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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 cleanless 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 night 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
01:07estate
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
02:20out 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
02:39on the 14th of last month valentine's day a charge of twenty three thousand dollars
02:43merchant lumimico fine jewelry the gift my mom received that day was a twenty dollar bouquet of
02:49grocery store carnations my legs gave out and i collapsed into my desk chair
02:58richard 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 open
03:58the door to his home office he was typing away at his computer dad brought you some coffee
04:10dad i saw a crazy story online today what kind of story
04:17some 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 right dad
04:28i 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 their own
04:48business you don't get a vote are we clear you don't get a vote are we clear crystal clear
04:56i 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
05:08driveway i 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 can you at least tell me what
05:39the
05:39woman with him looked like she 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 pulling up the address for
05:58the lunaco boutique i'd found last night i took a cab straight there and flagged down an older sale
06:04associate hi was there a necklace purchase under richard sterling on the 14th of last month
06:10yes of course mr sterling is one of our vip clients he came in that day with a very charming
06:16young woman and purchased our limited edition diamond necklace do you happen to know the woman's
06:20name do you happen to know the woman's name serena i believe he kept calling her his sweet
06:27serena they were very affectionate she kept insisting the necklace was too expensive but he absolutely
06:33refused to take no for an answer when i got home eleanor was out on the balcony watering her
06:39potted hydrangeas hey chloe what do you want for lunch i can whip something up her hair was tied back
06:48in a loose bone mom what'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 a job i'm in my 50s honey
07:11besides richard won't hear of it he says he makes enough to take care of us and i should just
07:16relax
07:16at home i stared at the green leaves on the balcony my chest felt like someone was sitting on it
07:21i
07:21couldn't just drop the bomb on her she had high blood pressure a shock like this could put her in
07:25the hospital i needed hard proof i needed to find this serena i needed hard proof i needed to find
07:32this serena i searched through hashtag after hashtag on pictogram finally i found an account called serena
07:38slash soul art her grid was a curated gallery of over filtered aesthetic lifestyle shots i started
07:45scrolling a post from the 14th of last month the photo was a tight shot of the lumina necklace against
07:50a woman's colobine the caption read he says traditional marriage's cage built for the world and i am the
07:55only safe harbor his soul has ever know i let out a harsh bark of a laugh sanctuary for his
07:59soul
08:00swiping my family's credit card for a 23 000 piece of jewelry and you're talking about a fucking soul
08:06further down a post from last weekend location tag the grand elysian resort the photo showed a small
08:14hand resting on a larger man's hand the caption a 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 the carpet pattern in the background was a perfect match for the family
08:31suite on the grand elysian's website and in the corner of the frame strapped to the man's wrist
08:34was a chronos watch it was the same watch i'd bought richard for his birthday last year with my
08:39first internship paycheck i screenshot everything and dumped it into an encrypted folder most of her
08:44location tags hovered around oak roll estates houses there started at 10 million dollars richard was
08:52just a partner at a real estate firm where was he getting that kind of cash how's the job hunt
08:59going
08:59chloe if nothing's biting i can set you up with a junior analyst position at the firm that night richard
09:05came 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 stubborn just like your mother looking at him
09:18my stomach
09:19turned hey dad i drove past oak book states today those mansions look incredible
09:29what were you doing over there
09:34just driving through heard a lot of indie artists live there must be nice richard slammed his fork down
09:41the metal scraped against the ceramic with a harsh grating sound chloe why are you so fixated on this
09:48shallow crap all of a sudden always obsessing about how much money other people have what about your own
09:53life i just made a comment why are you snapping at me
10:01i'm trying to teach you some values keep your feet on the ground and don't start acting like some money
10:08hungry gold digger
10:12all right all right richard she just made an observation why are you getting so worked up drink
10:18this cool off eleanor quickly stepped in richard picked up the glass
10:23his hand was shaking slightly the next day the next day i blew off my afternoon plans and drove
10:29straight to oak rook estates security was posted at the front gate and there was no way i was getting
10:34past it so i parked outside a coffee shop across the street grabbed a seat by the window and watched
10:39for three straight hours at 2 p.m a white stallion v8 suv pulled out of the gates and parked
10:44next to a
10:44florist on the corner the door opened a woman stepped out wearing a linen maxi dress she was very thin
10:49with long hair down to her waist she definitely had that airy artistic vibe it was serena no question
10:55she went into the shop and came out holding a massive bouquet of white roses i tossed some cash
11:00onto the table walked out of the coffee shop and followed her from half a block behind she didn't
11:04go back to the suv instead she carried the flowers half a block further and walked into elite montessori
11:10academy 10 minutes later 10 minutes later she walked out holding the hand of a little blonde boy
11:15maybe three years old he was dressed in a tailored prep school uniform clutching 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
11:32the boy asked looking up at her serena ruffled his blonde hair i stepped right into the middle of
11:39the sidewalk blocking her path serena stopped a slight frown forming excuse me can i help you
11:47you're serena right i'm richard sterling's daughter excuse me can i help you you're serena right
11:53i'm richard sterling's daughter i don't know any richard bullshit want me to post the receipts from
11:59the grand elysium all over pingram or the purchase receipt for the lumina diamond necklace you're wearing
12:03around your neck right now what do you want a chat
12:14let's track me down i'll play it straight your dad and i it's true love true love maxing out my
12:19family'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 to your mother richard is just a walking atm a tool but
12:28with
12:28me he actually feels alive i'm his soulmate the only one who truly gets him you're disgusting
12:33fucking pathetic disgusting richard buys me houses he buys me cars he begs to spend his money on me
12:39you know why because i make him feel like a king while your mother she's just a desperate housewife
12:45smelling of cheap vanilla extract and cleaner her words twisted him in my head but eleanor
12:50waited her entire life to build this family and this homewrecker had the nerve to reduce her to a
12:54punchline the oakmore house richard bought it the oakmore house richard bought it yep my name is on the
13:01deed paid in full cash i stood frozen every muscle in my body shook
13:08that evening richard walked through the front door right at 7 00 p.m a rarity
13:15you went to see serena today yes richard are you insane ask her what she did showing up at an
13:26elite
13:26private school to cause a scene like some street trash you completely humiliated me caused a scene
13:32caused a scene i just wanted to see what kind of soulmate you stash in a 20 million dollar cash
13:38house
13:39chloe what are you talking about shut the hell up chloe one more word out of your mouth and you
13:42can
13:42pack your bags and get the fuck out of my house i'm not the one who should get out you
13:46are you're the
13:47one keeping a mistress behind our backs you even have a fucking three-year-old bastard child
13:54fine since it's out in the open i won't bother hiding it
13:58yes leo is my son serena is my woman eleanor i planned to handle this after chloe got married and
14:05moved out so she blew the lid off let's set the rules i'm not filing for divorce and there'll still
14:11be mrs stirruy the status quo remains i'll keep paying your credit card limits and household expenses
14:17i'll be moving forward i'll be spending three nights a week at oak pro don't interfere don't cause a scene
14:21let's handle this like adults and if i refuse refuse then go get a lawyer and file for divorce
14:28but i promise you you won't get a dime you'll walk away with absolutely nothing you're in your 50s
14:34with health issues without me how exactly are you going to survive you sick fuck you sick fuck
14:41oh he dropped the knife mom he doesn't get to treat us like this are you done with the hysterics
14:49i'm sleeping at oak work tonight call me when you're ready to be reasonable
14:55mom i'm sorry i'm useless i don't know how to help you
14:59silly girl why are you calling
15:07mom why do you have
15:08did you think that follow-up call from the concierge was actually random
15:13i paid the concierge to make that call it was time you saw exactly what kind of piece of shit
15:18you've been calling dad chloe richard really thought i spent the last 30 years as some
15:22brainless housewife who only knows how to bake cookies he forgot one detail 30 years ago i was
15:28the youngest senior cpa in the state did you really think his shell companies and offshore trusts could
15:34slip past me mom you've known this whole time six months before you did i knew the exact day he
15:40made
15:40his first attempt to wire funds to a cayman islands account why didn't you just confront him
15:44because that wasn't enough why didn't you just confront him because that wasn't enough to nail
15:49him to the wall i was waiting waiting for him to cash out the largest smump and put the asset
15:54directly in that woman's name eleanor walked straight to the bookshelf she smoothly pulled
15:59out a heavy copy of principles of corporate vance tucked away in the back of the third row
16:03the center of the book was hollowed out inside lay a black encrypted flash drive she plugged the drive
16:10into a usb port the screen lit up and her fingers flew over the keyboard as she entered a long
16:16complex passcode a hidden encrypted directory popped up a hidden encrypted directory popped up
16:22it was packed with excel strep sheets bank statements and scanned pdfs of signed documents
16:27he's a control freak who trusts no one every illegal wire transfer he made he kept the master ledger himself
16:33mom with this we can absolutely destroy him in divorce court right not enough that's not what i want
16:38then what do you want i want him in a jumpsuit rotting in a cell
16:45half the money he wired to those offshore accounts was company funds he used serena's gallery as a
16:50front fake invorses cooked books and nearly 18 million dollars laundered out of the company
16:55that's corporate embezzlement and wire fraud clear-cut federal felonies
17:01there are two other senior partners at his firm those two old men barely check the ledgers they just
17:06collect their dividend checks at the end of the year but if they find out richard hollowed out
17:11their retirement funds to act as a sugar dad to his mistress what do you think they'll do
17:17the next day eleanor acted like nothing had happened she went to the butcher for steaks as usual
17:22and smiled at the neighbors across the street richard didn't set foot in the house for three straight
17:28days on the afternoon of the fourth day eleanor suddenly called me chloe eleanor suddenly called
17:34me chloe drop what you're doing get to memorial downtown hospital right now
17:40i found her in the crowded hallway outside the er she stood like a statue her eyes locked on the
17:45billing counter down the hall richard was standing in line anxiously checking his watch over and over
17:50serena was clutching her stomach her face as white as a bed sheet the little boy leo was yanking on
17:56her
17:56dress and wailing loudly what happened serena's showing signs of a miscarriage richard bailed on
18:02a major board meeting and sped here to get her to the er she's pregnant again she's pregnant again
18:07yep what do you think richard's most desperate for right now he's out of cash flow he drained all
18:14the liquid assets and dumped them into the oakmore house and her gallery the firm's accounts are empty
18:19if he doesn't plug the hole by next week he can't even make payroll so how is he going to
18:24cover it
18:25he wants to take out a second mortgage on our house he texted me yesterday telling me to get
18:30the original deed ready said the firm had a minor cash flow hiccup and needed my signature
18:36you didn't sign it did you you didn't sign it did you of course not not only will i not
18:42give him
18:42the deed i'm going to hand him a generous gift arthur it's eleanor is richard at the office i can't
18:49reach
18:49him anywhere no eleanor richard said he had to meet a key developer he won't be back in the office
18:54this afternoon a developer that's strange i just bumped into him in maternity world at memorial
18:59downtown he was holding up a pregnant young woman i assumed it was one of the firm's employees having
19:04an emergency eleanor are you absolutely sure he was in the maternity world yes i even snapped a quick
19:09photo to ask him about it later oh well maybe my eyes are tricks on me arthur please don't mention
19:14i
19:14called you know how much he hates me prying into his business richard is our baby gonna be okay
19:24don't worry sweetheart the doctor said it's just minor cramping a few days of bed rest and you'll
19:29be fine i watched them walk toward the elevators wrapped in each other's arms and my stomach heaved
19:35for the next few days the house was quiet as a tem richard bombarded eleanor with texts every day
19:40demanding she get the deed ready eleanor brushed him off with vague excuses every time finally
19:46richard snapped friday night he stormed through the front door eleanor what the fuck is taking you so
19:53long eleanor what the fuck is taking you so long the firm is bleeding out and you can't even produce
19:58one damn piece of paper what's the rush the house is in both our names a second mortgage requires my
20:03signature in person with a notary my blood pressure has been spiking i'm not going anywhere eleanor
20:08i know you're still throwing a tantrum over serena but business is business the firm goes under we'll
20:13all end up on the street richard doesn't the firm have over 10 million in cash sitting in the operating
20:18account how could you possibly not make next week's payroll how do you know that that money's been
20:22tied up in a new development project for months i can't just pull it out oh is that so i
20:27thought you
20:28pulled that cash out to buy that mansion in oakwood you've been investigating me you've been
20:31investigating me you left a trail a mile wide don't push your fucking luck eleanor you won't sign
20:36let the firm burn to the ground we'll all go down together bullshit those debts are in your name
20:40they have nothing to do with my mom nothing to do with her go look up marital debt chloe you
20:45think
20:45you're so smart the two of you combined couldn't outplay me if you tried mom is he telling the
20:50truth calm down chloe i don't start a war unless i know i've already won saturday morning eleanor drove
20:55us out to oakwood estates we didn't try to get past the gates she parked across the street in the
21:00lot
21:00of an exclusive private golf club mom what are we doing here we're waiting for someone a few minutes
21:05later a black mercedes s-class pulled into the lot and parked next to us eleanor you said on the
21:11phone
21:11yesterday you have hard proof that richard has been sifling corporate assets arthur let's talk in the
21:15car it's all in there every wire transfer and forged invoice richard routed through serena's gallery over
21:20the last six months it totals 18 million dollars that son of a bitch i treated him like a partner
21:25for years and he treated me like his fucking atm no wonder he swore up and down the accounts were
21:29dry
21:29when the contractors demanded payment last month arthur he's currently trying to take out a second
21:33mortgage on my house to plug this exact hole if he gets that mortgage the books will balance
21:37come the year-end audit you won't find a single trace of this over my dead body eleanor what's
21:42your play over my dead body eleanor what's your play i want him ruined i want him to spit out
21:47every
21:47cent he swallowed with interest but i need your board authority to launch an internal audit and call
21:52the feds consider it done eleanor there is nothing i despise more than a fool who burns down a company
21:57for a mistress monday morning at nine light a.m right after richard luck two black suvs holding
22:03to our driveway
22:08mrs eleanor stirring we're court officers acting on behalf of the state supreme court this is an
22:12asset freezing order we need your signature
22:17arthur moved faster than i anticipated mrs sterling we now need to confiscate all deeds and title documents
22:23related to this property please cooperate
22:30mom didn't you say we were gonna wait how is this happening so fast
22:37if i waited any longer he'd have mortgaged this house to cover the hole he created
22:41my legal team secured an emergency asset freezing order right now every bank account trust fund and
22:48property in his name including that house in oak rook is frozen
22:56just how massive was the net my mother had woven over the last six months
23:07chloe has your mother lost her fucking mind she had the court freeze my corporate accounts
23:13where is she put her on the phone eleanor what the fuck are you doing do you realize the firm's
23:19entire operating capital is frozen every project has ground to a halt if the developers sue me for
23:25breach of contract i'll be ruined that's the point richard i filed against you for infidelity
23:32marital dissipation of assets corporate embezzlement and wire fraud the court has officially accepted the
23:38filings what did you say i said i want a divorce but not your let's handle this like adults version
23:48you are going to walk away with zero you're crazy on what grounds do you think you can take everything
23:54on the grounds that you illegally transferred 23 million dollars in marital assets on the grounds that
24:01you embezzled 18 million dollars from the company
24:07and on the strength of every piece of evidence in my possession eleanor you think you can beat me let
24:13me
24:13tell you chloe listen to me from this second forward do not believe a single word out of richard's mouth
24:24the day after the assets were frozen serena showed up at our house chloe tell your mother to drop the
24:31lawsuit why the hell should i if richard goes to federal prison what good does that do you to
24:35he is your flesh and blood are you just gonna stand by and watch his life get destroyed my dad
24:40he's a serial liar not my father don't you understand the baby inside me can't grow up without a father
24:47please just beg your mother to drop it serena let me ask you a question is leo actually richard's
24:55biological son of course he is what kind of bullshit are you talking about oh really
25:00then let's just wait for the really then let's just wait for the court order dna paternity test
25:05it'll all be there in black and white serena looked like she'd seen a ghost she spun around
25:09and practically stumbled away arthur went to the authorities the district attorney and the fbi have
25:14officially opened a case grand corporate embezzlement by tomorrow richard will be in handcuffs sitting in
25:21the county jail mom just how many more cards are you hiding up your sleeve chloe the biggest regret of
25:28my life was letting my cpa license expire to take care of this family i 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
25:41mom you are the most badass ruthless woman i have ever known
25:47silly girl i'm not a badass i just couldn't let you grow up thinking that when a woman gets betrayed
25:52her only option is to suffer in silence word spread fast arthur called eleanor within the hour
25:59eleanor they got him he broke down in the interrogation room confessed to everything
26:03fogging like a baby the oakmiot house is in serena's name but the down payment and the mortgage
26:08were paid using corporate funds arthur i've already compiled the paper trap don't worry eleanor
26:12serena isn't getting away either the da is nailing her as an accomplice for money laundering and
26:18receiving stolen property grab your coat chloe you're taking the drive grab your coat chloe
26:24you're taking the drive to oprah to see serena no to county jail i'm handing your father the
26:34divorce settlement myself eleanor i messed up please drop the charges i can't do prison time
26:42richard the property settlement is finalized you sign and you walk away with nothing the house the bank
26:47accounts the cars they all go to me you don't have to sign 18 million in wire ford will get
26:53you at
26:53least 10 years of federal lock-up i can just finalize the divorce while you're rotting in a cell
27:00eleanor you can't be this cold 30 years of marriage cold when you were screwing another woman in the
27:08family suite at the grand list and dropping 23 grand on her diamond necklace did you think about our 30
27:1330 years then
27:20son you have zero leverage here
27:30eleanor can you arrange for me to see leo he's my son
27:37richard there is one last thing you should know the police raided serena's place
27:44they confesseded her phone it had all your texts and bank transfers
27:53but they also found some records you didn't know about what records while she was playing house with
27:59you serena was sleeping with three other men two of them she's known since before she even met you
28:06what the fuck are you talking about
28:11the dna test on leo came back yesterday the dna test on leo came back yesterday
28:17he is not your son
28:24this is the official lab report want to read it she swore she swore leo was mine
28:32she also swore you were the sanctuary for her soul you got played richard from day one you were nothing
28:39but a walking atm
28:46serena
28:48enjoy yourself richard 30 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 richard was convicted of corporate embezzlement and wire fraud
29:07the judge handed him 15 years in federal prison
29:11but that wasn't all he caught an additional charge for aggravated assault
29:15after the dna results came back he had his lawyer arrange a face-to-face visit with serena at the
29:20jail
29:21the two of them got into a vicious argument
29:23richard snapped launched across the table and wrapped his hands around her throat
29:28she suffered severe trauma and lost the baby
29:30the aggravated assault charge stuck the 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
29:47she lost the baby she lost the oak brook 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
30:04mom what's gonna happen to leo
30:06mom what's gonna 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
30:30a fifty 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
30:50say
30:51do you
30:53You
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