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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. What's wrong? My father. He's alive. I looked at her, then at our ten-year-old daughter.
00:31Yes, Daddy! I need to see Grandpa! I knew for a fact that my father-in-law had been declared
00:38dead ten years ago. I had even paid for the funeral. Go 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.
01:02I 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.
01:16You 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,
01:27a messenger arrived at our humble apartment
01:30with 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
01:38to tell me to my face.
01:46Her voice echoed from a pre-recorded voice note.
01:50Willie can give Cora everything you can't.
01:52Private jets,
01:53world tours,
01:54a legacy.
01:55You're just a delivery driver, Ethan.
01:57Bye-bye, poor daddy.
01:58I'm a princess now.
02:03I'm not coming home.
02:05For six years,
02:07I had worked three jobs to keep them comfortable,
02:10hiding the fact that I owned the very company I delivered for.
02:16I stood up and walked to my hidden wall safe.
02:23I pulled out a black titanium card
02:26and a Patek Philippe watch
02:27worth more than their fake tycoon's entire life.
02:30Let's see how long your prince lasts.
02:32When I cut off his air supply,
02:35I dialed my CFO.
02:38The man in the Hilton penthouse,
02:40Willie Vance,
02:41he's using a line of credit from our subsidiary.
02:44Cancel it.
02:44Now.
02:48And by the Hilton,
02:49I want to be their landlord by sunrise.
02:54The next morning,
02:55I walked into the Hilton lobby.
02:57I wasn't wearing my delivery uniform.
03:00I was in a bespoke Italian suit
03:02that cost $30,000.
03:05Good morning, Mr. Westfold.
03:15But to Alexia and Cora,
03:17who were heading to the breakfast buffet with Willie,
03:20I was just an eyesore.
03:26Ethan?
03:28What are you doing here?
03:30Alexia hissed,
03:31trying 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,
04:07and he'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, stop this!
04:39You're scaring Cora!
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!
05:21Stop this!
05:22So Willie had some business trouble,
05:24big deal!
05:25We'll just go back to our apartment and 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 didn'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 for full custody.
06:31I won't have my daughter raised
06:32by a woman who sells her soul
06:33for a fake gold watch.
06:36Alexia spent the afternoon
06:37at a public library.
06:39Using 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.
06:51He...
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.
07:02It 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?
07:27But 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, Willie.
08:20And fakes always break under pressure.
08:28Hands behind your back!
08:32Ethan!
08:34Oh, thank God!
08:35We were so wrong!
08:38Take us home!
08:42I told you, Alexia, the home is sold.
08:46You're free to go anywhere but near me.
08:54The Westfall Tower touched the clouds.
08:57A monument of glass and steel.
09:12I walked through the lobby, and every head bowed.
09:17Welcome back, Chairman Westfield.
09:20The staff chorused.
09:21I ignored them.
09:24My mind on the merger, but at the entrance, a 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.
09:55No.
09:56Alexia looked up and saw me watching from the mezzanine.
10:11I turned and walked into the boardroom, closing the heavy oak doors on her screams.
10:16But inside, a new problem awaited.
10:19My rival, a man who had been secretly funding Willie, was sitting in my chair.
10:25Welcome back, Ethan.
10:26Hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums.
10:28Now, let's talk about who really owns Westfall.
10:39Two weeks after the eviction, this is what princess life looks like.
10:49She still tells herself it's not her fault.
10:58Marcus Thorn, the 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.
11:29Don'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, little princess.
11:39As long as your mother tells me everything she knows about Ethan's private bank codes and 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, he watches everything.
12:04Release phase two.
12:08No one knows what that means.
12:11She thought this was her chance to rise again.
12:14But she didn't know the lights tonight would 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 was 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.
12:54And the gold is copper alloy.
12:56Her smile shattered in that moment.
13:00On the screen, the death certificate of Marcus's company.
13:04I bought Marcus's firm an hour ago.
13:06He's bankrupt.
13:11Marcus Thone, you are under arrest.
13:14She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
13:17Ethan left without looking back.
13:20His revenge was only half done.
13:23Next episode, The 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, she wore fake diamonds.
13:40Now, this was all she had.
13:50She opened her mouth, but found no answer.
13:55Above her, the man she abandoned was 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 a pair of eyes was watching her.
14:22Am I done yet?
14:24Or is there one more lesson they need to learn?
14:33She thought last night was the lowest point.
14:37But the morning sun brought deeper shadows.
14:43Miss Victor, Mr. Westfield has filed for emergency full custody of Cora.
14:47Given your current lack of stable housing, employment, and your involvement with two known felons in the past week,
14:53we believe you are an unfit mother.
14:54Mr. Westfield is not here.
14:56He is currently at a charity gala in London.
14:58He sent a private jet for Cora.
15:00You have ten minutes to say goodbye, or we call the police to 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 her daughter.
15:20Even if it meant dragging her into hell.
15:24Stop them!
15:31She thought she was protecting her daughter.
15:33But she was becoming what she feared most.
15:45And for the first time, she was afraid of the woman holding her.
15:52They traded their last dollar for one night in hell.
15:55The bugs weren't picky.
15:56Even the last shred of dignity was 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 cut into her heart like a knife.
16:09Exhaustion turns people into beasts.
16:13She finally exploded.
16:20That slap shattered the last trace of warmth.
16:23The room was small, but the tension filled every corner.
16:26Because your father wants to take you away from me!
16:28He wants to turn you against me!
16:30Don't you see?
16:31He's the villain!
16:32Willie was a liar, but at least he gave me ice cream.
16:35You just give me bruises.
16:36In that moment, the child became someone else.
16:38The phone buzzed like a warning from the dark.
16:46I know where you are, Alexia.
16:47I escaped custody during a hospital transfer.
16:49I have a plan to get us both out of the country, but I need Cora.
16:52Ethan will pay anything to get her back.
16:54Meet me at the old docks at midnight.
16:55And just like that, she chose the devil again.
17:03I needed Alexia to show her true colors completely, so she could never claim to be a mother again.
17:10My heart broke for the child I had raised, but I knew I couldn't step in yet.
17:21The wind at the docks was freezing, smelling of salt and rot.
17:33You promised, Willie.
17:3550,000 cash and a passport to Brazil.
17:37Just take her and call Ethan.
17:38I can't do this anymore.
17:40You're selling me?
17:41To him?
17:41But he tried to hurt us.
17:43It's for your own good, Cora.
17:44Ethan will give him the money, and then you'll be back in your palace.
17:46It's the only way.
17:47She was trying to convince herself more than her daughter.
17:49You're a piece of work, Alexia.
17:51Selling your own flesh and blood to a felfin.
17:54No wonder Ethan hid his billions from you.
17:56You're hollow.
17:57He thought the prey was already in his grasp, but in the darkness, another 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, this is the end of the line.
18:17He panicked, grasping for the last straw.
18:20But she was no longer the princess who let others control her.
18:25She didn't cry.
18:27She just looked with hatred at the woman who was supposed to protect her.
18:31I'm not a princess.
18:33And you're not my mother.
18:34She had lost everything, but the child had found herself.
18:41The courtroom was packed.
18:43The media was calling it the tycoon's betrayal.
18:51Conspiracy, child endangerment, and fraud.
18:56I was under duress.
18:59Ethan manipulated me.
19:00He hid his wealth to test me.
19:02And when I was vulnerable, Willie stepped in.
19:04I was just a woman trying to find her father.
19:06I did everything for my daughter.
19:08The audience had already heard the real tape.
19:10Her tears meant nothing now.
19:12He didn't flinch.
19:13He had seen this coming a long time ago.
19:16Your Honor, the defense will now play audio evidence.
19:2050,000 cash and a passport to Brazil.
19:23Just take her and call Ethan.
19:25I can't do this anymore.
19:27Character isn't tested when things are easy.
19:29Alexia, it's tested when things are hard.
19:31You failed every test I gave you,
19:32and then you failed the one test that mattered, being a mother.
19:35You didn't sell your daughter because you were under duress.
19:37You sold her because she was no longer a ticket to a palace.
19:39Guilty on all counts.
19:45Ethan, I'll change!
19:47I'll love you again!
19:49Please!
19:50Ethan, please!
19:52I didn't even blink.
19:54Outside, the sun was bright.
19:56But the child's heart had 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 into the Westfall Estate.
20:21A mansion with 30 rooms and 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 the childhood.
20:34Alexia had stolen.
20:36But every gift I gave her seemed 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.
20:49I want someone who will just do my homework for me.
20:52After all, I'm a Westfold now.
20:54Why should I work?
20:55I realized with a sinking heart
20:57that the damage was deeper than I thought.
21:00She had learned the wrong lessons from it.
21:04Tell the chef I want lobster for dinner
21:06and tell him not to be late.
21:09She saw my wealth not as a tool for good,
21:12but as a weapon to control others.
21:15I sat in my study,
21:17staring at a photo of the three of us from years ago.
21:21Sir, there's a problem.
21:22Miss Victor, she's not in prison.
21:24There was a riot during the transfer,
21:25and she disappeared.
21:36When I reached the room,
21:38the window was open,
21:40and Cora's bed was empty.
21:43A note was pinned to the pillow with a kitchen knife.
21:50I knew where she had taken her.
21:51I drove to the old derelicate department
21:54where we had lived for six years.
21:57The place was a ruin,
21:59smelling of dust and rot.
22:07Look, Ethan.
22:09We're a family again.
22:11Alexia had found something shiny in the trash that morning.
22:15We're rich.
22:16We don't need your Westbent money.
22:19Willy is coming back for us any minute now.
22:22Alexia, put the knife down.
22:24He knew the truth would break her,
22:25but he had no choice.
22:27Willy is dead.
22:28He drowned in the harbor.
22:29It's over.
22:31Just let Cora go,
22:32and I'll get you help.
22:35Liar!
22:35You're just like him!
22:37You hid the truth to watch me crawl!
22:39She had nothing left to lose.
22:41If we can't live in a palace,
22:44we'll burn in this hole together!
22:46And she was ready to take them with her.
22:50One match,
22:52and it would all be over.
22:54The first flame caught the dry curtains,
22:56and the room turned into an orange furnace.
22:59I tried to reach Cora,
23:00but a fallen beam blocked my path.
23:02In that moment,
23:04the spoiled princess died,
23:05and a survivor was born.
23:19I've got you,
23:20Cora!
23:20Don't look back!
23:23Hush,
23:24little baby.
23:26Baby.
23:33Daddy?
23:35I don't want the pony anymore.
23:37I don't want the diamonds.
23:39I just want to be your daughter again.
23:42Can we go back to being poor
23:43if it means we're real?
23:48From the ashes,
23:50something real was finally born.
23:55Alexia didn't die.
23:56The firefighters found her in a bathtub,
23:59unconscious but alive.
24:01But when she woke up,
24:02she didn't know who she was.
24:04Her mind was wiped 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 returned.
24:13Then he let it go.
24:14No, no.
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.
24:46Is she happy now, Daddy?
24:48She's at peace, Cora.
24:49That's more than she ever gave herself.
24:52She had finally found peace,
24:53and they had finally found each other.
24:58The board will run the company.
25:00I realized the Empire was a prison.
25:02I appointed a professional board
25:04and took a sabbatical.
25:06This is just like when we were poor.
25:08I thought you were a billionaire.
25:14She hated the mud,
25:16the lack of Wi-Fi,
25:17and washing dishes.
25:19I am a billionaire.
25:21But money is just a tool, Cora.
25:23If you don't know how to live without it,
25:26it will eventually own you.
25:28Look at your mother.
25:29Look at Willie.
25:30They died inside long before their hearts stopped.
25:38Slowly, her eyes brightened.
25:41She stopped asking for designer bags
25:43and started asking about the stars.
25:52I did it myself, Daddy.
25:55I didn't need anyone to help.
25:58I felt a weight lift from my chest
26:00that I'd carried for 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 what was inside.
26:19Inside Willie's vault weren't gold bars
26:22or stolen cash.
26:23It was a single,
26:24dusty wooden box.
26:26Inside were letters from my father,
26:29the man who had built the Westfall Empire.
26:31My son,
26:32I've instructed Willie to test you one day.
26:34I need to know if 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 to watch me crawl!
26:49Willie had gone rogue,
26:51but the test had worked
26:52exactly as my father intended.
26:56I looked at Cora,
26:58who was playing with the dog in the field.
27:00She had survived the filter.
27:02Everything happens for a reason.
27:04Years later,
27:05Cora would take over the foundation,
27:07becoming a leader known for her wisdom
27:09and humility.
27:11Sometimes people ask if I miss the tycoon life.
27:13I just point to the sunset over the mountains
27:16and the laughter of my daughter.
27:17I found the real treasure a long time ago,
27:20and it never needed a gold watch to shine.
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