Unbeknownst to Victoria, Arthur had left his important leather briefcase sitting on his private desk.
He realized his mistake halfway down the long highway and instructed his chauffeur to turn back.
Arthur used his personal master key to unlock the side entrance of the large quiet house.
He expected to find his household peaceful, with his young daughter happily playing games indoors.
Instead, as he stepped quietly into the main foyer, he heard loud crying and cruel shouting.
Arthur froze in place, his face turning pale as he recognized his daughter's terrified voice.
He rushed down the long hallway, pushing open the heavy, double mahogany doors with speed.
The horrifying scene before his eyes stopped him completely dead in his tracks for a second.
Victoria was standing tall over the crying child, holding an empty silver ice bucket high.
Lily was sprawled helpless on the freezing floor, drenched, shivering, and surrounding by melted ice.
Arthur dropped his expensive leather briefcase to the floor with a loud, heavy thud.
His heart shattered into a thousand pieces at the sight of his defenseless, trembling child.
"Lily, what is happening here?" Arthur demanded, his dark eyes filled with absolute rage.
Victoria spun around quickly, her face turning instantly white with complete and total shock.
She attempted to put on a sweet, innocent expression, dropping the silver bucket to the floor.
"Arthur! You came back so early, darling," Victoria stammered, her fake voice trembling visibly.
"I was just trying to help her with a small mess she made!" Victoria claimed quickly.
Arthur ignored his lying wife entirely and sprinted across the large room toward his child.
He dropped down to his knees on the wet hardwood floor right beside little Lily.
He wrapped his warm black suit jacket around her cold, shivering shoulders with soft care.
Lily wrapped her small arms tightly around her father's neck, sobbing hysterically against his chest.
"Daddy, she dumped freezing ice on me..." Lily whimpered, pointing a trembling hand off-camera.