Victoria: Chairman Sterling? What... what are you doing here?
Arthur: Step away from my daughter before I have my security team remove you from this property!
Victoria: Your... your daughter? That's impossible! She's just an orphan who worked at a diner!
Arthur: She is Clara Sterling, my only living heir!
Arthur pulled Clara up off the cold floor, gently wrapping his expensive cashmere coat around her shaking shoulders.
Clara: Dad... you really came for me?
Arthur: I searched every city in this country for twenty years after the accident, sweetheart. I never gave up on you.
Victoria: Chairman Sterling, there must be a mistake! She told us she had no family!
Clara: Because I didn't know! I grew up in foster care after the train crash!
Arthur: And you took advantage of a lonely girl, treating her like a maid in your house!
Daniel stepped forward, his hands trembling as he stared at his wife in total disbelief.
Daniel: Clara... why didn't you ever mention the DNA testing you submitted last month?
Clara: Because every time I tried to talk to you, your mother interrupted me and called me a gold digger!
Victoria: Daniel, don't listen to this! They're pulling a scam to take our house!
Arthur: Your house? You mean the property that has a mortgage held by Sterling Global Holdings?
Victoria's face turned completely pale, her mouth opening and closing without making a sound.
Arthur: That's right, Victoria. I own the bank that holds the deed to every square inch of this estate.
Daniel: Mom... what is he talking about? Our family firm owns this house!
Arthur: Your family firm went bankrupt six months ago, Daniel. Your mother took a emergency loan from my firm to cover her gambling debts.
Victoria: Arthur, please! We can discuss this in private inside!
Arthur: Do not address me by my first name! You threw my daughter and my newborn granddaughter out into the rain like garbage!
Clara: She threw my bags out, Dad. She told me I wasn't worthy of sitting at her table.
Arthur: Is that so? Then let's see how much she enjoys sitting on the street.
Arthur turned his head toward his head of security, who was standing at the bottom of the marble steps.
Arthur: Marcus, call the sheriff's office. Initiate an immediate foreclosure default on this property.
Victoria: You can't do that! You have to give us thirty days notice!
Arthur: You failed to make your last three mortgage payments, Victoria. The legal acceleration clause was signed by you personally.
Daniel: Mom, is this true?! Did you lose the company money?!
Victoria: I was trying to invest it, Daniel! I was trying to save our social status!
Clara: You cared more about social status than treating a mother and child like human beings.
Arthur: Come, Clara. My drivers will carry your luggage. You're coming home to the estate where you belong.
Daniel: Clara, wait! Please! I didn't know she was going to throw you out today!
Clara: But you stood there and watched her do it, Daniel. You didn't lift a finger until my father showed up.