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The story
The short version. Revenge, 66 episodes on YourChannel. Louise signs a ten-billion-dollar investment for David Technology and tells Walter to send it in three days. Today is her third wedding anniversary — and across town, Simon of the Baker family already knows she is Alice the…
The opening scene is a boardroom high above the city. Louise signs a ten-billion-dollar investment contract and tells Walter to send it to David in three days. She says aloud what no one else knows: "Once his company goes public successfully, I'll reveal my identity to him." Today is her and David's third wedding anniversary. Across town, Simon, head of the Baker family, is waiting. He names the truth: David Technology was supposed to fail in the 2009 crisis; only Alice the Oracle could have rescued it. "Come back, Louise. Wall Street needs you." Her answer is soft: "David needs me more right now."
The Brock family accepts her back. Her father passes her the gold bracelet he has worn his whole life: "Everything in the Brock Group will always be yours." Her stepbrother Daniel, who has run the group while she was away, says the line that starts the war: "Everything of the Brock Group should have been mine. Louise, I'll make your life hell." Three days later, David rings the bell. Louise makes one call. The capital pulls. His stock goes into a death spiral. The wife who hid as Alice is now the Queen of Wall Street.
The betrayal arrives at the hotel. David brings Carol to the suite Louise owns, and Louise overhears him say: "I got you a 10 billion contract. Can't you just get me what I want tonight?" Carol sneers that Louise has found a sugar daddy. David tells Carol he is not divorcing Louise. The room turns. Louise walks through the party in her black gown, and the gossip follows her. She does not flinch. She says to Simon: "I think I'll divorce David then return to the business world as Alice, like you said."
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