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00:00Mom and Dad spent every day revolving around my sister Grace.
00:04They have no idea I have another home inside the mirror.
00:08The three of them went on a three-day vacation
00:10before they even remembered I was still in the house.
00:13When they finally rushed back,
00:15they found me clean, well-fed,
00:18and looking healthier than ever.
00:20Did you take care of yourself this whole time?
00:24I've been living inside the mirror.
00:26There's another Mom and Dad taking care of me.
00:30You know, Grace stopped speaking to anyone but her doll
00:33because you were born.
00:34And now you copy her?
00:36You invent some story about a mirror
00:38just to compete with her for our love?
00:40I was locked in my room.
00:42Mom warned fiercely through the door.
00:44Grace already drains every ounce of strength we have.
00:47This family cannot raise two broken children.
00:50Pull a stunt like this again,
00:51and you're out of this house.
00:53I curled up against the wall,
00:55sobbing until I couldn't breathe.
00:57A withered hand slid out of the mirror,
00:59and gently stroked my hair.
01:01One more time they throw you away, sweetheart,
01:04and Mommy will take you home.
01:07The door swung open.
01:08The mirror Mom crawled backwards,
01:10slipping back into the glass.
01:12Mom stood in the doorway,
01:14watching me coldly.
01:15We have guests coming.
01:17Get out here and help.
01:18I trailed close behind her,
01:20taking the paper plates from her hands.
01:22My eyes drifted to the big cake in the center of the table.
01:25Don't just stand there.
01:27Start cutting.
01:28Halfway through slicing,
01:29it hit me.
01:30Today was my birthday.
01:31So they remembered after all.
01:33My nose stung.
01:34I wiped the corners of my eyes.
01:36I suddenly remembered.
01:37Before Grace got sick,
01:39Mom and Dad used to be good to me.
01:41When they took Grace to the mall,
01:43they always brought me back something new,
01:45instead of making me wear her old clothes that didn't fit.
01:48If I left with the mirror parents,
01:50wouldn't they be sad?
01:51The next second,
01:53Mom clasped her hands together.
01:55Her joyful voice shattered my fantasy.
01:57Grace finally called me Mommy today.
02:00This is a day worth celebrating.
02:02Once the family gets here,
02:04maybe Grace will even greet a few more of them by name.
02:07I froze in place.
02:09The corners of my mouth slowly fell.
02:11The doorbell rang.
02:13Relatives poured in all at once and surrounded Grace.
02:18Gracie, sweetie, I heard you can talk now.
02:21Come on, say hi.
02:22It's Uncle Steve.
02:23And it's Auntie Brendan.
02:24Say hi to Auntie Brendan,
02:26and I'll give you a big present.
02:27Under everyone's eager stares,
02:30Grace pressed her lips together,
02:31clutched at her skirt,
02:33and refused to make a sound.
02:34Dad quickly gave me a wink.
02:36I squeezed into the middle of the relatives.
02:39Uncle Steve, Uncle Mike, Aunt Brendan,
02:41Lily's going to bring you all some cake.
02:43Lily's is so sweet.
02:44How can you not love this kid?
02:47If I had a daughter this well-spoken,
02:50I'd wake up smiling in my sleep.
02:52Well-spoken, please.
02:54She's just fishing for attention.
02:56At her age, my son was already reading chapter books on his own.
03:00Saying hello to people?
03:01Big deal.
03:02Of course she looks bright.
03:04Standing next to a sister who can't even talk.
03:07Lily!
03:08You always have to be the loudest.
03:10Grace finally speaks,
03:12and you have to steal the spotlight?
03:13Drop the act!
03:14Stop begging for attention like this!
03:18Lily, tell Uncle Steve,
03:19who taught you to fight your own sister for love?
03:22I instinctively looked at Mom and Dad.
03:24Their eyes flickered,
03:25as if they just remembered what they demanded of me.
03:28Ever since Grace's autism had gotten worse,
03:31Mom and Dad pushed me every day to talk more around her.
03:35Every time, I talked until my throat went raw.
03:39Grace never reacted.
03:40Talk more to Grace!
03:42Say something!
03:43Say it!
03:44Right now!
03:45What did God give you a mouth for?
03:47To use it, isn't it?
03:48You don't even think about how good Grace is to you.
03:51All you do is upset her.
03:53But Grace's good meant she knew I couldn't have sugar,
03:56and still sneaked me candy anyway.
03:59I was three years old back then.
04:01Every tooth in my mouth rotted.
04:03I couldn't sleep through the night from the pain.
04:06In the end, I lost every baby tooth,
04:08and got yelled at by Mom and Dad on top of it.
04:12Lily, the therapist, said someone in this family
04:14has to guide Grace into speaking.
04:16Give her positive response.
04:18As her sister, it's your duty, your obligation,
04:21to help her.
04:22To set a good example.
04:24But I'd been trying so hard to set that example.
04:27To coax Grace into talking.
04:30So why were Mom and Dad still not satisfied?
04:33I stood there, facing the relative's questions,
04:35unsure what to say.
04:37Dad pushed a small bowl of strawberries into my hands.
04:39Go eat your strawberries in the corner.
04:41Stop talking.
04:42The moment I took the bowl,
04:44Grace snatched it out of my hands and flung it to the floor.
04:46This was one of her episodes.
04:49Mom jabbed her finger at my forehead.
04:51Lily Carter, why are you always so greedy?
04:54Grace hadn't even had any yet.
04:56How dare you eat first?
04:58You know Grace feels insecure.
05:01Everything in this house goes to her first.
05:03I looked down at the smashed strawberries on the floor.
05:06Something bitter rose in my throat.
05:07I crouched down, picked up the strawberries one by one,
05:11and set them back in the bowl.
05:13I know I was wrong.
05:14I don't want them anymore.
05:16I'll give them all to Grace.
05:19Why has Lily gotten so quiet?
05:21I remember when you were three.
05:24You were so protective of your food.
05:26No one could get anything away from you.
05:28Because the mom in the mirror already gave me strawberries.
05:31I slapped my hand over my mouth and shook my head,
05:34trying to take it back.
05:35But Aunt Brenda didn't believe I had become obedient.
05:39What a little actress.
05:41Playing pitiful to score sympathy
05:43and now making up a mom in the mirror?
05:46Why don't you just say you live in there?
05:48I froze.
05:49How did Aunt Brenda know the mom in the mirror
05:51wanted to take me away?
05:53Lily Carter, didn't mommy teach you that good girls don't lie?
05:56What are you doing making up stories in front of family?
05:59Tell everyone right now that the mom in the mirror was a lie.
06:02You made it up.
06:03I instinctively glanced at the mirror in my room.
06:06The mirror mom poked her head out.
06:08Her hollow eyes fixed on me.
06:10Her mouth curling into an unnatural smile.
06:13I lifted my head timidly.
06:14Mommy, I didn't lie.
06:16I'm not making it up.
06:17There really was another mom inside the mirror.
06:20But under mom's furious glare,
06:22I swallowed the rest of the sentence.
06:25Uncle Mike,
06:26the one who'd spent years researching paranormal phenomena
06:29and fringe science,
06:31actually took my words seriously.
06:34I don't think Lily's lying.
06:35Something might genuinely be off with that mirror.
06:38Want me to take a look around the house?
06:40Uncle Mike pulled a strange instrument
06:42and a few protective charms out of his bag.
06:45He had just opened his mouth to ask me about the mirror.
06:48Grace's scream cut him off.
06:51Grace picked up a shard of broken glass.
06:53Mom threw her arms around Grace
06:55and wrestled the shard away.
06:57Dad looked at me.
06:58You lied about that mirror on purpose, didn't you?
07:01So Grace would feel so guilty she'd hurt herself.
07:03We give you everything.
07:05And this is the kind of poison you have in your heart?
07:09Daddy, I didn't lie.
07:11But Dad refused to listen.
07:13After a quick goodbye to the relatives,
07:16he scooped Grace into the car
07:17and drove her to the hospital.
07:21Once the guests left,
07:23I stood alone in a daze.
07:25I had tried so hard to be good.
07:28Why didn't Mom and Dad believe me?
07:31Grace's wrist hadn't been cut deep.
07:33She was fine.
07:34But Mom and Dad still took turns sitting at her bedside,
07:38terrified she'd try again.
07:40The only time I saw them
07:41was when they came home to cook for her.
07:43And every time I stepped near them,
07:45they instinctively pushed me away,
07:47keeping me at arm's length.
07:49Lily, stop hovering.
07:51You already pushed Grace into hurting herself.
07:53Do you have to wait until she's dead
07:54before you're satisfied?
07:56Mommy, I don't know why she did it.
07:58But I swear, I never wanted her to die.
08:01Even when Grace lost it
08:02and poured hot water from her cup on me.
08:05Even when she took scissors to my bangs.
08:07I never hated her.
08:09After all, she was sick because of me.
08:13If I'd never been born,
08:15Grace would never have gotten sick.
08:17Mom and Dad wouldn't be miserable every single day.
08:21Still, hearing Mom say those words,
08:24my chest ached.
08:25Two days later,
08:26Grace came home from the hospital.
08:28She was livelier than before.
08:29She called Mom and Dad by name now.
08:32Even strung together a few simple sentences.
08:35Mom said Grace had finally spoken up
08:37because she couldn't bear to see her crying.
08:40But I had been coaxing Grace to speak for years.
08:43Nothing had ever worked.
08:44Why did Mom cry once
08:46and suddenly Grace could speak?
08:48I held the doll,
08:49the mirror Mom had given me,
08:51and quietly pushed open Grace's door.
08:53Mom and Dad were sitting on the edge of her bed.
08:56Grace, just focus on getting better.
08:58No matter how much Lily tries to compete for our love,
09:02from now on,
09:02Mommy will only love you.
09:04Daddy too.
09:05That's why I've been giving Lily the cold shoulder
09:06these past few days.
09:08Teach her a lesson she won't forget.
09:10Don't blame her.
09:12She's still little.
09:14If I'd never been born...
09:16Hearing this,
09:17Mom and Dad were both furious and heartbroken.
09:20Dad wrapped an arm around Grace's shoulders.
09:22Don't talk like that, sweetheart.
09:23You'll always be Daddy's little girl.
09:25Lily's got a lot going on in her head.
09:26We're sending her to stay with Aunt Bredman for a while.
09:28Let her straighten out.
09:29Once you're better, we'll bring her home.
09:31The doll slipped from my hand and hit the floor.
09:33A flash of panic crossed Mom and Dad's faces.
09:37Since you heard us,
09:38no point hiding it now.
09:40Aunt Brenda called yesterday.
09:42She thinks it's time you had some real discipline.
09:44We agreed to send you over for a while.
09:47Mommy, Daddy,
09:48just because Grace is sick,
09:49you're going to pretend you don't love me?
09:51Throw me away completely?
09:53Aren't you so sure there's a Mom and Dad in the mirror
09:55who love you more than we do?
09:57Fine.
09:58Take your mirror with you to Aunt Brenda's.
10:01Mom shoved me out of Grace's room
10:03and slammed the door behind her.
10:04I stood there,
10:06listening to the laughter inside.
10:08A dull pain spread through my chest.
10:10Maybe they were the happy family of three.
10:13I was the extra outsider.
10:15I drifted back to my own room.
10:17The mirror mom already had a fragrant lunch waiting for me.
10:20Sweetheart,
10:21come eat.
10:22After lunch,
10:23you'll come home with Mommy.
10:25Daddy's already waiting for you inside the mirror.
10:28I nodded and obediently ate the food she'd made.
10:30Eyes empty.
10:31Halfway through,
10:32the tears finally broke loose.
10:35I sniffled
10:36and whispered to the mirror mom.
10:38Before I go,
10:39can I say goodbye to Mommy and Daddy?
10:42Make it quick, sweetheart.
10:44Mommy's almost ready to take you home.
10:46I wiped my eyes,
10:48picked up a pen from the desk,
10:49and wrote them a letter.
10:50Then I ran out and threw my arms around them.
10:54Mommy, Daddy, goodbye.
10:56Mom glanced at the letter
10:58and tossed it into the trash.
10:59Dad's face stayed tight.
11:01Don't think you can guilty trip us
11:02into changing our minds.
11:03We're still sending you.
11:05Aunt Brenda will be here in five minutes.
11:07Go pack your things.
11:08I nodded,
11:09my heart heavy.
11:10Even though I'd made my peace with leaving,
11:12somewhere deep down,
11:13it still ached.
11:14I went back to my room,
11:15didn't pack a single thing,
11:17just sat on the bed and looked around.
11:19This house I'd lived in for five years.
11:21It suddenly felt like a stranger's house.
11:23At least in the mirror,
11:24I'd have parents who loved me
11:26and no sister who hated me.
11:28Wouldn't life there be happier than this?
11:30The next second,
11:31Aunt Brenda was at my door yelling.
11:33The door won't budge.
11:35The little brat must have locked it.
11:37Lily Carter,
11:38you really have grown some nerve,
11:39haven't you?
11:40Locking your own door now?
11:41Aunt Brenda's here to pick you up.
11:43Open this door right now.
11:44We'll tie you up and drag you out of here
11:45if we have to.
11:46It's about time someone fixed
11:47that nasty attitude of yours.
11:48Dad kicked the door open.
11:50I was already standing perfectly still
11:52in front of the mirror,
11:53waving at them for one last goodbye.
11:55They started forward to grab me
11:57and the withered hand
11:58reached out of the mirror behind me.
12:00Lily!
12:01Come here!
12:03Now!
12:03But I turned around and threw myself,
12:06without hesitation,
12:07into that embrace.
12:09One minute later,
12:11the mirror was just a mirror again.
12:13Dad glared at it,
12:14his face stiff.
12:15Lily Carter,
12:16get out of there right now!
12:18Don't think we can't see through you
12:19just because Uncle Steve
12:20taught you a couple of magic tricks.
12:22But no one in the mirror answered.
12:24Furious,
12:25he ran around behind the mirror
12:27to find me.
12:27But behind the mirror
12:28was only the wall.
12:30No five-year-old
12:31could possibly hide there.
12:32You're not coming out?
12:34Fine.
12:34I'll call Uncle Steve.
12:35He'll find you for sure.
12:37Come out now
12:38and Mommy and Daddy
12:38will forgive you this one time.
12:40Lily,
12:41do you really want to wait
12:43until your uncle drags you out
12:44and we beat you for this?
12:46Still nothing.
12:47Dad gave up
12:48and called Uncle Steve.
12:49When Steve heard
12:50I'd vanished into a mirror,
12:52he didn't believe a word of it.
12:53But the moment Dad said
12:55it was a magic trick,
12:56his curiosity flared.
12:57He rushed over
12:59and started examining the mirror.
13:00Aunt Brenda stood off to the side,
13:02still muttering,
13:03Steve,
13:04hurry up and figure out
13:05where she's hiding.
13:06All we wanted
13:07was to take her home
13:08for a little tough luff.
13:09Was that worth
13:10running away over?
13:11An hour later,
13:12Uncle Steve sighed
13:13and turned to Mom and Dad,
13:14doubtful.
13:15Are you sure
13:16you actually saw Lily
13:17go into the mirror?
13:18Dad nodded grimly.
13:20Mom blurted out,
13:21Steve,
13:22is there any way
13:23to get her out?
13:24Uncle Steve shook his head.
13:25I've gone over this thing
13:26a dozen times.
13:27It's just a regular mirror.
13:28There's no mechanism,
13:29no trick rigging.
13:29It's basically impossible
13:31that she pulled some stunt
13:32to get inside.
13:32Steve,
13:33please,
13:34just think a little harder.
13:35What other way
13:36could she have disappeared
13:36right in front of us?
13:37I've done everything I can.
13:39Mom stared at the mirror,
13:41her eyes filled.
13:43She moved
13:43to inspect it herself.
13:46Grace came running in
13:47and stopped her.
13:48Mommy,
13:50hungry.
13:51Sweetheart,
13:53Lily threw a tantrum
13:54and ran off and hid.
13:55Let me get you some crackers
13:56to tind you over.
13:58Once we find her,
13:59I'll cook you something nice,
14:00okay?
14:00Mommy,
14:01don't want her.
14:02Want food.
14:04Grace,
14:05stop it.
14:06Your sister is missing.
14:08How can you even think
14:09about food right now?
14:10Looking at her disappointed mother,
14:12Grace hung her head.
14:14She ran into her own room
14:15and started throwing things.
14:17Mom moved to stop her,
14:18but Dad caught her arm.
14:20Lily is gone.
14:21Grace will live.
14:22Let her get it out
14:23of her system.
14:27didn't Mike say
14:27something was off
14:28about our house?
14:30Maybe we should have him
14:31come take a look
14:31at this mirror.
14:32Mom nodded reluctantly
14:34and called Uncle Mike.
14:35Unfortunately,
14:36Uncle Mike was away
14:37on a job
14:38and wouldn't return
14:38for another half day.
14:40After hanging up,
14:41Dad got furious
14:42and moved
14:43to smash the mirror.
14:44Mom stopped him.
14:46What if you break it
14:47and she can never come back?
14:48Then let her
14:49never come back.
14:50But his hand stopped.
14:51They waited half an hour
14:52for Uncle Mike.
14:53Dad suddenly said,
14:54This room doesn't have
14:55any windows.
14:56She has to be hiding in here.
14:58Let's tear this place apart.
14:59We'll find something.
15:00Everyone nodded
15:01and started tearing
15:02through my room.
15:03Aunt Brenda glanced around
15:04and let out a little snicker.
15:05Place is so bare
15:06there's nothing to even search.
15:08Let me see where
15:09this little brat is hiding.
15:13She yanked the sheets
15:14and pillows off my bed
15:15and threw them on the floor.
15:17She checked under the bed,
15:18found nothing.
15:19She started to sit down
15:21and felt something
15:21had jabbed her.
15:22She lifted the comforter
15:24and let out
15:24a disgusted click
15:25of her tongue.
15:26Come look at this.
15:27This child is filthy.
15:29She's got all kinds
15:31of nasty stuff
15:32hidden in her bed.
15:33Smells rotten.
15:34It's making me sick.
15:35That got Mom and Dad's attention.
15:37They covered their noses
15:38and looked at
15:39what was on the bed,
15:40same as the rags
15:41worn by the hand
15:42that came out
15:43of the mirror.
15:43Lily was alone
15:44in the house
15:44for three days.
15:45She obviously stuffed
15:46her dirty laundry in there.
15:47I told you a kid
15:48couldn't take care of herself
15:49for three days
15:49and she lied to us,
15:51claimed mirror parents
15:52were taking care of her.
15:53These scraps
15:54don't look like
15:55a child's clothing.
15:56Stop it.
15:57Finding her comes first.
15:59Forget the details
16:00that don't matter right now.
16:01Dad and Uncle Steve
16:02nodded
16:03and went back to searching,
16:04but there was no trace
16:06of me anywhere
16:07in the house.
16:08Finally,
16:09they had no choice
16:10but to call the police.
16:11Officers arrived quickly
16:12and started asking questions.
16:15After Mom and Dad
16:16walked them through
16:16the story three times,
16:18the officers still
16:19looked skeptical.
16:20Mr. Carter,
16:21this isn't a joke.
16:22A missing child
16:23is a serious matter.
16:24A child can't just
16:25disappear into a mirror.
16:26We saw it with our own eyes.
16:28Our daughter was taken
16:28right into that mirror.
16:29Please, please
16:30help us find her.
16:31The officers half suspected
16:32Mom and Dad
16:33had lost their minds,
16:34but when Uncle Steve
16:35and Aunt Brenda
16:36backed up the story,
16:37they had no choice
16:38but to keep searching.
16:40Did your daughter
16:41do anything unusual
16:42before she disappeared?
16:44Before she vanished,
16:45she was sneaking around
16:46outside her sister's room.
16:48Does that count?
16:48Why was she doing that?
16:49Because she was competing
16:50for our attention
16:51with her sister with autism.
16:53We never imagined
16:54she'd actually disappear
16:55right in front of us.
16:56The investigation
16:56hit a dead end
16:57until a female officer
16:59pulled out the letter
17:00I'd left behind
17:01from the trash.
17:02The officer skimmed the letter.
17:04Her expression
17:05shifted instantly.
17:06She handed it
17:07to Mom and Dad.
17:08Mom and Dad
17:09didn't understand
17:10the look she was giving them,
17:11but they opened
17:12the letter.
17:13Dear Mommy and Daddy,
17:15I'm leaving.
17:16I know you only love Grace,
17:17that you only worry
17:18about Grace
17:19because she has autism,
17:20and that's why
17:21you punished me.
17:22Left me alone
17:23for three days
17:24while you went on vacation.
17:26Actually,
17:26on the very first day,
17:27my stomach
17:28was already growling.
17:30I really hoped
17:31you'd come back
17:31and check on me,
17:32but you didn't.
17:34The Mom and Dad
17:35in the mirror
17:35came instead.
17:36They look a little ugly,
17:38and their clothes are torn,
17:39but they love me so much,
17:41and I love
17:42that kind of Mommy
17:43and Daddy.
17:44After I'm gone,
17:45you and Grace
17:46can be a happy family
17:47of three.
17:48When Grace gets better,
17:50Daddy won't have to drink
17:51every night looking sad,
17:53and Mommy won't have to cry
17:54so hard
17:55in the middle of the night.
17:56Mom couldn't hold back.
17:58Silly girl.
18:00Why does she write
18:01like we didn't want her?
18:03But Brendan told me
18:04you were planning
18:04to send Lily over
18:05to her place
18:06to be disciplined.
18:07Brendan's never raised
18:08a child properly
18:09in her life.
18:10Her own son
18:10didn't even finish high school.
18:12He drifts around
18:12doing nothing all day.
18:14Sending Lily over there
18:15would be sending her
18:16into hell.
18:17Why would you do that to her?
18:18So when you said
18:19a little discipline,
18:20you meant my daughter
18:21would be a babysitter
18:22for your son?
18:23That's right.
18:23You don't even like your kid.
18:25Might as well
18:26hand her over to me.
18:27She can watch my son.
18:28Girls grow up
18:29to wait on other people anyway.
18:31Might as well get a head start
18:32waiting on my son.
18:33Once she's old enough,
18:34I'll marry her off.
18:35No more headache for you.
18:37Win-win.
18:38Brenda Carter,
18:39you shut your damn mouth!
18:40Lily is my flesh and blood.
18:42No one else gets
18:43to use her like that.
18:44And who said
18:45I don't love Lily?
18:46I love both my daughters.
18:48Oh, really?
18:49Look to me like
18:50all you ever saw
18:51was your sick older daughter.
18:53Every time I saw Lily,
18:55her clothes were
18:55hanging off her.
18:56Grace's old hand-me-downs,
18:59right?
19:00You treat them
19:01that differently
19:01and you still want
19:02to pretend you love her?
19:04Mom opened her mouth
19:04to fight back
19:05but couldn't.
19:07What she said was true.
19:10Dad couldn't take it anymore.
19:12Stop it.
19:14Anyone who doesn't want
19:15to help find my daughter,
19:17get out.
19:18Aunt Brenda pursed her lips
19:19and walked out,
19:20still muttering curses.
19:21The police searched
19:23and searched.
19:24Still no leads.
19:25The officers got ready
19:26to leave
19:27and Dad blocked the door.
19:28Officer, please.
19:29Our daughter is missing.
19:30Just one more sweep.
19:34We'll keep looking.
19:35But that means
19:36searching the entire house.
19:37We need full cooperation.
19:38Dad nodded immediately.
19:40The officers opened
19:41Grace's bedroom door
19:42and began going through it
19:44inch by inch.
19:45Grace grabbed a pillow
19:46and started swinging it
19:47at everyone.
19:47How dare you search my room?
19:49Everything in here is private.
19:51Grace.
19:53Since when can you
19:54talk this clearly?
19:55Grace's voice came out shaky.
19:57I don't know.
19:58The officers must have scared me.
20:00Why are you so against
20:02them searching?
20:02Is there something in here
20:04about your sister?
20:04Something you're hiding?
20:06Grace took a few steps back,
20:07shook her head
20:08and blocked her bookshelf.
20:09There's...
20:09There's nothing.
20:11Before she could finish,
20:12Mom shoved her aside
20:13and yanked open the cabinet.
20:15Mom dug through it
20:17from top to bottom
20:17and pulled out Grace's diary.
20:19Grace's face went sheet white.
20:21Dad snatched the diary
20:22out of Mom's hand.
20:23It's just a diary.
20:24Let's see what secrets
20:25you've been keeping in here.
20:28My baby sister was born today.
20:30She's so cute.
20:32Lily is two.
20:33All she does is cry.
20:35And she stole Mommy
20:36and Daddy's love away from me.
20:38Lily is three.
20:39I hate her.
20:40So I'm going to pretend
20:42I can't talk anymore.
20:43Now Mommy and Daddy
20:44don't pay attention
20:45to her anymore.
20:47Lily has such pretty white teeth.
20:48The little idiot.
20:50If I keep feeding her sugar,
20:51they'll all rot.
20:52They did.
20:53And Mommy and Daddy
20:54yelled at her for it.
20:56I hate seeing Lily
20:57in my old clothes.
20:58Even if I don't want them anymore,
21:00they're still mine.
21:01Why should she get them?
21:03If I didn't have to keep faking,
21:05I'd scream at her
21:06in front of Mommy and Daddy.
21:07Mommy and Daddy said
21:09they don't want Lily anymore.
21:10That stupid sister
21:11is finally leaving.
21:13I'm so happy.
21:14The diary ended there.
21:16Mom and Dad's faces
21:17had gone cold.
21:19Grace.
21:21You were jealous of your sister
21:23so you started faking autism?
21:25The act was over.
21:26Grace dropped it.
21:27Yes.
21:28So what?
21:29She's gone now.
21:30You and Daddy
21:31belong to me again.
21:32Aren't you happy?
21:35You little monster.
21:36How could you do this?
21:38Do you know what your mother
21:39and I have been through
21:40these last few years?
21:41Do you know how much money
21:42we spent on your illness?
21:44And you faked it
21:45over such a little thing?
21:47How can you face
21:47your missing sister?
21:49If you hadn't started
21:50treating me differently
21:51the moment she was born,
21:52do you think I would have
21:53done any of this?
21:54All I wanted
21:55was all your love.
21:56What's so wrong with that?
21:58Your mom and I
21:59treated you both
21:59exactly the same.
22:01Always.
22:02Sure.
22:03From the day Lee was born
22:05all you saw was her.
22:06You even gave her
22:07the biggest bedroom.
22:10If I hadn't started faking
22:11you never would have
22:13switched our rooms back.
22:15Is that what you mean
22:16by treating us the same?
22:17Mom and Dad
22:18had no answer.
22:19They had never realized
22:20their favoritism
22:22had hurt both Grace
22:23and me.
22:25The police searched
22:26for hours
22:26with no new evidence.
22:28Eventually Mom and Dad
22:29had no choice
22:30but to walk them
22:31to the door.
22:32Half an hour later
22:33the doorbell rang.
22:35Mom thought it was
22:35the officers with news.
22:37She rushed to open it
22:38and found Uncle Mike
22:39standing there.
22:41I know what's wrong
22:43with that mirror.
22:45Uncle Mike's words
22:47landed like a thunderclap.
22:49Only Dad kept his face still.
22:51The police came and searched.
22:52They didn't find anything.
22:54What could you possibly find?
22:56Uncle Mike walked
22:57over to the mirror.
22:58Uncle Steve didn't believe
23:00Uncle Mike had any real skill.
23:02This is not an ordinary mirror.
23:06I've checked this thing
23:07over and over.
23:08It's just a regular mirror.
23:09What exactly do you think
23:10you're going to...
23:10Before Uncle Steve could finish,
23:12Uncle Mike pulled out
23:13a sigil marked card
23:14and pressed it
23:15onto the mirror.
23:16My image began to form
23:18on the glass.
23:19Everyone's eyes went wide.
23:21The instant Mom saw me,
23:22she broke.
23:23She pounded on the glass,
23:24screaming,
23:25Lily, come out of there
23:26right now!
23:28Mommy and Daddy were wrong.
23:29We shouldn't have ignored you
23:30over your sister's fake sickness.
23:32Lily, please stop this.
23:33Come home.
23:34We won't send you
23:35to Aunt Brendan's.
23:35Ever.
23:36If you come out now,
23:37anything you want,
23:38Mommy and Daddy
23:38will give it to you.
23:39When I still didn't react,
23:41Dad lost it.
23:42He slammed his fist
23:43into the mirror,
23:44trying to drag me out.
23:46Uncle Mike lunged
23:47to stop him.
23:49But too late.
23:50The mirror shattered.
23:52The image vanished.
23:54Mom turned to Uncle Mike
23:55ghost white.
23:56The image is gone.
23:57Can we still get her back?
23:59I might have been able
24:00to bring her back
24:00from the future,
24:01but this mirror
24:02was a doorway to the future.
24:03The mirror's broken.
24:04The doorway is gone.
24:05There's nothing more I can do.
24:07You'll have to figure
24:07something out yourselves.
24:13I was just trying to break it
24:15to get her out.
24:16So the people who took Lily,
24:18they weren't ghosts?
24:19They were a future version of us?
24:22But the figure in the mirror
24:23looked nothing like me
24:24or her father.
24:26Mike, is all this true?
24:28I checked with my research contacts.
24:30That mirror was a prototype
24:31jointly developed
24:32by a future research team
24:33and a fringe science institute.
24:35It can reach into the past,
24:36but there's a flaw in the design.
24:37It's dangerous.
24:38And I can't confirm
24:39the identity of the people inside.
24:41And on top of that,
24:42now the mirror is broken.
24:43Then, is my daughter
24:45even still alive?
24:47I don't know.
24:48For now, let's collect
24:50every piece of the mirror.
24:51We'll send them to my contacts
24:52at the institute
24:53and see what they can do.
24:55Mom and Dad followed
24:56his instructions.
24:58But after the mirror
24:59was sent off,
25:00weeks passed without a word.
25:02Mom and Dad sighed all day.
25:04They couldn't eat.
25:06Grace,
25:07once spoiled and indulged,
25:09changed too.
25:10Grace used to be able
25:11to speak normally,
25:12but after Mom and Dad
25:13started yelling at her every day,
25:15she stopped talking altogether.
25:17They took her to the hospital.
25:18The doctors diagnosed her
25:20with autism.
25:21Mom and Dad didn't believe
25:22she was really sick,
25:23letting her condition spiral.
25:25Later,
25:26Uncle Mike returned
25:27the shattered mirror
25:28to Mom and Dad.
25:28The Institute confirmed it.
25:30The mirror's broken.
25:31Anyone inside it is gone.
25:34I'm sorry.
25:36Try not to tear yourselves apart
25:38over Lily.
25:38Take care of your health.
25:40Mom heard the words
25:41and collapsed where she stood.
25:43When she woke up,
25:45she'd just held
25:46the broken mirror
25:47in her arms,
25:48depressed.
25:50Watching her like that,
25:52Dad built me a grave.
25:54Ten years later,
25:56Mom and Dad's hair
25:57had gone gray.
25:58They still knelt at my grave
26:00and begged for forgiveness.
26:02Lily,
26:03Mommy,
26:04I'm sorry.
26:05Mommy shouldn't have let you
26:06encourage Grace
26:07to talk more.
26:09I know I was wrong.
26:10Be at peace
26:11wherever you are.
26:12When Mommy's time comes,
26:14I'll be with you.
26:15Dad laid a bouquet
26:16of white chrysanthemums
26:17at the headstone.
26:18We punished Grace.
26:20She knows what she did.
26:21She refuses to speak
26:22at all now.
26:24We cut Brenda
26:25out of our lives.
26:26No one is going
26:27to hurt you again.
26:28But the girl
26:29who had vanished
26:30into the mirror
26:30had never died.
26:33Before the mirror shattered,
26:34I was already
26:35in the future.
26:36When I crossed
26:37into the mirror,
26:38the parents on the other side
26:39finally told me
26:41where they came from.
26:42They said in their time,
26:43very few children
26:45were being born.
26:46People who couldn't
26:47have kids of their own
26:48had no one to adopt.
26:49So a research institute
26:51had built something.
26:52A way to help
26:53infertile couples
26:54adopt healthy children
26:56from the past.
26:57But the adoption rates
26:58were tiny.
26:59Except for children like me,
27:01most kids were happy.
27:02They wouldn't go anywhere
27:04with a stranger.
27:05The strange clothes,
27:06the withered hands,
27:07all flaws in the technology.
27:09But to me,
27:10they were never frightening.
27:12Because when I was
27:13about to starve,
27:14the mom and dad
27:15in the mirror
27:16were the ones
27:16who saved me.
27:18From the moment
27:18my real parents
27:19threw me away,
27:20they became
27:21my new mom and dad.
27:23I don't hate
27:24my biological parents.
27:25They gave me life.
27:26But I'm not going
27:27back to them either.
27:29They have the life
27:30they wanted.
27:30I shouldn't disturb it.
27:32It's been more than
27:3310 years.
27:34I've grown up.
27:35I look almost
27:36exactly like
27:37my biological mother.
27:38One day,
27:39walking through town,
27:41my biological parents
27:42passed me.
27:43Honey,
27:45if our daughter
27:46were still alive,
27:47would she be
27:48about her age?
27:51Maybe she would.
27:54I brushed past them
27:55and ran straight
27:56into the arms
27:57of my new mom and dad.
27:59The sunflower
28:00had found her son.
28:01loinca hear
28:01down the eminent
28:02I ouais...
28:03you know that
28:04I'd be
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