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00:01Last month, the Sterling's lawyer said, I was the real daughter of a billion-dollar family.
00:07The day I moved in, the fake daughter, Mia, ran at me first.
00:10She hugged me, eyes full of tears.
00:13Ellie, I took your place. I'll work like a dog to pay you back.
00:17The next second, she dropped to all fours with a howl.
00:20Hands on the grass, she charged into the garden like a real dog.
00:29She dug up Dad's prized rose garden, barking the whole time.
00:32A guard tried to grab her.
00:34She kicked him across the yard. My brother Ryan rushed in.
00:37She kicked him into a statue. The whole family froze.
00:40Get her off!
00:41It took four maids to pin Mia down, hands covered in mud.
00:45She looked up, makeup ruined, her eyes slowly clearing.
00:49What did I just do?
00:52You said you'd work like a dog to pay me back.
00:55That was a bit too...
00:56Ellie, Mia turns into that the second you walk in.
01:00Did you do this?
01:02I didn't do anything.
01:03Stop playing innocent!
01:05Mia's been a lady her whole life.
01:07Why does she turn into that only around you?
01:11Don't forget why we brought her back.
01:13She's here to marry in Mia's place.
01:15Old Mr. Homthorne's will is clear.
01:18Lucas must marry a sterling daughter.
01:20Scare her off, and the billion dollar deal between our families dies.
01:29But I really didn't do anything.
01:32Mia just...
01:33became like that.
01:34It scared me too.
01:39Do you all just not like me?
01:41If so,
01:42I'll go back to the farm.
01:44I don't want to make you angry.
01:45Mom, Margaret quickly put on a smile and took my hand.
01:51Sweetheart, you're my baby.
01:52How could I not like you?
01:55If I'm lying,
01:56may I kneel in the prayer room and say a hundred prayers?
01:59Ryan came over too.
02:01Right.
02:02I couldn't be happier that you're home.
02:04If I'm lying,
02:05I'll bark like a dog and crawl around the house three times.
02:08My heart went warm.
02:10I was about to say thank you.
02:12Mia's voice came from behind us.
02:13Dad?
02:14Mom?
02:14You do like Ellie better.
02:16You don't want me anymore?
02:18Mom and Ryan turned to explain.
02:21Mia?
02:22Their legs gave out at the same time.
02:24They dropped to their knees.
02:25Mom's face went white.
02:27Her knees moved on their own,
02:28straight towards the prayer room.
02:30Help me!
02:31My legs are moving by themselves!
02:33Ryan was worse.
02:35He raised his hands and started slapping his own face.
02:38Dad, I can't stop!
02:39It hurts!
02:41Dad kicked him over,
02:42and only then did his hands stop.
02:44Ryan lay on the ground,
02:46just catching his breath.
02:47Then he flipped onto all fours,
02:49barking,
02:50and crawled out the door.
02:52He crawled fast,
02:53circling the mansion.
02:55Sir!
02:56The young master is barking and crawling around the house.
02:59The neighbors are all out taking pictures.
03:02Everyone, come with me!
03:03Drag that disgrace back in.
03:06The huge living room held only me and Mia.
03:09She stared at me and stepped closer,
03:11one step at a time.
03:13Ever since you walked in,
03:14this family has had one disaster after another.
03:17You did this, didn't you?
03:19I really didn't do anything.
03:20Just wait.
03:22I'll figure it out sooner or later.
03:30In the prayer room,
03:32Mom was still on her knees,
03:33saying prayers like a machine.
03:35After the hundredth one,
03:37she collapsed,
03:38her forehead red from bowing.
03:40Mia rushed in, crying.
03:41Mom!
03:42This has to be Ellie's doing!
03:45Miss Mia,
03:46you can't say things like that.
03:48God is watching.
03:51If someone were playing tricks,
03:53would he just stand by?
03:55Mia went silent.
03:57Mom stood up against the wall,
03:59fear all over her face,
04:00when she looked at me.
04:01Dad came back,
04:02face black.
04:03Four guards behind him carried Ryan,
04:05covered in mud.
04:06His suit was torn,
04:07his knees bleeding,
04:09his face swollen like a bun.
04:11Barking like a dog in the street.
04:12Do you want all of Citi laughing at this family?
04:16I wanted to stop.
04:17My body wouldn't listen.
04:19Dad rubbed his brow,
04:20looked at me.
04:21Ellie,
04:22you've had a long trip.
04:24Go get some rest.
04:27I was shown to the smallest guest room.
04:30Nothing in it but a bed.
04:32I chewed on the bread I'd brought,
04:33climbed under the covers,
04:35and slept like a baby.
04:37Late that night,
04:38the study next door was holding a meeting.
04:40She's a curse.
04:42The day she came,
04:44this house went mad.
04:46Mom and I act possessed around her.
04:48Something's wrong with her.
04:50Enough.
04:51200 guests are coming to the party in three days.
04:54No one mentions what happened today.
04:57After the party,
04:58we marry her into the Hawthorne family for Mia.
05:02That cast is vicious.
05:04With her around,
05:05that girl will suffer.
05:12Three days later,
05:14the Sterling's welcome party.
05:16Mom put me in a bright dress.
05:19It only made me look thin and sash.
05:21I wore a hat with a black veil over my face.
05:28Dad raised his glass.
05:30This is Ellie,
05:32our eldest daughter,
05:34lost to us 16 years ago.
05:37The guests whispered.
05:39She's from the countryside.
05:40I heard she's a real bumpkin.
05:43A veil?
05:44She must be hiding something.
05:47Mia stood in the crowd and spoke,
05:49soft and sweet.
05:50Beauty?
05:51Ellie looks like a movie star.
05:53She's the true beauty here.
05:55The next second,
05:56my face went hot.
05:57A warm rush spread through me,
05:59straight from the bone.
06:00At the main table,
06:01Lucas,
06:02heir of the Hawthorne family,
06:03sneered over his wine.
06:05Mia,
06:05stop gilding a farm girl.
06:07Her?
06:08A beauty?
06:09Laughter rolled around the hall.
06:13Preston,
06:13the rich playboy,
06:15pounded the table.
06:16If she's really that pretty,
06:18I'll eat my own shoe.
06:20Mia's eyes flicked.
06:22She stumbled towards me on purpose.
06:24Don't be sad, Ellie.
06:26You really are pretty.
06:27She reached out
06:28and tore the veil off my face.
06:29It floated to the floor.
06:31The whole hall went silent.
06:33Every eye went wide.
06:34Lucas' hand stopped
06:36circling his glass.
06:37The cigar fell from Preston's mouth.
06:40Mia stood frozen,
06:42staring up at me,
06:43her face going white.
06:44I touched my cheek,
06:46embarrassed.
06:49Is something wrong?
06:55Oh, my God.
06:56How did the Sterling's eldest daughter
06:58grow a face like that?
07:00She's gorgeous.
07:01I've never seen a face like that
07:02even on a magazine cover.
07:04Lucas sat up straight,
07:06eyes locked on me.
07:08Ryan charged up first
07:09and seized my wrist.
07:10You were dark and ugly before.
07:13You've been playing us
07:14this whole time?
07:16Tears spilled down my face.
07:17I wasn't.
07:18I really wasn't.
07:20The guests couldn't watch anymore.
07:22Ryan, your sister spent
07:23sixteen years surviving out there.
07:25So she hid her looks.
07:27So what?
07:28She's your own sister.
07:30No pity?
07:30And you blame her?
07:32Ryan's face burned red,
07:33then paled.
07:35He let go.
07:37Then someone called out loud.
07:40Preston!
07:41Who was it that said
07:42he'd eat his shoe
07:43if she's pretty?
07:44Every eye turned to him.
07:46Preston sweated
07:47and forced a laugh.
07:49It was a joke.
07:51Lightening the mood.
07:54The shoe's solid leather.
07:56No one can eat that.
07:57I stood there,
07:59thinking to myself.
08:01This man lied.
08:03And he didn't know
08:04that lying to my face
08:05has a price.
08:06The next second,
08:08Preston bent down
08:09and pulled off
08:10his handmade leather shoe.
08:13He opened his mouth
08:14and bit down.
08:16Hard.
08:17Crunch.
08:19Everyone stared
08:20in disbelief.
08:21Tears screamed
08:22down his face.
08:23But his hands
08:25wouldn't stop.
08:26He picked the shoe up
08:28and took another bite.
08:32Guests screamed
08:33and scrambled away.
08:35Bodyguards swarmed in
08:36and dragged him out.
08:42Dad wiped his sweat
08:44and waved the band on.
08:47Mia watched me,
08:49nails digging into her palm.
08:51You just wait, Ellie.
08:53Tonight, I'll humiliate you.
08:55in front of everyone.
08:57She put on a sweet smile
08:59and took my arm.
09:00It's Ellie's big day.
09:02I've prepared a dance for her.
09:04We just need someone
09:05on the piano.
09:06Ellie,
09:06why don't you play?
09:08The guests lit up.
09:10I didn't know Ellie
09:11could play the piano.
09:13Mia smiled sweeter.
09:15Ellie's good at everything.
09:17Music,
09:18art,
09:18all of it.
09:20No,
09:21I really can't play the piano.
09:24Stop being modest.
09:26Mia raised her voice,
09:28smiling around the room.
09:30If that's not knowing,
09:32then my dancing is worse
09:33than a street monkey's.
09:36I was pushed onto the piano,
09:37chench,
09:38hands on the keys.
09:40A flash of light
09:41went off inside my head.
09:43My fingers dropped
09:44and music flowed out like water.
09:47My God,
09:48she's a genius.
09:50Did she really grow up on a farm?
09:52Mia's face changed.
09:54The crowd pushed her
09:56to the center of the floor.
09:57Mia,
09:58your dance has to match
09:59Ellie's piano.
10:00Amid the cheering,
10:01she stiffly struck
10:02her opening pose.
10:04She raised one hand
10:05and her back suddenly bowed.
10:14Mia's back was hunched,
10:15toes pointed,
10:16her hands scratched at her face,
10:18left and right.
10:19She looked exactly like a monkey
10:20in an evening gown.
10:23She hopped around the table twice,
10:25squeaking.
10:26One leap,
10:27and she climbed up
10:28a marble column.
10:29Three moves,
10:30and she hung upside down
10:31from the chandelier.
10:32Her skirt flipped over her face.
10:34The shandier lights rained down.
10:36The guests dodged and laughed.
10:38Mia's dance is certainly unique.
10:40That's a monkey show.
10:42Ryan charged in
10:43to pull her down.
10:47Oh, my back.
10:48Mia squeaked,
10:49jumped and landed on his shoulders.
10:50She ripped off his tie
10:51and tossed it
10:52into the champagne tower.
10:54The piano stopped,
10:55and Mia's body stopped, too.
10:57She was squatting
10:58in front of the fat banker
11:00who'd laughed the loudest,
11:01empty glass in hand.
11:02Miss Mia?
11:03What is this?
11:04Mia said nothing.
11:05You still don't get it?
11:06She wants a tip.
11:07Monkeys love bananas.
11:09Try giving her one.
11:10Someone actually pulled a banana
11:11from the fruit tray
11:12and dropped it in the glass.
11:13Mia's eyes lit up.
11:14She grabbed it,
11:15peeled it,
11:15and stuffed it into her mouth.
11:17Amid the laughter,
11:18Lucas suddenly smiled.
11:19Interesting.
11:19The sterling real daughter
11:20is really interesting.
11:25The party fell apart
11:27in a bad mood.
11:28Mia went home
11:29and smashed half her room.
11:31I don't want to live!
11:32I was a monkey
11:33in front of everyone!
11:34Mom held out water
11:35to calm her.
11:36Sweetheart,
11:37drink a little.
11:38Once your sister marries
11:39into the Hawthorne family
11:40for you,
11:41Cass will grind her down.
11:43Ryan leaned on the doorframe,
11:45sneering.
11:45Cass is no ordinary woman.
11:47MMA champion,
11:48explosive temper.
11:50When Lucas got kidnapped,
11:51she took down
11:52three armed men
11:52all by herself.
11:54A farm girl like Ellie
11:55won't last three months
11:56in that house.
11:57Mia stopped crying
11:58and asked weakly,
11:59But the old Mr. Hawthorne's will
12:00says he must marry
12:01a sterling daughter.
12:02So you swatch me for Ellie
12:04and that's not breaking the will?
12:06Dad walked in and snut.
12:09The will says a sterling daughter.
12:11It doesn't say which one.
12:12Ellie's older than you.
12:13By right,
12:14it should be her anyway.
12:15And Lucas showed interest
12:16in her today.
12:17That makes it even easier.
12:19Early the next morning,
12:20noise in the yard woke me up.
12:22Tessa,
12:22the little maid,
12:23ran in.
12:24Miss,
12:24the Hawthorne family is here.
12:26Trucks,
12:27a dozen of them.
12:28Mr. Lucas sent you gifts.
12:29I ran out to the yard,
12:30a row of black trucks
12:31tied with red ribbons,
12:33lids all open,
12:34jewelry everywhere,
12:35bright enough to hurt eyes.
12:36The steward bowed
12:37to my parents first,
12:38then turned to me.
12:40Miss Ellie,
12:41our master says
12:42he fell for you
12:43at first sight at the party.
12:44He prepared these small gifts.
12:46Please accept them.
12:48Huh.
12:50For me?
12:51Behind the pillar,
12:53Mia clawed at the wall,
12:54eyes red.
13:00Dad couldn't stop greening.
13:02The steward leaned in
13:03and lowered his voice.
13:04Our master wishes to marry
13:05your eldest daughter.
13:06He asks for your blessing.
13:08Mom and dad looked at each other,
13:10delight all over their faces.
13:12Mom faked hesitation.
13:13So soon.
13:15Ellie just came home.
13:16I can't bear to let her go.
13:17Enough.
13:18With sincerity like that,
13:19refusing would be rude.
13:20The steward left,
13:21overjoyed.
13:22Mom took my hand.
13:23Sweetheart,
13:24we've arranged a wonderful
13:25marriage for you.
13:26You'll be the mistress
13:27of the Hawthorne house.
13:30But I just got home.
13:31I want to stay with you
13:32a little longer.
13:33Mom sighed.
13:34Silly girl.
13:35Every daughter marries someday.
13:37Would your parents ever hurt you?
13:38Dad pounded his chest.
13:40Lucas is young and capable,
13:41clean living, loyal.
13:43You'll never suffer
13:43a single wrong in that.
13:45I lowered my head,
13:46twisting the hem of my dress.
13:48Then,
13:49will I get enough to eat there?
13:50Mom blinked.
13:51What?
13:52I've been hungry
13:53ever since I came back.
13:55The cook said girls
13:56have to watch their figure.
13:57If I'll go hungry there too,
13:59I'd rather not marry.
14:01Of course you'll eat.
14:02The Hawthorne house
14:03has everything,
14:03whatever you want.
14:05Eat five meals a day
14:06and no one dares say a word.
14:08My eyes lit up.
14:09Really?
14:11Really.
14:11If that's a lie,
14:13may God strike me dead
14:14with lightning.
14:15Above the courtyard,
14:16thunder rolled
14:17across a clear sky.
14:23Clouds swallowed the sky
14:25in a blink.
14:25Lightning darted through me.
14:27Mom had just reached for Dad
14:29when a bolt came down,
14:30right on top of them.
14:32Dad crashed into the flower bed,
14:34smoke rising off him.
14:35The blast threw Mom
14:37across the lawn,
14:38her hair standing on up.
14:40Ryan came in
14:41carrying a birdcage.
14:42The current traveled up the metal
14:44and into his arm.
14:45Mia ran over screaming.
14:47Dad!
14:48Mom!
14:49Ryan!
14:50The servants were chaos,
14:51carrying everyone inside.
14:53I stood there,
14:55slowly putting the pieces together.
14:57Every lie told to my face
14:58comes true.
14:59A lie that praises me
15:00turns true.
15:01A lie sworn as an oath
15:03comes due on the spot.
15:04They lied to me
15:05then swore false oaths
15:06in front of me.
15:07So the lightning came.
15:09I tiptoed to the bedside,
15:11a little worried.
15:13Dad?
15:13Mom?
15:14Does it hurt?
15:16Mom shut her eyes
15:17and turned away.
15:19Dad waved a weak hand.
15:21We're fine.
15:23What matters is
15:24your engagement to Lucas.
15:26Off to the side,
15:27Mia's eyes suddenly lit up.
15:29She remembered
15:29how I was always hungry.
15:31Hungry, are you, Ellie?
15:34Tonight,
15:34I'll feed you all you can take.
15:41Dinner time.
15:42Mom had a medicated patch
15:44on half her face
15:44and Dad's head
15:45was wrapped in gauze.
15:47Ryan's hands were both
15:48bandaged like mittens.
15:49He could only glare.
15:51Mia carried over
15:51a bowl of onion soup
15:52just for me.
15:53Sister,
15:54the kitchen made this
15:55specially for you.
15:56Try it.
15:58I took it with both hands,
15:59overwhelmed.
16:03I asked quietly,
16:05isn't this soup
16:06a little too fancy for me?
16:08Mia got even more attentive.
16:10Don't worry.
16:11Nothing in it.
16:12Just pure onion soup.
16:14If I'm lying,
16:16may I drink
16:17the whole bowl myself.
16:18I nodded
16:19and lifted my spoon.
16:21Mia's hand shot out,
16:22no longer hers
16:23to control.
16:25She snatched the bowl,
16:26tilted her head back,
16:27and gulped it down
16:28to the last drop.
16:30Mia?
16:31What are you doing?
16:32Only when it was empty
16:34did she come back
16:34to herself.
16:35She burst into tears.
16:38Why am I the one
16:39drinking it?
16:40Her face went white.
16:41She bent over,
16:42hands flying to her stomach.
16:43Ellie!
16:44Ryan glared at me.
16:45What did you do to her?
16:47Mia's body answered
16:49before she could.
16:50One long,
16:51ungodly sound.
16:52The whole dining room
16:53went silent.
16:54She ran for the door
16:55with her legs clamped together
16:57and tripped over
16:57the threshold.
16:58A bump rose on her forehead
17:00and she passed out cold.
17:02Mom screamed.
17:04Mia!
17:05Call the doctor!
17:07The family doctor rushed in,
17:09checked the bowl,
17:10and his face changed.
17:12There's a strong laxative
17:13in this soup.
17:14A large dose.
17:21A laxative?
17:22Ryan's eyes blazed.
17:24His bandaged hand
17:25pointed straight at me.
17:26Ellie!
17:27You're vicious enough
17:28to drug your own sister!
17:30Mia came around,
17:31crying weakly.
17:33Ellie,
17:34why would you hurt me like this?
17:36I backed away again
17:38and again,
17:38waving my hands.
17:40It wasn't me!
17:41It really wasn't!
17:43Mia sobbed
17:44until she couldn't breathe.
17:46That soup passed through
17:47only your hands and mine.
17:49If it wasn't me,
17:51did I drug it
17:52and drink it myself?
17:53Dad's face sank like stone.
17:56Search her room.
17:58The servant searched
17:59and came back.
18:01Sir,
18:02nothing suspicious
18:03in Miss Ellie's room.
18:06So you're all saying
18:07I drugged myself?
18:09Fine.
18:10I'll swear on it.
18:12If I put that drug
18:13in the soup,
18:14may I sit on the toilet
18:16for three days,
18:17unable to stand!
18:19I opened my mouth,
18:21wanting to stop her.
18:22But she spoke too fast.
18:24The words had barely left her.
18:26Mia went white,
18:27clutching her belly,
18:29screaming.
18:30My stomach!
18:32Ah!
18:35She scrambled for the bathroom
18:36on all fours.
18:38For three whole days,
18:39Mia barely left the bathroom.
18:41She'd come out once,
18:42then run back,
18:43holding her stomach.
18:45By the end,
18:46she had no strength left to cry.
18:48Only a thin voice
18:49through the door.
18:51Mom!
18:56On the fourth morning,
18:58Mia came back to life.
18:59A whole size smaller,
19:01face waxy yellow,
19:02legs shaking when she walked.
19:04Mom,
19:05I'm hungry.
19:06Mom's heart broke.
19:07She ordered light food
19:08from the kitchen.
19:09For days after,
19:11the whole family
19:12circled around Mia.
19:13No one had time
19:14to bother me.
19:16Even my meals
19:17got richer.
19:18I looked at the full table
19:19and thought,
19:20moved.
19:21Mom and Dad
19:21loved me after all.
19:23Half a month later,
19:24Dad gathered the family
19:25in the living room.
19:26The Hawthorne family
19:28has set the date.
19:29They come for the wedding
19:30in three days.
19:31Ellie,
19:32your mother has
19:32your dress ready.
19:33I froze.
19:35Three days?
19:37That fast?
19:38Mom took my hand.
19:39Silly girl,
19:40good dates wait for no one.
19:42Mia smiled,
19:43gentle for once.
19:44That's right.
19:45You go in style, sister.
19:47Three days later,
19:48before dawn,
19:49the makeup artist
19:50dragged me out of bed.
19:51The white gown glittered
19:52under the lights.
19:53Outside,
19:54a dozen trucks
19:55loaded the wedding gifts
19:56my parents had prepared for me.
19:58Mia stood to the side,
19:59wrinkling her handkerchief,
20:01sour.
20:02Half of this would be
20:03enough for me someday.
20:04Mom pulled her aside
20:05and whispered,
20:05silly girl,
20:06most of it came from
20:07the Hawthorne family anyway.
20:09The best boxes,
20:10I set them aside for you,
20:11quietly.
20:13Really?
20:14Of course.
20:15Everything of Mom's
20:16will be yours one day anyway.
20:18The words had just left her mouth
20:20when the movers started shouting.
20:22Weird!
20:22Why did these boxes
20:23get so heavy all of a sudden?
20:29Dad frowned
20:30and walked over.
20:31Heavy?
20:31Out of nowhere?
20:32He reached to lift a lid.
20:34Mom grabbed him
20:35and whispered,
20:36the schedule can't slip.
20:38If we open them in public
20:39and people see cheap stuff,
20:40our family loses face.
20:42Then get them moving.
20:44Dad's hands stopped.
20:46The movers gritted their teeth
20:48and loaded box
20:49after heavy box.
20:50The wedding convoy
20:52set off toward
20:52the Hawthorne estate.
20:54I lifted my veil
20:55and peeked out the window.
20:57People lined the road,
20:58phones up.
21:00The Sterler's real daughter
21:01gets married today?
21:02The groom, Lucas,
21:03has had a girlfriend for years.
21:05A fighting champion, no less.
21:07That bride is in
21:08for some suffering.
21:10At the estate,
21:11I had just stepped out
21:12of the car.
21:13A bright, laughing voice
21:15rang down the steps.
21:16So this is the real daughter?
21:18A face like an angel
21:20and she plays the piano?
21:22Lucas,
21:23you're not even going in
21:24to get your bride?
21:25Easy cash.
21:26Then came Lucas' low,
21:28coaxing voice.
21:29You know,
21:29it's the old man's will
21:30forcing this.
21:31I have to marry someone
21:32who put on a show
21:33for the family.
21:34I froze,
21:35then lifted my veil
21:37on the spot.
21:39Mr. Lucas,
21:40didn't you send people
21:41to my house
21:42half a weeks ago?
21:44You said it was love
21:45at first sight,
21:46that you'd marry
21:47no one but me?
21:49The smile froze
21:50on Lucas' face.
21:51The tanned,
21:52athletic woman in his arms
21:53shoved him away.
21:54Lucas,
21:55you lied to me?
22:00Lucas scrambled
22:01to catch her arm.
22:02Cass,
22:03listen to me.
22:04People talk,
22:05it's just rumor.
22:06Cass stepped back
22:07and sneered.
22:09Why so nervous?
22:10I'm just the girlfriend.
22:13Who am I
22:13to ask for explanations?
22:15The old man's will
22:16never had my name
22:17in it,
22:17did it?
22:18Lucas moved in
22:19close again,
22:20his voice going soft.
22:21Stop it.
22:22If it were up to me,
22:24I'd marry you
22:24and only you
22:25for life.
22:27You saved my life.
22:29How could anyone
22:29else fit in my heart?
22:30Cass' face finally
22:31softened a little.
22:32Lucas turned to me
22:33and his face
22:34hardened at once.
22:35Miss Sturtley,
22:36who allowed you
22:37to lift your own veil?
22:38No manners.
22:39Arm-aligned Cass.
22:41He walked past me
22:42into the house.
22:42Don't worry.
22:43She may be the wife
22:44by the will,
22:45but you come first,
22:45always.
22:47Tessa guided me
22:48through cold,
22:49empty hallways.
22:50In my room,
22:51the balloons were crooked.
22:52Two plates of cold pastries
22:54sat on the table.
22:55My stomach groaned.
22:57Tessa went to ask
22:58the butler for hot food.
23:00He didn't even raise
23:01his eyes.
23:02The master won't
23:03be coming tonight.
23:04Kitchen's closed.
23:05There's pastry.
23:05Make do.
23:06It's my lady's
23:07first day in this house.
23:08Is this how you treat
23:09the woman of the house?
23:11The butler scoffed.
23:12Everyone in this estate
23:13answers to Miss Cass.
23:15Everyone.
23:16Stay in your lane
23:17and you'll get hot meals.
23:18Otherwise,
23:19the suffering
23:19has only started.
23:21Tessa was about
23:22to fire back
23:23when a servant
23:24ran in.
23:25My lady!
23:26Mr. and Mrs. Sterling
23:27are here.
23:28They say the gift list
23:29missed a few items.
23:30They've come to add them
23:31in person.
23:33The butler's face
23:34went white as a sheet.
23:40In the front hall,
23:41Dad, Mom,
23:42and Ryan
23:43had all arrived.
23:44They were keeping company
23:45with the mistress
23:46of the Hawthorne family,
23:47Grandpa Eleanor.
23:48She sat in the main seat
23:50with her cane.
23:51Lucas stood to one side.
23:52I bowed politely.
23:54Mom hurried over to me.
23:55Sweetheart,
23:56we worried you wouldn't
23:57settle in on day one.
23:58So we came to look.
24:00Before she finished,
24:01another servant ran in.
24:03Madam,
24:04the lady's gifts
24:04have filled the storeroom.
24:06There are dozens
24:06more boxes in the yard.
24:07Mom and Dad's faces
24:08changed at the same time.
24:10This much?
24:11Grandma Eleanor
24:12raised in brow.
24:14Dad coughed
24:14and jumped in first.
24:16Ellie is the daughter
24:17we searched so hard
24:17to find.
24:18We could hardly short kill her.
24:20Mom's face
24:20was white as paper.
24:22She knew better
24:22than anyone
24:23how those boxes
24:24got heavy.
24:25Outside the story room,
24:27the lid stood half open.
24:28Gold, jewels,
24:29famous paintings,
24:31enough to dazzle the eyes.
24:32Ryan's eyes
24:33nearly popped out.
24:34So these really...
24:36Dad slapped him
24:37on the back
24:38and stole the words
24:38out of his mouth.
24:39Really are all
24:40our gifts to Ellie.
24:42Grandma Eleanor
24:42sighed in admiration.
24:44Mr. Sterling,
24:45you truly spare
24:46nothing for your daughter.
24:48Mom,
24:49you said there were
24:50some things saved for me.
24:51Bring them out now.
24:53Trapped,
24:53Mom slipped the jade bracelet
24:55off her wrist
24:55and onto mine.
24:58This was your grandmother's.
25:00Everything of Mom's
25:01will be yours
25:01one day anyway.
25:03Three more trucks
25:04from the Sterling house,
25:05sent by Mrs. Sterling herself.
25:07The lids opened.
25:08Her private collection.
25:09A full set
25:10of ruby jewelry.
25:12Grandma smiled.
25:13Such a loving mother,
25:15Mrs. Sterling.
25:16Mom held her chest
25:17and squeezed the words
25:18out through her teeth.
25:19My own daughter.
25:20Of course I'd give anything.
25:26Mom,
25:27you're so good to me.
25:28I'll take such good care
25:29of you, I promise.
25:30She stood stiff
25:31and patted my back.
25:33Good.
25:34Good girl.
25:36Dad couldn't hold on
25:37a second longer.
25:38He rose to leave.
25:40It's late.
25:41We should go.
25:42Respect your elders
25:43and hold this family together.
25:44I walked them all the way out,
25:45waving, eyes red.
25:46Inside the car,
25:47Dad finally exploded.
25:49A slap landed
25:50across Mom's face.
25:52You're doing
25:52half our store ruin
25:54your private savings.
25:55All of it stuffed
25:55onto that girl.
25:56Are you trying
25:57to bankrupt the Sterlings?
25:59Mom covered her face
26:01and broke down.
26:02It wasn't me.
26:03I never arranged
26:04the storeroom
26:04and I never sent
26:05my jewelry.
26:07Not you?
26:08The whole family
26:09heard you.
26:10Everything of Mom's
26:11will be yours one day.
26:12The storeroom's empty.
26:13Your savings are gone.
26:14If not you,
26:15then who?
26:17Ryan panicked, too.
26:19Dad,
26:19even if Mom
26:20lost her mind,
26:21she'd never give away
26:21her life savings.
26:23All these strange
26:24things lately,
26:25it's like there's
26:26an invisible hand.
26:27Dad panted,
26:29staring at the
26:30Hawthorne estate
26:30lights through the window.
26:32An invisible hand,
26:33huh?
26:34Just wait.
26:35Once something
26:36happens to her
26:36over there,
26:37all this money
26:38comes back to us.
26:40And at that moment,
26:41in the Hawthorne estate,
26:42someone knocked
26:43on my door.
26:45Lucas was standing
26:46outside.
26:50Lucas stood
26:51with his hands
26:52behind his back,
26:53looking put out.
26:54It's our wedding day,
26:55a formality.
26:56I came to see
26:57if you need anything.
26:59The butler caught on
27:00instantly and slid away.
27:04Tessa hurried over
27:05with two glasses of wine.
27:07Lucas actually sat down
27:08and handed me one.
27:10Drink this,
27:11and we're husband and wife.
27:13I drank it down
27:14obediently and coughed
27:15at the burn.
27:16He reached over
27:17and patted my back,
27:18eyes falling on my face.
27:20His gaze softened,
27:22but Cas's voice
27:24came through the door.
27:25You tucked me
27:26into sleep
27:26so you could go
27:27keep the bride company.
27:29And those ten trucks
27:30of gifts at the Sterlins
27:31two weeks ago,
27:32also you?
27:34Think I'm an idiot,
27:35Lucas?
27:37Sweat beaded
27:38on his forehead.
27:39I sent those
27:40because she's easier
27:41on the eyes
27:41than Mia.
27:43I had to marry
27:43someone anyway.
27:44Might as well pick
27:45a quiet one.
27:46I have never felt
27:47a thing for her.
27:48Not once!
27:49Cas still didn't
27:50believe him.
27:52Lucas threw his hand up
27:53and swore to the sky.
27:55I, Lucas Hawthorne,
27:57swear,
27:57if I ever want
27:58another woman,
27:59may I never be able
27:59to perform again
28:00for the rest of my life.
28:01Cas finally smiled.
28:03She hooked his tie
28:04and glanced sideways
28:05at me.
28:05Hear that, my lady?
28:07Tonight,
28:08you sleep alone.
28:09Lucas let himself
28:10be led away,
28:11step by step.
28:13Night fell.
28:14I was just
28:15drifting off.
28:16From the east wing
28:17of the estate,
28:18came a scream
28:19that tore
28:20the night apart.
28:26Tessa rushed in
28:27with a candle,
28:27her face pale.
28:29Miss,
28:29something's wrong
28:30in the master.
28:32Didn't he go back
28:32with Miss Cas?
28:33What could happen?
28:34They called
28:35several doctors.
28:36Even the old madam
28:37is up.
28:38Quacks!
28:39All of you quacks!
28:40What do you mean
28:40it won't work anymore?
28:41I was perfectly fine
28:42before!
28:43Doctors stumbled out
28:44clutching their bags.
28:46Tessa leaned to my ear
28:47and whispered,
28:49Miss,
28:49by the sound of it,
28:50the master,
28:51he's not able anymore.
28:53She clapped a hand
28:54over her mouth.
28:55Could it be
28:56that oath he swore
28:57at your door tonight?
28:58It came true?
28:59As she spoke,
29:01the door opened.
29:02The old madam came out,
29:03supported by a maid,
29:04and swept a cold look around.
29:06What happened tonight
29:07leaves this house
29:08with anyone
29:09and you'll pack
29:10your bags tomorrow.
29:12The servants
29:13pressed their foreheads
29:14to the floor,
29:15not daring to look up.
29:17Her eyes rose
29:18and landed on me.
29:19She paused
29:20and sighed.
29:21You're here.
29:21Come in then.
29:22There are things
29:22you should know.
29:26The room was a war zone.
29:28Lucas stood by the bed
29:29in a robe,
29:30eyes red.
29:31Cash knelt to one side,
29:33hair a mess.
29:34None of her usual
29:35swagger left.
29:37What is she doing here?
29:38Who let her in?
29:39The moment Lucas saw me,
29:41he flushed red
29:42and slarled.
29:43I shrunk back in fright.
29:46The old madam's cane
29:47struck the floor,
29:48hard.
29:48Enough.
29:49She is your wife.
29:50Where could she possibly
29:51not be allowed?
29:55Lucas didn't dare
29:56talk back to his grandmother.
29:57He turned his face away,
29:59fuming.
29:59The old madam turned to Cass,
30:01voice like ice.
30:02I look the other way
30:03at your usual annex.
30:05But tonight's disgrace?
30:08Have you no shame
30:09left?
30:12I didn't.
30:13He did it
30:14to himself.
30:17If you hadn't
30:18insisted on showing off
30:19on top,
30:20would I be like this?
30:22Cass held her cheek,
30:23staring at him
30:24in disbelief.
30:25You dare hit me,
30:27Lucas?
30:28I dragged your life
30:29back from under
30:30a kidnapper's gun.
30:32You swore you'd love me
30:34alone for the rest
30:34of your life.
30:35Now your body fails you,
30:37and you take it out
30:38on me?
30:39Beat me to death
30:40if you want.
30:41It won't fix the fact
30:42that you'll never
30:43be a man again.
30:45Enough!
30:47The old madam
30:48could barely breathe.
30:49Do you want the entire
30:50estate to hear this?
30:52The room fell dead silent.
30:54She waved Cass away
30:56and looked at Lucas,
30:57exhausted.
31:00We'll try new doctors
31:01tomorrow.
31:02Any more of a scene
31:03and it's the Hawthorne name
31:04in the mud.
31:05Then she turned to me,
31:07her voice going soft.
31:09Ellie,
31:09you've been wrong tonight.
31:10Go rest.
31:11I nodded obediently
31:13and went back to my room.
31:15In the days after,
31:17famous doctors
31:18came in waves.
31:20Lucas's temper
31:20grew worse and worse.
31:22And Cass stopped me
31:23on the gallery walk.
31:30Ellie Sterling.
31:32Cass stared at me,
31:33word by word.
31:34Don't think pushing me out
31:35puts the Hawthorne fortune
31:36in your hands.
31:38If I lose my place,
31:40I'll see you thrown out first.
31:42Three days later,
31:44she marched into my courtyard
31:45with two servants.
31:47My lady,
31:48someone saw you
31:49drug the wedding wine.
31:50No wonder the master
31:51was ruined that very night.
31:53She flicked her eyes
31:54at the servants.
31:55One went into my room
31:56and came out
31:57with a paper packet.
32:00Found it under
32:01the lady's pillow.
32:03At the commotion,
32:04Lucas and the old madam
32:05hurried over.
32:07Cass dropped to her knees
32:08at once,
32:08tears and cries
32:09pouring out.
32:11Madam,
32:12the drug came from her room.
32:13If her conscience is clean,
32:15let her test it
32:15in front of everyone.
32:17The family doctor
32:18took the packet.
32:19One sniff
32:19and his face changed.
32:21This is a potent
32:22controlled drug.
32:23On a man,
32:24it would ruin the room
32:25for good.
32:28Lucas's eyes went red.
32:29He crossed the room
32:31in three steps.
32:32Ellie,
32:33it was you all along.
32:35I shrunk back,
32:36my voice shaking.
32:37I really didn't,
32:39I don't even know
32:39what that drug is.
32:41You say someone
32:42saw her do it?
32:43Who?
32:44The maid fears revenge.
32:46She begged me
32:47not to name her.
32:48But the drug came
32:49from the lady's own room.
32:50What more proof
32:51do you need?
32:52The old madam
32:53stared her down.
32:54How are you so sure
32:55it was her?
32:57What if someone
32:58planted it?
32:59Cass clenched her teeth
33:00and thrust her hand
33:01up to the sky.
33:02Fine!
33:03If I've wronged her,
33:05may my guts rot
33:06and may I die
33:08a bad death.
33:15The words had barely landed.
33:17Cass went white,
33:19clutched her belly
33:19and dropped straight
33:20to the floor.
33:21My stomach!
33:22She rolled on the ground,
33:23screaming.
33:24Everyone froze solid.
33:26The doctor rushed over.
33:27They carried Cass
33:29back to her room.
33:30Needles, medicine,
33:31sweat pouring.
33:32She only got worse.
33:34First the blood,
33:35then the convulsions,
33:36and at last
33:36not even a sound.
33:38The doctor pulled back,
33:39wiping his sweat,
33:40shaking his head.
33:41Her organs are failing.
33:43No medicine can help now.
33:45She has less than
33:46half an hour.
33:47Lucas staggered backward,
33:48his mind gone blank.
33:49The old madam's voice dropped.
33:51What is the meaning of this?
33:53The servant cocayed
33:54over and over in terror.
33:55Madam!
33:56It's punishment from God!
33:58Miss Cass just swore
33:59before everyone
34:00if she wronged the lady,
34:01her guts would rot.
34:02The words left her
34:03mouth and she dropped.
34:04The old madam's face
34:05drained white.
34:07Cass' personal maid
34:08suddenly came crawling out,
34:09sobbing.
34:10Madam!
34:11It was all Miss Cass' plan.
34:13She had me buy the drug
34:14and slip it under
34:15the lady's pillow.
34:16She taught us all
34:17to swear it was
34:17the lady who did it.
34:19Lucas stood frozen,
34:20then snapped his head
34:21toward Cass on the bed.
34:23What else has she
34:24been hiding from me?
34:25Cass' eyes blurred.
34:26Her mouth worked
34:28and worked.
34:28Not one word came out.
34:30Her fingers
34:31gritched the sheets,
34:32then a spray of blood.
34:34Her eyes stayed open
34:35and she was gone.
34:36The doctor announced,
34:38his voice shaking.
34:39Miss Cass
34:40has passed away.
34:46That night,
34:47the old madam
34:48ordered a quiet funeral.
34:50To the world,
34:51it was sudden illness,
34:52nothing more.
34:53Lucas didn't sleep.
34:55The more he thought,
34:56the less it added up.
34:58Cass was harsh,
34:59but she'd never buy a drug
35:00to ruin herself.
35:01And ever since that wife
35:02walked in,
35:03the Hawthorne house
35:04had known nothing
35:05but disaster.
35:06He stared into the night,
35:08his eyes going colder
35:09and colder.
35:10Ellie Sterling,
35:11what exactly are you?
35:13Before dawn,
35:15Lucas drove straight
35:15to the Sterlerts' home.
35:17Richard,
35:17your daughter is more
35:18than my family can stomach.
35:20Take her back.
35:22Dad sipped his coffee,
35:23taking his time.
35:25Mr. Lucas,
35:25what a joke.
35:27The old man's will
35:28is in black and white
35:29and you married
35:29a Sterling daughter.
35:31Want a refund now?
35:34Who was it
35:35that marched
35:35ten trucks of gifts
35:36to my door,
35:37calling it love
35:38at first sight?
35:39Now something goes wrong
35:40and it's our fault?
35:42Sounds like your house
35:43has problems of its own
35:44and you're here to vent.
35:46Lucas went green with rage
35:47and stormed out.
35:50Dad turned to Mom
35:51with a cold smile.
35:53The angrier he gets,
35:54the more he's afraid.
35:56He's a broken man now.
35:57The Hawthorne family
35:58has no other heir.
36:00As long as Ellie
36:01holds the wife's seat,
36:02that fortune carries our name
36:03sooner or later.
36:06He had calculated everything.
36:07He never calculated this.
36:09Lucas left the house,
36:11swung the car around
36:11and drove straight
36:12to Hawthorne headquarters.
36:13Call the board.
36:14Meeting.
36:15Now.
36:16I'll unmask this witch
36:17in front of everyone.
36:24The boardroom.
36:25At the far end
36:26of the long table
36:27sat the head
36:28of the Hawthorne group,
36:29Grandpa Eleanor.
36:30Beside her,
36:31the lawyer named
36:32to execute
36:32old Mr. Hawthorne's will.
36:34Lucas laid it all out.
36:36Voice raw.
36:38Since she walked in,
36:39I've been ruined
36:40and Cass is dead.
36:41The Sterlings knew
36:42she was cursed
36:43and they rushed her
36:43into my arms.
36:45Grandma had the entire
36:46Sterling family
36:47brought in at once.
36:48Me included.
36:50The lawyer read
36:51the will aloud.
36:53The will of Mr. Hawthorne
36:55states,
36:55his grandson Lucas
36:57shall marry a daughter
36:58of the Sterling family.
36:59If the marriage is broken,
37:01all shares and assets
37:02passed to the
37:03Charity Foundation.
37:04Dad shot up,
37:05smiling hard.
37:06We gave you
37:07our own daughter
37:08out of respect
37:09for the old master's wish.
37:11Grandma looked at me
37:12and softened her voice.
37:14Child,
37:14tell the truth.
37:15How did this marriage
37:16come about?
37:17I answered,
37:18honestly and simply.
37:20Mom and Dad said
37:21Mr. Lucas loved me
37:22at first sight
37:23and sent a proposal.
37:25They said I'd eat my full
37:26every day
37:27and no one
37:27would bully me.
37:28So I said yes.
37:30The whole room
37:31bit back laughter.
37:33And after you married in,
37:34how has life treated you?
37:36I thought about it
37:37and answered carefully.
37:39Pretty well.
37:40Grandma is kind to me.
37:41She always sends me
37:42good food.
37:43Except on my wedding night,
37:44my husband drank his glass,
37:45said barely two words,
37:46and Miss Cass called him away.
37:48Not long after,
37:49he went around
37:50telling everyone
37:50he couldn't perform.
37:52Lucas' face
37:53turned purple.
37:54Then Miss Cass said
37:56I was the one
37:56who drugged him.
37:58She swore in front
37:59of everyone
38:00if she wronged me,
38:01her guts would rot.
38:03Then she fell ill
38:04on the spot
38:04and died that night.
38:06The doctor said
38:07it was sudden illness.
38:09None of it
38:09had anything to do
38:10with me.
38:12The boardroom
38:13went dead silent.
38:20Grandma's face
38:21sank to the bottom.
38:22Lucas,
38:24the bride
38:24was your choice.
38:26You abandoned
38:27your wife
38:27on your wedding night,
38:29ruined your own body,
38:30and now you throw
38:31a tantrum
38:31in a boardroom?
38:33Lucas stiffened
38:34his neck
38:34and jerked
38:35a finger at my dad.
38:36Their family knew
38:37she was cursed
38:37and they shoved her
38:38at me on purpose.
38:40Richard,
38:41swear it.
38:42Swear you love
38:43this daughter
38:43with all your heart.
38:44If there's one false word,
38:46may lightning strike you down.
38:47Mom and dad
38:48froze solid,
38:49lips trembling,
38:50not daring to make a sound.
38:52Grandma watched it all,
38:53coldly.
38:53Lucas disrespected
38:55his own marriage.
38:56His inheritance is revoked,
38:57effective today.
38:59Shares frozen.
39:00The Sturleys schemed this marriage.
39:01All cooperation ends now.
39:03Richard,
39:04your board seat ends today.
39:05Dad's legs gave out.
39:06He collapsed into the chair.
39:09Lucas's eyes split with fury.
39:10He pointed at me
39:12and howled.
39:13It's all you,
39:14you witch!
39:15Before the words finished,
39:16blood sprayed from his mouth
39:18and he dropped
39:19like a stone.
39:21Grandma didn't spare him
39:22a glass.
39:23She turned to me,
39:24voice gentle again.
39:25Child,
39:26will you stay with
39:27the Hawthorne family?
39:28I nodded hard.
39:30Grandma is good to me.
39:31I am willing to stay here.
39:33The old woman's eyes
39:34rudging.
39:34She turned her face away.
39:36After the storm,
39:37everything changed.
39:39Dad's name was ruined.
39:40He divorced Mom.
39:42Mia was rushed into marriage
39:43with a supermarket owner
39:44from the Midwest.
39:45She cried for days.
39:47It changed nothing.
39:48Ryan got spat at
39:49wherever he went.
39:50And Grandma brought me
39:51a five-year-old orphan
39:52from the foundation.
39:54The little thing
39:55hid behind the door.
39:56I knelt down
39:57and held out
39:58a piece of cake.
39:59Don't be scared.
40:00From now on,
40:01I'm your Mommy.
40:02No hunger.
40:03No one will ever bully you.
40:06He took a bite
40:07and burst into tears.
40:09Mommy?
40:10You really want to be
40:11my Mommy?
40:13That night,
40:14I had a very long dream.
40:16A woman who looked
40:17exactly like me
40:18stood in a bright light.
40:19She smiled.
40:20You finally got to live
40:21the life I never could.
40:23In my last life,
40:24I married into the Hawthorne family
40:26in Mia's place.
40:27They worked me to death.
40:29I couldn't accept it.
40:30So I made a wish to heaven.
40:32Let everyone who lies to you,
40:34cheats you,
40:35and hurts you
40:36reap what they sow.
40:38Her figure slowly turned to light.
40:41Live well for me.
40:42That's all I ask.
40:44I jolted awake.
40:46In my arms,
40:47my little boy reached up
40:48in his sleep
40:49and touched my face.
40:50Mommy,
40:50why are you crying?
40:52Don't be scared.
40:53I'll protect you from now on.
40:56I held him tighter.
40:57Outside the window,
40:59the moonlight was perfect.
41:00In this life,
41:01there was nothing left to fear.
41:09I'll see you next time.
41:30I'll see you next time.
41:52I'll see you next time.
41:56Bye.
42:13Bye.
42:43Bye.
43:13Bye.
43:43Bye.
44:13Bye.
44:43Bye.
45:13Bye.
45:43Bye.
46:03Bye.
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