Transcript of She Was Branded the Imposter. He Knew She Was the Real Heiress.

Sign it. At least you can disappear with some dignity. I already gave you the shares. As long as you're alive, people will keep wondering who the real Aster is. that show. Don't let go. Look at me. If I could do it over, I would never beg anyone to love me again. What are you doing?

>> Making sure no one decides my life for me this time.

>> Mr. Sterling is here. He says he wants to see the real Astron. This showed up at an auction house last night. It belongs to the Astron, so I figured you'd be interested. This is a family matter. Sterling has no business getting involved. Sign it and you'll receive 5% of the ass trust but no voting rights for one year.

>> Who added this clause?

>> Standard protective language from the [music] lawyers.

>> No, this is an escape hot designed for me. Except the thing escaping would be my shares.

>> You just came home and you already don't trust us. I've just finally learned how to read a contract.

>> [sighs and gasps]

>> Engraving maternity ward 6 locker maturity 37. Little sister, I know you're still awake. That bracelet was mine to begin with. Is sneaking into people's rooms at midnight a thing in New York High society? Grandmother asked me to look after you. I was just worried you wouldn't feel at home. Then learn to knock first and don't touch my things again.

>> I designed this brocher to welcome you. You probably didn't see cuts like this in your neighborhood. This prong setting will loosen after 10 minutes of wear. That's a pretty dangerous way to welcome someone.

>> Grandmother wants you to start at the ground level. Approve the Sapphire shipment and call it your first win.

>> I want to inspect the stones.

>> The contract expires tonight. Don't let your pride blow this opportunity.

>> No, you're the one who shouldn't rush. It was an accident. You need to rest.

>> How thoughtful. Freeze payment on the entire shipment first. That'll cost her its annual supply and at least $6 million. Buying fakes will cost us $60 million.

>> Which number do you want?

>> I'm calling an emergency review. The ship mission needs to be addressed.

>> A rainbow check doesn't prove the entire's compromised. Helena should bear the liability for this delay. She's trying to shift blame to avoid a warfully.

>> The main cameras were disabled last night, but that the fire system zone won't end yet. I just want all procurement emails and insac logs for review.

>> What exactly are you asking for, Helena? What do you want from the company? 72 hours. Let me find a replacement supply. If I fail, I leave from Perammon. If I see

>> No one in the market can replace 500 saffrons of that grade in 3 days. Is this a rescue or are you taking advantage of a crisis?

>> In New York, the difference is just the price.

>> No channel access. We create a joint traceable gemstone lab. Aster handles design. Sterling handles the mines. And we split the profits 50/50.

>> You've been at the company one day, and you're already negotiating a joint venture for for Aster. I'll put my 5% trust stake up as collateral.

>> You look at me like you've known me for years.

>> Maybe I finally figured out who isn't lying to me.

>> Stay away from Grayson. He only wants to use you.

>> Are you worried because he wants to use me or cuz you haven't had the chance yet?

>> Looks like your 72 hours are over. Forging Sterling's corporate seal is more than a family matter.

>> 520 stones. Customs pre-clarance is complete. Do you want to read you the flight number two?

>> Then I'm sure you won't mind turning over your email and printer logs. Grandmother, she's been back two days and she already treats me like a criminal.

>> The mine owner controls the resource. The designer creates the value. Partnership isn't dependence. It's how you leave fraud nowhere to hide.

>> Don't forget, your identity is riding on a single DNA report.

>> Then you'd better take very good care of it.

>> Swap the original samples. I want a second report before the weekend.

>> If you want to stay alive, don't let the hunter know you've set a trap. Your warehouse incident and the forgery of my corporate seal make this a shared risk. Now,

>> catching the person who swapped the samples won't be enough. I want the person who gave the order [music] and the person who put the fake report in front of the board. We just want to put an end to the suspicion.

>> The samples were tested twice. Same result both times. Helena, maybe you really were lied to.

>> The report was issued 9:00 a.m., but the Lenon's retest sample wasn't delivered till 10:12. You forged it so fast you forgot to check the time. Those initials could be yours, too.

>> You came back from the neighborhood with a silver slave bracelet of unknown origins. It's a perfect story.

>> Stories that perfect are usually the ones you write. The fire isn't even out, and all you care about is framing me.

>> The parking system is backed up at Stone's cloud. You can't burn those records. Grandmother, are you really going to punish me for someone you've known for 2 days?

>> I'm punishing someone who refuses to explain the evidence because some knives have already cut me once. She didn't just steal my name, she stole my work, too. Vivian, you said you designed this brooch when you were 12. Grandmother kept my original sketches. Then you should know why the third point of the crown is missing. to represent the beauty of imperfection.

>> The back of the finished piece contains the trace amount of black rodium I always use. You can steal my line art, but you don't know why I use it.

>> Foresight before me.

>> I was only trying to finish the design for my sister. US copyright law doesn't call thief sisterly love.

>> You win one show and think you can win all of Aster.

>> No, I'm just taking back the first thing was mine. the archive cabinet. Get the evidence first.

>> I'm not here to save paperwork. Don't turn an accident into a family war.

>> Relax. The war won't start tonight. What are you waiting for?

>> For them to think all the evidence burned.

>> Viven is not an aster. 24 years ago, I switched the two babies.

>> He got here. He got here first.

>> If it's empty, it's worthless. Let's go. Now you're bringing Sterling to the bank, too.

>> At least you won't empty my safe deposit box for me.

>> Some truths will make you regret ever coming home.

>> What I regret most is ever trusting you. [sighs and gasps] Va,

>> let Vivian keep talking. She just gave my new collection free advertising. This whole building could collapse any minute. You're risking your life for a story.

>> You rushed here in the middle of the night. Aren't you afraid the story might be true? Yes, I couldn't afford rent. I delivered food. I learned to spot fake diamonds in pawn shops. But being poor isn't a crime. Stealing someone else's life is.

>> I just wanted people to understand her. Thanks. Now all of America does sales are not power. Turn them into profit and then you earn the right to stay.

>> By the blow band's finances he frauds feed a fan of Astro Fraas MVer

>> board level records aren't for newcomers.

>> They're even less appropriate for thieves. If you want to survive here, you need an ally. Marry me. Vivien loses her inheritance rights and this company ends up ours.

>> If I say yes, will you let me see the full ledger?

>> Family dinner at 7:00 tonight. Wear it. Our engagement is restored. Sterling is using this partnership to steal ASOR clients. Not a single data record went to Sterling. Mr. Hell's account, on the other hand, paid a media company last night. An illegal investigation is not admissible evidence.

>> Consider the engagement gift returned. The $18 million in irregular payments is now under returnal audit. [sighs] That company was left by Helena's adoptive mother. Helena is the one receiving the money.

>> VA could also be the initials of Helena's former name. Why did you know the file used initials instead of a full name?

>> That's how the finance system has always worked.

>> Good. Please keep going. Every extra sentence gives me another statement for the record. In 24 hours, one of these three unpaid orders will be released at random. Whoever tries to draw the money controls the shell company.

>> Stop this. It is too risky.

>> Approved.

>> Helena will supervise it. You said those accounts would never be traced.

>> Shut up. Destroy every old authorization. Internal surveillance will not be enough to recover the funds. We need the real control agreement. Helena, you leaked coffin financial information to a business rival. The board wants to see you now.

>> Don't that computer. Someone is using my identity to

>> suspend all of Heler's dies. The joint laboratories is only Sterling's tool for infiltrating Aster.

>> You have five minutes. Show the login locations. Someone forged an offline cache and let the system sync it after recovery. To do that, they needed my computer and chief strategy office access.

>> Why were you looking at my access card?

>> Mr. Hail, if you're going to frame me, at least learn how my firewall works first.

>> Helena is reinstated. Dominic's information access is suspended for 7 days.

>> I will continue investigating the three fake orders. If I cannot identify the controller within 7 days, I will return purchasing authority.

>> Why did you fail again?

>> Because every time you see Hela, you forget to use your brain.

>> Helena, I know you're listening. In 7 days, you'll be the one leaving. Every time you go off the grid, you pick the most expensive place possible.

>> Send the pair pale to doic.

>> Helen embezzled funds you were supposed to supervise.

>> The bonus account is mine. Now show the transfer time.

>> You sent the money first, then built me a pocket to catch it. Wrong order. Dominic manages my fund. And I didn't know.

>> Your signature is on it.

>> Are you planning to sacrifice me?

>> I'm just getting Helena to lower her guard. She thinks we're turning on each other. Helena, don't push me. She heard us arguing, then she pushed me down the stairs.

>> Helena, did you touch her?

>> No, but she'll say I did.

>> Pull up the surveillance footage. These lights activate in sequence based on a person's position. If I pushed Vivien from the top, the light strip should trigger from the top down.

>> Lighting data cannot be modified remotely.

>> Next time you want to play the victim, learn how smart home systems work first. Move Vivien to the guest room. She will not represent Aster at the charity gala. Helena will.

>> Real evidence is still in the bank archive. Unclaimed property goes to public auction Friday.

>> Then let Helena buy her own fake evidence at the auction. No choice. Want me to bid?

>> No. Let them buy it.

>> I want the lot's shipment insurance verified. Fake. $200,000. Thanks for your purchase. Don't know where [snorts] Why would you rather trust the family's enemy? Because when he saved me, he never asked what I could give him. It's not that you never had doubts. You chose the answer that was easier to live with.

>> [sighs and gasps]

>> Where's the evidence?

>> Safe. And so are you.

>> Sounds like you care more about the first one.

>> Take another hit for me and I'm removing you from the partner list.

>> Then stop standing in front alone. Helena forged antique evidence. The board should vote early to revoke her inheritance rights. [snorts] We have to protect the shares. I will make the exchange. I choose the location.

>> I am coming with you.

>> Your job is to stay alive. Leave the rest to me. Put the signed documents in the locker.

>> Now neither side has evidence.

>> You always assume I only prepared one copy.

>> Why did you

>> not call the police immediately? Because you weren't the one who switched the babies. What I want is the full chain proving that you learned the truth later, destroyed evidence, and stole from the company.

>> Vivian is my daughter. I switched them. Last year, Domic found me and forced me to hand over the safe deposit box and every piece of proof.

>> The next segment names who paid the nanny to stay silent forever. We'll listen together at tomorrow's board meeting. Dominic paid me $500,000 to say Helena was a fraud. He said once the fake DNA result took effect, Vivian would transfer the shares to him.

>> A dead woman's recording can be edited.

>> I paid her to stop her from blackmailing Aster. That recording does not prove I for the DNA.

>> So you admit you met her and that you already knew the two babies had been switched. Thank you. That's the first honest thing you've said today.

>> You can fire me, but all three of Aster's bank loans have key person to change clauses. Who's the creditor?

>> A perfectly legal investment fund [music] and we own it.

>> Sterling can provide a bridge loan immediately.

>> If I use his debt to pay off yours, Aster just changes owners. [music]

>> Beg me. Maybe I'll save our family. 40 million is a lot of money. It's not worth my name.

>> You want consumers to save your company for you.

>> This isn't about saving a company. It's about deciding whether an American legacy brand belongs to its designers, artisans, and customers. I plan to wait for the formal DNA results. If you won't sign, I'll petition the court right now to freeze your entire trust.

>> Sterling can make a public offer for the remaining shares.

>> He wants to turn this fight into a story about Sterling swallowing Aster. I'm not writing that story for him. I will open the supply chain ledger, artisan dividends, and uncrowned profits. If I gain control, I will establish a brand protection trust that cannot be acquired.

>> Eleanor and Elena have turned a century old into a family reality show. I will merge Astar with an international luxury group at a 40% premium today.

>> This ring passed through 17 pairs of hands. Under Dominic's plan, the workshop closes after the merger and 400 employees become a single line item called cost.

>> Sense doesn't pay the bills. That's [music] why I brought the numbers. All of his forged [music] documents came from the same embossing press.

>> You broke into my room. That's an interesting thing to hear from someone who stole my life. Both impressions break the same point. That is enough to freeze Dominic's suspicious proxy votes. Take it. The only fingerprints on it are yours. Thanks for stamping your conspiracy into the record for me. Did you forge the equity documents?

>> Our conflict is only a private relationship dispute.

>> Do you need me to come with you?

>> I can handle my own breakup.

>> Come back to me publicly and I'll let Vivien take all the blame. Otherwise, I'll show everyone your deal with Grayson.

>> I waited for the lost aster and I forgave her for getting close to Grayson.

>> Last chance.

>> Good. Then let's make this the last time. I never authorized this engagement. As of today, every personal relationship between us is over. You proposed to me with my diamond, then tried to pay the bill with my shares. Dominic, your idea of romance is just like your business model. You only know how to spend other people's money.

>> Then let's see if you can keep it without sterling. If the leak came from Sterling, I'll leave the joint venture and cover every dollar of the loss. And if it didn't,

>> then you decide who leaves Aster and Free Tracy Serge's medal fail. Then let's go see it right now. Get out. I've never seen that contract. You raised me for 24 years, and now because of a recording and a wristband, you treat me like trash.

>> I gave you a chance to stay. You chose to push someone else out.

>> You think getting your office back means you won? The real Astra crown is still in my hands.

>> Without the crown, you can't protect anything. They arrested me. So you focus only on saving me.

>> Come back to me and I can call this a management error.

>> You could get on your knees and I still wouldn't consider it. Replay the vault surveillance. Don't go. Dominic just submitted your psychiatric evaluation to the court. He says as those memories you call a second life are delusions.

>> Some blades have already cut me once. I know what happens next.

>> Helena suffers from traumatic delusions and cannot manage the family trust.

>> As family, I am asking to manage her shares temporarily.

>> Explain these statements.

>> I was trapped in a warehouse, caught in a work fire, and nearly buried alive at a hospital. Alert to danger does not mean I've lost my judgment. When a woman refuses to be controlled, the cheapest hack is to call her crazy. I will transfer all my voting rights to you now. This is exactly what they want. If you hand me the power, they'll take the diamond and the company in one move. We will create an authoration document with real-time tracking inc and make Dominic believe it is genuine. Grayson will enter the yacht odd auction as the anonymous buyer. This is not compensation.

Nothing can repay 2024 years.

>> Then don't try to compensate me. Just stand on my side tomorrow.

>> Give Vivien the authorization or the crown gray and both go into water. You finally learned how to choose family.

>> No, I learned how to make my enemies carry evidence for me. They learn

>> I wore it wor for 24 years. That makes it mine.

>> An identity doesn't become real just because you wear it long enough. I now hold temporary proxy over the family trust. A special shareholders meeting will be held tomorrow morning. The vote begins. Item one, permanently expel Helen and Astramm.

>> I vote yes.

>> Eleanor's yes vote is valid. Helena, leave immediately.

>> The forge authorization, the fake DNA report, and the attempted takeover are now all part of the official record. You bought everyone off.

>> Blood doesn't make me better than anyone, but your lies disqualify you. [music] The removal motion fails. I nominate Helena as interim chief executive officer.

>> Congratulations on getting your name back. Now, let's see what it's worth. [music] You can have the crown back. You can have the empty shell, too. File for bankrupty protection. Preserve the trademark and reorganize.

>> Isn't one blue diamond, and it isn't five letters. The machines are still here. The people are still here. So, we deliver.

>> Sterling can lend you it to its team.

>> I will accept only a short-term toner for rates with an automatic terminate close. You even negotiated the price of a lifeline.

>> I want to stand beside you, not owe you from behind.

>> Publicly acknowledge me as Aster's adopted daughter. Let me keep the trust and the name, and I'll give you the password. A last name can be decided by law. Dignity can't be bought through blackmail. Rebuild the addresses from customers who support and confirmation emails.

>> Tell me what to do.

>> You're the chairwoman

>> tonight. I'm just someone who owes her employees a paycheck. I gave her that authority. This mistake is mine. Admitting the mistake isn't enough. We have to stop it from hurting people. We are suspending the old crown mark. Every new piece will carry my shattered crown signature. Genuine pieces must contain an internal crystal tracking code. Tradition deserves respect. It doesn't deserve to be used as blackmail.

Starting today, customers can choose between buying an emptied out name or buying jewelry whose creator they actually know. Why did the license fail to trap Helen?

>> Because she's willing to break the crown she just fought to get back. Stop the live scream. This diamond didn't crack tonight. Someone used high heat to create internal damage, then put it back on the display. Perfect is an advertising word. What's truly precious steals a shape its own after it's been broken. How many more chances are you going to give her to hurt you?

>> They're not chances. They're rope. Every time she moves, it tightens around her. I am offering 50% above market value for Aster.

>> I oppose the sale.

>> Every employee will receive $20,000 in severance after the sale.

>> His $20,000 pays you to leave. I can't hand you a check, but I can guarantee that if you stay, you'll have a key of your own. Aster must pay $100 million under under the license agreement. Dominic created quality failures as the lencier and then demanded damages. That is bad faith performance and fraud. The heating element serial number, the parking records tied to the fake report, and the full arson video are all in the evidence package.

>> Dominic locked the door. He said if she died, everything would go back to the way it was. I can testify that Vivian arranged every fake report. Give me one chance and I'll turn over every remaining account.

>> I knew you were the real one. I knew from the first day you came back. I was just afraid you'd take everything.

>> So, you took my identity first, then the company, and finally my life.

>> I loved you. We can start over. You love the Helena who needed your permission to live. She's dead.

>> Please

>> close the gate.

>> Vivian still has a video of Ellanar. She'll destroy both of you.

>> Vivian still has a video of Ellanar. If that video goes public, the company you just won back could go down with it.

>> Tomorrow night, I'll tell the whole world who the real fraud in the Aster family is.

>> Accuse Vivien of blackmail first and destroy the 10-year-old report.

>> If you release it, the shareholders will demand that I step down and Aster will crash again. You hid the truth and left me in that neighborhood for another 10 years. You also let Vivien live inside a lie that was always going to explode. She has to pay for her choices. So do you. I was protecting the family. A family isn't a trademark you can trade children for. We will hold a press conference before Vivian's live stream.

Eleanor will explain it herself.

>> Do you forgive her?

>> Taking responsibility isn't a transaction for forgiveness. We'll start with honesty. The rest can come later. [music] Give me the CEO position and your mother's blue diamond necklace or every screen tonight will show your grandmother at her worst. You still don't understand. I just released that video myself. People have called me an Astra since I was five. Everything I've ever had came from this family. Helena shows up and suddenly you expect me to give my whole life back.

>> You are not responsible for the nanny's crime. But the fake DNA, the fake orders, the fire, and stealing the blue diamond were choices you made as an adult. I learned the truth from Dominic a year ago. He promised I could remain the heir if I helped him obtain the trust. I forged the refusal letter, switched the laboratory sample, signed the brand license, and deliberately did not trigger the alarm during the fire.

>> It belongs to the evidence file and to the past. Tonight, no one gets to use it to prove who they are. The auction proceeds will fund legal aid for women harmed by economic crime and identity fraud. Without me, who are you going to hate? I survived for more than hating you forever.

>> Exit the joint laboratory because of your close relationship with Helena or you will be removed from your executive position at Sterling. You fought this hard to take back the crown and now you're limiting your own power.

>> I was never trying to break the company. I was breaking the crown that let one person decide everyone else's fate.

>> You decided what was best for me.

>> I didn't want anyone saying you got Aster back because of me. You decided what was best for me.

>> I didn't want anyone saying you got Aster back because of me.

>> The Shattered Crown Collection launches globally tomorrow night. Don't be late. This time I'm asking first. Do you approve the design?

>> That's progress. I used to think getting my last name back would give me my life back. Then I learned that blood can tell me where I came from, but it cannot decide who I become. Aster will no longer be ruled by secrets, engagements, or a single heir. It belongs to the people who create its value.

>> Is this a business partnership or something else?

>> 50 for 50 for now. Sit down first. Tell me what you want to design.