Chloe: *Scrambling to her knees* Julian, listen to me! I swear on my life I didn't know who she was! My mother hired her through a domestic agency!
Julian: Stop lying, Chloe! My private investigators tracked every text message and email between you and your mother over the last six months!
Chloe: They hacked my phone?! That's illegal!
Julian: What's illegal is kidnapping a traumatized girl from a medical facility in Lyon and forcing her into domestic servitude under a fake name!
The crowd of black-tie guests began whispering in outrage, several board members pulling out their phones to record the confrontation unfolding in the ballroom.
Guest 1: Did he say kidnapping?! My God, the Montgomery family is behind this?
Guest 2: I knew Chloe was ruthless, but holding Thomas Sterling's daughter as a maid in her own family's house?!
Chloe: Shut up! All of you, shut up! You don't know the whole story!
Julian: Then tell them, Chloe. Tell everyone here why you needed Hannah to disappear before our wedding date next month.
Chloe: *Trembling* It... it was about the family trust! The Sterling Estate trust clause!
Julian: Exactly. My father's will was crystal clear. If Hannah was alive on her twenty-fifth birthday, eighty percent of the Sterling real estate conglomerate was transferred directly into her personal name.
Chloe: She was in a coma for two years, Julian! She suffered severe brain trauma! She wasn't capable of running a billion-dollar empire!
Julian: So your family decided to keep her medicated, bring her to Dallas under a forged identity, and work her like a dog so she would never regain her memories!
Hannah: *Voice trembling* I... I remembered my name three weeks ago, Julian... when I saw the framed picture of Dad in the library...
Julian: I know, sweetie. You left that note under my office door on Tuesday. That's why I arranged this party today.
Chloe stared at Julian in absolute panic as she realized the entire gala had been a trap designed specifically to expose her cruelty in front of Texas high society.
Chloe: You... you set this event up just to catch me?! You pretended you wanted to announce our marriage date!
Julian: I needed you to feel completely untouchable, Chloe. I needed you to show every person in this room exactly who you really are when you think nobody can stop you.
Chloe: You hit me twice! I can press criminal charges against you for domestic assault right now!
Julian: Go ahead and call the district attorney, Chloe. He's standing right over there near the bar.
From the edge of the crowd, District Attorney Robert Vance stepped forward, holding a manila folder in one hand and his phone in the other.
DA Vance: Afternoon, Chloe. I've been watching the live video feed from the hall security cameras. We have your verbal admission on tape, along with four months of wiretapped phone calls provided by federal authorities.
Chloe: District Attorney Vance... please! This is a private family dispute! My father donated three million dollars to your re-election campaign last year!
DA Vance: And your father will be joining you in a holding cell by six o'clock tonight, Miss Montgomery. Federal agents are raiding your family's estate in Highland Park as we speak.
Chloe: *Screaming* NO! You can't do this to me! I am a Montgomery!
Julian: You were a Montgomery. Now you're just a felon.