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1. 0:00On the third day, I was brought back to
2. 0:01my family. The fake heir, Christopher
3. 0:02Parker, gets into a car crash in order
4. 0:04to frame me as the mastermind. His
5. 0:06mental state has deteriorated to one
6. 0:07belonging to an 8-year-old. My older
7. 0:09sister, Eliza Parker, thinks that I'm
8. 0:10the one who hired someone to hit
9. 0:12Christopher with a car. Because of that,
10. 0:13she hates my guts and torments me
11. 0:15endlessly. In order to take care of
12. 0:16Christopher, Eliza eats with him and
13. 0:18sleeps beside him every day. As for me,
14. 0:19I'm used as the human mat that they can
15. 0:21step on anytime they want. I'm arranged
16. 0:23to take care of Christopher so that I
17. 0:24can atone for my sins. As long as
18. 0:25Christopher reveals an aggrieved
19. 0:26expression, I'll get whipped 10 times
20. 0:28regardless of the cause. I thought Eliza
21. 0:30would find out the truth sooner or
22. 0:31later, but in her haste to cure
23. 0:32Christopher, she actually decides to
24. 0:34send me to an underground lab as a test
25. 0:35subject for their experiments just
26. 0:37because the doctors there claim that the
27. 0:38medication can help restore
28. 0:39Christopher's mental state. Five years
29. 0:40later, Eliza finally comes to pick me
30. 0:42up. A mocking smile is etched onto her
31. 0:44face as she sees how haggard I am. You
32. 0:46should recognize your faults by now.
33. 0:47It's been five years after all. If you
34. 0:49dare lay a finger on Christopher after
35. 0:50coming home with me, I'll definitely
36. 0:52send you back here. I raise my head
37. 0:53hazily, tears soon seeping out of my
38. 0:55eyes due to how bright the light is.
39. 0:56Then, I mutter softly, "There won't be a
40. 0:58next time." Eliza won't have to worry
41. 0:59about me seizing a chance to hurt her
42. 1:01beloved Christopher. After all, the drug
43. 1:02experiments conducted on me for the past
44. 1:04five years have already ruined my body.
45. 1:06There are only seven days left in my
46. 1:07lifespan. Eliza Parker brought
47. 1:08Christopher along when she came to pick
48. 1:10me up. The dim basement was brighter
49. 1:11than it had ever been in five years.
50. 1:12Seeing the tears glistening on my face
51. 1:14in the sunlight, Eliza assumed I was
52. 1:15trying to win sympathy, her expression
53. 1:17hardening into disgust. "Don't think
54. 1:18putting on that look will make me feel
55. 1:20sorry for you. You deserve this. If you
56. 1:21hadn't hired someone to hit Christopher
57. 1:23back then, he wouldn't be like this
58. 1:24now." She slapped me hard across the
59. 1:26face, reopening a battered wound. I
60. 1:27lowered my head, swallowing the bitter
61. 1:29blood pooling in my throat. Seeing no
62. 1:31resistance, Eliza turned to the staff
63. 1:32member nearby. "Christopher has been in
64. 1:34this demented foolish state for five
65. 1:35years. Is the medicine you promised
66. 1:36ready yet?" She tenderly stroked
67. 1:38Christopher's face. Christopher looked
68. 1:39at me smugly, a shrewd glint flickering
69. 1:41in his eyes. Every time he wore that
70. 1:42expression, it meant I was about to be
71. 1:44whipped. At the thought of the pain, I
72. 1:45flinched, making Christopher smile with
73. 1:47satisfaction. The lead researcher of the
74. 1:49laboratory, Jean Harding, chuckled. "I
75. 1:51told you that as long as you handed
76. 1:52Sutton Parker over to me for five years,
77. 1:53Christopher would recover. Take this
78. 1:55medicine home. After seven days,
79. 1:56Christopher will be back to normal.
80. 1:58Eliza's eyes widened in delight as she
81. 1:59reached out. Dr. Harding pulled back
82. 2:01slightly. It's just that Sutton might
83. 2:02might what? Eliza snatched the medicine,
84. 2:04having no intention of listening, and
85. 2:06left with Christopher in tow. Aren't you
86. 2:07planning to take him back with you? Dr.
87. 2:09Harding called out, pointing at me
88. 2:10sprawled on the ground. Eliza paused,
89. 2:12then yanked my arm to pull me to my
90. 2:13feet. After a few staggering steps, I
91. 2:15collapsed. Years of drug testing had
92. 2:16deformed the bones throughout my body,
93. 2:18leaving my skin and flesh close to
94. 2:19rotting. Every step was an immense
95. 2:21torment. I broke out in a cold sweat, a
96. 2:22whimper escaping my lips. Christopher
97. 2:24crouched beside me with feigned
98. 2:25innocence, then suddenly burst into loud
99. 2:27sobs. Eliza, Sutton bit me. Eliza's
100. 2:29expression darkened. Sutton, 5 years
101. 2:31have passed, and you still refuse to
102. 2:33mend your ways? My teeth were pulled out
103. 2:34a long time ago, I replied with great
104. 2:36difficulty. How could I possibly bite
105. 2:37him? Over 5 years I was tortured
106. 2:39repeatedly, my limbs broken and reset,
107. 2:41my flesh sliced open. To survive, I was
108. 2:43reduced to fighting dogs for food. When
109. 2:45I truly felt I could barely hold on, I
110. 2:46went to great lengths to steal Dr.
111. 2:48Harding's phone to beg Eliza to bring me
112. 2:49home. Her refusal was immediate. You
113. 2:51must pay the price for what you've done.
114. 2:52Just stay there and be the test subject
115. 2:54for Christopher's drugs. Quit plotting
116. 2:55to come back and replace him.