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00:00:02Sign it. Don't try to negotiate. That's enough for a trailer park girl like you.
00:00:09Sterling Thorne, my husband, threw the divorce papers at me. I pick up the pen and sign without
00:00:15hesitation. Aurora Vance, not Aurora Thorne. He freezes. This isn't the script he expected.
00:00:23In my previous life, this man tossed me aside like trash, and I died alone. In this life,
00:00:29not a chance.
00:00:33Without me, you are nothing!
00:00:37Sterling shouts at me from behind, but I ignore him. I see a girl being cornered by a thug.
00:00:43Somebody help me!
00:00:48Stop.
00:00:52Lookie here. I got a volunteer.
00:00:55The thug comes towards me, and I immediately knock him down.
00:01:05Not far away, a Maybach lowers its window. Inside is Elias Thorne, Sterling's uncle, the true leader of the Thorne
00:01:14family.
00:01:14Wanna chat?
00:01:15I have no time for another Thorne man right now.
00:01:23I am using an advanced game engine to make Victor, the CEO of Pulse Interactive, sign the agreement on the
00:01:30spot.
00:01:30This engine? How much do you want?
00:01:33I want 51% equity of Pulse Interactive.
00:01:39Deal.
00:01:40After taking over Pulse Interactive, I used my past memories to short Vanagard pharmaceuticals.
00:01:46In my previous life, Sterling was still mocking me for being at a loss and having no way out.
00:01:50This time around, I have already declared war on him, using the name Phoenix.
00:01:59I want to invest in you.
00:02:01Elias notices my actions and finds me.
00:02:03Who can refuse to be invested in?
00:02:07You need to invest at least 10 million.
00:02:11Sterling Thorne schedules our final divorce at City Hall.
00:02:15He wants to see me broken.
00:02:22Uncle Elias?
00:02:23Why are you... with her?
00:02:26The smugness in his eyes doesn't even spread before it freezes.
00:02:31Because standing beside me is Elias Thorne.
00:02:36She's a business associate.
00:02:39Frankly, Sterling, your taste in women is the only thing about you I respect.
00:02:48I sign the final document and slap it against his chest.
00:02:57Too bad you were too stupid to keep her.
00:03:01One last piece of advice.
00:03:04Check the stock market news.
00:03:09His phone explodes with notifications.
00:03:12Vanguard Pharma has crashed.
00:03:15His heavy investment, now worthless.
00:03:19Ms. Vance, if you ever need a witness for your next wedding, just ask.
00:03:26Elias Thorne buys the entire building next to my apartment.
00:03:33Protecting my assets.
00:03:35You're my most important investment.
00:03:38Days later, I run into him in a hospital corridor.
00:03:42Slumped against the wall.
00:03:44Face ashen.
00:03:45Forehead drenched in cold sweat.
00:03:48Mr. Thorne, the medication will kick in soon.
00:03:50Just hold on a little longer.
00:03:52I see it in a single glance.
00:03:54This isn't a regular migraine.
00:03:58Mr. Thorne,
00:03:59how much coffee do you drink every day?
00:04:03That's none of your concern.
00:04:05Let me guess.
00:04:06Eight plus cups?
00:04:07Less than four hours of sleep?
00:04:09Cut the coffee,
00:04:10take magnesium and valeria root,
00:04:12and you can get some sleep.
00:04:13He doesn't argue.
00:04:15The way he looks at me changes.
00:04:17No longer sizing up a prey,
00:04:19but staring at an unsolvable riddle.
00:04:22That night,
00:04:23a full security detail from Thorne Industries
00:04:26appears at my door.
00:04:30Ms. Vance,
00:04:31Mr. Thorne sent us.
00:04:32He said this is necessary protection for his investment.
00:04:36We are the only choice for this contract.
00:04:39Lowest latency,
00:04:40superior experience.
00:04:42At the Thorne board meeting,
00:04:43he's presenting his bid for a government contract.
00:04:47Sterling wants to crush Pulse with a price war.
00:04:49What he doesn't know,
00:04:51Pulse's engine was written by me.
00:04:5430% lower operating cost,
00:04:56double the performance.
00:04:58I push open the door and walk in.
00:05:06Sterling,
00:05:07the system you just presented
00:05:08has 40 millisecond latency under load.
00:05:11My team at Pulse delivers 12.
00:05:13Impossible!
00:05:14Your data is fabricated!
00:05:16I open my laptop
00:05:17and demonstrate on the spot.
00:05:21Elias,
00:05:22seated at the head of the table,
00:05:24sees me.
00:05:25The corner of his mouth lifts for just a moment.
00:05:28Every board member's eyes light up.
00:05:30Let's vote.
00:05:31The result is unanimous.
00:05:34The contract goes to Pulse.
00:05:39Sterling crashes through a glass door
00:05:41as he storms out.
00:05:42Sterling's new girlfriend Isabella
00:05:44sees me at a luxury boutique.
00:05:45She recalls the scene of Sterling's failure just now.
00:05:51Oh, look.
00:05:52The discarded wife.
00:05:54Here for the free air conditioning?
00:05:55Can you even afford anything here?
00:05:57I pull out the titanium black card Elias gave me
00:06:00and place it on the counter.
00:06:02This roan
00:06:03and that roan
00:06:05wrap them all up.
00:06:08Isabella's face darkened.
00:06:10I don't pay attention to her.
00:06:12I turn to leave.
00:06:16My phone rings.
00:06:17It's the Kensington family attorney.
00:06:21Miss Vance,
00:06:22the Kensington matriarch is dying.
00:06:24She said
00:06:25she wants to see the phoenix.
00:06:27When I arrive at the hospital,
00:06:29the Kensington matriarch
00:06:30is already dying
00:06:31from a brain hemorrhage.
00:06:33Where's the will?
00:06:34Did she change it
00:06:35while she was still lucid?
00:06:36Mom,
00:06:36if she dies,
00:06:37do we get the estate?
00:06:38Her family argues
00:06:39over wills and inheritance.
00:06:40Eleanor Kensington,
00:06:42the matriarch's niece.
00:06:43She blocks the ICU door.
00:06:45So you're the quack
00:06:46who calls herself Phoenix?
00:06:47Let me tell you,
00:06:49don't even think about
00:06:49scheming the Kensington family.
00:06:52Move.
00:06:53I push past her
00:06:54and enter the room.
00:07:02The matriarch's vitals
00:07:03are flatlining.
00:07:05I open the needle pouch
00:07:07I carry
00:07:07and insert three gold needles
00:07:09into her acupulse
00:07:10with precision.
00:07:13She has no medical license!
00:07:15This is murder!
00:07:16Security!
00:07:17One minute later,
00:07:18the flat line on the monitor
00:07:19starts pulsing again.
00:07:21The matriarch's eyes fly open
00:07:22and she grabs my wrist
00:07:23with startling strength.
00:07:26Aurora.
00:07:27You're Aurora.
00:07:29Our Kensington child.
00:07:32This is impossible!
00:07:34She's a fraud!
00:07:35She has no bloodation
00:07:37to the Kensington family!
00:07:38Eleanor tries to argue further,
00:07:40but the matriarch's glare
00:07:41pins her in place.
00:07:43Run a DNA test.
00:07:45Right now.
00:07:46Then we will know
00:07:47who is lying.
00:07:48I agree.
00:07:49The next day,
00:07:50word comes from the hospital.
00:07:52My blood sample
00:07:53has been stolen.
00:07:56That night,
00:07:57Elias brings a man
00:07:58before me.
00:08:01This is the man
00:08:02who broke into
00:08:02the blood bank last night.
00:08:06found in his pocket.
00:08:08A check signed by
00:08:09Eleanor Kensington herself.
00:08:11The thief falls to his knees,
00:08:12begging for mercy,
00:08:14confessing that Eleanor
00:08:15ordered him to steal
00:08:16my blood sample.
00:08:19Seems like someone
00:08:20is more afraid
00:08:20of the truth
00:08:21than I am.
00:08:22The DNA results
00:08:23are out.
00:08:2599.99% match.
00:08:27I'm the Kensington
00:08:29Harris
00:08:29who disappeared
00:08:3019 years ago.
00:08:32That night,
00:08:33my phone screen
00:08:34lights up
00:08:35with an encrypted message.
00:08:37Welcome home,
00:08:39Little Phoenix.
00:08:40Signed,
00:08:41The Gardener.
00:08:42Less than 24 hours
00:08:43after my identity
00:08:44is revealed,
00:08:45Sterling calls
00:08:46the city-wide
00:08:46press conference.
00:08:48Aurora Vouts
00:08:48is a fraud.
00:08:50She forged
00:08:50the DNA report
00:08:51to infiltrate
00:08:52the Kensington family.
00:08:53Mr. Thorne,
00:08:54do you have any evidence?
00:08:55I was married to her
00:08:56for three years
00:08:57and she lied
00:08:57about everything.
00:08:58She's not who
00:08:59you think she is!
00:09:00Just as he's foaming
00:09:01at the mouth,
00:09:02I push open the doors
00:09:03to the press conference hall.
00:09:05You...
00:09:05How dare you
00:09:06show up here?
00:09:09Sterling,
00:09:10that was quite a performance
00:09:11up there,
00:09:12but you forgot
00:09:13the DNA report
00:09:14is notarized.
00:09:16And that core algorithm
00:09:17you used to build
00:09:17your company?
00:09:18The source code
00:09:19is still on my old laptop.
00:09:20You're lying.
00:09:23Should I pull it up
00:09:24on the screen right now
00:09:25and show everyone
00:09:26what real theft
00:09:27looks like?
00:09:28Sterling's stock
00:09:29crashes below IPO price
00:09:31that night.
00:09:31I begin buying up
00:09:33his outstanding shares.
00:09:37The next day,
00:09:38Elias invites me
00:09:39to his private
00:09:40shooting range.
00:09:47catch it.
00:09:50He tosses me a gun.
00:09:52I raise it,
00:09:53aim,
00:09:53and fire.
00:09:56All ten shots
00:09:57hit dead center.
00:10:00Before you married
00:10:01Sterling,
00:10:02what exactly did you do?
00:10:03I survived
00:10:04an underground fight
00:10:05rings.
00:10:06He's silent
00:10:07for a long moment.
00:10:08Next,
00:10:08he takes a gun
00:10:09from the table
00:10:10and hands it to me.
00:10:12Marry me.
00:10:13A phoenix is engraved
00:10:14on the barrel.
00:10:15Elias Thorne,
00:10:16are you proposing to me?
00:10:18Not a proposal.
00:10:19An alliance.
00:10:22Sterling taught me
00:10:23one thing.
00:10:24Trust is the most
00:10:25delicate thing
00:10:26in this world.
00:10:28I'm not Sterling.
00:10:29I pick up the gun
00:10:31and empty the entire
00:10:31magazine into the target.
00:10:35Let me finish
00:10:36my divorce first.
00:10:37Then I'm burning
00:10:38every last vine
00:10:39in the Kensington family
00:10:40to the ground.
00:10:41Ask me again
00:10:42after that.
00:10:46Sterling still
00:10:47won't give up.
00:10:48He found my old
00:10:49landlord Russo,
00:10:50the man who evicted me
00:10:51in the dead of winter
00:10:52just to raise the rent.
00:10:54Aurora Vance
00:10:55owes me 50 grand.
00:10:57She destroyed
00:10:58my property.
00:10:59Russo records
00:11:00a video,
00:11:01sobbing to the camera.
00:11:02Now she's climbed
00:11:04up to the Kensington's
00:11:05and wants to crush
00:11:06us poor folks.
00:11:07The video goes viral.
00:11:09Even the Kensington
00:11:11family is dragged
00:11:12into it.
00:11:12Their stock
00:11:13starts to waver.
00:11:17Let me handle him.
00:11:19He'll disappear
00:11:20from the face
00:11:21of the earth
00:11:22by tomorrow.
00:11:26No need.
00:11:27He's walking
00:11:28right into his grave.
00:11:29I will invite Russo
00:11:31into the Kensington
00:11:32conference room.
00:11:33He sits on an
00:11:34antique chair,
00:11:35legs crossed,
00:11:36thinking he's here
00:11:36to collect a check.
00:11:37Cash or check.
00:11:39If you don't pay,
00:11:40you know what happens.
00:11:41I say nothing.
00:11:43I turn on the projector.
00:11:45First document,
00:11:46you cut the heat
00:11:47to your tenants,
00:11:48which led to the death
00:11:49of an elderly woman.
00:11:50This evidence
00:11:51has been submitted
00:11:52to the district attorney.
00:11:54How do you have that?
00:11:56It's fabricated.
00:11:57Second,
00:11:58my newly signed
00:11:59redevelopment agreement.
00:12:00The land you once owned
00:12:01is now mine,
00:12:02worth 30 times more.
00:12:03You can't do this.
00:12:04That land was my grandfather's.
00:12:06You tried to destroy me
00:12:07with public opinion.
00:12:08I'll destroy you
00:12:09with the law.
00:12:10Russo scrambles
00:12:11out of the building
00:12:12in terror,
00:12:13chased by reporters.
00:12:15Mr. Russo,
00:12:16do you have any comment?
00:12:17It was Sterling.
00:12:19It was he
00:12:19who made me do this.
00:12:21Mr. Russo,
00:12:22can you calm down
00:12:23on the accusations?
00:12:24Sterling hurls
00:12:25his remote
00:12:25straight at the TV
00:12:26in rage.
00:12:34The trending topic
00:12:36shifts from
00:12:36Aurora the Deadbeat
00:12:37to Aurora the Hero.
00:12:43The Kensington matriarch
00:12:45calls me personally.
00:12:46She saw Russo
00:12:47over the news.
00:12:49Aurora,
00:12:50you handled that well.
00:12:52You didn't back down
00:12:54in the face of an enemy.
00:12:57Thank you, Grandmother.
00:12:59I only did
00:13:00what needed to be done.
00:13:02I want you to attend
00:13:03the Family Charity Gala
00:13:04this weekend.
00:13:06You are the Kensington heir.
00:13:09Everyone must know.
00:13:12I will be there.
00:13:13At the gala,
00:13:14I stand at the center
00:13:15of the crowd,
00:13:16bathed in brilliant light.
00:13:18Aurora,
00:13:19you have finally arrived.
00:13:21Welcome.
00:13:23Eleanor,
00:13:23though reluctant,
00:13:24still expresses
00:13:25her congratulations to me.
00:13:26I see Isabella
00:13:28in the corner,
00:13:28staring at me
00:13:29with crazed eyes.
00:13:32Look at her.
00:13:33So smug.
00:13:34She just stole my place.
00:13:37She approaches
00:13:37with a glass of red wine,
00:13:39pretending to stumble
00:13:40toward me.
00:13:42Oops.
00:13:42I'm so clumsy.
00:13:44My hand slipped.
00:13:45I sidestep.
00:13:46Not a drop touches me.
00:13:48Instead,
00:13:49the wine splashes
00:13:50all over her own dress.
00:13:52You did that on purpose.
00:13:53You deliberately dodged
00:13:54to humiliate me.
00:13:55You spilled your own wine,
00:13:57and you're blaming me
00:13:58for not dodging?
00:13:59Stop pretending.
00:14:00You're just jealous.
00:14:02Jealous that I took
00:14:03Sterling from you.
00:14:04You're nothing but his ex-wife,
00:14:06and I'm his fiance.
00:14:07Sterling's company
00:14:08is tens of millions
00:14:09in debt
00:14:10and on the verge
00:14:11of bankruptcy.
00:14:15Thanks for taking out
00:14:16the garbage for me.
00:14:17You're lying!
00:14:19Pay for my dress!
00:14:21This gown costs
00:14:22$200,000!
00:14:24I pull out my phone
00:14:25and bring up
00:14:26the security footage
00:14:27of her gambling away
00:14:28$800,000
00:14:29of company funds
00:14:30last night.
00:14:32Should I call
00:14:33the police for you,
00:14:34or will you walk out
00:14:35on your own?
00:14:41Isabella disappears
00:14:42through the door,
00:14:43her face beat red.
00:14:50You should have made her
00:14:51pay emotional damages.
00:14:53Legally,
00:14:54that stunt
00:14:54was grounds
00:14:55for a lawsuit.
00:14:56Forget it.
00:14:56I'm in a good mood.
00:14:59I just signed
00:15:00three of Sterling's
00:15:01biggest clients
00:15:01while we were talking.
00:15:03Elias pauses
00:15:04for a moment,
00:15:05then bursts
00:15:06out laughing.
00:15:08This is you!
00:15:10Phoenix!
00:15:11Just as I'm
00:15:12about to leave,
00:15:13a figure stops us.
00:15:15My cousin,
00:15:16Vivian Kensington.
00:15:18She seems warm
00:15:20and pleasant,
00:15:21her smile sweet.
00:15:22Before I leave,
00:15:24she raises her glass
00:15:25to me.
00:15:26Welcome home.
00:15:28The Kensington's
00:15:29need you.
00:15:30I look into her eyes.
00:15:32There's something there
00:15:33I can't quite read.
00:15:36I raise my glass,
00:15:38but don't drink.
00:15:39After the gala,
00:15:41I drive away alone.
00:15:42The night is thick,
00:15:43the road's nearly empty.
00:15:45As I reach the overpass,
00:15:47I press the brake.
00:15:48Nothing happens.
00:15:50The brakes are
00:15:51completely out.
00:15:54A black sports car
00:15:55charges up from behind.
00:15:58The black sports car
00:16:00slowly forces my car
00:16:01towards the guardrail,
00:16:02and eventually
00:16:03my car comes to a stop.
00:16:07I look over.
00:16:08It's Elias.
00:16:09He stumbles out of his car
00:16:11and runs toward me.
00:16:16Are you okay?
00:16:16Look at me.
00:16:17Are you hurt?
00:16:20I'm fine.
00:16:22How are you here?
00:16:23I saw you leave.
00:16:24After Vivian spoke to you,
00:16:25her expression changed.
00:16:29Someone tampered with my car.
00:16:31I know.
00:16:34I'll get to the bottom of this.
00:16:37Three days later.
00:16:40I found it.
00:16:41A mechanic got a hundred grand.
00:16:44The sender?
00:16:45Vivian's personal assistant.
00:16:48Vivian.
00:16:49I knew it.
00:16:51I'll deal with her right now.
00:16:53Wait.
00:16:55Leave her to me.
00:16:59I have a better way.
00:17:04I walk into the Kensington estate
00:17:06with the evidence.
00:17:08Vivian is having tea in the garden,
00:17:09as if nothing happened.
00:17:12You're here?
00:17:13Care for some tea?
00:17:17You tried to kill me.
00:17:19What are you talking about?
00:17:21Why would I try to kill you?
00:17:23I throws the bank transfer record
00:17:25in front of her.
00:17:26She glances down.
00:17:28Her smile doesn't disappear.
00:17:30If you bow out gracefully
00:17:32and leave the Kensington family,
00:17:34I might let you live.
00:17:36This is your last chance.
00:17:38I don't need chances from you.
00:17:41I head straight for the family conference room.
00:17:43She tries to block me,
00:17:45but I push her aside.
00:17:46She stumbles backward into the rose bushes.
00:17:49In the conference room,
00:17:50the matriarch sits at the head of the long table.
00:17:53All the key family members are present.
00:17:55Eleanor is there, too.
00:17:58I throw all the evidence onto the table.
00:18:01Vivian tampered with my car.
00:18:03She tried to kill me.
00:18:05This is slander!
00:18:06Vivian would never do such a thing!
00:18:09Silence, Eleanor.
00:18:12The matriarch stares at the evidence
00:18:14for a full minute.
00:18:18Vivian,
00:18:19do you have anything to say for yourself?
00:18:21Grandmother, this is fabricated!
00:18:23She's framing me!
00:18:25Do you think I can't tell the real from the fake?
00:18:28By family rules,
00:18:30you will leave the Kensingtons.
00:18:32Your name will be struck of the family record.
00:18:35Vivian screams as she's dragged out of the room.
00:18:38Please, spare her!
00:18:39She just made a foolish mistake!
00:18:44Eleanor falls to her knees before me,
00:18:46grabbing the hem of my dress.
00:18:48No.
00:18:50Eleanor suddenly rises to her feet.
00:18:52She leans in close to my ear.
00:18:54You think you've won?
00:18:56Wait for the next.
00:18:58You are the next.
00:18:59The next day,
00:19:00Eleanor calls a press conference.
00:19:02Aurora Vance's DNA test
00:19:03had serious procedural flaws.
00:19:05We demand a retest.
00:19:06Mrs. Kensington,
00:19:08are you suggesting
00:19:08she may not be the true heiress?
00:19:10I'm simply demanding justice.
00:19:11Vivian stands below the stage,
00:19:13watching me.
00:19:13A cold smirk plays on her lips.
00:19:15Miss Vance,
00:19:16did you fabricate evidence
00:19:17to marry into this family?
00:19:19Everyone is waiting for my answer.
00:19:22All cameras are on me.
00:19:25The gala's projection screen
00:19:27suddenly lights up on its own.
00:19:29After seeing the content on the screen,
00:19:32Eleanor and Vivian look terrified.
00:19:34What is this?
00:19:36Turn it off!
00:19:37Turn it off right now!
00:19:40The reporters instantly turn their cameras
00:19:42on the panicked Eleanor and Vivian.
00:19:45Mrs. Kensington,
00:19:46is this true?
00:19:47Did you falsify the DNA report?
00:19:49The procedural flaw you mentioned?
00:19:51Was it the one you created yourself?
00:19:53What appears on screen
00:19:55is not my defense.
00:19:56It's the complete correspondence
00:19:57between Eleanor and the lab director.
00:19:59How she ordered him
00:20:00to falsify the results.
00:20:01How she planned this very press conference
00:20:03for the day the results were announced.
00:20:05No!
00:20:06This is all fabricated!
00:20:09Aurora!
00:20:10Aurora is framing me!
00:20:12No one believes her.
00:20:14The evidence is too complete.
00:20:15The timeline too clear.
00:20:17Elias appears in front of me.
00:20:19This was you?
00:20:20The projector?
00:20:21The emails?
00:20:22All of it.
00:20:23You prepared all of this in advance?
00:20:25You were busy signing clients.
00:20:26I had to do something.
00:20:30Vivian just stares at me.
00:20:32Her eyes filled with pure hatred.
00:20:34Then she pulls out her phone
00:20:36and sends a message to someone.
00:20:38A cold sneer on her face.
00:20:40Three days after Vivian
00:20:41is banished from the Kensington's,
00:20:42Sterling suddenly calls
00:20:44a product launch event.
00:20:45Everyone,
00:20:46today,
00:20:47Thorne Industries
00:20:47unveils a revolutionary new engine.
00:20:50It is better than
00:20:51the so-called Phoenix engine
00:20:52from Pulse Interaction
00:20:53a thousand times.
00:20:54The crowd erupts in applause.
00:20:59Vivian is standing in the corner,
00:21:01watching me.
00:21:02A faint smile playing on her lips.
00:21:04On the screen,
00:21:05I see a familiar code architecture.
00:21:08Pulse Interactive's beta engine.
00:21:11Vivian has bribed
00:21:12a mid-level manager at Pulse
00:21:13to steal the beta engine code
00:21:15and sell it to Sterling.
00:21:16Look at this rendering speed.
00:21:18Look at these physics.
00:21:21It's...
00:21:25This is the future!
00:21:27What he doesn't know.
00:21:29Every line of code I write
00:21:31has a backdoor.
00:21:33Halfway through the demo,
00:21:35the entire screen locks up.
00:21:38What is this?
00:21:39Fix it!
00:21:40Tech team!
00:21:42A burning phoenix rises
00:21:43from the center of the display,
00:21:45swallowing all the data.
00:21:51After the failed launch,
00:21:53I send a message to Sterling
00:21:54through the media.
00:21:55Sterling Thorne,
00:21:57every line of code you're holding
00:21:59has my digital watermark.
00:22:01See you in court.
00:22:03Meanwhile,
00:22:04Sterling suddenly drops to his knees.
00:22:06I was wrong!
00:22:08I was blinded by Isabella!
00:22:10The one I've truly loved
00:22:11from the very beginning
00:22:12is Aurora!
00:22:13The entire internet
00:22:15is flooded
00:22:16with his heart-filled confession.
00:22:18I step onto the stage.
00:22:20Sterling,
00:22:22you don't love me.
00:22:25He looks up,
00:22:26eyes red-rimmed,
00:22:27playing the part perfectly.
00:22:29What are you saying?
00:22:30Of course I...
00:22:31Your product is a plagiarism case.
00:22:33Your stock has collapsed
00:22:35and your company
00:22:36is about to go bankrupt.
00:22:37You just need my money
00:22:38and my tech
00:22:39to fill the holes
00:22:40you dug yourself.
00:22:41How can you say that?
00:22:46Every camera flash
00:22:47in the room
00:22:47turns on him at once.
00:22:49It's not about the money.
00:22:50I've kicked Isabella out.
00:22:52I'm ready to remarry you.
00:22:55You say this isn't about money?
00:22:58No!
00:23:00He almost convinced
00:23:01even himself.
00:23:08I open my laptop
00:23:09and turn the screen
00:23:10toward him.
00:23:13Sterling,
00:23:14see these code segments?
00:23:17These are records
00:23:18of every illegal transaction
00:23:20your company has made
00:23:21in the past three years.
00:23:23How do you have...
00:23:24The fake sincerity
00:23:25on his face
00:23:26vanishes in an instant.
00:23:28Everything you've hidden
00:23:29since the day
00:23:30you founded your company.
00:23:32All of it
00:23:33has been submitted
00:23:33to the SEC.
00:23:37What the hell are you?
00:23:39The only decision
00:23:40you'll ever truly regret.
00:23:42Sterling scrambles up
00:23:43from the floor
00:23:44and pulls out his phone
00:23:45calling his assistant.
00:23:47Lance!
00:23:48Pack everything in my safe!
00:23:49The jewelries,
00:23:50the cash,
00:23:51take it all!
00:23:52We're leaving right now!
00:23:53Sterling,
00:23:54the safe is already empty.
00:23:56Isabella.
00:23:57She took everything.
00:23:58The jewelry,
00:23:59the cash,
00:24:01all of it.
00:24:02Impossible.
00:24:04She couldn't have.
00:24:05He collapses to the ground,
00:24:06his phone slipping
00:24:07from his fingers.
00:24:08Officers walk in,
00:24:09hauling the speechless
00:24:10Sterling to his feet
00:24:11and dragging him
00:24:12out of the venue.
00:24:13You planned all of this?
00:24:15No.
00:24:16You walked every step
00:24:17of this path yourself.
00:24:19That night,
00:24:19I return home.
00:24:23I push open the door.
00:24:25Someone is sitting
00:24:26in my living room.
00:24:27Isabella.
00:24:28Her clothes disheveled.
00:24:30Her eyes bloodshot.
00:24:32Everything I did to you,
00:24:34Sterling forced me.
00:24:35He said if I followed
00:24:36his orders,
00:24:37he'd give me shares.
00:24:38Tears begin to stream
00:24:39down her face.
00:24:40But he was lying
00:24:41the whole time.
00:24:41I was nothing
00:24:42but a tool to him.
00:24:43You didn't come here
00:24:44just to apologize.
00:24:49I have something you want.
00:24:51She pulls a USB drive
00:24:52from her bag
00:24:53and places it
00:24:54on the coffee table.
00:24:56I took this
00:24:57from Sterling's safe.
00:24:59It's his transaction records
00:25:00from the past few years.
00:25:01Not the company's,
00:25:02his personal ones.
00:25:04I need cash
00:25:05and a plane ticket
00:25:06to Europe.
00:25:07You have a deal.
00:25:16After Isabella leaves,
00:25:18I open the drive.
00:25:19It's filled with
00:25:20dense transaction records.
00:25:22Hundreds of entries.
00:25:24One catches my eye.
00:25:26The recipient
00:25:27is a defunct gardening tool
00:25:29import-export company.
00:25:30I scan through
00:25:32every record.
00:25:33One name appears
00:25:34again and again.
00:25:37The Gardener.
00:25:38I remember those
00:25:40encrypted messages
00:25:41I received.
00:25:42The sender.
00:25:43Also,
00:25:44the Gardener.
00:25:47Who are you?
00:25:48I start tracing
00:25:50his identity
00:25:50through the transaction records.
00:25:52The dates of every transfer
00:25:54are as precise
00:25:54as clockwork.
00:25:56Same day each year,
00:25:57same amount,
00:25:58into the same
00:25:59defunct gardening tool
00:26:00import-export company.
00:26:02I decrypt
00:26:03the hidden layers
00:26:04in the records.
00:26:08Inside is a name.
00:26:10Ruby Cross.
00:26:14Elias?
00:26:15Have you ever
00:26:15heard this name?
00:26:17No.
00:26:18I can find out.
00:26:19Just as I'm telling him,
00:26:20my phone rings.
00:26:21It's a notice
00:26:22from the Kensington
00:26:23Family Trust.
00:26:24They have frozen
00:26:25all Kensington assets
00:26:26under my name.
00:26:27Not a single cent remains.
00:26:33Eleanor.
00:26:34She still hasn't given up.
00:26:38I head straight
00:26:40to the Kensington
00:26:40Council of Elders.
00:26:47Eleanor stands at the entrance,
00:26:49wearing a smile.
00:26:51You can't go in.
00:26:52This is an internal meeting.
00:26:54I am the Kensington
00:26:56heiress.
00:26:56You are not.
00:26:58I push past her
00:27:00and walk into the chamber.
00:27:01The elders sit around
00:27:03the long table.
00:27:05Miss Vance,
00:27:07your identity
00:27:07is in question.
00:27:08My identity
00:27:09was confirmed
00:27:10by DNA test.
00:27:11Who filed
00:27:12the complaint?
00:27:15I simply raised
00:27:16reasonable concerns
00:27:18to protect
00:27:19the family's interest.
00:27:22I open my phone
00:27:23and pull up
00:27:24the encrypted message
00:27:25the gardener sent me.
00:27:27Welcome home,
00:27:28little Phoenix.
00:27:29Dead silence
00:27:31falls over the chamber.
00:27:32The faces
00:27:34of several elders
00:27:35shift.
00:27:36This person
00:27:37knows everything
00:27:38about the Kensington family.
00:27:39He has been watching us
00:27:41since before I was born.
00:27:43Who is afraid
00:27:44of my return?
00:27:46The accounts
00:27:47are unfrozen
00:27:47that same day.
00:27:50Eleanor glares
00:27:51at me.
00:27:52For the first time,
00:27:54I see fear
00:27:55in her eyes.
00:27:56Back home,
00:27:58I continue
00:27:58decrypting
00:27:59the transaction records
00:28:00Isabella left behind.
00:28:11After every
00:28:12encryption layer
00:28:13is stripped away,
00:28:14an address emerges.
00:28:16A remote
00:28:17research facility.
00:28:18It doesn't even
00:28:19appear on maps.
00:28:21Elias,
00:28:21I found an address.
00:28:22It might be
00:28:23the gardener's
00:28:23base of operations.
00:28:25I'll bring a strike team.
00:28:26We move tonight.
00:28:27Late at night,
00:28:28we infiltrate
00:28:29the facility.
00:28:43The labs are empty.
00:28:48Equipment has been stripped.
00:28:50All documents
00:28:51destroyed.
00:29:06But in the innermost room,
00:29:08we find someone.
00:29:09Tied to a chair,
00:29:10a rag stuffed in his mouth.
00:29:12I pull the rag
00:29:14from his mouth.
00:29:16You look just like
00:29:18the photo.
00:29:20You're Aurora.
00:29:22Who are you?
00:29:24Julian Kensington.
00:29:26Your cousin.
00:29:29Julian?
00:29:31My cousin
00:29:32who vanished
00:29:3219 years ago?
00:29:35I've been locked
00:29:36in here
00:29:36for 19 years.
00:29:39Your mother
00:29:41was murdered.
00:29:45By whom?
00:29:48Eleanor.
00:29:50Your mother
00:29:51discovered the truth
00:29:51about the lab.
00:29:53She wanted to call
00:29:54the police.
00:29:57What lab?
00:29:59What truth?
00:30:02I don't know.
00:30:03I was too young.
00:30:04But Eleanor
00:30:05found out
00:30:06about your mother's
00:30:06attempt.
00:30:07She staged
00:30:08the car accident.
00:30:11Your mother,
00:30:13she died on impact.
00:30:16I saw everything
00:30:18with my own eyes.
00:30:19Eleanor locked me
00:30:20in a psychiatric ward.
00:30:25They kept injecting me
00:30:27with sedatives
00:30:27so I'd look insane.
00:30:30I take him to the
00:30:31hospital for a full
00:30:32examination.
00:30:39The doctors find
00:30:40seven different
00:30:41sedatives in his
00:30:42bloodstream.
00:30:43Holding the lab
00:30:44report,
00:30:45I call Elias.
00:30:51No more
00:30:52gathering evidence.
00:30:54We have
00:30:55everything we need.
00:30:58What are you
00:30:59going to do?
00:31:02I've waited
00:31:03long enough.
00:31:05Now,
00:31:06she pays.
00:31:08The Kensington
00:31:09Family Annual Gala.
00:31:10The matriarch
00:31:11has already
00:31:12announced that I,
00:31:13Aurora Vance,
00:31:14will preside
00:31:15as the official
00:31:15heiress.
00:31:17The night of the
00:31:17gala,
00:31:18I stand at the
00:31:19center of the
00:31:20ballroom,
00:31:20dressed in black.
00:31:24matriarch.
00:31:27You actually
00:31:28look like a
00:31:28matriarch tonight.
00:31:30But don't be
00:31:31nervous.
00:31:32First-timers
00:31:32always make
00:31:33mistakes.
00:31:38Halfway through
00:31:39the gala,
00:31:40the lights
00:31:41suddenly dim.
00:31:42An image appears
00:31:43on the massive
00:31:44screen.
00:31:45Not my speech.
00:31:46It's Julian
00:31:47Kentington's
00:31:48recorded testimony.
00:31:49My name is
00:31:51Julian Kentington.
00:31:53I was imprisoned
00:31:57by Eleanor
00:31:58Kentington
00:31:58for 19 years.
00:32:04She killed
00:32:05Aurora's mother.
00:32:07Eleanor's face
00:32:08turns gray
00:32:09in an instant.
00:32:11The police,
00:32:12already stationed
00:32:13outside the
00:32:14gala,
00:32:14storm in.
00:32:20Eleanor and
00:32:20Vivian are
00:32:21seized on the
00:32:22spot.
00:32:23From this day
00:32:24forward,
00:32:25you are no
00:32:25longer
00:32:26Kentington's.
00:32:28Vivian suddenly
00:32:29breaks free
00:32:30from the
00:32:30officers.
00:32:31She pulls a
00:32:32small knife from
00:32:33her waistband
00:32:36and lunges at
00:32:38me with a
00:32:38scream.
00:32:39Vivian is
00:32:40pinned down
00:32:40by security.
00:32:42She and
00:32:43Eleanor are
00:32:44dragged out
00:32:44of the
00:32:44ballroom.
00:32:49It's over,
00:32:50child.
00:32:51You'll never
00:32:52have to see
00:32:53their faces
00:32:53again.
00:32:56Thank you,
00:32:57grandmother.
00:32:58But I know
00:32:59in my gut,
00:33:01this isn't
00:33:01over.
00:33:02Three days
00:33:03later,
00:33:03while transporting
00:33:04Eleanor to the
00:33:05detention center,
00:33:06the convoy
00:33:07is ambushed.
00:33:12Eleanor was
00:33:13taken.
00:33:14The
00:33:15gardener's
00:33:15men?
00:33:17Highly
00:33:17likely.
00:33:20Eleanor is
00:33:21found in an
00:33:21abandoned
00:33:22warehouse on
00:33:22the outskirts
00:33:23of the city.
00:33:24She's no
00:33:25longer alive.
00:33:26The police
00:33:26sealed most
00:33:27of the crime
00:33:27scene,
00:33:29but I got
00:33:29what they
00:33:30didn't release.
00:33:31He hands
00:33:32me a photograph.
00:33:34On
00:33:35Eleanor's
00:33:35forehead,
00:33:36a note
00:33:36is taped.
00:33:38Two words
00:33:38only.
00:33:39Cleanup
00:33:39complete.
00:33:41Eleanor's
00:33:41death plunges
00:33:42the entire
00:33:43Kensington
00:33:43family into
00:33:44panic.
00:33:51No one
00:33:52knows who's
00:33:53next.
00:33:54Vivian is
00:33:54being held
00:33:55in isolation
00:33:56in a psychiatric
00:33:56observation
00:33:57ward.
00:33:58She demands
00:33:59to see
00:34:00me.
00:34:03Her face
00:34:04is skeletal,
00:34:05her eyes
00:34:06unnervingly
00:34:06wide.
00:34:09She's not
00:34:10faking it.
00:34:10She's
00:34:11genuinely
00:34:11terrified
00:34:12out of
00:34:12her mind.
00:34:17You
00:34:18came.
00:34:20You
00:34:20finally
00:34:21came.
00:34:22She furtively
00:34:23pulls a ring
00:34:23from her sleeve.
00:34:29The day my
00:34:30mother was
00:34:30taken,
00:34:31she shoved
00:34:31this into
00:34:32my hand.
00:34:36What is
00:34:36this?
00:34:37I don't
00:34:38know.
00:34:38She didn't
00:34:39have time
00:34:39to explain.
00:34:40I was
00:34:41wrong.
00:34:42I know
00:34:42nothing I
00:34:43say matters
00:34:43now,
00:34:44but please
00:34:45find out how
00:34:46my mother
00:34:47died.
00:34:47There's no
00:34:48more calculation
00:34:49in her eyes,
00:34:50just pure terror.
00:34:52She wasn't a
00:34:53good person,
00:34:54but she didn't
00:34:54deserve to be
00:34:55dumped in a
00:34:55warehouse like
00:34:56that.
00:34:59I bring the
00:35:00ring back to
00:35:01the lab.
00:35:03I place it
00:35:04in the
00:35:04scanner.
00:35:09The screen
00:35:10lights up.
00:35:11A microchip is
00:35:13embedded inside
00:35:13the band.
00:35:15Inside the
00:35:15chip is a
00:35:16blueprint of an
00:35:17underground
00:35:17laboratory.
00:35:21Stamped in
00:35:22the bottom
00:35:22right corner,
00:35:24the seal of
00:35:25the Thorn
00:35:26family.
00:35:30Julian
00:35:30recovers a
00:35:31little more
00:35:31each day.
00:35:33His return
00:35:34has brought a
00:35:35sense of
00:35:35calm to the
00:35:36family.
00:35:40But I
00:35:40know it's
00:35:42only on the
00:35:42surface.
00:35:47On the
00:35:48day Julian
00:35:48is officially
00:35:49welcomed back,
00:35:51the matriarch
00:35:52calls me into
00:35:52her private
00:35:53chambers.
00:35:56This is what
00:35:57your mother was
00:35:57holding when
00:35:58she died.
00:36:00She reaches
00:36:00under her
00:36:01pillow and
00:36:01pulls out a
00:36:02cloth pouch,
00:36:03pressing it
00:36:04into my
00:36:05hands.
00:36:05The cloth
00:36:06is old,
00:36:07the edges
00:36:08worn ragged.
00:36:10I unwrap
00:36:12the cloth.
00:36:13Inside is a
00:36:14pair of
00:36:15scissors.
00:36:17The blades
00:36:18are stained
00:36:18with dried,
00:36:19darkened
00:36:20marks.
00:36:21Blood.
00:36:24I turn
00:36:25the scissors
00:36:26over.
00:36:28Two letters
00:36:29are etched
00:36:30into the
00:36:30handle.
00:36:31RC.
00:36:32Not a
00:36:33name.
00:36:34It stands
00:36:35for root
00:36:36cutter.
00:36:39The one
00:36:40who prunes
00:36:41the roots.
00:36:44Every generation
00:36:45the Kensington's
00:36:46have secretly
00:36:47kept a
00:36:47gardener.
00:36:48Someone
00:36:49tasked with
00:36:50pruning away
00:36:50those deemed
00:36:51dead branches.
00:36:53I stand
00:36:53there holding
00:36:54those scissors.
00:36:55Your mother
00:36:56was killed
00:36:57by Eleanor's
00:36:58hand,
00:36:59but the order
00:37:00came from
00:37:00the gardener.
00:37:03Why would he
00:37:04want her
00:37:04dead?
00:37:05She discovered
00:37:06something she
00:37:07wasn't supposed
00:37:07to.
00:37:08I don't know
00:37:09exactly what.
00:37:10The matriarch
00:37:11grabs my
00:37:11wrist.
00:37:12Her strength
00:37:13is startling.
00:37:13And you.
00:37:16You are the
00:37:17last branch
00:37:18she left
00:37:19behind.
00:37:21He has
00:37:21been searching
00:37:22for you.
00:37:23She releases
00:37:24my wrist and
00:37:25wraps her
00:37:25arms around
00:37:26me.
00:37:28I can't
00:37:29lose another
00:37:29one.
00:37:30Not again.
00:37:32Just then,
00:37:33my phone
00:37:34rings.
00:37:35Elias.
00:37:37I'm heading
00:37:38back to the
00:37:39Thorn estate.
00:37:39I saw the
00:37:40blueprint you
00:37:41sent.
00:37:42I'm going
00:37:43back to
00:37:43find out.
00:37:45I'm coming
00:37:46with you.
00:37:47Thorn
00:37:48Manor.
00:37:49Elias leads
00:37:50me through
00:37:50the corridors
00:37:51and pushes
00:37:52open the
00:37:52door to
00:37:53his mother's
00:37:54study.
00:37:58Mother.
00:38:00I need
00:38:01to ask you
00:38:01something.
00:38:03About a
00:38:03secret family
00:38:04trust.
00:38:05The one
00:38:05that's been
00:38:06making payouts
00:38:06for decades.
00:38:09What are you
00:38:10talking about?
00:38:11What about
00:38:12Ruby Cross?
00:38:14Her fingers
00:38:15pause.
00:38:17She was
00:38:18Joshua's
00:38:19assistant.
00:38:22They both
00:38:24disappeared from
00:38:25the family
00:38:25records 30
00:38:26years ago.
00:38:28Joshua?
00:38:30Joshua
00:38:31Thorn?
00:38:31Your father's
00:38:32younger brother.
00:38:39Elias heads
00:38:40straight to
00:38:41the estate
00:38:41archives
00:38:44and pulls
00:38:45out the
00:38:45sealed
00:38:46gray file.
00:38:51Joshua
00:38:52Thorn.
00:38:52At 30,
00:38:54he founded
00:38:55a company
00:38:55called Eden.
00:38:57Behind it,
00:38:57illegal genetic
00:38:58experiments and
00:39:00the funding
00:39:00source,
00:39:01that secret
00:39:01trust.
00:39:02He used
00:39:03the gardening
00:39:03company as
00:39:04a front.
00:39:05He hated
00:39:06the Thorns,
00:39:07hated the
00:39:07Kensington's,
00:39:08so he took
00:39:09the name
00:39:10Gardner and
00:39:13he's been
00:39:13exacting his
00:39:14revenge piece
00:39:15by piece
00:39:16on everyone.
00:39:18Elias pulls
00:39:19a half-burned
00:39:20photograph from
00:39:21the file.
00:39:25I take
00:39:26it.
00:39:27In the
00:39:28photo,
00:39:29Joshua and
00:39:30my mother
00:39:30stand side
00:39:31by side
00:39:31before a
00:39:32field of
00:39:32white roses.
00:39:38I turn
00:39:39the photo
00:39:40over.
00:39:41On the
00:39:42back,
00:39:42my mother's
00:39:43handwriting.
00:39:46He loves
00:39:46me.
00:39:47I chose
00:39:48someone else.
00:39:50after a
00:39:51long silence,
00:39:52Elias holds
00:39:53me from
00:39:53behind.
00:39:54He wants
00:39:55to destroy
00:39:55everything your
00:39:56mother ever
00:39:56loved,
00:39:57and you.
00:40:00I won't let
00:40:00everything I
00:40:01loved get
00:40:02destroyed.
00:40:06Elias pulls
00:40:07another document
00:40:08from the bottom
00:40:09of the file.
00:40:13What is it?
00:40:16this file is
00:40:17titled the
00:40:18specimen room.
00:40:19It's encrypted.
00:40:21My gut already
00:40:21knows.
00:40:22We have
00:40:23everything we
00:40:23want inside.
00:40:29My team
00:40:30works three
00:40:30full days
00:40:31straight before
00:40:32they finally
00:40:32crack the
00:40:33specimen room
00:40:33files.
00:40:36I only look
00:40:37at the first
00:40:37page.
00:40:38Then my
00:40:39stomach churns
00:40:40violently.
00:40:41Inside is my
00:40:42mother.
00:40:43from her
00:40:44girlhood to
00:40:45the last
00:40:45week before
00:40:46her death.
00:40:48Every
00:40:49photograph,
00:40:50every letter
00:40:51she wrote,
00:40:52voice recordings
00:40:53of her speaking,
00:40:54the lullabies
00:40:55she hummed,
00:40:56he turned her
00:40:57entire life
00:40:58into a
00:40:58collection.
00:41:00Not love.
00:41:01It's a
00:41:02madness that
00:41:02curdled from
00:41:03obsession into
00:41:03something
00:41:04unrecognizable.
00:41:06I scrolled to
00:41:07the deepest
00:41:07folder.
00:41:09Inside is a
00:41:11name I have
00:41:11never seen
00:41:12before.
00:41:15Lirilla.
00:41:16And next
00:41:17to it,
00:41:17a notation
00:41:18three weeks
00:41:19old.
00:41:20Lirilla,
00:41:21who is
00:41:22this?
00:41:26Elias's
00:41:27face turns
00:41:27ashen.
00:41:29Your mother.
00:41:31Before she
00:41:32was killed,
00:41:33she gave
00:41:34birth to
00:41:34a
00:41:34daughter.
00:41:39Lorela.
00:41:43Lorela's
00:41:44existence
00:41:44catches me
00:41:45completely
00:41:45off guard.
00:41:46I sit
00:41:46in my
00:41:47chair,
00:41:47the entire
00:41:48world
00:41:48sinking.
00:41:49Look at
00:41:49me,
00:41:49Julian is
00:41:50back.
00:41:50We will
00:41:51find
00:41:51Lorela
00:41:51too.
00:41:52When
00:41:52this is
00:41:53over,
00:41:53you will
00:41:53have a
00:41:54whole
00:41:54family.
00:41:54He
00:41:55pulls
00:41:55me
00:41:55into
00:41:55his
00:41:55arms.
00:41:56He
00:41:56doesn't
00:41:56say
00:41:56don't
00:41:57be
00:41:57afraid.
00:41:57He
00:41:57only
00:41:57tells
00:41:58me
00:41:58what
00:41:58he
00:41:58will
00:41:58do.
00:41:59the
00:41:59emotional
00:41:59shock
00:42:00makes
00:42:00me
00:42:00miss
00:42:01a
00:42:01detail,
00:42:02a
00:42:02system
00:42:02alert
00:42:03in the
00:42:03corner
00:42:03of
00:42:04my
00:42:04screen.
00:42:05I
00:42:05don't
00:42:06notice
00:42:06it
00:42:06until
00:42:06late
00:42:07at
00:42:07night,
00:42:08sitting
00:42:08alone
00:42:08in
00:42:08the
00:42:08study.
00:42:10Three
00:42:10minutes
00:42:11ago,
00:42:12last
00:42:12log to
00:42:13this
00:42:13server.
00:42:14Before
00:42:14I can
00:42:14even
00:42:15process
00:42:15it,
00:42:15my
00:42:15phone
00:42:16lights
00:42:16up.
00:42:19An
00:42:20unknown
00:42:20number
00:42:20sent a
00:42:21photo,
00:42:22my
00:42:22mother's
00:42:23profile
00:42:23when she
00:42:23was
00:42:24young.
00:42:25Three
00:42:26words
00:42:26written
00:42:26on it
00:42:27in red
00:42:27ink.
00:42:29Joshua
00:42:29Thorne
00:42:30is
00:42:30alive.
00:42:33He's
00:42:34been
00:42:34watching
00:42:35every
00:42:35move
00:42:35we
00:42:36make.
00:42:40I
00:42:40didn't
00:42:41go
00:42:41looking
00:42:41for
00:42:41him.
00:42:42He's
00:42:42reaching
00:42:42out
00:42:42to
00:42:43me.
00:42:43The
00:42:43clues
00:42:44buried
00:42:44in
00:42:44the
00:42:44files
00:42:45ultimately
00:42:46point
00:42:46to a
00:42:46private
00:42:47sanatorium
00:42:48in
00:42:48Switzerland.
00:42:52Not
00:42:53a
00:42:53legitimate
00:42:53institution.
00:42:54The
00:42:55kind
00:42:55of
00:42:55place
00:42:56where
00:42:56enough
00:42:56money
00:42:56buys
00:42:57silence.
00:43:00It's
00:43:00too
00:43:01dangerous.
00:43:01I
00:43:01will
00:43:01deal
00:43:02with
00:43:02it.
00:43:05She's
00:43:06my
00:43:06sister.
00:43:07I
00:43:07need
00:43:07to
00:43:07do
00:43:07it
00:43:08by
00:43:08myself.
00:43:15I
00:43:15dial
00:43:16the
00:43:16sanitarium's
00:43:17number.
00:43:18Transferred
00:43:19once.
00:43:20Twice.
00:43:21Three
00:43:22times.
00:43:23Then,
00:43:25a girl
00:43:26answers.
00:43:27Who are
00:43:27you?
00:43:29Her
00:43:30voice is
00:43:30very soft,
00:43:31like a
00:43:32small bird.
00:43:34Like one
00:43:35that's been
00:43:35caged so
00:43:36long it's
00:43:36no longer
00:43:37sure how
00:43:37to speak.
00:43:40My name
00:43:40is Aurora.
00:43:41I'm your
00:43:42sister.
00:43:44Silence on
00:43:45the other
00:43:45end.
00:43:46Two full
00:43:46minutes.
00:43:47I grip
00:43:48the receiver
00:43:48so tightly
00:43:49my knuckles
00:43:50go white.
00:43:50I don't
00:43:51dare let
00:43:52go.
00:43:52I don't
00:43:53dare
00:43:53breathe.
00:43:58Will
00:43:59you
00:43:59kill
00:43:59me?
00:44:00That
00:44:01voice
00:44:02is so
00:44:02soft,
00:44:03so
00:44:04small.
00:44:08no,
00:44:10I just
00:44:11want to
00:44:11see you
00:44:11as
00:44:13family.
00:44:14You're
00:44:14my sister.
00:44:15I won't
00:44:16hurt you.
00:44:19She
00:44:20hangs up.
00:44:21No
00:44:21goodbye.
00:44:22No
00:44:23asking
00:44:23who I
00:44:23am.
00:44:25The
00:44:26next day,
00:44:27my phone
00:44:27receives a
00:44:28text.
00:44:30Just an
00:44:31address.
00:44:35deep in
00:44:36the
00:44:36Swiss
00:44:36Alps,
00:44:38Elias
00:44:39sees the
00:44:39text and
00:44:40takes the
00:44:40phone from
00:44:41my hand.
00:44:45He put
00:44:45Lorela on
00:44:46the phone
00:44:46with you
00:44:48because he
00:44:48knew the
00:44:48moment she
00:44:49spoke you
00:44:49would come.
00:44:50He becomes
00:44:51very worried
00:44:52and serious.
00:45:01This
00:45:01is his
00:45:01trap.
00:45:02Elias
00:45:03says it's
00:45:03a trap.
00:45:04I say
00:45:04I know.
00:45:09So
00:45:10you take
00:45:10a different
00:45:10way in.
00:45:11The
00:45:12ring Vivian
00:45:12gave me.
00:45:13I
00:45:13decoded
00:45:14a basement
00:45:14blueprint
00:45:14from its
00:45:15chip.
00:45:15It's
00:45:16not just
00:45:16any
00:45:16lab.
00:45:17It's
00:45:18the
00:45:18underground
00:45:18layout
00:45:19of this
00:45:19very
00:45:19sanatorium.
00:45:20give me
00:45:21the
00:45:21coordinates.
00:45:22I'll
00:45:23infiltrate
00:45:23through
00:45:23the
00:45:23underground
00:45:24tunnels
00:45:24with
00:45:24the
00:45:24strike
00:45:25team
00:45:25and
00:45:25secure
00:45:26the
00:45:26basement.
00:45:27I
00:45:27nod.
00:45:28Elias
00:45:29holds
00:45:29me
00:45:29in
00:45:29his
00:45:29arms
00:45:30really
00:45:30tight.
00:45:33Be
00:45:33safe.
00:45:35Promise
00:45:35me.
00:45:42The
00:45:42plane
00:45:43touches
00:45:43down
00:45:43before
00:45:44dawn.
00:45:47I
00:45:48enter
00:45:48through
00:45:48the
00:45:48main
00:45:49door.
00:45:51The
00:45:52corridor
00:45:52is
00:45:52long,
00:45:53dimly
00:45:53lit.
00:45:57He
00:45:58stands
00:45:58at the
00:45:58end.
00:45:59Joshua
00:46:00Thorne,
00:46:01dressed
00:46:01in a
00:46:02white
00:46:02coat,
00:46:03clean
00:46:03shaven,
00:46:04a
00:46:04smile
00:46:05in his
00:46:05eyes
00:46:05behind
00:46:06his
00:46:06glasses.
00:46:08Aurora,
00:46:10you
00:46:11finally
00:46:11came.
00:46:12it
00:46:13means
00:46:13the
00:46:13world
00:46:13to
00:46:14your
00:46:14sister
00:46:14that
00:46:14you're
00:46:14here.
00:46:15How
00:46:16many
00:46:16years
00:46:16have
00:46:16you
00:46:17kept
00:46:17her
00:46:17locked
00:46:17up
00:46:17here?
00:46:19Locked
00:46:19up?
00:46:20I
00:46:20didn't
00:46:21lock
00:46:21her
00:46:21up.
00:46:23I
00:46:23raised
00:46:23her.
00:46:24Come
00:46:25with
00:46:25me.
00:46:31I
00:46:31follow
00:46:32him
00:46:32through
00:46:32the
00:46:32corridor.
00:46:33Out
00:46:34of
00:46:34the
00:46:34corner
00:46:34of
00:46:34my
00:46:35eye,
00:46:35I
00:46:35scan
00:46:36the
00:46:36stances
00:46:36of
00:46:36the
00:46:36three
00:46:36nurses
00:46:37behind
00:46:37him.
00:46:39Right
00:46:40leg
00:46:40slightly
00:46:41bent,
00:46:41weight
00:46:41shifted
00:46:42back,
00:46:42ready
00:46:43to
00:46:43draw.
00:46:46I
00:46:47let
00:46:47out
00:46:47a
00:46:47soft
00:46:48laugh.
00:46:50What
00:46:51is it?
00:46:52Nothing.
00:46:53I
00:46:53just
00:46:54remembered
00:46:54something
00:46:54my
00:46:54mother
00:46:55used
00:46:55to
00:46:55say.
00:46:56What
00:46:57did
00:46:57she
00:46:57say?
00:46:59The
00:46:59one
00:46:59in
00:46:59the
00:47:00white
00:47:00coat
00:47:00isn't
00:47:00always
00:47:01a
00:47:01doctor.
00:47:02Could
00:47:02be
00:47:03a
00:47:03butcher.
00:47:05The
00:47:05smile
00:47:05on
00:47:06his
00:47:06face
00:47:06doesn't
00:47:07waver,
00:47:07but
00:47:07his
00:47:07steps
00:47:08pause.
00:47:08My
00:47:09hand
00:47:09is
00:47:09in
00:47:09my
00:47:09pocket,
00:47:10my
00:47:10fingertip
00:47:11resting on
00:47:11the signal
00:47:11button.
00:47:12Three
00:47:13levels below,
00:47:14Elias and
00:47:14his strike
00:47:15team are
00:47:15already in
00:47:16place,
00:47:16following the
00:47:17map.
00:47:27He
00:47:28pushes open
00:47:29the final
00:47:29door.
00:47:31Lorela sits
00:47:31on the
00:47:32hospital bed.
00:47:34She's thinner
00:47:35than in those
00:47:35archived photos.
00:47:38Her
00:47:38hair is
00:47:39sparse,
00:47:39like she's
00:47:40been
00:47:40malnourished
00:47:41for
00:47:41years.
00:47:44But
00:47:44her
00:47:45eyes,
00:47:46that
00:47:46color is
00:47:47my
00:47:47mother's.
00:47:49The
00:47:50same
00:47:50green I
00:47:51see every
00:47:51morning in
00:47:52the
00:47:52mirror.
00:47:53Lorela,
00:47:54this is the
00:47:54sister I
00:47:55told you
00:47:55about,
00:47:56the one
00:47:56who's been
00:47:57looking for
00:47:57you all
00:47:58along.
00:47:59Joshua
00:47:59stands at
00:48:00the head
00:48:00of the
00:48:00bed,
00:48:01his hand
00:48:01resting on
00:48:02her shoulder.
00:48:02The
00:48:03gesture,
00:48:03so light,
00:48:04so natural,
00:48:06tender,
00:48:07like a
00:48:07real father.
00:48:12I crouch
00:48:13down to
00:48:13meet her
00:48:14eyes.
00:48:15Her
00:48:15hands are
00:48:16gripping
00:48:16the sheets,
00:48:17knuckles
00:48:17white.
00:48:19Lorela,
00:48:19I'm
00:48:20Aurora.
00:48:21I'm
00:48:22your
00:48:22sister.
00:48:25I
00:48:26know
00:48:26father
00:48:28showed me
00:48:28your picture.
00:48:29Did your
00:48:30father ever
00:48:30tell you
00:48:32that
00:48:32everyone
00:48:33he's
00:48:33ever
00:48:33met
00:48:34has
00:48:35never
00:48:35come
00:48:35back.
00:48:40She
00:48:41looks
00:48:41at me.
00:48:42She
00:48:43doesn't
00:48:43answer.
00:48:44Lorela
00:48:45suddenly
00:48:45speaks.
00:48:48Once
00:48:48there
00:48:49was a
00:48:49nurse.
00:48:50She
00:48:50had
00:48:51green
00:48:51eyes
00:48:52like
00:48:52me.
00:48:54One
00:48:55day,
00:48:56she
00:48:56disappeared.
00:48:57Her
00:48:58voice is
00:48:58very
00:48:58soft,
00:48:59very
00:49:00slow,
00:49:00like
00:49:01she's
00:49:01reciting
00:49:02a memory
00:49:02from
00:49:02long
00:49:03ago.
00:49:04He
00:49:04kept
00:49:04her
00:49:04uniform
00:49:05in
00:49:05his
00:49:05office,
00:49:06folded
00:49:07very
00:49:07neatly.
00:49:08It
00:49:08had
00:49:08red
00:49:09spots
00:49:09on
00:49:09it.
00:49:11Joshua's
00:49:11hand
00:49:12slides
00:49:12off
00:49:12Lorela's
00:49:13shoulder.
00:49:14At that
00:49:15exact
00:49:15second,
00:49:16an explosion
00:49:17rips through
00:49:18the far
00:49:18end of
00:49:19the corridor.
00:49:25The
00:49:25blast
00:49:26shatters
00:49:26the glass.
00:49:27Smoke
00:49:28grenades
00:49:28roll
00:49:28across
00:49:29the
00:49:29floor.
00:49:30Men
00:49:30in
00:49:30black
00:49:31tactical
00:49:31gear
00:49:32flood
00:49:32the
00:49:32hallway
00:49:33like
00:49:33a
00:49:33tide.
00:49:37You're
00:49:37all right
00:49:38on time.
00:49:39Joshua
00:49:40doesn't
00:49:40run.
00:49:41He
00:49:42doesn't
00:49:42even
00:49:42move.
00:49:43He
00:49:44just
00:49:44stares
00:49:44at me
00:49:45and
00:49:45then
00:49:46bursts
00:49:46out
00:49:46laughing.
00:49:49What are
00:49:50you laughing
00:49:50at?
00:49:57The
00:49:58sound
00:49:58echoes
00:49:59through
00:49:59the
00:49:59empty
00:50:00room.
00:50:00He
00:50:01turns
00:50:01to
00:50:01face
00:50:02me.
00:50:07Do
00:50:08you know
00:50:08what your
00:50:08mother's
00:50:09last
00:50:09words
00:50:09were?
00:50:14she
00:50:14said
00:50:15Aurora
00:50:16will
00:50:16come
00:50:16for
00:50:16me.
00:50:18She
00:50:19will
00:50:19come.
00:50:21She
00:50:21has
00:50:22to.
00:50:23His
00:50:23eyes
00:50:24are
00:50:24red
00:50:24but
00:50:25the
00:50:25corner
00:50:25of
00:50:25his
00:50:26stout
00:50:26is
00:50:26still
00:50:26curled
00:50:27not
00:50:28in
00:50:28mockery.
00:50:30I've
00:50:30been
00:50:30waiting
00:50:31all
00:50:31these
00:50:31years
00:50:33just
00:50:34to
00:50:34see
00:50:35if
00:50:36what
00:50:36she
00:50:36said
00:50:36was
00:50:36true.
00:50:38Before
00:50:39I can
00:50:39answer
00:50:39Joshua
00:50:41opens
00:50:41a
00:50:41hidden
00:50:42door
00:50:42and
00:50:42then
00:50:42disappears.
00:50:50I
00:50:50walk
00:50:51to
00:50:51the
00:50:51bed
00:50:51crouch
00:50:52down
00:50:53and
00:50:54reach
00:50:54out
00:50:54my
00:50:54hand
00:50:55to
00:50:55Lorella.
00:50:56Come
00:50:56on.
00:50:58Sister's
00:50:59taking
00:50:59you
00:50:59out
00:50:59of
00:50:59here.
00:51:02Is
00:51:02he
00:51:02coming
00:51:03back
00:51:03for
00:51:03me?
00:51:05No.
00:51:07Not
00:51:07ever
00:51:08again.
00:51:09She
00:51:10stares
00:51:10at
00:51:10my
00:51:10hand
00:51:11for
00:51:11a
00:51:11long
00:51:11time.
00:51:21Lorella
00:51:21starts
00:51:21to cry.
00:51:25Not
00:51:25from
00:51:25fear.
00:51:29We
00:51:29walk
00:51:30through
00:51:30that
00:51:30white
00:51:30door
00:51:32and
00:51:32we
00:51:32don't
00:51:33look
00:51:33back.
00:51:39Lorella
00:51:39is
00:51:40transferred
00:51:40to the
00:51:41New York
00:51:41Children's
00:51:41Center
00:51:42for
00:51:42Rare
00:51:42Diseases.
00:51:47Her
00:51:47pathology
00:51:48is
00:51:48extraordinary
00:51:49complex.
00:51:50Not
00:51:50congenital.
00:51:51It's
00:51:51an
00:51:51artificially
00:51:52induced
00:51:52genetic
00:51:53defect.
00:51:54Why
00:51:55would
00:51:55anyone
00:51:55do
00:51:56that?
00:51:56Based
00:51:57on the
00:51:57genetic
00:51:57matching,
00:51:59she's
00:51:59been kept
00:52:00alive as
00:52:00a donor
00:52:01reserve.
00:52:02Meaning,
00:52:03someone
00:52:03needs a
00:52:04person with
00:52:04near-identical
00:52:05genes to
00:52:06supply blood
00:52:06or bone
00:52:07marrow.
00:52:12and
00:52:13the
00:52:13person
00:52:13requiring
00:52:14treatment
00:52:14according
00:52:16to the
00:52:16sequences
00:52:17is
00:52:18you.
00:52:22He's
00:52:23been
00:52:23preparing
00:52:24for this
00:52:24for years.
00:52:25He
00:52:26wasn't
00:52:26raising
00:52:27her.
00:52:34He
00:52:35was
00:52:35stockpiling
00:52:36her.
00:52:36That
00:52:37night,
00:52:37I
00:52:37sit
00:52:38in
00:52:38the
00:52:38study
00:52:38holding
00:52:38the
00:52:39report.
00:52:40No
00:52:40lights
00:52:40on.
00:52:43Elias
00:52:43stands
00:52:44behind
00:52:44me
00:52:44for a
00:52:45long
00:52:45moment,
00:52:46then
00:52:46presses
00:52:47my
00:52:47head
00:52:47against
00:52:47his
00:52:48shoulder
00:52:48with
00:52:48one
00:52:48hand.
00:52:54From
00:52:54today
00:52:55on,
00:52:55Larilla
00:52:55is
00:52:56a
00:52:56thorn.
00:52:57The
00:52:57thorn
00:52:57family
00:52:58will
00:52:58fully
00:52:58fund
00:52:59her
00:52:59treatment.
00:53:05Before
00:53:06dawn,
00:53:06I
00:53:06signed
00:53:07two
00:53:07documents.
00:53:08The
00:53:09first,
00:53:09Larilla's
00:53:10name
00:53:10change
00:53:10application.
00:53:12The
00:53:12second,
00:53:13the
00:53:13Larilla
00:53:14gene
00:53:14pathology
00:53:15foundation.
00:53:22Joshua
00:53:22thorn
00:53:23is still
00:53:23at
00:53:23large.
00:53:25Elias'
00:53:26agent swept
00:53:26every inch
00:53:27of that
00:53:27sanatorium,
00:53:28no trace
00:53:29of him.
00:53:31But we
00:53:32pulled his
00:53:32encrypted server
00:53:33from the
00:53:33sanatorium.
00:53:34sanatorium.
00:53:34After
00:53:35decryption,
00:53:36we found
00:53:37an unsent
00:53:37message.
00:53:39The
00:53:39content
00:53:40is nothing
00:53:41but a
00:53:41set of
00:53:41coordinates.
00:53:43An
00:53:44old
00:53:44printing
00:53:44plant,
00:53:45abandoned
00:53:46for over
00:53:46a decade.
00:53:47He prepared
00:53:48for this.
00:53:48If the
00:53:49sanitarium
00:53:50was compromised,
00:53:50he'd fall
00:53:51back here.
00:53:52Could be
00:53:53another
00:53:53trap.
00:53:54Like last
00:53:55time.
00:53:59Then do
00:54:00what you
00:54:00did last
00:54:01time.
00:54:01Go in
00:54:02from the
00:54:02rear.
00:54:03We fly
00:54:04back to
00:54:04New York
00:54:05overnight.
00:54:11The
00:54:12moment I
00:54:13push open
00:54:13the basement
00:54:14door,
00:54:14I freeze.
00:54:15The
00:54:16entire
00:54:16wall is
00:54:17papered
00:54:17with
00:54:17photographs,
00:54:18like
00:54:19wallpaper.
00:54:21Me,
00:54:22Larilla,
00:54:24my
00:54:24mother.
00:54:26Joshua
00:54:26sits in
00:54:27a wooden
00:54:27chair at
00:54:28the center
00:54:28of the
00:54:29room.
00:54:31Beside
00:54:31him,
00:54:32that
00:54:32fairy tale
00:54:33book,
00:54:34the one
00:54:34my mother
00:54:35read to
00:54:35me.
00:54:39The
00:54:40day she
00:54:40came to
00:54:40see me
00:54:41for the
00:54:41first time,
00:54:42she wore
00:54:43white,
00:54:43too.
00:54:45Did you
00:54:45kill her?
00:54:47Not
00:54:47me.
00:54:49I'm not
00:54:50the
00:54:50gardener.
00:54:52This
00:54:52family name
00:54:53gave me a
00:54:54title,
00:54:54but never
00:54:54a place.
00:54:57I'm the
00:54:57first branch
00:54:58they ever
00:54:59pruned.
00:55:00I was the
00:55:01one who
00:55:01did the
00:55:02dirty work.
00:55:04Never the
00:55:05one behind
00:55:06the desk
00:55:06giving the
00:55:07orders.
00:55:08Then who
00:55:09is the
00:55:09gardener?
00:55:11The
00:55:12gardener
00:55:13isn't a
00:55:13single person.
00:55:14It's a
00:55:15system.
00:55:16The
00:55:16Kensington's,
00:55:17the
00:55:17Thorns,
00:55:19they've been
00:55:19feeding this
00:55:20system for
00:55:20decades.
00:55:24He stands
00:55:25and walks
00:55:26towards the
00:55:27door of
00:55:27his own
00:55:27a card.
00:55:28Outside,
00:55:29police lights
00:55:30are already
00:55:30flashing,
00:55:31painting his
00:55:31profile red.
00:55:33He pauses
00:55:33for a second
00:55:34when he
00:55:34passes me.
00:55:37Lorella's
00:55:37hair,
00:55:38just like
00:55:39hers.
00:55:42That was
00:55:42the color of
00:55:43your mother's
00:55:43hair when I
00:55:44first met
00:55:44her.
00:55:46After Joshua
00:55:47is arrested,
00:55:48I pull two
00:55:49final files from
00:55:49his encrypted
00:55:50server.
00:55:50The first,
00:55:52Project Eden's
00:55:53complete original
00:55:54gene sequence.
00:55:54The second,
00:55:55a blood
00:55:56collection record
00:55:57labeled ID
00:55:57001.
00:55:59The date,
00:56:00the day I
00:56:01was born.
00:56:02From the
00:56:03very first
00:56:04second of my
00:56:05life,
00:56:06I was already
00:56:07in the cage.
00:56:09All evidence
00:56:10related to
00:56:10Project Eden,
00:56:11I've turned
00:56:13everything over
00:56:13to Interpol.
00:56:15He takes
00:56:15that gun
00:56:16of his,
00:56:16the one
00:56:17engraved
00:56:18with the
00:56:18phoenix,
00:56:19and locks
00:56:20it in his
00:56:20drawer.
00:56:23He pulls
00:56:24out the
00:56:25key,
00:56:26pushes open
00:56:27the window,
00:56:27and throws
00:56:28it out.
00:56:33It lands
00:56:33on the
00:56:34gravel in
00:56:34the garden
00:56:35with a
00:56:35crisp,
00:56:36ringing
00:56:36sound.
00:56:39From
00:56:40today on,
00:56:41we used
00:56:42the law.
00:56:42Before,
00:56:43you fought
00:56:44alone in
00:56:44the shadows.
00:56:46Not anymore.
00:56:48Everything he
00:56:48owes you,
00:56:50we take it
00:56:50all back in
00:56:51court.
00:56:55Joshua requests
00:56:56one final visit
00:56:57from prison.
00:56:58He's a skeleton,
00:57:00chains on his
00:57:01wrists.
00:57:04When I am near
00:57:05my end,
00:57:06I finally remember
00:57:08the song your
00:57:08mother used to
00:57:09hum.
00:57:12it went like
00:57:13this.
00:57:15He hums a
00:57:16couple of
00:57:17bars.
00:57:23This time,
00:57:24it's exactly the
00:57:25melody I remember
00:57:26my mother singing.
00:57:27Everything I spent
00:57:28my life trying to
00:57:29destroy,
00:57:29it all survived.
00:57:31Lorela walked
00:57:32out of that
00:57:32sanatorium,
00:57:33and you're still
00:57:34alive.
00:57:34The corner of
00:57:35his mouth
00:57:36lifts slightly,
00:57:37the relieved
00:57:37smile of a
00:57:38man who
00:57:38has been
00:57:38utterly defeated
00:57:39and can
00:57:40finally let
00:57:41go.
00:57:42I stand,
00:57:43ready to
00:57:44leave.
00:57:48He suddenly
00:57:49taps twice on
00:57:49the glass,
00:57:50urgently.
00:57:55Aurora.
00:57:57Her hair,
00:57:59just like
00:58:00hers.
00:58:05three days
00:58:06later,
00:58:07the prison
00:58:07notifies me.
00:58:09Joshua Thorne
00:58:10passed away
00:58:10in the
00:58:11infirmary.
00:58:16Lorela's
00:58:17condition
00:58:17suddenly
00:58:18deteriorates
00:58:19in the
00:58:19third week
00:58:20after admission.
00:58:21She doesn't
00:58:22have much
00:58:22time left,
00:58:23does she?
00:58:27There's a
00:58:28time bomb
00:58:29hidden in
00:58:29her gene
00:58:30sequence.
00:58:31A segment
00:58:32programmed to
00:58:33self-destruct
00:58:34under the
00:58:34right trigger
00:58:35conditions.
00:58:36I stay by
00:58:37Lorela's
00:58:37bedside for
00:58:38three days
00:58:38and nights.
00:58:43She keeps
00:58:44that fairy
00:58:44me tale
00:58:45book on
00:58:45her pillow.
00:58:49Father used
00:58:49to read it
00:58:50every night
00:58:50for me.
00:58:54After she
00:58:54falls asleep,
00:58:55I flip
00:58:56through it.
00:59:00inside the
00:59:00back cover,
00:59:02my fingertip
00:59:03traces a
00:59:03chemical formula
00:59:04etched in
00:59:05with a
00:59:05needle
00:59:05print.
00:59:07I take
00:59:08a photo
00:59:09and send
00:59:10it to
00:59:10Elias.
00:59:12Half an
00:59:13hour later,
00:59:14he's standing
00:59:14in the doorway
00:59:15of the
00:59:15hospital room.
00:59:21this is my
00:59:23grandfather's
00:59:24last patent,
00:59:25never made
00:59:26public.
00:59:29Before he
00:59:30died, he
00:59:31gave me a
00:59:31key, but he
00:59:33didn't tell me
00:59:33where the
00:59:34keyhole was.
00:59:44The
00:59:46keyhole is
00:59:47in Lorela's
00:59:48gene sequence.
00:59:51Elias takes
00:59:52me down into
00:59:53the Thorn
00:59:53family's
00:59:54underground
00:59:55archives.
01:00:10inside the
01:00:12deepest
01:00:12vault, he
01:00:14pulls out
01:00:15his
01:00:15grandfather's
01:00:16manuscript.
01:00:18A
01:00:19complete
01:00:19gene
01:00:20repair
01:00:20protocol.
01:00:22Its
01:00:22theoretical
01:00:23framework is
01:00:24the exact
01:00:24inverse of
01:00:25the destructive
01:00:25code Joshua
01:00:26used.
01:00:37On the
01:00:38last page
01:00:39of the
01:00:39manuscript, a
01:00:41line of
01:00:41handwritten
01:00:42text.
01:00:46To my
01:00:47future
01:00:48granddaughter-in-law.
01:00:54Your
01:00:54grandfather?
01:00:57knew I
01:00:58existed?
01:00:59He knew
01:01:00someday you'd
01:01:01meet me.
01:01:06He knew
01:01:06this day
01:01:07would come.
01:01:09He left
01:01:10me the
01:01:10cure, but
01:01:12he didn't
01:01:12know if I'd
01:01:13ever find
01:01:13you.
01:01:17You did?
01:01:18I look at
01:01:19the manuscripts,
01:01:20the pages
01:01:21yellowed and
01:01:21brittle.
01:01:21little, if
01:01:23Elias'
01:01:23grandfather hadn't
01:01:24written this
01:01:25protocol,
01:01:26Lirilla's
01:01:27time bomb would
01:01:28be an incurable
01:01:28death sentence.
01:01:32The treatment
01:01:33plan requires a
01:01:34bone marrow stem
01:01:35cell donation from
01:01:36a direct blood
01:01:36relative.
01:01:38Lirilla's mother
01:01:39is long gone.
01:01:40I'm the only
01:01:41option left.
01:01:48The reason
01:01:49Joshua planted
01:01:50that time bomb
01:01:51in Lirilla's
01:01:51body in the
01:01:52first place
01:01:53was because
01:01:54he knew
01:01:54someday
01:01:55I'd need
01:01:56her.
01:01:58He turned
01:01:58her into
01:01:59my spare
01:02:00parts warehouse.
01:02:02And now,
01:02:04the only
01:02:05one who
01:02:05can save
01:02:06her
01:02:06is me.
01:02:14On the
01:02:15day of
01:02:16the
01:02:16surgery,
01:02:17Lirilla is
01:02:17wheeled into
01:02:18the neighboring
01:02:18operating room.
01:02:20Her
01:02:21eyelids are
01:02:22heavy, but
01:02:23she fights to
01:02:23keep them
01:02:24open and
01:02:24mouths something
01:02:25at me.
01:02:27Not
01:02:27thank you,
01:02:28not I'm
01:02:29scared.
01:02:30It's
01:02:33Aurora.
01:02:38When I
01:02:39wake again,
01:02:40Elias is
01:02:41sitting by
01:02:41my bed,
01:02:43holding my
01:02:43hand.
01:02:44The surgery
01:02:45was a
01:02:45success.
01:02:51Outside
01:02:52the curtains,
01:02:52it's dusk.
01:02:54The room
01:02:54is quiet.
01:02:55The day
01:02:56after Lirilla
01:02:57is out of
01:02:57danger,
01:02:59Elias stands
01:03:00at the
01:03:00hospital room
01:03:01window.
01:03:03Aurora.
01:03:05He calls
01:03:06my name.
01:03:06His hand
01:03:07moves in
01:03:08his pocket.
01:03:10What is
01:03:11it?
01:03:13He walks
01:03:14over.
01:03:15No getting
01:03:16down on
01:03:17one knee.
01:03:19He places
01:03:20a ring in
01:03:20my palm.
01:03:22This time
01:03:22it's not a
01:03:23merger
01:03:23contract.
01:03:24If you
01:03:25don't believe
01:03:25in love,
01:03:26then sign
01:03:26a lifetime
01:03:27contract.
01:03:28I'll be
01:03:29your investor.
01:03:30For
01:03:30life.
01:03:32He's
01:03:33holding a
01:03:33diamond ring,
01:03:34but there's
01:03:34no champagne
01:03:35tower.
01:03:35No
01:03:36photographer
01:03:36crouched in
01:03:37front,
01:03:38waiting to
01:03:38capture my
01:03:39tears.
01:03:40When Elias
01:03:41says it,
01:03:42there are
01:03:42still traces
01:03:43of disinfectant
01:03:44and hospital
01:03:44soap under
01:03:45his fingernails.
01:03:48I don't
01:03:49know how
01:03:49to answer.
01:03:53I put
01:03:54the ring
01:03:54on.
01:03:57Then I'll
01:03:58sign.
01:03:59The day
01:04:00Lirilla is
01:04:00discharged,
01:04:01the sun is
01:04:02brilliant.
01:04:03She's
01:04:04wearing the
01:04:04blue
01:04:04dress I
01:04:05bought
01:04:05her.
01:04:06She
01:04:06picked
01:04:06it
01:04:06out
01:04:07herself.
01:04:10She
01:04:11stands at
01:04:11the entrance,
01:04:12tilting her
01:04:13head back
01:04:13to watch
01:04:13the light
01:04:14filtering
01:04:14through the
01:04:15sycamore
01:04:15leaves.
01:04:16She
01:04:17stares
01:04:17for a
01:04:18long
01:04:18time.
01:04:19Then she
01:04:19turns to
01:04:20me.
01:04:23Aurora,
01:04:24the sky
01:04:25outside is
01:04:25different from
01:04:26the sanatorium.
01:04:27Here it's
01:04:28so big.
01:04:29from today
01:04:30on,
01:04:30you can
01:04:31go wherever
01:04:31you want.
01:04:34Elias's car
01:04:34is parked
01:04:35at the
01:04:35entrance.
01:04:36He leans
01:04:37against the
01:04:37door waiting
01:04:38for us,
01:04:39not rushing.
01:04:42An old
01:04:43song is
01:04:43playing,
01:04:44not his
01:04:44usual
01:04:44classical
01:04:45music.
01:04:45It's the
01:04:46one my
01:04:46mother loved.
01:04:47When the
01:04:48intro starts,
01:04:49Lirilla lets
01:04:49out a soft
01:04:50little awe
01:04:51from the
01:04:51back seat.
01:04:53Then she
01:04:53starts humming
01:04:54along.
01:05:00Every
01:05:01note
01:05:02exactly
01:05:02right.
01:05:04The
01:05:05Phoenix
01:05:05Foundation
01:05:06receives a
01:05:07lead from
01:05:07Brazil.
01:05:11A
01:05:11lab
01:05:12abandoned
01:05:12for
01:05:12decades.
01:05:14During
01:05:15demolition,
01:05:16workers
01:05:16discovered
01:05:17experimental
01:05:17records with
01:05:18the same
01:05:18origin as
01:05:19Project
01:05:19Eden.
01:05:27In the
01:05:28deepest
01:05:28part of
01:05:28the
01:05:29ruins,
01:05:29we find
01:05:30a wall.
01:05:30Wind and
01:05:31time have
01:05:31peeled most
01:05:32of it away.
01:05:34In the
01:05:35bottom right
01:05:35corner.
01:05:42Happy
01:05:43birthday,
01:05:44Lirilla.
01:05:44The
01:05:45date.
01:05:46One
01:05:47week before
01:05:48my mother
01:05:48was killed.
01:05:50I stand
01:05:51in front
01:05:51of that
01:05:52wall for
01:05:52a long
01:05:53time.
01:05:57Elias
01:05:57doesn't
01:05:58speak.
01:05:58He just
01:05:59puts his
01:05:59hand on
01:06:00my back,
01:06:00lightly.
01:06:06Take
01:06:07this wall
01:06:07down.
01:06:08Ship it
01:06:09back to
01:06:09New York.
01:06:12We have
01:06:13room at
01:06:13home.
01:06:14There's an
01:06:15old server
01:06:15buried under
01:06:16the lab.
01:06:17Most of
01:06:17the hard
01:06:18drive is
01:06:18corrupted.
01:06:18But the
01:06:20tech team
01:06:20recovers
01:06:21fragments
01:06:22of video.
01:06:23There's
01:06:24no lab
01:06:25on the
01:06:25screen.
01:06:26Just an
01:06:27old piano.
01:06:28My mother
01:06:29sits at
01:06:29the bench
01:06:29playing that
01:06:30lullaby.
01:06:31When she
01:06:32finishes,
01:06:33she stays
01:06:34silent for
01:06:34a long
01:06:35moment,
01:06:35hands still
01:06:36on the
01:06:36keys.
01:06:37Then she
01:06:38turns and
01:06:38speaks into
01:06:39the camera.
01:06:40Aurora,
01:06:41if you're
01:06:42watching this,
01:06:43it means I
01:06:43didn't make
01:06:44it out of
01:06:44here alive.
01:06:49Don't
01:06:49seek
01:06:50revenge
01:06:50for me.
01:06:52Elias
01:06:53turns off
01:06:53the screen.
01:06:57Then,
01:06:58he reaches
01:06:59over and
01:07:00wipes the
01:07:00tears from
01:07:01my face
01:07:01with his
01:07:02thumb.
01:07:07We
01:07:08don't say
01:07:08anything.
01:07:09Just sit
01:07:10in front of
01:07:10that dust
01:07:11covered old
01:07:11piano all
01:07:12night.
01:07:16The melody
01:07:18of that
01:07:18lullaby
01:07:19stays in
01:07:19my head.
01:07:22But it
01:07:23doesn't feel
01:07:23cold anymore.
01:07:31The year
01:07:32Lorela
01:07:33turns seven.
01:07:34She learns
01:07:35to play
01:07:35the piano.
01:07:40She says
01:07:41she wants
01:07:41to learn.
01:07:43Two months
01:07:44later,
01:07:45she plays
01:07:46her first
01:07:46complete
01:07:47piece.
01:07:50It's
01:07:51that
01:07:51lullaby.
01:07:54She just
01:07:55found the
01:07:55sheet music
01:07:56in our
01:07:56mother's
01:07:56old
01:07:56collection
01:07:57and said
01:07:57this one
01:07:58didn't
01:07:58look too
01:07:59hard.
01:08:05After the
01:08:05final note,
01:08:06she turns
01:08:07around with
01:08:08a wide
01:08:08grin.
01:08:09She points
01:08:09at that
01:08:10old piano,
01:08:11the very
01:08:11one our
01:08:11mother played
01:08:12in the
01:08:12video.
01:08:13Did I
01:08:14play it
01:08:14right?
01:08:16This
01:08:16piano's a
01:08:17little old,
01:08:17but it
01:08:18sounds better
01:08:19than my
01:08:19teacher's.
01:08:22Elias
01:08:23steps back,
01:08:24two paces
01:08:25to the
01:08:25doorway.
01:08:28He
01:08:28doesn't
01:08:29make a
01:08:29sound,
01:08:30but when
01:08:31Lorela
01:08:31turns back
01:08:32to keep
01:08:32playing,
01:08:33his hand
01:08:34finds mine.
01:08:38That
01:08:39night,
01:08:39after
01:08:39Lorela
01:08:40falls asleep,
01:08:41I sit
01:08:41alone at
01:08:42that piano.
01:08:43I play
01:08:44the lullaby
01:08:44once through.
01:08:53Today
01:08:53is my
01:08:54marriage
01:08:54to Elias.
01:08:55No
01:08:56banquet,
01:08:56no
01:08:57media,
01:08:58just us,
01:08:59taking
01:09:00Lorela
01:09:00to the
01:09:00seaside
01:09:01estate.
01:09:02In the
01:09:03evening,
01:09:04Elias
01:09:04stands on
01:09:05the
01:09:05terrace.
01:09:06He
01:09:06pulls an
01:09:07envelope
01:09:07from his
01:09:08pocket.
01:09:11Here.
01:09:15What's
01:09:16this?
01:09:17A
01:09:18handwritten
01:09:18transfer of
01:09:19ownership.
01:09:20All
01:09:21Thorn
01:09:21family
01:09:22assets he
01:09:22acquired
01:09:23after the
01:09:23marriage
01:09:24transferred
01:09:25into my
01:09:25name and
01:09:26Lorela's.
01:09:27I look
01:09:28at the
01:09:28figures.
01:09:29It's not
01:09:30about the
01:09:30money.
01:09:32He's
01:09:32telling me
01:09:33if one
01:09:34day he's
01:09:35no longer
01:09:35here,
01:09:37nothing about
01:09:37Lorela's and
01:09:38my life will
01:09:39ever be
01:09:39shaken.
01:09:41Come
01:09:42down,
01:09:42I
01:09:43finished
01:09:43drawing!
01:09:44She's
01:09:44shouting at
01:09:45us from
01:09:45the
01:09:45sand,
01:09:46pointing at
01:09:46a drawing
01:09:47on the
01:09:47beach.
01:09:48There are
01:09:48three stick
01:09:49figures on
01:09:50it.
01:09:50She's
01:09:50in the
01:09:51middle,
01:09:51I'm
01:09:51on the
01:09:52left,
01:09:52Elias
01:09:53on the
01:09:53right.
01:09:54Every
01:09:54stick
01:09:54figure is
01:09:55smiling.
01:09:56I stand
01:09:56on the
01:09:57terrace
01:09:57looking
01:09:57down,
01:09:58Elias
01:09:59beside
01:09:59me.
01:10:01The
01:10:01waves are
01:10:02loud,
01:10:02but I
01:10:03hear him
01:10:03laugh
01:10:04once.
01:10:05The
01:10:06photo of
01:10:06Lorela's
01:10:07drawing gets
01:10:07framed,
01:10:08placed on
01:10:09top of
01:10:09my
01:10:09mother's
01:10:10old
01:10:10piano.
01:10:11I tell
01:10:12Lorela,
01:10:13this is
01:10:13our
01:10:14family
01:10:14museum.
01:10:15Mother
01:10:16is
01:10:16gone,
01:10:17but her
01:10:17music is
01:10:18still
01:10:18here.
01:10:21Elias
01:10:21wraps
01:10:22his arm
01:10:22around my
01:10:23shoulder
01:10:23from
01:10:23behind.
01:10:24He
01:10:24doesn't
01:10:25say
01:10:25anything,
01:10:26his
01:10:26hand
01:10:26is
01:10:27steady.
01:10:30The
01:10:30sea wind
01:10:31rushes
01:10:31through
01:10:31the
01:10:31window
01:10:32and
01:10:32flips
01:10:32a
01:10:32page
01:10:33of
01:10:33the
01:10:33lullaby's
01:10:33sheet
01:10:34music.
01:10:36Lorela
01:10:37runs
01:10:37over
01:10:38and
01:10:38presses
01:10:38it
01:10:38down
01:10:38with
01:10:39her
01:10:39palm.
01:10:40She
01:10:41glances
01:10:41down
01:10:42at
01:10:42the
01:10:42newly
01:10:42revealed
01:10:43page,
01:10:43then
01:10:44looks
01:10:44back
01:10:44at
01:10:45me,
01:10:45smiling.
01:10:49Sister,
01:10:50this page
01:10:51isn't
01:10:51notes,
01:10:53it's
01:10:53something
01:10:53mother
01:10:54wrote
01:10:54to you.
01:10:55I
01:10:55walk
01:10:55over.
01:10:57On
01:10:58the
01:10:58back
01:10:58of one
01:10:58of the
01:10:59sheet
01:10:59music
01:10:59pages,
01:11:00it's
01:11:00not
01:11:00a
01:11:00staff,
01:11:01it's
01:11:01a
01:11:02single
01:11:02line
01:11:02of
01:11:02handwriting.
01:11:04Every
01:11:05letter
01:11:05is pressed
01:11:05deep
01:11:06into
01:11:06the
01:11:06paper,
01:11:07like
01:11:07she
01:11:07used
01:11:08all
01:11:08her
01:11:08strength
01:11:08to
01:11:09write
01:11:09it.
01:11:10Aurora,
01:11:11my
01:11:11dawn.