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00:00On the way to rescue a hostage,
00:02my husband Lucien's special assistant
00:03suddenly demanded the helicopter land.
00:05The number of passengers ford has to be even, not odd.
00:07Either Iris jumps, or this plane lands right here, right now.
00:10We had less than half an hour before the kidnapper's deadline.
00:12Given the emergency, I knocked her out cold with one strike.
00:15The helicopter finally surged forward at full speed.
00:18We successfully defeated the kidnappers
00:20and rescued Lucien's father.
00:21Lucien got promoted three ranks in a row,
00:23but after the victory celebration,
00:25he strapped me to the landing gear and shot up into the sky.
00:27Your new morale has OCD.
00:28Why couldn't you be a little more understanding?
00:30She's got severe depression now because of you.
00:32So pay for it, with your life.
00:34Amid his roaring, I was hurled violently toward the jagged cliff face.
00:37My bones shattered and I died.
00:38When I opened my eyes again,
00:40I was back on the day Morel demanded the helicopter land.
00:42This time, I was gonna sit back
00:44and watch you two destroy yourselves with their own hands.
00:47After all, the man tied up down there wasn't my father.
00:49Morel pounded frantically on the cockpit door.
00:51The people on this helicopter has to be even,
00:53or the extra person jumps right now,
00:55or we should land immediately.
00:56As she screamed, her eyes kept flicking toward me.
01:00The meaning couldn't have been clearer.
01:01My husband Lucien shielded her carefully,
01:03his face soft with adoration.
01:05Calm down, Morel.
01:06Be careful. Don't hurt yourself.
01:07What are you all standing around for?
01:09Whoever's the odd one out,
01:10take the hint.
01:11Jump now.
01:12The deputy negotiator, Evan,
01:14was sweating through his forehead.
01:15Commander Thorne,
01:16we have only 28 minutes until the kidnapper's deadline.
01:20Even at full speed,
01:21it's a 25-minute flight from here.
01:23If the number is wrong, I'll spiral.
01:25I won't sleep.
01:26I'll fall apart.
01:27You're all so cruel.
01:29All you care about is saving some stranger.
01:31Nobody cares about me.
01:33It's all this horrible woman's fault
01:34for forcing her way on board.
01:35She knows I can't handle odd numbers,
01:37but she still had to be the extra one.
01:39If the rescue fails because of this,
01:41can you bear this responsibility?
01:42I sneered.
01:44You're wrong.
01:44I'm the chief negotiator.
01:46The negotiation is my mission.
01:48If anyone should be considering jumping,
01:49it's you.
01:50Counselor Vale!
01:51Evan was staring at his tablet,
01:53voice shaking.
01:54The kidnappers have spoken.
01:55For every minute we're late,
01:56they take one of the hostage's fingers.
01:57We are out of time!
01:58Morel, haven't you had enough?
01:59If the hostage dies because of this stalling,
02:01can you take responsibility for this?
02:03You dare yell at me?
02:04Morel buried her face in Lucien's chest,
02:06sobbing so hard her whole body shook.
02:08I have OCD.
02:10Wrong numbers make me physically ill.
02:12All any of you care about is that stupid hostage.
02:15I hate all of you.
02:16Lucien patted her back,
02:18his face going dark.
02:19The rot starts at the top, Iris.
02:21Look at the deputy negotiator you've trained.
02:23The mission is all you ever think about.
02:25Does Morel's mental health mean nothing?
02:27Evan couldn't hold it in anymore.
02:28If this operation fails,
02:30we're all facing a tribunal.
02:31No, I don't want that.
02:32It's terrifying.
02:33Don't take me in.
02:34Morel shrieked and cried even harder.
02:36Morel, don't be scared.
02:37Don't listen to his nonsense.
02:39It's not that serious.
02:40Whatever happens, I'll take the fall for you.
02:42Lucien pulled her in tighter.
02:44Iris,
02:44as the highest ranking commander of this operation,
02:47I am giving you a direct order.
02:48When he looked back at me,
02:49his eyes were ice.
02:50Get off this helicopter now!
02:52Don't waste the precious rescue time
02:53because of your presence.
02:54If you refuse the order,
02:55every consequence that follows is on your head.
02:58Lucien's voice was ice cold,
03:00exactly the same tone he'd used in my last life
03:03when he strapped me to the top of that helicopter.
03:05For a moment,
03:06I felt my body breaking apart on the rocks again.
03:08I lowered my eyes,
03:09burying the coldness beneath them.
03:11Fine.
03:12I'll comply.
03:12I was just curious.
03:14When he found out who was actually kidnapped right now,
03:17what would his face look like?
03:18Morel immediately peeked out from Lucien's arms,
03:21blinking those innocent eyes.
03:22Iris, I'm so sorry.
03:24The captain just said there are no spare parachutes on board.
03:27So, are you planning to just jump anyway?
03:31Or shall we make the poor hostage wait a little longer?
03:34Morel, are you sure that whoever has been taken,
03:37whether they live or die,
03:38had nothing to do with you?
03:39Morel pouted.
03:40The tears arrived right on cue.
03:42I'm worried about the hostage too,
03:44but I can't help myself
03:45when the head count isn't even.
03:47I panic.
03:48I can't breathe.
03:48I feel like I'm going to die.
03:50Enough!
03:50Lucien wrapped her up and glared at me in fury.
03:52Iris, when does it end with you?
03:54Morel has OCD.
03:55She likes everything to be perfect and lives carefully.
03:57What's wrong with that?
03:58She's sensitive.
03:59Would it kill you to show her a little grace?
04:00Why are you pushing her like this?
04:03I'd heard things like that a thousand times
04:05since Morel became his special assistant.
04:07So, Morel likes sorting files by color and alphabet,
04:09and your urgent document accidentally ended up
04:11at the bottom of the stack.
04:12Just print another copy.
04:13Why do you throw a tantrum?
04:14Morella needs symmetrical decor
04:15to feel calm before a negotiation,
04:16so she moved the antique vase in the reception room.
04:18What's the matter?
04:19She offended the other side?
04:20She has high standards for her surroundings.
04:22Couldn't they be a little more understanding?
04:24Morel is only sensitive about numbers.
04:25She thought the police van figure was unlucky
04:27and refused to get in,
04:28and we missed the optimal negotiation timing.
04:30How is that her fault?
04:31Besides, the hostage got out alive in the end, right?
04:34Every single time,
04:35the moment Morel's eyes welled up,
04:37Lucien would pull her behind him
04:38and invent some absurd excusing on her behalf.
04:41And I'm his wife who had risked my life for him
04:43over and over for the sake of his career.
04:46In his eyes, I was just harsh, aggressive,
04:49and not understanding enough.
04:50In front of me,
04:51Lucien was still gently soothing the woman in his arms.
04:53It's okay, Morel.
04:54I know you have OCD and can't handle odd numbers.
04:57Some people are just too petty to appreciate you.
04:59Lucien, you're the best.
05:00You're the only one who gets me.
05:01They flirted shamelessly.
05:03And I, the so-called Mrs. Thorne,
05:05stood by like an outsider.
05:07Evan was trembling with rage,
05:09knuckles cracking in his fists.
05:10But Lucien's rank and his orders kept him silent.
05:13He could only shoot me desperate, pleading looks.
05:15I shook my head slightly,
05:16signal him to stay put.
05:18The best part of the show comes when the truth drops.
05:21Morel leaned close to my ear, voice low.
05:23Iris, it seems like only one of you gets to live.
05:26You are the hostage.
05:27Aren't you the chief negotiator
05:28who always puts the hostage first?
05:30So, time to choose.
05:32Either you jump from 800 meters up,
05:34or your poor hostage suffers a little longer.
05:36I hear those kidnappers aren't the patient type.
05:39What do lives even mean to you?
05:40Morel staggered back a theatrical step
05:43and threw herself into Lucien's arms.
05:45Lucien, she yelled at me.
05:46I'm so scared.
05:47The numbers are wrong.
05:47Everything's wrong.
05:48I can't breathe.
05:48Make the ex-person go away.
05:50Lucien was beside himself with worry,
05:51patting her back.
05:52It's okay.
05:53I'm here.
05:54While he was gearing up at me.
05:55You have two minutes to decide.
05:57Either you make the sacrifice for the mission
05:58and jump on your own,
06:00or I order this helicopter down.
06:02Didn't you always boast about your professionalism
06:04and put the hostage safety above all else?
06:06Why are you being a coward now?
06:07My gaze slid past his twisted face to the window.
06:10Below the helicopter stretched a range
06:11of rolling, jagged mountains.
06:13Even from 800 meters up,
06:14you could feel the menace of them.
06:16That altitude.
06:17That terrain.
06:18Jumping meant death.
06:19The pain of my last life's fall
06:21seemed to seep back up through my whole body.
06:23That's mountain terrain down there.
06:25Jumping now is no different from suicide.
06:28Lucien just impatiently waved his hand.
06:30It's only 800 meters.
06:32Every second counts for the hostage.
06:34Isn't a little risk part of the job?
06:36You're experienced.
06:38You might even survive.
06:40His words drove into my chest like an ice pick.
06:43No!
06:44I can't take it anymore!
06:45It has to be a perfect even number!
06:48Morel started clawing at her hair like a mad woman.
06:52The extra person needs to get out!
06:54Make her go!
06:56Morel!
06:57Morel, don't hurt yourself!
06:58Lucien looked scared out of his mind,
07:00locking her in his arms.
07:01Morel, be good.
07:02I'll make everything perfect now.
07:04Calm down, don't scare me!
07:06Iris!
07:07Look what you've driven her to!
07:08I'll say it one last time.
07:10Get off now!
07:11Don't make me do it for you!
07:12Watching this loving pair,
07:13I felt a coldness creeping through me
07:15so deep it numbed my heart.
07:17So this was the man I'd loved all these years.
07:20The husband I'd fought beside.
07:22Then Evan cried out.
07:23Counselor Vale!
07:24Commander Thorne!
07:25New footage from the kidnappers!
07:26On screen, there were several fingers.
07:28The kidnapper's cackle came through the voice change.
07:31Consider this a friendly reminder.
07:32You have last 15 minutes.
07:34One second late,
07:35one more finger comes off.
07:36Let's see how many he can take.
07:37The footage cut off abruptly,
07:39but the threat dropped the cabin temperature to freezing.
07:45Negotiator's instinct made me give Lucien one last chance.
07:48Lucien,
07:49if we go full throttle and maximum speed right now,
07:52we can still make the deadline.
07:53If those fingers are preserved rectly,
07:55they can still be reattached.
07:57Morel clutched Lucien's arm like a startled rabbit.
08:00Lucien!
08:00The world isn't perfect anymore!
08:02I'm going to break!
08:04She wailed,
08:05as if she was the one being tortured.
08:07Something flickered in Lucien's eyes.
08:08In the end,
08:09his tenderness for her crushed everything else.
08:12Iris,
08:13one minute left.
08:14If the hostage dies,
08:15it's all on you.
08:16Morel glared at me through her tears.
08:18If you hadn't been squatting up here,
08:19refusing to get off,
08:21the kidnappers wouldn't be angry!
08:23The hostage wouldn't be suffering!
08:25This is your fault!
08:26You're the real culprit!
08:27I couldn't believe what I heard.
08:29I actually laughed.
08:30Morel,
08:30listen to yourself.
08:31Who is the one exactly stalling this rescue?
08:33Enough,
08:34Iris!
08:34Lucien cut me off,
08:36impatient.
08:36What is a chief denotiator's first duty?
08:38Protecting the hostage at any cost.
08:40Submit a written statement on today's dereliquence of duty,
08:43and your role in aggravating Morel's condition.
08:45Then await disciplinary action.
08:46Listening to him twist the facts so seamlessly,
08:48I found I couldn't even be angry anymore.
08:50I glanced at my watch.
08:5213 minutes and 47 seconds until the kidnapper's new deadline.
08:55Any more delays may cause the hostage...
08:59Lucien scoffed.
09:00Nothing in this world matters more than Morel.
09:0330 seconds more.
09:04If you can't make the sacrifice and jump,
09:06I'll order this helicopter down!
09:08I looked at that face,
09:09so certain he was in control,
09:11yet utterly stupid.
09:12I suddenly felt bone-tired.
09:14Since you insist on protecting her feelings,
09:16then land.
09:20Lucien waved to the pilot.
09:22What are you waiting for?
09:23Land immediately!
09:24Morel leaned in,
09:25dripping with undisguised malice and triumph.
09:28Iris, you are so ruthless.
09:30Clinging to Lucien so hard
09:31you'd throw away your own father's life?
09:33How heartless.
09:34In that instant,
09:35an absurd yet perfectly clear realization hit me.
09:38So that's it.
09:39They didn't care about the hostage,
09:40because they believed the man tied up down there,
09:43the man who could be killed at any moment,
09:45was my father.
09:45That's why they could stall the rescue
09:47with such righteous confidence.
09:49And that's why they could push me toward death.
09:51What a nice move.
09:52I sneered.
09:54A chief negotiator is only derelict
09:55if the negotiation fails on sight.
09:57But if certain people obstruct the mission over and over,
09:59and the negotiator never reaches the scene,
10:01then every consequence falls squarely
10:03on the ones doing the obstructing.
10:05None of it lands on me.
10:06Morel's expression froze.
10:07Then that venomful smile crawled back.
10:09Iris, nobody's going to blame you,
10:11except your family.
10:12Finally, the helicopter touched down
10:14on a stretch of wasteland far from the target site.
10:16The clock had ticked past the kidnapper's final deadline.
10:19Morel stumbled over to me
10:20and said the cruelest words
10:21in the most innocent voice.
10:22Oh gosh, I'm so sorry, Iris.
10:24Look, time's up.
10:26I guess you and your dear father
10:28are just never going to see each other again.
10:30How sad.
10:31At the moment,
10:32Evan, who's still glued to the tablet,
10:34let out a scream.
10:35No!
10:36They killed the hostage!
10:37Lucian and Morel practically glowed with satisfaction.
10:40Our condolences, Iris.
10:41Alright, the dead don't come back.
10:43Pull yourself together.
10:44I want that written statement on my desk by this afternoon.
10:46But when he clearly saw the hostage's face,
10:49every drop blood drained from Lucian's face.
10:51Dad!
10:52How is it you?
10:54Lucian's vision went black.
10:56His ears ring.
10:57The next second,
10:57agony detonated in his chest.
10:59He staggered backward,
11:00spine slamming into the cabin door,
11:02the only thing keeping her upright.
11:04His father was gone
11:05because of his idiotic decision.
11:07Hadn't Morel said the hostage was Iris' father?
11:10Morel's vicious smile had frozen too,
11:12but she recovered faster than Lucian.
11:14Her eyes rolled.
11:14Then she shrieked.
11:15Iris!
11:16You knew all along, right?
11:17You knew it was Lucian's father.
11:18That's why you stalled.
11:19You never intended to save him.
11:21You wanted him dead!
11:22She rushed to Lucian's side,
11:24grabbing his shaking arm, rattling.
11:25Lucian!
11:26She's a vicious woman!
11:27She never planned to save your father!
11:29She was praying something would happen to him!
11:31Lucian swayed under her shaking,
11:32and his hollow eyes finally focused.
11:34The agony and shock of losing his father
11:36had numbed his mind empty,
11:38but Morel's words slithered into his ears like a snake.
11:41Right.
11:41That's right.
11:42Lucian's bloodshot eyes swung toward me.
11:44Iris, you malicious bastard!
11:47You stalled on purpose to kill my father!
11:49Morel sobbed and slandered in the same breath.
11:51Mr. Thorne, you died so tragically.
11:54Iris, how could you be so heartless?
11:57Lucian treated you so well,
11:58and his father loved you like his own daughter.
12:00How could you do this out of jealousy of me?
12:02Is your heart made of stone?
12:04She turned toward the others,
12:05causing me at top of her voice.
12:07Everyone!
12:08Iris clearly knew from the start.
12:10Why else was she so calm?
12:11Why wasn't she ever panicked?
12:13She was waiting to watch Lucian lose his father!
12:16She's a murderer!
12:18Lucian was heaving her breath,
12:19eyes burning red.
12:21Iris, you venomous bitch!
12:22My father used to care about you so much!
12:24I, Lucian Thorne,
12:25swear on my rank as this nation's chief commander,
12:27you will pay for this!
12:28Your career is over!
12:29I'll see you rot in a cell for the rest of your life!
12:31The Waiseland wind whipped up dust and sand,
12:34but it couldn't disperse the hatred and madness.
12:36I sneered.
12:37Only when the blade turns on you
12:38do you finally feel the cut.
12:39Too bad.
12:39It was too late.
12:40My gaze moved calmly across their twisted faces.
12:42Lucian, have you forgotten?
12:43From the moment this helicopter took off,
12:46who was the one that kept blocking us from moving forward?
12:48And Morel,
12:49your OCD has impeccable timing.
12:51Do you actually have this condition,
12:52or are you using it as an excuse to stall?
12:54Morel went white and shrieked.
12:56You're lying!
12:57It's real!
12:57I can't control myself!
12:59I let out a scoff!
13:00Gaze drawn sharp!
13:00Your OCD only flares up at the critical moment.
13:03You!
13:03You're making that up!
13:04Morel was shaking with fury,
13:06already sidling behind Lucian again.
13:08My eyes shifted to Lucian.
13:10Lucian!
13:10As his son and the commander on site,
13:12when you knew the hostage could be killed
13:14at any second and every second counted,
13:15what did you do?
13:19You ignored Evan's emergency warnings,
13:22the kidnapper's blood-soaked threat,
13:24and ignored your own duty.
13:25You care nothing but that pretentious Morel
13:28to satisfy her ridiculous even-number rule.
13:31You disregard the hostage's life,
13:33abused your authority to force this helicopter to land,
13:35and you personally ordered me, chief negotiator,
13:37to jump from 800 meters without a parachute,
13:39all to manufacture a pretty even number
13:41for your precious Morel.
13:43Lucian!
13:43The person who killed your father was not me.
13:46It was your arrogance,
13:47your blindness,
13:48your bottomless, shameless indulgence of this woman!
13:51You drove your own father to his death!
13:53You thought the hostage was my father,
13:55so you could stall the rescue
13:56and push me towards my grave
13:57so you two live happily ever after?
14:00So sorry to disappoint you.
14:01Luck wasn't on your side this time.
14:03The man who died is the head of the Thorn group.
14:06I looked down at Lucian where he crumpled to his knees,
14:08my voice dripping scorn.
14:10The head of the Thorn group,
14:11a titan of industry,
14:12who could have guessed he'd die
14:13because of his own son's stupidity and selfishness.
14:16Truly pathetic.
14:17Did you want accountability?
14:19Wonderful.
14:19I raised my hand and pointed at the police lights
14:21flickering closer in the distance.
14:23The oversight investigators are minutes away.
14:25Every second of the cabin recordings goes in as evidence.
14:28Who lied?
14:29Who abused their authority?
14:30Who deliberately stalled the rescue
14:32and caused the hostage killed?
14:33The investigators and the court
14:34will sort all of that out just fine.
14:36As for you, Lucian,
14:38instead of attacking everyone like a rabid dog,
14:41you might want to start thinking about
14:42what you're going to tell
14:43when the investigators get here.
14:47My words went through Lucian's pride like a blade.
14:50No.
14:51No.
14:52It wasn't me.
14:53I didn't kill my father.
14:54He was muttering to himself,
14:56eyes unfocused,
14:57but when he turned his head
14:58and saw Morel still tugging at his sleeve,
15:00face full of panic,
15:01those glazed eyes were swallowed whole
15:03by pure incandescent rage.
15:05Lucian's red-rimmed eyes fixed on Morel.
15:07There was no trace of former affection or tenderness,
15:09only pure hatred.
15:11You did this, bitch!
15:12He lunged like a lion gone mad.
15:15The crack of a slap rang across the wasteland.
15:19Lucian, you...
15:20She clutched her cheek,
15:22staring in disbelief at the snarling man above her.
15:25Shut your mouth, bitch!
15:27Lucian gave him no chance to speak.
15:29He was yanking fistfuls of her hair and screaming.
15:33It was you!
15:34Playing the victim all day!
15:36And the even numbers!
15:37Who were you kidding?
15:38If it were not for you,
15:39you curse!
15:40My father wouldn't be dead!
15:42Everything in pairs!
15:43Your precious perfection!
15:44You're a witch!
15:45I'll beat you to death right here!
15:46I'll use you to pay for my father's death!
15:48At first, Morel tried crying and begging.
15:50Lucian, don't hit me!
15:51I'm scared!
15:52I didn't mean it!
15:56But Lucian was past all reason.
15:59Fists and kicks fell like a rainstorm.
16:01Her flawless makeup smeared.
16:02Her expensive clothes tore and fouled with dirt.
16:04The fragile, delicate persona she'd always maintained shattered completely under violence and despair.
16:09Leaving nothing but ragged wailing and useless dodging.
16:12Put back into a corner.
16:13She suddenly had no fear left.
16:15She sprang up off the ground.
16:17Hair wild, face swollen and blooded.
16:19Every trace of the dainty damsel gone.
16:21What stood there now was shrew.
16:23Lucian, you bastard!
16:26You dare hit me?
16:27She streaked and went straight for his face, nails first.
16:30If you weren't such an idiot, believing my every word, would any of this have happened?
16:36Caught off guard, Lucian took bleeding claw marks across the face.
16:40And the burning pain ignited something feral in him.
16:43Bitch!
16:43You stalled us over and over!
16:45That's why my father is dead!
16:47He seized her hair and wrenched down hard, his other fist slamming into her.
16:52The two of them tangled in a brawl.
16:54Hair pulling, face clawing, screaming at each other.
16:57Bitch!
16:58Moron!
16:58Spinless!
16:59Idiot!
17:00Designed clothes were ripped apart.
17:02Delicate jewelry were scattered, rolling through the dust and dirt of the wasteland.
17:09The cold wind blew straight through my heart.
17:11Once, I was the woman who would have taken a knife for Lucian, who stayed awake through
17:15entire nights while he ran dangerous operations.
17:18I turned down better opportunities to stay at his side.
17:21I thought fighting together, through life and death, was what love looked like.
17:25I'd seen him young and blazing with ambition.
17:27I'd sat with him through the lost years.
17:29I always believed what we had wasn't just love.
17:31It was a soldier's trust and loyalty.
17:33And in the end, all of it weighed less than one teary-voiced request from Morrell.
17:37It all meant less than her even-number excuse, the one she could use any time.
17:41For her, he would send me to my death, give up a hostage, and throw away duty and dignity
17:46without hesitation.
17:47How blind must I have been to hand my whole heart to a man this incapable of telling right
17:52from wrong, this selfish, and this cold.
17:55The arriving military police forcibly plied the two of them apart.
17:59Lucian stood panting, face and neck raked with scratches.
18:03His suit crumpled and cacked in dirt.
18:05Morrell looked worse.
18:07Her cheek was grotesquely swollen, lips split open.
18:10And she wasn't done.
18:12She spat a bloody saliva at Lucian, eyes burning with venom.
18:15You loser!
18:17You deserve this!
18:18Your father's dead, and you deserve it!
18:21Your commander is finished!
18:23Enjoy the tribunal!
18:27Who told you to be so stupid you'd believe every word I said?
18:30It was you who killed your own father!
18:33What's it got to do with me?
18:36Morrell's words crushed the last of Lucian's composure.
18:40He jolted violently as if only now, through the fog of his father's death and the insanity
18:45of the brawl, he finally saw it clearly.
18:48Catastrophic command failure, delayed rescue, hostage debt, his career, his position, everything
18:54was gone.
18:54Raw terror seized him.
18:56He shook off the military police restraining him, threw himself in front of me, and dropped
19:01straight to his knees.
19:02Iris, I was wrong.
19:04I know I was wrong.
19:06Iris, for the sake of all our years as husband and wife, please save me!
19:13You're the chief negotiator.
19:15Just say it was your misjudgment.
19:16Say you gave me wrong advice, and that's why I ordered the landing.
19:19His eyes brightened as he spoke, like a drowning man who'd found something to grab.
19:23I'm the victim's next of kin.
19:25I can speak on your behalf.
19:27If the family doesn't press it, you'll get a disciplinary mark, nothing serious.
19:31Iris, I'm begging you, help me.
19:34I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you, I swear!
19:37Looking at the naked calculation in his eyes, and the francy scramble to escape blame, how
19:43absurd.
19:44In my last life, when he strapped me to that helicopter and threw me from the sky, he screamed
19:49that it was justice for Morel in this life.
19:52For Morel, he stalled a rescue and killed his own father, and even now he could kneel without
19:56hesitation and beg me to carry his crime, shamelessly promising to treat me better.
20:01What did I exactly mean to him, Lucian?
20:04How blind was I to have ever loved you?
20:07The hope on his face froze solid.
20:10Take the fall for you?
20:11Take the responsibility for killing your father and tanking the mission?
20:14Listen carefully, Lucian.
20:16From the moment you ordered me to jump from 800 meters for that woman, from the moment you
20:21forced this landing and ignored the hostage life, from the moment when you tried like a
20:26madman to shovel every ounce of blame onto me, the only thing left between us is hatred.
20:32You destroyed your future and your father's life.
20:36You and the treasure you kept in your arms was ruined by your own hands.
20:40Enjoy what comes next.
20:41I didn't spare another glance at his ashen face.
20:44I turned and walked.
20:45Iris!
20:46Stop right there!
20:48I'm your husband!
20:50Your husband!
20:51You have to help me!
20:53Lucian's desperate, unwilling howl exploded behind me.
20:57He tried to lunge after me and was slammed down by two military police.
21:01Iris!
21:02You venomous witch!
21:04You're so vicious!
21:05I'm your husband and you'd watch me die?
21:08He spat his filthiest curses at me, as if screaming loud enough could scrub his own guilt away.
21:14As the mission failed, you're not getting out of this either!
21:19You think you can dump it all on me and stroll off spotless?
21:24His crazed eyes swept the silent crowd, desperately hunting for a single ally.
21:29This woman could abandon her own husband!
21:31She's a lunatic who'd do anything for her own gain!
21:35Today I'm the victim.
21:36Tomorrow it'll be any one of you!
21:38Iris!
21:39If I'm going down, you're not getting out either!
21:41We'll die together!
21:43He was trying to drag me down to the hell with him, as a threat.
21:46Lucian, the ones bound for hell are you and your darling Morel.
21:51You've got the wrong person.
21:52Lucian Thorne, you are suspected of gross delinquence of duty, abuse of authority,
21:57and causing the failure of a critical rescue operation for personal reasons,
22:01resulting in the death of a high-value hostage.
22:03You will be taken in for questioning by the Oversight Board.
22:06Comply.
22:07The handsome, composed Lucian of the past was long gone.
22:11What remained was a madman.
22:13Iris!
22:13You witch!
22:14You'll pay for this!
22:15You'll get what's coming to you!
22:17My steps paused for only half a beat.
22:19I didn't turn back.
22:20Husband?
22:21How laughable!
22:22How ironic!
22:23In my last life, when he threw me off that cliff.
22:25In this life, when he ordered me to jump for Morel's sake.
22:28That identity, as his wife, was already torn to shreds.
22:32Behind me, Lucian's curses and sobs grew weaker, until the wasteland wind scattered them entirely.
22:39The findings of investigation into MESA rescue operation failure result in release quickly.
22:44The facts are clear.
22:45Evidence airtight.
22:47And the fallout catastrophe.
22:47So the case was designated a landmark prosecution and handled to the fullest extent of the law.
22:51As the highest-ranking commander, Lucian had grossly violated protocol at the operation's most critical moment.
22:55Abuse his authority, loud a personal relationship my rescue decisions, and stubbornly ordered the helicopter to left, directly forfeiting the
23:02rescue window and causing the death of a hostage to Cassian Thorn.
23:05His conduct constituted gross deliction of duty with fatal consequences.
23:09Milter tried to be down on handed in pritted sentencings and revelation of all rank and purges.
23:13The same day, he was dishonorably discharged.
23:17The Thorn family convened an emergency council, inciting moral disgrace, patricide by negligence, and dishonor to the family name.
23:25Formally struck Lucian from the family register and issued a public statement severing all ties.
23:32Overnight, he went from promising commander and heir to the Thorn group, to a prisoner abandoned by everyone he knew.
23:39From held aloft on everyone's hands to face down in the mud, it took exactly one choice.
23:45And that bitter fruit, he'd spend the rest of his life swallowing it one mouthful at a time.
23:52The investigation confirmed that her OCD had supposed mult operations to deliberate interference over.
23:57Her actions alone were difficult to prosecute as a major crime, but her role in misleading the commander and directly
24:03derailing the rescue was documented beyond dispute, a key catalyst of the tragedy.
24:07The Thorn family poured every drop of their fury over the Patriarch's death onto her head and had her expelled
24:14from elite circles entirely.
24:16The Morel who once couldn't bear an odd number, who lived so exquisitely, now scraped by at the bottom rung,
24:23hollow-cheeked and gray.
24:25Word trickled back over time.
24:29Lucian raged when he first entered the prison block.
24:35Then, gradually, he went quiet, like he had simply died.
24:39As for Morel, late one night, she was photographed blind drunk outside a cheap strip club bar, grabbing at strangers
24:45and sobbing that she'd been ruined by a worthless man, that every was that Lutsuf's fault.
24:48Then she vomited all over the pavement and got thrown out by the disgusted owner, a complete and upsellor wreck.
24:56They hated and cursed each other, each convinced the other had destroyed their life, and in that endless spiral of
25:04regret, resentment, and free fall,
25:09they burned through the last scrapes of their dignity.
25:13The investigation formally cleared me of all responsibility.
25:17I applied for a transfer out of my old division, and joined an internationally renowned crisis management and negotiation consultancy.
25:25My abilities finally had room to breathe there.
25:27I handled a string of cross-border crisis cases with outstanding results, and quickly built a name for myself in
25:33the new field, a negotiation consultant respected across the industry.
25:37I never went looking for news of Lucian or Morel again.
25:40They were like a smear of grime flashing past a car window, gone in an instant, left far behind, never
25:45to touch my life again.
25:46In my bright, ordelor office, I looked over the major contract I'd just signed.
25:50Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spread warm across the desk.
25:54My phone rang, a message from my mother, Helen, reminding me to eat on time and not work too hard.
26:00I smiled and typed back,
26:02Okay.
26:02Setting the phone down, I looked out at the glittering city skyline.
26:06Life is long. There's no reason to stay stuck in the past.
26:09As long as we cleared out the rotted branches, the new life had room to grow.
26:13My future starts right now.