Richard: Turn off that camera right now!
Butler: I... I can't do that, Mr. Sterling. The feed goes straight to the board members.
Richard: I don't care where it goes! Shut it down before someone sees this!
Leo: It's too late, Dad. They already saw it.
Victoria: Richard, help me up! Help me up right now!
Victoria struggled to stand, her heavy gold satin dress hanging off her torso like a deflated balloon. She sobbed, trying to pull the fabric tight around her waist to hide the truth.
Richard: Get up, Victoria! Stop crying and get off the floor!
Victoria: He stabbed me with a needle! He assaulted me!
Leo: I stabbed an inflatable cushion, Victoria. You put a plastic air bag inside your dress.
Victoria: You quiet little monster! You ruined my life!
Richard: Leo, go to your room this instant. We will deal with your punishment later.
Leo: I'm not going anywhere, Dad. Grandpa told me to watch her.
Richard: Don't you dare bring my father into this!
Leo: Grandpa knew she was lying. That's why he put the camera in the hallway yesterday.
Richard froze, his face losing all of its color as he looked back at the ceiling camera. The red light was still blinking in steady, silent beats.
Richard: What do you mean my father installed that camera?
Leo: Grandpa said you were trying to steal the estate trust fund using a fake pregnancy.
Victoria: Richard, do something! Tell him he's wrong!
Richard: Shut up, Victoria! Just shut up for one second!
Victoria: Don't you yell at me! We were in this together!
Leo: So you admit it? You were helping her lie to the whole family?
Richard: I was doing what was necessary to protect our family's inheritance!
Leo: You were stealing from me. That trust fund was left for my mom and me.
Richard: Your mother has been dead for five years! She doesn't need money!
Leo: But I do. And Grandpa said you weren't going to take it.
Heavy footsteps began ringing out from the far end of the marble hallway. A tall, elderly man holding a polished wooden cane walked into view, accompanied by two men in dark business suits.
Arthur: That is quite enough out of you, Richard.
Richard: Dad... what are you doing here?
Arthur: I came to see the miracle pregnancy with my own eyes.
Victoria: Mr. Sterling, please! It was a mistake, I can explain!
Arthur: Save your breath, Victoria. I watched the entire stream from my office upstairs.