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00:00Our neighbor told me,
00:01Come over for dinner sometime.
00:03So I did, every single day, for 13 years.
00:06When I was 10, my teacher told me I wasn't allowed to go home until I finished my homework.
00:11So I stayed at school for three days.
00:13My parents panicked and called the police.
00:14My teacher ended up getting publicly reprimanded by the school.
00:18Afterward, he yelled at me in frustration.
00:20If you can't understand what people mean, then record what they say.
00:23Let everyone hear it and decide whether that's really what I meant.
00:26That part, I understood.
00:27From then on, I carried a voice recorder with me everywhere.
00:31At 18, I was finally found by my wealthy biological family.
00:35Turns out, I was the daughter who had been switched at birth.
00:37When Chloe saw that my bedroom was bigger than hers, her eyes immediately turned red.
00:42Emma is mom and dad's real daughter.
00:44I guess there was never really a place for me in this family.
00:47I'll pack my things and leave.
00:49I'll give everything back to her.
00:50I nodded.
00:51Then I stayed up all night packing 28 boxes for her.
00:54When Ethan found out, he completely lost it.
00:57You're kicking her out?
00:59Fine, then kick me out too.
01:00As long as I'm here, I'm not letting her go through this alone.
01:03I nodded again.
01:04Then I packed Ethan's things too.
01:06I even booked two plane tickets for them to leave town.
01:08The next morning, they stood in their empty rooms and completely lost their minds.
01:12They demanded to know what gave me the right to throw them out.
01:15I stared at them, confused.
01:17Didn't you ask me to send both of you away?
01:22Who said you could touch our stuff?
01:23This is our house.
01:24You don't get to come in here and do whatever you want.
01:26You said to send you away too.
01:28I pulled a small notebook from my pocket and flipped to the page from the night before.
01:32Everything was written down clearly.
01:34Chloe, I'll pack my things and leave.
01:36I'll give everything back to Emma.
01:37Ethan, then kick me out too.
01:39Ethan was so angry that his fingers were shaking.
01:42I was speaking out of anger.
01:43You seriously don't understand that?
01:45I shook my head honestly.
01:46No.
01:47Tears immediately spilled from Chloe's eyes.
01:49She stood there in a white nightgown,
01:51surrounded by scattered clothes and open boxes, looking painfully fragile.
01:55Ethan, don't blame Emma.
01:56She only just came back.
01:58Maybe she still doesn't see us as family yet.
02:00If me leaving would make her feel more comfortable here, then I'll go.
02:05I hurried over to help.
02:07You can't carry that by yourself.
02:09I already called a moving company.
02:10They'll be here at 7.30.
02:12Chloe froze.
02:12Then she started crying even harder.
02:15Ethan looked like he'd just been punched in the face.
02:17For several seconds, he couldn't even speak.
02:19Just then, footsteps came from downstairs.
02:22My biological parents, Luke and Susan, came up the stairs.
02:26What on earth is going on?
02:31What does it look like?
02:32You just brought her back and she's already trying to kick me and Chloe out.
02:36I'm not trying to kick anyone out.
02:38They asked me to send them away.
02:39I was just doing what they said.
02:41After Susan heard what happened, a conflicted look crossed her face.
02:44That's enough.
02:46No one is making you leave.
02:47I've raised you for 18 years.
02:49You'll always have a place in this family.
02:51Chloe buried her face against Susan's shoulder and quietly sobbed.
02:54But Emma doesn't seem to like me.
02:57I don't dislike you.
02:58I explained seriously.
03:00You said you wanted to leave, so I helped you pack.
03:02Ethan said he'd go with you, so I booked the tickets.
03:04I stayed up until 4 in the morning and even paid $600 for the movers.
03:08If that counts as not liking you, then I won't help next time.
03:13Luke, on the other hand, seemed to understand immediately.
03:16He looked at Ethan, his voice turning stern.
03:19Emma just came home.
03:20It's bad enough that you didn't make her feel welcome, but the two of you ganging up on her like
03:24this?
03:24What were you thinking?
03:27Chloe was just scared of losing her family.
03:30What did she do wrong?
03:31Luke's expression darkened.
03:33And what about Emma?
03:34She hasn't seen her biological parents in 18 years.
03:36You don't think she's scared too?
03:39The hallway fell silent.
03:41I'm sorry, Emma.
03:42I shouldn't have said those things last night.
03:44From now on, I'll really treat you like my sister, okay?
03:46I nodded.
03:47Okay.
03:49Then, can you have them bring everything back?
03:52Sure.
03:53But the movers are already on their way.
03:55If I cancel now, there's a $150 cancellation fee,
03:58and the two plane tickets will cost another $600 to refund.
04:02Who's paying for that?
04:03Chloe froze again.
04:04In the end, Ethan paid through gritted teeth.
04:15Emma, why didn't you come over for dinner today?
04:17I saved you some smoked beef.
04:19I'm back at my biological parents' house now.
04:22They live about 800 miles away, so I can't make it back today.
04:25Mrs. Smith went quiet for a couple of seconds.
04:27I was just asking.
04:29I didn't actually expect you to come all the way back.
04:31I know, but you saved food for me.
04:33If I don't eat it, it'll go to waste.
04:36Fine.
04:37I'll eat it for you.
04:38And if they ever make you feel unwelcome over there, come home.
04:41There'll always be a place for you at my table.
04:43Okay.
04:44Thank you, Mrs. Smith.
04:46Mrs. Smith ate the smoked beef she saved for me.
04:53Emma, you really are something.
04:54I wasn't sure why, but it didn't sound like a compliment.
04:58The next day, Susan took me shopping for new clothes.
05:00I'd grown up wearing cheap clothes, so I couldn't understand how a single dress could cost five figures.
05:05While the sales associate packed everything up, I kept staring at the price tags.
05:10Susan thought I didn't like them.
05:12Do you want to pick out a few more?
05:14No.
05:15These should last me 13 years.
05:18After we got home, she took out a pearl brooch.
05:22Grandma gave this to me years ago.
05:24I want you to have it now.
05:25The pearl gleamed beautifully.
05:27Apparently, the pearl brooch was worth over a million dollars.
05:30I didn't dare leave something that expensive lying around, so I went straight to the butler and asked him to
05:35open the safe.
05:36I had him inspect the pearl brooch in front of me, then record the date, item number, and storage location
05:41in the household inventory log.
05:43The butler looked surprised.
05:45Ms. Emma, we're all family here.
05:47There's no need to be this careful.
05:48Anything valuable needs a paper trail.
05:50Mrs. Smith taught me that.
05:52She used to run a small diner and kept track of everything.
05:55Even something as small as a few pounds of potatoes.
05:58She always said,
05:59People forget. Paper doesn't.
06:01That afternoon, Chloe came to see me.
06:03She was holding a diamond necklace and smiling at me as sweetly as ever.
06:11Emma, this necklace would look perfect on you.
06:14Go ahead and wear it.
06:16You're giving it to me?
06:18Of course.
06:19From now on, what's mine is yours.
06:21You can take anything you like.
06:23And I never have to give it back?
06:27Never.
06:28I took the necklace and went straight downstairs to find the butler.
06:32Please put this in the safe, too.
06:36That evening, my family held a welcome party for me.
06:39My necklace!
06:42Everyone turned to look at her.
06:44She frantically searched through her purse, and tears quickly filled her eyes.
06:47That was Ethan's 18th birthday gift to me.
06:50It's worth over a million dollars!
06:52I left it in my room.
06:54How could it just disappear?
06:57Did anyone from outside come into the house today?
07:00Chloe hesitated, then glanced at me.
07:03Emma was the only one who came into my room this afternoon.
07:06But I'm sure she didn't take it.
07:08If she liked it that much, I would have just given it to her.
07:10A ripple went through the guests.
07:14Give it back.
07:18Chloe gave it to me.
07:20So you admit you took it?
07:22Chloe was worried you'd feel out of place, so she kindly showed you around her room,
07:25and you stole her necklace the second her back was turned?
07:30Emma, just because you grew up poor doesn't mean you can come into this family and start stealing things!
07:34Whispers broke out around us.
07:41Mom, don't blame Emma.
07:43She probably just hasn't seen jewelry like this before.
07:48Please bring me the inventory log.
07:56A few minutes later, the butler came back with the necklace and the inventory log.
08:00Everything was written down clearly 3.12pm.
08:03Chloe gave the necklace to me.
08:053.16pm.
08:06The necklace was placed in the safe.
08:08Chloe's face turned pale.
08:10I...
08:11I forgot.
08:11I was genuinely confused.
08:13You forgot giving away something worth over a million dollars,
08:15but you remembered that I went into your room?
08:17Ethan's expression immediately darkened.
08:21Emma, are you saying I framed you on purpose?
08:24I'm not saying that.
08:25I pointed at the log.
08:27The record already makes it pretty clear.
08:33Chloe...
08:34Apologize to Emma.
08:39She just forgot.
08:41Do you really have to keep pushing her like this?
08:43I thought about it seriously.
08:45Luke told her to apologize.
08:47How am I the one pushing her?
08:49This time, he had nothing to say.
08:51After the necklace incident, Chloe behaved herself for a few days.
08:54That weekend, she suddenly suggested throwing a small family gathering for me.
08:58If you make a dessert yourself, everyone will see how much effort you're making.
09:02I had eaten at Mrs. Smith's diner for 13 years,
09:05and I'd spent just as many years helping her wash dishes.
09:08Whenever she got busy, I also helped chop vegetables, serve food, and keep the books.
09:12Mrs. Smith was extremely strict about food safety.
09:15Every finished dish had to have a sample saved.
09:18Different kitchen tools had to be kept separate,
09:20and anyone who touched the ingredients had to be recorded.
09:23I remembered every single rule.
09:25Chloe said she wanted mango mousse.
09:27Is there anything you can't eat?
09:28No.
09:29Any allergies?
09:31No.
09:33Are you sure?
09:34I'm sure.
09:39I bought all the ingredients myself and kept the packaging, receipts, and a full record of the preparation process.
09:46Then I put it in the refrigerator.
09:48At the family gathering, Chloe took two bites of the mousse.
09:51Then she suddenly grabbed her throat and collapsed.
09:53Her breathing turned ragged.
09:55Red welts spread rapidly across her skin.
09:58Ethan scooped her up and rushed her to the hospital.
10:07The test showed that Chloe had suffered a severe allergic reaction to peanuts.
10:20Chloe told you she was severely allergic to peanuts. Why would you put peanuts in her dessert?
10:24I didn't.
10:25Then who else could it have been?
10:26You made the dessert yourself, and she specifically warned you not to use peanuts.
10:32Emma, did Chloe really tell you about the allergy?
10:34No.
10:38Before I made the dessert, I asked her if there was anything she couldn't eat or anything she was allergic
10:41to.
10:41She said no, and she signed the confirmation herself.
10:45Ethan gave a short, humorless laugh.
10:48What does one signature prove?
10:49Maybe you tricked her into signing it.
10:50You're jealous because we care about her, aren't you?
10:52You wanted to hurt her!
10:53I didn't bother arguing.
10:58This was taken from the mousse right after I finished making it.
11:01Have it tested.
11:05Everything I used is here.
11:06No peanuts, no peanut oil, nothing containing peanuts.
11:09Luke immediately had the sample sent out for testing.
11:12The results came back soon after.
11:14There wasn't a trace of peanut in it.
11:17Ethan's face changed instantly.
11:19He rushed back to the hospital to confront Chloe.
11:25She claimed she had simply gotten hungry earlier and eaten a piece of peanut candy.
11:29It's all my fault.
11:30I made everyone misunderstand Emma.
11:36Ethan didn't press her any further.
11:38Instead, he came back and warned me.
11:43Chloe almost died.
11:45Don't bring this up around her and upset her.
11:47I didn't understand.
11:48She almost made everyone think I tried to kill her.
11:50Why can't I talk about it?
11:51She already apologized.
11:53She didn't apologize to me.
11:55Ethan went silent.
11:57Luke's face turned cold.
11:59For the first time, he openly tore into Ethan.
12:02Ethan, do you seriously not know right from right anymore?
12:05Or do you just not care what Emma has been put through?
12:09That night, Grandma asked me to come to her study.
12:12She took my hand and pushed a share transfer agreement across the desk toward me.
12:24After everything you've been through, there's no way I can give you back the 18 years you lost.
12:29All I can do is return what should have been yours in the first place.
12:32The document stated that Grandma intended to transfer 10% of our company shares to me.
12:37Why are you giving this to me?
12:41Because you're the one this family lost.
12:46As I left the study, I saw Chloe standing at the top of the stairs.
12:51I couldn't read her expression.
12:53Before the share transfer was finalized, Grandpa returned from receiving medical treatment overseas.
12:58He had a heart condition and needed medication every day.
13:05Grandpa just got back, and you haven't really had a chance to talk to him yet.
13:08Can you take his medication to him?
13:10You can say hello while you're there.
13:12Did the doctor prepare this?
13:13The family doctor just dropped it off. Grandpa can't miss a dose.
13:17I looked down at the pill organizer.
13:19I didn't want anything to go wrong, so I asked her three times.
13:23Yes, this is the one. Just take it to him exactly like this.
13:27Emma, don't tell me something this simple is too difficult for you.
13:32He had just finished a video call and didn't take it right away.
13:36He told me to leave it on the desk.
13:37Yes, this is the one. Just take it to him exactly like this.
13:39Emma, don't tell me something this simple is too difficult for you.
13:41By the time the ambulance arrived, Grandpa was unconscious.
13:44At the hospital, the doctors found a dangerously high level of heart medication in his system.
13:50The pills in the organizer had also been tampered with.
13:53If he hadn't received treatment in time, he might never have woken up.
13:56Luckily, he was sent here in time.
14:00The security footage outside Grandpa's study was clear.
14:04That night, I was the only person seen entering the room with the pill organizer.
14:08Then one of the house staff found an empty bottle of heart medication in my bedroom.
14:13My fingerprints were on it.
14:14Chloe stood beside Susan, her face completely pale.
14:19Emma, the pills I gave you were just vitamins. Why did you switch them?
14:32You told me those were Grandpa's pills.
14:33Tears immediately filled Chloe's eyes.
14:37No, I didn't.
14:38I was just worried about Grandpa after he came back from overseas, so I asked you to bring him some
14:42vitamins.
14:43Then she suddenly covered her mouth, as if something had just occurred to her.
14:46Emma, were you afraid Grandpa would come back and stop Grandma from giving you those shares, so you-
14:52She didn't finish the sentence. She didn't have to. Everyone in the room understood what she was implying.
14:56The transfer of Grandma's shares to me hadn't been finalized yet, and Grandpa had returned right in the middle of
15:03the process.
15:04If he objected, the whole transfer could be put on hold, which made me look like the person with the
15:09strongest reason to keep him from saying anything.
15:11Emma, what do you have to say for yourself now?
15:14I didn't switch the pills.
15:15The security footage shows you taking them into Grandpa's study. You were the one who delivered them, and the empty
15:19bottle was found in your room.
15:20You really expect me to believe Chloe would risk Grandpa's life just to frame you?
15:23She risked her own life to frame me a few days ago.
15:26Ethan raised his hand. Luke caught his wrist before he could hit me.
15:31Emma, Mom just wants the truth. Did you do this?
15:35No.
15:37Then asked me to cooperate with their investigation. Just then, the hospital called.
15:42Grandpa had survived the emergency treatment, but he was still in critical condition. The entire room went still.
15:48This is all my fault! If I hadn't asked Emma to bring Grandpa those vitamins, none of this would have
15:52happened!
15:54After all this, you're still going to deny it?
16:05When Emma first found out Grandpa was coming back, she asked me if he might object to Grandpa giving her
16:09those shares.
16:09You actually asked that?
16:14Yes.
16:14Then what do you have to say for yourself?
16:16I just wanted to know if I'd have to give the shares back.
16:18Emma, you don't have to explain. I know you were probably just feeling insecure.
16:21Just then, a voice came from the doorway.
16:23Who said Grandpa was against the transfer?
16:24Grandpa's attorney walked in.
16:28Before returning home, Grandpa had already signed written approval for Grandma to transfer 10% of the company's shares to
16:33Emma.
16:33He also made it clear that the transfer didn't need to wait for his return. The paperwork could proceed without
16:38him.
16:39Then why would I need to hurt Grandpa?
16:43I don't know. Maybe Emma didn't know Grandpa had already agreed.
16:46I don't know.
16:47I don't know.
16:48I don't know.
16:49I don't know.
16:49I don't know.
16:49I don't know.
16:51I don't know.
16:52I don't know.
16:53I don't know.
16:55Years ago, my teacher had told me that if I couldn't understand what people really meant,
17:00I should record their exact words and let everyone decide for themselves.
17:03That part, I understood.
17:05So every morning, the first thing I did after waking up was turn on my voice recorder.
17:09I never switched it off.
17:13I'm not making excuses.
17:15Everything Chloe said is right here.
17:19It was from the night before, when Chloe had come into my room and brushed against the corner of the
17:24table.
17:25The doctor prepared these pills for Grandpa. Take them to him exactly like this. He can't miss a dose.
17:28Yes, this is the one. Emma, don't tell me something this simple is too difficult for you.
17:32Chloe's face drained of color.
17:38That's fake! You edited it to frame me!
17:43Keep playing.
17:45I fast forwarded. After I delivered the pills to Grandpa's study, I went back upstairs to change.
17:50The recorder was still inside the pocket of my jacket.
17:53I was in the walk-in closet when Chloe quietly slipped into my bedroom, thinking no one was there.
17:58The recording picked up the sound of drawers opening and closing.
18:02Mom, I put the empty bottle in her room.
18:04Don't worry. Her fingerprints are on it.
18:06I had her open the cap for me earlier and she had no idea what was inside.
18:08The cameras only caught her taking the pills into Grandpa's study.
18:10Once the old bastard's gone, nobody can save her.
18:14But the recording wasn't over.
18:16Then a middle-aged woman's voice came through from the other end of the call.
18:29You insane? I only told you to get rid of that girl.
18:31Who told you to actually drug him?
18:32If I didn't go that far, how else was I supposed to make her leave?
18:35Grandma already gave her the shares.
18:36Once Grandpa came back, the whole family would find out the switch at birth was never an accident.
18:39If they traced us back to you, I'm going down too.
18:41What are you so scared of?
18:43You switched those babies 18 years ago and got away with it.
18:45No one's gonna figure it out now.
18:51I looked up too.
18:52Until that moment, I had always believed the switch at birth had been an accident.
18:57It wasn't.
18:5818 years ago, Chloe's biological mother had been working as a nurse at the hospital.
19:03During a shift change, she deliberately switched our identification bracelets.
19:07She wanted her own daughter to grow up rich.
19:09And after I was taken home by Mr. and Mrs. Black,
19:12my adoptive parents never once suspected I wasn't really theirs.
19:15They didn't have much money, but they did everything they could to raise me.
19:19When I was five, my adoptive father had to leave town for work.
19:22And my adoptive mother was hospitalized.
19:24Mrs. Smith saw me eating the same stale sandwiches every day and casually told me,
19:31Come over for dinner sometime.
19:32So I did.
19:33Every day.
19:34Lunch and dinner.
19:35For 13 years, I had always thought it was just a simple invitation.
19:38I never realized that one polite sentence from Mrs. Smith had helped raise the daughter this family had lost.
19:49You can take the recorder and the recording as evidence.
19:51Please investigate everything according to the law.
19:57Mom, I was scared.
19:58I never meant to hurt Grandpa.
20:00I was just terrified of losing all of you.
20:02That woman made me do it.
20:03She told me that once Emma came back, I'd have nothing left.
20:07You already knew the truth about who you were?
20:16I only found out three years ago.
20:19Then why didn't you tell us?
20:21Because I couldn't bear to lose you.
20:26Ethan, you have to believe me.
20:28I never meant to hurt Grandpa.
20:30That woman told me how much to use.
20:31I thought it would only make him unconscious for a few days.
20:34For the first time, he didn't reach out to help her up.
20:38So the empty bottle in Emma's room, you put it there?
20:42Chloe said nothing.
20:43Her silence was answer enough.
20:44When the police took her away, she suddenly turned back and glared at me.
20:48In that moment, every trace of weakness and innocence disappeared from her face.
20:52All that was left was hatred.
20:53Emma, why did you have to come back?
20:55I didn't understand why she was asking me that.
20:57I didn't choose to come back.
21:00They found me.
21:05What Chloe did was wrong.
21:06No one's denying that.
21:07But she was still raised in this family for 18 years.
21:10Emma, you're back now.
21:11You have the shares.
21:12Grandpa survived.
21:13Maybe it's time to let some of this go.
21:22What exactly do you mean by let it go?
21:25I mean, we're family.
21:27There's no reason to take things this far.
21:30When Chloe switched grandpa's medication, wasn't grandpa family too?
21:33That's not what I meant.
21:34Then what did you mean?
21:36I'm saying she's young.
21:37She made a stupid mistake.
21:39So at 18, you can drug someone, but at 19, you're suddenly old enough to be responsible for it?
21:44Why do you have to be so aggressive?
21:46I'm just asking questions.
21:50You just said you wanted me to stop pursuing this, right?
21:53That's not what we said.
21:56Then what did you say?
21:58No one answered.
22:00That's okay.
22:01If you're worried I misunderstood, you can write it down.
22:03Anyone who thinks Chloe poisoning grandpa and framing me should just be forgotten can sign your name here.
22:08Then if grandpa asks later, I can tell him exactly whose idea it was.
22:12Today, no one was willing to put their name behind Let It Go.
22:19We found something in Chloe's room.
22:35After Emma came back, I finally realized I was never really part of this family.
22:39She's their real daughter.
22:41Everything I had should have belonged to her in the first place.
22:44If I ever disappear, I hope mom and dad won't blame Emma.
22:47Ethan stood nearby in silence for a long time.
22:50It sounds like Chloe was under a lot of pressure back then.
22:53Emma, did something else happen between the two of you?
22:56No.
22:57But she wrote all of this.
22:59I didn't argue.
23:00Check her computer again.
23:01Look at the browser history and the file records.
23:04They found that the suicide note had actually been created three months earlier.
23:08They also found searches for heart medication dosages, security camera blind spots, and ways to plant fingerprints.
23:14Where was I three months ago?
23:19Luke answered.
23:20You were still back in your hometown.
23:22The officer continued.
23:23And based on the file creation date, the family hadn't even officially confirmed Emma's identity yet.
23:29I looked over the suicide note again.
23:31But at that point, I didn't even know anyone was looking for me.
23:39So I didn't drive her to leave?
23:41She had already decided how she was going to make it look like I did before I ever came back.
23:48Chloe wrote the story of how I ruined her life three months before she met me.
23:52At the time, I didn't even know she existed.
23:55Chloe's biological mother, Linda, was arrested soon afterward.
23:58The police discovered that Chloe had been sending her money every month to make sure she stayed away and never
24:03showed up.
24:04When Ethan learned the full truth, he locked himself in his room for an entire day.
24:08The next morning, he came to see me at the hospital.
24:12Emma, I'm sorry.
24:16Why are you apologizing?
24:18Because I was wrong about everything before.
24:20I shouldn't have blindly trusted Chloe, and I shouldn't have kept hurting you because of it.
24:25You believed her because you lived with her for 18 years.
24:28Ethan seemed to relax a little.
24:29I'm glad you understand.
24:30I understand.
24:33But I haven't forgiven you.
24:34His expression froze.
24:36You accused me of stealing.
24:37You tried to hit me.
24:39You said I deliberately triggered Chloe's allergy.
24:42You even accused me of trying to kill Grandpa.
24:45Not once did you actually investigate it first.
24:47You just assumed I was worse than her because I grew up poor.
24:50The color slowly drained from Ethan's face.
24:52I'll make it up to you.
24:54How?
24:54He went silent.
24:56Mrs. Smith always says that if you break something of someone's, you either replace it or pay for it.
25:00But some things can't be replaced.
25:02And some things don't have a price.
25:04So for now, you still owe me.
25:06After Grandpa woke up and learned the whole truth, he never asked me to forgive anyone.
25:11He only told his attorney to finish the share transfer as soon as possible.
25:14Susan, meanwhile, stayed outside his hospital room every day.
25:17She wanted to talk to me, but she never seemed brave enough to come too close.
25:22Emma.
25:23These are pictures from when I was pregnant with you.
25:30Every single thing had been prepared for me.
25:32But in the end, another child got to use them all.
25:39She took it, her voice trembling.
25:42Could you call me mom? Just once?
25:45Not yet.
25:50When I really want to call you that, I will.
25:52I didn't like lying.
25:53And I didn't know how to use a single word to pretend 18 missing years had never happened.
25:58After Chloe was taken into custody, more and more of what she had done in the past came to light.
26:03She had known since she was 16 that she wasn't biologically related to the family.
26:07Back then, she secretly read the DNA test Grandpa had commissioned through a private agency.
26:12But instead of telling anyone the truth, she found Linda and asked her to track me down.
26:16Not because she wanted to bring me home.
26:18She just wanted to make sure my life was miserable enough.
26:21On says she learned that I was living in a small town, that my adoptive father had passed away, and
26:26that my adoptive mother had been sick for years.
26:28She finally relaxed.
26:30Later, when Grandpa hired someone to investigate again, Chloe panicked that the truth might come out.
26:35So she deliberately deleted the emails from the search agency.
26:38If Grandma hadn't accidentally noticed something wrong in the old birth records, I might never have been found.
26:43I thought that was the end of Chloe's secrets.
26:46I was wrong.
26:49Chloe had left behind one more problem.
26:51And this one involved our company's money.
26:58That's an interesting dress, Emma.
26:59I looked down at it.
27:00What's interesting about it?
27:02She smiled.
27:02It's just very simple.
27:04You don't see many people wearing that style anymore.
27:07It wasn't cheap.
27:10How much was it?
27:12$18,000?
27:13I answered.
27:15Well, money isn't really the point.
27:17Some things, like class, can't be bought with a few expensive dresses.
27:21What does class mean?
27:23It's something you developed growing up.
27:26What exactly?
27:27She grew irritated.
27:30Things like piano, ballet, proper etiquette.
27:32Surely you learned at least one of those?
27:35I know how to wash dishes.
27:36The room went quiet.
27:38I can chop vegetables, keep the books, and check supplier invoice.
27:42I make a pretty decent smoked beef sandwich, too.
27:45The woman looked pleased with herself, like she had finally proven her point.
27:54I'm sorry.
27:56This is wrong.
27:57The event manager blinked.
27:58Where?
28:01These three bottles of wine were charged twice.
28:04And the service fee is already included in the contract, so it shouldn't be added again.
28:09A few minutes later, he came back looking embarrassed.
28:11You're right.
28:13We overcharged you by $12,600.
28:16Everyone who had been laughing earlier went quiet.
28:23So can class tell when a bill is wrong?
28:33You really are a notebook freak.
28:41We found something involving Chloe.
28:43She set up a scholarship program for underprivileged kids in the name of charity, and a large amount of money
28:48appears to be missing.
28:53Who approved it?
28:55She never had the authority to move that kind of money.
28:59The finance employee hesitated.
29:01Well, you might want to look at this first.
29:04He handed Luke a stack of approval forms.
29:11Emma, come take a look at this with me.
29:19Over the past three years, the scholarship program had spent more than $20 million, but less than $3 million had
29:26actually reached the children it was supposed to help.
29:28The rest had been funneled to companies before ending up in Linda's account.
29:33Ethan's signature appeared on some of the approval forms, too.
29:36He hadn't known the money was being stolen, but he had never bothered to read the paperwork carefully.
29:41Whenever Chloe brought him something to sign, she would pout and say,
29:46Luke immediately suspended Ethan from all of his duties.
29:50Then he ordered him to start over from an entry-level position at our company.
29:54You signed your name without even reading the documents.
29:57Today, you let Chloe move $20 million right under your nose.
30:02Tomorrow, you could destroy this entire company.
30:06Emma may take everything literally, but at least she checks the facts.
30:09You think you're smart, but you don't even understand the most basic thing about responsibility.
30:17Ethan didn't argue.
30:18The scholarship program involved a huge number of transactions.
30:21The finance team spent an entire day going through the records, but there was still more than $300,000 that
30:28no one could account for.
30:33These were reimbursed twice.
30:39But the dates are different, and the amounts aren't even the same.
30:44How did you notice?
30:49The receipt numbers are consecutive.
30:57Same restaurant, same receipt book, but they were submitted for reimbursement across seven different months.
31:07And the signatures all have the exact same slant and spacing.
31:11When I was little, I ate at Mrs. Smith's house every day.
31:15At first, she treated it like she was just setting out one extra plate, but I didn't think I should
31:19eat for free.
31:20So every time I had a meal there, I wrote it down in my notebook.
31:23Once I was old enough to wash dishes, I counted each load as $1.
31:27When I could help chop vegetables, I counted each crate as $3.
31:31Later, I started helping Mrs. Smith keep the books and check supplier invoices and receipts.
31:36Over 13 years, I filled 47 notebooks.
31:39Mrs. Smith always laughed and said that when she told me to come over for dinner sometime, she had only
31:44meant it as a polite invitation.
31:45But she never once told me to stop coming, and I never let a single entry in those books become
31:51unclear.
32:00Following the trail from those 17 receipts, our company uncovered a shell company called Linoe Dining.
32:06Lin came from Lin.oe came from Chloe.
32:08That company had been used to funnel money out of the scholarship program.
32:11Once the police secured the evidence, the related accounts were frozen.
32:15When Chloe found out, she finally broke down completely.
32:29You already got your parents back! You got the shares too!
32:37Why?! Why can't you just leave me alone?!
32:48I'm not the one refusing to let this go. The numbers still don't add up.
32:57We're still sisters!
33:00Do you really not care about me at all?
33:10We've known each other for less than two months.
33:12If I pay the money back, will you forgive me?
33:16You have to return the money because it was never yours.
33:19That has nothing to do with whether I forgive you.
33:22In the end, Chloe was held legally responsible for everything she had done, including assaults, framing me, and helping steal
33:29money from the scholarship program.
33:31Linda also faced the consequences of her actions.
33:34During the case, neither grandpa nor grandma spoke up for Chloe.
33:38Susan went to see her once. When she came back, she sat in the car for a long time before
33:42coming inside.
33:44She asked me if the 18 years I raised her meant nothing.
33:48What did you say?
33:52The love I had for her was real.
33:55But so was the hurt she caused.
33:59It was the first honest thing she'd said since I came home.
34:02Feelings don't erase facts, and tears don't undo the harm someone caused.
34:06Ethan cooperated fully with the investigation, and used his own assets to cover the losses from the scholarship program.
34:12He wasn't criminally charged, but he stepped down from his management position at our company.
34:17After that, he really did start over from the bottom.
34:20Every document that crossed his desk, he read line by line.
34:23He never signed anything blindly again.
34:25As for me, I didn't join our company right away.
34:28The first thing I did after receiving my dividends, was go back to the small town, where I had spent
34:33the first 18 years of my life.
34:41I arrived Mrs. Smith's home. She was standing at the stove, slow cooking a pot of beef.
34:46So you finally remembered your way back.
34:51That smoked beef I ate for you last time nearly finished me.
34:55I set all 47 of my old notebooks on the table.
34:59Mrs. Smith, I'm here to settle what I owe you for all those meals.
35:10You washed dishes for me for 13 years and kept my books for just as long?
35:15I never even paid you.
35:18So who owes who? That's still up for debate.
35:23It needs to be settled.
35:25It can't be.
35:27It can.
35:34Eat first. We'll argue about the math later.
35:38But this time, I suddenly realized that maybe not everything needed to be spelled out perfectly.
35:43When Mrs. Smith told me to come over for dinner, what she really meant was that she couldn't stand to
35:47see me go hungry.
35:48My adoptive parents told me they would always treat me like their own daughter.
35:52They kept that promise until the day they died.
35:55Grandma told me she would return what should have been mine.
35:58And she did.
35:59Maybe I wasn't incapable of understanding what people meant.
36:02I just refused to take someone's cruelty and pretend it was kindness.
36:12Three years later, I officially joined Luke's company.
36:15I still wasn't good with pretty words.
36:17And I still couldn't read all the hidden meanings people tucked into what they said.
36:21And I remembered every promise people made out loud.
36:24Some people said I was too literal to be good at business.
36:27Grandpa disagreed.
36:28He said the company needed more people like me.
36:30Five years after I joined, I took over the company's charity fund.
36:33By then, all the money Chloe had stolen had already been recovered.
36:37And the children whose support had once been cut off were back in school.
36:41Ethan came to see me one day.
36:43They were the same tickets I had booked for him and Chloe when I first came home.
36:50Emma, back then, when I told you to kick me out too, why did you actually book the tickets?
36:56Because you told me to.
36:59He was quiet for a moment.
37:03Then what if I tell you now that I want a chance to be your brother?
37:06I looked at him for a while.
37:07You can try.
37:08His eyes immediately lit up.
37:13But whether you're any good at it depends on what you do from now on.
37:18He gave a bitter little smile and nodded.
37:22Fair enough.
37:23Susan, meanwhile, waited for five full years.
37:33That Christmas, I went home for dinner.
37:36Every single dish was something she had asked me about beforehand, just to make sure I would actually like it.
37:41She even remembered which foods I didn't like too salty and which ones I preferred without sauce.
37:46During dinner, she barely touched her own food.
37:49She kept watching me quietly, as if making sure I was comfortable.
37:57This time, she didn't ask me to call her mom.
37:59She didn't ask whether I had forgiven her either.
38:13Mom, it's cold out here.
38:15Go back inside.
38:22This time, she didn't hug me.
38:24She didn't rush over or ask me to say it again.
38:41All these years, I had never turned it off.
38:44It had captured people's lies, cruelty, and hidden intentions.
38:47It had also helped prove my innocence when no one believed me.
38:50For a long time, I thought every important word needed evidence.
38:54Every promise needed to be recorded.
38:56Every sentence needed proof.
39:01Some promises need to be recorded.
39:03Some things are real enough that you don't need proof.
39:05End of season one.