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Evelynn Hartman labors through a fierce storm under Diane's anxious watch. At the estate, Eric Hartman learns from his butler that the Winter family will force a divorce and seize company shares without a male child. Evelynn delivers a daughter. Facing financial ruin, Diane coerces Evelynn into swapping the baby girl for an orphaned boy. Evelynn marks her daughter's neck, adds a necklace, and Diane takes the girl away.
Rain and lightning crash outside while Evelynn screams through severe contractions on the hospital bed. Diane stands close beside her, watching her daughter struggle through labor with visible anxiety as the medical team prepares for delivery.
The butler tells Eric Hartman that the Winter family demands immediate proof of a male baby. Failure means a forced divorce and forfeiture of core corporate shares. Furious at the threat, Eric violently strikes the window glass.
Evelynn gives birth after intense strain. The attending doctor lifts the infant and declares that the child is a healthy baby girl. Diane recoils in horror, terrified that this outcome will trigger Eric's divorce and total financial ruin.
Diane commands an assisting nurse to sneak in an orphaned baby boy. She pressures Evelynn to substitute the boy for her newborn daughter. Evelynn tries to protest, but Diane's relentless demands force her to surrender to the scheme.
Evelynn holds her baby girl one last time. She presses a red crescent moon mark onto the infant's neck and fastens a necklace onto her swaddle. She sobs uncontrollably as Diane takes the child away.
“Sir the Winter family attorney is back. They are demanding confirmation today that the child is a boy.”
“We're ruined Evelyn. Eric is going to divorce you.”
“This boy was orphaned at birth. Claim him. From this moment on, he is your son.”
“Mommy is leaving you this necklace. Stay safe, always.”
Diane sweeps the newborn girl out of the delivery room, leaving Evelynn sobbing in her hospital bed over her lost child. The family swap protects the Hartman fortune, but where will Diane take the abandoned girl, and will Evelynn ever see her biological daughter again?