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00:00My adopted sister Mia called me over to the stairwell.
00:03After my husband and brother showed up, Mia suddenly grabbed my hand.
00:07Then she let herself fall backward.
00:09Julian and Arthur saw her fall.
00:11They both thought I'd pushed her.
00:13Chloe, why did you push me?
00:17I didn't push her!
00:19How dare you keep lying?
00:21You're not coming out until you kneel and apologize to Mia.
00:29The next day, Julian told me through the door that a deadly blizzard had hit.
00:33The electronic lock had frozen.
00:35I had no choice but to trust my husband.
00:37Day 7 of the deadly blizzard.
00:40Chloe, it's minus 30 outside.
00:42The manor's backup generator has completely failed.
00:45Leo has a fever from the cold and we're almost out of food.
00:47The electronic door to the storage room is frozen shut.
00:50Hang in there a few more days.
00:52The helicopter rescue team will be here soon.
00:54I pushed the last pack of soda crackers through the door clack.
00:57I left a suicide note.
00:58Julian, Leo, survive.
01:00Then, in that freezing dark, I let my own life slip away.
01:05After I died, my soul drifted out of the storage room.
01:08The heat was on in the top floor mansion.
01:11The lights blazed.
01:12On the marble coffee table sat caviar, Iberian ham, and a pot of French seafood bisque.
01:17Outside, there was no blizzard.
01:21My brother Arthur sat on the leather sofa, holding a grape to Mia's lips.
01:25Mia was the daughter the Sterling family had raised since childhood.
01:29She had lived in this house for 20 years.
01:31I was their biological daughter.
01:33The one they had only found half a month ago.
01:35Mia swallowed the grape and glanced toward the storage room door.
01:40Arthur, there hasn't been any move from the storage room all day.
01:43Chloe isn't in trouble, is she?
01:45Arthur wiped the corner of her mouth with a tissue.
01:48What trouble could she be in?
01:50A crude woman raised in the slums like her is hard to kill.
01:53She had plenty of strength when she shoved you down the stairs, didn't she?
01:58If we don't teach her a lesson that cuts deep, she'll really think sterling blood lets her climb over your
02:03head.
02:03No water, no food.
02:05Let her taste despair.
02:06Once she gives in, she can kneel and apologize to you.
02:09Then we'll call it over.
02:11So there had never been any frozen apocalypse?
02:13They had staged it all just to avenge Mia.
02:17Furious, I rushed forward to demand why they had done this, only to find my soul could not touch them.
02:24Just then, my husband Julian, a famous Wall Street magnate, came out carrying a freshly baked French souffle.
02:30He sat beside Mia and rested his hand on her shoulder.
02:33Fresh from the oven.
02:34Try it and tell me if it is sweet enough.
02:36Julian and I had been married for seven years.
02:38Back then, his family had deserathed him, and he did not have a penny to his name.
02:42I worked three jobs at the same time to pay his rent.
02:45Predators burned his face with cigarette butts.
02:48I held out my own wrist to shield him.
02:51After everything I had done for him, this was what I got.
02:54Him serving another woman.
02:56Daddy's being unfair.
02:57Leo wants some too.
02:58On the carpet, a boy in a dinosaur one-seek scrambled up and threw himself into Mia's arms.
03:03That was my son, Leo.
03:05I had nearly bled to death giving birth to him.
03:07Leo is such a good boy.
03:09Mommy loves you most.
03:11Mia held him and kissed his cheek.
03:13My son was calling Mia Mommy.
03:17While I had spent full days in the storage room, in minus 15 degrees, I had pushed out the
03:25last pack of crackers.
03:28Because I believed that if I died, Julian and Leo might live a few more days.
03:34Maybe long enough for the rescue team to arrive.
03:37At that moment, they were sitting outside, drinking hot soup and eating grapes.
03:43Mommy, don't bother with that bad woman.
03:45Leo waved his little fist.
03:47She bullied Mommy.
03:48She deserves to freeze to death.
03:52I don't want her.
03:53I only want Mia as Mommy.
03:56Julian walked to the storage room door and stopped.
03:58He glanced down at the soda crackers on the floor.
04:01The package was crumpled, stained with a dark red smear.
04:04That was my blood.
04:06It had rubbed onto the package when I pushed the crackers out, after I had already hurt
04:09myself, my hands shaking.
04:11Julian kicked it away in disgust.
04:13This woman is pitifully stupid.
04:15Feed her some nonsense about a blizzard and a power outage, and she believes every word.
04:19She really thinks she is some saint making a grand sacrifice.
04:23Arthur leaned back on the sofa.
04:25She grew up in the slums.
04:26Her brain never worked right.
04:28Tell her the earth exploded and she'd probably believe you.
04:30Still, she has stamina.
04:32Seven days in double-digit sub-zero temperatures, and she hasn't made a sound.
04:36Mia covered her mouth and laughed softly.
04:38Chloe just cares too much about Julian, but love that heavy is frightening.
04:42Be careful later.
04:43Don't let her lash onto you.
04:45Leo jumped down from the sofa and ran to Julian.
04:47Daddy!
04:48When that bad woman comes out, I want to shoot her with my water gun!
04:51She made Mommy angry!
04:52Julian patted his head.
04:54Alright, when Daddy drags her out, you can play with her however you want.
04:58He turned his head toward the storage room door.
05:00After days without food and in this cold, she should be ready to give in.
05:03Drag her out and make her kneel to Mia.
05:06Then we can put this behind us.
05:09I looked at the man I had loved for seven years.
05:12The man I had even been willing to die for.
05:14Julian gripped the metal handle and pushed it down.
05:17The lock clicked sharply.
05:18The heavy, insulated door opened.
05:21Cold air seeped out, laced with the smell of blood.
05:25It was dark inside.
05:26Arthur leaned against the back of the sofa.
05:28No telling which corner she's hiding in.
05:30Wait.
05:31I've had the storage room camera running the whole time.
05:33He grabbed a tablet and pulled up yesterday's footage.
05:37In the corner of the frame, a thin, small figure curled into a ball, trembling all over.
05:43That was me yesterday.
05:45Yesterday, Julian had told me through the door.
05:47The manor only has enough fuel for one more day.
05:50All the heat has to be concentrated in the master bedroom.
05:53Hold on a little longer.
05:55Afraid the cold from my body would seep through the crack.
05:59I had moved by choice to the corner farthest from the door.
06:03Look at her.
06:04Mia pointed at the screen and laughed.
06:07It is just a misery act.
06:09Julian picked up his hot suit and took a sip.
06:14Does she think looking this pitiful will soften me?
06:18Always talking about what she has done for me.
06:21Does she really think having a child gives her power over me?
06:26Arthur dragged the progress fan to that morning.
06:30On the screen, I pushed a pack of soda crackers through the door clip.
06:34Then I turned, leaned back against the wall, and slid down to the floor.
06:37The camera angle was high.
06:39It only captured the top of my head and my shoulders.
06:41My head was lowered.
06:42My shoulders jerked a few times.
06:44Then I went completely still.
06:46Enough.
06:47Stop watching.
06:49Julian put down his bowl and stood up.
06:51She's probably asleep.
06:52I'll wake her up.
06:53Today she has to kneel to Mia and admit she was wrong.
06:55But the surveillance image remained there.
06:57I was leaning in the corner one side.
06:58Fresh blood spread from around me blooming been into a large dark stain across the floor.
07:02My left hand hung the pool of blood.
07:03A rusty, dull utility knife lay nearby.
07:05Under the continuous double-digit sub-zero cold,
07:08my skin had turned bluish-purple,
07:10with a thin layer of white frost forming on the surface.
07:12The spoon in Mia's hand fell onto the carpet.
07:14Leo stopped waving his toy water gun.
07:16Arthur's leg dropped hard from the coffee table,
07:19his knee knocking over the pot of French seafood biscay.
07:22Hot soup spilled all over the floor.
07:25Arthur rubbed his face and gave a dry laugh.
07:31Where did this woman get fake blood?
07:34Julian, go kick her and see if she gets up.
07:37Julian did not move.
07:38Why wasn't he walking over?
07:40Wasn't he supposed to drag me out and make me kneel to Mia?
07:44But Julian's legs were trembling.
07:45He slowly lowered his head and looked at the soda crickers on the floor.
07:49That dark red stain on the package.
07:52It was blood.
07:53Julian took a step forward.
07:55A sharp, rotten stench drifted out of the storage room.
07:59He grabbed the metal door frame, bent over, and dry hug.
08:03Mia poked half her head out from behind the sofa.
08:06Julian?
08:07Is she dead?
08:08Julian straightened and wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.
08:13Mia covered her mouth and let out a short, sharp scream.
08:18Arthur sprang up from the sofa, walked to the door, peered inside, and immediately turned his head away.
08:23Really dead?
08:24Why does this woman have to ruin everything?
08:26Dying in the manor?
08:27How are we supposed to live in this villa now?
08:29There was no grief, only disgust.
08:32Mia carefully edged closer, staring at my bluish-purple skin, her shoulders shaking twice.
08:39Then she suddenly pointed at the utility knife on the floor.
08:43No!
08:44Julian, Arthur, don't let her fool you!
08:46The faster she spoke, the more frantic she sounded.
08:50She can't even bring herself to cut steak hard.
08:52How would she dare use a rusty, dull knife to slit her wrist?
08:56A few days ago, I saw a trend on TikTok.
08:59Special effects frostbite makeup is popular now.
09:02She must have bought fake blood and makeup on Amazon and made herself look like this just to scare us.
09:10Mia grabbed Leo.
09:12Leo, a couple weeks ago, didn't you see mommy buying red liquid?
09:16Leo sniffed and pointed chubby fingers toward the storage room.
09:20Yeah, that bad woman bought tons of red paint online, said it was for painting.
09:26It was because Leo's preschool craft class needed red watercolor.
09:34I had run three blocks through a blizzard to get it.
09:38Now, it had become evidence of my fake death.
09:42Julian's facial muscles tense.
09:43Bitch.
09:44She even pulls this kind of trick to force me to submit.
09:48Want to play dead?
09:49Then stay in there.
09:51He turned, lifting Leo with one arm and looping the other around Mia's waist.
09:55Arthur, lock the door.
09:57Lower the freezer temperature five more degrees.
10:00I want to see how long her special effects makeup can last.
10:03The heavy metal insinuated door slammed shut, completely separating two worlds.
10:10I floated behind them, watching.
10:13Days passed.
10:14The storage room door was never opened again.
10:17Life in the manor went on as usual.
10:20My existence had completely vanished from this house.
10:23On the seventh day, a maid returned from visiting her family and casually asked,
10:28Master Arthur, where has Miss Chloe been these past few days?
10:31Arthur didn't even lift his head.
10:32Don't ever mention that name again.
10:35She found the manor too strict, so she went off to have some peace.
10:38Julian descended the spiral stair-taste, adjusting his suit and tie.
10:43From now on, call Mia Mrs. Crawford.
10:46She and I are about to register our marriage.
10:48I stood at the stair-taste corner, watching Julian stride toward the master bedroom.
10:52On the tenth day, a strange smell began spreading down the second-floor corridor.
11:00At first faint, it smelled like a rotting dead rat.
11:08The maid sprayed air freshener down the hallway, pointing at the tightly shut insulated door.
11:15Mrs. Crawford, the smell is coming from the storage room.
11:20Julian stopped at the storage room door.
11:25The sweet, metallic stench did indeed seep through the crack.
11:30My body had been inside for ten full days.
11:33He yelled at the maid.
11:35She must be defecating in there on purpose to disgust us.
11:39Get industrial tape.
11:41Seal every crack.
11:43Bring two air purifiers and run them twenty-four hours a day.
11:46He would rather believe I was relieving myself inside, than open the door and find out the truth.
11:52They hired workers to weld the metal storage room door shut from the outside.
11:57As long as the door stayed closed, that lie would never be exposed.
12:04Three days later, Julian planned to host a live streamsy conference across all media to foment the story that I
12:09had fled out of guilt.
12:10Sterling Corporation's top-floor conference room.
12:12Hundreds of reporters packed around the podium, shoulder to shoulder.
12:15Julian sat at the center, Arthur to his left, Mia holding Leo to his right.
12:18I hovered in the air above, watching this family.
12:21Today we have invited the media to announce something.
12:23Julian began into the microphone.
12:25My wife Chloe, out of jealousy towards Mia, pushed her down the stairs and fled in guilt.
12:30She has been missing for twenty days.
12:32The shutter clicks erupted in the room.
12:34Arthur slammed down a legal document.
12:36Given Chloe's vile character, Sterling Corporation hereby strips her of all inheritance rights.
12:40The Sterling family has only one heiress, Mia.
12:44Mia lowered her head, wiping at her eyes.
12:47Sis, if you can see this live, please come back.
12:50I don't blame you for pushing me.
12:52If you just admit your fault, we can still be a family.
12:56Mom and dad are still in the hospital.
12:58You can't just leave.
12:59A reporter stood up.
13:00Mr. Crawford, there are rumors that Ms. Chloe suffered domestic abuse before her disappearance.
13:06Is that true?
13:07Julian pressed his hands against the table.
13:11Preposterous.
13:13I always indulged her.
13:15Even her poor relatives from the slums, whenever they came for money, I gave millions.
13:23She was greedy herself.
13:25I even suspect that her disappearance involves a batch of priceless jewelry from the manor.
13:31Leo suddenly wriggled free from Mia's arms, tiptoeing to grab the microphone.
13:36She's a bad woman.
13:38She's not my mommy.
13:40She stole Mia mommy's diamond necklace.
13:42I have only one mom, and that's Mia mommy.
13:49The child's voice echoed through the speakers.
13:52Reporters furiously scribbed notes.
13:54I hovered just above Leo's head.
13:56The pain of pregnancy.
13:58The endless sleepless nights of caring for my child.
14:01All reduced to a joke.
14:03The conference room doors were thrown open with force.
14:06Four uniformed NYPD officers strode in.
14:09The lead officer went straight to the podium and raised his right hand.
14:13A clear evidence bag appeared in full view of everyone.
14:17Inside was a rusty, blunt utility knife.
14:19The officer's voice carried through the microphone to the entire room.
14:23Julian Crawford.
14:24Arthur Sterling.
14:25Mia Sterling.
14:26One hour ago, in the storage room on the second floor of Sterling Manor,
14:30we discovered a highly deducosed female body.
14:33DNA verification confirms the deceased as Chloe Sterling.
14:37The camera's red recording light continued to blink.
14:40Someone dropped a voice recorder on the floor.
14:42Julian's legs gave out, and he sank heavily into his chair.
14:46The chair slid back half a meter with a screech.
14:48He stared, unblinking, at the evidence bag.
14:52Impossible.
14:53Mia screamed, covering her face and shrinking under the table.
14:56What body?
14:57She was hiding.
14:59That's her fake blood.
15:00Are you cops in on her act?
15:01The officer pulled out several crime scene photos from her briefcase and slammed them onto the table.
15:06In the corner of the photos was a pool of dark blood.
15:09A bluish-purple body curled up in the corner.
15:11There was also a note written in blood.
15:14Junian.
15:15Leo.
15:15Survive.
15:19The preliminary forensic report indicates the deceased was exposed to extreme cold after slitting her wrist,
15:25causing death from combined hypothermia and hemorrhagic shock.
15:28Time of death, 20 days ago.
15:30Julian's eyes fell on the photos.
15:32It wasn't a prank.
15:33Not fake blood.
15:34I had really been in that storage room, slowly draining my own blood.
15:38All to save them that last pack of soda tricks.
15:41The officers produced handcuffs.
15:44Now, you three are under arrest for first-degree murder.
15:48The metal cuffs snapped onto Julian's wrists.
15:51NYPD headquarters.
15:52Interrogation room 1.
15:53Julian sat in the interrogation chair.
15:55Two detectives pulled chairs up across from him, slamming a stack of files onto the table.
15:59Julian, on November 12th, did you tell the deceased Chloe that an extreme cold apocalypse was happening outside?
16:05That was a playful joke between husband and wife.
16:08Julian shifted in his seat.
16:10She enjoys post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies, so I played along with a survival game.
16:16The detective slid a photo across the table.
16:19A close-up of the storage room door, sealed tight with industrial tape.
16:23A joke requires taping every crack shut.
16:26Setting the thermostat to minus 15 degrees?
16:31That's the manor's storage room.
16:32It contains a shipment of top-grade blue-fed tuna flown in from Japan,
16:36which must be stored at extremely low temperatures.
16:40Sealing the door prevents cold air from leaking and affecting the food's quality.
16:46He handled it with ease.
16:47From the next interrogation room, the sound of a slam table echoed.
16:51That bitch is playing tricks! What body?
16:52Arthur's shouting pierced the walls.
16:54That's fake blood she bought!
16:55Julian listened, fingers tapping lightly on his knees.
16:58The detective nodded toward the one-way glass.
17:00The interrogation room door opened.
17:01A coroner entered, handing over an expedited autopsy report.
17:04The preliminary autopsy results are in.
17:07Julian, you still insist this is a prank, correct?
17:10What else?
17:11My wife may have grown up in the slums,
17:13but she's not dumb enough to use a rusty utility knife on herself.
17:16The detective began reading the report.
17:17Deceased Chloe, female, 26 years old.
17:20Cause of death compounded lethal factors.
17:22First, repeated wounds to her left wrist from a blunt object,
17:25causing severe blood loss and shock.
17:27Second, prolonged exposure to minus 15 degrees,
17:29resulting in severe hyperthermia.
17:31The coroner found no food remnants in the stomach.
17:34Only a small amount of water and trace pieces of paper.
17:38She went hungry for seven full days,
17:40eventually surviving by eating paper.
17:42Julian's fingers froze mid-tap on his knees.
17:46Eating paper.
17:47His Adam's apple bobble.
17:53Detective, a forged report won't convict me.
17:55If you accepted her money, I'll pay ten times.
17:58Stop this charade and get back to the man in immediately.
18:01The coroner produced a stack of high-resolution crime scene photos,
18:05laying them one by one in front of Julian.
18:08Julian's eye tritched at the third photo.
18:10In the image, my cheeks were sunken,
18:11in the bluish-purple of the dead,
18:13a thin frost coating the surface.
18:14My cheekbones were high,
18:16blood around the wounds completely blackened,
18:17icicles forming in my hair.
18:18But my facial muscles were not contorted from pain.
18:20The corners of my lips lifted slightly.
18:22It was a serene smile.
18:23The coroner pointed at the photo.
18:25In the final stages of severe hypothermia,
18:27the brain produces hallucinations.
18:29In these who-nations, the deceased feels happiness.
18:31The only sound in the interrogation room
18:33was the hum of the ventilation system.
18:35So when I died, I was smiling.
18:37I thought I had saved my husband and my son.
18:39Julian's hands trembled beneath the table.
18:41He gripped his own thighs so hard,
18:43his knuckles turned white.
18:45Making up stories.
18:46He spat through clenched teeth.
18:49A single photo with special effects makeup,
18:51and people imagine some grand, tragic love story?
18:54I want to see my personal lawyer.
18:56Until my legal team arrives,
18:58I refuse to answer any questions.
18:59The detective closed the file.
19:02No lawyer needed.
19:05The family must identify the body.
19:07Come on, Mr. Crawford.
19:08Go to the New York Forensic Office
19:10and confirm for yourself
19:11whether that special effects makeup or not.
19:15New York Forensic Office.
19:17The sterile smell of disinfectant
19:19mingled with formaldehyde.
19:20Julian walked down the hallway,
19:22slowing with every step.
19:23Arthur marched ahead, cursing under his breath.
19:25Playing tricks.
19:26Let's see how long she can keep it up.
19:28When we expose her, I'll smash her face.
19:30The coroner pushed open the metal door
19:31to the autopsy room.
19:32A stronger chemical odor hit them immediately.
19:34On the stainless steel autopsy table
19:36lay a figure covered with a white sheet.
19:38Julian stopped at the doorway.
19:39Arthur strode forward
19:41and stood at the head of the table.
19:42Pull it back!
19:43I want to see what this woman's up to!
19:44The coroner grabbed a corner of the sheet
19:46and yanked it down.
19:47It slid to the chest.
19:47A highly decomposed,
19:49bluish-purple body was revealed under the lights.
19:50Arthur curse frozes.
19:51The muscles in his face twitched
19:53as he stepped back,
19:54knocking over a medical tray.
19:55Scalpels and forceps clattered to the floor.
19:57What?
19:57What is this?
19:58His voice cracked as he pointed at the table.
20:00Julian stood two meters away.
20:02His gaze fixed on that face.
20:03High cheekbones.
20:04Sunken eye socket.
20:05Skin mobbled dark green and purpish black
20:06from prolonged freezing
20:07and subsequent thawing.
20:08But the contours of the features,
20:09the tiny beauty mocked under the right eye.
20:11That was me, Chloe.
20:12Julian bent over suddenly,
20:13dry heaving into the floor drain.
20:14Yellow-green bile dripped
20:15from the corners of his mouth.
20:19The coroner stepped to the side
20:21of the autopsy table
20:22and lifted my left hand.
20:24Family, please come confirm.
20:26The deceased left wrist
20:27shows an old burn scar.
20:29Does it match?
20:30Julian shuffled forward to the table,
20:33staring at the scar.
20:34It was from five years ago,
20:35when he had just taken over
20:36the family business
20:37and was ambushed
20:38by an underground gang.
20:39The assassin pressed a lit cigar
20:40against his face,
20:41and I had launched forward,
20:43taking the burn with my wrist.
20:44The smell of seared flesh linkered.
20:45I trembled in pain,
20:47still comforting him.
20:48Julian, it's okay.
20:49It doesn't hurt me.
20:50That scar had really grown on my body.
20:52The person lying here
20:54was truly me.
20:55Julian's legs gave out.
20:56He sank heavily to his knees.
20:59The coroner went to the evidence table
21:00and picked up a clear sealed bag.
21:02Inside was a crumpled pack
21:03of soda crackers,
21:04the packaging stained
21:05with large patches
21:06of dried, blackened blood.
21:07This was collected
21:08from the cack of the storage room door
21:09at the crime scene.
21:10After slitting her wrist,
21:11the deceased used
21:12her last bit of strength
21:13to push this pack of crackers
21:14through the door crap.
21:15Julian knelt on the floor,
21:16slowly raising his head.
21:18All he had wanted
21:19was to watch me inside,
21:20crying and begging for mercy.
21:22But I didn't make a sound.
21:24All I could think about
21:25was Leo,
21:25burning with fever.
21:27I thought my life
21:28could buy my son
21:29a chance to live.
21:33Arthur scrambled to his feet,
21:35snatched the evidence bag,
21:36and ripped it apart.
21:38A detective grabbed his wrist,
21:40twisting it sharply downward.
21:43Tampering with evidence
21:44will add to your charges.
21:45Arthur's face pressed
21:46against the autopsy table,
21:48less than 10 centimeters
21:49from my body.
21:50The stench of decay
21:52hit him full force.
21:53He opened his mouth,
21:54vomiting yellow-green bile
21:56across the floor.
21:57She deserves it!
21:58She pushed Mia down the stairs!
22:00This is suicide out of guilt!
22:02It's none of our business!
22:04Another detective
22:05pushed open
22:05the autopsy room door,
22:07holding a tablet.
22:09We found hidden surveillance
22:11from another angle
22:12inside the storage room.
22:13Mia had secretly
22:14installed it to watch me.
22:15Julian and Arthur
22:16had no idea it existed.
22:17Later,
22:18Mia had deleted the footage
22:19and formated the memory card,
22:21thinking it was safe.
22:22But the police tech team
22:24had fully recovered
22:24all the data.
22:25Julian still on the floor,
22:27jerked his head up.
22:28The detective pressed play.
22:29Inside the storage room,
22:31it was pitch black,
22:32with only a faint sliver of light
22:34coming through the door crap.
22:35In the corner,
22:36I curled into a ball,
22:38wearing only two thin,
22:39worn sweaters.
22:41Cold air blasted out
22:42from the only industrial-grade
22:43freezer vent above.
22:44I struggled to pull myself
22:46off the floor,
22:47dragging my frozen legs,
22:49inching towards
22:50the abandoned electric heater
22:51in the corner.
22:52The plug
22:53had already been cut
22:54by Julian.
22:55I pressed the heater
22:56hard against the door crap,
22:58then took off
22:58the outer sweater,
22:59folded it,
23:00and shoved it firmly
23:01into the gap
23:01between the heater
23:02and the door.
23:03The wind was completely blocked.
23:04Julian,
23:05seal the door crap.
23:06The cold won't leak.
23:08You and Leo,
23:08wear more.
23:09Don't worry about me.
23:13Julian knelt on the floor,
23:15emitting a hoarse groan.
23:16The video progress bar
23:18was dragged forward,
23:19jumping to day seven.
23:21I leaned against the corner,
23:22my skin already a grayish blue.
23:24I pulled the pack
23:25of soda crackers
23:26from my pocket
23:26and placed it on the floor.
23:28I picked up
23:29the rusty utility knife.
23:31In that freezing dark,
23:33I did what I had resolved to do.
23:35Blood spread
23:36across the cracker package.
23:38In the video,
23:39I bit my lip,
23:41not letting out
23:41a single cry of pain.
23:43I used my blooded fingers
23:44to push the pack of crackers,
23:46little by little,
23:48through the door crack.
23:49Then I wrote the blood note
23:50on the piece of paper.
23:51After writing the last character,
23:53my arm fell limply,
23:54my head tilted to one side,
23:56my face gradually relaxing,
23:58frozen in that serene smile.
24:00The video ended.
24:02The screen went black.
24:04Julian lodged forward.
24:11He shook his head violently,
24:13hair discrevelled,
24:14his designer suit
24:15dust with grime
24:16from the floor.
24:17Chloe,
24:18Chloe, get up!
24:20He crawled to the autopsy table,
24:21hands gripping the edge,
24:23trying to lift himself.
24:26Stop pretending!
24:27I was wrong!
24:29I'll take you home!
24:30We'll go back to Manhattan
24:31right now!
24:33Get up!
24:34He reached for the arm
24:35of the bluish-purple body,
24:37rigid,
24:38no warmth,
24:39no response.
24:40The coroner stepped forward,
24:41knocking Julian's hands away.
24:46The deceased exhibits
24:47advanced live-et mortis
24:48and post-mortem
24:49venous decomposition.
24:50The dead cannot come back to life.
24:52You ran the freezer
24:53at maximum for seven days,
24:55then turned it off
24:56and left the body
24:57at room temperature
24:57for 13 days.
24:58This alternating environment
25:00accelerated decomposition.
25:01The coroner slammed
25:02a thick autopsy report
25:03onto Julian's chest.
25:05This is not a performance.
25:07This is first-degree murder.
25:09Arthur tilted his head,
25:11staring at my body,
25:12then suddenly burst
25:13into a harsh, piercing laugh.
25:16Murder?
25:17I didn't kill anyone.
25:18She slit her own wrist.
25:21She was just dumb.
25:23I was joking.
25:25Who knew she'd take it seriously?
25:27The lead detective grabbed Arthur
25:28by the collar,
25:29lifting him up.
25:30A joke?
25:32Cutting off communication,
25:34fabricating external conditions,
25:36confining the deceased
25:37in extreme cold
25:38for an extended period,
25:40and depriying her of food.
25:42Under New York law,
25:43that's illegal detention
25:44resulting in death.
25:46Enjoy rotting in prison.
25:48Arthur's laughter
25:49stopped abruptly.
25:50His legs gave out,
25:51and he collapsed to the floor.
25:53NYPD interrogation room.
25:54Julian and Arthur
25:55were handcuffed
25:56to the interrogation chairs.
25:57Mia and Leo
25:58were also summoned
25:59to the station.
26:00Mia trembled all over,
26:01while Leo curled in a corner,
26:02clutching his knees,
26:03crying.
26:03He lead detective slammed
26:04the evidence bag
26:05containing the utility knife
26:06onto the table.
26:08Tell us,
26:09who put this knife
26:10in the storage room?
26:11Julian leaned back in the chair,
26:17chest heaving violently.
26:18This knife,
26:19she must have hidden it herself.
26:21People from the slubs
26:21like picking up scraps.
26:23The storage room is huge.
26:24She could hide
26:25an abandoned utility knife
26:26in any corner.
26:27How would we know?
26:28The detective
26:29pulled up surveillance footage.
26:30November 10th,
26:31two days before you
26:32locked Chloe
26:33in the storage room.
26:34The footage shows
26:34Mia entering the storage room.
26:36Mia jumped up in panic,
26:38overturning her chair.
26:39I didn't.
26:40I only went in
26:42to get some vintage campaign.
26:44Fingerprints on the knife handle
26:45were extracted
26:46from three people.
26:47The detective pointed
26:48at the evidence bag.
26:49The deceased,
26:50Chloe,
26:50five-year-old Leo.
26:52He paused.
26:52And you,
26:53Mia.
26:53Julian's gaze shifted to Mia.
26:55Mia shook her head frantically,
26:57backing up two steps
26:58until she hit the wall.
26:59It wasn't me.
27:00Julian,
27:01believe me.
27:02I'm scared of blood.
27:04I would never give her a knife.
27:05She spun and shot Leo
27:07a sharp, hateful glare.
27:08In the corner,
27:08Leo tremble all over
27:09at that look.
27:10Aunt Mia gave it to Mommy.
27:12Then suddenly let out
27:13a piercing cry.
27:14Snot and tears
27:15streaming down his chubby cheeks,
27:16Leo pointed at Mia.
27:17That day,
27:18the security system
27:19was doing a lockdown drill.
27:21Aunt Mia gave Mommy
27:21this knife,
27:22said it was dark inside
27:23and there were mice,
27:24and Mommy should carry it
27:25for protection.
27:26She even told me
27:27not to tell Daddy
27:28or Uncle Arthur.
27:29The child's voice
27:30echoed through
27:30the empty interrogation room.
27:34Julian stared at Mia,
27:36unblinking,
27:37handing a rusty,
27:38blunt knife to someone
27:39locked in a freezer
27:39at minus 15 degrees.
27:41That was a suggestion.
27:42That was manipulation.
27:43It was giving a knife
27:44to someone in despair
27:45and saying,
27:46if you can't take it anymore,
27:47end it yourself.
27:48For the past two weeks,
27:49Mia had cuddled
27:50in his arms every day,
27:52cooing about how scared
27:53she was that her sister
27:54might get hurt.
27:55She even faked a high fever
27:56to win everyone's sympathy.
27:57She had known all along
27:59what would happen inside.
28:01Mia.
28:02Arthur's mouth hung open,
28:04his voice dry and hoarse.
28:06Mia lunged forward,
28:07trying to cover Leo's mouth.
28:09You're lying!
28:10You little bastard!
28:11Stop lying!
28:12Two female officers
28:13quickly stepped forward
28:15and pinned her to the floor.
28:16Julian!
28:17Brother!
28:17Save me!
28:18I'm innocent!
28:20The detective ignored
28:21Mia's desperate cries
28:22and inserted a USB drive
28:24into the computer.
28:25Since we're talking
28:25about innocence,
28:27let's discuss what happened
28:28two weeks ago
28:29when Mia fell down the stairs.
28:30The surveillance
28:31in your Long Island villa
28:33was indeed tampered with.
28:34But you forgot one thing.
28:35Chloe had installed
28:36a micro-camera,
28:37the vacuum robot
28:38in the corner of the living room,
28:39to keep an eye on Leo
28:40at all times.
28:45The video flickered on.
28:46The angle was low,
28:47looking up from the floor.
28:49In the footage,
28:50Mia stood at the top
28:51of the second floor stairs.
28:52I was two meters away,
28:54holding a hand-wove
28:55cashmere scarf.
28:56The camera zoomed in,
28:57showing my hands
28:58covered in frostbite.
28:59I said,
28:59Mia, it's cold.
29:01This scarf is for you.
29:02My voice tight, pleading.
29:04Mia glanced down
29:04at the empty living room.
29:05Then she turned
29:06and gave me a strange,
29:08eerie smile.
29:11Next,
29:11she stepped backward
29:12and tumbled down the stairs.
29:13I was terrified,
29:15dropping the scarf
29:15and lunging to grab her,
29:16but didn't even touch
29:17a corner of her clothes.
29:19Footsteps from Arthur
29:20and Julia immediately followed.
29:22Mia lay at the bottom
29:23of the stairs,
29:24clutching her legs,
29:25screaming in pain.
29:27Sis,
29:29why did you push me?
29:30The video ended.
29:32Julian stared
29:33at the frozen screen.
29:35That day,
29:36he had rushed downstairs
29:37and,
29:38without thinking,
29:39slapped me hard
29:40across the face.
29:41He wrapped his hands
29:42around his head,
29:43a wail tearing
29:44from his throat.
29:45The lead detective
29:46closed the computer.
29:48Mia,
29:49you are under arrest
29:51for first-degree murder
29:52and perjury.
29:53A female officer
29:54pulled out handcuffs
29:55and snapped them
29:56onto Mia's wrists.
29:58Mia collapsed to the floor,
29:59tears and snot
30:00smeared across her face,
30:02crawling desperately
30:03toward Julian's feet.
30:04Julian,
30:05I was wrong!
30:05I was just too scared
30:07of losing you!
30:08She stole my place first!
30:10I just wanted
30:10to teach her a lesson!
30:15Julian lifted his foot,
30:16his designer shoe
30:17crashing onto Mia's shoulder,
30:18scenting her two meters
30:19across the floor.
30:20Get out!
30:21You poisonous woman!
30:22I want you to pay for Chloe!
30:24He thrashed violently
30:25against the officer's restraint,
30:27launching at Mia
30:27with his chair,
30:28hands gripping her neck tightly.
30:30Die!
30:31You die!
30:32Several officers rushed forward,
30:34pinning Julian to the ground.
30:35At that moment,
30:36the interrogation room door
30:37swung open.
30:38A young officer hurried in,
30:40leaning close to the lead detective
30:41and whispering.
30:42The detective turned
30:43to look at Julian and Arthur
30:44pinned to the floor.
30:45A Manhattan private hospital
30:47just called.
30:48The Sterlings are in the ICU,
30:49their hearts just stopped.
30:51Arthur jerked his head up,
30:52his voice trembling.
30:53Hearts stopped?
30:54I was at the hospital yesterday.
30:55The doctors assured me
30:56there was still a chance.
30:57Their fingers were moving!
30:58The footage shows
30:59that half an hour ago,
31:00someone entered the ICU
31:01and cut the respirator power.
31:03The suspect is in custody.
31:04According to the confession,
31:05it was done under instruction,
31:06and an offshore account
31:07shows a recent
31:08$1 million transfer.
31:09The detective looked down
31:10at Mia,
31:11pressed to the floor.
31:12Mia,
31:13you hired someone
31:14to murder,
31:15cutting off
31:15your foster parent's respirator.
31:17Arthur stared at Mia,
31:19shaking uncontrollably.
31:20Mia lay on the floor,
31:21shoulders trembling violently,
31:22who then suddenly erupted
31:23into a sharp manic la-
31:24Dead?
31:25The old bastards
31:25are finally dead!
31:26Serves them right!
31:27They should have died long ago!
31:29I've waited six months
31:30for this day!
31:34Arthur trembled all over,
31:36teeth chattering.
31:37Mia,
31:37are you insane?
31:38Mia turned her head,
31:39locking eyes with R3,
31:40her face full of mockery.
31:42I'm not insane,
31:42I'm wide awake.
31:43Six months ago,
31:44they went to the slums
31:45to fetch that bitch,
31:46and on the way back,
31:46they crashed.
31:47You really thought
31:48it was an accident?
31:49I had someone cut the brakes
31:50on their Rolls Royce!
31:51I spent $2 million!
31:53Arthur clawed at the edges
31:54of the interrogation chair.
31:56Mia continued yelling.
31:58They were gonna bring in
31:59their biological daughter
32:00and kick me out!
32:01I called them mom and dad
32:02for 20 years,
32:03attended Cherry Gallows with them,
32:04served them tea.
32:05Why,
32:05I am the true heiress
32:06of the Sterling family.
32:07The old bastards
32:08survived the crash,
32:09lying in the hospital
32:10for six months.
32:11Every day I feared
32:12they'd wake up
32:12and uncover the truth.
32:13And they wanted to give
32:14half the company
32:14to that trash
32:15from the Slims!
32:16Now it's over!
32:17They're all dead!
32:18The Sterling trust fund
32:19is all mine!
32:19No one can take it!
32:20Arthur suddenly jerked upright,
32:22grabbing the metal bar
32:23on the interrogation chair
32:24and yanking it up.
32:25He stood,
32:26kicking the table over,
32:27launching at Mia
32:27on the floor,
32:28straddling her,
32:29his handcuffed hands
32:30locked tightly around her neck.
32:32The metal chain
32:32in the handcuffs
32:33pressed against Mia's throat.
32:38Die!
32:38Arthur roared.
32:39He pulled with all his strength,
32:41the metal chain
32:41digging deep into her flesh.
32:43Mia's laughter
32:43cut off abruptly,
32:44her hands clawing wildly
32:45at his arms.
32:46Several officers
32:47tried to intervene,
32:48but Arthur pinned himself
32:49against the table edge,
32:50resisting with incredible strength,
32:51and they couldn't
32:52pry his fingers loose.
32:53The sharp edges
32:53of the handcuffs
32:54sliced into Mia's
32:55carotid artery.
32:56Blood spurted out,
32:58splattering across Arthur's face
32:59and dripping down his chin.
33:00Mia's eyes rolled back,
33:01her legs kicked for a few seconds,
33:03then went completely still.
33:04Arthur was forced
33:04to the ground
33:05by the officers,
33:05his face pressed
33:06against the pool of blood.
33:07He turned his head
33:08toward Mia's lifeless body
33:09and suddenly grinned,
33:10a silent, eerie smile.
33:12Six months later,
33:13Rikers Island Prison,
33:15Visitation Room.
33:16Julian sat behind the glass,
33:17clad in an orange jumpsuit.
33:19Half his hair
33:19had turned white,
33:20his cheeks sunken,
33:21his body skeletal.
33:22He clasped his hands,
33:23pleading endlessly
33:23into the air.
33:24Chloe,
33:25I didn't lock the door.
33:26I turned off the freezer.
33:28Come out.
33:29The cookies are all for you.
33:30All for you.
33:30A guard rabbed his baton
33:31on the steel door.
33:330938,
33:33keep it down.
33:34Julian suddenly leapt up,
33:36lunging at the glass,
33:37clawing at it wildly,
33:38his nails scraping out
33:39a harsh grating sound.
33:40The door crack is blocked.
33:41The cold can't get out.
33:43Leo isn't cold.
33:45Don't take your clothes off.
33:47Put them back on.
33:52In a closed counseling room
33:53at a youth detention center
33:54outside New York,
33:55Leo sat on a sofa.
33:57On the white wall before him
33:58hung a portrait of me.
33:59In the photo,
34:00I smiled gently,
34:01wearing that faded,
34:01worn sweater.
34:02The counselor pressed the remote.
34:03The TV flickered to life,
34:04playing the surveillance footage
34:05from the freezing chamber.
34:06Leo trembled all over,
34:07covering his ears,
34:08closing his eyes,
34:09shaking violently.
34:10I don't want to see.
34:11She's a bad woman.
34:13Turn it off.
34:13The counselor stepped forward
34:14and firmly pulled his hands down.
34:16Leo,
34:16open your eyes.
34:17See what your mother did for you,
34:18how she sacrificed herself.
34:19See how the woman you called bad
34:21pushed the last pack of crackers to you.
34:23Leo was forced to open his eyes.
34:24On the screen,
34:25the small figure bled.
34:26The red liquid dripped to the floor,
34:27freezing into ice crystals.
34:28Leo suddenly burst into tears.
34:31He slid off the chair,
34:32dropped to his knees,
34:33and repeatedly bowed his head to the portrait,
34:35pounding his forehead heavily
34:36against the wooden floor.
34:37Mom,
34:38mom,
34:38I'm sorry.
34:39Leo was wrong.
34:41I won't eat grapes ever again.
34:42I hovered in the air above the detention center,
34:45my presence passing through thick walls.
34:47Outside,
34:48it was mid-summer.
34:49Sunlight poured down,
34:50bathing my spirit.
34:51The bone-chilling cold
34:52from the freezing chamber
34:53finally began to fade.
34:55My body grew lighter and lighter.
34:56transparent fingers gradually turned into golden specks of light in the sunlight.
35:00I lifted my head to face the sun.
35:02Golden rays shone through my semi-transparent palms.
35:05A breeze swept by.
35:06The final speck of light drifted from my fingertips,
35:08rising upward,
35:09merging with the bright day.
35:10The final specks of light drifted from my with wind and air.
35:12The final speck of light drifted from night
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