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00:01It was the night before Thanksgiving. I had prepared a feast. Looking forward to the first quiet holiday in years.
00:09But halfway through our drive, Alexia's phone buzzed. She looked at me with fake tears in her eyes.
00:18Honey, pull over.
00:22What's wrong?
00:25My father. He's alive.
00:27I looked at her, then at our ten-year-old daughter.
00:31Yes, Daddy! I need to see Grandpa!
00:35I knew for a fact that my father-in-law had been declared dead ten years ago. I had even
00:41paid for the funeral.
00:43Go then. Family is important.
00:46A cold smile tugging at my lips.
00:55Taxi!
00:56As I watched them hail a taxi and speed away, I took out my phone. I didn't call a hospital.
01:01I called my head of security.
01:04Follow them. Find out who this Grandpa really is.
01:07I sat in my empty car, laughing softly. They left a billionaire for a conman with a rented suit.
01:13Happy Thanksgiving, Alexia.
01:15You just traded a diamond for a piece of broken glass.
01:19And I'm gonna make sure you feel every jagged edge.
01:24I didn't have to wait long.
01:26An hour later, a messenger arrived at our humble apartment with a thick envelope.
01:32It wasn't a thank you note for the dinner.
01:34It was a divorce settlement.
01:36Alexia didn't even have the courage to tell me to my face.
01:46Her voice echoed from a pre-recorded voice note.
01:49Willie can give Cora everything you can't. Private jets, world tours, a legacy. You're just a delivery driver, Ethan.
01:57Bye-bye, poor daddy. I'm a princess now.
02:03I'm not coming home.
02:05For six years, I had worked three jobs to keep them comfortable, hiding the fact that I owned the very
02:12company I delivered for.
02:16I stood up and walked to my hidden wall safe.
02:23I pulled out a black titanium card and a Patek Philippe watch worth more than their fake tycoon's entire life.
02:30Let's see how long your prince lasts.
02:33When I cut off his air supply, I dialed my CFO.
02:38The man in the Hilton penthouse, Willie Vance, he's using a line of credit from our subsidiary. Cancel it. Now.
02:48And by the Hilton, I want to be their landlord by sunrise.
02:54The next morning, I walked into the Hilton lobby.
02:57I wasn't wearing my delivery uniform.
03:00I was in a bespoke Italian suit that cost $30,000.
03:05Good morning, Mr. Westfold.
03:15But to Alexia and Cora, who were heading to the breakfast buffet with Willie, I was just an eyesore.
03:26Ethan?
03:28What are you doing here?
03:30Alexia hissed, trying to block me from Willie's view.
03:34Ew, is poor daddy trying to be fancy?
03:37You look like a clown in that suit.
03:40Listen, son.
03:41I know it's hard losing a woman like Alexia.
03:45Here's a hundred bucks.
03:47Go buy yourself a dignified meal.
03:51He tossed a hundred dollar bill on the floor.
03:54I didn't pick it up.
03:56I looked at the hotel manager,
03:58who was sweating profusely as he approached us.
04:02Mr. Vance,
04:03there's been a change in ownership.
04:05The new owner is here and
04:07he's requested your immediate eviction for credit fraud.
04:12Willie's smile froze.
04:13Alexia looked confused.
04:16Owner?
04:17Who?
04:18I stepped forward,
04:20stepping right on that hundred dollar bill.
04:24I am Alexia.
04:31Mr. Vance,
04:32you are under arrest for credit fraud.
04:37Ethan,
04:38stop this!
04:39You're scaring Cora!
04:42Cora!
04:51It's a long walk down from the penthouse.
04:55Willie didn't stay to fight.
04:57As soon as the word fraud was mentioned,
05:00he vanished through the service exit,
05:02leaving his daughter and granddaughter
05:04with a $5,000 room service bill
05:07and 10 suitcases they couldn't carry.
05:14Alexia pleaded
05:15as the security guards
05:17piled their bags on the sidewalk.
05:19Ethan!
05:20Stop this!
05:22So Willie had some business trouble,
05:24big deal!
05:25We'll just go back to our apartment
05:27and talk!
05:30You're scaring Cora!
05:37I want to go home!
05:39I hate this!
05:40Daddy, tell them to stop!
05:43I looked down at her,
05:44the child I had spoiled.
05:46You don't have a home, Cora.
05:49I sold the apartment this morning.
05:51And your grandpa
05:52didn't just have business trouble.
05:54He's a career conman
05:55who was using your mother's vanity
05:57to access my secondary accounts.
05:59What?
06:02You wanted a Tycoon?
06:04Well, you found one.
06:06He just wasn't the one you expected.
06:13Got into my Rolls Royce.
06:15Ma'am, please step back.
06:16The door being held open
06:17by a man in white gloves.
06:19Alexia tried to grab the handle.
06:22Ethan!
06:23Wait!
06:25To the office.
06:26I have a merger to finish.
06:28And tell the legal team
06:29to start the process
06:30for full custody.
06:31I won't have my daughter
06:32raised by a woman
06:32who sells her soul
06:33for a fake gold watch.
06:35Alexia spent the afternoon
06:37at a public library
06:38using the free Wi-Fi
06:40to search for Ethan Westfall.
06:42She had always known my last name,
06:45but she thought I was just another poor kid
06:47from the suburbs.
06:48When the search results loaded,
06:50her world collapsed.
06:52He...
06:52He was the real one.
06:54Wait, so Daddy is richer
06:56than Grandpa Willie?
06:57Does that mean I get my pony now?
07:00No, Cora.
07:01It means Daddy is never coming back.
07:04And we have nothing.
07:06Just then, her phone buzzed.
07:08It was a text from an unknown number.
07:10I'm in the park across the street.
07:13Come alone if you want to see Cora's future.
07:16Alexia grabbed Cora's hand and ran,
07:18hoping for a second chance.
07:23Ethan?
07:26But sitting on the park bench wasn't Ethan.
07:30It was Willie.
07:32Surprise.
07:41Please.
07:43One billion, Ethan!
07:45I know you're listening!
07:47Send the money to my offshore account!
07:49Or your precious girls become history!
07:54Please, Willie, stop!
07:56Ethan will give you whatever you want!
08:01I already gave him everything he deserved, Alexia.
08:04A one-way ticket to hell.
08:18You're a fake.
08:19Willie, and fakes always break under pressure.
08:27Hands behind your back!
08:32Ethan!
08:33Oh, thank God!
08:35We were so wrong!
08:38Take us home!
08:39Take us home!
08:54The Westfall Tower touched the clouds.
08:57A monument of glass and steel.
09:12I walked through the lobby,
09:14and every head bowed.
09:16Welcome back, Chairman Westfield.
09:20The staff chorused.
09:21I ignored them.
09:24My mind on the merger,
09:25but at the entrance,
09:27a scene was unfolding.
09:33Ma'am, you cannot enter!
09:36Do you know who I am?
09:37Do you know who I am?
09:40My daddy owns you.
09:45But the divorce decree was finalized this morning.
09:56Alexia looked up and saw me watching from the mezzanine.
10:11I turned and walked into the boardroom,
10:13closing the heavy oak doors on her screams.
10:16But inside,
10:17a new problem awaited.
10:19My rival,
10:20a man who had been secretly funding Willie,
10:23was sitting in my chair.
10:25Welcome back, Ethan.
10:26Hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums.
10:28Now,
10:29let's talk about who really owns Westfall.
10:39Two weeks after the eviction,
10:42this is what princess life looks like.
10:49She still tells herself it's not her fault.
10:55But someone else has been watching.
10:58Marcus Thorne,
10:59the man who wants to destroy Ethan.
11:02He doesn't see a victim.
11:04He sees a weapon.
11:09Desperate people make desperate choices.
11:12And Marcus knows exactly which buttons to push.
11:18You look like you've had a rough morning.
11:20She doesn't take it.
11:22But her hands are shaking.
11:24Ethan lied to you for years.
11:26He treated you like a social experiment.
11:28Don't you want to make him pay for that humiliation?
11:31There it is.
11:32The moment she sells her soul.
11:34Can I have a TV in the back?
11:36And ice cream?
11:37Anything you want,
11:38little princess.
11:39As long as your mother tells me everything she knows
11:41about Ethan's private bank codes
11:42and security protocols.
11:45He threw us out like trash.
11:46I'll give you everything.
11:48I want him to crawl in the mud like I did.
11:57From the top of his tower,
12:00he watches everything.
12:04Release phase two.
12:08No one knows what that means.
12:11She thought this was her chance to rise again.
12:13But she didn't know the lights tonight
12:16would only reveal another lie.
12:20But the trap was already set.
12:22And she walked right into it.
12:25She was looking for him.
12:27The man she once abandoned.
12:30But what hung around her neck
12:32was never real diamonds.
12:35Ethan had seen her long ago.
12:37He just didn't care.
12:38His eyes looked at her like she was a joke.
12:43Ethan, I believe you remember your wife?
12:47She thought this would hurt him.
12:50It's a beautiful piece.
12:51Too bad the diamonds are synthetic.
12:53And the gold is copper alloy.
12:56Her smile shattered in that moment.
13:00On the screen,
13:01the death certificate of Marcus's company.
13:04I bought Marcus's firm an hour ago.
13:07He's bankrupt.
13:11Marcus Thone, you are under arrest.
13:14She opened her mouth,
13:15but no words came out.
13:17Ethan left without looking back.
13:20His revenge was only half done.
13:23Next episode,
13:24The Last Dollar.
13:25She thought she had hit rock bottom.
13:29But she didn't know there was deeper down.
13:34The Last Dollar.
13:37Three days ago,
13:38she wore fake diamonds.
13:40Now,
13:41this was all she had.
13:44I'm hungry, Mommy.
13:46Why didn't Daddy save us?
13:48Why is everyone a liar?
13:50She opened her mouth,
13:51but found no answer.
13:55Above her,
13:56the man she abandoned
13:58was looking down.
14:00His wealth was real.
14:02Hers was all lies.
14:12Need a ride to the shelter, ma'am?
14:18But she didn't know
14:19a pair of eyes
14:20was watching her.
14:22Am I done yet?
14:24Or is there one more lesson
14:25they need to learn?
14:33She thought last night
14:34was the lowest point.
14:37But the morning sun
14:39brought deeper shadows.
14:43Miss Victor,
14:44Mr. Westfield has filed
14:46for emergency full custody of Cora.
14:47Given your current lack
14:48of stable housing,
14:49employment,
14:50and your involvement
14:51with two known felons
14:52in the past week,
14:53we believe you are
14:53an unfit mother.
14:54Mr. Westfield is not here.
14:56He is currently
14:56at a charity gala in London.
14:58He sent a private jet for Cora.
15:00You have ten minutes
15:01to say goodbye
15:01or we call the police
15:02to enforce the order.
15:07He can't do this.
15:09I'm her mother.
15:11Is daddy in there?
15:12Tell him I'm sorry.
15:14I want my room back.
15:16She wouldn't give up
15:16her daughter.
15:20Even if it meant
15:21dragging her into hell.
15:24Stop them!
15:27Stop them!
15:31She thought
15:31she was protecting
15:32her daughter.
15:33But she was becoming
15:35what she feared most.
15:43I won't let them take you.
15:45And for the first time,
15:47she was afraid
15:48of the woman holding her.
15:52They traded their last dollar
15:53for one night in hell.
15:55The bugs weren't picky.
15:56Even the last shred of dignity
15:58was being eaten away.
15:59I'm itchy, mommy.
16:00The bed has bugs.
16:01Why can't we just call daddy?
16:03He's a billionaire.
16:04He has a jet.
16:04Why are we living like rats?
16:06The child's cry
16:06cut into her heart
16:07like a knife.
16:09Exhaustion turns people
16:10into beasts.
16:13She finally exploded.
16:20That slap shattered
16:21the last trace of warmth.
16:23The room was small,
16:24but the tension
16:25filled every corner.
16:26Because your father
16:27wants to take you
16:27away from me.
16:28He wants to turn you
16:29against me.
16:30Don't you see?
16:31He's the villain.
16:32Willie was a liar,
16:33but at least he gave me
16:34ice cream.
16:34You just give me bruises.
16:36In that moment,
16:36the child became
16:37someone else.
16:38The phone buzzed
16:39like a warning
16:40from the dark.
16:46I know where you are,
16:46Alexia.
16:47I escaped custody
16:48during a hospital transfer.
16:49I have a plan
16:49to get us both
16:50out of the country,
16:51but I need Cora.
16:52Ethan will pay anything
16:53to get her back.
16:54Meet me at the old docks
16:55at midnight.
16:55And just like that,
16:56she chose the devil again.
17:03I needed Alexia
17:04to show her true colors
17:05completely,
17:07so she could never claim
17:08to be a mother again.
17:10My heart broke
17:11for the child I had raised,
17:13but I knew
17:13I couldn't step in yet.
17:21The wind at the docks
17:22was freezing,
17:23smelling of salt
17:24and rot.
17:33You promised, Willie.
17:3550,000 cash
17:36and a passport to Brazil.
17:37Just take her
17:38and call Ethan.
17:38I can't do this anymore.
17:40You're selling me
17:41to him,
17:41but he tried to hurt us.
17:42It's for your own good, Cora.
17:44Ethan will give him the money
17:44and then you'll be back
17:45in your palace.
17:46It's the only way.
17:47She was trying to convince herself
17:48more than her daughter.
17:49You're a piece of work, Alexia.
17:51Selling your own's flesh
17:52and blood to a felfin.
17:54No wonder Ethan
17:55hid his billions from you.
17:56You're hollow.
17:57He thought the prey
17:58was already in his grasp.
18:00But in the darkness,
18:01another pair of eyes
18:02had already locked onto him.
18:07Step away from my daughter.
18:10The game is over, Willie.
18:12And for you, Alexia,
18:14this is the end of the line.
18:17He panicked,
18:18grasping for the last straw.
18:20But she was no longer
18:22the princess
18:22who let others control her.
18:25She didn't cry.
18:27She just looked with hatred
18:28at the woman
18:29who was supposed
18:30to protect her.
18:30I'm not a princess.
18:32And you're not my mother.
18:35She had lost everything.
18:37But the child
18:38had found herself.
18:41The courtroom was packed.
18:43The media was calling it
18:45the tycoon's betrayal.
18:51Conspiracy,
18:52child endangerment,
18:53and fraud.
18:56I was under duress.
18:58Ethan manipulated me.
19:00He hid his wealth
19:01to test me.
19:02And when I was vulnerable,
19:03Willie stepped in.
19:04I was just a woman
19:05trying to find her father.
19:06I did everything
19:06for my daughter.
19:08The audience
19:08had already heard
19:09the real tape.
19:10Her tears meant nothing now.
19:12He didn't flinch.
19:13He had seen this coming
19:14a long time ago.
19:16Your Honor,
19:17the defense will now
19:18play audio evidence.
19:2050,000 cash
19:21and a passport to Brazil.
19:23Just take her
19:23and call Ethan.
19:24I can't do this anymore.
19:27Character isn't tested
19:28when things are easy.
19:29Alexia,
19:29it's tested
19:30when things are hard.
19:31You failed every test
19:32I gave you
19:32and then you failed
19:33the one test that mattered,
19:34being a mother.
19:35You didn't sell your daughter
19:36because you were under duress.
19:37You sold her because
19:37she was no longer
19:38a ticket to a palace.
19:39Guilty on all counts.
19:44Ethan, I'll change!
19:47I'll love you again!
19:49Please!
19:50Ethan, please!
19:52I didn't even blink.
19:54Outside,
19:54the sun was bright.
19:56But the child's heart
19:58had already frozen.
20:00Is she gone for good?
20:05Yes.
20:09Then let's go buy that pony.
20:14It wasn't a request.
20:15It was a demand.
20:18I moved Cora
20:19into the Westfall Estate,
20:21a mansion with 30 rooms
20:23and a staff of 20.
20:26I bought her the pony,
20:28the private tutors,
20:29and the designer wardrobe.
20:31I wanted to give her back
20:33the childhood Alexia had stolen,
20:36but every gift I gave her
20:37seemed to make her colder.
20:39This pony is the wrong color, Daddy.
20:41I wanted a white one.
20:46The tutor you hired is boring.
20:48I want someone
20:50who will just do
20:50my homework for me.
20:52After all,
20:52I'm a Westfold now.
20:54Why should I work?
20:55I realized with a sinking heart
20:57that the damage
20:58was deeper than I thought.
21:00She had learned
21:01the wrong lessons from it.
21:04Tell the chef
21:05I want lobster for dinner
21:06and tell him not to be late.
21:09She saw my wealth
21:11not as a tool for good.
21:12But as a weapon
21:13to control others,
21:15I sat in my study,
21:16staring at a photo
21:18of the three of us
21:19from years ago.
21:20Sir, there's a problem.
21:22Miss Victor,
21:23she's not in prison.
21:24There was a riot
21:24during the transfer
21:25and she disappeared.
21:36Then I reached the room.
21:38The window was open
21:39and Cora's bed was empty.
21:43A note was pinned
21:44to the pillow
21:45with a kitchen knife.
21:50I knew where she had taken her.
21:52I drove to the old
21:53derelicate department
21:54where we had lived
21:55for six years.
21:57The place was a ruin,
21:59smelling of dust and rot.
22:07Look, Ethan.
22:09We're a family again.
22:12Alexia had found
22:12something shiny
22:13in the trash that morning.
22:15We're rich.
22:16We don't need
22:17your Westbent money.
22:19Willy is coming back
22:20for us any minute now.
22:22Alexia,
22:22put the knife down.
22:23He knew the truth
22:24would break her,
22:25but he had no choice.
22:27Willy is dead.
22:27He drowned in the harbor.
22:29It's over.
22:30Just let Cora go
22:32and I'll get you help.
22:34Liar!
22:35You're just like him.
22:37You hid the truth
22:37to watch me crawl.
22:39She had nothing
22:39left to lose.
22:41If we can't live
22:43in a palace,
22:44we'll burn in this hole
22:45together.
22:46And she was ready
22:47to take them with her.
22:50One match
22:51and it would
22:52all be over.
22:54The first flame
22:55caught the dry curtains
22:56and the room
22:57turned into
22:57an orange furnace.
22:59I tried to reach Cora,
23:00but a fallen beam
23:01blocked my path.
23:02In that moment,
23:04the spoiled princess died
23:05and a survivor
23:06was born.
23:18I've got you,
23:20Cora!
23:20Don't look back!
23:23Hush,
23:24little baby.
23:33Daddy?
23:35I don't want
23:36the pony anymore.
23:37I don't want
23:38the diamonds.
23:39I just want to
23:40be your daughter again.
23:41Can we go back
23:42to being poor
23:43if it means
23:44we're real?
23:48From the ashes,
23:50something real
23:51was finally born.
23:55Alexia didn't die.
23:56The firefighters
23:57found her in a bathtub,
23:59unconscious
23:59but alive.
24:00But when she woke up,
24:02she didn't know
24:03who she was.
24:04Her mind was
24:05wiped clean.
24:06Who are you?
24:07Are you my brother?
24:08Did I have a family?
24:10For a moment,
24:11the ghost of love
24:12returned.
24:13Then he let it go.
24:14No.
24:14I'm just a benefactor.
24:16You had a difficult life
24:18and I'm here to make sure
24:19you're taken care of.
24:20No greed.
24:21No malice.
24:22Just emptiness.
24:23And maybe that was mercy.
24:26Will I be a princess there?
24:31No, Alexia.
24:32You'll just be a person.
24:34And that's much better.
24:45Is she happy now, Daddy?
24:47She's at peace, Cora.
24:49That's more than
24:50she ever gave herself.
24:51She had finally found peace
24:53and they had finally
24:55found each other.
24:58The board will run the company.
25:00I realized the empire
25:01was a prison.
25:02I appointed a professional board
25:04and took a sabbatical.
25:06This is just like
25:07when we were poor.
25:08I thought you were
25:09a billionaire.
25:14She hated the mud,
25:16the lack of Wi-Fi,
25:18and washing dishes.
25:19I am a billionaire.
25:21But money is just
25:22a tool, Cora.
25:23If you don't know
25:24how to live without it,
25:26it will eventually own you.
25:28Look at your mother.
25:29Look at Willie.
25:31They died inside
25:32long before their heart stopped.
25:38Slowly,
25:39her eyes brightened.
25:41She stopped asking
25:42for designer bags
25:43and started asking
25:45about the stars.
25:52I did it myself, Daddy.
25:55I didn't need anyone to help.
25:58I felt a weight lift
25:59from my chest
26:00that I'd carried
26:01for a decade.
26:02We were finally real.
26:10Mr. Westfield,
26:12I'm from the treasury.
26:13We found Willie's secret vault
26:15and you're not going to believe
26:16what was inside.
26:19Inside Willie's vault
26:21weren't gold bars
26:22or stolen cash.
26:23It was a single,
26:24dusty wooden box.
26:26Inside were letters
26:27from my father,
26:28the man who had built
26:29the Westfall Empire.
26:31My son,
26:32I've instructed Willie
26:33to test you one day.
26:34I need to know
26:34if the woman you chose
26:35loves the man or the crown.
26:36If he ever approaches you,
26:38know that it is my final lesson
26:39from beyond the grave.
26:40Wealth is a filter, Ethan.
26:42It filters out the fake
26:43until only the truth remains.
26:46You hid the truth
26:47to watch me crawl!
26:49Willie had gone rogue,
26:50but the test had worked
26:52exactly as my father intended.
26:56I looked at Cora,
26:58who was playing
26:58with the dog in the field.
27:00She had survived the filter.
27:02Everything happens
27:02for a reason.
27:04Years later,
27:05Cora would take over
27:06the foundation,
27:07becoming a leader
27:08known for her wisdom
27:09and humility.
27:11Sometimes people ask
27:12if I miss the tycoon life.
27:14I just point to the sunset
27:15over the mountains
27:16and the laughter
27:16of my daughter.
27:17I found the real treasure
27:19a long time ago,
27:20and it never needed
27:21a gold watch to shine.
27:23Woof Woof Gof Gof Gof Gof Gof Gof
27:25Gof Gof Gof Gof Gof Gof Gof wound
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