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00:00:11Rose is my best friend. Today, she's getting married.
00:00:15My lords and ladies, Theo Shaw of the Shaw Estate and Miss Rose Longfold of Longton Manor are to be
00:00:21wed this day.
00:00:22Now please welcome the bride's dearest friend, Miss Samantha Sterling of the Sterling Trading Company to say a few words.
00:00:32Rose, why did you choose an indigo wedding gown? You won't find another indigo this pure anywhere in the county.
00:00:38It was meant for me, wasn't it?
00:00:42The maid of honour slapped the bride. I've never seen the like.
00:00:45She must be mad. Striking a daughter of Longford in her own hall.
00:00:50Samantha, what are you doing? Why did you slap me?
00:00:56My lady, whatever grievance you have, can't it wait until after the ceremony? You arranged this entire marriage yourself. Have
00:01:03you forgotten?
00:01:04Cardamate and every other spice imaginable.
00:01:08Oh, Rose. In my last letter, I only mentioned that the food here tastes like sawdust.
00:01:15Less than ten days later, you've sent me every spice I could need.
00:01:19Who else in this world would take one of my passing complaints to heart?
00:01:23Samantha, I said yes to Theo. We've set the wedding for the day you finish your studies and return.
00:01:30You have to come. On the most important day of my life, you're the person I most want there.
00:01:39Samantha, are we still friends?
00:01:41Yes.
00:01:43Then why humiliate me in front of everyone? Did you come here to give me your blessing? Or to ruin
00:01:49my wedding?
00:01:50You truly don't know why I slapped you?
00:01:53What did I do wrong? Tell me!
00:01:56Come here. Closer, I'll tell you.
00:02:06You were insane. You slapped me again. Theo, are you just going to stand there? She's attacking me and you
00:02:14have nothing to say?
00:02:15Look at the Shaw heir. His own bride is being humiliated before the entire hall and he doesn't dare utter
00:02:21a word.
00:02:21I heard the Shaw heir has known both women since childhood.
00:02:25You haven't heard? The Shaws owe the Sterling Trading Company more than a thousand gold collars.
00:02:31Miss Samantha holds the fate of his entire estate in her man.
00:02:36Enough!
00:02:37Samantha, is this because you love him? Because I won him before you could, you decided to destroy me on
00:02:43my wedding day?
00:02:45Theo, do you still have feelings for her?
00:02:48I have no interest in your husband.
00:02:51And that slap was deserved.
00:02:54Why? Samantha, this is my wedding day, the most important day of my life.
00:02:58Whatever this is, we can talk about it. Please, just don't strike me again.
00:03:01No.
00:03:03How dare a merchant's daughter behave with such arrogance?
00:03:07This is the lady of Longford's wedding and she comes here, strike her and make a spectacle.
00:03:12A friend? Please! She's an enemy!
00:03:15Whatever grievance she has could have been settled in private.
00:03:19Why choose today to humiliate her before the entire hall?
00:03:23She came here intending to ruin the wedding!
00:03:28Samantha, let this go.
00:03:30Whatever Rose may have done to wrong you cannot strike her on her wedding day.
00:03:32And once word of this spreads, what will the entire county think of you?
00:03:36Enough of this nonsense! The Longfields are celebrating their daughter's wedding!
00:03:40Don't cause any more trouble!
00:03:42How could you behave this way here of all places?
00:03:44Come down with me at once.
00:03:47Father, mother, forgive me.
00:03:52Father, mother, help me! Have her thrown out!
00:03:56This is between the girls. Let them settle it themselves.
00:04:04Father, mother...
00:04:07You ungrateful child! I have indulged you for far too long!
00:04:12Stop this at once, or you are no daughter of mine!
00:04:15Mr. Sterling, please calm yourself.
00:04:18Samantha has always been sensible. She would never do this without good reason.
00:04:22Rose, stop sitting on the floor and wailing like a commoner.
00:04:26If Samantha has cause to be angry, a few slaps will do you no harm.
00:04:30What has she done to you? I am your own flesh and blood!
00:04:34This is madness. The Longfields are allowing an outsider to beat their own daughter.
00:04:40Enough of your nonsense!
00:04:42Father, mother, even if you disown me, I am still going to slap her a third time.
00:04:48Samantha, what has come over you? Do you truly intend to make the Sterling family
00:04:53a laughing stock before everyone here? I have to do this.
00:05:00You want to fight me? Have you forgotten that I trained in close combat in the academy?
00:05:08I am pregnant!
00:05:09Pregnant?
00:05:10Theo, we are going to have a grandson!
00:05:14Miss Rose is with child. You cannot attack her. You could kill her baby!
00:05:20Anne, I am still going to slap you a third time.
00:05:26Samantha, you have gone too far. She is carrying a child. Whatever she has done,
00:05:31you cannot strike a pregnant woman!
00:05:32My lord! My lady! Throw Samantha out! Stop this mad woman! I am carrying an heir of your blood!
00:05:40Samantha Streeling! She is carrying the blood of House Shaw, the future heir to our estate! That is right!
00:05:46Strike me, and you insult the honor of House Shaw! And what if I insist on striking you anyway?
00:05:54Lord Shaw, since you mentioned inheritance, perhaps we should settle who truly owns the
00:05:58Shaw estate. These are the deeds your family mortgaged to the Sterling Trading Company. My word,
00:06:03the deadline to reclaim them will be noon today. Every horse, every parcel of land,
00:06:06and even our right to collect taxes is mortgaged to the Sterlings. Miss Samantha, do as you please!
00:06:12If Rose has disgraced her s**t, then allowing her dearest friend to discipline her will only
00:06:17preserve our family's honor. As long as her life is not endangered, strike her as you see fit!
00:06:23My lord? Lord Shaw is truly spinless. How can he allow his pregnant son's bride to suffer
00:06:28such humiliation for the sake of money? You understand nothing. The Sterlings control
00:06:33countless land deeds and property titles. One word from Samantha, and the entire Shaw family
00:06:38will be left homeless. My lady, I am Theo's wife and the heir to Longfield. If you let her strike
00:06:44me
00:06:45here today, by tomorrow the entire county will say that House Shaw and House Longfield have been
00:06:50trampled beneath her feet! You conceived a child before marriage. Is that not shameful enough?
00:06:57Let Miss Samantha finish, and then the wedding will continue. Theo! Save me!
00:07:14Is that the Shaw heir, hiding in a corner while his wife and unborn child are left offence?
00:07:18Samantha, touch me again and I swear you will regret it. Good. I will be waiting.
00:07:29Could Theo truly be having an affair with Miss Samantha? He must be. Miss Rose was beaten to the
00:07:34ground and he did nothing. The moment someone mentioned the sheriff, he rushed to intervene. Theo,
00:07:39have you truly been seeing Samantha behind my back? How could you betray me like this? I am carrying your
00:07:50child! Enough!
00:07:54Theo, you unfaithful coward! I would do anything for you and this is how you repay me? Are you finished?
00:08:01I still have one slap left to deliver. Fine. You think you control everything. What if I insist on
00:08:09summoning the sheriff? Call the sheriff and the wedding is off.
00:08:15You cannot summon the sheriff. This began with a single slap. Is it worth losing your marriage over?
00:08:20Theo, you once said your honor belonged to her alone. It does not matter. I will know the truth soon
00:08:26enough.
00:08:26I told you Rose could ride with me, but you insisted on leading her horse yourself.
00:08:32You do not understand. This is a knight's idea of romance. I would lead Rose for a thousand miles.
00:08:39Poor Miss Rose. Not one person will stand up for her.
00:08:45After all this, there is no chance the wedding will go ahead.
00:08:51Samantha, will nothing satisfy you until you have destroyed me? Humiliating me was not enough.
00:08:56Now you want to ruin my marriage too? Why must you be so cruel?
00:09:01I risked everything. My future, our family's bond, and the friendship we spent years building.
00:09:06Even if the whole world misunderstood me, Rose, you were the one person who should have known why.
00:09:12You really want to keep going? Once I land the third slap, I'll tell you the truth.
00:09:17Fine. Hit me. Go on. Feed me to death right here.
00:09:22Were you not determined to summon the sheriff? Go ahead. I will wait.
00:09:26Samantha, your wealth does not give you the right to humiliate me. I will send for the sheriff this instant.
00:09:33Let us see how arrogant you are when he arrives.
00:09:37No one leaves this hall. Send for the sheriff and the wedding is over.
00:09:44Theo.
00:09:46None of you will summon him. Then I will.
00:09:50Have you lost your mind? You are summoning the sheriff to arrest yourself?
00:09:56You bring on terror.
00:10:01Samantha! Do not summon the sheriff!
00:10:08It's done, mother. Samantha, you only want to take your anger out on me. I will slap myself. Just please
00:10:13don't summon the sheriff.
00:10:15A moment ago, she wanted Samantha arrested. Now she is on her knees, striking herself.
00:10:19A moment ago, you wanted me arrested. Now you are begging me. What are you so afraid of?
00:10:27Rose, have you been hiding something from me all this time?
00:10:30Samantha, I am not hiding anything from you. I already told you I am pregnant.
00:10:35You still refuse to tell the truth. Then I have no choice but to summon the sheriff.
00:10:41No! Samantha, please! I cannot lose Theo! I love him! I beg you, I will do anything!
00:10:49You can't stand seeing me in this wedding gown? Fine! I will take it off right now!
00:10:55What a disgrace. Have you no shame?
00:11:05Samantha, I will do whatever you ask. Just take out your anger on me and do not summon the sheriff.
00:11:13Samantha! How did I raise such a cruel and unreasonable daughter? Apologize at once!
00:11:20Samantha! What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
00:11:23This has gone too far! Holding a few deeds does not give her the right to tyrosize the entire county!
00:11:28Write it all down. Record everything she has done today. Let's see whether the sterling trading
00:11:31company silenced the entire county! Thank you. Thank you.
00:11:36Come, Rose. Put your coat on first. Let's find somewhere for you to rest.
00:11:41Theo, come with us. Rose needs you.
00:11:44How can anyone be so vicious? She holds a few deeds and thinks that gives her the right
00:11:49to humiliate a noblewoman in the Longfield Hall!
00:11:53Stop this! Miss Samantha, are you hurt? I am fine. Take this to the sheriff. Hurry.
00:12:03Only one final step remains.
00:12:13Who summoned me? I did. She truly summoned the sheriff.
00:12:20Sheriff! Someone has been assaulted. Were you the one who was attacked? She was.
00:12:32Who struck her? I did.
00:12:35You summoned me to arrest yourself?
00:12:37Sheriff, it was her. She struck me and ruined my wedding. Yes, we all saw it. She slapped Miss Rose
00:12:43several times.
00:12:44Sheriff, House Shaw is a respected family in this county. Miss Samantha must answer for what she
00:12:50has done. Why did you strike her? You should ask Rose why she chose this indigo wedding gown.
00:12:56Have you lost your mind? What is wrong with an indigo wedding gown? You gave it to me!
00:13:01You keep returning to this gown. What is so important about it?
00:13:04This gown is the key to everything. She is insane! This woman humiliated me at my own wedding over a
00:13:11gown!
00:13:12Miss Samantha, you will come with us! Wait. You may take me away, but first I have one question for
00:13:18Rose.
00:13:20Rose, do you remember our promise? We are no longer friends! You humiliated me at my wedding!
00:13:26How are you even bringing up our promise? Just as I thought, everything is exactly as I suspected.
00:13:40Amanda! I will kill you! Damn you, Samantha! You vicious bitch!
00:13:47You are all right, Samantha. It is only a chill, a little rest, and you will recover.
00:13:57Who is it? I came to stay with you. Rose, I owe you my life. We will be best friends
00:14:05for as long as we live.
00:14:11Miss Staling, you are coming with us. I will cooperate fully. I will also explain why the real
00:14:17Rose would never have chosen this indigo wedding gown. Wait! Sheriff, this was only a foolish quarrel
00:14:23between friends. No harm was done, and I forgive her. I am sorry you were summoned for nothing.
00:14:29I will visit you soon and apologize properly. Are you certain, Miss Rose? You call everything
00:14:34she did a harmless quarrel? Yes! I am absolutely certain! We were only fooling around! Too late.
00:14:42What? Frightened now? Did you truly think I would risk the reputation of my company and two generations
00:14:50of friendship simply to humiliate you? I know everything. This is your final chance. I don't know what you mean.
00:15:00Rose is my best friend. I did all of this today because this woman is not Rose!
00:15:10Rose! Have you lost your mind? How could she not be Rose? Look at her! That face, that hair,
00:15:16those indigo eyes. She is clearly the Longford El Heiress. Rose's own parents are standing right here.
00:15:24Do you think they would fail to recognize their own daughter? Samantha, you are insane! She does look
00:15:31exactly like Rose. Then what is all this madness about? She is our Rose. Enough, Samantha. Lord Longford,
00:15:42Lady Longford, you raised Rose for more than 20 years. You must know whether this woman is truly her.
00:15:49Stop threatening my parents! They are too old to endure any more of your torment! Whatever you want,
00:15:55take it out on me! You? You! Lord and Lady Longford, I don't know why you are helping this imposter
00:16:02deceive everyone, but I believe you love Rose as deeply as I do. Can you not bring yourselves to
00:16:07speak the truth? She is our daughter. She is Rose. Samantha, the woman standing before you is my daughter,
00:16:15Rose. Very well. Theo, you once told me that no one in this world could recognize Rose more surely than
00:16:22you.
00:16:23Now look me in the eye and tell me. Is she Rose? These are assignments from everyone in our class.
00:16:31How
00:16:31can you find hers while blindfolded? This one. How did you know? Rose adds one drop of iris oil to
00:16:42her
00:16:43ink. She can't smell it herself. She simply loves irises, but I would recognize that scent instantly. That alone
00:16:48was enough. More than enough. It is not only her letters. Even among a hundred people, I could close
00:16:55my eyes and still know which one was Rose. Theo, you said you loved Rose. You promised to protect
00:17:02her for the rest of your life. Now look me in the eye and tell me, is she Rose? Who
00:17:07else could she be?
00:17:08She is Rose. Samantha, end this now. Theo Shaw, you know this woman is not Rose, yet you have chosen
00:17:15to help
00:17:16them conceal the truth. What are you waiting for? Drag her out. She could not find a husband of her
00:17:23own, so she cannot bear to see her friend in a wedding gown. She has reduced this wedding to chaos.
00:17:28She cannot go unpunished. Today she disgraces House Longfold. Tomorrow she will think herself above the
00:17:33king. Miss Sterling, you assaulted the bride before all these witnesses. If you refuse to cooperate,
00:17:41I will have no choice but to remove you by force. At last she has quieted down. The Sterling family
00:17:46has been thoroughly disgraced today. She deserves it. She was bold enough while striking Rose. Now
00:17:52frightened? She is not Rose. This woman has been impersonating my friend since the moment she entered
00:17:58this hall. Calm yourself. Whatever has happened, you can explain it to us once we leave here. I have proof.
00:18:08The proof is right here. The one mistake she never should have made was choosing this wedding gown.
00:18:14What are you trying to prove with a dress? It is only a wedding gown. Everyone in this hall can
00:18:18see it.
00:18:19Sheriff, please allow my attendant to come forward. The evidence he carries will reveal who has been lying.
00:18:27Rose Longford, diagnosis complete colorbinist, unable to distinguish any colors.
00:18:33Where did you get that? It is impossible. It is a forgery. Samantha, you fabricated a medical report?
00:18:40This diagnosis was signed by a court physician trained at the Salomino School of Medicine,
00:18:46and it bears the Longford family seal. You claim it is false? Then let us verify the seal before
00:18:52everyone here. The real Rose would never have chosen it. She is completely colorblind. Her world has no
00:18:59indigo, no rose red, and no gold. She can distinguish only light from dark. She could never have named the
00:19:07color of this gown. But you chose it, and then you called it indigo with your own lips. You are
00:19:14not Rose.
00:19:15You are an imposter, wearing her name and living her life. Tell me. Who are you?
00:19:28So what if I have a condition? Does that mean I cannot wear a wedding gown, get married or stand
00:19:33here like
00:19:33everyone else? Samantha, we have been writing to each other all this time. How could you not recognize me?
00:19:41Our letters? After everything, you bring up our letters? Three months ago, you claimed you had
00:19:47injured your face and refused to see me. That was when I knew something was wrong. Rose, you have been
00:19:53avoiding me for days. If your face is injured, that is even more reason to let me see you. Tell
00:19:59me where
00:19:59you are. I will come to you. Don't come. I look terrible. I don't want anyone to see me, especially
00:20:06you. I have
00:20:07seen you at your very worst. Don't hide from me. I will find the finest position, and on your wedding
00:20:13day, you will walk into that hall looking radiant. Don't bother. Theo will take care of it. No need
00:20:18to worry. I came to see you afterward, did I not? We even prepared the wedding guest list together.
00:20:24Samantha, we are not little girls at the academy anymore. I am getting married. I have a household
00:20:28to manage and nobles to receive. Must I spend every moment with you to prove that I am Rose?
00:20:34Yes, you came. Confirmed. That was what confirmed you were not her. My father brought this wine.
00:20:42It was terribly expensive. Taste it.
00:20:50Uncle Edwin always chooses the best. This wine is delicious. By the way, are you inviting Vulture?
00:20:57Vulture. You hated him more than anyone back then. Of course. I intend to invite everyone from the
00:21:03academy. Rose is allergic to alcohol. A single sip makes her dizzy. Yet that day you drank an entire
00:21:09bottle, and Vulture was our riding instructor. He caught you skipping lessons and locked you in the
00:21:14stables for three whole days. Rose hated him more than anyone. She could never have forgotten him.
00:21:19Be quiet, Theo. You are an accomplish in all of this. To test my suspicions, I completed my studies
00:21:26early and returned home. I told her I would personally give her a wedding gown unlike any
00:21:30other in the world. You have taken me to so many physicians and every one of them says there is
00:21:35no
00:21:35cure. It is alright. I don't want any more treatments. It is only a shame that my wedding may seem
00:21:41so plain.
00:21:42Rose, I promise you this. On your wedding day, I will bring you the most extraordinary gown in the world.
00:21:47Its beauty will not depend on color. I will cover it with your beloved irises, using thousands of petals
00:21:52and silver thread to embroider every delicate shape. Even in a world of gray, you will be
00:21:56unlike anyone else. Now you have me longing for that day already. Lady Longfield, you look absolutely
00:22:02beautiful. Of course I do. My best friend designed it for me. I placed both gowns beside each other.
00:22:08Lady Longfield did not choose the one you embroidered with iris petals. Thank you, Samantha. This is the
00:22:14most magnificent wedding gown I have ever seen. It suits me perfectly, does it not?
00:22:19Lady Longfield, you chose this gown because all you saw was its color. Did the real Rose
00:22:24can't see colorful? She would have recognized the irises. The gown covered in hand-embroided irises
00:22:30was the one I promised. You knew nothing about that promise because you are not a rose!
00:22:39Samantha, I picked up the wrong gown by mistake. I would love anything you gave me. But you slapped
00:22:43me three times at my own wedding. You humiliated me before everyone, you lunatic! She calls me mad.
00:22:47She claims I humiliated her. Very well. Let everyone hear what the real Rose once said.
00:22:52Was that not what happened? What else could it be?
00:22:56This is a sworn pledge written in Rose's own hand. It reads, if Samantha ever slaps me three times and
00:23:02I respond with anger, tears, or demands to know why, then the woman before her is not me. Could the
00:23:07bride
00:23:07truly be someone else? What is happening here? I didn't slap her to humiliate her. Rose herself told
00:23:14me to do it. Samantha, wake up! From now on, whenever one of us suspects something is wrong with the
00:23:20other,
00:23:20we give three slaps and say our secret phrase. You have to promise me. Say the secret phrase!
00:23:31We haven't chosen one yet. Sorry, I forgot. Come on. We will have the schoolmaster put our pledge in
00:23:39writing. Have you lost your mind? It is the middle of the night. The schoolmaster will punish us.
00:23:45That was childish nonsense we wrote years ago. Samantha, you brought a little girl's joke to my
00:23:50wedding and called it evidence. Can't you see how absurd that is? She does seem rather confused.
00:23:54Perhaps it was only a childish game. A joke? That was what I believed at first, but Rose never treated
00:24:01it as well. Say it quickly, or I am leaving. Must we do this now? Our secret phrases? She called
00:24:14the wedding out a
00:24:15mistake, yet she recognized Indigo. She spoke of our past, yet every detail and sworn pledge was wrong.
00:24:20Every lie leads to the same conclusion. This woman is not Rose!
00:24:26Rose, look at me and answer. Is any of this true? The secret phrase? The pledge? The wedding gown? No!
00:24:33Her blows left me dazed, and I could not think clearly. Who could be slapped three times before an entire
00:24:38hall, and immediately remember a secret phrase from childhood? Very well. Say it now. Give the correct answer,
00:24:45and I will kneel before everyone and apologize. You may repay those three slaps ten times over.
00:24:51Fail to answer, and you will admit before this entire hall that you are not Rose!
00:24:55If it truly was their childhood phrase, she should remember it.
00:25:01Do not look to him. Only the real Rose, and I know the phrase. Theo can't help you.
00:25:08Enough! Who remembers every childhood game for the rest of her life? Samantha, you were gone for four
00:25:13years! What right do you have to use the girl I once was to deny the woman I am now?
00:25:17People change.
00:25:19Friendships change. You no longer know me, but my husband does. Theo, I am Rose, but my husband does!
00:25:23Theo can prove that I am Rose! Theo, say something. You are marrying me. You know better than anyone who
00:25:30I am. Tell her that I am Rose. Go on, Theo. Tell us. Is the woman beside you truly Rose?
00:25:37She is Rose. Of course she is. Who else could she be? You heard him! Theo said, I am Rose!
00:25:44Samantha is the
00:25:45one who has lost her mind. Theo, stop lying to yourself. Look me in the eye and say it again!
00:25:52Samantha, be
00:25:53quiet! Enough!
00:25:57Theo? Samantha is right. She is not Rose.
00:26:05Come to your senses. The Stirling Trading Company has cast Samantha out! She has nothing left!
00:26:11Would you destroy the Shaw family's marriage alliance over the ravings of a mad woman? Look
00:26:14at me and say it again! She is your Rose! Yes, she is Rose. I was mistaken. Even the Stirling
00:26:20Trading
00:26:21Company has disowned her, then what authority does she have to accuse anyone here? She deserves it.
00:26:25After turning her friend's wedding into this disaster, she has disgraced more than herself.
00:26:29Theo is just as pathetic. He needs an outsider to tell him who his own bride is?
00:26:36Samantha, it seems your studies placed you under more strain than you could bear.
00:26:40Samantha, you are suffering from delusions. For the sake of our friendship, I intended to keep your
00:26:45condition secret. But today you have gone too far! As it happens, I have evidence of my own.
00:26:50Samantha has long suffered from insomnia, sleepwalking, and violent emotional episodes.
00:26:56This assessment says it plainly! She is not exposing the truth. She is in the midst of another episode.
00:27:01Have her confined to an asylum! Samantha, listen to me! They may not care about you, but I do!
00:27:09If you fall, I will never forgive you! Rose will never abandon Samantha!
00:27:16Rose would never do this to me. She might curse me, strike me, or fight with me,
00:27:21but she would never abandon me. You are not her! Who are you?
00:27:28My child, you have suffered so much. Why did you not come home? Why did you not let your mother
00:27:34hold
00:27:34you? Mother, I am fine. I am not mad. That diagnosis is a forgery. I do not need to prove
00:27:40my sanity to an
00:27:41imposter. She is the one who must explain this. I took a strand of your hair and have your bloodline
00:27:46compared with Lord and Lady Longford. This document will reveal exactly who you are. Jack, please read the
00:27:53results aloud for everyone to hear. The samples are a match. The subject is confirmed to be the
00:27:59biological daughter of Richard Longford and Elena Longford. Father, you heard him! I am your daughter!
00:28:04Samantha has lost her mind. Sheriff, take her away! Take her away at once! So that is the truth.
00:28:09You are the Longfield's biological daughter. No wonder they protected you despite knowing you were not Rose.
00:28:15But Rose was not their biological daughter. She was adopted. I knew it. Theo knew it. Even my parents knew
00:28:20it.
00:28:21You are not Rose! Enough, Tina. Rose was our adopted daughter. You are not Rose.
00:28:28You are the biological daughter we lost 20 years ago. Stop pretending.
00:28:43So that is who you are. The Longford's biological daughter who disappeared 20 years ago. Tina Longford.
00:29:00Tina. My child. After 20 years, you have finally come home. You will never suffer again. Your mother and I
00:29:10will repay you twice over for everything you lost during those 20 years. Everything belonging to House Longsided is yours.
00:29:19Thank you, father, mother. Father, mother. You brought my sister home.
00:29:25I have already instructed the kitchen to prepare a feast.
00:29:33Rose, come here.
00:29:38Tina, after you disappeared at the age of five, we adopted Rose from a border village. She is the same
00:29:44age as you.
00:29:44From this day forward, you will be sisters. Treat each other well.
00:29:50Tina, welcome home.
00:29:54Let me show you to your room.
00:29:58That will not be necessary.
00:30:05An adopted daughter has lived in my home for 20 years.
00:30:09Now I will take back everything that belongs to me.
00:30:15One piece at a time.
00:30:18Think about it. As the Longfield's newly returned biological garter, she could have claimed everything.
00:30:22The manners, the lands, the inheritance. Why would she lower herself by impersonating an adopted daughter and marrying under her
00:30:27name?
00:30:28That is true. Why would she make herself look exactly like Miss Rose?
00:30:31None of this makes any sense.
00:30:33There is only one explanation.
00:30:35She murdered the real Rose.
00:30:36To conceal her crime and prevent anyone from noticing Rose's absence at the wedding,
00:30:40she had no choice but to take Rose's place.
00:30:43Good heavens. Murder?
00:30:45Then Miss Rose is already.
00:30:53Tina Longfield, Miss Sterling has formally accused you of murdering Rose Longford.
00:30:58Until the truth is established, no one may leave this hall.
00:31:02I am Rose. I am Rose Longford. Why would you believe her accusations without hearing my side?
00:31:08Theo, say something. Tell them I am Rose. You have been with me all this time. You know better than
00:31:13anyone who I am.
00:31:14Say something. Theo, tell them. You promised you would protect me.
00:31:22Not now. Don't drag me into this.
00:31:25Do you see it now?
00:31:27You can steal an identity, wear another woman's gown and pretend to mean your vows.
00:31:32But once murder comes to light, not one person will stand beside you.
00:31:37I spent so long becoming her. Every day I copied her portrait when I applied my makeup.
00:31:42I learned her handwriting. How firmly she pressed the pen to the page.
00:31:46How she perched her lips before smiling. And how she always stepped forward with her left foot.
00:31:51I learned everything. I am her! I am Rose!
00:31:57Are you trying to convince us? Or yourself?
00:32:01For months, you have worn her clothes, slept in her bed and copied her handwriting.
00:32:08When you woke in the night and stared at that face in the mirror,
00:32:11could you truly tell whether the woman looking back was Tina or Rose?
00:32:16You played the part for so long that you began to believe it.
00:32:19You convinced yourself that if your imitation was perfect enough,
00:32:23the real Rose could be erased as though she had never lived.
00:32:27No.
00:32:28No, I was only taking back what belonged to me.
00:32:30Belonged to you?
00:32:31Did Rose's name belong to you?
00:32:33Her wedding?
00:32:33Her friends, her memories and her entire life?
00:32:36Did you think that if everyone called you Rose, the blood on your hands would disappear?
00:32:39That your guilt would simply cease to exist?
00:32:45A lie cannot survive forever. Stop pretending, Tina.
00:32:49Tell me what happened that day.
00:32:53You didn't mean to hurt her, did you?
00:32:55You argued, made a terrible mistake and became too frightened to tell anyone.
00:33:00It was an accident. Keep lying and you will lose everything.
00:33:05Telling the truth is your only chance.
00:33:09I did not mean to do it. I hated her. I hated that she had everything while I had nothing.
00:33:16I barely touched her. She lost her balance and fell down the stairs.
00:33:24Tina! He is the man your sister is going to marry!
00:33:28How could you seduce him?
00:33:32You were never my sister.
00:33:35Everything in this house was mine from the beginning, including him.
00:33:39Get out of my home.
00:33:40You have lost your mind!
00:33:46Don't touch me! Get away from me, you parasite!
00:34:00Sheriff, I found this diary in Rose's room. I thought she had written it merely to vent her anger.
00:34:06I never imagined.
00:34:12Tina Longfield, if this diary was written in Rose's hand, it reveals your entire motive for murder.
00:34:17It was me!
00:34:21I killed her!
00:34:23Are you satisfied now?
00:34:25Why did Rose deserve everything and I deserve nothing?
00:34:32Where is Rose? Tina, where is she?
00:34:39Where is Rose? How should I know?
00:34:42Perhaps wild dogs dragged her away.
00:34:44Or perhaps I burned her until nothing remained but ashes, then scattered them to the wind.
00:34:49You will never find her, Samantha. Never!
00:34:59Samantha, steady yourself. Don't listen to her.
00:35:02She is trying to provoke you. Stay calm.
00:35:05Sheriff, let me see it once more. I need to know what she wrote at the end.
00:35:11You may look, but don't touch it.
00:35:16No! Something is wrong. What's wrong?
00:35:24Wait!
00:35:32Sheriff, the second half of that diary was not written by Rose.
00:35:37You are lying. That is Rose's diary. You recognize it yourself.
00:35:40I recognize the first half, not the second.
00:35:45Miss Strayling, explain yourself. How do you know there is something wrong with the second half?
00:35:49Rose had a habit that only I knew about.
00:35:53Whenever she mentioned me in her diary, she deliberately copies my handwriting.
00:35:58In the first half,
00:36:00every mention of Samantha is written in my hand.
00:36:04She is right about the first half.
00:36:06But in the second half, my name remains in Rose's handwriting.
00:36:09Rose would never have written my name that way!
00:36:11Only Rose and I knew about that habit.
00:36:15So this is not a diary. The second half is a forged final statement written by someone imitating Rose's hand.
00:36:22It's purpose was to place all the blame for Rose's disappearance, her fall, and her death on Tina alone.
00:36:27Everything has been exposed here today. Tina has been brought forward. The Longfields have been brought forward.
00:36:31Even Rose's diary has been produced. Yet one person has remained in the shadows from beginning to end.
00:36:37But he was there when Rose fell. Tina barely knew Rose. How did she imitate her well enough to fool
00:36:45everyone?
00:36:46How did she learn Rose's voice, her habits, her memories, and everything she loved or hated?
00:36:51How did she nearly deceive even me? Who taught her? Who knew Rose better than anyone?
00:36:58Who loved her for ten years and could record-recognize her handwriting, her smile, and every pause in her talk
00:37:05with his eyes closed?
00:37:07Only you, Theo Shaw. You were never a bystander. You were part of this deception from the beginning.
00:37:14You did not merely know she was not Rose. You personally taught her how to become Rose!
00:37:22Theo Shaw, remain where you are. You may not leave this hall without my permission.
00:37:26Now it is your turn to explain.
00:37:32Samantha! Have you completely lost your mind? Tina has already confessed, yet you continue smearing my son!
00:37:41Sheriff, do not listen to her nonsense. The entire county knows how deeply Theo loved Rose. He could never have
00:37:48-
00:37:48Samantha, I know losing Rose has devastated you, but your grief does not give you the right to accuse me
00:37:54without proof.
00:37:56I loved Rose for ten years. How could I ever harm her?
00:37:59This talk of forged handwriting and training Tina to impate her is pure fantasy!
00:38:04Sheriff, none of her claims make any sense!
00:38:07He has a point. Everyone considered Theo and Rose the perfect match.
00:38:11It could not be him.
00:38:13Miss Sterling, your reasoning has merit. But if you intend to accuse Mr. Shaw of orchestrating this crime,
00:38:19you must establish a clear motive. Why would he do it?
00:38:23His motive was money. Rose was an adopted daughter who could no longer pay his debts.
00:38:29Tina was the true heiress who could give him the entire Longfield fortune. Is there any doubt which woman he
00:38:34would choose?
00:38:36Utter nonsense! The Shaw estate may not rival the Longdens in wealth, but we are hardly beggars. Theo has lived
00:38:42in comfort since birth. The idea that he would murder his childhood suite right for money is absurd!
00:38:47Exactly! Our estate may not compare with those of the highest nobles, but it still brings substantial taxes. That income
00:38:56alone is enough for us to live comfortably.
00:38:59Is that so, Lord Edmund? Since your son assumed control of the family accounts, are you certain you know the
00:39:05true state of the Shaw finances?
00:39:07Or has he gambled away everything your family owned at the dice tables of the Crossroads Inn, while keeping you
00:39:13completely ignorant?
00:39:15The moment I suspected the bride was not Rose, I investigated everyone closest to her.
00:39:21These records show every time he exchanged gold for gambling tokens.
00:39:26The first entry was at the Crossroads Inn. 300 gold coins at the dice table.
00:39:33One look will show you how deeply the lenders had trapped him, and why the Longfield fortune became his only
00:39:39hope of survival.
00:39:45Theo! Is what she said about your gambling counts true? Look me in the eye and answer me!
00:39:54Lies! Samantha, you are trying to clear Tina by placing every crime at my feet! You have no proof! You
00:39:59have lost your mind!
00:40:02Why would I protect Tina? She pushed Rose and she must stand trial for it.
00:40:07But did you truly believe you could hide behind her and leave this hall with clean hands?
00:40:14Sheriff, I demand the presence of legal counsel. Until my counsel arrives, I will answer no further questions.
00:40:21As for those supposed accounts, investigate them as thoroughly as you please.
00:40:25I visited the gambling tables a few times in my youth, but I abandoned them long ago for Rose.
00:40:31Samantha is twisting every detail to support her accusations.
00:40:35Since when is gambling so easy to abandon?
00:40:39You abandoned it. Theo, money was never the only thing you gambled away.
00:40:44Did you think Tina, the true heirate, would repay your gambling debts?
00:40:49Did you think marrying her would give you the entire Longfield fortune to cover your losses?
00:40:54Did you think you could rebuild your life by standing on Rose's blood?
00:40:59The mortgage deed to the Shore Estate, how did it come into Samantha's possession?
00:41:03No! Theo, tell me this is not true!
00:41:06The moment I suspected the bride was not Rose, I investigated every part of your life.
00:41:11The man consumed by gambling is capable of anything.
00:41:15I traced your debts to the moneylenders.
00:41:18They were delighted to sell me every worthless account you owed, along with the future of the Shore Estate.
00:41:24The fate of the entire Shore Estate now rests in my hands.
00:41:28Tell me where Rose is. Give me her final resting place, and I may return your family's future.
00:41:34Theo, this is your only chance!
00:41:41You monster! You have ruined this family!
00:41:45Tell me what else you have hidden from me. Speak!
00:41:50Theo, I am begging you! Your father spent his entire life building this estate.
00:41:55Tell them the truth! We will give our lives to save you if we love you!
00:42:00Fine. I will tell you.
00:42:02You all want the truth? I did it for money!
00:42:05Every one of you thought I was unworthy of Rose!
00:42:08You saw me as a worthless parasite living off the Longfords!
00:42:17Young Lord Shaw. One month. Every coin with interest.
00:42:22Rose, help me one more time. This will be the last. Please save me.
00:42:28How many times have you said that, Theo? Last time I gave you every piece of jewelry I owed, even
00:42:32the ring my mother left me.
00:42:33Ask Lord Longfield for the money. Please save me! We are going to be married. If I don't repay them,
00:42:36they will kill me!
00:42:38The Longfords' biological daughter has returned. I no longer have any influence on this family.
00:42:44You gambled away our future long ago.
00:42:47Rose!
00:42:51Ten years! I loved her for ten years! I served her faintly and did everything she asked!
00:42:57How did she repay me? She stood by and watched me face death. She wanted to end our engagement over
00:43:03a few gambling debts.
00:43:04She abandoned me! She was the one who betrayed me.
00:43:10She was the one who betrayed me.
00:43:13Ten years. I loved her for ten years. I devoted myself to her and did everything for her.
00:43:20And how did she repay me?
00:43:22She watched me fall into ruin and did nothing!
00:43:25She wanted to end our engagement over a few gambling debts!
00:43:30She abandoned me! She was the one who betrayed me!
00:43:43Those are beautiful. Give them to me.
00:43:47My sister may not want you, but I do. Anything she could give you, I can give you as well.
00:43:51It is only a few bags of gold. One day, the entire Longfield estate will be mine.
00:43:56Your debts mean nothing compared with that. I will repay them for you.
00:44:08Yes, Tina and I became lovers three months before the wedding.
00:44:12So what? Rose abandoned me first. Tina gave me hope. She gave me a way to survive.
00:44:18We desired each other. What crime is there in that?
00:44:22She could give me money. She offered everything Rose refused to give me.
00:44:36But I didn't kill Rose. She did!
00:44:45But I didn't kill Rose. She did!
00:44:53Tina! He is the man your sister is going to marry!
00:44:58How could you seduce him?
00:45:04You were never my sister. Everything in this house was mine from the beginning, including him.
00:45:12Get out of my home. You have lost your mind!
00:45:20Don't touch me! Get away from me, you parasite!
00:45:37She is not breathing.
00:45:42Mother! Mother!
00:45:44Mother! You cannot summon the sheriff!
00:45:48I didn't mean to do it! I didn't mean to do it!
00:45:51I didn't mean to do it! Please save me! Please!
00:45:57We have only just become a family again. How can you let them take me away?
00:46:02I don't want to lose you again.
00:46:08I will deal with this. I know what to do. But the Longfield assets must be transferred into my name.
00:46:26Yes, I did it for money! But they are no better than I am!
00:46:31Tina pushed Rose, and they expected me to cover it up. They promised that once the wedding was over,
00:46:37for every Longdale asset would be mine.
00:46:47Theo Shaw, what you have just said amounts to a confession. Where is Rose Longford now?
00:46:59Tell me...
00:47:00Where is Rose?
00:47:12I will tell you where she is. Beneath the old oak tree where we made our wishes.
00:47:19What a pity. You won't find her alive.
00:47:25When I opened the back of the carriage, she woke up.
00:47:32She was not dead.
00:47:36She looked straight at me and called my name.
00:47:47Good heavens. She was still alive.
00:47:52Why was she still alive? Why could she not simply die?
00:47:55She looked at me with that same expression, as though I were filth beneath her feet!
00:47:59For ten years, she treated me as though she were above me!
00:48:02She would rather help strangers than save me again! She deserved to die!
00:48:05She should have died long ago!
00:48:33Theo, bye.
00:48:39Even now, if you look at me like that, then die!
00:48:45Even now, if you look at me like that, then die!
00:48:47You look at me like that, then die!
00:49:12I buried her.
00:49:14I buried her alive.
00:49:17She refused to let me live, so I refused to let her live!
00:49:21I did nothing wrong! She forced me to do it!
00:49:24She was alive. She was speaking.
00:49:28She was begging you to stop!
00:49:31Theo, you murdered her! You killed her with your own hands!
00:49:36Begging me?
00:49:37She was humiliating me!
00:49:41Even as she was dying, she believed she could save me!
00:49:46The kinder she was, the more pathetic she made me feel!
00:49:51She was not humiliating you. She was giving you one final chance to show some humanity.
00:50:01Humanity?
00:50:02That was what I hated most about her.
00:50:04Whenever she stood before me, she made me feel as though I would always be beneath her.
00:50:12But none of that mattered. Rose was dead, and I had her!
00:50:17This woman had long-foot blood and could take Rose's place.
00:50:21I could shape her into a new Rose. An obedient, gentle Rose who would never betray me!
00:50:28You are mad.
00:50:31You are completely mad!
00:50:36This is all your fault! Without you, no one would ever have discovered the truth!
00:50:43Rose would have rotted beneath that tree.
00:50:46Tina would have become Rose, and the Longford estate would have been mine!
00:50:50Your perfect future was built on Rose's bones.
00:50:53Be quiet. You deserve to die too!
00:50:58Theo Shaw, you have confessed to murdering Rose Longford and attacked a witness before this entire hall.
00:51:04Take him into custody immediately!
00:51:21Hurry, Rose! It is your turn!
00:51:23What did you wish for, Rose? A long life with Theo? A house full of children?
00:51:28And an estate three times its current size?
00:51:29Amanda!
00:51:39Samantha.
00:51:41Miss Sterling, her remains are evidence. You can't touch her.
00:51:45Let me see her. Just once.
00:51:53I am here.
00:52:06No. I wish that Rose and Samantha would be friends forever.
00:52:09Who said I wanted to be stuck with you forever? How childish.
00:52:12You have no choice. I already made the wish, and the old oak heard me.
00:52:20Bad luck, Theo. Samantha has taken your place.
00:52:23Rose likes having people around her. I know.
00:52:27No matter what happens, you must always recognize me.
00:52:32What could happen? Are you going to turn into someone else? What if I do?
00:52:50Help her up. Don't let her touch the body.
00:53:00She was protecting this until the very end.
00:53:03Is she holding something?
00:53:10Record this.
00:53:15She was pregnant. Approximately three months.
00:53:20Three months.
00:53:22Rose, you were not protecting yourself.
00:53:25Record it. Proof of pregnancy was found on the body of Rose Longfield.
00:53:29He didn't take just one life.
00:53:31Rose was not the only person Theo buried beneath that tree.
00:53:34You told me to recognize you. I did. Your name. Your wedding gown. Your handwriting.
00:53:40And the child you never had the chance to bring into this world.
00:53:44We should return to the manor.
00:53:46Yes. We are going back. Theo will pay for what he did.
00:53:55What brings Miss Sterling here? Did you come to see whether I am dead yet?
00:54:01Or to beg me to tell you what Rose said before she died? Don't look at me that way.
00:54:06Rose used to give me that same look as though I had been born to rot in the mud.
00:54:10I did nothing wrong. What crime did I commit? I made the same mistake any man might make.
00:54:15She drove me to it. Had she humbled herself just once, she stood beside me when I needed her.
00:54:18None of this would have happened. It is a pity. I should have buried you beside her that night.
00:54:23Then the two of you could have remained the dearest of friends beneath the earth.
00:54:26She never gave up on you. Not even at the end.
00:54:33No. That is impossible. Impossible.
00:54:37When she died, her right hand was pressed against her abdomen.
00:54:40We thought she was only holding the place we felt pain.
00:54:43Then we discovered she had been protecting this certificate.
00:54:46It is false. You forged it. You would fabricate something like this merely to punish me.
00:54:51She was with child.
00:54:52Three months. Judging by the timing, the child was yours.
00:54:55Why did she not tell me? Why didn't she say it sooner?
00:54:59She tried. You kicked her into the grave before she could finish.
00:55:03I did not know. I didn't know she was carrying my child. Had I known, I would never have...
00:55:08You knew she was alive.
00:55:10She clung to your trouser leg and called your name. You knew she was alive,
00:55:14yet you still lifted that shovel and buried her one shovel flow at a time.
00:55:17Rose died. Her child died with her. You took two lives, Theo. Their blood is on your hands.
00:55:22No. This cannot be true.
00:55:30Theo, you have been avoiding me for days. What happened?
00:55:33Rose, I am sorry. I went to the Crossroads Inn with some friends.
00:55:37They said we would only play a few rounds of dice. I never imagined I would lose so much.
00:55:42This much? Theo, this is not a few harmless rounds of dice. This debt could drag your entire life into
00:55:47the mud.
00:55:47I know. I know I was wrong. That is why I came to you. My father cannot learn about this,
00:55:52and neither can Lord Longfield. Rose, please help me. Just this once.
00:55:59This is everything I have saved. Theo, promise me this will be the last time. Don't gamble again.
00:56:03I swear. This is the last time. Rose, I promise I will give you a good life.
00:56:06I don't need a grand life. I only need you to stop pushing yourself deeper into the abyss.
00:56:10Rose, help me once more. One last time. Please save me.
00:56:17How many times has it been, Theo? Last time I gave you all my jewelry.
00:56:22You even took the ring my mother left me to cover your losses at the gambling table.
00:56:27Ask Lord Longfield for the money. Please save me. We are going to be married. If I do not repay
00:56:33them,
00:56:33they will kill me. You want me to use our engagement to beg for money to pay your gambling debts?
00:56:40I have no other choice! You do have a choice. You simply know that I will give in every time.
00:56:48The Longfield's biological daughter has returned. I no longer have any influence in this family.
00:56:51You gambled away our future long ago. Rose, Rose, give me one more chance. Rose!
00:57:04Rose!
00:57:05If I tell him, will he come back to me? Little one, let us give your father one more chance.
00:57:10Just one. The last one. Samantha, there is something I want you to be the first to know.
00:57:16I am pregnant. Good heavens, is it true? Can I be the child's godmother? No, I insist on it!
00:57:25There is one more thing. I need to borrow some money from you.
00:57:29The wedding has exceeded its budget and I don't want to take any more from the family.
00:57:33I may need several thousand gold coins. I am sorry, Samantha.
00:57:38I am not trying to deceive you. I only want to free Theo from his gambling debts before the baby
00:57:44is born.
00:57:45One last time. Truly the last time.
00:57:57It is all here, the principal and the interest. From now on, leave Theo alone.
00:58:07Miss Longfield is certainly generous. When the money is paid, all can be settled.
00:58:14But take my advice. With gambling, there is always a first wager, followed by ten thousand more.
00:58:19Men like Theo sure never stop.
00:58:23He will change. I have heard those words too many times.
00:58:30Perhaps when Theo learns I am pregnant, he will finally change his ways.
00:58:33Theo, who do you love more now? Me or that parasite?
00:58:37You, of course, my darling. Who could ever love a parasite?
00:58:41Then what am I to you now?
00:58:48Tina! He is the man your sister is going to marry!
00:58:53How could you seduce him?
00:58:59You were never my sister. Everything in this house was mine from the beginning, including him.
00:59:07Get out of my home. You have lost your mind!
00:59:15Don't touch me! Get away from me, you parasite!
00:59:25Theo, hide the baby.
00:59:31Rose, I will love and protect you for the rest of my life!
00:59:36Samantha, I am sorry.
00:59:41Impossible. This cannot be true. It was her. It was...
00:59:47Theo, you will never have the chance to earn Rose's forgiveness. Burn in hell.
00:59:51No! That is not how it happened! You knew all along! From the moment the wedding began, you were putting
00:59:58on an act!
00:59:59You prepared all that evidence and led me into your trap, one step at a time, until I condemned myself!
01:00:04Oh, yes. I intended to make you pay. Did you believe I disrupted the wedding simply because Rose was missing
01:00:11and grief had driven me mad?
01:00:15Theo, you greatly underestimated me. I was never after a spectacle. I needed the Longfields to admit that they cast
01:00:21Rose into the abyss to protect their biological daughter, Tina.
01:00:25They would never stand by while Tina was arrested. And continue guarding your secret!
01:00:34I returned early. Rose stopped responding after she borrowed money from me.
01:00:38Investigate everything that has happened within the Longfields and Shaw families during the past six months.
01:00:43Be quick. Lord Longford. Lady Longford. I know your biological daughter, Tina, has returned.
01:00:54The child who disappeared at the market twenty years ago.
01:01:03These records detail the recent changes to the Longford estate deeds. Most of the annities and rental income are being
01:01:09transferred abroad.
01:01:11How strange. Tina returned and then she disappeared again? Tell me why she disguised herself as Rose and corresponded with
01:01:19me.
01:01:20Why is she pretending to be Rose so she can marry Theo? How strange. Tina returned and then she disappeared
01:01:28again?
01:01:30Tell me why she disguised herself as Rose and corresponded with me. Why is she pretending to be Rose so
01:01:37she can marry Theo?
01:01:42You are still lying! Liar!
01:01:52You know Theo is a gambler. Did you know he marketed tax reviews for the Shaw estate to moneylenders Longford?
01:01:57Theo told us he owed only a small amount. His debts were enough to drag the entire Shaw estate into
01:02:02ruin.
01:02:03This is the watchman's testimony. When the night Rose disappeared, he saw Theo driving the carriage from the side gate
01:02:08to the install room.
01:02:09Theo claimed that Miss Rose had fallen and was being taken to the counter town to see a blue light.
01:02:13The watchman looked through a gap in the carriage behind him. Rose was lying inside and she was still breathing.
01:02:18She was still alive!
01:02:25We... we didn't know.
01:02:28You didn't know. What a convenient excuse. I think about her every day. Every day I pray that none of
01:02:34this is true.
01:02:36I tell myself Rose may be hiding, injured or angry with me. But what have you done?
01:02:41You are placing your biological daughter in the hands of a man who has gambled away everything and murdered Rose.
01:02:47By protecting him you have become his accomplices. One daughter has already been destroyed because of him.
01:02:52Will you send your biological daughter into hell as well?
01:02:55But we truly do not know where Rose is. Theo took her away that night. We had no idea she
01:03:00was still alive.
01:03:01Then help me.
01:03:04Let me force the truth out of him at the wedding. Theo is the only person who knows where Rose
01:03:09is.
01:03:10What about Tina? What will happen to her?
01:03:12She had better know nothing about what happened afterward.
01:03:14You understand the difference between causing an accidental injury and committing murder.
01:03:18If she merely lost control for a moment, I can secure the finest defense counsel and seek a lighter sentence.
01:03:24Otherwise, I will give the sheriff every piece of evidence proving that you concealed the crime,
01:03:29withheld the truth and aided a murderer. When that happens, not one member of House Longstone will escape justice.
01:03:42Tina is driven by a crushing sense of inferiority and a desperate need for acceptance.
01:03:47She does not merely want to become Rose. She needs to become Rose. The moment she loses that identity,
01:03:54she has nothing left. Any challenge to her identity at the wedding will strike at her deepest insecurity.
01:04:01She will panic, lose control, and become desperate to prove herself. That will be your opening.
01:04:09But I must warn you again, until Theo confesses and the Longfields give direct testimony,
01:04:14every move you make will place you in grave danger.
01:04:20Publicly accusing the bride of being an impostory, striking a noble woman, disrupting a noble wedding,
01:04:26any one of those acts could destroy you. You are wagering everything you have.
01:04:30No. I am waging on their greed. Tina wants Rose's identity. Theo wants the Longford fortune.
01:04:38The Longfords want to protect their biological daughter. Every one of them has a weakness.
01:04:43All I need to do is place a blade against each one at the same time.
01:04:48What if they refuse to confess?
01:04:50Then I will keep pressing. I will push Tina until she loses control, push Theo until he turns on the
01:04:55others to save himself, and push the Longfords until they must choose between Rose and their secret.
01:05:01And what about you? You could lose everything.
01:05:07The company's reputation, the deeds to its lands. I once fought with everything I had to secure them.
01:05:14But beside Rose's life, they are worth nothing. If it costs my name, my future, and my freedom to buy
01:05:22passage into hell, then I will pay the price. Whatever it costs, I will drag every one of them into
01:05:30the
01:05:30light. That wedding will become their trial. Do you know why Rose came to your bedroom that day?
01:05:43Samantha, could you lend me several thousand gold coins? The wedding has exceeded its budget.
01:05:49The woman you murdered was still exhausting herself to repay your debts moments before you killed her.
01:05:55Samantha, I am pregnant. You murdered the only person in this world who truly loved you.
01:06:02She was carrying your child and preparing to give you one final chance.
01:06:08The entire world will remember you with disgust. Theo Shaw, burn in hell.
01:06:20Oh, there is one more thing I neglected to mention. Your precious new hope, Tina, was never pregnant.
01:06:27From beginning to end, you were merely the most useful pawn in her fight for the inheritance.
01:06:34She played you.
01:06:41Sheriff, Theo made me do all of this. He threatened to kill me as he killed my sister if I
01:06:48refused to cooperate.
01:06:49I was terrified. I am the victim. I swear I knew nothing.
01:06:59Rose, Rose, Rose!
01:07:25You always said you would make me learn embroidery when I grew old.
01:07:30But look at this.
01:07:33You were hardly a master yourself.
01:07:35Theo Shaw, convicted of murder, destruction of evidence, and the deliberate concealment of the victim's remains.
01:07:40In light of the extraordinary cruelty of his crimes, he is sentenced to death by hanging, to be carried out
01:07:46immediately.
01:07:47All titles, lands, and rights of inheritance are hereby revoked.
01:07:50When he knelt beneath the gallows, he finally learned fear.
01:07:52But Rose, I did not forgive him on your behalf. You never owed him forgiveness.
01:07:56Tina Langfeet did a murder impersonating a noble woman in inheritance fraud.
01:07:58She is sentenced to lifelong exile in the northern mines and may never return to the southern territory.
01:08:01All unlawally acquired property in her name shall be seized and dig ministered by the tribunal.
01:08:05But Rose, I did not forgive him on your behalf. You never owed him forgiveness.
01:08:08Tina Langfeet did a murder impersonating a noble woman in inheritance fraud.
01:08:11She is sentenced to lifelong exile in the northern mines and may never return to the southern territory.
01:08:14The estate shall remain under the temporary stewardship of the county council.
01:08:18Rose, every one of them has paid the price.
01:08:21You told me to recognize you, and I did.
01:08:23You told me not to forget you, and I never will.
01:08:29Rose, it is over.
01:08:48Rose and Samantha, do you still remember our secret phrase?
01:08:51Rose and Samantha, friends forever!
01:08:55Samantha, wake up!
01:08:57From now on, whenever one of us suspects something is wrong with the other,
01:09:00we give three slaps and say our secret phrase.
01:09:03You have to promise me.
01:09:04Fine.
01:09:05Samantha, listen to me!
01:09:07They may not care about you, but I do!
01:09:10If you fall, I will never forgive you!
01:09:13Rose will never abandon Samantha!
01:09:16I came to stay with you.
01:09:18Rose, I owe you my life.
01:09:21We will be best friends for as long as we live.
01:09:26Now, I wish that Rose and Samantha would be friends for us.
01:09:36Rose, I will live fully enough for both of us.
01:09:39Rose, I will live fully enough for both of us.
01:09:39Rose, is there a story for us?
01:09:41Rose?
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