Violet Long sneered, "When you were with me, you deceived me. You said you were single, with no savings, just a director with dreams. I believed you. I even wanted to convince my family to invest in you, to help you become famous. In the end, you turned out to be a good director indeed, directing the story of us both. And when I was eight months pregnant, you deliberately told me your secrets, causing me to give birth prematurely. And now you say this is all because I'm from the Long Family?"
Alfie Winslow's face turned frantic as he glanced at Hallie Morgan, seemingly desperate to deny something.
"Hallie, it's not true, it's not..."
"Don't you touch Hallie. What right do you have to touch her?" Violet snatched Hallie away, saying, "Do you believe me now? I am your mother. It was he who deceived us, causing our separation, making me think you had died long ago."
Hallie Morgan, having heard the conversation between the two, began to understand the story of their past.
