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00:03my billionaire father kept a secret mistress and told my mom accept it or i'll divorce you
00:09and leave you with nothing but he forgot one tiny detail my clueless housewife mother was
00:14actually the most ruthless CPA in the state she didn't just file for divorce she froze his
00:19accounts exposed his 18 million dollar fraud and sent him straight to federal prison richard's
00:25phone buzzed on the kitchen island still plugged in to charge he shouted for me to get it i picked
00:31up the phone from the charger and glanced at the closed bathroom door hello is this mr sterling
00:35he's in the shower i'm his daughter who is this this is guest services at the grand elitium resort
00:40we're just doing a routine follow-up about your stay in our family suite last night we just wanted
00:45to check in did the three-year-old boy with your party have any more allergic reactions to the
00:49peanut-free pastries we provided my stomach dropped the phone felt like a block of ice in my hand
00:54my dad is 55 my mom is 52 i am an only child i just turned 24 and last weekend
01:02my dad told my mom
01:04he was flying out to san francisco for a closed-door real estate summit who was on the phone my
01:11pulse
01:11hammered against my throat i shoved my trembling hands into my pockets telemarketer i hung up i forced
01:18the words past the lump in my throat he walked over to the mirror and casually smoothed some moisturizer
01:23over his face where's your mother ran to the butcher for some ribes she said you had a brutal week
01:29traveling and wanted to grill steaks tonight i stared at the back of his head
01:35she always takes good care of me three days of back-to-back meetings in san francisco really took it
01:42out of me
01:43the grand elitium resort wasn't in san francisco it was a 20-minute drive away right here in the local
01:50coastal hills
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 when you go i'll book you a
02:14five-star place don't stay in those dumps he was lying i didn't push it i turned and walked out
02:20of
02:20the master bedroom back in my room i pulled up the statement for the authorized user card on my dad's
02:24account i majored in finance most of the family's electronic statements were routed to my email i
02:30opened last month's transaction history and scrolled down line by line last saturday eight thousand eight
02:34hundred dollars merchant the grand alicia resort dining and entertainment it wasn't just last week
02:39on the 14th of last month valentine's day a charge of 23 000 merchant lumimico fine jewelry the gift my
02:47mom received that day was a 20 bouquet of grocery store carnations my legs gave out and i collapsed into
02:54my desk chair richard chloe come help me with these bags come help me with these bags a second later
03:06i heard
03:06the front door unlock mom was home with groceries i took a deep breath and forced myself out of the
03:12room why'd you buy so much you're gonna throw your back out next time wait till i'm home to carry
03:19this
03:19stuff for you richard had already beaten me to it taking the heavy paper bags from her hands you had
03:25a
03:26long trip besides chloe loves grilled ribeye watching this picture perfect marriage play out bile rose in the
03:34back of my throat i had to look away the air in san francisco is so dry i picked up
03:39that limited
03:40edition fleur-de-lis skincare set you like try it tonight eleanor patted his arm and told him he
03:46shouldn't have spent so much during dinner richard kept refilling my mom's wine glass after dinner
03:51richard went to his home office to check emails using a cup of coffee as an excuse i pushed open
03:59the
03:59door to his home office he was typing away at his computer dad brought you some coffee dad i saw
04:11a
04:12crazy story online today what kind of story some guy kept a mistress behind his wife's back even had a
04:20secret kid the wife found out and completely destroyed his life chloe what is your point
04:25secrets don't stay buried forever right dad i locked eyes with him richard looked up at me i didn't back
04:32down these click eight broads love making up this kind of garbage you're fresh out of college chloe
04:39stop reading that internet trash and focus on your career but his jaw tightened enough adults handle
04:48their own business you don't get a vote are we clear you don't get a vote are we clear crystal
04:55clear
04:56i stared at him i muttered
05:04saturday morning richard claimed he had to head to the office the second his car pulled out of the
05:08driveway i 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 then can you at least tell me who else
05:27was
05:27registered to the room i'm sorry miss that would violate guest privacy policy
05:34can you at least tell me what the woman with him looked like can you at least tell me what
05:40the
05:40woman with him looked like she was young late 20s maybe dressed very bogo chic like an artist type
05:49late 20s an artist type
05:53i walked out through the revolving doors and pulled out my phone pulling up the address for
05:58the luna co boutique i'd found last night i took a cab straight there and flagged down an older sale
06:04associate hi was there a necklace purchase under richard sterling on the 14th of last month
06:10yes of course mr sterling is one of our vip clients he came in that day with a very charming
06:16young woman and purchased our limited edition diamond necklace do you happen to know the woman's name
06:22do you happen to know the woman's name serena i believe he kept calling her his sweet serena
06:28they were very affectionate she kept insisting the necklace was too expensive but he absolutely
06:34refused to take no for an answer when i got home eleanor was out on the balcony watering her potted
06:40hydrangeas hey chloe what do you want for lunch i can whip something up her hair was tied back in
06:49a loose
06:56bone
06:57mom what's this you're a grown woman and you're still acting like a little kid
07:05mom have you ever thought of getting back out there getting a job a job i'm in my 50s honey
07:11besides richard won't care of it he says he makes enough to take care of us and i should just
07:16relax
07:16at home i stared at the green leaves on the balcony my chest felt like someone was sitting on it
07:21i couldn't just drop the bomb on her she had high blood pressure a shock like this could put her
07:25in
07:25the hospital i needed hard proof i needed to find this serena i needed hard proof i needed to find
07:32this serena i searched through hashtag after hashtag on pictogram finally i found an account called serena
07:39slash soul art her grid was a curated gallery of over filtered aesthetic lifestyle shots i started
07:46scrolling a post from the 14th of last month the photo was a tight shot of the lumina necklace against
07:50a woman's colobine the caption read he says traditional marriage's cage built for the world
07:54and i am the only safe harbor his soul has ever know i let out a harsh bark of a
07:58laugh sanctuary for
07:59his soul swiping my family's credit card for a 23 000 piece of jewelry and you're talking about a
08:05soul further down a post from last weekend location tag the grand elision resort the photo showed a
08:14small hand resting on a larger man's hand the caption a weekend escape from the city with my
08:20little guy forever grateful to the man behind the scenes who takes care of everything for us
08:26i stared at the phone screen the carpet pattern in the background was a perfect match for the family
08:31suite on the grand elision's website and in the corner of the frame strapped to the man's wrist
08:35was a chronos watch it was the same watch i bought richard for his birthday last year with my first
08:39internship paycheck i screenshot everything and dumped it into an encrypted folder most of her
08:44location tags hovered around oak roll estates houses there started at 10 million dollars
08:52richard was just a partner at a real estate firm where was he getting that kind of cash
08:58how's the job hunt going chloe if nothing's biting i can set you up with a junior analyst position at
09:03the
09:03firm that night richard came home and immediately slipped back into his good husband good father
09:09routine no thanks dad i want to figure it out on my own stubborn just like your mother looking at
09:18him my stomach turned hey dad i drove past oak book states today those mansions look incredible
09:29what were you doing over there
09:34just driving through heard a lot of indie artists live there must be nice richard slammed his fork down
09:41the metal scraped against the ceramic with a harsh grading sound chloe why are you so fixated on this
09:48shallow crap all of a sudden always obsessing about how much money other people have what about your own
09:53life i just made a comment why are you snapping at me
10:01i'm trying to teach you some values keep your feet on the ground and don't start acting like some
10:08money-hungry gold digger
10:13all right all right richard she just made an observation why are you getting so worked up
10:18drink this cool off eleanor quickly stepped in richard picked up the glass his hand was shaking
10:25slightly the next day the next day i blew off my afternoon plans and drove straight to oak brook
10:30estates security was posted at the front gate and there was no way i was getting past it so i
10:35parked
10:35outside a coffee shop across the street grabbed a seat by the window and watched for three straight hours
10:40at 2 p.m a white stallion v8 suv pulled out of the gates and parked next to a florist
10:45on the corner
10:45the door opened a woman stepped out wearing a linen maxi dress she was very thin with long hair
10:50down to her waist she definitely had that airy artistic vibe it was serena no question she went
10:56into the shop and came out holding a massive bouquet of white roses i tossed some cash onto the table
11:01walked out of the coffee shop and followed her from half a block behind she didn't go back to the
11:05suv
11:06instead she carried the flowers half a block further and walked into elite montessori academy 10 minutes
11:11later 10 minutes later she walked out holding the hand of a little blonde boy maybe three years old
11:17he was dressed in a tailored prep school uniform clutching 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 serena ruffled his blonde hair i stepped right into the middle of the
11:39sidewalk blocking her path serena stopped a slight frown forming
11:45excuse me can i help you you're serena right i'm richard sterling's daughter excuse me can i help you
11:52you're serena right i'm richard sterling's daughter i don't know any richard
11:58bullshit want me to post the receipts from the grand elysium all over pingram or the purchase receipt
12:02for the lumina diamond necklace you're wearing around your neck right now what do you want a chat
12:14crack me down i'll play it straight your dad and i it's true love true love maxing out my family's
12:20credit cards and living in a multi-million dollar mansion that's your definition of love
12:23little girl what do you know about love to your mother richard is just a walking atm a tool but
12:28with me he actually feels alive i'm his soulmate the only one who truly gets it you're disgusting
12:33fucking pathetic disgusting richard buys me houses he buys me cars he begs to spend his money on me
12:40you know why because i make him feel like a king while your mother she's just a desperate housewife
12:45smelling of cheap vanilla extract and cleaner her words twisted her life to build this family
12:52and this homewrecker had the nerve to reduce her to a punchline the oakmore house richard bought it
12:58the oakmore house richard bought it yep my name is on the deed paid in full cash i stood frozen
13:05every
13:05muscle in my body shook that you'd mean richard walked through the front door right at 7 00 pm a
13:13rarity
13:15you went to see serena today yes
13:22richard are you insane ask her what she did showing up at an elite private school to cause a scene
13:28like
13:28some street trash you completely humiliated me caused a scene caused a scene i just wanted to see
13:35what kind of soul mate you stash in a 20 million dollar cash house chloe what are you talking about
13:40shut the hell up chloe one more word out of your mouth and you can pack your bags and get
13:44the
13:44out of my house i'm not the one who should get out you are you're the one keeping a mistress
13:48behind
13:49our backs you even have a three-year-old bastard child fine since it's out in the open i won't
13:56bother
13:56hiding it yes leo is my son serena is my woman elinor i planned to handle this after chloe got
14:05married and moved out so she blew the lid off let's set the rules i'm not filing for divorce
14:10you'll still be mrs sturd the status quo remains i'll keep paying your credit card limits and household
14:16expenses but moving forward i'll be spending three nights a week at oak throw don't interfere don't
14:21cause a scene let's handle this like adults and if i refuse refuse then go get a lawyer and file
14:28for divorce but i promise you you won't get a dime you'll walk away with absolutely nothing you're in
14:3450s with health issues without me how exactly are you going to survive you sick you sick
14:41fuck oh are you off the knife mom he doesn't get to treat us like this are you done with
14:48the hysterics
14:49i'm sleeping at oakwood tonight call me when you're ready to be reasonable
14:55mom i'm sorry i'm useless i don't know how to help you silly girl why are you calling
15:07mom why do you have did you think that follow-up call from the concierge was actually random
15:13i paid the concierge to make that call it was time you saw exactly what kind of piece of
15:18you've been calling dad chloe richard really thought i spent the last 30 years as some brainless
15:23housewife who only knows how to bake cookies he forgot one detail 30 years ago i was the youngest
15:29senior cpa in the state did you really think his shell companies and offshore trusts could slip past me
15:35mom you've known this whole time six months before you did i knew the exact day he made his first
15:40attempt to wire funds to a cayman islands account why didn't you just confront him because that wasn't
15:46enough to nail him to the wall i was waiting waiting for him to cash out the largest smump and
15:54put the
15:54asset directly in that woman's name eleanor walked straight to the bookshelf she smoothly pulled out
15:59a heavy copy of principles of corporate vance tucked away in the back of the third row the center of
16:05the
16:05book was hollowed out inside lay a black encrypted flash drive she plugged the drive into a usb port the
16:12screen lit up and her fingers flew over the keyboard as she entered a long complex passcode a hidden
16:18encrypted directory popped up a hidden encrypted directory popped up it was packed with excel
16:23strep sheets bank statements and scanned pdfs of signed documents he's a control freak who trusts no one
16:29every illegal wire transfer he made he kept the master ledger himself mom with this we can absolutely
16:36destroy him in divorce court right not enough that's not what i want then what do you want i want
16:41him in
16:41a jumpsuit rotting in a cell half the money he wired to those offshore accounts was company funds he used
16:50serena's gallery as a front fake invorses cooked books and nearly 18 million dollars laundered out of
16:55the company that's corporate embezzlement and wire fraud clear-cut federal felonies there are two other
17:02senior partners at his firm those two old men barely check the ledgers they just collect their
17:07dividend checks at the end of the year but if they find out richard hollowed out their retirement
17:12funds to act as a sugar dad to his mistress what do you think they'll do the next day eleanor
17:19acted like
17:19nothing had happened she went to the butcher for steaks as usual and smiled at the neighbors across the
17:25street richard didn't set foot in the house for three straight days on the afternoon of the fourth day
17:31eleanor suddenly called me chloe eleanor suddenly called me chloe drop what you're doing get to
17:36memorial downtown hospital right now i found her in the crowded hallway outside the er she stood like
17:44a statue her eyes locked on the billing counter down the hall richard was standing in line anxiously
17:49checking his watch over and over serena was clutching her stomach her face as white as a bedsheet
17:54the little boy leo was yanking on her dress and wailing loudly what happened serena's showing signs of
18:00a miscarriage richard bailed on a major board meeting and sped here to get her to the er she's
18:05pregnant again she's pregnant again yep what do you think richard's most desperate for right now
18:12he's out of cash flow he drained all the liquid assets and dumped them into the oakmore house and
18:17her gallery the firm's accounts are empty he doesn't plug the hole by next week he can't even make payroll
18:23so how is he going to cover it he wants to take out a second mortgage on our house he
18:28texted me yesterday
18:29telling me to get the original deed ready said the firm had a minor cash flow hiccup and needed my
18:34signature you didn't sign it did you you didn't sign it did you of course not not only will i
18:42not give
18:42him the deed i'm going to hand him a generous gift arthur it's eleanor is richard at the office i
18:49can't
18:49reach him anywhere no eleanor richard said he had to meet a key developer he won't be back in the
18:54office
18:54this afternoon a developer that's strange i just bumped into him in maternity world at memorial
19:00downtown he was holding up a pregnant young woman i assumed it was one of the firm's employees having
19:04an emergency eleanor are you absolutely sure he was in the maternity yes i even snapped a quick photo
19:09to ask him about it later oh well maybe my eyes are going tricks on me arthur please don't mention
19:14i called you know how much he hates me crying into his business
19:22richard is our baby going to be okay don't worry sweetheart the doctor said it's just minor cramping
19:28a few days of bed rest and you'll be fine i watched them walk toward the elevators wrapped in each
19:33other's arms and my stomach heaved for the next few days the house was quiet as a tem richard bombarded
19:39eleanor with texts every day demanding she get the deed ready eleanor brushed him off with vague
19:44excuses every time finally richard snapped friday night he stormed through the front door
19:51eleanor what the is taking you so long eleanor what the is taking you so long the firm is bleeding
19:57out and you can't even produce one damn piece of paper what's the rush the house is in both our
20:02names a second mortgage requires my signature in person with a notary my blood pressure has been
20:06spiking i'm not going anywhere eleanor i know you're still throwing a tantrum over serena but
20:11business is business the firm goes under we'll all end up on the street richard doesn't the firm have
20:17over 10 million in cash sitting in the operating account how could you possibly not make next week's
20:21payroll how do you know that that money's been tied up in a new development project for months i can't
20:24just pull it out oh is that so i thought you pulled that cash out to buy that mansion in
20:30oakwood
20:30you've been investigating me you've been investigating me you left a trail a mile wide
20:34don't push your fucking luck eleanor you won't sign let the firm burn to the ground we'll all go down
20:38together those debts are in your name they have nothing to do with my mom nothing to do with her
20:43go look up marital debt chloe you think you're so smart the two of you combined couldn't outplay me if
20:48you try mom is he telling the truth calm down chloe i don't start a war unless i know i've
20:53already won
20:54saturday morning eleanor drove us out to oak book estates we didn't try to get past the gates she
20:59parked across the street in the lot of an exclusive private golf club mom what are we doing here we're
21:04waiting for someone a few minutes later a black mercedes s-class pulled into the lot and parked next
21:09to us eleanor you said on the phone yesterday you have hard proof that richard has been sifling
21:13corporate assets arthur let's talk in the car it's all in there every wire transfer and forged
21:18invoice richard routed through serena's gallery over the last six months it totals 18 million dollars
21:23that son of a bitch i treated him like a partner for years and he treated me like his
21:26fucking atm no wonder he swore up and down the accounts were dry when the contractors demanded
21:30payment last month arthur he's currently trying to take out a second mortgage on my house to plug
21:35this exact hole if he gets that mortgage the books will balance come the year-end audit you won't find
21:39a single trace of this over my dead body eleanor what's your play over my dead body eleanor what's your
21:44play i want him ruined i want him to spit out every cent he swallowed with interest but i need
21:49your
21:49board authority to launch an internal audit and call the feds consider it done eleanor there is
21:54nothing i despise more than a fool who burns down a company for a mistress monday morning at nine
21:59light a.m right after richard left two black suds pulled into our driveway
22:09mrs eleanor stirring we're court officers acting on behalf of the state supreme court
22:12this is an asset freezing order we need your signature
22:17arthur moved faster than i anticipated mrs sterling we now need to confiscate all deeds
22:22and title documents related to this property please cooperate
22:30mom didn't you say we were gonna wait how is this happening so fast
22:37if i waited any longer he just mortgaged this house to cover the hole he created
22:42my legal team secured an emergency asset freezing order right now every bank account
22:47trust fund and property in his name including that house in oak rook is frozen
22:57just how massive was the net my mother had woven over the last six months
23:07chloe has your mother lost her fucking mind she had the court freeze my corporate accounts where
23:14is she put her on the phone eleanor what the fuck are you doing do you realize the firm's entire
23:20operating capital is frozen every project has ground to a halt if the developers sue me for breach of
23:25contract i'll be ruined that's the point richard i filed against you for infidelity marital dissipation
23:33of assets corporate embezzlement and wire fraud the court has officially accepted the filings
23:39what did you say i said i want a divorce but not your let's handle this like adults version
23:48you are going to walk away with zero you're crazy on what grounds do you think you can take
23:54everything on 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 eleanor you think you can beat me let
24:13me
24:13tell you chloe listen to me from this second forward do not believe a single word out of richard's
24:20mouth the day after the assets were frozen serena showed up at our house chloe tell your mother to
24:31drop the lawsuit why the hell should i if richard goes to federal prison what good does that do you
24:35two
24:35he is your flesh and blood are you just going to stand by and watch his life get destroyed my
24:40dad
24:40he's a serial liar not my father don't you understand the baby inside me can't grow up
24:46without a father please just beg your mother to drop it serena let me ask you a question
24:54is leo actually richard's biological son of course he is what kind of are you talking about oh really
25:00then let's just wait for the really then let's just wait for the court order dna paternity test
25:05it'll all be there in black and white serena looked like she'd seen a ghost she spun around
25:10and practically stumbled away arthur went to the authorities the district attorney and the fbi have
25:15officially opened a case grand corporate emezzlement by tomorrow richard will be in handcuffs sitting in
25:21the county jail mom just how many more cards are you hiding up your sleeve chloe the biggest regret of
25:28my life was letting my cpa license expire to take care of this family i don't regret marrying richard
25:35but i do regret trapping myself in the shell of a housewife whose only value was tied to the kitchen
25:41mom you are the most badass ruthless woman i have ever known
25:47silly girl i'm not a badass i just couldn't let you grow up thinking that when a woman gets betrayed
25:53her only option is to suffer in silence word spread fast arthur called eleanor within the hour
26:00eleanor they got him he broke down in the interrogation room confessed to everything
26:03fogging like a baby the oakmiot house is in serena's name but the down payment and the mortgage were
26:08paid using corporate funds arthur i've already compiled the paper to that don't worry eleanor serena isn't
26:13getting away either the da is nailing her as an accomplice for money laundering and receiving stolen
26:19property grab your coat chloe you're taking a drive grab your coat chloe you're taking a drive
26:26to oprah to see serena no to county jail i'm handing your father the divorce settlement myself
26:38eleanor i messed up please drop the charges i can't do prison time richard the property settlement
26:43is finalized you sign and you walk away with nothing the house the bank accounts the cars they
26:48all go to me you don't have to sign 18 million in wirefield will get you at least 10 years
26:55of
26:55federal lock-up i can just finalize the divorce while you're rotting in the cell
27:00eleanor you can't be this cold 30 years of marriage cold when you were screwing another woman in the
27:08family suite at the grande list and dropping 23 grand on her diamond necklace did you think about our 30
27:14years
27:19then
27:19son you have zero leverage here
27:30eleanor can you arrange for me to see leo he's my son
27:37richard there is one last thing you should know
27:41the police raided serena's place they confesseded her phone it had all your texts and bank transfers
27:53but they also found some records you didn't know about what records while she was playing house
27:59with you serena was sleeping with three other men two of them she's known since before she even met you
28:11the dna test on leo came back yesterday the dna test on leo came back yesterday he is not your
28:19son
28:19oh you're lying to me
28:25this is the official lab report want to read it she swore she swore leo was mine
28:32she also swore you were the sanctuary for her soul you got played richard from day one you were nothing
28:39but a walking atm
28:48enjoy yourself richard 30 years of marriage and this is the absolute last thing i will ever do for you
28:54i will ever do for you
29:01three months later the court handed down the verdict richard was convicted of corporate embezzlement
29:06and wire fraud the judge handed him 15 years in federal prison but that wasn't all he caught an
29:13additional charge for aggravated assault after the dna results came back he had his lawyer arrange a
29:19face-to-face visit with serena at the jail the two of them got into a vicious argument richard snapped
29:25launched across the table and wrapped his hands around her throat she suffered severe trauma and lost
29:30the baby the aggravated assault charge stuck the judge tacked it on bringing his total sentence to 50
29:36years serena was convicted of receiving stolen property and money laundering she got three years in
29:43prison suspended for four years of probation but her karma went way beyond that she lost the baby
29:49she lost the oak brook mansion she lost every single dime richard spent on her as for leo's real
29:55father she couldn't even name the guy herself the three-year-old ended up in the foster care system
30:05mom what's gonna happen to mom what's gonna happen to leo he's serena's problem not ours eleanor eventually
30:11opened her own boutique cpa firm the client list was small strictly word of mouth she swore she would
30:16never kill her career for anyone ever again i quit my corporate job and passed the cpa exam now i'm
30:23working as her junior partner the two of us are living better than we ever did before as for richard
30:31a 50-year sentence means he's going to die in a cage sometimes i wonder if the regrets keep him
30:36awake at
30:37night but mostly i just don't think about him at all he isn't my father anymore eleanor was right
30:44the one thing a woman can never afford to give up on is herself lesson learned i will never forget
30:50it
30:51beech a boyfriend
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