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Betrayed By My Husband Betrayed
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00:00:09I'm the top mercenary in North America.
00:00:12I finish the job and come home.
00:00:15And instead of my daughter Isabella smiling at the door, I find out she's in the ICU.
00:00:20Shot through the chest at her school's archery club.
00:00:27So boring.
00:00:28Bullseye every single time.
00:00:34Chloe, what are you doing?
00:00:37Now this is fun.
00:00:38Not like I'll hit her hard.
00:00:40Worst case, I just throw some cash at it.
00:00:48Shit.
00:00:59Whoever did this to my daughter is going to pay.
00:01:12Doctor, how is she?
00:01:14The arrow entered through her back, pierced the chest cavity two millimeters from her heart.
00:01:20We stabilized her, but she lost too much blood.
00:01:23She's not out of the woods yet.
00:01:25Who did it?
00:01:26The school says it was an accident at the archery club.
00:01:29You'd have to ask.
00:01:31Ma'am.
00:01:32Ma'am.
00:01:32Ma'am.
00:01:32Ma'am.
00:01:35I know you're upset, but some things are better handled sooner than later.
00:01:39Let me get straight to the point.
00:01:46One hundred grand.
00:01:48Sign this release, and we put this whole unfortunate incident behind us.
00:01:54Your daughter put an arrow through my daughter's chest.
00:01:57And you think you can just write a check?
00:01:59I'm not thrilled about it either.
00:02:01But Chloe feels terrible.
00:02:02She insisted I come down here.
00:02:04Look, kids mess around.
00:02:06Accidents happen.
00:02:07Your daughter's still alive, isn't she?
00:02:09I know where you come from.
00:02:10Look at you.
00:02:11Scraping by, taking whatever odd jobs you can find.
00:02:14This money will last you a long time.
00:02:16Just take it.
00:02:18Not enough?
00:02:20You know what this is?
00:02:22Invitation O'Milly Black Card.
00:02:24Name your price.
00:02:25My husband will cover it.
00:02:27But I guess someone from the gutter wouldn't recognize it, would you?
00:02:31That's the black card I gave my husband to Ron Vermillion.
00:02:34What the hell is she doing with it?
00:02:36You just said...
00:02:38Your husband?
00:02:42My husband is none of your business.
00:02:44And let me be perfectly clear.
00:02:45I've already taken care of the media.
00:02:47Not a single word of this will get out.
00:02:49So do yourself a favor.
00:02:50Take the money, sign the paper, and we all walk away clean.
00:02:53Who the hell do you think you are?
00:02:54You actually believe you can just move heaven and earth?
00:03:01Madam, I don't think I can move heaven and earth.
00:03:03I am heaven and earth.
00:03:05You think this is a negotiation?
00:03:06My husband already has it all planned out.
00:03:08Once we make it official, my daughter Chloe will be the undisputed heir.
00:03:11To Vermillion, the biggest syndicate in North America.
00:03:14And you?
00:03:14Unless you want to end up at the bottom of the ocean, you'll sign right now!
00:03:19I gave him that card so he could.
00:03:22You run the organization.
00:03:24Take the card.
00:03:25Honey, I...
00:03:26Vermillion needs a steady hand.
00:03:28I can't be out in the field and watch everything back home.
00:03:31You're my husband.
00:03:32I trust you.
00:03:33That's what my trust bought me.
00:03:36So you get off on throwing money at people.
00:03:38Think cash makes everything go away, huh?
00:03:45What are you mumbling about?
00:03:47Quit playing games.
00:03:54Bring me a million dollars.
00:03:56Cash.
00:03:57Now.
00:03:58Did I just hear that right?
00:04:00A million dollars?
00:04:02You're joking.
00:04:03Ugh.
00:04:03You heard her, Mom.
00:04:04This slum rat just said she's having a million bucks delivered.
00:04:07Please.
00:04:07Where would you get that kind of money?
00:04:09If you had it, your kid wouldn't be dying in the ICU.
00:04:12Watch your mouth.
00:04:14Right now, you should apologize to me and my daughter.
00:04:17Enough!
00:04:18Make her sign it!
00:04:19I'm done wasting my time on this lunaturk!
00:04:26What are you waiting for?
00:04:27Throw her out!
00:04:28You wanted me to sign, didn't you?
00:04:30What are you doing?
00:04:37Marcus?
00:04:38Where the hell are you going at this hour?
00:04:40Boss Victoria needs cash.
00:04:41I'm taking a tour.
00:04:43Victoria's...
00:04:44back?
00:04:50Honey!
00:04:50You need to get down here!
00:04:52Someone's threatening me and our daughter!
00:04:57What?
00:04:58Nobody touches my family.
00:04:59I'm on my way.
00:05:02Three years I've bled for this organization.
00:05:05Everyone calls me Boss now,
00:05:06but that woman snaps her fingers
00:05:07and Marcus comes running like a damn dog!
00:05:09I can't touch Victoria?
00:05:10Fine.
00:05:11Somebody else pays the price.
00:05:14You hear that?
00:05:15That's Vermillion.
00:05:16My husband sent them.
00:05:18He adores Chloe.
00:05:19When he finds out you threatened her,
00:05:21he'll dump your body in the bay!
00:05:23Yeah.
00:05:24My daddy loves me.
00:05:25You're so dead.
00:05:27Is that right?
00:05:28Let's see who ends up dead.
00:05:43You think money fixes everything?
00:05:46I'm buying your life.
00:05:48And your daughters.
00:05:49For one million dollars.
00:05:56It's fake.
00:05:58Has to be.
00:05:58Where would you get a million dollars?
00:06:00Printed it yourself?
00:06:01Trying to scare me with counterfeit bills?
00:06:03I know money.
00:06:04You think I'm stupid?
00:06:05You really think I'd fall for this?
00:06:07Fake.
00:06:13This...
00:06:13This is real?
00:06:15No, I get it!
00:06:16You hired them!
00:06:17Actors!
00:06:17That's it!
00:06:18A million bucks?
00:06:20Some thugs?
00:06:20You rented a few guys and some fake cash to scare me?
00:06:22You really thought I'd buy that?
00:06:23How much did she pay you?
00:06:24I'll double it!
00:06:25Triple!
00:06:25You throw her out for me, I'll pay you ten times whatever she's giving you!
00:06:28It doesn't matter if it's real or not.
00:06:29Not anymore.
00:06:31What's supposed to mean?
00:06:33Dead people don't spend money.
00:06:45You can't do this.
00:06:46Do you know who my husband is?
00:06:47Simon Sterling!
00:06:48Second in command of Vermillion!
00:06:49He runs the whole operation!
00:06:51You lay one finger on me, he'll end you!
00:06:52You're nobody!
00:06:53Street trash!
00:06:54Do you have any idea how many men answer to Vermillion?
00:06:56My husband can tear this whole city apart with one phone call!
00:06:58Boss, the Simon she's talking about-
00:07:00Let me make this crystal clear.
00:07:01My Chloe's about to become the heir to Vermillion, my husband promised.
00:07:03Once he makes it official, the entire syndicate belongs to my daughter.
00:07:05And your daughter?
00:07:06She's nobody.
00:07:06A courier's kid, if she dies, she dies.
00:07:08Worth a payout, that's it.
00:07:08Simon, you son of a bitch.
00:07:09Your real daughter is fighting for her life in the ICU and you can't even make a phone call?
00:07:12But you'll name your mistress Brett the heir to my organization?
00:07:14Have you forgotten who I am?
00:07:15Who Isabella is?
00:07:16Hey, you see this woman?
00:07:17She's losing it.
00:07:18Think about it.
00:07:19You help me clean this up, my husband will make it worth your while.
00:07:20Maybe even get you a seat at the Vermillion table.
00:07:23What's so funny?
00:07:23I'm going to inherit Vermillion?
00:07:25You stick with me, you get money, power, respect, everything!
00:07:28Why throw it away for some crazy lady?
00:07:30You're both so painfully stupid.
00:07:32You.
00:07:32Fine.
00:07:33Name your price, what will it take?
00:07:34Not interested.
00:07:35I only take orders from my boss.
00:07:36What boss?
00:07:37Her?
00:07:37She's nobody.
00:07:38My husband is the one who runs Vermillion.
00:07:40She's been lying to you all.
00:07:41Wrong.
00:07:41She's the one who really runs Vermillion.
00:07:49You want to know who put your precious's second in command and power?
00:07:52She did.
00:07:54My boss.
00:07:55She gave him that seat and she can take it away.
00:07:59Her?
00:08:00Are you people insane?
00:08:02Calling her boss?
00:08:03What did she do, drug you?
00:08:04Listen, Simon runs Vermillion.
00:08:06He's the one with power.
00:08:07He manages hundreds of men and millions of dollars.
00:08:09You throw in with this crazy woman, what's your future?
00:08:10She can't even protect her own daughter and you think she'll protect you?
00:08:13What?
00:08:13Am I wrong?
00:08:14Her daughter is in the ICU and all she's done is run her mouth.
00:08:16You claim you run Vermillion?
00:08:17Based on what?
00:08:18Your word?
00:08:18Simon's been in the family for years.
00:08:20Everybody knows him.
00:08:21Who the hell are you?
00:08:21You ever set foot in a Vermillion meeting?
00:08:23You ever even seen the crest?
00:08:24Him?
00:08:25He calls you boss, so it's true?
00:08:26If I get some guy to call me queen tomorrow, am I the queen of England?
00:08:29Look at her.
00:08:30She can't even say a word.
00:08:31A million bucks in prop money, a couple of rented goons, and a fake gun, and you think
00:08:34you can pass as the head of Vermillion?
00:08:35Pathetic.
00:08:36You finished?
00:08:38What's the matter?
00:08:39Matt, I figured you out?
00:08:40Good.
00:08:40Then it's my turn.
00:08:44What?
00:08:45What are you doing?
00:08:48Which hand?
00:08:53Which hand did she shoot with?
00:08:55You wouldn't dare!
00:08:57My husband's on his way!
00:08:59Vermillion's on his way!
00:09:00If you dare lay a finger on my daughter!
00:09:02Which hand?
00:09:04What are you two doing?!
00:09:05Stop her!
00:09:11You useless trash!
00:09:13I paid you so much money and this is how you treat me?!
00:09:15I'm warning you!
00:09:16Simon will not let you go!
00:09:17Vermillion will not let you go!
00:09:18No!
00:09:18You got one thing wrong.
00:09:19What?
00:09:21Our boss doesn't need anyone's permission.
00:09:23No!
00:09:24You hurt my daughter and I'll kill you!
00:09:27Move.
00:09:28No!
00:09:28My daughter is Vermillion air!
00:09:30If you hurt her, you're going against all of Vermillion!
00:09:33Simon won't let you go!
00:09:34Hundreds of men won't let you go!
00:09:36You're just-
00:09:40Move.
00:09:49No!
00:09:50I'm sorry!
00:09:51I didn't mean it!
00:09:59Which hand?
00:10:00My mom said-
00:10:01My mom said I'm going to be Vermillion's heir!
00:10:03You can't touch-
00:10:04You can't-
00:10:04Fine.
00:10:05Neither hand is needed.
00:10:07Don't worry, I'll make it quick.
00:10:09No, you can't!
00:10:10You can't!
00:10:11Simon!
00:10:11Simon, come quick!
00:10:12Help!
00:10:13No!
00:10:18Chloe!
00:10:19Mom's here!
00:10:19Mom's right here!
00:10:20You lunatic!
00:10:22You ruined her!
00:10:23You ruined my daughter's hand!
00:10:25What's gonna become of her life?
00:10:26Mom, hurry up!
00:10:27Coming!
00:10:35And my daughter?
00:10:37She just had to take it?
00:10:40That-that was an accident.
00:10:43An accident?
00:10:45So money fixes everything, right?
00:10:50No!
00:10:53Daddy, you finally came!
00:10:56What the hell is going on here?!
00:10:57Simon, you finally came!
00:11:01Look at Chloe, her hand!
00:11:02That woman ruined her hand!
00:11:05You dare hurt my daughter?
00:11:06You know who I am?
00:11:08You hurt my daughter,
00:11:09I'll make sure you don't leave this building alive!
00:11:23How-how is it you?
00:11:29Just now, were you trying to kill me?
00:11:33Darling, I-I didn't know it was you.
00:11:36I thought-
00:11:36Thought what?
00:11:38Thought it was some fool who dared to hurt your mistress and bastard daughter?
00:11:42Simon!
00:11:43What are you waiting for?!
00:11:44She ruined Chloe's hand!
00:11:47What are you standing there for?!
00:11:49Get them to the ER!
00:11:50You want someone to die?!
00:11:54Let's see what you're trying to do.
00:12:00What are you doing?!
00:12:01Chloe!
00:12:02Simon!
00:12:03What's this?!
00:12:04Just go!
00:12:06I'll handle this here.
00:12:07You-you want me to leave?!
00:12:09She ruined Chloe's hand and you're just letting it go?!
00:12:13I'm begging you, go!
00:12:15If you don't, no one gets out of here!
00:12:30Honey, darling, let me explain.
00:12:32That, like Zagsandra, she's just a poor woman I've been helping.
00:12:34A single mom, struggling with a kid.
00:12:36I paid for some of her tuition, rent, stuff like that.
00:12:38Then she got obsessed with me, started calling me her husband.
00:12:40Honey, you know me.
00:12:41My heart only has room for you!
00:12:44Really?
00:12:44Of course!
00:12:44I swear!
00:12:46She made all that up!
00:12:47The ER!
00:12:47The black card!
00:12:49All of it!
00:12:49She just wanted to mooch off me!
00:12:51So Chloe calling you daddy, did she make that up too?
00:12:54Chloe shot an arrow through Isabella's heart.
00:12:56Your mistress came with my black card, threw money at me to sign a waiver.
00:12:59You showed up and shot me without a second thought, and you're telling me it's a misunderstanding?!
00:13:02Honey, I really didn't know it was you. I-I-I just reacted-
00:13:04Reacted?
00:13:05Fine, then tell me.
00:13:07What's this about the vermilion ER?
00:13:08That idiot Alexandra!
00:13:10Why does she have to run her mouth?
00:13:11ER?!
00:13:12Nothing like that!
00:13:13She's talking nonsense!
00:13:15How could I give the inheritance to an outsider?
00:13:17Isabella is my daughter!
00:13:19My only daughter!
00:13:20Really?
00:13:20Then have you been to see Isabella while she's in the ICU?
00:13:23Hmm.
00:13:27You got that woman's call and rushed right over.
00:13:30But did you know Isabella is still in the ER fighting for her life?
00:13:35I-I-I-you don't know.
00:13:36You don't know anything!
00:13:40All you know is your mistress got bullied, your bastard daughter got hurt, but your own daughter, you didn't even
00:13:46know she was in the hospital.
00:13:49Honey, darling, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Give me another chance.
00:13:54Simon, do you know why I agreed to let Marcus take them away?
00:13:56Because I wanted to see just how shameless you could be.
00:14:10You think you're better than me?
00:14:12You're nothing.
00:14:14A fucking nobody.
00:14:20Get me everything on Victoria!
00:14:22I want her dead!
00:14:24DEAD!
00:14:34Boss, Simon's people are making moves.
00:14:36Word is he called in everyone who handles the files.
00:14:39Let him dig.
00:14:40Boss, what if he finds-
00:14:41Finds what?
00:14:42That half the missions I took were cleaning up his message?
00:14:45That those businesses would have been swallowed up long ago if I hadn't been backing them?
00:14:50Or that little investment project is just the seven million he lost at a casino with the organization's money?
00:14:56You've always known?
00:14:57Marcus, I'm not stupid.
00:14:59I just thought...
00:15:01He was my husband.
00:15:02He was my daughter's father.
00:15:04I thought he had at least a little bit of a conscience.
00:15:08I was wrong.
00:15:09I'm sorry, boss. I didn't keep an eye on the organization.
00:15:11You're-
00:15:12Not your fault.
00:15:13I gave away the power myself.
00:15:16Three years.
00:15:17That's enough time for a tree to take root.
00:15:20So what do you plan to do?
00:15:21Time to rip it out.
00:15:23Roots and all.
00:15:28Marcus, you know how you uproot a tree?
00:15:31You don't start with the trunk.
00:15:32You start with the roots.
00:15:34One by one, until it can't stand anymore.
00:15:38This is-
00:15:40Every penny Simon embezzled from the organization over the past three years.
00:15:43The first one was three years and two months ago, the third week after he took over.
00:15:46Only 80,000 back then, labeled operating expenses.
00:15:49Then he got bolder.
00:15:50Hundreds of thousands turned into millions.
00:15:57$5,000.
00:15:59That much money.
00:16:01If the fellows find out-
00:16:03So, you're gonna let them know.
00:16:05But not now.
00:16:06Then when?
00:16:08When he's tied the last rope around his own neck.
00:16:12Listen to me.
00:16:13Got it.
00:16:14What about the school situation?
00:16:16Proceed as planned.
00:16:18Get all the evidence together, but don't hand it over yet.
00:16:20Let that mother and daughter think they're safe first.
00:16:22Once they let their guard down, that's when we cut.
00:16:26Got it.
00:16:28Isabella, mommy will protect you.
00:16:40Simon, why call us here today?
00:16:43This feels awfully secretive.
00:16:46Brothers, I called everyone here because there's something I don't even know how to say.
00:16:50Syme, just say it. We're family here.
00:16:54Victoria is back.
00:16:57Boss Victoria is back? That's good news.
00:17:00She's been running missions for years.
00:17:02The boys have missed her.
00:17:03I wish it were good news.
00:17:05But, she's not in her right mind this time.
00:17:08What do you mean?
00:17:11Isabella had an accident at school.
00:17:13She was shot with an arrow and she's still in the ICU.
00:17:16What? Isabella was hurt? How bad?
00:17:19Bad.
00:17:20The arrow went through her back and into her chest.
00:17:23It almost hit her heart.
00:17:25Victoria broke down.
00:17:26She's emotionally unstable.
00:17:27A mother losing it when her daughter gets hurt seems pretty normal to me.
00:17:32Normally, yes.
00:17:33But Victoria's reaction has gone way beyond normal.
00:17:37Last night at the hospital, she shot a little girl.
00:17:40What?
00:17:46What?
00:17:47What?
00:17:47She shot a little girl?
00:17:49I hate saying this, but she snapped and crippled the hand of the girl involved in Isabella's accident.
00:17:54That doesn't sound like Boss Victoria.
00:17:57She wasn't like that before.
00:17:59That's exactly what I'm saying.
00:18:01The shock broke her.
00:18:02She won't listen to anyone now.
00:18:04She's completely out of control.
00:18:07Last night when she had a gun on that girl, I tried to stop her.
00:18:10Guess what happened?
00:18:12What happened?
00:18:16She almost shot me.
00:18:18I dodged it, but she shoved me into a wall.
00:18:21That's out of line!
00:18:23Simon!
00:18:24After everything you've done for this family, that's how she treats you?
00:18:27Forget it.
00:18:28She's upset about our daughter.
00:18:30I understand.
00:18:31What worries me is something else.
00:18:33What?
00:18:34She still has the passwords to the family's financial accounts.
00:18:38I know she's not usually reckless, but in her current state,
00:18:42what if she gets impulsive and drains Vermillion's money?
00:18:45Simon, you're the one running the family.
00:18:47You need to do something.
00:18:48We can't let one one person's emotional breakdown cost hundreds of brothers their livelihood.
00:18:51I'll see what I can do.
00:18:53You stupid fools.
00:18:54Just wait, Victoria.
00:18:55We'll see who laughs last.
00:19:13Well, well, if it isn't the boss of Vermillion, why do you look like hell?
00:19:21Raphael.
00:19:22Relax, drop the act.
00:19:24I found your daughter the best neurosurgeon in the country.
00:19:28A specialist in penetrating trauma.
00:19:31He arrives tomorrow.
00:19:32Surgery is three million dollars.
00:19:34You don't have to pay me back.
00:19:35Call it charity.
00:19:40What happened to your face?
00:19:41Nothing.
00:19:42Just a scratch.
00:19:43Who did it?
00:19:44Thank you for the doctor.
00:19:46But I don't want to owe you.
00:19:48You already owe me plenty.
00:19:50Back when you insisted on marrying that useless bastard, I told you-
00:19:53If that's why you're here, you can leave.
00:19:57You know how I feel about you.
00:20:02Forget it.
00:20:03I'm not here to fight.
00:20:04I looked into Isabella's condition.
00:20:06The wound is serious, but the position is lucky.
00:20:08Two millimeters.
00:20:09The doctor I found has handled similar cases with a high success rate.
00:20:12Either way, thank you.
00:20:13Your daughter is fighting for her life.
00:20:14Where the hell is that loser, Simon?
00:20:16Don't mention him to me.
00:20:17When you chose him, I knew this day would come.
00:20:19You've always had terrible taste.
00:20:21Men, friends, even the empire you chose to plant your flag in.
00:20:24If it were me, I would have walked away from Vermillion years ago.
00:20:26Did you fly all the way here just to say that?
00:20:28Don't you get it?
00:20:29I flew here because someone hurt you.
00:20:32You know everything?
00:20:33You think Vermillion gossip stays hidden from me?
00:20:35Your dirty laundry is already all over the underworld.
00:20:37Simon has a woman outside.
00:20:38A bastard daughter, too.
00:20:40Everyone knows, Victoria.
00:20:42Everyone except you.
00:20:45Victoria, do you want revenge?
00:20:47What are you getting at?
00:20:48Stop carrying everything alone.
00:20:50That's what you've always done.
00:20:51You take the hit and never tell anyone.
00:20:54And you?
00:20:56Why help me?
00:20:57Because I've waited more than ten years.
00:21:00I don't want the thing I waited for to be your obituary.
00:21:06I can't believe he still remembers I love white roses.
00:21:24Marcus, this account doesn't add up.
00:21:27Three days ago, two million went out under Simon's authorization.
00:21:30The purpose says investment project, overseas expansion.
00:21:32Investment project, what project?
00:21:34Is there a contract, approval, paperwork?
00:21:36No, just an authorization form signed by Simon.
00:21:38The notes say confidential project, details unavailable.
00:21:42Confidential project.
00:21:43Simon uses boss Victoria's money to run the family.
00:21:45And now he has secret projects with no explanation?
00:21:49Marcus, it's not just this one.
00:21:50Look here.
00:21:51Two years ago, five million went out under emergency reserve.
00:21:54But the notes say personal use.
00:21:56Personal use?
00:21:57There's more.
00:21:58Last March, three million.
00:21:59Last August, four million.
00:22:01This January, two and a half million.
00:22:03All marked personal use or investment project.
00:22:05No approvals, no contracts.
00:22:07Marcus, I found the same thing here.
00:22:08Over the past three years, at least 15 similar transactions.
00:22:12Total amount, $47 million.
00:22:14Back up everything.
00:22:16Find a way to get it to boss Victoria.
00:22:18Marcus, if Simon asks.
00:22:20Who the hell is Simon?
00:22:22He's just an acting manager who forgot his place.
00:22:24Wait and see.
00:22:25Boss Victoria is about to clean house and we won't stand in her way.
00:22:36Mrs. Victoria, your daughter's condition is better than I expected.
00:22:41The arrow passed through her chest but miraculously avoided the major vessels and the heart.
00:22:46The main issues now are, first, partial left lung left to defallus.
00:22:50Second, a small aero-pragment remains near the spine and must be removed.
00:22:54Will surgery recover?
00:22:56In my experience, 70 to 80% of patients within make a full recovery within three to six months.
00:23:01Thank you, doctor.
00:23:02When is the surgery?
00:23:03Eight tomorrow morning.
00:23:04The estimated surgical time is four to six hours.
00:23:06Success rate?
00:23:07Above 80%.
00:23:08But ma'am, I need you to understand that every surgery carries risk.
00:23:12I understand.
00:23:14Please do your best.
00:23:16I will.
00:23:23After surgery tomorrow, when you wake up, I'll take you to your favorite mac and cheese place.
00:23:28Remember?
00:23:28That little spot downtown?
00:23:30Every time you say, Mom, this is the best mac and cheese in all of Los Angeles.
00:23:34Isabella, wake up soon, baby.
00:23:36Mommy will make sure you get back everything that belongs to you.
00:23:46That bitch!
00:23:47That crazy bitch!
00:23:49She ruined your hand!
00:23:51Chloe, don't worry.
00:23:52Mommy will get justice for you.
00:23:53I swear, I'll make her pay.
00:23:55Mom, it hurts.
00:23:56It hurts so bad.
00:23:57I know, baby.
00:23:58I know.
00:23:59The doctor said the pain mags will kick in soon.
00:24:01Just hang on a little longer.
00:24:11So you finally came back.
00:24:13Look at Chloe's hand.
00:24:15The doctor said even if they reconnect it, she may never draw a bow again.
00:24:21Never lift anything heavy, barely even right.
00:24:25Her life is ruined.
00:24:27Do you understand that?
00:24:28Enough, I know.
00:24:29Keep your voice down.
00:24:31The whole building can hear you.
00:24:33You know, what do you know?
00:24:35You acted like a coward in that hospital.
00:24:39Enough, I know.
00:24:41Keep your voice down.
00:24:42You watched that bitch humiliate us and you didn't say a damn word.
00:24:46Do you have any idea who you're talking to?
00:24:57Are you saying that woman is really Vermilience?
00:25:00You think I didn't want to fight back?
00:25:02You think I don't hate her?
00:25:04Alexander Victoria is the real power behind Vermilient.
00:25:07How do you think I've kept this seat all these years?
00:25:09Her backing.
00:25:10Without her, I'm nothing.
00:25:12The real power?
00:25:13Simon, did she brainwash you?
00:25:15Who runs Vermilient now?
00:25:17Those captains answer to you, not her.
00:25:19Think about it.
00:25:21She's been gone for years.
00:25:22You've handled everything.
00:25:26Hundreds of men know Simon.
00:25:28Who knows Victoria?
00:25:29All you have to do is...
00:25:31Do what?
00:25:32Take full control of the family's resources.
00:25:35Then Victoria is just an empty shell.
00:25:37If she wants revenge, with what?
00:25:40How is she supposed to fight us?
00:25:46I'll handle it.
00:25:47But you keep your head down for now.
00:25:49Stop causing me problems.
00:25:51I...
00:25:52I said keep your head down!
00:25:57Daddy...
00:25:58Rest and heal.
00:26:00Daddy will get justice for you.
00:26:06Victoria?
00:26:07You think you won?
00:26:09Just wait.
00:26:11Simon is mine.
00:26:13Vermilient will be mine too.
00:26:22When was the last time you slept?
00:26:29I don't remember.
00:26:33What you asked for.
00:26:35What is it?
00:26:36An anonymous file I received.
00:26:39Simon's Cayman Islands account records.
00:26:45Over the past three years, he moved 47 million dollars into it.
00:26:49One transfer was 3 million the day before Isabella was attacked.
00:26:55The day before?
00:26:57The day before Isabella was hurt.
00:27:00Simon deliberately switched Chloe's archery lane.
00:27:05He knows his daughter's personality.
00:27:08He knew she'd take interest in Isabella.
00:27:13You're saying...
00:27:14Isabella being shot wasn't an accident.
00:27:18Simon allowed it to happen.
00:27:26His plan is simple.
00:27:28Isabella gets hurt.
00:27:29You lose control.
00:27:32Once you lose control, he has grounds to call you unstable and unfit to hold Vermilion's money and power.
00:27:39Then he strips away your authority piece by piece.
00:27:41Once that's gone, you're a queen with no throne.
00:27:45He controls Vermilion's resources and connections and he can do whatever he wants to you.
00:27:57Isabella, you're daddy's little princess.
00:28:01I have people inside the family, but I still need your help.
00:28:05I didn't think you'd ever ask anyone for help.
00:28:09I'm not asking.
00:28:11I'm offering you an opportunity.
00:28:14What opportunity?
00:28:16Help me take back Vermilion.
00:28:18I'll give you half.
00:28:21I don't want half your mafia empire.
00:28:24Your territory doesn't interest me.
00:28:28Then what do you want?
00:28:34After your daughter wakes up, I want you to tell her yourself that you chose the wrong man.
00:28:55Boss, Simon called several mid-level captains into a meeting this afternoon.
00:28:59He said you're mentally unstable and wants to revoke your financial access.
00:29:04He's moving fast.
00:29:09He also said you shot a young girl at the hospital, lost control, and aren't fit to participate in family
00:29:17business anymore.
00:29:21He knows how to work a room.
00:29:25There's one more thing.
00:29:27Say it.
00:29:29Simon has been telling people that you've been using Vermilion resources while you were away.
00:29:38Even though you're not the active manager.
00:29:41He's definitely moving fast.
00:29:44But do you know his biggest problem?
00:29:46What?
00:29:47He's too impatient.
00:29:49If he could stay calm and wait another year, maybe he really could lock down the whole family.
00:29:55But he can't wait.
00:29:56So before I can react, he has to block every road.
00:30:00So?
00:30:02So he'll make mistakes.
00:30:04More and more of them.
00:30:06The more desperate a man gets, the easier it is to see the cracks.
00:30:14See?
00:30:15So now we just wait for him to walk into the trap.
00:30:21How's the school situation?
00:30:24Handled.
00:30:25Evidence of bullying.
00:30:26Medical records.
00:30:27Chloe's archery club training logs.
00:30:29Everything is organized and ready to submit to the school and police.
00:30:35Wait.
00:30:36Wait for what?
00:30:39For Simon to push every chip onto the table.
00:30:41For him to think he's won and has nothing left to fear.
00:30:45Then we crush every last hope he has.
00:30:48Keep all of this under control from the shadows.
00:30:50I still need to wait for my baby girl to wake up.
00:30:52You can count on me.
00:31:11The surgery was successful.
00:31:19When will she wake up?
00:31:21Best case, three to five days.
00:31:24Slower, one to two weeks.
00:31:26But given her current condition, I'm very confident.
00:31:33That's my job.
00:31:35Mr. Belmont paid three times the market rate.
00:31:38I have to earn that price.
00:31:49Raphael.
00:31:50Thank God you were here this time.
00:31:52Thank God you were here this time.
00:31:54Thank God you were here this time.
00:32:15Who posted this?
00:32:18I don't know.
00:32:19Someone put it on the school forum.
00:32:24Everyone's sharing it.
00:32:29Wh-what is this?
00:32:37Didn't the school say they buried it?
00:32:39Mom, who do you think posted it?
00:32:41That...
00:32:42That woman.
00:32:43She doesn't just want my hand ruined.
00:32:46She wants to destroy me.
00:32:49No.
00:32:51Simon said he handled the media.
00:32:54No one will report this.
00:32:55Mom!
00:32:56Read the comments!
00:32:58Everyone knows I did it!
00:33:00Everyone!
00:33:01Everyone knows I did it!
00:33:05Everyone!
00:33:10They're saying I did it on purpose?
00:33:12They're calling me a bully?
00:33:14And they're saying I'm...
00:33:15I'm a bastard!
00:33:17Who said that?
00:33:19Who called you a bastard?
00:33:21Everyone!
00:33:22They all know!
00:33:25Mom, didn't you say Dad would acknowledge me?
00:33:28Didn't you say I'd be Vermillion's heir?
00:33:32Then why does everyone know I'm illegitimate?
00:33:35Why is my hand ruined while that bitch's daughter is still alive?
00:33:40Why does she get to live?
00:33:41My hand is ruined!
00:33:43My life is over!
00:33:44Why does she get to be fine?
00:33:47Baby, baby, listen to me!
00:33:49Baby!
00:33:50Chloe!
00:33:51Chloe!
00:33:51Chloe!
00:33:52No!
00:33:53You lied to me!
00:33:57You said Dad would protect us!
00:33:58What happened?
00:34:01At the hospital, he didn't say a damn word!
00:34:05He let that woman ruin my hand!
00:34:07He doesn't even want us!
00:34:09No!
00:34:10No, that's not true!
00:34:13Your father is waiting for the right moment!
00:34:15He'll get justice for us!
00:34:17He'll make that woman pay!
00:34:26Your father is going to act soon!
00:34:29Then just wait and see it!
00:34:37Simon, I need to ask you something.
00:34:42...around the family.
00:34:44They say Boss Victoria has a man on the side.
00:34:47...and is using Vermilion resources to keep him.
00:34:49Did those rumors come from you?
00:34:53What are you implying?
00:34:54Why would I spread something like that?
00:34:56Victoria is my wife.
00:34:57How does that help me?
00:34:59It doesn't.
00:34:59Unless you're trying to secure your own position by pushing her out.
00:35:04Rumors like that would put the brothers on your side.
00:35:09Fine.
00:35:09I'll be honest.
00:35:11I don't want this either.
00:35:12But you know Victoria's condition right now.
00:35:14Since our daughter got hurt, she's changed.
00:35:16I'm afraid she'll do something that hurts the family.
00:35:19As for the rumors, I didn't start them.
00:35:21Someone dug into her past, found things, and couldn't keep their mouth shut.
00:35:25Found what?
00:35:27Come look.
00:35:33Raphael Belmont?
00:35:34Heir to Belmont group?
00:35:36You know him?
00:35:37Of course.
00:35:37The Belmont family runs one of the top medical groups in the world.
00:35:41But him, I heard he and Boss Victoria go way back.
00:35:44Grew up together, that kind of history.
00:35:46More than history.
00:35:47Do you know why Victoria insisted on marrying me back then?
00:35:50Because of him.
00:35:55How?
00:35:56Raphael Belmont confessed his feelings to her and she rejected him.
00:35:59She chose me.
00:35:59But Raphael never gave up.
00:36:01They've stayed in touch all these years.
00:36:02This five million dollars came out of the family account.
00:36:05The note says mission income.
00:36:07But I checked.
00:36:07Victoria had no mission during that period.
00:36:09I don't want to believe she'd use family funds to keep an old flame, but the evidence is right here.
00:36:13What am I supposed to do?
00:36:14Simon, don't spread this yet.
00:36:16I'll look into it.
00:36:17Okay.
00:36:25Just wait, Victoria.
00:36:27I'll show you who really runs for a million.
00:36:29I'll show you who really runs for a million dollars.
00:36:35I'll show you who really runs for a million dollars.
00:36:35Cold?
00:36:36Yeah.
00:36:39Here, warm.
00:36:42Thanks.
00:36:43You never used to thank me.
00:36:46That was then.
00:36:47This is now.
00:36:49So I'm different to you now?
00:36:54You're funny.
00:36:56Fine, let's say that.
00:36:57Victoria.
00:36:59Yeah?
00:37:00Back then, why did you choose him?
00:37:03Maybe it was some stupid young hero complex.
00:37:07He said he needed me.
00:37:08I said I needed you too.
00:37:10You didn't say, I need you.
00:37:12You said I can protect you.
00:37:15Hey, Victoria.
00:37:16You need me, right?
00:37:17I'll protect you from now on.
00:37:19Back then, I didn't want protection.
00:37:21I wanted to hear, I need you.
00:37:23So you chose someone who needed you?
00:37:25Yeah.
00:37:26And how did that turn out?
00:37:27You can see for yourself.
00:37:29What he needed mattered more than I did.
00:37:39Mom?
00:37:48I'm here.
00:37:50Mommy's here.
00:37:52It hurts.
00:37:53I know.
00:37:54I know, baby.
00:37:55But you're safe now.
00:37:56The surgery went well.
00:37:58You're going to be okay.
00:37:59Mom, were you crying?
00:38:03No.
00:38:04Mommy wasn't crying.
00:38:07Liar.
00:38:12Everything is normal.
00:38:13Waking up is a good sign.
00:38:15Now she just needs time to recover.
00:38:19Mom.
00:38:21Chloe shot me, didn't she?
00:38:23It wasn't an accident.
00:38:25I saw her.
00:38:26She was smiling when she aimed at me.
00:38:29Mom.
00:38:30Why would she do that to me?
00:38:35Because someone taught her she could.
00:38:37I promise you, the person who taught her and the person who did it will both pay.
00:38:41Pay how?
00:38:44What do you want?
00:38:46I want her to know money can't fix everything.
00:38:49When you do something wrong, you have to face the consequences.
00:38:53Promise.
00:38:53She and her mother will get exactly what they deserve.
00:39:04Mom.
00:39:05The bank just called.
00:39:06This month's mortgage wasn't paid.
00:39:09I know.
00:39:10I'm handling it.
00:39:12How?
00:39:12Didn't Dad say he'd take care of it?
00:39:14He said he'll handle it, so he'll handle it.
00:39:16Stop pushing.
00:39:18Handle it?
00:39:19He hasn't been here in three days.
00:39:21Is he avoiding us?
00:39:22Shut up!
00:39:24Chloe, your father won't abandon us.
00:39:27He's just dealing with a lot right now.
00:39:30Give him time.
00:39:31Mom, did he fool you too?
00:39:33What?
00:39:33He doesn't want us.
00:39:35Everything he said before, the inheritance, Vermillion, all of it was a lie.
00:39:38He was using us.
00:39:39That's bullshit!
00:39:40It's not!
00:39:41Look at me!
00:39:41My hand is ruined!
00:39:43How many times has he visited me?
00:39:44Twice!
00:39:45Each time he left in less than half an hour.
00:39:47He isn't even giving us money anymore.
00:39:49The mortgage isn't paid.
00:39:50The credit cards are frozen, and I can barely afford my pain meds.
00:39:53This is what he gave me.
00:39:55A ruined hand and an empty promise.
00:39:58No!
00:39:58He promised me!
00:40:06Mrs. Alexandra Thornton?
00:40:08That's me.
00:40:09This is a bank repossession notice.
00:40:11Due to delinquent mortgage payments, the bank has decided to reclaim this property.
00:40:16You have 72 hours to vacate.
00:40:18How is this happening?
00:40:20How is this happening?
00:40:22This is impossible!
00:40:23The mortgage is automatically paid every month.
00:40:26My husband said he handles all the bills.
00:40:28Ma'am, all accounts under Mr. Simon Sterling, the account holder, were frozen three days ago.
00:40:31All linked loans, credit cards, and automatic payment agreements are now invalid.
00:40:35This property's mortgage is three months overdue.
00:40:37The bank sent multiple notices and received no response.
00:40:39No, no, you're wrong!
00:40:41Check again!
00:40:41This has to be a mistake!
00:40:43Ma'am, there is no mistake.
00:40:44These are official bank documents.
00:40:46You can see the full delinquency record and repossession process inside.
00:40:49I need to call him.
00:40:53I need to call my husband.
00:40:55He'll fix this.
00:40:56He has to fix this.
00:40:57I need to call him.
00:40:58Mom, what's going on?
00:41:02The number you have dialed is no longer in service.
00:41:09Disconnected.
00:41:10How is it disconnected?
00:41:11He just...
00:41:12Mom, what happened?
00:41:13He's taking the house back!
00:41:15The bank is taking the house!
00:41:17Simon's accounts are frozen.
00:41:18The loan isn't paid.
00:41:19What?
00:41:20How could he do this?
00:41:21He promised me.
00:41:22He said the house was in my name!
00:41:24He said even if the sky fell, he would never leave you and me on the street.
00:41:29The number you have dialed is no longer in service.
00:41:35Simon!
00:41:35You liar!
00:41:37You said you'd take care of us!
00:41:39You said Chloe was your daughter!
00:41:40You said Vermillion was hers!
00:41:43You said...
00:41:44Mom.
00:41:45Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:41:46Mommy shouldn't have believed him.
00:41:48You should have known.
00:41:49The first time he left us at the hospital, you should have known.
00:41:54Ma'am, I understand you're upset, but according to procedure, you must vacate within 72 hours.
00:41:58If you have questions, you may contact the bank's legal department.
00:42:00I'm not leaving!
00:42:01This is my home!
00:42:03Let them try to throw me out!
00:42:04If you refuse to comply, the bank will apply for a court enforcement order.
00:42:07Marshals may then remove you and your daughter by force.
00:42:09Also, under the loan agreement, late fees, default penalties, and all costs related to this repossession process will be your
00:42:17responsibility.
00:42:18The total is $520,000.
00:42:20How much?
00:42:32For you.
00:42:33If you don't like it, throw it away.
00:42:36Mom, who is this man?
00:42:37I'm not this man.
00:42:39Then what are you?
00:42:40I'm your mother's creditor.
00:42:42Mom owes him money?
00:42:44No.
00:42:45No?
00:42:46Your daughter's surgery cost $3 million.
00:42:48You said I didn't have to pay it back.
00:42:49I said you didn't have to pay back the money.
00:42:51I didn't say it wasn't a debt.
00:42:53There are two kinds of debt.
00:42:54Money debt and favor debt.
00:42:56The money debt was forgiven.
00:42:57The favor debt stays.
00:42:59What favor does mom owe you?
00:43:01She owes me the truth.
00:43:02What truth?
00:43:03I'll tell her when you're better.
00:43:04Mom, I think this guy is better than dad.
00:43:13Don't say that.
00:43:14I'm not making it up.
00:43:15Dad never brought me stuffed animals.
00:43:18He only told me to behave.
00:43:19Mom, does Raphael like you?
00:43:21Isabella!
00:43:22I'm serious.
00:43:23I really think so.
00:43:25Don't underestimate a teenage girl's instincts.
00:43:28Isabella.
00:43:29So, Raphael, how did you and my mom meet?
00:43:32In a very ugly place.
00:43:34What place?
00:43:35An orphanage.
00:43:36An orphanage?
00:43:37Yeah.
00:43:38She arrived a year after me.
00:43:40Covered in bruises, wouldn't say a word.
00:43:42And looked at everyone like she wanted to kill them.
00:43:43Mom.
00:43:44That was a long time ago.
00:43:46Then I figured out it wasn't that she didn't want to talk.
00:43:48No one was talking to her.
00:43:49So I went to her every day.
00:43:50She ignored me, so I sat beside her and talked to myself.
00:43:53What did she say?
00:43:54She said, you're loud.
00:43:57What happened after that?
00:43:59After that, we grew up together.
00:44:01She learned to talk.
00:44:02I learned to shut up.
00:44:03When exactly did you learn to shut up?
00:44:06Right now.
00:44:07Mom, I really think Raphael's better than dad.
00:44:18Boss, that transfer record Simon released in the family, $5 million to Raphael Belmont is fake.
00:44:23I know.
00:44:23You know?
00:44:24The date on that record is six months ago.
00:44:26Six months ago, I was on a mission in Syria.
00:44:28I had no financial transactions with Vermillion.
00:44:30Simon knows that.
00:44:31He was the one approving my mission expenses then.
00:44:33Then how dare he forge a record like that?
00:44:35Because he's betting no one will check.
00:44:37In the family, reputation matters more than proof.
00:44:40He doesn't need to prove Raphael and I had anything.
00:44:42He just needs to plant doubt in the men's hearts.
00:44:44Once doubt grows, it becomes a crack.
00:44:47What do we do?
00:44:47Nothing.
00:44:48Nothing?
00:44:49Let him talk.
00:44:49Let him think his plan is working.
00:44:51The more certain he is that he's winning, the more mistakes he made.
00:44:54Boss, what if the brothers really believe him?
00:44:56Marcus, let me ask you something.
00:44:58Go ahead.
00:44:59What is Simon's biggest weakness?
00:45:00Greed.
00:45:01Greed is just the symptom.
00:45:02His biggest weakness is that he's always imitating.
00:45:05Imitating?
00:45:05He imitates how a boss acts, how to manage the family, how to give orders.
00:45:10But he doesn't understand that what makes men follow you isn't power.
00:45:13It's trust.
00:45:14He can embezzle money, forge records, buy loyalty, but he can't buy trust.
00:45:19Then we?
00:45:19Wait.
00:45:21He's about to make his move.
00:45:31Simon, you wanted to see me?
00:45:33Sit.
00:45:36Do you know this man?
00:45:37Isn't this that arms dealer from the Middle East?
00:45:40Yes.
00:45:40His name is Khalid.
00:45:41He was Victoria's contact during her Syria mission three years ago.
00:45:44I'll be honest.
00:45:45I checked Victoria's mission records from the past three years.
00:45:47Most were normal, but three of them were blank.
00:45:50Only time and location.
00:45:51No details, no income, no explanation.
00:45:53Blank?
00:45:54Yes.
00:45:55And those three blank missions perfectly overlap with Khalid's movements.
00:45:59I know what you're thinking.
00:46:00I don't want to believe Victoria falsified mission blanks and privately contacted a Middle Eastern
00:46:04arms dealer.
00:46:05But the evidence is here.
00:46:06Simon, is this evidence reliable?
00:46:08I didn't call you here to make you do anything.
00:46:10It's just...
00:46:11You're one of the old guard.
00:46:13There are things you need to know.
00:46:14I understand.
00:46:17Simon, have you considered...
00:46:19What if this evidence is fake?
00:46:20What if someone gave you this on purpose to turn you against Boss Victoria?
00:46:24Fake?
00:46:25Even if it's fake, I'll make it real.
00:46:27Victoria will never get back on her feet.
00:46:36Boss, Simon has been contacting people in the Middle East.
00:46:39The Middle East?
00:46:40Yes.
00:46:40He spent money spreading word through the family that you used Vermillion funds for private
00:46:44dealings with that arms dealer.
00:46:45Is that arms dealer Khalid?
00:46:47Boss, you know him?
00:46:48Yes.
00:46:49I was in Syria three years ago, but he wasn't an arms dealer.
00:46:53Simon had a business deal in Syria that went bad.
00:46:56They came after him, and I shielded him.
00:46:58That man...
00:46:59He has no shame.
00:47:03Doesn't matter.
00:47:04If he wants to use this, let him.
00:47:06But Boss, if he brings this to the family gathering...
00:47:08He won't.
00:47:10Why?
00:47:12If he brings it to the gathering, one quick check destroys it.
00:47:15His real goal is to make everyone lose trust in me before the gathering, so he can become
00:47:21the true head of the family.
00:47:24Despicable bastard.
00:47:25If Simon showed you evidence that I betrayed the family, would you believe it?
00:47:28Never.
00:47:29I know who you are.
00:47:30Someone as strong as you earns loyalty.
00:47:33Simon just plays cheap tricks.
00:47:34Then that's enough.
00:47:36I trust the brothers and the family still have that much judgment.
00:47:39Don't you?
00:47:40Yes.
00:47:48Raphael, what's that?
00:47:51Soup.
00:47:52You made it?
00:47:54Bought it.
00:47:56Wow!
00:47:57Cream of mushroom!
00:47:58Drink it while it's hot.
00:48:02You too.
00:48:03You haven't eaten properly in three days.
00:48:05How do you know that?
00:48:07Lucky guess.
00:48:12Raphael, can you cook?
00:48:15A little.
00:48:17If I need to, I can learn.
00:48:19Okay, then.
00:48:21Once you learn, if it tastes good, I'll approve you of dating my mom.
00:48:27Then I'd better learn fast.
00:48:44Beautiful.
00:48:45How long has it been since I saw you smile like that?
00:48:55Really?
00:48:56Not since you married Simon.
00:48:59Raphael, back then, why didn't you come after me again?
00:49:03You chose someone else.
00:49:04I respected that.
00:49:06Back then, I thought he was what you needed.
00:49:08He was gentler than me, warmer than me, better with pretty words.
00:49:11I thought he could make you happy.
00:49:13If I had known, if I had known, I would have...
00:49:16Raphael, stop.
00:49:17That's all in the past.
00:49:20I'm sorry.
00:49:21I didn't come here to reopen old wounds.
00:49:23I came to tell you that whatever you do next, I'm on your side.
00:49:28Okay.
00:49:31Mom.
00:49:33Yeah?
00:49:34Dad did something really bad and hurt you, didn't he?
00:49:40Isabella.
00:49:41Mom, I'm not a little kid anymore.
00:49:43I can judge for myself.
00:49:45And I don't care about Vermilient.
00:49:49I only care whether you're happy.
00:49:53Isabella, I'm sorry.
00:49:54I failed you.
00:49:56You didn't fail me.
00:49:57Dad failed us.
00:49:59Mom, Raphael is a good man.
00:50:01I can tell he's sincere.
00:50:03You can consider getting me a new dad.
00:50:05I don't mind.
00:50:06Wait a little longer.
00:50:08It's almost over.
00:50:17This is what Simon circulated today.
00:50:19He can't wait to make his move.
00:50:22He turned this many people?
00:50:23Mostly because he showed them your call records with Raphael Belmont in the Middle East Intel.
00:50:29He's getting better at faking things.
00:50:31Boss, if Simon brings this up at next Friday's gathering...
00:50:34He won't wait until next Friday.
00:50:36What do you mean?
00:50:37Before the gathering, he'll pull in everyone he can.
00:50:39By the time we get there, whether the intel is real or fake won't matter.
00:50:43He only needs the meeting as a formality to push me out.
00:50:46So we just let it happen?
00:50:48Of course not.
00:50:49That day we'll have a surprise ready for him.
00:51:00Mom, I got expelled!
00:51:07What?
00:51:09Permanent expulsion?
00:51:10And it's going on my record.
00:51:12How am I supposed to live?
00:51:14People will point at me for the rest of my life.
00:51:16Mom, I can't do this!
00:51:18Do something!
00:51:24How is that possible?
00:51:26Your father said he handled this.
00:51:28He lied to us.
00:51:29He made us homeless.
00:51:30And now I'm expelled!
00:51:33Didn't he say he would take us away once he handled the family business?
00:51:36He's not coming.
00:51:38He's never coming.
00:51:40Chloe, what happened?
00:51:41Mom, look at me!
00:51:42Look at my hand!
00:51:43My hand is ruined.
00:51:45He won't want a cripple like me.
00:51:47Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:51:51Mommy is so sorry.
00:51:53Mom, he played us!
00:51:58And if he wants to screw us over, then we screw him back.
00:52:15Chloe, what are you talking about?
00:52:18Mom, do you know what he's most afraid of right now?
00:52:21What?
00:52:23Vermillion losing trust in him.
00:52:25If that happens, everything he did was for nothing.
00:52:28Don't do anything stupid.
00:52:30Mom, I know now.
00:52:32He set it up so I'd notice Isabella at the archery club.
00:52:36If I'm willing to testify against him.
00:52:41Chloe, are you insane?
00:52:43If you confess, expulsion will be the least of it!
00:52:46You could go to prison!
00:52:49Mom, does my life look that different from prison right now?
00:52:53My hand is ruined.
00:52:55School is gone.
00:52:56The house is being taken.
00:52:58Dad abandoned us.
00:53:00What else do I have to lose?
00:53:04Chloe, listen to me.
00:53:06Mom, I'm not asking for permission.
00:53:08I've decided he is going to pay.
00:53:15This also has evidence of him moving Vermillion money into my personal account.
00:53:22With this, he's done.
00:53:26He's done.
00:53:34The day he left us at the hospital, I knew he couldn't be trusted.
00:53:39So I kept the evidence, just in case this day came.
00:53:44Chloe, why didn't you tell me sooner?
00:53:46Because I still had a little hope.
00:53:48I thought he remembered I was his daughter.
00:53:52But now...
00:53:57Now I don't hope for anything.
00:54:01Fine.
00:54:03You're right, that man deserves to burn.
00:54:06What do you want to do?
00:54:08I'm going to Victoria.
00:54:10What?
00:54:10You can't, she'll kill you.
00:54:12She won't.
00:54:12If she wanted me dead, she would have killed me at the hospital.
00:54:15She ruined my hand but left me alive because she was avenging her daughter.
00:54:19She wants something bigger.
00:54:21What does she want?
00:54:24Simon's life.
00:54:25What do we do?
00:54:37What do you want?
00:54:38We need to talk.
00:54:41What do you want from me?
00:54:51Thank you for coming.
00:54:53Don't thank me.
00:54:54I only came to see what you wanted to show me.
00:55:01This has evidence that Simon deliberately pushed me into hurting Isabella.
00:55:04It also has the records of him transferring Vermilion funds into accounts under my name.
00:55:09Why give this to me?
00:55:11He lied to my mom about marrying her.
00:55:13Lied to me about making me Vermilion's heir.
00:55:15Lied to you about being a good husband and father.
00:55:18All of this happened because of him.
00:55:20And now he wants to push you out and keep ruling.
00:55:23I won't let him.
00:55:25My hand is ruined.
00:55:26The school expelled me for the archery incident.
00:55:29My mom has nothing left.
00:55:31And where is he?
00:55:32He never cared about us at all.
00:55:34I'm not here begging for forgiveness.
00:55:37I almost killed your daughter.
00:55:39You won't forgive me.
00:55:40And I'll never forgive myself either.
00:55:43But your daughter was right.
00:55:44Wrong choices have consequences.
00:55:46Not just for me.
00:55:48For Simon too.
00:55:51You know handing this to me could send you to prison too.
00:55:54I know.
00:56:02Aren't you afraid?
00:56:04My hand is already ruined.
00:56:07My life is already wrecked.
00:56:09What is there left to fear?
00:56:14Does your mother know you're here?
00:56:16Don't worry about her.
00:56:17Even if she disagrees, she can't stop me.
00:56:22I already had most of this.
00:56:23But thank you.
00:56:25If it comes down to court testimony, you don't have to go.
00:56:27No.
00:56:28I'll go.
00:56:29I want to put him away myself.
00:56:31Victoria.
00:56:33How is Isabella?
00:56:35She's doing well.
00:56:36She'll be discharged soon.
00:56:41That's good.
00:56:42I didn't kill anyone.
00:56:46Brothers, I called everyone here today because I have something important to announce.
00:56:52As you all know, Victoria's daughter recently had an accident.
00:56:55It hit Victoria hard.
00:56:57She's emotionally unstable and has already made some irrational choices.
00:57:04Simon is right.
00:57:06Boss Victoria really hasn't been herself lately.
00:57:09I don't want to do this.
00:57:10But as acting head of the family, I have a duty to protect Vermilion's interests.
00:57:14So I propose that Victoria's authority be temporarily revoked and that I take full control until she recovers.
00:57:19This is the authorization document under Vermilion rules.
00:57:23If more than half the managers sign, authority passes to the acting head.
00:57:28Brothers, sign it.
00:57:34What about you?
00:57:37Why aren't you saying anything?
00:57:39Was I unclear?
00:57:40Or do you not believe me?
00:57:42Simon, I know you've managed the family well these past few years.
00:57:45But I still want to hear what Boss Victoria has to say first.
00:57:48She's in no condition.
00:58:03I hear someone here wants to strip me of all my authority.
00:58:07Honey, sweetheart, why are you here?
00:58:09We're holding a family meeting.
00:58:10A meeting about what?
00:58:11How I'm emotionally unstable?
00:58:14How I'm unfit to manage the family?
00:58:16Simon, before you say another word, think carefully.
00:58:20From this moment on, every word you say will be on record.
00:58:24Honey, what are you doing?
00:58:25We're family.
00:58:27Can't we talk this through?
00:58:28Family?
00:58:29Simon, when was I ever family to you?
00:58:32Good timing.
00:58:32I have something for you all to see.
00:58:45What the hell is this?
00:58:4747 million?
00:58:49How is it that much?
00:58:50Simon, explain this.
00:58:52It's fake!
00:58:54Victoria, you forged this to frame me!
00:59:03Simon!
00:59:03You used family money to support your bastard daughter?
00:59:07I didn't.
00:59:07It's forged.
00:59:08Victoria, you...
00:59:11There's more.
00:59:14This isn't real.
00:59:16These are forged documents.
00:59:17I know what this is.
00:59:19Victoria is colluding with the Belmont family.
00:59:21She wants to destroy me.
00:59:23Get your facts straight.
00:59:25You're the one who hid two Middle East arms deals from the family.
00:59:28When they took your money, I was the one who cleaned up your mess.
00:59:32And you forged evidence claiming I had an affair, claiming I betrayed Vermilion.
00:59:36You tried to pull me down, and you even went after your own daughter.
00:59:41Simon, your biggest problem isn't that you're greedy.
00:59:45It's that you're greedy and stupid.
00:59:47Simon, you son of a bitch!
00:59:49You used family money for your woman and your bastard, then framed boss Victoria?
00:59:5347 million!
00:59:55Do you know how long that could feed the brothers?
00:59:57Simon, what do you have to say for yourself?
01:00:03Vermilion rules.
01:00:05Betraying the family and embezzling funds.
01:00:07What's the punishment?
01:00:08Expulsion from the family.
01:00:10All assets seized.
01:00:11If it rises to betrayal, the family code applies.
01:00:15You!
01:00:16You ungrateful bastards!
01:00:18Who has been running this family all those years?
01:00:21Who has been paying you?
01:00:22Me!
01:00:23Simon!
01:00:24Victoria, you think you've won.
01:00:26I still have people in this family.
01:00:28You think they all answer to you?
01:00:31Your people.
01:00:34I get it!
01:00:35It was you!
01:00:36You set this up from the beginning just waiting to laugh at me!
01:00:38You poisonous bitch!
01:00:40Blame your own character.
01:00:41Do you know who exposed the accounts you used to move the money?
01:00:44Your precious daughter, Chloe.
01:00:46That's impossible.
01:00:47When your own child turns on you, that's a special kind of failure.
01:00:51Do it.
01:00:53You.
01:00:53Don't come any closer.
01:00:59Victoria, honey, I was wrong.
01:01:02I really was.
01:01:03Give me one chance.
01:01:08You can't do this to me.
01:01:10So you remember you're Isabella's father?
01:01:12You had someone shoot an arrow through her chest.
01:01:15The tip missed her heart by two millimeters.
01:01:17She almost died.
01:01:18Do you understand that?
01:01:19I didn't mean to.
01:01:21I just wanted to make Vermilion stronger to protect you better.
01:01:24Protect us?
01:01:25Were you protecting us when you used family money to keep your mistress?
01:01:28When you promised succession to your bastard daughter?
01:01:30When you spread lies that I betrayed Vermilion?
01:01:32Simon, stop making excuses.
01:01:34Throw him out.
01:01:34He is never to return.
01:01:36Seize every asset under his name and hand him over to the court.
01:01:38No.
01:01:40Don't hand me to the police.
01:01:42Victoria, please.
01:01:43I don't want to go to prison.
01:01:44You don't get a choice.
01:01:46Victoria!
01:01:47You can't do this to me!
01:01:48I'm your husband and Isabella's father!
01:01:51You can't!
01:01:59Let me go!
01:02:00Do you know who I am?
01:02:01I'm Simon!
01:02:02I run Vermilion!
01:02:04Not anymore.
01:02:07Marcus!
01:02:08For all the years Victoria left Vermeus in my hands, you followed me too.
01:02:12And this is how you treat me?
01:02:13Simon, I never followed you.
01:02:15I followed Boss Victoria.
01:02:17Always.
01:02:18Always.
01:02:20Always.
01:02:21Always.
01:02:24Always.
01:02:30Victoria, you think you've won?
01:02:31I'll find a way back.
01:02:33You'll see.
01:02:33Boss, are you okay?
01:02:34I was married to him for so many years.
01:02:36I thought he had at least one line he wouldn't cross.
01:02:39Boss, you're really letting him walk away?
01:02:41Give a man hope first, then crush him.
01:02:44That's how you break him completely.
01:02:53Sir, I'm sorry.
01:02:54This ticket cannot be used.
01:02:56What?
01:02:57Impossible.
01:02:58Mr. Simon Sterling?
01:03:00What do you want?
01:03:00You've been reported for suspected money laundering and inciting a minor to commit attempted murder.
01:03:04Please cooperate with the investigation.
01:03:11Mrs. Thorne, please tell the court whether Simon Sterling instructed your daughter, Chloe
01:03:17Thorne, to intentionally harm Isabella Sterling.
01:03:21Yes.
01:03:21The night before it happened, he called me and said, if Isabella got hurt, Victoria would
01:03:27lose control.
01:03:28He said it was his only chance to take back Vermillion.
01:03:32She's lying.
01:03:33She's insane.
01:03:34She's doing this to get back at me.
01:03:36They're all in this together.
01:03:45The defendant will remain silent.
01:03:47My daughter is willing to testify.
01:03:53Miss Thorne, please tell the court whether Simon Sterling instructed you to hurt Isabella
01:03:57Sterling.
01:03:58Yes.
01:03:59He hinted many times that he wanted Isabella hurt.
01:04:02That's why I acted against her almost without thinking.
01:04:04Is everything you're saying true?
01:04:06I have recordings as evidence.
01:04:08I've also submitted proof that he transferred funds into accounts under my name.
01:04:12You ruined my hand, my future, my mother's life, and you hurt Isabella all for your
01:04:16own ambition.
01:04:17Don't forget, you're the one who shot Isabella.
01:04:20You won't get away either.
01:04:21I'll take responsibility for what I did.
01:04:24Now it's your turn to pay for what you did.
01:04:29Mom.
01:04:30Mom, will Chloe go to jail?
01:04:32Maybe.
01:04:33She hurt you.
01:04:34But she testified voluntarily, so the judge may be lenient.
01:04:39Mom.
01:04:39Sometimes I wonder, if I didn't have you, would I have become like her?
01:04:51No.
01:04:53You're that sure?
01:04:55You said it yourself, because you have me.
01:04:58As long as Mommy is here, no one gets to hurt you.
01:05:03Mom.
01:05:04So what's going on with Raphael?
01:05:06What's going on?
01:05:08You know.
01:05:09How far have you two gotten?
01:05:11What do you mean?
01:05:12You know.
01:05:13What's wrong with your eyes?
01:05:15Nothing.
01:05:15Mom, tell me the truth.
01:05:16Do you like him or not?
01:05:18I don't know.
01:05:22Mom, lying is bad.
01:05:23What lie?
01:05:24I'm not lying.
01:05:25Mom, don't you know?
01:05:26Every time you lie, your ears get red.
01:05:29Mom, just admit it.
01:05:31Admit what?
01:05:34That you have feelings for me too?
01:05:36Why are you here?
01:05:38Isabella?
01:05:39How long have you been here?
01:05:41How much did you hear?
01:05:43You and Isabella were very absorbed in your conversation.
01:05:47But now I do have a question.
01:05:49What exactly do you feel for me?
01:05:56Guess.
01:06:01Fine.
01:06:02Either way, I'm the one standing beside you now.
01:06:05We have plenty of time.
01:06:08Members of the jury, have you reached a unanimous verdict?
01:06:15Yes, Your Honor.
01:06:17Please read the verdict.
01:06:18As to the defendant, Simon Sterling.
01:06:21Aggravated assault, guilty.
01:06:23Solicitation of a minor to commit a crime, guilty.
01:06:26Financial fraud, guilty.
01:06:28Money laundering, guilty.
01:06:29Attempted first degree murder, guilty.
01:06:31Simon Sterling, this court sentences you to 30 years in prison with no parole.
01:06:3830 years?
01:06:3930 years?
01:06:45Victoria, Isabella is my daughter too.
01:06:47I didn't mean to hurt her.
01:06:48You can't do this to me.
01:06:50When you designed all of this, did you remember she was your daughter?
01:07:00It's finally over.
01:07:09What are you thinking about?
01:07:11That it's finally over.
01:07:14Was it worth it?
01:07:15Yes.
01:07:17Isabella survived.
01:07:18Simon got what he deserved.
01:07:20Vermilion is back on track.
01:07:21And you?
01:07:22What about me?
01:07:23May I finally have the honor of getting your answer?
01:07:26Raphael, shut up.
01:07:28Kiss me.
01:07:39Mom, you look beautiful.
01:07:42So do you.
01:07:43I hope you're happy this time.
01:07:46We all will be.
01:07:56Take good care of her.
01:07:58I will.
01:07:59I now pronounce you husband and wife.
01:08:04We're all going to be happy.
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