Uma menina de 9 anos é abandonada na floresta pelo pai, até que um milionário lhe diz: "Deixa-a ir"
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Some children are'}, {'start': '41.960', 'end': '46.120', 'text': 'never called by name, they are'}, {'start': '43.879', 'end': '48.320', 'text': 'seen only as leftovers,'}, {'start': '46.120', 'end': '50.879', 'text': 'barely surviving amidst pain, cold and'}, {'start': '48.320', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'abandonment. And in this story, it all begins'}, {'start': '50.879', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'in a freezing forest under a'}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '57.079', 'text': 'relentless rain, where a small girl,'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '58.359', 'text': 'abandoned and covered in wounds, lay'}, {'start': '57.079', 'end': '61.120', 'text': 'huddled as if the entire earth'}, {'start': '58.359', 'end': '63.519', 'text': 'had forgotten her existence. But'}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '65.439', 'text': 'luckily, at the end of that darkness, she'}, {'start': '63.519', 'end': '68.320', 'text': 'found the only light that would change her'}, {'start': '65.439', 'end': '70.439', 'text': 'life. That man was Emiliano Reias, a'}, {'start': '68.320', 'end': '72.479', 'text': '50-year-old self-made businessman and'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '76.920', 'text': 'real estate multimillionaire. People knew him as the'}, {'start': '74.720', 'end': '79.119', 'text': 'eccentric millionaire, the faceless man'}, {'start': '76.920', 'end': '81.600', 'text': 'of Wall Street or the ghost of the'}, {'start': '79.119', 'end': '83.320', 'text': 'real estate world.  In financial articles,'}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '85.600', 'text': 'his name always appeared accompanied by'}, {'start': '83.320', 'end': '87.880', 'text': 'cold figures, assets worth tens of'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '90.200', 'text': 'billions, gigantic contracts,'}, {'start': '87.880', 'end': '92.159', 'text': 'scratches that bore his signature.'}, {'start': '90.200', 'end': '94.079', 'text': 'But no one knew that each night, when'}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '96.119', 'text': 'the offices turned off their lights and the'}, {'start': '94.079', 'end': '98.040', 'text': 'contracts were closed, Emiliano'}, {'start': '96.119', 'end': '100.640', 'text': 'returned to a mansion as silent'}, {'start': '98.040', 'end': '102.920', 'text': 'as a tomb.  There was no laughter,'}, {'start': '100.640', 'end': '105.119', 'text': "no children's footsteps, not a single"}, {'start': '102.920', 'end': '107.159', 'text': 'soul waiting for him behind the door.'}, {'start': '105.119', 'end': '109.320', 'text': 'On the largest wall in the room hung only'}, {'start': '107.159', 'end': '111.479', 'text': 'a photograph, a blurred image of'}, {'start': '109.320', 'end': '113.759', 'text': 'a woman, perhaps his mother, perhaps'}, {'start': '111.479', 'end': '115.240', 'text': 'someone who had once loved him.  The photo was so'}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '117.399', 'text': 'old that its features could barely be seen'}, {'start': '115.240', 'end': '119.320', 'text': ', but Emiliano kept it in the'}, {'start': '117.399', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'most visible place, as if holding on to the'}, {'start': '119.320', 'end': '123.759', 'text': 'last piece of memory he had'}, {'start': '120.640', 'end': '126.520', 'text': 'left.  He had no family, no wife,'}, {'start': '123.759', 'end': '129.000', 'text': 'no children, no relatives.  He'}, {'start': '126.520', 'end': '130.920', 'text': 'only kept one habit.  Every afternoon he would sit'}, {'start': '129.000', 'end': '132.520', 'text': 'in front of a huge window, staring'}, {'start': '130.920', 'end': '134.599', 'text': 'out at a garden full of'}, {'start': '132.520', 'end': '136.599', 'text': 'withered trees, as if he were searching for something he had'}, {'start': '134.599', 'end': '138.640', 'text': 'lost a long time ago.  Those who'}, {'start': '136.599', 'end': '141.000', 'text': 'worked with him used to say,'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '142.879', 'text': '"This man has no heart."'}, {'start': '141.000', 'end': '145.040', 'text': "But they didn't know who really"}, {'start': '142.879', 'end': '146.959', 'text': 'has no heart.  There are people who just'}, {'start': '145.040', 'end': '149.680', 'text': 'try to put the broken pieces of'}, {'start': '146.959', 'end': '151.680', 'text': 'their life back together.  That March, Emiliano arrived in'}, {'start': '149.680', 'end': '153.360', 'text': 'Cheville, a small town in the southern United'}, {'start': '151.680', 'end': '155.000', 'text': 'States, to inspect a'}, {'start': '153.360', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'plot of land where he planned to build a'}, {'start': '155.000', 'end': '159.599', 'text': 'refuge for orphans and abused women'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '160.959', 'text': '.  During the entire visit, except'}, {'start': '159.599', 'end': '163.159', 'text': 'when the project manager'}, {'start': '160.959', 'end': '165.400', 'text': 'reported on progress, Emiliano did not'}, {'start': '163.159', 'end': '167.920', 'text': 'utter a single personal word,'}, {'start': '165.400', 'end': '170.159', 'text': 'until suddenly a young employee'}, {'start': '167.920', 'end': '172.159', 'text': 'dared to ask: "Sir, this'}, {'start': '170.159', 'end': '175.000', 'text': 'project has not been publicly announced and'}, {'start': '172.159', 'end': '177.000', 'text': 'no one knows of its existence."  Why?'}, {'start': '175.000', 'end': '180.519', 'text': 'The manager interrupted immediately,'}, {'start': '177.000', 'end': '182.640', 'text': "nervous.  Sorry sir, he's new."}, {'start': '180.519', 'end': '185.120', 'text': 'Emiliano looked at the boy in silence and,'}, {'start': '182.640', 'end': '187.879', 'text': 'with a soft voice, replied: "It\'s just'}, {'start': '185.120', 'end': '190.400', 'text': 'an outstanding debt from the past."  And without'}, {'start': '187.879', 'end': '193.080', 'text': 'further explanation, he continued walking,'}, {'start': '190.400', 'end': '195.680', 'text': 'leaving everyone intrigued.  The truth was'}, {'start': '193.080', 'end': '197.799', 'text': 'that Emiliano had also been an orphan.'}, {'start': '195.680', 'end': '200.120', 'text': 'They abandoned him behind the market, inside'}, {'start': '197.799', 'end': '201.920', 'text': 'a trash can, without a name, without anyone to'}, {'start': '200.120', 'end': '204.120', 'text': 'claim him, without anyone who'}, {'start': '201.920', 'end': '206.040', 'text': 'wanted him.  A street sweeper found him and'}, {'start': '204.120', 'end': '207.640', 'text': 'took him to an orphanage, where every night he'}, {'start': '206.040', 'end': '209.239', 'text': 'pretended to sleep so as not to hear the cries'}, {'start': '207.640', 'end': '211.159', 'text': 'of the other children, and every morning he'}, {'start': '209.239', 'end': '212.920', 'text': 'avoided looking at the adults, fearing'}, {'start': '211.159', 'end': '215.319', 'text': 'that one day they would choose someone but not'}, {'start': '212.920', 'end': '217.000', 'text': 'him.  He grew up under pitying looks,'}, {'start': '215.319', 'end': '219.159', 'text': 'half-hearted hugs and promises that were'}, {'start': '217.000', 'end': '222.239', 'text': 'never fulfilled.  Until one day'}, {'start': '219.159', 'end': '224.519', 'text': 'he decided to run away.  He wandered the streets.  stole'}, {'start': '222.239', 'end': '226.799', 'text': 'to eat, slept in train stations,'}, {'start': '224.519', 'end': '229.120', 'text': 'was chased and beaten.  But from that'}, {'start': '226.799', 'end': '231.080', 'text': 'abyss of hunger and fear, Emiliano learned'}, {'start': '229.120', 'end': '233.079', 'text': 'to climb out of life, with'}, {'start': '231.080', 'end': '235.360', 'text': 'scarred hands and a fierce determination to'}, {'start': '233.079', 'end': '237.799', 'text': 'never be discarded again.  And he'}, {'start': '235.360', 'end': '240.640', 'text': 'triumphed, but the price was his childhood'}, {'start': '237.799', 'end': '242.760', 'text': 'stolen forever.  Even now, having'}, {'start': '240.640', 'end': '245.120', 'text': 'everything, his heart was still a'}, {'start': '242.760', 'end': '247.280', 'text': 'cold room that no one had touched.'}, {'start': '245.120', 'end': '250.200', 'text': 'That afternoon in Acheville, the sky was'}, {'start': '247.280', 'end': '251.799', 'text': 'heavy, as if covered in mourning.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '250.200', 'end': '253.959', 'text': 'had just inspected a'}, {'start': '251.799', 'end': '256.280', 'text': 'secluded plot of land on the outskirts of town where he'}, {'start': '253.959', 'end': '258.359', 'text': 'planned to build the refuge.  On the'}, {'start': '256.280', 'end': '260.160', 'text': 'way back, instead of going straight to the'}, {'start': '258.359', 'end': '263.240', 'text': 'car, he stopped on a small trail that'}, {'start': '260.160', 'end': '266.520', 'text': 'went into the forest.  Something, a'}, {'start': '263.240', 'end': '268.759', 'text': 'silent, inexplicable but real feeling,'}, {'start': '266.520', 'end': '270.600', 'text': 'compelled him to follow.  The wind whispered'}, {'start': '268.759', 'end': '272.199', 'text': 'through the leaves, making the'}, {'start': '270.600', 'end': '275.000', 'text': 'dry branches crack like ribs in a'}, {'start': '272.199', 'end': '277.039', 'text': 'desolate forest.  Emiliano stepped forward,'}, {'start': '275.000', 'end': '280.840', 'text': 'his boots sinking into the cold,'}, {'start': '277.039', 'end': '283.520', 'text': 'wet mud, and then stopped.  A faint,'}, {'start': '280.840', 'end': '285.199', 'text': 'broken bark echoed in the distance, accompanied'}, {'start': '283.520', 'end': '288.360', 'text': 'by the metallic noise of something against an'}, {'start': '285.199', 'end': '290.160', 'text': 'object.  The barking suddenly stopped.  The'}, {'start': '288.360', 'end': '292.000', 'text': 'silence that followed was so absolute'}, {'start': '290.160', 'end': '294.160', 'text': 'that Emiliano could hear his'}, {'start': '292.000', 'end': '296.400', 'text': 'own heartbeat.  He pushed through a'}, {'start': '294.160', 'end': '298.440', 'text': 'thick undergrowth and, in that instant, it was as if the'}, {'start': '296.400', 'end': '300.400', 'text': 'world stopped in front of him.  A'}, {'start': '298.440', 'end': '302.680', 'text': 'tiny girl, so small it seemed the'}, {'start': '300.400', 'end': '304.520', 'text': 'wind could carry her away, lay motionless among'}, {'start': '302.680', 'end': '307.039', 'text': 'the mistreated grass, like old'}, {'start': '304.520', 'end': '308.960', 'text': 'scars of the earth.  His thin shirt'}, {'start': '307.039', 'end': '311.240', 'text': 'was in tatters, clinging to a body'}, {'start': '308.960', 'end': '313.080', 'text': 'that was nothing more than bones and skin.  Her'}, {'start': '311.240', 'end': '314.919', 'text': 'tangled, mud-covered hair'}, {'start': '313.080', 'end': '317.800', 'text': "looked like a bird's nest after a"}, {'start': '314.919', 'end': '320.120', 'text': 'storm.  His skin was gray,'}, {'start': '317.800', 'end': '323.120', 'text': "covered in bruises and mud.  He didn't"}, {'start': '320.120', 'end': '325.360', 'text': "move, he didn't react.  But what tore"}, {'start': '323.120', 'end': '328.000', 'text': 'Emiliano the most were his eyes,'}, {'start': '325.360', 'end': '330.440', 'text': "wide, enormous eyes.  They weren't"}, {'start': '328.000', 'end': '333.680', 'text': "scared eyes, they weren't asking for help, they weren't"}, {'start': '330.440', 'end': '335.759', 'text': 'showing fear.  They were empty eyes.  were'}, {'start': '333.680', 'end': '339.000', 'text': 'so empty that not even tears seemed'}, {'start': '335.759', 'end': '340.720', 'text': 'able to fall.  A dark, bottomless abyss'}, {'start': '339.000', 'end': '342.800', 'text': 'where light had long since ceased to exist'}, {'start': '340.720', 'end': '344.400', 'text': '.  A void where all'}, {'start': '342.800', 'end': '346.039', 'text': 'hope had been crushed so'}, {'start': '344.400', 'end': '348.720', 'text': 'deeply that not even the girl herself'}, {'start': '346.039', 'end': '351.360', 'text': 'remembered who she was.  Emiliano was'}, {'start': '348.720', 'end': '353.280', 'text': 'paralyzed.  I had seen war, I had'}, {'start': '351.360', 'end': '356.160', 'text': 'walked among corpses, I had'}, {'start': '353.280', 'end': '358.280', 'text': 'witnessed unimaginable tragedies, but'}, {'start': '356.160', 'end': '361.160', 'text': 'never, never had I seen such'}, {'start': '358.280', 'end': '363.800', 'text': 'silent, devastating pain, a soul'}, {'start': '361.160', 'end': '366.720', 'text': 'erased, without a name, without even a voice to'}, {'start': '363.800', 'end': '368.280', 'text': 'scream.  In that brief moment, Emiliano'}, {'start': '366.720', 'end': '371.319', 'text': 'saw his own inner boy reflected'}, {'start': '368.280', 'end': '373.160', 'text': ', broken, forgotten, without'}, {'start': '371.319', 'end': '375.520', 'text': 'thinking, he took a step forward and'}, {'start': '373.160', 'end': '377.080', 'text': 'knelt before her.  His hands'}, {'start': '375.520', 'end': '378.880', 'text': 'shook from sheer impact as he'}, {'start': '377.080', 'end': '382.039', 'text': "gently placed one on the girl's shoulder"}, {'start': '378.880', 'end': '383.880', 'text': '.  My little one," he whispered, as'}, {'start': '382.039', 'end': '385.599', 'text': 'if speaking to a fragile shadow,'}, {'start': '383.880', 'end': '387.960', 'text': 'fearing that even breathing too hard'}, {'start': '385.599', 'end': '391.520', 'text': 'might make it disappear. "Do you'}, {'start': '387.960', 'end': '393.720', 'text': 'hear me, heart?  Are you still alive?" There'}, {'start': '391.520', 'end': '395.319', 'text': 'was no answer. Just the faint rise'}, {'start': '393.720', 'end': '398.240', 'text': 'and fall of a weak breath under the'}, {'start': '395.319', 'end': '400.240', 'text': 'ruffles of his clothes. Suddenly, a'}, {'start': '398.240', 'end': '402.199', 'text': 'rough male voice shouted behind him'}, {'start': '400.240', 'end': '405.160', 'text': ': "What the [ __ ] are you doing'}, {'start': '402.199', 'end': '407.599', 'text': 'there?" Emiliano turned. It was a'}, {'start': '405.160', 'end': '409.919', 'text': 'large, disheveled man, with skin burned'}, {'start': '407.599', 'end': '412.360', 'text': 'by the sun like old age, emerging from between'}, {'start': '409.919', 'end': '414.280', 'text': 'the trees. In his left hand he held'}, {'start': '412.360', 'end': '416.080', 'text': 'a can of beer. Slung on his'}, {'start': '414.280', 'end': '418.919', 'text': 'hip was something that looked like a'}, {'start': '416.080', 'end': '421.039', 'text': 'rusty but still menacing gun. He'}, {'start': '418.919', 'end': '423.039', 'text': 'staggered closer, smelling of'}, {'start': '421.039', 'end': '426.319', 'text': 'alcohol, and let out a'}, {'start': '423.039', 'end': '429.080', 'text': "disdainful laugh. She's mine. Get out of here,"}, {'start': '426.319', 'end': '431.199', 'text': 'you [ __ ]. Each word fell on Miliano'}, {'start': '429.080', 'end': '433.560', 'text': 'like a blow to the chest. He clenched his'}, {'start': '431.199', 'end': '438.199', 'text': 'fists, fighting to keep calm.'}, {'start': '433.560', 'end': '441.240', 'text': 'You left her here alone in this cold.'}, {'start': '438.199', 'end': '443.479', 'text': "You're her father. She kept crying."}, {'start': '441.240', 'end': '446.039', 'text': "So I punished her a little. She's not"}, {'start': '443.479', 'end': '447.560', 'text': 'going to die. Relax! The man growled,'}, {'start': '446.039', 'end': '449.879', 'text': 'taking a drag on his cigarette and'}, {'start': '447.560', 'end': '452.080', 'text': "blowing the smoke in Emiliano's face."}, {'start': '449.879', 'end': '454.319', 'text': 'A cold, slow,  sharp pain began'}, {'start': '452.080', 'end': '456.400', 'text': "to grow in Emiliano's chest.  It didn't"}, {'start': '454.319', 'end': '459.000', 'text': 'explode, but it burned deep like a'}, {'start': '456.400', 'end': '461.680', 'text': 'blade.  He crouched down and picked up the girl'}, {'start': '459.000', 'end': '463.639', 'text': 'with extreme care.  Her fragile little body'}, {'start': '461.680', 'end': '465.840', 'text': 'huddled against him, trembling like a'}, {'start': '463.639', 'end': '467.960', 'text': 'bird that had lost its nest.'}, {'start': '465.840', 'end': '470.960', 'text': '"I can\'t leave her here," he said in a'}, {'start': '467.960', 'end': '473.479', 'text': 'low, firm, knife-edge voice.  "'}, {'start': '470.960', 'end': '475.560', 'text': 'What are you doing? Do you want to steal my'}, {'start': '473.479', 'end': '477.520', 'text': 'brat?"  The man glared at him'}, {'start': '475.560', 'end': '479.759', 'text': ', his right hand'}, {'start': '477.520', 'end': '481.840', 'text': 'slowly sliding to the gun at his waist.'}, {'start': '479.759', 'end': '484.360', 'text': '"I\'m trying to save her,"'}, {'start': '481.840', 'end': '486.599', 'text': 'Emiliano replied, without moving, hugging the'}, {'start': '484.360', 'end': '489.199', 'text': 'girl tighter.  The man took a step'}, {'start': '486.599', 'end': '491.680', 'text': 'forward.  His eyes turned red.  His breath'}, {'start': '489.199', 'end': '493.840', 'text': 'smelled of stale beer.  His pulse'}, {'start': '491.680', 'end': '496.599', 'text': 'trembled, hesitating between beating or holding'}, {'start': '493.840', 'end': '498.680', 'text': 'back.  In the distance, between the trees,'}, {'start': '496.599', 'end': '501.000', 'text': "Emiliano's assistant appeared, his"}, {'start': '498.680', 'end': '503.039', 'text': 'face pale with fear.  He scanned the'}, {'start': '501.000', 'end': '505.400', 'text': 'scene quickly, lingering a few'}, {'start': '503.039', 'end': '508.120', 'text': "extra seconds on the girl's face.  Without"}, {'start': '505.400', 'end': '509.800', 'text': 'saying a word, he took a few steps back,'}, {'start': '508.120', 'end': '512.919', 'text': 'took out his phone and turned towards the'}, {'start': '509.800', 'end': '515.519', 'text': 'forest.  Police, please come'}, {'start': '512.919', 'end': '518.440', 'text': 'quickly.  There is an abandoned girl and an'}, {'start': '515.519', 'end': '520.399', 'text': 'armed man.  A few minutes later, the'}, {'start': '518.440', 'end': '522.760', 'text': 'sound of sirens broke the silence of the'}, {'start': '520.399', 'end': '525.200', 'text': 'forest.  Two patrols arrived with their'}, {'start': '522.760', 'end': '527.760', 'text': 'lights flashing between the trees.  The man'}, {'start': '525.200', 'end': '531.120', 'text': 'was startled, stepping back, his arm'}, {'start': '527.760', 'end': '534.040', 'text': 'falling limply.  Damn it, who'}, {'start': '531.120', 'end': '536.560', 'text': "the hell called him?  Emiliano didn't respond, he"}, {'start': '534.040', 'end': '539.000', 'text': 'just held the girl tighter.   The'}, {'start': '536.560', 'end': '542.399', 'text': 'officers got out of their vehicles, hands'}, {'start': '539.000', 'end': '545.760', 'text': 'on their gun holsters.  Drop the gun,'}, {'start': '542.399', 'end': '547.480', 'text': "hands on your head, don't move.  The man"}, {'start': '545.760', 'end': '549.440', 'text': 'struggled, let out a series of'}, {'start': '547.480', 'end': '552.040', 'text': 'curses, but when he saw that there was no'}, {'start': '549.440', 'end': '554.839', 'text': 'escape, he ended up surrendering.  One'}, {'start': '552.040', 'end': '558.200', 'text': 'of the officers ran to Emiliano.  Are you'}, {'start': '554.839', 'end': '560.399', 'text': 'okay, sir?  And the girl?  Emiliano'}, {'start': '558.200', 'end': '563.000', 'text': 'felt her slightly, his voice tense with'}, {'start': '560.399', 'end': '565.760', 'text': "emotion.  She's alive, but she needs"}, {'start': '563.000', 'end': '568.120', 'text': 'urgent medical attention.  Immediately, the'}, {'start': '565.760', 'end': '570.360', 'text': 'officers called for an ambulance.'}, {'start': '568.120', 'end': '573.000', 'text': "Emiliano's assistant approached with"}, {'start': '570.360', 'end': '575.240', 'text': 'eyes full of concern.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '573.000', 'end': '578.360', 'text': 'looked, put a firm hand on her shoulder and'}, {'start': '575.240', 'end': '581.880', 'text': 'felt it with gratitude.  Well done.'}, {'start': '578.360', 'end': '584.480', 'text': 'Thanks for coming back.  The police handcuffed him'}, {'start': '581.880', 'end': '586.519', 'text': 'and took him away.  He growled like a'}, {'start': '584.480', 'end': '588.880', 'text': 'trapped wild animal, glaring'}, {'start': '586.519', 'end': '591.320', 'text': 'menacingly at the girl.  The ambulance'}, {'start': '588.880', 'end': '593.800', 'text': 'arrived.  Emiliano placed the little girl with'}, {'start': '591.320', 'end': '595.959', 'text': 'infinite delicacy on the stretcher.'}, {'start': '593.800', 'end': '598.320', 'text': 'Before the doors closed, a small,'}, {'start': '595.959', 'end': '600.000', 'text': 'thin, trembling hand reached out to him.'}, {'start': '598.320', 'end': '602.079', 'text': 'His little fingers gripped the edge of'}, {'start': '600.000', 'end': '604.120', 'text': 'his overcoat, so weakly that'}, {'start': '602.079', 'end': '606.560', 'text': 'the contact was barely felt, but it was enough'}, {'start': '604.120', 'end': '608.959', 'text': 'to stop Emiliano abruptly.  She looked'}, {'start': '606.560', 'end': '611.160', 'text': 'down and, in that tiny hand, she'}, {'start': '608.959', 'end': '612.959', 'text': 'saw not only the fear of being abandoned, but'}, {'start': '611.160', 'end': '615.160', 'text': 'all the trust that that girl,'}, {'start': '612.959', 'end': '617.480', 'text': 'against everything, had begun to place'}, {'start': '615.160', 'end': '619.600', 'text': "in someone again.  The girl couldn't"}, {'start': '617.480', 'end': '621.519', 'text': 'speak, she just tried to look at him with all the'}, {'start': '619.600', 'end': '623.600', 'text': 'strength she had left, but her eyes'}, {'start': '621.519', 'end': '625.399', 'text': "couldn't stay open."}, {'start': '623.600', 'end': '627.880', 'text': 'His eyelids fluttered and then'}, {'start': '625.399', 'end': '631.040', 'text': 'closed gently.  His breathing'}, {'start': '627.880', 'end': '634.240', 'text': 'became more regular.  She fainted.'}, {'start': '631.040', 'end': '636.240', 'text': 'Emiliano stood there motionless.  A paramedic'}, {'start': '634.240', 'end': '638.240', 'text': 'approached, ready to invite him to'}, {'start': '636.240', 'end': '640.399', 'text': 'get into the ambulance, but Emiliano'}, {'start': '638.240', 'end': '642.600', 'text': 'simply shook his head.'}, {'start': '640.399', 'end': '645.200', 'text': 'Take him to the best hospital.  I'}, {'start': '642.600', 'end': '647.320', 'text': 'take care of all expenses.  The door'}, {'start': '645.200', 'end': '649.360', 'text': "closed.  The ambulance's lights turned"}, {'start': '647.320', 'end': '651.600', 'text': 'once more.  The vehicle disappeared'}, {'start': '649.360', 'end': '653.639', 'text': 'into the fog.  Emiliano stayed a'}, {'start': '651.600', 'end': '655.680', 'text': 'few more seconds.  The hand still feeling the'}, {'start': '653.639', 'end': '658.079', 'text': "girl's tiny grip.  His"}, {'start': '655.680', 'end': '660.639', 'text': 'assistant approached his side.'}, {'start': '658.079', 'end': '662.839', 'text': 'Two men in silence.  Only when'}, {'start': '660.639', 'end': '664.839', 'text': 'the sirens faded into the distance did'}, {'start': '662.839', 'end': '667.079', 'text': 'Emiliano finally mutter, "Let\'s go'}, {'start': '664.839', 'end': '669.240', 'text': 'home."  After being admitted to the'}, {'start': '667.079', 'end': '672.320', 'text': 'hospital, doctors finally learned'}, {'start': '669.240', 'end': '675.560', 'text': "little Lucia's name.  I was only 9"}, {'start': '672.320', 'end': '677.480', 'text': 'years old.  a name so sweet, so innocent,'}, {'start': '675.560', 'end': '679.560', 'text': 'that it was almost cruel when compared'}, {'start': '677.480', 'end': '681.600', 'text': 'to the hell he had lived through.  At'}, {'start': '679.560', 'end': '683.320', 'text': 'first, the investigation team thought it'}, {'start': '681.600', 'end': '685.399', 'text': 'was simply a'}, {'start': '683.320', 'end': '687.920', 'text': 'serious case of child abuse.'}, {'start': '685.399', 'end': '690.880', 'text': 'Outrageous, yes, but sadly not'}, {'start': '687.920', 'end': '692.880', 'text': "unique.  But that wasn't all.  As"}, {'start': '690.880', 'end': '694.959', 'text': 'the first medical reports came out,'}, {'start': '692.880', 'end': '696.480', 'text': 'as nurses, doctors and'}, {'start': '694.959', 'end': '698.360', 'text': 'some neighbors began to give their'}, {'start': '696.480', 'end': '700.720', 'text': 'testimonies, a much darker truth'}, {'start': '698.360', 'end': '702.680', 'text': 'began to come to light.  A truth'}, {'start': '700.720', 'end': '705.000', 'text': 'that chilled even the most'}, {'start': '702.680', 'end': '707.600', 'text': 'experienced professionals.  Lucia had never been'}, {'start': '705.000', 'end': '709.920', 'text': 'treated like a girl.  No one had'}, {'start': '707.600', 'end': '712.480', 'text': 'hugged her.  No one had spoken his'}, {'start': '709.920', 'end': '715.720', 'text': 'name with affection.  There was no bed, no'}, {'start': '712.480', 'end': '718.360', 'text': 'toys, no birthdays.  She was never'}, {'start': '715.720', 'end': '721.200', 'text': 'sent to school.  To your stepfather.'}, {'start': '718.360', 'end': '724.440', 'text': 'Lucia was not a daughter.  He was a nuisance,'}, {'start': '721.200', 'end': '726.760', 'text': 'a burden perhaps, at most a'}, {'start': '724.440', 'end': '729.279', 'text': 'poorly trained puppy.  He kept her locked in'}, {'start': '726.760', 'end': '731.519', 'text': 'a damp, windowless cellar where not'}, {'start': '729.279', 'end': '735.040', 'text': 'even the sun dared to enter, no'}, {'start': '731.519', 'end': '736.959', 'text': 'lamps, no heat, no kindness.'}, {'start': '735.040', 'end': '738.839', 'text': 'Every day, they threw him a piece of'}, {'start': '736.959', 'end': '741.680', 'text': 'stale bread or half a rotten sausage through the crack'}, {'start': '738.839', 'end': '744.760', 'text': 'in the door, as if they were feeding the animal.'}, {'start': '741.680', 'end': '747.000', 'text': 'Sometimes, not even that, they simply'}, {'start': '744.760', 'end': '748.600', 'text': 'forgot to give him food.  And when they'}, {'start': '747.000', 'end': '750.959', 'text': 'remembered her, it was not to'}, {'start': '748.600', 'end': '752.920', 'text': 'feed her, but to bring a rope,'}, {'start': '750.959', 'end': '756.040', 'text': 'an electric rod or fists filled with'}, {'start': '752.920', 'end': '758.320', 'text': 'rage.  Without reason, or even worse, without a'}, {'start': '756.040', 'end': '760.240', 'text': 'reason being necessary.  A young'}, {'start': '758.320', 'end': '763.079', 'text': 'nurse began to cry after reviewing'}, {'start': '760.240', 'end': '765.240', 'text': "Lucia's x-rays.  Her voice shook"}, {'start': '763.079', 'end': '767.120', 'text': 'as she said, "Her ribs are'}, {'start': '765.240', 'end': '770.240', 'text': 'fractured in at least three'}, {'start': '767.120', 'end': '772.480', 'text': 'separate places. None of them have been treated. Some'}, {'start': '770.240', 'end': '774.839', 'text': 'have healed poorly and are now pressing on her'}, {'start': '772.480', 'end': '776.920', 'text': 'lungs. She has colloid scars on the'}, {'start': '774.839', 'end': '778.639', 'text': 'soles of her feet, probably from having to'}, {'start': '776.920', 'end': '781.160', 'text': 'walk barefoot on'}, {'start': '778.639', 'end': '783.160', 'text': 'rocks or hot surfaces. The most'}, {'start': '781.160', 'end': '786.720', 'text': 'terrifying thing is that these injuries are not'}, {'start': '783.160', 'end': '788.519', 'text': 'recent. They are months old, perhaps years old. A'}, {'start': '786.720', 'end': '790.839', 'text': 'pediatrician, reviewing her'}, {'start': '788.519', 'end': '793.120', 'text': 'blood tests, could only sigh in disbelief. She is'}, {'start': '790.839', 'end': '794.959', 'text': 'severely deficient in iron, protein, and'}, {'start': '793.120', 'end': '796.600', 'text': 'vitamin D. Her level of malnutrition is'}, {'start': '794.959', 'end': '798.920', 'text': 'comparable to that of a child in a'}, {'start': '796.600', 'end': '801.360', 'text': 'wartime refugee camp. Her stomach has'}, {'start': '798.920', 'end': '803.920', 'text': 'shrunk, she can no longer digest'}, {'start': '801.360', 'end': '805.959', 'text': 'normal portions. Her chewing and'}, {'start': '803.920', 'end': '808.320', 'text': 'swallowing reflexes are almost gone. She does'}, {'start': '805.959', 'end': '810.639', 'text': 'not know what it is to eat, she does not know what it is to'}, {'start': '808.320', 'end': '812.959', 'text': 'feel full, she does not know what it is to'}, {'start': '810.639', 'end': '815.000', 'text': 'be loved. An elderly woman who'}, {'start': '812.959', 'end': '817.320', 'text': 'lived three houses down shared her'}, {'start': '815.000', 'end': '819.440', 'text': 'memory through tears. I have never seen this'}, {'start': '817.320', 'end': '822.120', 'text': 'little girl smile, I do not even remember'}, {'start': '819.440', 'end': '823.839', 'text': 'hearing her speak.  She never left the'}, {'start': '822.120', 'end': '826.399', 'text': 'house unless it was with her'}, {'start': '823.839', 'end': '828.360', 'text': 'stepfather.  And every time there was, there were'}, {'start': '826.399', 'end': '830.839', 'text': 'bruises on her face and red'}, {'start': '828.360', 'end': '833.880', 'text': 'rope marks on her wrists.  I asked'}, {'start': '830.839', 'end': '835.800', 'text': 'him once and he laughed.  He told me: "If you don\'t'}, {'start': '833.880', 'end': '839.279', 'text': 'train a puppy in time, it will'}, {'start': '835.800', 'end': '842.519', 'text': 'bite later. I\'m just training her." I thought'}, {'start': '839.279', 'end': '845.399', 'text': "he was joking. I didn't believe him. I did"}, {'start': '842.519', 'end': '848.199', 'text': "n't believe he was serious. But yes,"}, {'start': '845.399', 'end': '850.720', 'text': 'to him she was nothing more than an animal.'}, {'start': '848.199', 'end': '853.120', 'text': 'Lucia had once had a mother, but she'}, {'start': '850.720', 'end': '856.279', 'text': 'barely remembered her. The woman had'}, {'start': '853.120', 'end': '858.360', 'text': 'left a long time ago. Lucia'}, {'start': '856.279', 'end': '860.160', 'text': 'simply left one day and never came back,'}, {'start': '858.360', 'end': '862.639', 'text': 'leaving her daughter in the care of the man'}, {'start': '860.160', 'end': '864.399', 'text': "she herself didn't want to live with. Lucia"}, {'start': '862.639', 'end': '867.399', 'text': 'had no one to turn to when she was'}, {'start': '864.399', 'end': '870.000', 'text': 'afraid. She had no one to ask for help. Every'}, {'start': '867.399', 'end': '872.120', 'text': 'step in that house was a threat. Every'}, {'start': '870.000', 'end': '874.560', 'text': 'nightfall was not a lullaby, it'}, {'start': '872.120', 'end': '876.720', 'text': 'was a warning. She could be beaten'}, {'start': '874.560', 'end': '879.120', 'text': 'at any moment, for anything'}, {'start': '876.720', 'end': '880.880', 'text': 'or nothing. The owner of a small shop near'}, {'start': '879.120', 'end': '882.920', 'text': 'his house told reporters a'}, {'start': '880.880', 'end': '884.920', 'text': 'memory that haunted him for years.'}, {'start': '882.920', 'end': '886.519', 'text': 'One day, the little girl tiptoed into'}, {'start': '884.920', 'end': '888.639', 'text': 'my shop, just'}, {'start': '886.519', 'end': '891.440', 'text': 'whispering: "Ma\'am, could I have'}, {'start': '888.639', 'end': '893.639', 'text': 'an apple?" And I said no. I didn\'t want to'}, {'start': '891.440', 'end': '896.920', 'text': 'start a habit.  I thought if I'}, {'start': '893.639', 'end': '899.839', 'text': 'gave him one he would come back again.  Today,'}, {'start': '896.920', 'end': '901.959', 'text': 'a few hours later, she came back.'}, {'start': '899.839', 'end': '904.079', 'text': 'Her little face was swollen, her hands were'}, {'start': '901.959', 'end': '906.240', 'text': 'scratched and bleeding, her sleeves were'}, {'start': '904.079', 'end': '908.880', 'text': 'soaked with blood.  He no longer asked for'}, {'start': '906.240', 'end': '912.000', 'text': "food, he just whispered.  If I don't"}, {'start': '908.880', 'end': '915.240', 'text': "ask, you'll just let me hold you.  I don't"}, {'start': '912.000', 'end': '917.759', 'text': 'need to eat her, I just want to hug her so they'}, {'start': '915.240', 'end': '919.639', 'text': "don't hit me again.  I had"}, {'start': '917.759', 'end': '922.680', 'text': 'learned that if I asked for something'}, {'start': '919.639', 'end': '925.639', 'text': 'too insistently I would be punished.'}, {'start': '922.680', 'end': '927.759', 'text': 'If she dared to speak she would be hurt.'}, {'start': '925.639', 'end': '930.480', 'text': 'If you drew attention, you would become a'}, {'start': '927.759', 'end': '933.319', 'text': 'target.  Thus, Lucia learned not to'}, {'start': '930.480', 'end': '936.040', 'text': 'exist.  He learned to be invisible, to'}, {'start': '933.319', 'end': '937.880', 'text': 'survive as a shadow.  In fact,'}, {'start': '936.040', 'end': '940.040', 'text': 'Lucia had been reported to the police'}, {'start': '937.880', 'end': '941.759', 'text': 'at least once, but since no'}, {'start': '940.040', 'end': '943.319', 'text': 'shelter wanted to take her in, since no'}, {'start': '941.759', 'end': '945.399', 'text': 'center would accept taking care of a'}, {'start': '943.319', 'end': '947.399', 'text': 'girl like her, she was returned to the same'}, {'start': '945.399', 'end': '949.839', 'text': 'place that had devoured her childhood,'}, {'start': '947.399', 'end': '951.399', 'text': 'like a silent prison.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '949.839', 'end': '953.600', 'text': 'had read the entire'}, {'start': '951.399', 'end': '955.279', 'text': 'investigation file.  One sleepless night, he'}, {'start': '953.600', 'end': '957.480', 'text': 'sat at his desk with'}, {'start': '955.279', 'end': '959.639', 'text': 'cold coffee in his cup, his eyes fixed'}, {'start': '957.480', 'end': '961.560', 'text': 'on the hospital report: three'}, {'start': '959.639', 'end': '963.759', 'text': 'fractured ribs, marks of ties on his'}, {'start': '961.560', 'end': '965.839', 'text': 'wrists, severely altered neural responses'}, {'start': '963.759', 'end': '968.040', 'text': ', prolonged episodes of'}, {'start': '965.839', 'end': '970.600', 'text': 'anxiety, mutism caused by'}, {'start': '968.040', 'end': '972.040', 'text': 'emotional trauma.  At the end of the report, in a'}, {'start': '970.600', 'end': '974.680', 'text': 'handwritten note by the chief'}, {'start': '972.040', 'end': '976.880', 'text': 'medical officer, it said: "This is not just a'}, {'start': '974.680', 'end': '979.199', 'text': 'victim of abuse, this is a girl who has been'}, {'start': '976.880', 'end': '981.120', 'text': 'stripped of her right to be human.'}, {'start': '979.199', 'end': '983.440', 'text': 'This line was the one that kept Emiliano from'}, {'start': '981.120', 'end': '985.279', 'text': 'sitting still. He had once'}, {'start': '983.440', 'end': '987.319', 'text': 'believed he had seen every form of'}, {'start': '985.279', 'end': '989.720', 'text': 'cruelty the world could offer:'}, {'start': '987.319', 'end': '991.839', 'text': 'multimillion-dollar lawsuits, betrayals for'}, {'start': '989.720', 'end': '993.600', 'text': 'power, ruthless acquisitions by those who did'}, {'start': '991.839', 'end': '996.160', 'text': 'not hesitate to crush everything and'}, {'start': '993.600', 'end': '997.880', 'text': 'everyone in their path. But never, never had he'}, {'start': '996.160', 'end': '999.440', 'text': 'witnessed a crime so vile that it'}, {'start': '997.880', 'end': '1001.399', 'text': 'stripped a child of her'}, {'start': '999.440', 'end': '1003.199', 'text': 'very identity. A crime that'}, {'start': '1001.399', 'end': '1005.480', 'text': 'trained a human soul to believe'}, {'start': '1003.199', 'end': '1007.399', 'text': 'that it did not deserve to be treated as such.'}, {'start': '1005.480', 'end': '1009.279', 'text': 'Shortly thereafter, thanks to'}, {'start': '1007.399', 'end': '1011.399', 'text': "Emiliano's decisive intervention, Lucia's stepfather"}, {'start': '1009.279', 'end': '1013.399', 'text': ', the man who had soiled every one'}, {'start': '1011.399', 'end': '1016.040', 'text': 'of her days, was arrested and charged with'}, {'start': '1013.399', 'end': '1018.120', 'text': 'multiple crimes, child abuse,'}, {'start': '1016.040', 'end': '1020.399', 'text': 'illegal possession of weapons, illegal'}, {'start': '1018.120', 'end': '1021.880', 'text': 'logging operations and, most disturbingly,'}, {'start': '1020.399', 'end': '1023.480', 'text': 'links to the international'}, {'start': '1021.880', 'end': '1025.600', 'text': 'smuggling network that had destabilized'}, {'start': '1023.480', 'end': '1028.199', 'text': 'several border regions.  The'}, {'start': '1025.600', 'end': '1030.000', 'text': 'trial moved quickly, the evidence'}, {'start': '1028.199', 'end': '1032.360', 'text': 'was so overwhelming that it left no'}, {'start': '1030.000', 'end': '1034.319', 'text': 'room for doubt.  But the scars he'}, {'start': '1032.360', 'end': '1036.679', 'text': "left on Lucia's body and her"}, {'start': '1034.319', 'end': '1039.319', 'text': 'heart would take much longer than any'}, {'start': '1036.679', 'end': '1040.880', 'text': 'sentence to heal.  Days later,'}, {'start': '1039.319', 'end': '1042.760', 'text': "Lucia's story began to appear in"}, {'start': '1040.880', 'end': '1044.799', 'text': 'newspapers across the country.  The'}, {'start': '1042.760', 'end': '1047.000', 'text': 'miracle girl, who survived the darkness,'}, {'start': '1044.799', 'end': '1048.919', 'text': 'saved by the compassion of a mysterious'}, {'start': '1047.000', 'end': '1051.520', 'text': 'multimillionaire.  But Emiliano'}, {'start': '1048.919', 'end': '1054.440', 'text': 'paid no attention to the news, did not give'}, {'start': '1051.520', 'end': '1057.080', 'text': 'interviews, did not appear in public.  He only'}, {'start': '1054.440', 'end': '1059.120', 'text': 'did one thing.  Every day he asked his'}, {'start': '1057.080', 'end': '1062.760', 'text': 'assistant the same three questions.   Did'}, {'start': '1059.120', 'end': '1066.200', 'text': 'you eat and sleep well?  Have you started talking yet?'}, {'start': '1062.760', 'end': '1068.760', 'text': 'Every day the same three questions and every'}, {'start': '1066.200', 'end': '1071.080', 'text': 'day the same answer.  Three'}, {'start': '1068.760', 'end': '1073.480', 'text': 'silent head shakes.  The girl'}, {'start': '1071.080', 'end': '1075.559', 'text': 'remained silent.  It was as if the horror'}, {'start': '1073.480', 'end': '1077.960', 'text': 'had not only robbed him of his voice, but'}, {'start': '1075.559', 'end': '1079.960', 'text': 'also the confidence to use it again.'}, {'start': '1077.960', 'end': '1081.880', 'text': 'Until one gray afternoon, with drizzle'}, {'start': '1079.960', 'end': '1083.760', 'text': 'falling slowly, while Emiliano was'}, {'start': '1081.880', 'end': '1085.520', 'text': 'reviewing a new donation contract with'}, {'start': '1083.760', 'end': '1086.960', 'text': 'a boarding school, his assistant'}, {'start': '1085.520', 'end': '1089.280', 'text': 'entered silently and handed him a'}, {'start': '1086.960', 'end': '1092.840', 'text': 'crumpled piece of paper.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '1089.280', 'end': '1094.960', 'text': 'frowned in surprise.  What is this?'}, {'start': '1092.840', 'end': '1098.559', 'text': 'The assistant smiled softly and said,'}, {'start': '1094.960', 'end': '1100.799', 'text': '"A gift, Mr. Emiliano." It was'}, {'start': '1098.559', 'end': '1103.080', 'text': 'a clumsy drawing with'}, {'start': '1100.799', 'end': '1105.320', 'text': 'pencil marks smudged by the water, but he'}, {'start': '1103.080', 'end': '1106.919', 'text': 'understood instantly. A girl'}, {'start': '1105.320', 'end': '1109.559', 'text': 'standing in the rain, her hair'}, {'start': '1106.919', 'end': '1112.159', 'text': 'disheveled, shivering with cold. Beside her'}, {'start': '1109.559', 'end': '1114.039', 'text': ', a faceless man, but whose hands were'}, {'start': '1112.159', 'end': '1116.960', 'text': 'visible pulling a coat over her'}, {'start': '1114.039', 'end': '1119.280', 'text': 'shoulders. In the distance, a house with'}, {'start': '1116.960', 'end': '1121.720', 'text': 'lit windows and an open door, as if'}, {'start': '1119.280', 'end': '1124.799', 'text': 'waiting for someone. The paper slipped from'}, {'start': '1121.720', 'end': '1127.280', 'text': "Emiliano's fingers and went quiet. The"}, {'start': '1124.799', 'end': '1130.080', 'text': 'room suddenly seemed to hold its'}, {'start': '1127.280', 'end': '1132.720', 'text': 'breath. That night he could not'}, {'start': '1130.080', 'end': '1135.200', 'text': 'sleep. He fell asleep in his chair until he'}, {'start': '1132.720', 'end': '1137.640', 'text': 'began to dream. In the dream, he was a'}, {'start': '1135.200', 'end': '1139.640', 'text': 'seven-year-old boy again, soaked to'}, {'start': '1137.640', 'end': '1141.799', 'text': 'the skin, huddled under the roof of an'}, {'start': '1139.640', 'end': '1144.840', 'text': 'old bus stop. The rain'}, {'start': '1141.799', 'end': '1146.679', 'text': 'lashed his face, chilling him to the bone.'}, {'start': '1144.840', 'end': '1148.840', 'text': 'A man walked by, stopped for a'}, {'start': '1146.679', 'end': '1151.600', 'text': 'moment, then continued on his way,'}, {'start': '1148.840', 'end': '1154.080', 'text': 'leaving him there alone in the darkness.'}, {'start': '1151.600', 'end': '1156.799', 'text': 'Emiliano woke up with a start.'}, {'start': '1154.080', 'end': '1158.760', 'text': 'Cold sweat soaked his back.  The'}, {'start': '1156.799', 'end': '1161.080', 'text': 'yellow light of the night lamp seemed to'}, {'start': '1158.760', 'end': '1163.000', 'text': "tremble with him.  I couldn't allow"}, {'start': '1161.080', 'end': '1166.799', 'text': 'another child to live that'}, {'start': '1163.000', 'end': '1169.120', 'text': 'nightmare again.  Not again.  Never.  took off his'}, {'start': '1166.799', 'end': '1171.840', 'text': 'glasses, rubbed his eyes, and whispered'}, {'start': '1169.120', 'end': '1173.240', 'text': 'hoarsely into the darkness.  He said, "If I'}, {'start': '1171.840', 'end': '1175.320', 'text': 'ever wanted someone to'}, {'start': '1173.240', 'end': '1178.400', 'text': "save me, then now I'm the one who"}, {'start': '1175.320', 'end': '1180.960', 'text': 'saves me."  Without hesitation, he stood up, buttoned'}, {'start': '1178.400', 'end': '1183.159', 'text': 'his coat and called his assistant.  Tomorrow'}, {'start': '1180.960', 'end': '1185.799', 'text': 'we take the girl home.  The'}, {'start': '1183.159', 'end': '1188.200', 'text': 'next morning, the refuge barely opened its doors'}, {'start': '1185.799', 'end': '1190.880', 'text': 'and Miliano was already standing in the'}, {'start': '1188.200', 'end': '1192.840', 'text': 'main hall.  His suit, which'}, {'start': '1190.880', 'end': '1195.280', 'text': 'was normally impeccable and very expensive, was'}, {'start': '1192.840', 'end': '1197.320', 'text': 'wrinkled.  His hair was disheveled and his'}, {'start': '1195.280', 'end': '1199.480', 'text': 'dark circles under his eyes marked his'}, {'start': '1197.320', 'end': '1201.320', 'text': 'tired face from a sleepless night.  And'}, {'start': '1199.480', 'end': '1203.640', 'text': 'yet, amidst that'}, {'start': '1201.320', 'end': '1206.559', 'text': 'exhausted appearance, there was something unshakable in his'}, {'start': '1203.640', 'end': '1209.039', 'text': "gaze.  He didn't explain his reasons, didn't"}, {'start': '1206.559', 'end': '1211.960', 'text': 'mention his status, just said in a'}, {'start': '1209.039', 'end': '1214.200', 'text': 'low voice, "I\'m coming for the girl, I\'m taking her'}, {'start': '1211.960', 'end': '1216.840', 'text': 'home."  No one dared to'}, {'start': '1214.200', 'end': '1218.799', 'text': 'object.  The director of the shelter suggested'}, {'start': '1216.840', 'end': '1220.840', 'text': 'some provisional procedures and asked'}, {'start': '1218.799', 'end': '1222.600', 'text': 'him to review the documents.  But'}, {'start': '1220.840', 'end': '1224.400', 'text': 'Emiliano simply picked up the pen and'}, {'start': '1222.600', 'end': '1226.240', 'text': 'signed it as if it were not a'}, {'start': '1224.400', 'end': '1228.000', 'text': 'legal form, but a blood pact between a'}, {'start': '1226.240', 'end': '1229.600', 'text': 'man who had once been left alone'}, {'start': '1228.000', 'end': '1231.080', 'text': 'in the rain and a girl who was just'}, {'start': '1229.600', 'end': '1233.240', 'text': 'beginning to remember how to exist in a'}, {'start': '1231.080', 'end': '1235.000', 'text': 'world he had nearly erased.  When the'}, {'start': '1233.240', 'end': '1237.200', 'text': 'black car silently drove through'}, {'start': '1235.000', 'end': '1239.679', 'text': 'the mansion gates, Lucia was in the'}, {'start': '1237.200', 'end': '1241.480', 'text': 'back seat, not saying a word.   He was'}, {'start': '1239.679', 'end': '1243.120', 'text': 'tightly holding a'}, {'start': '1241.480', 'end': '1245.000', 'text': 'worn stuffed rabbit, a gift from one of the'}, {'start': '1243.120', 'end': '1247.400', 'text': "shelter's employees when he said"}, {'start': '1245.000', 'end': '1249.520', 'text': 'goodbye.  His eyes remained fixed'}, {'start': '1247.400', 'end': '1251.679', 'text': 'on the window, watching each branch that'}, {'start': '1249.520', 'end': '1253.960', 'text': 'passed, as if he were searching for something that had been'}, {'start': '1251.679', 'end': '1255.280', 'text': "lost forever.  Emiliano's house"}, {'start': '1253.960', 'end': '1257.159', 'text': 'had once been a symbol of'}, {'start': '1255.280', 'end': '1259.159', 'text': 'success, power, and high'}, {'start': '1257.159', 'end': '1261.080', 'text': 'society standards, but that day it seemed more like'}, {'start': '1259.159', 'end': '1263.159', 'text': 'an empty castle of laughter, a place that was'}, {'start': '1261.080', 'end': '1264.919', 'text': 'dazzling on the outside but silent'}, {'start': '1263.159', 'end': '1267.000', 'text': 'on the inside, like the refuge that had'}, {'start': '1264.919', 'end': '1268.720', 'text': 'forgotten how to feel warm.  The'}, {'start': '1267.000', 'end': '1270.799', 'text': 'small room on the second floor'}, {'start': '1268.720', 'end': '1272.400', 'text': 'was already ready.  Her assistant had'}, {'start': '1270.799', 'end': '1274.200', 'text': 'chosen a pastel pink shade for the'}, {'start': '1272.400', 'end': '1276.200', 'text': 'walls, purchased'}, {'start': '1274.200', 'end': '1278.240', 'text': 'adorable stuffed animals, and hung tiny'}, {'start': '1276.200', 'end': '1280.000', 'text': 'dresses on a wooden hanger.'}, {'start': '1278.240', 'end': '1282.000', 'text': "Emiliano didn't know exactly what a"}, {'start': '1280.000', 'end': '1284.360', 'text': 'girl needed, but he knew what he'}, {'start': '1282.000', 'end': '1286.880', 'text': 'had needed once and now he was'}, {'start': '1284.360', 'end': '1289.080', 'text': 'trying to be what he never had.  And'}, {'start': '1286.880', 'end': '1291.799', 'text': 'yet, inside that house they'}, {'start': '1289.080', 'end': '1294.039', 'text': 'coexisted like two shadows.  During the'}, {'start': '1291.799', 'end': '1296.320', 'text': 'day, Emiliano sat in his'}, {'start': '1294.039', 'end': '1298.159', 'text': 'office.  Soft light streamed in through the'}, {'start': '1296.320', 'end': '1300.200', 'text': 'window and fell on his old'}, {'start': '1298.159', 'end': '1303.039', 'text': 'wooden desk.  Papers were'}, {'start': '1300.200', 'end': '1305.840', 'text': "scattered about, but he didn't touch them.  His"}, {'start': '1303.039', 'end': '1307.919', 'text': 'hand rested near the remote control.'}, {'start': '1305.840', 'end': '1310.360', 'text': 'Sometimes he would turn on the monitor connected to'}, {'start': '1307.919', 'end': '1311.960', 'text': "Lucia's room, not to keep an eye on her, but"}, {'start': '1310.360', 'end': '1313.840', 'text': 'simply to make sure she'}, {'start': '1311.960', 'end': '1315.720', 'text': 'was still there, huddled by the'}, {'start': '1313.840', 'end': '1318.159', 'text': 'window, doodling or hugging a'}, {'start': '1315.720', 'end': '1320.039', 'text': "pillow for hours.  I didn't know how to"}, {'start': '1318.159', 'end': '1321.880', 'text': "start a conversation, not because I didn't"}, {'start': '1320.039', 'end': '1324.360', 'text': 'want to, but because I understood that'}, {'start': '1321.880', 'end': '1327.120', 'text': 'wounds, if touched the wrong way, only'}, {'start': '1324.360', 'end': '1330.120', 'text': 'bleed more.  Every afternoon he'}, {'start': '1327.120', 'end': '1332.679', 'text': 'cooked dinner himself.  Nothing complicated.'}, {'start': '1330.120', 'end': '1334.440', 'text': 'Hot creamy soup, crusty bread,'}, {'start': '1332.679', 'end': '1336.640', 'text': 'sometimes a hard-boiled egg awkwardly'}, {'start': '1334.440', 'end': '1338.240', 'text': 'shaped like a bunny.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '1336.640', 'end': '1340.080', 'text': 'had never cooked for anyone'}, {'start': '1338.240', 'end': '1341.559', 'text': 'before, but now his hands were'}, {'start': '1340.080', 'end': '1343.480', 'text': 'learning not only to season with'}, {'start': '1341.559', 'end': '1345.799', 'text': 'spices, but with the eagerness of a'}, {'start': '1343.480', 'end': '1347.480', 'text': 'child.  Did you know that you have ever wished for'}, {'start': '1345.799', 'end': '1350.000', 'text': "food that wasn't thrown away as"}, {'start': '1347.480', 'end': '1351.880', 'text': 'leftovers?  He would knock softly on her'}, {'start': '1350.000', 'end': '1354.120', 'text': 'bedroom door, set the tray down on the floor, and'}, {'start': '1351.880', 'end': '1357.440', 'text': 'say, "I made you some food in case you'}, {'start': '1354.120', 'end': '1359.120', 'text': '\'re hungry."  There was no answer.  Only'}, {'start': '1357.440', 'end': '1360.919', 'text': 'when he turned to leave did he'}, {'start': '1359.120', 'end': '1363.480', 'text': 'hear the slight creak of the door'}, {'start': '1360.919', 'end': '1365.960', 'text': 'opening.  Only a small hand appeared'}, {'start': '1363.480', 'end': '1367.799', 'text': 'and pulled the tray inside.  Lucia'}, {'start': '1365.960', 'end': '1370.159', 'text': 'ate very little, just a few'}, {'start': '1367.799', 'end': '1372.640', 'text': 'spoonfuls of soup, a small piece of bread'}, {'start': '1370.159', 'end': '1375.159', 'text': 'and then left the tray as it was.'}, {'start': '1372.640', 'end': '1378.159', 'text': 'Emiliano collected it in silence.  Every'}, {'start': '1375.159', 'end': '1380.640', 'text': 'night was the same.  He said nothing, but his'}, {'start': '1378.159', 'end': '1382.880', 'text': 'heart grew heavier.'}, {'start': '1380.640', 'end': '1384.960', 'text': "Lucia's door never closed tightly, but"}, {'start': '1382.880', 'end': '1386.720', 'text': 'in his mind, Emiliano felt each'}, {'start': '1384.960', 'end': '1389.000', 'text': 'creak like the echo of a padlock'}, {'start': '1386.720', 'end': '1391.480', 'text': 'washing away a childhood memory.  Night was'}, {'start': '1389.000', 'end': '1394.039', 'text': 'falling.  The house became even'}, {'start': '1391.480', 'end': '1396.159', 'text': 'quieter.  There were no sounds of television,'}, {'start': '1394.039', 'end': '1398.679', 'text': 'no footsteps of servants, only'}, {'start': '1396.159', 'end': '1400.320', 'text': 'distant noises, soft footsteps in the hallway, the'}, {'start': '1398.679', 'end': '1402.159', 'text': 'subtle brush of a hand against the'}, {'start': '1400.320', 'end': '1404.400', 'text': 'wooden wall, as if the girl were walking'}, {'start': '1402.159', 'end': '1407.480', 'text': 'carefully so as not to disturb the world.'}, {'start': '1404.400', 'end': '1410.080', 'text': 'One night, Emiliano woke up thirsty.'}, {'start': '1407.480', 'end': '1412.279', 'text': 'As he walked into the open kitchen, he stopped'}, {'start': '1410.080', 'end': '1414.880', 'text': 'abruptly.  The nightlight'}, {'start': '1412.279', 'end': '1417.279', 'text': 'illuminated a corner of the room.  There,'}, {'start': '1414.880', 'end': '1419.559', 'text': 'sitting in a chair, was Lucia,'}, {'start': '1417.279', 'end': '1421.760', 'text': 'curled up like a fallen leaf, hugging'}, {'start': '1419.559', 'end': '1423.840', 'text': 'her stuffed rabbit to her chest.'}, {'start': '1421.760', 'end': '1426.559', 'text': 'Her eyes were closed, but her eyelashes were'}, {'start': '1423.840', 'end': '1429.159', 'text': "wet with tears.  Emilian didn't call"}, {'start': '1426.559', 'end': '1431.159', 'text': "his name, didn't come closer, just"}, {'start': '1429.159', 'end': '1433.679', 'text': 'poured some milk, heated it up and'}, {'start': '1431.159', 'end': '1436.600', 'text': "placed it next to the dessert.  He didn't make a"}, {'start': '1433.679', 'end': '1438.400', 'text': 'single noise, but his heart trembled.'}, {'start': '1436.600', 'end': '1440.159', 'text': 'There are children who are born so accustomed to the'}, {'start': '1438.400', 'end': '1441.919', 'text': 'cold that they dare not believe'}, {'start': '1440.159', 'end': '1444.279', 'text': 'that a glass of warm milk could come from'}, {'start': '1441.919', 'end': '1445.960', 'text': 'a genuine act of kindness.  And there are adults'}, {'start': '1444.279', 'end': '1447.760', 'text': 'who have once wanted a little'}, {'start': '1445.960', 'end': '1449.720', 'text': 'warmth so badly that when they can finally'}, {'start': '1447.760', 'end': '1452.600', 'text': 'give it, they do so with every last'}, {'start': '1449.720', 'end': '1455.200', 'text': 'bit of their heart.  That afternoon, the'}, {'start': '1452.600', 'end': '1457.159', 'text': 'rain was falling heavily.  The cold rain'}, {'start': '1455.200', 'end': '1459.559', 'text': 'pierced through the thick walls of the'}, {'start': '1457.159', 'end': '1461.799', 'text': 'Grazen mansion.  The sky was a'}, {'start': '1459.559', 'end': '1463.880', 'text': 'dull gray.  The wind slid through the'}, {'start': '1461.799', 'end': '1466.039', 'text': 'window frames like'}, {'start': '1463.880', 'end': '1467.960', 'text': 'nameless sighs.  Emilian stood in his'}, {'start': '1466.039', 'end': '1469.960', 'text': 'office, his eyes fixed on the'}, {'start': '1467.960', 'end': '1472.080', 'text': 'plant on his desk, but his'}, {'start': '1469.960', 'end': '1474.320', 'text': 'mind had gone too far, refusing to'}, {'start': '1472.080', 'end': '1476.080', 'text': 'return.  Then, a barely'}, {'start': '1474.320', 'end': '1478.559', 'text': 'perceptible sound echoed in the hallway behind'}, {'start': '1476.080', 'end': '1480.159', 'text': 'him.  Cautious steps, followed by the'}, {'start': '1478.559', 'end': '1482.679', 'text': 'dripping of water on the'}, {'start': '1480.159', 'end': '1484.840', 'text': 'wooden deck.  He walked out, following the sound down the'}, {'start': '1482.679', 'end': '1487.679', 'text': 'hallway and stopping in his tracks.  In front of the'}, {'start': '1484.840', 'end': '1489.960', 'text': 'door.  There was Lucia, soaked from'}, {'start': '1487.679', 'end': '1492.320', 'text': 'head to toe, cradling'}, {'start': '1489.960', 'end': '1494.720', 'text': 'a tiny creature in her arms.  Her hair'}, {'start': '1492.320', 'end': '1496.919', 'text': 'stuck to her skin, her dress stained with'}, {'start': '1494.720', 'end': '1498.679', 'text': 'mud.  He held in his arms a'}, {'start': '1496.919', 'end': '1500.960', 'text': 'stray dog \u200b\u200bso thin he looked like'}, {'start': '1498.679', 'end': '1503.279', 'text': 'a shadow plucked from the rain.  His'}, {'start': '1500.960', 'end': '1506.320', 'text': 'fur bristling with cold, his eyes'}, {'start': '1503.279', 'end': '1509.279', 'text': 'dull, only pleading.  She'}, {'start': '1506.320', 'end': '1511.200', 'text': "hadn't seen him.  He crouched down silently,"}, {'start': '1509.279', 'end': '1513.039', 'text': 'took an old towel from his backpack and'}, {'start': '1511.200', 'end': '1515.720', 'text': "began to carefully dry the animal's back"}, {'start': '1513.039', 'end': '1518.120', 'text': '.  His movements were slow,'}, {'start': '1515.720', 'end': '1519.679', 'text': 'tender, but hurried, as if every'}, {'start': '1518.120', 'end': '1521.840', 'text': 'second of delay might rob the'}, {'start': '1519.679', 'end': '1523.600', 'text': 'puppy of his last warmth.  She made a'}, {'start': '1521.840', 'end': '1525.520', 'text': 'little nest out of an old sweater,'}, {'start': '1523.600', 'end': '1527.799', 'text': 'then rummaged in her bag and pulled out a'}, {'start': '1525.520', 'end': '1530.399', 'text': 'piece of dried sausage, placing it'}, {'start': '1527.799', 'end': '1532.640', 'text': 'gently on her snout.  And he whispered,'}, {'start': '1530.399', 'end': '1536.520', 'text': 'almost inaudibly, as if he were holding his'}, {'start': '1532.640', 'end': '1539.480', 'text': 'breath.  No cans.  Here silence is'}, {'start': '1536.520', 'end': '1542.039', 'text': 'safety, it means survival.'}, {'start': '1539.480', 'end': '1544.760', 'text': 'Emiliano heard everything and took another'}, {'start': '1542.039', 'end': '1547.360', 'text': 'step.  The wooden slats scratched'}, {'start': '1544.760', 'end': '1549.480', 'text': 'softly.  Lucia was startled, turning around'}, {'start': '1547.360', 'end': '1551.320', 'text': 'abruptly, her eyes wide with'}, {'start': '1549.480', 'end': '1553.960', 'text': 'panic, like those of a'}, {'start': '1551.320', 'end': '1555.919', 'text': 'cornered animal.  Instinctively, he placed himself'}, {'start': '1553.960', 'end': '1558.760', 'text': 'in front of the puppy, his arms'}, {'start': '1555.919', 'end': '1561.679', 'text': 'outstretched, his small body trembling.'}, {'start': '1558.760', 'end': '1563.320', 'text': "Will kick him out.  His voice wasn't loud,"}, {'start': '1561.679', 'end': '1565.120', 'text': 'but it was shaking so much that it felt like it might'}, {'start': '1563.320', 'end': '1567.720', 'text': 'dissolve along with the rain pounding'}, {'start': '1565.120', 'end': '1569.360', 'text': 'outside.  Emiliano looked at the girl,'}, {'start': '1567.720', 'end': '1571.440', 'text': 'then at the small,'}, {'start': '1569.360', 'end': '1573.799', 'text': 'soaking wet dog, so thin that'}, {'start': '1571.440', 'end': '1575.720', 'text': 'all his ribs were visible under the blanket.  His'}, {'start': '1573.799', 'end': '1577.720', 'text': "eyes were identical to Lucia's the"}, {'start': '1575.720', 'end': '1579.559', 'text': "first day he met her.  They didn't"}, {'start': '1577.720', 'end': '1581.279', 'text': 'ask to be saved,'}, {'start': '1579.559', 'end': '1583.720', 'text': 'they just begged to be seen by someone'}, {'start': '1581.279', 'end': '1586.080', 'text': "who wouldn't harm them.  Emiliano"}, {'start': '1583.720', 'end': '1588.360', 'text': 'sighed.  The hard expression on his face'}, {'start': '1586.080', 'end': '1591.279', 'text': 'softened little by little.  "I don\'t want any'}, {'start': '1588.360', 'end': '1593.559', 'text': 'more problems in this house," he said.  The'}, {'start': '1591.279', 'end': '1595.880', 'text': 'words were soft, but they cut through the'}, {'start': '1593.559', 'end': '1598.480', 'text': 'fragile air between them like a razor.'}, {'start': '1595.880', 'end': '1601.000', 'text': 'Lucia lowered her head, but did not let go of the'}, {'start': '1598.480', 'end': '1603.039', 'text': 'dog.  Emiliano turned around and'}, {'start': '1601.000', 'end': '1605.200', 'text': 'started walking away.  But before he'}, {'start': '1603.039', 'end': '1606.679', 'text': 'reached the door, the voice of his assistant,'}, {'start': '1605.200', 'end': '1608.640', 'text': 'a young woman who used to discreetly take care'}, {'start': '1606.679', 'end': '1611.159', 'text': 'of Lucia, spoke in a'}, {'start': '1608.640', 'end': '1612.720', 'text': 'low voice: "Senor Graen, sometimes what is'}, {'start': '1611.159', 'end': '1615.240', 'text': 'two broken hearts is not even'}, {'start': '1612.720', 'end': '1618.080', 'text': 'human."  Emiliano stood still for a'}, {'start': '1615.240', 'end': '1620.799', 'text': 'moment, then continued walking without'}, {'start': '1618.080', 'end': '1622.919', 'text': 'saying anything.  That night, the kitchen'}, {'start': '1620.799', 'end': '1625.799', 'text': 'glowed under the soft yellow light of a'}, {'start': '1622.919', 'end': '1627.520', 'text': 'vintage lamp.  Emilian was there'}, {'start': '1625.799', 'end': '1629.080', 'text': 'holding a clean towel next to a'}, {'start': '1627.520', 'end': '1631.200', 'text': 'bowl of warm milk that was still'}, {'start': '1629.080', 'end': '1633.559', 'text': 'steaming.  He did not know how much the dog'}, {'start': '1631.200', 'end': '1635.080', 'text': 'would drink, but he remembered that when he had'}, {'start': '1633.559', 'end': '1637.120', 'text': 'once been so hungry that he did not even'}, {'start': '1635.080', 'end': '1638.720', 'text': 'have the strength to cry, the only thing he had had'}, {'start': '1637.120', 'end': '1641.080', 'text': 'was half a cup of milk from an'}, {'start': '1638.720', 'end': '1642.919', 'text': 'old woman, whose name he could never remember.   He'}, {'start': '1641.080', 'end': '1645.880', 'text': 'took the tray down to the laundry room in the'}, {'start': '1642.919', 'end': '1647.720', 'text': 'basement.  The door was ajar.'}, {'start': '1645.880', 'end': '1649.840', 'text': 'Inside, Lucia was huddled in a'}, {'start': '1647.720', 'end': '1652.440', 'text': 'corner, wrapping the puppy in a'}, {'start': '1649.840', 'end': '1654.240', 'text': 'blanket.  Sombra, as they would later give him the name'}, {'start': '1652.440', 'end': '1656.760', 'text': ', was nestled against his'}, {'start': '1654.240', 'end': '1659.320', 'text': 'chest, breathing weakly but'}, {'start': '1656.760', 'end': '1661.760', 'text': "alive.  Emilian didn't knock on the door, he"}, {'start': '1659.320', 'end': '1663.840', 'text': 'simply left the tray on the floor.'}, {'start': '1661.760', 'end': '1666.919', 'text': 'On top of it, a bowl of milk and a'}, {'start': '1663.840', 'end': '1669.039', 'text': "dry towel.  He didn't say a word.  The"}, {'start': '1666.919', 'end': '1671.200', 'text': "girl didn't see him.  She remained"}, {'start': '1669.039', 'end': '1673.799', 'text': 'crouched down, carefully placing'}, {'start': '1671.200', 'end': '1676.000', 'text': 'an old, worn sweater on the floor.  Every'}, {'start': '1673.799', 'end': '1678.120', 'text': 'movement was so deliberate, so full'}, {'start': '1676.000', 'end': '1680.640', 'text': 'of tenderness, that he seemed afraid of hurting'}, {'start': '1678.120', 'end': '1682.279', 'text': 'even the air around him.  The sweater was'}, {'start': '1680.640', 'end': '1684.200', 'text': 'too thin to protect against the cold that'}, {'start': '1682.279', 'end': '1686.720', 'text': 'seeped through the damp cracks in the'}, {'start': '1684.200', 'end': '1688.919', 'text': 'tile floor.  But still, Lucia'}, {'start': '1686.720', 'end': '1690.679', 'text': 'patiently folded the edges, smoothed'}, {'start': '1688.919', 'end': '1692.799', 'text': 'the fabric, and then, with infinite'}, {'start': '1690.679', 'end': '1694.840', 'text': 'delicacy, placed the little dog on'}, {'start': '1692.799', 'end': '1697.039', 'text': 'it, as if she were depositing something'}, {'start': '1694.840', 'end': '1698.960', 'text': 'precious, something she could hardly believe she was'}, {'start': '1697.039', 'end': '1701.080', 'text': 'allowed to touch.  The'}, {'start': '1698.960', 'end': '1703.519', 'text': 'dog snuggled deeper into the sweater,'}, {'start': '1701.080', 'end': '1705.720', 'text': 'shivering at intervals.  Her beach'}, {'start': '1703.519', 'end': '1707.399', 'text': 'was still caked with mud and rain,'}, {'start': '1705.720', 'end': '1709.120', 'text': 'like the locks and tangles of'}, {'start': '1707.399', 'end': '1711.159', 'text': "Lucia's hair the day Emiliano"}, {'start': '1709.120', 'end': '1712.600', 'text': 'found her.  It was so small that it fit'}, {'start': '1711.159', 'end': '1716.320', 'text': 'perfectly in the palm of an'}, {'start': '1712.600', 'end': '1719.039', 'text': 'adult hand, fragile, panting, but alive.  And'}, {'start': '1716.320', 'end': '1721.200', 'text': 'for Lucia, that was enough.   He'}, {'start': '1719.039', 'end': '1723.760', 'text': 'bent down, rummaged through his old'}, {'start': '1721.200', 'end': '1725.960', 'text': 'backpack, and rummaged in the silence.  After'}, {'start': '1723.760', 'end': '1729.159', 'text': 'a while, he took out a piece of'}, {'start': '1725.960', 'end': '1731.240', 'text': 'dry, cracked sausage, discolored with age.   I'}, {'start': '1729.159', 'end': '1733.720', 'text': 'should have hidden it days ago,'}, {'start': '1731.240', 'end': '1735.840', 'text': 'saving it for a moment like this.'}, {'start': '1733.720', 'end': '1737.440', 'text': 'Now he offered it gently,'}, {'start': '1735.840', 'end': '1739.399', 'text': "pushing it into the puppy's mouth"}, {'start': '1737.440', 'end': '1741.360', 'text': 'with a hand as gentle and careful as'}, {'start': '1739.399', 'end': '1743.760', 'text': 'if he were handing over a treasure.'}, {'start': '1741.360', 'end': '1745.320', 'text': 'Then Luc leaned in even closer, his'}, {'start': '1743.760', 'end': '1747.640', 'text': 'lips inches from the'}, {'start': '1745.320', 'end': '1751.000', 'text': "puppy's ear, and whispered, barely"}, {'start': '1747.640', 'end': '1753.679', 'text': 'breathing.  No cans in here,'}, {'start': '1751.000', 'end': '1756.279', 'text': 'silence is safety.  Her voice was so'}, {'start': '1753.679', 'end': '1758.039', 'text': 'soft, so faint, that it seemed to slip'}, {'start': '1756.279', 'end': '1760.519', 'text': 'through every layer of silence that'}, {'start': '1758.039', 'end': '1763.320', 'text': 'had enveloped the house for weeks.'}, {'start': '1760.519', 'end': '1766.519', 'text': 'Emiliano stood frozen in the doorway.  His'}, {'start': '1763.320', 'end': '1768.919', 'text': 'heart skipped a beat.  It was the first time,'}, {'start': '1766.519', 'end': '1771.640', 'text': 'the first time I had heard of it.  No,'}, {'start': '1768.919', 'end': '1773.840', 'text': 'not to greet him, not to'}, {'start': '1771.640', 'end': '1775.399', 'text': 'tell a story.  Just a phrase'}, {'start': '1773.840', 'end': '1777.799', 'text': 'whispered to a creature even smaller'}, {'start': '1775.399', 'end': '1779.600', 'text': 'than her, even more fragile, trembling'}, {'start': '1777.799', 'end': '1782.440', 'text': 'just like Lucia had trembled that day'}, {'start': '1779.600', 'end': '1784.159', 'text': 'in the forest.  But for Emiliano it was the'}, {'start': '1782.440', 'end': '1786.559', 'text': 'most beautiful sound he had ever heard in his'}, {'start': '1784.159', 'end': '1789.480', 'text': 'life.  He took a slow step, being'}, {'start': '1786.559', 'end': '1791.600', 'text': 'careful, trying not to make any noise.  But'}, {'start': '1789.480', 'end': '1793.320', 'text': 'as he passed a table, the edge of'}, {'start': '1791.600', 'end': '1795.600', 'text': 'his coat brushed against a glass that was on the'}, {'start': '1793.320', 'end': '1797.240', 'text': 'edge.  The glass fell to the floor,'}, {'start': '1795.600', 'end': '1799.600', 'text': 'shattering with a sharp,'}, {'start': '1797.240', 'end': '1801.960', 'text': 'piercing crash.  Lucia shuddered as if she'}, {'start': '1799.600', 'end': '1803.760', 'text': 'had received an invisible blow.'}, {'start': '1801.960', 'end': '1805.840', 'text': 'He turned around abruptly, his eyes'}, {'start': '1803.760', 'end': '1808.320', 'text': 'wide with panic, like a'}, {'start': '1805.840', 'end': '1809.919', 'text': 'trapped animal with no way out.  Without thinking, he'}, {'start': '1808.320', 'end': '1812.000', 'text': 'stood in front of the puppy,'}, {'start': '1809.919', 'end': '1813.640', 'text': 'stretching out his arms.  Her small body was'}, {'start': '1812.000', 'end': '1815.240', 'text': 'trembling so intensely that it felt'}, {'start': '1813.640', 'end': '1817.640', 'text': 'like the cold wind from outside had'}, {'start': '1815.240', 'end': '1819.880', 'text': 'seeped into her bones.  His voice'}, {'start': '1817.640', 'end': '1823.840', 'text': 'emerged shaky and low, dissolving'}, {'start': '1819.880', 'end': '1826.679', 'text': "into the cold air.  I'm so sorry sir,"}, {'start': '1823.840', 'end': '1828.840', 'text': "please don't kick me out.  Emiliano"}, {'start': '1826.679', 'end': '1830.799', 'text': 'looked at her, her hair tangled, still'}, {'start': '1828.840', 'end': '1833.039', 'text': 'wet from the rain, her old dress'}, {'start': '1830.799', 'end': '1835.640', 'text': 'stained with mud, her little hands clenched'}, {'start': '1833.039', 'end': '1838.080', 'text': 'in fear.  Then he looked away at the'}, {'start': '1835.640', 'end': '1840.279', 'text': 'dog, skin and bones, the'}, {'start': '1838.080', 'end': '1842.080', 'text': "huge, moist eyes that didn't ask for rescue,"}, {'start': '1840.279', 'end': '1844.320', 'text': 'but silently begged simply'}, {'start': '1842.080', 'end': '1846.399', 'text': 'not to be hurt.  A'}, {'start': '1844.320', 'end': '1848.320', 'text': "heavy sigh escaped Emiliano's chest,"}, {'start': '1846.399', 'end': '1850.679', 'text': 'slow, as if something inside him'}, {'start': '1848.320', 'end': '1853.200', 'text': 'had finally given way.  The tension on'}, {'start': '1850.679', 'end': '1855.399', 'text': 'his face, previously hard and impenetrable,'}, {'start': '1853.200', 'end': '1857.840', 'text': 'began to fade little by little,'}, {'start': '1855.399', 'end': '1860.039', 'text': 'but his voice, when he spoke, came out flat and'}, {'start': '1857.840', 'end': '1862.600', 'text': "cold.  I don't want any more problems in this"}, {'start': '1860.039', 'end': '1864.600', 'text': 'house.  The words were soft, but the'}, {'start': '1862.600', 'end': '1866.559', 'text': 'chill they carried filled the entire room,'}, {'start': '1864.600', 'end': '1868.120', 'text': 'as cold as the rain outside, as'}, {'start': '1866.559', 'end': '1870.240', 'text': 'cold as the stone tiles beneath'}, {'start': '1868.120', 'end': '1872.279', 'text': "Lucia's bare feet, and as sharp"}, {'start': '1870.240', 'end': '1874.600', 'text': 'as a razor, cutting through the fragile thread'}, {'start': '1872.279', 'end': '1878.120', 'text': 'that had barely begun to form between them.'}, {'start': '1874.600', 'end': '1880.120', 'text': 'Lucia lowered her head, saying nothing.'}, {'start': '1878.120', 'end': '1882.639', 'text': 'His hands remained gripped by the'}, {'start': '1880.120', 'end': '1885.320', 'text': 'dog.  Emiliano turned around and'}, {'start': '1882.639', 'end': '1888.679', 'text': 'started walking.  One step, two'}, {'start': '1885.320', 'end': '1891.320', 'text': 'steps, approaching the door.  Then,'}, {'start': '1888.679', 'end': '1893.120', 'text': 'behind him, a voice called out to him.  The'}, {'start': '1891.320', 'end': '1894.480', 'text': 'calm and firm voice of her assistant, the'}, {'start': '1893.120', 'end': '1896.559', 'text': 'woman who had'}, {'start': '1894.480', 'end': '1898.240', 'text': 'taken care of Lucia in silence from the beginning.  Sir.'}, {'start': '1896.559', 'end': '1900.480', 'text': 'Grisen, sometimes what two'}, {'start': '1898.240', 'end': '1903.039', 'text': "broken hearts have isn't even human."}, {'start': '1900.480', 'end': '1905.559', 'text': 'Emiliano stopped mid-step, did not'}, {'start': '1903.039', 'end': '1908.639', 'text': 'turn around, remained motionless for a long,'}, {'start': '1905.559', 'end': '1912.159', 'text': 'silent moment.  Then, without saying'}, {'start': '1908.639', 'end': '1914.559', 'text': 'anything, he continued walking.  This time, his'}, {'start': '1912.159', 'end': '1916.880', 'text': 'feet moved forward out of inertia, while his'}, {'start': '1914.559', 'end': '1919.120', 'text': 'heart, his heart had stayed'}, {'start': '1916.880', 'end': '1920.760', 'text': 'behind in that room next to the girl and'}, {'start': '1919.120', 'end': '1923.080', 'text': 'next to the little creature that only asked for'}, {'start': '1920.760', 'end': '1925.639', 'text': 'permission to continue living.  That'}, {'start': '1923.080', 'end': '1927.480', 'text': 'night, the kitchen of the immense Gen mansion'}, {'start': '1925.639', 'end': '1929.679', 'text': 'no longer seemed as cold, nor as empty as'}, {'start': '1927.480', 'end': '1931.279', 'text': 'usual.  The warm, golden light from'}, {'start': '1929.679', 'end': '1933.120', 'text': 'an antique lamp spilled'}, {'start': '1931.279', 'end': '1934.840', 'text': 'softly over the wooden table,'}, {'start': '1933.120', 'end': '1936.480', 'text': 'sliding between the cabinets,'}, {'start': '1934.840', 'end': '1938.840', 'text': 'landing on the tall figure standing'}, {'start': '1936.480', 'end': '1940.799', 'text': 'next to the stove.  Emiliano was still'}, {'start': '1938.840', 'end': '1942.600', 'text': 'dressed in his usual dark suit.'}, {'start': '1940.799', 'end': '1944.760', 'text': 'But his tie was loose,'}, {'start': '1942.600', 'end': '1947.360', 'text': 'his shirt collar was unkempt, and his'}, {'start': '1944.760', 'end': '1949.639', 'text': 'sleeves were rolled up to his elbows.  In'}, {'start': '1947.360', 'end': '1951.600', 'text': 'his hands he held a clean cotton towel'}, {'start': '1949.639', 'end': '1953.960', 'text': 'and a steaming bowl of'}, {'start': '1951.600', 'end': '1955.799', 'text': 'hot milk.  He did not know how much that'}, {'start': '1953.960', 'end': '1957.880', 'text': 'tiny creature sleeping down there could'}, {'start': '1955.799', 'end': '1959.840', 'text': 'drink, but at that moment, from some'}, {'start': '1957.880', 'end': '1962.399', 'text': 'forgotten corner of his memory,'}, {'start': '1959.840', 'end': '1964.200', 'text': 'a vivid memory emerged.  Once, he'}, {'start': '1962.399', 'end': '1966.159', 'text': 'too had been a nameless boy,'}, {'start': '1964.200', 'end': '1967.799', 'text': 'lost in an orphanage, so hungry he'}, {'start': '1966.159', 'end': '1969.279', 'text': 'no longer had the strength to cry,'}, {'start': '1967.799', 'end': '1971.840', 'text': 'huddled against a cold,'}, {'start': '1969.279', 'end': '1973.679', 'text': 'cracked wall.  But one day a woman, a'}, {'start': '1971.840', 'end': '1975.760', 'text': 'stranger whom he never saw again,'}, {'start': '1973.679', 'end': '1977.360', 'text': 'passed through the kitchen and without asking his'}, {'start': '1975.760', 'end': '1979.360', 'text': 'name or stopping long enough to say'}, {'start': '1977.360', 'end': '1981.559', 'text': 'anything, placed'}, {'start': '1979.360', 'end': '1984.399', 'text': "half a cup of warm milk between his trembling hands.  She didn't"}, {'start': '1981.559', 'end': '1986.679', 'text': "stay, she didn't say a word, but that"}, {'start': '1984.399', 'end': '1988.320', 'text': 'small, silent gesture was the'}, {'start': '1986.679', 'end': '1989.880', 'text': 'first time in his life that Emiliano'}, {'start': '1988.320', 'end': '1992.440', 'text': "understood that he wasn't completely"}, {'start': '1989.880', 'end': '1994.039', 'text': 'invisible.  And that night, Emiliano'}, {'start': '1992.440', 'end': '1996.399', 'text': 'was repeating that simple,'}, {'start': '1994.039', 'end': '1998.279', 'text': 'wordless act, not for himself, but for'}, {'start': '1996.399', 'end': '2000.039', 'text': 'another soul.  A soul that fought with'}, {'start': '1998.279', 'end': '2001.480', 'text': 'all its strength to survive in'}, {'start': '2000.039', 'end': '2003.919', 'text': 'a world that until then had only'}, {'start': '2001.480', 'end': '2006.159', 'text': 'offered it silence and cruelty.  He carefully lowered the'}, {'start': '2003.919', 'end': '2008.679', 'text': 'tray to the ground floor,'}, {'start': '2006.159', 'end': '2010.200', 'text': 'the laundry room hidden next to the garage.'}, {'start': '2008.679', 'end': '2011.919', 'text': 'An almost forgotten place had'}, {'start': '2010.200', 'end': '2013.399', 'text': 'now become a temporary refuge for the'}, {'start': '2011.919', 'end': '2016.120', 'text': 'little puppy that Lucia had'}, {'start': '2013.399', 'end': '2017.720', 'text': 'saved.  The door was ajar.  The'}, {'start': '2016.120', 'end': '2019.840', 'text': 'light from the hallway spilled onto the'}, {'start': '2017.720', 'end': '2022.039', 'text': 'floor, illuminating a scene that tugged at'}, {'start': '2019.840', 'end': '2023.880', 'text': "Emiliano's heart.  Lucia was"}, {'start': '2022.039', 'end': '2026.039', 'text': 'huddled in a corner, her knees drawn'}, {'start': '2023.880', 'end': '2028.240', 'text': 'up to her chest, her back against the'}, {'start': '2026.039', 'end': '2030.279', 'text': 'wall.  A large, worn blanket'}, {'start': '2028.240', 'end': '2032.519', 'text': 'wrapped around her fragile body, almost'}, {'start': '2030.279', 'end': '2035.200', 'text': 'swallowing her completely.  In his'}, {'start': '2032.519', 'end': '2037.120', 'text': 'arms, the puppy rested, pressed'}, {'start': '2035.200', 'end': '2040.080', 'text': 'against his chest, breathing'}, {'start': '2037.120', 'end': '2042.799', 'text': 'weakly but steadily.  Emiliano said'}, {'start': '2040.080', 'end': '2044.559', 'text': 'nothing, did not knock on the door, simply'}, {'start': '2042.799', 'end': '2047.240', 'text': 'knelt down and silently placed the'}, {'start': '2044.559', 'end': '2049.520', 'text': 'tray on the cold tile floor.  On the'}, {'start': '2047.240', 'end': '2052.480', 'text': 'tray, the warm bowl of milk and the'}, {'start': '2049.520', 'end': '2054.879', 'text': 'clean tablecloth, no explanations, no'}, {'start': '2052.480', 'end': '2057.040', 'text': 'grand eloquent gestures, just a'}, {'start': '2054.879', 'end': '2058.599', 'text': 'fleeting look, his eyes'}, {'start': '2057.040', 'end': '2061.320', 'text': 'gently lingering on Lucia for a few'}, {'start': '2058.599', 'end': '2063.119', 'text': 'seconds and then moving away.  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Very little,'}, {'start': '2080.359', 'end': '2083.679', 'text': 'like a door opening just'}, {'start': '2082.040', 'end': '2085.960', 'text': 'enough for a ray of light to filter'}, {'start': '2083.679', 'end': '2088.359', 'text': 'through after months of darkness.'}, {'start': '2085.960', 'end': '2090.560', 'text': 'A few days later, Emiliano passed in'}, {'start': '2088.359', 'end': '2092.720', 'text': 'front of the room at dusk.  He'}, {'start': '2090.560', 'end': '2095.760', 'text': "hadn't planned on staying, but the"}, {'start': '2092.720', 'end': '2097.800', 'text': 'soft murmur coming from inside made him stop.  Remember?'}, {'start': '2095.760', 'end': '2100.440', 'text': 'If you eat too much, make noise or'}, {'start': '2097.800', 'end': '2103.079', 'text': 'bother anyone, they will kick you out.  Same'}, {'start': '2100.440', 'end': '2104.800', 'text': 'as me.  A simple, seemingly'}, {'start': '2103.079', 'end': '2106.920', 'text': 'harmless phrase, but when the last'}, {'start': '2104.800', 'end': '2109.040', 'text': 'words escaped her mouth, just like'}, {'start': '2106.920', 'end': '2110.920', 'text': 'me, she not only warned the puppy about his'}, {'start': '2109.040', 'end': '2112.440', 'text': 'behavior, she was opening a crack'}, {'start': '2110.920', 'end': '2114.359', 'text': 'to a nightmare that Lucia'}, {'start': '2112.440', 'end': '2116.079', 'text': 'had never dared to say out loud, a'}, {'start': '2114.359', 'end': '2118.880', 'text': 'piece of her pain exposed without her'}, {'start': '2116.079', 'end': '2120.359', 'text': 'even noticing.  Emiliano froze,'}, {'start': '2118.880', 'end': '2123.240', 'text': 'as if he had been struck'}, {'start': '2120.359', 'end': '2125.160', 'text': 'directly in the chest.  Without thinking, he crossed the'}, {'start': '2123.240', 'end': '2128.000', 'text': 'distance in a few long strides,'}, {'start': '2125.160', 'end': '2129.880', 'text': 'pushing the door open without knocking.  Lucia, the'}, {'start': '2128.000', 'end': '2132.040', 'text': 'little girl, was startled, turned around'}, {'start': '2129.880', 'end': '2133.880', 'text': 'abruptly, instinctively hugging the'}, {'start': '2132.040', 'end': '2135.880', 'text': 'shadow against her chest, her eyes'}, {'start': '2133.880', 'end': '2138.160', 'text': 'wide, avoiding looking at'}, {'start': '2135.880', 'end': '2141.119', 'text': 'Emiliano.  It was a reflex learned'}, {'start': '2138.160', 'end': '2143.720', 'text': 'through blood, tears and bruises.'}, {'start': '2141.119', 'end': '2146.880', 'text': 'Never look an adult in the eye, never'}, {'start': '2143.720', 'end': '2149.520', 'text': 'speak first, never draw attention to yourself.'}, {'start': '2146.880', 'end': '2151.760', 'text': "Emilian didn't come any closer."}, {'start': '2149.520', 'end': '2153.319', 'text': 'Instead, he knelt down, placing one hand on the'}, {'start': '2151.760', 'end': '2155.280', 'text': 'ground, keeping himself far'}, {'start': '2153.319', 'end': '2156.920', 'text': 'enough away so as not to scare her, but'}, {'start': '2155.280', 'end': '2158.920', 'text': 'close enough so that Lucia would understand'}, {'start': '2156.920', 'end': '2161.000', 'text': 'that he really wanted to listen to her.'}, {'start': '2158.920', 'end': '2162.480', 'text': '"So you eat so little and stay'}, {'start': '2161.000', 'end': '2165.200', 'text': "silent because you're afraid I'll"}, {'start': '2162.480', 'end': '2167.520', 'text': 'kick you out too?"  Her voice was low,'}, {'start': '2165.200', 'end': '2169.200', 'text': 'unpressured, like an invitation, as she opened a'}, {'start': '2167.520', 'end': '2171.920', 'text': 'door she had kept sealed for'}, {'start': '2169.200', 'end': '2174.280', 'text': 'too long.  Lucia did not respond'}, {'start': '2171.920', 'end': '2175.920', 'text': 'immediately.  After a few seconds,'}, {'start': '2174.280', 'end': '2179.400', 'text': 'as if weighing whether it was safe to tell the'}, {'start': '2175.920', 'end': '2182.560', 'text': 'truth, she felt it faintly.  Before,'}, {'start': '2179.400', 'end': '2185.280', 'text': "yes, I ate a lot or didn't obey.  My"}, {'start': '2182.560', 'end': '2189.079', 'text': 'stepfather would lock me in the storage room, without'}, {'start': '2185.280', 'end': '2191.319', 'text': 'light or water, sometimes for days, just'}, {'start': '2189.079', 'end': '2193.160', 'text': "because I dropped a glass.  He didn't say"}, {'start': '2191.319', 'end': '2194.480', 'text': 'much, but each word was like a'}, {'start': '2193.160', 'end': '2196.200', 'text': 'needle, piercing the layer of'}, {'start': '2194.480', 'end': '2198.720', 'text': 'dense memories that Emiliano had'}, {'start': '2196.200', 'end': '2201.800', 'text': 'spent his entire life trying to bury.'}, {'start': '2198.720', 'end': '2203.839', 'text': 'Emiliano closed his eyes.  Could not speak'}, {'start': '2201.800', 'end': '2205.800', 'text': 'immediately.  His breathing became'}, {'start': '2203.839', 'end': '2207.640', 'text': 'heavy and his hand pressed against the'}, {'start': '2205.800', 'end': '2209.400', 'text': 'floor, as if he needed to anchor himself to the'}, {'start': '2207.640', 'end': '2212.599', 'text': 'floor to support the weight that had just'}, {'start': '2209.400', 'end': '2215.640', 'text': 'fallen on him.  "No, don\'t do that,'}, {'start': '2212.599', 'end': '2217.440', 'text': 'Lucia," he finally whispered.  "Here,'}, {'start': '2215.640', 'end': '2220.880', 'text': 'no one will kick you out just because you eat'}, {'start': '2217.440', 'end': '2223.680', 'text': 'too much or talk. Now your stepfather was'}, {'start': '2220.880', 'end': '2227.160', 'text': 'wrong. Here you can eat whatever you'}, {'start': '2223.680', 'end': '2229.280', 'text': 'want."  Say whatever you want to say.'}, {'start': '2227.160', 'end': '2231.800', 'text': 'His voice was no longer what it always was.  That'}, {'start': '2229.280', 'end': '2234.240', 'text': 'cutting voice, you need a man used'}, {'start': '2231.800', 'end': '2235.680', 'text': 'to closing million-dollar deals.'}, {'start': '2234.240', 'end': '2238.079', 'text': 'Now it was soft, like a'}, {'start': '2235.680', 'end': '2240.640', 'text': 'soaked fabric, worn by time and'}, {'start': '2238.079', 'end': '2243.319', 'text': 'pain.  They abandoned me too,'}, {'start': '2240.640', 'end': '2245.599', 'text': 'continued Emiliano.  His voice barely'}, {'start': '2243.319', 'end': '2248.400', 'text': 'louder than a whisper.  When I was very'}, {'start': '2245.599', 'end': '2251.319', 'text': "little, they left me in an orphanage.  It didn't even"}, {'start': '2248.400', 'end': '2254.319', 'text': 'have a name.  Nobody remembered my'}, {'start': '2251.319', 'end': '2256.560', 'text': 'birthday.  Nobody wanted to hug me.'}, {'start': '2254.319', 'end': '2258.000', 'text': 'Nobody was waiting for me at home.  I grew up'}, {'start': '2256.560', 'end': '2259.800', 'text': 'learning to hide my tears at'}, {'start': '2258.000', 'end': '2261.960', 'text': 'night and teaching myself to never'}, {'start': '2259.800', 'end': '2264.040', 'text': 'wait for someone to come for me.  Little'}, {'start': '2261.960', 'end': '2266.680', 'text': 'by little, Lucia turned her head to'}, {'start': '2264.040', 'end': '2269.319', 'text': 'look at him.  His clear eyes shone,'}, {'start': '2266.680', 'end': '2272.680', 'text': 'not with fear, not with distrust, but with'}, {'start': '2269.319', 'end': '2274.359', 'text': 'something else.  Something raw, something real, something that'}, {'start': '2272.680', 'end': '2276.160', 'text': 'only two people who had survived'}, {'start': '2274.359', 'end': '2279.119', 'text': 'the same abyss could recognize in each'}, {'start': '2276.160', 'end': '2281.440', 'text': "other.  So, you've been"}, {'start': '2279.119', 'end': '2283.200', 'text': 'locked up too?  The question escaped'}, {'start': '2281.440', 'end': '2285.839', 'text': "Lucia's lips more as a whisper than"}, {'start': '2283.200', 'end': '2288.319', 'text': 'as a true question.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '2285.839', 'end': '2290.720', 'text': 'nodded yes, but not locked in a'}, {'start': '2288.319', 'end': '2293.359', 'text': 'room.  I was trapped inside my'}, {'start': '2290.720', 'end': '2295.960', 'text': 'own heart and it took me a long time to'}, {'start': '2293.359', 'end': '2298.440', 'text': 'find my way out.  They sat there for'}, {'start': '2295.960', 'end': '2301.079', 'text': 'a while, the silence thick between them,'}, {'start': '2298.440', 'end': '2303.520', 'text': "but no longer oppressive.  Then Lucia's voice"}, {'start': '2301.079', 'end': '2305.440', 'text': 'floated in the air, uncertain, as if she did'}, {'start': '2303.520', 'end': '2307.400', 'text': "n't know if it was a thought, a"}, {'start': '2305.440', 'end': '2308.920', 'text': 'confession, or simply words'}, {'start': '2307.400', 'end': '2311.040', 'text': 'escaping from a corner sealed for'}, {'start': '2308.920', 'end': '2313.240', 'text': 'too long.  I think you are like the little window'}, {'start': '2311.040', 'end': '2316.160', 'text': 'in my room.  Emiliano frowned'}, {'start': '2313.240', 'end': '2318.480', 'text': 'slightly, confused.  Lucia'}, {'start': '2316.160', 'end': '2321.079', 'text': 'tilted her head, her voice just a'}, {'start': '2318.480', 'end': '2323.839', 'text': "whisper.  It's tiny, but when you"}, {'start': '2321.079', 'end': '2325.359', 'text': 'open it, light comes in.  Very little, but'}, {'start': '2323.839', 'end': '2328.000', 'text': 'enough to know that there is'}, {'start': '2325.359', 'end': '2330.599', 'text': 'something different out there than here inside.'}, {'start': '2328.000', 'end': '2332.880', 'text': 'Emiliano remained motionless.  A shiver'}, {'start': '2330.599', 'end': '2335.359', 'text': 'ran down his spine, not from the'}, {'start': '2332.880', 'end': '2336.760', 'text': 'words, but from what they meant.  The'}, {'start': '2335.359', 'end': '2338.480', 'text': 'certainty that a girl trapped in the'}, {'start': '2336.760', 'end': '2340.040', 'text': 'darkness for so long could'}, {'start': '2338.480', 'end': '2343.040', 'text': 'be the one to show her where she had always been'}, {'start': '2340.040', 'end': '2345.000', 'text': 'waiting for the light.  Right outside,'}, {'start': '2343.040', 'end': '2347.800', 'text': 'if only he had had the courage to'}, {'start': '2345.000', 'end': '2350.400', 'text': 'open the door.  He wanted to say something, but'}, {'start': '2347.800', 'end': '2353.440', 'text': "he didn't.  Instead, in that"}, {'start': '2350.400', 'end': '2355.040', 'text': 'fragile, silent moment, Emiliano understood the'}, {'start': '2353.440', 'end': '2357.440', 'text': 'girl in front of him was not just someone'}, {'start': '2355.040', 'end': '2359.960', 'text': 'who needed to be saved.  She'}, {'start': '2357.440', 'end': '2361.599', 'text': 'was saving him too, mending the parts of'}, {'start': '2359.960', 'end': '2364.000', 'text': 'his heart that had long ago'}, {'start': '2361.599', 'end': '2367.079', 'text': 'forgotten how to beat for anyone else.'}, {'start': '2364.000', 'end': '2369.079', 'text': 'Slowly, Emiliano tilted his head,'}, {'start': '2367.079', 'end': '2371.640', 'text': 'a faint smile appearing on the corners of'}, {'start': '2369.079', 'end': '2373.680', 'text': 'his lips.  One of his hands remained'}, {'start': '2371.640', 'end': '2375.520', 'text': 'resting on the cold floor, as if anchoring himself'}, {'start': '2373.680', 'end': '2377.240', 'text': 'to the fragile breath that was beginning to be reborn'}, {'start': '2375.520', 'end': '2379.560', 'text': 'in his chest, that part that he'}, {'start': '2377.240', 'end': '2381.040', 'text': 'believed was dormant forever.  His'}, {'start': '2379.560', 'end': '2383.359', 'text': 'eyes were no longer those of a'}, {'start': '2381.040', 'end': '2385.520', 'text': 'multimillionaire, nor those of a protector,'}, {'start': '2383.359', 'end': '2386.880', 'text': 'nor even those of a wounded man.  They were'}, {'start': '2385.520', 'end': '2388.560', 'text': 'the eyes of a man making a'}, {'start': '2386.880', 'end': '2390.400', 'text': 'promise, one he had never'}, {'start': '2388.560', 'end': '2393.480', 'text': "dared to make before.  I'm going to get you out of"}, {'start': '2390.400', 'end': '2395.280', 'text': 'that cage, Lucia, he whispered.  Not just'}, {'start': '2393.480', 'end': '2397.000', 'text': 'opening the door, but taking you by the hand'}, {'start': '2395.280', 'end': '2398.880', 'text': 'and running as fast as we can'}, {'start': '2397.000', 'end': '2400.400', 'text': 'to the place where no one yells at you, where'}, {'start': '2398.880', 'end': '2402.720', 'text': 'no one punishes you for breaking a glass'}, {'start': '2400.400', 'end': '2404.720', 'text': 'or saying something wrong.  A place where'}, {'start': '2402.720', 'end': '2406.880', 'text': 'you can exist, where you can make'}, {'start': '2404.720', 'end': '2409.480', 'text': 'noise, where you can laugh as loud as you'}, {'start': '2406.880', 'end': '2412.079', 'text': "want.  Lucia didn't answer, but she"}, {'start': '2409.480', 'end': '2414.359', 'text': 'felt it slowly, cautiously, as if she was'}, {'start': '2412.079', 'end': '2416.960', 'text': 'beginning to allow herself to believe.  In'}, {'start': '2414.359', 'end': '2418.760', 'text': 'his arms, shadow breathed'}, {'start': '2416.960', 'end': '2421.119', 'text': 'steadily.  Among them there were no'}, {'start': '2418.760', 'end': '2423.440', 'text': 'signatures, no legal papers, no'}, {'start': '2421.119', 'end': '2425.839', 'text': 'contracts.  But in that instant, on the'}, {'start': '2423.440', 'end': '2427.560', 'text': 'cold floor, under the flickering, tense light, with the'}, {'start': '2425.839', 'end': '2430.200', 'text': 'soft breathing of a puppy between'}, {'start': '2427.560', 'end': '2432.280', 'text': 'them, something was sealed forever.  One'}, {'start': '2430.200', 'end': '2433.760', 'text': 'day, just as the sunlight began'}, {'start': '2432.280', 'end': '2436.000', 'text': 'to caress the stone steps of the'}, {'start': '2433.760', 'end': '2438.160', 'text': 'mansion, a luxurious automobile stopped'}, {'start': '2436.000', 'end': '2440.560', 'text': 'silently in front of the gate.  The engine'}, {'start': '2438.160', 'end': '2443.160', 'text': 'hummed softly, but its silence was'}, {'start': '2440.560', 'end': '2445.040', 'text': 'eerie, like a bad omen.  The'}, {'start': '2443.160', 'end': '2447.200', 'text': 'car door opened and'}, {'start': '2445.040', 'end': '2449.079', 'text': 'a woman got out.  Her perfectly'}, {'start': '2447.200', 'end': '2450.760', 'text': 'curled hair, her body wrapped in a'}, {'start': '2449.079', 'end': '2452.280', 'text': 'tight black dress that seemed to stain'}, {'start': '2450.760', 'end': '2454.480', 'text': 'the daylight like'}, {'start': '2452.280', 'end': '2456.319', 'text': 'spilled paint, her lips a'}, {'start': '2454.480', 'end': '2458.520', 'text': 'deep red like blood and her eyes'}, {'start': '2456.319', 'end': '2460.880', 'text': 'filled with a hollow weariness, so cold'}, {'start': '2458.520', 'end': '2462.760', 'text': 'that they made your skin crawl.  There was no tenderness'}, {'start': '2460.880', 'end': '2465.680', 'text': 'in his posture, not a hint of'}, {'start': '2462.760', 'end': '2467.920', 'text': 'doubt, not a single gesture of warmth.  It was'}, {'start': '2465.680', 'end': '2470.200', 'text': 'Verónica, the biological mother that Lucia had'}, {'start': '2467.920', 'end': '2471.560', 'text': 'almost erased from her memory.'}, {'start': '2470.200', 'end': '2474.119', 'text': 'How many years had passed without'}, {'start': '2471.560', 'end': '2476.240', 'text': 'calls, without letters, without'}, {'start': '2474.119', 'end': '2478.760', 'text': 'birthday presents?  Not a single I love you'}, {'start': '2476.240', 'end': '2480.280', 'text': "whispered.  In Lucia's mind, her mother"}, {'start': '2478.760', 'end': '2482.160', 'text': 'was nothing more than a vague trail of'}, {'start': '2480.280', 'end': '2484.119', 'text': 'smoke, fading away among the smell'}, {'start': '2482.160', 'end': '2486.119', 'text': 'of alcohol, the sound of screams and'}, {'start': '2484.119', 'end': '2488.440', 'text': 'endless nights swallowed by darkness,'}, {'start': '2486.119', 'end': '2490.640', 'text': 'without a hand to reach out for her.  And'}, {'start': '2488.440', 'end': '2492.160', 'text': 'yet, today he was there, standing in'}, {'start': '2490.640', 'end': '2494.040', 'text': 'front of the gate that Emiliano had'}, {'start': '2492.160', 'end': '2496.720', 'text': 'thought was an impenetrable fortress'}, {'start': '2494.040', 'end': '2499.359', 'text': "for Lucia.  In Veronica's hand, a"}, {'start': '2496.720', 'end': '2501.800', 'text': 'thick folder lined in luxurious leather.'}, {'start': '2499.359', 'end': '2504.400', 'text': 'On his lips, a smile so fake that'}, {'start': '2501.800', 'end': '2506.680', 'text': "even a child could see it.  I'm your"}, {'start': '2504.400', 'end': '2509.240', 'text': 'biological mother, he said in an almost'}, {'start': '2506.680', 'end': '2511.160', 'text': "bored tone.  I'm coming to take you."}, {'start': '2509.240', 'end': '2514.160', 'text': 'He spoke as if he were claiming a'}, {'start': '2511.160', 'end': '2516.480', 'text': "lost object, not a daughter.  Emiliano didn't"}, {'start': '2514.160', 'end': '2518.319', 'text': 'move.  His hand gripped the'}, {'start': '2516.480', 'end': '2520.760', 'text': 'armrest so tightly his knuckles'}, {'start': '2518.319', 'end': '2524.240', 'text': "turned white.  It wasn't anger that"}, {'start': '2520.760', 'end': '2525.800', 'text': 'paralyzed him, it was fear.  A primal fear,'}, {'start': '2524.240', 'end': '2528.359', 'text': 'one that not all the money, not all the'}, {'start': '2525.800', 'end': '2530.359', 'text': 'power could erase.  The helpless fear of'}, {'start': '2528.359', 'end': '2532.720', 'text': 'facing the cold, indifferent machine of'}, {'start': '2530.359', 'end': '2534.599', 'text': 'the law.  Veronica tilted her head with'}, {'start': '2532.720', 'end': '2537.000', 'text': 'a mocking smile, her gaze'}, {'start': '2534.599', 'end': '2539.640', 'text': 'filled with contempt as she studied him,'}, {'start': '2537.000', 'end': '2542.520', 'text': 'and then let out a dry laugh.  The media'}, {'start': '2539.640', 'end': '2544.640', 'text': 'loves it, right?  The little orphan saved by a'}, {'start': '2542.520', 'end': '2547.160', 'text': 'millionaire.  A true'}, {'start': '2544.640', 'end': '2549.559', 'text': 'fairy tale.  He shrugged his shoulders in a gesture of'}, {'start': '2547.160', 'end': '2551.839', 'text': "disdain.  Too bad fairy tales don't"}, {'start': '2549.559', 'end': '2553.720', 'text': 'last.  Emiliano forced himself to keep his'}, {'start': '2551.839', 'end': '2555.680', 'text': 'voice steady, though his gaze'}, {'start': '2553.720', 'end': '2558.280', 'text': 'narrowed like gathering storm clouds'}, {'start': '2555.680', 'end': '2560.640', 'text': '.  "You\'re not coming for Lucia,"'}, {'start': '2558.280', 'end': '2563.400', 'text': 'he said coldly.  "Come for what Lucia'}, {'start': '2560.640', 'end': '2566.160', 'text': 'can give you. Fame, public sympathy,'}, {'start': '2563.400', 'end': '2567.680', 'text': 'generous donations. A girl reduced'}, {'start': '2566.160', 'end': '2570.200', 'text': 'from being a human being to becoming a'}, {'start': '2567.680', 'end': '2572.880', 'text': 'profitable commodity."  Verónica let out'}, {'start': '2570.200', 'end': '2576.559', 'text': 'a dry, harsh laugh that broke the'}, {'start': '2572.880', 'end': '2578.680', 'text': 'silence of the courtyard.  So what?  Spit, who are'}, {'start': '2576.559', 'end': '2580.880', 'text': 'you to give me lessons on being a mother?'}, {'start': '2578.680', 'end': '2583.240', 'text': "You're just a lonely old man trying to"}, {'start': '2580.880', 'end': '2586.000', 'text': 'buy affection with dirty money.  Each'}, {'start': '2583.240', 'end': '2588.599', 'text': 'word hit Emiliano like a punch,'}, {'start': '2586.000', 'end': '2590.720', 'text': "but he didn't respond.  His focus was not on"}, {'start': '2588.599', 'end': '2593.280', 'text': 'her, but on the small figure trembling'}, {'start': '2590.720', 'end': '2595.319', 'text': 'beside him.  Lucia, who had barely'}, {'start': '2593.280', 'end': '2596.839', 'text': 'learned to smile again, who'}, {'start': '2595.319', 'end': '2599.000', 'text': 'had barely dared to raise her face to the'}, {'start': '2596.839', 'end': '2600.920', 'text': 'sun, was now trembling like a fragile leaf'}, {'start': '2599.000', 'end': '2602.760', 'text': 'caught in the middle of a storm.   She'}, {'start': '2600.920', 'end': '2604.520', 'text': "clung to Emiliano's leg,"}, {'start': '2602.760', 'end': '2607.119', 'text': 'backing away step by step until she was'}, {'start': '2604.520', 'end': '2609.480', 'text': 'almost completely hidden behind him.'}, {'start': '2607.119', 'end': '2611.880', 'text': 'Her voice, broken into sobs, barely'}, {'start': '2609.480', 'end': '2614.880', 'text': "managed to leave her lips.  I don't want to"}, {'start': '2611.880', 'end': '2618.559', 'text': "go back.  I don't want to live with her."}, {'start': '2614.880', 'end': '2620.599', 'text': "Please don't let him take me, please."}, {'start': '2618.559', 'end': '2623.520', 'text': 'Each word was a deeper cut'}, {'start': '2620.599', 'end': '2625.760', 'text': "into Emiliano's heart.  Didn't think, didn't"}, {'start': '2623.520', 'end': '2627.680', 'text': 'plan.  He simply knelt down and'}, {'start': '2625.760', 'end': '2629.920', 'text': 'hugged the little girl, holding her close'}, {'start': '2627.680', 'end': '2632.920', 'text': ', as if only with his willpower he'}, {'start': '2629.920', 'end': '2635.559', 'text': 'could protect her from the world.  "Lucia!'}, {'start': '2632.920', 'end': '2638.559', 'text': 'Listen to me," he whispered, his voice thick with'}, {'start': '2635.559', 'end': '2641.240', 'text': 'emotion. "You\'re not going anywhere, I'}, {'start': '2638.559', 'end': '2643.599', 'text': 'promise you." His words trembled as much'}, {'start': '2641.240', 'end': '2645.480', 'text': 'as his bare, broken hands,'}, {'start': '2643.599', 'end': '2648.000', 'text': 'stripped of all the armor that had ever'}, {'start': '2645.480', 'end': '2649.640', 'text': 'covered him. Up above,'}, {'start': '2648.000', 'end': '2651.880', 'text': 'Verónica remained as still as a'}, {'start': '2649.640', 'end': '2654.599', 'text': 'ghost, her smile sharpening into a'}, {'start': '2651.880', 'end': '2658.760', 'text': 'triumphant grimace. "We\'ll see," she'}, {'start': '2654.599', 'end': '2660.760', 'text': 'hissed. "The judge will decide, not you." She'}, {'start': '2658.760', 'end': '2662.680', 'text': 'turned around, her black dress dragging'}, {'start': '2660.760', 'end': '2664.440', 'text': 'on the floor, and the tapping of her shoes'}, {'start': '2662.680', 'end': '2666.839', 'text': "resounded like hammer blows in Emiliano's chest"}, {'start': '2664.440', 'end': '2669.280', 'text': '. The car rumbled'}, {'start': '2666.839', 'end': '2671.240', 'text': 'away, leaving behind'}, {'start': '2669.280', 'end': '2672.960', 'text': 'a trail of dust and the suffocating fear'}, {'start': '2671.240', 'end': '2675.119', 'text': 'that entered every brick and every'}, {'start': '2672.960', 'end': '2677.599', 'text': "breath in the mansion. In Emiliano's arms"}, {'start': '2675.119', 'end': '2679.280', 'text': ', Lucia continued to cry,'}, {'start': '2677.599', 'end': '2681.480', 'text': 'her small hands clutching'}, {'start': '2679.280', 'end': '2683.240', 'text': 'desperately at his jacket. It was as if it'}, {'start': '2681.480', 'end': '2686.040', 'text': 'were the last firm piece of a world that was'}, {'start': '2683.240', 'end': '2688.559', 'text': 'collapsing. And Emiliano understood: "The'}, {'start': '2686.040', 'end': '2690.760', 'text': 'real battle had only just begun.  Thus'}, {'start': '2688.559', 'end': '2692.800', 'text': 'began the legal war.  The'}, {'start': '2690.760', 'end': '2695.079', 'text': 'courtroom was surrounded by a haze of'}, {'start': '2692.800', 'end': '2696.880', 'text': 'hopelessness.  The harsh white light fell'}, {'start': '2695.079', 'end': '2698.680', 'text': 'on the faces of two people sitting'}, {'start': '2696.880', 'end': '2700.760', 'text': 'side by side, a girl with'}, {'start': '2698.680', 'end': '2702.480', 'text': 'matted hair and red, swollen eyes'}, {'start': '2700.760', 'end': '2705.200', 'text': 'and a man with broad shoulders that were shaking'}, {'start': '2702.480', 'end': '2707.400', 'text': 'uncontrollably.  And there, in that cold,'}, {'start': '2705.200', 'end': '2709.359', 'text': "lifeless hall, the judge's voice sounded impassive"}, {'start': '2707.400', 'end': '2711.640', 'text': 'and final, extinguishing the last glimmer of'}, {'start': '2709.359', 'end': '2713.839', 'text': 'hope.  Custody of Lucia Raés will be'}, {'start': '2711.640', 'end': '2717.000', 'text': 'granted to her biological mother, Mrs.'}, {'start': '2713.839', 'end': '2719.400', 'text': 'Verónica Salazar.  Bang!  The hammer struck'}, {'start': '2717.000', 'end': '2721.559', 'text': "softly.  But in Emiliano's heart it sounded"}, {'start': '2719.400', 'end': '2723.520', 'text': "like thunder.  Lucia didn't"}, {'start': '2721.559', 'end': '2725.920', 'text': 'fully understand the laws, but she understood one'}, {'start': '2723.520', 'end': '2727.760', 'text': 'thing.  That day they were ripping it away from'}, {'start': '2725.920', 'end': '2729.680', 'text': 'the only person who had ever held her'}, {'start': '2727.760', 'end': '2731.800', 'text': 'during a nightmare.  He turned to'}, {'start': '2729.680', 'end': '2734.200', 'text': 'Emiliano, tears already welling up'}, {'start': '2731.800', 'end': '2738.119', 'text': 'in his eyes.  His voice trembled: "They\'re'}, {'start': '2734.200', 'end': '2741.440', 'text': "lying, right? I don't have to go, right, uncle?"}, {'start': '2738.119', 'end': '2744.079', 'text': 'No, right?"  Emiliano opened his mouth, but his'}, {'start': '2741.440', 'end': '2746.880', 'text': 'throat felt like it was crushed under a rock.'}, {'start': '2744.079', 'end': '2748.839', 'text': "Couldn't speak.  His hand gripped Lucia's"}, {'start': '2746.880', 'end': '2752.319', 'text': 'so tightly that his knuckles'}, {'start': '2748.839', 'end': '2754.040', 'text': "turned white.  I'm your daughter, right?"}, {'start': '2752.319', 'end': '2756.680', 'text': "Lucia's voice shattered like glass"}, {'start': '2754.040', 'end': '2759.960', 'text': 'shattering into pieces.  Emiliano lowered his'}, {'start': '2756.680', 'end': '2761.960', 'text': 'head.  The impotence suffocated him.  I wanted to'}, {'start': '2759.960', 'end': '2765.520', 'text': 'shout it to the world.  I wanted to give up'}, {'start': '2761.960', 'end': '2769.359', 'text': 'everything.  Money, fame, power.  Just so I'}, {'start': '2765.520', 'end': '2770.760', 'text': 'can be with her.  Lucia, no,'}, {'start': '2769.359', 'end': '2773.319', 'text': 'please.   Your'}, {'start': '2770.760', 'end': '2775.160', 'text': 'Honor, please reconsider.  The man who had'}, {'start': '2773.319', 'end': '2777.440', 'text': 'always been strong and reserved,'}, {'start': '2775.160', 'end': '2779.760', 'text': 'now trembled with his hands together, begging'}, {'start': '2777.440', 'end': '2782.800', 'text': 'the judge, his eyes already filled with'}, {'start': '2779.760', 'end': '2785.960', 'text': "tears.  I don't need a mommy, I just"}, {'start': '2782.800', 'end': '2789.240', 'text': 'need you, please.  Only'}, {'start': '2785.960', 'end': '2792.880', 'text': "Emiliano's, only daddy's.  Emiliano let out"}, {'start': '2789.240', 'end': '2796.000', 'text': 'a choked groan.  I know, I know,'}, {'start': '2792.880', 'end': '2798.559', 'text': "Lucia, but I can't.  They won't let me"}, {'start': '2796.000', 'end': '2800.559', 'text': 'stay with you.  The word daddy'}, {'start': '2798.559', 'end': '2802.240', 'text': 'spoken for the first time was as'}, {'start': '2800.559', 'end': '2804.480', 'text': 'painful as a candle flickering in the'}, {'start': '2802.240', 'end': '2807.240', 'text': 'wind, extinguishing itself before it could even'}, {'start': '2804.480', 'end': '2810.280', 'text': 'shine.  You promised to be my daddy,'}, {'start': '2807.240', 'end': '2813.000', 'text': 'so please stay with me.  If only it'}, {'start': '2810.280', 'end': '2815.240', 'text': 'were that simple, Emiliano whispered, his'}, {'start': '2813.000', 'end': '2817.440', 'text': 'eyes red.  If only love'}, {'start': '2815.240', 'end': '2820.040', 'text': 'were enough to overcome everything.  A'}, {'start': '2817.440', 'end': '2822.200', 'text': 'social worker approached.  Lucia'}, {'start': '2820.040', 'end': '2826.040', 'text': 'recoiled, her eyes wide with'}, {'start': '2822.200', 'end': '2828.359', 'text': "panic.  Don't take me, please.  Behind,"}, {'start': '2826.040', 'end': '2831.240', 'text': 'Veronica watched with a cold gaze,'}, {'start': '2828.359', 'end': '2833.760', 'text': "without a trace of emotion.  I'm your mother and"}, {'start': '2831.240', 'end': '2836.319', 'text': 'you have no right to decide.  You'}, {'start': '2833.760', 'end': '2838.440', 'text': "'re just a bad girl.  Emiliano stood up"}, {'start': '2836.319', 'end': '2842.400', 'text': 'suddenly and shouted: "Don\'t say that about'}, {'start': '2838.440', 'end': '2844.400', 'text': 'her. She\'s not bad, she just needs love."'}, {'start': '2842.400', 'end': '2847.160', 'text': 'But his voice was lost beneath the heavy noise'}, {'start': '2844.400', 'end': '2849.880', 'text': 'of reality.  Lucia was led'}, {'start': '2847.160', 'end': '2852.319', 'text': 'out of the room.  She turned at every step,'}, {'start': '2849.880', 'end': '2855.000', 'text': 'her little face wet with tears, her'}, {'start': '2852.319', 'end': '2857.520', 'text': 'lips trembling.  His voice grew'}, {'start': '2855.000', 'end': '2859.480', 'text': 'smaller and smaller until he could no longer speak.'}, {'start': '2857.520', 'end': '2861.480', 'text': 'Emiliano was so devastated that he'}, {'start': '2859.480', 'end': '2864.119', 'text': 'could no longer stand.  The door slammed shut'}, {'start': '2861.480', 'end': '2866.280', 'text': 'and the courtroom'}, {'start': '2864.119', 'end': '2868.640', 'text': 'suddenly felt unbearably'}, {'start': '2866.280', 'end': '2871.480', 'text': 'empty.  Emiliano slumped into the'}, {'start': '2868.640', 'end': '2874.000', 'text': 'chair, his eyes fixed on nothing.'}, {'start': '2871.480', 'end': '2875.359', 'text': 'No one dared to touch him.  No one'}, {'start': '2874.000', 'end': '2877.240', 'text': 'dared to interrupt the'}, {'start': '2875.359', 'end': '2879.040', 'text': 'silent storm inside a man who'}, {'start': '2877.240', 'end': '2880.680', 'text': 'once thought he had it all, until he'}, {'start': '2879.040', 'end': '2883.359', 'text': 'lost the only thing that truly'}, {'start': '2880.680', 'end': '2885.720', 'text': 'mattered.  That night, Emiliano'}, {'start': '2883.359', 'end': '2888.520', 'text': 'returned home as a ghost.  The'}, {'start': '2885.720', 'end': '2890.800', 'text': 'once majestic mansion now felt'}, {'start': '2888.520', 'end': '2892.480', 'text': 'hollow.  The chair where Lucia used to'}, {'start': '2890.800', 'end': '2894.720', 'text': 'sit to read still bore the'}, {'start': '2892.480', 'end': '2896.520', 'text': 'faint mark of her small body.  The'}, {'start': '2894.720', 'end': '2899.559', 'text': 'pink cup she used every morning'}, {'start': '2896.520', 'end': '2901.200', 'text': 'remained in the sink unwashed.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '2899.559', 'end': '2903.680', 'text': 'wandered around the corners where she had'}, {'start': '2901.200', 'end': '2905.480', 'text': 'left her traces.  He stopped in front of the'}, {'start': '2903.680', 'end': '2908.240', 'text': 'wall where Lucia had drawn with a'}, {'start': '2905.480', 'end': '2910.400', 'text': 'crayon.  The last drawing, a'}, {'start': '2908.240', 'end': '2912.359', 'text': 'gray-haired man and a girl smiling'}, {'start': '2910.400', 'end': '2914.720', 'text': 'with all her heart next to him, with a'}, {'start': '2912.359', 'end': '2916.559', 'text': 'big red heart behind them both.'}, {'start': '2914.720', 'end': '2918.960', 'text': 'Underneath the drawing, in'}, {'start': '2916.559', 'end': '2921.240', 'text': 'clumsy, messy handwriting, the first'}, {'start': '2918.960', 'end': '2923.440', 'text': 'family I ever had in my life.  In the days'}, {'start': '2921.240', 'end': '2926.079', 'text': 'that followed, Emiliano only dared'}, {'start': '2923.440', 'end': '2928.880', 'text': "to visit Lucia from afar.  He didn't dare"}, {'start': '2926.079', 'end': '2931.240', 'text': 'to come any closer.  He was afraid that'}, {'start': '2928.880', 'end': '2933.799', 'text': 'if they looked again, the pain for both of them would'}, {'start': '2931.240', 'end': '2936.040', 'text': 'only become more unbearable.  A month'}, {'start': '2933.799', 'end': '2938.520', 'text': 'later, on a late autumn evening,'}, {'start': '2936.040', 'end': '2940.359', 'text': 'the rain fell like heavy curtains and the'}, {'start': '2938.520', 'end': '2942.799', 'text': 'wind beat relentlessly against the'}, {'start': '2940.359', 'end': '2944.880', 'text': 'glass windows of the Grazen mansion.  The sky was a'}, {'start': '2942.799', 'end': '2947.839', 'text': 'moonless void.  Split in two by'}, {'start': '2944.880', 'end': '2950.640', 'text': 'furious thunder.  In the huge, dimly'}, {'start': '2947.839', 'end': '2952.319', 'text': 'lit room, Emiliano sat alone,'}, {'start': '2950.640', 'end': '2954.599', 'text': 'his figure dwarfed by the'}, {'start': '2952.319', 'end': '2956.160', 'text': 'heavy shadows dancing on the walls.  The'}, {'start': '2954.599', 'end': '2958.119', 'text': 'fireplace continued to crackle with'}, {'start': '2956.160', 'end': '2960.200', 'text': 'embers, painting the room with a'}, {'start': '2958.119', 'end': '2962.440', 'text': 'faint golden glow, but inside was a'}, {'start': '2960.200', 'end': '2964.079', 'text': 'tundra that not even fire could melt.'}, {'start': '2962.440', 'end': '2965.720', 'text': 'On the coffee table, a small'}, {'start': '2964.079', 'end': '2967.720', 'text': 'cup of hot chocolate remained'}, {'start': '2965.720', 'end': '2969.359', 'text': 'untouched.  The same one that Lucia used to'}, {'start': '2967.720', 'end': '2971.000', 'text': 'hug with her little hands and that'}, {'start': '2969.359', 'end': '2973.920', 'text': "Emiliano hadn't had the courage to"}, {'start': '2971.000', 'end': '2975.640', 'text': 'move.  stood there, eyes glazed,'}, {'start': '2973.920', 'end': '2977.520', 'text': 'staring through the fogged windows'}, {'start': '2975.640', 'end': '2980.079', 'text': 'into the unforgiving night, whispering'}, {'start': '2977.520', 'end': '2981.880', 'text': 'to the storm.  Where is she now?'}, {'start': '2980.079', 'end': '2984.760', 'text': 'Who holds your hand when the thunder'}, {'start': '2981.880', 'end': '2987.160', 'text': 'screams like that?  His voice was hoarse, almost'}, {'start': '2984.760', 'end': '2988.799', 'text': 'inaudible, as if he tried to break the fragile'}, {'start': '2987.160', 'end': '2991.319', 'text': 'hope that still clung to his'}, {'start': '2988.799', 'end': '2993.280', 'text': 'chest.  The loneliness in the room became so'}, {'start': '2991.319', 'end': '2996.040', 'text': 'thick that it could almost be felt like'}, {'start': '2993.280', 'end': '2998.240', 'text': 'a layer on the skin.  Then, breaking through the'}, {'start': '2996.040', 'end': '3000.200', 'text': 'steady pounding of the rain, a sudden'}, {'start': '2998.240', 'end': '3002.799', 'text': ', frantic knocking at the front door'}, {'start': '3000.200', 'end': '3004.799', 'text': 'shook the foundations of the house.  Emiliano'}, {'start': '3002.799', 'end': '3007.480', 'text': 'jumped to his feet,'}, {'start': '3004.799', 'end': '3009.400', 'text': 'frowning as he ran towards the entrance.  the'}, {'start': '3007.480', 'end': '3011.760', 'text': 'edge of his coat, trailing behind'}, {'start': '3009.400', 'end': '3013.799', 'text': 'him, he emerged from under the wide awning,'}, {'start': '3011.760', 'end': '3015.799', 'text': 'squinting against the rain.  And'}, {'start': '3013.799', 'end': '3017.720', 'text': 'there, barely visible between the curtain of'}, {'start': '3015.799', 'end': '3020.200', 'text': 'water, was a small figure shivering'}, {'start': '3017.720', 'end': '3022.520', 'text': 'with cold by the iron gate.  It was'}, {'start': '3020.200', 'end': '3024.160', 'text': 'Lucia.  Her hair hung in'}, {'start': '3022.520', 'end': '3026.119', 'text': 'wet, tangled strands about her'}, {'start': '3024.160', 'end': '3028.680', 'text': 'face.  Her thin, torn dress'}, {'start': '3026.119', 'end': '3030.720', 'text': 'clung to her fragile body.  He held'}, {'start': '3028.680', 'end': '3032.920', 'text': 'the small, soaking wet dog against his chest,'}, {'start': '3030.720', 'end': '3035.160', 'text': 'which was shaking so violently'}, {'start': '3032.920', 'end': '3037.079', 'text': 'that it seemed about to disappear.  The'}, {'start': '3035.160', 'end': '3039.880', 'text': 'image almost knocked the air out of'}, {'start': '3037.079', 'end': '3041.960', 'text': "Emiliano's lungs.  His bare feet were"}, {'start': '3039.880', 'end': '3044.319', 'text': 'bloody, covered in mud and'}, {'start': '3041.960', 'end': '3046.160', 'text': 'gravel.  Her knees were'}, {'start': '3044.319', 'end': '3048.119', 'text': 'raw, her lips a dangerous shade of blue'}, {'start': '3046.160', 'end': '3049.880', 'text': '.  His eyes, swollen from the'}, {'start': '3048.119', 'end': '3052.160', 'text': 'blows, could barely lift to'}, {'start': '3049.880', 'end': '3054.559', 'text': "meet the Deilians'.  A look so"}, {'start': '3052.160', 'end': '3056.880', 'text': 'desperate, so pure, that it destroyed'}, {'start': '3054.559', 'end': '3060.079', 'text': 'any strength he still had.'}, {'start': '3056.880', 'end': '3062.799', 'text': 'Daddy, Lucia gasped, her voice broken and'}, {'start': '3060.079', 'end': '3065.760', 'text': 'cracked.  I ran away because he started'}, {'start': '3062.799', 'end': '3068.559', 'text': 'drinking again.  Why did they beat me?  Because I'}, {'start': '3065.760', 'end': '3070.119', 'text': 'missed you.  Every word was a dagger.  And'}, {'start': '3068.559', 'end': '3072.119', 'text': 'Emiliano could do nothing more than'}, {'start': '3070.119', 'end': '3075.200', 'text': 'stand there for a moment, feeling his'}, {'start': '3072.119', 'end': '3077.200', 'text': 'heart break.  And then, without thinking, he'}, {'start': '3075.200', 'end': '3080.559', 'text': 'ran into the rain, fell to his knees'}, {'start': '3077.200', 'end': '3083.599', 'text': 'in front of her and opened his arms.  Lucia,'}, {'start': '3080.559', 'end': '3086.000', 'text': 'my girl, sobbed, her voice choked with'}, {'start': '3083.599', 'end': '3088.079', 'text': 'tears she could no longer contain.  She'}, {'start': '3086.000', 'end': '3089.799', 'text': 'collapsed against his chest, her'}, {'start': '3088.079', 'end': '3092.280', 'text': 'entire body as cold and fragile as'}, {'start': '3089.799', 'end': '3094.040', 'text': 'porcelain.  And he wrapped his arms around her'}, {'start': '3092.280', 'end': '3097.040', 'text': 'in despair, as if he feared'}, {'start': '3094.040', 'end': '3100.119', 'text': "she might slip away again.  God, I'm sorry"}, {'start': '3097.040', 'end': '3102.920', 'text': ", I'm so sorry, I didn't"}, {'start': '3100.119', 'end': '3105.359', 'text': 'protect you.  I promised I would and I'}, {'start': '3102.920', 'end': '3107.799', 'text': 'let you fall back into that hell.'}, {'start': '3105.359', 'end': '3109.559', 'text': 'His words were broken, choked'}, {'start': '3107.799', 'end': '3111.920', 'text': 'in the storm and guilt that tore at his'}, {'start': '3109.559', 'end': '3114.240', 'text': 'chest without mercy.  Still shaking'}, {'start': '3111.920', 'end': '3117.200', 'text': 'in his arms, Lucia cried into'}, {'start': '3114.240', 'end': '3120.359', 'text': 'his shoulder.  They closed the door.  I had to'}, {'start': '3117.200', 'end': '3121.880', 'text': 'jump over the gate.  I thought if I died,'}, {'start': '3120.359', 'end': '3124.720', 'text': 'at least it would be on the way back'}, {'start': '3121.880', 'end': '3126.359', 'text': 'home.  whispered each syllable, a'}, {'start': '3124.720', 'end': '3128.680', 'text': "dagger burying itself in Emiliano's heart"}, {'start': '3126.359', 'end': '3130.680', 'text': '.  Emiliano pressed against his'}, {'start': '3128.680', 'end': '3132.520', 'text': 'chest, feeling the weight of every moment she'}, {'start': '3130.680', 'end': '3133.720', 'text': 'had suffered alone, every'}, {'start': '3132.520', 'end': '3135.440', 'text': 'kilometer she had walked'}, {'start': '3133.720', 'end': '3138.040', 'text': 'dragging herself, just to find her'}, {'start': '3135.440', 'end': '3140.440', 'text': 'way back to him.  Without hesitation, he'}, {'start': '3138.040', 'end': '3142.680', 'text': 'lifted her into his arms, cradling her'}, {'start': '3140.440', 'end': '3144.599', 'text': 'as he turned toward the mansion.  Each'}, {'start': '3142.680', 'end': '3146.319', 'text': 'step carried with the painful certainty'}, {'start': '3144.599', 'end': '3149.200', 'text': 'that he had been on the verge of losing her'}, {'start': '3146.319', 'end': '3152.160', 'text': 'forever.  Lucia, barely conscious,'}, {'start': '3149.200', 'end': '3155.920', 'text': 'mumbled through chapped lips.  Daddy,'}, {'start': '3152.160', 'end': '3158.040', 'text': 'can I stay, please?  Inside the house,'}, {'start': '3155.920', 'end': '3159.640', 'text': 'Emiliano took them straight to the living room, without'}, {'start': '3158.040', 'end': '3162.319', 'text': 'caring about the water that ran down'}, {'start': '3159.640', 'end': '3164.760', 'text': 'both of them, soaking the floor.  "This is your'}, {'start': '3162.319', 'end': '3166.720', 'text': 'home," he said forcefully.  His voice steadies,'}, {'start': '3164.760', 'end': '3169.799', 'text': 'despite the storm raging in his'}, {'start': '3166.720', 'end': '3171.960', 'text': 'heart.  "And I will never let you go again."   He'}, {'start': '3169.799', 'end': '3174.119', 'text': 'gently sat her down on the thick'}, {'start': '3171.960', 'end': '3176.240', 'text': 'rug in front of the fireplace, carefully wrapping her'}, {'start': '3174.119', 'end': '3178.400', 'text': 'in the softest,'}, {'start': '3176.240', 'end': '3180.119', 'text': 'thickest towels he could find.  Sombra'}, {'start': '3178.400', 'end': '3181.920', 'text': 'also crawled to her side,'}, {'start': '3180.119', 'end': '3184.280', 'text': 'pressing his trembling little body against'}, {'start': '3181.920', 'end': '3185.920', 'text': 'her, letting out a small moan, as if'}, {'start': '3184.280', 'end': '3188.079', 'text': 'sharing her relief and her'}, {'start': '3185.920', 'end': '3190.359', 'text': 'exhaustion.  The fireplace crackled'}, {'start': '3188.079', 'end': '3192.720', 'text': 'warmly, casting flickers of light'}, {'start': '3190.359', 'end': '3194.760', 'text': "over Lucia's bruised body.  She did"}, {'start': '3192.720', 'end': '3196.799', 'text': "n't resist, she simply let herself be"}, {'start': '3194.760', 'end': '3198.119', 'text': 'enveloped in the warmth, letting herself be embraced'}, {'start': '3196.799', 'end': '3200.240', 'text': 'for the first time in what must have'}, {'start': '3198.119', 'end': '3202.799', 'text': 'seemed like an eternity.  In a matter of'}, {'start': '3200.240', 'end': '3205.520', 'text': 'minutes, fatigue won and she fell'}, {'start': '3202.799', 'end': '3207.760', 'text': 'asleep with weak but'}, {'start': '3205.520', 'end': '3209.599', 'text': 'steady breathing.  Emiliano knelt beside her'}, {'start': '3207.760', 'end': '3211.200', 'text': ', his hands hovering over the'}, {'start': '3209.599', 'end': '3213.559', 'text': 'bruises and cuts that covered her'}, {'start': '3211.200', 'end': '3215.359', 'text': 'small body, wishing he could heal her,'}, {'start': '3213.559', 'end': '3217.880', 'text': 'afraid even to touch her and cause her'}, {'start': '3215.359', 'end': '3221.160', 'text': 'more pain.  For the first time in weeks,'}, {'start': '3217.880', 'end': '3223.720', 'text': 'Lucia slept peacefully, her face free,'}, {'start': '3221.160', 'end': '3225.559', 'text': 'enemo.  And by her side, Emiliano'}, {'start': '3223.720', 'end': '3227.720', 'text': 'remained watching over her sleep, his'}, {'start': '3225.559', 'end': '3229.680', 'text': 'heart broken into pieces, silently swearing'}, {'start': '3227.720', 'end': '3231.839', 'text': 'that no storm, no'}, {'start': '3229.680', 'end': '3234.680', 'text': 'court, no power on earth would ever'}, {'start': '3231.839', 'end': '3236.440', 'text': 'tear it away again.  That night, the'}, {'start': '3234.680', 'end': '3238.480', 'text': 'rain seemed to wash away all the'}, {'start': '3236.440', 'end': '3240.359', 'text': 'storms.  But after that hug'}, {'start': '3238.480', 'end': '3242.599', 'text': 'in the courtyard of the mansion, after'}, {'start': '3240.359', 'end': '3244.280', 'text': "Lucia's stifled cry calling him daddy,"}, {'start': '3242.599', 'end': '3246.839', 'text': 'Emiliano knew that his journey was barely'}, {'start': '3244.280', 'end': '3248.920', 'text': 'beginning again.  They would have to fight,'}, {'start': '3246.839', 'end': '3250.400', 'text': 'this time not for a roof over their heads, but for the'}, {'start': '3248.920', 'end': '3252.599', 'text': 'right to be loved'}, {'start': '3250.400', 'end': '3255.680', 'text': 'truly and completely.  Three weeks'}, {'start': '3252.599', 'end': '3257.319', 'text': 'later, the court met again.'}, {'start': '3255.680', 'end': '3259.160', 'text': "Lucia was nestled in Emiliano's arms"}, {'start': '3257.319', 'end': '3261.400', 'text': '.  Her white dress was'}, {'start': '3259.160', 'end': '3263.160', 'text': 'carefully pressed, her hair'}, {'start': '3261.400', 'end': '3264.880', 'text': 'neatly tied up, but her eyes still'}, {'start': '3263.160', 'end': '3267.799', 'text': 'retained that lost look of someone who had'}, {'start': '3264.880', 'end': '3270.480', 'text': 'survived too many storms.  Mother'}, {'start': '3267.799', 'end': '3273.000', 'text': 'Veronica, the biological mother, sat'}, {'start': '3270.480', 'end': '3275.440', 'text': 'across the room, her face cold, her'}, {'start': '3273.000', 'end': '3278.119', 'text': 'eyes hiding something else beneath.  The'}, {'start': '3275.440', 'end': '3280.720', 'text': 'stepfather, head down, looked around'}, {'start': '3278.119', 'end': '3283.000', 'text': 'nervously.  Lawyers on both'}, {'start': '3280.720', 'end': '3284.559', 'text': 'sides clashed fiercely.  The'}, {'start': '3283.000', 'end': '3286.640', 'text': 'arguments clashed with each other like'}, {'start': '3284.559', 'end': '3288.799', 'text': 'swords on a battlefield.  He'}, {'start': '3286.640', 'end': '3290.799', 'text': 'is not the legal guardian.  This woman has a'}, {'start': '3288.799', 'end': '3292.920', 'text': 'history of abandonment and'}, {'start': '3290.799', 'end': '3295.400', 'text': 'substance abuse.  No one has the right to'}, {'start': '3292.920', 'end': '3297.079', 'text': 'take a child away from its biological mother.  And'}, {'start': '3295.400', 'end': '3299.400', 'text': 'who gave you the right to beat that'}, {'start': '3297.079', 'end': '3300.960', 'text': 'girl until she bled?  Who'}, {'start': '3299.400', 'end': '3303.000', 'text': 'gave you the right to make her sleep in a'}, {'start': '3300.960', 'end': '3305.240', 'text': 'shed like an animal?'}, {'start': '3303.000', 'end': '3307.920', 'text': 'Finally, the judge turned to'}, {'start': '3305.240', 'end': '3309.200', 'text': 'Emiliano.  Mr. Emiliano Reias, do you have'}, {'start': '3307.920', 'end': '3311.920', 'text': 'anything to say before the'}, {'start': '3309.200', 'end': '3314.839', 'text': 'sentence is read?  The room fell into'}, {'start': '3311.920', 'end': '3317.280', 'text': 'absolute silence.  The cameras focused on him and'}, {'start': '3314.839', 'end': '3319.040', 'text': "Miliano stood up.  He didn't look at"}, {'start': '3317.280', 'end': '3321.480', 'text': 'anyone else other than the little girl who was'}, {'start': '3319.040', 'end': '3325.000', 'text': 'squeezing his hand tightly.  His voice'}, {'start': '3321.480', 'end': '3327.160', 'text': 'rose slowly, deep, worn.'}, {'start': '3325.000', 'end': '3328.839', 'text': "I didn't bring this girl into the world, but"}, {'start': '3327.160', 'end': '3331.079', 'text': 'I was the one who heard her whisper in the'}, {'start': '3328.839', 'end': '3333.480', 'text': 'nights.  I was the one who hugged her for the'}, {'start': '3331.079', 'end': '3335.119', 'text': 'first time when she was trembling with fear.'}, {'start': '3333.480', 'end': '3337.480', 'text': 'I was the one who made him the first'}, {'start': '3335.119', 'end': '3339.119', 'text': 'breakfast he ever really enjoyed.  And I was the'}, {'start': '3337.480', 'end': '3340.079', 'text': 'only one who cried when she called me'}, {'start': '3339.119', 'end': '3341.920', 'text': 'daddy.'}, {'start': '3340.079', 'end': '3344.720', 'text': 'He turned to the judge, his eyes'}, {'start': '3341.920', 'end': '3347.319', 'text': "calm but steady.  I'm not here"}, {'start': '3344.720', 'end': '3349.240', 'text': "asking you to create Lucia out of pity.  I don't"}, {'start': '3347.319', 'end': '3352.079', 'text': 'need this court to validate our'}, {'start': '3349.240', 'end': '3355.319', 'text': "bond.  I'm just stating a fact.  I am"}, {'start': '3352.079', 'end': '3357.920', 'text': "this girl's father and I will continue to be."}, {'start': '3355.319', 'end': '3360.720', 'text': 'No one will hurt my daughter again.'}, {'start': '3357.920', 'end': '3363.039', 'text': 'Never.  Lucia started to cry.  She ran'}, {'start': '3360.720', 'end': '3366.079', 'text': 'to him, hugging him with all her'}, {'start': '3363.039', 'end': '3368.760', 'text': "strength.  Daddy, please don't let them"}, {'start': '3366.079', 'end': '3371.640', 'text': "take me away again.  I'm so afraid of the"}, {'start': '3368.760', 'end': '3373.720', 'text': 'dark.  No one said anything else,'}, {'start': '3371.640', 'end': '3375.559', 'text': 'just the sound of a girl crying,'}, {'start': '3373.720', 'end': '3378.240', 'text': 'desperately clinging to the last'}, {'start': '3375.559', 'end': '3380.559', 'text': 'spark of light she had left.  And then the'}, {'start': '3378.240', 'end': '3382.280', 'text': 'judge\'s voice ruled: "This court'}, {'start': '3380.559', 'end': '3385.039', 'text': 'grants full custody of Lucia to'}, {'start': '3382.280', 'end': '3386.720', 'text': 'Mr. Emiliano Reias."  Additionally,'}, {'start': '3385.039', 'end': '3388.960', 'text': 'Mrs. Verónica Salazar and her current'}, {'start': '3386.720', 'end': '3390.839', 'text': 'husband will remain in custody, awaiting'}, {'start': '3388.960', 'end': '3392.559', 'text': 'investigation for child abuse and'}, {'start': '3390.839', 'end': '3394.559', 'text': 'participation in illegal'}, {'start': '3392.559', 'end': '3397.119', 'text': 'drug trafficking.  The room erupted in'}, {'start': '3394.559', 'end': '3399.359', 'text': 'murmurs.  Lucia clung to'}, {'start': '3397.119', 'end': '3401.599', 'text': "Emiliano's neck, crying with relief and"}, {'start': '3399.359', 'end': '3403.960', 'text': 'happiness.  He leaned over and whispered'}, {'start': '3401.599', 'end': '3406.480', 'text': 'in her ear, "Let\'s go home, my'}, {'start': '3403.960', 'end': '3407.960', 'text': 'daughter."  Many years later, the'}, {'start': '3406.480', 'end': '3410.119', 'text': "mansion's grounds had become a"}, {'start': '3407.960', 'end': '3412.440', 'text': 'sanctuary called Where Love Lives, a'}, {'start': '3410.119', 'end': '3414.440', 'text': 'home for abandoned children, souls who'}, {'start': '3412.440', 'end': '3416.480', 'text': 'once shivered under cold nights,'}, {'start': '3414.440', 'end': '3418.599', 'text': 'just like Lucia in her time.'}, {'start': '3416.480', 'end': '3420.440', 'text': 'Multimillionaire Emiliano Reyes had'}, {'start': '3418.599', 'end': '3423.000', 'text': 'passed away after a long battle with the'}, {'start': '3420.440', 'end': '3425.200', 'text': 'disease.  He died peacefully with a small'}, {'start': '3423.000', 'end': '3426.920', 'text': 'photograph clutched in his hands.  A'}, {'start': '3425.200', 'end': '3429.359', 'text': 'girl with matted hair holding a'}, {'start': '3426.920', 'end': '3432.160', 'text': 'puppy stood by the gate in the'}, {'start': '3429.359', 'end': '3434.480', 'text': 'rain that night.  His funeral was not'}, {'start': '3432.160', 'end': '3436.599', 'text': 'private.  It was filled with rows and rows'}, {'start': '3434.480', 'end': '3438.480', 'text': 'of children from all over,'}, {'start': '3436.599', 'end': '3440.520', 'text': 'each one placing handwritten notes'}, {'start': '3438.480', 'end': '3443.319', 'text': 'on his grave.  Thank you for not'}, {'start': '3440.520', 'end': '3445.960', 'text': 'turning your back on us.  Because of you, I believe that there are'}, {'start': '3443.319', 'end': '3448.240', 'text': 'still good people in this world.'}, {'start': '3445.960', 'end': '3451.000', 'text': "You didn't know me, but your actions"}, {'start': '3448.240', 'end': '3453.599', 'text': 'saved me.  Amidst the white flowers,'}, {'start': '3451.000', 'end': '3456.280', 'text': 'Lucia knelt silently, her hand'}, {'start': '3453.599', 'end': '3459.119', 'text': 'gently caressing the tombstone.  "You'}, {'start': '3456.280', 'end': '3461.640', 'text': 'didn\'t leave me, Daddy," he whispered.  "Now it'}, {'start': '3459.119', 'end': '3463.960', 'text': '\'s my turn to not leave others."'}, {'start': '3461.640', 'end': '3466.319', 'text': 'From that day on, Lucia took her mission'}, {'start': '3463.960', 'end': '3468.240', 'text': 'as her own.  The girl from yesterday had'}, {'start': '3466.319', 'end': '3469.960', 'text': 'become a strong woman, but in her'}, {'start': '3468.240', 'end': '3471.799', 'text': 'eyes the same soft light still shone'}, {'start': '3469.960', 'end': '3473.520', 'text': ', the one that once gave'}, {'start': '3471.799', 'end': '3476.160', 'text': 'Emiliano a reason to stay on a'}, {'start': '3473.520', 'end': '3478.839', 'text': 'rainy day.  The thunder rumbled like an echo'}, {'start': '3476.160', 'end': '3481.839', 'text': 'from the distant past.  The gate of the refuge'}, {'start': '3478.839', 'end': '3484.119', 'text': 'shook.  Lucia went out and saw him there.  The'}, {'start': '3481.839', 'end': '3486.280', 'text': 'skinny boy holding a torn t-shirt, his'}, {'start': '3484.119', 'end': '3488.880', 'text': 'bare feet covered in mud, his eyes'}, {'start': '3486.280', 'end': '3491.240', 'text': 'empty, full of fear, just like'}, {'start': '3488.880', 'end': '3494.960', 'text': "yours once were.  I don't know where to"}, {'start': '3491.240', 'end': '3497.599', 'text': "go.  They kicked me out.  I'm very hungry, but I"}, {'start': '3494.960', 'end': '3499.480', 'text': "didn't steal anything.  I swear.  Lucia"}, {'start': '3497.599', 'end': '3501.440', 'text': 'crouched down to his height, placed a'}, {'start': '3499.480', 'end': '3503.520', 'text': 'warm hand on his shoulder and smiled.  How'}, {'start': '3501.440', 'end': '3505.960', 'text': 'Emiliano ever smiled at her.   Would'}, {'start': '3503.520', 'end': '3508.480', 'text': 'you like some fried eggs?  My daddy'}, {'start': '3505.960', 'end': '3510.880', 'text': 'used to make them for me every morning.'}, {'start': '3508.480', 'end': '3513.880', 'text': 'The boy nodded, his eyes filled with'}, {'start': '3510.880', 'end': '3516.960', 'text': 'tears.  Lucia squeezed her little hand'}, {'start': '3513.880', 'end': '3519.640', 'text': 'gently.  You are not a burden.  From'}, {'start': '3516.960', 'end': '3521.760', 'text': 'today you have a home.  And if you'}, {'start': '3519.640', 'end': '3524.000', 'text': "let me, I'd like to be the one who stays with"}, {'start': '3521.760', 'end': '3526.559', 'text': 'you.  The journey that Emiliano had'}, {'start': '3524.000', 'end': '3528.280', 'text': 'begun no longer belonged to just one man.'}, {'start': '3526.559', 'end': '3530.240', 'text': 'It had become a circle where each'}, {'start': '3528.280', 'end': '3532.680', 'text': 'hand that was once held would hold the'}, {'start': '3530.240', 'end': '3535.000', 'text': 'other in turn.  There are people who'}, {'start': '3532.680', 'end': '3537.359', 'text': "don't need to be rescued, they just need"}, {'start': '3535.000', 'end': '3539.559', 'text': 'someone not to abandon them and when they are'}, {'start': '3537.359', 'end': '3542.039', 'text': 'loved at the right time, they grow until they'}, {'start': '3539.559', 'end': '3544.520', 'text': 'become those who save others.'}, {'start': '3542.039', 'end': '3546.119', 'text': 'Kindness, when not rejected, lives'}, {'start': '3544.520', 'end': '3548.240', 'text': 'forever in hearts that'}, {'start': '3546.119', 'end': '3549.839', 'text': 'were once hurt.  And these'}, {'start': '3548.240', 'end': '3552.079', 'text': 'broken souls become'}, {'start': '3549.839', 'end': '3554.559', 'text': 'silent heroes, just as Emiliano was'}, {'start': '3552.079', 'end': '3556.440', 'text': 'for Lucia.  Never hesitate to extend your'}, {'start': '3554.559', 'end': '3558.280', 'text': 'hand to someone, because sometimes the greatest'}, {'start': '3556.440', 'end': '3560.839', 'text': 'salvation comes simply from your'}, {'start': '3558.280', 'end': '3562.839', 'text': 'presence.  Thank you for staying until the'}, {'start': '3560.839', 'end': '3564.319', 'text': 'end of this story.  We hope it'}, {'start': '3562.839', 'end': '3566.039', 'text': 'was a small flame capable of'}, {'start': '3564.319', 'end': '3567.920', 'text': 'warming hearts that were once'}, {'start': '3566.039', 'end': '3569.480', 'text': 'wounded and lighting in you a spark'}, {'start': '3567.920', 'end': '3573.520', 'text': 'of hope for a world where no one is'}, {'start': '3569.480', 'end': '3573.520', 'text': 'ever left behind again.  M.'}]