"Desperate Redemption" When you owe your life to someone, you have to live well

Jarvis 2022-04-20 09:02:04

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without you?

Lydia: Dad, save me!

When Lydia was very young, her father Link was in prison. After that, Lydia followed her mother into three unfamiliar families one after another. The more her mother married, the richer she became, while Lydia became unhappy day by day.

Lydia wanted to hang herself when she was 10 years old, and when she was 12 years old, she ate her stepfather's pills in one go. Does Lydia really want to die that much? She just wants to express something that needs love and care like other ordinary little girls.

Lydia doesn't know what that thing tastes like because she hasn't tasted it yet!

Finally one day, this rich little girl left home regardless of her choice. With no source of income and no survival skills, 17-year-old Lydia is willing to fall and live in the dark.

When a mosquito bites you, it leaves behind enzymes that other mosquitoes can smell. Lydia has this stuff on her now, it's like Christmas dinner, she's every scumbag's pistachio.

At a party, Lydia is captured by a man's sweet talk. The man's name is Jonah , he is about 30 years old, and he seems to have a mature masculinity that girls prefer.

Jonah was nice to Lydia, at least on the surface. He gave Lydia a good place to live, he gave her everything Lydia wanted, and Lydia felt that Jonah treated her better than anyone in her life, she swears to God.

Before, Lydia was in a friend's pantry. After getting to know Jonah, Jonah wants her to help, and Lydia goes into a cute valley cabin, and all Lydia has to do is look at the house and look normal. Sometimes Jonah's men would hide things in them, and Lydia never asked, though she was curious what they were.

One night, Lydia, as usual, was in the valley hut, looking forward to a happy future life. Suddenly, some uninvited guests break in and... drop something.

Jonah is so mad that he takes Lydia to a nursery to find the lost thing. There, Jonah frantically beats a childcare woman and asks her where her things are hidden. Then he wants Lydia to shoot the woman, maybe Jonah wants Lydia to prove she can do anything for him.

Lydia hadn't killed anyone and didn't want to. So she was taken aback, pulled the trigger, and the bullet hit Jonah in the neck, blood splattered all over the wall. It all happened so suddenly that Lydia couldn't recover, like a fly with a brain injury splashed on the windshield, terrible!

Lydia doesn't know what a prison looks like, but it's not a good place to think about either. She's running, yes, she doesn't want to die!

Lydia needs cash now, just enough for her to disappear. She wanted to get on the bus, as far as she could, to a place where no one could find her. Then, settle down and find a job, get some fresh air, and start a new life.

However, the pretty white sister is empty-handed, living in Mexico, and being rewarded for her head, how can she take care of herself! Besides, Lydia has the most deadly thing, a smell that everyone can smell. So, she may run away for a lifetime, but the worst person knows that smell, and it will always follow you, endlessly.

Does anyone know what it feels like to be in a corner? It seems that all signs are pointing to an end - Lydia is dead! But she made the most important and right decision in her life - to call her dad for help.

Link: The Best Birthday Gifts

Maybe some people deserve to be hurt, with chains! But if you can learn to be quiet in your own savage world, there's a reward for believing that there's more to it than yourself.

Today is Link 's birthday, but he doesn't seem to like birthdays, because he thinks it will make people mistakenly think that he has been rewarded for doing bad things.

In the past, Link was drinking, taking drugs, and fighting fiercely, living as if the whole world looked down on him. However, his Harley gang boss is very optimistic about him, treating him like his own son, yes, that's what it seems on the surface. So...Link has been tight-lipped since his boss spent seven or eight years in prison.

After Link went to prison, his wife remarried and daughter Lydia was raised by three stepfathers. He didn't do his duty as a good father, which should have been his.

Link didn't drink on his birthday, he's been sober for two years, one year in jail, one in the trailer park where he now lives. Before this, Link was rarely sober, except maybe in his mother's womb, but as far as his mother was concerned, he might also be drunk in his mother's womb.

People will cause a lot of harm in this life, and they will lose a lot of people along the way. Some people are still disconnected. There is no such thing as the kind of people who come back to give you a loving hug because you quit drinking.

do you know? Link's ex-wife doesn't talk to him, and there are children he can't see, only seen on the milk carton. All his previous skills, all his friends, are now called "parole violations".

But life can't be a jerk all your life, and then pass it off with a "forget it".

Link can't mend everything that's broken, all he can do is stop drinking. So, don't drink today. It feels like I was in prison, all the time counts, every damn day until I die.

On his birthday, Link received the best birthday present ever - a phone call from her daughter.

Link: It's alright, Dad is here, I'll give you everything I have in the world

At the corner of Third Street and Broadway in Santa Monica, Link picked up his daughter in a broken car that struggled to start a fire. After not seeing each other for so many years, Link recognized his daughter at a glance, but Lydia almost didn't recognize the father in the car, a father with a thick, long, gray beard.

Lydia fell asleep on the way home. She was really tired. With this man by her side, she could take a breath and rest unsuspectingly.

When we got home, Link put his daughter on the bed carefully. Then, picked up Lydia's body bag and opened it in another compartment. Wine, guns... "fuck! fuck! fuck..." The always strong and silent father went berserk.

After Lydia woke up, Link promised to help her get money, provided that Lydia must be obedient within a week, if she could, Link promised: "I will give you everything in my world!"

Kirby: I always thought you were the only person I really helped, but being your sponsor is really hard

To be honest, Lydia didn't believe her father's words, thinking it was just an empty talk. Looking at where she lives now, it's not how much she complains, it's just that her father seems to miss the "comfortable" days in prison.

Indeed, Link's small dwelling is really not very good. He is now facing hell all day for the boss of the Harley gang who regards him as his father, but his boss leaves him here and ignores it! Sometimes Link himself wants to go to his Harley gang boss and say "Hello!" with a flame gun.

"Well said, that might be appropriate, but that's not appropriate," Kirby , Link's neighbor and surety, once told Link: "I always thought you were the only person I really helped, but when your surety It's really tough."

Do you know the difference between "fit" and "appropriate"?

For example, I can shove my thumb right into your asshole, the size may be "right", but it's never "right".

Lydia: It's Hank Williams, I just blew it to you, Mom said you liked his best

"We'll find you." Lydia had such a text on her phone. She was very afraid, very afraid, she needed drugs to relieve her current depressed mood, even if she knew that it was wrong.

Lydia put the drug in a suona and played a melody indistinctly. While blowing, he asked his father, "Listen, what am I blowing?"

"Fuck! Where did you hide the drugs?! Tell me the fuck right away! Don't be cute, I've worked so hard, this place is clean. I'm not going to play the fucking hide-and-seek game with you. My name is ruined!" Link snatched the musical instrument from his daughter's hand and broke it apart to reveal the contents, "Fuck! Your teeth marks are still there, how long have you been smoking this!?"

"One month, tell the truth." Lydia's eyes were frightened, but she continued stubbornly: "It's Hank Williams, I just blew it to you, Mom said you like him the most." (Hank Williams: a singer and guitarist)

Link didn't know what he got into. He just wanted to help his daughter detox, but he was willing to take her to the hospital and hand her over to a group of strangers.

All he knew was that his daughter was having a hard time, like being in trouble.

Link can't figure out what's real and what's fake now, but.... He hopes to figure out the situation as soon as possible before he locks it in again, and then find a way to save his daughter.

Link: Thank you, kid, I won't give up on you

Ye and danger came quickly, and before Link went to make money, the person who was chasing his daughter arrived. These people who live on the tip of the knife do not agree with each other, and they directly rob people.

"Fuck!" Link fought the other side desperately, and he violated the law again (violating the parole law) for his daughter, and this account will definitely be counted on his head. At this time, the silly father was still in the mood to tease his daughter: "Thanks for your consideration, kid."

The sound of gunfire was not small. Link's neighbor and guarantor, Kirby, came to support with a shotgun and brought the neighbors to support, and successfully drove the intruder away.

"You're leaving the crime scene? You'll have to wait for the police," Kirby suggested.

"We all know what happens when the police come, the child's life is on the line, and I can't give her up!"

In the next thing, Link made up for the class he had missed before, a class that a father should educate his daughter.

During the escape of the father and daughter, Link taught her daughter how to judge right and wrong, and then taught her how to hide. She must live right, white and upright, because like some scum, they can see in the dark, so Link has to teach her , how to stay in the sun.

Link: I don't shoot because I'm afraid of getting my hands dirty

On the way to escape, Link analyzed the whole thing according to what his daughter said and the tattoos on the pursuer. (Link made a living by tattooing people while he was in the trailer park.)

Of course, he still has a few key points that he hasn't figured out, such as who is Jonah in his daughter's mouth? And even if his daughter killed him, it wouldn't be so much firepower sent by multiple forces (the Mexican Mafia, the Los Angeles Police Department, the County Sheriff's Department, etc.) to hunt her down.

Now, too many enemies, too many vendettas, fill their souls. When a father can't take out anything to see, like money, or say anything, he can only say, "I'm sorry, I made a mistake, and you suffer. I'm sorry, I'm not by your side, baby."

Yes, they were in a dangerous situation right now, but Link hadn't been so happy for a long time. There are very few things that make him happy in his memory, but stealing a car and going for a drive in Miami at the age of 15 is one of them.

car? Harley , Link's '97 Harley. By the way, Link thought about who could help them, the boss of Harley's help, "My brother is very rich, he has a lot of friends, he owes me, he will help us, as long as I find him."

However, the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

After the father and daughter went to great lengths to find the boss of the Harley gang, this Link saw him as a man like his father, oh, not a man... He actually pointed a gun at himself, and captured him for the 30,000 yuan. Lydia's bounty.

Link was pissed off, and suddenly took the initiative to attack, grabbing the gun and turning back the guest. However, Link didn't pull the trigger because he was afraid of getting his hands dirty.

Lydia: Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without you?

After escaping from the mob boss, Link and his daughter checked into a hotel for a while.

In the bathroom, Lydia opened the text message on her phone, which was full of threatening words.

"Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without you? If I had taken a gun and killed myself, it would have ended. I was 12 years old..." To prove that I want to die now Heart, Lydia told the story of suicide when she was a child.

What the daughter wants to express, she knows when she opens her mouth as a father, Lydia just wants to attract attention, that's all.

"Feel it, up here." Link asked his daughter to touch his head.

"Oh my god! What is that?" Lydia asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I scooted off a cliff and my head was split in half. Listen, the point is that I did it on purpose. But they saved me again with a steel plate in my head."

Link then stretched out his right wrist to show his daughter, "Look at this again, I cut my wrists to commit suicide in prison, and I ended up lying in the prison hospital with sepsis and watching the broadcast of the football game for two months, but I really want to kill myself. "

"Enough, you won." Lydia spread her hands and lost, admitting that she didn't really want to die.

"No, there's no winning or losing. You want to see the sun tomorrow, or no. If you can't find a way to survive, then why run away? Why look for me? Why all this?"

Lydia pouted and whispered, "I don't want to die."

"What? I didn't hear."

"I don't want to die." Lydia shook her head slightly.

"By the way," Link looked into his daughter's eyes and said seriously, "Because you are still a 17-year-old child, you still have a lot of reasons to live."

Maybe you don't want to see the sun tomorrow, but the sun the day after tomorrow may be very bright, it may be the brightest day of your life. do you know? It's a pity to miss, isn't it?

Link: I must know the real reason my daughter was killed

"You keep dyeing your hair here, and I'll be back when you're blonde." Link left the hotel, and he was going to meet an old friend in prison . There are still some things he hasn't figured out. He must know the truth of his daughter being hunted down, because only in this way can he save her.

From an old friend, Link learned that it was all Jonah's good work! And got the contact information of Uncle Jonah.

Jonah's uncle runs the family business (drug cartel) in Juarez's prison, and Jonah manages the gold house for him in Los Angeles. His uncle sent him there to freeze him, because he was usually too arrogant and high-profile, and he was always making trouble for the family.

Jonah knew that his uncle didn't like him, and he had a grudge, so he stole the money and put the blame on Lydia for falsely accusing her of stealing. The lost money is not thousands, but millions! That's why there are so many people chasing Lydia.

Link: I'm going to save my daughter, don't get in my way!

Within an hour or two of Link leaving the hotel, Lydia was caught by Jonah. Yes, Jonah, he's not dead, he survived the massive blood transfusions from the black market doctors. But it is not a complete recovery, and the aftermath is that he will never be able to live in the normal world. (Jonah knows Lydia's exact location through Kirby)

When Link knew that his friend Kirby was killed and his daughter was kidnapped, he was about to go crazy. He threatened Jonah on his phone: "I know your family, you stole money from you, you're killing people to destroy evidence, putting on a show to prove you didn't do it. Lydia told me about those houses, what did she do? Tell me. I have a live line for your uncle in Juarez. I know he looks down on you, so I can send him a message. You are still listening because you know it's true, and you know he already He's watching you. You think he's letting you use the elite of the Mexican Mafia, that Mexican Indian monster for you, only listening to you? He's watching you at the same time, son of a bitch! As soon as he gets your uncle's instructions , bang! He'll take your head off, you're a businessman, right? This is the best deal of your life, if you have to... kill me first, in front of her, we See you first."

Link went back to the house of the Harley gang boss to get the dynamite, he's going to blow up the bastards!

When Link got the explosives and left, the leader of the Harley Gang actually stood in front of Link. "Fuck!" Finished with one shot.

Link: You are the last ray of sunshine I see in my life

At the end of the film, Link and Jonah are fighting bloody battles. Although they are in trouble for their daughter, they are also fatally shot in the chest.

Lydia hugged her bleeding father and said anxiously, "Dad, I have to find rescue!"

"No, you stay, don't leave me, stay, please." Link looked at his daughter's beautiful long blond hair, "Let me take a good look at you, your hair looks good, listen, daughter, I'm really bad ."

"Come on, take the gun." Link put the gun in his daughter's hand, "I have nothing better to give you, I didn't give you anything, I lost you."

"Dad! Look at me! Look at me! You haven't lost me, I'll be here with you, okay ? " I won't leave, just our father and daughter, I won't leave, never, I promise!"

"You're such a good girl, you're really, you're really..." Father's voice was getting smaller and smaller.

Lydia: Thank you!

A year ago, I stopped running away, I stopped listening to all my bad instincts, and all bad people.

I am sharing here, I have quit for a year. I miss my father so much, I often lose sleep, but, I tell myself, he is watching over me.

Sometimes, this regret...almost can't help myself, but...I tell myself: when I owe my life to someone, I have to live my life, so I can only say "Thank you" you!"


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Blood Father quotes

  • Link: Where are you hiding the shit? Tell me right *fucking* now, this is not cute! I worked too hard and this place is clean, I'm not going down for a game of FUCKING HIDE AND SEEK!

  • Lydia: You ever think about... what the world would be like without you? If I just went ahead and killed myself this would all be over.

    Link: Oh, so that's where we're at, giving up. Fine. You kill yourself then I'll kill myself and I'll take some innocent people with me. How'd that be?

    Lydia: You think I'm kidding, Dad, but I've tried.

    Link: Yeah, so have I, plenty of times. Where's that got us?

    Lydia: I took all of my stepdad's pills when I was twelve.

    Link: Girls take pills when they want somebody to find them.

    Lydia: I tried to hang myself when I was ten years old.

    Link: Well, that didn't work very well.

    Lydia: You understand what I'm trying to tell you?

    Link: Yeah, sure. Congratulations.

    Lydia: I was ten years old.

    Link: I knew a ten-year-old kid, killed his whole family with a rock.

    Lydia: What the fuck does that mean? Why don't you ever listen to me?

    Link: I'm listening, okay.

    Link: [Points to the top of his head] Look. Feel this, right up here.

    Lydia: No.

    Link: Yes, come on, it's important. Feel it, come on.

    Lydia: [Touches his head] Oh my god. What is that?

    Link: Yeah, drove my bike off a cliff on the PCH, split my head wide open. The point is I meant to do it, but they saved my ass anyway and there's a steel plate in my head. And look at this.

    Lydia: No. I don't want to. You're a fucking Cyborg.

    Link: I opened up my wrists in prison. Then I got sepsis, spent two months in the prison hospital watching game shows then I really wanted to kill myself.

    Lydia: Alright, you win.

    Link: No, there's no winning or losing. You either wanna wake up in the morning or you don't, and if you can't find a way to live with yourself, well then, why run? Why come to me, why do any of this?

    Lydia: I don't wanna die.

    Link: That's right, you don't wanna die. Cause you're a seventeen-year-old kid and you got a lot to live for. Okay? You may not wanna wake up tomorrow, but the day after that might just be great. Might be the best fucking day of your life. You know? You don't wanna miss it, right?