00:0016 years ago the family nurse switched me at birth. I grew up in a Bronx slub with abusive
00:04drunk foster parents and a stray dog. Useless piece of trash! You think I'm gonna keep feeding
00:09you? Get out of my sight! Today is my first day back with my real family. People fighting to
00:14survive in the gutter don't dare beg for love or pity. That stuff doesn't keep you alive. I want
00:19money and power I can actually hold on to. Did you see the real daughter? Dressed like a street
00:25mutt and she reeks of mildew. I heard that she crippled her drunk foster dad and nearly killed
00:29her foster mom when the woman lunged at her at 12. That girl was born a cold-blooded freak.
00:36Come here you little bitch. Let daddy teach you how to behave.
00:46Fuck! Fuck! I'll kill you!
00:58Having fun gosping? Want to say it louder so the whole estate can hear? Miss Elena!
01:04Back to work all of you. Stop embarrassing yourselves.
01:08Miss Elena, Mr. Marco said now that you're home you shouldn't compete with Victoria for attention.
01:13She's been spoiled her whole life. She can't take being hurt. Best know your place.
01:16Attention? Tell your precious Mr. Marco I'm not interested in being anyone's pet.
01:20I came back to take everything that's mine.
01:28She looks so much like me.
01:30You've been through hell, kid. From now on those days are over. I promise.
01:37I should go. Now that my sister's back there's no place for me in this family.
01:41Don't talk like that. This will always be your home. No one can make you leave.
01:44Elena, Victoria is a victim in this too. She didn't know anything. Try to cut her some slack, okay?
01:48Why should I cut her any slack?
01:50It's my fault. It's all my fault. I never should have taken my sister's place for 16 years.
01:55Elena, Victoria already feels guilty enough. Can you just stop?
01:58No. She spent 16 years living in luxury, treated like royalty while I paid the price.
02:03I was beaten and cursed in the Bronx like a stray dog learning how to survive on the streets.
02:06Victoria didn't know anything. She's a victim too. That nurse was executed.
02:11She was Victoria's birth mother, but Victoria knew nothing. She's innocent.
02:16So you've already decided she's staying.
02:18I can't just throw her to the wolves. 16 years as my daughter, I can't cut that off overnight.
02:24I'm your flesh and blood. She's adopted. Let's not blur the line.
02:27Or are you saying 16 years together matters more than blood?
02:33Elena, there's no real daughter versus adopted daughter here. You're both our daughters.
02:38Victoria's hurting too. She's just scared she'll lose this family.
02:41I grew up being beaten, screamed at, and forced to scavenge for food in the trash.
02:46So you think I can take it, right? I don't cry anymore because nobody ever came when I cried.
02:55Letting Victoria stay is the biggest concession you're getting from me.
02:58If you think she matters more, send me back to the Bronx. I don't care. I'll survive.
03:05No! I promise. You're the only true blood of the Romano family. No one comes before you.
03:12Show them your scars, and your so-called family drowns in guilt.
03:16People love pitying the wounded. Lucky for me, I know that.
03:19Elena, I won't let you be treated like this again.
03:23Camila, take her to see the master suite. Give her the best one.
03:28Of course. Elena, come with me.
03:40I want this room.
03:42What? But this is my room!
03:44Elena, Victoria's had this room for 16 years.
03:47The suite next door is big, too. I'll have it redone however you like, okay?
03:51I like everything about this room, but every piece of furniture gets replaced by tonight.
03:56It feels dirty if you don't.
03:58Oh, so now you're picky? You think Romano blood gives you the right to make demands here?
04:02Marco! Is that any way to talk to your sister?
04:07And you, Elena? Do you really have to do this? She's hurt enough already!
04:13This is Victoria's room. You can take the one next door. It's not small.
04:16Next door doesn't have the wraparang balcony or the walk-in closet. I don't want it.
04:20Elena, don't make this harder.
04:22The adopted daughter gets the master suite, and the real daughter gets the tiny room?
04:26That's not how the world works.
04:28Especially not in the Romano family.
04:30Victoria is a victim, too. She didn't know anything.
04:33This is all my fault.
04:34I'll give it to Elena.
04:36I don't care anyway.
04:37For 16 years, Victoria was the spoiled heiress while I lived like a dog in her shoes.
04:41She gained everything, yet you call her the victim.
04:44Now my own mom and brother side with her, giving her the master suite and me a tiny room.
04:48Did I crawl back from the Bronx just to be trash under your feet?
04:50How can you be this cruel? You won't be happy unless Victoria suffers with you!
04:55Marco, shut up!
05:00Elena, what do you want?
05:02In three hours, I want every piece of furniture in this room replaced.
05:05Then clear it out. I'm moving in.
05:07Fine. You have it.
05:09Victoria, remember, you'll always be a Romano.
05:13This diamond cross is the Romano matriarch's heirloom.
05:16It stands for the family's blood and power.
05:18Wear it, and no one can question your place in this family.
05:21No, Mommy, this should be Elena's. It should be her welcome gift.
05:24Thanks.
05:26I've never worn jewelry before.
05:28This cross is beautiful. I like it.
05:30Elena!
05:31That necklace is the matriarch's symbol.
05:33Only recognized Romano blood is allowed to wear it.
05:36Mom, I'm Salvatore's only blood, so this belongs to me.
05:39Or would you rather have a nurse's bastard flaunted and cheapen the Romano name?
05:42Send Elena couture and jewelry, the best.
05:45I'm making up for everything she's suffered.
05:47I'm sorry, Elena. I was wrong. I didn't think about how you felt.
05:50This necklace really should be yours.
05:52This isn't real! You're all taking her side! You're all liars!
05:55Victoria!
05:57No, I have to check on Victoria. She's falling apart.
05:59Carmilla!
06:00Elena just got home today, and she still hasn't had a real meal.
06:04Go make her a proper dinner.
06:05Marco's with Victoria. She'll live.
06:09Fine. I'll go now.
06:13Marco! They're all taking her side.
06:16I've been part of this family for 16 years, and one word from her wipes all of that away.
06:21Don't be scared, sweetheart. I won't let them treat you like this.
06:24That Bronx bitch is gonna pay.
06:28Dad.
06:29You're all I have now, in this house.
06:33You're my only real family.
06:35They all want me gone.
06:36They all want that fake to keep playing princess.
06:40I promise you, from now on, you won't suffer anymore.
06:43I'll give you the best life possible.
06:46No one will touch you, not even your brother or your mother.
06:50Everything's under control. The Romano family should be the ones worried.
06:53This place...
06:54It's an even bigger score than I thought.
07:01It's your first day. Let Victoria and Marco show you around. If anything happens, I've got your back.
07:07If anything happens, it'll happen to someone else, not me.
07:16We've got a new student today, Elena Romano.
07:19This is my sister, Elena, but she just crawled out of some slum called the Bronx, so maybe watch your
07:26wallets and jewelry, if you know what I mean.
07:28But don't worry. Around here, we have a special name for girls who crawl out of the gutter and think
07:33they can sit with the real elite.
07:36We call them rats.
07:41At St. Ignatius, if you cross the student council's inner circle, you're a rat.
07:45After that, everyone comes for you.
07:48You can't even get into the cafeteria.
07:50A rat from the Bronx?
07:52God, does she have likes?
07:53I bet she can't even use a fork and knife.
07:55She belongs in a dumpster.
07:57Oh my God, Victoria has to share a last name with some slum-born bitch?
08:01The Romano bloodline is totally ruined.
08:06My name is Elena Romano.
08:08I'm the only biological daughter of Salvatore Romano, head of the Romano family.
08:12And Victoria here?
08:14Her birth mother was the family nurse.
08:16She swapped us at birth on purpose.
08:17My parents were kind enough to take her in as their adopted daughter.
08:20Right, little sister?
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