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the young woman's life was turned upside
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down when she read the note on the back
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of an ultrasound photo she found in her
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suitcase this photo is our secret only
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he must never know there was no
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signature but she recognized the writing
0:17
it was her grandfather Richard's
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handwriting morning on the Pacific coast
0:21
carried the smell of seaweed on the wind
0:24
emily was reading a book in the backyard
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of the old house where she and her
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mother Laura were staying but that
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morning neither the pages of the book
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were meaningful nor the breeze of the
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wind was soothing because there was a
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gnawing feeling inside
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Emily months before they had received
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the news of the death of Adam the man
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she knew as her father a Marine who had
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served in the Marines for years her
0:50
mother had cried for days and her
0:52
grandfather Richard had fallen silent
0:55
but that silence was like a scream
0:57
ringing in Emily's ears ever since she
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was little something about her family
1:02
had always seemed strange to her the
1:05
strange closeness between her mother and
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grandfather had become more and more
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years it wasn't just a familial warmth
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it was like a secret from their past
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that morning Emily was rumaging through
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old things in the attic when she found
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an elegant box in a dusty
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suitcase inside was an ultrasound photo
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the sentence written on the back of the
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photo pierced her heart this photo is
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our secret he must never know she
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recognized the writing it was her
1:40
grandfather Richard's handwriting she
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put the photo in her bag with trembling
1:44
hands that evening her mother and
1:46
grandfather would sit together in the
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living room as usual emily was
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determined to eaves drop for the first
1:52
time in years the conversations coming
1:55
through the doorway began to burn inside
1:58
her sometimes I think Laura said "I
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don't know how I managed it i got
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pregnant by his father but I made him
2:06
think the child was his own." Richard
2:08
bowed his head that's what we did to my
2:11
son but what could we do Laura you were
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alone and so was I everything happened
2:18
by itself it didn't happen by itself
2:22
Laura said we cheated him in the worst
2:25
way emily couldn't hear anymore her ears
2:28
were buzzing the Adam she had thought
2:31
was her father all these years was
2:33
actually her brother her mother had been
2:35
with his grandfather and had given birth
2:37
to Emily emily's real father was the man
2:41
she thought was her grandfather her
2:43
mother had kept this terrible secret for
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years nothing would ever be the same
2:49
again the world inside emily had
2:53
collapsed but there was only one thing
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rising from beneath the rubble anger
2:58
emily slept all that night with her eyes
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fixed on the ceiling her bed felt frozen
3:03
her whole life had been a lie the man
3:06
she called my father was her brother her
3:09
real father was the man she thought was
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her grandfather her mother was the
3:14
architect of this terrible secret tears
3:17
silently rolled down her
3:19
cheeks but these tears were more anger
3:21
than pain something was boiling under
3:24
her skin she could not pass such a great
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silence in the morning the house was
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quiet her mother was making coffee and
3:35
her grandfather was at the kitchen table
3:38
emily came down the stairs as if nothing
3:40
had happened she had a black eye but she
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tried to smile her eyes fell straight
3:45
into her mother's laura immediately
3:48
recognized the darkness in her
3:49
daughter's gaze but didn't dare to bring
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it up "i'm going out for a bit today i
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need to clear my head," Emily said her
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careful." Emily went to the beach first
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thing when she left the house she took
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off her shoes and started walking on the
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beach the waves crashed against her
4:10
ankles and the coolness of the sea
4:12
soothed her she took out her ultrasound
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photo from her pocket she sat on the
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sand he looked at the photo "this is
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me," he said to himself "but nothing is
4:24
mine." He took out his cell phone his
4:28
fingers reached for the screen to write
4:30
to Adam the man he knew as his father
4:32
but who was really his brother but he
4:35
couldn't even if he did he wouldn't get
4:38
an answer because Adam had died in the
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line of duty three months ago his throat
4:44
tightened as he thought about it adam
4:47
had proudly served his family all his
4:49
life but unknowingly he had suffered the
4:52
ultimate betrayal he had even left Emily
4:55
a letter before he died he folded it up
4:58
and put it in his wallet and read it
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again my dearest daughter no matter
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where life throws you don't forget who
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you are we are a strong family i will
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always protect you save me a place in
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your heart i will always be by your side
5:15
emily crumpled the letter in her hands
5:18
you are my brother and I could never
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protect you she wiped her tears in that
5:24
moment a decision was born inside her
5:26
she would not live with these lies those
5:29
who told this disgusting truth would pay
5:32
the price when she returned home that
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evening her eyes glowed with darkness
5:37
her mother was in the living room
5:39
watching television her grandfather was
5:41
on the balcony emily went up to her room
5:44
and opened her computer she searched for
5:47
private yacht charter the sea would be
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plan the secret they had kept for years
5:54
would now be buried forever in the
5:56
deepest part of the ocean
5:58
the next morning during breakfast he
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spoke in a voice that did not tremble i
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have a surprise for you i've planned a
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vacation a little time away will do us
6:08
all good his mother looked up really
6:12
what a nice thought grandfather smiled
6:16
leaving tomorrow morning Emily said pack
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leaving that night Emily sat alone in
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her room she double-checked the route
6:26
she had planned on the map the boat
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would take them to the middle of the
6:29
ocean there they would be alone and
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end the day had not yet dawned emily
6:38
came out in front of the house dragging
6:39
her suitcase her mother Laura had put on
6:43
a light makeup there was a joy in her
6:45
eyes that hadn't been seen for a long
6:47
time her grandfather Richard wore an old
6:50
but clean linen shirt before getting
6:54
into the car he turned to Emily and
6:57
smiled thank you for this surprise
7:00
sweetheart emily nodded there was no
7:03
sparkle in her eyes no answer only
7:07
emptiness the storm she carried inside
7:09
her grew bigger by the hour the harbor
7:12
was quiet in the early morning the boats
7:14
in the marina were asleep emily took
7:17
them to the private boat she had rented
7:19
earlier the boat was medium-sized from
7:22
the outside it looked like an ordinary
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cruising boat but it was well equipped
7:27
the captain was nowhere to be seen
7:29
because it was a private charter the use
7:32
was left entirely to them emily had
7:35
learned to sail a couple of times before
7:37
in secret with an instructor she had
7:40
done it just for this day when they went
7:42
out to see her mother sunbathed in the
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front of the boat richard sat near the
7:48
helm emily watched them out of the
7:49
corner of her eye the silence brought
7:52
out more of all the voices inside her
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"is everything all right?" her
7:56
grandfather asked "of course," Emily
7:59
said without turning her head laura
8:02
called from behind "this feels really
8:05
good i haven't breathed in so long maybe
8:08
this trip will be the beginning for us."
8:10
"It will be the end," Emily thought the
8:13
weight on her back felt a little lighter
8:15
in the middle of the sea but it was only
8:18
temporary the real burden should have
8:20
been for the two of them to carry but
8:23
they had committed the greatest crime of
8:25
all by keeping this secret for so many
8:27
years instead of stroking their heads
8:30
Emily was determined to give them up to
8:35
ocean hours passed the horizon had
8:39
disappeared leaving only a blue void the
8:42
boat had reached the coordinates she had
8:43
planned this area was generally free of
8:46
ship traffic communication was poor
8:49
everything was ready emily stabilized
8:52
the rudder then she went below to the
8:55
engine room she checked the area where
8:57
she had placed a small but effective
9:00
device she hadn't made this device
9:02
herself she had used her money to buy it
9:05
from someone quiet and
9:07
unsuspecting he put the remote trigger
9:09
in his pocket and returned to the deck
9:12
laura was looking out to see emily she
9:15
said he would have been proud of you
9:18
Adam he was always there for you emily
9:22
came up behind her mother he was your
9:24
son laura paused for a moment she turned
9:28
her head her eyes met Emily's what do
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you mean emily didn't look
9:35
away he was your son i thought he was my
9:38
father but you gave birth to me as his
9:40
brother laura's face suddenly turned
9:42
white her lips trembled how did you How
9:48
out emily's eyes welled up but her voice
9:52
remained calm i know everything you've
9:55
been hiding it's too late this vacation
9:58
will not turn into your paradise her
10:03
grandfather froze in place emily please
10:07
don't do this we made a mistake
10:11
but Emily took the remote control out of
10:14
her pocket its red light was blinking
10:17
she took a step back you buried your
10:20
father in the ocean i buried you and she
10:24
pressed the button there was no big
10:26
explosion but the bottom of the boat
10:28
suddenly cracked water began to fill the
10:31
engine room the boat shook there were
10:34
shouts of panic emily went into the
10:36
small compartment where the spare boat
10:38
was she put on her life jacket and
10:45
behind her her mother's scream and her
10:48
grandfather's call for help echoed but
10:52
Emily didn't look back as the boat moved
10:54
away the hull of the boat was sinking
10:57
into the water that moment when they
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would never surface again faded into the
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silence of revenge emily was alone in
11:06
the motorboat only the last echo of
11:09
screams and the silence swallowed by the
11:11
water remained the horizon was blurred
11:14
neither the sky nor the sea gave her any
11:17
direction he thought it was all over but
11:20
in fact it was only the
11:24
beginning the boat reached the marina
11:26
where the private boat he had rented was
11:28
morowed in a few hours he was tired but
11:31
quiet there was no panic on his face the
11:34
only thing she held tightly in her hand
11:36
was an old necklace her mother had given
11:39
her as a child a symbol of a childhood
11:42
with no memory left in
11:44
it when she arrived at the station she
11:47
nodded to the woman in
11:49
charge there was a technical malfunction
11:51
she said i had to stay outside luckily I
11:55
was able to get back the attendant was
11:57
not aware of anything she smiled
12:00
completed a few formal procedures and
12:03
wished Emily a good day it shouldn't
12:05
have been so easy but such was the world
12:08
when the one who knew the truth was dead
12:13
on emily didn't go home she went to the
12:17
airport no one called or asked their
12:21
deaths wouldn't surprise anyone because
12:23
they were on vacation and the fact that
12:26
they didn't come back would only be
12:28
recorded as an unfortunate
12:30
accident as he boarded his flight a
12:33
strange uneasiness came over him the
12:36
ticket in his hand was taking him across
12:38
the ocean not to where he thought he was
12:40
born but to where he belonged but it was
12:44
unclear whether he would find peace
12:45
there too as he waited in line at
12:48
passport control his eye caught the
12:50
sailor doll of the little boy in front
12:54
the doll was wearing a blue uniform
12:57
emily turned her head the knot in her
13:00
throat suddenly tightened that man the
13:04
one she'd put at the center of her life
13:07
the man she thought was her real
13:10
father turns out he was just a victim
13:13
her brother and he died too young to
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ever be a father he closed his eyes as
13:19
the plane took off in his ears there was
13:22
still the silence before the explosion
13:24
the muffled sound of the water slowly
13:26
swallowing the boat he remembered not
13:29
looking back for the last time maybe
13:31
that was why she regretted it emily was
13:34
about to create a new identity for
13:37
herself when she arrived in America she
13:40
first decided to stay in a hotel for a
13:42
short time she didn't want to go back to
13:44
her old address because it too was now a
13:48
rotten wall of lies his mother had told
13:52
him that his father had sacrificed his
13:53
life in the line of duty but in fact it
13:57
was a betrayed son who had sacrificed
13:59
his life for a week he spoke to no one
14:03
he stayed alone in his hotel room one
14:06
evening by the ocean he quietly went
14:08
down to the beach the moonlight
14:10
reflected on the sea at that moment for
14:14
the first time a real emotion appeared
14:17
on his face it was neither happiness nor
14:20
relief it was pure pain the unbearable
14:24
weight of a girl being deceived by her
14:27
mother and a man destroying his son with
14:31
secret he took the necklace out of his
14:33
pocket holding the chain he threw it
14:36
into the sea the sound of the necklace
14:39
hitting the water was so sharp that even
14:42
the stars in the sky were startled he
14:45
had left the past behind but the voice
14:48
of conscience was never as quiet as the
14:51
ocean when Emily returned to America she
14:54
thought it was all over the ocean had
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become a tomb her mother and real father
14:58
buried at the bottom of the sea the
15:01
truth was now a secret that no one knew
15:04
but the past was not so easily forgotten
15:08
especially when it was this bloody in
15:11
the second week in the hotel room a note
15:13
was slipped under the door i know who
15:16
you are emily's hand trembled she read
15:20
the note over and over the letters
15:22
looked machinew written there was no
15:24
signature no name no signature but the
15:29
note was like a nail in Emily's quiet
15:31
new life she looked out the window there
15:34
was no one on the street but something
15:37
or someone was watching her
15:41
a day later a package was left at the
15:44
reception of the hotel where she was
15:45
staying the package which Emily received
15:49
anonymously contained a photograph of
15:51
her mother and grandfather when they
15:52
were young on the back was written in
15:56
pencil where betrayal begins revenge is
16:01
complete emily was no longer alone she
16:04
knew that her dark plan was being
16:06
watched by someone else someone else
16:08
knew the past and this person was not
16:10
coming to silence her but to hold her to
16:13
account emily took the package and went
16:16
out immediately as she left the hotel
16:19
she turned to the woman at the front
16:20
desk and said "I'm moving to a new hotel
16:23
if anyone asks my name don't say I'm
16:26
staying." The woman nodded but she
16:29
recognized the panic burning in Emily's
16:31
eyes emily secretly rented a car the
16:34
next morning she wanted to get out of
16:37
the city somewhere no one would find her
16:40
but before she even got on the highway
16:42
she noticed a motorcycle following her
16:45
in her rear view mirror after 2 hours on
16:48
the run he stopped at an abandoned gas
16:50
station far from the city he smashed his
16:53
cell phone he threw all the cards in his
16:55
wallet on the side of the road he wanted
16:58
to reset his identity but he came as the
17:02
motorcycle's engine died down a man in a
17:05
black leather jacket approached emily
17:07
was sitting in the car the man tapped on
17:10
the window he got out slowly he was
17:12
holding a file "is that you?" Emily said
17:16
her eyes dark the man nodded "i'm their
17:19
son or as you put it a memory that has
17:22
been ignored." Emily's eyes widened "how
17:27
you who are you?" Adam opened the file
17:30
inside was an old letter emily
17:34
recognized the letter it was written by
17:36
her mother but she had never sent it to
17:38
her your mother had another child before
17:42
you and she never told anyone after me i
17:46
found out the truth and I followed you
17:49
because you're the only one not like us
17:52
because you killed emily's voice was
17:56
dull they betrayed you the man laughed
18:00
we all did but you dug the grave the two
18:04
of them talked there for hours that day
18:09
confessions their bond was like a
18:12
sisterhood of pain but Emily didn't want
18:14
to stay with him "forget me," she said
18:17
"i buried the past he said that past
18:21
will come back one day maybe with you
18:27
Emily walked away adam didn't touch her
18:30
he just watched that night Emily checked
18:34
into a cheap motel in an unfamiliar town
18:37
she locked her door she closed the
18:39
windows in the silence of the night she
18:42
could only hear her heart beating but
18:44
now she knew this the past doesn't die
18:48
and revenge was sometimes only the
18:50
beginning emily felt on the edge of an
18:52
abyss she had no strength to turn back
18:55
no direction to go forward her mother
18:58
was dead her real father was dead the
19:01
person she thought was her father was
19:03
actually her brother and now her mother
19:06
had another child from the
19:09
past a stranger who crept into her life
19:11
like a dark shadow making her question
19:15
identity when Emily opened her eyes one
19:18
morning she looked in the mirror across
19:20
the hotel room she no longer recognized
19:23
herself the anger in her eyes had given
19:27
way to fear and then to emptiness it was
19:29
as if she had buried not only her
19:31
parents at the bottom of that ocean but
19:33
also her own self but doors opened by
19:37
revenge could never be closed by revenge
19:40
alone 3 weeks later federal agents
19:43
showed up outside the motel where he was
19:46
staying they entered quietly emily sat
19:50
at the end of her bed waiting she didn't
19:52
run she didn't resist she just put down
19:55
an old photograph she was holding it
19:58
showed a man a woman and a little boy
20:01
behind the smile was death lies
20:03
betrayals and a life in hiding emily
20:07
didn't cry when she was taken into
20:08
custody but something inside her
20:10
whispered that this story would not end
20:17
emily refused to speak in court her
20:19
lawyers tried to mount a defense but
20:21
Emily remained silent she spoke only
20:24
once and that was when the judge asked
20:26
her why she did it because that man
20:29
dedicated his life to his country he
20:31
died far away alone and when he died
20:36
those he left behind stabbed him in the
20:38
back i just pulled the knife back the
20:41
ocean was his grave i made that grave
20:45
there was a deep silence in the
20:47
courtroom the jurors bowed their heads
20:50
some could not hold back tears emily
20:53
received a life sentence but no one was
20:56
sure whether she was guilty or not guilt
21:00
was sometimes not just a verdict but a
21:04
consequence years later Emily was
21:07
sitting on the bunk in her cell when the
21:08
guard opened the door "you have a
21:11
visitor," he said emily stood up no one
21:15
ever visited her but it was a familiar
21:18
shadow a man on a motorcycle in a black
21:20
jacket his eyes cold as steel her
21:24
mother's other son Emily's half brother
21:27
"is this the end?" he said sitting in
21:30
his chair "no," Emily said "it was just
21:34
a link in a chain but I don't intend to
21:36
break it anymore." The man bowed his
21:39
head after a moment of silence he took a
21:42
small envelope from his jacket this is a
21:45
letter from your father he wrote it
21:47
before he left for the mission it was
21:50
never given to you emily took the letter
21:54
she opened it with trembling hands she
21:57
read it line by line each line was a
22:01
tear if you're reading this letter it
22:03
means I didn't come back but I want you
22:06
to know that I loved you more than
22:08
anything no matter who you are no matter
22:11
where you come from you are just a son
22:14
to me and no lie can change that love
22:18
emily covered her eyes with her hands
22:21
for the first time she really cried that
22:23
letter said that in her heart that man
22:25
was still a father real or not the name
22:29
of the relationship didn't matter what
22:32
mattered was what was in his heart
22:37
later Emily read the newspaper one day
22:39
as she continued her life in prison the
22:42
headline read "Mster mysterious boat
22:44
crash that disappeared in the Pacific
22:46
Ocean is being reinvestigated new
22:50
emerges." Emily crumpled the newspaper
22:52
page she looked out the window the sky
22:55
was gray it reminded her of the color of
22:58
the ocean that's where it had all
23:01
started and maybe one day it would end
23:04
there but he no longer wanted to believe
23:07
in the coldness of revenge but in the
23:09
warmth of truth and the only sentence
23:12
that ran through his head was this i
23:14
just buried someone in fact I buried
23:17
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