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Love's Withering, Life's Countdown
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00:00The year my boyfriend is dead broke.
00:03Please, don't do this. I can't lose you.
00:06I leave him.
00:12Later, he becomes a mafia boss and uses every means at his disposal to marry me.
00:18Everyone says that I'm the first love he can never forget, the wife he cares about the most.
00:28However, he then starts bringing home a different woman every night, making me a laughingstock.
00:34Still, I don't cry or make a fuss. I quietly stay in my own room, never interrupting his affair.
00:40Elton Carter is furious. He pits me beneath him, kisses me harshly.
00:45Don't you ever get jealous?
00:47He grabbed me by the throat, tore my clothes open.
00:54And roughly vented his lust on me.
00:59But he has no idea that I'm gravely ill.
01:03Elton Carter could buy half the city with violence, threats, and money.
01:07Could buy my freedom, my marriage, and each night bring a different woman home, humiliating me again and again.
01:14Yet, none of that mattered anymore.
01:18Since I have just seven days left to live.
01:31I wasn't afraid of dying, but I feared the pain.
01:34The doctor recommended a costly medication that could relieve my pain and buy me extra time.
01:39Each injection cost $50,000, and a full seven-day course would come to $350,000.
01:46To afford the treatment, I had to approach Elton for his help.
01:50It was then that I encountered Yvette, Elton's personal aide.
01:56At this moment, Yvette was looking me up and down with disgust and contempt.
02:02Elton had always surrounded himself with women.
02:05However, he never maintained long-term relationships the briefest lasted merely a few days before his interest waned.
02:13Yet, Yvette was different.
02:15She was the only one who had remained by Elton's side for the longest time.
02:20I didn't look my best.
02:22The floor-to-ceiling windows of the luxurious office reflected my figure back at me.
02:27My face was pale.
02:29A sickly blue tinge under my eyes.
02:32No makeup.
02:32Wrapped in a bulky winter coat.
02:35And, in fact, I was dying.
02:39You are Elton's wife.
02:41A mocking smile appeared on Yvette's face.
02:44Everyone says I look like you.
02:46But how is that possible?
02:48You look curious.
02:51Yvette leaned in, her expression smug.
02:54Mrs. Johnson, what are you still doing here?
02:57Elton always sees me first, no matter how busy he is.
03:00He says that I'm more important than anything else.
03:03Yvette flashed a smirk, deliberately skipping any formal address that dripped with open privation.
03:08Her bold, arrogant demeanor was a striking reminder of my younger self.
03:11If you're really that important, then why is Elton still keeping you as a hidden mistress?
03:16As someone he can't even acknowledge?
03:19Instead of coming here to draw shade, maybe you should use that time to talk some sense into him.
03:24Tell him to hurry up and divorce me.
03:27Yvette's expression instantly changed.
03:30The one who isn't loved is the real third wheel.
03:33You're old and ugly.
03:35Just then, Elton walked over this way.
03:38Yvette's body suddenly went limp.
03:40She fell backward, hitting the ground hard.
03:43The sharp edge of the desk scraped her arm, leaving a streak of blood.
03:48Elton rushed over.
03:50It's in.
03:50He grabbed her hand to scrutinize the wound.
03:53Yvette's eyes brimmed with tears as she leaned into Elton's arms, her expression full of wounded pride.
03:58She cried.
03:59Mrs. Johnson is right.
04:01I brought this on myself.
04:03I fell for someone I shouldn't have, and now I'm humiliated and called a homewrecker.
04:09Elton gently stroked her hair, then glared at me.
04:14Apologize to a tin.
04:16Right now!
04:18I quietly watched Elton's angry expression.
04:21It was clear that Elton truly treated Yether differently.
04:24I averted my gaze, no longer wishing to see them.
04:32I will not apologize.
04:33Besides, today is my birthday.
04:35As a gift, I want $350,000.
04:38I only want the cost of one treatment.
04:41To ease the pain in the final days of my life.
04:44Despite being his wife, I always had to go through him whenever I needed money.
04:48In the past, no matter how much money I requested from him, he always obliged me without hesitation.
04:53Yet, this time, he sneered.
04:57Fine.
04:58Admit that you're jealous, or apologize to Yetet first, then I'll give you money.
05:06This was the first time he used money as a means to control me for the sake of another woman.
05:11It seemed that he planned to spend $350,000 to buy my pride and make Yelet feel better.
05:18Supposing the pain coursing through my body, I turned and walked away.
05:23I no longer wanted the money.
05:25Still, I wondered if Elton would regret not realizing that the money could have bought
05:31me more time and alleviated my suffering before I died.
05:36I returned home alone, the relentless pain from cancer forcing me to curl up in bed.
05:42Lacking the funds for medication, I resorted to taking sleeping pills, trying to deceive myself.
05:48As long as I stayed asleep, the pain would disappear.
05:58One day, when I have money, I'll give you all the best things.
06:03I'll make you my one and only princess.
06:06In a sleepy haze, I heard my phone ring.
06:09I picked it up, and a deep, familiar voice said my name.
06:14Heidi.
06:14Elton.
06:15I want a cupcake.
06:17The sleeping pills wore off in the middle of the night, and the pain woke me up.
06:20That was when I realized that Elton was sitting right by my bedside,
06:24looking at me with a tenderness that I hadn't seen in a long time.
06:27Elton gently took my hand and asked,
06:29Heidi, why have you lost so much weight recently?
06:33His tone was full of concern, as if he still loved me,
06:37but I refused to believe it,
06:39especially since he seemed to have just come from another woman's bed.
06:47I pulled my hand away and replied with disgust,
06:51That's none of your business.
06:52Elton was abruptly shaken off, and his expression turned cold in an instant.
06:57When I entered the living room, I saw a ho-couture cake covered in candles on the table,
07:01along with several boxes of the chocolate cup kings we used to share.
07:04That was when I realized that the phone call had been real, but I was dying.
07:07I didn't need cake, and I certainly didn't need Elton anymore.
07:10I didn't spare the cake a second glance.
07:12Elton frowned and grabbed my hand.
07:14Heidi, you said you wanted cake, and I ran out to buy it.
07:18Are you messing with me?
07:19That's right. I'm messing with you.
07:21So what?
07:21He was furious, grabbed my collar, and pulled me closer.
07:24Then, he lifted me and tossed me onto the bed.
07:27He slammed into me in one brutal thrust, burying himself to the hill.
07:30The bottle of sleeping pills on the night can was knocked over by his rough movements,
07:34and pills spilled out one by one.
07:36I cried out, but he crushed his mouth to mine, devouring my moans.
07:41My face was deathly pale, as if I were about to die right there.
07:46But he turned a blind eye.
07:48He snarled, pounding into me morselessly.
07:52Each thrust was deep, savage, and punishing.
07:59Do you know how happy I was when you said you wanted cake?
08:04I dropped everything and rushed out to get it for you.
08:07And now you're telling me that you were just messing with me?
08:11He grabbed my hair like a maniac and dragged me violently off the bed.
08:15I clutched the quilt tightly around myself, trying to cling to the last shred of my dignity,
08:20yet none of it seemed to make any difference.
08:23At last, Elton let out a sigh.
08:26Heidi, what am I supposed to do with you?
08:28He leaned down, drawing nearer and nearer.
08:31Just as his lips were about to meet mine,
08:33the piercing ringing of a phone shattered the stillness.
08:36Elton frowned.
08:37It was a call from Yvette.
08:38He hesitated, but eventually answered it.
08:43Elton, I'm at a bar alone.
08:45Someone just tried to hit on me, and I'm scared.
08:47Please come pick me up, okay?
08:49He didn't answer right away.
08:50Instead, he just stared at me.
08:52Heidi, ask me to stay.
08:55Just say it, and I'll stay.
08:57I won't ever see her again.
09:00My body was in tearing pain,
09:01and I didn't have the strength to give him any reply.
09:06After a while, he let out a bitter, self-macking laugh.
09:10How ridiculous.
09:11What was I even expecting?
09:13And then he spoke into the phone.
09:16Yvette, I'm coming to get you.
09:23Just as he picked up his jacket and was about to leave,
09:26suddenly, I unexpectedly coughed out a mouthful of blood.
09:30Heidi!
09:35Elton rushed over, trying to hug me,
09:37but I pushed him away.
09:38Don't touch me!
09:41I detested him for drifting between multiple women,
09:44and I detest the fake concern he occasionally showed.
09:48You're truly pathetic.
09:50I just put on a little act, and you got this worked up.
09:54You're just as pathetic as you've always been.
09:58My words made him angrier.
10:01Heidi!
10:02Would it kill you to just show a little softness with me?
10:04Do you have any idea how many years I've been kept waiting?
10:07I'm waiting for you to come around to say something or to try!
10:11Then you don't have to wait any longer.
10:13I will never love you again.
10:14Pain gradually appeared on Elton's face.
10:17He let out a low laugh.
10:19Then, without another glance at the blood at the corner of my mouth,
10:22he turned and slammed the door behind him, leaving without looking back.
10:26I looked at the spilled pills on the floor and gave a bitter smile.
10:30You always pretend to care.
10:31But time and again, you do things that hurt me.
10:35Fortunately, we'll soon be completely over.
10:40The next day, news broke that Elton had lashed out over Yvette.
10:48For the first time, the usually private mafia boss made headlines because of a woman.
10:58A few paparazzi were waiting at the door,
11:01swarming me with questions the moment I stepped outside.
11:04Heidi, as Mr. Carter's legal wife, what are your thoughts on what happened last night?
11:07Are you aware of her existence?
11:08Heidi, seeing Mr. Carter spoil someone else, do you ever feel like it's your fault?
11:11I hadn't planned to respond, but when I heard the last question, I stopped in my tracks.
11:19The real issues lie with the unfaithful man and the homewrecker, not with me.
11:24However, the female pamperazza kept pressing, walking quickly to keep up.
11:28I heard that you dumped Mr. Carter back when he was penniless.
11:33Then, after he became a powerful mafia boss,
11:35you did everything you could to make him marry you.
11:37You've been clinging to the title of wife all this time,
11:40and now that he's found true love, you call her the homewrecker?
11:44Don't you think that you're the problem here?
11:56I sneered and grabbed the Papahopata's ID badge from her neck.
12:00Her name was Nicole Scott.
12:03You're Yvette's pawn, aren't you?
12:05Spreading lies to slander me.
12:06Elton forced me to marry him back then.
12:08Do you think that I wanted to be his wife?
12:09If you really didn't want to marry Mr. Carter,
12:12then why not divorce him now that he's found true love?
12:15I had planned to use this moment to announce a divorce in front of everyone,
12:19to force Elton to let go.
12:21But just as I opened my mouth,
12:23dizziness hit me, and my vision blurred.
12:27Oh, sure.
12:28Not desperate to keep him.
12:30You can barely even stand.
12:31Are you just playing the victim to gain sympathy?
12:33I took a deep breath, steadied myself, and said flatly,
12:38I'm sick.
12:39Dying, actually.
12:44No one asked another question.
12:46Only the girl pressed on, aggressively.
12:48Oh, what a convenient excuse.
12:50So this is how you seduce Mr. Elton and cling to his wife's position, isn't that right?
12:54Only the girl pressed on, aggressively.
12:57Her tone was as rapping and self-righteous as Yudette's.
13:00The next day, the video of me being surrounded by paparazzi
13:03spread across the internet.
13:05Elton responded,
13:06There will be no divorce.
13:08Stop bothering my wife.
13:10Within hours, the video mysteriously disappeared from the internet.
13:14No explanation.
13:15As for Yvette's pawn, Nicole Scott lost her job
13:18and even received anonymous threats
13:20implying dire consequences if she ever touched me again.
13:23With Elton's so-called loyalty on full display,
13:26I came off as dramatic and unreasonable in comparison.
13:31Soon, I received a surge of online hate.
13:35Hetty is disgusting.
13:35If she didn't bother him, she was clamor just forces.
13:38First love, she's just another bitch.
13:40And Elton still defends her.
13:43Just then, a comment left by my close friend, Daisy Harrington,
13:47stood out from the sea of crudicetum.
13:49You people don't know the truth about what really happened back then.
13:52So who are you to judge her?
13:53You have no idea how much she's been through.
13:56I glanced at the profile picture and realized that the comment was,
14:00So what happened between them back then?
14:01And why she abandoned Elton?
14:04Everyone was asking about the truth.
14:07In fact, the truth was painfully cliche.
14:10That year, my mom, Elena Miller, was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
14:14And the treatment for that required an enormous amount of money.
14:17Worse, it was a hereditary disease.
14:20Even if I had children someday, they'd likely get sick too.
14:23Mom said that I had to break up with Elton.
14:27Mom, Elton won't turn his back on me.
14:29We don't have to have kids.
14:31I know Elton wouldn't abandon you.
14:33He's a good man.
14:35But have you ever thought about him?
14:37If he finds out that we're both sick,
14:39he'll work himself to death trying to pay for treatment.
14:52I don't want to lose him.
14:56It had been ten years since then,
14:58but even thinking about it now still hurt.
15:01I was preparing graves, Sestan.
15:04I was preparing to visit mom's grave one last time.
15:08But before that,
15:10I had to stop by Elton's office.
15:13I need to get back a keepsake of my mother's.
15:16When I arrived at Elton's office,
15:18I'd like to share stories.
15:21He was watching that video of me being cornered by reporters
15:25right at the moment when I nearly collapsed.
15:34What are you doing here?
15:39I saw that mocking and smug smile on Yvonne's face.
15:43But I didn't care at all.
15:44I came here for only one purpose.
15:50My mom had made a pair of pottery figurines for us by hand.
15:54One was a puppy, and the other was a kitten.
15:57The puppy and kitten fit together perfectly,
15:59as if they were hugging each other.
16:01It symbolized that Elton and I would never be apart.
16:04I gave the puppy figurine to Elton,
16:07but he preferred the kitten one
16:08because it reminded him of me,
16:10playful and proud.
16:19Even now,
16:20the kitten figurine still sat in his office.
16:23I was afraid that after I died,
16:25Elson would just toss it away like trash.
16:34I've come to take back the kitten figurine.
16:42If you don't mind,
16:43this worthless thing is yours now.
16:49Yvette took the kitten figurine
16:51and waved it at me terfeliently.
16:55When I make money,
16:56I'll take you to eat steak every day.
17:01Take it slow.
17:02Don't wear yourself out.
17:03I turned my glare on Elton,
17:05fury burning in my chest.
17:07How could you give away something that belonged to me?
17:10My mom made that with her own hands,
17:12and you gave it to your mistress?
17:17That cat was yours.
17:18Sorry,
17:19I forgot.
17:20It's been sitting here for so long,
17:22I figured that it was just some worthless trinket.
17:26I figured that it was just some worthless trinket.
17:44Are you insane?
17:45You hit him over some stupid decoration?
17:49Give me back my mother's keepsake,
17:52or I'm capable of doing something even crazier.
17:55When Yvette heard me say that this was my mother's keepsake,
17:59a flicker of excitement flashed across her face.
18:02She was clutching the ceramic kitty figure in her hand
18:05and suddenly hurled it at me.
18:08Here,
18:08take it.
18:09Who wants your stupid junk anyway?
18:12No one would pick it up even if it were tossed in the trash.
18:16Take your trash
18:17and get lost.
18:21Here,
18:22take your trash back.
18:23No one wants this worthless junk.
18:26It's not even worth picking up off the floor.
18:28Take your garbage
18:29and get out.
18:32The kitten figurine is gone,
18:34just like my life soon will be.
18:37At this moment,
18:38I feel like I am that kitten.
18:40My life is truly ending.
18:43I slapped Yvette hard across the face.
18:49That was my mom's keepsake.
18:51How dare you break it!
18:53I grabbed her,
18:54ready to hit her again,
18:55but Elton stepped in and held me back.
18:58I watched him stand there,
18:59protecting someone else,
19:00and I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
19:05Elton,
19:06you've read the news.
19:07You know I'm dying.
19:08Why are you still hurting me?
19:10You're a bastard!
19:13Seeing me cry,
19:14Elton sighed.
19:15He softened
19:16and wiped away my tears.
19:18First,
19:19it was the cake.
19:20Now you're saying that you're dying?
19:21Do you enjoy messing with me?
19:23You don't need to act all pitiful.
19:24I'm not falling for your tears anymore.
19:27Before Elton could finish speaking,
19:28a drop of blood suddenly fell onto the back of his hand.
19:31I was having another nosebleed,
19:32but it was worse than ever this time.
19:34My vision went dark,
19:35and I collapsed without warning.
19:37Elton caught me in his arms,
19:38panic overwhelming his expression as he shouted,
19:40Call an ambulance!
19:41Now!
19:48Elton had never panicked like this before.
19:51Not even in gunfire,
19:53or when enemies pointed weapons at him.
19:56He had never flinched,
19:58but now,
19:59all he could do was watch
20:01as my blood soaked through his shirt.
20:03I was dying.
20:05If there was still a chance,
20:07for he hated me one last time.
20:10I hoped he would know that I had genuinely loved him
20:13for a long time.
20:16I heard Elton crying while I was half conscious.
20:21Why won't the bleeding stop?
20:23What's wrong with her?
20:24Save her!
20:25You have to save her!
20:29The patient's condition is critical.
20:31I told her the day before yesterday
20:32that there's a special medication.
20:36If she cooperated with treatment,
20:38she might have lived for another two months,
20:40maybe even longer.
20:42But she said that she had no money left.
20:44I have no money.
20:48And didn't want treatment anymore.
20:50Today,
20:51the emotional outburst
20:52worsened her distance significantly.
20:54At this point,
20:54there's no point in further treatment.
20:56It's too late to control
20:57the progression of her illness.
21:00You're saying that
21:01she is really dying.
21:07Before the doctor could offer
21:08any words of comfort,
21:10Elton suddenly raised his voice,
21:12shouting with raw desperation.
21:14No, that's not possible!
21:15You fix her now!
21:16If you can't treat her,
21:17get the hell out
21:17and bring in the best doctor you've got!
21:20He stayed up through the night,
21:23contacting the best team of specialists
21:25he could find.
21:26No matter the cost,
21:28he was determined to keep me alive.
21:30Yet,
21:31terminal illness
21:32wasn't something that money alone could fix.
21:36All the doctors shook their heads,
21:38saying there was nothing they could do.
21:40Elton refused to believe that.
21:43He insisted on taking me out of the hospital
21:45and flying me overseas to be treated.
21:47The doctors wanted to inform him
21:49that traveling abroad
21:50wouldn't cure my condition
21:52and would only worsen my suffering.
21:54However,
21:55no one dared to stop him
21:56until Daisy arrived with my will.
21:58I had confided in her long ago
22:00about my wishes.
22:01If my illness ever rendered me bedridden,
22:04I would want her assistance
22:05in arranging for assisted euthanasia.
22:11Daisy stormed in
22:13and slapped Elton hard across the face,
22:15trying to snap him out of it.
22:17Where the hell were you when it mattered?
22:20Now you're flaunting your money?
22:24Get out of the way.
22:25Her will says that during this stage,
22:27I have full guardianship over her.
22:30Elton stared at the will I had signed,
22:32frozen in place.
22:33There was a prolonged silence
22:34before I finally heard his voice once more,
22:37choked with emotion and tears.
22:40Let me take her, please.
22:42I'm begging you.
22:43I'll find the best medical team overseas.
22:45They can save her.
22:48She's not going to die.
22:51If she dies,
22:52what am I supposed to do then?
22:54Heidi's been sick for a long time.
22:56Don't you dare say that you had no idea.
22:59You have all that money,
23:00and still you let her suffer like this.
23:03You're the kind of cold-blooded man
23:05who can survive just fine without anyone.
23:07So stop pretending to care now.
23:08Elton fell silent while I was suffering.
23:12He was holding Yvette in his arms,
23:15embarrassing me and putting me through agony.
23:18Elton painfully clutched his aching heart.
23:21Every minute and every second of the past
23:25became a spinging knife,
23:28plunging into his heart.
23:33Daisy shoved Elton aside and rushed to my bedside,
23:36taking my hand tightly in hers.
23:38Heidi, I'm here now.
23:40I'm staying with you.
23:45She was crying so hard that it made my heart ache.
23:48I wanted to lift my hand so badly
23:50to wipe away her tears and reassure her not to worry.
23:53I wished I could tell her that I no longer felt pain
23:55and that I was just going to sleep.
23:57Everything would be fine after I rested.
24:00As I sank into darkness,
24:01her voice broke through clearly.
24:03Heidi, please open your eyes.
24:05Just look at me.
24:06As I felt warm tears fall onto my face,
24:09my own tears followed,
24:11slipping silently down my cheeks.
24:12You promised we'd say goodbye properly.
24:14You promised.
24:16You haven't said goodbye yet.
24:24Suddenly, the monitor beside my let out a sharp, urgent T.P.
24:30For a moment, even the doctors had thought that it was over.
24:37But then, they sprang back into action,
24:40their faces lighting up with cautious hope
24:42as they rushed to resume recivitation.
24:45Daisy held my hand tightly,
24:47speaking to me nonstop.
24:49She was terrified that my vitals might flatline again.
24:52The medical team worked through the night,
24:54and finally, just before dawn,
24:57I opened my eyes.
24:58Daisy stayed by my side without leaving for a single moment.
25:03She was even more attentive than any caretaker could have been.
25:08Lying in bed for so long had become unbearable.
25:12When she finally stepped out of the ward,
25:15I tried to get up and make my way to the bathroom.
25:18But my legs gave out the moment I put weight on them.
25:21I collapsed to the floor.
25:25I struggled to get up and felt guilty
25:28as I tried to crawl back into bed.
25:32I didn't want Daisy to worry when she returned.
25:39Suddenly, Elton burst into the ward
25:41and swept me into his arms,
25:43holding me tightly.
25:47Where the hell did Daisy go?
25:49I was only gone a few minutes to pay for your meds.
25:52She was supposed to be watching you!
25:54I didn't have the strength to push him away,
25:56but I still managed to frown and snap back at him.
25:59Shut up.
26:00Don't talk badly about Daisy in front of me.
26:02I don't want to hear it.
26:02She has her own life.
26:04She can't be expected to center her life around me every day.
26:07I've already caused her enough trouble.
26:09Elton fell silent, not daring to argue.
26:12He quietly grabbed a tissue
26:13and gently wiped my hands clean.
26:15The veins on the back of my hand
26:17bulged under my thin skin.
26:18It was a stark reminder of how much weight I had lost.
26:21Elton's eyes turned red,
26:22tears brimming as he tried to hold them back.
26:24Why didn't you tell me you were sick earlier?
26:26I'm your husband.
26:28I had the right to know.
26:30I have so much money.
26:31You could have gotten better.
26:33Why didn't you ask me for help?
26:36I had never tried to hide my illness.
26:39Since my diagnosis,
26:40my medical reports were always placed on the table at home,
26:43just needing some attention to be noticed.
26:46Yet Elton Domeo didn't spare a single glance toward them.
26:51His entire focus was on Ivette.
26:54Later, because he wanted to be with Yetta,
26:57Elton moved out of the house entirely.
26:59So he never saw the times I collapsed from the pain during my episodes.
27:03He never knew how often I cried while calling an ambulance for myself.
27:07And now, whether or not you knew I was sick,
27:10it doesn't really matter.
27:11I don't need your money or your concern.
27:14Looking at Elton with a cold gaze,
27:16I added,
27:16I don't need you anymore.
27:22Elton said nothing as he gently lifted me
27:24and placed me back onto the hospital bed.
27:27I felt a tear fall onto my face.
27:29I closed my eyes,
27:31not wanting to look at him anymore.
27:32After a long silence,
27:34his tearful voice finally sounded,
27:36But I need you.
27:38I didn't respond.
27:39Instead, I kept my eyes shut,
27:41pretending to be asleep.
27:43Even now,
27:44Elton was still clueless about my reason for breaking up with him then.
27:48Back then,
27:49after he became the mafia boss that year,
27:52he returned and proposed to me.
27:54I had been filled with such happiness
27:57and felt an overwhelming urge to share my truth with him.
28:02I longed to tell him that all the harsh words I had spoken during our breakup
28:06were nothing but an act.
28:09I didn't leave him because he was broke.
28:12I loved him deeply
28:14and only walked away because I was sick
28:16and believed he deserved someone better,
28:19someone who wasn't living in constant fear of their health.
28:23I felt sad about my illness
28:24and wished I could be by his side for the rest of his life.
28:27The day I finally composed myself,
28:30I went to find Elton,
28:31hoping we could have an honest talk.
28:39But when I found him,
28:41he was at a bar with a woman in his arms.
28:43He was kissing her like nothing else in the world mattered.
28:50I stood in front of him,
28:51holding back tears.
28:52When he saw me,
28:54there wasn't even a hint of panic in his expression.
28:56At that moment,
28:57it all became clear to me.
28:59He was taking revenge on me.
29:01Back then,
29:01I had asked him,
29:02Elton,
29:03are you playing me?
29:04Elton pushed the woman off his lap
29:06and stumbled toward me,
29:07reeking of alcohol.
29:09That's right.
29:11I am playing you.
29:13But seeing how miserable your life's been since you left me,
29:15I suddenly feel a little soft-hearted.
29:17Why don't you really marry me?
29:19But I don't love you anymore.
29:21So you'll have to be obedient and well-behaved.
29:25I have many women.
29:26If you keep getting jealous and crying over that,
29:30I'll get really annoyed.
29:32Hearing Elton say that he didn't love me anymore
29:35made me burst into tears.
29:36I inhaled heaply
29:38and prepared to reveal the truth to him at last.
29:40I came here today to tell you
29:42the reason I broke up with you back then
29:43was because of my mom.
29:44Don't mention your mother to me.
29:46She was just as greedy as you.
29:49I was only slightly injured back then
29:51and needed some money for treatment.
29:53But both of you abandoned me
29:55without a second thought.
29:57Heidi,
29:58I said I was going to marry you.
30:00That wasn't a negotiation.
30:01You should be grateful
30:02and just accept it.
30:04Otherwise,
30:05believe me,
30:05I have plenty of ways
30:06to make you mine by force.
30:10He didn't want to hear my explanation.
30:12He said he wanted me to suffer
30:13just like he did back then.
30:15That was the only way it would be fair.
30:17He threatened me
30:18with the only friend
30:19I had left in the world.
30:20If my investigation is correct,
30:22your dear friend Daisy
30:23used to work as a stripper
30:24at an underground bar,
30:25didn't she?
30:26What do you think would happen
30:27if I passed that little detail
30:28along to her current boss
30:29or her fiancé?
30:30I slapped him
30:31across the face furiously.
30:34You bastard!
30:36However,
30:37Elton didn't even get angry.
30:39Instead,
30:39he just smirked
30:40and grabbed my chin tightly.
30:42To get back at you,
30:44I can do far worse things.
30:46Don't believe me?
30:47Go ahead.
30:48Test me.
30:49Elton was ruthless
30:50and I didn't dare challenge him.
30:52So I tried to consume myself.
30:55I figured that I might as well marry him
30:57since I didn't have much time
30:59left to live anyway.
31:00His revenge dragged on
31:01for a long time.
31:03It went on for so long
31:05that my heart no longer
31:07responded to him.
31:09Most importantly,
31:11the love I once had for him.
31:15Word must have gotten out
31:17which prompted Yvette
31:18to visit the hospital
31:19while Elton was away.
31:20Yvette suddenly dropped
31:22to her knees
31:23beside my bed,
31:24crying,
31:25Heidi,
31:26I'm pregnant with Elton's child.
31:28Please give him back to us.
31:29Let Arby have their father.
31:32Although I no longer
31:33had any love for Elton,
31:34every word life and spoke
31:36pierced through
31:36my already weakened
31:37internal organs.
31:39Scenes of Elton and Yvette
31:41making love tenderly
31:42and passionately
31:43while I was enduring
31:44my illness
31:45involuntarily splashed
31:46through my mind.
31:47I even felt that
31:48every breath I took
31:49was becoming painful.
31:51Get out!
31:52Now!
31:54Suddenly,
31:55someone yanked her back
31:56by the hair
31:56and tore her away from me.
31:58Elton's eyes burned
31:59with fury.
31:59He looked like he could
32:00kill Yethin right then
32:01and there.
32:02Didn't I tell you
32:03that if you ever dared
32:04to mess with Hedy again,
32:05I'd kill you?
32:06Elton was worried
32:07that I might get too emotional.
32:08He took Yavin and left.
32:10Wait for me.
32:11I'll explain everything.
32:12Before he walked out,
32:13he told me to wait for him
32:15so he could explain everything.
32:16Elton never imagined
32:17that would be the last time
32:18he saw me.
32:21Perhaps it was simply
32:22a final burst of clarity
32:24before I met the end.
32:26Even as my body
32:27hurt more and more,
32:28my mind felt sharper than ever.
32:31I asked Daisy
32:33to take me to a bridal shop.
32:34She and her fiancé
32:35were getting married next year
32:37and we'd promised
32:38that I'd be her one
32:39and only bridesmaid.
32:41However,
32:42I knew that I probably
32:43wouldn't live
32:44to see that day.
32:45I selected a stunning,
32:47flowing wedding gown
32:47for Daisy
32:48and wore a bridesmaid dress
32:50myself.
32:52Once we were dressed,
32:53we captured a moment
32:54together in a photograph,
32:56imagining the day
32:57I would truly be there
32:58to celebrate her wedding.
33:00I could tell that Daisy
33:01loved the dress,
33:02but she thought
33:03that it was too expensive
33:04and ultimately
33:05didn't buy it.
33:06So while she was
33:08in the fitting room
33:08changing out of it,
33:10I quietly paid for it.
33:13It would be
33:13my last gift for her.
33:15I endured the pain
33:16and quietly left
33:18the bridal shop
33:18and then took a taxi
33:20to the cemetery
33:20to visit Mom
33:21one last time.
33:24Back in the shop,
33:25Daisy emerged
33:26from the fitting room
33:27and panicked
33:28when she couldn't find me.
33:30She was on the verge
33:31of tears
33:31until a staff member
33:33handed her a folded note
33:34I'd left behind.
33:35Daisy,
33:36don't blame yourself
33:37for my leaving.
33:38This time,
33:39it really is goodbye.
33:42Wear this wedding dress
33:44and marry the one
33:45who loves you.
33:46Save a seat for me
33:48among your bridesmaids
33:49and on the place card,
33:50write Daisy's best friend.
33:54And lastly,
33:55please don't cry for me.
33:59With love,
34:00Heidi.
34:03I came to my mother's grave
34:05and for the last time,
34:06offered her the flowers
34:07she loved most.
34:09Mom,
34:09maybe I was wrong
34:10to listen to you that year.
34:13Maybe I never should have
34:14used your treatment money
34:15to pay for Elton's leg surgery.
34:17I shouldn't have broken up
34:18with him then either.
34:20I should have told him the truth
34:22and watched as he tried
34:23to save me,
34:24only to be defeated by life.
34:26I used to be foolish
34:27for always prioritizing Elton
34:29over myself,
34:30but none of this matters anymore.
34:33I smiled with relief.
34:35Mom,
34:36it's time for me
34:37to come to you.
34:38At the memorial service,
34:40the sky was overcast
34:41and a light rain was falling.
34:42Daisy refused to let Elton
34:43see my body.
34:44He wasn't even allowed
34:45to take a handful
34:46of my ashes.
34:47Heidi tried to explain
34:48and you wouldn't listen.
34:50You're such a damn asshole.
34:52Now I'll tell you the truth.
34:53Daisy revealed the real reason
34:55why I broke up
34:55with him back then.
34:57The rain fell relentlessly
34:58on Elton's pale
34:59and stiff face.
35:01Elton felt his knees
35:03with no trace
35:04of a living person
35:05about him
35:06from head to so.
35:10Elton,
35:11upon learning the truth
35:12about the breakup
35:13back then,
35:14was immersed in pain
35:15and self-blame.
35:17He began to regret
35:18not telling me
35:19right then and there
35:20that the child
35:21wasn't his.
35:24The night he left me
35:25to find Yvette
35:26at the bar,
35:27Yvette had already
35:27gotten drunk
35:28and had been assaulted.
35:30By the time he arrived,
35:31it was too late.
35:32He handled everything
35:33for her,
35:34but he didn't expect
35:35that Yafetl would come
35:36to the hospital
35:37behind his back
35:38to provoke me.
35:42Elton instantly snapped.
35:46He believed
35:47that if it weren't
35:47for Yvette,
35:48I might still be alive.
35:54He found Yvette,
35:56grabbed her by the throat
35:57and shoved her
35:57down the stairs.
36:09Blood stained the steps.
36:11Yvette lost the baby.
36:13After emergency treatment,
36:15she lost her life,
36:16too.
36:22Elton shut himself away,
36:23spending his days
36:25in all the places
36:25I used to love.
36:27He began to rewrite
36:28his own memories.
36:29In his mind,
36:31I was no longer
36:31alone at home.
36:32He was always there
36:33beside me.
36:34He would hold me
36:35tightly,
36:36kiss me,
36:37and tell me
36:37that he'd stay
36:38with me forever.
36:39In those fantasies,
36:41Elton lived
36:42a beautiful lie.
36:43Elton's watchful
36:44supportnets betrayed him,
36:45sending him
36:46to a psychiatric hospital.
36:49The youngest mafia boss
36:50ended up spending
36:51the rest of his life there.
36:53His behavior
36:54seemed no different
36:54from that of a normal person.
36:56However,
36:57he constantly talked
36:58to a ceramic kitten figurine,
37:00calling it honey,
37:01and ate and slept with it
37:03as if it were alive.
37:04The kitten figurine
37:05was clearly damaged
37:06and had been carefully
37:07glued back together,
37:08but Elton treated it
37:09like a priceless treasure
37:10and wouldn't let anyone
37:11touch it.
37:12A year after my death,
37:13Elton used a broken piece
37:15of the ceramic kitten figurine
37:16to make a deep cut
37:17on his wrist.
37:18That day,
37:19a patient lost his life
37:20in the Psyletric hospital,
37:22and just like that,
37:23Elton faded from memory,
37:25forgotten by all.
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