A child is upset after being called a liar by the father she just met. Her mother consoles her, explaining he doesn't know her yet and asking her not to give up, as he is powerful and the family she has. The girl resolves to make him love her so he can get her mother out of a difficult situation, but the mother insists she just wants the child safe. The scene shifts to the father, Killian, confronting a woman named Elena over her father's death and his takeover of Hartwell Tech. He threatens her boyfriend to force her compliance.