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00:02shut up my billionaire father kept a secret mistress and told my mom accept it or i'll
00:08divorce you and leave you with nothing but he forgot one tiny detail my cleanest housewife
00:13mother was actually the most ruthless cpa in the state she didn't just file for divorce
00:18she froze his accounts exposed his 18 million dollar fraud and sent him straight to federal
00:24prison richard's phone buzzed on the kitchen island still plugged in to charge he shouted
00:29for me to get it i picked up the phone from the charger and glanced at the closed bathroom door
00:34hello is this mystery sterling he's in the shower i'm his daughter who is this this is guest services
00:39at the grand elitium resort we're just doing a routine follow-up about your stay in our family
00:43suite last night we just wanted to check in did the three-year-old boy with your party have any
00:47more allergic reactions to the peanut-free pastries we provided my stomach dropped the phone felt like
00:53a block of ice in my hand my dad is 55 my mom is 52 i am an only child
00:58i just turned 24
01:01and last weekend my dad told my mom he was flying out to san francisco for a closed door real
01:07estate
01:07summit who was on the phone my pulse hammered against my throat i shoved my trembling hands
01:14into my pockets telemarketer i hung up i forced the words past the lump in my throat he walked over
01:20to the mirror and casually smoothed some moisturizer over his face where's your mother ran to the
01:27butcher for some ribes she said you had a brutal week traveling and wanted to grill steaks tonight
01:31i stared at the back of his head she always takes good care of me three days of back-to
01:39-back meetings
01:40in san francisco really took it out of me the grand elitium resort wasn't in san francisco
01:46it was a 20 minute drive away right here in the local coastal hills dad
01:54yeah
01:56where did you stay in san francisco my company has an off-site there next month
02:01thought i'd ask for hotel reps his hand froze on his cheek for a fraction of a second
02:08just some standard business hotel the organizers booked nothing special
02:12when you go i'll book you a five-star place don't stay in those dumps
02:16he was lying i didn't push it i turned and walked out of the master bedroom back in my room
02:22i pulled
02:22up the statement for the authorized user card on my dad's account i majored in finance most of the
02:27family's electronic statements were routed to my email i opened last month's transaction history and
02:31scrolled down line by line last saturday eight thousand eight hundred dollars merchant the grand
02:36alicia resort dining and entertainment it wasn't just last week on the 14th of last month
02:41valentine's day a charge of twenty three thousand dollars merchant lumimico fine jewelry the gift
02:46my mom received that day was a twenty dollar bouquet of grocery store carnations my legs gave out
02:53and i collapsed into my desk chair
02:58richard chloe come help me with these bags come help me with these bags
03:04a second later i heard the front door unlock mom was home with groceries i took a deep breath and
03:11forced myself out of the room why'd you buy so much you're gonna throw your back out next time wait
03:18till i'm home to carry this stuff for you richard had already beaten me to it taking the heavy paper
03:24bags from her hands you had a long trip besides chloe loves grilled ribeye watching this picture perfect
03:32marriage play out bile rose in the back of my throat i had to look away the air in san
03:37francisco is so dry
03:38i picked up that limited edition fleur-de-lis skincare set you like try it tonight eleanor patted his arm
03:45and
03:46told him he shouldn't have spent so much during dinner richard kept refilling my mom's wine glass
03:50after dinner richard went to his home office to check emails using a cup of coffee as an excuse
03:56i pushed open the door to his home office i pushed open the door to his home office
04:00he was typing away at his computer
04:06dad brought you some coffee
04:10dad i saw a crazy story online today
04:13what kind of story
04:17some guy kept a mistress behind his wife's back even had a secret kid the wife found out and
04:22completely destroyed his life
04:23chloe what is your point
04:25secrets don't stay buried forever
04:27right dad
04:28i locked eyes with him richard looked up at me
04:31i didn't back down
04:34these click eight brogs love making up this kind of garbage
04:37you're fresh out of college chloe stop reading that internet trash and focus on your career
04:42but
04:44his jaw tightened
04:45enough
04:47adults handle their own business
04:49you don't get a vote
04:50are we clear
04:51you don't get a vote
04:53are we clear
04:54crystal clear
04:56i stared at him
04:57i muttered
05:04saturday morning richard claimed he had to head to the office
05:06the second his car pulled out of the driveway
05:08i called an uber and headed straight to grand elysium resort
05:17hi i need some information about richard sterling's stay here last weekend i'm his daughter
05:23he thinks he may have left something behind in the room
05:25then can you at least tell me who else was registered to the room
05:28i'm sorry miss that would violate guest privacy policy
05:34can you at least tell me what the woman with him looked like
05:38can you at least tell me what the woman with him looked like
05:42she was young late 20s maybe
05:44dressed very bogo chic
05:46like an artist type
05:49late 20s
05:49an artist type
05:53i walked out through the revolving doors and pulled out my phone
05:56pulling up the address for the lunaco boutique i'd found last night
06:01i took a cab straight there and flagged down an older sale associate
06:04hi
06:05was there a necklace purchase under richard sterling on the 14th of last month
06:10yes of course
06:11mr sterling is one of our vip clients
06:14he came in that day with a very charming young woman
06:16and purchased our limited edition diamond necklace
06:19do you happen to know the woman's name
06:22do you happen to know the woman's name
06:25serena i believe
06:26he kept calling her his sweet serena
06:29they were very affectionate
06:30she kept insisting the necklace was too expensive
06:32but he absolutely refused to take no for an answer
06:35when i got home
06:36eleanor was out on the balcony watering her potted hydrangeas
06:42hey chloe
06:43what do you want for lunch i can whip something up
06:47her hair was tied back in a loose bone
06:57mom
06:59what's this
07:00you're a grown woman and you're still acting like a little kid
07:05mom have you ever thought of getting back out there
07:07getting a job
07:09i'm in my 50s honey
07:11besides richard won't hear of it
07:13he says he makes enough to take care of us
07:15and i should just relax at home
07:16i stared at the green leaves on the balcony
07:19my chest felt like someone was sitting on it
07:21i couldn't just drop the bomb on her
07:23she had high blood pressure
07:24a shock like this could put her in the hospital
07:26i needed hard proof
07:27i needed to find this serena
07:29i needed hard proof
07:31i needed to find this serena
07:32i searched through hashtag after hashtag on pictogram
07:35finally
07:36i found an account called serena slash soul art
07:40her grid was a curated gallery of over filtered
07:43aesthetic lifestyle shots
07:45i started scrolling
07:46a post from the 14th of last month
07:48the photo was a tight shot of the lumina necklace
07:50against a woman's colobine
07:51the caption read
07:52he says traditional marriage's cage built for the world
07:54and i am the only safe harbor his soul has ever know
07:56i let out a harsh bark of a laugh
07:58sanctuary for his soul
08:00swiping my family's credit card
08:02for a 23 000 piece of jewelry
08:04and you're talking about a fucking soul
08:06further down
08:07a post from last weekend
08:09location tag
08:10the grand elision resort
08:13the photo showed a small hand
08:15resting on a larger man's hand
08:17the caption
08:18a weekend escape from the city with my little guy
08:22forever grateful to the man behind the scenes
08:24who takes care of everything for us
08:26i stared at the phone screen
08:28the carpet pattern in the background
08:29was a perfect match for the family suite
08:31on the grand elision's website
08:32and in the corner of the frame
08:34strapped to the man's wrist
08:35was a chronos watch
08:36it was the same watch
08:37i bought richard for his birthday last year
08:38with my first internship paycheck
08:40i screenshot everything
08:41and dumped it into an encrypted folder
08:43most of her location tags
08:45hovered around oak roll estate
08:48houses there started at 10 million dollars
08:52richard was just a partner at a real estate firm
08:55where was he getting that kind of cash
08:58how's the job hunt going chloe
08:59if nothing's biting
09:00i can set you up with a junior analyst position at the firm
09:04that night richard came home
09:06and immediately slipped back into his
09:08good husband good father routine
09:12no thanks dad
09:13i want to figure it out on my own
09:15stubborn
09:15just like your mother
09:18looking at him my stomach turned
09:22hey dad i drove past oak book states today
09:24those mansions look incredible
09:29what were you doing over there
09:34just driving through
09:35heard a lot of indie artists live there
09:38must be nice
09:40richard slammed his fork down
09:41the metal scraped against the ceramic
09:43with a harsh grating sound
09:45chloe
09:46why are you so fixated on this shallow crap all of a sudden
09:49always obsessing about how much money other people have
09:52what about your own life
09:54i just made a comment
09:55why are you snapping at me
10:01i'm trying to teach you some values
10:04keep your feet on the ground
10:06and don't start acting like some money hungry gold digger
10:12all right all right richard
10:15she just made an observation
10:16why are you getting so worked up
10:18drink this
10:19cool off
10:20eleanor quickly stepped in
10:22richard picked up the glass
10:23his hand was shaking slightly
10:25the next day
10:26the next day i blew off my afternoon plans and drove straight to oak rook estates
10:31security was posted at the front gate and there was no way i was getting past it
10:34so i parked outside a coffee shop across the street
10:37grabbed a seat by the window and watched for three straight hours
10:40at 2pm a white stallion v8 suv pulled out of the gates and parked next to a florist on the
10:45corner
10:45the door opened a woman stepped out wearing a linen maxi dress
10:48she was very thin with long hair down to her waist
10:51she definitely had that airy artistic vibe
10:54it was serena no question
10:55she went into the shop and came out holding a massive bouquet of white roses
10:59i tossed some cash onto the table walked out of the coffee shop and followed her from half a block
11:03behind
11:04she didn't go back to the suv
11:05instead she carried the flowers half a block further and walked into elite montessori academy
11:10ten minutes later
11:11ten minutes later
11:12she walked out holding the hand of a little blonde boy
11:15maybe three years old
11:17he was dressed in a tailored prep school uniform
11:20clutching a toy fire truck
11:23mommy is daddy coming to see me today
11:28daddy's busy making lots of money to buy leo more toys
11:32the boy asked looking up at her
11:35serena ruffled his blonde hair
11:37i stepped right into the middle of the sidewalk
11:39blocking her path
11:41serena stopped
11:42a slight frown forming
11:45excuse me
11:46can i help you?
11:47you're serena right?
11:49i'm richard sterling's daughter
11:50excuse me
11:51can i help you?
11:52you're serena right?
11:53i'm richard sterling's daughter
11:55i don't know any richard
11:57bullshit
11:58want me to post the receipts from the grand elysium all over pingram?
12:01or the purchase receipt for the lumina diamond necklace you're wearing around your neck right now?
12:04what do you want?
12:06a chat
12:14crack me down i'll play it straight
12:16your dad and i?
12:17it's true love
12:18true love?
12:19maxing out my family's credit cards and living in a multi-million dollar mansion that's your definition of love?
12:23little girl what do you know about love?
12:25to your mother richard is just a walking ATM
12:27a tool
12:28but with me?
12:29he actually feels alive
12:30i'm his soulmate
12:31the only one who truly gets it
12:33you're disgusting
12:33fucking pathetic
12:34disgusting
12:35richard buys me houses
12:37he buys me cars
12:38he begs to spend his money on me
12:40you know why?
12:41because i make him feel like a king
12:43while your mother?
12:44she's just a desperate housewife smelling of cheap vanilla extract and cleaner
12:47her words twisted like an iconic gut
12:49eleanor gave her entire life to build this family
12:52and this homewrecker had the nerve to reduce her to a punchline
12:55the oakmuro house?
12:56richard bought it?
12:58the oakmuro house?
12:59richard bought it?
13:00yep
13:00my name is on the deed
13:02paid in full
13:03cash
13:03i stood frozen
13:05every muscle in my body shook
13:08that evening richard walked through the front door right at 7pm
13:12a rarity
13:15you went to see serena today?
13:18yes
13:22richard are you insane?
13:24ask her what she did
13:25showing up at an elite private school to cause a scene like some street trash
13:29you completely humiliated me
13:31caused a scene? caused a scene? i just wanted to see what kind of soulmate you stash in a 20
13:37million dollar cash house
13:39chloe what are you talking about?
13:40shut the hell up chloe
13:41one more word out of your mouth and you can pack your bags and get the fuck out of my
13:44house
13:45i'm not the one who should get out
13:46you are
13:47you're the one keeping a mistress behind our backs
13:49you even have a fucking three year old bastard child
13:53fine
13:54since it's out in the open i won't bother hiding it
13:58yes
13:58leo is my son
14:00serena is my woman
14:02eleanor
14:02i plan to handle this after chloe got married and moved out
14:06since she blew the lid off
14:07let's set the rules
14:08i'm not filing for divorce
14:10and there'll still be mrs scurry
14:11the status quo remains
14:13i'll keep paying your credit card limits and household expenses
14:17i'll be moving forward i'll be spending three nights a week at oak chloe
14:19don't interfere
14:20don't cause a scene
14:21let's handle this like adults
14:22and if i refuse
14:25refuse
14:26then go get a lawyer and file for divorce
14:28but i promise you you won't get a dime
14:31you'll walk away with absolutely nothing
14:33you're in your fifties with health issues
14:35without me how exactly are you gonna survive
14:38you sick fuck
14:40you sick fuck
14:42oh are you off the knife
14:43mom
14:45he doesn't get to treat us like this
14:47are you done with the hysterics
14:49i'm sleeping at oakwood tonight
14:50call me when you're ready to be reasonable
14:55mom i'm sorry
14:56i'm useless
14:57i don't know how to help you
14:59silly girl
15:00why are you calling me
15:07mom why do you have
15:09did you think that follow up call from the concierge was actually random
15:13i paid the concierge to make that call
15:15it was time you saw exactly what kind of piece of shit you've been calling dad
15:19chloe richard really thought i spent the last thirty years as some brainless housewife
15:24who only knows how to bake cookies
15:25he forgot one detail
15:27thirty years ago i was the youngest senior cpa in the state
15:31did you really think his shell companies and offshore trusts could slip past me
15:35mom you've known this whole time
15:37six months before you did
15:38i knew the exact day he made his first attempt to wire funds to a cayman islands account
15:42why didn't you just confront him
15:45because that wasn't enough
15:46why didn't you just confront him
15:48because that wasn't enough to nail him to the wall
15:50i was waiting
15:51waiting for him to cash out the largest smump
15:54and put the asset directly in that woman's name
15:56eleanor walked straight to the bookshelf
15:58she smoothly pulled out a heavy copy of principles of corporate vance tucked away in the back of the third
16:03row
16:03the center of the book was hollowed out
16:06inside lay a black encrypted flash drive
16:09she plugged the drive into a usb port
16:12the screen lit up
16:13and her fingers flew over the keyboard as she entered a long, complex passcode
16:17a hidden encrypted directory popped up
16:19a hidden encrypted directory popped up
16:22it was packed with excel strep sheets, bank statements and scanned pdfs of signed documents
16:27he's a control freak who trusts no one
16:29every illegal wire transfer he made he kept the master ledger himself
16:33mom, with this, we can absolutely destroy him in divorce court, right?
16:37not enough, that's not what i want
16:38then what do you want?
16:40i want him in a jumpsuit
16:41rotting in a cell
16:45half the money he wired to those offshore accounts was company funds
16:49he used serena's gallery as a front
16:51fake invorses, cooked books and nearly 18 million dollars laundered out of the company
16:55that's corporate embezzlement and wire fraud
16:58clear-cut federal felonies
17:01there are two other senior partners at his firm
17:04those two old men barely check the ledgers
17:06they just collect their dividend checks at the end of the year
17:09but if they find out richard hollowed out their retirement funds to act as a sugar dad to his mistress
17:14what do you think they'll do?
17:17the next day eleanor acted like nothing had happened
17:20she went to the butcher for steaks as usual
17:22and smiled at the neighbors across the street
17:26richard didn't set foot in the house for three straight days
17:29on the afternoon of the fourth day eleanor suddenly called me
17:33eleanor suddenly called me
17:35chloe drop what you're doing
17:36get to memorial downtown hospital right now
17:40i found her in a crowded hallway outside the ER
17:43she stood like a statue
17:44her eyes locked on the billing counter down the hall
17:47richard was standing in line
17:48anxiously checking his watch over and over
17:50serena was clutching her stomach
17:52her face as white as a bedsheet
17:54the little boy leo was yanking on her dress and wailing loudly
17:58what happened?
17:59serena's showing signs of a miscarriage
18:01richard bailed on a major board meeting and sped here to get her to the ER
18:04she's pregnant again? she's pregnant again?
18:07yep
18:08what do you think richard's most desperate for right now?
18:12he's out of cash flow
18:13he drained all the liquid assets and dumped them into the oakmore house and her gallery
18:18the firm's accounts are empty
18:19if he doesn't plug the hole by next week he can't even make payroll
18:23so how is he going to cover it?
18:25he wants to take out a second mortgage on our house
18:27he texted me yesterday telling me to get the original deed ready
18:31said the firm had a minor cash flow hiccup and needed my signature
18:36you didn't sign it did you?
18:38you didn't sign it did you?
18:40of course not
18:41not only will i not give him the deed i'm going to hand him a generous gift
18:46arthur it's eleanor is richard at the office? i can't reach him anywhere
18:49no eleanor richard said he had to meet a key developer he won't be back in the office this afternoon
18:55a developer? that's strange
18:57i just bumped into him in maternity world at memorial downtown
19:00he was holding up a pregnant young woman
19:02i assumed it was one of the firm's employees having an emergency
19:05eleanor are you absolutely sure he was in the maternity womb?
19:08yes i even snapped a quick photo to ask him about it later
19:10oh well maybe my eyes will be tricks on me
19:13arthur please don't mention i called
19:15you know how much he hates me crying into his business
19:22richard is our baby gonna be okay?
19:24don't worry sweetheart the doctor said it's just minor cramping
19:28a few days of bed rest and you'll be fine
19:30i watched them walk toward the elevators
19:31wrapped in each other's arms
19:33and my stomach heaved
19:35for the next few days the house was quiet as a tem
19:38richard bombarded eleanor with texts every day
19:40demanding she get the deed ready
19:42eleanor brushed him off with vague excuses every time
19:45finally richard snapped
19:47friday night he stormed through the front door
19:51eleanor what the fuck is taking you so long?
19:54eleanor what the fuck is taking you so long?
19:56the firm is bleeding out and you can't even produce one damn piece of paper
20:00what's the rush?
20:01the house is in both our names
20:02a second mortgage requires my signature in person with a notary
20:05my blood pressure has been spiking i'm not going anywhere
20:08eleanor i know you're still throwing a tantrum over serena
20:11but business is business
20:12the firm goes under we'll all end up on the street
20:15richard doesn't the firm have over 10 million in cash sitting in the operating account?
20:19how could you possibly not make next week's payroll?
20:21how do you know that?
20:22that money's been tied up in a new development project for months i can't just pull it out
20:25oh? is that so?
20:27i thought you pulled that cash out to buy that mansion in oak book
20:30you've been investigating me? you've been investigating me?
20:32you left a trail a mile wide
20:33don't push your fucking luck eleanor
20:35you won't sign
20:36let the firm burn to the ground
20:37we'll all go down together
20:38bullshit!
20:39those debts are in your name
20:40they have nothing to do with my mom
20:42nothing to do with her?
20:43go look up marital debt chloe
20:45you think you're so smart
20:46the two of you combined couldn't outplay me if you tried
20:48mom is he telling the truth?
20:50calm down chloe
20:51i don't start a war unless i know i've already won
20:54saturday morning eleanor drove us out to oak book estates
20:57we didn't try to get past the gates
20:59she parked across the street in the lot of an exclusive private golf club
21:02mom what are we doing here?
21:04we're waiting for someone
21:05a few minutes later a black mercedes s-class pulled into the lot and parked next to us
21:09eleanor
21:10you said on the phone yesterday you have hard proof that richard has been sifling corporate assets
21:14arthur let's talk in the car
21:16it's all in there
21:17every wire transfer and forged invoice richard routed through serena's gallery over the last six months
21:21it totals eighteen million dollars
21:23that son of a bitch
21:24i treated him like a partner for years and he treated me like his fucking atm
21:27no wonder he swore up and down the accounts were dry when the contractors demanded payment last month
21:31arthur he's currently trying to take out a second mortgage on my house to plug this exact hole
21:35if he gets that mortgage the books will balance
21:37come the year end audit you won't find a single trace of this
21:40over my dead body eleanor what's your play
21:42over my dead body eleanor what's your play
21:44i want him ruined
21:46i want him to spit out every cent he swallowed with interest
21:48but i need your board authority to launch an internal audit and call the feds
21:52consider it done eleanor
21:54there is nothing i despise more than a fool who burns down a company for a mistress
21:58monday morning at nine light a.m. right after richard luck
22:01two black suvs pulled into our driveway
22:08mrs eleanor stirring we're court officers acting on behalf of the state supreme court this is an asset freezing order
22:13we need your signature
22:17arthur moved faster than i anticipated
22:20mrs sterling we now need to confiscate all deeds and title documents related to this property please cooperate
22:30mom didn't you say we were gonna wait
22:32how is this happening so fast
22:37if i waited any longer just mortgaged this house to cover the hole he created
22:41my legal team secured an emergency asset freezing order
22:45right now every bank account trust fund and property in his name including that house in oak rook is frozen
22:56just how massive was the net my mother had woven over the last six months
23:06chloe
23:07has your mother lost her fucking mind
23:10she had the court freeze my corporate accounts
23:13where is she put her on the phone
23:15eleanor what the fuck are you doing
23:18do you realize the firm's entire operating capital is frozen
23:21every project has ground to a halt
23:23if the developers sue me for breach of contract i'll be ruined
23:26that's the point
23:28richard
23:30i filed against you for infidelity
23:32marital dissipation of assets
23:34corporate embezzlement
23:35and wire fraud
23:36the court has officially accepted the filings
23:39what did you say
23:41i said i want a divorce
23:43but not your let's handle this like adults version
23:48you are going to walk away with zero
23:50you're crazy
23:52on what grounds do you think you can take everything
23:54on the grounds that you illegally transferred 23 million dollars in marital assets
24:00on the grounds that you embezzled 18 million dollars from the company
24:07and on the strength of every piece of evidence in my possession
24:10eleanor
24:11you think you can beat me
24:12let me tell you
24:15chloe listen to me
24:17from this second forward do not believe a single word out of richard's mouth
24:24the day after the assets were frozen
24:26serena showed up at our house
24:30chloe tell your mother to drop the lawsuit
24:32why the hell should i
24:33if richard goes to federal prison what good does that do you two
24:35he is your flesh and blood
24:37are you just gonna stand by and watch his life get destroyed
24:39my dad
24:40he's a serial liar not my father
24:42don't you understand
24:44the baby inside me can't grow up without a father
24:47please just beg your mother to drop it
24:50serena
24:52let me ask you a question
24:54is leo actually richard's biological son
24:56of course he is
24:57what kind of bullshit are you talking about
24:59oh really
25:00then let's just wait for the
25:01oh really
25:02then let's just wait for the court order dna paternity test
25:05it'll all be there in black and white
25:07serena looked like she'd seen a ghost
25:09she spun around and practically stumbled away
25:11arthur went to the authorities
25:12the district attorney and the fbi have officially opened a case
25:16grand corporate emezzlement
25:18by tomorrow richard will be in handcuffs
25:20sitting in the county jail
25:22mom
25:23just how many more cards are you hiding up your sleeve
25:26chloe
25:27the biggest regret of my life was letting my cpa license expire to take care of this family
25:32i don't regret marrying richard
25:34but i do regret trapping myself in the shell of a housewife whose only value was tied to the kitchen
25:40mom
25:41you are the most badass ruthless woman i have ever known
25:47silly girl i'm not a badass
25:49i just couldn't let you grow up thinking that when a woman gets betrayed her only option is to suffer
25:54in silence
25:56word spread fast arthur called eleanor within the hour
26:00eleanor they got him
26:01he broke down in the interrogation room confessed to everything fogging like a baby
26:04the oakmiot house is in serena's name but the down payment and the mortgage were paid using corporate funds
26:09arthur i've already compiled the paper trap
26:39don't worry eleanor
26:41you can't do prison time
26:42richard the property settlement is finalized
26:44you sign and you walk away with nothing
26:46the house the bank accounts the cars they all go to me
26:49you don't have to sign
26:5118 million in wire fraud will get you at least 10 years in federal lockup
26:56i can just finalize the divorce while you're rotting in the cell
27:00eleanor you can't be this cold
27:0230 years of marriage
27:05cold?
27:06when you were screwing another woman in the family suite at the grander list
27:09and dropping 23 grand on her diamond necklace
27:12did you think about our 30 years then?
27:20son
27:21you have zero leverage here
27:30eleanor
27:31can you arrange for me to see leo?
27:33he's my son
27:37richard
27:38there is one last thing you should know
27:41the police raided serena's place
27:44they confesseded her phone
27:45it had all your texts and bank transfers
27:53but they also found some records you didn't know about
27:56what records?
27:58while she was playing house with you
27:59serena was sleeping with three other men
28:02two of them she's known since before she even met you
28:06what the fuck are you talking about?
28:11the DNA test on leo came back yesterday
28:14the DNA test on leo came back yesterday
28:18he is not your son
28:20BULLSHIT!
28:21you're lying to me!
28:25this is the official lab report
28:27want to read it?
28:28she swore
28:29she swore leo was mine
28:32she also swore you were the sanctuary for her soul
28:35you got played richard
28:37from day one
28:38from day one you were nothing but a walking ATM
28:46serena!
28:48enjoy yourself richard
28:50thirty years of marriage and this is the absolute last thing i will ever do for you
29:00three months later the court handed down the verdict
29:04richard was convicted of corporate embezzlement and wire fraud
29:07the judge handed him fifteen years in federal prison
29:11but that wasn't all
29:12he caught an additional charge for aggravated assault
29:16after the DNA results came back
29:17he had his lawyer arrange a face-to-face visit with serena at the jail
29:21the two of them got into a vicious argument
29:23richard snapped, launched across the table and wrapped his hands around her throat
29:28she suffered severe trauma and lost the baby
29:30the aggravated assault charge stuck
29:33the judge tacked it on bringing his total sentence to fifty years
29:38Serena was convicted of receiving stolen property and money laundering
29:42she got three years in prison, suspended for four years of probation
29:46but her karma went way beyond that
29:48she lost the baby, she lost the Oak Brook mansion
29:51she lost every single dime richard spent on her
29:54as for Leo's real father
29:55she couldn't even name the guy herself
29:58the three year old ended up in the foster care system
30:05mom, what's gonna happen to Leo?
30:07mom, what's gonna happen to Leo?
30:08he's Serena's problem, not ours
30:10Eleanor eventually opened her own boutique CPA firm
30:13the client list was small, strictly word of mouth
30:15she swore she would never kill her career for anyone ever again
30:18I quit my corporate job and passed the CPA exam
30:22now, I'm working as her junior partner
30:25the two of us are living better than we ever did before
30:29as for Richard, a fifty year sentence means he's going to die in a cage
30:34sometimes I wonder if the regrets keep him awake at night
30:37but mostly, I just don't think about him at all
30:40he isn't my father anymore
30:43Eleanor was right
30:44the one thing a woman can never afford to give up on is herself
30:48lesson learned, I will never forget it
30:51you
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