Still present in Lawrence Kyo’s mansion, Lucas (JM de Guzman) watches as his peer, Steve, who is also Lawrence’s son, arrives.
Fidgety and looking pitiful, Steve kneels before his father. Lawrence scolds him for staying in Europe longer than agreed and for ignoring his calls. Steve can only apologize, but his words earn him a sharp slap, followed by a stern reminder that he is the future inheritor of the family businesses.
Moments later, only Steve and Lucas remain. Steve asks the house helpers for beer while painfully recalling his father’s violent methods of discipline, even from when he was a child.
Indifferent to his colleague’s suffering, Lucas grows agitated and shows Steve a photo of a beaten and presumably dead Dimaano. Showing no compassion, Steve suggests that Dimaano might have been one of the dealers who cheated his father and that this could have cost him his life.
Growing more furious, Lucas insists that Dimaano was just a businessman, someone who was treated unfairly because of Lawrence’s immoral methods.
Touching on the topic of hypocrisy, Steve warns Lucas not to act like a saint, reminding him that he once had a chance to walk away from them but didn’t—likely because of what he could gain from their financial generosity.
As the conversation goes nowhere, an informant calls Lucas about Esther Castro’s (Malou Crisologo) whereabouts, prompting him to walk out and leave a confused Steve behind.
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