Victoria stood near the glass table with a calm defensive look.
She adjusted her shiny gold bracelet with an unfazed expression.
Victoria: Stop overreacting, David.
David: You locked my three-year-old child inside a wall compartment?
Victoria: It was just a little joke to teach her manners.
David: A joke? She is three years old!
Victoria: She was touching the ice sculptures with her sticky hands.
David: That gives you the right to traumatize my innocent daughter?
Victoria: She needed to learn how to behave in polite society.
The guests around them began whispering with deep moral disapproval.
An older gentleman stepped forward with a very stern face.
Guest: Victoria, that is an unacceptable way to treat a child.
Victoria: Stay out of our private family matters, Arthur.
David took three long steps toward the cold rich woman.
His eyes were filled with pure fury and protective instinct.
David: You never cared about this family or my late wife.
Victoria: You don't belong in this house or this estate!
David: My wife left her share of the inheritance to Lilly.
Victoria: That money belongs to the main family trust fund!
The real motive behind her cruel action became instantly clear.
Victoria wanted to make David look like an unfit father figure.
She hoped to gain full control of Lilly's huge trust fund.
David held Lilly even tighter against his protective black jacket.
David: You tried to break my child just for control of money.
Victoria: You cannot prove anything you are saying right now.
David pulled out his mobile phone from his front coat pocket.
He tapped the screen to show a live security video app.
The phone had been recording the ballroom hallway the whole time.