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