My Sister Was The Shortest Girl In School: She Didn't Care — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hi, my name is Daphne and I'm 2 years
2. 0:03older than my little sister Lily. She
3. 0:05was always too small for her age. At 8
4. 0:07years old, she was barely 2 and 1/2 ft
5. 0:09tall. She was reckless, stubborn, and
6. 0:11honestly had zero survival instincts,
7. 0:14especially when people made fun of her
8. 0:15height. But she was my little sister and
9. 0:17I loved her more than anything. [music]
10. 0:19And yeah, my stepmom was one of those
11. 0:21people. When mom passed away, I was 10
12. 0:23and Lily was 8. [music] I tried to stay
13. 0:25strong, but Lily never really knew how
14. 0:27to deal with it. She just got angrier,
15. 0:30louder, and more impossible every year.
16. 0:32Then dad married this annoying, fake
17. 0:35sweet woman named Patricia.
18. 0:37>> [music]
19. 0:37>> She was spoiled and obsessed with
20. 0:39looking rich. She had dad working long
21. 0:41hours, so we barely saw him while she
22. 0:44spent his money on parties, clothes, and
23. 0:46pretending she was better than [music]
24. 0:47everyone.
25. 0:48>> You know, Daphne, you're so calm and
26. 0:51elegant. You remind me of myself. But
27. 0:54that devil sister of yours, God, she's
28. 0:56like some angry little dwarf.
29. 0:58>> Did someone say elf? Oh, finally.
30. 1:01>> What are you talking about?
31. 1:03>> Well, I've been collecting a dwarf every
32. 1:05time someone calls me that.
33. 1:07>> Then she opened the box she was holding
34. 1:08[music] and inside were six tiny dwarf
35. 1:11figurines. Three of them belonged to my
36. 1:13stepmom.
37. 1:14>> Uh-uh-uh, put those back in the garden.
38. 1:16My mother brought those from Paris. And
39. 1:18where did you get the other three? They
40. 1:20look expensive.
41. 1:21>> Mhm, two I stole from the neighbors and
42. 1:24one from an antique shop.
43. 1:25>> Really? Stop stealing people's things.
44. 1:29Give them back right now.
45. 1:30>> Says the woman who stole dad from us.
46. 1:33And you just called me an elf, Patricia.
47. 1:36So now I need a seventh one.
48. 1:39Actually, you already jinxed it. I'll
49. 1:41start over.
50. 1:42>> And with that, she flipped the box over
51. 1:45and all the elves shattered on the
52. 1:46floor. My stepmom gasped and dropped to
53. 1:49her knees clutching the broken pieces
54. 1:51like someone had just murdered her
55. 1:52children.
56. 1:53>> You're grounded.
57. 1:55>> But Lily just raised an eyebrow and
58. 1:56walked right out of the house. I kept
59. 1:58yelling after her to come back, but she
60. 2:00didn't even turn around. [music]
61. 2:02And it was already so late. I ran after
62. 2:04her and searched all over town until I
63. 2:06finally found her inside a fancy
64. 2:08restaurant sitting with some rich family
65. 2:10and wearing a huge hat that covered half
66. 2:12her face. I grabbed her arm and pulled
67. 2:14her away from the table, and that was
68. 2:16when the mother finally looked up and
69. 2:17screamed.
70. 2:19>> Where's my daughter? She's only three.
71. 2:22>> Relax. Your daughter's tied up in the
72. 2:24bathroom. Also, this steak is trash. So,
73. 2:27I'm giving this a one star on Google
74. 2:29with a picture from my phone. And none
75. 2:33of you noticed a three-year-old had a
76. 2:34phone?
77. 2:35Wow. Talk about neglect.
78. 2:38>> I dragged her out as fast as I could.
79. 2:40>> Ugh. You're such a buzzkill, Daph.
80. 2:43>> And that was basically my life. I was
81. 2:45always trying to keep the peace at home,
82. 2:47stopping Lily from doing [music]
83. 2:49something stupid, and begging my stepmom
84. 2:51to forgive her whenever she did. Lily
85. 2:53and I were the [music] complete opposite
86. 2:55of each other. I had straight A's and
87. 2:57was the polite, well-behaved girl, while
88. 2:59Lily spent [music] more time in
89. 3:01detention than in her actual classes.
90. 3:03Every time someone made fun of her
91. 3:05height, she answered [music] back, which
92. 3:06only made them tease her even harder.
93. 3:09And then, she'd snap again, and the
94. 3:11whole cycle would start all over. But
95. 3:13then, [music] Lily took things way too
96. 3:15far. During her freshman year, she
97. 3:17actually stole an expensive diamond
98. 3:19bracelet worth $150,000.
99. 3:22>> Here. I got it for you, Daphne. It
100. 3:24[music] looks like the one Mommy used to
101. 3:25wear, remember? Before Dad sold it and
102. 3:27bought stupid Patricia a bigger, newer
103. 3:30one.
104. 3:30>> Lily, no. You can't just But before I
105. 3:33could even finish my sentence, the cops
106. 3:35were at the door. That time, they only
107. 3:36gave Lily a warning, but then she did it
108. 3:39again, and again, and again. Until one
109. 3:42night, she stole a limited edition gold
110. 3:45watch covered in diamonds right off a
111. 3:47rich old man's wrist. Even after we gave
112. 3:49it back, he refused to drop the charges.
113. 3:52>> I've had that watch for 57 years. My
114. 3:57late cousin gave it to me. Let her rot
115. 4:00in jail and learn her lesson.
116. 4:04>> I begged him. I cried, but it was no
117. 4:07use. A few days later the judge slammed
118. 4:09her gavel and sentenced to Lily to 27
119. 4:12months in juvie. My stepmom [music] was
120. 4:14the happiest of all, but I didn't argue
121. 4:16with her because there was no point.
122. 4:19Then one day I went to visit Lily in
123. 4:21juvie. I was sitting in the visitors
124. 4:23room at a table when the guard walked
125. 4:24Lily in. She looked tired and kept her
126. 4:27head down, but the second she saw me her
127. 4:29face [music] lit up and she ran over to
128. 4:31hug me. Are you safe here?
129. 4:33>> Anywhere is better than [music] staying
130. 4:35with Patricia.
131. 4:36>> Come on, she's not that bad.
132. 4:38>> Not to you. To me, she's a jerk. [music]
133. 4:41She bullies me and calls me names.
134. 4:43>> But just then another girl sitting
135. 4:45nearby with her mom [music] glared at
136. 4:47Lily and punched her fist into her palm
137. 4:49like she was threatening her. I was calm
138. 4:51and polite, but when it came to my
139. 4:53little sister I turned into a lioness.
140. 4:56Excuse me, what's your problem?
141. 4:58>> Are you that clown's sister? How does it
142. 5:00feel living with a disaster?
143. 5:02>> I don't know. I'd have to ask your mom.
144. 5:04>> At least I have one.
145. 5:05>> Wow, how did they even allow you in
146. 5:08here? I thought boys weren't allowed.
147. 5:11Her mom gasped and looked offended.
148. 5:13>> That's right. You should have raised
149. 5:15your son better, ma'am.
150. 5:16>> Lily kept begging me to stop until the
151. 5:18guard finally came over and pulled both
152. 5:20Lily and that stupid girl away. On my
153. 5:23way home I couldn't stop thinking
154. 5:24[music] about Lily. Was she suffering in
155. 5:26there? And no matter how angry I was at
156. 5:28her, I couldn't help feeling sad. But
157. 5:31then on my way home the Uber driver kept
158. 5:33getting lost. When I spotted the grocery
159. 5:35store near our house, I told her to stop
160. 5:37there and said I could walk the rest of
161. 5:39the way. [music] I had only taken a few
162. 5:41steps when I noticed the grocery store's
163. 5:43glass door was shattered like there
164. 5:45there been a robbery. I stepped inside
165. 5:47and found the cashier lying on the
166. 5:48floor. Then I saw a knife nearby and
167. 5:50picked it up to check it. Thankfully,
168. 5:52there [music] was no blood on it, but
169. 5:53when I opened the cashier's fist, I
170. 5:55found him clutching a bunch of dollar
171. 5:57bills. I took the money planning to put
172. 5:59it back in the cash register. [music]
173. 6:00Then I tried to call 911, but my phone
174. 6:03was dead. I started looking for a store
175. 6:05phone or a charger, yanking open drawers
176. 6:07like crazy, but I couldn't find
177. 6:09anything. Suddenly, I heard sirens
178. 6:11outside followed by a police officer's
179. 6:13voice through a speaker.
180. 6:15>> Put your hands where we can see them and
181. 6:17walk out slowly.
182. 6:19>> I was so shocked. There had been some
183. 6:21kind of misunderstanding, so I rushed
184. 6:23toward them. You've got it all wrong. I
185. 6:25came in and but just [music] then, an
186. 6:27officer fired a warning shot into the
187. 6:29air and I froze.
188. 6:30>> STOP WHERE YOU ARE. GET ON THE GROUND
189. 6:32and put your hands behind your back.
190. 6:35>> Seconds later, I was on the floor and
191. 6:36soon after that, I was dragged to the
192. 6:38police station. All the evidence was
193. 6:40against me. [music] I had touched the
194. 6:42knife, picked up the money, and the
195. 6:43CCTV, which only started [music] working
196. 6:45once I was inside the store, showed me
197. 6:47running around and opening drawers like
198. 6:49a maniac. I begged them to listen,
199. 6:52[music] but the more I tried to explain,
200. 6:54the guiltier I sounded. And to make
201. 6:56everything even worse, the cashier
202. 6:57[music] was in a coma, so he couldn't
203. 6:59wake up and tell everyone I wasn't the
204. 7:00robber.
205. 7:01>> Yeah, she asked me to drop her off right
206. 7:03next to that store. Did I think it was
207. 7:05suspicious? Absolutely. But my mama
208. 7:08didn't raise me to be nosy, so I ain't
209. 7:09say nothing.
210. 7:10>> My whole life was falling apart and no
211. 7:13one believed me. Just like that, [music]
212. 7:15the judge sent me to juvie until my 21st
213. 7:17birthday.
214. 7:19>> I can't believe this. Daphne, my
215. 7:22favorite stepdaughter. Now you're stuck
216. 7:24seeing Lily every day. Oh, God be with
217. 7:27you, sweetheart.
218. 7:29>> And just like that, they took me away.
219. 7:32I arrived at the juvie reception with
220. 7:34Officer Sarah. And let me tell you, she
221. 7:36was the absolute worst. She didn't even
222. 7:39call me by my name. You're inmate 235
223. 7:42from now on. If I call that number, you
224. 7:45get your butt up and answer like a good
225. 7:46little girl. Got it?
226. 7:48>> Yes, ma'am. When I walked in, I saw a
227. 7:50bunch of girls holding a skinny girl in
228. 7:52front of someone I immediately
229. 7:54recognized from the visiting [music]
230. 7:55room. It was Harper.
231. 7:57>> How dare you hide your vape from me,
232. 7:59Jenny? I've always said if anyone sneaks
233. 8:01anything [music] in, I get a cut. That's
234. 8:04the rule.
235. 8:04>> Oh my god, do you think you're in some
236. 8:06kind of movie, you idiot? Everyone
237. 8:09gasped. And Harper slowly turned around.
238. 8:11>> Oh, it's you. So, you want to end up
239. 8:14like your sister?
240. 8:15>> Where is she?
241. 8:16>> The same place anyone who challenges me
242. 8:18goes.
243. 8:19>> I had no idea what that meant, but it
244. 8:21only made me more determined to kick her
245. 8:22butt. So, I marched over to her and
246. 8:25raised my hand to slap her. But Harper
247. 8:27caught my wrist midair.
248. 8:29>> Careful there, honey.
249. 8:31Officer Sarah, we have a situation.
250. 8:33>> And just then, Officer Sarah barged in
251. 8:35and yanked me away. She dragged me to a
252. 8:38tiny cell for solitary. Later, I found
253. 8:40out Harper was rich and powerful, and
254. 8:42she bribed everyone, including that jerk
255. 8:45Officer Sarah.
256. 8:46But just then, I noticed a small figure
257. 8:48sitting in the corner.
258. 8:49>> [music]
259. 8:50>> Lilly?
260. 8:51>> Oh, sweetie, are you okay?
261. 8:53>> Daphne? What are you doing here?
262. 8:55>> Well, I'm here by mistake.
263. 8:58>> I explained everything to Lilly.
264. 9:00But then she smirked.
265. 9:02>> It's funny. You spent your whole life
266. 9:04acting like [music] the good daughter,
267. 9:06while everyone treated me like the
268. 9:07family disaster.
269. 9:09>> What? No, Lilly.
270. 9:11>> Save it. You always had it in you. Now
271. 9:14everyone finally sees what a hypocrite
272. 9:16you [music] are.
273. 9:17>> I didn't know what to say. Did she think
274. 9:19I was guilty? Was that really how she
275. 9:21saw [music] me? After everything I'd
276. 9:23done for her? Or had this place changed
277. 9:25her that much? [music] Then she pulled
278. 9:27away and went back to her corner, and we
279. 9:29sat in silence for hours.
280. 9:32The next day, [music] I met my cellmate,
281. 9:33Jenny. I asked her how things worked
282. 9:35around here, and she filled me in.
283. 9:38>> Thanks for trying to save me yesterday.
284. 9:40Harper runs this place. She even steals
285. 9:42flat irons from the hair workshop, and
286. 9:44that's super against the rules. She's
287. 9:46been bullying your sister, too, but Lily
288. 9:49started standing up to her, just like
289. 9:51you did.
290. 9:52>> [music]
291. 9:52>> And ended up like me in the hole.
292. 9:54Then Jenny suddenly grabbed my hand and
293. 9:56looked confused.
294. 9:58>> Wait, I can't [music] read your palm,
295. 10:00and I read palms all the time. Yours is
296. 10:04weird. Like your hand [music] can't make
297. 10:06up its mind.
298. 10:07>> I'm just a complicated person. What can
299. 10:10I say? [music] Maybe watching MSA made
300. 10:12me emotionally stable and smart. Their
301. 10:14stories always come with a twist and a
302. 10:15lesson.
303. 10:16>> Oh, I know. I've been subscribed [music]
304. 10:18since 2019. Last time Harper used her
305. 10:21brain. So, like and subscribe, guys,
306. 10:23>> [music]
307. 10:23>> cuz if MSA taught me anything, it's that
308. 10:25brainless bullies always get what's
309. 10:27coming.
310. 10:28>> We both laughed, and Jenny told me she
311. 10:30did palm readings for Harper, too. But
312. 10:33whenever Harper didn't like what she
313. 10:34heard, she'd bully Jenny nonstop. Well,
314. 10:37my sister and I are about to change
315. 10:39that.
316. 10:41>> [music]
317. 10:41>> The next day during lunch, I told Lily
318. 10:43my plan. Listen, we can work together.
319. 10:45You can be the mastermind and [music]
320. 10:47come up with your crazy plans, and I'll
321. 10:49be there to protect you.
322. 10:50>> I'm not as smart as you.
323. 10:51>> You mean you don't have a criminal mind
324. 10:54like me?
325. 10:55>> No, Lily. I mean, we can [music] work
326. 10:57together. I can protect you.
327. 10:59>> Who says I need protection from you?
328. 11:02>> Why are you being like this, sweetie?
329. 11:04>> Stop calling me sweetie. You're not my
330. 11:07mom, and if anyone hears you say that in
331. 11:09here, they'll roast us forever.
332. 11:12>> Well, I don't [music] care what they
333. 11:13say.
334. 11:14>> Well, I do. And by the way, I already
335. 11:16have a plan.
336. 11:17>> [music]
337. 11:17>> I'm getting closer to Harper. I'll
338. 11:19become her right-hand girl, then take
339. 11:21her down from the inside. So, please,
340. 11:25don't do anything [music] stupid.
341. 11:26>> Then she got up and walked away.
342. 11:28Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed
343. 11:30Harper watching [music] us. Then she
344. 11:32smirked. That night, I found out they
345. 11:34had changed Lily's cell. She used to be
346. 11:37next to mine, but they moved her to the
347. 11:38exact opposite [music] side, closer to
348. 11:40Harper. Later, I realized Harper had
349. 11:42told Officer Sarah to move her just to
350. 11:44mess with me.
351. 11:46Days went by [music] like that. Lily
352. 11:47kept ignoring me, and I could see her
353. 11:49trying to talk to Harper, even though it
354. 11:51always ended with Harper and her girls
355. 11:53laughing at her. [music] But, whenever
356. 11:54Harper tried to mess with me, I had a
357. 11:56comeback ready, which meant I got sent
358. 11:58to the hole almost every time. Juvey had
359. 12:01classes where they taught us English and
360. 12:03math. [music] So, one day during math, I
361. 12:05was doing great and answering every
362. 12:07question, and apparently, [music]
363. 12:09that annoyed Harper.
364. 12:10>> Just shut up, Daphne. Your voice annoys
365. 12:12me.
366. 12:13>> My voice or your stupidity? Harper and
367. 12:15her [laughter] girls gasped. I glanced
368. 12:17at Lily, and she was silently begging me
369. 12:19to stop, but Harper noticed before I
370. 12:21could look away.
371. 12:22>> Hey, shorty. Come here.
372. 12:24Since you're so desperate to be one of
373. 12:26us, I'm finally giving you a chance. Go
374. 12:29slap your sister for me, and you're in.
375. 12:32>> Lily looked shocked, frozen in place
376. 12:34until I gave her a small nod. Then, she
377. 12:36slowly walked over to me.
378. 12:38>> Do it, sis. I forgive you.
379. 12:39>> And just like that, Lily slapped me.
380. 12:42Hard. Everyone stared. I clutched my
381. 12:45cheek in pain, but then Lily slapped my
382. 12:47other cheek, too. I stared at her,
383. 12:50stunned, but she slapped me again, then
384. 12:53again. I wasn't sure if this was part of
385. 12:55her plan anymore,
386. 12:56>> [music]
387. 12:56>> but I trusted her enough to stand there
388. 12:58and take it.
389. 12:59>> Ooh, doing extra to impress [music] me.
390. 13:02I like it. You're in.
391. 13:04>> Lily smiled wide and went to sit next to
392. 13:06Harper, while I stood there with my
393. 13:07hands on my cheeks, [music] shooting her
394. 13:09a death glare so intense, I could have
395. 13:11melted the lunch trays. I thought it
396. 13:13[music] was all an act, but Lily started
397. 13:15taking it way too seriously. She got
398. 13:17more and more involved in Harper's mess,
399. 13:20eating beside her at the table with the
400. 13:21best food, while the rest of us suffered
401. 13:23[music] through half-cooked rice and
402. 13:25watery beans. Even her hair always
403. 13:27looked perfect now because they [music]
404. 13:29forced Jenny to do it for them. And even
405. 13:31officer Sarah started calling her Lily
406. 13:33instead of her number.
407. 13:35I understood that maybe Lily was trying
408. 13:37to fit in so she could take Harper down,
409. 13:39but that felt impossible. Harper was the
410. 13:42daughter of a rich Wall [music] Street
411. 13:43guy and he would do anything to keep her
412. 13:45happy. Our dad was just an average man
413. 13:48who was barely ever around, but Lily
414. 13:50wouldn't listen to any of that. She
415. 13:52acted like she knew exactly what she was
416. 13:54doing. Then one day stepmom came to
417. 13:56visit us.
418. 13:57>> Girls, I missed you so so much. I
419. 14:01brought you gifts. I told my friends
420. 14:03your father sent you to boarding school.
421. 14:05I mean, I'm obviously not going to tell
422. 14:06anyone my girls are jailbirds now.
423. 14:09>> [laughter]
424. 14:09>> Anyway, Daphne, my favorite, I got you
425. 14:12these word puzzle magazines and Sudoku
426. 14:14books and all that complicated stuff
427. 14:16because you're just the smartest girl
428. 14:18I've ever met. And for you, Lily.
429. 14:22Well, I got you this.
430. 14:24>> Then she handed Lily a swimsuit and
431. 14:26goggles.
432. 14:27>> What am I supposed to do with this?
433. 14:29>> Oh, I thought they gave you swimming
434. 14:31classes here.
435. 14:32>> Oh, yeah. And spa days and massages,
436. 14:36too.
437. 14:37>> Then Lily noticed the receipt [music]
438. 14:38stuck to the bag and gasped.
439. 14:41>> Oh my god. Did you buy this on your way
440. 14:43here? From a gas station?
441. 14:45>> She threw it on the table and walked
442. 14:47away even though I kept calling after
443. 14:49her. I knew those two didn't get along,
444. 14:51but I'd hoped stepmom would show Lily a
445. 14:53little more love, especially now.
446. 14:55>> The warden told me Lily has become a big
447. 14:58bully here and I know you must be
448. 15:00suffering because of her. She slapped
449. 15:02you or something?
450. 15:03>> It's part of her plan.
451. 15:05>> Oh, darling. Sometimes you're not as
452. 15:08smart as you sound. People like Lily are
453. 15:12thieves. They're born that way and they
454. 15:14stay that way.
455. 15:16Anyway, I'm late for brunch with my
456. 15:18girls. [music] I'll keep you in my
457. 15:19prayers, Daphne. Stay strong.
458. 15:22Mwah. And then she left. I sat there
459. 15:25thinking about everything [music]
460. 15:26until Officer Sarah barked at me. Inmate
461. 15:29235, you waiting for room service? Get
462. 15:31your butt up and move. Ugh, this woman
463. 15:34was unbearable.
464. 15:36Then one day I went to take a shower,
465. 15:37[music] and when I got there I found out
466. 15:39three of the five showers were broken
467. 15:41and only had cold water. Harper and her
468. 15:44girls were saving the hot showers for
469. 15:45themselves [music]
470. 15:46and for anyone who paid them. I tried
471. 15:48offering one of Harper's minions a
472. 15:50puzzle book, [music] but in my face and
473. 15:52told me to back off. Then I saw Lily and
474. 15:54Harper walking out of the bathroom
475. 15:55[music] like besties with Jenny trailing
476. 15:58behind them carrying makeup and hair
477. 15:59products. That was when Lily noticed me.
478. 16:02>> Oh, Harper. Maybe we can let Daphne use
479. 16:05the hot shower. I mean, she has been
480. 16:07behaving lately, hasn't she?
481. 16:09>> Well, yeah, if you say so. You know
482. 16:12what? A cold shower sounds great. It
483. 16:14wakes you up, and I might need the
484. 16:16energy if I end up knocking that smirk
485. 16:18off your face, Harper. [music]
486. 16:19>> And with that, I walked right past them.
487. 16:21I was sure Lily didn't have a plan
488. 16:23anymore. She was just enjoying feeling
489. 16:25better than me. If this was really part
490. 16:27of some secret [music] plan, she would
491. 16:29have told me by now, wouldn't she?
492. 16:31Instead, she was acting like a mean
493. 16:32little witch. [music]
494. 16:34But all that changed one day when the
495. 16:35math teacher announced a surprise test.
496. 16:38Everyone looked like they were about to
497. 16:39pass out, and then Harper slammed her
498. 16:41hand on Jenny's [music] desk.
499. 16:43>> Aren't you supposed to see the future or
500. 16:45something? You could have warned us, you
501. 16:47butt face.
502. 16:48>> Then she smacked Jenny on the head. I
503. 16:50stood up to defend Jenny, but Lily
504. 16:52immediately stepped in front of Harper
505. 16:54and crossed her arms like she was daring
506. 16:56me to touch her. I rolled my eyes and
507. 16:58sat back down. A few minutes later, we
508. 17:01were in the middle of the test when
509. 17:02[music] the door slammed open and
510. 17:04Officer Sarah barged in. She scanned the
511. 17:06class until her eyes landed on Harper.
512. 17:08The disgust on her face looked personal.
513. 17:11>> Hey, you, inmate 127. Your father got
514. 17:14caught. Apparently, he's been running a
515. 17:16Ponzi scheme. All that money you've been
516. 17:18showing off built on lies. He's in jail
517. 17:20now and you're broke, poor as dirt. The
518. 17:23room went silent [music] in the ugliest
519. 17:25way. Harper stared ahead trying to
520. 17:27process it.
521. 17:28>> You could have told me that [music] in
522. 17:30private.
523. 17:31>> Private? Oh, please. You are nobody now.
524. 17:34I already hated you. I just liked the
525. 17:36money you were paying me. Now, you're
526. 17:38just like everyone [music] else in here,
527. 17:40you useless, stupid waste of oxygen.
528. 17:43Then Harper suddenly started crying
529. 17:45[music] and Lily began comforting her.
530. 17:47>> You could have been nicer
531. 17:50being nice. Maybe try being nice to your
532. 17:53own sister first, you lying, thieving
533. 17:55little dwarf. I don't know what got into
534. 17:56me at that moment. [music] Maybe it was
535. 17:58the pressure of the past few days or the
536. 18:00way Lily had been acting, but I just
537. 18:02couldn't stand there and let Officer
538. 18:03Sarah talk about my little sister like
539. 18:05that. I stood up and lunged at Officer
540. 18:08Sarah like a crazy person. She stumbled
541. 18:11back and hit the floor hard and the
542. 18:13girls started cheering like it was a
543. 18:14game. Next thing I knew I was on top of
544. 18:17her trying to swing, but she was
545. 18:18stronger. She shoved me off and jumped
546. 18:21up fast, her face bright red and next
547. 18:23[music] thing I knew I was back in the
548. 18:24hole. Then came new charges, another
549. 18:27court hearing and a few extra months
550. 18:29added to my [music] sentence. But when I
551. 18:30finally got out of the hole, my life had
552. 18:32completely changed. A bunch of girls
553. 18:34started waving at me and running over.
554. 18:36>> Destiny, hey.
555. 18:39First you challenged Harper and now
556. 18:40Officer Sarah. Nobody's ever done that.
557. 18:43You're our hero.
558. 18:45>> The girls cheered for me and Jenny
559. 18:47looked the happiest.
560. 18:48>> Now Harper will finally get off my back.
561. 18:51She won't dare [music] ask for anything
562. 18:52when you're the new boss. Besides, she's
563. 18:55a nobody now.
564. 18:56>> I was shocked and weirdly happy at the
565. 18:58same [music] time and I couldn't wait to
566. 19:00see you Lily, but she didn't show up for
567. 19:03lunch or dinner. So I went to her cell
568. 19:05and found her curled up on her bed.
569. 19:07>> You just had to prove you're the smart
570. 19:09daughter who fixes everything.
571. 19:11>> Are you serious right now? That's what
572. 19:13you care about?
573. 19:14>> I had a plan.
574. 19:15>> Your plan was to humiliate me?
575. 19:17>> I had to play the part so [music] Harper
576. 19:19would trust me.
577. 19:20>> You could have told me that in secret.
578. 19:22But, you know what, Lilly? After
579. 19:23everything that's happened in here, I
580. 19:25think I finally learned something about
581. 19:27you. That wasn't a plan. That was you
582. 19:29[music] having fun. You enjoyed watching
583. 19:32me lose for once. You enjoyed seeing me
584. 19:34broken, so you kept [music] going.
585. 19:36>> Yes, I enjoyed it. When Mom died, you
586. 19:39moved on so fast, and I hated you for
587. 19:42it. I missed her every single day, but
588. 19:45you were just there, living your life,
589. 19:47getting perfect grades, having the
590. 19:49perfect height, the perfect weight, and
591. 19:51somehow becoming Patricia's perfect
592. 19:53stepdaughter, too.
593. 19:55>> I didn't know Lilly saw me like that. I
594. 19:57always thought she acted out because
595. 19:59people kept making fun of her looks and
596. 20:01her height. [music]
597. 20:01I never realized she was carrying that
598. 20:03much pain inside, and I felt awful for
599. 20:06not seeing [music] it sooner. Then,
600. 20:07Lilly took a deep breath and rubbed her
601. 20:09face.
602. 20:11>> But, what I did was wrong.
603. 20:13>> [snorts]
604. 20:13>> I should have included you at some
605. 20:14point. I guess I'm not as smart as you,
606. 20:17Daff. And I'm really sorry.
607. 20:19>> [snorts]
608. 20:19>> I just need some time alone.
609. 20:21>> I moved [music] closer to her, but she
610. 20:23wasn't ready for that. She stepped back,
611. 20:25still overwhelmed, and walked out of the
612. 20:27cell. I hurried after her. I tried to
613. 20:29catch [music] her, but she pushed me
614. 20:31away. When I reached for her again, I
615. 20:33caught her arm the wrong way, and
616. 20:35somehow she lost her balance, and she
617. 20:37fell down the stairs. Lilly, no! I ran
618. 20:40down to her, but she wasn't moving. I
619. 20:41shook her like crazy, begging her to
620. 20:43wake up until the guards rushed in and
621. 20:45pulled me away. Then, they took her to
622. 20:47the hospital wing, and by the next
623. 20:49morning, I found out she had slipped
624. 20:50into a coma. They transferred her to the
625. 20:52public hospital under guard, and I
626. 20:54wasn't even allowed to see her.
627. 20:57That night, I was sitting on [music] my
628. 20:58bed, lost in thought, when Jenny came
629. 21:00over and noticed my face.
630. 21:04She sat beside me and took my [music]
631. 21:05hand.
632. 21:06>> I finally see it. You did it on purpose.
633. 21:09I didn't push my sister [music] on
634. 21:11purpose. Are you crazy? No, not that. I
635. 21:14mean how you got here, the store
636. 21:16robbery. I [music] stared into her eyes
637. 21:19and for a second I saw my own
638. 21:20reflection. Then everything came rushing
639. 21:23back. That day after visiting Lily and
640. 21:25seeing how tired [music] and bullied she
641. 21:26looked, something inside me snapped. I
642. 21:29kept pretending the Uber driver was
643. 21:31going the wrong way when I spotted the
644. 21:33grocery store near our house. I told her
645. 21:35to stop [music] there and said I could
646. 21:37walk the rest of the way. I planned to
647. 21:39scare the cashier just enough for him to
648. 21:41call the police. I wanted to get [music]
649. 21:43arrested so I could end up in juvie with
650. 21:45Lily and protect her. And then the
651. 21:47cashier fought back. He shoved me,
652. 21:49kicked me, and I panicked. I shoved him
653. 21:52hard and his head hit the sharp edge of
654. 21:54a shelf. What I did was super wrong and
655. 21:57I never meant for that to happen. I know
656. 21:59I told you guys [music] the story
657. 22:00differently in the beginning, but I had
658. 22:02to stick to that version. I couldn't let
659. 22:04anyone know the truth, especially Lily.
660. 22:07Please, Jenny. Don't tell anyone.
661. 22:09Jenny promised to keep [music] my secret
662. 22:11and I spent the next few days praying
663. 22:13for my sister to wake up. At the same
664. 22:15time I started looking out for the other
665. 22:16girls in juvie, making sure no one tried
666. 22:18to boss anyone around anymore. Even
667. 22:21Officer [music] Sarah backed off after
668. 22:22the fight. Her jaw was broken so she
669. 22:24disappeared for a week [music] and
670. 22:26honestly nobody missed her. A few weeks
671. 22:28passed and there was still no news about
672. 22:30Lily. She was still in a coma. [music]
673. 22:33The only good news was that the cashier
674. 22:34had finally woken up and was going to be
675. 22:36okay. [music] I swear if he hadn't, I
676. 22:38don't think I would have forgiven
677. 22:40myself. The warden noticed how miserable
678. 22:42I was and since I had been helping keep
679. 22:44the peace around the place, she allowed
680. 22:46me to visit Lily under guard. But what I
681. 22:48saw there almost made me pass out.
682. 22:51Stepmom was arguing with the doctors,
683. 22:53waving her hands around like she was the
684. 22:55one suffering. What's going on?
685. 22:57>> Oh, Daphne, honey. I'm so glad you're
686. 23:00here. The doctors say Lily's chances of
687. 23:02waking up are very, very low. I called
688. 23:05your father. He's overseas for work
689. 23:07again. You know how he is, never around.
690. 23:10And he just said, "Patricia, you handle
691. 23:12it."
692. 23:13Typical. So, now it's all on me. And
693. 23:16we're not rich, sweetheart. So, I'm
694. 23:19giving them permission to take her off
695. 23:21life support. I mean, don't you think
696. 23:23she's suffering?
697. 23:27I stared at her in disbelief. Was she
698. 23:30making this decision? Had she been this
699. 23:32cruel to Lily our whole lives? And I was
700. 23:35just too blind to see it because she was
701. 23:36nicer to me?
702. 23:46Are you out of your mind, Patricia?
703. 23:49Excuse me? Life hasn't exactly been easy
704. 23:52for me, either. Marrying a useless
705. 23:53husband with two annoying daughters.
706. 23:55You're less annoying, sure, but you're
707. 23:57still his daughter. And I've made my
708. 23:59decision. We're taking Lily off life
709. 24:02support.
710. 24:04>> [music]
711. 24:09>> Pull the plug, and I'll kill you the
712. 24:11same way I killed the cashier.
713. 24:13Until that moment, Patricia thought I
714. 24:15had been arrested by mistake. Now, she
715. 24:17knew I had done it on purpose.
716. 24:18>> [music]
717. 24:18>> And I needed that to scare her enough to
718. 24:20back off. I stepped back, and her eyes
719. 24:23went wide with fear, like she'd just
720. 24:25seen a ghost. Then, she swallowed,
721. 24:27pulled herself together, and rushed away
722. 24:29without another word. I got the room and
723. 24:31saw Lily lying there. I sat beside her
724. 24:34and held her hand.
725. 24:36Baby, I spent my whole life trying to
726. 24:38protect you when you didn't need
727. 24:40protection.
728. 24:41Because you're not weak or fragile,
729. 24:43Lily. You're strong.
730. 24:46But even strong people need love and
731. 24:48attention.
732. 24:49And I failed to give you that. Not just
733. 24:52because you were a girl who lost her
734. 24:54mom, but because you were still a girl
735. 24:56who deserved to feel loved.
736. 25:02And now I remember that bracelet you
737. 25:04stole from me. You were wrong to take
738. 25:06it,
739. 25:07>> [music]
740. 25:07>> obviously, but
741. 25:09in your own crazy way, you were trying
742. 25:11to show me you cared.
743. 25:13I love you, Lily, and I forgive you. I
744. 25:16just want [music] us to start over as
745. 25:18strong, unbreakable sisters.
746. 25:21Then I took out the diamond bracelet I
747. 25:22had slipped off Patricia's wrist when I
748. 25:24whispered in her ear
749. 25:26>> [music]
750. 25:26>> and gently placed it around Lily's
751. 25:28wrist. I held her hand again.
752. 25:30And suddenly,
753. 25:31>> [music]
754. 25:31>> I felt her weakly squeeze back.