Daddy, Please Believe Me

Five years ago, Sophia saved Howard from a fire, but Camila stole the credit and drove her off. Sophia raised their daughter Claire alone and secretly fixed the family finances, while Howard thought she betrayed him. On Sophia’s birthday, she came with Claire, a cake and ledgers to reconcile. Camila sent a truck to crash them off a mountain road. Sophia pushed Claire out before the car plunged. Claire called Howard, yet he called it a lie. Death gave Claire three hours: Sophia would survive only if Howard said “I believe you”. Arm marks meant Claire would share Sophia’s pain, be erased from his memory and die. Claire braved snowstorms and Camila’s plots. With evidence including a USB drive, bloodied ledgers, a plate number and a sapphire ring, she uncovered the truth. When Howard hesitated, the second mark disappeared and he forgot her. At the cliff, Sophia’s voice proved Claire was his child. Camila threatened everyone with explosives. Howard saved Claire, but the deal ended one second before he spoke the saving words. Sophia died instantly, and Claire perished in his arms. His memory returned far too late. Howard found Chloe was not his daughter, and Camila’s accomplice helped kill Sophia. He punished the guilty, yet could not revive them. He begged Death to take his life and wealth in exchange, only to see an illusion of Sophia and Claire, who wished they had never crossed paths with him. Ten years later, Howard gave away all his money to a rescue fund. He lingers by the c