00:00you don't belong here anymore your father is dead so is your name
00:07this is still my home not anymore your accounts are gone leave
00:20please just let me get my father's things
00:26don't let anyone define you
00:32okay think survive first break later
00:44a nanny
00:48fine i'll start over
00:54you're late the bus broke down i still came
00:57this is not a charity position i'm here to work not to be pitied
01:13she looks cold i hate when people forget little things
01:18hi lily i'm ella
01:29impossible
01:44who hired her the child chose her
01:49no formal child care credentials no elite references no i didn't force her to trust me she just did
01:54that's not a qualification
02:01three-day trial non-negotiable
02:05if she melts down you're gone
02:08under
02:18i have every right to see my daughter
02:22this is rebecca hayes
02:26and who exactly are you
02:32you replace me with the help this isn't your house anymore say what you came to say
02:37i've filed for full custody lily belongs with her mother
02:42the court will evaluate stability a single father with a hostile work profile is vulnerable
02:50especially when he hides strangers in the nursery
02:53what lily needs is a complete home not another scandal
02:57mother no
02:59then marry within a month
03:02or prepare to lose that child
03:04how charming a courtroom bride
03:06i always win in court ask my family
03:13miss ella stay
03:20i need a wife for one month
03:22you can't be serious
03:24you pose as my wife in court in public and in front of my mother in return
03:29one million dollars
03:31you think i can be bought
03:33i think you need money and lily needs you
03:39when it's over you leave with the money a clean record and a new start
03:44and what happens if this fails
03:46then i lose my daughter and you lose your chance to rebuild your life
03:51if i say yes lily comes first always
03:57agreed
04:05i'm not doing this for you
04:07good
04:08neither am i
04:11head up mrs sterling
04:16no mention of employment no mention of money no mistakes
04:20so basically i smile and lie
04:27you clean up well
04:29i was never the mess
04:30the situation was
04:34wear this cameras notice everything
04:42at least now you look convincing
04:46i'm not trying to look like a wife i'm trying to protect lily
04:52mystery is cheaper than scandal i guess
04:58so this is the new wife
05:02you do drink berdagen don't you
05:04only when the vintage is worth the arrogance this one is
05:09and charity boards opera patron circles are those familiar to me
05:17i was raised to enter rooms quietly and leave them unforgettable
05:22and where exactly were you raised
05:31in a home where manners mattered more than cruelty
05:40interesting
05:44she is not what she pretends to be
05:53so the rumors were true
05:57i worked
05:59that's all they found
06:03rebecca
06:06does it embarrass you
06:09no
06:10the leak does
06:12not the job
06:18tonight's charity gala as to garyela just became more important
06:24because everyone will be watching
06:26because they expect you to break
06:32then let them be disappointed
06:36from nursery to penthouse what a climb
06:45let them stare
06:47i know how to survive a room
06:54were you the nanny were you the nanny before you became the wife
06:59no questions tonight
07:01how modern he married the staff
07:06careful ella
07:08glass slippers crack under pressure
07:10only if they're glass mine aren't
07:14tell them what you used to do feed the child bathe her tuck her in
07:19yes i cared for a child some people call that work others only notice when no one does it for
07:25them
07:27poor lily
07:29she'll grow up thinking hired affection is motherhood
07:31no
07:34she'll grow up knowing the difference between presence and performance
07:40sir we have a media crisis it's the harbor point project
07:47busy night isn't it
07:49sterling development accused in forced displacement scandal
07:55stocks falling fast we deny everything immediately if you deny first you look guilty first
08:02and you are you're fighting headlines you should be addressing hurt show row location records invite the front of them
08:09not behind lawyers
08:11why do you think that works because people forgive power slower than they forgive truth
08:15do it her way
08:26it's working they're backing off
08:30you just saved my company
08:33no
08:34i saved lily's future
08:36yours were collateral
08:48i didn't mean to wake anyone
08:50most nannies don't play chopin at midnight
08:56most billionaires don't listen from staircases either
08:59you speak french
09:00enough not to embarrass myself
09:05boston old money
09:22oh lily
09:27they're here in ten minutes
09:28take the crystal out put lily's books here this needs to look lived in
09:37you don't have to talk just stay where you feel safe
09:44we're here to assess routine attachment and environment her schedule is optimized by
09:48she likes blueberry pancakes on anxious mornings
09:51and silence before strangers
10:01who created this system
10:03lily needed structure
10:04so we built it
10:08this child trusts her that matters a great deal
10:16it's okay sweetheart i've got you
10:23tell me what to do
10:24cool cloths water and stay calm she reads your face
10:36she's okay
10:38she's okay
10:38she is now
10:41the evaluator's report should help
10:44good that was the point
10:49be careful dear real feelings ruin good arrangement
11:04do you want my son or just the money
11:08at first the money i needed to survive
11:11you admit that easily
11:14but lily stopped being part of the deal a long time ago
11:19my son married a woman who treated jealousy like weakness
11:24it nearly broke him
11:28and if he hurts you too
11:31then i'll survive that too
11:33i already survived losing everything once
11:39don't let this house turn you into furniture it does that to women
11:47and so lily the little bear found his way home
11:52this is getting dangerous
11:58so that's who you really are
12:00fallen heiress with a dead father and financial scandal
12:03we can use that
12:05then use it
12:07i want her buried before the next hearing
12:23what happened
12:26nothing just junk mail
12:33i'm only concerned about the child's safety around unstable influence
12:38not again
12:40not this way
12:45your past is about to become public
12:55the judge has questions about her background serious ones
13:04this is false
13:06where did this come from
13:08if the court believes she misrepresented herself the custody
13:11ruling could be delayed or reversed
13:14tell me i'm not hearing this blind
13:16my father's company collapsed
13:18i was never charged never investigated personally
13:21they're twisting grief into guilt
13:23the judge is postponing final consideration pending review
13:31tragic
13:33your little fairy tale just tripped over the truth
13:36you forged this
13:41prove it
13:42prove it
13:50miss me
13:51miss me
13:53cute little marriage very expensive i assume
13:58what do you want
13:59cash
14:00a lot of it
14:02or i send this to the court the press and your lovely ex-wife rival
14:07rebecca put you up to this
14:09she pays better than your dead father ever did
14:15you always were too soft to play dirty
14:18that's why i always win
14:20you never won
14:22you just took things from people weaker than you
14:25midnight
14:27or your little mansion fantasy burns
14:38he should know who you really are
14:47how long were you planning to lie to me
14:50i didn't send that my sister is blackmailing me
14:53convenient first hidden history then fake documents now a blackmailing sister what else
14:58i didn't forge anything i didn't come here to ruin you
15:01then why didn't you tell me who you were
15:04because every time i ever told the truth it was used to hurt me
15:11maybe you're just another woman who came here for money
15:18don't use my daughter to fix this
15:21you don't trust me that's the whole truth isn't it
15:25leave
15:27tonight
15:29nathan
15:37i'm sorry sweetheart
15:44i'm sorry my son was a fool
15:48he wasn't the first man to doubt me just the one that mattered
15:56she hasn't spoken she won't eat lily please
16:05if
16:06if this continues it may undo months of progress
16:20no i'm not running
16:25she's shutting down again
16:28you sent away the only person she trusted
16:34i know
16:40i need every record proving my name was never tied to his case everything
16:50trace the metamater all of it now
16:54no one gets to use my past again
16:58viola we have to talk to the judge i have the document
17:03got you
17:08what have i done
17:08no more running no more hiding i need proof not sympathy can you get me both ends of a payment
17:14trail
17:15do it every lie they built costs me more if i wait
17:18you were never named never charged never even interviewed under suspicion
17:23thank you
17:25i should have asked for this years ago
17:26the image bounced through a burner linked to rebecca's political consultants
17:30you didn't just doubt her
17:32you chose the easiest lie over the hardest truth
17:41there you are
17:44she checked out an hour ago
17:53i'm done being a piece on someone else's board
17:57it was coordinated
17:59find ella
18:01now
18:02you sent her away once
18:03don't expect her to wait around for your enlightenment
18:07i was trying to protect limmy
18:09no
18:11you were protecting yourself from being wrong
18:18i'm going to fix this i swear
18:34no rescue
18:36no script
18:37just truth
18:44witness for the family evaluation matter
18:52miss ella
18:53were you not originally employed as staff in mr nathan's home
18:56yes
18:56i was hired to care for lily
18:58and i did
19:00and then you became his wife
19:01conveniently
19:02no
19:03not conveniently
19:05desperately
19:06there is a difference
19:08i agreed because i had nowhere to go
19:11but lily was never a paycheck to me
19:16she didn't trust titles
19:19she trusted presence
19:24and since everyone here seems interested in truth
19:27i brought some
19:32counsel explain this
19:38this
19:39these indicated coordinated payments
19:40objection
19:41context has not been established
19:43then let me provide it
19:44my sister was paid to obtain private material and pressure me into silence
19:50i was never investigated never charged and never legally implicated
19:55that accusation was fabricated
19:57that is a serious matter
19:58she still entered that home under false pretenses
20:01yes
20:02i agreed to a contract
20:04but i never lied about how i cared for lily
20:07not once
20:07you can judge my choices
20:10but don't confuse survival with deceit
20:16let me are here
20:17make sure the judge sees the fraud angle first
20:24did you participate in or direct this interference
20:28i did what i had to do
20:31that child was my leverage to get my life back
20:49that's
20:52that's not what i meant
20:53i heard exactly what you meant
20:59you never wanted her
21:01you wanted the optics
21:04and she's any better
21:06she signed a contract for money
21:09she may have entered by contract
21:11but she stayed by love
21:13there is a difference
21:15i never asked lily to choose me
21:18she just knew i wouldn't leave her alone in a room full of adults
21:28ma'am stay where you are
21:32this court will hear final statements before ruling on custody eligibility
21:42i'm not here to tell you who failed lily most
21:44i'm here to tell you what she needs now
21:47she didn't need a perfect house
21:48she needed a place where fear wasn't louder than love
21:52children don't heal because we label them safe
21:54they heal when someone stays
21:56again and again
21:59i did not enter that house as family
22:01i entered it as a stranger trying to survive
22:04lily made me become more than that
22:07please don't give her to the person with the strongest name
22:09give her to the place where she is seen
22:19this court has heard enough
22:25the petition for custody is denied
22:28miss rebecca is deemed unfit for primary guardianship
22:32this is absurd absurd
22:35ma'am you need to come with us
22:37ella say something
22:49i don't need this to know who i am anymore
22:54you saved my granddaughter and my son though he deserves less credit
22:59i didn't do it to be chosen this time i did it because it right
23:09ella please
23:12don't go yet
23:13i was wrong about everything
23:17that's a start not a repair
23:20i used you when i was afraid
23:22then i punished you when i was ashamed of needing you
23:27i don't deserve forgiveness on demand i know that
23:30but i need you to hear this from me
23:32if you ever stay
23:33i'm not asking you to stay as my contract wife
23:35i'm asking if you can stay as family
23:37do you understand what you're asking
23:39for a chance i don't deserve
23:40and a home i didn't know how to build without you
23:42i can't come back just because you finally see me
23:45i need to know i'm not being fitted into another role
23:47then choose us only if you want us
23:50not because you need anything
23:55lily
24:08i need to know that i need to know that i need to know who i need to know
24:19oh baby
24:29mom
24:39Take all the time you need.
24:41We'll be here.
24:50I'm here. I'm here.
24:59Welcome home, Mrs. Missella.
25:03No pressure.
25:04Just a place at the table, if you want it.
25:08Thank you. That means more than you know.
25:13Political fallout continues.
25:15I'm done living inside their damage.
25:17I already asked you to stay once.
25:19I'd like to ask again.
25:22Properly.
25:23No contract.
25:25No court.
25:26No bargain.
25:27Just me asking if you'll build a life with us.
25:32Yes.
25:33But only if we do this as equals.
25:38Deal. No family.
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