Arthur: Julian? Why are you calling me? The ceremony should have started ten minutes ago.
Julian: Dad, turn off your speaker. Mom is on her knees in the aisle weeping.
Arthur: What did she do now? Did she cause another scene with that girl?
Julian: The girl has a name, Dad. Her name is Clara. And she has the star scar on her shoulder.
Silence filled the line. For five agonizing seconds, no sound came through the phone except Arthur's heavy breathing.
Arthur: What... what did you just say?
Julian: She's my sister, Dad. The baby from the icy bridge.
Arthur: That's impossible. The police report said—
Julian: The police report was wrong! She survived! Someone dropped her at the emergency room in Boston!
Arthur: Evelyn... is this a sick joke? Put your mother on the line.
Evelyn: Arthur... it's her. She has the silver tag matching key. She has the surgery mark from the window glass.
Arthur: Shut your mouth, Evelyn! Do not talk about this over an open line!
Clara: Hello, Arthur. This is your daughter. The one you traded for a five-million-dollar insurance settlement.
Arthur: Clara... listen to me. Whatever your mother told you—
Clara: My mother just slapped me and ripped my dress. But at least she didn't lie on official police records to collect a check.
Arthur: That money was placed into a private trust fund! It funded the company that paid for Julian's Ivy League tuition!
Julian: I don't want your blood money, Dad! I'm resigning from the company effective immediately!
Arthur: Julian, don't be stupid! You're signing away a forty-million-dollar estate over a mistake from twenty years ago!
Julian: It wasn't a mistake. It was a crime. And I'm going to make sure Clara gets every single cent she is owed.
Clara: I don't want his money, Julian. I want accountability.
Arthur: You can't prove anything! The statute of limitations on insurance claims—
Julian: I'm calling our corporate lawyer and the state fraud investigator today, Dad. Enjoy your merger while it lasts.
Julian ended the call and tossed his phone onto the altar table. Evelyn covered her face, sobbing hysterically on the floor.