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00:00At midnight, my boyfriend and the two friends I grew up with left me stranded in the Rockies.
00:04No signal. The nearest gas station was 40 miles away, and they left me there over tarot cards.
00:10They thought tarot cards saved them. They were wrong.
00:12The second they threw me out, they destroyed their own future.
00:16Five minutes earlier, we were headed to a mountain cabin.
00:19Then the car jolted, and Chloe pulled out her tarot cards to see if we'd make it there alive.
00:30The cards say we're going to crash tonight, and die.
00:36If we want to live, only one woman can stay in this car.
00:43Evelyn, get out.
00:45Ryan was my boyfriend. Ethan and Mason had both sworn that as long as they were alive, no one would
00:50ever hurt me.
00:52At least take me to the ranger station.
00:55Every extra minute with you in the car puts us in more danger.
01:02I'll get out. Evelyn will be scared.
01:08You've waited a whole year for this trip. It shouldn't be you.
01:12No one could stand to let Chloe suffer even a little, so they chose to sacrifice me.
01:16They knew I could die out there, and they still drove off with Chloe.
01:20When I saw the SUV back up, I thought they'd finally change their minds.
01:25But they didn't come back for me, just to dump my luggage and leave.
01:30No signal. One percent battery.
01:32I had no choice but to keep walking down that mountain road.
01:36The growling kept getting closer. I didn't dare look back.
01:40I just gripped a branch and forced myself to keep going.
01:43I walked through that storm for two hours.
01:45Every time I saw headlights, I stepped to the side and begged for help.
01:49Not one car stopped.
01:50Mud and rain blinded me.
01:52I couldn't even read the plate.
01:54I just kept going on bleeding feet.
01:56The park ranger on night patrol finally found me and took me to a nearby ranger station.
02:01When my phone came back on, the first thing I saw wasn't an apology.
02:04Not even a text asking if I was safe.
02:07We made it through a disaster.
02:08So grateful to my three knights for protecting me.
02:11They thought they were just getting rid of dead weight.
02:14What they didn't know, the full scholarship funding keeping all three of them in school
02:17came from the Carter Family Foundation.
02:18They chose Chloe, so I took back everything I'd given them.
02:23Three days later, the four people who left me to die in the mountains finally showed up.
02:31They didn't come to apologize.
02:34Not one of them asked how I made it back alive.
02:37I picked this out for you.
02:39Can we make up?
02:41Her so-called gift was just the freebie they got for spending over $300.
02:46I don't want it.
02:48I just wanted to apologize.
02:51Are you still mad at me?
02:53Chloe already swallowed her pride.
02:56What more do you want?
02:58This is for the hotel, meals, and rental car.
03:01They left me in the mountains to die.
03:03You suggested the trip.
03:04You should pay for it.
03:05And still expected me to pay for the four of them to vacation.
03:09I never even got inside the vacation house.
03:11You spent it.
03:13You pay for it.
03:14Chloe's family is struggling.
03:16Your $2,500 is nothing to you.
03:19Then it should be nothing to you, too.
03:24Every time we fought,
03:25I was the one who paid and apologized.
03:28So they figured I'd fold again,
03:31like I always did.
03:34A whole week passed.
03:37Not one of them asked how hurt I was.
03:40When they finally came back,
03:42they still just wanted something from me.
03:45Chloe's doing an old Hollywood photo shoot.
03:48Lend her the blue dress your mother left you.
03:53My mother made that dress for me before she died.
03:56They all knew it was the last thing she left me.
03:59No.
04:00It's just an old dress.
04:01She'll give it back after the shoot.
04:04We came to you ourselves.
04:06Don't be so ungrateful.
04:10Forget it.
04:11Someone like me doesn't deserve a dress that beautiful anyway.
04:14Do you have to humiliate her like this?
04:20They said they wanted to make peace.
04:22Really?
04:23They just wanted me to keep giving Chloe whatever she wanted.
04:30I told them no.
04:32By the next afternoon,
04:37Chloe was wearing it anyway.
04:44That dress was locked in the cabinet.
04:46Ryan was the only other person who knew where the spare key was.
04:52I didn't call Ryan.
04:54I went straight to Chloe's studio.
04:5520 minutes later,
04:56I got to the studio from Chloe's post.
04:58I already said no.
05:00They still broke into my home
05:01and stole the last thing my mother left me.
05:03Take it off.
05:04I just wore it for a few pictures.
05:07I'll give it back as soon as we're done.
05:09I took the spare key.
05:10I gave her the dress.
05:11She just borrowed it for a shoot.
05:13Did you really have to come here and make a scene?
05:15Ryan admitted it like he had every right to.
05:18Like breaking into my home and taking my things wasn't theft.
05:21If I didn't give permission, it's theft.
05:23I'm calling the police right now.
05:25You're calling the cops over an old dress?
05:27Have you no shame?
05:29Lock her up first.
05:31Don't let her ruin Chloe's shoot.
05:35Ryan, I'm claustrophobic.
05:36You know that.
05:37When I was nine,
05:38I got trapped in a basement overnight.
05:40Ever since then,
05:41I can't breathe in tight, dark spaces.
05:43Ryan knew.
05:44He used to hold my hand in elevators.
05:46Chloe already did a tarot reading.
05:48You'll be fine.
05:53They said they'd let me out
05:55after Chloe finished the shoot.
05:56Let me out!
05:58Is anyone there?
05:59But hours later,
06:00the studio went dark.
06:02Everyone left.
06:03They forgot me in there.
06:07When I woke up again,
06:09I was already in the hospital.
06:10The night jammeter found me
06:12and called an ambulance.
06:14Evelyn,
06:15I'm here to return your dress.
06:18What did you do to it?
06:20It snagged on a branch
06:21during the outdoor shoot.
06:22I really didn't mean to.
06:27She already apologized.
06:28Why'd you push her?
06:29No one asked how I got out
06:30of that equipment room.
06:32No one asked why
06:33I was in the hospital.
06:35And no one remembered
06:36it was the anniversary
06:36of my mother's death.
06:38It's just an old dress.
06:39If your mother were alive,
06:40she wouldn't care
06:41about something this petty.
06:43Ryan,
06:44we're done.
06:48Ryan, we're done.
06:50You're not thinking
06:51straight right now.
06:52We'll talk when you've
06:53calmed down.
06:54They locked me
06:55in a dark room.
06:56I almost died in there.
06:58And Ryan still thought
06:59this breakup was just
07:00me throwing a tantrum.
07:02This is all my fault.
07:03You're fighting because of me.
07:06Evelyn, if you're mad,
07:07blame me.
07:09Don't break up with Ryan.
07:10Chloe already apologized.
07:12What else do you want
07:13from her?
07:13It's just an old dress.
07:15You're really going to blow up
07:16everyone's relationships
07:17over that?
07:19No one asked how I got
07:20out of that equipment room.
07:21No one asked why I ended
07:22up in the hospital.
07:24All they cared about
07:25was Chloe crying.
07:26My injuries,
07:27my mother's keepsake,
07:28even me breaking up
07:29with Ryan.
07:30None of it mattered to them.
07:31I'll come back
07:32when you're ready
07:32to apologize to Chloe.
07:36They were sure
07:36I couldn't leave.
07:38Every time we'd
07:39fought before,
07:40I was the one
07:41who gave in.
07:43But not this time.
07:45I'm not going back.
07:49After I got out
07:50of the hospital,
07:51I accepted
07:51Westbridge University's
07:53study abroad offer.
07:54The one I kept
07:55putting off
07:56because of Ryan.
08:01I'm selling this
08:02apartment, too.
08:04I only bought it
08:05to be near Ryan's school.
08:12You've really decided
08:13to leave?
08:15I have.
08:16What about the private
08:17scholarships for those
08:18three boys?
08:19Four years ago,
08:20to protect their
08:21ridiculous pride,
08:22I had my family
08:22anonymously cover
08:23their tuition,
08:24housing,
08:25and living stipend.
08:26They always thought
08:26the money came
08:27from the school.
08:28After tonight's dinner,
08:29it ends.
08:31If it stops,
08:32they may not even
08:33make it through
08:33next semester.
08:34That's their problem.
08:37It wasn't school aid.
08:40It was private funding
08:42from the Carter family,
08:43set up for the three
08:44of them and reviewed
08:45every year.
08:47I'll make the final
08:48decision tonight,
08:49in front of them.
08:52At the dinner,
08:53the foundation's
08:54anonymous donor
08:55will reveal their
08:56identity for the first
08:57time.
08:58Ryan and the others
08:59will be there too,
09:00waiting for next
09:01year's full scholarship
09:02funding.
09:08Evelyn, please,
09:10save me.
09:14The first time Chloe
09:15ever begged me,
09:16it wasn't because
09:16she was sorry.
09:18It was because she
09:19just hit someone
09:19drunk driving.
09:21She was drunk.
09:22She hit a woman
09:23with her car.
09:24Chloe panicked.
09:25She didn't stop.
09:26The woman was
09:26badly hurt.
09:27The police were
09:28already looking
09:29for the driver.
09:30If they caught Chloe,
09:31she was facing
09:32felony charges
09:33in prison.
09:37You brought
09:38your driver's license.
09:40You and Chloe
09:41are about the same
09:41build.
09:43It was dark.
09:45No one got a clear
09:46look at the driver.
09:51So you've already
09:52decided I should go
09:53to prison for her?
09:54No one got a clear
09:59look at the driver.
10:01You won't go to prison.
10:02The cards say you'll
10:03get through this.
10:05Turn yourself in,
10:06pay the settlement,
10:06and it'll be over.
10:08Tarot cards.
10:09Again,
10:10all Chloe had to do
10:11was pull a card,
10:12and they could
10:12sacrifice me
10:13without feeling guilty.
10:15If nothing's really
10:16going to happen,
10:17why don't the three
10:18of you confess for her?
10:24I'm student
10:25government president.
10:26I can't have
10:27a criminal record.
10:28I just landed
10:29an internship
10:30at a major company.
10:31My background check
10:31can't take a hit.
10:32I'm applying
10:32to grad school.
10:33My professor's
10:33recommendation
10:34can't be affected.
10:35One by one,
10:36they laid out
10:36their plans,
10:37like only their
10:38futures mattered.
10:39They wouldn't risk
10:39a thing of their own,
10:40but they'd already
10:41decided what crime
10:42I'd take.
10:42You all want to
10:43protect your own
10:43futures,
10:44so why do you
10:44get to destroy mine?
10:46Because you can
10:46take it.
10:47Your family has money.
10:48You can hire
10:49the best lawyers.
10:50Even with a record,
10:51Carter family can
10:52still take care of you,
10:53but Chloe has nothing.
10:55If you help me
10:56just this once,
10:57I'll pay you back.
10:59I swear.
11:01Evelyn,
11:02I really can't
11:03go to prison.
11:04When I first met
11:05Chloe,
11:06she said the same thing.
11:08I got her
11:08out of that bullying,
11:09brought her
11:10into my circle,
11:11and paid her
11:11living expenses.
11:12She swore
11:13she'd never forget
11:14what I did for her.
11:15Then she took
11:15my friends,
11:16my boyfriend,
11:17even my mother's
11:18keepsake.
11:19I don't believe
11:20a word you say.
11:21How can you
11:22be this heartless?
11:24Chloe fought
11:25for everything
11:26she has.
11:27You're really
11:27going to watch
11:28her throw her
11:28whole life away?
11:30The victim's
11:30not dead.
11:31At worst,
11:31she'll pay some money.
11:32What's a little
11:33money to your family?
11:34They didn't just
11:34want me to take
11:35the fall.
11:36They thought
11:36my family's money
11:37could buy the victim's
11:38life and my innocence.
11:41Go turn yourself
11:42in tomorrow morning.
11:43Help Chloe,
11:44and I'll forget
11:45you ever asked
11:45to break up.
11:46What if I don't?
11:47Then we're done.
11:48For good.
11:50I'm not marrying
11:51a woman this heartless.
11:54Fine.
11:56I knew you'd do
11:56the right thing.
11:57Thank you, Evelyn.
11:58Once I'm safe,
11:59I'll make it up to you.
12:00They thought I'd agreed
12:01to take the fall
12:02for Chloe,
12:02but not one of them
12:04understood.
12:04When I said yes,
12:05I was answering Ryan
12:06when he asked to break up.
12:08I'll pick you up
12:08at 8 tomorrow morning.
12:09We're going to the police.
12:11I recorded everything
12:12from the moment
12:13they walked in.
12:15Tomorrow,
12:16the police will take
12:16one woman away.
12:18It won't be me.
12:19Before I leave this city,
12:20there's one last thing
12:21I'm taking back.
12:22Northbridge University
12:23runs the Northbridge
12:24Opportunity Program.
12:25The Carter Family Foundation
12:26funds it.
12:27Every year,
12:28trustees,
12:29faculty,
12:29corporate partners,
12:30and scholarship students
12:31attend the gala.
12:32But this year was different.
12:33For the first time,
12:34the program's biggest
12:35anonymous donor
12:36would appear in public
12:37and personally choose
12:38next year's recipients.
12:39Ryan and the other two
12:40were the foundation's
12:41highest-profile
12:42full scholarships
12:43acceptors.
12:43They were sure
12:44the mystery donor
12:45was there for them.
12:45The university had
12:46seated them front and center,
12:48waiting to be publicly honored
12:49by the anonymous donor.
12:51And Chloe thought
12:52that donor would solve
12:53all her problems, too.
12:55The Empress.
12:57The cards say
12:58a powerful woman
12:58will change my fate tonight.
13:01When she gets here,
13:02we'll introduce you.
13:04Once she hears your story,
13:05she'll give you
13:05even more money.
13:07Maybe after tonight,
13:07you won't have to worry
13:08about legal fees anymore.
13:11Chloe drove drunk
13:12and hit someone,
13:13and they were still waiting
13:14for a stranger
13:15to cover her legal fee.
13:17Because every time
13:17they screwed up,
13:18I was the one
13:19who paid for it.
13:22They had no idea
13:23why I was there,
13:24but they'd already decided
13:25I was there
13:26to beg for them back.
13:27Did you follow us?
13:30If you're here
13:31to beg me not
13:31to break up with you,
13:33you're too late.
13:35Move.
13:38This isn't the place
13:38to make a scene.
13:40You're still going
13:41to the police tomorrow morning
13:42to confess for Chloe.
13:43Don't ruin her
13:44only chance tonight.
13:46Even then,
13:46they still thought
13:47I'd take the felony
13:48for Chloe tomorrow.
13:49They were even planning
13:50to use my donor status
13:52to get Chloe a lawyer
13:53before I went in
13:54to confess.
13:56Evelyn,
13:57tonight means
13:57everything to us.
13:59The tarot card said
14:01the donor would choose me.
14:03Please don't ruin this
14:04for me just because
14:04you're jealous.
14:05You really think
14:06she's here to help you?
14:07The tarot cards
14:08are never wrong.
14:11After tonight,
14:12I'll finally have
14:13a future of my own.
14:14You already have
14:15so much.
14:16Why do you have to
14:17take Chloe's only chance, too?
14:18She could take my home,
14:20my boyfriend,
14:21my friends,
14:21even my mother's keepsake.
14:23But the second
14:24I wouldn't hand over
14:24the last thing, too,
14:26suddenly I was
14:27the jealous villain.
14:29Apologize to Chloe,
14:30then leave.
14:32And if I don't?
14:33Then I'll have security
14:34throw you out.
14:38Evelyn,
14:39stop embarrassing yourself.
14:43Miss Carter,
14:44the university president
14:45and the board
14:45have been waiting
14:46for you for quite some time.
14:54Ladies and gentlemen,
14:55thank you for joining us
14:57tonight for the
14:57Northbridge Opportunity
14:58Program annual dinner.
15:00For the past four years,
15:02one anonymous donor
15:03has covered full tuition,
15:05housing,
15:06and living expenses
15:07for three students.
15:08They were finally
15:10about to meet the person
15:11who'd paid their way
15:12for four years.
15:13What they didn't know
15:14was this person
15:15wasn't here
15:16to renew their financing.
15:17she was here
15:18to end it.
15:19Tonight,
15:20that anonymous donor
15:21will reveal her identity
15:23for the first time,
15:24and she will personally
15:26decide whether
15:27those three scholarships
15:29continue.
15:30I knew it.
15:32The card said
15:33our benefactor
15:34would choose us.
15:35Now,
15:35please welcome
15:36the Carter family's
15:38sole representative
15:39tonight,
15:39Evelyn Carter!
15:46The host announced
15:47it to the whole room.
15:48I was the Carter family's
15:50only representative tonight.
15:52The four people
15:53who'd just tried
15:54to throw me out
15:55finally realized
15:56the whole room
15:57was waiting for me.
16:00She's just here
16:00for the Carter family,
16:01right?
16:04Ryan watched
16:05the university president
16:06welcome me in person
16:07and still got stuck
16:09on one word,
16:10representative.
16:12To him,
16:13I was just writing
16:13my family's name
16:14into the gala.
16:15No way I was the one
16:17they'd been waiting for.
16:21See?
16:22I told you,
16:24the tarot cards
16:24don't lie.
16:27She's just here
16:28for the real donor.
16:30They'd rather believe
16:31the tarot cards
16:32than believe the one
16:33they always look down on
16:34might actually decide
16:35their future.
16:37Miss Carter,
16:38this way.
16:46Thank you for being
16:47here tonight.
16:48They said I only got in
16:49through connections.
16:54But that top seat
16:55was always waiting
16:56for me.
17:11Ryan and the others
17:12thought they'd be
17:12sitting beside
17:13the anonymous donor,
17:14getting honored.
17:15Instead,
17:16they were stuck
17:17down there with Chloe,
17:18looking up at me.
17:21But they still
17:22didn't panic.
17:24They found another
17:25excuse fast,
17:26that the seat
17:27belonged to the
17:28Carter family,
17:29not to me.
17:31Miss Carter,
17:32please take your seat.
17:34Tonight's funding
17:35process will officially
17:36begin now that
17:37she's here.
17:42Once I sat down,
17:44the dinner finally
17:45reached the part
17:46they'd been waiting
17:46for,
17:47the scholarship
17:48renewals.
17:52Ryan,
17:53Ethan,
17:53and Mason
17:54had been on
17:55full scholarship
17:55funding for four
17:56years.
17:57By then,
17:58they treated that
17:59money like it
18:00was theirs.
18:05But this year's
18:06files didn't say
18:07renewed.
18:08They said
18:09pending final
18:10approval.
18:12All three funding
18:13reviews have cleared
18:14the university.
18:15Now all that's left
18:16is Miss Carter's
18:17final signature.
18:26That was when
18:27they finally got it.
18:29I wasn't just
18:30at the dinner.
18:31I was at the
18:32head table.
18:33Without my
18:34signature,
18:35not one dollar
18:37of next year's
18:37tuition,
18:38housing assistance,
18:40or living stipend
18:41would come through.
18:48your father just
18:49had you sign
18:49for him.
18:54Don't use our
18:55future to throw
18:55a tendrum.
18:57He'd taken my
18:58money for four
18:59years and never
19:00thanked me once.
19:05The second he
19:06realized I might
19:07stop paying,
19:08his first move
19:09was to warn me
19:10not to take it
19:11out on his
19:11future.
19:15This card means
19:16charity and aid.
19:21The real donor
19:21will keep helping
19:22you.
19:28One new prophecy
19:30and they got
19:30their nerve back.
19:32They thought the
19:32pen in my hand
19:33was just for show.
19:34That once the
19:35real donor stepped
19:36in, I'd be told
19:37to keep paying for
19:38them.
19:45Then let's wait
19:46for the real
19:47donor to show
19:48up.
20:01Please welcome
20:02Victor Grant,
20:04executive director
20:05of the Carter
20:06Family Foundation.
20:08Chloe had found
20:09an older,
20:10wealthy man
20:11with a foundation
20:12pin on his
20:13lapel.
20:15For once,
20:16she'd found
20:17someone who
20:17looked more
20:18like the real
20:19donor than I
20:19did.
20:21King of
20:22Pentacles.
20:23He's the real
20:24VIP tonight.
20:26The three of
20:27them never even
20:28questioned the
20:29tarot cards.
20:31With their
20:31grades,
20:32smiles,
20:33and Chloe's
20:34sob story,
20:35they rushed to
20:36charm the man
20:36they thought
20:37could overrule
20:38me.
20:38Chloe sold
20:39them as the
20:39foundation's top
20:40success stories,
20:41then turned my
20:42refusal to sign
20:43into some
20:44personal vendetta.
20:45Mr. Grant,
20:46you're the one
20:47really in charge.
20:48You can't let her
20:48sabotage our
20:49future over a
20:50personal grudge.
20:51But Victor didn't
20:52take Ryan's hand.
20:53He didn't even
20:54let them finish.
20:55He walked right
20:56past all four of
20:57them and came
20:58straight to me.
21:01Ms. Carter,
21:02the documents you
21:03requested are ready.
21:07They thought
21:07Victor was here
21:08to make me
21:08sign.
21:11But this
21:11so-called
21:12real donor
21:13has been waiting
21:13on my word
21:14since he
21:14walked in.
21:16He respects
21:17the Carter
21:17family.
21:18That doesn't
21:19mean you run
21:19the foundation.
21:24Every document
21:25tonight was
21:26prepared at
21:26Ms. Carter's
21:27direction.
21:28Even security
21:29listened to me.
21:30They said I was
21:31a guest.
21:33The university
21:34president came
21:35to greet me.
21:37They said I was
21:38their representative.
21:39Even the
21:39foundation's
21:40executive director
21:41answers to me.
21:42And they're still
21:42waiting for someone
21:43more powerful.
21:47Ms. Carter,
21:48should we keep
21:49reviewing these
21:49three funding
21:50files?
21:52Go on.
21:55Victor didn't
21:56just bring this
21:57year's renewal
21:57files.
21:58He brought the
21:59original applications.
22:00From four years
22:01ago, when those
22:02three scholarships
22:02were created.
22:04The three of them
22:05always thought
22:06they'd earn the
22:06school's special
22:07treatment on merit.
22:08It never crossed
22:09their minds why
22:10the school just
22:10happened to create
22:11three identical
22:12full scholarships
22:13for them.
22:13Our grades have
22:14always met the
22:14requirements.
22:15That proves we're
22:16qualified for the
22:17money.
22:17For four years,
22:18they took the
22:19tuition, housing
22:20assist, and living
22:21stimpens.
22:22Even now, they're
22:23not saying thank
22:23you.
22:24They're saying we
22:25deserve it.
22:26Four years ago,
22:27money almost kept
22:28them from going to
22:29the same university.
22:30I asked my family
22:31to set up three
22:31school scholarships
22:32for them.
22:33I was afraid if
22:34they knew it came
22:34from me, it hurt
22:36their pride.
22:37So I kept my name
22:38out of it.
22:39I let them keep
22:40their dignity.
22:41Once the money
22:41showed up, they
22:42figured they'd
22:43earned it.
22:43No one asked who
22:44was fitting the
22:45bill.
22:46No one even
22:46thought to thank
22:47the anonymous
22:47donor.
22:49These three
22:50scholarships were
22:50set up because
22:51Evelyn asked for
22:52them.
22:54Now they finally
22:55know who paid
22:55for the life they
22:56lived these last
22:57four years.
22:58But gratitude was
23:00never their strong
23:00suit.
23:01Making excuses
23:02was.
23:03Even if you
23:04asked for it, the
23:05money still came
23:06from the Carter
23:06family.
23:08It didn't come
23:09from you
23:09personally.
23:12Without Evelyn, not
23:13one of you would
23:14have gotten a dime
23:15in the first place.
23:16They had the proof
23:17right in front of
23:17them and still
23:19wouldn't admit it.
23:20Their future was
23:21riding on me.
23:22Ryan was counting
23:23on my father and
23:24the board to save
23:24him.
23:25Again.
23:27Evelyn can't cut
23:27off their
23:28scholarships over
23:29a personal grudge.
23:30The board would
23:31never allow it.
23:32When they left
23:32me in the mountains,
23:34they didn't ask
23:34the board.
23:37They didn't keep
23:37their grudge
23:38separate from my
23:39future when they
23:40stole my mother's
23:41keepsake.
23:42When they locked
23:43me in that dark
23:44room, they never
23:45stopped to ask who
23:46gave them the right
23:47to decide whether
23:48I lived or died.
23:49When they tried to
23:50send me to prison
23:51for Chloe, not one
23:52of them was willing
23:53to risk his own
23:54future.
23:56Too bad for them.
23:58The board wasn't
23:59there to stop me.
24:00Ms. Carter created
24:01those three
24:02scholarships.
24:03Whether they
24:03continue is up to
24:04her.
24:04Entry access, a
24:06seat at the head
24:07table, foundation
24:08files, and my
24:09signature from four
24:10years ago.
24:11Every excuse they
24:12had fell apart
24:13against harder
24:14proof.
24:15The cards say
24:16this is temporary.
24:17She'll soften.
24:20Even with the
24:20final call in my
24:21hands, they still
24:23thought I wouldn't
24:23take any of it
24:24back.
24:26Because no matter
24:27how far they
24:28went, I was
24:29always the one
24:30who forgave them,
24:31paid for it, and
24:33cleaned up their
24:33mess.
24:35We grew up
24:36together.
24:37You wouldn't
24:38really destroy our
24:38future?
24:40When you left me
24:41on that mountain,
24:43did any of you
24:43think about that?
24:44They finally realized
24:46I wasn't here tonight
24:47to renew their
24:47funding.
24:48I came to take
24:49back everything.
24:50I gave them.
24:52Miss Carter, once
24:53you sign, the
24:54termination process
24:55begins immediately.
24:56One signature, and
24:58Ryan, Ethan, and
24:59Mason lose
24:59everything.
25:00Tuition, housing,
25:02even their living
25:03step-ins.
25:04But right before my
25:05pen touched the
25:05page, Chloe stepped
25:07in again.
25:08Every time, a few
25:09tears and one tarot
25:10card were enough.
25:11The three of them
25:12dumped all her
25:12mistakes on me.
25:14Evelyn, you can't
25:15destroy all three of
25:16their futures just
25:17because Ryan chose
25:18me.
25:19Justice reversed.
25:21Someone's abusing
25:22power to settle a
25:23personal score.
25:24She made betrayal
25:25sound like a
25:25relationship dispute
25:26and turned three
25:28ungrateful traitors
25:29into poor students
25:30getting bullied by a
25:31rich girl.
25:33If you hate me,
25:34take it out on me.
25:35Don't use their
25:36scholarships to force
25:37me back to you.
25:38Our grades meet the
25:39funding requirements.
25:41You don't get to
25:42decide our future over
25:43some personal grudge.
25:44They knew what they
25:45did to me and still
25:47stood there acting
25:48like the victims.
25:49They were sure I'd
25:50never let anyone see
25:51what the four people
25:52closest to me had
25:53driven me to.
25:56The crash was my
25:57fault.
25:57They were just trying
25:58to help me.
25:59They didn't hurt
26:00anyone.
26:02They shouldn't lose
26:03everything for
26:03protecting me.
26:04To protect Chloe,
26:06they wanted me to
26:06go to the police and
26:08take the fall for a
26:08DUI and hit-win run.
26:10To save their own
26:11futures, they were
26:12willing to bury mine.
26:15When they saw I
26:16hadn't signed, they
26:18thought I'd cave again
26:19once they started
26:19blaming me.
26:23Didn't you want
26:23everyone to know
26:24the truth?
26:25Then don't miss a
26:26word.
26:31You have a license
26:32and you weren't
26:33drinking.
26:34Go to the police
26:35tomorrow and say
26:35you were driving.
26:37That night, all
26:39four of them forced
26:39their way into my
26:40apartment.
26:41Chloe was drunk,
26:43hit someone, and
26:44they already had a
26:44plan to save her.
26:45Make me take the
26:46fall.
26:48I'm up for the
26:49internship that
26:50matters most.
26:52I can't be tied to a
26:53police investigation.
26:55Your family has
26:56money.
26:56If this goes on your
26:57record, your dad can
26:58fix it.
26:59Chloe has nothing.
27:00They all had futures
27:01they couldn't afford to
27:02lose, so in their
27:04eyes, I was the one
27:05to sacrifice.
27:06The card said you
27:07won't be charged.
27:08Just admit it once,
27:09and we'll all be
27:10okay.
27:11If you won't even do
27:12this for me, we're
27:14done.
27:16Now everyone can see
27:17what your so-called
27:18protecting a friend
27:18really meant.
27:20Sending an innocent
27:21person to the police.
27:23That recording was
27:24edited.
27:25She'd do anything to
27:26get back at us.
27:27The original recording,
27:28the creation time
27:30stance, and the
27:31complete data set were
27:32verified this afternoon
27:34by the Carter Family
27:35Foundation Legal
27:36Department.
27:37The file was not
27:38edited.
27:41You recorded that in
27:42advance?
27:43Were you trying to
27:44destroy us from the
27:45start?
27:46The proof was right
27:47in front of him, and
27:48he still never apologized
27:49for trying to make me
27:50take the fall.
27:51He was still angriest
27:52that I didn't quietly
27:53cover for them.
27:55I didn't ruin you.
27:56I just stopped saving
27:57you.
27:58The recording blew up
27:59their lies, and
28:00instead of owning it,
28:02they dragged up our
28:02past and expected me to
28:04keep paying for them.
28:05I only said we were
28:06breaking up to make
28:07you calm down.
28:08I knew you wouldn't
28:09really abandon us.
28:10Evelyn, we've been
28:11together for years.
28:13Do you really have to
28:14do this in front of
28:14everyone?
28:16We grew up together.
28:18When have we ever
28:19not had your back?
28:20So a few things
28:21happen, and you're
28:22wiping out more than
28:22ten years between us?
28:24They weren't wrong.
28:26When we were kids,
28:28they saved me and
28:29protected me.
28:30So after that, I
28:32treated their protection
28:33like a debt I'd never
28:34repay.
28:34I got them
28:36scholarships, protected
28:37their pride, and
28:38covered their tuition,
28:39housing, and living
28:40costs.
28:41Then they started
28:42acting like I owed
28:43them that.
28:44They once saved me.
28:46Then they left me in
28:47bear country.
28:48They used to protect
28:49me.
28:49Then they locked me in
28:50the dark just to make
28:51Chloe happy.
28:52Ryan, we were over the
28:53night you tried to make
28:54me take the fall for
28:55Chloe.
28:56Ethan, Mason, as of
28:58today we're done too.
28:59You can cut them off,
29:00but you can't destroy
29:01their future.
29:03Their future was never
29:04mine to pay for.
29:06Ryan would rather dump
29:07me than let Chloe answer
29:08for what she did.
29:09He made his choice.
29:10Now I take back what's
29:12mine.
29:13Ethan said his
29:14internship and resume
29:15mattered more than my
29:16innocence.
29:17Fine.
29:17His future is on him
29:18now.
29:19Mason said my family has
29:20money, so I should take
29:21the fall for them.
29:22But my money was never a
29:24license to hurt me.
29:26All three termination
29:27requests are now in
29:28effect.
29:30It's Dad and Mason.
29:38That's impossible.
29:40Our grades have always
29:41met the requirements.
29:42This was never a public
29:43scholarship.
29:44It was a private funding
29:45program Evelyn created
29:46for the three of you.
29:47You're just trying to
29:48scare us, right?
29:49Once you've cooled down,
29:50you'll reinstate the
29:51funding.
29:52Even after the money
29:53was pulled, they still
29:54didn't believe I'd
29:55actually walk away.
29:56They turned my softness
29:58into a privilege they
29:59thought would never end.
30:00They'll be fine without
30:01your money.
30:02Good.
30:04Then you can cover their
30:05tuition, their rent, and
30:07your own legal fees.
30:08By the next day, they
30:10realized the cutoff wasn't
30:11a threat.
30:12Once the foundation
30:13stopped paying, they
30:14finally saw what their
30:15lives really cost.
30:17Their families could get
30:18by, but private college
30:20tuition was out of reach.
30:23They stayed at this
30:24school for years because
30:26I covered the most
30:26expensive part of their
30:27lives.
30:31They lived in the best
30:32student apartments,
30:33went to expensive social
30:34events, and never once
30:36wondered who was paying
30:38for it.
30:38She won't stay gone long.
30:42Every time we fought
30:43before, she came back
30:45first.
30:45She signed it in front of
30:46everyone last night.
30:47She was just angry.
30:49What if she doesn't come
30:50back this time?
30:56Before seeing them,
30:58Chloe hid the tower and
31:00the five of panels, leaving
31:01only the answer they wanted
31:03to hear.
31:04They didn't come back to
31:05apologize.
31:06Yeah, Alex.
31:07They put their faith in
31:08Chloe's tarot cards again.
31:10If they admit she lied, they
31:13have to admit they brought
31:13all this on themselves, and
31:15it never had to happen.
31:17The six of pentacles means a
31:19generous benefactor.
31:20The cards say a new sponsor
31:22is coming.
31:23Evelyn's money won't matter
31:24much longer.
31:26The six of pentacles means a
31:28generous benefactor.
31:29The cards say a new donor is
31:31coming.
31:32Chloe had picked that card
31:33ahead of time, but to them,
31:35the six of pentacles was their
31:37last lifeline.
31:38Just trust me, Evelyn's money
31:40won't matter much longer.
31:42That so-called new donor
31:43wasn't predicted by the
31:45tarot cards.
31:46Chloe had already seen the
31:48school-wide email and looked
31:49up which card to pull before
31:50she met them.
31:55The prosecutor has officially
31:56filed DUI and hit and send
31:57charges.
31:58The retainer has to be paid by
31:59five o'clock this afternoon.
32:01Before the new donor even
32:02showed up, Chloe's legal bill
32:04did.
32:05If I can't pay the retainer
32:07today, my lawyer won't stay
32:08on the case.
32:10You're not just going to leave
32:11me like this, right?
32:13They just lost their tuition,
32:14housing, and living spunts,
32:16and Chloe still wanted their
32:17last dollars to pay for the
32:18drunk driving that hit
32:19someone.
32:20The card said if we get
32:21through this together, the
32:22new donor will make it all
32:23back.
32:26We'll cover your legal fees.
32:32Ryan sold his most valuable
32:33watch to pay Chloe's legal
32:35fees.
32:37That watch was the birthday
32:38gift I gave him.
32:44Ethan sold the equipment he
32:45needed for school and his
32:47internship, and not one cent
32:48went towards his tuition.
32:51Mason begged everyone he knew
32:53for money.
32:54What he didn't tell them, it
32:57wasn't for tuition.
32:59It was to cover Chloe's hit and
33:00run case.
33:05Once Adrian Brooks funds us, I'll
33:08pay you all back.
33:09Ryan sold the watch I gave
33:11him.
33:11Ethan sold his school
33:12equipment.
33:14Mason borrowed from every
33:15classmate he could.
33:16They scrapped together Chloe's
33:17legal fees, then bet their last
33:19hope on a donor they'd never
33:21even met.
33:24After paying Chloe's legal fees,
33:26they took three emergency aid
33:27applications to the student aid
33:29office and pinned their tuition and
33:30living expenses on Adrian Brooks.
33:36Brooks.
33:37Emergency aid can't automatically
33:38replace terminated private funding.
33:40You'll still need donor approval.
33:44Adrian Brooks will pick them.
33:47Mr. Brooks is here.
33:50That's him, the new donor from the
33:52cards.
33:53Adrian Brooks is one of the
33:54university's biggest alumni's donors.
33:57Every year, he picks a few top
33:58students in crisis and pays the rest
34:00of their tuition.
34:01Chloe left this out too.
34:02Because of one tarot card she
34:04pulled, they left me alone in the
34:06mountains, in bear country.
34:08She left out the part where they
34:10helped her steal my mother's dress
34:12and destroy it.
34:14What she didn't mention, they tried
34:16to force me to go to the police and
34:18take the fall for her DUI hit and
34:19run.
34:20All she told Adrian was this.
34:22Three top students lost all their
34:24funding because they offended a rich
34:26ex.
34:27They did nothing wrong.
34:29They're being punished by someone
34:31abusing her family's power.
34:33Who was the original donor?
34:34The Carter Family Foundation.
34:38They thought the Carter Family
34:39Foundation name would make them look
34:41like victims.
34:42But when they applied for emergency
34:44aid, they authorized the university
34:46to disclose their funding status and
34:48pending conduct review.
34:51Who submitted all of that?
34:52She's trying to smear us.
34:54That conduct review came from the
34:55university, not the Carter Family
34:57Foundation.
35:00We were just trying to protect a
35:01friend who had no one backing her.
35:04So you chose to sacrifice another
35:06innocent person?
35:07They came in with transcripts,
35:09awards, and a whole stack of lies.
35:11But they still couldn't answer one
35:13simple question.
35:14Why did their future matter and mine
35:16didn't?
35:17I don't fund people who pressure an
35:19innocent person to take the fall.
35:20All of your applications are
35:22declined.
35:23Their emergency aid was denied,
35:25and the university's conduct review
35:27is in.
35:28The recording doesn't prove the hit
35:30and run, but it does prove they
35:32tried to force an innocent person
35:33into a false statement.
35:35Until this review is over, you're
35:37suspended from all campus positions.
35:39Your internships and recommendations
35:41will be reviewed separately by the
35:43appropriate supervisors.
35:48Ryan lost the student government post
35:50he cared about most.
35:51Ethan lost the internship he was
35:53about to land.
35:55The same future he was so desperate
35:57to protect when he tried to make me
36:00take the fall for Chloe.
36:02Mason's recommendation got pulled, too.
36:05They're finally paying for what they
36:06tried to pin on me.
36:08That day, Chloe overheard my study
36:10abroad plans outside the
36:11administration building.
36:13Evelyn Carter's study abroad
36:14paperwork is done.
36:16She's leaving this week.
36:21They were still waiting for the
36:23funding to come back once I was
36:24gone.
36:26I was already done spending my time
36:28cleaning up their messes.
36:30But even as they lost everything,
36:32piece by piece, they still never
36:34asked what they'd done wrong.
36:35They just decided I'd use the
36:36Carter family's power to destroy
36:38them.
36:39As long as Evelyn's still at this
36:40school, no one will fund us.
36:43The world means leaving, going far
36:46away.
36:47Evelyn's leaving the school this week.
36:48She's going far away.
36:50How do you know that?
36:50The cards told me.
36:52Once she leaves, everything we lost
36:54will come back.
36:56Three days later, I'd finished the
36:58paperwork and was ready to leave town.
37:00And what Chloe overheard became another
37:03one of her so-called accurate
37:05predictions.
37:05You were right.
37:07She really is leaving.
37:08I told you.
37:10Tarot cards don't lie.
37:13Evelyn's gone.
37:14You can reinstate our scholarships now.
37:16They thought once I left, the
37:17foundation would start paying again.
37:19Even now, they don't get it.
37:21Ending their funding wasn't leverage.
37:23It was my decision.
37:25The Carter Family Foundation already
37:27finalized the termination.
37:29These three private funding awards
37:30can't be reinstated.
37:32She's not even here anymore, so how is
37:34she still controlling our scholarships?
37:35No one's controlling you.
37:39It means no one's paying for you anymore.
37:44The world already came true.
37:46A new donor will show up, too.
37:50I'll go get your next reading ready.
37:54Mason only found out when he saw the
37:56search history.
37:58Chloe looked up the Six of Pentacles
37:59online, and that world card prophecy,
38:02she made that up after overhearing
38:04my travel plans.
38:05My grandma taught me tarot.
38:07I never have to look up card
38:09meetings online.
38:12Mason finally saw it.
38:14Chloe looked up the cards before
38:15every reading.
38:17And even with the proof right there,
38:19Ryan still waited for her excuse.
38:22Didn't you say you never had to
38:23look up the cards online?
38:25Evelyn left that there to set me up.
38:28It's your tablet.
38:29She has money.
38:30She has people in the foundation
38:31helping her.
38:32She could have put anything on my tablet.
38:35The email, the search history,
38:38the reading times,
38:39they all match.
38:41Chloe saw Adrian's campus email,
38:43looked up the Six of Pentacles,
38:45then put the card she'd already
38:46chosen in front of them.
38:48How could Evelyn know when you'd
38:49open your school email?
38:52Why were these two in your bag?
38:55I just didn't think they fit that reading.
38:58She hid the bad cards and laid out the ones they wanted to see.
39:01Even now, with a lie this obvious,
39:04she still thinks they'll cover for her.
39:06Only when they saw that search,
39:08did they finally stop lying to themselves.
39:11Before Chloe ever used tarot cards to hurt me,
39:14she was already learning how to fool them.
39:17So the death card on that mountain road,
39:19you set that up too?
39:23What about the locked room?
39:24And when you said Evelyn would be fine,
39:26that was a lie too?
39:29Answer us.
39:31They finally started questioning the prophecies
39:33they used to trust.
39:35And every answer pointed back
39:37to something they did to me.
39:39Chloe said there was only room for one woman.
39:42So they dumped me in bear country.
39:45Chloe said the tarot cards showed I'd be fine.
39:48So they left me locked in the dark.
39:51Chloe said the cards showed she'd be fine.
39:53Then they tried to make me take the fall
39:55for her DU hit and run.
39:59Which one was real?
40:00I was just scared of losing all of you.
40:02That's not what we asked.
40:03Which prediction was real?
40:06None of them.
40:07I can't read tarot at all.
40:10You lied to us.
40:12You got us to dump Evelyn in the mountains,
40:14lock her in that dark room,
40:16and force her to take the fall for you!
40:18But I didn't do any of it.
40:23All I gave you was a card.
40:25You shoved her out of the car,
40:27locked her in that dark room,
40:28and forced her to go to the police.
40:30If you really cared about her,
40:31how could one card make you keep hurting her?
40:34Every time,
40:35you made that choice yourselves.
40:37Chloe's lies were finally exposed.
40:39And once the tarot cards were gone,
40:41they had to face it.
40:42Everything they did was their own doing.
40:45You're only blaming me because
40:46Evelyn doesn't want you anymore!
40:48Get out!
40:54Without me,
40:55you're never getting her back.
40:56They used those cards to justify hurting me.
40:58Now they're just a reminder
40:59of how they destroyed years of friendship
41:02with their own hands.
41:03Not one card did this to me.
41:05No card locked that door.
41:07They did.
41:08No card made them sacrifice my future.
41:10They just never valued it as much as their own.
41:13After they dumped me,
41:14they had dinner with Chloe,
41:15took pictures,
41:16celebrated being safe,
41:18all night.
41:19Not one of them asked if I was even alive.
41:22This number is no longer in service.
41:24They finally saw through Chloe's lies
41:26and away from them.
41:28For the first time,
41:29I found people who respected my time
41:31and my choices.
41:35When they couldn't reach me,
41:37they went to my apartment.
41:39But I'd already turned in the key
41:41and taken everything that was mine.
41:43When is Evelyn coming back?
41:45Miss Carter moved out.
41:47Someone else lives here now.
41:56When they couldn't find me,
41:57they finally went back
41:58and looked at the photos of Chloe
42:00in my mother's dress.
42:04They didn't forget.
42:06They saw my message.
42:08They just wouldn't stop Chloe's photo shoot for me.
42:16Didn't she say that was the last thing her mother left her?
42:18Back then,
42:19they thought it was just a dress.
42:20Only after they lost me,
42:22did they finally remember
42:23it was all I had left of my mother.
42:25We're going to the spot where they dumped her.
42:27She's not there anymore.
42:29I need to know what happened to her that night.
42:32They went back to that mountain road
42:34and stopped where they threw me out.
42:35Only then,
42:36standing in that dark,
42:38did they understand
42:38it wasn't just a walk home
42:40they left me with.
42:41There was no cell service,
42:43no street lights,
42:44no way to get out of the rain.
42:45Every car that passed
42:46just kept going
42:47and sprayed mud all over me.
42:49She walked out here alone
42:50for two hours that night?
42:51They followed the mountain road
42:53to the nearest ranger station
42:54and showed my picture
42:55to the ranger on duty that night.
42:57Have you seen her?
42:58Yeah.
42:59A few weeks ago,
43:00late at night,
43:01I found her on the side of the road
43:02during patrol.
43:03Of course he remembered me.
43:05I was covered in mud,
43:06my feet were bleeding,
43:06and I almost collapsed
43:08in front of his patrol truck.
43:09Once my phone got service again,
43:11I waited.
43:12Not one of them ever asked
43:13if I was safe.
43:14She kept staring at her phone.
43:16I thought one of you
43:16would have called
43:17to see if she was even alive.
43:19But by the time she left,
43:21no one had called.
43:22They finally figured out
43:24where I went.
43:24By then,
43:25I was already on a new campus
43:27with new friends.
43:28I was doing just fine without them.
43:30We're going to London to find her.
43:32They finally found out
43:34I'd gone to London.
43:35And without my money,
43:38they couldn't even afford
43:40a plane ticket to come after me.
43:43Their families were never well off.
43:46Your tuition's already
43:47more than we can afford.
43:49I can't pay for an international flight
43:51on top of that.
43:56Back then,
43:57I paid their tuition,
43:58housing,
43:59and living expenses.
44:00So a plane ticket
44:01was never a problem.
44:04Every time they got back
44:05from a trip,
44:09they'd hand me the bill.
44:10They thought because I had money,
44:12I should cover everyone.
44:14But this time,
44:16no one was footing the bill.
44:18If they wanted to get to London,
44:21they'd have to earn it themselves for once.
44:25We'll earn the airfare ourselves.
44:28After Ryan lost
44:29his student government post,
44:31he started waiting tables nights.
44:33He cared so much about appearances.
44:35Now he's cleaning up
44:35someone else's spilled wine.
44:37Ethan sold his study equipment
44:39and went back to warehouse work.
44:40The internship he fought
44:41so hard to protect was gone.
44:44Now he could only trade labor
44:46for minimum wage.
44:47I used to drop everything
44:49at the last minute
44:49to clean up their messes.
44:51This time,
44:52I turned in my own work on time.
44:54Some damage doesn't just disappear,
44:56but I won't let what they destroyed
44:57keep running my life.
44:59They worked nonstop,
45:01saving every paycheck for London.
45:02Then right before they made it,
45:04the final housing payment came due.
45:06If we pay housing,
45:07we can't get to London,
45:07then we don't pay it.
45:09We find Evelyn first.
45:11If she comes back,
45:12everything goes back to normal.
45:13To keep the money
45:14for their plane ticks,
45:15they gave up the semester
45:16and lost their student housing.
45:18While you're on leave,
45:20your classes,
45:21campus positions,
45:21and housing are all suspended.
45:25As they were packing up
45:26to leave campus,
45:28Chloe showed up again
45:29with another bill from her lawyer.
45:33My lawyer says we still need
45:35to cover the expert witness fee.
45:37Just help me one more time
45:39and I can stay enrolled.
45:42This is your case,
45:43not ours.
45:46So you'd rather spend
45:47your last dollars
45:48looking for Evelyn
45:49than help me?
45:49We already paid
45:50your legal fees once.
45:52So that's it?
45:53You want her back
45:54so she can keep paying
45:55your tuition?
45:56You don't miss her.
45:58You miss everything
45:59she used to carry for you.
46:00For once,
46:01Chloe hit the part
46:02they least wanted to face.
46:03They regretted it hurting me,
46:05but they still believed
46:06that if they got me back,
46:07they'd get their old life back too.
46:09We'll apologize to her.
46:10And if she doesn't forgive you?
46:12They burned most of their savings
46:14on the three cheapest
46:15round-trip tickets
46:16and five nights
46:17in a cheap motel.
46:19We've only got five days.
46:21What if she won't see us?
46:22Five days is enough.
46:23She'll come back with us.
46:24She just doesn't know
46:25we regret it.
46:27They thought all it would take
46:28was one sari in London
46:29and I'd go back with them.
46:31They still don't get it.
46:32I stopped wanting them
46:33a long time ago.
46:36More than ten hours later,
46:38they got to London.
46:39They'd only booked
46:40the cheapest hotel
46:41for five meets,
46:42but they were sure
46:43they could drag me back
46:44before their flight home.
46:49We're looking for Evelyn Carter.
46:50She's a study abroad student here.
46:52We can't give visitors
46:53a student's class schedule,
46:54address,
46:54or private itinerary.
46:56They knew what school
46:57I was at,
46:57but not my dorm,
46:59classes,
46:59or daily routine.
47:01I'm her boyfriend.
47:02We can't verify that
47:03and we can't release
47:04any information about her.
47:05If she wants to see you,
47:07she can contact
47:07the visitor center herself.
47:09And the school wasn't
47:09about to hand my whereabouts
47:11over to three men
47:11who showed up out of nowhere.
47:13They searched the campus
47:14all day.
47:15One text used to have me
47:16there in seconds.
47:18Now they couldn't
47:18even get to me.
47:20This was taken
47:21at the cafe up ahead.
47:23They looked for me all day.
47:24By the time
47:26they spotted me
47:26through the cafe window,
47:28I was already celebrating
47:29with new friends.
47:36Evelyn!
47:41The next day,
47:43they found my name
47:44on a public campus event listing
47:46and got into the
47:47International Student Research
47:48Showcase
47:49on visitor badges.
47:56While they were busy
47:57believing Chloe's tarot cards,
47:59I kept putting my own plans
48:01on hold to clean up
48:02their messes.
48:03Once I left them,
48:05I finally had time
48:06for myself.
48:08So he's mentally
48:09asked for his own assistant.
48:12They came all the way
48:13to London,
48:14wrecked after losing
48:15their funding.
48:17By then,
48:17I'd already landed
48:18the next project invite
48:20and started a life
48:21where I didn't clean up
48:22anyone else's mess.
48:27Evelyn.
48:30Miss Carter,
48:31do you know these men?
48:35Sorry,
48:35I don't know them.
48:37Sorry,
48:38I don't know them.
48:42I knew them once.
48:43The day they chose Chloe
48:44and kept sacrificing me,
48:46it was over.
48:48Evelyn,
48:48it's me,
48:49Ryan.
48:50I know your name.
48:51I'm your boyfriend.
48:52Not anymore.
48:53If you won't take
48:54the fall for Chloe,
48:55we're done.
48:56We were over the night
48:57he tried to make me
48:57take the fall for Chloe.
48:59Okay.
49:00Ryan just thought
49:01when I said it was over,
49:02it would end like
49:03every other compromise
49:04he got out of me.
49:05I didn't agree
49:06to this breakup.
49:07You don't get to.
49:09What about us?
49:10We grew up together.
49:12Fine.
49:12Don't see Ryan,
49:13but don't pretend
49:14you don't know us.
49:16They still think
49:16all those years
49:17buy them a free pass.
49:19No matter what they did,
49:20all they have to say
49:21is we grew up together
49:22and I'm supposed
49:24to forgive them again.
49:25Friends don't leave me
49:26on a mountain with bears.
49:28They don't lock me
49:29in a dark room
49:30or force me
49:30to take the fall
49:31for someone else.
49:36We came all the way
49:37to London
49:37and you won't even
49:38let us explain?
49:39Coming to London
49:40was your choice.
49:41I never asked you
49:42to come.
49:43The next day,
49:44they were outside
49:45the research building
49:46with all their bags.
49:49Checkout was coming,
49:50their flight home
49:51was in two days,
49:52and they still seemed
49:53to think the mess
49:54they'd chosen
49:55would earn my forgiveness.
49:56We just want to apologize.
50:01We went back
50:02and drove that mountain road again.
50:04About the dress,
50:06we were wrong.
50:07We never should have
50:08locked you in there.
50:10They finally remembered
50:11how dangerous
50:11that road was.
50:13That dress was all
50:15I had left of my mother,
50:16and I was terrified
50:17in that dark room.
50:19But the apologies
50:20only came after
50:21they lost their scholarships
50:22and their futures
50:23started falling apart.
50:25It wasn't until
50:25I signed in that ballroom
50:27and cut off their tuition
50:28and living expenses
50:29that they finally learned
50:31what real loss felt like.
50:33Not until Chloe's lies
50:34blew up.
50:35Did they finally remember
50:36I could be hurt too?
50:39We realized it too late,
50:41but we do regret it.
50:42And if your scholarships
50:43hadn't been canceled,
50:44if Chloe's tarot cards
50:46hadn't been exposed,
50:47would you even be here?
50:50What do you actually regret?
50:52Hurting me?
50:54Or losing everything
50:55I took on for you?
50:57Answer me.
50:59The next day,
51:00Ryan was waiting
51:01outside the library alone.
51:03He wasn't talking
51:04about the scholarship anymore,
51:05just everything he'd spent
51:07to get to London.
51:08I want to talk to you alone.
51:09There's nothing left
51:10to talk about.
51:12I took a leave of absence,
51:14moved out of my dorm,
51:14and spent the last of my money
51:15to come find you.
51:17So?
51:18When he told me
51:19to take the fall for Chloe,
51:21he knew it could cost me
51:22my education
51:23and my future.
51:24He didn't hesitate
51:25for a second.
51:26You gave up one semester
51:27and thought that
51:28was sacrifice enough.
51:29But when you tried
51:30to make me take the fall
51:31for Chloe,
51:32did you ever think
51:33about what it cost me?
51:35I was fooled by her
51:36back then.
51:37She lied about
51:38the tarot cards.
51:39She didn't make you
51:40force me to confess.
51:42I gave him that watch
51:43for his birthday.
51:44He said he'd wear it forever.
51:47What happened
51:47to the watch?
51:49I sold it.
51:50To come to London?
51:51I used it to pay
51:52Chloe's legal fees first.
51:53He sold my gift
51:54to clean up Chloe's mess.
51:56And now he thinks
51:56coming to London
51:57proves he loves me?
51:58It's completely over
51:59between us.
52:00That wasn't your choice.
52:01She just couldn't give you
52:02what you wanted anymore.
52:04Ryan played
52:04the guilt card first.
52:08Then Ethan and Mason
52:09showed up with proof
52:10Chloe had lied to them.
52:11Like that somehow
52:12explained what they did to me.
52:14She looked up every card
52:15before each reading.
52:16The mountain road,
52:17the locked room,
52:18even the hit and run.
52:19She planned all of it.
52:21So what?
52:22Chloe faked
52:23the tarot reading.
52:24Ethan shoved me
52:25out of the car.
52:27Mason shut the door.
52:30She told them
52:31I'd be fine.
52:35But they heard me begging
52:36and left anyway.
52:38She said the tarot cards
52:39said I'd be fine.
52:42But they weren't the ones
52:43asking me to throw away
52:44my future.
52:47If we'd known sooner
52:48she was faking the tarot,
52:49the cards were fake.
52:53But what you did to me
52:54was real.
52:55We'll make it up to you.
52:57I don't need that.
52:59Evelyn,
53:00are you really never
53:01going to forgive us?
53:04Never.
53:05When I first came to London,
53:07it was only for a short-term
53:08study abroad program.
53:10They kept waiting for it to end,
53:12assuming I'd eventually
53:13go back to my old school.
53:15If you accept,
53:16the program will continue
53:17through graduation.
53:19You've also been approved
53:20for the transfer program,
53:21and the university
53:22will keep helping
53:23with your credits and visa.
53:28What's this supposed to mean?
53:29They didn't get the change
53:30of heart they were waiting for.
53:32They got my final decision
53:34to stay in London.
53:35I accepted the long-term program,
53:37and I'm transferring to Westbridge
53:38to finish my degree.
53:40You're not coming back?
53:41I'm not.
53:45We can wait.
53:47We'll wait in London
53:48as long as it takes.
53:49When we get back,
53:51we'll work and cover
53:51our own expenses.
53:52We won't make you pay
53:53for us again.
53:54They'd finally learned
53:56to make their own money,
53:57finally said they didn't need
53:58me to bail them out.
53:59But that was always
54:00their responsibility,
54:02not a bargaining chip
54:03for my forgiveness.
54:05Working,
54:05paying your debts,
54:06supporting yourselves,
54:08that's what you're supposed
54:08to do.
54:09Not to win me over,
54:11and not to get me back.
54:13Then what are we
54:13supposed to do?
54:16Stay out of my life.
54:20There's no place for you
54:21in my future.
54:21I already made myself clear.
54:23I won't forgive them,
54:24and I'm not going back.
54:26But they keep following me,
54:27waiting, begging.
54:29Like if they stay long enough,
54:31I'll change my mind.
54:33Evelyn,
54:34we won't get in the way
54:35of your classes.
54:36You can pretend
54:36we're not even here.
54:37We just want to stay
54:38until you're ready
54:38to see us.
54:40But I don't want
54:40to see you every day.
54:42The first time
54:43they showed up
54:44at my research exhibit,
54:45I had security
54:46remove them.
54:47Now they've followed
54:48me to my building too.
54:51So I did what
54:52I should have done sooner.
54:53Please revoke
54:54their visitor access.
54:56You're having the school
54:57throw us out?
54:58Yes.
55:00The university reviewed
55:02the last two days
55:02of visitor logs.
55:03The three of them
55:04kept stopping me
55:05and following me.
55:07That's enough
55:07to revoke campus access.
55:09Effective immediately,
55:10the three of you
55:11are Baird
55:11from Westbridge University's
55:13academic and residential areas.
55:15We just want to apologize.
55:17Miss Carter
55:18has made it clear
55:18she wants no contact
55:19with any of you.
55:20If you follow her
55:21or try to stop her again,
55:23the university
55:23will contact the police
55:24immediately.
55:25They followed me
55:26from the gala to London.
55:27I kept saying no
55:29and they kept coming.
55:30Because every other time,
55:32I was the one
55:32who went back first.
55:33Are you really
55:34taking it this far?
55:35You never asked yourself
55:36that on the mountain road,
55:37outside that locked room
55:39or in my apartment.
55:40Stop following me.
55:42Next time,
55:43I'm calling the police.
55:47They finally stopped
55:49coming onto campus.
55:50They couldn't follow me anymore.
55:52Their five-day trip
55:53was almost over
55:55and they got nothing
55:56out of me.
56:00My plea hearing's
56:01about to start.
56:02My lawyer said
56:03if I can't pay more,
56:04he's done.
56:05Please,
56:05just help me
56:06one last time.
56:09Chloe's plea hearing
56:10was about to begin
56:11and the school
56:12had already started
56:12expulsion proceedings.
56:14She asked those three
56:15to cover her legal fees again,
56:17but this time,
56:18no one stepped in.
56:20They came in thinking
56:22five days would change
56:23my mind.
56:27They left knowing
56:28my no was never
56:29up for negotiation.
56:33They came to London
56:34sure they could
56:35take me back.
56:36By the time they left,
56:38they finally got it.
56:40I wasn't lost
56:41and I wasn't waiting
56:43for them.
56:45I just didn't want
56:46them anymore.
56:47Chloe plated guilty
56:48to DUE
56:49and hit and run.
56:50She lost her student status
56:52and her license
56:53and she will answer
56:54for the harm she caused.
56:56After that,
56:57Ryan worked his way
56:58through school.
56:59Everything I used
57:00to pay for,
57:01he had to cover himself.
57:03Ethan lost the internship
57:04he wanted most.
57:06He had to start over
57:08in the lowest paying job.
57:10Mason was still out
57:11making deliveries.
57:12Whatever comfort,
57:13status,
57:14and chances they had
57:15ended when I walked away.
57:17In London,
57:18my life didn't stop
57:19just because they were gone.
57:21I didn't wait
57:22for their regret.
57:23I finished my project,
57:25stayed at my new school,
57:27and finally started
57:28living for myself.
57:30You feel us?
57:34Want to see where
57:35this card takes you?
57:37They used tarot cards
57:39to decide who got
57:39left behind.
57:41Then,
57:42after they lost me,
57:43they blamed that deck
57:44for everything.
57:45The cards never made
57:47anyone's choices.
57:48They threw me
57:49out of that car.
57:49I chose not to look back.
57:55I don't need the cards.
57:57My future is mine to choose.