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00:02Thanksgiving night was the last calm moment I remembered I tasted black truffle on my tongue
00:08holiday tart Grayson insisted I try and then everything blurred the world tilted my limbs
00:14went numb and consciousness slipped out of my hands like water through broken glass
00:25when I woke both of my arms were broken the pain sharp and white hot and I was lying somewhere
00:31deep inside the Sierra Nevada wilderness my fiance handed my private jet to his assistant like it
00:40was a party favor I didn't even pause to process the insult my fingers were dialing the FAA emergency
00:51line before the outrage fully settled in my chest and within minutes they intercepted her midair
00:57grounding the plane at the nearest federal airfield when Grayson Whitmore found out he didn't look
01:04shocked he didn't look guilty either he looked irritated at me not her Jesus Celeste he sighed
01:11stroked his forehead as if I were the unreasonable one Mia just wanted to fly home for Thanksgiving
01:17and make a good impression it's not that deep she's still being held by federal officers would
01:23you please go down there and explain it was a misunderstanding they're not going to prosecute
01:27a girl for wanting to feel important sometimes I wondered whether he genuinely believed the
01:31bullshit he said or if he simply thought I was too soft or too in love to call him on
01:36it Grayson
01:37this isn't about feeling important this is about flying a multi-million dollar aircraft without a
01:45pilot's license if he was showing off and people who break federal aviation law should face the
01:51consequences even if they flutter their eyelashes at you he let out a long theatrical exhale the kind
01:58meant to signal I was being impossible before turning away I'll have Whitmore Enterprises legal
02:04department deal with it you never know how to pick your battles the cold earth pressing through my
02:15skin like a second heartbeat a red glow washed over me the beam of an infrared camera before
02:20Grayson's voice followed low and venomous you know Mia was detained for 48 hours because of your
02:26little tantrum he asked his tone dangerously calm she was terrified so you can fly a plane big deal
02:34let's see what other impressive skills you have think you can walk out of here naked and make it
02:39home my vision shook but I forced my good fingers what remained of them to reach the side of my
02:45AR
02:45tactical glasses the emergency signal was faint but it was there I press the button my voice cutting
02:51through the wind in a low steady rasp get here in 30 minutes and I will owe you everything Celeste
02:59Montgomery
02:59you're going to apologize to Mia right now and say out loud that you're nothing but a worthless bitch
03:05otherwise you can rot out here in the Sierra Nevada until the toxins in the air finish you off or
03:10until
03:11something with fangs does Mia Carrington nestled comfortably against his chest as if this were
03:16some sick holiday movie scene instead of an attempted murder broadcast to criminals slid into the frame
03:22Celeste honey your arms are broken maybe just give in a little if you apologize I'll ask Gray to pull
03:29you out of here
03:29Grayson pulled her in and kissed her the glow of the screen sharpening the cruelty in his eyes then
03:34he lifted the drone controller sinking our feed to a darknet livestream packed with faceless buyers who
03:40treated human suffering like a sport ladies and gentlemen your Thanksgiving special begins now
03:47Celeste Montgomery daughter of old money royalty former federal wilderness survival specialist we'll
03:53attempt across the Sierra Nevada with no gear no clothes and two broken arms place your bets on
03:59how long she'll last $1,000 per minute no upper limit
04:12you heard the crowd let's give our patrons what they paid for he zoomed the camera and obscenely close
04:19letting the lens trace the line of my collarbone drip down the bruises on my ribs hesitate over every inch
04:24of
04:24exposed skin his greed felt physical like oily fingers crawling over me
04:29you always said people should pay the price for their mistakes Celeste
04:33now look at you your arms are useless you can't even dress yourself
04:37tell me is this enough of a consequence to help you remember how much you hurt Nia
04:42I was naked under the floodlight of the drone stripped not only of clothing but of privacy dignity
04:47and safety I pressed my forearms tight against my chest desperate to shield whatever fragments of
04:53myself I could still claim their laughter oozed into my ears I felt vile burn into the back of my
05:01throat
05:02my broken bones scraped against the torn flesh of my arms and a cold sweat spread down my spine
05:08all this because I reported Nia's illegal flight for five years I helped build Whitmore Enterprises from the ground up
05:16for five years I used Montgomery resources and old money leverage to clear his path
05:21fight off his competitors and shield him from the consequences of his own incompetence
05:25I made him into something I took a scholarship kid with nothing but ambition and turned him into a rising
05:32star
05:32and now that he thought my family was losing influence now that he believed he no longer needed me
05:37he stripped me threw me into the wilderness and broadcasted my suffering to the highest bidder
05:43Grayson laughed again loud cruel almost giddy with the power he thought he held
05:48in that moment I realized he had never loved me he had only loved the way I made him feel
05:53powerful
05:54and now he wanted to prove he could destroy me just as easily
05:57make sure every paying creep in that channel has the time of their lives
06:01it's Thanksgiving give the bosses something to be thankful for
06:10here's the deal Celeste transfer 10% of Montgomery Global right now right into Mia's name
06:15and I'll have that drone drop a thermal blanket before the wolf smell you otherwise happy holidays
06:19gray babe that's too much
06:22I can't take her shares
06:27Celeste probably hates me
06:28she's always acting like I'm not good enough to fly the G650
06:31that she thinks I'm just some gold digging flight attendant
06:34you've been too busy closing that Alaska pipeline deal to finish your pilot's license
06:38too busy closing deals
06:40I almost laughed
06:41even as the aphrodisiac set my bloodstream on fire
06:44too busy riding Grayson's lap in the Whitmore boardroom
06:48I collapsed against the rotting pine needles
06:50every nerve screaming
06:51blood frozen scarlet icicles on my forearms
06:54where the fall had snapped both bones
06:55Grayson Whitmore you make me sick
06:59the engagement over
07:07for one heartbeat the mask slipped
07:09and I saw the same kid who used to sneak me into Met Gallus
07:13and promise me the world
07:14then Mia whispered something and the mask slammed back down
07:18harder, crueler
07:20Celeste you can't just throw away five years
07:23unless
07:26you already have some side piece lined up
07:29some Wall Street wolf
07:32waiting in a Park Avenue penthouse
07:38Montgomery Global stock is tanking faster than SPS
07:41Celeste
07:42you're nothing without me
07:43you want to call off the wedding fine
07:45when the feds freeze every offshore account
07:47your grandfather buried in the Caymans
07:50get that drone interface
07:51give the subscribers the money shot
07:544k night vision the works
07:57I threw up a broken arm to shield myself
07:59then remembered
08:00I was naked underneath the ruins of a $10,000 gown
08:03shame burned hotter than the chemical fire in my veins
08:06I curled into a ball
08:07slid another foot down the ice-lick slope
08:10and nearly pitched into the ravine
08:13somewhere below
08:14Timberwolves started howling
08:16real ones
08:17not metaphors
08:18Celeste honey just signed the transfer
08:20it's only money
08:21let Grayson cool off
08:22we'll airlift you out
08:23get you a spa day at Merval
08:24pretend this never happened
08:25a second drone swooped in mechanical claw
08:27gripping a tablet
08:28displaying the share transfer agreement
08:29it hovered six inches from my nose
08:31like a guillotine
08:32sign
08:33or freeze
08:34your choice
08:39go to hell
08:44something slithered over my cheek
08:46centipede
08:46six inches long
08:48Rocky Mountain paranoia venom
08:50it crawled into my ear
08:52the pain was so bright
08:53I almost welcomed it
08:54then gravity took over again
08:56I clawed at frozen granite fingernails snapping
09:00and slid closer to the poison ivage oak trap
09:02where rattlesnakes denned for winter
09:05keep talking tough princess
09:07ten more feet and you're in the viper pit
09:09let's see that harbor mouth negotiate with diamond eyes
09:11you're not the Montgomery heiress anymore Celeste
09:14Grayson says if you sign and apologize live
09:16admit you framed me for cooking the books
09:18tried to send an innocent girl to federal prison
09:19he'll call the chopper
09:21I'll even forgive you for that SEC subpoena you paid for
09:24you vicious bitch
09:26trying to lock Mia up
09:28what about her little sister who needs chemo
09:33the first drone released a glass ampule
09:35it shattered at my feet
09:37in a hiss of white vapor
09:39the snow around my bare feet
09:41melted into black sludge
09:42military-grade corrosives
09:44flesh on my calf
09:45bubbled like acid on steak
09:47I screamed
09:49until my throat tore
09:51scared yet Celeste?
09:53apologize to Mia
09:54now
09:56or the next one goes in your face
09:58I dragged myself an inch uphill
10:00blood painting
10:01the snow red
10:02the metallic scent drew every leech
10:05tick and beetle in a five-mile radius
10:07they burrowed under what was left of my dress
10:10I couldn't swap them off
10:12for the first time in 28 years of boardrooms
10:15bailouts
10:16and Forbes covers
10:18Celeste Montgomery was out of moves
10:20I lifted my head to the drone lens
10:22to the man who once swore he'd burn the world
10:25before he let me get hurt
10:27Grayson
10:28when I get out of here
10:30and I will
10:32I'm going to take everything
10:34then
10:35the centipede in my ear released its venom
10:37the ravine rushed up to swallow me
10:39and the last thing I heard was Mia laughing
10:41like she'd already won
10:48everything bled crimson blood
10:49mud
10:50the strobing red of the drones emergency LEDs
10:53I couldn't tell where one ended
10:55and the other began
10:57my pulse hammered so loud
10:59I barely heard the dark net chat
11:01lose its collective mind
11:05even Grayson's executive assistant started sweating bullets
11:08the guy had buried bodies for Whitmore Enterprises in three continents
11:12but live streaming a billionaire heiress getting eaten by wolves
11:15apparently crossed a line
11:17Mr. Whitmore sir
11:18Celeste looks half dead already
11:21heart rates crashing on the biometric feed
11:23she's not dying
11:26girls like Celeste don't die
11:28they just get humbled
11:29if she hadn't
11:30spent the last five years trying to frame Mia for securities fraud
11:34maybe I'd have gone easy
11:37tonight's
11:38just a friendly reminder
11:45I force my head up
11:46locked eyes with the drones cold lens
11:49and let every ounce of Montgomery steel pour into my glare
11:51I did nothing wrong
11:53why the hell should I hand over 10% of the company
11:55my great-grandfather built from steel mills in Pittsburgh
11:58just because
11:59some trust fund psycho wants to flex
12:02bugs
12:03please
12:03I spent summer tagging grizzlies with federal wildlife teams and catmine
12:08before I could legally drink
12:09this was just another Tuesday in hell
12:11with everything I had left
12:13I rolled onto my back and dragged myself across the jagged shale
12:16rocks tore fresh gashes across my shoulder blades
12:19but the pain was a blessing
12:21it scraped off half the leeches and centipedes burrowed into my skin
12:25blood mixed with snow into pink slush
12:27yet somewhere in the haze I spotted it
12:29a cluster of wild sagebrush blowing faintly under the drone's floodlight
12:33the same plant rangers in Denali square by
12:36crushed leaves mass blood scent for exactly 11 minutes
12:40I take six
12:41Celeste Montgomery have you no shame
12:44beg right now
12:46or the next thing coming down that ravine won't be bugs
12:50you never plan to let me walk out of here Grayson
12:54dead or broken
12:56you decided
12:57the second you
13:00spikes the champagne
13:03oh
13:03oh my god Celeste
13:04what are you doing
13:05as I clawed the sagebrush closer
13:07bit the stem
13:08until bitter juice flooded my mouth
13:10then smeared the pulse
13:12across every bleeding wound
13:13the alkaloids hit my bloodstream like ice water
13:16numb the nerve endings
13:17killed the scent trail
13:18temporary sure
13:19but temporary was all I needed
13:21Mia always said you were a snake
13:23guess she's right
13:25you're trying to fake a suicide
13:26pin it on me
13:27ruin Whitmore Enterprises
13:29on Black Friday weekend
13:31classic Celeste
13:32even half naked in a blizzard
13:34you're still scheming
13:36five years Grayson
13:38five years I cleaned up your messes
13:40quieted the SC
13:41buried the insider trading rumors
13:44paid off that flight attendant you knocked up in Vegas
13:47without Montgomery Capital
13:49you'd be still slinging dime bags outside Yale
13:56for one heartbeat the mask slipped again
13:59something wrong flickered behind those Wall Street eyes
14:01guilt maybe
14:03or the ghost of the boy
14:04who used to sneak me onto the roof of the Met
14:06to watch July 4th fireworks
14:08then Mia whispered poison in his ear
14:10and the mask hardened into granite
14:14this chick's got nine lives boss
14:16thought she was done ten minutes ago
14:18then let's burn through the rest
14:20I want to see how long that Montgomery pride lasts
14:24when the wolves start chewing
14:26Celeste sweetie
14:27don't make the wolves angry
14:29you're screaming loud enough to wake every predator
14:32from here to Glaciers National Park
14:34when you tried to send Mia to federal prison
14:37for cooking the books you cooked up yourself
14:38did you warn her?
14:40open the speakers
14:41the drone's PA system blasted a recorded alcohol snarl at 180 decibels
14:46enough to rattle bones
14:48every tree around me exploded with movement
14:51branches snapped, snow cascaded
14:53the real pack answered the call
14:56I froze every muscle seizing
14:58pain from my compound fractures
15:00the acid burn on my calf
15:02the centipede venom
15:03none of it compared to the primal terror of glowing eyes circling in the dark
15:07eight maybe ten sets
15:08timber wolves
15:09coastal giants
15:10the kind that take down moves for fun
15:12one stepped into the floodlight above me
15:15silver gray
15:16200 pounds of pure hunger
15:18its breath steamed in the sub-zero air
15:20I heard the crunch of its paws
15:22the low rumble in its chest
15:24Grayson
15:25wanted me shredded on camera
15:27survival instinct kicked harder than any drug
15:30I eased backward inch by inch
15:33ha ha ha ha
15:35running now princess?
15:37where's all that billionaire backbone?
15:41hide and seek with a wolf pack
15:42how's that for a Thanksgiving tradition?
15:45green eyes multiplied in the darkness
15:46fangs caught the light like switchblades
15:49last chance Celeste
15:51kneel
15:51apologize to Mia on stream
15:53I'll hit the ultrasonic repellent
15:55keep fighting and you're dinner
16:00say you're sorry dammit
16:03this is how the montgomery line ends
16:12she doesn't owe a single god damn apology to anyone
16:17and somewhere above the tree line
16:19a black hawk chopper roared in low
16:38celeste i've got you
16:44nathan hale swung down like some avenging specter former delta force
16:49three time national combatives champion
16:51and the man my grandfather trusted with every dirty secret
16:55the montgomery fortune ever needed buried
16:58nathan hale?
16:59nathan didn't answer him
17:01the rage in his stare could have melted the glacier behind us
17:05but his hands stayed gentle when he stripped off his plate carrier parka
17:09and wrapped it around my shaking shoulders
17:13celeste i've got you
17:14he scooped me up like i weighed nothing
17:16so careful to keep pressure off the places where bone pokes your skin
17:20i tried to shrink away
17:22mortified that nathan hale of all people
17:24was seeing me like this naked filthy broken
17:27it's over sweetheart
17:31nobody touches you again
17:32his team dropped in behind him
17:34suppressed rifles barking in short surgical bursts
17:38the remaining wolves scattered into the dark light
17:40they've never existed
17:41who the hell are you people
17:44this is a private matter
17:47private
17:50kidnapping
17:50aggravated assault
17:53attempted murder
17:54when did federal felonies become a couple spat
17:57racing with more
17:58via caring from hill to stream
18:00right now
18:01or i start putting rounds through optics
18:04and we watch whose skull
18:07blooms
18:08next
18:10captain hale sir
18:11this is a misunderstanding
18:13save it for the u.s attorney
18:15or for the montgomery legal division
18:17your choice
18:19montgomery
18:20which montgomery
18:23the one that makes the dow twitch every time the old man sneezes
18:26the one your boyfriend's been siphoning from for five years thinking nobody was watching
18:33celeste montgomery
18:36heiress
18:38majority shareholder
18:39and the woman you just tried to feed to wolves on thanksgiving
18:43surprise
18:49grayson
18:49the annulment papers hit your desk tomorrow morning
18:52and the bankruptcy petition hits the southern district of new york five minutes later
18:56happy thanksgiving
18:57sleep tight
18:59on that private jet cot
19:06i still couldn't stop shaking partly from hypothermia
19:10part the special kind of cold that settles in your bones
19:13when the man you loved tries to murder you for sport
19:16nathan knelt between the jump seats
19:18cleaning blood from my forearms with steady marine precision
19:22every swipe of the alcohol wipe felt like fire
19:25but his touch never faltered
19:27the patriarchs got the estate on full lockdown
19:30top orthopedic trauma surgeon out of johns hopkins
19:33is already wheels up from baltimore
19:35your grandfather tried to charter a c-130 to come rip whitmore apart with his bare hands
19:40took three generals to talk him down
19:43this one's yours to finish
19:45i managed to nod every memory from the last five years rewound in high def
19:50racing kissing my knuckles
19:52after the montgomery trust quietly bailed out his failing startup
19:55mia sliding updated contracts across his desk
19:58pupils blown wide with victory
20:02the way he'd snap
20:03what is that
20:06can you stop being so paranoid
20:08every time i pointed out her forged signatures
20:11i'd ignored every red flag because i thought love meant trusting harder
20:15five years i'm the punchline in a joke i helped write
20:19you trusted the wrong person celeste
20:22that doesn't make you stupid
20:24it makes you human
20:27and humans get even
20:29you
20:36here's mia's greatest hits we've got her cold
20:38i scrolled she hollowed whitmore enterprises out like a thanksgiving turkey and stuffed the carcass with ios
20:44another file
20:47whitmore's real balance sheet
20:50red ink deep enough to drown manhattan
20:54our legal team drafted everything
20:56annulment returns every gift
20:57every trust contribution
20:59every share he ever touched
21:04attempted murder
21:05conspiracy
21:06violation of the computer fraud and abuse act
21:08for the dark net stream
21:10the drone footage alone will put them away
21:12for 25 to life
21:13i closed my eyes and saw patriarch montgomery's face
21:17crinkled with worry the last time
21:19i turned down his offer to vet grayson personally
21:22he'd known of course he'd known
21:24and i've been too proud
21:26too in love
21:27too blind
21:32take me home nathan
21:34tomorrow we burn their empire to the ground
21:37and salt the earth
21:39copy that ma'am
21:40next stop
21:41montgomery state
21:43aspen
21:44then we make them
21:47wish the wolves had finished the job
21:51five years ago
21:53i sat across from patriarch i told him i wanted to try a relationship without the montgomery name attached
22:00no private security tale
22:02no trust fund safety net
22:05just me and some guy from yale who swore he loved me for my brain
22:09not my portfolio
22:10the old man's face went the color of ash
22:13he smashed his favorite crystal wine glass on the floor
22:16and roared that i was throwing away a century of blood and steel for a pretty smile
22:22in the end he caved like he always did
22:25when i dug my heels in
22:26play your little game celeste
22:30but when the world shows you its teeth
22:33you come home
22:39i open my eyes in the blackhawk's dim cabin
22:41the morphine finally wearing off enough for the words to cut through the pain
22:47noidify every major outlet
22:49cnn
22:49bloomberg
22:51fox
22:51the journal
22:52all of them
22:53tomorrow
22:5410 am sharp
22:55penthouse ballroom
22:56montgomery global tower
22:58mid down manhattan
22:58i'm holding a press conference
23:00copy that
23:01comms team's already spinning up
23:03we'll have every network on the continent begging for seats
23:08the pr director met me in the private elevator
23:11ma'am the ballroom's locked down tighter than fort knox
23:14we've got every tier one journalist from here to tokyo
23:17live feeds to every financial desk in the world
23:19the bespoke armani suit hid the road rash
23:22and acid burns like armor
23:23only the faint tremor in my fingers
23:26betrayed the truth
23:27tell them i'm on my way
23:3130 minutes later
23:33i stepped onto the day eyes under a constellation of camera flashes
23:36hot enough to melt steel
23:38nathan flanked my right
23:39eight more operators ring the stage
23:42hands never far from concealed sig sours
23:45good morning
23:46thank you for coming on short notice
23:49i'm here to set the record straight on one matter
23:53and to announce a decision
23:57grayson whitmore stormed in looking like he'd slept in a dumpster
24:00mia clung to his arm
24:02mascara tracks carving rivers through her foundation
24:05celeste
24:06you vicious bitch
24:08what did you do to my company
24:10every account frozen
24:12every supplier ghosting me
24:15do you have any idea what you've cost me
24:18celeste please
24:19gray only lost his mind because he loves me
24:23punish me not him
24:26cameras swung like howitzers
24:27the flash storm was blinding
24:29nathan started forward
24:31i stopped him cold
24:36let them through
24:37let them through
24:40five years celeste
24:42five years and this is how you repay me
24:47i ignored him completely
24:48nodded to nathan
24:50the 80-foot led wall behind me flared to life
24:53the aspen backcountry filled the screen
24:56my own screams echoed through the ballroom sound system
24:59you said a real player could walk home naked right
25:02let's test that theory
25:10the room temperature seemed to drop 20 degrees
25:13grayson went whiter than the marble floor
25:17this is the clarification
25:19i am celeste montgomery
25:22i am a majority shareholder
25:24and designated heir to montgomery global
25:27last night my fiancé
25:30rayson whitmore
25:32in collusion with his executive assistant mia carrington
25:36kidnapped me
25:37drugged me
25:38and attempted to murder me on a dark knit last stream for sport
25:46and the decision
25:47effective immediately
25:50montgomery global is initiating chapter 7 liquidation of whitmore enterprises
25:55every asset
25:57every patent
25:58every offshore shell
25:59will be seized to compensate for emotional distress
26:02physical damages
26:04and five years of fraud
26:07the double doors opened again
26:09this time to a phalanx of u.s. marshals
26:12in tactical vests
26:15grayson whitmore
26:16mia carrington
26:17you are under arrest
26:19kidnapping
26:20aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
26:22attempted murder
26:23and conspiracy to commit the same
26:25you have the right to remain silent
26:30remember when you said i'd come crawling back once the money ran out
26:34turns out the money never left
26:36you did
26:37the marshals dragged them past rows of reporters
26:40now shouting questions like
26:42machine gun fire
26:43i stayed on the dais until the doors slammed shut behind the circus
26:48then i turned to the cameras one last time
26:50voice steady as the empire at my back
26:52happy thanksgiving america
26:55justice is served cold
26:57and today the montgomery table is finally full
27:03nathan hale
27:04stepped to my side
27:05offered his arm for the walkout
27:07in my head
27:08i could already hear patriarch montgomery raising a glass
27:11to the granddaughter who finally came home
27:22i'm telling the truth
27:25mia masterminded everything
27:28she's been jealous of celeste
27:31since day one
27:32kept whispering that celeste was sabotaging me
27:36laughing at me behind my back
27:39the aspen trip
27:41her idea
27:43she said it was just a scare
27:45a little humiliation to force the share transfer
27:48he shoved every ounce of blame across the hallway
27:50like it could save him
27:55i'm just a secretary
27:58grayson resented celeste for years
28:00said she lorded her money over him
28:02treated him like a charity case
28:03he wanted revenge
28:05told me to play along or he'd destroy my family
28:07i was trapped
28:08please help me
28:10two people who used to finish each other's sentences
28:13now tore each other apart like rabid dogs
28:15grayson finally ran out of oxygen
28:18and collapsed forward
28:19the memories hit harder than any punch
28:27the night we met at that yale alumni mixer
28:29me in a borrowed dress
28:30laughing that
28:31my family ran a couple hardware stores back in pittsburgh
28:36the week his startup was bleeding out
28:38and i slid term sheets across the table
28:40montgomery money laundered through a dozen blind trusts
28:43he never questioned
28:44the flu that knocked him flat for six days
28:47i sleeping upright in a plastic hospital chair
28:49with my hand on his IV
28:54every time i pointed out nia's forged invoices
28:57and he snarled
28:58you're just jealous and she's better at the job than you ever were
29:03all those moments i thought were love
29:05he'd seen as charity from a girl too naive to know her own worth
29:18i wasn't some small town factory owner's daughter
29:21i was the montgomery heiress
29:23and i'd wasted five years shielding his ego
29:26while he sharpened the knife
29:32i lay perfectly still while the city's top orthopedic surgeons swapped temporary splints
29:37for titanium laced casts
29:39light enough for prime time close-ups
29:53whitmore enterprises is iced
29:55every account every patent
29:57every square foot of real estate
29:59proceeds transferred directly to your personal restitution trust
30:02darknet ring been taken offline by cyber division
30:04every user name
30:06every crypto wallet
30:07or litigation teams filing suits faster than they can delete browser history
30:12and the ex-lowbirds sang like canaries on Black Friday
30:14full confessions
30:16cross-corroborated
30:17airtight
30:18they're looking at fifteen to twenty
30:20easy
30:21no parole
30:26you sure you're ready for
30:28what comes next
30:30the board's already floating your name for CEO
30:33patriarch wants you in the corner office by new years
30:36i flexed my new titanium laced forearm
30:39felt the bite of metal meeting ball
30:40painful
30:42perfect
30:42permanent
30:49tell grandfather the prodigal's home
30:52and this time
30:54i'm not asking
30:56permission
30:59montgomery estate
31:00aspen
31:01three days after thanksgiving
31:03the snow had stopped falling
31:04but the wind still howled like it wanted back in
31:14ma'am
31:15there's someone at the main gate
31:17who?
31:19grayson whitmore's mother
31:22let her freeze
31:24copy that
31:26she's already been out there two nights
31:28security won't even give her coffee
31:30good
31:32when i feel like it
31:33i'll decide if she gets in
31:35not before
31:37oh
31:37and Nathan
31:38make sure grayson gets the morning paper in his cell
31:42front page
31:44above the fold
31:45whitmore enter purses liquidated assets
31:48to montgomery heiress
31:49i want him to read it while he eats his thanksgiving leftovers
31:53cold
31:54already on the warden's desk ma'am
31:56day three
31:58i finally had them escort mrs whitmore to the east parlor
32:06celeste
32:06thank god
32:09celeste my son is an idiot
32:11a monster
32:13whatever you want to call him
32:15but he's still my only child
32:18i'm begging you look at what we meant to each other once
32:21find it in your heart
32:24auntie
32:25you seem confused
32:28your son didn't break my heart
32:29he committed felony kidnapping and attempted murder
32:32you want mercy?
32:35file an appeal with the first circuit
32:40let me refresh your memory
32:42three years ago your heart was failing
32:45grayson couldn't scrape together 30 grand
32:47i sold my mother's watch
32:48the one she wore the day she died
32:50so you could have the best surgeon in boston
32:54you woke up, took my hand
32:56and told me to stay out of men's business
33:01you mistook kindness for weakness
33:04you mistook kindness for weakness
33:05you taught your son the same mistake
33:07now you're both learning the price
33:11youais
33:12you
33:27you
33:31you
33:32you
33:48Celeste wouldn't...
33:51She loved me.
33:53There's more.
33:55Montgomery Legal just added commercial fraud to the indictment.
33:59They have your original pitch decks.
34:02Every inflated revenue number, every fake vendor contract you used to impress her
34:07back when you thought she was just a girl with a trust fund.
34:24They're saying he tried to hang himself with his jumpsuit.
34:28Didn't get far.
34:30Let him live long enough to watch every cent he ever touched come home to me.
34:38Tell Legal to drop the papers.
34:40I'm taking the corner office January 1st.
34:44And schedule a board meeting.
34:45It's time the world remembered what happens when you bet against a Montgomery.
34:56The trial had been a coronation in reverse.
34:59Every Montgomery lawyer in a 500-mile radius showed up in Zegna and Vengeance.
35:04Evidence stacked higher than the jury's coffee cups.
35:07His public defender tried the crime of passion angle, temporary insanity, toxic masculinity,
35:13whatever buzzword might shave off a decade.
35:15It was like watching a toddler argue with a tsunami.
35:18It's all going according to plan.
35:21Your honor, new evidence.
35:29Gray, Celeste found the offshore transfers.
35:32What do I do?
35:33Let her bark.
35:34I'll just say she's jealous and trying to tank your career.
35:37Keep moving the money.
35:38Once we push her out, Whitmore Enterprises is yours.
35:41Push her out.
35:41Whitmore Enterprises is yours.
35:43Babe.
35:54Backstabbing bitch!
35:55You were a stepping stone, Grayson.
35:58A very expensive one.
35:59I recorded everything in case you ever forgot who held the leash.
36:06He finally understood.
36:07He'd never been the king.
36:09He'd been the pawn she kept in the front row in case the queen decided to sacrifice something.
36:15The judge didn't even look up from his notes.
36:18Mia Carrington.
36:1915 years.
36:20Federal penitentiary.
36:21Credit for cooperation.
36:24Grayson Whitmore.
36:25Kidnapping.
36:26Attempted murder.
36:27Commercial fraud.
36:28Conspiracy.
36:29Life imprisonment.
36:30No parole.
36:32Political rights terminated for life.
36:36Celeste.
36:37I'm sorry.
36:42I'm sorry.
36:44I'm sorry.
36:45I'm sorry.
36:47I'm sorry.
36:48Grayson's apology floated behind us.
36:51Thin and worthless as the paper jumpsuit he'd wear for the rest of his life.
37:10You just beat my kill ratio, ma'am.
37:12The air force is gonna cry.
37:14Hands are better than ever.
37:15Book the Gulfstream.
37:17G-800.
37:18We're doing the globe run.
37:20Pole to pole.
37:2190 hours.
37:22No stops.
37:26Swallowed three competitors before breakfast.
37:28And still found time to get type rated in everything with wings.
37:31You wasn't the girl who used to wait up with soup anymore.
37:35I was Celeste Montgomery.
37:37CEO in waiting.
37:38Heir to an empire that made nations blink.
37:45Prison mail.
37:46Whitmore.
37:47Tenth won this month.
37:50Summary?
37:50Same sob story.
37:51He is sorry.
37:52Prays every night.
37:53Misses the old days.
37:54Blames me.
37:55Says if she hadn't existed, we'd be married by now.
37:59Wants one visit.
38:00Just one.
38:02Tell Leavenworth we're done forwarding mail.
38:05Grayson Whitmore died on that mountain as far as I'm concerned.
38:09Cremate the rest.
38:11Yes, ma'am.
38:17Are you ready to face a new storm at 41,000 feet?
38:20Like making a cup of coffee?
38:22Yep.
38:23Just like the coffee you made every day.
38:27I didn't slow down.
38:28I didn't need to.
38:31I was flying to everything.
38:39I was flying to everything.
38:40I was flying to everything.
38:40I was flying to everything.
38:41I was flying to everything.
38:41I was flying to everything.
38:41I was flying to everything.
38:41I was flying to everything.
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