Richard: You always were too clever for your own good, Eleanor.
Eleanor: Richard! How did you get up here?!
Richard: I own twenty percent of the security firm that guards this building. Did you really think you could hide from me?
Lawyer: Richard, leave this office immediately! You are trespassing!
Richard: Shut up, Arthur. You work for the family estate, and right now, I control the estate[span_79](start_span)[span_79](end_span).
Richard stepped into the room, his polished leather shoes clicking softly against the hardwood floor[span_80](start_span)[span_80](end_span)[span_81](start_span)[span_81](end_span). His eyes locked onto Leo, who shrank back into the big leather chair in terror[span_82](start_span)[span_82](end_span).
Richard: Look at you. A dirty little street rat ruining ten years of flawless planning[span_83](start_span)[span_83](end_span)[span_84](start_span)[span_84](end_span)[span_85](start_span)[span_85](end_span).
Leo: You lied to me! You told me my mom was dead!
Richard: You should have stayed in that alley where I dumped you, kid[span_86](start_span)[span_86](end_span)[span_87](start_span)[span_87](end_span). You were supposed to disappear forever.
Eleanor: You kidnapped my child! You stole his entire inheritance! You ruined his life!
Richard: Inheritance? That money belonged to my brother! I spent thirty years building the family empire while he handed everything to a toddler!
Lawyer: That was his legal right! It was his money, not yours!
Richard: It doesn't matter anymore. Nobody knows this boy is alive except the people in this room[span_88](start_span)[span_88](end_span).
Richard reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a thick envelope, slapping it down on the glass conference table[span_89](start_span)[span_89](end_span).
Richard: Here is five million dollars in non-traceable bearer bonds, Eleanor. Take the boy, sign the waiver relinquishing all rights to the estate, and leave the country tonight[span_90](start_span)[span_90](end_span).
Eleanor: You think you can buy my child’s life with five million dollars?!
Richard: If you don't take the deal, my men outside will ensure neither of you leaves this building alive[span_91](start_span)[span_91](end_span)[span_92](start_span)[span_92](end_span). A tragic accident on the elevator... it happens all the time[span_93](start_span)[span_93](end_span).
Leo: Mom... don't let him hurt us...
Eleanor: Keep your hands off my son!
Eleanor lunged forward, snatching the heavy glass water pitcher off the table and throwing its contents straight into Richard’s face[span_94](start_span)[span_94](end_span). Richard sputtered and cursed, blinded for a second[span_95](start_span)[span_95](end_span). Arthur immediately tackled one of the guards, knocking him into the glass wall[span_96](start_span)[span_96](end_span).
Eleanor: LEO! RUN TO THE ELEVATOR!
Richard: GRAB THEM! DON'T LET THEM OUT OF THIS ROOM!
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