His Own Family Rejected Him… Until a Stranger Taught Him How to Be Loved

Name: His Own Family Rejected Him… Until a Stranger Taught Him How to Be Loved
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00:00:00My older brother was against this marriage.

00:00:03My parents took the risk of having me to carry on the family lineage.

00:00:08But my mother died after a difficult delivery, and my father disappeared without a trace.

00:00:14After that I was sent back and forth between my Aunt Linda and my Uncle Robert.

00:00:20When I turned seven all my relatives finally refused to take responsibility for me.

00:00:27One of the relatives even took the matter to court and demanded that my older brother raise me.

00:00:33On the day of the court's verdict, I was dragging my small suitcase with trembling hands, as usual.

00:00:40Then I grabbed my older brother's arm as he was walking out of the court.

00:00:44The man stopped abruptly and turned to look at me.

00:00:48This was the first time I had met my older brother face to face.

00:00:52Resentment and indifference were clearly visible in his eyes.

00:00:55He was staring at my hand that was holding his arm.

00:00:58Because of my grip, a small wrinkle had formed on the sleeve of his well-pressed suit.

00:01:04Suit.

00:01:04My hands began to tremble.

00:01:06Seeing his warning gaze, I nervously wanted to pull my hand away.

00:01:11Ryan, why are you making that face?

00:01:13The court has already delivered its verdict.

00:01:15Do you think you can still get away from this?

00:01:18Uncle Robert said resentfully while holding the court order in his hand.

00:01:21His parents are dead.

00:01:23And an older brother is like a father.

00:01:26Seven years have passed.

00:01:27You should have raised your younger brother a long time ago.

00:01:31I had no other choice and I couldn't even support myself, myself.

00:01:36So despite being so terrified, I didn't dare to let go of my older brother's arm.

00:01:41But Ryan's face darkened even more.

00:01:44He pushed me away and looked at Linda and Robert with cold eyes.

00:01:48His voice was as cold as ice.

00:01:50Was it the Carter family that kicked me out of the house?

00:01:52Who are my parents?

00:01:54And who is my younger brother?

00:01:56Robert couldn't say anything for a moment.

00:01:58Then go and argue with the court.

00:02:00Regardless, the responsibility for Nova has been handed to you.

00:02:03Don't try to dump him back on us, Ashi.

00:02:05I stood there with my head bowed.

00:02:07I was afraid that a sound might escape my lips.

00:02:11Weather had turned cold and a strong wind was blowing.

00:02:14But my face was burning with embarrassment.

00:02:16My trembling hands were soaked in sweat.

00:02:19I knew that no one wanted me.

00:02:22Ryan looked at me with cold eyes and gave a mocking laugh.

00:02:26It seemed like he didn't want to waste another moment.

00:02:29So he left me alone right there and sat in his car parked nearby, parked nearby.

00:02:34Then he slammed the door shut behind him.

00:02:36The car started to move.

00:02:38Just as the car was about to leave, Aunt Linda's face suddenly turned dark with anger.

00:02:43She and Uncle Robert came running towards me.

00:02:45In the chaos, Linda almost knocked me over.

00:02:48She yelled at me in anger because I was still standing there.

00:02:52Why aren't you going after him?

00:02:54You burden.

00:02:54Do you still intend to stick to me and your uncle?

00:02:57Suddenly, I was shoved hard and I fell to the ground.

00:03:00For a moment, everything went dark before my eyes.

00:03:03But I ignored the pain and quickly stood up.

00:03:07When I looked again, Linda had already reached the front of Ryan's car.

00:03:11She was leaning over the car's hood, hitting it with both hands.

00:03:14This is pure injustice.

00:03:16My own brother is rich.

00:03:17He drives a luxury car.

00:03:19But he is breaking the law by refusing to raise his own younger brother?

00:03:23More people started gathering there to watch this spectacle.

00:03:25Linda started crying loudly.

00:03:28Robert also raised his voice and started complaining repeatedly to the people present.

00:03:33The commotion slowly grew.

00:03:35And it started to interfere with the court's work.

00:03:37A judge came out and tried to resolve the matter.

00:03:40The matter.

00:03:41But Linda and Robert were not ready to listen to him.

00:03:44Him.

00:03:44Finally, the judge went to the window of Ryan's car and knocked on the glass.

00:03:48Then the window opened, revealing Ryan's face filled with immense tension.

00:03:52He was gripping the steering wheel so hard that the veins on the back of his hands were popping out.

00:03:58Mr. Carter, do we need your help?

00:04:00Someone present asked.

00:04:02Hey, isn't that Carter the medical examiner?

00:04:05He helped solve that big case just last month.

00:04:08Guy of.

00:04:09Such a famous man must be earning a good amount.

00:04:11Is he really refusing to take care of his own younger brother?

00:04:14Ah.

00:04:15Amidst the whispers of the people, Linda's commotion, and Robert's complaints, Ryan's face turned pale with embarrassment.

00:04:21He looked at me and finally said,

00:04:23Get.

00:04:24In.

00:04:25Hearing this, I was completely shocked and nervous.

00:04:28I dragged the suitcase to the back of the car as fast as I could.

00:04:31I fumbled for a long time trying to open the trunk, but I couldn't open it.

00:04:35The people standing there just watched the spectacle.

00:04:38No one helped me at all.

00:04:39I had no other choice.

00:04:41So I somehow managed to get into the back seat with my suitcase.

00:04:45I hadn't even sat down properly when Ryan pressed the accelerator and the car surged forward.

00:04:50I was not ready for that sudden jolt.

00:04:52My suitcase slammed into the front seat along with me.

00:04:55And my head hit the seat too.

00:04:58Stars danced before my eyes and my eyes welled up because of the pain in my nose.

00:05:02In the rearview mirror I saw Ryan's sad and extremely angry face.

00:05:07My head was spinning because of the impact.

00:05:09Just then I heard his cold voice softly.

00:05:11You really are just like them.

00:05:13I couldn't understand what he meant.

00:05:15I was just trembling trying to steady myself on the seat.

00:05:19My hands had grown weak.

00:05:20But still I held the handle of my suitcase tightly.

00:05:23Tightly.

00:05:24You are exactly like them.

00:05:25You are a master at playing the fool and looking helpless.

00:05:30I still didn't understand his words properly.

00:05:33But I knew for sure that these words were not meant as a compliment as a compliment.

00:05:37I started fidgeting nervously with my fingers.

00:05:40That's when my eyes fell on a picture hanging inside the car.

00:05:44One of the windows was slightly open.

00:05:46The picture was swaying silently due to the breeze.

00:05:49I saw the blurry face of an unknown girl in the picture.

00:05:53She was older than me.

00:05:54Probably 17 or 18 years old.

00:05:56Her skin was very fair.

00:05:58And her smile was extremely beautiful.

00:06:00I didn't dare to look at it for long and immediately bowed my head.

00:06:06Slowly my mouth began to fill with sour liquid.

00:06:09Just when I couldn't hold it in any longer, the car brake suddenly and stopped in a residential society.

00:06:16I pushed the door open and quickly got out.

00:06:19Then I ran to a trash can and started vomiting violently.

00:06:24When I was done and turned back, Ryan still hadn't come out of the car.

00:06:28I cautiously returned.

00:06:30The window was slightly open.

00:06:32From inside I saw Ryan's pale and lost looking face.

00:06:35He had a handkerchief in his hand.

00:06:37He was carefully cleaning the picture of the girl, hanging in the car.

00:06:42That girl must have been very special to him.

00:06:45After cleaning the picture, a momentary softness appeared on his face.

00:06:49But the very next moment that same coldness returned to his face.

00:06:53He opened the door and stepped out of the car.

00:06:56I followed him dragging my suitcase and cautiously reached the elevator with him.

00:07:01After entering the apartment, I quietly took off my shoes.

00:07:05Because I was afraid of dirtying the floor,

00:07:09Ryan led me to a room in the farthest corner of the first floor.

00:07:14He didn't even look back.

00:07:16Perhaps he couldn't stand me at all.

00:07:18He just said this.

00:07:20Stay here.

00:07:20Don't come out unless it is absolutely necessary.

00:07:23The less I see of you, the better, the better.

00:07:26I nodded immediately and was about to open the door when suddenly a young girl's voice

00:07:31came from behind me.

00:07:33Brother, who is this?

00:07:35My hand holding the suitcase handle trembled.

00:07:38When I turned, I saw a thin, almost pale face.

00:07:42The girl looked to be about my age.

00:07:44She was holding a porcelain doll in her hand.

00:07:48Her deep eyes were staring at me continuously,

00:07:50as if I were some monster who had forcibly entered her territory.

00:07:55Fear, defensiveness, and dislike were clearly visible on her face.

00:07:59I felt nervous instinctively and took two steps back.

00:08:03But Ryan's cold face immediately softened.

00:08:05He took off his coat.

00:08:07He went to the girl and draped it over her thin shoulders.

00:08:10Then he picked up a pair of slippers, sat down, and put them on her bare feet.

00:08:16Brother, I am scared of him.

00:08:18Can't you stop him from staying here?

00:08:21Ryan affectionately stroked her head.

00:08:23He is a relative of mine.

00:08:25He is only here for a short time.

00:08:27The girl still didn't look happy.

00:08:30I didn't know why she was calling him brother.

00:08:32Nor did I know who she actually was.

00:08:35I was becoming so restless that I gathered the courage to speak in a low voice.

00:08:39I have nowhere else to go.

00:08:42The little girl started crying softly.

00:08:44Ryan turned and stared at me angrily.

00:08:47I am not your brother.

00:08:49Didn't I tell you that already?

00:08:51Go inside and stay there.

00:08:53I didn't have the courage to say anything else.

00:08:55I quickly opened the door and went inside the room.

00:08:59Even after closing the door, the sound of the girl crying outside persisted.

00:09:03No one had ever explained things to me with such love or comforted me like that before.

00:09:08So hearing Ryan comfort that girl so gently felt strangely good to me.

00:09:14Most of the room was still filled with all sorts of belongings.

00:09:18Even the small bed in the corner looked like it was only placed there temporarily.

00:09:23I lay down on the bed and stared into the dark night.

00:09:26I didn't even remember how many places I had lived in anymore.

00:09:31Ryan hated the Carter family.

00:09:33And because I was a member of it, he hated me, too.

00:09:38But the Carter family had never really liked me, either.

00:09:41Nor did they ever consider me a part of their family.

00:09:44My mother died after giving birth to me.

00:09:47My father couldn't accept the fact that I was born a boy.

00:09:51So for an entire year he took his anger out on me.

00:09:54He would beat me and keep verbally abusing me.

00:09:58Me.

00:09:58Then one day he left with a pregnant woman and never came back.

00:10:03After that my life became like a ball tossed around by my relatives.

00:10:09All of them were bothered by my existence.

00:10:13I tried my best to prove that I could be of some use to them.

00:10:17I helped carry goods in Uncle Robert's small shop and kept them in place and teas.

00:10:22I used to change Linda's grandson's diapers and wash his clothes.

00:10:26On my way to school I would collect empty bottles.

00:10:29I would sell them and give the money I earned to my uncle.

00:10:33Every semester I would shamelessly beg my teachers for extra financial aid.

00:10:38Linda's grandson was very mischievous.

00:10:40Once he caused me an injury.

00:10:43A nurse suspected that I might be getting abused.

00:10:46She gently asked me if I wanted her to call the police, sir.

00:10:50I was in pain.

00:10:52Yet I forced an obedient smile onto my face and told her.

00:10:56I just fell carelessly while playing and got hurt.

00:11:00I tried every possible way to keep everyone happy.

00:11:03And that is how I spent seven years in my relatives' homes.

00:11:07I ate very little food.

00:11:09And spent almost no money at all.

00:11:12But if people didn't like me, they just didn't.

00:11:15Eventually they couldn't stand me anymore.

00:11:18Heck, rather than keeping me, they thought it better to take the matter to court to me.

00:11:23I kept tossing and turning in bed.

00:11:25Despite being wrapped in a blanket I felt cold.

00:11:28Ah.

00:11:29I felt a sense of emptiness inside.

00:11:31As if I had forgotten to bring something along with me.

00:11:34But I couldn't figure out what that thing was.

00:11:37Was.

00:11:38Whenever I went to live in a new place I.

00:11:40Always felt this way.

00:11:42I have you.

00:11:43In reality I had nothing besides a few old and worn out clothes.

00:11:47Earlier I used to have some books too.

00:11:51But Linda had said that when my school changed my brother would buy me new books.

00:11:56Before the court hearing even took place she had sold my books.

00:11:59And bought sweets for her grandson with that money.

00:12:02With that money.

00:12:02I came out of my thoughts.

00:12:04Then I got out of bed.

00:12:06I took two old pieces of cloth from my suitcase.

00:12:09I clutched them to my chest.

00:12:11And laid back down.

00:12:12I don't know why but holding those clothes made me feel a little safe.

00:12:16My head was feeling heavy.

00:12:19And my mind wasn't working properly either.

00:12:21Sometimes I felt hot and sometimes cold.

00:12:24It felt as if I had come down with a fever.

00:12:27I often used to fall ill.

00:12:29Once I heard a doctor say that my mother had given birth to me at an advanced age.

00:12:34That is why my health was always weak eh.

00:12:37I curled myself up.

00:12:38And tried my best to manage my condition somehow.

00:12:41Somehow.

00:12:42But still my shivering wouldn't stop.

00:12:44Just then the little girl's voice came from outside.

00:12:47Come out.

00:12:48Brother is looking for you.

00:12:50At that moment my mind was terribly confused.

00:12:53When I got out of bed.

00:12:54It felt like my feet were stepping on cotton.

00:12:57Potten.

00:12:58I stumbled behind her as I climbed the stairs.

00:13:01She opened a room door and I followed.

00:13:04Her inside.

00:13:05But Ryan was nowhere to be found there.

00:13:07The place looked like an office.

00:13:10There were bookshelves and near them.

00:13:12A picture frame lay fallen on the floor.

00:13:15Its glass looked like it was shattered.

00:13:17I saw a familiar face in the picture.

00:13:20E.

00:13:21It was the same older girl whose photo I had seen in Ryan's car.

00:13:25But the picture in this frame was black and white.

00:13:28Before I could look at it properly the little girl suddenly started screaming.

00:13:32Ryan came rushing into the room with an angry face.

00:13:36Slowly I began to regain consciousness and heard that girl crying as she said something.

00:13:41She.

00:13:41Ryan completely lost his temper.

00:13:44Get out.

00:13:45Get out of here.

00:13:46I told you that I would no longer raise you raise you.

00:13:49I hate everything associated with the Carter family.

00:13:52Get out of here.

00:13:53Let the Carter family drag me to court if they want.

00:13:57It was well past midnight when I was kicked out of the house.

00:14:01I had nowhere to go.

00:14:04So I sat on a bench in the society without understanding anything.

00:14:07My head was constantly getting hotter.

00:14:10It felt as if a whole swarm of buzzing insects had entered my brain.

00:14:14A loud noise was constantly ringing in my ears.

00:14:17I looked up.

00:14:19I saw many stars in the night sky.

00:14:22But they vanished in the blink of an eye.

00:14:25In the city night the sky looked like it didn't have a single star.

00:14:29This was completely different from the small town where I used to live.

00:14:34When Linda would punish me by making me stand outside at night I could lift my head and look at

00:14:39the sky.

00:14:41Countless stars were there to keep me company.

00:14:44I sadly lowered my gaze eyes.

00:14:47Now even the stars had disappeared.

00:14:49My head was getting heavier and I slowly began to lose consciousness.

00:14:54Just then I heard an extremely gentle voice.

00:14:56That voice sounded just like how Ryan was lovingly explaining things to that little girl.

00:15:01I uneasily lifted my eyes.

00:15:03And then I saw my beautiful mother.

00:15:06She was wearing a white dress.

00:15:09She came to me like an angel and lovingly took me into her arms.

00:15:14My mother had left this world the moment she gave birth to me.

00:15:17Everyone in the Carter family treated me badly, badly.

00:15:21But I had never seen my mother treat me badly.

00:15:25Therefore in my imagination I could think of her as the best and most loving person in the world.

00:15:30Sitting in her arms I started to dote on her.

00:15:33She was the only person in the whole world I could dote on without hesitation.

00:15:37Her arms were soft.

00:15:39She smelled nice and she was always warm.

00:15:42Ma da.

00:15:43Mom I'm feeling cold.

00:15:45I am also sick.

00:15:47Then mom will take her little Noah to the hospital.

00:15:50I was so happy that I stood up with her.

00:15:52I had heard that getting an injection at the hospital hurts a lot.

00:15:56A lot.

00:15:56But if my mother had taken me to the hospital,

00:15:59I wouldn't have been afraid of how many injections I had to get.

00:16:03Happily I reached out with my other hand and tried to grab her arm.

00:16:07But my hand passed through empty air.

00:16:09The hand that my mother had been holding was left dangling in mid-air.

00:16:14I rubbed my eyes and looked again.

00:16:17There were no stars in the sky and my mother was gone.

00:16:21Now I couldn't see anything at all.

00:16:24With a loud thud my head hit the ground and then I couldn't feel.

00:16:27A thing.

00:16:29I didn't know if I would ever wake up again this time, this time.

00:16:32It felt as if I had been asleep for a very long time.

00:16:36Just then I heard someone approaching quickly.

00:16:39Someone touched my forehead.

00:16:40Then I heard several unknown adults talking in surprise.

00:16:44Oh my god whose child is this, this?

00:16:47His fever must be over 40 degrees.

00:16:50Where is his family?

00:16:51Isn't this medical examiner Carter's younger brother?

00:16:55The court only just handed him over to his care yesterday.

00:16:57Call him quickly.

00:16:59No matter what happens this child is not at fault.

00:17:02Amidst those confusing voices coming from all sides I opened my eyes with great difficulty.

00:17:07Then I stood up trembling.

00:17:09I am fine.

00:17:11I was just out for a walk.

00:17:12I can go back on my own.

00:17:15When I lived with Uncle Robert I would go for days without breakfast.

00:17:21Once in kindergarten I got dizzy from low blood sugar and fainted.

00:17:25My teacher called my uncle.

00:17:27He brought me home.

00:17:29But he was very angry.

00:17:31Do you want everyone to think I treat you badly, mutty?

00:17:34Your mother died.

00:17:35Your father abandoned you and I am only raising you out of pity.

00:17:39You are truly an ungrateful child.

00:17:42That is why I was forced to be sent to Linda's house.

00:17:44House.

00:17:45But I didn't pretend to faint on purpose.

00:17:48I saw a man there take out his phone and ask with a frown.

00:17:54Should I call Ryan?

00:17:56Mayan.

00:17:56I tried to stop him quickly.

00:17:58But by then the call had gone through.

00:18:00He put the phone on speaker and started explaining the whole situation to Ryan.

00:18:05Just then I heard Ryan's cold and impatient voice.

00:18:08I will not take care of him.

00:18:09If he wants to die, let him die.

00:18:11The sky slowly began to clear and the sunlight started falling on me.

00:18:16But I was feeling even colder than before.

00:18:19Helplessly, I bowed my head and gripped the edge of my clothes tightly.

00:18:24My body was no longer supporting me.

00:18:26The trees and adults nearby looked like they were swaying.

00:18:30But I held myself together and didn't let myself fall again.

00:18:33It seems this child won't survive for much longer.

00:18:36We don't want to get involved in other people's affairs.

00:18:38But this green area is the society's common property.

00:18:41Even if you are abandoning this child, he still has to leave the society, the society.

00:18:46Slowly, I began to understand.

00:18:48Even this small patch of grass was not a place where I could stay.

00:18:51Finally, Ryan came down the stairs.

00:18:54The adults present there were in a hurry to get to work.

00:18:57Seeing him come down, they quickly left the place.

00:19:00I was very scared.

00:19:01I slowly raised my head.

00:19:04The smell of alcohol from his body was stronger than ever.

00:19:08When Uncle Robert drank too much, his body smelled just like that.

00:19:12Why are you acting mute with your head down?

00:19:15You wanted everyone to know that I threw you out of the house, right?

00:19:17Ah, Uncle Robert's cruel voice began to echo in my ears once again.

00:19:22You wanted everyone to think that I treat you badly, didn't you?

00:19:26Their repeated echoing voices started to overpower Ryan's voice.

00:19:30When Ryan reached out toward me,

00:19:33I felt as if his hand had turned into Uncle Robert's hand.

00:19:36His hand moved toward my forehead.

00:19:38I started feeling that same terrible pain all over again.

00:19:41I trembled with fear and pulled back.

00:19:44Please forgive me.

00:19:45I will not do this again.

00:19:47I didn't even know what exactly I had done wrong.

00:19:50I hadn't fainted on purpose.

00:19:53Nor had I called those adults.

00:19:55The pain in my forehead that I was imagining suddenly vanished.

00:19:59Then I realized that he hadn't hit me at all.

00:20:02My forehead was drenched in beads of cold sweat.

00:20:05I looked up and found the same icy coldness on Ryan's face that I expected.

00:20:10But for a moment I felt like there was some struggle going on behind his eyes.

00:20:15I couldn't figure out what to say to make his anger subside even a little, a little.

00:20:20So despite the severe dizziness, I kept speaking in a stumbling and numb voice.

00:20:24He says, please forgive me.

00:20:26But the scolding and shouting I expected did not happen at all.

00:20:30After a long while, Ryan stumbled a bit and sat down next to me.

00:20:34I looked at him cautiously.

00:20:36His eyes were red.

00:20:38I didn't know if this was because of drinking alcohol, because of staying up all night or

00:20:43some other reason.

00:20:45Nervously, I placed my hands on my thighs and began to wait.

00:20:49I didn't realize how much time had passed.

00:20:51Then I heard him say, in a pained whisper,

00:20:54She died.

00:20:55She is dead.

00:20:57He must have been talking about that older girl in the photograph.

00:21:00I didn't dare to say anything.

00:21:02His voice sounded distant and confused.

00:21:05He kept talking as if he were speaking to himself.

00:21:08He told me about the most painful and desperate part of his past-est.

00:21:13That older girl's stepfather used to abuse her.

00:21:16Her own mother saw everything with her own eyes, but intentionally ignored it.

00:21:21She was afraid that someone might find out about it.

00:21:25But Ryan said that he felt I was different from others.

00:21:28I was not like the rest of the people.

00:21:30His eyes were red, and he was staring at me constantly.

00:21:33Then that woman used these things to threaten me and broke my contact with her.

00:21:38That woman said that she found out about all these things because of me.

00:21:42She said that her son had always been obedient and had never hidden anything from her.

00:21:46I felt like I already knew the answer.

00:21:50Still, I asked, who was that woman?

00:21:53Ryan laughed.

00:21:54His facial expressions were sharp as a knife's edge.

00:21:57Who else but your dear mother?

00:21:59Not a single word came out of my mouth.

00:22:01I opened my eyes wide and began to tremble violently.

00:22:05Ryan's eyes became even redder.

00:22:07He was looking at the horizon in front of him, where the sun was slowly rising.

00:22:12That day, that girl had come to the roof looking for me.

00:22:14She wanted to ask me something.

00:22:16We often used to talk there, hiding from everyone.

00:22:20Then suddenly she had a seizure and she fell down from there.

00:22:23My mind felt like it had completely shattered.

00:22:26Now, my mother couldn't be like that.

00:22:28In all these years, if there was one person who was good to me and loved me, it was my

00:22:34mother.

00:22:34She always wore a white dress.

00:22:37She would hold me in her arms.

00:22:39She bought me toys and took me to the hospital.

00:22:43Ryan came closer and looked into my eyes as if he were seeing something absurd.

00:22:48If she wasn't like that, then what was she like according to you?

00:22:52She was a controlling, mentally ill and wretched person, just like that man.

00:22:58Their married life was terrible.

00:23:01Their careers were ruined and both of them were extremely arrogant.

00:23:05That's why they pressured me to stay ahead in everything.

00:23:09I always had to be better than the other children.

00:23:13In their shameful marriage, I was the only thing they could show off to boost their ego.

00:23:21Once during an exam, I had a high fever and almost fainted.

00:23:26That was the first time I couldn't secure the top spot in the exam.

00:23:30That man spiked my food and while I was unconscious, he even broke one of my ribs.

00:23:35That woman had gone insane.

00:23:38She illegally investigated the older girl who was close to me.

00:23:43That is how she found out what had actually happened.

00:23:46Then she claimed that I was the one who told that girl everything.

00:23:50She pressured the girl to change her school and cut off all contact with me.

00:23:55It felt like something inside my mind shattered.

00:23:59During those seven years, when no one cared about me and no one loved me,

00:24:03the only person who brought me some comfort in my imagination was my mother.

00:24:10She was the only person in the world I believed loved me.

00:24:15Tears started streaming from my eyes, but I couldn't even move anymore, anymore.

00:24:19I just kept repeating the same words over and over.

00:24:22No, no.

00:24:24She was the one who gave you your name too.

00:24:26In reality, your name was never supposed to be Nova.

00:24:29The original name chosen for you meant, Disgrace Ace.

00:24:34The nurse said it wouldn't be right to give such a name,

00:24:37so she reluctantly agreed to name you Nova.

00:24:40I broke off my relationship with her and refused to marry her.

00:24:44She wanted another daughter, but instead a son was born.

00:24:48When she completely broke down and started screaming,

00:24:52Disgrace, disgrace, eh?

00:24:54Tears were falling from my eyes uncontrollably.

00:24:57It felt as if those tears didn't even belong to me.

00:25:00My body and my soul were floating in the air.

00:25:03I began to tremble violently and sobbed.

00:25:06That is not true.

00:25:07Mom told me that she cared about you too, too.

00:25:11You were special to her as well.

00:25:13Ryan looked at me in disbelief and let out a scornful laugh.

00:25:17She told you that?

00:25:19She bled to death less than three days after giving birth to you, you.

00:25:23So how could she have told you anything?

00:25:26I kept staring at him in fear and confusion.

00:25:28I had nothing to say in response to him, oh.

00:25:32I always used to forget.

00:25:34I always forgot this fact.

00:25:36But in that moment I remembered everything.

00:25:38My mother had been dead for a very long time.

00:25:41She had died shortly after giving birth to me, to me.

00:25:44I always believed she died due to a difficult delivery.

00:25:49But that wasn't true.

00:25:51My mother did not die because of a difficult delivery.

00:25:54My mother did not love me.

00:25:57The person I thought was the only one in the world who loved me, actually, hated me the most.

00:26:04She had never loved me.

00:26:06I never had anything of my own.

00:26:09Ryan let out a hollow and bitter laugh.

00:26:11Then he got up and walked toward the elevator.

00:26:14I stifled my sobs and, shivering all over, ran after him.

00:26:19I had nothing left now.

00:26:21I knew well that this person standing before me didn't want me either.

00:26:26Yet I helplessly reached out my hand and grabbed his clothes.

00:26:30Please don't leave me.

00:26:32Nobody wants me.

00:26:33I have nowhere to go to go.

00:26:36I will do whatever you want me to do.

00:26:39Please don't leave me.

00:26:41Please don't you leave me too.

00:26:44Ryan seemed to suddenly come to his senses and look down at me.

00:26:48There was no emotion left in his voice now.

00:26:51Do you know why I adopted a child your age?

00:26:56Because I wanted to show the Carter family that I could treat an orphan well, even one unrelated to me.

00:27:03I could even let him call me brother.

00:27:06But I will never accept you, the daughter of those despicable people.

00:27:11He looked at me.

00:27:12In his eyes, confusion, hatred and despair were all visible at once.

00:27:17You are just as disgusting as them.

00:27:20And me.

00:27:21Was I just as disgusting?

00:27:23I remembered the beautiful and kind girl I saw in the picture.

00:27:27I clenched my hands tightly and shook my head and shook my head.

00:27:31Ryan hasn't done anything wrong.

00:27:33Ryan isn't disgusting.

00:27:35Suddenly, Ryan lost his temper and stopped me mid-sentence in a hysterical manner.

00:27:40You don't need to put on an act.

00:27:42Even if you stay here your whole life, I will never have a relationship with you.

00:27:47He stepped inside the elevator.

00:27:49I quickly started to follow him.

00:27:51But he stopped me right outside.

00:27:53The elevator doors slowly started to close.

00:27:56For the last time, I heard him say every word clearly.

00:27:59Don't follow me anymore.

00:28:01Go back on foot yourself.

00:28:03The elevator doors closed completely.

00:28:05And I couldn't even see him anymore.

00:28:07It felt like I was being abandoned over and over again.

00:28:11But no matter how many times, it happened to me.

00:28:13I could never get used to it.

00:28:16Whenever someone left me, I always started to feel very cold.

00:28:20I didn't know where Ryan was telling me to walk back to.

00:28:25Maybe Linda's house or Uncle Robert's house.

00:28:28But both places were very, very far from here.

00:28:31The day I came to the city with Linda, I had spent the whole day traveling by train.

00:28:38When I tried to go back, a woman at the railway station told me a miner couldn't travel alone.

00:28:44I had to go back.

00:28:46I had to go back alone on foot.

00:28:48But where could I go back to?

00:28:50I didn't know anything at all.

00:28:52I stepped out of the elevator area in a dazed state.

00:28:55The residential society had many grassy gardens and several benches to sit on.

00:29:00I was barely able to stand on my feet.

00:29:03So I thought I would sit somewhere for a while.

00:29:06But then I felt like I saw those adults again.

00:29:10They had frowned and said the green area was shared.

00:29:14Property and a helpless child should leave the society.

00:29:19I kept walking for a long time on the road inside the society.

00:29:25Finally, I saw a small gate that led outside.

00:29:30I kept walking on that long path which seemed to have no end.

00:29:36Despite it being daylight, everything around me felt like it was slowly, getting darker.

00:29:43There was no one there, not a single car.

00:29:46But I could hear the honking of cars.

00:29:49It felt like I had bumped into something.

00:29:52Then I heard someone's voice from afar.

00:29:55Why doesn't this kid watch where he's going on the road?

00:29:58What happened to his face?

00:30:00Don't get involved in this.

00:30:02Many people use children to deceive others' eyes.

00:30:06The voices slowly faded away.

00:30:09Just then I saw my mother again on that dark and deserted road.

00:30:13She was waving at me calling me over.

00:30:16What happened son?

00:30:17Are you sad?

00:30:19Come to mother?

00:30:20I started running wildly toward her.

00:30:23But then a loud horn was heard again.

00:30:26I stopped and took a step back.

00:30:29You are lying.

00:30:31Ryan said that you are a bad person.

00:30:33You don't love me.

00:30:35My little Noah.

00:30:37Do you no longer trust your mother?

00:30:39Mother loves you more than anything in the world.

00:30:42Em world.

00:30:43Mother is not a bad person.

00:30:45Just then I saw Ryan on the other side of the road.

00:30:48Two different voices started coming toward me from both sides of the road.

00:30:52Mother's little Noah.

00:30:54You are the child mother cares about most now.

00:30:58Come here.

00:30:59Mother will hug you.

00:31:01My little Noah.

00:31:02Mother loves you.

00:31:04Mother loves you.

00:31:04No Noah.

00:31:06What a shame.

00:31:07What a shame.

00:31:09What a shame.

00:31:10She was the person who wanted to live the least in this world.

00:31:14Bah.

00:31:14The voices slowly started to get confused.

00:31:17Sometimes they became restless and loud and at other times they sounded loving and gentle.

00:31:22Sometimes their voices became so sharp that it felt like they were crushing me from all sides.

00:31:28I heard someone breathing heavily.

00:31:32It felt like the sound was coming from my mother's side.

00:31:35Sometimes from Ryan's side.

00:31:37But it also felt like that sound was coming from within me.

00:31:41Me.

00:31:41I couldn't understand anything anymore.

00:31:45Mother's little Noah doesn't love mother anymore.

00:31:48If he doesn't trust his mother.

00:31:50Then mother will go away.

00:31:52And never come back.

00:31:55I felt as if someone had made a huge hole in my chest.

00:31:59I ignored everything else and ran wildly after her.

00:32:04No no mother.

00:32:05Don't go.

00:32:06You are the only person in this world who cares about me.

00:32:09About me.

00:32:10When I am in pain only.

00:32:12You suffer.

00:32:13You are the only one who says you want to hug me.

00:32:17Bag me.

00:32:18I wanted to reach her and kiss her one more time.

00:32:22Just then a loud bang happened right by my ears.

00:32:25Everything was still blurry before my eyes.

00:32:27But suddenly my body was thrown into the air and fell to the ground like a sack of sand like

00:32:32a sand.

00:32:33For a moment everything became clear before my eyes.

00:32:37I saw the blinding light of the sun and a car parked in front of me.

00:32:43The driver got out of the car looking shocked and angry.

00:32:46What just happened?

00:32:47Surely some adult must have sent this child to do this.

00:32:50A lot of people gathered around me.

00:32:53Countless whispers began to echo in the air.

00:32:56My mother was still standing some distance away.

00:32:58But she neither called out to me nor tried to come toward me.

00:33:03I lifted my head with great difficulty.

00:33:06Mom, I am in so much pain.

00:33:08But I saw her blurred face turn into a wide smile.

00:33:12Ah.

00:33:12Then she turned and walked away from there.

00:33:15In the blink of an eye she disappeared completely.

00:33:18Slowly it became difficult for me to keep my eyes open.

00:33:21I felt like I was going to sleep again.

00:33:24Again.

00:33:24But this time perhaps I would never wake up.

00:33:27I heard Ryan's voice from a distance.

00:33:30Excuse me, have you people seen a boy of this height of this height?

00:33:33He has short hair and is wearing a grey shirt and grey pants.

00:33:38I told him to go up alone but he hasn't returned yet.

00:33:42Yet.

00:33:42He has walked out of the society.

00:33:44Have you people seen him?

00:33:46Have you seen him?

00:33:48Perhaps I was hallucinating.

00:33:49No one in this world had ever tried to look for me.

00:33:53Nor did anyone want to take me home with them, with them.

00:33:56I could feel my body slowly sinking, deeper and deeper and deeper.

00:34:02The last thing I heard was the voice of a stranger coming from afar.

00:34:06The child is not breathing.

00:34:09I thought that perhaps I had finally died.

00:34:12Finally there would be no one left in this world forced to raise me in anger, despite hating me.

00:34:20Now I won't have to live in fear that I'll be kicked out of the house the next day, or

00:34:25sent elsewhere.

00:34:27It won't hurt me anymore that my mother didn't love me, or that no one loved me.

00:34:33Even the death I had always feared did not seem so scary anymore.

00:34:39The wind was roaring loudly near my ears as if it were taking me to another world.

00:34:45Slowly the sound of the wind began to change, and I heard many muffled voices.

00:34:50A bright light was shining above me, accompanied by the beeping sound of machines.

00:34:56Sometimes the sky looked clear and other times darkness descended.

00:34:59There was light again then darkness.

00:35:01It felt as if many days had passed.

00:35:04I opened my eyes.

00:35:07Before me was a white ceiling, white sheet, several tubes, and the constant sound of medical equipment.

00:35:14Ryan was still sitting by my bed, dressed in black.

00:35:17His face was extremely grave.

00:35:19Why do I see Ryan even after dying in this world?

00:35:23I found this strange.

00:35:25I rubbed my eyes, but he was still sitting there.

00:35:28This was not the afterlife.

00:35:31Suddenly, Ryan leaned toward me and gripped my shoulders firmly, and his eyes were staring intensely at me.

00:35:37Why did you run away?

00:35:39Why did you run out like that, that?

00:35:42I stared at him without any expression.

00:35:45Earlier, when I regained consciousness after falling ill, Linda and Robert would look at me with the same hateful eyes.

00:35:52Back then, I used to feel hurt and thought I had been wronged.

00:35:56But now, I felt nothing at all.

00:35:58It felt as if my emotions had vanished at that very moment, when my body was tossed into the air.

00:36:04The moment my mother's face turned into a crumbling castle for me.

00:36:09I am asking you, why did you run outside?

00:36:12Did you want to go into the middle of the road and die?

00:36:14So that I would become a murderer.

00:36:16Would that have given you joy?

00:36:18I kept staring at him.

00:36:19I did not go onto the road on purpose.

00:36:21I had seen mother.

00:36:23Which mother?

00:36:24Ryan asked.

00:36:25But then he stopped suddenly, as if he had realized something.

00:36:29She is dead.

00:36:30How many times have I told you?

00:36:32I kept looking at him.

00:36:34Mother was waving at me, calling me.

00:36:36She said she wanted to hug me.

00:36:39Apart from her, no one had ever hugged me until today.

00:36:42At that time, all I wanted was for her to hold me in her arms.

00:36:45I couldn't even stand properly.

00:36:48I was feeling dizzy.

00:36:49I was feeling cold.

00:36:51I had nowhere to go.

00:36:53I wanted someone to hug me.

00:36:56At least that is what I wanted at the time.

00:36:58But now, I didn't want anyone to hug me.

00:37:02Ryan stared at me for a long time.

00:37:04Something strange appeared in his eyes, that was hard to decipher.

00:37:09After a while, he got up, and walked out of the hospital room.

00:37:13After a while, he asked a doctor to take me to another room.

00:37:16I lay down on a small bed.

00:37:19The doctor was moving something in front of my eyes to show me.

00:37:23Slowly my mind began to blur, and he started asking me questions.

00:37:28I did not know how much time had passed.

00:37:30Finally, he told me to put on my shoes and get off the bed.

00:37:34Then he went outside and started talking to Ryan.

00:37:38From across the door, I could hear the doctor's voice.

00:37:42Children who do not receive love and affection for a long time,

00:37:45sometimes imagine a person in their minds who stays with them and takes care of them.

00:37:50In severe cases, that person starts appearing completely real to them.

00:37:54They can see him with their own eyes.

00:37:56They can talk to him.

00:37:58They can even feel physical contact with him.

00:38:02Mr. Carter, considering the car accident your little brother went through,

00:38:05it seems he has developed severe mental problems.

00:38:09Finally the door opened.

00:38:10I stood inside the room and started watching them both.

00:38:14It felt as if they were talking about me, ah.

00:38:17But I felt that their conversation was not related to me at all.

00:38:22Ryan looked at me.

00:38:23His eyes were always cold and filled with hatred for me.

00:38:28But this time, they appeared a little red.

00:38:31Ah.

00:38:31This time when he said we would go home it felt like, he meant his own home.

00:38:36This was the first time someone had told me they would take me home.

00:38:40I thought maybe I should be happy.

00:38:43But my heart was still empty.

00:38:45I thought the doctor was saying the right thing.

00:38:48Maybe in the end my mind had truly broken down.

00:38:51I stayed in the hospital for quite a long time and slept for many hours every day.

00:38:56Earlier, I used to always dream of my dear mother.

00:38:59But now she never came into my dreams.

00:39:03My dreams only had dark roads, voices, wind, car horns, endless paths, and a light that I could never reach.

00:39:12When I opened my eyes, Ryan was still sitting by my bed.

00:39:16A small night lamp was on next to me.

00:39:19In its dim light he was looking at me, as if lost in deep thought.

00:39:25Suddenly his attitude toward me had changed.

00:39:28Now the same hatred was no longer visible on his face.

00:39:31Nor did he look completely helpless as he did before.

00:39:34He started spending a lot of time with me every day.

00:39:38At one point I felt that perhaps I was going to die soon.

00:39:42Because of the law, Ryan wouldn't be forced to raise me for many years.

00:39:47Perhaps he came every day just to wait for me to die.

00:39:51But days passed and I was still alive.

00:39:54My wounds slowly began to heal.

00:39:56Even the constant headaches and dizziness that bothered me gradually stopped.

00:40:02One morning when I woke up, Ryan packed my clothes and medicines.

00:40:06Then he discharged me from the hospital and started taking me to his home.

00:40:10I couldn't understand why I hadn't died.

00:40:13Why wasn't he angry about this?

00:40:15And why was he still ready to take me back home?

00:40:19But I didn't ask him anything.

00:40:21I followed him silently to the car.

00:40:24During the journey, I started looking out the window.

00:40:27Suddenly I saw my mother standing in the distance.

00:40:29She was waving at me, calling me.

00:40:31Come here.

00:40:32Mom will hug you.

00:40:34Get out of the car.

00:40:35Come to mom.

00:40:37Hurry up.

00:40:37My little Noah.

00:40:39Mom loves you more than anyone in the world.

00:40:41I didn't want to look at her anymore.

00:40:44So I turned to the other window.

00:40:46But she started appearing there too and began calling me.

00:40:50My head started aching again.

00:40:52As if someone was hitting my head repeatedly with a small hammer.

00:40:55I don't want you to hug me anymore, huh?

00:40:58I couldn't hear her words clearly and didn't respond.

00:41:01I just kept staring at that blurry figure visible outside.

00:41:06I couldn't see her lovely face clearly anymore.

00:41:10But I could feel the restlessness and impatience growing on her face.

00:41:15Gradually her voice started becoming shrill.

00:41:17Open the door and come to me.

00:41:19I am calling you, little Noah.

00:41:21Can't you hear my voice?

00:41:23I am talking to you.

00:41:25That figure standing outside couldn't wait any longer.

00:41:29She started crossing the road toward the car.

00:41:31Her hand reached out toward the window.

00:41:34I saw her long, grayish white nails.

00:41:37I saw her terrifying and distorted face.

00:41:39Hatred and resentment were clearly visible in her eyes.

00:41:43It looked like her hand would pass through the window and pull me out.

00:41:47I screamed.

00:41:49Panicked I pulled my legs onto the seat and started scrambling backward wildly.

00:41:53The car stopped on the side of the road.

00:41:55Ryan slammed on the brakes.

00:41:58The front door opened, but someone yanked my door open.

00:42:02I screamed in terror, but my mother, who had been standing outside the window, had vanished.

00:42:07Ryan's face was pale and grim.

00:42:09He stood outside for a few moments.

00:42:12It looked as if he was struggling with some inner conflict and was unsure of what to do.

00:42:18Then he came and sat beside me and pulled me into his arms.

00:42:22She's not coming Nova.

00:42:23She died a long time ago.

00:42:26This was the first time in my life that someone had truly held me in their arms.

00:42:30It was also the first time Ryan had called me by my name.

00:42:34But I no longer liked being embraced by anyone.

00:42:37I was afraid of being hugged.

00:42:40I was afraid of anyone treating me with affection.

00:42:43In my mind only that most beautiful castle remained, which was now completely ruined and collapsing.

00:42:49No, don't hold me.

00:42:51To me pity and love had become knives that were wounding me deep inside.

00:42:56Only hatred and contempt felt real to me.

00:42:59No, no.

00:43:01The grip of Ryan's arms slowly grew tighter.

00:43:04For a moment it seemed as if he had come to his senses and wanted to push me away.

00:43:09But in the end he held me tight.

00:43:12Slowly I began to compose myself and gently pushed him away.

00:43:17Ryan went back to the front seat and closed the rear window shade at.

00:43:21My mother who was standing outside finally disappeared from my sight.

00:43:25At dinner that night Emma sat next to Ryan, while I sat in the chair farthest away on the other

00:43:30side of the table.

00:43:32Emma had been abandoned by her family the moment she was born.

00:43:35Sometime after that Ryan adopted her.

00:43:37Her birthday also fell exactly two days after mine.

00:43:41Initially Ryan did not meet the necessary requirements to adopt her.

00:43:45But after much effort, he arranged for an older colleague to adopt her and then took her care into his

00:43:51own hands.

00:43:53These were the very things Linda and Robert had mentioned while talking resentfully about Ryan.

00:43:59Perhaps as Ryan had said, he wanted to prove to the Carter family that even if he adopted a girl

00:44:04my age he would never accept me nor give me a place in his family.

00:44:09Emma had been living in this house since almost birth.

00:44:12She was the real member of this house.

00:44:14Not me.

00:44:15I lowered my head and began to eat the food in my bowl carefully, carefully.

00:44:20Perhaps because I was born prematurely my hand coordination wasn't very good.

00:44:24Compared to other children it was harder for me to hold chopsticks or a spoon.

00:44:28I brought my head closer to the bowl to keep the food from spilling.

00:44:32Emma was talking to Ryan in a low voice.

00:44:35And Ryan was replying to her affectionately.

00:44:37Their voices were reaching my ears in small fragmented pieces.

00:44:42Just like when I lived with my relatives everyone would chat happily at the dining table and I was always

00:44:47the one.

00:44:48Eating silently with my head down.

00:44:51Sometimes if my eyes accidentally looked up, I would get scolded.

00:44:55The good thing was that these things didn't hurt me anymore.

00:44:58I just kept focusing on my food.

00:45:01When I looked up there was worry on Ryan's face and hatred for me and Emma's eyes eyes.

00:45:06The dining table was square.

00:45:08So whoever sat on any side could easily reach the dishes placed in front of them.

00:45:13I carefully reached out with my chopsticks and tried to pick up some vegetables to show her I could eat

00:45:18on my own.

00:45:20But I couldn't hold the chopsticks properly and the vegetables accidentally fell on the table.

00:45:24I quickly picked them up and put them back into my bowl.

00:45:27Then with my head bowed I put them into my mouth.

00:45:29If food falls on the table again, don't eat it.

00:45:32I didn't dare to raise my head again.

00:45:35Just as dinner was about to end, Ryan's phone rang and he stood up.

00:45:40He told the housekeeper to clean everything once the children finished eating.

00:45:44Then he quickly climbed the stairs and went upstairs.

00:45:47I was unable to hold the chopsticks properly.

00:45:49That is why more than half of the food was still left in my bowl.

00:45:53Emma came and stood by me and said,

00:45:55Auntie, has to wash the dishes.

00:45:57You eat too slowly.

00:45:59Just then I heard the sound of Ryan quickly coming down the stairs.

00:46:02The housekeeper came there quickly but then hesitated and stopped.

00:46:05She had seen everything with her own eyes but she wasn't going to speak up for me.

00:46:09No one ever spoke for me and, even if someone did, they wouldn't believe my side of the story.

00:46:15Emma probably thought doing just this wasn't enough.

00:46:18She clenched her fists and glanced sideways at the porcelain doll kept in the corner of the table.

00:46:23She often kept that doll with her.

00:46:25That must be why it was so special to her.

00:46:27Perhaps Ryan had given her that doll.

00:46:29For a long time there was a look of hesitation on her face.

00:46:32But then it was as if she had made a firm decision.

00:46:35She picked up the porcelain doll and smashed it hard onto the floor.

00:46:38Her hands were trembling and her eyes had turned red.

00:46:41I was reminded of the previous incident.

00:46:43Something similar had happened that day too.

00:46:45The picture frame of that older girl was found broken in the office.

00:46:49Emma had cried and complained about it.

00:46:50Ryan had questioned me in anger and then thrown me out of the house.

00:46:54But this time I said nothing.

00:46:56I just looked at Ryan's angry face.

00:46:59It was strange.

00:47:01I was the person being accused.

00:47:05But I felt as if I were just a spectator.

00:47:09I couldn't feel any emotion.

00:47:12Nor did I know what to say to prove myself innocent.

00:47:15And I looked at Emma quietly.

00:47:19Just then I saw my mother outside the window behind her.

00:47:23My mother was wearing a white dress.

00:47:25And was slowly waving at me to come.

00:47:28My little Noah, come, to mom.

00:47:31Nobody likes little Noah.

00:47:33But mom loves little Noah.

00:47:35Mom is standing outside.

00:47:37Come out and go with mom, mom.

00:47:40My gaze remained fixed on the window.

00:47:42I was completely calm and silent.

00:47:44I looked at Ryan.

00:47:46Then at my mother who was slowly losing her composure.

00:47:50It felt as if all these people had become strangers to me.

00:47:54The sounds of crying and accusations were echoing in my ears.

00:47:59I don't know how much time had passed.

00:48:01Finally Ryan said,

00:48:03That's enough?

00:48:04Go to your room and rest.

00:48:07Do not do this again.

00:48:08I nodded and slowly went back to that small storeroom.

00:48:12Behind me the sound of Emma's crying grew louder.

00:48:15Her voice clearly reflected sadness and restlessness.

00:48:19Brother, that porcelain doll was very special to me.

00:48:22Among all the things you gave me,

00:48:25that was the most precious one.

00:48:27You said it would always protect me and keep me safe.

00:48:32But brother, brother,

00:48:34Hey Emma,

00:48:34I will buy you another doll some other day.

00:48:37You yourself said that Noah broke it by mistake.

00:48:40Right?

00:48:41I went inside the room and closed the door.

00:48:43Ah.

00:48:44Which made the outside sounds fade away.

00:48:46Late that night I went to the kitchen to get some water.

00:48:50Emma was sleeping upstairs,

00:48:51but I could still hear her loud crying.

00:48:54Her most precious doll had been broken.

00:48:57But this time she didn't get what she wanted.

00:49:01Unlike last time when that older girl's picture was torn,

00:49:04her demands weren't met.

00:49:06I reached the kitchen door and heard

00:49:08Ryan talking to the housekeeper,

00:49:10Mrs. Sue.

00:49:11Mrs. Sue.

00:49:11Did Noah really break the doll?

00:49:14Sir, I just heard a noise and came out of the kitchen.

00:49:17I didn't see it clearly.

00:49:19You are lying.

00:49:21When I came down the stairs,

00:49:23you were already standing in the dining room.

00:49:25For a while there was silence there.

00:49:27Then sighing,

00:49:28Mrs. Sue said,

00:49:29Sir.

00:49:30Miss,

00:49:31Emma has been living in this house since she was born.

00:49:33She considers you her own older brother.

00:49:36You are her only family.

00:49:39If she wasn't so afraid that you might leave her,

00:49:42she wouldn't have broken the doll.

00:49:44Ryan didn't say anything for a long time.

00:49:46Finally he said,

00:49:48Forget it.

00:49:49She is still a child and doesn't understand her actions.

00:49:51The doll is broken.

00:49:53Do not talk about this ever again.

00:49:55I wasn't surprised at all.

00:49:57I took my empty glass,

00:49:59went back to my room and fell asleep.

00:50:01Life went on as before.

00:50:03Days passed and months went by.

00:50:06I started seeing my mother more often than before.

00:50:09Even during the day,

00:50:10the world outside the window started looking black to me.

00:50:13Even bright colors gradually started appearing black and brown.

00:50:17One night I almost fell out of the window.

00:50:20After this incident Ryan moved my bed into his room.

00:50:23I would sleep on his bed while he slept on the floor.

00:50:28After staying awake late at night he would lie by my bed and say,

00:50:31Noah, you are disgusting.

00:50:34You are just as disgusting as the Carter family.

00:50:37Sometimes he would drink,

00:50:39hold that older girl's picture in his hand and stare at me with lost eyes.

00:50:44Noah, why are you so pathetic?

00:50:46I still couldn't hear his words clearly.

00:50:49My gaze remained fixed on my mother standing outside the window.

00:50:53In my eyes her white dress had now turned black and gray.

00:50:58I always felt that if I looked away even for a moment she would break through the window and pounce

00:51:03on me.

00:51:05Ryan came into my room with my medicine.

00:51:07He placed the colorful pills in my palm and watched me for a long time,

00:51:11for a long time.

00:51:12I heard him say softly,

00:51:14Forget about it Noah.

00:51:15From now on just grow up properly.

00:51:17I saw that the room door behind him was opening slowly.

00:51:21Emma was standing outside.

00:51:23Her eyes were red and she was looking at me with undisguised hatred.

00:51:28An incident occurred in the city the next day.

00:51:30Ryan went to the crime scene with the police.

00:51:33After breakfast I went to the kitchen to get some water.

00:51:36Emma was standing at the kitchen door staring at me just like before.

00:51:40I ignored her.

00:51:42I took my glass went back to the room and sat there.

00:51:45The housekeeper took Emma to school,

00:51:47but Ryan did not allow me to go to school.

00:51:51I sat alone in the room and started drawing.

00:51:53I drew a picture of the beautiful house I had imagined in my mind.

00:51:58The walls of that house were pink.

00:52:00There were neat and tidy books in the room.

00:52:03Beautiful flowers were kept on the windowsill.

00:52:06And most importantly there was no stranger mother standing outside the window.

00:52:10While drawing my head suddenly started spinning.

00:52:13I shook my head but the dizziness became even worse.

00:52:16A ringing sound started echoing in my ears.

00:52:19Then I began to feel a pain in my head.

00:52:22I used to take Ryan to a psychologist regularly and I took my medicines.

00:52:25Every day too.

00:52:27I hadn't felt sick in a long time.

00:52:30But now my head began to throb with constant intense pain.

00:52:33I turned my head and looked at the glass of water.

00:52:36The clear water in the glass looked whiter than usual.

00:52:40Usual.

00:52:40My pencil slipped from my hand and fell down.

00:52:43I stumbled and made my way out of the room.

00:52:46There were no adults present in the house.

00:52:48I wanted to go down to the hall to get my medicine.

00:52:51But suddenly my foot slipped on the stairs.

00:52:54My body tumbled and fell down the stairs.

00:52:56I heard the sound of a room door opening.

00:52:59Then I heard someone running towards me.

00:53:02Noah what happened to you?

00:53:03My head hit the bottom of the stairs and I lost consciousness.

00:53:07I heard Ryan's voice filled with anger.

00:53:09When I opened my eyes I saw Ryan standing by the hospital bed.

00:53:13There was anger on his face and a firm resolve was visible in his eyes.

00:53:18This time it felt like he had truly made a decision.

00:53:21But just then Emma arrived at the hospital room door and began crying in fear.

00:53:25Ryan told Emma to leave the room.

00:53:28But even after many days had passed he did not return.

00:53:31Then a nurse came into the room and said to me,

00:53:33When your guardian returns, go to the doctor's cabin to get the necessary items.

00:53:38When I saw that Ryan still hadn't returned, I went out of the room to look for him.

00:53:43At the end of a hallway near a corner I heard the sound of Emma crying uncontrollably.

00:53:49I saw that Ryan was standing with his back toward her.

00:53:52His scolding voice had stopped.

00:53:54One of his hands hung by his side and his fist was silently clenched tight.

00:53:59I touched the thick bandage tied around my forehead.

00:54:02The knife wound scars from when I lived at Linda's house were still on my body.

00:54:07I had another injury from falling down the stairs.

00:54:10But for some reason, I didn't really care about the pain anymore.

00:54:13Emma collapsed into Ryan's arms crying loudly.

00:54:17I knew that Ryan wouldn't kick her out of the house now.

00:54:19By the end of the month autumn arrived and it slowly started to get cold.

00:54:24Emma began living at Ryan's house just like before and continued going to school.

00:54:28I would eat my food and then go sit in my room.

00:54:31Sometimes Ryan would come to check on me but I would just stare at him without saying a word.

00:54:36I had started to feel afraid of going outside the house.

00:54:39Inside the house I could keep the curtains closed.

00:54:41But as soon as I went outside, I would start seeing my mother.

00:54:45When the time for my psychological examination came,

00:54:48Ryan asked to have the psychologist come to the house instead.

00:54:50Other than during hypnosis treatment it had become almost impossible for me to talk to anyone much.

00:54:56Emma was still crying all the time.

00:54:59Sometimes she would secretly complain in anger that I should pay for breaking her porcelain doll.

00:55:04Ryan would sometimes try to reason with her and calm her down with a troubled expression.

00:55:08At the beginning of the month Ryan suddenly brought a beautiful young woman home.

00:55:12Nova, I have rented a house a little ways away from here.

00:55:15From now on this aunt will live with you and take care of you.

00:55:18I understood immediately.

00:55:20He had finally decided to send me away from the house.

00:55:24Emma didn't like me.

00:55:25Ryan couldn't just kick her out and let me stay instead.

00:55:29I felt that honestly Ryan had already been very kind to me.

00:55:32He had let me live in his house for nearly five months.

00:55:36Before this, I had only ever managed to stay with any relative for a maximum of two and a half

00:55:40months.

00:55:41So I thought Ryan should be considered a good older brother, brother.

00:55:44I nodded in agreement.

00:55:46Ryan froze completely.

00:55:47He seemed like he couldn't believe it.

00:55:50Aren't you going to ask me the reason?

00:55:52I thought for a moment and then shook my head no.

00:55:54There is no need to ask.

00:55:56I can live anywhere.

00:55:57Ryan looked as if he wanted to tell me something important.

00:56:01Perhaps he wanted to tell me the reason for sending me away.

00:56:04After all, there could only be a few reasons for this.

00:56:07He didn't like me.

00:56:08Emma didn't like me.

00:56:10Every time I had been kicked out of a house before, that had been the reason.

00:56:15But just as Ryan was about to say something,

00:56:17a strong gust of wind blew in through the window that wasn't fully closed.

00:56:20The picture frame of that older girl on the table near the window tilted.

00:56:24Ryan immediately forgot about talking to me.

00:56:26He ran over to it.

00:56:28He picked up the frame and instructed the housekeeper in a stern tone.

00:56:32Don't put her picture near the window again.

00:56:34When he looked back at me, the hesitation in his eyes had vanished.

00:56:39That same distant indifference returned to his voice.

00:56:42Go.

00:56:43And so, I once again picked up my small suitcase,

00:56:47containing just two sets of clothes,

00:56:49and quietly followed that strange woman toward another unknown place.

00:56:53But the new house wasn't as cold and gloomy as I had imagined.

00:56:57Its walls were pink.

00:56:58Clean school books were neatly arranged on the room's desk.

00:57:02The windowsill was decorated with beautiful flowers,

00:57:05and sunflowers were blooming on the balcony.

00:57:07It was almost noon.

00:57:09The bright sunlight streaming through the window had lit up the entire room.

00:57:12There was light everywhere.

00:57:14I looked outside, feeling nervous.

00:57:16But I only saw sunlight scattered across the leaves.

00:57:19There was no huge dark gray shadow there anymore.

00:57:22It was exactly as I had drawn it.

00:57:25I think little Nova will like this place.

00:57:28That woman said.

00:57:29I decorated the entire room myself.

00:57:31If there is anything you don't like, we can change it.

00:57:34I kept staring at the sunlight outside.

00:57:37I said nothing.

00:57:38From now on, I will stay with you.

00:57:40We will cook the food we like.

00:57:41We will go to school together and meet many lovely children.

00:57:45I began to remember the year when I used to go to school before.

00:57:48All my relatives hated me.

00:57:51But no child at school ever looked down on me.

00:57:54They didn't mind playing with building blocks with me.

00:57:58They didn't mind holding my hand and spinning around while playing with me either, either.

00:58:02That woman gently took hold of my wrist.

00:58:05Little Noah, you should be happy.

00:58:07I like you.

00:58:09Your teachers will like you too.

00:58:11Other children will like you too.

00:58:13Your future will move toward that sunlight outside the window.

00:58:17Your life will become beautiful and bright and gradually, everything will get better than before.

00:58:23I moved toward the window and saw the sunlight reaching my toes.

00:58:28I took another step and the sunlight reached my legs.

00:58:32Then it reached my fingers and finally started falling on my face.

00:58:36The darkness was cold, but the sunlight was warm.

00:58:39We will both walk toward the sunlight together.

00:58:41Okay.

00:58:42I truly felt that the tips of my fingers were starting to warm up.

00:58:46I nodded my head slightly.

00:58:48Slowly I started going out of the house normally and now I wasn't afraid of the outside world.

00:58:54I started going to primary school again and kept visiting a psychologist regularly every weekend or after school.

00:59:01No matter what I did, that woman was always with me.

00:59:04Me.

00:59:04During class she would sit at the very back of the room.

00:59:07She would bring sweets and toys for the children.

00:59:10She would help the teacher with art and craft work and distribute workbooks to the children.

00:59:15All the teachers and children liked her.

00:59:18I was still not in the habit of starting a conversation with anyone on my own.

00:59:21That is why she would bring other children to play with me.

00:59:24At the end of autumn, she noticed that I always ate very slowly.

00:59:28Eat it.

00:59:29Then she understood that the reason for this was a problem with my hands.

00:59:33She took me to the hospital for a checkup.

00:59:36The problem with my hands wasn't too serious and could be treated.

00:59:41When I was being sent from one relative to another no one wanted to spend extra money on me.

00:59:47But that woman covered the entire cost of my treatment.

00:59:50In less than six months my hand got better.

00:59:54Finally, I could hold a pen normally and do my homework properly too.

00:59:59One day I helped my deskmate solve her math problems.

01:00:02She was very happy.

01:00:04She became the first good friend of my life.

01:00:07I gradually became more serious and hardworking about my studies.

01:00:12Slowly I started talking to my classmates and would even softly say hello to my teacher whenever I saw her.

01:00:18I stood first in my entire class, in the final summer exams.

01:00:22The teacher called me on stage to receive my certificate and give a speech.

01:00:26That woman could not contain her joy.

01:00:29She immediately took out her phone and started recording a video of me.

01:00:32After receiving the prize she took me home.

01:00:35On the way she immediately called Ryan.

01:00:38I wanted to tell her that Ryan probably wouldn't care but seeing her, so happy I couldn't stop her.

01:00:45I felt as if I was finally beginning to fully experience my emotions again.

01:00:50I held the certificate in my hands and, looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, began to feel joy

01:00:56and excitement.

01:00:57When I looked away from the window, I heard the last thing that woman said to Ryan.

01:01:02Her voice was extremely soft and full of excitement.

01:01:06That night Ryan came over to have dinner with us.

01:01:09She had set the whole table full of food.

01:01:11She carefully served food on my plate and gave soup to Ryan, eh.

01:01:16Then she quickly started telling Ryan how, I made a good friend, won a prize, and gave a speech on

01:01:21stage with full confidence.

01:01:24That day she looked kinder and happier than ever before.

01:01:27Seeing her reminded me of my dear mother from a long time ago, wearing a white dress.

01:01:33After dinner that woman told me to go upstairs and rest.

01:01:36You go upstairs and rest first.

01:01:39I will see Ryan to the door and come back, then I will come to you.

01:01:43I went upstairs with a heart full of happiness.

01:01:45I started thinking about how much she would praise me when she returned to my room, womb.

01:01:50I had stood first in my class.

01:01:52I had made a friend.

01:01:54Finally, I was no longer the Nova whom nobody liked.

01:01:57Liked.

01:01:58Just as she had said.

01:01:59I was truly moving toward the sunlight.

01:02:02But I waited for her in my room for a long time and she did not return.

01:02:06Strong winds had started blowing outside.

01:02:08The leaves were making so much noise as if it were about to rain.

01:02:12I worried that she might get drenched in the rain.

01:02:14So I went downstairs to get an umbrella.

01:02:17As soon as I opened the front door slightly I heard her excited voice from outside.

01:02:22But we had already agreed.

01:02:25That once Noah got better, I could leave.

01:02:28His psychological evaluations are coming back normal now.

01:02:31I have even helped him get the best possible grades.

01:02:34Mr. Carter, I cannot force you to stay here.

01:02:38The umbrella in my hand suddenly felt tons heavier.

01:02:42Ms. Chen, I am not trying to force you, you.

01:02:45I can pay you a higher salary than this.

01:02:48Noah really likes you, yeah.

01:02:50But what is my fault if he likes me, likes me.

01:02:53I only did what you asked me to do, mew.

01:02:56I have a daughter of my own.

01:02:58I learned how to comfort and soothe children just to keep my own daughter happy.

01:03:03If my daughter wasn't sick, why would I come here to take care of someone else's child?

01:03:08I quietly closed the front door.

01:03:11I placed the umbrella on the floor and went back upstairs.

01:03:13I sat on my bed without thinking about anything.

01:03:16I started remembering what the children in the small town had told me.

01:03:19Raindrops began to fall on the leaves outside the window.

01:03:22In the dark night, neither the sun nor the moon was visible, miserable.

01:03:26The day Ms. Chen was about to leave, Ryan gave me 5,000 rupees for my monthly expenses.

01:03:31Ian.

01:03:32I secretly took 4,500 out of that and put it in her suitcase, Seuss.

01:03:36I wanted her daughter to get well soon so she could also enjoy the sunshine.

01:03:40Kind.

01:03:40My life started moving in a normal way again.

01:03:43Ryan hired a housekeeper to replace Ms. Chen.

01:03:45She was a woman of about 50 years old.

01:03:47She was different from Ms. Chen.

01:03:49She didn't hug me, didn't talk to me affectionately, and didn't sleep beside me.

01:03:54But she cooked food for me with care and took me to school.

01:03:57When it rained, she would put an umbrella in my bag.

01:04:00Other than that, there was very little conversation between us.

01:04:03Her nature was simple and quiet.

01:04:05I knew that one day she would also leave me.

01:04:08I continued to study hard and maintained my first position in class, Seuss.

01:04:13Sometimes my benchmate would look at me strangely and ask,

01:04:15Noah, you speak very little these days, nays.

01:04:19Have you started looking down on fools like us who are weak in studies?

01:04:23Not at all.

01:04:24I don't mean that.

01:04:25You guys are not fools.

01:04:27I just feel like maybe no one really likes me.

01:04:30Me.

01:04:31But the more I tried to explain, the more confused I got.

01:04:34Even the tips of my ears turned red with embarrassment.

01:04:37My deskmate burst out laughing and gave me a hug.

01:04:40I knew you would never change.

01:04:43If you ever have any trouble, let us know.

01:04:45Let us know.

01:04:45We will find some way or another to help you.

01:04:48Okay.

01:04:49We are all good friends.

01:04:50Whenever something happens, we will find a solution together.

01:04:53Good friends?

01:04:54Yes.

01:04:54But why don't you guys hate me?

01:04:57Why would we hate you, Noah?

01:04:58You get good grades.

01:05:00You are very kind and you also look good.

01:05:03How could anyone dislike you?

01:05:05My face turned even redder.

01:05:07My eyes filled with tears as well.

01:05:08My deskmate held my hand tightly.

01:05:11Don't be so emotional, Noah.

01:05:13We study in the same class and we'll always be friends.

01:05:16The sunlight coming through the window was hitting my textbook.

01:05:18I bowed my head.

01:05:20My throat was choked with emotions.

01:05:22My deskmate and I studied in the same school from primary school to high school to high school.

01:05:26She supported me in my studies.

01:05:28She also worked very hard and luck favored her too.

01:05:32In the high school entrance exam, she got enough marks to enroll in school number 11 with me.

01:05:37In the college entrance exam, she scored two points above the cutoff and got into a good university.

01:05:43My university was just one street away from hers.

01:05:46My friend's mother had her own beauty parlor.

01:05:49She was extremely happy to know this and insisted that I come to their house to celebrate by having a

01:05:53meal with them.

01:05:55All these years my friend's mother had always treated me with great affection.

01:05:59Whenever she came to school to see my deskmate, she never forgot to bring fruit, snacks and daily necessities for

01:06:05me.

01:06:06During holidays too she often invited me to her house for dinner.

01:06:09That beautiful young woman from many years ago had now grown old.

01:06:13Wrinkles had appeared around her eyes.

01:06:15She said to me,

01:06:16I am a single mother and I work day and night to earn money.

01:06:19I don't have much time to take care of my daughter or...

01:06:22Noah you are a very good boy.

01:06:24Everything my daughter has today is because of you, yeah.

01:06:28I lowered my eyes and looked at her hand which was gently holding mine.

01:06:32Helloe.

01:06:32I was lost for a few moments.

01:06:33I began to remember my old fantasies when my mother used to hold my hand with the same affection.

01:06:39In that moment my heart grew a little sad.

01:06:41After finishing the meal I returned home.

01:06:43Ryan had come there to visit me.

01:06:45The child he brought home at the age of 7 was now 19 and had enrolled in the country's best

01:06:52university.

01:06:54The man who once appeared young and cold-natured was now over 40 years old.

01:06:59Perhaps he had just left work and come to see me in a hurry, in a hurry.

01:07:03There was still some dirt on his shirt sleeve.

01:07:05Some people passing through the residential complex recognized him.

01:07:08They started whispering with expressions of disgust.

01:07:10It's that same forensic doctor Carter again.

01:07:12He doesn't even change his clothes after working with the dead.

01:07:16He doesn't even clean the blood off his sleeve.

01:07:18Just looking at him brings nothing but bad luck.

01:07:20He wasn't the first person in these years to be looked down upon by people like this.

01:07:24I walked over to them.

01:07:25I took out a wet wipe and quietly started cleaning the dirt off Ryan's shirt sleeve.

01:07:30Then I showed those people the dark grey stain on the wipe.

01:07:33This is just mud, not blood.

01:07:35And even if it were blood, it wouldn't bring any bad luck.

01:07:39Forensic doctors give respect to the dead and justice to the living.

01:07:42They deserve respect.

01:07:44Those people quickly walked away from there.

01:07:46Ryan kept looking at me silently.

01:07:48In these years Ryan had actually come to see me many times.

01:07:51He no longer showed the hatred or hostility toward me that he once did.

01:07:55But there was always a distance between us that was hard to describe in words nay words.

01:08:01It felt as if something kept us apart and truly prevented us from getting close to each other.

01:08:06You have grown up.

01:08:07You even got into a good university.

01:08:10This is truly commendable.

01:08:12I remained silent for a long time.

01:08:14Then hesitatingly, I said thank you.

01:08:17It felt as if I could barely even muster the courage to call him brother anymore.

01:08:22As I grew older I began to understand the hatred between Ryan and the Carter family.

01:08:27The price of this hatred was a human life.

01:08:31This was the real reason why despite being over 40 he refused to even think about getting married.

01:08:37No human being is born hating marriage.

01:08:40Stop thinking about the past now.

01:08:42Study hard and live a good life.

01:08:45Nova, it was never your fault.

01:08:48I was caught up in the past and hurt you a lot.

01:08:51I should apologize to you.

01:08:54Ryan you didn't do anything wrong.

01:08:56You have already treated me very well.

01:09:00Even after carrying so much hatred and pain inside him all these years that he could never escape.

01:09:06He covered all my living and study expenses.

01:09:09He arranged good guardians for me and kept visiting me.

01:09:14Even though we didn't have much to say to each other.

01:09:17He had already done so much for me.

01:09:20Ryan's eyes appeared to be getting moist.

01:09:23He blinked quickly and looked the other way.

01:09:26I have sent Emma away from home.

01:09:28The pressure of work is constantly increasing.

01:09:31So I probably won't be able to visit you often anymore.

01:09:34I looked at him and suddenly realized he had become much thinner.

01:09:39His face also looked very tired and pale.

01:09:42Are you sick?

01:09:43Ryan kept looking at me for a long time.

01:09:46It was summertime.

01:09:47The blowing wind made the leaves of the trees rustle.

01:09:51Then I suddenly realized how gentle his features actually were and how handsome he was.

01:09:57After a long pause he just shook his head.

01:10:00It's nothing.

01:10:01A stir of emotions appeared on his face for a few moments.

01:10:04Then finally, it felt as if he had made a decision.

01:10:08At that time when I sent you away from home, my intention was not to abandon you.

01:10:12The psychologist had said your condition was very poor.

01:10:16Perhaps you hated both Emma and me, me.

01:10:19In such a case living somewhere else could have been better for you?

01:10:23Suddenly my eyes started stinging.

01:10:25I bowed my head.

01:10:26I couldn't understand what to say.

01:10:29Actually, I had never truly hated him either.

01:10:32I understood that he just couldn't accept me, me.

01:10:35We both had the same blood in our veins.

01:10:37Because of this blood relation, we could not be completely separated.

01:10:42But despite this, we could never really get close to each other either either.

01:10:47During my four years at the university, Ryan visited me very rarely.

01:10:52Sometimes when I went to the hospital with a cold, we would meet.

01:10:56But whenever I asked about him, he didn't want to say much.

01:11:00Later I suddenly found out that Emma had passed away.

01:11:03Her family had abandoned her at the time of her birth.

01:11:07It seemed she had an incurable condition from birth that caused her to struggle with depression and constant suspicion.

01:11:14Ryan was the only person she had.

01:11:16She couldn't stand having anyone get close to her.

01:11:19Finally Ryan decided to send her to a social welfare institution.

01:11:24She was well taken care of there.

01:11:26But she passed away after living there for only six months.

01:11:30After graduating from university I got a job at a very good company, I.

01:11:35My classmate also got a good job.

01:11:37After starting the job I became extremely busy.

01:11:40I often had to stay late at the company to work.

01:11:43One afternoon while I was buried under a pile of work, I suddenly got a call from Ryan.

01:11:49But by then my mobile phone had switched off.

01:11:52That night when I finished working late and turned on my phone, I saw that it had been over four

01:11:57hours since he called.

01:11:59I called him back but he didn't pick up.

01:12:02Instead he sent me a message.

01:12:04I am going to Norway for treatment and to rest.

01:12:07I might return only after a few years.

01:12:09If there is any trouble, call this person.

01:12:12At the end of the message there was a phone number.

01:12:15I recognized it as his assistant's number, who, had also been his close friend for years.

01:12:21Maybe he called me before leaving because he wanted to meet me one last time.

01:12:26After this his calls and messages became very rare.

01:12:30In the second year of my job I became a permanent employee and was promoted to team leader in my

01:12:35department.

01:12:36Now my work pressure had reduced compared to before.

01:12:39My benchmate also finally got a vacation.

01:12:42She invited me to go to Norway to see the northern lights.

01:12:45Nova, let's both go to Norway and see the northern lights.

01:12:49I wanted to rest and wasn't very interested in going there.

01:12:53But suddenly I remembered the person who had gone to Norway at way.

01:12:57The refusal that came to my lips changed into just one word.

01:13:01Okay.

01:13:02I looked at a trophy kept on the shelf.

01:13:05This was the same trophy that my company had awarded me.

01:13:09For some reason, I reached out and packed it into my suitcase.

01:13:13Perhaps I wanted to take it with me so I could show it to Ryan.

01:13:17But late that same night I suddenly received a phone call.

01:13:20That phone call brought me the news of my brother's death.

01:13:23Mr. Carter, Ryan Carter passed away this morning in Norway.

01:13:28The same year you enrolled in university he was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

01:13:34Mr. Carter has left his entire estate to you, you.

01:13:38If you have the time please come and sign the necessary documents.

01:13:42I sat holding my phone for a long time unable to react.

01:13:45The act.

01:13:46Suddenly the thought of Norway and the possibility of euthanasia crossed my mind.

01:13:51But I never found out the real reason why he went there.

01:13:55I brought Ryan's ashes back and made all the arrangements for his funeral, Ma.

01:14:01One night I went to his house to organize his belongings.

01:14:05On his bookshelf I suddenly noticed a piece of drawing paper.

01:14:10It was the same dream house I had drawn many years ago, many years ago.

01:14:14When I used to live in his house.

01:14:17Pink walls, neat books arranged on the table, and beautiful flowers on the windowsill.

01:14:23He had seen the drawing I made, I made.

01:14:26Suddenly my nose began to sting and my eyes filled with tears.

01:14:30I kept organizing his things with trembling hands.

01:14:33From among a pile of books a yellowed piece of paper suddenly fell out.

01:14:38The ink written on it had faded significantly.

01:14:41The handwriting was very beautiful and neatly written.

01:14:45But most of the ink had already faded away.

01:14:47It said if you don't believe me, ask Ryan, ask Ryan.

01:14:52I remembered something from many years ago that Ryan had told me with great pain.

01:14:58He had not believed that girl.

01:15:00That is why she had gone to the roof to meet him.

01:15:03But there her health suddenly worsened and she fell.

01:15:07Right below that beautiful handwriting was another script that was most familiar to me.

01:15:14It was simple, but there was a softness in it.

01:15:17It said I have come to meet you.

01:15:21As morning broke sunlight and air began to enter through the window.

01:15:24That window, which never fully closed, was still open.

01:15:28The sunlight quietly touched the letter as it passed by.

01:15:32I felt that perhaps they had both walked towards the light together now.

01:15:36I stepped out of the house, then I turned and closed the door.

01:15:40With that, I left the house and everything inside it, behind, forever.

01:15:45Passing through the front garden, I suddenly remembered another night from many years ago.

01:15:51That night I had slept in Ryan's room.

01:15:53He had prepared my medicine and quietly placed the pills in my palm.

01:15:58Then he let out a soft sigh.

01:16:01Forget everything, Noah.

01:16:02From now on, just grow up well.

His Own Family Rejected Him… Until a Stranger Taught Him How to Be Loved

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