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00:01so clumsy you can't do anything right today was supposed to be my sweet 16 instead i'm kneeling
00:09on cold marble picking up shattered porcelain at vivian's feet she stood over me wearing her
00:14glittering tiara you're a curse you killed your mother i won't let you drag us down with you
00:19just cleansing your toxic vibes you're welcome my father declan you will spend your entire life
00:26paying for your mother scarlet clean this up then stay in the kitchen out of my sight tonight i make
00:31it official vivian is my one and only daughter the sole heir to the moran empire three days earlier
00:40in the classroom vivian stood by my desk no hard feelings scarlet oops looks like my butler
00:47miscounted we're one short why are you even explaining viv you're too nice that's why she
00:53walks all over you right she's just a maid's kid freeloading off your family why does she need an
01:00invite anyway she should be serving drinks with the rest of the help come on guys don't say that
01:05it's scarlet's birthday that day too sorry scarlet i really wanted you to cut the cake with me but
01:10daddy said no can't blame him not after you got your mother killed back the fuck off evan her loyal
01:16lap
01:16dog lunged he shoved me hard i crashed backward my forehead smashed into the metal edge of a desk
01:23skin split the class just watched cold stares smirks someone actually laughed 10 years ago
01:30my mom disappeared she had gone out to pick up my birthday present my dad went insane
01:38go for every moran connection went to work he tore new york city apart looking for her but nothing
01:47i cried every single day one day the nanny couldn't get me to stop crying she carried me
01:54to dad's study he was sitting at his desk staring at a map covered in red x's every place he'd
02:00already
02:00searched get out how dare you cry if it weren't for your damn birthday and elena would never have
02:08walked out that door she wouldn't be missing don't ever let me see your face again get out
02:16overnight i went from my mother's princess to a despised burden not long after he brought an
02:21orphan back to the estate vivian she looked just like my mom the first time i saw her i was
02:28hiding
02:28on the stairs watching from today on you are a moran that night staff gutted my bedroom the butler
02:38marched me to a maid's room at the end of the second floor a metal cot appealing wardrobe this is
02:44your
02:44room from now on i sat on that metal frame hugging my knees awake the entire night days turned into
02:52years and every year got worse vivian got charity galas i got screamed at and smacked around by the
03:00nanny vivian got paris and london i got cold leftovers in the dark i lost my mom i lost my
03:08dad
03:09i had absolutely nothing after school i walked home bleeding slipped through the side door took the
03:16maid's hallway hearing voices i stopped dad was on the couch vivian leaning on him tomorrow a reality tv
03:24crew was coming to film her new york heiress life dad was going over the script with her he looked
03:30so
03:30patient daddy should i change outfits for this part change all you want you get a new custom dress every
03:35day he smiled then he saw me glanced at my bloody face the dean called you threw a pen at
03:41vivian's face
03:41you knew the cameras were rolling tomorrow you aim for her face elena was so kind how did a vicious
03:47animal like you come from her he marched over sometimes i wonder if you're even hers i stared at
03:53him 10 years of that exact disgusted look he wasn't always like this when mom was around he spoiled me
04:00rotten he wished i looked like mom but he still gave me everything he named me scarlet said i was
04:07his
04:07little ruby dresses diamonds a literal pony for my fifth birthday a kid pushed me once in
04:13kindergarten dad made his whole family show up and apologize then he hired me three self-defense
04:19coaches he knelt down and looked me dead in the eye scarlet anyone hurts you hit back harder no matter
04:26who daddy's always got your back he promised to protect me forever now that same man was standing
04:33right here yelling at me for hurting his precious vivian get to your room do not leave until i say
04:40so
04:407 a.m the pain was blinding i needed painkillers i dragged myself out of the maid's room turned the
04:48corner and froze they were filming vivian's reality special i didn't dare interrupt i hid in the shadows
04:55waiting dad on the couch vivian leaning on him flowers and pastries on the table you're a busy
05:03ceo how did you raise such a perfect daughter she's an angel my one and only daughter i drop
05:09anything for her he's the best dad in the world i just wish he had more time to play with
05:13me daddy i
05:14haven't even been abroad this year after your birthday we'll go anywhere you want i stood in the
05:19dark blinking pure numbness viviana do you ever miss your mom elena was a broadway star are you applying
05:27to art schools because of her mom's name was forbidden territory normally he'd snap but today
05:33was vivian's debut he swallowed it i miss her every day i just want to be like her my mother's
05:40keepsake
05:42whenever i get sad i take it out just to look at it it makes me feel like she's still
05:47here
05:47i burst out of the shadows scarlet who told you to come out i gripped the necklace hands shaking
05:55three cameras instantly pivoted to me i didn't care vivian when did you steal this steal scarlet what
06:04are you talking about cut the act that's my mother's necklace scarlet enough we are live i don't give a
06:13for me hasn't she taken enough from me and for the record my mother isn't dead watch your mouth
06:19it's not some keepsake from a dead mother mr moran who is this vivian panicked she's just a relative of
06:27the help scarlet you must be confused this isn't yours if you want something else i'll buy it for you
06:33no matter the price but mom left this for me i can't give it to you i lunged for it
06:38she dodged her
06:39fingers deliberately popped open the emerald slammed into the marble floor i stumbled back
06:45my mind going totally blank then i dropped to my knees to pick it up are you happy now
06:50get out scarlet what is wrong with you what a clout chaser she knew we were live a maid's relative
06:58so shameless trying to rob the boss's daughter on camera that night the whole internet came for me
07:03the live stream clip went viral everyone was defending vivian and dad while i was drowning in
07:09endless hate and abuse kids from my prep school jumped in for clout claiming i was some charity
07:14case the moran sponsored claiming i bullied vivian every single day i turned off my phone leaned against
07:21the freezing room wall i was still clutching the emerald shards the jagged edges dug deep into my
07:26flesh but i couldn't feel it if mom were still here would it break her heart to see me like
07:32this
07:32the lock clicked vivian stepped in whirling the keys she shut the door and stood right over me
07:40so scarlet dad just told the whole world you're related to the maid how does that feel i didn't look
07:46at her just stared out the window you've got some nerve staying here you killed your own mother dad
07:53absolutely loathes you he wishes you were dead why didn't you just die with her then she saw my hand
08:00the last few emerald shards i'd been clutching all night soaked in my dry blood she snatched them
08:05right out of my palm opened the window and tossed them straight into the backyard lake i stared at the
08:12dark water the last piece of her i had left sank to the bottom vivian wiped her hands and walked
08:18out
08:18not even looking back i stood up climbed onto the windowsill i jumped without thinking i couldn't swim
08:25i thrashed in the freezing water clawing at nothing the icy water crushed the last breath out of me
08:31a burning fire tore through my chest everything faded to black right as everything faded to black
08:37i heard a voice scarlet a heavy splash someone grabbed my arm pulling me up with everything they
08:44had we broke the surface air burned my lungs i coughed violently water pouring from my mouth and nose
08:51scarlet mom's here mom's right here when i opened my eyes i thought i was dead why else would mom
08:59be
08:59here sitting right by my bed she looked exactly the same 10 years hadn't touched her mom terrified it
09:07was a dream terrified that if i spoke too loud she'd vanish i'm here baby mom's right here scarlet tell
09:15me
09:15did someone push you you're misunderstanding mom nobody pushed her we were just playing around she
09:22dropped something in the lake and jumped in after it it's my fault for not watching her closer that's
09:26when i realized we weren't alone vivian's lapdogs were by the door the butler and the family doctor
09:32on the other side and dad he was standing in the furthest corner but he wasn't looking at me his
09:38eyes
09:39were pinned on mom shock disbelief joy fear and something darker something obsessive he was
09:47completely paralyzed mom's face went ice cold she looked at vivian taking her in the custom couture
09:54dress the pink diamond studs the designer shoes and who are you i only gave birth to scarlet
10:02who the hell are you declan explain who is she your bastard kid elena you're you're back i asked
10:11you a question she's no elena you've got it wrong i adopted vivian from an orphanage adopted declan
10:17you better give me a damn good explanation mom didn't wait for him to explain she stood up
10:23walked out of the maid's room marched straight down the maid's stairs through the hall and pushed open
10:28the glass doors to the backyard i followed her dad vivian the butler the whole entourage trailed
10:35behind out in the garden a massive banner hung over the floral arch happy sweet 16 vivian mom stared at
10:42it for a long time then she turned to dad wasn't it scarlet's birthday a few days ago so why
10:48does that
10:48bannet have vivian's name on it elena let me explain i've been gone a few years and you throw my
10:52daughter
10:52in a maid's room dress her in rags you raise someone else's kid and treat your own flesh and blood
10:57worse
10:57than the help dad panicked i had never seen him like this declan moran one of the most feared mafia
11:03bosses in new york shrinking back like a little boy caught stealing i messed up elena i'm moving
11:10scarlet back to her room right now get someone to move my daughter's things back to the master you now
11:14do it right now and miss viviana's things move them to whichever guest room is empty
11:21daddy daddy dad didn't even look at her his eyes were glued to mom desperate pathetic elena is this
11:29okay whatever else you want just say the word i'll do anything mom ignored him she turned around and
11:37crouched down in front of me that look in her eyes gentle heartbroken full of guilt it had been 10
11:44years
11:44since anyone looked at me like that tears spilled down my face i couldn't stop them mom i don't want
11:50to live here anymore can you please take me away then she reached out gently tracing the swollen
11:55infected cut on my forehead like she was terrified of hurting me okay as soon as you're healed mom is
12:03taking you away that night mom squeezed into my tiny metal cot in the maid's room it was way too
12:08narrow
12:08but i wouldn't let her leave i gripped her sleeve just like i used to every night before i turned
12:14six
12:14she held me whispering i'm sorry over and over again on my sixth birthday she went out to get my
12:20present on the way she got a call saying my grandmother had left an overseas inheritance and
12:25she had to show up in person to sign the papers zero hesitation she went it was a trap a
12:32rival group
12:33overseas one with a grudge against the morans grabbed her their goal was to use her as leverage
12:38against dad but they never contacted him something went wrong they moved her around more than once
12:44then locked her away somewhere completely cut off from the outside world it took her 10 brittle years
12:49to finally find a way out i thought about you every single day she whispered pulling me tighter every day
12:55trying to find a way back the only thing that kept me alive was getting back to you i buried
13:00my face in
13:01her chest you're never gonna leave me again right my voice was so small so pathetic i was begging never
13:09never again from now on every time you wake up mom will be right here a faint noise echoed from
13:14the
13:14hallway like someone brushing against the wall mom glanced toward the door her eyes complicated it was dad
13:21standing out in the dark hallway god knows how long he'd been there he didn't knock he didn't come in
13:27he just stood there go to sleep baby mom said looking back down at me don't be afraid she knew
13:34exactly what i was terrified of every single day from now on when you wake up mom will be right
13:40here
13:40next morning mom took me to school to handle the evan situation for 10 years i took the bus the
13:47driver
13:48was only for vivian but today as we walked out a black suv pulled up dad rolled down the window
13:55elena let me drive you in scarlet vivian watched from the porch glaring her stuff had been dumped
14:01into a tiny guest room last night the whole estate knew the tide had turned no need the help's
14:08relatives don't belong in your car i can explain the live stream scarlet burst out of nowhere i panicked
14:12i just said it in the heat of the moment burst out where someone stole her necklace was she not
14:17supposed to take it back declan my mother gave me that necklace you damn well knew that dad threw the
14:26door open and stepped out i know it's my fault i will make it up to scarlet and who are
14:33you to scarlet
14:36make it up to her keep it she took my hand and walked past him we got into a cab
14:43in the rearview
14:44mirror i watched him he stood in the driveway for five seconds then he got back into the suv and
14:51followed us third floor admin office the principal didn't even look up when i walked in scarlet he
14:57sighed flipping through papers parents a no-stow again i told you if a guardian doesn't handle this
15:05you're expelled the other teachers in the room glanced up their eyes were different today curious
15:11judging they'd definitely seen the live stream principal a woman's voice cut through the room
15:18calm commanding i am scarlet's mother mom stepped up beside me hair pulled back dressed sharp she stood
15:26in that cramped office and every eye locked onto her a young teacher in the corner suddenly gasped
15:31and stood up you're elena vasquez i saw you on broadway oh my god she realized she was overstepping
15:37and quickly shut up but aren't you married to mr moran isn't viviana his daughter mom rolled her eyes
15:45declan moran is out of his damn mind treats a stranger's kid like royalty and throws away his
15:50own flesh and blood you could hear a pin drop mom turned to the principal call the boy who pushed
15:55my
15:55daughter he needs to apologize to scarlet right now evan was called into the office he crossed his arms
16:03defiant i didn't do anything wrong i was defending her he glared at me then looked away she threw a
16:10pen at vivian first so vivian was called down she walked in wearing her signature look sweet helpless
16:18understanding i'm so sorry ma'am please blame me evan was just trying to protect me she said softly
16:25looking at mom she sighed looking pained the ultimate victim card and we can't blame scarlet either
16:32she was just upset for 10 years she used this exact routine to manipulate dad really it's all my
16:38fault play the martyr and let everyone else fight her bowels mom stared at her for three seconds then
16:45she spoke don't try that crap you use on decan on me vivian's face froze did you really think i'd
16:51be
16:51like him mom sneered throw my own daughter under the bus to protect you vivian's eyes darted she quickly
16:59put the victim mask back on ma'am i know you don't like me but i'm not some you think
17:03i don't know
17:04everything you stole her birthday you stole her life you went on live tv and called her the maid's
17:09kid you paraded my mother's necklace around claiming it was from yours you knew exactly what
17:16you were doing mom leaned in and i really don't need to remind you what you said in scarlet's room
17:21last
17:21night do i now that everyone knew she was just an orphan dad picked up the looks they gave her
17:27were
17:27completely different vivian panicked her facade was crumbling it wasn't me daddy said it daddy told the
17:35whole world she was the maid's the office door flew open dad marched in his eyes swept the room and
17:42locked onto vivian vivian shut your mouth his voice was low but it hit like a sledgehammer one more word
17:50and you are out of the moran family forever evan finally apologized his parents had been dragged
17:56into the office his dad was a small-time real estate developer in new york he was nobody but in
18:03this city
18:03everyone knows the name moran when evan's mom realized the girl her son shoved the girl with
18:08the bleeding forehead wasn't some maid's kid but declan moran's actual flesh and blood she went ghost
18:14pale she shoved evan's head down apologize right now his dad wiped the sweat off his forehead forcing
18:21a desperate smile we are so sorry scarlet we didn't raise him right if he ever lays a finger on
18:27you
18:27again we'll kill him ourselves as they dragged evan out they passed dad standing around the corner
18:33they muttered under their breath this declan mora is sick in the head he ignores his own daughter and
18:39spoils the adopted one that's the fake isolate his real kid what kind of father does that dad went
18:45rigid he looked at me forcing a stiff unnatural smile scarlet who else bullied you tell daddy who
18:53do you think has been holding her all these years declan playing blind mom's voice cut from behind me
18:59zero mercy there are hundreds of thousands of people ripping her apart online right now
19:03you're gonna pretend you don't see that either dad fell silent he looked over at vivian she was
19:10standing at the end of the hall head down too terrified to speak dad made his choice school's out
19:16for the day he stared at vivian his voice was dead flat you're coming with me we're going live you
19:23will
19:23clear this up and apologize to scarlet vivian's head snapped up her eyes wide with horror no daddy
19:29i can't how am i supposed to debut after that my fans will do it or pack your bags and
19:34get out of
19:34my house five minutes into the live stream the viewer count passed 60 000 because mom was on screen
19:41wait am i seeing things elena vasquez the rumors were true she's actually back omg family reunion so
19:47sweet hold up who's the other girl why is the maid's kid there mom saw that last comment hi everyone
19:52i'm back this is my daughter my biological daughter scarlet moran the chat filled with
19:58question marks declan explain elena is right scarlet is our daughter vivian is a child i adopted from an
20:07orphanage 10 years ago a tsunami of hate comments flooded the screen vivian sat in the corner head
20:12bowed during the last broadcast vivian took a necklace that belonged to elena scarlet was upset and rushed
20:17out i didn't know the full story and i wrongly accused my own daughter vivian looked up at dad
20:22begging with her eyes she was waiting for him to save her she was waiting for him to say but
20:28vivian
20:28is a good kid i've made terrible mistakes these past 10 years i shouldn't have taken my grief out
20:32on scarlet and i shouldn't have brought vivian into this house when scarlet needed me most starting
20:36today i am ending my adoption of vivian vivian froze like her brain couldn't process the words
20:41daddy vivian was kicked out that same day she was crying hysterically as she left standing on the
20:48estate steps looking back at the house over and over again hoping dad would run out and stop her
20:53dad was standing behind the second floor window he didn't even flinch in the end she left in a regular
20:59yellow cab the butler handed her one suitcase the old clothes she had before she came to the morans
21:04and a check dad gave her enough money to finish high school and college but that was it dad thought
21:10that kicking vivian out would make us stay but mom still packed our things on the day we left she
21:16left a signed divorce agreement on the coffee table our new home was in brooklyn a small two-bedroom
21:21apartment but every single corner was decorated by mom she painted my room my favorite shade of pale
21:27pink i opened the closet it was full of new clothes the bed was soft the pillows were new the
21:35window was
21:35huge letting the warm sunlight pour in no more maid's room no more cold metal cot no more peeling paint
21:42in
21:43dark curtainless windows i stood in the middle of the room for a long time mom never pressed me for
21:48details about those 10 years and i never told her but maybe all mothers can do that they can look
21:55at
21:55the tiniest details and know exactly how much their baby suffered while they were gone she wrapped her arms
22:00around me from behind scarlet i'm never letting you suffer again i leaned my head against her shoulder
22:07i know at st andrews vivian's life turned into a living hell on my very last day before transferring
22:14i watched her old minions tear her apart such a great actress viv faking the rich heiress routine for
22:2010 years no wonder she wants to be an actress she's been rehearsing since she was a kid i gotta
22:26hand it to
22:26you stealing the real daughter's necklace stealing her birthday walking all over her actual psycho
22:32behavior give me back that limited edition bag viv my mom brought it from paris it was four grand
22:40like she still has it she got kicked out probably pawned all our gifts just to make rent
22:47and you claimed scarlet was the charity pake your dad sponsored
22:50your dad do you even know who your real dad is so pathetic vivian gritted her teeth
22:59don't push it she looked at evan hoping he'd step up like he always did evan looked away suddenly very
23:05interested in his phone push it who's pushing who a girl sneered you bossed us around for years playing
23:12the mafia princess and now you're telling us not to push it so what if we do someone chapped a
23:18half
23:18empty milkshake it nailed vivian right in the face the whole class erupted in laughter i sat at my desk
23:25packing my things completely expressionless i knew exactly what they were doing kissing my ass they
23:32had bullied me relentlessly and now they were terrified of my revenge they were making vivian
23:37the scapegoat hoping i'd enjoy the show and forgive them but i didn't care mom said the school was toxic
23:43she had already pulled my papers she was waiting for me at the front gate i zipped up my backpack
23:49stood up and walked out without looking back the second the door shut behind me the laughter and
23:55the cruelty were completely cut off the divorce dragged on because dad refused to sign he tried
24:02everything he waited outside our apartment building sometimes staying all night he stuffed hundreds of
24:07letters into our mailbox he sent flowers and gifts mom sent every one of them back then he sent moran
24:14family elders to talk to her even hired mediators mom shut them all down finally things got dark he
24:22started self-harming he sent pictures of his slashed wrists to mom's new number mom looked at the photos
24:27then turned off her phone she stood out on the balcony for a long time silent he loved mom to
24:34the point of
24:34absolute madness when she vanished he went insane trying to find her when he couldn't he dumped all his
24:41hatred onto me because in his twisted logic someone had to pay the price for losing her he probably never
24:47imagined that the very first thing mom would do when she came back was leave him i thought about it
24:51for a long
24:52time one night i sat down next to mom don't divorce him mom looked at me those 10 years were
24:59between him
24:59and me trying to keep my voice light there's nothing wrong with your marriage i'm going off to college
25:04in a few years anyway i just won't come home much i could tell mom still loved him when she
25:09came back
25:09she told me she only had two anchors keeping her alive me and dad how could i let someone who
25:15loved
25:15me this much be heartbroken over me mom stared at me then she broke down crying scarlet you didn't used
25:22to
25:22be like this you used to be so different if someone gave you even a little bit of attitude
25:28you'd cry you'd throw a fit you'd scream at the top of your lungs you'd roll on the floor
25:34you'd cross your arms and say i don't care i want it you were never this careful you never walked
25:40on
25:40eggshells he turned my vibrant little girl into this how can i ever forgive him i couldn't speak
25:46on your birthday when you jumped into the lake was it really just to get the necklace if i hadn't
25:51come
25:51back would you she couldn't finish the sentence whenever i think about that dead look in your
25:56eyes when you woke up i am terrified outside in the hallway there was a faint rustle a shadow slipped
26:05away it was dad he had been standing outside the door he heard every single word the next morning
26:11the signed divorce papers were sitting on our welcome mat my new school was nothing like saint
26:16andrews no cliques no toxic comparisons no coordinated bullying just kids focused on their
26:23own lives healthy competition more importantly no vivian no one starting rumors that i was a thief
26:30no one stuffing trash in my desk no one accidentally spiking a dodgeball into my face i made new friends
26:37grace mia and hannah the moran family drama had blown up online so they obviously knew who i was
26:43but after getting mad on my behalf they drew a respectful line no one treated me like a freak show
26:49no one begged me for the traumatic details they just dragged me to class studied with me at the library
26:55and ate lunch with me my grades were average not great not terrible for the past 10 years i lived
27:02in
27:02constant survival mode it wasn't that i didn't want to study i just didn't have the energy it's hard to
27:08focus on math when you don't even know if your desk will still be there tomorrow mom didn't care
27:13about my grades as long as you're happy nothing else matters but i wanted to get into a good college
27:18i wanted to prove something to myself so mom pulled some strings and hired top tier tutors
27:24i studied with my friends during the day and ground through practice tests with my tutors at night
27:29slowly my scores climbed on the day finals were posted i stared at my report card for a long time
27:35my rank was way higher than i expected mom snatched the paper from my hands she literally spun
27:41around the kitchen screaming she cooked a massive feast that night she bought a cake with scarlet is
27:46the best written in icing then she took a picture of the report card and posted it on her social
27:51media
27:51the caption so proud of my girl the comments flooded with congratulations old fans cheering her on
27:58people telling me to keep it up but at the very bottom of the comments section there was a single
28:04like
28:04from the account moran group official two years later when my sat scores came in i cried not from
28:11sadness i hit a number i wouldn't have even dared to dream of two years ago i was a girl
28:16curled up on a
28:17metal cot in a freezing maid's room no idea what tomorrow would bring terrified of the future today
28:23i have a warm home a mother who loves me real friends and a future wide open just like last
28:31time
28:31mom posted the screenshot online the comments blew up with congratulations even a few unofficial ivy
28:38league alumni pages retweeted it and right at the very bottom of the comments moran group official
28:43left a single like exactly like last time that night mom and i watched a movie on the couch
28:50she fell asleep leaning on my shoulder looking at her peaceful face i thought this is what happiness
28:55feels like the next morning mom's phone rang she listened for maybe 10 seconds all the color drained
29:02from her face she slowly lowered the phone and looked at me it's your dad he's dead
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