Richard looked down at his wife, Victoria, his face turning bright red with pure, uncontrollable rage. All the grief, pain, and loneliness he had buried for twenty years came rushing back to his heart at once. He realized that the woman he had trusted, built an empire with, and shared a home with was a cold-hearted monster who had stolen his daughter and lied to his face every single day of their marriage.
Richard: You lied to me for twenty whole years!
Victoria: Richard, please! I did it because I loved you!
Richard: You do not know the meaning of love, you evil monster!
Without another second of hesitation, Richard stepped forward with incredible power. He raised his heavy right hand and slapped Victoria hard across the face. The loud crack of the slap echoed through the grand ballroom like a gunshot. Victoria screamed in shock as her head snapped to the side. But Richard was far from finished. Before she could regain her balance, he raised his hand again and delivered a second, even harder slap to her left cheek, sending her pearl earrings flying across the marble floor.
Victoria: Ah! Stop it, Richard! Please, stop!
Richard: This is for Margaret!
Richard swung his arm a third time, striking Victoria with full force across her red face. The third blow sent Victoria crashing heavily onto the cold marble floor under the American flag. She lay there sprawled out on her side, clutching her bruised, swollen cheeks in complete shock and horror. Her expensive beige gown was ruined, and her styled hair was a messy knot around her face. Tears of pain and deep embarrassment streamed down her face as all fifty party guests stared at her in utter disgust.
Victoria: You cannot treat me like this! I am your legal wife!
Richard: You are nothing to me! You are completely dead to me!
Victoria: I will take half of your estate in the divorce lawyer court!
Richard: You will not get a single dime from my trust fund or my business!
Richard reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out his phone, dialing his top divorce lawyer and corporate legal team immediately. He spoke in a cold, steady voice that chilled everyone in the room to the bone.
Richard: I want my wife arrested immediately for fraud, child abduction, and framing an innocent person. And prepare full divorce papers and a massive legal lawsuit to strip her of every asset she owns.
Victoria: No! Richard, you cannot do this to me! I have nowhere else to go!
Richard: Security! Throw this trash off my property right now!
Four large security guards stepped forward from the ballroom doors. They grabbed Victoria by her arms and dragged her kicking and screaming across the marble floor, throwing her out into the bright morning sunlight outside the mansion gates.