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Don't betray your gold master
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00:02Miss Celeste, something's wrong.
00:08Really for me?
00:09Of course. Celeste cooks at home every day. It doesn't matter what she wears.
00:17Mr. Preston said the wedding is canceled.
00:20Everyone thought I was just a housewife living off a man.
00:23But no one knew. The house he lives in, the company he runs,
00:27even every penny in his account, was all given by me.
00:31Starting today, cut all financial support for Hale Group.
00:39She needs a finale gown for next week's Met Gala red carpet.
00:42Just let her wear it. Pick another ready-made dress for yourself and stop making a scene.
00:48Mr. Hale is right. Off the rack is perfectly fine, so I'll just find myself a new groom who's willing
00:52to wear off the rack with me.
00:53Celeste Ashard, what did you just say?
00:55Preston.
00:57I'm calling off this wedding.
01:02Celeste, sister, don't be so petty.
01:05Preston just feels bad I don't have a stunning gown for next week's Met Gala.
01:07This wedding dress can show its greatest commercial value only on me.
01:10You're always so gentle. Why was being a reasonable now?
01:13Take it off.
01:15Preston, Celeste's sister is so fierce. I'm scared.
01:17Celeste, have you made enough trouble?
01:19Sienna is the cursing of our company's inner toe for our sore jime.
01:21I allocate resources to her for our future family.
01:23As a full-time housefer, there's no need for you to wear such an expensive wedding dress.
01:27Celia, haven't you had enough?
01:30This custom wedding dress took me half a year. How could you borrow it without asking me?
01:35You want my opinion? This wedding dress cost 3 million US dollars and I paid for it.
01:39Everything you wear and use is given by me, Preston Hale. How dare you talk to me about opinions?
01:42Be grateful. Don't take my kindness for granted.
01:45I suddenly felt he was a total stranger. I didn't want to waste words on him.
01:49Stop!
01:50Let go, Preston!
01:52Celeste, don't be stubborn.
01:53Go pick a ready-made dress obediently and the wedding will be held as scheduled next week.
01:56But if you dare to walk out of this door today,
01:58I guarantee no wedding shop in Manhattan will dare to sell you a dress.
02:02Preston, you disgust me.
02:14This is me teaching my fiancé what rules are.
02:18Sister, don't make troubles anymore. Preston is doing this for you too.
02:21It's going to rain heavily soon and you won't even be able to get an Uber.
02:24Suspend all vol of South Vero forms.
02:26Anyone who takes orders for sale Ashfield will be going against the Hale group.
02:31Celeste, your pride is worthless.
02:33Without me, you have nowhere to live in this city.
02:35I give you two hours to reflect.
02:37If you come around, kneel outside and beg me.
02:51Gemma, come get me.
02:52I'm outside the bridal shop on Madison Avenue.
02:55I'm sorry.
02:56Preston just called my father and threatened that if I dare come to pick you,
02:58the Callaway family's capital chain will bar out.
03:00My dad locked me in my room.
03:02Celeste, please give in.
03:03Preston has lost his mind.
03:15Miss Ashfield, Mr. Preston is showing mercy.
03:19Sienna needs someone to hold her gown for the Met Gala tonight.
03:21Mr. said if you put on this dress and accompany her tonight,
03:24your credit cards will be unfreeze tomorrow and you will still have a place reserved for the wedding.
03:27I can tell Preston he can go to hell.
03:29Celeste Ashmard, don't be ignorant.
03:31Do you still think you're the prospective madam?
03:34You are nothing now.
03:35Without Mr. Preston, you can't even afford a meal.
03:38Let go of me!
03:39What are you doing?
03:51Miss Ashfield, if you had known this would happen earlier, why be so stubborn?
03:55A woman can yield a little and gain everything.
03:56You insisted on going against Mr. Preston, yet you are the one suffering in the end.
04:11How did you get this messy?
04:13Celeste, you're just too stubborn.
04:14Obey me, and I'd never let you suffer like this.
04:18My patience is limited.
04:21Go change into that dress at once.
04:23You will hold Sienna's gown later.
04:25If you dare to ruin it...
04:27Give it back! This is my grandma's relic!
04:29Hold the gown for me, and I'll give it back.
04:31If not, I'll smash it right away.
04:38Celeste, come here.
04:43Open it and take a look.
04:44Your grandfather bought this for me.
04:46I've worn this all my life.
04:48It is not expensive, but it's the most precious gift I've ever received,
04:52for it holds one's truest heart.
04:53Remember, there are many precious things in the world, but only one true heart.
04:58When you meet someone who gives you their most sincere heart,
05:01this person is worth of this brooch.
05:04Trash?
05:04Then take back your heart with Ujas Knight.
05:07Grandma, I'll remember.
05:08Don't cry.
05:09My granddaughter is so beautiful, you should smile from now on.
05:19I'll count to three.
05:20Three, two, one.
05:23I'll do it.
05:25Good girl.
05:26Go now.
05:27Sienna is about to make her entrance.
05:42Saliste Ashworth, did I not make myself clear?
05:45Saliste, come on.
05:46Without you holding my trail, the whole look falls apart.
05:48You're really going to do this to me?
05:51Grab her!
06:00Dear reporters, I'm sorry.
06:03This woman is a small assistant obsessed with me.
06:05She crashed backstage to ruin Mrs. St. James' red carpet.
06:08Take her away!
06:14Celeste Ashburn, this is what happens when you disobey.
06:16Sleep on the street tonight and reflect.
06:20Hello?
06:24I need you.
06:25Lucius, come get me.
06:27Tomorrow I want Preston and his Hail Gumply to disappear from New York.
06:31Ten minutes.
06:32I want Preston to pay with his life.
06:51Saliste.
06:59Lucius, my brooch.
07:02Preston has it.
07:03It was my grandmother's.
07:04I'll get it back and break the hand that took it.
07:12Smash.
07:13Has Celeste frozen to death out there?
07:16Go check.
07:16If she's learned her lesson, let her crawl in and serve drinks.
07:27The brooch.
07:28Hand it over.
07:28Who the hell do you think you are?
07:30Daring to interfere in the Hail family's affairs.
07:44Enjoy your last moment in the spotlight, Preston.
07:46When the sun rises tomorrow, the Hail group will cease to exist.
07:57The legal team is ready.
08:02Connect the video conference.
08:09Mrs. Ashford.
08:13Cut off every funding channel to Hail group.
08:15Initiate the patent recovery process and freeze their core production lines.
08:18I'd submit all the evidence of Preston's years of fraud and embezzling through to BSC and the FBI Financial Crimes
08:23Unit.
08:23Before sunrise, I want Hail group stock to be worthless.
08:25Yes, ma'am.
08:28Find out who the hell junked me last night.
08:29I want a name.
08:30I want him dead.
08:31Preston, come on.
08:31That low life's night had Celeste written all over it.
08:33That's the only move she knows.
08:34No money, no power, no leverage.
08:36Just throwing punches from the shadows like a coward.
08:38And today was supposed to be your wedding day.
08:39So where is she right now?
08:40Probably sobbing in some cheap motel, praying you'll feel sorry for her.
08:43Dream on.
08:44She thinks she's tough?
08:45Fine.
08:45Let's see how long she lasts sleeping on the street.
08:46She brought this on herself.
08:48Get every exempt on the phone.
08:49We're throwing Sienna a party tonight.
08:50Same hotel, same date.
08:51I want all of New York to know Celeste Ashwell couldn't even shine Sienna's shoes.
08:55Mr. Hale, sir, we have a serious problem.
08:57What, someone die or did the company go bankrupt?
08:59We're bankrupt.
09:02Preston, what is going on?
09:03If the company's done, what happens to my film deal?
09:06What about my Dior contract?
09:08Get out.
09:09Everyone get out.
09:14Mr. Hale, our biggest silent investor pulled out midnight last night.
09:17500 million.
09:18Gone.
09:19What the hell are you talking about?
09:20Goldman and J.P. Morgan just sent early withdrawal notices.
09:22And that's not all.
09:23Every core patent we hold just had its license forcibly revoked.
09:26Production lines are shut down and pliers are downstairs right now demanding payment.
09:29This can't be right.
09:29This is impossible.
09:31Why did the investor pull out?
09:32Who the hell owns those patents?
09:33I'm paying you people for what exactly?
09:35How did none of you see this coming?
09:37This is the termination notice from legal.
09:38The silent investor and the patent owner, they're the same person.
09:41Her name is Celeste Ashworth.
09:47Celeste Ashfield, that's impossible.
09:49She was nothing.
09:51She stayed home.
09:52She cooked dinner.
09:52She waited for me to come back.
09:53How the hell was she running the money behind my entire company?
09:58Preston Hale, we have a formal complaint and solid evidence that you've been cooking the
10:01books and embezzling, bouncing up to 200 million.
10:03Your company is also being seized by federal court effective immediately for patent infringement
10:06and debt default.
10:10No!
10:10I never embezzled anything.
10:12I'm being set up!
10:16Take them.
10:25With trembling hands, he called the number he once thought was beneath him.
10:32I was wrong.
10:33I was so wrong.
10:34Pull the money back.
10:35Please.
10:36Please.
10:37I'll do anything.
10:38I already cut Sienna off.
10:39She's gone for good.
10:40Please.
10:40Just give me one more chance.
10:41I'll marry you tomorrow.
10:42I swear.
10:42I'll do whatever you say.
10:43Please don't do this to me.
10:45Preston, I gave you my whole heart.
10:50But now, I hold every card.
10:53You're going to pay back every single thing you took.
10:55Federal prison is exactly where you belong.
10:57Don't call me again.
11:14What are you doing?
11:16Who gave you permission to touch my things?
11:19Get lost.
11:21Read it carefully.
11:22The owner of this penthouse has always been Mrs. Celesta Ashworth.
11:25Anything in this apartment that stinks of dog is to be thrown out with the trash.
11:29No exceptions.
11:36This has to be a stunt Celeste pulled to make me jealous.
11:39She's trying to force me to come find her.
11:40It has to be.
11:48Get out of my way.
11:49I'm here for Celeste.
11:52No invitation.
11:53Trespassers die.
11:54Celeste is mine.
11:56Tell Lucius Vox to get his ass out here.
12:13Celeste Ashworth, stop right there.
12:15You can't marry him.
12:16You are my fiance.
12:17Celeste.
12:32Distinguished guests, apologies for the little scene.
12:35The man lying on the floor is none other than the former CEO of Hale Group, Preston Hale.
12:39Not only did he steal our Celeste's wedding dress, he also lived off Celeste's hidden capital for years, freeloading while
12:45pretending to be a big shot.
12:47So he was a freeloer all along.
12:50Disgusting.
12:50Daring to cause a scene at Lucius's event.
12:53Celeste!
12:53I was wrong.
12:54I was really wrong.
12:55I'll give the dress back to you.
12:56I love you.
12:56Please don't marry him.
12:58Come home with me.
12:59Good setting.
13:04Preston Hale.
13:05I never recycle garbage that's been dirtied.
13:08Throw him into the Hudson River.
13:09A complete industry-wide blacklisting.
13:12Anyone who dares give him so much as a script of food is declaring war on the Vos Group.
13:20No visitors without prior approval.
13:35What are you crying for?
13:36I'm not crying, I just...
13:38It was pouring rain outside that night.
13:40I cracked open the curtain in my room just a sliver.
13:42I just stood there by that window the whole time, thinking,
13:44Where are you right now?
13:46Are you cold?
13:47Did you find somewhere to get out of the rain?
13:49That night, I ended up calling Lucius.
13:52Oh right, there's something I've been dying to tell you.
13:54At the wedding when I was roasting Preston on stage,
13:56Lucius' head of security gave me this look from the audience.
13:59That kind of look.
14:00Like...
14:00So that's why I added the boys' broke-ass free-lump litter part.
14:03The captain gave me a thumbs-up from below, quiet-like.
14:31Well, well, if it isn't the great President Preston.
14:35The 50 million you owe us?
14:37When exactly do you plan to pay it back?
14:40No money?
14:40Then we'll take your organs as collateral.
15:01I'm not asking for your forgiveness.
15:04Just give me something to eat.
15:05Preston Hale, even if you kneel until your kneecaps shatter,
15:07you cannot bring back a heart that's already died,
15:09the way you are now.
15:10You're not even fit to be the mud beneath my feet.
15:18Congratulations.
15:19It's a girl.
15:20Perfectly healthy.
15:24Lucius.
15:35She frowned.
15:37She's just making faces.
15:39All newborns do that.
15:43She's so small.
15:45Have you picked a name?
15:47Evangeline.
15:48Why that name?
15:49To me, you're the good news.
15:52And so is she.
15:57Next week, you have a court appearance.
15:59Preston's case?
16:00The FBI and SEC have wrapped up.
16:02Embezzlement plus patent emplangement,
16:03multiple charges combined.
16:04The prosecutor has been in touch with you
16:05and hopes you'll testify as the primary injured party.
16:08I'll go.
16:09It's time for closure.
16:12I'll wait for you outside.
16:19My client admits to certain financial irregularities,
16:21but requests the court consider that Hale Group's core operations
16:24were long subject to hidden capital manipulation by a third party,
16:26and the defendant himself was also a deceiver.
16:28The defense is attempting to conflate cause and effect.
16:30The defendant's embezzlement is fully documented
16:32through bank records and signed authorizations,
16:34entirely unrelated to any so-called capital manipulator.
16:36Please, the injured party's witness may speak.
16:43Over the past five years,
16:4470% of Hale Group's core patents
16:46were held and licensed by my personally owned offshore companies.
16:48Meanwhile, 40% of Hale Group's operating capital
16:51originated from continuous injections
16:52by the Asher and Capital Venture Fund that I founded.
16:55These funds and patent licenses
16:57were granted based on my personal trust in Preston Hall.
16:59But after obtaining these resources,
17:01he not only falsified accounts and embezzled funds
17:03over an extended period,
17:04but also diverted company assets for private use,
17:06including but not limiting goods for a third party,
17:08incurring its luxurious hotel expenses
17:10and transferring assets to private accounts.
17:27Well, well, if it ain't President Hale.
17:30Victor sent me to collect your protection money.
17:32500 bucks.
17:33Not a big deal, right?
17:34I mean, you used to blow a few mil on a wedding dress
17:36for your girl.
17:37500 is pocket change for a guy like you, yeah?
17:38I don't have any money.
17:39No money.
17:40No worries.
17:42There are other ways to pay.
17:44Before rec time ends tonight,
17:46you get these over to cell 211 and B Block.
17:49Hand them to a guy named Hector.
17:51I'm not gonna...
18:00Good boy.
18:09Well, well, big shot Hale reading magazines now.
18:13Yo, boys, get over here.
18:14Hale's over here reading about the Plaza Hotel.
18:16Missing your old lady, are you?
18:17Which plaza?
18:18The one where Lucius Vos had his wedding?
18:20Damn right it is.
18:20That's the wedding where he got pinned to the floor.
18:24Give it back.
18:36In here, you're nothing but garbage.
18:39You get that?
18:49Verdict's in.
18:5017 years.
18:55What about Sienna St. James?
18:56What do you plan to do about her?
18:58The three million she transferred from Preston's private account?
19:01Every transaction has a complete fun trail.
19:03When did you prepare all this?
19:04The night she sent those taunting messages.
19:06She thought I was crying.
19:07Actually, I was compiling evidence.
19:10From now on,
19:11the only thing you need to do during the small hours of the morning
19:13is sleep peacefully by my side.
19:22Are you sure you want to go tonight?
19:26If you don't show up,
19:27tomorrow's headline on the New York Post will be
19:29Lucius Vos snubs Empire State Gala
19:30cuts ties with New York's social scene.
19:33The higher you stand,
19:34the more you need to show everyone you're standing steady.
19:44Don't worry, ma'am.
19:45I'll be watching over the Little Miss the whole time.
19:47I had the head of security go through tonight's guest list ahead of time.
19:50Anything I should watch out for?
19:51Preston's mother, Viviana Hale.
19:53Her being on the guest list isn't surprising.
19:54The Empire State Charity Gala
19:55never turns away anyone with a donation record.
20:07Lucius!
20:08So this is Ms. Ashworth.
20:10What an honor.
20:11Wall Street says the mastermind behind Ashwin Capital
20:13is the most mysterious capital hunter in years.
20:16Didn't expect a young woman in L.E. Sassoud showing up to a dinner party.
20:19I like her.
20:20Lucius, your wife is way more interesting than you.
20:23You look stunning tonight.
20:27The real show hasn't started yet.
20:33She's looking over.
20:35I know.
20:36I'll go make her leave.
20:37No.
20:38Let her come.
20:39Marrying the richest man in all of New York,
20:41that's quite a stroke of luck.
20:42Thank you, Mrs. Vivian,
20:44but richest might not be quite accurate.
20:46Lucius' description is his,
20:47often as mine is mine.
20:49Mrs. Ashington,
20:50or should I say Mrs. Voss,
20:51I'm not here tonight to catch up on old times.
20:53This is a handwritten letter from Preston,
20:55from federal prison.
20:56These past six months behind balls,
20:57he's been reflecting every single day.
20:59A mother watching her son waste away behind bars.
21:01Can you understand that?
21:02Mrs. Viviani,
21:04Preston Hale's sentence was handed out by a federal court
21:05based on his own criminal conduct.
21:07Empezzlement,
21:08patent infringement,
21:08multiple charges,
21:0917 years,
21:10that's nothing I can change.
21:11Of course you can.
21:12Preston is my only son.
21:13I spoiled him growing up.
21:14Can you bear to watch a young man
21:15who once had everything just
21:16rot away in prison?
21:18Mrs. Vivian,
21:20Preston Hale locked me out of a bridal shop in a rainstorm,
21:22cut off all my cards,
21:23blocked every last escape route,
21:24threw me in the mud.
21:25Where were you when all of that was happening?
21:26I'm not taking this letter.
21:28Preston's time,
21:29he can serve it himself.
21:30Mrs. Ashford,
21:31you think you've won?
21:32Whether I won or not doesn't matter.
21:34What matters is Preston lost.
21:36You know,
21:36I placed seven of my own people
21:37on the whole group's board of directors.
21:39Preston may be down,
21:40but my people are still there.
21:41They keep liquidate everything.
21:42The funds.
21:43What did she say?
21:45She told me Hale Group still has
21:46400 million in offshore assets
21:47hidden away by her.
21:48You!
21:49Under federal law,
21:50failure to report is also a crime.
21:53But don't worry,
21:53I'm not a prosecutor.
21:54I have no obligation to collect evidence for the FBI.
21:56But you'd better pray those trust structures
21:58in the Bahamas are airtight.
22:00Celeste Ashford,
22:01you think you're something special?
22:02You're nothing but a gold digger who married up?
22:04I've been running New York High Society for 30 years.
22:07You think marrying some rich man
22:08puts you above me?
22:09Mrs. Vivian,
22:10I recorded that for you.
22:11Mrs. Vivian,
22:12you've given me quite the surprise tonight.
22:13Mr. Lucius,
22:14that comment just now,
22:15I spoke out of line.
22:17A mother will say anything for her son.
22:18I hope you can understand.
22:20Celeste,
22:20it shouldn't be like this between us.
22:22Preston did wrong,
22:23I won't deny that,
22:23but you were together for five years.
22:25Five years.
22:26You're a charm.
22:27Just to see,
22:27show off your feelings.
22:28Don't you miss what you had,
22:29not even a little?
22:30That pearl necklace you're wearing?
22:31Preston bought it with Hale Group's
22:32Q2 Operating Profit.
22:33Brilliant.
22:34This is when we are here
22:34in the end circle.
22:35Lend you that much.
22:36All right,
22:36I'll remember your attitude today.
22:39Celeste at Ashworth.
22:40Oh, by the way,
22:41I heard you just had a mom
22:42who wears little girl.
22:43Evangeline, right?
22:44What a pretty name.
22:44Kids every month.
22:45Last month out on Long Island,
22:46a baby got snatched
22:47right out of her crib
22:48and still hasn't been found.
22:49I was just concerned about the child.
22:51Why so tense, Mr. Lucius?
22:54That looks very heroic.
23:00What did you say to her?
23:02Nothing much.
23:03Just told her the truth.
23:04If anything happens to Evangeline,
23:05I'll make sure Vivania Hale
23:07is alive to watch herself
23:08turn into pieces.
23:09She won't just say nothing
23:10like Preston.
23:12I know.
23:12Preston is stupid,
23:13so for himself,
23:14he's the whole war revolves around him,
23:15but Vivian,
23:15she's poison.
23:16Starting now,
23:17the estate goes to maximum security.
23:18Evangeline has round-the-clock protection.
23:19You really think she'd go after Eveline?
23:23There's nothing she wouldn't do.
23:24I used to think
23:26leaving Preston would be the end of it.
23:27Turns out I just jumped
23:28from one mud pole
23:29straight into another battlefield.
23:36Interesting.
23:45Wait for me.
23:46Mrs. Hale,
23:48the decor is beautiful.
23:50White pamini and chesanthalum,
23:51very traditional style.
23:53You know flower art, too?
23:54I only know white pamini
23:55symbolizes nobility.
23:57It's rather ironic
23:57for this occasion.
23:59Take a seat.
24:00I've reserved the main table
24:01especially for you
24:02and Mr. Lucius.
24:03There are many important guests tonight.
24:05You should have a pleasant chat.
24:10Surprise!
24:11I heard you haven't met
24:12your stepmother
24:13for a long time.
24:14Family bonds need mending.
24:16I took the liberty
24:17of contacting
24:18Mrs. Margaret for you.
24:20Mrs. Hale,
24:20you've been investigating
24:21my family background.
24:22Business is all about
24:23knowing your rival.
24:24You looked into my son's accounts.
24:25I looked into your family tree.
24:27We're even.
24:27Margaret was Celeste's stepmother.
24:29Less than a year
24:29after her mother passed away,
24:30she married into
24:31the Ashfield family.
24:32She spent a decade
24:33draining the family trust fund,
24:34transferring all real estate
24:35stocks and artworks
24:36into her own offshore companies.
24:38When she turned 18
24:39and found her tuition frozen,
24:40she finally realized
24:41her stepmother had emptied
24:42the entire family fort.
24:43Celeste finished her finance degree
24:45on a full scholarship
24:46and built Ashtine Decapital
24:47from scratch on Wall Street
24:48within three years.
24:49While Margaret fled to Switzerland
24:50with the stolen family fortune,
24:52living a wealthy life abroad,
24:53the two had not met
24:54for nearly a decade.
24:55What are you trying to tell me?
24:59Everyone has a weak spot.
25:01Your past is yours to hide.
25:05Margaret told me
25:05many interesting things.
25:07Your mother's death
25:08was not simply heart disease.
25:09At 18,
25:10you were almost driven out
25:11and worked two years
25:12to survive.
25:13Enough.
25:14Mrs. Vivian,
25:16you spent $5 million
25:17to buy the name right
25:17of tonight's gala,
25:18flow my from Switzerland
25:19to New York,
25:19dug my old scars in front of me,
25:20all of this just to force me
25:21to sign Preston Settlement Greek?
25:22No, no, no.
25:23I'm just reminding you.
25:24If your past gets exposed,
25:26your company's reputation
25:27will collapse.
25:27Wall Street never tolerates
25:28a tainted founder.
25:29This contains all the documents
25:31Margaret provided,
25:32your mother's real medical records,
25:34the full asset transfer chain
25:35of the Ashford family,
25:36and the original will signed
25:37by your father
25:37without your name on it.
25:39What do you want?
25:39It's simple.
25:40First, sign a letter of leniency
25:42to reduce Preston's sentence
25:43to within five years.
25:44Second, withdraw all claims
25:45on Hale's offshore assets.
25:46Third, pull your husband's legal team
25:48out of the Bahamas' trust.
25:49That money is Preston's capital
25:50for a comeback.
25:51What if I refuse?
25:52Tomorrow morning's
25:53New York Post headline will read,
25:54Wall Street tycoon's dark past,
25:56mysterious mother's death,
25:57family fortune feud.
25:58You're clever,
25:59but not flawless.
26:00Everyone has a past,
26:01and the past can always
26:02be used as leverage.
26:06Mrs. Hale,
26:06you've made a foolish mistake.
26:08What did you say?
26:08You dug up my past
26:09and found my weaknesses,
26:11but you made a fatal mistake.
26:12I've long stopped caring
26:13about others' judgment.
26:15That only proves
26:15I built everything
26:16with my own two hands.
26:17I never relied on any man,
26:19nor stole from anyone.
26:20You keep this USB drive.
26:21Feel free to send
26:22all those stories to the media.
26:23I'd like to see whose story
26:24the public will believe more,
26:25a self-made Wall Street
26:26businesswoman
26:26or a wealthy lady
26:27who stole stepdaughter's fortune.
26:29Lucius, let's go.
26:34As they walked out of the bank...
26:44Are you all right?
26:45I was trembling inside just now.
26:48I know.
26:49You did well.
26:51I've never told you
26:52about my mother.
26:53You don't have to talk
26:54about it now.
26:55She didn't die
26:55of a heart attack.
26:56I was only seven
26:57when it happened.
26:57I heard my father and Margaret
26:58arguing that night
26:59followed by a loud door slam.
27:00The next day,
27:00they told me she was gone.
27:01Her doctor resigned
27:02and moved to Switzerland
27:03soon after.
27:03Do you want to reopen
27:04the investigation?
27:05I need a trusted
27:05private investigator
27:06to look into her
27:07medical records in Switzerland.
27:08I'll arrange it right away.
27:09We have a legal team
27:09in Geneva
27:10for cross-court investigations.
27:11Lucius, thank you.
27:12No need to thank me.
27:14You're my wife.
27:15Your enemies are mine.
27:16Miss Ashford,
27:17these files hit every
27:18major outlet at 3 a.m.
27:19Times, Journal, Post,
27:20CNN, Fox, Bloomberg.
27:22Bloomberg's the only one
27:22who called us.
27:23The rest are already digging.
27:24Get legal.
27:24I want a full statement
27:25ready now and call
27:26Bloomberg's editor.
27:27Tell them I'll sit down
27:28with them today.
27:28Three o'clock.
27:29Got it.
27:29Hey, one more thing.
27:30I had our Swiss team
27:31pull my mother's
27:32original medical records
27:33last night,
27:33the real ones,
27:34untouched,
27:34add a summary to the statement
27:35and pull up everything
27:36on her attending physician,
27:37Robert Keller.
27:38He walked out of New York
27:3823 years ago
27:39and landed at some
27:39private clinic in Zurich.
27:41That clinic,
27:41majority shareholder
27:42is Margaret Ashworth.
27:44At three o'clock
27:45that afternoon,
27:46the interview aired.
27:47Mrs. Ashford,
27:48regarding your mother's death.
27:48Yes, I'm formally requesting
27:50the New York State DA
27:51to reopen the case.
27:52We have new evidence
27:53showing her attending
27:54physician had a significant
27:55financial relationship
27:56with my stepmother.
27:57This isn't a family matter.
27:59This is a criminal investigation.
28:01And the funding
28:01behind Ashford Capital?
28:02Every dollar has a paper trail.
28:04Full bank records,
28:05full tax filings.
28:06I welcome the SEC,
28:07the IRA,
28:07any regulator to audit us.
28:09If there's a single dollar
28:10out of place,
28:12I'll take full legal response.
28:1324 hours,
28:14the story flipped completely.
28:15The New York Times
28:15ran a full feature.
28:16From Waitress to Wall Street,
28:17the Celeste Ashworth story.
28:18The hashtag Silla Ashfield
28:19hit number one
28:20across the country
28:20in under four hours.
28:21Then Vivian's anonymous email
28:22was traced straight back
28:23to her Long Island home Wi-Fi.
28:25The truth had a way
28:26of finding the light.
28:27The day they came
28:28for Viviana Hole,
28:29it was raining in New York.
28:31Viviana Hale,
28:32you're being charged
28:33with concealing
28:33federally seized assets,
28:35money laundering,
28:35and obstruction of justice.
28:36You need to come with us.
28:37She didn't fight it,
28:38didn't even look surprised.
28:40I lost.
28:42Lost to a woman
28:43I never once took seriously.
28:47Tell Celeste Ashworth
28:48she won,
28:49but everything she has now,
28:50the name,
28:52the money,
28:52the husband,
28:53the baby.
28:54My son had all of it first.
28:55One day she'll lose everything too,
28:58just like he did.
28:59No one answered her.
29:02The woman who ruled the east side
29:04soaked through,
29:06falling apart.
29:07She was never coming back.
29:09When the news came,
29:10Celeste was sitting
29:11in the rose garden.
29:12Vivian's been arrested.
29:13What are the charges?
29:14Money laundering,
29:15concealing seized assets,
29:16obstruction of justice.
29:17With everything stacked against her,
29:18ten years minimum.
29:19Her son's doing 17
29:20in federal prison.
29:21Now she goes in
29:21to keep him company.
29:22That's one way to stay close.
29:23Are you okay?
29:24I'm not happy.
29:25I'm just done
29:26looking over my shoulder.
29:27The Swiss team
29:27has preliminary findings
29:28on your mother.
29:29Robert Keller admitted
29:29an undisclosed drug
29:30through her IV 72 hours
29:31before she died.
29:32Combined with her heart medication,
29:33it would have triggered
29:33acute cardiac failure.
29:35Did Margaret know?
29:35200 Keller neighbor dollars
29:36moved from one of Margaret's
29:37offshore out accounts
29:38straight to him.
29:39Murder?
29:39Yes.
29:40I knew when I was seven.
29:41Nobody believed
29:42a little girl back then.
29:43Someone believes you now.
29:45Get me the DA's office.
29:47I want to file formally
29:48as next of kin.
29:49Already done.
29:49They're sending someone
29:50to the estate tomorrow afternoon.
29:52When did you arrange that?
29:53Before you walked
29:53into that dinner.
29:55Celeste,
29:56the moment Vivian
29:57started digging into your past,
29:58I knew she might have
29:59something on your mother.
30:00Whatever her reason,
30:01blackmail, leverage,
30:02if that lead was real,
30:03it was worth following.
30:05Your past deserves justice,
30:06and I'm going to make sure
30:08it gets it.
30:38Mrs. Voss,
30:39come listen to this.
30:40Quick.
30:42Mama.
30:44Mama.
30:49Ma.
31:00Evangeline,
31:02call mama.
31:03Mama.
31:04Ma.
31:05That's right.
31:06Mama.
31:06Mama.
31:07Mama.
31:09Da.
31:11Da-da.
31:12Da-da.
31:13Da-da.
31:15Da-da.
31:26This afternoon, I was on a video call in the study.
31:28The door was open just a crick.
31:30Evangeline was in her walker in the hallway.
31:32Linda was watching her.
31:34She rolled that little walker all the way to the study door and then...
31:36And then?
31:36So I paused the meeting.
31:38You paused a video call with Goldman Sachs head of Asia Pacific to go hang out with a baby in
31:42a walker?
31:43She's not crawling on the floor. She was in the walker. And she called for me.
31:47Lucius Voss.
31:48Hmm.
31:49So this little one can't even walk yet.
31:50She says da-da one time and you paused the biggest meeting on Wall Street when she gets older and
31:55starts saying,
31:56Daddy, I want...
31:57I'll buy her all of Manhattan.
31:59Evangeline! Your Auntie Gemma is here!
32:02Ma.
32:03Not ma. It's Gemma. Gemma.
32:06Mama.
32:07Mama.
32:07Silla! Your daughter only recognizes you. She doesn't even see me.
32:10She just learned Mama and Dada. Everyone else is still on the wait list.
32:14What do you mean not yet ranked? I bought her an entire set of Petit Boss Baby outfits.
32:18And that rattle! Handmade silver engraved with her name!
32:21Evangeline, say Auntie Gemma.
32:26Evangeline! Your Auntie Gemma's here!
32:29Hold on, sweetie. Let's blow out the candle first.
32:32Evangeline can't blow out candles yet. She doesn't even know what a candle is.
32:36She's smart.
32:37She's won, Lucius. You're so biased.
32:39Not biased. Facts.
32:42Evangeline, today marks one whole year since you came into this world. Mommy's so happy.
33:02The game is over. That is what I said that night. No, this was not the end.
33:08This was where my real life had only just begun.
33:38My baby is the child.
33:42What? You're the child of my husband?
33:45My baby, my baby is sorry. My baby is sorry. My baby is sorry. My baby is not safe.
33:49I didn't stop my mother. My baby is not safe.
33:55Evangeline, come to me.
33:58Evangeline, you're the baby is so beautiful. You're the baby is so beautiful.
34:01Can you see me in the future?
34:03You're the baby is so beautiful.
34:04That's right.
34:05Evangeline, she's not bad enough.
34:08It's your stomach.
34:10You're not going to die.
34:12You're going to die for ten years.
34:14We're going to die.
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