They Said I Was Too Ugly To Be Their Sister (Full AI Movie)

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00:00:00My three brothers thought I was ugly and sent me to the countryside.

00:00:04Yet they spent a million dollars searching for the stunning beauty in the photo.

00:00:08They had no idea it was me.

00:00:10Their adopted sister bullied me, and they said I was ugly so I deserved it.

00:00:24By the time they finally knew who I was and wanted me as their sister,

00:00:27I didn't want brothers anymore.

00:00:30Three days after I was born, my three looks-obsessed brothers were already crying for mom and dad to swap

00:00:36me out for a different sister.

00:00:37Later, my parents adopted beautiful Brielle.

00:00:39I got sent out to the farm, where grandma raised me.

00:00:42They only brought me back after I got into Northbridge University at 18.

00:00:46You were ugly as a kid, and you're still hard to look at.

00:00:49Now Adrian runs the family company.

00:00:51One word from him, and the staff clears his own sister's place at the table.

00:00:55At least you know better than to show your face.

00:00:58Everybody, meet the only sister I'll ever have.

00:01:01I'd barely made it home, and Dylan was already telling his followers I didn't exist.

00:01:05Hazel, don't blame them.

00:01:07They just need time to get used to your face.

00:01:09They don't know I wear a mask not because I'm ugly, but because I'm too painful.

00:01:14You have interviews today.

00:01:16Leave it on.

00:01:17Don't scare people.

00:01:19Grandma sent photos every year.

00:01:20She kept calling, too.

00:01:21Boys were lining up at my farm just to see Hazel.

00:01:25You could have bothered to come see her yourselves.

00:01:28Welcome gift.

00:01:29So they hadn't forgotten what I looked like?

00:01:30They'd never looked at me at all.

00:01:33Hazel's lived a sheltered life.

00:01:35If you hand her that much money, what if somebody scams her?

00:01:39Learn the rules first.

00:01:41Then we'll talk about money.

00:01:42What's the limit?

00:01:43You just got here, and you're already thinking about money?

00:01:46Is that what Grandpa taught you?

00:01:47Grandma taught me to keep track of what people owe.

00:01:49You cut off my living expenses 13 years ago.

00:01:52You don't need to make up the love.

00:01:53Just settle this.

00:01:55You hear that?

00:01:56My actual sister walks in and starts keeping score.

00:01:58Listen to her.

00:01:59She's definitely come back to drain the family dry.

00:02:02Hazel's had a hard life.

00:02:03She just doesn't feel safe.

00:02:04If you care that much, you pay them back.

00:02:10Books and school supplies only.

00:02:12Don't waste it on trash.

00:02:14Lab equipment counts.

00:02:15Don't lock the card later.

00:02:20National math and physics competitions.

00:02:22Gold in both?

00:02:23He finally looked me in the eye.

00:02:25He had no idea those two certificates were only the start.

00:02:30Adrian held my certificates,

00:02:31then looked at my Northbridge admission letter

00:02:34like he was just realizing I could do more than spend money.

00:02:38You earned all of these yourself?

00:02:39The same guy who just accused me of coming back for the family money

00:02:43went quiet when he saw the gold award certificate.

00:02:46They'd rather believe I came in first because I was ugly, unwanted,

00:02:49and had nothing better to do.

00:02:52Please bring me my birth certificate and the rest of my enrollment paperwork.

00:02:57You just got a card, and now you want your papers too?

00:03:01What, you want shares next?

00:03:02Can you authorize that?

00:03:05Then let's talk.

00:03:06His face hardened, and he shoved the camera even closer.

00:03:11I blocked it with my hand.

00:03:13Am I getting a cut of the live stream money?

00:03:15Are you that money hungry?

00:03:17Then don't film me.

00:03:18My face isn't free.

00:03:21Who'd even want to look at your face?

00:03:24Hope you keep that same energy.

00:03:26Hazel, your room's not ready yet.

00:03:29The only space left is the storage room where I keep my old clothes.

00:03:32This house had room for her last season's dresses,

00:03:35but not one bed for me.

00:03:37Does it have a window, AC, and Wi-Fi?

00:03:40Yes, but...

00:03:41Clear out the old clothes and put in a bed.

00:03:43Can I stay there until I graduate?

00:03:44As long as you behave yourself, no one's kicking you out.

00:03:47Then put it in writing.

00:03:50What do you mean?

00:03:51I'm making sure I still have somewhere to sleep

00:03:52next time she buys a new dress.

00:03:54Briella's hand froze on her glass.

00:03:56I had the assistant put it in writing.

00:03:58Four years of free housing, utilities, and internet included.

00:04:04Keep pushing for every penny.

00:04:06It'll come back to bite you.

00:04:09Then I'll read the contract carefully.

00:04:11The house was close to campus.

00:04:14Four years there would save me a lot in rent.

00:04:17Whether they ever gave me a home was out of my hands.

00:04:19But once they promised me a place to stay,

00:04:22they weren't taking it back on a whim.

00:04:26I dragged my suitcase upstairs.

00:04:29Then I passed Julian's studio and stopped cold.

00:04:32That was me.

00:04:34Five years ago, after that competition,

00:04:37I was waiting in Grandma's orchard,

00:04:39and he took my picture.

00:04:40Who said you could stand there?

00:04:42You've kept this photo all this time?

00:04:44Stop staring.

00:04:45You can't copy a face like that with plastic surgery.

00:04:49True.

00:04:50One of this face was trouble enough.

00:04:52Cut the sarcasm.

00:04:53Jealousy won't get you anywhere.

00:04:55But before it closed,

00:04:57I saw the notice under the photo.

00:04:59$1,000 for information.

00:05:01And every question I didn't get to ask

00:05:03stayed on the other side.

00:05:05I looked down at my old clothes,

00:05:06then back at the door.

00:05:07He'd rather spend $1,000 looking for a stranger

00:05:11than let his own sister finish a sentence.

00:05:13The girl he said I could never imitate was me.

00:05:18The next morning,

00:05:19I'd barely sat down before Briella came over with milk.

00:05:23Hazel, did you really make over a dozen charges in one night?

00:05:28It's not about the money.

00:05:30I'm just worried you got scammed

00:05:31and bought a bunch of useless stuff.

00:05:34What did I say yesterday?

00:05:36I slid the bill over.

00:05:37No jewelry,

00:05:39no designer bags.

00:05:41Just textbooks,

00:05:42database subscriptions,

00:05:43and lab supplies.

00:05:45A few books cost that much now?

00:05:47Some are out of print.

00:05:48When you buy lenses,

00:05:50do you price them by size?

00:05:52Julian went quiet.

00:05:53I hit confirm on the portable spectractor in my cart.

00:05:59Who said you could buy that?

00:06:00You did.

00:06:02Yesterday,

00:06:02you said books and school supplies were fine.

00:06:04I specifically mentioned lab equipment.

00:06:07You got real comfortable spending somebody else's money.

00:06:10What else?

00:06:11Spending my own would hurt more.

00:06:13I'm not fighting them for favorite sister.

00:06:17Grandma's savings are for her,

00:06:19not for raising this family's kid.

00:06:22We still haven't found the girl in the photo.

00:06:25One of the backup candidates for the new line

00:06:27is willing to lower her rate.

00:06:30The new line is built around that photo.

00:06:32Keep looking.

00:06:33Don't just swap her out.

00:06:36No one can replace her.

00:06:38The photo doesn't even capture what she was really like.

00:06:40The way he looked at that photo

00:06:42versus the way he looked at me yesterday?

00:06:44Like two different people.

00:06:46I'll add another $1,000 to the reward.

00:06:49Whoever finds her gets two cars too.

00:06:51A hundred grand,

00:06:52then another hundred grand,

00:06:54plus two cars.

00:06:55Sitting right there,

00:06:57I did the math for them.

00:06:58If I had a sister that gorgeous,

00:07:00she could have my whole garage.

00:07:03Holding half a bagel,

00:07:04I almost laughed.

00:07:06I'd been his sister for 18 years,

00:07:08and he wouldn't even take one picture with me.

00:07:11You even hide your face when you eat.

00:07:13It's disgusting.

00:07:14Don't take it personally, Hazel.

00:07:16They just love the girl in the photo.

00:07:18You don't need to compare yourself to her.

00:07:23Fine.

00:07:24Don't recognize me.

00:07:25Just don't cost me a free lunch.

00:07:27One more thing.

00:07:29The Foundation Young Scholars Award results are out.

00:07:32Hazel won.

00:07:34It comes with $50,000,

00:07:36four years of research support,

00:07:38and an internship at a partner research institute.

00:07:41When does the money come through?

00:07:43Do you care about anything but money?

00:07:45Four years of research support.

00:07:47That's worth more than $50,000.

00:07:49Brielle's smile slipped.

00:07:51She took the papers,

00:07:53looked them over for a long moment,

00:07:54then spoke softly.

00:07:56Hazel's so talented,

00:07:57she'll have plenty of chances.

00:08:00I'm entering the youth art exhibition,

00:08:03and if I could have an honor like this...

00:08:08Forget it.

00:08:09I can't take Hazel's.

00:08:13Hazel,

00:08:14how much would it take for you to hand over the honor spot

00:08:17and publicity resources to Brielle?

00:08:19For a single photo,

00:08:21they'd spend $2 million to find someone.

00:08:23But when their own sister won an award on her own merit,

00:08:27all they wanted to know was how much it would take

00:08:29to make me give it up.

00:08:33Why should I?

00:08:37You like money, don't you?

00:08:39I'm offering you double the bonus,

00:08:41and that's still not enough.

00:08:43I didn't even look at the payment screen.

00:08:47I pulled out the award file

00:08:49and opened the judging criterias.

00:08:52Competition results,

00:08:53academic record,

00:08:54research potential.

00:08:55Which one does she have?

00:08:58Hazel, I was just saying it.

00:09:00If you don't want to,

00:09:01forget it.

00:09:04Don't be mad.

00:09:07You think that little of Brienne?

00:09:09Give her time,

00:09:10and she'll achieve no less than you,

00:09:12a girl from the countryside.

00:09:15She doesn't deserve to stand on my podium.

00:09:20It's our family foundation.

00:09:22I decide who gets it.

00:09:25So winning the competition and passing review,

00:09:28me meant less than her saying,

00:09:29I want it too.

00:09:32Then make her a separate award.

00:09:34Don't put her name on my work.

00:09:38We're family.

00:09:40Do you really have to keep score like this?

00:09:43Yesterday, I wasn't good enough to be your sister.

00:09:46Today, with an award on the line,

00:09:48suddenly I'm family.

00:09:51Julian's face darkened.

00:09:53I laid the published award page

00:09:55in front of Adrienne.

00:09:56The recommendation file

00:09:58and the list are already public.

00:10:01If you replace me,

00:10:02what are you going to tell the judges?

00:10:04That she's prettier?

00:10:09I already agreed to double your prize money.

00:10:13I like money.

00:10:14I want the honor too.

00:10:16What's mine stays mine.

00:10:18Hazel,

00:10:19I really wasn't trying to take it.

00:10:25Then don't touch it.

00:10:26She froze.

00:10:27I didn't smile this time.

00:10:30I stayed up nights for those competitions,

00:10:33and Grandpa scrapped together the money to send me.

00:10:37They weren't scraps for her to pick through.

00:10:39The results are already public.

00:10:42You shouldn't change them now.

00:10:43And the research institute spot has to match the actual recipient.

00:10:49Use the original list.

00:10:52In the end,

00:10:53the $50,000 prize,

00:10:55the research support,

00:10:57and the internship

00:10:58all stayed in my name.

00:11:01Not because he turned fair.

00:11:03Because changing it

00:11:04finally costs more

00:11:05than making her happy.

00:11:08The apartment near Canis is yours.

00:11:11Pick a car from the garage too.

00:11:13And don't make a scene

00:11:14over something this small again.

00:11:16Do I just get to live there?

00:11:18Or are you transferring it to me?

00:11:21It's yours.

00:11:23Assistant,

00:11:24handle the paperwork.

00:11:25What about parking,

00:11:26insurance,

00:11:26and gas?

00:11:27All included.

00:11:30Thanks, Adrian.

00:11:31Put the transfer

00:11:32and the expenses in writing.

00:11:34He looked like he choked on it.

00:11:37I pocketed the keys.

00:11:39Taking back what's mine

00:11:40doesn't mean I forgive him.

00:11:43Glad you're happy.

00:11:45Tomorrow we finally get to go to school together.

00:11:49The second she finished,

00:11:51Adrian stopped the butler.

00:11:53Brielle's media appearance

00:11:54stays as scheduled.

00:11:57Hazel comes in through the side entrance.

00:11:59Keep them out of the same shot.

00:12:01Afraid I'll upstage her?

00:12:04I'm trying to spare you

00:12:05the embarrassment.

00:12:08Same face.

00:12:09On a screen,

00:12:10they'd pay for it.

00:12:11In person,

00:12:12they were ashamed

00:12:13to be seen with me.

00:12:15I can't wait to see

00:12:16the look of regret

00:12:17on their faces.

00:12:19Brielle was giving interviews

00:12:20at the front entrance.

00:12:22I was told to use

00:12:23the side door.

00:12:25Fine by me.

00:12:26It was closer

00:12:27to the scholarship desk anyway.

00:12:29Hazel,

00:12:30why didn't you come in

00:12:31with everyone else?

00:12:32I hadn't even answered

00:12:33before she did it for me.

00:12:34Hazel's a little insecure

00:12:35about her looks.

00:12:37She's not used

00:12:38to people staring.

00:12:39Don't mind her.

00:12:41It's this hot

00:12:42and she's still wearing a mask.

00:12:44What does she even look like?

00:12:46I heard she was sent off

00:12:47to the country as a kid.

00:12:48Hazel was sent off

00:12:49to the country grades.

00:12:50Her family's never even

00:12:51released a photo of her.

00:12:52Don't say that.

00:12:53Hazel gets great grades.

00:12:55Well, if nobody wanted

00:12:56to hang out with her,

00:12:57of course,

00:12:58all she did was study.

00:13:00Every time she defended me,

00:13:02one more person

00:13:02decided I was ugly.

00:13:04I pulled my arm free

00:13:05and handed over

00:13:06my ID first.

00:13:08Hazel Whitlick,

00:13:10your annual $60,000

00:13:11merit scholarship

00:13:12will be applied to tuition.

00:13:13Confirm your information here.

00:13:16So it goes straight

00:13:17to tuition?

00:13:17I don't have to pay up front?

00:13:19That's right.

00:13:21My hand felt lighter

00:13:22signing my name.

00:13:24Whether anyone

00:13:25looked at me or not,

00:13:26the school was still

00:13:27saving me money.

00:13:29You already got

00:13:30the scholarship?

00:13:32Aren't you going

00:13:33to explain this?

00:13:34Explain what?

00:13:36The post says

00:13:37the real winner isn't you.

00:13:39You won't even

00:13:39show your face.

00:13:40So how do we know

00:13:41that ID isn't borrowed?

00:13:43Hazel, just explain it.

00:13:45Don't let people think

00:13:46our family paid

00:13:47for your spot.

00:13:48I looked at her.

00:13:49She didn't ask

00:13:50if the post was true.

00:13:51She went straight

00:13:52to telling everyone

00:13:53my family bought

00:13:54my way in.

00:13:54The school already

00:13:55verified my identity.

00:13:56What evidence do you have?

00:13:58Your family's rich.

00:13:59How hard would it be

00:14:00to get someone

00:14:00to back you up?

00:14:01They blocked my way

00:14:03and wouldn't move.

00:14:04Then Professor Reed

00:14:05came over,

00:14:06heard the argument,

00:14:07and looked at the papers

00:14:08in my hand.

00:14:11Professor Reed

00:14:11didn't make me prove

00:14:12I belonged at Northbridge again.

00:14:14There was already

00:14:15a research team tryout today,

00:14:17and he asked

00:14:18if I wanted to do

00:14:18the problem-solving round

00:14:19in public.

00:14:21Does it come with a stipend?

00:14:23If you're selected, yes.

00:14:25Then I'm in.

00:14:29Hazel, don't push yourself.

00:14:31If you can't do it,

00:14:32nobody's going to laugh at you.

00:14:34She said nobody would laugh,

00:14:36but her phone was already out.

00:14:39I didn't look at her again.

00:14:41I cared less about proving

00:14:42I wasn't a fraud

00:14:43than whether this could

00:14:44get me a lab spot.

00:14:45With 40 minutes left,

00:14:47I set down my pen

00:14:49and handed Professor Reed

00:14:50my answers.

00:14:51You didn't finish

00:14:52the last few, did you?

00:14:54I finished all of it.

00:14:56Every answer is correct,

00:14:58and on the last problem,

00:14:59both methods work.

00:15:01The laughter in the front row died.

00:15:04Brielle slowly lowered her phone.

00:15:06Hazel,

00:15:06welcome to the research team.

00:15:08You'll get the highest stipend

00:15:10for this tier.

00:15:10They wanted to humiliate me

00:15:12in public.

00:15:13Instead,

00:15:13they got me my first research job

00:15:15on campus.

00:15:16So what if she's smart?

00:15:17She still won't show her face.

00:15:20Hazel,

00:15:20don't feel bad.

00:15:22At least now everyone knows

00:15:23you didn't get in

00:15:24through family connections.

00:15:26When she said at least,

00:15:28she looked right at my mask.

00:15:30Once grades stopped working,

00:15:32they went straight back to my face.

00:15:34You guys want to see how ugly

00:15:36my sister's face is under her mask?

00:15:38After seeing the test,

00:15:40everyone else at least

00:15:41shut up for a minute.

00:15:42My own brother was ready

00:15:43to feed me to a bigger crowd.

00:15:45He forgot.

00:15:46I told him yesterday,

00:15:48my face isn't free.

00:15:49Now it's worth $2 million.

00:15:52I had just earned a research spot

00:15:54with a perfect score,

00:15:55and my own brother

00:15:56shoved my face into a live stream.

00:16:01She's not hiding behind that mask

00:16:02because she's insecure.

00:16:04She's doing it

00:16:05so you don't have nightmares.

00:16:06Dylan, stop.

00:16:08Hazel's trying her best.

00:16:09It's not like she got

00:16:10to pick her face.

00:16:12If even her own brother

00:16:13says that,

00:16:14how ugly is she?

00:16:15First they said

00:16:15I faked my grades.

00:16:17I proved them wrong.

00:16:18Now my face is the joke

00:16:19like they need something

00:16:20about me to laugh at.

00:16:22Got enough footage?

00:16:24What's the rush?

00:16:25Nobody's had a good look yet.

00:16:27I put my paper away

00:16:28and tried to leave.

00:16:31He blocked me

00:16:32and shoved the camera

00:16:33under my hat.

00:16:34Don't scare her.

00:16:35She grew up out on the farm.

00:16:37She's not used

00:16:38to this kind of attention.

00:16:39Then blocked the camera.

00:16:42Her smile froze.

00:16:44I waited for her to move,

00:16:45but she just clung

00:16:46to Dylan's arm even tighter.

00:16:49Why are you snapping at her?

00:16:51She's been sticking up for you.

00:16:53Every time she talks,

00:16:55one more person laughs at me.

00:16:57Can't you hear that?

00:17:00She's telling the truth.

00:17:01You can't take it?

00:17:02It took him one second

00:17:03to protect Briella.

00:17:05For me,

00:17:05he wouldn't even say,

00:17:06stop laughing.

00:17:08Do I get a cut

00:17:09of the livestream money?

00:17:10Are you crazy for money?

00:17:12You used me

00:17:13to entertain your audience

00:17:13and collect gifts.

00:17:15If I'm not your sister,

00:17:16settle up.

00:17:17I'm giving you a chance

00:17:18to show your face

00:17:19and you still want money?

00:17:20No money?

00:17:22Then save this chance

00:17:22for your favorite sister.

00:17:24I blocked the camera,

00:17:25made it clear I didn't consent,

00:17:27filed a harassment complaint,

00:17:28and called in

00:17:29the staff member outside.

00:17:30She already said no.

00:17:32Stop harassing her

00:17:33and leave the classroom.

00:17:34For this little bit of money,

00:17:36you'd report your own brother?

00:17:38When you were the first one

00:17:40laughing at me,

00:17:40did you forget

00:17:41you were my brother?

00:17:42He had no answer.

00:17:43I walked past him

00:17:44and he still wouldn't

00:17:45lower his phone.

00:17:46Fine!

00:17:47Don't expect me

00:17:48to look out for you anymore!

00:17:50You've been doing that

00:17:51for 18 years.

00:17:52That night,

00:17:53only the clip of me

00:17:54calling out Dylan

00:17:55was still online.

00:17:56Everything they said

00:17:57humiliating me

00:17:58had been cut.

00:18:00Then Adrian called.

00:18:01Tomorrow night

00:18:02at the scholarship gala,

00:18:03you will go on strides

00:18:04and apologize to Dylan.

00:18:06Did you watch

00:18:07the whole video?

00:18:08I saw you humiliate

00:18:09your own brother in public.

00:18:12Did you see him

00:18:12turn everyone on me?

00:18:14We're family.

00:18:15He was just joking.

00:18:16Did you have to make it

00:18:17this ugly?

00:18:18I looked at the gold

00:18:19award certificate on my desk.

00:18:21Today,

00:18:21teachers welcomed me.

00:18:23People congratulated me.

00:18:25Only my family

00:18:26thought I should apologize.

00:18:28So if I'm the one

00:18:29getting laughed at,

00:18:30it's always just a joke?

00:18:31Be there on time

00:18:32tomorrow night.

00:18:33Keep your mask on tight.

00:18:35Don't disgrace us again.

00:18:36At the same gala,

00:18:38they'd pay a fortune

00:18:39to bring in the girl

00:18:40from the photo,

00:18:41then order the real me

00:18:42to keep my face covered.

00:18:45Did it never occur to them

00:18:46that the face under this mask

00:18:47was the one they loved most?

00:18:52At the gala,

00:18:53my three brothers

00:18:54closed ranks around Brienne.

00:18:56When the reporter

00:18:57asked for a sibling photo,

00:18:59Adrian looked at me first.

00:19:02Step aside.

00:19:04Isn't she your sister too?

00:19:06She's not camera ready.

00:19:08Hazel,

00:19:09you don't mind, right?

00:19:10He's just looking out for you.

00:19:12She was waiting for me to snap.

00:19:14Instead,

00:19:15I picked up the guest list

00:19:17and turned to the page

00:19:18with the institute director.

00:19:19When you're done, move.

00:19:21I'm looking for someone.

00:19:23They hadn't made room

00:19:24for me in 18 years.

00:19:25I wasn't fighting for it now.

00:19:26With this many people here,

00:19:28someone would listen

00:19:29before judging my face.

00:19:30I found Professor Reed

00:19:32and laid out

00:19:32my competition proposal.

00:19:34He brought over

00:19:35the research institute director.

00:19:38I finished the math

00:19:39on a napkin

00:19:39and explained

00:19:41what equipment we needed

00:19:42and how we'd verify

00:19:43the results.

00:19:44This proposal's worth pursuing.

00:19:47I'll sort out

00:19:48the equipment access

00:19:49when I get back.

00:19:49When the prototype's ready,

00:19:51call me.

00:19:53I'll send you both

00:19:54the terms in writing.

00:19:57Who said you could

00:19:58approach our business partners?

00:19:59They wanted to listen.

00:20:00I wanted to talk.

00:20:01What's your problem with that?

00:20:03Don't think being a wither

00:20:03means you can go around

00:20:04asking for handouts.

00:20:06They just asked

00:20:07about my proposal.

00:20:09Did you ask me anything?

00:20:10He let go,

00:20:11took out his phone,

00:20:12and transferred me

00:20:13$10,000.

00:20:15The memo was written

00:20:16loud and clear.

00:20:17You got the bonus.

00:20:19When you go stage later,

00:20:21don't make a scene.

00:20:22Thanks.

00:20:23If you want an apology,

00:20:25tell me exactly what for.

00:20:26He thought if I took the money,

00:20:28I was supposed to

00:20:29swallow the hurt too.

00:20:30It could repay

00:20:31what grandma spent on me.

00:20:32It couldn't buy

00:20:33one congratulations

00:20:34they never gave me.

00:20:37Then the display wall lit up.

00:20:41My five years ago self

00:20:42was suddenly up there

00:20:43for everyone to see.

00:20:48She's the one

00:20:48I most wanted

00:20:49to photograph again.

00:20:51I've been looking for her

00:20:52for five years.

00:20:53I never gave up.

00:20:55If she's willing,

00:20:57we'll offer her

00:20:57an endorsement deal

00:20:58for the new line.

00:20:59The previous missing person

00:21:00reward still stands.

00:21:02Two million dollars,

00:21:03two cars,

00:21:03I keep my word.

00:21:05He had two cars

00:21:06waiting for the girl

00:21:07in the photo.

00:21:08But he still wouldn't let me

00:21:10walk out of a classroom

00:21:11with any dignity.

00:21:12My hand touched the edge

00:21:14of my mask and paused.

00:21:17If I took it off now,

00:21:18the two million dollars reward

00:21:19would be as good as mine.

00:21:21But staring at the sea

00:21:22of cameras below,

00:21:23I lowered my hand.

00:21:25I came here to study.

00:21:26I wasn't going to spend

00:21:28the rest of my life

00:21:28being chased over this face.

00:21:31Hazel, come here.

00:21:34She grabbed me

00:21:34and dragged me over

00:21:35to the photo.

00:21:38Everybody,

00:21:39stop praising the girl

00:21:40in the photo.

00:21:42You're hurting Hazel's feelings.

00:21:46Don't let strangers

00:21:47block the photo.

00:21:48Random people.

00:21:49I was standing

00:21:50under my own photo

00:21:51and my own brother

00:21:52called me that.

00:21:53If she were standing

00:21:54right in front of you,

00:21:55would you recognize her?

00:21:59Of course.

00:22:00I wouldn't mistake

00:22:01that face.

00:22:03I looked at him

00:22:04and suddenly smiled.

00:22:07I stepped onto the stage.

00:22:09My photo behind me,

00:22:10my own brother

00:22:11in front of me,

00:22:12demanding an apology.

00:22:14You reported me yesterday.

00:22:17Now say it

00:22:17in front of everyone.

00:22:20I'm sorry.

00:22:22That's it?

00:22:24You didn't set a word count.

00:22:28You're apologizing

00:22:28with a mask on?

00:22:30Respect for who?

00:22:31Adrian told me

00:22:32to keep it on

00:22:32so I wouldn't embarrass

00:22:33the family.

00:22:34You guys didn't

00:22:35work that out first?

00:22:36Don't talk back.

00:22:38Show your brother

00:22:38some respect.

00:22:39If I leave it on,

00:22:40I'm not sincere.

00:22:41If I take it off,

00:22:43I shame the family.

00:22:44The only path

00:22:45they ever left me

00:22:45was with my head down.

00:22:47Then take it off.

00:22:50Or are you scared

00:22:50they'll see how ugly

00:22:51you are?

00:22:53Take it off!

00:22:54Take it off!

00:22:55Guys,

00:22:56guys,

00:22:56don't.

00:22:57If she had the nerve

00:22:58to take it off,

00:22:59she already would have.

00:23:00She picked up a napkin

00:23:02and held it out

00:23:02like she was ready

00:23:03to wipe my tears.

00:23:04Hazel,

00:23:05it's okay if you cry.

00:23:06I'll stay with you.

00:23:07I haven't even cried.

00:23:08How are you ready

00:23:09so fast?

00:23:10Her hand froze.

00:23:11Dylan snatched the napkin

00:23:12and threw it at me.

00:23:14She was trying to help you

00:23:15and you're still

00:23:16coming after her?

00:23:17If you want to film me

00:23:18crying and watch me

00:23:18get humiliated,

00:23:19just say that.

00:23:20Stop pretending

00:23:21it's for my sake.

00:23:22I looked at them

00:23:23one last time.

00:23:24One was busy

00:23:25feeling sorry for Brielle.

00:23:27One wouldn't even

00:23:27turn his camera on me.

00:23:29No one asked

00:23:29why I had to stand there

00:23:31and take it.

00:23:32Hazel,

00:23:33don't go!

00:23:34The others will be mad!

00:23:35She ran after me,

00:23:36stepped on my skirt

00:23:37and pitched toward the stairs.

00:23:41I reached out

00:23:42to catch her on instinct.

00:23:44The next second,

00:23:46she locked onto my wrist

00:23:47and yanked me

00:23:49into the champagne tire

00:23:50behind me.

00:23:57I heard all three

00:23:58of them running over.

00:24:01Don't move.

00:24:03Let me see.

00:24:03Nobody take her picture!

00:24:05Blood dripped from my palm

00:24:06to the floor.

00:24:07She said sorry

00:24:08from the safety of their arms,

00:24:09but she never stopped

00:24:10staring at my fallen mask.

00:24:12Her mask's off!

00:24:13Get a picture!

00:24:15Hazel?

00:24:16A second ago,

00:24:16no one took my hand.

00:24:17Now they all wanted

00:24:18to come to me.

00:24:20The girl under the pale tree?

00:24:22That was you?

00:24:26Didn't you say

00:24:27you'd never mistake

00:24:28that face?

00:24:30Julian reached for my face.

00:24:33I stepped back

00:24:34and his hand just hung there.

00:24:38Why didn't you tell us?

00:24:40The first time

00:24:41I showed up

00:24:41at your studio,

00:24:43you said that face

00:24:44couldn't be copied

00:24:45with plastic surgery.

00:24:47Did you ever let me finish?

00:24:54Hazel,

00:24:55Hazel,

00:24:55cover it for a second.

00:24:56Everyone's taking pictures.

00:24:58They were yelling

00:24:59for me to take off

00:25:00my mask.

00:25:03You loved that,

00:25:04didn't you?

00:25:05She looked

00:25:06at my brothers,

00:25:07panicking.

00:25:08This time,

00:25:09no one jumped in

00:25:10to speak for her.

00:25:12Hazel,

00:25:13get that treated first.

00:25:15So now that you

00:25:16can see my face,

00:25:17my injury matters?

00:25:20He finally looked down

00:25:21and saw the blood

00:25:22dripping from my sleeve.

00:25:23A minute ago,

00:25:24he ran right past it

00:25:25to get to Briella.

00:25:26I've been looking for you

00:25:27for five years.

00:25:28You've always had

00:25:29grandma's address.

00:25:30He looked from the screen

00:25:31to me like he had

00:25:32a thousand things to say.

00:25:33I just wanted

00:25:34my hand wrapped.

00:25:35He stared at that photo

00:25:36for five years.

00:25:37I'd wanted to see

00:25:38my brothers even longer.

00:25:47Hold pressure on it.

00:25:48We'll get it taken care of.

00:25:51This is a family matter.

00:25:54When she got hurt,

00:25:55did any of you care?

00:25:57Professor Reed

00:25:57steadied my arm.

00:26:00I stopped pretending

00:26:01I was fine

00:26:01and went with him.

00:26:02Hazel!

00:26:03I'm your brother

00:26:04and you're going with him?

00:26:06I was still your sister

00:26:07when you ran right past me.

00:26:11Later,

00:26:12he pulled up

00:26:12the live stream replay,

00:26:13trying to find

00:26:14the moment I fell.

00:26:17Brielle's shoe

00:26:17on my skirt,

00:26:18her hand clamped

00:26:19around my wrist.

00:26:26She was trying

00:26:27to help you.

00:26:28Why'd you shove her?

00:26:32That night,

00:26:33Professor Reed

00:26:34took me to get

00:26:35my hand treated.

00:26:37My three brothers

00:26:38brought Brianne home,

00:26:40but for the first time,

00:26:42none of them

00:26:42sat by her.

00:26:44Grandma told me later

00:26:46that when she called,

00:26:47they were still

00:26:48arguing over the video.

00:26:50I almost fell.

00:26:52I panicked

00:26:53and grabbed

00:26:53for whatever I could.

00:26:55Dylan,

00:26:56you always believed me.

00:26:57I saw Hazel

00:26:57pull you back.

00:26:58You threw her off.

00:27:00Call the gala first.

00:27:02Don't let that video

00:27:03spread any further.

00:27:05Is that seriously

00:27:06all you care about

00:27:07right now?

00:27:08Whether this makes

00:27:09us look bad?

00:27:11It was the first time

00:27:12they'd ever fought

00:27:12over me.

00:27:14But overnight,

00:27:15not one of them

00:27:16texted me sorry.

00:27:20Her hand needed

00:27:22stitches!

00:27:23You brought her back

00:27:24just to treat her

00:27:25like this?

00:27:26Grandma,

00:27:27we didn't know

00:27:27she's...

00:27:29So what?

00:27:30You didn't know

00:27:30she was pretty?

00:27:32You still knew

00:27:33she was your sister!

00:27:35The line went quiet.

00:27:38The more Grandpa said,

00:27:40the more her voice shook.

00:27:41She wrote to you

00:27:43for 13 years

00:27:45from age 5

00:27:46to last year!

00:27:48You never wrote back

00:27:49and now you let

00:27:50outsiders laugh at her?

00:27:53What letters?

00:27:55You're asking me?

00:27:57Every time I called,

00:27:59I told you to look

00:28:00at her letters

00:28:01and photos?

00:28:02Every time

00:28:03you said you were busy!

00:28:07Sure.

00:28:08They could say

00:28:09they never saw

00:28:10the letters.

00:28:11But they hung up

00:28:12on Grandma.

00:28:14They refused

00:28:15to look at my photos.

00:28:19The address was right.

00:28:21So were the names.

00:28:23Grandma kept

00:28:24every mailing receipt

00:28:25in case they ever

00:28:26claimed nothing showed up.

00:28:33After this stuff

00:28:33got delivered here,

00:28:34where'd it go?

00:28:36They said it was

00:28:37junk from out on the farm,

00:28:38so it all went into store.

00:28:46the girl they'd spent

00:28:47five years looking for

00:28:49had already sent letters

00:28:50to their front door.

00:28:52Brielle,

00:28:55where are the letters

00:28:56you signed for?

00:29:00Later,

00:29:01Grandma tracked down

00:29:02the letters.

00:29:04That's when I found out

00:29:05everything I'd sent

00:29:06year after year

00:29:07had been sitting

00:29:08in their house

00:29:09all along.

00:29:11I signed for so many

00:29:12packages every day.

00:29:13How was I supposed

00:29:14to remember?

00:29:16They were marked

00:29:16family letters

00:29:17for the three of us.

00:29:20I thought they were just

00:29:21old things from Grandma.

00:29:22I didn't want to bother you.

00:29:26Where are they?

00:29:28In storage,

00:29:29with the old clothes

00:29:30Mrs. Brielle

00:29:31had cleared out.

00:29:35Half an hour later,

00:29:36the staff carried in

00:29:37two cardboard boxes.

00:29:39One corner of a lid

00:29:40was crushed,

00:29:41and one of Brielle's

00:29:42cast-out dresses

00:29:43was still draped over them.

00:29:46I thought my letters

00:29:47would end up

00:29:48on their desks.

00:29:49Turns out they weren't

00:29:50even worth

00:29:50putting aside properly.

00:29:57Who opened these?

00:30:00Maybe Hizzle never

00:30:00put the photos in.

00:30:01Why is this all on me?

00:30:05A few times,

00:30:06Mrs. Brielle said

00:30:07she'd already

00:30:08looked through them

00:30:08for the brothers

00:30:09and told us

00:30:10to put them away.

00:30:12That's a lie!

00:30:14You can't start

00:30:15suspecting me

00:30:16just because she's back!

00:30:18She isn't back.

00:30:19We found these ourselves.

00:30:22Brielle cried harder,

00:30:24but this time,

00:30:25all three of them

00:30:26kept their heads down.

00:30:28No one handed her

00:30:29a tissue.

00:30:31Are all the older

00:30:32letters here, too?

00:30:35The older ones

00:30:36were delivered

00:30:37to the study

00:30:37and the studio.

00:30:38They sat unopened

00:30:40so long

00:30:40we finally put them away.

00:30:44So it wasn't just

00:30:45that someone blocked them.

00:30:47They pushed me aside, too.

00:30:49Adrian opened that letter

00:30:50and, for the first time,

00:30:52met the five-year-old me.

00:30:55Adrian, I'm five today.

00:30:56When you come get me,

00:30:58can you teach me

00:30:59to write my name?

00:31:00At the bottom,

00:31:01I drew two little people.

00:31:04The tall one

00:31:05was holding

00:31:06the short one's hand.

00:31:09I was scared

00:31:10Adrian wouldn't know,

00:31:11so I labeled them

00:31:12Adrian and Hazel.

00:31:15I started elementary school.

00:31:17all the other kids

00:31:18got picked up

00:31:19by their brothers.

00:31:21Grandma said

00:31:22you were busy,

00:31:23so I could wait

00:31:24one more year.

00:31:26He kept turning

00:31:27the pages.

00:31:29My handwriting got better,

00:31:30but every letter

00:31:32asked the same thing.

00:31:36Can you come

00:31:37to my birthday

00:31:38this year?

00:31:40You don't have

00:31:41to bring anything.

00:31:42Just come.

00:31:45She waited

00:31:46every year?

00:31:49He finally called mom.

00:31:52The screen lit up.

00:31:53What happened

00:31:54to Brienne?

00:31:55Did one of you

00:31:56make her cry?

00:32:02Look at these first.

00:32:03Hazel wrote them.

00:32:06How are there

00:32:07so many?

00:32:09Then the butler

00:32:10brought out

00:32:10another unopened box

00:32:12from mom's study.

00:32:13She saw the return address

00:32:15and couldn't get

00:32:16a word out.

00:32:17I thought

00:32:18it was just junk

00:32:19from out on the farm.

00:32:21Who told you that?

00:32:23No one.

00:32:24I never asked.

00:32:26Back then,

00:32:27one I'm busy

00:32:28and grandma

00:32:28would cover for her.

00:32:30Not anymore.

00:32:33Julian,

00:32:34I took this

00:32:35on my teacher's phone.

00:32:36Do you like it?

00:32:37When I save enough,

00:32:38I'll buy film

00:32:39and send you

00:32:40a picture of me too.

00:32:41The next letter

00:32:42had a film receipt

00:32:42and a note inside.

00:32:44I finished

00:32:45this roll already.

00:32:47Grandma said

00:32:47you know how

00:32:48to develop photos.

00:32:49Can you see

00:32:49what I look like now?

00:32:52That roll of film,

00:32:54I've seen it.

00:32:55Julian remembered

00:32:56that roll of film.

00:32:59Five years ago,

00:33:00his assistant

00:33:01brought it into the studio

00:33:02and said it was

00:33:02from his sister

00:33:03out on the farm.

00:33:04Back then,

00:33:06where did I tell him

00:33:06to put it?

00:33:07He called his assistant.

00:33:09After a long pause,

00:33:11he repeated what Julian

00:33:12had said five years earlier.

00:33:14You said

00:33:16don't send

00:33:17every little thing in here

00:33:18so I put it

00:33:18in a storage box.

00:33:19Go!

00:33:20Find it!

00:33:22And don't throw

00:33:23anything else out!

00:33:25By the time

00:33:25the assistant

00:33:26brought it over,

00:33:27the film box

00:33:28was damp.

00:33:29Julian stood

00:33:30to take it

00:33:30in both hands.

00:33:32He wouldn't even

00:33:33wipe off the mold.

00:33:35Can it still be developed?

00:33:37Have the studio

00:33:38call a photo lab.

00:33:38Whatever they can save,

00:33:39save it.

00:33:41Every time

00:33:42I mailed something,

00:33:43I'd ask Grandma

00:33:43when my brothers

00:33:44would see it.

00:33:45That night,

00:33:46he was the one

00:33:47glued to his phone,

00:33:48asking when the photo

00:33:49would be ready.

00:33:50The lab only saved

00:33:51one photo

00:33:52with a clear face.

00:33:54The color had shifted

00:33:55and the edges

00:33:56were damaged,

00:33:57but you could still

00:33:58make out the pearl tree.

00:34:01In the photo,

00:34:0213-year-old me

00:34:03stood in Grandma's orchard,

00:34:05holding up a piece

00:34:06of cardboard

00:34:06and looking straight

00:34:07at the camera.

00:34:10I won the gold medal.

00:34:12Can you come

00:34:13get me this time?

00:34:15He spent five years

00:34:16looking for the girl

00:34:17in that photo.

00:34:18That day,

00:34:19was she waiting for us?

00:34:21But the role

00:34:22where I told him

00:34:23I'm here

00:34:24got tossed aside

00:34:25for five years.

00:34:31Stop looking at it!

00:34:36Out of all those letters,

00:34:38Briella picked the one

00:34:39I wrote at 15

00:34:40and ran for the fireplace.

00:34:43Out of all these letters,

00:34:45how'd you know that

00:34:46was the one

00:34:47we couldn't read?

00:34:48I just didn't want you

00:34:49to feel even worse.

00:34:50Julian picked up

00:34:51the photo.

00:34:53I was 15,

00:34:54in the dress

00:34:55Grandpa had ironed,

00:34:56smiling like

00:34:57I barely dared to.

00:35:00Julian,

00:35:01you said only pretty people

00:35:02belonged in front

00:35:03of the camera.

00:35:04I should look

00:35:05a little better now.

00:35:06You'd seen this photo,

00:35:08so why'd you still say

00:35:10she'd scare people

00:35:11the day she came home?

00:35:12I just didn't want her

00:35:13to take you away from me!

00:35:14She finally admitted it.

00:35:15Telling me to keep

00:35:16my mask on

00:35:17was never kindness.

00:35:19Dylan gathered the letters

00:35:20and found a family portrait

00:35:21at the bottom of the box.

00:35:24Mom,

00:35:24Dad,

00:35:25my three brothers,

00:35:26and a little kid

00:35:27in shorts

00:35:27off to the side.

00:35:31Why'd you draw

00:35:32herself like that?

00:35:34Dylan,

00:35:34you told people

00:35:35Mom had a son.

00:35:36If I stopped

00:35:37wearing dresses,

00:35:38would you like me

00:35:39a little more?

00:35:40I just said it,

00:35:41you tossed it off.

00:35:42She carried it.

00:35:44They said I only

00:35:44cared about money.

00:35:46But in those letters,

00:35:47I asked for almost nothing.

00:35:49A ride home,

00:35:50a photo,

00:35:51to be called

00:35:52your sister.

00:35:53There was one more

00:35:54line in the envelope.

00:35:55I wrote it later.

00:35:57I'll keep my hat on

00:35:58and my mask on

00:35:59so I won't embarrass you.

00:36:00Can I come home now?

00:36:01Wear your mask properly.

00:36:03Don't embarrass

00:36:04yourself anymore.

00:36:07Now he can't bear

00:36:08to look at it.

00:36:10I've been hearing

00:36:11words like that

00:36:11for years.

00:36:13The next day,

00:36:15I went to the

00:36:15College of Science

00:36:16to turn in my paperwork.

00:36:18My hand was

00:36:19wrapped in slaws

00:36:19and I couldn't

00:36:20zip my canvas bag.

00:36:22Then someone reached

00:36:23over and zipped

00:36:24it for me.

00:36:30Does your hand

00:36:31still hurt?

00:36:32The doctor said

00:36:33I need to change

00:36:34the breading on time.

00:36:35What do you want?

00:36:37We read the letters

00:36:38and we developed

00:36:39the film.

00:36:41He handed me

00:36:42the photo.

00:36:43I saw the words

00:36:44take me home

00:36:45on the back

00:36:46and my fingers paused.

00:36:49So it never got

00:36:50lost in the mail.

00:36:53I remembered

00:36:54the blue wristband

00:36:55you made me.

00:36:56I asked my captain

00:36:57to find it.

00:36:58He said it's still there.

00:37:00You gave it away?

00:37:01I'll get it back.

00:37:03I'll wear it

00:37:04every day.

00:37:05I made that

00:37:06when I was ten.

00:37:07You said it was

00:37:08ugly then.

00:37:10Why doesn't

00:37:10it bother you now?

00:37:12He looked down

00:37:12at his hand

00:37:13and went quiet.

00:37:15He had no idea

00:37:16how many times

00:37:16I pricked my fingers

00:37:17making it.

00:37:18He only knew

00:37:19I was pretty now.

00:37:20Come back with us.

00:37:22We've moved your room.

00:37:23We need to talk.

00:37:24You had years for that

00:37:25while I was writing

00:37:26those letters.

00:37:27I have class now.

00:37:29We know we were wrong.

00:37:31Wrong how?

00:37:33Ignoring my letters?

00:37:34Dragging people in

00:37:35to laugh at me?

00:37:36Or only noticing me

00:37:37now that I'm pretty?

00:37:45We can make this right.

00:37:46What do you want?

00:37:47Settle the reward first.

00:37:49Two million dollars

00:37:50in two cars.

00:37:51You promised that

00:37:52in public.

00:37:53If we pay it

00:37:55will you come home

00:37:56with us?

00:37:59He finally asked

00:38:00if I'd come home.

00:38:02I'd waited years

00:38:03to hear that.

00:38:05And when I finally did

00:38:07all I wanted

00:38:08was to settle the score.

00:38:10That money

00:38:11is what you promised.

00:38:13As for being your sister

00:38:14I'm done.

00:38:19I thought Adrian

00:38:20was going to lecture me

00:38:21for caring about money.

00:38:23Instead he sent

00:38:23the reward to the college.

00:38:25Two million dollars

00:38:26like we promised

00:38:27and two cars.

00:38:29My assistant

00:38:30will handle the paperwork.

00:38:31Fine.

00:38:32Here's my account info.

00:38:37We can confirm

00:38:38the endorsement too.

00:38:40Adrian looked at me

00:38:41like once the money

00:38:42cleared

00:38:42the rest should follow.

00:38:45The terms are fair.

00:38:47From now on

00:38:48you'll attend

00:38:49family company events

00:38:50with us.

00:38:50I'm taking a reward

00:38:52not selling my face.

00:38:55Look it over first.

00:38:57We'll shoot on your schedule.

00:38:59I said no.

00:39:00Not now.

00:39:06When I was little

00:39:07I begged him

00:39:08to put me

00:39:08in the family portrait.

00:39:10He wouldn't.

00:39:11Now I want to

00:39:12keep my face to myself

00:39:13and suddenly

00:39:13that's a shame.

00:39:16At least give us

00:39:17a chance to make it right.

00:39:18Stop deciding for me.

00:39:20That's your chance.

00:39:21My payment alert

00:39:22went off.

00:39:23I put away

00:39:24my copy of the confirmation

00:39:25and Adrian's face

00:39:26slowly fell.

00:39:27So that's it?

00:39:28You take the money

00:39:29and that's all

00:39:30you've got to say?

00:39:30If you want to know

00:39:31what I had to say

00:39:32it's in that box.

00:39:3213 years of it.

00:39:42I thought they'd

00:39:43finally let me be.

00:39:45Then another line

00:39:46showed up under the photo.

00:39:48She got plastic surgery

00:39:50to look like

00:39:50the pear blossom girl

00:39:51and make her brothers

00:39:52like her.

00:39:55The post even made up

00:39:56a hospital

00:39:57and surgery dates for me.

00:40:00I guess someone

00:40:00wants my life

00:40:01wrecked even more

00:40:01than you do.

00:40:10In under an hour

00:40:11I went from

00:40:12the ugly sister

00:40:13to the sister

00:40:14who tricked her brothers

00:40:15with plastic surgery.

00:40:17Nobody even mentioned

00:40:18the blood on my hand

00:40:19anymore.

00:40:20That's nonsense.

00:40:22You looked like this

00:40:23at 15 when you were

00:40:24at that competition camp.

00:40:25She dated the first

00:40:27surgery to when I was

00:40:2714.

00:40:28She'd seen my

00:40:29competition photos.

00:40:30That's why she set

00:40:31the lie before them.

00:40:32I'll call your old school.

00:40:33We'll find earlier records.

00:40:35Then Briella called.

00:40:37I picked up

00:40:38and she started crying

00:40:40before she said a word.

00:40:46So now you know

00:40:47what it feels like

00:40:48when everyone's

00:40:49tearing you apart,

00:40:50right?

00:40:51I do.

00:40:52You and my brothers

00:40:53made sure of that.

00:40:55Everyone online

00:40:56says I pushed you

00:40:57and your brothers

00:40:58won't even talk to me.

00:40:59Did you have to

00:41:00corner me like this?

00:41:02You're the one

00:41:03who shoved me

00:41:03into the champagne tower.

00:41:05Tell them

00:41:05it was an accident.

00:41:07We're still family.

00:41:09We don't both

00:41:10have to look this bad.

00:41:16What if I don't?

00:41:19Then we'll see

00:41:20who they believe.

00:41:23She hung up.

00:41:24She didn't even

00:41:25pretend to ask

00:41:26if my hand still hurt.

00:41:28She's trying to make

00:41:29you cover for her.

00:41:31She wants me to admit

00:41:32I had work done

00:41:33and say this fall

00:41:34was my fault.

00:41:36I put away

00:41:37the hospital paperwork

00:41:38and opened

00:41:39the university schedule

00:41:40for the research project

00:41:41press conference.

00:41:46When you're standing

00:41:47in front of reporters

00:41:48you'll still say

00:41:48you never had

00:41:49anything done?

00:41:52Making me bow

00:41:52my head at home

00:41:53wasn't enough.

00:41:56She wanted to drag me

00:41:57down in the one place

00:41:58I'd earned my way into.

00:42:01For the next two days

00:42:02I worked on my

00:42:03project report

00:42:04and reached out

00:42:05to my old schools.

00:42:10A few fake records

00:42:11from her

00:42:12and I had to clear it

00:42:13all piece by piece.

00:42:15The original file

00:42:16from the pear blossom photo.

00:42:20I can prove it's you.

00:42:22If you're willing

00:42:23to let the school

00:42:23verify it

00:42:24give it to Professor Reed.

00:42:26He set the memory card

00:42:27on the table

00:42:27but he didn't leave.

00:42:29On screen

00:42:29a little girl

00:42:30crossed the field time

00:42:31finish line

00:42:32and threw herself

00:42:32into her teacher's arms.

00:42:34That's you?

00:42:36Eight.

00:42:37He leaned in

00:42:38and stared

00:42:38for a long time.

00:42:40Apparently

00:42:40he needed me

00:42:41introduced to my

00:42:42eight-year-old self too.

00:42:44Who are you looking for?

00:42:46My grandma.

00:42:47She was the only one

00:42:48who ever picked me up.

00:42:49He lowered his eyes.

00:42:51The same eyes

00:42:52he kept praising

00:42:53in that photo

00:42:53had searched the crowd

00:42:54for family too.

00:42:56Back then

00:42:56nobody was there

00:42:57to take a pretty picture.

00:42:59The school will verify

00:43:01the source

00:43:01and time stamp.

00:43:04Be ready to explain it.

00:43:06Finish your report first.

00:43:09I closed the video

00:43:10and pulled my presentation

00:43:12back up.

00:43:14Then Julian saw

00:43:16I'd saved screenshots

00:43:16of the online abuse

00:43:17in the same folder.

00:43:19Don't look at those.

00:43:21I'll make Brielle apologize.

00:43:23Don't answer for her.

00:43:25She can do it herself.

00:43:30I'll have someone stop her.

00:43:32No need.

00:43:34She said I changed

00:43:35my face at 14.

00:43:37Fine.

00:43:39Then she can see

00:43:40who I was before that.

00:43:45For once

00:43:46I walked on Stad

00:43:47without asking my brothers

00:43:48if my face would

00:43:49embarrass them.

00:43:50I finished presenting

00:43:51the proposal

00:43:52and the validation results.

00:43:54Then the investment firm

00:43:55representative took the mic.

00:43:56We've decided to back

00:43:58this project.

00:43:58The startup funding

00:43:59will be released

00:44:00as agreed.

00:44:01We look forward

00:44:01to what the team does next.

00:44:04This funding will go

00:44:05toward the research

00:44:06and will report our progress

00:44:07every step of the way.

00:44:10Applause broke out.

00:44:12I looked at Professor Reed

00:44:14and he nodded.

00:44:17All I could think was

00:44:19finally

00:44:19I can keep this project going.

00:44:26Hazel do you really

00:44:27have to ruin me

00:44:28to feel satisfied?

00:44:31She wasn't looking

00:44:32at the project

00:44:32just where I was standing

00:44:34and who was cladding

00:44:36for me.

00:44:38She's not the

00:44:38Purr Blossom girl.

00:44:40She had multiple surgeries

00:44:43to turn herself

00:44:44into the girl

00:44:45in that photo.

00:44:46Do you have proof?

00:44:53The first surgery

00:44:54was at 14

00:44:55and she kept tweaking

00:44:57it after that.

00:44:58She wore a mask

00:44:59so no one would notice.

00:45:01Brielle, shut up!

00:45:05Dylan shot to his feet

00:45:06his chair screeching back.

00:45:09He used to love

00:45:10watching me get humiliated.

00:45:13Now he was trying

00:45:14to stop her.

00:45:15Dylan, I just don't want

00:45:16you falling for this again.

00:45:18Get staff over here.

00:45:20Let her finish.

00:45:26Do you dare leave

00:45:27those originals here

00:45:27for the school to verify?

00:45:29Brielle clutched

00:45:30the documents

00:45:31and didn't hand them to me.

00:45:35The hand she'd been

00:45:36holding up

00:45:36slowly dropped

00:45:37back to her chest.

00:45:40You want to take them

00:45:41and destroy them,

00:45:42don't you?

00:45:43Give them to staff.

00:45:45Everyone's watching.

00:45:46I won't touch them.

00:45:53Hazel,

00:45:53are you denying

00:45:54these surgical records?

00:45:57I've never had surgery.

00:45:59Every page

00:46:00she turned in today

00:46:01will be verified.

00:46:03Hazel,

00:46:04there's nothing embarrassing

00:46:05about admitting it.

00:46:09you just wanted

00:46:09your brothers

00:46:10to like you.

00:46:12There it was again,

00:46:14my brothers.

00:46:16Like I'd spent

00:46:17all 18 years

00:46:18of my life

00:46:19begging them

00:46:19to love me.

00:46:26I did want them

00:46:27to like me.

00:46:28Does that give you

00:46:29the right

00:46:29to fake my medical records?

00:46:31I took the photo.

00:46:32I...

00:46:32Let me finish first.

00:46:35He stopped.

00:46:36This time,

00:46:37I wasn't letting

00:46:38him speak for me.

00:46:41You said I started

00:46:42getting surgery

00:46:43at 14

00:46:44to look like that photo?

00:46:47Then explain this video.

00:46:51The footage came

00:46:52from her former school.

00:46:54We verified the event year

00:46:56and the school's records.

00:46:58The surgery dates online

00:46:59are six years later.

00:47:02Brianne glanced

00:47:02at the door.

00:47:03The cameras

00:47:04that had been

00:47:05following Hazel

00:47:05were all on her now.

00:47:07This could be edited too!

00:47:09She has money now.

00:47:11She can do anything

00:47:12she wants!

00:47:16If you don't buy this one,

00:47:18let's watch the next.

00:47:24This was shot

00:47:25before the Pearl Blossom

00:47:26girl photo.

00:47:28Want to check the date?

00:47:2913-year-old me

00:47:30took the medal

00:47:31and smiled at the camera.

00:47:34Brielle slowly hid the hand

00:47:36that had been holding

00:47:36the fake medical records.

00:47:39The competition organizers

00:47:40provided the video

00:47:41and her original

00:47:42entry records.

00:47:44She looked like this

00:47:46before she was 14.

00:47:49So how old do I need

00:47:50to be for your

00:47:50plastic surgery story

00:47:51to work?

00:47:55Just because she looked

00:47:56like her as a kid

00:47:57doesn't mean she's

00:47:57the girl in the photo!

00:48:01Julian stepped onto

00:48:02the stage

00:48:02and handed the original

00:48:03photo he'd kept to staff.

00:48:08This time,

00:48:09he looked at me first

00:48:11and only took the mic

00:48:12after I nodded.

00:48:16I took the

00:48:17Pearl Blossom girl photo.

00:48:18She was that girl.

00:48:19But you kept saying

00:48:20your own sister was ugly!

00:48:26We never really

00:48:27looked at her.

00:48:30People in the crowd

00:48:31lowered their heads.

00:48:36The students who told me

00:48:37to take off my mask

00:48:38at the gala

00:48:40dropped their phones

00:48:40into their laps.

00:48:42Julian, why are you

00:48:43helping her too?

00:48:43I brought hospital records!

00:48:45That's why they need

00:48:46to be kept and verified.

00:48:49If you thought

00:48:50they were real,

00:48:52why did you keep

00:48:52trying to take them back?

00:48:59The reporter she brought

00:49:01didn't turn their cameras

00:49:02off for her.

00:49:04The same people

00:49:05who boxed me in

00:49:06were now blocking

00:49:07her way out.

00:49:10Who gave you

00:49:10these records?

00:49:11Did you verify

00:49:12any of it yourself?

00:49:15I was trying

00:49:16to protect the family.

00:49:20That's what you said

00:49:21when you shoved me.

00:49:23I asked staff

00:49:24to secure the evidence

00:49:25and turned to end

00:49:26the public clarification.

00:49:28Then someone

00:49:29in the audience

00:49:29called out to me.

00:49:31If you never had

00:49:32plastic surgery,

00:49:33why did you keep

00:49:34wearing a mask

00:49:35after you came back?

00:49:40I looked at

00:49:41my three brothers.

00:49:43They all looked up

00:49:44simultaneously,

00:49:44but none of them

00:49:46spoke first.

00:49:48Because I promised them

00:49:49I wouldn't embarrass them.

00:49:52I opened the letter

00:49:53I sent them.

00:49:54No surgery plan.

00:49:56No asking for money.

00:49:58Just 15-year-old me

00:49:59begging them

00:50:00to take me home.

00:50:03I'll keep my hat

00:50:04and mask on.

00:50:05I won't embarrass you.

00:50:07Can I be combed now?

00:50:09I stopped at the last line.

00:50:12Back then,

00:50:13I was scared

00:50:14of making them mad.

00:50:17Reading it out loud now,

00:50:19I finally hear

00:50:20how hurt

00:50:21that little girl was.

00:50:22Hazel,

00:50:23stop reading.

00:50:24If you can't stand

00:50:26hearing it,

00:50:27I had to live it.

00:50:36You spent five years

00:50:37looking for the

00:50:38pear blossom girl?

00:50:40She wrote to you

00:50:41for 13.

00:50:43Not one of you

00:50:44would even open them.

00:50:47Then my parents

00:50:48showed up,

00:50:49fresh off a flight

00:50:50from overseas.

00:50:58Hazel?

00:51:00Mom,

00:51:01they don't believe me.

00:51:08Mom finally

00:51:09said my name,

00:51:11but she wasn't there

00:51:12when I got stitches.

00:51:15She wasn't there

00:51:15when everyone

00:51:16stood around

00:51:16and tore into me.

00:51:19Professor Reed

00:51:20stepped up beside me

00:51:21and took the mic.

00:51:23I gathered my things

00:51:25and walked down the steps.

00:51:26I'm here.

00:51:27Come home with me, okay?

00:51:30You're three years

00:51:31too late.

00:51:33I wrote that letter

00:51:34at 15.

00:51:35She answered at 18.

00:51:37I'm not waiting

00:51:38for her anymore.

00:51:43Backstage,

00:51:44Mom kept reaching

00:51:44for my hand.

00:51:46I hid the injured one

00:51:47behind my back

00:51:48and she started crying.

00:51:52I thought you

00:51:53and Grandpa

00:51:53were doing fine

00:51:54out on the farm.

00:51:56The support money

00:51:57stopped 13 years ago.

00:52:02We didn't know?

00:52:03Why didn't anyone

00:52:04tell us?

00:52:05Grandma called.

00:52:07She needed money

00:52:08to take me

00:52:09to a competition

00:52:10and you told her

00:52:11to go through

00:52:11the house manager.

00:52:14He said he needed

00:52:15your approval.

00:52:17In the end,

00:52:18Grandma sold a cow.

00:52:20Dad pulled out

00:52:21his phone

00:52:21like he still

00:52:22needed someone

00:52:23to blame.

00:52:24I looked at him

00:52:25and just felt tired.

00:52:29Any call

00:52:29you want to make

00:52:30now,

00:52:30you could have

00:52:31made it any time

00:52:32these past few years

00:52:33and gotten your answer.

00:52:36The first time

00:52:37I walked into that house,

00:52:38I brought this ledger

00:52:39to settle accounts.

00:52:41Adrian asked me,

00:52:42is this what

00:52:43Grandpa taught you?

00:52:46I was wrong

00:52:47to say that.

00:52:48Every dollar

00:52:49she saved

00:52:49went to me.

00:52:51You don't get

00:52:52to laugh at her.

00:52:53It's not that

00:52:54Mom didn't love you.

00:52:56When I was 12

00:52:57and Grandpa

00:52:57carried me to the hospital

00:52:58with a fever,

00:53:00where were you?

00:53:09My fever

00:53:10was so high

00:53:10I couldn't

00:53:11recognize anyone.

00:53:14I still

00:53:14asked Grammy

00:53:15if Mom and Dad

00:53:16had come for me.

00:53:18I really thought

00:53:19if I got sick enough,

00:53:20you'd come.

00:53:21Dad won't ever

00:53:21let you be short

00:53:22of money again.

00:53:23Then pay Grandma

00:53:24back first.

00:53:2710%

00:53:27and the house

00:53:29downtown.

00:53:30If you want to,

00:53:31we can start over.

00:53:38I flipped

00:53:39through two pages.

00:53:41Adrian watched

00:53:41my hand

00:53:42like one signature

00:53:43could erase

00:53:44everything that

00:53:44happened today.

00:53:47Is this compensation

00:53:48or money

00:53:49to make me

00:53:50call you my brothers?

00:53:51It's from me.

00:53:53Then no.

00:54:00The money

00:54:00I already fronted.

00:54:02Compensation

00:54:03for what happened

00:54:03at the gala

00:54:04and the live stream.

00:54:06We handle

00:54:07each item separately,

00:54:08subtract what

00:54:08you've already paid.

00:54:10The rest

00:54:11goes through

00:54:11both sides' representatives.

00:54:13That's nothing.

00:54:14These shares

00:54:15are worth far more.

00:54:16I want what

00:54:17you're supposed

00:54:17to repay.

00:54:19Not so much money

00:54:20that I'm expected

00:54:21to pretend

00:54:21I wasn't wronged.

00:54:23He kept a hand

00:54:24on the file

00:54:25and didn't push

00:54:25it any further.

00:54:28Julian stepped aside,

00:54:29his camera

00:54:30hanging at his side.

00:54:34I'll stop

00:54:35all commercial use

00:54:35of that photo

00:54:36and I won't take

00:54:37another picture of you

00:54:38without your permission.

00:54:40Okay.

00:54:42Could you

00:54:42let me take

00:54:43one family portrait

00:54:44just this once?

00:54:47No.

00:54:50But you always

00:54:51wanted one,

00:54:51didn't you?

00:54:51I did.

00:54:53Not anymore.

00:54:58I took back

00:54:58the photo

00:54:59and the account book.

00:55:00They finally gave me

00:55:02what I wanted

00:55:02as a kid

00:55:03and still wouldn't hear

00:55:04that I don't need it anymore.

00:55:08Where are you going?

00:55:10Back to grandma's

00:55:11this weekend.

00:55:13I need to pick up

00:55:13some materials.

00:55:15We'll go with you.

00:55:16We owe her

00:55:17an apology too.

00:55:19Ask her.

00:55:29I used to have

00:55:30to read the room

00:55:31before I walked

00:55:31into their house.

00:55:35This time,

00:55:36they were the ones

00:55:37left outside,

00:55:38waiting for grandma

00:55:39to say whether

00:55:39they could come in.

00:55:44That weekend,

00:55:45I went back

00:55:46to the farm.

00:55:48Grandma saw

00:55:49the bandage

00:55:49on my hand

00:55:50and pulled me

00:55:51into her arms

00:55:51before she even

00:55:52took off her apron.

00:55:55Get inside.

00:55:56I kept dinner warm

00:55:57for you.

00:56:03Mom,

00:56:04we came to apologize.

00:56:06Then where were you

00:56:07when she was waiting

00:56:07for you?

00:56:09I set down my file box

00:56:11and sat at the old table.

00:56:13The 13 marks

00:56:14were still there

00:56:15on the edge.

00:56:16The last one

00:56:17was carved deep.

00:56:18What's this?

00:56:19She started waiting

00:56:20for you at five.

00:56:21One mark a year.

00:56:23She thought you'd forget

00:56:24so she remembered

00:56:24for you.

00:56:25I was done counting.

00:56:29He looked like

00:56:29he'd only just realized

00:56:30I hadn't simply

00:56:31appeared at 18.

00:56:32Every birthday,

00:56:33she set out

00:56:33five extra place settings.

00:56:34Even when the food

00:56:35went cold,

00:56:36she'd say you were

00:56:36on your way.

00:56:37Grandma, stop.

00:56:38Grandma nodded

00:56:38and smoothed my hair.

00:56:42She didn't tell me

00:56:43to be the bigger person.

00:56:45She didn't ask me

00:56:46to forgive them.

00:56:50She bought these

00:56:51with her competition

00:56:52prize money.

00:56:53She couldn't bring

00:56:54herself to mail them.

00:56:56She thought you'd

00:56:57turn them down again.

00:56:59These were for us?

00:57:01She didn't say that.

00:57:03Don't reach for them.

00:57:05Julian's hand

00:57:06paused.

00:57:07Dylan turned away

00:57:08and wiped his face.

00:57:11Adrian stared

00:57:12at the old table

00:57:13and when he spoke,

00:57:14his voice had dropped.

00:57:16Hazel,

00:57:18can we still

00:57:19make this right?

00:57:24No.

00:57:26I handed the pen

00:57:27to Grandpa

00:57:27so she could use it

00:57:28for the account book.

00:57:29She took it

00:57:30with a smile.

00:57:32My brothers

00:57:33said nothing.

00:57:35The little girl

00:57:36who wanted her brothers

00:57:36is gone.

00:57:38You lost her.

00:57:41After they left,

00:57:42Grandma reheated dinner.

00:57:44I had barely sat down

00:57:45when the lawyer's

00:57:46verification call

00:57:47came in.

00:57:47The clinic listed

00:57:48in the records

00:57:48got back to us.

00:57:49They didn't issue

00:57:50those documents

00:57:51and the doctor

00:57:51who signed them

00:57:52wasn't working

00:57:52there at the time.

00:57:55How do they make up

00:57:56that many surgeries?

00:57:57Grandma remembers

00:57:58when I hit a growth spurt,

00:57:59when I got sick.

00:58:01Brielle only had to

00:58:01plug in a few dates

00:58:02and suddenly everyone

00:58:03thought I was disgusting.

00:58:04We've preserved

00:58:05the gala footage,

00:58:06the injury records

00:58:06and the material

00:58:07she submitted

00:58:07at the press conference.

00:58:09We'll keep pursuing

00:58:10the claims.

00:58:15Can we use

00:58:16the verification

00:58:16in a public clarification?

00:58:18I'll cooperate

00:58:19with anything involving me.

00:58:22Yes.

00:58:23We can draft a statement

00:58:24and redact

00:58:25any unnecessary

00:58:26personal information first.

00:58:29I nodded.

00:58:30The people who trashed me

00:58:32might never come back

00:58:32and apologize.

00:58:34But next time

00:58:34they search my name,

00:58:36they won't just find lies.

00:58:38Eat first.

00:58:39It'll upset your stomach

00:58:40if it gets cold.

00:58:45She didn't ask

00:58:46how much I could get

00:58:47in damages.

00:58:48She was only worried

00:58:49I'd skip another meal

00:58:50over them.

00:58:52One more thing.

00:58:53Your family wants

00:58:54to discuss a settlement.

00:58:55They're willing

00:58:56to cover the costs.

00:58:57Who brought it up?

00:58:59Your mother.

00:59:00She wants Brielle

00:59:01to apologize in private

00:59:02then issue a joint statement

00:59:04saying it was a misunderstanding

00:59:05between the two of you.

00:59:06We'd just proven

00:59:07those surgeries

00:59:08never happened.

00:59:10Now they wanted

00:59:11to turn it into

00:59:11a misunderstanding

00:59:12between us.

00:59:13Reply for me.

00:59:14I won't sign it.

00:59:16She said it in front

00:59:17of a crowd.

00:59:18She can take it back

00:59:19in front of one.

00:59:22Mom called

00:59:23almost immediately.

00:59:25The second I said

00:59:26I wouldn't accept

00:59:27the statement

00:59:28she said my name.

00:59:31Hazel,

00:59:32Hazel,

00:59:32Brielle's only 18.

00:59:34If this keeps going,

00:59:35how is she supposed

00:59:36to face anyone?

00:59:38So am I.

00:59:43When she put my name

00:59:44on fake medical records,

00:59:46why didn't you ask

00:59:47how I was supposed

00:59:48to face anyone?

00:59:49I'm not defending her.

00:59:51You've already cleared

00:59:52your name.

00:59:52You don't have to back

00:59:53her into a corner.

00:59:55It was always the same.

00:59:57She hurt me first.

00:59:58And the second I got

00:59:59back on my feet.

01:00:00The family told me

01:00:02not to be too harsh.

01:00:03I spent my time

01:00:04proving I didn't do it.

01:00:05My hand was the one

01:00:06that got hurt.

01:00:06And I'm supposed

01:00:07to save her reputation?

01:00:09Whatever you want,

01:00:10I'll make it up to you.

01:00:11I want her to say

01:00:12it was fake.

01:00:21I don't have to prove

01:00:22how much this hurt

01:00:23to earn the right

01:00:23not to forgive.

01:00:25Let the lawyers handle it

01:00:26and don't agree

01:00:27to anything for me again.

01:00:28Mom, pull the statement.

01:00:30Then Adrian got on the phone.

01:00:32For once,

01:00:33he didn't start by asking

01:00:34if fewer clips could go out.

01:00:36We'll stop trying

01:00:37to settle this for her.

01:00:38What you do next

01:00:39is up to you.

01:00:40Then do that.

01:00:46The exhibition

01:00:47saw the press conference

01:00:48and is reviewing

01:00:49what she did.

01:00:51So that's why

01:00:52she stole my credit

01:00:53to get into that show.

01:00:57Now the camera

01:00:58she brought

01:00:58turned on her first.

01:01:01You want to reply?

01:01:03Yeah.

01:01:04Facts only.

01:01:06I submitted

01:01:07the verification results

01:01:08cleared for release.

01:01:09Later,

01:01:10I was notified Brielle

01:01:11had been disqualified

01:01:12from this year's exhibition.

01:01:14They've always worked

01:01:15with our family.

01:01:16One word from you

01:01:17and I'm back in.

01:01:20You submitted fake materials

01:01:21and spread lies

01:01:22on site.

01:01:23What do you expect

01:01:24me to say for you?

01:01:26You all used to help me.

01:01:29That was probably

01:01:30the truest thing

01:01:31she'd said.

01:01:32She did it because

01:01:33someone always cleaned up

01:01:34after her.

01:01:36Just because we helped

01:01:37you before

01:01:37doesn't make any of this okay.

01:01:41Hazel's the one

01:01:42who won't let this go.

01:01:44She took your money

01:01:46and she still

01:01:47wants to ruin me.

01:01:49That money was

01:01:50a public reward

01:01:51we already promised.

01:01:52You shoved her.

01:01:55And the fake medical records

01:01:57were you too.

01:02:07Your black card

01:02:08is deactivated

01:02:09and the company

01:02:10won't be handling

01:02:11PR or recommendations

01:02:12for you anymore.

01:02:13You're throwing me out?

01:02:15We'll arrange

01:02:16another place for you.

01:02:17For now, move out.

01:02:19Her card was shut off.

01:02:20My hand didn't heal with it.

01:02:22I'm still taking this further.

01:02:24It doesn't end

01:02:25because they say

01:02:26she's been punished.

01:02:35I've been in this family

01:02:3618 years

01:02:37and she matters more

01:02:39after a few days back?

01:02:41That's not what

01:02:42this is about.

01:02:44Then what is it about?

01:02:50Whose face is worth

01:02:51more of your sympathy?

01:02:53When I came back

01:02:54for the rest of my things

01:02:55Brianna's suitcase

01:02:56was there too.

01:02:57She was clutching

01:02:58Julian's sleeve.

01:02:59I grew up with you.

01:03:01She has one pretty face

01:03:03and she gets to take everything.

01:03:05She didn't take anything.

01:03:07We owed her.

01:03:09Dylan already had on

01:03:10the blue wristband

01:03:11I made when I was 10.

01:03:13Crooked stitches,

01:03:14red mark and all.

01:03:24You said I was

01:03:25your only sister.

01:03:27My real sister

01:03:28heard that too.

01:03:29She was right off camera.

01:03:32So you put that on

01:03:33and now you're

01:03:33a good brother?

01:03:44If she hadn't grown up

01:03:45looking like the girl

01:03:46in that photo

01:03:47would you have gone

01:03:48looking for those letters?

01:03:51Would you have even

01:03:52seen the blood

01:03:52on her hand?

01:03:55No one answered.

01:03:57In the end

01:03:58she asked the question

01:03:59I'd wanted answered most.

01:04:02That doesn't excuse

01:04:03what you did to her.

01:04:06Adrian was right.

01:04:08What she did

01:04:09doesn't disappear

01:04:10just because

01:04:11my brothers

01:04:11were wrong too.

01:04:13And what you did

01:04:14doesn't go away

01:04:15just because

01:04:15you threw her out.

01:04:22Hazel, we're trying.

01:04:23You should be.

01:04:26That's not a reason

01:04:27for me to come back.

01:04:28Then Brielle smiled at me

01:04:30like she'd finally found

01:04:32one last way

01:04:33to hurt me.

01:04:34Hear that?

01:04:36They never loved you.

01:04:38That's why I'm leaving.

01:04:40So why can't you let go?

01:04:48They took Brielle

01:04:49to finish the move out.

01:04:52Mom came straight

01:04:53to me with a new key.

01:04:56We saved the sunniest

01:04:57room upstairs for you.

01:05:01That was Brielle's room.

01:05:02We replaced everything.

01:05:04New sheets,

01:05:04new furniture,

01:05:05all of it.

01:05:07She rushed through it

01:05:08like emptying out

01:05:10everything Brielle

01:05:10had touched

01:05:11would make me

01:05:12willing to live there.

01:05:13I'm not moving in.

01:05:22Your mom's been going

01:05:23through everything

01:05:23for days.

01:05:26Your pictures will be

01:05:27all over the house now.

01:05:28Those photos came

01:05:29from Grandma's boxes.

01:05:30I knew every one.

01:05:32My parents didn't

01:05:32take a single one.

01:05:33You can replace photos.

01:05:35You can't replace

01:05:3618 years.

01:05:39You can't replace

01:05:47Do you have to draw

01:05:48such a hard line?

01:05:49Did Grandma get paid

01:05:51back for what she covered?

01:05:54Everything we verified

01:05:55has been paid.

01:05:56The rest is being handled

01:05:57under the agreement.

01:05:59Good.

01:06:00Have your lawyer contact me.

01:06:03They were waiting

01:06:03for one soft word from me.

01:06:05I just needed to know

01:06:06Grandma had finally been repaid

01:06:08for what this family cost her.

01:06:13My finals are tomorrow.

01:06:15Can you come

01:06:16just this once?

01:06:17I have a project.

01:06:18I can't.

01:06:21Then if I win

01:06:22I'll give you the trophy.

01:06:25I have my own trophies.

01:06:32I walked out

01:06:33and called Grandma.

01:06:36The second she picked up

01:06:37she asked what I wanted

01:06:38for dinner.

01:06:40Grandma, let's find

01:06:40a small place near campus.

01:06:43Without using their money?

01:06:45We'll use money

01:06:46I can control.

01:06:48It can be small

01:06:49as long as it's enough

01:06:51for us.

01:06:52This time

01:06:54I'm giving myself

01:06:55a home first.

01:07:09The third place

01:07:10Grandpa and I looked at

01:07:11was tiny.

01:07:11You could barely turn around

01:07:13in the kitchen.

01:07:14But there was a tree outside

01:07:15and the light came in.

01:07:17Will this make school harder?

01:07:19Is it far from campus?

01:07:20I can walk to campus.

01:07:21You won't have to make

01:07:21that long drive

01:07:22to see me anymore.

01:07:23I had my lawyer return

01:07:24the apartment Adrian gave me

01:07:26and the car.

01:07:27The public reward

01:07:27was claimed properly.

01:07:28That's separate from the gifts.

01:07:30I'm buying this place

01:07:31with money that's mine to use.

01:07:32Prize money,

01:07:33my admission award

01:07:33and the reward.

01:07:34I didn't touch a cent

01:07:35of the project funds.

01:07:36Keep some for yourself.

01:07:37Don't put it all

01:07:38into the house.

01:07:39I did.

01:07:40Living expenses

01:07:41and emergency money

01:07:42are set aside.

01:07:43Look at this column.

01:07:45Put the house

01:07:46in your name.

01:07:47I just need

01:07:48somewhere to sleep.

01:07:49She raised me

01:07:50for 18 years

01:07:51and all she wanted

01:07:52was a place to sleep.

01:07:54I took her to the bedroom

01:07:55with the best light.

01:07:57This room is yours.

01:07:58You're not just staying here.

01:08:00This is our home.

01:08:02Then where are you sleeping?

01:08:04Next door.

01:08:05Closer to the kitchen.

01:08:06Easier to steal snacks.

01:08:09Once everything was finalized,

01:08:11we got the keys.

01:08:13Grandma checked the locks

01:08:14again and again

01:08:15then asked if we should

01:08:16leave one for the family.

01:08:18One key for you,

01:08:19one for me.

01:08:20Anyone else wants in,

01:08:22they ask us first.

01:08:24Back then,

01:08:25I had to ask permission

01:08:26to stay in that house

01:08:27till graduation.

01:08:29This time,

01:08:30no one gets to force me out

01:08:31over one extra dress.

01:08:37They're here.

01:08:38Outside the door,

01:08:40Adrian had the undelivered

01:08:41share transfer proposal,

01:08:43Julian the old film roll,

01:08:44and Dylan a box of gifts.

01:08:50Grandma,

01:08:51we just wanted to see

01:08:51if you needed anything.

01:08:53Not now.

01:08:59They didn't ask

01:08:59if it was a good time to come.

01:09:02Grandma didn't ask

01:09:03if shutting the door

01:09:03would hurt their feelings.

01:09:06We'll leave these here and go.

01:09:09No.

01:09:10Take them back.

01:09:12I answered through the door.

01:09:13Then it went quiet.

01:09:15A moment later,

01:09:16I heard Dylan pick the box back up.

01:09:18Can I leave the film?

01:09:19I kept the photos.

01:09:21Keep the rest.

01:09:22Don't use them

01:09:23to buy a meeting with me.

01:09:30I waited until their footsteps

01:09:31were gone

01:09:32before I put my books

01:09:33on the new shelf.

01:09:36Grandma didn't say

01:09:37they'd learn their lesson.

01:09:38She just asked

01:09:39what I wanted

01:09:40for our first meal.

01:09:41I'll eat whatever you make.

01:09:43Then come taste this.

01:09:45Too salty?

01:09:46Too salty?

01:09:49When I was little,

01:09:50I always worried

01:09:51my brothers would show up

01:09:52and there'd be nowhere

01:09:53for them to sit.

01:09:54Now I just want Grandma

01:09:55to eat before the food gets cold.

01:10:03Someone finally agreed

01:10:04to replace a misunderstanding

01:10:06between sisters

01:10:07with what she actually did.

01:10:12When I saw Brielle again,

01:10:14none of my brothers

01:10:15were with her.

01:10:16She set the statement down

01:10:18and kept her head lowered

01:10:20until the lawyer

01:10:20told her to review it.

01:10:25I'll issue a public statement

01:10:26that the plastic surgery

01:10:27records were fake

01:10:29and I'll pay the compensation

01:10:30under the agreement.

01:10:32And the gala?

01:10:40Does all of it

01:10:40have to be in there?

01:10:43You shoved me

01:10:44in front of all those people

01:10:45and now you want me

01:10:46to leave that out?

01:10:48She looked up at me

01:10:49like she still wanted to say

01:10:50she was only 18.

01:10:52But Grandma was right beside me.

01:10:54This time,

01:10:55no one spoke for her.

01:10:57I already lost my chance

01:10:58to exhibit and I moved out.

01:10:59What else do you want?

01:11:00State the facts.

01:11:01Take responsibility.

01:11:02I'm not here to pity you.

01:11:12In the final statement,

01:11:14she admitted the records

01:11:15were fake

01:11:16and that she dragged me

01:11:17into the champagne table.

01:11:19The compensation

01:11:20was paid as agreed.

01:11:23Is that enough now?

01:11:24What's in the agreement

01:11:25ends here.

01:11:27Forgiveness was never

01:11:28a part of it.

01:11:34Right before I left

01:11:35the conference room,

01:11:36she called after me

01:11:37one last time.

01:11:42If you didn't have that face,

01:11:45do you really think

01:11:46you'd have won?

01:11:47I didn't earn my grades

01:11:48with my face

01:11:49and I didn't get this evidence

01:11:51with it either.

01:11:53She didn't say another word.

01:11:56Grandpa and I walked out

01:11:57without looking back.

01:12:05Her debt was settled.

01:12:08The ones who laughed at me first

01:12:09still owed their own answer.

01:12:12That night,

01:12:13Dylan went live again.

01:12:14No game,

01:12:16no gift leaderboard.

01:12:17Just him

01:12:18and my other two brothers.

01:12:22My own sister

01:12:23was standing right there.

01:12:24I knew she could hear me

01:12:25and I said it anyway.

01:12:29He didn't dump it all

01:12:31on Brie Ellen

01:12:31and he didn't call it a joke.

01:12:34At school,

01:12:35I chased her with a camera

01:12:36without her consent.

01:12:38I led the humiliation.

01:12:41She told me to stop

01:12:42and I blamed her for it.

01:12:47No one made me say it.

01:12:49I said it.

01:12:53Adrian sat in front of the camera

01:12:54and pulled up the message

01:12:55ordering me to apologize.

01:12:58She told me the whole thing.

01:13:00I didn't listen.

01:13:02I only cared whether

01:13:03my brother looked bad.

01:13:07I treasured her photo

01:13:08and still refused

01:13:09to see her right in front of me.

01:13:12That's not on her

01:13:13for keeping the mask on.

01:13:17Don't ask her to forgive us.

01:13:19Going public

01:13:20is our responsibility.

01:13:22Not a condition

01:13:23for her forgiveness.

01:13:27Professor Reed

01:13:28forwarded me the video

01:13:29while I was checking

01:13:29our lab results.

01:13:31I watched it

01:13:32and saved the parts

01:13:32that involved me.

01:13:36They finally said

01:13:38what they should have said.

01:13:40That didn't make me

01:13:41want to go home.

01:13:43That night,

01:13:44they waited for my response.

01:13:46I turned off my phone

01:13:47and went back to work.

01:13:50What really kept me up

01:13:51was something else.

01:13:52Our prototype

01:13:53hadn't hit the target.

01:13:56The first full test was in.

01:13:58The results were way off.

01:14:00And staring at the numbers

01:14:02wasn't going to change them.

01:14:10What do we do

01:14:11about tomorrow's

01:14:11progress report?

01:14:12We tell the truth.

01:14:14If it didn't work,

01:14:15we write that down.

01:14:17But once everyone

01:14:18went to put the equipment away,

01:14:20I was still staring

01:14:21at the report.

01:14:23I couldn't make myself

01:14:24hit save.

01:14:25Are you worried

01:14:26about the funding

01:14:27or about disappointing people?

01:14:29Both.

01:14:30Since I was little,

01:14:32I've been afraid

01:14:32of not being good enough.

01:14:33Like if my grades slipped,

01:14:35I'd lose my place.

01:14:36Today's results need work.

01:14:38That says nothing

01:14:39about your worth.

01:14:40Find the cause first.

01:14:45No one was asking me

01:14:46to give my name

01:14:47to someone else.

01:14:48No one said

01:14:49I'd disgraced anybody.

01:14:51I'll verify this set first.

01:14:53I'll verify this set first.

01:14:54I'll give the report tomorrow.

01:14:58Then Grandma called.

01:15:00I heard her lift the pot lid

01:15:01and ask why I wasn't home yet.

01:15:03Do you want me to save you

01:15:04some dinner?

01:15:05Yeah.

01:15:06Today didn't go so well,

01:15:07so I might be late.

01:15:08You still need to eat.

01:15:10Take your time.

01:15:11Just don't go hungry.

01:15:13So even if today went badly,

01:15:15I could still go home

01:15:16to a hot meal.

01:15:17I opened the problem list again.

01:15:19This time,

01:15:20I wanted to make it work.

01:15:21Not so someone would claim me,

01:15:23but because I wanted to.

01:15:28For six months,

01:15:30we revised, retested,

01:15:31and revised again.

01:15:33I filled three lab notebooks

01:15:35before I could tie every failure

01:15:36to a specific problem.

01:15:40Why keep the original

01:15:42failed results?

01:15:44Because every improvement

01:15:45started there.

01:15:47If we don't spell out

01:15:49those problems,

01:15:49we can't explain

01:15:51why it works now.

01:15:55They turned the page

01:15:56and drilled down further.

01:15:58My teammate and I

01:15:59answered every point

01:16:00right through the last question.

01:16:09Approve for the next phase.

01:16:11Continue validation

01:16:12under the plan you submitted.

01:16:14I looked at my teammate first.

01:16:16He let out a long breath

01:16:17and we couldn't help laughing.

01:16:20Next phase support,

01:16:21we'll move forward

01:16:21under the new agreement.

01:16:22Hazel, walk us through

01:16:23the team's next steps.

01:16:26They called me by my name.

01:16:28No one asked

01:16:29whose sister I was first.

01:16:36Go home and get some sleep.

01:16:38We've still got

01:16:39a lot of work ahead.

01:16:41I'm calling grandma first.

01:16:45She asked if I wanted

01:16:46to celebrate.

01:16:48I said yes.

01:16:49Just a small piece

01:16:50of cake tonight.

01:16:59Do you need us

01:16:59to arrange a shoot

01:17:00for approval?

01:17:05Choose someone else.

01:17:06Run it through

01:17:06the normal process.

01:17:10When I was little,

01:17:11he wouldn't give me

01:17:12a single photo.

01:17:13Now my work

01:17:14is worth documenting

01:17:15and I get to decide

01:17:16who takes the shot.

01:17:18In the three years

01:17:20after I left that house,

01:17:22they still never

01:17:23fully let go.

01:17:29Adrian sent a letter

01:17:30every week

01:17:32through someone else.

01:17:36I kept them

01:17:38in the cabinet

01:17:41unopened.

01:17:43Julian asked a few times

01:17:45to film the project.

01:17:48I said no.

01:17:52He pulled every request

01:17:54and never aimed

01:17:55a camera at me again.

01:17:58Dylan always saved me

01:18:00a front row seat

01:18:01at his big matches.

01:18:03The tickets kept coming.

01:18:07I never went

01:18:08and I never made

01:18:10excuses for it.

01:18:12On my birthdays,

01:18:14Grandma used to set out

01:18:15extra place settings

01:18:16and say they were

01:18:17stuck in traffic.

01:18:19Now nobody promises

01:18:20they'll come next time.

01:18:23Want me to get

01:18:24a bigger box

01:18:24for these letters?

01:18:27No.

01:18:28If they don't fit,

01:18:30tell them to stop

01:18:31sending them for now.

01:18:32They were waiting

01:18:33for me to turn back.

01:18:34I had more and more

01:18:35reasons to keep going.

01:18:37Grandma learned video calls

01:18:38and my project

01:18:39made it past campus

01:18:40to bigger review panels.

01:18:42That afternoon,

01:18:43a formal notice came in.

01:18:45I read it twice

01:18:46and called Grandma over

01:18:47to look at it with me.

01:18:48What is it?

01:18:49Why are your hands shaking?

01:18:51Our project won

01:18:52an international award.

01:18:55We have to accept it

01:18:56in person.

01:18:58This time,

01:18:59I'm taking her

01:18:59where everyone can see

01:19:00exactly where she belongs.

01:19:03Before the ceremony,

01:19:05Grandma pulled out

01:19:05the clothes we bought

01:19:06when we first got here.

01:19:08She kept ironing them,

01:19:10still afraid they wouldn't

01:19:11look respectable enough.

01:19:14With so many people

01:19:15watching on TV,

01:19:16is this too old?

01:19:18It's not old.

01:19:20What matters

01:19:20is that you're comfortable.

01:19:23Shh.

01:19:28You even put my name on it?

01:19:30Of course.

01:19:31You're my guest.

01:19:33Then my phone rang.

01:19:39Mom had seen the news

01:19:41and she and Dad

01:19:42wanted to come too.

01:19:43We won't bother you.

01:19:44We just want to see it

01:19:45for ourselves.

01:19:47Public seating is up

01:19:48to the organizers.

01:19:49My family guest seat

01:19:50is for Grandma.

01:19:53Not even one?

01:19:56I didn't apply

01:19:56for any for you.

01:19:59I understand.

01:20:01Take care of Grandma.

01:20:02This time,

01:20:03she didn't cry

01:20:04and asked me

01:20:04to change my mind.

01:20:05I hung up

01:20:06and went back

01:20:06to fixing Grandpa's collar.

01:20:08I could still see

01:20:09from the back.

01:20:11You've spent enough years

01:20:12waiting outside

01:20:12the crowd for me.

01:20:14Today,

01:20:14you sit up front.

01:20:16I didn't ask

01:20:16my brothers anymore

01:20:17what I could wear

01:20:18without embarrassing them

01:20:19and I didn't trade

01:20:19my award for a ride home.

01:20:21Are you nervous

01:20:22about the ceremony?

01:20:23Yeah,

01:20:23but if you're there,

01:20:24I won't be as scared.

01:20:26Grandpa tucked away

01:20:26her family guest pass

01:20:27and nod this,

01:20:28but she'd never miss

01:20:29the moments

01:20:30I truly needed her either.

01:20:32That night,

01:20:33I walked Grandpa

01:20:34to our front row seats.

01:20:37She wouldn't put her purse

01:20:38on the floor,

01:20:39so Professor Reed

01:20:40set it beside her chair.

01:20:43You look lovely today.

01:20:45She got ready for this

01:20:46for a long time.

01:20:50No flowers.

01:20:52No one crowding them

01:20:53for pictures.

01:20:55No one introducing them

01:20:57as the winner's family.

01:20:59Back then,

01:21:01one not fit for the camera

01:21:02was enough

01:21:03to push me aside.

01:21:04This time,

01:21:06they sat in the audience

01:21:07and waited for my name.

01:21:16I saw them,

01:21:18the envelope

01:21:19on Adrian's lap.

01:21:23Julian didn't bring

01:21:24his camera.

01:21:26Dylan kept his hands

01:21:27on his knees

01:21:27and didn't wave.

01:21:29Sit down.

01:21:31Don't go over there.

01:21:35They finally learned

01:21:36that wanting back

01:21:37into my life

01:21:38didn't mean

01:21:39I had to make room.

01:21:44Please welcome

01:21:45Hazel Whitmer

01:21:46to the stage.

01:21:50The applause started.

01:21:52I squeezed Grandpa's hand

01:21:54then got up

01:21:54and walked to the stage.

01:21:56Slow down.

01:21:57Don't trip.

01:21:59Just like when I was little,

01:22:01the first thing

01:22:01she worried about

01:22:02was whether I'd fall.

01:22:04I looked back

01:22:05and smiled.

01:22:06This time,

01:22:07she wasn't waiting outside.

01:22:13Other than your team

01:22:14and your professors,

01:22:16who do you want

01:22:16to thank most tonight?

01:22:19I looked at the front row.

01:22:22Grandpa was still

01:22:23clapping hard,

01:22:25like it hadn't hit her yet

01:22:26that this question

01:22:27was finally for her.

01:22:30I'd like to invite

01:22:31someone up here.

01:22:34She stayed by my side

01:22:35when I had nothing.

01:22:37I stepped down

01:22:38and took Grandpa's hand.

01:22:39She waved me off,

01:22:41said she couldn't speak.

01:22:43Her palms were slick

01:22:44with sweat.

01:22:47You don't have to say anything.

01:22:49Just stand with me

01:22:50for a minute.

01:22:55When I was born,

01:22:56my family thought

01:22:57I wasn't pretty enough.

01:22:59Grandma never did.

01:23:01In the back row,

01:23:03Mom lowered her head.

01:23:05Adrian froze,

01:23:06still gripping the envelope.

01:23:09Later I got good grades.

01:23:11I grew up.

01:23:14More people wanted

01:23:15to be close to me.

01:23:17But Grandma saw me

01:23:18at my worst.

01:23:20She knew me

01:23:21when I couldn't do anything.

01:23:23She loved me even then.

01:23:26The applause started.

01:23:28Grandma couldn't speak.

01:23:31She just patted my hand,

01:23:33like she used to

01:23:34when she put me to sleep.

01:23:42I saw the writing

01:23:43on the envelope

01:23:44for my sister,

01:23:45Hazel.

01:23:47I looked once,

01:23:48then looked away.

01:23:50I wrote for 13 years

01:23:51and never got one letter back.

01:23:53Now they've finally

01:23:55started writing.

01:23:56I'm done waiting.

01:24:01So this trophy's going home

01:24:03with your grandma?

01:24:04Of course.

01:24:05We've already cleared

01:24:06a spot for it at home.

01:24:13I finally had a photo

01:24:14I didn't have to beg for

01:24:16or hide my face in.

01:24:18No one in it

01:24:19ever made me feel unwanted.

01:24:23What do you want to eat

01:24:24when we get home?

01:24:26Your noodles.

01:24:28The stage lights

01:24:29were still on

01:24:31and Grandpa

01:24:31was already thinking

01:24:32about what else

01:24:33to cook for me

01:24:33when we got home.

01:24:36I held her hand

01:24:37and walked off the stage.

01:24:45I'll keep earning

01:24:46my own money.

01:24:47I'll keep doing

01:24:48what I want to do.

01:24:50And as for the family

01:24:51that only wanted me

01:24:52once I was pretty enough,

01:24:54good enough,

01:24:55I'm not going back.

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