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00:00My husband faked being paralyzed in a wheelchair for three years.
00:04The night the ship caught fire, a burning beam injured my leg.
00:07I screamed his name until my throat tore open.
00:10He looked at me from that chair.
00:13Cold.
00:13Too far. I can't reach you.
00:16Crawl by yourself.
00:17Then his precious girl slipped off the deck.
00:19Ethan shot upright and sprinted to the railing,
00:22and dove into the black water without a second thought.
00:25I burned one of my legs in the fire.
00:27Lack of oxygen damaged my brain.
00:29My brain stopped at six years old.
00:31Permanent.
00:32Three years later, he found me on the street begging for change.
00:36He dropped to his knees, eyes red.
00:40You really sank this low just to hide from me?
00:43I tilted my head.
00:44Mister, your legs are just fine. Why are you kneeling?
00:47You want to learn how to beg?
00:49I only have one left.
00:51He didn't take my candy.
00:52His voice was loud.
00:54Nora! How long are you going to keep this up?
00:56I flinched, pulling my cracked bowl tight against my chest.
01:00Three dollars inside.
01:02That was my dinner money for the day.
01:04I can't let anyone take it from me.
01:06He grabbed my arm.
01:08Ow!
01:08Mister, that hurt! Stop it!
01:10I cried from the pain.
01:12My other hand squeezed the candy tight.
01:14Ryan had given it to me as a reward that morning, because I hadn't wet myself yesterday.
01:21Stop pretending!
01:22He forced my fingers open.
01:25In my palm sat a half-melted fruit-hard candy.
01:28Disgust flooded his eyes.
01:30Oh, thanks for that.
01:31He snatched it, threw it to the ground, and pressed his shoe down.
01:35No!
01:35I screamed.
01:36I don't know where the strength came from.
01:38I dropped to my hands and knees on the sidewalk, scraping at the candy dust stuck in the cracks.
01:42I shoved the sugary grit into my mouth, face wet with tears and snot.
01:46People around us stared.
01:48Someone pulled out a phone.
01:50Ethan looked at me, eyes on fire.
01:52He grabbed my collar and hauled me up.
01:56Nora.
02:00Nora, that's disgusting!
02:03I didn't look at him, just stared at the smear on the ground.
02:07Give it back!
02:08Mister, get my candy back!
02:09Ethan's jaw was tight.
02:11He picked me up and threw me into the back of a black car.
02:13I slapped the window and watched my cracked bowl sitting alone on the sidewalk.
02:17My money!
02:18That's my money!
02:19Ryan's gonna go hungry!
02:21He locked the door and told the driver to go.
02:24Then turned around and stared at me, all hate.
02:26That jerk can starve for all I care.
02:29Since you love performing so much, I'm taking you back to the one place you've been running from.
02:34The car pulled through the gate of a big house.
02:37Something about it felt familiar.
02:39I didn't let myself think about it.
02:41The walls were too white, like a hospital.
02:44The lights were too bright, like fire.
02:47The staff covered their noses when they saw me.
02:50He dropped me on the living room carpet.
02:52Clean her up.
02:53Don't ruin my floors.
02:54The maids dragged me into the bathroom.
02:57The faucet turned on.
02:58Hot water poured out.
02:59Steam rising.
03:01It's fire!
03:02Don't hurt me, man!
03:04The hot water on my skin felt like the flames on that ship.
03:08I wrapped my arms around my head.
03:10Shaking so hard, my teeth clipped.
03:12The maids held me down.
03:13I fought them, scratching a gash down one arm.
03:16Smack!
03:17She slapped me back.
03:18You crazy woman!
03:20When Ethan walked in, I was crammed into the corner of the tub like a wet dog.
03:24The burns on my back were exposed.
03:26A huge, tangled mess of scars branching like dead roots across my skin.
03:31His pupils contracted.
03:35He reached toward the scars but stopped halfway.
03:38Committed to the role, aren't you?
03:39Ethan?
03:40Then a soft voice at the door.
03:42Sienna walked in wearing a white ballet skirt.
03:45Clean and smooth, like a swan.
03:47I was a rat from the gutter.
03:50She saw the scars on my back.
03:51Her eyes flicked with something ugly, but she covered it fast.
03:54Nora, what happened to you?
03:56Why would you scratch the staff like that?
03:58I smelled her perfume, sneezed, and pointed at her.
04:01Lady, you stink.
04:03Her smile almost cracked.
04:04Ethan stepped in front of her immediately.
04:06Apologize to Sienna.
04:07Now.
04:08I didn't understand.
04:09She was the one who smelled.
04:10Why did I have to say sorry?
04:12I pressed my lips together and said nothing.
04:15Ethan ran out of patience.
04:16Hurry!
04:17Get her cleaned up.
04:18Then he turned and walked away.
04:20After changing my clothes, the maid dragged me into the living room.
04:24Ethan pulled a box from the closet.
04:26Inside were ballet shoes.
04:28He threw the shoes at my feet.
04:30Three years ago, those were the most precious thing I owned.
04:33Now when I saw them, I only felt pain in my legs.
04:37And the broken bones ached.
04:39You used to love dancing, didn't you?
04:41Put them on.
04:43Dance for me.
04:43I can't dance.
04:46Legs hurt.
04:47Don't burn me.
04:49He let out a cold laugh.
04:51Won't dance?
04:53Then you'll never dance again.
04:55He walked to the fireplace.
04:56The fire was burning.
04:58He let go.
04:59The flames swallowed them instantly.
05:01I watched the fire and something in my head snapped.
05:04A fire.
05:05A ship.
05:05My legs.
05:06I lost control right there on the floor.
05:09The warm liquid ran down my thighs.
05:11Sienna shrieked and buried her face in Ethan's chest.
05:14Ethan looked at the floor.
05:16His face went gray.
05:17The girl who used to walk like she owned every room she entered.
05:20She was really gone.
05:24Ethan locked me in a bedroom.
05:26But I was hungry.
05:27My stomach made noise.
05:28I missed the bread rolls Ryan bought me.
05:31A maid pushed me into a chair at the table.
05:34So much food.
05:34I didn't dare touch any of it.
05:37That night the mansion was loud.
05:39Ethan was hosting a dinner.
05:41Ethan sat at the head of the table.
05:44Sienna sat next to him like she owned the place.
05:48Eat.
05:49He said, watching me cold.
05:52Weren't you starving on the street?
05:54I looked at the steak in front of me.
05:55Raw.
05:56With blood.
05:57Oh, Nora.
05:59You've been staring at my cake.
06:01Do you want it?
06:02My eyes moved to the small cake in front of Sienna.
06:05Sienna noticed me looking.
06:06She smiled, then slid the plate toward me.
06:09I slowly reached out my hand.
06:11The second my fingers touched the plate, a sharp pain shot through my inner thigh.
06:16My hand jerked.
06:17The plate flipped.
06:18The cake landed all over Sienna's white dress.
06:21Scream everywhere.
06:22Oh, my dress!
06:24Nora, if you didn't want it, you could have just said so.
06:28Why would you throw it at me?
06:30Ethan gave me this dress.
06:32It's one of a kind.
06:36Nora!
06:41He glared at me.
06:46I crawled under the table, curled up with my arms over my head, shaking.
06:50I didn't do it.
06:52She pinched me.
06:53It hurt.
06:54It hurt so bad.
06:55I said, get out!
06:57You made the mess.
06:59You will clean it up.
07:00Ethan didn't believe me.
07:01Pick up the cake and eat it.
07:02Off the floor.
07:04I didn't want to come out, but scared of being hit, Sienna stood nearby, pretending to wipe
07:08her skirt.
07:08I crawled forward and reached for the cake pieces mixed with cream.
07:13Ow!
07:14The shard scattered into the cream.
07:15I didn't notice.
07:16Mister, it hurts.
07:18I'm bleeding.
07:20Ethan's face shifted, something like concern.
07:22Ethan, I feel sick.
07:25All the stress.
07:26I think I'm going to faint.
07:27Sienna collapsed against him, hand pressed to her chest.
07:31Take her downstairs.
07:32Lock her in the basement.
07:34No bandages, no food.
07:36Let her think about what she's done.
07:38The basement was dark.
07:39No windows, just mice.
07:41I sat in the corner and licked my wounds.
07:43The blood had dried.
07:44Sticky.
07:45So hungry.
07:46I wanted Ryan.
07:51Then a crash outside the door.
07:53Someone was kicking the iron door.
07:55Hard.
07:55Over and over.
08:00Then came the shouting.
08:01Get out of my way.
08:03Let me in.
08:03That voice.
08:04It was Ryan.
08:05My head shot up.
08:07My eyes went bright.
08:08Get out of my way.
08:09Let me in.
08:12Let me in.
08:14Ryan.
08:16Nora.
08:17I'm here.
08:19I stumbled toward the door.
08:21It burst open.
08:24Nora.
08:24Ryan came through, holding a bloody metal pipe, his clothes shredded and body
08:27covered in wounds.
08:29These animals.
08:30It's okay.
08:31I'm taking you home.
08:33Ethan came back with more guards blocking the door.
08:35So this is your guy.
08:36Ethan.
08:37Are you even human?
08:38She has the mind of a six-year-old.
08:40You're abusing someone who can't understand what's happening to her.
08:42Can't understand?
08:44She's putting on a better show than anyone.
08:45He waved his hand.
08:47The guards moved in.
08:48They pinned Ryan to the floor fast.
08:51Ethan walked over and stepped on Ryan's hand.
08:54That hand touched what's mine.
08:56Break it.
08:57Let him go.
08:59Let Ryan go.
09:03Ethan snatched the baseball bat from a guard and raised it high.
09:07Help me.
09:08Don't touch him.
09:09Ryan gives me candy.
09:10You're the bad one.
09:12Ethan looked at me covering another man.
09:14Fine.
09:15Fine.
09:16The jealousy wrecked his face.
09:18You love him that much?
09:20Then I'll break his fingers one by one while you watch.
09:24Nora, run!
09:25Don't worry about me!
09:26I saw the fruit knife.
09:27You wanted a hand.
09:28I'd give him one.
09:29I grabbed the knife and without hesitation drove it straight down onto my left winky.
09:33No!
09:34No!
09:36I picked up the severed finger and held it out to Ethan.
09:39I'm paying you back.
09:40Finger for finger.
09:41Let Ryan go.
09:43Okay?
09:44Ethan stared at the finger in my hand.
09:46He went still.
09:48It doesn't hurt anymore.
09:49Nora!
09:51Nora!
09:52Nora!
09:53Nora!
09:54Let him go.
09:56I passed out before I hit the floor.
10:01Hospitals smell bitter.
10:03I woke up with my left hand wrapped thick in bandages.
10:06Ryan wasn't there.
10:08Just Ethan sitting at the edge of the bed.
10:10He stubble on his jaw, eyes full of broken red lines.
10:14He looked sicker than me.
10:15When he saw me wake up, his hand shook.
10:18Nora.
10:19I pulled the blanket up, just my eyes looking out.
10:22I hate you with the finger.
10:25I said it quietly.
10:27Can I go home now?
10:29Ryan's waiting.
10:30The smile on Ethan's face froze.
10:32This is your home.
10:33I'm your husband.
10:35I'm Ethan.
10:36I shook my head.
10:38No.
10:39I pointed out the window toward the overpass.
10:42That's home.
10:43This is a cage.
10:44I tilted my head.
10:46Eyes clear.
10:47Brutal.
10:48I don't know any Ethan.
10:50I only remember that my husband didn't want me anymore.
10:53Ethan's face went white.
10:55Right then, the doctor walked in, file in hand.
10:58Sir, the results are back.
11:00He clipped the scans to the light board.
11:02The patient has sustained chronic damage to the hippocampus.
11:06Her cognitive function genuinely tests at the level of a five or six year old.
11:11This isn't performance.
11:12This is irreversible.
11:13The doctor paused, then pointed to another scan.
11:16The burn injuries on her body date back three years.
11:20Some of the wounds reached bone.
11:22Her leg bones suffered a severe fracture and healed badly.
11:26That's why she walks with a limp.
11:28Ethan's hands started shaking hard.
11:31Three years ago, the cruise ship fire.
11:33He thought I'd gotten out clean, but I hadn't.
11:36That's impossible.
11:38The words came out barely above a whisper.
11:42She's acting.
11:44She's always been good at lying.
11:45Ethan!
11:46Then Sienna burst through the door, casserole dish in her hands.
11:50Face all worry.
11:51Obviously, that trash collector paid off the doctors.
11:54Nora used to be an actress.
11:56Literally award winning.
11:57Look at her eyes.
11:59Does that look like someone who doesn't understand anything?
12:02She's calculating every move.
12:03I saw Sienna's face twisted up.
12:06I got scared and stepped behind Ethan and grabbed the back of his shirt.
12:10Bad woman.
12:12She always wants to hurt me.
12:14Ethan felt me flinch behind him.
12:17Then he looked at Sienna screaming.
12:19For the first time, something cracked in the wall he'd built inside himself.
12:24If she was really gone, then what had he been doing these three years?
12:28He had driven a woman with a child's mind and a body full of wounds into begging on the streets.
12:34Made her cut off her own finger to buy someone else's freedom.
12:40Ethan still didn't believe it.
12:43To test whether I was faking, he set up a so-called recovery session, which was just forcing me to
12:49dance.
12:49The studio had mirrors on every wall.
12:52I hated mirrors.
12:53The person in them looked like a ghost.
12:56My legs are broken.
12:58I can't move.
12:59I held onto a post and wouldn't let go.
13:02The trainer grabbed my leg and pulled.
13:04Cold sweat poured down my face.
13:06My screams bounced off the empty room.
13:09Real pain.
13:10The kind you can't fake.
13:12Like something tearing from the root.
13:14Ethan, help me.
13:16I cried it out.
13:17The name carved into my bones came out on its own.
13:20Ethan stood in the doorway, cigarette in his hand.
13:24When he heard me say his name, his fingers went still.
13:27But he didn't move.
13:28He just waited.
13:30Waiting for me to break character.
13:31To stand up and dance a perfect Swan Lake.
13:34Sienna was in her practice clothes, spinning gracefully nearby.
13:39See, Nora?
13:40It's easy.
13:41You used to be first chair.
13:43A little pain is nothing.
13:45She spun close and looked down at me on the floor.
13:47You look like a broken little bird.
13:50Pathetic.
13:51Ethan can't even stand to look at you.
13:53I didn't catch all of it, but I understood pathetic.
13:57Sienna covered her mouth and laughed.
13:59Look at you.
14:01Can't even get up off the floor.
14:03Like a little duck.
14:04Duck.
14:05That word went in like a needle.
14:07That was what our old instructor used to call students who couldn't get the steps right.
14:11I snapped, arched, and opened to see.
14:14Locking my jaw and refusing to let go.
14:17Sienna screamed, kicking at my head.
14:21Ethan shoved me away.
14:23My head hit the mirror.
14:24The mirror shattered.
14:25I lay in the broken glass, face covered in blood, eyes empty on the ceiling.
14:30Ethan looked at the reflection.
14:32The woman bleeding on the floor, staring at nothing.
14:35For a second it overlapped with the memory of Nora blazing on a stage.
14:39The distance between those two images stole the air from his lungs.
14:43He looked at the bite mark on Sienna's leg, then at the blood on my head, before turning away.
14:49Lock her up.
14:50No food until I say so.
14:52He couldn't look at me.
14:54My wound got infected.
14:55That night, the fever hit hard.
14:57My whole body felt like it had been thrown into a furnace.
15:01Dreams full of fire.
15:02Red fire.
15:03Black smoke.
15:04And that man in the wheelchair, watching me cold.
15:07Too far.
15:08I can't reach you.
15:09Crawl by yourself.
15:10I curled up in bed, mumbling without stopping.
15:14Ethan, help me.
15:16Help me.
15:17My legs hurt.
15:19Don't leave me.
15:21The maid on night duty fell asleep in the front hall.
15:23The door crept open.
15:26Sienna slipped in, pillow in her hands.
15:28The moonlight hitting her face and making it look wrong.
15:31She walked to the bed, heard me saying Ethan's name.
15:35Her eyes went vicious.
15:38Even a brain-dead girl remembers his name?
15:41Nora.
15:42Why won't you just die?
15:44If you're gone, Ethan is all mine.
15:47She pushed the pillow down hard over my face.
15:52I couldn't breathe.
15:54I thrashed, arms and legs swinging.
15:56But I was too weak to push her off.
15:58The air ran out.
16:00My lungs felt like they were going to burst.
16:02Just as my vision started going dark.
16:05Just as I thought I was dying again.
16:07The door slammed open.
16:09Ethan's voice cracked the room like thunder.
16:11What are you doing?
16:12He'd come because he couldn't sleep, so came to see if I was still alive.
16:17Sienna flinched, let go fast, and pretended to be fixing my pillow.
16:22Ethan!
16:23Nora seemed like she couldn't breathe.
16:25I was just adjusting.
16:27I sucked in air.
16:29Big, gulping breaths.
16:30The fever gave me hallucinations.
16:33I looked up and saw Ethan's face clearly.
16:36For one second, time slid backward.
16:39Three years back.
16:40Before I broke.
16:41Before he changed.
16:43Honey.
16:44I cried, reached out, and grabbed his sleeve.
16:47Help me.
16:48It hurts.
16:50One moment of clarity.
16:51Like a candle flaring before it goes out.
16:53Ethan froze.
16:55Three years.
16:56First time I'd called him honey, not mister.
16:58Tears came up fast.
17:00Nora.
17:02I'm here.
17:03Then the next second, my eyes went blank.
17:05My hand dropped.
17:06I was gone again.
17:07I looked at Sienna in terror and shrank into Ethan's chest.
17:12Bad woman.
17:14Bad woman.
17:14Wants to hurt me.
17:16Pillow.
17:17Can't breathe.
17:19Ethan snapped his head towards Sienna.
17:21First time his eyes held something that looked like murder.
17:23Get out.
17:26After that, Ethan started digging everything.
17:29He had Ryan pulled out of holding.
17:31Ryan came out carrying a black plastic bag and dropped it straight onto Ethan's desk.
17:37Ryan said coldly.
17:38She wrote these.
17:40Pull the paper out of trash cans.
17:42Read them yourself.
17:43When you're done, you'll know exactly what kind of trash you are.
17:46Ethan's hand shook as he opened the bag.
17:49Inside was cigarette box cardboard.
17:51Torn newspaper scraps.
17:52Candy wrappers.
17:54Covered in writing.
17:55Uneven, wobbly letters.
17:57Big and small mixed together.
17:59Like a little kid's hand.
18:00Legs hurt bad today.
18:02It rained.
18:03Ryan found me some fever pills from a trash bag.
18:05Pills taste gross.
18:07Want candy.
18:09Saw a man today.
18:10Who looked like someone I know.
18:12He didn't look at me.
18:13Am I too dirty?
18:14I want to dance so bad, but my legs are ugly.
18:17Like centipods.
18:19I don't remember who I am anymore, but I remember I loved someone once.
18:24That person's name was...
18:26The name was scribbled out.
18:28The paper was torn through from pressing too hard.
18:30She'd wanted to write it, but couldn't make herself do it.
18:34Ethan turned to the last page.
18:35A drawing.
18:36Done on a fast food tray liner.
18:39Big flames.
18:40A man in a wheelchair.
18:41Back turned to a little girl.
18:42Running away holding another woman.
18:44The little girl's legs were broken.
18:46She was crying.
18:47Under the drawing, one line of writing.
18:50My husband doesn't want me anymore.
18:52I don't want him either.
18:54I'm saving my candy for Ryan.
18:57A teardrop had landed on the paper.
18:59It blurred the word husband into nothing.
19:02Ethan looked at those words and couldn't breathe.
19:05He finally understood these three years.
19:08What kind of hell I had been living in.
19:10He thought I'd been hiding from him on purpose, but I'd been begging.
19:14Pulling food out of dumpsters.
19:15Enduring pain every single day while he blamed me and hurt me more.
19:19Ethan made a sound like an animal.
19:22He pulled all those scraps of paper against his chest.
19:25Is there any way she gets better?
19:29Ethan.
19:30Love that shows up this late isn't worth the dirt it crawls in on.
19:34Ethan went frantic trying to fix things.
19:36Wrapping every sharp corner in the mansion with padding.
19:39Throwing Sienna out.
19:40And buying boxes and boxes of imported limited edition gold foil wrapped candy.
19:45Filling my room until you couldn't see the floor.
19:47Nora.
19:48Have some candy.
19:51It's all yours.
19:53Eat as much as you want.
19:54No.
19:58I reached into my pocket and pulled out a candy wrapper.
20:01The one he'd stomped on.
20:03The one I'd secretly gone back and picked up.
20:05This one is sweet.
20:08Nora.
20:09That's not clean.
20:09Don't.
20:11Don't hit me, mister.
20:13Don't hit me, mister.
20:15I'll be going to eat candy.
20:17Don't hit my hands.
20:22Nora.
20:23It's me.
20:24It's Ethan.
20:25I'm your husband.
20:26Will you just look at me, okay?
20:28I was wrong.
20:29I was so wrong.
20:31You can hit me.
20:32Just don't be scared of me.
20:33Mister.
20:34Mister.
20:35Your legs aren't broken.
20:36Broken.
20:37Why are you kneeling?
20:39You trying to beg too?
20:40I don't have any candy left though.
20:46It didn't matter what he said.
20:48There was no Ethan in my world anymore.
20:50Just the bad mister and the good Ryan.
20:52Ethan finally got it.
20:53Some damage doesn't go away.
20:55Sienna wasn't finished.
20:56She'd lost everything.
20:57She wanted to drag me down with her.
20:59She pressured the company board members, forced Ethan to bring me to a press event.
21:03Ethan wanted to refuse.
21:05But I overheard Sienna on the phone.
21:07She said Ryan would be waiting for me at the event.
21:09I had to find Ryan.
21:11So I slipped past the guards when they weren't looking.
21:14The venue was packed.
21:15Camera flashes popped like lightning.
21:17I said it soft.
21:19Ryan.
21:19Sienna came charging out from backstage and pretended to trip.
21:24She grabbed the hem of my long skirt on the way down.
21:26Under the bright cameras, the burns on my legs were in full view.
21:31Taken by a falling beam the night I pulled Ethan away from the fire.
21:38Oh my god.
21:39Is this abuse?
21:40Wait, didn't they say she was faking?
21:41Those are old scars.
21:42Three years old at least.
21:43Didn't Ethan say she walked away without a scratch?
21:45Don't look.
21:46Ugly.
21:46It's ugly.
21:47Don't look at the scars.
21:49Ethan ran onto the stage like something had snapped in him.
21:51He pulled off his jacket and wrapped it tight around me.
21:54Eyes burning red, he turned to the cameras.
21:56Get back!
21:57All of you!
21:58Back up!
21:58He held me like I was the only thing left worth holding.
22:01Too late.
22:02Everyone had seen it.
22:04I huddled against his chest, still crying.
22:06Dress is ruined.
22:08I'm going to get hit again.
22:16No one is hitting narrow.
22:20Ever.
22:21Sienna was done.
22:22She decided if she was going down, I was going with her.
22:25While Ethan was dealing with the media fallout, she paid off a driver and had me grabbed.
22:30I was taken to an abandoned factory outside the city.
22:33Sienna splashed gasoline and lit the old tires stacked around the building.
22:39Nora, just die!
22:42Once you're gone, Ethan is mine.
22:45He'll only remember me!
22:47He'll only remember me!
22:49The flames woke up the deepest heart of my fear.
22:54Fire.
22:55Fire!
22:56I screamed and grabbed my head.
22:58I was back on that cruise ship.
22:59Back in that night.
23:00That was hell.
23:02Ethan and Ryan arrived at the same time.
23:04Stop!
23:09Sienna saw him and smiled wider.
23:11Ethan, you came.
23:13Perfect.
23:14We can all go together.
23:16She dropped the lighter.
23:18Then the fire exploded out of control.
23:20Beams began to fall.
23:25Ethan and Ryan both ran into the flames.
23:27The fire was too big.
23:29Only one person could be carried out.
23:31This time, Ethan didn't hesitate.
23:33He sprinted to me.
23:54Ethan and Ryan both ran into the flame.
24:02He did leave the fire away.
24:04me. Nora, don't be scared. This time, I'm the one saving you. Go. Now.
24:19Take her out.
24:23Ryan grabbed me and ran. Ethan was trapped. The beam had his legs pinned. He couldn't move. I
24:29was over Ryan's shoulder. I looked back once. In the firelight, Ethan was watching me, waiting.
24:35Waiting for even the smallest sign that I didn't want to leave him behind. There was
24:39nothing. My eyes only held fear of the fire.
24:42Run faster! Ryan, run!
24:46Ethan watched my back until it disappeared. In the middle of the fire, he smiled. Faint.
24:52Broken. This was what he deserved. He hadn't saved me. I didn't save him. Fair.
25:01Ethan didn't die. The firefighters got there in time. But the damage was bad, and he was
25:06out for three months. When he woke up, his legs were gone for real. Nerves severed. He'd never
25:12walk again. First thing he did when he opened his eyes was ask for me.
25:18Where's Nora?
25:19Sir. Ryan took her. They left.
25:24Where?
25:25Nobody knows. Nobody can find them.
25:29Ethan went everywhere, looking for me. He sold the company and the mansion. Just to find the girl who
25:35liked candy. One year later, Ethan finally found me in a small coastal town. Late
25:43afternoon light, I was in a sundress spinning in clumsy circles on the beach, still limping,
25:49but smiling wide. Ryan sat nearby, unwrapping taffy from a bag, one piece at a time.
25:56I want more, Ryan. Slow down. You're gonna rot your teeth. Okay.
26:13Ethan sat in his wheelchair, behind a low white fence far away, watching. His tears had run dry. He
26:21pushed the chair forward, trying to get closer. The wheels crunching over the sand caught my
26:25attention. I turned around and saw him. Ethan's heart went to his throat. He opened his mouth
26:31and tried to say my name. But I just looked at him for a second, eyes blank, cautious.
26:38I turned and hid behind Ryan, pointing at Ethan.
26:43Ryan, there's a weird man over there. He keeps staring at my candy.
26:48Ryan looked up, cold eyes on Ethan. In that look, there was contempt and the kind of pity that only
26:54a
26:54winner can afford. Ignore him. He's just a beggar. Oh, pathetic.
27:03I took the candy wrapper I'd just peeled off, crumpled it up, walked to the trash can,
27:08dropped it in. Then I took Ryan's hand and walked away without looking back.
27:19Ryan, are we getting fish for dinner? Yeah, fish.
27:23The setting sun stretched our shadows long across the sand. Ethan sat alone in his wheelchair,
27:29watching my shadow disappear into the light.
27:33His hands shook as he pushed himself over to that trash can. He didn't care how dirty it was.
27:40He reached in and found the wrapper I had thrown away, held it tight in his fist and pressed it
27:45to
27:45his chest. Nora. He sobbed. The kind that sounds like a man the whole world has thrown out.
27:53Joan in the sand.
27:55Than a friend read,
27:57Heとはよく nutrition Thanks for
27:58You
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