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00:11:40C'est parti.
00:12:10Threw me into the garden pool and turned the hose on me.
00:12:13The freezing water soaked me through instantly.
00:12:19Someone, scrub 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, I'm sorry.
00:12:37Please, don't.
00:12:40Hold her down.
00:12:43Ian showed no mercy.
00:12:46The servants pinned my shoulders while the others poured disinfectant over me.
00:12:53The cold left my skin burning.
00:12:56By the time I collapsed on the wet grass, I was shaking so hard, I didn't even have the strength
00:13:02to 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.
00:13:28He 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.
00:13:49It was snowball, all dirty and scruffy.
00:13:52My 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.
00:14:52He was silent for a few seconds.
00:14:55Then 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!
00:16:03You couldn't even control it, and you're still making excuses.
00:16:08Someone kill that cat.
00:16:09Ian 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?
00:16:59I...
00:16:59It was like waking from a dream.
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.
00:17:22Sophie, 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.
00:17:33He shoved me away, his voice ice cold.
00:17:36When 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.
00:17:53I knelt there, letting the ache in my knees spread through me.
00:17:59Poor Miss Carter.
00:18:00Mr. Payne never used to treat her like this.
00:18:03Yeah.
00:18:04What 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.
00:18:19Then something warm brushed against my hand.
00:18:22I 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.
00:18:47Someone 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 flowers.
00:19:22They looked completely calm, as if they already knew.
00:19:32I 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.
00:20:21Sophie, 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.
00:20:34Scandalous 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,
00:20:43Hope 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 raising 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 cinnamon 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.
00:21:46I 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,
00:21:54and 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.
00:22:03I 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.
00:22:23She'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,
00:22:29panic 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
00:22:36when 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.
00:22:44Now.
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,
00:23:33numbness 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, distant voice reached me.
00:24:20Those words cut deeper than anything.
00:24:22Something in me broke for good,
00:24:23and 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.
00:24:34Get 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.
00:24:49They'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,
00:25:05I was in the hospital bed,
00:25:07getting a transfusion.
00:25:08The nurses kept talking outside.
00:25:10I lay there, pale and silent.
00:25:20Back at the Payne estate,
00:25:21I 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.
00:25:38All 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.
00:26:09The moment I arrived,
00:26:11I saw two familiar figures beneath the wish tree.
00:26:14What would you like to pray for, my child?
00:26:19I'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.
00:26:30Ian smiled,
00:26:32his 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.
00:26:46Beneath the sea of prayer cards,
00:26:48he was all tenderness,
00:26:49holding her hand,
00:26:50helping her hang her wish,
00:26:51guarding her belly.
00:26:52Fans 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.
00:27:07If 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
00:27:16and 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
00:27:32beside my parents' plaques,
00:27:34then wiped theirs clean.
00:27:35Mom,
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,
00:27:43like I was afraid of disturbing the dead.
00:27:46But don't worry.
00:27:48We will be together again soon.
00:27:51I paused,
00:27:52forced a smile,
00:27:54and knelt.
00:27:58Footsteps came from behind.
00:28:00I turned.
00:28:11Sophie,
00:28:13aren'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.
00:28:20His baseless accusation pierced me all over again.
00:28:26Sophie,
00:28:27is this because Ian and I are getting married?
00:28:29Are 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 red.
00:28:46You'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.
00:29:03Something inside me broke with it.
00:29:05I gathered the pieces,
00:29:07my tears soaking into the broken wood.
00:29:11Ian,
00:29:13my stomach hurts.
00:29:22I watched him walk away.
00:29:23Felt hollow inside.
00:29:25Numb and cold.
00:29:27Ian,
00:29:27don'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.
00:29:53It hurt everywhere.
00:29:56I almost called Ian's name.
00:29:59Then stopped.
00:30:00Three years in the war zone and 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,
00:30:13I thought I saw Ian running toward me in a panic.
00:30:18When I woke up again,
00:30:19it was the same doctor.
00:30:21His eyes were full of pity.
00:30:24Miss Carter,
00:30:26I'm afraid you only have a week left.
00:30:33The doctor asked if I had any last wish.
00:30:37I thought about it,
00:30:39then shook my head.
00:30:44Miss Carter,
00:30:45it looks like Mr. Payne still cares about you.
00:30:48Ian never came,
00:30:49but gifts kept arising in my room.
00:30:52The maid tried to comfort me.
00:30:53I said nothing.
00:30:55After I was discharged,
00:30:56I took my diary out of the safe.
00:30:59I started it when I was 15.
00:31:02If I was leaving,
00:31:04I wanted to leave for good.
00:31:06Every memory of Ian had to go.
00:31:10I set the diary on the lawn
00:31:12and lit a match.
00:31:14The flames crept across the pages,
00:31:18consuming every word of love
00:31:20I'd never dared to say.
00:31:27What are you burning?
00:31:30Sophie,
00:31:31you think burning your diary
00:31:33will get my attention?
00:31:34He'd appeared out of nowhere.
00:31:36When he saw the burning pages,
00:31:38his face shifted,
00:31:39anger simmering beneath the surface.
00:31:43No,
00:31:44I didn't.
00:31:49Then why burn your diary?
00:31:51You can't even behave now.
00:31:52Do you want to go back to the war zone?
00:31:54Ian's voice was edged with anger.
00:31:57I won't do it again.
00:31:59Please don't send me back.
00:32:01The second I heard war zone,
00:32:03my whole body started shaking.
00:32:05The memories came rushing back.
00:32:07Hunger,
00:32:08fear,
00:32:09the smell of sweat on those men.
00:32:11My knees gave out.
00:32:13I couldn't stop banging my forehead
00:32:15against the ground.
00:32:16I didn't even notice the shock
00:32:18on Ian's face.
00:32:19He just stared at my thin,
00:32:21shaking body,
00:32:22his voice barely steady.
00:32:24Sophie,
00:32:26how did you end up like this?
00:32:30Ian,
00:32:32weren't you going to take Sophie and me
00:32:33to my wrap party today?
00:32:35Why so serious?
00:32:37Before he could finish,
00:32:39a soft voice cut in.
00:32:44Do I have to go?
00:32:47If Olivia wants you there,
00:32:49you go.
00:32:53Okay.
00:32:54I closed my eyes.
00:32:56If he wanted me to go,
00:32:58then I'd go.
00:32:59I'd call it repatement
00:33:00for all the years he raised me.
00:33:02After this,
00:33:04we'd be even.
00:33:05When we got to the set,
00:33:07every eye turned to me.
00:33:12A wealthy man walked over.
00:33:15The look in his eyes
00:33:16was horribly familiar.
00:33:18My whole body went rigid,
00:33:20like the pain were happening
00:33:21all over again.
00:33:27You see an old friend
00:33:29and won't even say hello?
00:33:30He's missed you.
00:33:32See those mercenary bodyguards with him?
00:33:34They've missed that battered body
00:33:35of yours too.
00:33:36She clung to my arm
00:33:38like we were still best friends,
00:33:39but her voice was pure venom.
00:33:41I dug my nails into my palm.
00:33:43My whole body shook.
00:33:45Olivia,
00:33:46take Sophie inside first.
00:33:48I need to take a work call.
00:33:49Just when I was about
00:33:50to lose control,
00:33:52Ian's voice cut in.
00:33:54Sophie,
00:33:55look after Olivia.
00:33:56Even as he left,
00:33:57Ian still warned me.
00:33:59His tone was flat,
00:34:00but the look in his eyes
00:34:01said it all.
00:34:02He was afraid
00:34:03I'd hurt Olivia.
00:34:04I stood there
00:34:05watching him walk away.
00:34:09How does she even
00:34:10have the nerve to show up?
00:34:12Going after the man
00:34:13who raised you?
00:34:14If that were me,
00:34:15I'd be too ashamed to live.
00:34:16A piece of trash like that?
00:34:18Only death
00:34:19could wash away the filth.
00:34:23Olivia's little crew
00:34:24walked past,
00:34:25dripping with disgust.
00:34:26Stop.
00:34:27Sophie is still my friend
00:34:29after all.
00:34:30The director's waiting for me
00:34:31so I should go.
00:34:32Olivia covered her mouth
00:34:33and laughed softly.
00:34:35Once she was gone,
00:34:36I could finally breathe.
00:34:38I never gave a damn
00:34:39about these people before,
00:34:41and I sure as hell
00:34:42didn't now.
00:34:44When filming started up again,
00:34:46Ian came back.
00:34:47maybe to keep up appearances.
00:34:49He kept his eyes glued
00:34:51to Olivia the entire time.
00:34:55As soon as filming wrapped,
00:34:57Ian draped a blanket
00:34:58over Olivia
00:34:59and asked if she was
00:34:59feeling okay.
00:35:00I stood in the corner,
00:35:02my eyes burning,
00:35:03everything blurring.
00:35:04Then the whole room
00:35:05exploded in cheers.
00:35:06Ian had just invited
00:35:07everyone to his wedding,
00:35:09to Olivia.
00:35:10Congratulations flooded
00:35:11the air from every direction.
00:35:12Sophie,
00:35:14all I want in this world
00:35:15is your blessing.
00:35:16Will you be my bridesmaid?
00:35:18Then Olivia walked over to me.
00:35:20If Olivia wants it,
00:35:22then you say yes.
00:35:23Ian was silent for a moment.
00:35:28I wish you both a long,
00:35:29happy life together.
00:35:31I lowered my eyes,
00:35:33hiding the tears,
00:35:34and took the drink.
00:35:35The second it hit my throat,
00:35:37pain tore through me.
00:35:38It felt like my insides
00:35:41were on fire.
00:35:42This broken body of mine
00:35:43couldn't even handle
00:35:44a drop of alcohol.
00:35:46It's one drink, Sophie.
00:35:48Do you have to look
00:35:49like you're dying?
00:35:57I wasn't date.
00:35:58If you weren't,
00:35:59then drink to us again.
00:36:02Ian's words drained
00:36:03the last bit of color
00:36:04from my face.
00:36:05Every single one
00:36:06hit like a hammer
00:36:07to the chest,
00:36:07and all I could feel
00:36:09was grief.
00:36:11I took a breath
00:36:12and poured myself
00:36:13another drink.
00:36:14I forced it down
00:36:16through the burning.
00:36:19It ripped from my throat
00:36:20to my stomach.
00:36:21For a moment,
00:36:22I couldn't tell
00:36:23what hurt more,
00:36:24my body or my heart.
00:36:26Maybe the pain
00:36:27was a good thing.
00:36:28It helped me let him go.
00:36:30I doubled over,
00:36:31just trying to endure it.
00:36:33From now on,
00:36:35Olivia is my fiancé.
00:36:36You behave,
00:36:37and I'll still look
00:36:38after you.
00:36:39I'll treat you
00:36:39like a little sister.
00:36:41Thank you, Ian.
00:36:42I smiled bitterly.
00:36:44Too bad I didn't
00:36:45need that anymore.
00:36:47Ian,
00:36:47come take rap photos
00:36:48with me, please.
00:36:51Go clean yourself up.
00:36:53Don't embarrass me here.
00:36:58Why does she look so bad?
00:36:59Is she faking it?
00:37:01What's the point?
00:37:02Even if she is,
00:37:03Mr. Payne's not
00:37:03going to look at her twice.
00:37:05Exactly.
00:37:05Next to Olivia,
00:37:06she's painful to look at.
00:37:08Ian paused
00:37:09and gave me one look.
00:37:10Then he walked away
00:37:11with Olivia on his arm,
00:37:13and the whispers
00:37:14started up behind my back.
00:37:19Ian,
00:37:20how's Sophie?
00:37:21Her heels clicked
00:37:22down the hallway.
00:37:23Olivia rushed over,
00:37:25looking just worried
00:37:25enough to be convincing.
00:37:27She grabbed Ian's arm.
00:37:28He didn't even look at her.
00:37:30His eyes stayed glued
00:37:31to the operating table
00:37:32through the glass.
00:37:33She followed his gaze,
00:37:34saw my paper white face,
00:37:35and something flickered
00:37:36in her eyes.
00:37:37Sophie will be fine.
00:37:38She cares about you
00:37:39too much to leave you alone.
00:37:41Maybe she's just
00:37:42trying to scare you.
00:37:43Olivia Young's voice
00:37:44was sickeningly sweet.
00:37:46As soon as she said it,
00:37:47the ER doors opened.
00:37:49Who's the family?
00:37:50I am.
00:37:51How is she?
00:37:53I'm sorry.
00:37:54We did everything we could.
00:37:55She's gone.
00:37:58No.
00:37:58That's impossible.
00:38:00She was fine.
00:38:01How could she just
00:38:02die like that?
00:38:06He'd never seen me like this.
00:38:08In his memory,
00:38:10I was always full of life.
00:38:11Eight years old,
00:38:12when he carried me home
00:38:13from my parents' funeral.
00:38:15Fifteen,
00:38:16when I grabbed his arm
00:38:17screaming I made it
00:38:18after my first film.
00:38:19Eighteen,
00:38:20standing at my debutante ball
00:38:21in a white dress,
00:38:23smiling brighter than the candles.
00:38:24Now every memory
00:38:25is cutting him apart.
00:38:27What he doesn't know is,
00:38:29I'm standing right behind him.
00:38:30My body's still on that table,
00:38:32but my mind
00:38:33has already floated free.
00:38:34I look down
00:38:35at my own pale face,
00:38:36the doctors scrambling around me,
00:38:38the cold steel instruments
00:38:39glinting under the lights.
00:38:41And then I see Ian.
00:38:42One hand pressed
00:38:43against the glass,
00:38:44forehead resting on it,
00:38:45shoulders trembling.
00:38:47When I was eight,
00:38:48my parents died in the war.
00:38:49Ian Payne,
00:38:50tens years older than the inn.
00:38:52I've seen him in every mood.
00:38:53Gentle,
00:38:54doting,
00:38:55cold,
00:38:55disgusted,
00:38:56furious.
00:38:57But never like this,
00:38:59like a mountain
00:38:59caving in from the inside.
00:39:01I loved this man
00:39:03for fifteen years.
00:39:04I waited my whole life
00:39:05to see that look on his face.
00:39:07And now that it's finally here,
00:39:09I don't need it anymore.
00:39:10No.
00:39:11she can't die.
00:39:13She has to be messing with me.
00:39:15I just watch him.
00:39:17Even now,
00:39:18he's still lying to himself.
00:39:19He'll know the truth soon enough.
00:39:26The paramedics burst in
00:39:28and slammed Ian out of the way.
00:39:30He staggered back,
00:39:32helpless,
00:39:33watching them hoist me
00:39:34onto the gurney,
00:39:35tube down my throat,
00:39:36IV in my arm,
00:39:37hands pumping my chest.
00:39:39Family,
00:39:40with us.
00:39:41A doctor yelled for him to follow.
00:39:42He stood there frozen for a second.
00:39:44He froze for a second,
00:39:46then went after them,
00:39:47staring at my paper white face
00:39:49the whole way.
00:39:50At the private hospital ER,
00:39:52the red light blazed on,
00:39:54harsh,
00:39:55blinding.
00:39:56Ian stood outside,
00:39:57covered in my blood.
00:39:59He looked down
00:40:00at the dark stains on his shirt,
00:40:02and his knees just gave out.
00:40:04He sank onto the bench,
00:40:06buried his face
00:40:07in his bloody hands.
00:40:08No sound.
00:40:11But his shoulders were shaking like crazy.
00:40:15The red light stayed on
00:40:17for what felt like forever.
00:40:18Ian stood at the glass,
00:40:20staring through.
00:40:21I lay on the operating table,
00:40:23tubes everywhere.
00:40:24The monitor line barely flickered,
00:40:27every beat like it was taking
00:40:28everything I had left.
00:40:30My face was white as paper.
00:40:32My lips had no color at all.
00:40:34My hair was spread out on the
00:40:35like a dead flower.
00:40:39Ian, I feel awful.
00:40:40She didn't get her way this time,
00:40:42but what if she tries it again?
00:40:44Don't worry.
00:40:45I'll handle it.
00:40:50The next second,
00:40:51the bodyguards forced that
00:40:52drugged wine down my throat.
00:40:54The burn made me choke,
00:40:56and I tried to spit it out,
00:40:58but Ian's hand locked around my throat.
00:41:01Now you know what Olivia felt.
00:41:03Try anything like that again,
00:41:05and I'll leave you in that war zone for good.
00:41:08Then he turned,
00:41:10picked Olivia up,
00:41:11and walked away without one last look.
00:41:14She glanced back,
00:41:15smiled at me,
00:41:16and mouthed,
00:41:17Enjoy it.
00:41:19My blood turned to ice.
00:41:21Faces flashed through my mind.
00:41:23Dark rooms.
00:41:24Cold chains.
00:41:26Men grinning down at me.
00:41:29Then his voice changed.
00:41:31The mockery was gone.
00:41:32In its place was a tremor
00:41:34I'd never heard before.
00:41:35I lay against his chest,
00:41:37listening to his heartbeat.
00:41:38Fast.
00:41:39Too fast.
00:41:40I wanted to tell him.
00:41:41This time,
00:41:42I'm really dying.
00:41:43From 8 to 23,
00:41:45I loved you for 15 years.
00:41:46I waited for you for 3.
00:41:48I let you crush me
00:41:49over and over and over.
00:41:50I'm tired.
00:41:51I can't love you anymore.
00:41:53I don't want to anymore.
00:41:54But the words wouldn't come.
00:41:56Blood filled my throat,
00:41:57and every breath was like
00:41:58swallowing broken glass.
00:42:00Sophie.
00:42:01Sophie.
00:42:02Open your eyes, Ian.
00:42:03Open your eyes.
00:42:06Head down,
00:42:07nails digging into my palms,
00:42:09I walked to the restroom
00:42:10one step at a time.
00:42:13Only after the door shut
00:42:15did I dare look up.
00:42:16The woman in the mirror
00:42:17was gray,
00:42:18hollow-eyed,
00:42:19lips cracked,
00:42:20like a walking skeleton.
00:42:22I thought of how gently
00:42:24Ian cared for Olivia.
00:42:26One cherished.
00:42:27One trampled into the dirt.
00:42:33I wasn't the Sophie
00:42:34I used to be.
00:42:36That bright,
00:42:37fearless Sophie
00:42:38died in the war zone
00:42:39three years ago.
00:42:46I'd barely made it out the door
00:42:47when the bodyguards
00:42:48grabbed me,
00:42:49dragged me into the lounge,
00:42:50and threw me at Ian's feet.
00:42:52Sophie,
00:42:53you've got some nerve.
00:42:54You slipped Olivia
00:42:56an afrodisiac?
00:42:58I didn't.
00:42:59Sophie,
00:42:59I know you hate me,
00:43:00but this is beyond cruel.
00:43:02Ruining me wasn't enough.
00:43:04You had to go after my baby too.
00:43:05An afrodisiac,
00:43:06I looked up in shock
00:43:07and shook my head.
00:43:09Olivia's voice was weak,
00:43:10her eyes welling up,
00:43:11tears spilling down her face.
00:43:13Ian's face went ice cold.
00:43:14His hand came up.
00:43:16Smack!
00:43:17The slap landed across my face.
00:43:19My head whipped to the side.
00:43:21My cheek on fire.
00:43:22He'd never hit me before.
00:43:24Never.
00:43:25I couldn't believe it.
00:43:28There has to be some mistake.
00:43:30She was just talking to me.
00:43:32She even called my name.
00:43:34How could she...
00:43:35Mr. Payne,
00:43:37she had late stage bone cancer.
00:43:39It had already spread
00:43:41throughout her body.
00:43:42According to her chart,
00:43:43she had less than a month left.
00:43:45What happened today
00:43:46only sped it up.
00:43:48What did you just say?
00:43:49Late stage bone cancer?
00:43:50What late stage bone cancer?
00:43:52Sophie Carter.
00:43:54Late stage bone cancer.
00:43:55Diagnosed a month ago.
00:43:57It's all in her chart.
00:43:58You...
00:43:59didn't know?
00:44:02Ian stood there
00:44:03like he'd been struck by lightning.
00:44:04A month ago,
00:44:06right after I came back
00:44:07from the war zone,
00:44:08I hid that lab report
00:44:09under my pillow
00:44:10in the hospital room.
00:44:11He pulled it out,
00:44:12glanced at it,
00:44:13and threw it in my face
00:44:14with a cold laugh.
00:44:15A fake chart.
00:44:16You never change.
00:44:18He said that himself.
00:44:20I floated there,
00:44:21watching his face
00:44:22crack apart piece by piece
00:44:24until it completely caved in.
00:44:26I wanted to cry.
00:44:28So he could feel regret after all.
00:44:30But so what?
00:44:31What does it change?
00:44:33I don't need it anymore.
00:44:40Ian's knees gave out.
00:44:42He sank to the floor,
00:44:43bracing himself with both hands,
00:44:45his shoulders shaking hard.
00:44:47He made no sound,
00:44:48but that silent collapse
00:44:49was more devastating
00:44:50than any scream.
00:44:52No way.
00:44:53That can't be right.
00:44:54Sophie's way too young.
00:44:56Late stage bone cancer?
00:44:57How?
00:45:00Ian,
00:45:01you know how Sophie used to do things
00:45:03to get your attention?
00:45:05What if this is the same kind of thing?
00:45:08Ian, I just...
00:45:09I just wasn't expecting this.
00:45:14I need to see her myself.
00:45:19He shoved past the doctor
00:45:20and slammed through the ER doors,
00:45:22stumbling inside.
00:45:23Olivia froze,
00:45:24her fingers curling tight.
00:45:27She bit her lip and followed.
00:45:30She had to make sure
00:45:32I was really, truly dead.
00:45:37The ER lights were still on,
00:45:39that cold white glare
00:45:40falling over the operating table
00:45:42and the body beneath the sheet.
00:45:44Ian stood there
00:45:45with his hand hovering over it,
00:45:46unable to bring it down.
00:45:48He finally pulled the sheet back.
00:45:50My face was exposed.
00:45:52Pale, still, like wax.
00:45:55My lips were drained of color.
00:45:57My eyes barely closed
00:45:58and there was still
00:45:59drying blood on my lashes.
00:46:02Ian stared at my face,
00:46:03his pupils shaking.
00:46:06This was the girl
00:46:07he had raised for 15 years.
00:46:09The girl he carried home himself
00:46:11from my parents' funeral.
00:46:13The one he used to treasure,
00:46:14afraid I'd fall,
00:46:15afraid I'd get hurt.
00:46:17Mr. Payne,
00:46:18prepare yourself.
00:46:20Ian said nothing.
00:46:21His gaze dropped from my face
00:46:23to the rest of me.
00:46:24There was barely a patch of skin
00:46:26left untouched.
00:46:27A black-edged burn scar
00:46:29below my collarbone.
00:46:30A long knife scar by my ribs.
00:46:32Layered marks all over
00:46:34my lower abdomen.
00:46:35Some already faded white.
00:46:37Needle marks along my inner arm.
00:46:39Bruises spreading from my wrist
00:46:40to my elbow.
00:46:41and my left hand,
00:46:43part of my pinky was gone,
00:46:44like a branch snapped off.
00:46:47Ian's breathing turned ragged,
00:46:49like something was crushing
00:46:50his chest so hard
00:46:51he couldn't breathe.
00:46:52These injuries,
00:46:53some were cigarette burns,
00:46:55some were caused
00:46:55by heated metal tongs.
00:46:57There were also knife wounds
00:46:58and blunt force trauma.
00:47:00Based on the healing
00:47:01of the scars,
00:47:02they were inflicted
00:47:03over a period
00:47:03of about three years.
00:47:08There's something else.
00:47:09We found signs
00:47:11of multiple miscarriages.
00:47:12Her uterus was severely damaged,
00:47:15and with the drugs
00:47:16in her system,
00:47:17she must have suffered terribly
00:47:18before she died.
00:47:20She had almost no will to live.
00:47:22Even if we had revived her,
00:47:23she only would have
00:47:24had a few days left.
00:47:26The doctor looked at him,
00:47:27hesitated,
00:47:28then said it anyway.
00:47:30Almost no will to live.
00:47:31The words kept echoing
00:47:33in Ian's head.
00:47:34He was the one
00:47:35who pushed me toward death,
00:47:36again and again.
00:47:38Ian looked at my face,
00:47:39and the room started spinning.
00:47:41Those memories kept flashing
00:47:43through his mind.
00:47:44In me,
00:47:45kneeling hard on the floor,
00:47:46forehead pressed to it,
00:47:47saying,
00:47:48I was wrong.
00:47:49Me begging him on the plane
00:47:50not to lock me up.
00:47:51My face drained white
00:47:53after I accidentally
00:47:54ate shellfish.
00:47:55The smile on my face
00:47:57when I said,
00:47:58Thank you, Ian.
00:48:00But I don't need it anymore.
00:48:02And me at 18,
00:48:03at my debutante ball,
00:48:04in a white dress
00:48:05beside the cake,
00:48:06smiling brighter
00:48:07than the candles.
00:48:08Everything went black
00:48:09for Ian.
00:48:10He heard people calling his name,
00:48:11far away,
00:48:12like it was underwater.
00:48:13Olivia's voice
00:48:14grew fainter and fainter.
00:48:16As he fell,
00:48:17his hands still reached
00:48:18for the operating table.
00:48:19His fingertips barely touched
00:48:21the edge of the white sheet.
00:48:22He was so close
00:48:23to touching me.
00:48:26The moment Ian collapsed,
00:48:28he seemed to see me.
00:48:29I hung there in mid-air,
00:48:31watching him.
00:48:32His lips moved,
00:48:33like he was saying something,
00:48:34but I couldn't hear him anymore.
00:48:36I watched them take him away.
00:48:38I turned to leave,
00:48:40but I couldn't move.
00:48:41It was like some invisible thread
00:48:43had tied my soul to him.
00:48:45I drifted beside him,
00:48:46no more than an arm's length away,
00:48:48but I couldn't get any farther.
00:48:50I looked down at my
00:48:51half-transparent hands,
00:48:53then at Ian,
00:48:54lying on the floor.
00:48:55Ian had a dream.
00:48:56He went back to the night
00:48:58of my 18th birthday
00:48:59debutante ball.
00:49:00I stood in front of him,
00:49:01in a white dress,
00:49:02holding a glass,
00:49:04blushing like an apple.
00:49:05There was light in my eyes
00:49:07when I looked at him.
00:49:09He'd seen it so many times before.
00:49:13When I ran after him,
00:49:14calling his name.
00:49:16When I won my Oscar.
00:49:20Every single time I looked at him,
00:49:22he just never wanted to admit
00:49:24what it meant.
00:49:25Ian,
00:49:27I love you.
00:49:33Have you no shame,
00:49:34I'm your brother.
00:49:35I raised you.
00:49:39Ian,
00:49:39please.
00:49:40Don't leave me.
00:49:42Please.
00:49:49Stay in the war zone.
00:49:51You can come back
00:49:52when you've killed off
00:49:52those filthy thoughts.
00:49:54He got up and walked away.
00:49:55My crying faded behind him,
00:49:57farther and fainter.
00:49:59He never looked back.
00:50:01Now he stands in those memories,
00:50:03shaking,
00:50:04unable to call out
00:50:05or come to me.
00:50:06Forced to watch it all on repeat.
00:50:08He did that.
00:50:12Every frame of it.
00:50:13I drift beside him,
00:50:15looking at his closed eyes,
00:50:17the tears pooled in the corners.
00:50:19I feel nothing.
00:50:20Not because I'm cruel.
00:50:22I've already died once.
00:50:24The dead don't ache for the living.
00:50:26I watch him like a stranger.
00:50:29I want mom and dad.
00:50:31I want Snowball.
00:50:34But I still can't leave.
00:50:36Some invisible tether keeps me bound to him,
00:50:39like the last lock on my freedom.
00:50:45How much longer are you going to keep me trapped here?
00:50:49How much longer are you going to keep me trapped here?
00:51:04hands braced on his knees.
00:51:06Sunlight fell across him,
00:51:08but he couldn't feel any warmth.
00:51:09All he could see was me on that operating table.
00:51:12My pale face.
00:51:13The tip of my little finger gone.
00:51:15Scars all over me.
00:51:18That was his Sophie.
00:51:20Sophie.
00:51:20The girl he had raised for 15 years.
00:51:26Mr. Payne.
00:51:27Sophie.
00:51:28She.
00:51:29Speak.
00:51:29The assistant drew a breath and opened the file.
00:51:32For three years in the war zone,
00:51:34men went into her tent every day.
00:51:37Refugees.
00:51:38Mercenaries.
00:51:39Wealthy men.
00:51:40Not a single day without it.
00:51:42They cut off her little finger on the stot
00:51:44for spilling a little soup in the refugee soup line.
00:51:48To keep her from escaping,
00:51:49they chained her up every night.
00:51:51She tried to kill herself with pills.
00:51:54When they caught her,
00:51:55they forced disinfectant down her throat.
00:51:57Her vocal cords were permanently damaged.
00:52:00For those three years,
00:52:01she was put through hell.
00:52:02Ian's fingers cleansed tight.
00:52:09Ian snatched up the report.
00:52:12Every word on the page cut like a knife.
00:52:14He saw the words every day.
00:52:17Chains.
00:52:18Disinfectant.
00:52:19Cut off.
00:52:20Packed across it like a net closing in.
00:52:22He dropped to the floor.
00:52:24The report slipped from his hand.
00:52:26Pages scattering everywhere.
00:52:28He stared at those horrible words,
00:52:31shaking too hard to pick them up.
00:52:33He opened his mouth,
00:52:35but nothing came out.
00:52:36The images kept flashing through his head.
00:52:38Me on the plane,
00:52:40dropping to my knees,
00:52:41forehead pressed to the floor,
00:52:42terrified,
00:52:43begging,
00:52:44please,
00:52:45don't send me back.
00:52:46Me at that party,
00:52:47automatically sitting in a man's lap
00:52:49and feeding him a drink.
00:52:50That was how I stayed alive.
00:52:52I closed my eyes.
00:52:53I didn't want to watch this man regret it anymore.
00:52:56I just wanted to leave.
00:53:01A glass-topped ice coffin
00:53:03stood in the middle of the room.
00:53:05Under the clear lid,
00:53:06I lay there quietly,
00:53:07in the white dress I wore to my debutante ball at 18.
00:53:09He placed the carved memorial plaques
00:53:11beside the coffin one by one.
00:53:13Three of them.
00:53:14Snowball.
00:53:15Sophie Carter.
00:53:16And the blank one he never named.
00:53:18He didn't know why,
00:53:19but he carved it anyway.
00:53:21Then he knelt in front of the coffin,
00:53:23his forehead against the cold glass.
00:53:25His voice so hoarse,
00:53:27I could barely hear it.
00:53:28My soul drifted in the corner of the room,
00:53:30watching him.
00:53:33Sophie,
00:53:34I'm sorry.
00:53:35Don't be afraid.
00:53:36I'll stay with you.
00:53:37Always.
00:53:38Ian opened his phone and played that video.
00:53:41The one where I collapsed.
00:53:42He watched it once.
00:53:44Then again.
00:53:45Then again.
00:53:46Every time,
00:53:47his fingers clenched tighter,
00:53:49until his nails dug into his palm and drew blood.
00:53:51But he couldn't feel it.
00:53:53His voice was in pieces.
00:53:55I drifted behind him,
00:53:57watching him punish himself with that video over and over,
00:54:00watching his tears hit the screen one drop at a time.
00:54:03Suddenly,
00:54:04my chest felt tight.
00:54:06On the fourth day,
00:54:07Ian called in his lawyer.
00:54:09I drifted beside him,
00:54:10and watched him sign one document after another.
00:54:13His pain group shares,
00:54:15every asset in his name.
00:54:17His real estate,
00:54:18funds,
00:54:19savings.
00:54:20He gave all of it away.
00:54:24Mr. Payne,
00:54:26are you sure about this?
00:54:27These assets?
00:54:28I'm done.
00:54:29You can leave.
00:54:30The lawyer hesitated,
00:54:31but he said it anyway.
00:54:33Ian cut him off.
00:54:34The lawyer left.
00:54:35I looked at the signed papers and felt nothing.
00:54:38He was ruthless to me when I was alive.
00:54:41Now he's giving everything away.
00:54:43What's the point?
00:54:44I won't take a dime of it.
00:54:46I don't want to.
00:54:49Sir,
00:54:50please,
00:54:51eat something.
00:54:52Mr. Payne,
00:54:53the company still needs you.
00:54:54You have to pull yourself together.
00:54:57Out.
00:55:02Get out!
00:55:05On the fifth day,
00:55:07someone finally opened the door.
00:55:09The maid bringing freer took one look at Ian
00:55:11and nearly dropped the tray.
00:55:12He sat beside the glass-topped ice coffin.
00:55:15Gaunt and hollow-eyed,
00:55:16his lips cracked and peeling.
00:55:18Her voice shook.
00:55:19He didn't look up.
00:55:20Then his assistant appeared in the doorway
00:55:22and went white at the sight of him.
00:55:23Ian's voice was raw,
00:55:25like it had been burned away.
00:55:26The assistant tried to speak,
00:55:27but Ian grabbed the glass from the table
00:55:29and smashed it on the floor.
00:55:31Shards flew.
00:55:38I drifted there,
00:55:39watching.
00:55:40Then I saw the bottles on the nightstand.
00:55:43Disinfectant.
00:55:44I knew that bottle.
00:55:45It was exactly the same
00:55:47as what they forced down my throat
00:55:48in the war zone.
00:55:49Ian grabbed a bottle of disinfectant
00:55:51and twisted the cap off.
00:55:52He tilted his head back
00:55:54and poured it into his mouth.
00:55:55It spilled down his chin.
00:55:57His throat convulsed.
00:55:59His whole body folded in on itself,
00:56:01shaking with pain.
00:56:03But he kept drinking.
00:56:05Once.
00:56:06Twice.
00:56:07Three times.
00:56:09By then,
00:56:09his voice didn't even sound human.
00:56:11I'm gonna feel all of it.
00:56:13Every bit of what you went through.
00:56:15For one second,
00:56:16I was shocked.
00:56:17Just one.
00:56:18Then everything in me went still again,
00:56:21like dead water.
00:56:22Nothing could stir it now.
00:56:23I hovered in the corner
00:56:25and watched him curl up,
00:56:27shaking in agony.
00:56:37The news of Olivia Young's death
00:56:39hit the trending feeds
00:56:40on an ordinary morning.
00:56:41One hashtag after another exploded,
00:56:43like dominoes falling,
00:56:45until that once-adored name
00:56:46was shattered into dust.
00:56:48The news kept replaying the jump,
00:56:50grainy, shaky surveillance footage
00:56:52from the hotel.
00:56:53She stood on the rooftop
00:56:54in a white dress.
00:56:55The exact same white dress
00:56:57I was wearing when I collapsed.
00:56:58The wind tore her hair loose.
00:57:00She stood there for a long time,
00:57:02like she was waiting for someone.
00:57:04No one came.
00:57:06Then she jumped.
00:57:07The comments exploded.
00:57:10Apologies,
00:57:10remorse,
00:57:11people calling me a good person.
00:57:13None of it reached me.
00:57:14The people who drove me to my death
00:57:16were the same ones
00:57:17mourning me now.
00:57:18They just put on new faces
00:57:19and typed,
00:57:20I'm sorry,
00:57:21as if that could erase
00:57:22what I suffered.
00:57:23It couldn't.
00:57:24What they did was heavy.
00:57:26Their apologies were light.
00:57:28One gust of wind,
00:57:29and they were gone.
00:57:30My pain was carved
00:57:32into my bones and scars.
00:57:33It would never disappear.
00:57:37Do you see it, Sophie?
00:57:40Everything that was yours,
00:57:41I'll give back,
00:57:43piece by piece.
00:57:44Your name,
00:57:45your reputation,
00:57:47your career,
00:57:48everything you lost,
00:57:49I'll get it back.
00:57:51Ian Payne sat beside
00:57:52the glass-topped ice coffin,
00:57:53phone in hand,
00:57:54the screen flooded with comments.
00:57:56His voice was quiet,
00:57:57as if he was afraid
00:57:58of disturbing the person inside.
00:58:00Then he turned the screen
00:58:01toward the coffin,
00:58:03toward that still,
00:58:04peaceful face.
00:58:07I drifted behind him,
00:58:09listening to him talk to my body.
00:58:11I said nothing.
00:58:12I don't need any of it now.
00:58:14My name,
00:58:15my reputation,
00:58:16my career.
00:58:17What good are they now
00:58:18that I'm dead?
00:58:19Ian set down his phone
00:58:21and traced my outline
00:58:22through the glass
00:58:22of the ice coffin,
00:58:23slowly,
00:58:24like he was trying
00:58:25to memorize my face.
00:58:27I went still.
00:58:28I looked at him.
00:58:29There was no light
00:58:29left in his eyes.
00:58:30It wasn't love.
00:58:31It was obsession.
00:58:32Heavy, twisted,
00:58:33suffocating obsession.
00:58:34Sophie,
00:58:35you're here, aren't you?
00:58:36I can feel you.
00:58:37I just can't see you.
00:58:39Ian Payne's voice
00:58:40was forced beyond recognition.
00:58:42He stared into empty space,
00:58:43nowhere near where I was.
00:58:45I froze.
00:58:46He could feel me?
00:58:47I thought he couldn't sense me at all.
00:58:49I found a spirit medium.
00:58:51He can help me.
00:58:52He said he can let me see you
00:58:54and bring you back.
00:58:56I looked at him
00:58:57and had only one thought.
00:58:58He'd lost his mind.
00:59:00He really had.
00:59:04The door opened
00:59:05and an old man
00:59:06with snow-white hair
00:59:07and beard stepped in.
00:59:08He moved so lightly
00:59:10it barely seemed real.
00:59:11He glanced at Ian
00:59:12then looked straight
00:59:13into the empty space
00:59:14where I was.
00:59:15That look sent a chill
00:59:17through me.
00:59:18He could see me.
00:59:19Mr. Payne,
00:59:21your bond with her is over.
00:59:23Ian went pale
00:59:24then dropped to his knees
00:59:25with a dull thud.
00:59:26Please,
00:59:27I'll pay any price.
00:59:29Anything.
00:59:29Just bring her back.
00:59:30Ian's voice was shaking.
00:59:32I hovered there
00:59:33watching him kneel.
00:59:34I felt nothing.
00:59:35Just this deep
00:59:36crushing exhaustion.
00:59:38I didn't want to come back.
00:59:39Living hurt too much.
00:59:41I'd finally died.
00:59:43Finally escaped
00:59:44that ruined body.
00:59:45I didn't want to go back.
00:59:47She won't.
00:59:48She doesn't want
00:59:49to see you again.
00:59:53Please,
00:59:54tell her I know
00:59:55I was wrong.
00:59:56I really do.
00:59:57Just let her give me
00:59:58one more chance.
00:59:59Just one.
00:59:59The spirit medium
01:00:00heard me.
01:00:01He looked right at me,
01:00:02calm and full of pity.
01:00:04Ian went rigid
01:00:05then dropped to his knees.
01:00:06He stayed there
01:00:07a long time.
01:00:08Then his shoulders
01:00:09started shaking,
01:00:10hard and silent.
01:00:11When he spoke,
01:00:13his voice fell apart.
01:00:14I closed my eyes.
01:00:16I didn't want to hear it.
01:00:17I see it.
01:00:19Then I'll help you
01:00:20one last time.
01:00:21He was quiet
01:00:22for a long time
01:00:22then sighed.
01:00:23He looked at me
01:00:24with something
01:00:24I couldn't name
01:00:25in his eyes.
01:00:25He raised his hand
01:00:27and his wide sleeve
01:00:28swept through the air.
01:00:29A wave of dizziness
01:00:30hit me.
01:00:30I hadn't felt anything
01:00:31like it in years.
01:00:32It was like riding
01:00:33a carousel as a kid,
01:00:34the whole world spinning
01:00:35until I couldn't tell
01:00:36up from down.
01:00:37My thoughts began
01:00:38to blur.
01:00:38The last thing I saw
01:00:39was Ian's pale,
01:00:40tear-struck face
01:00:41fading farther
01:00:42and farther away.
01:00:47When I woke again,
01:00:49I smelled flowers,
01:00:50not disinfectant,
01:00:52not blood,
01:00:53not smoke
01:00:54from the war zone.
01:00:55Flowers,
01:00:55faint and sweet,
01:00:57like spring.
01:00:58I slowly opened my eyes.
01:01:00Above me was a huge tree,
01:01:02thick-trunked
01:01:03and full of leaves.
01:01:04Red wish cards
01:01:05covered the branches,
01:01:06swaying softly
01:01:07in the wind.
01:01:08Every card
01:01:08had writing on it,
01:01:09but I couldn't
01:01:10make out the words.
01:01:11All I could see
01:01:12was the red paper
01:01:13catching the light.
01:01:14A wish tree.
01:01:14I was lying beneath it
01:01:16on soft grass,
01:01:17staring up at the branches,
01:01:18unable to tell
01:01:19if this was a dream
01:01:20or real.
01:01:22Sophie.
01:01:26Is it really you, Sophie?
01:01:29I looked at him.
01:01:30Sunlight slipped
01:01:31through the leaves
01:01:31and fell between us.
01:01:32The red wish cards
01:01:33stirred in the breeze.
01:01:35I said nothing.
01:01:36I didn't know
01:01:37how to answer him.
01:01:39I know I was wrong.
01:01:40I know I hurt you.
01:01:41I'll give you anything.
01:01:42Just forgive me.
01:01:43I didn't understand
01:01:44my own heart
01:01:45until you died.
01:01:46Sophie,
01:01:47I love you.
01:01:48I do.
01:01:49Ian took another
01:01:50half step forward,
01:01:51his knees starting
01:01:52to buckle.
01:01:52His voice began
01:01:53to shake.
01:01:57Love.
01:01:57I finally turned
01:01:58to look at him.
01:01:59Hearing that word
01:02:00from Ian made me sick,
01:02:01really sick to my stomach.
01:02:03Three years.
01:02:04I spent three years
01:02:05in the war zone.
01:02:06Where was he
01:02:06when they cut off
01:02:07my finger,
01:02:07when they forced
01:02:08disinfectant down
01:02:09my throat,
01:02:09when those men
01:02:10came into my tent,
01:02:11one after another,
01:02:12when I lost the baby,
01:02:13he was with Olivia.
01:02:15And now that I'm dead,
01:02:16he says he loves me.
01:02:18Love, Ian.
01:02:20You're not worthy
01:02:21of that word.
01:02:23I was pregnant
01:02:23with your child,
01:02:25the second year,
01:02:26in the war zone.
01:02:28Too bad the baby died
01:02:29the month you left me there.
01:02:31You killed your own child.
01:02:32Ian went completely still.
01:02:34His lips started trembling,
01:02:35his eyes shaking
01:02:36like something had hit him
01:02:37square in the chest.
01:02:38I just looked at him,
01:02:40still as dead water.
01:02:41At last,
01:02:42Ian Payne's knees gave out.
01:02:43He dropped to the floor,
01:02:44bracing himself
01:02:45with both hands,
01:02:46his shoulders shaking hard.
01:02:47His opened like he wanted
01:02:49to speak,
01:02:49but nothing came out,
01:02:50just ragged,
01:02:51silent breaths,
01:02:52torn up from deep
01:02:53in his chest.
01:02:54I looked at his ashen face
01:02:55and felt nothing.
01:02:56I stopped hurting
01:02:57a long time ago.
01:02:59The pain belonged
01:02:59to that dead body,
01:03:01not this soul
01:03:01floating above it.
01:03:07Even if I came back to life,
01:03:08I would never be with you.
01:03:10Ian,
01:03:10let me go.
01:03:11The way you are right now,
01:03:13it just disgusts me.
01:03:15I paused,
01:03:16my voice dropping.
01:03:17Then I turned
01:03:18and drifted away.
01:03:19I never looked back.
01:03:22Sir,
01:03:22let her go.
01:03:24She owes you nothing now.
01:03:27I can't.
01:03:28I really can't.
01:03:33Ian stayed on his knees
01:03:34beneath the wish tree
01:03:35for a long time.
01:03:36The spirit medium
01:03:36came out of the prayer hall
01:03:37and stopped beside him
01:03:38with a sigh.
01:03:39Ian looked up,
01:03:40his face streaked with tears.
01:03:41The spirit medium said nothing.
01:03:43The wind stirred
01:03:43the red wish cards
01:03:44in the tree.
01:03:45When Sophie Carter again,
01:03:46she catches a familiar scent,
01:03:47the faint smell of soap
01:03:48mixed with the warm sunlit
01:03:49softness of freshly dried sheets.
01:03:51She opens her eyes
01:03:52and finds herself
01:03:52at To The Alley
01:03:53beside a familiar
01:03:54detached suburban American house,
01:03:55the home she grew up in.
01:03:56She lowers her head
01:03:57and sees her own hands,
01:03:58small and chubby,
01:03:59her nails round and smooth
01:04:00with no scars
01:04:01and no missing finger.
01:04:03Had I
01:04:03been given a second chance?
01:04:11Sophie,
01:04:12wear yourself out playing.
01:04:13Come eat.
01:04:14I stood there
01:04:15and the tears just came.
01:04:16I threw myself
01:04:17into mom's arms,
01:04:18laughing and crying.
01:04:19She startled
01:04:20and dad came over
01:04:21to feel my forehead.
01:04:22What happened?
01:04:23Did somebody pick on you?
01:04:25I only shook my head
01:04:26and buried my face against her,
01:04:27trembling all over.
01:04:28All right.
01:04:29Let's go home.
01:04:30It's your birthday today.
01:04:32Then they took my hands,
01:04:33one on each side.
01:04:34It felt like a dream.
01:04:36Sunlight fell over
01:04:36the three of us.
01:04:37Our shadows stretched
01:04:38long behind us,
01:04:39joined together.
01:04:40The three of us
01:04:41disappeared around the corner.
01:04:43You gave up all your fate
01:04:44to buy her a new life.
01:04:45Was it worth it?
01:04:46As long as she's happy,
01:04:47that's enough.
01:04:48Even if I'm never
01:04:49in her world again.
01:04:50At the mouth of the alley,
01:04:51the spirit medium
01:04:52stood with Ian Payne,
01:04:53watching the family of three
01:04:55disappear around the corner.
01:04:56Then he turned
01:04:56and saw Ian's body
01:04:57slowly fading transparent,
01:04:59petty in his eyes.
01:05:00Ian kept staring
01:05:01at the corner
01:05:01where Sophie vanished.
01:05:02His face was blank,
01:05:03but something flickered
01:05:04in his eyes.
01:05:05His voice was soft,
01:05:06soft as the wind.
01:05:07He paused,
01:05:08and it broke for a second.
01:05:09Wind swept through the alley,
01:05:10stirring a few fallen leaves.
01:05:12Then Ian was gone.
01:05:13The corner was empty.
01:05:14There was nothing left,
01:05:15only warm sunlight
01:05:16on the ground,
01:05:17as if nothing
01:05:18had happened at all.