Julian: Victoria! Did you call the cops on me?!
Victoria: I didn't call them, Julian. The corporate forensic accountants did when they flagged the missing four hundred thousand dollars from the charity trust.
Julian: Chloe, come here! Tell them! Tell them you bought those diamond necklaces with your own money!
Chloe took two sharp steps away from Julian, looking at him with utter disgust.
Chloe: Are you insane?! You gave me those necklaces as gifts! You told me you were a self-made billionaire!
Julian: Chloe, baby, please stick with me! I can fix this!
Chloe: Don't call me baby! You lied to me about being divorced, you lied about your money, and now you're trying to pin corporate theft on me?!
Julian: I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on you!
Chloe: With stolen money from your family's charity fund! Officer, I had no idea about any of this!
Two uniformed police officers walked into the grand foyer alongside Victoria's attorney, Mr. Harrison, a tall man holding a thick leather briefcase.
Officer Miller: Mr. Julian Vance?
Julian: Yes... look, officer, this is a private family matter that we're resolving internally!
Mr. Harrison: It was a private matter, Julian, until corporate embezzlement crossed state lines into offshore accounts. That makes it a federal financial inquiry.
Julian: Mr. Harrison, you've been my family's attorney for fifteen years!
Mr. Harrison: I represent Vance Financial Group and Mrs. Evelyn Vance. I do not represent you in your personal criminal liabilities.
Julian: Mom! Tell them to drop this! Tell them to leave!
Evelyn stood beside Victoria, her hands resting calmly on her gold-headed cane, her face completely unyielding.
Evelyn: You made your bed, Julian. Now you will sleep in it.
Julian: You're going to let them arrest your own son on our family estate?!
Evelyn: If that is what it takes for you to learn accountability, then yes.
Chloe: Officer, can I leave now? I have nothing to do with his company!
Officer Miller: Ma'am, we need you to step into the library and provide a formal statement regarding all gifts and funds received from Mr. Vance over the past six months.
Chloe: I will give you whatever you need! I'll hand over the jewelry, the car keys, everything!
Julian: Chloe! You traitor!
Chloe: You're the traitor, Julian! You cheated on a woman who actually loved you, and you dragged me into your mess!
Chloe marched past Julian into the library without looking back once, leaving him standing in his damp robe, surrounded by police and his own family.