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00:03Rest easy, my dear sister. The Sterling Trust belongs to us.
00:07Do not look at me like that. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being...
00:12I spent six months perfecting this fake psychiatric evaluation.
00:15Once you sign it, the whole world will just see a mentally unstable heiress.
00:19It is the perfect cause of death.
00:21As soon as we take over the Trust, this evidence goes straight into the shredder.
00:24No one can prove we faked anything.
00:25Those papers... I am burning them into my memory.
00:30Stop fighting. Your guardianship has already been handed over to us.
00:45Sweetheart, you had another nightmare last night.
00:48Hurry and drink this sedative soup. It will calm your nerves.
00:51What is wrong? Is the temperature not right? Let me blow on it for you.
00:57Elena, are you out of your mind? This is my new custom couture dress!
01:00My hand just slipped. Stop being such a drama queen, sister.
01:04I brought you medicine out of the goodness of my heart, and this is how you treat me?
01:07Good intentions or pure poison?
01:09I think you know the answer to that better than I do, sister.
01:11What exactly is that supposed to mean?
01:13I am your own flesh and blood, sister. Exactly what it sounds like.
01:16From now on, you do not need to worry about my meals.
01:20Darling, look what I brought you. Pink Hylasips, your absolute favorite.
01:27Veronica, why is your dress wet? Do you need me to call a doctor?
01:30It is fine. Elena is just in a bad mood today. You should talk to her.
01:37Today is a special day. I am begging you, officially become my wife.
01:43Elena, say yes! Grayson spent a long time preparing for this ring.
01:55I always had a backup plan. I just did not expect death to come so quickly.
02:00Darling, put it on. We are in this together now.
02:03In this together? Grayson, you are not even worthy.
02:16Elena, you are humiliating me in public. You are humiliating the entire Black Hood family.
02:23Parasites feeding off the Sterling Trust have no right to talk to me about dignity.
02:26Elena, he is your fiancé. You cannot treat him like this.
02:30Sister, compared to my marriage, you seem far more interested in the Trust Fund's accounts.
02:45Who gave you permission to enter? Since when did the Sturlys learn to trespass?
02:51Rules have never moved, Mr. Vance. Only interests.
02:56Victor, throw this ungrateful corporate spy out of here.
03:02On March 14th, $30 million vanished from Vance Group through a shell company registered in Cyprus.
03:09What did you just say?
03:11That's only the tip of the iceberg. You've got a high-level mole inside your company.
03:16Do you have any idea what happens when you cross me?
03:21I came here holding 3% of Vance Group shares owned by the Sterlings.
03:26You think 3% of stock buys you my protection?
03:28That 3% will hand you total control at next week's board meeting.
03:32Little Sterling princess selling out your own family to cozy up to our sworn rivals.
03:36I'm not fearing favor with you. I'm striking a deal. I want the title of Mrs. Vance.
03:45Knock off the holiers then they act.
03:48Mrs. Vance? You really think you're cut out for that?
03:51The 3% stake my mom left me? I'll hand it over to you, no strings catched. On one condition,
03:57you be my fake fiancé.
04:00You're playing with fire, little Sterling princess. You have no clue what it costs to cut a deal with me.
04:1020 years ago, when your mom died in Green Manor's attic, that suicide note was forged.
04:16She didn't jump. She was pushed.
04:21Who the hell gave you permission to dig into my past? You got a death wish?
04:27I see it in your eyes. Same hate I carry. We team up. We both win.
04:36You win. Hope you're tough enough to live long enough to see this revenge through.
04:41Don't worry. Once you sign this marriage contract, I'll need you to play along with me.
04:47After today, the Sterling trust is all ours.
04:51That crazy broad's been missing three whole days. No way she makes it back for the signing.
04:57Elena's still the rightful heir. If she stays gone, the trust-
05:01If she doesn't go, it proves she snapped and ran. Guardianship falls to my default.
05:08To our future!
05:18What the hell was that? Go check the stern!
05:28Veronica, look at the water. That's Elena's dress.
05:32She's dead? She actually drowned out there?
05:39My dear sister. She was so young. What a terrible accident.
05:47A tragedy for the Sterling family. We'll honor her legacy.
05:51Troublesome girl is gone. No more trust fund worries.
05:55Everything that was hers, from today, it all belongs to us.
06:07The transfer procedures for the trust fund inheritance must be completed today. I cannot wait any longer.
06:14Miss Veronica, confirming the death and liquidating the assets will take at least one week.
06:19We don't have time.
06:21Do it now, or I'll erase you from this industry.
06:30The trust is finally in my hands.
06:34Once we have the fund, first thing, snatch that Vance Group deal.
06:40Jass had his late-end map letter, but Barclay Limpol's billionaire, Elena Sterling. Confirmed dead.
06:47Not even a proper funeral, but hungry wolves.
06:50You're safe here. Mr. Marcus erased all your records.
06:56Veronica's forcing a trust transfer at the board, while you read your own obituary.
07:00This is exactly what I wanted. The higher they climb, the harder they fall.
07:04I need that 3% equity in Vance. Not some whiny spectator.
07:09The agreement has already been sent to lawyer Sarah. I keep my word.
07:18If you show any weakness, our deal is terminated immediately.
07:28That soft obedience, Elena's long gone. What's left is your business partner.
07:35Good. Tomorrow, at the Sterling Group's annual board meeting, I will personally escort you.
07:41Tomorrow, I will show Veronica and Grayson what it truly means to return from hell.
07:49Mrs. Elena, the Vance family entertains VIPs with 18th century etiquette.
07:56Old Mr. Vance rule, hold the glass in your left hand. Don't lift it past your third button.
08:05You certainly know your way around the Vance family traditions, Miss.
08:09What is your take on Vance Group's European acquisition last year?
08:12The stake's way too underdone. Overpaying 20% for the Luxembourg port was a dumb call.
08:19The Vance Group does not make losing deals. What are you trying to say?
08:25The European Shipping Act is being revised next month. Port capacities will be capped. It is a trap.
08:31You have a sharp eye, Miss, to see through the group's internal crisis so clearly.
08:37I heard Commissioner Ashford is arriving this week to review the Trust's quarterly report.
08:43If that old frog smells anything...
08:46Thomas left certain arrangements behind when he passed.
08:48Sarah knows there's a key hidden in the study.
08:51If you want to stand as an ally to the Vance CEO, this level of foresight's just the bare minimum.
09:03Veronica's already rallied the board. She's going to announce your death tomorrow.
09:07The death certificate she forged full of flaws. As long as I show up alive, all the rumors will crumble.
09:14This is your seat card for the sterling board. But tomorrow, that room will turn into your judgment day.
09:23Grayson must think he'll inherit my trust fund without a hatch.
09:27If you've got no solid proof to present tomorrow, they'll lock you back up in the psych ward.
09:32Sarah has already secured the offshore transaction records of Veronica's embezzlement.
09:36Vance Group's security will take full control of the venue.
09:39Victor will keep you safe.
09:44At tomorrow's board meeting, I'll drag Veronica and Grayson through the mud in front of every reporter.
09:53I'm dying to see who will end up holding all the power of the sterling family tomorrow.
09:56It's always been mine. Just taking it back.
10:00Marcus, don't let me steal all the Spuchtel from you. Don't let me upstage you.
10:04As long as you win, the entire Vance Group can be your stage.
10:13Losing my sister broke all of us.
10:16I'll carry the sterling name for her.
10:19Signing this trust agreement is how we honor Elena's last wishes.
10:25Time's up, Miss Veronica. Sign the trust.
10:31For the family, this duty falls to me. No two ways about it.
10:35Just sign it, Veronica. The Sterlings need you right now.
10:46Elena! That's impossible! You were supposed to die!
10:49This has to be a ghost! The yacht blew you to pieces!
10:53Wow, sis and dear fiancé. You two don't look half happy to see me?
10:58Elena, thank God you're alive. Come over and sign this quickly.
11:05Sign what? The document that strips me of every single inheritance right?
11:09We're only looking out for you. You've never been stable mentally.
11:14Hmph.
11:16Since when do any of you get to stick your noses in my woman's business?
11:23Mr. Marcus, what is the meaning of this?
11:25I'm here to make one thing clear. The Sterling Trust isn't changing hands.
11:30This is a Sterling board meeting! You have no right to speak here!
11:33Open your goddamned eyes and see who her fiancé is now.
11:38Veronica, that fund you're so desperate to inherit, it's my dowry.
11:43You'd betray your own family? Throw in your lot with the Vance group?
11:47Elena, have you lost your mind? He's our sworn enemy!
11:51Starting today, Vance is her ironclack shield.
11:54Anyone who so much as touches her answers to the entire Vance group.
12:03One more thing to watch out for.
12:06Commissioner Ashford can freeze the whole trust single-handedly.
12:10Don't underestimate him.
12:12Got it.
12:17No fucking way! You're not Elena! You're some fraud who went under the snipe!
12:23Guards! Throw these two con artists out on their asses!
12:28Anyone so much as lays a hander on her?
12:31You'll be gone from New York for good by tomorrow.
12:34Mrs. Veronica, this woman's a dead ringer for Elena. No question about it!
12:38Plastic surgery can do anything these days!
12:41Marcus dug her up to scam the trust fund, I know it!
12:43Since when do we settle succession at Sterling by screaming your lungs out?
12:57Got it.
12:58How is this possible? You drowned out at sea! You were dead!
13:02Tough luck, sis. The ocean was rough, but it couldn't finish me off.
13:06Big deal, you're alive. I'm the one calling the shots around here now.
13:09Oh really? Then as the rightful heir, I want the books.
13:13Three unaccounted transfers vanished from Sterling's R&D fund last year.
13:25That's standard business investing. What the hell would an outsider like you know?
13:30Standard? You mean the kind that wires straight into your mom's private trust fund?
13:3530 million dollars missing from this company? You owe us a goddamn explanation!
13:4130 million's just the tip of the iceberg. See you in court, sis.
13:46Hire your best lawyers. Savor every last second of freedom you've got left.
13:51You think you won?
13:53Elena, you'll never get your hands on that trust fund. Not ever!
14:00Mrs. Veronica, regarding that 30 million dollar missing fund, did it end up in your personal bank account?
14:05It's a normal business project. Auditors will explain.
14:07Three shell companies in the Caymans. How do you explain the money trail?
14:11Veronica signed all the reports. I knew nothing about it.
14:17Grayson, you dare blame me?
14:20Elena, I'm begging you, don't let Sterling become a laughing stock in front of the media.
14:24Mother, when they locked me away in that psychiatric ward, did you care one bit about the family's reputation?
14:28That was a misunderstanding! We're family, we can work anything out!
14:30Mrs. Sterling, my fiancee doesn't owe you any obedience.
14:32This is Sterling family business. Stay out, Mr. Vance!
14:38I filed for an independent audit. Those signatures mean nothing.
14:4430 million is no small sum.
14:48I moved to freeze the accounts and halt the inheritance ceremony.
14:55I'm the eldest, Sterling!
14:57I'm the eldest, Sterling!
15:02Sir, all surveillance cameras in Zone B of the underground parking lot are down for maintenance today.
15:06There are massive blinds. We've set up patrols section by section, but there are still hidden Dedzos.
15:10Okay.
15:11That counterattack was beautiful.
15:15But they won't go down quietly.
15:18They're cornered.
15:20Desperation is coming.
15:31You crazy bitch!
15:32You faked your death to humiliate me?
15:35Move, Grayson.
15:36You lost the right to speak to me.
15:37We loved each other once.
15:39You faked your death.
15:40Was our love nothing?
15:41Love?
15:41You mean you and Veronica?
15:43Plotting my inheritance outside my room?
15:45Commercial fraud.
15:46Fake death.
15:47Dodging debts?
15:48I'll bury you.
15:49Go ahead.
15:50Try it.
15:51Let's see who they arrest first.
15:53Your embezzlement or me.
15:56Cut the act!
15:57You're coming with me today to sign over those stock transfer papers.
16:04Mr. Blackwood.
16:05You seem to forget who she is now.
16:08Marcus Vance.
16:10This is Sterling family business.
16:11Don't get desperate.
16:12My fiance.
16:14Not your concern.
16:16Mr. Blackwood.
16:17Leave now or we sue for trespass.
16:19Elena.
16:20See you in court.
16:21You won't touch the trust fund.
16:22Get out.
16:24Don't make me repeat myself.
16:30Thanks.
16:31I'm only protecting my investment.
16:33Your safety ties directly to that 3% stock.
16:35Is that so?
16:36But your hand on my shoulder?
16:37Didn't look like just equity.
16:39Keep the act convincing.
16:40If you're my fiance, you get fiance treatment.
16:44These are Veronica's overseas trust assets.
16:46Trust asset details.
16:48She's trying to cash out and flee.
16:50She won't escape.
16:51I've had the financial regulator freeze these linked accounts.
16:54They'll be making money.
16:55They'll be making money.
16:56They'll be making money.
16:59They'll be making money.
17:00They'll be making money.
17:00There we out.
17:00Feel free.
17:09Still haven't found it?
17:12Veronica's careful.
17:13But she underestimated the Vance group database.
17:16base. Look at this. 30 million went to Switzerland, then funneled back through shell companies.
17:24Classic money laundering chain. She wants to clean all the assets before the audit hits.
17:30With this, Veronica's done. I need to trace the receiving account
17:34to find the final beneficiary. That takes time. Victor's stationed outside. You're safe tonight.
17:472 a.m. coffee tastes bitter.
17:58Find that woman. The boss said dead or alive, just get the USB.
18:12Got you, Miss Sterling.
18:38Miss Sterling, are you hurt?
18:40I'm fine. Take them to the basement. I want to know who's behind this.
18:44Understood. On it.
18:50Who sent you?
18:51I don't know. They paid with anonymous account. It was Grayson. He wanted to kidnap Elena,
18:59force her to sign away the trust.
19:00Handle it cleanly. Before dawn, I want all of Grayson's assets frozen.
19:05Yes, sir.
19:12You almost died up there. Why didn't you reach out the second it happened?
19:16I held on for 30 seconds myself.
19:18I know.
19:20But you don't have to do it alone every time.
19:22I can handle it.
19:24Victor responded in under three minutes.
19:28Get in. You're moving to Vance Estate tonight.
19:30We're just partners, Marcus.
19:33Cohabitation isn't in the contract.
19:35When your life's on the line, I make the rules of this arrangement.
19:38Now get in.
19:41You're scared.
19:45You've got nothing to fear, Marcus.
19:47I'm far harder to take down than you think.
19:53I'm not terrified of you dying.
19:55What haunts me is that I almost couldn't keep you safe.
20:04Let go of me!
20:07You crossed that threshold. You're not going anywhere.
20:10Master Marcus, your room's ready.
20:11Shall I send up hot water and clean clothes?
20:13Get on it.
20:14Tell security to lock the estate down tight. Not a single fly gets out.
20:16Locked down? Seriously, Marcus? You already that eager to lock me up?
20:20If you had half a brain, you wouldn't have let Grayson back you into a corner tonight.
20:24My people had it handled in three minutes.
20:26Stay out of it.
20:28Three minutes?
20:29He could have killed you ten times over.
20:31Miss Elena, the estate is perfectly secure.
20:34You'll have the best care here.
20:36Thanks.
20:37But let's get one thing straight.
20:38Being taken care of isn't the same as being locked up.
20:47Starting tomorrow, you don't go out alone.
20:49If you need something done, send Victor.
20:51Not a chance.
20:53Otters come in tomorrow.
20:54I have to keep an eye on Veronica.
20:56You think she's messing around?
20:57She's cornered. She'll do damn near anything!
20:59So what?
21:00I crawled out of hell to make them pay.
21:02I don't care about your little plan.
21:04You're my fiancé now.
21:05Your life is mine.
21:09The game's already started.
21:11You think you still have a way out?
21:12Then let's find out.
21:14You lose first, or I die first.
21:17Victor will shadow you to keep you safe.
21:19But you will be back at the estate by ten.
21:21No exceptions.
21:22Deal.
21:22And get me a door lock that bolts from the inside while you're at it.
21:28Sir.
21:29The way you look at her?
21:31That's not how you look at a business partner.
21:34Stay out of my business.
21:35She's nothing but a tool for my revenge.
21:54Up this late?
21:55Even the CEO pulls all-nighters for the company?
21:59Vance Estate Security clearly missed you.
22:01Go back to your room.
22:03The attack today's got me wired.
22:05You don't seem like such a tyrant right now.
22:10She didn't kill herself.
22:12That suicide note was fake.
22:15Took me ten years to dig up the truth.
22:18Someone killed her.
22:20Made the whole world think she chose to die.
22:23I'm sorry.
22:24I heard rumors, but I had no idea it was your family.
22:28Ten years.
22:29I threw every informant and every resource Vale has at it.
22:33Not a single detail about what went down at Green Merrill that night.
22:36So you built all these walls.
22:39Shut everyone out.
22:41Even your own partner.
22:43I can't trust anyone.
22:45Every time I do, it ends up a knife in my back.
22:50I don't trust anyone either.
22:52But right now, we're gunning for the same enemy.
22:59If all we've got is using each other, will you betray me?
23:05As long as you don't turn on me, I'll be your sharpest shield.
23:09I don't know how to let go.
23:10All I've ever learned is to hold on tight.
23:16Remember what you said today, Elena.
23:18Relax.
23:18This shield doesn't break.
23:20Not until the stillings are ruined.
23:21Get some rest.
23:22The otter's coming tomorrow.
23:23I'll need your info network to back me up.
23:36Vance State's locked up tight.
23:38You weren't followed by reporters on the way in, right?
23:40Relax.
23:40I looped halfway across the city.
23:43Marcus's bodyguards are solid, too.
23:46These are all the offshore transactions from Veronica embezzling the trust fund,
23:50plus the money laundering contracts.
23:52This evidence is enough to bring the FBI in,
23:54but the whole legal process will take months.
23:56We don't have months for court.
23:58I'm cutting off their cash flow before the trial even starts.
24:01You want to leak it to the press?
24:03Let market panic flush them out?
24:05Get all this to Mia Roberts.
24:06She knows how to make Wall Street lose its mind.
24:10This'll tank Sterling Group's stock for good.
24:13You really don't care?
24:14That's not my father's Sterling anymore.
24:16Now it's just Veronica's coffin.
24:21Sarah, you call me out at this hour?
24:23What's the big ace you're sitting on?
24:25Look for yourself.
24:27Jesus.
24:29Sterling Group's moving trust funds through shell companies in the Caymans?
24:32I found a key in a hidden compartment in Mr. Thomas' study.
24:34The safe Elena told me to open before I came.
24:37What's inside is a hundred ties bigger than these reports.
24:40The funds are frozen.
24:41Someone on the founding boards pulling strings.
24:43What you mean?
24:43The money trail's exactly the same as it was 20 years ago.
24:47You're saying someone's been planning this for 20 years?
24:49The biggest financial scandal of the year.
24:52Sterling's going to crash and burn overnight.
24:54I want this deep dive on the front page of the New York Times before the market opens tomorrow morning.
24:59I'll pull an all-nighter on the piece.
25:01By tomorrow morning, Wall Street's going to lose its shit over this.
25:05Veronica!
25:06You said the money trail was untraceable.
25:09Now all of New York knows!
25:11Those accounts were opened under fake names.
25:14How the hell did they trace them?
25:15No one but that bitch Elena knew where those core accounts were.
25:18Ma'am, the situation is critical.
25:21Shareholders are already dumping their shares.
25:23If we don't put out a statement, we're going to go under.
25:25I'm not losing to a dead woman.
25:28Grayson, find someone.
25:29Take her out.
25:30Now.
25:35Those old farts on the board have lost it.
25:37They're circulating a petition to oust you.
25:40If you hadn't gotten greedy and sloppy,
25:42the press never would have gotten their hands on those bank records.
25:45Now's not the time to point fingers.
25:47We don't fix this.
25:48We're both broke by tomorrow.
25:50Once Elena's gone for good, the trust fund stays ours.
25:54Gone?
25:55Are you out of your mind?
25:56Marcus has us under a microscope.
25:57Making a move now is suicide.
26:00Every last record of you embezzling company funds.
26:03Plus all the proof you laundered the money.
26:06When'd you dig all this up?
26:07You've been investigating me behind my back?
26:09You thought I'd walk into this empty-handed?
26:11Think again, pretty boy.
26:13Dad gave her everything.
26:15Even when he was dying, his last look was for her.
26:18I'm letting that bitch win.
26:19Take Elena out in three days.
26:21Or I hand all this straight over to the FBI.
26:24You're insane.
26:25You're forcing me to dig my own grave.
26:26Rot in prison for the rest of your life or roll the dice.
26:29Your call.
26:34They're both my children.
26:36How did it all come to this?
26:44Grayson, is any of it true?
26:47None of it's real.
26:48Elena teamed up with Vance to set us up just to get her claws on the trust.
26:51Elena?
26:52She's actually back in the States?
26:54How could she do this to her own sister?
26:56She's got Marcus wrapped around her hander now.
26:59Couldn't care less about this family.
27:00She wants to lock her own sister up.
27:02Veronica can't go to prison.
27:04She's the rightful heir.
27:06We have to stop Elena.
27:07Elena's on high alert right now.
27:09The only way she'll let her guard down and meet is if you ask her.
27:13What am I supposed to do?
27:15I doubt she'd even pick up my call at this point.
27:17Tell her you're dying.
27:18But you want to give her her father's old things before it's too late.
27:22Once she shows up, I'll talk her into dropping the whole thing.
27:25Trust me.
27:26Fine.
27:26I'll do it.
27:27If it saves Veronica, I'll go along with anything.
27:32Initiate Blanthie.
27:33If Grayson screws this up, you do exactly what I told you.
27:52The Originals.
27:54They're all gone.
28:00Grayson, are we really doing the right thing here?
28:03Relax.
28:05Once she walks through that door, it's all over.
28:08Mr. Blackwood, the medical records are all set.
28:11They're bulletproof.
28:12No one will catch on.
28:13Good.
28:14Take the money, keep your mouth shut, and stand guard outside.
28:23Text sent.
28:25Told her you're on your deathbed.
28:26Want to see her one last time.
28:27I just can't stand the thought of Veronica in prison.
28:30She's all I've got.
28:31Once Elena signs that waiver, not even Vance Corp can bail her out.
28:40What's going on?
28:41You look awfully smug.
28:43Lydia's dying at some no-name private hospital.
28:46Grayson wants me to come see her.
28:48It's a trap.
28:49That dump doesn't even have real medical equipment.
28:51I know.
28:53This has to be Grayson's last-ditch move.
28:55You're not going.
28:57I'll send Victor to handle it.
28:59No.
28:59I have to go myself.
29:01They'll only make their move if I'm there.
29:04Are you crazy?
29:05If they go straight for the kill, you won't stand a chance.
29:08Grayson wants the trust fund.
29:09He won't kill me before he gets that signature.
29:12Boss, we spotted a bunch of sketchy cars sterling that hospital.
29:16Crank manor security to Max.
29:18Detain anyone who looks off.
29:19Let him go in.
29:21Victor, I want you and your men tailing me out of sight.
29:24Elena, this isn't up for debate.
29:26I'm not letting you walk into danger.
29:28You think you're some kind of invincible?
29:30Bulletproof?
29:30At least I've got more brains than your control-free tyrant ass.
29:34I'm trying to protect you.
29:36Don't be a brat about it.
29:38Protect me?
29:39Or are you just scared you'll lose that 3% stare?
29:42Marcus, you want to catch Grayson red-handed for kidnapping?
29:45This is our best shot.
29:46I don't give a shit about the shot.
29:48All I care about is you getting back in one piece.
29:52As long as you don't turn on me.
29:55I'm your sharpest shield.
29:57You forgot?
30:01I'm leading the team myself.
30:03So much as a single hair on your head gets hurt, the deal's off.
30:07Relax.
30:08I value my skin way more than you do.
30:13Victor, bring it in.
30:21What's this?
30:23Miss Stadling.
30:24Military-grade GPS and audio recorder.
30:27How do I put it on?
30:36Hold still.
30:48Bring every man you've got.
30:50If anything goes sideways, shoot first.
30:54Car ready, fiancé?
30:58Remember, I can shut this dumb plan down whenever I want.
31:19Don't waste your breath, sweetheart.
31:20This place has the best soundproofing in all of New York.
31:24Nobody's coming for you.
31:26Where's my mother?
31:27You texted me she was dying.
31:29The old bat's still sipping her black tea.
31:32You think I'd get you here without a lie?
31:38Look at yourself.
31:39Is it because you hooked up with Marcus Vaunch?
31:41You think you're all that?
31:43Sterling's stock already hit the floor.
31:44Your money-laundering racket's about to blow wide open.
31:47So what?
31:47If you disappear or get locked up as a lunatic, the trust fund's still ours.
31:53Sign it.
31:54Hand over control of the trust.
31:55Or you're never walking out of this room.
31:58Involuntary commission papers?
31:59Same cheap, low-blow trick.
32:02Shut the hell up!
32:03You ruined everything for me!
32:06Sign it.
32:07What if I don't?
32:08You dare kill someone with Vance breathing down your neck?
32:11Kill you?
32:12That'd be too easy.
32:14I'll have the doctors pump you full of drugs.
32:17You backed into a corner already?
32:18Where's Veronica?
32:19Why didn't she show up?
32:20That bitch is only good for counting cash!
32:22I call the shots here!
32:23Hold her down!
32:26Grab the ink bag.
32:28Fingerprint works just as well as a signature.
32:30This is false imprisonment!
32:32You'll rot in prison for this!
32:34The law?
32:35Once those papers go through, you're a nutjob.
32:37Judges don't listen to crazy people.
32:38Put your hand down!
32:41Do it!
32:53You lay a hand on what's mine.
32:55You think you're gonna walk away scud-free?
32:57Plan B!
32:58Do it now!
33:01Everybody back the fuck up!
33:03One more step and I blow her goddamn brains out!
33:07Grayson, let her go.
33:10There's no way out of this.
33:11Clear the damn door!
33:12Get me a car or we all burn together tonight!
33:16You can't even hold the gun without shaking.
33:21Shut the fuck up, you bitch!
33:23Ah!
33:24Ah!
33:25Ah!
33:26Ah!
33:26Ah!
33:26Ah!
33:27Ah!
33:27Ah!
33:28Ah!
33:30Alayna!
33:30Look at me!
33:31Look me right in the eye!
33:33Relax.
33:34The one they crushed was a decoy.
33:36This pen?
33:38This is the real recorder.
33:39You didn't even clue me in.
33:41You used yourself as bait planned every last second, right down to the wire.
33:47Audio's crystal clear.
33:49Every death threat you sped out, Grayson, it's all admissible in court.
33:53No!
33:54No!
33:55You're a fucking monster!
33:57I told you greed comes with a price.
34:00Enjoy your new life behind bars.
34:09Get off me!
34:10I'm Blackwood!
34:11This is false imprisonment!
34:12You hear me?
34:14Ah!
34:15Starting tonight, the Blackwood name doesn't exist in New York.
34:19Not anymore.
34:21Alayna!
34:27Boss, Sarah's locked down the press outside.
34:30Car's good to go at the back entrance.
34:32Back to the manor.
34:33You've been put through enough tonight.
34:35Sarah'll wrap up the rest.
34:36I'm not that breakable, Marcus, but yeah.
34:39Tonight was a pretty damn good start.
34:41You don't have to play tough around me.
34:43Victor, lead the way.
34:49Sterling stocks hit the daily limit now.
34:50Mia, that backstabbing traitor.
34:51How the hell dare she run this story right now?
34:54Veronica, what do we do?
34:55Shareholders are blowing up the lines.
34:57The stocks already hit the floor.
34:58This is all Alayna!
35:00That sterling traitor!
35:01She's going all the way.
35:02No holding back.
35:03We can't let her ruin stirring.
35:05We're going to Vavance.
35:07I'm her mother.
35:08She will listen to me.
35:12Alayna, you cold-hearted monster!
35:14You really going to drive your own sister to ruin?
35:18Miss Lydia, this is Vavance Group, not Sterling Manon where you throw your tantrums.
35:24Alayna, whatever the misunderstanding is, we can fix this at home.
35:26Just have your lawyers drop the suit, okay?
35:28Stay away from my fiancé.
35:30Vavance Group's security isn't here for show.
35:32I raised you all these years, and now you're throwing your sister in jail?
35:36You got no conscience left?
35:39Conscience?
35:39Did you ever spare a thought for that when you teamed up to fake my psychavalve?
35:43You think I'm cold?
35:45Fine.
35:46I'll give you exactly what you're asking for.
35:48As sole heir to the Sterling Trust, I am officially stripping Lydia of her beneficiary rights.
35:53You can't do this!
35:54I'm your mother!
35:55This is a spit in the face of your own blood, your own family!
36:00From today forward, you won't see a single cent from the Sterling Trust.
36:11This signature, I've seen it before.
36:14Where?
36:15Among my father's belongings, on a half-burned photo.
36:28Miss Elena, what's your take on the lawsuit against your own sister?
36:30Is Vavance Group pulling the strings behind this inheritance fight?
36:34Ignore them.
36:35Stay with me.
36:36The press can't save her.
36:38Let's go in.
36:45The prosecution has finished reading the charges.
36:48Defendant Veronica, how do you plead?
36:51Your Honor, I deny every single charge.
36:53This is all a setup.
36:54My sister Elena forged all the evidence just to steal the Sterling Family Trust Fund for herself.
36:59She's in bed with Vavance Group, using dirty tricks to frame me-
37:01Yeah!
37:02Your Honor!
37:03I was forced to sign those papers.
37:05They threatened me!
37:06Desperate last gasp.
37:08Fucking pathetic.
37:10Let them keep putting on a show.
37:11The higher they climb, the harder they fall.
37:14Vavance Group is Sterling's worst enemy.
37:17Elena betrayed the family a long time ago for her own gain.
37:21Counsel for the Plainer, do you have a rebulsion?
37:23Your Honor, the defendants put on quite a show, but the law only cares about evidence.
37:29I move to enter our first key piece of evidence, to be played in court by our tech specialist.
37:35This is the critical audio recording of Defendant Grayson confessing to his crimes in the hospital room.
37:41So what if I fake the psych report?
37:43You're going to rot in that psych war, and that's a fact.
37:49The Trust Fund money's long been laundered and moved.
37:52What the hell are you going to fight me with?
37:54Once she rots away in that psych ward, Sterling's all ours.
37:58Your Honor, that recording's fake!
38:00They forced me to say it, they threatened me!
38:03Your Honor, it's a lie!
38:05It's AI-generated, forged evidence!
38:11Veronica, after everything, you're really going to keep putting on this act?
38:15Your Honor, this is the report from New York's top Voice Forensics Lab.
38:19The report confirms no edits, no splicing.
38:22That is 100% Defendant Grayson's voice.
38:27No! That can't be right!
38:29They're framing me!
38:30Defendant will be silent.
38:32The court rules this recording authentic and admissible as evidence.
38:36Veronica made me do it!
38:37The whole thing was her idea!
38:39You coward!
38:40How dare you pin this all on me!
38:43They've got nowhere left to run, and this is just the beginning.
38:46I'm going to make them spit back every cent they stole, and then some.
38:52Your Honor, even if the recording is genuine, the plaintiff's right to inheritance remains in dispute.
38:58The original trust agreement contains no explicit exclusivity clause,
39:02which means Ms. Veronica holds equal authority over the fund.
39:07Counselor Robert, you think I'd show up today without the original document?
39:11The actual, original agreement.
39:16Right here.
39:21A printout doesn't prove jack shit.
39:23The original burned up in the fire years ago.
39:26You think what Veronica torched was the real one?
39:28Your Honor, this is an encrypted USB drive left by Mr. Thomas, founder of the trust.
39:33Ms. Elena found it in a hidden compartment in his study.
39:36Your Honor, this violates trial procedure.
39:38We move for an adjournment.
39:40Objection overruled.
39:41Plaintiff, proceed with your evidence.
39:43If you're watching this, I'm already dead.
39:45But Veronica's made her move.
39:47Veronica's too ambitious, too crooked.
39:48She'll tear the whole Sterling family apart.
39:51You old bastard.
39:52You were on to me right up until the day you died.
39:57Defendant will watch her mouth.
39:59This is a court of law.
40:00The original monlaundering agreement is missing,
40:03so we can't pursue criminal charges directly.
40:06But if this addendum holds,
40:08it will still strip the defendant of her inheritance rights.
40:22Anyone who tries to take my control by force
40:25will lock down the entire trust fund permanently.
40:28It's fake!
40:29You forged his signature!
40:31He's been dead for years!
40:32To hell with this court!
40:34You're all being played by Elena!
40:36Veronica, calm the hell down.
40:38You're tanking the whole defense.
40:39How the hell am I supposed to calm down?
40:42She took everything from me!
40:44He never loved me!
40:46The day she was born, I was dead to him already!
40:50She should have rotted away in that psych ward!
40:58Get off me!
41:00Elena!
41:01You filthy little bastard!
41:03The trust council's signature is right here.
41:06You gonna call the whole council liars?
41:08Elena, cut me a break!
41:10I'll give back every cent I took, I swear!
41:12Too late, Grayson.
41:14The judge gonna find you a nice new place to stay.
41:19Your Honor!
41:20I plead guilty to all charges!
41:22Veronica was behind every single bit of it!
41:29Grayson, you coward!
41:30What the hell are you rambling about?
41:32I'll hand over every last money laundering transfer record.
41:35All I want is lead and see on my sentence!
41:40Grayson!
41:41You lowlife parasite!
41:43How dare you stab me in the back like this!
41:46I'm just telling the truth.
41:47You're the one who dragged me straight to hell.
41:50Well, Veronica,
41:52how's that hand-picked ally of his working out for you?
42:00Submit the records to the jury.
42:03Court is adjourned for 15 minutes.
42:05We will reconvue for the final verdict.
42:18All rise.
42:19This court hereby delivers the following verdict
42:22for the defendant, Veronica Sterling.
42:24Defendant Veronica Sterling,
42:26on multiple conturrent charges,
42:28is sentenced to 15 years in state prison,
42:30reminded into custody immediately.
42:32No, this can't be happening.
42:34You can't do this to me.
42:37Defendant Grayson,
42:38found guilty on multiple counts of fraud,
42:40is sentenced to 10 years in state prison.
42:45The Blackwood family just released a statement.
42:48Grayson's been officially disowned,
42:50stripped of everything.
42:52No, I'm the Blackwood heir!
42:54You can't take my title away from me!
42:57It's all over.
42:58Let's get out of here.
43:00This is just the first step in rebuilding Sterling.
43:06Elena, please!
43:08Save Veronica!
43:09She'll rot and die in there!
43:10You can't be this heartless!
43:13Let go.
43:15Don't make me have security drag you off
43:17and throw you out.
43:18Elena, I'm begging you,
43:19at least do it for your dead father!
43:30I've got no reason to.
43:32You cold-hearted monster!
43:42Congratulations.
43:44You won.
43:45Yeah, I won.
43:47But it tastes like absolutely nothing.
43:49Then go find something that does.
43:55Marcus, it's at Victorina.
44:03Everyone,
44:05a new era for Sterling starts today.
44:08You don't get to call all the shots around here!
44:11The atom grants Elena full veto authority.
44:17Vance just closed on 10% of Sterling.
44:19I'm the majority shareholder now.
44:22The remaining loyalists are in custody.
44:24Half the board gets ousted.
44:26The rest go under audit.
44:27Lead out,
44:28or get booked for money laundering.
44:34Sarah,
44:35kick off the restructure.
44:39Congrats, Queen Sterling.
44:41Your revenge all wrapped up.
44:44It's only step one.
44:46Let's talk about our contract.
44:48How are you planning to end it?
44:49New agreement.
44:50Old deal's dead.
44:52We're redefining whatever this is between us.
44:54Redefine?
44:55Come on, Elena.
44:56You really think we're still just business partners?
44:58I don't need a protector, Marcus.
45:00I want an equal.
45:01An ally.
45:02Then show me what you've got to negotiate with.
45:08The trust is offshore assets are frozen.
45:11Someone used founding committee clout to lock down the Cayman accounts.
45:17This isn't some temporary freeze.
45:19It's a landmine planted 20 years ago.
45:21He's been waiting for this exact moment.
45:33Miss Elena, congratulations on taking back the trust.
45:36What's next for you?
45:37Sterling and Vance are going to be working a lot closer.
45:40This is just the start.
45:41Smile like you mean it.
45:44From now on, we call the shots in New York's business world.
45:47Together.
45:50Easy there, Mr. Vance.
45:51Gripping that tight isn't in the contract.
45:54You're the star of the night.
45:56Play along, and Sterling's stock stays rock solid.
45:59Don't forget this is just a deal.
46:01We sign the new contract after the gala.
46:03What if I don't want to just talk business anymore?
46:06Marcus, Elena, you two are perfect together.
46:09Huge congrats.
46:14Elena, I don't want to be your ally anymore.
46:16Be my wife.
46:17For real.
46:18That's the star blue diamond.
46:20Gotta be worth at least 20 million.
46:21Who the hell is this browed anyway?
46:22Is she actually gonna say yes?
46:24Dude, that's the CEO of Vance Group.
46:31Marcus, you know I never walk into a fight unprepared.
46:35What's this?
46:37Prenup.
46:37Drawn up by Sarah.
46:39This is where our real partnership starts.
46:4351% of Vance Group equity gets signed over to me.
46:48Is she out of her mind, demanding majority stake in the middle of a proposal?
46:52There's my queen, Sterling.
46:55Bolder than I gave you credit for.
46:57But hey, now you're the real lady of Vance.
47:04You're insane, Marcus.
47:06That's Vance Group we're talking about.
47:09You scared me.
47:10You almost gave me a goddamn heart attack.
47:13Without you, Vance is just a bunch of cold numbers on a page.
47:23You're finally mine.
47:25No.
47:26We belong to each other.
47:33Half those assets are mine.
47:35Your father didn't build Sterling alone.
47:3820 years ago, I was right there, building it with him.
47:41Just wait.
47:42I'm coming for what's mine.
47:46I'm coming for you.
47:47I'm coming for you.
47:47I'm coming for you.
47:47I'm coming for you.
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