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00:00Oh, no, sir. Please. She's just a child.
00:05How dare you complain?
00:07Any normal child would be delighted.
00:09Would be happy to have dessert for breakfast.
00:12Eat your food.
00:18Eat your food.
00:24See?
00:26You can eat more.
00:28After all...
00:31Please, not this one.
00:33My mom made it for me.
00:35You can take anything else you want.
00:37Just not this one.
00:39But you love this one.
00:41And my mommy said the best way to hurt you
00:43is to destroy everything you love.
00:45One by one.
00:53How could you?
00:56Daddy, I was waiting for you.
00:58Your mother is dead, Nora.
01:00And the woman you hurt today, I'm gonna marry her tomorrow.
01:08She also has a daughter.
01:10And we will be living together from now.
01:12And I better not hear any complaints.
01:15She's the lady of the house now.
01:17And you have to do whatever she says.
01:19Understand?
01:21But don't you love mom?
01:24Love her?
01:29I never loved her.
01:35There are some secrets you don't know
01:37about the woman you call mom.
01:39I hated your mother.
01:41And it disgusts me how much you remind me of her.
01:45But daddy...
01:47Enough.
01:48You will stay under my roof until the day you are married.
01:51And then it will be some other bourbon problem.
02:15Don't open your eyes just yet.
02:17Or you'll spoil my special surprise for you.
02:23Just one more second.
02:29Alright, open your eyes now.
02:32You made it for me?
02:34It's so beautiful.
02:36My beautiful girl deserves beautiful things.
02:40And the most unique ones.
02:43I love you, Nora.
02:54I'll never forget you.
02:56Mom.
02:59Nora's young mind struggled to comprehend losing her mother.
03:02The only person who loved her unconditionally was now gone.
03:07Nora's father married Wendy the next morning.
03:10Within an hour of lowering her mother's coffin into the ground,
03:13in the same church,
03:15Nora was forced to stay in her room the entire day
03:18as if she were some kind of prisoner.
03:22Hi there.
03:23I'm here to meet my new stepsister.
03:25You must be Nora.
03:27I'm Angela.
03:28Nice to meet you.
03:32What is so funny?
03:34You are...
03:36You are...
03:39Nora instantly saw how wickedly similar Angela was to her mother.
03:44I have a message for my mother.
03:46What message?
03:49I'm going to make your life a living hell, Nora.
03:57Nora?
03:59Berta!
04:01Where have you been?
04:04Oh dear.
04:05I'm not even supposed to be here right now.
04:07What?
04:09Your new stepmother fired me
04:12because I tried to defend you.
04:14But you can't leave!
04:18I just wanted to say goodbye.
04:21I don't want you to think that I abandoned you.
04:28Please, don't go.
04:31Your stepmother left me no choice.
04:35Listen to me, child.
04:37Promise me to stay strong.
04:40Never let your father and that nasty woman break you.
04:45Your mother is right here.
04:54Berta, don't go. I need you.
04:59I have to.
05:01Never forget what I said, okay?
05:06I won't. I promise.
05:09Be strong, Nora.
05:11No matter what.
05:14This marked the end of Nora's childhood
05:17and the beginning of a new and daunting chapter in Nora's life.
05:21Nora's father focused on his new family,
05:24pretending Nora didn't exist.
05:27Guys, give us some space.
05:30Mr. Smith, any comments on your remarriage?
05:33Any comments on your remarriage?
05:35Less than 24 hours after your wife's death?
05:37Miss Smith? Miss Smith?
05:39Why are you keeping your daughter out of the media's eyes?
05:42Why all the secrecy around her?
05:44We won't be answering any questions now.
05:47Please leave the premises immediately.
05:49Or we will call the police.
05:55With the arrival of Wendy and Angela in the Smith household,
05:58things around the house quickly changed.
06:04My stomach hurts.
06:06I can't eat anymore.
06:08Don't be wasteful.
06:10I want you to finish all the food on your plate.
06:13Every last bite.
06:15This food isn't good for me.
06:17My mom would never let me eat junk food.
06:19Especially not for breakfast.
06:21Enough!
06:26How dare you complain?
06:28Any normal child would be delighted.
06:31Would be happy to have dessert for breakfast.
06:35Eat your food.
06:41Eat your food.
06:47See?
06:49You can eat more.
06:51After all...
07:01Blueberries!
07:02Yeah, your favorite.
07:04Dig in.
07:06They're so sweet.
07:08Just like you.
07:10My precious girl.
07:14Your medicine, miss.
07:19Except for sweets for breakfast,
07:21every day,
07:23Nora was forced to take a handful of unidentified pills.
07:31I think I'm going to be sick.
07:33Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong?
07:35Hey, um...
07:37Come here, come here.
07:44You're in such big trouble.
07:46Nora didn't understand why Angela was blaming her for being sick.
07:49Hey!
07:50Shut up!
07:51Daddy, daddy!
07:53Your daddy hates you.
07:55My mommy said all your toys are mine now.
07:58And I can do as I wish.
08:00Not this one.
08:01My mom made it for me.
08:03You can take anything else you want.
08:05Just not this one.
08:07But you love this one.
08:09And my mommy said the best way to hurt you
08:11is to destroy everything you love.
08:13One by one.
08:21How could you?
08:30Good girl.
08:35Mom.
08:36I miss you so much.
08:38Today was hard.
08:41I'm trying to be brave.
08:45I wish you were here.
08:50I love you, Mom.
08:52Nora desperately wished to be with her mother.
08:54Eventually, she drifted to sleep
08:56where her mother answered her prayers in a dream.
08:59Wake up, sweetheart.
09:01Mom?
09:02You're back?
09:06Just for a moment, my love.
09:08I've missed you.
09:10Things are terrible here.
09:13I'm so sorry to hear that.
09:16Listen, sweetheart.
09:18Things will get worse before they ever get better.
09:22You need to let yourself feel these yucky feelings
09:26so you grow up to be a strong woman someday.
09:30Do you understand?
09:32I guess so.
09:35Life's gonna be hard,
09:37so you have to keep being strong.
09:40No one can ever hurt you
09:43if you always remember who you really are.
09:51And remember, I'll always love you.
09:54I'll always love you, too.
09:57Nora knew Angela must be responsible
10:00for ripping her doll apart as she dreamt.
10:03She let herself sob that morning for the last time in her life.
10:07She learned to mask her feelings.
10:09It was a hard lesson to learn,
10:11but one that ensured her survival.
10:15Ten years later,
10:16it was the day of Nora's engagement to Anthony Gray,
10:19one of the country's most eligible bachelors.
10:23Look at this.
10:24Isn't it beautiful?
10:27Anthony picked it out himself.
10:29Yeah, and it cost me more than the down payment for my house.
10:34Anthony, that is wonderful.
10:37Come and give me a hug.
10:39I think this moment calls for a glass of champagne.
10:42Couldn't agree...
10:43No, no, no.
10:44I know just the bottle to open.
10:46Come on, Anthony. Come on.
10:50I'm glad you came around.
10:53Your partnership with Nora will be profitable to business.
10:56I guarantee it.
10:57Thank you, sir.
10:59I'm very, very excited to finally be part of this family.
11:06I promise.
11:07It'll bring a hefty paycheck.
11:09Money like you've never seen before.
11:11It was the happiest day of Nora's life.
11:14If only she knew the terrifying turn it was about to take.
11:17Don't screw this up.
11:19Yes, Mom.
11:23Nora hated that her soon-to-be husband was in her wicked stepmother's good graces.
11:28It made her doubts and fears about Anthony even harder to ignore.
11:34Nora hoped that marrying Anthony meant finally leaving her toxic family behind.
11:39Let's see the ring.
11:44It's certainly unique.
11:46I never saw this happening for you.
11:50I never thought a girl like you could ever keep Anthony Gray interested.
11:56Let alone have him put a giant rock on your finger.
12:01Well, what can I say?
12:03Guess I'm a lucky girl.
12:05I'd say it's dumb luck.
12:09Call me whatever you want, Angela.
12:12Today's the happiest day of my life.
12:15And I won't let anyone ruin it.
12:17If you'll excuse me, I'm going to join my fiancé to toast to our future.
12:25I feel sorry for you, Nora.
12:28Why so?
12:30You and Anthony will never last.
12:36He just needs time to see that.
12:38And I can't wait to see all this implode in your face.
12:45Nora was frustrated that Angela knew all her insecurities.
12:49But tonight, she wouldn't let it matter.
12:52She was finally happy.
12:54Miss!
12:57Um, I'm sorry to bother you, but I have a message.
13:02From whom?
13:04Um...
13:06Well...
13:07Well...
13:08Message says that Mr. Anthony Gray awaits you in the guest room any five minutes.
13:16And I am sure it's an engagement gift.
13:19That would be lovely.
13:21Nora wondered about the gifts awaiting her.
13:24Hoping most for a moment alone with her new fiancé.
13:28Nora's world crumbled as she watched her fiancé with her wicked step-sister.
13:33It was like she was a little girl again.
13:35You had to screw my fiancé on the day of my engagement?
13:39Can't you see?
13:40Enough with the dramatics.
13:44You could have anyone, anyone!
13:46Why him? Just tell me, why him?
13:49If you must know, I love ruining your life.
13:52And let's be honest, you will never be able to keep him.
13:57The fabulous Miss Nora Smith.
14:00The great heiress of the mega-fortune,
14:02who can't keep her pet pudgy hands occupied with anything but a chocolate bar.
14:07Shit, Angela.
14:09Oh, and by the way, we found your little notebook.
14:15With all your little love notes to Anthony.
14:20Yeah, we're so cringe.
14:24Nora couldn't contain her rage.
14:28We can't be caught.
14:30My grandfather cannot fight about this.
14:38Nora, you do understand that I cannot be possibly married to this.
14:46What?
14:47Until you're a father.
14:49Marriage isn't happening.
14:51What are you talking about?
14:53Or else, I'll have to do it.
14:57But you, you don't want to be more of a laughing stock than you already are, do you?
15:04Maybe you'll finally get your first kiss.
15:07Not a chance.
15:09Not even if you paid me a million dollars.
15:16What's worse, getting dumped by the country's most eligible bachelor,
15:21or still being a sad virgin?
15:26No.
15:36Now, Nora wondered who had sent the servant to deliver her the message.
15:41Was it Anthony and Angela luring her to more humiliation?
15:46Miss Nora?
15:48Hey, hey, are you okay?
15:51Come on, come on, come on, come on.
15:53Let me help you.
15:54Let me help you.
15:56Come on, come on.
15:58Hey.
16:01What's wrong?
16:04Hey!
16:06Help!