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Seven Years Of False Love. Exposed In One Paper - Ep
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00:07mommy
00:09my sweet it's windy don't catch a cold
00:12i'm a daughter for seven years isn't related to me then where the hell did they take my
00:22child it all started five days ago with this diary mrs crowley miss morris wrote something
00:29strange in art class i thought you should see it i have two moms one has curly hair and
00:36one has straight hair straight hair mommy stays home like a nanny and takes care of
00:40us curly hair mommy loves us from far away
00:48still looking at leona's sketchbook kids scribble nonsense you don't have to take it seriously
00:56arthur do you know what day it is what day work has been insane lately my head's all over the
01:01place happy ninth anniversary limited edition honey you're too good to me put it on for me okay
01:11and my gift i've been buried in work and totally forgot i'll make it up to you i swear
01:16daddy never forgets a special day he always picks out gifts for curly hair mommy daddy says when you
01:21love someone the thought you put into surprising them what matters most nine years of marriage
01:25i stepped back to take care of liana and support him and he never once got me an anniversary gift
01:30i told myself he just didn't care about gestures but was that really the truth
01:34arthur are you hiding something from me
01:41hiding what why would you ask me that out of nowhere what could i possibly be hiding
01:50wait is this about that a fairy tale written by a seven-year-old and you're actually buying it
01:55a fairy tale what else curly hair mommy straight hair mommy leona can barely remember where she left
02:00her homework you think she can make up some elaborate story you've just been home too long
02:03obsessing over the kid all day that's why your mind goes to weird places is that so
02:09i'll have someone book you a massage tomorrow and invite a few of the society ladies for tea
02:13you used to love shopping with them remember arthur i never said this was about leona's drawing
02:18then why ask me that i had a dream you were with someone else
02:25you're taking a dream seriously oh sarah arthur your eyes drift when you lie
02:31do you even realize that i've got work these next few days i'm going to sleep
02:35after leona was born seven years ago arthur said he was afraid he'd roll onto the baby
02:39so he suggested separate beds leona grew up but he never came back tonight he won't wake up
02:45arthur always said the study held confidential company files and outsiders weren't allowed in
02:50an outsider after nine years i finally asked myself what am i in this house
02:55unlocked did he forget or did he think i'd never come in
03:01clean too clean nothing here everything looks normal am i really overthinking this
03:11this was from the welcome part that day he said we would be the happiest family in the world
03:28september 12th that date feels so familiar
03:36there you are curly hair mommy daddy says curly hair mommy deserves all the nice things
03:43and straight hair mommy doesn't so the designer bags in straight hair mommy's closet are all fake
03:49the real ones were sent to curly hair mommy a long time ago
03:52mrs crowder we checked these pieces are high-end knockoffs
03:56we also found some of your originals pawned for cash the payer was maya lopez
04:01keep the transaction records
04:09who are you calling this late a friend you've been coming home later and later christmas is coming
04:15and the land development negotiations are piling up everything hit at once sarah i know i've been
04:19neglecting you once this rush is over and leona's inheritance at the company is settled we'll take a
04:23proper family vacation you're so thoughtful it's nothing all for this family i'm going to shower of course
04:33what's the password
04:40there's no way they haven't been in contact
04:46honey why are you calling at this hour
04:51arthur bad signal
04:53so you block her after every call damn arthur you're really clever
05:0912 years
05:10arthur and i have only been married nine years
05:16that's leona
05:18that's my watch
05:19the bag
05:20the dress
05:20the necklace
05:21oh my god
05:22all of it is mine
05:2412 years
05:25they've been together for 12 years
05:28my marriage
05:29was a lie
05:30no
05:31something still doesn't add up
05:33no mistress truly loves her rival's child
05:35unless
05:38arthur always said leorca looked like me
05:40back then
05:42i was so blinded by love that i never questioned it
05:45not one thing about her looks like me
05:48mommy
05:50mommy
05:50mommy
05:51maya
05:51i miss you
05:53i need the truth
05:54if leoila isn't my child
05:57then where the hell did they take my real child
06:03mrs crowley
06:04the dna comparison is underway
06:06the report will be ready in two hours
06:08okay
06:17heading out
06:18yeah
06:19sarah i need to ask you something
06:21what
06:22did you
06:23touch my phone
06:24your phone
06:26oh leona used it to play games yesterday
06:28did she tap something
06:30that call
06:31looks like leona made it
06:33never mind
06:34leona probably hit it by accident
06:38where are you going
06:39chicago
06:39we have partners there
06:41so i'll be away for five days
06:43leona said she wants to come
06:44so i'll pick her up after school
06:45and take her with me
06:47perfect
06:48we haven't gone anywhere as a family in ages
06:51i'll come too
06:52no
06:53what's wrong
06:53it's not convenient
06:55it's a work trip
06:56bringing family looks bad
06:58call lose might think i'm using company money vacation
07:02fine
07:02i'll wait for you both to come back
07:09once leona's inheritance is fernalized next week
07:12we'll make up for it with a real vacation
07:24daddy
07:24hey sweetheart
07:27are we going to pick up mummy maya
07:29shh
07:30keep your voice down
07:31miss her
07:32yes
07:33i'm so sick of being mummy sarah every day
07:54mom
07:55baby
07:56i missed you so much
07:59did you miss me
08:00so so much
08:08daddy says the jewelry and bags at home are fake
08:12straight hair mommy only deserves fakes
08:14curly hair mommy gets the real ones
08:23mommy
08:23daddy said nobody can bother our family trip this week
08:27arthur
08:28she won't find out will she
08:31no
08:32she trusts me completely
08:36nine years
08:37it took me nine years to see the man sleeping beside me
08:42the daughter i raised for seven years
08:44isn't related to me
08:47sarah
08:51sarah i love you
08:53i promise to take care of you and love you with all i have for the rest of my life
08:57will you marry me
08:59arthur
09:00honey
09:01i will make you the happiest person in the world
09:12leona isn't my child
09:15then where the hell did they take my baby
09:22are you okay miss
09:29i'm fine
09:32what happened to your eye
09:35nothing
09:38did someone
09:39hurt you
09:42let me take you to a hospital
09:46no ma'am
09:47i just fell by accident
09:58this was a reward i got
09:59you can have it ma'am
10:01i hope it makes you feel better
10:04seven years
10:04the child i raised like a treasure never once asked me
10:07are you okay
10:14thank you
10:16what's your name
10:16my name is mallory
10:18mallory
10:20ma'am i should go back
10:21i hope you feel better
10:23have a good day
10:25she looks about leona's age
10:27this is no time to cry
10:30i have to find my child
10:37are you sure hawthorne will announce leona's company inheritance at her birthday party next week
10:42hawthorne has never liked me hawthorne has never liked me but who cares as long as leona is a crowley
10:46child that inheritance is hers
10:48a crowley child as if leon actually has anything to do with that family
10:52maya we agreed never to talk about that
10:54i know
10:56i'm just wondering how much longer i have to wait before i can stand beside you in the open
11:00it's arranged next week you'll join as my assistant then you can be by my side openly
11:06really
11:07when have i ever lied to you
11:12by the way
11:13i took care of the other child
11:15what child
11:17you know exactly which one
11:20i found buyers
11:21a wealthy couple
11:23their son needs healthy organs
11:25and mallie is a match
11:27maya
11:29are you saying
11:30arthur
11:30wake up
11:31if sarah finds out that child exists
11:33what do you think she'll do
11:34everything will blow up
11:35i won't let anyone destroy everything we fought for
11:38that kid has to disappear
11:42fine
11:42do it your way
11:49mrs crowley this is janice verga
11:52janice verga
11:53seven years ago you handled my delivery
11:56and you helped maya loper switch the babies didn't you
11:59mrs crowley i i don't know what you're talking about
12:03your daughter is about to start at wharton corp isn't she
12:06good grades
12:07she should get in
12:08but if something unexpected happened
12:10do you think
12:11it would still go smoothly
12:13please
12:14no
12:16mrs crowley please
12:17she worked so hard
12:19please don't ruin her life
12:20so you ruined my child instead
12:22i'm sorry
12:23my daughter's now was diagnosed with back camp
12:25then i needed money
12:27i had nowhere to turn
12:28maya came to me and said she'd give me two hundred thousand dollars
12:31if i helped her
12:32so you do know what it means to be a mother
12:34i only mentioned your daughter's future and you fell apart
12:37what about me
12:38where did you send my child
12:41tell me where is my child
12:44at hope haven foster center
12:46it was funded under the crowley name
12:48what did you say
12:49maya's cousin has been the director there
12:51the child has been there the whole time
12:53over the years
12:55i often brought the girl small things
12:58this is her photo
13:00mrs crowley i can go to prison but please don't hurt my daughter
13:07this was a reward i got
13:08you can have it ma'am
13:10i hope it makes you feel better
13:13she she's my child
13:16she's my child
13:17maya told the center to give her special care
13:18she she went hungry half the time
13:21her clothes never fit
13:22and she was always covered in bruises
13:24but that kid is a real hard work
13:26and so thoughtful too
13:28i'm sorry
13:29special care mother
13:33annie get the car
13:34we're going to hope haven
13:35yes mrs crowley
13:43mallory these are going to be your new parents
13:52they don't actually want to adopt me
13:54what nonsense are you talking about
13:57the other kids told me they just want to take my heart for their child
14:00oh mallory don't listen to those kids
14:03they're only saying that because they don't want you to leave
14:06your new parents are taking you to a better life
14:09really
14:10of course
14:11go on
14:13come here sweetheart
14:15come to mama
14:20miss reyes will be going now
14:22okay
14:22take care
14:37mrs reyes
14:38someone is here
14:39it's mrs crowley
14:43mrs crowley
14:44what is she doing here
14:46he hid my child in a facility funded by the crowley family
14:49no one would think to look here
14:51arthur you really planned this well
14:53annie
14:54run a background check on marlaw
14:56i want it in 30 minutes
14:57yes mrs crowley
14:59mrs crowley welcome
15:00what brings you here today
15:02i'm looking for someone
15:03looking for
15:04who
15:05this child
15:06mallory
15:07she found out
15:09no
15:09i have to warn maya
15:10mallory
15:11oh the children have a field trip today
15:13they should be back in about two hours
15:15would you mind waiting
15:16in an hour
15:17they'll be on the plane
15:18too late to stop them
15:21okay
15:22please have a seat
15:23i'll step out to make a call
15:28what's wrong
15:30mallory got adopted
15:31isn't that a good thing
15:33but i heard the people taking her are bad
15:40kids
15:40the mallory you're talking about
15:42is it this girl
15:43yeah
15:43that's her
15:44where is she now
15:45she got taken away
15:46i overheard mrs rayless
15:48on the phone
15:49they said
15:50they were going to take
15:51mallory's heart
15:51and put it in someone else
16:02mrs crowley
16:03i've got it
16:03marlon reyes
16:04is maya lopez's cousin
16:08family
16:14should i call the police
16:16not yet
16:17i need to get the truth
16:18out of her first
16:23pick up
16:24come on pick up
16:35oh shit
16:38mrs
16:39mrs crowley
16:43mrs rayless
16:44i'll ask you one more time
16:45where is mallory
16:46she
16:47she went on a field trip
16:50tell me
16:50where is my child
16:52she really went on a field trip
16:53she'll be back in two hours
16:56marlon
16:57start talking
16:58mrs crowley
16:59please don't
17:00she's
17:01on the way to austin airport
17:03the flight leaves
17:04in less than an hour
17:05watch her
17:05don't let her contact anyone
17:07understood
17:27this was a reward i got
17:29you can have it ma'am
17:31i hope it makes you feel better
17:33i'm sorry
17:34these seven years
17:35must have been so hard
17:36for you
17:38i'm sorry i didn't
17:39figure it out sooner
17:45flight ac 1657
17:46will depart in 50 minutes
17:48passengers please
17:49prepare for boarding
17:5430 minutes
18:06Say, the couple adopted Mallory to harvest her organs.
18:10Their son was suffering from organ failure and needed a transplant, and Mallory was a perfect match.
18:15So they're taking her for surgery?
18:16Yes. Flight AC-1657 starts boarding in 30 minutes.
18:20Got it.
18:26Sarah, I love you.
18:28I promise to take care of you and love you with all I have for the rest of my life.
18:33Will you marry me?
18:34Arthur.
18:36Honey, I will make you the happiest person in the world.
18:41Ma'am, are you okay? The ambulance is on its way.
18:45Mallory.
18:56Sweetheart, it's time to go.
19:00Has the latest flight to the States taken off?
19:03Ma'am, the latest flight to the States departed five minutes ago. Would you like me to check the next
19:07one?
19:09What?
19:10The next flight is in two hours. Would you like me to book it for you?
19:19Hello?
19:20Sarah, I'd like you to accompany Leona and me to the charity gala next week.
19:24What does a charity gala have to do with me?
19:27Everyone in our circle will be there, and with Leona's birthday party next week, you should make an appearance with
19:32her beforehand.
19:33Arthur, I don't want to talk about this right now. I have something to handle. Bye.
19:37She's usually excited to go out with Leona. What's with her today?
19:42Book me a ticket to the States. The earliest flight. Of course, ma'am.
19:49The couple adopted Mallory to harvest her organs.
19:52Their son was suffering from organ failure and needed a transplant, and Mallory was a perfect match.
20:00I'm sorry, Mallory. I'm so sorry.
20:14Ma'am, why are you crying again?
20:19Don't cry. Have a candy.
20:24Lady, you're hugging too tight.
20:35Mallory, there you are. Why did you run off? Move.
20:40No, ma'am. They're bad people. Please help me.
20:47Are we really going to kill this little girl?
20:49Phil, we're one step away from saving our son. Don't get soft now. Once we land, she goes straight into
20:56surgery. We can't screw this up.
21:00I heard you. You want to take my heart. You're bad people.
21:06Stop talking nonsense. Come with us now.
21:09Who are you? What do you think you're doing?
21:11I won't let you take her.
21:14Miss Crowley.
21:18You have two choices. Walk out on your own, or leave in handcuffs.
21:27Hold them. Don't let them contact anyone.
21:30Yes.
21:35Ma'am, you just said you're my mom, but I don't have a mom. Are you really my mom?
21:41Yes. I'm your mom.
21:43Are you going to take something from my body, too? I'm scared it'll hurt.
21:51You do have a mom, your mom. I'm sorry.
21:54Mommy came too late.
21:55I will never let anyone take you away again.
22:11Dad.
22:13This is my daughter.
22:23Sweetheart. Welcome home.
22:26I'm your grandpa.
22:31Hello.
22:33Hello.
22:39Let's talk inside.
22:43Victoria is waiting for you.
22:52Sarah!
22:56My sweet.
23:00Mom.
23:01I'm okay.
23:04Hello.
23:06I'm Victoria.
23:07Your grandma.
23:08Welcome home.
23:09Hello.
23:11Mrs. Crowley.
23:14Take her to wash up first.
23:17Use Leona's clothes for now.
23:19Yes, Mrs. Crowley.
23:21Sweetheart.
23:22Go rest and have something to eat first.
23:25Okay.
23:27My child should have grown up with the best of everything.
23:30They stole seven years of that from her.
23:33Baby, give me just a little more time.
23:36Dad.
23:37Mom.
23:38I'm sorry.
23:40I've made you worry all these years.
23:42That doesn't matter right now.
23:43What are you going to do?
23:45I've already gathered some evidence.
23:46The DNA test, asset transfer records, testimony from the foster center.
23:51I'm going to leave him with nothing.
23:52I'll handle the legal side.
23:54The family's legal team is ready whenever you are.
23:56I'll assign people to investigate.
23:57Every piece of evidence must be preserved.
24:03What is her name?
24:05Mallory.
24:06Mallory?
24:07No one at Hope Polar ever bothered to change it.
24:10Then from this day on, her last name is Crowley.
24:13As for her first name...
24:15No.
24:15Her name stays Mallory Crowley.
24:17She was born a Crowley, and I want that name back where it belongs.
24:21Good.
24:22Mallory Crowley.
24:25I'll go up and see her first.
24:27Madam.
24:28Sir.
24:29What happened?
24:30I was helping the little girl change.
24:32And she's covered in marks.
24:34Bruises over bruises.
24:35Some fresh, some old.
24:36What kind of injuries?
24:37Everywhere.
24:38Her arms, her back, her legs.
24:40Some have already scabbed over.
24:41Some are still purple.
24:42This has been going on for a long time.
24:44Those bastards!
24:45Arthur.
24:46Every scar on her body is going on your bill.
24:49Sarah, breathe.
24:50The doctor is on her way.
24:52We document every injury, every bruise, every damn thing they did to her.
24:56Mom's right.
24:57I'm going upstairs to see her now.
25:00Calvin?
25:02Where's the doctor?
25:03Still on her way, Mr. Crowley.
25:05Wait at the front door.
25:07The second she arrives, bring her in.
25:09Yes, Mr. Crowley.
25:14Okay, where are you two sneaking me off to?
25:17Eyes closed.
25:18Careful, there's a step.
25:20Mommy, I saw you peek.
25:22I didn't.
25:23Mommy kept my eyes closed.
25:26Almost there.
25:29Alright, open your eyes.
25:30Do you like it?
25:33Happy birthday, Mommy.
25:34I bought these with my own allowance.
25:37I love it.
25:38Thank you, baby.
25:40Happy birthday, honey.
25:42I'm so happy.
25:43When I'm with you two, I keep wishing this could be our real life.
25:47No hiding.
25:47No pretending.
25:48Just us.
25:49You are my real life.
25:50Give me one more week.
25:51Once the inheritance is locked in, I'll give you the wedding I should have given you years ago.
25:54Bigger than Sarah's?
25:56Sarah's wedding was politics.
25:58Yours will be love.
25:59Sarah, so what if you're of noble birth?
26:01Your husband isn't truly yours, and neither is your daughter.
26:04You're so critical.
26:08Alright, presents.
26:09Leona and I spent forever choosing them.
26:11Mm-hmm.
26:15Oh my god, this is impossible to find.
26:17You really hunted it down for me?
26:19For you?
26:20Always.
26:21Do you love it?
26:22I do.
26:24Put it on me?
26:25Of course.
26:29How does it look?
26:31Beautiful.
26:33Mommy, you're so pretty!
26:35Look at you, saying all the right things.
26:38Mommy, open mine next.
26:40Mine is better than Dad's.
26:41Is that a challenge, my sweet?
26:44Bring it here.
26:45Let's see.
26:48Right.
26:49Today's Sarah's birthday too, isn't it?
26:51I would have forgotten if you hadn't said it.
26:53Call her.
26:54Keep it sweet and short.
26:55The inheritance announcement is next week, and we can't have Sarah feeling neglected.
26:59You're right.
26:59You always see the whole board.
27:09Happy birthday, honey.
27:10Leona, come say happy birthday to your mom.
27:13I don't want to.
27:14Leona, don't be rude.
27:16Go on, honey.
27:17Mommy, it'll be over in a second.
27:24Happy birthday.
27:34That was barely a sentence.
27:36I don't want to.
27:38Be sweet.
27:39Mommy wants a yacht.
27:40Ask her for it, okay?
27:42Fine.
27:44Good girl.
27:45We're away right now, and shipping a gift back is a hassle.
27:49Let's skip presents this year.
27:51You already have everything, Sarah.
27:53One less gift won't kill you.
27:55Funny.
27:55Buying gifts for his mist with my money never seems to be a hassle.
27:59Nine years of anniversaries, birthdays, every little detail handled by me.
28:04And in their eyes, I was the help with the trust fund.
28:06I should have thrown that devotion in the trash.
28:09Then we're done here.
28:10Wait.
28:12Don't hang up.
28:15Leona wants to talk to you.
28:18She's missed you, too.
28:22Mommy, I miss you.
28:24Mommy, remember the boat you promised me?
28:27I want a real yacht, one I can take out on the ocean.
28:30When are you buying it?
28:35I'm so tired of being stuck with Sarah every day.
28:38She only says she misses me when she wants something,
28:40and I gave her everything for those three little words.
28:43God, I was naive.
28:44From now on, don't even think about taking anything else from me.
28:49We'll talk when you're back.
28:51Why did she hang up?
28:53That's not Sarah.
28:55If Leona says she misses her, Sarah usually melts.
28:57Why was she so cold?
29:00What's wrong?
29:01Nothing.
29:02Sarah just sounded wrong.
29:03Usually she lingers on the phone with Leona.
29:05Today she cut us off.
29:06Do you think she knows something?
29:07Marlet called me several times,
29:09and I missed every call.
29:10What if Hope Haven went sideways?
29:13No one's picking up.
29:16Shit!
29:19What if something actually happened?
29:21I'll try again.
29:22Maybe she's just busy.
29:26Marlant?
29:27Finally, where the hell have you been?
29:29I've been tied up.
29:30What's wrong?
29:31What's wrong?
29:32You blew up my phone, then vanished when I called back.
29:34What the hell is going on?
29:36Oh, I was in California for a charity event.
29:39Bad reception.
29:40California?
29:41Since when do you just run off to California?
29:43Last minute decision.
29:44It's fine.
29:45Don't worry.
29:46And the center?
29:47The girl?
29:48Nothing went wrong?
29:49Don't worry.
29:50Everything's fine.
29:51I handled it.
29:52Are you sure?
29:53I'm sure.
29:54I have to go.
29:56Bye.
29:57She says she was in California, and the foster center is fine.
30:01California?
30:02Out of nowhere?
30:03She does charity events all the time, doesn't she?
30:06Maybe we're overthinking it.
30:08Maybe.
30:08Well, don't let Sarah get in your head.
30:11She hasn't noticed a thing in seven years.
30:13She's probably pouting because you didn't take her on the trip.
30:17You're right.
30:18Sarah's used to being indulged.
30:19The moment she feels left out, she snulks.
30:21You're nothing like her.
30:22You actually understand me.
30:28Honey, we're back.
30:33Mommy, I missed you.
30:37Why is she still this cold?
30:38She hasn't seen Leona in almost a week.
30:41This isn't the reaction she should be having.
30:43Sarah, Leona's birthday party is in three days.
30:46Your father said he'll announce the heiress there.
30:48Are the venue, guest list, and schedule set?
30:50Do you need me to step in?
30:55It's handled.
30:56Venue, guest list, schedule.
30:58My father speaks.
30:59The papers are signed.
31:00The transfer is announced.
31:01Two hours.
31:02Two hours for an inheritance announcement?
31:04My father approved it.
31:05If you object, talk to him.
31:08Leona, go play in your room.
31:13Sarah, two hours makes this look small.
31:15The board and the press will be there.
31:17Don't you think people will say the Croweys are treating Leona's future like an afterthought?
31:26Leona's future?
31:27When did you ever care about any child who was actually mine?
31:30My father set the schedule.
31:32Take it up with him.
31:33There it is again.
31:35Hawthorne Crowley.
31:36The wall she hides behind.
31:38Am I supposed to stay beneath this family forever?
31:41Fine.
31:41If your father decided it, we'll follow it.
31:43But if we're announcing Leona's rights, the right people need to be in that room.
31:47Don't worry.
31:48Everyone who belongs there will be there.
31:50Sarah, don't forget.
31:51Leona is your daughter.
31:52I know exactly what Leona is to me.
31:59Everyone who belongs there will be there.
32:06Arthur, it's been too long.
32:08You certainly know how to throw a party.
32:10Long time no see.
32:11We had to.
32:12Half of Austin's elite is here tonight.
32:14Sarah, how are you holding up?
32:16Very well.
32:17I hear Crowley Energy has been busy.
32:20A few projects are finally moving.
32:21Sarah, we hardly see you in public anymore.
32:24Children have a way of shrinking your world.
32:26Liera is starting to look just like Arthur.
32:28That's what everyone says.
32:31Who is that?
32:31No idea, but she certainly knows how to make an entrance.
32:34Everyone, this is Maya Lopez, my assistant.
32:37She's been very helpful at the company, so I wanted you all to meet her.
32:40Arthur, Columbia educated and that beautiful?
32:42You do hire well.
32:43You flatter me.
32:45Young, polished, always beside Arthur.
32:47Interesting.
32:48Maya!
32:50Mrs. Lopez, right?
32:51My daughter seems very attached to you.
32:54Leona is a sweet girl.
32:55Maya helped with a few of Leona's enrichment classes.
32:58That's all.
32:58That's all?
32:59Good to know.
33:01Then let's follow each other on Instagram.
33:04Teachers and mothers should stay connected, right?
33:11Mrs. Lopez, your Instagram is spotless.
33:14No friends, no photos, no life.
33:17How unusual.
33:18I don't use social media much.
33:19Work keeps me busy and I never have much to post.
33:22Maya is private.
33:23She doesn't put her life online.
33:24Private.
33:25Of course.
33:28Mrs. Crowley.
33:29Mrs. Crowley.
33:32Thank you all for coming today.
33:33Mom, Dad, Sarah.
33:38Arthur, is this the assistant you've been spending company money on?
33:41Yes.
33:42Maya Lopez, my new assistant.
33:44Where did you find her?
33:45Columbia graduate.
33:46Very capable.
33:47She helps with my schedule and sometimes with Leona's schoolwork.
33:50A seven-year-old's homework requires an executive assistant now?
33:53Sarah can't take care of her own child?
33:56Sarah has an Ivy League doctorate.
33:58She can handle second-grade worksheets.
34:01But apparently you needed a young Columbia graduate for that.
34:05You're really quite generous, aren't you?
34:08I didn't think it through.
34:09No, you didn't.
34:11And don't confuse access with talent.
34:13You sit where you sit because you married my daughter.
34:16Without Sarah, you wouldn't be in this room.
34:18Once I have the Crowler fortune in my hands,
34:20I'll make every one of them choke on that arrogance.
34:25Dad, you may have embarrassed Ms. Lopez.
34:28She's young, beautiful, Columbia educated,
34:30and apparently indispensable.
34:32With such a beautiful woman by his side,
34:34Arthur might not even need me anymore in the future.
34:36Don't you think so, Arthur?
34:38Sarah, don't be ridiculous.
34:39If Maya makes you uncomfortable, I'll ask her to leave.
34:41No, she came for Leona's birthday.
34:44We wouldn't want to be rude.
34:45Dad, what's the starting monthly pay for an assistant with no real experience?
34:49A little over $3,000.
34:50Then make hers four.
34:51Or consider it a family charity project.
34:54Fine.
34:55If that's what you want.
34:56Enjoy your little performance, Sarah.
34:59One day, everything here is going to be mine.
35:05Blueberry?
35:05I hate blueberry.
35:07I want cherry cake.
35:08Blueberry was always Sarah's favorite.
35:10It's my birthday.
35:11I want cherry.
35:12Cherry!
35:13Grandpa, you always take my side.
35:15Mommy and Grandma are being mean.
35:17Leona, Sarah loved blueberry cake.
35:19But after you were born, she stopped buying it for seven years.
35:21Do you know why?
35:21Because you didn't like it.
35:22He used to spoil Leona rotten.
35:24Why is he suddenly keeping score?
35:28I don't want blueberry.
35:30I hate it.
35:32I don't want grandma either.
35:34You're all mean.
35:36Hawthorne and Victoria feel different tonight.
35:38I want cherry.
35:40I want cherry.
35:41Change it.
35:41What if they change their minds?
35:43Leona's inheritance is still safe, right?
35:46But who else do they have?
35:48Leona is the only heir.
35:50The board papers are signed.
35:51Tonight is just theater.
35:53Okay.
35:55Don't cry.
35:56It's just cake.
35:57Daddy will buy you a cherry cake later.
35:59The biggest one they have.
36:01Really?
36:02Have I ever broken a promise to you?
36:04Mr. Crowder, the inheritance documents are ready for your final review.
36:09All right.
36:10Excuse me, everyone.
36:11I'm going to give the documents one final look.
36:13I'll be right back.
36:14Arthur, be useful.
36:16Entertain the guests.
36:17Of course.
36:18Take your time.
36:23Leona is a sharp little girl.
36:26She'll go far.
36:27With Arthur guiding her, I'm sure she will.
36:29You're too kind.
36:31She's spirited, that's all.
36:32She kept us busy as a toddler.
36:37Spirited is good.
36:38Smart children usually are.
36:40Leona gets that from Arthur.
36:42Good genes.
36:43Miss Lopez knows exactly what to say.
36:45Arthur and Miss Lopez do make a lovely picture.
36:48If I didn't know better, I'd think I was the guest.
36:51Miss Crowdy, please.
36:53I'm only Mr. Morris' assistant.
36:56Maya, don't stand so far away.
36:58I want to be with you.
37:02Miss Crowley, I'm sorry if this is awkward.
37:05Leona is just very attached to me.
37:08She gets upset when I'm out of sight.
37:14Leona really is attached to Miss Lopez.
37:16I've never seen her take to anyone that quickly.
37:19Miss Lopez must have a gift with children.
37:21You're very kind.
37:23I just treat Leona with patience.
37:25Children know who truly cares about them.
37:27Maya has helped with Leona a lot.
37:28Naturally, Leona likes her.
37:31Leona, do you like Maya?
37:32Yes, I do.
37:35Enough.
37:36Why are you measuring yourself against an assistant?
37:38Everyone knows you're my wife.
37:41Thank you for waiting.
37:42Now I'll announce the future heiress of Crowley Energy.
37:45Finally.
37:46Nine years of smiling for these people.
37:48And it all comes down to this.
37:50Say Leona's name, old man.
37:52Then everything Sarah was born with becomes mine.
37:55Only I deserve all of this.
37:56The Crowley family's fortune, their connections, all of it will be mine.
38:00All the years of disdain they've shown me.
38:02I'll make every single one of you pay it back.
38:04So what if you just have a good birth?
38:06Once I get all of this, you'll still be on your knees begging me.
38:12Crowley Energy will pass to...
38:15Come on.
38:16Say Leonon.
38:18My daughter, Sarah Crowley.
38:28Wait.
38:30Sarah?
38:30I thought Leona was the heir.
38:32You hired an assistant to take care of Leona, didn't you?
38:35That frees Sarah to return to the company where she belongs.
38:38But this was settled.
38:39You can't just rewrite it in front of everyone.
38:44Rewrite what?
38:45Leona is my daughter.
38:46My assets will be hers someday.
38:48Why does it matter whether she gets them today?
38:49But the inheritance documents were signed.
38:52You can't treat a corporate succession like a seating chart.
38:55Miss Lopez.
38:56Crowley family decisions are made by Crowlers, not assistants.
38:59I can change it any time if I want.
39:01Besides, you're an outsider.
39:03You have no right to meddle in my family's affairs.
39:05I'm Leona's biological mother.
39:07The mistress of the Crowley family will be me.
39:09An outsider like you getting so worked up, anyone wouldn't know better and might think you're actually Leona's mother.
39:19Sarah, what the hell is that supposed to mean?
39:21You changed the heiress without warning.
39:24Did you even think about Leona?
39:26Leona is seven.
39:27She can wait.
39:28You, on the other hand, seem oddly desperate.
39:37It's Leona's birthday.
39:38Let's not turn this into a board fight.
39:40Let her cut the cake.
39:41Yes, cut the cake.
39:54I wish I could have a different mom.
39:57I want to stay with Mommy Maya forever.
40:08Oh, what was that?
40:12Kids say things.
40:13Surely she didn't mean it.
40:15Leona, enough.
40:17Stop talking.
40:19She's naughty and rambling.
40:21Don't take it seriously.
40:22Leona, go cut the cake with your parents.
40:24Yes, yes.
40:25Cake fixes everything.
40:29Go get your mom.
40:30We are cutting the cake as a family.
40:35Mommy Maya, come cut the cake with me.
40:41Leona, stop it.
40:43Sarah, she's been around Maya too much lately.
40:45She's confused.
40:46Don't make this bigger than it is.
40:48Right.
40:48Children don't understand what they're saying.
40:50Sarah, let it go.
40:51It's a party.
40:53Sweetheart, don't call me that.
40:55Your mother might feel hurt.
40:58Leona, do you want Maya to be your mother?
41:02All right.
41:04Then I hope you get exactly what you asked for.
41:08Sarah, don't be absurd.
41:10Everyone knows Leona has one mother, and it's she's a child.
41:13Don't punish her for a sentence.
41:15I'm not punishing her.
41:18I'm respecting her.
41:20If she wants another mother, I won't stand in her way.
41:26Can someone please talk to her?
41:28How ridiculous.
41:30Leona made a childish wish.
41:31That's all.
41:32Sarah is not a child.
41:34If this is her decision, her mother and I support it.
41:38It's Leona's birthday.
41:40Let the birthday girl have what she wants.
41:43Exactly.
41:44Leona's happiness is what matters tonight, isn't it?
41:47But Dad, she was just throwing a tantrum.
41:50Sarah is...
41:51I hate this house!
41:52I hate all of you!
41:54I don't want to be here!
42:02Sarah, we need to speak privately.
42:04What has gotten into you?
42:06Ever since Chicago, you've been punishing everyone.
42:08First the inheritance, now a child's birthday wish.
42:11Is this because I didn't take you to Chicago?
42:13You're blowing up our family over a trip?
42:16You were never this petty!
42:20Sarah, this isn't you.
42:21No, this is exactly me.
42:23Really?
42:24Well, I didn't take you to Chicago this time.
42:25And you're upset about it.
42:27I get it.
42:27If you're angry at me, be angry at me.
42:29Don't take it out on a seven-year-old.
42:31Do you have any idea how much of an impact the things you just said will have on her?
42:34Taking it out on her?
42:36Arthur, you really think too little of me.
42:38I'm just going along with her wishes.
42:40Whoever she wants to call Mommy, I'll let her call.
42:42What did I do wrong?
42:43This...
42:43This isn't reason!
42:45This is you setting fire to our home!
42:47Relax.
42:48I haven't even given you your surprise yet.
42:58That's mine!
42:59Don't touch my things!
43:08Who said you could touch my stuff?
43:10Why did you take my doll?
43:12Who are you?
43:13Who are you?
43:14This is my house.
43:15That's my doll.
43:16Why are you in my toy room?
43:17It's not yours.
43:18Mommy gave it to me this morning.
43:19I don't care.
43:20In this house, if I want it, it's mine.
43:22No.
43:23I can't cause trouble for Mom.
43:24And if I say you can't play here, you can't.
43:27Mommy and my grandparents said I could.
43:29This is my house.
43:31My rules.
43:32If I say no, you don't get to stay.
43:34Where'd you get those clothes?
43:36Why are they the same as mine?
43:37Mommy dressed me.
43:39Liar!
43:39My mom had those made for me!
43:42Who are you?
43:43Who are you?
43:45Who are you?
43:46Who are you?
43:52Thank you all for coming to Leona's birthday.
43:55Since we're gathered here, I have a special gift for my husband.
43:59What gift?
43:59Before he opens it, I'd like to tell you a story.
44:02The story everyone thought they knew about Arthur and me.
44:04A Crowley Morris love story.
44:06Now that's worth hearing.
44:08We don't often get Sarah Crowley telling personal stories.
44:11Nine years ago, we were students.
44:12Arthur wasn't an executive.
44:13He was a broke young student with hardly any moneyed his name scraping by from one day
44:18to the next.
44:19He told me he fell for me the moment he saw me.
44:21Then he chased me like I was the only thing he wanted.
44:23Where did you disappear to?
44:26Do you like it?
44:27I went to half the city looking for it.
44:30Once, when I was sick in the hospital, he rushed to me and was hit by a car on the
44:35way.
44:37Sarah, are you okay?
44:38I'm almost there.
44:52Sarah, are you alright?
44:54Why didn't you tell me you were sick?
44:56I'm coming.
44:57He was injured and still all he cared about was me.
45:00I thought that was love.
45:02My parents didn't agree.
45:05Sarah, he isn't the man for you.
45:06We won't approve this marriage.
45:09I want him.
45:10In this lifetime, I choose only him.
45:13No matter what any of you say.
45:15To prove himself, Arthur stood outside our estate for three days and three nights.
45:21Mr. and Mrs. Crowley, I love Sarah.
45:24I will spend my life taking care of her.
45:26Please give me a chance.
45:28Eventually, my father gave in.
45:30Arthur and I married.
45:31Then Leona came into our lives.
45:32So today, I want to thank my husband for nine years and for the home I thought we had.
45:38And I have a special gift for him and Leona.
45:43Sarah, you poor fool.
45:45The cold expression earlier was just setting the stage.
45:48Alright.
45:49Giving such a generous gift in front of all these people is her way of saving Mace.
45:53Nine years have passed and she's still so easy to appease.
45:56You didn't have to do this.
45:57I know I upset you earlier.
45:58But I also know you love me and Leona more than anything.
46:00Really?
46:01Then guess what I brought you.
46:02I promise you'll remember it forever.
46:05Mommy, remember the boat you promised me?
46:07I want a real yacht, one I can take out on the ocean.
46:10When are you buying it?
46:10Is it the yacht Leona wanted?
46:12You actually bought it?
46:13Half right.
46:14It does involve Leona.
46:16Miss Crowley and Mr. Morris always look like the perfect couple.
46:18Exactly.
46:19She has poured herself into that husband and child.
46:21I knew it.
46:22You could never really turn your back on us, sir.
46:26Don't get sentimental yet.
46:27Bring it in.
46:36Take that off.
46:37You're not allowed to dress like me.
46:40Mommy gave it to me.
46:42Liar.
46:43My mommy had that made for me.
46:45Take it off.
46:46Now.
46:47Leona, Miss Crowder brought this girl home.
46:49Why don't we go back for cake?
46:51I said take those clothes off her and throw her out.
46:53If you don't, I'll have Dad fire you.
46:55Leona, I can't do that.
46:56Fine.
46:57Don't listen.
46:58You'll regret it.
47:07You always make everything so thoughtful.
47:09But you know, we don't need grand gestures.
47:11You and Leona are enough for me.
47:13Save the husband of the year speech.
47:14I've waited a long time to give you this.
47:16I want to see your face when you open it.
47:27A Duddekumen envelope?
47:29Is this the yacht certificate Leona wanted?
47:32She made quite a ceremony out of it.
47:34Open it.
47:38What is this?
47:39Do you like it?
47:40Since it's already in your hands, read it for everyone.
47:42Sarah, what are you doing?
47:43This is Leona's birthday.
47:45Don't pull some stunt in front of all these people.
47:47A stunt?
47:48Look at me, Arthur.
47:50Read.
47:57Since Mr. Morris seems to have lost his voice, I'll read it myself.
48:01The DNA report excludes Sarah Crowdy and Leona Morris as biological mother and child.
48:07In plain winged wish, Leona Morris is not my daughter.
48:16Oh my god, what did she just say?
48:18If Sarah isn't Leona's mother, then who is?
48:21Wait, no.
48:22Is it her?
48:23No, absolutely not.
48:25That report is fake.
48:27Leona is your daughter.
48:29You gave birth to her, Sarah.
48:30Sarah, you know that.
48:31Then explain why the hospital record from that day doesn't match Leona's birth certificate.
48:38Have you lost your mind?
48:39It's our daughter's birthday, and you're waving forged papers around like party fairs?
48:44Have you ever considered how Lieshda feels?
48:47What?
48:47You think tearing it up makes it disappear?
48:49I've got more.
48:50As many as you want.
48:51Miss Crowdy.
48:52Please.
48:53There has to be a misunderstanding.
48:55I don't know where you got this, but humiliating everyone at a child's birthday party won't make it true.
49:06How kind of you to worry about everyone's dignity, Miss Lopez.
49:10Especially since I haven't even started with you.
49:13Mrs. Crowdery, I didn't mean...
49:15You meant I should stay quiet, keep smiling, keep playing mother to a child you put in my arms.
49:21Arthur got his gift.
49:23Now it's your turn.
49:26This one is yours, Miss Lopez.
49:28Aren't you going to open it, Mrs. Lopez?
49:30You know what's inside better than I do.
49:33I...
49:34I don't know what you're talking about.
49:36You don't?
49:36That's strange.
49:38You were so involved.
49:40Maybe this will help.
49:42Leona's real mother,
49:44Maya Lopez.
49:59Give me that!
50:02Arthur.
50:03You thought I wouldn't find out?
50:06Sarah, listen to me.
50:10Everyone here tonight is successful in their own right.
50:13And many of you have watched Leona grow up.
50:15But this report in my hand says it plainly.
50:18All this time, her biological mother was standing beside my husband, pretending to be his assistant.
50:25Arthur.
50:26Sarah loved you.
50:27The Crowers gave you everything.
50:29How could you do this?
50:31We all thought you were respectable.
50:33God, what a fraud.
50:34And you!
50:35Being the mistress and standing here smiling in Sarah's house?
50:39Shameless!
50:48Sarah, you want out of this marriage?
50:50So you're trying to burn me down with it?
50:54Don't listen to her!
50:55The report is fake.
50:56She wants a divorce without giving up assets?
50:59And she doesn't want the company passing to Leona!
51:03This is a setup!
51:04She's been planning it!
51:07Miss Crow, understand you don't like seeing me near Arthur.
51:10But accusing me of this?
51:11How am I supposed to survive this kind of slander?
51:15Slander.
51:16That's rich.
51:22Then let's move to the photographs.
51:30That's not an assistant.
51:32That's his mistress.
51:34Some people really can act.
51:35I can't believe it.
51:44Arthur, if I'm inventing this, explain the photos.
51:47Did I also drag you into her hotel bed?
51:52It's not what it looks like.
51:54The angles are misleading.
51:55We were talking about Leona's lessons.
52:01Leona's lessons?
52:02In a hotel room?
52:04Half dressed?
52:05Sarah, I made a mistake.
52:08Every man makes it.
52:10The Crowley family lifted you to where you are today.
52:13And this is how you repay us?
52:16By keeping another woman on the side?
52:19You switched my baby!
52:21You stole seven years from me and my daughter.
52:25You let my daughter disappear into foster's care while Maya's child grew up in my nursery!
52:30And now, you want to stand there and call yourself the victim?
52:41I'm sorry you all had to witness this.
52:44But there are debts that can't be settled in private.
52:48These are Arthur's transfers to Maya over the last nine years.
52:51A few thousand at first.
52:53Then tens of thousands.
52:54Then hundreds of thousands.
52:55Then millions.
52:59Our marital assets bought her houses and cars.
53:04The jewelry, bags, and clothes I thought were mine?
53:09Counterfeits.
53:10The originals went to Maya Lopez.
53:13Arthur, are you even human?
53:14The Crowles gave you a life.
53:16Used their money to finance your mistress?
53:19That's not a man.
53:20That's a parasite.
53:21And you have the nerve to cry?
53:24Sarah Crowley, money doesn't make you God.
53:27Arthur and I were together before you ever showed up.
53:31What we had was real.
53:33You don't get to rewrite that because you bought a marriage!
53:36Don't get to do it.
53:37Don't get to it.
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