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00:00I was diagnosed with severe systemic lupus erythematosus, and I only had three days left
00:06to live. I kept asking my husband for help over and over again. After the 188th rejection,
00:14I finally stopped asking him. Hello, I'd like to schedule my own cremation process
00:19and apply for government aid. Ten minutes later, they arrived.
00:25You're faking a terminal illness to steal attention from Janice?
00:31Lupus? If you're going to fake being sick, at least make it believable.
00:34Only one in a million people gets this.
00:42I endured the pain in my body, returned to the counter, and handed in the application form
00:48and my medical records once more. I have no family left. I'm requesting cremation in three days.
00:55Location doesn't matter. I just don't want my death to burden anyone.
00:58Three days later, Jasper and Casey would finally believe me. But by then,
01:02all they could hold was my ashes.
01:05My fingers were shaking when I walked into the hospice service office.
01:09I'd like to schedule my own cremation process and apply for government aid. The staff member looked
01:15up, startled. Sweetheart, did you come alone? Are there any family members with you? Family. That
01:21word suddenly felt farther away than death. After being diagnosed with severe systemic lupus
01:27erefectus, my attending physician advised immediate hospitalization. The medical bills were expensive.
01:34I stood outside the hospital, called my husband Jasper again, and watched the number of unanswered calls
01:41I climbed to 188. Sweetheart, I have no family left. Before she could answer, the main sliding door was
01:54suddenly thrown open.
02:12Only then did I notice the pink balloons floating behind them. Today was Janice's birthday party.
02:18You're faking a terminal illness just to steal attention from Janice? Lisa Carter, don't you think
02:24you've gone too far? Jasper, I didn't… Lupus, if you're going to fake being sick, at least make it
02:36prolivable. Only one in a million people gets this. Lisa, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have thrown a party.
02:51Please stop lying to them. They're really tired of this. I'm willing to give up everything,
02:57so please just wake up. It's not your fault.
03:19Miss, you're bleeding. Maybe you should sit down first. She has always done this.
03:26Since childhood, whenever someone else gets attention, she pretends to be sick.
03:32Casey, I'm really sick. Then stop using illness as a weapon.
03:38At that moment, I realized even a real diagnosis could not save me from people determined not to believe me.
03:50Please complete the paperwork for my cremation. Three days from now, I want the process to go
03:54uninterrupted. I have no family. Are you sure? Once this is submitted, we will contact the crematoria
04:02and arrange emergency aid. I'm sure. Location doesn't matter. I just don't want my death to
04:07murder anyone. Behind me, Jasper let out a cold laugh. Lisa, you staged all this just to ruin Janice's party.
04:14You should worry less about being sick and more about the consequences you'll face in three days.
04:25When this fake act ends, don't expect me to cover for you. Janice leaned against Jasper,
04:30hiding a tiny smile behind her hand. I picked up the diagnosis report again. My fingers left a smear of
04:37blood on the paper. This time, I did not beg them to stay.
04:46Jasper turned away with Janice in his arms. Come on, Janice. Don't waste your birthday on her performance.
04:56Lisa, I forgive you. Please don't do this again.
05:02You have three days to apologize. Don't make this uglier.
05:10Miss Carter will try to process aid as soon as possible. Do you have anyone you trust to call when
05:15the time comes?
05:15I thought of Jasper decorating a party for Janice. I thought of Casey tearing up my diagnosis with his eyes.
05:21No,
05:22I'll handle it myself.
05:25When I walked out, my cheeks still burned from Jasper's slap.
05:29I had three days left in the world. The two people closest to me were probably blowing out candles for
05:34another woman.
05:37When I got home and opened the familiar little room, I realized I had almost nothing of my own to
05:42pack.
05:43I lived in the old storage room tucked in the farthest corner of the house. Janice had a walk-in
05:47closet
05:47three times bigger than my entire space. Only her unwanted dresses and broken heels were tossed into
05:51my room as temporary storage. I packed a few old clothes into a tittered cardboard box.
05:57A grave plot? Why are you buying a grave? Do you know how embarrassing today was? Janice cried so hard
06:03she could barely breathe. It was her 22nd birthday, Lisa. Why can't you be more understanding?
06:08I'm only one year older than her. You never even spared money for a birthday cake for me.
06:12Can you stop being so petty? After what you've done, you don't deserve one.
06:21It's all right, Lisa. I don't blame you. I just want to eat your peanut butter cream cake. Please?
06:28Isn't baking the one thing you're good at? She's giving you a way out. Don't be ungrateful.
06:33I looked at Janice's lowered lashes and saw the triumph she couldn't hide. Aren't you allergic
06:38to peanuts? Why do you want a peanut cake? Are you planning to set me up to land you in
06:42the hospital
06:43one more time? Do you ever need? I'm sorry, Lisa. I forgot. Please don't be mad. I can choose another
06:52flavor. She already apologized. Why are you still attacking her? I forgot again that in the eyes of a
06:58biased person, everything I do is wrong. My chest tightened. The room tilted for a second, but I
07:04forced myself to stand straight. The old Lisa would have explained. The dying Lisa only wanted to leave.
07:13The sight dragged me back to the first peanut butter cake. Back then, Janice had casually said
07:18she wanted to try that flavor. I stayed up all night testing recipes, burning my fingers until
07:23the cake finally looked decent. Then she went into anaphylactic shock. In the hospital, she cried in
07:30Jasper's arms. Jasper, Lisa made it out of kindness. She said one small bite wouldn't hurt. It's my fault for
07:37being greedy. Don't blame her. I didn't know she was allergic. She never told me. Stop making excuses.
07:44You're just jealous that Casey and I dote on her. I was locked in my room for three whole days
07:50with no
07:50food or water. Now, Janice clung to my arm again. I don't need any cake. Please don't be mad, Lisa.
07:58Her nails dug into my skin. When I pulled away, she collapsed dramatically to the floor.
08:07That's when I realized I was in serious trouble.
08:13Casey rushed to help Janice up. Jasper lift her sleeve and checked the small scrape on her elbow.
08:19Lisa Carter, are you insane?
08:24This time, the pain shot all the way to my teeth. I tasted blood again.
08:29You've really crossed the line. Don't expect to eat tonight. Get back to your room and reflect on
08:34yourself. Casey's eyes flickered when he saw blood at the corner of my mouth, but he still said
08:40nothing. I silently wiped it away, not to reflect, to retrieve the suitcase I had already packed.
08:50When I stepped into the living room with my luggage, their mockery followed me.
08:55So you've learned to run away from home now? If you walk out that door today, don't bother coming
09:01back. This house was never mine anyway.
09:10Fine. Get lost. Don't crawl back later.
09:17Just as I stepped out of the yard, Casey caught up. He pulled a few crumpled bills from his pocket.
09:23Here's $300. Enough for food and a place to stay for a few days. Come home and apologize once you've
09:29calmed down. Everything will be fine.
09:33$300. For Janice, it probably wasn't enough for an afternoon snack.
09:38I stared at the money, suddenly unable to tell whether I wanted to laugh or cry. Then Janice ran
09:45up behind him and gently took the bills from his hand. Lisa, we're all family. They're just
09:51emotional right now. Come home when you run out of money and get hungry. Casey's fingers stiffened.
09:57Then he tucked the money back into his pocket. I turned and dragged my suitcase down the street.
10:03My ankle left faint red marks on the pavement. Behind me, the door closed. No one followed.
10:11Only a faint, indistinct sound drifted over.
10:15All right. Maybe hardship will teach her something.
10:22With my sick and frail body, I used the last money from my part-time jobs to book a cheap
10:27motel
10:28on the city's outskirts. That night, I curled up alone in the narrow bed.
10:32Before Janice came into our lives, I had once been the one Jasper and Casey cherished most.
10:37We were all orphans who lost our parents young, so we clung together for warmth.
10:42Jasper and Casey were seven years older than me. When they got busy with work,
10:45they sent me to live with another family. Before leaving, Casey knelt and kissed my cheek.
10:50Be a good girl. I'll come pick you up when I'm done with work.
10:53I believed him.
10:54I waited seven years.
10:56When they finally appeared on my 18th birthday, they brought Janice with them.
11:00Lisa, this is Janice.
11:02They said she had lost her parents, too. They said she needed us.
11:06I opened my arms to her, embracing her as I would a sister.
11:09Welcome to my home.
11:11Back then, I never imagined she had come to take everything away from me.
11:14Nor, naturally, did I see the ambition glinting in her eyes.
11:18Of course, my dear sister. Welcome home.
11:24Jasper had promised to marry me when we were young.
11:27To give me a sense of security, he took me to register our marriage the moment I reached legal age.
11:33I truly thought I had a home.
11:35Then came Janice's first birthday in our house.
11:40She tuddenly screamed that a needle in her dress had scratched her.
11:45Jasper, don't blame Lisa.
11:47Maybe she'll finally accept me if I try harder.
11:50Why are you framing me?
11:52I never touched your dress.
11:55When no one was watching, Janice smirked.
11:58She grabbed my hand, pressed it against her chest, and screamed as she threw herself down the stairs.
12:07Lisa?
12:08What did you do?
12:10She's already lost her parents.
12:12How could you push her?
12:14From that day on, I was no longer the girl they loved.
12:18I became the jealous villain in Janice's story.
12:21My family, even my beloved, have all sided with her.
12:27My pale, feeble explanation, yet it seemed...
12:31I did nothing.
12:37No one cares.
12:41In college, I was surrounded by Janice's friends more than once.
12:45They blocked me in the hallway, tore my books, and laughed at my old clothes.
12:50Janice said you stole her allowance again?
12:53Still pretending to be the poor victim?
12:56When I got home and tried to explain, Janice only needed to cry.
13:00I don't want to make this bigger.
13:02Maybe Lisa just needed money.
13:05Please don't scold her.
13:06With just one sentence, she became a victim.
13:10Unsurprisingly, they didn't believe a word I said and stood firmly on their side.
13:14My pain, my explanations, my helplessness, my lack of anyone to confide in, and my lack of anyone who believes
13:21me.
13:22Jasper froze all my accounts that same night.
13:26Since you like stealing, learn what it means to have nothing.
13:31Reflect on yourself.
13:32Janice has suffered enough.
13:35From then on, the money I earned from part-time shops was called stolen money.
13:40My medication was swapped with vitamin pills because they thought I was pretend.
13:46When I said I felt weak, Casey looked at me like I was disgusting.
13:51The sickness inside me quietly grew teeth.
13:54No matter how I explain, in their eyes, it's nothing more than an excuse for me to run away.
13:59Stop exaggerating.
14:00You're healthy enough to bully Janice.
14:05I had two days of life left.
14:07That morning, pain woke me before sunrise.
14:10My joints felt like broken glass under my skin.
14:12I suddenly missed the woman from my foster home.
14:15She used to make me simple oatmeal when I was sick.
14:17So I went to a food bank and received a small bag of near-expired oats.
14:22Back at the motel, I boiled water in a stained electric kettle.
14:26Just as the oatmeal began to thicken, my phone lit up with Jasper's message.
14:32How's your foot? We still care about you.
14:34Janice brought some medicine over.
14:35She's trying to make peace, so please don't hurt her anymore, okay?
14:41I looked at the message for a long time.
14:45Even now, his first concern was still Janice.
14:56I opened it and saw Janice standing there with a sweet smile and empty hands.
15:03Surprised, Lisa?
15:06I glanced behind her.
15:10Where is the medicine?
15:15Janice stepped inside and kicked the door shut.
15:18Her sweet smile disappeared instantly.
15:21Do you really think I want to make peace with you?
15:23Don't kid yourself.
15:25The medicine is long gone.
15:27Before I could stop her, she knocked the bowl from my hands.
15:31Hot oatmeal splattered across the floor.
15:34That was the only warm food I had that day.
15:36My stomach cramped from hunger, but Janice only laughed.
15:40Did you see the news?
15:41That hospice worker who helped you was reported and suspended.
15:44They know you can't pay the bill, and we're expecting them to foot it.
15:48They're furious.
15:50I swallowed my rising anger.
15:54Why are you doing this?
15:57But I, as you are doing this.
15:59Because I hate you.
16:01If you're going to die, then die quietly.
16:03Don't make them notice you.
16:05Diff came out of her mouth like a joke.
16:07Janice, I don't understand.
16:09Sin, you know I about to rudge the difference.
16:11Why are you still holding it at the knees?
16:16I forced myself to stay calm.
16:18Janice, I've never hurt you.
16:20Why do you hate me so much?
16:24You didn't do anything.
16:25You just stood in my way.
16:26I was a freeloader in that house.
16:28If I wanted money and love, I had to get creative.
16:31She paced around the room, enjoying my helplessness.
16:34She was so high and mighty.
16:35The needle in the dress?
16:37I put it there.
16:37The fall down the stairs?
16:39I did that on purpose.
16:40I even got medicine that mimicked an allergic reaction.
16:42If I wanted to frame you, I had to risk everything.
16:45And I won, didn't I?
16:48You're despicable.
16:49Janice slapped me hard, knocking me to the floor.
16:53You're dying, Lisa.
16:55Save your strength and try to live for two more days.
16:57Once you shut your eyes, I'll be the only woman in that house.
17:01What she didn't know was that my old phone was recording from the corner.
17:08You'll regret everything you've done to me.
17:10I promise.
17:16From the moment I decided to join, take over this family, I never gave myself the option
17:22to regret it.
17:25I stared at her, silently shaking my head.
17:28Crazy.
17:30I hate your stupid arrogance the most!
17:34Janice kicked me twice before leaving, each blow landing on my ribs.
17:38Don't look at me like that.
17:40You lost a long time ago.
17:42Jasper and Casey will never choose you.
17:45I curled up on the floor until the sound of her heels disappeared down the hallway.
17:50My vision blurred.
17:52My nose bled again, dripping onto the cheap carpet.
17:56For a moment, I almost couldn't move.
17:59Then I remembered the camera.
18:01I crawled toward the corner, grabbed the phone, and checked the recording.
18:06Janice's confession was clear.
18:08Every word was there.
18:11I laughed so hard, tears rolled down my face.
18:15Finally.
18:16My body was failing, but my hands still worked.
18:20I opened the online news at the suspended hospice worker.
18:24The comment section was full of hate, calling me manipulative and fake.
18:28I created a group chat with Jasper and Casey.
18:31Then I uploaded the video.
18:34My finger hovered over the send button only once.
18:41Then I pressed it.
18:45The video went first to Jasper and Casey.
18:48Then I compiled the footage into an email and sent it to every friend, colleague, and school contact I still
18:54had saved.
18:56I added only one line.
19:00For once, I didn't write a long explanation.
19:02I didn't beg.
19:05I didn't defend myself.
19:07My phone started vibrating almost immediately, but I turned it face down.
19:13There was only one day of life left.
19:16I could not waste it, waiting for people who had ignored my pain for years.
19:21I washed my face, changed into the cleanest shirt I owed, and picked up my suitcase.
19:28At the motel door, I looked back at the spilled oatmeal and the blood on the floor.
19:34Janice thought that was the end of me.
19:37But the real end had just begun for her.
19:40I walked out of the motel and left the city of Helmand forever.
19:44Goodbye.
19:45Forever.
19:48Back in college, when Jasper and Casey cut off my living expenses,
19:52I worked part-time in the cafeteria to exchange labor for a hot meal.
19:55Martha Hamill, one of the older cafeteria workers, always looked after me.
19:59She would secretly slip extra meat onto my plate.
20:02Her daughter had been one year younger than me.
20:04She died by suicide after years of bullying.
20:08Martha left campus with only a symbolic compensation payment.
20:11I followed the address she once gave me and found her small house in the suburbs.
20:16When the door opened, Martha stared at my pale face and swollen cheek.
20:20Lisa?
20:21Child, what happened to you?
20:24Mrs. Hammond, after I die, could you call the crematorium for me?
20:28Her eyes instantly turned red.
20:30She pulled me inside without asking another question.
20:33For the first time in years, someone believed me before I had to prove my pain.
20:37It feels so good to be cared for.
20:39If I weren't dying, maybe, never mind, enjoy my last moments.
20:46Martha brought out a bottle of foundation and light-colored tip-stip.
20:49Then she carefully unfolded a brand-new dress.
20:52This was my daughter's.
20:53She never got the chance to wear it.
20:56I changed into a dress, and when she looked at me, tears were almost streaming down her face.
21:01Why are you so thin?
21:02For the first time, I, who had always been so strong, hugged her and cried out loud.
21:09Martha didn't know what to say, and silently wept with me.
21:12It will be all right.
21:14Everything will be all right.
21:15I sat on a wooden chair while she covered the bruises on my face with foundation.
21:20Does it hurt?
21:21A little, but not as much as before.
21:24Did your husband know?
21:26Did your brother know you were this sick?
21:29I looked at the mirror.
21:30The girl inside looked almost peaceful.
21:33They knew I said it.
21:35They just didn't believe me.
21:37Martha slowly wrapped her arms around my shoulders.
21:40Then they don't deserve to see you now.
21:43My throat tightened.
21:45For a moment, I wished I had met someone like her sooner.
21:49Maybe then, death would not have felt like relief.
21:53It's such a pity.
21:55It all seems to be too late.
21:58Martha cooked oatmeal for me.
22:00It was plain, soft, and warm.
22:03I could barely swallow, but I still took a few bites.
22:07Slowly, no one is taking it away from you.
22:10Those words broke something in me.
22:13For years, food had been punishment.
22:16Food had been control.
22:18Food had been proof that I was unwanted.
22:21Now, this bowl of oatmeal feels like a blessing, like a final act of tenderness.
22:25Martha placed a tiny candle on the table.
22:27My daughter's birthday would have been next week.
22:29May I celebrate it with you today?
22:31I nodded weakly.
22:32Thank you for treating me like someone worth caring for.
22:36As my consciousness began to fade, Martha held me in her arms.
22:40Thank you, Lisa.
22:41Martha, thank you for taking my daughter's place so I can celebrate her birthday just one more time.
22:46I wanted to answer, but my body grew lighter.
22:50My eyes closed, and the world finally stopped hurting.
22:55I'm sorry, Martha, for making you sad again.
23:00In the space between light and dark, my soul returned to the Horton household.
23:05Jasper and Casey had just seen the group message.
23:08Just look at her.
23:09She still refuses to add Janin to the group.
23:12She never admits her faults.
23:14Janice lost her parents young.
23:16As her sister-in-law, Lisa should have been more tolerant.
23:18Even now, even after my last message, their first instinct was still to blame me.
23:23The needle in the dress, I put it there.
23:26The fall down the stairs, I did that on purpose.
23:39And nobody's done her part to me.
23:45This really is her.
23:48Impossible.
23:53If I wanted to frame you, I had to risk everything.
23:57And I won, didn't I?
23:58The needle in the dress, I put it there.
24:00They were all looking for traces of video editing, but they found nothing.
24:03I did that on purpose.
24:05Each replay drained more color from their faces.
24:10Jasper, did Lisa really have lupus?
24:13How could she have that kind of illness?
24:15She looked perfectly fine.
24:18But Janice lied about the allergies.
24:20She lied about the stairs.
24:21She lied about the needle.
24:24I need someone to verify this footage.
24:27Now, I need to know whether it was tampered with.
24:30Even when the truth is laid bare, their love for Janice will still subconsciously lead them to side with her.
24:35I'm really looking forward to their reaction when they find out the truth.
24:38That was the final answer to all my years of begging.
24:49Mr. Horton, the footage shows no signs of editing.
24:52The audio and video are continuous.
24:54It's authentic.
24:57So Lisa was telling the truth.
25:02He called my number.
25:04The number you have dialed is not in service.
25:08He called again.
25:10And again.
25:11The number you have dialed is not in service.
25:16She said she only had three days.
25:18Jasper, what if she meant it?
25:20What if that report was real?
25:21No!
25:23She wouldn't just disappear.
25:25She always comes back.
25:28But this time, I wouldn't.
25:32Find her.
25:34Motel, hospital, hospice office.
25:36Every place she could have gone.
25:37Lisa, everything you said is best regarded as false.
25:41At last, they were looking for me.
25:43A day too late.
25:44I am already dead.
25:47Not long after, Janice came home.
25:54What's the occasion, Jasper Casey?
25:56I love all these cakes.
25:59We passed by a new bakery.
26:01These are all flavors you said you liked before.
26:03We wanted to surprise you.
26:05But did you forget?
26:07I'm allergic to so many of these ingredients, like nuts and cream.
26:12If you knew you were allergic, why did you always ask Lisa to bake these cakes?
26:19I just wanted to give her a chance to make peace.
26:23Then eat a little.
26:24Jasper and I are here.
26:25If anything happens, we'll take you to the hospital.
26:29Why are you forcing me to eat this?
26:32Did Lisa tell you something?
26:34Jasper looked at her face, which was always aggrieved, but he couldn't help recalling her terrifying appearance in the video.
26:40Janice, eat it.
26:44Oh no.
26:45I didn't take my medicine today.
26:47I can't even fake an allergic reaction.
26:54Janice tasted each cake like she was swallowing poison.
27:01I'm not feeling well.
27:03I'll go upstairs and lie down.
27:06I floated behind her and watched her slam the bedroom door shut.
27:13She tore through drawers and luggage in panic.
27:19Janice, what are you looking for?
27:24I don't feel good after eating the cakes, so I'm looking for my anti-allergy medicine.
27:29Do you mean this?
27:32Janice, you've always based fragile.
27:34Since you're feeling ill, let's go to the hospital for a checksation.
27:38Your acting is finally falling apart.
27:40The allergy lie you used to frame me is now trapping you in your own trap.
27:48The hospital test results came back quickly.
27:51There is no allergic reaction.
27:54Her vitals are stable.
27:55If she ate only a very small amount, it may not have triggered symptoms.
27:59See?
28:00I was just scared.
28:01I'm older now.
28:02I won't scare you two with reckless eating habits again.
28:05What she didn't know was that Casey had already sent the white bottle to a specialist.
28:09While she was being examined,
28:13the result arrived that night.
28:15The substance in this bottle is not allergy medication.
28:18It contains a drug designed to mimic allergic symptoms.
28:21It's exactly what she said in the video.
28:24Then every time Lisa was punished for hurting Janet...
28:27You finally know the truth.
28:29All the injustices I suffered, all the tears I shed,
28:31were just her carefully planned lies.
28:33You believed her, hurt me,
28:35and now you have to taste the despair I lived with every day.
28:41The next morning, the house was terrifyingly quiet.
28:45Casey held the lab result in one hand and my diagnosis photo in the other.
28:49If her allergies were fake, then the rest of that video...
28:52Could Lisa really have lupus?
28:55She looked fine.
28:57She always looked...
28:58No.
28:58She was bleeding at the hospice office.
29:01She was thin.
29:02She said she was in pain.
29:03I ignored it.
29:05I have to find her.
29:06I need to ask her myself.
29:08They traced me to the cheap motel.
29:11Lisa Carter, she checked out after two nights.
29:14Looked terrible.
29:15Could barely drag her suitcase.
29:26You only see my suffering when it's too late.
29:28The warmth you never gave me,
29:30the trust you never offered,
29:31are all buried in this shady motel room.
29:41There was a girl who visited her.
29:44Pretty, dressed nicely, they argued.
29:48After that, Miss Carter checked out.
29:50Janice, did Lisa say where she was going?
29:53No.
29:54She paid in cash and left before dawn.
29:57She looked like she might collapse.
29:59I asked if she needed help,
30:00but she said she didn't want to trouble anyone.
30:03Those words hit harder than shouting.
30:06She used to trouble me for everything when she was little.
30:09She'd cry if she scraped her knee.
30:13When did she stop asking us for help?
30:15When we taught her that asking only brought punishment.
30:18I used to cling to you for everything,
30:20but you pushed me into the cold alone.
30:23I learned to bear all pain by myself,
30:25and you only realize my despair when I'm gone.
30:31Oh my God, it's impossible to imagine
30:34what on earth we have all done!
30:37For three whole days,
30:39they searched every place I could possibly have gone.
30:45The final ping came from a suburban address
30:47registered to Martha Hamill.
30:51Martha Hamill?
30:52The cafeteria worker?
30:54Jasper started the car before Casey finished meeting.
30:58Rain began falling again,
31:00thin and cold.
31:01Why would Lisa go to a cafeteria worker instead of us?
31:05Because that woman fed her
31:07when we cut off her living expenses.
31:09Stop.
31:10No.
31:10You wanted the truth.
31:12The truth is,
31:13strangers treated her better than family.
31:17When I needed you the most,
31:18you abandoned me.
31:20Now,
31:21what are you afraid of?
31:23Are you afraid of my questioning?
31:24Or are you ashamed of the truth you've discovered?
31:27How ridiculous.
31:32Where's my sister?
31:34Give me back my sister!
31:36Excuse me.
31:37Is my wife Lisa Carter here?
31:39I'm her husband.
31:40We need to talk to her.
31:41Now you need to talk to her?
31:43Please.
31:44Just tell us where she is.
31:55With every step,
31:56the air grew colder.
32:00Why is it so cold here?
32:02Because this is where people go
32:03when the living fail them.
32:19What kind of joke is this?
32:21It's not funny.
32:30Lisa.
32:31Lisa.
32:34Lisa, you're lying to us, right?
32:35Wake up.
32:37Stop scaring me.
32:42Nora.
32:43No, no.
32:44Lisa.
32:45Lisa.
32:51She died peacefully.
32:53More peacefully than she lived with you.
32:55The care and concern I had waited for all my life
32:58meant nothing to me now.
33:00Like an expired cake.
33:02Disgusting.
33:04Sorry.
33:05If we had believed you earlier,
33:06you might still have had a chance.
33:08I think what I said later,
33:09what if,
33:11after everything was settled down,
33:13extremely insincere,
33:15she left something behind.
33:17I think I should give it to you.
33:25These are the few things she left behind.
33:28She asked for no ceremony.
33:31No burden.
33:33No trouble.
33:41These are from Janice.
33:43Lisa Carter, try beating my score again
33:45and see what happens.
33:46You told them I didn't buy your meds?
33:48Do you have a death wish?
33:50Why haven't you died yet?
33:52She told me.
33:54She told me Janice threatened her.
33:56I said she was jealous.
33:58I begged you to believe me countless times.
34:01But you chose to trust the liar who hurt me.
34:04Now you're drowning in regret.
34:05But I'll never come back.
34:13Sorry, I ruined your clothes.
34:15But aren't you working at the cantini?
34:18Go make money and buy new ones.
34:20If you get on your knees and beg.
34:22If you get on your knees and beg,
34:24I might throw some of my old ones to you.
34:31Lisa asked me for money.
34:33I didn't want to embarrass her.
34:35Maybe that's why she's angry.
34:36How dare you ask for money after bullying Janice?
34:39Don't go to school if you don't have a uniform.
34:46I watched all of this happen.
34:50I called it discipline.
34:53They finally saw my past.
34:56They finally saw what happened to me.
34:59But I was no longer there to be saved.
35:11Hello, Miss Carter.
35:13I'm following up.
35:14Are you still considering the plot you were interested in?
35:16A 5% deposit will reserve it for you.
35:19Miss Carter?
35:20Hello?
35:22So I didn't mishear that day.
35:24She was looking at burial pots.
35:26She was preparing for the end.
35:28She didn't buy it because she didn't have money.
35:31She couldn't even afford a grave, Jasper.
35:33We took everything from her.
35:37Hello?
35:38I'll buy the plot.
35:39Reserve it now.
35:39We owe her this.
35:45You owe her more than a pretty place to put your guilty.
35:50She's my wife.
35:52I have the right to take her with me.
35:54A wife you slapped in a hospitalist office?
35:56A wife you threw out while she was dying?
35:59I didn't know!
36:00Because you didn't want to know.
36:04Please.
36:05I'm her brother.
36:07Let me take her home.
36:08Home?
36:09She came to me because your home starved her, beat her, and called her a liar.
36:14She asked me to call the crematorium, not you.
36:16That alone tells you how hopeless she felt about all of you.
36:19Then what can we do?
36:21This was the first time I realized that Martha could actually be so articulate and persuasive.
36:29I don't need your late regret and forced belonging.
36:32I finally found peace.
36:34The only thing you can no longer take away from me.
36:41Respect the last thing she asked for.
36:43Leave her peace alone.
36:53This is for Lisa, not for your conscience.
37:01Please cancel the reservation.
37:07I never bought her a birthday cake.
37:10I promised when she was a child, and I made her wait seven years.
37:14She called me 188 times.
37:17I didn't answer once.
37:24Why do people always realize the value of something only after they have lost it?
37:29My Lisa, such a wonderful little girl.
37:32This is the most I can do for you.
37:37Three days had passed since my cremation.
37:40Janice returned from a trip, dragging shopping bags through the door.
37:44Jasper, Casey, you've been so busy lately.
37:47I missed you two so much.
37:49She rushed toward them like always, expecting open arms.
37:52Neither man moved.
37:54She blinked, then smiled brighter.
37:56I saw Lisa the other day.
37:58She was with some shady-looking people and hadn't been to work in days.
38:02Jasper, are you still mad at her?
38:03Just let her come home.
38:05Punish her with housework or something.
38:06The moment those words left her mouth, Jasper slapped her heart across the face.
38:12Jasper.
38:14How laughable.
38:16We pampered you like a princess, and you turned out to be this cruel.
38:23Give my sister back!
38:26Janice was frightened.
38:28And tears streamed down her face.
38:30But this time, the two of them didn't feel sorry for her tears anymore.
38:34I didn't feel any sense of satisfaction from seeking revenge.
38:37Instead, I felt a kind of inexplicable dullness.
38:41Janice, I've said it before.
38:43You'll regret it.
38:50What are you saying?
38:51Did Lisa tell you something?
38:53You know she hates me.
38:55Casey grabbed an ashtray and hurled it toward the wall beside her.
39:00Janice flinched, but a flash of malice crossed her eyes before she hit it again.
39:06Jasper threw my video in front of her.
39:08After all these years, aren't you tired of pretending?
39:12Janice looked down for one second.
39:14Shock broke through her mask.
39:16Then she crawled toward Jasper, still trying.
39:19It's not what you think.
39:20I was joking with Lisa.
39:22That video only shows part of it.
39:24Ask her.
39:25Go ask Lisa yourself.
39:26Casey's voice trembled with rage.
39:29We can't.
39:35She's dead.
39:36The words struck the room like thunder.
39:40For the first time, Janice's fake tears stopped.
39:46Dead?
39:47No.
39:48She can't be.
39:50She's always pretending.
39:52She must be hiding somewhere.
39:58How dare you say she was pretending?
40:00I didn't know she was really sick.
40:02She never looked that serious.
40:06That's what I said, too.
40:07That's why she died without us.
40:11Casey, you know me.
40:13I was scared.
40:14I was scared.
40:15I only wanted you to love me.
40:17Lisa had everything before I came.
40:19I just...
40:19I just wanted a place.
40:21You didn't want a place.
40:22You wanted her erased.
40:26Lock her in the storage room.
40:29No.
40:30Jasper, please.
40:32That's Lisa's room.
40:33Exactly.
40:34Make amends to Lisa.
40:38That night, Janice was dragged into the old storage room where I had lived for years.
40:43The dusty shelves were empty now.
40:46My few belongings were gone.
40:48Jasper!
40:49Casey!
40:49You can't do this to me!
40:51I get panic attacks in small spaces!
40:53Lisa had lupus and slept here every night.
40:58No food.
40:59No phone.
41:01No water tonight.
41:02Household discipline, remember?
41:04No!
41:05No!
41:05No!
41:05No!
41:06No!
41:06No!
41:07No!
41:07No!
41:07No!
41:07No!
41:07No!
41:07No!
41:07No!
41:08No!
41:08No!
41:08No!
41:08No!
41:09No!
41:09No!
41:09No!
41:10No!
41:13No!
41:14No!
41:16No!
41:19No!
41:37No!
41:37your selfish self-salvation. By morning, Janice's voice had gone horny. Jasper, Casey, I know I was
41:45wrong. Please let me out. I'm hungry. I'm scared. Casey stood outside the door, eyes swollen from
41:51a sleepless night. Lisa said that too, many times. I told her to reflect. I'm not Lisa. I'm weaker
41:57than her. You know I can't handle this. Jasper opened the door. Janice crawled out and immediately
42:05tried to hug his leg. I'll apologize. I'll do anything. You've already lost her. I'm your
42:09only sister now. You're only begging because you're afraid you'll lose everything.
42:17If you like kneeling so much, go kneel at Lisa's grave and apologize. Janice's face turned blank.
42:23Grave? Yes, the grave you helped send her to.
42:32Martha had buried me in a spot with a beautiful view. There were roses nearby, pine trees behind
42:38the path, and a light gray marble headstone. Jasper brought a cake. It was small, plain,
42:46and late by five years. He lit the candles with shaking hands.
42:53Lisa, I bought you a cake. I know you won't eat it. I know I'm late.
42:59I'm sorry I never picked you up.
43:02Janice stood behind them, pale and silent.
43:06Kneel.
43:11Lisa, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have hurt you. Please forgive me.
43:15Martha stood beside the grave, her eyes cold. Don't use her name to save yourself. She can't
43:20hear you anymore. Janice knelt there the entire day. For once, her tears won her nothing.
43:31By evening, Janice's knees were bleeding.
43:37I can't stand. Please, Jasper, Casey, I really learned my lesson.
43:41No one helped her. On the drive home, she sat in the back seat, hair messy, eyes lowered. But in
43:48the window reflection, I saw calculation return to her gaze. She had finally understood that pity
43:54no longer worked. If Jasper and Casey would not forgive her, she needed leverage.
44:03Can I at least call a friend? I want to apologize to everyone I lied to.
44:10Do you think we're stupid enough to give you a phone?
44:14Every corner of this house has cameras now. Don't try anything.
44:24I won't.
44:27But that night, while everyone slept, she slipped a hidden spare phone from beneath a
44:32loose floorboard. Her backup plan had begun. The screen lit up her cold, scheming face in
44:40the dark.
44:43Janice typed with shaking fingers,
44:45I need something fast. Something that looks like an accident.
44:50A reply came minutes later.
44:53You sure? This is an allergy powder. This can kill.
44:59Good. I want them to stop torturing me.
45:02The next day, she pretended to be obedient. She cleaned the living room. She made tea. She
45:07knelt whenever Jasper passed.
45:09I know I was wrong. I just want to make up for it.
45:12Jasper ignored her. Casey watched quietly, suspicion in his tired eyes.
45:20That evening, Janice managed to slip out through the back gate and meet a man in a rain-dark alley.
45:25He handed her a small vial.
45:28A few drops in the vance. People sleep. Then they stop breathing.
45:34Janice clutched the vial like salvation.
45:39Then they'll finally stop blaming me for a dead woman.
45:46Late that night, Janice moved barefoot through the hallway.
45:52She thought the house was asleep.
45:54She didn't notice the tiny red lights of the new surveillance cameras.
46:01She knelt beside the air vent and opened the vial.
46:04You forced me. All of you.
46:07A sharp chemical smell spread into the air.
46:09Before she could pour the liquid, the hallway light snapped on.
46:13Jasper stood at one end.
46:14Casey stood at the other.
46:16Janice froze.
46:18The vial slipped from her hand and rolled across the floor.
46:21All this just to prove a point?
46:24Do you think human lives are toys?
46:26You were going to kill us.
46:30You killed Lisa first.
46:33Why does everyone blame me?
46:34You believed me because you wanted to.
46:36For once, she said something they could not deny.
46:40But it did not save her.
46:48Jasper! Jasper! You can't do this!
46:51You loved me! You said I was your family!
46:53Lisa was my family. I forgot.
46:56Take everything.
46:58She framed, assaulted, drugged, and attempted to poison us.
47:02They abused me!
47:03They locked me up!
47:05Ask them!
47:06They did it to Lisa too!
47:12Mr. Horton, Dr. Carter, we'll need statements from all parties.
47:15For the first time, punishing Janice did not hide their own crimes.
47:21The truth had grown teeth, and it was turning on everyone who helped Barry now.
47:26They abused me!
47:27They abused me!
47:28They abused me!
47:31They abused me!
47:31They abused me!
47:35Systemic lupusis ervinisis.
47:37Severe.
47:38Multiple hospital visits.
47:40Repeated unpaid treatment recommendations.
47:43I was a doctor.
47:44I should have checked.
47:48There are also allegations of confinement, physical assault, financial control, and coercive household punishment.
47:56I did those things.
48:00So did I.
48:03Your remorse is not a defense.
48:08Their perfect family story was collapsing in public.
48:13And I, the villain they created, was no longer there to be blamed.
48:20You used financial control and legal intimidation against your wife while ignoring clear evidence of terminal illness.
48:27Do you deny it?
48:29No.
48:30His license was permanently revoked.
48:33The man who once used the law to silence me could no longer stand inside it.
48:39Casey fared no better.
48:42Casey, you need leave.
48:44You haven't slept in days.
48:45My sister died of an illness I mocked.
48:47I called her a liar.
48:49Lupus, if you're going to fake being sick, at least make it believable.
48:52You're healthy enough to bully Janice.
48:59He resigned soon after.
49:01His professional hands had identified countless bodies.
49:04But he failed to recognize his own sister dying in front of him.
49:20Lisa, I don't deserve to say sorry.
49:23But I don't know what else to say.
49:25I left you waiting seven years, then I let you suffer five more.
49:32She doesn't need your pain performed here.
49:34Then what can we do?
49:35Live with it.
49:37That is less than what she lived with.
49:52But I felt nothing.
49:55Their love had arrived after my funeral.
50:03Janice's case drew more attention than she expected.
50:06Once my video spread, former classmates began speaking up.
50:09Janice told us Lisa was a thief.
50:11She made us block Lisa after class.
50:13She paid people to scare Lisa.
50:15We thought it was just rich girl drama.
50:17And we can't keep eating up.
50:18Everyone is lying!
50:19They're lying!
50:21Everyone is lying!
50:26These came from your old accounts.
50:28Threats, payment records, fake medical purchases.
50:31Do you still deny it?
50:35Reportos replayed her sweet birthday photos beside the video of her confession.
50:39The public called her a monster.
50:41The orphan girl who once survived by pretending to be pitiful was now exposed as the predator.
50:46For the first time, no tears could buy her sympathy.
51:09She recorded the day we replaced her.
51:18I locked her in here.
51:20Then I slept in the master bedroom like nothing happened.
51:42You never saw me when I was alive.
51:45Now you are crushed by the traces I left behind.
51:49It's too late.
51:53Martha visited my grave often.
51:55She brought oatmeal, wildflowers, and sometimes stories about her daughter.
51:59You two would have liked each other.
52:01She was stubborn too.
52:03She can't see me or hear me.
52:05But this is the first time in a long while that someone has willingly sat with me in such calm
52:10silence.
52:11You deserved a better life, Lisa.
52:14I hope wherever you are, someone makes you warmed every day.
52:19Jasper and Casey were still trapped in regret.
52:22Janice was trapped by the consequences of her crimes.
52:25But none of them were my home anymore.
52:27And I finally stopped waiting for apologies.
52:32The roses beside the grave swayed in the wind.
52:35And I finally stopped waiting for apologies.
52:41Rest child, you don't have to explain anything again.
52:55I answered every unknown number this year.
52:58Every time the phone rang, I thought of your 188 calls.
53:01I started a fund for patients who can't afford autoimmune treatment.
53:04I know it doesn't make up for anything.
53:07If there is another life, let me find you earlier.
53:13Let me do it right.
53:17No.
53:19If there was another life, I did not want to be found by people who had to lose me before
53:24learning to love me.
53:28If there is a next life, I hope I meet people who love me, protect me, and are truly worthy
53:35of being called family.
53:36The pain that had followed me for years faded like a bad dream.
53:41No more locked doors.
53:42No! No!
53:44No more cold dinners.
53:46No more birthday cakes stolen by someone else's tears.
53:50No more proving my wounds to people who refused to see them.
53:59I only wanted love!
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