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Fake Apocalypse My Husband Killed Me for His Lover
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00:00On the tenth day of the zombie apocalypse, a pack of zombies tackled me and started biting them all.
00:04I thought I would die after they came. Then I heard the directors clackered me.
00:09Cut! Good take! Extras! Take a break!
00:12The door of the safe house opened behind me. My husband, Adrian, walked out.
00:16Adrian, that was brilliant! She actually believed the world was ending.
00:20Who told her to force you out of the industry? I just wanted her to feel despair and learn a
00:25lesson.
00:25Tears mixed with the blood from my mouth. They didn't know I was terrified of pain.
00:30So before I decided to walk out of the safe house, I had already drunk cyanide.
00:34When I regained consciousness, I was floating lightly in the air.
00:37I looked down. The zombies took off their masks, sweating and passing bottled water, chatting happily.
00:43Mr. Adrian paid really well. Of course, to make Miss Lusa happy, Mr. Adrian rented the entire film studio.
00:49So there had been no zombie virus outbreak, no survival of the end of the world.
00:53This half-month of survival was all a show my husband put on to get back at me for his
00:58first love.
00:58I looked at my body on the ground. Because I had drunk cyanide, dried white foam still clung to the
01:03corners of my mouth.
01:05Enough acting. The director called cut. Why aren't you getting up? Overacting.
01:10I didn't move. Lucy clung to his arm and leaned in with a coquettish smile.
01:14Adrian, Grace's acting is really good. She's probably too embarrassed to get up.
01:18Yes.
01:20The part where she left you the last cookie and walk her death almost made me cry.
01:26She's so good at pretending. Just trying to get my attention.
01:29Behind my back, she texted the director to make you fail your audition.
01:34That kind of selfish woman deserves a punishment.
01:39Oh, I wasn't that angry anyway.
01:41If she won't get up, let her lie there and reflect. When she admits her mistake, she can come home.
01:46I wanted to scream, to confront him, but I was already a ghost.
01:50An invisible force pulled me, and suddenly I was inside Adrian's Maybach.
01:55Lucy sat in the passenger seat.
01:57Adrian, I'm starting filming tomorrow. The director needs a location.
02:03Adrian, pick whatever you want. Any property under the company is yours.
02:09Adrian, you're so good. Grace is so ungrateful, always fighting with you.
02:16Adrian, what if something happens to Grace, Grace leaving her alone there?
02:21The studio is full of security. What could happen? I've spoiled her too much. She can't take any hardship.
02:27But she spit out so much blood.
02:30Just a blood pack.
02:32You know her, she'll do anything for attention.
02:35Adrian stepped on the gas.
02:37Don't worry about her. She'll come crawling back in three days.
02:40I floated in the back seat.
02:42Adrian, I can never come to you again in this life.
02:47One by one, the lights in the film studio.
02:50The once terrifying zombie siege set looked even more desolate in the dark.
02:55I floated back to my corpse and watched a cleaning crew arrive.
02:59Hey, there's someone here!
03:00Hey, wake up! The crew has left. Go back to the lounge to sleep.
03:04I didn't respond. The cleaner sensed something wrong and nervously touched my neck.
03:09The cleaner scrammed away. Soon, red and blue lights from police cars and ambulances lit up the lights.
03:15Doctors put me on a stretcher, checked my pupils.
03:18There's no breath left. The body is stiff.
03:20When the police collected evidence, they found a small, empty bottle in my clenched fist.
03:26Cyanide. Where did deceased buy their forbidden drug?
03:29Maybe suicide. Check her identity. Contact the family.
03:33At the Jones family villa, Adrian had just finished showering and walked out in a towel.
03:39His phone lit up with a blocked spam message notification.
03:42Adrian, go blow your hair first. I'll check it for you.
03:45Lucy's hand shook violently. Grace really died?
03:48Her eyes showed shock, then barely concealed joy.
03:52The position of Mrs. Jones was hers now.
03:55Thinking of Adrian's billions, Lucy immediately deleted the message.
03:58Is that a text from Grace apologizing?
04:00No! Just an ad.
04:03Adrian, let me dry your hair for you.
04:05No, you rest. I have to go to the office. Stay here for the next two days. I won't be
04:09back.
04:11Tell me when you find your locations. I'll have the crew restore the set.
04:14Otherwise, that crazy Grace will make a scene again.
04:16I'll see you in a few days.
04:18I floated on the ceiling, watching it all.
04:20I always knew Lucy was evil.
04:22But Adrian, you could so casually lend out the home I decorated with my own hands
04:27and still call me crazy.
04:29I exhaled deeply.
04:31Luckily, ghosts have fewer emotions.
04:34Three full days have passed.
04:36I didn't contact anyone.
04:38His face dark enough to drip water.
04:40The ashtray is stuffed with cigarette butts.
04:42The butler came over carrying breakfast.
04:45Sir, please eat something.
04:47Adrian knocked over the milk glass with a slap.
04:50Where's Grace? Still not back?
04:52No. Madam hasn't been in touch.
04:56Maybe you could call her, sir?
04:58Me call her?
04:59She's dreaming.
05:00Go.
05:01Throw away all her slippers.
05:03And all her clothes in the closet.
05:05Burn them.
05:06Let's see how long she can stay stubborn.
05:08The butler didn't dare disobey.
05:10She walked to the balcony and saw the agave plant I had raised for five years.
05:14It was the one Adrian gave me when he proposed.
05:17He said,
05:18Lucy, agave rarely blooms.
05:20Just like meeting you.
05:21As long as this plant lives, we will never separate.
05:24Later, he changed his heart.
05:26But the plant grew better and better.
05:27Should I throw this away too?
05:29Throw it.
05:30Everything she touched, get it out of my sight.
05:32An eyesore.
05:33The pot smashed on the cement ground of the yard, splitting apart.
05:36Dirt scattered everywhere.
05:38I floated in midair, watching that plant.
05:41Just then, the front door opened.
05:42Lucy walked in wearing a white trench coat.
05:45I looked closely.
05:46That was the coat Adrian had flown to Paris to custom make for me on our first anniversary.
05:51Only one in the world.
05:52I never dared to wear it, always hanging deep in the closet.
05:55She had dug it out and taken it to the waist.
05:58This coat.
05:59Lucy immediately clung to his arm and whined.
06:02Adrian, I have an important press conference today.
06:05I borrowed Grace's coat to wear.
06:07She won't be mad, will she?
06:09A flicker of complexity in his eyes.
06:11It's just clothes.
06:12She has plenty.
06:13One less won't matter.
06:15Thank you, Adrian.
06:16Lucy's eyes glanced at an old wooden box in the corner.
06:19Oh, what's this old box doing here?
06:21Lucy deliberately stuck out her high heel and kicked the box hard.
06:25I rushed over, trying to catch them.
06:27Lucy stepped on the necklace, breaking it.
06:29My fingers grasped nothing.
06:31Inside was my mother's only keepsake to me.
06:34A pearl necklace.
06:35My mother's last gift to me.
06:36Adrian glanced at the pearls on the ground.
06:39Butler, sweep this trash out.
06:40The butler knelt, picking up pearls.
06:43Sir, these are madam's mother's keepsakes.
06:47If madam comes back and sees...
06:49Who told her not to come home all these days?
06:51Throw it all in the outside trash can!
06:54Tell her if she doesn't come back soon, die out there and don't ever come back.
06:58My soul crouched beside the broken pieces,
07:01watching the butler sweep them into the trash can with tears in her eyes.
07:05Half a month has passed.
07:08Adrian's patience was completely exhausted.
07:10He started checking his phone obsessively, his temper getting worse.
07:14Several company executives were yelled out of his office.
07:17The atmosphere in the conference room was freezing.
07:20Who gave you this garbage plan?
07:23Redo it!
07:24Adrian threw a boulder at the sales director's face.
07:26Everyone trembled in silence.
07:29He loosened his tie, breathing hard.
07:31Something was wrong.
07:32Grace had never left him for half a month before.
07:35No matter how bad the fight,
07:37she would stay at a friend's house for at most two nights.
07:40As soon as he texted, she would come running back to cook for him.
07:44What happened this time?
07:45Half a month.
07:46No call.
07:47No text.
07:48Not even any credit card activity.
07:50He took a deep breath and called his assistant, Tom.
07:55Go find out where Grace is.
07:56Search the whole city if you have to and drag her back here.
07:59At eight that night at the International Hotel,
08:01Lucy's new drama press conference was underway.
08:04Adrian sat at the head table with a glass of champagne.
08:07Lucy played hostess beside him.
08:10Mr. Adrian, is Mrs. Grace not coming today?
08:12An annoying reporter asked.
08:14Lucy's face stiffened.
08:16Adrian didn't even blink.
08:18She's been unwell lately, resting at home.
08:21But some say you're already separated.
08:23Is that true?
08:25Defamation has legal consequences.
08:27And the room went quiet.
08:28I floated near the crystal chandelier,
08:30watching him put on this facade.
08:32Adrian, you poor man.
08:34You still think I'm alive somewhere, sulking at you.
08:37Halfway through the banquet,
08:40the door suddenly burst open.
08:42A loud bang startled everyone.
08:44Tom stumbled in, pale with terror, like he had seen a ghost.
08:48Security couldn't stop him.
08:50He pushed through the crowd and fell at Adrian's table.
08:53Mr. Adrian!
08:55Something terrible has happened.
08:57Put down his glass and said irritably,
08:59What's panning?
09:00Is the sky falling?
09:02Mr. Adrian?
09:04The police called our legal department.
09:06What stun is Grace pulling now?
09:08Did she go to the police to report me for kidnapping?
09:13He stood up suddenly,
09:15kicked over his chair and shouted,
09:17Tell her,
09:19if she's done making a scene,
09:21come back here!
09:23If she doesn't come back now,
09:24she'd better never come back!
09:26Tom shook his head in despair,
09:28trembling as he pulled a sealed bag from his briefcase.
09:31Inside the bag was a small bottle
09:34Mr. Adrian!
09:35with the words,
09:36cyanide.
09:37Mr. Adrian!
09:38Madam!
09:39Madam died half a month ago!
09:44A violent ringing filled Adrian's ears.
09:47He clutched his chest,
09:48mouth wide open,
09:49but no sound came out.
09:51Overwhelming panic drowned him.
09:53Impossible!
09:54Adrian pushed Tom aside and stumbled out.
09:57Adrian!
09:58Don't panic, maybe it's a mistake.
10:01Get off!
10:02Lucy, in high heels,
10:04lost her balance and fell hard.
10:06Adrian didn't even look at her.
10:07He ran out like a madman.
10:09At the hospital entrance,
10:10he tripped on the steps and fell hard on his knees,
10:13but he felt no pain.
10:14He got up and kept running.
10:16The morgue door opened,
10:17cold air rushing out.
10:19Here.
10:20Adrian stood in front of the cabinet,
10:21but he didn't dare pull it open.
10:23Are you sure the person in there is Grace?
10:25Tom kept his head down,
10:26not daring to look at him.
10:28Adrian, with a deep breath,
10:29pulled open the drawer.
10:30The white sheet covered the body.
10:32He reached out and slowly lifted the sheet.
10:36When my purple, stiff, twisted face was revealed,
10:40Adrian collapsed like his bones had been pulled out.
10:43He stared at my face,
10:45his throat letting out a mournful howl.
10:48Grace!
10:49You crazy woman!
10:51He reached out to touch my face,
10:52but the moment his fingertips touched my skin,
10:55he jerked his hand back as if shocked.
10:57How dare you!
10:58He suddenly turned and shouted down the hallway.
11:00Doctor!
11:01Do something!
11:03Why are you just standing there?
11:04Save her!
11:05The doctor on duty sighed and shook his head.
11:09Mr. Jones, cyanide has no antidote.
11:12She took a large dose,
11:13and she's already gone.
11:16Adrian lunged at the doctor like a madman,
11:18grabbing his collar.
11:20She's not dead!
11:22She's just angry at me!
11:24She must have taken some fake death pill!
11:27He screamed,
11:28but the only answer was the hum of the air conditioner.
11:34Grace, I'm telling you to get up!
11:36I won't hold it against you!
11:38I'll cancel Lucy's role, okay?
11:40I stood beside him,
11:42watching him fall apart.
11:43Adrian, it's too late.
11:47The morgue was freezing cold.
11:49Adrian stared at my face,
11:50his eyes bloodshot,
11:52as if trying to confirm it wasn't me.
11:54Impossible.
11:57Doctor, you must have made a mistake, right?
11:59Adrian stood up suddenly
12:00and grabbed the coroner's arm.
12:02Grace is usually terrified of pain.
12:04She even frowns at a shot.
12:07Drinking cyanide would tear her insides apart.
12:10Why would she do that?
12:11It must be someone else!
12:13The coroner shook him off harshly,
12:15his tone cold.
12:16Mr. Jones,
12:17the deceased was identified by fingerprints.
12:19Besides, look at her hands.
12:21The coroner lifted the edge of the sheet
12:22and pulled out my right hand.
12:24Adrian's eyes fell on that hand.
12:26It was not a normal hand.
12:28All my fingernails were bent and broken.
12:30Blood and mud caked under my nails.
12:32After drinking cyanide,
12:34the lungs become irreversibly fibreric,
12:37suffocating the victim to death.
12:40Supprestationing in their knee,
12:41the lormit taints to death.
12:42She experienced a very long period of suffocation
12:45and excruciating pain.
12:48Before dying,
12:49rolling and clawing on the ground.
12:51That cement dust is what she dug out of the concrete floor
12:54with her bare hands.
12:57Adrian stared at those broken fingernails.
12:59His lips began to tremble,
13:01his teeth chattering.
13:03I floated in midair,
13:04watching him coldly.
13:06Yes, it really hurt.
13:07Five minutes after swallowing the poison,
13:09my throat felt like a red, hot mess.
13:12I tried to vomit,
13:13clawing at my throat,
13:14but all that came up were blood clots
13:16mixed with stomach lining.
13:18No one cared.
13:19Adrian suddenly doubled over,
13:21clutching his chest,
13:22vomiting up the steak and red wine from dinner.
13:25He knelt in his own vomit,
13:27holding his head in his hands.
13:28Tom stood beside him with red eyes.
13:31Mr. Adrian,
13:31please sign the papers.
13:33The funeral home car is waiting outside.
13:35What papers?
13:36Who said you could take her away?
13:38She's not dead.
13:39She's just angry at me.
13:41Adrian scrambled to the gurney
13:43and tucked my stiff face in his hands.
13:45It's difficult.
13:45Come home with me.
13:47Didn't you always want me
13:48to watch a movie with you?
13:49Tomorrow I'll rent out the whole theater.
13:51We'll go.
13:52Get up!
13:53Say something!
13:55He shook my shoulders hard,
13:57but my stiff body didn't move at all.
14:00Adrian froze.
14:01He finally realized I was really dead.
14:06Lucy arrived at the morgue
14:07when she pinched her nose at the vomit,
14:10but still forced out a few tears
14:11and threw herself at him.
14:13Adrian!
14:14How could this happen?
14:16Why did Grace do something so desperate?
14:18If I'd known she was this fragile,
14:20I never would have suggested
14:22that end-of-world game.
14:24It's all my fault, Adrian.
14:26Hit me!
14:27Adrian didn't move.
14:28His eyes were fixed
14:29on the small, white bottle
14:31the coroner had placed on a tray.
14:33Adrian suddenly pushed Lucy aside,
14:34stumbled over, and picked it up.
14:36He turned it over,
14:37staring at the batch number on the bottom.
14:39Where did this drug come from?
14:44Maybe...
14:44Maybe Grace bought it herself?
14:46Could she have been depressed for a long time?
14:50Adrian turned his head
14:51and stared into Lucy's eyes.
14:55Cyanide is a deadly poison
14:56that can't be bought anywhere on the market.
14:59Grace was locked in that safe house
15:01for half a month without even a phone.
15:03Where would she get this bottle of poison?
15:05Adrian, what are you implying?
15:07Are you accusing me?
15:09Go!
15:11Investigate!
15:13Get all the surveillance footage from the set
15:15for the past ten days!
15:17Find out who brought this into the studio!
15:19Tom ran out.
15:22Adrian took off his suit jacket,
15:23ignoring the stains,
15:24and carefully covered my face with it.
15:27I want to see her autopsy report.
15:29Every single piece of data.
15:31Half an hour later,
15:32Adrian sat in the coroner's office.
15:34He held the thin sheets of paper in his hand.
15:37The deceased stomach had no food residue,
15:40barely any liquid either.
15:42Her stomach lining was severely ataturated.
15:44Based on physical signs,
15:47she had fasted for at least eight days
15:49before drinking the poison.
15:51Adrian froze, crushing the paper in his fingers.
15:55Eight days of fasting?
15:58Adrian rushed out of the coroner's office.
16:00Tell me,
16:02how were the supplies to the safe house arranged?
16:06Bless him on house!
16:10Mr. Adrian,
16:12the first two days,
16:14we delivered double portions,
16:15but on the third day,
16:18Miss Lucy said she wanted to increase the realism
16:20of the survival drill,
16:22so she had the supplies cut in half.
16:26Miss Lucy said,
16:27cutting supplies test people's hearts.
16:30Every night for those ten days,
16:32watching the safe house footage,
16:34I would break the hardtack in half,
16:36putting the larger piece in the box marked for Adrian.
16:38I only took a tiny crumb for myself,
16:41swallowing it with a little water.
16:42Sometimes I didn't even dare drink much water,
16:45just wetting my lips with a cotton swab.
16:47Look at Grace,
16:48such an actress,
16:49playing the self-sacrifice act.
16:51Let her starve a few days
16:53and see if she still eats.
16:55Turns out,
16:57I wasn't acting.
16:58Adrian slapped himself hard.
16:59Half his face immediately swelled,
17:01blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
17:05Tom came back with a USB drive.
17:07Mr. Adrian,
17:08I got the surveillance footage.
17:13I got it.
17:15But,
17:16play it!
17:18The screen lit up.
17:20Adrian stared at the screen,
17:22not daring to blink.
17:23I had already survived
17:24seven days in the safe house.
17:26In the footage,
17:27I was curled in a corner,
17:29holding that metal box tightly.
17:31Suddenly,
17:32a small medicine bottle
17:33rolled down from the ventilation duct.
17:35At the same time,
17:36a note fell down as well.
17:39The handwriting on the note
17:40was clearly Lucy's.
17:42Grace,
17:42Adrian has already taken me away
17:44from the quarantine zone by helicopter.
17:46This place will soon be overrun by zombies.
17:48This bottle of euthanasia
17:50is what Adrian asked me to leave for you.
17:52This is the last thing he can do for you.
17:54When Adrian read this,
17:56the veins on his neck bulged instantly.
17:59I floated in midair,
18:01watching his misery.
18:02He only now saw Lucy's true face.
18:05The footage continued.
18:06I picked up the note
18:07and read it over and over.
18:09No hysterics,
18:10no screaming.
18:11I quietly folded the note
18:12and put it in my pocket.
18:14Then I walked to the metal box
18:15full of hardtack.
18:16I looked at the food I had saved up
18:18and suddenly smiled.
18:19That smile was uglier than crying.
18:23I opened the small white bottle.
18:25Without any hesitation,
18:26I tilted my head back
18:27and drank it all.
18:28I suddenly grabbed my stomach
18:30and crashed hard to the ground.
18:32My body curled up,
18:33both hands choking my own throat,
18:35my forehead hitting the iron bed frame.
18:37I crawled to the door,
18:39my fingers clawing madly
18:40at the iron door,
18:41leaving bloody streaks on the door.
18:43Adrian!
18:44It hurts!
18:45I struggled in a pool of blood
18:47for four full hours.
18:50Adrian stared at the screen,
18:52at me with no life left.
18:54He turned and kicked over the chair
18:56in front of him.
18:56He lunged at Lucy by the door
18:58like a wild beast.
19:01Lucy screamed in terror,
19:03stumbling backward.
19:05Adrian!
19:06Let me explain!
19:08It was a prop mistake!
19:11I didn't know it was real poison!
19:13You didn't know!
19:14Adrian didn't listen to her excuses.
19:17Euthanasia?
19:18He grabbed Lucy by the hair
19:19and yanked her to the ground.
19:21When did I ever ask you
19:22to leave her euthanasia?
19:25You personally handed her the poison.
19:27You lied that I had abandoned her!
19:29Adrian picked up the ashtray on the table
19:31and smashed it hard on Lucy's shoulder.
19:33Adrian!
19:34I was wrong!
19:35I just wanted to scare her!
19:37I didn't want her to die!
19:39Adrian kicked Lucy hard in the stomach,
19:42sending her flying two meters.
19:44Lucy spat out blood,
19:46lying on the ground like a dead dog.
19:48Adrian walked over
19:49and stepped on her hand,
19:50grinding it.
19:51Of course you didn't want her to die quickly.
19:53You wanted her to slowly starve
19:55to death in despair.
19:57Adrian bent down,
19:58grabbed Lucy's throat,
19:59and lifted her up.
20:00Do you love end-of-world survival so much?
20:03I'll let you experience it yourself.
20:06That night,
20:07Adrian used all his personal connections
20:09to suppress the news.
20:11Lucy was shoved into a van
20:13by Tom's men
20:13and driven straight back
20:15to the film studio.
20:16I followed them,
20:17floating back to that safe house.
20:19It still looked the way it had
20:20when I died.
20:21The blood on the floor
20:22had turned black.
20:23The walls were covered
20:24with my scratch marks.
20:26Lucy was roughly thrown inside,
20:27the door slammed shut
20:29with a bang.
20:30Lucy threw herself
20:31at the iron door,
20:32pounding on it.
20:33Adrian!
20:34Let me out!
20:36I don't want to stay there!
20:39Outside the iron door,
20:40Adrian sat in a lounge chair,
20:42holding a glass of cold water.
20:44He stared at the monitor
20:45showing Lucy inside,
20:47his voice without a trace of warmth.
20:49Let me out!
20:50Turn on the speaker.
20:50Let me out!
20:52Turn on the speaker.
20:54Yes, sir.
20:56The loudspeaker crackled
20:58with Adrian's dark voice.
20:59Lucy,
21:00Grace stayed here for ten days.
21:02She suffered eight days of starvation.
21:05I'll lock you up for ten days, too.
21:07There's no food
21:08and no water in there.
21:10Lucy screamed madly inside.
21:12No!
21:13No!
21:14This is false imprisonment!
21:16You're crazy!
21:17You're crazy!
21:18I'll call the police!
21:20Adrian chuckled softly.
21:22Call the police?
21:23By the time they shoved you
21:25into that car,
21:26I already used your phone
21:28to post a statement.
21:29Lucy will undergo
21:30ten days of closed,
21:32internet-free,
21:33immersive training
21:33to prepare for her new role.
21:36No one will come to save you.
21:38Lucy collapsed completely,
21:39wailing.
21:40But Adrian didn't stop there.
21:42He pointed at the ventilation pipe.
21:44Drop that in.
21:45Tom hesitated,
21:46but still took a small glass bottle
21:48and dropped it on the pipe.
21:49The bottle shattered
21:50on the concrete floor
21:51of the safe house.
21:52A pungent chemical smell
21:54instantly filled the sealed room.
21:57Lucy immediately covered
21:58her mouth and nose,
21:59coughing violently.
22:02Adrian,
22:03what did you release?
22:04It's horrible!
22:06That's a high concentration
22:07in irritant gas.
22:08It won't kill you right away,
22:10but it will slowly corrode
22:12your spres-free tract.
22:13You can experience firsthand
22:15what Grace went through
22:16as she suffocated
22:17and rolled on the ground!
22:19For the first three days,
22:21Lucy cursed
22:21and threw things.
22:23Third night,
22:23she was too weak to stand.
22:25She crawled on the ground,
22:27licking up crumbs
22:27that I had accidentally
22:28dropped into the cracks,
22:30like a dog licking the floor.
22:31On the fifth day,
22:33Lucy was severely dehydrated
22:34and barely conscious,
22:36but hallucinating,
22:37circles inside the room,
22:38scratching at the walls.
22:41Grace!
22:42Grace, don't come near me!
22:43It wasn't me
22:44who wanted to hurt you!
22:45It was Adrian!
22:47Adrian wouldn't let me save you!
22:50Outside the screen,
22:51when Adrian heard that,
22:52he crushed the glass in his hand.
22:54It pierced his flesh,
22:56blood streaming,
22:57but he didn't seem
22:58to feel the pain.
22:59Yes.
23:00In the end,
23:01if it weren't for Adrian's indulgence,
23:03if it weren't for him
23:04trying to please his lover,
23:06how could I have died?
23:07Adrian stared at Lucy
23:08on the screen,
23:09then suddenly covered his face,
23:11his shoulders shaking violently.
23:12He finally understood
23:14how much a knife
23:15in his own side hurt.
23:17Adrian sent people
23:18to sort through my belongings.
23:20In the city center villa,
23:22there was painfully
23:23little left of me.
23:24A few faded clothes,
23:26a few cookbooks,
23:27and a drawer full of antidepressants.
23:29When Adrian opened that drawer,
23:31he was completely stunned.
23:33What?
23:33He picked up a bottle at random
23:35and looked at the production date.
23:37It was from three years ago,
23:39the second year of our marriage.
23:40That was when Lucy
23:42had just returned from abroad.
23:43To throw her a welcome party,
23:45Adrian abandoned me
23:47on my birthday,
23:48driving 200 kilometers
23:49to the airport.
23:51That night,
23:51a storm raged.
23:53I sat alone
23:54in the empty villa,
23:55finishing an entire
23:56cold birthday cake,
23:57then swallowed
23:58half a bottle
23:58of sleeping pills.
24:00Later,
24:00the maid found me
24:01and took me to the hospital
24:03to have my stomach pumped,
24:04saving my life.
24:05What had Adrian said then?
24:07He stood by my hospital bed
24:09and said coldly,
24:10Grace,
24:11your methods of fighting
24:12for attention
24:12are getting more
24:13and more pathetic.
24:15Besides trying to kill yourself,
24:16what else can you do?
24:18After that,
24:19I never made any more demands.
24:21I just survived
24:22on handfuls
24:23of antidepressants.
24:24Tom,
24:25from the bottom of the closet,
24:26pulled out
24:27a small wooden box.
24:28I never made any more
24:30I never made any more
24:30I never made any more
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