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00:03I've seen spirits since I was born.
00:06I hear them talk too.
00:08People said I was bad luck.
00:10That made my parents resent me.
00:12They gave all their love to their foster daughter instead.
00:16Then my stepsister landed the dawn of the Marchetti family.
00:19She became the golden child.
00:21But right before the wedding, Cassius Marchetti got hit in the drive-by.
00:26He fell into a coma when the family pushed her to honor the engagement.
00:30She faked being sick to get out of it.
00:32Behind closed doors, she ranted to our parents.
00:35You want me wiping up after a vegetable?
00:37Dream on.
00:38I'm not wasting my life on a dead weight.
00:40I'd rather die than marry him.
00:43That's when I saw him, Cassius's spirit, drifting in our backyard.
00:48His face was pale, almost blue.
00:50His eyes were full of hate when he looked at her.
00:55She's really that heartless?
00:57The doctors already told her I'd wake up inside six months.
01:01She always wanted 20 million to marry me?
01:04Fine.
01:05She gets nothing.
01:06When I wake up, I'll give 20 million to whoever actually took care of me instead.
01:11Let that eat her alive.
01:1220 million?
01:14My eyes lit up.
01:15I raised my hand timidly.
01:17What if I marry him instead?
01:18Marrying into a mafia family didn't matter to me.
01:21The 20 million did.
01:22I figured Sabrina would try to stop me.
01:24Making me miserable had always been her favorite hobby.
01:27But this time, she just laughed.
01:30I can't believe you.
01:31Throwing yourself at a vegetable like you're that desperate for a man.
01:36Then again, works out for me.
01:38You're dead weight around here anyway.
01:40Might as well put you to use wiping Cassius down.
01:42I kept my head down.
01:44Didn't argue.
01:44Getting out of this house and 20 million dollars on top of it?
01:47I couldn't wait to seal the deal.
01:49Cassius's spirit drifted behind Sabrina.
01:51Furious, yelling at her.
01:53You told me your sister bullied you your whole life.
01:56That was a lie!
01:57You're the vicious one here!
01:59I fell for your act like an idiot!
02:01His anger was heavy in the air.
02:03The temperature seemed to drop a few degrees.
02:05I hunched my shoulders and said nothing.
02:07Later, when the Marchettis came to the house,
02:10Sabrina hid, still pretending to be sick.
02:15I walked up to Mrs. Marchetti myself.
02:18I'm the Voss family's real daughter.
02:20If you don't mind, I'll marry Cassius in my sister's place.
02:25Mrs. Marchetti had been worried sick.
02:28She grabbed my hand.
02:29You're really willing?
02:30I nodded.
02:31I've taken care of my wheelchair-grown grandparents since I was a kid.
02:34The spirit frowned and floated closer.
02:36He looked me up and down.
02:37A cold chill ran down my spine.
02:39I pretended not to notice him and kept making my pitch.
02:42I can cook proper meals, I know physical therapy, and I'm patient.
02:46Very patient.
02:47My parents jumped in eager.
02:48They couldn't wait to dump me.
02:50Right, right.
02:51She's got tons of experience taking care of people.
02:54She's perfect for your son.
02:56Since Sabrina's sick, take Marlo instead.
02:58We approve.
03:01Mrs. Marchetti smiled, gripping my hand tighter.
03:04Good.
03:05Then it's you, taking care of my son.
03:07When I finished packing and walked out,
03:09I heard Sabrina's sharp laugh at me.
03:13A cursed freak and a vegetable.
03:16Perfect match.
03:18Two half-dead losers.
03:20I was blind.
03:22The second I wake up, I'm giving Marlo the 20 million
03:24just to watch Sabrina lose it.
03:27Hearing that, I sent up a silent prayer.
03:3020 million, you said.
03:31You'd better not go back on it, pretty please.
03:33Half an hour later, I saw Cassius himself
03:35in the private ICU suite.
03:37Tubes ran into his body.
03:39A machine breathed for him.
03:40A monitor tracked his heartbeat.
03:42Even pale and unconscious,
03:43his sharp features held their natural arrogance,
03:45like a statue forced to stay among the living.
03:49The surgery on his brain went well,
03:51but waking up will take time.
03:53She paused, her voice growing rougher.
03:57Doctors say coma patients need a voice.
04:00Someone talking to him every day keeps his brain active,
04:05wakes him faster.
04:08I run the whole business.
04:10No time to spare.
04:12Sabrina should have been the one.
04:13She trailed off,
04:14but nobody expected the job to land in my hands.
04:19The spirit stood by the bed,
04:21his face gray.
04:22I thought Sabrina would stand by me no matter what.
04:26Instead, she broke my heart.
04:30All I want is someone to read me the market news every day.
04:33Is that so hard?
04:35Don't know if Marley can handle it.
04:37Listening to him ramble, I understood.
04:39His mind and body were split apart.
04:41That's why I could see his spirit.
04:43Once he woke up,
04:44the spirit would return to his body.
04:45I thought it over and laid out my plan.
04:48I'll read him the news every day.
04:50The spirit snorted, not buying it.
04:53Movies too.
04:54Music around the clock.
04:55Still skeptical.
04:57Weather reports,
04:58different scents to keep his senses sharp.
05:00His brow rose just slightly.
05:03And I'll bathe him myself.
05:04That one, even the spirit didn't see coming.
05:07Wait.
05:07His face went red on the spot.
05:09Bathe him?
05:10As in...
05:12me?
05:12Mrs. Marchetti nodded, pleased.
05:14Good.
05:15Then it settled.
05:17The spirit spun toward Mrs. Marchetti,
05:19trying to get some of her.
05:21Mom, no, wait.
05:22Don't let her see my body.
05:23But Mrs. Marchetti never heard a word of it.
05:25She turned and walked out of the room.
05:27The spirit stood there,
05:29helpless and red-faced.
05:30I turned away,
05:31biting back a smile.
05:34The next day,
05:35Mrs. Marchetti walked in
05:37just as I finished shaving him.
05:43He already looked sharper,
05:44more like himself.
05:46Her eyes swept the room,
05:47then landed on the suitcase
05:49I'd already moved in.
05:50She looked touched.
05:51You know, you could sleep
05:52at the house at night.
05:53I smile.
05:54Easier to stay close,
05:55in case he needs anything in the night.
05:57After I said that,
05:58his expression had eased.
06:00Sabrina's too spoiled.
06:01Even if she'd come,
06:02she couldn't do half this well.
06:04Marlo seemed solid, though.
06:06Guess something good
06:07came out of this mess.
06:08Looked like I'd passed
06:09Cassius' own test.
06:11Everything after that got easier.
06:14I started tracking
06:15the spirit's movements closely.
06:17Something told me
06:18if he drifted too far,
06:19it might make it harder
06:20for him to return to his body.
06:22He seemed to sense it, too.
06:24Mostly, he stayed in the room,
06:25only wandering out on nice days.
06:27The last time he'd risked
06:28drifting that far,
06:29it was to see Sabrina.
06:31Now that he was done with her,
06:32he stayed put.
06:33While I took care of Cassius,
06:35the spirit muttered
06:36to himself nonstop.
06:39How'd Marlo know I like opera?
06:41She's done her homework.
06:42Not bad.
06:43Wish she'd figured out
06:44my favorite thing's durian.
06:46She keeps waving apples at me.
06:47I'm sick of apples.
06:48The next day,
06:49I brought in a whole durian
06:50and cracked it open
06:51right in front of him.
06:54Bet me, boss.
06:55How many pods you think
06:56we'll get out of this one?
06:57Six?
06:58Eight?
06:58I'd gotten bolder.
06:59I started fiddling
07:00with Cassius's fingers, too,
07:02bending them into a six,
07:03then an eight.
07:04At first,
07:05the spirit protested.
07:06Cut it out.
07:07Nobody's ever dared
07:08touch me like this.
07:09Am I your toy now?
07:10But he got used to it,
07:11rolling his eyes
07:12while secretly fighting a smile.
07:14The smell of durianer
07:14filled the room quickly.
07:16The spirit's eyes lit up.
07:17His will to live spiked.
07:18God, I want this so bad.
07:20I need to wake up
07:21and dig in.
07:22The moment he said it,
07:23the heart monitor's line twitched.
07:24I smiled to myself.
07:26He was cute like this.
07:27Nothing like that stern face
07:28on the bed.
07:29I picked up a piece
07:30and ate it, too.
07:31You know, boss,
07:32thanks to you,
07:32this is my first time
07:33trying this.
07:34Back home,
07:35I only got to eat
07:36rotten apples and oranges.
07:37The spirit froze.
07:38By now,
07:39I was used to Cassius,
07:40so I opened up
07:41talking to him
07:42like a friend.
07:42Your mom thinks
07:43this job is hard on me.
07:44Paid me a hundred grand for it.
07:46But back home,
07:46I took care of three people.
07:47My parents and Sabrina.
07:49Before that,
07:50it was my grandparents, too.
07:52Taking care of just you here
07:53is honestly easier.
07:54The spirit drifted closer
07:55and stared at me,
07:56silent.
07:57That day,
07:57I talked a lot,
07:58calm the whole time,
07:59about how my parents
08:00mistreated me,
08:01about how Sabrina
08:01always bullied me.
08:03Getting it all out
08:03left me feeling lighter.
08:05The spirit's eyes turned red.
08:07What's wrong with her parents?
08:09Spoiling that foster brat
08:10over their own daughter?
08:11When I wake up,
08:12that family's paying
08:12for what they did to her.
08:13I felt a little touched.
08:15The payback part, though,
08:16I could skip.
08:17Just get that
08:1820 million into my account
08:19and I'd count my blessings.
08:21After that day,
08:22the spirit and I grew close.
08:24I still pretended
08:24not to know he was there,
08:26but I gave him
08:27whatever he asked for.
08:28He stayed by my side
08:29constantly,
08:30watching everything I did.
08:32Four months went by like that.
08:34One day,
08:34while I was bending
08:35Cassius's fingers again,
08:37his finger twitched
08:38on its own.
08:39Even the spirit was stunned.
08:40My nerves,
08:40my muscles,
08:41they're actually responding now.
08:43Brain's healing well.
08:45Guess I'll be back
08:45in there soon.
08:46I ran straight
08:47to Mrs. Marchetti,
08:48thrilled.
08:49The news spread fast.
08:51A wave of specialists
08:52came to examine him.
08:53Sabrina showed up too.
08:54She glanced at the man
08:55in the bed with disgust,
08:57then yanked me outside.
09:01Heard Cassius is waking up?
09:03When I didn't answer,
09:05she shoved my shoulder.
09:06You think you're part
09:07of this family now?
09:08You've got some nerve
09:09giving me attitude.
09:11The spirit ground his teeth
09:12in fury.
09:12Marlum, are you stupid?
09:14Hit her back!
09:14I've got your back!
09:16Fine, don't hit her.
09:17I'll do it myself!
09:18Punch he threw.
09:19Only stirred up
09:20a cold breeze.
09:21No impact at all.
09:23Sabrina jabbed a finger
09:24at my nose.
09:24If Cassius wakes up,
09:26get lost.
09:26I'll make sure
09:27he thinks it was me.
09:28I'm the one he wants.
09:30Even awake,
09:31he'll still marry me.
09:32The spirit beat me
09:33to the punch.
09:33If I remember any of this,
09:35there's no way
09:36I'm marrying you!
09:37Then he paused.
09:38Then again,
09:39will I even remember?
09:41What if I forget everything?
09:44Will these memories
09:44even carry over?
09:45Never thought about that.
09:47If I forget,
09:48if I end up thinking
09:48it was Sabrina,
09:49what happens to Marlon?
09:50The spirit turned
09:50to look at me,
09:52worry flickering in his eyes.
09:53I frowned,
09:54uneasy inside.
09:55I didn't care
09:56who Cassius married,
09:57but if Sabrina stole
09:58credit for everything,
09:59my 20 million
10:00would go up in smoke.
10:01Then the spirit's
10:02face cleared,
10:03like he'd landed
10:04on an answer of his own.
10:05My mom's seen
10:06what Sabrina's really like.
10:07No way she lets me
10:07marry her now.
10:08But somehow,
10:09Sabrina went straight
10:10to Mrs. Marchetti.
10:12Whatever she said,
10:13it worked.
10:13Mrs. Marchetti came to me,
10:15her face troubled.
10:16I don't like Sabrina's attitude,
10:18but Cassius loves her.
10:19If he wakes up
10:20and finds out
10:20he married a stranger,
10:21he'll lose it.
10:22Here's what we'll do.
10:24I'll pay you well.
10:25Just keep quiet,
10:26and no one has to know
10:27it was you.
10:27I stayed quiet a moment,
10:29then nodded,
10:30obedient.
10:31The spirit yelled
10:31in my ear, furious.
10:32Marlo,
10:33for once,
10:34can you stand up
10:35for yourself?
10:36Why let someone else
10:37take credit
10:37for everything you did?
10:38I wanted to fight back, too,
10:40but I'd been trained
10:41to submit my whole life.
10:42No backing,
10:43no leverage,
10:43no nerve.
10:44What was I supposed
10:45to fight with?
10:46The spirit groaned,
10:47exasperated.
10:49Forget it.
10:49Not one person
10:50around here
10:51has any sense.
10:52After winning
10:53Mrs. Marchetti over,
10:54Sabrina went straight
10:54to the press.
10:55Cassius is finally waking up
10:56thanks to my care.
10:57We're getting married soon.
10:58I'll be Mrs. Marchetto
10:59before you know it.
10:59Thank you all
11:00for your support.
11:00The world bought it.
11:02Sabrina's devotion
11:02was hailed
11:03as the reason
11:03for the miracle.
11:04Everyone praised
11:05her loyalty,
11:06her love.
11:06Around this time,
11:08Cassius's spirit
11:09kept getting fainter.
11:11I knew he was
11:12close to waking up.
11:13One morning,
11:14I woke up
11:15and searched
11:16the whole estate.
11:17No spirit anywhere.
11:19I knew right away.
11:20Cassius was waking up.
11:21I called Mrs. Marchetti
11:22and the specialists
11:23immediately.
11:24Sabrina rushed over
11:25to Crescent Go.
11:26Under everyone's
11:27watchful eyes,
11:27the doctors ran
11:28their final checks.
11:29Then,
11:29with a soft beep,
11:30Cassius,
11:31who'd been out
11:31for six months,
11:32slowly opened his eyes.
11:35Everyone held their breath,
11:37afraid to startle him.
11:38Cassius's fingers twitched.
11:40His throat worked,
11:41hard.
11:42He squinted at the ceiling,
11:44like he was trying
11:44to remember something.
11:45Right then,
11:46I could only pray
11:47he'd kept the spirit
11:48as memories,
11:49that he knew exactly
11:51who'd taken care of him.
11:52But if he'd forgotten,
11:54six months of work wasted,
11:56and I'd have handed Sabrina
11:57everything on a silver platter.
12:00Sabrina couldn't help herself.
12:01She rushed to the bedside.
12:03Cassius,
12:04you're finally awake!
12:05It's me,
12:06Sabrina,
12:06the love of your life!
12:07I've been by your side
12:08this whole time,
12:10taking care of everything,
12:11never once leaving.
12:13You remember, right?
12:14You have to remember!
12:16Seeing Cassius's
12:17blank expression,
12:19my stomach dropped.
12:20Did he really forget everything?
12:22My parents leaned in,
12:24sneering.
12:24Don't get your hopes up.
12:26Mrs. Marchetti already said it.
12:29If Cassius doesn't remember,
12:31Sabrina's the one
12:31who did the work.
12:32Get out of here
12:33before you ruin things for her!
12:35Watching Cassius stare at Sabrina,
12:37disappointment filled my chest.
12:39I hung my head
12:40and turned to leave.
12:41The next second,
12:42Cassius spoke,
12:43cold and sharp.
12:44Were you really the one
12:45taking care of me?
12:47There was clear doubt
12:48in his eyes.
12:50Sabrina froze,
12:51caught off guard.
12:52Catching the flicker
12:53of guilt in her eyes,
12:54Cassius coughed hard,
12:56his voice colder.
12:57Answer me.
12:59Was it you?
13:00That stopped me mid-step.
13:01I held my breath,
13:03nerves spiking.
13:04If he was doubting her,
13:05that meant he'd kept
13:06at least some memories
13:07from his time as a spirit.
13:09Even a little was enough
13:10to give me hope.
13:11Worst case,
13:12I still had a shot
13:13at the 20 million.
13:14Sensing the awkward silence,
13:16my parents exchanged a glance
13:17and stepped in together.
13:19That's right, sir.
13:20This is your fiancé,
13:22Sabrina.
13:22You always loved her most,
13:24don't you remember?
13:24You just woke up, sir.
13:26It's normal to be foggy.
13:28Sabrina's the one
13:29who's been caring for you
13:29this whole time.
13:30No question.
13:32They crowded the bedside,
13:33blocking his view
13:34of me on purpose.
13:35Mrs. Marchetti patted my shoulder,
13:37apologetic,
13:37and stepped forward too.
13:39All right, everyone back up.
13:40Don't overwhelm my son.
13:42Aunt Sabrina reluctantly backed off.
13:44Mrs. Marchetti took Cassius' hand,
13:46eyes brimming.
13:47Son, you did it.
13:48The doctors are calling it a miracle.
13:51Don't worry.
13:52Everything can go back to normal now.
13:54Cassius had just woken up.
13:55His body was still weak.
13:57He looked at his mother,
13:58moved, but stayed quiet.
13:59The press crowded in,
14:01quietly filming the touching scene.
14:03The crowd pushed me to the back.
14:06I didn't want to leave yet.
14:08I wanted to see if things
14:09could still turn around.
14:11Sabrina, pushed aside too,
14:13was clearly anxious.
14:15She'd been camped out here for days,
14:17waiting for the moment he woke up
14:19so she could claim the credit
14:20if the press caught it.
14:22Ran a few stories.
14:23Her marriage to him would be locked in,
14:25with her plan falling short.
14:27She took it out on me.
14:28Marlom, why are you still standing here?
14:31Still dreaming about marrying into money?
14:33Look at yourself, you jinx.
14:34Get lost.
14:35Even if I don't marry him,
14:36it sure won't be you.
14:37Something in me snapped.
14:39I talked back, rare for me.
14:41Sabrina, don't celebrate too early.
14:43Whether you actually marry him
14:44is still up in the air.
14:45My parents froze, stunned.
14:47Marlom, you're talking back now?
14:50Growing quite the backbone.
14:52Get outside with me.
14:53You need a lesson.
14:54All three of them grabbed me,
14:55trying to drag me out.
14:57I fought back hard,
14:58but three against one
15:00wasn't a fair fight.
15:01They were about to haul me
15:02out of the room.
15:04Cassius suddenly pushed
15:05his mother's hand aside
15:06and looked straight at us.
15:08Stop.
15:09Everyone froze.
15:12Sabrina and my parents' faces
15:13twisted with irritation.
15:14They exchanged a glance.
15:16Sabrina, fearless as ever,
15:18stepped between us.
15:19Don't mind her.
15:20She's just some nurse
15:21who snuck into Gaut.
15:22I'll get her out of here.
15:24She dug her nails into my arm,
15:26ready to force me out.
15:27By now, Cassius looked more alert.
15:29His voice came out stronger.
15:30Move.
15:31That low, sharp command.
15:33Nothing like the chatty,
15:35endearing spirit I knew.
15:36But it carried real weight,
15:38the cold authority
15:39of a mafia heir.
15:40Seemed like the real Cassius
15:42in his spirit
15:43with two different people.
15:44Before I could think further,
15:46he raised a finger
15:47with effort,
15:48pointing at me.
15:49You.
15:50Come here.
15:51Sabrina panicked.
15:53She shot me a glare
15:53loaded with threat.
15:55Don't you dare.
15:56I'll end you
15:56if you go over there.
15:58Don't forget,
15:58I've got plenty of ways
16:00to make your life hell.
16:01Twenty years of it, remember?
16:03Know your place.
16:04Cassius is out of your league.
16:06Truth was,
16:07I'd still been torn.
16:08Take the payout
16:09from Mrs. Marchetti
16:10and walk away.
16:11Or risk it all
16:12and fight for myself.
16:13But watching Sabrina
16:15act like she still owned me,
16:16like she could bully me
16:18whenever she wanted.
16:19Something rebellious
16:20stirred in me,
16:21I shoved her off.
16:22Hard.
16:24What if I do go?
16:25I was done letting
16:26Sabrina run my life,
16:28so I raised my voice
16:29on purpose.
16:30Didn't you hear him
16:31call me?
16:33Why are you so desperate
16:34to stop me?
16:35Got something to hide?
16:37The words landed hard
16:38and everyone heard them.
16:40The press turned curious.
16:41Even Cassius's eyes
16:43flickered with doubt.
16:44Sabrina's face went red.
16:46She reached out
16:47to grab me again.
16:48Mrs. Marchetti spoke up,
16:49her voice heavy.
16:50Let Marlon come here.
16:52I caught the conflict
16:53in her expression.
16:54She was torn, too,
16:55over whether to tell
16:56Cassius the truth.
16:57That gave me a better shot.
16:59I steadied my racing heart
17:01and walked to the bedside.
17:03Cassius narrowed his eyes,
17:05studying me for a long moment.
17:08What's your name?
17:10Marlo.
17:11His brow furrowed.
17:13That pained look
17:14meant he was straining
17:15to remember something.
17:16Coming up empty,
17:17my heart swung
17:18between hope and dread.
17:20In the dead silence,
17:21Cassius's face
17:22suddenly relaxed.
17:24He looked at me,
17:25then at Sabrina.
17:26Both of you,
17:27answer me.
17:28What do I want to eat right now,
17:30more than anything?
17:31My breath caught.
17:32My eyes lit up.
17:33Did he still hold
17:35onto a fragment of memory?
17:37Was this some kind
17:38of code between us?
17:39I ran through
17:40everything we'd shared.
17:42The answer was
17:43on the tip of my tongue.
17:46It's...
17:47Then,
17:48the next second,
17:50Sabrina shoved me aside.
17:53You never spent
17:54a single day
17:55with Cassius.
17:57You don't know him at all.
17:58How would you know
17:59what he wants to eat?
18:01Let me answer.
18:02She planted herself
18:03in front of me,
18:04voice dripping
18:05with emotion.
18:06We dated for three years.
18:08I know you better
18:09than anyone.
18:10I know exactly
18:11what you want right now.
18:14She grew bolder
18:15as she spoke.
18:16What you want most
18:17is the soup
18:18I made you
18:19with my own hands.
18:21Last year,
18:22when you were sick,
18:22I made it for you once.
18:25You were so touched.
18:27You said it was
18:27the best thing
18:28you'd ever eaten.
18:31You told me
18:31you wanted that soup
18:32every time you got sick
18:33from then on.
18:34But you've been in a coma
18:35this whole time.
18:36Even if you wanted it,
18:37you couldn't tell me.
18:38I made that soup
18:39so many times anyway,
18:40left it by your bed
18:41so you could smell it,
18:42hoping it would help
18:43you wake up.
18:44Now that you're
18:45finally awake,
18:46I'll go home
18:46and make it right now
18:48so you can feel
18:48how much I've missed you,
18:49how much I love you.
18:51Sabrina squeezed out
18:52a couple of tears
18:53as she spoke.
18:54She made sure to add
18:55for the cameras.
18:56No matter what,
18:58my feelings for Cassia
18:59never changed.
19:00What I feel for him
19:01is real, pure.
19:02The press zoomed in on her,
19:04ready to run
19:05the whole story.
19:06My parents chimed in,
19:07right on cue.
19:08Mr. Voss,
19:09our daughter's always
19:09been a princess,
19:10never lifted a finger
19:11in the kitchen.
19:12But for Cassia,
19:13she learned to cook,
19:14all so he could taste
19:15something she made
19:16with her own hands
19:17the moment he woke up.
19:19I was stunned
19:19by their shamelessness.
19:21My mouth twitched
19:22despite myself.
19:23Mrs. Marchetti's brow
19:24tightened beside me.
19:26Her face looked like
19:27she'd swallowed a bug.
19:28She cut off
19:29Sabrina's performance.
19:30All right,
19:31that's enough noise
19:32in here.
19:33You've had your answer.
19:34Let Marlam give hers.
19:36Mrs. Marchetti
19:37pulled me forward,
19:38guiding me to face Cassius.
19:40I said two words,
19:41quiet.
19:43Durian?
19:45Dead silence.
19:47Then Sabrina
19:48burst out laughing.
19:49Marlo,
19:50you never cease
19:51to amaze me.
19:52I figured you'd at least
19:52make up something believable.
19:54Instead,
19:54you say something insane.
19:56You've lost it.
19:57I know Cass was better
19:58than anyone.
19:58He hates that stinking stuff
19:59more than anything.
20:00He used to run the other way
20:01if he even smelt it.
20:03No way that's what he wants
20:04the second he wakes up.
20:05Cassius kept his mouth shut.
20:07I started doubting
20:08my own memory.
20:09I hadn't misheard
20:10had I the spirit told me.
20:12Straight out.
20:12Limburger was his favorite.
20:14His heart rate spiked
20:15every time he smelled it.
20:16He'd said it to me
20:17over and over.
20:18The second he woke up,
20:19he was going to eat
20:20an entire wheel by himself.
20:21Was my memory wrong?
20:23Or had the spirit lied to me
20:24the whole time?
20:25In the tense silence,
20:26Mrs. Marchetti leaned in awkward
20:28and whispered a warning.
20:29I've never seen my son
20:30touch that cheese.
20:31He avoids it.
20:32Image thing.
20:33Marlo,
20:34I get that you're frustrated.
20:35But given the situation,
20:36my stomach kept sinking
20:37the more she talked.
20:38So the spirit fed me
20:39bad information this whole time.
20:41All my confidence
20:41for nothing.
20:42Marlo,
20:43I know you're a good person.
20:44But my son's fiance
20:45is Sabrina.
20:46Some things aren't up
20:48to us to decide.
20:49Let's just stick
20:50to what we agreed.
20:51I don't want this
20:52getting ugly for you
20:53or for you to lose face.
20:56Mrs. Marchetti probably
20:58didn't want to watch me
20:59humiliate myself further.
21:01She transferred me
21:02half a million dollars
21:03right there.
21:04Said there'd be more
21:05once I left.
21:06She'd reach out again later.
21:08It was already
21:09a serious amount of money.
21:10Enough to finish the degree
21:12I'd always wanted.
21:13Maybe even study abroad.
21:15But looking at Cassius's face,
21:17familiar and strange
21:18at once,
21:20all I felt was
21:21raw resentment.
21:22Why should I lose this?
21:23I thought back to the spirit
21:24urging me on
21:25over and over.
21:26You deserve to be remembered.
21:27You deserve the credit.
21:29Are you really going
21:30to let Sabrina
21:30walk over you again?
21:32If I forget everything,
21:34you have to stand your ground.
21:35Tell the truth.
21:36Don't you dare go soft.
21:38Don't let her take
21:38what's yours.
21:39I'd lose respect for you.
21:40Remembering those words,
21:42something in me studied
21:42and I found a bit of courage.
21:44Right then,
21:45Cassius narrowed his eyes
21:46like he wanted to say something.
21:48Sabrina,
21:48riding high.
21:49See?
21:50She's some random woman
21:51trying to work an angle.
21:52I'll get her out of here
21:53right now.
21:54She shot my parents a look.
21:55They lunged forward eager,
21:56ready to throw me out
21:57like they had a hundred times before.
21:59Then,
21:59the next second,
22:00Cassius,
22:00with more strength than before,
22:02snapped at Sabrina.
22:03Shut up!
22:06That was the first time
22:07since he woke up.
22:08I saw open disgust
22:09in his eyes.
22:10That single word
22:11gave me a spine.
22:12I stood my ground.
22:13He clearly has something
22:14to say to me.
22:15Until he tells me himself
22:16to leave,
22:17I'm not going anywhere.
22:18Mrs. Marchetti
22:18hadn't expected this side of me.
22:20Surprise flickered
22:21across her face,
22:22followed by something
22:22like respect.
22:23Cassius glared at Sabrina
22:25until she reluctantly
22:26backed off
22:27from the bedside.
22:28He raised his finger
22:29toward me again.
22:30Come here.
22:31Read me two lines
22:32of the business news.
22:33Sabrina and I
22:34both understood at once.
22:35Cassius hadn't believed
22:36a word she said.
22:37He held some fragment
22:38of memory,
22:40just not enough
22:41to trust.
22:41So he was testing it,
22:43scene by scene,
22:44looking for the truth.
22:45Sabrina panicked.
22:46Cassius,
22:46what's the point of this?
22:47I'm your fiancé.
22:48Everyone already knows
22:49we're getting married.
22:51If it wasn't me
22:52taking care of you,
22:52who else could it be?
22:53Some stranger?
22:54Fine,
22:55she came by the room
22:55a few times,
22:56but she's just some nurse
22:56I hired.
22:57That doesn't change
22:58our engagement, Cassius.
23:00Shut up!
23:01This time,
23:02it was Mrs. Marchetti
23:03who told Sabrina
23:04to shut up.
23:05She'd had enough
23:06of the display,
23:07told her to be quiet
23:08or leave.
23:09I grabbed my chance,
23:10pulled the tablet
23:11from the nightstand,
23:13and started reading
23:13the news with practiced ease.
23:15I used my usual tone,
23:17the same rhythm
23:18I always read in,
23:19tossing in a few
23:20of my odd little
23:20side comments
23:21along the way.
23:22Cassius' expression
23:23stayed still
23:24the entire time,
23:25but Sabrina's face
23:26kept twisting.
23:28When I finished reading,
23:29Cassius had recovered
23:30even more strength.
23:32He signaled the doctor
23:33to raise the bed
23:34so he could sit upright.
23:36Then he stared hard
23:37at me and Sabrina,
23:38his voice sharp.
23:39I'll ask one more time.
23:41Who took care of me
23:42this whole time?
23:42Who was it?
23:43And this time,
23:44I wasn't going to be
23:45a coward about it.
23:46It was me
23:47the whole time.
23:48If nobody believed it,
23:50the security footage
23:51would prove it.
23:52I hesitated only a second
23:53before speaking up.
23:54It was me.
23:56I've been by your side
23:58this whole time
23:58taking care of you
23:59personally.
24:00The movies,
24:00the music,
24:01the opera,
24:01the news I read to you,
24:02bathing you,
24:03that was all me.
24:04Marlotte.
24:07Things hadn't gone
24:08according to plan,
24:09but watching me
24:10stand up for myself,
24:11Mrs. Marchetti
24:12looked almost relieved.
24:13Cassius' mouth curled,
24:15satisfied,
24:16like he liked
24:16what he'd heard.
24:17The moment our eyes met,
24:19I had a feeling.
24:20Cassius had gotten
24:21his memories back
24:21the second he woke up.
24:23He'd just been testing
24:24whether I'd fight for myself,
24:25dragging this out
24:26on purpose.
24:27I'll give 20 million
24:28to whoever actually
24:29took care of me instead.
24:30I still had no idea
24:31if he remembered
24:32the 20 million.
24:33If he did,
24:34could he transfer it already?
24:36Wouldn't that be
24:36the perfect way
24:37to piss Sabrina off?
24:38Sabrina caught the shift
24:39in the room.
24:40Still not ready to give up,
24:41she made one last push.
24:43That's not true.
24:44Don't listen to her.
24:46Cassius,
24:47you know how she is.
24:48She's always bullied me,
24:50always taken what's mine.
24:51Now she's trying
24:52to steal my man too.
24:53Sabrina shouldn't
24:54have said that.
24:55The lie made something
24:56click in Cassius' eyes,
24:58like more memories surfacing.
24:59His face turned dark
25:00as night.
25:02Sabrina,
25:02I don't want to look
25:03at you right now.
25:04Get as far from me
25:05as possible!
25:06At his word,
25:07Mrs. Marchetti raised a hand,
25:09calling the guards.
25:11Just as they moved
25:12to drag Sabrina out,
25:14Cassius spoke again.
25:16Wait.
25:19Sabrina's face lit up.
25:21She thought he was
25:22having second thoughts.
25:23But instead,
25:24Cassius leaned toward
25:25his mother
25:26and murmured something.
25:28Then he looked up
25:29and smiled at me.
25:30Marlo,
25:31to thank you
25:32for taking care of me
25:33these past six months,
25:35I'm giving you
25:36$20 million.
25:37Everyone here
25:38is a witness.
25:38This is a gift
25:39given freely.
25:41Take it.
25:42The next second,
25:43through Mrs. Marchetti's
25:44arrangement,
25:45my phone buzzed
25:46with a deposit alert.
25:47$20 million.
25:48My head spun.
25:49I nearly fainted
25:50from happiness.
25:52The Brina shriek
25:53snapped me back
25:53to reality.
25:54Marlo!
25:55How dare you!
25:56Her face twisted
25:57with jealousy,
25:58eyes bloodshot.
25:59That money should be mine!
26:01If I hadn't handed you
26:03this opportunity,
26:04you'd never have gotten it!
26:06Give it to me!
26:07Give it back!
26:09Just as she lunged at me,
26:10claws out.
26:11The guards dragged her
26:12and my parents away
26:13without a word.
26:14The press caught
26:15the whole ugly scene,
26:16cameras flashing.
26:18It felt good
26:18watching her go down
26:19like that.
26:20I decided right then,
26:21I'd hire the best lawyer
26:23I could find.
26:24Sue my parents
26:24for the years of abuse.
26:25Cut ties with them
26:27for good.
26:27After the press
26:28finished a few
26:29quick questions,
26:30the room finally
26:30went quiet.
26:33Mrs. Marchetti
26:34didn't scold me.
26:35She even stepped out,
26:36giving me and Cassius
26:37space to talk.
26:38Facing the real
26:39living Cassius now,
26:40I felt oddly awkward.
26:42He watched me fidget,
26:43amused.
26:44He narrowed his eyes,
26:45teasing.
26:46Marlo,
26:47how did you know
26:48Limburg's my favorite?
26:49Huh?
26:50I was still riding high
26:51on the $20 million.
26:52It took me a second
26:53to catch up.
26:54Cassius smirked.
26:55For my image?
26:57And because Sabrina
26:58hated the smell,
26:59I always told people
26:59I couldn't stand it.
27:00You couldn't have
27:01heard me say it.
27:02I couldn't speak
27:03the whole time I was out,
27:04so how'd you know?
27:05Tell me the truth,
27:06Marlo.
27:06Did you see my spirit
27:08while my mind and body
27:09were split apart?
27:10Well, damn.
27:11So that question earlier
27:12wasn't just a test.
27:13It was him checking
27:14his own suspicion.
27:17I, well,
27:18you talked in your sleep.
27:20Sort of.
27:20I was in the room
27:22around the clock,
27:22so I overheard it.
27:23My eyes darted away,
27:25nerves spiking.
27:27Is that right?
27:28What did I say,
27:29exactly?
27:31You said you were dying
27:32for a bite of Limburger.
27:34Said the second you woke up,
27:35you wanted to eat
27:35a whole wheel by yourself.
27:37The moment it left my mouth,
27:39I slapped a hand over it.
27:42Damn it.
27:43I'd just repeated
27:44the spirit
27:45as exact words,
27:46word for word.
27:48Watching my face
27:49go red,
27:49panicked.
27:50Cassius gave me
27:51his first real smile
27:53since waking up.
27:55Marlo,
27:55I suspected it back then
27:56that you could hear me.
27:58How else would I mention
27:59wanting Limburger one day
28:00and you show up
28:01with a whole teal the next?
28:03I'd think of a movie
28:04and you'd already
28:04be playing it.
28:05I'd figured we just clicked.
28:07Turns out you could see
28:08my spirit the whole time.
28:10Tell me straight,
28:12did you only step up
28:13because you heard me
28:14promise the 20 million?
28:16I gave an embarrassed laugh.
28:18Loving money's
28:18just human nature,
28:19right?
28:21Cassius wasn't hurting
28:22for cash.
28:23Surely he wouldn't
28:24hold it against me.
28:25I thought it over
28:26and found my footing.
28:28But out of everyone
28:29in the world,
28:29I was the only one
28:31who saw your spirit.
28:32The only one who heard
28:33what you really wanted.
28:34That's,
28:35that has to count as fate,
28:37doesn't it?
28:38The moment I said it,
28:39the air between us shifted.
28:41I'd crossed a line.
28:42I could feel it.
28:43But instead of pulling back,
28:45Cassius nodded,
28:46like he agreed completely.
28:48You're right.
28:49That's fate.
28:51He reached out,
28:53slow and effortful,
28:54and closed his hand
28:55over mine.
28:56Marlo,
28:57I like this side of you.
28:59Bold,
29:00not afraid to fight
29:01for yourself.
29:02You won't answer
29:03to the Vos family again.
29:05I told you I'd make them pay.
29:07And I will.
29:10The warmth in my hand
29:11steadied me
29:12for the first time.
29:13This was the first time
29:14Cassius and I
29:15had ever really stood
29:16face to face.
29:17But it felt like
29:18we'd known each other
29:19for years.
29:20Since you put it that way,
29:21boss,
29:21I guess I'll just sit back
29:23and watch you go
29:23destroy my enemies.
29:24Cassius looked pleased.
29:26There was nothing awkward
29:27between us at all.
29:28He was back to how
29:29he'd been as a spirit.
29:30Cheeks red,
29:31he made me a promise.
29:32The wedding my mother
29:33promised you the whole thing.
29:34I'll follow through
29:35once I'm fully healed.
29:36You have my word.
29:37The tips of my ears
29:38went hot.
29:39I believe you.
29:41So,
29:42want me to go crack open
29:44a durian for you right now?
29:45Cassius laughed,
29:46open and easy.
29:47I couldn't help
29:48smiling right back.
29:50Twenty million dollars
29:51already in my account.
29:53No strings.
29:54No tricks.
29:55Turned out the dawn
29:56was a man of his word.
29:57When the wedding came,
29:58I wanted my parents
29:59to see it.
30:00Really see it.
30:01Who said seeing spirits
30:03was a curse?
30:04Cassius was proof enough.
30:05My gift wasn't
30:07bad luck at all.
30:08It was the best thing
30:09that ever happened to me.
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