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00:03Sophie that was our rent money that was the fun for our engagement I worked double night shifts
00:11for seven months are you seriously throwing a tantrum over a bag you're a man Jake making
00:17money for me to spend is your only job if you can't even afford this what's the point of you
00:25but the account is empty we're getting evicted tomorrow don't worry about the bags babe
00:33I'll buy the whole store if you want thank you Blake see Jake that's what a real man looks like
00:41you're with him after everything I sacrificed for you she upgraded deal with it grease boy
00:49here's your tip for carrying her bags one cent now wipe those tears and get out of our sight
01:05water please just a little water
01:11just take these sorry this is all I can afford
01:14not everyone would help an old man like me my late wife always said luck finds those who hit rock
01:21bottom but keep their hearts warm take it son it's all I have
01:33300 million
01:40300 million
01:43this isn't real this can't be it's real oh god it's real
01:50it's real Jake table six isn't gonna serve itself
01:56let's sit in the corner oh wait even better let's sit in the broke boys section
02:03waiter menus and don't take all day we're celebrating our engagement
02:08what can I get you is there anything here that costs more than $10
02:12Blake baby remind me why we came to this dump
02:15I wanted our former boyfriend to see what a real woman looks like on a real man's arm
02:21think of it as a life lesson plate boy oops clumsy me
02:28but honestly it doesn't matter you always smell like grease anyway
02:32here's five bucks not a tip it's an apology to my eyes for having to look at you
02:39thank you for your generosity mr. Whitmore will that be all
02:43that's the difference between us and them we sit they serve
02:48natural order baby the monthly rent is doubling pay up or get out
02:52the Whitmills don't cater to cheap sits
02:55I'll figure it out I always do bye Jake thanks for the laughs try not to cry into anyone else
03:05five dollars and one cent that's what they think I'm worth
03:10verify it
03:13300 million dollars after taxes roughly 180 net most people would be on a plane to Monaco right now
03:21I'm not going anywhere then what do you want I want to buy every building on main street
03:29every shop every bar every inch of dirt they walk on anonymous no name no face just a ghost with
03:35a
03:35checkbook shell companies offshore trusts doable you have 300 million you could crush him by tomorrow
03:39morning crushing a bug is too fast I want to build a glass ceiling over them I want to watch
03:43them jump reach and beg I'll make those who look down on me regret ever being born and I'll stand
03:48in
03:48front of every single one of them and say remember the penny that's what you're worth now
03:54I happen to know a prime commercial property on main street Richard Whitmoyle's portfolio just came
03:59on the market give me three months that'll be your first move
04:07heard it some out-of-state billionaire purchased this entire property nobody knows who he is
04:12oh my god this place is insane Blake we are coming here every weekend
04:17my dad's trying to get a meeting with the owner whoever built this place has serious money
04:20old money look at that jawline even his shadow screams power god imagine being with someone like
04:26that baby you are with someone like that I'm a Whitmore we built this town
04:32I heard the owner's single from New York or maybe Texas oil money
04:37single good men like that need a queen not a whatever you are
04:43wow such a strong cooking smoke smell why are you here
04:46picked up a side gig clearing tables mopping floors you know how it is got to pay the bills
04:53maple diner wasn't pathetic enough now you're moonlining as a busboy at a place you could
04:57never afford to eat at that's a new level of sad even for you
04:59since you're here make yourself useful clean that up on your knees that's what you're good at right
05:06scrubbing of course wouldn't want to ruin your evening ma'am
05:08see some people just know their place you can take the boy out of the diner but you can't take
05:12the diner out of the boy smile for the bus we hashtag natural habitat you good boss your ex
05:17girlfriend just spent eighteen hundred dollars on steak and champagne in your restaurant and now
05:20she's ordering you to scrub your floor let him fill let him drink the two thousand dollar champagne
05:25they don't realize they are paying for their own execution all clean enjoy your dinner the wagyu is
05:32excellent tonight I should know I set up the kitchen yeah yeah run along busboy by the way
05:37whitmore senior just called the restaurant asking for a meeting with the owner I told his
05:40assistant we're fully booked for the foreseeable future he did not take it well good let him
05:43wait we're just getting started
05:51please tell me you have hot water and a first aid kit please this little guy just got hit by
05:56a car
05:56on route nine and the vet cliffic doesn't open until seven and I can't here put him on the counter
06:01careful with the front leg looks like a fracture you know what you're doing
06:10my mom used to take in strays every stray in this town ended up at our back door
06:16your mom sounds like a good woman she was I just realized I barged in here like a crazy person
06:22and
06:22didn't even say hi I'm Maya I volunteer at the animal shelter on fifth street jake I pour coffee and
06:27clean
06:27up messes as you can see I'm very qualified for both most people wouldn't even open the door at
06:32this hour let alone waste their first aid kit on a stray it's not a waste and for what it's
06:36worth
06:37anyone who picks up a bleeding dog off the highway at 4 a.m. is the kind of person who
06:40deserves free
06:40coffee on the house this is the best coffee I've had in months no fancy latte art no oat milk
06:46nonsense
06:46just good coffee from a good guy good guy yeah that's me
06:53yo playboy you still alive in there give me a coffee black now oh look he's got company another
06:59stray you two are perfect for each other for each other what's the rush I asked you a question if
07:03you bottle that grease smell you could call it ou de loser does it come with a free mop just
07:07making
07:07coffee Blake does bullying waiters at 4 a.m. make you feel like a big man or is that the
07:12only thing
07:12you're good at I'm sorry who the hell are you someone who doesn't need a sports car to feel
07:17important daddy's money bought the Porsche but clearly it couldn't afford you a personality
07:20you should ask for a refund you have no idea who you're talking to my father owns this town I
07:25could
07:25shut down whatever hole you crawled out of by breakfast then do it but right in your car sober
07:29up and leave him alone freaks you two losers deserve each other
07:35your coffee's getting cold you coming or are you just gonna stand there grinning like an idiot
07:48Blake Blake look at this it's literally made for me I can feel it 80 grand that's it I thought
07:55you said you wanted something special babe this is practically a discount this is our signature piece
07:59handset diamonds platinum chain we only made three in the world I'll take it and oh oh Blake those
08:06earrings they match perfectly and that bracelet we have a reservation at you said I deserve
08:11the best you proposed to me Blake or was the ring all I'm worth to you wrap everything up
08:19she just added the earrings in the bracelet totals at 140 now his card hasn't declined yet but give it
08:26a minute how much has he spent in our stores this month 220,000 all from his father's company accounts
08:32the fake vendor invoices are piling up beautifully he's burying himself and doesn't even know it see
08:37this is what a real woman looks like not some girl in a dog hair t-shirt pouring coffee at
08:414am
08:42out of the way grease boy don't scratch the merchandise have a nice day sir and thank you for
08:45your generous contribution every time he swipes that card he's buying a brick for my castle
08:50let him keep building 140,000 in one afternoon it appears to be a new jewelry boutique on main street
08:57sir crown and ash part of the same group as that new steakhouse ember crown and arsh these names keep
09:02popping up they're everywhere someone is building an empire in my town using my son's stupidity to fund
09:08it find out who owns these stores every shell company every llc every offshore trust i want a name
09:13on my desk by friday and tell my son if he swipes that card one more time i'll cut him
09:17off myself
09:22are you blind do you know how much this dress costs more than your rent and you've gone and ruined
09:31it
09:33sophie i'm so sorry i didn't mean to sorry sorry doesn't fix valentino you know what you are amber
09:40you're a stain on my dress on my life babe don't waste your energy just throw out the trash
09:47get out get out of my sight you're fired from being my friend actually you were never my friend
09:54you were my purse holder and you can't even do that right
10:05miss amber that's a rough look for a tuesday morning
10:09do i know you i represent the ownership group behind ember we need a floor manager someone who
10:13knows the players in this town the pay is three times whatever your current arrangement was i carried
10:18her bags booked her tables took her abuse for three years and the second i spill a little wine
10:23i'm garbage rich people are all the same they use you until they don't need you
10:27rich that's the joke blake isn't rich not anymore what do you mean the guy drives a port
10:34the porsche is rented his daddy's allowance dried up months ago
10:41you know how he's been paying for sophie's shopping springs he's been dipping into his
10:45dad's company accounts fake vendor invoices ghost suppliers sophie bragged about it when she was
10:49drunk she said my man's so smart he prints money from the family printer you know what this new job
10:53is the best thing that ever happened to me whoever the boss is tell him i said thanks amber's account
10:57matches the information i've got fake vendor invoices that's embezzlement jake if we can get the paper
11:01track it's not just business leverage it's criminal charges don't move on it yet let him keep spending
11:04let him keep digging his own grave the deeper he goes the harder the fall one more thing
11:09richard whitmore hired a pi today he's sniffing around the shell companies good let him sniff
11:16by the time he finds anything there'll be nothing left to save
11:22it's no lucky that's not for you i owe you one for saving this little monster's life so
11:27homemade cake fair warning it's ugly but it tastes decent probably you drove across town at midnight
11:35to bring me cake lucky missed you he pulled me toward this direction the entire walk i'm basically
11:40just his chauver at this point smart dog he knows where the free food is
11:46okay i lied it's terrible but you're still gonna eat it and say it's good because you're that kind
11:50of person best cake i've ever had and i've had well honestly not that any cakes can i ask you
11:55something why are you still here in this town in this diner you're clearly not stupid you could go
11:59anywhere this diner was my mom's whole world she worked here 20 years scrubbing floors pouring
12:03coffee smiling at people who treated her like she was invisible she never left and then she couldn't
12:08leave she got tired the kind of tired that doesn't go away with sleep i get it my parents had
12:13a flower
12:13shop on elm street 22 years then richard whitmore's company came in with a development loan predatory rates
12:18hidden fees balloon payment by the time they realized what happened the shop was gone the house was gone
12:21everything whitmore did that to your family my dad never recovered that's why i can't stand rich
12:27people jake not because of the money because they take everything from people like us and they don't
12:32even remember our names maya i can i'm gonna make sure he sorry i need it one second richards pi
12:39pulled
12:39the llc registration for crown and ash the firewall held but he's getting closer i need you to sign a
12:44secondary trust document tonight i'm sending it now send it i'll sign and leon don't call this number
12:48when i'm with her sorry about that old friend you know for a guy who pours coffee for a living
12:53you
12:54get a lot of urgent phone calls at midnight what can i say i'm a very popular waiter jake you
13:00don't
13:00have to tell me everything but whatever you're hiding i hope it's worth it because i don't do liars
13:05not even cute ones
13:19so the mysterious jake morrison maple diner boy by day our hardest worker by night i just cleaned
13:25tables victoria nothing mysterious about that i've noticed things jake leon the owner's right
13:31hand man he treats you different he doesn't talk to anyone else the way he talks to you almost like
13:35you're more than the help leon's a nice guy he's like that with everyone if you say so but i'll
13:41tell
13:41you this you're the most interesting thing in this whole restaurant and i have very good taste
13:50since when is he popular who the plate boy please those girls are just bored nobody actually wants
13:59a waiter
14:06jake wait you forgot your jacket in the break room well walk me to my car it's dark and i'm
14:13scared
14:14well not really but you're not gonna say no are you
14:30maya maya wait
14:3840 40 40 revenue drop in three months someone is playing god in my town and they didn't ask for
14:46my
14:46permission i've traced the shell companies behind embrel crown and ash and four other new businesses
14:52on main street they all trace back to a holding company registered in delaware morrison capital
14:56holdings morrison who is morrison that's the problem it's a ghost no photo no public bio no social
15:02media the holding company's sole director is a law firm in the city leon ashworth's firm and
15:06ashworth won't return my calls someone is spending hundreds of millions to buy up my town and they
15:11don't even want anyone to know they exist that's not investment that's war
15:18there is one thing it might be nothing might be everything talk i cross-referenced the dates when
15:24these businesses made major moves lease signings contractor meetings grand openings then i checked them
15:28against local employment records every single time one of these stores had a critical event a certain
15:31part-time worker at one of the businesses happened to be on his day off from his main job what
15:35main job
15:35a diner across the street from ember the kid works the counter names jake morrison morrison
15:41like the holding company that's either a coincidence or the dumbest stake this ghost ever made want me to
15:47dig deeper bank records phone logs surveillance not yet if this kid is the one behind all of this
15:53i don't want to spook him i want to watch him if this diner boy is playing games i won't
15:57just ruin
15:58him i'll make sure he ceases to exist
16:05we're closed
16:09you left this at maple diner last week i washed it
16:14you could have left it on the counter didn't need to come all the way here
16:17maya about the other night victoria that wasn't what it looked like she grabbed my arm i didn't
16:23the girl on your arm isn't the problem jake then what is the problem is i don't know who you
16:27are
16:28i see you showing up everywhere ember the jewelry store the new shops on main street you're always
16:33helping out always picking up shifts how many jobs does one person need i told you money's tight i pick
16:39up work wherever i can don't don't do that i grew up watching my father lie to my mother every
16:43night
16:43the loan is fine we'll be okay trust me he smiled the same way you smile jake my dad lost
16:48the flower
16:49shop then the house then himself all because richard whitmore gave him a loan he could never pay back
16:54and my dad was too proud too scared to tell anyone the truth until it was too late maya i'm
16:58not your
16:58father i'm not lying to you then tell me one true thing right now one thing you've never told anyone
17:02else i can't not yet but i will i promise not yet that's what my dad said too every single
17:09time
17:09not yet not yet not yet until there was no yet left maya please just give me time once jake
17:14i respect people who stand up not people who hide in the dark
17:35jakey my favorite little servant miss me
17:40evening blake take a seat i'll get you some water water do i look like i drink water coffee
17:48black now
17:53this tastes like burnt sewage what you can't even make a decent cup of coffee
17:58oops no not with a rag get down on your knees and wipe it up with your apron
18:02like the good little servant you are i could end you with one phone call but not yet enjoy your
18:11little game while you still can i'm so sorry sir it won't happen again what's the matter kid
18:18can't handle the pressure that's enough leave the kid alone sit down grandpa adults are talking
18:28smile for the camera jakey this one's going instagram the most obedient server in town he even does
18:34floors hashtag know your place and post good boy see that wasn't so hard this is what you were born
18:42what do you do jake
18:48son you didn't have to do that
18:52it's just coffee no big deal
19:01leon ashwield 15 years in asset management never lost a case i'm honored you accepted my invitation
19:07when the biggest name in town buys you dinner only a fool says no what can i do for you
19:11richard i'll be
19:12direct someone is buying up main street systematically aggressively every acquisition runs through a
19:18delaware shell called morrison capital holdings and every legal document traces back to your firm
19:22i have hundreds of clients richard i can't discuss any of them attorney client privilege i'm sure you
19:26understand you have lawyers of your own privilege of course but let me share something that isn't
19:29privilege in four months i've lost 12 tenants six commercial leases and 40 percent of my quarterly
19:34revenue that's not competition that's a siege and sieges have generals sounds like the market is
19:38shifting main street is evolving a new steakhouse a jewelry store they bring foot traffic that should
19:42help your properties not hurt them let me show you something interesting every one of these businesses
19:46ember crown and ash the boutique on fifth they all had critical events on the same dates lease
19:50signings opening supply contracts and on every one of those dates a part-time worker at one of
19:55these establishments happened to have the day off from his regular job a waiter at the diner across
19:59the street from ember a waiter richard you're telling me a diner waiter is behind a 300 million
20:03dollar acquisition campaign that's creative his name is jake morrison the holding company is called
20:08morrison capital you don't find that interesting morrison is the seventh most common surname in this
20:12state i have three morrisons in my phone book and none of them own a diner that diner by the
20:17way the
20:17one across from me and make a decent apple pie should try it sometime if you haven't already
20:21he has the timeline he has your name he made a point of mentioning maple diner he wanted me to
20:25react and jake i think i did just for a second how long do we have he's gonna pull your
20:29bank records
20:30when he does the accounts are clean i made sure of that but the pattern is the pattern you show
20:33up at
20:34every property we own in a town of 8 000 people that's not a coincidence then we speed up how
20:38much
20:38of whitmore properties can we take before he figures it out you need to decide keep hiding in that apron
20:42or fight
20:58four thousand dollars i'm engaged to four thousand dollars
21:04jake are you here to remind your ex-boyfriend how broke he is or did you just run out of
21:07new ways to
21:07humiliate me this week jake can we talk please just five minutes i made a mistake jake the worst
21:12mistake of my life blake is he's not who i thought he was he drinks he yells he i'm scared
21:16i'm so scared
21:18jake you're the only person who ever really cared about me the only person who cared about you right
21:21and how did that work out for me sophie i know i hurt you i know but people change jake
21:27i've changed
21:27i see things clearly now you you were the real one you were always the real one did you forget
21:31how you
21:32treated me once before you took out a single penny and declared that was my entire value and you
21:36laughed right along i was confused he had money and i was stupid and shallow but i'm here now
21:39doesn't that count for something i learned value that night that i'd rather be worth a penny to
21:42myself than a million who throws people away you'll regret this you know that right right i came here
21:46to give you a second chance nobody gives you second chances jake take it back you earned it
21:51you think you're better than me now you think saying no to me makes you somebody you're still the
21:55same loser in a dirty apron and i will make sure the whole town remembers that
22:07blake blake wake up please i need you something happened something terrible what what happened who
22:12did this to you i went to maple diner to pick up my stuff jake was there alone he locked
22:18the door
22:18he grabbed me and he i got away i ran blake he touched me i'm gonna kill him i'm gonna
22:25fucking
22:25kill him be careful blake he's dangerous
22:34jake come out here you piece of shit blake what the hell you put your hands on my fiance you
22:41touched
22:41her you put your hands on my fiance i didn't touch sophie she came here to talk and i told
22:47her to
22:47leave that's it liar she came home crying her shirt was torn you think i'm stupid you know sophie's
22:54you know her ask yourself is she telling you the truth or is she telling you what she needs you
22:59to hear trash the place
23:09this is a warning next time it won't be the wall next time it'll be your face and nobody nobody
23:15will
23:15care because you're nothing jake you've always been nothing
23:27apple pie from maple diner fresh this morning three dollars a slice best one on main street and i'm not
23:32biased at all i heard about what happened at maple diner the other night what he did to you was
23:37wrong
23:37jake are you okay i'm fine really hazards of the job right can i get you some coffee
23:45there he is the town's favorite little waiter selling pies smiling like he didn't try to force
23:52himself my fiance three nights ago that didn't happen blake you know it didn't
23:59i don't listen to the lies of the poor
24:08you think you can touch what's mine you think you could steal from me
24:12fight back hit me come on fight back you worthless why won't you fight back
24:20because i don't need to blake cameras we gotta go now this isn't over you hear me whitmore might own
24:28this town but he doesn't own the internet i'm posting this right now let the world see what a
24:32rich bully looks like everywhere jake 30 million views by climbing blake's face is on every screen in
24:38america the internet wants his head i can file assault charges tonight no charges no charges jake he beat you
24:45half to death in front of a hundred people you have 300 million dollars and you're sitting there
24:50bleeding like not yet not yet you keep saying that one day not yet is going to turn into too
24:56late
24:57and i won't be able to save you
25:02i used to think there was something about him a man who won't defend himself can't defend anyone else
25:07my ex was like that i'm taking the high road no you're just scared some people are born to serve
25:14and some people are born to be served i guess we know which one jake is leon i need you
25:19to hear
25:19this from someone who's on your side because nobody else is going to say it i've stood by you for
25:22five
25:22months i've built your empire from the shadows i've lied i've schemed i've put my license on the
25:26line because i believed you had a plan but jake you have 300 million dollars and you let a 26
25:31year
25:31old trust fund cat beat you bloody on camera while the whole world watched why jake every person in that
25:35town is looking at you and seeing the same thing a man who won't stand up for himself
25:40and that includes the people who matter to you
25:45are you done yeah i'm done the video has now been viewed over 50 million times the victim
25:53identified as local diner waiter jake morrison has declined to press charges
25:59he could have stood up lucky he could have at least tried
26:06come on boy we're going for a walk tomorrow
26:08come on boy we're going for a walk tomorrow
26:38do you want to sit down i can i'm not staying
26:47i watched the video i watched it 11 times i kept hoping i'd see something different a moment where
26:54you pushed back a second when you at least tried to stand but you didn't not once my you don't
26:58understand i had to there are reasons i couldn't there are always reasons my dad had a hundred reasons
27:03he had a reason for every time he didn't fight back and you know where all those reasons got a
27:07recliner in front of a tv in a one-bedroom apartment watching reruns of a life he was too afraid
27:11to
27:11live that's where reasons get you i'm not your father my i have a plan i'm not just sitting here
27:15take it i swear to you there's more going on than you can see that's exactly what he said word
27:19for
27:19word there's more gone than you can see i have a plan and i watched him shrink every day i
27:22watched
27:22that video jake and i saw the same thing you're not kind you're not patient you just don't have a
27:27spine i told you jake i respect people who stand up not people who hide and i can't i can't
27:33watch
27:33another man i care about disappear into himself i can't do that again maya please just give me a
27:37little more time i will stand up i promise you when the time comes when the time comes
27:51next month's rent is going up again don't like it find another place oh wait nobody else in this
27:58town would rent to you so i suggest you smile say thank you mr whitmore and keep scrubbing stop
28:03talking to my mom like that cute kid teach him some manners before he grows up to be as useless
28:07as
28:08his father mom why don't you fight back why do you just let him say those things because baby
28:16sometimes the strongest thing you can do is just hold on endure be patient it'll pass it always
28:22passes now i'm doing the same thing i'm sitting on the same floor wearing the same apron wiping
28:27the same wall and it's breaking me too i just got word richard is planning announcement at the
28:31thanksgiving festival next week he's going to declare a full acquisition of the entire main street
28:35block including the lot maple dimer sits on he's going to bulldoze restaurant your mother used to work
28:38in great he's rattled now just as i expected where do we stand with our equity acquisition the stock
28:43acquisition is 90 complete the evidence against blake is airtight but jake the festival is in two weeks
28:47if richard announces first we lose the narrative we lose everything do it everything all of it
28:51thanksgiving it's about damn time let's go through it one more time the board you're looking
28:56at is six months of work every piece every shell every move from the night you walked into my
29:01office with a lottery takes embezzlement how solid is it rock solid i traced 14 wire transfers
29:06toasting 2.3 million dollars from wiltmore properties operating account into blake's personal
29:10shell he forged richard's signature on six of them the banks flagged it internally but richard
29:13buried it to protect his son that makes richard an accessory and the takeover 91.3 of outstanding
29:17shares acquired through 12 separate entities over the past five months we need one final block to
29:21trigger the mandatory buyout clause i have a seller lined up one signature and whitmore properties
29:25is yours all of it get the seller on the phone it's done as of three o'clock this afternoon
29:29you
29:30are the sole owner of whitmore properties every building every lease every square foot of main
29:34street richard doesn't know yet the filing goes public at market closed tomorrow by the time he
29:38walks on that festival stage he'll be standing on your land what about the festival richard is
29:42scheduled to speak at 7 p.m i've arranged for you to go on right after him the festival committee
29:45thinks the anonymous sponsor is giving a donation speech they have no idea i need one more thing the
29:49video blake's instagram post the diner footage all of it put together a reel i want the town to see
29:53the whole story not just the ending already done i had it edited two weeks ago i was just waiting
29:59for
30:00you to ask hold on to this for me i'll need it tonight one cent everything i am
30:25make sure the photographer gets my good side tonight i want this all over my feed of course my
30:30darling the whole town will be cheering for us today put that away no drinking no scenes we need this
30:35town to love us tonight by tomorrow morning i'll own every brick on this street good evening
30:40everybody welcome to the annual thanksgiving festival let's hear from the man who makes it all
30:44possible the backbone of main street the pride of our town mr richard whitmore thank you this town
30:50this town is my home and tonight i'm thrilled to announce something that will shape the future of
30:54main street for the next generation the main street revitalization project premium residences
30:59designer retail a new town square this is the future ladies and gentlemen out with the old hey
31:03look who's here the town's favorite doormat made it to the party
31:10what's the matter jakey come to serve drinks i'm sure we could use a waiter up here or maybe you
31:15could
31:15get on your knees and mop the stage for us you're great at that ladies and gentlemen i have a
31:20very
31:20special announcement as you know this year's festival has a mysterious anonymous sponsor i've just been
31:25told that our sponsor here who it is and is ready to address the town to be a billionaire i
31:29heard they
31:29bought up half of main street in six months six months that's bigger than whitmore ladies and
31:34gentlemen please welcome the founder and sole owner of morrison capital holdings
31:55oh my god oh my god this is the mysterious billionaire the waiter are you kidding me did someone
32:03let him in as a joke honey the staff entrance is in the back you're supposed to be serving drinks
32:09not
32:09giving speeches is this some kind of mistake get him off the stage now my name is jake morrison yeah
32:16we
32:17know your name plate boy we also know you make six bucks an hour get off the stage before you
32:22embarrass
32:23yourself some of you know me i've served your coffee i've wiped your table and smiled when you left a
32:30dollar tip on a twenty dollar check for the last six months you've called me the waiter the diner
32:35guy the doormat security get this clown off my stage ember steakhouse mine crown and ash jewelry
32:47mine the boutique on fifth the apartments on oak the parking structure on second avenue this stage
32:53you're standing on these lights this whole festival and as of three o'clock this afternoon with more
32:58problems every building every lease every square foot that's not possible
33:12don't listen to him he's lying he's a waiter who makes minimum wage he probably photoshopped this whole
33:18thing dad tell them tell them he's lying this is pathetic jake you can't even afford a new pair of
33:24shoes and you expect people to believe you own ember what's next you own the white house if this is
33:30real prove it anyone can make a powerpoint show us something real fair enough mr whitmore why don't
33:36you call your lawyer right now ask him yourself fine i'll prove this little clown wrong in 10 seconds
33:43tell me it's not true tell me whitmore properties is still ours boss inside information the acquisition
33:49was finalized at 3 p.m today morrison capital holdings now owns 100 of whitmore properties it's done
33:54i tried to call you
33:57no no that's not dad say something he's a nobody he's nothing tell them tell them
34:04impressive boy truly but companies can be rebuilt you bought my buildings congratulations but i built
34:10whitmore from nothing once i can do it again you think taking my name off a wall means anything i
34:14am
34:15this town you all know me i've given this town jobs schools roads a coffee boy doesn't change 30 years
34:20of history this town is mine i thought you'd say that and you might be right you could rebuild if
34:25you
34:25had the time if you had the money if you had a clean record what's that supposed to mean i'm
34:34afraid you
34:34won't have that chance mr whitmore i'm not done over the last two years blake whitmore created a fake
34:46vendor called eastland services and funneled 2.3 million dollars from his father's company
34:53into his own pocket every transfer every forged signature every receipt it's all here
35:01shut it off shut it off you can't i'll kill you
35:08i'll kill you let go of me shut up do you know who i am
35:23hey hey what is the meaning of this
35:2915 years ago you stood in a diner and told a woman to smile and keep scrubbing
35:33you threw a lease in her face while she was on her knees you told her son to learn some
35:37manners
35:38that was that was just business that was my mother her name was ellen morrison she worked in
35:42that diner for 15 years she never fought back she never said a word she just smiled and scrubbed and
35:46smiled and scrubbed until one day she didn't wake up your company your buildings it's all mine now
35:51not because i wanted to be rich because i wanted you to know how it feels to stand in a
35:55room where
35:56everything belongs to someone else to lose the person you love the most and you can't do a
36:00single thing about it i can i can give you anything we can make a deal i have connections i
36:04have you
36:04already gave me everything you just didn't know it jake jake oh my god jake i always knew i always
36:11knew
36:11you were special i always loved you it was always you blake forced me he threatened me i was trapped
36:16jake you have to believe me let me through jake please i'll do anything i'll be anything you
36:21want just give me another chance please
36:31you told me this was all i was worth one cent
36:37you were both wrong about my value but you taught me something that night
36:41what it looks like when someone has no worth at all not me you now it's yours keep it it
36:48suits you
36:48better than it ever suited me funny how that works isn't it sophie three years three years i followed
36:54you around carried your bags laughed at your jokes took your shit you slapped me across the face in a
36:58restaurant full of people because i spilled wine on your dress amber don't you dare i gave you everything
37:02you gave me nothing you took that's all you've ever done and now look at you no blake no richard
37:08no money just you and that penny enjoy
37:14sir you seem emotional do you know jake morrison personally noam that boy i walked into his diner
37:20at three in the morning dead tired couldn't pay my bill he just had the worst night of his life
37:24i
37:24could see it in his eyes but you know what he did he took out his last dollar and paid
37:27for my coffee
37:27and pie his last dollar my wife passed away last year she bought a lottery ticket the day before she
37:32died she always said luck finds the kind ones so i gave it to him that night and look at
37:36him now
37:36you gave him the lottery ticket 300 million dollars all because he was kind to a broke old man at
37:42three in the morning my dolores always said the ones who give when they have nothing deserve everything
37:47she was right god rest her she was right
38:10you came i almost didn't i sat in my car for 20 minutes lucky made the decision for me he
38:16wouldn't stop scratching at the window how much did you see all of it so now you know the hiding
38:24the lying the i can't tell you all of it i'm sorry maya i'm sorry i couldn't i said terrible
38:30things to you i called you spineless i compared you to my dad i walked out on you when you
38:35were
38:35bleeding you said what i needed to hear every word if you hadn't said it if you hadn't walked out
38:40that
38:40door i'd still be sitting on that kitchen floor wearing that apron wiping that wall you didn't break
38:44me maya you woke me up i need you to know something i didn't come here tonight because of what
38:47you
38:47have i didn't come because of what you said on that stage i came because of what i saw you
38:52do before
38:52any of this a guy who kneels on a dirty floor at four in the morning to wrap a bandage
38:55around a
38:55dog he's never met that's not a performance you can fake a suit you can fake a speech but you
38:59can't
38:59fake the way you held lucky that night that's the jake i fell for not this one this one i'm
39:02still
39:02getting used to you're the only one you know that the only person in this whole town who never looked
39:06at me and saw a waiter or a billionaire you just saw me then just be him that's enough
39:33last batch of transfer documents once you sign the name whitburn is gone from main street
39:43richard moved to the next state renting a small apartment no one picks up his calls
39:48blake got four years for embezzlement appeal denied screamed at the judge and got six more months
39:55sophie word is she's waitressress in another city waiting tables isn't shameful
40:01what's shameful is what she did to someone who waited tables
40:06all right i should get to work 300 million and you're going back to make coffee
40:22black coffee no sugar the usual
40:27this one's on me
40:32you don't have to keep paying for everyone's coffee you know even billionaires are allowed to
40:36charge this one's different this one i want to pay for this one and everyone after then i'll be here
40:42every morning someone has to make sure the richest man in town doesn't burn the coffee
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