The heavy glass French doors of the main mansion slammed open with a sharp, loud bang.
Carter Vance rushed out onto the marble terrace, his face pale with sudden, terrifying fear.
He had heard the loud splash and the sound of his baby son crying across the yard.
Vanessa instantly changed her expression, bursting into fake, dramatic tears as Carter approached.
She pointed a shaking finger down at Elena, who was still kneeling wet on the tiles.
Vanessa: Carter! Hurry! She pushed him in!
Elena looked up in complete shock, her wet hair clinging tightly to her pale face.
Elena: What? No! Mrs. Vance, why are you lying?
Vanessa: She tried to kill your son, Carter!
Carter lunged forward, his face dark with sudden anger as he pulled Leo into his arms.
He was so blinded by fear for his son that he did not stop to ask questions.
Carter reached down and shoved Elena back against the hard marble floor in pure anger.
Elena fell sideways onto the wet tile, crying out from the pain and the sheer terror.
Elena: Mr. Vance, please listen to me!
Carter: Shut up! You dirty thief, how could you do this?
Vanessa: I saw her push the stroller with my own eyes!
Vanessa stepped closer to Carter, putting a comforting hand on his trembling black shirt.
Vanessa: I tried to stop her, but she was too fast.
Vanessa: She wanted to take revenge because you docked her pay last month!
Elena wept uncontrollably on the ground, her tears mixing with the pool water on the floor.
She had never stolen anything in her entire life, and she loved baby Leo dearly.
Every single day she had cared for the baby while Vanessa went shopping in downtown Dallas.
Now the entire world seemed to turn upside down in a matter of a few minutes.
Elena: I saved him! I jumped into the deep water to bring him up!
Vanessa: You jumped in because you panicked after I caught you red-handed!
Carter wrapped his baby tightly in a dry towel he grabbed from a nearby chair.
He looked at Elena with eyes filled with absolute hatred and deep disappointment.
Carter: Pack your things and get off my property before I call the state police.
Elena: Mr. Vance, look at the hedge!
Elena pointed her hand toward a thick green bush near the corner of the brick fence.
Elena: There is a hidden security camera right inside that wall!