Justin 's brutal past

A Crowded Public Square (Present Day)

The streets are filled with laughter. Children run around happily. Couples hold hands. Friends chat without a care in the world.

Child: "Mom! Look at the balloons!"

Mother: "Don't run too far!"

A street performer juggles while people clap.

Vendor: "Fresh juice! Ice cream! Come and get it!"

A mid all the happiness... one man quietly walks through the crowd.

Justin (thinking): "Everyone looks so happy..."

"I wonder what that feels like."

Suddenly...

Stranger: "YOU!!"

Everyone turns.

A man with bloodshot eyes walks toward Justin. His entire body trembles with rage.

Stranger: "How dare you live peacefully...!"

Justin: "...Who are you?"

Stranger: "Because of THAT WITCH... I lost everything!"

Justin's expression doesn't change.

Justin: "...Amber."

Stranger: "Yes! Your mother!"

The stranger pulls out a gun.

Random Woman: "A-A gun!"

Man: "Call the police!"

Justin (thinking): "Again..."

"Another person who hates me because of her."

Stranger: "You deserve to die just like her!"

BANG!

A gunshot echoes through the square.

Justin collapses.

Blood slowly spreads beneath him.

---

Justin pov

His vision becomes blurry.

The voices around him slowly fade.

Justin (thinking):

"Why..."

"Why does this always happen to me?"

"Why am I always the one paying for her sins?"

"I never asked to be her son..."

"I don't even care about her..."

"Then why..."

"Why am I the one who keeps suffering?"

Darkness swallows everything.

---

The Crowd

Silence fills the square.

Then...

Whispers.

Woman: "He's dead..."

Man: "Finally..."

Old Lady: "Maybe now everyone can move on."

Young Man: "He was the villainess's son."

Another Person: "He deserved it."

No one cries.

No one mourns him.

Some people even smile.

To them...

He wasn't Justin.

He was only...

"The villainess's son."

Slowly his life was flashed infront of him

26 Years Earlier

The Hospital

A baby's cries fill the room.

Doctor: "Congratulations! It's a healthy baby boy."

Jonathan Davis smiles with relief.

Jonathan: "My son..."

A nurse suddenly looks around.

Nurse: "...Where is the mother?"

Everyone freezes.

The hospital room is empty.

Amber is gone.

She left immediately after giving birth.

Without even looking at her child.

Without leaving a single word.

---

Years pass.

Little Justin walks through town.

People whisper as he passes.

Woman: "That's Amber's child."

Man: "The woman who abandoned her family."

Another Woman: "Poor Jonathan."

Old Man: "Maybe the child is just like her."

Justin lowers his head.

He doesn't understand.

But he knows...

People hate him.

---

as the time pass

Jonathan sits alone in his office.

Justin slowly walks in.

Justin: "Dad..."

Jonathan doesn't answer.

Justin: "I got first place at school today."

Jonathan remains silent.

After a long pause...

Jonathan: "...Good."

Justin smiles hopefully.

Justin: "Can we eat together tonight?"

Jonathan quietly stands up.

Jonathan: "I'm busy."

He leaves.

Justin watches the empty doorway.

Justin (thinking): "Dad..."

Justin's grandmother gently pats his head.

Grandmother: "Don't mind what others say."

Justin: "Grandma..."

Grandmother: "You're my precious grandson."

His grandfather laughs.

Grandfather: "Come."

"I bought your favorite snacks."

Justin smiles.

For a little while...

He forgets his sadness.

---

Years later...

Justin meets Heather.

She smiles warmly.

Heather: "You're kinder than everyone says."

Justin laughs softly.

Justin: "People usually run away after hearing my name."

Heather: "Then they're missing out."

For the first time...

Justin believes happiness is possible.

---

Justin's grandmother visits Heather's family.

Grandmother: "I'd like to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage."

Heather's father smiles politely.

Heather's Father: "Who is the groom?"

Grandmother: "Justin Davis."

The smile disappears.

Heather's Father: "...Amber's son?"

Silence.

Heather's Father: "Leave."

Grandmother: "...Please listen—"

Heather's Father: "No daughter of mine will marry the son of that woman."

The door closes.

Justin quietly waits outside.

One look at his grandmother's face...

And he already knows the answer.

---

Later...

Justin marries Melan.

The daughter of a maid.

Their house is small.

Their meals are simple.

But...

They laugh together.

Melan: "You're terrible at cooking."

Justin: "I tried."

Melan: "You almost burned water."

Justin laughs.

Justin: "I have talent."

Melan: "At making disasters."

They laugh together.

For the first time...

Their house feels like home.

---

One evening...

The front door opens.

A familiar woman walks inside.

Justin freezes.

Justin: "...Amber."

His grandmother steps forward.

Grandmother: "Why did you come back?"

Amber smiles.

A cold...

Heartless smile.

Without warning...

She attacks.

Justin: "GRANDMA!!"

His grandmother falls.

Blood stains the floor.

---

His grandfather cannot bear the grief.

Soon after...

He passes away.

Jonathan finds Amber.

Jonathan: "You destroyed everything."

He kills her.

But afterward...

He cannot forgive himself.

Consumed by guilt...

Jonathan ends his own life.

Justin loses...

His father.

His grandparents.

His entire family.

Within days.

---

Melan sits silently in the hospital.

The doctor lowers his head.

Doctor: "...I'm sorry."

Their child is gone.

Days later...

Melan packs her belongings.

Justin watches quietly.

Justin: "...You're leaving?"

Melan cries.

Melan: "I can't do this anymore."

She walks away.

Never looking back.

Justin doesn't stop her.

He simply watches...

As the last person he loved disappears.

---

Stephen and Joseph argue.

Stephen: "I'll take this property."

Joseph: "Fine. Then I'll take the rest."

Neither of them looks at Justin.

Neither asks...

"Are you okay?"

They leave.

Justin stands alone.

In a house that once held a family.

Now...

Only silence remains.

---

People blame Justin.

Man: "Everything happened because of him."

Woman: "He's cursed."

Another Man: "Just like his mother."

Day after day...

They insult him.

Beat him.

Humiliate him.

Until finally...

Someone decides to end it.

The story returns...

To the crowded square.

To the gunshot.

To Justin's final breath.

Narrator:

"People judged Justin for the sins of someone else."

"They never tried to understand his pain."

"They only saw the name he carried."

"They never saw the person behind it."

"Don't judge someone's life by rumors."

"Some wounds cannot be seen..."

"...but they hurt more than any scar."

"Justin was not the only one."

"There are many people like him."

"If you are one of them..."

"Don't give up."

"If you know someone like him..."

"Don't turn away."

"Sometimes... one person's kindness can save a life that is silently falling apart."

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