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00:00I hate mom! I want to go with dad!
00:38In this life, I'll keep my father trapped in the mess he made. I won't let him bother her again.
00:47Five years later, mom had become Chicago's queen of finance, while I had less than a month to live with
00:53a brain tumor and was barely getting by as a casino bunny waitress.
00:57I told myself, it's okay, as long as mom is happy. You can't disturb her.
01:01Today, we met again. At three in the morning in Las Vegas, the VIP gambling room was bright as day.
01:08I wore a bunny girl uniform and carried drinks toward the table. He stuffed chips at me.
01:13Stop pretending to be pure. How much to come with me tonight?
01:16The whole table burst into laughter. I stepped back half a pace.
01:20Sir, please show some respect. He knocked over the tray. Glass shattered beside my knee.
01:27Kneel down and clean it up. Smile for me and the tip is yours.
01:31The manager merely warned me.
01:33This table spends more than you make in a year. Your job is on the line.
01:39I couldn't use my job, so I could only kneel. Shattered glass piercing my palm, blood dripping onto chips.
01:44The drunk still was not satisfied. The toe of his shoe stepped on a chip I had just picked up.
01:49Say it with your mouth, baby. Say you were wrong.
01:52The laughter erupted at first. Then someone shoved their phone up to my face to snap a shot.
01:57What a cheap girl. How about me next, baby?
02:01Just as I opened my mouth, the sound of high heels came from behind me.
02:07I turned and saw the mother I had not seen for five years.
02:12Natalie Walker stood at the VIP entrance in a black suit and diamond earrings, with four bodyguards and a lawyer
02:18behind her.
02:18Take your foot off.
02:20The drunk laughed.
02:21Who are you?
02:22My mother removed her sunglasses.
02:24Pin him down.
02:25Two bodyguards stepped forward, twist the drunk's arms behind his back, and pressed him onto the gambling table.
02:31Chips rolled everywhere.
02:32My mother looked at the manager.
02:34This is a casino!
02:36You dare touch me?
02:38The drunk screamed.
02:39Pull the surveillance footage and call the police.
02:42Have your boss come down within three minutes.
02:44The manager said,
02:46Ms. Walker, this is a misunderstanding.
02:50My mother looked at me.
02:51Her gaze was cooler than the casino air conditioning.
02:54Ava, she said,
02:56Is this the result of pushing me away back then and insisting on leaving with your father?
03:00I tossed the dirty chip back onto the table and smiled.
03:04Mrs. Walker, you truly came at the wrong time.
03:07I still have not earned enough tips tonight.
03:10She said,
03:11Change your clothes.
03:12Come with me.
03:13Why should I?
03:14The lawyer behind her handed over a document.
03:17Gray Medical Group and Walker Capital have a partnership that requires a stable public story.
03:22You will marry the gray heir.
03:25Three months later, take the money and leave.
03:28I laughed out loud.
03:30So you are not here to save me.
03:32You are here to buy me.
03:33She stared at me.
03:34Haven't you always liked money?
03:35I swallowed the metallic taste in my throat and stepped closer to her.
03:38I can go.
03:39But I have one condition.
03:42My mother sneered.
03:43You still dare bargain?
03:46Kiss me.
03:47She froze.
03:48I acted frivolous.
03:51What, Ms. Walker cannot even afford that service fee?
03:54She looked at me as if she were looking at something filthy.
03:56The lawyer reminded her.
03:59Natalia, there may be reporters outside.
04:02It lasted only one second.
04:04The scent of cedar on her fell over the tip of my nose.
04:08Enough.
04:10That one second was enough to carry me through the month I had left.
04:14She turned.
04:15Follow me.
04:18I changed back into my coat and got into her car.
04:21When the door closed, the noise of the casino was cut off.
04:25My mother threw the document to me.
04:29Sign it.
04:29I turned to the first page and saw the name of my marriage partner.
04:33My fingertip stiffened.
04:34Ethan Gray.
04:35The ex-boyfriend I had dumped with my own hands five years ago.
04:44When the plane landed in Chicago, dawn had just broken.
04:48My mother did not ask how I had lived all these years.
04:51She did not ask why I had become a bunny girl server in a casino.
04:54She only had her assistant hand me a coat, as if covering up an indecent old object.
05:02The car stopped at a lakeside hotel.
05:06The top floor banquet hall was full of suits, gowns, and clothes.
05:10Champagne and cameras.
05:12When people saw my mother, their warmth was like greeting a queen.
05:16When they saw me, their eyes changed at once.
05:20Is that Natalie's daughter from back then?
05:23The one who testified against her own mother in court?
05:26She left with a gambling father.
05:28No wonder she smells like nightlife.
05:30I heard every word.
05:31So did my mother.
05:32She did not explain for me.
05:34I picked up a glass of champagne and drank half of it in one swallow.
05:39A woman nearby frowned.
05:41Natalie, are you sure you want her in front of the media?
05:44The Grey family won't regret it.
05:46I smiled at her.
05:47Don't worry.
05:48I just showered.
05:49I probably won't stink up your investors.
05:52My mother said,
05:54Ava, don't embarrass me.
05:55When have I ever made you proud?
05:57Her hand tightened around the glass.
06:00Just then, a girl in a white dress ran over and affectionately took my mother's hand.
06:05She was 18, blonde, and smiled as if she had never seen malice.
06:10Mom, Ethan is here.
06:11Mom, the girl looked at me and smiled sweetly.
06:15Are you sister Ava?
06:17I lowered my gaze.
06:19You know me?
06:20Of course, she said.
06:21Mom has photos of you on her phone, but they are all from when you were little.
06:25My mother said,
06:28Lily, go find Aunt Kate.
06:30Lily did not leave.
06:31Instead, she looked at me and said,
06:34Mom said her former daughter didn't want her anymore.
06:38The air instantly went quiet.
06:39As if she had only just realized she had said the wrong thing,
06:43Lily covered her mouth.
06:45Sorry, was I not supposed to say that?
06:47My mother frowned.
06:48Lily.
06:49I smiled.
06:50It's all right.
06:51She is not wrong.
06:53Lily lowered her eyes.
06:54The corner of her mouth curved almost imperceptibly.
06:58I saw it.
06:59This girl was not as innocent as she appeared.
07:02The banquet hall doors opened,
07:04and everyone fell silent.
07:06Ethan Gray walked in wearing a dark gray suit.
07:09His features cold and distant.
07:11Five years ago,
07:12he had only been the brightest medical student.
07:15Now,
07:16he was the heir to gray medical group.
07:18His gaze crossed the crowd and landed on me.
07:21Instinctively, I wanted to run.
07:23My mother gripped my wrist.
07:26Stay.
07:27Ethan walked up to me and did not greet my mother first.
07:30He only looked at me.
07:32Ava Reed.
07:33He called my name.
07:34You despised me for being poor back then.
07:39Now that you know I am the gray heir,
07:41you are willing to marry me?
07:42The entire room went quiet.
07:44My mother frowned.
07:46Ethan,
07:46this is a business occasion.
07:48Ethan smiled,
07:50but there was no warmth in his eyes.
07:53I know.
07:55That is why I did not ask whether,
07:57when she left me in the rain,
07:59she ever imagined today.
08:01Five years ago,
08:02Mark owed gambling debts,
08:03and his creditors targeted me as well as Ethan.
08:05At that time,
08:06Ethan's scholarship,
08:07internship,
08:08and future were all clean and bright.
08:10I could not drag him into it,
08:11so I told him,
08:13Ethan,
08:13you are too poor.
08:14I do not want to wait ten years with you.
08:18That day,
08:19he stood in the rain,
08:20his eyes terrifyingly red.
08:22I did not look back.
08:23Now he stood before me,
08:25but I was about to die.
08:27I smiled.
08:28You are right.
08:29That is exactly the kind of person I am.
08:32Ethan's eyes darkened sharply.
08:34I turned to leave,
08:35but a violent pain suddenly split through my head.
08:37The lights in my vision stretched into long lines.
08:40Trying to run again?
08:41And I could no longer suppress the taste of blood in my throat.
08:44Before I fainted,
08:45I heard Lily whisper beside my mother.
08:46Is she doing it on purpose?
08:48The moment she came back,
08:49you only looked at her.
08:50When I woke,
08:51the room smelled only of disinfectant.
08:53Ethan sat beside the bed,
08:55holding my examination report.
08:56The pages had been crumpled in his grip.
08:58My first instinct was to look toward the door.
09:01Good.
09:01My mother was not there.
09:03I propped myself up.
09:04You went through my things.
09:05Ethan raised his head.
09:07End stage glioblastoma.
09:08He read out word by word.
09:09Ava, what does this mean?
09:11I looked away.
09:12You are a doctor.
09:14You understand it better than I do.
09:15Why aren't you treating it?
09:17No money.
09:19Liar!
09:20He stood.
09:21You could have come to the walkers.
09:23You could have come to me.
09:24I smiled.
09:26And let you see me dress like that,
09:29serving drinks in a casino?
09:30Before he could speak,
09:31I said,
09:32Ethan, we already broke up.
09:33Now this is only a contract marriage.
09:35You do not need to act so deeply in love.
09:37Did you act this way back then, too?
09:40I said nothing.
09:41You said I was poor.
09:43You said I was not worthy of you.
09:45How much of it was true?
09:51All of it.
09:56Look at me and say it.
09:58All of it.
09:59You were poor before,
10:01and now you have money,
10:02so I am willing to marry you.
10:04The room went quiet.
10:06Ethan looked at me for a long time,
10:08then suddenly laughed.
10:10Every time you lie,
10:11you insist on saying it in the cruelest way.
10:17He understood me too well.
10:19That was dangerous.
10:23I took back the report.
10:25I can sign the engagement,
10:27but I have conditions.
10:29You think you are qualified to bargain?
10:32I looked at him.
10:34I am.
10:35Do not tell my mother about my illness.
10:39After I die,
10:40tell the public I went overseas for treatment,
10:42or that I initiated a divorce,
10:44whatever.
10:46The color drained from his face.
10:48You are arranging your own death so skillfully?
10:51People should save others a little trouble.
10:53He grabbed my shoulders.
10:56Ava, I am not others.
10:58From the day I dumped you,
11:00you were.
11:04Footsteps sounded outside the door.
11:05My mother asked,
11:07Is she awake?
11:08I immediately looked at Ethan.
11:12He stared at me,
11:13and in the end tucked the report
11:15into the inner pocket of his suit.
11:19The door opened.
11:20My mother came in with Lily behind her.
11:24Lily held a glass of water.
11:25Her eyes read,
11:27Sister, are you alright?
11:29I was so scared just now.
11:32She walked to the bedside.
11:33Her hand slipped,
11:35and the water spilled all over my blanket
11:37and report envelope.
11:39I'm sorry.
11:41She immediately cried.
11:43I didn't mean to.
11:50It's fine.
11:51My mother instinctively pulled her behind herself.
11:54I looked at the report envelope soaked with water
11:57and said nothing.
11:58Behind my mother,
11:59there was not the slightest apology in Lily's eyes.
12:03She had not been trying to destroy the report.
12:06She was trying to confirm whether I would panic.
12:09She saw my reaction,
12:11and she also saw Ethan hide something.
12:15She knew I was seriously ill,
12:16but she did not expose it.
12:18Truly clever people do not show the blade right away.
12:20My mother threw the prenuptial agreement onto my bed.
12:23Sign it.
12:24Do not cause any more trouble.
12:25I picked up the pen without even reading the contents.
12:28Ava!
12:28Don't be nervous.
12:29I winked at him.
12:30I don't have much that can be divided anyway.
12:32When I finished signing the last word,
12:34pain suddenly exploded in my head.
12:36A drop of blood fell from the tip of my nose
12:38and splashed onto the agreement.
12:40Sister, you are bleeding again?
12:41Did you keep quiet just now so everyone would worry about you?
12:44In that instant,
12:45the heartache in her eyes was once again pressed down by suspicion.
12:49Yes.
12:51You saw through me.
12:53You are getting better and better at acting.
12:55I set down the pen.
12:56Mrs. Walker taught me well.
12:58Lily supported my mother and whispered,
13:00Mom, maybe we should go first.
13:01Sister doesn't seem to want to see us.
13:03She looked at the blood on the agreement.
13:05Ava,
13:06you had better only be acting.
13:08Don't worry.
13:09I have always been a good actress.
13:11Early the next morning,
13:12my mother's assistant came to tell me
13:13the press conference would proceed as scheduled.
13:16Ethan was not there.
13:16I heard he had been summoned by Gray Medical's board.
13:19Lily came instead.
13:20She wore a light blue sweater and held a thermos,
13:22looking like a considerate little sister.
13:24Sister,
13:24Mom asked me to bring you some hot water.
13:27I looked at her.
13:28Your mom is so busy.
13:30She is your mom too.
13:31She walked to the window and slowly unscrewed the lid of the cup.
13:34When you bled yesterday,
13:36Mom was very worried.
13:38Was she?
13:40Of course.
13:42But she is also very afraid.
13:46Afraid of what?
13:48Afraid that now you are back,
13:50you will make her lose everything again.
13:52The sentence was light,
13:54but precise.
13:55Who taught you to say that?
13:57Sister,
13:58why do you always think of me so badly?
14:00Lily looked wounded.
14:01There was a knock on the door.
14:02A woman in a gray suit walked in.
14:06Dr. Swan.
14:07Lily immediately lowered her head.
14:08I recognized her as Lily's therapist.
14:11Dr. Swan looked at me and spoke gently.
14:13Ava,
14:13I know you have just returned
14:15and that family relationships can be stressful.
14:17Lily has recently developed anxiety and sleep problems.
14:20I hope you two can temporarily reduce one-on-one contact.
14:23Because she is anxious,
14:24I need to disappear.
14:25That is not what I meant.
14:26I do not want sister to disappear.
14:28I am only afraid Mom will stop wanting me.
14:30My mother happened to push the door open.
14:32She heard the last sentence.
14:33Lily immediately shut her mouth,
14:34as if afraid of causing me trouble.
14:36My mother looked at me,
14:37her gaze darkening.
14:38What did you say to her?
14:39I have not had time to say anything.
14:41Lily took my mother's sleeve.
14:42Mom, forget it.
14:44Sister only just came back.
14:45She is not used to me.
14:46Ava, do not turn your pain into someone else's burden.
14:49I still smiled.
14:50Understood.
14:52A burden like me will keep her distance.
14:54That is not what I meant.
14:56Then what did you mean?
14:58I asked.
15:00That I should not appear in front of her?
15:02Or not appear in front of you?
15:03The assistant reminded her from the doorway.
15:06Natalie, the board members have arrived.
15:07Mom, the press conference is important.
15:10You cannot be late again because of sister.
15:19That sentence pinned my mother in place.
15:22She looked at me.
15:24Can you go?
15:25Ethan had said I could faint at any time.
15:28I knew.
15:30But I still nodded.
15:32I can.
15:33Backstage at the press conference, the lights made my headache.
15:36My mother dealt with the directors in front.
15:39Lily stood beside her like the most obedient daughter.
15:42I sat in a resting chair, my palms full of cold sweat.
15:51Sister, touch up your makeup.
15:54Lily came over and handed me a lipstick.
15:57Your face looks terrible.
15:59The reporters will photograph it.
16:02I took it.
16:03She leaned close.
16:05Do you know what mom fears most?
16:08People saying she has been dragged down by you again.
16:11I looked up at her.
16:12She smiled sweetly.
16:13So you had better hold on.
16:15The next second, the host called my name.
16:17Ava.
16:18I stood, my vision going dark as the taste of blood surge up my throat.
16:23I did not fall.
16:25I held the wall, swallowed the blood down, and walked before the cameras.
16:30My mother took one step forward.
16:32Mom, the cameras are filming.
16:35Lily grabbed her.
16:37My mother stopped.
16:39I smiled at the media.
16:41Apologies for keeping you waiting.
16:45The flashbulbs burst.
16:47My head hurt as if it would split.
16:49But I had to stand.
16:51Because I could not let my mother stop for me again.
16:56After the press conference ended, I walked off the stage.
16:59The moment I left the cameras, my knees gave out.
17:05My mother reached to support me, and I instinctively avoided her.
17:09Her hand froze in midair.
17:11Lily immediately held her.
17:13Mom, sister may not be used to you touching her.
17:16That sentence was like a dull knife.
17:18I smiled.
17:20Lily is right.
17:21Someone like me really is not worthy.
17:23Ava, must you speak like that?
17:27I wanted to reply, but I could no longer hold back the blood in my throat.
17:32This time, it was not just a little.
17:34Blood poured from the corner of my mouth and fell onto the white carpet.
17:38Everyone went silent.
17:42Ava.
17:45I wanted to say I was fine.
17:47Before I collapsed, I saw my mother push Lily aside and rush towards me.
17:51Call a doctor!
17:52Now!
17:53She lost her composure.
17:55When I woke, I was in a private hospital.
17:59People were speaking outside the door.
18:03Ms. Walker, the tumor is in a very dangerous position.
18:06She has delayed too long.
18:08With conservative treatment, she may only have a few weeks left.
18:11What about surgery?
18:15Extremely high risk.
18:17Success rate?
18:20The doctor was silent.
18:23No matter the cost.
18:25No matter who you find.
18:28I only want her to live.
18:30I closed my eyes.
18:31In my previous life, she had been sane.
18:33She stood in the hospital corridor, begging doctors, relatives, and the board.
18:38In the end, she obtained nothing.
18:40In this life, I had clearly already pushed her away.
18:44Why had we still come to this point?
18:46The door opened.
18:48When my mother came in, the cold, hard mask was already back on her face.
18:54Awake?
18:54I looked at her.
18:57I heard.
18:58Her body stiffened.
19:00So stop trying.
19:02It cannot be cured anyway.
19:05Shut up!
19:07Natalie, don't you hate me?
19:10Isn't this perfect?
19:12She strode to the bedside and seized my wrist.
19:14Who allowed you to say that?
19:16Her grip was strong, but she trembled even harder.
19:20I should never have come back.
19:23You have a company, Lily, and a new life.
19:26Just pretend you never had a daughter like me.
19:32The sound of a cup dropping came from the doorway.
19:35Lily stood there.
19:36Sister, do you hate me?
19:39My mother turned.
19:41Lily?
19:43I know I am not your biological daughter.
19:46Now that sister is backed, are you going to stop wanting me?
19:49My mother immediately walked over and hugged her.
19:53No.
19:58In my mother's arms, Lily looked at me with a flash of triumph in her eyes.
20:05I smiled.
20:07Impressive.
20:08She acted better than I did.
20:10After my mother comforted Lily, when she looked back at me, there was a layer of exhaustion in her eyes.
20:16Ava, Lily is still young.
20:18Do not provoke her.
20:20Understood.
20:21This outsider will remember her place.
20:23My mother frowned.
20:25That is not what I meant.
20:27Then what did you mean?
20:28That I should avoid dying in front of her?
20:31Ava!
20:32I turned my head away and stopped looking at her.
20:36Just then, a commotion sounded outside the door.
20:39Move!
20:40I am her father!
20:41Do I need an appointment to see my own daughter?
20:44Mark had come.
20:45When Mark burst into the ward, he smelled of alcohol, but his eyes were terrifyingly bright.
20:51Everyone is here.
20:52Perfect.
20:53Let's talk money.
20:55Who let you in?
20:56Mark spread his hand.
20:57My daughter is marrying into the Gray family.
21:00As her father, I should receive some compensation.
21:03Shouldn't I?
21:05You are that rich doctor?
21:07Then let's be direct.
21:08Ten million dollars.
21:10If you don't pay, this wedding will not go smoothly.
21:16Get out.
21:18Mark, how much gambling debt do you owe this time?
21:21Is that how you talk to your dad?
21:24If I had not raised you for five years, would you still be alive today?
21:29You raised me?
21:30You lived off my work in the casino.
21:32Shut up, you ungrateful brat.
21:35Humiliated and furious, Mark rushed over to grab me.
21:39Ethan blocked him.
21:40But my mother was faster.
21:44Bodyguards!
21:45Two bodyguards rushed in and pinned Mark to the floor.
21:49My mother stared at him.
21:51Whichever hand touched my daughter.
21:53will learn pain.
21:54Natalie, you dare?
21:56My mother stepped closer.
21:59Watch whether I dare.
22:01The liar soon came in and began contacting police and hospital security.
22:05Mark was still cursing.
22:06She chose to come with me back then.
22:08She didn't want you.
22:09What kind of good mother are you pretending to be now?
22:12I said to Ethan,
22:14call the police.
22:16Mark panicked immediately.
22:17You dare?
22:18Ava, don't forget.
22:19I steal the video from that hearing.
22:21Your mother is a public figure now, isn't she?
22:22I will post it and let the whole internet see how her own daughter accused her.
22:26What video?
22:27Little girl, you don't know?
22:29Your mother's most beloved daughter once said with her own mouth that she was afraid of her birth mother.
22:33Lily covered her mouth.
22:34Sister, did you really say that?
22:36My mother's eyes darkened.
22:38Shut up.
22:39I pressed my mother's hand.
22:40Do not give him money.
22:42Mark glared at me.
22:43What did you say?
22:44I said you will not get a cent.
22:45I picked up my phone and played the voice message he had left me last night.
22:49You had better marry obediently.
22:50The greys have money.
22:52After making you sign me as half the insurance beneficiary, I will take my half first.
22:56The voice message continued.
22:57If you dare run, I will send the childhood video to the media.
23:02You know your mother fears scandal most.
23:04All color drained from Mark's face.
23:06Ethan looked at the bodyguards.
23:08Hand him over to the police.
23:09Ava!
23:10Don't forget, back then you clung to me and refused to let go!
23:14Mark struggled wildly as he was dragged out.
23:16After the door closed, the ward went quiet.
23:19My mother looked at me.
23:20Her eyes were asking why.
23:21I leaned against the headboard.
23:23My head hurt badly, but for the first time, I did not want to act.
23:27Mom, if I said I have lived twice, would you believe me?
23:32She said nothing.
23:33Lily stood beside my mother, her fingers slowly tightening.
23:36I looked at my mother.
23:37In my previous life, I chose you at the hearing.
23:39You took me back to the Walker family, but they would not accept me.
23:43The board said my father's scandal would affect you, and the Walker said I was your stain.
23:47My mother's hands slowly clenched.
23:49Mark did not let us go.
23:51When he owed gambling debts, he caused trouble at the company, outside our home, and at my school.
23:56To protect me, you gave up projects and were finally kicked out of management.
24:00Later, I got sick.
24:01It was still a brain tumor.
24:03To raise money, you went to the Walker Foundation.
24:06That day, it rained hard in Chicago, and you stood outside the foundation all night.
24:11They did not let you in.
24:13You sold your wedding ring, your car, everything you could sell.
24:16But I still died.
24:17So in this life, I could not choose you again.
24:19I said, if I went with Mark, you would not have me as your weakness.
24:23You could return to Walker Capital and take back everything that belonged to you.
24:27You would become the person you are now.
24:29Strong, dignified, never again bowing your head for me.
24:32My mother shook her head as if she had heard the cruelest joke.
24:35Dignified?
24:35She said, you think these five years have been dignified for me?
24:38At least you win.
24:39Without you, who was I winning for?
24:41My mother rushed over and hugged me with such force it felt as if she wanted to press me into
24:45her body.
24:47You foolish child.
24:48I would rather be driven out by the board, rather be despised by everyone, than let you live alone in
24:54a place like that for five years.
24:56I raised my head and looked at Ethan.
24:58His eyes were terribly red.
24:59So when you dumped me back then, it was also to protect me?
25:04I did not answer.
25:07But he already knew.
25:08At the door, Lily lowered her head.
25:11The tears on her face had already dried.
25:13She had heard the most absurd secret, and also the most useful one.
25:18That night, my mother stayed by my bed and did not leave for even a step.
25:24I thought that once the truth was spoken, at least she would not be pushed away by me again.
25:30But the next morning, the hospital downstairs was full of reporters.
25:35Walker Capital Chairwoman's daughter claims rebirth?
25:38Critically ill daughter returns.
25:39Is the gray engagement emotional blackmail?
25:41Natalie Walker family crisis drags down accusation case.
25:46My mother's phone rang non-stop.
25:48The board, lawyers, and public relations department were all forcing her to cut ties with me.
25:53Lily stood in the doorway, eyes red.
25:56Mom, I'm sorry.
25:59My mother looked at her.
26:00What did you do?
26:01I was too scared yesterday, Lily said.
26:04I told my therapist what sister said.
26:06I don't know why the media found out.
26:08She had no recording, no secretly filmed video.
26:11She had only found the safest person and said the most dangerous thing.
26:15A therapist would not publicly reveal a patient's privacy.
26:17But the board had its own PR advisors, and the media had its own sources.
26:21Everyone leaked only a little, and in the end it pieced itself into a knife.
26:25Lily, who exactly did you tell?
26:27My mother said.
26:28Lily shook her head.
26:29I don't know.
26:30I was only afraid you were being deceived by her again.
26:34She did not explain herself.
26:36She only reminded my mother of how deeply I had once hurt her.
26:40At that moment, the board representative from Walker Capital arrived.
26:43He wore a deep blue suit and held a document.
26:46Natalie, the board unanimously recommends that you sign a family risk isolation statement.
26:51My mother did not take it.
26:52What statement?
26:53The representative glanced at me.
26:56It states that Ava Reed does not participate in Walker Capital,
26:59does not represent the Walker family,
27:01and will not affect corporate decisions.
27:03You may personally care for her,
27:05but the company cannot be held hostage by her illness and mental state.
27:13The ward went quiet.
27:14Lily said,
27:15Mom, they are trying to protect you too.
27:17I looked at the document and suddenly found it laughable.
27:20In my previous life,
27:22my mother had been forced to lower her head before the board.
27:24In this life, it was still because of me.
27:26I reached out.
27:28Give it to me.
27:29My mother frowned.
27:30Ava.
27:30I took the document and skimmed it quickly.
27:33Isolation statement.
27:35Risk separation.
27:36Media management.
27:37Every phrase was respectable.
27:39And every phrase was a knife.
27:41I picked up the pen.
27:42I will sign.
27:44My mother pressed my hand down.
27:45I said,
27:46You do not need to lose for me again.
27:48The board representative relaxed.
27:50Natalie, this is the optimal solution.
27:52Lily also said,
27:53Sister, if you can think this way,
27:55Mom will have a much easier time.
27:57My mother slowly picked up the document.
27:58Everyone thought she was going to sign.
28:00The sound of paper.
28:02Ripping was louder than any scolding.
28:03My mother raised her eyes.
28:05My daughter is not a risk asset.
28:08The representative's face changed.
28:09Natalie, you must consider the shareholder.
28:12I have.
28:13My mother said,
28:13Call a special board meeting tomorrow morning.
28:16Whoever thinks my daughter is a corporate crisis
28:18can sell their shares and get out.
28:20The color drained from Lily's face.
28:22She had thought my return would drag my mother down again.
28:25But this time,
28:26my mother was not forced to choose.
28:28She flipped the table directly.
28:30Lily stopped provoking me in person.
28:32She began posting photos on social media.
28:34The first was a photo from five years ago,
28:36when my mother had just brought her home.
28:38The second was a backstage photo from her school performance.
28:41Caption,
28:42Mom says daughters do not expire.
28:45The third was a photo of my ward door,
28:48with my name unseen.
28:49Caption,
28:49Some people return to be loved.
28:51Some people stay because they have always loved.
28:54She did not name anyone,
28:55but everyone knew who she meant.
28:57The comment section was quickly guided.
28:59Once the biological daughter comes back,
29:02the adopted daughter becomes an outsider.
29:04Even a capitalist like Natalie craves favor.
29:07Ava rejected her mother back then.
29:09Now that she is sick,
29:10she returns to grab resources.
29:12My mother had PR suppressed the heat,
29:14and Lily cried to her.
29:15Mom,
29:16I did not attack sister.
29:17I was only too sad.
29:19My mother looked at her.
29:20Then delete it.
29:22Lily said,
29:23Are you saying I don't even have the right to be sad?
29:25My mother was silent.
29:27Lily said,
29:28I stayed with you for five years.
29:30The moment she came back,
29:31you turned against the board for her.
29:32Then what am I?
29:33My mother did not answer.
29:36Just then,
29:37the door opened.
29:38Lily walked in with eyes red,
29:40as if she had cried for a long time.
29:42Sister,
29:43I want to talk to you.
29:44I looked at her.
29:45We have nothing to talk about.
29:47She closed the door and walked to the bed.
29:49Do you know mom cried in the study last night?
29:51I said nothing.
29:53She cried while looking at photos of you as a child.
29:55Lily said,
29:56I stayed with her for five years,
29:58and she never cried like that for me.
30:00So you hate me?
30:00I said,
30:01She smiled,
30:02but it did not reach her eyes.
30:04I only think it is unfair.
30:06You did not want her back then.
30:08Why can you come back and take all her love?
30:10Because I am dying?
30:12Yes.
30:12Lily stared at me.
30:13Dead people are the easiest to forgive.
30:16I pressed the call button beside the bed.
30:18She did not panic.
30:19She only suddenly asked,
30:21When you were little,
30:22did you call her cedar-scented mom?
30:27That nickname was something I had used
30:29only when I was very young,
30:30because my mother always carried a faint cedar scent.
30:34Even Mark did not know it.
30:36Lily saw my reaction and smiled.
30:38See?
30:39I know your secrets, too.
30:42The door opened.
30:43My mother and the doctor came in.
30:47Mom,
30:48I only wanted to tell sister
30:49that I never tried to steal you.
30:51But she said I was just a toy
30:53you used to replace her.
30:54I looked at her.
30:56I did not.
30:57Then how would I know
30:58cedar-scented mom?
30:59If sister did not say it just now
31:01to humiliate me,
31:02who else could have?
31:03My mother froze.
31:04That nickname struck
31:05the deepest part of her memory.
31:07I said,
31:08I really didn't.
31:10Lily sobbed until she trembled.
31:12Mom,
31:13I know I am not biological,
31:15but I can hurt, too.
31:16My mother looked at me,
31:17and for the first time,
31:18uncertainty appeared in her eyes.
31:20Not because she did not love me,
31:22but because Lily had produced a detail
31:23that could not be easily explained.
31:25I suddenly felt exhausted.
31:31Mom,
31:32do you believe her?
31:34I turned my head.
31:36I am tired.
31:37Everyone go out.
31:39Lily was still crying.
31:41My mother did not immediately go hug her.
31:43She also did not immediately come hug me.
31:45She stood between us,
31:46as if torn in two.
31:48In the end,
31:48she only said,
31:49The wedding proceeds as planned.
31:51Tomorrow,
31:52I,
31:52I will ask clearly myself.
31:54Lily looked up,
31:56panic flashing in her eyes.
31:58She had not expected my mother
31:59not to choose her immediately this time.
32:01Nor had she expected my mother
32:03not to give up on me.
32:05The night before the wedding,
32:07my mother moved her office into my ward.
32:09She personally read documents,
32:11met lawyers,
32:12and sorted through five years
32:13of home access records,
32:15study visitor logs,
32:16and Lily's therapy timeline.
32:17I leaned against the headboard
32:19and watched her.
32:19You look like you are going to war.
32:21My mother did not raise her head.
32:23I am.
32:27For me?
32:29For my daughter.
32:31She looked at me.
32:32Those words tightened my throat.
32:34What did you find?
32:35She was silent for a few seconds,
32:37then took out a wooden box.
32:39Inside was a stack of unsent letters.
32:41Every envelope was addressed to me.
32:42Ava Reed.
32:43The dates began five years ago,
32:45one after another.
32:46You wrote these to me?
32:47My mother nodded.
32:49I could not find you.
32:50Mark changed numbers,
32:52moved three times,
32:53and even applied for temporary privacy protection.
32:56I could only write letters.
32:58After writing them,
32:59I did not know where to send them.
33:01She drew one letter out.
33:03This one mentions cedar-scented mom.
33:05I looked up at her.
33:07My mother said,
33:08You did not tell Lily.
33:09She read these letters.
33:12How do you know?
33:13Because only I,
33:14the housekeeper,
33:15and Lily have keys to my study.
33:17My mother said,
33:18The housekeeper's entry records.
33:20Lily does not.
33:21That does not prove she read them.
33:23No.
33:24It does not prove it directly.
33:26She held my hand.
33:28But Ava,
33:28I do not need to wait
33:30until every nail is hammered in
33:32before I decide to believe you.
33:35In my previous life,
33:37my mother had begged everyone for me.
33:39In this life,
33:40she no longer needed evidence
33:42to permit herself to love me.
33:45There was a knock on the door.
33:48Mia had come.
33:49She was the only person at the casino
33:51who had secretly saved painkillers for me.
33:54She stood at the door and asked carefully,
33:57Can I come in?
33:58My mother personally stood.
34:00Of course.
34:01Mia placed a small bag in my hand.
34:04Inside was a casino chip.
34:07It is the one that drunk shoved at you that night.
34:10I picked it up.
34:11When you wake up,
34:12we will smash it together.
34:14I smiled.
34:15Okay.
34:16Mia looked at my mother and suddenly said,
34:18Mrs. Walker,
34:19Ava worked very hard at the casino.
34:21She is not a bad girl.
34:25My mother's hand paused.
34:28Mia continued.
34:31Every time she got tips,
34:32the first thing she did was not buy food,
34:35but go to the pharmacy.
34:37She always folded up her bills and hid them too.
34:40She did not want anyone to know she was sick.
34:42The ward went silent.
34:43I said,
34:44Mia,
34:44you talk too much.
34:46Mia snorted.
34:49You are about to get married,
34:50and you are still scolding me.
34:52The lowyer hurried in.
34:54Natalie,
34:55Lily posted a live stream announcement.
34:57She says she will reveal at the wedding
34:58how you forced her out of the home.
34:59My mother's eyes darkened.
35:01Mark has not been found by police either.
35:03Ethan knocked from outside the door.
35:05I'll arrange for security.
35:07So he had been listening outside the whole time.
35:09He did not have many scenes,
35:11but he always guarded the door at the most important moments.
35:13My mother walked to my bedside
35:15and straightened the blanket for me.
35:16Do not be afraid.
35:17I looked at her.
35:18Mom,
35:19if I cannot hold on tomorrow,
35:21don't force yourself to endure for the cameras.
35:23She held my hand.
35:25If you can't hold on,
35:26Mom will carry you home.
35:27You are not afraid the stock price will fall?
35:29No.
35:30The board will pressure you?
35:31Let them get out.
35:33I laughed,
35:34then frowned as the headache pulled at me.
35:36My mother immediately pressed the call button.
35:38Doctor!
35:38I grabbed her.
35:39It's fine.
35:40It just hurt for a second.
35:42She bent down and pressed her forehead
35:43against the back of my hand.
35:45Eva,
35:46from now on,
35:47when it hurts,
35:47say so.
35:48Do not bear it alone anymore.
35:50Okay.
35:51It was the first time in two lifetimes
35:53that I promised her
35:54I would stop pretending to be strong.
35:56On the wedding day,
35:57the glass hunk house
35:58was surrounded by reporters.
36:00My mother helped me out of the car.
36:03Flashbolt stabbed my eyes.
36:05Someone shouted,
36:06Mrs. Walker,
36:07did you abuse your biological daughter?
36:09Eva,
36:10did you use your illness
36:11to black rail your mother?
36:13Is it true Lily was forced out of the house?
36:16My mother ignored them.
36:17She only asked me,
36:19Can you stand?
36:21I can't.
36:22She had chosen the wedding dress herself.
36:24There was no exaggerative train
36:25and no heavy diamonds.
36:26She said I was too thin
36:28and could not wear anything
36:29that would crush the breath from me.
36:30When the greenhouse doors opened,
36:32every camera pointed at me.
36:33I stood at the start of the red carpet
36:35and saw Ethan waiting at the end.
36:37He did not steal the scene.
36:39He only stood quietly.
36:40His eyes weighs on me.
36:42I knew that if I fell,
36:43he would be the first to rush over.
36:46That was enough.
36:48My mother supported me to the microphone.
36:51I faced the cameras.
36:53The girl in the video lied.
36:54The reporters instantly stirred.
36:56Natalie Walker did not hurt me.
36:58She is the person in this world
36:59who most wanted to protect me.
37:01Back then,
37:01I chose Mark Reed
37:02because I thought that if I left her,
37:04she could live better.
37:05So you admit you committed perjury back then?
37:07I admit it.
37:08I also admit that I paid the price for it.
37:11My mother took the microphone.
37:13Today is not a press conference.
37:15It is my daughter's wedding.
37:17But since you all want to put her on trial,
37:19listen to me first.
37:20The screen behind her lit up.
37:22It was not a simple surveillance clip.
37:24It was a complete timeline.
37:25Legal documents showed
37:26Mark's casino debts over the years.
37:28His use of my identity
37:30to apply for loans.
37:31His use of my medical records
37:33to defraud insurance.
37:34And his threats forcing me
37:35to keep working to repay debt.
37:37There were emails showing
37:38how the Walker Capital Board
37:40had used family scandal
37:41for five years
37:41to force her to give up projects.
37:43And there were the letters
37:44my mother had written to me
37:45but never sent.
37:49My mother opened one
37:50and read to the cameras.
37:52Ava, it snowed in Chicago today.
37:55I dreamed again
37:56that when you were little
37:57you called me
37:58cedar-scented mom.
37:59After I woke
38:00I sat in the study
38:01and waited for dawn.
38:02The scene went quiet.
38:04Lily stood at the edge of the crowd.
38:07Lily,
38:08Ava did not tell you that nickname.
38:10You saw it in my study,
38:12didn't you?
38:13Mom, I didn't.
38:15I checked the study access records.
38:17You did not swipe your card.
38:19But you knew
38:20where I kept the spare key.
38:21You also knew
38:22I would never suspect you.
38:25I treated you as my daughter
38:27so I gave you the right
38:28to enter every corner of my life.
38:30But you used it
38:30to hurt another daughter.
38:32She hurt you too.
38:33She rejected you back then.
38:35She ruined five years of your life.
38:37Why can she be forgiven
38:38and I cannot?
38:39Because forgiveness
38:39is not a reward for innocence.
38:41It is my choice
38:42to stop letting hatred control me.
38:44If you were afraid
38:44of being replaced
38:45you could have told me.
38:46If you were jealous
38:47you could cry,
38:47make trouble,
38:48hate me for being biased.
38:49But you cannot use lies
38:50to destroy someone who are dying.
38:52Mom, I was only afraid
38:53you would not want me.
38:54I will not destroy you.
38:56The lawyers will arrange
38:57your psychological evaluation
38:58and temporary guardianship adjustment
39:01to make sure someone cares for you.
39:04But from today on
39:05you cannot come near Ava.
39:08The bodyguard stepped forward.
39:09As Lily was taken away
39:11she was still crying for Mom.
39:14My mother did not chase after her.
39:16She turned,
39:17took my hand
39:18and said to every camera,
39:20She is not my scandal.
39:21She is my daughter.
39:25At the end of the red carpet
39:26Ethan reached out to me.
39:28My mother supported me forward
39:30step by step.
39:33With each step
39:34the headache grew heavier.
39:35By the end
39:37I could no longer hear
39:38the sounds around me.
39:40I could only see
39:41Ethan's eyes.
39:42He caught me.
39:43Ava, you came.
39:46I came.
39:47The pastor had just begun.
39:48Mr. Ethan Gray,
39:50do you take...
39:50I do.
39:50Ethan said immediately.
39:52Someone in the crowd
39:53laughed softly
39:54then quickly reddened
39:55with tears.
39:57The pastor looked at me
39:58afraid I would not last
39:59to the end.
40:00I spoke first.
40:02I do too.
40:03Ethan lowered his head
40:04and put the ring
40:05on my finger.
40:06The moment the ring
40:07slid to the base
40:08of my finger
40:08my chest tightened.
40:10Blood spilled
40:11from my lips
40:11and fell onto
40:12the white wedding dress.
40:13Ava!
40:14Ethan caught me.
40:15Medical team!
40:16Now!
40:17I grabbed his sleeve
40:18and used all my strength
40:20to say
40:22Don't cry.
40:24The ring is on.
40:27The next second
40:28I sank into darkness.
40:30When I woke
40:31the sound of machines
40:33filled my ears.
40:34Ethan sat beside the bed
40:35his eyes red
40:36as if he had not slept
40:37for days.
40:38My mother lay
40:39against the other side
40:40still holding my hand.
40:41I moved my fingers.
40:43Ethan immediately
40:44raised his head.
40:47Ava?
40:48My mother woke too.
40:50Baby?
40:53Baby.
40:55My nose stung.
40:59The doctor came in
41:00quickly to examine me.
41:02The result was not good.
41:04My condition had
41:05deteriorated too quickly
41:06and the surgical window
41:08had closed.
41:09But Gray Medical's
41:10clinical team
41:11had temporarily
41:11obtained a high-risk plan.
41:13The success rate
41:15it was not high
41:15but it was the last chance.
41:18My mother did not
41:19decide for me.
41:22She sat by the bed
41:23held my hand
41:25and asked
41:27Ava what do you
41:27want to choose?
41:29I looked at her
41:30then at Ethan.
41:32In my previous life
41:33I chose my mother
41:34but made her suffer
41:35for half her life.
41:36In this life
41:37I chose my father
41:38thinking I could save her
41:40but I made everyone
41:42hurt for five years.
41:44I understood now.
41:46Real love is not dying
41:47in another person's place.
41:49It is facing things together.
41:50I said
41:51I want to live.
41:53My mother kissed
41:54the back of my hand
41:55and good
41:56then we live.
41:58Before the surgery
41:59Mia placed the casino chip
42:01into my palm.
42:02When you wake
42:03we will smash it together.
42:05Okay.
42:06I smiled.
42:07Ethan leaned down
42:08and kissed my forehead.
42:10I will wait outside.
42:12I looked at him.
42:13If I wake up
42:14are we still married?
42:16He said
42:17You already accepted the ring.
42:20It is too late
42:21to back out.
42:22My mother walked to the bed
42:23and tucked my hair
42:24behind my ear.
42:25Her hand was steady
42:26but her eyes
42:26were terribly red.
42:28Ava
42:29there is one more thing
42:30I have not said.
42:32What?
42:34I am sorry.
42:35For these five years
42:36I kept thinking
42:37that hating you
42:38would make me feel
42:39a little better.
42:40But the more I hated you
42:42the more I missed you.
42:45I should not have turned
42:46pain into a knife
42:47and stabbed it back
42:48into you again
42:49and again.
42:50I shook my head.
42:52I was the one
42:53who pushed you away first.
42:55But I am your mother!
42:57She said
42:58I should have been
42:59braver than you.
43:00The nurse reminded us
43:02that it was time.
43:03I was pushed
43:04towards the operating room.
43:05My mother followed
43:06all the way to the door.
43:07She only looked at me
43:08and said
43:09Ava
43:09this time mom is here.
43:12You do not have
43:13to push me away.
43:14I nodded.
43:16Before the anesthesia fell
43:17it was as if
43:18I had returned
43:18to the hearing
43:19five years ago.
43:20The judge asked
43:21Ava
43:22whom do you want
43:23to go with?
43:24The me from
43:24the previous life
43:25ran toward mom.
43:26The me from
43:27this life
43:28pug's father.
43:29And now
43:29a third me stood there
43:31looking at mom's
43:32outstretched hand.
43:33I ran over
43:33and hugged her tightly.
43:35I choose you
43:36and I also choose myself
43:37alive.
43:41When I woke again
43:42it was three weeks later.
43:43Outside the window
43:44was Chicago snow.
43:45Ethan had fallen asleep
43:46beside the bed
43:47still holding my ring.
43:49My mother sat on the sofa
43:50handling documents.
43:51Her coffee cold.
43:52My throat was very dry.
43:54Mom
43:54The documents
43:55in my mother's hands
43:56fell to the floor.
43:57She rushed over.
43:58Ethan woke too.
43:59He looked at me
44:00as if he could not believe it.
44:02Why do both of you
44:02look so worn out?
44:04I smiled with effort.
44:05Ethan lowered his head
44:06and kissed my hand.
44:07Because someone slept
44:08for three weeks
44:09and still owes me
44:10a wedding dance.
44:11You finally remembered
44:12to wake up?
44:13My mother scold me
44:14through tears.
44:15I looked at her
44:16and suddenly remembered
44:17the final moment
44:18of my previous life.
44:19Back then
44:20she held me
44:21and cried
44:21until no sound
44:22came out.
44:23This time
44:24she was still
44:24in front of me
44:25and I was still
44:26in front of her.
44:27I said
44:28Mom
44:28this time
44:29I did not choose wrong.
44:30She tightened
44:31her hand around mine.
44:33No.
44:34We finally stopped
44:35pushing each other away.
44:37Later
44:37Mark was formally charged
44:39with extortion
44:39abuse
44:40insurance fraud
44:41and violating
44:42a restraining order.
44:43Lily was sent
44:44for psychological evaluation
44:45and supervised placement.
44:47My mother
44:48did not destroy her
44:49but she also
44:50did not let her
44:51near me again.
44:52She said
44:53love is not indulgence
44:54and saving one person
44:55cannot depend
44:56on sacrificing another.
44:58Walker Capital
44:59went through
44:59a violent upheaval.
45:01Some board members
45:01demanded that
45:02my mother
45:02temporarily resign.
45:04She called a meeting
45:05on the spot
45:06and produced evidence
45:07that they had manipulated
45:08public opinion
45:08in private
45:09and used family scandal
45:10to pressure valuations.
45:12She said
45:12only one sentence
45:13I can lose a board
45:15but I will not
45:16lose my daughter again.
45:19The next day
45:20three directors
45:21were forced out.
45:21My mother publicly
45:22founded the Ava Fund
45:23to help girls
45:24trapped by domestic violence,
45:25addiction ridden families
45:27and exploitation
45:27in nightlife for use.
45:29Mia became
45:30one of the fund's
45:30first advisors.
45:32She placed that casino chip
45:33in a transparent box
45:34and hung it
45:35on the office wall.
45:36Beneath it
45:37was one sentence.
45:38Not every girl
45:39can walk out of a casino
45:40by herself
45:41but every girl
45:42deserves a hand
45:43reaching for her.
45:44Ethan continued
45:45practicing medicine
45:46and also took over
45:47Grey Medical's
45:48brain cancer
45:49clinical program.
45:50My recovery
45:51was slow.
45:52Sometimes my head
45:53still hurt.
45:55Sometimes my memory
45:56broke off.
45:57Sometimes I woke
45:58in the middle of the night
45:59thinking I was still
46:00in the alley
46:01behind the casino.
46:03But every time
46:04I opened my eyes
46:05someone was there.
46:08Mom was there.
46:10Ethan was there.
46:12In spring
46:13Ethan
46:14brought me back
46:14to the lakeside
46:15glass hello cars.
46:16The roses stained
46:17with blood
46:18on the wedding day
46:19had long since
46:19been replaced.
46:20New white roses
46:21bloomed along
46:22the entire path.
46:23My mother held
46:24my hand
46:24and walked very slowly.
46:25Are you still
46:26afraid this time?
46:27No.
46:30At the end
46:31of the red carpet
46:32Ethan reached out
46:34to me.
46:35I placed my hand
46:36in his palm.
46:37Ava Grey
46:37would you like
46:38to make up
46:39our first dance?
46:39If I step on you
46:40you are not allowed
46:41to complain.
46:42I waited five years
46:43you can step on me
46:44for a lifetime.
46:45When the music began
46:46I leaned in his arms
46:47and saw my mother
46:48standing not far away.
46:49She was no longer
46:50wearing that cold
46:51black suit.
46:52The wind blew over.
46:53There were tears
46:53in her eyes
46:54and also a smile.
46:55I once thought
46:56that only by pushing
46:57myself into the abyss
46:59can I buy her
46:59a peaceful life.
47:00But this time
47:01I understood.
47:02I did not need
47:03to use my broken body
47:04to fairy half
47:05of anyone's life.
47:06I could be loved too.
47:07I could be waited for.
47:09I could live
47:10and walk toward her.
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