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I never thought anyone would notice me,
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I never thought anyone would notice me,
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let alone have a crush on me.
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But this painting, I.. it really makes me look so radiant.
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I did warn you to stay away from my son.
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That's right.
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I shouldn't be the one in that picture.
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I did warn you!
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Ma'am, I've never met the young master before.
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Then how are you going to explain this painting?
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Are you saying that Ethan imagined your picture himself?
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Ma'am, it's time for afternoon tea with Lady Liesel.
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No one in this house knows I'm the daughter of the former painter.
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When she got pregnant with me,
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my mother lied, claiming the baby was the master's.
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Don't turn yourself into the kind of woman like your mother.
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If I find you lurking around my son again,
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I'll make you regret it.
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After she was expelled from the manor, I was left behind.
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But my mother couldn't fool my lady.
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After giving birth to me,
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my lady immediately expelled her.
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She also pitied me, so she kept me in and asked the old maid to take care of me.
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As you wish.
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I helped her out of it.
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And you must not report this to my mother.
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I was allowed to stay on one condition.
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I had to keep my existence a secret.
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I use secret tunnels to travel,
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come out and clean when nobody's there,
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and then hide away after finishing my chores.
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But Ethan, the lady's son,
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painted my portrait exactly, even though I truly had never met him before.
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How?
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Since then.
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Whenever I'm in trouble, someone always shows up just in time to help.
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Like they're always nearby, watching over me.
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Even though that person always wears a mask,
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I think I already know who it is.
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Oh, no, no, no, no!
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These things always happen to me.
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I guess I'm just not cut out to be a maid after all.
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But, once again, the person in masks showed up.
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After all that time hiding from everyone,
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there was someone who had been watching over me all along.
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Not a word, not a name,
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just the feeling in my heart.
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Like it skipped a beat.
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If I'm wrong, then maybe he's just the new gardener.
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But if I'm right, then I'm totally screwed.
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That mask was made of paper,
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so when it got wet,
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just like I expected, it was torn apart,
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revealing a strange yet familiar face.
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Young, young master?
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I, I'm sorry.
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I need to go now.
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Watch out!
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I, I've never touched anyone before,
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and I've never let anyone hold me like that either.
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You're supposed to say sorry instead of running away.
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Sorry, but I was forbidden to make any contact with you.
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There's like an invisible wall between us.
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A wall big enough to separate two different worlds.
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Then we just go.
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I don't even know where we're going.
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I just know that for the first time,
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I don't want to stop.
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Though I just met Ethan for the first time,
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it feels like we've known each other for a long time.
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If my lady finds out that you brought a maid in here,
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it might just blow her mind.
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You could be right.
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He's smiling, but why do I feel sorrow in his smile?
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They're beautiful.
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You got this talent from the master?
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No, I got it from my mother.
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Your mother?
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But why did she stop painting?
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Even I don't know the answer.
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Ethan, your painting won the prize!
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Huh?
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Shh!
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Mm-hmm.
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Hmm.
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This is the secret tunnel I've always used.
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But how come I never knew about this place?
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Because it was sealed.
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I only found out by accident.
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You wait here.
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I'll go distract my mother.
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This must be the answer to what I've been wondering about all along.
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The young master must have been watching from here.
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Just like other hidden rooms,
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this place is also used to hide secrets.
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I just never thought those secrets were connected to me.
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The birth records of my lady are here.
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The thing is, her baby has the same birthday as me,
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and that baby even looks just like me.
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No way.
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My mother.
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And she...
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Let's go.
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My mother already left.
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If I'm my lady's daughter, then Ethan, who's he?
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Ethan and I were switched?
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If I told him the truth, what would happen?
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Would he lose everything he has?
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Huh?
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Hmm.
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For the first time in my life,
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I touch this kind of expensive silk as soft as touching the cloud.
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This is something just for those living on the other side of the wall.
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If I were the old me,
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I'd still think I'm a Cinderella.
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But now?
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I really hope you can come to the party tonight.
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You're my inspiration.
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I could never win the prize without you.
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No matter what happened, it was never Ethan's fault.
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There must be some way to...
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Ethan's standing there, waiting for me.
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A mediocre girl no one even cares about.
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But today is the day that everyone has to look at me.
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Not because of my identity.
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Not of the present, the past, or the future.
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You came!
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Ethan, who is this young lady?
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Mother, you've met her before.
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My pleasure, ma'am.
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And then the storm burst through the front door.
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Huh?
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The woman I once called my mother walked straight into the party without hesitation.
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She...
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Does she know the truth about me and Ethan?
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Why are you here?
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You already ruined this family once.
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Isn't that enough for you?
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Ruined?
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I only came to congratulate my son.
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Huh?
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Please don't!
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There are many people here.
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Stop pretending to be my daughter.
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I believe that you've already figured it out.
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Maybe not just you, but everyone here, too.
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Ethan is my real child.
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All that time growing up and loving her son,
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my lady still can't win against that bloodline certificate.
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Ma'am, are you all right?
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All this time, I've been so cold to you,
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making you grow up without ever feeling loved.
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You didn't know about it.
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An apology.
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Gee, it's late, but I've been waiting for it for so long.
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I just can't believe it's from someone I least expected.
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The truth about our identities is now revealed.
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The right to the inheritance.
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I will now return it to Leah.
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What?
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I'm sorry I chose this way to reveal the truth.
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She wanted to use me to claim all of Father's property.
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As for Leah, she's been living a life she didn't deserve.
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All because of the mistakes of those adults.
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So, this is the only way.
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He said out loud the things I didn't have the courage to say.
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You.. you dared betray your own mother!
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You're not my son!
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Ever!
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To give me back my life,
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Ethan accepted to give up everything he has.
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You don't have to leave.
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Just don't let hatred separate our family anymore.
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Please, keep being my son.
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We could be a family.
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I've done many wrong things to you.
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Let me make it up to you.
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A family.
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Something that once seemed so far away is now finally mine.
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My name's Alice, a daughter of the servants in a place where even the bathroom makes you feel rich and fancy.
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That girl enjoying a bath there isn't the young lady of the mansion.
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It's my sister, Ivy.
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We all live in the basement.
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I usually try to help our parents whenever I can.
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While Ivy...
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You use the master's bathtub again.
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If they ever find out, we're totally screwed.
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If I don't say it,
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and you don't say it,
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then no one's gonna know.
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To Ivy, lying comes as easily as breathing.
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This is the mansion my whole family serves in.
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It's just like a castle.
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But like in any castle,
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there's not just a princess.
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There are lots of servants, too.
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Ivy, what are you doing?
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These clothes.
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Don't tell me you're a servant here.
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I-I-I-I...
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This is my house!
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For real?
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Sounds pretty unreal.
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Ah!
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Alice!
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Hold it!
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Quick!
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Huh?
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What's wrong?
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She's my servant's daughter.
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I just helped her a bit.
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What are you saying?
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Forget her.
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Let's go grab something sweet.
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Wow, I like it.
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What a rich lady.
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Don't you dare tell anyone that you're sister.
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Why, Ivy, stop lying to everyone.
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If the owner finds out I'm impersonating them,
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they're gonna throw our whole family out of here.
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What are you talking about?
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I'm coming.
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Hold it, Alice.
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Silent!
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We have a new student.
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I'm Ethan.
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I just transferred here because I wanted to be close to the one I like.
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Thanks.
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Hope we can all be friends.
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Whoa!
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Stop it.
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Ethan, go to your seat.
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You'll be sitting behind Alice.
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Hi, Alice.
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That day, I was so caught up thinking about Ivy,
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but I didn't even realize his eyes were always on me.
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Don't forget to help Mom clean up the third floor, too.
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But Mom asked you to do it.
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I'm the young lady.
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Cleaning's none of my business.
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Bye!
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Huh, you're Alice You sit in front of me in the class, right?
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You are John No, you're the new student, right?
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Why are you here?
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I'm here to tutor this family's son Let me reintroduce myself I'm Ethan Hi,
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Ethan Then we can meet more often now Um,
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my heart, it's beating so fast Where do you want to go to do the group assignment this weekend?
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How about we come to your place, Ivy?
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Um, this weekend.
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My place is kind of messy, so...
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How about we go to the self-study room instead?
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No, self-study room's lame.
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You have servants.
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Make them clean it.
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Fine, you can come.
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Whoa, your house hours are so cool.
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Ah, um, it's just regular.
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Ivy, what did she do this time?
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Shut up.
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Let me tell my maid to bring you something to drink.
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I want orange juice.
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Can we order some cakes?
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Sure thing.
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As you wish.
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Ugh, what kind of glass is that?
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It's so slippery.
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Quick, clean it up.
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But you're the one who spilled it.
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Clean the table, Alice.
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That's not necessary.
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Just tell her to replace it herself instead.
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You heard her.
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On your knees.
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Now.
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Ivy, you...
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If you don't want your whole family to get fired.
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Mom and dad will be very disappointed in you, Ivy.
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Don't do it, Alice.
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It's Ethan.
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Is he protecting me?
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Stop it now.
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That's enough.
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Who do you think you are talking like that in Ivy's house?
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Her house?
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Then let me introduce myself.
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I'm Ethan.
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I'm a tutor here.
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Why didn't I know about him?
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Does he even know about me?
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Just a puny tutor.
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Ivy can get you fired anytime she wants.
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He's new anyway.
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Let's go upstairs.
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We don't need to waste our time with those servants.
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It's all right, Alice.
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This thing will soon end.
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Mm-hmm.
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Ivy always knows how to make me feel bitter.
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Ethan just happened to show up and help.
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Still, this whole thing might leave a scar on my mind.
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Alice!
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Pretty, right?
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I'll wear it on my birthday party.
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We'll throw a birthday party like we always do.
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But this time, I want to have it at the mansion and invite my friends over.
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That's enough, Ivy.
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Yeah, I thought so.
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That's why I need your help to set everything up carefully for the party.
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I want to show them our sincere apology through it.
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If you really think so, then I'll help.
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Each of these cakes, each of these flowers,
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they all come from my sincerity.
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And so, this party made me think that maybe everything could get better.
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Whoa!
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Not a single flaw, Alice!
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Now, the one who needs to get ready is you.
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I've already prepared a dress for you in my room.
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Go change into it.
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Put it on so you look more proper, okay?
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Um, I get it.
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Tonight is gonna be fun!
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Just stay in there, Alice.
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Ivy?
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No!
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Let me go, Ivy!
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I won't let you ruin my party!
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Ivy!
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Ivy!
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Why do you have to do this, Ivy?
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Ethan, it's him again Why do you have the key to this place?
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I have keys to every room in this house
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Because I'm the owner of this place And it's time for you to have your own party Look,
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this is the life I deserve Luxury,
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gorgeousness, and being bathed in the spotlight What's going on?
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How come you maids are having a party in my house?
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I'm sorry, my lady.
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What?
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Maids?
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Ivy, you liar.
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What are you standing there for?
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Clean this mess up.
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Now.
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My lady, we're just.. just...
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Wait, Mom.
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Mom?
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Then you're...
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Oh, my God.
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Mom, I want to throw a birthday party for Alice.
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So people who aren't involved shouldn't even be here, right?
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But I'm Alice's sister.
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But you haven't really treated her like a sister, have you?
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Security!
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No!
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I won't go anywhere!
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Let go of me!
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Let go!
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My heart is beating a bit too fast, right?
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I have a surprise for you.
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All that time in the dark,
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I never thought someone would bring me into the light like this.
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His hand is so warm.
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Happy birthday, Alice!
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Thanks for always showing up when I'm in need.
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And how strange it is.
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Somehow it feels like everything's getting better,
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just like I always believed.
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This is me, Violet, inside my mother's body.
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That's right, a 45-year-old literature professor just now becoming a TikToker.
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Sorry, Harvard.
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My mom's career was all ruined after just 15 seconds of trending.
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And that's my mom, stuck in her 18-year-old daughter's body.
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Right now, she's wishing the floor would swallow her whole.
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Everything started last night.
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And now, let's go with the Chili Toss Challenge.
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I was just filming some random challenge on TikTok.
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I was supposed to start a new hot trend, but nope.
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My mom immediately shut down my rise.
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I've told you to leave the door at least five inches open.
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And surprised, the video's now going viral.
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Not me, but my mom.
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Who would do that to her daughter?
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Just a minute ago, I had 200,000 views.
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In a blink of an eye, my videos vanished.
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Just like my allowance usually does.
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Thanks to whom?
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My dear mom, of course.
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Dad would never do this to me.
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You've ruined my life.
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Yeah, a typical Gen Z girl line.
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But at that moment, I had no idea karma had already started spinning.
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Even the universe had to up the prank with a shooting star.
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And that's how I'm living the worst memory of my life right now.
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My back?
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It doesn't hurt anymore.
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Uh-huh, my mom's so happy.
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Suddenly having the back of an 18-year-old girl.
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Ouch, my back!
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While me...
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Well, welcome to the age of 45.
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And in that moment that I realized the universe hates me.
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Look at that displeased face.
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It's my mom trapped in her daughter's body.
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And guess what?
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I'm on my way to ruining her reputation with every passing minute.
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Mrs. Josie, I want to ask about this question.
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Boo!
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Nerd.
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Admit it.
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Age is just a number to me.
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I still know how to go viral.
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We already agreed that you would answer the question.
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Well, I just need to say that it's right.
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Right?
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But we also agreed that you can't make me look like a nerd.
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Now I need to go find Mr. Pickle and cancel the date on Friday because my daughter has an audition.
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Great.
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If I have to go on a date with him,
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I swear I'm going to throw up.
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We can't make any contact with him until we figure out how to switch our bodies back.
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For this club activity this afternoon,
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you have to say that your leg hurts so you can't dance.
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No dancing, I repeat.
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Two missions, one body swap.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Nobody's here?
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Perfect.
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Leave a note, then run.
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Great, now I'm a klutz in 4K.
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And cue the soap opera.
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Finally, alone at last Wait, is he cheating?
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This is worse than every TikTok cringe compilation combined After marrying that old lady,
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I can promote you to be an official professor Promise?
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Oh my God, he's a full-on villain arc I have to tell Mom,
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like right now Please, God,
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don't let him see me.
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You're so thoughtful.
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Thoughtful?
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Lady, he's proposing to you while pickling my mom.
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Huh?
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Ghost!
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Huh?
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I just looked away from her for a moment,
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and now my mom's like the main heroine of Black Swan.
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Cassie!
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Cassie!
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Cassie!
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Why has she never told me this?
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Have you told him yet?
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Wait, you know ballet?
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That was my dream, until I injured my back If she could actually be this young,
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I can't imagine how much more she could grow Thanks to your body,
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I can do ballet again Ta-da!
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Mom's going viral again Won't you delete my video this time?
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I gotta share this with my students.
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Oops, I mean my classmates.
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Mom could finally loosen up a bit and smile more.
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How am I supposed to tell her now that Mr. Pickle's cheating on her?
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I know you don't like Mr. Pickle,
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and he could never replace your father.
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But he doesn't deserve you.
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Cassie, not everyone could accept a widow.
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I was so hard on you back then.
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Maybe I can't handle two rolls at the same time like I thought I could.
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I used to think she didn't understand me.
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Turns out, I don't understand her at all either.
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Mom, there's something I want to tell you.
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Yes, honey?
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I haven't canceled your date with Mr. Pickle yet.
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It's all right.
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We'll figure a way out.
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Sleep tight, honey.
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Mm-hmm.
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And that day finally came.
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We came to meet Mr. Pickle.
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We, here of course, means me and mom.
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Okay, just one meal.
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For our bright future, Mrs. Josie.
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If the Olympics gave a prize for cringe,
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Mr. Pickle would win the gold medal without a doubt.
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But beyond my expectations, he pulled out a ring box.
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If it were the me from before,
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I still wouldn't let her accept this ring,
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even if hell froze over.
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But now the decision is up to Mom.
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I.. no. I agree.
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I mean, she.. she agrees.
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That's good.
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The ring's going on her finger,
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but the hurt is going straight into my heart.
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And her biggest day has finally come.
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I'm so nervous.
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Huh?
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We can't let anyone know that our bodies have switched, especially Mr. Pickle.
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Their souls and bodies are switched?
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How dare you do this right on our wedding day?
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Stop pretending, Cassie.
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I know you're inside your mom's body.
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I don't know how that worked,
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but you can't fool me anymore.
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You don't even care if I tell my mom about this?
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You and your mom aren't even that close.
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You think she'll buy it?
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He thinks he's holding the knife,
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but the play isn't over yet.
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What's wrong?
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Am I looking too good today?
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This man has committed the crime of betraying the Bible.
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I'm now condemning this wedding.
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What the?
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Hello, Mr. Pickle.
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You're now going viral.
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For the first time, I actually see something good about this cancel culture.
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And that, ladies and gentlemen,
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is the first mother-daughter collaboration to expose the cheater right on the wedding day.
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That's right.
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The moment we finally understood each other, our bodies switched back.
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Hmm.
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I...
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I'm back?
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Mom?
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Hello, honey.
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Maybe we still have some fights and still disagree on some things,
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but at least we always have each other.
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