Richard: Give me the paper, Lily. Let me see it.
Evelyn: No! Richard, don't touch that dirty paper! She could have forged it in some back-alley shop!
Richard: Step back, Evelyn. I said give me the document, Lily.
Lily stepped forward calmly, handing the folded birth certificate over to Richard[cite: 1]. The room remained in total silence as Richard unfolded the document under the bright crystal chandeliers[cite: 1]. His hands began to shake as his eyes scanned the official gold seal, the hospital stamp, and the signatures at the bottom.
Richard: St. Jude Memorial Hospital... Birth Certificate Number 44091... Twin A: Isabella Vance. Twin B: Lily Vance. Mother: Mary Vance.
Isabella: No... Dad, no! That has to be a fake! It's a fake paper!
Richard: This is the official seal of the state registrar, Isabella. I know what my late wife's signature looks like. This is Mary's handwriting on the consent form attached to the back.
Lily: Sarah, the nurse who raised me, kept all the original documents hidden in a safe deposit box. She was paid every month by Evelyn to keep quiet and keep me away from the city.
Evelyn: Sarah was a disgraced former nurse! You can't trust the word of a woman who was fired for misconduct!
Lily: Sarah felt guilty for twenty-four years, Evelyn! Before she died of cancer three months ago, she gave me the key to that safe deposit box, along with the silver pocket watch your late wife gave her on her deathbed.
Richard: Mary's watch... Mary always carried this silver watch with her wherever she went. She vowed to pass it down to her daughters.
Richard pressed the latch on the silver pocket watch, staring down at the tiny photo of the two twin baby girls lying side by side in the hospital nursery[cite: 1]. Tears filled the billionaire's eyes as he looked up from the watch and focused on Lily's face[cite: 1].
Richard: Look at your face... the shape of your eyes... your nose... you look exactly like Mary when she was twenty-four years old.
Isabella: Dad! How can you say that?! Look at her! She's wearing a servant's uniform! She works for a catering company! She's nothing like us!
Lily: I work three jobs to pay off my adoptive mother's hospital bills, Isabella! While you were spending millions on designer dresses and luxury cars in Paris, I was working sixteen-hour shifts just to survive!
Isabella: That's not my fault! Why should I care about your miserable life?!
Lily: It is your mother's fault! She stole my father, my family, and my entire life so you could live in luxury while I was left with nothing!
Evelyn: You little ungrateful brat! How dare you come into my house and accuse me of crimes in front of my guests!
Richard: This isn't your house, Evelyn! This mansion belongs to the Vance Family Trust, funded entirely by Mary's family estate!
Evelyn: Richard, darling, please! Think about our standing in the community! Think about the scandal this will cause in tomorrow's newspapers!
Richard: I don't give a damn about the newspapers, Evelyn! I want the truth right now!