At a tense company meeting, a newly appointed director tells Natalie she’s now her direct boss and signs a contract taking over Natalie’s project. Natalie objects—she poured three months and sleepless nights into FS’s AI work and accuses them of stealing her project. The exchange escalates when someone confronts her for selling her wedding ring and warns it must stay on or she’ll be fired, insisting she accept the child. Natalie refuses, says her husband’s startup needs her, and demands the promised n+3 severance plus arbitration fees be deposited, leaving FS’s AI division exposed and the payment unresolved.