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he took my house i took everything 🥑🥑
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00:08because i couldn't bear him the sun lucas abandoned me and our daughter on a snow-covered highway
00:14in freezing weather then drove off without a second glance to spend a joyful new year with
00:21his next wife this cruel manly shed a tear when he saw our coffins
00:30i thought lucas reed was pulling over to pee leila's asleep grace get lena out of the car
00:38lucas it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing
00:44december 23 23 degrees fahrenheit held leila and watched him restart the engine the taillights
00:51got smaller and losser in the snow until they disappeared the snow kept falling i stood by
00:56the guardrail trying to block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy he's at grandma's
01:04aunt lucy's coming to get us but i'm cold
01:09i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around her head my phone had only 30 percent battery left
01:17i called lucy once twice three times she finally picked up hey lucy your brother said you're picking
01:25us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned it i'm at a party right now though can't
01:31leave just
01:31wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out here lena can't god you're so dramatic just wait okay
01:37lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need to get home waiting a bit won't kill you too
01:41i stood there fingers stiff then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in my arms
01:53mommy i want to go home we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon four years
02:02of marriage i never
02:03knew he could be this cruel dumped his own wife and daughter on the highway for sophia's kid because
02:09vivian said she didn't want to sit with a dirty kid headlights appeared in the distant i waved
02:15here a black suv slowed down stopped the window rolled down a young guy need help can you take us
02:26to the next rest stop please get in thank you grace what are you doing out here where's lucas
02:36i told henry what happened is he insane he left you and leila out here sophie's kid matters but his
02:45own daughter doesn't lee squeeze them in now
02:52no room look at her face she's turning blue i climbed into the back with leila heat hit my frozen
03:01skin it hurt call me when you get to the rest stop i'll make lucas come get you
03:06henry you'll freeze out here i'll survive just take care of the kid go the car pulled away henry
03:12stood in the snow getting smaller the car pulled away i looked through the back window henry stood in
03:20the snow getting smaller leila slept in my arms her cheeks were still too red i touched her forehead
03:27burning can you go faster she has a fever lee not me nodded stepped on gas stepped on the gas
03:36i reached for my phone no signal
03:42how far is it to the rest stop 12 miles half an hour easy
03:49i held leila tighter kept checking her forehead hotter baby wake up don't close your eyes
03:57don't close your eyes i know we're almost there just hold on
04:03she started coughing hard her little face turned blue i patted her back the tears finally came
04:14please faster i'm going as fast as i can the roads are icy the cough got worse her breathing
04:23sounded like a broken whistle i can't breathe
04:28man's after coat her chest was heaving pneumonia she almost died from it last year lena look at me
04:34stay awake mommy's going to tell you a story about the bunny her eyes fluttered her breathing got
04:41shallower someone help she's dying please no one answered just the sound of the wind and snow
04:47howling outside the car finally pulled into the restroom is there a doctor please she's sick
04:55there's no doctor here towers down lines are dead my knees buckled leila was silent in my arms
05:05fever in me of the grace lena try giving her these
05:14please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with this snow
05:19all right i'll try yes go now
05:24leila remember you wanted to go to disney world mommy's taking you we'll ride the biggest carousel
05:31you're going to wear that elsa dress right and universal studios they have transformers we'll go
05:38see your hero her eyelashes fluttered but she didn't open her eyes my phone buzzed a signal
05:45i dialed lucas with shaking fingers
05:51hello lucas lena is sick it's bad where are you lena on the way to the community hospital
06:00you need to come grace lucy's picking you up isn't she she didn't come she never came
06:12that's not possible she just posted on social media said she was on her way i opened the app
06:17and found lucy's profile her latest post 10 minutes ago a selfie highway in the background
06:24the caption picking up grace the location tag said 60 miles away she hadn't moved an inch
06:29she was lying to lucas she was lying to me grace sophie and vivian just got here my mom's happy
06:36don't
06:36leave her when lucy picks you up take leila to the camera let's get fingers it's warm
06:41she's not going to die stop being dramatic don't want to see her
06:45i held the phone my blood ran cold
06:49your husband
06:53i nodded
06:54master hold on i'm taking a shortcut that kid is not dying on my watch
07:01he turned onto a back road the snow got heavier i could barely hear lena breathing anymore
07:07i felt for her heartbeat so faint hello don't do this to mommy mommy was wrong i should have
07:13never been such a fool mommy was wrong to marry him mommy sorry i'm so sorry i was crying as
07:18i
07:18reached into my pocket i pulled out a small metal disc about the size of a button dad gave it
07:24to me
07:24grace if the reeds ever hurt you or laylee push this but i want one more thing no sound
07:29but i knew the signal went out dad said his people would be there within three hours
07:34but three hours could layla last three hours community hospital finally came to view
07:40acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get the crash cart ready they stopped me at the door
07:48i stood behind the glass watch them intubate her hook her up to monitors her tiny body on that bed
07:55i felt so helpless like i was watching her die
07:59i collapsed in the corner shaking my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing
08:06grace where are you my mom's waiting
08:10hello
08:11hospital
08:13they're resuscitating layla what why are you at a hospital where's lucy she never came
08:21that's impossible she just texted me said she picked you up i opened the family group chat
08:2720 minutes ago a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached a woman's
08:33silhouette in the passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was lying
08:38to him with a pre-planned photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to come
08:46for christmas do you because sophie's here you're jealous so you made this up
08:53you think i'm lying otherwise what lucy has no reason to lie to me she's my sister
09:00what are you lucas if layla dies tonight i will never forgive you whatever my mom says sophie can
09:07still bore me a son you can't so step aside the line went dead i slid down the wall
09:16family
09:21i'm here
09:23we saved her but there's something you need to see but what oxygen deprivation too long
09:31there's brain damage she may never walk or talk or think like a normal child the room spun i grabbed
09:38the wall she's still so young we did everything we could get her admitted the bills won't be cheap
09:49i stumbled to the billing window
09:54insufficient funds lucas gave me three thousand a month
09:59i called him
10:01what now leila needs surgery transfer me fifty thousand
10:05fifty thousand fifty thousand what am i an atm a printing press
10:12lucas she's your daughter a girl even if she recovers she's worthless i hung up stood at the window
10:25can we start the treatment first i'll pay later sorry hospital policy deposit first
10:32i walked outside into the snow my phone buzzed henry
10:41henry do me a favor anything if i die take care of leila what the hell are you talking about
10:49i have no money leila has no future lucas doesn't want her
10:54i don't either dump her in foster care at least she'll live don't do anything stupid
11:00where are you i'm coming no i hung up
11:06turned off the phone
11:09walked back to the room leila lay on the bed tubes everywhere her pale face like she was just sleeping
11:17i
11:18held her hand i kissed the forehead then turned and walked out the hospital roof was cold with wind
11:28and snow i stood at the edge looking down
11:33people looked so small down there jumping would end everything leila would be given away lucas would
11:39marry sophie everyone would be happy except me and leila i closed my eyes and leaned forward then
11:45someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back hard i hit the ground and looked up men in black suits
11:50stood around me the one in front was in his 50s with gray hair he took off his sunglasses his
11:55eyes red
11:56grace
12:00dad they put me on a private helicopter leila came too a doctor on board took over immediately intracranial
12:06pressure too high she needs surgery now call the main hospital tell them to clear the o.r
12:11dad held my hand he wouldn't stop shaking i'm sorry sweetheart i came too late i'm sorry dad
12:19what's going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he knew
12:25we had money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought
12:31as
12:31long as he treated you well it was fine but i never expected he looked at leila unconscious and his
12:37tears
12:37about never expected them to be this cruel to abuse my granddaughter like this the helicopter landed
12:45on the roof of city general they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best
12:51equipment read group before the market opens tomorrow i wanted to crash terminate every partnership call the
12:58banks you know what to do grace i'm giving you two choices first divorce him take the money take
13:06leila broad never come back second stay watch the weeds fall i thought about it second but i want one
13:19one more thing one more thing father what find two bodies one exactly like mine and a little girls
13:26like leila's frozen to death on the side of the highway i want them to think i'm dead then i
13:31want to
13:31watch them celebrate watch them celebrate christmas while leila and i are dead done the bodies looked real
13:39one adult one child lying in the snow by the highway when they were found they were already frozen the
13:46call
13:47came while the reeds were eating christmas dinner the table was full of laughter grandma oh vivian sophie
13:52is so much better her daughter is well behaved not like grace that little brat of hers was always
13:57crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the husband of grace reed we found two bodies by the
14:05highway you need to come identify them what did you say grace and leila froze to death
14:15lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue the cop led him to the viewing room the drawer
14:22slid open
14:22two bodies one big one small the big one wore my coat the small one curled in her arms like
14:30she was
14:31sleeping are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached out to touch my face but his
14:38hands wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them we checked the cameras your sister's car never
14:45hit the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the victim's phone we found an audio
14:49recording of her last call to you 7 pm she said the child was begging you to help you said
14:52you said a
14:53girl even if she recovered she's worthless i thought i thought she was lying i didn't know i didn't think
15:00she really if you'd known would you have gone silence lucas had no answer oh my god leila my little
15:13girl how could this happen i even haven't seen you alone lucas this is for the best grace is gone
15:21now you can have sophie mom that's my daughter your granddaughter so what she's dead that saves
15:31your divorce settlement tell the cop to create them already don't ruin christmas ma'am these are two
15:38human beings so what not your problem let's go sophie's waiting for us
15:48wait
15:51grace
15:54i'm sorry i was wrong
15:58i didn't i never thought why are you apologizing she was just unlucky shut up we must bring them home
16:07mrs reed didn't dare to say another word
16:12the reeds held a memorial
16:15lucas i didn't mean to i was just hanging with friends
16:18lost track of time how was i supposed to know they'd actually die lost track of time two people
16:23you lost track of time what do you want me to do die for her she's not worth it
16:32get out i don't want to see you again you're not my sister
16:39lucas i'm so sorry grace wouldn't want you to be like this they were doing what it happened
16:43freezing to death on the highway waiting for someone who was never coming that was your sister's
16:48fault not mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two lives i keep thinking what if
16:54i'd answered the phone what if i'd gone to get them what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace
17:02is
17:02dead i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas slid down the wall and sat against the coffin
17:07on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake ridiculous people only cry when it's too late
17:17after grace's death things moved fast the reed empire started to crumble first their biggest
17:23client walked signed a 10-year deal with their rival overnight then the banks called in their loans
17:27and the whole cash flow dried up suppliers showed up at the door all at once demanding payment
17:35the company is dying do you understand so what we still have money money mom we're going bankrupt
17:43the house the cars the savings all of it gone to pay debts you might not even be able to
17:48afford food
17:48soon that's impossible nothing's impossible mr reed did you like my gift who is this you don't need to
17:59know all you need to know is this is just the beginning the debt you owe the entire reed family
18:03will pay it read group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off
18:08mrs reed moved out of the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school
18:16lucas didn't stop her he went back to the funeral home the coffins were still there
18:21he bribed the night guard with his last few dollars so he could sleep on the floor
18:27you ruined the family for a dead woman what about mom then who will pay the price for grace
18:33who will answer for layla she left crying and never came back lucas started looking for work
18:39but no one wanted a bankrupt boss with a bad reputation he ended up as a waiter start today
18:44wash dishes okay grace today i carried 300 plates my hands are falling off in the old days you would
18:50have told me to take it easy why was i so stupid you were so good layla was so cute
18:54how did i get
18:55so lost listening to mom that's right daddy
19:00layla daddy sorry you love strawberry cake daddy gets paid tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't
19:04know this late guilt meant nothing next morning lucas went to the diner early lucas table three is waiting
19:13lunch break he squatted on the back steps of the diner hey you okay nothing got something in my eye
19:20i heard you used to be a big shot how'd you end up like this got what i deserved he
19:25didn't want to talk
19:26some pain you swallow alone he thought about grace's last call her horse voice layla dying
19:31would everything have been different shift ended lucas didn't go straight to the funeral home
19:38he took a detour to the bakery downtown give me the smallest one back at the funeral home layla
19:44daddy bought you cake try it it's your favorite grace have a bite too you always said i wasted money
19:50never bought the expensive cake now i bought it i want you tasty he sat there until the candles burned
19:56out next morning he took the receipt and went back to the bakery one strawberry cake you again there's a
20:02mother and daughter who come here a lot they were just here a couple days ago the little girl is
20:05so cute
20:05two pigtails pointed at the cake and said she wanted to surprise her mom what did you say they
20:10came here two days ago the girl had pigtails really cute yes i remember clearly she was so
20:15excited about the cake really did they look like this the build matches but the little girl looks
20:19just like that he was going to find them first the park where he used to take layla he walked
20:27every
20:27path and shouted layla grace where are you the wind ate his voice no answer he went to the
20:35spot where they used to feed pigeons he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was
20:40wrong please come out please every day after his shift he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere
20:50malls playgrounds the preschool the bookstore grace used to love every place he could think of
20:58he's crazy lucas they're gone you need to move on he didn't listen he knew grace and layla were alive
21:06he would find them one day he went to a preschool the one grace once said she'd send layla to
21:12when she
21:12was older then he saw her the way she moved her smile it was layla he pushed open the gate
21:20and ran in
21:20layla fear flooded her eyes she ran behind a man in a suit she's my daughter i'm her father
21:26move sir i don't know you i don't know what you're talking about this is my employer's daughter leave
21:32now or i'll call the police don't touch me you're a bad guy you hurt mommy you left us in
21:40the snow
21:41mommy said you died don't come near us the disgust it stabbed right through his heart he finally
21:47understood what he'd done to her then a black sedan pulled up and parked by the gate the back window
21:52rolled down revealing a face he'd never forgotten it's been a long time lucas grace you're really not
22:14dead mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab me mommy knows mommy will protect you i i wanted
22:22to see
22:23layla i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to you both of you just
22:31give me one more chance
22:32let me take care of you and layla i'll spend the rest of my life making this right i'll do
22:36anything some mistakes can never be undone you treated us the way you did now you live with
22:44the consequences two choices one leave now and never show your face in front of me or layla again
22:49two i call the cops and press charges for child abandonment and reckless endangerment
22:54i have layla's medical records and your phone call recordings all saved
23:00no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter i can't live without her let me see her just once
23:09please
23:11i promise after that i'll go she's not your daughter the moment you left her on that highway
23:19you lost the right to be her father have some dignity if you keep this up i'll call the police
23:26who are you why are you interfering with my family allow me to introduce myself i'm the assistant to
23:33the chairman of bennett group miss bennett is the sole air stare to the bennett fortune she's now taken
23:38full control of the company you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad pretended to be
23:48poor to see if you loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you disappointed me
23:54grace let go of me mr reed stay down
24:02what's there to look at this isn't our house anymore why are you embarrassing yourself
24:08lucy i found grace and layla they're not dead they're alive so what they're doing fine now why
24:15would they want anything to do with a loser like you i know i was wrong i want to make
24:18it up to them
24:19make it up with what you have nothing can't even support yourself you're insane lucy please help me
24:24i just want to see lena once i'm not helping you you're the one who left them on the highway
24:28you ruin
24:29this family i'm doing fine now stay away from me what do you want i told you don't come here
24:35grace and layla they're alive so what what does that have to do with me i just want to live
24:40my life in
24:41peace mom i want to make it up to them can you help me help you with what money you're
24:47broke you
24:48can't even feed yourself and you want to make things right you know what if you just listened
24:51to me and never married grace none of this would have happened now sophie's gone too this is all your
24:56fault mom why can you say that layla is your granddaughter so what i don't care dead or alive
25:03doesn't matter don't come back you're not my son anymore
25:11sophie you said you were going back to your hometown lucas are you insane who the hell are you touch
25:16my
25:16girl again sophie tell me what if grace and layla on the highway for you lost my family for you
25:22and
25:22this is how you treat me lucas you don't actually think i liked you do you you've messes reed likes
25:28me that's why i came around you think i wanted to look at her mean face the highway you think
25:31vivian
25:31was just being a brat i told her make a scene refused to sit with grace and layla and i'd
25:36buy
25:36her the whole elsa collection lucas from the start i wanted grace gone i wanted her to die in that
25:41snow
25:41only then could i take her place too bad she survived get lost come near sophie again i'll kill you
26:01remember me december 23rd a three-year-old girl pneumonia oxygen deprivation her mom brought her
26:08in how is she is she okay you have the guts to ask her mom carried her in knees where
26:12were you
26:12she almost died in that er you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars now you want to know how she is
26:17she was transferred to city general top specialist three days and three nights to pull her back to
26:21life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she hears the word
26:25highway
26:26nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't that the former owner
26:31of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and daughter on the highway
26:35then went
26:36bankrupt wife and daughter died karma grace
26:48lucas what do you want i want to see layla just once i promise after that i'll leave you
26:53alone i know i was wrong i know i think about every day about you about layla please give me
26:59one
26:59more chance one more chance said to get rid of her where was her chance then lucas some mistakes can
27:12never be found this morning his rental suicide
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