Just wait till the end, it’s amazing. — Transcript

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1. 0:00Seven years after I disappeared, my
2. 0:01sister found my name on the organ donor
3. 0:02registry. She stood in the transplant
4. 0:04center staring at the paperwork in the
5. 0:05nurse's hands. Her brows knit as she
6. 0:06looked at the photo attached to the file
7. 0:08along with the name I used to go by.
8. 0:09"Where is he?" she asked. "He's in
9. 0:11hospice on the 12th floor." the nurse
10. 0:12answered quietly. "Today is the last day
11. 0:14he'll still be conscious. The surgery is
12. 0:15scheduled for tomorrow morning." Her
13. 0:17expression turned cold as she headed
14. 0:18upstairs. The moment she pushed open the
15. 0:19door, she saw me sitting on the bed
16. 0:21writing my final letter. Landon. I
17. 0:23looked up at her and smiled faintly.
18. 0:24"You must have the wrong person, Ms.
19. 0:25Bennett. My name is Jay Mercer, not
20. 0:27Landon Bennett." She stepped toward the
21. 0:28bed, her tone rigid. "Come home.
22. 0:30Apologize to Mason and I'll hire the
23. 0:32best specialist in the country for you."
24. 0:33"That won't be necessary." I didn't even
25. 0:35look up again as I signed the last line
26. 0:36of the organ donation papers. "I didn't
27. 0:38do anything wrong. I'm not apologizing
28. 0:39to anyone." After a long silence, Sherry
29. 0:41Bennett let out a cold laugh. "You
30. 0:43really haven't changed. Seven years
31. 0:44later and you're still pretending to be
32. 0:45innocent." Her eyes narrowed scanning
33. 0:47me. "You're sick. What kind of illness
34. 0:49needs surgery?" I smiled faintly. "Stage
35. 0:51four glioblastoma, brain cancer." I
36. 0:53glanced at the donation papers beside
37. 0:54me. I figured my organs would do more
38. 0:56good saving people than rotting
39. 0:57underground. Something flickered across
40. 0:59Sherry's face but vanished instantly
41. 1:01replaced by that same icy look. "Cut the
42. 1:02act. Do you think playing pathetic is
43. 1:04going to make me feel sorry for you?"
44. 1:05Her gaze swept over the small hospice
45. 1:07room taking in the peeling walls, the
46. 1:08worn folding chair, and the dying
47. 1:10flowers by the window. "So life didn't
48. 1:11work out after you left home? If you
49. 1:12hadn't done those disgusting things back
50. 1:14then, maybe you wouldn't have ended up
51. 1:15like this." I lowered my eyes to my
52. 1:16hands now so thin every bone showed
53. 1:18clearly beneath the skin. I said
54. 1:20nothing. "Landon." She said my old name
55. 1:22softer this time, her voice cracking.
56. 1:23"Are you really that sick?" I looked at
57. 1:25her without blinking. "Why do you care,
58. 1:26Ms. Bennett?" "Because I'm your sister."
59. 1:28"No." My voice stayed calm. "Your
60. 1:29brother died seven years ago." Her face
61. 1:31went pale with anger. "You really hate
62. 1:32me that much? After everything that
63. 1:33happened? Are you seriously pretending
64. 1:35you weren't the one who Enough." I cut
65. 1:36her off. "You didn't come here to dig up
66. 1:38the past. Say what you actually came to
67. 1:39say." She opened her mouth then
68. 1:41hesitated completely speechless. I gave
69. 1:43a soft laugh. "Let me guess. Mason needs
70. 1:45a new liver, doesn't he?" Sherry didn't
71. 1:46answer. She didn't have to. The way her
72. 1:48eyes avoided mine told me everything. I
73. 1:50leaned back against the hospital bed
74. 1:51laughing under my breath. "So that's it.
75. 1:53After seven years he finally remembered
76. 1:55he had an older brother. Today you came
77. 1:56here to ask for my liver. Not ask, she
78. 1:58corrected sharply. It's your duty. You
79. 2:00agreed to donate before, and Mason needs
80. 2:02you again now. He's your brother. I
81. 2:03stared at her, amused by how ridiculous
82. 2:05she sounded. Sherry, when you kicked me
83. 2:07out 7 years ago, why didn't you remember
84. 2:08I was his brother then? That was your
85. 2:10own fault, she snapped. If you hadn't
86. 2:12done those horrible things to Mason, if
87. 2:13you hadn't framed him, I never would
88. 2:14have kicked you out. Her voice shook
89. 2:16with fury. You're still lying, still
90. 2:17acting innocent. You think disappearing
91. 2:19for 7 years erased what you did? I
92. 2:20slowly closed my eyes as numbness spread
93. 2:22through my chest. Even now, she never
94. 2:24doubted him. To her, I was always the
95. 2:25villain. Please leave. I need to rest.
96. 2:27She grabbed my shoulder hard enough to
97. 2:29hurt. Listen carefully. Mason needs your
98. 2:31liver. I opened my eyes, looking at her
99. 2:32calmly. Then he can wait for someone
100. 2:34else. My organs are already promised to
101. 2:35strangers. Her whole body shook with
102. 2:37anger. How can you be so heartless?
103. 2:39Mason saved my life back then. Without
104. 2:40him, the Bennett family wouldn't even
105. 2:41exist today. And you're nothing but an
106. 2:43ungrateful parasite.