Evelyn: Julian! Stand up right now! You are making a public spectacle of yourself in front of our shareholders!
Julian: I don't care about the shareholders, and I don't care about your fake corporate prestige!
Evelyn: You are the president of Sterling Enterprises! Act like it!
Julian: Not anymore. I resign effective immediately.
Evelyn: What?! You can't resign! Without you running the board, the company will collapse!
Julian: Then let it collapse! You sacrificed my happiness and my child's life for your money and status!
Victoria: You don't have to worry about resigning, Julian. Because as the principal debt holder of Sterling Enterprises, I am calling in all outstanding loans today.
Evelyn: You can't do that! That's corporate sabotage!
Victoria: It's business, Evelyn. Plain and simple. Your company has ninety days to pay off forty-five million dollars, or Apex Global takes full legal possession of your entire corporate portfolio.
Evelyn: Forty-five million?! We don't have that kind of cash liquidity right now!
Victoria: I know you don't. Which means by tomorrow morning, you will no longer own Sterling Enterprises, your mansion, or your luxury cars.
Evelyn: You monster! You planned this whole thing!
Victoria: I didn't plan for you to assault my daughter in a banquet hall today, Evelyn. That was your own arrogance showing its ugly face.
Evelyn: Someone call my lawyer! Call the police! She's bankrupting my family on purpose!
Businessman 1: Mrs. Sterling, no lawyer in the city can stop a legal debt recall on defaulted notes.
Businessman 2: You brought this on yourself. Treating a child like garbage in public... disgraceful.
Evelyn: You hypocrites! All of you accepted my invitations and drank my expensive champagne!
Julian: Mother, stop talking. You've done enough damage for one lifetime.
Evelyn: Julian, you're my son! You have to stand by me! You have to help me save the family estate!
Julian: The family died seven years ago when you lied about my child. You're on your own now, Mother.
Evelyn: No! You can't abandon me! I am your mother!
Julian: You were never a real mother. You were just a tyrant obsessed with money.
Julian stood up, wiped his tears, and walked over to Victoria, looking into her eyes with deep remorse.
Julian: Victoria... can you ever forgive me for not knowing the truth?
Victoria: You weren't the one who lied to me, Julian. But we have a lot of lost time to make up for.
Julian: I want to be in Lily's life. I'll do whatever it takes. I don't care about the family money or the business anymore.
Victoria: We can talk about custody and visitation rights with my legal team tomorrow. For now, I just want my daughter out of this toxic room.
Lily: Mommy, can we go get ice cream?
Victoria: Yes, my sweet girl. We can get whatever kind of ice cream you want.