Chapter 7 - The Subpoena Storm(Narrative Overview & Key Beats)
Sterling serves Helen and Rebecca with simultaneous depositions and freeze orders on all family trust accounts.
During Rebecca’s deposition, Sterling methodically breaks down her icy composure. He reveals financial records showing that Rebecca’s boutique fashion firm had been surviving exclusively on unauthorized loans drawn from the grandfather's trust by Helen. Rebecca had accumulated over $600,000 in personal debt; without control of the trust via an heir, she was facing total bankruptcy and federal tax fraud.
Under cross-examination, Rebecca cracks, sobbing that she only agreed to stand in the way because Helen promised her the baby wouldn't actually be hurt—only "rescued" dramatically by Rebecca to prove Margaret was unfit. The admission on tape exposes Helen's psychopathic premeditation and tears the sisters' bond apart permanently as Rebecca scrambles to save her own skin.
