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Marine Betrayed in the Line of Duty and Never Found Out Whose Daughter She Was (True Story)
Apr 28, 2025
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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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mother's old
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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
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it was her grandfather Richard's
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handwriting morning on the Pacific coast
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carried the smell of seaweed on the wind
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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
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mother had cried for days and her
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grandfather Richard had fallen silent
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but that silence was like a scream
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ringing in Emily's ears ever since she
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was little something about her family
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had always seemed strange to her the
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strange closeness between her mother and
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grandfather had become more and more
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apparent over the
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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
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grandfather Richard's handwriting she
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put the photo in her bag with trembling
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hands that evening her mother and
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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
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time in years the conversations coming
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through the doorway began to burn inside
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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
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think the child was his own." Richard
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bowed his head that's what we did to my
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son but what could we do Laura you were
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alone and so was I everything happened
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by itself it didn't happen by itself
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Laura said we cheated him in the worst
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way emily couldn't hear anymore her ears
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were buzzing the Adam she had thought
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was her father all these years was
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actually her brother her mother had been
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with his grandfather and had given birth
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to Emily emily's real father was the man
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she thought was her grandfather her
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mother had kept this terrible secret for
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years nothing would ever be the same
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again the world inside emily had
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collapsed but there was only one thing
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rising from beneath the rubble anger
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emily slept all that night with her eyes
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fixed on the ceiling her bed felt frozen
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her whole life had been a lie the man
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she called my father was her brother her
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real father was the man she thought was
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her grandfather her mother was the
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architect of this terrible secret tears
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silently rolled down her
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cheeks but these tears were more anger
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than pain something was boiling under
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her skin she could not pass such a great
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betrayal in
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silence in the morning the house was
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quiet her mother was making coffee and
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her grandfather was at the kitchen table
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emily came down the stairs as if nothing
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had happened she had a black eye but she
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tried to smile her eyes fell straight
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into her mother's laura immediately
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recognized the darkness in her
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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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mother nodded "be
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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
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ankles and the coolness of the sea
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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
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mine." He took out his cell phone his
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fingers reached for the screen to write
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to Adam the man he knew as his father
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but who was really his brother but he
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couldn't even if he did he wouldn't get
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an answer because Adam had died in the
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line of duty three months ago his throat
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tightened as he thought about it adam
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had proudly served his family all his
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life but unknowingly he had suffered the
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ultimate betrayal he had even left Emily
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a letter before he died he folded it up
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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
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emily crumpled the letter in her hands
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you are my brother and I could never
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protect you she wiped her tears in that
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moment a decision was born inside her
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she would not live with these lies those
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who told this disgusting truth would pay
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the price when she returned home that
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evening her eyes glowed with darkness
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her mother was in the living room
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watching television her grandfather was
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on the balcony emily went up to her room
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and opened her computer she searched for
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private yacht charter the sea would be
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part of her
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plan the secret they had kept for years
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would now be buried forever in the
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deepest part of the ocean
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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
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all good his mother looked up really
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what a nice thought grandfather smiled
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when are we
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leaving tomorrow morning Emily said pack
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your bags we're
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leaving that night Emily sat alone in
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her room she double-checked the route
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she had planned on the map the boat
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would take them to the middle of the
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ocean there they would be alone and
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there it would all
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end the day had not yet dawned emily
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came out in front of the house dragging
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her suitcase her mother Laura had put on
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a light makeup there was a joy in her
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eyes that hadn't been seen for a long
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time her grandfather Richard wore an old
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but clean linen shirt before getting
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into the car he turned to Emily and
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smiled thank you for this surprise
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vacation
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sweetheart emily nodded there was no
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sparkle in her eyes no answer only
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emptiness the storm she carried inside
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her grew bigger by the hour the harbor
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was quiet in the early morning the boats
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in the marina were asleep emily took
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them to the private boat she had rented
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earlier the boat was medium-sized from
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the outside it looked like an ordinary
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cruising boat but it was well equipped
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the captain was nowhere to be seen
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because it was a private charter the use
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was left entirely to them emily had
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learned to sail a couple of times before
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in secret with an instructor she had
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done it just for this day when they went
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out to see her mother sunbathed in the
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front of the boat richard sat near the
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helm emily watched them out of the
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corner of her eye the silence brought
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out more of all the voices inside her
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"is everything all right?" her
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grandfather asked "of course," Emily
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said without turning her head laura
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called from behind "this feels really
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good i haven't breathed in so long maybe
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this trip will be the beginning for us."
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"It will be the end," Emily thought the
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weight on her back felt a little lighter
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in the middle of the sea but it was only
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temporary the real burden should have
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been for the two of them to carry but
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they had committed the greatest crime of
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all by keeping this secret for so many
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years instead of stroking their heads
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Emily was determined to give them up to
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the silence of the
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ocean hours passed the horizon had
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disappeared leaving only a blue void the
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boat had reached the coordinates she had
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planned this area was generally free of
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ship traffic communication was poor
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everything was ready emily stabilized
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the rudder then she went below to the
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engine room she checked the area where
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she had placed a small but effective
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explosive
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device she hadn't made this device
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herself she had used her money to buy it
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from someone quiet and
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unsuspecting he put the remote trigger
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in his pocket and returned to the deck
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laura was looking out to see emily she
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said he would have been proud of you
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Adam he was always there for you emily
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came up behind her mother he was your
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son laura paused for a moment she turned
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her head her eyes met Emily's what do
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you mean emily didn't look
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away he was your son i thought he was my
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father but you gave birth to me as his
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brother laura's face suddenly turned
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white her lips trembled how did you How
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did you find
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out emily's eyes welled up but her voice
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remained calm i know everything you've
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been hiding it's too late this vacation
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will not turn into your paradise her
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grandfather froze in place emily please
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don't do this we made a mistake
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but Emily took the remote control out of
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her pocket its red light was blinking
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she took a step back you buried your
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father in the ocean i buried you and she
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pressed the button there was no big
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explosion but the bottom of the boat
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suddenly cracked water began to fill the
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engine room the boat shook there were
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shouts of panic emily went into the
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small compartment where the spare boat
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was she put on her life jacket and
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started the
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engine
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behind her her mother's scream and her
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grandfather's call for help echoed but
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Emily didn't look back as the boat moved
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away the hull of the boat was sinking
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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
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the motorboat only the last echo of
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screams and the silence swallowed by the
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water remained the horizon was blurred
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neither the sky nor the sea gave her any
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direction he thought it was all over but
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in fact it was only the
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beginning the boat reached the marina
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where the private boat he had rented was
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morowed in a few hours he was tired but
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quiet there was no panic on his face the
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only thing she held tightly in her hand
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was an old necklace her mother had given
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her as a child a symbol of a childhood
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with no memory left in
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it when she arrived at the station she
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nodded to the woman in
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charge there was a technical malfunction
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she said i had to stay outside luckily I
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was able to get back the attendant was
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not aware of anything she smiled
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completed a few formal procedures and
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wished Emily a good day it shouldn't
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have been so easy but such was the world
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when the one who knew the truth was dead
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the lies lived
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on emily didn't go home she went to the
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airport no one called or asked their
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deaths wouldn't surprise anyone because
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they were on vacation and the fact that
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they didn't come back would only be
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recorded as an unfortunate
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accident as he boarded his flight a
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strange uneasiness came over him the
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ticket in his hand was taking him across
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the ocean not to where he thought he was
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born but to where he belonged but it was
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unclear whether he would find peace
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there too as he waited in line at
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passport control his eye caught the
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sailor doll of the little boy in front
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of him
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the doll was wearing a blue uniform
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emily turned her head the knot in her
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throat suddenly tightened that man the
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one she'd put at the center of her life
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the man she thought was her real
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father turns out he was just a victim
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her brother and he died too young to
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ever be a father he closed his eyes as
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the plane took off in his ears there was
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still the silence before the explosion
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the muffled sound of the water slowly
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swallowing the boat he remembered not
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looking back for the last time maybe
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that was why she regretted it emily was
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about to create a new identity for
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herself when she arrived in America she
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first decided to stay in a hotel for a
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short time she didn't want to go back to
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her old address because it too was now a
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rotten wall of lies his mother had told
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him that his father had sacrificed his
13:53
life in the line of duty but in fact it
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was a betrayed son who had sacrificed
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his life for a week he spoke to no one
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he stayed alone in his hotel room one
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evening by the ocean he quietly went
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down to the beach the moonlight
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reflected on the sea at that moment for
14:14
the first time a real emotion appeared
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on his face it was neither happiness nor
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relief it was pure pain the unbearable
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weight of a girl being deceived by her
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mother and a man destroying his son with
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a dark
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secret he took the necklace out of his
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pocket holding the chain he threw it
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into the sea the sound of the necklace
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hitting the water was so sharp that even
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the stars in the sky were startled he
14:45
had left the past behind but the voice
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of conscience was never as quiet as the
14:51
ocean when Emily returned to America she
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thought it was all over the ocean had
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become a tomb her mother and real father
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buried at the bottom of the sea the
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truth was now a secret that no one knew
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but the past was not so easily forgotten
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especially when it was this bloody in
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the second week in the hotel room a note
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was slipped under the door i know who
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you are emily's hand trembled she read
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the note over and over the letters
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looked machinew written there was no
15:24
signature no name no signature but the
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note was like a nail in Emily's quiet
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new life she looked out the window there
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was no one on the street but something
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or someone was watching her
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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
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anonymously contained a photograph of
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her mother and grandfather when they
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were young on the back was written in
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pencil where betrayal begins revenge is
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never
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complete emily was no longer alone she
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knew that her dark plan was being
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watched by someone else someone else
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knew the past and this person was not
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coming to silence her but to hold her to
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account emily took the package and went
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out immediately as she left the hotel
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she turned to the woman at the front
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desk and said "I'm moving to a new hotel
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if anyone asks my name don't say I'm
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staying." The woman nodded but she
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recognized the panic burning in Emily's
16:31
eyes emily secretly rented a car the
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next morning she wanted to get out of
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the city somewhere no one would find her
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but before she even got on the highway
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she noticed a motorcycle following her
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in her rear view mirror after 2 hours on
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the run he stopped at an abandoned gas
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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
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to reset his identity but he came as the
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motorcycle's engine died down a man in a
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black leather jacket approached emily
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was sitting in the car the man tapped on
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the window he got out slowly he was
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holding a file "is that you?" Emily said
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her eyes dark the man nodded "i'm their
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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
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inside was an old letter emily
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recognized the letter it was written by
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her mother but she had never sent it to
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her your mother had another child before
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you and she never told anyone after me i
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found out the truth and I followed you
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because you're the only one not like us
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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
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not threats but
18:09
confessions their bond was like a
18:12
sisterhood of pain but Emily didn't want
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to stay with him "forget me," she said
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"i buried the past he said that past
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will come back one day maybe with you
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maybe after you."
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Emily walked away adam didn't touch her
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he just watched that night Emily checked
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into a cheap motel in an unfamiliar town
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she locked her door she closed the
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windows in the silence of the night she
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could only hear her heart beating but
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now she knew this the past doesn't die
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and revenge was sometimes only the
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beginning emily felt on the edge of an
18:52
abyss she had no strength to turn back
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no direction to go forward her mother
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was dead her real father was dead the
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person she thought was her father was
19:03
actually her brother and now her mother
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had another child from the
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past a stranger who crept into her life
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like a dark shadow making her question
19:14
her
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identity when Emily opened her eyes one
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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
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also her own self but doors opened by
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revenge could never be closed by revenge
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alone 3 weeks later federal agents
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showed up outside the motel where he was
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staying they entered quietly emily sat
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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
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showed a man a woman and a little boy
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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
20:14
here months passed
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emily refused to speak in court her
20:19
lawyers tried to mount a defense but
20:21
Emily remained silent she spoke only
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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
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fair
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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
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"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
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she opened it with trembling hands she
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read it line by line each line was a
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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
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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
22:35
months
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
22:49
witness
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
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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
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that ran through his head was this i
23:14
just buried someone in fact I buried
23:17
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