Hey, ma’am.
Can you hear me?
Please help me.
Please don’t call the police.
Why?
What happened to you?
Someone’s looking for me then.
Who am I supposed to call?
Just don’t let them find me.
I can’t explain.
Hey, stay with me.
Come on.
I don’t even have a phone.
[sighs] I’m not leaving you here.
You’re going to be okay.
Just hold on.
Don’t let them find me.
Whoever they are, they won’t find you tonight.
Whoever you’re running from, I hope they’re not following us.
Please keep going.
Easy.
I’ve got you.
You’re safe here.
Where are we?
Somewhere no one should be looking.
Take my jacket.
You’re freezing.
Why are you helping me?
Because you needed help.
Where am I?
You’re in my shelter.
You passed out in the park.
How long was I out?
Most of the night.
Can you tell me your name?
Claire Bennett.
Bennett as in the Bennett family.
You know that name?
Why were you alone in the park?
I wasn’t alone.
Then who was with you?
Someone was following me.
Who?
I don’t know.
You don’t exactly look like someone who belongs in this park.
Don’t touch the card.
I’m [music] not trying to steal anything.
Then why do you have something like that?
If anyone asks, you never saw me.
Who are you running from?
People who won’t stop until they find me.
And what happens if they do?
I don’t think they’ll let me walk away again.
Wait, listen.
Authorities are searching for missing Aerys Claire Bennett.
That’s you.
Yes.
The Bennett family is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to her safe return.
$10 million.
I didn’t know they’d offer that much.
Are you thinking about calling them?
No.
You could change your life with that money.
Maybe, but I don’t know who I’d be selling you to.
You really don’t trust my family.
I don’t know your family, and that’s exactly what worries me.
My car was supposed to be waiting for me.
What happened to it?
The brakes failed.
Failed how?
They were working perfectly that morning.
Then someone wanted you off the road.
What did you see before your car was sabotaged?
Numbers.
Money moving through accounts that shouldn’t exist.
How much money?
Hundreds of millions.
And you found it inside your father’s company?
That’s why someone wanted me gone.
Who knew you found those accounts?
Very few people.
Your father?
He knew I was investigating.
Who else?
Someone inside the company.
Someone with access to everything.
Then you can’t assume the people looking for you are strangers.
I know.
Where are you going?
We’re leaving.
Why?
Because this place is too easy to find.
Where will we go?
Somewhere nobody would think to look.
Stay close.
We can’t be seen.
How do you know this place?
I used to come here years ago.
You really think nobody comes here?
Not anymore.
How long have you known about this place?
Long enough to know people stopped caring about it.
Is that what you found?
Part of it.
What’s on there?
The transactions I couldn’t explain.
Then that’s where we start.
I tried to follow the transfers, but the companies kept changing names.
They’re not changing the money.
They’re changing where it appears.
How did you see that so fast?
I’ve spent a long time looking at numbers people wanted hidden.
Marcus, what did you do before this?
Accounting.
You were an accountant.
Investigative accounting.
Then why are you living in a place like this?
That’s a long story.
Look here.
What am I looking at?
Three companies.
Different names, same money trail.
That can’t be a coincidence.
It’s not.
Someone built this to hide the money from people exactly like you.
What is it, Marcus?
I’ve seen this before.
Where?
In the case that destroyed my life.
What are you saying?
I’m saying this isn’t the first time these people have done it.
What happened to you?
I found a fraud scheme years ago.
I reported it [music] and then they turned the investigation against me.
They blamed you and everyone believed them.
Who was behind it?
I never knew for certain.
But you have a suspicion.
I had one name, Victor Hail.
Victor.
You know him?
He’s [music] my father’s most trusted business partner.
Find out where she went and find the man who was with her.
Victor has access to everything.
Victor was in the office the night I found the accounts.
Did he know what you found?
He asked me why I was still working so late.
And what did you tell him?
That I was auditing a different division.
Good, because now he doesn’t know how much you actually saw.
There’s one more file.
You didn’t open it?
I couldn’t.
It’s encrypted.
Then don’t open it here.
Why?
Because if Victor really is involved, someone may already be watching for this.
What is it?
I don’t know.
There’s a black SUV.
Do you recognize it?
No.
Then we wait.
Marcus, what if they found us?
Don’t panic.
How can you be so calm?
Because panic makes people careless.
Keep this hidden.
Marcus, someone opened the door.
I heard it.
Are they police?
We don’t know yet.
What if they find us?
Stay behind me.
You shouldn’t have to do this.
Neither should you.
Sh.
[sighs] They’re getting closer.
I know.
Marcus, don’t move.
That’s not a police [music] uniform.
Then who is he?
I don’t know.
They came for this.
Then we’re not staying.
Where does this go?
Behind the building.
What if they’re already there?
[music] Then we find another way.
Clear.
Where now?
Somewhere with a computer.
You think you can open it?
I think I can figure out what’s worth protecting.
You could still walk away.
So could you.
I can’t.
Neither can I.
But I need one thing from you.
What?
From now on, tell me everything.
Okay, I will.
This is the last copy.
Then we don’t make mistakes.
It’s encrypted.
I told you.
Any idea what the password could be?
There was one phrase in the accounting to repeat it [music] all the time.
What phrase?
Trust the numbers.
Let’s try it.
It worked.
Now we see what they were hiding.
[music] Those dates.
What about them?
They’re from before I even started working there.
Then this scheme has been running for years.
Can you follow it?
Give me a minute.
The money leaves your father’s company, then moves through three shell companies.
And where does it end up?
That’s what they’re trying to hide.
Open it.
There.
What?
One account connects all three companies.
Whose account?
It’s not an account.
It’s a private holding structure owned by who?
I don’t know yet.
What happened?
That signature pattern.
You recognize it?
Yes.
From your old case?
Exactly.
So, the person who framed you may be the same person.
What is it?
Someone accessed the file from here.
I don’t know.
Can they find us?
If they can track this drive, we can’t stay here.
Then let’s go.
Don’t look back.
Just walk.
Do you know who’s tracking us?
Not yet.
What if they’re already here?
Then we make sure they don’t know we’re scared.
Is that one of them?
I don’t know.
We’re not using the front door.
Where are we going?
Back exit.
How do you keep finding exits?
When you have nowhere to go, you learn every way out.
Come on.
Who framed you?
A group of people with money and influence.
Was Victor one of them?
I never had proof.
Maybe we can get it now.
That’s exactly what worries me.
What is it?
Is that you?
Yeah.
You weren’t a criminal.
That’s what the record said.
Records can be changed.
Knowing the truth and proving it.
Then we’ll prove it.
Even if it puts you at risk.
I’m already at risk.
Then we do this carefully together.
Together.
First, we copy everything.
Then what?
We trace the money.
And after that, we find the person who authorized it.
Victor.
If the evidence leads to him and if it leads somewhere else, then we follow it there.
Start with the first shell company.
It was registered six years ago.
Then whoever built this planned it long before you found it.
That company received payments from Bennett Industries and then sent almost all of it somewhere else.
Where?
A private holding structure.
There’s a name attached to the structure.
Whose name?
Not Victor’s.
Then who’s?
We need to be very careful before we assume anything.
My father isn’t perfect, but he wouldn’t do this.
Then someone may be using his name.
Victor has access to those records.
Then we need proof connecting Victor to the money.
I kept one copy of my old evidence.
For all these years, I couldn’t prove my innocence.
But I couldn’t throw away the truth.
Maybe that’s what we need now.
There it is.
The same signature, the exact [music] same pattern.
Then your old case wasn’t separate from this.
No, it was the beginning.
They used the same structure back then.
So they framed you to protect this operation.
That’s what I’m starting to believe.
What happened to you after they framed you?
I lost my job.
Then I lost my home.
Your family, [music] too?
Eventually.
I had a wife.
How old was she?
Eight.
When everything fell apart, I couldn’t even give her a normal life.
That wasn’t your fault.
Is that why you kept the evidence?
Partly.
What’s the other reason?
Because someday I wanted someone to know I wasn’t the man they said I was.
Then let’s make sure they know.
Marcus, look at this.
What did you find?
A payment made the same week your case collapsed.
Who received it?
[music] A legal firm that represented the people who accused you.
That payment was never in my case file.
Why would they hide it?
Because it [music] proves someone paid to control the investigation.
Then we finally have a link.
We have a lead.
We still need proof.
What is it?
That car has passed us twice.
Do you think they found us?
I think we should assume they did.
Then we move.
We can’t stay here.
Where do we go?
Somewhere they won’t expect.
Then let’s move.
What is this place?
An old storage building.
How do you know about it?
I used to come here when I had nowhere else to go.
You really have been surviving on your own for a long time.
That thing still has power.
Can you use it?
If the system hasn’t been completely shut down.
Then find out who controls that holding structure.
I’ll try.
The ownership is hidden behind three different trusts.
Who controls the trusts?
They’re all managed by the same financial administrator.
Can you identify them?
Give me a second.
Take your time.
I found something.
The administrator has a name.
Who?
Hail Strategic Holdings.
Hail.
You recognize it?
I recognize the name from your old case.
Yes.
There’s an authorization attached.
Who authorized it?
Victor Hail.
Read the date.
6 years ago.
That’s the same year my case collapsed.
You think Victor was behind it?
I think we’re getting very close to proving it.
Look at this.
What am I looking for?
That payment happened 2 days before I was arrested.
And Victor authorized it.
That’s the connection.
Is it enough?
Not yet.
But now we know where to look.
There’s another payment after that one.
Who received it?
The same legal firm.
And what happened after the payment?
Your investigation was transferred to a different prosecutor.
That wasn’t random.
No.
Someone was controlling the investigation.
I found the prosecutor’s name.
Who was it?
Daniel Mercer.
Mercer.
You know him, too?
He signed the final report accusing me.
And now his name appears in the same payment records.
Then we finally have a pattern.
Wait, what?
There’s an original investigation file.
Can you open [music] it?
I think so.
Marcus, they changed the original numbers.
Then the report against me was built on altered evidence.
There.
What do you see?
The numbers I reported were correct.
Someone changed them before the final report.
They didn’t just destroy my career.
What did they do?
They erased the truth.
Tell me you found them.
The drive.
Then stop looking for the girl.
Find the man carrying it.
Marcus Reed.
Victor, I just received [music] another report about Cla.
What kind of report?
Someone believes she’s still alive.
Then we need to bring her home.
Why do you sound so [music] certain?
Because your daughter has nowhere else to go.
Clare told me she was investigating something.
Clare was young.
She may have misunderstood what [music] she found.
That’s interesting.
Why?
Because you answered too quickly.
You’re worried about your daughter.
Very.
Do you see anyone?
Not yet.
Then why do you look worried?
Because whoever found us doesn’t need to be standing outside.
The computer.
Exactly.
The system logged our connection.
Can you tell where it went?
Someone accessed the connection remotely.
From where?
Bennett Industries.
Then someone inside the company knows we’re here.
Not someone.
Victor.
Sir, Claire is alive.
What did you say?
She contacted us directly.
Where is she?
She wouldn’t give us her location.
Did she say anything else?
She said Marcus Reed saved her.
Marcus Reed, don’t tell Victor about this.
You wanted to see me?
I just received new information about What information?
Someone says she’s alive.
That’s good news.
Is it?
Of course it is.
Then why did you look surprised?
Because we’ve been told she may be dead.
I see.
She mentioned one other name.
Who’s Marcus Reed?
The homeless man.
You know who he is.
I know the police are looking for him.
That’s not what I asked.
I don’t understand.
You recognized his name immediately.
He’s been connected to your daughter’s disappearance.
That’s exactly what concerns me.
Marcus, what’s that?
That’s not part of the building.
A camera?
Looks like one.
Then they didn’t just trace the computer.
They’ve been watching us.
How long?
Long enough to know we’re leaving.
We can’t stay here another minute.
Where do we go?
Somewhere without cameras.
Then let’s move.
Keep that on you.
What about the evidence on the computer?
Leave it.
They already know it’s here.
What is it?
I heard something.
Someone’s here.
Stay behind me.
Marcus, don’t leave me.
I won’t.
Is anyone there?
No.
Then what did you hear?
Someone was here recently.
Very recently.
Then we need another way out.
I know one.
Where does this go?
Behind the building.
Then we can get out.
Maybe.
What does that mean?
It means I don’t know what’s waiting outside.
Whatever it is, we face it together.
Is it clear?
For now.
Where are we going?
There’s a bus stop two blocks from here.
And then we disappear into the city.
Lead the way.
What happened?
Don’t look directly at the car.
Why?
Because I think it’s been following us.
How sure are you?
I’m sure enough.
Then what do we do?
We change direction.
Are we actually taking the bus?
Only if we can make them lose our trail.
And if that car follows us, then we don’t get on.
What now?
Now we find out if we’re being followed.
Is this our chance?
Maybe the car is still there.
Then we don’t give them time to decide.
Stay close.
Can you still see the car?
Not anymore.
Maybe we lost them.
Maybe you don’t believe that.
I believe we bought ourselves a few minutes.
Where are we going?
Somewhere Victor won’t think to look.
Do you have somewhere safe?
Not exactly.
Then what did you mean?
There’s an old community center I know.
Is it abandoned?
Mostly.
And you trust it?
I trust that nobody remembers it exists.
Then that’s where we go.
I need you to find Marcus Reed before anyone else does.
Do not involve Victor.
No, I don’t want him arrested.
I want to speak to him.
If Clare trusts him, I need to know why.
The storage building is empty.
Did you check the bus routes?
Then check the community centers.
Marcus has used public places before.
Find where he feels safe.
You really think nobody comes here?
Not at this hour.
How long have you known about this place?
Years.
You must have spent a lot of nights hiding places like this.
More than I’d like to remember.
You don’t have to hide anymore.
Neither do you.
Marcus, look.
Is that you?
Yeah.
You used to work here?
I helped run the accounting program.
You weren’t always living like this.
No, I [music] wasn’t.
Then maybe we can help you become that man again.
You were an accountant before everything fell apart.
Was that when they framed you?
Yes.
The same kind of people.
Then this isn’t just about me.
No, it’s personal now.
What’s in there?
Old records.
Maybe there’s something useful.
Maybe there’s something they forgot.
Forgot about you?
Forgot about everyone.
What is that?
Community donations.
Why would that matter?
Because these names look familiar.
Victor’s company.
Not directly, but one of his old partners is here.
That payment went through the same bank.
Same bank, different account.
Can you trace it?
If the records still exist, then let’s find them.
We will.
I remembered something.
What?
The man who followed me.
The security man.
He wasn’t company security.
How do you know?
He used a private access badge.
Victor’s people.
Did you see his badge number?
I remember the last three digits.
What were they?
147.
That’s enough.
You can find him.
If Victor registered that badge, then let’s find him.
Can [music] the drive find the badge?
Not directly.
Then what can it do?
It can open the company access records.
Then we finally have a lead.
A real one.
[music] Let’s make it count.
Did it work?
It’s opening the access records.
Can you find badge 147?
I’m looking.
What is it?
I know this access code from where?
My old case.
The case that ruined your life.
The same access system.
So, Victor’s people were connected to it.
That’s what it looks like.
Then your case wasn’t what they told everyone.
I was framed.
What are you looking for?
The approval signature.
Did you find it?
There.
Victor.
Victor Hail.
He was involved back then, too.
He was closer to it than anyone [music] knew.
Can you prove it?
Not yet.
Someone deleted the final report.
Who had access?
Only senior administrators.
Victor and someone above him.
Who?
That’s what we need to find out.
What’s that?
An authorization trail.
Victor wasn’t the final authority.
Then who was Richard?
My father.
His authorization was used.
Used by Victor without your father’s knowledge.
What happened?
Someone access the drive.
Can they see us?
They know the drive is active.
Then we need to leave now.
Someone’s inside.
Stay close.
Police.
No.
Too quiet.
Marcus, we take the back exit.
Is it locked?
No, we’re not alone.
Did they find us?
They found the building.
Then where do we go?
There’s another way out.
Where does this lead?
[music] Behind the old gym.
They’re inside.
Keep moving.
What about the drive?
It’s still with me.
Which way?
East.
There’s a main road.
We can’t go back.
We won’t.
Did they see us?
Not yet.
Run when I tell you.
What do you see?
They’re coming.
How close?
Too close.
Left.
Will they follow?
If they know we’re carrying the drive, then they can’t know.
What are you doing?
Calling someone I trust.
Who?
My father’s chief legal officer.
Can he be trusted?
If he knows the truth, then tell him everything.
I need you to listen carefully.
Victor Hail is involved.
What did he say?
He wants proof before he helps us.
We have proof.
Enough to bring him in.
Enough to start.
This contains the financial records and the security access records plus the old authorization trail.
Then we have everything.
We have enough to expose Victor.
Where do we take it?
Somewhere Victor can’t reach.
There’s a courthouse security office nearby.
You know someone there?
No.
But Victor won’t expect us there.
We can hand the evidence directly to authorities and make sure it can’t disappear.
Then let’s move.
What happened?
They found us again.
Are you sure?
Same car.
Stay with me.
Why did we stop?
Because they won’t make a move here.
So we’re safe.
Not safe, just harder to reach.
Where now?
Inside.
We need to speak with someone immediately.
Is there an [music] emergency?
Yes.
We’re carrying evidence connected to a serious corporate investigation.
What kind of evidence?
The kind someone is willing to chase?
Please, we don’t have much time.
[music] Hello.
Claire is alive.
Where is she?
And Marcus Reed is with her.
Don’t let anyone move them.
Victor can’t get there [music] first.
Yes.
They’re inside a public building.
Who told you?
Does Richard know?
Richard knows.
Then we move before he does.
A senior official is on the way.
How [music] long?
Then we’re finally safe.
Not yet.
Why?
Because Victor knows we’re here.
Then we’ll make sure he doesn’t make sure he doesn’t get inside.
That’s Victor.
Stay behind me.
Claire, thank God you’re safe.
Don’t come any closer.
Claire, your father sent me to bring you home.
My father didn’t send you.
You’re frightened and confused.
She’s neither.
And you must be Marcus Reed.
You already know who I am.
I know about the old financial case.
What case?
The one that destroyed my career.
And we found your authorization trail.
You don’t understand what you’re looking at.
I understand it perfectly.
Sir, please remain here.
Dad.
Claire.
Victor, what are you doing here?
I came to bring Claire home.
Is that true?
[music] No.
He’s the reason I ran.
What do you have?
Financial records, security access logs, and your old authorization trail.
[music] My authorization?
Victor used it.
Tell me that’s not true.
Silence won’t erase the records.
How long have you been doing this?
You wouldn’t understand.
Try me.
Your company was drowning in money.
You couldn’t.
So, you stole it?
I moved it.
So, you stole it?
I moved it.
And when I found it, you framed me.
You should have stayed quiet.
This isn’t over.
Yes, it is.
Sir, please step away from them.
After everything I built for you, you destroyed more than you built.
It’s finally over.
Not until the truth is on record.
Give it to the authorities.
You won’t try to stop them.
No.
My daughter deserves the truth.
And Marcus deserves his.
I agree.
Records will be provided.
The case is Even if it damages your company, the truth matters more.
Claire, you have a chance to clear your name.
I stopped believing that was possible.
Then believe it now.
Mr.
Read.
The investigation confirms you were wrongfully accused.
It’s officially cleared completely.
After all these years, your record is restored.
Thank you.
Well, my name is finally mine again.
I knew it would be.
How did you know?
Because you never stopped fighting for the truth.
You helped.
You saved me first.
Funny coming back here.
A lot changed here.
Including you.
Especially me.
You don’t have to be afraid anymore.
What’s that?
Your new apartment.
Claire, I can’t accept this.
You can.
You don’t owe me anything.
I know.
That’s why I’m giving it to you.
Why did you do all this for me?
Because you helped me when you had nothing.
I didn’t think about what I had.
That’s what made you different.
You really think I deserve this?
I know you do.
This is where I found you.
And I thought I was going to die here.
You didn’t.
Because of you.
Because you fought.
You gave me a reason to.
[music] For years, I thought this place was all I had.
And now?
Now, it’s just where my story changed.
That’s a better ending.
Maybe it’s a beginning.
Have you seen the apartment yet?
Not yet.
You’re not even curious.
I’m more curious about what it feels like to sleep somewhere safe.
Then tonight should feel different.
Very different.
Claire, there’s something you should know.
What?
I didn’t save you for money.
I know.
Then why give me this?
Because you gave me something money couldn’t buy.
Another chance.
I still don’t know what to say.
Then don’t say anything.
Thank you.
I should be thanking you.
You already did.
I came here with nothing.
And now now I have somewhere to go.
Then let’s go.
Yeah, let’s go.
