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00:00There are some secrets you don't know about a woman you call mom.
00:05I hated your mother, and it disgusts me how much you remind me of her.
00:11But daddy...
00:12Enough. You will stay under my roof until the day you are married.
00:17And then you'll be some other...
00:18...problem.
00:30Don't open your eyes just yet, or you'll spoil my special surprise for you.
00:49Just one more second.
00:54Alright, open your eyes now.
00:57You made it for me?
01:00It's so beautiful.
01:02My beautiful girl deserves beautiful things.
01:06And the most unique ones.
01:10I love you, Nora.
01:21I'll never forget you, mom.
01:24Mom.
01:26Nora's young mind struggled to comprehend losing her mother.
01:30The only person who loved her unconditionally was now gone.
01:34Nora's father married Wendy the next morning, within an hour of lowering her mother's coffin into the ground in the same church.
01:42Nora was forced to stay in her room the entire day as if she were some kind of prisoner.
01:49Hi there. I'm here to meet my new stepsister.
01:52You must be Nora.
01:54I'm Angela.
01:56Nice to meet you.
01:59What is so funny?
02:01You are.
02:04Nora instantly saw how wickedly similar Angela was to her mother.
02:09I have a message for my mother.
02:11What message?
02:14I'm going to make your life a living hell, Nora.
02:22Nora?
02:24Berta!
02:26Where have you been?
02:29Oh dear, I'm not even supposed to be here right now.
02:33What?
02:35Your new stepmother fired me because I tried to defend you.
02:40But you can't leave!
02:43I just wanted to say goodbye.
02:46I don't want you to think that I abandoned you.
02:53Please, don't go.
02:57Your stepmother left me no choice.
03:00Listen to me, child.
03:02Promise me to stay strong.
03:05Never let your father and that nasty woman break you.
03:10Your mother is right here.
03:12Berta!
03:14Don't go!
03:16I need you!
03:19I have to.
03:21Never forget what I said, okay?
03:28I won't.
03:30I promise.
03:32Be strong, Nora.
03:34No matter what.
03:35I promise.
03:37Be strong, Nora.
03:39No matter what.
03:42This marked the end of Nora's childhood
03:45and the beginning of a new and daunting chapter in Nora's life.
03:49Nora's father focused on his new family,
03:52pretending Nora didn't exist.
03:55Guys, give us some space for God's sake.
03:58Stories of Henry's hasty remarriage plastered across every major tabloid.
04:03Mr. Smith, any comments on your remarriage,
04:06less than 24 hours after your wife's death?
04:09Miss Smith? Miss Smith?
04:11Why are you keeping your daughter out of the media's eyes?
04:14Why all the secrecy around her?
04:16We won't be answering any questions now.
04:19Please leave the premises immediately.
04:21Or we will call the police.
04:26With the arrival of Wendy and Angela in the Smith household,
04:30things around the house quickly changed.
04:34My stomach hurts. I can't eat anymore.
04:39Don't be wasteful.
04:41I want you to finish all the food on your plate.
04:44Every last bite.
04:46This food isn't good for me.
04:48My mom would never let me eat junk food.
04:50Especially not for breakfast.
04:52Enough.
04:57How dare you complain?
04:59Any normal child would be delighted.
05:01Would be happy to have dessert for breakfast.
05:05Eat your food.
05:11Eat your food.
05:17See?
05:19You can eat more.
05:21After all...
05:32Blueberries.
05:34Yeah, your favorite. Dig in.
05:37They're so sweet.
05:39Just like you.
05:41My precious girl.
05:45Your medicine, miss.
05:50Except for sweets for breakfast,
05:52every day, Nora was forced to take a handful of unidentified pills.
06:02I think I'm going to the sink.
06:05Hey, what's wrong?
06:08Come here.
06:15You're in such big trouble.
06:17Nora didn't understand why Angela was blaming her for being sick.
06:21Hey! Shut up!
06:23Daddy! Daddy!
06:25Your daddy hates you.
06:27My mommy said all your toys are mine now.
06:29And I can do as I wish.
06:31Please, not this one.
06:33My mom made it for me.
06:35You can take anything else you want.
06:37Just not this one.
06:39But you loved this one.
06:41And my mommy said the best way to hurt you
06:43is to destroy everything you love.
06:45One by one.
06:53How could you?
07:01Good girl.
07:06Mom.
07:08I miss you so much.
07:10Today was hard.
07:12I'm trying to be brave.
07:17I wish you were here.
07:22I love you, Mom.
07:24Nora desperately wished to be with her mother.
07:26Eventually, she drifted to sleep where her mother answered her prayers in a dream.
07:31Wake up, sweetheart.
07:33Mom, you're back.
07:37Just for a moment, my love.
07:40I missed you.
07:42Things are terrible here.
07:44I'm so sorry to hear that.
07:48Listen, sweetheart.
07:50Things will get worse before they ever get better.
07:54You need to let yourself feel these yucky feelings
07:57so you grow up to be a strong woman someday.
08:01Do you understand?
08:03I guess so.
08:05Life's gonna be hard,
08:08so you have to keep being strong.
08:11No one can ever hurt you
08:14if you always remember who you really are.
08:21And remember,
08:23I'll always love you.
08:24I'll always love you.
08:26I'll always love you, too.
08:29Nora knew Angela must be responsible for ripping her doll apart as she dreamt.
08:34Nora was shattered, but she knew it was only going to get worse.
08:38Everything hit rock bottom when ten years later,
08:41I need to know who the father of the child is.
08:44I don't know. He doesn't have a father.
08:46Then you don't have a father either.
08:48What?
08:50Nora was a virgin who got pregnant.
08:51She was locked up inside her house for the last few months
08:54and nobody came in or out of her room.
08:56Then how did she get pregnant?
08:58Instead of helping and protecting her,
09:00Nora's father was more concerned about her engagement
09:03with the heir to the richest family in town.
09:05Try to come up with a better excuse before your fiancé gets here.
09:09You don't need any excuses, Mr. Smith.
09:12Mr. Gray, I'm begging you.
09:14There's been a mistake, but I'll take care of it.
09:18Too late. I've already made up my mind.
09:21Anthony, listen.
09:23No, you listen to me.
09:25This whole thing reeked of a conspiracy,
09:27but Nora was innocently unaware.
09:29Did her stepsister Angela have something to do with it?
09:32After all, she always humiliated Nora for her looks,
09:35but could she be this evil?
09:37Nora had no one to help her find her answers.
09:40She was sure that Anthony would dump her now,
09:42but something conspired between him and Nora's father
09:45and Anthony made a complete U-turn.
09:47Okay, I'll marry your daughter.
09:50Anthony, that's beautiful.
09:52But with one condition.
09:54You have to get rid of Nora.
09:56What? That's impossible!
09:58I know!
10:00Instead of supporting Nora, her father said something far crueler.
10:03You'll have a baby, but...
10:05we'll give it to a special orphanage.
10:08No! That's horrible!
10:10Look what money has turned you into!
10:13Is your greed worth more than your grandchild's life?
10:16Is it?
10:18My stomach...
10:23After a painful labor,
10:25Nora delivered twins, a boy and a girl,
10:28but her father abducted her son,
10:30and in her condition,
10:32Nora could only save her daughter and run away.
10:34For nine years, Nora faced many hardships,
10:37but instead of breaking down,
10:39her struggles only transformed her into a powerful woman
10:42who doesn't fear anyone.
10:44She is no more a timid Nora,
10:45but can now fight the whole world to protect what's hers.
10:50Mom, you're so beautiful!
10:52Thanks, baby. Like you.
10:55Mom, are we flying to the States to find my daddy?
10:59I told you that you don't have a daddy.
11:02But everyone has a father, and I should have one.
11:05This conversation is over. Come on.
11:10Well, if not daddy,
11:13we should find my brother at least.
11:16Yes, honey, we will.
11:19We will.
11:21All those mysteries remained unsolved,
11:24but Nora worked on herself,
11:26worked hard to become one of the most prestigious surgeons around the world,
11:30and changed her name to Athena.
11:38Hello?
11:40Athena, you have to be more careful.
11:42Can you hear me?
11:43Can you hear me?
11:45Why, Spike? What's the matter?
11:47Justin Hunt is running a global search to find out who are you.
11:51Do you know how famous he and his family are?
11:54Listen, Spike, I...
11:56No, you listen.
11:58You've been overseas all this time.
12:00That is the only reason you've been able to avoid him.
12:03But now that you're going to return,
12:06you won't be able to run away anymore.
12:08Justin Hunt was a powerful businessman,
12:10and he wanted Dr. Athena to treat his grandmother.
12:13Nora had been avoiding him
12:15as she was aware of the ongoing power struggle in the Hunt family,
12:18and she wanted no part in their family politics.
12:21She just wanted to go find her son.
12:23But Nora had no idea
12:25that Justin Hunt was the answer to all her problems.
12:32God damn, where's that f***ing woman, huh?
12:35As your father told you,
12:37even if you are breaking a relationship,
12:39you should...
12:41Shut up!
12:43Tell me what to do.
12:45I hate the thought of seeing that ugly woman.
12:48She probably looks even worse now.
12:51Even after all that had happened,
12:53the Gray family didn't break off Anthony and Nora's engagement.
12:57But now suddenly they had agreed
12:59and Nora was called back to the States.
13:01Why now?
13:03Something was fishy,
13:05but Nora had to play along to get her son back.
13:07Hello, beautiful.
13:09What's your name?
13:11Are you waiting for Nora Smith?
13:14Oh, no.
13:16I've nothing to do with this horrible individual.
13:19I don't even want to see her.
13:21Then you're probably blind, sir.
13:23Blind?
13:25Why?
13:27Anthony was still the same greedy, lecherous man,
13:29but such men were easy to manipulate.
13:31Nora was going to get her revenge soon.
13:34We've got to go, baby. Come on.
13:37But what's your name?
13:38What's your name?
13:42If Nora were even the slightest bit as beautiful as this woman,
13:47maybe I would put up with this marriage.
14:09Hello, Dad.
14:11Why aren't you picking up the phone?
14:13Where are you?
14:15Why do you have to rouse the whole family and then disappear again?
14:19I won't be long.
14:21Won't be long?
14:23You are the one that made all that fuss
14:25about breaking off the engagement.
14:27Come here and stop wasting our time.
14:29Nora wondered if she would be able to get her father
14:31to tell about her son's whereabouts.
14:33Will today be the day she reunites with her son?
14:36I'm sorry, baby. Let me help you.
14:39I'm not a baby.
14:41I'm an adult too, but even I need help sometimes.
14:46Do you like reading?
14:48Yes.
14:50Me too.
14:52Okay. Sorry.
14:56I didn't see you.
14:58It's okay. Bye.
15:00Bye.
15:02There was something about this child.
15:04His eyes seemed familiar.
15:06Nora had no idea that this little boy was Justin Hunt's son,
15:10the very man she was running away from,
15:13and he had noticed her.
15:17Nora was coming home after almost a decade,
15:20but nothing had changed.
15:22Angela had picked someone else to torment instead of her,
15:26and it was the perfect opportunity for Nora
15:28to put her stepsister in her place.
15:30I'm gonna ruin you.
15:32Who the hell are you?
15:34Hey, girls.
15:37What's going on here?
15:39Me?
15:41I'm Nora.
15:43Nora Smith.
15:50It can't be.
15:52It can't.
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