I Took the Fortune, He Took the Regret Episode 1

Episode 1 · Evelyn Vail, Damon Blackwell, Chloe Vail

Episode 1 recap

Evelyn Vail remembers three years of hard labor caring for pregnant Chloe to save her family from a psychiatric facility. After the pup naming ceremony, Evelyn stops Damon Blackwell in a castle hallway to plead for their freedom. Damon pulls out phone pictures. He tells her Richard and Julian willingly placed Chloe in his bed. Evelyn dries her tears, faces a stunned Damon, and asks for one hundred million dollars in cash.

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Episode 1 scene by scene

00:00: Three Years of Forced Care
Evelyn Vail remembers the past three years. She struck Chloe, and Damon Blackwell told her that her father and brother were committed to a mental hospital as punishment. To protect them, Evelyn spent three years waiting on pregnant Chloe through childbirth.
00:14: Betrayal in the Castle Hallway
Following the pup naming ceremony, Evelyn begs Damon in the corridor to free her father and brother. Damon displays photographs on his phone. He explains Chloe is her half-sister. Richard and Julian were never hospitalized and spent those years living happily with Chloe.

Key lines from episode 1

“Please, let my family go.”
Evelyn Vail · Evelyn stops Damon in the hallway to plead for Richard and Julian's release.

“Chloe is your half-sister. Your father and brother were never in the hospital. They've been with Chloe all the three years.”
Damon Blackwell · Damon shows Evelyn phone photos exposing the truth about her father and brother.

“Damon, then compensate me with a hundred million dollars.”
Evelyn Vail · Evelyn wipes away her tears after learning her family deceived her for years.

“What did you say?”
Damon Blackwell · Damon responds in disbelief after Evelyn demands a massive cash payout from him.

How episode 1 ends

After learning her father and brother betrayed her to support Chloe, Evelyn wipes away her tears and smiles. She directly demands one hundred million dollars in compensation from Damon. Damon stands frozen in complete disbelief, asking what she just said. Will Damon agree to pay her price, and how will her family react?