My Dad Hired A Bodyguard For Me (English)
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00:00Do you have any idea how much effort it took me so Charlie would finally look my way?
00:04I had to wake up extra early, curl my hair, wear makeup, pick out the best outfits, and wear heels to school every freaking day!
00:11Sweetheart, you should never have to change yourself for anyone to love you.
00:15Pfft, that's a lie ugly people made up. Besides, boys like Charlie deserve a little effort.
00:20Boys like Charlie deserve to get their butt kicked, vandalizing school property, cheating in exams, answering back to teachers.
00:27Have you met our teachers? They're so rude and obnoxious. And this school is so old, it's already falling apart.
00:33At least they're renovating now, thanks to Charlie.
00:35Now that's just dumb.
00:37No, Mom, dragging your adult daughter out of a party in front of her friends is dumb.
00:41They all think I'm a loser now, especially Charlie.
00:44Nonsense. Listen, Tara, I don't want you to fall in trouble because of that butt-faced Charlie.
00:49He's not the right guy for you.
00:50And how do you know that?
00:52Because I fell for a guy like him, and it almost ruined my life.
00:56Sit down, there's something you need to know.
00:58Hi, I'm Sandy, and I have the craziest story to tell you. But first, like and subscribe to MSA.
01:04Dad had a million-dollar business, we lived in a mansion, and life was pretty much perfect.
01:09But when I turned 13, Mom left Dad for another man, and Dad couldn't take the betrayal.
01:14Dad was just getting over the shock when a month later, his business partner cheated him.
01:19He lost a ton of money, and after that, Dad just couldn't trust anyone.
01:23The new neighbor gives me the creeps. I think he's after my mansion.
01:26He's almost 85 years old. The only thing he's after is getting through another day without dying.
01:32But Dad got paranoid, hired a bunch of security guards, and installed over a dozen cameras around the house.
01:38By the time I turned 17, Dad's paranoia hit an all-time high.
01:43I wasn't allowed to go out with my friends, for movies, or stay beyond a particular hour.
01:47I was miserable. And then, a year later, I met Freddy.
01:51His dad was really rich, so you might think Freddy would be sophisticated and classy, but he was completely opposite.
01:58Freddy got a silver Cadillac for his birthday, but he hated the color, so he crashed it on purpose.
02:04That's nothing. Freddy's dad got married a couple of months back, and he spiked the food with earthworms.
02:10Let's just say that his dad would not be throwing a party anytime soon.
02:14He was your typical rich bad boy, and for some reason, I had the biggest crush on him.
02:19The next day in class, he was assigned my lab partner, and it was the most distracted I'd ever been.
02:24I kept knocking tumblers together, dropping chemicals everywhere.
02:28At one point, I was reaching for my books, and our hands brushed against each other, and I felt my cheeks on fire.
02:33After the class was over, I tried running from the room as fast as I could,
02:37but I tripped over something invisible and would have fallen on my face if Freddy didn't catch me.
02:42Are you always this clumsy, or do I have a special effect on you?
02:47Kind of both, actually. Freddy gave me a smirk and offered to walk me out.
02:51We ended up having lunch together, and after that day, we just got closer.
02:55Soon after, Freddy and I started dating, and life with him was a blast.
03:00I snuck out every night and went to the craziest parties, fancy nightclubs, and the most exclusive restaurants
03:06where I met all of Freddy's friends, each one richer than the next.
03:10I was having the time of my life, and what made it better was that Freddy was an absolute sweetheart.
03:16I could talk to him about everything, and we had so much in common.
03:19My dad has never paid any attention until I ruined his wedding,
03:22maybe because the snake he married asked him to keep an eye on me.
03:26At least you still have your freedom. I feel like a prisoner in my own house.
03:29Then one night, Freddy booked an entire amusement park for me.
03:33We were stuffing our faces with hot dogs, laughing, and chatting,
03:36until my dad's guards tackled Freddy to the ground with Dad right next to them.
03:40What are you doing here, and how did you find me?
03:43The guards saw you sneaking out and followed you.
03:45What were you thinking, Sandy? Sneaking out with some guy like that?
03:49Ahem, excuse me, sir, but I'm not just some guy.
03:52My name is Freddy, and I come from a very respectable family.
03:55If you... you could be the king of Egypt for all I care, but for me, you're the lowlife who sneaked out my daughter.
04:01What were your intentions with her? Kidnapping?
04:03Stop it, Dad. You're embarrassing me.
04:05Don't tell me what to do and march your butt before I send this Romeo to jail.
04:09I had no intention of doing what Dad said, but I did it anyway to avoid more chaos.
04:14And after that day, Dad and I hardly spoke to each other.
04:17Like father, like daughter.
04:19You don't know what your pops was like, okay? He was crazy. I'm nothing like him.
04:24So you think, Mom.
04:26Are you done being sarcastic?
04:27Not even close.
04:29Anyway, Dad grounded me and took away my phone privileges.
04:32I wasn't allowed to go to school without a bodyguard following me around.
04:36And it was getting annoying by the minute.
04:38Freddy and I couldn't hang out anymore, so we started sneaking around in school.
04:42Actually, I was surprised he was still interested in me after the way my Dad treated him.
04:46You understand me better than anyone else.
04:49I can't let you go because your Dad's a psycho.
04:51I swear, if I wasn't trying so hard to get into my Dad's good books for that private jet I want,
04:56I would have kidnapped your Dad and shipped him off to Hawaii.
04:58Oh my God.
05:00Okay, okay, I won't ship him to Hawaii. Please don't cry.
05:03That's not why I'm crying, dummy. I just realized I'm in love with you.
05:08I love you too.
05:09Freddy pulled me closer, but before he could kiss me, the janitor rushed open the door and started screaming.
05:15Before Freddy and I could even react, he rushed to the principal's office and told Ms. Everclear that Freddy and I were making out in the closet.
05:23The principal was furious and called her parents.
05:25Freddy's folks didn't show up, but my Dad did, and I was shaking in my boots.
05:30My butt was about to get grounded for life.
05:33Freddy is known for his antics, but Sandy, you're a good student.
05:37Your teacher tells me you've been skipping a lot of classes lately, and now this?
05:40But we were just talking.
05:42In the janitor's closet?
05:43Please don't question my intelligence, Sandy. I'm afraid we'll have to suspend you both for a week.
05:48Sir, if you will be kind enough.
05:49But Dad was only half listening.
05:51His eyes were glued to Ms. Everclear.
05:54I'd never seen him this dumbfounded.
05:56Ms. Everclear handed him my suspension letter, and I was fully prepared for Dad to give me an earful.
06:01But he simply turned around and left with a stupid smile on his face.
06:05I followed Dad outside, but just then Freddy pulled me to the side.
06:08Did you see that?
06:10Totally!
06:10Ms. Everclear is freakishly obsessed with cats.
06:13She has some 10,000 pictures of them!
06:15I'm talking about your Dad.
06:17He has a crush on Ms. Everclear.
06:19Ew, no!
06:21I think he was just stressed at work.
06:23No, I'm a man, and I know how a man reacts when he's in love.
06:26Your Dad likes Ms. Everclear, and this might be the end of all our problems.
06:31I don't see your point.
06:32Don't you get it?
06:33If your Dad has a relationship of his own, then he'd probably be too busy to butt into our lives, and we can do whatever we like.
06:39You think that'll work?
06:41Absolutely.
06:42Love makes you blind.
06:43This would be perfect.
06:44For the next few days, Freddy and I followed Ms. Everclear around like a shadow.
06:49We found out that she was staying in a dingy two-bedroom house, loved eating frozen pasta, and was dating some wannabe Italian painter.
06:56Freddy's plan was simple.
06:57Take Ms. Everclear's boyfriend out of the picture and replace him with Dad.
07:01We should hire a bunch of thugs to annoy Ms. Everclear, and your Dad can swoop in like a hero and save her.
07:06I know someone who might help.
07:08Absolutely not!
07:09It's too dangerous.
07:10I can hack into your Dad's social media and slide into Ms. Everclear's DMs.
07:14Bet that'll work.
07:15Okay, firstly, Dad doesn't have a social media account because he's afraid someone might invade his privacy.
07:21And secondly, I don't want to go to jail.
07:23Stop shooting down all my ideas.
07:25Then suggest something good.
07:27We were running out of options when one afternoon, Freddy and I were waiting outside Ms. Everclear's house and saw her boyfriend hop his way to her home.
07:35And that's when the most brilliant idea hit me.
07:37I told Freddy, and he immediately agreed.
07:40He jumped out of the car and rushed toward Ms. Everclear's boyfriend.
07:43Excuse me, sir. Do you mind telling me where the aquarium is? I'm lost.
07:47Scusa. I'm late to meet my pretty girlfriend.
07:50Suddenly, Freddy hugged Ms. Everclear's boyfriend and started crying like a little boy.
07:55Please, oh please, sir. I'm very sentimental about fish.
07:59My mom worked as a mermaid in an aquarium once, but then she grew older and quit.
08:04I wanted to become just like her.
08:07But you know our society frowns upon boys who become mermaids.
08:11You see where I'm going with this?
08:13Not the really.
08:14Just take me to the aquarium, please. I don't want to miss the mermaid show.
08:18Ben, Ben, come with me.
08:20The aquarium was close, so Freddy and Ms. Everclear's boyfriend decided to walk down.
08:25Freddy distracted Ms. Everclear's boyfriend with his sob story about a mermaid mom,
08:29while I tiptoed behind him and smeared my lipstick all over his t-shirt.
08:34Sorry, they were out of tissues. Thank you. Bye!
08:37Saying that, I rushed outside at the speed of light, and soon after, Freddy followed.
08:41We hid behind a tree close to Ms. Everclear's house,
08:44and watched her lose her mind over the lipstick-stained t-shirt,
08:47and then she kicked her poor boyfriend out of the house.
08:50The next thing we needed to do was to make Dad meet Ms. Everclear again.
08:54Freddy's uncle was having a fundraiser, and he invited both Dad and Ms. Everclear.
08:59They were chatting and having a great time, until Ms. Everclear's boyfriend showed up.
09:03I didn't cheat on you. It was just some stupid girl who messed up my shirt.
09:08Believe me, my pretty, pretty baby.
09:10Get off me, you liar! I hate you, I hate your accent, hate that stupid thing you call art!
09:16Leave and never come back, or I'll ask my new boyfriend to kick your butt!
09:21Ahem, I'm your boyfriend?
09:23Of course, sweetie. Now let's have some fruit punch.
09:26Ms. Everclear's boyfriend wept like a little boy, but she ignored him and left.
09:30Soon after, Dad and Ms. Everclear started dating officially,
09:33and as expected, Dad was totally out of my hair.
09:36Freddy and I were going out again, for parties, movies, and date nights, and life was perfect.
09:42Except, Ms. Everclear's boyfriend was as obsessed as ever,
09:45and kept showing up at our house asking for forgiveness.
09:48When I told this to Freddy, he looked concerned.
09:51We need to do something about this guy before he ruins everything.
09:54What if he convinces Ms. Everclear to patch things up with him?
09:57He's already suffering, Freddy. What more can we do?
10:00Leave that to me.
10:01Freddy made a phone call, and a few minutes later, he came back with Ms. Everclear's boyfriend's address.
10:06We drove to his place and parked the car across the street.
10:09Freddy and I tiptoed our way to the back of the mansion, and Freddy picked up a rock.
10:13I don't like this. It's illegal!
10:15No, Sandy. What's happening to us is illegal.
10:18We are young. We should be able to live our life the way we want to.
10:21Now I'm going in and seeing if there's anything we can use against this guy so he never bothers us again.
10:26Are you with me?
10:27It's a stupid idea!
10:29You always say that.
10:30Freddy was about to throw the rock at the window when I asked him to wait, pulled out a bobby pin, and opened the back door.
10:35What? I was bored at home, and the internet is a huge place. Come on, now!
10:39We went inside the house and started searching for clues.
10:42There was nothing out of the ordinary.
10:44Disappointed, Freddy and I decided to leave when suddenly we heard a car pull up in the driveway.
10:49We darted across the living room, panicked, and accidentally tipped over a candle.
10:53The curtain would have caught fire, but Freddy was quick to put it out.
10:56We jumped through one of the windows without anyone noticing and were standing across the street,
11:00when suddenly we heard a sound and the house blew up in flames!
11:04The fire brigade was there in minutes and Miss Everclear's boyfriend was safe, but the house was toast.
11:09Freddy drove us off before someone noticed us.
11:12Oh my god, what have I done?
11:13Don't panic. Everything's under control.
11:15Under control? We literally burned someone's house down!
11:19We've gotta come clean, Freddy!
11:21Are you barking mad? You want us to go to jail?
11:23I've been trying so hard to stay clean, and I am not letting one mistake ruin it all.
11:28It's not a mistake, it's a crime!
11:30Think about this, Sandy. If your dad finds out that we were behind the fire,
11:34he'll also know that we were the ones who set him up with Miss Everclear,
11:37and he will probably ground you for life.
11:39And my dad would ship me off to a boarding school, and he'll never buy me that private jet.
11:43This has to be our secret.
11:45I thought about it, and maybe Freddy was right.
11:48If I told dad that I broke into someone's house and burned it down,
11:51he would lock me up and never let me go.
11:54I had no choice but to keep my mouth zipped.
11:56So, you're a thief, a liar, a manipulator, anything else I forgot to add to the list?
12:01Yes, your mother. So you better not get carried away.
12:05So, breaking and entering a house to collect evidence so you can hook your dad up with your teacher
12:09is not getting carried away?
12:11Whatever.
12:12Anyway, for the next few days, Freddy and I lay low.
12:14The news about a house burning down in flames was all over the television,
12:18and they were still looking for culprits.
12:20Thankfully, all the CCTV footage was burnt in the accident too,
12:24so there was no proof against me and Freddy.
12:26But I just couldn't shake off the guilt.
12:28To top it off, Miss Everclear got a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend,
12:32moved in with dad, and became a total pain in my butt.
12:35She went on shopping sprees, got a makeover, quit her job,
12:38and laid on the couch all day passing orders.
12:41Sandy, darling, be a doll and get me a sandwich.
12:44And this time, I need pickles with cheese and cucumbers.
12:48Actually, could you add some wafers in there too?
12:51I like when it's crunchy.
12:52And no spice, it gives me diarrhea.
12:54Oh, and I don't feel so good today.
12:56Do you mind massaging my feet for a while too?
12:59You can ask one of the servants to do it for you, Miss Everclear.
13:02Yes, but you make the best sandwiches, and your hands are so much softer.
13:08Ugh, so annoying.
13:10I wanted to talk to dad about this, but he was happy after so long,
13:14and I didn't want to take that away from him.
13:16So I turned to Freddie for help.
13:18Just stay with her till the end of the school year.
13:20Once we're in college, we'll move in together and everything will be A-OK.
13:24How? All my life, I have lived under my father's thumb, Freddie.
13:27And now this stupid secret is consuming me.
13:31I have to talk to my dad before I lose my mind.
13:34You can't do that. I won't let you.
13:36I don't need your permission.
13:37Fine, go. Ruin everything.
13:40You know what, Sandy? This is your problem.
13:42You're just too weak-hearted.
13:43That's why it was so easy for your dad to control you.
13:46Look at me. I took a stand and fought back, and now I'm getting my private jet.
13:50Too bad you think I'm not good enough for you.
13:52Go find someone who is, and leave me alone.
13:55Before Freddie said anything else, I just turned around and left.
13:59I had decided to tell dad the truth about how we broke up Miss Everclear and her boyfriend,
14:03and the whole thing about the fire.
14:05But when I reached home, I was shocked to see a bunch of police cars in the driveway.
14:09I rushed inside and saw dad talking to some officers.
14:12Dad, I... I was about to tell you.
14:14You knew? Was I the only one who was blind?
14:17That woman fooled me and I couldn't even do anything.
14:19How could I be so stupid?
14:21Wait, what?
14:22Dad told me that the reason why we had police come over to our place
14:25was because Miss Everclear was actually a con woman
14:28who'd been on the run for years, and now they'd arrested her.
14:32This morning, I went to my study and caught her stealing money from my drawers.
14:36I went through the footage on my hidden camera and saw that she'd been stealing from me for a while.
14:40So I alerted the police and they told me they'd been looking for her.
14:43Do you know her name is not even Everclear?
14:45It's Gina Sour Cream or Sour Cream or something.
14:49I can't believe this.
14:51I think I'm just doomed when it comes to love.
14:53Or maybe I'm just stupid.
14:54Dad broke down in tears and I felt a sharp pain in my chest.
14:58I sat him down and told him everything, and he looked at me blankly.
15:02I'm sorry, dad. I thought if you had someone in your life,
15:05you'll be less lonely and I will finally have my freedom.
15:09I was selfish and mean and I don't deserve your love.
15:12After your mom left, I was just too afraid to lose you too.
15:16I wanted you around me all the time.
15:18And I guess I forgot, you're a grown lady now and you have your own life.
15:22I'm sorry too.
15:23Dad, can we leave this city?
15:25I think we've both had too many heartbreaks to survive here now.
15:29I agree.
15:30Dad and I hugged and made up.
15:31Freddy tried calling me a million times, but I just ignored him.
15:35Instead, I dropped him a text that I was leaving and then switched off my phone.
15:39Dad and I booked a late-night flight to our hometown in Texas,
15:42and we were on our way to the airport when a sports car pulled up and blocked our way.
15:46I got out and saw Freddy in the driver's seat.
15:48What do you think you're doing?
15:49I did it. I told the police that I was the one behind the fire in that house.
15:53What?
15:54Wait, wait. They told me that the real cause of the fire was a short circuit from an open wire.
15:58So they asked me to pay a fine for trespassing and let me go.
16:01It wasn't our fault, Sandy.
16:03And your dad? What did he say?
16:05He took away my private jet, but that's okay. I'll survive without that.
16:08But I can't survive without you. Please don't go. I love you.
16:11Freddy, I love you too. But right now, I need to figure out my life.
16:16And for that, I need time. Away from everything.
16:18My dad needs me now. I can't abandon him. Not after all this was partially my fault.
16:24Will you ever come back?
16:25I don't know.
16:26Then I'll wait for you, even if it's forever.
16:28I went with Dad to Texas, and I decided I wanted to be a writer.
16:33How could you leave Freddy like that? He loved you so much.
16:37I know. But I had to move on. That's life.
16:40You're heartless, Mom.
16:42Nope. I'm smart. If I wouldn't have left Freddy, he wouldn't have realized his mistakes, and I would have never married him.
16:48Wait, what? Freddy is Dad? But his name is James.
16:51So I changed a few names. Big deal. But I hope you get the point of the story.
16:55I do. And I promise you that one day, Charlie will learn his lesson too.
16:59Until then, let me make my own stories, Mom.
17:02So this was a waste?
17:05Not entirely. I know my mom a lot better now.