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00:02I've been notorious since I was a little girl.
00:05My father couldn't control me, and my stepmother didn't dare cross me.
00:11Anyone who messed with me paid the price.
00:13By the time I turned 28, no man in this city wanted to marry me.
00:17So my family sold me off to a widowed mafia dad.
00:20I walked into the DeMarco family ready to make them all fear me.
00:24But then a little girl tugged on my dress.
00:28Are you my mom? Do I really have a mom now?
00:32In that moment I was 8 years old again, meeting my stepmother for the first time after my mother died.
00:38I decided that, for this girl, I would become the mother I never had.
00:43Even if I had to burn every rule in this house to ashes.
00:50Oh, Aurora sweetheart. Today you're going to become Mrs. DeMonto.
00:55I'm going to miss you so much.
00:57Really? If you're going to miss me that much, how about I just don't get married?
01:01What?
01:02If I don't like married life, I can always come back.
01:04So keep my room exactly the way it is.
01:06Come back? No! No, that won't be necessary.
01:10Go, go! God bless you darling! Hurry up and get married!
01:14Oh!
01:19She sure got out of here fast.
01:27I heard that Vitale Harris never appears in public.
01:30Hardly anyone has even seen a photo of her.
01:32Any woman Adrian DeMarco would marry has to be someone special.
01:35But if they've kept her hidden all these years, could she really be that ugly?
01:39Are you kidding? Adrian could have any woman he wants.
01:42There's no way he'd marry an ugly woman.
01:46How much longer?
01:47The bride should have arrived by now.
02:14Miss, who are you?
02:15I'm your bride.
02:17Aurora Vitale.
02:21I thought they said the Vitale Harris was beautiful.
02:23That's not a bride, that's a whale.
02:24Keep your voice down.
02:25This is a DeMarco wedding.
02:27What's there to be afraid of?
02:28We can't say what we think?
02:29Do we have to wait until everyone shuts up before the wedding can continue?
02:33Quite a temper.
02:34Adrian, you're in for one hell of a night.
02:36With a bride that big, I'm not sure your bed will survive the wedding night.
02:45What?
02:45You wanna start something?
02:55Can we start now?
02:57Continue the ceremony.
03:01Sir, we have a problem.
03:03They made their move early.
03:06Are you sure?
03:07Yes.
03:08You need to go now.
03:10Wait.
03:11If you leave, what happens to the wedding?
03:13It goes on.
03:14You want me to finish the ceremony with your portrait?
03:16I've already signed the papers.
03:18The marriage stands.
03:18From today on, you're my wife.
03:20And the lady of the DeMarco house.
03:22Are you serious?
03:23I'm sorry.
03:31Mr. DeMarco has already signed.
03:33Once you sign, the marriage is official.
03:36What could possibly be so urgent that he'd abandon his own wedding?
03:39I think he finally got a good look at the bride and couldn't stand to stay.
03:42What does she have to complain about?
03:43She's lucky the DeMarcos even let her marry into the family.
03:49From this moment on, you are Mrs. DeMarco.
03:59Let them pity me all they want.
04:02They think being abandoned by your husband at your own wedding is the ultimate humiliation.
04:08But I never needed a husband.
04:11What I want is a mansion, an empire, and walls high enough to keep my family away from me forever.
04:25Iron gates, high walls, security cameras.
04:28Not bad.
04:30At least the Vitales won't be able to get in so easily.
04:41Does Adrian usually stay here?
04:43Mr. DeMarco rarely comes home.
04:54Are you, are you my mom?
04:56Do I really have a mom now?
04:58I heard Adrian's late wife had two children.
05:01She must be one of them.
05:03Yes, you have a mom now.
05:16You must be Leo.
05:18Sophia?
05:19Leo?
05:23So you're the replacement Adrian brought home.
05:29Sophia?
05:30Leo?
05:31It's past your bedtime.
05:32Go back to your rooms.
05:36Sophia, how many times have I told you not to wander around after bedtime?
05:39Come here.
05:45Disobeying me again?
05:47Looks like you've forgotten every rule I taught you.
05:52Let go of me.
05:53Let go of me.
05:53She just met me.
05:54She's a little shy.
05:56There's no need to grab her like that.
05:57I'm disciplining her.
05:58I don't care how you used to discipline her.
06:01But starting today, I'm her mother.
06:06I didn't hurt her.
06:07You saw it wrong.
06:10Tell her sweetheart, did I hurt you?
06:13When I was little, whenever Helen gave me that look, I knew to say no.
06:17Tell them, did I hurt you?
06:21See?
06:22She said it herself.
06:23Sophia's always been shy.
06:24You just got here.
06:25You don't know her.
06:26The kids can show you around tomorrow.
06:27If you need anything, ask the staff.
06:31Where are your rooms?
06:32I'll walk you back.
06:43You two sleep here?
06:48Always have.
06:55Mommy!
06:59I wore these yesterday.
07:00I don't want them anymore.
07:02And take that new game console to my room.
07:03Now!
07:04Yes, young master.
07:05And I want a fresh chocolate cake.
07:08Yesterday's tasted awful.
07:09I'll have the kitchen make another one right away.
07:15Who's room is that?
07:18Marco's.
07:19Grandma likes him best.
07:21Even the staff call him the golden boy.
07:23Adrian's own children are living like orphans in one of the wealthiest mafia families around.
07:27This is insane.
07:29Don't sleep here tonight.
07:31You're staying with me.
07:32Really?
07:32Really.
07:50Don't eat that.
07:59The kitchen wasn't sure what you liked.
08:01I hope you don't mind.
08:05You're right.
08:07I suppose I should eat what I'm served.
08:11What are you doing?
08:13What are you doing?
08:27Aurora!
08:28Let me make this clear.
08:29If I'm served garbage, you'll eat worse.
08:32If my children go hungry, your son goes hungry too.
08:35Try me again, and you'll be on your knees begging Adrian to come back and save you.
08:40Clear all of this away and make breakfast again.
08:42The children eat first.
08:43No one else touches the food until they're full.
08:47Didn't you hear me?
08:48Yes, ma'am.
09:04Eat.
09:08You!
09:12Have the new dining rules posted before tonight.
09:15Starting today, Sofia and Leo eat first and eats until they're full.
09:18If anyone serves them something like this again, they're fired on the spot.
09:25Where's your brother?
09:26I don't know.
09:27Then stay right here.
09:28I'll go find your brother.
09:38Shut up.
09:39Do you want my mom to find out?
09:41She'll lock you in the basement again.
09:44Marco.
09:48What are you doing?
09:50Get out.
09:51This isn't your business.
09:55Let go of me!
09:56My mom will destroy you if you touch me!
09:58Your mom isn't here right now.
10:01Let me go! My mom will kill you!
10:03Then she can get in line.
10:04Let me go! My mom will kill you!
10:10Let me in! I'm telling mom!
10:11Good!
10:12Give her my regard.
10:18How long has he been doing this to you?
10:21Three years.
10:23Three years?
10:24Why didn't you fight back?
10:26Annalisa said if I ever hurt Marco, she'd tell dad I was violent.
10:29She said dad would send me away and I'd never get to see Sofia again.
10:34Look at me.
10:36Next time Marco touches you, fight back.
10:39But Annalisa-
10:40No buts! Make a scene. Fight back.
10:42Whatever happens, I've got your back.
10:45Just remember one thing.
10:46Don't ever let anyone hurt you without fighting back.
10:49What if dad really does try to send me away?
10:52You're my child now.
10:54As long as I'm in this house, no one gets to send you away.
10:57Okay.
11:00Come on.
11:01Where are we going?
11:02Back to my room. Sofia's waiting for you.
11:08Allura.
11:12Go to sleep.
11:20Allura! What did you do to my son?
11:24Stay here.
11:29My son was out on that terrace all night!
11:31How dare you lock him outside!
11:32Your son held a lit cigarette to my child's face.
11:35You should be grateful all I did was make him spend one night outside.
11:38What gives you the right to treat him like that?
11:40If he ever touches Leo again, last night will seem merciful.
11:45Aurora, you'll pay for this!
11:50Is Marco in trouble?
11:52Big trouble.
11:56No one will ever bully either of you again.
11:59I promise.
12:00I promise.
12:00And anyone who tries will answer to me.
12:09Ma'am, Grandmother would like to see you in the family chapel.
12:12Now?
12:12Yes.
12:13Miss Alina's there as well.
12:15All right.
12:16I'll be there in a minute.
12:21Sit down.
12:23You married into the DeMarco family.
12:26You have a duty as his wife.
12:28Adrian is out there protecting this family.
12:30You should be praying for his safe return.
12:32How?
12:33Come here at five every morning and kneel for an hour.
12:36Then you're not worthy of the DeMarco name.
12:38And if I don't?
12:40Then you're not worthy of the DeMarco name.
12:43I'll write to Adrian and tell him you blasphemed against God and disgraced this family.
12:52Five in the morning, right?
12:53Yes.
12:54Fine.
12:55I'll be here.
13:09What are you doing?
13:10You told me to come at five.
13:12I'm here.
13:13Kneel!
13:14I don't kneel.
13:16Not to you.
13:16Not to anyone.
13:18You're blaspheming against God!
13:20If prayer really worked, Adrian wouldn't make his living killing people.
13:24And I wouldn't have survived by making my own miracles.
13:27You dare drink in here?
13:31There are plenty of things I dare to do.
13:34I'll tell Adrian everything you've done here today.
13:37Go ahead.
13:38Tell him I refuse to kneel.
13:40Tell him I drank in his precious chapel.
13:42But make sure you tell him the rest.
13:44Tell him his children wore old clothes that didn't fit and slept beside the servants' corridor.
13:49Should I bring Leo here?
13:51Should I make him show you what Marco did to him with that cigarette?
14:01You want to frighten me with Adrian?
14:02Go ahead.
14:03But think carefully.
14:04When he comes home, will he punish me first?
14:06Or ask why you let his children live like servants under his own roof?
14:10From now on, I run this house.
14:13You can keep the chapel.
14:14Pray until your knees bleed if you want.
14:16But the house is mine.
14:18You don't order me.
14:19And you never use Adrian's name to threaten me again.
14:22And if I refuse?
14:23Then we wait for Adrian to come home.
14:27Every bruise.
14:29Every burn.
14:30Every night his children were treated like they didn't belong here.
14:34We'll count every last one.
14:35Then we'll see who he blames.
14:45You really are a vicious woman.
14:49Exactly.
14:51That's why they married me to your grandson.
14:53Men like Adrian don't need obedient wives.
14:55They need weapons.
14:59You're just going to let her walk away?
15:01She's only been here a few days and she's already walking all over us.
15:05If this keeps up, everyone in this house will be answering to her.
15:09Be quiet.
15:11Let me think.
15:16Mom, are they going to make you leave?
15:24Unless they carry me out in a coffin, no one's getting rid of me.
15:28Relax.
15:29I'm not that easy to kill.
15:33Grandmother backed down for now and Elena had lost her biggest ally.
15:37But before I settled the score with her, I needed to rewrite the rules of this house.
15:47What the hell is going on?
15:49Is someone breaking in?
15:53Good morning.
15:58What is wrong with you?
15:59It was a drill.
16:01The DeMarco family has real enemies.
16:03There are people outside those gates who want every one of us dead.
16:06And this pathetic performance just made one thing very clear.
16:11From the moment that alarm went off to the moment the last person arrived,
16:14four full minutes.
16:16Four minutes.
16:17Long enough for every one of you to die before help even arrives.
16:21You're insane!
16:23Insane?
16:24No.
16:25Prepared.
16:25That's why you're still alive.
16:27From now on, when that alarm goes off, you don't ask why,
16:30you don't look for permission, you move.
16:32You don't have that authority!
16:35Of course I do.
16:37I'm the lady of this house.
16:38And the moment I started protecting it better than all of you,
16:41I earned the right to command it.
16:43If you refuse to take security seriously during the day,
16:46then we'll train at night.
16:48Kitchen.
16:49Now.
16:50Breakfast for ten.
16:59That was an order, not a request.
17:03Adrian will hear about this.
17:06Then tell him his wife ran a security drill at four in the morning.
17:09And tell him his household couldn't manage a single breakfast without falling apart.
17:14Then we'll see who he's angry with.
17:16The woman protecting his family,
17:18or the people who failed it.
17:30These drills will happen without warning from now on.
17:33And they'll continue until everyone in this estate is worthy of the DeMarco name they hide behind.
17:37I can't tell if you're fearless,
17:40or if you simply don't know how to be afraid.
17:48That's exactly what makes me dangerous.
17:50After that drill, the estate finally settled down.
17:53But Adrian still hadn't come home.
17:56I heard he was somewhere in Eastern Europe dealing with a shipment that couldn't wait.
18:00Deals, bloodshed, and one mess after another.
18:03That was his life.
18:04He was handling the trouble outside the gate.
18:06I was cleaning up the rot inside them.
18:07The staff finally knew who to obey.
18:10Elena kept her head down.
18:11And the children finally started living like the rightful heirs to their own home.
18:24Leo, stop!
18:37You got in a fight?
18:39I fought back.
18:41But I still lost.
18:43Who?
18:44Carter Reed and two of his friends.
18:47They started talking about my mom again.
18:49They said she killed herself because she'd rather die than live with us.
18:53Losing doesn't matter.
18:54This time, you fought back.
18:56That matters.
18:57Next time...
18:59Win.
19:01Mom, did people bully you when you were little too?
19:04Of course.
19:06After my mother died, I was small and skinny.
19:09Easy target.
19:12No one protected me back then.
19:14So I learned to become the thing they were afraid to touch.
19:19Eventually, I figured out that if I looked big enough, strong enough, and mean enough,
19:23I was like...
19:23Greatest people accessionaire at worst.
19:26People stopped trying to hurt me.
19:28Mom!
19:28No!
19:31So that's why you made yourself so big?
19:34Back then, this was my armor.
19:37It made sure no one could ever look at me and see something helpless again.
19:42But Mom, you're not alone anymore.
19:44I'm going to get stronger.
19:46I'll protect Sophia, and I'll protect you too.
19:48Then I'm going to get stronger too.
19:50When Leo and I are strong, you won't have to hide inside your armor anymore.
19:57I'd spent years teaching myself to need no one.
20:00But hearing these two little troubletakers say they wanted to protect me,
20:03for the first time, I knew what home felt like.
20:08You want to get stronger?
20:10Then come with me.
20:21Don't just swing.
20:23Find the opening.
20:23Be fast.
20:24Be precise.
20:25Bring your hands right back after you punch.
20:27Don't stand there waiting to get hit.
20:28Next time, you don't lose.
20:31You're training too?
20:36I made myself bigger so people would be afraid of me.
20:40But now I want to see what I can become without hiding behind this armor.
20:44One month.
20:48In one month, we'll see which one of us has changed more.
20:52Deal.
20:52I'll keep watch.
20:54Fine.
20:54Keep track of anyone who slacks off.
20:58From that day on, Leo and I trained for a full month.
21:01Hands back up.
21:02Don't hand them your face.
21:12Mom!
21:13Leo!
21:14Faster!
21:16Leo got tougher every day.
21:18And I realized I could get stronger too.
21:20Even without that armor.
21:22Now that's more like it.
21:26No.
21:29No.
21:31No.
21:33No.
21:33No.
21:33No.
21:33No.
21:33No.
21:36No.
21:37No.
21:38No.
21:38No.
21:39No.
21:39No.
21:41No.
21:41No.
21:42No.
21:44No.
21:45No.
21:46No.
21:48No.
21:54No.
21:58No.
21:58No.
21:59No.
22:00No.
22:01I just didn't expect it to happen this fast.
22:05Hello?
22:06Mrs. DeMara, we have a serious problem.
22:10Sir, everything here has been taken care of.
22:12Did you get what I asked for?
22:18Leaving her alone at our wedding wasn't exactly my finest moment.
22:21Hopefully, she'll like this.
22:23Sir, back to the estate.
22:27Sir, something happened at Leo's school.
22:29He injured another student.
22:30They want a guardian there immediately.
22:32School first.
22:36Mr. DeMarco.
22:37During lunch, Leo got into a fight with Carter and his two friends.
22:40He drove a compass through Carter's hand and pinned it to the desk.
22:45My son could have lost the use of his hand.
22:47The DeMarco family owes us an answer.
22:50They started it.
22:51You hurt someone that badly and still think you're right?
22:54Is that what that fat woman taught you?
22:56Who is this?
22:57The man Mrs. DeMarco threw out at the wedding.
22:59Don't talk about my mom like that!
23:04What, am I wrong?
23:05She's fat, nasty-tempered, and throws a punch the second she hears something she doesn't like?
23:11What kind of child could a woman like that possibly raise?
23:14Where's Aurora?
23:15We already contacted Mrs. DeMarco.
23:18She should be here any minute.
23:19Good.
23:19Let her come.
23:20I'd love to see how that fat woman plans to defend him this time.
23:24Look what you did to my son's hand.
23:27You're going to apologize to Carter.
23:29Did you hear me?
23:31Apologize!
23:33I'd like to see who thinks they can make my son apologize.
23:45Mom!
23:49Mom?
23:52What?
23:53Three months apart and you don't even recognize your own wife?
23:58You're Aurora?
24:01You're the one trying to make my son apologize?
24:05Yes.
24:06Your son hurt my son this badly.
24:08You don't think he owes him an apology?
24:10Carter's hand still hurts.
24:12The doctor said he almost damaged a nerve.
24:14Mom!
24:15My hand really hurts!
24:18What about you?
24:19I'm fine.
24:22You did good.
24:23You fought back.
24:27Mrs. DeMono,
24:28Leo did stab Carter with a drawing compass today.
24:32This was far more serious than an ordinary school fight.
24:35This isn't over!
24:39Carter's parents are also demanding that the school take action.
24:43This matter.
24:45I've got this.
24:51What do you want?
24:53Fine.
24:54You're the one who asked.
24:57First, I want Leo to publicly apologize to my son in front of the whole school!
25:02And I want him to admit he deliberately hurt Carter!
25:07Second, the DeMarsos pay every pent of Carter's medical and rehabilitation costs.
25:12What else?
25:16A dangerous kid like him has no business staying at this school!
25:23I want him out of this school today, and I never want him anywhere near my son again!
25:37That's Adrian DeMato.
25:39If you really take this that far, we're the ones who'll pay for it.
25:42what are you afraid of carter's the one who got hurt aurora humiliated me at that wedding
25:49i've been holding that in for three months today i'm getting even her son hurt cater first
25:55this time she'll have no choice but to back down
26:00so do you agree to my terms or not
26:06and if i don't then i'll take this straight to the press a d'amano kid stabbing another student
26:13with a drawing compass let's see how you clean that up once it hits the news mr reed this is
26:17still a matter between children there's no need to drag the press into it stay out of this
26:26watch your tongue i i'm just telling the truth my son is the one who got hurt we're in the
26:32right here agree to my terms and there's no reason for me to go to the press the press
26:41now i'm curious too i wonder what the press will write when they see these
26:47what are you talking about
27:01didn't you want the press so do i
27:08leo why didn't you ever tell me about any of this
27:12you're always busy i thought i could handle it myself
27:17leo i and just now
27:20you didn't believe me right away either did you
27:25leo there are just a few photos
27:28who says cater did any of this
27:31i knew you'd say that
27:37that's why i came prepared
27:40with no mom around to protect you you really think you're some big shot demarco kid
27:43your dad's never around who do you think is coming to protect you
27:46what too scared to talk leave my mom out of this
27:50i'll say it anyway your mom would rather die than stay with you
27:56get out of my way
27:59the footage is clear carter and the others provoked and cornered leo first
28:04leo was acting in self-defense
28:10mr demanco mrs demanto it it was just kids messing around carter apologize to leo
28:16now dad do it do it
28:21sorry don't bother i accept your terms with one change
28:26cater apologizes to leo and then he leaves this school
28:30what
28:33was that unclear
28:34who the hell are you to decide where my son goes to school
28:46are you questioning my wife
28:48aurora is my wife and she speaks for this family
28:51what she says i say
28:55mr demanto i i and you
28:58effective immediately every demanto company is terminating all business with the reed family
29:03no mr demanto i was just
29:05suppliers investors partners anyone who wants to keep doing business with the demarcos won't touch the reeds again
29:10no you can't do this you'll destroy our company
29:14be out of this city with your family by tomorrow
29:17mr demanto please we know we were wrong
29:19i was wrong i never should have threatened you please give us one more chance
29:22get them out
29:24mr demanto please
29:26please have mercy
29:29come on we're going home
29:32you're coming home today
29:37leo
29:40you were right back there
29:41i didn't believe you right away
29:44and all those injuries
29:47three years
29:48and i only found out today
29:51that's on me
29:52leo i'm sorry
29:54it's okay
29:55you're the dawn
29:56people are always waiting on you
29:58and there are things only you can handle
30:00i didn't want to bother you with something this small
30:03but before i'm the dawn i'm your father
30:06from now on
30:08if something happens
30:10you tell me
30:13even if you're busy
30:15even then
30:18so
30:19you're not mad at me about today
30:27you were protecting yourself
30:30and demarco doesn't just stand there and take it
30:35mom said the same thing
30:36she said if someone comes after me
30:38i fight back
30:42she taught you well
30:46i'll take the compliment
31:00dad
31:03dad you're really back
31:05i haven't seen you in forever
31:06are you leaving again today
31:10it's handled
31:11i'm staying for now
31:13really
31:17then you can have dinner with us tonight
31:19relax
31:20he's not getting away today
31:23leo
31:24was that a joke
31:26why not
31:28but you never smile
31:32you two always look like this
31:37pretty accurate
31:38neither one of you knows how to smile
31:43is that funny
31:46very
31:50come on dad
31:51i want to have dinner with you
31:53mom you too
31:56all right
31:57you win
31:58and leo
31:59all four of us
32:02adrian
32:06adrian
32:06you're finally back
32:10adrian
32:14you're finally back
32:16if you'd stayed away any longer
32:17this whole family would have fallen apart
32:19what happened
32:21her
32:22she's only been here three months
32:24and she's turned this whole place upside down
32:26she disrespected mom
32:28drank in the family chapel
32:29humiliated me in front of everyone
32:32changed the estate rules without permission
32:34and set off the alarm at four in the morning
32:36waking everyone up
32:37now the staff takes orders from her
32:39and so do the guards
32:41she doesn't give a damn what mom or i say anymore
32:44that's not true
32:45everything's been better since mom got here
32:48mom didn't do anything wrong
32:51adrian
32:51look at what she's turned these kids into
32:54they never used to talk to me like this
32:56because you keep saying bad things about mom
32:59sophia
33:00she didn't teach us to be bad
33:04i heard what happened at school
33:05leo heard another kid so badly
33:07they had to call the parents in
33:09when has anything like that ever happened before
33:11aurora's the one teaching him to act like this
33:13mom
33:13and marco
33:14he always your favorite
33:16uncle adrian
33:17it was her
33:18she locked me out on the terrace all night
33:21all night
33:23she left marco out there by herself
33:25and you're just gonna let that slide
33:26that woman has no business being mrs damardo
33:29if you let her stay here
33:30sooner or later she's gonna tear this family apart
33:32you need to divorce her and get her out of this house
33:38is all of that true
33:41she's not wrong
33:43i did all of it
33:47adrian you heard her
33:48she admitted it herself
33:50she disrespected mom
33:52humiliated me in front of everyone
33:54and locked marco out on the terrace all night
33:56and now she won't even apologize
33:58just look at her
33:59she doesn't regret a thing
34:01dad
34:03no one's getting her out of this one
34:05adrian
34:06after everything she's done
34:08you have to make her pay
34:11elena
34:13you know exactly why i locked marco out on the terrace
34:19or do you really want me to tell adrian
34:21exactly what leo and sophia went through
34:23during the three months he was gone
34:28what does that mean
34:30ask them
34:31leo
34:36adrian don't listen to her
34:38leo's just a child
34:41i wasn't asking you
34:45leo
34:47look at me
34:50did you forget what we talked about today
34:53after you left
34:54aunt elena made us move out of our rooms
34:57sophia and i had to stay in the staff quarters
35:01sometimes the kitchen wouldn't save any food for us
35:03and when our clothes got worn out
35:05no one would replace them
35:08sophia would cry at night because she was hungry
35:10leo
35:11that's enough
35:12let him speak
35:14marco bullied us all the time
35:16sometimes he'd lock me in the basement
35:18and burn me with cigarette butts
35:19leo
35:20you can't just make things up
35:24i'm not lying
35:29this is proof
35:32adrian he's lying
35:37sweetheart
35:39is leo telling the truth
35:40it's true
35:41but after mom came
35:43aunt elena and marco stopped messing with us
35:52adrian you can't seriously take a child's word over mine
35:57i'm your sister
35:58i've looked after this family for years
36:00why would i ever hurt those kids on purpose
36:07i sent money home every month
36:10i called every week
36:12every time i asked how the kids were doing
36:14you told me they were fine
36:17three million dollars elena
36:19did you really think i wouldn't check where the money went
36:24adrian i
36:25you know exactly where that money went
36:27i only used part of it
36:29i can explain
36:30there were expenses for the house
36:32for marco for me
36:33enough
36:34three million dollars
36:36and yet leo and sophia were sleeping in the staff quarters
36:39going hungry
36:40with no one even bothering to replace their worn out clothes
36:42my wife didn't kill you
36:44she showed you mercy
36:52adrian i was wrong it was all my fault
36:54just give me one more chance i'll change i'll do whatever you want
36:56i'll take good care of leo and sophia from now on and i won't let marco bully them again
37:00i swear
37:01you're not sorry
37:04you're just scared
37:05aurora i already apologized what more do you want from me
37:09you apologized
37:10does that make leo's scars go away
37:13or does that erase all the night sophia went hungry
37:16and everything you put her through
37:21adrian i'm your sister
37:24you have until sunrise
37:25pack your things
37:27take marco and leave
37:28what
37:30if i see you here after sunrise
37:39i won't say it twice
37:41adrian
37:42this is my home too
37:45you're really going to throw me out for a woman who's only been here three months
37:54adrian
37:59we need to talk
38:01all right
38:10about what
38:14on our wedding day
38:15i left you alone
38:17i gave you nothing
38:18left you with this house
38:19and two kids
38:20and you still managed to hold this family together
38:22someone had to
38:23aurora
38:27what do you want
38:30what
38:33what
38:34you stood up for leo
38:36bought sophia new clothes
38:37and put this whole family back together
38:40what's your price
38:41you think i did all of this just to get money from you
38:44then what do you want
38:47i want a husband who actually shows up
38:49a husband who won't leave me and those two kids here unprotected
38:53while other people walk all over us
38:55if you can't do that
38:57then stay out of my way
38:59i will
39:00adrian let me remind you of one thing
39:02i'm not saint
39:05everyone says i'm wicked
39:06that i'm some kind of monster
39:08you're not afraid of me
39:09why would i be
39:10i knew exactly what kind of woman you were when i chose you
39:16and i liked what i saw
39:19i saw you once three years ago
39:22three years ago
39:23you had an argument with your stepmother
39:25you won and went out and bought yourself dinner
39:29as long as i'm in this house
39:32you don't get to do whatever you want
39:37then you'd better live a long time
39:54that's nothing new
39:56but i saw more than that
40:00i also saw you slip away where no one could see you
40:04and wipe away your tears
40:14and i saw you give your coat
40:16to a homeless kid you'd never even met
40:22everyone says you're cruel
40:23but i never wanted a gentle
40:26obedient wife
40:27i wanted someone tough enough to protect my children
40:30just like no one ever protected you
40:36so you're using me
40:39don't you need me too
40:43you're right
40:45i do need you
40:47i need the name adrian de paulo
40:48and i need the power that comes with it
40:52you walk into any room
40:53and everyone shuts up
40:56one word from you can drive an entire family out of this city
40:59i don't have that kind of power
41:02i can hold this family together and protect your children
41:06but you need to do your part as my husband
41:10like what
41:12i want the same standing in the city that you have
41:15when you walk in people step aside
41:16when i walk in they do the same
41:20i don't want them calling me mrs de mono just for show
41:22i want their respect
41:24their obedience
41:25i want them to know that crossing me has the same consequences as crossing you
41:30you want my power
41:32no
41:33i want my own
41:36all right
41:37you have my word
41:41then here's to a successful partnership adrian
41:47to a successful partnership aurora
41:53starting today
41:55aurora and i have equal authority in this family
41:59she has the final say on all de marco family matters
42:02her orders are my orders
42:04she needs no one's permission
42:07understood mrs de marco
42:13that was fast
42:15i gave you my word
42:18i won't allow it
42:22adrian what are you thinking
42:23how can you just hand de marco family's authority over to an outsider
42:26she's not an outsider
42:27she's my wife
42:29so what if she's your wife
42:30she's only been here three months
42:31and you're already giving her the same authority you have
42:34she's got you so blinded you've forgotten who you are
42:36i didn't realize i had that much influence
42:38you stay out of this
42:39i'm talking to adrian
42:40you're trying to take away my authority
42:42i'd say that gives me every right to speak
42:44she's right
42:47fine
42:48you want to defend her we'll come back to that
42:50but you threw elena out of this estate for her
42:52how do you explain that
42:52mom please
42:54i was wrong
42:54adrian has every right to be angry with me
42:56and you're still defending him
42:57elena is a de marco too
42:59she's your sister
43:00she's looked after this family for years
43:02and now that aurora's your wife
43:03you're throwing elena and marco out
43:04adrian i really am sorry
43:06what i did was wrong
43:06i'll change
43:07i don't want anything
43:07i just want to come home with marco
43:09we've lived here for years
43:10this is our home too
43:12grandma
43:12i want to go home
43:14let me make myself clear
43:16i will never agree to putting the de marco family's authority
43:19in that woman's hands
43:20and elena and marco are moving back into this estate
43:22no
43:24what did you say
43:27elena will never live in this estate again
43:29adrian
43:29she's a de marco too
43:31she has the same blood running through her veins
43:33the only reason she walked out of this estate alive
43:35is because she's my sister
43:37you're really turning your back on your own family for aurora
43:40elena was the one who hurt my family first
43:44i don't care what happened before
43:46i am the elder of this family
43:48and this will be handled my way
43:49what gives you the right
43:51what gives you the right
43:52adrian don't forget
43:54i'm your mother
43:56then don't you forget
43:59you're only my stepmother
44:02after your father died
44:04who kept this family together
44:06who watched you rise to the position you're in today
44:08and now you're speaking to me like this
44:11over a woman you've only been married to for a few months
44:13don't make yourself out to be some saint
44:15i've never forgotten what you've done
44:16you
44:20elena hurt leo and sophia
44:21and now you think you can just say
44:23let her move back in and make all of that disappear
44:25not happening
44:27adrian i already apologized
44:29if apologies fixed everything the prisons would be empty
44:32this isn't your place
44:36that's not for you to decide
44:40enough
44:43you really think one word from adrian makes you his equal
44:47from where i'm standing
44:48yes
44:49the demarco family is bigger than this estate
44:51and adrian isn't the only one with a say
44:53there are uncles extended families
44:56and people who've stood with the demarcals for decades
44:58adrian may recognize your authority
45:00that doesn't mean they will
45:01then bring them all here
45:04anyone who thinks i don't belong
45:05anyone who wants my authority taken away
45:08can sit at the table and say it to my face
45:11fine
45:11if you're both so confident
45:13then call a family council
45:14bring back every demarco with a seat at the main table
45:17then the whole family can decide
45:19whether this woman has any right to wield that kind of power
45:22all right
45:24seven days
45:24the demarco family council dinner
45:27adrian
45:28you'll regret this
45:30i'm not the one who regret this
45:33seven days
45:35that should be plenty of time to round up everyone who has a problem with me
45:39i'll be waiting
45:51aurora
45:53what is it
45:56this is for you
46:01is this
46:02my mother's necklace
46:05it disappeared after she died
46:07after your mother died the vitelle family sold it
46:09three months ago i bought it back from a private collector
46:12a wedding gift
46:13three months late
46:14i hope you like it
46:17thank you
46:18one more thing
46:19tomorrow the head of finance will bring the demarco accounts from the past few years to the study
46:23tomorrow
46:24that fast
46:25didn't you say you wanted power of your own
46:27starting tomorrow you'll be in charge of the family's finances too
46:30good
46:31ma'am
46:32ma'am
46:32these are the family's financial records from the past few years
46:37alina was thrown out and she still has access to the demarco family accounts
46:40yes
46:41she's always had access to the family accounts
46:44cut her off
46:45all of them
46:46all of them
46:47but she's still family
46:48did you forget what adrian said yesterday
46:51yes ma'am
46:53and pull every personal expense from the last three years i want to see all of it
46:57in seven days they're coming to decide whether i'm qualified to run demarco family aren't they
47:03then i should see whether they're qualified to question me
47:08i'm sorry ma'am this card was declined
47:10what
47:13try this one
47:17this one's declined too
47:19run it again
47:23still declined
47:25how is that possible
47:29hello
47:29mrs demarco
47:30i'm calling to let you know that effective today your access to all demarco family accounts
47:35has been revoked
47:37who told you to do that
47:38mrs demarco
47:41hello
47:42hello
47:44aurora
47:49she only got that power yesterday and today she cut off every one of my accounts
47:53now she's digging through three years of records
47:56she's only been married into this family for three months and she already thinks she has the right to go
48:01through demarco family accounts
48:03today it's elena
48:05tomorrow it'll be us
48:06finance has already started pulling the personal expenses for every branch
48:10i told you from the beginning i told you from the beginning she wants a lot more than the title
48:14of mrs demarco
48:16she can run the estate but family power is off limits
48:19at the family council in seven days i'm voting against her
48:22so am i against
48:25i won't take orders from a vitari she has no right to make decide for the demarco business
48:29five out of seven branches are against her
48:33when the time comes adrian will have to choose aurora or the demarco family
48:38then we'll see what he chooses in seven days
48:43sir we just got word
48:45five of the seven family branches have signed a formal statement opposing her authority
48:50five
48:51antony and katherine are both on it
48:53they're planning to demand that mrs demarco's authority be revoked at the family council
48:57the demarcos have kept them comfortable for years
48:59they've had it easy for so long they've forgotten who put them where they are
49:03do you want me to deal with it beforehand
49:06one word from you
49:07and at least a few of them won't dare show up at that dinner
49:10no
49:11sir they're clearly coming after your wife
49:13i know
49:15but aurora wants power of her own
49:17not power that comes from me silencing everyone for her
49:21understood
49:22what about what i asked you to prepare
49:25it's ready
49:26the lawyers have confirmed everything
49:27you can use it whenever you're ready
49:29good
49:31in seven days i'll remind them exactly how i became the don
49:45dad good night
49:48what are you two doing in here
49:50i want to sleep with mom tonight
49:52when you weren't here we slept with mom all the time
49:56what
49:57got a problem with it
50:03dad what are you doing
50:05you're old enough now
50:06it's time you learn to sleep on your own
50:09but mom tells me bedtime stories every night
50:14i'll tell you two tonight
50:18but i want mom to tell them
50:21no you don't
50:31the kids are asleep
50:33now i think i deserve a little attention from my wife
50:41some attention from your wife
50:44who said you were getting any
50:46that's why i'm waiting for you to say yes
50:48adrian you've been getting bolder lately
50:50you can say no
50:51and what if i don't
50:54do i really have to teach you
50:59adrian
51:01it's not too late to change your mind
51:03you'd better not make me regret this
51:18aurora
51:20don't talk
51:26ma'am these are the remaining records of personal expense
51:31a hundred and twenty thousand dollars for private yacht repairs
51:34it's from anthony's branch
51:37a family expense
51:39a private trip
51:45aurora
51:46perfect timing
51:47when are you paying back the hundred and twenty thousand dollars
51:53a yacht owned by the demarco family
51:55and just because i used it for a few days
51:57you expect me to pay back the full hundred and twenty thousand dollars
52:00the yacht belongs to the family
52:02your private vacation doesn't
52:04the records make it very clear
52:05that trip had nothing to do with family business
52:07so of course the bill is yours
52:09adrian has run this family for years
52:11and he's never come after me over something like this
52:13those were his rules
52:15i run the finances now
52:16and my rule is simple
52:18we don't use demarco money to pay for anyone's personal expense
52:23don't forget the family council is only a few days away
52:25making an enemy of me right now won't do you any favors
52:29you've already signed that statement opposing my authority
52:32even if i paid that a hundred and twenty thousand dollars for you today
52:35you still wouldn't suddenly start supporting me
52:37if your vote can't be bought
52:38why would i waste money trying
52:44aurora
52:44you'd better think this through
52:46i'm not the only person you're making an enemy of
52:48then tell them to bring their financial records too
52:53you have 72 hours to put the money back
52:55otherwise
52:56at the family council
52:57i'll put three years of records on that table
52:59and let everyone see who really has no business managing demarco money
53:03do as she says
53:07adrian
53:07i'm your uncle
53:08exactly
53:09that's why i'm only asking you to pay it back
53:14when i was little i loved watching my mother wear this necklace
53:18put it on for me
53:32i never thought i'd have it back one day
53:35anything your mother left behind should have been yours
53:42well
53:45beautiful
53:47five branches have signed against me
53:50tomorrow night that whole table is probably waiting to watch me lose my authority
53:55then they're going to be disappointed
53:58you sound pretty confident
54:01i've always believed in you
54:10the money's been paid back
54:12finance already told me
54:14don't get too comfortable
54:16after tonight
54:17you may not even have the authority to look at those accounts anymore
54:21then you should be grateful you paid it back yesterday
54:23otherwise
54:24i would have started with you tonight
54:35your first decamon family council
54:37and you don't look nervous at all
54:39why should i be nervous
54:41you're the ones trying to get rid of me
54:42you're also the ones who have to figure out how to convince adrian
54:45the family council isn't the same as running the estate
54:48the people at that table won't go easy on you just because you're adrian's wife
54:52good it gets boring when no one argues back
54:59everyone's here let's go in
55:01that seat should be reserved for someone with more seniority in this family
55:15she really thinks she runs this house
55:21aurora come here
55:23here
55:32now that everyone's here
55:33say everything you came to say tonight
55:40then let me make this clear
55:41aura has only been married into the demarco family for three months
55:44yet she's already freezing family accounts
55:47going through the branches financial records and interfering in family affairs
55:50she was given too much power too quickly
55:52today she can force me to repay a hundred and twenty thousand dollars
55:55tomorrow she can freeze any branches funds
55:57just because they don't follow her rules
55:59if the entire demarco family has to answer to her
56:02what are the rest of us even here for
56:04we don't interfere with who adrian marries
56:06but being his wife and holding power over this family are two different things
56:11she hasn't been through what this family has been through
56:13and she has no right to walk in and put herself above everyone else
56:18i oppose her continuing to hold authority over family affairs
56:21so do i
56:23five of the seven branches have signed
56:25aurora you said anyone who opposed you should say it to your face
56:28well everyone's here now
56:29you've heard them
56:32i heard them
56:34at least after tonight i won't have to wonder who's spending demarco money while thinking
56:37they're above the family's rules
56:39you still think you're going to keep that seat after tonight
56:42whether i sit here has never been your decision
56:45adrian five branches have made their position clear
56:49aurora can remain your wife
56:50but the authority you've given her over this family must be taken back tonight
56:57you've been talking this whole time as if one thing were already decided
57:01what
57:02that this meeting was called so you could vote on whether aurora gets to stay
57:12i never said that
57:22what is that
57:24seven days ago you demanded a family council
57:26i had something i wanted every one of you here to witness
57:32adrian what have you done
57:34the lawyers have finalized the changes to the demarco family trust
57:37starting tonight aurora will manage the family trust alongside me
57:43you're handing the family trust over to her
57:46i'm not handing it over to her
57:47she'll manage it with me
57:49from family assets and major investments
57:52to every matter requiring trust approval
57:54she will have the same final signing authority i do
57:56five branches are against her
57:58and you're giving her even more power
58:02you still don't understand
58:08i didn't bring you here tonight to ask for your opinion i brought you here to inform you
58:21now does anyone still object
58:30sign it mrs de manco
58:40you
58:42you
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