
27:47Olivia, wake up!
27:52Can't you just tell me
27:53what is actually true?
27:57What is a lie?
28:02I'll tell you
28:03what is true
28:04and what is a lie!
28:05Daisy suddenly appeared
28:07behind Lucas.
28:08She dragged him
28:08toward the shore
28:09with all her might.
28:11In another ten minutes,
28:12the seawater
28:13would have swallowed him whole.
28:15You bastard!
28:17You don't get to die
28:18this easily!
28:20I'm going to make you
28:21feel the same pain
28:22Olivia felt!
28:25Lucas was dragged ashore,
28:27collapsing onto the sand
28:28like a heap of mud.
28:29See for yourself!
28:37Daisy flung a diary
28:38down in front of Lucas.
28:40These were the entries
28:41I wrote during my pregnancy.
28:43Today, I felt the baby
28:44move for the first time.
28:49I told Lucas
28:50but he just responded
28:52with a grunt.
28:53It doesn't matter, baby.
28:55When you were born safely,
28:56Daddy will definitely
28:57love you, right?
28:58I had a dream today.
29:00I dreamt that the baby
29:01in my belly
29:02was a beautiful little girl.
29:04Her eyes curved
29:05when she smiled
29:06just like Lucas'
29:09Lucas read my diary
29:10word for word.
29:15Gradually,
29:16his sobbing
29:16drowned out his voice
29:17and he cried
29:19uncontrollably.
29:23Also,
29:24back when you went skiing
29:25and got lost
29:26in the forest,
29:27a Chloe only cared
29:28about saving herself.
29:30She had long since
29:31Regain turned
29:31to the camp.
29:33It was at Olivia
29:34who heard you were missing
29:35and set out to find you.
29:39She was so slight
29:41and frail
29:41yet she managed
29:43to carry you
29:43back to the camp.
29:44After that,
29:45she was sent
29:46to the hospital
29:46and remained in a coma
29:48for two days
29:48and two nights.
29:50During that time,
29:52at Chloe stayed
29:53by your side
29:54telling you
29:54she was the one
29:55who saved you
29:56and when your business
29:57showed no signs
29:58of improvement,
29:59at Chloe didn't want
30:00to live a hard life
30:01with you at all.
30:03So she chose
30:04to flee.
30:08Later,
30:09at Olivia stayed
30:10with you
30:10and as your business
30:11got better and better,
30:12Chloe only came back
30:13after catching wind
30:14of your success.
30:16Chloe's suicide!
30:17It was nothing
30:18but a play
30:19she directed herself!
30:21She never
30:23could committed
30:24suicide at all!
30:28That day
30:28when I held her,
30:30she said the clothes
30:31was the one she wore
30:31when she jumped
30:32into the sea.
30:34But there wasn't
30:35a trace of the smell
30:36of seawart on them.
30:38I suspected it then!
30:41I was so stupid!
30:48Lucas!
30:49You deserve to die
30:51but not now!
30:52You still have to
30:53avenge Olivia!
30:56If you weren't lying,
30:58then who threw
30:58the coffin into the sea?
31:00Alex arrived as well.
31:02It was Chloe.
31:04Since the coffin
31:05disappeared,
31:06I've been searching
31:06for it to investigate
31:07this matter.
31:09Chloe did it!
31:10This was a contract killing!
31:11Alex had started
31:13making his way
31:13in society early
31:14and knew people
31:15on both sides
31:16of the law.
31:17Over the past few days,
31:19he had investigated
31:20Chloe thoroughly.
31:22Even more shocking,
31:23during the years
31:24Chloe disappeared,
31:25she had actually
31:26found a rich man
31:27who had already
31:27helped her get
31:28a bone marrow transplant.
31:29Her illness
31:30has fully healed.
31:31It won't relapse
31:32for at least 20 years.
31:34Her return this time
31:35was just to use
31:36the excuse
31:37of a bone marrow transplant
31:38to steal Lucas back.
31:40For the past few days,
31:42Lucas had been
31:42organizing my belongings
31:43at home.
31:44He cried as he
31:45sorted through them,
31:46muttering
31:47to himself
31:48and occasionally
31:49slapped his own face.
31:50I watched all this
31:51numbly,
31:52feeling not a shred
31:52of emotion.
31:53What use is it
31:54to realize your love
31:55and guilt for me
31:56only after I'm dead?
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