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00:08because i couldn't bear him the sun lucas abandoned me and our daughter on a snow-covered highway
00:13in freezing weather then drove off without a second glance to spend a joyful new year with
00:21his next wife this cruel manly shed a tear when he saw our coffins
00:29i thought lucas reed was pulling over to pee leila's asleep grace get lena out of the car
00:38lucas it's fine squeeze i don't want to sit with that dirty kid she was coughing
00:44december 23 23 degrees fahrenheit held leila and watched him restart the engine the taillights
00:51got smaller and losser in the snow until they disappeared the snow kept falling i stood by
00:56the guardrail trying to block the wind with my body mommy where's daddy he's at grandma's
01:03aunt lucy's coming to get us but i'm cold
01:09i wrapped her inside my coat tucked a scarf around her head my phone had only 30 percent battery left
01:16i called lucy once twice three times she finally picked up hey lucy your brother said you're
01:25picking us up where are you oh that right yeah he mentioned it i'm at a party right now though
01:31can't leave just wait i'll swing by later lucy it's freezing out here lena can't god you're so
01:35dramatic just wait okay lucas said sophie and vivi can't get cold they need to get home waiting a bit
01:40won't kill you too i stood there fingers stiff
01:47then i called lucas voicemail again voicemail leila shivered in my arms mommy i want to go home
01:58we will be home in a minute baby we'll be home soon four years of marriage i never knew he
02:04could be
02:04this cruel dumped his own wife and daughter on the highway for sophia's kid because vivian said
02:10she didn't want to sit with a dirty kid headlights appeared in the distant i waved
02:15here a black suv slowed down stopped the window rolled down a young guy need help
02:24can you take us to the next rest stop please get in thank you grace
02:32what are you doing out here where's lucas i told henry what happened is he insane he left you and
02:41leila out here sophie's kid matters but his own daughter doesn't lee squeeze them in now
02:52no room look at her face she's turning blue
02:58i climbed into the back with leila heat hit my frozen skin it hurt call me when you get to
03:04the rest
03:04stop i'll make lucas come get you henry you'll freeze out here i'll survive just take care of the
03:09kid go the car pulled away henry stood in the snow getting smaller the car pulled away i looked through
03:18the back window henry stood in the snow getting smaller lena slept in my arms her cheeks were still
03:25too red i touched her forehead burning can you go faster she has a fever lee not me nodded stepped
03:33on
03:33gas stepped on the gas i reached for my phone no signal how far is it to the rest stop
03:4412 miles half an hour
03:46easy i held leila tighter kept checking her forehead hotter baby wake up don't close your eyes
03:57i don't feel good i know we're almost there just hold on she started coughing hard her little face
04:06turned blue i patted her back the tears finally came please faster i'm going as
04:17fast as i can the roads are icy the cough got worse her breathing sounded like a broken whistle
04:24i can't breathe
04:28i unzapped her coat her chest was heaving pneumonia she almost died from it last year lena look at me
04:34stay awake mommy's going to tell you a story about the bunny her eyes fluttered her breathing got
04:40shallower someone help she's dying please no one answered just the sound of the wind and snow howling
04:47outside the car finally pulled into the restroom is there a doctor please she's sick there's no doctor
04:56here towers down lines are dead my knees buckled leila was silent in my arms fever in me of the
05:06grace
05:07lena try giving her these
05:14please look i can drive you to the community hospital but the roads might be closed with the snow
05:19all right i'll try yes go now
05:25leila remember you wanted to go to disney world mommy's taking you we'll ride the biggest carousel
05:31you're going to wear that elsa dress right and universal studios they have transformers we'll go see
05:38your hero her eyelashes fluttered but she didn't open her eyes my phone buzzed a signal i dialed lucas
05:46with shaking fingers hello lucas lena is sick it's bad where are you lena on the way to the community
06:00hospital you need to come grace lucy's picking you up isn't she she didn't come
06:07she never came
06:12that's not possible she just posted on social media said she was on her way i opened the app and
06:17found
06:18lucy's profile her latest post ten minutes ago a selfie highway in the background the caption picking
06:25up grace the location tag said 60 miles away she hadn't moved an inch she was lying to lucas she
06:31was
06:31lying to me grace sophie and vivian just got here my mom's happy don't ruin it when lucy picks you
06:38up
06:38take leila to the corner let's get fingers it's morning she's not gonna die stop being dramatic
06:43don't need to see her i held the phone my blood ran cold your husband
06:52you're not
06:55master hold on i'm taking a shortcut that kid is not dying on my watch
07:01he turned onto a back road the snow got heavier i could barely hear lena breathing
07:07anymore i felt for her heartbeat so faint hello don't do this to mommy mommy was wrong i should
07:13have never been such a fool mommy was wrong to marry him mommy's sorry i'm so sorry i was crying
07:18as i
07:18reached into my pocket i pulled out a small metal disc about the size of a button dad gave it
07:24to me
07:24grace if the reeds ever hurt you or laylee push this but i want one more thing no sound but
07:30i knew the
07:31signal went out dad said his people would be there within three hours but three hours could layla last
07:37three hours community hospital finally came to view acute pneumonia heart rate dropping get the crash
07:44cart ready they stopped me at the door i stood behind the glass watched them intubate her hook her up
07:52to
07:52monitors her tiny body on that bed i felt so helpless like i was watching her die
07:58i collapsed in the corner shaking my phone rang again lucas i answered said nothing grace where
08:07are you my mom's waiting hello hospital they're resuscitating layla what why are you at a hospital
08:17where's lucy she never came that's impossible she just texted you said she picked you up i opened the
08:26family group chat 20 minutes ago a message from lucy got her bro heading back a blurry photo attached
08:32a woman's silhouette in the passenger seat looked like my coat she took that photo weeks ago she was
08:38lying to him with a pre-planned photo lucas come to the hospital now grace you just don't want to
08:46come
08:46for christmas do you because sophie's here you're jealous so you made this up
08:53you think i'm lying otherwise what lucy has no reason to lie to me she's my sister
08:59what are you lucas if layla dies tonight i will never forgive you whatever my mom says sophie can
09:07still bore me a son you can't so step aside the line went dead i slid down the wall
09:16family
09:20i'm here
09:23we saved her but there's something you need to see but what oxygen deprivation too long
09:31there's brain damage she may never walk or talk or think like a normal child the room spun i grabbed
09:38the wall she's still so young we did everything we could get her admitted the bills won't be cheap
09:49i stumbled to the billing window
09:54insufficient funds lucas gave me three thousand a month
09:59i called him what now leila needs surgery transfer me 50 000 50 000 what am i an atm a
10:09printing press
10:12lucas she's your daughter a girl even if she recovers she's worthless i hung up stood at the window
10:24can we start the treatment first i'll pay later sorry hospital policy deposit first
10:31i walked outside into the snow my phone buzzed henry
10:40henry do me a favor anything if i die take care of leila what the hell are you talking about
10:48i have no money leila has no future lucas doesn't want her i don't either dump her in foster care
10:57at least she'll live don't do anything stupid where are you i'm coming no i hung up
11:06turned off the phone
11:09walked back to the room leila lay on the bed tubes everywhere her pale face like she was just
11:17sleeping i held her hand i kissed her forehead then turned and walked out the hospital roof was
11:26cold with wind and snow i stood at the edge looking down people looked so small down there jumping would
11:36end everything leila would be given away lucas would marry sophie everyone would be happy except me and leila
11:42i closed my eyes and leaned forward then someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back hard i hit
11:48the ground and looked up men in black suits stood around me the one in front was in his 50s
11:52with gray
11:53hair he took off his sunglasses his eyes red grace
12:00dad they put me on a private helicopter leila came too a doctor on board took over immediately
12:05intracranial pressure too high she needs surgery now call the main hospital tell them to clear the
12:10o.r dad held my hand he wouldn't stop shaking i'm sorry sweetheart i came too late i'm sorry dad
12:19what's going on grace i've been lying to you you insisted on marrying lucas i was afraid if he knew
12:25we had money he'd only marry you for it so i pretended to be poor for four years i thought
12:31as
12:31long as he treated you well it was fine but i never expected he looked at leila unconscious and his
12:37tears
12:37about never expected them to be this cruel to abuse my granddaughter like this the helicopter landed
12:45on the roof of city general they wheeled leila straight into surgery the best surgeons the best
12:50equipment read group before the market opens tomorrow i wanted to crash terminate every partnership
12:57call the banks you know it grace i'm giving you two choices first divorce him take the money take
13:06leila broad never come back second stay watch the reeds fall i thought about it second but i want one
13:19more
13:19thing one more thing father what find two bodies one exactly like mine and a little girl's like leila's
13:27frozen to death on the side of the highway i want them to think i'm dead then i want to
13:31watch them
13:31celebrate watch them celebrate christmas while leila and i are dead done the bodies looked real one adult
13:40one child lying in the snow by the highway when they were found they were already frozen the call came
13:47while the reeds were eating christmas dinner the table was full of laughter grandma oh vivian sophie
13:52is so much better her daughter is well behaved not like grace that little brat of hers was always
13:57crying so annoying hello mr lucas reed are you the husband of grace reed we found two bodies by the
14:04highway you need to come identify them what did you say grace and leila froze to death
14:15lucas's legs gave out when he got to the morgue the cop led him to the viewing room the drawer
14:21slid
14:22open two bodies one big one small the big one wore my coat the small one curled in her arms
14:30like she
14:31was sleeping are they lucas opened his mouth no sound came out he reached out to touch my face but
14:37his
14:37hands wouldn't stop shaking no way lucy went to get them you checked the cameras your sister's car never
14:45hit the highway she drove around the city then went home we checked the victim's phone we found an audio
14:49recording of her last call to you 7 pm she said the child was begging you to help you said
14:52you said a
14:53girl even if she recovered she's worthless i thought she was lying i didn't know i didn't think she
15:00really if you'd known would you have gone silence lucas had no answer
15:10oh my god leila my little girl how could this happen i even haven't seen you alone lucas this is
15:19for
15:19the best grace is gone now you can have sophie mom that's my daughter your granddaughter so what she's
15:29dead that saves you a divorce settlement tell the cop to premate them already don't ruin christmas ma'am
15:37these are two human beings
15:41so what not your problem let's go sophie's waiting for us
15:51wait grace i'm sorry i was wrong i didn't i never thought why are you apologizing she was just
16:03unlucky shut up we must bring them home mrs reed didn't dare to say another word
16:11the reeds held a memorial lucas i didn't mean to i was just hanging with friends
16:18lost track of time how was i supposed to know they'd actually die lost track of time two people
16:23you lost track of time what do you want me to do die for her she's not worth it
16:32get out i don't want to see you again you're not my sister
16:39lucas i'm so sorry grace wouldn't want you to be like this they were doing what it happened
16:43freezing to death on the highway waiting for someone who was never coming that was
16:47your sister's fault not mine right poor you but they're dead frozen solid two lives i keep thinking
16:54what if i'd answered the phone what if i'd gone to get them
16:59what if i hadn't said those things lucas grace is dead i'm the one still alive the door closed lucas
17:05slid down the wall and sat against the coffin on the monitor i watched his shoulders shake
17:10ridiculous people only cry when it's too late
17:17after grace's death things moved fast the reed empire started to crumble first their biggest
17:23client walked signed a 10-year deal with their rival overnight then the banks called in their loans
17:27and the whole cash flow dried up suppliers showed up at the door all at once demanding payment
17:35the company is dying do you understand so what we still have money money mom we're going bankrupt
17:43the house the cars the savings all of it gone to pay debts you might not even be able to
17:47afford food
17:48soon that's impossible nothing's impossible mr reed did you like my gift who is this you don't need to
17:58know all you need to know is this is just the beginning the debt you owe the entire reed family
18:03will pay it read group officially went bankrupt the house the cars everything auctioned off mrs reed moved
18:09out of the villa and into a rental i can't suffer with you vivian has school lucas didn't stop her
18:18he went back to the funeral home the coffins were still there he bribed the night guard with his last
18:23few dollars so he could sleep on the floor you ruined the family for a dead woman what about mom
18:31then who will pay the price for grace who will answer for layla she left crying and never came back
18:37lucas started looking for work but no one wanted a bankrupt boss with a bad reputation
18:42he ended up as a waiter start today wash dishes okay grace today i carried 300 plates my hands are
18:49falling off in the old days you would have told me to take it easy why was i so stupid
18:52you were so
18:53good layla was so cute how did i get so lost listening to mom that's right daddy
19:00layla daddy sorry you love strawberry cake daddy gets paid tomorrow i'll buy you one okay he didn't
19:04know this late guilt meant nothing next morning lucas went to the diner early lucas table three is waiting
19:13lunch break he squatted on the back steps of the diner hey you okay nothing got something in my eye
19:20i heard you used to be a big shot how'd you end up like this got what i deserved he
19:25didn't want to talk
19:26some pain you swallow alone he thought about grace's last call her horse voice layla dying would
19:32everything have been different shift ended lucas didn't go straight to the funeral home he took a
19:39detour to the bakery downtown give me the smallest one back at the funeral home layla daddy bought you
19:44cake try it it's your favorite grace have a bite too you always said i wasted money never bought the
19:51expensive cake now i bought it i want your taste he sat there until the candles burned out next morning
19:57he took the receipt and went back to the bakery one strawberry cake you again there's a mother and
20:02daughter who come here a lot they were just here a couple days ago the little girl is so cute
20:05two
20:05pigtails pointed at the cake and said she wanted to surprise her mom what did you say they came here
20:10two days ago the girl had pigtails really cute yes i remember clearly she was so excited about the cake
20:16really did they look like this the build matches but the little girl looks just like that he was going
20:20to find them first the park where he used to take layla he walked every path and shouted layla grace
20:31where are you the wind ate his voice no answer he went to the spot where they used to feed
20:36pigeons
20:36he crouched and looked at the footprints in the snow daddy was wrong please come out please
20:45every day after his shift he got on his motorcycle and went everywhere malls playgrounds the preschool
20:52the bookstore grace used to love every place he could think of he's crazy lucas they're gone you
21:02need to move on he didn't listen he knew grace and layla were alive he would find them one day
21:08he went
21:09to a preschool the one grace once said she'd send layla to when she was older then he saw her
21:14the way she
21:15moved her smile it was layla he pushed open the gate and ran in fear flooded her eyes she ran
21:23behind
21:24a man in a suit she's my daughter i'm her father move sir i don't know you i don't know
21:29what you're
21:29talking about this is my employer's daughter leave now or i'll call the police don't touch me you're a
21:36bad guy you hurt mommy you left us in the snow mommy said you died don't come near us the
21:45disgust
21:45it stabbed right through his heart he finally understood what he'd done to her then a black
21:49sedan pulled up and parked by the gate the back window rolled down revealing a face he'd never forgotten
21:58it's been a long time lucas grace you're really not dead
22:15mommy he's a bad guy he wanted to grab you mommy knows mommy will protect you i i wanted to
22:22see layla
22:24i know i was wrong i'm sorry i want to make it up to you both of you just give
22:31me one more chance
22:32let me take care of you and layla i'll spend the rest of my life making this right i'll do
22:36anything
22:37some mistakes can never be undone you treated us the way you did now you live with the consequences
22:45two choices one leave now and never show your face in front of me or layla again two i call
22:51the cops and
22:51press charges for child abandonment and reckless endangerment i have layla's medical records and
22:56your phone call recordings all saved no i won't leave grace layla is my daughter i can't live without
23:06her let me see her just once please i promise after that i'll go she's not your daughter the moment
23:17you
23:17left her on that highway you lost the right to be her father have some dignity if you keep this
23:23up
23:23i'll call the police who are you why are you interfering with my family allow me to introduce
23:30myself i'm the assistant to the chairman of bennett group miss bennett is the sole air
23:36stare to the bennett fortune she's now taken full control of the company
23:43you thought i was really dependent on you for everything dad pretended to be poor to see if you
23:49loved me or my money too bad you disappointed him and you disappointed me grace let go of me mr
23:55reed stay
23:56down what's there to look at this isn't our house anymore why are you embarrassing yourself lucy i found
24:09grace and layla they're not dead they're alive so what they're doing fine now why would they want
24:15anything to do with a loser like you i know i was wrong i want to make it up to
24:18them make it up with
24:19what you have nothing can't even support yourself you're insane lucy please help me i just want to see
24:25lena once i'm not helping you you're the one who left them on the highway you ruined this family
24:29i'm doing fine now stay away from me what do you want i told you don't come here grace and
24:36layla
24:36they're alive so what what does that have to do with me i just want to live my life in
24:41peace mom
24:42i want to make it up to them can you help me help you with what money you're broke can't
24:48even feed
24:48yourself and you want to make things right you know what if you just listened to me and never married
24:52grace none of this would have happened now sophie's gone too this is all your fault mom
24:58why can you say that layla is your granddaughter so what i don't care dead or alive doesn't matter
25:03don't come back you're not my son anymore
25:11sophie you said you were going back to your hometown lucas are you insane who the hell are you
25:16touch my girl again sophie tell me what if grace and layla on the highway for you lost my family
25:22for you and this is how you treat me lucas you don't actually think i liked you do you you
25:27messes
25:27reed likes me that's why i came around you think i wanted to look at her mean face the highway
25:30you
25:31think vivian was just being a brat i told her make a scene refused to sit with grace and layla
25:35and i'd
25:36buy her the whole elsa collection lucas from the start i wanted grace gone i wanted her to die in
25:40that
25:40snow only then could i take her place too bad she survived get lost come near sophie again i'll kill
26:01remember me december 23rd a three-year-old girl pneumonia oxygen deprivation her mom brought her
26:07in how is she is she okay you have the guts to ask her mom carried her in knees where
26:12were you
26:12she almost died in that er you wouldn't pay fifty thousand dollars now you want to know how she is
26:17she was transferred to city general top specialist three days and three nights to pull her back to
26:21life six months of rehab she's still afraid of the dark of snow she shakes when she hears the word
26:25highway nightmares wakes up screaming for her mom you want to know how she is now isn't that the former
26:30owner of the reed group how did he end up like this he left his wife and daughter on the
26:35highway
26:35then went bankrupt wife and daughter died karma
26:43grace
26:48lucas what do you want i want to see layla just once i promise after that i'll leave you alone
26:53i know i was wrong i know i think about every day about you about layla please give me one
26:59more chance
26:59one more chance said to get rid of her where was her chance then lucas some mistakes can never be
27:04thanks
27:11lucas reed
27:13found this morning his rental suicide
27:15you
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