Arthur took a step closer to Emily and spoke in a firm, grounded voice.
Arthur: Show me what you mean right now.
Emily pulled her phone from her apron pocket with shaking fingers and tapped the bright screen.
She turned the device around so Arthur could see the short clip playing on the display.
Victoria gasped sharply and tried to reach out to grab the phone away from Emily's hand.
Victoria: Give me that phone right now!
Arthur: Don't touch her, Victoria!
Arthur blocked his wife with his arm and focused his eyes directly on the tiny screen.
The high-definition video showed the bright kitchen just twenty minutes earlier while the room was empty.
A woman in a red gown walked up to the counter carrying a small clear paper packet.
She carefully tore open the top and poured a fine white powder directly into the orange juice glass.
She used a small silver spoon to stir the powder until it dissolved completely into the orange liquid.
Arthur: What is this video? Is this real?
Emily: I set up my camera on the shelf because I suspected something strange was happening.
Victoria: That video is a complete fake created to ruin my reputation!
Arthur: Shut your mouth right now, Victoria!
Emily: Look at the counter in the clip, sir.
Emily: You can clearly see her ring and her red dress in the bright morning sunlight.
Arthur stared at the video as his heart pounded heavily against his ribs.
The diamond ring on the woman's hand matched the huge rock sitting on Victoria's finger right now.
The red gown in the video was identical to the custom outfit his wife was wearing this morning.
Arthur: Why would you do something like this to me?
Victoria: She edited that footage using AI tools to steal our family inheritance!
Emily: I don't even know how to edit videos, Mrs. Sterling.
Emily: I only recorded what you did while you thought nobody was watching.
Arthur felt a sudden wave of dizziness hit him as the reality of the situation settled in.
His wife of five years had tried to take his life inside his own penthouse apartment.
The prenuptial agreement they signed years ago gave her control of his estate if he passed away.
He had built a massive financial firm worth tens of millions of dollars over the last two decades.
Now the woman he trusted most wanted to eliminate him just to collect the giant life insurance policy.
Arthur: You tried to kill me for my estate.
Victoria: Arthur, please look at me and listen to my side!
Arthur: Step away from me before I lose my temper entirely!
Arthur turned his attention back to the brave young woman standing beside the marble island.
Emily was still holding her phone tightly while tears gathered in the corners of her soft eyes.
She had risked her job and her personal safety to stop a wealthy man from drinking poison.
Arthur realized that the red bruise on her face had come from a confrontation earlier that morning.
Arthur: Did she strike you when you caught her?
Emily: She tried to take my phone away earlier, sir.
Victoria: She attacked me first in the hallway!
Arthur: I have seen enough of your lies for one lifetime.