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🕊️First comes marriage, then comes the sweetest love!
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🕊️First comes marriage, then comes the sweetest love!
All Grace wanted was a safe haven for her daughter Lily. She never expected a flash marriage with a handsome stranger to be the answer! 💖 But Ethan isn't just an ordinary guy; he's fiercely protective and holds a massive secret. As hidden feelings start to surface, Grace realizes her new husband might just be the billionaire CEO of her dreams. 🥰 Prepare for the ultimate romance!
⭐THEME: Flash Marriage, Love After Marriage, Billionaire, Housewife
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00:00:00She's a VIP student here!
00:00:02Tell me, where did you get the money for this school?
00:00:04That country bumpin' single mom?
00:00:06What kind of man would even give her the time of day?
00:00:07Because I got married.
00:00:08My husband is Mr. Callahan.
00:00:11Because everything she said is true.
00:00:13I am Grace Bennett's husband.
00:00:16Callahan? As in the Callahans?
00:00:18The richest family in America?
00:00:19So that was his wife and daughter just now?
00:00:22Oh man, what have I done?
00:00:24I'm donating a fencing center to you.
00:00:25I want her to have the best education you can offer.
00:00:27I promise, your daughter will be well taken care of here.
00:00:31Don't ever let me see them set foot here again.
00:00:33Weird.
00:00:39My name is Grace Bennett.
00:00:41I grew up in a small town in Texas.
00:00:43Six years ago, I moved to California with the man I loved.
00:00:51We never got the chance to get married,
00:00:53but he gave me the best thing in my life.
00:00:55Our daughter, Lily.
00:01:00Lily's gonna love these.
00:01:02She's wanted to get into fencing for so long,
00:01:04and now I'm finally giving her gloves as a birthday gift.
00:01:08Why aren't you guys in uniform?
00:01:11Oh, our resident country bumpin' hasn't heard?
00:01:14Ethan Callahan, the owner of this factory,
00:01:15is coming in for an inspection.
00:01:17If I get noticed by him, then BAM!
00:01:18I'll be set for life!
00:01:21Don't even bother trying, Grace.
00:01:23You're a pathetic single mom working in a factory by day
00:01:25and babysitting at night.
00:01:26You don't stand a chance.
00:01:28Just stay out of our way.
00:01:33Oh, my God!
00:01:35He's really here?
00:01:37I know!
00:01:46What the hell is this?
00:01:48You didn't even bother to look him up?
00:01:51Mr. Callahan was seriously injured in Afghanistan in his early 20s.
00:01:54He's disabled now.
00:01:56God, he probably can't even get it up anymore.
00:02:00Ew!
00:02:02Hey, you're sorry, Jeff.
00:02:03The face is green.
00:02:08Oh, my God.
00:02:09Let's see this cripple eat shit.
00:02:11All that money, and he still can't even stand on his own.
00:02:14He looks like he needs help.
00:02:27Stop staring!
00:02:29Give him some space!
00:02:59Thanks.
00:03:00I know that wasn't the smoothest entrance.
00:03:08Ma'am, thank you.
00:03:10That was remarkable.
00:03:20Wow, Mr. Callahan.
00:03:22That woman was amazing.
00:03:24Your dad's been pushing you to get married for years.
00:03:27Maybe you should ask her out?
00:03:28Zip it, Ryan.
00:03:31She could already be married for all we know.
00:03:32Her?
00:03:33Far from it.
00:03:35Grace is a nanny for the Sullivan family.
00:03:37Small town Texas girl.
00:03:39Single mom.
00:03:40She's barely scratching by.
00:03:42So a single mom with a kid in tow?
00:03:44That's too much baggage.
00:03:46She's way below your station, Mr. Callahan.
00:03:50If she wants to marry me, her kid's not a burden.
00:03:53It's a bonus.
00:03:55And where's this week's paycheck?
00:03:57We're not running some kind of redneck charity here, you know?
00:04:03Who the hell made my daughter kneel outside in the rain?
00:04:06Grace, calm down.
00:04:07Lily took Kyle's gloves and wouldn't admit it.
00:04:10We just put her in a little timeout.
00:04:11She's fine.
00:04:12You know, kids, they bounce back.
00:04:14My daughter didn't steal anything!
00:04:16Hey!
00:04:17Where do you think you're going?
00:04:18Get out of my way.
00:04:19Lily's burning up.
00:04:20I'm taking her to the hospital.
00:04:21The hospital?
00:04:22Do you even know what that costs?
00:04:24Or let me guess, you're gonna beg Derek to pay for it again?
00:04:26How can you say that?
00:04:27Lily's his daughter too.
00:04:29You two aren't even married.
00:04:31Which means that girl's not a Sullivan.
00:04:33She gets all that greed and stupidity of hers from you.
00:04:36It's in your blood!
00:04:44Enjoy your meal.
00:04:48You lunatic!
00:04:50So you're flipping tables now, are you?
00:04:52You've crossed the line this time, Grace.
00:04:54Six years ago, I followed you here to California.
00:04:58I dropped out of design school so you could stay in college.
00:05:02I worked double shifts in factories to pay your tuition and all your family's living expenses.
00:05:09I gave up my future so you could have yours as a supervisor.
00:05:12And you still tell everyone I'm just the nanny.
00:05:15Look in the mirror, Grace.
00:05:17After all these years, you're still just a factory worker.
00:05:19What? No!
00:05:20I was the top of my class design school.
00:05:22I would have had a career in-
00:05:26You mean these stupid drawings?
00:05:28All this random junk?
00:05:29This is just a bunch of useless, meaningless crap!
00:05:31And you?
00:05:32You're just a worthless nobody!
00:05:35Derek?
00:05:36You're nothing but a leech.
00:05:38Without me working night and day to cover your bills, your family would have nothing.
00:05:41They've already squeezed every single thing they could out of me.
00:05:45Derek?
00:05:45She's lost her mind.
00:05:48Enough!
00:05:49I don't have the time to stand here arguing in circles with you.
00:05:51Get out of my way.
00:05:53Hm.
00:05:54She'll be fine.
00:05:55You are a monster!
00:05:57I'm done with you and your heartless family.
00:06:00My daughter and I are leaving!
00:06:01If you leave, you can forget about me marrying you!
00:06:05God.
00:06:06This again.
00:06:08As if I actually care anymore.
00:06:10Think carefully, Grace Bennett!
00:06:12No money!
00:06:12No help!
00:06:13No one wants a single mom and a useless-
00:06:17I don't want our daughter to live a life like mine.
00:06:20She's my daughter too.
00:06:22I'll love and protect you both always.
00:06:25I promise.
00:06:27What?!
00:06:28We want nothing to do with you, Derek.
00:06:31We're done!
00:06:32Fine!
00:06:33Be that way!
00:06:34But now you've really pissed me off this time!
00:06:42By the way,
00:06:43if you hadn't kept nagging to take that photo that day,
00:06:46I would never have bothered posing next to burdens like you.
00:06:52It's always the people you're closest to that hurt you the most.
00:06:57I'm sorry, sweetie.
00:06:58Mommy didn't protect you.
00:07:00I'm sorry.
00:07:01It's all my fault.
00:07:22Mr. Callahan?
00:07:24What are you-
00:07:24Grace Bennett?
00:07:26Yeah?
00:07:27Will you marry me?
00:07:29Let me be your shield for you and your daughter.
00:07:34Did you say you want to marry me?
00:07:37Ms. Bennett?
00:07:38I'm Ethan Callahan, CEO of Callahan Group.
00:07:41And I'm dead serious about this proposal.
00:07:46But why me?
00:07:47You're a big-shot CEO.
00:07:50And I'm just a warehouse worker with a kid.
00:07:52I need a wife.
00:07:55And-
00:07:56And you helped me out before.
00:07:59Now, let me return the favor.
00:08:01Let me protect you.
00:08:03I... helped you?
00:08:16Hey, newbie!
00:08:17No slacking!
00:08:28I'm not looking for a fling.
00:08:29I'm looking for a family.
00:08:31Let me give you both the life you deserve.
00:08:35Everything I have will be yours.
00:08:42Lately, my father won't stop pushing me to get married.
00:08:46But I-I-I want someone worth making a life with.
00:08:50So...
00:08:51What do you say we give it a shot?
00:08:59Oh!
00:09:03If you're gonna marry my mom, that means you'll be my new daddy.
00:09:08Mommy, I like him.
00:09:10He makes me feel like I'm his family.
00:09:15I-I'd love for us to all be family, but...
00:09:19I come with a bit of baggage.
00:09:23My legs...
00:09:25They're in bad shape.
00:09:27The docs say I might never recover.
00:09:32I-I get it if you say no.
00:09:34I'm kind of a mess.
00:09:39A mess.
00:09:41Can't be worse than scraping by,
00:09:44hungry half the time,
00:09:46or getting kicked out in the dead of night
00:09:48by the asshole father of your child.
00:09:59Yes.
00:10:00I'll marry you.
00:10:10I can't believe I'm actually married.
00:10:24Sorry.
00:10:25I didn't mean to...
00:10:28No worries.
00:10:29My legs...
00:10:31They can't feel a thing anyway.
00:10:33I'm going to fix this.
00:10:35I'll get him walking again.
00:10:36I noticed Lily really likes fencing.
00:10:39So I arranged a spot for her in the first grade class at Maplefield Independent School.
00:10:43They'll give the best education to your daughter.
00:10:45Or should I say...
00:10:47Our daughter.
00:10:49Oh my god.
00:10:51Maplefield?
00:10:52One year's tuition is equal to ten years of me and Derek's pay.
00:10:57I couldn't even book a tour the last time I tried.
00:11:01Ready to go home with me?
00:11:03Let's make it our home.
00:11:05For the three of us.
00:11:07Y-yes.
00:11:08Sure, yeah. Our home.
00:11:13Grandma!
00:11:15I'm hungry!
00:11:17Vanessa!
00:11:19Did Grace not come back to cook?
00:11:21Ugh, yesterday's clothes are still filthy.
00:11:24She and that little bastard kid, they both just vanished into grain air.
00:11:28Hate to say I told you so, but with an attitude like hers, what can you really expect?
00:11:35When you see her, tell her to cook and do the laundry ASAP.
00:11:39Then make her sit outside for an hour and reflect on what she's done.
00:11:43Gotta rent her in, no matter what it takes.
00:11:46I'll make sure she never runs away again.
00:11:50She's been missing for a full day now, already.
00:11:53What if she doesn't come back?
00:11:54Oh, please.
00:11:55No way she's going back to the sticks.
00:11:57She even asked me about sending Lily to Maplefield.
00:11:59As if that little brat belongs in the best school in California.
00:12:02If anyone deserves to go to Maplefield, it's Kyle.
00:12:05A kid like him needs the best school around.
00:12:07Why can't we send him to Maplefield?
00:12:09It's the cream of the crop.
00:12:10Ma, are you crazy?
00:12:12You can't even get through the front doors of Maplefield without a personal recommendation.
00:12:17We've been on the waiting list forever.
00:12:19Didn't your CEO visit yesterday?
00:12:21Ethan Callahan?
00:12:23Go butter him up.
00:12:24See if he'll give us a recommendation for Kyle.
00:12:27Mr. Callahan's untouchable.
00:12:29I can't even get near him.
00:12:33I'll call again this week and see if we can at least book a school tour.
00:12:43This place is enormous.
00:12:48Lily, your mom said you love fencing.
00:12:51I got these for you.
00:12:55What do you think?
00:12:56Wow, I love them!
00:12:58Oh no, sorry.
00:13:00Here, let me clean you up.
00:13:07Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, welcome.
00:13:09Mr. Miller, good to see you.
00:13:11This is my daughter, Lily.
00:13:13Hi, Mr. Miller.
00:13:14He just claimed her as his daughter.
00:13:19Heard you married a country girl and had a kid with her?
00:13:21Bring him out sometime.
00:13:25Nah, I don't have a wife.
00:13:27Just a nanny at home, nothing more.
00:13:30Derek hit us like we were nothing to him.
00:13:33But Ethan, he's proud of us.
00:13:35Maybe he's the caring husband I deserve.
00:13:38And the loving father Lily's always needed.
00:13:42Alright, everything's set.
00:13:44Want me to show you around?
00:13:45Sure, thanks.
00:13:46Or maybe we could go take a look on our own?
00:13:49You two go explore.
00:13:51I'll finish the paperwork here.
00:14:02Mr. Miller, I'm donating a fencing center to you.
00:14:05Lily loves fencing, but she hasn't been able to receive proper training.
00:14:09I want her to have the best education you can offer.
00:14:11Then we'll make sure she gets it.
00:14:12You really do love your wife and daughter, don't you?
00:14:15Of course.
00:14:17Nothing's more precious to me than my family.
00:14:25Oh my god! This place is so fancy!
00:14:30Vanessa, we have to get Kyle enrolled here.
00:14:32Well, we're only allowed to visit for now.
00:14:34Schools like this don't open doors for just anyone.
00:14:37Hi.
00:14:38Would you happen to be Lily and Mrs. Callahan?
00:14:41I'm Nora Williams, Lily's teacher.
00:14:43Yes, nice to meet you.
00:14:46Is...
00:14:47Is that Grace?
00:14:48Don't bring up that filthy nanny.
00:14:50Even worked her ass off to get a tour here, security would still shut her out.
00:14:54Wait, Grace?
00:14:55Why is she here?
00:15:04Grace, you ghosted us for days.
00:15:06Where the hell have you been?
00:15:08It's none of your business.
00:15:10Lily, head inside with Mrs. Williams.
00:15:12Don't screw this up.
00:15:13We're here for Kyle, okay?
00:15:14Get your ass home now.
00:15:16And maybe I'll think about marrying you.
00:15:17How'd you sneak in, huh?
00:15:19Hey, you!
00:15:20Get these trespassers out of here!
00:15:21What's happening?
00:15:23Every string I had just to get Kyle a tour here.
00:15:25Get that lunatic of yours in line.
00:15:27Don't let her ruin Kyle's chances for admission.
00:15:29Derek, I'm warning you.
00:15:31Lily's not your daughter anymore!
00:15:33And my daughter is not a thief.
00:15:35She's a VIP student here!
00:15:37Oh!
00:15:41VIP student?
00:15:42Wow!
00:15:43You're actually insane!
00:15:45Tell me, where did you get the money for this school?
00:15:47You steal it again?
00:15:50Look at them!
00:15:50Who lets trash like that set foot in our school?
00:15:52Kids from broken homes always turn out twisted.
00:15:54Son, stay away from her!
00:15:55Get out.
00:15:56Don't make me tell you twice.
00:15:58Mr. Callahan, I promise your daughter will be well taken care of here.
00:16:06Mr. Callahan?
00:16:07It's really him?
00:16:08So, that was his wife and daughter just now?
00:16:12What happened?
00:16:13Mr. Callahan, your wife got in a fight at the entrance.
00:16:16Someone's hurting her and your daughter!
00:16:18Get me there.
00:16:19Now!
00:16:20Grace, today it's time you and your miserable child learn your place.
00:16:24Get your filthy hands off my wife and daughter!
00:16:30What the hell is going on here?
00:16:32Mr. Miller, you're just in time.
00:16:34That kid's a lowly thief and her mom's no better.
00:16:36She's a single mom!
00:16:37Who said that?
00:16:39She did!
00:16:41Mr. Callahan, my brother Derek is one of your factory workers.
00:16:46I slaved as your family's nanny for six fucking years.
00:16:50Everything I did was for my daughter and what did you do to her?
00:16:53How the hell does this happen?
00:16:55Parents and kids getting attacked right at the school gates?
00:16:58I have serious questions about Maplefield security.
00:17:00She started it!
00:17:02She was beating her!
00:17:03Everyone saw!
00:17:05Yeah!
00:17:06Yeah, that's right!
00:17:07She's the one committing assault!
00:17:11Bullshit!
00:17:12Don't ever let me see them set foot here again.
00:17:14Weird.
00:17:14Why is Mr. Callahan holding Lily like that?
00:17:17It almost looks like she's his own kid.
00:17:21Ma'am!
00:17:21Wow!
00:17:22You must be married to a big shot or something.
00:17:26Everyone!
00:17:27This is Mrs. Callahan and her daughter Lily!
00:17:30Who are you soldiers?
00:17:33Who are you soldiers?
00:17:34Who are you soldiers?
00:17:34Who are you alla-
00:17:35Callahan?
00:17:35As in the Callahans?
00:17:37The richest family in America?
00:17:39Oh man, what have I done?
00:17:41I was a total jerk to her and her kid just now.
00:17:44It's okay.
00:17:45Now there's one more person to protect you.
00:17:49Protect us.
00:17:50No, that's not possible.
00:17:53Grace loved me.
00:17:54She wouldn't just walk away.
00:17:55Please, that country bumping single mom.
00:17:58What kind of man would even give her the time of day?
00:18:00No, Grace, I won't let you leave like this.
00:18:03I'll make you crawl back to me and beg.
00:18:05You were mine, and you still are.
00:18:10Sir?
00:18:10Sir, are you okay?
00:18:16Hang on, I've got you.
00:18:18Help! Someone help!
00:18:20Is that Grace?
00:18:22What's she doing with that old man?
00:18:27Move back! What are you doing here? Step away!
00:18:31Looks like Grace really found herself a rich old man.
00:18:35That guy had to be at least 70.
00:18:39That damn Texas bumper.
00:18:41How dare she cheat on my son?
00:18:44We need to tell Derek right now.
00:18:46She's going to pay for this.
00:18:53Are you sure you still want to go back to the factory?
00:18:56You know, now that you're my wife,
00:18:58you don't have to work anymore.
00:19:01Yes, I'm sure.
00:19:03I still have some work to do there.
00:19:05Plus, they're really busy, and they need my help.
00:19:08And maybe when your legs get better,
00:19:11when you don't need me anymore,
00:19:13I'll still need my own job.
00:19:15And a steady paycheck.
00:19:18Don't play dumb.
00:19:19My mom and my sister saw it with their own eyes.
00:19:22I saw it, clear as day.
00:19:24That man was over 70.
00:19:26I'll make you pay
00:19:28for cheating on me.
00:19:29Want to know why I've been away all this time?
00:19:31Because I got married.
00:19:38But I didn't marry an old man.
00:19:40My husband is Mr. Callahan.
00:19:43Ethan Callahan!
00:19:45Ethan Callahan!
00:19:47Oh my God.
00:19:48Has she completely lost it?
00:19:51Seriously.
00:19:51Marry our CEO?
00:19:53What is she smoking?
00:19:54Did she even hear herself?
00:19:55Please, if that happens,
00:19:56I'm quitting this job and retiring.
00:20:00No, I will hang myself
00:20:01from the factory rafters!
00:20:03Go ahead
00:20:05and hang yourself right now.
00:20:11Because everything she said
00:20:13is true.
00:20:15I
00:20:16am Grace Bennett's husband.
00:20:28My name is Grace Bennett.
00:20:30I grew up in a small town in Texas.
00:20:32Six years ago,
00:20:34I moved to California
00:20:34with the man I loved.
00:20:40We never got the chance
00:20:41to get married,
00:20:42but he gave me the best thing in my life.
00:20:44Our daughter, Lily.
00:20:49Lily's gonna love these.
00:20:51She's wanted to get into fencing
00:20:52for so long.
00:20:53And now I'm finally giving her gloves
00:20:55as a birthday gift.
00:20:57Why aren't you guys in uniform?
00:21:00Oh, our resident country bumpin'
00:21:02hasn't heard?
00:21:03Ethan Callahan,
00:21:04the owner of this factory,
00:21:04is coming in for an inspection.
00:21:06If I get noticed by him,
00:21:07then BAM!
00:21:07I'll be set for life!
00:21:10Don't even bother trying, Grace.
00:21:12You're a pathetic single mom
00:21:13working in a factory by day
00:21:14and babysitting at night.
00:21:16You don't stand a chance.
00:21:17Just stay out of our way.
00:21:23Oh my God.
00:21:25He's really here?
00:21:36What the hell is this?
00:21:37You didn't even bother
00:21:38to look him up?
00:21:40Mr. Callahan was seriously injured
00:21:42in Afghanistan in his early 20s.
00:21:44He's disabled now.
00:21:45God, he probably can't even
00:21:47get it up anymore.
00:21:49Ew.
00:21:57Oh my God.
00:21:58Let's see this cripple eat shit.
00:22:00All that money
00:22:01and he still can't even
00:22:01stand on his own.
00:22:03He looks like he needs help.
00:22:16Stop staring.
00:22:18Give him some space.
00:22:19He needs help.
00:22:24Oh my God.
00:22:29Love you.
00:22:32Bye.
00:22:33Bye.
00:22:34Bye.
00:22:34Bye.
00:22:40Bye.
00:22:42Bye.
00:22:48Thanks. I know that wasn't the smoothest entrance.
00:22:57Ma'am, thank you. That was remarkable.
00:23:09Wow, Mr. Callahan. That woman was amazing.
00:23:13Your dad's been pushing you to get married for years. Maybe you should ask her out?
00:23:18Zip it, Ryan. She could already be married for all we know.
00:23:22Her? Far from it. Grace is a nanny for the Sullivan family. Small-town Texas girl, single mom. She's barely
00:23:30scratching by.
00:23:31So a single mom with a kid in tow? That's too much baggage. She's way below your station, Mr. Callahan.
00:23:39If she wants to marry me, her kid's not a burden. It's a bonus.
00:23:45And where's this week's paycheck? We're not running some kind of redneck charity here, you know?
00:23:52Who the hell made my daughter kneel outside in the rain?
00:23:55Grace, calm down. Lily took Kyle's gloves and wouldn't admit it. We just put her in a little timeout. She's
00:24:01fine. You know, kid, they bounce back.
00:24:03My daughter didn't steal anything!
00:24:05Hey! Where do you think you're going?
00:24:07Get out of my way. Lily's burning up. I'm taking her to the hospital.
00:24:10The hospital? Do you even know what that costs? Or let me guess, you're gonna beg Derek to pay for
00:24:15it again?
00:24:15How can you say that? Lily's his daughter, too.
00:24:18You two aren't even married. Which means that girl's not a Sullivan.
00:24:23She gets all that greed and stupidity of hers from you. It's in your blood!
00:24:33Enjoy your meal!
00:24:38You lunatic! So you're flipping tables now, are you?
00:24:41You've crossed the line this time, Grace.
00:24:43Six years ago, I followed you here to California.
00:24:47I dropped out of design school so you could stay in college.
00:24:51I worked double shifts in factories to pay your tuition and all your family's living expenses!
00:24:58I gave up my future so you could have yours as a supervisor.
00:25:01And you still tell everyone I'm just the nanny!
00:25:04Look in the mirror, Grace.
00:25:06After all these years, you're still just a factory worker.
00:25:09What? No! I was the top of my class design school.
00:25:12I would have had a career in...
00:25:15You mean these stupid drawings? All this random junk?
00:25:18This is just a bunch of useless, meaningless crap!
00:25:21And you? You're just a worthless nobody!
00:25:24Derek? You're nothing but a leech.
00:25:27Without me working night and day to cover your bills, your family would have nothing.
00:25:31They've already squeezed every single thing they could out of me.
00:25:34Derek, she's lost her mind.
00:25:37Enough! I don't have the time to stand here arguing in circles with you.
00:25:41Get out of my way.
00:25:42Hmph. She'll be fine.
00:25:44You are a monster!
00:25:46I'm done with you and your heartless family!
00:25:49My daughter and I are leaving!
00:25:51If you leave, you can forget about me marrying you!
00:25:54God.
00:25:56This again.
00:25:57As if I actually care anymore.
00:25:59Think carefully, Grace Bennett!
00:26:01No money, no help!
00:26:02No one wants a single mom and a useless...
00:26:06I don't want our daughter to live a life like mine.
00:26:09She's my daughter, too.
00:26:12I'll love and protect you both always.
00:26:14I promise.
00:26:16One!
00:26:18We want nothing to do with you, Derek!
00:26:20We're done!
00:26:22Fine! Be that way!
00:26:23But now you've really pissed me off this time!
00:26:31By the way, if you hadn't kept nagging to take that photo that day, I would never have bothered posing
00:26:38next to burdens like you.
00:26:41It's always the people you're closest to that hurt you the most.
00:26:46I'm sorry, sweetie. Mommy didn't protect you.
00:26:49I'm sorry. It's all my fault.
00:27:11Mr. Callahan?
00:27:13What are you...
00:27:13Grace Bennett?
00:27:15Yeah.
00:27:16Will you marry me?
00:27:19Let me be your shield.
00:27:21you and your daughter. Did you say you want to marry me?
00:27:26Ms. Bennett, I'm Ethan Callahan, CEO of Callahan Group, and I'm dead serious about this proposal.
00:27:35But why me? You're a big-shot CEO, and I'm just a warehouse worker with a kid.
00:27:42I need a wife. And you helped me out before. Now, let me return the favor. Let me protect you.
00:27:52I helped you?
00:28:05Hey, newbie! No slacking!
00:28:17I'm not looking for a fling. I'm looking for a family. Let me give you both the life you deserve.
00:28:25Everything I have will be yours.
00:28:31Lately, my father won't stop pushing me to get married. But I want someone worth making a life with.
00:28:40So, what do you say we give it a shot?
00:28:51If you're gonna marry my mom, that means you'll be my new daddy.
00:28:58Mommy, I like him. He makes me feel like I'm his family.
00:29:04I'd love for us to all be family, but...
00:29:08I come with a bit of baggage.
00:29:12My legs...
00:29:15They're in bad shape.
00:29:17The docs say I might never recover.
00:29:21I get it if you say no. I'm kind of a mess.
00:29:28A mess.
00:29:30Can't be worse than scraping by, hungry half the time, or getting kicked out in the dead of night by
00:29:38the asshole father of your child.
00:29:48Yes. I'll marry you.
00:29:59I can't believe I'm actually married.
00:30:13Sorry!
00:30:15I didn't mean to...
00:30:17No worries.
00:30:18My legs...
00:30:20They can't feel a thing anyway.
00:30:22I'm going to fix this.
00:30:24I'll get him walking again.
00:30:26I noticed Lily really likes fencing.
00:30:29So, I arranged a spot for her in the first grade class at Maplefield Independent School.
00:30:32They'll give the best education to your daughter.
00:30:35Or should I say...
00:30:37Our daughter.
00:30:38Oh my god.
00:30:40Maplefield?
00:30:42One year's tuition is equal to ten years of me and Derek's pay.
00:30:46I couldn't even book a tour the last time I tried.
00:30:51Ready to go home with me?
00:30:52Let's make it our home.
00:30:54For the three of us.
00:30:57Y-yes.
00:30:58Sure.
00:30:58Yeah.
00:30:59Our home.
00:31:02Grandma!
00:31:03I'm hungry!
00:31:06Vanessa!
00:31:08Did Grace not come back to cook?
00:31:10Ugh.
00:31:11Yesterday's clothes are still filthy.
00:31:13She and that little bastard kid, they both just vanished into grain air.
00:31:18Hate to say I told you so, but with an attitude like hers, what can you really expect?
00:31:24When you see her, tell her to cook and do the laundry A-ASAP.
00:31:29Then make her sit outside for an hour and reflect on what she's done.
00:31:33Gotta rent her in, no matter what it takes.
00:31:35I'll make sure she never runs away again.
00:31:39She's been missing for a full day now, already.
00:31:42What if she doesn't come back?
00:31:43Oh, please.
00:31:44No way she's going back to the sticks.
00:31:46She even asked me about sending Lily to Maplefield.
00:31:48As if that little brat belongs in the best school in California.
00:31:51If anyone deserves to go to Maplefield, it's Kyle.
00:31:54A kid like him needs the best school around.
00:31:56Why can't we send him to Maplefield?
00:31:58It's the cream of the crop.
00:31:59Ma, are you crazy?
00:32:01You can't even get through the front doors of Maplefield without a personal recommendation.
00:32:06We've been on the waiting list forever.
00:32:08Didn't your CEO visit yesterday?
00:32:11Ethan Callahan?
00:32:12Go butter him up.
00:32:13See if he'll give us a recommendation for Kyle.
00:32:16Mr. Callahan's untouchable.
00:32:18I can't even get near him.
00:32:22I'll call again this week and see if we can at least book a school tour.
00:32:32This place is enormous.
00:32:37Lily, your mom said you love fencing.
00:32:40I got these for you.
00:32:45What do you think?
00:32:46Wow, I love them!
00:32:47Oh no, sorry.
00:32:49Here, let me clean you up.
00:32:56Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, welcome.
00:32:58Mr. Miller, good to see you.
00:33:00This is my daughter, Lily.
00:33:02Hi, Mr. Miller.
00:33:04He just claimed her as his daughter.
00:33:08Heard you married a country girl and had a kid with her?
00:33:10Bring him out sometime.
00:33:14Nah, I don't have a wife.
00:33:16Just a nanny at home.
00:33:17Nothing more.
00:33:20Derek hit us like we were nothing to him.
00:33:22But Ethan, he's proud of us.
00:33:24Maybe he's the caring husband I deserve.
00:33:27And the loving father Lily's always needed.
00:33:31Alright, everything's set.
00:33:33Want me to show you around?
00:33:34Sure, thanks.
00:33:35Or maybe we could go take a look on our own?
00:33:39You two go explore.
00:33:40I'll finish the paperwork here.
00:33:51Mr. Miller, I'm donating a fencing center to you.
00:33:54Lily loves fencing, but she hasn't been able to receive proper training.
00:33:58I want her to have the best education you can offer.
00:34:00Then we'll make sure she gets it.
00:34:02You really do love your wife and daughter, don't you?
00:34:05Of course, nothing's more precious to me than my family.
00:34:14Oh my god!
00:34:16This place is so fancy!
00:34:19Vanessa, we have to get Kyle enrolled here.
00:34:21Well, we're only allowed to visit for now.
00:34:23Schools like this don't open doors for just anyone.
00:34:26Hi.
00:34:27Would you happen to be Lily and Mrs. Callahan?
00:34:30I'm Nora Williams, Lily's teacher.
00:34:31Yes, nice to meet you.
00:34:35Is...
00:34:36Is that Grace?
00:34:38Don't bring up that filthy nanny.
00:34:39Even worked her ass off to get a tour here.
00:34:41Security would still shut her out.
00:34:43Wait, Grace?
00:34:44Why is she here?
00:34:53Grace, you ghosted us for days.
00:34:55Where the hell have you been?
00:34:57It's none of your business.
00:34:59Lily, head inside with Mrs. Williams.
00:35:01Don't screw this up.
00:35:02We're here for Kyle, okay?
00:35:03Get your ass home now.
00:35:05And maybe I'll think about marrying you.
00:35:07How'd you sneak in, huh?
00:35:08Hey, you!
00:35:09Get these trespassers out of here!
00:35:11What's happening?
00:35:12Every string I had just to get Kyle a tour here.
00:35:15Get that lunatic of yours in line.
00:35:16Don't let her ruin Kyle's chances for admission.
00:35:19Derek, I'm warning you.
00:35:20Lily's not your daughter anymore.
00:35:22And my daughter is not a thief.
00:35:25She's a VIP student here.
00:35:26Oh!
00:35:30VIP student?
00:35:31Wow.
00:35:32You're actually insane.
00:35:34Tell me, where did you get the money for this school?
00:35:37You steal it again?
00:35:39Look at them!
00:35:40Who lets trash like that set foot in our school?
00:35:41Kids from broken homes always turn out twisted.
00:35:43Son, stay away from her!
00:35:44Get out.
00:35:45Don't make me tell you twice.
00:35:48Mr. Callahan, I promise, your daughter will be well taken care of here.
00:35:55Mr. Callahan?
00:35:56It's really him?
00:35:58So, that was his wife and daughter just now?
00:36:01What happened?
00:36:02Mr. Callahan, your wife got in a fight at the entrance.
00:36:05Someone's hurting her and your daughter!
00:36:07Get me there.
00:36:08Now!
00:36:09Grace, today it's time you and your miserable child learn your place.
00:36:13Get your filthy hands off my wife and daughter!
00:36:19What the hell is going on here?
00:36:21Mr. Miller, you're just in time.
00:36:23That kid's a lowly thief and her mom's no better.
00:36:25She's a single mom.
00:36:26Who said that?
00:36:29She did!
00:36:31Mr. Callahan, my brother Derek is one of your factory workers.
00:36:35I slaved as your family's nanny for six fucking years.
00:36:39Everything I did was for my daughter and what did you do to her?
00:36:42How the hell does this happen?
00:36:44Parents and kids getting attacked right at the school gates?
00:36:47I have serious questions about Maplefield security.
00:36:49She started it!
00:36:51She was beating her!
00:36:52Everyone saw!
00:36:55Yeah!
00:36:56Yeah, that's right!
00:36:56She's the one committing assault!
00:37:00Bullshit!
00:37:01Don't ever let me see them set foot here again.
00:37:03Weird.
00:37:04Why is Mr. Callahan holding Lily like that?
00:37:06It almost looks like she's his own kid.
00:37:10Ma'am!
00:37:10Wow!
00:37:11You must be married to a big shot or something.
00:37:15Everyone!
00:37:16This is Mrs. Callahan and her daughter Lily!
00:37:19What?
00:37:20Oh!
00:37:20Oh, sorry!
00:37:22Oh, sorry!
00:37:23Oh, sorry!
00:37:24Callahan?
00:37:24As in the Callahans?
00:37:26The richest family in America?
00:37:28Oh man, what have I done?
00:37:30I was a total jerk to her and her kid just now.
00:37:33It's okay.
00:37:35Now there's one more person to protect you.
00:37:38Protect us.
00:37:40No, that's not possible.
00:37:42Grace loved me.
00:37:43She wouldn't just walk away.
00:37:45Please, that country bumpin' single mom.
00:37:47What kind of man would even give her the time of day?
00:37:49No, Grace.
00:37:50I won't let you leave like this.
00:37:52I'll make you crawl back to me and beg.
00:37:54You were mine, and you still are.
00:37:59Sir?
00:38:00Sir, are you okay?
00:38:02Sir?
00:38:02Sir?
00:38:03Sir?
00:38:03Sir?
00:38:05Hang on, I've got you.
00:38:08Help!
00:38:08Someone help!
00:38:09Is that Grace?
00:38:11What's she doing with that old man?
00:38:16Move back!
00:38:17What are you doing here?
00:38:18Step away!
00:38:20Looks like Grace really found herself a rich old man.
00:38:24That guy had to be at least 70.
00:38:28That damn Texas bumper.
00:38:30How dare she cheat on my son?
00:38:33We need to tell Derek right now.
00:38:35She's gonna pay for this.
00:38:43Are you sure you still want to go back to the factory?
00:38:46You know, now that you're my wife,
00:38:48you don't have to work anymore.
00:38:50Yes, I'm sure.
00:38:52I still have some work to do there.
00:38:54Plus, they're really busy and they need my help.
00:38:58And maybe when your legs get better,
00:39:00when you don't need me anymore,
00:39:02I'll still need my own job.
00:39:04And a steady paycheck.
00:39:07Don't play dumb.
00:39:08My mom and my sister saw it with their own eyes.
00:39:10I saw it clear as day.
00:39:13That man was over 70.
00:39:15I'll make you pay for cheating on me.
00:39:18Want to know why I've been away all this time?
00:39:20Because I got married.
00:39:27But I didn't marry an old man.
00:39:29My husband is Mr. Callahan.
00:39:32Ethan Callahan!
00:39:36Oh my God.
00:39:38Has she completely lost it?
00:39:40Seriously, marry our CEO?
00:39:42What is she smoking?
00:39:43Did she even hear herself?
00:39:44Please, if that happens,
00:39:46I'm quitting this job and retiring.
00:39:49No, I will hang myself from the factory rafters!
00:39:53Go ahead
00:39:54and hang yourself right now.
00:40:00Because everything she said is true.
00:40:05I am Grace Bennett's husband.
00:40:12All these years,
00:40:13he's been funneling the company's money
00:40:15and the family's money out here,
00:40:17bit by bit,
00:40:18to keep his second home!
00:40:20Grace, you're shameless!
00:40:22An old relative lent this house to Thomas temporarily!
00:40:25John Miller.
00:40:26Three months' wages.
00:40:28Two kids waiting on winter coats.
00:40:29Sam Wilson.
00:40:30Sick wife.
00:40:31No food left in the house.
00:40:32Peter Brown.
00:40:33Still can't afford the cost of his mother's funeral.
00:40:35You hear that?
00:40:36Your workers can barely survive,
00:40:38all because of your bad decisions.
00:40:40This house is only borrowed.
00:40:45From now on,
00:40:46everything belongs to the new management.
00:40:48The sawmills,
00:40:49timberland,
00:40:50dock contracts,
00:40:51and railroad tie supply rights.
00:40:53Thomas Bennett,
00:40:55you're finally nothing now.
00:40:59Ma'am,
00:41:00does this mean we'll get our back pay now?
00:41:04Oh.
00:41:05A transfer of ownership
00:41:07is complicated business.
00:41:08Until the books are sorted out,
00:41:10the wages will have to wait.
00:41:11Wait!
00:41:12You work for us now.
00:41:14Think twice before you run your mouth.
00:41:19Work for you?
00:41:20Over my dead body!
00:41:23Don't you dare!
00:41:24I'm a lady!
00:41:25I'm Miss Bennett!
00:41:26You're no lady!
00:41:27You're just that viper's little bastard!
00:41:31Get out, you bastards!
00:41:33Boss, I don't know what to say.
00:41:35All right.
00:41:37You all got paid.
00:41:38Go on, all of you.
00:41:39Don't keep your families waiting.
00:41:41Mr. Bennett,
00:41:42the gala's about to start.
00:41:43The car's waiting outside.
00:41:45Yo!
00:41:46Sum it up!
00:41:47Yes, nice guys.
00:41:49I'll get it.
00:41:50Oh!
00:41:50That's what I have to say!
00:41:54Boss, what an honor.
00:41:56It's not every day you come down
00:41:57to inspect the mill.
00:41:59You didn't hear?
00:41:59Boss is here
00:42:00because he's marrying Grace Whitmore.
00:42:02Grace Whitmore?
00:42:03The prettiest girl in town?
00:42:06Well now,
00:42:08congratulations, boss.
00:42:22Darling, are you all finished?
00:42:24I've been longing to see you
00:42:25since this morning.
00:42:26I've missed you too, my love.
00:42:34You've stalled us three months already.
00:42:36Pay us today.
00:42:38I can't even buy flour for my family.
00:42:43Stay calm, everyone.
00:42:45Mr. Bennett's going through the books.
00:42:47He'll make this right.
00:42:48Pay us!
00:42:49Pay us!
00:42:50Pay us!
00:42:51Pay us!
00:42:53Sir, I just got word from the doctor
00:42:55your mother's been diagnosed
00:42:56with stomach cancer.
00:42:57She needs treatment right away.
00:42:59It'll cost at least $400,000.
00:43:02What?
00:43:12Send the treatment money first.
00:43:14There's only a few thousand dollars
00:43:16left in the company accounts.
00:43:17Impossible.
00:43:18There were $8 million last month.
00:43:20And it's not just the cash.
00:43:21The lumber receipts we kept
00:43:22at Victor's Dock Warehouse
00:43:23are gone too.
00:43:25Without them,
00:43:25we can't even claim that timber.
00:43:29Who has access to that money?
00:43:31Besides you and your wife?
00:43:33Only Richard, Clara, and Julian.
00:43:37They're my family.
00:43:39They'll help me get to the truth.
00:43:52Richard, you kids are all in town.
00:43:55Good timing.
00:43:56There's serious trouble at the company.
00:43:58No.
00:44:00Sign the sawmill and the timberland over to us.
00:44:03And the trouble outside takes care of itself.
00:44:06What?
00:44:08You're old and you're soft.
00:44:10A worker cries poor, you give him a raises.
00:44:12A dealer stiffs you, you give him more time.
00:44:14You will ruin Bennett timber.
00:44:16You're at that mill all day.
00:44:18You always stink of sawdust and machine oil.
00:44:21Everyone at the club laughs at us for having a crude country yunker for a father.
00:44:27Clara.
00:44:28Father, you're leaving us the company sooner or later anyway.
00:44:32Step aside now.
00:44:33Have a nice quiet retirement.
00:44:34Why work yourself to the bone?
00:44:37So you took all the company's money and receipts?
00:44:41You're right.
00:44:42I gave you the best house.
00:44:45Sent you to the best schools.
00:44:47I loved you like my own.
00:44:49Your mother's in the city on business.
00:44:52If she knew you were treating me like this, it would break her heart.
00:45:02Break her heart?
00:45:05Over you?
00:45:08Think it over.
00:45:10Those workers outside are losing their patience.
00:45:26My God, they're going to wreck the saw table.
00:45:31Twist!
00:45:32Twist!
00:45:33Miss this up, go set twist down!
00:45:36Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!
00:45:44God almighty, what are you doing?
00:45:46That table goes, the whole mill is finished!
00:45:49No pay, no mill.
00:45:50We'll tear it down.
00:45:51My family's had no bread for two days.
00:45:53No one cares if we live or die!
00:46:02Stop!
00:46:05Yeah, stop!
00:46:08Well, look who's here.
00:46:10The great philanthropist, Thomas Bennett.
00:46:12Tired of your fancy cigars?
00:46:15Stop!
00:46:16That saw is our only chance to save the mill!
00:46:21To hell with your mill!
00:46:22My family's got nothing to eat.
00:46:24What about us?
00:46:27You black-hearted crook.
00:46:29If you love that table so much,
00:46:30climb up and go down with it!
00:46:32Sorry, James.
00:46:33Twist!
00:46:34Twist!
00:46:35Twist!
00:46:35Miss this up, go set twist down!
00:46:52Mr. Bennett, my God!
00:46:54Get off of them!
00:46:56You almost died.
00:46:59I'd give my life to save this mill.
00:47:02Hundreds of families depend on it.
00:47:04We don't want to do this, Mr. Bennett,
00:47:06but it's been three months.
00:47:07My landlord's at my door every day,
00:47:09asking for rent money.
00:47:11Since my husband died in the woods,
00:47:14my paycheck's the only thing keeping my kids alive.
00:47:18Now my little girl's sick,
00:47:20and I can't even afford a doctor!
00:47:23I haven't been able to afford a single sack of coal
00:47:26for three months.
00:47:28My mother has to sleep under all her old rags for warmth!
00:47:33You live in a big house and own a fancy carriage.
00:47:36Of course you'd have no idea how we're scraping by!
00:47:39We just want our wages!
00:47:41Yes!
00:47:42Give us our money!
00:47:44Yes!
00:47:48You're right.
00:47:49You did the work, but you didn't get paid.
00:47:52It's my fault, no matter what.
00:47:55I know how much these paychecks matter.
00:47:58They put bread on your table,
00:48:00pay for your children's doctors,
00:48:01and buy the firewood that gets your parents through winter.
00:48:04They're how your families survive.
00:48:07Then why haven't you paid us?
00:48:12The company's funds were transferred.
00:48:15All the lumber receipts are gone.
00:48:17There isn't a cent left in the accounts.
00:48:19Bennett Timber owes you all.
00:48:21And I won't run from this debt.
00:48:24I won't let you work for nothing.
00:48:27I'll sell my house,
00:48:29my carriage,
00:48:30and all my valuables,
00:48:31even my family's timberland,
00:48:33and I will put every last cent in your hands.
00:48:37We're supposed to believe that?
00:48:38I'm not asking you to trust me right now.
00:48:41Please,
00:48:42just give me one more day.
00:48:51Mr. Bennett!
00:48:52I failed you.
00:48:54So now,
00:48:55I'm begging you,
00:48:57one day,
00:48:58by the end of tomorrow,
00:48:59I'll make this right.
00:49:04We won our wages!
00:49:06Your apologies won't put bread on our tables!
00:49:08I'm already two months behind on rent.
00:49:10I can't wait another day!
00:49:12Pay us now!
00:49:13Pay us now!
00:49:14Yeah!
00:49:19Henry,
00:49:19you've been at this mill for 15 years.
00:49:21When the blade took your hand two winters ago,
00:49:23I made you a promise.
00:49:24As long as Bennett Timber stands,
00:49:26your family will never go hungry.
00:49:29Mary,
00:49:30you lost your husband to an accident in the woods.
00:49:33Since then,
00:49:34you've raised three children on your own
00:49:35and never missed a single day of work.
00:49:38Last winter,
00:49:39when I heard your youngest had no shoes,
00:49:40I bought two pairs for each of your children.
00:49:44And George,
00:49:46Peter,
00:49:47Andrew,
00:49:48I remember every last thing you gave to this mill.
00:49:52You never failed this company.
00:49:53It is I,
00:49:55Thomas Bennett,
00:49:56who's failed you.
00:49:57I'm not asking for forgiveness.
00:49:59Just one day,
00:50:00that's all.
00:50:01I'll sell my house,
00:50:02my carriage,
00:50:03all my valuables,
00:50:04and I'll pay your wages first thing.
00:50:07I've worked for Mr. Bennett for 15 years.
00:50:09He's never shorted me a single demi.
00:50:13After my husband's accident,
00:50:15he kept paying his wages for six months.
00:50:18And during last year's blizzard,
00:50:20he gave us firewood to keep our family warm.
00:50:22But what if we give him another day and he runs?
00:50:25I'll trust him one more time.
00:50:27So will I.
00:50:31Everyone,
00:50:32go home for now.
00:50:33We'll meet back here this time tomorrow
00:50:35and hear Mr. Bennett out.
00:50:39All of you.
00:50:48You're really selling the house and the carriage?
00:50:51Where will you and Mrs. Bennett live?
00:50:54If the workers don't get paid today,
00:50:55their children could go hungry tonight.
00:50:57I have to save them first.
00:51:06Get this to my wife in the city right away.
00:51:08Tell her to sell the house,
00:51:10the carriage,
00:51:10and every piece of jewelry and art we own.
00:51:13All of it?
00:51:14All of it.
00:51:16I've explained everything in the letter.
00:51:23President Walker,
00:51:24this is the man you've been looking for.
00:51:34Thomas Bennett.
00:51:35That's him.
00:51:37Fifteen years,
00:51:38and I've finally found you,
00:51:39my long-lost partner.
00:51:41Bring the car around.
00:51:43Tell our lawyers,
00:51:44bank rep,
00:51:45and guards.
00:51:45We'll leave for Bennett Timber in ten minutes.
00:51:47But you're meeting with the chairman
00:51:49of the State Railroad Commission at three.
00:51:51He can reschedule.
00:51:58I'll see you soon,
00:51:59my business partner.
00:52:04All eight million from Bennett Timber's accounts
00:52:06has been transferred,
00:52:07and the lumber receipts are in our names now.
00:52:10Thomas won't be able to pull anything out.
00:52:13Didn't think he'd hand you
00:52:14the company's most important account so fast.
00:52:16In a matter of days,
00:52:17you've taken his life's work.
00:52:18What a fool.
00:52:19All it took was calling him Dad,
00:52:21and suddenly he'd do anything for me.
00:52:24He still thinks Mother's gonna bail him out.
00:52:26He's probably sitting in that shabby little office right now,
00:52:29waiting for the whole family to come save him.
00:52:34He always said trusting family
00:52:35is the foundation of good business.
00:52:37Turns out his trust was worth a cool eight million.
00:52:40That's his fatal flaw.
00:52:42He thinks everyone's as saintly as he is.
00:52:44What time for St. Thomas to pay?
00:52:46Still, Bennett Timber's just an empty shell now.
00:52:49We've got the money and the timber.
00:52:51Why do we even want those old sawmills?
00:52:52Because all you took was the cash.
00:52:54The real value is Bennett Timber's decades
00:52:57of hard-earned reputation,
00:52:58its vast timberland,
00:53:00and its long-term port contracts.
00:53:02Meaning,
00:53:03the Walker Group is hunting for a long-term lumber supplier
00:53:06and a port partner.
00:53:07Whoever holds Bennett Timber
00:53:09gets a seat at Walker's table.
00:53:11The Walker Group?
00:53:12That name's always in the headlines.
00:53:14But President Walker's never shown his face in public.
00:53:17They say he's a young, handsome gentleman.
00:53:19Every banker and railroad baron in the city
00:53:21is desperate to win his favor.
00:53:23If I use Bennett Timber to get close to him,
00:53:25the entire city elite will have to answer to me.
00:53:41Mr. Walker, welcome to our city.
00:53:47Mr. Walker,
00:53:48your improved derricks brought
00:53:49three dead oil fields back to life.
00:53:51Even the banks back east want to invest now.
00:53:53Partner with us,
00:53:54and we'll give your oil and equipment
00:53:55top priority on the rails.
00:54:08First of all,
00:54:10I'm no mister.
00:54:12Second,
00:54:12I'm not here to talk business.
00:54:15I came here to find someone.
00:54:21Mother,
00:54:22the doctor has told me everything.
00:54:23I know my body.
00:54:26I'm worried about you.
00:54:28It's only been a few days,
00:54:29and you've gone so much grayer.
00:54:32Trouble at the company?
00:54:33Or those three children?
00:54:36The company's accounts have been drained.
00:54:38The lumber receipts are all gone.
00:54:40The workers are demanding pay outside the mill,
00:54:43and I can't even give them what they're owed.
00:54:45Then,
00:54:46don't worry about me.
00:54:48Get through the crisis in front of you first.
00:54:50Mother,
00:54:50Mother,
00:54:50it's stomach cancer.
00:54:51The doctor says you need surgery as soon as possible.
00:54:54I'm so sorry.
00:54:55I'm your son,
00:54:56and I can't even afford the treatment you need.
00:54:59Mother,
00:55:01I've failed you.
00:55:03Nonsense.
00:55:05Your workers have wives,
00:55:07children,
00:55:08aging parents.
00:55:09Their families rely on their paychecks.
00:55:12Go do what you have to do.
00:55:15I've already asked Grace to sell the house,
00:55:18the carriage,
00:55:18and the art in the city.
00:55:20She'll take care of it.
00:55:21I know she will.
00:55:23Thomas,
00:55:24I've never trusted Grace.
00:55:26She'd been married three times before she met you,
00:55:29each husband richer than the last.
00:55:32Now that your fortune is gone,
00:55:34what makes you think she'll stay?
00:55:37Mr. Bennett,
00:55:38an urgent letter has just arrived from Mrs. Bennett.
00:55:40Grace has raised the money.
00:55:44Only $200,000?
00:55:47Dearest Thomas,
00:55:48the buyers learned we're desperate for cash,
00:55:51so they shorted us.
00:55:52I had to take a $200,000 deposit for now,
00:55:56so the workers wouldn't be kept waiting.
00:55:59The check is enclosed.
00:56:01I'll keep working on the rest.
00:56:05Our house,
00:56:06the carriage,
00:56:08the art collections,
00:56:09they're worth at least $8 million.
00:56:11And she only got $200,000?
00:56:14Mr. Bennett,
00:56:15perhaps you should review the accounts in the city yourself,
00:56:18leaving everything to your wife.
00:56:19Grace would never betray me.
00:56:23She took that price because she knew the workers couldn't wait.
00:56:27She raised $200,000 in one day.
00:56:31She did everything she could.
00:56:32But we're still $5 million short.
00:56:43I have $200,000 I've saved over the years.
00:56:47Take it.
00:56:51No.
00:56:52You need that money for your surgery.
00:56:54I can't take it.
00:56:55You're my son.
00:56:57How could I stand by when you're in trouble?
00:56:59But this money would save your life.
00:57:01If those workers don't get paid,
00:57:02their families can't get by.
00:57:04Take it.
00:57:05Put food on their tables first.
00:57:07Even with Grace's $200,000 and yours,
00:57:09the workers' rages are still more than $4 million short.
00:57:12Then find another way.
00:57:14You've been in business your whole life
00:57:15and helped so many people,
00:57:17someone will lend you a hand.
00:57:18But it's $4 million.
00:57:21Now the company's in trouble.
00:57:22No bank will lend us that kind of money.
00:57:26There's one person I can think of.
00:57:29Who?
00:57:30Victor Crane.
00:57:32We came to America together
00:57:34and now he controls the city's dock,
00:57:36warehouses, and freight business.
00:57:38$4 million should be well within his reach.
00:57:45Mr. Crane?
00:57:46Mr. Thomas Bennett would like to see you.
00:57:48Send him in.
00:57:49He's an old friend.
00:57:50I can't keep him waiting.
00:57:55Well, look who it is.
00:57:58The great Thomas Bennett himself.
00:58:02What brings you to my little company today?
00:58:08Victor.
00:58:09It's been a long time.
00:58:11It has.
00:58:12Back then,
00:58:13you were busy running your woodlands and sawmills,
00:58:16rubbing elbows with bankers and big merchants.
00:58:18Of course, you wouldn't have time
00:58:20for an old friend hauling freight
00:58:21and minding warehouses.
00:58:23I never forgot you.
00:58:25Well then, I'm honored.
00:58:26Come, set that cane aside
00:58:28and let your old friend help you.
00:58:39Oh dear.
00:58:41Thomas.
00:58:42I didn't mean to.
00:58:44I'm...
00:58:45I'm fine.
00:58:46I had no idea.
00:58:47You can't even stand on your own now?
00:58:52I got hurt in an accident at the mill a few years back.
00:58:56Oh.
00:58:57What a shame.
00:59:03Victor,
00:59:04could you give me a hand?
00:59:08Oh, then just say what you came to say on all fours.
00:59:11Stop beating around the Bosch.
00:59:13I don't have time for chit-chat.
00:59:23Victor,
00:59:25I'd like to borrow four million dollars.
00:59:27My workers are still waiting on their wages.
00:59:29I promise I'll pay it back in a month.
00:59:31Principle and interest.
00:59:32Four million?
00:59:35That's pocket change to me.
00:59:37You'll lend it to me?
00:59:39I can.
00:59:43But only if you crawl over here
00:59:45and beg on your knees.
00:59:55Victor, you're joking, right?
00:59:56I'll pay you back the four million within a month.
00:59:59Whatever interest you name,
01:00:00we came to America together.
01:00:02We've known each other for years.
01:00:05I really am in trouble, Victor,
01:00:06and I'm hoping you can help me.
01:00:08Help you.
01:00:11Thomas,
01:00:12do you think you're still that big-shot lumber baron
01:00:14that your word is law?
01:00:15I never thought that.
01:00:18We both came here with nothing.
01:00:21You made your fortune a few years before I did,
01:00:23and suddenly you were lecturing me,
01:00:25telling me how to live
01:00:26as if you always knew better.
01:00:28I never looked down on you.
01:00:29Oh, really?
01:00:31Did you forget the first time
01:00:32I came to you for money?
01:00:36Thomas!
01:00:38Please,
01:00:39lend me 500.
01:00:40I'll go back in there
01:00:41and win it all back.
01:00:45Here's 50.
01:00:47Enough for three days' food and lodging.
01:00:48I'm sorry, my friend,
01:00:49but I won't stand by
01:00:50and watch you throw your life away.
01:00:59Thomas,
01:01:00the party's about to start.
01:01:05Remember?
01:01:06You shoved 50 dollars at me
01:01:08like I was some beggar.
01:01:09I really wanted to help.
01:01:10If it happened again,
01:01:11I'd do the same thing.
01:01:12Exactly what I hate about you!
01:01:14You're always right,
01:01:15always noble.
01:01:15St. Thomas!
01:01:16You had the mills,
01:01:18the name,
01:01:18and everyone's respect.
01:01:20Even the woman I wanted,
01:01:21she married you.
01:01:22The past has nothing to do
01:01:23with what I'm asking for today.
01:01:25Oh, it has everything to do with this.
01:01:27I begged you once.
01:01:29Today, at last,
01:01:30it's your turn to beg me.
01:01:32If you don't,
01:01:34your workers won't get paid.
01:01:36Tonight,
01:01:37their families will go hungry.
01:01:38By winter,
01:01:39their children will have no shoes,
01:01:41and their parents will freeze to death.
01:01:44You keep calling them
01:01:45your responsibility.
01:01:47So,
01:01:47prove it.
01:01:49Get on your knees.
01:01:51That's all it takes to save them.
01:01:53Or is that pride of yours
01:01:54worth more than their lives?
01:01:57If I kneel,
01:01:59you'll lend me the four million?
01:02:13I'm not.
01:02:16Wait.
01:02:19Grace!
01:02:22Victor,
01:02:23is this how you treat
01:02:23an old friend?
01:02:25Have you forgotten
01:02:26how he helped you?
01:02:34Whatever he owes,
01:02:35I'll cover it this time.
01:02:38Walk away from the tables, Victor.
01:02:40Stop gambling your life away.
01:02:46Mr. Bennett,
01:02:47you've paid his bail in full.
01:02:48But next time we catch him smuggling,
01:02:49no one can save him.
01:02:54Victor!
01:02:55You can make good money
01:02:56running a warehouse or freight.
01:02:57Why in God's name
01:02:57are you smuggling?
01:02:58Oh, save it!
01:02:59I'm out of cash.
01:02:59If I don't smuggle,
01:03:00the company goes under tomorrow.
01:03:01A businessman lives and dies
01:03:02by his reputation.
01:03:04Keep breaking the law
01:03:04and no one will ever do business
01:03:05with you again.
01:03:11I'm finished.
01:03:12I can't pay what I owe.
01:03:14They'll lock me up.
01:03:18Draw money from my account.
01:03:20Help him save the warehouse.
01:03:22Yes, sir.
01:03:30Your old friend
01:03:33bailed you out.
01:03:36And put up the money
01:03:37to save your warehouse.
01:03:38Now you hate him
01:03:40because he saw you
01:03:41at your lowest?
01:03:42Grace.
01:03:43That's right.
01:03:45So you waited 15 years
01:03:47for him to get old
01:03:49and crippled
01:03:49so you can watch him
01:03:51lose everything he built?
01:03:53That's right.
01:03:55And you dangle
01:03:55those workers' livelihoods
01:03:57over the man
01:03:58who saved you twice
01:03:59to force him
01:04:00to crawl at your feet?
01:04:04Exactly.
01:04:05I can hardly wait
01:04:06to see it.
01:04:07Victor,
01:04:08you really are
01:04:10an ungrateful,
01:04:11wicked,
01:04:11hopeless son of a bitch.
01:04:13Grace,
01:04:14never mind all that.
01:04:15Tell me,
01:04:16how much more
01:04:16were you able to raise?
01:04:23I happen to have
01:04:24a weakness
01:04:25for bad boys.
01:04:26Grace?
01:04:27What the hell?
01:04:32From what I've dug up,
01:04:34Grace has been moving
01:04:34Thomas' assets
01:04:35into Victor's accounts
01:04:36all along.
01:04:37She and Victor
01:04:38have been colluding
01:04:38for a long time.
01:04:41Drive faster.
01:04:43We need to get there
01:04:43as soon as possible.
01:04:48Oh,
01:04:49Thomas,
01:04:49that look on your face
01:04:50is priceless.
01:04:51Don't worry,
01:04:52your eyes aren't lying.
01:04:53Victor and I,
01:04:54we've been together
01:04:55a long time.
01:04:56Grace,
01:04:57you.
01:05:02I'm a man of my word.
01:05:04Get on your knees
01:05:05and I'll sign the check
01:05:06right now.
01:05:07No,
01:05:07I still have some
01:05:08dignity left.
01:05:10Sorry to trouble you.
01:05:11Good day.
01:05:13I treated you well
01:05:14for 15 years.
01:05:15Why are you doing this?
01:05:17Because
01:05:18you're finished.
01:05:20You can't get back up.
01:05:22Let me get up.
01:05:23We'll talk face to face.
01:05:25Face to face.
01:05:26With your height,
01:05:27your stature,
01:05:28you'll always stand
01:05:28ahead above me.
01:05:29I want your children
01:05:30to see you
01:05:31in all your glory.
01:05:36From now on,
01:05:36I'm only calling him Dad.
01:05:38At least he won't keep me
01:05:39in some sawdust-covered
01:05:40backwater dump.
01:05:41That's right.
01:05:41Dad promised everything
01:05:42you were too stingy for,
01:05:43he'll give us all of it.
01:05:46You...
01:05:47you'd call him Father?
01:05:48One more thing.
01:05:49Moving the company's money
01:05:51and the receipts,
01:05:52Mr. Victor taught us
01:05:53exactly how to gut
01:05:54Bennett timber.
01:05:54So it was him.
01:05:56I just pointed the way.
01:05:58It was your three fine children
01:06:00who handed me everything
01:06:01you had with their own hands.
01:06:04Don't blame them.
01:06:05This was all my idea
01:06:07to begin with.
01:06:08You had them steal my money?
01:06:10How can you call it stealing?
01:06:12Isn't a man supposed
01:06:12to provide for his family?
01:06:14I just taught them
01:06:15to take what's rightfully theirs.
01:06:17So you've been lying to me
01:06:20for 15 years?
01:06:22I married you
01:06:22because you were
01:06:23the richest lumberman around.
01:06:24I thought I'd live
01:06:25in the grandest house
01:06:26in the city
01:06:27and go to the finest balls.
01:06:28Instead,
01:06:29I was stuck in the country
01:06:30with you breathing
01:06:30sawdust and machine oil.
01:06:32I've been so sick of you,
01:06:33that sawmill
01:06:34and your filthy workers.
01:06:37The heartwarming
01:06:37family reunion's over.
01:06:39Now,
01:06:39let's talk business.
01:06:40Sign here,
01:06:41hand me the sawmills,
01:06:42the timberland
01:06:43and every dock contract.
01:06:44Then,
01:06:44this $4 million check
01:06:46is yours.
01:06:46Never.
01:06:47Bennett timber
01:06:48is my life's work.
01:06:50If you don't sign,
01:06:51your workers
01:06:51will never see their wages.
01:06:52Their children
01:06:53will go hungry.
01:06:54Their old folks
01:06:55will freeze to death.
01:06:56Oh, great,
01:06:56Mr. Bennett.
01:06:57Is your company
01:06:58more important
01:06:58than their lives?
01:06:59You're using
01:07:00the workers' livelihoods
01:07:01to force my hand.
01:07:02Yes,
01:07:03and you have
01:07:04no other choice.
01:07:05I won't sign!
01:07:06That's not up to you.
01:07:09I'm sick of him,
01:07:10always acting holier
01:07:11than thou.
01:07:12A dinosaur like him
01:07:13deserves to be left behind.
01:07:15You carry his name,
01:07:16you squander his fortune,
01:07:18and now you kick him
01:07:19when he's down?
01:07:20Mr. Walker,
01:07:21the children are young.
01:07:22Please,
01:07:23forgive their bluteness.
01:07:24I'm Owen Mercer,
01:07:25secretary to the
01:07:26president of the Walker Group.
01:07:27President Walker
01:07:27sent me to find Mr. Bennett.
01:07:29Who knew this is
01:07:30how you treat
01:07:30your own father?
01:07:31It's his own damn fault.
01:07:33He's a failure.
01:07:38We're taking him
01:07:39to the hospital.
01:07:40I'm his wife!
01:07:41I have to go with him!
01:07:43Save it,
01:07:44Mr. Bennett.
01:07:45Hold on.
01:07:48Idiots!
01:07:49You defend the Walker Group!
01:07:50He's just a secretary.
01:07:52He's not President Walker.
01:07:54This is our turf!
01:07:55Where does he get off
01:07:56strutting around like that?
01:07:57How does Thomas even have
01:07:58an ally at the Walker Group?
01:07:59Gala is in three days.
01:08:03I have to have
01:08:04Bennett timber before then.
01:08:05Harriet Walker,
01:08:07you may have forgotten
01:08:08we've met before.
01:08:13Perhaps you're mistaken.
01:08:14A lady as striking as you,
01:08:16I'd certainly remember you.
01:08:17I'm not mistaken.
01:08:18You were my first mentor.
01:08:20You taught me how
01:08:21to build my own business.
01:08:22Now you're in trouble,
01:08:23I've come to help.
01:08:2950 million?
01:08:32Good heavens, miss.
01:08:3350 million.
01:08:34Enough to cover your workers' wages
01:08:36and your mother's cancer treatment.
01:08:37And buy a stake in Bennett timber
01:08:39in the Walker Group's name.
01:08:40Then inject 1 billion
01:08:42under my personal name.
01:08:44Boss,
01:08:45Bennett timber's cash flow
01:08:46has collapsed.
01:08:47It's on the brink of bankruptcy.
01:08:49Your investment
01:08:50will go straight down the drain.
01:08:51You think I've lost my head
01:08:52over a debt of gratitude?
01:08:54No.
01:08:55Let me tell you,
01:08:56this will be the single best investment
01:08:58of my career.
01:08:59Any company run by Thomas Bennett
01:09:01is destined to become
01:09:02the finest in the world.
01:09:05Understood.
01:09:06Tell me,
01:09:06who provided for you
01:09:07all these years,
01:09:08sent you to the finest schools,
01:09:09your wish was his command?
01:09:10Thomas really loved you as his own...
01:09:12Not this again!
01:09:13He cheated,
01:09:14he stiffed the workers,
01:09:15he ran the company into the ground.
01:09:16He's not our father.
01:09:17Clara,
01:09:18what about you?
01:09:19Thomas doted on you most of all.
01:09:21Dresses,
01:09:22carriages,
01:09:23jewels,
01:09:23he could never say no to you!
01:09:25You sure know how to act loyal.
01:09:27When I offered to make you my assistant,
01:09:29you wouldn't even look at me.
01:09:30So,
01:09:31you prefer old men?
01:09:32You watch your mouth.
01:09:34All these years,
01:09:35he's been funneling
01:09:36the company's money
01:09:36and the family's money
01:09:38out here,
01:09:38bit by bit,
01:09:40to keep his second home!
01:09:41Grace,
01:09:42you're shameless!
01:09:43An old relative
01:09:44lent this house
01:09:45to Thomas temporarily!
01:09:47John Miller,
01:09:48three months' wages,
01:09:49two kids waiting on winter coats,
01:09:51Sam Wilson,
01:09:51sick wife,
01:09:52no food left in the house,
01:09:53Peter Brown,
01:09:54still can't afford the cost
01:09:55of his mother's funeral.
01:09:56You hear that?
01:09:57Your workers can barely survive,
01:09:59all because of your bad decisions.
01:10:02This house is only borrowed.
01:10:06From now on,
01:10:07everything belongs
01:10:08to the new management.
01:10:09The sawmills,
01:10:10timberland,
01:10:11dock contracts,
01:10:12and railroad tie supply rights.
01:10:15Thomas Bennett,
01:10:16you're finally nothing now.
01:10:20Ma'am,
01:10:21does this mean
01:10:22we'll get our back pay now?
01:10:26Oh,
01:10:27a transfer of ownership
01:10:28is complicated business.
01:10:30Until the books are sorted out,
01:10:31the wages will have to wait.
01:10:33Wait!
01:10:34You work for us now.
01:10:35Think twice
01:10:36before you run your mouth.
01:10:40Work for you?
01:10:41Over my dead body!
01:10:44Don't you dare!
01:10:45I'm a lady!
01:10:46I'm Miss Bennett!
01:10:47You're no lady!
01:10:49You're just that
01:10:49viper's little bastard!
01:10:52Get out,
01:10:53you bastards!
01:10:54Boss,
01:10:55I don't know what to say.
01:10:57All right.
01:10:58You all got paid.
01:10:59Go on,
01:11:00all of you.
01:11:01Don't keep your families waiting.
01:11:02Mr. Bennett,
01:11:03the gala is about to start.
01:11:04The car's waiting outside.