Morning light broke brightly over the sprawling Dallas neighborhood the following bright Friday.
Elena arrived early and began her routine chores inside the spacious front entryway.
Victoria came down the stairs looking impatient while checking her gold wrist watch repeatedly.
Richard's flight was expected to land within the next hour at the airport.
Leo wandered out from the playroom holding his favorite wooden red toy truck gently.
He accidentally dropped the heavy toy near Victoria's sharp expensive gold shoes.
Victoria gasped sharply with anger and kicked the small toy across the marble floor.
The toy crashed into the baseboard near the heavy double entrance doors loudly.
Leo startled instantly and began to cry with loud deep heartbreaking infant sobs.
Victoria grabbed the boy roughly by his small wrist to pull him away quickly.
Victoria: Stop your endless crying right now or go to your room!
Elena gasped in absolute horror as she dropped her duster onto the floor.
Elena: STOP IT! LEAVE HIM ALONE!
Her voice echoed loudly across the high gilded ceilings of the luxury mansion hallway.
Elena ran frantically down the opulent marble hallway toward the foreground with pure panic.
She dropped to her knees on the hard floor next to the crying toddler.
Elena scooped the small boy up into her arms and held him tight.
She cradled the baby tightly against her chest while weeping with real tears.
Victoria stood over them with an enraged look written across her fake smile.
Victoria: How dare you scream at me in my own foyer, girl!
Elena: You are cruel to this innocent child every single day he is here!
Victoria: You are fired as of this exact second, get out now!
Elena held the small child closer and looked up with a tear-streaked face.
She refused to move away from the crying child on the cold floor.
Suddenly the heavy double front doors burst open with a loud thundering sound.
Richard Sterling stepped inside carrying his leather briefcase in his right hand home.
He paused instantly as his sharp eyes took in the dramatic wild scene.
His young son was sobbing in the arms of the distressed maid nearby.
His wife was standing over them with her hand raised in sharp anger.
The atmosphere in the grand foyer froze completely solid in a single instant.