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(light haunting music)

- Vinod found out about Rahul

withdrawing from the company.

In the light of such instability,

he's formally withdrawn his offer.

What are you doing?

- You treat me like that's it and then you forbid me?

- I was told by my boss, Kirk from the estate

to bring this bag of mail.

It accidentally spilled over.

- Then I will bring in my crack team,

we will create the best marketing program.

- [Kirk] What about the person who started these rumors,

have you found him? - We're close, very close.

(melodic suspenseful music)

(mellow melodic music)

(melodic orchestral music)

- What better way to tug at a billionaire's heartstrings

than a group of sad orphans?

One thing's for certain,

someone is going to inherit an absolute fortune

and judging by the submissions

that have already been posted, they're absolute rubbish.

Now I've got a contact at Clarion Communications,

that's the PR firm that deal with Prince Harry's scandals,

with their expertise, my financing

and your sad, little orphans,

I think we stand a real shot at this.

This kind of opportunity doesn't come along every day.

- Mr. Drake, here at Miriam House,

we teach our children to work hard, to be honest

and always be true to themselves.

I'm afraid you'll have to find someone else

to play in your charade.

- I can't keep chasing after you now, can I?

And those breakfast dishes won't clean themselves.

Well, off you go to the kitchen and no dawdling.

- Yes, Miss.

- [Drake] And there's nothing dishonest

about a little coaching to bring out their best qualities.

Imagine what you could do with all that money,

well, your share of the money, 70/30 split in my favor.

- Who the hell do you think you are?

More to the point, who the hell do you think I am?

I will not allow these innocent children

to be used by you or anybody else for that matter.

- Can you really afford to refuse this opportunity?

Judging by the leaky gutters, lack of air conditioning

and the total desperation in last year's fundraising letter,

I don't think you're in any position to turn down

a chance at a real future for these girls.

- [Vinod] You've reached Vinod, I'm not here at the moment,

please leave a message. (beeping)

- Mr. Vinod, I would like to speak with you, please.

I would really appreciate it if you could call me back.

Thank you.

(light melancholic music)

(phone ringing)

Hello, yes, it's Sid, is Mr. Vin--

He isn't?

May I know when he'll be back in office?

(light melancholic music)

- So you thought you'd check it out?

- Yes, because I've never heard Mrs. Wilson

raise her voice to anyone before.

- Hm, and the spy hole?

- We only use it to spy on couples

that came to adopt children.

- [Jenny] So you still haven't told me

who Mrs. Wilson was in an argument with.

- Not sure, something about a billionaire.

- Ah, the contest? - Yes.

- I read about that, you know on the bus this morning.

Apparently one good soul

is going to be rewarded with a fortune.

- And just anybody can win this?

- Hm, that's what I read,

although who knows how many hoops

you may have to jump through first.

- Hm, what do you think he's like?

- The billionaire? - Yes.

- I'd like to think of him as a, you know, regular guy,

who just happens to have a lot of riches.

There's so many worthy people in the world,

so many that are fueled by greed.

- There's more to life than just money.

- Hm, I'd pay for someone to do these dishes,

they're never ending.

- Would you tell me how to enter the contest?

- What you have to do is, you know, send a video in.

- Yeah?

- You have a beautiful heart,

but there's so many people out there,

that just, well,

some of them have a greater purpose in life, Daria.

- Oh, maybe, but you know, it wouldn't hurt,

I won't lose anything by making a shot at video.

Besides, I don't need his money.

- What exactly do you want then?

- My own family.

- We all have our destiny in life,

so you go for it, vid it.

- Do you have a video camera I can borrow?

- Hm, I think there's one in the attic upstairs.

- Should we check it out? - Yes.

(electronic buzzing)

(melodic electronic music)

- Hello.

I'm sending this message for Leo Richter,

I'm assuming from his billion dollar gateway contest

that he is dying, I could go on this.

Now I wonder if he is trying

to purchase his way into the afterlife,

you know, a religious creation of his choosing.

With guys like him, it's usually money that's their God.

That's the same thing as it is most people,

they usually just don't admit it.

You must have caught me at a good time, Leo,

because I have been a little bit down lately,

feeling indecisive, you see, I needed a reason,

I needed purpose, something to live for, to aim for,

something to do and for that you sparked something in me,

I just wanna thank you.

Now I do wanna make one thing clear,

I'm not the one that you're looking for,

I'm not auditioning for you,

but I also want to say

that I don't think that there's anyone

who'd be worthy of your contest,

'cause giving a billion dollars

to just one that you're seeking, it's gonna destroy them,

now there's a saying for that, I'm sure you know it,

absolute power corrupts absolutely.

So in a sense,

no one's fit to be the winner of your little contest

and speaking of worthy,

who are you to decide the worth of these people?

Even if by the off chance

you did find this righteous and noble soul,

the moment you handed over that billion dollars,

the rot will take hold and fester.

Now I've seen good people turned corrupt,

turn against their own blood by wealth

and the unending quest for more of it,

I just know this from experience.

Now Mr. Richter, here's what I've done,

if you look at your account through the Mire Bank,

you're gonna notice it's just a little bit lighter,

a billion dollars lighter to be exact,

yes, that's right, I have your money.

Now I know what you're thinking,

I talk of morality and I'm speaking of the worth of others

and my disgust for wealth and yet I steal your money.

Well, you thought wrong or half wrong at least,

you see, I don't give a shit about your money,

but I do have control over it right now,

so consider this your one warning,

stop your contest,

stop your contest,

it's not gonna do anything good for humanity,

especially when our moral compasses are way out of line

and just know this, I will return your billion dollars,

if you comply,

'cause I'm giving you

this one chance to do the right thing,

'cause if you don't stop it, I will,

I'll just take your money again,

after that, who knows?

I may just take a million each

and give it to 10,000 worthy causes,

10,000 worthy charities,

yeah,

that'll do it.

Have a good day, Mr. Richter.

- Remember our first date, when I came home, Neha?

Right here, this is where we ended up after lunch.

You sat on my lap or I pulled you on to my lap,

I don't remember which one, but I do remember you laughed,

because I tried to crack a joke and I messed it up.

After that you kissed me,

it was a wonderful day.

I'm sorry I pushed you away,

I regret how everything ended up on such bad terms.

We had dinner here, you, Rahul and I

and we stayed well past closing time,

because you worked your charm on the staff

and we stayed late into the night just talking

and making plans on how we would grow the business,

I still look at things.

I remember the passion you and Rahul shared

as we spoke about the things

that we would accomplish together.

Remember how Rahul used to bring me here,

every time he wanted to get my head out of work?

You and Rahul used to walk into the office

and just take me away

and we used to sit here

and just watch people go by for an hour

and each time we looked at each other, we would laugh,

it's a slice of goodness, I'll always look back on it.

- [Announcer] Your attention please,

the train to UAE Exchange will (fading out).

- I know I ruined everything for us, the good life we had,

I just hope we can be friends again one day.

I'm sending you and Rahul these videos,

maybe you'll watch them,

maybe we'll even talk one day.

(quirky melodic music)

- [Kirk] He's better, much better,

he's almost his old self again.

- [Regan] Did you tell him about the interview?

- [Kirk] Not yet, he needs maybe another day or two,

before I start to push him to talk business.

- He won't be talking business, okay,

he's gonna make some short statements

to tell everyone how healthy he is

and so his adoring public doesn't worry about him.

I can even set up the camera crew in the garden,

so you don't have to deal

with mud being tracked on the Persian rugs.

- [Kirk] Alright, let me ask him tomorrow.

- Now are you sure he doesn't know

anything about the situation,

that he hasn't seen the news at all?

I just find that hard to believe.

- [Kirk] Honestly, I don't know, we never discuss business.

- This is bigger than just business, Kirk.

- [Kirk] It's my job to protect him.

- Well, it's also my job to protect him

and that includes his reputation.

- [Kirk] Speaking of your job,

I wanna get rid of this latest batch of mail from the hoax,

do I have your permission to shred them?

- No, unfortunately no, legal wants us to log every letter,

it's a pain in my ass, but just send them over.

Oh, Rebecca, how are you doing logging those letters?

- I'm about to get to the last batch soon, I promise,

I just have 42 more.

- Yeah, well don't get too excited, there's more on the way.

Just have whoever brings them over

ask for Rebecca on the 22nd floor.

- [Kirk] Oh sure, Isaac knows where to bring them.

Look, if you don't need anything else,

the carpet cleaners are here.

- I'm sorry, what did you just say?

- [Kirk] I said the carpet cleaners need to be paid,

I need to go, bye. - No, no, no, before that.

Kirk!

Did he just say Isaac?

- What about Isaac?

- Kirk's errand boy, that idiot that brings you the letters.

- What about him? - Is his name Isaac?

- I never asked him, why?

- In a million years,

I never thought to check the household staff.

- The guy that dropped the letters all over the place?

- Yeah. - That's the Isaac?

- Kirk, it's me, call me back, it's urgent.

(light haunting music)

(mellow melodic music)

- (muttering) Sorry about that,

thank you for watching and hello.

My name is Daria, I am a Russian girl

and how to say?

Okay, I lost my parents

some years ago

and I'm trying to tell you that I don't need money,

I need you to have someone near you,

I want to be with you for your last moments

and I want to continue your job

you want to spend this money for.