Julian: Get up, Esther. Standing on the floor isn't going to make you look any more innocent to the grand jury.
Esther: *Sobbing* You set me up... you brought the press here on purpose...
Julian: I knew if you thought Clara was helpless and alone, you wouldn't be able to resist finishing what you started.
Esther: You used your own sister as bait?!
Julian: Clara agreed to it because we needed to catch you red-handed. We needed the world to see what kind of monster you really are.
Clara pulled the oxygen mask down slightly, her voice rasping as she looked at her stepmother on the floor.
Clara: I trusted you, Esther. When Dad died six months ago, I thought we were going to be a family.
Esther: Family? You two never looked at me like a mother! You always treated me like an outsider who married into money!
Clara: Because you made it clear from day one that you only cared about the Sterling name and the estate properties!
Esther: I deserved that lifestyle! I wasn't going to let two ungrateful kids push me out onto the street with a basic court settlement!
Julian: A basic settlement? Dad left you a five-million-dollar penthouse in downtown Dallas and a lifetime monthly trust stipend of fifty thousand dollars!
Reporter 1: Fifty thousand dollars a month?! And she still tried to murder her stepdaughter?!
Reporter 2: Miss Sterling, is it true you were heavily in debt to offshore casinos?
Esther: Shut up! All of you, shut up!
The heavy doors of the hospital suite pushed open again as four uniformed Dallas police officers marched into the room, their leather duty belts creaking as they approached the corner.
Officer Vance: Dallas Police! Everyone step back from the suspect!
Julian: Officer Vance, thank you for getting here so quickly.
Officer Vance: Mr. Sterling, we received the call regarding an active assault on a bed-bound patient.
Julian: The entire incident was captured by thirty independent news cameras, as well as the room's high-definition medical recording system.
Officer Vance: Esther Sterling, stand up and place your hands behind your back.
Esther: Officer, listen to me! This is a family dispute! My stepson struck me across the face! Look at my cheek!
Officer Vance: Ma'am, we have eyes on the video footage. Mr. Sterling acted to protect a victim from an ongoing attempted homicide. Stand up right now.
Officer Vance pulled Esther up from the floor, spinning her around forcefully and snapping cold steel handcuffs around her wrists.
Esther: AHH! You're hurting me! I demand my lawyer! Call Arthur Pendelton right now!
Officer Vance: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney.
Esther: Julian! Clara! You can't do this to me! Think about your father's legacy! The Sterling name will be dragged through the mud!
Julian: Our father's legacy was built on honor and hard work, Esther. You are the only stain on this family, and today, we're washing it clean.