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The Waldorf Secret EP
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00:02shut up my billionaire father kept a secret mistress and told my mom accept it or i'll
00:08divorce you and leave you with nothing but he forgot one tiny detail my clueless housewife
00:13mother was actually the most ruthless cpa in the state she didn't just file for divorce
00:18she froze his accounts exposed his 18 million dollar fraud and sent him straight to federal
00:23prison richard's phone buzzed on the kitchen island still plugged in to charge he shouted
00:29for me to get it i picked up the phone from the charger and glanced at the closed bathroom door
00:33hello is this mr sterling he's in the shower i'm his daughter who is this this is guest services
00:39at the grand elitium resort we're just doing a routine follow-up about your stay in our family
00:43suite last week we just wanted to check in did the three-year-old boy with your party have any
00:47more allergic reactions to the peanut-free pastries we provided my stomach dropped the phone felt like
00:53a block of ice in my hand my dad is 55 my mom is 52 i am an only child
00:58i just turned 24
01:00and last weekend my dad told my mom he was flying out to san francisco for a closed door real
01:06estate
01:07summit who was on the phone my pulse hammered against my throat i shoved my trembling hands
01:14into my pockets telemarketer i hung up i forced the words past the lump in my throat he walked over
01:20to the mirror and casually smoothed some moisturizer over his face where's your mother ran to the
01:27butcher for some ribes she said you had a brutal week traveling and wanted to grill steaks tonight
01:31i stared at the back of his head she always takes good care of me three days of back-to
01:39-back meetings
01:40in san francisco really took it out of me the grand elitium resort wasn't in san francisco
01:46it was a 20 minute drive away right here in the local coastal hills dad
01:53yeah
01:56where did you stay in san francisco my company has an off-site there next month
02:01thought i'd ask for hotel reps his hand froze on his cheek for a fraction of a second
02:08just some standard business hotel the organizers booked nothing special when you go i'll book you
02:13a five-star place don't stay in those dumps he was lying i didn't push it i turned and walked
02:19out of
02:20the master bedroom back in my room i pulled up the statement for the authorized user card on my dad's
02:24account i majored in finance most of the family's electronic statements were routed to my email i
02:29opened last month's transaction history and scrolled down line by line last saturday eight thousand eight
02:34hundred dollars merchant the grand alicia resort dining and entertainment it wasn't just last week on the
02:4014th of last month valentine's day a charge of twenty three thousand dollars merchant lumimico fine
02:45jewelry the gift my mom received that day was a twenty dollar bouquet of grocery store carnations
02:51my legs gave out and i collapsed into my desk chair
02:57richard chloe come help me with these bags
03:01come help me with these bags a second later i heard the front door unlock mom was home with
03:08groceries i took a deep breath and forced myself out of the room why'd you buy so much you're gonna
03:14throw your back out next time wait till i'm home to carry this stuff for you richard had already
03:21beaten me to it taking the heavy paper bags from her hands you had a long trip besides chloe loves
03:29grilled ribeye watching this picture perfect marriage play out bile rose in the back of my
03:34throat i had to look away the air in san francisco is so dry i picked up that limited edition
03:40fleur-de-lis
03:41skincare set you like try it tonight eleanor patted his arm and told him he shouldn't have spent so much
03:47during dinner richard kept refilling my mom's wine glass after dinner richard went to his home office to
03:53check emails using a cup of coffee as an excuse i pushed open the door to his home office i
03:58pushed
03:58open the door to his home office he was typing away at his computer
04:06dad brought you some coffee
04:10dad i saw a crazy story online today what kind of story
04:16some guy kept a mistress behind his wife's back even had a secret kid the wife found out and
04:21completely destroyed his life chloe what is your point secrets don't stay buried forever
04:27right dad i locked eyes with him richard looked up at me i didn't back down
04:34these clickate brogs love making up this kind of garbage you're fresh out of college chloe stop
04:39reading that internet trash and focus on your career but his jaw tightened enough adults handle
04:48their own business you don't get a vote are we clear you don't get a vote are we clear crystal
04:54clear
04:55i stared at him i muttered
05:03saturday morning richard claimed he had to head to the office the second his car pulled out of the driveway
05:08i called an uber and headed straight to grand elysium resort
05:17hi i need some information about richard sterling's stay here last weekend i'm his daughter
05:22he thinks he may have left something behind in the room then can you at least tell me who else
05:26was
05:26registered to the room i'm sorry miss that would violate guest privacy policy
05:34can you at least tell me what the woman with him looked like
05:38can you at least tell me what the woman with him looked like
05:42she was young late 20s maybe dressed very bogo chic like an artist type
05:48late 20s an artist type
05:53i walked out through the revolving doors and pulled out my phone
05:56pulling up the address for the luna co boutique i'd found last night
06:01i took a cab straight there and flagged down an older sale associate
06:04hi was there a necklace purchase under richard sterling on the 14th of last month
06:09yes of course mr sterling is one of our vip clients
06:13he came in that day with a very charming young woman and purchased our limited edition diamond necklace
06:19do you happen to know the woman's name do you happen to know the woman's name
06:24serena i believe he kept calling her his sweet serena they were very affectionate
06:30she kept insisting the necklace was too expensive but he absolutely refused to take no for an answer
06:35when i got home eleanor was out on the balcony watering her potted hydrangeas
06:42hey chloe what do you want for lunch i can whip something up
06:46her hair was tied back in a loose bone
06:57mom
06:59what's this you're a grown woman and you're still acting like a little kid
07:05mom have you ever thought of getting back out there getting a job
07:08a job i'm in my 50s honey besides richard won't hear of it
07:13he says he makes enough to take care of us and i should just relax at home
07:16i stared at the green leaves on the balcony my chest felt like someone was sitting on it
07:21i couldn't just drop the bomb on her she had high blood pressure
07:24a shock like this could put her in the hospital
07:26i needed hard proof i needed to find this serena
07:29i needed hard proof i needed to find this serena
07:32i searched through hashtag after hashtag on pictogram
07:35finally i found an account called serena slash soul art
07:39her grid was a curated gallery of over filtered aesthetic lifestyle shots
07:45i started scrolling a post from the 14th of last month
07:48the photo was a tight shot of the lumina necklace against a woman's colobine
07:51the caption read
07:52he says traditional marriage's cage built for the world and i am the only safe harbor
07:55his soul has ever know
07:56i let out a harsh bark of a laugh
07:58sanctuary for his soul
08:00swiping my family's credit card for a 23 000 piece of jewelry and you're talking about a
08:05fucking soul
08:06further down
08:07a post from last weekend
08:09location tag
08:10the grand elysian resort
08:13the photo showed a small hand resting on a larger man's hand
08:16the caption
08:18a weekend escape from the city with my little guy
08:21forever grateful to the man behind the scenes who takes care of everything for us
08:25i stared at the phone screen
08:27the carpet pattern in the background was a perfect match for the family suite on the grand elysian's website
08:32and in the corner of the frame strapped to the man's wrist was a chronos watch
08:35it was the same watch i bought richard for his birthday last year with my first internship paycheck
08:40i screenshot everything and dumped it into an encrypted folder
08:43most of her location tags hovered around oak roll estatements
08:47houses there started at 10 million dollars
08:52richard was just a partner at a real estate firm
08:55where was he getting that kind of cash
08:58how's the job hunt going chloe if nothing's biting i can set you up with a junior analyst position at
09:03the firm
09:04that night richard came home and immediately slipped back into his good husband good father routine
09:11no thanks dad i want to figure it out on my own
09:15stubborn
09:15just like your mother
09:17looking at him my stomach turned
09:21hey dad i drove past oak book states today those mansions look incredible
09:29what were you doing over there
09:34just driving through
09:35heard a lot of indie artists live there must be nice
09:39richard slammed his fork down
09:41the metal scraped against the ceramic with a harsh grading sound
09:45chloe
09:46why are you so fixated on this shallow crap all of a sudden
09:49always obsessing about how much money other people have
09:52what about your own life
09:54i just made a comment
09:55why are you snapping at me
10:01i'm trying to teach you some values
10:03keep your feet on the ground
10:06and don't start acting like some money hungry gold digger
10:12all right all right richard
10:15she just made an observation why are you getting so worked up
10:18drink this
10:19cool off
10:20eleanor quickly stepped in
10:21richard picked up the glass
10:23his hand was shaking slightly
10:25the next day
10:26the next day i blew off my afternoon plans and drove straight to oak rook estates
10:30security was posted at the front gate and there was no way i was getting past it
10:34so i parked outside a coffee shop across the street
10:37grabbed a seat by the window and watched for three straight hours
10:40at 2 p.m a white stallion v8 suv pulled out of the gates and parked next to a florist
10:45on the corner
10:45the door opened a woman stepped out wearing a linen maxi dress
10:48she was very thin with long hair down to her waist
10:51she definitely had that airy artistic vibe
10:53it was serena no question
10:55she went into the shop and came out holding a massive bouquet of white roses
10:58i tossed some cash onto the table walked out of the coffee shop and followed her from half a block
11:03behind
11:03she didn't go back to the suv
11:05instead she carried the flowers half a block further and walked into elite montessori academy
11:10ten minutes later
11:11ten minutes later
11:12she walked out holding the hand of a little blonde boy
11:15maybe three years old
11:16he was dressed in a tailored prep school uniform
11:20clutching a toy fire truck
11:23mommy is daddy coming to see me today
11:28daddy's busy making lots of money to buy leo more toys
11:31the boy asked looking up at her
11:35serena ruffled his blonde hair i stepped right into the middle of the sidewalk blocking her path
11:41serena stopped a slight frown forming
11:45excuse me can i help you
11:47you're serena right
11:48i'm richard sterling's daughter
11:50excuse me can i help you
11:52you're serena right
11:53i'm richard sterling's daughter
11:55i don't know any richard
11:57bullshit
11:58want me to post the receipts from the grand elysium all over pingram
12:01or the purchase receipt for the lumina diamond necklace you're wearing around your neck right now
12:04what do you want
12:05a chat
12:14crack me down i'll play it straight
12:16your dad and i it's true love
12:17true love
12:18maxing out my family's credit cards and living in a multi-million dollar mansion that's your definition of love
12:23little girl what do you know about love
12:25to your mother richard is just a walking atm
12:27a tool
12:28but with me he actually feels alive
12:30i'm his soulmate
12:31the only one who truly gets it
12:32you're disgusting
12:33fucking pathetic
12:34disgusting
12:35richard buys me houses
12:37he buys me cars
12:38he begs to spend his money on me
12:39you know why
12:40because i make him feel like a king
12:42while your mother
12:43she's just a desperate housewife
12:45smelling of cheap vanilla extract and cleaner
12:47her words twisted the knife
12:49but eleanor lived her entire life to build this family
12:52and this homewrecker had the nerve to reduce her to a punchline
12:55the oakmore house
12:57richard bought it
12:57the oakmore house
12:59richard bought it
13:00yep
13:00my name is on the deed
13:02paid in full
13:02cash
13:03i stood frozen
13:04every muscle in my body shook
13:08that evening richard walked through the front door right at 7 like p.m
13:12a rarity
13:14you went to see serena today
13:18yes
13:21richard are you insane
13:23ask her what she did
13:25showing up at an elite private school
13:27to cause a scene like some street trash
13:29you completely humiliated me
13:31caused a scene
13:32and
13:32caused a scene
13:33i just wanted to see what kind of soulmate you stash in a 20 million dollar cash house
13:38chloe what are you talking about
13:40shut the hell up chloe
13:41one more word out of your mouth
13:42and you can pack your bags and get the fuck out of my house
13:44i'm not the one who should get out
13:46you are
13:47you're the one keeping a mistress behind our backs
13:49you even have a fucking three year old bastard child
13:53fine
13:54since it's out in the open
13:55i won't bother hiding
13:57yes leo is my son
13:59serena is my woman
14:01elena i plan to handle this after chloe got married and moved out
14:05since she blew the lid off let's set the rules
14:08i'm not filing for divorce
14:10i'm not filing for divorce
14:10and you'll still be mrs scurry
14:11status quo remains
14:13i'll keep paying your credit card limits
14:15household expenses
14:16i'll be moving forward
14:17i'll be spending three nights a week at oak pro
14:19don't interfere
14:20don't cause a scene
14:21let's handle this like adults
14:22and if i refuse
14:25refuse
14:26then go get a lawyer and file for divorce
14:28but i promise you
14:29you won't get a dime
14:30you'll walk away with absolutely nothing
14:33you're in your 50s with health issues
14:35without me how exactly are you going to survive
14:37you sick fuck
14:40you sick fuck
14:41oh i dropped the knife
14:43mom
14:44he doesn't get to treat us like this
14:47are you done with the hysterics
14:49i'm sleeping at oak work tonight
14:50call me when you're ready to be reasonable
14:54mom i'm sorry
14:56i'm useless
14:57i don't know how to help you
14:59silly girl why are you crying
15:07mom why do you have
15:08did you think
15:09that follow-up call from the concierge
15:12was actually random
15:13i paid the concierge to make that call
15:15it was time you saw exactly
15:17what kind of piece of shit
15:18you've been calling dad
15:19chloe richard really thought
15:21i spent the last 30 years
15:22as some brainless housewife
15:23who only knows how to bake cookies
15:25he forgot one detail
15:2730 years ago
15:28i was the youngest senior cpa in the state
15:30did you really think his shell companies
15:32and offshore trusts could slip past me
15:35mom you've known this whole time
15:37six months before you did
15:38i knew the exact day he made his first attempt
15:40to wire funds to a cayman islands account
15:42why didn't you just confront him
15:44because that wasn't enough
15:45why didn't you just confront him
15:48because that wasn't enough to nail him to the wall
15:50i was waiting
15:51waiting for him to cash out the largest smump
15:53and put the asset directly in that woman's name
15:55elinor walked straight to the bookshelf
15:58she smoothly pulled out a heavy copy
16:00of principles of corporate vance
16:01tucked away in the back of the third row
16:03the center of the book was hollowed out
16:06inside lay a black encrypted flash drive
16:09she plugged the drive into a usb port
16:12the screen lit up
16:13and her fingers flew over the keyboard
16:14as she entered a long complex passcode
16:17a hidden encrypted directory popped up
16:19a hidden encrypted directory popped up
16:22it was packed with excel strep sheets
16:24bank statements
16:25and scanned pdfs of signed documents
16:27he's a control freak who trusts no one
16:29every illegal wire transfer he made
16:31he kept the master ledger himself
16:33mom with this
16:34we can absolutely destroy him in divorce court right
16:37not enough
16:37that's not what i want
16:38then what do you want
16:39i want him in a jumpsuit
16:41rotting in a cell
16:45half the money he wired to those offshore accounts
16:47was company funds
16:48he used serena's gallery as a front
16:51fake invorses
16:52cooked books
16:53and nearly 18 million dollars laundered out of the company
16:55that's corporate embezzlement and wire fraud
16:57clear-cut federal felonies
17:01there are two other senior partners at his firm
17:03those two old men barely check the ledgers
17:06they just collect their dividend checks at the end of the year
17:09but if they find out richard hollowed out their retirement funds
17:12to act as a sugar dad to his mistress
17:13what do you think they'll do?
17:16the next day eleanor acted like nothing had happened
17:20she went to the butcher for steaks as usual
17:22and smiled at the neighbors across the street
17:25richard didn't set foot in the house for three straight days
17:29on the afternoon of the fourth day eleanor suddenly called me
17:32chloe
17:33eleanor suddenly called me
17:34chloe drop what you're doing
17:35get to memorial downtown hospital right now
17:40i found her in the crowded hallway outside the er
17:42she stood like a statue
17:44her eyes locked on the billing counter down the hall
17:46richard was standing in line
17:48anxiously checking his watch over and over
17:50serena was clutching her stomach
17:52her face as white as a bed sheet
17:54the little boy leo was yanking on her dress
17:56and wailing loudly
17:57what happened?
17:59serena's showing signs of a miscarriage
18:00richard bailed on a major board meeting
18:03and sped here to get her to the er
18:04she's pregnant again? she's pregnant again?
18:07yep
18:08what do you think richard's most desperate for right now?
18:12he's out of cash flow
18:13he drained all the liquid assets and dumped them into the oakmore house and her gallery
18:17the firm's accounts are empty
18:19if he doesn't plug the hole by next week he can't even make payroll
18:23so how is he going to cover it?
18:25he wants to take out a second mortgage on our house
18:28he texted me yesterday telling me to get the original deed ready
18:31said the firm had a minor cash flow hiccup and needed my signature
18:36you didn't sign it did you?
18:38you didn't sign it did you?
18:39of course not
18:41not only will i not give him the deed
18:43i'm going to hand him a generous gift
18:46arthur it's eleanor
18:47is richard at the office?
18:48i can't reach him anywhere
18:49no eleanor
18:50richard said he had to meet a key developer
18:52he won't be back in the office this afternoon
18:54a developer?
18:56that's strange
18:56i just bumped into him in maternity ward at memorial downtown
19:00he was holding up a pregnant young woman
19:02i assumed it was one of the firm's employees having an emergency
19:04eleanor are you absolutely sure he was in the maternity ward?
19:08yes i even snapped a quick photo to ask him about it later
19:10oh well maybe my eyes are doing tricks on me
19:13arthur please don't mention i called
19:14you know how much he hates me prying into his business
19:21richard
19:22is our baby going to be okay?
19:24don't worry sweetheart
19:25the doctor said it's just minor cramping
19:27a few days of bed rest and you'll be fine
19:29i watched them walk toward the elevators
19:31wrapped in each other's arms
19:33and my stomach heaved
19:35for the next few days
19:36the house was quiet as a tem
19:37richard bombarded eleanor with texts every day
19:40demanding she get the deed ready
19:42eleanor brushed him off with vague excuses every time
19:45finally richard snapped
19:47friday night he stormed through the front door
19:51eleanor what the fuck is taking you so long
19:53eleanor what the fuck is taking you so long
19:56the firm is bleeding out
19:57and you can't even produce one damn piece of paper
19:59what's the rush
20:00the house is in both our names
20:02a second mortgage requires my signature in person with a notatary
20:05my blood pressure has been spiking
20:06i'm not going anywhere
20:07eleanor i know you're still throwing a tantrum over serena
20:11but business is business
20:12the firm goes under we'll all end up on the street
20:14richard
20:16doesn't the firm have over 10 million in cash sitting in the operating account
20:19how could you possibly not make next week's payroll
20:21how do you know that
20:21that money's been tied up in a new development project for months
20:24i can't just pull it out
20:25oh
20:26is that so
20:27i thought you pulled that cash out to buy that mansion in oakwood
20:30you've been investigating me
20:31you've been investigating me
20:32you left a trail a mile wide
20:33don't push your fucking luck eleanor
20:35you won't sign
20:36let the firm burn to the ground
20:37we'll all go down together
20:38bullshit
20:39those debts are in your name
20:40they have nothing to do with my mom
20:42nothing to do with her
20:43go look up marital debt chloe
20:44you think you're so smart
20:46the two of you combined
20:47couldn't outplay me if you tried
20:48mom
20:48is he telling the truth
20:50calm down chloe
20:51i don't start a war
20:52unless i know i've already won
20:54saturday morning
20:55eleanor drove us out to oakwood estates
20:57we didn't try to get past the gates
20:58she parked across the street
21:00in the lot of an exclusive private golf club
21:02mom what are we doing here
21:03we're waiting for someone
21:05a few minutes later
21:05a black mercedes s-class
21:07pulled into the lot
21:08and parked next to us
21:09eleanor
21:10you said on the phone yesterday
21:11you have hard proof
21:12that richard has been
21:13sifling corporate assets
21:14arthur
21:15let's talk in the car
21:16it's all in there
21:17every wire transfer
21:18and forged invoice
21:18richard routed through
21:19serena's gallery
21:20over the last six months
21:21it totals 18 million dollars
21:22that son of a bitch
21:24i treated him like a partner
21:25for years
21:25and he treated me
21:26like his fucking atm
21:27no wonder he swore up and down
21:28the accounts were dry
21:29when the contractors
21:30demanded payment last month
21:31arthur
21:32he's currently trying to take out
21:33a second mortgage on my house
21:34to plug this exact hole
21:35if he gets that mortgage
21:36the books will balance
21:37come the year-end audit
21:38you won't find a single trace of this
21:40over my dead body
21:41eleanor
21:41what's your play
21:42over my dead body
21:43eleanor
21:43what's your play
21:44i want him ruined
21:45i want him to spit out
21:47every cent he swallowed
21:48with interest
21:48but i need your board authority
21:50to launch an internal audit
21:51and call the feds
21:52consider it done eleanor
21:54there is nothing i despise
21:55more than a fool
21:56who burns down a company
21:57for a mistress
21:58monday morning at 9 light a.m
22:00right after richard luck
22:01two black suds
22:02pulled into our driveway
22:08mrs eleanor stirring
22:09we're court officers acting
22:11on behalf of the state supreme court
22:12this is an asset freezing order
22:13we need your signature
22:17arthur moved faster than i anticipated
22:19mrs sterling
22:20we now need to confiscate
22:22all deeds and title documents
22:23related to this property
22:24please cooperate
22:30mom didn't you say
22:31we were gonna wait
22:32how is this happening so fast
22:37if i waited any longer
22:38he'd have mortgaged this house
22:40to cover the hole he created
22:41my legal team secured
22:43an emergency asset freezing order
22:45right now every bank account
22:47trust fund and property
22:48in his name
22:49including that house in oak rook
22:51is frozen
22:56just how massive was the net
22:58my mother had woven
22:59over the last six months
23:06chloe
23:07has your mother lost her fucking mind
23:10she had the court freeze
23:11my corporate accounts
23:12where is she
23:14put her on the phone
23:15eleanor
23:16what the fuck are you doing
23:18do you realize the firm's
23:19entire operating capital
23:20is frozen
23:21every project has ground to a halt
23:23if the developers sue me
23:24for breach of contract
23:25i'll be ruined
23:26that's the point
23:28richard
23:29i filed against you
23:31for infidelity
23:32marital dissipation of assets
23:34corporate embezzlement
23:35and wire fraud
23:36the court has officially
23:37accepted the filings
23:39what did you say
23:40i said i want a divorce
23:43but not your let's handle this
23:45like adults version
23:47you are going to walk away
23:49with zero
23:50you're crazy
23:51on what grounds do you think
23:53you can take everything
23:54on the grounds that you
23:56illegally transferred
23:5723 million dollars
23:58in marital assets
24:00on the grounds that you
24:01embezzled 18 million dollars
24:03from the company
24:07and on the strength of
24:08every piece of evidence
24:09in my possession
24:10eleanor
24:11you think you can beat me
24:12let me tell you
24:15chloe
24:16chloe listen to me
24:16from this second forward
24:18do not believe a single word
24:19out of richard's mouth
24:24the day after the assets
24:26were frozen
24:26serena showed up
24:27at our house
24:29chloe tell your mother
24:30to drop the lawsuit
24:32Why the hell should I?
24:33If Richard goes to federal prison, what good does that do you two?
24:35He is your flesh and blood.
24:37Are you just going to stand by and watch his life get destroyed?
24:39My dad?
24:40He's a serial liar, not my father.
24:43Don't you understand?
24:44The baby inside me can't grow up without a father.
24:47Please just beg your mother to drop it.
24:51Serena, let me ask you a question.
24:54Is Leo actually Richard's biological son?
24:56Of course he is.
24:57What kind of bullshit are you talking about?
24:59Oh, really?
25:00Then let's just wait for the...
25:01Oh, really?
25:02Then let's just wait for the court-ordered DNA paternity test.
25:05It'll all be there in black and white.
25:07Serena looked like she had seen a ghost.
25:09She spun around and practically stumbled away.
25:11Arthur went to the authorities.
25:13The district attorney and the FBI have officially opened a case.
25:16Grand corporate embezzlement.
25:18By tomorrow, Richard will be in handcuffs, sitting in the county jail.
25:22Mom, just how many more cards are you hiding up your sleeve?
25:26Chloe, the biggest regret of my life was letting my CPA license expire to take care of this family.
25:32I don't regret marrying Richard.
25:34But I do regret trapping myself in the shell of a housewife whose only value was tied to the kitchen.
25:40Mom, you are the most badass, ruthless woman I have ever known.
25:47Silly girl, I'm not a badass.
25:49I just couldn't let you grow up thinking that when a woman gets betrayed, her only option is to suffer
25:54in silence.
25:56Word spread fast.
25:57Arthur called Eleanor within the hour.
26:00Eleanor, they got him.
26:01He broke down in the interrogation room and confessed to everything fogging like a baby.
26:04The Oakmiot house is in Serena's name, but the down payment and the mortgage were paid using corporate funds.
26:09Arthur, I've already compiles the paper trap.
26:11Don't worry, Eleanor.
26:12Serena isn't getting away either.
26:14The DA is nailing her as an accomplice for money laundering and receiving stolen property.
26:20Grab your coat, Chloe.
26:22You're taking a drive.
26:23Grab your coat, Chloe.
26:24You're taking a drive.
26:26To Oprah?
26:28To see Serena?
26:30No.
26:31To county jail.
26:32I'm handing your father the divorce settlement myself.
26:38Eleanor, I messed up.
26:39Please drop the charges.
26:40I can't do prison time.
26:42Richard, the property settlement is finalized.
26:44You sign and you walk away with nothing.
26:46The house, the bank accounts, the cars, they all go to me.
26:49You don't have to sign.
26:5118 million in wire form will get you at least 10 years in federal lockup.
26:56I can just finalize the divorce while you're rotting in a cell.
27:00Oh, Eleanor, you can't be this cold.
27:0230 years of marriage.
27:04Cold?
27:06When you were screwing another woman in the family suite at the Grandalist and dropping 23 grand on her diamond
27:11necklace, did you think about our 30 years then?
27:20Son, you have zero leverage here.
27:30Eleanor, can you arrange for me to see Leo?
27:33He's my son.
27:37Richard, there is one last thing you should know.
27:40The police raided Serena's place.
27:43They confested her phone.
27:45It had all your texts and bank transfers.
27:53But they also found some records you didn't know about.
27:56What records?
27:57While she was playing house with you, Serena was sleeping with three other men.
28:02Two of them she's known since before she even met you.
28:11The DNA test on Leo came back yesterday.
28:14The DNA test on Leo came back yesterday.
28:17He is not your son.
28:20Bullshit!
28:21You're lying to me!
28:25This is the official lab report.
28:27Want to read it?
28:28She swore...
28:29She swore Leo was mine.
28:32She also swore you were the sanctuary for her soul.
28:35You got played, Richard.
28:37From day one, you were nothing but a walking ATM.
28:45Serena!
28:48Enjoy yourself, Richard.
28:5030 years of marriage and this is the absolute last thing I will ever do for you.
29:00Three months later, the court handed down the verdict.
29:03Richard was convicted of corporate embezzlement and wire fraud.
29:07The judge handed him 15 years in federal prison.
29:11But that wasn't all.
29:12He caught an additional charge for aggravated assault.
29:16After the DNA results came back,
29:18he had his lawyer arrange a face-to-face visit with Serena at the jail.
29:21The two of them got into a vicious argument.
29:24Richard snapped,
29:25launched across the table and wrapped his hands around her throat.
29:28She suffered severe trauma and lost the baby.
29:31The aggravated assault charge stuck.
29:33The judge tacked it on, bringing his total sentence to 50 years.
29:38Serena was convicted of receiving stolen property and money laundering.
29:41She got three years in prison, suspended for four years of probation.
29:45But her karma went way beyond that.
29:48She lost the baby.
29:49She lost the Oakbrook mansion.
29:50She lost every single dime Richard spent on her.
29:54As for Leo's real father, she couldn't even name the guy herself.
29:58The three-year-old ended up in the foster care system.
30:05Mom, what's going to happen to Leo?
30:06Mom, what's going to happen to Leo?
30:08He's Serena's problem, not ours.
30:10Eleanor eventually opened her own boutique CPA firm.
30:13The client list was small, strictly word of mouth.
30:15She swore she would never kill her career for anyone ever again.
30:19I quit my corporate job and passed the CPA exam.
30:22Now, I'm working as her junior partner.
30:25The two of us are living better than we ever did before.
30:29As for Richard, a 50-year sentence means he's going to die in a cage.
30:34Sometimes I wonder if the regrets keep him awake at night.
30:37But mostly, I just don't think about him at all.
30:41He isn't my father anymore.
30:43Eleanor was right.
30:44The one thing a woman can never afford to give up on is herself.
30:48Lesson learned.
30:49I will never forget it.
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