Too Late for Goodbye - Full HD Movie
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00:00A month after I died of cancer, Arthur Pendleton Stinnell thought I was throwing a tantrum.
00:07He was waiting for me to come back and apologize to his first love, Vivian Wright.
00:12It wasn't until Vivian's birthday, when she wanted to invite me, that Arthur finally called.
00:18His voice was cold.
00:21Charlotte Hayes, do you realize your mistake yet?
00:26On the other end of the line, my friend's voice choked with sobs.
00:31Charlotte has been dead for a month.
00:34Three years ago, I married Arthur Pendleton.
00:36I loved him.
00:38I had loved him since high school.
00:40He saved me from my abusive foster family when no one else would.
00:44I thought marriage meant he finally saw me.
00:46But on our wedding night, Vivian had an accident abroad.
00:50He rushed to her side without a second thought.
00:52Vivian sent me a photo of him sleeping in her bed.
00:55Borrowing your husband for a night, I'll return him tomorrow.
00:58I told myself it was fine.
01:00He would come home.
01:01He did come home.
01:02But his heart.
01:03Never did.
01:05Now I was dead.
01:06My soul trapped by his side.
01:09Watching him live his life as if I never existed.
01:13In the third year of my marriage,
01:15I was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer.
01:19The doctor recommended surgery.
01:22The day before, I called Arthur.
01:25What is it?
01:27His tone was incredibly impatient.
01:30Arthur.
01:32I'm having surgery tomorrow.
01:34He cut me off coldly.
01:36Charlotte.
01:36Do you think faking an illness will make me forgive what you did to Vivian?
01:40If you want my forgiveness,
01:41come and apologize to her.
01:44I'm not faking it.
01:45I'm really...
01:46He interrupted me again.
01:48I'm busy.
01:49I don't have time to argue with you.
01:51If you're really sick,
01:53let me know when you're dead so I can collect your body.
01:56He hung up.
01:58I closed my eyes and put down my phone.
02:00A week earlier,
02:02when I was first diagnosed,
02:04I went to find him.
02:07He and Vivian were getting ready to go rowing.
02:09I wanted to leave,
02:11but Vivian grabbed me and pulled me onto the boat.
02:14She wanted to show off their lovey-dovey act right in front of me,
02:18just to mess with me.
02:19When the boat reached the middle of the lake,
02:21Vivian reached out to touch the water,
02:23and then noops,
02:24she suddenly fell right in.
02:26I risked my life to save her,
02:29but once ashore,
02:30she claimed I pushed her.
02:33Arthur believed her.
02:35We had a massive fight.
02:38Charlotte!
02:39Why doesn't a vicious woman like you just die?
02:42He didn't know I was actually dying.
02:45Just as Arthur wished,
02:46I died on the operating table.
02:49After I died,
02:51At Julian collected my body.
02:53We came from the same orphanage.
02:56He was my best friend.
02:59Furious at Arthur's indifference,
03:01At Julian didn't tell him about my death.
03:04He took my ashes back to the orphanage
03:09and buried me on the back hill.
03:13Dandelions covered the slopes.
03:15Beautiful when the wind blew.
03:17After death,
03:18my soul didn't dissipate.
03:20I was trapped by At Arthur's side,
03:23confined within five meters of him.
03:25In the month since my death,
03:27Vivian had caught a cold.
03:29Arthur visited her every day,
03:31cooked for her,
03:32cared for her with devotion.
03:35He reminded her to put on more clothes
03:37when it got cold.
03:38He made her hangover soup
03:40when she got drunk.
03:42He handed her tissues
03:43when she cried over a sad movie.
03:45His voice was so gentle,
03:47it practically melted.
03:49I remembered doing all these things for him.
03:51He took everything he learned from me
03:53and used it all on another woman.
03:56When they were together,
03:59Vivian would occasionally mention me.
04:01Arthur,
04:02has Charlotte not contacted you?
04:04Maybe you shouldn't be mad at her.
04:06I know the truth.
04:07You don't need to make excuses for her.
04:10That night,
04:11Arthur worked overtime
04:12and came home late.
04:13He didn't go to the bedroom.
04:15He entered the study instead.
04:18Since I died,
04:19he seemed to have become busy.
04:21Working overtime late
04:22into the night every day,
04:24not giving himself a moment to breathe.
04:28After finishing his work,
04:29he went to the balcony.
04:33The moonlight was bright.
04:35He lit a cigarette
04:36and leaned against the railing.
04:39His face showed no expression,
04:41but I detected his irritability.
04:45In the month since I died,
04:47he seemed to be in a bad mood all along.
04:49Was it because I hadn't come back
04:51to apologize?
04:53His phone rang.
04:54He took it out almost immediately.
04:57A few specks of starlight
04:58lit up in his dark eyes,
05:00but seeing the caller ID,
05:02the emotion returned to calmness.
05:04The call was from Vivian.
05:07It's so late.
05:08You haven't slept yet.
05:09His voice was very gentle.
05:11Arthur,
05:12tomorrow is my birthday.
05:13You should call Charlotte to come.
05:15I don't blame her for what happened.
05:17I'll clear things up with her.
05:18Arthur agreed.
05:20After the call,
05:21he dialed my number impatiently.
05:23No one answered.
05:25He called several times.
05:26Then he dialed Julian's number.
05:30Tell Charlotte to come back and apologize,
05:33or she can never come back again.
05:35Julian's voice was cold.
05:37Charlotte is already dead.
05:39If you want her apology,
05:40tell that manipulative bitch
05:41to go to hell to hear it.
05:44Who did you say died?
05:46Arthur froze.
05:47I said Charlotte is already dead.
05:49She was buried a month ago.
05:50She will never appear in front of you and Vivian again.
05:54Arthur's eyes went blank and panicked,
05:56but soon he sneered.
05:58Charlotte told you to say this,
05:59didn't she?
06:00Faking illness didn't work,
06:01so she's faking death this time?
06:03You tell her.
06:04If she doesn't show up tomorrow,
06:06she never has to come back.
06:07Julian's voice rose.
06:09Who told you she's faking it?
06:11Charlotte is really dead.
06:12She's been buried.
06:14She's been dead for so many days.
06:15As her husband,
06:17you didn't care at all.
06:18Now you call just to make her apologize to your mistress?
06:20Arthur, have you no fucking shame?
06:22Arthur's face darkened.
06:24Julian,
06:25who allowed you to speak to me like that?
06:28Julian roared and hung up.
06:30Arthur called back.
06:31The phone was turned off.
06:33With a gloomy face,
06:34he ordered his assistant to find Julian.
06:36He planned to teach Julian a lesson.
06:39Regarding the news of my death,
06:41he didn't care in the slightest.
06:45Before Arthur and I got married,
06:47he was in a car accident.
06:49His legs were disabled.
06:50His ex-girlfriend left him.
06:53No one was willing to marry a cripple.
06:56His parents funded my college education.
06:59I grew up in an orphanage.
07:01They promised that if I married Arthur,
07:04they would donate to the orphanage.
07:06I happened to have a secret crush on him.
07:08So I agreed.
07:11After our marriage,
07:12his temper was incredibly violent.
07:16Many caregivers couldn't stand it and left.
07:20I was the only one who never abandoned him.
07:24He complained my cooking was tasteless.
07:27My massage techniques were clumsy.
07:29I never talked back.
07:31I studied cooking harder.
07:33Learned massage from masters.
07:35He saw my efforts.
07:37Gradually,
07:37his attitude softened.
07:40Under my care,
07:41his condition improved day by day.
07:46But after his legs completely healed,
07:48Vivian returned.
07:50She effortlessly won back his affection.
07:53It took me three years just to barely catch his eye.
07:56Vivian didn't have to do a thing to be his absolute favorite.
07:59I had lost from the very beginning.
08:03The next day was Vivian's birthday.
08:06Arthur's assistant stood in the walk-in closet.
08:09Sir,
08:10whose designer piece would you like to wear today?
08:12Your outfits for important occasions.
08:15Always put together by your wife.
08:17I haven't been able to get through to her phone lately.
08:20Arthur's face darkened.
08:22What?
08:23I pay you a six-figure salary,
08:25and without Charlotte,
08:27you can't do anything.
08:28The assistant quickly picked a suit.
08:33This was the suit your wife picked out for you last month.
08:36And this tie is a new arrival.
08:39Your wife bought it for you.
08:41Enough!
08:42Arthur snapped.
08:43Get out!
08:45Floating in the air,
08:46I watched him lose his temper over me.
08:49He stood there for a long time,
08:51lost in thought.
08:53At the door,
08:54the butler was waiting.
08:56Sir,
08:57the essential oils your wife blended for you have run out.
09:00Should we make more,
09:02according to the recipe,
09:03the reek recipe she left behind?
09:05Arthur's face was stern.
09:08Order a different cologne.
09:10I don't want to hear anything more about Charlotte.
09:13Ever again.
09:16After breakfast,
09:17Arthur went to the company.
09:21He worked overtime into the night.
09:23At seven,
09:24Vivian called.
09:29Arthur,
09:30when are you coming over?
09:32Everyone is already here.
09:37He paused,
09:39as if just remembering today was her birthday.
09:42The old Arthur would never forget a single thing about Vivian.
09:47But today,
09:49he seemed a bit off.
09:51He arrived at Vivian's apartment.
09:53Flowers and balloons everywhere.
09:57The living room was packed.
10:00Seeing Arthur,
10:01people came over to greet him.
10:03Vivian glanced around him.
10:08Arthur,
10:09why didn't Charlotte come?
10:11She's busy.
10:12Couldn't make it.
10:13He pulled out the birthday gift.
10:15An exquisite jewelry set.
10:18Vivian's face lit up.
10:20Arthur,
10:21you're so good to me.
10:22She stood on her tiptoes
10:24and kissed his cheek.
10:25The crowd cheered.
10:27Many of her friends
10:28didn't know Arthur was married.
10:30They assumed the two were dating.
10:34Arthur froze for a second.
10:36His lips pressed into a tight line.
10:39Sensing his displeasure,
10:41Vivian looked downcast.
10:44It's just a standard greeting.
10:46I didn't mean to offend you.
10:48A standard greeting?
10:50Then why didn't she kiss everyone else?
10:54Vivian toyed with the necklace.
10:57Arthur,
10:58Charlotte hasn't contacted you in days.
11:00Do you think she actually wants to break up?
11:03Arthur's eyes darkened.
11:05Impossible.
11:06She can't live without me.
11:09Even now,
11:09he still didn't believe I was dead.
11:12He was still waiting for me
11:13to come crawling back and apologize.
11:16I suddenly found myself curious
11:18about how he would react
11:19when he finally learned.
11:20The party dragged on
11:22until the early hours.
11:23Gas slowly trickled out.
11:25It started raining outside.
11:28The air felt damp and heavy.
11:30Arthur had an old leg injury.
11:32He seemed uncomfortable on the sofa.
11:34In the past,
11:36whenever it rained,
11:37I would massage his leg
11:38to ease the pain.
11:40I was the one who stayed by his side
11:43through the darkest years.
11:45I weathered the storm with him.
11:47Now that he was basking in the sun,
11:50he didn't spare a single thought for me.
11:52He drank non-stop tonight.
11:54His leg injury was probably acting up.
11:57After the party ended
11:58and the guests left,
12:00only Vivian remained.
12:01She made him hangover soup,
12:04brought it over,
12:04and sat down beside him.
12:08Vivian had slipped
12:09into a deep V nightgown.
12:11When she leaned close to Arthur,
12:13she exposed quite a bit of cleavage.
12:16He was completely oblivious.
12:18He took a sip of the soup
12:19and stared blankly at the bowl.
12:21After a long while,
12:23he murmured,
12:26It's not the same as the one she makes.
12:29Vivian froze.
12:32Arthur,
12:33what did you say?
12:34He shook his head
12:35and finished the soup.
12:38Then he got ready to leave.
12:41Vivian stood up
12:42and hugged him from behind.
12:44Arthur,
12:45don't go tonight, okay?
12:47He pulled her hands off him,
12:49his voice cold and deep.
12:52Vivian,
12:53I told you,
12:54I'm a married man now.
12:56You need to know your boundaries.
12:58Charlotte hasn't been home
13:00for over a month.
13:01She's been entangled
13:01with that man named Julian.
13:03Maybe she's already left with him.
13:06Enough!
13:07Arthur suddenly snapped.
13:09Vivian froze,
13:10tears welling in her eyes.
13:12This was the first time
13:13I had seen Arthur
13:14raise his voice at her.
13:16Back when he was in a wheelchair,
13:18he used to yell at me like this.
13:20I would shamelessly cling to him
13:22and comfort him.
13:23He would push me away
13:25and call me overly sentimental.
13:27I never got mad.
13:28I just kept coaxing him.
13:31Back then,
13:32he was my entire world.
13:35Arthur realized
13:37he had lost his composure.
13:39Sorry,
13:40I'm in a bad mood today.
13:41Don't be mad.
13:43Vivian wrapped her arms
13:44around his waist again.
13:46Arthur,
13:48do you still like me?
13:49This was the first time
13:51she had asked so bluntly.
13:53I suddenly understood
13:54we she wanted Arthur
13:55to bring me to the party.
13:56She planned to force him
13:58to choose between us
13:59in front of me.
14:00She wanted to watch him
14:01abandon me
14:02with her own eyes.
14:03It was a pity
14:04I was already dead.
14:06Her scheme fell through.
14:08Arthur hesitated.
14:09I hate you.
14:11Vivian's entire body stiffened.
14:14Tears spilled over.
14:15Arthur looked at her inside.
14:17But I can't forget you either.
14:20I couldn't help but let out
14:21a sarcastic laugh.
14:23When his legs were crippled,
14:25Vivian chose to go abroad
14:26without a second thought.
14:28After returning,
14:30she said her parents
14:31forced her to leave.
14:32The excuse was so flimsy.
14:35Even I didn't buy it.
14:36Yet Arthur believed her.
14:38Or perhaps he chose to believe her
14:40because he couldn't let go of her.
14:43His trust in Vivian
14:44was unconditional.
14:45And what about me?
14:47On the day of my cancer surgery,
14:49he told me to go die.
14:52Then what about Charlotte?
14:54Vivian asked.
14:56Do you have feelings for her?
14:58Arthur paused
14:59and lowered his eyelids.
15:00She is only my wife in name.
15:03Hearing this,
15:04I laughed mockingly at myself.
15:07Vivian beamed with joy
15:08and hooked her arms around his neck.
15:11Then stay tonight, okay?
15:13She stood on tiptoe
15:14and tried to kiss him.
15:16Arthur turned his face
15:17to avoid it.
15:18Vivian stiffened.
15:20Arthur,
15:21are you still unwilling
15:22to accept me?
15:23I am a married man.
15:25If word gets out,
15:27it won't be good
15:28for your reputation.
15:29I don't mind.
15:30I only want you.
15:32Arthur's voice grew colder.
15:34Be good.
15:35Then when will you bring up
15:36divorce with Charlotte?
15:38Charlotte is kind-hearted.
15:40She should grant our wish.
15:41After all,
15:42we truly love each other.
15:44Arthur's voice was flat.
15:46I haven't been able
15:47to contact her lately.
15:49Once I get in touch with her,
15:51I'll talk to her
15:52about the divorce.
15:53After returning home,
15:55Arthur called me again.
15:56He probably wanted
15:58to talk about the divorce.
15:59My phone still couldn't be reached.
16:03After several failed calls,
16:05Arthur irritably opened
16:07my WhatsApp chat box.
16:09Our chat history
16:10was still stuck
16:11at a month ago,
16:12the day I asked him
16:13to come to the hospital
16:14to sign my surgery consent form.
16:17Arthur,
16:18I have cancer.
16:19Can you come see me?
16:21Arthur,
16:22the doctor needs a family member
16:23to sign for the surgery.
16:25It won't take up
16:26too much of your time.
16:27An hour at most,
16:28please.
16:29Arthur,
16:30I'm going into
16:31the operating room.
16:32Are you still not coming?
16:34Goodbye,
16:35Arthur.
16:36For the following month,
16:38he and I
16:38had no further contact.
16:41Arthur stared
16:42at those messages.
16:43His whole body
16:44seemed frozen.
16:45About ten minutes passed.
16:48He darkened his face
16:49and deleted
16:49my messages
16:50about cancer.
16:51Then his fingers
16:52danced across
16:53the keyboard.
16:54Charlotte,
16:55I'm giving you
16:56one last chance.
16:58Stop throwing a tantrum.
16:59Come back immediately.
17:01If I don't see you
17:02by tomorrow,
17:03we're getting a divorce.
17:05He had planned
17:06to divorce me anyway,
17:07yet he still used it
17:08to threaten me.
17:09The message sank
17:11like a stone
17:11in the ocean.
17:13Arthur put down
17:14his phone
17:14and went to take
17:15a shower.
17:17Coming out
17:18of the shower,
17:19Arthur received
17:20a transatlantic
17:21phone call.
17:22Hello,
17:23is this the family
17:24of Ms. Hayes?
17:26Your wife
17:26participated
17:27in the Dizzen Design
17:28Awards two months ago?
17:30Her work
17:31won a prize,
17:32but we haven't
17:33been able
17:33to reach her?
17:35Arthur was dazed.
17:36Didn't Charlotte
17:37already give up
17:38on design?
17:39I graduated
17:40from a top
17:40design academy.
17:41My dream
17:42was the international
17:43stage.
17:44After marrying
17:45Arthur,
17:46I gave up my career
17:47to take care of him.
17:48He once asked
17:49if I regretted it.
17:50I lied
17:51and said work
17:52was too tiring.
17:53He took it to heart
17:54and never asked
17:55about it again.
17:56But I had always
17:57wanted to continue
17:58my studies.
17:59Since this year,
18:00Arthur and Vivian
18:01had been getting
18:02closer.
18:03I had a premonition
18:04he would abandon me.
18:05So I picked up
18:06my profession again.
18:07I submitted
18:08a piece to Dizzen.
18:09I placed first
18:10in both preliminaries
18:11and semifinals.
18:13I was overjoyed.
18:14I thought I still
18:15had a chance
18:16to chase my dream.
18:17Then I received
18:18the medical report,
18:19Stomach Cancer.
18:20Less than half
18:21a year to live.
18:22Before I could
18:23cheer for my new life,
18:24I plummeted back
18:25to rock bottom.
18:26Giving up my future
18:28for this cold man
18:29was the worst decision
18:30of my life.
18:32Early the next morning,
18:34Arthur went to find Julian.
18:35He drove to the orphanage
18:37in City A.
18:38When they arrived,
18:40Julian was handing out
18:41candies to the children.
18:43Seeing Arthur,
18:44Julian's smile vanished.
18:46He turned to walk inside.
18:48Arthur grabbed his arm.
18:50Where is Charlotte?
18:52Tell her to come out.
18:53I froze.
18:54He had traveled
18:55all this way
18:56just to see me.
18:57Since when did he care
18:58so much about my affairs?
19:00It was a pity
19:01I was already dead.
19:03He would only see
19:04my tombstone.
19:06Charlotte is dead.
19:07You can't see her anymore.
19:09Arthur's eyes darkened.
19:11Julian,
19:12don't play this kind
19:13of joth me.
19:14Hurry up
19:15and tell Charlotte
19:16to come out
19:16or I'll tear
19:17this orphanage
19:18to the ground.
19:20Julian got angry too.
19:22Arthur,
19:22don't you like Vivian?
19:24Now that Charlotte
19:25is gone,
19:26it should be a good
19:27thing for you.
19:28Why are you still
19:29looking for her?
19:30Don't tell me
19:31that when she was
19:31serving you,
19:32you didn't like her.
19:34But now that she's gone,
19:36you want to throw
19:36yourself at her.
19:38Are you just a glutton
19:39for punishment?
19:42Arthur's face
19:42was dark as thunder.
19:44I came to find her
19:45to get a divorce.
19:46Even if she wants
19:47to leave,
19:48she should do it
19:49after divorcing me.
19:50She's occupying
19:51the position
19:52of my wife
19:52and just vanished.
19:54How am I supposed
19:54to marry anyone
19:55else in the future?
19:56I couldn't help
19:57but laugh.
19:58He went to such
19:59great lengths
20:00just to divorce me.
20:02Julian stared at him.
20:03Arthur,
20:04stop denying it.
20:06You've fallen in love
20:07with Charlotte,
20:08haven't you?
20:09Arthur flew into a rage.
20:11Don't talk nonsense.
20:13How could I possibly
20:14like a woman
20:15like Charlotte?
20:16Do you really
20:17want to see her?
20:18Julian asked.
20:19Arthur nodded.
20:21Then come with me.
20:23Julian turned
20:24and walked toward
20:24the back of the mountain.
20:26It was the height
20:27of summer.
20:28Dandelions were
20:29blooming vigorously.
20:30The path was rugged.
20:33Arthur's custom-made shoes
20:34picked up mud.
20:35He was a neat freak.
20:37His expression
20:38gradually turned ugly.
20:40Halfway up the mountain,
20:41amidst the dandelions,
20:43stood a few tombstones.
20:45The most modest one
20:47among them
20:47was my grave.
20:49Julian stopped
20:49in front of it.
20:51This is Charlotte.
20:53Arthur looked down
20:55at the name and photo
20:56on the tombstone.
20:57He froze completely.
20:59He stared at the black
21:01and white photo
21:01for a long time.
21:03Then he grabbed
21:04Julian by the collar.
21:05Julian,
21:06are you playing me?
21:08Facing his fury,
21:10Julian appeared
21:10incredibly calm.
21:12I'm not playing you.
21:14This is Charlotte's grave.
21:16Arthur still didn't believe it.
21:18He let go
21:18and took a few steps back.
21:20Impossible.
21:22She came to see me
21:23just a month ago.
21:24How could she
21:25suddenly be gone?
21:26Julian,
21:27don't lie to me.
21:29Tell her to come
21:29see me right now.
21:31Even as he said this,
21:32his eyes faintly reddened.
21:35Julian looked
21:36at my tombstone,
21:37his own eyes
21:38reddening too.
21:39I'm not lying to you.
21:41She's really dead.
21:43Yes,
21:44she did go
21:44to see you
21:45a month ago.
21:46But do you even
21:47remember what
21:47she went to see you for?
21:49She had late stage
21:50stomach cancer.
21:52She needed surgery.
21:53The doctor told her
21:54to find you
21:55to sign the consent forms.
21:57She grew up
21:58without parents.
21:59She never had
22:00a real home.
22:01When she got cancer,
22:02she didn't have
22:03a single person
22:04she could lean on.
22:06You were her only family.
22:09Julian's voice trembled.
22:10She went looking
22:12for you right
22:12after she was diagnosed.
22:14She wanted to tell you.
22:15She wanted to tell you
22:17how scared she was.
22:18But not only
22:19did you refuse
22:19to believe her,
22:20you even told her
22:21to drop dead
22:22because of Vivian.
22:23She was thinking
22:24of you right up
22:25until her very last breath.
22:27But did you ever,
22:28even once,
22:29keep her in your heart?
22:31You didn't cherish her
22:32when she loved me.
22:33Now you want
22:34to find her.
22:35Too bad.
22:36You can't find her anymore.
22:38You will never see her again
22:40in this lifetime.
22:41Enough!
22:42Arthur snapped.
22:44Julian,
22:45don't think you can fool me
22:46with a fake grave.
22:47There's no way she's dead.
22:49She was so full of life.
22:51If you think I'm lying,
22:53go check at the hospital yourself.
22:55She had her surgery
22:57at City General Hospital.
22:59Her records are still there.
23:01You're her husband.
23:02Getting her death certificate
23:04would be a piece of cake.
23:05Arthur's hands
23:06slowly clenched into fists.
23:08In the end,
23:10he said nothing
23:11and left in silence.
23:12I thought he would go
23:14to the hospital
23:14to confirm my death.
23:16Instead,
23:17he went straight back
23:18to the villa
23:19and entered my room.
23:22Married to Arthur
23:23for three years,
23:24we had always slept
23:25in separate rooms.
23:26He would only step
23:28into my room
23:28when he had needs.
23:30But today,
23:32uncharacteristically,
23:32he walked in
23:33during the day.
23:34He collapsed
23:35right onto my bed.
23:37He hugged my blanket
23:38and took a deep breath.
23:40Then his eyes
23:41gradually turned red.
23:42He called out to me
23:44in a hoarse voice.
23:45Charlotte?
23:46Suppressing the choke
23:47in his voice,
23:48he called my name
23:50over and over.
23:51The bedroom
23:52remained dead silent.
23:54No one would ever
23:55respond to his Charlotte again.
23:57For the next two days,
23:59Arthur didn't send anyone
24:00to confirm my death.
24:01Instead,
24:03he moved out of the villa
24:04and lived his life
24:05normally.
24:06It was as if my death
24:08was nothing more
24:09than an insignificant matter.
24:11I was dead,
24:12and he only spent
24:13half a day
24:14grieving for me.
24:15At least,
24:16that was what I thought.
24:17Until a dinner party
24:19shattered his
24:19feigned indifference.
24:21Arthur was entertaining
24:22the bosses
24:23of several partner companies.
24:25After a few rounds
24:26of drinks,
24:27someone held up a glass.
24:29Mr. Pendleton,
24:31I heard your wife
24:32passed away.
24:35The entire private room
24:37fell silent.
24:38Arthur drank his wine
24:40in silence,
24:41not saying a word.
24:43The last time he went
24:44to the mountain
24:45behind the orphanage,
24:46someone took a picture.
24:48Now almost everyone
24:49in Denver knew
24:50his wife was dead.
24:51The media had uploaded
24:53my cancer medical records
24:55and death certificate.
24:56Everyone knew I was dead.
24:58Only Arthur refused
24:59to believe it.
25:01In Detroit,
25:02if you ask me
25:02who I envy the most,
25:04it has to be
25:05Mr. Pendleton.
25:07Not only is he young
25:08and successful,
25:09but his wife
25:10is also dead.
25:11A dead wife
25:12is the best goods
25:13in a man's house.
25:15This is a good thing
25:17that others
25:17couldn't even pray for.
25:19Arthur's face darkened.
25:21The secretary quickly
25:22tried to smooth
25:24things over.
25:24Mr. Vance
25:26just likes
25:27to talk nonsense
25:28when he's drunk.
25:29Please be the bigger person
25:31and don't hold it
25:32against him.
25:33What nonsense?
25:35Mr. Vance slurred.
25:37Mr. Pendleton's wife
25:38just straight up died.
25:40It's so convenient
25:42for him
25:42to find a little mistress.
25:45Crash.
25:45The piercing sound
25:47of a shattering
25:47wine bottle rang out.
25:49Mr. Vance's head
25:50was busted open.
25:52He collapsed
25:53onto the table.
25:54Arthur stood beside him,
25:56holding a blood-stained bottle.
25:58His eyes were bloodshot,
26:00filled with a shattered madness.
26:04No one dared to speak.
26:06They were all dead silent.
26:08Arthur threw down the bottle
26:10and swept a cold glare
26:11over everyone.
26:13Charlotte is only missing.
26:14If anyone spreads rumors
26:16that she's dead again,
26:17don't blame me
26:19for showing no mercy.
26:20He turned and left.
26:22I followed him out,
26:24seeing the red corners
26:25of his eyes,
26:26his near-collapsing expression.
26:29My heart remained
26:30completely undisturbed.
26:31I knew he must have believed
26:33I was dead.
26:34That was why he looked
26:36so devastated.
26:37But I didn't care
26:38for his remorse at all.
26:40I only wanted
26:41to reincarnate sooner,
26:42get far away from him,
26:45never meet him again
26:46in my next life.
26:47Arthur had hurt someone.
26:49His own hand
26:50was injured too.
26:51He didn't treat it.
26:53Blood dripped
26:54from his palm
26:54onto the ground.
26:56After getting into the car,
26:57he didn't return
26:58to the villa.
26:59I floated after him.
27:01This was the road
27:02to the orphanage.
27:04He parked
27:04at the foot of the mountain.
27:06It had rained.
27:08Muddy water
27:08flowed down the ground.
27:10He got out
27:11and went up the mountain.
27:12His expensive shoes
27:14and pants
27:15were covered in mud.
27:16He didn't seem to notice.
27:19The rain was pouring
27:21down heavily.
27:22Arthur could barely
27:23open his eyes.
27:24He walked behind
27:26my tombstone.
27:27He knelt down.
27:28Then he started
27:29digging up my grave
27:30with his bare hands.
27:32I was so shocked
27:33I could hardly
27:34control myself.
27:35I rushed over
27:36to stop him.
27:37I was already dead.
27:39Yet he still refused
27:40to let me rest.
27:41But I couldn't touch him.
27:43My body passed
27:44straight through him.
27:46I watched helplessly
27:47as he dug away
27:48the dirt bit by bit.
27:49His ten fingers
27:51were dripping with blood.
27:53Mixing with the rain.
27:54Dying the ground red.
27:56Finally,
27:57the small cremation urn
27:59was revealed.
28:00He pulled out
28:01that muddy urn.
28:02He stared at it
28:03for a long time.
28:05As if finally
28:06accepting the reality
28:07of my death.
28:08He pulled it tightly
28:09into his arms.
28:11He wept silently.
28:12Charlotte,
28:13I'm sorry.
28:15I watched his bitter tears
28:16with cold detachment.
28:18There was no pity
28:19in my heart.
28:20Only disgust.
28:22When I was alive,
28:23he wouldn't spare me
28:24a single glance.
28:26Now that I'm dead,
28:27he puts on this show
28:29of deep devotion.
28:30Belated devotion
28:31is truly cheaper
28:32than dirt.
28:35Arthur held my ashes
28:36and knelt before my grave
28:38for a long time.
28:39He finally rose and left,
28:42cradling the urn
28:43like a man
28:43who had lost his soul.
28:45The wounds on his hands
28:46dripped blood endlessly.
28:48He seemed to feel
28:49no pain.
28:50He returned to the villa
28:52with my ashes in his arms.
28:54The butler came out
28:55to greet him.
28:56Seeing him covered in dirt,
28:58holding a cremation urn.
29:00He froze in shock.
29:02Sir, what are you?
29:03Arthur didn't respond.
29:05He walked numbly upstairs.
29:07He didn't go
29:08to the master bedroom.
29:10He went to my room instead.
29:12He found a clean towel.
29:14Carefully wiped
29:15the muddy water
29:16off my urn.
29:17He changed his clothes.
29:18Then he lay down
29:20on the bed
29:20holding the box.
29:22He lowered his head
29:23and planted a gentle kiss
29:24on the cold wooden box.
29:26Good night, Charlotte.
29:28Even as a ghost,
29:30I couldn't help
29:31but shudder.
29:32He said good night
29:33to my cremation urn.
29:34But he didn't close
29:35his eyes all night.
29:37Like a corpse
29:38stripped of its soul,
29:39he maintained
29:40the same posture.
29:42Staring numbly
29:43out the French windows,
29:44listening to the rain
29:46hid the leaves.
29:48The next morning,
29:50Ms. Higgins came
29:51to notify him
29:52for breakfast.
29:53Arthur didn't even
29:54lift his head.
29:56Get out.
29:57Ms. Higgins was startled.
29:59Seeing the urn
30:00in his arms,
30:01she stepped back.
30:02She accidentally
30:03bumped into the cabinet.
30:05A notebook fell
30:06to the floor.
30:07Don't touch her things!
30:09Arthur barked.
30:10He got up from the bed
30:12and bent down
30:13to pick it up himself.
30:14After picking it up,
30:16he paused
30:16and opened
30:17the first page.
30:18I instinctively
30:19tried to snatch it back.
30:21My hand passed
30:22right through.
30:23The notebook
30:24was my diary.
30:25I didn't want
30:26Arthur to see it.
30:27It recorded too much
30:29of my vulnerable side.
30:31It would make me
30:32look pathetic.
30:33I didn't need his pity.
30:34But I couldn't touch
30:36physical objects now.
30:37I could only watch
30:39helplessly as Arthur
30:40began to read my diary.
30:42February 1st, 2020.
30:44Snow.
30:45Mrs. Pendleton
30:46came to me
30:47and asked if I was
30:48willing to marry Arthur.
30:50I agreed
30:50without hesitation.
30:52Not for the donation.
30:54But because I like Arthur,
30:56he didn't know
30:57I had liked him
30:58for a very long time.
31:00February 3rd, 2020.
31:02Snow.
31:03I had applied
31:04to study abroad.
31:05Today I received
31:06an admission email
31:07from Milan.
31:10February 10th, 2020.
31:12Cloudy.
31:13After hesitating
31:14for a long time,
31:16I decided
31:17not to go abroad.
31:18Arthur asked about
31:19my study abroad application.
31:22I lied and told him
31:23I didn't pass.
31:24He believed it.
31:26March 21st, 2020.
31:28Sunny.
31:29I married Arthur.
31:31Arthur didn't come home
31:32at night.
31:33I heard Vivian
31:34had an accident abroad.
31:36He rushed over overnight.
31:38On our wedding night,
31:40my groom went
31:40to see another woman.
31:42March 22nd, 2020.
31:44Overcast.
31:45Vivian sent me a photo.
31:48Arthur was lying
31:48in her bed,
31:49sleeping exhaustedly.
31:51She said,
31:52Charlotte,
31:53borrowing your husband
31:54for a night.
31:55It felt like a hole
31:57had been torn
31:57in my heart.
31:58March 26th, 2020.
32:01Sunny.
32:02Arthur came back.
32:03Mrs. Pendleton
32:04scolded him.
32:05He said he would
32:06treat me well
32:07from now on.
32:08I believed him.
32:10April 12th, 2020.
32:12Overcast.
32:13Arthur's legs hurt.
32:14He yelled at another
32:16caregiver until they left.
32:17I massaged him myself.
32:19He wouldn't let me
32:21touch him.
32:21He threw a book
32:22at my head.
32:23The blood-stained book
32:25fell to the floor.
32:26Both he and I froze.
32:28My head hurt a little.
32:30But Arthur applied
32:31the medicine for me himself.
32:32It seemed to stop hurting.
32:36May 14th, 2020.
32:38Sunny.
32:39I cooked for Arthur
32:40for the first time.
32:42He said it tasted awful.
32:44I secretly sought out
32:45Miss Higgins at night
32:46to learn cooking.
32:48He still said it tasted awful.
32:50But he finished
32:51all the food anyway.
32:52I looked at him
32:53and smiled like a fool.
32:55He called me an idiot.
32:57I smiled,
32:58and then I kissed him.
33:00He looked a bit awkward.
33:01But then he smiled
33:03along with me.
33:04June 3rd, 2020.
33:06Sunny.
33:07Mrs. Pendleton
33:09invited foreign specialists.
33:11They said
33:11Arthur could be cured.
33:13The Pendeltons
33:14were thrilled.
33:15So was I.
33:17November 10th, 2020.
33:19Sunny.
33:20After months of treatment,
33:22Arthur could finally stand up.
33:24Like a toddler
33:25learning to walk,
33:26he wobbled forward
33:27with my support.
33:28I teased him
33:29for walking slow.
33:31He glared at me.
33:32Then he kissed me.
33:34It was the first time
33:35he kissed me.
33:36It was a little bit sweet.
33:38I couldn't stop smiling
33:39for a long time.
33:41January 21st, 2023.
33:44Snow.
33:45Arthur's legs
33:46were completely healed.
33:47We made a date
33:48to go see a movie.
33:50Coming out,
33:51I saw a familiar figure.
33:52The person turned around.
33:54It was Vivian.
33:56Arthur let go of my hand.
33:58Staring straight
33:59in that direction.
34:00The moment Vivian's gaze
34:02met ours.
34:03I knew my happiness
34:04was about to end.
34:07October 9th, 2023.
34:10Overcast.
34:11The doctor said
34:12I was diagnosed
34:13with stomach cancer.
34:15He suggested surgery.
34:17Even though the success rate
34:18was only 10%.
34:19If I didn't have the surgery,
34:22I wouldn't live
34:23past three months.
34:24I wanted to get better.
34:26So I agreed to the surgery.
34:28Being alone,
34:29I felt a bit scared.
34:31So I went to find Arthur.
34:33He was my only family.
34:35He used to say
34:36he would protect me for life.
34:38When I went looking for him,
34:40he wasn't there.
34:41Vivian fell into the water.
34:43I saved her.
34:45When Arthur returned,
34:46he thought I pushed her in.
34:48He cursed at me,
34:50called me sick in the head,
34:52told me to go die.
34:52He didn't know
34:54that I was actually dying.
34:56October 10th, 2023.
34:58Overcast.
34:59Fell into the water yesterday.
35:02Running a fever today.
35:03Coughed up some blood
35:05while eating.
35:06Knocked over my bowl
35:07and chopsticks.
35:08I was the only one
35:10in the dining room.
35:11I wiped away
35:12the blood stains.
35:13Cleaned up the dishes.
35:15Went upstairs to sleep.
35:17My stomach twisted
35:18in agonizing pain.
35:20Took some painkillers.
35:22It still hurt.
35:23I scrolled through Instagram.
35:25I saw Arthur.
35:27He was in a photo
35:28posted by Vivian.
35:29Wearing an apron.
35:31Cooking porridge.
35:32His back looking handsome
35:34and aloof.
35:35Vivian's caption read,
35:37It feels so good
35:38to be taken care of.
35:39I stared at the post
35:41for a long time.
35:42Then I left a like.
35:44And took a few more painkillers.
35:48October 12th, 2023.
35:51Overcast.
35:52In the middle of the night,
35:53my stomach started hurting again.
35:55I looked for my pills.
35:57Taking to didn't work.
35:59Took for more.
36:01Suddenly I wondered,
36:02what if the surgery
36:03wasn't successful?
36:04Where would I go
36:06after I died?
36:07I wanted to go to the sea.
36:09If I died,
36:10I hoped someone would scatter
36:12my ashes
36:12into the deep blue sea.
36:14It's quiet there.
36:16Most importantly,
36:17there would be no Arthur
36:18and no Vivian.
36:19October 14th, 2023.
36:22Overcast.
36:23The surgery is the day
36:25after tomorrow.
36:26Julian took me out to eat.
36:28I asked him if this was
36:30my last meal.
36:31He smacked me on the head.
36:33Stop saying such unlucky things.
36:35I just smiled at him
36:37and didn't speak.
36:38Looking up,
36:39I saw Arthur and Vivian
36:41in the restaurant
36:41across the street.
36:42My heart suddenly seized.
36:45I couldn't smile anymore.
36:47It hurt.
36:48It hurt everywhere.
36:49October 15th, 2023.
36:52Overcast.
36:53The surgery is tomorrow.
36:55I have to go to the hospital
36:57to prepare.
36:58I felt a bit scared.
37:00I wanted Arthur
37:01to accompany me.
37:02I gave him a call.
37:04He refused to come.
37:06He said he would come
37:07collect my body
37:08when I was dead.
37:09Arthur.
37:10That liar.
37:11In the end,
37:12the one who collected
37:13my body was clearly Julian.
37:16The diary stopped
37:17on the day before my surgery.
37:19Obviously,
37:20my surgery had failed.
37:23I saw the bloodshot veins
37:25in Arthur's eyes.
37:27Towards me,
37:28he felt guilty after all.
37:30But seeing him grieve,
37:32my heart couldn't stir up
37:33the slightest ripple.
37:35Looking at him was like
37:36looking at a complete stranger.
37:38I had truly let him go.
37:40Now all I wanted
37:42was to get away
37:42and be reborn.
37:44Arthur lay on the bed,
37:45tightly hugging my urn,
37:47his face covered in tears.
37:49Charlotte,
37:50I'm sorry.
37:51If I had known
37:52you were really sick,
37:53I would never have said
37:55those things to you
37:56that day.
37:57His words sounded nice,
37:59but I knew in my heart,
38:01even if he had known
38:02I had cancer,
38:03he probably wouldn't have cared.
38:05He was busy keeping
38:07Vivian company.
38:08He held a grudge
38:09against me.
38:10It was only now
38:11that I was dead
38:12that he would shed
38:13a few crocodile tears.
38:15The next morning,
38:16Vivian came to the villa.
38:18Arthur,
38:19I heard you haven't eaten
38:20or drunk anything
38:21for a whole day.
38:22Your body will break down
38:24if you keep going like this.
38:26Arthur ignored her,
38:28his lifeless eyes
38:29staring out the window.
38:30Vivian pushed the door open.
38:32She saw my cremation urn
38:34on the bed.
38:35Her face turned pale,
38:37but she quickly adjusted
38:39her emotions.
38:40Let me take care
38:41of your wounds for you.
38:44Vivian reached out
38:45and grabbed Arthur's wrist.
38:47He didn't resist.
38:48He just lay there,
38:50letting her tend
38:51to his wounds.
38:52She glanced at my ashes.
38:54The smile on her face
38:56became more pronounced.
38:57She probably thought
38:58that with me dead,
39:00the position of Mrs. Pendleton
39:02would fall to her.
39:03Charlotte is really
39:04something else.
39:05She didn't even tell us
39:06she had cancer.
39:08How painful that must have been.
39:10Hearing my name,
39:11Arthur finally showed
39:13some reaction.
39:14Yes.
39:15How painful it must have been
39:16for her all alone.
39:18Arthur,
39:19you said you would divorce
39:20Charlotte and marry me.
39:21Now that she's gone,
39:23can we go get
39:24our marriage certificate?
39:26Arthur's gloomy,
39:27piercing gaze swept over her.
39:29Last time at the lake.
39:31Was it really Charlotte
39:32who pushed you
39:33into the water?
39:34Vivian's face
39:35showed not a trace of guilt.
39:37Arthur,
39:38you don't suspect me
39:39of framing Charlotte,
39:40do you?
39:41Vivian,
39:41I'll give you
39:42one last chance.
39:43Tell me the truth.
39:45Vivian bit her lip
39:46and stayed silent.
39:48Since you refuse to speak,
39:50I'll go check
39:50the security footage myself.
39:53Vivian grew anxious
39:54and grabbed his hand.
39:55I'll tell you,
39:57I actually fell into the water
39:58by accident that day.
40:00It was Charlotte
40:01who jumped into the water
40:02and saved me.
40:05Arthur let out
40:06a mocking laugh.
40:07She saved you,
40:09yet you told me
40:10she pushed you
40:10into the water.
40:12Vivian,
40:12how dare you?
40:14Intimidated by his
40:15oppressive aura,
40:17Vivian's voice dropped.
40:18I just said it casually
40:20at the time.
40:21Who knew you would
40:22actually believe me?
40:23I just told a lie.
40:25It's not like Charlotte
40:26would lose a piece of flesh.
40:28Before she could finish,
40:29Arthur slapped her hard
40:31across the face.
40:32He struck with such vicious force
40:34that blood seeped
40:35from her lip.
40:36Arthur,
40:37you actually hit me
40:38for that bitch Charlotte.
40:40You don't love her anyway.
40:41What does her death
40:42have to do with you?
40:43You were the one
40:44who cursed her to die.
40:46What are you going crazy
40:47for now?
40:48Arthur trembled
40:49with rage.
40:50I told her to die
40:51because you lied to me.
40:53If you hadn't lied,
40:54how could I have ever said
40:56such vicious things to her?
40:58Vivian sneered.
40:59Do you think you treated her
41:01so well when I wasn't around?
41:03If you hadn't been
41:04so weak-willed yourself,
41:05how could things
41:06have ended up like this?
41:08Arthur grabbed Vivian
41:09by the hair
41:10and dragged her
41:10toward the bathroom.
41:14Vivian wailed in pain,
41:16struggling desperately,
41:17but her strength
41:18was no match for Arthur's.
41:20He pressed down on her head
41:22and shoved her face
41:23into the toilet bowl.
41:24His eyes were bloodshot,
41:26filled with madness.
41:28You didn't drown
41:29when you fell in the water
41:30last time,
41:32so I'll help you out today.
41:34Charlotte is dead.
41:36Both you and I
41:36should go down
41:37to accompany her.
41:38In the end,
41:39the butler rushed in
41:41and pulled Arthur away.
41:42Vivian stumbled away
41:44and escaped.
41:45As she came out,
41:46she saw my cremation urn
41:48on the bed.
41:49Fueled by sudden rage,
41:51she picked it up
41:52and smashed it
41:53onto the floor.
41:54My ashes scattered
41:55all over the ground.
41:57Arthur's eyes nearly
41:58split open in fury.
42:00Vivian was so terrified
42:01she fled out the door
42:03without looking back.
42:04Arthur knelt on the floor,
42:06reaching out his hands,
42:08carefully gathering the ashes
42:10handful by handful
42:11back into the box.
42:13Charlotte.
42:14This is my Charlotte.
42:16I can't lose it.
42:17I can't lose it.
42:19He muttered
42:19like a man possessed.
42:21Vivian was crippled.
42:23After running out,
42:24she was hit
42:25by a passing car.
42:26High-level paraplegia.
42:28Never to walk again.
42:31A few days later,
42:33Arthur held a funeral for me.
42:35It rained that day.
42:37Amidst the misty rain,
42:38he buried me
42:39in the Pendleton family cemetery.
42:41He had words
42:42engraved on my tombstone.
42:44Late wife, Charlotte.
42:46I had no father or mother
42:48on the day of the funeral.
42:50Only the Pendeltans
42:51and Julian attended.
42:53Seeing Arthur,
42:54Julian couldn't hold back
42:56and threw a punch.
42:57Arthur,
42:58are you out of your mind?
43:00Charlotte was already
43:01laid to rest.
43:02And you actually
43:03dug up her ashes.
43:05She's already gone.
43:06Why must you
43:07disturb her peace?
43:09Arthur forced a pale smile.
43:11Charlotte wrote
43:12in her diary.
43:14She wanted to sink
43:14to the bottom of the sea
43:16after she died.
43:17I'm just fulfilling
43:18her dying wish.
43:20After the funeral,
43:21Arthur had the burial plot
43:22next to mine
43:23cleared out.
43:24The butler asked him
43:25what his intentions were.
43:27He smiled and murmured.
43:29Charlotte is timid.
43:31She'd be scared
43:32sleeping all alone.
43:33I have to go
43:34keep her company.
43:35After the funeral,
43:37Arthur's life
43:37gradually returned
43:38to normal.
43:40He ate on time
43:41every day,
43:42exercised regularly,
43:44visited his parents.
43:45He seemed to be living
43:46more lucidly
43:47than anyone else.
43:49But it was exactly
43:50this extreme normalcy
43:51that made things
43:52seem off.
43:55Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton Sr.
43:57decided to have
43:58another child.
43:59After Mrs. Pendleton
44:01got pregnant,
44:02Arthur looked relieved.
44:03He began handing his work
44:05back to his father.
44:06spending most of his days
44:08at home
44:09tending to flowers
44:10and plants.
44:11Occasionally,
44:12he would cook
44:13something for himself.
44:14He made two portions
44:16every time.
44:17One for himself,
44:18and one placed
44:19opposite him,
44:21pretending someone
44:22was eating with him.
44:23Much later,
44:24on a night
44:25with bright moonlight,
44:26Arthur bought a bottle
44:27of sleeping pills.
44:28He poured them all out
44:30and placed them
44:31on the table.
44:32Then he picked them up
44:33one by one
44:34and put them
44:34into his mouth.
44:36In a daze,
44:37he looked up
44:38in my direction.
44:39Charlotte,
44:41are you here
44:42to pick me up?
44:43I looked at him
44:43quietly,
44:44offering no reply.
44:46Arthur didn't
44:47manage to die.
44:48His parents
44:49found him.
44:50They sent him
44:51to the hospital.
44:52While he was
44:53being resuscitated,
44:55Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton
44:56wept their hearts out
44:57outside the door.
44:59Watching from the side,
45:00I couldn't help
45:01but shed tears, too.
45:03Arthur was a bastard.
45:05But Mrs. Pendleton
45:06had always been good to me.
45:08I didn't really want
45:09Arthur to die.
45:11Death was too easy
45:12an escape.
45:13I preferred
45:14that he live
45:14his entire life
45:15in pain and remorse.
45:18After Arthur was saved,
45:20he looked around blankly.
45:22He pulled out
45:23his for drip,
45:24rolled out of bed.
45:26He began rummaging
45:27through the cabinets
45:28looking for something.
45:30Blood kept seeping
45:31from the needle hole
45:32on his hand.
45:33He seemed
45:34completely unaware.
45:35Still frantically searching,
45:38Mrs. Pendleton
45:39grabbed him.
45:40Arthur,
45:41what are you looking for?
45:43Arthur finally stopped,
45:45tears instantly
45:46welling up in his eyes.
45:48Mom,
45:49Charlotte is gone.
45:51I need to find Charlotte.
45:52I clearly saw her.
45:54How could she be gone?
45:56Arthur,
45:58Charlotte has already
45:59been buried.
46:00Have you forgotten?
46:03But I clearly saw her.
46:05He suddenly quieted down.
46:07He realized what he saw
46:09was nothing but a hallucination.
46:11He held his head,
46:13slowly crouched down.
46:15Then he broke
46:16into uncontrollable sobs.
46:18After that,
46:19Arthur started working desperately.
46:21When he wasn't working,
46:23he was out drinking heavily.
46:25Every night when he came home,
46:27he would sleep in my closet.
46:29The butler asked him
46:31to come out.
46:32He refused.
46:33He said it smelled
46:34like Charlotte in there.
46:36Sleeping there
46:37made him feel like
46:37I was still alive.
46:39I continued to stay
46:40by his side,
46:41my soul gradually
46:42becoming more transparent.
46:44I knew my time
46:45was almost up.
46:48Watching Arthur
46:49slowly deteriorate
46:51in his remorse,
46:52my resentment
46:53finally vanished.
46:54On a bright
46:55and sunny afternoon,
46:57my soul completely dissipated.
46:59Right before I disappeared,
47:01Arthur seemed to lift
47:02his cloudy eyes
47:03and look at me.
47:04I heard him call me.
47:06Charlotte.
47:07Hearing his voice,
47:08I suddenly remembered
47:10ten years ago,
47:11when he saved me
47:12from my foster mother's son.
47:14He had stood in the sunlight,
47:16calling my name
47:17just like this.
47:18If only time
47:19could have stayed frozen
47:20in that year forever.
47:21The Arthur of the past
47:23had once shown me
47:24a moment of pure kindness.
47:26After that day,
47:28his heavy drinking
47:29grew even worse.
47:30He didn't actually
47:31like to drink.
47:33His insomnia
47:34was severe.
47:35Without alcohol,
47:37he couldn't fall asleep.
47:38But only when he was asleep
47:40could he see me
47:40in his dreams.
47:42He would wake up
47:43at six every morning
47:44to prepare breakfast.
47:45Simple bacon and eggs
47:47with a glass of milk.
47:49My favorite.
47:50He would always look
47:51across the dining table
47:53with a smile.
47:54Is it good?
47:55Is it too salty?
47:56I'll be careful next time.
47:58You can't be a picky eater.
48:00You have to eat
48:01your celery too.
48:02Still don't want to eat.
48:04Never mind then.
48:05I'll eat it for you.
48:08Day after day,
48:10Arthur seemed to be
48:11living in his own world.
48:12He still made breakfast
48:14and went for a morning run
48:15every day.
48:16When he came home at night,
48:18he would sleep
48:19in my closet.
48:20Trying to catch
48:21the faint scent
48:22I had left behind.
48:24Gradually,
48:24the fragrance
48:25in the closet
48:26began to fade.
48:27He could no longer
48:28catch my scent.
48:30Panic set in.
48:31Like a madman,
48:33he gathered everything
48:34tainted with my scent.
48:36He hired a perfume company
48:38to recreate it.
48:39But it was all in vain.
48:41No matter how skilled
48:42the perfumer,
48:43it was impossible
48:44to replicate
48:45a person's natural scent.
48:46He could no longer
48:48grasp anything
48:49related to me.
48:50His heart was
48:51completely hollowed out.
48:53Life became a pool
48:54of stagnant water.
48:55This world felt
48:57like purgatory.
48:58Every minute,
48:59every second,
49:00was agonizing for him.
49:02Charlotte,
49:03I want to see you
49:04so badly.
49:05Mr. and Mrs.
49:07Pendleton Sr.
49:08had a new baby girl.
49:09Arthur went back
49:11every day to visit
49:12his little sister,
49:13buying her all sorts
49:14of tiny clothes
49:15and socks,
49:16making her laugh.
49:18After having dinner
49:19with his family
49:20one last time,
49:21he smiled at his mother.
49:23Okay.
49:24He turned and left.
49:26Mrs. Pendleton
49:27watched his retreating back,
49:29feeling an inexplicable
49:31sense of unease.
49:32The next day,
49:34a bracelet on her wrist
49:35shattered.
49:36The news broadcasted.
49:38The CEO of the Pendleton group
49:40drove alone
49:41to the seaside
49:42last night.
49:43He never returned.
49:45That sea was the place
49:46that embraced my ashes.
49:47That sea was the place
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