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Villain Son-His Rebellious Hot Mom is Pure Chaos
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00:00food delivery driver has a complete psycho under the hood
00:05or that her five-year-old son will grow up to lock his own mother away
00:10her? iron den couldn't find anyone else? women should stay home and raise kids
00:14worry about whether you'll still be standing
00:20but at this story i was nowhere near that untouchable when i opened my eyes i was on
00:25a filthy street in n city half a cigarette in my hand staring at a boy too pretty to be
00:29real
00:29you're gonna leave me aren't you? my head rang not from guilt i remembered i'd transpinated into
00:36a novel as the future villain's mother in the book once noah grew up the first thing he did was
00:40find
00:41the mother who abandoned him and lock her up until she died and i landed here right after she dumped
00:45him and was about to run i asked you are you trying to leave me? i looked at him and
00:50had one
00:50thought i'm screwed hell mode with a kid
00:56hungry? let's go home and eat
00:58you're not leaving?
01:01keep standing there and i'll eat your dinner too
01:06i took noah home
01:08more like back to the moldy rental the original owner left behind
01:12this place would be condemned even in the apocalypse
01:14so this is where the future villain grew up
01:16he was too quiet
01:18five years old
01:19no tears
01:20no tantrum
01:22where's the money?
01:23i'll grab us something to eat
01:24you spent the last of it on cigarettes
01:26the room went dead silent for three seconds then i remembered telling the convenience store
01:30clerk to keep the change i wanted to strangle myself from five minutes ago
01:35fine i'm going out wait here
01:37you're running off again?
01:39not running i'm getting you food
01:42even i knew that sounded flimsy his own mom already abandoned him once
01:45i wandered around end city for an hour nobody wanted a dishwasher
01:49the convenience store didn't want the hassle with my id and the restaurant manager was interested in my face
01:53not hiring me
01:54yeah this society is seriously messed up
01:57by nightfall i was seriously considering going to a bar and drinking with strangers for tips
02:01in the apocalypse people lined up to toast me
02:03now i'm supposed to hustle for drink money?
02:05i stared at the words then laughed
02:07well look at that
02:07dinner
02:11ma'am who are you here to see?
02:13your boss
02:13dylan hayes
02:14name
02:15and what do you want with my boss?
02:16veil
02:16i need to see him now
02:18my son's waiting to eat
02:19i was telling the truth
02:20they heard something else
02:22the boss has a son?
02:23and his mom came looking for him?
02:24when ryan burst into the office
02:26dylan was having a drink with his friend trevor
02:29when ryan burst into the office
02:31dylan
02:31your wife's here
02:33what the hell?
02:34since when are you married?
02:36who the hell are you?
02:42nice to meet you
02:43serena vale
02:44this isn't a nightclub
02:47i saw your poster
02:48i know
02:49i saw your poster
02:50ma'am
02:51we don't book novelty acts
02:52they were having a great time
02:53so was i
02:54the apocalypse taught me one thing
02:56the harder they laugh
02:57the louder
02:59ryan get her out of here
03:00ma'am
03:01you leaving on your own
03:02or do we need to help you?
03:04you're serious?
03:05our boss has a nasty temper
03:07keep pushing
03:08and he might sit the dogs on you
03:09he was talking to me like i was a kid
03:11too bad i wasn't
03:12i was one of the last people alive
03:14at the end of the world
03:15ten minutes later
03:16they called dylan back
03:17simple
03:18i'd already dropped every guy in his lobby
03:20she can fight
03:21that ain't fighting
03:22she came to tear the place apart
03:25so
03:25can i make money here now?
03:27tonight's fighter got hurt
03:28so i need a replacement
03:29if you're really in
03:30fair warning
03:30you're up against jock
03:31nine straight wins
03:33how much if i win?
03:34depends what you can do
03:35then quit talking
03:36i needed the money
03:38noah was waiting for food
03:39back at our rental
03:41a woman?
03:42iron den's lost its mind
03:44jock's won nine straight
03:46is she trying to die?
03:54women should stay home
03:55and raise kids
03:58guys like that existed
03:59in the apocalypse too
04:00they thought women
04:02belonged in the back
04:03most of them died fast
04:08the bell rang
04:09jock came straight at her
04:16this body is too weak
04:18strength
04:18speed
04:19endurance
04:20none of it comes close to my old one
04:26i told you she couldn't do it
04:38serena
04:39are you screwing with me?
04:41lend me fourteen thousand dollars
04:45you've still got the nerve
04:46to ask me for money?
04:50bet on me
04:51i'll pay you back in ten minutes
04:52she said she'll beat jock in ten minutes
04:55best joke i've heard all year
04:56laugh all you want
04:57the higher the odds
04:58the more money i make
05:05put fourteen thousand dollars on her
05:06and another seven hundred thousand dollars
05:08same bet
05:11you got money burning a hole in your pocket?
05:16she's not serious yet
05:26round two let's go
05:37the apocalypse taught me one thing
05:39the last one standing isn't the strongest
05:44it's the one who knows how to kill
05:47how'd she get so fast?
05:51wait jock's getting crushed?
06:02are you kidding me?
06:04she was hustling him?
06:06she was waiting for the odds
06:07she was waiting for the odds
06:07she was waiting for the odds
06:39noah was waiting for me at home
06:47noah was waiting for me at home
06:47kiddo help me out i'm dropping everything
06:49he thought i wasn't coming back
06:53got this for you?
06:55once we've got money
06:55we'll be rich enough to waste bread
07:04you crying?
07:05you thought i wasn't coming back?
07:07i was wondering why you didn't just die out there
07:09he talks tough as hell
07:10but i know better
07:11underneath all that
07:12he's just a little boy
07:13who waited way too long
07:16the second i made some real money
07:18i moved us out
07:20the new place wasn't fancy
07:21but it had sunlight
07:23no mildew
07:24and one little future villain glaring at me
07:29where'd all this money come from?
07:31food delivery
07:38food delivery pays that much?
07:40my mouth moved faster than my brain
07:42once i lied
07:43i had to commit
07:45i got an advance on my pay
07:48don't break the law
07:50don't do anything indecent
07:52and don't do anything shameful
07:54wait, a future supervillain was standing there
07:57teaching me how to be decent?
07:58this world is insane
08:00so noah wouldn't start overthinking
08:02i actually signed up for food delivery
08:04at a delivery depot
08:05the manager, miles carter
08:07was loud, heavy-ficked
08:09and soft-hearted
08:10serena, you've been here two days
08:12and haven't taken a single order
08:13i'm learning the sweets
08:16yeah, you roam from the east side to the west side
08:19then from there to the south side
08:20very thorough
08:22getting busted by the depot manager
08:24wasn't the scary part
08:25getting busted by my son was
08:31aren't you supposed to be working?
08:34aren't you supposed to be in school?
08:38i found out later he'd gotten in a fight at kindergarten
08:40and walked out on his own
08:41and my first reaction was
08:43did you win?
08:46yeah
08:48then we're good
08:49i had no clue how to raise a kid
08:51but i knew this much
08:52if somebody messed with my boy
08:53he needed to win first
08:55having a rebellion unhinged mother
08:56is a lot to manage
08:58i skipped noah out of kindergarten
08:59all afternoon and took him to an arcade
09:01not because i don't care about school
09:02this five-year-old just out-thinks
09:04half the adults i know
09:08left behind you
09:09nice
09:12it was the first time i'd seen him light up like an actual kid
09:19i heard you broke my record
09:20play me
09:21nope
09:24name your price
09:26i wasn't interested
09:27then he said i could name my price
09:28sorry i was in
09:31fine
09:34he had no idea name your price was a trap
09:37later i had him doing food delivery for me till he started questioning his life
09:45wait you weren't even trying before
09:47i could have beaten you one-handed
09:48going all out on a kid would have been mean
09:54that night i decided to cook
09:56noah said food delivery wasn't healthy
09:58he clearly had the wrong idea about my cooking
10:01are you cooking or trying to burn the kitchen down
10:04i'm making steak
10:05darker is normal
10:09in the end
10:10noah stood on a little stool
10:12and made seafood fried rice
10:13i ate three bowls
10:14then ended up on the couch groaning with a stomachache
10:19even if it's good you can't eat like that
10:21your body can't take it
10:24then why didn't you stop me
10:27i forgot
10:28in that moment i realized being looked after
10:30what happened to noah at kindergarten wasn't over
10:34noah's mom
10:35it was just a misunderstanding between the kids
10:37what kind of misunderstanding makes my son run out of kindergarten at noon
10:41and you don't notice he's gone till the afternoon
10:43that kid mocked noah for not having a father
10:45said his mom did shady food delivery
10:48the teacher didn't ask why
10:49she just locked noah in an empty classroom
10:52i don't accept misunderstanding
10:54the school
10:55the teacher
10:56and that kid all owe him an apology
11:00he heard that
11:01i only realized later
11:02it was the first time anyone had ever stood up for him
11:07the next day
11:08i took noah to kindergarten
11:09the principal tried to smooth it over
11:12lydia
11:12the bully's mother
11:13was even worse
11:16your son hit my baby so hard
11:18his face swelled up
11:19and you still want more
11:21what do you expect from a single mom's little savage
11:24no manners
11:31serena
11:31you can't do this
11:32you should be glad this is a school
11:37i let her go
11:39not because i was afraid of her
11:40because noah was right behind me
11:42he didn't need to see anything bloodier
11:51what'd you say to him
11:53i told him there are no superheroes in this world
11:59childish
12:00very
12:01but when it comes to protecting your kid
12:03it doesn't have to be class
12:05i thought once the kindergarten mess was handled
12:07i'd get two quiet days
12:09turns out n-city doesn't do quiet
12:12a rival club poached dylan's top fighter
12:14kane faked an injury right before the match
12:17and nearly cost dylan seven millions
12:20serena
12:20wreck him tonight
12:21just don't kill him
12:22how many broken libs still count as fair game
12:28don't overdo it
12:29relax
12:30i'm gentle
12:40you got lucky with jock
12:41women don't belong here
12:42first round's yours
12:43call it a welcome gift
12:51she's throwing it again right
12:52i think she's finished this time
12:54odds
12:55emotion
12:55contempt
12:56they're all resources
12:56in the apocalypse
12:57every supply run took strategy
12:59so does the ring
13:05that's it
13:09by round three i gave him nothing
13:19iron dead win
13:25dylan your trader's not exactly premium stock
13:28after that night dylan finally got it
13:30i wasn't some random temp
13:32i was iron den's ace
13:34you want a long-term deal
13:36fine
13:36but damn asking for equity right out of the gate
13:42i've earned it
13:44give it to her
13:45she'll make you more than that
13:49i like smart men
13:52if you're going to go to the gate
13:53if you're going on the board
13:53you need a fight name
13:55what do you want
13:56a widow of four years
14:00you're serious
14:01come on
14:02that name's got a story
14:04while i was at it
14:05i had dylan help noah find a new kindergarten
14:07those elite private schools take connections
14:09not just money
14:13you really have a son
14:14what happened to your husband
14:16vegetative state
14:20no wonder you're fighting underground for money
14:21i made it up on the spot
14:23and he actually bought it
14:25humans are way too easy to fool
14:34we're making a woman the ace
14:35what's she going to teach us
14:36how to kiss the boss's ass
14:46five minutes
14:47beat me in five
14:48and i'll take the insult
14:49if not
14:49i'll cave your face in
14:53i gave him five minutes
14:54he didn't lay a finger on me
15:03anyone else think all i do is suck up
15:05taking over the club was easy
15:07noah's the hard part now
15:10mom give me your phone and wallet
15:13why
15:13you bought seven breakfast
15:15and called fried chicken healthy
15:16i'm handling the money from now on
15:19i survived the apocalypse
15:20and my five-year-old just confiscated my assets
15:27can you at least leave me some
15:28fifty dollars a day
15:30behave and i'll raise it
15:32everyone else lands in a novel with a mansion and a sports car
15:35i got a used scooter and an allowance from my son
15:37rough life
15:40the first time i met adrian it was over a food delivery mix-up
15:47that face was unreal
15:49worse he looked way too much like noah
15:53hi your food delivery
15:56i didn't order anything
15:58noah and i realized it at the same time
16:00he was probably noah's biological father
16:02sorry wrong delivery
16:05wait have we met before
16:09have we met before
16:11maybe
16:12i've done food delivery for years
16:15i lied without blinking
16:16but inside i was cursing
16:18why the hell did adrian blackwood have to show up now
16:21neither of us slept that night
16:24i was scared he'd be taken from me
16:26he was scared i'd be taken from him
16:32can i sleep in your room
16:35come on in
16:38i thought he'd had a nightmare
16:39he was just scared
16:41i didn't realize until later what he was thinking that night
16:44if anyone tried to take me away
16:47even his father had to die
16:51he was starved for love
16:53one ordinary hug was enough to keep all night
16:55adrian moved fast
16:58by the next day
16:59his assistant felix had dug up everything on me and noah
17:05sir the child really could be yours
17:10i found out later that file had her whole past in it
17:13her stepsister set her up
17:14she ran from her family
17:15got pregnant
17:16had noah
17:17then ended up broke in a moldy rental
17:21no offense sir
17:22but you were kind of an asshole
17:26but it's true
17:27she and her son suffered because you weren't there
17:29felix had guts
17:30if i'd been there i would have clapped
17:38what kind of guy do you like
17:40a hot one
17:43but spouse is a lot
17:44you don't just go pick one
17:46me
17:47i'd rather keep my arms open for every hot guy on earth
17:52that put him at ease
17:54he figured if i stayed irresponsible enough
17:56his real dad couldn't take me away
18:00if that guy's rich
18:02would you let me go with him
18:03if that guy's rich
18:04would you let me go with him
18:07if that's what you want
18:08i won't stop you
18:10with him
18:10you'd have everything
18:12with me it's just this beat up scooter every day
18:18wasting food is bad
18:20what
18:21if i went with him
18:23i'd waste food
18:25then pinky swear
18:26no taking it back
18:31from that day on
18:32i wasn't just raising him to avoid the novel's ending
18:35that elite private school was packed with rich families
18:38i thought they'd laugh at him
18:42instead the kids crowded around him
18:44like they discovered something amazing
18:45noah your scooter is so cool
18:48i want my dad to buy me one too
18:52have fun
18:53if your grades suck
18:54whatever
18:59back then
19:00i had no idea helen wasn't the one who got him into that school
19:08sir you're really not going to acknowledge him
19:11not yet
19:17he was like a hunter setting a net
19:19he was like a hunter
19:20Noah started at his new school
19:21i thought life might finally get easier
19:23but
19:23serena
19:24you're blowing up online
19:26i'm not worked up
19:27i'm perfectly calm
19:28not that kind of hot
19:29online hot
19:30some photos of me doing food delivery
19:32ended up on social media
19:34people were calling me wifey
19:36hubby
19:36and one lunatic asked if a hundred people could live with me
19:39i hate going viral
19:40in the apocalypse
19:41getting noticed got you killed
19:43these days it's not much different
19:45one comes at you with a knife
19:46the other with a phone
19:51that's her
19:52the city's hottest food delivery girl
19:54can we get a picture with you
19:58i spent the whole day doing food delivery and getting filmed
20:02worse
20:02Noah only gave me a $50 allowance
20:05i bought fried chicken
20:06so no milk tea
20:13mom did you sneak any junk food today
20:16nope
20:20what about smoking
20:23well
20:25lying doesn't make you a good kid
20:27or a good mom
20:32you getting in or not
20:35that's when i realized
20:36Noah and i might look a little
20:37pop of food delivery
20:39mason roped me into coaching his
20:40is esports team
20:41why
20:41he found out i was cracked
20:43and decided i had to teach his rich friends
20:45so you're the one mason said was scary good
20:47play a few rounds first
20:48let me see how trash you are
20:50turns out
20:50they really were that bad
20:52bad enough the chicken pecking at the keyboard
20:54might have aimed better
20:56you
20:56your hands are useless
20:58you
20:58you've got the sense of direction
21:00of a lost pigeon
21:01and you
21:01did you leave your brain at spawn
21:04wow
21:05you make getting roasted sound good
21:06thanks
21:07i think so too
21:08i treated the game like a battlefield
21:10and reassigned everyone
21:11mason covered the rear
21:12wesley and walter took point
21:14and the rest filled in
21:15first time these rich kids learned a game
21:16could have discipline
21:18follow my lead
21:18anybody runs off
21:19i'll bash your head in
21:22so this is how a team's supposed to play
21:25i thought that was impressive enough
21:26then Noah subbed in for one of them
21:32are you even human
21:33a three-year-old could win this game
21:35what are you not buying
21:37that was when i knew
21:38my future villain of a son wasn't just born to go dark
21:40he was also insanely good at showing off
21:43bro teach me
21:44don't get attached
21:45it won't end well
21:48Noah found out about the underground fights
21:50way sooner than i thought he would
21:56mom
21:57why did you lie to me
21:59the second he called me mom
22:00it hit me hard
22:01he wasn't upset about the fighting
22:03he was scared i'd lied to him
22:05i didn't want to hide it from you
22:07i just didn't want you to worry
22:08you said if you lie to someone
22:10it means you don't love them anymore
22:12wasn't that you
22:15that was when i finally got it
22:16the hurt his real mother left behind
22:19wasn't going to disappear just because i cooked for him and bought him clothes
22:24sweetheart
22:24i fight to make money
22:25to keep us going
22:27not because i don't love you
22:29it's because of me
22:30you have to do dangerous things because of me
22:33no
22:33i have to survive too
22:35i want a good life too
22:37you're not a burden
22:38you're my child
22:41he cried for a long time
22:42like he was finally letting out five years of hurt
22:52i won't hide things from you anymore
22:55really
22:59really
23:00i'll even tell you how many times i go to the bathroom
23:03that won't be necessary
23:05after that night he got even stricter with me
23:07my bank card
23:08my phone balance
23:09my junk food allowance
23:10gone
23:13i'm the mom here
23:14and what does that have to do with anything
23:17i was starting to think he'd turned villain early
23:19only instead of locking up his mom
23:20he was controlling her spend
23:21ever since my money got confiscated
23:23my life's been nothing but pain
23:24no fried chicken
23:25no milk tea
23:27what is it now
23:28my son confiscated my money
23:31wait who's the mom here
23:33me
23:34then why'd he confiscate it
23:36waffles
23:37a sandwich
23:37a burger
23:38hash browns
23:39eggs
23:40donuts
23:40good he should have
23:43there is no justice in this world
23:44even the delivery purry manager is on noah's side
23:47right when i was so broke i started questioning my whole life
23:51adrian showed up again
23:54get in
23:59that wasn't an invitation
24:00it was an order
24:01i almost said no
24:03but the man's too hot
24:05pretty men ruin lives
24:06i started having dangerous thoughts
24:09like taking his hands home as art
24:11or making a pillow out of those legs
24:16food delivery girl what are you staring at
24:19just checking if you're the kind of walking vault people would steal
24:24to get rid of him
24:25i made up a baby dad and said i was the other woman
24:32pull over at the fried chicken place up ahead
24:35aren't you supposed to be out doing food delivery
24:36i am
24:37to my stomach
24:39my whole mess with adrian started with one drink
24:41i was just talking to trevor about opening a distillery
24:44apocalypse booze was way better so i figured i'd own this market
24:48then i drank too much
24:55hey gorgeous
24:56have we met before
24:58you're drunk
24:58since fate keeps throwing us together
25:00want a kiss
25:01then i blacked out
25:03i woke up in a hotel suite
25:05fully dressed
25:06with adrian on the couch looking ready to pass sentence
25:13i didn't do anything you weren't okay with right
25:17you really think you can dodge responsibility
25:19can i pay you instead
25:20700 million
25:22what are you gold plated
25:25or you work as my night assistant for six months
25:28between 700 million dollars and six months as his assistant
25:31i chose to stay alive
25:36he tied me to the blackwood branch office in the name of compensation
25:39and while i was busy guarding noah from him
25:41i still couldn't stop staring at his face
25:44mom screwed up
25:45from now on i'll be home by 10
25:47if something comes up i'll tell you first
25:52you better remember that
25:55from that day on i had a night job and a curfew
25:58my life looked less and less like an apocalypse queens
26:01and more like a rebellious teen being disciplined by
26:03the top floor of the blackwood branch office was scarier than the ring
26:13the day he wore glasses i almost committed a felony on the spot
26:21food delivery girl pour me a coffee
26:23you got it boss
26:29let me help you with that
26:34first they thought i was his assistant
26:37in stirring the air you didn't have any more times
26:46no eating in the office
26:47no eating in the office
26:50i'm not eating just smelling it
26:56he saw right through me and let it slide
26:58at worst he made me clean up
27:00cold as he was he never actually threw me out
27:04after staring a little too long
27:05i had a bold thought
27:06boss you thirsty i'll get you some water
27:12oops i'm so clumsy
27:18serena don't
27:20the blackwood family first hit my radar because of a box of fried chicken
27:24no food on the executive floor
27:26so i hid by the elevator
27:27the second i brought up a drumstick
27:29the doors opened
27:31who are you
27:32why are you here
27:36right then
27:37i felt my self-control snap
27:40you owe me fried chicken
27:42he was good
27:43ruthless too
27:44but he kicked over my fried chicken so all bets were off
27:47stop fighting
27:50neither of us held back
27:52then adrian walked out
27:53ethan what are you doing
27:59you kicked my chicken
28:00i kicked back
28:01we're even
28:03where are you hurt
28:04that was the first time i saw him really angry
28:06not at me
28:08ethan was on his knees
28:09sweat at his temple
28:10looking even more shocked than i was
28:14i got it wrong
28:15who exactly are you calling that
28:18adrian didn't deny it
28:19that made ethan even surer
28:20paying you back for the chicken is the least i can do
28:24200's fine
28:27you sent too much
28:28it's only 280 000 dollars
28:30call it an apology
28:32that was the first time i viscerally felt the weight of the blackwood family
28:35other people pay 2.8 for spilled fried chicken
28:38but he paid 2 million
28:39looking like it was only natural
28:42when i got home that night
28:43noah spotted the red mark on my wrist right away
28:47who did that
28:48it was an accident
28:50does that look like an accident to you
28:52his little face went ice cold
28:54i knew he'd pinned it on adrian again
29:01you were bad mom
29:02you didn't protect yourself
29:03can you not call me bad
29:05i'm the mom
29:06we listen to whoever's right
29:08he sounded like a grumpy old man
29:10but his fingers were so gentle
29:11like he was scared he'd break me
29:14he didn't press me that night
29:15but i knew noah had already started digging
29:17my future villain was never an easy kid to fool
29:20meanwhile ethan took internal punishment for hurting me by mistake
29:24his back covered in lash marks
29:25then he calmly called another blackwood enforcer
29:30looks like we're getting a boss's lady
29:31what?
29:33i hurt her
29:34i deserved it
29:35later i realized nobody in the blackwood family was normal
29:37ethan's crazy was obvious
29:40the second noah found the 280 and 80 thousand dollars ethan paid me
29:44my joy lasted maybe 10 minutes
29:46that goes into savings too
29:48that's my pain and suffering money
29:49exactly save it
29:53kid do you have a backup mom or something?
29:55a backup mom wouldn't ask for more allowance
29:57wow my own son right for the throat
30:02i wanted boba
30:03i wanted fried chicken
30:04i was not letting that allowance raise go
30:07your mom's this cute
30:08the world is dangerous
30:10somebody could steal me with fried chicken and boba
30:13that's fine
30:14you don't love me anymore?
30:15we'll get you back
30:16then make him pay
30:17hear that?
30:19future villain
30:19i softened him some
30:21just not all the way
30:21kid
30:22can we be a little less unhinged?
30:24then stop reading dirty comics
30:25i do not
30:27wednesday night
30:2812 15 33 a.m
30:30you search for the uncensored version
30:33i deleted my browser history
30:34and he still found it
30:36this five-year-old definitely has a secret alt account
30:38life was finally settling down
30:41then victor moore showed up
30:45the city's hottest food delivery girl
30:47single mom
30:49underground fighter
30:51plenty to talk about
30:52plenty to bury her with
30:54want me to leak it?
30:57not yet
30:57first she learns what happens when she says no to me
31:01he wanted to crush me with public opinion
31:03too bad he underestimated how much malice a post-apocalypse survivor can take
31:07and the maniacs in my corner
31:12the second time victor came for me
31:13he skipped the fake dinner invite and just boxed me in
31:18serena
31:18got a minute?
31:20i'm working
31:20i have food delivery orders
31:24you're trending online
31:25if people found out the city's hottest food delivery girl fights on the illegal underground fight circuit
31:30and brings her kid along
31:31what do you think they'd say?
31:34he threatened me with noah
31:35congratulations
31:36he found the one line you do not cross
31:39you want to talk?
31:40let's do it somewhere public
31:43i hate going viral
31:45doesn't mean i don't know how to use a camera
31:47in the apocalypse fire draws monsters
31:49it also lights up whoever's hiding in the dark
31:53are you live streaming?
31:55isn't that what you wanted?
31:56to use the internet?
31:58i'm just helping you reach a bigger audience
32:04turn it off
32:07what, scared?
32:08you had plenty to say a second ago
32:09go on, say it again
32:10right here
32:11for everybody
32:12the part where you threaten a single mom
32:16he wanted me in the gutter
32:17so i dragged it into the light
32:19serena don't push your luck
32:21cute
32:21too bad you can't afford this face
32:25what victor didn't know?
32:27i'm not that broke woman in a moldy rental anymore
32:32dylan was first
32:33the iron den crew came with him
32:34mason brought the esports team
32:36and even miles rolled up from food delivery
32:38victor
32:39you trying to poach my fighter again?
32:40anybody comes for our coach?
32:42i'm first in line
32:42and the delivery depot's here too
32:45i looked at them
32:46and almost laughed
32:47i was just trying to make enough to eat
32:49and somehow i ended up with a whole pack of weirdos behind me
32:52you think a crowd scares me?
32:54no
32:54this crowd is me letting you save face
32:57sir, should we step in?
32:59no
32:59she can handle it
33:01but shut down the more family's projects
33:03he never showed himself
33:04but from where victor couldn't see
33:08used my son against me
33:09inuit uist
33:11you wouldn't dare
33:12try me
33:12the live stream was still on
33:14and the crowd kept growing
33:15he finally realized that if he made a move today
33:18he'd be the one who lost
33:20we'll see each other again
33:22next time
33:23bring a brain
33:23the live stream in the plaza got victor off my back for now
33:26but it also sent me trending even harder
33:28mom
33:28you're trending again
33:29think i can cash that in for fried chicken coupons?
33:32no
33:32noah wasn't upset because people were trashing me online
33:35he was mad because too many of them were calling me wifey
33:37one look at him
33:38and i knew he was thinking something dangerous again
33:41baby, don't take people online seriously
33:43that's still a crime
33:44right
33:45so we call the cops
33:46no chopping off hands
33:47oh
33:48he agreed way too easily
33:50i didn't buy it for a second
33:51that night adrian finally showed some of his hand
33:54it was you at the hotel that night
33:56i knew this day would come
33:57i just didn't expect him to be this direct
33:59so what then?
34:00you gonna take noah from me?
34:02no
34:02i was gone for five years
34:04that's a fact
34:04i won't use my power to take him from you
34:06then what do you want?
34:08you and the boy
34:09stay
34:09that was harder to handle than a threat
34:11a threat i could fight
34:12sincerity
34:13are you trying to take my mom?
34:15i want to know you
34:16i don't want to know you
34:17father and son faced each other for the first time
34:19no hug
34:20no tears
34:21just two beautiful, dangerous sets of eyes passing judgment
34:26let's keep this civil
34:27he was gone for five years
34:28why does he get to show up now?
34:31because it's my responsibility
34:32responsibility doesn't come and go when you feel like it?
34:35that sounded like noah collecting on five years of debt
34:39i won't take you away from serena
34:40and you don't get to take her either
34:42i want to be part of your lives
34:43but that's up to you
34:44can you cook?
34:46no
34:46can you stop her from eating so much fried chicken?
34:49i can learn
34:49can you find her a handsome guy?
34:51not happening
34:52great
34:52their first father-son negotiation
34:54went from parental responsibility
34:56to my freedom to date
34:57then you've got a long way to go
34:58i'll learn
35:00but anyone who hurts you won't stay standing
35:02for the first time
35:03he stopped sounding like a man in power
35:05and sounded like a father who came late
35:08after adrian confirmed who noah was
35:10he didn't force me to choose
35:12several more family projects are already shut down
35:15make him more desperate
35:17victor thought he could play dirty in the underground fight scene
35:22victor's pushing rumors
35:23so the rat finally crawled out of the gutter
35:25there's a public challenge match tonight
35:28it's a trap
35:29good
35:29more people to watch and get humiliated
35:32victor wanted the underground fight scene
35:34and public opinion to crush me together
35:37i'm going too
35:38no
35:39you promise no more secrets
35:40your own words always come back to smack you at the worst time
35:45fine, you can come
35:47deal
35:49it wasn't just an underground match anymore
35:51social media, live streams, and n-city's rich kid crowd were all watching
35:55serena, tonight you're losing more than a match
35:59victor's first move was to turn public opinion against her
36:05so she does have someone behind her
36:07no wonder she blew up online
36:11he can't stand people talking trash about me
36:15baby don't
36:16mom's got this
36:17serena vale
36:19what do you have to say to these accusations
36:22i do
36:24if you think i slept my way up
36:26go try leaning on a man yourself
36:28he really wording on a marines
36:31explain
36:32i don't explain myself to malicious people
36:34i hit back
36:34beat me
36:35and they'll shut up
36:36your boss didn't tell you
36:37i shut people up with my fists
36:39victor thought size would scare me
36:41in the apocalypse
36:41i've seen monsters a lot bigger than him
36:43round one
36:43i let you keep a little dignity
36:45before round two
36:46victor changed tactics
36:48he had noah's picture thrown up on the screen
36:51has he lost his mind
36:52he went after a kid
36:53what's over the line
36:55i looked at that screen
36:57and my last crowd of self-control snapped
37:00it really is her
37:01the city's hottest food delivery girl
37:05victor
37:06whatever you've got in the underground scene
37:08bring it to me
37:12the public has a right to know
37:14then the public should know what you were up to last month too
37:19noah didn't do a thing
37:21i had the evidence ready
37:24turn it off
37:27sorry
37:28my venue tonight
37:30his second move blew up in his face
37:32but i knew victor wouldn't fit that easily
37:37that's against the rules
37:39isn't she supposed to be such a badass
37:40then let's see if she can take on
37:42three on one
37:43against the rules
37:44but victor didn't want rules
37:45he wanted chaos
37:46victor you can't handle a fair fight
37:48the crowd wants a show
37:50mom's gonna get hurt
37:51trust her
37:52noah was smart
37:53but still just a kid
37:55he didn't know some fights punish you for backing off
37:57three at once
37:58fine
37:59saves time
38:01in a group fight
38:02the worst thing is getting surrounded
38:03there's only one way out
38:05make them hit each other
38:08i didn't go for the kill
38:10not because they were innocent
38:11too many cameras
38:12these days
38:13these days even beating people up
38:14is about optics
38:19anyone else
38:20that still wasn't enough
38:21what i really needed to break
38:23was his credibility
38:24in the underground fight scene
38:25you got your show
38:25now look at the evidence
38:28the second the test report hit
38:30victor's face changed
38:31victor
38:32you juiced
38:33and still had the nerve to accuse iron den of fixing fights
38:36give us our money back
38:38this place still thinks it can stay open
38:41the underground world can be dirty
38:42but it can't be stupid
38:43scheme all you want
38:45just don't get caught red-handed in public
38:47mr. moore
38:47blackwood legal would like a word
38:50blackwood
38:51adrian had finally stepped in
38:52not to fight for me
38:53but to seal off victor's last way out
38:56are you hurt?
38:57nope
38:57your mom's tough
38:58next time
38:59you don't do this alone
39:01okay
39:01i didn't joke this time
39:03i knew he was really scared
39:05he held back
39:06more than i expected
39:09victor's cash flow will dry up
39:11the moore family's fight veliums
39:12will be investigated too
39:14you did this?
39:16he went after the wrong people
39:17who are the wrong people?
39:19you too
39:21noah said nothing
39:22but this time
39:22he didn't argue right away
39:25victor went down faster than i expected
39:26men like adrian move quiet
39:28but they don't miss
39:29isn't that the guy who cornered you last time?
39:32yeah
39:33serves him right
39:34miles didn't know it yet
39:35but victor's fall was half my evidence
39:37half adrian's hand
39:40are you celebrating?
39:41victor's not getting back up from this
39:43nope
39:43my son gave me a 10pm curfew
39:46you really let a 5 year old run your life?
39:48he controls the budget
39:51serena i'm starting to think noah's the real boss at your place
39:53not fun to hear but accurate
39:55the moore family was under investigation
39:57but victor still had one last swing in him
40:00he leaked it anonymously
40:01said i'd teamed up with a billionaire to rig underground fights
40:04then dragged noah's paternity into it
40:06why are they always coming after me?
40:09because they can't beat me
40:10so they go for what they think will hurt me most
40:13i'm the weak spot?
40:15you're my baby
40:17they just think you're my weak spot
40:18i kept his father a secret
40:19because i was afraid adrian would take noah from me
40:22now that secret's a weapon they can use against him
40:24this time
40:25i didn't say no
40:27the next day i took noah to the blackwood branch office
40:30not to acknowledge him
40:31to negotiate
40:33the results are in
40:34noah is my son
40:37so what do you want?
40:38i want to protect you publicly
40:40but only if you and serena agree
40:42that caught me off guard
40:43a man with that much power
40:45was actually asking a five-year-old for permission
40:47if we go public
40:48will it cause trouble?
40:49yes
40:50but if we don't
40:51the trouble's already here
40:52if this goes public
40:53will people say i'm your son
40:55not mom's?
40:55you'll always be her son first
40:57okay
40:57that was the right thing to say
41:00we've identified the source of victor's anonymous leak
41:03want it handled?
41:05send it to legal
41:06wait
41:06he likes going public, right?
41:08then let's go all the way
41:09what are you gonna do, mom?
41:11start a live stream
41:11put out a statement
41:12and bury him
41:13if you're hitting back
41:14hit where it hurts
41:15if you're clearing your name
41:16do it in public
41:17victor made this an online war
41:19i'll finish it there
41:21i'll have pr back you up
41:23not too polished
41:24people might think i'm respectable
41:25they won't
41:26baby let me save a little face
41:29they chose iron den
41:30for the live streamed statement
41:31it was a strange picture
41:32an underground fighter
41:33a five-year-old future villain
41:35and a cold-blooded tygoon
41:36standing there like a makeshift family of three
41:38serena, who is noah's father?
41:42i'm noah's father
41:43are you going to fight for custody?
41:45no
41:46i was the one who was absent five years ago
41:48he said it calmly
41:50but it carried more weight than any statement from a powerful family ever could
41:54people say i got here by leaning on men
41:58one helped me find the evidence
42:00but i'm standing here because of my fists
42:03my brains
42:04and the will to win
42:05i won't play the victim
42:07or pretend to be weak
42:08being a single mom isn't shameful
42:10and neither is food delivery
42:12what's disgusting is using any of that to go after a kid
42:16victor
42:16get out here and take your beating
42:19of course victor didn't dare show his face
42:21he hid in his hotel room
42:22watching the live stream
42:23looking like death warmed over
42:26why is everyone taking her side?
42:28sir
42:29the legal demand letters are here
42:33later
42:33from the files ethan gave me
42:35i found out victor really was planning to run that day
42:41mr. moore you can't leave end city
42:42this is false imprisonment
42:44no
42:45your creditors are concerned about asset transfers
42:47educated people really do talk different
42:50they were blocking his escape
42:54what's wrong?
42:55they said we're a family of three
42:58you don't like that?
42:59he's still on probation
43:03what's the criteria?
43:05first
43:05you don't get to steal mom
43:06second
43:07you don't get to stop her from finding hot guys
43:09rule two doesn't pass
43:11i haven't even said anything yet
43:13mom doesn't get a vote
43:15that's when i realized these two might actually end up on the same side when it comes to controlling my
43:19love life
43:19i won't break rule one either
43:21then learn to make breakfast first
43:23done
43:23that was the first crack in the ice between father and son
43:26ridiculous
43:27adrian said he wanted to learn to make breakfast
43:29i thought he was kidding
43:30next morning he actually showed up
43:32you're three minutes late
43:34i stopped for eggs
43:35come in
43:36i sat there watching the man who runs n-city's biggest empire walk into my kitchen
43:41it felt like the apocalypse had rebooted wrong
43:43lower the heat
43:44too much oil
43:45the spatula isn't a weapon
43:47got it
43:48baby you weren't this gentle when you taught me
43:51because he listens better than you mom
43:53my own son
43:54always that precise
43:56try it
43:58better than mine
43:59that's not a compliment
44:01your cooking's a disaster mom
44:02that breakfast wasn't fancy
44:03but for the first time this place felt like home
44:06that cozy little moment didn't even last ten minutes
44:13what's this
44:14what's this
44:14new rules
44:15curfew at ten o'clock
44:16fried chicken once a week
44:18low sugar milk tea
44:19half a cigarette a day max
44:21how am i supposed to smoke half a cigarette
44:23cut it in half
44:25i'm starting to think he's not a future villain
44:27he's a future cfo slash wellness coach
44:30i agree
44:31you're still on probation
44:32no voting
44:33he's under review
44:34adrian's probation is insane
44:36make breakfast
44:36pick me up from work
44:37study child psychology
44:38and survive noah's pop quizzes
44:41if mom wants a second order of fried chicken
44:43what do you do
44:43buy it for her
44:44then take a walk with her after
44:45wrong
44:46first talk her out of it
44:47then get her a half order
44:49got it
44:50those two are way too into figuring out how to manage me
44:52my standing in this family is dropping by the second
44:59i can ride my scooter home myself
45:01it's raining
45:02i'm not gonna melt
45:03noah said if you get rained on i lose points
45:05he pulled the noah card with a straight face
45:07and i had nothing
45:08then it hit me
45:09i wasn't that scared anymore he'd take noah away
45:12he wasn't trying to steal him
45:13he was awkwardly trying to get closer
45:17lower the heat
45:18i already did
45:19the edges are burning again
45:22mom the low sugar one is yours
45:24i used to think keeping noah close was how i avoided getting locked up by him someday
45:28now that's ridiculous
45:30if he ever does lock me up it won't be revenge
45:33it'll be to stop me from sneaking fried chicken
45:36noah want to work on the project together tomorrow
45:39okay
45:41he was starting to make friends
45:42starting to let people in
45:44the cruel villain from the original novel was slowly stepping away from his fate
45:50can we go home together today
45:51you only get the front seat
45:53deal
45:54what about me
45:55mom's in back so i can make sure you don't sneak her fried chicken
46:00i watched them and realized this world wasn't so bad after all
46:03the apocalypse taught me to survive
46:06noah taught me how to love
46:07adrian was learning how to be family
46:09i shattered the ending of the original novel
46:12and i caught the little boy everyone else abandoned
46:14keep drinking milk tea
46:16keep checking out hot guys
46:17and keep protecting my son
46:19come on let's go home
46:21this time fate isn't pushing me
46:23i chose this
46:25if you don't know why
46:27if you need to with them
46:27so you know