Victoria stared up from the floor with wide eyes full of rising desperation and shock.
She slowly realized that Arthur was not going to negotiate or listen to any excuses.
She pushed herself up off the ground, brushing dust off her dark red dress.
Victoria: You will regret treating me like a criminal in front of your staff!
Arthur: The only crime committed here today was done by your own hands!
Arthur picked up his heavy phone from the side table to dial his corporate legal team.
As he moved the tipped display table, he noticed something strange under the broken porcelain.
A thick Manila folder had fallen out from a hidden gap near the wall paneling.
Arthur crouched down while keeping a watchful eye on Victoria near the hallway exit.
He pulled the folder out from beneath the shattered white ceramic pieces on the floor.
Inside the papers were official documents regarding Harrison's legal trust fund and inheritance.
Arthur flipped quickly through the pages, noticing Victoria's signature forged along the bottom lines.
She had been secretly filing paperwork to transfer his son's trust fund to an offshore bank account.
Arthur: You weren't just locking him away out of cruel anger, were you?
Victoria froze near the front door frame, her face turning completely pale in the daylight.
Arthur: You were trying to isolate him while stealing his entire future from under my nose!
Victoria: That paperwork was just preliminary estate planning prepared by my private lawyer!
Arthur: This is grand theft, forgery, and child abuse all wrapped into one hideous plan!
Harrison walked timidly back into the hallway, standing safely near his father's side.
Arthur placed a protective arm over his son's small shoulders as he held the documents high.
Victoria realized the mountain of evidence was now sitting directly in her husband's hands.
She grabbed her coat off the standing rack near the front entrance with shaking fingers.
Victoria: I am leaving right now, but this isn't over between us, Arthur!
Arthur: It is completely over, and you will answer to a judge for everything you did!
She opened the heavy front door and rushed out toward her car parked in the driveway.