Julian: Everyone, please! This is a private family dispute! Please enjoy the catering and ignore this nonsense!
Guest 3: Ignore this? You lied to all of us! You built your whole image on being a devoted single father!
Guest 4: It's disgusting. To keep her as a house servant right under his roof... it's pure evil.
Maria: For seven years, I washed his clothes. I served his meals. I took his insults when the tea was too cold or the floor wasn't shiny enough.
Leo: She cried every night in her small room near the kitchen, Dad! I heard her through the door!
Julian: Leo, stop talking! You don't understand how the adult world works!
Leo: I understand that you lied to me! You told me my mommy was in heaven!
Maria: I was right here, my love. Right down the hall, waiting for the day I could finally hold you without hiding.
Julian: The court order from seven years ago is absolute! You surrendered all rights in exchange for your family's debt being cleared!
Evelyn's Lawyer (Guest): A court order signed under coercion and extreme financial distress can easily be overturned, Mr. Sterling.
Julian: Who asked you for a legal opinion, Marcus?
Evelyn's Lawyer (Guest): As a guest in this house, I am offering it for free. That contract wouldn't survive ten minutes in front of a family court judge today.
Maria: You thought your wealth made you invincible, Julian. But you forgot that a mother's love is stronger than any legal contract.
Julian: Fine! Take him! Take him and leave! See how long you survive without my monthly allowance!
Leo: We don't need your money, Dad!
Maria: We never needed your money, Julian. I only stayed in this house to make sure my son was safe and loved.
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