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00:00:01Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
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00:01:29Three years, my belly swelled and flattened over and over.
00:01:33I was left covered in scars, wasting away to nothing.
00:01:37It wasn't until I was completely numb that Ian finally remembered to come for me.
00:01:46By the time Ian's helicopter landed, the three mercenaries had finally gotten off me.
00:01:51Your adoptive brother's here for you. Get dressed. When you get back, you know what to say and what to
00:01:57keep your mouth shut about.
00:01:59I won't say anything. I got dressed without a word, never once looking up. My damaged throat could only repeat
00:02:05the words in a harsh, mechanical voice.
00:02:07I'll be good. I swear I'll be good.
00:02:11What a waste. If I'd known her adopted brother was coming, I'd have made the most of those three years.
00:02:15She's the first one to ever made it out alive. Lucky her.
00:02:19Their voices faded, but that word, lucky, made me laugh through my tears.
00:02:25Then the battered wooden door swung open, and the glare made me blink.
00:02:29Through the blinding light and blowing sand, I saw Ian for the first time in three years, standing there with
00:02:34his bodyguards.
00:02:35I'll coordinate with Mrs. Yang. We'll make sure the dress and wedding are exactly what she wants.
00:02:41He'd probably just stopped by between meetings. His assistant was still going over the wedding details with him.
00:02:46But all I could see was the screen.
00:02:48Olivia Young, my best friend, stood there in a white wedding gown, wearing the diamond and platinum bracelet.
00:02:54It was a Payne family heirloom.
00:02:57At my debutante ball, on my 18th birthday, Ian put it on my wrist himself.
00:03:01The next day, every major outlet called me the one he cherished most.
00:03:05And now it was on Olivia's wrist.
00:03:07Olivia is my fiancée. From now on, you call her Olivia.
00:03:16A mercenary's words came rushing back to me.
00:03:18Your adoptive brother isn't coming. He already found someone else.
00:03:21So, the woman he's with is Olivia, but...
00:03:25Why her?
00:03:26The second I said it, Ian's face changed.
00:03:28If not her, then who?
00:03:29Sophie, you're still lusting after your own adoptive brother.
00:03:32Doesn't that disgust you?
00:03:33Frozen.
00:03:34After three years of feeling nothing, that word still made my heart ache.
00:03:37I forced a smile and tried to make my voice sound normal.
00:03:40I won't. Not ever again.
00:03:41Olivia and I are getting married. Get those sick thoughts out of your head.
00:03:46Ian gave me nothing but that cold warning.
00:03:48Then he boarded the plane.
00:03:50His bodyguards kept watching me, like they were afraid I'd throw myself at him again.
00:03:54My throat was raw.
00:03:56I followed him in silence.
00:03:58We didn't speak the whole flight.
00:03:59I stayed in the back with my head down, trying to disappear, but I could still feel his eyes on
00:04:04me.
00:04:05Then the plane jolt, sending me straight into Ian.
00:04:08He went stearic for a splint second.
00:04:10Then he shoved me away.
00:04:12Sophie, if you're still shameless enough to want your own adoptive brother, get off this plane right now.
00:04:17Go back for another three years and learn your place.
00:04:19His eyes burned with rage and disbelief.
00:04:22One sentence, and it all came rushing back.
00:04:25My pinky severed, cleaner forced down my throat, men taking turns coming into my room at night.
00:04:30No, please, don't send me back.
00:04:34I saw the black airline crate behind me, and my whole body started shaking.
00:04:38Please, I'm begging you, please don't.
00:04:40Those memories came rushing back.
00:04:42That dark room, that endless pain.
00:04:48But Ian wouldn't even let me explain.
00:04:50He just ordered his bodyguards to move.
00:04:52I'm sorry!
00:04:53I won't love you anymore!
00:04:55Please!
00:04:56Don't lock me in there!
00:05:01Even after the crate door shut, Ian just stood there and watched me beg.
00:05:06The last sliver of light disappeared, and I was back in those three hellish years.
00:05:11Ha ha ha, come on!
00:05:13Man, aren't you an Oscar-winning actress?
00:05:15Weren't you some rich little princess?
00:05:18Scream for us!
00:05:19Go on!
00:05:20Some star you are.
00:05:21You can't even serve a man like a hooker can.
00:05:23A fallen princess is just a hooker, isn't she?
00:05:26Sir, Miss Carter doesn't look right.
00:05:28She, hasn't she pulled this before?
00:05:30Same old act.
00:05:31If she keeps this up, Olivia's gonna be upset.
00:05:33The assistant's voice came from outside the crate, and was cut off mid-sentence by Ian.
00:05:38I don't even have many days left.
00:05:40It's been six months since they diagnosed me with cancer.
00:05:42My body's already at its limit.
00:05:45This time, I just want to leave with some dignity.
00:05:49The rotors thundered over my head, pounding all the way through my bones.
00:05:54Curled up in that cramped crate, I tasted blood and clutched my mother's silver necklace.
00:05:59Mom?
00:06:00Dad?
00:06:01Wait for me.
00:06:02I'll be with you soon.
00:06:09I don't know how long it had been.
00:06:11When I opened my eyes, the harsh white light still hurt.
00:06:15The white walls, the busy hallway, the familiar news on TV.
00:06:20They all told me the same thing.
00:06:22I was finally back home.
00:06:25You're awake.
00:06:27Where's your family?
00:06:28Why isn't anyone here with you?
00:06:29The TV was showing a news report about Olivia and Ian.
00:06:32I don't have any family anymore.
00:06:33My fingertips trembled, and I shook my head.
00:06:36I can see you've had chemo.
00:06:38So you already knew, didn't you?
00:06:42You have one month left.
00:06:46Make the most of the time you have.
00:06:49I looked at the words on the report, late stage bone cancer.
00:06:52I'd seen those words before.
00:06:53I just didn't expect to have another month.
00:06:55But maybe that was enough.
00:06:57Enough to put my affairs in order.
00:06:58That night, I fell asleep in pain.
00:07:00But for the first time in three years, I slept in peace.
00:07:09When I woke up, Ian and Olivia were in my room.
00:07:14How could you be this sick and not tell us?
00:07:16When she saw I was awake, her eyes were full of tears.
00:07:26Ian stood by my bed, my lab report in his hand.
00:07:29My heart jolted.
00:07:30I grabbed the blanket, knuckles white.
00:07:33You really never change, do you?
00:07:37Having fun?
00:07:38And then I heard him sneer.
00:07:40The edge of the paper scraped my face, leaving a sting.
00:07:42I froze, looked up, and met his ice-cold eyes.
00:07:45Fake medical records?
00:07:47You really haven't changed.
00:07:49Ian bit out every word, disgust all over his face.
00:07:52No one treats her.
00:07:54Get all this equipment out.
00:07:58He gave the order to the bodyguards.
00:08:01The door shut.
00:08:02Through the haze, I was a child again.
00:08:04I ate seafood by mistake, and had a severe allergic reaction.
00:08:09Ian flew into a rage, fired every serpent in the house, and stayed by my bed all night, checking my
00:08:16temperature over and over.
00:08:17Back then, I was all that mattered to him.
00:08:20And now, I finally understood.
00:08:22That tenderness was never love, just duty.
00:08:25Have you learned your lesson yet?
00:08:30I don't know how long I lay there before a cold voice broke through.
00:08:33I forced my eyes open, my whole body aching.
00:08:38Yes.
00:08:39But the second I met Ian's eyes, I nodded.
00:08:45Olivia put together a welcome home dinner for you.
00:08:47Come on, everyone's waiting.
00:08:49Ian frowned slightly, caught off guard by how obedient I was.
00:08:52Then he fed me an allergy pill.
00:08:54All the way there, Olivia's face was everywhere.
00:08:58Billboards, posters, ads.
00:09:00After three years, everyone seemed to have moved on.
00:09:04I was still in the war zone.
00:09:06As soon as we got out of the car, Olivia came right over.
00:09:09Ian, Sophie, you're finally here.
00:09:12I heard Mr. Payne got so mad at her, he sent her overseas.
00:09:16Olivia got all her opportunities after that.
00:09:19Just look at her.
00:09:20Then look at Olivia's couture and those million-dollar jewels.
00:09:23So what if she's adopted sister?
00:09:25She still can't compare to the woman he's going to marry.
00:09:28I could hear them whispering around me.
00:09:31Sophie, after you were left in the war zone, Ian found out I also love acting.
00:09:36So he had me take over your roles.
00:09:38You don't mind, do you?
00:09:40I don't mind.
00:09:43I blinked slowly.
00:09:44Ian saw how quiet I was.
00:09:46Something flickered in his eyes.
00:09:48He said nothing.
00:09:48The welcome home dinner started right on time.
00:09:51I sat in the corner, head down, too afraid to look at anyone.
00:09:57Miss Carter.
00:09:59Long time no see.
00:10:00Then I heard that familiar voice.
00:10:02My whole body jolted.
00:10:08A little gift, Sophie.
00:10:10I know you'll love it.
00:10:12That face.
00:10:13I'd seen him in my tent before.
00:10:15His greasy eyes stayed fixed on me as he pushed the pearls toward me.
00:10:19My breath quickened.
00:10:20I stared at those pearls.
00:10:22White.
00:10:22Round.
00:10:23Strung one after another.
00:10:24They reminded me of another string.
00:10:26White.
00:10:26Round.
00:10:27Broken.
00:10:27Scattered across mud.
00:10:29Over me.
00:10:29Into...
00:10:30What were you thinking?
00:10:31You didn't even say thank you.
00:10:33Ian was suddenly right beside me.
00:10:35He looked at me, clearly annoyed.
00:10:37It was pure instinct.
00:10:40I got to my feet.
00:10:42Trembling.
00:10:43I walked over and sat in his lap.
00:10:45Numb.
00:10:46I looped my arm around his neck.
00:10:49And fed him wine, mouth to mouth.
00:10:51The whole ballroom went dead silent.
00:10:55A few seconds later, I heard a glass shatter.
00:11:01Then came Ian's furious voice.
00:11:05Sophie!
00:11:10He yanked me aside, rage blazing in his eyes.
00:11:13I watched him beat the man, Amrasekin, until he collapsed.
00:11:19The pain in my wrist finally snapped me back to reality.
00:11:24Ian.
00:11:25I came to.
00:11:27Don't call me that.
00:11:30I don't have a shameless adopted sister like you.
00:11:33Ian tightened his grip on my wrist.
00:11:35His knuckles were still bloody.
00:11:37But his gaze was ice cold.
00:11:39The blood drained from my face.
00:11:41Right.
00:11:42I was already ruined.
00:11:43My pinky.
00:11:44My voice.
00:11:45My broken body.
00:11:47Every scar.
00:11:48Every memory reminded me of what I'd become.
00:11:53Sophie, are you really going to destroy your own reputation just to make Ian jealous?
00:11:57Olivia looked at our clasped hands, clenched her jaw, and stepped forward.
00:12:02All fake concern.
00:12:03Before I could say a word, Ian's face darkened.
00:12:06He grabbed my wrist, threw me into the garden pool, and turned the hose on me.
00:12:14The freezing water soaked me through instantly.
00:12:18Someone.
00:12:20Scrub her down with disinfectant.
00:12:22She doesn't come out until she's clean.
00:12:24Ian gave the order coldly.
00:12:26I froze.
00:12:29For a second, I was back in that crowded tent.
00:12:32My whole body started shaking.
00:12:35Ian.
00:12:36I'm sorry.
00:12:37Please, don't.
00:12:39Hold her down.
00:12:43Ian showed no mercy.
00:12:46The servants pinned my shoulders while the others poured disinfectant over me.
00:12:54The cold left my skin burning.
00:12:56By the time I collapsed on the wet grass, I was shaking so hard.
00:13:01I didn't even have the strength to kneel and beg forgiveness.
00:13:08Sophie, no matter what you do, I'll never love you.
00:13:10The one I love is Olivia.
00:13:12Do you understand?
00:13:13Ian waved everyone off and stood over me.
00:13:15I looked at his cold, heartless face.
00:13:17It felt like something inside me had been torn away.
00:13:21I understand.
00:13:25I would never love him again.
00:13:27I couldn't risk it.
00:13:29He stared at me for a few seconds, said nothing, and walked away.
00:13:34The garden was warm with spring sunshine, but I felt ice cold.
00:13:39I wrapped my arms around myself.
00:13:42Then I heard a soft meow by my feet and looked down.
00:13:46A tiny ball of fluff rubbed against my leg.
00:13:50It was Snowball, all dirty and scruffy.
00:13:53My parents' faces flashed through my mind.
00:13:56Sweetheart, this kitten will keep you a company for us.
00:13:59Take good care of it.
00:14:01Mom and Dad will come take you home soon.
00:14:06I pulled Snowball into my arms.
00:14:08The warmth of its soft fur made me finally break down and cry.
00:14:13That night, I burned with fever until morning.
00:14:17I dreamed of Mom and Dad.
00:14:19I reached for them.
00:14:22But I could never hold on.
00:14:27The next morning, I was woken by the noise.
00:14:31The servants were moving Olivia's things into the villa.
00:14:41Ian, I love Sophie's room with the mountain view.
00:14:44Can we knock the two rooms together and make it our bedroom?
00:14:50Fine.
00:14:51Ian looked at me.
00:14:53He was silent for a few seconds.
00:14:55Ben nodded.
00:14:56Olivia had the staff throw my things out one by one.
00:14:59I didn't say a word, like I wasn't even there.
00:15:05At least you're finally behaving yourself.
00:15:07Ian watched me and frowned.
00:15:09I kept my head down and said nothing.
00:15:15Then I heard a sharp cry upstairs.
00:15:17My heart clenched.
00:15:19Ignoring the dizziness, I ran upstairs.
00:15:24Snowball was on the floor, blood at its mouth.
00:15:27Olivia stood in the doorway with a baseball bat, clutching the back of her hand.
00:15:33Ian's face changed.
00:15:34He shoved me aside.
00:15:36I hit the metal door handle, splitting open my forehead.
00:15:45Ian, that cat jumped at me and scratched me.
00:15:48I was so scared.
00:15:50When I came to, Olivia was in Ian's arms, her eyes red.
00:15:55Sophie, you knew Olivia was afraid of cats.
00:15:58Why did you bring that animal in here?
00:16:00Snowball would never scratch anyone.
00:16:02He's gentle.
00:16:03Enough!
00:16:04You couldn't even control it, and you're still making excuses.
00:16:08Someone kill that cat.
00:16:10Ian cut me off.
00:16:10His voice was icy.
00:16:12My head was spinning, and my fingers wouldn't stop shaking.
00:16:20I'm so sorry.
00:16:22I won't do it again.
00:16:24Please spare Snowball.
00:16:27I dropped hard to my knees and pressed my forehead to the floor.
00:16:31Stop banging your head.
00:16:33He snapped at me coldly, but I acted like I didn't hear him.
00:16:37I just kept slamming my forehead into the floor, until it was a bloody mess.
00:16:43I told you to stop.
00:16:46When he grabbed my hand, he felt what was missing from my pinky.
00:16:50He froze.
00:16:54What happened to your finger?
00:17:06Sophie, even if you can't have Ian, you can't hurt yourself like this.
00:17:10You're trying to make him feel guilty so you can force him to marry you?
00:17:16Olivia rushed over and grabbed my arm, looking heartbroken.
00:17:23Sophie, if you care that much about that cat, then kneel on the gravel all night and think
00:17:28about what you've done.
00:17:29The concern on Ian's face vanishes in an instant, replaced by pure rage.
00:17:34He shoved me away, his voice ice cold.
00:17:37When he finished, he didn't even look at me.
00:17:40He turned and walked away with Olivia in his arms.
00:17:51The garden was cold in the night air.
00:17:54I knelt there, letting the ache in my knees spread through me.
00:17:59Poor Miss Carter.
00:18:01Mr. Payne never used to treat her like this.
00:18:03Yeah, what did she do?
00:18:09The servants kept whispering.
00:18:11What did I do wrong?
00:18:13I loved someone I never should have loved.
00:18:17Ian, don't worry.
00:18:18Soon you'll be rid of me for good.
00:18:20Then something warm brushed against my hand.
00:18:23I looked down.
00:18:24Snowball was rubbing against my finger, almost as if she were telling me not to be sad.
00:18:29Before I go, I'll find you a good home.
00:18:33You'll have a happy life again soon.
00:18:39Snowball seemed to understand.
00:18:41She gently nuzzled my chin.
00:18:44I never imagined I'd find Snowball dead the next day.
00:18:48Someone killed him while I was out getting food.
00:18:51I came back with bread and saw that tiny body curled up on the stone path, completely still.
00:18:59Up close, I saw his little belly caved in, his limbs bent at impossible angles.
00:19:05Only his amber eyes were still turned toward me, like he'd been waiting for me to come back.
00:19:13I stood there clutching the bread, frozen for a long time.
00:19:17As the sun rose, the staff filed out to sweep the grounds and trim the fowers.
00:19:23They looked completely calm, as if they already knew.
00:19:33I walked over and stared down at him.
00:19:35I wanted to cry, but I had no tears left.
00:19:43It started to rain.
00:19:46I dug a small hole in the backyard, and laid my kitten to rest with the bread.
00:19:54I'm sorry.
00:19:57I couldn't protect you.
00:19:59Fighting back tears, I slowly covered him with dirt.
00:20:11I walked back into the house, drenched through.
00:20:17The door flew open, and Ian came in, his face dark.
00:20:22Sophie, look what you've done.
00:20:25He shoved his phone in front of me.
00:20:28In huge red letters, it read,
00:20:30Oscar-winning actress Sophie Carter so really loved her adoptive brother for 15 years' scandalous handwritten diary leak.
00:20:36Underneath were comments tearing me apart.
00:20:38Some even dug up my old photos,
00:20:40turned them into memorial portraits,
00:20:42and wrote,
00:20:44Hope she dies soon.
00:20:45I read each line.
00:20:47The color drained from my face.
00:20:53Do you know what they're saying about you on social media right now?
00:20:57That you're shameless.
00:20:59You bit the hand that fed you.
00:21:02The Payne family wasted 15 years
00:21:05raising an ingrate.
00:21:09Ian's gaze were ice.
00:21:11Cold.
00:21:16No.
00:21:17I didn't.
00:21:19You didn't.
00:21:21Then who did?
00:21:22The screen was filled with words.
00:21:24I love Ian.
00:21:25I want to be his wife.
00:21:27I dream about him every day.
00:21:29I opened my mouth,
00:21:30but no words came.
00:21:33He'd rubbed my stomach and made me honey silliman tea when I got my first period.
00:21:37He'd scared off the first boy who confessed to me.
00:21:41At my debutante ball,
00:21:43he'd even knelt down to fix my dress.
00:21:47I wrote every bit of that love in my diary.
00:21:49A secret I could never say out loud.
00:21:52And now a hacker had stolen it and exposed it to the world.
00:21:56Sophie, I'm getting married.
00:21:58Are you really trying to steal your best friend's fiance?
00:22:01Ian's voice turned even colder.
00:22:04I froze.
00:22:05He'd gotten it all wrong.
00:22:07But the words cut so deep.
00:22:08I thought my heart couldn't be hurt like that anymore.
00:22:11But hearing him say it out loud,
00:22:13the pain came right back.
00:22:15Mr. Payne.
00:22:19Mr. Payne.
00:22:20Ms. Young saw the trending post about her
00:22:22and fell from a platform while filming.
00:22:24She's at the hospital.
00:22:25She needs blood now.
00:22:26And she's RH negative.
00:22:27Just then,
00:22:28Ian's assistant came rushing over.
00:22:30Panic written all over his face.
00:22:31Ian's eyes snapped to me.
00:22:32I stepped back.
00:22:33I knew that look too well.
00:22:34It was the same look he had when left me behind
00:22:37and took Olivia away in that helicopter.
00:22:39He was going to use my blood to save her.
00:22:41You have the same blood type as Olivia.
00:22:43Come to the hospital with me.
00:22:45Now.
00:22:45His voice left no room for argument.
00:22:53I was dragged into the car.
00:22:55He drove like hell.
00:22:56I curled up in the back seat,
00:22:58white as a sheet.
00:22:59Ian glanced at me in the rear view mirror.
00:23:01Something in him faltered.
00:23:02He forced himself to look away
00:23:03and pressed harder on the gas.
00:23:10Ian.
00:23:11It hurts so much.
00:23:13At the private hospital,
00:23:15Olivia lay pale in bed.
00:23:16The second she fought Ian,
00:23:18her eyes filled with tears.
00:23:19Don't be afraid.
00:23:20I'll have them start the transfusion right away.
00:23:23Ian and took Olivia's hand.
00:23:25I stood in the doorway.
00:23:27Even after everything,
00:23:28my heart still hurt when I heard it.
00:23:32The second I saw the syringe,
00:23:34numbness turned to fear.
00:23:35Back in the war zone,
00:23:36every syringe meant they were dragging me back into that tent.
00:23:39My body remembered.
00:23:40I covered my head and tried to run.
00:23:42No.
00:23:44I don't want this.
00:23:46Please, no.
00:23:47No matter how hard I screamed,
00:23:48it was useless.
00:23:49They pinned me down.
00:23:49Fear flooded my eyes.
00:23:51Ian wavered for a second,
00:23:52then went cold again.
00:23:53It's just a little blood.
00:23:54It'll be over fast.
00:23:56Ian said it like it meant nothing.
00:23:58I reached for him.
00:23:59I wanted to tell him I would never love him again.
00:24:01Maybe then I could finally let go.
00:24:03Then the needle went in.
00:24:04I curled up as warm blood left my body,
00:24:07and a deep chill ran through me.
00:24:10You have to stop.
00:24:11She's going into shock.
00:24:13Keep going.
00:24:14Olivia has to be okay.
00:24:16The nurse cried out.
00:24:17Then Ian's cold,
00:24:19distant voice reached me.
00:24:20Those words cut deeper than anything.
00:24:22Something in me broke for good,
00:24:24and I felt a strange release.
00:24:25Maybe it was better this way.
00:24:27Dying meant I could finally be at peace
00:24:29with Mom, Dad, and Snowball.
00:24:35Get her the best room.
00:24:36Bring in blood from the regional medical center.
00:24:38Now.
00:24:42Ian threw that out and hurried off.
00:24:47Mr. Payne is so good to Miss Young.
00:24:50They're getting married in seven days.
00:24:51Such a perfect match.
00:24:53Yeah.
00:24:53Unlike that washed-up actress next door,
00:24:56throwing herself at the man who raised her.
00:24:58No wonder she's only got two weeks left.
00:25:00People like her get what's coming to them.
00:25:03I couldn't hear the rest.
00:25:04When I woke up again,
00:25:06I was in the hospital bed,
00:25:07getting a transfusion.
00:25:08The nurses kept talking outside.
00:25:10I lay there,
00:25:12pale and silent.
00:25:20Back at the Payne estate,
00:25:22I found three wooden boards and a knife.
00:25:24One for Snowball.
00:25:26One for myself.
00:25:27The last stayed blank.
00:25:31Maybe I was close to the end.
00:25:33I was so weak I could barely move.
00:25:35It took me three days to finish the three memorial plaques.
00:25:39All the while,
00:25:40the TV was full of Olivia and Ian.
00:25:42Walks by the ocean,
00:25:43kissing at sunset,
00:25:45holding each other in a field of flowers.
00:25:47The tenderness in his eyes was almost unbearable.
00:25:50I turned off the TV.
00:25:52I couldn't feel pain anymore.
00:25:57At first light,
00:25:58I took the plaques I'd carved and went to church.
00:26:10The moment I arrived,
00:26:11I saw two familiar figures beneath the wish tree.
00:26:15What would you like to pray for, my child?
00:26:20I'm praying my baby is born safe and healthy.
00:26:24I'm praying the woman beside me gets her wish.
00:26:27The priest asked Olivia.
00:26:28She touched her belly and answered sweetly.
00:26:31Ian smiled, his voice gentle.
00:26:35Mr. Payne is so gentle.
00:26:37I heard Olivia is wrapping up this film.
00:26:39Then she's retiring to be a rich wife.
00:26:41That baby is so lucky.
00:26:43Dad's a New York tycoon.
00:26:45Mom's an international star.
00:26:47Beneath the sea of prayer cards,
00:26:48he was all tenderness,
00:26:49holding her hand,
00:26:50helping her hang her wish,
00:26:52guarding her belly.
00:26:53Fans had spotted them
00:26:53and were whispering about how lucky they were.
00:26:56I clutched the blank memorial plaque.
00:26:59I had a child once.
00:27:01Ian's child.
00:27:03But the first time those men came into my tent in the war zone,
00:27:06I lost the baby.
00:27:08If my baby had lived,
00:27:09they'd be running around by now.
00:27:12On the other side of the wish tree,
00:27:14Olivia rose on tiptoe and kissed Ian's cheek.
00:27:17He whispered something in her ear,
00:27:19and she blushed,
00:27:21hiding her face against his chest.
00:27:24I watched them,
00:27:25and felt sick to my stomach.
00:27:27I ducked away,
00:27:28head down,
00:27:29into the prayer hall.
00:27:30I set the three memorial plaques beside my parents' plaques,
00:27:34then wiped theirs clean.
00:27:36Mom,
00:27:36Dad,
00:27:37I'm sorry.
00:27:39It took me three years to come see you.
00:27:41My voice was barely above a whisper,
00:27:44like I was afraid of disturbing the dead.
00:27:45But don't worry.
00:27:48We will be together again soon.
00:27:51I paused,
00:27:53forced a smile,
00:27:54and knelt.
00:27:58Footsteps came from behind.
00:28:00I turned.
00:28:11Sophie,
00:28:12aren't you tired of this whole I'm dying act?
00:28:15Ian looked surprised to see me,
00:28:17but the moment his eyes fell on my plaques,
00:28:19his expression darkened.
00:28:21His baseless accusation pierced me all over again.
00:28:26Sophie,
00:28:27is this because Ian and I are getting married?
00:28:30Are you making these awful plaques to vent?
00:28:33If that's it,
00:28:34I won't marry him.
00:28:36Please don't do this to yourself.
00:28:39I was just about to tell him I really was dying
00:28:42when Olivia stepped out from behind him.
00:28:44eyes read.
00:28:47You've completely lost it.
00:28:48Smash those memorial plaques.
00:28:50Ian shielded Olivia behind him.
00:28:52When he looked at me again,
00:28:54his anger deepened.
00:28:56The bodyguard behind him raised a plaque high.
00:28:59No,
00:29:00it shattered into pieces.
00:29:02I froze.
00:29:04Something inside me broke with it.
00:29:06I gathered the pieces,
00:29:07my tears soaking into the broken wood.
00:29:21I watched him walk away.
00:29:23Felt hollow inside.
00:29:25Numb and cold.
00:29:27Ian,
00:29:28don't worry.
00:29:29Soon,
00:29:30I won't bother you anymore.
00:29:32I whispered.
00:29:35Sophie Carter,
00:29:36you homewrecker!
00:29:37How dare you show your face here!
00:29:39Shameless bitch!
00:29:39Hit her!
00:29:40Do it for Olivia!
00:29:41After a long while,
00:29:43I got up,
00:29:44clutching the shattered memorial plaque.
00:29:46Then a crowd of fans rushed in.
00:29:48Fists rained down on me.
00:29:50I curled up,
00:29:51clutching the broken pieces to my chest.
00:29:54It hurt everywhere.
00:29:56I almost called Ian's name.
00:29:59Then stopped.
00:30:01Three years in the war zone,
00:30:02and he'd never come.
00:30:03How could I expect him to save me now?
00:30:06Shameless bitch,
00:30:07go to hell.
00:30:08A bottle smashed into my head.
00:30:10Everything went black.
00:30:12Before I passed out,
00:30:14I thought I saw Ian running toward me in a panic.
00:30:18When I woke up again,
00:30:20it was the same doctor.
00:30:22His eyes were full of pity.
00:30:24Miss Carter,
00:30:26I'm afraid you only have a week left.
00:30:33Then why burn your diary?
00:30:35You can't even behave now.
00:30:37Do you want to go back to the war zone?
00:30:39Ian's voice was edged with anger.
00:30:42I won't do it again!
00:30:44Please don't send me back!
00:30:45The second I heard war zone,
00:30:47my whole body started shaking.
00:30:49The memories came rushing back.
00:30:52Hunger, fear,
00:30:53the smell of sweat on those men.
00:30:56My knees gave out.
00:30:58I couldn't stop banging my forehead against the ground.
00:31:00I didn't even notice the shock on Ian's face.
00:31:04He just stared at my thin, shaking body,
00:31:06his voice barely steady.
00:31:09Sofie,
00:31:10how did you end up like this?
00:31:15Ian,
00:31:16weren't you going to take Sophie and me to my wrap party today?
00:31:20Why so serious?
00:31:22Before he could finish,
00:31:24a soft voice cut in.
00:31:28Do I have to go?
00:31:32If Olivia wants you there,
00:31:33you go.
00:31:38Okay.
00:31:39I closed my eyes.
00:31:41If he wanted me to go,
00:31:42then I'd go.
00:31:44I'd call it repatement for all the years he raised me.
00:31:47After this,
00:31:48we'd be even.
00:31:50When we got to the set,
00:31:51every eye turned to me.
00:31:57A wealthy man walked over.
00:32:00The look in his eyes was horribly familiar.
00:32:03My whole body went rigid,
00:32:05like the pain were happening all over again.
00:32:12You see an old friend and won't even say hello?
00:32:15He's missed you.
00:32:16See those mercenary bodyguards with him?
00:32:19They've missed that battered body of yours too.
00:32:21She clung to my arm like we were still best friends.
00:32:24But her voice was pure venom.
00:32:26I dug my nails into my palm.
00:32:28My whole body shook.
00:32:30Olivia,
00:32:31take Sophie inside first.
00:32:32I need to take a work call.
00:32:34Just when I was about to lose control,
00:32:37Ian's voice cut in.
00:32:38Sophie,
00:32:39look after Olivia.
00:32:41Even as he left,
00:32:42Ian still warned me.
00:32:44His tone was flat,
00:32:45but the look in his eyes said it all.
00:32:47He was afraid I'd hurt Olivia.
00:32:48I stood there watching him walk away.
00:32:54How does she even have the nerve to show up?
00:32:57Going after the man who raised you?
00:32:59If that were me,
00:33:00I'd be too ashamed to live.
00:33:01A piece of trash like that?
00:33:03Only death could wash away the filth.
00:33:07Olivia's little crew walked past,
00:33:09dripping with disgust.
00:33:11Stop.
00:33:12Sophie is still my friend after all.
00:33:14The director's waiting for me,
00:33:15so I should go.
00:33:17Olivia covered her mouth
00:33:18and laughed softly.
00:33:20Once she was gone,
00:33:21I could finally breathe.
00:33:22I never gave a damn
00:33:24about these people before,
00:33:25and I sure as hell didn't now.
00:33:28When filming started up again,
00:33:31Ian came back.
00:33:32Maybe to keep up appearances,
00:33:34he kept his eyes glued to Olivia
00:33:36the entire time.
00:33:40As soon as filming wrapped,
00:33:42Ian draped a blanket over Olivia
00:33:43and asked if she was feeling okay.
00:33:45I stood in the corner,
00:33:46my eyes burning,
00:33:48everything blurring,
00:33:48then the whole room exploded in cheers.
00:33:51Ian had just invited everyone to his wedding,
00:33:53to Olivia.
00:33:55Congratulations flooded the air from every direction.
00:33:57Sophie,
00:33:58all I want in this world is your blessing.
00:34:00Will you be my bridesmaid?
00:34:02Then Olivia walked over to me.
00:34:05If Olivia wants it,
00:34:06then you say yes.
00:34:07Ian was silent for a moment.
00:34:12I wish you both a long,
00:34:14happy life together.
00:34:15I lowered my eyes,
00:34:17hiding the tears,
00:34:18and took the drink.
00:34:20The second it hit my throat,
00:34:22pain tore through me.
00:34:23It felt like my insides were on fire.
00:34:26This broken body of mine
00:34:28couldn't even handle a drop of alcohol.
00:34:31It's one drink, Sophie.
00:34:33Do you have to look like you're dying?
00:34:41I wasn't date.
00:34:43If you weren't,
00:34:44then drink to us again.
00:34:46Ian's words drained the last bit of color from my face.
00:34:49Every single one hit like a hammer to the chest,
00:34:52and all I could feel was grief.
00:34:56I took a breath
00:34:57and poured myself another drink.
00:34:59I forced it down through the burning.
00:35:04It ripped from my throat to my stomach.
00:35:06For a moment,
00:35:07I couldn't tell what hurt more,
00:35:09my body or my heart.
00:35:11Maybe the pain was a good thing.
00:35:12It helped me let him go.
00:35:14I doubled over,
00:35:16just trying to endure it.
00:35:18From now on,
00:35:19Olivia is my fiancé.
00:35:21You behave,
00:35:22and I'll still look after you.
00:35:23I'll treat you like a little sister.
00:35:26Thank you, Ian.
00:35:27I smiled bitterly.
00:35:29Too bad I didn't need that anymore.
00:35:31Ian,
00:35:32come take rap photos with me, please.
00:35:36Go clean yourself up.
00:35:38Don't embarrass me here.
00:35:42Why does she look so bad?
00:35:44Is she faking it?
00:35:45What's the point?
00:35:46Even if she is,
00:35:47Mr. Payne's not going to look at her twice.
00:35:49Exactly.
00:35:50Next to Olivia,
00:35:51she's painful to look at.
00:35:52Ian paused and gave me one look.
00:35:55Then he walked away with Olivia on his arm.
00:35:57and the whispers started up behind my back.
00:36:04Ian,
00:36:04how's Sophie?
00:36:06Her heels clicked down the hallway.
00:36:08Olivia rushed over,
00:36:09looking just worried enough to be convincing.
00:36:11She grabbed Ian's arm.
00:36:13He didn't even look at her.
00:36:14His eyes stayed glued to the operating table through the glass.
00:36:18She followed his gaze,
00:36:19saw my paper white face,
00:36:20and something flickered in her eyes.
00:36:22Sophie will be fine.
00:36:23She cares about you too much to leave you alone.
00:36:25Maybe she's just trying to scare you.
00:36:28Olivia Young's voice was sickeningly sweet.
00:36:30As soon as she said it,
00:36:32the ER doors opened.
00:36:34Who's the family?
00:36:35I am.
00:36:36How is she?
00:36:37I'm sorry.
00:36:38We did everything we could.
00:36:40She's gone.
00:36:42No.
00:36:43That's impossible.
00:36:44She was fine.
00:36:45How could she just die like that?
00:36:50He'd never seen me like this.
00:36:53In his memory,
00:36:54I was always full of life.
00:36:56Eight years old,
00:36:57when he carried me home from my parents' funeral.
00:36:59Fifteen,
00:37:00when I grabbed his arm,
00:37:01screaming I made it after my first film.
00:37:04Eighteen,
00:37:04standing at my debutante ball in a white dress,
00:37:07smiling brighter than the candles.
00:37:09Now every memory is cutting him apart.
00:37:12What he doesn't know is,
00:37:13I'm standing right behind him.
00:37:15My body's still on that table,
00:37:17but my mind has already floated free.
00:37:19I look down at my own pale face.
00:37:21The doctors scrambling around me.
00:37:22The cold steel instruments glinting under the lights.
00:37:25And then I see Ian.
00:37:27One hand pressed against the glass.
00:37:29Forehead resting on it.
00:37:30Shoulders trembling.
00:37:31When I was eight,
00:37:32my parents died in the war.
00:37:34Ian Payne,
00:37:35tens years older me in.
00:37:36I've seen him in every mood.
00:37:38Gentle,
00:37:39doting,
00:37:39cold,
00:37:40disgusted,
00:37:41furious.
00:37:42But never like this.
00:37:43Like a mountain caving in from the inside.
00:37:46I loved this man for fifteen years.
00:37:48I waited my whole life to see that look on his face.
00:37:51And now that it's finally here,
00:37:53I don't need it anymore.
00:37:55No.
00:37:56She can't die.
00:37:58She has to be messing with me.
00:37:59I just watch him.
00:38:01Even now,
00:38:02he's still lying to himself.
00:38:04He'll know the truth soon enough.
00:38:11The paramedics burst in
00:38:12and slammed Ian out of the way.
00:38:15He staggered back,
00:38:16helpless,
00:38:17watching them hoist me onto the gurney,
00:38:19tube down my throat,
00:38:20IV in my arm,
00:38:22hands pumping my chest.
00:38:24Family,
00:38:24with us.
00:38:25A doctor yelled for him to follow.
00:38:27He stood there frozen for a second.
00:38:29He froze for a second,
00:38:30then went after them,
00:38:32staring at my paper white face the whole way.
00:38:34At the private hospital ER,
00:38:37the red light blazed on,
00:38:38harsh,
00:38:39blinding.
00:38:40Ian stood outside,
00:38:42covered in my blood.
00:38:43He looked down at the dark stains on his shirt,
00:38:46and his knees just gave out.
00:38:49He sank onto the bench,
00:38:51buried his face in his bloody hands.
00:38:53No sound.
00:38:56But his shoulders were shaking like crazy.
00:39:00The red light stayed on for what felt like forever.
00:39:03Ian stood at the glass,
00:39:05staring through.
00:39:06I lay on the operating table,
00:39:08tubes everywhere.
00:39:09The monitor line barely flickered,
00:39:11every beat like it was taking everything I had left.
00:39:14My face was white as paper.
00:39:17My lips had no color at all.
00:39:19My hair was spread out on the like a dead flower.
00:39:23Ian,
00:39:24I feel awful.
00:39:25She didn't get her way this time,
00:39:27but what if she tries it again?
00:39:29Don't worry.
00:39:30I'll handle it.
00:39:34The next second,
00:39:35the bodyguards forced that drugged wine down my throat.
00:39:39The burn made me choke,
00:39:41and I tried to spit it out,
00:39:43but Ian's hand locked around my throat.
00:39:46Now you know what Olivia felt.
00:39:48Try anything like that again,
00:39:50and I'll leave you in that war zone for good.
00:39:53Then he turned,
00:39:54picked Olivia up,
00:39:56and walked away without one last look.
00:39:58She glanced back,
00:40:00smiled at me,
00:40:01and mouthed,
00:40:02Enjoy it.
00:40:03My blood turned to ice.
00:40:05Faces flashed through my mind.
00:40:08Dark rooms.
00:40:09Cold chains.
00:40:10Men grinning down at me.
00:40:14Then his voice changed.
00:40:15The mockery was gone.
00:40:17In its place was a tremor I'd never heard before.
00:40:20I lay against his chest,
00:40:21listening to his heartbeat.
00:40:23Fast.
00:40:23Too fast.
00:40:24I wanted to tell him.
00:40:25This time,
00:40:26I'm really dying.
00:40:28From 8 to 23,
00:40:29I loved you for 15 years.
00:40:31I waited for you for 3.
00:40:32I let you crush me over and over and over.
00:40:35I'm tired.
00:40:36I can't love you anymore.
00:40:37I don't want to anymore.
00:40:39But the words wouldn't come.
00:40:40Blood filled my throat,
00:40:41and every breath was like swallowing broken glass.
00:40:45Sophie.
00:40:46Sophie.
00:40:47Open your eyes.
00:40:48Open your eyes.
00:40:50Head down,
00:40:52nails digging into my palms,
00:40:53I walked to the restroom one step at a time.
00:40:58Only after the door shut did I dare look up.
00:41:01The woman in the mirror was gray,
00:41:03hollow-eyed,
00:41:04lips cracked,
00:41:05like a walking skeleton.
00:41:07I thought of how gently Ian cared for Olivia.
00:41:10One cherished.
00:41:12One trampled into the dirt.
00:41:17I wasn't the Sophie I used to be.
00:41:21That bright, fearless Sophie died in the war zone 3 years ago.
00:41:30I'd barely made it out the door when the bodyguards grabbed me,
00:41:34dragged me into the lounge,
00:41:35and threw me at Ian's feet.
00:41:37Sophie, you've got some nerve.
00:41:39You slipped Olivia an afrodysiac?
00:41:42I didn't.
00:41:43Sophie, I know you hate me,
00:41:45but this is beyond cruel.
00:41:47Ruining me wasn't enough.
00:41:48You had to go after my baby, too.
00:41:50An afrodysiac, I looked up in shock and shook my head.
00:41:53Olivia's voice was weak,
00:41:54her eyes welling up,
00:41:56tears spilling down her face.
00:41:57Ian's face went ice cold.
00:41:59His hand came up.
00:42:00Smack!
00:42:01The slap landed across my face.
00:42:03My head whipped to the side,
00:42:05my cheek on fire.
00:42:06He'd never hit me before.
00:42:08Never.
00:42:10I couldn't believe it.
00:42:12There has to be some mistake.
00:42:15She was just talking to me.
00:42:16She even called my name.
00:42:18How could she...
00:42:20Mr. Payne,
00:42:21she had late-stage bone cancer.
00:42:24It had already spread throughout her body.
00:42:26According to her chart,
00:42:28she had less than a month left.
00:42:30What happened today only sped it up.
00:42:33What did you just say?
00:42:34Late-stage bone cancer?
00:42:35What late-stage bone cancer?
00:42:37Sophie Carter,
00:42:38late-stage bone cancer,
00:42:40diagnosed a month ago.
00:42:41It's all in her chart.
00:42:43You...
00:42:43didn't know?
00:42:46Ian stood there like he'd been struck by lightning.
00:42:49A month ago,
00:42:50right after I came back from the war zone,
00:42:52I hid that lab report under my pillow in the hospital room.
00:42:56He pulled it out,
00:42:57glanced at it,
00:42:58and threw it in my face with a cold laugh.
00:43:00A fake chart.
00:43:01You never change.
00:43:02He said that himself.
00:43:05I floated there,
00:43:06watching his face crack apart piece by piece,
00:43:09until it completely caved in.
00:43:10I wanted to cry.
00:43:12So he could feel regret after all.
00:43:15But so what?
00:43:16What does it change?
00:43:18I don't need it anymore.
00:43:25Ian's knees gave out.
00:43:26He sank to the floor,
00:43:28bracing himself with both hands,
00:43:30his shoulders shaking hard.
00:43:31He made no sound,
00:43:33but that silent collapse was more devastating than any scream.
00:43:36No way.
00:43:38That can't be right.
00:43:39Sophie's way too young.
00:43:41Late stage bone cancer?
00:43:42How?
00:43:45Ian,
00:43:46you know how Sophie used to do things to get your attention?
00:43:49What if this is the same kind of thing?
00:43:53Ian,
00:43:53I just...
00:43:54I just wasn't expecting this.
00:43:59I need to see her myself.
00:44:03He shoved past the doctor
00:44:05and slammed through the ER doors,
00:44:07stumbling inside.
00:44:08Olivia froze,
00:44:09her fingers curling tight.
00:44:11She bit her lip and followed.
00:44:15She had to make sure I was really, truly dead.
00:44:21The ER lights were still on,
00:44:23that cold white glare falling over the operating table
00:44:26and the body beneath the sheet.
00:44:28Ian stood there with his hand hovering over it,
00:44:31unable to bring it down.
00:44:32He finally pulled the sheet back.
00:44:35My face was exposed,
00:44:36pale,
00:44:38still,
00:44:38like wax.
00:44:40My lips were drained of color,
00:44:41my eyes barely closed,
00:44:43and there was still drying blood on my lashes.
00:44:46Ian stared at my face,
00:44:48his pupils shaking.
00:44:51This was the girl he had raised for 15 years.
00:44:54The girl he carried home himself
00:44:56from my parents' funeral.
00:44:57The one he used to treasure.
00:44:59Afraid I'd fall,
00:45:00afraid I'd get hurt.
00:45:02Mr. Payne,
00:45:03prepare yourself.
00:45:04Ian said nothing.
00:45:06His gaze dropped from my face
00:45:08to the rest of me.
00:45:09There was barely a patch of skin left untouched.
00:45:11A black-edged burn scar below my collarbone.
00:45:15A long knife scar by my ribs.
00:45:17Layered marks all over my lower abdomen.
00:45:20Some already faded white.
00:45:21Needle marks along my inner arm.
00:45:24Bruises spreading from my wrist to my elbow.
00:45:26And my left hand.
00:45:27Part of my pinky was gone,
00:45:29like a branch snapped off.
00:45:32Ian's breathing turned ragged.
00:45:34Like something was crushing his chest
00:45:35so hard he couldn't breathe.
00:45:37These injuries,
00:45:38some were cigarette burns.
00:45:39Some were caused by heated metal tongs.
00:45:42There were also knife wounds
00:45:43and blunt force trauma.
00:45:44Based on the healing of the scars,
00:45:47they were inflicted over a period
00:45:48of about three years.
00:45:52There's something else.
00:45:54We found signs of multiple miscarriages.
00:45:57Her uterus was severely damaged.
00:45:59And with the drugs in her system,
00:46:01she must have suffered terribly
00:46:03before she died.
00:46:04She had almost no will to live.
00:46:07Even if we had revived her,
00:46:08she only would have had a few days left.
00:46:10The doctor looked at him,
00:46:12hesitated,
00:46:13then said it anyway.
00:46:14Almost no will to live.
00:46:16The words kept echoing in Ian's head.
00:46:19He was the one who pushed me toward death.
00:46:21Again and again.
00:46:22Ian looked at my face,
00:46:24and the room started spinning.
00:46:26Those memories kept flashing through his mind.
00:46:28In me,
00:46:29kneeling hard on the floor,
00:46:31forehead pressed to it,
00:46:32saying,
00:46:33I was wrong.
00:46:34Me begging him on the plane not to lock me up.
00:46:36My face drained white
00:46:38after I accidentally ate shellfish.
00:46:40The smile on my face when I said,
00:46:42Thank you, Ian.
00:46:44But I don't need it anymore.
00:46:46And me at 18,
00:46:48at my debutante ball,
00:46:49in a white dress beside the cake,
00:46:51smiling brighter than the candles.
00:46:52Everything went black for Ian.
00:46:54He heard people calling his name,
00:46:56far away,
00:46:57like it was underwater.
00:46:58Olivia's voice grew fainter and fainter.
00:47:00As he fell,
00:47:01his hands still reached for the operating table.
00:47:03His fingertips barely touched the edge of the white sheet.
00:47:06He was so close to touching me.
00:47:11The moment Ian collapsed,
00:47:13he seemed to see me.
00:47:14I hung there in mid-air,
00:47:16watching him.
00:47:16His lips moved,
00:47:18like he was saying something,
00:47:19but I couldn't hear him anymore.
00:47:21I watched them take him away.
00:47:23I turned to leave,
00:47:24but I couldn't move.
00:47:26It was like some invisible thread
00:47:28had tied my soul to him.
00:47:29I drifted beside him,
00:47:31no more than an arm's length away.
00:47:33but I couldn't get any farther.
00:47:35I looked down at my half-transparent hands,
00:47:37then at Ian,
00:47:39lying on the floor.
00:47:40Ian had a dream.
00:47:41He went back to the night
00:47:42of my 18th birthday debutante ball.
00:47:44I stood in front of him,
00:47:46in a white dress,
00:47:47holding a glass,
00:47:48blushing like an apple.
00:47:50There was light in my eyes
00:47:52when I looked at him.
00:47:53He'd seen it so many times before.
00:47:57when I ran after him,
00:47:59calling his name.
00:48:01When I won my Oscar.
00:48:04Every single time I looked at him,
00:48:06he just never wanted to admit
00:48:08what it meant.
00:48:10Ian,
00:48:11I love you.
00:48:18Have you no shame,
00:48:19I'm your brother.
00:48:20I raised you.
00:48:23Ian,
00:48:24please.
00:48:25Don't leave me.
00:48:26Please.
00:48:34Stay in the war zone.
00:48:35You can come back
00:48:36when you've killed off
00:48:37those filthy thoughts.
00:48:38He got up and walked away.
00:48:40My crying faded behind him,
00:48:42farther and fainter.
00:48:44He never looked back.
00:48:46Now he stands in those memories,
00:48:48shaking,
00:48:49unable to call out
00:48:50or come to me,
00:48:51forced to watch it all on repeat.
00:48:53He did that.
00:48:56Every frame of it.
00:48:58I drift beside him,
00:49:00looking at his closed eyes,
00:49:01the tears pooled in the corners.
00:49:03I feel nothing.
00:49:05Not because I'm cruel.
00:49:07I've already died once.
00:49:09The dead don't ache for the living.
00:49:11I watch him like a stranger.
00:49:13I want mom and dad.
00:49:16I want Snowball.
00:49:19But I still can't leave.
00:49:21Some invisible tether
00:49:22keeps me bound to him,
00:49:24like the last lock on my freedom.
00:49:30How much longer are you going
00:49:31to keep me trapped here?
00:49:39Find out everything.
00:49:40I want every detail
00:49:41of Sophie's three years
00:49:42in the war zone.
00:49:46Ian sat on the edge of the bed,
00:49:48head down,
00:49:49hands braced on his knees.
00:49:51Sunlight fell across him,
00:49:52but he couldn't feel any warmth.
00:49:54All he could see was me
00:49:55on that operating table.
00:49:56My pale face,
00:49:58the tip of my little finger gone,
00:50:00scars all over me.
00:50:03That was his Sophie,
00:50:04the girl he had raised
00:50:06for 15 years.
00:50:10Mr. Payne,
00:50:12Sophie,
00:50:13she,
00:50:13speak.
00:50:14The assistant drew a breath
00:50:16and opened the file.
00:50:17For three years in the war zone,
00:50:19men went into her tent every day.
00:50:22Refugees,
00:50:22mercenaries,
00:50:23wealthy men,
00:50:24not a single day without it.
00:50:27They cut off her little finger
00:50:28on the stot
00:50:29for spilling a little soup
00:50:31in the refugee soup line.
00:50:32To keep her from escaping,
00:50:34they chained her up every night.
00:50:35She tried to kill herself with pills.
00:50:38When they caught her,
00:50:39they forced disinfectant
00:50:41down her throat.
00:50:42Her vocal cords
00:50:43were permanently damaged.
00:50:44For those three years,
00:50:46she was put through hell.
00:50:47Ian's fingers cleansed tight.
00:50:53Ian snatched up the report.
00:50:56Every word on the page
00:50:58cut like a knife.
00:50:59He saw the words every day.
00:51:01Chains,
00:51:03disinfectant,
00:51:03cut off,
00:51:04packed across it
00:51:05like a net closing in.
00:51:07He dropped to the floor.
00:51:09The report slipped from his hand,
00:51:11pages scattering everywhere.
00:51:13He stared at those horrible words,
00:51:15shaking too hard to pick them up.
00:51:18He opened his mouth,
00:51:19but nothing came out.
00:51:21The images kept flashing
00:51:22through his head.
00:51:23Me on the plane,
00:51:24dropping to my knees,
00:51:26forehead pressed to the floor,
00:51:27terrified,
00:51:28begging,
00:51:28please,
00:51:29don't send me back.
00:51:30Me at that party,
00:51:31automatically sitting in a man's lap
00:51:33and feeding him a drink.
00:51:35That was how I stayed alive.
00:51:36I closed my eyes.
00:51:38I didn't want to watch this man regret it anymore.
00:51:41I just wanted to leave.
00:51:46A glass-topped ice coffin
00:51:48stood in the middle of the room.
00:51:49Under the clear lid,
00:51:50I lay there quietly,
00:51:51in the white dress I wore to my debutante ball at 18.
00:51:54He placed the carved memorial plaques
00:51:56beside the coffin one by one,
00:51:58three of them,
00:51:59Snowball,
00:51:59Sophie Carter,
00:52:00and the blank one he never named.
00:52:02He didn't know why,
00:52:03but he carved it anyway.
00:52:06Then he knelt in front of the coffin,
00:52:08his forehead against the cold glass,
00:52:10his voice so hoarse,
00:52:11I could barely hear it.
00:52:12My soul drifted in the corner of the room,
00:52:15watching him.
00:52:18Sophie,
00:52:18I'm sorry.
00:52:19Don't be afraid.
00:52:20I'll stay with you.
00:52:22Always.
00:52:23Ian opened his phone and played that video,
00:52:25the one where I collapsed.
00:52:27He watched it once,
00:52:29then again,
00:52:30then again.
00:52:31Every time,
00:52:32his fingers clenched tighter
00:52:33until his nails dug into his palm and drew blood.
00:52:36But he couldn't feel it.
00:52:38His voice was in pieces.
00:52:40I drifted behind him,
00:52:41watching him punish himself with that video over and over,
00:52:45watching his tears hit the screen one drop at a time.
00:52:48Suddenly,
00:52:49my chest felt tight.
00:52:50On the fourth day,
00:52:52Ian called in his lawyer.
00:52:53I drifted beside him
00:52:55and watched him sign one document after another.
00:52:58His pain group shares
00:52:59every asset in his name,
00:53:01his real estate,
00:53:03funds,
00:53:04savings.
00:53:05He gave all of it away.
00:53:09Mr. Payne,
00:53:11are you sure about this?
00:53:12These assets?
00:53:13I'm done.
00:53:13You can leave.
00:53:15The lawyer hesitated,
00:53:16but he said it anyway.
00:53:18Ian cut him off.
00:53:19The lawyer left.
00:53:20I looked at the signed papers
00:53:22and felt nothing.
00:53:23He was ruthless to me when I was alive.
00:53:26Now he's giving everything away.
00:53:28What's the point?
00:53:28I won't take a dime of it.
00:53:30I don't want to.
00:53:33Sir,
00:53:34please,
00:53:35eat something.
00:53:36Mr. Payne,
00:53:37the company still needs you.
00:53:38You have to pull yourself together.
00:53:42Out.
00:53:46Get out!
00:53:50On the fifth day,
00:53:51someone finally opened the door.
00:53:53The maid bringing fewer
00:53:54took one look at Ian
00:53:55and nearly dropped the tray.
00:53:57He sat beside the glass-topped ice coffin,
00:53:59gaunt and hollow-eyed,
00:54:01his lips cracked and peeling.
00:54:02Her voice shook.
00:54:03He didn't look up.
00:54:04Then his assistant appeared in the doorway
00:54:06and went white at the sight of him.
00:54:08Ian's voice was raw,
00:54:09like it had been burned away.
00:54:11The assistant tried to speak,
00:54:12but Ian grabbed the glass from the table
00:54:14and smashed it on the floor.
00:54:15Shards flew.
00:54:22I drifted there,
00:54:24watching.
00:54:25Then I saw the bottles on the nightstand.
00:54:28Disinfectant.
00:54:28I knew that bottle.
00:54:30It was exactly the same
00:54:31as what they forced down my throat
00:54:32in the war zone.
00:54:33Ian grabbed a bottle of disinfectant
00:54:35and twisted the cap off.
00:54:37He tilted his head back
00:54:38and poured it into his mouth.
00:54:40It spilled down his chin.
00:54:42His throat convulsed.
00:54:43His whole body folded in on itself.
00:54:46Shaking with pain.
00:54:47But he kept drinking.
00:54:49Once.
00:54:50Twice.
00:54:52Three times.
00:54:53By then,
00:54:54his voice didn't even sound human.
00:54:56I'm gonna feel all of it.
00:54:58Every bit of what you went through.
00:55:00For one second,
00:55:01I was shocked.
00:55:02Just one.
00:55:03Then everything in me went still again,
00:55:05like dead water.
00:55:07Nothing could stir it now.
00:55:09I hovered in the corner
00:55:10and watched him curl up,
00:55:12shaking in agony.
00:55:22The news of Olivia Young's death
00:55:24hit the trending feeds
00:55:25on an ordinary morning.
00:55:26One hashtag after another exploded,
00:55:28like dominoes falling,
00:55:29until that once-adored name
00:55:31was shattered into dust.
00:55:32The news kept replaying the jump.
00:55:34Grainy, shaky surveillance footage
00:55:36from the hotel.
00:55:37She stood on the rooftop
00:55:38in a white dress.
00:55:40The exact same white dress
00:55:41I was wearing when I collapsed.
00:55:43The wind tore her hair loose.
00:55:45She stood there for a long time,
00:55:46like she was waiting for someone.
00:55:49No one came.
00:55:50Then she jumped.
00:55:52The comments exploded.
00:55:54Apologies.
00:55:55Remorse.
00:55:56People calling me a good person.
00:55:58None of it reached me.
00:55:59The people who drove me to my death
00:56:00were the same ones mourning me now.
00:56:02They just put on new faces
00:56:03and typed,
00:56:04I'm sorry,
00:56:05as if that could erase
00:56:06what I suffered.
00:56:07It couldn't.
00:56:09What they did was heavy.
00:56:10Their apologies were light.
00:56:12One gust of wind,
00:56:14and they were gone.
00:56:15My pain was carved
00:56:16into my bones and scars.
00:56:18It would never disappear.
00:56:21Do you see it, Sophie?
00:56:25Everything that was yours,
00:56:26I'll give back.
00:56:27Piece by piece.
00:56:29Your name.
00:56:30Your reputation.
00:56:31Your career.
00:56:33Everything you lost,
00:56:34I'll get it back.
00:56:35Ian Payne sat beside
00:56:36the glass-topped ice coffin,
00:56:38phone in hand,
00:56:39the screen flooded with comments.
00:56:40His voice was quiet,
00:56:42as if he was afraid
00:56:43of disturbing the person inside.
00:56:45Then he turned the screen
00:56:46toward the coffin,
00:56:47toward that still,
00:56:48peaceful face.
00:56:52I drifted behind him,
00:56:54listening to him
00:56:55talk to my body.
00:56:56I said nothing.
00:56:57I don't need any of it now.
00:56:59My name,
00:57:00my reputation,
00:57:01my career,
00:57:02what good are they
00:57:03now that I'm dead?
00:57:04Ian set down his phone
00:57:05and traced my outline
00:57:06through the glass
00:57:07of the ice coffin,
00:57:08slowly,
00:57:09like he was trying
00:57:10to memorize my face.
00:57:11I went still.
00:57:12I looked at him.
00:57:13There was no light
00:57:14left in his eyes.
00:57:15It wasn't love.
00:57:16It was obsession.
00:57:17Heavy, twisted,
00:57:18suffocating obsession.
00:57:18Sophie,
00:57:19you're here,
00:57:20aren't you?
00:57:21I can feel you.
00:57:22I just can't see you.
00:57:24Ian Payne's voice
00:57:25was forced beyond recognition.
00:57:26He stared into empty space,
00:57:28nowhere near where I was.
00:57:29I froze.
00:57:30He could feel me?
00:57:31I thought he couldn't
00:57:32sense me at all.
00:57:34I found a spirit medium.
00:57:36He can help me.
00:57:37He said he can let me see you
00:57:38and bring you back.
00:57:40I looked at him
00:57:41and had only one thought.
00:57:43He'd lost his mind.
00:57:44He really had.
00:57:49Please,
00:57:49tell her I know
00:57:50I was wrong.
00:57:51I really do.
00:57:52Just let her give me
00:57:53one more chance.
00:57:54Just one.
00:57:55The spirit medium heard me.
00:57:57He looked right at me,
00:57:58calm and full of pity.
00:57:59Ian went rigid,
00:58:01then dropped to his knees.
00:58:02He stayed there a long time.
00:58:03Then his shoulders
00:58:04started shaking,
00:58:05hard and silent.
00:58:07When he spoke,
00:58:08his voice fell apart.
00:58:10I closed my eyes.
00:58:11I didn't want to hear it.
00:58:13I see it.
00:58:14Then I'll help you
00:58:15one last time.
00:58:16He was quiet for a long time,
00:58:18then sighed.
00:58:19He looked at me
00:58:20with something I couldn't
00:58:20name in his eyes.
00:58:21He raised his hands
00:58:22and his wide sleeves
00:58:23swept through the air.
00:58:24A wave of dizziness
00:58:25hit me.
00:58:26I hadn't felt anything
00:58:27like it in years.
00:58:28It was like riding
00:58:29a carousel as a kid,
00:58:30the whole world spinning
00:58:31until I couldn't tell
00:58:32up from down.
00:58:32My thoughts began to blur.
00:58:34The last thing I saw
00:58:35was Ian's pale,
00:58:36tear-struck face,
00:58:37fading farther
00:58:38and farther away.
00:58:43Even if I came back
00:58:44to life,
00:58:45I would never be with you.
00:58:46Ian, let me go.
00:58:48The way you are right now,
00:58:49it just disgusts me.
00:58:51I paused,
00:58:52my voice dropping.
00:58:53Then I turned
00:58:54and drifted away.
00:58:55I never looked back.
00:58:58Sir, let her go.
00:59:00She owes you nothing now.
00:59:03I can't.
00:59:05I really can't.
00:59:06I can't.
00:59:09Ian stayed on his knees
00:59:10beneath the wish tree
00:59:11for a long time.
00:59:12The spirit medium
00:59:13came out of the prayer hall
00:59:14and stopped beside him
00:59:15with a sigh.
00:59:15Ian looked up,
00:59:16his face streaked with tears.
00:59:18The spirit medium said nothing.
00:59:19The wind stirred
00:59:19the red wish cards
00:59:20in the tree.
00:59:21When Sophie Carter again,
00:59:22she catches a familiar scent,
00:59:24the faint smell of soap
00:59:25mixed with the warm sunlit
00:59:26softness of freshly dried sheets.
00:59:27She opens her eyes
00:59:28and finds herself
00:59:29at To the Alley
00:59:29beside a familiar
00:59:30detached suburban American house,
00:59:32the home she grew up in.
00:59:33She lowers her head
00:59:34and sees her own hands,
00:59:35small and chubby,
00:59:36her nails round and smooth
00:59:37with no scars
00:59:38and no missing finger.
00:59:39Had I been given
00:59:41a second chance?
00:59:48Sophie,
00:59:49wear yourself out playing.
00:59:50Come eat.
00:59:50I stood there
00:59:51and the tears just came.
00:59:52I threw myself
00:59:53into mom's arms,
00:59:54laughing and crying.
00:59:55She startled
00:59:56and dad came over
00:59:57to feel my forehead.
00:59:59What happened?
01:00:00Did somebody pick on you?
01:00:01I only shook my head
01:00:02and buried my face against her,
01:00:03trembling all over.
01:00:04All right,
01:00:06let's go home.
01:00:07It's your birthday today.
01:00:08Then they took my hands,
01:00:09one on each side.
01:00:10It felt like a dream.
01:00:12Sunlight fell over
01:00:13the three of us.
01:00:14Our shadows stretched
01:00:15long behind us,
01:00:16joined together.
01:00:17The three of us
01:00:18disappeared around the corner.
01:00:19You gave up all your fate
01:00:21to buy her a new life.
01:00:22Was it worth it?
01:00:23As long as she's happy,
01:00:24that's enough.
01:00:25Even if I'm never
01:00:25in her world again.
01:00:27At the mouth of the alley,
01:00:28the spirit medium
01:00:29stood with Ian Payne,
01:00:30watching the family of three
01:00:31disappear around the corner.
01:00:32Then he turned
01:00:33and saw Ian's body
01:00:34slowly fading transparent,
01:00:35petty in his eyes.
01:00:36Ian kept staring at the corner
01:00:38where Sophie vanished.
01:00:39His face was blank,
01:00:40but something flickered
01:00:41in his eyes.
01:00:41His voice was soft,
01:00:42soft as the wind.
01:00:43He paused,
01:00:44and it broke for a second.
01:00:45Wind swept through the alley,
01:00:47stirring a few fallen leaves.
01:00:48Then Ian was gone.
01:00:49The corner was empty.
01:00:50There was nothing left,
01:00:52only warm sunlight
01:00:53on the ground,
01:00:53as if nothing had happened at all.
01:00:55The door was empty to me.
01:00:56The room was empty,
01:00:57and there was a turn
01:00:57There's some people
01:00:57where she was shocked,
01:00:57and a girl
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